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d. March 3. Samuel, 7, b. 1669-70, Feb. 28. Elizabeth, b. 1672, Nov. 6; in. Peter Corneal, 1. Edmond, b. 1675, May 14; d. May 18. Mary, b. 1676. May 6; m. John Walker, 2. Sarah, b. 1678, July 15; m. Nathaniel Howard. Hannah, b. 1680-1, Jan 31. Joseph. S, b. 1682-3. March 21. Abigail, b. 1685, Aug. 23; m. Ephraim Kidder, 5. Benjamin, 9, b. 1687-8, March 8.
3. Thomas, son of Dr. Samuel, 1. Birth not recorded. IIe m. Sarah Dunton, dau. of Samuel. After 1719, he removed to Natick and d. there, not long before 1746, May 10. Ch. Rebecca, b. 1695, May 6. Josiah, b. 1696-7, March 27; d. insane. 1746. Sarah, b. 1698-9, Jan. 29; m. Abraham Graves, of Andover. Samuel, b. 1700, June 7; lived in Natick ; d. 1747. Ebenezer. b. 1711, Nov. Ruth, b. 1715, Oct. 4; m. Elijah Kendrick. Esther, b. 1718, Sept. 1.
4. Edmond, son of Dr. Samuel, 1, b. 1691-2, March 5; m. 1712, Dec. 1; Hannah Kittredge, dau. of John. 2; lived in Tewksbury. She d. 1759, Oct. 13; he d. 1766, May 29. Ch. Hannah, h. 1715. May 25. Elizabeth b. 1717-8. Feb. 23; m. John Patten. 8. Abigail, b. 1718-9, March 16. Susanna, b. 1721. April 18. Edmond. b. 1723, April 3; m. 1749, Jan. 11, Anna French, dau. of Jacob. 12; lived in Tewksbury. Ruth, b. 1725. June 17. Samuel. b. 1733. Sept. 16; m. 1764, May 22, Martha Mace; lived in Tewksbury and in Dunbarton, N. H .; had ch. Samuel, Abraham and Martha. who. m. Moses Trussell, of Boscawen, N. H. Ruth m. Isaac Bailey ; Isaac, Jacob and Abigail. Jacob b. 1773, June 28. was a black- smith in Fryeburg and Denmark, Me., and had 13 ch., of whom Sarah P. m. Rev. Larkin L. Jordan, and Mary Kidder m. Snow Whitman, of Boston, and had Charles B. b. 1848. Aug. 22. Abigail, b. 1776, Oct. 8; m. William Burnham, of Dunbarton. and had Charles Guilford Burnham, b. 1803. Oct. 6. ; D. C., 1829; d. 1866, June 29 ; a distinguished teacher in Pembroke. N. H. and Danville. Vt.
5. James, son of James, 2, b. 1666, July 7; m. Hannah - She d. after 1712; he m. 1729-30, Jan. 16, Mary Beard, widow of Andrew, 1. Ch. William, 10, b. 1694, Sept. 4. Hannah, b. 1696, Oct. 22; m. Seth Levistone. 3. Rebecca, b. 1699. April 26; m. Joseph Frost, 8. James, b. 1701, June 27; d. 1703. May 27. Ebenezer, b. 1702. Aug. James. 11, b. 1704, Oct. 3. Elizabeth. b. 1710, Aug. 27 ; m. James Sanders, 3. John, 12, b. 1712, Oct. 28.
6. Thomas, son of James. 2, b. 1667. Oct. 18; m. 1695, Dec. 12, Rebecca Farley, dau. of Caleb, 2. She d. 1704-5, March 4; he m. 1706, March 28. Hannah Richardson, of Woburn. She d. 1708, May 19; he m. Deborah - He d. 1742, March 6. Ch. James, b. 1696, Sept. 18; d. 1697.
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April 21. Experience, b. 1698, March 26; m. Joseph Bigsby, of Andover. Rebecca, b. 1701, Aug. 9; m. David Blanchard, of Andover. Sarah, b. 1704, Dec. 25; m. Abraham Foster, of Andover. Thomas, b. 1708, April 16; m. 1737. June 6, Dorcas Boynton, of Lunenburg ; lived in Dunstable. Joseph, b. 1709, Nov. 26. Timothy, b. 1710. Nov. 16; d. 1714, June 8. Deborah, b. 1714, June 9. Elizabeth, b. 1716-7, Feb. 28.
