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Ch .: Eli Tryon, July 11, 1826.
Edwin, Aug. 6, 1828; d. next day.
BATES, EDWARD, 1775.
BATES, ELIZABETH, m. Levi Cooley.
BATES, JONATHAN, 1775-6.
BATES, WANTON, d. May 9, 1808, a 44; pub. Sept. 20, 1806, to Lydia Potter of Mont.
BEAL, GEORGE, from Eng. abt. 1726, with sons William and Mat- thew; was of Willington, Ct., 1732; his will, made in 1756, is re- corded at Stafford Springs, Ct .; his inventory, filed at Stafford, Apr. 7, 1761, shows that his library at Deerfield contained Greek, Latin, and other classical books. He was probably an Oxford man; he lived on No. 14; d. abt. 1763 He m. Apr. 1, 1742, Mary, wid. of Mahuman Hinsdale; she d. Jan. 7, 1763.
1. BEAMAN, BEAMONT, BEAMOND, SIMON, of Spfd., 1659; d. bet. Oct., 1675, and Dec. 6, 1676. He m. Jan. 15, 1654-5, Alice Young.
Ch .: + Simon, 1666 (2). field, Sept. 5, 1694; m. Oct. 29, 1696, John, Apr. 12, 1657; wounded when Sı. Castin made his attempt on Deer- Abigail, sis. of that Jas. Eggleston who was k. at Dfd., Sept., 1675.
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GENEALOGIES.
Daniel, Mar. 1, 1658-9; was of Dfd., 1712, but in 1741 had ret. to Spfd.
Thomas, Dec. 29, 1660.
Josiah, Feb. 4, 1662-3; m. Apr. 29, 1685, Lydia Warner.
Ruth (?), who lived in Maj. Pynchon's
family, 1680.
Alice (?), who m. 1705, Nath'l Baldwin. Benjamin, Aug. 20, 1671; m. Dec. 14, 1710 (?), Hannah Huggins.
Dau., Aug. 11, 1673. Samuel: had a grant of land in 1687.
2. SIMON, S. of Simon (1), b. 1656; was a sol. in the garrison at the mill in Hat. 1676; bought house lot No. 37 and came to Dfd. bef. 1687; house and contents burned 1704; self and wife with servant captured ; both returned; he d. bet. Feb. 16 and Mar. 5, 1711-12. He m. Oct. 9, 1680, Hannah, dau. of Francis Barnard, and wid. of Dr. John Westcarr of Had. ; she was the first known school dame, and the nar- row escape of self and scholars has been narrated, (see ante, p. 244) she left by will considerable landed estate for the benefit of the schools of Dfd., the first act of its kind in this part of the colony; she d. May 13, 1739: no. ch.
BEAMENT, IRA. He m. 1828, Submit Graham of Sund.
Ch .: Elisha, Mar. 20, 1829.
Benjamin, Apr. 3, 1830.
BEERS, EPHRAIM, fr. Hat. 1686; had that year a grant of 20 acres on the side of the mountain joining Daniel Belding, on condition he make and keep a meadow gate on the road leading from Wapping to the meadows; he soon disappears. He m. Sept. 9, 1680, Mary Gard- ner.
Ch .: + Elizabeth, June 27, 1683; d. Oct. 9, 1684.
BEHAMAN, PETER, also called BEHOMY; taxed 1715. He m. Bridgett -
Ch .: + Reuben, Feb. 26, 1717-18.
Gideon, Dec. 3. 1719.
1. BELDING, WILLIAM, Weth. 1646; rem. to Norwalk, Ct. He m. - Thomasinc.
Ch .: + Samuel, July 20, 1647; of Nor- 1705. Susanna, Nov. 5, 1651.
walk 1734.
Daniel, Nov. 20, 1648 (2). John, Jan. 9, 1650; Norfolk, Ct .; lieut.
Mary, Feb. 20, 1652-3. Nathaniel, Nov. 14, 1654.
2. DANIEL, S. of William (1), b. 1648; of Hart. 1671; of Dfd. 1686; lived on No. 10; Sept. 16, 1696, a great part of his family was k. or cap. by Indians; (see ante, p. 254.) he was a leading man in town and d. Aug. 14, 1731. He m. Nov. 10, 1670, Elizabeth, dau. Nath'l Foote of Weth. ; she was k. Sept. 16, 1696; (2) Feb. 17, 1699, Hep- zibah, (Buel) wid. of Lieut. Thomas Wells; she was cap. Feb. 29, 1704 and k. on the route to Canada, a. 54; (3) Sarah, dau. John Hawks, wid. of Philip Mattoon; she d. Sept. 17, 1751, a. 94.
Ch .: William, Dec. 26, 1671 (3).
Richard, -- 29, 1672.
