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14. JOHN, s. of Henry (8), m. Mary Smith 5 Jan. 1704-5, and had Mary, b. 8 Oet. 1705, m. James Pierce of Chs. 10 Feb. 1731-2; John, b. 18 July 1707, a currier, residing in South Carolina 1736; Henry, b. 4 Ap. 1711 ; Susanna, b. 20 Oct. 1712 ; Abigail, b. 24 May 1716 : Smith and Ishmael, b. 11 Sept. 1718 ; [there is some confusion here ; the births are entered in different places on the Town Records, but of the same date, yet Smith's baptism is dated 6 Mar. 1725-6 ;] Lydia, b. 16 Mar. 1721-2, prob. m. Stephen Prentice 10 Nov. 1743; Reuben, b. 14 June 1726, m. Martha Hubbard 1 Mar. 1757, served in the French War, and was drowned 5 Oct. 1764; Tabitha, b. 8 Oet. 1728. JOHN the f. was a brickmaker, and res. on the south side of the Com- inon, a very little in the rear of the old Washington School-house, the same estate which was for many years afterwards occupied by Miss Mary Hancock. He d. 24 Jan. 1741-2.
15. NATHANIEL, s. of Henry (8), grad. H. C. 1715, minister at Dunstable from about 1720, m. Mary, dau. of Maj. William Tyng 1724, and had Mary, b. 2 Jan. 1725; William Henry, b. 2 Dec. 1726 ; Nathaniel, b. 29 May 1729, an "officer in the Navy," d. unm. and Abraham Watson of Camb. was ap- pointed adminstrator 1 May 1770; Lucy, prob. m. Abraham Watson 28 Mar. 1751; John. All these children are named in their father's will 6 Dec. 1736. NATHANIEL the f. d. 27 Feb. 1736-7, a. about 38.
16. SOLOMON, S. of Solomon (9), grad. H. C. 1727, settled in the ministry at Grafton 1731, m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Sartell of Groton, 26 Oct. 1732, and had Solomon, b. 29 Oct. 1733, killed in blasting a well 25 Oct. 1747 ; Nathaniel Sartell, b. 8 Dec. 1735, settled at Alstead, N. H .; Sarah, b. 14 Feb. and d. 2 Mar. 1737-8; John, b. 24 Feb. 1738-9, d. in Auburn, 26 Feb. 1812; Sarah, b. 29 Nov. 1740, d. young; Henry, b. 17 Nov. 1742; Sarah, b. 1 July 1744; Lydia, b. 22 May 1746 ; Solomon, b. 13 Aug. 1748, d. at Edenton, N. C .; Mary, b. 12 Aug. 1751, m. Amos Binney of Hull, and was mother of the late Amos Binney, Navy Agent at Boston.
Rev. Mr. Prentice was dis- missed from his charge at Grafton 10 July 1747, on account of his favoring the preaching of Whitefield. He afterwards preached in Easton a few years, then in Bellingham, then in Hull from 1768 to 1772, and afterwards returned to Grafton, where he d. 22 May 1773, a. 68. [For most of the particulars in this paragraph, I am indebted to Binney's History of the Prentice Family.]
17. SAMUEL, S. of Solomon (9), m. Elizabeth Cook 23 Dec. 1736, and had Lydia, b. 11 Mar. 1737-8, m. Samuel Whitney of Wat. 15 Jan. 1765; Elizabeth, b. 2 Ap. 1741, d. here unm. 10 Aug. 1817. SAMUEL the f. res. in Wat. and d. between 30 Sept. and 6 Nov. 1749. His w. Elizabeth survived.
18. EBENEZER, s. of Solomon (9), m. Sarah Peiree of Chs. 21 Aug. 1735, and had Ebenezer, b. 4 Mar. 1736-7; Solomon, b. 24 Ap. and d. 24 May 1739; Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1741, m. John Robbins of Lex. 14 May 1761; Solomou, b. 14 Mar. 1743-4; George, b. 27 Sept. 1746; Mary, b. 16 Oet. 1747, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar. 1748-9, d. 1750 ; Mary and Elizabeth, twins, b. 11 Jan. 1751-2, both d. young; Love, b. 27 Mar. 1755, m. Moses Hovey 11 Mar. 1776, and d. 9 May 1824. EBENEZER the f. was a housewright, resided in Menot. and d. 30 Aug. 1790, a. 78; his w. Sarah d. 10 Nov. 1772.
