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Henry Abby, Jan. 8. 1835 (51). Joseph Callender, Oct. 25, 1836; d. Dec. 19, 1854.
39, HORATIO, S. of Quartus (26), b. 1819; sett. on the old home- stead; selectman, rep., capt. of Franklin Cadets, col. of Mass. Mili- tia; lost with the steamer Melville, which foundered at sea, Jan. 8, 1865; he was on his way to Beaufort, S. C., to obtain the body of his brother Charles. He m. May 18, 1843, Mary Ann, dau. Asaph Allen. Ch .: Theodore Childs, Apr. 21, 1844 (52).
Spfd .; m. Jan. 5. 1881, Martha E., dau. Porter P. Mitchell of Spfd.
Edward Allen, Oct. 12, 1845 (53). Charles Allen, Dec. 1, 1856; living at Dwight Allis, Oct. 15, 1848 (54). Albuquerque, New Mexico; m. July 13, 1886, Fannie Wilde.
Arthur Jerome, Aug. 13, 1850 (55). Louis Theron, Apr. 21, 1852; sett. in Horatio Clifford, June 27, 1862 (56).
40, SILAS, S. of Silas (27), b. 1806; lived in Amb. He m. Mar. 15, 1832, Eunice, dan. Elias Hawks; she d. July 10, 1838, a. 27; (2) 1840, Sarah R., dau. Samuel Hastings.
Ch .: Edward HI., Dec. 2, 1834. Mary Eliza, Sept. 17, 1836.
William S., May 30, 1845; d. May, 1868.
41. RICHARD, S. of Silas (27), b. 1810; rem. to Henderson, Ill.
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He m. June 27, 1831, Phebe, dau. Erastus Frary; she d. July 19, 1836, a. 22; (2) Cornelia F. Wagner; (3) wid. Rogers.
Ch .: Richard, Lucy, Emily A., Kate, Cornelia F.
42, ELIAS, s. of Elias (29), b. 1818; Bloody Brook; d. Apr. 23, 1870. He m. Matilda Kemp.
Ch .: + William Dwight, abt. Mar. 12, 1851; d. June 6, 1851.
Eli Rudduck.
Charles H., abt. Mar. 14, 1853; d. Aug. 14, 1853.
Frederick C., May 6, 1862. Francis.
Carrie A., July 28, 1855 ; d. Aug.8, 1855.
43. ORLANDO, S. of Hilkiah (30), b. 1787; Wisdom; d. Dec. 27,
1859. He m. Dec. 26, 1811, Susanna, dau. James Andrews; k. by a runaway horse, Aug. 27, 1851.
Ch .: Oscar A., June 12, 1813 (57). Cyrus, Mar. 27, 1815.
Mary, Dec. 29, 1823; d. Jan. 11, 1832. Orlando, Mar. 15, 1826; res. in Cali- fornia.
Joanna B., Dec. 28, 1816; m. May 16, 1844, Wm. Guild. Susanna A., July S, 1828; m. Aug., 1859, Geo. M. Stearns.
George, Feb. 27, 1819; d. Aug., 1830.
Eliza, Sept. 4, 1821; m. Dec. 30, 1847. Anson Barnard of Shel.
James A., May 3. 1834 (58).
44. HILKIAH, S. of Hilkiah (30), b. 1797; sett. in Shel .; d. June 18, 1838. He m. (pub. Mar. 15, 1827) Lucy B. Marsh; she d. Mar. 6, 1828; (2) May 17, 1832, Direxa, dau. Joel Nims of Shel. ; she m. (2) May 26, 1844, Edwin Nims.
Ch .: Hilkiah, Mar. 3, 1828 (59). 1866.
Elizabeth N., Nov. 9, 1835; d. Aug. 18,
Lucy Marsh, Nov. 25, 1833; m. Nov. 3, 1853, Silas Atwood; she d. July 18, IS3S.
45. ALVAH, s. of Zur (31), b. 1801; broom manufacturer; select- man 3 years; lived on the old homestead; d. Jan. 29, 1843. He m. Nov. 17, 1836, Melicent, dau. Joel Bardwell of Shel .; she d. Dec. 10, 1838.
