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5. Alexander R., s. of Dexter 3 ; architect ; studied with Richard Bond, and G. J. F. Bryant of Boston ; established a business in Boston, and by self-reliant effort, gained a place in the front rank of his profession; designed the State Nor- mal School house at Fram., and at Westfield; the University at Rochester, N. Y. (which conferred on him the hon. deg. of Master of Arts 1866) ; Shurtleff Coll., Alton, Ill., Colby University, Waterville, Me .; Theol. Sem. and Free Library, New- ton ; St. John's Episc. Church, Fram., etc. In 1876 was app. to superintend the construction of the new P. O. building in Boston; and his design for the new Congressional Library Building at Washington was accepted by the committee a short time before his d. He was selectman; rep .; trustee of Edgell Grove Ceme- tery, and held other responsible offices ; d. July 2, 1881. He m. (1) Oct. 5, 1854, Julia M. Wight, dau. of Lathrop, b. Boston, d. Feb. 26, 1862, a. 26,7 ; (2) Charlotte Louisa Blake, dau. of Cyrus, d. Nov. 22, 1866, a. 26, 9; (3) Emma C. Newell, dau. of Capt. George, d. Feb. 13, 1886, a. 40. Chil. Annie L., b. July 12, 1855, d. Apr. 7, 1870; Fannie B., b. Feb. 6, 1857, m. Charles Emerson ; Harry C., b. May 8, 1859, d. Jan. 10, 1862; Blanche N., b. Aug. 13, 1869; Marguerite, b. June 28, 1871 ; Har- old Morton, b. May 24, 1878.
ESTY, George G., w. Eliza Jane. Child, Mary Elisa, b. Aug. 10, 1848. ESTY, Jacob. Taxed on per. est. 1818.
EUSTIS, Joseph G. (Eustis and Simmons,); chaise maker ; s. of Captain Thomas and w. Catherine (Wheat) of Rutland and Newton; taxed 1812-15; owned the land from town pump, west, including part of Miss Moulton's block ; sold Aug. 3, 1815, to John Ballard, 2d. He m. Nov., 1812, Sally Donelson ; "both of Fram."
EVANS, Daniel, m. Feb. 25, 1857, Ann M. Bullard; both of F.
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EVERDON, EVERTON, Samuel, in Fram. 1775; served thro' the Rev. war; memb. of Bap. Soc., 1799; taxed in S. W. ward 1798-05.
EVERETT, Jesse, and w. Elizabeth ; fr. Franklin ; bo't May 2, 1797, the Ab- ner How place of Zedekiah Sanger, which he sold May 3, 1798, to Reuben Torrey. He bo't the Isaac Haven place, S. of Washakum pond, now John Willis's, where he was living 1798. He bo't a farm of 70 a. in Fram., near the Holl. line, which he sold Sept. 2, 1801, to John Wenzell, Sen. He bo't the Nathan Haven place, 228 a., lying partly in Fram. and partly in Holl., which he sold Sept. 23, ISO1, to Elias Grout. Chil. Nancy, m. Oct. 27, 1796, George Hawes of Wrentham ; Benjamin, d. Aug. 9, 1801, a. 28; James, d. Mar. 28, 1800, a. 20; Olive ; son, d. a memb. of H. U.
FABRE, Mrs. Sukey, maiden name Sellon, of English birth (her husband French) ; came to l. with Alex. Eames in IS11 ; d. Jan. 28, 1834, a. 76. A dau. m. Thomas.
FAIRBANK, FAIRBANKS, 1. Jonathan, prob. fr. the West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng .; sett in Dedham before 1641 ; w. Grace. Chil. John ; George 2; Mary ; Jonas ; Susan ; Jonathan.
2. George, s. of Jona. 1, came with his f .; sett. Ded .; rem. to Medfield ; w. Mary. Chil. Mary ; George ; Samuel ; Eliezur ; Jonas ; Jonathan, b. Med. May I, 1662 3; Margaret.
3. Jonathan, s. of George 2; physician ; sett. Sherb. ; selectman; tn. clerk ; d. 1719. He m. (1) Sarah -, d. July 9, 1713 ; (2) Anne -. Chil. George, b. Apr. 14, 1685 4 ; Jonathan ; Comfort : Joseph ; Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1693 5 ; Jonas ; Benjamin.
