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in 1704, and carried to Canada, but escaped; and in 1713 received £10 from the colony for his wounds and sufferings. His house was a garrison in 1710. He d. 1714-5, March S, and is buried in Billerica. His wife's name was Elizabeth. She m. 2d, William Patten, 5. Ch. Samuel, b. 1687. Oct. 22; was in Lovewell's fated expedition in 1725. He received his father's farm in Dunstable; was living there in 1747, and prob. d. there. He had a son Joseph, town clerk in Dunstable, 1774, who had 10 children ; perhaps James, of Hollis, and others. Elizabeth, born 1689; m. Rev. Samuel Ruggles, 2. Catherine, b. 1691; m. John Lane, 2. Leonard, b. 1693, Aug. 12. Joseph. b. 1695, Dec. 14. [These two sons were "out of the province" in 1718 when their father's estate was settled.] Mary, b. 1702. Dorcas, b. 1703; m. Rev. Benjamin Ruggles, Y. C .. 1721, pastor of Middleboro' and of New Marlboro' from 1754 to his death, 1782. He was brother of Rev. Samuel Ruggles. John, b. 1706, March 11, and d. before 1718.
3. Oliver, son of Rev. Samuel, 1, b. 1665. Nov. 8; m. 1689-90. Jan. 22, Anna Danforth, dau. of Jonathan, 1. He was a representative. town clerk. selectman, and justice of the peace: an active and useful citizen. He d. 1736. Dec. 22; his widow d. 1737, Aug. 13. Ch. Oliver, 4, b. 1691. March 29. Dorcas. b. 1692-3, March 21; m. Dea. Joshua Abbot. 1. Mary, b. 1695, May 4. John. b. 1697. Nov. 11, and d. Dec. 17. John. 5, b. 1699. Oct. 14. Samuel, G, b. 1702. Sept. 6. Anna. b. 1705. April 15; m. William Stickney, 2. Eleazer, b. 1707, July 25. Benjamin. 7, b. 1711-2. Feb. 12.
4. Oliver, son of Oliver, 3, b. 1691. March 29; m. 1721, March 28. Elizabeth Brown, dau. of George, 3. She d. 1732, Aug. 6, and he m. 1735. · June 4, Mary -. Ch. Sarah, b. 1721, Oct. 6. Jonathan, 8, b. 1723. Aug. 1. Elizabeth, b. 1725, May 4; m. 1760. Jan. S. Ebenezer Jaquith, of Wilmington. Joseph. b. 1727, June 16. William, b. 1729, July 4. Olive, b. 1732, July 28; m. Jonathan Pollard, 7. Mary. b. 1736. July 7.
5. John, son of Oliver, 3, b. 1699, Oct. 14; m. 1726-7, March 9. Sarah Hunt, dau. of Thomas, 5. She d. 1745. Nov. 17. and he m. Anne He lived in Tewksbury. Ch. John. 9, b. 1727-8, Jan. 7. Sarah, b. 1730, Aug. 5. and d. Aug. 6. Sarah, b. 1731, Dec. 21. Leonard. b. 1734. March 27. He was in the French and Indian war; was taken prisoner and compelled to run the gauntlet. escaping with only his life and a shirt- sleeve. At the surrender of Quebec, in 1759, he was in command of a company. When the Revolution came, he was charged with loyalty to the crown, and became very obnoxious to the patriots of Hollis, where he then resided; but he held his ground and remained there until 1798. He m. 1761, April 23, Annie, dau. of Rev. Willard Hall, of Westford, and lived there and in Littleton, a merchant and inn-keeper, until 1772. His wife d. 1801, Sept. 15. and he m. 2d. Mrs. Lydia Parker (number 615 of the Spalding Memorial) of Cavendish, Vt., and d. in that town 1811, July 19. The History of Hollis records his ch., of whom Ann m. Dr. Oliver Prescott. H. C., 1783; Leonard lived in Hollis; Abigail m. Dr. Amos Bancroft, of Westford, H. C., 1791, whose dau. Abigail Whiting m. Rev. Ephraim Abbot. H. C., 1806, author of the Abbot Family, and his dau. Lucy M. B. m. Col. George Thacher, H. C., 1812; and Stephen Hall, who lived in Groton, in Coos county, N. H., and in Whitehall, N. Y. Oliver, b. 1736, July 11. Dorcas, b. 1739, July 14. Benjamin, b. 1741, Feb. 15; m. Grace Hall, sister of his brother's wife, and lived in Hollis. He was a friend and partisan of Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire, and was appointed by him the first sheriff of Hillsborough county, in 1774. He had previously been . active on the Connecticut river as deputy marshal, justice of the peace. and surveyor of the king's woods. (See Hall's Eastern Vermont, pp. 146-154.) His property was confiscated and he fled the country during the Revolution. His wife m. in 1782, implying that his death had taken place. (For farther notice of these loyalist brothers, see History of Hollis, pp. 167-8.) Mr. Whiting's eldest dau., Frances Wentworth, m. - Shepard,
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and 2d, Asahel Stearns, H. C., 1797, and professor of law. H. C., 1817-29. His son, William G. Stearns, H. C., 1824, was for many years steward of the college.
