History of Framingham, Massachusetts, early known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a genealogical register, Part 54

Author: Temple, J. H. (Josiah Howard), 1815-1893
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Framingham, Pub. by the town of Framingham
Number of Pages: 822


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3. Peter, s. of Peter 2. Came in 1693 from Salem Village with his f. with whom he lived ; held the homestead; (he set the " Brewer elm " abt. 1727) ; select- man 9 years; after the death of his son Peter, he deeded his estate to son-in-law John Parker ; d. 1739. He m. Dec. 13, 1693, Mary Preston, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Nurse) Preston, of Salem Village, b. Feb. 15, 1672. She was niece to her f. Clayes's second wife. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1694, d. young ; Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1696, m. Dec. 7, 1727, James Brown of Marlb .; Martha, b. May 12, 1699, d. young ; Abigail, b. Mar. 31, 1701, unm .; Experience, b. Nov. 19, 1702, m. John Parker, of Shry. and Fram. ; Susanna, b. Dec. 13, 1704, m. Simon Goddard of Fram. and Athol ; Rebecca, b. Dec. 6, 1706, unm. ; Peter, b. June 21, 1713, d. Apr. 17, 1736, unm .; Josiah, b. Aug. 27, 1715, d. young.


4. James, son of Peter 2, built a house west of his f. and north of Leander Barber's. Ile m. Mary -. Chil. Esther, b. Apr. 27, 1702, m. June 17, 1725, Capt. Daniel How, of Shry. She d. July 27, 1759; Keziah, b. Dec. 8, 1705, m. 1727 William Goddard, of Shry .; John, b. Sept. 25, 1707 5 ; James, b. June 10, 1710 6; Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1712, m. Dea. Jona. Morse ; Hannah, b. Apr. 4, 1717, m. 1735, Josiah Wilson, of Hopk.


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5. John, s. of James 4. In 1730 he built a house and set the elms on the S. B. Bird place, which he exchanged for his g. f's old homestead, with his bro. James. He d. 1794. He m. (1) Dec. 10, 1730, Elizabeth Morse, dau. of Joseph of Wat .; (2) Nov. 12, 1748, Zerviah Town, who d. 1766. Chil. Mary, b. Nov. 31, 1731; Ruth, b. Feb. 1733-4; John, b. Mar. 22, 1735-6 7 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 1749-0, m. - Ballard ? 6. James, s. of James 4. Bought the paternal homestead of John Parker, which he exchanged with his bro. John for the S. B. Bird place, which was thence- forth known as the "James Clayes place "; selectman 5 years; d. Jan., 1798. He m. (1) July 24, 1735, Lydia Eames, who d. Nov. 8, 1736; (2) May 28, 1740, Abigail Gleason, who d. April, 1798. Chil. Peter, b. Oct. 30, 1736, d. y. ; Josiah, b. Sept. 30, 1741 ; James, b. Feb. 13, 1742-38; Elijak, b. Sept. 5, 1744 9 ; Lydia, b. Aug. 7, 1746, m. Simon Tozer ; Abigail, b. Aug. 7, 1752, m. John Mayhew ; Peter, b. Mar. 28, 1754 10.


7. John, s. of John 5. In 1774, he bo't the " Harrington place," in Salem End, afterwards known as the " Josiah Clayes place," now the "L. O. Emerson place." He was killed by lightning, at his own gate, June 3, 1777. He m. Mar. 25, 1762, Desire Perry of Sherb., who m. (2) Feb., 1789, Daniel Hemenway. Chil. Desire, b. Apr. 13, 1763, m. Samuel Haven ; Josiah, b. Feb. 4, 1765 11 ; Luther, b. Jan. 23, 1767, m. Feb. 8, 1795, Sally Temple, dau. of Jonas of Marlb., settled in Utica, N. Y .; Daniel, b. Apr. 20, 1770, m. - Lee, sett. in Utica, N. Y .; Polly, b. Apr. 25, 1773, m. Jan. 24, 1793, Robert Eames, sett. in Whitestown, N. Y .; Ruth, b. Aug. 5, 1777, m. Oct. 8, 1799, William Gleason, sett. in Barnet, Vt.


