History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Part 10

Author: Nahum Mitchell
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: author
Number of Pages: 442


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28. Joseph (s. of Joseph 15) m. Martha, D. of Josiah Wil- liams 1770, and had Seth 1771, Bethiah 1773, Zeph'h. 1776, Joseph and Martha 1778, Anne 1781, Lucy 1784*, Jane 1787, Waldo 1789, Lucy 1795, Nath'l. Fisher 1795 .- The father d. 1813 .- Seth m. Elizabeth Bartlett 1798, and had Horace 1798. Virgil 1804 .- Bethiah m. Josiah Bates 1796 .- Joseph m. Han- nah W. Shaw 1812, and d. 1813 .- Martha m. Ezra Hyde 1805. Anne m. George W. Perkins 1802 .- Jane m. Eph'm. Sprague, Jr., 1813 .- Lucy m. Benj. Sprague 1818.


29. Ebenezer (s. of Joseph 15) m. Jane D. of Dr. Abiel How- ard 1763, and had Ambrose 1765, Charles 1767, Walter 1773. Wm. 1777, and Eben'r .- Ambrose removed to Greenfield .- Charles m. Rhoda D. of Dea. Elijah Snell 1789 .- Walter m. Me- hitabel Packard 1796 .- Most of the family removed to the west- ward.


30. Fiske (s. of Joseph 15) m. Betsy Covington 1803, and had Betsy Covington 1805, Cyrus 1806*, Geo. Robinson 1808, Wm. 1810, Joseph Thomas 1813 .- His w. d. and he m. Dinah I). of Benj. Leach 1819, and had Elbridge, Mary and John.


31. David (s. of Capt. John 25) m. Rebeckah D. of Maj. Isaac Johnson 1781, and had Lucinda, Mary, Rebecca, Susanna, David, Abigail, Galen, Charlotte and John .- The first 6 bap. at W. B. May 5, 1795 : he with his family removed to Springfield. Lucinda m. a Lamphear .- Mary, single .- Rebecca m. James Wells .- Susan m. Edw'd. Pynchon Esq .- David m. Mary O. D. of Nahum Mitchell .- Abigail m. Rob't. McDermot .- Galen m. Eliza Kent .- Charlotte m. Nathan Oakes .- John not married.


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AMES .- ANGIER.


32. John (s. of Capt. John 25.) m. Deborah, D. of the Rev. Dr. Sanger, 1799, and removed to Sangersfield, N. Y., and had Caroline Sanger 1800, Irene Freeman 1802, Christiana Sterling 1803.


33. Oliver (s. of Capt. John 25.) m. Susanna, D. of Oakes Angier. Esq., and went to Easton and had Horatio, Oakes A., Angier*, Oliver, Sarah, William, Harriet. and John.


34. Dea. Josiah Eames (from Marshfield. a descendant of Anthony Eames probably), his wife was an Eames also : he came to N. B. 1770, and had a son Elisha .- Elisha m. Sarah, D. of Timothy Packard, and had Josiah 1787. and Isaac 1789 .- The mother d. 1790 .- Josiah m. Rebecca, D. of Ephraim Noyes, 1808, and had Sarah 1812, Luther 1813 .- Isaac m. Abby Hay- ward 1811 .- This family went to Long Island .- Elisha m. Ann Mann, of St. 1791.


N. B. In the early records some of the family of Ames were sometimes written Eames ; but whether Anthony and others in Marshfield of the name of Eames, were of the same family with that of Ames in Bridgewater, is not ascertained. There was a John and Martha Ames, of Boston, whose children were Wil- liam 1656, Martha 1659 ; (Boston Records); he appears to have been cotemporary with William of Braintree and John of Bridge- water. There was also a Thomas Eames at Dedham who had John 1642, and Thomas Eames also of Sudbury 1676. and Anthony, John and Mark Eames at Hingham and Marshfield from 1637 to 1649.


