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19. Samuel, son of John. 14, b. 1772, May 25; m. Sarah Warren, of Littleton. She d. 1816. June 6, aged 42, and he d. 1841, Oct. 14. He lived near the corner bridge; was a skillful machinist, and patented a machine for splitting leather, which has still wide use and is exclusively manufac- tured at the Hill machine shop in South Billerica. Ch. Sarah Bowers, bap. 1806, June 8; m. 1830. Aug. 30, Ariel Work, who was b. in Ashford, Conn., 1792. June 5. and grad. at Hamilton College, 1825. He d. 1874, Nov. 23, and she d. 1876, Oct. 19. Samuel, b. 1807. Nov. 19; d. Dec. 10. Charlotte Augusta, bap. 1809, June 11; m. at New Brunswick, N. J., 1838. Oet. 8. Rev. Benjamin Peach Keasberry, who was for 38 years a devoted and successful missionary to the Malays. He was the son of an English colonel in the Indian army; b. at Hyderabad, 1811, Oct. 30, and d. at Singapore, 1875, Sept. 15. He was at first in the employ of the London Missionary Society, but when the other missionaries went to China, on the opening of the "treaty ports." he chose to remain among the Malays. The Maharajah, of Johore, was among his pupils, and when he d. eraved the privilege of erecting a monument to his memory. He was twice married. His second wife was the mother of seven sons and five daughters. By his first wife he had ch. Eliza, the wife of James Meldrum, esq., of Edinburg, and Sarah, who m. Rev. James Ince, now settled in Midnapore, India. Samuel, bap. 1810, Sept. 16. He was a business man in Providence and Newport, R. I., where he d. about 1874, leaving no children. He was for several years the state treasurer. Sampson Warren, b. 1813, May 25; d. about 1840. Ann, b. 1815, Jan. 30; d. Feb. 2.
20. Henry, son of John, 17, b. 1784, Aug. 28; in. 1809, Jan. 26, Lydia Matthews. IIe d. 1820, July 28, and she d. 1825. Aug. 22. aged 35. Ch. Lydia Ann. b. 1810, May 21; d. July 5. Gustavus, b. 1814. Jan. 25; d. March 9. Francis James, bap. 1815, Jan. 8; was in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and in the Union Army under Gen. Banks; lives in Brownsville, Texas; has been Mayor and is Judge of Circuit Court. At Santa Rosa, he owns a ranch of 54,000 acres. and has herds of 6000 to 10,000 cattle ; unmarried. Henrietta, bap. 1819, Aug. 20; m. 1842, Nov. 24, Rufus Lapham of Lowell.
21. David, son of John. 17, b. 1786, May 16; m. 1809. Oct. 25, Achsah Crosby, dau. of Hezekiah, 21. She d. 1857. Oct. 22, aged 71; he d. 1874. Feb. 5. Ch. John Henry. b. 1810. Aug. 28; d. with Asiatic cholera, 1849, Aug. 5. Caroline, b. 1812, Jan. 15; m. Frederic Folsom, of Boston, and d. without issue. 1877, Feb. 8. Augusta, b. 1814, Jan. 14; m. 1839, Nov. 19. Frederick Spofford, of Bucksport, Me., and is now living there. William Crosby. b. 1815. July 2; lives in Unionville, S. C. Charles Edwin, b. 1817. May 29; m. 1841, Aug. 15; has lived in the South; 17 years in Cayuga county, New York, and 14 years in Pittsfield, Mass. ; has 5 ch. all m. Achsah Crosby, b. 1819, Oct. 6; lives in Bucksport, Me. Norman, b. 1821. Jan. 11; m. 1852; lives in Lincoln, Neb. Mary Ann, b. 1822, June 27 ; m. John Knowles, and lives in North Chelmsford. Edward David, b. 1827, Dec. 6; m. 1854. Aug. 14. Mary E. Field; Lieutenant and Captain in thel'nion Army from New York; wounded at Gettysburg and taken prisoner ; Major Parker now lives in Auburn. N. Y. James Lewis, b. 1829, Dec. 19; m. and in 1859, d. in Lawrence.
