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BEAN, William, on tax-list, 1770-2. Ch. William, bapt. 1772. April 25.
BEARD. 1. Andrew, was in Menotomy. [Arlington], 1672. His son. Ebenezer, was b. in Charlestown, and that John and Simon were his sons is probable. He was in Billerica as early as 1713; lived east of the Shawshin, in the part of the town annexed to Wilmington. in 1737. He d. 1717-8, Jan. S, and his widow, Mary. m. James Frost. 5. Ch. John, 2. Simon. m. 1725. JJune 2. Sarah Hopkins, dau. of William, 1. Ebenezer, 3, b. 1701-2, Jan. 1. Jacob, 4, b. 1709, Dec. 26. Martha, b. 1714, Aug. 21; m. Jacob Manning, 9. Nathan had a guardian. 1719.
2. John, (see abore). m. Hannah. Ch. John, 5, b. 1716. Aug. 26. Aaron, 6, b. 1717. Nov. 25. Andrew, b. 1719, Sept. 11. Mary, b. 1721, Aug. 13, and d. 1738. June 11. Darid, 7, b. 1723. April 19. Jonathan. 8, b. 1725, May 9. Nathan, 9, b. 1728, Oct. 3.
3. Ebenezer, son of Andrew. 1, b. 1701-2, Jan. 1; m. Esther. Ch. Esther, b. 1725. June 27 ; m. 1757. Feb. 15, Nathaniel Cutler. of Woburn.
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Prob. Ebenezer. 10, and some. if not all. of the following: Samuel, 11, Isaac, 12, Abijah, 13, Josiah, 14, and Benjamin, 15.
4. Jacob, son of Andrew. 1, b. 1709, Dec. 26; in. Abigail; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Abigail, b. 1737. July 11. Jacob, b. 1738. July 2, and d. 1739. March 10. Jacob. b. 1741. Dec .; m. 1776. Feb. 22. Olive Hazeltine. Mary, b. 1744. Aug. 20; m. Josiah Cutler, of Medford. Martha, b. 1747. March 22; in. Ezra Baldwin. Abigail, b. 1750, Sept. 3; m. Jonathan Baldwin. jr. Ruben, b. 1752. March 19. and Ruth, bap. 1756. Feb. 8.
5. John, son of John, 2, b. 1716. Aug. 26; m. Hannah; lived in Wilmington. Ch. John, 16, b. 1745. April 3. Joseph. b. 1747. Sept. 27.
6. Aaron, son of John, 2, b. 1717. Nov. 25; m. Susanna -; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Aaron. b. 1742. Aug. 4.
7. David, son of John, 2, b. 1723. April 19; m. Hannah -; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Stephen. b. 1771, Dec. 26. James, b. 1774. Jan. 15. Aaron. b. 1775. April 11. Hannah. b. 1778. Nov. 21.
S. Jonathan, son of John. 2, b. 1725. May 9: m. 1746. May 15. Deborah Buck; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Mary. b. 1747. April 20; m. Timothy Baldwin. Jonathan, b. 1751, Nov. 23; m. Abigail-, and had 6 ch.
9. Nathan, son of John, 2, b. 1728. Oct. 23; m. 1754, Sept. 26, Mary Flagg; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Lydia. b. 1755. April 4. Nathan, b. 1756. March 30; m. 1778. Nov. 24. Sarah Eames. Ruth. b. 1758. Nov. 9. Hannah, b. 1760, Aug. 20. Mollie, b. 1762. April 28. Abel, b. 176(?), Feb. 11. Abigail. b. 1767, March 16.
10. Ebenezer, prob. son of Ebenezer. 3. m. Catherine -. She m. 2d, 1789, Sept. 2, Reuben Butters; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Ebenezer, b. 1752. Feb. 12; m. 1782, Sept. 26, Lydia Jenkins ; had Abigail and Ebenezer. Elijak. b. 1754, March 27. Edward. b. 1756, Sept. 1 ; m. 1783. April 10. Polly Burt; had Edward and others. Abigail. b. 1759, March 7. Catharine, b. 1762, Feb. 15. Elijah. b. 1765, Sept. 3; m. 1785, March 17. Phebe Jones.