6. Samuel, son of Oliver, 3, b. 1702, Sept. 6; m. 1729, May 8, Deborah Hill, dau. of Samuel, 6. She d. 1745, Sept. 5, and he m. 1749, Nov. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Winchester. Deacon Whiting d. 1772, Nov. 4. Ch. Samuel, 10, b. 1730, May 18. Timothy, 11, b. 1731-2, Feb. 13. Deborah, b. 1733, Dec. 8, and d. 1749, Sept. 15. Anna, b. 1736, March 29; m. Hezekiah Crosby, 21. Martha, b. 1738, June 14, and d. 1742, April 29. Benjamin, b. 1740, July 3, and d. July 30. Achsah, b. 1741. Aug. 4; m. John Phelps, of Lancaster. Zilpah, b. 1743, Sept. 8. David, b. 1745, Aug. 7, and d. Aug. 24.
7. Benjamin, son of Oliver, 3, b. 1711-2, Feb. 12; m. Dorothy Crosby, dau. of Nathan, 4, and d. 1737-8, Feb. 14. Ch. Dorothy, b. 1737, Nov. 17.
8. Jonathan, son of Oliver, 4, b. 1723, Aug. 1; m. 1749, Dec. 14. Rebecca Danforth, dau. of Jacob, 7. His name disappears from tax-list in 1761. and he was in Bedford, 1768. Ch. Jonathan, b. 1750, Sept. 13: David, b. 1751, Dec. 30. William, b. 1753, Nov. 28. Rebecca, b. 1755, Oct. 22. Oliver, bap. 1758. Sept. 17. Patte, bap. 1760. June 6. Jacob, b. 1762, June 1. Ziba. b. 1764, May 25.
9. John, son of John, 5, b. 1727-8, Jan. 7; m. 1758, July 25, Lucy Farmer, dau. of Andrew. 8, who d. 1768, Feb. 4; and his name disappears from tax-list the same year. Ch. John, b. 1759. Jan. 25. Lucy, b. 1759. Dec. 23. Joshua, b. 1760, Dec. 29. Oliver, b. 1762, Jan. 28; m. 1793, May 2, Hannah Marshall, dau. of Isaac, 7. Sarah. b. 1763, March 26. Isaac, 13, b. 1764, May 26. Abigail, b. 1766, Feb. 20, and d. 1768, March 4. Elizabeth, b. 1767, Aug. 5, and d. 1768, Jan. 4.
10. Samuel, son of Dea. Samuel, 6, b. 1730, May 18; m. Sarah Stevens. He died 1769, Nov. 18, and she married Jonathan Hill. 15. Ch. Samuel, 12, b. 1758, Dec. 12. Sarah, b. 1760, Aug. 20; m. Abial Foster, 12. Martha, b. 1762, July 3; m. 1782, Nov. 28, John Abbot, of Ashburnham. Caleb, b. 1765, March 9.
