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PAUL, of Shrewsbury, m. Lucy Forbush 3 Nov. 1769.
KNOX, JOSEPH, m. Susan, dau. of Jason Mixter, 7 Sep. 1831, and had Charles Mixter, b. 19 Jan. 1835. JOSEPH the f. was a lawyer, and after a short residence here rem. in 1837 to Rock Island, Ill., where he d. 6 Aug. 1881.
LAMB, JONATHAN, by w. Rebecca, had Martha, b. 3 Aug. 1765 ; Jonathan, b. 26 Nov. 1767; Armilla, b. 16 Aug. 1769; Eunice, b. 14 June 1771.
LANE, ELIJAH, by w. Hannah, had Elijah, b. 29 July 1798; Dan Wilmarth, b. 7 May 1800; Justus, b. 19 Mar. 1802; Hannah Brown, b. 24 Mar. 1804, m. Luke Earl 2 Feb. 1826; Nancy, b. 15 Feb. 1807; Rebecca Snow, b. 15 Mar. 1809; Elbridge, b. 6 Dec. 1813 ; Elizabeth Copeland, b. 30 Nov. 1815, Calvin, b. 15 Mar. 1818; Charles Foster, b. 20 Ap. 1821, d. at Enfield 27 Jan. 1861. ELIJAH the f. was a farmer, and rem. from Norton to Hk. about 1799; his w. Hannah d. 18 June 1824, a. 46; and he was dism. to the church in Enfield 24 Jan. 1830.
2. EPHRAIM, brother of Elijah (1), m. Rebecca Snow 13 Nov. 1803 ; she d. 20 Mar. 1835, and he m. Mrs. Nancy Hemenway, pub. 29 Sep. 1837. No record found of children.
3. DAN WILMARTH, s. of Elijah (1), m. Alma, dau. of Orin Trow, 6 Jan. 1824, and had Clarissa T., b. 24 Aug. 1825, d. the same year ; Joanna Maria, b. 1 Nov. 1826; Orin Trow, b. 12 Ap. 1828; Charles E., b. - 1830, d. at Orange 11 Oct. 1854, a. 24.
OBED, m. Abigail Smith 16 Feb. 1802. REBECCA, of Gr., m. Deac. Eben- ezer Willis, pub. 13 May 1811.
LAWRENCE, JOSHUA, by w. Elizabeth, had Sarah, b. 2 July 1704; Joanna, b. 14 Oct. 1706, m. Robert Whitcomb 13 Jan. 1731-32; Ebenezer, b. 10 Oct. 1708 ; Experience, b. 18 May 1711, d. unm. in Hk. 3 Dec. 1796 ; Elizabeth, b. 3 Jan. 1713-14, perhaps m. John Haskell of Roch. 4 Mar. 1753 ; Joshua, b. 7 Ap. 1719; Benjamin and Deliverance, twins, b. 21 Dec. 1727. JOSHUA the f. res. in Rochester, where all his chil. were born.
2. EBENEZER, s. of Joshua (1), m. Sarah Hammond 6 Feb. 1733, and had Susanna, b. 24 May 1735, m. Nathaniel Merrick 13 Feb. 1755; Joseph, b. 12 Jan. 1736-37; Ebenezer, b. 16 Ap. 1739 ; Sarah, b. 10 Ap. 1741. EBENEZER the f. was a farmer, rem. from Roch. to Hk. before 28 Dec. 1748, res. on the road from the Old Furnace to Taylor's Mills, at the place marked " Wid. Lawrence " on the R. Map, and d. 29 Nov. 1797, a. 89.
3. JOSHUA, s. of Joshua (1), m. Jane Haskell 13 July 1743, and had Joshua, b. 24 July 1744, d. here 16 Dec. 1835 ; Joanna, b. 18 Oct. 1746, prob. m. Antipas Howe of Swansey 20 Jan. 1782; Elizabeth, b. prob. 1748, m. Nathan- iel Rice of Rut. Dist. 24 Nov. 1768; Anna, b. prob. 1750, m. Experience Luce 30 Nov. 1769 ; Deliverance, b. 25 Mar. 1753, m. Barnabas Cushman of Wil- mington, Vt., 15 Feb. 1781 ; Bethia, bap. 13 May 1758; Moses, bap. 16 Nov. 1760. JOSHUA the f. was a farmer, rem. from Roch. to Hk. soon after 1 Ap. 1751, res. on the Barre road, near Taylor's Mills, marked " M. Lawrence " on the R. Map, and d. between 9 Ap. and 4 June 1777; his w. Jane d. 15 Nov. 1795, a. 77.
4. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Lydia Richmond of N. Br. 18 Dec. 1763, and had Noah, b. 22 Jan. 1765, d. unm. at the town farm 22 Jan.
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1847; Susanna, b. 6 Dec. 1766; Rachel, b. 18 May 1769; Lydia, b. 26 June 1771, d. unm. 21 July 1817; Elizabeth, b. 1 Ap. 1773, m. William Newell, pub. 3 May 1797; Joshua, b. 27 June, 1777; Wilder, b. 16 Dec. 1779; Sally, b. 31 Oct. 1783, m. Charles W. Fisk 17 Mar. 1818. EBENEZER the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 2 Aug. 1811 ; his w. Lydia d. 21 June 1811, a. 68.
5. MOSES, s. of Joshua (3), m. Abigail Johnson of Barre 15 Feb. 1781; she d. (killed by falling upon the handle of a fire-shovel, which pierced her body) 16 July 1811, a. 51, and he m. Sophia, dau. of John Hastings, Esq., pub. 18 Sep. 1814. His chil were: William, b. 8 Ap. 1782, m. Betsey Bridges 25 Mar. 1804, who d. 16 May 1818, a. 38; Elnathan, b. 21 Oct. 1783; Lucinda, b. 6 June 1785, m. Joshua Lawrence 15 Oct. 1812; Ira, b. 9 May 1787; Harlow, b. 18 Sep. 1788; infant b. - , d. 2 Dec. 1791; Reuel, b. 12 Mar. 1792 ; Moses, b. 1 May 1793; infant, twin with Moses, d. 17 Aug. 1793 ; Aaron, b. 22 Dec. 1794, d. 2 May 1819 ; Sally, b. 30 May 1797; Abigail, b. 28 Oct. 1799, prob. m. Alonzo Emmons 3 Dec. 1838 ; Hiram, b. 20 Feb. 1801; Anna, b. 5 Oct. 1802, m. Noah W. White 5 Nov. 1826, and d. at Brk. 24 Jan. 1868; Abiathar, b. 14 Aug. 1804, m. Harriet Hapgood of Barre, pub. 5 Nov. 1831, and d. at Barre 6 May 1877; Mary, b. 17 Ap. 1816; Henry H., b. 5 Oct. 1817; and prob. three more by first wife, who was said to be the mother of eighteen children. MOSES the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 12 Oct. 1836 ; his w. Sophia d. in 1848.
6. JOSHUA, s. of Ebenezer (4), m. Lucinda, dau. of Moses Lawrence, 15 Oct. 1812, and had Lucinda, b. - 1813, m. Erastus W. Paige 2 May, 1833, and d. 18 Mar. 1849. JOSHUA the f. was a farmer and lieutenant of cavalry; res. on the homestead, and d. 22 Mar. 1814; his w. Lucinda d. 30 Mar. 1856, a. 70.
7. MOSES, s. of Moses (5), m. Maria Howe of Barre, pub. 8 Feb. 1819, and had Aaron, b. 14 Feb. 1820; Charles Emory, b. 13 July 1824, d. (drowned) 9 Aug. 1845 ; Hannah Maria, b. 11 Ap. 1827, m. John Y. Ellsworth 1 May 1849, and d. 15 Sep. 1856. MosEs the f. res. near the Barre line, at the place marked " M. Lawrence, Jr.," on the R. Map.
8. HIRAM, s. of Moses (5), m. Almira Hale, pub. 26 Nov. 1827; she d. 10 Sep. 1850, a. 44, and he m. Emily Whitney of Clinton, pub. 17 June 1851. His chil. were: Samuel Edmunds, b. 15 July 1829 ; Charles Elnathan, b. 15 Oct. 1830; Perley Hale, b. 12 July 1832; Hiram Henry, b. 24 Sep. 1834; Elvira Lucretia, b. 28 May 1837, d. 3 Feb. 1838; Lucius W., b. - 1842, d. 14 May 1848, a. 6; Moses Johnson, b. 8 Nov. 1844, d. 8 Sep. 1845; Emory J., b. 26 Jan. 1848, d. 16 Feb. 1848.
