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11. George, son of Stephen, whose father. Stephen. was brother of Joshua, 1, m. 1779, April 1, Rebecca Blanchard. dau. of Simon, 4. Ch. Samuel. b. 1779. Nov. 2; lived in St. Stephen, N. B .. and in Wilton or Salem. and had 7 ch. Rebecca. Sarah Sterens m. Gen. David Putnam. George. Ephraim, Elizabeth. Stephen, and Mary.
ADAMS. 1. Jonas, of Chelmsford, m. 1740. Aug. 4. Rebecca. dau. of Benoni Spalding.
2. William, of Boston. m. 1766. Nov. 5. Rachel Hovey, prob. dau. of John. .
3. Joseph, m. 1794, May 2, Betsey Davis.
4. Nathan, m. 1796, May 16, Hannah MacCarty, dau. of William Greenough. Mr. Adams was a tanner. merchant. and auctioneer, in Charlestown.
5. Amos, m. Susan Dodge, of Charlestown; he d. and she in. Hamilton, and d. 1878. March 20. Ch. Esther m. Aleck Stowell. a jeweller, on Winter street, Boston. Edward Amos, b. 1837. Nov. 25. An early graduate of the Howe school. He was first. when the Rebellion arose, to volunteer for "three years or the war." from Billerica. He was active in raising the quota of the town, and did faithful service. until his death from wounds received near Petersburg, Va., 1864. June 27. A fine portrait has been presented by his friends to the Howe school. Susan.
ALDEN, Henry, was in town before 1685. His wife was Deborah. Ch. Allice. b. "1694. 01. 17."
ALLEN. 1. Samuel, prob. son and grandson of Samuel. sr. and jr .. of Manchester; b. 1700. He was a merchant in Newbury and Manchester, before settling in Billerica, 1763. He m. Abigail March. dau. of Rev. Edmund, of Amesbury, by whom he had 5 ch. ; and 2d. Hannah Godfrey. of Newbury, by whom he had 14 ch. Only one daughter by the first wife lived to maturity, and several of the others died in infancy. His will is dated 1775. Feb. 3. and names ch. Thomas. Jeremiah. Abigail and Dorcas. and the daughters of Samuel. deceased.
Newburyport. Samuel, 2. Joseph d. at sea. Michael. captured at sea
Ch. Abigail m. Lunt, of and impressed into the English service. Zadoc d. in B. Thomas. 3. Zerubbabel and Jeremiah, 4, b. 1752, Feb. 11. Dorcas m. Michael Parsons. Polley d. in B. Anney d. in Manchester.
2. Samuel, son of Samuel, 1, m. Salley Goodrich. of Newbury. He d. 1768, at Halifax. Ch. Sarah. Mary, b. 1768. Sept. 30.
3. Thomas, son of Samuel. 1, m. 1768. Oct. 13. Abigail Harvey. of Cape Ann. His name disappears from tax-list. 1793. Ch. Zadock, 5, b. 1770. Feb. 3. Abigail. b. 1773, June 3; m. William Tarbell. Anna. b. 1774, Nov. 26; unmarried. Joseph, 6, b. 1777. Jan. 31. Dorcas, b. 1780. June 1.
4. Jeremiah, son of Samuel; b. 1752, Feb. 11; m. 1776, July 4, Abigail Rogers, dau. of Samuel. 11. He lived where Dea. King now lives ;
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d. 1837. Oct. 28. Ch. Abigail, b. 1777, Oct. 19. Jeremiah, 7, b. 1778. Aug. 12. Rebecca, b. 1780, April 15. Polly. b. 1782, March 28; m. 1814. March 1. Phillip Putnam. of Wilton, N. H. Samuel Rogers. b. 1783. Nov. 5. Americus. b. 1787. March 18; bap. 1786. the record says; lived in Carlisle. Penn. Nancy. b. 1789, April 4; m. John Richardson. 29. Esra. S, b. 1791. Sept. 23. Henry, 9, b. 1793, July 20. JJohn. b. 1798. Jan. 5.
5. Zadock, son of Thomas, 2, b. 1770. Feb. 3; m. 1797. April 9. Sarah Patten, dau. of John, 12; she d. 1846. May. 3. He d. 1840. May 1; lived on the East road, where his daughter Sophia now lives. Ch. Sarah. b. 1799, Oct. 21; d. 1870. Nov. 3. Hannah Patten, b. 1825, May 7 ; m. Jonathan Wright. John, b. 1803. Oct. 24; d. 1871, May 23. Sophia. b. 1809. Nov. 1. Only the last born in Billerica.
