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3. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer. 1, b. 1719, Dec. 29; m. Bette. Ch. Susanna and Elizabeth, b. 1757, Jan. 28. Susanna m. 1780, April 16, Joseph Easterbrooks. of Hollis, N. H. Ruth, b. 1759, Aug. 9. Mary, b. 1762, June 14. Molly. bap. 1765. Sept. S. Olive, b. 1765, Oct. 15. Joanna, b. 1768. March 7. Lydia, b. 1772, March 18.
4. Eleazer, son of Ebenezer, 1, b. 1734. Dec. 26; m. Lucy. Ch. Eleazer b. 1764, July 6. Jesse, b. 1767, May 22. Lucy, b. 1769, June 25. Thomas, b. 1771. Oct. 5.
5. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, 2, b. 1752, Jan. 30; m. 1773, Sept. 9, Abigail Frost, dau. of James, 11. She d. 1788, Nov. 19; he m. 1789, May 28, Rebecca Marshall, prob. dau. of Isaac, 6. Ch. Esther. b. 1774, April 10; d. 1775, Oct. 15. Abigail, bap. 1775, March 26. Benjamin, b. 1777, Feb. 15; m. 1805. Dec. 30, Sally French. Abigail, b. 1779, Oct. 22; m. 1801. Dec. 3, Abijah Hodgman, of Carlisle. James. b. 1781, Oct. 3; d. 1782, Dec. 11. Patty, b. 1783, Sept. 15. Polly, b. 1785, Sept. 9. Jonathan and Nuncy. b. 1788. Oct. 6.
6. Joseph, son of Benjamin, 2, b. 1760, Oct. 5; m. 1784, May 23, Sarah Sprake, dau. of Samuel, 4. He m. before 1812, Mary -. He lived on the Rangeway road, north of Gilson's hill; was an influential member and deacon of the Baptist church. He d. 1847, Nov. 4. Ch. Sarah, b. 1792. Dec. 28; m. Nathaniel Stearns, 19. Juda. b. 1796. Feb. 9. Olice, b. 1798, Jan. Orphd, b. 1802, March 29; m. 1831, Dee. 14, Josiah Blodgett. Merinda, b. 1804, June 10; m. 1825, Nov. 14, George Bolton. Mary. b. 1806. Sept. 11; m. Charles V. Brown, 21. Eliza Ann, b. 1812, Jan. 20; m. Henry Bowers, 10. Joseph, 7, b. 1813, Oct. 22. Emeline, b. 1816, Feb. 2. Elbridge, b. 1818. May 15; d. 1846, April 27. Calvin. 8, b. 1820, Sept. 7. Amos Wright, b. 1823. June 22. Harriet Newell, b. 1825, Dec. 24. Gustavus Daris, b. 1828. Oct. 26.
7. Joseph, son of Dea. Joseph, 6, b. 1813, Oct. 22; m, 1841, March 15, Maria Ann Hutchins. Ch. Maria Ann. b. 1842. Feb. 11.
8. Calvin A., son of Dea. Joseph, 6, b. 1820, Sept. 7; m. Mary Ann T. Ch. Mary Isabel, b. 1844. Sept. 11.
DUMMER, Samuel, Esq., of Wilmington. m. 1737. May 31. Elizabeth Ruggles, dau. of Rev. Samuel. Ile d. and she m. Rev. Daniel Rogers, of Littleton. Ch. Elizabeth. b. 1738, March 25; d. young.
DUNCKLE. 1. Hezekiah, was son of Nathaniel, of Lexington. Mary, his mother. was dau. of William French. 1. He was bap. 1708, Nov. 21: m. 1734. Nov. 17. Damaris Wilson. His name appears on our tax-list, 1740, and disappears 1761, his son John remaining until 1763. Ch. Hezekiah. b. 1735. Sept. 17. Nathaniel, 2, b. 1737. Feb. 23. Damaris, b. 1739, March 16, and in Billerica : John. b. 1740-1, March 4. Mary, b. 1742, Nov. 26; m. John Ross. 7. Hannah. b. 1744. Oct. 1. David. b. 1746, Aug. 16. Sarah. b. 1748. Oct. 11. Joseph, b. 1750, Oct. 21. Thaddeus, b. 1753, Jan. 5. Hannah, b. 1755, May 28.