9. AARON, s. of Moses (7), m. Mary A. Perry 27 Dec. 1843, and had George Howe, b. 24 Dec. 1844. AARON the f. d. at Worcester 9 Mar. 1859.
10. FRANCIS, by w. Sophia, had Mary, b. 15 Oct. 1865.
EBENEZER, perhaps Ebenezer (2), was pub. to Jemima Shurtleff of Plymp- ton 30 Sep. 1776. GEORGE F., of Cornplanter, Pa., m. Josephine H. Barthol- omew 1 Oct. 1870.
LAWTON, JOHN, of " Suffield, had James, Benedicta, Mary, and perhaps others, d. 19 Dec. 1690, and his wid. Benedicta d. 18 Nov. 1692." Savage's Gen. Dict.
2. JAMES, S. of John (1), of Suffield, " had Jacob, who was several years representative, and, from caprice, adopted in his business as a lawyer the name of Christopher Jacob." Savage's Gen. Dict. He had also a son James. Both the sons rem. to Leicester in 1735.
3. JAMES, s. of James (2), had son James, and perhaps others. He was a saddler, and after 1735 res. in Leicester. No record is found of births or deaths of his family.
4. JAMES, s. of James (3), prob. b. in Suffield about 1714, went with his father to Leicester, where he m. Mary Earl 1 July 1741; she d. and he m. Jo- anna, dau. of Richard Clark of Watertown, 16 Nov. 1746; she d. at Hk. 31 July 1759, a. 41, and he m. Mrs. Temperance Fuller, of Rut. Dist. (Barre), pub. 14 June 1772. His chil. were : James, b. 22 Sep. 1747; Clark, b. about 1749; Ja-
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cob, b. about 1752 ; John, bap. 28 July 1754 ; Israel, bap. 12 Feb. 1758. JAMES the f. was a saddler, rem. from Leicester to Hk. about 1752, bought the farm of Experience Johnson on the easterly road to Gilbertville, marked " J. Lawton " on the R. Map, and d. there 24 Sep. 1787, a. 73; a head-stone of peculiar appearance, in the southerly part of the old cemetery, marks the spot where he and his wife Joanna, the mother of his children, were buried.
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5. JAMES, s. of James (4), m. Mary Raymond 3 Jan. 1771, and had Pliny, b. 29 July 1771; James, b. 24 Ap. 1773, d. young; Joanna, b. 7 Feb. 1775, m. Jude Kimball 25 Aug. 1793; Relief, b. 30 June 1777, m. Abijah Lathrop of Rutland, Vt., 22 Feb. 1801 ; James, b. 18 Aug. 1781 ; Mary, b. 18 Oct. 1783, m. Nathan Weeks 12 Ap. 1807 ; Livy, b. about 1785 ; Almira, b. - Nov. 1788, bap. 28 June 1789, d. 18 Feb. 1790 ; Franklin, bap. 22 Aug. 1790 ; Dwight Fos- ter, bap. 16 June 1793, res. in the State of New York. JAMES the f. was a far- mer and res. on the homestead ; he marched with the " minute-men " in April 1775, was adjutant to Col. Timothy Paige, in opposition to the Shays Insur- rection, a licensed retailer in 1778, innholder 1779, a deputy sheriff several years, coroner 1803, and d. 1 Jan. 1804 ; 1 his w. Mary m. Major James Paige 22 Mar. 1807.
6. CLARK, s. of James (4), m. Joanna Cook of Amherst, pub. 20 Sep. 1774, and had Martin, b. 19 Jan. 1776 ; Hannah, bap. 27 Mar. 1782; and in Amh., Chester, bap. 15 Aug. 1784; James, bap. 14 June 1789; Joanna, bap. 1 May 1790. CLARK the f. was a saddler, res. a few rods south of the Common, at the place marked " W. Mandell " on the R. Map, but rem. to Amherst before the 15th of August 1784. His subsequent history is not ascertained.