Elizabeth, Oct. S. 1673; m. Ebenezer Brooks.
Nathaniel, Jan. 26, 1675; cap. Sepi. 16,
1696; d. Aug. 21, 1714. Mary, Nov. 17, 1677; m. 1698, James Trowbridge.
Daniel, Sept. 1. 1680; k. Sept. 16, 1696. Sarah, Mar. 15, 1682; m. Mar. 27, 1702,
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BELDING-BERRY.
Benj. Burt; cap. 1704.
Hester, Sept. 29, 1683; cap. Sept. 16,
1696, not after heard from. d. bef. 1732.
Abigail, Mar. 10, 1686; d. June 25, 1686. Samuel, Apr. 10, 1687; wounded 1696
John, June 24, 1689; d. the next day. Abigail, Aug. 18, 1690: wounded 1696;
John, Feb. 28, 1693; k. 1696.
Thankful, Dec. 21, 1695; k. 1696.
(4).
3. WILLIAM, S. of Daniel (2), b. 1671; rem. to Norwalk 1725. He m. May 2, 1700, Margaret, dau. William Arms.
Ch .: Margaret, Feb. 10, 1701; m. Dec. 7, 1719, Nath'l Stoffon of Norwalk. Daniel, Sept. 14, 1702 (5). Elizabeth, Nov. 10, 1704.
Thankful, Feb. 9, 1706-7; d. Aug. 26, 1717.
Mary, June 25, 1709; m. Sept. 27, 1727, Nathan Bells.
Abigail, Jan. 4, 1710-11. Ruth, Jan. 18, 1712-13.
Miriam, Nov. 11, 1714.
Esther, Oct. 11, 1716.
Thankful, Oct. 5, 17IS.
Sarah, Aug. 20, 1721.
Azor, Dec. 10, 1723.
4. SAMUEL, S. of Daniel (2), b. 1687; d. Dec. 14, 1750. He m. Feb. 26, 1724, Anna Thomas; she d. Dec. 13, 1724; (2) Sept. 26, 1726, Elizabeth, dau. Nath'l Ingram of Had .; alive in Hat. 1761.
Ch .: + Samuel, Apr. 1, 1729 (6). John, Aug. 15, 1734.
Elizabeth, Nov. 1, 1731; m. Jan. 24, 1751, Seth Hawks.
Daniel, June 17, 1737; d. Aug. 27, 1743. Prob. Lydia, who m. Joseph Mitchell.
5. DANIEL, s. of William (3), b. 1702; in the spring of 1744 "his brethren, with six horses, came up after him," from Norwalk, and that is the last heard of him here. He m. Feb. 22, 1727, Esther, dau. Samuel Smith of Hat.
Ch .: Esther, Nov. I, 1727. Margaret, Feb. 16, 1738-9. William, Jan. 22, 1740-1.
Daniel, July 10, 1729; d, Jan. 1, 1730. Daniel, Dec. 18, 1730; d. Jan 21, 1730-1. Sarah, Jan. 27, 1731-2.
Moses, May 14, 1743; d. July 4, 1743.
Miriam, .. Eunice, Dec. 5, 1734.
Abigail, Dec. 12, 1736.
Daniel, Mar. 6, 1744-5. Elizabeth, Nov. 24, 1746.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (4), b. 1729; rem. to Ash., where he was the first town clerk, and a leading man in town affairs. He m. June
28, 1753, Mary, dau. Joseph Mitchell of Dfd
Ch .: Daniel, June 17, 1754; sett. in Shel
Mercy, Oct. 9, 1755; d. young.
John, Dec. 17, 1756; b. in Dfd .; Rev. sol. had a large family in Ash .; d. Mar. 25, IS39. Mary, Mar. 3, 1758.
Mercy, Nov. 29, 1759; prob. m. Sept.
6, 1781, Azariah Cooley. Esther, Apr. 18, 1761. Asenath, Feb. 29, 1764.
Lovissa, June 6, 1765. Samuel, Nov. 10, 1767. Elizabeth. Jan. 7, 1770. Aaron, July 21, 1774.
BENNET, JOHN; tavern keeper; 1606-7.
BENNET, MATTHEW Or MATTHIAS, 1778-9.
1. BERRY, JOHN, shoemaker at the Nook; he is said to have been one of Burgoyne's men, but this is doubtful; rem. to New York state. He m. Margaret Bayley (?).
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GENEALOGIES.
Ch .: + Per. Polly, who was pub. to Wm. M. Worden, Aug. 23, 1806.
John, Feb. 28, 1781. Major, Jan. 5, 1783 (2). James; m. (pub. Nov. 5, 1808), Philena Brooks of Mont. ; was in Shel., 1819. Peggy, abt. 1787.
