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Christopher Paige, 1739,10 1744, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1754, 1758. Eleazar Warner, 1743, 1746, 1748. Constant Merrick, 1751.
1 Removed to Springfield ; died at Am herst, April 11, 1865.
2 Removed to Ticonderoga, N. Y .; died at Worcester, April 26, 1851.
8 Removed to Amherst, and died there, September 9, 1863.
4 Removed to Greenfield ; died at Worcester, May 13, 1868.
Benjamin Ruggles, 1752, 1753, 1755, 1759, 1762, 1765, 1770.
Paul Mandell, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1761.
Timothy Ruggles, 1763, 1764.
William Paige, 1772, 1774, 1776- 1778, 1781.
Jonathan Warner, 1779, 1780,
6 Removed to Leominster and Cam- bridge; died at Chicago, February 15, 1880.
7 Removed to Connecticut; died No- vember 23, 1881.
8 Removed to Athol.
9 District meeting.
10 First March meeting after incorpora-
6 Removed to Rock Island, Ill .; died tion of the town. August 6, 1881.
Joel W. Fletcher, May 22, 1841.6 Stephen W. Paige, March 1, 1843 ; died February 24, 1871. William Mixter, March 1, 1845. William Anderson, February 17, 1848 ; died April 21, 1867.
Constant Southworth, April 15, 1850 ; died December 5, 1877. Dwight Billings, April 30, 1851.7 Almon M. Orcutt, March 22, 1854.
John G. Dennis, July 15, 1856 ; died July 31, 1858.
Daniel S. Collins, September 2, 1858.
Andrew J. Bartholomew, Novem- ber 18, 1858. Removed to South- bridge.
Albert E Knight, May 27, 1861.
James P. Fay, April 27, 1864; Trial Justice, April 27, 1869.
William H. Tucker, January 16, 1867.
John F. Rich, August 24, 1871.
315
CIVIL OFFICERS.
1782, 1787, 1788, 1790, 1791, Ebenezer Perry, 1831, 1832, 1836, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1801. 1841.
David Allen, 1783-1786, 1793.
Martin Kinsley, 1789, 1794, 1796. Daniel Warner, 1792.
John Hastings, 1797.
Daniel Ruggles, 1800.
Timothy Paige, 1802-1821, except 1807.
James Paige, 1807.
Samuel Eastman, 1822, 1823.
William Cutler, 1824.
Samuel Billings, 1825-1827, 1833.
Moses Allen, 1828-1830.
Joseph Knox, 1834, 1835, 1837. John Raymond, 1838-1840, 1842- 1850, 1852.
Constant Southworth, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857-1860, 1863, 1866, 1867, 1873.
Almon M. Orcutt, 1854, 1856.
William Mixter, 1861, 1862, 1865. Joseph W. Powers, 1864, 1868- 1871. Samuel S. Dennis, 1872, 1874- 1882.
SELECTMEN.
Benjamin Smith, 1737, 1739.
Joseph Allen, 1737, 1738, 1740- 1742, 1745-1748, 1750, 1751,
1756, 1757, 1766-1769, 1771- 1773.
Samuel Robinson, 1737, 1741, 1742, 1748, 1752-1757.
Stephen Griffith, 1737.
Benjamin Ruggles, 1737, 1738, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1749, 1750, 1752-1755, 1758, 1759, 1761, 1765, 1770.
Jonathan Warner, 1738, 1740- 1742, 1745, 1751. John Wells, 1738-1741.
Daniel Warner, 1771-1773, 1776, 1784, 1786.
Timothy Newton, 1774, 1777, 1786.
Constant Merrick, 1738, 1739, 1742, 1747, 1749, 1756, 1760, Stephen Rice, 1774, 1775, 1779, 1762-1764, 1770.
Eleazar Warner, 1739, 1743, 1744, 1746-1748.
1780. Jonathan Warner (General), 1774, 1775, 1779. Elisha Billings, 1774. John Bradish, 1775.
William Thomas, 1739. Christopher Paige, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1749-1751. John Foster, 1740, 1741.
Abraham Knowlton, 1776, 1780.
David Allen, 1777, 1781-1785, 1792-1798. Timothy Paige (Colonel), 1777- 1780. Gamaliel Collins, 1778.