7. JACOB, s. of James (4), m. Susanna Foster of Ware, pub. 16 Nov. 1777; she d. at Barnard, Vt., 27 Nov. 1819, a. 64, and he m. Mrs. Anna Sabin 14 Dec. 1820. His chil. were : Christopher Jacob, b. 2 Oct. 1778, m. Polly Sabin at Barnard, Vt., 20 Sep. 1802; John, b. 14 Aug. 1780, grad. Mid. Coll. 1805, was a teacher at Poughkeepsie and Salem, N. Y., pastor of the church at Wind- ham, Vt., 1809-19, and at Hillsborough, N. H., 1819-34, afterwards mis- sionary in Illinois, and d. at Newport, N. H., 17 Ap. 1842; Joseph, b. 5 Feb. 1784, d. at Bar. 15 Oct. 1807; Cyrus, b. 10 Ap. 1786, m. at Bar., Deborah, dau. of Prince Haskell, 6 Sep. 1807, and d. there 16 Jan. 1817; and in Bar- nard, Susanna, b. 5 Aug. 1788 ; Joanna, b. 4 Jan. 1793 ; Lydia, b. 14 June 1795. JACOB the f. rem. to Barnard, Vt., about 1787, and d. there 23 Aug. 1836, a. 84 ; his w. Anna d. 2 Aug. 1831, a, 76. The graves of Mr. Lawton and his two wives are in the southeasterly part of the central burial-place in Barnard.
8. JOHN, s. of James (4), m. Sarah Healy of Dudley, and had Lucinda, b. about 1791, d. unm. 22 Dec. 1819, a. 28; John, b. about 1792; Theolotia, b. about 1794, m. Crighton Ruggles 21 Nov. 1816, and d. s. p. 27 June 1817, a. 23 ; Sarah, b. about 1796, d. unm. 5 May 1821, a. 24; Sanford and Danforth, twins, b. 11 Dec. 1798. JOHN the f. was a farmer, and lieutenant of cavalry ; he res. in Dudley and Charlton from the time of his marriage until about 1807, when he rem. to Hk. with his whole family, and bought the homestead for- merly occupied by his father and by his brother James. Late in life he rem. to Monson, where he d. 4 Ap. 1842, a. 88 ; his w. Sarah d. " near the same time," a. 76, " and was buried with him in the same grave." MS. Letter.
9. ISRAEL, s. of James (4), by w. Catherine, had Polly, b. 13 Ap. 1782. So says the record. He then m. Dolly, dau. of Elisha Billings, 26 Aug. 1784, and rem. to Wilmington, Vt., where he had Charlotte, b. 28 Nov. 1784; Mersi- loa, b. 25 May 1788 ; Harriet, b. 22 Ap. 1790; Dency, b. 14 Jan. 1792 ; Dul- cena, b. 4 Feb. 1796 ; Israel, b. 10 Feb. 1798; James, b. 30 Nov. 1799. ISRAEL the f. was a sergeant in the Revolutionary Army 1780, and a representative of Wilmington in the General Assembly of Vermont in 1801 and 1802. He d. at Wilm. 26 Sep. 1844, a. about 87 ; his w. Dolly d. 12 Feb. 1816, a. 52.
1 At the time of his decease, Mr. Lawton was Master of Mount Zion Lodge, and his funeral was conducted with public Masonic ceremonies, at which Isaiah Thomas, the
Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, and other representatives of the Grand Lodge were present.
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10. PLINY, s. of James (5), m. Polly, dau. of George Field, 22 Feb. 1801, and had Eluthera Field, b. 10 July 1802, m. Rev. George Stone of Sandgate, Vt., 10 July 1831; Pliny, b. 29 Dec. 1804; James, b. 1 Oct. 1807, m. Mary L. Nich- ols of Brimfield, pub. 26 Feb. 1835; Lucius, b. 2 Jan. 1812, m. Susan Clark 3 Ap. 1834 ; Laura Loraine, b. 10 July 1816, d. unm. 5 June 1837. PLINY the f. was a farmer, for several years a member of the school committee, and res. near Gilbertville, at the place marked " P. Lawton " on the R. Map. About 1838 he rem. to Patterson, N. J.
11. JAMES, s. of James (5), m. Patty Wilson 12 Ap. 1804, and had James Clark, b. 20 Sep. 1805. JAMES the f. res. on the homestead, but early rem. from the town.
