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4. EZRA, s. of Isaac (3), m. Elizabeth Webb, 17 Nov. 1803, and had Alma, b. 27 Aug. 1806, m. Willard Sloan ; Luthera, b. 21 Feb. 1810, m. Levi Whip- ple Warner 10 Ap. 1832; Elisha Winslow, b. 22 Nov. 1811, d. unm. 6 Feb. 1848; Susan, b. 22 May 1813, m. Lucius Lawton 3 Ap. 1834. Elizabeth (pos- thumous), b. 19 Jan. 1815, m. - Chilson. EZRA the f. was a farmer, rem. to Danville, Vt., but returned in 1807, and res. on the Ware road next north- erly from his father's farm, and d. 11 Aug. 1814; his w. Elizabeth m. Capt. Benjamin Paige, 6 June, 1819, and d. 16 Mar. 1856, a. 73.
5. EDWARD, b. at Bellingham, m. Anna Jennison, and had Simeon, b. -; prob. Polly, b. - -, d. 26 Feb. 1789, a. 26; Anna, b. - , m. John Paige, pub. 15 Sep. 1788, d. 27 Mar. 1845, a. 77; Samuel, b. -; Philena, b. -- , d. 16 Aug. 1790, a. 17 or 18; Edward, b. --; Nathaniel, b. m. Sally Curtis 14 July 1793 ; Sophia, b. - , m. Samuel King, pub. 11 Oct. 1801, d. at Barre 27 Mar. 1877, a. 93. EDWARD the f. came here from Pet. and d. 2 Jan. 1820, a. 88, according to the records of the town and church; but his head-stone is inscribed 5 Dec. 1819, a. 85; his w. Anna d. 16 Oct. 1802, a. 62.
6. SIMEON, s. of Edward (5), m. Susanna, dau. of Isaac Clark, 1 Dec. 1791, and had Stillman, b. 6 Feb. 1793; Cyrus, b. 8 Mar. 1795; Asa, b. 12 June 1797; Caroline, bap. 3 Aug. 1800; Livy, bap. 3 Mar. 1805. SIMEON the f. d. in 1809; his w. Susanna d. in 1811.
7. SAMUEL, s. of Edward (5), m. Mehetabel Ingerson of Ashford, Conn., pub. 30 Oct. 1791, and had Philena, b. - , d. 11 Mar. 1809, a. 15; Clarissa, b. -, d. 5 Feb. 1809, a. 12; Horace, b. - , d. 21 Nov. 1811, a. 12 ; Almond Ingerson, b. - , d. 18 Aug. 1807, a. 21 months ; and perhaps others.
8. EDWARD, s. of Edward (5), m. Betsey Paige 23 Feb. 1800, and had Eliza, m. Abraham Stevens ; Maria B., m. Barnes Green; John Paige, d. in Oakham 20 July 1869, a. 63; Charles Safford ; Joseph Cutler ; Henry Harri- son ; Benjamin Paige, m. Julia Ann Emerson of Waltham, pub. 9 Ap. 1841, a confectioner, res. in Cambridge, and owns a hotel and large estate at Cold- brook.
9. STILLMAN, s. of Simeon (6), m. Sophronia Amidon, 9 Sep. 1819; she d. 12 Oct. 1840, a. 47, and he m. Charlotte Howe of Barre, pub. 23 Ap. 1842. His chil. were Charles Stillman, b. 19 June, 1823; Rhoda Ann, b. 20 Mar. 1825, m. Bela B. Paige 28 Nov. 1844; Susan Sophronia, b. 16 Aug. 1826 ; Sarah Amidon, b. 17 July 1829, m. Oren Gould 25 Nov. 1851, and d. 25 Feb. 1878; Alice, b. - , d. 8 June 1855, a. 19; Henry, b. 25 Ap. 1844, d. 9 Jan. 1845. STILLMAN the f. was a farmer, res. on the Barre road, at the place marked with his name on the R. Map, and d. 7 Feb. 1881, a. 88 ; his w. Charlotte d. 25 July 1877, a. 75.