William, June 6, 1790.
Elizabeth, Jan. 8, 1793; in. Apr. 10, 1810, Ira Dibble.
Eunice, Feb. 7, 1795.
Richard, June 12, 1797.
Child, Aug. 18, 1800; d. same day. Charlotte, Jan. 12, 1803.
2. MAJOR, S. of John (1), b. 1783; shoemaker at the Nook; m. Mary -.
Ch .: + Milinda, Sept. 22, 1803. Margaret, Feb. 27, 1805.
BERRY, NICHOLAS, 1775-6; Rev. sol.
BIGELOW, ISAAC, 1775-SO.
BILLINGS, ABRAHAM, Dfd., 1769.
BILLINGS, CHILEAB, Dfd., 1778-9.
BILLINGS, ELIJAH, of Bloody Brook, 1761.
BILLINGS, JOSEPH, of Dfd., 1762; d. bef. Oct. 22, 1767, leaving a son, Moses.
1. BILLINGS, ROGER, of Dorchester, 1640; freeman 1643; bought of the Indians a tract of land 212 by 2 miles, of which of a mile wide was taken off in establishing the Rhode Island line; in 1662 he was one of the petitioners for six miles square for a township at Warra- noco; d. Nov. 15, 1683. He m. Mary -- , who d. 1644; (2) Hannah -; she d. May 25, 1662; (3) Elizabeth, dau. John Pratt.
Ch .: + Mary, July 10, 1643; d. Dec. 10, 1643.
Mary, bap. Nov. 23, 1645; m. Dec. 16, 1663, Samuel Belcher of Braintree. Hannah, -; m. Feb. 24, 1665, John Penniman.
Joseph, --; d. bef. 1683, leaving a son, Joseph.
Ebenezer, bap. Oct. 26, 1651; m. Han- nah, dau. John Wales. Samuel, bap. Oct. 26, 1651. Roger, Nov. 18, 1657 (2). Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1659. Zeppora, May 21, 1662; d. Oct. 8, 1676. Jonathan, -; d. Jan. 14, 1677.
2. ROGER, S. of Roger (1), b. 1657; sett. in Canton; d. Jan. 17, 1717-18. He m. Jan. 22, 1678, by Gov. Bradstreet, Sarah, dau. Stephen Paine of Braintree; she d. Sept. 19, 1742, a. 84.
Ch. : + Hannah, Jan. 21, 1679.
Joseph, May 27, 1681; m. Apr. 4, 1706, Ruhamah Badcock; sett. in Milton. John, Mar. 10, 1683. (A Capt. John Bil- lings of Milton, m. Mary Vose, Mar. 10, 1724-5). Roger, Jan. 9, 1685.
William, July 27, 1686; m June 17, 1719, Ruth Crehore; sett. at Stoughton. Sarah, Feb. 27, 1687-8. Stephen, Aug. 27, 1691 (3). Mehitable, Jan. 21, 1693-4; m. July I,
1724, John Crehore of Milion. Moses, Nov. 20, 1696; m, May 25, 1725. Miriam Vose of Milton.
Ann, Aug. 4, 1698. Abigail, Feb. 15, 1700.
Elizabeth, June 21, 1701 ; m. Jan. 7, 1719, Stephen Baldwin of Weymouth.
Isaac, July 9, 1703; I1. C. 1724; m. 1728, (?) Beulah Vose; sent. in Milton; d. 1784. Dau., name unk., alive 1742.
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BILLINGS.
3. STEPHEN, S. of Roger (2), b. 1691; sett. in Canton. He m. June 9, 1724, Elizabeth Fenno; she d. Oct. 17, 1783.
Ch .: + Stephen, Feb. 23, 1725; m. 1751. Betty Kenney; sett. in Canton.
Seth, Feb. 1, 1728; in. 1750, Jerusha Redman; sett. in Stoughton ; d. Aug. 4. 1766.
Roger, Mar. 15, 1730 (4).
Jacob, July 1, 1732; m. April 3, 1760, Rachel, dau. Philip White.
Thomas, Oct. 14, 1735; taxed 1775; m. July 12,1758, Hannah Elmerof Sund. ; sett. in Gfd.
Elizabeth, Oct. 14, 1735, m. about 1757,
Samuel Dwelly of Sund. and Dfd. Amariah, Oct. 7, 1738; d. young.
Abraham, July 14, 1735; sett. in Hat.
Isaac, July 14, 1735; m. Sept. 7, 1769, Mary McKendry. Jesse, -; m. Mar. 14,1770, Sarah Bard- well; sett. in Hat.
Elijah, Mar. 9, 1748.
Sarah, May 28 or June 1, 1751; said to have been b. in Hat. ; she m. May 31, 1775, Westwood C. Wright.
