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Aug. 28, 1831. Harriet E., May 4, 1825.
66. HORATIO, S. of Samuel (48), b. 1796. He m. Dec. 16, 1820, Sarah W., dau. Benj. Swan.
Ch .: Carrie W., Louisa, Horatio, Samuel, Sarah, Horatio, Charles.
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67. ALFRED, S. of Samuel (48), b. 1800; d. Aug. 2, 1876. He m. Nov. 1, 1825, Sarah Wilcox; she d. Oct. 5. 1830, a. 26; (2) Feb. 6, 1838, Elizabeth, dau. Seth Smead; she d. June 14, 1866, a. 56. Ch .: Alfred Wilcox, Apr. 11, 1827 (75). 26, 1860, Frederick Conant; he d. Sarah Elizabeth, Nov. 6, 1840; m. Nov. Aug. 9, ISS9.
68. JOHN, s. of Samuel (48), b. 1802; d. Jan. 15, 1840. He m. Jan. 17, 1827, Cornelia Hubbard; she d. 1888.
Ch .: Cornelia, Oct. 16, 1827. Harriet, May 25, 1832; m. Edward
Helen, Mar. 13, 1829; d. Sept. 27, 1853. Marsh.
69. WILLIAM E., s. of Samuel (48), b. 1806; d. May 18. 1841. He m. Aug. 26, 1833, Nancy A. Clark ; she d. Aug. 18, 1843. Ch .: + William A., May 29, 1834. Charles C.
Helen A.
70. WILLIAM, S. of David (50), b. 1838; farmer on the home farm; corp. in co. A, 52d Mass. Inf. ; enlisted Oct. 2, 1862; dis. Aug. 14, 1863; was in the Red River campaign and at the siege of Port Hud- son; d. Mar. 4, 1883. He m. Dec. 20, 1865, Mary E. Ballou of Gfd. Ch .: Ellen Sophia, Oct.4, 1866; m. June Mary Prudence, Nov. 18, 1874.
15. 1887, Albion F. Hitchcock. Alice, Aug., 1878.
71. GEORGE M., s. of Joel (54), b. 1833; corp. in co. D. 52d Mass. Inf. ; went through the campaign with this regt. ; mustered in Oct. 2, 1862; dis. Aug. 14, 1863; farmer on the ancestral home; d. July 9, 1883. He m. Dec. 18, 1872, Elizabeth H., dau. Chas. Wells of Shel. Ch .: Sarah Smead, Oct. 18, 1873. Joel Benjamin, June 24, 1878.
Catherine E., Mar. 10, 1875. Charles Royal, Mar. 14, 1881.
Abby Tirrell, Oct. 28, 1876.
72. SAMUEL F., s. of Augustus (55), b. 1828; farmer; lived on the old homestead; d. Nov. 8, 1873. He m. Dec. 31, 1857, Lurane Brad- ford of Ash.
Ch .: Lincoln B., May 4, 1861; farmer. Ella Maria, Sept. 29, 1863; teacher; m. 11. C. Hawks.
William S., Sept. 3. 1866; carpenter;
architect. Harry Arms, Aug. 16. 1868; farmer. Samuel F., June 15, 1874: posthumous; d. Sept. 3. 1874.
73. ELISHA, S. of Elisha (61), b. 1821; lives on No. 23; active in town affairs; selectman 3 yrs .; town clerk, assessor and town treas. many yrs .; farmer and one of the first to introduce tobacco culture into this town; capt. of Franklin Cadets. He m. Jan. 4, 1849, Lois, dau. Elihu Hare; she d. Feb. 5, 1882.
Ch .: Charles A., Nov. 4, 1849: m Apr., Theron B., Sept. IS, 1861 (77). 1872, Sarah Jane Perry. Mary W., Apr. 26, 1864; m. Warren Childs.
Frank Bacon, Aug. 24, 1854 (76).
74. WILLIAM A., s. of Elisha (61), b. 1832; lived at Pine Nook; Nov., 1888, on the town farm at Mill River. He m. Mar. 28, 1855 Lucinda Crosier of Halifax, Vt. Ch .: William I., Mar. 2, 1856. Mary, Nov. 26, 1858; d. May 26, 1865. Elisha L., June 25, 1860; d. Aug. 9,1861. Henry C., Dec. 20, 1862.
