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4. JOHN, S. of John (3), m. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Spooner, 23 Nov. 1752, and had Zephaniah, b. 2 Aug. 1753, was a physician, took the name of Jennings, m. Martha Eddy of Shrews. 28 Nov. 1799, and prob. soon rem. from Hk .; John, b. 16 Mar. 1755; Joanna, b. - 1757, d. unm. 10 Mar. 1835, a. 78; Esther, b. about 1759, m. Moses Hunt 10 Dec. 1778; Elnathan, b. about 1762, was living in 1796; Abigail, b. - , m. Elijah Billings 24 Ap. 1796. JOHN the f. rem. from Dartmouth to Hk. with his family, probably soon after the birth of his son John in 1755 ; he was a farmer, and d. 31 May 1796 ; his w. Abigail d. 10 Dec. 1829, a. 97.
5. JOHN, S. of John (4), m. Hannah Perry of Barre 10 Ap. 1788, and had .. Justus, b. 25 Nov. 1788 ; Esther Gates, b. 6 May 1790, m. Benjamin Gates of Barre 18 Nov. 1817; John, b. 16 Feb. 1792 ; Chiron, b. 26 Ap. 1794 ; Calvin, b. 3 July 1796 ; Seth, b. 21 July 1798; Hannah Perry, b. 19 Nov. 1800, m. Cyrus Danforth 6 Mar. 1817, and (2d) Clark Stone of Enfield 30 Sep. 1858, and d. 31 Oct. 1873; Hiram, b. 23 Aug. 1803, d. 5 Jan. 1805 ; Lucretia Perry, b. 21 Aug. 1805, m. - Cary, and d. at Enf. 19 Sep. 1870 ; Abigail Spooner, b. 27 July 1808, m. Gardner Bartholomew, pub. 3 Feb. 1831. JOHN the f. was a farmer, res. on the Ware road, at the place marked " J. Robin- son " on the R. Map (probably the homestead of his father), and d. 23 Aug. 1814; his w. Hannah m. Dr. William Stone of Enf., 23 Nov. 1819.
6. JUSTUS, s. of John (5), m. Lucy Wicker 19 Feb. 1811, and had Jane Parsons, b. 25 Sep. 1811; Charles Austin, b. 20 Nov. 1813; Sophronia, b. 8 Dec. 1815; John, b. 18 Aug. 1818 ; Susan, bap. 19 Aug. 1821. JUSTUS the f. res. on the homestead, but rem. from the town soon after 1821.
7. JOHN, S. of John (5), was a blacksmith, and rem. from Hk. prob. about 1828. I find no record of marriage or children.
8. CHIRON, s. of John (5), m. Sophronia, dau. of Charles Paige, 28 Sep. 1817; she d. 25 Feb. 1854, and be m. Mary C. Bowker 23 Mar. 1865. His chil. were : Clarissa Paige, b. 25 Sep. 1818, m. David Elwell 2d, 7 Sep. 1842; Algernon Sidney, b. 6 Sep. 1821; Hattie Bell (a child of her father's old age), b. 5 July 1869, d. 11 Aug. 1870. CHIRON the f. was a tanner, res. at the old Furnace Village, and d. 29 June 1874.
9. CALVIN, s. of John (5), m. Mary Bassett 19 Sep. 1824, and had Mary E., b. 19 June 1825 ; Louisa, b. 2 July 1827, d. 21 Oct. 1831; Fidelia, b. 9 Aug. 1829, m. - Wheeler, and d. at Ware 20 Jan. 1861; Clarissa, b. 11 Aug. 1831, and d. at Ware 3 May 1853. CALVIN the f. was a farmer and captain of militia, res. on the Ware road for some years, at the place marked " C. Ruggles " on the R. Map, but rem. from the town.
10. ALGERNON SIDNEY, s. of Chiron (8), m. Mary J. Brigham of Pres., pub. 14 Feb. 1846, and had Mary Jane Frances, b. 3 Mar. 1851.
JEMIMA, m. Gideon Carpenter 31 May 1753. ESTHER, m. David Gilbert, Jr., of N. Br. 23 Mar. 1758.
JOHNSON, EXPERIENCE, m. Mary Hamlin, at Rochester, 18 Ap. 1728, and had William, b. 26 Aug. 1729 ; Thomas, b. 13 Nov. 1733, pub. to Hannah Chelson 10 Mar. 1759 ; he soon rem. from Roch. to Hk., and both his sons were bap. here 5 Dec. 1736.
