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10. John, son of Caleb, 4, b. 1690, May 22; m. Mary. Ch. John, b. in Lexington. 1714, Oct. 31. Mary, b. 1716, Nov. 10. Prudence, b. 1719-20, Jan. 5. Amos. b. 1724. April 11.
11. James, son of Caleb, 4, b. 1697, Sept. 8; m. 1728, May 17, Sarah Durrent. dau. of Thomas. 3. He was dismissed to Hollis. in 1769. Ch. Thomas, b. 1729. March 27. Caleb, 13, b. 1730, Oct. 19. Sarah, b. 1733, April 16. Lyda, b. 1737-8, Jan. 13; m. John Conray. Mary. b. 1741, Dec. 18.
12. Timothy, son of Timothy, 7, b. 1713, June 13; m. 1743, Oet. 17, Mary Richardson, of Bedford. Ch. Timothy, b. 1744, Aug. 13. Mary, b. 1745. Oct. 31. John. b. 1747-8. Jan. 3. Abigail, bap. 1750. Feb. 11. Benjamin, bap. 1759. Dec. 30.
13. Caleb, son of James, 11, b. 1730. Oct. 19; in. 1751. Oct. 17. Elizabeth Farley. dau. of Joseph, 8. Capt. Farley removed to Hollis in 1765. and d. there, 1833. April 5, aged 102 years. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1755, Aug. 24. Joseph, b. 1757. May 1. Caleb; b. 1759, April 3. James, b. 1761, April 12. Benjamin, b. 1763, June 27. John, b. 1765, May 24. Thomas, b. 1769, Dec. 28. Abel, b. 1773, July 17.
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FARMER. 1. Edward. Our Record mentions the death of "Mrs. Isabell Wizsell, 21. 03, 1686," and John Farmer has added this "NOTE : Mrs. Isabella Wiswall, above mentioned, was wife of John Farmer, of Ansley, in the county of Warwickshire, and came to this country with some of her children, after his death, which occurred prior to 1669. It appears from original papers, that she was sister to Rev. Thomas Muston, of Wykin, and afterwards, of Brinklow, in England. She m. Mr. Thomas Wiswall, whence she acquired the name." Mr. Wiswall was ordained ruling elder, with John Eliot. jun .. teacher of the church in Newton, at its organization, 1664, July 20; d. 1683, Dec. 6.
Mr. Farmer came to Billerica prob. in 1671, as the birth of his son, John, is recorded Aug. 19, of that year. The eminent antiquary doubts this inference, but if he is correct in affirming an older sister Sarah, it would seem that Danforth would have been as likely to record her birth, as that of John, if the latter did not occur in the town. Mr. Farmer was accepted as a citizen and granted a five acre privilege, 1672-3. March 24. (See Records, Vol. I, p. 107). His house-lot was on the east side of Long street, extending north to the " corner," and remained in possession of the family until a recent date. The house was a garrison, and an interesting incident is recorded in the chapter on Indian experiences. Mr. Farmer d. 1727. May 27, aged about 87; his wife, Mary, d. 1719, March 26, aged 77. Ch. Sarah, b. about 1669; m. Thomas Pollard. 1. John, 2, b. 1671. Aug. 19. Edward, 3, b. 1673-4. March 22. Mary, b. 1675, Nov. 3; m. John Dean, of Woburn. Barbery, b. in Woburn, 1677-8, Jan. 26; d. 1680-1. Feb. 1. Elizabeth, b. 1680, May 17; m. 1707, May 29, William Green, of Malden, the son of William, who had m. 2d, Isabel, the sister of Edward Farmer, who m. Ist, David Wyman, of Woburn; and 2d. James Blood, of Concord; d. 1736-7, March 3, aged 85. Thomas, 4, b. 1683, June 8. Oliver, 5, b. 1685-6, Feb. 2.
2. John, son of Edward, 1, b. 1671, Aug. 19; m. Abigail -, prob. dau. of Daniel Shed. 2. He d. 1736, Sept. 9. and his widow d. in Tewksbury. 1754, March 20, aged 75. Ch. Dority, b. 1700. Dec. 7; m. Nathaniel Richardson, (see 5). Barbary, b. 1701. Dec. 20. John, 6, b. 1703, Sept. 18. Daniel, b. 1705, Oct. 30; lived in Groton. 1733-40. Richard, 7, b. 1706-7, Feb. 2. Edward. b. 1710, Nov. 10. Jacob, b. 1713-4, Jan. 16. William,
b. 1719, Nov. 15.
