History of Framingham, Massachusetts, early known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a genealogical register, Part 79

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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2. Henry, s. of Edmund 1, sett. in S. part of E. Sud. ; in 1659 his f. gave him a deed of his grant at Rice's End, on which he built; the ho. stood southerly of S. D. Hardy's; an orig. member of ch. in Frani. 1701 ; d. Feb. 10, 1710-1. He m. Feb. 1. 1643-4, Elizabeth Moore, d. Aug. 3, 1705. Chil. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1646, m. Thomas Brigham ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1648, m. John Brewer ; Hannah, m. Eleazar Ward ; Jonathan, b. July 3, 1654 3; Abigail, b. June 17, 1657, m. Thomas Smith ; David, b. Dec. 27, 1659 4 ; Tamasine, b. Feb. 2, 1661, m. Benj. Parmenter ; Rachel, b. May 10, 1664, m. Thomas Drury; Lydia, b. June 4, 1668, m. Samuel Wheelock ; Mercy, b. Jan. 1, 1670, m. Elnathan Allen.


3. Jonathan, s. of Henry 2, sett. in E. Sud .; on the d. of his mother, he came to live with his f. at Rice's End in Fram .; kept tavern ; selectman; rep. He bo't June 16, 1707, of Benj. Nurse, 38 a. in Salem End (part of the Badger place) ; sold same 1725, to son Abraham, who had built there; d. Apr. 12, 1725. He m. (1) Mar. 23, 1674-5, Martha Eames, d. Feb. 2, 1675-6; (2) Nov. 1, 1677, Rebecca Watson of Camb., d. Dec. 22, 1689 ; (3) Feb. 12, 1690-1, Elizabeth Wheeler. Chil. Martha, b. Jan. 27, 1675-6, d. y. ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 17, 1678 5; David, b. Mar. 4, 1679-0, m. Elizabeth Cutler; Anna, b. Aug. 6, 1683, m. William Cutter of Camb .; Henry, b. Dec. 6, 1685, m. Elizabeth Moore ; Martha, m. Jas. Whitney : Hezekiah, b. 1694 6 ; Abraham, b. 1697 7 ; Ezekiel, b. Oct. 14, 1700 8 ; Elisabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1702-3, 11. Daniel Pratt ; Phinehas, b. June 24, 1705 9 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1707, d. y. ; Richard, b. Jan. 31, 1709-0 10 ; Abigail, b. Mar. 23, 1713-14, m. Gershom Pratt.


4. David, s. of Henry 2, bo't Oct. 11, 1682, of Gookin and How, 60 a. lying between his f's land and Cochituate pond and brook, and built a ho .; an orig.


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memb. of ch. in Fram. ; deacon ; selectman ; town treas .; d. Oct. 16, 1723. He m. Apr. 7, 1687, Hannah Walker, d. Dec. 18, 1704. Chil. Sarah and Elizabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1689, S. d. y., E. m. Samuel Frost ; Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1691-2, m. John Bent ; Bezaleel 11; Josiah, b. Aug. 19, 1701 12.


5. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan 3, 1. Sud. and Fram .; cov. in Fram. 1723, d. before 1744. He m. Nov. 18, 1714, Lydia Pratt. Chil. Beulah, b. Dec. 11, 1716, m. Hopestill Bent ; Jonathan, bap. in F. Jan. 26, 1722-3.


6. Hezekiah, s. of Jona. 3, sett. Marlb .; bo't Oct. 5, 1726, of John Stone, the John How farm, later known as the Capt. Uriah Rice place, now A. S. Furber's ; kept tavern ; selectman ; d. Nov. 16, 1761. He m. Apr. 30, 1719, Mary Haynes of Sud., d. Dec. 16, 1785, a. 95. Chil. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1719-0, d. y .; Hezekiah, b. Feb. 27, 1720-1, unm. d. Sept. 5, 1745; Uriah, b. Oct. 17, 1723, d. Dec. 31, 1733 ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 8, 1725 13; Peter, b. abt. 1727 14; Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1728, d. Dec. 13, 1733.


7. Abraham, s. of Jonathan 3, 1. at Salem End; built the old ho. on the Badger place in 1721 ; capt .; selectman ; killed by lightning, June 3, 1777. He m. Feb. 1, 1721, Patience Eames of F., d. Jan. 2, 1796, a. 94. Chil. Jonathan, b. Nov. 4, 1722, m. Abigail Nichols, l. in Holden, d. 1804; Abraham, b. May 9, 1725 15; Sarah, b. Apr. 9, 1727, m. - Fisher ; Samuel, b. May 10, 1730; Patience, b. July 22, 1732, m. Daniel Tombs of Hopk., his 2 w .; Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1736, m. Sarah -, 1. in Rutland ; David, b. Jan. 13, 1738, 1. on f's place, m. Oct. 15, 1759, Mary Sanger, and d. Feb. 1, 1790, s. p .; Richard, b. Sept. 28, 1743, d. y.