Ch .: Son, Aug. 15,1837; d. the next day. J. E. Hatch of Detroit, Mich.
Melicent, Nov. 8, 1838; m. June, 1876,
46. FRANCIS, S. of Zenas (32), b. 1819; farmer; lives on the old homestead. He m. Mary, dau. Elijah Nims. Ch .: Child, Aug., 1842; d. young. Edward J. Everett.
Susan, Sept. 8, 1846; m. Dec. 4, 1867, ,
47. JONATHAN, S. of Asa (34), b. 1794; lived at Mill River; d. Jan. 31. 1853. He m. Dec., 1820, Experience, dau. Elijah Arms; she d. Sept. 12, 1867, a. 73.
Ch .: Amelia, Sept. 8, 1822; n1. June 22. Elijah A., Feb. 12, 1827; d. Sept. 28. 1832.
1846, Alvord Shepherd.
48. CHARLES, s. of John (36), b. 1815; a farmer at Wisdom; rem. to Balslton Spa, 1868, where he is in a shoe store. He m. Apr. 1, 1848, Lucinda Holden.
Ch .: Kate Wells, Jan. 12, 1849. Elizabeth, Mar. 6, 1850. Mary, Feb. 5, 1855.
Edward G., May 8, 1857. Martha, Apr. 26, 1863; d. Feb. 22, 1865.
Fanny E., Aug. 30, 1856. Elias Baxter, Sept. 3, 1858.
Ella K., Aug. 11, 1860.
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49. FREDERICK, S. of John (36), b. 1817; carpenter and bridge builder; sett. in Gfd. He m. Oct. 31, 1856, Mary E., dau. Allen Bar- nard of Charl. ; she d. July 2, 1877; (2) Feb. 19, 1880, Helen, dau. Horatio Hoyt, wid. of A. D. Jones.
Ch .: Frederick E., Aug. 28, 1857. Mary E., July 14, 1865; d. Feb. 9, 1882. Ruth, May 17, 1870.
William H1., May 21, 1859. Helen A., Sept. 28, 1863.
50. JonN, s. of John (36), b. 1823; A. C., 1847; sett. in the min- istry at Rockville, Ind. He m. Sept. 21, 1852, Elizabeth A. Woods of Barre; she d. June 13, 1860.
George F., Aug. 28, 1857.
Ch .: James W., Aug. 13, 1853. William A., May 6, 1855; d. Nov. 30, 1855. Mary E., Aug. 28, 1859; d. Aug. 1, 1860.
Francis E., Mar. IS, 1856; d. Oct. 6, 1856.
51. HENRY A., s. of Elihu S. (38), b. 1835; d. in N. Y., Jan. 25, 1869. He m. Oct. 7, 1854, Mary E. Butler; she d. in Boston, July 30, 1881, a. 46.
Ch .: Elizabeth Josephine, Oct. 3, 1855; Carrie Maria, Feb. 10, 1859; m. Aug. 5,
m. Sept. 28, 1873, Jacob E. Hudson. 1877, Frederick C. Entein.
52. THEODORE, S. of Horatio (39), b. 1844; lives at Gfd .; house painter. He m. Sept. 19, 1872, Minnie L. Loupe.
Ch .: Mary L., Sept. 9, 1873. Iloratio A., Apr. 1, 1877.
Arthur D., Feb. 15, 1875. Dorothy.
53. EDWARD A., s. of Horatio (39), b. 1845; farmer; lives on No. 4. He m. Mar. 14. 1871, Susan Arabella, dau. Geo. Sheldon; she d. Dec. 11, 1888.
Ch .: Edward Sheldon, Oct. 2, 1873.
Susan Belle. Dec. 3, 1883.
54. DWIGHT A., s. of Horatio (39), b. 1848; farmer; lives on old homestead. He m. Jan. 1, 1879, Ella j., dan. W. H. Mansfield of Hawley.