4, ROGER, S. of Stephen (3), b. 1730; m. abt. 1753, Susanna Wis- well of Dorchester; she d. Apr. 6, 1824, a. 92.
Ch .: Enoch, Oct. 27, 1754; blacksmith at Bloody Brook.
Jonathan, Oct. 29, 1756.
Hannah, Aug. 1, 1759; m. Samuel Bill- ings.
Elizabeth, Aug. 24, 1761 ; m. Elias Fair- banks of Francestown, N. H.
Rhoda, Mar. 19, 1763; m. Asa Downs;
(2) - Bixby. Jesse, May 8, 1765 (5).
Ruth, Aug. 7, 1767; m. Ichabod Gray. Timothy, Aug. 16, 1770 (6).
Susanna, June 17, 1773; m. - Hill.
Sarah, July 17, 1776; m. Joseph Heus- ton.
5. JESSE, s. of Roger (4), b. 1765; Rev. sol. ; sett. at Bloody Brook; d. Mar. 19, 1849. He m. Dec. 30, 1789, Eleanor, dau. Joseph Wright; she d. Apr. 8, 1791 (?); (2) (pub. June 16, 1792), Lucy, sis. of first wife; she d. Dec. 21, 1820, a. 59; (3) Dec. 26, 1821, Olive Edwards of Ber .; she d. Sept. 20, 1848, a. 71.
Ch .: Eleanor, May 15, 1790; m. Nov. 25, 1813, Allen Bryant.
Ira, Dec. 20, 1792 (7).
Susan, Nov. 5, 1794.
Son, Dec. 18, 1796; stillborn.
Dau., Feb. 2, 1798; stillborn.
Harriet, Dec. 29, 1798; m. after 1820,
Bela Hopkins Tryon; rem. to He- bron, Ill.
Fanny, Mar. 17, 1801; in. Joseph Kel- logg. Jonathan, Feb. 15, 1803; d. Sept. 29, 1804.
6. TIMOTHY, S. of Roger (4), b. 1770; taxed 1792; carpenter; was apprenticed to Capt. Hophni King of Nfd. ; d. July 7, 1860. He In. Aug. 30, 1795, Amy, dau. Samuel Dwelly; she d. July 21, 1858, a. 79.
Ch .: Achsah, Jan. 16, 1796; m. May 9, 1816, Pliny Mann.
Francis, Aug. 17, 1797; m. June 1, 1826, Amanda, dau. Capt. Wm. Tryon. Amy, Sept. 13, 1Soo; d. May S, ISO1. Lathrop, Apr. 28, 1802 (S).
Harriet D., Aug. 4, 1804; m. Oct. 18, IS26, Dexter Clark of Nhn.
Samuel Dwelly, Sept. 22, 1806 (9). Mary A., Jan. 20, 1809; m. Nov. 3, 1831,
Holland Montague of Granby. Susan E., Jan. 9, 1812; m. Sept. 29,1835, Carver Johnson.
Charles Williams, Feb. 21, 1815 (10). Timothy Dwight, May 27, 1817; d. Dec. 2, 1834. Anna, Sept. 21, 1820; d. May S, IS21. Martha, Feb. 13, 1825; m. Mar. 25, 1851, Samuel D. Downes.
7. IRA, S. of Jesse (5), b. 1792; wheelwright at Bloody Brook.
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GENEALOGIES.
He m. Oct. 13, 1818, Eunice, dau. Timothy Tryon of Buckland; she (I. Apr. 23, 1864, a. 67.
Ch .: Roxana Wright, July 24. IS19; m. Oct. 19, 1841, Chas. W. Billings. Eliza Ophelia, Feb. 28, 1821: m. May 19, 1846, Wm. T. Clapp of Con. George F., Jan. 4, 1823; m. Nov. 24, 1853, Jane M. Wilson of Francestown. Edwin Tryon, Nov. 20, 1824; a portrait painter of note living in Boston; m. Aug. 22, 1867, Frances E. Keller of Boston.
Ira Austin, Oct. 29, 1826; m. Jan. 15,
1856, llarriette Dickinson of Had. Ilarriet C., Aug. 1, 1828; m. Nov. 29, IS59, Alfred G. Howe.
Jesse Edwards, Jan. 9, 1831; m. June IS, 1862, Lucy Chittenden.
Benjamin F., Feb. 10, 1834.
Laura J., Sept. 6, 1836; m. Mar. 1880, James Tuckerman of Greeley, Col. Eunice A .. Aug. 10, 1838; m. Feb. S, 1876, W. Newton Nims of Gfd.
8. LATHROP, S. of Timothy (6), b. 1802; watch maker at Bloody Brook. He m. Apr. 1836, Isabella Hulse; (2) Charlotte Haynes.