ANGIER .- Edmund Angier, of Cambridge, 1636, freeman 1640, m. Ruth, D. of the Rev. Dr. William Ames, an English divine of great celebrity, the famous Franequar professor, and author of " Medulla Theologia," and had John 1645*, Ruth 1647, Ephraim, Samuel 1654, John 1656". His w. d. 1656, and he m. Ann Pratt. 1657, and had Edmund 1659, Hannah 1660, Mary 1663, John 1664, Nathaniel 1665, and Elizabeth .- There was also a John Angier gra. H. U. 1653: and Mr. John Angier, of Boston, bought a house of W'm. Aspinwall 1652 ; and John and Hannah Angier, of Boston, had a son John born 1652 .- John Angier m. Elizabeth Worthylake 1713, and had John 1714, Robert 1717, and Elizabeth 1719 .- (Boston records).


2. Rev. Samuel (s. of Edmund 1) gra. H. U. 1673, and set- tled in the ministry at Rehoboth 1679, m. Hannah. D. of the Rev. Urian Oakes, Pres. of H. U. Sept. 2, 1680, and had Ames 1681, Hannah 1682, Ruth 1684*, Edmund 1685, Urian, Oakes, Samuel, Dorothy, Sarah, Eunice 1698. John 1701, Elizabeth, and Ruth 1705; he was dismissed on account of feeble health from Rehoboth, and afterwards was installed at Watertown 1697, and several of his youngest children were born there; he d. 1719, æ. 65, she d. 1714 at her son Ames' in Boston .- Ames


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gra. H. U. 1701, and m. Margaret McCarty, in Boston 1708, and had a s. William 1714, and d. in Eng. 1720 .- Hannah d. single, at Watertown, 1714 .- Eunice d. single at E. Bridgewater 1771, æ. 73 .- Ruth m. the Rev. John Shaw, of S. Bridgewater.


3. Rev. John (s. of Rev. Samuel 2) gra. H. U. 1720, and settled in E. B., 1724; m. Mary, D. of Ezra Bourne, Esq., of Sandwich, (her mother was Martha, D). of Samuel Prince, and her (Martha's) mother was Mercy, D. of Gov. Thomas Hinck- ley, and her (Mercy's) mother was D. of Lawrence Smith ; ) he had Martha 1733*, John 1735*, Ezra 1738*, Mary 1740, Samuel 1743, Oakes 1745 .- He d. 1787, æ. 85 years and 8 months .- Mary m. Rev. Ephraim Hyde of Rehoboth, 1767.


4. Rev. Samuel (s. of Rev. John 3) gra. H. U. 1763, and settled as colleague with his father 1767, m. late in life, Judith, D. of Rev. Josiah Smith of Pembroke, 1797, but had no chil- dren. She d. 1803, æ. 55; he Jan. 18, 1805, æ. 62.


5. Oakes, Esq., (s. of Rev. John 3) gra. H. U. 1764, read law with the elder President Adams, and settled as an attorney in W. B., and was eminent in his profession ; m. Susanna, D. of Col. Edward Howard 1774, and had Charles 1774. Mary 1776, John 1778, Sarah 1780, Susanna 1783, Oakes 1785 .- He d. 1786, æ. 41, and his wid. m. Jesse Fobes, 1792 .- Charles gra. H. U. 1793, and m. Frances McClench, 1796, was an attorney and d. young, leaving an only child, Susanna McClench Howard born 1797; his wid. m. Archelaus Lewis, Esq., of Falmouth, Me., and the D. m. a Flinn of Boston .- Mary m. Dr. Hector Orr 1795 .- Sarah m. Josiah W. Mitchell, Esq., of Freeport, Me. Susanna m. Oliver Ames of Easton, 1803 .- Oakes m. Frances, D. of John Hathaway of Dighton, and was an attorney, first in Belfast, Me, and afterwards in Dighton, and d. leaving a s. John.


