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BOYDEN, Warren C. Taxed in Fram. 1820-1.
BOYLE, Michael, m. Dec. 6, 1845, Catharine Nichols. Child, Mary Jane, b. Jan. 22, 1851.
BOYNTON, Bulah. Taxed in Fram. 1801.
BOYNTON, Nathan. Taxed in Fram. 1796-8.
BOYNTON, Otis; book-binder; a desct. of William, who was in Rowley 1640; s. of William and Eunice (Atherton) ; g. s. of Stephen of Groton and Lunenburg ; b. Lunenburg May 18, 1798; sett. Fram. May, 1822; bo't Mar. 12, 1825, of Thos. Buckminster, a ho. lot, and built on the old Town House corner; d. Jan. 18, 1882. He m. Aug. 29, 1822, Sarah Wilson, b. Westford, May IS, 1799, d. June 23, 1859. Chil. William C., b. June 24, 1824, d. y. ; Sarah E., b. Feb. 26, 1827, d. June 1, 1844 ; William H., b. May 9, 1829, m .; Otis Howard, b. May IS, 1832, d. Oct. 30, 1872 ; Courtland, b. Nov. 23, 1834, m. ; Timothy S., b. Oct. 2, 1840, memb. of Co. C. 44th Reg. Mass. Vols., d. Newbern, N. C., June 16, 1863.
BOYNTON, 1, Perkins. Taxed 1799; lived on the corner N. of Edwin Hast- ings ; d. Apr. 21, 1844, a. 62. He m. Nov. 1802, Elaphal Bennett, d. Sept. 24, 1855.
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Chil. Perkins, b. Nov. 15, 1803, m. ; ancy E., b. Jan. 1, 1805: Elisa, b. Sept. 4, 1806, m. John Seavey of Nat. : Mary II'., b. Oct. 16, 18oS, m. Cyrus Robbins of Ac- ton ; Frances, b. Jan. 5, 1810, m. Apr. 9, 1832, John Lovett of Boston ; Clarissa, b. Sept. 12, 1812, m. Sumner Boden Horton ; Harriet A., b. Apr. 8, 1814, m. Edwin Sanger ; Joseph B., b. Feb. 19, 1816 2 ; Elisabeth, b. Apr. 8, 18IS.
2. Joseph B., l. on the Joseph Sanger place ; rem. to Minnesota. He m. Dec. 1, 1836, Susan B. Sanger. Chil. - , b. Jan. 30, 1845; Althea, b. Mar. 12, 1847 ; -, b. June 14, 1849; Wilbur }., b. - , 1850.
BRACKETT, Cephas. Taxed in Fram. 1806.
BRACKETT, Lemuel, s. of Lemuel (who was bro. of Solomon), b. Guilford, Vt. ; sett. Walth. ; rem. to Fram., 1817; 1. near the old Cotton Factory ; d. Nov. 20, 1819. He m. Anna Coolidge of Nat. Chil. Lemuel : Polly, m. (1) - Wetherell ; (2) - Nichols; Susan, m. - Hall, d. ISSI : De Witt Clinton : Anna, b. Walth. Apr. 16, 1817, m. Joseph Tufts of Medford, and had Eliza ; the mother d. Fram. Jan. 21, 1882.
BRACKETT, Solomon 1, b. Newton ; blacksmith ; baker; [see ante, p. 350.] 1. Brackett's Corner : d. Apr. 19, 1842, a. 75. Hem. Lydia Parkhurst, dau. of Josiah, d. Nov. 8, 1851. Chil. Ruby, b. Natick Dec. S, 1794, unm., d. Nov. 2, 1867 ; Josiah P., b. Nat. June 16, 1797 2 ; Elisa, b. Fram. May 8, 1802, m. Samuel Cutting ; Amos, b. Aug. 16, 1804 3; William, b. May 9, 1807 4; David K., b. Mar. 24, 1810, d. Oct. 25, 1823: Mary II., b. June 18, ISII, m. Gilbert J. Childs ; Lydia K., b. May 21, 1816, m. Elbridge G. Eaton.
2. Josiah P., s. of Solomon 1; baker ; d. Aug. 20, 1865. He m. Oct. 4, 1837, Susan Edmands, d. Sept. 7, 1839. Child, Solomon H., b. Sept. 25, 1838; grad. H. U., 1862. Teacher, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
3. Amos, s. of Solomon 1; veterinary surg., Fram. and Worc. ; d. Aug. 1866. He m. June 11, 1829, Elmira Morse of Hopk., d. May, 1866. Chil. Edwin A., b. Feb. 8, 1831 ; Susan M., b. Apr. 19, 1833; Gilbert JI., b. May 25, 1835; Frederick F., b. Aug. 30, 1840 ; George.