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2. Nathaniel, son of Hezekiah, b. 1737, Feb. 23; m. 1758, Nov. 3. Ruth Johnson, of Woburn. £ Ch. Nathaniel. b. in Woburn. 1759. Nov. 27. Ruth, b. 1761, Oct. 21; m. Isaac Blanchard, 10. Isaac, b. 1764, Jan 15. Andrew Wilson, b. 1770. March 30.
DUNKIN. 1. John, may have been son of Samuel, of Newbury He was granted. 1670, May 10, "twenty and five acres of land.
It * * lyeth on the right hand of ye way, before you enter the great plaine, as you go to Roger Toothaker's. It is bounded on ye north partly by ye highway that leadeth over ye swamps towards Jeiff's Cove, and southward, ptly by John Roger's meadow, by foxes." [i. e. by Fox brook and farm. ] " and ptly by Samuell Maning gratuity land, laid out at same time; elsewhere, by ye comans, taking part of ye pine Iland beyond John Rogers' meadow aforesaid, bounded elsewhere by comon land. This land was granted to ye said Dunkin for a fatt oxe they bought of him to prsent to their Deputy of ye Genl. Co .. " Mr. Humphrey Atherton, of Boston. 1673-1, Jan. 20, he was granted "all town rights and priviledges for ye future, to the proportion of a five acre lot." This was the Russell place, one-half mile south of North Billerica. He m. 1674-5. Feb. 23, Johanna Jefts, dau. of Henry, 1, and d. of small pox, 1690, Dec. 19. His widow m. Benjamin Dutton, 5, and was killed with two of her children by the Indians, 1692. Aug. 1: Ch. Mary, b. 1676, March 25; killed by the Indians. John, 2,
b. 1678, Oct. 28. Johanna, b. 1681. April 9. Hannah, b. 1683, Nov. 21. Samuel, b. 1686, 01, 04". Deliverance, b. 1688, Aug. 21. Benoni, b. 1690-91. Feb. 1; killed by the Indians.
2. John, son of John, 1, b. 1678, Oct. 28; m. 1701. June 16, Sarah Dutton. dau. of John. 3. Ch. Sarah. b. 1703. June 14. John. b. 1706. April 10, prob. m. 1727, Sept. 5, Sarah Rogers, dau. of Nathaniel, 5. Samuel, b. 1708, July 5. Ezekiel, b. 1710-1, Jan. 9; d. Feb. 8. Daniel, b. 1711-2. Feb. 13. Perhaps Simeon, who m. 1743, Aug. 22, Bridget Richardson.
DURRANT. 1. John, [now commonly Durant or Duren, ] received a grant. 1659, Nov. His house-lot was "twenty acres of land, more or less, lying on the north of the township, and on the west of ye country road that leads to Chelmsford, beginning at a white oak, just beyond the next dirty place, beyond Abbot's bridge, and so reacheth to ye bounds of William Haile, who bounds him on the north ; bounded by ye road on the east; by Concord river, on ye west; and by John Bracket, on the south." This "next dirty place," was the little brook by the old cemetery at the corner. Mr. Anthony Jones' farm includes most of this grant to Durrant. He m. 1670, Nov. 16, Susan Dutton, dau. of Thomas, 1, who became his neighbor, on the east, in 1669. "John Durrant. Sen., dyed in prison, at Cambridge," 1692, Oct. 27. The date suggests Farmer's probable conjecture, that the charge against him was witchcraft. Ch. John, 2, b. 1672, July 31. Thomas, 3, b. 1674-5, Jan. 7. Abigail, b. 1681, Sept. 24. Mehitable. b. 1687. April 20.
2. John, son of John. 1, b. 1672, July 31 ; m. 1695, Aug. 10, Elizabeth Jaquish, dau. prob. of Abraham Jaquith, of Woburn. He d. 1757, Feb. 25. Ch. John, 4, b. 1696, Aug, 14. Elizabeth, b. 1698, Sept. Thomas. b. 1701, Oct. Abigail, b. 1703-4, March 16. Esther, b. 1707. June 10; m. 1738-9, Feb. 22, Joseph Brooks, Concord. Abraham. 5, b. 1709, April 1. Mehittabel b. 1711, April 1. Sary, b. 1712, June 15; perhaps m. 1744, July 3, John Teel, Charlestown.
