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LEWIS H. BIGELOW, (Lewis), m. April 2, 1844, Rhoda A. Kemp. Children,
1. OSCAR L., d. Aug. 12, 1848. 2. OSCAR F., b. Nov. 27, 1854. 3. MARY A., m. Franklin Bigelow. 4. ELLA M., d. May 29, 1850.
BOWMAN.
NATHANIEL BOWMAN applied to be admitted freeman Oct. 19, 1630, but was not admitted. He was one of the earliest proprietors. He rev. to Lexington from Watertown.
HON. JOSEPH BOWMAN, (Major Joseph, Capt. Thaddeus, Capt. Joseph, Joseph. Francis, Nathaniel), b. Sept. 10, 1771, m. for 2nd wife, Jan. 14, 1846, Mrs., Hannah B. D. Leland. He res. in New Braintree, and died without issne by this wife.
BRIGHAM is a Saxon word, compounded of Brigg-bridge, and ham- honse. It was originally the name of a manor, now called the parish of Brigham, in the county of Cumberland, near Scotland, to which it has at times belonged. Thomas Brigham was the emigrant to this country, and settled in Watertown.
AARON BRIGHAM, (Thomas, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas), b. March 17, 1720, m. Dec. 1740, Elizabeth Brown; m. 2nd, 1761, Sarah Winches- ter. He d. between Sept. 8 and Oct. 31, 1768. Children,
1. AARON, b. Aug. 30, 1741, d. unm.
2. SARAH, b. Sept. 2, 1742, d. unm.
3. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 30, 1743, d. Aug. 4, 1760.
4. DOROTHY, b. Dec. 24, 1744, d. 1769.
5. THOMAS, b. Feb. 7, 1745, d. unm.
I 6. EPHRAIM, b. March 2, 1746, in. Sarah
7. JAMES, b. Aug. 23, 1748, d. unm.
8. AMARIAH, b. Jan. 3, 1749, d. Jan. 28, 1752.
9. LYDIA, b. Sept. 6, 1753, d. unm.
Boston.
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THE HON. WILLIAM BRIGHAM HOUSE.
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10. Lucy, b. Dec. 6, 1754, d. unm.
11. REBECCA, b. Feb. 22, 1756, d. April 15, 1759.
12. AMARIAII, b. Sept. 18, 1757, mn. twice, and d. Millbury.
13. REBECCA. b. April 26, 1759, m. - Smith, rev. to Montpelier, Vt.
14. JOSEPH, b. April 28, 1761.
15. ELIZABETH, b. April 19, 1763, d. Mareh 13, 1764.
16. MOSES, b. April 8, 1765.
EPHRAIM BRIGHAM, (Aaron, Thomas, Nathau, Thomas, Thomas), b. March 2, 1746, m. Sarah-, and had children, 1. AARON, b. March 29, 1771. 2. BETTY, b. Feb. 26, 1773.
EZEKIEL BRIGHAM, (Thomas, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas), b. Feb. 14, 1723, m. Martha Bigelow, b. 1725, d. Ang. 1. 1764; m. 2nd, Melicent Sherman. She d. at the age of seventy. He d. April 4, 1788. Children, 1. ABNER, b. Feb. 19, 1750, m. Molly Emerson, and rev. to Hartland, Vt. 2. MARTHA, b. April 23, 1753, m. Benjamin Leland (L).
2 3. EZEKIEL, b. March 30, 1755, m. Patienee Gowing.
4. ISAAC, b. May 30, 1757, m. Betsey Frost, d. in Milford.
5. JOHN, b. July 3, 1759, d. at Oxford, Nov. 25, 1839, unm.
6. MIRIAM, b. March 10, 1761, m. Joseph Gallop, rev. to Melbourne, Ca. 7. HULDAH, b. Dec. 1, 1762, m. Moses Rockwood.
8. SARAH, b. Aug. 23, 1766, m. Aaron Hall, rev. to Weathersfield, Vt.
9. JACOB, b. Dec. 6, 1769, m. Polly Dudley, rev. to Redding, Vt. 10. MILLICENT, b. Dec. 26, 1771, d. 1814, in Weathersfield, Vt.
