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3. Joseph and his w. Rebecca had John 1754, Sarah 1760, Mary 1762, Hopestill 1765, Benjamin 1767 ; d. 1813 .- Sarah m. Ebenezer Snow Jr. 1783.
4. John (s. of Joseph 3) m. Hannah, D. of Benjamin Price, 1777, and had John 1777, Betsy 1779, George 1781.
5. John (s. of John 4. probably) m. Susanna, D. of Daniel Willis, 1801, had John 1803, Susanna. 1808, Mary 1810, Eliza- beth 1812, Daniel Willis 1814, George 1816,
6. William m. Sarah Packard 1795, and had William 1796, Daniel 1797, Sally 1799, Belinda 1801.
7. Samuel m. Ruth Fullerton 1759. and lived in E. B., and had Samuel, John, William, Oliver, Olive and others, ten in all. He went to Easton, where he d. Dec. 1830, she d. Aug. 3, 1835, æ. 97, and had 344 descendants.
Joshua Pool d. in E. B. 1822, æ. 88. Sarah m. John Hooper 1766,-Noah of A. m. wid. Sally Crane 1819, D. of Joshua Pratt .- Samuel m. Lydia Cox 1820 .- Sally m. Peleg Osborn 1812 .- James Jr. of Abington m. Sarah Benson 1808 .- Noah of Boston m. Polly White 1808 .- Mary m. Samuel Cary 1704 .- Mercy m. Jacob Washburn 1761 .- Joshua m. Lucinda, D. of Thomas Latham, 1783 .- Anna m. Jacob Whitmarsh Jr. 1784 .- Olive m. Rev. Wm. Reed 1784 .- Samuel Jr. m. Abigail Porter 1786 .- Jacob Jr., m. Zerviah Whitmarsh 1787 .- Debo. m. Thos. Hersey 1793 .- Achish m. Susanna Hersey 1799.
POPE .- Ichabod Pope (from Dartmouth, now Fairhaven per- haps) settled in S. B., near the bridge, called after him Pope's Bridge ; his w. was a wid. Pope, who had a. s. Thomas by her first husband. They had Benjamin, Freeman, Mercy, and perhaps others ; he d. 1795. Thomas m. Huldah, D. of Sam'l Edson, 1782, and went to Fairhaven, and his son Henry keeps the hotel in Halifax .- Benjamin Esq. m. Mary Pierce of Scit. 1792, and had Benjamin Pierce, Hannah, and Orra. Benjamin P. m. Experience, D. of Silvanus Pratt .- Hannah m. Holman Keith .- Orra m. Kenelm Winslow .- Freeman m. Hannah Thayer 1795, and went to Enfield, and had Ichabod, William, Solon, Lavinia, and others perhaps; Lavinia m. Charles Pratt 1821 .- Mercy m. Freeman Pope of New Bedford 1797.
2. Joseph (from N. Bedford) lived a while in S. B., and went to Ware, and thence to State of N. York; he had Thankful,
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(who m. Cornelius Thayer 1796), and others .- Nabby Pope m. Isaac Washburn 1807.
PORTER .- Rev. John Porter (s. of Samuel and Mary of Abington, born 1716, and grandson of John, who m. Deliver- ance, d. of Nicholas Byram, 1660) gra. H. U. 1736, and settled in the ministry at N. B. 15th Oct. 1740, m. Olive Johnson of Canterbury, Conn. and had one D. Olive 1749, and she and her D. both d. the same year ; she a. 23. He then m. Mary Hunt- ington of Lebanon, Conn. and had John 1752, Olive 1753, Hunt- ington 1755, Jonathan 1756, Eliphalet 1758 Mary 1762, Sibil 1766 ; he d. Mar. 12, 1802, æ. 86. John gra. Yale Coll. 1770, was a major in the Revolutionary war, and afterwards went to the West Indies, and there died .- Olive m. John Crafts 1790 .- Huntington gra. H. U. 1777, and settled in the ministry at Rye, N. H., and is now living in Roxbury very aged .- Jonathan gra. H. U. 1777, went on board a privateer as a Surgeon and was lost .- Eliphalet, D. D., gra. H. U. 1777, and settled in the min- istry at Roxbury, and d. 1833, leaving no children .- Mary m. Rev. Thomas Crafts 1786, minister at Princeton, and afterwards Mid .- Sibil d. single, at Princeton, while on a visit to her sister.