Alfred D., Aug. 9, 1865. Elizabeth, Sept. 2, 1867; d. Sept. 14, 1873.
Arthur F., May 27, 1869. Archie L., Feb. 25, 1872: d. Mar. 17, 1872. Charles S., Mar. 13, 1875. Frank H., Mar. 24, 1877. Della M., Dec. 24, 1879.
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75. ALFRED W., S. of Alfred (67), b. 1827. He in. Jan. 23, 1848, Nancy M. Henry.
Ch .: Ella Maria, May 14, 1850. Charles Walter, Feb. 25, 1865.
Flora Delphine, Mar. 7, 1852. Julia Elizabeth, May 17, 1868.
William Henry, Apr. 18, 1854. Harriet Janelle, Nov. 5, 1871.
Fred Lewis, Nov. 23, 1856.
Rosa Belle, Oct., IS75.
Sarah Anna, May 16, 1859.
76. FRANK B., s. of Elisha (73), b. 1854; Ph. D .; druggist; Gfd. He m. Feb. 17, 1880, Helen T., dau. Wm. Sheldon of Dfd. Ch .: Marjorie Frances, June 27, ISS2. Roy Amidon, Oct. 25, 1883.
77. THERON B., s. of Elisha (73), b. 1861; lives in Denver, Col. He m. Nov., 1883, Lillie Naumyer of Denver.
Ch .: Mabel E., Jan. 13, 1885.
Richard, Feb. 9, 1886.
WESSON, JONATHAN, prob. s. of Jeremiah of Sudbury, b. 1730; housewright, 1755.
WETHERBY, JOHN; ensign, 1778.
WHEELER, EPHRAIM; taxed 1795.
WHEELER, JOEL; joiner; taxed 1784-95.
WHITCOMB, SILAS; taxed 1767.
WHITE, HENRY; weaver; came here before Philip's war; a soldier under Capt. Turner; came back at the permanent settlement; owned No. 38-may not have lived on it; selectman, and a prominent man; estate in Court, 1707. He m. Apr. 3, 1677, Martha, dau. Richard Montague, and wid. of Isaac Harrison, who had been k. with Capt. Turner; she d. Nov. 3, 1691, a. 47; (2) Feb. 25, 1691-2, Mary, dau. John Alexander, wid. of Benj. Barrett.
Ch .: + Henry, -: "aged 16" in 1694. Ebenezer, Feb. 14, 1692-3; d. bef. 1714.
Mehitable, Nov. 22, 1685; m. Joseph Joseph, Nov. 14, 1694; d. bef. 1714. Bebe. David, Jan. 12, 1696-7; d. bef. 1714. Richard, -; alive 1714.
Susanna, May 12, 1688; m. John Fox. Son, b. and d. July 24, 1690.
WHITNEY, ABNER; of Dfd. 1767, with wife Sarah and ch. Abner, Uriel, Ely, Beulah and Sarah.
WHITNEY, DAVID. He m. Sept. 7, 1767, Rachel Ransom of Shel.
WHITNEY, EPHRAIM; of Dfd. 1762-7, with wife Esther and ch Ephraim, Esther, Lydia, Rebecca.
WHITNEY, JOB; capt. 1793-5.
WHITNEY, JOHN, 1794-5.
WHITNEY, OZIAS, 1794-7.
WHITNEY, STEPHEN; fr. Roxbury, N. H., bef. 1793; innholder at Bloody Brook, 1798-1808; was of Sterling, 1809. He m. Feb. 6, 1793, Persis, dau. Joseph Locke; she d. June 21, 1806, a. 49. Ch .: Mary, -; m. Benj. Marsh, Sept. Sukey, June 11, 1795.
26, 18 -. Stephen, Aug. 6, 1797.
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1. WHITNEY, STEPHEN, S. of Josiah and Nancy (Scolly) of Nel- son, N. H., b. July 12, 1784; came to Dfd. abt. 1806; merchant; prominent in town affairs; selectman 6 yrs .; rep. 7 years; rem. to Spfd., 1837; thence in 1847 to Con., where he d. July 12, 1852. He m. (pub. Jan. 13, 1810) Mary A., dan. of Dr. Benj. Burgess and wid. of Isaac Williams of Goshen; she was b. July 12, 1786, and d. at Sar- atoga Springs, 1868.