11, Samuel, (see 3), m. 1759. Jan. 25. Rebecca Butters; lived in Wilmington. Ch. Samuel, b. 1759, Dec. 22. Rebecca. b. 1761, Nov. 14. Hepsibah, b. 1773, Jan. 25; m. 1803. Sept. 4. Benjamin Foster.
12, Isaac, (scc 3), m. 1762, Dec. 16, Rebecca Jaquith. His name on B. tax-list. after 1773. Ch. prob. Isaac. 17. Jonas, b. 1764, Nov. 26. Rebecca. b. 1766. Feb. 4. Esther, b. 1769. Feb. 15; m. Benjamin Beard, 18. Ira, b. 1779, Sept. 3. Sarah, bap. 1786. Jan. 8.
13. Abijah, (see 3), m. 1763, Dec. S, Hannah Frost, dau. of John, 12. Name disappears from tax-list. 1777. Ch. Hannah. b. 1761. Nov. 15. Abijah, b. 1767, June 25; m. Abigail Stickney, dau. of William, 5, and lived in Grafton and Bridgewater, Vt. Surah, b. 1770, Sept. 23. John Frost, b. 1773, Jan. 12. Abigail, b. 1775, Nov. 4.
14. Josiah, (see 3). m. 1765. April 11, Elizabeth Crosby. dau. of Nathan, 12, and 1784, Dec. 29, Sarah Paige, of 'Bedford, dau. of John, 5. No children recorded.
15. Benjamin, (see 3), m. 1767, Feb. 3, Abigail Clark. Ch. Benjamin, , 18, b. 1768, May 18.
16. John, son of John, 5, b. 1745. April 3; m. 1765, May 30, Sarah Walker, dau. of Joseph; 6. She d. 1769, May 31, and he m. Nov. 16. Abigail Kemp, of Chelmsford. Ch. Moses, b. 1766. April 22. Joseph and Mary, b. 1768, Aug. 5; d. Aug. 5 and 7. Sarah, b. 1770, Nov. 1. Jonathan, b. 1775, Dec. 31.
17. Isaac, (see 12), m. 1791, Sept. 1. Polly Richardson. He lived on the Woburn road, near the Burlington line. Ch. Mary, b. 1791, Nov. 22. Isaac, b. 1794. Oct. 13. Rebecca. b. 1797. May 20. Esther. b. 1800. March 3. Jonas, b. 1802. Feb. 27. Clarissa, b. 1804, March 5. Hezekiah, b. 1806. June 28. Benjamin, b. 1809. Feb. 20. Artemas, b. 1811, May 11.
18. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, 15, b. 1768, May 18; m. 1798, Dec. 30. Esther Beard. dau. of Isaac. 12. She d. 1816. Aug. 23. He lived on the East road, where his daughter, Mrs. Holden, now lives. Ch. Amanda Rebecca JJaquith. b. 1803. July 31; m. Asa Holden.
MRS. JOSHUA BENNETT.
RESIDENCE OF MRS. JOSHUA BENNETT.
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19. Benjamin F., perhaps son of Isaac. 17, m. 1833, April 4, Betsey C. Goodwin, dau. of Reuel. Ch. Uriah Goodwin. b. 1845. Feb. 4. 20. Benjamin, m. Susan. Ch. George Henry, b. 1845. Aug. 23.
21. Daniel, son of Jacob, of Wilmington; m. 1804, Dec. 20, Rebecca Clark. of Chelmsford.
BELL, John, appears on tax-list. 1766, and a widow, Mary Bell, prob. his mother. 1761-70. His name disappears. 1785. Ch. John. bab. 1776. Nov. 17. John, bap. 1779, July 25. Eliah, bap. 1781. Jan. 14. William, bap. 1782. Dec. 3. Daniel, bap. 1784, June 13.
BENNETT. James, of Groton. (statement of his granddaughter, Mrs. McPherson. of Chelmsford.) was the father of Stephen. 1, and Jaines, 2, who appear on the tax-list of Billerica in 1780. He had other sons. Jonathan. Thomas, and Joseph, and was prob. himself the son of Moses and Anna Blanchard Bennett, and b. 1736. Dec. 5. The father of Moses was prob. James, of Groton, in 1704, and of Scotch descent. The brothers. Stephen and James, settled near Burlington line, south-east of Shawshin school-house.
