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25. AsA, s. of George (9), rem. to Barnard, Vt., where he m. Lydia, dau. of Elkanah Steward, 19 Feb. 1789, and had. Rosilla, b. 25 Feb. 1790, m. Har- ris Pike of Waitsfield 26 Feb. 1824, and was living at Barnard in 1874; Mar- tin, b. 8 Dec. 1791, d. - Mar. 1861; Anna, b. 19 Dec. 1793, d. 8 Sep. 1794; Asa, b. 18 Aug. 1795, d. 23 Jan. 1862; Lydia, b. 22 Oct. 1797, d. 3 Mar. 1798; Cyrus, b. 19 Jan. 1799, a farmer and deacon in Barnard, m. Laura Burke of Westminster. Vt., 19 Feb. 1826, and (2d) Elizabeth Rix of Royalton, Vt., 11 Feb. 1852, had posterity by both wives, and d. 28 Nov. 1875; Leonard, b. 7 Ap. 1801, was living at Oberlin, Ohio, in 1874; Louisa, b. 5 Sep. 1803; Hiram, b. 3 Dec. 1805, d. 18 Ap. 1835; Luthera, b. 20 July 1809. AsA the f. was a farmer, and d. 20 Dec. 1819; his w. Lydia d. 25 June 1847, a. nearly 80.
26. GEORGE, s. of George (9), rem. to Barnard, Vt., where he m. Betsey Bicknell 28 Oct. 1782, and had Sally, b. 8 Jan. 1784, m. David Lewis, 2 Nov. 1812; George, b. 28 Aug. 1786, m. Mary Walker 29 Nov. 1810; Naomi, b. 1 Mar. 1789, m. Elisha Richmond 21 Dec. 1815; Gardner, b. 6 Jan. 1791, m. Pluma Mckinstry 20 June 1816; Ira, b. 2 Jan. 1789 (error in record, perhaps should be 1792), m. Sarah Eaton 19 Mar. 1818; Betsey, b. 1 Mar. 1793; Bick- nell, b. 8 Ap. 1795; Anson, b. 12 June 1797 ; Anna, b. 14 Mar. 1799.
27. NATHAN, s. of George (9), m. Hannah Cobb 25 Ap. 1784, and rem. to Royalton, Vt., where he had Alfred, a physician in Bethel, recently deceased; William, Otis, Nathan, Lucius, Edward, Betsey, and Hannah ; it is said there were two more daughters, who prob. d. young.
1 Her dau. Grace, by first husband, m. Hon. Daniel Webster.
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28. PAUL, s. of George (9), m. Perninah Hanmer 15 July 1790, and had Erastus, b. -- 1791, d. 14 Sep. 1792; Anna, bap. 15 May 1803, m. Anson Giffin 30 May 1809, d. at W. Brk. 20 Dec. 1868; Judson; Laurinda ; Lucin- da ; Rhoda, d. at Hardwick, Vt., unm., a. 21; Arminda ; these six bap. 15 May 1803; Caroline, bap. 24 July 1803; George Hanmer, bap. - June 1805; Paul Whitcomb, bap. 21 June 1807, deacon in Brimfield, where he d. 14 Ap. 1876; Dwight, bap. 10 June 1810, m. Sally Rice of Brk. 5 Mar. 1835, and (2d) Abigail Brown 28 Sep. 1843; d. at Springf. 17 Feb. 1881; William, twin, bap. 5 May 1811 ; Willard, twin, bap. 5 May 1811, m. Rebecca Rice 21 Oct. 1834, d. at W. Brk. 10 Oct. 1846. PAUL the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead. After the death of his w. Perninah, 16 Oct. 1814, he rem. to Hardwick, Vt.
29. PEIRCE, s. of George (9), m. Anna Durfee, res. in Royalton, Vt., and had chil .: Roswell, David, Elijah, Calvin, Riley, Phila, Laura, Mary, and Elvira.