3. Edward, son of Edward, 1, b. 1673-4, March 22; m. Mary Richardson, dau. of Thomas, 1. She d. 1746, May 15; he d. 1752, Dec. 17. Ch. Mary, b. 1706, Dec. 27; m. William Shed, 11. Andrew, 8, b. 1709, March 27. Elizabeth, b. 1712, March 27.
4. Thomas, son of Edward. 1, b. 1683, June 8; m. Elizabeth Hunt, dau. of Samuel, 1. They d. in Hollis about 1767, and were buried in the same grave. Ch. Thomas, b. 1712, July 15. Joseph, b. 1713, Nov. 6. Joseph, (date not given, and prob. the repeated name is an error). Susanna. Jonas, b. 1719, May 10. Elizabeth, b. 1722. Aug. 29. Joshua, b. 1723, Dec. 18. Samuel, b. 1725, April 10; was in Louisburg expedition.
5. Oliver, son of Edward, 1, b. 1685-6, Feb. 2; m. 1716-7, Jan. 24. Abigail Johnson, dau. of Hon. William, of Woburn; son of Capt. Edward Johnson. Mr. Farmer lived on his father's farm, where he d. 1761, Feb. 23. His widow m. 1766. May 27, Capt. James Lane, of Bedford; d. 1773, Feb. 25. aged 75. Ch. Abigail, b. 1717, Dec. 22; d. Jan. 11. Abigail, b. 1718-9, Jan. 14; m. Jonathan Richardson, 12. Mary, b. 1721. Aug. 26; m. William Baldwin. 6. Sarah, b. 1723, Dec. 14; m. Edward Jewett, of Rowley; d. at Berlin, Mass., 1790, Dec. 20. She had 10 ch. Betty and Rebecca, b. 1726, May 31. Betty m. Zebadiah Rogers, 10. Rebecca m. his brother, Samuel. 11. Oliver, 9, b. 1728, July 31. Isabell. b. 1731. March 2; m. Benjamin Warren; d. in Hollis, 1793, Dec. 26. They had 6 ch. Edward, 10, b. 1733-1, Feb. 24. John, 11, b. 1736. Dec. 7.
6. John, son of John. 2, b. 1703, Sept. 18; m. 1725, April 27, Hannah Woods, of Groton. Ch. Nathaniel, b. 1725-6, Jan. 29; was in Lexington,
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1748; m. 1755. May 28, Hannah Fessenden, dau of Thomas ; had 9 ch. ; was wounded, 19 April, 1775. John. b. 1727-8, Jan. 22.
7. Richard, son of John, 2, b. 1706-7. Feb. 2; m. Martha -. He lived in Tewksbury after 1740. His wife d. 1759, April 29. Ch. Dorothy. b. 1737, April 27. John, b. 1740, May 2. David, b. 1746, Dec. 4. Martha, b. 1748, June 10. Richard, b. 1750. July 30. Abigail, b. 1752, Aug. 4; d. Dorothy, b. 1756. Aug. 29. Dolly, b. 1758, Aug. 31.
8. Andrew, son of Edward, 3, b. 1709, March 27; m. Lucy She d. 1747, Aug. 17 ; he m. Rebecca - He d. 1758. Aug. 4. She d. 1802, Sept. 28. Ch. Lucy, b. 1736. Sept. 8; m. John Whiting. 9. Mary. b. 1738. Oct. 8; m. 1768. April 21. Nathaniel Jaquith. of Wilmington. Dorothy, b. 1740, July 27; m. Simon Crosby, 19. Andrew, b. 1742, Aug. 15. Abigail, b. 1744, May 1. John, b. 1746, April 30. Elizabeth, b. 1747. Aug. 10; d. 1773, May 30. Joseph, 12, b. 1752, July 20. Edward, 13, b. 1855. Dec. 14.