2. ZEBADIAH, prob. s. of Zebadiah and Esther of Shrewsbury, and, if so, bap. 1 Ap. 1733, came here about 1753, m. Alice, dau. of Capt. Constant
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Merrick, 25 Nov. 1756, and had Samuel, b. 23 May 1758 ; Mary, b. 10 Mar. 1760, d. unm. 5 Oct. 1837 ; Constant, b. 9 Jan. 1762; Joab, b. 9 Mar. 1765 ; Zebadiah, b. 16 June 1767, m. Sally Powers 9 Feb. 1791; John, b. 4 June 1769. 3. SETH, prob. brother of Zebadiah (2), and b. at Shrews. 15 Feb. 1736. pub. to Kezia Cooley of Gr. 2 Aug. 1760, and had Jonah, b. 19 Mar. 1761; Catherine, b. 3 Aug. 1763, m. Ephraim Hodges 25 Nov. 1779; Phebe, b. 29 Sep. 1764, m. Noah Beach of Rut., pub. 9 July 1780 ; Electa, b. 31 Jan. 1767, m. James Whipple 21 Ap. 1785. Widow KEZIA JOHNSON, the mother, d. 15 Feb. 1822, a. 85.
4. ISRAEL, prob. brother of Zebadiah (2), and b. at Shrews. 11 Sep. 1737, m. Abiel, wid. of Ebenezer Safford, 29 Dec. 1761, and had Challis, b. 1 Oct. 1762.
5. NATHANIEL, by w. Sarah, had prob. Nathaniel, b. -; Triphena, b. 15 Sep. 1764, m. Sylvanus Brimhall 14 Sep. 1783. NATHANIEL the f. d. 3 Nov. 1790, a. 71.
6. SILAS, m. Patience Walker of Pet., 27 Nov. 1766, and had Silas, b. 27 Nov. 1767 ; Susanna, b. 15 Ap. 1770. SILAS the f. d. 12 July 1822, a. 76; his w. Patience d. 18 Oct. 1813, a. 69.
7. NATHANIEL, prob. s. of Nathaniel (5), m. Mary Nye 5 Sep. 1783, and had Otis, b. 5 May 1784.
.8. STEPHEN, m. Abigail Rice of Barre 31 May 1774; she d. 22 Ap. 1777; and he m. Elizabeth Witt of Paxton, pub. 16 May 1779. His chil. were : Abigail, b. 19 Ap. 1776 ; m. Wyatt Richardson, pub. 6 May 1795; Elizabeth, b. 17 June 1780 ; Stephen, b. 14 Dec. 1781.
9. AARON, m. Susanna Bridgeman of Gr. - June 1787, and had Aaron, b. 22 May 1788.
10. DANIEL, m. Lucy Briggs of Orange - May 1797, and had Samuel, b. 29 Jan. 1798, m. Polly Sprout, pub. 15 May 1825, and d. 14 Aug. 1847 ; she d. 22 Jan. 1829, a. 37; Ezra, b. 22 Oct. 1799, m. Abigail Sprout, pub. 6 Nov. 1830, and d. at Presc. 1 Ap. 1878; Philip, b. 3 May 1802, m. Civilla R. Thayer, pub. 20 Mar. 1830; she d. 19 Dec. 1861, a. 58, and he m. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Stevens 21 Aug. 1862 ; his dau. Mary E. d. unm. 30 Nov. 1867, a. 36; and he d. 24 Mar. 1875 ; Lucy, b. 6 July 1804, m. Orville Lathrop of Shrews., pub. 31 Jan. 1825. LUCY the mother d. 3 Feb. 1814, a. 41.
11. SILAS, s. of Silas (6), m. Hannah Nye 15 Dec. 1785 ; she d. and he m. Celia Howard, or Haywood, 24 Feb. 1799, and had Silas Nye, b. 3 Sep. 1799, d. at Dana 1 Ap. 1879; Alanson, b. 9 Nov. 1800; Hiram, b. 3 Sep. 1802; Gardner, b. 25 Oct. 1804; Nehemiah Haywood, b. 26 May 1807, res. in Illinois 21 Sep. 1841, when he m. Eunice Randall; Karylan, b. 15 July 1809. SILAS the f. d. 19 Mar. 1840, and his w. Celia m. John Peckham of Pet. 20 Ap. 1841.