6. Joseph, son of Thomas. 2, b. 1777, Jan. 31; m. 1808. Aug. 14. Jane Patten, also dau. of John, 12; she d. 1848, April 7. Ch. Charles Henry. b. 1808, Oct. 30. Hosley Patten, b. 1812. Aug. 5.
7. Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah, 4, b. 1778. Aug. 12; m. 1803. Oct. 23: Lucy Farmer, dau. of John. 11; he d. 1811. Dec. 2. and she m. Marshall. Ch. Harriet B. m. 1828. Dec. 2. Samuel Parker. of Reading. Mary R. m. 1825. Dec. 1. James McKeen. of Dunstable. John Farmer lived in Lyndeboro', N. H. Samuel m. Lucy J. Coffin; d. 1853, Nov. 12.
8. Ezra, son of Jeremiah, 4, b. 1791, Sept. 23; m. 1819, Nov. S. Nancy Ruggles, of Wrentham. He lived where James Page lives, on the Wilmington road. Ch. Cornelius Erasmus, b. 1820, Oct. 30. and d. 1822. Nov. 10. Ezra Leonidas, b. 1823. May 23.
9. Henry, son of Jeremiah, 4, b. 1793. July 20; in. 1817, Oct. 29. Eliza Ruggles. of Taunton: lived where his father did. Ch. Edwin Henry. h. 1818. Aug. 27. Eliza Minerva, b. 1822, April 21, at Wilton, N. H .; m. 1841. Sept. 28. Rufus Clement, of Boston. Elona Melvina, b. 1824. April 19. Sanford Eaton, b. 1828. March 28; both at Lyndeboro'. N. H. Martha Colwell, b. 1830, March 16: m. William Bohonan, and d. 1853. Dec. 24.
10. Abraham, m. 1825, July 26, Hannah Carkin, of Chester, N. H.
ANGIER. 1. Robert, name on tax-list, 1770-5; wife, Martha. Ch. Jesse. b. 1763. July 9. John. b. 1765. Aug. 21. Als. b. 1768. March 29. Bette. b. 1771. June 19. Samuel. b. 1774. Feb. 2.
2. Charles, had dau. Sarah; bap. 1765, Nov. 3.
ATHERTON, Dr. Benjamin, was son of Joshua, of Lancaster, and grandson of James. of Dorchester, who was brother of Gen. Humphrey Atherton, who once represented Billerica at the General Court. His father had a brother Peter, whose son, Joshua, H. C., 1762, was Attorney-General of New Hampshire, and father of Hon. Charles HI. Atherton. of Amherst. N. II., a member of Congress. Dr. Atherton m. 1733, Dec. 25, Mary Rogers, widow of John, 8, and d. 1739. Sept. 1. Ch. Mary. b. 1734. Sept. 12 : was living in 1783. Benjamin, b. 1736, Dec. 9; was brought up by his uncle, Col. Peter Atherton, of Harvard : enlisted in the French and Indian War, and before the Revolution. settled at Sheffield, N. B .. on the St. John river. Was the first coroner in that province, and register of wills and deeds. In 1780, he removed to the site of the city of Fredericton, and when that city was laid out, he was given by the government a large farm in Prince William, twenty-five miles up the river. He m. 1773, March 30. Abigail Mores, and had a son, Israel. Dr. Alfred B, Atherton, of Fredericton. is his grandson. Hle d. 1816. July 17.
BACON. 1. Michael, grandson of Michael, of Dedham, and son of Michael, jr., one of the first settlers of Woburn; was b. prob. in Charlestown, about 1640. He purchased. 1682, July 19, the farm of 500 acres, which had been granted by Cambridge to the Rev. Mr. Mitchell. It was situated on Shawshin river. above the Wyman farm. and in the north-east part of what became Bedford. Probably he had held the farm by lease before the purchase. as the births of his children are recorded here after 1671, and he had a grant, 1680, March, of forty acres adjoining Mrs. Mitchell's farm, on the south-east of Shawshin river. and reaching almost to John Wilson's saw mill. He m. 1660, March 22. Sarah, dau. of Thomas
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Richardson, and sister of Thomas, 1, of Billerica. She d. 1694, Aug. 15; he d. 1707. Aug. 13. Ch. (The first four b. in Woburn). Mury. b. 1661. March 1. Sarah, b. 1663, Aug. 24. Abigail, b. 1666-7, March 5. Michael. a shoemaker. in Billerica. 1696. Jonathan. 2, b. 1672. July 14. Nathaniel. 3, b. 1675. Sept. 18. Josiah, 4, b. 1678. Oct. 20. Ruth, b. 1681, Sept. 24. Benjamin. 5, h. (?). Joseph, 6, b. 1685, May 8.