8. Ezekiel, s. of Jonathan 3, 1. W. of the Joseph Sanger place ; the ho. was purchased and moved by Dr. Kittredge; adm. to the ch. Mar. 4, 1750. He m. (1) Jan. 23, 1722-3, Hannah Whitney; (2) May 10, 1753, wid. Prudence Bigelow; (3) 1769, wid. Margaret Bond of Nat. ; (4) Jan. 8, 1772, wid. Ruth Chapin of Sherb. Chil. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 29, 1723 16 ; John, b. Apr. 9, 1725; James, b. July 13, 1726, m. Feb. 13, 1766, Mary Stearns of Weston, 1. near Nat .; Hannah, b. Oct. 15, 1727, m. Mar. 27, 1751, Thomas Kendall, 2nd, of F., and d. 1822; Daniel, b. Aug. 10, 1729, d. unm .; Richard, b. Oct. 20, 1730 17 ; Martha, b. Aug. 8, 1732 ; Uriah 18; Moses, 1. in Nat., d. Feb. 12, 1819; m. 1766, Mary Sparhawk.


9. Phinehas, s. of Jonathan 3, 1. N. of " Drury Lane," homestead called "Royal Close ; " cov. July 7, 1728 ; d. 1760 ; est. admd. 1764. He m. July 26, 1727, Margaret Eames, d. 1794, a. 91. Chil. Joseph, b. June 27, 1728, d. unm. Dec. 21, 1781 ; Lydia, m. 1782, Caleb Gleason, and d. June 27, 1805 ; Zerviah, m. Oct., 1772, Caleb Drury.


10. Richard, s. of Jonathan 3, d. 1737. He m. 1734, Hannah Bent; she afterwards m. Nov. 30, 1738, Jeremiah Belknap, and d. Sept. 21, 1774, a. 61. Chil. Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1735, m. Sam'l Hemenway, and d. Feb. 19, 1814.


11. Bezaleel, s. of David 4, physician; selectman ; cov. with w. Feb. 19, 1721 ; adm. to the ch. May 5, 1722. He m. June 23, 1720, Sarah Buckminster. Chil. Bezaleel, b. May 19, 1721 19 ; David, b. Sept. 17, 1723 20 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 1, 1725, m. 1745, David Stone, and d. Oct. 22, 1815, in Petersham; Zerviah, b. Feb. 14, 1727-8, d. y .; Josiah, b. Nov. 23, 1734 21 ; Martha, b. July 9, 1737, m. John Drury, 1. in Shrewsbury.


12. Josiah, s. of David 4, m. May 6, 1728, Elizabeth Hood (Wood), and l. in Hopk.


13. Jonathan, s. of IIezekiah 6, 1. next S. fr. Uriah Rice's, d. 1780. He m. Oct. 29, 1746, Ruth Eames, d. May 16, 1805, a. 78. Chil. Hezekiah, b. Sept. 19, 1748 22 ; Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1749-50, m. Daniel Newton, l. in Vt .; Katherine, b. Sept. 5, 1751, m. Nathaniel Eames ; Grace, b. June 25, 1753, m. Dec. 21, 1780, Thomas Drury of Sherb .; Ruth, b. Apr. 4, 1755, m. Nathaniel Fay of Southb. ; Jonathan, b. May 14, 1757 23 ; Fanny, b. Oct. 18, 1758, m. Aug. 6, 1781, Josh. G. Haven; Lucia, b. Mar. 1760, m. June 1785, Timothy Kendall of Sherb. ; Phinehas, b. Nov.


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23, 1761 24; Stephen, b. May 24, 1763, d. y. ; Submit, b. Jan. 31, 1765, m. (1) Mar. 1783, Robert Fay; (2) Caleb Putnam of Croyden, N. H .; Abel, b. Oct. 20, 1766, m. Apr., 1791, Nelly Belknap, moved to N. Y .; Olive, b. Apr., 1770, m. Oct., 1789, Samuel Perry of Nat.