10. ASA, s. of Simeon (6), m. Patience Dennis 5 June 1823, and had Eliz- abeth Eunice, b. in Barre 26 Mar. 1824, m. Elijah Warner Robinson 20 Oct. 1855, and d. 19 Mar. 1881; Lucy Henry, b. in Barre, 1 June 1826, m. Wil- lard Broad, 18 July 1854; he d., and she m. Alpheus Harding of Barre, 24 June 1874. ASA the f. res. at different times in Pet., Barre, and Hardwick; he d. here 16 Mar. 1881, a. nearly 84; his w. Patience d. in Barre 1 Oct. 1868, a. 67.
11. CHARLES STILLMAN, s. of Stillman (9), m. Sarah W. Newcomb 14 Dec. 1856, and had Charles Laman, b. 4 Nov. 1857, d. 6 May 1858 ; George Stillman, b. 30 June 1859; Frederick Williams, b. 13 Oct. 1862; Frank Dex- ter, b. 11 Oct. 1868; Carrie Maria S., b. 15 Nov. 1871. CHARLES STILL- MAN the f., a farmer, res. on the Barre road, at the place marked " Mr. Haven " on the R. Map.
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12. NATHAN, by w. Anna, had Relief, b. 8 Sep. 1801.
13. HENRY H., by w. Freelove, had Henry R., b. - , d. 31 July, 1838, a. 3 ; a daughter b. 7 Sep. 1848; and perhaps others. His w. Freelove d. 23 Sep. 1850, a. 39.
14. KENAS, by w. Jane Ann, had Julia Maria, b. 4 Mar. 1849; Martha Maria, b. 27 Mar. 1851.
SALLY, d. 3 Mar. 1813, a. 23. PHILENA, d. 20 Oct. 1840, a. 37. LYDIA, of Rochester, m. Moses Haskell, pub. 18 May 1751. HANNAH, of Barre, m. Samuel Robinson, Jr., 15 May 1758. EDWARD, of Hubbardston, m. Mrs. Su- sanna Rice, 22 Ap. 1779. SETH, m. Ede Love, pub. 15 Oct. 1780. HANNAH, m. Samuel Haskins 3d, 19 Jan. 1804.
CLEVELAND, EPHRAIM, " m. Hannah Hayward, 1747, and settled in W. B., and had Joseph 1749, Benjamin 1751, Elijah 1753, Lucy and Ebenezer 1755, Olive 1758, Persis 1760." (Mitchell's Hist. Bridgewater, p. 137.) Besides these there was prob. Ephraim, b. in 1747 or 1748. All the chil. except Benjamin were m. in Hk. : - Ephraim, m. Lydia Whipple 15 Nov. 1770 ; Joseph, m. Elizabeth Wheeler 4 May 1772 ; Elijah, m. Sally Marsh, pub. 14 May, 1789, and d. 15 July 1812, a. 60 ; Lucy, m. Ichabod Eddy, pub. 24 Dec. 1780 ; Ebenezer, m. Betsey Barnard 28 Nov. 1790 ; Olive, m. Silas Whitaker of Pet. 7 Ap. 1785; Persis, m. Aaron Cooley of Athol, 9 Oct. 1783. EPHRAIM the f. was a saddler, bought a farm in the westerly part of Hk. 27 Mar. 1761, to which he prob. rem. immediately, and d. 9 Ap. 1822, a. 96; 1 his w. Hannah d. 21 Nov. 1810, a. 81. Their posterity in Hk. was numerous ; but as only one of their sons caused the birth of his children to be entered on the town records, and the later generations were alike neglectful until 1843, I have no means to trace the family genealogy with exactness. I can only gather a few fragments, chiefly from the records of marriages and deaths.
2. EBENEZER, s. of Ephraim (1), m. Betsey Barnard 28 Nov. 1790, and had Polly, b. 6 Dec. 1791, m. Rufus Barnes 31 Dec. 1818 ; Asa (or Asaph), b. 6 Nov. 1795, m. Nancy Freeman, pub. 20 Dec. 1824, d. 25 Sep. 1880 ; William, b. 1 Sep. 1798 ; Newcomb, b. 18 Feb. 1800, m. Sophronia Gilbert 17 Feb. 1824. EBENEZER the f. d. 7 Dec. 1800, a. 45.
