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6. Philip, s. of Thomas 1, 1. in Fram. on Pratt's plain, on E. side of road; d. Feb. 12, 1739. He m. Rebecca, wid. of Samuel Newton of Marlb., d. Sept. 3, 1728. Chil. femimah, b. Dec. 12, 1698, 1. in Fram. 1764 ; Philip, b. Sept. 10, 1701 15.
7. Ephraim, s. of Thomas 1, sett. Sud., w. Elizabeth. Chil. Josiah, b. Mar. 6, 1700, m. Sarah Wilson of Shry .; Ephraim, b. Nov. 30, 1704, m. July 9, 1824, Martha Wheelock of Shry., where he sett .; rem. abt. 1753 to Shutesbury, where he d. May 22, 1804. [This is the Ephraim Pratt, abt. whom a wonderful story is told in Pres. Dwight's " Travels," and repeated by other writers, much of which is imag- inary, as the dates prove] ; Phineas, b. July 8, 1706, m. Martha Puffer ; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 25, 1711 ; Mary, b. Dec. 2, 1718.
8. Nathaniel, s. of Thomas 1; shoemaker; apprenticed 16So to Samuel Allen of Sud. ; sett. Wat .; bo't Aug. 5, 1707, of Benj. Bridges, 32 a. in Fram., lying be- tween Coller's meadow and the river ; prob. built S. E. of Addison Dadmun's; d. 1736. He m. (1) Abigail Townsend, dau. of Martin of Wat .; (2) Aug. IS, 1712, Abigail Wait of Marlb. Chil. (the first six are rec. in Wat.) Nathaniel, b. July 10, 1702, m. Margery -, and had in Fram. Daniel, b. Nov. 5, 1733, d. Oct. 31, 1740 ; Martin, b. Dec. 13, 1703, m. Sept. 30, 1731, Lydia Bigelow, sett. Hopk., rem. 1737 to Westb .; Thomas and Philip, b. Feb 14, 1705-6, d. y .; Abigail, b. Aug. 15, 1707 ; Phebe, b. Dec. 22, 1709, living 1736; Martha, b. Dec. 18, 1713, prob. m. Sept. 16, 1741, Seth Tomlin of Windham ; Deborah, b. Dec. 14, 1716, d. unm. 1791 ; Beriah, b. Aug. 27, 1721, d. 1743; Simon, b. Jan. 24, 1725-6 16 ; Abigail, b. May 21, 1731, m. 1750, Joshua Barton, Jr., of Spencer.
9. Jonathan, s. of Thomas 1, 1. Fram., per. had part of the home place ; ad- min. on his est. granted 1735. He m. Sarah Gale of Fram. Chil. Jonathan, b. Apr. 21, 1701, sett. Oxford; Abraham, b. Mar. 2, 1702-3 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 18, 1704.
10. David, s. of Thomas 1, kept the old homestead ; owned 60 a. at N. E. corner of Mellen's Neck; selectman ; d. 1731. He m. (1) Rachel -; (2) Dec. 14, 1704, Sarah Bancroft of Reading. Chil. David, b. Jan. 28, 1702 17 ; Rachel, b. Oct. 18, 1706, m. Daniel Claflin ; Mehitable, b. July 4, 1708, m. Moses Pike ; Timo- thy, b. June 4, 1710; Hepzibah, b. Oct. 11, 1712; Elisha, b. Feb. 16, 1715-6; Jona-
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than, b. June 25, 1718; Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1719-0; Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1722, m. Benjamin Pepper ; Prudence, b. Feb. 17, 1724-5, m. Joseph Adams.
11. Jabez, s. of Thomas 1, 1. on N. part of Pratt's Plain, near Sucker pond ; m. (1) Apr. 22, 1714, Hannah Gale of Fram .; (2) Mar. 31, 1726, Rebecca Stratton. Chil. Abial, b. Sept. 24, 1716, m. Nov. 8, 1734, Nathaniel Pike of Hopk. ; Jabez, b. July 7, 1718, m. Apr. 10, 1741, Elizabeth Grant of Fram. and sett. Sutton; Benoni, b. Apr. 3, 1720 18.
