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Melita, Aug. 8, 1786; m. 1806, Amos Newport.
Lucinda Day, Apr. 1, 1789; m. 1810, Wm. Till of Had.
I792. Mahala. Apr. 14, 1793; m. 1813, Prince Imanuel.
Timothy, Aug. 6, 1796.
Levi Willard, May 16, 1800.
PARKER, ABIGAIL. She m. Jan. 29, 1789, John Newton.
PARKER, DAVID, with wife Beulah, admitted to the chh. Oct. 23, 1763, on recommendation fr. the chh. in Pepperell.
PARKER, EZRA, of Dfd. 1752. Disappears.
1. PARKER, ISAAC, S. of Joseph of Groton; was one of the ear- lier and most permanent sett. of No. 4 [Charlestown, N. H.]; was active all through the Fr. and Indian wars; d. Apr. 1, 1762. He m. Ruth -.
Ch .: Isaac, Mar. 7, 1709; m. Mehitable - -; d. al No. 4. Joseph Sanderson of Dfd. and What.
William, Aug. 19, 1710. Thomas, Sept. 24, 1712.
Esther, Sept. 24, 1714; m. Jan. 7, 1739, Shubal Hobert.
Ruth. July 2, 1716; m. June 2, 1739,
Nathaniel, Feb. 25, 1718 (2).
David, Feb. 20, 1720; sett. at No. 4.
Anna, Nov. 9, 1721. Abraham, Sept. 24, 1726 (3).
2. NATHANIEL, s. of Isaac (1), b. 1718; of Dfd. 1756-89; admitted
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to chh. in 1763 on rec. fr. chh. in No. 4. He m. May 25, 1741, Elea- nor Walker.
Ch .: Nathaniel, Dec. 2, 1741 (4). Abel, Nov. 24, 1745 (5). David, Oct. 15, 1747 (6).
Sibyl, Oct. 13, 1743; m. by Parson
Ashley, Dec. 18, 1764, Jonathan Wetherby.
Lucy, Jan. 30, 1751; m. by Parson Ash- ley, Nov. 10, 1772, Oliver Shattuck.
3. ABRAHAM, S. of Isaac (1), b. 1726; sett. in What .; drowned Mar. 12, 1757. He m. Mar. 16, 1749, Lois, dau. James Blood of Concord; she was of Dfd. 1769-79; d. Sept. 27, 1814.
Ch .: Lois, July 8, 1750; m. John Graves of What.
Abraham, May 31, 1752 (7). Susanna, Feb. 8, 1754; m. Ebenezer
Scout. Eunice, Jan. 22, 1756; m. Jonathan Goodnough.
Benjamin, Oct. II, 1757 (8).
4. NATHANIEL, S. of Nathaniel (2), b. 1741; sol. fr. Dfd. in the Fr. and Indian wars; minute man under Capt. Locke on the Lexing- ton alarm; rem. to Hawley abt. 1778. He m., by Parson Ashley, Oct. 8, 1765, Martha Gilman.
Ch .: James, bap. Sept. 16, 1778. Brench? Nathaniel, bap. June 6, 1770.
William, bap. Sept. 16, 1778; m. May 9, 1795, Mehitable Lilly.
Catherine, bap. Sept. 20, 1778; m. Aug. 9, 1797, Zenas Lilly.
Martha, bap. Sept. 20, 1778; m. Dec.
3, 1798, Sylvanus Marsh.
Mary, --; m. Nov. 21, 1798, Daniel
Abel, bap. May II, 1788. Elizabeth, who m. Sept. 19, 1799, Wm. Sanford, was prob. of this family.
5. ABEL, S. of Nathaniel (2), b. 1745; of Dfd. 1768; sergt. Rev. army 1775; rem. fr. What. to Hawley abt. 1778-9. He m., by Parson Ashley, May 30, 1770, Phebe Longley.
Ch .: + Silas, bap. June 28, 1772; m. 1788, Sarah
Asa, bap. Feb. 14, 1773. Adah, bap. Oct. 1, 1775.
Abel, bap. Feb. 1, 1778; d. young. Ede, bap. May 28, 1780. Abel, -; d. in Hawley at the age of 89.
6. DAVID, S. of Nathaniel (2), b. 1747; came with his father; rem. to Hawley. He m. Oct. 27, 1772, Sarah Farnsworth, per. dau. of James of No. 4.
Ch .: + David, bap. June S, 1777; m. Eleanor, bap. May 11, 1788.
Dec. 19, 1805, Lucy Clark. Oreb, bap. June 13, 1790.