3. JOSEPH, prob. s. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wheeler), m. Anna Barnes, and had Jason, who m. Lucy H. Smith 3 Jan. 1845; his w. Anna, d. 17 Mar. 1823, a. 16, and he m. Bathsheba, dau. of Luther Burgess, pub. 12 Sep. 1825, and had Joseph ; Andrew ; Henry; Cutler ; Charlotte, d. 14 Aug. 1835, a. 20 months ; Frederick M., b .- 1836; William H., b. - 1840, m. Mary A. Atwood 17 July 1861, two days afterwards joined the Union Army, and d. in the service 19 Aug. 1863 ; Dwight, b. 23 Nov. 1843 ; Franklin H., b. 11 Dec. 1846 ; Alpheus, b. 3 June 1852; a son b. 29 Dec. 1854, d. 31 Dec. 1854.
4. ELIJAH, prob. s. of Elijah and Sally (Marsh), m. Lucy Barnes 14 Dec. 1819 ; some of their chil. were Henry E., b. - 1820, m. Abigail B. Holden of N. Sal. 26 Aug. 1846 ; Albert A., b. - 1822, m. Mary J. Dart 28 Mar. 1847 ; Ephraim, b. - 1823, m. Angeline C. Holden of N. Sal., pub. 5 Ap. 1848 ; Lucia C., b. - 1825, m. Eli Warner of N. Br. 1 Ap. 1845 ; William Warren, b. 1831. ELIJAH the f. d. 28 Oct. 1856, a. 66 ; his w. Lucy d. 31 Jan. 1858, a. 61.
5. ROYAL, s. of Elijah and Sally (Marsh), m. Sally Smith of Pet., pub. 3 Ap. 1820 ; some of their chil. were Porter C., b. - 1823 ; Edward S., b. - 1829, m. Nancy .G. Turner of Alna, Me., 4 May 1869; Almira N., b. - 1835, m. William W. Cleveland 20 Jan. 1853. ROYAL the f. d. 26 Feb. 1875, a. nearly 82 ; his w. Sally d. 23 Nov. 1873, a. nearly 78.
6. NEWCOMB, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Sophronia Gilbert 17 Feb. 1824, and had William Orson, b. 21 Oct. 1827 ; Sarah Gilbert, b. 29 Aug. 1829; So- phronia Jane, b. 25 June 1831 ; Alpheus Angel, b. 25 Aug. 1834.
7. JOSEPH A., s. of Joseph (3), by w. Mary E., had Joseph Anson, b. 30 Jan. 1847.
8. FREDERICK M., s. of Joseph (3), m. Helen J. Barnes 4 May 1864, and 1 The Town Record gives 86 as the age, but the date of marriage and other facts plainly indicate a mistake.
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had Eugene Sumner, b. 31 Mar. 1865; Leslie Linwood, b. 10 Mar. 1871; Heber Howe, b. 3 Sep. 1872 ; Ernest Elgin, b. 23 July 1876. FREDERICK M. the f. d. 19 Dec. 1876, a. nearly 41.
9. DWIGHT, s. of Joseph (3), by w. Sarah J., had Arletta Rowena, b. 25 Nov. 1862, d. 4 Mar. 1863 ; Leverett Dwight, b. 16 July 1866.
10. WILLIAM WARREN, S. of Elijah (4), m. Almira M. Cleveland 20 Jan. 1853, and had Mason Webster (or Warren Webster), b. 9 Sep. 1853, d. 10 Dec. 1853 ; Julia Eva, b. 1 Jan. 1861. WILLIAM WARREN the f. d. 5 Jan. 1862, a. 31.
11. PORTER C., s. of Royal (5), m. Armanilla M. Hinkley of Barre, pub. 10 Oct. 1845 ; she d. 15 Mar. 1866, a. 45, and he m. Mrs. Ellen M. Howe of Barre, 1 Nov. 1866, and had Julian P., b. 23 Sep. 1868.
12. Joseph A., s. of Joseph A. (7), by w. Abbie J., had Etta Bell, b. 23 Sep. 1868.
13. ALVIN, parentage not ascertained, by w. Ruth, had Sylvester S., b. - 1838, m. Nettie A. Sears of Gr. 2 Dec. 1863 ; and prob. the same ALVIN, by w. Rosetta, had Leora Elmina, b. 27 June 1849.
14. ANDREW, by w. Mary E., had George La Fayette, b. 27 Sept. 1848 ; Charles Laforest, b. 28 Feb. 1850.
15. WILLARD, m. Mary L. Cook of Warwick, pub. 20 May 1857, and had Elliott Edwards, b. 17 June 1861 ; Mary A., b. 13 Mar. 1865 ; Carrie Maria, b. 2 Ap. 1867 ; Royal Cook, b. 17 Aug. 1871.
