History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the times when the people by whom it was settled, unsettled and resettled, vol 2, Part 50

Author: Sheldon, George, 1818-1916
Publication date: 1895-96
Publisher: Deerfield, Mass. [Greenfield, Mass., Press of E.A. Hall & co.
Number of Pages: 750


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LINCOLN, MICHAEL, taxed 1793.


LINSAY, DANIEL, taxed 1784. .


LISCOMB, PELETIAH; taxed 1784.


LOCKE, JOHN, S. of John of Woburn, b. Sept. 2, 1752; brick ma- son; lived at Staddle Hill; his farm was set off to What .; rem. abt. 1786 to Charl .; of Dfd. 1793; rem. to Bennington, Vt., and thence, abt. 1815, to Choconut, Pa., where he d. Mar. 31, 1837. He m. May 29, 1774, Ruth, dau. Thomas Faxon of Dfd .; she d. Oct. 15, 1819, a. 67.


Ch .: + John, May 16, 1775; m. Rhuha- mah Lovejoy; rem. to Choconut. Henry. Jan. 8, 1777; sett. in Colbrook, Vt.


Joanna, Sept. 15, 1778; m. July 17, 1796, Abiah Mahew of Spencertown, N. Y. Lucy, Sept. 13, 1781 ; m. - Kendall of Westminster, Vt.


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GENEALOGIES.


Mary, Jan. 6, 1783; d. June 23, 1787. Priscilla, Nov. 4, 1784; m. -- Rober- ston of Hoosick, N. Y. Ruth, Feb. 25, 1787; m. Thomas Caple. Mary, Sept. 21, 1789; in. - Taft of Pittsfield, N. Y.


Edmund P., Mar. 10, 1791; m. Saman- tha Atwood; k. on railroad 1851. Nathaniel Reed, bap. Jan. 1, 1794.


Of these ch., the first two and the last four were b. in Dfd., the others in What.


LOCKE, JONAS, b. 1727; millwright; fr. Shutesbury, where he built a grist mill at Lock's Pond; selectman 1761-2; came to Dfd. bef. 1771; was a prominent man here and capt. of the minute men who marched on the Lexington alarm; soon afterwards was in the commissary department of the army; lived on the George Fuller place at the Bars, and owned a grist inill at Stebbins Meadow bef. 1773, at which date the Proprietors of Pocumtuck sold him an island of two acres in the Dfd. river, "north of Locke's Mill;" it is now called " Locke's Island;" this mill was run by water fr. the "Island Brook;" he d. Mar. 5, 1812, a. 85. He m. Mary, dau. Gen. Joseph Dwight of Brookfield and Stockbridge; she d. Feb. 7, 1812, a. 76. Ch .: Lois, -; m. bef. 1773, Ebenezer McKenny.


LOCKE, JOSEPH, b. 1727; prominent at Shutesbury; selectman ; del. to Provincial Congress; Rev. sol .; d. on his ret. fr. the army 1777. He in. Mary Ayers; she came to Dfd. and was prob. the wid. Mary Locke who m. Mar. 5, 1795, Ebenezer Allis of Shel. ; the fol- lowing were prob. their children.


Ch .: Joseph, -; a capt. in Rev. war; m. 1806. Sally, 1774; m. Sept. 26, 1802, Reuben Belding of What.


1806, Tirza, dau. Abner Arms; seul. in Had.


Persis, abt. 1757; m. Feb. 6, 1793, Ste- phen Whitney of Dfd .; d. June 21,


Increase, --; m. Feb. 13, 1798, Han- nah Rood of Dfd.


1. LOGAN, JAMES, b. 1738; taxed 1784-9; rem. to Gfd., where he d. July 1, 1808. He m. Mary Ward.


Ch .: + Order of birth unk. James, 1772 (2).


Catherine, Silas, Anna.


Ruth, -; m. - Ward.


Joseph, -; taxed 1792-3. Polly, 1789; d. 1790.


William, -; taxed 1792-1800; m. 1797, Child, -; d. Jan. 25, 1795.


Lucretia Smith of Sandersfield.


2. JAMES, S. of James (1), b. 1772; Cheapside; d. Aug. 18, 1852. He m. (pub. Jan. 26, 1800) Mary Gill; she d. Apr. 13, 1841.


Ch .: Mary, Sept. 20, 1800.


Olive, Feb. 17, 1802; d. June 30, 1803.


Lucy, Sept. 25, 1803; d. Jan. 30, 1833. Ann, Dec. 10, 1805.


Silas, May 14, 1So8; m. Jan. 4, 1826, Emily Newell of Gfd.


Samuel Wilson, Dec. 6, 1810; d. July


10, 1819. William. Dec. 6, ISTO.


