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PRATT.
PHINEAS PRATT, b. 1716, m. Aug. 24, 1749, Susannah Wood, of Men- don. His second wife d. Sept. 22, 1785. He d. Feb. 24, 1793. Children,
1. PHINEAS, b. Apr. 22, 1750. 2. THOMAS, b. July 8, 1754.
3. JOHN C., b. Aug. 16, 1763, m. Anna Wheeler.
4. LUCY, b. Mar. 10, 1766. 5. ABIGAIL, d. Dec. 12, 1785.
6. PETER, d. June 1, 1799.
1-3 JOHN CADY PRATT, (Phineas), b. Aug. 16, 1763, m. June 27, 1786, Anna Wheeler (W), b. Aug. 30, 1767. Children,
1. JOHN C., b. Apr. 8, 1787. 2. LUKE M., b. Oet. 1, 1788.
3. ANNA W., b. Sept. 6, 1790. 4. LEVI G., b. Sept. 30, 1793.
5. JAMES, b. Jan. 4, 1796. 6. PHINEAS, b. May 19, 1799. 7. DIADAMIA, b. Jan. 20, 1801.
BENJAMIN PRATT, m. Dec. 21, 1736, Abigail Axtell (A). Children,
1. THOMAS, b. Feb. 5, 1737. 2. PAUL, b. Feb. 22, 1740.
3. SARAH, b. Nov. 16, 1742. 4. MARY, b. May 21, 1746.
5. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 23, 1747. 6. HANNAH, b. May 5, 1749.
7. JOSEPH, h. June 12, 1751.
EZRA K. PRATT, m. May 12, 1830, Abigail D. Brigham. Children, 1. FRANCIS B., b. Apr. 19, 1831.
Hon. F. B. Pratt worked in the cotton factory at New England Vil- lage until nineteen years old; then went to California and remained
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until 1859, when he returned from California to New England Village. Remained in New England Village and vicinity until January, 1866, when he went to Madison County, Mississippi, and engaged in planting until 1871. Was admitted to practice law in 1868, and has been engaged in the practice of said profession at Canton, Miss., from 1870 to the present time. Held the offices of justice of the peace and president of the Board of Supervisors, of Madison County, for several years prior to 1870. Appointed district attorney for 14th district of Mississippi, in 1870, and elected to that office for a term of four years in 1871, on the Republican ticket. Elected to the State senate for a term of four years, from Madison County, on a compromise ticket, in 1875. Is now practising law at Canton.
2. JEROME G., b. Jan. 1, 1834. 3. ADELIA M., b. Apr. 27, 1836.
4. HENRY 11., b. Aug. 12, 1840. 5. GEORGE D., b. Aug. 16, 1842:
LEANDER S. PRATT, (Sheppard), m. May 19, 1835, Martha H. Stone (S); m. 2nd, Sept., 1864, Cornelia A. Rice. Res. Worcester. Children,
1. HENRY W., b. July 4, 1837, m. Mary E. Fisk. Res. New York city.
2. CHARLES L., b. Nov. 6, 1839, m. Jan. 17, 1866, Anna Tidd, s. p.
He graduated from Grafton Academy, and in 1865 formed a co-part- nership with his father, under the firm name of L. S. Pratt & Co. This continued for three years, when the company dissolved, and the busi- ness was continued by Charles L. until February, 1877, when the property was sold to E. W. Holbrook, Esq., of New York city, since which time the mills have been known as the " Quaker Cotton Mills," Mr. Pratt having the charge, and acting as agent. He was elected rep- resentative to the General Court from the Twelfth Worcester District (comprising the towns of Grafton and Shrewsbury), in November, 1873. He has also held other important town offices.