8. James, s. of James 6, lived on the S. B. Bird place ; a " Minute Man " in 1775; selectman 4 years ; d. Dec. 9, 1809. He m. Mehitable Gates, dau. of Oldham, b. at Spencer, June 13, 1746, d. Nov. 2, 1822. Chil. Ruth, b. Dec. 24, 1767, m. Dec., 1790, Uriah Jennings of Whitestown, N. Y .; Mehitable, b. Apr. 24, 1770, d. y. ; child, Sept. 18, 1771 ; James, b. July 31, 1773, d. Sept. 18, 1777 ; Ezra, and Micajah, b. Dec. 23, 1776. E. m. Lydia Hill, res. Buffalo, N. Y., d. 1840; M. m. Jan. 26, 1800, Dolly Morse, sett. at Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., where he d. Aug., 1852 ; she d. at Morrisville, Mad. Co., N. Y., Sept. 3, 1863; James, b. July 30, 1781 1112 ; Elijah, b. Dec. 15, 1783 12; Jonas, b. Apr. 14, 1788 13.


9. Elijah, s. of James 6, sett. in Fram .; rem. in 1770 to Fitzwilliam, N. H., where he held office under the proprs .; captain in Rev. War ; d. at White Plains in 1776. He m. Abigail Pepper, who m. (2) Feb. 11, 1788, Maj. Nathaniel Healey of Dudley. Chil. Sarak, b. Jan. S, 1763, m. Sept., 1783, Fortunatus Nichols; Elijah, b. Dec. 23, 1764 14; Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1767, sett. at Charlestown, N. H., m. - Larrabee, had 10 sons; Abigail, b. Aug. 29, 1769 ; Joseph, b. Fitzwilliam, Sept. 10, 1771, sett. in Shry., m. Sept. 24, 1797, Eunice Howe, dau. of Gideon; had 2 chil., d. 1799; Nathan, b. Oct. 17, 1773 ; a mariner ; Betsey, b. Nov. 15, 1775, m. - Phipps of Dudley.


10. Peter, s. of James 6. He enlisted in 1775; sergt. in Capt. Gleason's co .; lieut. in Capt. J. Holden's co., Col. T. Nixon's reg. ; rec'd captain's com. 1779; served through the war ; selectman 6 years; trustee of Fram. Acad .; rem. in 1804 to Bridgeport, Vt., where he d. He m. Jan., 1785, Polly Nixon. Chil. Polly, b. July 22, 1785, m. - Harris of Bridgeport; Sophia, b. Sept. 25, 1786, d. 1804, unm. ; Nancy, b. June 5, 1788, d. young ; Amy, b. Mar. 23, 1790, m. Apr., ISIS, Jonas Rice of Bridgeport ; had one child, George F., and d. May 17, 1824; Dana, b. Oct. 3, 1792 ; grad. Mid. Coll. 1815; And. Theo. Sem. 1820; ord. Meriden, N. H., July 4, 1821 ; dis. Oct. 17, 1837 ; home miss'y in Maine ; pastor of Mariners' Ch., Portland ; m. 1821, Rebecca Sweetser of South Reading; he d. Oct. 23, 1877 ; Francis, bap. June, 1794, m. - Crofoot ; George, bap. July, 1796, sett. Shelburne, Vt .; Sukey, bap. Nov., 1798, d. 1802.


11. Josiah, s. of John 7; Lieut. ; lived on his f's plate ; d. Oct. 15, 1853. He m. (1) June 1, 1795, Eunice Look of Medfield, who d. June 22, 1836; (2) Eunice


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Dadmun, who d. May 13, 1858. Chil. Hollis, b. Sept. 9, 1796 15 ; Eliza, b. Apr. 26, 1798, m. Isaac Stevens ; Eunice L., b. Jan. 3, 1800, m. Sept. 20, 1832, Dr. Benj. Pond, Jr., of Westboro', and d. Nov. 29, 1833 ; John, b. Oct. 29, 1801 16; Josiah, b. May 26, 1803 17 ; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 11, ISO5, m. May 21, 1835, Dexter Brewer of Westbrook, Me .; Albert, b. Dec. S, ISIO 20.


112. James, s. of James 8, went to Christian Co., Ky., where seven chil. were b .; rem. to Henry Co., Tenn., d. Sept. 20, 1852. He m. May 7, ISOS, Penelope Nichols, b. N. C., Aug. 27, 1791, d. Feb. 23, 1870. Chil. Luke A., b. May 27, ISog, in. Rilla Paschal, 1. Union City, Tenn. ; Polly, b. Oct. I, ISHI, m. Everts Oliver, I. Obion Co., Tenn. ; James M., b. June 2, 1814, m. Nancy Happy, 1. Graves Co., Ky. ; Drusilla, b. Nov. 1, 1816, m. Leander Oliver, I. Fulton Co., Ky .; Hester Ann, b. Feb. 23, 1819, m. Allen Oliver, 1. Fulton Co., Ky .; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1821, m. William Mitchell, 1. Fulton Co., Ky. ; Henry C., b. Dec. 25, 1823, m. Elizabeth Key, 1. IIaskinsville, Ky. ; Benjamin F., b. Mar. 5, 1826, m. Rexon Miller, 1. Mayfield, Graves Co., Ky. ; Charles Pinkney, b. Aug. 12, 1828, m. Mary W. Byrns, 1. Union City, Tenn .; WV. B., b. Apr. 14, 1830, m. Martha Hanbury, 1. Obion Co., Tenn .; Ruth, b. Oct. 11, IS33, m. F. W. Mitchell, 1. Obion Co., Tenn.