12. AARON, m. Celia Richardson of Gr., 11 Sep. 1800, and had Alice, b. 21 Mar. 1801, m. Seth Richardson, pub. 3 Ap. 1820; William, b. 1 Nov. 1803, m. Eliza Whipple 15 Aug. 1822, and d. 16 Aug. 1871. AARON, the f. d. 1 May 1813, a. 41; his w. Celia d. 2 Sep. 1846, a. 66.
13. JOHN, prob. s. of Zebadiah (2), by w. Mary, had Chester, b. about 1801; John, b. about 1805, m. Arathusa Dexter 5 Oct. 1828 (she d. 6 Ap. 1862, a. 56 ; he d. 2 May 1876, a. 71) ; their son, William W., m. Eunice C. Sturte- vant 18 Aug. 1880; Samuel, b. about 1810, d. 31 May 1848, a. 38. JOHN the f. d. 25 Ap. 1828.
14. MARSHALL, m. Lettice Hathaway 1 Jan. 1811, and had Balarah, b. 19 Oct. 1811; Mary, b. 9 Dec. 1812, m. Ebenezer H. Egery 26 Feb. 1828; Sarah, b. 25 Dec. 1814, m. Hosea Cummings 22 Feb. 1831; Justus, b. 31 Aug. 1816. MARSHALL the f. d. 28 Oct. 1857, a. 81; his w. Lettice d. 3 Mar. 1859, a. 72.
15. ALANSON, s. of Silas (11), m. Amanda Wheeler, pub. 8 May 1826, and had Henry A., b. 7 Ap. 1827 ; William W., b. 4 Nov. 1835.
16. WILLIAM, by w. Ellen, had Halsea Hurlburt, b. - 1843.
17. JUSTUS, s. of Marshall (14), m. Sylvia S. Smith of Gr., pub. 28 Feb. 1840, and had George Franklin, b. 3 Jan. 1845.
18. CHESTER, s. of John (13), by w. Rebecca had George, b. 11 Jan. 1847. CHESTER the f. d. 31 Aug. 1848, a. 38; his w. Rebecca d. 24 July 1851, a. 46.
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19. PHILANDER, by w. Susan, had William Warren, b. 7 Aug. 1848.
20. DAVID W., by w. Clarissa A., had Frederick D., b. 29 July 1850; Oren Alpheus, b. 9 July 1852.
21. GARDNER N., by w. Eliza, had Joseph French, b. 24 Aug. 1853.
22. JOHN J., m. Harriet E. Covell, 11 Mar. 1852, and had Lestella, b. 26 Oct. 1853; a son b. 27 Ap. 1861, d. 19 May 1861; Cleola A., b. 4 Mar. 1863, m. Rollin D. Newton, 3 Mar. 1881.
23. JOHN, by w. Julia, had Thomas Francis, b. 21 Jan. 1857.
24. ALPHEUS, m. Frances M. Turner, pub. 28 Ap. 1853, and had Fanny Adella, b. 24 Feb. 1861.
25. AARON F., by w. Adeline, had William Harvey, b. 1 June 1861.
26. HALSEA H., s. of William (16), m. Mary E. Kendall 20 Oct. 1863, and had Samuel Hurlburt, b. 30 May 1864.
27. ENOS T., m. Emma C. Bacon of Gr. 16 Mar. 1864, and had Charles Albert, b. 23 Ap. 1873; Rupert E., b. 20 Oct. 1881.
SOLOMON, of Gr. (prob. bro. of Zebadiah (2)), m. Sarah Dexter 28 Dec. 1762. JOEL, m. Eleanor Parks 27 Sep. 1768. WILLIAM, m. Hannah John- son 26 Jan. 1775 or 1776. JOHN, m. Nancy Thayer, pub. 10 Nov. 1797. JOSHUA, m. Rachel Whipple 12 Aug. 1798. SETH, m. Sally Hillman, pub. 27 Nov. 1800. STEPHEN N., m. Susanna Whipple 3 Feb. 1823. SAMUEL, m. Betsey Cummings 29 June 1829. PEEBLES, m. Eliza Ellen Whipple 21 May 1861. JOEL, d. 10 Oct. 1813, a. 70. MILO, d. 31 Aug. 1845, a. 21.
