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7. NATHANIEL, s. of Constant (5), m. Susanna, dau. of Ebenezer Law- rence 13 Feb. 1755 ; she d. and he m. Lois Hammond of Rochester, 29 May 1764 ; she d. and he m. Elizabeth Haskell of Roch., 26 June 1775; she d. 4 Sep. 1796, a. 54 or 55, and he m. Susanna Taylor of Athol 23 Oct. 1797. His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 13 Jan. 1756, m. John Pratt 19 Jan. 1775; Su- sanna, b. 16 Feb. 1758, d. young; Constant, b. 7 Jan. 1760; Nathaniel, bap. 4 July 1762, prob. d. young ; Nathan, b. 12 Mar. 1763 ; Susanna, b. 24 Sep. 1766, m. James Peirce 20 Nov. 1785 ; Phebe, b. 20 Aug. 1768; Sarah, b. 19 Dec. 1769, m. Heman Shurtleff 30 Nov. 1788; Lois, bap. 1 May 1773, m. Stephen Nye 10 Jan. 1802; William and Elmira, named in their father's will, of whom the former prob. m. Hannah Nye 15 Nov. 1798. NATHANIEL the f. d. 5 Feb. 1799.
8. CONSTANT, S. of Nathaniel (7), m. Sarah Hopkins 18 Mar. 1781, and had Prince, b. 14 Dec. 1781 ; Barna, b. 2 Jan. 1783 ; Polly, b. 3 May 1787 ; Nathan, b. 13 July 1789. No further trace found.
Rev. JOHN M. (pastor of the Congregational Church), m. Harriet L. Under- wood of Portsmouth, N. H., pub. 1 Dec. 1828.
MERRITT, ELBRIDGE W., acting pastor and pastor of the Calvinistic Church from October 1870 to October 1876, by w. Eliza Jane, had Lucy Sophia, bap. 2 July 1871 ; Mary Catherine, bap. 5 July 1874. He rem. to Dana.
POLLY, m. Eli Barnes 21 July 1789. BENJAMIN, of Ware, m. Sarah Wheel- ock 8 Jan. 1797.
MILES, ELMER B., m. Elizabeth A. Bacon of Barre, pub. 19 Aug. 1842, and had Frederick Brooks, b. 16 Dec. 1845. He soon afterwards removed.
MILLER, WILLIAM R., by w. Mary Jane, had William Hernando, b. 12 Sep. 1866.
IRA, m. Aurelia Frye 27 Mar. 1824. IRA, m. Martha Frye 12 May 1830 JOHN F., m. Amanda Drury of Shutes., pub. 6 Aug. 1835.
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MIXTER, SAMUEL, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jason Bigelow of Brk., and had Elizabeth, b. 18 Nov. 1768, m. Ebenezer Tidd ; Jason, b. 27 July 1772 ; Sarah, b. 22 Mar. 1774, m. Samuel Pope ; Mary, b. 9 Sep. 1776, m. Gen. Samuel Lee of Barre ; Lucy, b. 13 Nov. 1778, d. unm. 28 Oct. 1823; Asenath, b. 14 Mar. 1782, m. Joseph Green ; Samuel, b. 15 Oct. 1784. All res. and d. in N. Br., except Jason and Mary. SAMUEL the f. was s. of Josiah, and a descendant in the fourth generation from Isaac Mixer of Watertown, where he was born 7 Aug. 1743. He was a farmer, lieutenant of militia, res. a short time after marriage at Brk. and thence rem. in 1776 to New Braintree, where he d. 17 Jan. 1821 ; his w. Elizabeth d. 2 July 1834.