14. Peter, s. of Hezekiah 6, 1. at Capt. Uriah Rice's; with w. cov. July 3, 1757 ; adm. to the ch. 1781 ; d. June 28, 1805. He m. Ruth Trowbridge, d. May 2, 1822, a. 86. Chil. Uriah, b. July 7, 1757 25 ; Peter, b. Feb. 7, 1761, d. Sept. 15, 1780, in the service, at Hackensack, N. V .; Eleanor, b. Sept. 22, 1763, d. y .; Ezra, b. Nov. 14, 1765 26 ; Mehitabel, b. Mar. 4, 1768, d. y. ; Jonas, b. May 20, 1770, d. y .; Joel, b. Mar. 27, 1772, d. y. ; Mehitabel, b. June 11, 1778, unm. d. June 12, 1837.


15. Abraham, s. of Abraham 7, built the Badger ho., N. of his f. He m. Dec. 18, 1747, Susanna Wilder. Chil. Silas, b. Aug., 1749, d. May 31, 1835 ; Nathan, b. Nov., 1751, m. May 28, 17SS, Lucy Barber of Berlin, he d. a Rev. pensioner, Jan. 30, 1836; Sarah, b. May 5, 1754; Abraham, b. July, 1764; Susanna, b. Aug. 3, 1766.


16. Ezekiel, s. of Ezekiel 8, 1. at wid. Jo. Sanger's place ; with w. adm. to the ch. May 3, 1752, d. May 12, 1806. He m. Sept. 19, 1751, Ilannah Edmands. Chil. Ezekiel, b. June 30, 1752 27 ; Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1754, m. Thomas Stone of Southb. ; Daniel, b. Nov. 24, 1755, m. Lois Winchester of Boston; Abigail, b. Dec. 29, 1757, m. June 23, 1779, Benjamin Lamb of Sherb .; Anne, b. Oct. S, 1759, m. Mar., 1782, Jacob Belcher, and d. 1838; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1761, m. (1) - Wilder ; (2) - Brigham; Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1763; Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1765, d. y. ; Aaron, b. Nov. 16, 1767 ; Persis, b. June 3, 1770 ; Sarah, bap. Oct. 4, 1772.


17. Richard, s. of Ezekiel 8, cov. with w. Mar. 21, 1756, d. Jan. 24, 1793, at Natick. He m. Jan. 16, 1755, Sarah Drury, d. Mar. 28, 1821. Chil. Martha, b. May 7, 1756, m. (I) Ebenezer Swift of F .; (2) Samuel Gamage of Cambridge ; James, b. June 24, 1758 28.


18. Uriah, s. of Ezekiel 8, 1. with hisf .; with w. adm. to the ch. Aug. 28, 1763 ; was in the army 1780. He m. Rachel -. Chil. Prudence, b. Apr. 22, 1762 ; John, b. Feb. 22, 1764.


19. Bezaleel, s. of Bezaleel 11, 1. in the ho. of the late Jonas Goodnow, d. Mar. 13, 1806. He m. (1) Dec. 2, 1742, Susanna Jennings, d. Sept. 15, 1750 ; (2) Mar. 13, 1751, Sarah Bent. Chil. Bezaleel, b. Apr. 11, 1744, d. y .; Hezekiah, b. Oct. 2, 1745 29 ; Susannah, b. July 6, 1748, m. Ezra Twitchell; Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1750, m. - Brewer of Paxton : Becaleel, d. Dec. 5, 1751, d. unm .; John, b. Feb. 9, 1754 ; Nathan, b. Aug. IS, 1756; Mary, b. Mar. 28, 1762; Samuel, b. Sept. 23, 1764 30.


20. David, s. of Bezaleel 11. Cornet David d. Mar., 1802. He m. Sept. 27, 1750, Hannah Winch, d. Jan., 1816, a. 85. Chil. Hannah, b. Jan. 19, 1752, m. dea. Thomas Buckminster, and d. 1793; Anne, b. Mar. 29, 1755, mn. June 17, 1779, Jonas Ryder ; David, b. May 2, 1757, m. Aug. 2, 17So, Lucy Ryder, and d. Apr. 5, 1817; Deborah, b. Sept. 26, 1759, m. Nov. 24, 1779, James Stone of Holl .; Martha, b. Apr. 17, 1762, d. y. ; Thomas, b. May 2, 1764 31; Martha, b. Sept. 8, 1766, m. May, 1786, John Brown, 1. at Williamstown ; Nathan, bap. Apr. 9, 1769, a physician at Wayland, m. Sept. 29, 1796, Mary Eaton, and d. Feb. 23, 1814; Zerviah, bap. July 12, 1772, m. May 3, 1793, John Dudley, and d. in Petersham ; William, bap. May 7, 1775, m. Joanna Johnson, 1. in N. Salem.