The registration of births was so much neglected by the parents for many years, that I am unable to give a satisfactory account of the numerous families bearing the name of Johnson, and of their relationship to each other.
JORDAN, EDMUND, a nephew of Benjamin Smith and one of the pioneers, m. Temperance, dau. of William Thomas (at Brk.), 12 Mar. 1734, and had Elizabeth, b. 27 Ap. 1735, m. John Mellard, pub. 19 Ap. 1761; William, b. 13 Dec. 1737; Submit, b. 19 Ap. 1740, m. Daniel Hastings, pub. 22 July 1764; Mary, b. 23 Dec. 1743; Sarah, b. 13 Aug. 1746, d. 25 Oct. 1746; Sarah, b. 24 July 1748, d. unm. 24 Mar. 1771; Eleazar, b. 2 Mar. 1750; Meits (a son), b. 1 May 1752. EDMUND the f. was b. in Taunton, and was a carpenter; he was a corporal in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company 1755, in the French War; also in 1756, during which campaign he died, a. 45.
2. JOHN, prob. brother of Edmund (1), was here in 1735, in Nitchewaug (Petersham) 1738, returned to Hk., was a soldier in Captain Robinson's company 1755, and d. 14 Dec. 1755. His son Dudley was bap. in Nitche- waug by Rev. Mr. White, 30 July 1738, was a soldier in Captain Robinson's company 1756, and d. during that campaign, a. 20.
3. DUDLEY, prob. brother of Edmund (1), m. Mary, dau. of John Haskell, 23 Dec. 1739, and had Susanna, b. 20 Mar. 1740-1, m. Abraham Knowlton 12 Mar. 1764 ; Philip, b. 17 Mar. 1742-3; Mercy, b. 10 (or 14) June 1745, m. John Raymond 7 Mar. 1771; Sarah, b. 22 July 1747; Dudley, b. 8 Mar. 1749. DUDLEY the f. res. on Ruggles Hill, at or near the place marked " A. Ruggles " on the R. Map; he was a remarkably expert gunner, and is said to have alarmed the town by discharging his gun at a catamount three times in such rapid succession that it was supposed to be the "alarm," or established signal of danger. He d. 26 Ap. 1750; his w. Mary d. 27 May 1750.
4. DUDLEY, s. of Dudley (3), m. Bathsheba Rice 8 Aug. 1776, and had Hannah, b. 29 Ap. 1777; Bathsheba, b. 11 Jan. 1779; Polly, b. 19 Jan. 1781 ; Prudence, b. 11 Nov. 1782, d. unm. at Gr. 16 Dec. 1869; Mercy, b. 6 Jan. 1785, m. William Morton of Gr. 20 Mar. 1813; William Pitt, b. about 1786 ; Cynthia, b. - , m. Seth B. Manly 12 May 1824; Alma (or Almira), b. about 1793, d. unm. 21 Mar. 1814, a. 21; John Tyler, b. 3 Sep. 1799, res. in Gr., d. 17 Sep. 1879, a. 80 years and 14 days; George Anson, b. about 1805, d. 11 July 1814, a. 9. DUDLEY the f. was a tanner, res. several years near Gilbert- ville, on the old road, now little used, a few rods below the place marked " R. Field " on the R. Map, in a house apparently one of the earliest erected in the town; he d. at Ware 5 July 1820 ; his w. Bathsheba d. 5 Dec. 1813, a. 53.
5. WILLIAM PITT, s. of Dudley (4), m. Sophia Bliss of Jamaica, Vt., pub.
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19 Ap. 1813; she d. and he m. Mary Presho, 25 Mar. 1818; she d. 25 May 1834, a. 37, and he m. Electa Grant, who d. 4 Jan. 1838, a. 26, and he m. Mrs. Sophia King 26 June 1838. His chil. were : Anson, b. - 1818, d. 24 Mar. 1820, a. 2; Cynthia, b. 3 Nov. 1821, m. James Davis, Jr., 11 Aug. 1836 ; Mary Nye, b. 9 Jan. 1823; William P., b. 1828, d. 31 Dec. 1860, a. 32 ; and perhaps others. WILLIAM PITT the f. was a tanner, res. on the road to Barre, at the place marked "P. Jordan " on the R. Map, and d. 24 Ap. 1869.