3. MARTHA L., b. May 9, 1842, d. Ang. 30, 1843.
4. HERBERT L., b. Sept., 1849, m. Abbie A. Haven; res. Cornwall, Ont. 5. ALBERT S., b. Jan. 24, 1852, d. Sept. 25, 1877.
6. CLARENCE R., b. Oct. 15, 1854, unm. 7. EMMA W., b. Mar. 11, 1867.
HARVEY J. PRATT, m. May 4, 1834, Lucy E. Goulding (G), b. Nov. 28, 1807. Children,
1. ANN E., b. Jan. 18, 1835, d. May 22, 1840.
2. S. MARIA, b. Sept. 5, 1836. 3. SHEPARD H., b. Aug. 13, 1838.
4. SARAH G., b. Jan. 4, 1840. 5. ANN E., b. Feb. 1, 1842.
6. CHARLES T., b. Apr. 6, 1843. 7. EZEKIEL B. 8. LEWIS B.
ELEAZER PRATT, of Westborough, m. Mary Druce, Sept. 26, 1776.
PRENTICE.
HENRY PRENTICE, planter, of Cambridge, was b. in England, came to Cambridge prior to 1640; freeman in Cambridge, May 22, 1650.
REV. SOLOMON PRENTICE, (Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. May 11, 1705, m. Oct. 26, 1732, Sarah Sartell, of Grotou, b. 1716, d. Ang. 28, 1792. He d. May 22, 1773.
Mrs. Prentice seems to have been a woman of learning and independ- ence of thought and character. . It is said that " she was so convers-
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ant with the Bible that she could repeat any part of it, and could write a good sermon." I find it stated that when Mr. Prentice "courted " her, they sat on the trunk of a tree in the woods, and he proposed to her in the language of Naomi to Ruth, and she accepted him with Ruth's reply. But the course of true love did not always run smooth. In her independence she adopted religious views of her own, one of which was that immersion was true baptism, and, during the absence of her husband, was immersed. On his return the theological war, which was already raging in the parish, broke out in the household, and during it, as tradition says, he exclaimed, " Ah, it's water, it's water is it that you want? Well, you shall have water," and he dashed a pailful over her. This was probably but a temporary affair, a sudden domestic storm which soon passed and left the skies clearer and brighter than ever. At all events, in his will he provided most carefully for her, making provision that " his wife Sarah is to live in his house, and have all his household goods and furniture and indoor movables ; his riding chair and horse, which is to be well kept for her, summer and winter, and replaced if he fails ; her fire-wood cut at her door; as much cyder as she shall have occasion to use in the house; full and free liberty to put up a friend's horse or horses, to hay in winter and grass in summer, when they come to visit her, etc., all to be provided by Solomon for her sole use and benefit during her natural life. £16 to be paid her annually by my sons." Both sleep, side by side, in the old burial ground here.
The old Bible which Rev. Solomon Prentice nsed while pastor of the Congregational Church, was known as the " Sartell Bible," and was formerly owned by his father-in-law, Nathaniel Sartell. The following is a copy of the memorandum written by Nathaniel Sartell, when be was shipwrecked; it is on the last cover of the Bible, inside :- " Feb. ye 14, 1718; I was cast on the rocks of Quibberone, near Bellisle, in the Bay of Resinnea, all my men lost. N. SARTELL."
He then put the Bible in a cask, and threw it overboard, expecting to be lost himself. When the vessel went to pieces he took the cabin boy on his back and swam to a rock, where he remained all night, much bruised and exhausted. The boy died in the night; he was rescued in the morning. The Bible was also saved. The Bible was printed in 1707; the covers were of half-inch oak, with stamped leather outside, and large wrought brass clasps ; the covers projected an inch and saved the leaves, which are now in a good state of preservation.
" In memory of ye Rev'd. Solomon Prentice, who was ordained first pastor of ye ch. in Grafton, Dec. 29, 1731, and continued in that sacred relation to them about 16 years, afterwards in various places was em- ployed in publishing ye glad tidings of peace and salvation until near ye close of life, May 22, 1773, when, aged 68 years, he fell a sleep in expectation of a glorious immortality, Blessed are ye dead that die in ye Lord." The above was copied from his grave-stone. Children,
1. SOLOMON, Jr., b. Oct. 29, 1733, killed while blasting a well for Wil- liam Brigham, on Brigham Hill, Oct. 25, 1747.
2. NATHANIEL S., b. Dec. 8, 1735, m. Martha Howard and
3. SARAH, b. Feb. 14, 1737, d. March 2, 1737.
`1 2 4. JOHN, b. Feb. 24, 1738, m. Sarah Brooks and Rebecca Richardson.
