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BILLINGS, RICHARD, of Hartford 1640, rem. to Hatfield 1661, and d. 13 Mar. 1679; his w. Margery d. 5 Dec. 1679.
2. SAMUEL, s. of Richard (1), res. in Hatfield, and by w. Sarah had Samuel, b. 8 Jan. 1665; Ebenezer, b. 29 Oct. 1669; Sarah, b. - , d. 15 July 1674; Richard, b. 7 Ap. 1672; John, b. 11 Oct. 1674, slain 15 July 1698; Sarah, b. 18 Oct. 1676, m. Samuel Dickinson. SAMUEL the f. d. 1 Feb. 1678, and his w. Sarah m. Samuel Belding, Jr., 9 Oct. 1678, and d. 5 Feb. 1713.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (2), res. in Hatfield, m. Hannah Wright 18 Nov. 1686; she d. 18 Nov. 1687, and he m. widow Rebecca Miller. His chil. were Samuel, b. -; Sarah, b. 15 Mar. 1697, m. Deac. Samuel Smith; Joseph, b. 15 Nov. 1700; Zechariah, b. 29 Nov. 1702; Benjamin, b. 18 Jan. 1705. Thus far I have relied on Judd's Hist. of Hadley.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), res. several years in Sunderland, where, by w. Hannah, he had Hannah, b. 23 Sep. 1724, m. Silas Belding 2 Jan. 1745-6, and (2d) Deac. Samuel Ware of N. Br., 3 Nov. 1757; Elisha, b. 1 Dec. 1726; Sarah, b. 29 May 1729, m. William Merrick 7 Sep. 1749; Daniel, b. 21 Nov. 1731; Nathan, b. 23 May 1734; Rebecca, b. 3 Jan. 1737, m. Leonard Robin- son 31 Aug. 1758; Samuel, b. 19 Aug. 1739; Asahel, b. about 1741. Soon after the birth of his youngest son, SAMUEL the f. rem. to Hardwick, where he subsequently res., at the place marked " Dr. Billings " on the Ware road, and where his eight chil. were married. His w. Hannah d. 5 Mar. 1767, and he m. Mrs. Sarah Crosby 26 Nov. 1767. He d. between 21 Jan. and 4 May 1778, a. prob. about 83; his w. Sarah and all his chil. except Sarah and Rebecca survived him.
5. ELISHA, s. of Samuel (4), m. Dorothy Belding of Hatfield, pub. 24 June 1749, and had Jonathan, b. 19 Sep. 1750, d. 22 Dec. 1753; Sarah, b. 7 Jan. 1753, living unm. in 1802; Mary, b. 1 Oct. 1754, m. Joseph Thomas 17 Mar. 1774; Hannah, b. 21 Sep. 1756, d. - Sep. 1758; Hannah, b. 22 Nov. 1758, m. Stephen Pratt 3 Feb. 1780, and d. at Bennington 16 Feb. 1839; Martha, b. 2 Ap. 1761, m. Jedediah Barrett (or Bassett) of Wilmington, Vt., 26 Aug. 1787; Dolly, b. 8 Jan. 1764, m. Israel Lawton 26 Aug. 1784; Jonathan, b. 14 Aug. 1768, d. 3 Oct. 1775. ELISHA the f. res. on the Ware road, at the place marked " Keyes Tyler" on the R. Map, was a farmer, lieutenant of militia, selectman one year, and d. 29 Sep. 1803; his w. Dorothy d. 8 May 1787, a. 58, and his second w. Mrs. Prudence Gilbert of Monson, to whom he was pub. 15 Sep. 1788, survived him.
6. DANIEL, s. of Samuel (4), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Benjamin Ruggles, 23 Feb. 1758, and had Gideon, b. 9 Jan. 1759, settled in Barnard, Vt. (where, by w. Polly, he had Daniel, b. 7 Mar. 1794, d. 15 July 1867; Nancy, b. 28 Aug. 1796; and prob. Gideon, who d. 30 Mar. 1852, a 46); Mary, bap. 12 Ap. 1761, d. young; Eunice, b. 7 July 1763, m. Robert Dean of Barnard, Vt., 23 Dec. 1784, had ten children, and d. - Mar. 1843; Daniel, b. 9 July 1765, a mer- chant and captain of militia in Hk., d. unm. at Trinidad, W. I., shortly before 6 July 1808; Barnabas, bap. 16 Ap. 1769; Mary, b. 25 Sep. 1771, m. Barnabas Hinkley 8 Oct. 1797, and (2d) Luther Paige 4 Sep. 1816, and d. at Bangor, Me., 11 Mar. 1849; Timothy, b. 3 July 1774; Samuel, b. 4 June 1779. DANIEL the f. was a farmer, and res. near the Old Furnace, at the place marked " D. Billings " on the R. Map; he was lieutenant of militia and selectman seven years. He d. 23 Dec. 1778; his w. Mary d. 8 June 1835, a. nearly 97.
