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14. Ebenezer, s. of Samuel 9, 1. in dea. T. Buckminster's ho .; rem. 1786 to Newton. He m. Esther Brinley. Chil. Polly, b. Feb. 27, 1776, d. y .; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 7, 1778, d. y. ; Katy, b. Feb. 19, 1782; Nathaniel, b. May 9, 1784.
15. Jesse, s. of Capt. Joseph 10; d. Princeton, 1805. He m. Mar., 1788, Martha Brown, dau. of Aaron, m. (2) John Jackson of Newton, 1. Nat. and d. Vt. Chil. Enoch, b. Apr. 13, 1789, m. Dorcas Greenwood, and was shot at a turkey shooting ; Lucy, b. May 25, 1792, m. Charles Morse; Nancy, b. Jan. I, 1797; m.
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Barker of N. H. ; Leonard C., b. Feb. 16, ISO1, d. Sept. 11, 1805; Martha B., b. Oct. 11, 1803, m. Wm. Flagg of W. Needham ; tavern keeper.
16. Reuben, s. of Capt. Joseph 10, 1. on his f's place, d. Apr. 7, 1846. He m. Sept. 26, 1794, Olive Eaton, dau. of John, d. May 1, 1858. Chil. Betsey, b. Feb. 5, 1795, m. Jan. 11, 1813, Joseph Dudley of Way .; Luther, b. Oct. 16, 1797, d. Apr. 16, 1869 ; Hitty, b. June 16, 1800, m. Elijah Bacon ; Reuben, b. Jan. 17, ISOI, d. Oct. 15, 1825; Patty, b. Oct. 18, 1803, m. Lewis Dudley of Way .; Olive, b. Oct. 9, 1805, m. Curtis Dudley ; Willard, b. Aug. 12, 1807 19 ; Leland, b. Aug. 18, 1808 20; Dana, b. Nov. 3, 1810 21 ; Eunice, b. Apr. 16, 1814, m. Charles Belcher ; Nancy, b. Dec. 26, 1816, m. Chester Fay of Southb. ; Joseph, b. July 3, ISIS, unm. 1. Southb.
17. Samuel, s. of Capt. Joseph 10, 1. in the old part of Willard's ho., d. Bos- ton (?) . He m. (then called of Marlow, N. II.) Mar. 1, ISO1, Ruth Hemenway, dau. of Abijah, d. (burned) Sept. 22, 1820. Chil. Martin, b. Aug. 20, 1802, m. and 1. Boston ; Emeline, b. Apr. 4, 1805, d. y. ; Emeline, b. Dec. 6, 1807, d. y .; Samuel, b. Feb. 1, ISO9, followed the sea many years, m. and 1. Newton; Elenor, b. June 27, ISII, m. and 1. Boston ; Betsey, b. Mar. 9, 1814, m. and 1. Wat .; Ruth, b. Feb. 19, 1819.
18. Josiah, s. of Silas 13; captain ; brick mason : 1. near the Sam. Cutting place, d. July 23, 1833. He m. Mar. 22, 1789, Mary Moulton, dau. of Capt. Caleb of Way., d. Dec. 11, 1841, a. 71. Chil. Polly, b. May 14, 1790, m. Lewis Hill ; Josiah, b. Sept 1, 1792 22 ; Luther, b. Mar. 14, 1796, m. -- Stone, sett. N. Y .; John, b. Aug. 5, 1798, mn. and 1. Sag Harbor, N. Y .; Sally, b. June 21, ISO1, m. (1) Micah Claflin ; (2) Wm. Hyde ; Betsey, b. Dec. 12, 1803, m. Mar. 8, 1826, Alden Jones of Washington, N. H. ; Lucinda, b. Aug. 13, 1806, m. John Jennison of Bellingham ; Walter, b. May 10, ISII, In. Dec. 20, 1832, Nancy N. Davis, and was taxed for Silas Winch est. 1834-42.
19. Willard, s. of Reuben 16, bo't the Sam. Winch est., and built the front part ; m. Lydia M. Haynes, dau. of Joseph. Chil. Nelson L., b. Nov. 16, 1830 23 ; George A., b. Feb. 5, 1835 24; Alden H., b. May 25, 1847.