11. LYDIA, b. Sept. 29, 1774, m. Isaac Stone, rev. to Ward (Auburn).
12. ANNA, b. Aug. 27, 1776, d. April, 1847, unm. in Oxford.
2-3 LIEUT. EZEKIEL BRIGHAM, (Ezekiel, Thomas, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas), b. March 30, 1755, m. Feb. 5, 1783-4, Patience Gowing, d. Nov. 5, 1834. He d. Dec. 14, 1828. Children, 1. MARTIN G., b. Feb. 22, 1784, d. April 14, 1790.
2. BETSEY, b. July 6, 1785. d. April 10, 1838, unm.
3. POLLY, b. April 23, 1787, m. John Hurd, res. Oxford.
4. EZEKIEL, b. Feb. 18, 1789, m. Susan Goulding (G), s. p.
5. OLIVER M., b. Dec. 24, 1793, d. unm. Feb. 28, 1861.
6. ABIJAH, b. Aug. 20, 1795, d. March 10, 1813.
7. DIADAMIA, b. July 27, 1801, unm.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, EsQ., (Capt. Samuel, Thomas), b. Dec. 30, 1700, m. Mary Peters, h. 1716, d. Feb. 19, 1797. He appears to have disposed of his lands in Marlborough, and to have settled in Grafton, of which he became, in 1727, one of the forty proprietors, under the sanction of the General Court. He become one of the most able and distinguished of our citizens, held the most important town offices, and was at one time our Representative to the General Court. He was appointed by the Royal Governor a magistrate, an office, in his day, of very great dignity, and sparingly bestowed. He settled upon "Brig- ham Hill," on a rich tract of land, lately the country residence of Wil- liam Brigham, Esq., of Boston, which still retains marks of his judg- ment and taste. A magnificent Elm,* which he planted about 1745, shows but very few signs of decay. He d. March 17, 1781. Children, 1. CHARLES, b. Oct. 29, 1732, d. Jan. 20, 1755.
2. DANIEL, b. April 28, 1735, d. at Crown Point, N. Y., a soldier, in 1759.
3 3. WILLIAM, b. March 26, 1739, m. Sarah Preutiee. * See Heliotype.
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4. MARY, b. Dec. 12, 1740, m. Moses Parks.
5. SARAH, b. Apr. 19, 1743, in. Moses Leland (L).
6. ANNA, b. Mar. 18, 1745, m. Samuel Harrington and Henry Pren- tice (P).
7. TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 23, 1747, d. Feb. 9, 1748.
8. PERSIS, h. Jan. 4, 1755, m. Noah B. Kimball (K).
9. ELIZABETH, m. Nahum Warren (W).
ANTIPAS BRIGHAM, (Capt. Samuel, Thomas), b. Oct. 16, 1706. He d. in Grafton, Apr. 23, 1746, unm. He was less distinguished than his brothers. At his death he left a house, and farm of 260 aeres.
3-3 WILLIAM BRIGHAM, EsQ., (Charles, Capt. Samuel, Thomas), b. Mar. 26, 1739, m. July 21, 1768, Sarah Prentice (P), h. 1744, d. Feb. 2, 1834. He d. Aug. 1, 1833.
He inherited the homestead at Grafton, which, in his father's day, em- braced nearly or quite the whole tract still known as " Brigham Hill." He was a well educated man for his time, and a " great reader," but had no taste for publie office or employment. His intelligence and standing secured him the offer of a Justice's commission, then a great honor, which he declined. In his person he was tall, straight, and eminently muscular, which, I am satisfied from various sources, must have been the original type of the race. Such was his agility that he was wont " to jump over fences five feet and even six feet high, without touching hand or foot; and when ninety years old he would rather walk than ride one or two miles, and would perform it nearly as soon as a boy." His health and tenacity of life were wonderful. He never took medicine and so escaped death at the doctor's hand, until his ninety-fifth year, when he died with old age.
Mrs. Sarah Brigham, daughter of Rev. Solomon Prentice, was a very active and energetic woman. After the death of her sister's (Mary) husband, who was left with a family on a small place in Hull, nearly ruined by the war and consequent heavy taxes, and depreciation of Con- tinental notes, of which they had a large amount, Sarah Brigham start- ed aloue from Grafton, on horseback, to visit her sister in Hull, a jour- ney of over sixty miles, stopped one night with her friends in Easton, and arrived in Hull next day. On her return she took a girl with her, tying her behind her on a pillion, stopped over night again at Easton, and reached here the second night by moonlight. Children,
4 1. CHARLES, b. July 27, 1769, m. Susannah Baylis.