2. Jonathan, son of Michael, 1, b. 1672. July 14; m. 1694. Jan. 3. Elizabeth Giles. and 1739, Aug. or Sept. 22, Elizabeth Hancock, widow of Benjamin Wyman, of Woburn. He d. 1754. Jan. 12. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1695. Nov. 26. Sarah. b. 1696. Dec. 25; m. Israel Putnam, 2. Anna, b. 1698, April 28, and d. Oct. 8. Jonathan, b. 1700. Dec. 18., Mary, b. 1702, Sept. 18. Bridget, b. 1706-7. Jan. 5. Anna. b. 1709. Aug. 19.
3. Nathaniel, son of Michael, 1, b. 1675, Sept. 18; m. Judith Wyman, dan. of Francis, of Woburn. Ch. Nathaniel. b. 1699-1700. March 1. Judeth, b. 1701. Oct. 19. (The record says 1702. which is impossible, as it gives her death 1701. Dec. 30). Judeth, b. 1702. Nov. 10. Abigail. b. 1704-5. Jan. 1; m. 1725. Aug. 26. Thomas Grover. Sarah, b. 1707, April 10; m. 1726-7, March 2. Benjamin Grover, of Stoneham. Michal, b. 1708-9. March 22, and d. Dec. 30. Susanna. b. 1710. Oct. 5. Michal, b. 1713, Oct. 29. Joseph, b. 1716. March 31. Thomas, b. 1721. Sept. 13.
4. Josiah, son of Michael, 1, b. 1678. Oct. 20; m. Mary. Lieut. · Josiah Bacon d. 1723, Oct. 14. Ch. Josiah, 7, b. 1702, April 27. Mary, b. 1703, Oct. 20, and d. Nov. 16. Mary. b. 1704. Dec. 9. and d. Jan. S. Mary. b. 1706. Oct. 14. Lydia, b. 1710, June 6. Samuel, b. 1719. March 25. and d. April 19.
5. Benjamin, son of Michael, 1, m. 1712. Dec. 2. Abigail Taylor, of Concord. He d. 1727. Nov. 27. Ch. Benjamin. b. 1713. Dec. 6. John. b. 1716. June 16, and d. 1760. May 26. Abigail. b. ITIS, Sept. 25. Samuel. b. 1721, July 21. Mary, b. 1726. Oct. 28. and d. Dec. 28.
6. Joseph, son of Michael. 1. b. 1685. May 8 : m. 1716. May 9. Rebecca Taylor. (of Concord?). He d. 1747. Nov. 29. and she d. 1778. Aug. 24. aged 91 years, 9 months, and 16 days. Ch. Rebecca. b. 1717. April. 17 : d. 1763. Feb. 20. Lydia, b. 1719, Sept. 20.
7. Josiah, son of Josiah. 4, b. 1702. April 27: m. 1726. June 23. Sarah Davis, dau. of dea. Joseph. 1. She m. 2d. Capt. Enoch Kidder. Ch. Josiah, b. 1727. April 23. Solomon, b. 1728. Nov. 27. David, b. 1730. Aug. 30. Joshua, b. 1732, Sept. 14. William, 8, b. 1734, Aug. 8. Ebenezer, b. 1736. Sept. 15. James, b. 1738. June 30. Sarah, b. (?). Aug. 18. Mary, b. 1742, Feb. 5. Joseph, b. 1745, March 24. Liday, b. 1747. Aug. 23; m. Isaac Foster, son of 7.
S. William, son of Josiah. 7, b. 1734, Aug. 8; m. Sarah -. His name disappears from tax-list. 1758. Ch. Adoniram, bap. 1758. April 9.