4. William, s. of Solomon 1; merchant ; m. Mary P. Smith of Sud. Chil. Arthur F., b. May 13, 1833, d. y. ; William F., b. July 15, 1835, d. y. ; Ellen Z., b. July 5, 1837, m. Reuben W. Bacon ; Arthur Franklin, b. 1842, m. Anna Stone, dau. of Sumner ; 1. Bristol, Ct.
BRADBURY, Capt. Edward, fr. Medford; bo't, 1819, the Elijah Kendall estate at N. end of Cochituate Pond ; d. Aug. 22, 1855, a. 73. He m. Abigail Hill, b. W. C'amb., d. Mar. 21, 1873, a. S9. Chil. Abby ; W'ymond, unm., d. Feb. 22, 1875, a. 63; Elbridge, grad. A. C., 1831 ; Cong. min. ; sett. New Boston parish, Sandisfield ; Mary R.
BRADBURY, Joseph. Taxed 1842; w. Jane.
BRADISH, BREADISH, BROADISH, Robert, of Camb. 1635; Boston, 1657 ; d. 1659. His Ist w. was Mary, d. Sept. 1638 ; 2d w. Vashti. Chil. Mary, m. abt. 1650, Matthew Gibbs; Fames ; Hannah ; , m. Ezekiel Morrill: Joseph, b. May, 1638 2; Samuel, d. y. ; Fohn, b. Dec. 3, 1645 ; Samuel, d. y.
2. Joseph, named on Sud. Rec. 1662; on Fram. Plantation Rec. 1672 ; prob. 1. on the N. side of Nobscot ; rem. to Camb. ; ret. to Sud. ; taxed in Sud. 1694-5 ; d. before 1725. He m. Mary [Frost (?), dau. of Elder Edmund], who was " notified " at Charlestown Court, 1686. Chil. Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1665, m. 1684, John Green ; Sarah, b. May 6, 1667 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 14, 1669-0, m. (1) Jan. 1, 1685, Joseph Stan- hope ; (2) Edw. Marrett ; Joseph, b. Nov. 28, 1672, a pirate, one of Kidd's men, sent to Eng. 1699, and hanged, [Sewall's Diary, II, p. 4]; Fames, of Marlb., m. Damaris Rice ; Ruth, m. Thomas Ford of Marshfield; John, b. Sept. 18, 1678; of Camb. ; deacon; glazier; m. (1) Hepzibah Billings; (2) wid. Abigail Tucker.
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BRADLEY, Osgood; carriage-maker; taxed IS22; rem. to Worc .; m. Oct. 16, 1823, Fanny Sanger, dau. of Daniel.
BRADY, James. Taxed real est., 1860.
BRADY, John ; w. Jane. Chil. James, b. Nov. 15, IS54; Ellen M., b. May 27, I856.
BRANDON, Thomas ; w. Ann. Child, Thomas, b. July 6, 1850.
BRASIN, James ; w. -. Child, William, b. Dec. 28, 1845.
BRAY, Philip, m. May 2, 1852, Mary Forde ; she d. Oct. 28, 1859, a. 36. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1853; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1854: Yohz, b. July 24, 1856; Joseph, b. Feb. 3. 1858.
BRECK, BRICK, Daniel, s. of Jonas of Sherb., m. Patty Learned, and had Amy, b. Sherb. Dec. 24, 1790; Ede, b. S. June 10, 1792 ; Patty, b. Fram. Apr. 15, 1794; Elijah, b. F. Feb. 2, 1796; and others b. Sherb. He 1. near Nathan Bridges.
BRECK, Hannah, spinster, bo't Mar. 11, 1730, of the Frizzell heirs, 40 a. with ho. lying S. W. of the Tim. Stearns farm (now M. Nixon's), was living here 1741.
BRECK, Luther, came to Fram. June 3, 1795, w. Olive. Chil. Luther ; Henry ; Hannah.
BRENNAN, Ellen, (King) wid., d. Apr. 19, 1877, a. 85.
BRENNAN, Jeremiah, w. Bridget, d. Jan. 4, 1868, a. 72.
BRENNAN, Jeremiah, m. Oct. 4, 1857, Kate Cain. Chil. Katie, d. June 23, ISS2, a. 24; Fane, d. May 29, 1873, a. II ; Thomas }., d. Dec. 26, 1876, a. 3.