2. JASON, S. of Samuel (1), m. Susan, dau. of Dr. Robert Cutler of Am- herst, pub. 30 Mar. 1808, and had William, b. 5 Ap. 1809; Charles, b. 18 Mar. 1811; Susan, b. 7 Sep. 1813, m. Joseph Knox, Esq., 7 Sep. 1831, and rem. to Rock Island, Ill .; George, b. 28 Ap. 1815, Y. C. 1836, settled in Rock Island; Mary Ann, b. 19 May 1818, d. 8 Feb. 1830. JASON the f. was b. in Brk., went early with his f. to N. Br., and on the 15th of November, 1788, became a resident here for the remainder of his life. He was at first a clerk in the store of Gen. Jonathan Warner, then a partner, and afterwards, for many years, sole manager of the business, justice of the peace, member of the school committee, 1807, selectman thirteen years, town treasurer six years, and representative three years. He res. near the Common, at the place marked with his name on the R. Map, and d. 31 Jan. 1850 ; his w. Susan d. 30 Oct. 1861, a. 84. He bequeathed to the First Calvinistic Society five thousand dollars, as a fund for the maintenance of the ministry.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (1), m. Clarissa Moore, and had William, b. - d. unm. 17 Feb. 1869, a. 44; James, b. - , d. young. SAMUEL the f. taught school in Hk. five winters, res. in N. Br., was much employed in public life, colonel of militia, justice of the peace, member of the school committee, selectman, assessor, representative, senator, and councillor. He d. 30 Mar. 1862.
4. WILLIAM, s. of Jason (2), m. Mary, dau. of Anson Ruggles, 7 July, 1840, and had George, b. 10 Sep. 1842, grad. H. C. 1863, a banker in Boston ; Mary Ann, b. 24 Jan. 1845 ; Fanny Louisa, b. 29 Sep. 1850, m. Daniel Waldo Howard of Philadelphia 15 Feb. 1881 ; Samuel Jason, b. 10 May 1855, a gradu- ate of the Technological School and of the Harvard Medical School, a physician in Boston, m. Wilhelmina Galloupe 12 Aug. 1879; William Anson, b. 24 Oct. 1856, d. 5 Jan. 1859. WILLIAM the f. entered Harvard College, in the famous class of 1829, but by the failure of his health was prevented from completing the prescribed course; he received the customary degree, however, from his Alma Mater in 1876, and his name was assigned to its proper place in his class. He was a merchant for several years, in the store formerly occupied by his father, from which he retired with a plentiful estate. He purchased a house in Beacon Street, Boston, where he spends his winters, but retains his homestead and his legal residence in Hardwick. He was a mem- ber of the school committee, 1831 and 1832; selectman, 1841 to 1843; town clerk, 1849 to 1857; town treasurer, 1846 to 1862, except in 1850; representa- tive, 1854, 1856, 1858; and senator, 1857. He has been a justice of the peace since 1845; and in 1866 was appointed to the office of harbor com- missioner.
5. CHARLES, S. of Jason (3), m. Frances Louisa, dau. of Nathaniel Curtis, Esq., of Boston, 30 Mar. 1848, and had Emily Louisa, b. in Roxbury 9 Sep. 1841, d. in Newport, R. I., 2 Oct. 1853 ; Madeleine Curtis, b. in Newport 27 May 1856; Charles Cutler, b. in Boston 15 Nov. 1857, d. in New York 22 Feb. 1861; Helen Kortright, b. in Boston 27 Ap. 1864. CHARLES the f. was a member of the mercantile house of Jabez C. Howe & Co. of Boston; he prospered abundantly, and retired in comparatively early life, fully satisfied with his accumulations. He had a pleasant summer residence in Newport, R. I., but spent much time in other cities, both here and abroad, at Paris and elsewhere. He embarked with his family for Europe on board the steamer Ville du Havre, and was wrecked and drowned, together with his
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wife and her father, 22 Nov. 1873. His two daughters were also engulfed in the sea, but were providentially rescued; they now reside in Boston.
MONROE, JONAS, b. in Plainfield 15 Dec. 1773, m. Alice Butler in Oakham, 13 Sep. 1801; she was b. in Oak. 9 June 1775. Their chil., all b. in Oak., were Lucretia Butler, b. 26 Ap. 1803, d. 10 Ap. 1871; Sally, b. 11 Nov. 1804, d. 8 Feb. 1843; Nelson, b. 5 May 1806, d. 9 Ap. 1856; Ruth Prouty, b. 26 Oct. 1807, d. 28 Dec. 1874; John, b. 30 Mar. 1809, d. 26 May 1848; Jonas, b. 22 Sep. 1810; Harrison Gray Otis, b. 29 June 1812; Alice, b. 28 Nov. 1813; James, b. 25 Jan. 1818, grad. Y. C. 1845, d. in California 20 Nov. 1861. JONAS the f. rem. to Hk. late in life, res. at the place marked "J. Monroe " on the R. Map, and d. 12 Jan. 1849 ; his w. Alice d. 2 Sep. 1857.