20. Leland, s. of Reuben 16, built ho. opposite Chas. Trowbridge's; d. Feb. 4, 1869. He m. May 30, 1832, Eliza J. Haynes, dau. of Joseph. Child, Reuben, b. - 25.
21. Dana, s. of Reuben 16, built ho. first on S. side of road near his f's, then on N. side ; d. Sept. 21, 1876. He m. 1834, Tryphena Moulton, d. Jan. 28, 1866, a. 48. Chil. Henry Francis, b. Oct. 21, 1835, 1. Sax., m. Nancy C. Belcher ; Mary, b. 1837, m. Arthur Brest of Lynn; Edwin Augustus, b. Mar. 15, 1838 26; George Dana, b. July 14, 1840, name changed to William Mansfield, m. Nettie Paine ; Charles M., b. Aug. 19, 1845, 1. Waquoit, m. (1) Mary Bearse, (2) -; Ann Au- gusta, b. Jan. 15, 1848, m. (1) Frank Sherman; (2) Nelson Crocker, I. Hudson ; Ella Maria, b. Oct. 15, 1849, m. Waldo Brigham of Marlb .; Benjamin F., b. Mar. 16, 1852, m. Jennie Howard ; Georgianna, b. 1854, m. John Vose, 1. Westb. ; Julietta F., b. Mar. 29, 1857, d. Sept. 26, 1858 ; Willie Osgood, b. Nov. 30, 1859, 1. Chicago, Ill .; Frank McLellan, b. Jan. 29, 1863, d. y.
22. Josiah, s. of Capt. Josiah 18, brick-mason ; d. Apr. 20, 1848. He m. (1) June 6, 1816, Eliza Robinson of Sud., d. May IS, ISI8; (2) Feb. 3, 1819, Abigail Dutton. Chil. Weston, b. May 5, 1817 ; Edwin, b. Dec. 7, 1819, d. y. ; John Edwin, b. July 15, 1825 ; Hildreth, b. Apr. 11, 1825, d. y. ; Irene, b. Sept. 13, 1828.
23. Nelson L., s. of Willard 19, m. Oct. 9, 1852, Mary S. Skehan, d. Feb. 9, 1876, a. 43. Chil. Marion Rosella, b. Aug. 5, 1853, m. - Clark, d. Nov. 16, 18SI ; Flora Louisa, b. Apr. 1, 1858, m. Nathan A. Hudson, and d. Dec. 29, 1878 ; Lillian R., b. Apr., 1863, d. June 19, ISSI.
24. George A., s. of Willard 19, m. Aug. 16, 1857, Margaret P. Britt. Chil. Frederick Nelson, b. July 18, 1858; Alice F., b. May 25, 1861, m. Apr. S, IS85,
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Howard Taylor, and d. Feb. 24, 1886, leaving Forest Malcom, and Frances Leeson, b. Feb. 24, 1886.
25. Reuben, s. of Leland 20, m. Arvilla Perry. Chil. Ella E., b. 1853, m. Fred. H. Hosmer ; Lena M., b. Feb. 5, 1858, m. Charles F. Parsons ; Harriet A., b. Apr. 5, 1861 ; Bertie P., b. Feb. 28, 1864.
26. Edwin Augustus, s. of Dana 21, m. Dec. 25, 1858, Elizabeth McComb. Chil. George Edwin, b. Nov. 22, 1859; Alma y., b. May 5, 1861 ; James F., b. Oct. 7, 1864; Mary Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1868, d. Sept. 28, 1886; Anna B., b. Oct. 4, 1871 ; Mima N., b. May 11, 1873; Clara M., b. July 25, ISSO.
WINCH, Sampson, l. at Brackett's Corner (the Angier Potter place) ; was injured in the head and lost his reason ; d. at Elisha Frost's; w. Tabitha. Chil. Levi, b. Nov. 17, 1802 2 ; Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1804 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1806, m. Stephen Hayden ; Lucy, b. Apr. 16, ISOS; Roxaline, b. Sept. 5, 1810, m. Roswell O. Farrar. 2. Levi, s. of Sampson, 1. at Rice's End. Taxed 1834-65; d. Sept. 1, 1865; w. Harriet. Chil. Harriet y., b. Sept. 18, 1848, d. Aug. 25, 1874; others not recorded.