2. Samuel (s. of Samuel and Sarah (Joslyn) of A., b. 1727, m. Hannah Green 1758, and settled in E. B., and had Samuel 1759, Betteris 1761, Abigail 1763. He m, wid. Ruth Reed 1764, and had Ruth 1766 ; he d. 1811, æ. 84. Abigail m. Samuel Pool Jr. 1786 .- Ruth m. James Reed 1784.
3. Joseph, born 1730, (brother of Samuel 2) m. Elizabeth Burrill 1753, and settled in St. Corner, and had Elizabeth 1753, Joseph 1755, Hannah 1758, Robert 1762, Isaac 1765, Content 1767, Mehitabel 1769, Libeus, Cyrus ; he d. 1804, æ. 74. Eliz- abeth m. Samuel Linfield .- Hannah m. Jona. Battles,-Content m. Wm. Glover .- Mehitabel m. Daniel Brown 1797 .- Joseph m. a Capen and had no ch .- Capt. Robert m. a Gay, and had Robert, John, Joseph, Betsy, Sally, and Fanny. Robert m. a Capen .- Isaac m. a Packard, and had Rodolphus, Samuel, Reuben, Mar- tin, Gaien, Susanna, Sybil and Anna. Susanna m. a Thompson ; Sybil m. a Noyes .- Lebbeus settled in Wrentham, Mass .- Maj. Cyrus m. a French, and had Ahirah, Cyrus, Luther, Olive, Re- becca, Mehitabel, and Eliza Ann. Olive m. Caleb Copeland Jr.
4. Ebenezer (brother of the 2 preceeding, b. 1731) m. Lydia Loring of Plympton 1754, and had Sarah 1756, Lydia 1758, Molly 1760, Olive 1763, Susanna 1765.
5. James Porter and his wife Mary had Polly 1778, Abigail 1779 at A. Hannah 1781 and James 1788, both at Plainfield ; Sarah 1792 at A. Hannah Porter m. Nathaniel Reynolds Jr. of Sidney, Me. 1811.
6. John 2d (s. of John of Abington) m. Susanna (or Susa) D. of Ephraim Groves, 1790, settled in E. B., and had Allen Mar- shall, who m. Betsy Beals 1816.
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Esther m. Abel Packard 1751 .- Jona. Porter m. Mary Chipman of Halifax 1763 .- John Jr. m. Martha Perkins 1764 .- Hezekiah of Windsor m. Sarah Carver 1757 .- Hannah m. Judah Wood 1757 .- Adam m. Deborah Gannett 1776, and Sarah Hunt 1806 .- Sarah m. Abijah Snow of Abington .- Abigail m. Levi Keith 3d, 1797 .- Nathaniel of Halifax m. Celia, D. of Mark Phillips .- Abigail (sister of Rev. John) m. Capt. Isaac Packard 1745, and her sister Hannah m. Dea. Barnabas Tomson of H .- Polly m. William Fullerton 1796 .- Mary m. Josiah Sears of H. 1817 .- Samuel m. Sally Gill of C. 1817 .- Sarah of H. m. Sea- bury Child Hathaway 1818 .- Sarah m. Daniel Whitman 1819 .- Lydia of A. m. Edw'd Vinton 1820 .- Clifford and Mercy Porter had Bathsheba 1786 .- Milicent m. John Battles 1816 .- Rebecca Wood Porter m. Charles Lincoln 1816.
POWERS .- Edward Powers m. Phillis Bartlett 1753, and had Edward 1753, Samuel 1755, Bethiah 1757, Keziah 1759, Roland 1760*, Betty 1762, Noah 1764, Silvia 1766*, Daniel 1769. She d. 1771, and he m. Betty Whately 1772, and had Silvia 1773, Roland 1775. Betty m. Capt. Edward Hayward 1802 .- Noah m. Rhoda Williams 1787, and had Cyrus 1787, Edward 1789-Keziah m. Prince Ford 1779 .- Mary Powers m. John Burr 1748 .- Mary Powers d. 1756 .- Catharine Powers d. 1760.