JOSLIN, DINAH, m. Prince Nye 15 Dec. 1774. ELIZABETH, m. Abraham Bell of N. Br. 29 Dec. 1785. PETER A., m. Hannah T. Newcomb, pub. 31 Oct. 1829. MATTHEWS, m. Mrs. Margaret Holdridge 12 Dec. 1830, and d. 20 Mar. 1840, a. 73. A child of MATTHEWS, JR., d. 26 Oct. 1834, a. 6 mos.
KEITH, EPHRAIM, s. of Joseph, and grandson of Rev. James, b. at Bridge- water in 1707, grad. H. C. 1729, preached here about a year, commencing 2 May 1734, but was probably never ordained; he returned to Bridgewater, was justice of the peace, m. Sarah, dau. of Israel Washburn, had seven chil., and d. in 1781.
2. JOHN, prob. b. in Bridgewater. m. Ann Belcher of Bridgew., pub. 10 Ap. 1774; she d. and he m. Zerviah Willis 21 Oct. 1782. His chil. were: John, bap. 9 July 1775; Joseph, b. 5 Oct. 1783; Benjamin, b. 17 Feb. 1785; Seth, b. 17 Feb. 1788.
REUEL, m. Abigail Allen, pub. 11 Ap. 1784.
KELLY, WILLIAM, m. Annis Thayer, pub. 25 Dec. 1820, and had Merrick Thayer, b. 14 Feb. 1822; James Harvey, b. 20 Sep. 1824.
MARGARET, m. Cornelius Wrin, pub. 8 Nov. 1856.
KENNEDY, DANIEL, by w. Margaret, had Nancy, b. 24 Aug. 1856; Daniel, b. 24 Sep. 1858; Timothy, b. 24 Jan. 1861; Jeremiah, b. 5 Mar. 1864.
2. RICHARD, by w. Margaret, had Michael, b. 23 Sep. 1856.
3. DAVID, m. Catherine Cronan, pub. 12 Jan. 1855, and had Thomas, b. 1 Ap. 1861; Dennis, b. 26 July 1863; Cornelius (posthumous), b. 6 June 1867. DAVID the f. was b. in Ireland, and d. 20 Oct. 1866, a. 45.
4. ALEXANDER, m. Jane -, who d: - -, and he m. Jeannette Alex- ander, pub. 31 Aug. 1868. His chil. were: William, b. 30 Oct. 1862; Mary, b. 11 Jan. 1869.
ELLEN, of Ware, m. Peter Alexander 7 Feb. 1867. CATHERINE, m. Timo- thy Daley 7 Sep. 1868. JESSIE, m. Samuel Ross 23 Dec. 1876.
KENNEY, JESSE, m. Hannah Stearns, 11 Aug. 1776.
KERLEY, ANNA, m. Elisha Pike 29 Nov. 1744.
KIMBALL, JUDE, m. Joanna, dau. of James Lawton, 25 Aug. 1793, rem. to Lyndon, Vt., where he had James Lawton, b. 25 Ap. 1799, grad. D. C. 1824, and at And. Seminary 1828, became secretary of the Amer. Tract Soc. at Boston 1831, and d. unm. at Lyndon 8 Sep. 1833.
KING, SAMUEL, of Barre, m. Sybil Raymond 5 May 1840, res. here, and had Samuel Sumner, b. 6 Mar. 1845, d. 2 Feb. 1876; John, b. 1 Mar. 1847, d. 4 Ap. 1862.
2. JOHN, m. Mary J. Richardson 3 Oct. 1844, and had a son, b. 13 Nov. 1849; Harvey Walker, b. 16 Aug. 1852; Elizabeth Adella, b. 8 Feb. 1857; Mar- shall Johnson. b. 20 Feb. 1859; Albert, b. 30 Sep. 1862.
3. JESSE W., m. Huldah M. Barnes 21 Oct. 1848, and had Charles Walter, b. 12 Nov. 1849. JESSE W. the f. d. 3 Dec. 1855, a. 30; his w. Huldah M. m. Billings Cummings 22 Nov. 1859, and d. 10 Dec. 1868, a. 38.
4. THOMAS, by w. Catherine, had Edward Norbert, b. 5 June 1855; Mary Jane, b. 27 Oct. 1856; Caroline, b. 25 June 1859, d. unm. at Ware 16 Sep. 1879; William Wallace, b. 20 May 1868.