Ch : James Scolly, May 19, 1811 (2). Wakefield.
Mary Ann, Mar. 19, 1813: m. Theodore Billings; d. in Dfd. 1837.
Susan C., Jan. 18, 1815; m. James S.
Frances A., June 18, 1824; m. Gusta- vus A. Pickering.
2. JAMES S., s. of Stephen (1), b. 1811; a prominent leader in the political and military affairs of county and state; brought up in his father's store in Dfd., which he bought out in 18; 1 ; was commissioned brig .- gen. 2d Brigade, 4th Div. of Mass. Militia, May 15, 1835; rem. to Con. in 1837; organized the Conway Mutual Fire Ins. Co., of which he was pres. ; sheriff 1861; rep. 1851-4; of the Constitutional Conv. 1853; member of the Nat'l. Dem. Conv. 1852, '56, '60; in Mass. Sen- ate 1872; supt. U. S. Armory at Spfd. 1854; collector of the Port of Boston 1860; Pres. Boston Water Power Co. and of the Metropolitan Steamship Co .; Life member of the P. V. M. Ass'n; be d. suddenly at Brookline, where he res., Oct. 24, 1878. He m. Nov. 23, 1836, Lau- rinda, "dau. William Collins of Somers, Ct .. and Eunice Parsons, his wife, b. July 6. 1810."
Ch .: Mary A., Sept. 16. 1837. at Dfd. Henry M .. Oct. 22, 1839. in Con .; a prominent business man in Boston; in. Oct. 13, 1878, Margaret, dau. of Admiral Green.
William C .. July 5. 1841; member of Pres. Cleveland's cabinet 1884; m.
WILDER, AHOLAB; taxed 1769. Ch .: + Catherine, 1741.
Aholiab, 1743; d. young.
Daniel Witherby, 1746; m. 1770, Eliz- abeth, dau. John Barnard of Shutes- bury; she d. Nov. 28, 1809.
Oct. 1, 1869, Flora Payne. Susan C., Mar. 24, 1845; m. Sept., 1867, Henry F. Dimock.
llenrietta B., Apr. 6, 1847.
Twin br., d. Apr. 9. 1847. Laurinda C., July 4, 1852; m. Oct. 20, 1875, Chas. T. Barney.
He m. Catherine
Samuel, May 20, 1752; m. Sept. 24,1772, Rebecca, dau. Jeremiah Nims. John. Mar. 4. 1754; m. 1781, Louisa Howes; sett. in Dummerston, Vi.
WILKEY, JOHN; lived at Bloody Brook; "Wilkey's Brook" was named for him. He m. Elizabeth
Ch .: + Elizabeth, bap. July 31, 1774. John, -; who m. Oct. 30, 17944, Lucy
Onias, bap. July, 1776. Curtis of Hawley, may have been of this family.
Mary, bap. Mar. 17, 1779.
WILKINSON, EBENEZER, 1789.
WILKINSON, ICHABOD, taxed 1789. He m. Dec. 10, 1796, Sally dau, Jonathan Hoyt.
1. WILLARD, SAMUEL, D. D., s. of William of Petersham, b. Apr. 18, 1776; an eminent divine and author; his descent through a nota- ble line of ancestry was from I. Simeon, b. 1605; major-the highest military office in the colony-in 1655; at the head of a regiment in Philip's war; rep. 1636-49; assistant 1659, to his death, Apr. 24, 1676.