2. HARRISON GRAY OTIS, S. of Jonas (1), m. Roxana, dau. of John Barlow, 18 May 1843, and had Ellen M., b. 1 Ap. 1844, m. Albert L. Wiley of Bos- ton 2 June 1865; Mary E., b. 24 Mar. 1846, d. 5 July 1862; Louisa Roxana, b. 2 May 1848, m. Marshall Richards of Springf. 28 Jan. 1869; Martha Lucre- tia, b. 15 Oct. 1850, m. John B. Stebbins 11 Ap. 1877. HARRISON G. O. the f. came here before his marriage, was a farmer, res. on the homestead, about a mile and three quarters southerly from the Common (long ago known as the Winslow farm), and d. 26 May 1880.
MOORE, TIMOTHY (otherwise written More and Mores), m. Mary Warner 26 May 1768, and had Thomas, bap. 17 Sep. 1769; Jonathan, bap. 29 Dec. 1769 (Jonathan is styled in the record son of Timothy and Lois Mores).
MORGAN, PAUL, res. on the northerly side of the turnpike in a small house which formerly stood at the foot of the hill on the westerly side of Great Meadow Brook, and had the care of a grist-mill then standing on the south- erly side of the road, but demolished long ago. He was simple and shiftless, and became a state pauper. He seems to have died in 1789, when an account was allowed for the expense of his last sickness and funeral. His w. Hannah d. 17 Jan. 1824, in extreme old age, -estimated on the town record at 95, though it is doubtful whether any one knew with certainty. In her day, most of the spinning and weaving was done in families; she could neither spin nor weave, when I knew her, but she would card wool, or comb worsted, for spin- ning, from morning until night. She thus made herself useful, going from house to house, as her services were required, until she was disabled by the infirmities of age, when she also became a public charge.
MARY, m. Simon Oliver of Barre 24 July 1785.
MORSE, WILLIAM, by w. Philadelphia, had Levi, b. 1 Oct. 1820.
2. RANSOM M., by w. Francina, had Charles Willard, b. 19 Mar. 1869.
3. FRANKLIN, by w. Catherine, had Rosanna, b. 27 May 1869; Napoleon, b. 18 Jan. 1871.
CAROLINE, of Southbridge, m. Albert E. Rice, pub. 13 Nov. 1835.
MORTON, STEPHEN, m. Abigail Whiting, 15 Ap. 1805, and had Phinehas, b. 12 Oct. 1805; Eleanor, b. 14 Oct. 1807, m. William M. Yerrington 19 May 1836, and d. 16 May 1855; Mary, b. 8 Oct. 1809, d. 1 Mar. 1833; Lucia, b. 16 Mar. 1812 ; Abigail, b. 19 Feb. 1814, m. Nelson Robinson of Norwich, Vt., 12 Jan. 1841, and d. here 3 Sep. 1877; Stephen, b. 22 Dec. 1816, d. 5 Ap. 1834. STEPHEN the f. was a blacksmith, noteworthy for his unflagging indus- try, thorough workmanship, and punctuality ; his shop was on the easterly corner of the turnpike, and the way leading to the Petersham road; his house remains on the same lot, at the place marked " S. Morton" on the R. Map. He d. 26 Ap. 1835, a. 56; his w. Abigail d. 24 May 1845, a. 63.
2. PHINEHAS, s. of Stephen (1), m. Mary A. -; she d. 2 Aug. 1840, a. 28, and he m. Sarah S. Brimhall of Worc., pub. 14 Feb. 1846. His chil. were Sarah A., b. about 1835, m. Alden B. Spooner 26 Jan. 1858, and d. 2 (or 3) Dec. 1864; Stephen P., b. about 1838, d. 19 Sep. 1860, a. 22; George Lyman, b. 18 July 1849 ; Frank Allen, b. 14 Oct. 1850.
TABITHA, of Whateley, m. Dr. Charles Doolittle 3 Oct. 1771. ESTHER, of Whateley, m. Dr. Lucius Doolittle 12 May 1783.