CHARLES R., m. Eunice S. Thayer of Athol, pub. 24 Aug. 1842. L. ANGELINE, m. Emerson Warner of N. Br., pub. 18 Jan. 1851. SARAH M. J., m. William N. Gore, pub. 11 Feb. 1851. R. ALICE, m. Walter W. Warner of N. Br., pub. 2 Dec. 1852. CALVIN, s. of Elijah, d. at Fitchburg 4 June 1878, a. 74.
CLIFFORD, EDWARD, m. Abigail Winslow 30 Nov. 1761, and had Samuel, b. 25 Mar. 1762 ; Anna, b. 7 Jan. 1769; Amelia, b. 6 Feb. 1775; Fanny, b. 6 Sep. 1778.
2. SAMUEL, prob. s. of Edward (1), by w. Ruth, had Daniel Pratt, b. 12 Aug. 1786.
PLINY, m. Elvira Leonard of N. Sal., pub. 11 June 1825.
CLINTON, HENRY. See JONATHAN S. SLOAN.
COBB, ELISHA, by w. Priscilla, had Lemuel, b. 9 Jan. 1735 ; a dau. b. 26 Sep. 1787 (prob. the Lydia who m. Elkanah Stewart 7 Sep. 1761) ; John, b. 6 Sep. 1741 ; Elisha, b. 22 June 1744, m. Elizabeth Barnet 8 Nov. 1770 ; Sylvanus, b. 13 Aug. 1747 ; m. Elizabeth Warren of Westborough 9 Mar. 1772 ; Hannah, b. 1 Feb. 1749, m. Ephraim Titus 20 Dec. 1770; Jabez, b. 3 Ap. 1752. ELISHA the f. was styled a " mariner " in 1754, and is supposed to have been one of the very numerous posterity of Elder Henry Cobb, who d. in Barnstable, 1679.
2. LEMUEL, s. of ELISHA (1), m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph Allen, 10 Oct. 1765 ; she d. 11 July 1776, a. 32, and he m. Abigail, dau. of John Amidon 27 Mar. 1777. His chil. were Anna, b. 19 Feb. 1766, m. Samuel Dennis 3 May 1788; Lydia, b. 4 Jan. 1769, m. Alpha Warner 14 Jan. 1796; Hannah, b. 24 Nov. 1771 ; Elizabeth, b. 18 Mar. 1774, d. young ; John, bap. 26 July 1778 ; Lemuel, b. 17 July 1780, m. Loesena (Lucina ?) Newton 2 June 1803 ; Elizabeth, b. 7 Mar. 1782, m. Micah Haskell 8 May 1797 ; Nabby, bap. 26 July 1789. LEMUEL the f. rem. to Hardwick, Vt.
3. JOHN, S. of Elisha (1), m. Thankful Sears 19 July 1764, and had Molly, b. 18 Mar. 1765.
4. JABEZ, s. of Elisha (1), m. Content Clark 8 Dec. 1776, and had Isaac, b: 3 Sep. 1777 ; Elnathan, b. 16 Nov. 1779.
5. SHEREBIAH, parentage not ascertained, by w. Charity, had Hannah, b. -- , m. Nathan Paige 25 Ap. 1784 ; Sally, b. - , d. unm. 17 Aug. 1855, a. 86 ; Cynthia, b. - -, d. unm. 5 May 1826, a. 50 ; Zenas, b. 31 Mar. 1779, m. Cinderilla, dau. of Joseph Robinson, 1 Dec. 1803 ; she d. 9 May 1804, a. 24, and he m. Eleanor Smith, 2 June 1805. SHEREBIAH the f. was a farmer, rem. from Raynham to Hk. before 1779, res. on the westerly side of Muddy
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Brook, at the place marked " S. Cobb " on the R. Map, and d. 3 July 1811, a. 72 ; his w. Charity d. 20 or 22 Oct. 1817, a. 78.