3. Thomas, son of John, 1, b. 1674-5, Jan. 7; m. 1702, June 12, Sarah Jaquith. Ch. Sarah, b. 1703-4, Jan. 1; m. James Farley, 10. Thomas, b. 1705, June 2. Susanna, b. 1707, Aug. 18; m. Joseph Hamblet, of Nottingham. Benjamin, 6, b. 1709, Aug. 19. John, 7, b. 1712, May 2. Probably Henry, 9.
4. John, son of John. 2, b. 1696. Aug. 14; m. Hannah. Ch. John, 8, b. 1722, Aug. 24. Thomas, b. 1725, May 2. William, b. 1727, Nov. 7; m. 1749, Feb. 16, Mary Dutch, Wilmington. Perhaps Sibbel, who m. Jonas Robbins.
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5. Abraham, son of John, 2, b. 1709, April 1; m. 1736, May 20, Rachel Manning, dau. of William, 4. Ch. Abraham, 10, b. 1737, Oct. 4. Jonathan. 11, b. 1739, Aug. 20. Martha, b. 1741. June 11 ; m. 1769, July 17. Jonas Priest, of Groton. Rachel, b. 1743, May 6; m. Leonard Wilson, 7. Joseph, b. 1744-5, Feb. 6. Reuben, 12, b. 1747-8. Feb. 29. Jonas. b. 1751. June 4; in. 1776, Dec. 7, Esther Janes. of Bedford. Asa, b. 1753, July 15. Sarah. b. 1757, Nov. 4; m. Daniel Whitney. of Stowe.
6. Benjamin, son of Thomas, 3, b. 1709, Aug. 19; m. 1738, May 9. Mary Butler, of Nottingham. gr.dau. of our James Butler. Ch. Thomas. b. 1738-9. March 3. Mary. b. 1740. June 23. Benjamin. b. 1741. June. Samuel, bap. 1749, Sept. 15.
7. John, son of Thomas, 3, b. 1712. May 2; m. Phebe. Ch. Olive. b. 1739. Aug. 29. Phebe. b. 1741. Oct. 14; m. Daniel Stevens, of Chelmsford. whose son Daniel was father of George Stevens, Esq .. of Lowell. Sarah. b. 1743. Nov. 1. Joshua. b. 1745. Nov. 30. Levi. b. 1748. July 9. Phebe and Elizabeth, bap. 1750. Oct. 14. Relief. bap. 1752. March 29. Joshua, bap. 1754, April 14. Leci, bap. 1756. Aug. 22.
S. John, son of John. 4, b. 1722. Aug. 24; m. 1746, Oct., Ellener Neal. Ch. Thankful. b. 1751. Aug. 20. Hannah. b. 1755. April 1. Elizabeth. bap. 1755. Sept. 28, (prob. error for Hannah).
9. Henry, proh. son of Thomas. 3, in. Hannah. Name on tax-list, 1733-4. Ch. Thomas, b. 1744-5, Feb. 20. Asa. b. 1746. July 25.
10. Abraham, son of Abraham, 5, b. 1737, Oct. 4; m. 1764, Nov. 1. Lydia Gould, of Chelmsford. He d. 1776. Nov. 6; she m. 1790, Aug. 11. John Fletcher, of Merrimac, N. H. She d. 1822, March 1. aged 84. June 14. Aby, b. 1771, May 31; m. James Searles. Abraham, b. 1776. Ch. Lydia, b. 1767, Jan. 28; m. Benoni Spalding. 4. Benjamin, b. 1769, Sept. 16; m. 1801, Oct. 25, Mary. dau. of James Russell; lived at Durenville, in Woburn; had ch. Samuel R., Lydia, Warren, William and Abraham, who m. 1842, April 5, Prudence Simonds.
11. Jonathan, son of Abraham, 5, b. 1739. Aug. 20; m. 1763, April 17, Anna Wilkins. of Concord, (see Wilkins). Ch. Anna, b. 1764. Dec. 30; Bette, bap. 1766. Aug. 10. Joseph, bap. 1768, May 1.