WINCH, John, m. Oct. 31, 1844, Mary E. Fiske. Chil. Emily A., b. Jan. 16, 1846; son, b. Jan. 20, 1848 ; Oscar, b. Mar. 21, 1849; Edwin Clifford, b. Sept. 27, I852. .
WINCH, Martin D., w. Eliza. Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1854; Frank Ellis, b. Aug. 18, 1856.
WINCHESTER, Ebenezer, housewright ; s. of John of Brookline; bo't Jan. 26, 1715, for £300, of Joseph Buckminster, a messuage, 100 a. lying N. of Capt. Isaac Clark (the original George Walkup place) ; captain ; selectman; d. 1746; Inv. homestead, 100 a., {1800; meadow, 35 a., £550 ; woodland in Brookfield, £120; one negro woman and two boys, £340. His heirs sold the homestead 1748 to Jona. Edmunds [the title proved defective, and Mr. E. procured a new deed of the heirs of Gov. Danforth]. He m. Feb. 13, 1717-8, Martha Buckminster, dau. of Joseph, m. (2) Nov. 1, 1749, Rev. James Bridgham of Brimfield. Chil. Martha, b. Aug. II, 1719 ; Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1722, m. (1) Samuel Winch ; (2) Capt. Jonathan Gibbs; Ebeneser, b. Aug. 30, 1725, grad. H. U. 1744, physician, unm. d. in the fam. of Dr. Ezek. Hersey of Hingham, 1756, and Jona. Gibbs adm. on his est. ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1727 ; Sarah, b. Mar. S, 1730 ; Beulah, b. Aug. 21, 1733.
WINCHESTER, Benjamin, of Brookline, bo't May 1, 1727, of Robert Jenni- son, a messuage, 55 a., with buildings, W. of John Shears, afterwards owned by Wm. Upham.
WINCHESTER, Nathan, of Brookline, bo't May 4, 1756, for £260, of Josiah Warren, a messuage, 8712 a. and buildings ; highway surveyor 1757 ; sold May 28, 1759, to Joseph Winch. His w. was Beulah -. Child, Beulah, bap. Sept. 26, 1756.
WINCHESTER, Joshua, bap. May 14, 1727, m. 1750, Mary Whipple of Grafton.
WINCHESTER, Jacob B., s. of John and w. Betsey Hammond of Southb .; b. Gloucester ; sett. Fram. Oct., 1853; d. May 24, 1873, a. 72. He m. 1825, Mary Richardson of Salem, b. July 14, 1807, d. July 31, 1886. Chil. Mary E., b. Sept. 21, 1826, d. y .; Daniel L., b. Nov. 5, 1828; Mary E., b. June 28, 1830; Jacob O., b. May 27, 1834, m. Hannah E. Clark, dau. of John R., and had Daniel L., Mary I., and Belle Clark ; James Edward, b. Sept. 10, 1836, d. y. ; Kate, b. Nov. 19, 1837 ; James E., b. Apr. 4, 1841, d. y .; Emma, b. Jan. 8, 1843, d. y. ; Anna B., b. Sept. 19, 1844, d. Aug. 10, 1866; Ella H., b. July 29, 1847, d. Oct. 4, 1863.
WINSLOW, Edward. Taxed in Fram. 1850.
WINTER, James, w. -; son, b. May 8, 1855.
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WINTER, Obed, house painter; b. Newport, N. II .; taxed in F. 1821 ; built several houses on Pleasant str. ; d. Mar. 18, 1866, a. 64. He m. Apr. 1, 1827, Caro- line Ballard, dau. of Ebenezer M. Their dau. d. Aug. 1833.
WINTERBOTTOM, John. Taxed Sax. 1837-9.
WISWALL, Alfred, b. Boston, s. of Andrew; taxed 1845; 1. N. of Sax. near Sud. line ; d. July 29, 1879, a. 65. He m. (1) Joan B. Heard, d. Danvers ; (2) Caro- line Ward of Way. Chil. Joan L. ; George A. A., b. Mar. 22, 18 57.