Ch .: Joseph Lathrop, Mar. 4, 1837; lost on a trip lo Australia.
George Lewis, July 25, 1855.
9. SAMUEL D., s. of Timothy (6), b. 1806; tanner at Bloody Brook; d. Sept. 28, 1884. He m. May 28, 1833, Laura, dau. Chas. Clapp.
Ch .: Charles Timothy, Apr. 3, 1834; d. Apr. 9. 1834.
Timothy Dwight, Dec. 19, 1835; d. Aug. 23, 1854.
Julia Maria, Sept. 14, 1838; m. June 1, 1864, Jona. Monson of Johnston, Pa.
Henrietta Clapp, July 11, 1841 ; m. Apr. 28, 1877, Henry Baum.
Laura Jane, Apr. 28, 1845; m. Nov. 28, 1872, Geo. 11. White. Charles Fitch, June 30, 1850; m. Nov. 28, 1872, Harriet Wilby.
10, CHARLES WILLIAMS, S. of Timothy (6), b. 1815; pump maker; res. at Bloody Brook. He m. Oct. 19, 1841, Roxana W., dan. Ira Billings.
Ch : Henry Wright, Dec. 26, 1845. Clara Beals, (adopted), July 19, 1855.
John Milton, Mar. 9, 1851.
BILLINGS, THEODORE; "wife d. Aug. 2, 1837, a 29."
BILLINGS, WILLIAM, constable 1720.
BIRGE, JOHN, b. abt. 1727; hatter; came fr. Nhn. bef. 1769; he was prob. s. of that John Birge of Nhn. who m. Nov. 9, 1702, Abi- gail Marshall; was a sol. in the campaign of 1757. He m. Esther , who was rec'd by the chh. here fr. the chh. in Spencer, May 22, 1774; she d. Nov. 1803, a. 69.
Ch .: + Bohan, Sept. 15, 1772; appears John, Nov. 14, 1776; d. July 24, 1778. to have d. bef. 1789. John, May 27, 1780; rem. to Bratt; ret. Abi, Aug. 22, 1774; alive 1789. and d. here s. p., Apr. 21, 1859.
1. BLACKLER, JOHN, said to have been one of Burgoyne's men ; in some battle of the Rev. a bullet struck a crown piece in his pock- et, which thus saved his life; this coin, indented by the bullet, is pre- served among his descendants; [E. D). Blackler, Aug. 1879. ] he lived at Wisdom; d. Mar. 24, 1821, a. 63. He m. Sarah Allen of New Sa- lem; she d. Apr. 13, 1841.
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BLACKLER-BLODGET.
Ch .: + John, June 29, 1782 (2). Polly, Nov. 3, 1790; m. Sept. 4, ISOS, Cyrus Brown.
Fanny, Oct. 28, 1793; m. Jan. 1, 1816, David Allen of Gfd.
Lyman, Aug. 14, 1798; m. --; rem. to
Brookfield, Vt.
Francis, -; sett. in Cherry Valley, N. Y. Prob. Elizabeth, who was pub. to Rich- and Wells of Gfd. Jan. 4, 1812.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1782; lived in Wisdom; d. Dec. 18, 1855. He m. Aug. 15, 1805, Sally, dau. Joseph Sweet; she d. 1807, a. 29; (2) (pub. Apr. 22, 1810, ) Clarissa, dau. Jona. Chapman ; (3) Hul- dah (Peck), wid. of Samuel Lanfair; she d. Dec. 12, 1854, a. 59.
Ch .: Wyman Hawks, Nov. 28, 1805. Carlos Woodbridge, Sept. 3, 1807. Sally Maria, Dec. 11, 1810; m. Charles Plumley.
Malancy Sweet, Mar. 11, 1813; m. E. M. Kimball of Gill.
Edwin Dwight, July 25, 1814; m. Apr.
28, 1848, Esther Burley. Baxter Findley, July 11, 1816. Phebe Ann, Jan. 6, ISI9; m. Baxter Lanfair.
Theodore Lyman, May 1, 1825; m. Mar- tha, dau. Daniel D. Ball.
BLANCHARD, JOHN, 1771-2.
BLANCHARD, JOSHUA, 1771. He m. Jan. 17, 1774, Mehitable Brown.
BLISS, DAVID, trader on the David Field lot; d. of consumption. He m. Polly Stebbins of Springfield.
Ch .: + David, Lucy.
1. BLODGET, -, of Lexington; had sons, Simeon, a sol. at siege of Boston, May 2, 1775; Samuel, Josiah, Timothy (2); Isaac.