12. Thomas, s. of Thomas 2, 1. on f's place ; rem. to Hassanamisco (Grafton) with the first settlers; joined the ch. in Shry. 1724; was an original memb. of ch. in Grafton, 1731 ; is named as a grantee in the Ind. deed of 1727, and recd. as his share 176 a .; will proved 1761. He m. Jan. 24, 1710-1, Sarah Willard, dau. of Benj. Chil. b. in Fram. Benjamin, b. Sept. 12, 1711 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 10, 1712-3; Phinehas, b. Mar. 27, 1715; Lydia, b. Nov. 23, 1718.
13. Daniel, s. of Thomas 2; blacksmith ; 1. on f's place; d. abt. 1778. He m. May 23, 1723, Elizabeth Rice, and both cov. 1724. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 29, 1723-4, m. Peter Brewer of Southb. ; Lois, b. June 7, 1726, m. Samuel Dadmun ; Martha, b. Dec. 15, 1728, m. Daniel Bigelow; Lydia, b. Nov. 14, 1729, m. Peter Gallot, Jr., and 1. with her f.
14. Gershom, s. of Ebenezer 3, 1. on his f's place, S. of "the W.," in Sherb. He m. July 3, 1729, Abigail Rice of Fram. Chil. Sarah, b. Apr. 22, 1733; Jacob, b. Oct. 3, 1735 19 ; and eight others.
15. Philip, s. of Philip 6, 1. on f's place ; m. in Newton, June 26, 1726, Mary Osland. Chil. John, b. Aug. 15: 1728; John, b. Aug. 1, 1730, d. y .; Isaac, b. Aug. 26, 1732 ; Jonathan, b. July 21, 1733, d. y. ; John, b. Oct. 13, 1734, m. 1756, Sarah Dyer of Nat .; Philip, b. Mar. 25, 1741.
16. Simon, s. of Nathaniel 8, 1. by the well on top of the hill S. of Mrs. Badger's ; struck by lightning at John Clayes', June, 1777, recovered, and d. 1790. He m. Jan. 3, 1750, Mercy Chamberlain of Holl., d. 1788. Chil. Beriah, b. Sept. 30, 1750 20 ; Mary, b. Mar. 9, 1752, m. John Pratt, 1. Leverett ; Simon, b. Mar. 24, 1754 21 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 20, 1756, unm .; Martha, b. Nov. 22, 1758; Nathaniel, b. Mar. 1, 1760 22; Ephraim, b. May 23, 1763, m. Dec. 1785, Anne Bullard, and moved to N. Y .; John, b. Sept. 29, 1765, m. Betty Hager, and moved to Pa. ; Yona- than, b. May 8, 1769 23 ; William.
17. David, s. of David 10, 1. on f's place, which he sold in 1749, to Benj. Pepper, and rem. to Oxford; d. 1777. He m. Mar. 10, 1723-4, Sarah Claflin, d. 1783, a. 78. Chil. David, b. Jan. 30, 1724-5 24; Jonathan, b. Sept. 23, 1735 ; Rachel, b. Sept., 1739; Nathan, b. Nov. 5, 1743.
18. Benoni, s. of Jabez 11, bo't May 13, 1751, of John Parmenter, a farm of 70 a. adjoining the Sud. line, comprising the present farms of J. H. Swallow and J. E. Tebo. He d. 1807. He m. Hannah Parmenter of Sud. Chil. Abner, b. Apr. 24, 1738, m. Jan. 2, 1795, Mary Wright, who d. May 24, 1825, a. 67 ; Abigail, b. Mar. 9, 1739, d. Nov. 5, 1746; Sarah, b. Apr. 2, 1741, d. Nov. 3, 1746; Mary, b. Mar. 25, 1745, d. Nov. 10, 1746; Abigail, b. Nov. 12, 1747, m. Ebenezer Phillips ; Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1749, unm .; Nahum, b. Aug. 26, 1752; taxed in Fram. 1806, unm. d. Phillips- ton ; Mary, b. Apr. 28, 1755, m. George Baker ; Jesse, b. Sept. 30, 1759, m. Feb. 20, 1788, Polly Dalrymple of Sud., and d. in Fram. Mar. 15, 1820; John, b. Nov. 25, 1762; taxed in F. till 1806, unm. d. Oct. 23, 1826.