9. Oliver, son of Oliver, 5, b. 1728, July 31 ; m. 1757, April 5, Rachel Shed, dau. of John. of Pepperell. She d. 1764. Sept. 23, aged 38. He m. 1766, July 3, Hannah Abbot, dau. of Jeremiah, 5. He d. 1814, Feb. 24; she d. 1819, Sept. 13. Ch. Rachel, b. 1758, April 29; m. 1779. Sept. 28, Nicholas French, who d. at Merrimac, 1823, July 21. Oliver, 14, b. 1760, June 12. John, b. 1762, Dec. 1; m. 1788, Jan. 24, Lydia Richardson. dau. of Josiah, of Chelmsford, where he lived till 1803; all his ch. were b. there. He then lived, 1803-6. in Lyndeboro, and after, in Merrimack. till his death. 1814, Nov. 7. Of his five ch., the oldest was John, b. 1769. June 12; d. at Concord, N. H., 1838, Aug. 13. He was the eminent New England Genealogist and author of the "Historical Memoir of Billerica," published in 1816. Hannah. b. 1767, Sept. 17; m. William Rogers, 16, her cousin. Rebecca, b. 1768, Nov. 19; d. 1792, Jan. S. A poem, on her death, was written by Dr. Timothy Danforth. Jeremiah, 15, b. 1771, April 10.
10. Edward, son of Oliver. 5, b. 1733-4, Feb. 24; in. 1759, Nov. 29, Sarah Brown, dau. of Samuel, 7. He'd. 1804. Aug. 4; his widow, 1811. Aug. 19. He was a Representative and a soldier in the Revolution, commanding a party of militia at the capture of Burgoyne. Ch. Edward. 16, b. 1760, Dec. 1. Sarah, b. 1763. March 6; d. 1766. Jan. 28. Jonathan, 17, b. 1765, May 28. Sarah, b. 1767, Oct. 31; m. Reuben Baldwin, 18. Jesse, b. 1770, Oct. 18; m. 1803. July 26. Margaret Franksford; d. in Boston, 1815, Feb. 6. He had ch. Margaret, Harriet, Henry, Jesse, b. 1809. Nov. 9, now in business on Merrimack street, Boston; William S., George W. and Catherine S.
11. John, son of Oliver. 5, b. 1736, Dec. 7; m. 1764, Jan. 5, Hannah Davis, dau. of Dea. Joshua, 2. She d. 1787, Feb. 12, and he m. 1789. March 18, Mrs. Sarah (Russell) Adams, of Dracut. Lieut. John Farmer, d. 1806, Jan. 9. Ch. Hannah, b. 1764. Sept. 26; m. Samuel Hopkins, of Wilmington. (see 3). Rebecca. b. 1766. Dec. 2; d. 1788. May 29. Abigail. b. 1768. Dec. 22; m. Reuben French. 27. Polly. b. 1775. Jan. 14; m. 1798, March 8, David Rogers, of Tewksbury. John, b. 1776. Dec. 4; d. 1778, Sept. 1. Lucy. b. 1780. Oct. 4; m. Jeremiah Allen. 7. John, b. 1791, Dec. 11; m. Susan Gerrish, dau. of Dea. Moses. of Boscawen. N. H., and lived in that town; was Lieut .- Colonel, of New Hampshire Militia. Hannah, bap. 1794, Dec. 7.
12. Joseph, son of Andrew, 8, b. 1752, July 20; m. 1778, Jan. 8. Elizabeth Baldwin, dau. of Samuel. 11. She d. 1781. March 12 : he m. 1782. April 30, Dorcas French. Ch. Samuel Baldwin. b. 1778. Nov. 10. Joseph, b. 1781, March 2. John, b. 1782. Nov. 27.
13. Edward, son of Andrew. 8, b. 1755. Dec. 14: m. 1783. March 25. Hannah Shed. dan. of Samuel. 14. Ch. Cyrus. b. 1791. Jan. 31 ; m. 1813. Dec. 5, Margaret Tufts Richardson, dau. of Asa, 19, and d. 1814, April 14. His widow m. Michael Crosby, 38.
14. Oliver, son of Oliver, 9, b. 1760, JJune 12; m. 1786. Nov. 30. Hannah Sprake, dau. of Nicholas. 5. He d. 1839. May 9. Ch. Oliver.