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22. Frederick Augustus, son of John. 17, b. 1789. Dec. 21 ; H. C., 1813; M. D., B. U., 1816; m. Mary Coggin, of Tewksbury ; lived in Salem; d. 1827, April 23. Ch. Frederick Augustus, b. 1819; d. 1842, June 18. Charles Henry, 25, b. 1820. July 20.
23. Daniel, son of Stephen. 18, b. 1806. Oct. 28; M. D., B. C., 1833 ; in. 1844, Sept. 23. Mary E. Bryant, dau. of Nathan, of Bedford; practises his profession in his native town; author of the Bi-Centennial poem, 1855. Ch. Clarissa Maria, b. 1848, June 21; d. 1876, Oct. 2. Frederick E., b. 1851, Feb. 28; d. 1853, July 22. Mary Alice, b. 1852, June 24. Susan C., b. 1855, Jan .; d. 1858, July 21.
24. Gardner, son of Stephen, 18, b. 1808. Sept. 19; m. 1841, May 16. Adeline M. Wilson, dau. of Daniel, 9. He lives on the ancestral Kidder- Parker place, on West street; has been active and useful in town affairs. Revenue Assessor during the War; is President of the Trustees of the Howe school, and Chairman of the Historical Committee. under whose auspices this volume has been prepared, in which he has taken active interest. Ch. George Gardner, b. 1842, March 7; d. 1860. Dec. 18. Stephen Henry, b. 1844. Jan. 17 ; in the Union Army and killed at Petersburg. 1864. July 30. Frederick Hunt, b. 1847. Feb. 18; m. 1873, July 1. Kate G. Baldwin, dau. of Francis, 25, and is a merchant in Lowell. Frank Wilson, b. 1849, April 5; m. Margaretta Bange, of New York. John Nelson, b. 1851, July 10; m. 1875, Jan. 13, Charlotte Seammon, of Saco. Me., and has Fanny. b. 1875, Dec. 30, and George Nelson, b. 1880, June 21. He is clerk for Wason, Peirce & Co., Boston. Charles Harris, b. 1853, July 19; d. 1854, Aug. 26.
25. Charles Henry, son of Frederic A .. 22, b. 1820, July 20 ; m. 1843, May 4, Mary Baldwin, dau. of John, 21, who d. 1876, Jan. 2. Ch. Mary Coggin, b. 1844, Nov. 24; m. Frederic Morey. Clarissa Baldwin, b. 1846, Jan. 14; m. 1873, Nathan H. Reed, of Bedford. Frederick Augustus b. 1849, Aug. 14. John, b. 1855. Nov. 17; d. 1856, Sept. 4. Charles Winn, b. 1860, Oct. 10. Lucy Baldwin, b. 1862, July 11.
26. Joseph, b. in Andover, 1782, Jan. 18; m. 1806, Dec. 3. Lydia Parker, also of Andover, and sister of Mrs. John Baldwin, 21. He was many years a sheriff, and removed to Lowell in 1862. Hle d. 1862, April 21, and his widow d: Aug. 4, aged 80. Ch. Joseph, b. 1807, Oct. 11; d. 1809, Jan. 13. Arabella, b. 1809, July 21; m. 1833. Sept. 15, Bethuel T. Cross, from Orford, N. HI. ; lived in Lowell and Roxbury, where he d. 1877 ; she now lives with her brother Charles. Joseph Augustus, b. 1811, Oct. 15; d. 1818, April 15. Charles Addison, b. 1813, July 18; long a sea captain ; now lives in Hingham. Isaac Stillman, b. 1815, Oct. 23; m. Mary Ann Stearns, of Lowell, where he lived ; d. in Sacramento, Cal., 1850, March 23. Mary Jane, b. 1817, Sept. 4; m. 1848. Dec. 23, Bethuel A. Clark, from Orford, N. H. ; lived in Lowell and Hingham; d. 1877, Nov. 25. Harriet, b. 1820. April 29; m. 1847, May 12, Francis H. Nourse, of Bolton; lived in Lowell, now in Winchester. Charlotte. b. 1822, May 2; d. 1831. Jan. 7.
