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ville, Ill. Taxed 1809-27. He m. (1) Sept. 6, 1814, Abigail Mellen, dau. of Abner, d. Apr. 13, 1816; (2) June 12, 1817, Abigail Stone, dau. of Abel, d. Rochester, N. Y., 1841. Chil. Abigail Mellen, b. Feb. 8, 1816, m. Timothy D. Eames of Jackson- ville, Ill. ; Samuel IV., b. Oct. 4, 1818; Sarah S., b. May 15, 1820, d. y .; Harriet ; Catherine.
MURPHY, Cornelius. Taxed in Fram. 1837-41.
MURPHY, Edmond, d. Feb. 7, 1874, a. 78. His w. Catherine d. July 4, 1868, a. 58. Chil. John f., b. May 15, 1855, d. May 8, 1858; James Henry, b. Sept. 9, 1860.
MURPHY, Edward, w. Mary. Chil. son, b. Oct. 4, 1849; Edward, b. Oct. 8, 1851.
MURPHY, Henry. Taxed in Fram. 1837-9.
MURPHY, Jeremiah, m. Johanna Carey, who d. Apr. 25, 1871, a. 37. Chil. son, b. Dec. 30, 1856; Ellen, b. Jan. 16, 1859; Sarah A., b. Feb. 10, 1861 ; Edward Patrick, b. Aug. 16, 1863.
MURPHY, Patrick. Taxed in Fram. 1841 ; m. Bridget Waldon, who d. Apr. 19, 1884, a. 58. Chil. Edward, m. Kate Murphy ; Michael ; Thomas, b. June, 1852, d. Sept. 28, 1863; John, b. July 14, 1854, m. and his w. d .; Mary Ann, b. Sept. I, 1856, m. William Lavelle; Bridget, m. Thomas Ford; Ellen, m. James Tape.
MURPHY, Patrick, w. Mary. Child, Hugh Franklin, b. July 22, 1852.
MUZZEY, Rev. Artemas B., b. Lex. Sept. 21, 1802 ; pastor of the ch. of the First Parish, 1830-33; m. June 26, 1831, Hepzibah Patterson, dau. of Enoch of Boston. Child, Henry Ware, b. Dec., 1832, a lawyer, of Boston ; d. Mar. 26, 1886.
MUZZEY, Benjamin, called of Lex., 1. near the line of Sherb. and Fram., d. after 1753. He m. in Fram. Nov. 15, 1716, Lydia Eames, dau. of Nathaniel, d. Oct. 21, 1775.
MUZZEY, Joseph, was in Fram. 1719; owned land which he sold, 1721, to Jona. Rice. Per. was of Sud., and m. Mar. 24, 1721, Patience Rice, and had several chil., and with his son Joseph, was k. by lightning, while making hay in Sudbury meadows.
NEAL, Charles, s. of Charles, b. Hartford, Ct .; taxed 1840 ; 1. Sax. ; m. July 4, 1842, Sarah Bunce. Chil. Sarah Ann, b. Mar. 15, 1845, m. W. W. Loker ; Eliza- beth, b. Apr. 14, 1846; Adaline, b. Apr. 20, 1847 ; Arthur, b. Apr. 29, 1859; Eliza- beth, b. Sept. 12, 1861 ; Frederick ; William ; Wesley.
NEAL, Henry, taxed 1840 ; 1. Sax. ; w. Hannah. Chil. Mary 7., b. Mar. 9, 1847 ; Joseph H., b. May 27, 1854; Sarah.
NEAL, William J., taxed 1842 ; s. of Charles of Eng., b. Hartford, Ct., d. Dec. 7, 1881, a. 60. He m. July 4, 1844, Marion Hosie, b. Scot. Chil. Marion E., b. Aug. 27, 1845, m. Elisha Atwood, and d. Nov. 24, 1881 ; Charles IV., b. Mar. 12, 1847; Hennie, m. Elisha Atwood ; George H., b. Mar. 15, 1851 ; William }., b. Dec. 5, 1855; Elmer E., d. Apr. 15, 1864; Ella, b. Feb. 6, 1862, d. Apr. 9, 1862 ; Walter 7., b. Aug. 1, 1865.
NEALE, John B. Taxed at Sax. 1839-42.