30. TIMOTHY, s. of Timothy (10), m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Robinson,1 20 * Jan. 1780, and had Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1780, m. Col. Thomas Wheeler 14 Feb. 1805, and d. at Ticonderoga, N. Y., 18 Sep. 1828; Sophia, b. 31 Oct. 1782, d. unm. 23 Oct. 1861; Stephen West, b. 3 May 1785; Timothy, b. 6 Mar. 1788; Martin, b. 27 Sep. 1791; Cyrus, b. 7 Ap. 1794, d. 16 Jan. 1796 ; Rebecca, b. 27 Aug. 1796, d. unm. 30 Mar. 1821; Cyrus, b. 16 Sep. 1799, d. 28 June 1803 ; Lucius Robinson,2 b. 8 Mar. 1802. TIMOTHY the f. was a farmer, but during a large portion of his life was much engaged in public affairs. He was a mem- ber of the company of "minute-men," and marched to Cambridge upon the Lexington alarm ; he afterwards served, for short periods, several times during the Revolution, but did not enlist in the regular army. He was lieutenant of militia in 1784, and on the 30th of May, 1788, was commissioned Captain of the " Cadet Company," then organized by special order of the Governor. He was selectman from 1798 to 1810, and from 1817 to 1821, eighteen years ; assessor from 1798 to 1821, twenty-four years; also moderator of every March meeting, with a single exception (and nearly all the other town-meetings), from 1802 to 1821, representative in the General Court seventeen years suc- cessively, from 1805 to 1821 inclusive; and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1820. He was commissioned justice of the peace 9 May 1803, and of the quorum 29 Aug. 1816; and from his first appointment until his death almost every " Justice Court " in the town was held by him. He res. about five or six years after his marriage on the homestead, with his father, and then erected the house which still remains on the place marked "J. Marsh " on the R. Map, about forty rods northerly from his former residence, and there d. 29 Oct. 1821; his w. Mary soon removed to the house marked " Wid. Paige," at the northerly end of the Common, and d. 29 Mar. 1836, a. 77. An obituary in the New England Palladium, 9 Nov. 1821, described him as "one of the oldest members of the House of Representatives; a man who united very many excellent and useful qualities, and who was universally es- teemed among his acquaintances for his intelligence und unbending integrity; " and on the next day (10 Nov.) the Columbian Centinel referred to him as " one of the oldest members of the House of Representatives of this State; an undeviating patriot, and an intelligent man." 3
31. FOSTER, s. of Timothy (10), m. Amittai, dau. of John Paige, 6 Jan. 1785, and had Gardner, b. 16 Oct. 1785; Seneca, b. 15 Feb. 1788, m. - ,
1 Mary Robinson was a lineal descendant from Gov. Thomas Dudley 1 (who d. at Rox- bury 31 July 1653), through his daughter Mercy,2 who m. Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury ; their dau. Martha 3 m. Capt. Samuel Ruggles of Roxbury 8 July 1680; their dau. Patience 4 m. James Robinson of Boston 3 July 1711; their son Thomas,5 b. 20 Ap. 1718, m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Elea- zar Warner 23 Nov. 1744; and their dau. Mary,6 b. 3 Dec. 1758, m. Timothy Paige, Esq., as in the text.
2 The original name was Lucius ; Robin- son was added by an act of the General Court.
8 He was one of the "first three " who, for a period of about twenty years each, held undisputed prominence in the manage- · ment of public affairs in the town; namely, Brig .- Gen. Timothy Ruggles, from 1754 to 1774; Maj .- Gen. Jonathan Warner, from 1780 to 1802; and Timothy Paige, Esq., from 1802 to 1821.