19. Jacob, s. of Gershom 14, inherited the old homestead S. of " the W.," d. 1811. He m. Lydia Eames, dau. of Henry, d. a. 96. Chil. Ebenezer, b. July 26, 1761 ; Lavina, b. Oct. 23, 1762 ; Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1764, m. Asenath Holbrook; Aaron, b. Dec. 5, 1765 25 ; Jacob, b. Jan. 17, 1767; Abigail, b. Aug. 17, 1768; Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1772; Lydia, b. Apr. I8, 1774 ; Sally, b. Aug. 9, 1780.
20. Beriah, s. of Simon 16, 1. Fram .; moved in 1786 to N. Y. He m. Molly Dudley. Chil. Daniel, b. Oct. 11, 1774, d. y .; Polly, b. Aug. 1, 1777 ; Daniel, b. May 30, 1779; Beriah, b. Aug. 9, 1781.
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21. Simon, s. of Simon 16, 1. Fram .; rem. to N. Y. He m. Nov. 26, 1778, Martha Pratt. Chil. Milly, b. May 8, 1780, m. Daniel Pratt, and 1. in N. Y .; Fanny, b. Sept. 1, 1784, unm. d. Feb. 23, 1872; Luther, b. Apr. 28, 1787.
22. Nathaniel, s. of Simon 16, 1. by the well, where his f. lived; Rev. sold. and pensioner ; d. Nov. 1, 1834, He m. 1784, Elizabeth Bullard, d. Feb. 25, 1859, a. 78. Chil. Moses, b. 1785, d. 1802; Cynthia, b. 1789, m. Curtis Billings of Sharon ; Calvin, b. Dec. 7, 1792 26; Patty, b. June 14, 1796, unm. d. Aug. 15, 1823; Hitty, b. May 10, 1799, m. Charles Jones, 1. Nat. ; Luke C., b. Oct. 15, 1801 27 ; Eliza, b. June 20, 1806, m. Charles Knowlton.
23. Jonathan, s. of Simon 16, 1. Fram. rem. abt. 1805 to Leverett. He m. Sally Holden of Southb., adm. to Fram. ch. 1798. Chil. Levi, b. May 27, 1794; Lefy, b. May 8, 1796; Lucene, b. Aug. 5, 1798; Lucinda, b. Dec. 14, 1800.
24. David, s. of David 17, 1. Fram .; m. May 20, 1744, Elizabeth Brewer, dau. of Jona. Chil. David, b. May 13, 1745; Silas, b. Sept. 26, 1747 ; Betsey, b. Mar. 13, 1748, m. Micah Dougherty ; Sarah, b. Apr. 2, 17 50.
25. Aaron, s. of Jacob 19, 1. on the old homestead, S. of "The W"; in 1797, bo't land of Levi Metcalf, and built the ho. at turn of the road E. of the Sturtevants ; k. by the R.R. cars, Nov. 30, 1839. He m. Aug., 1790, Olive Metcalf, dau. of Levi, d. May 21, 1860, a. 90. Chil. Nancy, b. July 10, 1791, unm. d. Apr. 12, 1842; Al- pheus, b. Apr. I, 1793, m. Louisa Ames, 1. Hudson, Mich., and d. Mar. 10, 1884 ; Emelia, b. Feb. 16, 1796, m. Jeremiah Butler, Esq., of Sherb .; Sally, b. Sept. 30, 1797, m. Jonathan Eames of Sherb. ; Dexter, b. Jan. II, 1799, m. Rowena Houghton of Bolton ; Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1804, m. David Eames ; George IV., b. Dec. 4, 1807 28 ; Aaron, b. Feb. 1, ISIO 29; Metcalf, b. Mar. 4, 1812 30.
26. Calvin, s. of Nathaniel 22, 1. in the lane leading from the Elisha Jones place to Cutler's mills, d. May, 1871. He m. Dec. 17, 1817, Betsey Smith of Wel- fleet, d. Dec. 28, 1840. Chil. Charles G., b. Aug. 28, 1820; James H., b. Aug. 30, 1823; Martha, b. Aug. 9, 1825, d. y. ; Albert B., b. Mar. 23, 1831 ; Elizabeth B., b. Dec. 1, 1833; George E., b. Jan. 1, 1837, m. S. Maria Batson.
27. Luke C., s. of Nathaniel 22, m. Betsey D. Tufts of Lynn. Chil. Otis B . b. Nov. 21, 1826; Martha P., b. Feb. 1, 1829; George A., b. Mar. 18, 1830, d. y. ; George B., b. Dec. 18, 1833; Andrew C., b. Jan. 7, 1837; Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 31, 1840; Samuel H., b. Aug. 27, 1842.