2. TIMOTHY, abt. 1740; b. and lived in Lexington until abt. 17-, when he came to Dfd. ; d. Jan. 13, 1831, a. 90. He m. Melicent Per- ry, whose father had rem. fr. Noddle's Island to Lexington abt. 1760; she prob. d. May 8, 1827, a. 79; Mary Perry, mother of Melicent, I suppose, d. in this family, May 14, 1799, a. 82.
Ch .: Timothy, 1768 (3).
Thadeus, 1770; m. Mar. 3, 1794, Sally Tuttle; had a large family; rem. to York State.
Levi, 1772; m. ; had a large family ; rem. fr. town.
Lucy, 1774; m. Sept. 19, 1792, Asaph Mitchell.
Samuel, 1776 (4).
Joseph, 1778 (5). Mary, 1780; m. Feb. 28, 1798, Silas Hawks.
Melicent, 1782; m. Feb. 26, 1801, Wait- still Hawks.
Sally, 1784; m. John Legate.
Lucretia, 1786; d. 1788. Simeon, 178S (6). Edmund, Aug. 30, 1790.
3. TIMOTHY, S. of Timothy (2), b. 1768. He m. 1789, Elizabeth Stiles of Wendell.
Ch .: + Parma, May 1, 1790. Ashley, Mar. 24, 1792.
Joseph, Timothy, Fanny, Lorinda, Roxanna.
4. SAMUEL, S. of Timothy (2), b. 1776. He m. abt. 1795, Susan- na (Harper?).
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GENEALOGIES.
Ch .: + Samuel, June 15, 1796.
Elvira, Aug. 13, 1798.
Sukey, Dec. 18, 1800.
Lyman, Harriet, Armina, Lucy Har- per, Jackson, William.
5. JOSEPH, s. of Timothy (2), b. 1778. He m. Oct. 11, 1798, Thankful, dau. Waitstill Hawks.
Ch .: + Foster, Dec. 28, 1798.
Tryphosa, Apr. 7. 1808.
Sally, Aug. 4, 1800.
Edmund, July 31, ISIO.
Joseph, July 25, 1802. Susanna, June 8, 1812; d. Sept. 1, 1813.
Prescott, July 12, 1804. Susanna, June 9, 1814. Selah, May 30, 1806; d. May 30, 1811. Adeline, Angeline, Levi.
6. SIMEON, S. of Timothy (2), b. 1788. He m. Lydia, dau. Zeb- ediah Graves; d. Sept. 2, 1842.
Cephas, Oct. 29, 1820.
Ch,: Simeon, Jan. 2, 1812. Leonard Graves, May 16, 1813. Almira, Apr. 10, 1825.
BODMAN, JOSEPH, fr. Hat., 1686, to which town he returned aft. 1702, where he d. July 8, 1711, a. 56. He m. Hepsibah -; she d. Jan. 15, 1686; (2) May 4, 1687, Naomi, dau. Edward Church of Hat.
Ch .: + Infant, d Jan. 1686, a. 2 weeks. Manoah, Mar. 29, 1692; d. s. p. in Sund. 1759.
William, Jan. 5, 1698; d. 1723.
Sarah, Apr. 1, 1701; m. Thomas Keet.
Mary, Feb. 12, 1704; m. 1744, John Billings. Lydia, July 30, 1707; m. Samuel Har- vey. Samuel.
BOND, SETH, Hoosack, 1817.
BOOTH, EDWARD, d. 1787.
BOWMAN, WILLIAM, 1717.
1. BOYDEN, JOHN, fr. Andover, May 1763; sett. in Con .; d. Oct. 10, 1819. He m. Sarah ---; (2) Wid. Esther Farnsworth.
Ch .: + John, Jan. 29, 1764 (2). James (3). Frederick, abt. 1768 (4). Simeon (5).
Sally, -; m. - Nims, s. of Arial.
Hannah, abl. 1774; m. Oct. 25, 1795, Thomas Arms.
Lucy, abl. 1775; m. Oct. 15, 1801, James Nims.
Daniel, 1777 (6). Samuel. Ambrose, 1789 (7).
David, -; m. May 31, 1826, Freelove Parker. both of Con .; drowned Sept. 17, IS51.
Israel (8). Prob. Joseph, who m. Pricilla Luce, and lived in Con.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1764; Rev. sol. ; was at Saratoga and at West Point when the treason of Arnold was discovered; d. in Con., Oct. 2, 1857. Hem. Eunice Hayden; (2) May 16, 1835, Mary Jones of Phillipston.
Ch .: William, Nov. 3, 1786. Luther, Sept. 30, 1788.
Augustus, Ang. 22, 1790. Electa, July 8, 1792; m. Jan. 1, 1812,
Abner Arms; (2) Theodore Hale. Dexter, Sept. 16, 1794. Nathaniel, Aug. 6, 1796; grad. Dfd. academy; sol. in war of 1812; grad.