WOOD, John. Taxed in Fram. 1710 [prob. the same person called in Mr. Swift's Ch. Rec., and sometimes in the Town Rec. John Hood. See HOOD]; 1. in the N. part of the town; Nov. 1, 1720, he, with Elnathan Allen, bo't of Joseph Buckminster, 300 a. at " Whitehall," in Hopk .; an original memb. of the Hopk. ch. 1724; buried Aug. 22, 1725. He m. Mar. 3, 1704-5, Elizabeth Buckminster, dau. of Joseph. Chil. John, b. July 24, 1707, m. at Hopk. 1727, Mary How ; Mary, b. Ang. 4, 1709, m. at IIopk. 1744, John Chamberlin ; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1711-2, d. y. ; Benjamin, b. Apr. 15, 1714, m. 1737, Martha Chamberlin of Hopk. ; Elisa- beth, b. Aug. 4, 1716, m. Thomas Mellen ; Thomas, b. Sept. 9, 1719, m. at Hopk. 1740, Mary Taylor ; Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1722, m. 1742, Martha Gibson ; Samuel.
WOOD, Mary, of Fram. m. Dec. 21, 1715, Amos Parmenter of Sud.
WOOD, Robert, 1. Sax .; d. May 5, 1877, a. 65. He m. Aug. 9, 1841, Susan Kinder. Chil. John, b. Apr. 6, 1846; Robert, b. May 4, 1847 ; George E., b. Nov. 20, 1851 ; Thomas IV., b. Oct. 1, 1854; Clara R., b. Feb. 27, 1858.
WOOD, Thompson, son of Michael of Conc. Taxed in Fram. 1710; owned a farm of 60 a. on The Leg, lying S. of the county road, which he sold to Ebenr. Hager; also owned a farm of 55 a. lying W. of John Shears, which he sold to Robert Jennison, and which was afterwards owned by William Upham ; constable, 1723; rem. 1724, to Mortlake, Windham Co., Ct. (Pomfret), where he and his son Isaiah leased, Mar. 10, 1724-5, of Jona. Belcher of Boston, 500 a., being part of " Kingswood Manor." He m. Dec. S, 1691, Martha Foster, g. dau. of Reginald of Ips. ; dis. to ch. in Pomfret, Ct., Dec. 5, 1725. Chil. rec. in Fram. Isaiah, b. May 29, 1701; Thomas, b. Nov. 20, 1704; Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1707-8.
WOOD, William, Jr., fr. Westboro', Jan. 20, 1772; lived with Samuel Angier.
WOODS, George S. Taxed in Fram. 1850. WOODS, Samuel. Taxed on real est. IS38-60.
WOODARD, Thomas. Taxed in Fram. 1821.
WOODBARE, Thomas, w. -. Child, Hannah, b. Sept. 2, 1846.
WOODBURY, Isaiah, m. Oct. 15, 1837, Julia A. Cleashy.
WOODBURY, John. Taxed in Fram. 1839-40.
WOODBURY, L. C., w. Harriet. Child, William, b. Oct. 14, 1848.
WOODBURY, Samuel, m. Mar. 2, 1853, Hannah Frazier, both of F.
WOODCOCK, Timothy, 1. near Shepard's paper mill; w. Adaline. Chil. Timothy Allen, b. May 16, 1838; Joseph, b. Apr. 28, 1840, d. y .; Sarah Tisdale, b. --- , d. Feb. 26, 1838.
WOOLSON, 1. Thomas, a native of Wales ; was in Camb. 1653, in Newton 1656; sett. Weston; d. abt. 1713. He m. Nov. 20, 1660, Sarah IIyde, dau. of Samuel of New., d. Sud. Sept. 11, 1721. Chil. Sarah, m. Thomas Bond ; Thomas, b. Feb.
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28, 1666-7, m. Elizabeth Chadwick ; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1668, m. John How of Fram .; Mary, b. Nov. 28, 1673, m. (1) Samuel Jones; (2) Maj. Francis Fulham, Esq., of Weston ; Joseph, b. Nov. 16, 1677 2 ; Nathaniel ?