Thomas, July 19, 1813.


James, Aug. 14, 1815. John, Dec. 29, 1817.


Harriet Whiting, May 11, 1820.


Samuel, July S, 1822; d. Mar. 12, 1823.


LOVELAND, EDWARD; Rev. sol. 3 yrs.


LOVELAND, GEORGE, b. 1762; Rev. sol. 1780, "5 ft 5 in, darkish complection, brown short hair, light eyes." [ Roll ].


LOVELAND, JONATHAN; lived at Great River; taxed 1793-1817; had dau. Pamelia, bap. Aug. 25, 1805, who d. Apr. 21, 1836.


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LOVEMAN-LYMAN.


LOVEMAN, WILLIAM, taxed 1793-7.


LOVERIDGE, AMASA, of Wisdom; Rev. sol. 1780; d. Feb., 1853, a. 74 (?). He m. Lucy Eams of Lyme, Ct .; d. Jan., 1803, a. 73 (?).


Ch .: + Sophia, --; m. Oct. 13. 1813, Chester Field.


Lucy, -; m. - King of Savoy.


Pamelia, -; m. Joel Dickinson of Con .;


(2) Dea. Joseph Wheelock of Con.


Philena, Mar. 12, 1798; m. (pub. Sept.


19, 1818) Ebenezer Temple.


Twins, Feb. 27, 1800; d. soon.


Perelia, May 17, 1801.


Melvina, Mar. 15, 1803; m. Eber Good- nough.


Dorinda, Mar. 15, 1803; d. Oct. 31,


1. LOVERIDGE, JOHN, b. 1733; fr. Colchester, Ct .; sett. in Wisdom; d. Jan. 17, 1803. He m. Lucretia Morgan; she d. Dec. 6, 1802, a. 67.


Ch .: + John, 1765 (2).


2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1765; Wisdom; cooper; rem. to Shel .; d. Mar. 27, 1830. He m. Dec. 27, 1797, Mary Perkins of Brimfield; she d. Jan. 12, 1859, a. 88.


Ch .: + Mary, Sept. 27, 1798; d. Aug. 15, 1803.


Lucretia, Aug. 4, 1803; m. Jan. 28, 1829, Brigham Spaulding.


John, Jan. 11, 1806; m. Jan. 18, 1830,


wid. Ann Jane Smith ; rem. 10 Heath; d. Nov. 28, 1887.


Elizabeth A., Aug. 17, 1810; m. Feb. 2, 1840, Horace Ripley.


1. LOVERIDGE, WILLIAM, b. 1761; Wisdom; Rev. sol .; at West Point 1780; saw Maj. Andre hung; d. Sept. 18, 1836. He m. Lucy Welch; (2) (pub. Aug. 5, 1814) Lucretia (Jewett) wid. Miner Frink. Ch .: + William (2). Amasa, -; went West.


Ambrose, -; m. June. 30, 1813, Phil- anda Marsh of Shel.


Daniel, -; m. (pub. Dec. 9, 1817) Je- rusha Bartlett; seit. in Con.


Caleb, -; ..


Dyer, -; became insane; d. at Great River, Apr. 27, 1826. Anna, 1800; m. 1821, Ambrose Jones.


Lucy ?


2. WILLIAM, S. of William (1), bap. 1780; sett. in Shel. ; d. (suicide) May 24, 1839. He m. Dec. 2, 1802, Tryphena Dole.


Ch .: Nabby, Oct. 22, 1803. Lucy, Oct. 6, 1810.


Harriet, Aug. 16, 1806. Lucinda, Oct. 20, 1813.


LOW, EDWARD. He m. (pub. Dec. 21, 1799) Content Frary.


LUDDING, JAMES, 1796.


1. LYMAN, RICHARD, b. in England 1580; came with Eliot in the "Lion" 1631; freeman 1633; went with the great removal in June, 1636 to Hart .; d. Aug., 1640; his wife, Sarah (Osborne) d. soon aft. Ch .: + William, -: d. Aug., 1615. Phillis, bap. Sept. 12, 1611; m. Wil- liam llills.


Richard, bap. July IS, 1613; d. young. William, bap. Sept. 16, 1616; d. Nov.,


1616. Richard, bap. Feb. 24, 1617-18; m. Hep- zibah Ford; sett. in Nhu. Sarah, bap. Feb. S, 1620; per. m. Law- rence Ellison or Allison of Wind.


1823.


Franklin, Dec. 9. 1804; simple; d. Apr., 1845. Abigail L., June 11, 1807; m. Nov. 26, 1828, Rodolphus Peeler of Vernon, Vi. Lewis, Apr. 27, 1810; d. Sept. 9, 1840; m. Mary Sunth; she m. (2) Wm. Briggs.