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II. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 31, 1640; H. C. 1659; minister of Groton, 1663; of the Old South Church, Boston, 1678; pres. of H. C. 1701; d. Sept. 12, 1707; he was the father of 20 ch. III. JOHN, b. Sept. 8, 1673; H. C. 1690; merchant of Kingston, Jamaica. IV. SAMUEL; H. C. 1723; minister of Biddeford, Me., 1725; d. 1741. V. WILLIAM of Petersham. Dr. Willard was a grad. of H. C. 1803; after one year as teacher in Exeter Academy, and one year as tutor in Bowdoin C., he accepted a call to be minister of the first Cong'l church in Dfd .; his ordination was appointed for Aug. 12, 1807, but the Council find- ing on examination that Mr. Willard's opinions on some points of speculative theology differed from their own, refused to ordain him; at the same time they report finding him "a gentleman of rich tal- ents, and acquirements in theological knowledge, of a most amiable temper, and of an exemplary frankness and sincerity." To prevent any doubt of his position the candidate had presented a written "Con- fession of Faith," which it would seem might now be a passport to any "Orthodox" church in the land; certainly no "Liberal" creed would stand within a gunshot of it. Neither the church nor the con- gregation would submit to this decision of the Council; a new one was called from a wider field and Mr. Willard was ordained Sept. 3, 1807; but the troubles of the new minister were not over; the leading members of the first Council, living in the neighborhood, gave him the cold shoulder, refused him the usual courtesies of the profession, and lost no opportunity to stir up strife against him; this episode is noticed as being the beginning of the great movement which split the Congregationalists of New England into two factions, the "Lib- erals" and the "Orthodox." In 1819 Mr. Willard became blind, and aft. ten more years of satisfactory pastoral work he asked a dismis- sion in 1829. After a short residence in Hingham he came back to his old home, where he d. Oct. 8, 1859. He took an early and ardent stand in favor of "total abstinence;" he was a firm and uncompromis- ing foe to slavery, and gave his allegiance to a higher law than the "Fugitive Slave Bill;" at a time when it was a penal offence to shel- ter a runaway slave he grandly said: "For myself I will not boast of an invincible resolution. The example of Peter should teach us not to presume on our own strength; but if sustained by Almighty Grace, I will perform towards the fugitive slaves all the acts of kind- ness that I should do if there were no prohibition against it; and I will quietly endure the consequences though enormous fines or ex- actions should deprive me of my, last cent, and though I be thrown into prison for six months, or six years, or all the residue of life; and I will not put the Government of my country to the expense of a sin- gle lock and key for my safe keeping. Though the doors be open day and night, I will not come out until the magistrates come them- selves and bring me out." And there spoke a man whose words and deeds were always in harmony. Mr. Willard was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; was a voluminous writer; his published works are many: several volumes of hymns, a volume of sacred music, many occasional sermons, controversial and educa- tional pamphlets, political tracts, a number of school books, the more important being a series of four reading books, which had a wide-spread use and went through many editions; in his diary for
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May 30, 1808, he wrote, "This day I have married the lovely Susan Barker;" she was a dau. of Dr. Joshua Barker of Hingham; she d. Aug. 24, 1857, a. 75.
Ch .: Susan Barker, Mar. 27, ISIO; m. 1895 ; she wrote a memoir of her fa- Dec. 28, 1831, Luther B. Lincoln of Hingham, a teacher. ther, which was pub. in 1893. Samuel, Oct. 18, 1814 (2).
Mary, Mar. 1, 1812; d. unm. July 1,
2. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (1), b. 1814; grad. fr. H. C. 1835; Judge Hoar and Amos A. Lawrence were his classmates and life-long friends; soon after he left college he engaged in proof reading, but his eyesight gradually failed and he soon became blind; he then took up market gardening and buying butter for the Boston market, and was the first to introduce the system of sending it in boxes to special customers, a business which now ranks high in Franklin county; he was a man of keen wit, as well as sterling integrity; his later years were spent in Hingham, where he d. Sept. 16, 1885. He m. June 6, 1848, Sarah J. Thaxter; she d. Apr. 24, 1888, a. 72.
Ch .: Harriet Thaxter, Feb. 25, 1850; d. Susan Barker, Mar. 22, 1855.
Mar. 14, 1862.
WILLARD, SAMUEL; who says Mar. 25, 1823, that his "mother, Amy Willard, had been supported by the town of Mendon."
WILLARD, WILLIAM, S. of Rev. Joseph of Sunderland and Rut- land. He m. abt. 1747, Prudence, dau. of Col. Josiah Willard. Ch .: + Susanna, Sept. 11, 1748, at Dfd.
1. WILLIAMS, ASA of Had. He m. Elizabeth, dan. George Hubbard.
Ch .: + Almon C., Sept. 8, 1820 (2).
Susan, 1822; m. Wm. Perkins.
Harriet, 1824; m. Truman Meekins.
Eliza, 1826; m. Apr. 4, 1844, Silas Smith.