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BOYDEN.
Union C. 1821; studied law with Hon. Moses Hayden, N. Y. City ; sett. in N. C .; in state legislature 1838-40; senate 1844; M. C. 1847-68; Judge of Supreme Court IS81 ; d. Nov. 5, 1873; m. 1825, Ruth, dau. Hugh Martin of Stokes Co., N. C .; (2) Dec 1845, Mrs. Jane C. Mitchell, dau. Hon. Archi-
bald Henderson. Moses, Aug. 20, 1798. Dennis F., Sept. 19, 1800.
Dan., May 22, 1802; d. in infancy.
Lester L., July 31, 1803; m. Cynthia Leonard; had a large family which he deserted.
3. JAMES, S. of John (1), clothier; sett. in Nfd. He m. Feb. 29, 1789, Susanna, dau. Alexander Norton.
Ch .: + Julia, -; m. (pub. Jan. 8, 1822) Elbridge G. Stebbins.
Bernard, -; m. Leanthy -.
4. FREDERICK, S. of John (1), b. abt. 1768; lived at Mill River; d. Apr. 12, 1842. He m. Rachel (Sprague ?) she d. July 17, 1834, a. 64; (2) Susan, (Chase) wid. of Levi Hawks; she m. (3) Dan'l Boyden, and (4) - Stearns of Con.
Ch .: Theodotia, Feb. 28, 1794. Sarah J., Sept. 1798; d. Mar. 14, 1804. Frederick, July 5, 1795; d. July 12, 1795. Son, Sept. 24, 1796; d. same day. Marcia Sprague, Jan. 23, 1801 ; m. Apr. 9, 1819, Samuel Stebbins.
Elihu Wright, Jan. 14, 1804.
Ora Sprague, Oct. 12, 1797; m. Dec. S, 1825, Capt. Loring Thayer. George Washington, Nov. 21, 1806.
5. SIMEON, S. of John (1), b. abt. 1770; weaver and clothier in Nfd .; rem. to Boston, where he and his sons became famous land- lords at the "City Tavern" and the "Tremont House." He m. Sept. 10, 1795, Rhoda, dau. Oliver Watriss of Nfd .; (2) Lucy -
Ch .: Lucy, Nov. 13, 1795. Frederick, June 22, 1805.
Maria, Apr. 4, 1800; d. Apr. 11, 1802. Dwight, Jan. 10, 1802.
John, Jan. 12, 1798. George, Aug. 28, 1807. Mary A., by 2d wife ; she m. - Tops- field.
6. DANIEL, S. of John (1), b. 1777; butcher; lived in Con. and Dfd .; d. May 28, 1858. He m. May 6, ISoo, Charlotte Goodney; she d. Feb. 2, 1837; a. 62; (2) Anna -; she d. Oct. 3, 1841, a. 53; (3) Susan, wid. of Frederick, his brother; she m. (4) - Stearns of Con. Ch .: Charles, Oct. 5, 1801 ; went South. Dwight, Sept. 15, ISII; m. Clarissa Hamilton, who d. Mar. 4, 1845, a. 22; (2) Mar. 2, 1851, Minerva Wait ; lived in Con. and Dfd. Maria, July 4, 1803; m. June 18, 1829, John Horton, Jr., of Newburyport. Minerva, July 26, 1804; m. June 26, 1825, E. Saunders.
Mary Nims, Feb. 14, 1806; prob. m. Orrin Brown.
Emily, Dec. 20, 1807; m. Apr. 17, 1828, Cephas Clapp.
Frederick. Nov. 20, 1809; was an M. D .; sett. in Winchester, N. H.
Daniel Whiting, Oct. 14, 1813; m. Sept. 17, 1840, Marinda Bartlett; she d. June 3, 1864; (2) Jan. 4, 1865, Mrs. E. H. Whitcomb. Son, b. and d. Apr. 12, 1815. Samuel, Mar. 6, 1817.
7. AMBROSE, S. of John (1), b. 1789; shoemaker; d. Nov. 2, 1820. He m. Dec. 1, 1815, Mahala Hill of Brookfield; she lived a wid. fif- ty-four yrs. and d. Mar. 2, 1875, a. 84.
Ch .: Laura, Oct. 23, 1816; m. Oct. 10, 1844. Edward Smead of Shel.
Fanny, Mar. 4, 1818; m. July 18, 1844, Charles Sheldon; (2) Kitridge Hill.
Ambrose, June Io, 1820; m. June 21, 1849, Adeline, dau. David Graves; d. Aug. 23, 1884.