7. Samuel, son of James, 2, b. 1669-70, Feb. 28; m. Hannah. She d. 1753, Dec. 25, aged 77. He d. 1755, Dec. 7, in Tewksbury. Ch. Hannah. b. 1702, May 13; m. Robert Meers, 1. Samuel, b. 1703, Nov. 26. Daniel, b. 1705, June 9. Abigail, b. 1710. June 18. John, b. 1712, April 30; m. Deborah (Temple) Harris. Elizabeth, b. 1714, Aug. 16; m. Thomas Levistone. 4.
8. Joseph, son of James, 2, b. 1682-3, March 21; m. 1710, April 5, Sarah Flint, of Charlestown, dau. of John French, 2, and 1718, Dec. 8. Rebecca Frost, dau. of James, 5. He d. in Tewksbury, 1737. Dec. 28. Ch. Joseph, 13, b. 1711-2, Jan. 22. Sarah, b. 1716, May 31. Benjamin, b. 1717-8, March 6. Ephraim, b. 1721, June 9.
9. Benjamin, son of James, 2, b. 1687-8, March 8; m. 1710. Dec. 21, Mary Stearns. dau. of Thomas, 4. She d. 1725, Oct. ; he m. 1725-6, Feb. 15, Hannah Richardson, widow of Jonathan, 6. Sergt. Frost d. 1753, March 24. She d. 1769, Sept. 12. Ch. Mary, b. 1727, April 20; m. Benjamin Danforth, 12.
10. William, son of James, 5, b. 1694. Sept. 4; m. 1721. Elizabeth Wilson, dau. of John. 2. He d. before the birth of Abial. Ch. William, b. 1722, Sept. 17; d. Oct. 17. Elizabeth, b. 1723, Aug. 31; m. Nathaniel French, (see 6). William. b. 1724-5. Feb. 21; d. 1748, Sept. 9. James, b. 1726. May 8; d. June 11. Jacob, b. 1727-8, March 16. Esther, b. 1729-30, Feb. 17; m. Samuel Marshall, (see 4). Rebecca, b. 1733, Oct. 1; d. 1734, June 20. Jesse, b. 1735-6, March 9. Lucy, b. 1737, April 9. Abial, b. 1738-9, March 18.
11. James, son of James, 5, b. 1704, Oct. 3; m. 1731-2, Feb. 8, Esther Hosley, dau. of James. He lived west of Concord river, not far from the "corner" bridge; d. 1754. Jan. 5. She d. 1773, Nov. 20. Ch. Esther, b. 1732, April 15. James, b. 1734-5. Jan. 3. Joshua, 14, b. 1737, Dec. 8. Hannah, b. 1740, July 20; m. Jacob Foster, 9. Sarah, b. 1744, Sept. 16; m. 1774, March 22, Adam Caldwell. Abigail, b. 1747, July 24; m. Benjamin Dows. 5. William, 15, b. 1749, Dec. 17. Martha, b. 1751, Nov. 19; m. 1772, Feb. 27, William Bean.
12. John, son of James, 5, b. 1712, April 30; m. 1736, Dec. 22, Hannah Cornell. dau. of Peter, 1. He was one of the three Billerica victims of the Indian ambuscade and massacre, near Fort Dummer. 1748, June 16. Ch. John, b. 1737, Nov. 19. Hannah, b. 1741, Aug. 6; m. Abijah Beard, 13. Peter. b. 1744. Nov. 21.
13. Joseph, son of Joseph, S, b. 1711-2, Jan. 22; m. 1731, Oct. 25, Abigail Kittredge, dau. of Daniel, 4. He lived in Tewksbury; d. 1751, Jan. 29; his widow m. 1755, March 21, Ebenezer Fisk. Ch. Ephraim, b. 1732. May 13. Abigail, b. 1733-4, March 6. Mehitable, b. 1735, Sept. 4; d. 1736, Jan. 24. Joshua, b. 1737, April 3. Joseph, b. 1738, Feb. 20. Jonathan, b. 1740. Feb. 20. Benjamin, and Sarah, b. 1742, Feb. 10. Mehittable, b. 1745, June 4. Elizabeth and Daniel, b. 1747, Aug. 16. Abigail, b. 1749, April 30.