1. Stephen, (see above,) is prob. the same who, with wife Elizabeth, had John, b. in Groton, 1775, Dec. 25. Other ch. named by Mrs. McPherson were Stephen, Thomas, Frank, James. Samuel. Jonas, Keziah. Hannah, m. 1801, Sept. 3, Giles Alexander. Betsey, Sarah, and Rebecca, and two others.
2. James, had ch. Polly, b. about 1785; m. 1834, July 20. James C. McPherson, and is living in Chelmsford. Nancy, m. Joseph T. Bowers. 9. Lucy, m. 1822, April 28. Reuben Richardson, of Dracut. James. m .--- Nevers. and lived in Burlington. Edward. m. 1806. June 8. Rebecca Richardson, dau. of Ebenezer, 18, and lived in Burlington. Joshua, 3, b. 1792. Nov. 27.
3. Joshua, son of James, 2, b. 1792, Nov. 27. He was for some years a teacher in Dorchester, and afterwards was in business in Boston, in the firm of Bennett & Felton. He accumulated a large property. At his death he left legacies to the churches in town. He lived on the west side of Long street, in the north part of the village, where his widow still has her home in a genial and beneficent old age. She has recently made proposals to the town which will probably result in the founding of a public library. He m. 1815. Oct. S. Eleanor Richardson, dau. of Ebenezer. 18, and d. 1865, Aug. 6. Ch. Ellen. b. 1816. Feb. 15; m. George Holden, (see 2). Rebecca. b. 1818, June 19: m. 1837. Oct. 17. William Wilkins Warren, who was b. 1814: son of Isaac. of West Cambridge, whose wife Frances was dau. of Dr. William Wilkins, and granddaughter of Rev. Dr. Cumings. This volume is indebted to him for the portrait of Dr. Cummings. He was a merchant at St. Thomas. 1830-40 : resides now in Boston.
BICKFORD, Dr., Hezekiah C., was born in New London. N. II .. 1816; graduated Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia. 1845. and practised his profession six years. in New London. 1851-61. in Billerica. and 1861-76. in Charlestown; a skilful and beloved physician. He. m. 1846. June 17. Paulina Augusta Coburn. She d. 1867. Nov. 29, and he m. 1869. April 22, Abigail Gray, dau. of William. 3. HIe d. in Woburn. 1878. March 25. aged 60. Ch. George Coburn. b. 1817. March 25. John Truman. b. 1849. April 2 : d. 1853. Jan. 21. Harriet Augusto. b. 1858. June 20.
BIRD, Simon, came to Boston in 1635. aged 20. With five others. in October. 1635. he was, by the Court, ordered to be "whipt for runing from their maisters, and for stealeing a boat and dyyrs other things." He lived at Chelsea, but in 1659, 3m, 2d. he received from Billerica a ten-acre lot. His house lot contained "fifty-two acres lying northward of the township, and on ye west of Chelmsford road. and southward of Abot's bridge. bounded by Chelmsford road on ye east ninety-five pole. and by John Rogers, sen .. south, by John Bracket. north by ye great river west." Abot's bridge was at the brook by Mr. Burns'
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place. and Bird's lot included Mr. Stackpole's place and a large part of the Dea. Amos Spalding place. He d. 1666, July 7. leaving no children, but a widow, Mary. who m. Henry Jefts. In 1680, portions of his land were deeded by Jefts, as administrator, under execution, to various creditors. among whom were the church and Rev. Mr. Whiting.
BLANCHARD. 1. John, was son of Samuel, of Andover. whose father Thomas came to Charlestown in 1639. He was b. 1677. July 3; m. 1701, Aug. 7, Mary Crosby, dau. of Simon, 1, and lived prob. near Dr. Noyes' place. She d. 1748, May 7. He d. 1750, April 10. Susanna Blanchard, who m. Jonathan Farwell, of Chelmsford, 1723. May 29, was perhaps sister of John. Ch. Mary. b. 1702. Aug. 18. Hannah, b. 1704. Oct. 24. Rachel, b. 1706-7. Feb. 2. Abigail. b. 1708-9. Jan. 23. Sarah. b. 1711. June 5. and d. JJune 8. Sarah. b. 1712. May 23. and d. 1713. April 16. John, b. 1713-14. March 15, and d. March 18. John, 2, b. 1714-15, Feb. 15. Samuel. 3, b. 1717. Aug. 17. Darid. b. 1719-20. March 20. Benjamin. b. 1722. July 5. Simon. 4, b. 1725-6. March 16.