19. DANIEL, s. of Solomon (9), m. Deborah Wyeth 29 Dec. 1743, and had Daniel, bap. 30 Dec. 1744, a housewright, was of Harvard 1796; Sarah, bap.
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14 Sept. 1746; Sarah, bap. 6 Nov. 1748; Jonathan, bap. 19 Aug. 1750; Mercy, bap. 15 Oct. 1752; these four prob. d. young; Hepzibah, bap. 14 Mar. 1756, m. Thomas Goddard 11 Dec. 1777; Samuel, bap. 21 May 1758; Beulah, b. prob. 1760, named in settlement of estate, m. Timothy Tufts 9 May 1784. DANIEL the f. was styled " yeoman," inherited the homestead (Botanic Gar- den and adjoining lands, four and a half acres), and d. about 1776. His w. Deborah and s. Daniel were administrators 4 Mar. 1776. The estate was divided 11 Mar. 1777, between w. Deborah and chil. Daniel, Samuel, Hepzi- bah, and Beulah.
20. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (10), grad. H. C. 1726, minister at Arundel 1730, and installed at Charlestown 31 Oct. 1739. He m. Irene, dau. of Rev. Mr. Emery of Wells; she d. 1745, and he m. Rebecca Austin of Chs. 16 Oct. 1746; she d. 1748, and he m. wid. Mary Butman of York, Me., who survived him, and after his death returned to York. His chil. (besides others who d. in infancy), were Irene, b. about 1737, d. here unm. 29 Ap. 1791, a. 54; Mary, m. Dr. James Frost of Camb. 1 Dec. 1768 ; he d. 22 July 1770, and their only child Mary was b. 3 Feb. and d. 24 Feb. 1771; the wid. subse- quently m. Nehemiah Rand of Chs., and when that place was destroyed in June 1775, rem. to Lyndeborough, N. H., where she d. before 1791; Lucy, b. 18 Aug. 1740, d. young; Margaret, b. 9 Aug. 1742, m. Nehemiah Rand of Lynde- borough 21 Oct. 1791; Thomas, b. 9 June 1745, d. young; Rebecca, b. 2 Mar. 1747-8, m. Joseph Kettell of Boston 15 Mar. 1770, and d. 2 Fcb. 1825. On the destruction of Chs. 1775, Rev. Mr. Prentice removed into the house where he was born, in Camb., and resided there during the remainder of life. After the inhabitants of Chs. returned from their dispersion, he recommenced the labors of his ministry with them, which he continued to perform until both body and mind became so enfeebled that he was obliged to desist. It is re- lated of him, that, on the last Sunday of his ministry, through sheer forget- fulness he repeated in the afternoon the same sermon which he had preached in the morning. He d. 17 June 1782, a. 80; his remains were removed to Chs. and buried by the people of his charge.
21. HENRY, s. of Thomas (10), m. Katherine Fclch 31 Jan. 1728-9, and had Mary, b. 19 Oct. 1729, m. Moses Richardson before 1755, and d. 10 Mar. 1812, a. 82; HENRY the f. was a curricr, and resided on the easterly side of Mason Street, near the Common. He is styled "junior " on the records, with reference to Deacon Henry Prentice, who was about a dozen years his senior. He rem. to Shrewsbury, which is named as his residence 1771, in the will of his brother William. He was prob. the same who m. Mary Walker 16 Oct. 1752 (still styled " junior," Deacon Prentice being yet alive), and had John, b. 27 July 1753 ; Thomas, b. 27 May 1755; Jerusha, b. 17 Oct. 1757; William, b. 12 Sept. 1760; Samuel, b. 10 June 1763; the last named is recorded as son of Henry Prentice of Shrewsbury. It appears probable that he subsequently returned, as a Henry Prentice d. here, 23 Aug. 1787, said to be a. 82, which very nearly corresponds with his age.