Ch .: Rachel, Aug. 27, ISS7. Paul, Mar. 8, 1891.
55. ARTHUR J., s. of Horatio (39), b. 1850; farmer on old home- stead. He m. Dec. 16, 1891, Sadie R. Stockbridge.
Ch .: Mary, Oct. 24, 1892.
56. HORATIO, S. of Horatio (39), b. 1862; C. E .; lives in Boston. He m. Ella M., dau. Samuel T. Wells.
Ch .: Margurite Lurane, July 4. 1891.
57. OSCAR, S. of Orlando (43), b. 1813; stage-driver and farmer; d. at Gfd. He m. May 7, 1840, Selina, dau. Lemuel Long of Gfd.
Ch .: George, May 21, 1842; corp. in Co. Ella Elizabeth, Apr. 2, 1848.
C, 27th Mass. Inf. ; enlisted Sept. 9, Leon Oscar, Apr. 27, 1852.
IS62; discharged Sept. 27, 1864.
58. JAMES A., s. of Orlando (43), b. 1834; lives on the old home- stead in Wisdom; farmer; selectman. He m. May 1, 1856, Ellen S., dau. Emory Stearns of Bratt.
Ch .: Susanna Andrews, Mar. 9, 1857. James Duane, Apr. 5, 1860. Emory Herman, Jan. 30, 1862.
Jenny Emogene, June 8, 1858.
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Addison Clayton, Feb. 21, 1866. Maria Ellen, Apr. 19, 1872.
Oscar Augustus, Mar. 24, 1869. Arthur Stearns, Nov. 15, 1874. Albert Gale, Nov. 12, 1876. Olive Mixter, Mar. 28, 1878.
Ellen Sophia, May 8, 1871; d. June 7, 1871.
59. HILKIAH, s. of Hilkiah (44), b. 1828; Shel. ; d. Feb. 20, 1870. He m. Ellen S., dan. Sam'l Fisk; she d. Jan. 11, 1854, a. 22; (2) Sept. 30, 1856, Ellen, dau. Silas Burnham of Mont. ; she m. (2) June 17, 1873, Francis W. Stebbins.
Ch .: Ellen Sophia, abt. June 15, IS53; Francis Dwight, Aug. 30, 1857; res. in Cal.
d. Apr. 15, 1854.
HAYDEN, ELIJAH T. He m. Lucinda
Ch .: Lucinda Clark, July 3, 1822. James, Sept. 14, 1826.
Son, Oct. 16, 1824; d. Oct. 19, 1824.
HAYDEN, SAMUEL; making pottery in Wisdom in 1794. He m. (pub. Mar. 12, 180-) Amanda Rogers.
HAYWARD, JOHN; Dedham; an original grantee of five cow commons in the Sooo acres; he d. Dec. 29, 1672.
HAYWARD, MARY; Dedham; an original grantee to the amount of eleven cow commons; she was wid. of Henry Aldrich, Sam'l Jud- son and the above John Hayward; in 1749 the heirs of Sam'l Judson presented to the Proprietors a claim to the eleven cow commons, which was allowed; she d. Apr. 22, 1684.
HAYWARD, THOMAS, 1699; sold out Apr. 22, 1702, to Ebenezer Smead. He m. June 29, 1699, Mary, dau. Barnabas Hinsdale. Ch .: + Experience, June 14, 1700.
HAZARD, ROBERT, taxed 1795.
HEATON, JOHN; of Dfd. 1766-89. He m. Oct. 29, 1767, Susan- na, dau. James Rider.
HEATON, SETH. He m. Nov. 28, 1739, Thankful, dau. Samuel Field.
Ch .: + Seth, Dec. 11, 1740. Daniel, 1744.
Huldah, Apr. 28, 1742.
HENRY, FREDERICK, and wife Zilpha; rem. to Shel. aft. the Rev. HENRY, JAMES; d. 1758, leaving estate in the hands of the town.
HENRY, JOHN; sol. in 1761; disappeared aft. 1764.