28. George W., s. of Aaron 25, 1. on the old Angier place on Work hill; rem. Marlb. He m. Jane Kimball of Peterboro', N. H. Chil. Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 10, 1834; Lorenzo A., b. June 9, 1836; Mary L., b. May 12, 1838; Emily O., b. May 24, 1840; Edwin L., b. Jan. 7, 1845; Arthur, b. Apr. 12, 1847 ; Ellen; George; Charles.
29. Aaron, s. of Aaron 25, 1. on the Alexander Eames place, d. Jan. 17, 1852. He m. Oct. 26, 1837, Abigail Eames, dau. of Alexander, d. Apr. 3, 1885. Chil. Mary Jane, m. Benj. Sprague of Lynn ; Henry M., m. Antoinette Reed ; Welling- ton H., m. Julia Smith ; Abbie L., b. Oct. 19, 1845; Maria Agnes, b. Mar. 27, 1849.
30. Metcalf, s. of Aaron 25, 1. So. Fram .; carpenter ; d. Aug. 26, 1886. He m. Jan. 25, 1837, Elizabeth A. Perry, dau. of Abel of Nat. Chil. Ellen M., b. Apr. 26, 1838, teacher ; d. Nov. 2, 1862 ; Charles M., b. Mar. 26, 1840; Edward }. and Edgar H., b. May 22, 1842 - E. J. m. Caroline Harriman ; Ann E., b. May 13, 1846, d. Oct. 4, 1862 ; Franklin M., b. Nov. 7, 1850 ; Frederick A., b. Feb. 10, 1854.
PRATT, Ebenezer, and w. Charity, had chil. in Fram., Esther, b. Nov. 20, 1748 ; Abigail, b. Apr. 20, 1750, d. in F. Jan. 18, 1837 ; Ebeneser, b. Sept. 22, 1753. PRATT, Edward C., 1. at Daniel Parmenter's 1841, d. in Fram. Dec. 21, 1848, a. 32.
PRATT, Ephraim, prob. fr. Way., 1. on the Capt. Bradbury place ; taxed for Elijah Kendall's heirs 1798-05; d. June 27, 1834. He m. June, 1788, Hannah Bel- cher, dau. of Jona., d. Oct. 6, 1846 Their son Lowell was taxed in Fram. 1823-48,
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d. May 23, 1848, a. 44. He m. June 24, 1824, Mary Wilson. Four of Lowell's chil. d. in Feb. 1835, a. 8, 5, 2, and infant ; another child, d. Aug. 1844.
PRATT, John, m. May 7, 1778, Mary Pratt, dau. of Simon ; had Mary, b. Feb. 19, 1781, and rem. to Leverett.
PRATT, Jonathan, "late of Fram., deceased, who is supposed to have been born in Hopk." Town Rec. 1782.
PRATT, Joseph W. Taxed in Fram. 1835-9.
PRATT, Mary, of Fram., m. July 27, 1748, Samuel Putnam of Sud.
PRATT, Zebulon K., w. Sarah W .; Child, Osgood K., b. Sept. 26, 1850.
PRATT. Baptisms in Fram. where names of parents are not given. Beulah and Susannah, bap. Aug. 20, 1717 ; Abigail, bap. Oct. 5, 1718; Mehitable, bap. July 23, 1727. Asa and Anne, chil. of John, bap. Oct. 9, 1774.
PRAY, Abram F. Taxed in Fram. 1837-46.
PRENTICE, Charles B., s. of Samuel of Grafton, shoe manuf., So. Fram. ; m. Mar. 14, 1853, Luthera Gould of Douglas, d. Oct. 13, 1862, a. 29. Child, Mary Luthera, b. Dec. 4, 1853.
PRENTICE, Francis S., in co. with C. B .; w. Paulina. Chil. Frank H., b. Jan. 30, 1860; Carrie E., b. July 24, 1861, d. May 23, 1862 ; Edward A., b. Mar. 24, 1863, d. Jan. 15, 1865.
PRENTICE, Nathaniel. Taxed in Fram. 1800-I.
PRESCOTT, Samuel, w. -. Child, Oravel C., b. Aug. 28, 1846.