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res. in Bakersfield, Vt., and afterwards in Dunham, Canada East; he was a member of the Provincial Parliament, and d. s. p. 11 Oct. 1856; Reed, b. 28 Mar. 1790, m. (at Barnard, Vt.) Eunice, dau. of Dr. Convers Cutler of Hk., 31 Mar. 1819, was a farmer, res. in Bakersfield, Vt., and d. s. p. 22 Feb. 1867; Mary, b. 18 July 1792, m. Jesse Paige and d. here 19 Jan. 1823; Rebecca Peirce, b. 17 Mar. 1797, m. David Smith, and after his death m. Asahel Deming of West Berkshire, Vt., 5 Oct. 1828 (they celebrated their " golden wedding 5 Oct. 1878, and both are living in 1883) ; Foster, b. 25 Oct. 1801 ; Amittai Cutler, b. 16 Nov. 1804, m. Lyman Hurlburt, and after his death m. Elijah Barnes, of Bakersfield, Vt., whom she survived and is living in 1883 ; Sally Warner, b. 5 Aug. 1808, m. Josiah Fay Brigham of Bakersfield, and d. 11 Mar. 1829. FOSTER the f. was a farmer, rem. to Hardwick, Vt., before 1800, and thence to Bakersfield, where he d. 22 June 1843; his w. Amittai d. at the house of her dau. in W. Berkshire, 5 Nov. 1860, a. 97.
32. REED, S. of Timothy (10), m. Hannah, dau. of David Paige of Bed- ford, 25 Dec. 1794, and had Abigail, b. 23 Jan. 1796, m. Jacob Flint 14 Nov. 1815 ; Mary, b. 2 Oct. 1799, m. Moses Whitney 2 Dec. 1817; David, b. 11 Mar. 1802, a physician at Belvidere, Ill., d. in 1868 ; Timothy, b. 31 Aug. 1805, was educated at West Point, a captain in the U. S. Army, resigned, and d. at St. Louis 14 June 1867; Nathaniel George Reed, b. 17 Aug. 1807, a farmer in Marengo, Ill., d. in 1853; William, b. 18 Ap. 1811, " went south about 1830, and no tidings were ever received from him; it is supposed that he was mur- dered on the overland route to California; " 1 Lewellyn, b. 18 July 1816, d. 26 July 1816. REED the f. grad. D. C. 1786, studied divinity with Dr. Emmons of Franklin, was a Hopkinsian after the straightest sect, and, what was then very unusual among the orthodox clergy, was an ardent Democrat in politics. He was ordained the first pastor of the church in Hancock, N. H., 21 Sep. 1791, which office he retained through life. He published two ordination sermons, an election sermon, 1805, and several others on different occasions. In the "Gazetteer " of New Hampshire, art. Hancock, he is described as " a learned, pious, able, and faithful minister; a good citizen; an honest and upright man; a firm patriot, and zealous and able advocate of his country's rights, which very much endeared him to the people of his charge, who frequently elected him to represent the town in the State Legislature of which he was a mem- ber at the time of his death." He d. of fever 22 July, 1816, in the midst of his usefulness, a. about 52; his w. Hannah d. 7 Oct. 1847, a. 74.
33. MOSES, s. of Timothy (10), m. Lucy, dau. of David Aiken, 27 Aug. 1789; she d. 27 Mar. 1800, and he m. her sister, Mary Aiken, pub. 17 May, 1801. His chil. were, twins, b. - , d. 1 May 1790; Mary Aiken, b. - , d. young ; Joel Simonds, b. 25 Jan. 1793; a child, b. -, d. 1 Feb. 1795; Lucy, b. 13 Ap. 1796, m. Anson Ruggles 14 June 1812, and d. 29 July, 1874; Mary Ann Aiken, b. 8 Mar. 1798, m. Lysander F. Haskins of Prescott 20 May 1833, and d. 29 or 30 Mar. 1862 ; Moses, b. 6 Feb. 1800; Asa, b. 9 Dec. 1801, m. Cordelia, dau. of Maj. Gardner Ruggles, was a physician and apothe- cary in Troy, N. Y., where he d. s. p. 19 Jan. 1836; Hannah, b. 11 May 1804, m. Horace H. Hayward of Ware 12 Dec. 1826, rem. to Marathon, N. Y., and d. 16 Jan. 1845; Clarissa, b. 24 Dec. 1807, m. William Breckenridge of Ware 6 Nov. 1827, d. 9 Dec. 1867. MOSES the f. was a farmer, and res. in several houses at different times ; his last residence was on the turnpike, about three quarters of a mile north from the Common, at the place marked "S. Weston " on the R. Map, where he d. 5 Dec. 1818; his w. Mary m. Jonathan Marsh of Ware 1 Dee. 1824, and d. in 1845.