2. SUSANNAH, b. Nov. 27, 1770, m. Ephraim Goulding (G).
3. SOLOMON, b. Nov. 26, 1772, m. Lucy Adams, and d. June 7, 1817.
4. SALLY, b. Sept. 12, 1780, m. Benjamin Kingsbury (K) and Jeremiah Flagg (F).
5. PERSIS, b. Aug. 4, 1786, m. Leonard Wheelock (W).
4-1 CAPT. CHARLES BRIGHAM, (William, Charles, Samuel, Thomas), h. July 27, 1769, m. Oct. 20, 1797, Susannah Baylis, dau. of Dea. Nicholas Baylis, and sister of Hon. Nicholas Baylis, Jr., some time judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont. She was b. 1779, d. June 10, 1837. He d. 1847.
He inherited the old homestead on " Brigham Hill," inherited an ex- cellent constitution, lived in the discharge of the duties of a citizen until seventy-eight years of age, and died with almost his first sickness. Charles Brigham was appointed fourth sergeant in Jonathan Wheeler's Foot Company in the Second Regiment, Second Brigade, and Seventh
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CAPT. CHARLES BRIGHAM.
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Division, Sept. 18th, 1792. He resigned his commission as captain, Jan. 20th, 1809. Children,
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1. CHARLES, b. May 22, 1799, m. Annah E. Brigham.
2. SUSANNAH B., b. Feb. 13, 1802, d. Mar. 5, 1804.
3. SUSANNAH B., b. May 24, 1804, m. Dr. Josiah Kitteridge, res. South Hadley, s. p.
6 4. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 26, 1806, m. Margaret A. Brooks.
5. NICHOLAS H., b. Oct. 2, 1808, m. Dec. 20, 1838, Sarah E. Wood (W). They res. in New York city, s. p.
6. SOLOMON, b. Nov. 12, 1810, d. Oct. 8, 1841, unm.
7. HANNAH, b. Mar. 11, 1813, m. Rev. Stillman Pratt.
8. SARAH, b. May 7, 1815, m. Rev. Charles B. Kitteridge, and res. in Geneseo, N. Y.
9. LUCY A., h. July 25, 1817, m. Francis Merrifield.
10. MARIA C., b. Jan. 26, 1820, m. William T. Merrifield, Esq.
11. CORNELIA A., b. Nov. 17, 1823, m. Calvin Taft, res. Worcester.
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COL. CHARLES BRIGHAM, (Charles, William, Charles, Samuel, Thomas), b. May 22, 1799, m. Annah E. Brigham, dau. of Capt. Pier- pont Brigham, of Westborough.
He was a farmer on a tract of land belonging to his ancestors' domain. He was often engaged in surveying land, settling estates, writing wills, deeds, etc., and in doing town business. He died much respected. Children,
1. JOSEPHINE M., b. Ang. 1, 1827, d. Nov. 16, 1853.
2. ELLEN A., b. June 25, 1829, d. Feb. 4, 1832.
3. CHARLES P., b. July 10, 1831, d. Feb. 13, 1832.
4. SARAH P., b. Jan. 22, 1833, unm.
5. ANNAH E., b. Mar. 6, 1835, m. Hon. Jonathan H. Wood (W).
6. SUSAN B., b. May 24, 1837, m. William F. Merrifield, res. Worcester.
7. AUGUSTA L., b. Feb. 7, 1841, unm.
8. MARY E., b. Oct. 31, 1844, unm.
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WILLIAM BRIGHAM, EsQ., (Charles, William, Charles, Samnel, Thomas), b. Sept. 26, 1806, m. June 11, 1840, Margaret A. Brooks, b. July 6, 1817.