George Abbott, 1742. Nathaniel Whitcomb, 1745, 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759. Timothy Ruggles, 1754. Elisha Hedge, 1755, 1758, 1759, Daniel Billings, 1778, 1782, 1784, 1762-1764.
1787-1790.
Paul Mandell, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1772- 1775.
Ezra Leonard, 1760, 1767, 1768, 1776. John Cooper, 1761. Stephen Fay, 1762-1764. William Paige, 1765, 1769-1773, 1775-1778. Roland Sears, 1767-1769, 1771. Joseph Warner, 1770. Thomas Robinson, 1771-1773, 1776, 1777.
316
HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
Elijah Warner, 1779, 1780, 1782, Thomas R. Smith, 1814-1816, 1793-1795.
John Hastings, 1778-1780, 1795.
Aaron Barlow, 1781.
Ichabod Dexter, 1781, 1782, 1785. Ephraim Pratt, 1781.
Isaiah Hatch, 1781, 1782.
Daniel Egery, 1783, 1787-1792.
James Paige, Jr. (Major), 1783- 1786, 1791-1794, 1803-1805.
Charles Doolittle, 1783.
John Paige, 1783-1785.
Moses Mandell, 1785, 1786, 1800- 1802, 1817.
James Lawton, 1786.
Seth Peirce, 1787-1791, 1803- 1805.
Nathaniel Paige, 1787.
Seth Johnson, 1787-1790.
Job Dexter, 1788-1794, 1799, 1803-1805.
1796-
Lemuel Willis, 1791, 1792.
Prince Nye, 1793-1799, 1806- 1810.
Seth Hinkley, Jr., 1795, 1796. Jeduthun Spooner, 1796-1800, 1811, 1812. Jonathan Danforth, 1797.
Timothy Paige (Esq.), 1798-1810, 1817-1821.
Daniel Ruggles, 1799-1802.
Samuel Hinkley, 1800-1810.
Samuel Beals, 1801, 1802.
Jason Mixter, 1806-1810, 1817- 1819, 1835-1839. Lemuel Newton, 1806.
Elijah B. Harmon, 1807, 1811.
Henry Fish, 1808-1812.
Jonathan Warner, 1811-1813.
Samuel Dexter, Jr., 1811-1813, 1829.
Moses Allen, 1812-1815, 1817- 1825, 1829-1831, 1835, 1836. Lewis Howe, 1813, 1814. Samuel Eastman, 1813-1816. Thomas Egery, 1814-1816.
1836, 1837.
Moses Wheeler, 1815, 1816.
Samuel Billings, 1816, 1818-1825.
Joseph Stone, 1817-1822, 1826.
Ezra Ruggles, 1820.
Samuel F. Cutler, 1821-1825, 1836.
William Walker, 1822-1824.
David Paige, 1823.
Scotto Berry, 1824, 1826-1829, 1835.
Martin Mandell, 1825.
Ebenezer Perry, 1825-1828.
Charles Paige, 1826.
William Sumner, 1826.
Stephen Morton, 1827.
John Gilbert, 1827, 1828.
Joseph Robinson (Colonel), 1827, 1828, 1830.
Joseph Robinson, 2d, 1828-1830.
Haffield Gould, 1829-1832, 1836- 1845.
Warren Smith, 1830.
John Dean, 1831-1833, 1847, 1848. Beals Thomas, 1831.
Marshall Nye, 1831, 1832.
Joseph Knox, 1832.
Walter Mandell, 1832-1834.
Timothy P. Anderson, 1833, 1834.
Joseph Whipple, 1833.
Ebenezer Burt, Jr., 1833. Anson F. Allen, 1834.
James Browning, 1834, 1838, 1839. John Raymond, 1834, 1837-1840, 1842-1850, 1852-1854.
Elbridge Cutler, 1835. Mark Haskell, 1835.
Charles C. Spooner, 1837-1839, 1846-1848, 1852, 1865-1868.
Sardius Sibley, 1840.
William Anderson, 1840-1846, 1854, 1856. Adolphus Bartholomew, 1840. Gardner Bartholomew, 1841, 1847. William Mixter, 1841-1843.
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CIVIL OFFICERS.