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b. 1788, May 12; m. Mary Emerson, and lived in Milford, N. H. Had ch. Oliver, Mary and Joseph, and d. 1868. May 16. in Billerica. Asa, 18, b. 1793, Dec. 13. Hannah, b. 1795, May 17; m. Nathan Abbot, 10. Zadock, b. 1796. Oct. 28; lived in Pelham, Hudson, Merrimac, and Amherst. N. H .; m. widow Allen Wilson, by whom he had 10 ch. He d. 1877, July 18. Rebecca, b. 1798, March 30; d, 1850, Jan. 25. Rachel, b. 1804, Sept. 13; m. Israel A. Colson.
15. Jeremiah, son of Oliver, 9, b. 1771, April 10; m. 1816, Oct. 13, Clarissa Foster, dau. of Timothy, 11. He d. 1836, March 2, and she d. 1873, Feb. 20. Ch. Sarah Clarissa, b. 1818, Feb. 27; m. Dr. Henry Blanchard. (see 11). Timothy Foster, 19, b. 1824, Aug. 10.
16. Edward, son of Edward. 10, b. 1760. Dec. 1; m. 1784. March 25, Rizpah Baldwin, dau. of Benjamin. 12. She d. 1791. July 29. and he m. 1793, Sept. 8, Elizabeth Brown, of Concord. He d. 1802, Aug. 23. Ch. John. b. 1786, July 27; d. 1808. March 6. Betty. b. 1795. JJune 20. Edward and Rizpah, b. 1795, Sept. 26. [So the Record, perhaps the previous year, is wrong]. Edward m., but no record of family ; he d. 1851, March 14. Jacob Brown. b. 1801. Oct. 30.
17. Jonathan, son of Edward. 10, b. 1765. May 28; m. Betty He d. at Bow, N. H., 1798. Oct. 11. Ch. Jonathan. b. 1788. May 5 ; m. 1821. Aug. 12, Caroline Leach, of Charlestown. Betty, b. 1790, May 21 ; m. 1811, Aug. 11. Caleb Pearson, of Tyngsboro'. Susanna. b. 1792. Aug. 26. Thomas Mears. b. 1794. Dec. 4.
18. Asa, son of Oliver, 14, b. 1793, Dec. 13; m. Lydia Wilson. He d. 1865, Oct. 14. Ch. Asa, Lydia.
19. Timothy Foster, son of Jeremiah, 15, b. 1824, Aug. 10; m. 1862. July 24, Jane Leavitt, who was b. in Clinton, Me .. 1838, Feb. 2. He d. 1871, May 27. Ch. Nelly Jane, b. 1863, July 28. Mary. Eliza, b. 1864, Nov. 21. John Edward, b. 1867. Nov. 7.
20. Jotham, son of Simeon, (or ? Elijah.) of Chelmsford, m. 1794, June 24, Polly Gloyd. He d. 1846, Feb. 24. aged 76. Ch. Benjamin, b. 1795, Oct. 16; m. 1827. Nov. 8, Lydia Richardson Mears; no ch. They live at the Davis place, north of Fox hill." Mary m. Aaron Maynard. John went to Vermont. Joseph, 21. William m. 1841, Dec. 19, Abigail W. Lyman. He was killed by a horse. Sarah m. Thomas Pasho. Phebe. unmarried. Eliza m. 1826, May 28, Paul Holt. Roxana m. Reed, of Burlington.
21. Joseph, son of Jotham, 20, m. 1830, Dec. 25, Mary Ann Champney. Ch. George. b. 1833, Dec. 5. Adelaide, b. 1839, Sept. 15. Albert Edwin, b. 1841, Sept. 30. Frederic Eugene, b. 1843, July 16.
22. Hannah m. 1786, July 17. Samuel Hopkins, of Wilmington; to what family she belonged does not appear.
FARNSWORTH, Silas, of Harvard. m. 1754. Sept. 17. Elizabeth Bowers.
FARNHAM, Deborah, dau. of Abigail, was hap. 1771, Feb. 10.