12. Reuben, son of Abraham, 5, b. 1747-8. Feb. 29; m. 1770. Jan. 11. Mary Gould. of Chelmsford. He lived in Bedford until 1792, when he purchased the tavern at the corner, and kept it several years. He was architect of churches and bridges; d. 1821, Jan. 4. His widow d. 1823. Oct. 16. aged 77. Ch. Eli. b. 1770. Sept. 21; d. 1771. July 22. Mary, b. 1771, Dec. 7; m. Stephen Parker. 18. Reuben. 13, b.
1775. Aug. 4. Asd. 14. b. 1778. May 11. Joel. 15, b. 1780. June 22. Nathaniel Gould. b. 1781. Nov. 26; m. Sally Prichard. Changed his name to Nathaniel Duren Gould. 1806; lived with his uncle, Nathaniel Gould, of New Ipswich ; widely known as a teacher of singing and writing. Ile was father of Augustus Addison Gould. the eminent naturalist. and author of various important scientific works. Grad. H. C .. 1825: d. 1866. Charles D. Gould, another son, and Joshua Lincoln, who m. his daughter Elizabeth, were long and widely known as Gould & Lincoln, publishers and book-sellers in Boston. Joseph, b. 1784. JJuly 30; m. Lucinda Clark; lived in Swanton and other towns in northern Vt. ; drew pension for wound received in the War of 1812; d. in Middlebury. 1853, June 8. Elnathan, b. 1786, Oct. 8; m. 1811. Dee: 10. Elizabeth Freeman. She d. 1815. Aug. 28; he m. 1831. Sept. 16. Mary Willard. He lived in Boston, Charlestown. N. H .. and other towns; spent his last years in Bangor. He had two sons. (1) Elnathan Freeman. b. in Boston. 1814. Jan. 14; has resided since 1834 in Bangor, a well-known book-seller and publisher. (2) Charles, b. 1815, June 28; grad. B. C., 1833; Bangor Theo. Sem .. 1839; ordained. 1841. Feb. 3: has been a Congregational minister in Maine. Minnesota and Vermont. Abel. b. 1788. July 8: m. Nancy and Abigail Allen ; d. 1829. Charles, b. 1791, Jan. 20; d. 1796, July 13.
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13. Reuben, son of Reuben, 12, b. in Bedford. 1775. Aug. 4; m. 1799. Oct. 20. Sarah Conant. dau. of Eli, of Concord. He d. in Augusta, Me., 1832, Feb. 13. Ch. Charles Cushing, b. 1800. Sept. 2; d. 1801, Feb. 5. Infant. b. and d. 1802, Nov. Alfred, b. 1804, May 4; sailed from Boston. 1829, and never heard from. Rufus Gardiner, b. 1806, March 9; d. 1807. Jan. 9, and b. in Augusta : Andrew, Alexander Bowers, Sarah Ann and George.
14. Asa, son of Reuben, 12, b. 1778, May 11; m. Hannah Russ. He d. in New York. Ch. Cynthia. b. 1800. May 19. Asa. b. 1802. Jan. 14.
15. Joel, son of Reuben, 12, b. 1780, June 22; m. Lydia Conant, of Concord. He d. in the Army. at Governor's Island. 1812. Ch. Robert Osborn, b. 1803, Nov. S. George, b. 1806. July 6. AAdeline. b. 1808. Feb. 17; in. 1834. Oct. 12, George W. Stevens.
DUTTON. 1. Thomas, came from Woburn. but had previously lived in Reading, where four children were born. He was prob. son of John, and b. about 1621. He was accepted as an inhabitant of Billerica. 1669. Nov. 22; lived on the south side of fox brook. by the old and long abandoned road to the . great plain,' north-west of the Davis place. His wife. Susannah. d. 1684. Aug. 27. aged about 58. He m. 1684. Nov. 10. Mrs. Ruth Hooper, prob. widow of William, of Reading, whose will bears date. 1678. Aug. S. and names 6 children. one a day. Ruth. Ch. Thomas. 2, b. 1648. Sept. 14. Mary, b. 1651. Sept. 14; m. Jacob Hamlet, 2. Susanna. b. 1653-4. Feb. 27: m. John Durrant. 1. John. 3. b. 1656. March 2. The following prob. b. in Woburn: Elizabeth, b. 1658-9. Jan. 28. Joseph, '4, b. 1660-1. Jan. 25. Sarah. b. 1661-2, March 5; m. 1683. April 3, Samuel Lewis. James. b. 1665, Aug. 22. Benjamin. 5, b. 1667. Feb. 19.