MOULTON, Rev. HORACE, by w. Julia Ann, had Julia Ann, b. 29 Oct. 1852.
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2. MACE, by w. Mary A., had Orson, b. 1 Nov. 1861.
JULIA, m. Daniel Briggs, Jr., of Windsor, pub. 25 Oct. 1834. SALLY S., m. Samuel L. Robinson, Jr., 19 Ap. 1835. DAVID, m. Mary Seagrave of Ux- bridge, pub. 7 Mar. 1840. SAMUEL, s. of Nathan, d. 26 Dec. 1833, a. 11.
MUNDEN, DANIEL, m. Rebecca Wheeler 8 Ap. 1771. No record of chil- dren. He survived to old age.
CHARLES, s. of Oliver, d. 17 Nov. 1832, a. 1 year.
MUZZEY, JOSEPH, m. Lucinda Paige 25 Ap. 1799.
MYER, JOHN L., m. Abigail Ramsdell, pub. 18 Nov. 1782.
NAZRO, AARON, m. Dilley Day, 21 Mar. 1808.
NELSON, MARY, m. Thomas Barlow 26 Sep. 1793. CHARLES, of Warren, m. Elizabeth Alexander, 28 Mar. 1874.
NEWCOMB, ANNAS, s. of Joseph (and a descendant from Francis New- comb, who came to Boston 1635, rem. to Mount Wollaston 1638, and d. in 1692, reputed to be one hundred years old), m. Abigail, dau. of Nathan Bab- bitt, 18 Dec. 1783, and had Annas, b. 28 Oct. 1784; Abigail, b. 22 Oct. 1787, m. Edward Babbitt of Savoy 11 June 1812; Sarah Wild, b. 14 May 1792, d. unm. 9 Jan. 1871; Ruth Washburn, b. 2 Feb. 1796, m. John Hastings, Jr., 18 Sep. 1821, and d. in So. Shaftsbury, Vt., 20 Ap. 1861; Mary, b. 14 Mar. 1798, m. Alvan Dunham of Savoy, 23 Jan. 1827; Joseph, b. 16 Dec. 1800; Anna, b. 13 Jan. 1804, m. Jason Gorham 12 July 1827; Nathan Babbitt, b. 18 May 1806. ANNAS the f. was b. in Norton 25 Mar. 1762, and rem. to Hk. in 1791; he was a clothier and farmer, res. on the Petersham road, at the place marked "J. Newcomb " on the R. Map, and d. 5 Aug. 1823; his w. Abigail d. 11 (or 16) Mar. 1847, a. 83.
2. JOSEPH, S. of Annas (1), m. Alma, dau. of Capt. Samuel Dexter, pub. 11 Feb. 1828, and had Alma Maria, b. 29 Mar. 1830, m. Stephen P. Hillman 4 Dec. 1851; John Joseph, b. 29 June 1832; Sarah W., b. 15 Oct. 1834, m. Charles S. Clark 14 Dec. 1856; Samuel Williams, b. 9 Oct. 1836. JOSEPH the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 21 (or 22) Sep. 1840.
3. JOHN JOSEPH, s. of Joseph (2), m. Cordelia Gould, pub. 13 Mar. 1857; no record of children. He res. on the Petersham road, opposite the home- stead, and afterwards on the turnpike at the place marked " A. Fay " on the R. Map; he served the town as an assessor seven years, from 1871 to 1877.
4. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, S. of Joseph (2), m. Julia Ann, dau. of Adonijah Dennis, 23 Ap. 1863, and had William Adonijah, b. 6 Mar. 1865; Julia Alma, b. 25 Ap. 1869. SAMUEL W. the f. res. on the homestead.
5. ELISHA, s. of David (and a descendant from Andrew Newcomb, who was in Boston as early as 1664), was b. in Wellfleet 15 Jan. 1765, rem. with his father to Oxford 1772, and to Greenwich 1782, m. Rachel, dau. of Capt. Gamaliel Collins, 23 Feb. 1790, had twelve children, of whom the first two were b. in Hk. (but not found on record), and the other ten in Enfield; his third child, Rachel Collins, m. Levi Jones of Shutesbury, and their dau. Eliz- abeth, b. 18 Mar. 1817, m. William Cutler Wesson, pub. 29 May 1840. See Genealogy of the Newcomb Family, pp. 203, 204.