4. George, s. of Dr. Jonathan 3; ensign ; 1. IIoll .; called "of Fram.," 1718; d. Holl. 1753. He m. (1) Dec. 24, 1707, Lydia Gay of Wrenth., d. 1717; (2) Dec., 1718, Rachel Drury, dau. of Thomas of Fram .; (3) Sarah -, d. Jan. 26, 1748. Chil. George, m. Deborah Sawin; Lydia ; Jabez, b. Oct. 4, 1713 6; Sarah ; by w. Rachel, Joseph ; Rachel, d. y .; Abigail, d. y. ; Comfort, d. y .; Submit ; Mary ; Drury, b. May 1, 1733, m. Deborah Leland ; Rachel.
5. Samuel, s. of Dr. Jona. 3, 1. Sherb. ; w. Susanna. Chil. Jonas ; Samuel, b. July 21, 1720 7; Rebecca ; Sarah ; Benjamin ; Jemima ; Levi.
6. Jabez, s. of George 4; res. Holl .; came to Fram. 1763; leased part of the Brinley farm ; occupied the old Brinley ho. ; 1. 1791, W. of C. W. Sanderson's. He m. Nov. 23, 1738, Susanna Corning. Chil. Lydia, b. Sept. 20, 1739 ; Joseph, b. June 3, 1741 ; Joshua, b. Aug. 2, 1743 8; Abigail, b. Jan. 11, 1747; Susanna, b. June 20, 1752; Jerusha, b. Apr. 21, 1757; Corning, k. at Battle of Bunker Hill; George, b. Apr. 12, 1762; Daniel, b. Mar. 21, 1765, m. July 3, 1809, Zerviah Fairbank ; had Oren, b. Mar. 4, 1810; Comfort, bap. Dec. 14, 1767.
7. Samuel, s. of Samuel 5; sett. Fram. ; bo't the W. part of the Frizzell farm ; built ho. at foot of hill, W. of Chas. W. Sanderson's ; in town office 1748; d. abt. 1760. He m. (1) June 6, 1751, Hepzibah Nixon ; (2) Jan. 11, 1756, wid. Mary (Eames) Frizzell, who m. (4) John Shattuck. Chil. Hannah, b. Jan. 25, 1752, m. - Rice ; Samuel ; Zaccheus 9;
8. Joshua, s. of Jabez 6; owned the farm, So a., now the Paul W. Gibbs home-place ; put up the frame of the old Josiah Gibbs ho .; mortgaged the same Nov. 3, 1785, to Jona. Amory of Boston, by whom it was sold 1796 to Phinehas Gibbs; Mr. F. and his son Luke bo't Mar. 9, 1803, 233 a., part of the Brinley farm, where he was living 1813; sold to Benj. Wheeler, and rem. to Worc. Co. He m. Dec. 3, 1767, Mary Parmenter of Sud. Chil. Lucy, b. June 14, 1768, in. Nov., 1789, Eph. Hager ; Luke, b. May 2, 1770 : owned part of the Brinley farm, where he lived ; he was drowned when driving fish in Sud. river, Aug. 1, 1805, leaving w. Zerviah
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and chil. George, Sophia, and Lucy ; Jerusha, b. Apr. 8, 1772, m. Feb., 1797, Daniel Allen of Marlb .; Anna, b. May 13, 1774, m. May 11, 1800, Eli Fay of Hopk .; Cor- ning, b. Aug. 17, 1776, d. y. ; Molly, b. May 24, 1778, m. Apr. 1, 1802, Ezra Rugg ; Asa, b. June 2, 1780, unm .; taxed 1811 ; Asenath, b. Mar. 4, 1783, m. Jason Bent, Jr. ; Hannah, b. May 15, 1785, m. Jonas Stone ; Daniel, b. Oct. 29, 1788 ; drowned with his brother Luke in Sud. river Aug. 1, 1805 ; Sally, b. May 15, 1790, m. David Spear.
9. Zaccheus, s. of Samuel 7, rem. 1799, to Antrim, N. H., d. Jan. 27, 1845, a. 86. He m. (1) Mar. 3, 1779, Mary Brinley ; (2) Mar., 1787, Martha Gates. Chil. Zaccheus, bap. Aug. 15, 1779; Nancy, bap. May 27, 1780, m. (1) Apr. 23, 1798, Maj. Barzillai Banister ; (2) Solomon Este of South. - a lady of great personal beauty ; Polly, d. y .; Thomas, bap. Aug., 1783 10; - d. y .; Polly, m. Solomon Rhoades ; Catherine, m. - Dunken ; Dexter, unm .; Clarissa, m. - Nichols; Samuel, unm .; Charles, m. - Parker ; Curtis, unm. ; Peter WV. ; Susanna ; Lucinda ; Wil- liam ; Abigail ; in all seventeen.