2. Thomas, son of Thomas. 1, b. 1648; m. 1678-9. Jan. 11. Mrs. Rebecca Draper, widow, of Concord. : She d. 1720-21, March 16; he m. 1721. Nov .. Sarah Convers. He was in "the expedition, to the eastward," in 1677. and as elsewhere related, had a marvellous escape, when many of Capt. Sweat's company were killed. Ch. Rebecca, b. 1679, Nov. 13; m. Daniel Shed, 7. Thomas, 6, b. 1681. Aug. 2. John. b. 1683-4. Feb. 24; d. 1687. Dec. 14. Susanna. b. 1687, April 30; d. 1688. Sept. 3. Susanna. b. 1687. Nov. 4.
3. John, son of Thomas, 1, b. 1656, March 2; m. 1681. Sept. 20, Sarah Shed, dau. of Daniel, 1. She d. 1720-1. Feb. 27; he m. 1721, May. Ruth Frost, prob. widow of Dr. Samuel, 1. He lived on the north side of the Andover road, near the corner. where Mr. Eben Baker now lives. He d. 1735, April 7, and his widow. 1738. July 18. Ch. Sarah, b. 1683-4. Jan. 10; m. John Dunkin. 2. John. b. 1685-6. March 9: d. March 16. Hannah. b. 1687, April 25; m. John Sanders. 2. Abigail. b. 1689-90. Feb. 10; d. 1693. Dec. 29. Samuel. 7, b. 1693-4. March 22. John. b. 1696, Sept. 13. Jonathan. S, b. 1699-1700, Feb. 4. James, b. 1703-4. Feb. 1; m. Phebe -. and lived in Chelmsford.
4. Joseph, son of Thomas, 1, b. 1661, Jan. 25; m. Rebecca -. Ch. Rebecca. b. 1686. Aug. 13.
5. Benjamin, son of Thomas. 1, b. 1669, Feb. 19; m. 1690, July 1 Joanna Dunkin, widow of John. 1. She was killed, with 2 children, by the Indians, 1692, Aug. 1. He m. 2d, Susanna -, and had ch. Benjamin. b. 1693-4. Feb. 11.
6. Thomas, son of Thomas, 2, b. 1681, Aug. 2; m. 1710-1, Jan. 3. Hannah Burge, of Chelmsford. He removed to Westford, after 1738, and d. there, 1759. Ch. Joseph, b. 1711. Dec. 12; settled in Westford, 1739; m. Rebecca Adams, of Chelmsford. Thomas. 9. b. 1713, Aug. 28. JJohn. 10, b. 1714-5. Feb. 13. Josiah. b. 1716-7, Feb. 21. Hannah and Rebecca, b. 1718, Aug. 10. Hannah d. in Oct., and Rebecca, early. Benjamin, b. 1720, May 2. James. b. 1721. May 5. Hannah, b. 1723, June 13; m. Joshua Frost, 14. Rebecca. b. 1726, May 18. Ephraim. b. 1727-8, Jan. 1. David, b. 1731, May 22. Susanna b. 1732-3, March 10.
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7. Samuel, son of John, 3, b. 1693-4, March 22; m. Hannah Hill, prob. widow of Nathaniel, 7. Ch. John. b. 1715. Oet. 18. Samuel, b. 1718, Oct. 15.
S. Jonathan, son of John. 3, b. 1699-1700, Feb. 10; m. 1722, June 22. Sarah. Levistone, dau. of John, 1. Ch. John. b. 1723, April 14; dismissed, with his wife, to New Ipswich. 1755. Sarah, b. 1724-5, Feb. 12; m. James Crosby. 17. Jonathan, b. 1727. March 29. David, b. 1729, April 17. Mary, b. 1731. March 30. Joshua, b. 1732-3. Feb. 14.