Isaiah Hubbard, IS28; m. Julia -.
Asa, 1830; m. Mary, wid. Lyman Wilder.
George Hibbard, 1832; m. Esther [am- mon.
Lyman, abt. 1836; m. Maria -. Maria, abt. 1838; deaf and dumb; m. Oscar Kinsman.
Mary, -; d. at 5 yrs. of age.
2. ALMON C., s. of Asa (1), b. 1820; sett. in Dfd .; deacon. He m. Jan. 3, 1844, Thankful, dau. Gideon Randall of Pelham; she d. Feb., 1853; (2) Jan. 2, 1854, Fanny, dau. Rufus Rice, who d. June 7, 1873; (3) Oct. 23, 1874, Fidelia, wid. of Charles Marsh of Adams, nee Bradley; she d. Mar. 4, 1893. Ch .: Floretta M., Nov. 5, 1844. Henry C., Sept. 18, 1846; d. Apr. 13. 1849.
Mary E., Sept. 11, 1848; m. Clark Sib- ley.
Charles H., July 2, 1850; m. Wealthy
A. Fairfield of Savoy. Rufus Rice, Oct. 21, 1854; m. Susan Shaw. John Dwight, Apr. 2, 1859; m. Minnie Holden of Hudson, N. Y.
WILLIAMS, ARTEMAS, S. of Josiah, b. in Goshen, Apr. 30, 1792; of Dfd. abt. 1814; was a prominent man in town affairs. He m. June 12, 1817, Amelia, dau. Elijah Arms; she d. Mar. 2, 1861.
('h .: Eliza Lucinda, Mar. 3, 18IS; d. Nov. 8, 1842.
Isabella, Oct. 29, 1819.
Electa Lucilla, Feb. 29, 182.4.
Philomelia Arms, May 12. 1829. Elijah Arms, Dec. 30, 1834; m. June 5. 1867, Sarah A., dau. Nath'l How- ard of Spfd .; she d. Nov. 9. 1875.
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WILLIAMS.
1. WILLIAMS, ARTHUR; of Wind. 1640; rem, to Nhn. 1659 He m. Nov. 30, 1647, Catherine, wid. of Joshua Carter of Wind. ; she m. (3) Feb. 11, 1677. Wm. Branch of Spfd .; she d. Aug. 8, 1683. Ch .: + Zebediah, Oct, 29, 1649 (2).
2. ZEBEDIAH, S. of Arthur (1), b. 1649; was fined ios at Nhn., Mar. 8, 1672, "for laughing in meeting, this being unseemly and prophane carriage;" May 16, 1673, he was fined 2s, 6d, at Nhn., "for mispence of tyme at Mudge his house;" sold out in Nhn. 1674, and came to Dfd .; was k. with Lothrop Sept. 18, 1675. He m. Dec. 18, 1672, Mary, dau. Wm. Miller; she m. (2) Nov. 28, 1677, Godfrey Nims; she d. Apr. 27, 1688. Ch .: Mary, Dec. 24, 1673. Zebediah, 1675 (3).
3. ZEBEDIAH, S. of Zebediah (2), b. 1675; in 1692 the Court or- dered his grandmother, Patience Miller, "to take him and educate him, or get him out for education." Godfrey Nims objected, and the case was postponed; he was wounded in the arm 1695, at the time Daniel Belding's family were assaulted, and was allowed for consequent loss of time £15 by the Gen. Court; Oct. 8, 1703, he with his half-brother, John Nims, was captured by Indians at Frary's Bridge and carried to Can., where he d. Apr. 12, 1706; he had a "house partly finished" on a 2 12 acre home lot, somewhere near the "South end" when taken. He m. May 2, 1700, Sarah, dau. Win. Arms; she m. (2) Jan. 28, 1707-8, Sam'l Jones.
C'h .: Mary, Feb. 13, 1701; m. Joseph Stebbins, who rem. to Nfd. 1726 and was the ancestor of the Nfd., Hins-
dale and Vernon tribes. See Hist. of Nfd.
Ebenezer, Dec. 10, 1702 (4).
4. EBENEZER, S. of Zebediah (3), b. 1702; rem. to Amh. abt. 1735. He m. May 16, 1728, Mehitable, dau. Sam'l Fowler of Wfd.