2. John, son of John, 1, b. 1714-15. Feb. 15; m. 1739. Nov. 29. Elizabeth Richardson, dau. of Andrew, 4. He d. 1756, July 27, and she m. Braviter Gray. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1740-1, JJan. 14; m. Thomas Ditson, 4. John, 5, b. 1743, July 24. Abigail. b. 1746, Oct. 13; m. 1773, Dec. 14. Nathan Parker, of Cambridge. Lemuel, b. 1749, JJuly 1; living in
Cambridge. 1778. Josiah. h. 1752. June 4. Hannah. b. 1756. Nov. 22: m. Solomon Hill, 20.
Paul. b. 1754. April 2.
3. Samuel, son of John, 1, b. 1717, Aug. 17; m. 1747, July 14, Mary Brown, datı. of William. 6. He d. 1807. March 26. She d. 1811. March 5. Ch. Mary. b. 1747-8. Jan. 26. Simed. 6, b. 1748-9. March 6. William. b. 1750. March 21. Sarah. b. 1754. Jan. 31; m. Benjamin Lewis. Timothy. b. 1755, Oct. 16: wounded at Lexington. Martha. (record of baptism says Nathan). b. 1757. Aug. 2: m. Benjamin Blanchard. of Wilton. Rhode. h. 1762. Nov. 17; m. 1786. Jan. 26. Samuel Abbot. Jeremiah. 7, b. 1764. July 10. Ahimaaz. b. 1767. April 26. Jonathan. b. 1769. Feb. 20.
4. Simon, son of JJohn. 1. b. 1725-6. March 15: m. 1746. Dec. 17, Rebecca Sheldon. dau. of Samuel. 3. He d. 1796. April 20. She d. 1814. March 3. Ch. Deborah, bap. 1748, Oct. 23. Simon, S, b. 1749. Dec. 23. Jothan, 9, b. 1752, March 6. Rebecca, b. 1754, March 20; m. George Abbot, 11. Abijah, b. 1756, March 24. Justus. b. 1758. Nov. 22. (the baptismal record says Rufus). Isaac, 10, b. 1761, Jan. 15. Susanna, b. 1763, - April 2; m. Job Hill, 24. Joseph, 11, b. 1765, Oct. 17. Asenath, b. 1768, March 17; m. Michael Crosby. 32.
5. John, son of John, 2, b. 1743. July 24; m. Sarah. His first child was born in Marblehead, and he lived in Charlestown, 1768. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1767, Aug. 12. Salle, b. 1771. May 16. Annah, b. 1772. Nov. 4; m. 1797. Jan. 24, Ezra Johnson. John. 12, b. 1774. May 17. Francis, 13, b. 1775, Oct. 1. Luce, b. 1777, March 10. Elisha, b. 1779. June 17. Josiah. b. 1781. June 12. and lived in Whitingham. Vt. : m. Rachel Clements, of Dracut; had sixteen children, and d. 1853, Aug. 13. 6. Samuel, son of Samuel. 3, b. 1748-9. March 6: m. 1779. Dec. 23. Mary Hill, dau. of Peter, 17. Ch. prob. Samuel. jr., who had Lydia. bap. 1806. Dec. 21. Mary, bap. 1781. July 1: m. 1808. March 1. Cyrus Blanchard, of Milford. N. H. Judith, bap. 1782, Sept. 1; m. 1804, Feb. 12, Cyrus Blanchard. Leri, b. 1784, Nov. 7. Sewall. Erving and Silence, bap. 1793, Nov. Alden, bap. 1795, Nov.