10. Thomas, s. of Zaccheus 9, was 1. 1811 on the wid. Shattuck place; 1813 on the Wn. Tucker place, opposite F. H. Sprague's; rem. to Nat. He m. Mar. 28, 1813, Mary Law. Chil. Nancy, b. Mar. 8, 1814, m. Henry Coggin of Nat .; Winsor, b. Aug. 9, 1816; Charles, b. Dec. 25, 1818 ; George, b. Apr. 18, 1821 ; Henry, b. Oct. 6, 1823; Dexter, b. Aug. 18, 1826.
FAIRBANK, Nathan, s. of John and w. Mary, g.s. of Drury and w. Deborah, g.g.s. of George 4, b. 1788, 1. Holl .; manufacturer ; m. (1) Sally Nurse, dau. of Asa, d. 1819 ; (2) Oct. 5, 1821, Susan Johnson, dau. of Amos; m. (2) Gardner Kellogg. Chil. William N., m. Abby Reed, 1. and d. Boston ; George, unm., d. Boston ; a young merchant of bright prospects.
FAIRBANK, Otis, bro. of Nathan; merchant; 1. Boston ; m. (1) Mar. 22, 1820, Eliza Brewer, dau. of Col. David, d. Aug. 15, 1824; (2) Nancy Bullard, dau. of Esq. Eli. Chil. Elizabeth ; Charles B. ; Maria F .; Caroline B.
FAIRBANK, Winthrop, s. of Col. Drury, 1. N. of the State Muster Grounds, d. Dec. 8, 1862, a. 38. He m. May 1, 1845, Ellen Jane Baker, dau. of Simon. Child, Laura M., b. Jan. 14, 1846, m. George M. Amsden.
FAIRBANKS, James H., s. of Emory and Eunice of Ashburnham, b. June 28, 1836; jeweller; bo't 1861, the Paul Dean est .; sold 1869 to Rev. M. J. Savage ; rem. to Fitchburg. He m. Josephine Brewer, dau. of Dexter and w. Mary Ann. Chil. Mary E., b. Feb. 2, 1862 ; Arthur B., b. Jan. 22, 1865; Carrie F., b. Jan. 22, 1867; Emma y., b. July 30, 1872; Alice MI., b. June 13, 1875; Florence L., b. Feb. 5, 1877-
FAIRFIELD, George A., 1. on the Tarbox place, 1860.
FALES, Charles ; shoe manufacturer ; m. May 30, 1832, Abigail Howe. Child, Charles Henry, b. Aug. 7, 1834.
FARRAR, John, Maj. [Joseph Farrar of Lynn, late of Reading, d. in service at Cape Breton, 1745, leaving £78. 16. wages due him, and his bro. John Farrar of Fram. was app. admr., Aug. 4, 1746. - Margaret Farrar of Fram. m. Mar. 27, 1751, John Trowbridge.] Maj. John 1. on the Parson Swift place ; per. had a ho. on the S. side of the road; had a grist mill, on the river, near the present E. line of I. S. Wheeler's farm. He also owned the Eli Bullard place, on the E. side of the river, which he sold 1770 to John Fiske; selectman ; tn. treas .; dep. sheriff 1769; major in Third reg. Middlesex Militia, 1757 to 1772; in town office every year till 1774, in May of which yr. he was chosen on the Fram. Com. of Correspondence; was an early propr. of Fitzwilliam, N. H. (Monadnock, No. 4,) modr. of prop'rs' meeting
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1770, and same yr. on com. to procure a minister; d. at Fitz. Jan., 1777. His execr., Nathan Winch, sold his Fram. farm of 56 a. Apr. 14, 1777, to Stephen Jen- nings. He m. (1) Oct. 13, 1740, Martha Swift, dau. of Rev. John, d. 1749; (2) Oct. 4, 1750, Deborah Winch, dau. of Thomas. Chil. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1742, m. Gen. - Reed ; Martha, b. Dec. 15, 1744, d. y .; John, b. May 15, 1747, d. y .; Martha, b. June 7, 1749; John, b. Aug. 11, 1751, m. Ruth Davis, and d. So. Hadley, 1809; Deborah, b. Dec. 26, 1753, m. Caleb Leland ; 1. Leom. ; Nelly, b. Nov. 4, 1755; m. Capt. John Brown of Fitchburg ; Joseph, b. Apr. 3, 1758, m. (1) Hannah Kimball of Fitch .; (2) Martha Nutting of Pepperell ; (3) Elizabeth Fletcher of Dunstable; 1. Pepperell ; William, b. June 22, 1760, m. Irena Boynton, I. Troy, N. H .; Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1763, unm., 1. Troy ; Anne, b. Oct. 27, 1765, m. - Shurtleff ; Samuel, b. Jan. 22, 1769, m. Mary Nutting of Pepperell ; Hitty, bap. Oct. 14, 1771, m. Joseph Haskell, and 1. Troy.