C'h .: + Zebediah, Sept. 18, 1729; sol. in co. of Capi. Moses Porter, and sup- posed to have been k in the Bloody Morning Scout, Sept. 8, 1755. Sarah, Aug. 31, 1730.
Priscilla, Oct. 11, 1731 ; d. Feb. 6, 1731-2.
Ebenezer, Mar, 16, 1732-3.
Justin, abt. 1737; m. Abigail Pomroy; sett. in Amh.
John, bap. July 20, 1740; m. Hannah Lee; sett. in Amh. Solomon, bap. Dec. 13, 1741.
Ruth, bap. June 30, 1741.
Mary, bap. Apr. 22, 1744.
Per. Stephen, 1746-7 (5).
Prob. Mehitable. whom. Mar. 17, 1796, Barnabas Davidson.
5. STEPHEN, per. s. of Ebenezer (4), b. 1747; taxed 1787; sett. in Wisdom; d. Dec. 1, 1823. He m. Mary Blanchard of Andover, b. 1762; she m. (2) 1827, Leonard Lanfair.
Ch : + Hannah, July 26, 1733; pub 10 Mary, 1795; pub. May 3, 1808, 10 Eph-
Ebenezer H. Wise, Apr. 7, 1810. raim Lanfair.
Daniel, May 8, 1791. Stephen, 1793?
David, -; d. young.
WILLIAMS, DAVID, 1809.
WILLIAMS, DRURY; d. Feb. 23, 1849. Wife unk. Ch .: + Caroline, Oct. 22, 1821. Charles, Dec. 3, 1827.
Isabella, Aug. 11, 1823. Nancy ?
Francis, Nov. 13, 1825. Sophronia ?
WILLIAMS, JAMES, 1767; Rev. sol. 3 yrs.
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1. WILLIAMS, JOHN, S. of John of Middleborough; of Goshen. He m. Mercy, dau. Capt. Thomas Weeks.
C'h .: | Hannah, Dec. 10, 1780; m. Thom- of Cummington.
as Porter, who d. at Bloody Brook, Isaac, Feb. 24, 1784 (2).
June, 1829; she m. (2) Nathan Tower Levi, Apr. 4, 1797 (3).
2. ISAAC, S. of John (1), b. 1784; was a merchant at Bloody Brook, in company with Thomas Porter; d. Sept. 8, 1807. He m. Nov. 4, 1806, Mary, dau. Dr. Benj. Burgess of Goshen; she m. (2) Feb. 22, 1810, Stephen Whitney; she d. 1868, a. 82.
Ch .: + Isaac W., --; m. Sept. 15, 1835, d. at St. Thomas, Jan. 10. 1842.
Lucretia, a sister of Senator Dawes;
3. LEVI, S. of John (1), b. 1797; Dfd. and Nhn .; d. in Cincinnati, ()., June 28, 1848. He m. May 27, 1819, Harriet, dav. Eliakim Arms.
Ch .: | Leonard Arms. June 14, 1821; had ch. James Bowdoin and Daniel in. Nov. 26, 1846. Martha M., dau. Wright.
Caleb Rice; (divorced); m. (2) ()ct. 11. Harriet.
1860, in Mich., Mrs. Joanna Reed; George.
1. WILLIAMS, ROBERT, "cordwayner," of Norwich, Eng., b. abt. 1607; sailed for New Eng. in the "Rose, of Yarmouth," Apr. 15, 1637; sett. in Roxbury 1637, where he d. Sept. 1, 1693. a. 86. He m. Elizabeth Stalham, in Eng. ; she d. July 28, 1674; (2) Nov. 3. 1675. Margaret, wid. of John Fearing of Hingham, who had come fr. Eng. with her husband; she d. Dec. 22, 1690.
Ch .: + Elizabeth, abt. 1626; m. 1644, Richard Cutter; d. Mar. 5, 1662; he d. June 16, 1093, a. "abt. 72."
Deborah, -; m. 1648, John Turner; of Medfield, 1649; d. 1676; he d. 1705. John, -; d. s. p. at Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1658; a gunsmith.
Samuel, 1633 (2). Isaac, Sept. 1, 1638 (3).