. 5. SARAH, b. Nov. 29, 1740, d.
6. HENRY, b. Nov. 17, 1742, m. Sarah Rice and Anna (Brigham) Har- rington.
7. SARAH, b. July 1, 1744, m. William Brigham (B).
8. LYDIA, b. May 22, 1746, d. in infancy.
9. SOLOMON, b. Ang. 13, 1748, m. Ann Holbrook and
10. MARY, b. Aug. 12, 1751, m. Anos Binney, and removed to Hull.
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1-2 | NATHANIEL S. PRENTICE, (Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Dec. 8, 1735, m. 1757, Martha Howard, d. 1806. He rev. to Alstead, N. H., in 1774, and d. there Jan. 24, 1815. He was town clerk in Grafton. At the age of 80 he m. a 2nd wife. He was major in the revolutionary army, Judge of Probate and Judge of C. C. P. for Cheshire Co., N. H. Children, b. iu Grafton,
1. SUSANNAH, b. July 5, 1759, m. John Banks, rev. to Alstead, N. H.
2. MARTHA, b. Nov. 24, 1761, m. John D. Brooks, rev. to Bethel, Va.
3. OLIVER H., h. April 4, 1764, d. 1778.
4. SARTELL, h. Oct. 27, 1767, m. Jemima Parmlee, rev. to Newport, Vt.
5. MARY, b. Aug. 3, 1769, m. Benjamin Brooks, rev. to Dalton, N. H. 6. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 17, 1772.
Rev. Josiah Prentice was born in Grafton, and graduated at Dart- mouth College, Hanover, N. H., 1795, studied Theology with Dr. Emmous, of Franklin. After his marriage he removed to Northwood, N. H., and was settled as Congregational minister there. Ordained May 29, 1799. Resigned in consequence of Infirmities, Nov. 3, 1842. He was a strict Orthodox minister, a pious and good man.
7. JOSHUA, b. May 18, 1774, d. 1785.
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JOHN PRENTICE, (Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Feb. 24, 1738, m. Dec. 8, 1763, Sarah Brooks, b. 1744, d. March, 1779; m. 2nd, 1785, Rebecca Richardson, b. 1741, d. May 15, 1838. He was town clerk in Grafton, and Representative to the General Court from Ward (Auburn), in 1784, to which town he removed from Grafton.
John Prentice took care of his mother, Sarah, at his house, in her old age, and at whose house she died; but was buried beside her husband in the old burying-ground, nearly opposite the wide gate. She carried many of her things with her to Ward, including a silver tankard and considerable other silver ware, which was divided at her death; but none of the heirs had veneration enough to preserve it whole. Some was melted up into spoons. Josiah S. Prentice, of Oxford, had the large family Bible formerly the property of her father, Nathanel Sartell, and which Rev. Solomon used in the pulpit in the old church and from which all their children learned to read.
Children,
1. SARAH, b. June 3, 1765, m. Zachariah Richardson.
2. LUCY, b. Nov. 27, 1768, m. Hartwell Howard.
3. OTIS, b. Oct. 31, 1770, m. Lucretia Jackson and Hannah Abbott, res. in Northbridge.
4. RHODA, b. Jan. 14, 1775, m. John Clark.
5. ELIJAH, b. Dec. 26, 1776, m. Betsey Knowles, and res. in Auburn.
6. JOSIAH S., b. Dec. 27, 1778, m. Ann Waters and Mary (Farrar ) Stevens, res. in Oxford.
7. JOHN, b. April 25, 1786, m. Azuba Towne, and res. in Millbury.
8-6 HENRY PRENTICE, (Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Nov. 17, 1742, m. Dec. 10, 1763, Sarah Rice, b. 1744, (Joseph, Joseph, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), d. Sept. 14, 1778; m. 2nd, Anna (Brigham) Harrington, b. 1744, d. Sept. 11, 1831. He d. Dec. 23, 1781. He kept the hotel in the Centre.