BRENNAN, Michael, d. June 10, 1873, a. 48 ; m. Dec. 25, 1857, Ellen Sulli- van. Chil. Eugene ; Mary C .; John F .: Andrew ; Fanc.
BRESNEHAN, John ; w. Ellen. Chil. Ellen, b. Aug. 20, 1854, d. y. ; Anna, b. Dec. 10, 1855 ; Mary ., b. Mar. 2, 1857 ; Ellen, b. IS58 ; John Edward, b. Nov. 20, 1860; Julia, b. Dec. 12, 1862.
BREWER, BRUER, 1. John, was of Camb. 1642; Sud. 1647, first w. Ann ; 2d w. Mary. Chil. Fohn, b. Camb. Oct. 10, 1642 2 ; et als.
2. John, s. of John 1, 1. Sud., d. Jan. 1, 1690-1 ; m. Elizabeth Rice, dau. of Henry. Chil. John, b. 1669, sett. Weston ; Elizabeth, b. 1671 ; Hannah ; Fames, b. 1675, 1. Sud .; deacon ; m. (1) Elizabeth Grout ; (2) Abigail Smith ; (3) June 22, 1731, wid. Joanna Singletary of Fram. ; Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1678, m. Caleb Bridges, of Fram .; Mary, b. 1680, m. Benj. Ball of Fram .; Abigail, m. David Parmenter ; Martha, b. 1685 ; Jonathan, b. June 21, 1689 3.
3. Jonathan, s. of John 2, bo't in 1717 of Caleb Bridges and Jos. Buckminster a tract 62 a. of Common land, and built where Edward Goodnow now lives; his farm extended to near the Jona. Rugg house ; d. 1752. He m. Arabella --; cov. in Fram. Ch. Apr. 17, 1717. Chil. Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1716 4. Abner, b. July 10, 1718, unm., was 1. 1767 ; Peter, b). Apr. 17, 1720 5 ; Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1722, m. May 20, 1745, David Pratt, Jr. ; Abigail, bap. Mar. 29, 1724, m. Jan. 16, 1755, Edmund Town of Hoosack Fort : Jonathan, b. Feb. 3, 1725-6 6; Moses, b. Mar. 26, 1728, m. Elizabeth Davis, 1. Sud. ; David, b. Dec. 24, 1731 7 ; Martha, b. June 16, 1734; Eliab, b. May 14, 1737.
4. Samuel, s. of Jonas 3, sett. Fram., rem. 1744 to Rutland ; Adj. Gen. under Gen. Thomas, 1775; wounded at Bunker Hill June 17 : commissioned Col. of the 12th Mass. reg. Jan. 1, 1777, in Gen. John Nixon's brigade, was at Stillwater in the fall of '77 ; at Albany Oct. 31, '77 ; in Gen. Patterson's brigade July, '78 ; cashiered
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Sept. 29, 1778. He m. Mar. 10, 1740, Martha Bent. Chil. Fason, b. Sept. 24, 1741 ; Martha, b. Aug. 9, 1743, m. Thomas Temple, Jr. ; Lucy, b. 1745 ; Nathan, b. 1747 ; Fohn, b. 1749; Abigail, b. 1752 ; Samuel, b. 1758 ; Elizabeth, b. 1760.
5. Peter, s. of Jona. 3, sett. in E. part of Southb. ; m. Dec. 22, 1748, Elizabeth Pratt, dau. of Daniel, d. 1794. Chil. Peter, b. May 1, 1760, unm. : Joel, b. July 24, 1752, m. (1) Lavoisa Newton ; (2) Polly Newton ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1754, unm .; Lucia, b. Apr. 27, 1757, m. Joseph Tuttle ; Sarah, b. Dec. 18, 1760, m. Reuben Newton ; Jason, b. Jan. 13, 1764 8.
6. Jonathan, s. of Jona. 3, sett. Fram. ; a large landholder ; lived on the God- dard place (now J. H. Temple's) which he bo't Feb. 18, 1760 ; sold Feb. 24, 1769, 94 a. to Benj. and Joseph Mixer for 400 pounds ; bo't Feb. 19, 1770, of Thomas Well- ington, Jr., a farm on the line between Walth. and Wat. (the ho. was in Walth.), where he kept tavern ; d. Jan. 4, 1784. He was distinguished in the French and In- dian and Rev. wars. [See ante, pp. 281-3, 288-9, 295-6.] He m. Frances Buck- minster, dau. of Col. Joseph, Jr. ; she was 1. in Boston 1787. Chil. Susanna, b. Aug. 4, 1764 ; Francis, b. May 26, 1766; Martha, b. 1678 ; Frances, b. Walth. Sept. IS, 1770.