PRATT .- Jo. Pratt (from Weymouth) settled in S. B. a. 1705, having with Richard Davenport bought the farm that was Guido Bailey's near where Zechariah Whitman afterwards lived in 1702. He sold his share of the mill at Little Comfort, Abing- ton, 1704, and named himself of Weymouth ; he lived to be very aged ; his will dated 1755 ; he d. 1765; he left a w. Anna (Richards), m. 1721, a 2d wife ; she d. 1766. He had Joseph, Na- thaniel, Benjamin, Solomon, David, Samuel, Sarah. Sarah m. Ebenezer Snow a. 1728 .- Nathaniel m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Snow probably, and had Seth 1729, and Anna. His wife d. a. 1743, and he m. Hannah, D. of Lot Conant 1745, and d. 1749 .- Anna m. John Packard 1760 .- The mother of Nathaniel's wife Sarah above, was Sarah, D. of Samuel Allen, and first m. Jonathan Cary and then Benjamin Snow. (See Benjamin Snow.)
2. Joseph (son of Joseph 1) m. Lydia Leonard 1712, and had Joseph, Jonathan, Job, Lydia, Susanna, Hannah, Tabitha, Char- ity, Deliverance, Abigail. He d. 1753 ; he left a 2d wife Alice, D. of Dea. Thomas Hayward, m. 1749. She was the mother of Capt. Thomas Cushman ; she d. 1803, æ. 96. Lydia m. Benja- min Mehurin 1731. Susanna m. James Richards 1740 .- Han- nah's will and d. 1764 .- Tabitha m. Seth Hayward 1748 .- Charity m. Jeremiah Washburn 1754 .- Deliverance m. Amasa Rickard 1759 .- Abigail m. Edward Curtis 1759.
3. Benjamin (s. of Joseph 1) m. Sarah, D. of Henry King- man, 1719, and had Benjamin, Nathan, John, Bethiah, Susanna,
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Silence, Anne ; his will 1753 ; d. 1762. Bethiah m. Josiah Me- huren 1769 .- Silence m. John Muxam 1748 .- Ann m. Azariah Hayward 1768 .- Susanna d. 1761. The wid. d. 1767 .- Benja- min m. Lydia Harlow 1741.
4. Dea. Solomon (s. of Joseph 1) m. Sarah, D. of Isaac John- son, 1719, and had Sarah 1721, Abihail, Mary, Solomon 1729, Ebenezer 1731, Hannah, Isaac 1736, Daniel 1741 ; his will and d. 1757. Sarah m. Nathan Perkins perhaps 1752. (See Nathan Perkins 7.)-There was a Sarah who died 1767 .- Ebenezer m. Abial, widow of John Alger and D. of John Johnson, 1758 ; he also m. Bulah, D. of Jonathan Washburn, 1760; he settled in Middleborough .- Hannah m. Timothy Hayward 1767 .- Isaac m. Catharine Caswell 1758 .- Daniel died (a soldier) 1778, and Hez. Hooper settled his estate 1779 .- Abihail m. John Conant 1746 .- Daniel's wid. Mary m. Capt. John Shaw of Raynham 1779 .- Daniel m. a Patten of Conn.
5. David (s. of Joseph 1) m. Joanna, D. of Ebenezer Allen, 1722, and settled in E. B., and had Rebeckah 1724, Joanna 1726, Dorcas 1728, David 1729, Deborah 1732, Abner 1734. His wife d., and he m. widow Ann Leonard (she was a Bryant probably) 1738, and had Ruth 1740, Peter 1746, Ann 1747, Thomas 1750; he d. 1790, æ. 91. Rebecca m. Elisha Allen 1745 .- Joanna m. Phineas Conant 1749 .- Deborah m. Joseph Orcutt 1751 .- Ruth m. Obadiah Bates 1762 .- Dorcas m. James Lovell 1754 .- Thos. m. a Morton, and settled in Titicut.
6. Samuel (s. of Joseph 1) m. Bethiah, D. of Nicholas Byram, 1729, and settled in E. B., and had Mehitabel, Samuel, Paul, Silas, Bethiah 1747. She d. 1774, æ. 65 .- Mehitabel m. David French, and afterwards Benjamin Price 1782 .- Bethiah m. Wm. Daniels of Abington 1767 .- The family went westward.
7. Jonathan (s. of Joseph 2) m. Elizabeth, D. of Ebenezer French, 1740, and had Jonathan 1741, Lucy, Cornelius 1748, Elizabeth, who m. Andreas Vinacea 1778, and went to South Brimfield, now Wales; Jeremiah 1753, Ebenezer 1757 ; he d. 1775, she 1778 .- Ebenezer m. Charity Besse 1780 .- Jeremiah m. Ann Bolton 1777.