6. FOSTER, s. of Nehemiah, and grandson of David, named in the preced- ing paragraph, was b. at Gr. 26 Jan. 1789, m. Hannah Latham 1 May 1816; she d. 12 May 1817, and he m. Fanny, dau. of Gamaliel Collins, 18 Feb. 1819. Two of his eight chil. were Anson Foster, b. 15 Feb. 1821, and John Holmes, b. 28 Oct. 1838, m. Alice E. Powell 1 Oct. 1863, was a sergeant, and was wounded in the war of the Rebellion, and afterwards a wool-sorter at Gilbert- ville. FOSTER the f. was b. at Greenwich (now Enfield) 26 Jan. 1789, was a farmer, and res. principally in Enf., but owned grist and saw-mills in Hk. He d. 12 Feb. 1869. See Gen. of Newcomb Fam., pp. 481, 182. His w. Fanny d. 19 Nov. 1878. 381,382
7. MOSES, s. of Nehemiah, as above, was b. at Gr. 31 Aug. 1790, m. Susanna Thayer 2 Dec. 1819, res. at Ware, and d. 3 Mar. 1832; his w. Susanna d. 2 Oct. 1868; and both were buried in Hk.
8. ISAIAH, s. of Nehemiah, as above, m. Betsey Fuller of Enf. 4 Dec. 1822; she d. 13 Feb. 1831, and he m. Lucina Carey of Ware, pub. 9 Aug. 1831. His
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chil. were Hannah Dorinda, b. 22 Sep. 1823, d. 3 Oct. 1823 ; Alanson La Fayette, b. 15 Oct. 1824, d. 11 Aug. 1830; John Fuller, b. 20 June 1826, rem. to Michi- gan, where he m. Bethany Bettis in 1858; Anna Fuller, b. 19 May 1828, m. Sylvanus M. Danforth of Springf. 5 Feb. 1851; William, b. 31 Oct. 1829, d. unm. 27 Mar. 1881; Sarah Blair, b. 12 Nov. 1832, m. Moses T. Marsh, pub. 30 Mar. 1854; Augusta Maria, b. 20 May 1835, m. Sardius J. Sibley 13 Nov. 1856; Abby Jane, b. 23 June 1838, m. Elijah F. Tucker of Ware, pub. 19 Feb. 1856. ISAIAH the f. was b. at Gr. 26 July 1799, was a farmer, res. on the Ware road, at the place erroneously marked "T. Newcomb " on the R. Map, and d. 23 July 1868, a. 69 ; his w. Lucina d. 25 Oct. 1873, a. 72.
9. ANSON FOSTER, S. of Foster (6), m. Maria F. Richards, and had Charles Anson, b. 2 Oct. 1864.
HANNAH T., m. Peter A. Joslyn, pub. 31 Oct. 1829. BETHANY, of Enf., m. Bradford Newland, pub. 21 Nov. 1834.
NEWELL, LUCY, of Danvers, m. Jedediah Shurtleff 7 July 1785. WILLIAM, m. Betsey Lawrence, pub. 3 May 1797.
NEWLAND, JEREMIAH, res. in the southwesterly part of the town, and d. 18 Jan. 1821, a. 90. Susanna his wife d. 7 Ap. 1815. No record is found of the birth of his children ; but he named in his will, 23 Jan. 1808, five sons : John, Ziba, Enos, David, Masa, and three daughters, Experience, Lucy (who d. unm. 10 Dec. 1818, a. 54), and Matilda (who d. unm. 9 Jan. 1824, a. 56). The record of their descendants is very defective.
2. ENOS, s. of Jeremiah (1), m. Lucy -, and had Enos, b. about 1799; perhaps Rachel H., b. about 1800, d. unm. 10 Feb. 1822, a. 22; Lorenzo, b. about 1810; and prob. others. ENOs the f. was a deacon of the Baptist Church, and d. 9 Oct. 1830, a. 60; his w. Lucy d. 26 Nov. 1840, a. 67.