7. NATHAN, s. of Samuel (4), m. Lydia, dau. of John Wells, 24 Feb. 1757; she d. 1 July 1769, a. about 31, and he m. Reliance, dau. of David Bangs, 26 Dec. 1769. His chil. were Silas, b. 14 Jan. 1758, d. 7 Jan. 1759; Silas, b. 30 Jan. 1760; Anna, b. 10 Aug. 1761, d. young; Moses, b. 15 Mar. 1765; Persis, b. 29 Jan. 1767; Lydia, b. 28 Nov. 1770; Anna, bap. 11 Feb. 1776; Hannah, bap. 1 Mar. 1778. Some of these dates (wrongly entered in the Town Record) are corrected by the registry of baptisms.
8. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (4), m. Beulah, dau. of Stephen Fay 28 June 1764, and had Lydia, b. 28 Feb. 1765; Susannah, b. 1 Jan. 1767; Beulah, b. 14 Nov. 1768; Samuel, 23 May 1771; Polly, b. 6 July 1773. SAMUEL the f. res. on the Ware road, according to a tradition, opposite to the place marked
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" C. Ruggles " on the R. Map. He was elected, by the town, captain of the South Military Company 21 Nov. 1774, and was commissioned 23 May 1775 as captain in Colonel Learned's regiment in the Revolutionary Army. At some subsequent period, either in Massachusetts or Vermont, he seems to have at- tained the rank of major. He rem. to Bennington, Vt., where he d. 23 June 1789; his w. Beulah d. 18 Sep. 1833, a. nearly 88; a monumental slab denotes their graves in the Bennington Centre Cemetery.
9. ASAHEL, s. of Samuel (4), m. Elizabeth, dau. of James Robinson, pub. 29 Ap. 1765, and had Elijah, b. 30 Ap. 1766; Stephen, b. 18 Nov. 1767; Asahel, b. 25 Nov. 1769, m. Tamasen Gilbert 9 June 1796, had two dau., and d. 6 Oct. 1803; his w. m. Jedediah Foster of Wilmington, Vt., 12 Nov. 1804; David, b. 6 May 1771; Joseph, bap. 5 Sep. 1773, d. 3 Ap. 1806; Betsey, bap. 7 May 1775, m. Gamaliel Collins 29 Nov. 1804, and d. 10 Dec. 1805; Polly, bap. 13 Ap. 1777, m. Silas Flagg of Pet., pub. 18 Dec. 1808; Samuel, bap. 10 Oct. 1779; Jonathan, bap. 9 Sep. 1781, d. unm. 5 Dec. 1820; Silas, b. 25 Sep. 1783; Sally, b. - , d. 22 July 1804, a. 18. ASAHEL the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 16 July 1838, a. prob. about 97. His age is erroneously written 99 on the Town Records, and 100 on his gravestone in the new ceme- tery. See family of Samuel (4). His w. Elizabeth d. 13 (or 14) Dec. 1826, a. nearly 84. Her age, like that of her husband, is overrated on the records as 85, and on her gravestone as 86.
10. BARNABAS, s. of Daniel (6), m. Martha, dau. of Doct. Medad Pomeroy of Northfield, - 1793, and had Mary Ann, b. 30 Jan. 1795, m. Martin Paige of Hk. 20 Aug. 1817, and d. at Providence, R. I., 27 Jan. 1875; Frederick A., b. 12 Mar. 1798, m. Lucy Bent, and res. in Framingham; Martha, b. 16 Ap. 1800, m. Russell Hayes of Brattleboro', Vt., 13 June 1837, and d. - Aug. 1872; Daniel, b. 7 Mar. 1802, m. Sally Tillottson of Northampton; Julia, b. 13 Aug. 1804, m. Doct. George Wright of Montague; Medad Pomeroy, b. 30 Jan. 1809, d. at New Bedford. BARNABAS the f. grad. B. U. 1791, was a mer- chant, and town treasurer in Northfield many years until about 1805, when he rem. to North Hampton and afterwards to Chesterfield, where he d. 14 Nov. 1824; his w. Martha d. 16 May 1845.