21. Josiah, s. of Bezaleel 11, 1. near wid. Banister's, S. E. from the Jonas Goodnow place, adm. with w. to the ch. Feb. 29, 1764; d. Nov., 1799. He m. Mary Underwood. Chil. Elisha, b. Mar. 12, 1764 32 ; Buckminster, b. July 19, 1765, 1. in Wayland and Stow, m. July, 1786, Hannah Jennings ; Welly, b. Sept. 19, 1767, m. Nov. 1790, Eph. Goodnow ; Josiah, b. Sept. 29, 1768 3212 ; John, b. Mar. 27, 1770, m. Mar. 1795, Anna Bigelow, 1. in Leominster; MMicajah, b. Jan. 13, 1772; Nahum, bap. June 26, 1774, d. y. ; Jonas, bap. Oct. 6, 1776, d. y. ; Daniel, b. Mar. 29, 1779; Polly, b. Dec. 20, 1781, d. unm .; Amos, b. Feb. 16, 1783, d. of lockjaw, while an apprentice.


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22. Hezekiah, s. of Jonathan 13, with w. cov. Apr. 10, 1774, recom. to ch. in Hopk. Aug., 1793. He m. 1773, Abigail Eames of Hopk. Child, Ruth, bap. Apr. 17, 1774.


23. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan 13, 1. beyond Joel Rice's on the borders of Nat. ; with w. adm. to the ch. Sept. 1788, d. Feb. 25, 1838. He m. Apr. 1782, Anne Belknap, d. Mar. 4, 1834. Chil. Fanny, b. Aug. 11, 1784, m. Ebenezer Kimball ; Nancy, b. July 15, 1786 ; Patty, b. Nov. 25, 178S, m. Nahum Thurston of Union, Me. ; Chloe, b. Sept. 25, 1790, m. Leonard Leland of Sherb .; Asenath, b. Apr. 19, 1793, d. unm. May 2, 1853 ; Caroline, b. Nov. 11, 1795 ; Eunice, b. July 20, 1799, d. unm. Dec. 24, 1838.


24. Phinehas, s. of Jonathan 13, lieut. ; 1. on the old Samuel Stone place, now Nat. Hardy's; selectman ; d. May 17, 1842. He m. (1) June 3, 1784, Ruth Perry of Nat., d. Oct. 28, 1832 ; (2) wid. Susan (Fiske) Ballard, d. Jan. 20, 1849. Chil. Stephen, b. Jan. 26, 1785 33 ; Micajah, b. Mar. 20, 1786 34; Ruth, b. Mar. 20, 1788, d. y. ; Phinehas, b. July 17, 1789 35 ; Nabby, b. Nov. S, 1791, m. Oliver Shed ; Ruth, b. Feb. 13, 1794, m. Luther Brown, 1. Worc. ; Sally, b. June 20, 1796, m. Oct., 1823, Abel C. Smith of Durham, N. H .; Mary, b. Nov. 19, 1798, d. Oct. 3, 1825 ; Larson, b. May 30, 1805 36.


25. Uriah, s. of Peter 14, capt .; selectman ; d. Sept. 22, 1850. He m. June, 1784, Mary Eames, dau. of John, d. Sept. 13, 1855, a. 93. . Chil. Eleanor, b. Mar. 3, 1785, m. Nov. 26, 1807, Asa Wheeler, and d. June 7, 1818 ; Mary Eames, b. Feb. 27, 1787, m. Jan. 28, 1819, Dexter Esty, and d. Sept. 3, 1849; Clarissa, b. Sept. IS, 1791, m. Feb. 4, 1813, Eliphalet Wheeler.


26. Ezra, s. of Peter 14, 1. E. of O. F. Hastings, then E. of the Muster Field, d. Feb. 2, 1833. He m. May 25, 1790, Ruth Eames, dau. of John, d. Nov. S, 1832, a. 67. Chil. Joel, b. Dec. 2, 1790 37 ; John, b. Oct. 20, 1792, m. Dolly Ball, 1. in Chelsea ; Peter, b. Sept. 22, 1794, m. July 14, 1831, Marcia Roby, 1. in Cambridge ; Perkins, b. May 19, 1796, m. Sept. 7, 1826, Mary Maria Goodnow ; Louisa, b. Dec. 6, 1798, m. Henry Dixon, l. in N. Y .; Elmira, b. June 15, ISOI, m. Dec. 20, 1823, Francis Bowers ; Abigail E., b. Dec. 6, 1805, d. Apr. 27, 1879.