12. Elijah, s. of James 8, lived on f's place ; sold to Eben'r Bird ; rem. to the Ezra Rice place ; d. Feb. 25, 1863. He m. Asenath Morse, who d. July 29, IS72. Chil. Susan, b. May 2, 1813, d. Jan. 6, 1834; Mehitable, b. July 29, 1814, d. y .; Mehitable, b. Nov. 7, 1815, m. Eliphalet Hastings ; Ruth S., b. Feb. 2, ISIS, d. y .; Eveline, b. Mar. 15, 1820, m. Eliphalet Hastings; Abigail, b. Nov. 19, 1822, m. James M. Stubbs ; John H., b. Nov. S, 1824.


13. Jonas, s. of James 8, bo't 1816, land of Jona. Rugg, and built the brick house on Worc. Turnpike, next W. of J. H. Temple's; com'd It. col. 4th Reg. Ist Brig. 3d Div. Mass. Militia, June 29, 1816 ; land surveyor, and granite worker ; held important town offices ; d. Feb. 26, 1856. He m. June 28, IS22, Susan Morse, who d. Apr. 18, 1870. Chil. Addison D., b. Oct. S, 1823 18; Frederick, b. Sept. 30, 1825, unm., lives Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Franklin, b. Apr. 6, 1827 19 ; Charles, b. Aug. 23, 1828, d. y. ; James G., b. Nov. 30, 1829, m. and 1. Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Charles, b. Mar. 5, 1831, m. and 1. Chicago, Ill .; George, b. Dec. 28, 1832, m. and 1. Albany, N. Y .; Henry C., b. Feb. 21, 1834; Joseph C., b. Nov. 12, 1835, m. Belinda A. Nichols, of Southb., 1. Fram .; selectman.


14. Elijah, s. of Elijah 9 ; a tanner ; lived in E. Sud., Fram., on corner E. of Bracket's store, Hopk., and Holl .; d. May 22, 1815. He m. Feb. 26, 1790, Levinah Hemenway, dau. of Ebenezer. Chil. Nabby, b. July 10, 1790, m. ISII, James Nichols of Shry. and Westb .; Joseph, b. Apr. 29, 1792, a tanner in Grafton; d. unm. ; Cla- rissa, b. May 18, 1794; m. (1) 1815, Thomas B. Haven of Shry .; (2) Rufus Porter of Worc. ; Gardner, b. June 29, 1796, m. - Bowman ; 1. at Westb. ; Maria, b. Mar. 31, 1799 ; m. -, of Boston ; Nathan, b. - -, 1. at Westb. ; Caroline, b. at Hopk., Mar. 2, 1804 ; Samuel, b. at Holl., Feb. 9, 1807 ; Sarah, b. at Holl., Mar. 24, ISO9.


15. Hollis, s. of Josiah 11 ; house painter ; lived on the Hersey place ; d. May, 1872. He m. Dec. 5, 1822, Lydia P. Bullard, dau. of Aaron. Chil. Aun Maria, b. Mar. 31, 1824, m. Dec. 22, 1852, Joseph Johnson, Portland, Me .; Frederick H., b. Dec. 2, 1830, m. Elizabeth A. Norton, 1. Portland; Granville H., b. Nov. 22, 1837, m. and 1. Portland.


16. John, s. of Josiah 11; a skillful mechanic ; 1. on the Isaac Stevens place. He m. (1) Oct. 24, 1832, Eliza P. Cutler of Sud., who d. Feb. 6, 1854 ; (2) Sept. 27, 1864, Mrs. Nancy J. (Lincoln) Bartels, b. Goffstown, N. H., May 25, 1819; her Ist husb. enl. in the 3d reg. N. H. vols., and d. at Hilton Head 1862. Child, Mary E., m. Fredk. A. Billings, and d. Apr. 10, 1864, a. 25.