Lewis, bap. Aug. 29, 1779. Consider, bap. Mar. 27, 1793; d. June
Eleanor, bap. Feb. 26, 1783; d. young. II, 1801.
Edmund, bap. Jan. 4, 1786.
7. ABRAHAM, S. of Abraham (3), b. 1752; enlisted under Capt. Joseph Stebbins at Cambridge, Apr. 30, 1775, and was with him in the battle of Bunker Hill; in 1777 marched to Bennington, too late for the battle, but in season to see the Hessian prisoners in the meetinghouse; was at the surrender of Burgoyne; rem. to Hawley abt. 1786. He m. Apr. 3, 1783, Abigail, dau. Sam'l Ingram of Amh. Ch .: + Lois, bap. Sept. 25, 1791. Abraham, bap. Mar. 27, 1793.
8. BENJAMIN, S. of Abraham (3), b. 1757; d. in What. Feb. 21,
1811. He m. Oct. 21, 1782, Hannah Guild; she d. Mar. 29, 1857, a. 93.
Esther, bap. Mar. 9, 1782; m. Oct., 1804, Sam'l Gould of Charl.
Benoni, bap. July 18, 1784.
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Ch .: Asa, Mar. 12, 1783; d. Aug. II, 1786 or 7.
Eunice, Apr. 11, 1785; m. Joseph East- man.
Asa, Mar. 5, 1787; m. Hannah, dau. Israel Cooley; (2) - Clapp, dau. Sup- ply of Nhn.
Nancy, Oct. IS, 1788; m. Apr. 29, 1819, Benjamin Munn; (2) Apr. 25, 1853. Martin Woods of What.
Isaac, Dec. 27, 1790; m. Dadema Rus-
sell; he was alive ISSS.
Anna, Mar. II, 1793: d. Nov. 10, 1802. Levi, Jan. 16, 1795; d. Apr. 16, 1796. Electa, Dec. 29, 1796; d. Sept. 26, 1845. Experience, Sept. 26, 1799; m. Enoch Nourse of Lanesboro.
Caroline, Oct. 9, ISOI; m. Holland Hubbard.
Anna, Dec. 25, 1803; m. Decalous Moore.
PARKER, ISAAC; came to Dfd. 1774, fr. Boston; Rev. sol. 1775- 8; jeweler; his shop stood in Hitchcock Lane; ret. to Boston abt. 1790. He m. June 27, 1776, Deborah, dau. Giles Alexander; admit- ted to chh. Aug. 31, 1777.
Ch .: Isaac, Dec. 21, 1778.
John, Feb. 6, 1781.
Giles Alexander, Jan. 13, 1783. Samuel Williams, Apr. S, 1785.
PARKER, JACOB, found here 1756.
PARKER, JOSEP11, 1792.
PARKER, SAMUEL, b. in Groton abt. 1747; of Dfd. 1774; rem. to Hawley; d. July 20, 1826. He m. Rebecca Hunt of Concord; Dec. 3, 1793 she was recommended to the chh. in Rowe; (2) abt. 1803, Judith, dau. Ebenezer Hart, wid. of Wm. Joiner.
Ch .: + Sibyl, -; d. young. Rebecca, bap. Mar. 26, 1786; m. Thos. Charlotte, bap. Sept. 16, 1778. Dewey of Shel. Samuel, bap. Sept. 16, 1778. Luther, bap. Mar. 3, 1799; d. abt. 1813. William H., bap. Sept. 16, 1778; m. An- na Aldrich. Susannah, Oct. 7, 1804; m. Mar. 7, 1825, Sylvester Upton of Charl. Isaac, bap. Oct. 10, 1779; d. s. p. 1804. Judith, Aug. 28, ISog; m. IS27, Joseph Barber.
Elijah, bap. June 30, 1782; in. Nancy Beals.
PATTERSON, ELEAZER, b. 1761; Rev. sol. 1780.
PATTERSON, JONATHAN, b. 1686; tailor; of Dfd. 1713; rem. to Nfd. 1717; d. 1718. He m. July 30, 1713, Mary, dau. Eliezer Hawks; she d. Mar. 4, 1757, a. 61.
Ch .: Jonathan, Dec. 18, 1714; a prom- inent "Yorker" in the New Hamp- shire Grants trouble; sett. in Vernon.
See Hist. of Nfd.
Eliezer, Sept. 2, 1716.
PEAR, WILLIAM, taxed 1792. PEASE, SOLOMON, 1817.
PECK; of this family I can but give a few scattered data; I can- not connect them with one another, nor with the extensive "Peck Genealogy" of Ira B. Peck, 1868.
PECK, ABNER, 1747-9; sergt.
PECK, ABRAHAM, 1747-58; sol. in last French war.