22. WILLIAM, S. of Tliomas (10), was a cordwainer,'and inherited a part of the homestead. He m. Mary Badger of Chs. 6 Nov. 1629. They had no children ; but they adopted John Badger, son of his sister Hepzibah, and made him principal heir to the estate. WILLIAM d. between 17 Ap. and 17 Sept. 1771 ; his w. Mary was living in 1773.
23. JONAS, s. of Nathaniel (12), m. Mercy Pcirce of Chs. 22 Ap. 1736, and had Mercy, bap. 22 May 1737, m. Jonathan Cooper, Jr., 5 June 1755; Jonas, bap. 29 Ap. 1739; James, bap. 24 May 1741, grad. H. C. 1761, m. Lydia Saunders of Gloucester, was Captain of Marines on board a privateer in the Revolutionary War, and d. in Boston without issue 26 Nov. 1797; Nathaniel, born 14 Oct. 1743; Lydia, bap. 22 Sept. 1745, m. Edward Fille- brown 23 Ang. 1770, and was buried 2 Dec. 1832; John, bap. 28 Aug. 1748; Thomas, bap. 19 Jan. 1751-2; Elizabeth, bap. 29 Sept. 1754, m. James Fille- brown 5 June 1774; Hannah, bap. 13 Mar. 1757, m. John Warland 12 Mar. 1776. JONAS the f. res. on the estate afterwards of Deac. Abel Whitney, on North Avenue, which he inherited from his uncle Stephen Prentice. He d. 14 Nov. 1775, a. 62; his w. Mercy d. 24 Fcb. 1790, a. 76.
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24. SOLOMON, s. of Nathaniel (12), m. Hannah Fillebrown of Chs. 2 Nov. 1744, and had Solomon, b. 11 Aug. 1745, d. 8 Sept. 1765; Hannah, b. 27 July 1748; Isaac, b. 11 Dec. 1750; Sarah, b. 18 July 1761. SOLOMON the f. was a farmer, and is said to have res. for a time in Wat .; the date of his death is not ascertained ; his w. Hannah d. in the almshouse 26 Aug. 1805.
25. JOSHUA, s. of Deac. Henry (13), grad. I. C. 1738, ordained at Holliston 18 May 1743, and d. 24 Ap. 1788, after a ministry of about forty-five years. He had three wives, all of Camb .; he m. Mary, dau. of Edmund Angier, 9 Nov. 1743; she d. 4 Jan. 1754, and he m. Margaret, dau. of Rev. Dr. Appleton, 9 Jan. 1755; she d. - , and he m. Mary Halcy 9 Jan. 1770, who survived him, and d. at Holliston 21 May 1804, a. 81. His children were Joshua, b. 9 Sept. 1744, merchant in Marblehead, and Town Clerk more than thirty years ; Thomas, b. 27 Oet. 1747, grad. H. C. 1766, D. D. 1808, ordained at Medfield 30 Oct. 1770, and d. 28 Feb. 1814 (his son Thomas, b. 11 Jan. 1793, grad. H. C. 1811, was settled in the ministry at Charlestown 26 Mar. 1817, and d. 5 Oct. 1817); Henry, b. 7 Mar. 1749, merchant in Boston, owned the estate bordering on Fresh Pond, formerly of his grandfather, where he resided a portion of the time; he m. Ruth Freeman of Boston 11 Sept. 1775, and d. 31 Aug. 1821 ; his w. Ruth d. here Jan. 1800; Mary, b. 9 Nov. 1752; d. next year; Mary, b. 1753, d. 30 Aug. 1759; Appleton, b. 1756, d. 16 June 1758 ; Margaret, m. Rev. Timothy Dickinson of Holliston; Appleton, b. 1761, grad. H. C. 1781, merchant in Boston, where he m. Silence Conant 14 June 1785, and had a large family; res. for a time in Rox. and rem. to Holliston 1812, where he d. in April 1821; his w. Silence d. 5 Mar. 1829; Elizabeth, b. 1763, d. unm. at Holliston 13 Dec. 1835. Some of the births and deaths in this paragraph are taken from Binney's Prentice Family.