FARRAR, Roswell O., m. (1) Apr. 28, 1831, Rosaline Winch; (2) Jan. 3, 1838, Pamelia Hunting of Marlb. Child, George W., b. Mar. 22, 1850.
FARRINGTON, Isaac, Jr., fr. Brookline ; 1. on the Luther Kendall place ; m. Nov. 24, 1853, Eliza E. Kendall. Chil. Anna C., b. Aug. 24, 1855, m. - Pray and d. July 15, 1878; Jane II'., b. Nov. 6, 1857, d. y .; Mary C., b. May 25, 1861, d. y.
FARWELL, James M., w. Mary. Chil. dau., b. Sept. 8, 1850; son, b. Aug. 21, 1853.
FAUCETT, Asa, m. Mrs. Deborah Twitchell (a Sanger) ; was taxed before 1794, on land, 19 a., of "heirs of Richard Sanger," lying S. of Nathaniel Eames.
FAULKNER, Nathaniel S .; custom shoemaker; taxed 1834-42; I. on the place now of Michael Savage.
FAULKNER, Winthrop E., Col., fr. Acton ; sett. Fram. 1824 ; had the mills by F. A. Billings's ; rem. to So. Acton ; State senator 1853-4; director of Fitch. R. R. 25 yrs. ; d. Mar. 25, 1880, a. 75. He m. Aug. 24, 1830, Martha Abigail Bixby, dau. of Luke. Chil. Mary Jane ; Francis Emerson ; Caroline Winter, b. Dec. 25, 1835; Charlotte Cornelia, b. June 8, 1838; and two others.
FAY, Abijah, s. of Nathan of Southb .; sett. Southb .; rem. Fram .; bo't 1837 the Peter Parker farm ; sold to F. L. Young ; d. Mar. 9, 1866, a. 69. He m. Dec. 9, 1819, Maria Parker, dau. of Nathan, d. Jan. 30, 1880, s. p.
FAY, David, w. Jane. Child, Mitty, b. May 17, 1783.
FAY, George, b. Southb .; 1. Westb. ; came to Park's Corner 1842, where he was flag-man at the R. R. crossing 25 years ; d. Sherb. Feb. 10, 1887, a 78. He m. Mary Eames, dau. of Joseph, d. 1868. Chil. George W .; Charles B.
FAY, Jeremiah, w. Lydia. Child, Sarah E., b. Apr. 28, 1820.
FAY, Josiah N., w. Susan E., d. June 15, 1856, a. 29. Chil. Abby, b. Southb. Sept., 1854, d. Mar. 31, 1857 ; Susan E., b. Fram. Feb. 25, 1856, d. y.
FAY, Dea. Luther; taxed for est. of Nathan Eaton's heirs 1817-23 ; w. Louisa. Child, Lorana, b. May 31, 1818.
FAY, Lyman. Taxed in Fram. 1842.
FAY, Martin, s. of Dea. Brigham of Southb .; station agent at So. Fram. fr. the opening of the B. and W. R. R. ; d. Nov. 29, 1867, a. 69. He m. Jane Fay, dau. of Sylvester and Mary of Southb. Chil. Frank MM. ; Mary Jane, mn. G. C. Brown of Boston ; Charlotte A., m. Willard Howe; Carrie M., m. Chas. H. Wood.