PECK, ELISHA, abt. 1790. PECK, ELIZABETHI. She m. Nov. 23, 1789, Jona. Houghton.
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PECK, HULDAH, b. abt. 1795. She m. 1817, Sam'l Lanfair.
PECK, MARTIN, 1774.
PECK, NATHAN, 1771; Rev. sol. 1778.
PECK, RICHARD, 1775.
PECK, SIMEON, b. 1765; sett. in Wisdom; d. Oct. 4, 1839. He m. Lucinda, prob. dau. Solomon Chapman; she d. Oct. 29, 1842, a. 76
Ch .: + Lucinda Chapman, Mar. 5, 1801. Darius, May 14, 1807; d. July 10, 1833.
Delia, June 23, 1803. Philander S., Sept. 20, 1809.
Lois, Mar. 12, 1805.
PECK, SIMEON, drowned at Foot's ferry, June 1, 1825. He m. Elvira S.
Ch .: Simeon, June 25, 1825; m. Lucinda, dau. Pliny Allis.
PERKINS, JOEL, b. 1750; Dfd. 1766.
PERRY, OBADIAH, 1772-5.
PERRY, WIDOW; d. Mar., 1799, a. 82.
1. PETTY, JOHN; rem. fr. Wind. to Spfd. abt. 1665; d. Mar. 6, 1680. He m. Mar. 30, 1662, Ann Canning of Boston; she m. (2) Sept. 5, 1681, Samuel Owens.
Ch .: James, May 26, 1662; sol. in King William's war; m. June 15, 1683, Mercy Lawton.
Mary, Mar. 27, 1670; m. Dec. 29, 1687, Thomas Taylor.
Joseph, Sept. 29, 1672 (2).
Hannah, Nov. 9, 1666; d. young. Ann, May 19, 1675.
John, Dec. 11, 1667; m. Apr. 13, 1693. Mercy Taylor.
Child, June 27, 1677; d. young. Ebenezer, Oct. 9, 1678.
2. JOSEPH, s. of John (1), b. 1672; the man for whom Petty's Plain was named; sol. at Nfd. in King William's war; at Dfd. 1688 and in the Pomroy pursuit; sett. in Dfd. ; self and wife cap. Feb. 29, 1704; he escaped the next summer with Baker, Nims and Kellogg; (see ante, p. 353). He rem. to Nfd. at the permanent settlement and d. abt. 1746. He m. Feb. 14, 1701, Elizabeth, dau. Joseph Ed- wards of Nhn .; she d. Feb. 18, 1702; (2) June 2, 1703, Sarah Ed- wards; she was redeemed fr. captivity, and d. Oct. 4, 1754.
Ch .: Elizabeth, Feb. 11, 1702. Joseph; for his descendants see Hist. Sarah, Apr. 14, 1707; m. 1727, Asahel , of Nfd. Stebbins of Dfd. and Nfd.
PHELPS, REBECCA; d. Nov., 1793, a. 71.
PHELPS, SETH, schoolmaster, 1760-1.
PHILLIPS, EPHRAIM, b. 1803 in Mont .; lived in Erving and Dfd .; rem. to Hoosick, N. Y .; high sheriff. He m. 1828, Nancy Richmond.
PHILLIPS, HART, b. 1800; carpenter and manufacturer of lumber; rem. to Hoosick Falls, N. Y., where he was living in 1895. He in. 1823, Gratia, dau. Elisha Clapp; she d. Nov. 11, 1831; a second wife d. Apr. 19, 1888.
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GENEALOGIES.
PIERCE, STEPHEN, 1788.
PIXLEY, STEPHEN, taxed 1799.
PIXLEY, WILLIAM; here in 1675; owned house lot No. 39.
1. PLYMPTON, JOHN, b. abt. 1620; of Roxbury 1640; of Ded- ham 1642; member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery co. 1643; rem. to Medfield 1652, and to Pocumtuck 1673; his autograph, writ- ten that year, is in Memorial hall; was sergt. in Philip's war; he was serving under Capt. Moseley Dec. 10, 1675; retired to Hat. on the breaking up of the sett., but ret. in 1677 and built a house on lot No. 34; Sept. 19, 1677, he was cap. by a party of Indians fr. Can. led by Ashpelon; on the arrival of the party in Can. he was burned at the stake. [ For a full account of the family of John Plympton see the genealogy of the Plympton family by Levi B. Chace. ] He m. Mar. 13, 1644, Jane Dament; she m. (2) Mar. 16, 1679, Nicholas Hyde. Ch .: Hannah, Mar. 1, 1644-5; m. Jan. Joseph, Oct. 7, 1653; m. Nov. 3, 1675, Mary, dau. Sam'l Morse of Medfield. Mehitable, Sept. 15, 1655; m. Sept. 28. 1676, Ephraim Ilinsdale. 31, 1665, Nathaniei Sutlieffe; they rem. to Pocumtuck 1673; was k. with Capi. Turner 1676; she m. (2 ) 1677. Sam'l Harrington, another first setl. Jonathan, Nov. 23, 1657; k. with Lo- throp at Bloody Brook. John, Mar. 21, 1645-6; d. Apr. 12, 1646. Mary, Apr. 9. 1648; m. Nov. 14, 1671, Nathaniel Johnson.