Children,
1. HANNAH, h. Dec. 20, 1764, m. Moses Harrington (H).
2. SARAH, b. Oct. 31, 1766, m. Jonathan Warren (W).
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3. LYDIA, b. Oct. 30, 1768, m. Joshua Chase.
4. JOSEPH, b. July 19, 1770, m. Priscilla Merriam.
5. ELIZABETH, b. April 23, 1772, d. Aug. 22, 1773.
6 6. SOLOMON, b. Sept. 22. 1774, m. Tabitha Leland and Mrs. Phillips. 7. HENRY, b. Aug. 12, 1776, m. Mary Pratt.
7 8. TARTIUS, b. Aug. 10, 1778, in. Polly Sherman and Fanny Goulding.
9. CHARLES, b. Aug. 21, 1781, m. Elizabeth (Case) Merriam. Por Son
4-9 SOLOMON PRENTICE, JR .. (Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Aug. 15, 1748, m. 1770, Ann Holbrook (H), b. Aug. 19, 1773. He re- sided in Hull, and returned to this town in 1772-3. He moved to Alstead, N. H., 1775, and returned here in 1781, finally returning to Alstead in 1787. After the death of his wife, March, 1788, he removed to North Carolina. He with others were engaged in the wild goose chase after Capt. Kidd's (the noted pirate) money. Children, b. in town,
1. SOLOMON, b. Aug. 19, 1773, m. Elizabeth Fay.
2. AsA, b. Dec. 19, 1777, learned the hatter's trade in Providence, R. I., went to Havana, and died there of yellow fever, 1804.
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JOSEPH PRENTICE, (Henry, Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. July 19, 1770, m. June 26, 1796, Priscilla Merriam (M). Children,
1. SALLY, b. Nov. 9, 1796, m. Moses H. Adams (A).
2. HORACE, b. April 12, 1798, mn. M. S. Donahue.
3. CHARLES, b. July 21, 1799, d. in Low, 1823.
4. TARRANT M., b. Jan. 2, 1810, d. Aug. 25, 1843.
5. MARIA E., b. July 9, 1813, mn. William D. Petit.
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SOLOMON PRENTICE, (Henry, Rev. Solomon Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Sept. 22, 1774, m. Jan. 18, 1800, Tabitha Leland (L), b. 1780, d. April 13, 1846; m. 2nd, 1848, Mrs. Phillips, of Southborough. He d. Feb. 27, 1855. Children,
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1. SALLY, b. 1802, d. unm. 1849.
2. SOLOMON L., b. 1802, m. Polly J. Whitney.
3. HENRY, b. 1807, m. Tabitha Southwick.
11 |4. WILLIAM, b. 1810, m. Harriet Sibley and Eliza A. Chase.
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7-8 TARTIUS PRENTICE, (Henry, Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Aug. 10, 1778, m. Polly Sherman (S). and Fanny Goulding. He res. in this town until 1822, then in Shrewsbury, Northborough and Millbury. Children,
1. ELIZABETH, b. April 4, 1801, d. Jan. 19, 1824.
2. JOHN, b. Oct. 4, 1803, m. Eliza Rice.
3. EDWIN, m. Eunice W. -
8-9 CHARLES PRENTICE, (Henry, Rev. Solomou, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Aug. 21, 1781, in. Elizabeth Case Merriam (M), s. p. He was town clerk here for many years, and d. 1851. Greg
9-2 SOLOMON L. PRENTICE, (Solomon, Henry, Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. 1802, m. Polly J. Whitney (W). "Children, 1. ANN M., b. March 18, 1830. 2. SARAH R., b. Feb. 2, 1833. 3. MARY E., b. July 10, 1835, d. Aug. 9, 1837.