FAY, Mary, wid. of Sylvester of Southb. (dau. of Edmund Brigham), b. Feb. 6, 1780, d. in Fram. Apr. 25, 1873. Chil. Charles, 1. on the home-place in Southb .;
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Maria ; Jane, m. Martin Fay ; Sylvester, 1. Southville ; Martha ; Heman, conductor on B. and A. R. R .; m. Oct. 17, 1848, Adaline Rice, dau. of Phineas, and had Ella Frances, b. Dec. 15, 1852, m. - Pike ; w. Adaline d. May, 1863; Edmund B., b. June 14, 1823, m. Eliza A. Trowbridge of Marlb., and had Hattie }. and George E., both b. Marlb. He came to Fram. 1865, and built on Winter St.
FAY, Reuben, s. of Reuben and Bethia of South., bo't of his f. Apr. 8, 1796, 40 a., bounded W. on Southb. line, S. on John Mixer, etc., and same date, bo't 40 a. adjoining the first lot, with barn standing on it, where he built a ho. These build- ings stood at head of the Lane N. of the Adams Littlefield place. Mr. Fay sold to Stephen Adams of Medway, who sold to Solomon Fay, who sold to Micah Adams.
FAY, Robert, m. Mar., 1783, Mitty Ricc.
FAY, Rufus. Taxed in Fram. 1842.
FAY, Samuel W., w. --; dau. b. July 25, 1852.
FAY, Solomon, fr. Southb., taxed 1804; bo't the Micah Adams place ; bo't 1805, the old Joshua Hemenway place of O. Cole, where he d. Aug. 8, 1820, a. 40, and his wid. sold the est. to the town in 1832. He m. Elizabeth -. Chil. Socrates, b. Southb. May 28, ISoo 2; Solon, b. S. Dec. 16, 1801, blacksmith, 1. Fram. Centre 1823; Sabinus, b. S. Nov. 20, 1803, d. Feb. 29, 1824; Seneca, b. Fram. Aug. 9, 1805 ; Ela, b. Jan. 16, 1810; Pliny, b. Mar. 4, 1812.
2. Socrates, s. of Solomon, 1. on the Geo. H. Thompson place ; left town. He m. (1) Susan Parmenter, dau. of Ezra, d. Mar. 30, 1839; (2) Mar. 11, 1840, Martha Stone, dau. of John of Marlb., N. H., d. Oct. 1, 1856, a. 59. Chil. Susan E., b. July 17, 1824 ; Abner S., b. Oct. 6, 1826 ; Simon A., b. Sept. 21, 1828, d. y. ; Ellen Maria, D. Jan. 25, 1831, m. Apr. 17, 1856, John C. Stone of Marlb., N. H .; George P., b. 1833, killed by a cartwheel Nov. 2, 1835; George A. and Georgianna, b. June 27, 1836.
FELEN, Michael, w. -. Child, Joanna, b. July 28, 1846.
FENNESSY, James; blacksmith ; b. Jan. 20, 1815; came to Fram. 1842; started in business for himself 1847. He m. 1846, Catherine O'Sullivan. Chil. fo- anna, b. Oct. 9, 1848, m. Frank P. Dunn; James H., b. 1850; Mary, b. Apr. 18, 1852, m. Michael R. Savage ; Catherine, b. Jan. 4, 1855, d. Oct. 8, 1860; Ellen, b. Mar. 18, 1856, m. Wm. F. Dunn ; Thomas Francis, b. Aug. 31, 1858; William y., b. Feb. 2, 1861; stud. Montreal Coll .; grad. Cath. Theol. Seminary, Troy, N. Y .; Catherine, b. Dec. 9, 1863.
FENNO, James ; watchmaker, 1830; w. - Griswold.
FENNO, James W., w. -; bo't July 10, 1851, of Lothrop Wright the Esq. Maynard place on Pleasant St., which he sold to Capt. Charles Williams.
FENNO, Mary E., d. Aug. 18, 1884, a. 61.
FENTON, James, s. of James and w. Jane; b. June 4, 1805 ; worked for Samuel Slater, " the father of American cotton manufactures," at Webster and elsewhere, abt. 30 yrs. ; bo't the Col. David Brewer place at Salem End ; d. May 27, 1884. He m. Almira Green of Thompson, Ct. Chil. John, b. Webster May 12, 1829, m. Jan. 13, 1853, Adelia S. Vose, and d. July 5, 1885; Ira B., b. Feb., 1832; served in the late war; now of the firm of Macullar, Parker and Co., Boston ; Sarah Fane, m. Rufus C. Bruce ; Elizabeth A., b. Mendon, m. Edward C. Crosby ; Harriet A., b. Webster, d. a. 4 ; Mary A., b. Southbridge, m. F. S. Aldrich of Somerville.
