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DAVID and family, and NATHAN and family, came here from Bridgewater, in 1770. JOSEPH, d. 26 Jan. 1791, a. 20. AMBROSE, d. 29 Ap. 1816, a. 69. JOSIAH, d. unm. 23 Aug. 1848, a. 81. These three were prob. brothers of James (1). ELIZABETH, of Brk., m. Thomas Stevens, pub. 15 Jan. 1748-9. ELIZABETH, of N. Br., m. Reuben Fay 11 June 1767. DEBORAH, m. Samuel Lynde 19 Mar. 1772. JOHN, m. Sarah White 23 July 1777. WILLIAM, JR., m. Anna Hilliard, 23 Mar. 1780. ABNER, m. Polly Shays 21 Jan. 1783. JESSE, m. Mary Rice 25 Ap. 1819.
PERRY, EZRA, of Sandwich, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burge, 12 Feb. 1652. In his will, dated 16 Oct. 1689, and proved 18 Ap. 1690, he names wife Elizabeth, and chil. Ezra (b. 11 Feb. 1653); Deborah (b. 25 Nov. 1654), wife
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of Seth Pope; John (b. 1 Jan. 1657) ; Samuel (b. 15 Mar. 1667); Benjamin (b. 15 Jan. 1670); Remember (a dau., b. 1 Jan. 1676 or 1677) ; Sarah, wife of Ephraim Smith.
2. EZRA, of Sandwich, s. of Ezra (1), in his will, dated 21 Oct. 1728, and proved 10 Feb. 1729-30, names wife Rebecca, chil. Ebenezer ; Ezra; Samuel ; Mary ; Hannah ; Rebecca, wife of Jonathan Washburn ; Patience ; Freelove ; and grandchil. Samuel and Edward Maxom. He devised land in Rochester to his son Ebenezer.
3. EBENEZER, s. of Ezra (2), m. Judah Savory in Rochester, where he had Ebenezer and Mary, twins, b. 21 May 1718; Susanna, b. 6 July 1722; Samuel, b. 16 Sep. 1724.
4. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer (3), m. Abigail Hammond at Rochester 11 Jan. 1749-50, and had Nathan, b. at Roch. 20 Sep. 1751. By a former wife he had Mary, b. - 1743, m. Capt. Daniel Egery of Dartmouth, and d. here 16 Sep. 1795, a. 52; and also a son who res. at Barre, and was grandfather of the late Dr. Marshall S. Perry. EBENEZER the f. rem. to Hk. about 1778, and prob. res. at or near the place which was afterwards the homestead of his grandson, Ebenezer Perry, Esq. He is said to have m. a third wife, who sur- vived him, and prob. res. with his son Nathan, whose chil. she instructed in their youth ; she is supposed to have been the Mrs. Elizabeth Perry who d. 8 Feb. 1792, a. 79.
5. NATHAN, s. of Ebenezer (4), rem. to Hk. with his father about 1778; his chil. were Nathaniel, b. about 1778, d. in Hk. 26 Nov. 1820, a. 42; Stephen, b. about 1780, rem. early from the town; Ebenezer, b. 10 Dec. 1782; Nathan, b. 27 Feb. 1784 ; and prob. Abigail, b. - , and d. 2 Sep. 1798, a. 12 years and 5 months. NATHAN the f. d. 14 June 1815, a. 63.
6. EBENEZER, s. of Nathan (5), m. Mercy Atwood of Brewster, pub. 3 May 1807, and had Benjamin Freeman, b. 4 Sep. 1808, d. at San Francisco, Cal., 28 Nov. 1872; Abigail, b. 22 or 24 Aug. 1810, d. unm. 1 June 1832 ; Jerusha, b. 23 Aug. 1812, m. Charles Vokes 10 or 29 Oct. 1844, and d. 30 May 1877; Anson Luce, b. 1 May 1817, d. at Meriden, Conn., 19 Mar. 1853; Mary, b. 8 Nov. 1819, m. Aaron Lawrence 28 Dec. 1843; Adeliza T., b. 27 Jan. 1822, a teacher, res. unm. in Worcester. EBENEZER the f. was a carpenter and school- teacher ; he possessed a strong and cultivated mind, great energy of purpose, and unswerving integrity. He was selectman four years and assessor eleven years. He res. on the Barre road, at the place marked " E. Perry " on the R. Map, where he d. 27 June 1845, a. 63 ; his w. Mercy d. 4 Sep. 1865, a. 81.