11. TIMOTHY, s. of Daniel (6), m. Alinda, dau. of Samuel Hopkins, pub. 10 Nov. 1805, and had Dwight, b. 31 Jan. 1806; Adeline, b. 10 Aug. 1807, m. James S. Davis of Warren, pub. 3 Jan. 1840, and d. 8 Jan. 1883; Samuel, b. 24 May 1809, d. at Auburn, N. Y., - Jan. 1873; Timothy Ruggles, b 16 Ap. 1811, rem. to California. TIMOTHY the f. was a farmer and res. on the home- stead; he was an assessor four years, and major of militia. He d. 19 May 1812; his w. Alinda d. 5 or 6 Aug. 1832, a. 48.
12. SAMUEL, s. of Daniel (6), m. Rebecca, dau. of Doct. W. Cutler, 7 Sep. 1811. He res. near the Old Furnace, at the place marked with his name on the R. Map. In company with Harmon Chamberlain he was for many years engaged in the manufacture of iron-ware at the Furnace, and also managed a store of English and West India goods. Being possessed of a competent es- tate, however, he did not apply himself very closely to business, but he was a laborious, and persistent fox-hunter; partly, as some supposed, for pleasure, and partly to prevent excessive corpulency. He was much engaged in public affairs, being a selectman nine years, assessor fourteen years, and representa- tive three years ; he was also justice of the peace, and colonel of militia. Some of his later years were spent in Greenfield, and afterwards in Worces- ter, where he d. s. p. 13 May 1868, a. nearly 89 ; his w. Rebecca d. at Green- field 30 July 1864, a. 76 ; both were buried in the new cemetery in Hardwick.
.13. ELIJAH, s. of Asahel (9), m. Abigail, dau. of John Jenney, 24 Ap. 1796 and had Martha Eddy, Daniel (d. at Ware, 31 July 1873, a. 71), Lewis, James Robinson, and Sarah Robinson, all bap. 12 Sep. 1810. They had also Lucius, b. - 1797, d. 8 Oct. 1803.
14. STEPHEN, s. of Asahel (9), m. Elsa -; no record of children. He d. (of a cancer in the face) 11 Feb. 1817 ; his w. Elsa d. 11 Oct. 1822, a. 50.
15. DAVID, s. of Asahel (9), m. Betsey, dau. of Capt. Seth Peirce, pub. 6 Ap. 1806, and had Elizabeth Peirce, b. 19 May 1807, m. David Ellis of Ware
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19 Dec. 1849, d. 30 May 1877; Hannah Robinson, b. 9 Oct. 1808, m. Hiram P. Lee of Palmer, 15 Sep. 1841 ; David Paige, b. 30 June 1810, res. in Ware; Seth Peirce, b. 1 Aug. 1812; Huldah Sampson, b. 28 Aug. 1814, m. Hiram W. Leonard 23 Feb. 1834; Mary Ann, bap. 18 June 1820; d. unm. 21 May 1842; William Robinson, bap. 18 May 1821, and d. same day ; Lucius Flagg, bap. 19 Dec. 1822, a physician in Barre; and perhaps others. DAVID the f. was a physician, with a considerably large practice in Hk. and Ware. He res. on the homestead, and d. 15 Oct. 1833 ; his w. Betsey, d. 1 Feb. 1857, a. 75.
16. SILAS, s. of Asahel (9), m. Roxana Parkhurst of Pet. 3 Dec. 1809, and had Elizabeth F., b. 2 Dec. 1812, m. Wm. Augustus Warner 24 May 1832, and d. 11 May 1878. SILAS the f. res. about three miles north of the meeting-house, at the place marked with his name on the R. Map, but spent his last years with Mr. and Mrs. Warner. He d. 3 Feb. 1876, a. 92 years, four months, and nine days, being then the oldest person in the town; his w. Roxana d. 11 Nov. 1870, a. 82.