FASSETT. 1. Patrick, was from Malden, "accepted inhabitant in our towne," 1679. June 2. He bought of Timothy Brooks, part of the Oakes' farm, near old Concord line and Shawshin river. He m. Sarah -; d. 1713, Nov. 7, and his widow m. 1716. April 23, Thomas Bateman. of Concord. Ch. Joseph, b. (in Malden,) 1672, Oct. Probably John, who m. 1697, March 31, Mary Hill, dau. of Jonathan, 4, and was the first treasurer of Bedford. He lived in the Concord part of Bedford. Will proved. 1736, May 23. Samuel, b. 1679. May 7. The first town treasurer of Westford. He m. 1705-6, Jan. I, Lydia Parker, Deborah, b. 1680-1, Feb. 15. Mary, b. 1683, March 31; m. Job Lane. 6. Peter, 2, b. 1685, Aug. 25. Josia, 3, b. 1687, Dec. 1. Benjamin, b. 1690, July 7.
2. Peter, son of Patrick, 1, b. 1685. Aug. 25; m. 1710-1. Feb. 1. Elizabeth Manning, dau. of Samuel, 1. He d. the next May, 16, and she m. Jonathan Danforth, 5. Ch. Peter, b. 1711. Nov. 11.
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3. Josiah, son of Patrick. 1, b. 1687, Dec. 1; m. Sarah -. Ifis widow's name was Esther. He lived east of Rev. N. Bowes. on Lexington street. His son, Josiah, gave bonds. as administrator of estate. 1740, March 16. Ch. Josiah, b. 1714, July 11. Sarah, b. 1716. April 26. Mary, b. 1718, Sept. 5: d. 1720, May 8. John, b. 1720. April 1. He settled in Hardwick, and became a member of the Separatist Church. This church was practically the nucleus of the settlement of Bennington, Vt .. in 1761, and John Fassett, clerk and deacon, was a leading man in that company of wise and brave pioneers who resisted the encroachments of New York, and laid the foundations of Vermont, making the name of "Green Mountain Boys," famous. The early town meetings were held at his tavern. He was Captain of the first militia company in 1764; one of the first town Representatives. He d. 1794, Aug. 12. His dau. Sarah m. Dr. Jonas Fay, one of the Vermont leaders; his son, John. was Captain. Representative, from Arlington, member of the Council, and Judge of the Supreme Court, 1778-86. Benjamin, b. 1721-2, Jan. 11. Mary, b. 1723, Oct. 17. Susanna, b. 1725, March 29. Bette, b. 1727, May 3. Amos, b. 1728, Aug. 8. Benjamin, John, Josiah and Peter Fassett were on Bedford tax-list in 1748.
FAULKNER. 1. Francis, was the son of Col. Francis, of Acton, a leading citizen . there and a good soldier in the Revolution. He was a descendant of Francis, son of Edmund. one of the first settlers of Andover. Our Francis, 1, came to Billerica, 1811, April 10, and began the manufacture of woolen goods, and carding. coloring. and dressing cloths. He m. Elizabeth Jones, of Concord, and Ann Robbins, of Watertown; d. 1843, Feb. 12, aged 82. Ch. Charles, b. 1785, Sept. 8; d. 1809, Aug. 15. Francis, b. 1788. Feb. 28; d. 1842, Nov. 29. Ann. b. 1799. Sept. 23; m. Calvin Rogers. 21. James Robbins, 2, b. 1801. April 14. Dwight F., b. 1803, Jan. 21; a merchant in Boston. William E .. b. 1805. April 7; d. 1861, Sept. 1. Lois, b. 1807, July 22. Lydia H., b. 1809, May 10; d. 1867, June 20. Charles, b. 1811, Oct. 10; of the firm of Faulkner, Page & Co .. merchants in Boston. Luther Winthrop, 3, b. 1815. April 2. Winthrop, b. 1817, June 5; is a merchant in Grafton. George, b. 1819, July 14; grad. H. C., 1844, and Medical College, 1847; m. 1847. Aug. 25, Mary Ann Spalding, dau. of Dea. Amos, 7, and resides at Jamaica Plain, Boston.
2. James Robbins, son of Francis, 1, b. 1801, April 14; m. 1825, Nov. 22, Catherine Rogers, dau. of Josiah, 14. He continued the manufacturing business at North Billerica; was long a Trustee and Treasurer of the Howe school; d. 1877, Jan. 7. Ch. Catherine Rogers, b. 1827, July 28; m. George H. Preston. Ann Robbins, b. 1829, July 21. James, 4, b. 1831, April 18. Francis, b. 1833, Oct. 8; d. 1834, Sept. 19. Emily Francis, b. 1835, May 30. Abba Louisa. b. 1837. March 5. Henry, b. 1839, Sept. 19; m. 1863, Oct. 29. Victoria G. Wheat; d. in Boston 1868. June 12. She d. 1876. Feb. 15. Mary Elizabeth. b. 1844. JJuly 3.