2. Joseph, s. of Thomas 1, 1. in Wat., Sud. and Weston ; d. May 16, 1755. He m. Hannah -, d. Apr. 30, 1721. Chil. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1699 3 ; Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1701, m. James Myrick of Weston; Hannah, b. Aug. 8, 1704, m. Josiah Brewer of Weston; Thankful, b. June 3, 1708, m. Jona. Stimson of Weston ; Isaac, b. Feb. 17, 1710-LI, m. Sybil Rooper ; Beulah, b. Mar. 1, 1713-14, m. Nathaniel Woolcot of Brookfield.
3. Joseph, s. of Joseph 2, 1. Weston, d. Nov. 3, 1766. He m. (1) May, 1726, Elizabeth Upham of Malden; (2) Nov. 3, 1761, wid. Grace (Harrington) Gregory of Weston. Chil. Asa, b. July 23, 1727, m. Elizabeth Knight ; Elijah, b. Mar. IS, 1728-9, d. 1755; Nathan, b. Dec. 17, 1731 4 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1739, m. David Green of Reading.
4. Nathan, s. of Joseph 3, I. Weston ; rem. to Fram. ; rem. Nov., 1772 to Hopk., where he was 1. 1776; rem. to Waterbury, Vt., where he d. Mar. 27, 1819. He m. Feb. 10, 1757, Miriam Bigelow, dau. of Nathaniel of Weston and Fram. Chil. Isaac, b. Nov. 11, 1757, a Rev. sold., 1. Waterbury, Vt., and Lewiston, N. Y. ; Cyrus, b. Aug. 6, 1759, d. 1760; Cyrus, b. Oct. 13, 1761 5; Nathan, b. 1763, d. y .; Lucy, b. Sept. 30, 1765; Nathan, b. Oct. 14, 1767 6; Joseph, b. Fram. Sept. 19, 1770 ; Simeon, b. F. Sept. 3, 1772, 1. Waterbury, Vt.
5. Cyrus, s. of Nathan 4, went to l. with Eliezer Rider of Hopk. May, 1771 ; sett. Fram., where is a cellar-hole W. of Reginald Foster's; bo't July 13, 1789, of his f .- in-law, the Angier place on Work hill ; d. of small pox 1793, and is buried in pasture N. of George HI. Thompson's. He m. June, 1784, Persis Angier, dau. of Samuel, was 1. 1823. Chil. Sally, b. Mar. 26, 1785, m. Oct. 9, 1805, Elijah Bemis of Fram. ; John, b. July 15, 1787 7; Levinah, b. Jan. 9, 1790, m. Ezra Bemis of Southb. 6. Nathan, s. of Nathan 4, 1. Fram .; rem. to Hopk. ; bo't the dea. Abel Fiske farm; d. May 18, 1843. He m. (1) Aug. 16, 1789, Anna Bigelow of Worc .; (2) Jan. 24, 1800, Mehitable Clark of Hopk.
7. John, s. of Cyrus 5, blacksmith; 1. near the Elisha Belknap place, and with his son at Park's Corner; d. Nov. 24, 1859. IIe m. Nov. 12, 1812, Martha Rice, dau. of Thomas, d. Jan. 4, 1862. Chil. Elvira, b. Apr. 6, 1813, d. May 12, 1816; Cyrus Reeves, b. Feb. 26, 1816 8; Elvira A., b. Jan. 3, 1819, d. y .; Elizabeth Ann, b. July 14, 1820, d. y. ; Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1822, m. Heman 1I. Belcher, and d. Nov. 8, 1868 ; George P., b. May 23, 1825, 1. Cuba.
8. Cyrus R., s. of John 7, 1. Cuba, where he carried on a sugar plantation ; Fram. (on the Capt. Hopkins place), and Newark, N. J., where he d. Dec. 17, 1885. He m. Sept. 12, 1844, Ellen S. Horne, dau. of Luther. Chil. Alana Cyrilla, b. Cuba, June 12, 1845, m. Clinton B. Carpenter of Chicago, Ill .; Orosco C., b. Cuba, May 14, 1848, m. Edith H. Cockshaw of London, Eng., 1. Newark, N. J .; Mary Caroline, b. Fram. Dec. 27, 1850, d. July 4, 1869.