7. David, s. of Jona. 3, was l. in Fram. 1755; in Brookfield 1764; in Palmer 1775; was Col. of the 9th Mass. reg. which was commissioned June 17, 1775 ; the officers were Col. David Brewer, Palmer ; Lt. Col. Rufus Putnam, Brookfield ; Maj. Nath'] Danielson, Brimfield; Adj. Thomas Weeks, Greenwich ; Surg. Estes Howe, Belchertown. The reg. was stationed at Rox. in the fall of 1775. He was the f. of David, b. 1751 9 ; m. in Brookfield, 1757, Mary Smith ; son David b. Fram. Jan. 30, 1758.
8. Jason, s. of Peter 5; bo't Dec. 4, 1799, the Capt. Amos Gates homestead, now Charles Trowbridge's, which he sold, Nov. 9, 1804, to J. Trowbridge, Jr. ; d. 1812. He m. Anne Morse, dau. of Benj. Chil. Charlotte, ni. Jesse Davis; Elisa- beth, m. John Lloyd ; Mary, m. (1) Dec. 12, 1815, James Damon, and had Mary Ann ; (2) Florence McCarty ; she d. June 28, 1863, in 69th year : Nancy, m. Apr. 8, 1819, Nathan Bruce of Southb., and d. there.
9. David, s. of Col. David 7, 1. at Salem End, on the Peter Clayes place, now James Fenton's ; colonel; selectman ; d. Dec. 17, 1834. He m. Comfort Wheeler, d. Mar. 9, 1833, a. 76. Chil. Nabby, b. Feb. 5, 1779, m. Simon Cutler ; John, b. Apr. 10, 1781 ; H. U., 1804; physician in Philadelphia ; unm .; Cyrus, b. Mar. 10, 1783, unm., d. July 27, 1822; Darius, b. Aug. 31, 1785, m. Sept. 13. 1816, Harriet Buckminster ; sett. Dorch. ; Rufus, b. Jan. 24, 1788 10; Elisa, b. Apr. 3, 1790, m. Otis Fairbanks of Holl. ; she d. Aug. 15, 1824; David, b. Apr. 8, 1792, 1. Dorch., m. Dec. 25, 1817, Olive Nurse, dau. of Asa, and had Susan B., who m. Otis F. Hastings ; Eliza W., who m. Thos. Washburn ; the mother d. Mar. 10, 1881 ; Dexter, b. Jan. 17, 1795 11; Henry, b. Apr. 10, 1799 12.
10. Rufus, s. of David 9, 1. in Fram. ; dep. sher. ; cashier of Fram. Bank : d. Apr. 8, 1857. He m. Mary Nurse, dau. of Asa, d. Nov. 26, 1869. Chil. Emeline E., b. Dec. 23, 1813, d. July 17, 1821 ; Edward, b. Aug. 17, 1815, m. Mary Ann Ilath- away ; 1. Independence, Iowa; Mary Jane, b. June 24, 1818, m. Jas. W. Brown ; David, b. Aug. 28, 1822, m. May 31, 1848, Julia A. Rockwood of Medway ; I. Phila .; Rufus F., b. Sept. 2, 1824, m. Sept. 28, 1848, Charlotte M. Clisby of Medford; 1. Phila.
11. Dexter, s. of David 9, sett. Westbrook, Me .; d. Sept. 6, 1850. He m. (1) June 24, 1818, Jane Frost of W. ; (2) May 21, 1835, Mary Ann Clayes, dau. of Josiah of Fram. Chil. Fane E., b. Mar. 22, 1819; Henry M., b. Jan. 28, 1821 ; Emeline, b. Nov. 16, 1822; Frances E., b. Mar. 23, 1831 ; Josephine, b. June 28, 1836, m. James H. Fairbanks.
12. Henry, s. of David 9, 1. Fram .; d. Nov. 10, 1855; m. Feb. 20, 1821, Susan Nurse, dau. of Asa, d. Jan. 1863. Chil. George Henry, b. Dec. 12, 1821, m., d. Bos-
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ton ; Susan Cornelia, b. Jan. 5, 1824, m. June 28, 1849 Ward B. Farrar of Newbury, Vt., d. Fitchburg.
BREWER, Daniel. Taxed in Fram., 1741 and 1747; member of Church, 1746.
BREWER, Larkin, s. of Joel of Southb. ; provision dealer, Boston ; rem. to Fram. IS33; 1. on the John Nurse place; d. May 6, 1857, a 62. He m. Dec. 27, 1825, Sally Nurse, dau. of John.