11. Timothy, son of Dea. Samuel, 6, b. 1731-2, Feb. 13; m. Sarah Osgood. His name is on the tax-list, 1765-75. Before and after, he lived in Lancaster; d. there 1799, July 12. He served in the French war in 1755. and with two sons was engaged at Concord and Lexington. Ch. Timothy, b. 1758, June 17; captain in the Revolution; lived in Lancaster; m. 1781. Aug. 21, Abigail Kidder, dau. of Samuel, 11; had 10 ch .; d. 1826, Jan. 13. John, b. 1760, Feb. 24. His son, Gen. Henry Whiting, published a volume, Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, consisting of selections from papers preserved by Gen. John Whiting, while acting as adjutant of the second regiment of the Massachusetts line. He had preserved most or all of the orders which it was his duty to record, and from these the volume is made up. He belonged to the company of minute-men in Billerica, 1775, and with his father and brother shared in the running fight, as the British retreated from Concord. He joined the army at Cambridge; was under Arnold on Lake Champlain in 1776: and with Gates through 1777. receiving a commission that year. The remainder of the war he was with the main army, until Washington went to the command in Virginia. His record after is thus stated: "Lieutenant-Colonel 4 Infantry, 8 July, 1808; Adju- tant and Inspector of the Army, 17 July. 1809; Colonel 5 Infantry, 31 Dec .. 1809; died 3 Sept., 1810, at Washington." Of his 8 children. Henry was a good soldier and officer, breveted Brigadier-General "for gallant and meritorious conduet in the battle of Buena Vista," and was Quartermaster- General when he d. at St. Louis, 1851. Sept. 16. Fabius was Major, U.S.A .; and Caroline Lee, b. 1800, m. Prof. N. M. Hentz. at Northampton. and was an authoress of much note and esteem. She d. in Florida, 1856. A
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complete list of her works, beginning with the " Planter's Northern Bride." and 22 in number, may be found in the Whiting Memoir. Christopher, b. 1761, Nov. 25; d. 1776. Nov. 10, "at Ticondiroga, in the service of his country." Mary, b. 1768, Feb. 11; d. 1775, April 16. Rebecca, b. 1770, Feb. 17.
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12. Samuel, son of Samuel. 10, b. 1758, Dec. 12 .. Of this good man 1 we give a portrait believed by his grandson, Dr. John S. Whiting. who has kindly furnished it, to be a very good one. Dr. Whitingfalso contributes this sketch, which affords so pleasant a picture of Deacon Whiting and his times, that it must be given nearly in full. He says : "In 1840 I went to school in Billerica and lived with my grandfather. * He was then 82 years old, somewhat infirm, but able to attend to his usual round of duties. He went to church regularly twice a Sunday, locking up the house, and taking his whole family with him; he riding with one of his daughters in his 'one-hoss shay.'; the others walking after with me and the foot-stoves.
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It was in that winter, I think, that he resigned his deaconship. After communion, when this fact was announced, Mr. Preston moved that the church give him a vote of thanks for his 40 years of duty. during which time he had not been absent a single service; which motion. in a few appreciative remarks. my grandfather deprecated as unusual and improper, whereupon it was withdrawn. In 1776 he was drafted into the army and served about eight months as a private and sergeant, acting as clerk of his company. He was at the battle of Stillwater and at the taking of Burgoyne. I delight in recalling his narrative of incidents of the campaign as drawn from him by the questions of neighbors and friends, some of whom sat around his walnut fire nearly every winter evening. I well' remember a boyish question of mine: 'Grandfather, did you ever shoot a red-coat?' and the very solemn answer, which I did not then understand : . I hope not.' Also, I recall how with moistened eye he told of taking deliberate aim and firing at that famous seout, Harvey Birch, the hero of Cooper's .Spy. but happily without effect. How he managed to get an education. I never knew, but he was well versed in mathematical science, - I knew of his calculating eclipses, -and became Mr. Pemberton's assistant at his academy as instructor in the English branches. One of his pupils, Hon. Thomas G. Cary, spoke of him at the Bi-Centennial, in 1855, as that brave old soldier of the Revolution and servant of God, Deacon Whiting, who had practised the hand-writing which he taught us, in making out rolls and returns with benumbed fingers on the drum-head.' Like his ancestor, Jonathan Danforth, he became a surveyor, and many of his plans of Billerica farms are now preserved among the records at East Cambridge. I have in my possession a barometer, marked as · made by W. & S. Jones, No. 35. Holbron, London.' which hung beside the tall clock in the family room for I don't know how many years before my time. I doubt if there are many older in the country still in ' going order.' There was also an improvised sun-dial upon the window-sill arranged scientifically so as to indicate 12 o'clock M. at any season of the year. For him I had and have the greatest veneration as a thoroughly good man, living a simple and blameless life, and doing kindness wherever it was in his power. Not less do I revere the sainted name of his eldest daughter. my aunt Harriet, then a maiden lady of fifty-one, and the good angel, it seemed to me, of the whole town. Were any seriously ill, she was always ready and first called to watch' with them and furnish those Little comforts and delicacies which sick people are supposed to require; and if any died, it was she who was expected to prepare tenderly the remains for the last solemn rites.