NEGUS, William, bo't May 18, 1733, in co. with f-in-1. Joseph Maynard, the Joshua Eaton farm ; had before lived Worc .; sold the Eaton farm to Ebenr. Win- chester 1736, and rem. Petersham. He m. in Marlb. Persis Maynard. Chil. Ben- jamin, b. 1730, m. 1755, Elizabeth Woodcock, 1. Petersham; William, b. 1732; Samuel, b. Fram. June 23, 1735; Persis, b. Pet. 1737; John, b. 1740; Joseph, b 1742, m. - Mellen ; Martha, b. 1745; Lucy, b. 1747; Silas, b. 1750; Solomon, b 1753.
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NEGUS, John, s. of Joseph, g.s. of Wm., m. in Fram. June 16, 1794, Betsey Gleason, dau. of Samuel.
NEELAND, Benjamin, see KNEELAND.
NEWELL, 1. Andrew, merchant, of the city of Bristol, Eng .; came to America bef. 1646; sett. Charlestown. His w. was Mary Pitt, dau. of Sheriff Wm. Pitt of Bristol ; she d. Sept. 26, 1684, a. 78. They had two chil. John 2, and Joseph.
2. John, s. of Andrew 1, b. 1634; 1. Chas .; tn. clk .; d. Oct. 15, 1704. He m. Hannah Larkin, dau. of Edward, d. Dec. 10, 1704, a. 62. They had five chil.
3. Joseph, s. of John 2, b. Dec. 4, 1667; 1. Chas. ; d. 1794. Hem. (1) Margaret , d. Dec. 7, 1689, a. 22 ; (2) Elizabeth Tuck. They had four chil., viz .: Joseph ; Thomas, drowned, a. 15; Andrew 4 ; David.
4. Andrew, s. of Joseph 3, b. Feb. 28, 1701-2 ; 1. Chas .; sea captain ; d. in Eng., 1741. He m. Eunice -. They had four chil., viz. : Joseph ; Andrew 5 ; Eunice, m. Henry Quincy; Mary, m. Israel Loring.
5. Andrew, s. of Andrew 4, b. Dec. 10, 1729; sea captain ; sett. Boston ; rem. abt. 1767 to Sherb .; selectman; just. of the peace; commissary for army in Rev. war ; d. Jan. 1, 1798. He m. (1) Feb. 19, 1756, Sarah Avis of Chas .; (2) Elizabeth -, niece of Joseph Lee of Conc., d. June 21, 1808, a. 78. Chil. Andrew, a sea captain ; Thomas 6 ; Eunice, b. 1769, d. 1796; Jonathan A., bap. Feb. 17, 1771, just. of the peace ; 1. Littleton, rem. to Boston; Elizabeth, m. Oliver Wheelock of Medfield ; Rebecca, b. 1774, d. 1799.
6. Thomas, s. of Andrew 5, b. 1766 ; 1. Sherb., Littleton, and came to Fram. ISI4; 1. by the old Cotton factory ; d. July 19, 1819. He m. Polly Phipps, dau. of Jedediah of Sherb., adm. to Fram. ch. Apr., 1815, dis. to Nashua, N. H .; rec. fr. Nashua to Fram. 1847, d. a. 83. Chil. Joseph, b. Sherb. May 4, 1790; George, b. Aug. 18, 1792 7 ; Andrew, b. Apr. 16, 1793; Rebecca, m. Jesse Whitney of Fram .; Thomas, clerk in Murdock's store at the old Cotton Factory ; d. in Fram .; Richard ; Joanna, m. Cushing Baker ; Austin, bap. Sherb. May 15, 1803; Mary, m. - Force of N. Y .; Fisher, lost at sea ; Charles, d. of yellow fever at New Orleans.