17. DWIGHT, s. of Timothy (11), m. Ann J., dau. of Franklin Ruggles, 31 Dec. 1834, and had Mary Ann, b. 31 Oct. 1835, m. William D. Cummings of Waterbury, Conn., 18 Sep. 1855, and d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Feb. 1882. DWIGHT the f. was a farmer, res. a few years on the homestead, and after- wards near the meeting-house. He was an assessor five years, selectman three years, and a justice of the peace. He d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 23 Nov. 1881, and was buried here; his w. Ann J. d. 11 Jan. 1864, a. 50.
18. SETH PEIRCE, s. of David (15), a farmer, res. on the homestead, by w. Rebecca F., had Henry Peirce, b. 13 Nov. 1852; Lizzie Ella, b. 25 Dec. 1856, m. Herbert J. Felton 15 Oct. 1879; Willie F., b. 27 Aug. 1860, d. same day.
MARY, m. John Jackson of Paris, Me., pub. 5 Jan. 1806; MARY, m. John Goodspeed 31 Dec. 1807. ELIZABETH, m. Reuben Tyler 3 Ap. 1831. MARY, m. Andrew Wood, Jr., 2 Feb. 1873. STEPHEN R., b. in Hk., d. at Springf. 27 Jan. 1848, a. 30.
BLACKMER, WILLIAM H., by w. Harriet, had Mary A., b. - 1848, d. unm. 24 Dec. 1869, a. 21; Charles H., b. - 1852, d. 7 Dec. 1869, a. 17; Emory W., b. - 1854, d. 24 Dec. 1869, a. 15; Frederick Willie, b. 10 Ap. 1858 ; George Albert, b. 26 Mar. 1860; Herbert, b. 11 Feb. 1862. WILLIAM H. the f., a farmer, res. on the Pet. road, at the place marked " D. Allen " on the R. Map.
2. AUGUSTUS D., by w. Rachel Jane, had a son b. 3 Sep. 1859; Charles Sumner, b. 12 Aug. 1864. His w. Rachel Jane d. 30 Oct. 1864, and he m. Ellen Patrill, pub. 3 May 1867.
DAVID, m. Mrs. Abigail Cobb, 13 Oct. 1823.
BLAIR, JOHN, by w. Ann, had James, bap. 23 Oct. 1748; Lucy, bap. 6 Feb. 1750-1.
JAMES, of Western, m. Mrs. Sarah Robinson 26 Mar. 1805.
BLAKE, JOSEPH, formerly a merchant in Boston and Hingham, rem. to Hk. in or soon after 1763, and was one of the owners of a forge and saw-mill at the place now known as Gilbertville. He rem. to Rutland about 1770, and in 1779 returned to Hingham. While at Hardwick he had Joseph, bap. 13 Sep. 1767, grad. H. C. 1786, lawyer in Boston, d. in Jamaica 10 July 1802; George, bap. 16 Ap. 1769, grad. H. C. 1789, was an eminent lawyer in Boston, where he d. 8 Oct. 1841; and at Rutland, Francis, said to have been born 14 Oct. 1774; he grad. H. C. 1789, at the remarkably early age of fifteen years, if the reputed date of his birth be correct, and became one of the most eloquent ad- vocates at the bar of the county; he died at Worcester 23 Feb. 1817.
BOLSTER, EASTMAN, by w. Miriam, had Charles, b. about 1806, d. at Bos- ton 2 Mar. 1851, a. 45; Salome, b. about 1813, m. Edmund Vokes of Barre 3 May 1832, and d. 10 Sep. 1858, a. 45; Moses L., b. about 1818, m. Rebecca Rich of Barre 26 June 1836, d. at Worc. 23 July 1864, a. 45 years 8 months; a child b. - Jan. 1822, d. 15 Feb. 1822 ; Joel H., b. about 1827, d. at Worc. 18 Ap. 1849, a. 22; a child b. - , d. - Feb. 1828. The following chil. were prob. of the same family : Sally, m. Hervey Brown of Ware 27 Sep.
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1826 ; Aurilla, m. Hervey Thresher of N. Br. 5 Dec. 1826; Mary Eliza, m. Lewis Shumway of Barre 17 Aug. 1834; William A., m. Mary Bigelow of Ox- ford, pub. 7 Ap. 1842. EASTMAN the f. came to Hk. before 1822, was a laborer, and res. on the east road to Gilbertville, at the place marked with his name on the R. Map. His w. Miriam d. in 1841 a. 59.