8. Job (s. of Joseph 2) m. Mary, D. of Josiah Washburn, 1757, and had Sarah 1758, and Lydia, who m. Azor Howe 1787 ; Wid. Mary d. 1804, æ. 77 .- Sarah Pratt m. Barnabas Blossom 1778.
9. Nathan (s. of Benjamin 3) m. Sarah Harlow 1745, and had Sarah and Abigail, he d. 1750. Abigail m. Benjamin Benson 1770 .- Perhaps the wid. m. Nathan Perkins 1752 .- (See Dea. Solomon 4).
10. John (s. of Benjamin 3) m. Martha, D. of Hugh Mehu- ren, and had Olive 1751, Levi 1754, Bathsheba 1759, Mary 1760. Olive m. Lazarus Hathaway 1774 .- John Pratt m. Sarah Pierce 1751.
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11. Solomon (s. of Solomon 4) m. Mary, D. of John Keith 1761, and had Mary 1762 ; his w. d. 1764, and he m. Abihail, D. of James Hooper 1767, and had Nancy, and perhaps others. Mary m. Ebenezer Perkins 1782 .- Nancy m. Timothy Conant 1788.
12. David (s. of David 5) m. Abigail, D. of Wm. Bowditch 1753, and had Mary 1756, Oliver 1757, Jeremiah 1760, Allen 1766 ; she d. 1783, æ. 51, and he m. widow Phebe Atwood (she was a Gloyd of Abington) 1784, and had David 1787, Isaac 1790; he d. 1810, æ. 81 ; she 1817, æ. 70 .- Mary m. Joshua Pratt 1783 .- Jeremiah removed early .- Allen gra. H. U. 1785, and settled in the ministry at Westmoreland, N. H .- David m. Mary, D. of Seth Hobart 1815, and had David, and d. 1817, æ. 30 .- Isaac m. Nancy Pratt of Carver 1813, and had George W. and Oliver .- David 3d m. Mary Weld of Me.
13. Abner (s. of David 5) m. Martha, wid. of Henry Cary and D. of Dr. Joseph Byram 1764, and had Nathan 1765, Su- sanna 1768 ; he removed to S. B .- Nathan m. Lois Fuller 1786. Susanna m. James Richards 1798.
14. Peter (s. of David 5) and his w. Amy had Samuel 1775, Rebeckah 1777, Molly 1779.
15. Dea. Seth (s. of Nathaniel and g. s. of Joseph 1) was ex'or. and residuary legatee of his grandfather's will, m. Han- nah, D. of Joseph Washburn 1752, and had Nathaniel 1754, Joseph 1756, Nehemiah 1757, Simeon 1759, Seth, Silvanus, Asa, Chloe, Joanna ; he d. 1795, æ. 66 .- Nehemiah d. 1778, and a D. d. 1778 .- Joseph went westward .- Seth gra. H. U. 1785, and d. young .- Chloe m. Jeremiah Conant 1793 .- Joanna m. Adam Besse 1791, and Isaac Keith 1797.
16. Oliver (s. of David 12) m. Susanna, D. of Nathaniel Lowden 1787, and had Allen, Susanna 1794; his w. d. 1802, æ. 36, and he m. Rebecca Ford 1805; he also afterwards m. Thankful Ford, sister of his 2d w. Rebecca ; he d. 1832, æ. 75. Allen was a mariner and master of a vessel .- Susanna d. 1816, æ. 22.
17. Nathaniel (s. of Dea. Seth 15) m. Betty, D. of Ezekiel Washburn 1778, and had Sally, Hannah, Betsy, Elijah, Alber- tina, Seth, Chloe, Nathaniel .- Sarah m. Isaac Swift 2d, 1797 .- Hannah m. Seth Conant 1801 .- Betsy m. David Waterman 1802, and Daniel Hudson 1822 .- Seth m. Lucinda Conant 1816 .- Chloe m. Alvan Crossman 1813, and afterwards Nahum Mitchell of R., s. of Bradford Mitchell .- Nathaniel m. Lucy Thomas of Marshfield.