BRIDGE, John. Taxed on real est., 1808.
BRIDGE, Rev. Matthew, a desct. of John of Camb., 1632; s. of Matthew and w. Abigail (Bowman) ; b. Lex. July 18, 1721 ; grad. H. U., 1741, ord. Fram. Feb. 19, 1745-6; bo't Mar. 20, 1745, for 400 pounds, old tenor, 40 a. of Joseph Stone, and afterwards 20 a. of Ezek. Kice (the Dr. Kellogg place) ; d. Sept. 2, 1775. [See ante, pp. 207-10.] He m. Anne Perkins, dau. of Rev. Daniel of W. Bridgewater ; she m. (2) Rev. Timothy Harrington of Lanc., and d. in Fram. May 12, 1805. Chil. Matthew, b. Aug. 16, 1748, d. y .; Ann, b. Sept. 11, 1749, d. y .; Daniel, b. July 19, 1751 ; felt- maker and hatter; bo't July 15, 1781, of Thomas Buckminster, for {16, silver money, 2 a. 3 qrs. 13 rods, in Fram. Centre [ known as the Hotel estate]; built shop; sold 1784 to his bro. Richard P. of Petersham ; rem. to Canada ; d. Feb. 27, 1828; Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1753, m. Rev. David Kellogg ; Eleanor, b. Oct. 10, 1754, m. May 31, 1781, Capt. Samuel Ingersol of Salem, and d. Nov. 10, 1819; Richard Perkins, bap. Nov. 6, 1756, m. Mary Harrington, dau. of Rev. Timothy of Lanc. ; physician, Petersham ; d. Aug. 22, 1797; Mary, bap. Sept. 7, 1760, m. May 3, 1789, Capt. Moses Brown of Beverly, and d. Feb. 21, 1842.
BRIDGES, Benjamin, Capt., a desct. of Edmund I, who was of Lynn, 1635, and w. Alice ; they had Edmund 2, b. 1637, sett. Topsfield; rem. 1668 to Salem, d. 1682; he m. Jan. 11, 1660, Sarah Town, dau. of William; she m. (2) Peter Clayes, Sen., and came near being hung as a witch. [See ante, p. 125.] Chil. Edmund, b. Oct. 4, 1660; Benjamin, b. Jan. 2, 1664-5 3; Mary, b. Apr., 1667: Hannah, b. June 9, 1669: Caleb, b. June 3, 1677 4.
3. Benjamin (first-named above), s. of Edmund 2; blacksmith ; came to Fram. and located at Salem End (then "reserved Commons") in the spring of 1693; took parole lease, and Oct. 24, 1706, took deed of Jos. Buckminster, of 112 a. (71 a. in homestead, including the hill); built N. E. of the little basin back of the Obed Daniels house. now, 1885. owned by the city of Boston [see ante, p. 157]; bo't, 1886, by Frank Goodwin ; captain ; selectman ; d. Aug. 28, 1725. He m. Elizabeth - -. Chil. Deliverance, b. Feb. 21, 1690, m. James Wilson ; Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1692, m. Isaac Whitney ; Judith, b. Sept. 10, 1694; Sarah, b. Mar. 25, 1702; m. Moses Haven ; Gideon, b. Aug. 21, 1704 5 ; Mehitable, b. Oct. 17, 1706, m. Nov. 24, 1726, Daniel Hovey of Oxf. ; Miriam, b. Sept. 19, 171I.
4. Caleb, s. of Edmund 2; brick mason ; came to Fram. 1697, and located on the farm now owned by Wm. E. Temple ; took deed of Jos. Buckminster, Oct. 24, 1706, 45 a. ; sold Mar. 2, 1752, to Thomas Temple. He m. Nov. 26, 1700, Sarah Brewer, dau. of John 2. Chil. Bathsheba, b. Jan. 19, 1702-3, d. Nov. 1, 1739; Hack- aliah, b. May 30, 1705, 1. Southb. ; m. Nov. 11, 1728, Sarah Rugg, dau. of Jonathan, and had James, b. 1729, 1. on the Nathan Bridges place (f. of Nathan, who m. Patty Temple, dau. of Thomas, Jr.); Jonathan; Nathan, who 1. in the old house E. of Southb. Centre, now owned by Sam. Thompson; Sarah, m. John Chamberlain ; HIackaliah, who 1. Holl. ; Benjamin, 1. Holl. ; Caleb, b. Aug. 24, 1708 6 ; Martha, b. Mar. 28, 1710, m. Jan. 13, 1732, Abraham Ball, s. of Benjamin, and 1. Holl .; Bethiah, b. Feb. 14, 1712-3, m. Benj. Nurse; Benjamin, b. Sept. 19, 1714, d. Oct. 6, 1739; Sarah, b. Aug. 26, 1716, d. Nov. 18, 1739; David and Jonathan, b. Mar. 19, 1719-0 ; F. d. y. ; D. m. Apr. 25, 1750, Keziah Drury, and sett. Leicester.