BOND, DAVID, d. 13 Feb. 1847, a. 68 ; his w. Susanna d. 30 Sep. 1833, a. 58. The following may have been their chil .: David P., m. Mary R. Freeman 24 Mar. 1831; Susanna C., m. Dorice D. Rogers 1 Dec. 1831.
JOHN B., of Worcester, m. Eliza Hathaway 13 Nov. 1834. BENJAMIN of Ware, m. Arathusa Bowen 5 Oct. 1837.
BONNEY, WILLIAM, m. Fanny Crowell of Brk., pub. 17 Feb. 1817, and had Melita, b. - 1818, m. Isaac H. Hoyt of Brk. 27 May 1846; Isaac S., b. - 1824; Christina, b. - 1833, m. George L. Watkins of Washington, D. C. 11 Mar. 1858. WILLIAM the f. d. 10 Sep. 1852, a. 65; his w. Fanny d. 8 Nov. 1863, a. 73.
2. ISAAC S., s. of William (1), m. Olive Eaton of Ware, pub. 7 Nov. 1846; she d. 16 Sep. 1857, a. 33, and he m. Mrs. Paulina Fish 10 Mar. 1864. His chil. were Mary, b. 26 Nov. 1847; Clarissa (or Mary) Ella, b. 26 Nov. 1849, d. 5 Jan. 1850; Mary E., b. 2 Mar. 1851, d. 8 June 1851; Fanny Maria, b. 16 June 1852.
RUTH, m. Abiel Stetson of Chesterfield 24 Feb. 1767. LUKE, m. Mercy Thomas 5 Nov. 1772. POLLY, m. John Kent of Brk. 24 Feb. 1801. HANNAH D. of Chesterfield m. Ruggles Smith, pub. 16 Mar. 1838.
BOWEN, SYLVESTER, m. Abigail Rich of Ware 19 Aug. 1804, and had Sylvester, b. -; prob. Eliza, b. - , m. Anson Warren of Tewksbury 23 Dec. 1829 ; prob. Arathusa, b. - , m. Benjamin Bond of Ware 5 Oct. 1837. 2. SYLVESTER, s. of Sylvester (1), m. Mary Eaton of Ware, pub. 27 Feb. 1830, and had Henry, b. 11 Ap. 1844.
MOSES, d. 6 June 1830, a. 79.
BRADISH, ROBERT, was of Cambridge as early as 1635. By his w. Mary he had Joseph, b. - May 1638; his w. d. - Sep. 1638, and he m. Vashti -, by whom he had several chil. and d. 1659.
2. JOSEPH, s. of Robert (1), was in Sudbury, 1662, Framingham, 1672, and returned to Cambridge about 1678. By w. Mary he had Mary, b. 10 Ap. 1665, m. John Green, 22 Nov. 1684; Sarah, b. 6 May 1667, prob. d. young ; Hannah, b. 14 Jan. 1669-70, m. Edward Marrett, and d. 9 Ap. 1754; Joseph, b. 28 Nov. 1672, supposed to be the pirate who was sent to London, 1699, and executed; Ruth, m. Thomas Ford of Marshfield 5 Ap. 1711 ; John, b. 18 Sep. 1678; James, b. about 1680. JOSEPH the f. d. before 2 Ap. 1725, when part of his estate in Cambridge was sold by Mary, Hannah, and John, of Camb., James of Westborough, and Ruth of Marshfield, described as " children of Joseph Bradish, late of Camb! yeoman, deceased."
3. JAMES, S. of Joseph (2), rem. to Marlborough, m. Damaris Rice, 16 June 1708, and had Hepzibah, b. - 1709; Sarah, b. - 1711; Robert, b. 1712; Mary, b. 1715; James, b. - 1717; John, b. 30 Aug. 1719; Jonas, b. 7 Aug. 1724; Sarah, b. about 1727, d. 27 Aug. 1740 ; Anna, b. 6 June 1729, prob. m. John Green of Hk. 7 Nov. (or 7 Dec.) 1751; Joseph, b. 26 Feb. 1731-2, d. 28 Aug. 1740. JAMES the f. seems to have res. a short time in Westborough, and d. 13 Feb. 1768, a. 87; his w. Damaris d. 25 Dec. 1769, a. 81.