Erastus W. Paige, 1841-1846. Asa Sturtevant, 1844-1846.
Constant Southworth, 1847-1849, 1851, 1854, 1855, 1863, 1864. Timothy Fay, 1848.
Lilly S. Manly, 1849, 1850, 1856. Dwight Billings, 1850, 1851, 1853. Moses Lawrence, 1851, 1855.
Forester B. Aiken, 1851.
Orin Trow, 1851, 1863, 1865-1868. James H. Walker, 1852, 1856, 1857, 1872-1874.
Joseph W. Powers, 1853, 1854, 1856-1862.
Adonijah Dennis, 1855. Alvin Cleveland, 1855. H. G. Otis Monroe, 1855. Henry B. Gould, 1856-1862. George Manly, 1857-1862, 1869- 1882.
William P. Ruggles, 1857. Elbridge Mandell, 1863.
Nathan W. Sargent, 1864. Samuel S. Dennis, 1864-1882.
Calvin W. Mann, 1869-1871.
Alfred H. Richardson, 1875.
George Warner, 1876-1882.
ASSESSORS.
William Maccoye, 1737. Benjamin Ruggles, 1737, 1738, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1749, 1750, 1758, 1759, 1761. Experience Johnson, 1737.
Joseph Allen, 1738, 1740-1742, 1745-1748, 1750-1757, 1765- 1767, 1773. Jonathan Warner, 1738, 1745. John Wells, 1738, 1739.
Constant Merrick, 1738, 1739, 1742, 1747, 1749, 1760, 1762- 1764.
Eleazar Warner, 1739, 1743, 1744, 1746-1748. Benjamin Smith, 1739. William Thomas, 1739.
Christopher Paige, 1740, 1743, 1744, 1749, 1750. John Foster, 1740, 1741.
Samuel Robinson, 1742, 1748, 1757.
Nathaniel Whitcomb, 1745, 1758, 1759.
Paul Mandell, 1751, 1752, 1754- 1757, 1760, 1761, 1769, 1770, 1772, 1774, 1775. Stephen Fay, 1751, 1753, 1762- 1766.
John Cooper, 1752-1756, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1769.
Elisha Hedge, 1758, 1759, 1762- 1764.
Ezra Leonard, 1760.
Jonas Fay, 1766, 1767.
Thomas Wells White, 1767-1769, 1771, 1776, 1777. Challis Safford, 1769. Joseph Warner, 1770. William Paige, 1770, 1772, 1773, 1776.
Daniel Wheeler, 1771, 1783.
David Allen, 1771, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1783-1787, 1795, 1796. Daniel Warner, 1772, 1773, 1776- 1780, 1784-1786. Stephen Rice, 1774, 1775. Josiah Lock, 1774.
Barnabas Sears, 1775.
Thomas Wheeler, 1777, 1782. John Hastings, 1777, 1779, 1782, 1793, 1794. Silvanus Washburn, 1778-1780, 1782-1787.
Ephraim Cleveland, 1781.
Seth Johnson, 1781.
James Paige, Jr. (Major), 1781, 1787-1794, 1796, 1803-1805, 1809-1811, 1813. Daniel Ruggles, 1787-1792, 1801, X 1802, 1823-1825.
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HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
Lemuel Willis, 1788-1800, 1802, John Raymond, 1842-1849, 1852- 1806, 1807. 1854.
Jonathan Danforth, 1795, 1797.
Seth Hinkley, 1797-1800.
Timothy Paige, 1798-1821.
Moses Mandell, 1801, 1806-1808, 1817-1819. Jeduthun Spooner, 1803-1805, 1814-1816.
Timothy Billings, 1808-1811.
Samuel Hinkley, 1812, 1813.
Thomas Wheeler (Colonel), 1812.
Ebenezer Perry, 1814-1816, 1826- 1830, 1835, 1837, 1841.
Samuel Billings, 1817-1828, 1833, 1834.
Moses Allen, 1820, 1822-1825, 1828-1831, 1835, 1836.
Lemuel Harrington, 1821, 1822.
Samuel F. Cutler, 1826, 1827, 1835, 1836.
Franklin Ruggles, 1829.
Walter Mandell, 1830-1834, 1837- James W. Powers, 1864, 1867- 1840. 1870.