1. HERBERT, JOHN; came over as chaplain and surgeon to a British regiment in the Old French war; he remained, and fr. 1760 to his death in 1785, he preached, and practiced medicine, mostly in Maine, [family tradition ]; was of Bangor, 1774; at Dfd. 1775-6, with wife and son George; he left daughters, of whom nothing is known.
2. GEORGE, S. of John (1), first found here May 17, 1775; d.
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Sept., 1778. He in. abt. Nov., 1776, Honor, dau. Capt. Thos. Dick- inson.
Ch .: George, 1778 (3).
3. GEORGE, S. of George (2), brought up by his grandfather Dick- inson; grad. D. C. 1800; studied law with Judge Sedgwick at Stock- bridge; admitted to the bar 1803; sett. in Ellsworth, Me., where he became prominent in law and politics; was County Attorney and often rep .; was an intimate friend of Daniel Webster; he d. Jan. 2, 1820. He m. 1809, Charlotte, dau. Win. Tuttle of Littleton; she d. in Spfd., 1868.
Ch .: + George, -; d. in infancy. Mary D., Feb., 1817; m. abt. 1841, Rev.
Charlotte, Mar. 16, ISHI; d. unm. in Spfd. Mar. 9, 1877.
George, -; d. young.
George, Sept. 7, 1815 (4).
Josiah Peabody, a missionary to Turkey. Charles Dickinson, Sept. 28, 1818 (5).
4. GEORGE, S. of George (3), b. 1815; lawyer; at Machias, Me., 1837; lived at Ellsworth until 1854, when he rem. to Chicago, where he continued in practice until his death. He mn. June 9, 1840, The- resa T., dau. Pliny Arms.
Ch .: Mary L .. Apr. 5, 1841; m. Dec. Theresa Arms. Jan. 18, 1852; m. June 8, 1870, Rev. Henry D. Huntington. 30, 1870, Carol Gaytes of Chicago.
5. CHARLES D., s. of George (3), b. 1818; grad. B. C. 1841, and Bangor Theological Seminary 1847; has preached in several towns in Me., N. H. and Mass .; in 1875 was sett. pastor in Lebanon, Ct. He m. abt. 1842, Sarah A. Flanders of Durham, Ct.
Ch .: + George, -; student at Amlı., Charles, -; student at Amh., 1875. 1875.
HILDRETH, ABEL; 1775-96.
1. HILDRETH, TIMOTHY, b. 1756; s. of Joseph of Westford. who was a grandson of Richard the emigrant; a teamster at the siege of Boston; he cleared a farm in Vt., but soon came back and spent his later yrs. on a farm in Sterling. He m. abt. 1776 his cousin Han- nah, dau. Zecheriah Hildreth; some of his ten children were: Ch .: + Hosea, 1782 (2).
Ezekiel, -; H. C. 1814; a teacher at Wheeling, Va .; m. a dau. of Ebenez-
er Zane of Zanesville, O .; d. 1856. Abel Fletcher, -; I1. C. ISIS; a teach- er in Newton, Mass.
2. HOSEA, s. of Timothy (1), b. 1782 in Sterling; H. C. 1805; preceptor of Dfd. Academy 1805-11; joined chh. here 1808; rec. to chh. in Exeter, N. H. 1813; was prof. in mathematics and natural philosophy at Exeter Academy; was A. M. at Dartmouth C. 1817; ordained minister at Gloucester, 1825; installed at Westboro, 1834; d. in Sterling July 10, 1835. He m. Sarah -
Ch .: + Richard, June 28, 1So7.in the Dr.
Samuel Tenny, -; II. C. 1837; d. 1839. Charles Hosea, --; Har. Med. sch. Willard house (3).
Sarah Elizabeth, May 1, 1809.
I851; doct. : sett. at Gloucester.