PRESTON, Edward. Taxed in Fram. 1853.
PRIEST, Joseph. Taxed in Fram. 1838.
PRIESTLEY, Thomas, b. Eng .; 1. Sax .; d. Mar. 3, 1871, a. 64. He m. (1) Elizabeth Tuthill, d. Dec. 10, 1867, a. 52; (2) Rebecca A. (Swan) Dadmun, wid. of, Albert. Chil. Matilda, m. Walter C. Watson ; Sarah ; John A., b. Apr. 2, 1851,_ d. y. ; Minerva, b. Sept. 8, 1853, d. y .; Alfred G., m. Alice Hall ; Frank ; Emma, m. - Frost.
PRITCHARD, Joseph, blacksmith; fr. Brighton ; 1. at the old Cotton factory. Taxed 1815-21 ; w. Rebecca. Chil. William E., b. Brigh. Oct. 9, 1807, drowned Dec. 11, 1815; Sarah A., b. June 24, 1809, d. y. ; Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1810; Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1812; Rebecca, b. May 30, 1814; Sally Wilson, b. Fram. Jan. 19, 1817.
PROCTOR, Alvah. Taxed in Fram. 1836-40; d .-.
PROCTOR, Isaac W., merchant. Taxed 1834-48; est. of, 1850; d. Sept. 5, 1848; m. Elizabeth Drew. Chil. Georgianna ; Eudora ; Calderon.
PROCTOR, Sarah, sis. of Isaac W., m. - Holmes, and went West.
PROCTOR, Jacob. Taxed in Fram. 1835.
PROCTOR, Joseph. Taxed 1835 ; d. at Calvin Shepherd's, 1836.
PROCTOR, Melvin. Taxed 1838; m. Feb. 7, 1839, Maria Whitcomb.
PROCTOR, Weld D., of Bradford, N. H., m. July 6, 1852, Mary A. French of Fram.
PROVENDER, John, was one of those who had lots granted and laid out in 1669, at the "new Plantation at Quinsigamog." The settling of the place was broken up by the Ind. war. He was of Malden, 1674; was among " the souldyers imprest at Malden," Nov. 9, 1675; was a member of Capt. Samuel Moseley's co.,
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which led the attack on the Narragansett Fort, Dec. 19, 1675. In 1693 he is found in Fram., having leased lands of Buckminster and White, at Salem End. He built a ho. on the N. side of Barton's brk. on Dadmun's Lane. His will is dated April 12, 1712. July 1, 1715, Jos. Buckminster sells to Eben'r Singletary "the 50 a. wh. Jona. Provender held in right of his f. John Provender, said Jonathan releasing all claims and rights, for the sum of {105." Chil. John, a propr. of Templeton, 1735; in Holl. 1737; in Fram. 1738; supported by the town till his d. 1758; the town paid expenses of "coffin and gloves for his funeral, fo, 13, 4;" Benjamin, taxed 1710, d. in the exp. to Port Royal, Jan. 21, 1711 ; Jonathan ; Isaac ; David ; Hannah, m. Mar. 19, 1695-6, Joseph Pratt 4; Sarah, m. Feb. 3, 1707-8, Daniel Eliot, Jr.
PUFFER, 1. William, (a desct. of George of Braintree) s. of Jabez of Sud., m. June 8, 1742, Abigail Treadway, dau. of Benj. ; 1. 3 or 4 yrs. in Sud .; came to Fram. to l. with f .- in-law on the Amasa Kendall place ; in town office 1749-53. Chil. Jabez, b. Sud. July 16, 1743 2; Benjamin, b. Aug. 2, 1746; Mary, bap. Fram. Nov. 29, 1747; Thankful, b. June 16, 1749, m. John Mixer.
2. Jabez, s. of William 1, 1. on the Kendall place; sold 1773, to Wm. May- nard, and rem. Dublin, N. H. He m. Rachel Morse. Chil. William, b. Mar. 4, 1764; Benjamin, b. Apr. 6, 1765; Mary, b. July 22, 1766; John, bap. Apr. 30, 1769; Rachel, bap. Oct. 28, 1770; Nathan, bap. Mar. 22, 1772.