9. John, is on tax-list, 1783, and after. No record of family.
10. Jonas, and wife Betsey. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1785, Sept. 5; m. 1809. July 30, Samuel Reed, of Acton. Abigail, b. 1787. April 17; m. Jonathan French. 30. Jonas, b. 1789, May 10. William. b. 1791, April 9. Charlotte, b. 1793. Sept. 23: m. 1811. Dec. 19. JJohn Monroe. of Lexington. SSophronia. b. 1795, June 5. Oliver, b. 1797. Sept. 8. George, 11, b. 1799, Sept. 7. Zulima, b. 1802. April 9: m. 1820. April 6. Roger Lane. of Bedford. Lavinia, b. 1804, Oct. 13. Leci. b. 1806. Dec. 10.
11. George, son of Jonas. 10, b. 1799, Sept. 7; m. Mary Bates, of Concord, and Sophronia Gove; now lives in Lexington. Ch. Mary H., b. 1826. Feb. 5. George Edwin. b. 1829. Oct. 10. Edward Carrington, b. 1831, March 4. John. Douglass, b. 1832, Sept. 14. Caroline Elizabeth, b. 1833. Dec. 13. Susan Maria. b. 1835. June 20; m. Lewis Johnson. Stebbins Fisk, b. 1840. May 20; d. 1841, Nov. 15. Clarence Richardson, b. 1842, March 20. Ellen Sophronia. b. 1845. March 23. Anna Bemis, b. 1850, Aug. 10; d. George Bickford, b. 1852. Nov. 24; d. Alice Gertrude. b. 1854, Feb. 24; m .- Chisholm, of South Boston.
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BAILEY. 1. Jonathan, 1780-2; m. 1777. Feb. 20, Elizabeth Baldwin. dau. of Benjamin, 12. The name is on tax-list a few years, but no children are recorded.
2. Kendall, on tax-list, 1795.
3. John Barnard, a homeopathic physician; came to Billerica in 1876; b. 1815, June 13; m. Frances Woodbury Paterson; lives on the Lowell road, near the corner.
4. John Mason, son of preceding; b. 1842. Feb. 15; m. 1877. Aug. 20, Phebe J. Gaskill, dau. of Libeus, of Woonsocket. R. I. He bought the farm north-east of Winning pond, in 1872, and by the extent of his improvements and experiments, has given it celebrity as " Winning farm." He has stocked it with thorough-bred Jersey cattle. Cotswold, Oxfordshire, and Merino sheep, and Berkshire swine. He was the first in this country to introduce the French system of ensilage, or the building of silos for the preservation of forage crops in their green state, and he is publishing "The Book of Ensilage." a treatise on the system. with history and results of his experiments.
BAKER. 1. John, and wife Sarah, came from England, where their ch. were born; lived on Andover street, the place now occupied by Rev. John Haskell. He died 1844, Sept. 15, aged 50. Ch. Mary, b. 1819, Nov. 1; m. William S. Gleason, 4. Ann, b. 1823, Aug. 10; m. George Hall. Eliza, b. 1825, Dec. 14; m. James P. Wason, and is now a widow in California. Eben. 2, b. 1829, May 16. John Francis, b. 1831, June 20; in California. William Henry, b. 1836, Jan. 1; in California.
2. Eben, b. 1829, May 16; m. Elizabeth Ann Boynton. of Bedford, N. H. He is a butcher, and lives opposite his father's place. Ch. John Henry. b. 1859. Jan. 30. Carrie Emily. b. 1863. Dec. 25. Lucy Murdock. b. 1865, Sept. 5. Fred Herbert. b. 1867, Oct. 1. Charles Eben, b. 1870. Jan. 30. 'Roscoe Chase, b. 1877, July 12.
BALDWIN. 1. John, was prob. a brother of Henry, of Woburn, who is said to have been from Devonshire. He m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Richardson, of Woburn, and sister of Thomas, 1, of Billerica, 1655, May 15. This implies that he came to B. as early as this date; no other evidence has been found of his presence before 1657. He lived on the west side of Long street, near Mrs. Bennett's residence, north of Jonathan Danforth's. He d. 1687, Sept. 25. Ch. Mary. b. 1659, July 28, and d. Aug. 1. Mary, b. 1663, April 11. John, 2, b. 1665, Sept. 25. Jonathan, 3, b. 1667-8, Jan. 28. Susanna, b. 1670, May 14, and d. 1675, Sept. S. Thomas, 4, b. 1672, March 26. Phebe, b. 1675-6, Feb. 7. and d. March 24. Susanna, b. 1677. April 14; m. Joseph Hill, 8. Phebe, b. 1679-80, Feb. 7; m. Dr. Roger Toothaker. 2.