FENTON, John, bro. of James, 1. Brackett's Corner, d. Sept. 12, 1886, a. 76; m. Nov. 26, 1829, Caroline Pratt, dau. of Silas. Chil. James Dougherty, b. Oct. 30, 1830 2 ; Catherine E., b. Aug. 20, 1835, m. Charles Moncrief of Sax .; Osgood }., m. Mary F. Harriman.
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2. James D., s. of John, 1. Marlb. and Fram., d. West., Jan. 31, 1883. He m. Lucy E. -. Chil. dau., b. Marlb. May 28, 1857; Elberta Irving, b. Sept. I, 1860.
FERREN, Michael, w. -. Child, Alice, b. Oct. 22, 1845.
FERROL, Josiah. Taxed in Fram. 1807.
FESSENDEN, Thomas ; saddler; owned a place adjoining the Eben Eaton farm, d. Feb. 28, 1820. He m. Sept. 24, 1782, Mary Cronyn of Sherb., d. Dec. 2, 1825.
FINAN, Bryan, m. Sept. 9, 1855, Margaret Gallivan, d. Dec. 30, 1866, a. 33. Chil. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1857, d. y. ; John, b. June 14, 1858.
FINN, John, m. Ellen O'Brien, d. Feb. 4, 1882, a. 55. Chil. Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1855 ; William, b. Mar. 14, 1857 ; Ellen, b. Apr. IS, 1859; son, b. Dec. 6, 1860; Ber- nard, b. Oct. 18, 1863.
FINN, Mary, wid., d. in Fram. Nov. 13, 1864, a. 87.
FINN, Thomas; blacksmith ; at Brackett's Corner; d. Mar. 21, 1883. a. 60 ; w. Mary. Chil. Edward, b. Dec., 1856; Thomas, b. Dec. 6, 1858; Robert, b. Oct. 20, 1860; Margaret, b. Apr. 7, 1861.
FINIS, Peter (colored). Taxed 1807; 1. at Rice's End.
FISH, Charles, fr. Sud. ; m. Almira Parmenter. Chil. Sarah, m. William B. Bagnall ; Charles E., b. Aug. 1, 1860; Games F., b. Oct. 12, 1862; Nettie, d.
FISHER, Amos, of Fram .; m. Feb. 9, 1861, Lois Hill of Sherb.
FISHER, Sarah, of Fram .; m. Aug. 19, 1773, David Perry, Jr., of Sherb.
FISHER, William D., b. Plymouth, N. H .; I. So. Fram. ; d. Nov. 24, 1876, a. 49; wife Isabella S., b. Norway, Me. Chil. Martha P .; Isabella F., b. Nov., 1854; Alice L., b. Feb. 20, 1862, d. Jan. 11, 1877; William F., b. Dec. 21, 1863.
FISKE, FISK. This is a very ancient family in England, and has always held a high social rank. Simon Fiske was lord of the manor of Stradhaugh in Laxfield, Co. of Suffolk, Eng., in the time of Henry VI. Nathan Fiske of Watertown, Mass., was the eighth in descent from Simon.
FISKE, 1. Nathan, son of Nathaniel, was b. in Eng., and settled in Water- town as early as 1642; was admitted freeman May 10, 1643; selectman ; died June 21, 1676. His wife was Susanna -. Chil. Nathan, b. Oct. 17, 1642, m. Elizabeth - -; John, b. Aug. 25, 1647 ; res. Watertown ; David, b. Apr. 29, 1650, m. Eliza- beth Reed ; Nathaniel, b. July 12, 1653 2; Sarah, b. - , m. Sept. 3, 1673, Abra- ham Gale.
2. Nathaniel, son of Nathan 1; weaver; lived Watertown; d. Sept., 1735- He m. Apr. 3, 1677, Mary, dau. of Daniel Warren, and wid. of John Child ; she d. May 12, 1734. Chil. Nathaniel, b. June 9, 1678, m. Hannah Adams ; sett. Sherborn ; Hannah, b. Aug. 29, 1680, m. Joshua Bigelow, Jr. ; John, b. Mar. 17, 1682-3 3 ; Sarah, b. July 4, 1684, m. John Hastings ; Lydia, b. Dec. 2, 1687, m. John Warren ; Mary, bap. Apr. 20, 1690, m. James Knap of Wat. and Worc .; Elizabeth, b. June 24, 1692, m. Benj. Flagg, Jr., of Wat. and Worc .; Abigail, b. Aug. 28, 1698, m. Allen Flagg, Jr., of Worc. and Fram.