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5. Gideon, s. of Capt. Benj. 3, 1. on f's place ; sold the E. part, 18 a., Mar. 24, 1756, to Nathaniel Stacey ; sold the hill, 20 a., to David How ; sold the central part to Joseph Nichols; and these parties sold to Jonas Eaton [Midd. Deeds, 53: 478; 79: 274-8; 93:75]: he was taxed in Fram. as late as 1767. He m. (I) May 23, 1723, Mary Wilson, dau. of Nathaniel ; (2) Isabel Nichols, dau. of Nathaniel. Chil. Anne, b. Apr. 28, 1725; Benjamin, b. Dec. 14, 1762: Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1764; per. others.
6. Caleb, s. of Caleb 4, sett. Hopk .; rem. to Fram .; prob. I. with his f., and united in Deed to Thomas Temple in 1752. He m. Sept. 23, 1731, Elizabeth Stan- hope. Chil. Elisabeth, b. July 13, 1732 ; Isaac, b. Apr. 15, 1734; Edmund, b. July 10, 1736; Caleb, b. Jan. 22, 1738, sett. Spencer, m. Lucy Tucker of Leicester ; Gideon and Anna, b. Sept. IS, 1744.
BRIGHAM, Asa, tailor; s. of Lewis and Mary of Marlb., b. Aug. 31, 1788; sett. in Fram. when 21; bo't the Martin Stone ho. Oct. 26, 1809; built a shop, known as Lawson Kingsbury's office ; sold May 30, 1812, to Geo. Coolidge, painter ; rem. to Lunenburg ; was burnt out in 1816, and rem. to Alexandria, La .; was one of the first sett. in Texas ; a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and Treas. of the new Republic ; was a man of large stature and military bearing; d. Washington, Tex., July 3, 1844. He m. Jan. ISII, Elizabeth S. Babcock of Wat., who d. 1833. Chil. Adeliza Lewis, b. Dec. 15, 1811, m., and res. Brazoria Co., Tex. ; Samuel, b. 1813, m., and res. Matagorda, Tex. : Benjamin, b. Apr. 21, 1815, slain at battle of St. Jacinto on his 21st birthday.
BRIGHAM, Ashley. Taxed real est., 1840-42.
BRIGHAM, Augustus ; w. Mary Ann. Child, Harriet, b. Mar. 15, 1845.
BRIGHAM, Rev. David, s. of David and Lucy of Westb .; b. Sept. 2, 1794; m. Mar. 1, IS19, Elizabeth H. Durfee, dau. of Charles of Fall River. Chil. Eliza- beth D. ; David Sewall ; Lucy H. ; Charles D. ; Thomas R. ; Martha A. ; Mary A. BRIGHAM, Dexter, d. Fram. Sept. 15, 1884, a. 59.
BRIGHAM, Oreb. Taxed in Fram. 1837-9.
BRIGHAM, Peter ; w. Hannah B. (Harrington), b. Medford, d. Feb. 26, 1871, a. 52 ; a son, b. Apr. 2, 1852.
BRIGHAM, Samuel. Taxed in Fram. 1838-40.
BRIGGS, Charles M., s. of Rev. Isaac and w. Sally (Sears) of Boxford; mer- chant, Boston ; rem. to Fram .; d. Aug. 22, 1865, a. 60. He m. Nov. 3, 1840, Mary Ann Ballard, dau. of Ebenezer M., d. Oct. 15, 1881. Chil. Richard S., m. Elizabeth Partridge ; Mary E., b. Feb. 5, 1852.
BRIGGS, Thomas, Taxed in Fram., 1739, £1. 9. 6 .; w. -; dau. Susanna, b. May 23, 1740.
BRINLEY, 1. Francis, the eldest son of Thomas, was b. in London, Eng. 1690; grad. Eton Coll .; came to America, 1710; sett. Roxbury, where he lived and died, Feb. 1, 1742; he bo't for £8,600 old tenor bills, the Buckminster Farm in Fram., S60 a., with several dw. houses and barns, which he let to tenants. He m. Apr. 13, 1718, Deborah Lyde, dau. of Edward and Catherine Lyde of Boston, and g. dau. of Hon. Nathaniel Byfield. They had 7 chil. viz. Thomas ; Francis ; Ed- ward 3; Nathaniel 2; Deborah ; Catherine ; George.