William Brigham fitted for college at the Leicester Academy, in a single year, generally passing his Sundays at home, and always walking the twelve miles between the two places. He was a diligent student at Harvard, held a good rank in bis class, and obtained various appoint- ments at exhibitions and commencement. After graduation, in 1829, he read law with Hon. George Morey, of Boston, was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in 1832, and soon had a sufficient amount of professional employment. Later, on motion of Hon. Daniel Webster, he was ad- mitted to the United States Supreme Court. He was a representative from Boston in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1841, 1849, and in the Senate in 1866. April 29, 1835, he delivered the centennial address at Grafton; this was published, and gives evidence of thorough research in the town history, as well as accuracy of statement, a quality for which he was distinguished in after life. In 1836 he was selected by Governor Everett to compile and edit the laws of Plymouth Colony, published the same year. With a strong interest in the welfare of his fellow-citizens as in the prosperity of his country, he carefully abstained from the allurements of political office, so generally fatal in this country to a man's private character, and con- fined himself to an earnest and eloquent advocacy of all good public
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measures. In this way he was always an anti-slavery man, even when it was the unpopular cause, and when he stood at his office window in Court street, in company with several well-known citizens, and saw the iniquitous proceedings when the Court-house was guarded by an armed force to ensure the rendition of a fugitive slave, he expressed him- self with sorrow, not unmingled with bitterness. One of the cart -. ridges (loaded with a bullet and three buckshot) served to the troops that day he kept as a token of that wickedness. He was one of the founders of the Republican party.
Agricultural pursuits, from their connection with his childhood and early youth, had great attraction for him, and for many years before his death he lived on the homestead at Grafton, during the summer, and actively directed all farming and horticultural labors. Several of his addresses before agricultural societies have been published.
The demands of his professional life made careful and extensive reading almost a part of his nature, and the results sometimes appeared in reviews of books in the North American Review and Christian Exam- iner. His knowledge of the early history of Massachusetts was accu- rate and extensive, and in 1853 he was chosen a member of the Massa- chusetts Historical Society, of which he was one of the most useful and valuable members. A lecture by him, delivered the 19th of Jan- uary, 1869, on the Colony of New Plymouth and its relations to Massa- chusetts,-one of a course before the Lowell Institute, by members of the Historical Society, and published in a volume called " Massachu- setts and Its Early History,"-is highly creditable both to his research and insight.
June 11, 1840, he married Margaret Austin Brooks (born July 6, 1817), daughter of Isaac Brooks and Mary Austin, of Charlestown.
As a lawyer, his practice was large. He was a safe adviser, and enjoyed in a high degree the confidence and attachment of his clients. Often was he able by his kind, honest and yet plaiu talk, to dissuade his clients from long and expensive litigation, and he always, when possi- ble, strove to prevent aggravating lawsuits, but when this could not be done he gave the whole power of his legal knowledge to his client's cause. A man of kindly spirit, the friend as well as father of his chil- dren, of simple and pleasing manners, he yet worked too hard, and at the moment when it seemed possible for him to relax his labors, when he was on the point of relinquishing his practice, and devoting his at- tention to the care of the many and large trust estates in his hands, he was stricken with his fatal illness, the first of his life, and he died July 9, 1869. His remains rest in Mount Auburn.
William Brigham inherited, in a marked degree, the physical charac- teristics of his race. Tall (six feet and two inches), well-kuit, and finely proportioned, he was said to resemble the grandfather for whom he was named, and like him he put little faith in doctors, of whose ser- vices he had indeed little need, as his pure, temperate life, uninflamed by alcohol, unstinted by tobacco, was singularly free from bodily ills of any kind, and the strong vitality he inherited from his ancestors he transmitted undiminished to his children.
Pure, uuselfish, just, wise, cautious yet vigorous, kind and devoted, was this man's life. Children,
1. WILLIAM T., b. May 24, 1841.
Fitted for college at the Boston Latin School, and graduated at Harvard in 1862. In 1864-5, in company with the late Horace Mann, he made a scientific exploration of the Hawaiian Islands, discovering many new species of plants. He was professor of Natural Sciences at
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Oahu College, resigning in Oct., 1865, to continue his explorations in China and India. Sept., 1867, he was admitted to the bar. In 1868-9, was Instructor in Botany at Harvard University. Served six years on the Boston School Board, where he introduced systematic instruction In drawing, and was first chairman of the drawing committee. Is a Fel- low of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, California Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, etc. Is engaged in the practice of law in Boston,
2. CHARLES B., b. Jan. 17, 1845, gr. Harvard University, 1866.
3. EDWARD A., b. Feb. 23, 1846, m. Annie DeW. Bartlett.
4. MARY B., b. Dec. 26, 1851, m. McPherson LeMoyne, of Montreal.
5. Arthur A., b. Jan. 8, 1857. Studied at the Boston Latin and Chauncy Hall Schools and Institute of Technology. He has sought a practical knowledge of mill engineering, in various mills in New England, and is now in business with his brother Edward.