27. Abigail m. 1795, Sept. 23, William Barnes, of Woburn.
PARRY, Joseph, m. 1771, Dec. 12. Hannah Kemp, dau. of Jason. 6. PARSONS, Daniel, "of Cape Ann." is on tax-list, 1777-8. Ch. Christopher, bap. 1775, Oct. 15.
PASHO, [often Patio]. 1. Thomas, son of John. from Germany. m. Sarah Farmer, dau of Jotham. 20. He d. 1879. Oct. 26, aged 82. Ch. Thomas m. 1846, April 2, Mary L. Dodge. Aaron, b. 1826, m. Miriam M. Dandly, dau. of James, 2. John. Joseph.
2. Esther m. 1802, Dec. 30, Michael Dean.
3. John F., son of Andrew, and b. in Tewksbury, m. 1845. April 22, Mary E. Bliss, and d. 1858, Aug. 31, aged 36. Ch. Gardner S., b. 1847, Sept. 22. Viola Bliss, b. 1852, Dec. 27; d. 1858, Aug. 4.
PATERSON, James, was b. in Scotland. He was captured by Cromwell, at Worcester, 1651. Sept. 3, and two months later, embarked for America, and arrived at Charlestown, May, 1652. Came to Billerica, and was granted a 6-acre lot in 1658. His house-lot was "thirty and two acres
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of land, be it more or less, lying on ye North side of ye Township, on ye West side of ye highway called long street ; bound by John Baldwin. south; Thomas hubberd. north; long street. east. being twenty-six pole wide at ytend ; by Concord river, west, thirty and two pole wide at yt end. upon a beavell line, an allowance of a highway next ye river. according to ye agreement about. as is expressed in ye records of y' same. in page 168. of this booke." This place included parts of Mr. Sanborn's and of Dr. Pillsbury's. He m. 1662, May 29, Rebecca Stevenson, of Cambridge. He d. 1701, July 14, " aged about 68." The family disappears before 1730. Ch. Mary. b. 1666. Aug. 22. James. b. 1668-9. Feb. 28; d. 1677. Oct. 3. Andrew. b. 1672, April 4; m. 1697, Elizabeth Kibber, of Charlestown, and . had James. b. 1707. He went to sea and never returned. John, 2, b. 1675. April 8. Joseph, b. 1677-8. Jan. 1; m. 1701. Sept. 22, Mary Goodnow, of Sudbury ; was a tailor in Watertown; d. 1736. Rebecca, b. 1680, July 18. James, b. 1683. April 13; m. 1697, Nov. S. his cousin, Elizabeth Bibbe, of Medford; d. in Groton, 1737, (Savage). Jonathan, b. 1685-6, Jan. 31.
2. John, son of James, 1, b. 1675, April 8; m. 1702, Dec. 29, Joanna Hall, of Concord. Ch. Kezia, b. 1703-4, Feb. 1. Rebecca, b. 1705-6, Jan. 15. Hannah, b, 1710, July 9. Mary, b. 1713-4. March 19. Elizabeth, b. 1722-3. Feb. 24.
PATTEN. 1. William, was in Cambridge as early as 1635. He was one of "the present inhabitants of Shawshin," who signed the Cambridge agreement, 1654-5. Feb. 17. and also signs the . Whiting agreement ' in 1658. But his name is not on the . Rate.' 1663, showing that he had returned to Cambridge, where he d. 1668. Dec. 10; his wife Mary d. 1673. Sept. 20. His grants are described : -
·· 1. One acre of land * on which his house now standeth ; bounded by ye country road, on ye east; by land on-disposed of on ye south. and six pole frome the towne brook, on ye west and on ye north.