John, June 16, 1650; tailor; m. Jan. 2, 1678, Elizabeth, dau. John Fisher; he was a sol. fr. Boston in Capt. Moseley's co. 1675.
Eleazer, Feb. 20, 1659-60; d. July 15, 1660. Eleazer, May 3, 1661; d. in infancy. Rhoda, (?) Feb. 2, 1662-3; d. in 12 days. Jane, June 2, 1664; d. in 10 days. Henry, June 9, 1666; d. Jan. 4, 1668-9.
Peter, bap. Mar. 7, 1652 (2).
2. PETER, S. of John (1), b. 1652; came here with his father; served under Capt. Moseley; lived a few yrs. in Hat .; was in Marl- boro 1705, when he sold the land his father had owned here to John Wells; d. in Marlboro Mar. 27, 1717. He m. July 2, 1677, Mary, dau. Abraham Munden; she was given to feminine vanities and was "presented" May 26, 1678, for "wearing silk," and was fined 10 s for the offense.
Ch .: Hannah, Mar. 28, 1679. John Johnson of Marlboro.
Mary, Mar. 8, 1681; m. Feb. 25, 1707-8,
POAG, ROBERT, 1687; rem. to Hat .; d. at Nhn. Jan. 10, 1701-2; Poag's Hole was prob. named fr. him.
POMPEY, CATO; Rev. sol .; enlisted for three yrs. in 1781, then 16 yrs. old.
1. POMROY or PUMRY, ELTWED, ELTWOOD, ELDAD, EDWARD, EDOWED; of Dorchester 1630; one of the first sett. of Wind., 1636; rem. to Nhn. abt. 1672, where he d. the same year. Wife unk .; she d. abt. 1655; (2) Lydia (Brown), wid. of Thomas Parsons.
Ch .: + Mary, -; d. 1640. John, -; d. 1647.
Eldad, -; d. s. p. May 22. 1662.
Medad, bap. Aug. 19, 1638; blacksmith; one of the committee for resentling Dfd. 1680; clerk of the Proprietors
of Pocumtuck; many yrs. town clerk of Nhn .; rep. 6 yrs .; dea .; d. Dec. 30, 1716; m. Nov. 21, 1661, Expe- rience, dau. Ilenry Woodward; she d. June 8, 1686; (2) Sept. 8, 1686, Abigail, dau. Elder John Strong,
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wid. of Rev. Nathan Chauncey of Hat. ; (3) Jan. 24, 1705, Hannah, dau. Wm. Warriner, wid. of Thos. Noble. Caleb, bap. Mar. 6, 1642; Nhn. ; d. Nov. IS, 1691; m. Mar. 8, 1664-5, Hepzi- bah, dau. Jeffery Baker.
Mary, Apr. II, 1644; d. bef. 1659. Joshua, Nov. 22, 1646 (2).
Joseph, June 20, 1652; of Wfd. 1685; of Lebanon, Ct., 1700; of Colchester 1703; m. June 20, 1677, Hannah, dau. Richard Lyman.
2. JOSHUA, S. of Eltwed (1), b. 1646; lieut .; had a grant of home lot and 7 cow commons at Pocumtuck, Mar. 30, 1682; this was on Green river and he built thereon the first house in Gfd. in 1686; was on the first board of selectmen and prominent in the affairs of the settlement; d. Oct. 16, 1689, leaving an estate inventoried at £71, 10 s. He m. Aug. 20, 1672, Elizabeth, dau. Richard Lyman; she d. May 22, 1676; (2) Jan. 9, 1677, Abigail (b. 1660), dau. Nathaniel Cook of Wind .; she m. (2) abt. 1691, David Hoyt; both were cap. Feb. 29, 1704; Hoyt was starved at Cowass; his wid. was redeemed and m. (3) Nathaniel Rice of Wallingford, Ct.
Ch .: John, May 2, 1674; d. Nov. 2, 1674.