12. LIVY, s. of James (5), m. Mary, dau. of Maj. Moses Mandell, 5 Feb. 1810, and had Algernon Sidney, b. about 1811, d. 11 Mar. 1828, a. 17. LIVY the f. was a merchant in Rutland, Vt., at the time of his marriage ; afterwards kept a hotel at Saratoga ; he d. at Keene, N. H., when on a journey, in June 1824 ; his w. returned here and d. 5 Aug. 1874, a. nearly 88.
13. JOHN, s. of John (8), m. Mary Dwight of Warren, pub. 24 Jan. 1820, and had William B., b. 29 Ap. 1821 ; Mary Ann, b. 1 Sep. 1823, m. Brainnard T. Brewer of Wilbraham 11 Sep. 1844 ; Martha M., b. 25 Aug. 1825, m. Wil- liam P. Ruggles 22 Feb. 1846; Emily P., b. 12 Aug. 1829 ; Eliza Jane, b. 14 Nov. 1832, m. George C. Howard 16 May 1850; Ellen Frances, bap. 28 Dec. 1838. JOHN the f. was a farmer, and captain of cavalry ; he res. on the home- stead, rem. to Wilbraham about 1851, and d. 16 Nov. 1854, a. 62.
14. SANFORD, S. of John (8), grad. Y. C. 1825, studied for the ministry, and appears to have been ordained, but devoted himself to teaching in schools of high grade at Dudley, Monson, Springfield, and Long Meadow. He m. , and had Mary Ann, who d. unm. 22 Nov. 1870, a. 40; Sanford, grad. Y. C. 1852, a physician in Springf., where he d. 23 July 1882, a. 50; John William, a physician in Syracuse, N. Y. SANFORD the f. rem. from Long Meadow to Springf. in 1874, and d. 7 Nov. 1882. In the notice of his death it is stated that "his wife died in 1878, and his four children are all dead." My efforts to obtain a more full account of this family have been unsuccessful.
15. DANFORTH, s. of John (8), entered Williams College, but did not com- plete his course. He res. in Wilbraham, and was living unm. in 1882.
LEACH, LEMUEL, m. Rebecca Washburn 12 Oct. 1767, and had Oliver, b. at Bridgewater 3 June 1768, and bap. at Hk. 1 Nov. 1772; Matilda, b. at Hk. 2 Mar. 1770; Rebecca, b. 25 Mar. 1773; Lemuel, b. 2 July 1775, d. at Shutes- bury 26 Ap. 1860; Stephen, b. 13 Nov. 1777; and at Wendell, Gardner, Bar- nabas, Lewis, and Artemas. LEMUEL the f. was s. of Stephen, and b. at Bridgewater in 1745, rem. to Hk. in 1769, and thence to Wendell about 1778, having served, in 1776, as an ensign in the Revolutionary War.
LEGATE, CHARLES, by w. Maria, had Charles F., b. - Mar. 1840, d. 29 Nov. 1840; a son, b. 19 Feb. 1844; a son, b. 3 'Ap. 1847; Edwin Orlando, b. 10 July 1849.
2. FRANCIS, s. of Charles and Abigail, and prob. brother of Charles (1), b. in 1817, m. Jane R. Peck 2 June 1847, and had Francis Augustus, b. 14 Feb. 1854; Lizzie Jane, b. 23 Dec. 1856, d. 30 Nov. 1858.
3. AUGUSTUS F. (called Francis Augustus in the record of birth), s. of Fran- cis (2), m. Ida F. Eldridge 26 Oct. 1876, and had Theron F., b. 4 June 1878. HENRY A., s. of Charles and Martha, d. at Rowe, 14 Jan. 1878, a. 56.
LEONARD, MOSES, m. Mercy, dau. of Moses Newton (and sister of Deac. Josiah Newton), by whom he had Moses, b. 1 Nov. 1706; Ezra, b. 19 Sep. 1711 ; Mercy, b. 1 Dec. 1714, m. Samuel Robinson 29 May, 1732; and by second wife Hannah he had Jonas, b. 19 Oct. 1717; MosEs the f. res. in Marl- borough (where his chil. were born), Southborough, Brookfield, Rutland, Barre, and for a short period in Hardwick. He d. in extreme old age.