2. John, son of JJohn, 1. b. 1665, Sept. 25; m. 1689-90. Feb. 12, Sarah Heywood, prob. dau. of John. of Concord. She d. 1741. Feb. 9. Ho d. 1736, April 6. Ch. Sarah, b. 1690, Dec. 28; m. William Simonds. Mary, b. 1692, Dec. 16; m. Joseph Brown, 4. Jude, b. 1695-6, Jan. 20. Thomas, 5, b. 1697-8. March 15. Ruth, b. 1699, April. 18. John, b. 1701, July 27, and d. Sept. 10. Elizabeth, b. 1702, Sept. 21; m. 1734, May 8, Joseph Johnson, of Woburn. Abigail, b. 1705. April 15; m. 1729-30. Jan. 9. James. Tompson. John, b. 1707-8, Jan. 21, and d. 1738, Oct. 24. William, 6, b. 1710, Sept. 15.
3. Jonathan, son of John, 1, b. 1667-8, Jan. 28; m. 1695, Dec. 13, Mary French, dau. of Jacob, 3. He d. 1735-6. Feb. 17. Ch. Mary, b. 1696, Sept. 15; m. William Brown, 6. Susanna, b. 1698, Dec. 9. Jonathan, 7, b. 1700-1, Feb. 21. Samuel, b. 1703, April 9, and d. 1705, July 22. Josiah, 8, b. 1708. May 22.
4. Thomas, son of John, 1, b. 1672, March 26; m. Sarah. Ensign Thomas d. 1747. Dec. 12. His widow d. 1761, June 16. Ch. JJohn. 9, b. 1699. Nov. 10. Joseph, b. 1702. Sept. 14; m. 1728, June 14, Esther Manning, (see 4). Jacob, b. 1704-5, March 18. David, 10, b. 1711, June 9. Samuel, 11, b. 1713. April 12. Jeremiah, b. 1714, July 29, and d. 1741. Aug. 3. Phebe, b. 1717-18. Jan. 19. Benjamin, 12, b. 1724, April 9.
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5. Thomas, son of John. 2, b. 1697-8, March 15; m. Dorothy Kidder, dau. of Ephraim, 3. Ch. Dorothy, b. 1719, July 28. Rachel, b. 1721, Oct. 7. Thomas, 13, b. 1723-1, Feb. 22. Eleazar, b. 1725-6, March 11. Joseph, b. 1728, Oct. 20. Benjamin, b. 1730, Dec. 10. Ephraim, b. 1733, June 5. Asa. b. 1734. Dec. 22.
6. William, son of John, 2, b. 1710, Sept. 15; m. 1741, Sept. 23, Mary Farmer, dau. of Oliver, 5. He d. 1762, Dec. 21, and she d. 1803, Sept. 25. Ch. Sarah, b. 1742, July 5; m .- Frost, of Tewksbury. John, 14, b. 1743-4, Jan. 13. William, 15, b. 1748, April 12. Thomas, b. 1751. Feb. 27. and d. 1796, June. 12. Micah. b. 1753, Oct. 1; went to Ticonderoga. Mary, b. 1756, April 15; d. in Tewksbury. Nahum, 16, b. 1759, May 16. Oliver, b. 1762. Feb. 12.
7. Jonathan, son of Jonathan, 3, b. 1700-1. Feb. 21; m. 1725-6, Jan. 19, Esther Farley, dau. of George, 6. He lived east of Shawshin river, in the part annexed to Wilmington, 1737. . Ch. Joshua, b. 1727, July 4, and d. July 5. Ebenezer, b. and d. 1728. June 11. Abigail, b. 1729, Oct. 13. and d. Oct. 20. Esther, b. 1730-1. Feb. 7. Jonathan, b. 1733, April 7. Mary, b. 1735, May 26. Samuel, b. 1737, Sept. 7.
8. Josiah, son of Jonathan, 3, b. 1708, May 22; m. 1731. Dec. 2. Susanna Davis, dau. of dea. Joseph. 1. The two latter children were born in Tewksbury. Ch. Josiah, b. 1733. Oct. 14. Jesse, b. 1738, May 10. Susanna. b. 1741. Dec. 16; m. John Pollard. 3.