3. RICHARD, S. of Hosea (2), b. 1807; journalist, statesman, his- torian; H. C. 1826; studied law and practiced in Boston; editor Bos- ton Atlas 1832-40; editor of a paper in Georgetown, Demerara, and
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of the N. Y. Tribune; was correspondent and contributor to many journals and magazines, author of "Archie Moore," " Despotism in America," "The Legal Basis of Slavery," "Theory of Morals." "Theory of Politics," "Life of W. H. H. Harrison," "Japan as it Was and Is," and many other publications; his principal work is a "History of the United States," 6 vols. 8 vo. 1845-56; was U. S. Consul at Trieste 1861-5; d. at Florence, Italy, July 11, 1865. He was m. by Dr. Willard at Dfd., June 7, 1844, to Caroline Negus of Petersham.
HILL, JOHN, 1784-99. Had wife and ch. 1788.
HILL, LYDIA, d. Sept., 1794, a. 15.
HILL, SAMUEL, 1788.
HILL, THOMAS, 1772.
1. HINCKLEY, ELIJAH, 1773; lived at Pine Nook and Turnip Yard; d. June 20, 1812. He m. Mar. 16, 1780, Patience Rose of Mont.
Ch .: + Merrick, --; m. (pub. Jan. 14, 1807) Charlotte Brooks of Mont. Elijah (2).
Ruth, -; m. Jan. 21, 18OS, Bela Fuller of Mont.
Dolly, -; m. Dec. 31, 1810, Gershom
Farnsworth of Con. Patience, Jan. 13, 1792. Stolham, July 28, 1794. Isaac, July 21, 1796.
Anna, Oct. 2, 1800; m. May 7, 1821. Zimri Sanderson of Sund.
2. ELIJAH, S. of Elijah (1). lotte Marsh of Mont.
Ch .: + Jane, Mar. 21, 1815. Mary, June, 1817.
He m. (pub. Jan. 14, 1807) Char-
Elizabeth, Oct. 18, 1822; m. Feb. 25, 1840, Obed Sanderson of Sund.
1. HINSDALE, HENSDELL, HINDSDALE, ROBERT, b. abt. 1617; one of the first settlers of Dedham and one of the eight men who founded the chh. there in 1638; he was also one of the founders of the chh. in Medfield, 1650; member of the artillery company; was of Had. 1672, when he was released fr. military duty "on account of age and a sore leg;" he was an original Proprietor in the Sooo acre grant, and Nov. 13, 1673, he and his four sons were inhabitants of "Pacumtuck;" for the third time he was a pioneer in a new settle- ment; he and three of his sons were drivers in that train which Capt. Lothrop attempted to convoy to Had., Sept. 18, 1675, but which he allowed to fall into the fatal ambush at Bloody Brook, when all were slain, (see ante, p. 100). He m. Ann, prob. dau. Peter Woodward, who d. in 1666; she was a timid, sensitive woman, who fainted away on going before the chh. to make profession of her faith, not being able to speak in public; (2) abt. 1668, Elizabeth, wid. of John Hawks; she was a woman of a different mold; the union did not prove a happy one and they soon parted; at the court held Mar. 30, 1674, they were "presented for living assunder contrary to law," also charged "with lacivious and wanton carrage;" on the examination she refused to answer and appears to have got off clear; he said he "did it as being her head and having the Rule of her in the Pointe,
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and that he did it for her correction of her disorder towards him." The court held he had "broken the Perfect rule of divine law, Mal. ii, 16, Math. xix, 6 & 1 Peter iii, 7, and the law of the Colony in the intent if not in letter in the first living assunder," and ordered him "whipped io stripes on the naked body," and imposed a fine for which his sons became responsible, and which the court refused to remit after his tragic death; she m. (3) June 25, 1683, Thomas Dib- ble of Wind .; she d. Sept. 20, 1689. Ch .: Elizabeth, -; m. July 7, 1657, Mary, Feb. 14, 1643-4; m. June 8, 1664, Daniel Weld at Dedham. James Rising of Boston and Wind.
Barnabas, Nov. 13, 1639 (2).
Experience, Jan. 23, 1645-6 (4).
Samuel (3).
Gamaliel, Mar. 5, 1642; m. Nov. 7, 1672, Rachel Martin.
John, Jan. 27, 1647-8 (5). Ephraim, Sept. 26, 1650 (6).