3. MASA, s. of Jeremiah (1), m. Nancy Bassett 31 Oct. 1802, and bad Nancy W., b. about 1804, d. unm. 28 July 1857, a. 53; and prob. others. MASA the f. d. 7 Aug. 1851, a. 78; his w. Nancy d. 28 July 1854, a. 79.
4. ENos, s. of Enos (2), m. Sophia Cutler 29 Dec. 1818, and had Jason, b. 1834, d. 18 Jan. 1835, a. 6 months ; and probably others. ENos the f. d. 26 June 1835, a. 35.
5. VINCENT, m. Betsey Brown 6 Sep. 1820, and had a child who d. 26 Feb. 1823.
6. ARBE D., m. Mary Borden of Belchertown, pub. 7 Sep. 1833, and had Benjamin D., b. - 1834, d. 6 (or 11) Ap. 1836, a. about a year and a half; Mary Ann, b. 31 May 1836, m. Humphrey James, pub. 30 May 1855; George Masa, b. 13 Aug. 1837 ; Franklin Bassett, b. 28 Feb. 1839, m. Fanny M. Snow, pub. 31 Jan. 1862; Phebe Caroline Augusta, b. 17 Dec. 1843, m. Franklin E. Rogers of Gr. 16 Sep. 1865; Nancy Ardelia, b. 2 Sep. 1845 ; Lorenzo D., b. 28 July 1852.
7. LORENZO, prob. s. of Enos (2), m. Prolexana Sturtevant 22 Ap. 1835, and had Mary, b. 26 Sep. 1840; Elvira, b. 4 Ap. 1842; Maria Louisa, b. 2 Aug. 1844; Ella, b. 10 Ap. 1850.
DENCY, m. Ezra Sprout of Gr. 3 Dec. 1818. HIRAM, m. Lucy Brown 30 Mar. 1831. JOHN, m. Melinda Haskins, 31 July 1831. BRADFORD, m. Bethany Newcomb of Enf., pub. 21 Nov. 1834. ANNA D., m. Charles W. Kendall of Athol, pub. 18 Oct. 1867. Mrs. PEDA, d. 2 Mar. 1825, a. 65.
NEWTON, JOSIAH (s. of Moses, who d. at Marlborough 23 May 1736, a. 90, and grandson of Richard, who d. at Marl. 24 Aug. 1701, " almost a hundred years old "), m. Elizabeth -, who d. and he m. Ruhamah - -, about 1730. His chil. were Elizabeth,1 prob. b. about 1716, m. Silas Warren; Paul, b. 24 Sep. 1718, d. at Northborough 18 May 1797; Thankful, b. - 1720, m. Ste- phen Maynard; Tabitha, b. 8 Feb. 1721-2, d. 23 Sep. 1728; Silas, b. - 1724; Mary, b. - 1726, said to have d. the same year; but in the division of her father's estate, 12 May 1755, a share was assigned to daughter Mary, wife of Asa Brigham; Timothy, b. 23 Feb. 1728; Sarah, b. 4 Oct. 1731; Barnabas, b. 18 Sep. 1733; Stephen, b. 3 Sep. 1735, d. 11 Aug. 1751; Hannah, b. 17 Feb.
1 In the division of Deacon Newton's beth, wife of Silas Warren, apparently the estate, 1755, a share was assigned to Eliza- eldest daughter.
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1737, d. young ; John, b. 15 Feb. 1739, d. young ; Rachel, b. 21 Feb. 1741 ; Lydia, b. 22 May 1743; Peter, b. 9 Oct. 1745, d. 29 July 1751 ; Josiah, b. 9 May 1748. JOSIAH the f., born in Marl., was a tanner, and was elected deacon of the church 8 June 1738. In 1737 he bought for £377, "six tenths of one whole share that is already lotted out, or to be lotted out ; there being twelve shares or whole proprietors," in Lambstown, now Hk .; out of which property he gave farms to his sons Silas and Timothy. He d. 9 Feb. 1755, a. about 67, leaving what was then a large estate, valued at £1,282. 4s. 7d .; his w. Ruhamah survived.