6. GERSHOM, m. Meletiah, dau. of John Smith, 19 Jan. 1726-7, and had, at Middleborough, Hope, b. 10 Nov. 1727 ; Jonathan, b. 14 Nov. 1729 ; Perez, b. 5 Aug. 1731 ; Andrew, b. 13 Oct. 1733 ; Joseph, b. 23 Jan. 1735-6 ; Lydia, b. 31 May, 1739; Sylvanus, b. 13 June, 1741 ; Ebenezer, b. 27 May 1744. GERSHOM the f. is supposed to have been son of Deac. Jonathan and Hope (Huckins) Cobb (who rem. from Barnstable to Mid. about 1695, and d. 15 Aug. 1728, a. 68), and grandson of Elder Henry and Sarah (Hinkley) Cobb (who was of Plymouth about 1629, of Scituate 1633, one of the founders and a deacon of the church there 1635, rem. with the church to Barnstable 1639, was subsequently ruling elder, and d. in 1679). GERSHOM was not the " first deacon " of the Middleborough church, as inscribed on his head-stone, but was elected in 1745 to that office. Late in life he rem. to Hk., where he d. 28 Aug. 1781, a. 86 ; his w. Meletiah, d. 26 Mar. 1788, a. 83. A large head-stone near the gate of the old cemetery denotes the place where their bodies were deposited.
7. PEREZ, s. of Gershom (6), was a farmer, and res. in N. Br., about a mile easterly from the Old Furnace, on the farm bought by him of Capt. Eleazar Warner 4 May 1764, and afterwards owned by his son Perez. I have not seen any record of his children. He d. 17 or 18 Nov. 1819, a. 88; his w. Abiel d. 27 Dec. 1819, a. 79.
8. ANDREW, s. of Gershom (6), res. in Mid., where, by w. Experience, he had Gershom, b. 2 May 1762; Andrew, b. 16 June 1764, m. Hannah F. Oliver; Lewis, b. 9 Dec. 1766, m. Abigail Cushman 1798.
9. SYLVANUS, s. of Gershom (6), m. Molly Ellis 13 Oct. 1765 at Mid., and rem. to Hk. about 1777. His chil. were Joseph, b. 15 May 1767; Hope, b. 20 June 1769, m. Elias White of Barre 2 Oct. 1789; Sarah, b. 1 Nov. 1770, d. 29 July 1772; Polly, b. 25 July 1772, m. Jonathan Fletcher of Barre 21 Dec. 1794; Betsey (twin), b. 12 June 1774; Deborah (twin), b. 12 June 1774, m. Isaac Bridges, Jr., 27 Jan. 1795; Salome, b. 12 Aug. 1776; Benjamin, b. 10 May 1778, m. Sally Jenkins of Barre, pub. 17 June 1801; Ellis, b. 11 Mar. 1780 ; Daniel, b. 15 Dec. 1782, m. Mrs. Hannah Clark of Ware, pub. 14 July 1817, d. at Deerfield 22 May 1856 ; Clarissa, b. 27 Dec. 1784, d. unm. 16 Jan. 1867; Mivina, b. 8 June 1786, m. Noah White of Barre 8 Feb. 1807; Amma- dulce, b. 12 June 1788, m. Alanson Gilbert, pub. 18 Sep. 1825, and had one child, Alanson A., b. 6 Mar. 1827; she d. at Charlestown 18 May 1881. SYL- VANUS the f. was a farmer, and res. near Barre, at the place marked " B. J. Cobb" on the R. Map, and d. 9 June 1834, a. 93; his w. Molly d. 16 Aug. 1830, a. 86.
10. EBENEZER, s. of Gershom (6), m. Martha, dau. of Walter Hastings, 5 Oct. 1780, and had Otis, b. - , m. Daphne Fay, pub. 18 July 1802; Ebene- zer, b. about 1784 ; and perhaps others. EBENEZER the f. was a cordwainer, res. for a time in Barre and afterwards in Hk. During the latter part of his life, for several years, he was toll-gatherer at the turnpike gate near the Old Furnace. He d. 15 Jan. 1816, a. 71; his w. Martha d. 2 June 1827, a. 81.
11. GERSHOM, s. of Andrew (8), m. Lydia Besse at Mid. in 1791, and the same year rem. to Hk., where she d. 14 Ap. 1808, a. 43, and he m. Abigail Thomas 2 Mar. 1811. His chil. were an infant, d. 29 Feb. 1792; Lydia. b. - 1793, d. 5 July 1803, a. 10; Gershom, b. - 1795, d. 24 Aug. 1833, a. 38; Aretas, b. - 1797, d. 13 July 1803, a. 6 ; Miles, b. 25 Nov. 1798; Experience, b. - 1800, d. 4 July 1803, a. 2 years 8 mo .; Prior, b. - , d. --. GER-
SHOM the f. was a cordwainer, res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Mr. Bolster " on the R. Map, and d. 15 Ap. 1812, a. nearly 50; his w. Abigail m. David Blackmer 13 Oct. 1823, and d. 22 Mar. 1832.
12. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer (10) by w. Joanna had Lydia, b .- 1809, d. unm. 6 Oct. 1840, a. 31; Clark Hastings, b. - 1813, d. 8 May, 1814, a. 14 months ; a child b. 1818, d. 17 Sep. 1820, a. 2; Frederick A., b. about 1823; and perhaps others. EBENEZER the f. res. on the old turnpike, about half a mile westerly from the Old Furnace, at the place marked with his name
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on the R. Map, and d. 16 Nov. 1835, a. 51; his w. Joanna d. 30 Dec. 1845, a. 60.
13. MILES, s. of Gershom (11), m. Lucretia Tolman, pub. 30 Dec. 1826, and had Amory B .; Lydia, m. Luther Marsh of Holden 23 Ap. 1849, and d. 13 Nov. 1863, a. 35; Aretas, d. 13 Mar. 1851, a. 19; Andrew, d. 27 Ap. 1855, a. 22; Prior, d. 25 Feb. 1857, a. 21. MILES the f., a farmer, res. at Gilbertville, and d. 5 Feb. 1882; his w. Lucretia d. 1 Feb. 1879, a. 81.
14. FREDERICK A., s. of Ebenezer (12), m. Elizabeth S. Conkey 11 Dec. 1845, and had William Frederick, b. 21 Mar. 1850; Carrie Frances, b. 22 Sep. 1853, m. Charles E. Trumbull of N. Brk. 12 July 1879, and d. 2 June 1882.
15. Amory B., s. of Miles (13), by w. Fanny (who d. 16 July 1859, a. 32), had Crilla Acrora, b. 22 Aug. 1857, d. 3 Nov. 1857; Fanny Alline, b. 10 July 1859, d. 12 Aug. 1859 ; and by w. Marietta, a daughter, b. 18 Sep. 1863, d. 18 Oct. 1863; Fanny Louisa, b. 10 June 1865; Emma Jane, b. 6 Sep. 1867. AMORY B. the f. res. at Gilbertville; rem. to Thetford, Vt., but soon re- turned.
SYLVIA, m. Henry Arnold, pub. 17 Ap. 1791. ALLEN, m. Olive Sampson 1 Jan. 1795. GRATIA, m. Israel Thomas, pub. 22 Jan. 1827.
COBLEIGH, JONATHAN (otherwise written Coble, Cobley, Cobleich, and Cobling), prob. the same who was in Concord 1737, by w. Elizabeth, had in Hk. Reuben, b. 6 July 1743; Jonathan, bap. 21 Sep. 1746; John, bap. 1 July 1753. JONATHAN the f. was a cordwainer, and res. in that part of the town which is now included in New Braintree.
2. ELEAZAR, prob. brother of Jonathan (1), by w. Phebe, had Bathsheba, bap. 12 June 1743; Dan, bap. 9 Feb. 1745-6; Hannah, bap. 21 Sep. 1746. It is not unlikely that Simon, b. 18 Aug. 1741, was son of the same parents, though their names are recorded "Eleazar and Phebe Ablich."
OLIVER, aged 23, was a soldier in the French War, 1758.
COLLINS, GAMALIEL, m. Rachel Rich, and had Jonah Stevens, b. -; Rachel, b. - , m. Elisha Newcomb of Gr. 23 Feb. 1790; Gamaliel, b. 20 Feb. 1776; Ebenezer, b. 2 Mar. 1777; Jerusha, b. 5 Aug. 1778, m. Judah Marsh of Ware 20 Feb. 1800; Priscilla, b. 24 Ap. 1780, m. John Wicker 15 Nov. 1803; Aquilla, b. 29 Jan. 1782 (it is understood by some members of the family that he never married; but the town records show that a person of the same name, and apparently the same individual, married Mary Smith of Gr. 18 Oct. 1807); James, b. 1 Sep. 1785. GAMALIEL the f. was born at Truro, was a ship- master, and the "first adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland Islands." 1 He rem. his family, about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, to the southwesterly part of Hk., a few rods northerly from the place marked " Mr. Collins " on the R. Map. He d. at Plymouth, apparently on his return from a voyage, as in his will, dated 27 Mar. 1786 and proved 13 June 1786, he men- tions among his children the youngest son (b. in the previous September), " that was not named when I left home." Capt. Collins was evidently a man of mark ; he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1776, and selectman in 1778.