26. CALEB, s. of Deac. Henry (13), m. Lydia, dau. of Deac. Samuel Whittemorc, 17 Sept. 1744, and wid. Rebecca Rockwell 20 Dec. 1762. His chil. were Caleb, b. 17 Ap. and d. 14 Aug. 1745; Caleb, b. 14 Nov. 1746; Elizabeth, b. 24 Sept. 1748, m. Benajah Davenport, Jr., of Dorchester, 4 Oct. 1769; Samuel, b. 10 Feb. 1749-50, d. young; Samuel, b. 26 May 1753, grad. H. C. 1771, a trader in Gorham, Me. (his son William was father of Sargent S. Prentice, Esq., one of the most eloquent men of his age) ; William, b. 1 Dec. 1754, pub. Mary Gorham of Barnstable 10 Oct. 1778, a merchant, d. in Kentucky; Henry, b. 4 Feb. 1757, d. young; Lydia, b. 27 Jan. 1759, m. Sargent Smith of Gloucester; Henry, bap. 30 Dec. 1759, a saddler, d. unm. 1794. CALEB the f. is styled "ycoman ; " in 1747 he bought of the assigns of Edward Pelham two and a half acres, lying between Harvard Square and Brattle, Palmer, and Church streets, portions of which he afterwards sold ; He d. 19 Nov. 1772; his w. Rebecca d. 1807.
27. NATHAN, s. of Deac. Henry (13), grad. H. C. 1756; m. Mehetabel Spencer of Berwick, and had William and Mehetabel, d. here young; Henry, b. 25 July 1767, a blacksmithi, res. in Princeton, and afterwards in IHubbards- ton; Nathan, twin, b. 25 July 1767, a cabinet maker, res. in Petersham ; Mehetabel, bap. here' 4 June 1769, m. Josepli Fosdick of Boston; and was mother of Elizabeth, w. of Charles T. Murdoch, Esq., of Cambridge. NATHAN the f. was for several years a trader in Berwick, but returned and d. here 29 July 1769.
28. HENRY, s. of John (14), m. Sarah, dau. of Jacob Hill, 19 Aug. 1735; she d. 8 July 1736, and he m. Susanna Brown of Wat. (pub. 5 Nov. 1737); he was again pub. 20 Jan. 1769, to Eunice Fitch of Bedford. His chil. were Jacob, b. 2 July 1736, d. young; Joseph, bap. 15 Ap. 1739 (witness to a deed from his father 2 Dec. 1784); Abigail, bap. 25 May 1740, mn. Rev. Bunker Gay of Hinsdale, N. H., 22 Sept. 1763; William, bap. 3 Oet. 1742, d. young ; John, bap. 7 Oct. 1744, grad. H. C. 1766, removed to Londonderry, N. H., 1772, a lawyer, Attorney-general 1787-1793, Representative thirteen years, and Speaker in 1794 and 1795 and from 1798 to 1803, appointed Judge of the Superior Court 1798, but declined the appointment and d. 18 May 1808; Jacob, bap. 23 Mar. 1745-6; William, bap. 27 Dec. 1747; Henry, bap. 22 Jan. 1749-50; Sarah, bap. 20 Oct. 1751, mn. Jonas Prentice 12 Nov. 1777.
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HENRY, the f. was a cooper, and was generally styled on the Records, " Henry Prentice 3d," and in conversation, "Cooper Prentice." He res. on the easterly corner of Garden and Mason streets, on the estate afterwards owned by Judge Fay. He was living in 1784, and dead in 1797.
29. SMITH, s. of John (14), res. in Wat., m. Merey Learned 13 Oct. 1743, and had Benjamin, b. 17 Mar. 1744-5; Mary, bap. 15 July 1753, m. Benjamin Bird of Watertown 9 Nov. 1775 ; and several others.
30. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer (18), pub. Abigail Hovey of Newton 26 June 1762, and m. Experience Williams 24 Nov. 1785. According to a record kept by Rev. Samuel Cook of Menotomy, he had a child, b. 26 Sept. 1763, and a son, b. 10 Ap. 1767; both d. young, and their names if any are not recorded. EBENEZER the f. res. in Menot., and d. 23 Ap. 1803; his w. Experience d. 22 Sept. 1810, a. 55.