2. SILAS, s. of Josiah (1), m. Mercy, dau. of Deac. John Freeman, 9 Nov. 1749, and had Lemuel, b. 16 Feb. 1750-1 ; Stephen, b. 28 June 1754; Susanna, b. 7 Aug. 1761, m. Frederick Wicker 24 June 1784. SILAS the f. was a farmer, and prob. res. near the road to Enfield, about three and a half miles from the Common, at the place marked "S. Newton " on the R. Map. He was clerk of a company in the French War, 1757. He d. 7 Dec. 1763, at the early age of 39; his w. Mercy m. Leonard Robinson of Bennington 13 Mar. 1766 (and had son Samuel Leonard Robinson, b. 1767, d. here 18 Jan. 1863, a. nearly 96) ; she found her second marriage relation unpleasant, and ret. to Hk., res. with her s. Lemuel, and d. 24 Nov. 1814, a. 82.
3. TIMOTHY, s. of Josiah (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Constant Merrick, 5 July 1751, and had John, b. 12 Aug. 1753 ; Timothy, b. 1 Sep. 1755; Elizabeth, b. 26 Nov. 1757, m. Thomas Martin Wright 19 Dec. 1776; Gideon, b. 6 June 1760; Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1763, m. Asa Brigham of Barnard, Vt., 25 Dec. 1783 (these five chil. rem. to Barnard); Silas, b. 11 Feb. 1766 ; Josiah, b. 21 Sep. 1768; Chloe, b. 15 Nov. 1771, m. Samuel Chamberlin of Pet. 15 Jan. 1804. TIMOTHY the f. was a farmer, and res. on the road to Barre, at the place marked "Mr. Lincoln" on the R. Map. He was clerk of Capt. Mandell's company in the French War, 1756, and afterwards ensign ; he was also select- man three years, and d. 10 July 1811, a. 83; his w. Sarah d. 23 Nov. 1803, a. 71.
4. LEMUEL, s. of Silas (2), m. Chloe Hitchcock 12 June 1777; no record is found of the birth of his children; but some of their names are gleaned from other sources ; Betsey, b. about 1778, d. unm. 23 Ap. 1854, a. 76; Tabitha, b. about 1780, m. Ephraim Bassett 19 Jan. 1804, d. at Enf. 24 Ap. 1865, a. nearly 85; prob. Prudence, b. - , m. Aaron Day of Sutton, 19 Jan. 1797 ; prob. Loesena (Lucina ?), b. - , m. Lemuel Cobb, Jr., 2 June 1803; Chloe, b. - 1785, d. 7 Feb. 1796, a. 10 years and 2 months ; Silas, b. about 1788; Anson, b. - 1793, d. 10 Feb. 1796, a. nearly 3. LEMUEL the f. was a farmer, res. on the supposed homestead, and d. 22 Oct. 1837, a. 86; his w. Chloe d. 26 Nov. 1843, a. 92.
5. JOHN, s. of Timothy (3), m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Freeman, 15 Jan. 1778, rem. with him to Barnard, Vt., at the commencement of the settlement of that town, was taken prisoner, 9 Aug. 1780, by the Indians, and carried to Canada, where he was detained until the next spring, when he escaped and re- turned to his family, after suffering great hardship. His chil. were Polly, b. 9 Oct. 1778, d. 19 Oct. 1790; Timothy, b. 26 Jan. 1780; Sally, b. 14 Nov. 1781; John, b. 18 Aug. 1783; Asa, b. 27 Aug. 1785; Nancy, b. 5 July 1788 ; Phebe, b. 18 Feb. 1790; Hannah, prob. b. - - 1792, d. 29 Aug. 1795 ; Polly, b. 12 Ap. 1794 ; Lydia, b. 6 June 1796. JOHN the f. prob. m. for second wife widow Hannah Kenney 25 Nov. 1813, and was living in 1824.
6. TIMOTHY, s. of Timothy (3), settled in Barnard, where, by w. Nabby, he had Josiah, b. 5 Mar. 1784; Earl, b. 6 Mar. 1787; Luthera, b. 27 Oct. 1791.
7. GIDEON, s. of Timothy (3), settled in Barnard, where he m. Betsey Spooner 11 Oct. 1787, and had Fanny, b. 28 Oct. 1788; Anson, b. 9 Nov. 1790.