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10-3 | HENRY PRENTICE, (Solomon, Henry, Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solo- mon, Henry ), b. 1807, m. Tabitha Southwick, b. 1809. He rev. to Wor- cester, and was a member of the Common Conneil in 1851. Children,
1. GEORGE H., b. 1834. 2. HARRISON S., b. 1836. 3. CHARLES E., b. 1840, d. 1841.
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WILLIAM PRENTICE, (Solomon, Henry, Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. 1810, m. Harriet Sibley, b. 1810, d. Aug. 15, 1839; m. 2nd, Jan. 7, 1841, Eliza A. Chase. Children,
1. JULIA A., b. Apr. 3, 1836. 2. DELIA E., b. 1838, d. Sept. 21, 1838. 3. WILLIAM H., b. July, 1844, d. Aug. 19, 1846. Gre
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CHARLES PRENTICE, (Solomon, Henry, Rev. Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. 1812, m. Betty Leland, b. 1817. He res. in New England Village, a butcher. Children,
1. CHARLES S., b. Sept. 30, 1842. 2. JAMES E., b. 1844. 3. IlENRY L., b. 1846. Brown
STEPHEN PRENTICE, (Solomon, Solomon, Henry ob. Feb. 26, 1719, m. Esther
Removed from Cambridge to this town, where his brother, Rev. Solo- mon, resided, and who, in his will, 1742, gives " his brother Stephen the use of twenty acres of land he now lives on, for life, then to return to my son Solomon." He was a "saddler." Children,
1. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 23, 1742, m. Lydia Dickson.
2. STEPHEN, b. Nov. 11, 1744, m. Mary
3. REUBEN, b. Feb. 18, 1746, d. Aug. 4, 1750.
4. MARY, b. Sept. 15, 1748. 5. REUBEN, b. Nov. 20, 1752.
6. THADDEUS, b. Nov. 20, 1754.
7. DANIEL, b. Jan. 26, 1758, m. Abigail Standley.
8. HADASSAH E., b. July 22, 1761, m. Benjamin White (W).
One of these daughters lived in Charlton, in 1808, and was called " old mother Prentice." Stephen is called a saddler in a deed, in 1741, and Stephen and Esther deed land here to Solomon Prentice, clerk, in 1751. He was bere in 1773. In 1758, he signs the discharge for his part of his father's estate; Deborah and Esther Prentice, and Lydia (Prentice) Cooper, witnesses. Solomon is there called " saddler."
13-1 SAMUEL PRENTICE, (Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Mar. 23, 1742, m. Lydia Dickson. Ch.,
1. RUTH D., b. Dec. 25, 1770, pub. May 15, 1794, to John Gould, of Sutton.
14-2 STEPHEN PRENTICE, (Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Henry). b. Nov. 11, 1744, m. Mary . Ch., 1. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 26, 1777.
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15-7 DANIEL PRENTICE, (Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Jan. 26, 1758, m. July 18, 1779, Abigail Standley. He rev. to Townsend, Mass. Children,
16 1. DANIEL, b. Oct. 5, 1780, m. Letitia
17 |2. SAMUEL, b. July 18, 1782, m. Sally
3. RUSSELL S., b. Sept. 8, 1784. 4. ABIGAIL, b. July 12, 1786.
5. JOEL, b. Apr. 2, 1788, of Lincoln[ ?].
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18 | 6. RUFUS, b. Feb. 7, 1790, m. Abigail - -, Mary - -, and Sarah
7. ROBERT, b. Mar. 15, 1792, m. Mary Ann
8. IRA, b. June 7, 1794. 9. BETSEY, b. Mar. 9, 1796.
10. JOSIAH, b. July 24, 1799.
DANIEL PRENTICE, (Daniel, Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Oct. 5, 1780, m. Letitia Children,