7-2 CHARLES BROOKS BRIGHAM, (William, Charles, William, Charles, Samuel, Thomas ), b. Jan. 17, 1845, m. April, 1879, Alice W. Babcock, of San Francisco. He graduated at Harvard University in 1866. Studied anatoiny with Prof. Jeffries Wyman, until November, 1866, when he entered the Harvard Medical School. In April, 1869, he was appointed house surgeon to the city hospital, Boston. Obtained his medical degree in 1870, and continued his studies in Europe. In Angust, 1870, he was chosen surgeon-in-chief of the " Ambulance Internationale Française de l'Ecole Forestiene de Nancy," a position he held during the seven months of the Franco-Prussian war. President Thiers decorated him with the " Legion of Honor," and the Emperor of Ger- many with the "Iron Cross," in consideration of his distinguished services as a surgeon. He has also been presented with the cross of the "Internationale Society," and with a diploma for exceptional services during the war. He has published a number of surgical cases both in French and English. In 1872, he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he was elected surgeon to the French hospital.
8-3 EDWARD AUSTIN BRIGHAM, ( William, Charles, William, Charles, Samuel, Thomas), b. Feb. 23, 1846, m. April 5, 1876, Anne DeWolf Bartlett. He studied at the Boston Latin School. Went into the store of Geo. C. Richardson & Co., commission merchants, and in 1868, went to Lewiston, Me., to learn in the mills cotton spinning. After three years careful study and practice in these mills, he went to Europe to examine mills, and was appointed agent in this country for William Higgins & Co., manufacturers of cotton machinery in Manchester, Eng. In 1875, he was sent by an English company to Samnugger, near Cal- cutta, in India, to build and fit up a large cotton mill. Ch., 1. CAROLINE W., b. May 21, 1877.
ELISHA BRIGHAM, (Thomas, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas), b. Nov. 25, 1726, m. Sarah - She " very aged." Children,
1. ELISHA, b. April 12, 1758, d. Feb. 28, 1776.
2. CHARLES, b. Oct. 9, 1761, d. Aug. 6, 1776.
3. SARAH, b. April 19, 1767, m. Apr. 18, 1782, Zebulon Daniels, b. In Medway, 1758, d. Feb. 14, 1825. She d. June 6, 1826. Children,
1. Lusiny, b. May 2, 1783, m. P. Parker, and d. in 1825.
2. Otis, b. Sept. 28, 1786, d. 1869.
3. Philena, b. Sept. 30, 1788, d. 1878.
4. Emory, b. Mar. 10, 1792, m. Mary Hastings, and d. In Ohlo In 1851.
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5. Sarah, b. Mar. 27, 1796, m. A. Crosby, and d. Sept. 6, 1870.
6. Charles, b. Ang. 16, 1798, m. Eliza Hastings. He d. Sept. 11, 1874. Children,
Horace, b. Mar. 15, 1828, m. Metilda Card, d. Jan., 1876. He res. in Rhode Island, where he was General in the militia; d. Dec., 1876.
Lewis, b. Sept. 19, 1824, m. 1849, Alice Buswell.
Henry, b. Apr. 22, 1826, m. H. L. Braman. Res. Troy, N. Y.
Joseph, b. June 11, 1827, m. Martha F. Leland and S. M. Hall.
Louisa, b. Aug. 20, 1829, m. Charles Taft.
Elisha, b. Oct. 13, 1830, m. Hannah Wood.
Mary, b. May 27, 1832, m. Sumner Fifield.
Martha, b. June 15, 1834.
Aaron, b. Feb. 26, 1836, m. Mary J. Bowman.