Scotto Berry, 1831, 1832.
Joseph Whipple, 1831-1834, 1841. David Billings, 1831.
Ebenezer Burt, Jr., 1836-1838.
Gardner Ruggles, 1838-1840, 1844, 1850.
Sardius Sibley, 1839.
Anson F. Allen, 1840-1843, 1850, 1851, 1857-1860.
Adolphus Bartholomew, 1842, 1843.
William Anderson, 1844-1846, 1850-1852, 1854, 1856.
Dwight Billings, 1845-1849.
Lilly S. Manly, 1847-1849.
Moses Ruggles, 1851, 1866. 7
Constant Southworth, 1852-1854, 1865.
Edward Dean, 1853.
Timothy Fay, 1855.
Lysander Powers, 1855.
Emory B. Foster, 1855, 1863.
Forester B. Aiken, 1856-1860.
William Browning, 1856, 1857.
William P. Ruggles, 1858, 1859, 1861.
Moses Smith, 1860.
Orin Trow, 1861, 1862.
Joel D. Mandell, 1861-1863.
Leander Sibley, 1862-1864, 1866- 1873.
George Manly, 1864, 1867, 1868.
Nathan W. Sargent, 1865. John B. Aiken, 1865.
George Warner, 1866, 1869-1874.
John J. Newcomb, 1871-1877.
Samuel D. Kendall, 1874-1878.
Joel L. Powers, 1875-1882.
James P. Fay, 1878-1882.
Calvin W. Mann, 1879-1882.
TOWN CLERKS.
Samuel Robinson, 1737, 1738, Thomas Wells White, 1769,2 1771, 1741,1 1742. 1777.
Cornelius Cannon, 1739.
John Foster, 1740, 1741. Experience Johnson, 1743-1746.
Joseph Allen, 1747-1764. John Cooper, 1765-1769.
1 Elected in place of John Foster.
2 Elected in place of John Cooper.
3 Elected in place of Thomas Wells White.
Paul Mandell, 1770.
David Allen, 1777.8
Silvanus Washburn, 1778-1787.
Lemuel Willis, 1787 4-1800, 1806- 1808, 1810, 1811.
4 Elected in place of Silvanus Wash- burn.
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CIVIL OFFICERS.
Jeduthun Spooner, 1801-1805. Samuel Eastman, 1809.
Samuel Hinkley, 1812-1828.
Joseph Stone, 1829-1848.
William Mixter, 1849-1857. Almon M. Orcutt, 1858, 1860.
× George Ruggles, 1859, 1860.1 Albert E. Knight, 1861-1882.
TOWN TREASURERS.
John Wells, 1737-1740.
Moses Mandell, 1811.
Joseph Allen, 1741, 1742, 1763- 1769.
Benjamin Ruggles, 1743.
Jonathan Warner, 1744-1762.
Jonathan Warner (General), 1770- 1777, 1779, 1780.
Gardner Ruggles, 1838, 1839.
David Allen, 1778.
William Mixter, 1846-1849, 1851- 1862. Dwight Billings, 1850.
Timothy Paige, 1781-1786.
Martin Kinsley, 1787-1792.
Frazier Paige, 1863-1866.
Daniel Ruggles, 1793-1798.
Albert E. Knight, 1867-1877.
Joseph Allen (2d), 1799-1807.
Lucien D. Trow, 1878.
Almon M. Orcutt, 1879-1882.
Elijah B. Harmon, 1808-1810, 1812-1825.
Elbridge Cutler, 1826-1831. Jason Mixter, 1832-1835, 1840- 1845. Walter Mandell, 1836, 1837.
1 Died January 7, 1861, and A. M. Orcutt served for remainder of his term.
ا جنبية ــ
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.1
ABBOTT, GEORGE, " with three sons, George, Nehemiah, and Thomas, emi- grated from England. He d. in Rowley, A. D. 1647." Abbott Genealogy, p. 147.