7. Jeremiah, son of Samuel. 3, b. 1764, July 10; m. 1795. June 17. Mary Going; he d. 1819, May 22; lived at the Odiorne place, now occupied by Dr. Noyes. Ch. Jeremiah. b. 1797. Jan. 26; d. 1820. Jan. 10. He was secretary of the first governor of Arkansas. John Gowen, b. 1799, Jan. 30. Student at Harvard College. Went to Maryland and studied law, but never practiced that profession. Became an Episcopal clergyman in 1824. Rector of St. Anne's parish, Annapolis. 1826; m. 1826, Jan. 5. Elizabeth Hance Philpot ; d. 1834. Oet. He had ch. Elizabeth P .. Edward Wyatt. a lawyer.
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in Baltimore, d. 1877. Aug. 29. John J. d. aged 17, and William, now of New York. Mary, b. 1801. Sept. 7; m. James Jaques, of Wilmington. Sophia. b. 1803, Nov. 27, and d. 1816. June 22. Adeline. b. 1805, Dec. 8: m. John Tyler, of Boston; d. 1875, Jan. 9. Rhoda, b. 1815, and d. 1817. May 5.
8. Simon, son of Simon, 4, b. 1749. Dec. 23; m. 1774, Jan. 20. Catharine Wyman, dau. of Increase. Removed about 1776, to Milford, N. H., where he d. about 1828. His widow d. 1838. Ch. Dennison. b. 1775. June 4. Abijah. bap. 1778. Feb. 22. Others b. in Milford were Amaziah. Luther. Calvin, Clara, Nancy. Betsey, Lydia, Catherine. Rebecca.
9. Jotham, son of Simon, 4, b. 1752. March 6; m. 1773, Nov. 2. Abigail Crosby, dau. of Ephraim. 16. Removed about 1778, to Lyndeboro', N. H. Ch. Jotham. b. 1774. Feb. 9. Asa. b. 1775. Nov. 30. Ephraimi. b. 1778. March 1. Others b. in Lyndeboro' were Abigail. Polly, Rebecca Crosby. Fanny, and Sarah.
10. Isaac, son of Simon, 4, b. 1761. Jan. 15; m. 1782, Sept. 12. Ruth Duneklee. dau. of Nathaniel. Ile lived in Carlisle. The baptismal register gives the children. Isaac, Abijah, and Benjamin. 1788. Oct. 26. Cyrus, 1789, July 5. Ruthy, 1790, Aug. 1. Susannah. 1796. July 3. Simon. 1798, May 27. Abigail, 1801, April 5. Bethiah Lincoln, 1803, Aug. 20. Isaac, jr .. lived in Charlestown; town treasurer, custom-house officer, and deacon of 2d church. Of his children, Sarah Stoddard m. Henry K. Frothingham. Vrylena m. Richard Frothingham, the eminent historian. Isaac W. was an officer of the Eagle Bank, and Sampson S. was president of the Hamilton Bank.
11. Joseph, son of Simon, 4, b. 1765. Oct. 17; m. 1788. June 10. Mehitable Waters, of Carlisle. She d. 1794. June 7, and he m. 1798. Nov. 15. Sarah Brown, of Tewksbury. Ch. Mehitable, b. 1790. Oct. 5; m. Josiah Rogers, 20. Rebecca, b. 1793, Sept. 14; m. 1815. Oct. 1, Thomas Sumner, of Boston. Sarah, b. 1799, Dec. 17; m. Elijah Stearns. of Walpole, Mass., and d. 1873. Eliza, b. 1801, Oct. 24; lives in Lowell. Harriet, b. 1803. Sept. 16; m. Sumner Crosby. (see 30). Joseph, 14, b. 1805. April 22. Maria, b. 1807, March 20; d. 1848. Dec. Adolphus. b. 1809, May 8; d. about 1834. Henry. b. 1811. Sept. 25; graduated Harvard College, 1834; m. Sarah C. Farmer. dau. of Jeremiah, 15. Physician in Marshfield, Mass., 1840-1864, and since, in Neponset. [Boston]. His ch. Emily A., Edward O., Rebecca S., and Henry S. Jerusha Brown, b. 1813, April 20; d. 1874. Dec. Mary Augusta, b. 1816, Oct. 23 ; m. 1840, Henry Worcester. of Tewksbury.