Stephen, Nov. 8, 1640; m. abt. 1668. Sarah, dau. Joseph Wise; she was b. Dec. 26, 1647 and d. 1728; he sett. in Roxbury and d. Feb. 15, 1720. Per Thomas, -; d. young.
2. SAMUEL, S. of Robert (1), b. 1633; sett. in Roxbury; shoemak- er; deacon; chosen Ruling Elder Dec. 9, 1677; d. Sept. 28, 1698. He m. Feb. 2, 1654, Theoda, dau. Wm. Parke; she m. (2) Stephen Peck and d. Aug. 26, 1718, a. 81. Ch .: + Elizabeth, Feb. 1, 1653-4; buried Mar. 10, 1653-4.
Samuel, Apr. 27, 1656 (4).
Marthi, Apr. 29. 1657; d. Feb. 6, 165 )- 1660.
Elizabeth, Feb. 11, 1659-60; m. abt. 1679, Stephen Paine of Rehoboth; she d. Mar. 12, 1710.
Theoda, July 27, 1662; d. of small-pox Mar. S, 1678-9.
John, Dec. Ic, 1664-"The Redeemed Captive" (5).
Ebenezer, Dec. 6, 1666; m. Jan. 24. 1687-8, Mary, dau. of Isaac Wheeler of Stonington, Ct .; she d. Jan. 3. 1709; (2) July 12, 1711, Sarah, dau. Nath'l Hammond of Newton; he d.
Feb. 13, 1747. Deborah, Nov. 20, 1668; m. abi. 1693, Joseph Warren, carpenter; Gen jo- seph Warren of Bunker Hill fame was her grandson; shed. Oct. 6, 1743. Martha, May 19. 1671; m. abt. 1605. Jona. Hunt of Dfd., Nfd. and Nho .; d. Mar. 21, 1751. a. So.
Abigail, July 12, 1674; m. Experience Porter of flad., who rem. to Mans- field, Ct .; she d. Apr. 2. 1765. Park, Jan. 11, 1677; m. 1698, Priscilla dau. John Payson of Dorchester; sett. in Lebanon, Ct. ; d. Oct. 31, 1757. Child. -: d. Apr. 17, 1680.
Child, b. and d. May 29, 1683.
3. ISAAC, S. of Robert (1), b. 1638; capt .; rep .; sett. in Newton; d.
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WILLIAMS.
Feb. 9, 1707. He m. Martha, dau. of Wm. Parke; she d. Oct. 24, 1674; (2) Nov. 13, 1677, wid. Judith, dau. Peter Hunt of Rehoboth, wid. of Nath'l Cooper of Rehoboth; she d. 1724.
Ch .: + Isaac, bap. Feb. 6, 1660-61; d. Mar. 7, 1660-1.
Isaac, Dec. 11, 1661 ; m. 1685, Elizabeth, dau. Jona. Ilyde of Newton; she d. June 26, 1699; (2) 1709, Mary, wid. of Nath'l Hammond, sis. to first wife; (3) Hannah -; he d. June 27, 1739. Martha, Dec. 27, 1663; m. John Hunt of Rehoboth.
William, Feb. 2, 1665 (6).
John, Oct. 31, 1667; m. Jan. 24, 1688, Martha, dau. Isaac Wheeler of Sion- ington, Ct.
Eleazer, Oct. 22, 1669; m. Mary, dau.
Jonathan Hyde; sett. in Stonington ; d. May 19, 1725.
Hannah, Oct. 8, 1671; m. John Hlyde. Elizabeth, Oct. 8, 1671 ; m. Jan. 3, 1700, Jona. Hyde of Newton; she d. 1743. Thomas, Dec. 23, 1673.
Peter, Aug. 31, 1680.
Mary, Oct. 2, 1688; m. Joseph, s. of Jona. Hyde.
Sarah, Oct. 2. 1688; m. Oct. 9, 1718, John Marsh of Hat. ; (2) July 28, 1732, James Grey of Had. ; she d. June 1, I759.
Ephraim, Oct. 21, 1691 (7).
4. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (2), b. 1656; Roxbury; d. Aug. 8, 1735. He m. Feb. 24, 1679-80, Sarah May, dau. of John of Roxbury; she d. Dec. 29, 1712; (2) Apr. 28, 1720, Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Weld of Roxbury, and wid. of Win. Denison.