2. GEORGE, s. of George (1), " settled in Andover 1655, where he m., May 1658, Sarah Farnum, and lived near the North meeting-house, served as sex- ton, and was respected; he d. 22 Mar. 1689; she d. 1728, a. 90, the widow of Henry Ingalls, who d. 1719, a. 92. Their chil. were George, b. 28 Jan. 1659, d. 24 Jan. 1724; Sarah,b. 6 Sep. 1660; John, b. 26 Aug. 1662; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1664; Nehemiah, b. 20 July 1667; d. 8 Oct. 1750; Hannah, b. 20 Sep. 1668; Mehetabel, b. 17 Feb. 1671, d. young; Lydia, b. 29 Sep. 1675; Samuel, b. 30 May 1678; Mehetabel, b. 4 Ap. 1680." Abbott Gen. p. 147.
3. GEORGE, s. of George (2), "m., 1689, Elizabeth Ballard, who d. May 1706, and he m. Hannah Easty." His chil. were " George, b. 17 July 1691; Uriah, b. 26 Nov. 1692, d. 7 Ap. 1770; Jacob, b. 19 Mar. 1694, m., 1722, Ruth Foster, settled in Brookfield, Mass .; Elizabeth, b. 6 Nov. 1695, m., 1714, Deac. David Foster, Boxford, who d. June 1759; Obed, b. 6 Mar. 1697, d. 11 May 1772; Moses, b. 4 Feb. 1699; Peter ; Sarah, m. Comfort Barns, Brookfield; Hannah, m., 1727, David Gilbert, Brookfield."
Abbott Gen. pp. 147, 148.
4. GEORGE, s. of George (3), of " Hardwick, d. at Bennington, Vt., about 1771. His chil. were Isaac ; Jacob ; Sarah, m. - Roberts, Morristown, Vt .; Timothy, d. 3 Nov. 1807, a. 69; Ruth, m. - Pratt, Shaftsbury, Vt." Abbott Gen. p. 158. This GEORGE was the first of his family who resided in Hard- wick. According to the Church Record, his chil. born here, by w. Rebecca, were Ruth, bap. 8 May 1737, m. Timothy Pratt 14 Oct. 1756, prob. rem. to Bennington, and perhaps afterwards to Shaftsbury, Vt .; Timothy, bap. 10 June 1739, prob. the same who assisted in rescuing Remember Baker from his cap- tors at Bennington, 22 Mar. 1772. See Records of the Council of Safety, etc., Vermont, i. 150; Mary, bap. 7 June 1741, d. 5 May 1753. Of the chil. b. before the removal to Hk., Sarah m. John Roberts 1 Ap. 1752, and prob. rem. to Morristown. Besides these there was a s. George (named below) who was b. about 1720. GEORGE the f. was a blacksmith, one of the earliest white
1 This plan of a Genealogical Register is Greenwich; Hk., for Hardwick ; N. Br., for adopted because it is less complicated than New Braintree; N. Brk., for North Brook- field; N. Sal., for New Salem; Pelh., for Pelham; Pet., for Petersham; Presc., for Prescott; Roch., for Rochester; Shutes., for Shutesbury ; Springf., for Springfield; W. Brk., for West Brookfield; Worc., for Wor- cester; and if there be any other, the refer- ence will be easily perceived. As already stated in the Preface, the contraction, "R. Map," which so often occurs, indicates the Ruggles Map, or a map of Hardwick drawn by Gardner Ruggles, Esq., about fifty years ago, showing the position of each dwelling- house and its distance from the Common. others, yet sufficiently particular for all prac- tical purposes. The system is too plain and obvious to require any explanation. The ordinary abbreviations are used, such as a., for aged; b., for born; bap., for baptized; chil., for children; d., for died; d. s. p., for died without issue ; m., for married; f., for father; w., for wife or widow; s., for son; dau., for daughter; rem., for removed; res., for resides or resided; ret., for returned, etc. The names of towns are also frequently abbreviated, as Amh., for Amherst; Bel., for Belchertown . Brk., for Brookfield; Dart., for Dartmouth; Enf., for Enfield; Gr., for
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inhabitants of Hk., an original member of the First Church, afterwards joined the Separate Church, and prob. rem., with most of its members, to Benning- ton, Vt., where he is said to have d. "about 1771."