2. * Seaven acres of land * lying on ye east side of ye foriner country road, and anent or right over against the former parcel of land; bounded by land granted to John Marshall. on ye east : by East street. on ye north. which street was after granted to goldin moore; by land afterwards granted to Thomas Willice, on ye south, lying twenty rods wide at ye west end, and about fifty-six pole in length."
Ch. Mary, b. in England. William, who d. 1645-6, March 22. Thomas. 2, b. 1636, Oct. Nathaniel, b. 1639. Jan. Sarah d. young. Nathaniel, b. 1643. July 29, whose three sons had families in Cambridge, of which Paige gives the record.
2. Thomas, son of William. 1, b. 1636, Oct. His house was west of Long street, south of the common, near the house of Mr. Francis Richardson; it was a garrison in 1675. He had also a saw-mill, (Records 1, p. 86, and John Rogers' will,) near Pattenville. He m. 1662, April 1. Rebecca Paine, dau. of Thomas, of Dedham. She d. 1680, May 19, and he m. 1686. May 20. Sarah Didson, widow, of Reading. He d. 1689-90, Jan. 16. and she m. Thomas Richardson, 1. Ch. Mary. b. 1664. Aug. 21. Thomas. 3. b. 1665-6. March 22. Nathaniel. 4, b. 1668. Sept. 14. William, 5, b. 1671. May 12. Rebecca. b. 1674-5. Jan. 29; m. Joseph Davis. 1. Sarah, b. 1677. June 18. Elisabeth, b. 1680, May 8. Mehittabell. b. 1686-7. Feb. 28; m. William French. 6. Kendall, 6, b. 1689, April 20.
3. Thomas, son of Thomas, 2, b. 1665-6, March 22; m. 1699, Dec. 21. Hannah Foster, step-daughter of Peter Bracket. She d. 1742, Aug 18. aged 73, and Sergt. Patten d. 1752, Sept. 14. Ch. Thomas, 7, b. 1701, Oct. 22. Nathaniel, b. 1702-3, Feb. 1. John, 8, b. 1705, March 29. Joseph, 9, b. 1710. Sept. 26.
4. Nathaniel, son of Thomas. 2, b. 1668. Sept. 14; m. 1695. Dec. 6. Hannah Ross, dan. of Thomas. 1. He. d. 1718. April 2. Ch. Hannah, b. 1705, April 3; mother or daughter; m. 1726, May 19, Joseph Emerson. Nathaniel. b. 1707. Sept. 10 m. Mary, prob. dau. of Enoch Kidder. 4. lived in Tewksbury. They had Mary b. 1728. April 10; d. 1734, June 21.
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Hannah b. 1729, Nov. 11. Jonathan, b. 1731, Nov. 26. Nathaniel, b. 1733. March 19, perhaps m. 1763. Nov. 3. Esther Shed. dau. of Benjamin. S, and if so, was then of "Stafford." William. b. 1738, March 11. Jonathan. b. 1740. Nov. 28. John, 10, b. 1711. Oct. 31.
5. William, son of Thomas. 2, b. 1671, May 12; m. Mary -. prob. dau. of John Rogers. 2. She d. 1716. May 16, aged 48, and he m. 1717. Elizabeth Whiting, widow of Samuel. 2, of Dunstable. He lived near the corner : was deacon and Representative; d. at Cambridge. of small-pox. while attending the General Court, 1730, Oct. 5. Ch. William, b. 1693-4, Jan. 24; d. May 12. Thomas, 11, b. 1694-5. March 12. Mary, b. 1696. July 19; m. 1732, Sept. 4, Benjamin Wood, of Dracut. Twin sons, b. and d. 1698, May 20. Rebecca, b. 1699, April 18; m. Jacob Danforth, 7. Sarah, b. 1701, Dec. 6; m. Jacob Taylor, of Concord. Elizabeth. b. 1704-5, Jan. 25; d. 1706, June 11. William, b. 1706, April 16; d. 1732, July 31. Elizabeth, b. 1708-9, Feb. 18; m. Joseph Taylor. Mehittabel, b. 1710, Aug. 18; m. Ralph Hill, 11.