4. JOHN, s. of James (3), purchased a farm in the northerly part of Hk. 19 Nov. 1742, being then a resident in Grafton. He m. Mary Green of South- borough, pub. 12 May 1746, and had Sarah, b. 21 June 1747, m. Joseph Nye 27 Dec. 1764; Hannah, b. 4 Sep. 1748; John, b. 25 Sep. 1750; James, b. 21 Oct. 1752 ; Mary, b. 13 Aug. 1754 ; Dinah, b. 8 Nov. 1757; Ruth, b. 13 June 1760; Joseph, b. 15 Dec. 1762. JOHN the f. was a cordwainer, and deacon of the church; traditionally distinguished for the plainness of his apparel ; 1 rem. with his family to Cummington in 1778.
1 It was related by those who knew him, great-coat in its place with a leather strap that Deacon Bradish often wore his leather instead of buttons. apron to church on Sunday, and kept his
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5. JOHN, S. of John (4), m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Joseph Warner, 4 Mar. 1773, and had Calvin, b. 26 Dec. 1773; Chloe, b. 29 Ap. 1775; Charles, b. 20 Ap. 1778; and in Cummington, Sarah, b. 25 Sep. 1781; Luther, b. 15 Ap. or Sep. 1783, grad. W. C. 1804, a lawyer, Lieut .- Governor of New York four years from 1839, and President of the N. Y. Historical Society, d. 30 Sep. 1863 ; Rowena, b. 30 Sep. 1786. JOHN the f. rem. to Cummington, soon after the birth of his son Charles, and was subsequently a colonel.
BRADY, MICHAEL, m. Rosanna Devlin, pub. 5 Nov. 1856, and had Michael John, b. 7 Oct. 1857 ; Mary Jane, b. 15 May 1860 ; Peter, b. 12 May 1862 ; Margaret, b. 19 Feb. 1864 ; James, b. 2 May 1867 ; Fanny Lucretia, b. 15 Aug. 1869, d. 13 Aug. 1871. MICHAEL the f. d. 26 Aug. 1873, a. 52.
BREEN, DANIEL, m. Bridget Wrin, pub. 9 July, 1862, and had Margaret, b. 28 Feb. 1863 ; Mary, b. 19 Nov. 1864 ; Henry, b. 2 June 1867 ; John, b. 22 Oct. 1868 ; Daniel Andrew, b. 26 July 1871 ; David Humphrey, b. 15 June, 1874.
BRENNAN, PHILIP, m. Ellen Carroll 25 June 1871, and had Philip, b. 28 Dec. 1877 ; John, b. 11 Sep. 1880.
BRIDGE, SAMUEL (s. of Matthew, who d. in Lexington 29 May, 1738, gr. s. of Matthew, who d. in Lex. 28 Ap. 1700, and great-grandson of Deac. John, who d. in Cambridge about 1665), m. Susanna, dau. of Nathaniel Paige of Bedford, 9 Ap. 1734, and had Samuel, b. 6 Jan. 1735; his w. Susanna d. 16 Jan. 1735, and he m. Martha Bowman 27 Ap. 1738, by whom he had eleven chil., and d. 8 June 1791, a. 86.
2. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (1), m. Hannah Johnson of Gr., pub. 19 Aug. 1760, and had Joshua, b. 20 Dec. 1761 ; Susanna, b. 24 Feb. 1763 ; Bezaleel (called Barzilla on the Record of Baptisms), b. 21 Nov. 1764 ; Hannah, b. 11 Jan. 1766 ; d. 22 Jan. 1767 ; Hannah, b. 26 Ap. 1767 (perhaps the same as Anna, who m. Daniel Robinson of Monson 28 Ap. 1788) ; Samuel, b. 1 May, 1768. SAMUEL the f. inherited land in Hk. under the will of his grandfather Paige, who died 2 Mar. 1755, and res. here as early as 1760. He prob. rem. to Wilmington, Vt., about 1779.
SARAH, m. Aaron Woods of Gr. in 1786.
BRIDGES, ISAAC, Jr., m. Deborah, dau. of Sylvanus Cobb, 27 Jan. 1795, and had Eliza Augusta, b. 29 May, 1795, d. unm., at the town farm, 12 Aug. 1877 ; Benjamin Franklin, b. 14 Ap. 1797; Willard Moors, b. 26 July, 1798 ; Martin Kinsley, b. 1 Aug. 1800; Jonathan Fletcher, b. 20 Aug. 1802. ISAAC the f. prob. rem. from Hk. ; his w. Deborah d. at Deerfield 3 May 1860, a. 86.