3. John, son of Nathaniel 2; sett. Sherborn, where he d. 1730. He m. in S., July 31, 1706, Lydia Adams, dau. of Moses. Chil. John, b. 1709, m. Abigail Bab-
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cock ; Lydia, b. 1712, d. 1715; Isaac, b. Aug. 24, 1714 4 ; Daniel, b. 1716; Lydia, b. 1720; Peter, b. 1723; Abigail, b. and d. 1727; Nathaniel, b. 1730, d. 1756.
4. Isaac, son of John 3; a weaver; sett. in Worcester ; removed as early as 1745 to Fram .; lived near Addison Dadmun's ; then near the Havens ; bought June II, 1765, of John Haven, of Athol, the John Drury place, 63 acres, for 360 pounds, lawful money. This farm is described as "in the Neck, or Common, so called." It lay north of the Abraham Rice (now Mrs. Badger's) place. The cellar-hole is still visible. He d. Dec. 22, 1799. He m. Nov. 11, 1736, Hannah Haven, dau. of Rich- ard and Lydia. She was a school teacher, both before and after marriage ; she d. Feb. 21, 1800. Chil. Isaac 5, b. 1736, m. Esther Mann ; Hannah, b. 1739, m. Dea. - Everett of Attleboro'; John, b. 1741 6; Moses, d. y .; Richard, b. Feb. 25, 1750 7; Daniel, a physician ; I. and d. Oxford; m. (1) Sukey Thurston, dau. of Rev. David Thurston of Medway; (2) Alice Davis of O .; had 6 chil. ; Lydia, b. Oct. 25, 1753, m. Major Lawson Nurse ; Moses, b. July 12, 1755 8.
5. Isaac, s. of Isaac 4, was in the army 1759 [see ante, p. 231]; bo't the Benj. Nurse, Jr., farm (3312 a.) of his bro. Richard; 1. where F. C. Browne now does ; d. Sept. 19, 1778, and his heirs sold Dec. 3, 1783, to John Mayhew. He m. Esther Mann of Wrentham, who m. (2) Ebenezer Marshall. Chil. Olive, d. a. 20; James, b. Sept. 19, 1773, d. at Savannah, Ga., after 1799; Polly, b. Aug. 6, 1777, d. after 1799.
6. John, s. of Isaac 4 ; learned the tanner's trade in Rox .; bo't 1768, one-half of the Moses Adams place on Mellen's Neck ; sold out to his bro. Richard, and bo't Jan. 18, 1770, for £193, of John Farrar, 28 a., with dw. ho., barn and shop, E. of the meeting-house bridge (the Eli Bullard and Isaac Warren places), which he sold, and rem. to Weston ; he bo't Feb. 28, 1786, of James Glover, 70 a. and buildings (the same est. he had bo't 1768), to which he added other lands, and which his son Nat sold 1836 to the Mass. Silk Co .; he bo't May 25, 1812, of Thomas Buckminster, 2 qrs. 38 r. of land on S. side of Worc. turnpike, and built the Dr. J. W. Brown ho .; just. of the peace ; selectman ; rep. ; d. Dec. 17, 1819. He m. Abigail 1Iow, d. Apr. 14, 1829, a. 77. Chil. Nat, b. Aug. 12, 1772 9; Thomas, b. Mar. 22, 1774; a deaf mute ; m. Lucinda Trowbridge of Pomfret, Ct., and had four chil. ; Sally, b. July 17, 1776, d. y. ; John Boyle, b. at Sherb. Dec. 2, 1778; grad. D. C. 1798; lawyer in N. V. ; d. Dec. 11, 1805; Susannah, b. 1781, m. (I) Ebenr. M. Ballard ; (2) Phineas Rice ; Sally, b. 1783, m. William Larrabee ; Edward, b. May 25, 1786, m. Elizabeth Porter of Boston ; I. N. Y., s. p .; Nancy, b. Jan. 26, 1789, m. Col. James Brown ; William, b. 1791, d. Nov. 19, 1805; George, b. Sept. 23, 1793, m. wid. Honora Bolton, b. in the W. Indies.