3. Luther Winthrop, son of Francis, 1, b. 1815, April 2; m. 1842, Oct. 13, Martha P. Merriam, of Concord. He lives on the north corner of Andover and Long streets, and is proprietor of the Faulkner mills in Lowell. Ch. Francis S .. b. 1843, July 8; d. Sept. 11. Frederic, b. 1844. July 29; m. 1871. Oct. 26. Emma S. Wheeler, of Lowell, where he lives. Horace William. b. 1847, Dec. 28. Isabella, b. 1850. April 21; m. Capt. Charles A. Ranlett. Richard H., b. 1851, June 21; Supt. Faulkner mills. North Billerica. John. b. in Concord, N. H., 1855. March 14; m. 1880. Feb. 3, Evelyn Atwood, of Lowell. Amy Prescott. b. 1858, July 5. Harry Winthrop. b. 1860, Oct. 3; a medical student in Boston.
4. James, son of James R .. 2, b. 1831, April 18; m. 1852, Aug. 10, Frances A. Wilson, dau. of Daniel, 9. He d. 1865, Nov. 13; she m. 1879. Edwin Howard, of Boston. Ch. James N., b. 1853, Aug. 15.
FISHER, "Old Stephen, dyed 26, 10m, 82." The town was charged, 1668, Nov. 19, £5 for his " dyet," and he was, perhaps, the earliest recipient of the town's care. Of his history and claim, nothing is known. There was a Stephen Fisher early at Reading.
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FITCH. 1. Samuel, was the only son of Samuel. of Reading. His father was son of Zechary. and b. 1645, March 6. Zechary's will. 1662, names other ch., Joseph. Benjamin, John, Jeremiah, Thomas and Sarah, wife of John Wesson, of Salem. Samuel m. Sarah Lane, dau. of Job, 1. She d. 1679, Oct. 2. His will bears date, 1684, May 10, and names wife Rebecca and son Samuel. The latter received from his grandfather, Job Lane, one-fourth part of the Winthrop farm. His portion was in two - parts : one in the north-east, corner of the farm, where his house stood. on the west side of the road, a half mile south of the present Bedford line, and the other, a strip extending from Concord river, eastward, nearly to Bedford village. along Concord old line. He m. 1695-6. March 20, Elizabeth Walker. dau. of Joseph. 1. She d. 1716. Nov. 26; he m.
Eunice - , who survived him. He was the first town-clerk, and one of the first selectmen of Bedford, 1729. He d. 1742, April 4. Ch. Sarah.
b. 1696. Dec. 25; d. Feb. 4. Sarah, b. 1698, May 4; m. - Hinson. Samuel, b. 1699-1700, Feb. 14; m. 1732, April 24, Joanna Keyes, the widow of Thomas Kidder, of Westford, where he lived and d. 1775, Jan. 9. They had ch. Samuel.1 b. 1733. Aug. 28. Joanna,2 b. 1735. Jan. 29. Lydia.3 b. 1737, March 13. Joseph, 2, b. 1702, Oct. 22. Benjamin, 3, b. 1703. July 30. John, b. 1707-8. Feb. 12. Jeremiah. 4, (birth not recorded. but named in his father's will, and had the homestead). Zechariah, 5, b. 1712, Feb. 13. Elizabeth, b. 1718, Sept. 22; m. - Mead.
2. Joseph, son of Samuel, 1, b. 1702, Oct. 22; m. 1731, Jan. 31. Sarah Grimes. She d. 1749-50, Jan. 22; he m. Rachel - He d. 1769, Feb. 7. and his widow m. John Paige. The Fitch family were all in the Bedford part of the town. Ch. Sarah, b. 1732, March 25; m. Josiah Crosby, (see 14). Joseph, b. 1734, July 14; d. 1736, Sept. 21. Molly, b. 1737, Oct. 16. Susanna, b. 1743, July 26. Joseph, b. 1746, Oct. 2. Ruth, b. 1749, Oct. 2. . Thaddeus, b. 1755, March 23.