17. Josiah, s. of Josiah 11, 1. Ashland; m. May 5, 1828, Lydia Metcalf of Hopk., and had chil. Arthur, d. -; Charles, m. Emma Morse, dau. of Charles.


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18. Addison D., s. of Col. Jonas 13, m. Nov. 22, 1848, Harriet M. Walkup. Chil. Susan E., b. Apr. 25, 1853, m. Dexter Drury, and d. Dec. 18, 1884 ; Emma E., b. Jan. 1, 1856, m. Harry Jones.


19. Franklin, s. of Col. Jonas 13; granite worker ; d. Feb. 5, 1864; m. Dec. 25, 1855, Mary E. Carr, d. Nov. 27, 1874. Child, Alice E., b. Nov. 26, 1857.


20. Albert, s. of Josiah 11, sett. near Waco, Texas; d. Aug. 9, 1853. He m. May 10, 1843, Mary E. Jones. Chil. Albert y., b. Feb. 23, 1844, d. y. ; Mary Eliza, b. Apr. 11, 1846; Virginia P., b. Apr. 13, 1848; Martha Ann, b. Nov. 30, 1850; Nancy E., b. Dec. 28, 1853.


CLEMENTS, Mary, an adult, prob. related to the w. of Jona. Winch, was bap. Dec. 13, 1747 ; she afterwards m. Joseph Green. "Oct. 14, 1764, were bap. John, Joseph and Benjamin, chil. of Mary Clemense, now wife of Joseph Green, of Upton, by profession Anabaptist."- Ch. Rec. 1771, May 26, John Clemens, a. abt. So, came from Upton to Fram. Lived with Jona. Winch.


CLEMENTS, Solomon H. Taxed in Fram. 1860.


CLEVERLAND, Enoch, was in Fram. 1716.


CLOUGH, Wingate B., b. Enfield, N. H., taxed 1837, d. Dec. 3, 1861, a. 59; w. Sarah -, d. July 1, 1884, a. 76. Chil. John C., taxed 1839-42; Sarah A., m. A. H. Dolbeare, 1. Newton ; George IV., m. Sept. 12, 1860, Harriet E. Coombs, of Brookville, Me .; Lizzie ? m. A. J. Fiske.


COAKLEY, Matthew, m. Oct. 10, 1852, Mary Dailey. Chil. Mary y., b. July 18, 1853; Daniel F., and John y., b. Feb. 20, 1857 ; J. J. d. Dec. 26, 1878.


CODY, Richard. Taxed 1850-60 ; w. Bridget Wallace, d. Oct. 15, 1860, a. 50.


COE, Frederick ; house painter ; fr. London, Eng. ; 1. Fram .; rem. to W. New- ton ; w. Mary. Chil. Lucy ; Ellen ; Frederick ; Harriett ; Arthur R., b. Fram. Dec. 28, 1854; Harry L, b. Dec. 2, 1856; Frank E., b. Dec. 17, 1859.


COFFIN, Charles G., m. Angeline White. Child, Franklin B., b. Dec. 22, I844.


COFFIN, Moses, l. near Shepard's paper mill ; w. Nancy G. Chil. Benjamin F., b. July 4, 1832 ; David B., b. Feb. 28, 1834; Rachel }., b. May 27, 1835; Moses, b. Sept. 30, 1836; Isaac S., b. Sept. 4, 1838; William H., b. Dec. 1, 1840; James B., b. July 29, 1844.


COGGIN, Mary, m. Feb. 20, 1733, William Ward, of Worc.


COGSWELL, James. Taxed in Fram. 1840-1.


COKE, Patrick, m. Feb. 28, 1854, Bridget Shehan. Child, John, b. Aug. 15, 1856.


COLBERT, Maurice. Taxed in Fram. 1841-2.


COLBURN, Edward, 1. near Shepard's paper-mill ; taxed 1830 ; d. Mar., 1833, a. 69; w. Betsey. Chil. David, m. Sept. 26, 1831, Susan Parkhurst ; Calvin, m. Caroline M. Minor ; Elizabeth : Rebecca, d. Feb. 26, 1831.


COLBY, James L., Sax .; m. Elizabeth Bill, dau. of Benjamin. Chil. Anna E., b. May 4, 1846; Emily Josephine, b. Jan. 16, 1857.


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COLE, Archibald M .; tailor; m. Eliza C. Gilman. Chil. John H., b. Apr. 2, 1846; Games E., b. May 6, 1850; Frank IV. C., b. July 26, 1852; Grace C., b. Dec. 18, 1855; Charles H., b. Aug. 7, 1859.


COLE, John, bap. Mar. 10, 1723.