12. John, son of John, 5, b. 1774, May 17; m. 1794, Oct. 1, Molly Holt, of Andover. Ch. John Reid and Mury Wyman, both bap. 1797, Aug. 20.
13. Francis, son of John. 5, b. 1775, Oct. 1; m. 1800, July 16, Sarah Stickney. dau. of William. 5. She d. 1846, March 10. Ch. Francis, b. 1805. William, 15, b. 1806, Oct. 5.
14. Joseph, son of Joseph, 11, b. 1805, April 22; m. Rhoda Worcester. of Tewksbury. He d. 1856, Jan. 15. Ch. Caroline, b. 1843, Nov. 10. Mary, b. 1845, July 22, and d. 1848. March 9. Mary, b. 1848. June 22. Joseph, b. 1850, July 17. Adolphus. Annie.
15. William, son of Francis. 13, b. 1806, Oct. 5; m. 1830, June 24, Lydia Aún Poor, of Andover. Merchant and postmaster for some years. Hle lives on Main street, opp. West street. Ch. Ann, b. 1831, June 20; d. 1834, Sept. 25. William Henry, b. 1833. Jan. 6; m. 1853. Ann JJ. Burt; d. 1861, Oct. 16. Catherine Amelia. b. 1834. Sept. 9; d. 1846, July 23. Emma Ann, b. 1839, July 18; d. 1841, Sept. 25. Harriet Ellen, b. 1841, May 11; d. 1850, March 12. Mary Frances, b. 1844, April 25. John Edwin, b. 1852. Feb. 11; d. 1855, Jan. 1.
BLODGETT, Amos, of Lexington, is on tax-list, 1754-55. Betty, bap. 1754, June 30.
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BLOOD, John and - Robert, brothers, were sons of James, of Concord. They bought, early, the extensive grants made by the General Court to Mr. Increase Nowell and Rev. Thomas Allen, of Charlestown, and Mr. Atherton Hough, of Boston. These farms were west of Concord river, and below Concord, "old line." and for some years their civil relations were uncertain. Committees' to .perambulate' the town lines; went over the line " with the Bloods." but they were among the persons whose taxes were in default, after the troubles of 1676, and were ordered by the General Court to pay them to Billerica. A few years later, they made an agreement with Concord, and were afterwards held by that town. John was not m., and d. 1692, Oct. 30. Robert m. Elizabeth Willard, dau. of Major Simon, and had 12 ch., but none of their births are recorded here. He d. 1701, Oct. 27.
BLY, Daniel, was in town, in 1677, and for a few years after. Maria, of whom he was " ye reputed father," was b. 1677, June 30.
BOHONAN, Ananiah, son of Ananiah; b. in Salisbury, N. H., 1783. May 8; m. Lucy Stanley, and 1838, Oct. 28, Abby Spaulding, dau. of Benoni. She d. 1856, Aug. 24, and he m. 1856, Oct. 10, Almira Stratton Spalding, her neice. He d. 1859, May 23, aged 76, and she m. George Wilkins, of Carlisle. Ch. born in Salisbury. Sophia B., Benjamin Stanley, 2, b. 1803. Betsey E., Peter Bartlett. 3, Sarah, Mark Morrill, Abigail, William Broadstreet.
2. Benjamin Stanley, son of Ananiah. b. 1808; m. Louisa Capen and Abigail- He d. 1869. Dec. 26. Ch. Sarah, Georgiana, Louisa, Alfred and Albert, b. 1846. May 17.
3. Peter Bartlett, son of Ananiah, b. 1812. March 31; m. ' 1842. Oct. 11, Susan E. Tibbetts, of Rochester, N. H. He has been for many years the station agent of the Boston & Lowell railroad. Ch. Francis Bartlett. b. 1845, July 4; d. 1872, Oct. 23. Harriet Augusta, b. 1848, April 8.
BOND, Jonathan, and wife Polly had ch. Leonard, b. 1800, March 20. Elijah. b. 1801, Sept. 29.
BONNER, Mary, m. 1788. Feb. 4. William Hickel. Margaret m. 1788, March 13. James Ingles, of Bedford.