6. John (s. of Oakes 5) m. Lavinia, D. of John Hathaway of Dighton, and settled in Belfast, Me., as a merchant, and had Harriet Lavinia 1805*, John Francis Howard 1807, Charles Frederick 1810, George Christopher 1812, Harriet Lavinia 1814, who m. James H. Mitchell 1833, and Oakes 1816 .- He d. Nov. 17, 1829, æ. 51 .- John F. H. gra. Waterville College, and m. Jane, D. of Judge Wm. Crosby, and settled as an attorney in Belfast .- Charles F. and Oakes settled as merchants in Belfast. Geo. C. gra. Brunswick College, and settled as an attorney in Bangor.


Rev. Dr. Gad Hitchcock, of Pembroke, now Hanson, m. an Angier, cousin probably of the Rev. John Angier.


The name of Alger, often written and formerly pronounced Auger, has been sometimes mistaken for Angier. See Farmer's Register, where Arthur, Andrew, and Sampson Angier are men- tioned, the name of each of whom was Alger or Auger, and not Angier .- (See Alger.)


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BACON .- BAILEY.


BACON .- Daniel Bacon, made free 1647, was an early set- tler in W. B., owned a purchase right, and the farm where Tim- othy Reed, Esq., lately lived; all which he sold to his nephew Michael Bacon, Jr., of Billerica, who sold it to John Kingman, of Weymouth, 1685, and Kingman and his descendants have ever since occupied it. It came into the possession of Reed by his marriage with Hannah, the only child of the late Caleb King- man, deceased, the last of the name who owned it .- Daniel Ba- con was one of the jury for laying out highways in 1664, and is mentioned again in 1668, but the family early left the town.


BAILEY or BAYLEY .- Guido Bayley was among the first settlers of the town : took the oath of fidelity here in 1657 : pur- chased John Irish's proprietary right or share 1659, and was called of Bridgewater : he first lived in W. B. "near Goodman Lathrop's and the flaggy meadow," but afterwards appeared in S. B. near where the late Zechariah Whitman afterwards lived : he sold his place there to his nephew, Manasseh Marston of Salem in 1696 : the selectmen consenting to it, to whom he from age and infirmity had previously applied for assistance ; Mars- ton to maintain him and his D. Mary; he had in 1687 conveyed his whole estate "excepting what he had before given to the rest of his children" to his son Guido, who died immediately after, and it came again to the father. He d. a. 1700 ; his wife's name was Ruth ; he had Guido, Mary, Ruth, and Elizabeth .- Guido d. a. 1690, and Ebenezer Hill settled his estate .- Mary first m. a Randall, and then Isaac Leonard, perhaps 1701 ; she conveyed twenty acres of land to her cousin Marston 1697, who was to take care of her, and he conveyed it to Leonard 1702 .- Ruth m. Ebenezer Hill 1684 .- Elizabeth m. James Harris 1693, her father gave her his estate and farm in W. B. by Lathrop's .- In 1703 the town directed the selectmen "to take care of the wid. Bayley and keep her in posession of her just right in her late husband's estate, as far as may be." This family is extinct here.


2. Adams Bailey b. 1722 (s. of Joseph who was s. of John of Scituate) m. Sarah, D. of Jonathan Howard of W. B. 1746 and settled there; and had Seth 1747, Adams 1748, Joseph 1749, (all b. at Scituate), Sarah 1752, Charity 1754, Jonathan 1756, Caleb 1759, Ebenezer 1760, Charlotte 1763, Daniel 1765, Caleb 1768, Paul 1770, (the 9 last b. at Bridgewater) .- Sarah m. Isaac Lathrop 1775 .- Paul m. Betsey, D. of Jeremiah Thayer 1798 and went to Sidney, Me.


3. Seth (s. of Adams 2) m. Deborah, D. of Capt. Jacob Packard 1770, and had Sally 1770, Deborah 1772, Jacob 1775.


4. Capt. Adams (s. of Adams 2) m. Catharine Little 1775; he was an officer in the revolutionary war and lived and died at Charlestown, where he was master or superintendent of the U.