14. Joshua, son of James, 11, b. 1737, Dec. 8; m. 1765, Feb. 7, Hannah Dutton. dau. of Thomas. 6. He d. before the birth of William ; his widow m. Jonas Sanders, 6. Ch. Rebecca, b. 1766, Aug. 26; m. George Tufts. Hannah, b. 1769, Aug. 11; m. William Levistone, (see 4). Mary, b. 1773, March 8; m. Job Nickles, (see 4). Elizabeth, b. 1775, Dec. 16. Joshua, b. 1778, Aug. 24; d. 1780, May 29. William, b. 1780, Sept. 22.
15. William, son of James, 11, b. 1749, Dec. 17; m. 1775, June 14, Molly Spaulding, of Chelmsford, and 1784, Dec. 12. Sarah Wilson, dau. of Seth, 5. Ch. William, b. 1785, Dec. 8. Joshua. b. 1787, Feb. 5.
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Benjamin, 16, b. 1791, Nov. 27. Sarah, b. 1794, Aug. 25. Clarissa, b. 1796, June 18; m. Charles Goodwin. 4. Martha, b. 1800, Jan. 23; m. 1824, June 17, Joel Wheat. Maria, b. 1804, Sept. 30.
16. Benjamin, son of William. 15, b. 1791, Nov. 27; m. Beulah --- He d. 1847, July 30. Ch. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1816, Aug. 24. William Franklin, b. 1818. July 26. Lucy Ann, b. 1819, Oct. 19. John, b. 1820, Dec. 10. George, 17, b. 1825. April 18. Harriet and Henry, b. 1827, June 12. Harriet m. Albert R. Richardson, 34, and Henry m. 1851, May 27, Lucy I. Hutchins ; d. 1859, June 2.
17. George, son of Benjamin. 16, b. 1825. April 18; m. at Concord. N. H., 1861, Nov. 28, Susan A. Rust. He lived on the Andover road, near the Salem road; d. 1879, Aug. 7. Ch. Charles H .. b. 1866, Feb. 18.
FULLER. 1. John had ch. Thaddeus Muzzy. bap. 1786, Aug. 27. 2. Silas had Josiah, bap. 1787. Sept. 14. GALUSHA, Samuel, and wife Esther. Name not on tax-list. Ch. Joseph. b. 1747. May 9.
GIBSON, William, of Nottingham West, m. 1778, Nov. 26, Mary Blodgett.
GLEASON. Thomas Gleason, of Watertown, Cambridge, and 1662, of Charlestown. He m. Susannah -, and had ch. Thomas, Joseph, and John, who lived in Sudbury; Mary. b. in Cambridge, 1657, Oct. 31; prob. Isaac, who was in the Falls fight. 1676. and lived in Enfield, and William. William m. Abiah -, and had ch. bap. 1687. April 10. Joseph, John and Elizabeth, and 1690, Dec. 7, Isaac. Isaac m. Martha Livermore, of Watertown, and lived in Sudbury, and had a son, Isaac, who was father of our William. 1. Isaac, who kept a tavern in Waltham. Josiah, who lived in Chelsea, Joseph, who d. in the French War, and John, of Woburn.
1. William. The name is first on the tax-list of 1754. He leased the College farm, east of the Shawshin, and not many years later, he purchased it. It remained the family home until 1850, when Mr. William S. Gleason removed to the village, where he now lives, on the south side of Andover street. William Gleason m. Mary Seger, who d. 1776. Oct. 5, aged 45 ; he m. 1780, June 28, Mary, widow of James Goss. She d. 1817, June 11; he d. 1818, Feb. 3, aged SS. Ch. William, b. 1756, Aug. 21; d. Mary, b. 1758. Aug. 17; m. Mark Pitman: lived in Maine. Hannah. b. 1760. Dec. 10; m. Timothy Walker, son of Joseph. 6. William. 2, b.