BOWERS. 1. Jonathan, ancestor of the family in town, was b. in Chelmsford, 1674, April 13. son of Jerathmeel, who was son of George, of Cambridge, and b. 1650. May 2. He had brothers Benanuel. who m. Elizabeth Dunster. cousin of President Henry Dunster, of Harvard College; and lived in Charlestown; and John, who graduated H. C., 1649. teacher in Plymouth and New Haven, minister in Guilford and Brandford, and pastor in Derby, Conn., 1677. until death. 1687. June 14. Capt. Jerathmeel Bowers, a brother of our Jonathan, lived in Chelmsford, near Pawtucket. and was a leading citizen. The children of Capt. Jonathan were all born in Chelmsford; he removed to Billerica before 1729, as his son Benjamin entered college from B .: he m. 1699. May 17. Hannah Barrett, and d. 1744-5. Feb. 12. She d. 1765. Oct. 16. aged 86. Ch. Jerathmeel. b. 1700. Jan. 5; m. 1735-6. March 17. Elizabeth Farley. dau. of Timothy. 7. Jonathan. b. 1701. July 5; m. 1726. June 7. Mary Grimes. Hannah, b. 1703, Nov. 11. John. b. 1707. Sept. 20; m. 1733. Aug. 14. Anna Crosby, dau. of Josiah. 5 ; he then lived in Dracut. William. 2, b. 1709, Jan. 8. Sarah, b. 1712, Feb. 25. Benjamin, b. 1713. March 7; graduated H. C., 1733; ordained at Middle Haddan. Conn .. 1740, Sept .. and d. there in 1761. Josiah. 3, b. 1719-20, Jan 10.
2. William, son of Capt. Jonathan. 1, b. 1709, Jan. 8; m. 1739-40, March 16. Elizabeth Tompson, dau. of Benjamin. 2. She d. 1740, March 28. and he m. Martha Winship. dau. of Samuel. of Lexington. who d. 1797, Feb. 25. aged 82. Capt. William Bowers d. 1799. Sept. 16. Ch. Elizabeth. b. 1739-40, March 15; m. 1763, Sept. 15, John Parkhurst, of Lexington; had no ch .; d. 1822, July 9. Martha, b. 1742, Aug. 23; m. 1765. May 2, Joshua Simonds, of Lexington. who distinguished himself, 1775, April 19. They had 8 ch. He d. 1805, July 24. and
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she d. 1819, June 24. William, 4, b. 1744, April 20. Jeremiah, b. 1748, Dec. 22. Sarah. bap. 1750, May 6. Jonathan, 5, b. 1751, May 13. Samuel, 6, b. 1754. June 3.
3. Josiah, son of Jonathan, 1, b. 1719-20, Jan. 10; m. 1744, Jan. 17, Abigail Tompson. dau. of Benjamin, 2. She d. 1771, Nov. 5. and he m. 1773, Jan. 23, Maria, dau. of Rev. Caleb Trowbridge, of Groton. She d. 1787, Sept. 29, aged 56. He d. 1794. April 20. Ch. Abigail, b. 1744, Oct. 12; m. 1764. Nov. 29, Amos Muzzy, of Lexington. He d. 1829, May 20, and she d. 1838. Dec. 24. Their son. Amos, was father of Rev. Artemas Bowers Muzzy, H. C., 1824, pastor in Framingham, Cambridgeport, and Concord. N. H. ; and William. H. C .. 1793. long pastor in Sullivan. N. H .. was another son. Hannah, b. 1746, Oct. 20; d. 1753, Dec. 16. Josiah, b. 1748, Dec. 12; m. 1774. Jan. G. Hannah Richardson. dau. of Josiah. 9. She d. 1823. Nov. 1, and he d. 1824, Nov. 17. Joseph, b. 1751. Sept. 9; d. 1772, March 11. Benjamin, 7, b. 1754. Feb. 11 .. Sarah, b. 1756, Feb. 17 ; d. 1766, July 4. Andrew, b. 1758, Sept. 17; graduated H. C., 1779; m. 1790, Jan. 10, Polly Pollard, dau. of Capt. Solomon, 8, and lived in Salisbury, N. H .; was several years a representative of that town; d. 1832. Denison, b. 1761, May 5. James, b. 1763, Aug. 22; graduated H. C., 1794; ordained at Marblehead, Mass. ; rector of Episcopal church there; d. 1834. Hannah, b. 1765, Oct. 28; m. Rev. Jacob Norton, of Weymouth. Surah. b. 1776, Dec. 11; m. Luther French. 28.