34. THOMAS, s. of Timothy (10), m. Susanna, dau. of Warham Warner of N. Br. 17 June 1798, and had Susan Warner, b. 10 Aug. 1800 ; d. unm. at Worc. 6 June 1880 ; Hannah Ware, b. 22 June 1802, m. Samuel Wood of Farn- ham, C. E., 9 Feb. 1843 (he d. 24 Jan. 1848); Daniel Waldo, b. 18 Feb. 1804, m. Sarah Smith 1836, res. in Lenoxville, C. E., and d. 7 Feb. 1877 ; George Washington, b. 18 May 1806, m. Elvira Waters of Barre, Vt., 24 Aug.
1 Winslow Memorial, p. 154; from which the last name in this family and some of the dates are taken.
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1835, res. Chicago; Almira Clark, b. 7 Feb. 1808, d. unm. 11 Mar. 1838; Prudence Maria, b. 15 May 1811, m. Samuel A. Porter of Worc. 5 Ap. 1831 ; Sophia Foster, b. 4 Mar. 1815, m. Austin Bixby of Worc. 15 Mar. 1836 ; Letitia Duncan, b. 2 May 1817; Thomas Reed, b. 1 June 1821, killed by the kick of a horse 25 May 1836 ; Harriet Antoinette, b. 2 July 1825, d. 5 May 1827. THOMAS the f. was a farmer, and res. in Hancock, N. H., from about 1799 un- til about 1816, when he rem. to New Braintree; in 1836, when stricken in years, he rem. to Lenoxville, C. E., and subsequently to Compton, C. E., where he d. 16 June 1855; his w. Susanna d. 8 Dec. 1863, a. 87.
35. WINSLOW, S. of John (12), m. Clarissa, dau. of Gen. John Keyes of Windham, Conn., pub. 13 Aug. 1787, and had John Keyes, b. here 2 Aug. 1788; Hannah Winslow, b. - Aug. 1791, m. Archibald Croswell of Broome, N. Y., 1822; Maria C., b. - 1794, m. David Cady of Florida, N. Y., 1815; Alonzo Christopher, b. 31 July 1796 ; Diana C., b. - Feb. 1799, m. Allen H. Jack- son of Florida N. Y., 1820; Antoinette A. L., b. - Aug. 1804, m. George Smith of Florida 1825; he d. 1828, and she m. Hon. Platt Potter of Sche- nectady 1836. WINSLOW the f. was a clergyman, and received the honorary degree of A. M. from B. U. in 1828. He res. on the homestead in Hk. until 1790, when he rem. to the State of New York, and was settled at Stephen- town, 1790, at Schaghticoke, 1793, at Florida, 1808, and at Broome, 1820, where he d. 15 Mar. 1838.
36. JOHN, S. of John (14), m. Anna, dau. of Edward Clark, pub. 15 Sep. 1788; and had Clark, b. about 1789. JOHN the f. was a farmer, and res. on the Petersham road near the town line. He was very industrious, and re- markably successful in the accumulation of property, transmitting a very large estate to his grandchildren. He d. 21 Sep. 1836; his w. Anna d. 27 Mar. 1845, a. 77.
37. DAVID, s. of John (14), m. Martha, dau. of Capt. Seth Peirce, 23 Aug. 1792, and had Cutler, b. 5 Oct. 1792; John, b. 5 Mar. 1794, d. unm. 13 Dec. 1819; Huldah, b. 16 Sep. 1796, m. Col. Elbridge Cutler 20 Sep. 1817, rem. to Hartford, Conn., and d. - Mar. 1879; Mary, b. 13 Dec. 1799, m. Capt. Jonathan Webb 14 June 1819, and d. 2 Aug. 1869; Martha Ann, b. 23 July 1808, m. Dr. James M. Smith of New Haven, Conn., 25 Nov. 1829, and d. before 1845. DAVID the f. was a very successful farmer, and res. on the turn- pike, about a mile northerly from the Common, at the place marked " D. Paige " on the R. Map. He d. 22 Jan. 1854; his w. Martha d. 31 July 1844, a. 74. His second w. Fanny, wid. of Sampson Peirce of N. Br., to whom he was pub. 15 Aug. 1845, ret. to N. Br. after his death, and d. 24 Ap. 1866, a. 84.