The actual money paid for living by a family of such few wants and simple tastes as my grandfather's could have been little compared with what are now considered necessary expenses. Flour, coffee, tea, taxes. church-rates, and clothing, I believe, were the chief items which were paid for in money. I do not recall any visits to dress-makers or tailors, and much of the bedding was of home manufacture, made, perhaps, in the house a half century before. The table was largely supplied from the farm. A hog was killed in the fall and prepared for present and future use; a calf in the spring, and fowl and turkeys, as occasion required. which, with milk and eggs, furnished the animal food, while the common vegetables, with Indian and rye meal, cranberries, barberries, shagbarks, apples, and a few other fruits, supplied a sufficient variety to make the changes of one's daily food conducive to good health. In my time at Billerica there was no settled clergyman. the pulpit being supplied every Sunday by candidates, who always, as I recollect, dined at my grand- father's, invariably on baked beans, baked potatoes, brown bread. suet pudding, and apples, which I was led to believe, by the praises put upon it by the polite clergymen, was a repast worthy of a king. But I have rambled enough. Of my grandfather's personal, appearance I cannot
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speak very definitly. He was of medium stature, of a venerable aspect, with white hair worn in a cue tied up in a black silk ribbon, not an eel- skin." Deacon Whiting lived south of Charnstaffe lane, west of the brook, and opposite the place of his ancestor, the first Billerica pastor. He m. 1789, Jan. 22, Rachel Rogers, dau. of Samuel, 10. She d. 1836, June 23, and he d. 1843, Feb. 28. Ch. Harriet, b. 1789, Oct. 20. Anna and Catherine, b. 1792, Oct. 13. Anna m. Henry Baldwin, 22. Catherine d. 1846, Jan. 18. Augustus. 14, b. 1795, March 2. Mary Ann, b. 1801, May 25; m. George P. Elliott.
13. Isaac, son of John. 9, b. 1764, May 26; m. Mary, dau. of Benja- min Easte. She d. 1850, March 3, and he d. 1850, Dec. 24. No record of children.
14. Augustus, son of Dea. Samuel, 12, b. 1795, March 2; grad. H. C., 1816; took the degree of M. D .. 1820, and practised his profession in Charlestown; m. 1822, May 30, Catherine Walker. She d. 1864. June 6, aged 65, and he d. 1867, May 4. Ch. George Augustus, b. 1823. March 20; m. Lucy J. Austin. James Henry, b. 1824, Nov. 25; d. 1856. April. William, 16, b. 1826, Sept. 13. John Samuel, b. 1828, Oct. 6; H. C., 1850. and is a physician in Charlestown; m. Lucy L. Barker, and has children : Eleanor Felton, b. 1865, Feb. 1. Caroline Barker. b. 1866, Oct. 15. Jasper, b. 1868, June 15. Catherine Augusta, b. 1831, June 26; m. David G. Lang. of Concord. Henry, b. 1834, Oct. 10; d. 1839. Ellen Louisa, b. 1836, Dec. 25; m. Francis B. Austin. Elizabeth Wheeler. b. 1839, Jan. 24; d. 1840. Francis Henry, b. 1842, April 2; d. 1842.