1. LORY, b. Sept. 18, 1804. 2. EDWIN, b. Dec. 1, 1806.
3. CALVIN, b. Mar. 13, 1809, mn. Ann E. - . Res. in Northbridge.
4. LEWIS, b. Oct. 17, 1811. 5. DANIEL G., b. Mar. 10, 1815.
6. IRA, b. Mar. 19, 1818. 7. CHARLES V., b. Feb. 23, 1821.
SAMUEL PRENTICE, (Daniel, Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. July 18, 1782, m. Sally . Children,
1. MAHALAH, b. Oct. 14, 1807.
2. ELBRIDGE G., b. Feb. 3, 1810, d. Dec. 7, 1812.
3. SARAH L., b. Feb. 7, 1813.
4. SAMUEL E., b. Dec. 28, 1815, d. Feb. 22, 1823.
5. JULIA A., b. Dec. 14, 1817, d. Aug. 12, 1821. 6. FRANCIS B., b. Nov. 15, 1819, d. Aug. 15, 1821.
7. JULIA E., b. Jan. 15, 1822.
8 .. SUSAN C., b. Feb. 9, 1824, d. Mar. 4, 1841.
9. SAMUEL F., b. Feb. 9, 1826. 10. CHARLES B., b. Aug. 5, 1828. 11. ABIGAIL A., b. Aug. 9, 1830.
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RUFUS PRENTICE, (Daniel, Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Heury), b. Feb. 7, 1790, m. Abigail -, b. 1793, d. Aug. 30, 1822 ; m. 2nd, Mary
-, b. 1793, d. Mar. 15, 1832 ; m. 3rd, Sarah -. Children,
1. RUFUS DWIGHT, b. July 5, 1816, non compos mentis, d.
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2. HENRY E., b. Mar. 19, 1819, m. Sarah Jane Drury.
3. ABIGAIL S., b. Feb. 20, 1820, m. John B. White (W).
4. SUSAN, b. Aug. 21, 1822, d. Oct. 20, 1822.
5. ELBRIDGE G., b. Mar. 22, 1824. 6. MARY A., b. Jan. 23, 1826. 7. HARRIET S., b. Oct. 13, 1828.
8. CHARLES R., b. Feb. 7, 1832, m. Amanda Congdon. He is a stone mason, and res. on Congdon Hill. 9. SARAH E., b. Aug. 20, 1835.
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HENRY G. PRENTICE, (Rufus, Daniel, Stephen, Solomon, Solomon, Henry), b. Mar. 19, 1818, m. Aug., 1839, Sarah Jane Drury. Children, 1. GEORGE H., b. June 4, 1841, m. Lydia How and Caroline Robbins. 2. EMMA S., b. Apr. 23, 1844, d. Jan. 1, 1870.
3. HARRIET A., b. Feb. 19, 1846. 4. ADELIA R., b. Mar. 6, 1857.
PUTNAM.
JOHN and PRISCILLA PUTNAM came from Buckinghamshire, Eng- land, in 1634, and settled in Salem, now Danvers. Ile d. Dec. 30, 1662.
ZADOCK PUTNAM, (Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), m. Abigail -, who d. May 29, 1822. He d. Oct. 2, 1819. He came here from Salem over a century ago. Children,
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2 2. GEORGE W., b. June 5, 1780, m. Priscilla Wheeler.
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1-1 | JOHN PUTNAM, (Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Feb. 7, 1778, m. Aug. 19, 1798, Anna R. Wheeler (W), b. Feb. 21, 1779, d. Oct. 13, 1873. He d. July 14, 1859. Children,