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1 Rebecca. b. 1765. Dec. 10; m. 1786. Feb. 28. Joseph Heywood [or Howard, ] of Brownfield, Me. One of his sons was Joseph, b. 1800, March 14; grad. B. C., 1821; m. Maria, dau. of Hon. Judah Dana, of Fryeburgh, Me., and was for many years an honored Judge of the Supreme Court of Maine. He d. in Portland, 1877, Dec. 12. Joseph, 3, b. 1768, Feb. 5. Ruth, b. 1770, May 2; d. Sarah, b. 1772. Aug. 13; m. 1801, July 2, William Homer, Boston; had William, Lucy, Augustus, Aaron and Francis. Lucy, b. 1776, March 21; d. Lucy, bap. 1782, July 7.
2. William, son of William, 1, b. 1763. Feb. 13; m. 1795, Feb. 11, Sally Bacon, of Bedford. He d. 1844, Sept. 26. She d. 1852, Dec. 16. aged 81. Ch. Sarah. b. 1797, Aug. 1; m. 1826, June 1. Robert Ames, of Woburn. Daughter, b. and d. 1799, Feb. 20. William. b. 1801, Jan. 11; d. March 1. Mary Ann, b. 1803. April 13. Elizabeth, b. 1805, Oct. 8; m. 1831, Dec. 1. Jeremiah Goldsmith, Andover. Abigail Harriet, b. 1808. Jan. 22; m. George Crosby, of Boston. son of Michael. William Segar, 4, b. 1809. Nov. 1. Louisa. b .. 1812, Feb. 3; m. 1844, May 15, Daniel Richardson, of Woburn, (see 27). Daughter, b. and d. 1814, Nov. 9. Josiah Bacon, b. 1816. July 13; m. Mary Hartwell; lives in Lexington; has ch. Henry, Josiah and Fred Eugene. .
3. Joseph, son of William, 1, b. 1768. Feb. 5; m. 1798, May 31. Sarah Cook. dau. of Sears, 2. He d. 1849, March 21; she d. 1851, May 21. Ch. Joseph, b. 1800, Aug. 4. Amira, b. 1804. Feb. 26; m. Sewell Buck, of Wilmington. Susan Walker, b. 1807. Nov. 2: m. 1832. April 24. Silas Cutler. of Burlington. George, b. 1809, March 8; m. Susan Bennett,
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4. William Segar, son of William, 2, b. 1809, Nov. 1; m. `1842, June 1. Mary Baker. dau. of John. Ch. Sarah, h. 1843, July 13.
GOFFE, Anthony, was in arrears of minister's tax, 1685. He was in Woburn. 1687.
GOODALE, Amos, on tax-list, 1769.
GOODWIN. 1. Thomas, m. 1754, June 27, Mary Ditson, dau. of Thomas, 2. Ch. Reuel, 2. Mary, b. 1754, Nov. 30; d. 1781, May 3, in Woburn. Thomas, 3, b. 1756, Dec. 9.
2. Reuel, son of Thomas, 1, had ch. Rhoda, who m. 1820, Nov. 30, Joshua Reed, of Burlington. Barbara m. Daniel Richardson. (see 27). Caroline and Reuel, who d. about 1809.
3. Thomas, son of Thomas, 1, b. 1756, Dec. 9; m. 1784, June 3, Lucy French, dau. of Samuel, 15. Ch. Lucy, b. 1787. Oct. 6; m. 1810, Oct. 31, Lewis Jewel. of Boston. Nancy, b. 1789, June 8. Nathaniel, b. 1791. July 3. Charles, 4, b. 1793 (?) 27th: Betsey, b. 1795, Jan. 26; m. 1833, April 4, Benjamin F. Beard, of Wilmington.
4. Charles, son of Thomas, 2, m. 1814, Sept. 20, Isabella Bowlend, dau. of Benjamin, 1, [not his widow]. She d. 1828. July 22 aged 32; he m. 1830, Aug. 29, Clarissa Frost, dau of William, 15. Ch. Charles Henry, b. 1815, July 16. Isabella Henrietta, b. 1817. Feb. 13; m. John Crosby. 34. John Theodore, 5, b. 1819, June 4. Benjamin Bowlend, b. 1822, June 1. George Wales, b. 1824, June 30. Clara Ann, b. 1832, Feb. 20. Susan Ellen, b. 1834. Feb. 15.
5. John Theodore, son of Charles, 3, b. 1815, July 16; m. Mary Ann Winter, dau. of Stephen, 1. He went to California. Ch. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1845. Jan. 3.