15. Eldad, m. 1795, May 24, Abigail Jaquith, dau. of Ebenezer, 3.
16. William, son of Augustus, 14, b. 1826, Sept. 13; m. 1852, Dec. 30, Ann S. Brown, of Bradford. His children were born in Merrimac, Mass., but he now lives on Bedford street in Billerica. Ch. Augustus H .. b. 1854. March 26. Millard W., b. 1857, Jan. 28; d. 1878, May 4. Wilfred E., b. 1863. Aug. 20; d. 1865, Sept. 26. Anna L., b. 1867, Aug. 22.
WHITMAN. 1. Rev. Nathaniel, was one of fourteen ch. of Dea. John Whitman, of East Bridgewater, where he was b. 1785, Dec. 25. His gr .- father was also John and gr .- gr .- son of John, of Weymouth. 1638. He grad. H. C .. 1809; studied theology at Cambridge; was tutor in Bowdoin College, 1811-12, from which he received the honorary degree of A. M .. 1815; received a unanimous call to settle in Billerica, as the colleague of the venerable Dr. Cumings, and. was ordained. 1814, Jan. 26, on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Cumings' ordination. He was dismissed, 1835. April 26, having been sole pastor 12 years. He published a Thanksgiving Discourse, 1829. He was installed at Wilton. N. HI .. 1836. Oct. 5. and after a successful pastorate, was dismissed, 1841. Oct. He was then in charge of a society in Calais, Me., until 1844, May, and 1844. July, he was installed in his native town. where he remained until 1852. Oct. 1. He then removed to Deerfield, which was his home until his death. 1869. Oct. 29. Mr. Whit- man m. 1814, May 18. Sarah Holman, dau. of Gen. Silas Holman, of Bolton. She d. in Wilton, 1841, May, and he m. 1842, Abby, dau. of Dea. Amory Pollard, of Bolton. Ch. Sarah Elizabeth. b. 1815, June 6; d. 1816, Feb. 16. Henry Cumings, b. 1817, Jan. 6; a student at Philips Academy, Exeter, N.H., and entered Bowdoin College, but did not grad. ; studied law in Fitchburg, and settled in Lancaster. Ohio, and in 1860 removed to Cincinnati, where he now lives; has been in the Legislature and Judge of the Supreme Court. He m. Elizabeth King, from Wilton, and had two sons, Henry Medill and Channing Wood, who both grad. H. C., 1868. Henry M. d. in 1869, and his brother is now consul at Huddersfield, Eng. Elizabeth Holman, b. 1819, Feb. 23; m. Rev. Henry Emmons, of Meadville, Penn., and Vernon, N. Y. They had 8 ch. George Nathaniel, b. 1821, June 8; m. Elenor Holbrook, and had one son. He is now a lawyer in California. Frances Louisa, b. 1823. April 18; m. Stillman Boies, who d. in 1853. One dau. living. John. b. 1825. Feb. 11; is a clerk for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, Boston; has no ch. James Thompson, b. 1830, July 24; was a seaman and
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ship commander; m. Mary Greenlaw, of Maine; had 2 ch .. and d. in Mobile, 1865. Nov. 24. Martha Holman, b. 1833, July 30; d. 1855.
2. George, son of Benjamin, was b. in Boston. 1808. Feb. 10. His father grad. B. U .. 1788, and practised law. The son grad. II. C .. 1827 ; studied law with his father and practised his profession in Boston until 1849, when he removed to Billerica. He m. 1839, April 27, Mrs. Hannah, widow of Dr. Walter P. B. JJudson. and dau. of - Thompson. of Wil- mington. She d. 1878. Sept. 13. Ch. Susan.
WHITMORE, Thomas, was appointed to "run the line" with Cam- bridge, in 1705. March 27. How long he lived in Billerica does not appear. He was son of Francis, of Cambridge. b. 1673: m. Mary Waters, of Woburn, and d. in Killingly, Conn. Eight ch. are named in the History of Lexington.