9. Thomas, son of Thomas, 6, b. 1713. Aug. 28; m. 1737. May 10. Mary Hill. prob. dau. of Samuel, 10. Ch. Mary, b. 1737, Dec. 14.
10. John, son of Thomas. 6, b. 1714-5. Feb. 13; m. 1740, Feb. 18. Rebecca Shed. dau. of Benjamin. S. He d. 1760. Dec. 1, and his wife. Dec. 19. and his dau. Rebecca, the 17th, all of small-pox. Ch. Rebecca. b. 1741, Jan. 19, and d. 1760, Dec. 17. John. b. 1746, June 20; d. 1749. Aug. 19. Hannah, b. 1747. Oct. 11; d. 1749, Sept. 2. John. b. 1750-1. Jan. 16. Hannah. b. 1752, Oct. 12; m. 1773, March 30, William Parker. Benjamin. b. 1754, May 13; m. 1777. Feb. 27, Patty, dau. of Nathaniel Cumings, 1. William, b. 1759, Jan. 30.
11. Hiram Edwin, son of Hiram, of Bedford, in. 1873. April 23, Mrs. Adelaide E. Shed, widow of Thomas, 27. Ch. Lottie May, b. 1875. Jan. 13. Frederic. b. 1876. Aug. 19.
DYAR, Lydia, widow, b. in Boston; came to B., 1775, "to escape ye abuse of ye Ministerial troops sent by George, y 3d, to subject North America to slavery ;" d. 1776, July 28, aged 80.
EAMES. 1. Joshua, m. 1793, Jan. 22, Lydia Snow. widow of Richard. 2.
2. Jolın, son of Samuel, of Marshfield or Boston, m. 1828, June 24. Hannah Bowers, dau. of Jonathan S .. S. He now lives in Malden. Ch. Mary Green, b. 1829, June 22. Frances, b. 1831, Jan. 3; d. Emily, b. 1832, Nov. 1; d. Ellen, b. 1834, Oct. 1; d.
3. Thomas, brother of John, m. 1834, May 29. Lucy Ann Norton. dau. of Rev. Jacob ; no ch.
EASTE, 1. Benjamin, of Stoughton. m. 1732. Dec. 6. Abigail Farley, dau. of Timothy. 7, and was prob. father of Benjamin. who m. Mary and had ch. Benjamin. b. 1765. June 3. Mary. b. 1767, May 1; m. Asa Needham, 6. Abigail, b. 1770, Jan. 5. Ebenezer, b. 1772, Oct. 3; d. 1830. April 14. Caleb, b. 1774. Oct. 3.
3. Lot and wife Mary had ch. Joseph Elliot, b. 1833, Nov. 18. Asa Franklin, b. 1836, Jan. 19.
4. John N. and wife Sarah had ch. Mary Ann, b. 1844, May 25.
EDES, John, on tax-list. 1776; m. 1776, April 2. Rhoda Richardson, dau. of Ebenezer, 11. Ch. John and Mary. bap. 1779, June 6.
ELLICE, Thomas, took the oath of fidelity, 1685.
Elizabeth m. Benjamin Bullard, of Medfield, 1677. May 1.
ELLIOTT, George Perkins, son of John, who went from Boscawen, N. II., to Chelsea. Vt., where this son was b. 1804, Oct. 28; m. 1829, May. Elizabeth Tidd, dau. of John, of Lexington. She d. 1834, Jan. 9, and he m. 1841. Feb. 10. Mary Ann Whiting, dau. of Samuel, 12. She d. in Lowell, 1846. Sept. 25, and he m. 1848, Jan. 20. Ann Dalton Rogers, dau. of Col. Henry Newman Rogers. of Boston. He came to Billerica in 1833. but lived in Lowell. 1842-53, where he was a member of the city government. a corporator of the Central Savings Bank, and one of the founders of the Appleton Bank. He has been nearly 20 years a Trustee of the State Almshouse in Tewksbury ; was a member of the Legislature in 1861. when the repeal of the law requiring the removal of the dam at North Billerica was secured. Ch. George Henry. b. 1830. March 28; grad. U. S. Military Academy. at West Point, ranking 4th in his class, 1855 ; 2d Lieut., Ist Artillery, 1855-7, when he was transferred to the Corps of Engineers ; became Captain in 1863, and Major in 1867. In service on the frontier. 1855-7 ; on the Pacific coast, and especially the San Francisco
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defences, until 1870; Engineer Secretary of the Light-House Board, 1870-4, and since. Assistant to the Chief of Engineers at Washington. He was in charge of the Washington Aqueduct, 1870-1. He published in 1874. "The Presidio of San Francisco, Cal." and " Light-House Establishments in Europe," embodying the results of an inspection in 1873. John. b. 1832, March 1; d. in Boston, 1869. Jan. 31. Elizabeth, b. 1834. Jan. 2; d. May 2. Susan Ann Dalton Rogers, b. 1849, Oct. 15. Mary Elizabeth. b. 1851. April 19.