38. BENJAMIN, s. of John (14), m. Elizabeth, wid. of Ezra Clark and dau. of John Webb, 6 June 1819, and had Benjamin Franklin, b. 24 Mar. 1820; Joseph, b. 3 Sep. 1821, d. 3 July 1831; John, b. 11 Dec. 1822, d. 19 or 20 Dec. 1822; Mary Cutler, b. 18 Dec. 1823, m. Henry Bassett of Ware 9 Ap. 1845; John W., b. 15 Aug. 1825. BENJAMIN the f. was a farmer and captain of militia ; he res. on the homestead, and d. 14 Aug. 1827; his w. Elizabeth d. 16 Mar. 1856, a. 73.
39. JOSEPH, s. of John (14), m. Fanny, dau. of Seth Lincoln of Warren 23 Ap. 1816, and had Emeline M., b. about 1819, m. Erastus W. Paige 7 Mar. 1850; Seth Lincoln, b. about 1821, m. - , res. in Boston, and d. s. p. 28 Mar. 1879, a. 57; Mary C., b. about 1823, m. Amasa W. Lincoln 10 June 1845 ; Joseph, b. prob. about 1825, rem. to the West, and d. several years ago; Martha Ann, b. -; Charlotte F., b. about 1828, m. Stewart Chase of Holyoke, 5 Feb. 1852; Harriet M., b. about 1830, m. Dr. H. A. Harriman of Gardner 20 June 1853. JOSEPH the f. was a farmer; after his marriage he res. in Barre, where he d. 16 Ap. 1852, a. 72; his w. Fanny d. at Spring- field 21 July 1878, a. 80.
40. LUTHER, s. of James (15), m. Sarah, dau. of Elijah Bangs, 22 Aug. 1802; she d. 21 Ap. 1816, a. 34, and he m. Mary, wid. of Barnabas Hinkley, 4 Sep. 1816. His chil. were Erastus Warner, b. 1 July 1803; John Adams, b. 12 Feb. 1805, a mason, res. in Boston, d. 5 Jan. 1864 ; Bela Bangs,
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b. 13 July 1807, m. Rhoda Ann, dau. of Stillman Clark, 28 Nov. 1844, res. in Boston a few years, and afterwards on the homestead in Hk .; Rosamond, b. 6 July, 1809, d. 8 Mar. 1816; Sarah Ann, b. 16 Mar. 1813, m. Capt. John Raymond 31 Mar. 1833, d. 23 Sep. 1861; Fanny, b. 3 Ap. 1814, d. - July 1814. LUTHER the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead ; he d. 18 Jan. 1843; his w. Mary d. at Bangor, Me., 11 Mar. 1849.
41. JAMES, s. of James (15), m. Thirza Hopkins of Petersham, 8 July 1810, and had Henry A., b. 20 July 1811; Elizabeth, b. 5 Nov. 1821, m. Andrew J. Richardson, 5 July 1843. JAMES the f. was a mason, resided in Boston, wrote his name PAGE, and d. 2 Nov. 1846 ; his w. Thirza d. 17 Feb. 1870, a. nearly 84.
42. CALVIN, s. of James (15), m. Martha Ruggles 12 Nov. 1815 ; she d. 5 Aug. 1816, and he m. Philinda Gates 19 Sep. 1819. His chil. were Silvanus Gates, b. 13 June 1820, d. 1 May 1821 ; Calvin Gates, b. 3 July 1829. CALVIN the f. was a mason, res. in Boston, wrote his name PAGE, and d. 7 July 1850; his w. Philinda d. 23 Oct. 1867, a. 74.