7. Richard, s. of Isaac 4; bo't, in co. with his bro. John, Apr. 15, 1768, for £365. 6. 8. of the heirs of Moses Adams, a messnage, 70 a. (the Silk farm) ; sold Sept. 29, 1771, for £400 to James Glover, and bo't Dec. 8, 1773, the Benj. Nurse farm (90 a.) of Abner Bixby; the ho. stood midway betw. W. G. Lewis's and F. C. Browne's ; captain ; selectman ; d. Mar. 9, 1824. He m. Zebiah Pond of Franklin, d. Jan. 25, 1837, a. 88. Chil. Luther, b. Nov. 12, 1772, m. (1) Sally Wait of Rox. ; (2) - Webster ; he d. June 26, 1797, s. p .; Martin, b. Apr. 8, 1774; merchant in Norfolk, Va. ; d. Dec. 3, 1816 ; he m. - Gilbert, and had 3 chil. ; Patty, b. June 3, 1776, m. Ebenezer Freeman ; Daniel, b. Mar. 20, 1778, d. in Norfolk, Va., Mar. 23, 1800; Nancy, b. July 6, 1780, d. a. 9; Polly and Richard 10, b. Jan. 29, 1783; P. m. Samuel Valentine, Jr., of Hopk .; Josiah, b. Feb. 22, 1785 11; David, b. Feb. 16, 1791, d. Nov. 24, 1817, leaving a bequest of $570- his earnings as a teacher - to the Bap. Ch. in Fram.
8. Moses, s. of Isaac 4, 1. on the Benj. Ball place, by Bullard's bridge ; bo't Apr. 8, 1816, the Asa Nurse farm (widow's thirds excepted) of Nathan Hancock ; the ho. stood where J. C. Cloyes's now stands ; d. Mar. 1, 1828. He m. in Hopk. Apr. 13, 1780, Betsey Bullard, dau. of Ebenezer of Fram .; d. June 26, 1847, a. 88.
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Chil. Moses Madison, b. Nov. 25, 1780; grad. D. C. 1802 ; m. Sept. 25, 1803, Mary Temple, dau. of Josiah; teacher ; sett. Nashville, Tenn .; he d. 1805; she d. Feb. 23, 18c6, s. p .; Isaac, b. May 26, 1782 12; Hannah, b. Aug. 2, 1784, m. Joseph Ballard ; Asenath, b. July 29, 1786, d. May 9, 1809 ; Betsey, b. June 13, 1788, d. 1806; Olive, b. July 20, 1790, m. Elias Temple ; Ebeneser, b. July 5, 1793; merchant in N. Orleans, La .; d. on passage fr. N. O. 1831 ; he m. Emily Willard of Boston, and had Emily W., m. J. J. Brown of Andover ; Eben W., dentist; Elizabeth, m. Rev. J. T. Sargent of Boston ; two others who d. y. ; Sophia, d. y.
9. Nat, s. of John 6; sett. Westmoreland, N. H. ; commanded a reg. of mili- tia ; ordered to Portsmouth in the war of 1812; ret. to Fram. 1820, and took the farm on Mellen's Neck; sold the est. (139 a.) Apr. 25, 1836, to the Mass. Silk Co., and rem. to the Centre Village ; d. Aug. 20, 1841. He m. Catherine Slack of New- ton or Needham, d. Nov. 29, 1841, a. 69. Chil. Mary P., m. Peter Coolidge ; Cath- erine, m. Dr. George F. Dunbar of Westmoreland, and d. - , leaving four chil .; John, d. a. 14; William 13; Martha II., m. Henry Parker.
10. Richard, s. of Richard 7; bo't of Jesse Eaton the farm formerly owned by his g. f. ; d. Sept. 27, 1841. Ile m. July, 1818, wid. Betsey (Lamprey) Lovell of Kensington, N. H., d. Dec. 2, 1839, a. 50. Chil. Harriett, b. June 7, 1819, m. Elias Grout ; Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1821, m .. David Fiske : Nancy E., b. Apr. 2, 1823, d. May 5, 1833; Richard, b. Jan. 22, 1825; jeweller ; 1. Worc. ; d. Aug. 8, 1864 ; m. (1) Lucy Goddard; (2) Eliza Macullar. Chil. Lucy ; Edward, d. 1885.
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