2. Nathaniel, s. of Francis 1, b. in Rox. 1733; lived in Rox., Boston (on South street), and in Fram. About 1760, he leased the Buckminster Farm, which he man- aged till the spring of 1775, when he rem. to Boston ; was an Addressor of Gov. Gage in 1775 [see ante p. 328]. After the war, he exchanged his estate in Boston for one in Tyngsborough, where he d. Feb. 10, 1814. He m. his cousin, Catherine Cradock, dau. of Hon. George and Mary (Lyde) Cradock of Boston. She d. at Tyngs- borough, Apr. 3, 1807, aged 75. They left but one child, Robert, b. Rox. Sept. 27, 1774.
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3. Edward, s. of Francis 1, sett. Weston. In 1777 or 78, he leased and took possession of the Buckminster Farm in Fram., then belonging to the heirs of Sir Peter Warren. Probably he occupied the farm but one year.
BRINLEY, Bethiah, m. Aaron Pike, both of Fram., Feb., 1794.
BRINN, John, d. June 17, 1863, a. 39; w. Mary McGrath. Chil. William, b. May 13, 1851 ; Joanna M., b. Mar. 10, 1853, d. y. ; John, b. Sept. 30, 1854; Thomas F., b. June 4, 1856; tailor : 1. So. Fram.
BRINN, Michael ; w. Ellen. Child, Eugene, b. Sept. 18, 1858.
BRINN, Thomas ; w. Ann. Child, Michael, b. July 16, 1856.
BRINN, William, m. Feb. 2, 1856, Mary McGrath. Chil. John, b. Mar. 12, 1858; Philip, b. Nov. 3, 1859.
BRINTNAL, William, s. of Thomas and w. Hannah (Willard) ; g. s. of Thos. and w. Esther of Boston ; grad. Y. C., 1721, preached as candidate, Rutland, 1721 ; kept school Sud. 1722, 4 years; Aug., 1725, was in command of troops for the pro- tection of Rutland ; 1. Sud. till 1734; rem. to Rut .; came to Fram. 1737 ; l. on the old Stephen Jennings place, at or near Peter B. Davis'. He m. Dec. 19, 1729, Zer- viah Buckminster, dau. of Joseph. Chil. Buckminster, b. Sept. 29, 1730 ; Anna, b. Jan. 12, 1732-3, d. y. ; Dorothy, b. July 13, 1736; Caleb, b. Fram. Nov. 4, 1738; W'il- liam, b. F. Aug. 12, 1740, d. June 22, 1741.
BRINTNAL, Joseph. Taxed in Fram. 1717.
BRINTNAL, Mrs. Submit, m. Richard Taylor of Sud. July 23, 1741.
BRISCO, William, m. Oct. 22, 1740, Dinah Cutting.
BRITTAN, John. Taxed 1836; 1. with John Johnson, Sen .; d. Mar. 1, 1841,
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BRITTAN, Samuel, in Fram. 1737.
BROCK, Wm .; w. Nancy. Child, Thomas, b. Nov. 20, 1851.
BROOKS, Daniel F., 1. Sax. ; w. M. A. Child, Edw. G., b. Feb. 10, 1857. BROOKS, Joel T .; w. Mary. Child, Sarah A., b. Nov. 17, 1850.
BROOKS, Orin. Taxed on real est. 1834; m. Mar. 12, 1828, Julia Ann Wright, both of Fram.
BROOKS, Sumner J., owned the L. O. Emerson place, 1860.
BROPHY, Matthew, 1. Sax .; d. Sept. 6, 1881, a. 51. He m. Jan. 9, 1852, Ann Cuddy, d. Aug. 3, 1886. Chil. James L., b. Nov. 14, 1852, m. Jane Heffernan ; Law- rence, b. Jan. 3, 1853, m. - - -, d. May 4, 1881 ; Mary Ann, b. Sept. 20, 1855; Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1858; Elisabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1861; Margaret, b. Oct. 19, 1863 ; Matthew W., b. May 21, 1865.
BROPHY, Michael, 1. Sax. ; m. Jan. 30, 1853, Mary Hearn. Chil. Margaret, b. Nov. 22, 1853; James, b. Aug. 24, 1855; John W'., b. Oct. 24, 1857 ; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 4, 1859, d. Aug. 11, 1875; Michael M., b. - -; Catherine, b. Jan. 20, 1863.