31. SOLOMON, s. of Ebenezer (18), m. Rebecca Frost 13 Ap. 1775, and had Solomon, b. 22 Mar. 1776, in. Elizabeth Wyeth of Charlestown 15 Ap. 1803, and d. 6 Oet. 1821 (Elizabeth, prob. w. of Solomon, Jr., d. 22 Sept. 1839, a. 67); Rebecca, b. 9 Sept. 1777, m. Benjamin Tenney of Hollis, N. H., 18 Aug. 1796; Samuel, b. 13 July 1779; Isaac; Ebenezer ; and William ; all named in the settlement of the estate of their grandfather, Samuel Frost, 6 June 1799. SOLOMON the f. res. in Menotomy, and d. 23 Jan. 1804 ; his w. Rebecca d. 13 Nov. 1798, a. 52.
32. GEORGE, s. of Ebenezer (18), m. Lydia Hill 21 June 1770, and had Lydia, b. 15 Ap 1771, m. Jonas Pierce; Sarah, b. 10 Feb. and d. 5 Mar. 1773; George, b. 24 May 1774, m. Susanna Adams 7 June 1804; Sarah, b. 25 Nov. 1775, d. unm. 22 Mar. 1797; Ebenezer, b. 29 June 1778, d. 28 July 1801; Eliza- beth, b. 19 Sept. 1780; Zechariah and Rebecca, twins, b. 17 Oct. and d. 27 and 28 Oet. 1782; to the foregoing Binney adds Zechariah, b. 1 Jan. and d. 21 Sept. 1784; Polly, b. 24 Nov. 1785, m. Abijah Pieree ; Rebecca, b. 22 Oet. 1787, m. Ebenezer Warren; John, b. 12 Sept. 1789, m. Sarah Hall; Joseph, b. 27 May 1792, d. 19 Nov. 1795; Benjamin, twin, b. 27 May 1792, killed by a fall from a wagon in New York 1836. GEORGE the f. res. in Menotomy, and d. 6 Oct. 1819, a. 73; his w. Lydia d. 3 Sept. 1822, a. 75.
33. SAMUEL, s. of Daniel (19), nı. Mary Todd 13 June 1782, and had Samuel, b. 12 Ap. 1783, d. 6 Sept. 1807; Daniel, b. 15 Sept. 1787, d. 1 Mar. 1796; an infant, b. -, d. July 1794; Elizabeth, b. 6 Ap. 1794, m. Joseph Brackett 2 Ap. 1819; Joseph, b. 12 Nov. 1797, went to North Carolina. SAMUEL the f. d. 18 July (or 25, gravestone,) 1795; his w. Mary d. 27 Ap. 1832, a. 82.
34. JONAS, s. of Jonas (23), m. Rachel Kent of Charlestown 22 May 1765; and Sarah Prentice 12 Nov. 1777 ; she d. 1784, and he m. Hannah Goddard 1 Dec. 1785. His chil. were Jonas, b. 2 Nov. 1766, d. young; Jonas, b. 8 Oct. 1769; Susanna Brown, b. 13 Sept. 1778, m. John Haskell, school teacher of Boston, and Benjamin D. Emerson of Boston, also a teacher and author of school books; Sally, b. 2 Ap. 1780, m. Nathaniel Ireland 18 Nov. 1802. JONAS the f. d. 2 May 1801.
35. NATHANIEL, s. of Jonas (23), m. Abigail Logan 22 Nov. 1764, and had Nathaniel Shepard, b. 7 Aug. 1766, grad. H. C. 1787, for many years physician and Town Clerk in Roxbury, d. 5 Nov. 1853, in Arlington; John, b. 1 Aug. and d. 2 Sept. 1768 ; Mehetabel, bap. 4 June 1769; Abigail, b. 10 Oet. 1771, m. Samuel Capen 14 Oct. 1792; James, b. 19 July 1774, d. 24 Jan. 1794; Lydia, b. 24 Fcb. 1779, d. unm. 25 Mar. 1864; Jonas, bap. 1 Ap. 1781, d. young ; Jonathan Cooper, b. 23 Dee. 1783 ; Harriet, b. 7 Nov. 1786, m. Mark Weare of Boston 4 Jan. 1810, d. 26 .Mar. 1864; Jonas, b. 27 Mar. 1789, m. Ellen Whittemore, and resided in Arlington. NATHANIEL the f. was a chaise maker, and resided on the southerly side of North Avenue, near Porter's Hotel he d. 18 June 1817 ; his w. Abigail d. in Rox. (but was buried here) 28 Aug. 1825, a. 81.