6. Kendall, son of Thomas, 2, b. 1689, April 20; m. Abigail - She d. 1718, July 20, and he m. Abigail Kittredge. dau. of John. 2, and before 1729. Sarah Kittredge. dau. of Daniel. 4, who d. 1737. Dec. 4. He lived in Tewksbury: d. 1770, Dec. 14. Ch. Kendall. b. 1713. Aug. 13: d. 1711. Aug. 3. Abigail, b. 1716, May 7; m. Daniel Shed, 12. Elizabeth. b. and d. 1718. July 20. Samuel. b. 1720-1. Feb. 18; d. 1753. Jan. 21. Sarah. b. 1722, Aug. 20. Hannah, b. 1723-4, March 9; m. Josiah Kidder, (see 5). Mchittabel, b. 1725, Sept. 13. Kendall, b. 1729. Feb. 5. Elizabeth. b. 1730. May 20. Mary, b. 1732, Feb. 11. Rebecca, b. 1734-5. Jan. 11. £ Kendall. b. 1737. July 21.
7. Thomas, son of Thomas, 3, b. 1701, Oct. 22; m. Hannah Kittredge, dau. of Daniel, 4; he d. 1733, Sept. 16. Ch. Hannah, b. 1732. April 17.
8. John, son of Thomas, 3, b. 1705, March 29; m. Elizabeth Frost, dau. of Edmond. 4. He was dis. 1753. to the church in Shrewsbury. Ch. Elizabeth. b. 1743. July 26. John. b. 1744-5, March 21. Ruth. b. 1746. Dec. 1; d. 1749, July 4. Ruth, b. 1849, Oct. 5. Elijah, b. 1751. Nov. 21.
9. Joseph, son of Thomas. 3, b. 1710. Sept. 26: m. 1734-5. Jan. 8. Susanna Hill, dau. of Samuel, 10. His name disappears from tax-list in 1743. Ch. Lucy, b. 1735, Dec. 1. Alice, b. 1738, July 3. Joseph, b. 1742. July 29.
10. John, son of Nathaniel, 4, b. 1711. Oct. 31; m. 1736. Feb. 4. Jane Hill, dau. of Joseph. S. He d. 1785, June 14; she d. 1786. June 11. Ch. John. 12, b. 1737, Jan. 22. Jane, b. 1739, Jan. 4; d. 1764. July 17. Hannah, b. 1741. Dec. 13; m. - Kittredge. Asa, 13, b. 1746-7, Feb. 24. 11. Thomas, son of William. 5, b. 1694-5, March 12; m. Mirianì Stearns. dau. of Isaac, 3. She d. 1747, Sept. 16, and he d. Oct. 10. Ch. Mary and Miriam, b. 1730. Dec. 21. William, 14, b. 1732, Sept. 24. Thomas, b. 1734, April 2. Sarah, b. 1735, Aug. 24; m. Timothy Danforth, 18. Mary. b. 1737. Sept. 10. Isaac, b. 1739. June 3. Jonathan. b. 1742-3. Feb. 14. David, b. 1745. Aug. 2.
12. John, son of John. 10, b. 1737. Jan. 22: m. 1767, May 26, Sarah Baldwin, dau. of Jonathan, 7. She d. 1778. Sept. 15. and he m. Sarah Hosley, widow of Aaron, of Pepperell, and dau. of Thomas. 2. He d. . 1815. Feb. 27. and she d. 1822. July 14. Ch. John. b. 1768. April 23 ; d. May 10. John, 15, b. 1770, Feb. 3. Sarah, b. 1773, Nov. 20; m. Zadoc Allen, 5. Hannah, b. 1778, July 26. Jane, b. 1781, July 8; m. Joseph Allen, 6. Hosley, b. 1784, April 4; d.