2. ELIJAH, m. Cornelia K. Hervey 1 Aug. 1861, and had Nettie Cornelia, b. 27 Oct. 1866.
MARY, m. John Barr, Jr., of N. Br., 15 Sep. 1789. Eunice, m. Sylvanus Taylor 19 Nov. 1801. BETSEY, m. William Lawrence 25 Mar. 1804. JONAS m. Hannah Ross 16 Feb. 1806. JOSIAH, d. 26 Nov. 1793, a. 20.
BRIMHALL, SYLVANUS, m. Triphena Johnson 14 Sep. 1783, and (2d) Lucy Lincoln 3 July 1810 ; he res. in Barre at the time of his first marriage, and perhaps had chil. there; by his second w. he had Lucy Lincoln, Elbridge Farr, Susan Ann, all bap. 8 Oct. 1820; Mary King, bap. 29 Sep. 1822. Be- sides these he names in his will, dated 10 Sep. 1839, Nathaniel, Joel Johnson, and "in distant parts of the United States," Sylvanus, Joseph, and Triphena, wife of Elijah Hartwell, also sons Aaron and Caleb, deceased. SYLVANUS the f. res. on the turnpike, at the place marked " S. Brimhall " on the R. Map, and d. 18 Sep. 1839, a. 82; his w. Lucy d. 27 Feb. 1847, a. 59.
CAROLINE J., m. David Fish of Worc. 6 Jan. 1853.
BROWN, LUKE (s. of Luke, an innholder in Worcester, who d. 6 Nov. 1776, a. 30, and gr. s. of Luke, also an innholder in Worcester, who d. of small- pox 14 Ap. 1772, a. 58), m. Bathsheba, dau. of Gen. Jonathan Warner, 8 June 1798, and had Mary Brimmer, b. 6 July 1799, d. unm. at Chicago, -- 1863 ; Bathsheba Warner, b. 9 Sep. 1801, m. Luman Scott, res. at Amh. ; Harriet Warner, b. 21 Nov. 1803, unm. res. (1878) at Belchertown ; Elizabeth Follett, b. 5 June 1806, m. James Hill, res. at Worthington ; Luke, b. -- , res. at Chicago, d. 23 Oct. 1871, on board a steamer as he was ascending the
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Mississippi River on his return from New Orleans. He left wife and chil. LUKE the f. grad. H. C. 1794, was a lawyer, settled in Hk. before his marriage, and rem. soon after 1806. After a checkered life, he d. at Enf. about 1835 ; his w. Bathsheba d. at Springf. -- 1855.
2. MOSES, of Ware, m. Mercy, dau. of Maj. James Paige 10 Dec. 1807, and res. in Ware. One of his chil. was James N., who res. in Hk. a deacon of the church, and warden of the almshouse.
3. ESECK, m. Anna Waters, pub. 2 Ap. 1809, and had Julia Ann, b. 10 Mar. 1810.
4. SELLECK OSBORN, of Fitchburg, m. Harriet K. Whipple 1 May 1845, and had Charles A., b .- 1847, d. 9 Ap. 1849, a. 1 yr. 9 mo. His w. d. 18 Sep. 1847, a. 23, and he m. Mary Maria Whipple 5 June 1850, at which time he res. in Hartford, Conn.
BETSEY, m. Vincent Newland 6 Sep. 1820. SABRINA, m. Daniel J. Con- verse, pub. 23 Jan. 1826. SARAH, m. Alex. Brown, Ashford, pub. 24 Ap. 1826. LUCY, m Hiram Newland 30 Mar. 1831. IRENE, m. Nathaniel Topliff 23 Jan. 1833. HULDAH, d. 20 Dec. 1854, a. 72.