36. JOHN, s. of Jonas (23), m. Mary Scripture 23 Ap. 1772, and had Mary, bap. 31 Jan. 1773, in. Raham Richardson 6 Jan. 1791, had charge of the alms- house (styled " Wardeness ") from Dec. 1802 until Sept. 1818, and afterwards
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removed to Maine, to reside with her son; Rebecca, bap. 14 May 1775, m. Nathan Robbins 10 Ap. 1803; Mercy, bap. 13 April 1777, m. - Gibson; Lucy, bap. 14 Feb. 1779, m. Jolin Frost of Newton 19 Jan. 1801; Hannah, bap. 28 Jan. 1781, mn. Samuel Worth 21 Mar. 1800; John, bap. 4 May 1783, m. Sarah Collier 1 Nov. 1807; Anna, bap. 10 July 1785; Charles, bap. 28 Oct. 1787; Henry; Clarissa, bap. 7 Aug. 1791. JOHN the f. inherited the homestead, on North Avenue, near the Fitchburg Railroad, was a farmer, and d. 23 Feb. 1802 ; his w. Mary d. 11 May 1797, a. 50.
37. THOMAS, s. of Jonas (23), m. Ruth Symmes of Woburn (pub. 14 May 1774), and had Ruth, b. 12 Oct. 1776. m. Isaae Cowdrey of Reading 30 Aug. 1795 ; Thomas, b. 27 June 1779 ; Betsey, b. 8 Dee. 1781 ; Judith Symmes, bap. 21 Mar. 1784; Fanny, bap. 4 June 1786; Joseph, bap. 15 Nov. 1789, d. 24 Sept. 1802.
38. CALEB, s. of Caleb (26), grad. H. C. 1765, ordained in Reading Oct. 1769, m. Pamela, dau. of Rev. John Mellen of Sterling, 1 Jan. 1771, and had Caleb, b. 22 or 23 Nov. 1771, settled in Paris, Me .; Thomas Mellen, b. 29 Mar. 1773, d. in Lexington, Ky .; Charles, b. 8 Oct. 1774, grad. H. C. 1795, was a lawyer, editor, and poet, d. in Brimfield 19 Oct. 1820; Pamela, b. 21 Ap. 1776, m. Col. John Orne of Lynnfield ; John, b. 21 Mar. 1778, the veteran printer and editor of the New Hampshire Sentinel at. Keene, N. H., where he d. 6 June 1873: Henry, b. 10 Dee. 1779, d. in Paris, Me., 1845; Sophia, b. 5 Jan. 1782, known as a poetess, d. unmı. 12 Oet. 1805; Clarissa, b. 4 Ap. 1784, m. Benjamin Johnson of Boston, Mar. 1805, d. in Camb. 1813 ; William, b. 20 Feb. 1786, d. 15 Mar. 1806; George, b. and d. 1787 ; Lydia, b. 11 April 1790, m. Rev. William Frothingham of Belfast, Me., 1821 ; George Washing- ton, b. 21 July 1792, a merchant in Wiscasset, Me., and afterwards editor of the New York Statesman, d. at Keene 28 Feb. 1829; Rebecca, b. 25 Aug. 1794, unm. REV. CALEB the f. d. of consumption 7 Feb. 1803 ; his w. Pamela m. Col. John Waldron of Dover, N. H., 14 Sept. 1809, and d. July 1823, a. 73.