WORCESTER, Samuel H., w. Jane A. Child, Theodore, b. July 6, 1849.
WORKS, John. Taxed 1821 ; owned for a time the grist mill at the Marshall privilege ; d .- He m. Nov. 29, 1827, Eliza Brigham, m. (2) Capt. Wm. Greenwood. WORKS, Levi. Taxed 1834-5, heirs, 1836.
WORKS, Nathan, of Fram., m. Oct. 8, 1834, Maria Arnold.
WRIGHT, 1. Edward, per. s. of wid. Dorothy Rite ; an early grantee of Sud. ; captain ; d. Sud. Aug. 7, 1703. He m. June 18, 1659, Hannah Axtell, d. May 18, 1708. Chil. Hannah, b. Jan. 9, 1661 ; Dorothy, b. Oct. 20, 1662, m. 1686, Benjamin
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Moore; Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1665; Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1667, m. 1690, Noah Clapp; Eliz- abeth, b. Mar. 6, 1669; Samuel, b. Apr. 9, 1670 2 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 15, 1672; Ed- ward, b. Mar. 16, 1677 3 ; Martha, b. Dec. 25, 1681.
2. Samuel, s. of Edward 1, sett. Sud .; rem. to Rutland; just. of the peace ; captain in Father Ralle's war ; prominent in public affairs; d. Jan. 15, 1740. He m. Mary Stevens, dau. of Cyprian, d. May IS, 1739. Chil. Cyprian, m. - , drowned in Muscopog pond, 1729 ; Hannah, m. Aaron Rice ; Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1704, m. Col. Aaron Willard ; Dorothy, b. 1706, m. Robert Phelps; Abigail, b. 170S, m. (1) Rev. Samuel Willard; (2) Rev. Richard Elvins ; Isabel, b. 1710, m. Rev. Thos. Frink ; William, b. 1712, deacon, 1. Petersham.
3. Edward, s. of Edward 1, "of Sud.," bo't Mar. 3, 1706-7, for £40, of Jos. Buckininster, 100 a., lying W. of Jeremiah Pike, Jr., and built a short distance W. of Reginald Foster's. He sold the homestead Mar. 15, 1753, to his son Bezaleel. He m. Hannah -. Chil. Nehemiah, b. May 23, 1707 4 ; Zerubabel, b. Aug. 14, 1708; Besaleel, b. July 22, 1710 5; William, b. Sept. 21, 1711, m. Jan. 22, 1738, Mary Ball; Tabitha, b. Mar. 27, 1713, m. Oct. 14, 1742, Dr. James Ormes of Spen- cer ; Mary, b. Nov. 17, 171.4; Elizabeth, b. Mar. II, 1717, m. Dec. 1, 1737, William Newton of Marlb. ; Hannah, b. Apr. 15, 1719, m. Feb. 7, 1740, Thos. Ball ; Edward, b. Mar. 10, 1721, sett. Spencer, rem. 1770 to Chester ; w. Tryphena ; they had eleven chil .; Mehitable, d. Mar. 18, 1744; Lois, was 1. 1800, in the old work-house on the Centre Common, afterwards in Capt. Simon Edgell's old house; unm., d. 1813, a. S5.
4. Nehemiah, s. of Edward 3, 1. on the widow's thirds of the homestead in Fram .; sold to Jos. Buckminster, and 1. in the workhouse ; took care of the meet- ing-ho. 1770-75; d. before 1798. He m. May 24, 1733, Mary Gates, dau. of Amos, adm. to ch. 1783, was 1. 1805. Chil. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1733; Thomas, b. Apr. 25, 1737, 1. with Jona. Rugg 1757 ; Patty, b. Aug. IS, 1739; Hannah, b. Apr. 9, 1741 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 7, 1745; Nehemiah, b. July 6, 1748, m. Dec. 10, 1778, Martha Ken- dall, and sett. Phillipston; Mehitable, bap. Mar. 30, 1751 ; Margaret, bap. Aug. 30, 1755, m. - Whitcomb ; Mary, bap. Mar. 12, 1758, m. Abner Pratt.