2. BARNABAS, S. of Robert (1), b. 1639; came with his father to Had. ; was of Dfd. Mar. 27, 1674-5, when he sold out his Had. home- stead; was k. with Lothrop. He m. Oct. 15, 1666, Sarah, dau. Elder John White, wid. of Stephen Taylor of Hat .; she m. (3) Feb. 3, 1679, Walter Hickson, and d. Aug. 10, 1702.
Ch .: + Barnabas, Feb. 20, 1668 (7). Isaac, Sept. 5, 1673; of Hart. 1696; alive
Sarah, -; m. Jan. 8, 1691, Sam'l Hall of Middletown, Ct.
1 702.
Elizabeth, Oct. 29, 1671 ; d. Mar. 8, 1672.
Mary, Mar. 27, 1676, posthumous; m. June 29, 1699, Thomas Hayward.
3. SAMUEL, S. of Robert (1), came to Had. with his father; was an original owner in the Sooo acre grant, and in 1670 he owned one- twelfth of the entire property; in 1669, before the lands were divided, he had broken up several acres, and was our first sett. ; the commit- tee found him a "Resident," in May, 1670; he lived on No. 14; he fell with Lothrop; his personal estate of £45 was "given his widow to bring up their children;" the "Land at Deerfield, alias Paucom- tuck, not being valued in regard to the present Indian war rendering it at present of little worth, but being hopeful to prove a Real Es- tate hereafter," was given to Samuel and Mehuman, "the Eldest to have a double share." He m. Oct. 31, 1660, Mchitable Johnson, b. 1644; she m. (2) John Root, who was k. at Dfd. by Asphelon's party, Sept. 19, 1677; she m. (3) Mar. 11, 1679, Dea. John Coleman of Hat .; she d. Aug. 4, 1689.
Ch .: + Mehitable, Oct. 18, 1663; m. Oba- diah Dickinson, who was cap. Sept. 19, 1677.
Mary, July 22, 1665; m. 1685, Thos. Sheldon.
Sarah, -; m. 1692, Samuel Janes, who
was k. at Pascomuck, May 13, 1704. Samuel, -; m. Susanna or Abigail Rockwood or both; a tanner at Med- ford.
Mehuman, 1673; the first white man born in Dfd. (8).
4. EXPERIENCE, s. of Robert (1), b. 1646; a sett. of 1673; was guide for Capt. Turner and lost in the attack on Peskeompskut May 19, 1676; in the settlement of his estate, June 6, 1676, "2 daughters" are mentioned; only one is certainly known; his personal estate was £39, 6s, 6d, land not inventoried. He m. Oct. 10, 1672, Mary, dlau. John Hawks; she m. (2) bef. Mar. 26, 1678, John Evans, who sett. in Dfd.
Ch .: \ Elizabeth, -; m. Sept. 19, 1695, John Cornwall of Middletown; she
d. Mar. 2, 1697-8, leaving dau. Eliz- abeth, b. Aug. 21, 1696, who m. June
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8,1716, Jacob Dowd; their s. John drew the Falls Fight township in 1737. Dau., -; name and history unk.
his grandfather Hinsdale's share in
5. JOHN, S. of Robert (1), b. 1648; was k. with Lothrop; he left a family of which nothing positive is known; "The heirs of John Hins- dale" are mentioned in land grants 1687-93; John Hinsdale, who d. s. p. in 1705, left "I brother & 4 sisters;" these may have been the children of John; Thos. Sheldon was administrator.
6. EPHRAIM, S. of Robert (1), b. 1650; a sett. of 1673, but did not return aft. Philip's war; he sett. in Hat .; d. Aug. 20, 1681. He m. Sept. 28, 1676, Mehitable, dau. John Plympton; she m. (2) Joseph Chenery of Medfield; (3) Jona. Adams of Medway.
Ch .: John, Aug. 7, 1677. Mehitable, 1681; m. Dec. 30, 1706, Na-
Experience, July, 1679; m. 1704, Na- thaniel Wight of Medfield.
thaniel Clark of Medfield.