2. EZRA, s. of Moses (1), m. Olive, dau. of Benjamin Smith, 1 June 1737, and had Sarah, b. 7 Mar. 1739, d. 15 Sep. 1746; Benjamin, b. 5 Aug. 1741, d. 7 Sep. 1746; Nathan, b. 25 Sep. 1743; Mercy, b. 3 Feb. 1746, d. 19 Sep. 1746; David, b. 30 July, 1747, res. at Cummington, m. Hannah Whipple 15
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Feb. 1773; Levi, b. 10 Oct. 1749; Sarah, twin, b. 8 Sep. 1751, m. Samuel Whipple 30 Mar. 1775 ; Mercy, twin, b. 8 Sep. 1751, m. Jonathan Flynt of Western (Warren) 18 June 1772; Olive, b. 1 Nov. 1753, m. Timothy Fay 23 Mar. 1775; Ezra, b. 2 Nov. 1757. EZRA the f. was in Brk. 1735, but rem. to Hk. before June 1737, and res. in the westerly part of the town, at the place marked " D. Utley " on the R. Map. He was a farmer, selectman four years, and assessor in 1760. In 1757 he was ensign of Capt. Joseph Warner's com- pany, which marched for the relief of Fort William Henry. In his old age he rem. to Wilbraham, with his son-in-law Flynt, and d. 29 June 1798 ; his w. Olive d. 16 Feb. 1798, a. 83.
3. NATHAN, S. of Ezra (2), m. Amittai, dau. of David Cutler of Lexington, 26 Nov. 1766, and had Joseph, b. 24 Oct. 1767; Molly, b. 7 Feb. 1770; Na- than, b. 17 July 1772; Benjamin, b. 23 Oct. 1774; Luther, b. 20 Ap. 1777. NATHAN the f. was a cordwainer, and captain of militia. He was a member of the company of " minute-men " which promptly responded to the summons on the 19th of April, 1775, and served his country in the year 1778 as captain in Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment.
4. EZRA, s. of Ezra (2), m. Abia Allen 23 Oct. 1781 ; and prob. m. (2d) Lucy Seaver, pub. 5 July 1807. He had dau. Joanna, b. 9 Aug. 1783; and perhaps others.
5. HIRAM W., parentage not ascertained, m. Huldah S. Billings 23 Feb. 1834, and had William Henry, b. 29 Jan. 1844; a daughter, b. 3 Oct. 1851; and perhaps also Carrie R., who m. Warren T. Tolman of Dana 18 Ap. 1866.
BEULAH, of Rut., m. Amos Marsh, pub. 16 July 1757. PRUDENCE, of Taun- ton, m. Capt. Israel Trow, pub. 1 Ap. 1811. ALVIRA, of N. Sal., m. Pliny Clifford, pub. 11 June 1825. HOPE C., m. Samuel Pike of Tolland, Conn., 3 Nov. 1831. ELIZA, m. Orestes S. Thayer of Dana 22 Dec. 1867. Widow PERSIS, d. 28 Mar. 1845, a. 73.
LINCOLN, SAMUEL, by w. Mehetabel, had Roxana, b. 27 Feb. 1788; Emer- son, b. 2 Nov. 1789; Obed, b. 15 Ap. 1792.
2. BURT, by wife Mary, had George Burt, b. 25 Aug. 1817; Marietta, b. 17 Sep. 1820, m. Nehemiah Conkey 28 Nov. 1844. BURT the f. was a cooper, rem. here from Pet. in 1817, res. on the Barre road at the place marked "Mr. Lincoln " on the R. Map, and d. 14 Dec. 1866, a. 81; his w. Mary d. 2 May 1857, a. 66.
3. JOSEPH N., m. Abbie Jane, dau. of Gardner Bartholomew, and formerly w. of Charles L. Trow, 12 May 1870, and had Mabel Caroline, b. 11 Feb. 1871; Joseph Gardner, b. 18 Oct. 1876; Waldo Chandler, b. 1 Sep. 1878. JOSEPH N. the f., a carpenter and insurance agent, res. in the Old Furnace village.
SETH, of Western, m. Lucy, dau. of Deac. Christopher Paige, 10 Oct. 1751. CHLOE, m. Perez Rice 8 Ap. 1779. BETSEY, m. Robert Sprout, 17 Sep. 1781. LUCY, late of Abington, m. Sylvanus Brimhall 3 July 1810. FANNY, of Western (Warren), m. Joseph Paige 23 Ap. 1816. Mrs. HANNAH C., dau. of Stephen Chandler, Rochester, Vt., d. 24 Mar. 1873, a. 81.