PUFFER, Elijah, s. of Daniel, of Sud. Taxed Sax. 1837 ; d. Apr. 11, 1879, a. 79. He m. Laura Cutter, d. 1864. Chil. Almira, m. Jesse Goodnow; Laura Ann, d. Feb. 17, 1858; Nancy K., m. Dr. Henry Cowles; Eliza }. ; George D., b. Apr. I, 1835, m. Ella Dench; Alfred E., d. Dec. 12, 1859, a. 20.
PUFFER, James B., b. Sud .; 1. Leom .; Troy, N. Y .; Lowell ; was in Sax. 1832-42. He m. Nov. 30, 1815, Persis Richardson of Sud. Chil. Joanna E., b. Aug. 30, 1816; William H., b. May 19, 1818, d. y .; William H., b. Dec. 8, 1820; Elizabeth R., b. Apr. 22, 1823, d. y .; Dexter R., b. July 21, 1825, d. y. ; Lucy H., b. Nov. 16, 1827 ; Dexter R., b. Dec. 8, 1829; James B., b. May 12, 1833, d. y.
PUGH, William. Taxed in Fram. 1737.
PULLEN, Joseph, came from Boston to Fram., Dec. 27, 1770, a young man, to live with Aaron Brown.
PULSIFER, Nathaniel, l. Sax .; taxed 1860 for est. of Geo. Welsh (the Daniel Stone place). He nı. (1) -; (2) Lydia Mackintosh. Chil. by Ist w. Warren; Eliza; by 2d w. Royal M .; Edward F., d. Oct. 2, 1849, a. 2 y. 8 m., I d. ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1849 ; twins, b. Dec. 30, 1850.
PUTNAM, Andrew Jackson, b. Sutton ; sett. Wat. ; came to Fram. and kept hotel at Centre IS42-8 ; then went to So. Fram.
PUTNAM, Marble, was concerned in hotel at Centre, 1842.
PUTNAM, Daniel, came to Fram. with his large family in 1814, to work in the old Cotton factory, in the employ of Col. Calvin Sanger. He was b. Chelms- ford, Feb. 4, 1759, where he sett. ; rem. 1799 to Littleton, and engaged in the raising of hops for market ; came to Fram. 1814; d. Mar. 6, 1819, and was buried in the old cemetery, just at the right of the middle entrance, deep snow-drifts preventing further advance. He m., 1789, Hannah Alexander, b. Boston, Mar. 28, 1769, adm. to Fram. ch. June, 1815, d. Carmel, Me., July 3, 1852. Chil. Lucinda, b. Chelms. Nov. 1, 1793, adm. to Fram. ch. June, 1815; m. Theodore Wyman, and d. Waltham, Dec. 28, 1872; Daniel, b. Nov. 27, 1798, was taxed in Fram. 1822; m. (1) Marcia Hatch ; (2) Mrs. Pamelia Hilton, and d. Minnesota, May 28, 1876; Hannah, b. Lit- tleton, Mar. 23, 1800, m. Elihu Hixon, and d. Medway, Nov., 1880; Sarah, b. Dec.
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15, 1801, m. Louis Mayo, and d. Carmel, Me., June, 1860; Israel, b. Nov. 20, 1803, taxed Fram. 1823, m. Adeline White, and lives Dover, Me .; Mary, b. June 18, 1805, m. (1) Timothy Mayo; (2) William Swett, and d. Bangor, Me., July 1, 1878; Ann, b. Mar. 21, 1807, m. Israel Stearns, and d. Munroe, Me., June 16, 1864; Martha, b. Mar. 12, 1809, d. 1811 ; Rachel, b. July 16, 1811, bap. in Fram. Oct., 1816, m. Louis Mayo, and d. Carmel, Me.
PUTNAM, James. Taxed in Fram. 1812.
PUTNAM, John, of Sud .; m. Apr. 25, 1737, Sarah Maveric. Child, Jesse, b. Fram. Mar. 25, 1743.
PUTNAM, Samuel. Taxed in Fram. 1737.
QUIGLEY, John, d. June 25, 1884, a. 53.
QUINN, Arthur, came to Sax. about 1847 ; d. Aug. 19, 1882, a. 81 ; w. Agnes. Chil. Ann Jane, m. - King ; Alice, m. James Costigan ; Maria, m. John De- vine ; Ellen ; Margaret, m. - Conley ; Isabel ; John ; Arthur }., b. Nov. 18, 1865.
RAND, RAN, Mary, m. Nov. 26, 1751, John Hemenway, both of F.