18. Capt. Simeon (s. of Dea. Seth 15) m. Sarah, D. of Judge Benj. Willis 1791, and Simeon 1795, Charles 1794, Henry W. 1797, Benjamin W. and Sarah, twins .- Simeon m. Alice Water-
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man .- Charles m. Lavinia, D. of Freeman Pope 1821 .- Henry W. m. Clarinda Leonard 1821 .- Benj. W. m. Joanna Lucas .- Sarah m. Jabez Harden.
19. Silvanus (s. of Dea. Seth 15) m. Experience, D. of Oliver Alden 1803, and had Experience, who m. Benjamin P. Pope ; and Mary, who m. Benjamin Crooker.
20. Capt. Asa (s. of Dea. Seth 15) m. Lydia, D. of Benjamin Sprague 1799, and had Harriet M. and Lusanna T .; he d. 1831. Harriet M. m. John E. Howard, Esq., 1821 .- Lusanna T. m. Maj. Cushing Mitchell 1822.
21. Elijah (s. of Nathaniel 17) m. Naomi, D. of Robert Wade 1813, and had Betsy 1813, Susanna 1815, Enoch, Loisa.
22. Joshua Pratt (s. of William of Abington) m. Experience Nash 1728, and settled in E. B. a. 1740, and had Mary, Sarah 1734, Hannah 1737, all born in A., Experience 1741, Joshua 1743; he d. 1772, æ. 67 ; she 1773. Mary m. Nathaniel Rams- dell 1753 .- Hannah m. Samuel Allen 1758 .- Experience m. Nathaniel Lowden 1762.
23. Joshua (son of Joshua 22) married Mary, D. of David Pratt, 1783, and had William 1784, Nabby 1785, Polly 1787, Sarah 1789, Dexter 1791 ; he died 1813, æ. 70; she 1828, æ. 72. William m. Celia, D, of Nathan Whitman, 1816 .- Nabby m. Eleazar Whitman Jr. 1812 .- Dexter m. Polly, D. of Benja- min Pincin .- Sarah m. Spencer Crane of Canton 1809, and af- terwards Noah Pool of Ab. 1819.
24. William Pratt and his w. Polly had Albert 1811, William 1813, Anthony 1815.
25. Robert Pratt and his w. Rebecca had Cotton 1785, Eben- ezer 1789.
26. John Pratt settled in N. B. a. 1737, and had Barnabas, John, Thomas, Consider, Jesse, Margery, Priscilla. Margery Pratt m. Thomas Tribou 1746 .- Priscilla m. a Smith.
27. Barnabas (s. of John 26) m. Isabel, D. of Walter Downey, 1750, and had Thaddeus, Barnabas, Catharine, Mary, Isabel, Susanna. Thaddeus m. Rachel, D. of Jabez Churchill, 1777, and Barnabas m. Ruhama, D. of Levi French, 1787, and both went to Me .- Catharine m. Jeremy Thayer 1780 .- Mary m. Asa Battles .- Isabel m. Levi Brannock 1790 .- Susanna m. Simeon Davie 1788. He d. 1788, and she went to Hebron, Me., with her son-in-law Davie, and lived to be 102 years old or more.
28. Thomas (s. of John 26) m. Mercy Jones, and had Micah 1756, Consider 1759, Thomas 1761, Margery 1764, Lot 1767, Mercy 1769, Patience 1771, Noah 1774; she d. 1777 ; he a. 1781. Consider d. in the army .- Lot m. Polly Aldrich 1787, and he and Noah went to Vt .- Margery m. John Bolton 1787 .- Mercy m. a Spear .- Patience m. John Crane 1793.
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29. Thomas (s. of Thomas 28) m. Susanna, D. of Seth Thayer, 1788, and had Edward, Asa, Arba, Silvia, Azuba, Rebecca, Hen- rietta, Susanna, Polly, Emily, Abigail. Asa m. Lydia Humphry 1815 .- Azuba m. Simeon Dunbar 2d of H. 1813.
30. Cornelius (s. of Jonathan 7) m. Martha, D. of Jonathan Leonard, and had Jonathan, Martha, Leonard, Ebenezer, Corne- lius, Lucy. Jonathan m. Deborah, D. of Ebenezer Hathaway, 1817 .- Martha m. Jabez Vaughn of Md. 1817 .- Leonard m. Clarissa, D. of Silvanus Leonard, 1818 .- Ebenezer m. a Tomson of Halifax .- Cornelius m. Lusanna Tomson-Lucy m. Thomas Cushman.