27. Ezekiel, s. of Ezekiel 16, 1. on the Puffer place, afterwards Amasa Ken- dall's, d. 1830. He m. May 17, 1782, Lydia Bullard, d. Apr. 25, 1793. Chil. Lowell, b. June 29, 1783, m. - Partridge ; Jesse, b. Aug. 31, 1785, m. Aug. 9, 1807, Sophia Newton, 1. in Westb. and d. Oct. 9, 1832 ; Wilder, b. Feb. 14, 17SS, m. July 13, 1813, Anna Goodnow, 1. in Nat. and d. May 21, 1849; John, b. Apr. 21, 1790, m. Mar. 19, IS17, wid. Susanna Bowman ; Betsey, b. July IS, 1792, m. John Morse, of Nat. and d. 1826.


28. James, s. of Richard 17, 1. prob. in Nat. and in F., near wid. Eaton's, at Mr. Loker's ; with w. adm. to the ch. Oct., 1794, d. Apr. 3, 1829. He m. June 1, 17So, Sarah Perry, d. Sept. 28, 1823. Chil. Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 17SI, m. Oct. 1801, Calvin Gleason, 1. in Me .; Nathan D., b. Aug. 29, 1784, m. (1) Feb. 10, 1806, Deb- orah Banister, d. Nov. 1, 1843 ; (2) May 5, 1851, wid. Abby M. Emery of Augusta, Maine.


29. Hezekiah, s. of Bezaleel 19, 1. in Hopk .; with w. cov. Apr. 10, 1774. He m. (1) 1773, Abigail Ames ; (2) 1775, Elizabeth Eames. Child, Ruth, bap. Apr. 17, 1774.


30. Samuel, s. of Bezaleel 19, 1. on the Jonas Goodnow place ; with w. adm. to the ch. Oct., 1796; d. Oct. 6, ISoo. He m. Nov., 1788, Huldah Edmands, d. Oct. 6, 1838, a. 71. Chil. Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1789, d. Oct. 20, 1838 ; Sally, b. Apr. 4, 1791, d. y. ; Cynthia, b. Sept. 21, 1792, m. Jan. 2, 1815, Luther Bailey ; Samuel, b. Apr. 14, 1794, d. Oct. 20, 1838 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1796, m. Joseph Bailey ; Martin, b. Sept. 4, 1797 38; Jonathan Edmands, b. June 17, 1799, d. Dec. 29, 1821.


31. Thomas, s. of David 20, 1. on the old Henry Rice place; with w. cov. Nov. 1798; d. Jan. 31, 1827. He m. Nov. 1786, Elizabeth Frost, d. June 8, 1821, a.


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57. Chil. Meliscent, b. Apr. 5, 1787, m. (1) 1809, Nathaniel Reeves; (2) 1818, Syl- vester Reeves, and d. Jan. 6, 1855; Martha, b. June 1, 1789, m. Nov. 12, 1812, John Woolson ; Thomas and Betscy, b. June 6, 1791 39 ; Luther, b. June 3, 1793 40; Keziah, b. Aug. 17, 1796, m. Dec. 30, IS19, Henry HI. Hyde; Prescott, b. Oct. 6, 1798, m. (1) 1825, Eliza Brown of Fall River ; (2) June 27, 1839, Mary Hyde of Newton, and d. July 20, 1846; Curtis (twin) b. Oct. 6, 1798, m. Mar. 18, 1830, Almira Cobb of Boston, I. in Cambridgeport, and d. July 10, 1882 ; Anne, b. Jan. 17, ISOI, d. y .; George, b. June 15, 1803, mn. Jan. 28, 1836, Rebecca L. French of Boston, 1. in E. Camb .; Sophia, b. Mar. 14, 1806, d. unm. June 4, 1852.


32. Elisha, s. of Josiah 21, tailor ; 1. in F., and then in Wayland; with w. adm. to the ch. Nov., 1789; d. Mar. 14, 1841. IIe m. July 24, 1786, Abigail Corey, d. Apr. 7, 1822, a. 58. Chil. Rukama, bap. Dec., 1789, m. Jesse Goodnow ; Abigail ; Nahum, b. Aug. 11, 1791 ; Harriet, b. Nov. 10, 1793, m. William Badger of Nat. and Fram .; Elisha, b. June 17, 1797; Mary, b. May 6, 1799, d. y. ; Mary, b. May 19, 1802, m. Dec. 7, 1824, Samuel Willis of Concord; Martha, b. Aug. 21, 1804.


3212. Josiah, s. of Josiah 21, capt. ; 1. at Rice's End ; d. Jan. 5, 1834. He m. Charlotte Bacon of Nat., d. Feb. 23, 1871, a. 91, 5. Chil. rec. in Fram. Otis, b. May 27, 1807 ; Josiah, b. Nov. 25, 1808 ; Daniel, b. Aug. 6, ISio; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 4, 1812; Sumuer, b. May 8, 1814; Charlotte, b. Jan. . 16, 1816; Amos, b. Apr. 26, ISIS ; Abner, b. Aug. 24, 1821 ; George, b. Sept. 29, 1824.