Joshua, Sept. 24, 1675; m. May 1, 1700, Sarah Leonard; she d. Apr. 24, 1702; (2) Esther --: both were cap. 1704, and she was k. on the march; (3) Re- pent -; he was of Dorchester, with wife Repent, in 1707; she d. in Dor- chester, July 22, 1714, a. 38; (4) Oct. I, 1718, Mary Clapp of Dorchester. Elizabeth, 1677; d. Nov. 10, 1688.
Nathaniel, Mar. 9, 1680; k. at Pomroy's Island, July 16, 1698. [See ante p. 260.] Abigail, July 23, 1682; d. Nov. 8, 1688. Lydia, Mar. 5, 1684-5; cap. 1704; re- deemed and m. Nathaniel Ponder of Westfield.
John, Mar. 2, 1687-8; d. June 3, 1691. For further notice of Pomroy family see Hist. of Nfd.
POND, JABEZ, 1784-8.
POOL, ROBERT, 1763, with wife Sarah and ch. Jacob, Susanna, Israel and Betsey; prob. fr. Lunenburg.
POOLE, SAMUEL, 1765: had a sawmill 1770. Had wife Sarah.
PORTER, EZRA; Rev. sol. 1775.
PORTER, POLLY, 1793.
PORTER, SIBYL,, admitted to chh. May 1, 1745, on recommenda- tion "from chh. in Bolton."
PORTER, THOMAS, fr. Sund. ; in trade at Bloody Brook ; d. June, 1807, a. 27. He m. Hannah, dau. John Williams of Goshen; she m. (2) Jan. 28, 1809, Nathaniel Tower, Jr., of Cummington. Ch .: Almira, Mar. 9, 1806.
POTTER, EPHRAIM, with Susanna, his wife; came fr. Lunenburg 1765, taxed 1778-9.
PRATT, AARON, 1777-90.
PRATT, AARON, JR., 1782; Rev. sol. 1778. He m. Apr. 29, 1781, Rachel Smith of What. ; she d. Mar. 8, 1793; (2) Jerusha Brown; rem. to What. 1789.
Ch .: + Linus.
Caroline, -; m. Sept. 6, 1798, Solomon Hubbard.
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GENEALOGIES.
PRATT, MARY. She m. 1782, Roswell Smith of What.
PRATT, JOHN, 1759.
PRATT, JOSEPH, b. 1752; Rev. sol. in Mass. Line 1779-81 ; was of Milbury 1812-18; back here 1820.
1. PRATT, JOSHUA GOULDING, s. of Joshua of Worcester, grandson of Capt. Seth of Shrewsbury, b. Jan. 24, 1801; shoemaker; rem. fr. Shrewsbury to Dfd .; kept country store; d. Apr. 7, 1881. He m. June 9, 1825, Martha, dau. Aaron Arms; she d. Nov. 7, 1866, a. 70.
Ch .: Lucy Tyler, Mar. 15, 1826; d. master since 1870; d. in office Dec. 14. 1894.
Aug. 1, IS26.
Son, b. and d. May 12, 1827.
James C .. June 25. 1832 (2).
Sophia Arms, June 17, 1828; d. Oct. 28, 1850.
Eliza H., Mar. 11, 1836; m. June 30, 1857, Rev. llenry H. Barber.
Martha Goulding, Sept. 29, 1830; Post-
2. JAMES C., $. of Joshua G. (1), b. 1832; printer; political writer; editor of several papers in Mass. and Minn .; storekeeper; d. Aug. 5, 1890. He m. Dec. 23, 1857, Sarah A., dau. Capt. Richard Smith of Sund., Eng.
Ch .: Jenny Eliza, Oct. 24, 1860; suc- ceeded her aunt as postmaster 1894; a writer of magazine literature.
Frank Wright, Oct. 23, 1866; grad. of Meadville Theol. Sem .; sett. pastor over the First Parish in Roxbury, Oct. 23, 1891; m. June 21, 1892, Mar- garet L., dau. Geo. L. Cary, pres.
Mead. Theol. Sem .: ch. Beatrice Cary, Aug. 27, 1893.
Grace Tyler, Feb. 12, 1869; grad. Smith C .; teacher; principal of the Wil- mington High school 1894.
Lucy Agnes, July 29, 1874; teacher. Martha Elizabeth, Sept. 15. 1876; teacher.
PRATT, SAMUEL, b. 1764; Rev. sol. 1780.
PRATT, WILLIAM, taxed 1792-9. He m. Dec. 18, 1799, Electa Hubbard.
PRENTICE, SAMUEL, taxed 1789-93.
PRENTICE, WILLIAM, taxed 1787-90. He m. Mary Ch .: + Samuel, Polly, Susanna, Lois.