5. GEORGE, s. of George (4), m. Martha Ayers of Brookfield 5 Dec. 1745, and had in Hk. Nathan, bap. 1746; Lydia, b. 16 Sep. 1747; Samuel, b. 24 Aug. 1750; Nathaniel, b. 8 Nov. 1753. GEORGE the f. d. prob. 1761, as the inventory of his estate was presented, 16 Aug. 1761, by his w. Martha, who m. Benjamin Roberts 29 Feb. 1764. In the settlement of his estate, 9 Sep. 1762, provision was made for "fulfilling the obligation the deceased gave unto his father George Abbott for paying him a yearly annuity of eight pounds, and maintaining his mother if she should outlive his father." Worcester Prob. Rec.
6. ISAAC, s. of George (4), m. Elizabeth Goodnow 14 Aug. 1760, and had David, b. 17 July 1762. ISAAC the f. was a simple inoffensive man, who in his old age afforded much amusement to children by a peculiarly shrill whistle, produced, according to my recollection, by placing his fingers in his mouth. He became a pauper, and d. 25 Ap. 1814, a. 82.
7. JACOB, S. of George (4), was adm. to the ch. 4 Ap. 1742. No further trace of him is found on the records.
8. SAMUEL, perhaps s. of GEORGE (4), was a soldier in the old French War, and was killed at Fort Massachusetts 2 Aug. 1748. His service is described in a muster roll among Col. I. Williams' papers, preserved in the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
ADAMS, JAMES, had dau. Mary, bap. 16 Dec. 1750; nothing more is ascer- tained concerning him.
2. OLIVER, by w. Elizabeth, had Enoch, Elizabeth, and Mary Parkhurst, all bap. 20 June 1810.
AIKEN, JAMES (otherwise written Aikens, Aitkens, Ekens, Ekins, and Eakins), is said to have been an emigrant from Scotland. He res. several years in Brookfield, where he m. Mercy Gibbs, 15 Oct. 1718, and where all his chil. were prob. born, though only one of the births appears on record, namely, " Marcy Ekens, daughter of James and Marcy, born January ye 3ª 1720." She m. William Paige of Hk. 12 Jan. 1743-4, and d. 19 Feb. 1823, at the great age of one hundred and two years, having been a member of the church more than eighty-six years. Of the chil. whose births are not found on record, were John, Solomon, and perhaps Abigail, who m. James Bacon, 5 June 1755, and also Margaret, who m. Nathaniel Whitcomb, Jr., 19 June 1755. JAMES the f. was one of the pioneers in the settlement of Hk., and res. on the easterly side of Great Meadow Brook, about a mile and a half south of the meeting-house, on or near the spot marked "Z. Phinney " on Ruggles's Map of Hardwick. It was currently reported by his contemporaries, that, before he rem. his family, and while he was preparing a shelter for them in the wilderness, his dau. Mercy, then about twelve or thirteen years old, many times rode through the pathless forest between Brk. and Hk. on horseback, guided by marked trees, to convey his weekly rations of food, - thus display- ing that energy which characterized her whole life. He was Superintendent of the Hardwick Fair from its establishment in 1762 until 1771, and d. 10 Aug. 1775, a. 82. His w. Mercy united with the church 29 May 1737; the date of her death does not appear.
2. JOHN, S. of James (1), came to Hk. with his father about 1733. He m. Jerusha Atwood 19 Oct. 1749, and had Hannah, b. 6 Aug. 1750, d. unm. 9 Dec. 1814; Jerusha, b. 17 Ap. 1752, d. 24 Aug. 1753; Sarah, b. 16 Jan. 1754, m. Elias Walker 27 Feb. 1772; John, b. 17 Mar. 1755; Atwood, b. 6 Sep. 1756; Solomon, b. 15 July 1758, grad. D. C. 1784, ordained pastor of the church in Dracut, 4 June 1788, dismissed 4 June 1812, and entered the U. S. Army as chaplain. He had served two years in the Revolutionary Army before enter- ing college, He m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Daniel Warner, pub. 12 Oct. 1788, and had four sons and five daughters, all living in 1853. He rem. in 1818 to Hardwick, Vt., was representative in 1821 and 1822, and d. 1 June 1833. He was chiefly distinguished as a politician. See History of Mendon Association,
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pp. 227-229; Israel, b. 6 June 1760, m. Susanna Smith 23 Sep. 1784, at which time he res. at Windsor; Jerusha, b. 26 Ap. 1762, m. Jedediah Fay 12 Nov. 1778; Samuel, b. 2 Feb. 1764, d. young; Bathsheba, bap. 17 Mar. 1765, d. unm. 27 Dec. 1797; Samuel, b. 4 July 1768, m. Raby Pettingell 30 July 1797. JOHN the f. was a housewright, and res. on part of the homestead. He d. not long before 18 July 1768, when his Inventory was presented; his w. Jerusha m. Benjamin Ruggles, Jr., 11 Feb. 1773, and d. 28 Oct. 1787, a. 57.
