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FROST, EDMUND, Ruling Elder of the Church in Camb., came here in 1635, and by w. Thomasine, liad John, b. in England about 1634; Thomas, b. Ap. 1637, d. young; Samuel, b. Feb. 1637-8 ; Joseph, b. 13 Jan. 1638-9 ; James, b. 9 Ap. 1640; Mary, b. 24 July 1645; Ephraim ; Thomas ; Sarah, b. 1653. Elder FROST bought of Thomas Blodgett, about 1639, an estate on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street, which he sold soon afterwards to wid. Catherine Haddon; he then bought a house on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Mason Street, which he occupied in 1642, but sold to Richard Eccles in 1646. His subse- quent residence is not known with certainty ; but several circumstances indi- cate that he occupied the estate on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, extending from Divinity Hall Avenue to and beyond Francis Avenue, which estate remained in possession of his posterity until a very recent period He was reputed to be rich in Faith, and manifestly enjoyed the confidence of Shepard and his Church. Yet he had trial of earthly poverty ; and while his associate, Elder Champney, added acre to acre and became one of the largest landholders in town, he possessed little besides his homestead, and his press- ing wants were relieved by the Church. His w. Thomasine d. and before 1669 he m. wid. Reana Daniel, who survived him. He d. 12 July 1672, leaving to his children the example of a godly life.
2. JOHN, S. of Edmund (1), m. Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Andrew, 26 June 1666, and had John, b. 19 Nov. 1667, was a mason, and resided in Salem 1696; Rebecca, b. 3 Dec. 1669, m. Deac. Joseph Coolidge, and d. 1 July 1750 (her dau. Rebecca was w. to the first, and mother to the second, Prof. Wig- glesworth) ; Thomas, b. - , was a weaver, and resided here in 1696. JOHN the f. d. and administration was granted, 30 Sept. 1672, to wid. Rebecca, for herself and her three children. The wid. m. George Jacobs, Jr., of Danvers Village, 9 Feb. 1674, and was imprisoned during the witchcraft delusion.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Edmund (1), by w. Mary, had in Camb., Samuel, b. 21 Aug. 1664; Isaac, b. 21 Oct. 1666; Edmund, b. 21 Aug. 1668; he rem. to Billerica as early as 1674, at which time he had m. Elizabeth Miller, by whom he had John, b. 2 Ap. 1678; Benjamin, b. 10 Aug. 1683 ; Jonathan, b. 3 Nov. 1685; Daniel, b. 12 and d. 14 Ap. 1689; Edmund, b. 1 Mar. 1691-2. A son Edmund had d. 12 Fcb. 1690-91. SAMUEL the f. d. at Billerica 12 Aug. 1711, a. 73.
4. JOSEPH, S. of Edmund (1), settled in Chs., m. Hannah Miller 22 May
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1666, and had Jabez, b. 12 Dee. 1667; Susanna, b. 27 Jan. 1668-9; Joseph, b. 15 Feb. 1670-71, perhaps the same who m. Sarah Whittemore 12 Jan. 1707-8; Stephen, b. 9 Mar. 1672-3; Nathaniel, bap. 7 May 1676; Hannah, b. 30 Ang. 1677; Abigail, b. 12 Mar. 1679-80; Miller, b. 28 Feb. 1682-3; Faith, b. 9 Sept. 1687. JOSEPH the f. d. about 1692, and administration was granted to wid. Hannah 23 Jan. 1692-3.
5. JAMES, s. of Edmund (1), settled in Billeriea, and m. Rebeeea Hamlet 17 Dee. 1664; she d. 20 Aug. 1666, and he m. Elizabeth, dan. of Thomas Foster, 22 Jan. 1666-7. His children were James, b. 14 Aug. 1666; Thomas, b. 18 Oet. 1667; John, b. 14 Nov. 1668, d. 3 Mar. 1668-9; Samuel, b. 28 Feb. 1669-70; Elizabeth, b. 6 Nov. 1672, m. Peter Cornell; Edmund, b. 14 and d. 18 May 1675; Sarah, b. 15 July 1678, m. - Howard; Hannah, b. 31 Jan. 1680-81 ; Joseph, b. 21 Mar. 1682-3; Abigail, b. 23 Ang. 1685, m. Ephraim Kidder; Benjamin, b. 8 Mar. 1687-8, and Mary, who m. John Walker. JAMES the f. was deaeon of the Billerica Church, and d. 12 Aug. 1711, a. 71; his w. Elizabeth survived.