39. WILLIAM, s. of Henry (28), m. Abigail, dau. of William Bordman, and had David Gorham, bap. 19 Mar. 1780; Susanna, bap. 10 Oet. 1796, mn. - Pond. He had also William, a hackman and afterwards a florist; John ; Re- becca. WILLIAM the f. inherited, in the right of his wife, a part of the Bordman Estate, on North Avenue, and bought 18 May 1779 another por- tion ; but in consequence of thriftless habits, he was reduced to poverty, and d. in the almshouse 23 Sept. 1813; his w. Abigail d. 25 May 1801.
40. HENRY, s. of Henry (28), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Phillips; they bought a house and two rods square of ground, on the east side of North Avenue, opposite the Common, 16 Nov. 1778, which was seized on execution by Dr. William Gamage 20 Jan. 1791. He rem. to New Hampshire, and was residing in Windham 1797; but afterwards returned and d. here 12 Nov. 1806; his w. Elizabeth d. 24 Feb. 1807. They had children Henry and Thomas ( felo de se), and perhaps others.
41. BENJAMIN, s. of Smith (29), m. Ruth Worthylake 10 Dec. 1767, in Wat., and had Benjamin ; Ruth, b. 28 Aug. 1769, m. Amos Munroe 18 Dec. 1803, and d. 17 June 1853; Caleb ; Henry, d. 15 Oet. 1796, a. 24; John ; George, d. in tlic almshouse 18 Mar. 1849, a. 74; Elisha ; Ellis, m. Lydia Haynes of Wat. 23 Mar. 1806; and perhaps others. BENJAMIN the f. res. several years on the road leading from the junction of Elmwood Avenue and Mount Auburn Strect toward Charles River, and d. 17 Dee. 1807.
42. GEORGE, s. of George (32), a farmer in Menot., m. Susanna Adams 7 June 1804, and had child, b. and d. 1805; Susanna, b. 2 Sept. 1806 ; George, b. 13 Mar. 1809 ; Sarah, b. 24 Sept. 1811; Lydia, b. 11 Ap. 1814 ; Caroline Austin, b. 22 Aug. 1816; Eliza Bradley, b. 26 Oet. 1819.
43. JONATHAN COOPER, S. of Nathaniel (35), m. Mary Whittemore of Chs. 14 Aug. 1812, and had Abigail Logan, bap. 26 Sept. 1813; Mary Whitte- more, bap. 22 June 1817 ; Nathaniel, bap. 12 Aug. 1821, mn. Anna A., dau. of Nathan Fiske, Esq., 4 May 1844, and removed to the westward. JONATHAN C. the f. was a chaise trimmer, res. nearly opposite Porter's Hotel, and d. 15
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Aug. 1856. It is worthy of note, that he was the last male representative in Camb. of this family, onee so numerous lierc, and now spread abroad so widely.
44. JOHN, prob. s. of John (36), m. Sarah Collier 1 Nov. 1807, and had Julian, b. 1809, d. 19 Aug. 1817, a. 8; John, b. 1812, d. 17 Aug. 1817, a. 5; and perhaps others. Sarah, prob. w. of John, d. 9 June 1818, a. 40.
45. SAMUEL, of Aeton, parentage not ascertained, in. Lydia, dau. of Wil- liam Dickson of Chs., 17 Oet. 1765, and had, in Menot., a child, b. 22 Aug. 1766, and another b. 16 June 1768, both d. young; Ruth Dickson, b. 25 Dec. 1770 ; a child, b. 17 Oct. 1773, d. young.
46. EDWARD, parentage not ascertained, by w. - , had Mary, bap. 18 Dec. 1768 ; Thomas, bap. 10 Mar. 1771; John, bap. 25 Ap. 1773.
47. STEPHEN, by w. - , had in Menot. Ruth Teel, bap. 8 Dee. 1771.
48. CALEB, m. Margaret W. Winship 1 Aug. 1816, res. in Cambridge- port, where he d. and was buried 20 Feb. 1829, a. 44.
PRINCE, JOHN, owned two lots of land here in 1635, and is named on the Records in 1634.