5 EDWARD T., by w. Mary J., had Nellie May, b. 2 May 1872.
JOEL (b. Enfield, Conn.), d. 29 July 1861, a. 81. WARREN M., m. Louisa Cummings of Barre, pub. 17 Sep. 1821. GEORGE H., m. Lucy J. Barnes 7 May 1846. ALFRED C., m. Sarah E. Hall 1 Oct. 1873. Wid. ELIZABETH F., d. 23 Ap. 1880, a. 78.
KINSLEY, MARTIN, s. of Samuel, was born at Bridgewater in 1754, grad. H. C. 1778, settled immediately in Hardwick, m. Polly Bellows of Walpole,
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N. H., pub. 3 Oct. 1784, and had Polly Hubbard, b. 26 May 1787, d. 28 Aug. 1791; Sophia W., b. 17 July 1797, d. 12 Jan. 1800; and, after his removal from Hk., Mary, b. 6 July 1801, m. Samuel Gardner, Esq., of Roxbury, and d. in 1839 ; Martin, b. 23 Sep. 1808, d. 31 May 1811. MARTIN the f., soon after he rem. here, engaged in the sale of English and West India goods, and res. at the place marked "J. Mixter " on the R. Map. About 1780 he was com- missioned as one of the aids of Maj. Gen. Warner, and was thenceforth known as Major Kinsley ; from this office, however, he was removed in 1786, probably on account of his sympathy with the Shays Rebellion, against which removal he published a protest in the "Worcester Magazine " for December, p. 450, under date of 24 Nov. 1786. The Shays party, then a majority of the town, rewarded him for his services and mortification by electing him town treasurer six years, from 1787 to 1792, and representative eight years, from 1787 to 1796, except 1789 and 1793, when no representative was chosen. Between 4 Ap. 1797 and 16 Feb. 1798, he removed to Hampden, in the province of Maine, where he was actively engaged, on the Democratic side, in the fierce political contest which marked the commencement of the present century. He was jus- tice of the peace, while at Hardwick, in 1789, recommissioned in 1802, repre- sentative of Hampden in the General Court 1801 to 1806 (except 1805), senator from Hancock County 1814, member of the executive council 1810, 1811, and member of Congress in 1819 and 1820. He was appointed justice of the Court of Sessions 3 Sep. 1811, and on the eighth day of the following October, judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Eastern Circuit; he was afterwards, for several years, judge of Probate. In his old age he retired from public office, and removed to Roxbury, where he died, at the house of his daughter, 20 June 1835.
KNAPP, CHARLES, by w. Hannah, had Caroline Wiswell, b. about 1807, d. 22 Sep. 1811, a. 4; Mary Jane, b. 21 June 1809; Charles William, b. 9 Oct. 1811; Daniel Field, b. 7 Sep. 1813; Amasa Mason, bap. 17 Sep. 1816, d. 16 Aug. 1818, a. 2; Catherine Wiswell, bap. 25 Dec. 1818.
2. GEORGE W., of Franklin, m. Clarissa Snow 21 Sep. 1823, and had twin chil., who d. 20 and 22 Oct. 1830.
KNIGHT, THEOPHILUS, b. at Plainfield, Conn., 2 June 1788, m. Theodotia Bliss, who was b. at Western (now Warren), 1 Feb. 1792, and had in Warren Mary E., b. 20 Ap. 1814, d. 25 Oct. 1821 ; Albert E., b. 2 Nov. 1816; Lucy P., b. 1 Dec. 1818, d. unm. 24 Feb. 1872; Wealthy S., b. 1 Jan. 1821, m. Frazier Paige 11 Mar. 1844; Royal, b. 7 Mar. 1824, d. 3 May 1838; Aaron B., b. 15 June 1826, d. 13 May 1861; Mary Ann, b. 10 Nov. 1829, m. Dr. Almon M. Orcutt 16 Oct. 1850; Samuel H., b. 3 Dec. 1831, res. in St. Louis ; Franklin S., b. 9 May 1835, was a member (clerk) of the 31st Regt. Mass. Vols. in the Union Army, and d. unm. in St. Charles Hospital, New Orleans, 10 Jan. 1863. THEOPHILUS the f. was a farmer, rem. to Hardwick, with his family, 1 Ap. 1837, res. at the south end of the Common, and d. 14 Mar. 1844; his w. Theo- dotia d. 2 Feb. 1875.