6. EPHRAIM. s. of Edmund (1), by w. Hepzibah -, had Mary, b. 20 May 1678, m. - Howard; Edmund, b. 14 Mar. 1679-80; Ephraim, b. 23 Sept. 1682; Thomas, b. prob. 1688; Ebenezer, bap. 17 Jan. 1696-7; Sarah, b. - , m. Nathaniel Patten 17 May 1720. EPHRAIM the f. res. on the homestead, on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, and d. 2 Jan. 1717-18, a. 72; his w. Hepzibah survived.
7. THOMAS, s. of Edmund .(1), settled in Sudbury, m. Mary Goodridge 12 Nov. 1678, and had Thomas, b. 23 Aug. 1679; John, b. 14 Sept. 1684, rem. to Groton ; Samuel, b. 28 Nov. 1686 (was father of Amariah, b. 4 Oct. 1720, grad. H. C. 1740, minister at Milford, and d. 1792); and Sarah, who m. John Rice. THOMAS the f. m. (2d) Hannah Johnson of Sudbury, 9 July 1691, who d. 3 May 1712, and he m. (3d) Sarah Singletary, 22 Dee. 1712. He prob. d. 1724. See Barry's Hist. Framingham.
8. STEPHEN, s. of Joseph (4), prob. res. in Chs., where he m. Elizabeth Woodward 1 Feb. 1699-1700. His children, baptized here, were Elizabeth, 22 Dec. 1700; Stephen, 6 Sept. 1702; Hannah, 23 Feb. 1703-4; Susanna, 10 Mar. 1705-6.
9. EDMUND, s. of Ephraim (6), m. Hannah, dau. of Deac. Samnel Cooper, 1 Feb. 1710-11, and had Hannah, bap. 26 Oct. 1712, m. Samuel Bowman 20 Mar. 1745-6; Elizabeth (Ch. Rec. Hannah), bap. 22 Feb. 1712-13, m. John Goddard 19 Feb. 1734; Edmund, bap. 12 June 1715; Stephen, bap. 18 Jan. 1718-19; Jonathan, bap. 20 Feb. 1720-21; Gideon, bap. 14 June 1724. EDMUND the f. was a shoemaker, and res. on the homestead, Kirkland Street. He d. 6 Nov. 1752, a. 72; his w. Hannah d. 15 May 1767, a. 83.
10. EPHRAIM, s. of Ephraim (6), m. Sarah, dau. of Deae. Samuel Cooper, 9 Sept. 1814, and had Ephraim, b. 10 July 1715; Samuel, b. 18 Dee. 1716; Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1718-19, m. Moses Harrington, and d. 12 May 1759; Anna, b. 15 Dee. 1720, mn. Thomas Adams 22 Sept. 1737; Martha, b. 4 Aug. 1722, m. Joseph Adams, Jr., 10 Jan. 1740; Eunice, b. 19 July 1724, d. 10 Ap. 1732; Abigail, b. 25 Ap. 1726, m. - Carter; William, b. 13 Nov. 1727, d. 13 Feb. 1727-8; Lydia, b. 8 Aug. 1729. EPHRAIM the f. res. in Menot., and d. 26 June 1769, a. 87; his w. Sarah d. 21 Feb. 1753, a. 66.
11. THOMAS, s. of Ephraim (6), m. Mary Butterfield 25 Oct. 1716, and had Joseph, b. 21 Dec. 1717; Hepzibah, b. 31 Aug. 1719, m. - Wheeler ; Ruth, b. 17 Mar. 1721-2, m. Josialı Fessenden, pub. 25 Oet. 1755; Thomas, bap. 9 Feb. 1723-4; Silas and Mary, twins, bap. 11 Aug. 1728 (Mary m. Silas Stone before 1771, and was living in New Braintree 1795); Phehe, bap. 26 Sept. 1731, m. Nathaniel Francis, Jr., 11 Ap. 1751; Jonathan (perhaps the same who is ealled John, in the mother's will, 1771), bap. 25 Feb. 1732-3; Sarah, b. about 1736, named in her mother's will, d. um. 17 May 1825, a. 89; Lydia, b. 29 Aug. 1740. THOMAS the f. res. in Menot., and d. 3 May 1765, a. 77; his w. Mary d. 10 Mar. 1774, a. 77.