Alanson, Feb. 16, 1812; d. s. p. Sept. 2, 1882.


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GENEALOGIES.


and Dfd.


Anna, bap. Apr. 11, 1621; d. young.


John, Sept. 16, 1623 (2).


Robert, Sept. 16, 1629; m. Nov. 5, 1662,


llepzibah Bascom; lived in N. J .; was a first sett. in Nfd. 1671; retired Io Nhn., where he was found dead in the woods in 1690.


2. JOHN, s. of Richard (1), b. 1623; ensign in the fight at Peske- ompskut, May 19, 1676, was of Branford, Ct., 1654; of Nhn. 1658; a petitioner for grant of Nfd. and per. sett. 1671; at Nfd. 1685; d. Aug. 20, 1690. He m. Jan. 12, 1655, Dorcas, dau. John Plumb; she d. Apr. 21, 1725.


Ch .: Elizabeth, Nov. 6, 1655.


Sarah, Nov. 11, 1658; m. Sam'l Wright. John, Aug. 20, 1660; m. Apr 19, 1687, Mindwell, wid. John Pomroy, dau. Isaac Sheldon of Nhn.


Moses, Feb. 20, 1663; of Nfd. 1688; d. Feb. 28, 1701.


Dorothy, Mar. 4. 1665; m. Nov. 2, 1691, Jabez Brackett.


Mary, Jan. 2. 1667; m. Sam'l Dwight of Nhn.


Experience, Jan. 4, 1668; d. Mar. 16, 1669. Joseph, Feb. 17, 1670; d. Feb. 18, 1691. Benjamin, Aug. 10, 1674 (3).


Caleb, Sept. 2,1678 ; leader of that scout which destroyed the camp of Indians at Cowass in 1704 (see ante, p. 319); lived at Nhn. and later in Boston, where he was one of the founders of the New North Church; d. s. p. at Western, Nov. 17, 1742.


3. BENJAMIN, S. of John (2), b. 1674; sett. in Nhn .; d. Oct. 14, 1723. He m. Oct. 27, 1698, Thankful, dau. Medad Pomroy; she m. (2) Nathaniel Lewis of Farmington, Ct.


Ch .: Joseph, Oct. 22, 1699; m. Abigail Lewis of Farmington, who d. 1766, a. 74; he d. Mar. 30, 1763. Benjamin, Dec. 19, 1702; d. young.


Benjamin, Jan. 4, 1704; sett. in East- hampton.


Aaron, Apr. 1, 1705 (4).


Eunice, Mar. 6, 1707; d. June 1, 1720. Hannah, July 14, 1709; m. 1735, Nath'l Dwight of Belchertown.


Caleb, Aug. 8, 1711; lived in Boston. Susanna, July 18, 1713; m. -- Baxter of Boston.


William, Dec. 12, 1715; capt. in Old Fr. war; commander of Fort Mass. 1748; of Fort Shirley 1749.


Daniel, Apr. 18, 1718; grad. Y. C. 1745; judge at New Haven; d. 1788. llannah, July 14, 1719.


Elibu, July 10, 1720; grad. Y. C. 1745; an officer in Fr. and Indian wars; d. s. p.


Medad, Mar. 26, 1722; sol. in Fr. and Indian war; sett. in New Haven, where he kept tavern.


4. AARON, S of Benjamin (3), b. 1705; the first permanent sett. of Belchertown, (then Cold Spring) where he kept tavern many yrs .; dea .; d. June 12, 1780 or 88. He m. Dec. 12, 1733, Eunice, dau. Rev. Josiah Dwight; she d. Mar. 28, 1760; (2) June 11, 1772, Joanna, wid. of Samuel Holton of Nfd .; she d. Dec. 18, 1796, a. 82.


Ch .: Susanna, Nov. 16, 1734; m. - Kent of Suff.


Josiah, Mar. 9, 1736 (5).


Anna, July 28, 1737; m. Capi. Granger of Suff.


Aaron, Mar. 20. 1740; sett. in Charl .; d. Feb. 23, 17 ----


Elihu, Dec. 25, 1741 (6). Eunice, May 29, 1744; m. Dec. 7. 1774.


Jona. Arms. Mary, Nov. 12, 1745; m. Oct. 24, 1771, Capt. Elisha Ilunt of Nfd.


Dorothy, June 17, 1747; d. Aug. 16,1789. Caleb, Aug. 7. 1750; m. Oct. 25, 1774, Catherine, sis. of Timothy Swan: (2) Tirza Field of Nfd., where he sett. and was prominent.


Dolly, Oct. 4. 1756; d. Sept. 14, 1787.