7. George, s. of Thomas 6, sea captain; sett. Fram. on the Lawson Buck- minster, Jr., place ; d. Apr. 12, 1871. He m. (1) 1823, Sophia Reed of Acton, d. 1835; (2) Jan. 7, 1841, Olive Plimpton, b. Medfield, June 2, 1820. Chil. Frederick, b. Oct. 29, 1829, captain, served in U. S. Navy during the civil war ; 1. Scotland ; m. Jan. 9, 1869, Christine Maine of Edinboro', Scot. ; George H., b. May 1, 1833, 1. Boston ; m. Nov. 1, 1855, Hannah Cushing ; Clarence D., b. July 6, 1842, commission mer- chant, New York; served in the 44th reg. Mass. vols. in the late war ; m. Apr. 22, 1867, Harriet N. Williams, dau. of Capt. Charles; Herbert C., b. Nov. 1, 1843, stationer, New York, 1. Brooklyn ; enl. for the war, Aug. 20, 1862; participated in the battles of Antietam, Shepardstown Ford, Bristow Station, Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorville, Gettysburg, and the first fight of the Wilderness. He was then ordered to New Orleans, where in 1864 he received a commission of 2d lieut. in the 76th U. S. C. troops, and was subsequently promoted to Ist lieut. and to captain; received an honorable discharge and was mustered out Dec. 31, 1865. He m. Nov. 5, 1870, Clara L. Osgood, dau. of John, M. D. of Fram .; Emma C., b. Aug. 19, 1845, m. Nov. 28, 1867, Alex. R. Esty, and d. Feb. 13, 1886; Blanche T., b. Sept. 29, 1847 ; Genevra Leslie, b. June 2, 1849, m. May 29, 1873, Prof. Lester Wheeler of Buffalo, N. Y. ; Alice Lee, b. Feb. 18, 1852, m. Sept. 15, 1886, W. Everett Smith, M. D., of Boston; Algernon Perey, b. May 7, 1854, d. y .; Lester Corning, b. Aug. 18, 1856, commission merchant, Chicago, Ill. ; m. Feb. 10, 1886, Cherrie Williams.
NEWELL, Aaron. Taxed in Fram. 1803.
NEWELL, Ebenezer, in 1808 owned land near Nathan Tombs.
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NEWHALL, Francis, w. Nancy. Child, Martha Louisa, b. Oct. 16, 1853.
NEWSOME, William, w. Sabrina. Child, Margaret, b. June 13, 1856.
NEWTON, 1. Andrew, l. on Fiddle Neck; had a forge and grist mill on Hopk. river, near the Southb. line. Chil. rec. in Southb. He m. Mehitable Bel- lows. Chil. Andrew 2; Mehitable ; James, b. Aug. 24, 1751.
2. Andrew, s. of Andrew 1, held his f's est., d. 1792. He m. Sarah Marret, dau. of Wm. Chil. William, b. 1773, m. Abigail Newton, dau. of Benjamin of Worc., and 1. Shry. ; sou, d. y. ; Luther, b. Jan. 21, 1779 3; Shubael, b. 1781 4 ; Martin, d. Boston of small pox ; Sally, m. Edward Rawson of Westb .; Fauny, m. Nathan Hudson ; Anna. .
3. Luther, s. of Andrew 2, 1. S. W. of George Nurse ; d. Nov., 1851. He m. (1) Patty Bruce, d. Oct. 13, 1835, a. 56; (2) Mar. 14, 1837, Anna Marret, wid. of Alvin, d. Oct. 24, 1837, a. 62 ; (3) Oct. 30, 1838, wid. Seruah Gody of Hopk. Chil. Mariah, b. July 3, 1804, m. Edw. Marret ; Lawson, b. Nov. 20, 1806, d. y. ; Lawson, b. Feb. 15, 1809; Martin, b. Aug. 2, ISII; Anna and Eunice, b. Sept. 29, 1814; William Delville, b. Dec. 3, 1824.
4. Shubael, s. of Andrew 2, m. Abigail -. Chil. Harrison, b. Dec. 4, 1819; Warren, b. Aug. 29, 1825.
NEWTON, Anson, d. Sept. 28, 1824, a. 20.
NEWTON, Charles, s. of Asa of Shry., 1. Fram., d. June 12, 1871, a. 66; w. Sally -. Chil. Sarah A., unm., d. Dec. 10, 1860; Henry A., b. Feb. 1, 1845. [Charles and his bro. Edward were noted stone layers.]
NEWTON, Daniel, b. Shry., s. of William, and g. s. of Andrew 2, 1. on the Col. Jonas Clayes place ; m. Apr. 6, 1837, Martha Goddard, dau. of Capt. Nathan. Chil. Nathan }., b. Sept. 23, 1839, d. Nov. 29, 1840; Mary B., b. Dec. 6, 1840, m. Christopher F. Hunt ; Nathan G., b. Aug. 6, 1843, m. Oct. 1, 1872, Rebecca Hall ; Lorenzo, b. Oct. 19, 1848, d. Nov. 3, 1872 ; Solomon G., b. May 16, 1853, d. y .; Arthur W., b. Apr. 25, 1862, d. y.