12. EBENEZER, S. of Ephraim (6), m. Deborah Martin 2 July 1723, and had Abraham, b. 7 Mar. 1723-4; Ebenezer, bap. 22 Aug. 1725 ; James, b. 2 Mar.
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1731-2. EBENEZER the f. was a currier, and purchased of Samuel Cooper, 1730, an estate on the easterly side of North Avenue, which subsequently de- seended to the wife of Jonathan W. Ford. He d. between 16 Ap. and 28 June 1768 ; his w. Deborah survived.
13. EDMUND, s. of Edmund (9), m. Sarah Rand of Chs., 9 Aug. 1750, and had Sarah, b. 24 May 1751 ; Edmund, b. 21 July 1753; Stephen, b. 13 Sept. 1755; Jonathan, b. 12 Dec. 1757, d. 7 Aug. 1800; Hannah, b. 13 May 1760, m. Josiah Wilson 13 Ap. 1780; Nehemiah, b. 6 Oct. 1762; Abigail, b. 23 Nov. 1763; Phebe, b. 4 June 1766, d. unm. 3 Dec. 1811 ; Samuel, b. 16 Mar. 1770, perhaps m. Doreas Hill 15 Oct. 1789. EDMUND the f. was a blacksmith, res. on a part of the homestead, and prob. d. about 1777; his w. Sarah d. 28 Oct. 1801, a. 71. A son Gideon received a share of his estate.
14. STEPHEN, S. of Edmund (9), according to Winthrop, grad. H. C. 1739, was a preacher, and d. 9 Aug. 1749, a. nearly 31.
15. GIDEON, S. of Edmund (9), m. Sarah Ireland 18 Jan. 1753, and had Sarah, b. 1 Mar. 1754, d. unm. 29 July 1821; Gideon, b. 14 Oet. 1755, was a physician in Uxbridge ; John, b. 4 Mar. 1758, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 15 Nov. 1760, m. Thomas Frothingham 24 Sept. 1785; Walter, b. 29 Aug. 1766; Martha, b. 29 June 1769, m. Thomas Austin of Boston 22 Mar. 1807, and d. 17 Ap. 1838; William, b. 23 Ap. 1774. GIDEON the f. was a blacksmith, and for a period of twenty years was deacon of the Church. He possessed, by inheritance and purchase, the homestead on · Kirkland Street, but his resi- denee, after about 1763, was on the easterly side of North Avenue, nearly opposite to Linnæan Street. He d. 30 June 1803, a. 79; his w. Sarah d. July 1805, a. 76.
16. EPHRAIM, s. of Ephraini (10), m. Mary, dau. of Deac. John Cutter, pub. 16 Mar. 1739, and had Anna, b. 22 Oct. 1740, d. 20 Nov. 1740; Ephraim, b. 29 Sept. 1742; Jonathan, b. 15 Dec. 1744, grad. H. C. 1767, and d 25 Ap. 1771; Stephen, b. 18 June 1747; Ruhamah, b. 4 Nov. 1749, m. John Russell 31 Aug. 1769; Mary, b. 4 Mar. 1752, m. Jonathan Locke 3 Jan. 1775 ; Anna, b. 3 Oct. 1754; Lydia, b. 21 Oct. 1756, d. 23 Oet. 1766; John, b. 9 Sept. 1760; Amos, b. 17 Aug. 1763. EPHRAIM the f. res. in Menot. and d. 5 Mar. 1799, a. 84 ; his w. Mary d. 20 Oct. 1805, a. 89.