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BAILEY .- BARBER.


S. marine hospital : he had a s. Adams b. 1780, who lives in Boston.


5. Joseph (s. of Adams 2) m. Abigail, D. probably of Capt. Jacob Packard, 1771, and had Charlotte 1772 : he d. young probably .- Wid. Abigail Bailey d. 1775, æ. 47, as appears on E. B. records.


6. Jonathan (s. of Adams 2) m. Catharine Nichols 1778, and had Mephibosheth 1778, Sarah 1780, Catharine 1782 .- Sarah m. Caleb Snell 1799.


7. Ebenezer (s. of Adams 2) m. Silvia, D. of Capt. Eliakim Howard 1782, and had Mehitabel 1782, Adams 1784, and then went westward.


Lydia Bailey d. 1794, æ. 21 .- Thankful Bailey m. Thos. Lind- say, Jr., 1786 .- Joseph Bailey of Freeport m. Patience Holmes 1796.


8. Capt. Israel, b. at Scituate 1708 (s. of John of Hanover, who was son of John of Scituate) was cousin of Adams 2, and uncle of Col. John of Hanover of revolutionary memory. He m. Keziah Perry 1730, and settled in E. B .: his will 1749, proved 1750; his w. and brother John of Hanover ex'ors .; he had Rhoda 1731*, Israel 1732, Keziah 1734, Hannah 1736, Abigail 1738, Rachel 1740, Ward 1742, Sarah 1744*, Elizabeth 1746*, (all b. at Scituate before he came to E. B.); his widow m. Joseph Keith 1763 and d. 1796, æ. 90 .- Keziah m. John Richards 1751. Hannah m. Solomon Packard 1760 .- Abigail m. Capt. Jacob Allen 1762, and afterwards Isaac Lazell senr .- Rachel m. Ben- jamin Byram 1760.


9. Israel (s. of Capt. Israel 8) m. Martha, wid. of Isaac Alden and D. of Solomon Packard senr. 1760, and d. 1773, æ. 41 ; he had Eliphalet 1760, Israel 1764, John 1766, and Timothy 1768. Eliphalet m. Martha, D. of John Robinson, 1782, and had Ward, Eliphalet, Winslow Clift, Nahum, Ira, John, Melville, and sev- eral Ds., and removed to Plymouth where he d .- Israel m. Lucy, D. of William Whitman 1789 .- Timothy m. Anna Washburn, D. of Amos Whitman, 1796 .- Israel, John, and Timothy re- moved to Minot, Me.


10. Ward (s. of Capt. Israel 8) m. Polly, D. of Rev. Christo- pher Sergeant of Methuen, 1765, and had Christopher Sergeant 1767, Susanna 1768 : he then removed to Vermont.


II. Winslow Clift Bailey (s. of Eliphalet : see Israel 9) and his w. Nancy had Lucy E. 1808, Hope S. 1810, Eliphalet, b. in Plymo. 1813, William E. 1815, Nancy 1819.


BARBER .- James Barber had Mary 1692, Hezekiah 1696, b. here, and there is no further account of the family .- Patience Barber m. John Cole of Plympton 1709.


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BARRELL.


BARRELL .- William Barrell (s. of William of Boston, who d. in 1639 in early life) settled in Scituate and m. Lydia, wid. of John James, 1680, and had William 1683, Lydia 1684, who m. Sam'l Stockbridge 1703, Mary 1686, James 1687.


2. William (s. of William 1) m. Elizabeth, D. of John Bailey, 1706; lived in Scituate, and had Hannah 1706, Lydia 1709, who m. Joseph Young 1726, William 1714: his w. d. and he m. a 2d w. and had James 1727, Colburn, John, and Elisha 1735: the family were remarkable for longevity .- James d. April 17, 1827, having lived nearly to the age of 100, and left James, William, Noah, and Bartlett .- Colburn was a soldier in the American, and also the old French war, and a man of extraordinary strength and activity, and d. a. 1782 .- Elisha completed his 94th year and d. 1829.