COLE, Jonathan, bap. May 2, 1725; per. the Jona. who was a soldier at North- field, 1749, and grantee of Westmoreland, 1752.


COLE, Onesimus, sett. Sherb. ; bo't Apr. 21, 1794, of David Morse a farm, 84 a., on Pratt's plain ; the next year he bo't the Joshua Hemenway place (now the town's farm) ; built a new ho. and moved the barn fr. the S. to the N. side of the road ; sold to Solomon Fay, and bo't, Jan. 27, 1806, the Samuel Gleason farm, 100 a., of Nathan Hancock ; d. Oct. 8, 1814, a. 63. He m. (1) Oct. 16, 1771, Jemima Leland, dau. of William, d. Oct. 2, 1792 ; (2) Nov. 7, 1793, Betsey Wheeler of Conc., who m. (2) Lieut. Jona. Hill. Chil. Olive, b. Apr. 6, 1772, m. Jonas Leland ; 1. West- ford: Thaddeus, b. Dec, 4, 1773, m. Eleanor W. Parker, and had 12 chil .; 1. Wat .; John, b. June 2, 1776, m. -. Sparhawk; 1. Chas. ; Samuel, b. May 3, 1778, 1. Joy, Me. ; Sally, b. Sept. 7, 1780, n. Apr. 8, 1802, Simeon Stearns ; 1. Bedford ; Polly, b. - -, m. Mar. 22, 1801, Micajah Gleason ; 1. Union, Me. ; Joseph C., b. Aug. 29, 1784, m. Betsey Learned ; 1. Billerica ; Rhoda, b. - , m. Apr., ISOS, Fisher Hart; 1. Union ; Jemima, b. Oct. 2, 1792, m. Samuel Fuller ; 1. Union ; Calvin, b. Oct. 15, 1794, d. Sept. 27, 1814; Elisa, b. July 28, 1796, d. Nov. 30, 1814; Abigail, b. July 31, 1798; Sukey, b. Mar. 31, 18oo, d. Sept. 28, 1814; Francis, b. Aug. 8, 1803, d. Sept. 24, 1814; Rebecca, b. Jan. 25, 1805.


COLE, Samuel, of Fram., m. July 24, 1728, Sarah Boutell of Reading.


COLGROVE, Adoniram, w. Eunice. Child, Cynthia, b. Apr. 11, 1853.


COLLER, COLLAR, 1. John, came to Fram. with the Mellens, 1687, and with consent of Gov. Danforth, took possession of lands lying W. of Park's Corner, and adjoining the Mellens. His house was near the river, and the bridge (at Cut- ler's mills) was known in the early records as "Coller's bridge." He had meadows on the west side of the river, and the meadow near the Badger place was named for him. His lands were reserved to him in Danforth's lease to Buckminster. Prob. he is the John Coller of Camb., a. 25 in 1658; of Sud., 1684, one of the Committee on "highway fr. Sud, Sherb., Marlb., Fram., and the Falls on Charles river," that year. His. w. was Hannah -, a. 20 in 1658. Chil. Hannah (?) m. June 16, 1679, James Cutting ; John, b. Mar. 6, 1661 2; Thomas, b. Dec. 14, 1663; Mary (?) m. Jan. 9, 1695-6, Samuel Holland; James ? 3; prob. others.


2. John, s. of John 1, sett. Sud. ; d. Nat., will proved Oct., 1718; w. Elizabeth. Chil. Thomas 4; John, m. Jan. 13, 1720, Sarah Morse of Needham; Phinchas, m. Jan. 1, 1730, Hannah Daniels of Sherb .; Uriah ; Joseph ; Hezekiah, m. Mar. I, 1743, Elizabeth Rice of Sud. ; Susanna ; Priscilla, m. Jan. 10, 1733-4, Peter Gallot of Fram .; Sybilla, m. Feb. 11, 1730-1, Joseph Bartlett of Newton. In 1705, the Indians at Natick petitioned the Court for liberty to sell to John Coller, Jr., carpenter, two hundred acres of land, in payment for building their meeting- house.


3. James, s. of John 1 (?) 1. on or near the lands of John, Sen. (which leads to the inference that he was a son); taxed 1710; rem. to Oxford, where he d. 1749. Ile m. (1) Elizabeth -; (2) 1746, Hannah Twitchell. Chil. James, b. Jan. 20, 1695-6 5 ; Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1702, m. in Hopk. 1729, Mercy Travis, dau. of James ; (she m. (2) Christopher Nixon) ; Jonas, b. 1713, sett. Oxf. ; Elizabeth, m. 1739, Daniel Tombs of Hopk.