EMERSON, Asa, had Lydia bap. 1784, Aug. 15.
FARLEY. 1. George, was early in Woburn, and one of the first settlers of Shawshin. He bought the north-west lot of the Dudley farm, where he lived, near the Jaquith place. He was a clothier; was one of the early Baptists, and a member of the church in Boston. He in. 1641, April 9. at Woburn, Christian Births, and d. 1693, Dec. 27. Mrs. Farley d. 1702, March 27. Ch. James, b. 1643, Nov. 23; d. Dec. 10. Caleb, 2, b. 1645, April 1. Mary, b. 1646-7. Feb. 27 ; m. John Sanders, 1. Samuel. 3, b. 1654, March. " last week." Mehittabell. b. 1656. April, " ye last week." and d. 1672-3. Feb. 1. Probably Timothy was also his son, and b. in Woburn. who was killed by the Indians, at Brookfield, in 1675. Elizabeth was in Billerica in 1677, probably another daughter.
2. Caleb, son of George, 1, b. 1645. April 1; m. 1666, July 5, Rebecca Hill, dau. of Ralph. 1. After 1671. he lived in Woburn, until 1679. May 2. when he exchanged homesteads with William Hamlet; and returned to B. Later, he went to Roxbury, but came back and lived with Golden More. His wife d. 1669, March 29, and he m. 1669. Nov. 3. Lydia More, dau. of Golden, 1. Ch. Caleb, 4, b. 1667, June 28. Rebecca, b. 1668-9, March 10; m. Thomas Frost, 6. Lydia, b. 1670, Sept. 27; in. Zechary Shed, 4. Hannah, b. 1671, Oct. 18. Ebenezer, 5, b. 1674, April 3. George. 6, b. 1677, July 30. Timothy. 7, b. 1680, July 29. Joseph.' S, b. 1683, April 6. Benjamin, 9, b. 1685-6. Feb. S. Enoch, b. 1688, Dec. 21.
3. Samuel, b. 1654. March. "the last week," the first birth in town. This honor has been accorded to John Stearns, erroneously. Parker's original record, made at the time of his appointment as clerk, 1657. (Vol. I, Reverse, p. 2.) reads " Samuel ffarley, the son of George ffarley, and Christian, his wife, was borne in the last week of the 1th mo .. 1654.". Then after record of the birth of Mehittable Farley.' and the marriage of John Trull, we find "John Sterne, the sonn of John Sterne and Sara, his wife, was borne the seconde week of May, 1654." In 1658, "a liste of all," to that date, was delivered to the Recorder. who was Thomas Danforth, of Cambridge, and his copy of this return. made by Parker, is preserved among the Probate Records. The list includes eleven births. arranged in chronological order, and the first name is Samuel Farley. giving also the name of the month, March, when he was born. The two prime authorities are thus concurrent and decisive.
It happens to be easy to trace to source of the error in this matter. When Jonathan Danforth became clerk, in 1664. he provided a new book for separate record of "Births, Marriages and Deaths," and to this volume transferred the records made by Parker. In this transcript, Parker's "1th mo .. " of Farley's birth, becomes "07m." and makes it appear to come after Stearn's birth, in May. Danforth either made a mistake or a correction. If the latter were the fact. he would have made the case explicit, as he does in the previous entry of his own marriage which Parker had given as 1655. and Danforth changes plainly to 1654. The fact that he makes no similar correction of Farley's birth-date is proof that he saw no need of it, which indicates that the ' 7' was a slip of his pen and not a correction. This supposition is more credible than the other, which assumes that Parker's record made seven years earlier, and carefully returned to the recorder, was wrong in the number and name of month and the order of names; and it is the more credible. because in the transcript of the first female birth, Hannah Jefts, the '14' becomes "04."