NEWTON, Ephraim, fr. Soutb. l. on the Common; rem. to N. Y. He m. Mar., 1784, Abigail Claflin. Chil. Pamela, b. May 2, 1785, m. in Medway; Amos, b. Apr. 13, 1787.
NEWTON, Gershom, and w. were in Fram. 1721, and taxed 1757.
NEWTON, Ebenezer, of Fram., m. June, 1785, Sally Rice, l. in N. part of town.
NEWTON, George H., d. Fram. Dec. 27, 1886, a. 47 y. 8 mo.
NEWTON, Henry R. Taxed in Fram. 1836-7.
NEWTON, 1. John. Taxed in Fram. 1801; shoemaker; 1. on the Abel Stone place in Sax., W. of the R. R. crossing. He m. Apr. 10, 1803, Polly Stone, dau. of Abel. Chil. John, b. Mar. 7, 1804 2 ; Micah Stone, b. Oct. 15, 1805; Isaac, b. Mar. 15, 1808.
2. John, s. of John 1, d. May 7, 1881. He m. July 18, 1826, Eliza Dadmun, d. Aug. 18, 1846. Chil. Eunice C., m. Richard S. Clark; Alonzo, d. May 27, 1852, a. 17.
NEWTON, John T., w. Rebecca. Child, Mary E., b. June 10, 1856.
NEWTON, 1. Jonas, s. of Amos, Jr., and w. Jane, b. Southb. Apr. 25, 1763, 1. W. of the Eben Claflin place, d. Nov. 2, 1842. He m. Olive Tozer, d. Sept. 5, 1820. Chil. Lydia, b. Apr. 17, 1788, m. Samuel Hudson ; Phinehas, b. May 7, 1790, m. Mitty Onthank, and d. Sept. 3, 1843, s. p .; Polly, b. July 14, 1792, m. Luther Goodnow; Peter, b. July 19, 1795 2.
2. Peter, s. of Jonas 1, 1. near his f. He m. (I) Mary Ann C. Bixby, d. Feb. 14, 1830; (2) Maria Dunton. Chil. Miranda C., b. May 22, 1821; Mary Ann, b. Aug. 17, 1823; John, b. Feb. 23, 1826; Eveline, b. July 31, 1831 ; Eliza, b. Aug. 14,
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1832 ; Henry, b. Sept. 17, 1834; Elmira, b. Mar. 27, 1836; Otis, b. Feb. 23, 1838; Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 27, 1839, son, b. Aug. 17, 1841 ; George B., b. July 4, 1845.
NEWTON, Solomon, bro. of Ephraim ; enl. for 3 yrs. Apr. 16, 1781, d. in ser- vice 1782. He m. Hannah Dudley, d. ISIo. Chil. Solomon, b. Nov. 11, 1772, injured in a well, unm. d. in N. Y .; Thankful, b. Aug. 22, 1779, 1. N. Y ..
NEWTON, Sumner. Taxed in Fram. 1836-9.
NEWTON, Abigail, dau. of Jason, bap. May 14, 1758; James, of Fram., m. 1769, in Hopk., Bathsheba Nurse, dau. of Joseph ; Shadrack, b. in Fram. July 19, 1783, d. Mar. 17, 1860; Zerviah, o. c. in Fram. ch. June 14, 1747.
NICHOLS, Abraham, bo't a messuage of Jacob Morse, lying N. of the Trow- bridge farm ; w. -. Chil. Sarah, bap. June 1, 1746; Joseph, bap. Nov. 17, 1748. NICHOLS, James, of Shry., m. Dec. 17, 1811, Abigail Clayes of F.
NICHOLS, Joseph, fr. Needham, per. l. on the Gideon Bridges place ; school- master in Fram. and Weston ; rem. abt. 1783 to Westb .; d. Sept. 15, 1796. He m. Oct. 28, 1754, Judith Mixer, dau. of Isaac, d. Westb. Aug. 21, 1796 Chil. Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1755, m. Aug. 26, 1779, Thankful Winch, sett. Westb., rem. 1804 to Shry., ret. Westb. 1812; Anne, b. Nov. 30, 1757, m. Jesse Cheney of E. Sud .; For- tunatus, b. Jan. 30, 1760, m. Sept., 1783, Sally Clayes, 1. Westb.