1. NANCY A., b. Dec. 1, 1799, m. Levi Smith.
2. JOHN, b. Sept. 5, 1800, m. Sarah W. Nelson.
3. JASPER W., b. June 3, 1802, m. Mary Kimball.
5. ELBRIDGE G., b. Dec. 4, 1805, m. Eunice Knowlton.
6. ZADOCK E., b. July 20, 1807, d. Oct. 26, 1810.
7. JONATHAN R., b. Mar. 3, 1809, m. Sarah A. Bowen.
8. BETSEY B., b. Sept. 12, 1810, d. Sept. 16, 1810.
9. ZADOCK E., b. Oct. 28, 1811, m. Harriet N. Monroe.
10. MARY E., b. Sept. 26, 1814, m. Albert A. Payne. Res. Portsmouth, N. H.
11. ABIGAIL M., b. June 8, 1817, m. John M. Wood.
2-2 GEORGE W. PUTNAM, (Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 5, 1780, m. May 5, 1803, Priscilla Wheeler (W), b. Dec. 16, 1778. Children,
1. ELIZA, b. June 19, 1804, m. W. B. Harrington and Martin Jacobs.
8 2. SAMUEL W., b. Aug. 17, 1806, m. Aurilla Thayer, Mary Howard and Julia Hathaway.
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3. CYRUS, b. Sept. 14, 1809, d. July 11, 1828.
4. JAMES G., b. May 29, 1812, m. Elizabeth T. Cleveland.
10 |5. CHARLES, b. Aug. 23, 1815, m. Catherine T. Ingraham.
6. ADALINE, b. Dec. 9, 1817, m. John Clafiin. Res. Worcester.
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JOHN PUTNAM, (John, Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Sept. 5, 1800, m. May 25, 1829, Sarah W. Nelson, d. Mar. 29, 1878. Children,
1. SARAH E., b. Mar. 24, 1833, m. Samuel H. Knox.
2. ANN L., b. Nov. 20, 1835, d. Dec. 9, 1852.
4-3 JASPER W. PUTNAM, (John, Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 3, 1802, m. Aug. 22, 1824, Mary Kimball, d. Apr. 21, 1878, aged 74. He res. at New England Village.
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Until he was sixteen years of age he resided with his father, and at- tended the common school a portion of the time. Arriving at this age he went to Worcester, where he was engaged as clerk in a dry goods store. On account of sickness he returned home, and resided until his marriage, in 1824, with his father. About this time he erected a build- ing in which he kept dry goods and groceries for some time, until he was bought out by a Boston firm, when he purchased a lot of land of Elijah Brooks, and erected a house and barn. He now began the manu- facture of boots and shoes, and in 1830 he formed a co-partnership with John M. Leland, who went to New Orleans, La., to sell the goods. In 1835 the firm erected a building In which to manufacture their goods. The firm here was known as J. W. Putnam & Co., and at New Orleans as J. M. Leland & Co. In 1836 the business was discontinued, and Mr. Putnam was employed by G. R. Putnam for about three years. In 1840 he again began the manufacture of boots and shoes, which he con- tinued most of the time to 1872, since which time he has been out of business. Children,
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3 4 5 4. LEWIS. b. June 10, 1804, m. Puah Mellen and Elmira Parker.
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HISTORY OF GRAFTON.
1. MARY A., b. Jan. 3, 1826, d. Aug. 10, 1833.
2. FREDERICK W., b. April 14, 1828, m. Elizabeth Crocker.
3. HARRISON K., b. March 22, 1830, m. Henrietta Crippen.
4. AUGUSTUS A., b. Feb. 7, 1836, d. April 20, 1871.
5. CHARLES H., b. Feb. 11, 1838, in. Addie Sargent.
6. MARY E., b. May 1, 1842, m. George Whitney.
7. EDWARD J., b. March 10, 1844, m. Emma Wingate.
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LEWIS PUTNAM, (John, Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 10, 1804, m. Puah Mellen; m. 2nd, Elmira Parker. Res. Marl- horough. Children,
1. JANE M., b. Aug. 6, 1832, m. John E. Curtis.
2. MARY M., b. Nov, 25, 1834, m. B. M. Fay.
3. ALBERT L., b. Oct. 1, 1838, d. Jan. 22, 1841.
4. FRANKLIN L., b. Aug. 28, 1845, m. Ella Eager.
5. HENRY A., b. Oct. 8, 1849, m. Emma Alexander.
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JONATHAN R. PUTNAM, (John, Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. March 3, 1809, m. 1834, Sarah A. Bowen. He res. in New England Village, and now in Worcester. Cb.,
1. ELLEN A., b. July 8, 1835, m. Edward Bemis and W. H. Harrington.
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ZADOCK E. PUTNAM, (John, Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Oct. 28, 1811, m April 16, 1835, Harriet N. Monroe. He d. Nov. 6, 1839, and his widow m. Sumner N. Dinsmore. Ch.,
11 1. HENRY E., m. Eliza R. Mills and Abby W. Payne.