Phineas and Joshua Pratt came over in the 3d ship, Ann, and were among the forefathers at Plymouth, and probably ancestors of most of the name in the Old Colony; and Benaijah Pratt admitted Freeman 1654 .- John Pratt was in Bridgewater 1699. Elizabeth Pratt m. Samuel Staples 1704 .- Nathaniel m. Sarah, D. of Nehemiah Allen, 1734, Hannah m. Napthali Byram 1744. James of E. m. Martha, D. of John Willis, 1733 .- A. Pratt m. Margerie, D. of Josiah Leonard .- Joseph and Enoch were soldiers 1775 .- Enoch m. Salome Rickard 1784 .- Sile m. An- thony Pierce 1778 .- Charity of Norton m. John Davenport 1763 .- Ebenezer m. Ann Dyer 1717 .- Olive m. Josiah Torrey 1782 .- Matilda m. Isaac Allen 1796 .- Mercy m. Alpheus Orcutt 1802 .- Ebenezer of Weymouth m. Waitstill Washburn 1720 .- Joseph m. Elizabeth French 1738 .- Huldah m. Benjamin Reed of Cummington, 1778 .- Huldah m. John Carver Jr. 1795 .- Molly of A. m. Wm. Hearsey 1778 .- Wid. Hannah m. Sam'l Noyes 1771 .- Wid. Hannah m. Ebenezer Campbell 1764. Deborah m. Jonathan Ames 1780 .- Zebedee of M. m. Dardana Keith 1763 .- Lavinia m. Timothy Willis 1786 .- Benjamin m. Olive Perkins 1789 .- Phebe m. Nehemiah Leonard 1792 .- Han- nah m. Dea. Isaac Willis 1732 .- Noah m. Desire, D. of Joseph Cole 1777 .- Lovicy m. Job Staples Bryant 1793 .- William of E. m. Amity Brett 1797 .- Elijah m Sibil Dunbar 1798 .- Nehe- miah m. Chloe Rickard 1793 .- Calvin of M. m. Clarissa Keith 1798 .- Sally of M. m. Jeremiah Keith Jr. 1801 .- Isaac of M. m. Naomi Keith 1804 .- Jona. of H. m. Nabby Phillips 1821 .- Lydia m. Charles Wilbor of E. 1813 .- Zebulun K. of M. m. Su- sanna Keith 1814 .- Judith B. m. Daniel E. Willis 1815 .- Sarah d. 1778 in S. B .- Elizabeth d. in S. B. 1794, æ. 71 .- Hannah m. Charles Tomson 1816 .- Sarah m. Ephraim Thomas 1739 .- Consider of H. m. Mary, D. of David Thayer .- Samuel of St. m. Eleanor Whitman 1764 .- Molly m. Amasa Tribou 1780.
PRICE .- Benjamin Price (from Dorchester) was a soldier under Gen. Winslow, 1755, at Nova Scotia, and settled in S. B., and m. Silence, D. of Nathaniel Hayward, 1743, and had Mary 1744, Silence 1746, Sarah 1748, Hannah 1750, Benjamin 1753,
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Lydia 1755, Betty 1758, Susanna 1761. His wife d., and he m. Mehitabel, wid. of David French and D. of Samuel Pratt, 1782 ; he d. 1805, æ. 85 ; she d. 1804, æ. 65 .- One D. m. a Palmer .- Sarah m. Ebenezer Colwell 1769 .- Hannah m. John Pool of H. 1777 .- Betty m. Capt. Nathaniel Soper of Hanson 1782 .- Ben- jamin m. Ruth, wid. of Jacob Washburn, 1805, and had Benja- min, who m. a D. of Timothy Harlow.
PRYOR OR PRIOR .- John Pryor (probably from Duxbury, and s. of Joseph, who d. there 1692) settled early in E. B .; m. Bethiah, d. of Samuel Allen, and had Joseph, Hannah, Sarah, Bethiah, and d. 1742. Hannah m. William Phillips 1718 .- Sarah m. Theodosius Moore 1725.
2. Joseph (s. of John above) m. Ann Moore, and had Isaac 1726, Mary 1729, Martha 1736, Sarah 1739 ; he d., and his wid. m. James Allen .- Mary m. Joseph Latham 1748 .- Martha m. John Hammer 1760 .- Sarah m. Josiah Fobes Jr. 1766 and then John Eaton of M. 1780, and afterwards Joseph Bassett 1796 ; and she d. 1839, æ. 100 .- Eliphaz Pryor of Dux. m. Hannah, D. of Josiah Howard.