WHITTAKER, John. [Whitakar.] and wife Elizabeth. came from Watertown. In Oct .. 1677, a trial in which they were witnesses gives their ages 36 and 35; and they have ch. : Elisabeth. aged 16. and John. aged 14. "a very lying boy." Probably they had other ch .. and Daniel. b. 1679. May 10.
WILKINS. Timothy, of Middletown, bought, in 1739, a farm of 112 acres. a part of the Blood's farms, and bounded north by Billerica line. He was father of Timothy. who had sons William, 1, and Isaac, 2, who m. Margaret Munroe; and prob. of Anna, who m. Jonathan Durrent. 11.
1. William, M. D., son of Timothy, b. 1765, April 1; m. 1789. May 10. Frances, dau. of Rov. Henry Cumings. He removed to Marblehead in 1807. and d. 1811. May 7. Ch. Frances, b. 1790. Feb. 18. Frances. b. 1791, March 4: m. Isaac, son of Amos Warren. of West Cambridge. and d. in . St. Thomas. 1827. Jan. 28. They had ch. : 1. Harriet Ann, m. Russell Smith and George M. Chalwell. 2. William Wilkins. b. 1814. April 11. who m. Rebecca Bennett (see Joshua, 4). 3. Frances Eliza. m. 1835. Oct. 6. William Schouler, the distinguished Adjutant-General of Massachusetts during the war. 4. Sarah J., m. 1842, Aug. 17, Oliver W. Blake, who d. 1848. Oct. 12, and she m. Henry Hart. Henrietta. b. 1793, Feb. 18; m. 1827, Feb. 3, James Cheever. of Andover. Ann, b. 1795, July 8; d. 1880. Oct: 17. William. b. 1797, July 4; d. in Louisville, Ky. Henry Cumings. b. 1799: Nov. 1; m., and d. in the West. Sidney Lambert. b. 1803, June 22. and d. West. Augustus Farwell, b. 1807, March 21; d. 1850. April 5.
2. Isaac, brother of William. was also a physician. in Brownsville. Me. He m. 1793. April 23, Sally Edwards. Ch. George. bap. 1796. Jan. 17. Isaac. bap. 1798. April 1.
WILKINSON, Thomas, received notice. 1676. Aug. 3. that he was not accepted as inhabitant; and Surage says he was complained of for practis- ing medicine contrary to law. He was a swine-herd, and is named on the tything-men's lists in 1679, but soon disappeared. Farmer says that Ann Wilkinson d. in Billerica, 1692. Feb. 8, aged 94. I do not find his authority for this statement.
WILLIAMS, Job, m. 1732, Sept. 11, Dorothy Rogers, dau. of Daniel. 4. Ch. Job. b. 1733-4. Feb. 8. WILLICE. [Willows. Willis.] 1. George, of Cambridge, bought Joseph Parker's right and lot near the Baptist Church. but soon sold again to Daniel Shed. 1. Perhaps he did not remove to Billerica: and he d. in Cambridge, 1690. Ch. Thomas, 2, b. 1638, Dec. 28. Stephen. b. 1644, Oct. 14. Children and descendents of both may be found in-Wyman.
2. Thomas, son of George. 1, b. 1638, Dec. 28. He was granted. 1661, one-quarter of a ten-acre lot. His meadow was to lie wholly west of Concord river: "always declareing that his acomodations canot be had so nigh and convenient as some who formerly took up their lots." He soon after received "lyberty to exchange a percell of land with the towne: that is to say. Thomas Willice is granted two acres and a halfe of land. out of that land which lyeth on ye South side of willm pattin's seaven acres on the Township, (which land acordinge to ye towne order was to ly for ye use of
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ye ministry). Thomas Willice is to have six pole (wide out of yt land) at ye west end of it. joyning to willm pattin's fence; and eight pole & a halfe wide at the east end of it, with a straight line betwene; and Thomas Willice did grant to the towne. in consideration hereof, three acres and therteen pole. to be taken out of that land which he bought of John Marshall in that place, the neerest land to Mr. Whiting's land. which joyneth to it, which is eleven pole & a halfe wide at the east end, which maketh a streight line in both parcells. or one line from the country-road (which leadeth to Shawshin) to the old Towne-ship line on the East." He removed to Medford, prob. in 1672, and d. there 1725. Aug. 14. He m. 1662-3. January. Grace Tay, dau. of William. 1, who died 1716, Jan. 23. Ch. Grace. b. 1664. May 18; m. Stephen Hall. Thomas. b. 1666. Aug. 15. Steven. b. 1669. Nov. 25; d. Dec. 30. John. b. 1671, April 3; m. Esther Gardner ( Woman names + ch.) Elizabeth. b. 1673. Oct. 19: m. Stephen Hall (see Wyman). Jane. b. 1677, April 9; m. Percival Hall. Stephen, b. 1679. Nov. 16; m. Martha Boardman (see Wyman). Mary. b. 1682. March 1; m. Thomas Gardner. William. b. 1785, July 7; d. 1754. Aug. 27.