5. JOSIAH, S. of Aaron (4), b. 1736; the first white man born in Belchertown; rem. to Goshen; dea .; d. Nov. 18, 1822. He m. Jan. 9, 1759, Sarah Worthington of Colchester, Ct .: she d. July 19, 1799, a. 65; (2) Wid. Stone.


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LYMAN-MACK.


Ch .: Aaron, Oct. 1, 1760; m. Jan. 9, 1788, Electa Graves; rem. to Clare- mont. N. H.


Sophia, Jan. 1, 1763; m. 1787, Amasa Smith of Belchertown.


Giles, May 2, 1765; m. Nov, 11, 1795,


Mary Hubbard of Middletown, Ct .; sett. in Shel .; rem. 1833, to N. Y. Jonathan, Mar. 20, 1767; m. Electa Bardwell; sett. in Goshen. Augustus, May 26, 1769 (7).


6. ELIHU, S. of Aaron (4), b. 1741; sett. at Nfd. ; a leading man in the Co .; a capt. under Arnold in his expedition to Can. in 1775; served through the war; maj. when he d. in Gfd., Sept. 12, 1823. He m. 1770, Esther King of Wfd., who d. Aug. 10, 1774, a. 28; (2) Nov. 12, 1781, Sarah, dau. Joseph Stebbins; she d. May 23, 1813, a. 65.


Ch : Sally, Sept. 12, 1771; m. 1816, Ephraim Wells of Gfd. ; she d. at Dfd. Mar. 30, 1862.


Esther, bap. June 12. 1774; d. Aug. 15, 1774.


Elihu, Sept. 25, 1782; grad. D. C. 1803; lawyer in Greenwich and Gfd .; high sheriff Franklin Co., 1814; state sen- ator 1823, and d. while the Gen. Court was in session Feb. 11; m. wid.


Mary Upham. Joseph S., Feb. 14, 1785; grad. D. C. 1805: lawyer at Cooperstown, N. Y .; M. C. 1819-21; d. Mar. 21, 1821. Ilenry, June 7. 1787; d. s. p. Mar. 13. ISII.


Theodore D .. 1790; col .; m. 1819. Re- becca B. Bill of Hart .; (2) Julia D., dau. Jona. Dwight of Belchertown.


7. AUGUSTUS, s. of Josiah (5), b. 1769; of Dfd. 1790; dep. sher- iff 1799; was tavern keeper and in trade, but blacksmithing was his principal business, to which craft he had many apprentices; his shop was on lot No. 14; he d. Oct. 17, 1829. He m. Nov. 6, 1795, Eunice, dau. Jona. Arms; she d. Apr. 14, 1859, a. 83.


Ch : Harriet, Nov. 17, 1796; d. unm. 1830, Joseph Anderson of Shel. Sarah Worthington, Apr. 8, 1807; m. Francis Winship of Brighton.


Miriam Arms, Apr. S, 1798; m. Jan. 20, 1825. Jona. Winship of Brighton. Frederick Augustus, Aug. 21, ISO1 ; d. Oct. 5. 1802.


Dolly Ann, Sept. 16, 1803; m. May 20,


Amelia, July 9, 1811; d. at Brighton, Sept. 11, 1826.


The following record of the Mack family is meagre, barely a skel- eton, but it has interesting points.


1. MACK, EBENEZER, of Lyme, Ct. He had wife Hannah.


Ch .: Solomon, Sept. 26,1735 ; his grand- son Solomon, b. May 25, 1805, was at the head of Mormon chh. in Gilsum, N. H. in 1850, and d. abt. 1887. Elisha, abt. 174- (2).


Lucy, -; m -- Smith and was the mother of Joseph Smith the founder of the chh. of Latter Day Saints.


Dau., -; m. Dr. Tubbs.


2. ELISHA, S. of Ebenezer (1), b. abt. 174 -; was well known as "Capt. Mack;" sett. at Mont. abt. 1770; a carpenter, millwright and contractor; he built the dam for the canal at Turners Falls in 1794, and did a large amount of work of a similar character; he d. abt. 1820. He m. Diadama Rathburn, who d. abt. 1795; (2) Wid. Burt of Westmoreland, N. H.


Ch .: + Abner, -; carpenter: lived near Turners Falls; jem. abt. 1800 to Ad- dison co., Vt.


Elisha (3).


Hannah, abt. 1775; m. Andrew Ellis.


Son, -; who sett. at Watertown, N. Y .: a col. in 1812. Diadama, -; m. Gerad Fowls (?); (2) -- Williams. Thankful, Jan. 19. 1782; m. Willis


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GENEALOGIES.