8. SILAS, s. of Timothy (3), m. Naomi, dau. of Eliphalet Washburn, 9 Ap. 1789, and had Gardner, b. 9 Oct. 1789 ; Lucetta, b. 2 Jan. 1792, m. Simeon Knowles 14 Mar. 1814; Clarinda, b. 11 Sep. 1794, d. unm. 9 Feb. 1865; Laura, b. 3 Feb. 1796, m. Orsamus Hunt 7 Jan. 1821; Rufus Washburn, b. 27 Mar. 1798, a carpenter, d. in Worc. 18 Sep. 1861; Merrick, b. 21 May 1801 ; Caro-
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line, b. 23 Oct. 1803; Silas Wesson, b. 29 Dec. 1805 ; John Calvin, b. 19 Aug. 1810, and settled in Worcester. SILAS the f. was a farmer, and for some years after the death of Mr. Mead was the principal grave-digger. He res. on the homestead until 1817, and afterwards about a hundred rods farther east- ward, at the place marked " S. Newton " on the R. Map. He d. 19 or 21 Oct. 1847, a. 81; his w. Naomi d. 15 Mar. 1850, a. 79.
9. JOSIAH, s. of Timothy (3), m. Philena, dau. of Capt. Benjamin Cox of Barnard, pub, 29 Nov. 1792, and had Franklin, b. 19 Oct. 1796 ; Lurenza, b. 20 Feb. 1799; Warren, b. 3 Oct. 1801, d. at Petersham 2 July 1878 ; Philena, b. 9 Jan. 1809. JOSIAH the f. res. on the easterly part of the homestead, at the place marked "J. Knowlton " on the R. Map; but at some time after 1809 rem. to Petersham, where he d. 5 May 1858, a. nearly 90.
10. SILAS, s. of Lemuel (4), m. Bathsheba C., dau. of Eleazar Dexter, 21 June 1810, and had Elvira Augusta, bap. 27 Oct. 1811, d. 28 Dec. 1812; Stephen Dexter, bap. 14 Ap. 1814, d. 12 Sep. 1837; Benjamin D., b. about 1816, d. 7 Nov. 1837, a. 21 ; Susanna Freeman, bap. 29 Oct. 1819, m. Calvin H. Bassett of Enf. 6 Dec. 1854; Elivira A., bap. 12 May 1822, m. James F. Giffin of Ware, 12 Dec. 1848; Stephen E., b. about 1826. SILAS the f. res. on the homestead, and d. 22 Feb 1873, a. nearly 85 ; his w. Bathsheba d. 29 Sep. 1855, a. 66.
11. GARDNER, s. of Silas (8), m. Charity W., dau. of Eleazer Dexter, pub. 17 Sep. 1827, and had Luke, b. 12 Sep. 1829, d. 3 Sep. 1858 ; John, b. 28 Mar. 1833, d. 5 Mar. 1866; Charles, b. 28 Mar. 1837, m. Mary D. Sturtevant 14 Mar. 1861, d. in Pelh. 9 Ap. 1862, and was buried in Hk .; his w. Mary D. m. John S. Kelmer, pub. 5 Oct. 1863. GARDNER the f. d. 23 Mar. 1864.
12. STEPHEN E., s. of Silas (10), m. Thirza L. Peirce 27 Dec. 1849, and had Amy Levina, b. 6 June 1851, m. - Richardson, and d. 20 July 1881; Rollin D., b. - 1857, m. Leora A. Johnson 3 Mar. 1881 ; still-born child, 25 Sep. 1854; William Arthur, b. 14 July 1859; Lewis Edgar, b. 25 Aug. 1867.
13. WILLIAM ARTHUR, s. of Stephen E. (12), m. Eliza A. Giffin 8 Dec. 1875, and had Ethelle Elvira, b. 18 June 1876. If the dates be correct, he was married before he was seventeen years old.
14. OLIVER, parentage not ascertained, by w. Elizabeth, had Electa, bap. 12 Nov. 1775.
15. REUBEN (then of Pet.), m. Hannah Freeman 18 Feb. 1800; she d. 17. Jan. 1812, a. 33, and he m. Prudence -; his chil. b. here were a child who d. 25 Sep. 1802; William, b. about 1812. d. 9 Aug. 1818, a. 6; Elijah C., b. about 1815. REUBEN the f. d. 12 Aug. 1817, a. 38.
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