33. Stephen, s. of Phineas 24, cabinet maker ; d. Jan. 24, 1860; m. Nov. 21, 1813, Mary Eaton, d. Dec. 3, 1865. Chil. Elbridge E., b. May 14, 1816 41 ; Augus- tus, b. Jan. 1, 1818, 1. at Worcester, d. Feb. 8, 1886; Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 17, 1819, m. June 10, 1857, Elijah M. Jones ; Edwin C., b. Feb. 22, 1825 42 ; Roland P., b. Oct. 2, 1827, 1. in Nat.


34. Micajah, s. of Phinehas 24, d. June 2, 1862. IIe m. (1) Apr. 24, 1810, Lucy Banister, b. Mar. 28, 1835; (2) June 30, 18.12, Abigail Paige of Hillsboro', N. H. Chil. Allfred Banister, b. July 9, ISII, m. May 16, 1835, Luransy Coates, and d. Sept. 5, 1856; Fits James, b. July 14, 1814, m. 1836, Elizabeth B. Cook, 1. in Provi- dence ; Charles Augustus Henry, b. May 31, 1817, 1. in Chicago; Micajah Cushman, b. Sept. 20, 1819, m. 1841, Margaret McQuin, I. in Providence, and d. Feb., 1845; Theodore Perry, b. May 7, 1823, m. (1) 1840, Mary Ann IIall ; (2) Apr., 1847, Martha F. Ellis, 1. Chicago ; Mary Eveline, b. June 2, 1826, m. Oct. 1, 1851, Geo. F. Downs, 1. Watertown ; Henry Stearns, b. Apr. 5, 1844; Abigail Fayette, b. Apr. 29, 1846.


35. Phinehas, s. of Phinehas 24, d. Jan. 1, 1826. Ile m. Sally Rutter, d. Dec. 1870. Chil. Lorenzo Emerson, b. May 30, 1815 43 ; Lavinia, b. Apr. 10, 1817, m. Aug. 21, 1847, Dr. George A. Warren of Hopk .; Abner, b. June 7, 1819, 44 ; Sarah Frances, b. Aug. 30, 1821, m. Aug. 10, 1848, Thomas B. Jones of Weston ; Adaline, b. Feb. 6, 1824, m. Oct. 16, 1848, Heman Fay of Northb. and Fram. ; Phin- chas, b. Feb. 8, 1826, d. Oct. 19, 1847, k. by the R. R. cars.


36. Lawson, s. of Phinehas 24, 1. at f's ; rem. Lawrence. He m. Dec. 22, 1829, Elizabeth C. Murdock of Westminster. Chil. Perry Murdock, b. Dec. 15, 1831; Lawson Eugene, b. Mar. 28, 1836; Warren Edwards, b. Feb. 11, 1843.


37. Joel, s. of Ezra 26, 1. on the turnpike, E. of the Muster Grounds, d. -. He m. Jan. 8, 1818, Nancy Howe, b. Templeton, d. Sept. 20, 1882, a. 87. Chil. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 26, ISIS, d. y. ; Francis Bowers, b. May 31, 1821 ; Louisa Dixon, b. Oct. 29, 1827, m. Nov. 11, 1852, Hosea JI. White, 1. Barre ; Elmira Jane, b. June 23, 1838.


38. Martin, s. of Samuel 30, d. Feb. 28, 1850. He m. Mar. 21, 1822, Betsey Gibbs, d. Jan. 17, 1885, a. 88. Chil. Edmands, b. Dec. 23, 1822, d. Dec. 6, 1843 ; Martin, b. Jure 18, 1824 ; 1. Nat. 4416 ; Olive, b. Oct. 21, 1825, d. y. ; Phinehas G., b. Dec. 31, 1826 45 ; Edward Curtis, b. July 9, 1829, civil eng., engaged largely in the construction of railroads 4516; m. Elizabeth C. Appleton, 1. St. Louis ; Alphonso A., b. Nov. 6, 1830, civil engineer; m. Mary Carhart_of Farmington, Ia.,


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Genealogical Register.


1. Keokuk, Ia. ; William A., b. Jan. 10, 1833, d. y. ; William A., b. July 18, 1834, architect ; d. Nov. 29, 1884 ; George, b. Sept. 28, 1837 46.