PRESSON, LEMUEL, b. abt. 1753; volunteered in 1776 for 3 yrs. in the Mass. Line; promoted to sergt .; served in the Northern army; was discharged at Old Ti in consequence of a wound, Nov. 3, 1776; rem. to Dummerston, Vt., and thence in 1799 to Nfd., where he d. Dec. 12, 1820. Hem. . - Hildreth; (2) Mar. 25, 1788, wid. Anna (Lawton) Temple; she was living in Palermo, N. Y., 1838-50, and prob. d. there abt. 1855, a. 97. Ch .: Samuel, 1784; m. Susan Thomas. Hannah, 1794; m. Jan. 5, 1814, Otis French. Lemuel, 1785; m. Betsey Burnham. Submit, 1787; prob. m. Jacob Esty. Betsey, 1796; m. - Greenwood. John, 1789; m. Eliza, dau. John M. Field; rem. to Warwick.
Aaron, June 27, 1791; m. Achsa, dau. John French.
Esther, June 27, 1791 ; m. Benj. Dennis. Emerson, 1793: m. Polly Brooks; sett. in Palermo.
Mary, 1797; m. Leonard Smith. Joseph, Nov., 1798; clergyman; sett. in N. Y. Sally, Dec. 31, I800; m. Geo. Smith. Philana, Aug. 30, 1803: m. Ebenezer Daniels.
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PRESSON, OTHNIEL, fr. Palmer, 1765.
PRICE, ROBERT, 1696-1715; was a sol. under Capt. Turner at the Falls fight; his son Samuel drew his share of the Falls fight town- ship in 1737. He m. abt. 1677, Mary, dau. John Webb of Nhn., wid. of Zech. Field; she was k. Feb. 29, 1704.
Ch .: Sarah, Sept. 12, 1678. he was k. andshe cap. 1704; she m. in Mary, Mar. 21, 1681; m. Mar. 17, 1699, Sam'l Smead; k. 1704. Can. Feb.3, 1706, Jean Fourneau. Samuel, abt 1685; cap. 1704; came back and m. Apr. 7, 1714, Dorothy Fox of Glastonbury, Ct., and sett. in that town.
Elizabeth, Aug. 12, 1683; m. Dec. 6, 1703, Andrew Stephens, an Indian, the only case I have seen in Mass. of intermarriage between the two races;
John, May 14, 1689.
PRINCE, ABIJAH; negro slave or "servant" to Rev. Benj. Doo- little, and Ebenezer Wells; lived in Wallingford, Ct., Nfd., Dfd., Sund., Vt., and Guilford, Vt., where he d. An account of this remark- able family has been given in an article on "Negro Slavery in Deer- field." He m. May 17, 1756, Lucy Terry, "servant to Ebenezer Wells;" she became famous as "Luce Bijah;" she d. in Sund., Vt., 1821.
Ch .: Cæsar, Jan. 14, 1757; bap. Feb. 13, by Parson Ashley, as "son 10 Abijah Negrow & Lusey his wife;" Rev. sol. ; sett. in Sund., Vt .; d. 1836.
Durexa, June 1, 1758; d. in Sund. abt. 1812.
Drucella, Aug. 7, 1760. Festus, Dec. 12, 1763; sett. in Sund .; m. a white woman.
Tatnai, Sept. 2, 1765; m. - Quack; shopkeeper in Salem, N. Y. Abijah, June 12, 1769.
PROUTY, ELIJAH, b. 1741 ; a sol. in the last French war.
PUFFER, SIMEON; Rev. sol .; taken prisoner in the Can. cam- paign of 1776, was exchanged and discharged at Saratoga, Dec., 1776; he d. Jan. 7, 1832. He m. Lydia -, b. 1.762.
Ch .: + Lucinda, 1801. Martha, 1807.
Orsamus, 1804.
PUTNAM, NATHAN, 1792.
1. QUIN, HUGH, b. 1770; said by tradition to have been kid- napped in the north of Ireland, brought to New England and sold for £20-his passage money; he became a carpenter; was k. by light- ning, leaving a son Hugh (2).
2. HUGH, s. of Hugh (1), tailor 1771; rem. to Ash. He mn. Mer- ibah Rose; she was bap. and admitted to chh. May 2, 1773.
Ch .: + Meribah.
Moriah, bap. June 13, 1773; m. (pub. June 26, 1792) Joel Saxton.
Nancy, bap. June 13, 1773; m. Amasa Nims of Con.
Sophia, abt. 1774; m. Feb. 13, 1805, Eb-
enezer Barnard.