GORTON, Abraham, from Roxbury, son of John, was in B., 1683, or before, and until 1696. He m. 1683, May 21, Mary Sumner. [Savage]. Ch. Mary, b. 1684, March 24. John, b. 1686, March 9. In Billerica, Sarah, b. 1687-8, Nov. 22. Rebecca, b. 1689, July 24. Abraham and Mary b. 1692-3, Feb. 28. Abraham d. March 6, and Mary d: Dec. 18. Abraham, b. 1696, April 7.
GOSS, James, of Lancaster, m. 1761, May 14. Mary Stickney, dau. of Daniel, 3. She m. 2d, William Gleason, 1. Only the birth of Jeremiah is recorded in Billerica. Ch. Mary m. Jonathan Buck ; lived in Windsor, N. H. James, a physician in Gloucester; Representative in 1832, and a useful citizen. He d. 1842. Nov. 29, aged 79. Jeremiah, b. 1769. Sept. 3. Mchittable, who was admitted to full communion. 1796, Aug. 7, and soon dis. to West-Cambridge; but lived, after. in Windsor.
GOULD. 1. Samuel, was in town, 1685, with rates due to the minister.
2. Henry, of Concord, m. 1748, May 12, Lydia Blaisdell.
3. Sve Durrent, Reuben, 12, for change of name of his son, to Nathaniel D. Gould.
4. Joseph Dudley, son of Joseph Dudley, was b. in West Roxbury. 1835. Feb. 11. His grand-father Jacob m. Lucy Ruggles, dau. of Joseph, 3. Ilis father was b. 1806. May 17, and d. 1879. April 19. Mr. Gould grad. from the Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, 1859, and has been in charge of the extensive Chemical Works at North Billerica. He m. 1866, March 28. Elvira Rogers, dau. of Calvin. 2.
GRAGG, George Watson, m. 1856, May 1, Mary Elizabeth Cole, dau. of Samuel. Ch. George William, b. 1857, Oct. 5. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1860, Feb. 23. Herbert Marshall, b. 1864, Aug. 27.
GRAY. 1. Henry, and Mary Blunt, "both of Andover," in. 1699, May 13.
2. Braviter, is on the tax-list of 1738, the son of Braviter and Dorothy Abbot. of Andover; b. there 1717, July 19. His father was b. 1685, Sept. 29, the son of Robert and Hannah Holt. HIe m. 1743, Sept. 6, Bethyah Hill. She d. 1754, Jan. 30; he m. 1757. July 14. Anna Danforth. dau. of Jonathan. 5. She d. 1757, Aug. 10; he m. 1759, May 23. Elizabeth
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Blanchard, widow of John, 2. Ch. Joseph, b. 1744, July 1. Mary, b. 1745, Oct. 29. Timothy, b. 1747-8, Feb. 25; d. 1749. Dec. 17. Timothy, b. 1752, March 28. Jonathan, b. 1754, Jan. 3. Braviter, b. 1760, March 23.
3. William, son of Jonathan (above) was b. in Tewksbury, 1792, Aug. 4; m. 1846, Jan. 1. Abigail Allen Richardson, dau. of John, 29. He was a merchant; d. 1868. Oct. 3. Ch. Maria. b. 1847, June 25; m. Dr. Bickford. Lucy Ann, b. 1849. Sept. 24; m. 1871. June 29. William J. Clewly. from St. Stephen, N. B. They live at North Billerica.
GREENWOOD, Moses P., b. in Needham. 1814, April 13; m. 1840. May 7. Lucy Jennison. of Natick. He lives near the Concord river and Bedford line. Ch. Harriet L., b. in Weston, 1841, Feb. 7. Ann Augusta. b. 1843, July 22; m. 1869. Dec. 28. George Bradford, of Canterbury, Conn .; lives in Waltham. Caroline E .. b. 1845, May 13. George P., b. 1851. Sept. 5; m. 1880, April 14, Alice R. Harding.
GRIMES, George, was in town. 1677, but it does not appear whence he came. He bought land of Timothy Brooks, and lived on the Shawshin, near Concord line. He removed to Lexington, after 1708, and d. there, 1716. July 28. aged 76. He m. 1675. April 15. Elizabeth Blanchard, dau. of George, ( Wyman). Ch. William, b. 1677. Nov. 11; m. Mary -; lived in Lexington. Elizabeth, b. 1679, June 28. Ruth. b. 1681. July 4. Jonathan, b. 1683, June 22; d. 1702-3, March 2.