3. William (s. of William 2, and cousin of Capt. Israel Bailey) m. a Simmons and had a son Joshua in Scituate and then his w. dying, he came and settled in E. B. and m. Sarah, an only child of Dea. James Cary, 1751, and succeeded in her right to her father's estate, and had James 1753*, Sarah 1754, Lydia 1757, Hannah 1759, Ruth 1762, Content 1764, James 1766 .- Sarah m. Nathan Alden, Esq., 1776 .- Lydia m. Dea. Eliphalet Packard 1782 .- Hannah d. single 1784, æ. 24 .- Ruth m. Capt. Robert Packard 1782 .- Content d. single 1823, æ. 57 .- William, the father d. 1806, æ. 91, his wid. Sarah d. the same year æ. 84.


4. John (s. of William 2) came also to E. B., and m. Judith D. of Isaac Snow, 1756, and had Molly 1757*, John 1760, Judith 1763 : he d. 1762, and the family afterward removed westward.


5. Joshua (s. of William 3) m. Olive, D. of Capt. Jonathan Bass, 1769, and had Susanna 1771, Jennet 1774, William 1776, Jona. Bass 1779*, Samuel 1781, Elijah 1784, Azor 1786, Charles 1789, Paschal 1796 .- Susanna m. Oakes Whitman 1790 .- Jen- net m. John Loring, Esq., 1794 .- William m. Huldah, D. of John Bisbee, 1801, and parents and children all removed to Turner, Me.


6. Maj. James (s. of William 3) m. Betsy, D. of Thomas Russell, 1785, and had James Cary*, Ruth, Hannah, Abigail, all baptized 1800, George Whitfield 1801 .- Maj. Barrell d. 1810 æ. 43; his w. still survives .- Ruth m. Dr. Caleb Swan of E. 1816 .- Hannah m. Dr. Daniel Sawin 1810 .- Abigail m. Hon. Jared Whitman of Abington 1813 : these Ds. all d. in early life. George W. m. a D. of Dr. Samuel Guild, Esq., of Easton.


7. James (s. of James and grandson of William 2) lived in Scituate and had James, Abel, Thomas, Elias and Colburn, most of whom came to E. B .- James keeps the poor house there .- Abel m. Polly, D. of Jonathan Alden, 1810 .- Thomas m. Hul- dah, D. of Matthew Allen, 1815 .- Elias m. Deborah Tilden 1813,


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BARRELL .- BARTLETT.


George and John, brothers of the first William Barrell of Boston, lived in Boston : George d. there 1643, leaving John and James and perhaps other children .- John's will is on record there dated 1658.


BARRETT .- James Barrett and his w. Mary lived in E. B., and had Martha 1725, Solomon 1727, Stephen 1730, Mary 1732, John and Joseph 1734, Sarah 1736, James 1738 .- This family soon removed from the town.


BARTLETT .- Wright Bartlett, from Hingham probably, m. Bethiah, D. of Samuel Packard, 1731, and settled in W. B., and had Samuel, Relief, Lydia, Phillis, and perhaps others .- Relief m. Ebenezer Hooper 1761 .- Lydia m. Ebenezer Hinds 1751 .- Phillis m. Edward Powers 1753 .- John Bartlett and his wife and Catharine Williams were warned out of town 1739, and Wright Bartlett was "forewarned not to entertain them any longer."


2. Samuel (s. of Wright 1) m. Susanna, D. of David Dunbar 1757, and had Susanna 1758, Sarah 1760, Lucy 1762, Job Pack- ard 1764*, Samuel 1766, Hannah 1769, Rachel 1772, Keziah 1775, David 1778 .- Susanna m. David Gurney 1792 .- Sarah m. Isaiah Hayward 1777 .- Lucy m. Waldo Hayward 1781 .- Sam- uel m. Lucy Jenkins 1785 and went to Croydon, N. H .- Hannah m. Simeon Howard 1794 .- Rachel m. Barnabas Lathrop .- Ke- ziah m. Abiel Howard 1798.