9. John, son of Thomas, 4, b. 1699. Nov. 10; m. 1726, May 4. Sarah Hill, dau. of Samuel, jr., 10, and prob. 1758, Feb. 21, Elizabeth Parkhurst. of Chelmsford. Ch. Katharine, b. 1727. Sept. 25 ; m. Nathaniel Cummings. Sarah, b. 1729, Aug. 27, and d. Sept. 13. John. 17, b. 1731, Nov. 1. Jonas, b. 1734. Oct. 29. and d. Feb. 10. Martha, b. 1736, Sept. 27, and d. Dec. 7. Joseph, b. 1739, Dec. 8, and d. March 1. Jeremiah, b. 1741-2, Jan. 15, and d. Feb. 17. Tamer, b. 1743, Oct. 13, and d. Jan 1.
10. David, son of Thomas, 4, b. 1711, June 9; m. 1737, June 6, Sarah Hill. dau. of Samuel. 6. She d. 1750, April 21, and he in. 2d, 1752, June 18, Kezia Bennet, of Lancaster. Ch. David. b. 1738-9, Jan. 18, and d. Feb. 13. Sarah, b. 1739-40, Feb. 4; m. 1761, May 7. Joseph Locke, of Lexington. Ursle. b. 1741-2, Jan. 10, and d. Feb. 7. Deborah, b. 1743, June 26, and d. 1744, March 22. Rizpah. b. 1746. Dec. 15, and d. 1749, May 6. Solomon, b. 1750. April 15, and d. April 17. Kezia, b. 1753, . April 10. Hannah, b. 1754, Nov. 19; m. Asa Patten, 13. Abigail. b. 1756, Feb. 2. David, b. 1758, Aug. 20; m. 1792, July 12, Ruhamah Davis, of Chelmsford. Lucy, b. 1760, Sept. 11.
11. Samuel, son of Thomas. 4, b. 1713. April 12; m. 1754, Dec. 10, Elizabeth Hosley, the widow of John, 3. She d. 1779, March 31. and he d. 1797, Jan. S. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1755, July 12; m. Joseph Farmer, 12. Rachel, b. 1757, April 5. (The baptismal record names this child Martha). Phebe, b. 1759, Nov. 17; m. Thomas Craig.
12. Benjamin, son of Thomas, 4, b. 1724, April 9; m. 1747. April 2, Sarah Pollard. dau. of Edward, 2. Ch. Benjamin. b. 1747, Dec. 21, and d. 1749, Sept. 6. Jeremiah, b. 1749, July 23; m. 1780, April 11, Rebecca Totman. Sarah, b. 1751, Aug. 1; m. Joseph Foster. 10. Elizabeth, b. 1753, Sept. 27; m. Jonathan Bayley. Benjamin, h. 1755, Dec. 1; m. 1784, Sept. 12, Betty Davis, widow of Joshua, 3. Solomon, b. 1758, Feb. 19, and d. June 21. Rhoda, b. 1759, June 26; m. 1781, Feb. 20, John Frye, of Andover. Patte, b. 1761, Aug. 12; m. Nahum Baldwin, 16. Rizpah. b. 1763, Sept. 10; m. Edward Farmer, 16. Allice, b. 1766, May 14; m. 1785, July 16. Olive, b. 1769, March 5.
13. Thomas, son of Thomas, 5, b. 1723-4. Feb. 22; m. 1759, March 8, Abigail Pollard, dau. of Edward, 2. Ch. Isaac, b. 1760, May 22. Abigail, b. 1761, Sept. 22; m. Jesse Manning, 17. Abel, b. 1764, July 23. Zilpah, b. 1767, Oct. 2.
14. Jolın, son of William, 6, b. 1743-4, Jan. 13; m. 1769, March 17. Susannah Chamberlain. She d., and he m. a widow Sanders, of
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Tewksbury, where he lived and had other ch. Ch. Rebecca, b. 1770, April 8.
15. William, son of William, 6, b. 1748, April 12; m. 1773, July 16, Susanna Wilson. She d. 1773, Sept. 14, and he m. 1777, May 20, Susanna Wilson, who d. 1801, April. aged 48. He d. 1802, April. Ch. William, b. 1778. May 24, and d. 1798, Sept. 20. Thomas, 20, b. 1780, Jan 26. Francis, b. 1782. March 21, and d. 1805, Sept. 21. Susanna, b. 1784, Sept. 17, and d. 1803, March 17. John. 21, b. 1786, Sept. 1. Sarah. b. 1788. June 3; m. 1810, Nov. 18. Moses Foster. of Andover. Oliver, b. 1790, Aug .. and d. 1796, March 15. Henry, 22, b. 1792, July 27. Joshua, b. 1795, July 31; m. ; lived in Charlestown': d. 1870.