Ch .: Samuel, Apr. 6, 1681; m. Deborah Scarborough.
Theoda, Dec. 8, 1682; m. Feb. 5, 1706, Sam'l Scarborough.
John, Dec. 1, 1684; m. June I, 1709, Sarah Weld, dau. of Joseph of Rox- bury.
Child, b. and d. Jan. 1, 1687.
Sarah, May 19. 1688; m. Jan .. 1706, John Polly.
Ebenezer, Aug. 12, 1690; H. C. 1709;
minister at Pomfret, Ct., 1713; m. Penelope, dau. John Chester of Weth; Elizabeth, Jan. 12, 1692; m. Apr. 18, 1727, Rev. Samuel Ruggles of Bille- rica.
Eleazer, Feb. 20, 1694-5 (8).
William, Apr. 24. 1698; m. Oct. 20, 1720, Sarah, dau. Jos. Stevens of Roxbury. Martha, Aug. 10, 1701; m. Apr. 14, 1725, Thomas Cotton. Child, -; d. July 25, 1704.
5. JOHN, S. of Samuel (2), b. 1664; "The Redeemed Captive;" grad. H. C. 1683; began preaching here June, 1686; ordained minister Oct. 17, 1688; was interested in all the affairs of the little plantation and soon became the guide, counselor and friend of all the people; an acct. of his settlement, the history of his captivity and redemp- tion, and a notice of his character and works have been given in Vol. 1 The "Redeemed Captive," through which he is best known, has gone through at least eleven editions, and one rehash; he d. June 12, 1729. He m. July 21, 1687, Eunice, dau. Rev. Eleazer Mather of Nhn. and Esther, dau. Rev. John Warham of Wind .; she was k. the next day after the captivity, Mar. 1, 1704; a monument of granite was dedicated by the P. V. M. Ass'n, Aug. 12, 1886, on the spot where she was murdered. He m. (2) Sept. 16, 1707, Abigail, wid. of Benj. Bissell of Hart., dat. Thos. Allen and Abigail, dau. Rev. John War- ham; she d. June 21, 1754, a. 81. Ch .: Eliezer, July 16, 1688 (9).
Samuel, Jan. 24, 1689-90; town clerk 1713: lieul. ; cap. 1704 and redeemed; in July, 1711, he "having the French Tongue," was sent to escort a party of French prisoners by land to Can. ; d. June 30, 1713.
Esther, Apr. 10, 1691; cap. 1704; red. and m. June 21, 1715, Rev. Joseph
Meacham of Coventry, Ct. Stephen, May 14, 1693 (10).
Eliakim, May 1, 1695; d. Apr. 15, 1696. Eunice, Sept. 17, 1696; cap. 1704; m. in Can. 1713. Amrusus, an Indian of Caghnawaga. and became herself an Indian in habit and feeling; noth- ing could induce her to ret. to a civ. ilized life. In a paper read before
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the P. V. M. A.,* Miss C. A. Baker gave a thrilling account of the efforts made by the Government and by in- dividuals in the vain effort to recov- er the poor child fr. her thralldom; she d. abt. 1786: her grandson, Rev. Eleazer Williams, who had been ed- ucated in New England as a mission- ary to the Western Indians, claimed, abt. 40 yrs. ago, lo be the Dauphin of France; credulity ran rampant and a sharp controversy arose over this claim at the cost of much paper and ink.
John. Jan. 19, 1697-8; k. 1704.
Warham, Sept. 16, 1699; cap. 1704 and returned (II).
Jemima, Sept. 3. 1701 ; d. Sept. 11, 1701.
Jerusha, Sept. 3, 1701; d. Sept. 16. 1701. Jerusha, Jan. 15, 1703-4; k. by Indians Feb. 29, 1704.
Abigail, Sept. 27, 1708; m. abt. 1730. Col. and Rev. Ebenezer llinsdale, the founder of Hinsdale, N. H .; (2) Oct. 8, 1764, Col. Benj. Hall of Ches- hire, Ct .; (3) 1773, Judge Ebenezer Silliman of Fairfield, Ct., she out- lived him and ret. to the house where she was born and d. Dec. 3, 1787. John, Nov. 23, 1709; d. June 11, 1714. Eliakim, Feb. 6, 1711.
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