NICHOLS, 1. Joseph, came to Fram. and m. Martha How, dau. of Samuel. In his will, dated May 25, 1730, Samuel How gave his ho., lands, etc., to Jos. and Martha Nichols, they to support him and his w. during life. The place has, in more modern times, been known as the Capt. Nathan Goddard place, where Nichols kept a tavern, and d. 1752. His wid. Martha m. (2) Dec. 20, 1753, Rev. David Goddard of Leic., who d. Jan. 19, 1754, and the wid. Martha m. (3) Dea. Daniel Stone of Fram. Chil. John, b. Apr. 7, 1731 2; Martha, b. Apr. 30, 1733, d. y .; Joseph, b. Oct. S, 1738 3 ; Alpheus, b. Nov. 5, 1742 4; Martha, b. Oct. 31, 1746, m. Nathan Goddard; Mitty, b. 1752, taxed in Fram. 1796, d. Utica, N. Y.
2. John, s. of Joseph 1, prob. 1. on f's place ; m. July 17, 1751, Mary Haven. Chil. Abigail, bap. June 7, 1752, m. - Chamberlin ; Joseph, bap. Aug. 4, 1754 ; John, bap. Dec. 31, 1758 ; Mary, m. Feb. 1, 1782, Silas Eaton.
3. Joseph, s. of Joseph 1. prob. 1. on f's place ; selectman ; lieut. ; with w. rec. to ch. in Fitzwilliam, N. H. May 3, 1781. He m. Sarah Hemenway, dau. of Ralph. Chil. Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1762, m. July, 1784, Nathan Newton ; Joseph, b. Mar. 17, 1764 ; Benjamin Goddard, b. Aug. 18, 1765; How, b. May 27, 1767 ; John, b. July 17, 1769, owner of Nichols' mills in Southb., m. (1) Hannah Nixon, d, 1810 ; (2) Mrs. Polly Nichols, wid. of Samuel, and dau. of Jona. Leland of Sherb. ; Mitty, b. Jan. 21, 1771 ; Daniel, b. Dec. 15, 1772; Sarah, b. Jan. 1, 1775; Laban Wheaton, b. Mar. 30, 1777 ; Nabby, bap. Oct. 17, 1779; Alph, b. Dec. 11, 1780; Patty, b. Dec. 12, 1782.
4. Alpheus, s. of Joseph 1, prob. 1. on the Susa. Hemenway place, rem. to Southb. He m. Rebecca Hemenway, dau. of Ralph. Chil. Sarah, b. July 19, 1767, m. - Forbush of Westb .; Lucinda, b. Nov. 27, 1768; Patty, b. Nov. 5, 1773, d. y .; Julia, b. May 6, 1775; Ruhamah, b. Jan. 28, 1778, m. - Orin of Westb .; Becky, bap. Oct. 17, 1759, m. Dca. Brigham Fay of Southb .; Matilda, b. Dec. II, 1781, m. Winsor Horn; Sophia, b. June 28, 1785, m. Elisha Fay of Southb. ; Euse- bia, b. Mar. 19, 1787, m. Nathan Brown.
NICHOLS, Hosea. Taxed at Sax. 1835.
NICHOLS, Nathaniel, prob. s. of John and w. Abigail of Reading, came to Fram. after 1721, constable ; will prov. May 20, 1745. Inv. £684. He m. 1715, Isabel Hay, dau. of Peter, b. Chas., Aug. 31, 1691. Chil. Mary, b. Read., Apr. 20, 1717, per. m. Mar. 25, 1743, Joshua Train ; Nathaniel, b. Mar. 6, 1719, m. Sept. 12, 1745, Mary Phillips of Southb. and prob. d. same yr .; Abigail, b. July 13, 1721, m. Mar., 1743, Wm. Marret of Southb .; Joseph, b. Fram. Apr. 6, 1727, per. he who
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m. Judith Mixer (see above) ; Benjamin, b. Aug. 8, 1729 ; Isabel ; Anna, b. July 4, 1733.
NICHOLS, Thomas, l. near the Sud. line, prob. rem. Grafton. He m. in Sud. 1752, Eunice Parmenter, adm. to Fram. ch. Sept. 9, 1753. Chil. Thomas, bap. Fram. Oct. 21, 1753; Eunice, b. Sud. Aug. 24, 1755, d. May 10, 1766.