WILLOUGHBY. [Willibie, in our Records.] Hon. Francis Wil- loughby, Deputy-Governor. had a son Nehemiah b. 1644, June 18, who lived in Charlestown and Salem. His youngest son was John, b. 1688, Dec. 11; prob. the father of
1. John, b. 1707. Dec. 25. who m. 1735. March 27. Anna Chamberlain, dau. of John. 6, and lived in Billerica until 1743. southwest of Nutting's pond. He removed to HIollis, and d. there 1793. Feb. 2. Ch. John. b. 1735. Dec. 24; was one of the pioneer company who settled Plymouth, N. II .. 1762. He spent a long life there; "elder" of the church and deacon for 67 years; d. 1834, June 22. At his funeral his pastor, Rev. George Punchard, said that "every remembrance of him was pleasant and honor- able." He m. 2d, 1774. June 28. in Hollis, Elizabeth Sprake. dau. of Nicholas. 2. Jonas. b. 1737. March 31; lived in Hollis. Joseph. b. 1739-40. Feb. 17; d. 1810, July. Anna. b. 1741. May 30; m. Timothy French. of Hollis. Mary. b. 1742-3. Feb. 26; d. 1752. Susanna. b. 1744. May 26; m. Jonathan Powers, of Dunstable: d. 1828, Sept. Samuel. b. 1745. Feb. 13; lived in Hollis, and had 13 ch. : d. 1532. Oct. 26. Mehitable. b. 1717. Aug. 3. Rebecca, b. 1749. Feb. 13. William, b. 1751. Sept. 2; d. 1773. Nov. Eliza- beth. b. 1753. April 3: d. Josiah, b. 1755, July 30; d. 1757. Sept.
WILSON. 1. John, was 'from Woburn, the son of John. and b. about 1650. Our record says: "21. 3m, 1683: At a town meeting on a training-day. the town granted to John . Wilson. Junr, priviledge upon our commons for ye future, to the proportion of a five-acre lot. he paying to ye towne's use twenty shillings in silver, within six months." " Also, the town did declare themselves willing to give one day work of each man in ye town. & of teams of those that have them. for the making a sufficient way to John Wilson's corne mill." This mill of Lieutenant Wilson was on Vine brook. In 1685 he was granted 30 acres of land on the southeast of Shawshin river, bounded 42 poles on Woburn line. 132. poles on Mrs. Mitchel's farm, and on the west end next to Goodman Bacon's 72 poles, and upon John JJohnson 116 poles. This grant was " for encouragement towards his corne mill." He did good military service as lieutenant in Captain Converse' company. "at the Eastward," 1692-3, and especially distinguished himself. as Cotton Mather relates, by the relief of Dover from an Indian alarm. He m. Johanna -. and 1698. Nov. 10. Susanna, widow of John Miles, of Concord. The first four ch. were b. in Woburn. Ch. John, 2, b. 1672-3. Jan. 3. Hannah. b. 1674. Dec. 28; d. 1676, May 5. Hannah, b. 1677, March 11. Susanna. b. 1679, March 11; m. Stephen Richardson, 2. Elizabeth, b. 1683, April 20; m. 1704, Dec. 26. William Simonds, of Woburn. Ruth, b. 1685, March 25. Sarah, b. 1687, June 15. Ebenezer, b. 1693. Nov. 5. and d. Dec. 8.
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