3. David (s. of Samuel 2) m. Polly, D. of George Howard, and had Charlotte 1797*, Job 1799, Polly 1801, Jane 1804, Su- sanna 1807, David 1811 : his w. d. and he m. Susan Fish 1814, and had Charlotte and Julia.


4. Richard Bartlett, an Englishman, lived in Boston and had a s. Richard, and a D. who m. Rev. Mr. Hinds of Middleboro'.


5. Richard (s. of the above) m. Mary, D. of Gain Robinson of E. B. and had Lydia 1757, Mary 1759, Margaret 1761, Gain*, Martha, Richard, Elizabeth, Robert, Edward, Jane, William .- Lydia m. Capt. John Savage .- Mary m. Benjamin Richards 1782 .- Margaret m. James Taylor .- Martha m. a McNeal .- Elizabeth m. Andrew Mushero .- Jane m. Shadrach Holly .-


Richard, the father, was a soldier at Annapolis Royal with Gen. John Winslow in 1755 in seizing and dispersing the neutral French ; and all of the family except Mrs. Richards and Robert resided in Nova Scotia, and most of them were born there .- Robert is a mariner and shipmaster at N. York.


Richard Bartlett m. Rebecca Holmes 1763 .- Edward m. Zil- phah, D. of Ephraim Cole, 1772 .- Solomon m. Huldah Wash- burn 1781 .- Elizabeth m. Seth Ames 1798 .- Hannah Thomas Bartlett m. John Cumner of Wayne 1813 .- Sarah, D. of Andrew of Plymo. m. David P. Reynolds 1818 .- Lewis Bartlett's w. d. in E. B. 1823, æ. 31.


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BASS.


BASS .- Samuel Bass and his w. Anne settled in Roxbury a. 1630 : he was admitted freeman 1634, removed to Braintree, now Quincy, 1640, and was the first Deacon of the Church there, and represented the town 12 years; his w. d. 1693, he d. 1694, æ 94 : they had John 1632, b. at Roxbury, Samuel, Hannah, Mary 1643, Thomas, Joseph, Sarah .- The ss. settled in Braintree .- Hannah m. Steph. Payne 1651 .- Mary m. Capt. John Capen 1647 .- Sarah m. first Dea. John Stone of Watertown, and then Dea. Joseph Penniman 1693, and she lived to be nearly 100 years old.


2. John (s. of the above) m. Ruth, D. of Hon. John Alden of Duxbury 1657, (m. by her father,) and had John 1658, Samuel 1660, Ruth 1662, Joseph 1665, Hannah 1667, Mary 1669, Sarah 1672 : his w. d. and he m. Anne, wid. of Saml. Sturtevant of Plymo., 1675 : he d. 1716, æ. 84 .- John and Joseph settled in Braintree .- Ruth probably m. a Walesby and left an orphan D. Hannah .- Hannah m. Joseph Adams, grandfather of the first President Adams .- Mary m. Christopher Webb, Jr., 1686, and then Wm. Copeland 1694 .- Sarah m. Ephraim Thayer 1792.


3. Dea. Samuel (s. of John 2) m. Mary, D. of Joseph Adams (father of Joseph above) and wid. of Saml. Webb 1696, and had Jonathan and Abigail bap'd 1697, Mary 1698, Samuel 1700, Bethiah 1704 ; his w. d. 1706 and he m. probably Bethiah Night- ingale 1796, and had a child that d. 1708 and Bathsheba bapd. 1711 : he lived at Randolph, but in his old age removed to E. B. and lived with his son Capt. Jonathan, and d. there 1751 æ. 90 .- Mary m. William Bowditch 1720 .- Samuel settled at Ran- dolph and was a Deacon there .- Bathsheba m. Naphthali Thayer 1732.