7. BARNABAS, S. of Barnabas (2), b. 1668; sett. in Hart .; d. Jan.
25, 1725. He m. Nov. 9, 1693, Martha Smith of Hart. ; she d. 1738, a. 68.
Ch .: Barnabas, May 28, 1694; m. bef. Mar. 16, 1712, Martha -; sett. in Tolland, Ct.
Martha, Feb. 19, 1696; m. Thomas Bull of Harwinton, Ct.
Jacob, July 14, 1698; joined chh. in Hart., 1725.
Sarah, July 22, 1700; m. Nath'l White.
Elizabeth, Jan. 9, 1702; m. Apr. 24, 1728, Jacob Benion of Harwinton. Mary, July 13, 1704; m. Mar. 30, 1738, Thos. Skinner, Jr.
John, Aug. 13, 1706; sett. in Berlin, Ct. Daniel, May 5, 1708; m. Aug. 21, 1737, Catherine Curtis of Wethersfield. Amos, Aug 24, 1710; d. May 14, 1791.
8. MEHUMAN, S. of Samuel (3), b. 1673; the first white man born in Pocumtuck; sett. on No. 14; in 1704 was cap. with his wife, and their only ch. was k .; Mehuman prob. came home fr. captivity with Ensign John Sheldon, Aug., 1706; Nov. 6, 1706, he was offered 23 acres of land at Colchester, as an inducement to settle there, and Nov. 27 he bought 100 acres more; he did not remain there, but was back here the next yr .; Apr. 11, 1709, he was again cap. by Indians while driving an ox team fr. Nhn. ; he came fr. Can. via France and England, arriving abt. Oct., 1712; he was a prominent man in town affairs; d. May 9, 1736; he left a large landed property; an examina- tion shows four home lots on the Street, 175 acres meadow land, 750 acres on East Mountain, 650 at Long Hill, 1194 acres mainly in what is now Gill, and 2700 in what is now Shel., abt. 5600 acres in all; he owned, in addition, more than one-eighth of all the undivided land which belonged to the "Proprietors of Pocumtuck." He m.
Mary - , she m. (2) Apr. 2, 1742, Geo. Beal, and d. a wid. at Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 7, 1763, a. 83.
Ch .: Mary, Sept. 22, 1699; d. Nov. 20, 1699.
Samuel, Nov. 12, 1702; k. Feb. 29, 1704. Ebenezer, b. on the passage fr. Can.
between May 30 and Aug. 2, 1706(9). Samuel. Apr. 24, 1708 (10). John, Oct. 9, 1713 (II).
9. EBENEZER, S. of Mehuman (8), b. 1707; H. C. 1727; ordained at Boston Dec. 11, 1732, as missionary to the Indians under the au- spices of the "Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge;" a printed account of this ordination is in Memorial Hall library;
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Gov. Belcher, as agent for this society, stationed Hinsdale at Fort Dummer, and as governor appointed him chaplain to that station; in 1742-3 he built a fort on land he had acquired on the east side of the Ct. river, where he founded the town of Hinsdale, N. H .; this place was known for a few yrs. as "The Cellars;" he spent much of his time there, extensively engaged in farming and trading, having in the meanwhile a residence at Dfd. on lot No. 42, where he was also engaged in trade and farming; his negro slave Meshick seems to have managed the affairs at one place, while the Col. was at the other; he was appointed Col. and was active in the French and In- dian wars and events of importance centered abt. this fort; he was influential with the colonial officers and useful in the commissary department; he fell somewhat from grace, left the ministry, was ac- cused of intemperance, and in 1750 "he offered a confession before the church" for the "Sin of Intemperate Drinking," and "no objec- tion was made against its being accepted." In 1749 his account books and correspondence show a change in his name fr. Hinsdell to Hindsdale-which was partially adopted by the family and public; abt. this time he had enclosed a dale or deep valley and stocked it with hind or deer, thus having a veritable hinsdale; did this enter- prise suggest the origin of his name or did he wish the new town- ship to take its name from his deer park ? He d. at Hinsdale, Jan. 6, 1763. He m. abt. 1730, Abigail, dau. Rev. John Williams; she in. (2) Oct. 18, 1764, Col. Benj. Hall of Wallingford, Ct .; (3) between June 15 and Oct. 23, 1773, Hon. Ebenezer Silliman of Fairfield, Ct .; he d. Oct. 11, 1775, and she ret. to her old home, where she d. Dec. 3, 1783.