17. SAMUEL, s. of Ephraim (10), m. Abigail, dau. of Deac. John Cutter, 19 Feb. 1741, and had Samuel b. 7 Dee. 1741, d. young ; Samuel, b. 2 Aug. 1743, d. 24 Ap. 1790; Abigail, b. 24 Jan. 1744-45, living unm. 1799; Rebecca, b. 28 Dee. 1746, m. Solomon Prentice 13 Ap. 1775; John, b. 29 June 1748, d. 9 Aug. 1749; Martha, b. 12 May 1750, m. Isaae Tufts 16 Ap. 1769; she seems after- wards to have m. a Cooper, which name she bore in 1799; Sarah, b. 10 June 1752, m. John Hutchinson 28 May 1772 ; John, b. 23 June 1754; Hannah, bap. 21 May 1758, m. Josiah Wilson 13 Ap. 1780; Seth, b. 20 Mar. 1760; William, bap. 3 Jan. 1762, d. 20 Sept. 1791; Cooper, b. 20 Mar. 1764, married, had children, many of whom d. in infaney, and d. 30 Sept. 1813, a. 49; Lydia Harrington, b. 16 Nov. 1766, m. Simeon Crosby 7 May 1787. SAMUEL the f. res. in Menot. and d. 30 Sept. 1798, a. nearly 82; his w. Abigail d. 7 Mar. 1796, a. 74.
18. JOSEPH, s. of Thomas (11), m. Sarah, dau. of Ephraim Cook, 8 Fch. 1753, and had James, b. 9 June 1753; Joseph, b. 14 Jan. 1757, removed to Harvard, was Deacon, and d. 1827 ; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1760, d. unm. 22 Sept. 1837; Elizabeth, b. 12 Dee. 1764, d. unm. 1 May 1813; Mary, b. 11 Nov. 1767; Jonathan, b. 27 Jan. 1775. JOSEPH the f. res. in Menot. and d. 22 Sept. 1798, a. nearly 81 ; his w. Sarah d. 28 Oct. 1801, a. 71.
19. JOHN, prob. s. of Thomas (11), by w. Betty, had Betsey, b. 16 Feb. 1776, m. Benjamin Harrington of Chs. 1 Oct. 1792; Abigail, b. 12 July 1778, d. 20 Nov. 1782; Eunice, b. 12 Sept. 1780; Lucy, b. 31 May 1782, m. Stephen Tufts 9 Dce. 1798 ; Abigail, b. 29 Mar. 1784, m. John Niles 27 Mar. 1803; John, b. 12 Oet. 1785; Reuben, b. 14 Ap. 1787, d. 8 May 1829; Mary, b. 12 Mar. 1789. His w. Betty d. 18 Mar. 1802, a. 51.
20. ABRAHAM, s. of Ebenezer (1:), m. Mary Oliver 8 June 1747, and had Deborah, b. 1 Ap. 1748, d. 8 Oet. 1753; Oliver, b. 4 June 1751; Abraham, b.
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25 Jan. 1754 ; Mary and Lucy, twins, bap. 10 June 1759; Samuel, bap. 1 Nov. 1761. This family prob. rem. as no further trace of them is found.
21. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer (12), m. Naomi, dau. of Thomas Dana, 21 Ap. 1748 ; she d. and he m. Ruth Wright of Woburn, pub. 24 Feb. 1761. His children in Camb. were Ebenezer, bap. 19 Feb. 1748-9; Mary, bap. 24 Feb. 1750-51; David, bap. 9 June 1754; Deborah, bap. 12 Feb. 1758. EBENEZER the f. rem. to Rutland, and was appointed guardian to the four children of his w. Naomi, 13 July 1761.
22. JAMES, s. of Ebenezer (12), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Roby of Sudbury, about 1753, and Mary Prentice of Chs. 1 Dec. 1768. His ehil- dren were James, b. 8 Feb. 1754; David, b. 4 Ap. 1757; Elizabeth, bap. 23 Dee. 1759, d. young; Ebenezer Roby, b. 26 Nov. 1763, d. in the almshouse, 11 May 1810, described as " late of Providence"; Mary, posthumous, b. 3 and d. 24 Feb. 1771. JAMES the f. was a physician, possessed the homestead on North Avenue, and d. 22 July 1770, a. 38; his w. Mary m. Nehemiah Rand Chs. 1766 ?
23. WALTER, s. of Gideon (15), m. Martha Tufts of Chs. 21 June 1792, and had Martha, b. (prob. 1792), d. 31 Oet. 1796, a. 4; John, bap. 17 Aug. 1794, was printer in Boston and New Orleans ; Walter, bap. 14 Feb. 1796, carriage maker in Boston; Martha, b. abt. 1798, m. Geo. H. Kuhn, Boston; Sarah Ann, bap. 19 July 1801, d. 10 Oct. 1802; Gideon, bap. 17 July 1803, d. 5 Sept. 1825; Samuel T. (prob. the same who was born at his mother's death, as she d. in childbed 30 July 1805, a. 32). WALTER the f. was a tan- ner, res. on the easterly side of North Avenue near the Railroad Bridge on the estate recently owned by Ozias Morse, which passed out of his hands in 1807, when he prob. rem. from Camb. He d. at Haverhill 20 Ap. 1818, a. 52.