4. Captain Jonathan (s. of Dea. Samuel 3) settled in E. B. a. 1723, and m: Susanna D. of Capt. Nicholas Byram, Oct. 18, 1717, and had Jonathan 1720, Susanna 1722, both b. at Brain- tree, now Randolph, Mary 1724, Mehitabel 1728, Bethiah 1730*, Bathsheba 1733, Sarah 1736, Eunice 1737 : he d. 1750, æ. 55, she 1783, æ. 89 .- Susanna m. Zechariah Cary 1742 .- Mary m. the Hon. Hugh Orr 1742 .- Mehitabel m. Dr. Issac Otis 1746 .- Bathsheba m. Ignatius Loring, Esq., of Plympton 1750 .- Sarah m. Jonathan Allen 1755 .- Eunice m. John Young 1752.


5. Capt, Jonathan (s. of Capt. Jonathan 4) m. Susanna D. of Josiah Byram, 1741, and had Bethiah 1742*, Ruth 1745*, Mary 1747*, Susanna 1749, Olive 1751, Jonathan 1753, Ruth 1755, Eunice 1758, Sarah 1761 : he d. over 80 years of age .- Susanna m. Elijah Dean of Raynham 1768, and afterwards Thomas Dean, and d. 1829 .- Olive m. Joshua Barrell 1769 .- Jonathan went to Conn. and had a family there .- Ruth m. a Williams of Pomfret, Conn .- Eunice m. Seth Whitman 1781, and then Peter Salmon 1785 .- Sarah m. Joseph Chamberlin 1784.


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BASSETT.


BASSETT .- William Bassett, one of the forefathers, came over in the ship Fortune 1621, and settled first in Plymouth, then in Duxbury, and finally in W. B .; was an original proprietor of the town, and d. 1667 ; was a large land holder in the colony, and left a large library : his w., Elizabeth, was probably a Tilden. -He had William, Nathaniel, Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Jane and perhaps others .- William settled in Sandwich and his s. William had his grandfather's house and land in B by the will, which was nuncupative, and dated 1667 : this grandson was Marshal, and otherwise distinguished in the Colony .- Nathaniel settled in Marshfield and afterwards in 1684 appeared at Yar- mouth .- Sarah m. Peregrine White .- Elizabeth m. William Hatch .- Jane m. Thomas Gilbert of T. 1639.


2. Joseph (s. of William 1) settled in W. B. with his father and m. Martha, D. of Edmund Hobart of Hingham, 1677 : he d. 1712 .- He had Joseph, William, Elnathan, Jeremiah, Lydia w. of Daniel Whittemore, Ruth w. of John Whittemore, m. 1692, both of Charlestown, and Elizabeth w. of Wm. Fenton .- Jere- miah had the homestead, near Isaac Johnson's, and sold it to Johhson 1713, and went to Norton.


3. Joseph (s. of Joseph 2) and his w. Bethiah had Bethiah 1693, Mehitabel 1697, Lydia 1703 : he d. 1736 .- Lydia m. Saml. Philips of Norton 1726 .- Mehitabel m. a Hollaway of M .- Bethiah, Executrix, m. William Coddington of Norton a. 1737.


4. William (s. of Joseph 2) and Sarah his wife had William 1694, Joseph 1696, Ruth 1700, Nathan 1702 : the mother d. 1703, and the father m. Mary Bump 1703, and had Sarah 1704, Eliza- beth 1706, Thankful 1710, Benjamin 1712, Seth 1715 .- William m. Mary Mehurin 1719 .- Ruth m. Joseph Davis and d. 1730.