2. ALBERT E., s. of Theophilus (1), came here 1 Ap. 1837, and m. E. Augusta Phelps of Ware 12 May 1841 ; she d. 20 Feb. 1864, a. 46, and he m. Harriet J., dau. of Joseph Robinson and wid. of William Browning, 5 Ap. 1866; she d. 16 Sep. 1869, a. 39, and he m. Cornelia E., dau. of Capt. Pliny Alden, 25 Oct. 1870. His chil. were: Jane E., b. 21 Dec. 1842, m. Joel L. Powers 1 Jan. 1866 ; Elizabeth H., b. 29 May 1846, m. Julius A. Dennis 8 Oct. 1868; Samuel H. P., b. 8 May 1852, d. 25 Sep. 1853; William H., b. 26 Ap. 1855, d. 9 June 1857; Harry Phelps, b. 26 Nov. 1856. ALBERT E. was for several years a clerk in the store of Mixter & Delano and Delano & Co .; afterwards a merchant, on his own account, at the south end of the Common; postmaster since 1850 ; town clerk since 1861; town treasurer eleven years from 1867 to 1878; justice of the peace since 1861; and representative in 1864.
KNOWLES, SIMEON, by w. Eunice, had Simeon, b. about 1766; Elisha, b. about 1779, d. 14 Aug. 1858, a. 79; Phebe, b. about 1783, d. unm. 7 Ap. 1824, a. 41 ; and prob. others. SIMEON the f. res. in Eastham until after the birth of his son Simeon ; and perhaps all his chil. were born there. His w. Eunice d. here 5 Ap. 1819, a. 79.
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2. SIMEON, s. of Simeon (1), by w. Priscilla, had Bangs, b. about 1789, d. 17 Sep. 1806, a. 17; Simeon, b. about 1791 ; Leonard, b. about 1795, d. 7 Feb. 1811, a. 16; Edward, b. about 1799, d. at Leicester 29 Oct. 1876, a. 77; Har- riet, b. about 1805, m. Calvin A. Burnett of Oxford 29 June 1830, and d. at Leicester 20 Ap. 1865, a. 60; and perhaps others. SIMEON the f. d. 22 Aug. 1823, a. 57; his w. Priscilla d. 5 Feb. 1839, a. 75.
3. SIMEON, s. of Simeon (2), m. Lucetta, dau. of Silas Newton, 14 Mar. 1814, and had Laura Loraine, b. 10 Oct. 1816, m. Rufus Washburn, Jr., of Johnstown, N. Y., 21 Feb. 1837; Lucius James, b. 2 July 1819, an eminent inventor and manufacturer in Warren and Worcester; 1 Harriet Eveline, b. 24 July 1821, m. Lorin Brown of Fitchburg 1 Oct. 1844; Francis B., b. 29 Nov. 1823, a successful manufacturer in Worcester. SIMEON the f. res. about three miles northerly from the Common. His w. Lucetta d. at Warren 23 Aug. 1868, a. 76.
ABIA, m. Elisha T. Mason, pub. 3 June 1816. EUNICE, m. Moses Whipple, Jr., 6 Ap. 1823.
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH, said to have been son of Thomas and Margery (Good- hue), was b. in Ipswich and res. there until about 1733, when he rem. to Shrewsbury. He m. Abigail Bird and had, in Ipswich, Joseph, b. prob. about 1720; Abigail, b. about 1722, d. in Hardwick unm. 4 Mar. 1807, a. 84; Jacob, b. about 1729 ; Abraham, b. about 1731; and in Shrews., Nathan, b. 28 Jan. 1733; Samuel and Nathaniel, twins, b. 21 Jan. 1737; Israel, b. 28 Jan. 1740. These eight children are named in their father's will, dated 17 Mar. 1756; and besides these, Ward says (Hist. Shrewsbury, p. 348), there were Margery, who d. at Shrews. 5 Feb. 1740, and " Thomas, who was killed by the French and Indians at Hoosac Fort, Aug. 17, 1745." JOSEPH the f. d. at Shrews., between 17 Mar. 1756 and 2 Sep. 1760. His w. Abigail d. 3 July 1748, and he m. Ann -, who survived him.