16. Nahum, son of William, 6, b. 1759, May 16; m. 1783, Sept. 25, Patte Baldwin, dau. of Benjamin, 12. Ch. Mary, b. 1784, April 4; m. Bird. She d. after 1850. and a dau. Mary. Patty, b. 1789, June 27; m. Thomas Shed, 24. Rizpah, b. 1791, May 8; not m. Nahum, b. 1793, Nov. 10; not m.
17. John, son of John, 9, b. 1731. Nov. 1; m. 1758, Feb. 3, Elizabeth Parkhurst, of Chelmsford. Ch. John. b. 1759. March 3. Timothy, b. 1762, April 13; m., and lived in Lyndeboro', N. H .; had two sons, John and Joel, 23. Betty. b. 1763, July 27; m. Asa Marshall. Joel, b. 1766, May 8; d. unmarried. Asa. b. 1770, Nov. 15; m. 1795, Feb. 11, Ruth Kidder. Sarah. b. 1776. Jan. 5.
18. Reuben, m. 1787, Nov. 13. Sarah Farmer, dau. of Edward, 10. He was drowned 1807, May 13. Ch. Edward Farmer, b. 1788, April 5. Sally. b. 1790. Aug. 6. Rizpah, b. 1794. July 8; m: 1818, Dec. 6. Henry H. Merrill. Almeria, b. 1796. April 24. Jonathan, b. 1798, April 7. Hannah Farmer. b. 1800, July 12. George, b. 1803, April 11. Mary, b. 1806, Feb. 22.
19. Abel. Name on tax-list. 1766-78, and he m. 1767, Jan. 21, Abigail French. dau. of Ebenezer, 14. No children are recorded.
20. Thomas, son of William, 15, b. 1780, Jan. 26; m. 1804. Aug. 5, Lydia Brown. He d. 1811, Aug. 28. Ch. Susan Wilson, bap. 1805, Nov. 17. William, bap. 1807, April 19. Louisa, bap. 1807, Sept. 20.
21. John, son of William, 15, b. 1786, Sept. 1; m. 1810, Nov. 15, Clarissa Parker, dau. of Isaac, of Andover. She d. 1867, May 28, aged 75. Col. Baldwin was a leading and influential citizen; often called to important offices ; d. 1875, June 25. . Ch. Sarah, b. 1811, June 29. Clarissa, b. 1813, May 23; d. 1814, Oct. 22. John. 24, b. 1815, May 25. Francis, 25, b. 1817, June 18. Mary, b. 1819, Nov. 6; m. Charles H. Parker, 25. Ellen. b. 1821, April 23; d. 1825, Sept. 14. Elizabeth Caldwell, b. 1824. Aug. 19.
22. Henry, son of William. 15, b. 1792, July 27; m. 1819. June 20, Anne Whiting, dau. of dea. Samuel. 12 Hle was a merchant and lived on the east side of the common; d. 1846, June 1, and his widow, 1874, July 28. Ch. Henry Augustus, b. 1821, March 12; d. 1853, Feb. 11. Samuel Whiting, b. 1824. March 8. IIe was the first soldier drafted from town in the war, and responded promptly, doing brave and good service. Mary Ann. b. 1825. Sept. 7; d. 1828, Sept. George F., b. 1827, Sept. 17; d. 1850, Jan. 26.
23. Joel, son of Timothy, of Lyndeboro', N. H., and grandson of John. 17, m. Mary Fry. He removed from Lyndeboro' to Billerica, 1825, and lived west of the Shawshin river. at the first place south of the Wilmington road. He d. 1850, April 19, aged 54. Ch. John Fry, b. 1823, March 14. Joel, 26, b. 1824, Aug. 24. Mary Ann. b. 1826, Dec. 4; m. William Manning, (see 15). Charlotte Fry, b. 1830, June 18; d. 1832, July 14. Charles Henry, b. 1834, Jan. 8; d. 1837, May 25. William Henry, b. 1838, Jan. 14; m. Mary Balkam and lives in Lowell.