3. SOLOMON, S. of James (1), came to Hk. with his father, m. Dorcas, dau. of Nathaniel Whitcomb, 8 Feb. 1749-50, and had Mercy, b. 16 Nov. 1750, m. Benjamin Stebbins 24 Sep. 1772; James, b. 8 Oct. 1752, m. Abigail -, who d. at Barnard, Vt., 10 July 1789, a. 29, and he there m. Gratis Graves 25 Mar. 1790; Anne, b. 31 Mar. 1754, m. Beriah Green, at Barnard, 26 Dec. 1781; Margaret, b. 27 June 1755; Jerusha, b. 3 Oct. 1757; Nathaniel, b. 9 Oct. 1759, m. Mary Tupper at B. 27 Dec. 1784; Dorcas, bap. (with Solomon) 13 Mar. 1763, m. Nathan Parmenter at B. 19 June 1781; Solomon, b. 3 Mar. (bap. 13 Mar.) 1763, m. Betsey -, and had two chil. at Barnard; Susanna, b. 3 Feb. 1765, m. Shiverick Crowell 15 Sep. 1785 at B .; Levina, b. 25 Aug. 1769; Elijah, b. 11 Feb. 1772, m. Rebecca Tupper at B. 23 Ap. 1797. SOLOMON the f. was a farmer and res. on a part of the homestead. He rem. with the early emigrants from Hardwick to Barnard, Vt., and was one of the first board of selectmen elected in that town at its organization, 9 Ap. 1778. He was a very active and useful citizen, and d. 10 Dec. 1805, a. 79; his w. Dorcas d. 10 Dec. 1803, a. 73. This family is still represented in Barnard.
4. JOHN, S. of John (2), m. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Ruggles, Jr., 10 Oct. 1782, and had John, b. - 1783 ; Benjamin, b. -; Sarah, b .- , m. Joseph Allen 3d, 12 May, 1814 ; Harriet, bap. 24 July 1791, d. unm. 3 Sep. 1869; Lucia, bap. 13 Ap. 1794, m. Jonas Winter of Shutesbury 6 Dec. 1826; Clarissa, bap. 10 July 1796, d. 3 Sep. 1797 ; Bathsheba, bap. 27 May 1798, d. 25 May 1803; a child d. 20 June 1802, a. three weeks ; Samuel Ruggles, bap. 1 Jan. 1804, m. Nancy M. Smith of N. Sal., pub. 24 Ap. 1826, and soon rem. from Hk. JOHN the f. was a farmer and res. on the southerly part of the homestead, at the place marked "L. Bartlett " on the Ruggles Map, where vestiges of the cellar and garden still remain. He d. 10 Sep. 1810 ; his w. Sarah d. 17 Jan. 1822, a. 62.
5. ATWOOD, s. of John (2), m. Hannah Willis 9 Dec. 1779, and had Betsey, b. 15 Jan. 1782; Calvin, b. 31 May 1783; Polly, bap. 8 Nov. 1789; Solomon, bap. 31 July 1791. ATWOOD the f. rem. to Richfield, N. Y.
6. JOHN, s. of John (4), m. Celia Brown of Ware, pub. 17 Jan. 1814, and had H. Almeda, b. about 1819, m. George P. Wheeler of Pet. 13 June 1848; John Brown, b. about 1823, m. Fidelia F., wid. of David A. Dean, 25 Feb. 1858, is a farmer and res. on his father's homestead ; Moses B. b. about 1825, d. unm. 30 Oct. 1851, a. 26. JOHN the f. was a farmer, res. at the place marked "J. Aiken " on the Ruggles Map, and d. 13 Nov. 1854, a. 71; his w. Celia d. 9 Oct. 1851, a. 67.