RAND, Nathan, blacksmith, s. of Thomas of Weston ; taxed in Fram. 1816; 1. on the Geo. H. Thompson place; afterwards built by Mrs. F. W. Clapp's; rem. to Shry. ; d. May 4, 1874. He m. Dec. 12, 1819, Mary Belknap, dau. of dea. Enoch. Chil. Eudolphus Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1820; Mary Cornelia, b. Aug. 11, 1823, d. 1826; Bradford B., b. Feb. 29, 1828; Mary Cornelia, b. Jan. 4, 1830, m. Winslow Roberts, and d. Nov. 29, 1863.
RAND, Thomas, of Westminster, m. Nov., 1788, Elizabeth Hemenway of F.
RANDALL, Edward, d. Oct. 25, 1823.
RANDALL, James J., taxed 1850, firm of Hersey and Randall, shoe manuf'rs; m. Fanny W. Richardson, dau. of Ruel.
RANDALL, Thomas, w. Jane Neilson. Child, Robert, b. Mar. 31, 1845.
RANLETT, Irene B., d. Feb. 21, 1884, a. 63. 7.
RANNEY, Madison, b. Ashfield, s. of Roswell ; ticket agent on B. and W. R. R. at So. Fram. 25 yrs. ; his ho. was on the site of the Daniel Sanger Tavern ; d. May 20, 1876, a. 67. He m. Mary Adaline Carey, b. Chesterfield, N. H. Chil. Emma, d. a. 6; Willis A., b. Worc. Feb. 3, 1846, coal and lumber dealer, m. Mary F. Alexander ; Charles H., b. June 29, 1854; Mary Emily, b. Aug. 25, 1856.
RAWCLIFFE, John, w. Mary, d. Aug. 14, 1884, a. 63, 9. Child, Keziah, b. Nov. 30, 1844.
RAWSON, John and Turner, were in Fram. 1790.
RAY, John, w. Mary Ann. Child, Ellen, b. Aug. 6, 1848.
REA, James, Sax .; grocer, in co. with Thomas Leslie. Taxed 1849-63; rem. Charlestown ; w. Susan.
READ, Isaac, Jr., m. in Sud. Jan. 16, 1755, Lydia Goodnow. Child, Nathan, b. Fram. Feb. 5, 1756.
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READY, Daniel, w. Joanna. Chil. John, b. July 4, 1857 ; Mary Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1859; Rosanna, b. 1861, d. July 16, 1867.
REARDON, James, w. -. Son, b. July, 11, 1852.
REED, Rev. Solomon, pastor of the Second Congregational church ; lived at or near the old Dr. Timothy Merriam house, on Mellen's Neck. He was son of Capt. William and Alice (Nash) Reed, b. at Abington, Oct. 22, 1719; grad. H. U. 1739; ord. in Fram., Jan. 1746-7; dis. near the close of the year 1756; installed in the North Parish, Middleborough, Mass., where he d. in the spring of 1785. July 6, 1756, he received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the First Parish in Natick, with a settlement of £66, 13, 4, and an annual salary of £53, 6, 8. He declined the call. He m. (1) 1748, Abigail Stoughton of Connecticut ; (2) Sarah Reed, dau. of Jacob. Chil. Sarah, b. 1750; John, b. Nov. 1I, 1751, Y. C. 1772; minister at W. Bridgewater; rep. to Cong. 1794, 6 years, D. D .; Solomon, b. 1752, Y. C. 1775 ; minister at Petersham ; Samuel, b. 1754, Y. C. 1777 ; minister at Warwick, Mass. ; Timothy, b. 1756, Dart. C. 1782; lawyer at W. Bridgewater.
REED, Daniel B., w. Martha A. Chil. Charles Bradley, b. Nov. 18, 1852 ; Emma A., b. Nov. 11, 1856.
REED, Jefferson, w. Susan. Dau. b. May 3, 1848.
REED, Thomas, w. -. Child, Mary, b. July 13, 1846.
REED, Jonathan, Sen., and Jr. Taxed 1837-42.
RHAN, Maurice, w. Mary. Child, William, b. Mar. 1, 1852.
RHOADES, Alfred P., b. Rox. ; taxed Sax. 1834 ; d. May 20, 1873, a. 65; m. (I) Louisa Blodget; (2) Eliza T. Martin. Chil. Anson A. ; Frank Gove, b. July 1I, 1852.