Lucy, b. May 22, 1839. Marcus, b. May 30, 1842, m. J. M. Carr.
7. Nancy, b. Feb. 26, 1801, d. Oct. 10, 1834.
8. John, b. Nov. 22, 1806, m. Nancy Chase.
4. MOLLY, b. March 18, 1769, d. Aug. 29, 1823, nnm.
JABEZ BRIGHAM, (Benajah, Benjamin, Dr. Gershom, Thomas, Thomas), b. March 12, 1781, m. Jan. 1799, Sophia Hunt, b. 1782, d. Feb. 6, 1837 ; m. 2nd, 1849, Phila Wheeler. He was by trade a mason. He rev. to Bangor, Me., where he built the first brick edifice in that city. Children,
1. FRANCIS, b. Feb. 22, 1800, d. Sept. 13, 1819.
2. MARY A., b. Dec. 29, 1801, m. Robert Prentice.
3. JABEZ, b. Aug. 29, 1804, d. Ang. 26, 1805.
4. SOPHIA, h. June 7, 180G, m. Daniel Wheelock (W).
5. ABIGAIL D., b. Oct. 24, 1807, m. Ezra R. Pratt.
6. PHEBE, b. Aug. 2, 1810, m. William Holden.
7. JABEZ, b. March 7, 1813, d. Marchi, 1839, s. p.
8. WARREN, b. March 24, 1815, m. Persis Carlton.
9. EMELINE F., b. March 7, 1820, in. Andrew Holden.
10. SARAH E., m. James Allen.
BRIMBLECOM.
REV. SAMUEL BRIMBLECOM, was born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., Feb. 11, 1799, the son of Samuel and Mary (Mansfield) Brimblecom. He was graduated at Harvard University in the class of 1817, and studied Theology at the Divinity School in Cambridge, from which institution he graduated. He was first settled over the Unitarlan Society in Sharon, Mass., and afterwards at Norridgewock, Me., from which place he removed to Westbrook, Me., where he was pastor of the Universalist Society. While here he took an active and leading part in the establish- ment of the Westbrook Seminary, which became a thriving institution of the Universalist denomination. He was afterwards settled over the Universalist Societies in Danvers, and Barre, Mass. He resided here in 1847 and afterwards. He married October 22, 1822, Harriet Buttrick. She was born in Concord, August 27, 1798, the daughter of Col. Jonas and Lucy (Mason) Buttrick, and granddaughter of Major John Buttrick, who commanded the militia companies which made the first attack npon the British troops at Concord North Bridge, April 19, 1775, and who gave the first official command to fire upon the British in the Revolutionary war. The following is taken from an inscription on a cannon in Doric Hall, in the State House : " The Legislature of Massachusetts consecrate the names of Maj. Buttrick
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and Capt. Isaac Davis, whose valor and example incited their fellow- -
citizens to a successful resistance of a superior number of British troops at Concord Bridge, April 19, 1775, which was the beginning of a contest in arms that ended in American Independence." She inherited the spirit of her ancestors, with their integrity of character. She died in Santa Clara, Cal., in 1878. Children,
1. SAMUEL A., b. Nov. 2, 1823, m. Sarah Holden, res. Santa Clara, Cal.
2. CHARLES, b. Feb. 10, 1825, studied law with W. A. Bryant, Esq., of Barre, and admitted to the bar in 1848, m. Harriet C. Houghton, dau. of Luke lloughton, of Barre, where he has since resided and practised his profession.
3. FREDERICK, b. Jan. 21, 1827, m. Abby Harrington, res. Il1.
4. FRANCES A., b. Aug. 1, 1828, unm., res. Cal.
5. EDWARD, b. June 13, 1830, unm., res. Cal.
6. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 1, 1832, unm., res. III.
7. Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1834, m. Anna Huntington. He was graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1869, and at once began the study of law, which he relinquished and removed to lil.
8. JAMES L., b. March 16, 1836, d. young.
9. ALBERT G., b. April 20, 1838, m. and res. in Nebraska.
10. LUCY A., b. Jan. 21, 1840, unm. res. in Cal.
Ch. by second wife,
11. ELLEN, b. Aug. 20, 1858, d. young.
12. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 8, 1860, d. young.