2. JACOB, s. of Joseph (1), settled in Hardwick as early as 1752, m. Sarah Pratt of Shrews. 21 Nov. 1759 ; she d. and he m. Sarah Smith, pub. 1 Nov. 1762. His chil. were: Joseph, b. 20 Nov. 1760; Sarah, b. 29 Sep. 1763, m. Ebenezer Rich, Jr., of Gr., pub. 14 Dec. 1786 ; Elizabeth, bap. 23 June 1765; Elijah, b. 2 Mar. 1767, d. 2 Dec. 1790 ; Anna, b. 17 July 1769 ; Abigail, b. 26 June 1771; Jacob, b. 16 June 1774, d. 22 Sep. 1775; Jacob, b. 6 Oct. 1776. JACOB the f. was a blacksmith, and owned a farm bounded north by Muddy Pond and south by Ware. He served two campaigns in the French War, as a corporal in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company. He d. before 6 Aug. 1789, when his w. Sarah m. Deac. Joseph Allen.
3. ABRAHAM, s. of Joseph (1), was in Templeton as early as 1756, and m. Comfort Holman; she d. about 1761, when he rem. to Hk. and m. Susanna Jordan 12 Mar. 1764. His chil. were: Comfort, b. - 1761 at Templeton, m. George Haskell 25 Ap. 1782; Sarah, b. 13 June 1765, m. Elijah Bangs 21 Ap. 1791; Israel, b. 11 Jan. 1767 ; T'homas, b. 23 Jan. 1769, d. 8 Sep. 1777; Lucy, b. 21 Dec. 1770, m. Nathan Haskell of Wendell 2 June 1795; Abraham, b. 6 May 1774, d. - 1777 ; Philip, b. 30 July 1776, d. - 1777; Thomas, b. 9 Feb. 1782, settled in Winchendon. ABRAHAM the f. was a tanner, and res. on the Petersham road, at or near the place marked " Mr. Woods " on the R.
1 "Lucius J. Knowles, a native of Hard- wick, engaged in the manufacture of looms at Warren, with his brother, F. B. Knowles. In 1866 this branch of his business was re- moved to Worcester, where it has since been conducted. The looms first made by the firm were constructed to weave narrow fab- rics, which still constitute an important part of the product of the firm. In 1863, Mr. L. J. Knowles took out his first patent for an open-shed fancy cassimere loom, which he has recently adapted to the weaving of many new fabrics, and he has devised mechanisms by which almost every kind of fancy textile fabrics, whether of cotton, wool, or silk, can
be readily produced. Mr. Knowles has an inventive genius, which has produced other important inventions besides his looms. He has been engaged in the manufacture of cot- ton and woollen; and the Knowles' steam- pumps, which he manufactures in large quantities at Warren, have a world-wide reputation. He has been state senator, al- derman, president of the Board of Trade, and is now (1879) president of the People's Sav- ings Bank, and a trustee of the Free Insti- tute." Hist. of Worcester County, ii. 665. While Mr. Knowles resided in Warren, he was a representative in the General Court 1865, and senator in 1869.
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Map. He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. In his old age his long white locks gave him a venerable aspect. He d. 9 June 1812, a. 81; his w. Susanna d. 27 Ap. 1816, a. 75.
4. ISRAEL, s. of Abraham (3), m. Abigail Carter 2 May 1793, and had Israel, b. 12 Mar. 1795, d. 28 Mar. 1795; Calvin, b. 2 Sep. 1797, m. Abigail Powers of Rye, N. H., 20 Sep. 1822, and d. there 30 Jan. 1878; Israel, b. 22 Dec. 1799, d. - Ap. 1800 ; a son, b. and d. - 1802; Maria, b. 8 June 1804, m. Williams Dexter 3 June 1828; Abraham, b. 12 Jan. 1807, a mason, res. unm. in Cambridge; Timothy Carter, b. 14 Aug. 1810, m. Susan Locke of Rye 18 Feb. 1836 ; she d. 17 July 1842, and he m. Augusta Locke of Rye 8 Sep. 1843; he d. 9 July 1869; Lucy, b. 28 July 1816, d. unm. in Cambridge 1 Sep. 1878. ISRAEL the f. rem. to Brighton, where he d. 12 Oct. 1842 ; his w. Abigail d. in Cambridge 9 Oct. 1851, a. 77.
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