3. Benjamin, son of Samuel, 1, b. 1703, July 30; m. Meriam -. He owned the mill on Shawshin river, near the falls. Ch. Hannah, b. 1733, Jan. 10. Meriam. b. 1734-5. Jan. 23; m. Timothy Jaquith. 5. Benjamin, b. 1736-7, Jan. 6. Lowes, b. 1740. Oct. 31. David, b. 1743, May 20. Lgdia, b. 1745, March 21. Eunice, b. 1747, July 26. Nathan, b. 1748-9, Jan. 27. Isaac, b. 1752, May 18. Nathan, b. 1755, May 13.
4. Jeremiah, son of Samuel. 1, m. 1735-6. Feb. 3. Elizabeth, dau. of Job Lane, 6. Ch. Samuel, b. 1736, Nov. 9. Elizabeth. b. 1738. Dec. 24. Jeremiah, b. 1742. Sept. 25. John, b. 1745. Aug. 14. Elizabeth, b. 1747-8, Feb. 29; d. 1750. Oct. 8. Patte, b. 1750, July 14. Elizabeth, b. 1752, Aug. 7; d. 1825, March 1. Moses, b. 1755, March 3.
5. Zechariah, son of Samuel, 1, b. 1712, Feb. 13; m. Elizabeth Ch. Zechariah, b. 1734. April 1. William. b. 1735-6. Feb. 19. Elizabeth, b. 1738-9, Jan. 6. Jonas, b. 1740-1, Feb. 5. Ebenezer, b. 1743, Sept. 4. Esther, b. 1745. Sept. 12. Lucy m. Joseph Hill. 21.
6. David, son of David, of Bedford, m. Betsey -. Betsey, b. 1826,
June 26. Emily, b. 1827. Dec. 26. Darid. b. 1832, March 3. [See Lexington Gen. Reg .. p. 278]. Anm. b. 1834. Sept. 15. John. b. 1836. June 17. Sarah. b. 1838. July 6. Abel. b. 1840. May 10.
FITZPATRICK, William, and wife Catherine. Ch. Ellen. b. in Ireland, 1826. March 5. John. b. 1827. Nov. 18; d. 1828. Oct. 12. Edward. b. 1830. Oct. 7: d. 1839. Aug. 7. Mary Ann. b. 1831. Nov. 22. Catherine. b. 1833. March 3; d. 1835, May 13. James, b. 1835, March 1. Margaret. b. 1836, June 12. Catherine, b. 1838, April 19. Elizabeth, b. 1839, June 3. Sarah, b. 1840, Nov. 8. Charles Edward, h. 1842, July 4. Joanna, b. 1845, April 16.
FLETCHER. 1. Jacob, m. in Westford, 1746. Ruth Trull. Name disappears from tax-list, 1753. Ch. Ruth, Olive, b. 1749, Jan. 10. Rebecca, b. in Westford, 1754.
2. Samuel. Ch. Sybil, bap. 1768, May 8. Phebe, bap. 1775, July 9.
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3. James, son of Jonas, of Westford, m. 1833, Dec. 22, Louisa Champney. He lives on the east road, in the oldest house still inhabited in town, which was, perhaps, the "French" garrison of 1675. Ch. James Henry, b. 1834, Nov. 2. Charles Newton, b. 1836, June 23, in Tyngsboro'. John Edwards. b. 1838, Aug. 22; d. 1839, Jan. 5. Edward Harrison, b. 1840, May 21. John Irving, b. 1842, May 19; m. Harriet Maria Carter, dau. of George; lives near Shawshin river. Emma Louisa, b. 1843, Sept. 1. Marietta. b. 1845. Nov. 4. Caroline Elizabeth, b. 1848. June 3.