LOCKE, JOSIAH, by w. Persis, had in Westborough, Catherine, b. 31 Aug. 1760, m. Amos Wheeler; John, b. 11 Nov. 1763, m. Phebe Matthews; in Leicester, Persis, b. 13 July 1766, m. George Jenkins, and d. s. p. 1844; Jo- siah, b. 14 Feb. 1768, m. Elizabeth Hartwell 1791; and in Hardwick, Hannah, b. 26 Aug. 1770, m. Elijah Easton 1793; Hepzibah, b. 16 Aug. 1772, m. Oliver Perry; Fanny, b. 4 Sep. 1775, m. Silas Hamilton 3 Ap. 1803; Ira, b. 14 Nov. 1777, m. Persis Hamilton - Nov. 1800. JOSIAH the f. was b. at Westborough 6 Feb. 1735, and was s. of Joshua, and a descendant from Deac. William Locke of Woburn. He m. Persis Matthews of New Braintree, who d. at Litchfield, N. Y., 21 Ap. 1839, reputed to have attained the extraordinary age of 103 years, 5 months, and 7 days, having had 8 chil., 67 gr. chil., 147 gr. gr. chil., and 32 of the fourth generation. Captain Locke rem. from West- borough to Leicester about 1765, to Hardwick about 1768, to Wilmington, Vt., about 1779, where he was a justice of the peace, and finally to Litchfield, N. Y., where he d. 18 Ap. 1819, a. 84. This sketch is condensed from a more
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full account in the "Book of the Lockes," which represents Captain Locke as a storekeeper in Hardwick. It may be added, that he was an assessor in 1774, lieutenant of the "minute-men," and marched with them to Cambridge on the memorable 19th of April, 1775, but did not enter the regular service. He was commissioned as captain of a company of militia in Hk. 31 May 1776.
LUCE, EXPERIENCE, res. near Barre, at the place marked " N. Richmond " on the R. Map, m. Anna Lawrence 30 Nov. 1769, and had Anna Drusilla (d. 3 Feb. 1803, a. 17), Apollos, and Patty, all bap. 29 Aug. 1794. Of these, Apollos was lieutenant of militia, and m. Mercy Childs of Barre, pub. 30 Oct. 1808; and Anna, prob. m. Benjamin Padden of Kingsboro, N. Y., 28 Dec. 1806. As no other record is found of births or deaths in this family, my account is necessarily very imperfect.
2. MAYO, prob. s. of Experience (1), m. Joanna, dau. of Stephen Gorham, 1 July 1793, then res. in Pet., but soon rem. to Barre, where he had ten chil., all baptized here, to wit: Artemas, Gamaliel, Calvin, Anson, Horace, all bap. 25 Jan. 1803; Drusilla, bap. 4 Sep. 1803; Anna, bap. 22 June 1806; Elnathan Gorham, and Lyndon, both bap. 10 Oct. 1811; and a dau. named Emera, bap. 11 June 1815.
PRUDENCE, m. Noah Rice of Barre, 30 Aug. 1781. SALLY, m. Lemuel French, pub. 30 Mar. 1789. JANE, m. David Gorham 8 Aug. 1791. RHODA, m. Moses Ruggles, 25 Jan. 1798. JEMIMA, m. Ira Draper, pub. 28 July 1822.
LYSCOM, EBENEZER, m. Mary Hooker 8 Oct. 1764, and had Samuel, b. 30 Nov 1765 ; Persis, b. 19 Mar. 1772. MARY the mother d. 16 May 1797, a. 57.
MACCOYE, WILLIAM, by w. Mary, had Hannah, bap. 4 June 1738; Beulah, bap. 24 May 1741. WILLIAM the f. was perhaps the same who m. Tabitha Fay of Sturbridge, pub. 20 Oct. 1744. He was prob. a carpenter, an assessor in 1737, and seems to have rem. and d. before 7 Mar. 1747-8, when it was voted to raise fifty pounds old tenor, "to maintain Hannah Maccoye sent to this town for that intent." She was the first pauper named on the records, re- mained chargeable until 1765, and is supposed to have been dau. of WILLIAM. MARY, m. Benjamin Warren 29 May 1744.
MCEVOY, PATRICK, m. Ann Fehan 12 Feb. 1872.