BROWNING, JAMES, rem. from Rutland to Hardwick about 1827, with w. Alice, and chil. Fidelia F., b. -- 1818, m. David A. Dean 22 June 1842, and (2d) John B. Aiken 25 Feb. 1858 ; Adeline S., b. -- 1820, m. William E. Prouty, of N. Brk. 17 Oct. 1855 ; Daniel, b. - 1822, d. 8 June 1851, a. 29 ; William, b. -- 1824 ; Franklin, b. -- 1826, d. 17 July 1852, a. 26 ; he had in Hk. Charles, twin, b. 24 June 1828, d. 1 May 1830 ; Frederick, twin, b. 24 June 1828. His w. Alice d. 22 July 1829, a. 35, and he m. Lucy P., widow of Orin Trow, 26 Nov. 1829, by whom he had Lucy, b. 16 Oct. 1830, m. William A. Perry 13 Nov. 1850; Charles A., b. 8 June 1832 ; Harriet E., b. 21 Nov. 1834, m. Harmon C. Spooner 14 Nov. 1855, and d. 11 July 1860 ; James E., b. -. JAMES the f. was a farmer, res. several years on the old turnpike, at the place marked with his name on the R. Map, and afterwards a few rods northwesterly from the Common. He was a selectman three years, and d. 4 Nov. 1871, a. 82 years and 9 months.
2. WILLIAM, s. of James (1), m. Harriet J., dau. of Joseph Robinson, 5 Ap. 1849, and had Franklin Joseph, b. 11 Nov. 1852, m. Fannie, dau. of Frazier Paige, 15 June 1876 ; Ellen Maria, b. 18 Feb. 1856, m. Timothy Paige 11 Nov. 1874. WILLIAM the f. was a farmer, an assessor two years, and d. 16 Mar. 1858, a. nearly 34 ; his w. Harriet J. m. Albert E. Knight, 5 Ap. 1866, and d. 16 Sep. 1869, a. 39.
3. FREDERICK, s. of James (1), m. Mary Ann Witt 29 Mar. 1859, and had Harriet Smith, b. 7 Nov. 1860. FREDERICK the f. d. 2 Ap. 1861, a. 32 ; his w. Mary Ann d. 27 Jan. 1862, a. 25.
BRUCE, JOHN, with his w. Temperance (Packard), from Rutland, was ad- mitted to the church here 1 Oct. 1789. They had Charles, d. 10 Mar. 1791, a. nearly 5 years ; Chester, d. 13 Mar. 1791, a. 2 years and 6 months; also (named in the father's will, dated 19 May 1811, and proved 7 Dec. 1824) Joseph, John, Levi, Winslow, Timothy, and Packard. JOHN the f. was a farmer, and res. near Barre, at the place marked " T. Bruce " on the R. Map, where he d. 13 Oct. 1824, a. 78 ; his w. Temperance d. 30 Sept, 1834, a. 85.
2. JOSEPH, S. of John (1), m. Mary Trow 28 Ap. 1799, and had a child who d. 26 May 1803, a. 9 months and 23 days.
3. JOHN, S. of John (1), res. in Springfield, and m. Mrs. Betsey Nye 19 May 1813.
4. TIMOTHY, s. of John (1), m. Sally Kimball, pub. 10 Sep. 1812, and had Elmira, b. 12 June 1813, m. J. Rhodes Mayo of New York (one of the jury which convicted " Boss Tweed "); Timothy Packard, b. 30 June 1815, m. Maria Richmond 3 Mar. 1836 ; Asa Kimball, b. 7 Feb. 1817, m. Elizabeth C. Hammond of Pet., pub. 14 Mar. 1839 ; Charles Emerson, b. 4 Feb. 1819, grad. A. C. 1845 ; John Augustus, b. 22 Feb. 1822 ; Sally Louisa, b. 18 Mar. 1826, m. Chester R. Chaffee, and d. at Springfield - Ap. 1860; Mercy Williams, b. 20 Nov. 1827, m. Rev. Asa Mann, pub. 31 Mar. 1848, and d. 27 Aug. 1882 ; Mary Ann, b. 27 Feb. 1829, m. Benjamin Merriam of Ashtabula,
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and (2d) - Prosser of Windsor, Conn. ; Julia, b. - , m. Dr. J. M. Foster of Springfield ; Henry James, b. - , grad. A. C. 1859, missionary in India. TIMOTHY the f. late in life rem. to Springfield.
BUCKLEY, THOMAS, m. Mary Mack, pub. 8 Jan. 1862, and had John, b. 30 Oct. 1862; Cornelius, b. 10 July 1865 ; Mary Anastasia, b. 27 July, 1867; Catherine Johanna, b. 27 May 1870. William Thomas, b. 1 June 1864 ; Timothy Edward, b. 4 Sep. 1876.
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