13. JOHN, b. Sept. 12, 1861.
BROOKS.
THOMAS BROOKS first settled in Watertown, and was one of the "townsmen then inhabiting," to whom the Beaver Brook plowlands were granted in 1636. He was admitted freeman Dec. 7, 1636. He rev. to Concord, where he was captain, and he received various other appointments of honor and trust. He was constabic, appointed by the General Court, and Representative in 1642, '43, '44, and from 1650 to '54.
EBENEZER BROOKS, (Noah, Dea. Joshua, Thomas), b. Feb. 14, 1690, m. June 17, 1714, Sarah Fletcher, of Concord. He d. 1770. Children, I. NOAH, b. Sept. 25, 1715. 2. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 13, 1717.
3. SIMON, m. Rachel
2 4. JOEL, b. July 25, 1721.
3 5. PETER, m. Rebecca . He had five daughters.
I-3 SIMON BROOKS, (Ebenczer, Noah, Dea. Joshua, Thomas), m. Rachel -, and had children,
1. SIMON, b. Aug. 22, 1748. 2. RACHEL, b. Dec. 18, 1752, d. Feb. 1, 1753.
3. BENJAMIN C., b. March 19, 1755, d. Dec. 9, 1759.
4. JOHN, b. Aug. 11, 1757. 5. JONAH, b. June 25, 1759, d. July 22, 1759. 6. DOROTHY, b. June 12, 1760. 7. METTEY, b. Dec. 27, 1762.
8. BENJAMIN, b. March 10, 1765. 9. JONAH, b. Aug. 16, 1767.
10. LUCY, b. Oct. 26, 1769. 11. SARAH, b. Sept. 9, 1771. 12. THOMAS D., b. Aug. 5, 1774.
2-4 JOEL BROOKS, (Ebenezer, Noah, Dea. Joshua, Thomas), b. July 25, 1721. Children,
1. SARAH, b. Aug. 14, 1744, d. March 13, 1779.
2. MARY, b. Feb. 8, 1746, d. Nov. 2, 1752.
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3. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 13, 1748. 4. PETER. 5. MARTHA, b. April 11, 1750, d. June 30, 1806.
6. LUCY, b. July 21, 1752, d. Jan. 13, 1818,
7. MARY, b. Feb. 4, 1755, m. Rev. Joseph Farrer, and rev. to Petersham, where she d. Oct. 24, 1855, over 100 years old.
8. ELIJAH, h. Jan. 21, 1757, m. May Hall.
9. JOEL, b. Feb. 19, 1760, rev. to Petersham.
10. AARON, b. July 27, 1762, m. Sally
11. LYDIA, b. Aug. 5, 1764.
PETER BROOKS, (Ebenezer, Noalı, Dea. Joshua, Thomas), m. Rebecca He d. Jan. 26, 1779. Children,
1. SOLOMON, b. May 5, 1754, m. Lois 2. REBECCA, b. Feb. 16, 1756. 3. HANNAH, b. July 13, 1758.
4. EBENEZER, b. Jan, 26, 1763. 5. SARAH, b. Oct. 3, 1765.
6. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 9, 1768, d. Aug. 27, 1847. His widow, Azubah -, d. Dec 27, 1848.
7. MOLLY, b. Feb. 10, 1770. 8. PETER, b. Feb. 27, 1772. 9. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 14, 1776.
4-8 ELIJAH BROOKS, (Joel, Ebenezer, Noah, Dea. Joshua, Thomas), b. Jan. 21, 1757, m. Mary Hall, b. 1761, d. July 21, 1828. He d. Nov. 18, 1843, of quick consumption. Children,
1. POLLY, b. Sept. 10, 1787, m. Joel Knowlton.
7 2. JOEL, b. July 21, 1789, m. Fanny Bennett.
3. SARAH, b. Oct. 5, 1792, m. Abner Stow.
4. BETSEY, b. May 24, 1798, m. John Barker.
7-2 JOEL BROOKS, (Elijah, Joel, Ebenezer, Noah, Dea. Joshua, Thomas), b. July 21, 1789, m. May 13, 1813, Fannie Bennett, b. Jan. 14, 1793, d. Feb. 8, 1860. He d. Oct. 7, 1828. Children,
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