MAHAN, MICHAEL, m. Ellen Carney 3 Mar. 1867, and had Daniel, b. 19 Sep. 1870; John Patrick, b. 22 Dec. 1876.
MANDELL, JOHN (or Mendall, as the name was formerly written, and still is written in Bristol and Plymouth counties), res. in Marshfield, was a rope- maker, and executed a will 10 May 1711, being then " aged and weak in body," which was proved 8 Feb. 1720. He devised to his son John, one shilling, having previously provided for him; to " grandson Francis Crooker all my rope-making tools that I do use in or about the making of ropes after I have done using them myself;" and the remainder of his estate to his daughters, Mercy Tinkum, Sarah Torry, Hannah Tilden, and Ruth Doty.
2. JOHN, s. of John (1), m. Joanna, dau. of Richard Standlake of Scituate, and had in Rochester, John, b. 15 Dec. 1688; Joanna, b. 13 May 1690 ; Moses, b. 24 Mar. 1695. JOHN the f. was a farmer, res. in Rochester, and executed his will 6 June 1738, proved 14 July 1743, directing his " body to be decently buried by my executor after named, and my son John to be at the charge of it, in consideration of what I have given him by deed ; " specific legacies of personal estate are bequeathed to dau. Joanna, and son Moses, who is named as executor.
3. MOSES, s. of John (2), res. in Rochester, 1715, in Falmouth 1725, and in that part of Dartmouth now Acushnet, 1740; he was successively styled " house carpenter," " drover," "innholder," "dealer," and " gentleman "; he d. at Dartm. 18 May 1746, and his sons Lemuel and Paul were appointed ad- ministrators 27 July 1746. His real estate, valued at 1200 pounds, was divided in 1748 between his widow Susanna, and children Lemuel (or Lamuel, as he seems generally to have written his name), Noah 1 (who was here in 1756,
1 " We hear that on the 20th ult. a daughter about 13 years of age, intending to take a of Mr. Noah Mandell, of Rutland District, dose of brimstone (her parents being from
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and d. in Barre in 1800 or 1801), Paul, Susanna Bailey, Hannah Weaver, Jo- anna Nichols, and Mary, unmarried.
4. PAUL, s. of Moses (3), m. Susanna, dau. of Rev. Timothy Ruggles of Rochester, 8 Feb. 1746-7, and had Hannah, b. at Dartmouth 10 or 20 Jan. 1747-8, m. Gen. Jonathan Warner 5 Feb. 1766; Susanna, b. here 16 Nov. 1749, m. John Stone 12 May 1768, and d. at Dana 28 July 1844; Moses, b. 16 Dec. 1751; Paul, b. 31 Oct. 1753, m. Mary Briggs of Pet. 28 Nov. 1776, res. in Athol; his inventory was presented by his son Barnabas 25 Mar. 1807; Barnabas, b. 1 Dec. 1755, d. 2 May 1758; Mary, b. 3 Oct. 1759, m. John Doty 19 Sep. 1779. PAUL the f. changed the orthography of his name from Mendall to Mandell, was a " shopkeeper " in Dartm. until the spring of 1749, when he rem. to Hk., having purchased the valuable farm notable for its immense extent of stone wall, which still remains in possession of his pos- terity ; his house stood on the old turnpike, at the place marked "M. Man- dell " on the R. Map. He was a very active, energetic, and useful citizen. He was captain of militia, and led his company in the expedition against Crown Point from 20 Sep. to 12 Nov. 1756 (his brother Noah being promoted from the office of ensign to that of lieutenant on the 29th of October), and a second campaign in 1758, after the surrender of "Fort William Henry." At the commencement of the Revolution, when the militia was reorganized, as recommended by the Convention at Worcester,1 he was again elected captain 22 Sep. 1774, and was commissioned as brigade major 13 Mar. 1778. He was a selectman eleven years, between 1756 and 1775, assessor thirteen years, between 1751 and 1775, town clerk 1770, representative 1773, 1774, delegate to the first and second Provincial Congress 1774, 1775, was appointed justice of the peace by the revolutionary government 25 Sep. 1775, and held that office many years, being generally designated "Squire Mandell." He d. 16 Sep. 1809, a. 86; his w. Susanna d. 16 Dec. 1813, a. nearly 92.
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