4. Thomas, s. of John 2, 1. Nat., came to Fram. before 1749; bo't of Isaac Allard, or built on the David Stone land, a ho. which stood to the north of Micah Leland's, known as the old Dea. Eben'r Stone place ; d. 1770. He m. (1) Apr. 9,


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1719, Alice Alden of Needham ; (2) Jan. 19, 1721, Elizabeth Dunton of Sud., d. 1780. Chil. Alice, b. Nat. Mar. 26. 1729, m. Thomas Stone; per. others.


5. James, s. of James 3, 1. Fram., rem. Hopk. His w. Sarah was adm. to F. Ch. Feb. 16, 1718, dis. to Hopk. Ch. Nov. 19, 1727. Chil. Jonathan, b. May S, 1717 ; David, b. Sept. 9, 1721 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1724.


COLLINS, Burleigh, taxed in Fram. 1837-40, m. Eliza Ann Parker, dau. of John ; both are dead.


COLLINS, Hiram, m. Apr. 4, 1849, Abigail Davis, dau. of Timothy. Child, Hiram D., b. Mar. 11, 1850, d. May 27, 1857.


COLLINS, Joseph and Ebenezer. Taxed in Fram. 1768.


CONANT, Artemas, clothier ; was out in the war of 1812; became insane. He m. May 25, 1800, Relief Haven, dau. of Gideon, d. at Jesse Haven's, Jan. 8, 1848. Chil. (not recorded) Emily, m. Joseph Higgins of Fram. ; Mary Ann, m. Joshua Hinchcliffe : George, m. Mary Mason of Ded. ; William B., d. Nov. 9, 1825, a. 19; Eliza, d. Sept. 19, 1817, a. 3 ; per. others.


CONANT, Elijah ; fr. Stow ; stage owner ; taxed 1841 ; d. Oct. 28, 1848, a. 32. He m. (1) -, d. (suicide) May 30, 1844; (2) Charlotte M. Belden, of Boston; she m. (2) Jerome O. Emerson. Child, Francis E., b. May 6, 1847, m. Emma J. Childs. CONANT, Emery, lived at Charles Fiske's 1834-5.


CONANT, Jephthah, half-bro. of Elijah. Taxed 1841.


CONANT, Marshall, preceptor of Fram. Acad. 1840-5; w.


CONANT, Nabby, m. Nov., 1806, Jonas Smith, of Wat.


CONANT, Silas. Taxed in Fram. 1822-23.


CONANT, William, bro. of Elijah, was in Fram.


CONCANNON, Henry, gardener for Lawson Kingsbury, Esq .; w. Margaret Murphy ; d. Jan. 18, 1867, a. 33. Chil. Henry, b. Sept. 15, 1851, m. Alice Conelly, res. Fitchburg ; Mary Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1856, d. Oct. 6, 1858; William, b. Nov. 12, 1860.


CONLEY, Owen; w. Ann. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Nov., 1849; Ann, b. Dec. 9, 1850; Joseph, b. Jan. 11, 1852.


CONNELLY, Daniel, s. of Daniel and Mary ; 1. Sax. ; taxed on real est. 1850-60; d. Mar. 17, 1861, a. 60. IIe m. Fanny Johnson, d. -. Chil. Frank ; per. others.


CONNELLY, Frank, s. of Daniel, 1. Sax. ; m. July 6, 1856, Catherine Galla- gher. Chil. Mary F., b. April, 1857; Games C., b. Feb. 26, 1858 ; Frank ; William H., b. Aug. 23, 1862; George ; Thomas ; Edward ; John ; Katy; Daniel ; Maggie; Grace : two others d. y.


CONNOR, James, marble-worker, So. Fram. ; w. Julia. Child, Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1849.


CONNORS, Philip, d. Jan. 3, 1877, a. 48. He m. Julia Keleher, d. Oct. 28, 1875, a. 43. Chil. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 31, 1858, d. Apr. 1, 1881 ; Timothy, b. Nov. 28, 1860, d. y.


COOK, Ann S. Taxed on real est., 1860 (the Howes' place).