BROWN, Charles, fr. Sud .; 1. Fram .; rem. Southb. He m. Apr. 30, 1845, Sarah A. Trowbridge, dau. of Edmund. Chil. Loring I., b. Aug. 8, 1848 ; Ella F., b. June 13, 1851, d. a. 2 ; Ella F., b. Jan. 1, 1854 ; Frederick }., b. July 18, 1857.
BROWN, Edmund, I. on Temple str., d. July 9, 1862, a. 50. He m. Joanna - Chil. Richard, b. Feb. 9, 1854; William, b. Feb. 26, 1856 ; Edward }., b. July 11, 1858, m. Nov. 6, 1884, Mary A. Riney ; Eugene P., b. May 23, 1861 ; John F., b. June 28, 1862, d. y.
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BROWN, Enoch. Taxed 1837-9; rem. to Wrentham; w. -. Chil. Anna M, ; Caroline F.
BROWN, Franklin. Taxed in Fram. 1836-9.
BROWN, George ; printer; taxed 1835.
BROWN, George B., is a desct. of Samuel and w. Bethia Adams, of Ipswich ; s. of Samuel and w. Olive (Fairbank) of Sterling ; b. Apr. 27, 1829; of the firm of logg, Brown, and Taylor of Boston; came to Fram. 1858. He m. Mariannie Sprague. Chil. Howard K., grad. H. U., 1879, lawyer; Frank T., d. Wyoming Terr. Oct. 1, 1885, a. 25; Charles Albert, grad. H. U. 1886.
BROWN, Joel. Taxed in Fram. 1809.
BROWN, 1, John. In a deed recorded in Mid. Reg. he is called " a Scotch- man; " sett. in Camb., where four chil. were b .; rem. 1663 or 4 to Marlb., where the remaining chil. were b .; rem. 1678 to Falmouth; at the second destruction of that town was driven away, and came to Wat., where he d. He m. Apr. 24, 1655, Hester Makepeace of Boston. Chil. Joseph ; Elizabeth ; Sarah ; Mary ; John : Hester : Thomas ; Daniel ; Deborah ; Abigail : Joseph, b. 1677 2.
2. Joseph, s. of John 1, b. in Marlb .; cordwainer; sett. in Wat .; selectman ; town clerk ; rem. about 1710 to Lex .; deacon ; selectman ; d. Jan. 11, 1764. He m. Nov. 15, 1699, Ruhamah Wellington, dau. of Benjamin of Wat. ; she d. July 1, 1772, aged 92. Chil. Ruhamah, b. July 15, 1701; Daniel, b. Dec. 21, 1703, sett. Lex .; John, b. May 5, 1706; Joseph, b. Sept. 2, 1708 ; deacon ; sett. Holl. ; Jonas, b. May 3, 1711, sett. Lex. ; James, bap. July 26, 1713, sett. Lex .; Josiah, bap. Aug. 12, 1714, sett. Sterling ; Benjamin, b. June 30, 1720, sett. Lex .; William, bap. Apr. 28, 1723 3.
3. William, s. of Joseph 2, b. in Lex .; clothier; Nov. 12, 1746, he, then of Fram., bo't for 200 pounds, new tenor, of John Livermore of Fram. 50 a. the county road running through said land, with house and barn on easterly side (the house stood nearly opposite where Joseph Brown now lives; he built a new house oppo- site the Col. J. Brown barn) ; he built grist mill, 1748, and fulling mill later ; select- man ; Com. of Safety ; del. to Prov. Cong. ; deacon ; d. Dec. 13, 1793. He m. Mar. 5, 1746, Elizabeth Conant of Conc. ; she d. Feb. 6, ISio. Chil. Betty, b. Dec. 11, 1747, m. Samuel Gleason ; Roger, b. Sept. 12, 1749 4 ; Kesiak, b. July 5, 1751, m. Alex- ander Parkman; William, b. Mar. 22, 1753; Andrew, b. Jan. 26, 1755 5 ; Joseph, b. 1757, m. Deborah Sanger; colonel; sett. Petersham; d. 1814; John, bap. Aug. 5, 1759, d. young ; Ruhamak, bap. Aug. 5, 1759, d. y. ; Frederick Ferdinand, bap. Nov. 8, 1761 6 ; John, bap. Sept. 11, 1763, m. May, 1786, Martha Rice, dau. of David; Ebeneser, bap. Mar. 29, 1767 7 ; Polly, bap. Aug. 6, 1769, m. Samuel Parris of E. Sud.
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