7. DAVID, nephew of James (1), m. Hannah Simons of Ware 15 July 1765, and had Joseph, b. 16 Ap. 1766, m. Hannah Gibbs of N. Sal., pub. 5 March 1792, rem. early ; Lucy, b. 27 Nov. 1767, m. Moses Paige 27 Aug. 1789, and d. 27 Mar. 1800; Mary, b. 17 Jan. 1769, m. Moses Paige, pub. 17 May 1801; he d. 5 Dec. 1818, and she m. Jonathan Marsh of Ware 1 Dec. 1824; Sila, b. 28 Dec. 1771, m. Paul Dean 8 Dec. 1811 ; he d. 23 Sep. 1828, and she m. Nathaniel Fish of Presc. 30 Dec. 1835, and d. 7 Mar. 1844; Hannah, b. 26 Nov. 1773, d. unm. 24 Ap. 1800 ; David, b. 3 Oct. 1778; Annas, b. 9 June 1782, d. unm. 4 Feb. 1802. DAVID the f. was a farmer and resided on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked "D. Aiken" on the Ruggles Map. It is understood that he was left an orphan at an early age, and was admitted to the family of his uncle, James Aiken. He d. 27 Feb. 1805, a. 70 ; his w. Hannah d. 28 July 1837, a. 97, as inscribed on her grave- stone.
8. DAVID, S. of David (7), m. Patty, dau. of Capt. Zenas Phinney, 24 Ap. 1805, and had David, b. 10 Feb. 1806, m. Fanny Upton of Boston 17 Sep.
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1851 (she d. 29 Mar. 1878, a. 70) ; Forester Berry, b. 1 Mar. 1808 ; Annas, b. 9 Dec. 1811, d. 4 Ap. 1813; Brigham, b. 20 Feb. 1813, m. Sarah Pepper of Warren 16 Ap. 1846, and d. s. p. 23 Feb. 1864 ; his w. d. 11 Nov. 1859, a. 47; Lewis, b. 6 Nov. 1816, res. several years in Boston where he m. Sarah J. Sherman 1 Oct. 1844, ret. to Hk. and d. s. p. 29 Sep. 1875; a child b. d. 29 June 1818; Charles P., b. 20 Jan. 1821, m. Louisa, dau. of Dr. Joseph Stone, 27 Sep. 1846. DAVID the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 18 Feb. 1852; his w. Patty d. 16 or 17 Ap. 1877, a. 92.
9. FORESTER BERRY, s. of David (8), m. Fanny, dau. of Daniel Wheeler, 10 May 1837, and had Martha M., b. 2 Feb. 1839, d. 1 Feb. 1840 ; Mary Ann, b. 23 Feb. 1841, m. George Manly 23 Feb. 1864 ; Charles W., b. 23 Feb. 1843, pub. to Salome McKenney 25 May 1868, and had Charles E., b. 22 Nov. 1881; Henry P. b. 16 Nov. 1844, m. Carrie L. Gilmore of Southbridge 22 Nov. 1869; Ellen F., b. 25 May 1847, m. Benjamin Manly 23 May 1874 ; Sarah E., b. 2 Feb. 1859 ; David, b. 20 Sep. 1862. FORESTER BERRY the f. is a farmer and res. on the homestead ; he has been representative, selectman, and assessor ; his w. Fanny d. 23 Dec. 1872, a. 55.
ALDEN, JOHN, m. the celebrated Priscilla Mullins, and had John ; Elizabeth, m. William Paybody, and d. at Little Compton, 31 May 1717, in her 94th year, as inscribed on her head-stone; Joseph ; Jonathan; Sarah; Ruth; Mary; Da- vid ; and three others, whose names are not ascertained. JOHN the f. was one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and the last survivor of those who signed the orig- inal compact of government. He res. in Duxbury, was one of the Assistants, and d. 12 Sep. 1687, a. 84 or 88, as Savage says (Gen. Dict.), or, according to Winsor (Hist. Duxbury), 12 Sep. 1686, a. 87.
2. JOSEPH, s. of John (1), res. in Bridgewater, m. Mary Simmons, and had Isaac ; Joseph ; John ; Elizabeth ; and Mary. He d. 8 Feb. 1697, a. 73.
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