43. CHARLES, s. of James (21), m. Lydia, dau. of Samuel French, 20 Sep. 1795; she d. 4 Oct. 1808, a. 33, and he m. Eliza Sargent 22 Mar. 1810. His chil. were Sophronia, b. 31 Mar. 1796, m. Chiron Jenney 28 Sep. 1817, d. 25 Feb. 1854; Lucius, b. 4 Jan. 1798, d. 4 Jan. 1800; Charles, b. 8 Dec. 1799, rem. to Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Thankful R., b. 4 Aug. 1801, m. Col. Abialbon Carter of Pet. (afterwards of Ware) 27 Feb. 1822, and d., his widow, at Whitehall, N. Y., 13 Ap. 1878 ; Lucinda, b. 1 Ap. 1803, d. the same month; James, b. 27 May 1804, rem. to W. Brk .; Lydia W., b. 17 May 1806, d. unm. at Ware 21 Oct. 1881; a child b. - -, d. 11 Oct. 1808, a. two weeks; Adelaide, b. 27 Jan. 1811, m. Moses Smith 25 Dec. 1834 ; Elbridge G., b. 5 Ap. 1813, a very prolific writer, under the assumed name of "Dow, Jr.," and author of the popular series of "Patent Sermons," which first appeared in the " New York Sunday Mercury," of which he was editor and publisher, and were afterwards published in three volumes; meeting with reverses in New York he rem. to California, and d. at San Francisco 4 Dec. 1859 ; Ira, b. 2 June 1815. CHARLES the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead; he was selectman 1826, and d. 21 Ap. 1853 ; his w. Eliza d. 28 or 29 Nov. 1868, a. nearly 87.
44. CHRISTOPHER, s. of Jesse (22), m. Judith, dau. of Jason Bigelow of North Brk., pub. 10 June 1811, and had John Foster, b. 20 Oct. 1811; Abi- gail Bigelow, Nancy Bigelow, Francis Breckenridge, Mary Breckenridge, all bap. 6 Aug. 1820; Christopher Wesson, bap. 26 May 1821. CHRISTOPHER the f. was a farmer, and res. about a mile and three quarters southerly from the Common, at the place marked " J. Monroe " on the R. Map. About 1821 he rem. to Prescott and owned and cultivated one of the best farms in that town; he d. 10 Sep. 1866, a. 81; his w. Judith d. 30 Dec. 1872, a. nearly 91.
45. JESSE, s. of Jesse (22), m. Mary, dau. of Foster Paige, in 1819 ; she d. 19 Jan. 1823, and he m. Charlotte, dau. of James Robinson of Barre, 4 Sep. 1823. His chil. were Mary Ann, b. 27 June 1820, m. Merritt Barnes of Bakersfield, Vt., where she res. and was mother of many children ; Rebecca Maria, b. 28 Aug. 1822, d. unm. at Bakersfield about 1840; Caroline Augusta, b. 23 July 1824, m. Henry Ellsworth of Barre 2 June 1846; Edwin Jesse, b. 25 Feb. 1826 ; Ferdinand Benjamin, b. 10 Ap. 1828, m. Eliza J. Shepard of Barre 7 Sep. 1852; Averana Justina, b. 25 Aug. 1831, m. Nelson I. Tucker of Barre 29 Nov. 1855. JESSE the f. was a farmer, and inherited the home- stead, which, however, he did not long retain. He res. several years in Barre, where he d. 3 Dec. 1869 ; his w. Charlotte d. 29 Jan. 1853 ; both were buried here in the new cemetery.
46. STEPHEN WEST, s. of Timothy (30), m. Lucy, dau. of Daniel Ruggles, Esq., 26 Oct. 1809, and had Adeline, b. 20 Mar. 1811, m. Capt. Walter Man- dell 31 Jan. 1842, and d. s. p. 3 Oct. 1842; Theodore, b. 27 Oct. 1813, d. 21 Mar. 1814; Lucy, b. 30 July 1815, d. 10 June 1816 ; West, b. 23 Aug. 1817, m. Caroline Maria, dau. of Giles Warner, 13 Dec. 1848, and d. s. p. 4 Sep. 1853;
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William, b. 18 Dec. 1819 ; Lucy Rebecca, b. 19 Jan. 1822, m. Elbridge Man- dell 18 June 1844 ; Daniel Ruggles, b. 14 July 1829, d. 26 Aug. 1833. STE- PHEN WEST the f. was a farmer, and res. on the road to Ware, at the place marked " Mr. Leonard " on the R. Map, and afterwards on the road to Gilbert- ville, at the place marked " L. Manly ; " he was subsequently an innholder at the old " Willis Tavern," also at Princeton, Shutesbury, and Greenwich Village until 1836, when he returned to Hk., and res. on the road to Ware, at the place marked " C. Ruggles ;" in 1869 he rem. to the Old Parsonage, half a mile north from the Common, marked " E. Cutler," and there closed his long life. He was captain of cavalry, 1812, representative 1843, 1844, and justice of the peace. He d. 24 Feb. 1871, a. nearly 86; his w. Lucy d. 25 Dec. 1865, 'a. 74.