RAYNER, SAMUEL (otherwise written Rainer, Reighnor, and Reynor), by w. Mary, had Hannah, b. 2 Mar. 1654, m. Ephraim Winship 7 Ap. 1670; Mary, who m. Edward Hall 18 June 1677, was perhaps of the same family. SAMUEL the f. received a share in the division of lands 1665; his w. Mary was probably the person mentioned in the settlement of Ephraim Winship's estate 2 Feb. 1700-1, in which is a charge for maintaining his "ancient mother-in-law Reighnor."
READ, CHRISTOPHER, bought of Joseph Holmes 31 May 1674 a house and three quarters of an aere of land on the southerly side of Brattle Street, not far from Appian Way, where he appears to have resided until 20 June 1685, when he sold the estate to Samuel Goffe. Mr. Read was a tanner, and had previously resided in Boston. He removed henee, was in Dunstable 5 Mar. 1686-7, and d. at Draeut about 1710. He had one dau. who was the wife of "Mr. Samuel Whiting " 5 Oct. 1710.
2. JAMES, m. Saralı Batson 12 Ang. 1714 ; she d. 25 Nov. 1721, and he m. Mary Oldham 3 Ap. 1722, who d. 20 Ap. 1751, a. 72. His eliil. were James, b. 9 Oet. 1721, d. Ap. 1722; James, bap. 27 Jan. 1722-3. JAMES the f. was a tanner, and bought 2 Oct. 1714 the estate formerly owned by Christopher Read (1), which had previously passed throughi several hands. It is not known that he was a relative of Christopher. He purchased other lands ad- joining his homestead, and also three and a half acres on the opposite side of the street. He d. 6 May 1734, a. about 69. By his will, dated 30 Aug. 1728, he devised the use of his estate to liis w. Mary, and constituted his s. James his sole heir; providing that if his son should die without issue, then the es- tate should go to Sarah Glover and Elizabeth Culvery, sisters of the testator, residing in England. It is not unlikely that Mr. Read was himself an emi- grant from England.
3. JAMES, S. of James (2), m. Hannah, dau. of Rev. Joseph Stacey of Kingston (pub. 20 July 1744), and had Mary, bap. 13 Oct. 1745, d. 12 Aug. 1748 ; Sarah, bap. 1 Nov. 1747, m. Rev. William Fessenden 22 Jan. 1771, and d. before 1780 ; James. bap. 25 Feb. and d. 29 July 1750; James, bap. 28 July 1751; Joseph, bap. 14 Sept. 1753; Joseph Stacey, bap. 10 Nov. 1754 ; Hannah, bap. 25 Sept. 1757. JAMES the f. was a tanner, and resided through life on the homestead. He d. 31 July 1770, a. 48 ; his w. Hannah d. 22 Sept. 1788, a. 65.
4. JAMES, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth Wait 3 Dec. 1772, and had James, bap. 15 Aug. 1773. JAMES the f. ereeted the house now standing on the lot purchased by his grandfather, on the northerly side of Brattle Street, at the corner of Church Street. He d. Sept. 1814, a. 63 ; his w. Elizabeth d. 9 June 1827.
5. JOSEPH STACEY, s. of James (3), m. Esther Goodwin 25 Sept. 1783, and had Sarah, b. 11 July 1784, m. Chester Sessions 10 Aug. 1806, and d. 18 June 1834 ; Esther, b. 17 Oct. 1785, mn. Asa Wyman 27 Mar. 1814, d. 29
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Dec. 1863; Joseph Stacey, b. 17 Aug. 1787, a saddler and harness maker, d. 24 May 1853; James, b. 19 Nov. 1789, a merchant in Boston, d. 24 Dec. 1870; John, b. 10 Sept. 1793, a merchant, d. 14 June 1871 ; Elizabeth, b. 4 Aug. 1795, m. Josiah N. Marshall 23 July 1823, d. 8 May 1860; William, b. 10 May 1798, d. 15 July 1799; William, b. 12 Ap. 1800, a merchant in Boston, res. on Appleton Street; Mary, b. 19 Sept. 1803, accidently killed by a run- away team 4 Jan. 1854; Lucy, b. - , d. 6 Sept. 1805, a. 2 months. JOSEPH STACEY the f. was a saddler and for many years Postmaster. He was bur. . 12 Oct. 1836 ; his w. Esther was bur. 25 Sept. 1843, a. 78.
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