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8. ISRAEL, S. of John (1), lived in What. and Bloody Brook. He m. (pub. Sept. 15, 1822) Loama, dau. Benj. Graham; she d. Oct. 7, 1829, 2. 31; (2) (pub. Feb. 19, 1831) Sophia, dau. Azariah Cooley. Ch .: + Esther, June 4, 1823. Augustus, Aug. 5, 1826.
Royal Gilson, May 29, 1825.
BRADLEY, JOSEPH, carpenter and mason, 1780; d. Nov. 11, 1813. He m. abt. 1788, Lydia, dau. Benj. Munn, wid. of John Saxton; she d. Feb. 10, 1844, a. 95.
Ch .: + Polly, Oct. 19, 1789; m. Benj. Philo, July 11, 1791; d. Jan. 2, 1792. Street; she d. Jan. 29, 1812.
1. BRIDGES, EDMUND, came over fr. London 1635 at the a. of 23; sett. at Lynn; d. Jan. 13, 1685, at Ipswich. He m. Alice -; (2) Elizabeth -; she d. at Ipswich Dec. 1664; (3) Apr. 6, 1665, Mary, wid. of Richard Littlehale, mother of John Littlehale, who was k. with Lothrop.
Ch .: + Edmund, abt. 1637 (2).
John, -; m. Dec. 5, 1666; Sarah, dau. James Howe of Ipswich; (2) Mar. I, 1677-8, wid. Mary Post. Mehitable, Mar. 26, 1641.
Bethia, -; m. Oct. 26, 1668, Joseph Peabody.
Obadiah, abt. 1646; m. Oct. 25, 1671,
Mary Smith; (2) Elizabeth Hackaliah, -; cast away at sea, 1671. Josiah, -; m. Nov. 13, 1676, Elizabeth Norton ; (2) Sept. 19, 1677, Ruth Green- slop.
Faith, -; m. Daniel (?) Black. Mary.
2. EDMUND, S. of Edmund (1), of Topsfield and Salem; d. June 24, 1682. Ile m. Jan. 11, 1659-60, Sarah, dau. William Towne of Salem; she m. (2) Peter Cloyes.
Ch .: Edmund, Oct. 4, 1660; m. Eliza- beth, dau. John (?) Croade of Salem, b. 1660; d. June 4, 1682.
Benjamin, Jan. 2, 1664-5; m. Elizabeth
-; sett. at Framingham. Mary, Apr. 14, 1667. Hannah, June 9, 1669.
Caleb, June 13, 1677 (3).
3. CALEB, S. of Edmund (2), b. 1677; mason; sett. in Framing- ham. He m. Nov. 26, 1700, Sarah, dau. John Brewer, b. Jan. 4, 1768. Ch .: Bathsheba, Jan. 19, 1702-3; d. Nov. I. 1739.
Hackaliah, May 30, 1705; m. 1728, Sa- rah Rugg.
Caleb, Aug. 24, 1708 (4).
Martha, Mar. 28, 1710; m. Jan. 13, 1732, Abram Ball of Hull.
Bethia, Feb. 14, 1712; m. Nov. 22, 1749, Benj. Nurse. Benj., Sept. 19, 1714; d. Oct. 6, 1739. Sarah, Aug. 26, 1716; d. Nov. 18, 1739. Jona, Mar. 19. 1719-20; d. Apr. 4, 1720. David, " m. Apr. 25. 1750,
Keziah Drury.
4. CALEB, s. of Caleb (3), b. 1708, Framingham; dea. chh. 1743; of Spencer 1768. He m. Sept. 23, 1731, Elizabeth Stanhope.
Ch .: Elizabeth, July 13, 1732. war; m. Nov. 14, 1764, Lucy Parker. Isaac, Apr. 15, 1734 (5). Gideon, Sept. 18, 1744; m. Isabella Nichols.
Edmond, July 10, 1736; wounded in French war.
Caleb, Jan. 22, 1738; wounded in Fr.
Anna, Sept. 18, 1744.
5. ISAAC, S. of Caleb (4), b. 1734; sol. in French and Indian war,
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wounded at Crown Point; lived in Spencer, Brookfield, Barre, Oak- ham, New Braintree, Dfd., where he d. Jan. 14, 1821. He m. 1759-60, Mary Mixter; she d. in Dfd., Feb. 2, 1816, a. 74.
Ch .: Molly, Dec. 8, 1762, in Spencer; m. - Barr of New Braintree.
Sarah, Mar. 20, 1765, in Brookfield; m. Aaron Woods.
Anna, Oct. S. 1766, in Brookfield; m. David Robinson of Dfd.
Eunice, Jan. 26, 1769, in Brookfield ; m. Sylvanus Taylor of Hardwick.
Isaac, Apr. 4, 1771, in Brookfield (6).
Josiah, May 7, 1773, in Barre; d. abt. 1793.
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