8-2 SAMUEL W. PUTNAM, (George W., Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 17, 1806, m. Nov. 4, 1830, Aurilla Thayer, b. 1811, d. May 1, 1856 ; Mary Howard, b. 1827, d. May 31, 1862, and Julia Hathaway. Children,
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1. ELIJA J., b. May 22, 1831, d. March 1, 1856, unm.
2. GEORGE E., b. May 4, 1835, m. Caroline A. Allen.
3. FRANCIS A., b. Dec. 3, 1837, d. Feb. 7, 1855.
4. WILLIAM H1., b. Nov. 15, 1839, m. Etta Smith; res. in West Haven, Conn.
5. ESTELLE A., m. Frank Whitney ; res. in Worcester. His widow m. Jonas Allen.
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JAMES G. PUTNAM, (George W., Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. May 29, 1812, m. June 27, 1837, Elizabeth T. Cleveland, b. Nov. 17, 1815.
Children,
1. CHARLES C., b. June 15, 1838, unm. Rev, to Nevada.
2. CLARA M., b. Nov. 3, 1842, unın.
3. JULIA E., b. Aug. 25, 1846. 4. MARION C., b. June 21, 1849.
5. SAMUEL E., b. Ang. 22, 1855.
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CHARLES PUTNAM, (George W., Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, Jobn), b. Aug. 23, 1815, m. Caroline T, Ingraham, He rev. to Marl- borough. Children,
1. MARIA H., b. March 5, 1840,
2. HENRY K., b. Oct. 26, 1842.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
11-1 | HENRY E. PUTNAM, (Zadock E., John, Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, Jobn), m. Eliza R. Mills ; m. 2nd, Abby W. Payne, his cousin, b. Nov. 21, 1843. Children,
1. WILLIS S., b. Feb. 21, 1868. 2. ALBERT H., b. Sept. 19, 1872.
12-2 GEORGE E. PUTNAM, (Samuel W., George W., Zadock, Zadock, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. May 4, 1835, m. Aug. 31, 1855, Caroline A. Allen, b. May 22, 1839. Children.
1. CLARENCE, b. Jan. 17, 1857. 2. FANNIE A., b. Dec. 14, 1858.
3. IDA A., b. March 19, 1861. 4. AMY E., b. Jan. 27, 1863.
BENJAMIN PUTNAM, by wife Martha, had, Children, 1. PATTY, b. Nov. 27, 1782. 2. SIMEON, b. Dec. 4, 1784.
JAMES PUTNAM, by wife Elizabeth, had, Children, 1. BETSEY, b. March 12, 1782. 2. HANNAH, b. April 6, 1784.
JAMES PUTNAM, m. Nov. 9, 1836, Phebe P. Sloane. Children, 1. JESSE E., b. Nov. 11, 1837. 2. HENRY C., b. July 6, 1839. 3. GEORGE E., b. Feb. 9, 1841. 4. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 3, 1844.
RUFUS PUTNAM, by wife Relief H. -- , had, Children, 1. MARY W., b July 30, 1815. 2. TIMOTHY, h. April 29, 1817. 3. ANNA A., b. March 19, 1819.
PLINEY PUTNAM, (Francis), b. Feb. 15, 1801, m. Elizabeth Gray, and d. Feb. 29, 1878. Children,
1. LEANDER, b. June 15, 1829, m. Isabell Turner; rev. to Worcester.
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