39. Thomas, s. of Thomas 31, carpenter ; merchant [see ante p. 354]; d. Feb. 12, 1844. He m. Nov. 27, 1828, Eliza Eaton Lane, d. Sept. 25, 1863. Chil. Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1830, m. Jan. 1, 1850, Col. Thomas J. Branche, of Prov., R. I., and d. Sept. 15, 1858; Matilda S., b. Aug. 21, 1832, m. John M. Boyd, and d. Dec. 9, 1861 ; Louisa Maynard, b. Aug. 9, 1834, m. Thomas J. Whittemore of Boston ; Isabella Graham, b. Feb. 9, 1836, m. Joseph E. Morse; Emma Lucy, b. Aug. 16, 1838, m. Aug. 18, 1857, Frank S. Richards of St. Louis, and d. Feb. 7, 1866; Arthur Thomas, b. July 13, 1840; Sophia C., b. Oct. 4, 1842.


40. Luther, s. of Thomas 31, 1. at Rice's End ; carried on a fulling mill, and spun cotton thread, at the deacon Brown privilege on Cochit. brk. ; d. July 12, 1828. He m. May 26, 1817, Mary Clifford of Hubbardston, who m. (2) Luther Kendall. Chil. Alvin A., b. Apr. 17, 1818, harness maker; m. Oct. 14, 1840, Jane Woodbury, 1. Bolton and Brookline, d. Dec. 11, 1865 ; Henry B., b. Oct. 4, 1819, m. (1) 1842, Mary Bacon of Nat. ; (2) Betsey Clifford, 1. Nat. and Fitchburg; Edward C., b. Mar. 4, 1821, d. Nov. 18, 1825; Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1822, m. Oct. 19, 1842, Charles Ellis of Boston.


41. Elbridge E., s. of Stephen 33, carpenter; m. Jan. 22, 1840, Almira M. Clark of Nat.


42. Edwin C., s. of Stephen 33, 1. near the Capt. Uriah Rice place ; m. Oct. 9, 1855, Almira S. Lewis of Goshen, N. H., d. Dec. 6, 1862, a. 29. Chil. Lewis Edwin, b. Nov. 14, 1859.


43. Lorenzo Emerson, s. of Phinehas 35, carpenter ; 1. So. Fram .; d. Oct. 24, 1861. He m. Apr. 7, 1840, Harriet Eames, dau. of Abel. Chil. Ellen Olivia, b. Aug. 25, 1841, d. Aug. 22, 1853; Edwin B., b. Feb. 26, 1843, d. Sept. 19, 1847; Harriet E., b. Jan. 7, 1849; Brainard, b. May 11, 1850; Frances and Susan, b. Dec. 15, 1851, d. y. ; Jennie Isabella, b. Mar. 25, 1854.


44. Abner, s. of Phinehas 35, m. Sept. 11, 1842, Caroline W. Latham of N. Y. Chil. Charles E., b. Dec. 29, 1843; Francis Henry, b. Nov. 4, 1850.


4412. Martin, s. of Martin 38, carpenter ; 1. Natick, m. Jan. 19, 1860, Mary C. Pray of Farmington, N. H. Chil. Fred. M., b. July 6, 1861, grad. W. C. 1883; Flora Bessie, b. Dec. 21, 1865; Mabel, b. Mar. 14, 1868.


45. Phinehas G., s. of Martin 38, carpenter ; m. Nov. 20, 1856, Mary E. Esty, dau. of Capt. Dexter. Chil. William D., b. Apr. 20, 1858, d. Jan. 31, 1864 ; Francis E., b. May 6, 1860, grad. Y. C. 1882 ; Harry C., b. Apr. 16, 1862; Emily Louise, b. Feb. 22, IS67.


4512. Edward C., s. of Martin 38; civil engineer; educated at Fram. Acad. ; began work on Boston Water Works 1847 ; rem. Dubuque, Iowa, in 1851, and has since been concerned in laying out and constructing railroads at the West; asst. eng. Miss. and Atlanta R.R .; Han. and St. Jo .; Keokuk and Des Moines ; chief eng. Ohio and Miss. R.R .; Cairo and Vincennes; Louisville, Evans. and St. Louis ; Paducah, St. Louis and Chicago. In the late civil war, he served as eng. on the staff of Gen. A. A. Humphreys, 5th army corps of the Potomac, from Fredericks- burg to Gettysburg ; on staff of Gen. Meade till Nov., 1863; now 1. St. Louis, Mo. He m. June 28, 1865, Elizabeth C. Appleton. Chil. Annie A., b. Aug. 30, 1870, d. Dec. 9, 1886; William Edward, b. Dec. 25, 1882.