2. GAMALIEL, s. of Gamaliel (1), m. Patty Gilbert 21 June 1798; she d. 21 Aug. 1804, a. 28, and he m. Betsey Billings 29 Nov. 1804; she d. 10 Dec. 1805, a. 30, and he m. Ann Snow 2 of Truro. His chil. were Jonathan, b. - , d. 3 Mar. 1831, a. 31 (leaving a dau. Mary Ann, who d. 10 Mar. 1831, a. 6 months) ; Fanny, b. - , m. Foster Newcomb of Ware 18 Feb. 1819, and d. 19 Nov. 1878; William Gilbert, b. - , a soldier in the Mexican War, and all further trace of him lost; Gamaliel, b. - 1809, a lawyer, res. in Palmer, m. Martha Smith 13 Oct. 1834, and d. 8 Nov. 1869, a. 60 ; Betsey B., b. - , m. Daniel W. Hooker of Rut. 20 Sep. 1831; Mary Ann, b. - 1811, d. 2 Oct. 1825, a. 14; Daniel S., b. 28 Dec. 1812; Martha G., b. - , m. Charles Whitney of Watertown 29 Dec. 1840; Anthony S., b. - , m. Mary E. - , and had dau.
1 Newcomb Genealogy, p. 381. extraordinary age of one hundred and ten years.
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Mary Emily, b. 12 Ap. 1849. GAMALIEL the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 28 Sep. 1825; his w. Ann d. at Wat. 24 Feb. 1861, a. 81.
3. EBENEZer, s. of Gamaliel (1), m. Polly, dau. of Timothy Gilbert, pub. 28 Sep. 1800, and had Julia Ann, b. - , m. Adonijah Dennis, Jr., 11 Sep. 1827; Ebenezer, b. - , d. in Iowa; Lemuel G., b. - , d. in Iowa; El- bridge ; Timothy, res. in Iowa.
4. DANIEL S., s. of Gamaliel (2), m. Thirza Chaffee of Pal., pub. 11 Aug. 1840, and had Mary Ann G., b. - -, d. 29 Ap. 1860, a. 17; Fanny Maria, b. 9 Ap. 1845, m. Oscar S. Southworth, 15 Ap. 1869; Daniel C., b. 6 Ap. 1847, m. Eva J. Knight of Ware 18 Oct. 1871; Francis C., b. - , d. unm. 15 Nov. 1873, a. 25. DANIEL S. the f., a farmer, res. near the homestead.
ABIEL, m. William Thomas, 23 Sep. 1765. POLLY, m. Thomas Boyd of Shelburne 26 May 1816. CHARLES, d. 2 Jan. 1830, a. 78. JOHN, m. Mrs. Johanna Highland 3 Aug. 1871.
CONANT, TIMOTHY, s. of Lot, and a descendant from Roger, the governor of the first plantation at Cape Ann, was b. at Bridgewater in 1732, m. Hannah Blackman in 1754, and had, at Bridgewater, James, b. 1755; Luther, b. 1758 ; Susanna, b. 1760; Lucy, b. 1762; Deborah, b. 1764; Timothy, b. 20 Feb. 1770; and at Oakham, Sylvanus, b. 23 Ap. 1773; Abigail and Sarah, twins, b. 26 Oct. 1774; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1777. The births of the five children last named are entered on the Hk. records, indicating that the family rem. to this place.
2. ABNER, s. of Thomas, another descendant from the famous Roger, was born at Bridgewater in 1746, but spent a large portion of his life in Hk. He was a bachelor and a cordwainer. For several years he boarded in the family of Timothy Paige, Esq., plying his trade in a shop fitted up for his use. He d. 29 Oct. 1807, a. 61; but my memory of his kindness to me in my childhood is yet green.