NICKSON, NIXSON, NIXON, NICHSON, NICKERSON, NICH- OLSON, NICKENSON. Two traditions are current in this family, respecting their ancestry : one is, that the first of the name in Fram. was of French desct .; the other, that he came from the South. As it is known that Nixon families have long resided at the South, who were French Huguenots, both traditions may have one basis of fact. [The leading Christian names in the family, as well as the earlier spelling of the surname, clearly point to a desct. from the Nicholsons (also written Nixon and Nicks) of Marblehead and vicinity, in which Christopher, John, Joseph, Thomas and Elizabeth were favorites.] In the early Fram. records, the name is uniformly written Nickson, and Nickenson. Christopher Nickson 1, prob. b. about 1697, came to Fram. as early as 1724; leased 50 a. of Winch and Frost land, and built on the road from Samuel Cutting's to Sax. (the Jo. Belcher place). His farm joined the old Dadmun farm, and his E. line was the dividing bounds between the Stones' and Winch and Frost land. He m. (1) Mary Seaver, dau. of Joseph; (2) Aug. 16, 1748, Mrs. Mercy Coller, dau. of James Travis, and wid. of Joseph Coller. Chil. John, b. Mar. 1, 1727 2; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1728-9; Mehepzebath, b. June 20, 1731, m. June 6, 1751, Samuel Fairbank ; Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1733, m. (1) Isaac Gleason, Jr. ; (2) - Sawtell, and d. Langdon, N. H .; Thomas, b. Apr. 27, 1736 3 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1738; Abigail, m. David Andrews.
2. John, s. of Christopher 1, bo't Nov. 17, 1757, of Josiah Brown, 32 a. of land, lying just within the bounds of Sud., on the N. slope of Nobscot, and built where the cellar hole, near a spring, is still visible; went to meeting in Fram .; with w. o. c. in our ch. and had his chil. bap. here, and hence is often called in official docu- ments " of Fram." After the close of the Rev. War, he lived awhile on his w's est. (the Joseph Angier place below Sax.), and later kept tavern at the Phineas Rice place at Rice's End, but ret. to Sud .; was adm. to f. c. in Sud. ch. May 22, 1803 ; rem. abt. 1806, to Middlebury, Vt., where he d. Mar. 24, 1815. When a mere lad, he enl. in the army ; in company with, and through the influence of some older men, deserted ; was arrested, and with his comrades condemned to be shot ; taken to the place of execution, and by secret order of the commander, missed - though he fell, by force of the shock to his nervous system, revived, and lived to redeem his fame, as the hero of many campaigns and battles. He was a soldier in Sir Wm. . Pepperell's exp. against Louisburg in 1745; lieut. in Capt. E. Newell's co., exp. to Cr. Pt., Mar. 27, 1755, to Jan. 3, 1756; capt. in comd. of a co. in exp. to Fort Wm. Henry, Aug. to Oct. 1756; capt. in Col. T. Ruggles' reg., at Half-Moon, Sept. to Nov. 1758 ; capt. in comd. of a co. of 108 men, Apr. 18, 1761, to July 28, 1762. His distinguished services, as captain, colonel and brig. general, in the Rev. war, have been detailed in Chap. VI [see pp. 269, 276, 281, 295, 299, 308-10, 312]. Owing to ill health, occasioned by his wounds, and long continued service in the camp and field, he felt compelled to resign his commission, and Sept. 12, 1780, recd. an hon- orable discharge. By those who remember him, Gen. Nixon is described as a man of middle stature, of military bearing, quiet and affable, but firm and decided in his convictions, fond of the society of the young, never happier than when recounting to his grandchildren the stories of his campaigns, and the lessons of life taught by his varied experiences. He d. at the ripe age of 88. He m. (1) Feb. 7, 1754, Thank- ful Berry, dau. of Joseph ; (2) Feb, 5, 1778, Hannah Gleason, wid. of Capt. Micajah, and dau. of Josiah Drury, d. in Sud. Sept. 26, 1831, a. 87. Chil. John, b. Aug. 25, 1757, m. - Moore, 1. Sud. ; Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1758, m. 1778, Abel Cutler of So. Sud., had II chil. and d. Sept. 25, 1840; Hephsibah, b. Aug. 31, 1760, m. 1780
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Timothy Moore ; Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1761, m. Jan., 1785, Capt. Peter Clayes of Fram. ; Joseph, b. July 27, 1763, m. Dec. 11, 1791, Nancy Weston, 1. Walth., had 6 chil .; Keziah, b. 1765, m. Nov., 1788, Ebenezer Brown ; Anne, b. May 6, 1766, m. Feb., 1788, Thomas Richardson; Artemas, b. Sept. 3, 1767, 1. Walth .; Benjamin, b. May 13, 1770; - -, b. 1772 ; Betsey, b. Oct. 5, 1775, m. 1798, John Warren of Marlb., 1. Dorch.