GURNEY, John, of Braintree. had an early .right ' in Billerica, but never occupied it.
HAGGITT. 1. Thomas, and wife Susanna. His name is on tax-list. 1757 and 1758; his mother. Mary Granger, d. 1757. March 12. Ch. Susannah b. 1757, July 13.
2. John, on tax-list, 1739 and 1740.
HALE, William. [Hail, Haile, often the form]. Was granted "one- quarter of a ten acre lot " in 1659. His home-lot contained 24 acres, "by the east side of Concord river, on ye west side of the highway to Chelmsford. between the township and ye great bridge." This was the last lot this side the fordway, and was beyond John Durrant. He was the first person employed to "digg ye graves" in town. He m. 1662, Oct. 30. at Charlestown. Anna Case; d. 1668. May 20. without issue. His widow m. Samuel Trull. His town right, and prob. his land, was in possession of Thomas Pollard, in 1708.
HALL. 1. Richard, Jr., was prob. from Bradford, and settled in the Tewksbury part of the town. He m. 1726-7. Feb. 9. Sarah Pollard, dau. of Thomas, 1; d. 1745, Nov. 17. Ch. John, b. 1727, Nov. 5; d. same day with his father. Richard, b. 1729, Sept. 20. Olire, b. 1732-3, Jan. 4. Asa, b. 1741, Sept. 14.
2. Samuel m. 1727-8, JJan. 5. Hannah Kittredge, perhaps a daughter of James. 3. She d. 1750. July 21; he m. 1751. April 24. Hannah Sanders, of Tewksbury. Ch. John. b. 1747, March 28; d. 1749, Oct. 31. Thomas. 3, and Hannah, bap. 1750, May 27, aged 20 and 18 years.
3. Thomas, son of Samuel. 2, b. 1730; in. 1761. April 15. Lydia Keyes, prob. dau. of Joseph, of Chelmsford. He d. 1772, May 10. Ch. Lydia, b. 1762, Jan. 5. Hannah, b. 1763, Feb. 14. Isaac. b. 1764, July 25. Sarah, b. 1765, Dec. 25. Nathan, b. 1767, Aug. 6. Elizabeth, b. 1769, Jan. 27.
4. William, aged 19. received baptism. 1755. April 6; also Isaac. Jacob and Elizabeth, 1758. May 7. aged 19, 17 and 16. William m. 1764, Oct. 30, Mary Fletcher. Ch. William, bap. 1765. Nov. 10. Stephen. bap. 1767, May 31. Abigail. dau. of Nathaniel, was bap. 1778, March 15.
5. George H. m. Ann Baker, dau. of John. He is a mason; lives on Andover street, in the village. Ch. Alice Baker, b. 1861, Dec. 27. Mildred Ann. b. 1863. Oct. 14.
HAMLET. 1. William, was from Cambridge, and received a grant of a single share in 1656. His house-lot was 56 acres. " lying at ye north- east corner of Bare hill, and on ye south of hogrooten meadow; bounded
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by Simon ('roshee on the west, forty-nine poles; by Thomas Foster on ye south, and his owne out-let, one hundred and two pole ; and on ye north by Joseph Tomson, seventy-five pole; and by Peter Bracket, sixty-five pole and a halfe; and by ye comons, east. This place, now Crosby's, he exchanged in 1679, with Caleb Farley, of Woburn, and removed to that town. He was one of the early Baptists, and letters from him are quoted by Backus He was b. about 1614; m. widow Sarah Hubbard, (Paige) who d. 1688, Jan. 18, aged 90. His ch. bap. in Cambridge, wereJacob, 2, and Rebecca m. James Frost. 2.