24. WILLIAM, s. of Gideon (15), m. Luey Adams of Chs. who d. 25 Nov. 1809, a. 36, and he m. Mary Teele (pub. 29 Dee. 1810); His ehil. were William, bap. 27 Dee. 1801 ; Edmund, bap. 17 July 1803; Lucy C., b. - , m. Gideon Frothingham of Sandlake, N. Y., 3 Sept. 1839; Henry, bap. 5 Oct. 1817, a painter, rem. to Galena, Ill .; Frederick Austin, bap. 15 Oct. 1820; Benjamin, b. - , rem. to Galena; and perhaps others. WILLIAM the f. res. in 1800 on the northerly side of Linnæan Street, but afterwards rem. to the easterly side of North Avenue, near Forest Street, and d. 10 July 1832, a. 58.
25. EPHRAIM, s. of Ephraim (16), m. Lydia Perry 6 June 1765; she d. 19 Oet. 1792, and he m. Mary (or Martha) Boylston of Chs. 3 June 1794. Ilis children were Ephraim, b. 7 Ap. 1766; Lydia, b. 30 Jan. 1768, m. Jonas Cut- ter 19 Oet. 1786; James, b. 31 Jan. 1770, m. Margaret Loeke 1 Feb. 1795, who d. 10 Sept. 1803, a. 26, and he m. Susanna Fillebrown 3 Mar. 1805 ; Jonathan, b. 2 Mar. 1772, d. 17 Aug. 1773; Mary, b. 26 Ap. 1775, m. Spencer Bueknam of Medford, 9 Nov. 1794; Ruth, b. 26 Ap. 1777 ; Isaac, b. 7 Aug. 1780, d. 14 Feb. 1804. EPHRAIM the f. res. in Menot., was deacon of the Church forty-one years, and d. 4 Ap. 1833, a. nearly 91; his w. Martha (or Mary) d. 10 Nov. 1824, a. 68.
26. STEPHEN, s. of Ephraim (16), m. Susanna Brown 22 Dee. 1772, and had Susanna, b. 18 Nov. 1773, d. young; Stephen, b. 14 Sept. 1775; Jona- than, b. 6 Dee. 1777; Susanna, b. 26 Aug. 1779; Abigail. bap. 14 Oet. 1781; Frances, b. about 1788, d. 10 Feb. 1816, a. 28; Daniel, bap. 7 Nov. 1790, d. 24 Mar. 1822; Mary, bap. 26 Aug. 1792. STEPHEN, the f. res. in Menot., was a captain, and d. 31 Oct. 1810, a. 63 ; his w. Susanna d. 15 Oct. 1800, aged 50.
27. JOHN, s. of Ephraim (16), m. Susanna Hill 21 Nov. 1780, and had Susanna, bap. 4 Mar. 1781; Anna, b. 25 Jan. 1783; Jonathan, bap. 1 Mar. 1789; Asa, bap. 7 Nov. 1790; Isaac. bap. 16 Dec. 1792; Mary, bap. 21 Dee. 1794; a child, b. and d. 6 June 1801. JOHN the f. res. in Menot., and d. 15 May 1812, a. 52; his w. Susanna d. 29 Sept. 1804, a. 44.
28. AMos, s. of Ephraim (16), by w. Lydia, had Amos, bap. 1 June 1788 (idiot), d. 18 June 1812; Joel, bap. 1 Mar. 1789; Thaddeus, bap. 11 Dee.
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1791, d. 4 Oct. 1792; Lydia, bap. 24 Nov. 1793; Thaddeus, bap. 7 Feb. 1796; William, bap. 3 Dee. 1797; Abijah, bap. 13 Oet. 1799; Susan, bap. 6 Sept. 1801.