Hugh, --; m. Feb. 5, 1807, Hannah Edson; sett. in Buckland.
Electa.
Naomi, Nov. 12, 1777; m. Feb. 5, ISOI, Levi Sanderson.
RAMSDELL, JERRY.
RAND, AARON, fr. Leverett abt. 1798; bought of Capt. Jonas Locke the Fuller place at the Bars in 1805; kept a bakery and tav- ern; sold out to Esq. John Williams in 1815 and rem. to Hart. He
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m. Sept. 23, 1794, Abigail, dau. Ebenezer McKenney; she d. May 18, 1812, a. 38; (2) June 21, 1814, Mrs. Hannah Pitkin of East Hartford. Ch .: Mary, July 25, 1796; d. Oct. 17, Ebenezer Kenny, Oct. 6, 1805; d. Jan. 1803. II, 1807.
Nabby, Mar. 9, 1799; m. Oliver Bolles. Ebenezer Kenny, Feb. 3, 1808; d. Mar. Elijah Dwight, Apr. 27. 1800. 14, 1808. Mary Louisa, May 12, 1810.
Horace, Aug. 23, 1803.
RANNY, FREDERICK; Rev. sol. 1779.
RANSOM, ALPHEUS, 1774, with wife Jhean and ch. Alpheus, Ab- igail, Sarah, Betsey, David and Dolly; rem. to Shel., 1786.
RANSOM, ROSWELL, taxed 1771.
1. RAY, BENJAMIN, b. 1762; of Shutesbury; served in Rev. army 9 mos. in 1779, and again fr. Mar., 1781 to the close of the war; was living in 1838. He m. Lois -, b. 1762. Ch .: | Benjamin, 1797 (2).
Kibby, 1804.
Lydia, 1802; m. 1823, Thomas Dodge.
2. BENJAMIN, S. of Benjamin (1), h) 1797; wheelwright; sett. in Dfd .; d. Sept. 13, 1879. He m. Mar. 10, 1819, Anna, dan. William Dodge.
Ch .: Miranda Adeline, Jan. 16, 1820; Edward Addison, May 4, 1825 (3).
m. John Barnard. Harriet Jane, Sept. 17, 1827.
Amos Henderson, Sept. 1, 1821; d. June 3, 1822.
Marietta, June 18, 1830. Albert.
Lydia Caroline, Mar. 15, 1823.
3. EDWARD A., s. of Benjamin (2), b. 1825; sett. in New Haven; sec. and treas. N. H. & N. R. R. Co. He m. Nov. 2, 1852, Helen M. Chapin.
Ch .: Fanny Chapin, May 21, 1854. Herman Chapin, Nov. 12, 1860; d. Mar.
Nathaniel Chapin, May 21, 1858; m. 14, 1862.
June, 1885, Adelaide M Smith. Anna Chapin, Jan. 3, 1865.
RAYNOLDS, SAMUEL, 1751-2.
REDFIELD, JOEL D., clothier at the Mill 1814; a Mrs. Redfield d. Apr. 27, 1810.
REED, ISAAC, Rev. sol.
1. REED, JAMES, S. of Benjamin, b. 1783; tailor; bought the old Saxton tavern and sett. in Dfd. 1804; d. in Marion, O., Dec. 18, 1871 ? He m. Nov. 13, 1816, Sophronia, dau. Amasa Smith; she d. June 1, 1853.
Ch .: James Smith, Apr 13, 1818 (2). 12, 1876. Elizabeth, Jan. 7, 1821; m. Nov. 2, 1841, Sarah II., Oct. 11, 1824; m. July 2, 1846,
Dr. Henry A. True; she d. in Dfd. R. H. Johnson of Marion.
Sept. 24, 1881; he d. in Marion, Dec. Henry. --; d. in infancy.
2. JAMES, S. of James (1), b. 1818; banker; sett. in Marion; "starting with nothing I have accumulated a small fortune, as many others have done" [ reply to a query]. He m. Dec. 7, 1841, Nancy A., dau. Sam'l Holmes of Marion; she d. Ang. 5, 1895, a. 76.
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REED-RICE.
Ch .: Sophronia, Oct. 10, 1842; m. Dec. 1869, Elizabeth Pardee. 7, 1866, John Williams of Chicago. James H., Oct. 6, 1844; m. Mar. 31, Sarah E., Feb. 14, 1852; m. Mar. 2, 1874, James Delano of New Bedford.
REED, JESSE; Rev. sol., enlisted for the war in 1777.
REED, MOSES, taxed 1770.
REED, MRS. SUSANNA; d. at Dfd. Oct. 24, 1814, a. 82, formerly of Lexington.