5. Elnathan (s. of Joseph 2) m. Mary Hill 1702, and d. 1750, leaving Mary, who m. Samuel Beal 1725.


6. Joseph (s. of William 4) m. Elizabeth, D. of John Ames, 1724, (m. in Boston), and had Dorothy 1726, Joseph 1731, Sarah 1734 : he d. 1741, and the mother, who undertook to settle the estate, d. in 1744 .- Dorothy m. David Packard 1767 .- Sarah m. Christopher Dyer 1757.


7. Nathan (s. of William 4) m. Hannah Washburn 1733, and had John 1734, Nathan 1737, Ruth 1740, David 1743, Hannah 1745, Joseph 1747, Jonathan 1750 .- Jonathan went to Killingsly, Conn.


8. Benjamin (s. of William 4) m. Hannah Macomber, 1737, and had Daniel 1740, Benjamin 1742, Joshua 1745, Hannah, Zilphah, Phebe 1753.


9. Seth (s. of William 4) and his wife Mary had Sarah and Mary 1738, and went to N. H.


10. Joseph (s. of Joseph 6) m. Phebe Cushman 1756, and had


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BASSETT .- BATES.


Caleb 1757, Phebe, Nathan 1763, Abigail, Joseph 1769, Hannah 1771, David and Cushman .- His w. d. 1796, æ. 59, and he m. Sarah, wid. of John Eaton, of Greenwich, former wid. of Josiah Fobes, Jr., and D. of Joseph Prior, 1798 : she d. 1839, æ. 100,- His will dated 1798, proved 1803 .- Phebe m. Barna. Leonard 1780 .- Nathan went to Genesee .- Abigail (or Abial) m. Seth Lathrop, Jr., 1783 .- Hannah m. Dea. James Alger 1791 .- David m. Phebe Dean of R. 1796 .- Cushman was a preacher, and he and David went to Maine.


11. Joseph, Esq. (s. of Nathan 7) m. Hannah, D. of Josiah Lathrop 1776, and had William, Nathan, Jonathan, Josiah, Pas- chal, Joseph, George, Sarah and Hannah .- Nathan m. a Daniels or a Snow .- Jonathan m. Sarah, D. of David Leonard, 1813, and afterwards a D. of John Fobes .- Josiah m. Lucretia, D. of Bradford Mitchell, 1810 .- Paschal m. Mary, D. of Winslow Hooper, 1811, and had Mary Winslow 1812, and Sarah Church 1814 .- Joseph m. Hannah Williams 1816 .- George m. Hannah, D. of Maj. Theodore Mitchell 1819 .- Sarah m. Hampden Keith 1799 .- Hannah m. Ezra Fobes, Jr., 1810.


12. Caleb (s. of Joseph 10) m. Bethiah, D. of Benjamin Keith, 1782, then called of New Gloucester, and had Cyrus, Caleb Keith, Lewis*, Abigail, Bethiah, Eunice, and Sophronia : he removed to M .- Cyrus m. Cynthia Randall 1808, and Cyrus m. Urania Billings 1814 .- Caleb m. Mary Holmes 1811 .- Abi- gail m. Shepard Dunbar 1806 .- Bethiah m. a Kennedy.


13. Joseph (s. of Joseph 10) m. Ruth, D. of James Leach, 1792, and had Charles 1792, Mary 1795, Cushman 1799, Davis 1802*, Eliza Maria 1805, Emeline 1808, Jane 1810, Phebe Leo- nard 1813 .- Charles m. Laura, D. of Jason Fobes 1816 .- Mary m. Hartwell Keith 1816 .- Cushman m. a Newman and lives in Boston .- Jane m. a Daniels.


14. William (s. of Joseph Esq. 11) m. Abiah Williams 1800, and had William Church 1803, Williams 1806, Hannah 1809, Abial 1811, Henriette 1813, Harriet 1815, Josiah 1818, Corne- nia Abier 1820.


Wid. Abigail Bassett m. Benjamin Leach 1763 .- Lydia Bas- sett of Norton m. Dea. David Edson 1786 .- Sally Bassett m. Abijah Thayer, Jr., 1802.




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