They all descended probably from Thomas Pryor of Scit., who d. 1639, leaving Sam'l and Thomas in Eng., and Joseph, Eliza- beth, Mary, John and Daniel here.
RAMSDELL .- Nathaniel Ramsdell (from Pembroke) settled in E. B., and m. Mary, D. of Joshua Pratt, 1753, and had Daniel 1754, Matthew 1756, James 1758, Joseph 1761. Daniel m. Elizabeth Buck, and had Betsy 1777, and d. 1779 ; and his w. m. Ebenezer Noyes 1795 .- Matthew m. Mary, and James m. Eunice, Ds. of Jonathan Allen of Braintree, and both went to Cummington .- Joseph m. Lydia Gloyd of A. 1787, and had Nathaniel 1789, Nancy 1791, Lydia 1794, Mary 1797, Joseph 1806. Nathaniel m. Sally, D. of Josiah Johnson, 1812 .- Nancy and Lydia m. David Brown 1812 and 1818 .- Mary m. John P. Reed 1816.
Mary m. William Whiting 1748 .- Gideon m. Sarah Farrington 1736 .- Samuel had Gershom 1750, Martha 1752, in E. B .- Jo- seph had Sarah 1749 in E. B .- Simeon's w. d. in E. B. 1781 .- John m. Hannah Allen 1784 .- Charles m. Betty Tirrell 1783 .- Lot m. Lucinda Gannett 1794 .- Noah m. Hitty Whitmarsh 1790. Lucy m. James Dorrein 1797 .- Levi of Milton m. Amie Dunbar 1801 .- Noah m. Betsy Allen 1818 .- This name was sometimes written Ramsden on early records.
RATCHFORD .- James Ratchford, or Radsford, was early in E. B., (Hanson now perhaps), and m. Margaret Balls 1738, and had James 1739, Thomas 1741, William 1748, John 1750, Walter 1752.
RATHBURN .- Rev. Valentine Wightman Rathburn settled in W. B. over the Baptist Society ; his wife Hepzibah ; he had
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Sukey Lethridge 1801, Samuel Carpenter 1805. Hannah Rath- burn of Bellingham m. Barzillai Hayward 1813.
REED OR READ. Samuel and Mary Reed ; she was a Davis ; m. 1705 ; had Mary 1706 ; (m. Ebenezer Shaw 1733), and Samuel 1707. Samuel m. Elizabeth, D. of Nathaniel Hay- ward, 1737 .- The wid. m. Timothy Hayward 1730.
2. Joseph and Mary had Mary 1741 .- These two families were from Abington probably, and Samuel might have lived in Abing- ton, as a great part of it then belonged to Bridgewater.
3. Hezekiah (s. of James) m. Deborah, D. of Isaac Tirrell of A., and had James, Isaac, Jeremiah, Calvin, Joseph, Jared, and Nancy .- Jared m. Mehitabel Gardner 1811, and Electra Phillips, 2d w .- Joseph m. Charlotte Stetson 1807 .- Calvin m. Hannah Lowden 1807 .- Wid. Sarah Reed d. 1811, æ. 75.
4. Ezekiel and his wife Mary had Polly 1769, Zelotes 1771, Ezekiel 1772, Zebulun 1774, Hannah 1776, Olive 1777, Jesse 1778, Charles 1780, Abraham 1782, Briggs 1784 .- Jesse m. Hannah, D. of Caleb Hayward 1800.
5. Rev. John, D. D. (s. of Rev. Solomon of Titicut) m. Han- nah Sampson 1780, and settled in W. B .; ord. 7th June 1780, and had John 1781, Daniel 1783, Solomon 1788, Hannah 1790, Sally 1793*, Caleb 1797, Sampson 1800 ; she d. 1815, and he m. again .- John gra. B. U. 1803, and m. Olive, D. of Abiezer Alger, Esq., 1809, and settled in Yarmouth, Co. of Barnstable, as an Attorney ; now, and for many years past, Member of Congress. Daniel m. Nancy Foster of Mid. 1812 .- Solomon m. Abigail, D. of George Howard 1811 .- Hannah m. Jonathan Copeland 3d 1818 .- Caleb and Sampson went to Boston ; both gra. H. U .; Caleb 1817, Sampson 1818.