REGULAR, JOHN, 1768.
RICE, ABEL, taxed 1789-90. Had wife Sarah with children Ethel and Polly, here before 1789.
RICE, ADONIJAH, taxed 1787.
RICE, BENJAMIN; Rev. sol. 1776-7.
1. RICE, MOSES, s. of Moses, b. 1764, the sixth generation fr. Edmond Rice who settled in Sudbury in 1639; of Dfd. 1787; sett. in Wisdom. He m. July 10, 1788, Esther, dau. Elisha De Wolf; she m. (2) (pub. Sept. 15, 1821) Abner Goodnough; she d. Apr. 1, 1855. Ch .: Rufus, Feb. 18, 1789 (2). Moses, Jan. 17, 1791 (3).
Lydia, Oct. 14, 1793; m. Feb. 26, 1815, Joseph Nutting; (2) William McClin- tock.
Harriet, Nov. 17, 1796; d. Aug. 11,1799.
Sally, Feb. 13, 1800; m. Apr. 11, 1827, Alvin Goodnough. Cynthia, July 30, 1802; d. Aug. 8, 1803. Electa, Jan. 25, 1807; m. May 5, 1828, Frank Russell. Ezra, Feb. 13, 1810; m. Abigail Clapp.
2. RUFUS, s. of Moses (1), b. 1789; Street; established the ex- press business between Dfd. and Gfd .; d. Mar. 1, 1858. He m. Dec., 1814, Esther, dau. Seth Hawks; she d. Oct. 29, 1856, a. 69. Ch .: Seth, Jan. 9, 1815; d. s. p. Almon C. Williams.
Fanny, Oct. 12, 1822; m. Jan. 2, 1854,
3. MOSES, s. of Moses (1), b. 1791; lived at Stillwater; d. Mar. 2, 1878. He m. Jan. 1, 1818, Eunice, dau. Church Mendall.
Ch .: Frederick E. Wilson, Nov. II, Calista Clark, Feb. 9, 1834 (adopted); m. Silas S. Kingman, Oct. 9, 1851. 1818.
1. RICE, JOHN, brother of Moses (1), b. 1766; of Wisdom 1793; d. Sept. 29, 1842. He m. (pub. Apr., 1796) Prudence, dau. Samuel Dodge; d. in Sturbridge.
Ch .: John, Mar. 2, 1797 (2).
Caleb, Dec. 14, 1798 (3). Freelove Sweet, Dec. 18, 1800; d. unm. 1856. Samuel, Mar. 22, 1803 (4). Hiram, Apr. 19, 1806 (5).
David L., Sept. 23, 1808 (6). George W., Nov. 20, 1810 (7). Charles, Mar. 7, 1813 (S).
Sophronia, Feb. 27, 1815; m. Nov., 1845, David Jenkins of Ash. ; d. Dec. 18, 1875.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1797; Wisdom. He m. Dec. 27, 1820, Rachel, dau. Isaac Dibble.
Ch .: + Rebecca A., Sept. 23, 1821; m. - Allis of Greenwich.
Josiah, Feb. 22, 1823; d. unm. in Stur- bridge.
Tirza A., Dec. 18, 1824; d. unm. in Sturbridge.
John H., Sept. 14, 1826; sett. in Brim- field.
Albert, -; sett. in Wilbraham. Susan Frances, -; m. George Rice. Adeline.
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3. CALEB, S. of John (1), b. 1798; Bars. He m. Oct. 11, 1824, Joanna, wid. of John DeWolf, and dau. Daniel Wright of Spfd. ; she d. July 24, 1856.
Ch .: Daniel W., July 5, 1825; the well- known "Dan Rice circus" man.
Charles, Apr. 2, 1827.
Martha Maud, Dec. 14, 1829; m. Nov. 25, 1847, Leonard A. Williams; fr. whom she was divorced; (2) Nov. 13,
1862, Alfred O. Goodnough. Jane A. D., Sepi. 3, 1831; m. Oct. 19, 1854, Albert W. Rice; (2) Nov. 13, IS79, Franklin M. Baldwin; he d. Aug. 4, 1885.
4. SAMUEL, S. of John (1), b. 1803; Wisdom. He m. May 26, 1831, Lucina, dau. Isaac Dibble; she d. Aug. 15, 1858, a. 56.
Sophronia, -; m. Abraham Bigelow. Emily, -; d. unm.
Lucina, -; m. Henry Risley. William A., Feb. 19, 1846.
5. HIRAM, S. of John (1), b. 1806; Wisdom; d. Feb. 26, 1854. He m. Oct., 1832, Lovina, dau. Isaac Dibble.
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