2. Jacob, son of William, m. 1668, July 22, Hannah Parker. She d. 1669, April 26; he m. Dec. 21, Mary Dutton, dau. of Thomas, 1, who d. of small-pox, 1678, July 9. He removed to Woburn, and m. Mary Jaquith, widow of Abraham. Ch. Mary, b. 1670. Nov. 31. Sarah, b. 1671-2, March 18. Hannah, b. 1673, Dec. 14. Rebecca, b. 1676, "01." William, b. 1677, Dec. 16; d. Dec. 23; also in Woburn: [Savage,] Jacob, b. 1680, Aug. 1; d. Joseph, b. 1681, Aug. 31. William, b. 1683, Sept. 8. Jacob, b. 1685-6, Jan. 4. Henry, b. 1687-8, Feb. 6; d. Abigail, b. 1689, March 25. HANAFORD. 1. William, prob. son of John, who d. 1843, July 4, aged 79; m. Mehittable. The first three ch. were b. in Newbury, Vt. He d. 1836, Dec. 22, aged 37. Ch. Ira K., 2, b. 1820, Sept. 23. John N. b. 1822, Jan. 1. William F., b. 1823, Oct. 21. Charles M .. b. 1825, July 25. Frederic P., b. 1831, Dec. 8. Elizabeth Ann, b. 1833, Nov. 5. Reuben, b. 1835, July 26.
2. Ira K., b. 1820, Sept. 23; m. 1842, March 6, Emily Duren. Ch. William Nelson, b. 1843, March 6. Edward Warren, b. 1845, Oct. 27; d. 1847. Nov. 28. Lydia A., b. 1851, Dec. 20.
HANKES, Elizabeth, dau. of Hannah, a negro, b. 1759, Jan. 14.
HANS, Charles, or Hanes, m. 1761, Jan. 8, Mary Chamberlain. His name disappears from tax-list of 1770, and the birth of Molly should prob. be 1766. Ch. Sarah, b. 1764, Feb. 23. Molly, b. 1776, July 24.
HARDMAN, Judith, m. 1815, Jan., Jonathan Alexander.
HARDY. 1: Zachariah, and wife Hephsibah. Ch. Mary, b. 1729, Sept. 12.
2. Ebenezer and wife Susannah. IIe was among the Carlisle petitioners of 1757. Ch., perhaps Phebe, who m. Joseph Nixon. Susannah, b. 1756, June 21; m. 1778, Feb. 12, David Witherbee. Hannah, b. 1758, Oct. 29. Ebenezer, b. 1761, Oct. 17. John, b. 1764, July 1.
HARRADON, John, had ch. Jane, b. 1703, Dec. 5. William, b. 1706-7, Jan. 19.
HARRINGTON. 1. Hiram, son of Isaac, of Lexington, b. 1802, May 23; m. Fanny Cook, widow of Sears, 4, who d. 1873, Nov. 18. He did not m. Sarah Fiske, as stated, [Lexington]. Ch. George Hiram, b. 1845, Jan. 14. Mary Alvina, b. 1846, Oct. 13.
2. Zadock, brother of Hiram, 1, b. 1804, Oct. 4; m. 1828, March 5, Almira Fiske of Lexington. She d. 1834, Jan. 22; he m. Almira Morton, and before 1843, Martha Chapman. Ch. George Frederic, d. John Fiske, d. John Morton, d. Caroline Harriet, b. 1843, March 6; m. Hiram P. Barker. Ellen Jane, b. 1845, March 7; is in Boston. Henry lives in Lowell. Emily, b. 1850, Dec. 17; m. Samuel Richardson, of Lynn.
3. Daniel, brother of Hiram, m. Mary Morse; now lives in Tewksbury. Ch. George, Benjamin Gleason, and others.
4. Abel Wyman, brother of Hiram, m. Eunice Flagg. Ch. George, and others.
HARROD, Noah, m. 1818, Dec. 3. Zoa Shed, dau. of Zaccheus, 22. Ch. Nancy Shed, b. 1820, Nov. 2. Ellen. Maria, b. 1823, April 1.
HARTFORD, Daniel, from Dover, N. H., m. 1837, March, Harriet Brown, dau. of Jonas, 16; d. 1870, Aug. 17, aged 59. Ch. Charlotte, b. 1837, May 7. Daniel, b. 1838, Oct. 22. Dudley b. 1840, May 18. Olive Sarah, b. 1842. Jan. 12. Harriet, b. 1844, Sept. 24.
HARTSHORNE, Thomas, was a miller, in town, 1694. (Records, 2:55).