13. Asa, son of John, 10, b. 1746-7, Feb. 24; m. 1781. April 3, Hannah Baldwin, dau. of David, 10. She d. 1784. Feb. 28. He d. 1817. Oct. 23. Ch. Hannah. b. 1782, March 3; m. Theophilus Manning, 15. Polly, b. 1784, Feb. 8, also m. Mr. Manning.
14. William, son of Thomas, 11, b. 1732. Sept. 24; m. 1761, June 16. Rebecca Brown, dau. of Josiah. 5. He d. 1801, Sept. 21. She d. 1815, Jan. 4. Ch. Rebecca, b. 1762, Jan. 1. Elizabeth, bap. 1763, April 24.
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William, b. 1763, Dec. 5. Josiah, b. 1765, Nov. 7. Jonathan, b. 1767, Nov. 23. Sarah, b. 1769, Nov. 5. Jeremiah, 16, b. 1771, Oct. 21. Julia, b. 1773, Dec. 4; d. 1784, Jan. 26. Mary, b. 1776, Jan. 23, and prob. m. 1798, April 18, James Hutchinson; d. 1803, Nov. 4. Elizabeth, b. 1778, March 2; d. 1813, March 8. Thomas, b. 1781, Jan. 31. David, b. 1783, June 27.
15. John, son of John, 12, b. 1770, Feb. 3; m. 1794, May 8, Sally Hosley. dau. of Aaron, (see 2). She d. 1801, July 22, aged 28, and he m. 1802, Nov. 4. Lucy Bowman, dau. of Abel, 2. He d. 1805, Jan. 6. She d. 1822, Nov. 3. Ch. Sarah, b. 1795, June 4; m. James Dandley. 2. John, b. 1797, May 26. Aaron Hosley, 17, b. 1799, Feb. 4. Asa, b. 1801, July 22. Lucy. b. 1803, JJune 25; m. Andrew Barr, of Lowell. Abel, b. 1805, May 1; grad. D. C., 1827, and Andover Theo. Sem .. 1830; ordained. 1832. Feb. 7; installed, Carlisle, 1833, May 22; dis. 1835, Sept. 29; installed Monument church, Sandwich, 1835. Dec. 16; dis. 1838, Aug. ; preached in Hanson, Mass., Jamaica, Wilmington, Marlboro and Pittsfield, Vt., Burlington. Mass .. and Alstead, N. II. ; without charge, in Billerica, until death. 1864, Feb. 23.
16. Jeremiah, son of William, 14, b. 1771, Oct. 21; m. Hannah Davis, dau. of Benjamin, 4. He was deacon ; d. 1815, Jan. 21. Ch. Abigail Field. b. 1809, March 11. Julia Ann, b. 1811, Feb. 7. Elizabeth, b. 1813. Feb. 12; d. 1818, March 27. Hannah, b. 1815. March 16.
17. Aaron Hosley, son of John. 15, b. 1799. Feb. 4; m. 1823. Nov. 25, Eliza Andrews, of Boston. He was deacon of the Congregational church; d. 1866, Sept. 11. His widow d. 1873, Feb. 23, aged 72. Ch. William Henry, 18, b. 1825, July 15. Azel Wilder. b. 1827, Oct. 20; lives in Neenah, Wis. Mary Jane, b. 1829, Sept. 29; m. Dea. Samuel H. King. Aaron Hosley, b. 1832, Aug. 28; m. Sarah D. Kimball; lives at Ayer. Lyman Beecher, b. 1835, Feb. 18; lives in Neenah, Wis. Thomas, b. 1838, Aug. 6; m. 1865, Jan. 26, Fannie J. Proctor, of Chelmsford. Asa John, b. 1844, May 25; d. at Chattanooga, 1863, Oct. 31.