Ch .: Abigail, Nov. 14, 1733; d. at Hinsdale, Aug. 10, 1739; was buried in Dfd.
Madam Silliman was buried by the side of her first husband at Hinsdale, where she had placed over his grave a monument bearing the following curious historic and genealogical inscription. It was a conscientious attempt to record obscurely an unpleasant fact, and is a puzzle to the uninitiated:
" Underneath Deposited is the body of
Col. EBENEZER HINSDALE:
who for his supernatural endowments, extensive learning and usefulness, not only in his private life but in various important public offices he sustained, was far known and admired. After a long illness, he died Jany 6, 1763.
There also lies buried the body of Mrs. Mary Beal, the mother of Col. Eben- ezer Hinsdale, who was born on her return from captivity in Canada, with whom she lived a widow, at the time of his death, which is thought to have brought on hers the morning after, when she died, Anno Estatis 83. Her hus- bands were Lieut. Mehuman Hinsdale and Mr. George Beal. By the first she had two sons, Samuel and John, after this, whose only child, Mrs. Abigail Hinsdale, died at llinsdale, Aug. 10, 1739, Anno Estatis 6, was intered al Deer- field. His still surviving partner, Mrs. Abigail Hinsdale, daughter of the Rev. John Williams of Deerfield, and worthy relic of Col. Ebenezer Hinsdale, now mourning the absence of her dear deceased relations, has caused their names and destinies to be recorded together on this stone, June 2, 1764."
Madam Silliman by will left her niece, Sarah Williams, "a silver cup with coat of arms of Hinsdale family engraved upon it."
To the church in Hinsdale "my great Silver Tankard with Hinsdale Coat of Arms."
Abigail Norton, her niece, to have her chaise, gold necklace and gold ear rings.
To niece, Abigail Woodward, damask gown.
To grand dau. Abigail Williams Hall, silk gown and gold necklace.
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To grand dau. Frances Silliman, gold locket. To niece Martha Reynolds, dark padaroy gown.
To Anna Cushing, my looking glass.
To the wife of Esq. John Williams, my crimson cloak.
Chloe, my negrow, to be free at my death; to have a bible, a cow, a feather bed, abrass kettle, a pot, 2 tramels, chests, hand irons, chairs and pewter things. Jockton, a mulatto of Col. Hinsdale's, to have the avails of 100 acres of land in New Hampshire.
10, SAMUEL, s. of Mehuman (8), b. 1708; rec'd from the chh. in Sund., Nov. 4, 1733; selectman and prominent in town affairs; sett. in Gfd. Mead .; d. Nov. 23, 1786. He m. Nov. 28, 1734, Rebecca Leonard; she was rec'd from chh. in Nhn., Dec. 1, 1734; she d. Aug. 16, 1760, a. 47; (2) Dec. 2, 1763, Eunice, wid. of Rev. Alexander McDowell of Col .; she d. May 29, 1779; (3) Sarah -; she d. Jan. 28, 1799, a. 83.
Ch .: Child, Oct. 23, 1738.
Samuel, Aug. 22, 1741 (12).
Rebecca, July 8, 1743; m. July 3, 1760, Jonathan Arms.
Mary, Oct. 23, 1745; m. Nov. 23. 1768, Gideon Stebbins of Belchertown.
Darius, May 10, 1748; his education at H. C. was provided for by the will of his uncle Ebenezer; hed. Apr. 13.
1768. Ariel, Sept: 11, 1750 (13). Diana, Oct. 9. 1752; m. Sept. 27, 1774, Elijah Dwight of Belchertown.
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