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HASKELL, John, Rev., son of Caleb, was b. in New Gloucester. Me., 1818, Feb. 11. Grad. B. C., 1846, and Bangor Theo. Sem., 1849. Ordained, Dover, Mass .. 1850, Dec. 25; dis. 1858. Installed, Raynham, 1859, Jan. 5; dis. 1864, April 12. Acting pastor, Revere, Mass., Jewett City Conn., and Newcastle, Me. In 1876, he bought the place on Andover street, at the fork of the Long pond road. Since 1879, May, he has supplied the Congregational church. He m. Lucy J. Diekey, of Bangor, Me., and 1873, Nov. 18, Annie Parsons Chase, dau. of Capt. Moses Chase, of Newcastle. who d. 1879. March 20. Ch. John, b. 1876, Feb. 13.
HASSELL, Richard, of Cambridge, freeman. 1647; b. 1622; came to Billerica in 1676, and made proposals to the town. Nov. 20, to take up the 300 acres of land granted to John Stedman by Cambridge. The town offered him £15 or 200 acres of land next to Andover line and Mrs. Winthrop's farm for his claim, but it does not appear which he accepted. In 1678, April 12, he was "appointed to inspect the young lads on ye Sabbath days, those of them that sit below in ye meeting house." This was. perhaps, about the definition, as then understood, of the tithingman, and in 1677. he was one of the five tithingmen, having the families in the center, under his charge, but in 1679 his name disappears, as he had removed to the new town of Dunstable, where he was a leading citizen. His son Joseph m. Anna Perry, and his dau. Esther m. Obadiah Perry, son of William, of Watertown, and in 1691, Joseph and his wife, their son Benjamin and her brother Obadiah all perished at the hands of the Indians.
HAYNES. 1. Lyman, from Sudbury, purchased the hotel at the corner of Andover street, in 1830. Not long after, he exchanged this place with 'T. W. Carter, for a hotel at the "corner." where he remained until 1845, when he went to North Woburn.
2. Tilly, son of Lyman, 1, b. 1828. Feb. 13; m. 1852, July 16, Martha C. Eaton. Has been in business in Lawrence, Boston and Springfield; and in 1879, became proprietor of the United Stotes Hotel in Boston. He was a member of the House of Representatives. 1868-70; of the Senate, 1876-7; and of the Executive Council, 1878-9.
HAZELTINE, Samuel, was the son of Samuel, and b. 1680. May 15, in Bradford, where his 9 ch. were b. He removed to B. about 1723, living in the Tewksbury part of the town. Among his ch. were Stephen, on tax-list, 1733. Samuel. Judith m. Edward Pollard, 2. Sarah, m. Thomas Man, and Amy m. 1732-3, Feb. 20, Henry Richardson, of Chelmsford, and prob. Mary who m. Samuel Trull, 5.
HAZEN, Henry Allen, Rev., son of Allen, and b. in Hartford, Vt .. 1832, Dec. 27. [For line of descent. from Edward Hazen, of Rowley, 1648, see N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 1879, April]. Grad. D. C., 1854; Andover Theo. Sem., 1857. Ordained at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1858, Feb. 17, and preached in Bridgewater; Barnard; Hardwick, 1859; Barton, 1860; West Randolph, 1861. Installed, Plymouth, N. H., 1863, Jan. 21; dis. 1868, July 15. Installed, Lyme. 1868, Sept. 2; dis. 1870, Sept. 30. Installed, Pittsfield, 1870, Dec. 22; dis. 1872, Nov. 30. Installed, Billerica, 1874, May 21; dis. 1879, May 4. Trustee of Kimball Union Academy since 1869, and of the Howe school since 1875; of the N. H. Missionary society; 1872-4. Statistical Secretary of the N. H. General Association, 1872-4. Member of the New Hampshire and of the Vermont Historical Societies and of the New England Historie Genealogical Society. Associate Editor Congrega- tional Quarterly, 1876-8. He has published (1) Manual of the Congrega- tional Church, Plymouth, N. H. (2) Historical Discourse, Commemorative of the Centennial Anniversary of the same church, 1875. (3) Ministry and Churches of New Hampshire, a re-print from the Cong. Quarterly, 1876. (4) Pastors of New Hampshire, 1878. Married, 1863, July 9, Charlotte Eloisa Green, dau. of Dr. George B. Green, of Windsor, Vt. Ch. Mary, b. 1864, Nov. 23; d. 1865, Sept. 30. Emily, b. 1866, Aug. 5. Charlotte, b. 1868, Nov. 6. .
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