18. William Henry, son of Aaron H., 17, b. 1825, July 15; m. 1847. Oct. 12, Abby E. Jaques, of Tewksbury. Ch. Abby Frances d. young. William Thorndike, b. 1857. Jan. 19.
PEABODY, Nathaniel, M. D., an eminent physician in Salem and Boston ; was b. in Topsfield, Mass., 1774, March 30. and d. in Perth Amboy, N. J., 1855, Jan. 1. His early life was in New Boston, N. H., and he grad. D. C., 1800. He m. 1802, Nov. 2, Elizabeth Palmer, preceptress of Andover Academy. and the first preceptress of any academy ever elected in Massachusetts. In 1803, he came to Billerica to study his profession, and here his daughter Elizabeth Palmer. was b. 1804, May 16. Other ch. were: Mary Tyler, b. in Cambridge, 1806, Nov. 16; m. Horace Mann. Sophia Amelia. b. in Salem, 1809, Sept. 21; m. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Cranch, b. 1811, Dec. 11; lives in Concord. George Francis, b. 1813. Oct. 10; d. 1839, Nov. Wellington, b. 1816, Dec. 16; d. 1836, Oct. Catherine Putnam, b. 1819, April 26; d. Mrs. Peabody d. 1855, Jan.
Miss Elizabeth P. Peabody taught a private school in Lancaster, 1820-2; Boston, 1823; Hallowell. Me., 1823-4; Brookline, Mass., with her sister Mary, 1825; and in Boston, 1826-32. In later years, she has often taught classes in history and literarature in various schools. but has been especially active in literary labors. She published in 1828, Self Education, a translation from the French of DeGerando. The same year she edited The Casket, which contained a free rendering for children of Fouquet's Undine, and also published a small English Grammar. anonymously. First Steps to History ; Key to Hebrew History; Key to Grecian and Roman History; Legend of St. George, and The Record of a School soon followed. Of the last, a revised edition was issued in 1872. She also wrote for the Christian Examiner, Democratic Review, the Dial, and other magazines. From 1840 to 1850, she kept a circulating library on West street, Boston, in connection with a school, for a part of the time, and in 1848, edited Esthetic Papers, writing two articles and one poem for them. In 1851-3,
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she published Bems' Chronological Charts, and during Kossuth's visit to this country, she wrote The Crimes of the House of Austria. After her father's death. she remained at Perth Amboy two years in the celebrated school of Theodore Weld. then returned to Boston ; has resided in Concord, 1859-66, and since 1878, with her brother Nathaniel; from 1866-78. her home was in Cambridge. In 1856. she published a School History of the United States, and in 1866, she wrote and delivered in several places a course of 20 lectures on Pre-Christian History ; and the years 1867-8, were spent in Europe. In 1859, she became interested in Froebel's system of primary education, and in 1860, she undertook in Boston a Kindergarten school. The farther study of this system was the special object of her visit to Europe. On her return in 1869. she published a Kindergarten Guide, revision of a work written in 1861. This was followed by Lectures on the same important subject and by a primer of Reading and Drawing, called After Kindergarten, What ? which the author thinks one of her most important books. And she is publishing in 1880. Kindergarten papers in Dr. Barnard's Journal of Education. Some years of Miss Peabody's early life were spent in the family of Dr. Channing and she has published this year, Reminiscences of Dr. Channing, one of the most interesting and valuable contributions to the centennial memorial of that great man. The name of this daughter of Billerica is sure of a very honorable place in the educational history of our country.
PEACOCK. 1. Mary m. Nathaniel Richardson. 5. Hannah, dau. of Elizabeth, deceased, was indentured to Thomas Ross, by the Selectmen. 1713-4, March 1.
2. Samuel, perhaps brother of Hannah, m. 1718-9, Feb. 5. Mary Kittredge, dau. of Daniel, 4. His name disappears with the Tewksbury list in 1735. Ch. Samuel, b. 1719, Nov. 13. William, b. 1721, April 13. Mary, b. 1722-3, March 19. Daniel. b. 1724-5, March 7. Thomas, b. 1726, Nov. 28.