3. Thomas, s. of Christ. 1, 1. after his m. with his f .- in-l. Stearns, and inherited his share of the est., which his descts. have since held ; rem. after the Rev. war, to the Bruce est. in Southb., which his s .- in-1. held, known since as Nichols' mills ; d. on a voyage fr. Boston to Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 12, 1800. Thomas had much of his bro's. military spirit ; enl. in Capt. E. Newell's co., and was out in Cr. Pt. exp., Mar., 1755, to Jan. '56; ensign in his bro's. co. at Lake George, 1756; lieut. in same co. in Gen. Amherst's campaign, 1759. He was elected captain of the 2d co. of Fram. Minute Men in 1774, but resigned, and served as lieut. in his bro's. Sud. co., Apr. 19, 1775; was lt .- col. of his bro's. reg. at the battle of Bunker Hill; prom. col .; went to New York; was in command of the Worc. Co. reg., 1776 and 7, and attached to his bro's. brigade ; took part in the skirmishes and battles from Harlem Heights to Stillwater and Saratoga; in 1780 was in comd. of the 6th Mass. reg .; obtained a furlough Dec. 20, 1780, leaving his reg. in comd. of Lt .- Col. Calvin Smith. Prob. he did not rejoin the reg., tho' he held his commission till the close of the war, when he received an honorable discharge. He won the reputation of a brave and efficient officer. He m. Bethiah Stearns, dau. of Timothy. Chil. Cate, b. July 31, 1758, m. Wm. Stowell of Worc., 1. Paris, Me., and d. 1842; Thomas, b. Mar. 19, 1762 4; Asa, b. Aug. 17, 1767, d. 1771; Hannah, b. Sept. 21, 1772, m. John Nichols of Southb .; Bethiah, d. Southb., Mar. 19, 1823.
4. Thomas, s. of Thomas 3, 1. on the Timothy Stearns est .; enl. in Capt. David Moore's Sud. co., as fifer, Apr., 1775, then 13 yrs. old ; enl. for 3 yrs., Mar. 14, 1777, and re-enl. Feb. 10, 1782, for 3 yrs. ; captain of militia ; selectman; d. Jan. 4, 1842. He m. (1) May 16, 1790, Lydia Hager, d. May 21, 1822 ; (2) Mar. 4, 1823, wid. Sarah Stone, d. July 25, 1850. Chil. Warren, b. Mar. 9, 1793 5 ; Otis, b. Mar. II, 1796, m. (1) - Swain of Nantucket ; (2) - - - of N. Y., 1. Morgan, O .; Sukey, b. Nov. 23, 1797, teacher, d. Aug. 3, 1828; Reny, b. Nov. 25, 1799, teacher, d. Jan. 29, 1824.
5. Warren, s. of Thomas 4, 1. on his f's homestead; teacher; land surveyor ; selectman ; just. of the peace; d. Nov. 5, 1872. He m. May 21, 1818, Salome Rice, dau. of Edmund of Way., b. Nov. 1, 1787, d. Oct. 20, 1872. Chil. Myra, b. Mar. 20, 1819, d. July 1, 1841 ; Laurella, b. Apr. 6, 1820, m. Apr. 4, 1849, Aaron Hosmer of Acton ; Olenia, b. Jan. 27, 1822, m. Peter B. Davis ; Selina, b. July 23, 1825, m. Feb. 18, 1851, Willard Baxter Rice of Southb. ; Marcella, b. Mar. 26, 1827, m. May' 5, 1852, Charles Snow of Lawrence ; Camillus, b. Dec. 25, 1830, d. Sept. 25, 1837 ; Marcellus, b. June 6, 1833, 1. on the homestead; m. (1) May 14, 1857, Martha A. Hosmer, d. Aug. 13, 1861, a. 26; (2) Susan A. Kendall, d. Apr. 9, 1884.
NOONAN, Eli, w. Margaret. Chil. Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1848; Catherine, b. Mar. 3, 1850; John, b. Oct. 10, 1851.
NORCUT, Richard, taxed in Fram. 1719, d. Jan. 20, 1726-7; w. Naomi. Chil. Priscilla, b. Feb. 1, 1721-2; Naomi, b. Oct. 31, 1723.