29. JOHN, s. of Samuel (17), by w. Lydia, had Mary, bap. 15 Mar. 1789 ; Sarah, bap. 10 Aug. 1790, d. 13 Feb. 1791: Sarah, bap. 5 Feb. 1792 ; Maria, bap. 14 Dec. 1793; and perhaps others. JOHN the f. res. in Menot., and d. 1 Nov. 1818, a. 64 ; his w. Lydia d. 9 Ap. 1804, a. 42.
30. SETHI, s. of Samuel (17), m. Saralı Hill 20 Nov. 1781, and had Sarah, b. 11 Sept. 1782; Abigail Cutter, bap. 2 Nov. 1788; Patty, bap. 14 Ap. 1793; Samuel, bap. 14 Ap. 1793, d. 25 July 1822, a. 29; Rebecca Wellington, bap. 5 June 1795; and perhaps others. SETH the f. res. in Menot., and d. 23 Jan. 1814, a. nearly 54.
31. JAMES, s. of Joseph (18), m. Susanna Dutton 3 Dec. 1776, and had Susanna, b. 8 Sept. 1777; Patty, b. 5 Jan. 1780; in the division of the estate, 1819, two other children are named, - James, and Anna, w. of Eben Cutter. JAMES the f. res. on the westerly corner of North Avenue and Tannery Street. He d. 7 Aug. 1818, a. 65; his w. Susanna d. prob. 1820; administra- tion on her estate was granted 10 Jan. 1821.
32. JAMES, s. of James (22), m. Grace Bonner of Springfield, and had Elizabeth, who m. Thomas Wallace 10 Oct. 1800. JAMES the f. was a tin- plate worker, res. on the southerly part of the homestead, and d. 13 Nov. 1825; his w. Grace d. 14 June 1803, a. 42.
33. DAVID, s. of James (22), m. Elizabeth Allen 8 May 1777, and had David, b. 6 Sept. 1777, d. of dropsy 7 Mar. 1816; James, b. 13 Feb. 1780, a carpenter, d. on his passage from the West Indies 25 July 1812; John, b. 4 Feb. 1782, d. young; Betsey Roby, b. 17 Aug. 1784, m. Jonathan W. Ford 23 Oct. 1808, and d. 26 Mar. 1820; Pamela, b. 30 Aug. 1786, d. 8 July 1787 (date of 1788 on G. S is wrong). DAVID the f. res. on the homestead, and d. 17 Jan. 1787, a. about 30; his w. Elizabeth was buried 1 Ap. 1839, a. 86.
34. EPHRAIM, s. of Deac. Ephraint (25), m. Elizabeth Lolridge 4 July 1793, and had Ephraim, bap. 3 Aug. 1794 ; Mary Ann Jones, bap. 7 Feb. and d. 1 Oct. 1796 ; Henry Hope Jones, b. 17 Aug. 1797, d. 24 Aug. 1799; Henry, bap. 22 Mar. 1801 ; and perhaps others.
35. STEPHEN, s. of Stephen (26), m. Sarah Twadell 29 Mar. 1798, and had Stephen, bap. 24 Nov. 1798, and perhaps others.
FRYERS, JAMES. His w. Katherine d. 28 July 1640.
FULLER, JOHN, settled on the south side of the river, now Newton, about 1644, and was an extensive landholder. By his w. Elizabeth, he had John, b. 1645 ; Jonathan, b. 1648, m. Sarah Miriek, and d. 1722; Joseph, b. 10 Feb. 1652-3; Joshua, b. 16 Feb. 1654-5; Jeremiah, b. 4 Mar. 1658-9, m. Elizabeth , and d. 1741 ; Bethia, b. 23 Nov. 1661, m. Nathaniel Bond 1684; Eliza- beth, b. - , m. Job Hyde ; Isaac, b. 2 Dec. 1665, d. 1691, a. 26. JOHN the f. was a farmer and maltster; he d. 1698, a. 87.
2. JOHN, s. of John (1), mn. Abigail Ballstone (or Boylston) 30 June 1682, and had Sarah, b. 5 Oct. 1683; John, b. 2 Sept. 1685, and perhaps others. JOHN the f. prob. m. (2d) Margaret Hicks 14 Oet. 1714, and d. 1720, a. 75.