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But Danforth's record has been the authority for later explorers. Very few would discover the earlier record of Parker, or if they did so, would notice the difference; and thus Farmer and others have given Farley's place to Stearns, repeating Danforth's error.
Samuel Farley m. 1677. April 11. Elizabeth Shed. dau. of Daniel. 1. He left town prob. before 1700. Ch. Deborah, b. 1678-9, March 1. Sarah, b. 1680. Jan. 26. Elizabeth, b. 1682, Oct. 27; (prob. she m. 1736, Sept. 9, Uriah Leonard, of Stoughton). Ruth and Joseph, b. 1685, Oct. 1. Samuel, b. 1687, Aug. 22. Mary, b. 1689, Aug. 20. James, b. 1691, Oct. 6.
4. Caleb, Jun., son of Caleb, 2, b. 1667, June 28; m. 1686, April 8, Sarah Godfry, of Haverhill. She d. 1704. Nov. 13; he m. 1707. Sept. 25, Lydia Haws. Ch. George, b. 1686-7, Jan. 26. Caleb, b. 1688, Jan. 6. John, 10, b. 1690, May 22. Sarah, b. 1692, July 27. Mary. b. 1694, Sept. 26. James, 11, b. 1697, Sept. 8. Deborah, b. 1698-9, Feb. 26. Jonathan, b. 1701, Oct. 2. Samuel, b. 1703, April.
5. Ebenezer, son of Caleb, 2, b. 1674. April 3; m. 1703, June 6, Elizabeth Shed, dau. of John. 3. He d. 1728. Aug. 16. Ch. Elizabeth. b. 1704. March 28; m. John Shed. 10. Ebenezer, b. 1705-6. Feb. 4; d. 1722, Dec. 29. Hannah m. Abraham Jaquith, 1. Rebecca. b. 1709-10, March 14; d. 1727-8. Feb. 3.
6. George, son of Caleb. 2, b. 1677, July 30; m. 1699, July 14, Rebecca Stearns, widow of Thomas, 4. Ch. Lydia. Anna, b. 1702. April 29. Enoch, b. 1704. July 23; d. 1723, Aug. 17. Esther, b. 1707. May 31; m. Jonathan Baldwin, 7. Probably Rebecca, who m. Daniel Shed, 12.
7. Timothy, son of Caleb, 2, b. 1680, July 29; m. 1704, Nov. 1, Abigail Foster. of Woburn. Ch. Abigail. b. 1705. Sept. 8: m. Benjamin Easte. Caleb, b. 1707. April 18. Elizabeth, b. 1711. Nov. 9; m. 1735-6, March 17. Jerahmell Bowers, of Chelmsford. Timothy, 12, b. 1713, June 13. Lydia, b. 1715, April 8.
8. Joseph, son of Caleb, 2, b. 1683. April 6; m. 1712, May 8, Abigail Cook. of Cambridge. He d. 1752. Dec. 19, and his widow. 1753. Jan. 18. aged 61. Ch. Sary. b. 1712-3. Feb. 26; d. 1716. Oct. Joseph. b. 1714. Aug. 25. Abigail. b. 1716. Dec. 18. Lydia. b. 1719. April 30; m. prob. James Twist, of Woburn, 1754. June 27. Sarah. b. 1721, Aug. 1; m. 1741, July 23. Josiah Blood, of Dunstable. Mary, b. 1723, Oct. 16. Elizabeth, b. 1725-6. Feb. 18; m. Caleb Farley. 13. Caleb. b, 1727-8. Feb. 20; d. 1753. June 2. Ebenezer. b. 1731, May 15; m. 1755. Oct. 15, Hepzibah Wyman, of Woburn.
9. Benjamin, son of Caleb, 2, b. 1685-6. Feb. 8; m. 1707, Oct. 29, Anna Dunton, of Cambridge. Ch. Benjamin, b. 1708. Aug. 28. Sarah, b. 1709-10. Feb. 8. Anna. b. 1711. Nov. 15.
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