NORTHGATE, Esau, w. Peggy, bap. July 10, 1756. Chil. Hannah, bap. June 19, 1757 ; Susannah, bap. May 6, 1759; Esau, bap. Sept. 30, 1759.
NORTHROP, Rev. Birdsey G., b. Kent, Ct .; pastor Edwards ch., Sax., 1847-57 ; agt. Mass. Board of Education ; rem. to Ct. He m. Harriet -, b. Troy,
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N. Y. Chil. Ella C., b. Nov. 26, 1846, d. Oct. 3, 1861 ; Harriet, b. Sept. 24, 1850; Birdsey Grant, b. May 13, 1852; Henry Evers, and Mary Hubbell, b. June 20, 1854.
NORRIS, Michael, w. Catherine. Chil. William, b. Oct. 9, 1844; Michael, b. Feb. 2, 1847, unm. d. Dec. 31, 1876; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1849.
D' NOYES, Moses K., w. Mary. Chil. Junietta and Alfaretta, b. Dec. 5, 1848.
NURSE, NOURSE, 1. Francis, was of Salem, in that part known as Salem Village (now Danvers), where he d. Nov. 22, 1695, a. 77. He m. Rebecca Town, dau. of William ; her sis. Sarah m. (1) Edmund Bridges, and (2) Peter Clayes. Both sis. were involved in the witchcraft delusion, and Rebecca was hanged July 19, 1692, a. 70. [See ante p. 124.] Chil. John 2; Samuel ; Rebecca, m. Thomas Preston, whose dau. m. Peter Clayes, Jr. ; Mary, m. John Tarbell ; Francis, b. Feb. 3, 1661, sett. Reading ; Benjamin, b. Jan. 26, 1666 3 ; Michael ; dau. m. Wm. Russell.
2. John, s. of Francis 1, 1. Salem ; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1672, Elizabeth Smith ; (2) Aug. 17, 1677, Elizabeth Verry. Chil. John, b. Oct. 12, 1673 4 ; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 18, 1678 ; Samuel; Sarah: Jonathan; Joseph: Benjamin; Hannah; Deborah.
3. Benjamin, s. of Francis 1, came to Fram. 1693, with the Clayes and Bridges families, and located on Salem plain, built a ho. midway between F. C. Browne's and W. G. Lewis's. His deed fr. Jos. Buck- Benjamin Nurse minster, dated Feb. II, 1707, recites : "a mes- suage, now in actual possession of said Benj. Nurse, home-lot of 12 a. on S. side of Stoney brk., 50 a. on N. side of the brk., and 38 a. adjoining Coller's meadow." Selectman; d. 1747. His est. was left to son Aaron, who sold, June 11, 1764, to Abner Bixby, who sold, Dec. 8, 1773, to Richard Fiske. He m. (1) Thamazin -; (2) Feb. 16, 1713-14, Elizabeth (Sawtell) Morse, wid. of Joseph of Wat. Chil. Thamazin, b. Salem, Nov. 13, 1691, m. Ebenr. Hemenway; Benjamin, b. Fram. Jan. 20, 1694 5 ; William, b. Mar. 8, 1696, m. Rebecca Fay of Westb. and sett. at Nurse's Corner in Shry., annexed, 1762, to Westb .; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 18, 1698, m. 1732, Theoph. Phillips of Hopk .; Ebenezer, b. Mar. 27, 1701 6 ; Margaret, b. Apr. 24, 1703: Moses, b. Mar., 1705; Aaron, b. Jan. II, 1708 7.
4. John, s. of John 2, came to Fram. with, or soon after, the Salem End colony; located where George Nurse now lives. His lease from Jos. Buckminster is dated Mar. 20, 1696-7. to run 999 years from Mar. 25, 1693, of 50 a. " surrounded by unimproved lands." He m. Feb. 21, 1700, Elizabeth Gale, dan. of John, b. Wat. June 1, 1678. Chil. John, b. Aug. 27, 1701 8; Joseph, b. Oct. 7, 1703; Sarah, b. May 2, 1705, m. Nov. 22, 1743, Wm. Wesson of Hopk .; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1708, m. Thomas Bigelow of Marlb .; Mehitable, b. Apr. 12, 1712, m. John Belknap of Westb .; Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1713-4; Thamasin, b. Aug. 20, 1716, m. Jan. 27, 1737, Jedidiah Bigelow of Grafton.
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