5. Bezaleel, s. of Edward 3, bo't the homestead of his f. in 1753; prob. rem. to Spencer 1758, and d. Sept. 10, 1759. He and w. Susannah cov. June 19, 1757. Chil. Bezaleel, b. Sept. 2, 1757; Joseph, b. Feb. 1, 1759.
WRIGHT, Sarah, dau. of Josiah, bap. Oct. 2, 1748.
WRIGHT, Stillman. Taxed Sax. 1837-8.
YEATON, Benjamin ; carriage maker ; b. Portsmouth, N. II .; bo't Mar. 24, 1846, the John Ballard 2d, est. in Fram. Centre ; d. Apr. 25, 1872, a. S1, 4. He m. (1) --; (2) Feb. 27, 1835, Catherine Hastings, dau. of Samuel of Boston, b. May 19, 1794, d. Dec. 11, 1863.
YETTER, George. Taxed in Sax., 1842.
YONGEY, Prince. See ante, p. 237.
YOUNG, Aaron B. Taxed Sax., 1837-8.
YOUNG, Francis L., b. Norway, Me .; owned the Dr. Peter Parker place. He m. Feb. 6, 1851, Susan L. Fay, b. Southb. Chil. Franklin, b. May 24, 1852, d. y .; Frederick W., b. July 3, 1853; Nathan Parker, b. Apr. 12, 1856; Susan Maria, b. Oct. 14, 1859; Frank, b. Nov. 2, 1862.
YOUNG, Ivory H., 1. Sax., w. Fanny A. Chil. Mary Ellen, b. Wolfborough, N. H., Oct. 15, 1850, d. Jan. 30, 1854; George F., b. Oct. 6, 1855.
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YOUNGMAN, Jonathan, s. of Francis and Anna, dau. of Cornelius Fisher of Ded., and wid. of Isaac Heath of Rox., b. Oct. 9, 1686; sett. Rox .; rem. to Fram .; bo't of Jos. Buckminster 1711, 72 a. of land west of Isaac Heath, which he sold, 1716, to Heath ; built ho. west of Warren Nixon's; ret. to Rox .; thence to Fram. again; thence, 1723, to Sud .; thence to Rox .; w. Sarah. Chil. Eleanor, b. Rox. July 23, 1710; Sarah, b. Fram. June 9, 1713; Leah, b. Fram. Apr. 14, 1715; Anna, b. Rox. Feb. 29, 1716-7; Mary, b. Rox. Feb. 15, 1718-9; Francis, b. Rox. 1720 ; Jonathan, b. Fram. May 20, 1722; John, b. Sud. June 1, 1724; sold. at Louisburg, 1746; Daniel, b. Rox. Mar. 12, 1725-6.
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MICHAEL H. SIMPSON.
FOR the forty years preceding his death, Mr. Simpson was closely identified with the prosperity of the village of Saxonville ; and a his- tory of the town would be incomplete without a somewhat extended notice of his life. He was born in Newburyport, Nov. 15, 1809 ; was the son of Capt. Paul Simpson, shipmaster and owner. His educa- tion was obtained at the public schools, and at the Newburyport Academy. At the age of 14, he went to Boston, entering the service of Adams & Emery, commission merchants, afterwards Jona. Emery & Son. While yet a clerk, he showed evidence of the shrewdness and bold forecast which marked all his business life, and which were the factors of his great success. In company with a brother clerk, Charles H. Coffin, he made mercantile ventures on a small scale; and before his majority, they had formed a partnership (Geo. Otis being a mem- ber of the firm), opened a store on India street, and sent a cargo to Calcutta. They also embarked in the South American trade, which ultimately became the leading business-importing hides, horns, and wool from Buenos Ayres.