47. TIMOTHY, s. of Timothy (30), m. Cynthia, dau. of Maj. Calvin Ammi- down of Southbridge 1 Mar. 1815, and had Cynthia Evelina, b. 4 Dec. 1815, d. unm. 10 Nov. 1850 ; Juliet Eliza, b. 14 Ap. 1817, m. Merrick Mansfield, res. several years at Barton, Vt., and d. at Dorchester 17 June 1865; Timothy, b. 17 Feb. 1819, res. at Baltimore, Md., and afterwards at Chattanooga, Tenn .; Calvin Ammidown, b. 7 June 1820. TIMOTHY the f. taught school in Roches- ter 1807-8, and studied law with Samuel Eastman, Esq., of Hk., Samuel F. Dickinson, Esq., of Amherst, and Hon. Abraham Holmes of Rochester, until Oct. 1811, when he went to Georgia, and was preceptor of an academy at Waynesboro', at which place and at Augusta he also practised law. In the spring of 1814 he returned to Hk., travelling the larger portion of the way on horseback. Near the close of that year he established himself as a lawyer in Southbridge, at the organization of which town he was elected the first town clerk. He was commissioned justice of the peace 31 Jan. 1816. Besides per- forming creditably the various duties of his profession, he indulged his taste for general literature, and acquired a local reputation as a poet.1 Constitution- ally feeble in body, and with a very sensitive nervous organization, he was prematurely exhausted by the labors and trials of life, and died of consump- tion 14 Nov. 1822, before attaiuing half of the allotted " three-score and ten " years ; his w. Cynthia d. 1 Nov. 1828, a. 35.
48. MARTIN, s. of Timothy (30), m. Mary Ann, dau. of Barnabas Billings of Chesterfield, 20 Aug. 1717, and had Timothy, b. at Hk. 3 Aug. 1818; Fred- erick Augustus, b. at Hk. 6 Nov. 1819 ; George, b. at Southbridge 17 Aug. 1821, a merchant in Providence, d. s. p. (drowned near Charleston, S. C.) 3 Ap. 1855 ; Julia Billings, b. at Northampton 12 Jan. 1824, d. 14 May 1825 ; James, b. at Northampton 9 Feb. 1826, d. 7 May 1826; Henry, b. at Lowell 5 Ap. 1829 ; Martha Pomeroy, b. at Greenfield 4 Jan. 1832, m. William Stone of Templeton 22 June 1854 (and had Frederick Paige, b. 10 Aug. 1855, Lucius Paige, b. 27 Mar. 1857, and William Sidney, b. 2 Ap. 1862) ; Sarah Pomeroy, b. at Worcester 9 Sep. 1837, d. 30 Sep. 1838. MARTIN the f. commenced ac- tive business as a clothier at the Old Furnace, and res. in the house in which his parents were married, marked "T. Elwell " on the R. Map. The erec- tion of large manufactories of woollens in New England very soon ruined the small cloth-dressing establishments, and he, in common with many others, was obliged to abandon that business. Being, however, a very skilful dyer, he devoted himself to that art, and had the principal charge of that department in several "factories." He changed his residence frequently, as indicated by the birth-place of his children. In 1838 he rem. from Worcester to Temple- ton, where he res. until Dec. 1847, when he was compelled, by the failure of his health, to discontinue active labor, and rem. to Providence, R. I., where his sons were engaged in business. He d. 7 Dec. 1872, a. 81; his w. Mary Ann d. 27 Jan. 1875, a, 80.