Phillips; son Hart, b. July 10, 1800; living 1890 at Hoosick Falls, N. Y. David, -; m. Naomi or Sabrina Tem- ple; left Dfd. 1827 for the West.


Daniel, -; lived on his father's farm at Pine Nook, which he sold to Eli-


sha Bogue in 1816 and went West. Malinda, -; m. Nath'l Hatch, black- smith of Sund. ; thence rem. to Lev- erell. Son, -; d. in infancy Dau., -; d. in infancy.


3. ELISHA, s. of Elisha (2), was at Pine Nook 1797; carpenter; went West 1826. He m. Hannah, dau. Selah Graves of Sund.


Ch .: Calvin, Apr. 13, 1792 (4). Diadama, Jan. 29, 1801; m. Apr. 18,


Julius Frary, Oct. 20, 1794; d. abt. 1810. 1822, Reuben Puffer of Sund .; (2)


Submit, Feb. 13, 1798; m. Mar. 7, 1823, Smith.


William Watson of Leverett.


4. CALVIN, S. of Elisha (3), b. 1792; lived at Pine Nook; a carpen- ter, worked 29 weeks on brick meetinghouse 1824; went West. He m. (pub. Oct. 29, 1814) Laurietta, dau. Thomas Ross.


Ch .: + Marian Bridges, Sept. 9, 1815. Julius Frary, Aug. 18, 1817. [Hart Phillips, 1895].


McCALL, ELIHU; lieut. 1779; innholder at Bloody Brook; d. bef. 1804. He m. Hannah Murray, per. dau. William; she d. July 4, 1812, 2. 56.


Ch .: Son, June 23, 1780; d. next day. Eunice, May 17, 1789; m. (pub. Oct. S. 18og) James Andrews of Ash.


Dau., July 31, 1781 ; d. Aug. 24, 1781.


Esther, Oct. 20, 1783.


Hannah, Aug. 22, 1792.


Son, Aug. 15, 1786; d. same day. Dau., Oct., 1797: d. same day.


McCALL, ELISHA, taxed 1779-84.


MCCALL, SAMUEL, 1778; selectman 1779; d. at Bloody Brook, Ju- ly 7, 1780. He m. Lydia, dau. Ezra Strong.


McCLERG, ROBERT, taxed 1784.


1. McHARD, JOHN, b. 1735; sol. fr. Dfd. in last French war; d. 1808. He m. Rachel -


Ch .: William, Dec. 13, 1761 ; lived near Walter, Apr. 17, 1771; d. Aug. 22, 1777. Rachel, Nov. 14, 1773.


the "Hollow," Gfd. 1802.


Mary, Aug. 26, 1763; d. Nov. 25, 1780. Manassa, Nov. 2. 1780.


Margaret, Aug. 13, 1765; m. Jan. 1. 1779, Abiel Stephens.


Ephraim, Nov. 2, 1780; m. Miranda, dau. Ariel Hinsdale of Gfd. David, May 3, 1783 (2).


John, Apr. 13, 1767.


Joseph, Mar. 20, 1769.


2. DAVID, S. of John (1), b. 1783. He m. Lucy --. Ch .: + Rachel, Jan. 1, 1814. Thomas, Feb. 1, 1821.


John, May 4, 1816. Francis, May 18, 1827.


Maryette, Sept. 26, 1818.


1. McKENNY,-McKanny, McKinne, McKeny, Kenny, Keny, Kenne, Kenee-DANIEL; sol. under Capt. Stevens in the old French war 1746; under Capt. Hobbs and wounded in the Hobbs fight 1748, disabled, and d. within a few yrs. He mn. Nov. 30, 1748, Abigail, dau. Win. Mitchell.


Ch .: Daniel, Sept. 25, 1749. mother was admitted to the chh. the Ebenezer, bap. Oct. 21, 1750 (2). Ilis same day.


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MCKENNY-MARSH.


2. EBENEZER, S. of Daniel (1), b. 1750; rem. to Black River, N. Y. He m. Lois, dau. Capt. Jonas Locke; they were m. bef. 1773, and had a "boy" in 1774.


Ch .: + Nabby, bap. Aug. 25, 1789; m. William, bap. Aug. 25. 1789.


(pub. July 18, 1794) Aaron Rand.


MCKINSTRY, PAUL, taxed 1792-3. He m. Nov. 4, 1790, Betty Pratt.


McMASTERS, HENRY. He had wife Hannah.


Ch .: Henry, Nov. 13, 1826; d. Dec. 23, Henry Lyman, Dec. 20, 1830.


1829.


McNEIL, JOHN; pub. Feb. 23, 1802, to Margaret Burt.


McNELLY, HENRY, 1789. He had wife Deliverance. Ch .: + John, James, Henry, Elihu and babe.