24. John, son of John, 21, b. 1815, March 25; m. Lucy Ann Mears. He now lives in Chicago. Ch. John Albert, b. 1837, Nov. 6. Herbert Livingston, b. 1843, Feb. 1.
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25. Francis, son of John, 21, b. 1817, June 18; m. 1839, Nov. 28. Rachel Ann Parker, of Wilmington. He d. 1878, Dec. 18. Ch. Frank Stanley, b. 1841, Oct. 26; d. 1849, Feb. 2. Ellen, b. 1843, Feb. 17; d. Sept. 2. Langdon Williams, b. 1845, April 13, and d. Oct. 13. Annie Gilbert, b. 1847, Sept. 12; m. Prof. Samuel Tucker. Catherine Gillis, b. 1851. March 26; m. Fred. II. Parker. (see 24). Henry. b. 1864. May 28.
26. Joel, son of Joel, 23, b. 1824. Aug. 24; mn. Elizabeth Trull. of Tewksbury. Ch. Annie Miranda. b. 1850. Dec. 27; m. Joseph Jaquith, (see 9). Joel Washington, b. 1853, Feb. 1.
BALLARD, Jonathan, m. 1722, Aug. 30. Hannah Kidder, dau. of Ephraim, 3. Ch. Jonathan, b. 1723, Aug. 16. Ephraim, b. 1725, May 6. Hannah, b. 1726. Oct. 28.
BARKER, Hiram Parker, b. in Hardwick, Mass .. 1838, Nov. 3; m. 1863, March 19, Caroline Frances Harrington, dau. of Zadoc. Ch. George Hiram, b. 1863. Aug. 7. Edward Augustus, b. 1864. Nov. 5.
BARRETT. 1. Oliver, is on tax-list. 1768-70. Ch. Benjamin Fish. bap. 1770, Jan. 21.
2. Stephen, perhaps son of Col. James, of Concord; m. 1781. April 8, Lucy Kidder. dau. of Ephraim. 15. Ch. Stephen. 3, b. 1781. Sept. 11. John, b. 1784, Feb. 1. Lucy, b. 1786, Feb. 16. Sally, b. 1791. June 15. Polly. b. 1793. Oct. 1; m. 1815. Jan .. John Richards. Lucinda. b. 1799. May 26. Martha, b. 1801, March 5. Abigail. b. 1804. June 28.
3. Stephen, son of Stephen, 2, b. 1781. Sept. 11; m. 1807, May 10, Olive Rogers, widow of Thomas, 17, who d. 1848, Sept. 2. Ch. Thomas Rogers, b. 1809, March 4.
4. Stephen, of Medford. m. 1805. Nov. 28. Lucretia Davis, dan. of Timothy, 5, and 1810, May 22, Christina G. Welsh. Ch. Lucretia, b. 1806. Sept. 6.
BARRON. 1. Samuel, and wife Sarah. Ch. Jane, b. 1736, Dec. 1. Susanna, b. 1738, April 26.
2. Moses and wife Elizabeth; he d. 1761. Nov. 4, and she m. 1766. Dec., Samuel Fowle, of Woburn. Ch. Isaac, 3, b. 1750. Sept. 18. Elizabeth, b. 1753. Feb. 12. Richard. b. 1756. April 30: d. 1762. Aug. 25. Moses, b. 1758, July 8.
3. Isaac, son of Moses. 2, b. 1750, Sept. 18; m. 1772, June 4. Anna Spaulding. dau. of Asa. 3. Ch. Isque, b. 1772. Sept. 12. Moses, b. 1776. April 26. Anna, b. 1781, July 6. Isaac, b. 1783. Nov. 24.
BATCHELLER. 1. Joseph, m. 1796. Dec. 15. Hannah Trull. dau. of Samuel, 8. Ch. Joseph, b. 1797, April 25. Josiah. b. 1799, May 28. Hannah, b. 1800, Oct. 28; m. 1822, June 25, James H. Eames, of Reading. Sophronia, b. 1802, May 20; m. 1825, May 19, William Taintor. of Boston. Eliza, b. 1804, Feb. 20. Brooks Trull, b. 1813, Jan. 7.
2. Isaac, had John Fouler bap. 1814. Nov. 27. Frederick Augustus Prince, was bap. 1812, May 24. but the father's name is wanting.
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