49. LUCIUS ROBINSON, S. of Timothy . (30), m. Clarinda, dau. of Ezekiel Richardson of Brk., 14 Sep. 1826; she d. 29 Aug. 1833, a. 28, and he m. Abby R., dau. of Joseph Whittemore of Charlestown, and sister of Rev. Thomas Whittemore, D. D., 5 Oct. 1834; she d. 23 Dec. 1843, a. 36, and he m. Lucy, wid. of Solomon Richardson of Brk., and dau. of Barnabas Comins of Charl-
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ton, 22 Oct. 1845 ; she d. s. p. 3 Jan. 1864, a. 64, and he m. Ann Maria, wid. of Hon. David T. Brigham of Keokuk, Iowa, dau. of Robert M. Peck, and grand-daughter of Hon. Joseph Allen of Worcester, 2 Aug. 1866. His chil. were Henry Ballou, b. 23 Dec. 1827, d. 17 Jan. 1828; Lucius Robinson,1 b. 19 Sep. 1829, a merchant in Boston, m. Ellen S. Pond of Cambridge, 15 Oct. 1851, and d. s. p. 28 Oct. 1852; Mary Jane Pearce, b. 8 Mar. 1832, d. unm. (of consumption, like her mother and her brother) 27 Dec. 1854 ; Thomas Whit- temore Robinson, b. 17 Oct. 1837, d. 2 Ap. 1838; Clarinda Richardson, b. 24 Dec. 1840, d. 30 Dec. 1843. LUCIUS R. the f. was educated in the common schools of the town, and at Hopkins Academy in Hadley. He commenced preaching 1 June 1823, received the fellowship of the Southern Association of Universalists on the twelfth day of the same month, and was ordained 2 June 1825. He performed the duties of pastor nearly four years at Springfield, to 1829, about two years, to 1832, at Gloucester (now Rockport), and seven years at Cambridge, to July 1 1839, when he finally resigned all pastoral charge. He continued to preach, occasionally, about thirty years afterwards, until the pre- carious condition of his health compelled him to desist. During his pastorate he published " Selections from Eminent Commentators," in 1833; " Questions on Select Portions of the Gospels, designed for the Use of Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes," 1838, and a Centennial Address at Hardwick, in the same year. He subsequently wrote a " Commentary on the New Testament," in six volumes, the first of which was published in 1844, and the last in 1870. While thus engaged, as a relaxation from severer labors, he gathered materials for a " History of Cambridge," published in 1877, and for this " History of Hardwick," with a genealogy of its early families. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard College 1850, and that of D. D. from Tufts College 1861. He was elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1844, of the N. Eng. Hist. Genealogical Society 1845, of the Pennsylvania Hist. Soc. 1854, of the Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 1877, and of the American Antiquarian Soc. 1878; Hon. Member of the Worcester Soc. of Antiquity 1876, and Cor. Member of the Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin 1877. His literary labors yielding scanty returns, he devoted the business hours of the day, for many years, to the performance of secular duties. He was town clerk of Cambridge from March 1839 to Jan. 1840, and from March 1843 to May 1846; city clerk 2 from May 1846 to Oct. 1855 ; assessor from Mar. 1842 to Mar. 1847; treasurer of the Cambridgeport Savings Bank from April 1855 to April 1871, during the larger portion of which period he was also successively cashier and president of the Cambridge Bank. He was commissioned justice of the peace in Jan. 1843, and of the quorum in Dec. 1863 ; and was a representative in the General Court in 1878 and 1879. Through life he had a lively interest in Freemasonry; he was Mas- ter of Mount Zion Lodge in Hk., from Sep. 1826 to Sep. 1827, and of Amica- ble Lodge in Cambridge, from Jan. 1846 to Dec. 1848; Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mass. from Dec. 1851 to Dec. 1854; Commander of the Village Encampment of Knights Templars at Greenwich from Sep. 1826 to Sep. 1827, and Secretary 3 and permanent member of the Supreme Council of Sov ... Gr ... Ins ... Gen ... 33º of the A ... and A ... Rite, in the northern jurisdiction of the United States, from March 1861.
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