McNELLY, WILLIAM, 1789.


MAINER, WILLIAM, taxed 1779.


MANSFIELD, ALLEN; Bloody Brook; drover; selectman; d. Feb. 28, -, a. 80. He m. Lucy, dau. Jesse Severance; she d. July 22, 1841.


Ch .: + Allen B.


MANSFIELD, ERASTUS. He m. Sarah


Ch .: Sarah Ann Richmond, Dec. 4, Benjamin Parsons, Feb. 2, 1828. 1826.


MANTON, JOEL, taxed 1784.


MARBLE, NATHANIEL., with a family 1767-72.


MARCY, ABIGAIL. She m. 1824, Luther Spear.


MARCY, ISRAEL, fr. Woodstock, Ct., 1806; d. Nov. 9, 1823, a. 64. He m. Jerusha --; (2) (pub. Oct. 18, 1800) to Judith, dau. Edward Hart, and wid. of William Joiner; by another record, she m. Sam'l Parker.


Ch .: Alice, -; d. unm. Aug. 27, 1842, a. 53.


MARSH, AARON; trader; rem. to Douglas in 1788. He m. Apr. 12, 1787, Sarah Fuller of Douglas.


MARSH, ABIJAH, 1779.


MARSH, AMOS, fr. Douglas 1782; of Dfd. 1806. He m. Elizabeth. Ch .: + Amos, -; m. June 15, 1806, Phila Cooley of Sund.


MARSH, BENJAMIN. He m Mary, dau. Stephen Whitney; kept tavern at Bloody Brook; taxed 1792-1808; was in Lynn 1812; in Charlestown 1817.


Ch .: + Elizabeth, May 2, 1792. Sarah, Oct. 20, 1796. Electa, Aug. 29, 1794. Asa, May 2, 1799.


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GENEALOGIES.


MARSH, DANIEL, offers to sell a roo-acre farm at Great River in 1815.


MARSH, ISAAC.


Ch .: + Emily, Oct. 26, 1820.


Edwin A., Aug. 7, 1827.


Althea, Oct. 23, 1825.


MARSH, ISRAEL, and wife Anna, were in Dfd. 1766-72.


MARSH, JOSEPH, with wife Rebecca and dau. Aseneth, came here fr. Mont. Mar. 18, 1766.


The above Marshes have not been connected, nor have the following: Abuer and Samuel, Dfd. 1793-9; Elisha, Luther and Quartus, Dfd. IS06-8.


MARSHALL, CLEMENT, 1769-79.


MARSHALL, ELIHU, 1772.


MARTIN, PETER; Rev. sol. 1778-81.


MARTINDALE, EDWARD. He m. May 4, 1721, Ruth, dau. Eb- enezer Smead; their son Lemuel rem. to Gfd. 1762 and was ancestor of the Gfd. Martindales.


MASTERS, DANIEL, taxed 1792-9; per. d. June 1, 1801, a. 35. He had wife Hannah


Ch .: Eunice, Mar. 25, 1794: m. Dec. Fidelia, Apr. 12, 1799.


20, 1814, Israel Nims of Con. Lothrop, Apr. 8, 1801.


William Harris, Aug. 24, 1796.


1. MATHER, HENRY, b. in Vienna, Austria; was a sol. under Burgoyne and cap. with him at Saratoga, Sept. 17, 1777; is next found in Readsboro, Vt., whence he went to Col. in 1791; came to Dfd. in Nov., 1796; sett. at the Bars, where he d. Apr. 30, 1801. He m. 1792, Jenny, dau. of John McCurdy of Londonderry, N. H. ; she was b. 1758.


Ch .: Henry, June, 1793 (2).


John, Apr., ISO1.


Fanny, June, 1798.


2. HENRY, S. of Henry (1), b. 1793; carpenter; lived at the Bars; d. Feb. 5, 1852. He m. (pub. Feb. 5, 1814) Mary Tenney of Con. ; she d. in Ash., 1865, a. 60.


Ch .: Jane Alexander, Dec. 11, ISI4: she m. Peter Tenney of Adams.


Mary, May 24, 1817; m. Apollos Smith. Lovina Allen, Apr. 27. 1819; m. Thos. Olin of Col.


Henry, Mar. IS, 1822; m. Elizabeth A. DeWolf. Fanny, Aug. 2, 1825; m. William Bak- er. Eliza, 1832; d. May 17, 1853.