PEARSON. 1. James is on tax-list. 1762-4. Wife Bathshua. Ch. Rebeckah, b. 1762, Oct. 29. James, bap. 1765, March 31. 2. Caleb and wife Elizabeth. Ch. Elizabeth, bap. 1812, Aug. 16. Caleb, bap. 1815. Aug. 20.
PEMBERTON, James, perhaps son of James, of Malden. or John. of Tewksbury. received adult baptism. 1755, March 16; m. Sarah Dutton. prob. dau. of Thomas, 9, who d. in Westford. 1741, March 18. She d. 1760. Dec. 29, and he m. Rachel Spalding. dau. of Leonard, of Concord, (583, Spalding Memorial). Ch. James, b. 1760, Dec. 28. Sarah, b. 1764, June 11. Molley, b. 1766, Aug. 1.
2. Ebenezer was the nephew of Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton. D. D .. whose father. Ebenezer. grad. H. C., 1691, and was the eminent pastor of the Old South Church, Boston, from 1700, Aug. 28, until his death, 1717. Feb. 13. The son grad. H. C., 1721; became pastor of the Wall street church, in New York, 1727, Aug. 9; of the new brick church in Boston, 1754, March 6. and remained in office until his death, 1777. Sept. 15. He was a leading divine in the Presbyterian church, while in New York, and one of the few warm friends of Whitefield there; a trustee of the College of New Jersey. Several of his sermons were published. Our Ebenezer was educated by his uncle, and grad. at N. J. C., 1765. He had the valedectory at graduation, and was tutor at Princeton. 1769. His uncle desired that he should enter the ministry and in his will bequeathed his library to him on condition of his doing so. If he failed to comply. it was given to New Jersey College, because Harvard " hath a splendid library" and did not need it. Mr. Pemberton was a fine speaker, and " in taking the path he did, he robbed the pulpit of what seemed to be destined for one of its brightest ornaments ; " but he adhered to his chosen vocation, and his life was devoted to classical instruction. Robert Troup and Col. Burr were among his pupils. He spent some years in Plainfield, Conn., and in 1786, succeeded Dr. Pearson as Principal of Phillips Academy at
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Andover, and during the eight years following did much to impart to that celebrated school the high character it has long borne. From Andover, he came to Billerica, and for about 20 years sustained a private Academy in which many young men were prepared for college. His last years were spent in Boston, where he d. 1835, June 25, aged 89. Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard Colleges gave him the honorary degree of A. M., and Alleghany College, that of LL D .. in 1817. He was for some years primate of the Boston Association of Teachers, by whom he was highly esteemed. A good notice of Dr. P. may be found in Sprague's Annals. Vol. II, p. 415, written by Rev. Ephraim Abbot, who says he "was a little above the medium size, of dignified appearance; in manners, a gentleman of the old school ; in conversation, he was pleasant, and had a fund of anecdote and useful remark; his passions were quick and strong, but were well controlled; his moral and religious feelings warm, and his emotions sometimes almost overpowering." He is mentioned in the Life of Charles Sumner as the instructor of his father, and in the Life of Josiah Quincy. Mr. Edmond Quincy says of Dr. P., "I well remember the handsome old man, and the beautiful picture of serene and honorable age which he presented, seeming in old world courtesy and costume to have stepped out of the last century into this; and the pride with which he spoke of the eminent men who had been his pupils, and especially of his having offered two Presidents, Kirkland and Quincy, to Harvard." While in Andover, he lived with a sister, his only surviving relative. After her death. he m. Miss Whitwell, who d. before him, and had three ch. who survived him. Ch. bap. here: Mary Elizabeth Rebecca Royal, 1797, Oct. 8. William Whitwell. 1798, Dec. 16. Eudosia Caroline, 1799. Nov. 3.
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