3. JOSEPH, s. of John (1), m. Lydia, dau. of Edward Jackson, 13 Feb. 1678-9, and had John, b. 15 Dec. 1680. He had in all five sons and two daughters. One of his sons, Joseph, b. 4 July 1685, m. Lydia, dau. of Abra- ham Jackson, and had Abraham, b. 23 Mar. 1720, who was a Captain, Judge, Representative eighteen years. between 1764 and 1790, m. Sarah Dyer, and had Sarah. b. 27 Ap. 1759, m. Gen. William Hull, and Joseph, b. and d. 1765. JOSEPH the f. d. 1740, a. 88; his w. Lydia d. 1726, a. 70.
4. JOSHUA, s. of John (1), m. Elizabeth Ward 7 May 1679; she d. 17 Aug. 1691, and. he m. Hannah -; 19 July 1742, he married a third wife; the record, as made by Dr. Appleton, is, " Joshua Fuller in 88th year, and Mary Dana in 75th year." His children, recorded here, were Elizabeth, b. 22 Jan. 1679-80, m. Isaac Shepard of Medford 31 Dec. 1702; Hannah, b. 8 July 1682; Experience, b. 5 Nov. 1685, mn. Thomas Miller of Newton 23 Mar. 1709-10 ; Mercy, b. 11 Mar. 1688-9, m. Aaron Cady 23 Mar. 1709-10; Pris-
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cilla, b. 25 Oct. 1700; Ruth, b. 14 Nov. 1702. JOSHUA the f. d. 1752, in the 98th year of his age ; his w. Mary prob. d. 13 Feb. 1754, a. 86.
5. EBENEZER, res. in what is now Brighton, and by w. Martha had Martha, b. 11 Sept. 1791; Ebenezer, b. 19 Feb. 1793; Mary, b. 4 Ap. 1795 ; Lucy, b. 6 Mar. 1798, d. 14 Oct. 1799; Cyrus Bryant, b. 21 Ap. 1802, d. 25 Ang. 1805; Lucy, b. 15 Sept., and d. in Nov. 1804. EBENEZER the f. was elected Deacon of the Brighton Church 16 Jan. 1803, and rem. to Newton about 1823.
GARDEN, RICHARD, had a grant of timber, for feneing, 1663.
GARDNER, THOMAS, of Roxbury, d. Nov. 1638, leaving chil. Thomas and Peter.
2. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), mn. Lncy Smith 4 July 1641, and had Andrew, Thomas, Abigail, Mary, Peter, Abigail (2d), Lucy, Joanna, Joshua, Caleb. THOMAS the f. res. in Roxbury, and d. 15 July 1689; his w. Lucy d. 6 Nov. 1687.
3. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (2), m. Mary Bowles 17 Nov. 1673, and had Sarah, Thomas, Mary, John, Caleb, Peter, Isaac, Richard, Solomon (?), Ben- jamin. THOMAS the f. res. in Roxbury or Brookline, and d. in 1725.
4. RICHARD, s. of Thomas (3), m. Elizabeth Winchester, and had Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Sarah. RICHARD the f. and his w. were dismissed from the Church in Brookline, and recommended to the Church in Cambridge in 1725. He was the first of this family in Camb., and d. 9 Jan. 1776, a. 73; his w. Elizabeth d. Aug. 1795.
5. THOMAS, s. of Richard (4), m. Joanna Sparhawk, and had Richard, Thomas, Thomas (2d), Samuel, Elizabeth. THOMAS the f. was the patriotic Colonel,1 who sealed his devotion to his country with his blood on Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. See pp. 418-420. He d. of his wounds 3 July 1775; his w. Joanna d. 24 Nov. 1794.
6. RICHARD, S. of Thomas (5), m. Hannah Goldthwait, and had John ; Jo- anna; Martha; Hannah, m. Dr. James P. Chaplin of Camb. 10 Dee. 1807, and d. 24 May 1838, a. 45; Susan ; Sally.
7. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (5), m. Hannah, dau. of Isaac Gardner, who was slain in Camb. on the memorable 19th of April 1775, and had Hannah, b. 2 Feb. 1791, m. Aaron Rice of Camb. 10 Oct. 1821, and d. 7 July 1853; Thomas ; Susanna; Mary S .; Harriet E .; Thomas S. No trace is found in the Camb. Records of Col. Gardner's parentage, or of his children; nor do the Probate Records refer to the settlement of his estate, The materials for the foregoing brief sketch were given to me by Mr. Thomas Gardner Rice (son of Aaron and Hannah), the present Cambridge representative of two martyrs in the cause of liberty, namely Isaac Gardner, Esq. of Brookline, and Col. Thomas Gardner of Cambridge.