COOK, James; a desct. of Gregory of Camb., thro' Stephen of Newton. Stephen, Jr., miller, was b. Wat. Mar. 3, 1713-4; sett. Fram .; rem. 1747 to New- ton. He m. (I) Nov. 24, 1737, Lydia Fiske, dau. of Jona. of Newton ; (2) 1759, Mary Foster. Chil. Jonathan, b. Fram. Dec. 3, 1738, m. Lydia Bacon of Need. :


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Lydia, b. Jan. 22, 1739-40; Stephen, b. June 24, 1741, m. Mary Miller; Enoch, b. Jan. 4, 1743-4, m. Mary Foster ; Zebiah Fiske, b. Feb. 26, 1745-6; Elizabeth, b. Newton, July 8, 1748 ; Mary, b. and d. 1750; Rebecca, b. June 18, 1753; Esther, b. May 4, 1755; James, b. Jan. 8, 1758; Hannah, b. June 8, 1760; Peter, b. Dec. 10, 1764.


COOLE, Edmund; field driver ; in Fram. 1705.


COOLEY, David. Taxed 1835-42 ; rem. Bridgewater.


COOLIDGE, George ; painter ; fr. Wat. ; bo't, May 30, 1812, the Asa Brigham place in Fram. Centre ; sold Sept. 2, 1813, to Asa Kingsbury; w. Caroline.


COOLIDGE (written Cowlidge, Cullidge, Cullinge, Cowlinge, Colynge, Con- ling). The pedigree of this fam. has been traced in an unbroken line to Thomas Colynge of Arnlington, Cambridgeshire, Eng., who d. 1495.


1. John, the emigrant ancestor, was b. at Cottenham, Eng .; bap. Sept. 16, 1604, came to N. E. 1630; sett. Wat .; selectman ; rep .; d. May 7, 1691 ; w. Mary ; left sons John 2; Stephen ; Simon 3 ; Nathaniel 4; Jonathan.


2. John, s. of John 1, 1. and d. in Wat. He m. (1) Hannah Livermore; (2) wid. Mary Maddock. His sixth child was


5. John, b. Wat. Feb. 19, 1662; carpenter ; sett. Sherb. ; a sold. in K. Philip's war. He m. Mary -. His oldest child was


6. Isaac, b. Apr. 21, 1685; 1. Sherb .; justice of the peace ; m. Hannah Morse, dau. of Capt. Joseph. His fifth child was


7. Joseph, b. Apr. 22, 1726; 1. Sherb. ; m. Jan. 26, 1746, Elizabeth Frost. Chil. Joseph, b. Mar., 1747, d. y .; Grace, b. Oct. 14, 1748, d. y .; James, b. Apr. 11, 1751 ; sett. Gardner ; d. Dec. 21, 1845; Daniel, b. Mar. 13, 1753 8; Grace, b. May 27, 1755, m. Joseph Ware, Esq., of Sherb., and d. Apr., 1832; Joseph, b. Jan. 16, 1757, m. Martha Daniels; Joel, b. July 19, 1759 9; Hannah, b. Nov. 18, 1761, m. John Phipps of Sherb., and d. July 4, 1851 ; Abraham, b. Jan. 4, 1764 ; sett. New Marlb., N. II., and d. July 28, 1843; Hezekiah, b. Feb. 13, 1766; sett. New Marlb., and d. Oct., 1805; Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1769, m. Luther Haven of Milf., and d. 1855; Asher, b. May 28, 1771, d. y.


8. Daniel, s. of Joseph 7, 1. and d. Sherb. Sept. 16, 1840; w. Beulah Smith. Chil. Charlotte, b. Apr. 21, 1781, m. Dea. Hez. Fuller of Need .; Clarissa, b. Apr. 21, 1783, m. Dea. Danforth Colburn of Ded .; Calvin, b. Mar. 19, 1785; deacon; m. Polly Hyde; Beulah, b. Apr. 27, 1787, m. Andrew Bullard; Daniel, b. June 24, 1789 10; Lucy, b. Sept. 1, 1791 ; Aaron, b. Oct. 9, 1793; deacon; m. Catherine Hill; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1796; Cally, b. June 27, 1798, m. IIoratio Coolidge ; Curtis, b. Jan. 21, 1801, m. Orinda Coolidge ; Harriet, b. Aug. 29, 1804, m. Wm. Phipps.


9. Joel, s. of Joseph 7, sett. Sherb .; served in Capt. Jo. Winch's co., 1777, at Saratoga and Stillwater; corp. in Capt. Joshua Leland's co., R. I. service, 1780; bo't the Joseph Haven place (now the Nevins place) at Park's Corner, and rem. to Fram. 1788; selectman ; d. Oct. 5, 1841. He m. Oct. 11, 1781, Martha Ware, dau. of John of Sherb., d. Sept. 23, 1825. Chil. Charles, b. Jan. 30, 1782, unm., d. Sept. 5, 1803, in So. Carolina ; Mehitable, b. Mar. 24, 1784, m. Sylvanus Phipps, and d. Mar. 30, 1864; Sophia, b. Mar. 15, 1787, m. Daniel Stone, M. D., of Sharon, and d. Mar. 18, 1820; Martha, b. July 23, 1789, m. Capt. Josiah Fiske, and d. May 28, 1881 : Sally, b. Mar. 27, 1792, m. David Haven, and d. Sept. 24, ISSI ; Francis, b. Sept. 24, 1794 11 ; Henry W., b. May 3, 1797 12 ; Joseph B., b. Dec. 21, 1799, unm., d. Sept. 14, 1853, in Boston.