RHOADES, Alvin, bro. of Alfred P., b. Dedham ; m. Jan. 11, 1852, Lucy A. Reed. Chil. Elizabeth Childs, b. Dec. 15, 1856, d. July 30, 1874; Carrie L.
RHYNE, Anne, adm. to Fram. ch. Nov. 2, 1782, and her two chil. Anne and Hannah were baptized.
RICE, Edmund. Came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England.
The first that is known of him in this country is, that in the spring of 1639, he, with his wife and family, was living in Sudbury. Probably he came over early in 1638. The village plot of Sudbury (now Wayland) was laid out in the fall of that year, and he was one of the first to build. His house-lot of 4 acres, was situated on the Old North Street, near Mill brook. He received his proportion of " Meadow lands," which were divided "to the present inhabitants" under dates of Sept. 4, 1639, April 20, and Nov. 18, 1640 - his share in these Meadows being 4234 acres. He shared in all the divisions of Uplands and Commons. The total number of acres which fell to his lot, as an original inhabitant, was 247.
Among his uplands, was a lot of II acres, "lying in the south part of the town bounds, between Timber Neck and Mrs. Glover's Farm." This lay near the spring. He sold part of this lot to Thomas Axdell, and part to Philemon Whale, both of whom built houses. Sept. 1, 1642, Mr. Rice sold his home lot in the village to John Moore, and, Sept. 13, took a lease for 6 years of the Dunster Farm, which lay on the east border of Cochituate Pond. Nov., 1643, he purchased of wid. Mary Axdell "her dwelling-house and six acres of land in the south part of the town bounds, between lands of Philemon Whale, and the said Edmund Rice." This fixes the date of his location near " Rice's Spring." A few years later, he bought
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of Phil. Whale his house and 9 acres of land near " the spring," and adjoining the Axdell lot. The two places formed the nucleus of the " Rice Homestead," which Edmund sold to his son Edward, who conveyed the same to his sons John and Edmund. By a subsequent dleed, John conveyed "all his right to land by the spring " to his brother Edmund, whose descendants held the place till a recent date.
Sept. 26, 1647, Mr. Rice took a lease for 10 years, of the Glover Farm, which lay mostly in what is now Framingham. April 8, 1657, he bought the Jennison Farm of 200 acres, which comprised a tract on Sudbury south bounds, extending from the Dunster Farm to Weston line, on which his descendants continue to live; and, June 24, 1659, he and his son bought the Dunster Farm. These purchases were outside of his town grants of 247 acres. The General Court made special grants to Mr. Rice, of lands lying in Framingham, viz. : 50 acres at Rice's End in 1652, and So acres near Beaver Dam in 1659. These public grants connect him, directly, with our town history.
From the first, Mr. Rice was a leading man in the new plantation of Sudbury ; was on committee appointed by the Court, Sept. 4, 1639, to apportion the Meadows ; selectman, 1639, '44, and after ; deacon of the church, 1648; representative, 1654. In 1656, he was a petitioner for the new town of Marlboro', where he received grants of a house-lot of 50 acres, and other lands in proportion, and whither he removed in 1660. Ile d. at M., May 3, 1663, aged about 69, and was buried at Sudbury.
His first wife was Tamazine, who died at Sudbury, June 13, 1654. He m. (2) Mar. 1, 1655, Mercie (Ilurd) Brigham, wid. of Thomas of Camb. She m. (3) William Hunt of Marlb. Chil. (nine b. in Eng. and three in Sud.) Henry, b. 1616 2 ; Edward, b. 1618, m. Anna -; Edmund, b .-; Thomas, b. - , m. Mary -; Lydia, b. 1627, m. Hugh Drury; Matthew, b. 1629, m. Martha Lamson; May 19, 1683, he bo't of Gookin and How, the Indian Head Farm, 300 a., in Fram, but did not sett. here ; Daniel, b. 1632, d. same year ; Samuel, b. 1634, m. Elizabeth King ; Joseph, b. 1637, m. Mercy King ; Benjamin, b. in Sud. May 31, 1640, mn. Mary Brown; recd. fr. his f. So a. near Beaver Dam, but did not sett. here ; Ruth, b. Sept. 29, 1659, m. Samuel Wells ; Ann, b. Nov. 19, 1661.
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