GASKELL, or GASKIN, SAMUEL, by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 13 May 1688. His w. Elizabeth d. 18 Oet. 1686; his son John d. 9 Oct. 1686. Un- less there be an error in the date, he must have m. a 2d w. Elizabetlı.
GATES, STEPHEN, d. here 1662, leaving w. Ann, who contracted 18 Ap. 1663 to marry Richard Woodward of Watertown. After his death she resumed the
1 The spirit of patriotism and self-sacri- formed from good authority that the Com- fice which animated Col. Gardner in the mittce of Correspondcnee for the several Revolutionary struggle is exhibited in his Towns in the County of Worcester have assembled, are in high spirits. and perfectly united. The Committee for Cambridge and Charlestown are to have a conference to- morrow, and I trust the whole County of Middlesex will soon be assembled by Dele- gates from the respective Towns in said County. I have the greatest reason to be- licve that the people will chusc rather to fall gloriously in the cause of their Country, than meanly submit to slavery. I am your Friend and Brother, letter to the Committec of Correspondence in Boston : "Cambridge, Aug. 12, 1774. Friends and Brethren, The time is come that every one that has a tongue and an arm is called upon by their country to stand forth in its behalf; and I consider the call of my country as the call of God, and desire to be all obedience to such a call. In obedience thereto I would adininister some consolation unto you, by informing you of the glorious union of the good people of this Province, both in sentiment and action. I am In- THOMAS GARDNER."
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name of Gates, and d. at Stow 1683. Their children were Stephen ; Simon ; Thomas ; Elizabeth, m. John Lasell; and Mary, m. Jolin Maynard of Sudbury.
2. STEPHEN, S. of Stephen (1), by w. Sarah had Simon, b. here 5 Mar. 1666-7. In his will, dated at Stow, 5 Sept. 1701, and proved 15 Sept. 1707, are named w. Sarah, and children Stephen, Simon, Thomas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Daniel, Sarah, and Rebecca.
3. SIMON, S. of Stephen (1), by w. Margaret, had Abigail, b. 14 Aug. 1671, m. Nathaniel Sparhawk; Simon, b. 1 Sept. 1673, d. 2 Jan. 1675-6; Simon, b. 5 Jan. 1675-6, settled in Marlborough, and was aneestor of a numerous pos- terity there and in Woreester County; George, b. 6 Ap. 1678, d. 23 May 1679; Amos, b. about 1680; Jonathan, b. 22 June 1683; Samuel, b. 11 Aug. 1685; Margaret, b. 13 Aug. 1689, m. James How. SIMON the f. d. at Brookline, and his estate was settled by agreement 11 Oet. 1705.
4. AMOS, s. of Simon (3), m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Oldham, 19 May 1703, and had Hannah, b. 28 Oct. 1706, m. Jonathan Edmunds, Newton; Margaret, bap. 25 Ap. 1708, m. Thomas Spring, Newton, 31 Dec. 1729; Abi- gail, bap. 25 June 1710, m. Jonathan Pierson, Andover, 17 Mar. 1729-30; Mary, bap. 27 July 1712, m. Nehemiah Wright in Framinghanı, 24 May 1733; Amos, bap. 3 Oet. 1714; Oldham, bap. 3 Sept. 1716; Susanna, bap. 18 Sept. 1720; Samuel; Sarah, m. William Jones, Framingham, 31 Mar. 1748. AMOS the f. rem. to Brookline, thence to Framingham, and d. about 1754.
5. JONATHAN, S. of Simon (3), by w. Persis, had two children, bap. 2 Aug. 1713, and 8 Jan. 1715-16, names not recorded; Jonathan, bap. 20 Oet. 1717; Persis, bap. 9 Aug. 1719; Margaret, bap. 10 Sept. 1721; William, b. 5 Jan. 1723-4, d. young; Susanna, b. 2 June 1726; William, b. 17 Oct. 1727 ; Margaret (bap. Abigail), b. 17 Jan. 1728-9; Sarah, b. 12 June 1730; William, bap. 29 Oct. 1732; John. JONATHAN the f. rem. to Woreester, and died there in 1756.
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