10. Daniel, s. of Daniel 8, sett. Sherb. ; rem. to So. Fram .; d. Oct. IS, IS71. He m. Hannah Frost, d. -. Chil. Jonathan F., b. Feb. 12, 1817 13 ; Andrew, b.


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Apr. 10, 1819 14 ; Ruggles S., b. Aug. 20, 1821 ; Almira F., b. Apr. 27, 1824 ; Char- lotte, b. Sept. 13, 1827 ; Charles, b. June 8, 1830.


11. Francis, s. of Joel . 9; was out in war of 1812; sett. on the homestead (now David Nevins') ; rem. to So. Fram .; d. Apr. 16, 1864. He m. May 25, 1831, Mahala Stone, dau. of Capt. John of Dublin, N. H., b. Aug. 8, 1806. Chil. George F., b. Feb. 23, 1832; Charles IV., b. June 17, 1834 15 ; Joel E., b. Jan. 19, 1838, m. (1) Nov. 30, 1862, Adelaide E. Swett of Chelmsford, d. June 10, 1880; (2) July 12, ISSI, Ida J. Raymond of Baltimore, Md. ; 1. Ogden, Neb .; Henry De S., b. Oct. 13, 1842, m. Dec. 7, 1865, Julia G. Kennedy, dau. of Dea. J. R., and has F. Gertrude, b. July 14, 1870.


12. Henry W., s. of Joel 9, 1. on the Higgins place ; selectman ; d. Oct. 14, 1841. He m. Apr. 19, 1831, Emeline Bullard, dau. of Aaron; she m. (2) John Broad of Holl. Child, Henry W., b. Apr. 6, 1838, m. Oct. 30, 1879, Anna K. Gooch of Holl.


13. Jonathan F., s. of Daniel 10, 1. So. Fram .; m. Eliza Haven, dau. of David. Chil. Edwin H., b. Aug. 23, 1840 16 ; Helen S., b. July 28, 1842, m. Fred I. White ; Harriet E., b. Dec. 15, 1844, m. Willard Howe.


14. Andrew, s. of Daniel 10; deacon; selectman ; 1. So. Fram .; m. (1) Apr. 9, 1845, Elizabeth Ann Temple, dau. of Wm. P., d. May 8, 1856; (2) Dec. 7, 1858, Malinda M. Harding. Chil. Adaline M., b. Sept. 11, 1846, d. Oct. 10, 1865; Emily E., b. Sept. 16, 1849, d. July 22, 1854.


15. Charles W., s. of Francis 11, 1. So. Fram .; m. June 10, 1863, Lucinda G. Proctor, dau. of Capt. John of Henniker, N. H., b. June 9, 1834. Chil. Stanley W., b. Mar. 14, 1864, d. Jan. 1, 1872; Mary C. P., b. June 23, 1866 ; Prescott H., b. Sept. 20, 1871 ; Grace W., b. May 5, 1875.


16. Edwin H., s. of Jona. F. 13. At the opening of the late war he enl. for 3 yrs. in the corps of U. S. eng .; served out his time and rec'd an honorable dis- charge. The hardships of the service planted the seeds of disease of which he d. Aug. 2, 1881. He m. Julia A. Kendall, dau. of Joel of Springfield ; she d. Dec. 24, 1881, a. 43. They left two sons.


COOLIDGE, Harlow, b. New Marlb., N. H., Oct. 21, 1798 ; s. of Hezekiah and Esther ; g. s. of Joseph 7; learned the cabinet maker's trade of David Haven; 1. near Cutler's mills ; rem. to Chatauqua Co., N. Y., and d. -. He m. Feb. 2, 1823, Betsey Morse, dau. of Daniel ; she m. (2) Caleb Champney; 1. Leominster ; d. Fram. Mar. 19, 1870. Chil. Harriet E., m. J. Warren Walkup; son, d. y. ; Sarah, m. Edwin White of Attleboro'; 1. Milford; Elizabeth, m. Frank Howard of West- minster.




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