MATHER, SAMUEL, bap. Sept. 7, 1657; was s. of Timothy of Dor- chester and grandson of Richard; H. C. 1671, and began to preach here as Pocumtuck's first minister in Dec., 1673; driven off by Phil- ip's war, he rem. to Branford, Ct., 1680, and was sett. in Windsor, 1684; a vol. of his printed sermons may be seen in Memorial Hall; he d. Mar. 18, 1728. He m. Hannah, dau. Gov. Robert Treat of Con .; she d. Mar. 8, 1708, a. 48. Ch .: + Samuel, 1679; H. C. 1698; a doc- lor.


Hannah, Sept., 1682; d. 1683. John, -; d. young.


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MATHER-MERRILL.


Joseph, -; d. young.


Azariah, Aug. 29, 1685; Y. C., 1705;


minister at Saybrook, Ct., 1710; d. Feb. 11, 1737.


Ebenezer, Sept. 3, 1687.


Joseph, Mar. 6, 1689. Elizabeth, Jan. 2, 1691. Nathaniel, May 30, 1695. Benjamin. Sept. 29, 1696. John.


1. MATTOON, PHILIP; came here fr. the east with Capt. Tur- ner and was with him at the Falls Fight, 1676; in 1678 he leased for eleven years all the lands Maj. John Pynchon had at Pocumtuck; for part pay he agreed to build and leave a house 30 x 20 feet, 10 foot stud; and a barn 48 x 24, 14 foot stud; he came here with the perma- nent sett. and built on No. 22; at his death, lot and house were appraised at £20; he had also a "house in the fort with fencing about it," appraised at £3; he d. Dec. 30, 1696. He m. Sept. 10, 1677, Sarah, dau. John Hawks; she m. (2) Daniel Belding, whose two pre- vious wives had been k. by Indians; she survived him 20 yrs. and d. 74 yrs. aft. her first marriage, Sept. 15, 1751, a. 94.


Ch .: Margaret, Nov. 4, 1678; m. May 28, 1705, Joseph Alexander.


Philip, Apr. 4, 1680 (2).


John, Oct. 12, 1682; m. Oct. 20, 1706, Jerusha, dau. David Hall of Walling- ford, Ct., where he was living in 1737. Isaac, Dec. 10, 1684; m. Mary, dau. Samuel Partridge of Hat .; sett. in Nfd .; for his descendants and those of his br., see Hist. of Nfd.


Sarah, Apr. 25, 1687; cap. 1704; ret. and m. Sept., 1711, Zecheriah Field.


Eleazer, Mar. 10, 1689; m. July 20, 1715, Elizabeth, dau. Sam'l Bolt- wood; sett. in Nfd.


Gershom, Dec. 25, 1690; sett. in Leb- anon, Ct.


Nathaniel, Aug. 29, 1693; m. Sept. 18, 1727, Hannah, dau. Isaac Hubbard; sett. in Nfd.


Ebenezer, Jan. 30, 1694-5; d. Apr. 30, 1716. Mary, July 25, 1697; m. (pub. Sept. 5, 1713) John Miller of Spfd.


2. PHILIP, s. of Philip (1), b. 1680. He m. Jan. 15, 1702, Re- becca, dau. Godfrey Nims; she, with their infant child, was k. 1704; he was cap. and k. on the march.


MAY, ELEAZER, schoolmaster 1753-4.


MAYHEW, ZEPHANIAH, taxed 1789-92.


MELVIN, BENJAMIN, rem. to Winchester, N. H. He m. Nov. 30, 1732, Mehitable, dau. John Smiead.


Ch .: Ruth, Oct. 21, 1733.


Mehitable, Mar. 8, 1734-5.


MENDELL, CHURCH, taxed 1788; Wisdom; lived north of the dam at Stillwater in 1791; sold the Stebbin's 1-2 acre to butt this dam upon; d. Nov. 29, 1817. He m. Patience -; she d. July 21, 1793; (2) Dec. 15, 1794, Sarah Randall of Shel .; she was pub. to Robert Foot, May 9, 1818, and to Ezra Williams, Nov. 17, 1820, and m. Robert Foot, July 30, 1821; she d. July 26, 1861, a. 94. Ch .: + Elizabeth.


Nancy, -; m. 1796, Samuel Thayer of Shel.


Amos. Reuben.


Lydia, --; m. Dec. 31, 1805. Samuel Dodge.


Jethro and Alden, all b. bef. 1788.


Dennis. Sept. 5. 1795; d. Sept. 25, 1799. Avery, Nov. 7, 1796; d. same day. Richard, Jan. 15, 1798; d. Feb. 20, 1798. Horace, Mar. 3. 1799; d. June, 1805. Eunice, Dec. 27, 1801; m. Jan. 1, ISIS, Moses Rice.


Mary Julia, June 21, 1805: unm. 1822.


MERRILL, DANIEL, taxed 1773; son Joseph bap. Oct. 10, 1773.