FOSTER. 1. Thomas, Sergt., was from Braintree. He was, perhaps, the same Thomas who was at Weymouth, and father of Dr. Thomas, of Roxbury, whose widow m. Peter Bracket, 2. He received, 1659, June, a grant of an eight acre lot. His home lot was "fifty acres," his house lot being part of it, lying on ye east end of Bare hill, bounded by Shawshin road, on the west. ninety and foure pole ; by William Hamlet. on the north, one hundred and two poles; by ye comans, east, ninety pole ; by a highway on the south-east, eighty-six pole." This place was near Mr. Mckay's. He d. 1684, April 20, and his widow, Elizabeth, 1694-5, Jan. 29. Ch .. perhaps Thomas, b. 1640, Aug. 18, a physician of Roxbury and Cambridge, who m. Sarah Parker, dau. of Robert. He d. 1679, Sept. 16; his widow m. Peter Bracket. Perhaps Sarah, who m. Samuel Kemp. Perhaps John, b. 1642, Oct. 7, of Mansfield. Elizabeth - m. James Frost, 2. Experience -, m. Joseph French, 4. Perhaps Increase. Hopestill, b. 1648, March 26; lived in Woburn. Joseph, 2, b. 1650, March 28. Perhaps Jonathan, 3. The will of Sergt. Foster names only son Joseph and James Frost, son-in-law. He certainly had two other ch., Experience and Hopestill, and the absence of other names is not, therefore, proof that the above were not his children.
2. Joseph, son of Thomas, 1, b. 1650, March 28; m. 1672, Dec. 11. Alce Gorton, dau. of John, of Roxbury. She d. 1712. May 17, aged 60, and he m. Margaret Brown, of Sudbury, who d. 1717-8, March 22, and 'he m. 3d. Rebecca, widow of Jonathan Danforth, 2, who d. 1754, March 25, aged 93. Dea. Joseph d. 1721, Dec. 4. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1673, Oct. 7. Joseph, b. 1678, July 15; d. Thomas, 4, b. 1680-1, Feb. 11. Sarah, b. 1683, Aug. 23; d. Sept. 5. John, b. 1685. May 12; d. Nov. 12.
3. Jonathan, perhaps son of Thomas, 1, m. Abigail Ch. Jonathan, b. 1693, June 26.
4. Thomas, son of Joseph, 2, b. 1680-1, Feb. 11; m. Hepsibah Ch. Thomas, b. 1706, Oct. 17. John, 5, b. 1707-8, Jan. 11. Sarah, b. 1709, June 30; m. David Crosby, 11. Joseph, b. 1711. April 8. Hannah. b. 1716, Sept. 25. Obadiah. b. 1721-2, March 17.
5. John, son of Thomas, 4, b. 1707-8, Jan. 11; m. Hannah His name disappears from tax-list. 1734, perhaps in . Tewksbury. Ch. Nathaniel, b. 1730, Nov. 11. Parker, b. 1731-2. March 6. John, b. 1733, Aug. 28.
6. Henry. It does not appear whether he is connected with the preceeding or following. He m. 1751, June 12. Agnes Henry, prob. sister of John. Ch. John, b. 1752, July 31,; m. 1777, Oct. 9, Sally Tweed, of Woburn. Jane, b. 1755, June 14. Smith, b. 1757. May 21. Josiah, b. 1759, Oct. 29. Benjamin, b. 1761, Nov. 13. Elizabeth, b. 1769, Aug. 28.
7. Isaac, was from Ipswich, son of Joseph3, (Jacob2, Reginald1,) m. 1744, Nov. 8, Sarah Brown, prob. dau. of John, 8. His will is dated 1783, Feb. 1, and proved April 10. Ch. Isaac, b. 1745-6, March 8; m. 1769, Nov. 9, Lydia Bacon, dau. of Josiah, 7. Jacob, 9, b. 1747. Dec. 20. Sarah, b. 1749, March 4; d. 1750, April 4. Joseph, 10, b. 1750, March 21. Sarah, b. 1753, May 29; d. before 1783. John, b. 1755, June 28. Samuel, b. 1758, March 31. Abigail, b. 1761, Feb. 21; d. before 1783.
8. Jacob, brother of Isaac, 7, b. 1726, March 27; m. Sarah Kimball, (published 1750, Aug. 25). His will proved, 1761, Oct. 19. Ch. Sarah, b. 1752, April 27; d. June 7. Sarah, b. 1753, June 5; m. 1774, Dec. 12, John Bell, Charlestown. Timothy, b. 1755, July 19; d. 1756, Nov. 23. Elizabeth, b. 1757, Oct. 27; d. 1758, Jan. 12. Timothy, 11, b. 1759, Nov. 4.
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