6. Timothy, Esq., (bro. of Rev. John 5) settled also in W. B., m. Hannah, D. of Caleb Kingman 1788, and had Caleb King- man 1789*, d. 1796 ; Caleb Kingman 1799 ; d. 1837, unmarried ; the father, Timothy, d. 1813.
7. Jonathan (s. of Ebenezer of Abington) m. Deborah, D. of John Porter of Abington, and settled in E. B., and had Mary 1789, Jonathan Loring 1791, John Porter 1793, Deborah 1795, Elizabeth 1797, Thaxter 1800, Ebenezer 1801, Clarissa 1805, Almira 1806, David Porter 1808 .- Jonathan L. m. Charlotte Brown of Abington 1816 .- John Porter m. Polly, D. of Joseph Ramsdell 1816 .- Deborah m. Jonathan R. Gurney of A. 1816.
8. Ezekiel (s. of Ezekiel 4) m. Rebecca, D. of Jesse Edson 1794, and had Emma Corbett 1795, Lydia 1797, Josiah 1799, Joseph Edson 1801, Edwin 1804, Charles Briggs 1806 .- Emma C. m. Jacob Tirrell 1813 .- Josiah m. Jennet, D. of John Keith 1820.
9. James and his w. Rebecca had Andrew Barton 1798.
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10. Isaac (s. of Hezekiah 3) m. Sally, D. of Peleg Stetson 1803, and had Sally 1803, Isaac 1805, Nahum 1806, Dexter 1809, James Baxter 1815.
II. John (s. of Simeon) m. Lucy Lucas, and had Zadock 1750 in E. B .- Zadock m. Lucy Gardner, and had Olive 1773, Miriam, Rachel, Bela, Rhoda, Simeon, John, Obed, Luther, Anna, Lucy, Polly ; he removed to Pembroke .- Olive m. Samuel P. French 1801 .- Rachel d. 1782, æ. 26 .- Bela m. Polly, D. of Jonathan Beals 1793 ; she d. 1795, æ. 25.
12. Joseph (s. of Hezekiah 3) m. Charlotte, D. of Peleg Stetson 1807, and had Lucius 1808, Aaron 1811, Charlotte Tirrell 1814.
13. Joshua Reed, from Abington, lives in E. B .; his children are Joshua, Daniel N., John, Mehitabel, Deborah.
Mary m. Simeon Gannett 1775 .- Ezekiel Reed m. Hannah Beal 1742 .- Samuel P. of A. m. Polly Bates 1816 .- Rebecca, member of ch. E. B. 1743 .- Mary T. m. Ophir Howe 1818 .- Oran of A. m. Charlotte Harden 1817 .- Lucy m. Pliny Edson 1819 .- John, Jr., of A. m. Harriet Churchill 1818 .- Edwin m. Farozina Glass 1822 .- Elizabeth of Scit. m. Seth Gannett, Jr., 1821 .- Esther m. David Hearsey 1707 .- Abigail m. Nat. Whit- aker of Rehoboth 1711 .- Sarah m. Hezekiah King 1712 .- Ste- phen m. Mary Whitmarsh 1714 .- Ruth m. Seth Whitman 1741. Rebecca m. Nathan Allen 1743 .- Wid. Ruth m. Samuel Porter 1764 .- Capt. Daniel m. wid. Sarah Dawes 1765 .- Obadiah m. Elizabeth Shaw 1770 .- Seth m. Thankful Whitmarsh 1773 .- Rhoda m. Richard Smith 1773 .- Seth m. Mary Lazell 1776 .- Naomi m. Obadiah Hearsey 1777 .- Ruth m. Adams Bailey 1783. James m. Ruth Porter 1784 .- Polly Reed of Plymouth m. a Muxam, and afterwards William Bowen, and lives in E. B .- Frederick, Jr., of Ran. m. Sally Packard 1797 .- Sarah of E. m. Lem'l Lathrop 1794 .- Rachel of Pem. m. Isaac Snell 1800 .-- Sally of M. m. Amos Keith, Jr., 1801 .- Ezekiel m. Hannah Lit- tlefield of R. 1807 .- Jane m. Daniel Bates 1810 .- Abiah m. Jane Gurney 1814.
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