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MERRILL, NATHANIEL, taxed 1772-3, and 1792-3; in Shel. 1774.


MERRILL, SAMUEL, tanner and shoemaker 1794; rem. fr. the Street to Cheapside in 1805. He m. (pub. Aug. 27, 1797) Fanny, dau. Simeon Harvey of Mont. ; she d. Feb. 13, 1861, a. 81.


Ch .: Dexter, Feb. 1, 1798. George. Jan. 17, 1806.


Alonzo, Mar. 17. 1800. Jane, Aug. 1, 1808; d. unm. in Temple- Harriet, Feb. 28, 1802; d. July 23. 1803. Lon, 1894. Harvey, Jan. 17, 1804.


MERRIMAN, ABEL, 1766; fr. Wallingford, Ct .; rem. to Hard- wick.


MESHICK; bap. and admitted to chh. by Mr. Ashley, Jan. 31, 1747; he was negro servant of Col. Ebenezer Hinsdale and served with him in the old French war; was business manager for his mas- ter at one of the two places where the latter resided.


METCALF, MICHAEL. He m. Feb., 1753, Sarah (Allen), wid. of John Wells of Gfd .; rem. in a few years to Keene, N. H.


MIGHILLS, WIDOW SARAH, 1750, from Somers, Ct.


MIGHILLS, THOMAS; Rev. sol. ; rem. to Con. abt. 1791 and died soon. He m. Mar. 20, 1775, Esther, dau. Daniel Arms; she prob. n1. (2) 1797, Elijah Wilder.


Ch .: + Clary and Elihu, bap. Apr. 27, Sophia, bap. Feb. 8, 1781. 1777. John, bap. Dec. 29, 1782.


Sarah, bap. Apr. 4, 1779.


MILLER, SILAS, taxed 1799.


MILLER, TILISTON, 1778-84.


MINER, ICHABOD, taxed 1778-9.


1. MITCHELL, MICHAEL; was in Wallingford, Ct., 1695-6, and again in 1706; his whole family escaped unharmed 1704. He m. Sa- rah, dau. John Catlin; she d. Dec. 30, 1736.


Ch .: John, Jan. 22, 1695, in Walling- ford.


William, Apr. 21, 1697 (2).


Sarah Feb. 19, 1698-9.


Michael, Mar. S. 1700-1 (3).


Mary, July 10, 1703. Joseph, Sept. 2, 1705 (4). Jonathan, Jan. 18, 1707-8. Catherine, Sept. 1, 1710; d. Dec. 17,1710. Samuel, Mar. 7, 1712.


2. WILLIAM, S. of Michael (1), b. 1697; d. Oct., 1775. He m. Oct. 27, 1721, Anna Wait of Nhn., prob. dau. Wm.


Ch .: John, Apr. 18, 1723.


Anna, Oct. 30, 1724.


Ebenezer, Jan. 2, 1726-7; k. in the Hobbs fight, June 6, 1748.


Abigail, Sept. 24, 1728; m. Nov. 30, 1748, Daniel McKenney.


Elijah, Oct. 3. 1730 (5).


Anan (son), Jan. 23, 1732-3.


Sarah, Dec. 18, 1734; mn. Mar. 25, 1763, Caleb Wright of Gfd.


Rhoda, Dec. 9, 1736; m. Jan. 28, 1766, Abraham Bass of Hoosick, N. Y. Rachel, Mar. 6, 1739-40.


3. MICHAEL, S. of Michael (1), b. 1701; sol. in Father Rasle's war under Capt. Samuel Barnard; prob. rem. to Wethersfield, Ct .; He m. Mary -.


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MITCHELL.


Ch .: Joel, July 19, 1721.


Moses, May II, 1723.


4. JOSEPH, S. of Michael (1), b. 1705; weaver; lived a few yrs. in Sund. ; was at Ash. 1769; per. d. there Sept. 16, 1794. He m. Nov. 2, 1726, Mary Allis of Sund .; she d. Nov. 8, 1783, a. 77.


Ch .: + Joseph, Mar. 3, 1726-7, in Sund. (6).


Mary, Mar. 10, 1731; m. June 28, 1753, Sam'l Belding; sett. in Ash.


Hannah, Jan. 9, 1732-3; m. July 3, 1751, Zadock King.


Tabitha, Feb. 9, 1736-7; m. Dec. 22, 1757, Gershom Tuttle of Ct.


Abner, Oct. 28, 1738 (7).


Experience, June 10, 1746; d. Oct. 27, 1746.


5. ELIJAH, S. of William (2), b. 1730; Rev. sol. ; rem. to Gfd. abt. 1764; d. Nov. 9, 1812. He m. Jan. 1, 1761, Elizabeth Miller; she d.




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