CONKEY, NEHEMIAH, prob. s. of James and grandson of Alexander, named below, m. Marietta Lincoln 28 Nov. 1844, and had James Burt, b. 4 Sep. 1845; Mary Louisa, b. 27 July 1847, m. Lauriston Giffin of Barre 9 Ap. 1867; Julia Elizabeth, b. 17 Dec. 1851; George Lincoln, b. 6 June 1854, d. 17 May 1857; Frederick Lincoln, b. 24 Aug. 1857, d. 20 Ap. 1868; Willard Alanson, b. 5 Ap. 1861; Frank Nehemiah, b. 15 May 1863; Frances Maria, b. 7 Mar. 1866.
2. JAMES BURT, s. of Nehemiah (1), m. Charlotte Foster of Ware 1 Mar. 1870, and had Louis Nehemiah, b. 6 Dec. 1870; Annie Louise, b. 8 Ap. 1872, d. 12 Feb. 1878; Harold E., b. 29 Sep. 1878.
ALEXANDER, a Revolutionary pensioner, b. in Pelham, d. 17 Jan. 1847, a. 93. JAMES, d. 15 Mar. 1842, a. 65 ; ELIZABETH, w. of James, d. 11 July 1859, a. 77. ELIZABETH, dau. of James and Elizabeth, m. Frederick A. Cobb 11 Dec. 1845.
CONVERS, BENJAMIN (otherwise written Converse), by w. Hannah, had Asa Wright, bap. 18 Mar. 1781; Royal, bap. 12 May 1782; an elder son Royal, d. 5 Feb. 1781, a. 4. His w. Hannah d. 25 July 1785, a. 34, and he m. Esther Grosvener of Windsor, pub. 17 May 1786. BENJAMIN the f., then of Windsor, bought the estate of Thomas Robinson, at and near the Old Furnace, 19 Oct. 1780 (for twenty thousand pounds in the depreciated cur- rency of that period), and probably rem. immediately to Hk. He was licensed as a retailer in 1781 and 1782, and for a few years seems to have been pros- perous. But in the troublous time which followed, he became an active mili- tary partisan of Shays, appearing as adjutant at Worcester on the 6th of Sep- tember 1786 ; and on the collapse of the Rebellion found it necessary to abscond in order to avoid arrest. His subsequent history is unknown to me.
2. DANIEL J., m. Sabrina Brown, pub. 23 Jan. 1826. Their only child whose name appears on the record of births was Emily Elvira, b. 13 Sep. 1843. DANIEL J. the f. d. 16 May 1852, a. 49.
SARAH, d. 10 Ap. 1845, a. 19.
COOK, JOHN, by w. - , had Esther, bap. 29 Oct. 1764; Lucy, bap. 5 Ap. 1767.
COOPER, JOHN, m. Mary Sherman of Grafton 15 Mar. 1748-9, and had
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Sarah, b. 18 Feb. 1749-50, d. 8 Jan. 1767; Nathaniel, b. 8 Nov. 1751 ; Mary, b. 20 July 1753 ; John, b. 15 June 1755; Joel, b. 13 Ap. 1757; Huldah, b. 1 May 1759 ; Sherman, b. 3 Ap. 1761; Matilda, b. 16 Ap. 1762; Barnabas, b. 28 July 1764; Chloe, b. 20 Dec. 1766. JOHN, the f. was prob. s. of Samuel, who rem. from Cambridge to Grafton in the summer of 1730, and was elected deacon 21 Jan. 1732; if so, he was bap. 7 Mar. 1724-5, and was grandson of Deacon Samuel Cooper, and great-grandson of Deacon John Cooper, both of Cambridge. See Hist. Cambridge, pp. 516, 517. While residing in Grafton, 30 July 1746, he bought 100 acres of land in Hk., and was admitted to the church here on the first day of the succeeding March. He was elected dea- con before 9 July 1751, when his name appears with that title on the church record ; very probably the election soon followed the resignation of Deacon Paige and Deacon Robinson in 1749. He was selectman one year, assessor ten years, town clerk five years, and frequently school-teacher between 1751 and 1766. He prob. rem. or died in 1769, as in March of that year he was elected town clerk and assessor, and in the following May a successor in each office was elected ; also the office of deacon in the church was filled by the election of Capt. William Paige (son of the former Deac. Paige) 9 Nov. 1769.
COVELL, ROYAL, m. Emeline Goss, of Winchester, N. H., 9 Aug. 1853. HARRIET E. C., m. John J. Johnson 11 Mar. 1852.
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