Mr. Simpson disposed of his shipping business to Whitwell, Bond & Co., importers, and principal owners of some woolen mills at Lowell, who afterwards purchased the property of the Saxon Factory Co., and removed their valuable machinery to Saxonville. In the panic of 1837, the Co. became embarassed, and made an assignment to their creditors, a principal one of whom was Mr. Simpson. These creditors organized the N. E. Worsted Co., with a capital of $300,000, and Mr. S. became agent. In 1858 the whole plant at Saxonville was sold to M. H. Simpson and Nathan'l Francis - Mr. S. taking two- thirds of the venture. Previously to this, i. c. in 1853, he had pur-
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chased the Roxbury Carpet Works, and since 1858, the two concerns, though really distinct corporations, have been under the control of Mr. S.
In addition to business capacity and forecast, Mr. Simpson had a natural genius for mechanics, which was of great service to him in managing the complicated machinery of his factories. After he bought out Mr. Coffin, he had on his hands above a million pounds of wool, which was practically unsalable, on account of its being filled with burs. In this dilemma he offered a liberal reward for a machine which would separate the burs from the wool. Some were produced, but proved deficient ; and soon after, Mr. S. invented a machine which answered the purpose, and is still in use in his mills. He also offered a large reward for a combing machine. To the best one sent in he added important improvements, and this has since been in common use. These two inventions created a demand for the coarse South American burry wools ; built up a large trade between that country and ours; and laid the foundation for the inventor's financial pros- perity.
Naturally of a generous disposition, prosperity did not develop in Mr. Simpson pride and selfishness. As riches increased, the benevo- lent instinct, inspired by Christian principle, increased ; and while he loved to make money, and enjoy the fruits of his labor, he also loved to spend his wealth in a way to contribute to the enjoyment of others, especially his employees. The blessing of the diligent and strong worker, as well as of the weary, and afflicted, and the aged, was a daily solace to his life, and is a radiant halo around his memory. The various purchases of real estate at Saxonville, and the extensive and expensive improvements made on the same, and the laying out of pub- lic drives, and artistic retreats, and miniature parks, had in view not more the gratification of taste, and the production of scenic effects, than the direct advantage of his tenants, and the ultimate material prosperity of the village. It was his policy-which experience has proved to be wise-to induce his employees to establish permanent homes for themselves; to become factors of the social, cducational, and religious life of the place ; and thus become bound to him through the double bond of personal interest, and family homesteads.
His practical cast of mind and philanthropic purposes were evinced alike in his business plans, and in his charities. His gifts to the city of Newburyport (for which as his native place he ever cherished a warm love), were of this utilitarian character. The $50,000 offered towards the building of jetties at the mouth of the river ; $18,000 for the enlargement of the public High School building ; and $20,000 for watering the city streets in summer, have less of mere sentiment, and more of that common sense which takes in the comfort and well-being
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of society and the individual. His gift of $25,000 to Wellesley Col- lege, while it was an act of graceful homage to the memory of his excellent, deceased wife, was also an evidence of his appreciation of the plan to put the means of a higher education within the reach of the daughters of the common people.
Mr. Simpson died at his Boston residence, Ashburton Place, Dec. 21, 1884, leaving an estate estimated at four to five millions.
CHARLES RUSSELL TRAIN.
Charles R. Train was a native of Framingham, son of Rev. Charles and Hepzibah (Harrington) Train, b. Oct. 18, 1817. He fitted for college at the Framingham Academy; graduated at Brown University 1837 ; for the next three years teaching and reading law with Josiah Adams, Esq. He spent one year at Harv. Law Sch .; admitted to the bar 1841 ; commenced practice in Framingham, where he remained till 1863, when he removed to Boston.
Mr. Train was representative to the General Court from Framing- ham, 1847 and '48, and from Boston, 1868, 1870 and '71 ; district attorney for the Northern district 1848-51; in 1852 was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S., which he declined ; was a member of the Constitutional convention 1853 ; attorney for the Northern district 1853-55; delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia 1856; member of Executive Council 1857 and '58. He represented the Eighth district in the 36th and 37th Congresses ; was delegate to the National Republican convention at Baltimore 1864. In Sept. 1862, immediately after the second battle of Bull Run, he volunteered upon the staff of his friend Brig .- Gen. Geo. H. Gordon, then commanding a division in Banks's Corps, and served as Asst. Adj .- General, taking part in the battle of Antietam. He resigned in season to resume his seat in the second session of the 37th Congress.
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