46. George, s. of Martin 38; fitted for coll. at Fram. High Schools and Exeter Acad .; grad. V. C. 1860; Yale Med. School 1861; in practice Fram. 1861-64; enl. in U. S. service Oct., 1864, at Boston; apptd. hospital steward and assigned to duty in surg .- general's office, Washington, D. C., Bureau of Surgical Records, and engaged in the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, under George A. Otis, U. S. A .; was apptd. acting assist. surgeon U. S. A .; recd. hon. discharge July, 1869; pharmacist So. Fram. since 1872. He


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m. June 14, 1871, Almira Emily Appleton of Bentonsport, Iowa. Child, Hugh Bel- field, b. July 31, 1872.


RICE, Aaron, s. of Aaron of Way., b. Aug. 5, 1815, m. Joanna Sanger. Chil. rec. in Fram., William Anthony and Willard Cutting, b. Aug. 16, 1844.


RICE, Austin, s. of Lot of Southb., b. Nov. 25, 1797 ; deacon ; 1. on the Geo. Barnard place, and at F. Centre ; d. Feb. 3, 1878; he m. at Westb. Apr. 10, 1820, Sena Kingsbury, d. Feb. 5, 1878, a. SS. Chil. Henry H., b. July 22, 1821, d. Dec. 22, 1829 ; Emery L., b. June 19, 1824, m. Sept., 1845, Laura H. Miller, had Edward, b. Aug. 30, 1847, and d. Dec. 29, 1848.


RICE, Isaac, s. of Aaron of Way., b. Mar. 3, 1820, m. June 19, 1846, Emily Stone, and had in Fram. Arthur C., b. Oct. 25, 1847 ; son, b. Oct. 23, 18 50.


RICE, Joseph, w. Sophia. Chil. Elias, b. Hopk. Sept. 7, 1812; Joseph, b. H., Aug. 5, 1815; Clementina Maria, b. Fram. Apr. 21, 1818.


RICH, Elisha, gunsmith ; 1. in Fram. before 1780, and preached for the Baptist Soc .; rem. Chelmsford; thence to the West.


RICHARDS, 1. Joseph, was of Southb., where he d. June 4, 1748. He m. Mary -. Chil. William, b. Feb. 25, 1729-0 2; Joseph, b. Apr. 1, 1731, per. m. Mary Cobb of Holl., and was in Fram. 1778 ; Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1733; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 25, 1738; Martha, b. Jan. 31, 1740; John, b. Dec. 10, 1742, m. 1775, Hepzibah Amsden ; Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1744; Esther, b. Feb. 25, 1746.


2. William, s. of Joseph 1, per. l. in Southb .; rem. to Fram., and built ho. where is now an old cellar hole, W. of Wildcat hill; adm. to F. ch. fr. Southb. ch. 1788. He m. (1) Nov. 21, 1753, Elizabeth Knap, d. 1756; (2) Feb., 1757, Sarah Bixby of Hopk. Chil. William, b. Southb. Jan. 17, 1756, sett. Partridgefield; colonel ; Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1757, d. y .; Elisabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1760, m. Feb., 1784, Nathan Kendall ; Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1762 3; Thomas, b. Apr. 16, 1764 4; Hepzibah, b. July 9, 1766, m. Dec., 1789, Wm. S. Leadbetter, 1. Richmond, Mass .; Alice, b. 1768, d. y.


3. Joseph, s. of Wm. 2, 1. Fram .; rem. 1789 Hopk .; rem. Richmond, Mass. He m. Rhoda How of Hopk. Chil. Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1782; Rhoda, b. Aug. 8, 1784; Susanna, b. Aug. 13, 1786; Phinehas, b. 1788.


4. Thomas, s. of Wm. 2, 1. on f's place, W. of Wildcat hill ; rem. 1804 to Brookfield; rem. to Sturbridge. He m. (1) May, 1791, Betsey Nurse, d. same yr .; (2) Polly Chamberlain, d. Brkf. Feb. IS, 1805; (3) Lucy Wood. Chil. Sullivan, b. June 20, 1794; Betsey, b. May 29, 1795; Curtis, b. June 10, 1796; Hollis, b. Mar. 9, 1798; William, b. May 7, 1799; Maria, b. Aug. 28, 1800 ; Emery, b. Apr. 2, 1802; Willard, b. Aug. 6, 1803; Mary C., b. Brkf. Feb. 16, 1805.


RICHARDS, Henry M., 1. near Shepard's paper mill I837.


RICHARDSON, Augustus, b. Sterling; straw bonnet manuf .; m. Abby H. Brigham, dau. of Joel of Brookfield, d. Apr. 2, 1884, a. 56, 6. Chil. Addie Caroline, b. May 27, 1854 ; Ella M. b. Mar., 1858 ; Herbert A., b. Mar. 1, 1860; Emma, b. Jan. 10, 1862.




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