4. William, son of Capt. William, 2, b. 1744. April 20; graduated H. C., 1769, and practised medicine long and successfully in town. He lived on the south corner of West street. Married Priscilla Goodrich. He d. 1820, Nov. 17, and she d. 1834, March 21. aged 85. Ch. Priscilla, b. 1781, April 19; d. 1869. Feb. 22. Mary, b. 1782. Dec. 15: d. 1870. April 1. Fanny, b. 1786, Sept. 3: d. 1871, March 7. Ka'a. b. 1788, June 8; d. July 12. William, b. 1791, Oct. 4; d. 1851. Sept. 16. The memory of these sisters will be perpetuated by their generous bequests. Priscilla left her estate to the Baptist church; and Mary and Fanny left about $11,000 to the town, the income to be used for the benefit of the worthy poor of the town.
5. Jonathan, son of Capt. William, 2, b. 1751, May 13; m. 1783, May 15, Dorcas Abbot. dau. of Oliver, 3. He d. 1804, Feb. 21. Ch. Alexander, b. 1783. May 15.
6. Samuel, son of Capt. William, 2, b. 1754. June 3; m. Hannah , who d. 1779. June 1, and he m. Sarah Hill, widow of Samuel. 27. He lived on the east side of Woburn street. at the Fuller place, keeping a tavern. He d. 1828. March 2, and she d. 1838, March 20. Ch. Martha, b. 1779, May 21. Elizabeth, b. 1781, April 12. Caroline Elliot, b. 1781, Jan. 3; m. 1811, June 5. Samuel Little, of Buckstown. Me. Ann, b. 1787, Feb. 17; m. Richard Thurston, of Frankport, Me. Margaret, b. 1790, April 16; m. 1812, July 12, Joseph Bradley, Horatio, b. 1793, April 3. Sarah, b. 1796, Feb. 12.
7. Benjamin, son of Josiah. 3, b. 1754. Feb. 11: m. 1784. March 28, Silence Stickney, dau. of Jonathan. 7. She d. 1803, Oct. 16. Ch. Anna, b. 1785, March 14; m. 1813, May 7, Rev. Joseph Richardson, (see 17). Jonathan Stickney, S, b. 1787. Feb. 1. Wilder. b. 1789. April 13; m. Sarah Thompson. Josiah. b. 1791, Sept. 1; graduated medical department, Y. C .. 1816. He settled in Huntington, L. I., where he gained high repute as physician and surgeon, and in Setauket and Smithtown. adjoining. In later life. adopted homeopathie practice, and was one of the original members of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was in New York, 1850-8, when he returned to Billerica; d. 1868, Nov. 5; twice m. but had no ch. Joseph Tompson, 9, b. 1794, Sept. 21. Benjamin Franklin, b. 1796. Sept. 30; graduated 1819, Yale Medical School. and practised medicine in New York, adopting, like his brother, the homeopathie system. He d. 1875, Feb. 7. Abigail Tompson. b. 1799. July 26; d. 1826. July 31. Hurriet, b. 1801, Sept. 3; m. 1825, May 10, Thomas Rowe, of Boston.
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S. Jonathan Stickney, son of Benjamin. 7, b. 1787. Feb. 1 : m. Hannah Wetherbee. She d. 1851, Oct. 4, aged 66; and he d. 1855, March 31. Ch. Hannah, b. 1807, June 29; m. 1828, June 24, John Eames. Henry, 10, b. 1809. Jan. 24. George. b. 1811, May 24; m. 1841, Aug. 12. Harriet L. Poor, of Andover, who d. 1872, July 15; no. ch. Jane, b. 1813, Feb. 19; (1. 1834. Oct. 13. Albert, 11, b. 1815. May 14. Frances Ann. b. 1817, Jan. 29;, m. Benjamin HI. Heald. Ellen Maria, b. 1822. April 26; m. George W. Wilson. Harriet Silence, b. 1824. Oct. 1; d. 1841, Jan. 12.
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