7. NATHAN, s. of Nathan (5), m. Sarah Hudson of Ware, pub. 22 Nov. 1807, and had William Hudson, b. 4 Nov. 1808, d. at Bangor, Me., 4 May 1877; Arthur Clark, b. 5 Feb. 1811; Stephen, b. 2 Dec. 1812; Nathan, h. 20 July 1816 ; Charles, b. 10 Feb. 1818. NATHAN the f. rem. to Bangor, Me., and d. 21 Sep. 1865.
8. THOMAS, a cordwainer, by wife Martha, had Mary, bap. 23 July 1738. He rem. to Rehoboth before 29 Sep. 1740.
9. CYRUS, m. Nancy Goodspeed 2 Aug. 1795, and had Abigail, b. - 1798, d. 7 Jan. 1802, a. 3 years and 2 months.
10. WILLIAM A., m. Lucy A., dau. of James Browning, 13 Nov. 1850, and had William Elmer, b. 26 Oct. 1851; Charles A., b. 22 Oct. 1855; Harriet Eliza- beth, b. 26 Dec. 1860; Marion, b. 7 Mar. 1866. WILLIAM A. the f. res. on the Pet. road, a few rods north from the Common.
JOSEPH, d. 24 Sep. 1796, a. nearly 72. HANNAH, of Barre, m. John Jenney, Jr., 10 Ap. 1788. NATHANIEL, of Pittsford, Vt., m. Nabby Hammond 17 Oct. 1793. Dr. FREEMAN, of Taunton, m. Nancy Ruggles, pub. 6 May 1795.
PHELPS, ANDREW, by w. Sarah, had William Henry, b. 28 Feb. 1844.
E. AUGUSTA, of Ware, m. Albert E. Knight, pub. 10 Ap. 1841. ANSEL, Jr., of Ware, m. Lydia Paige 30 Sep. 1841. POLLY, m. Joseph Wright 4 Nov. 1852. WILLIAM H., of Putnam, Conn., m. Lura M. Tourtellotte 24 Dec. 1873.
PHINNEY, JOHN, s. of John of Scituate, resided successively at Plymouth, Barnstable, and Bristol, R. I. He had three wives and eight children, the eldest of whom was John, b. at Plymouth 24 Dec. 1638.
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2. JOHN, s. of John (1), res. in Barnstable; he m. Mary Rogers 10 Aug. 1664, and had thirteen children, of whom the fourth was Thomas, b. - Jan. 1672.
3. THOMAS, s. of John (2), res. in Barns., m. widow Sarah Butler 25 Aug. 1698, and had Gershom, b. 25 Mar. 1700; Thomas, b. 17 Feb. 1702-3; Abigail, b. - 1704 ; James, b. 15 Ap. 1706; Mary, b. - 1708.1
4. GERSHOM, s. of Thomas (3), m. Rebecca, dau. of Stephen Griffith, 29 July 1725, and had Gershom, b. 7 May 1726; Lazarus, b. 7 Mar. 1728-9; Sarah, b. 28 Feb. 1730-1; Isaac, b. 10 May 1733; Rebecca, b. 17 Ap. 1736; Temperance, b. 9 July 1738 ; Mehitable, b. 30 Oct. 1740 ; James, b. 1 Ap. 1742; Seth, bap. 14 July 1745 ; Rhoda, bap. 27 Mar. 1748. GERSHOM the f. res. in that part of Harwich which is now Brewster ; in his will, dated 4 Dec. 1761, and proved 7 Sep. 1762, his w. Rebecca and his ten children are named as then living.
5. GERSHOM, s. of Gershom (4), m. Thankful -, and had Lucy, bap. 23 June 1751; Zenas, bap. 29 Oct. 1752, and born 24 Sep. 1752, accord- ing to his own family record. GERSHOM the f. res. in Harwich (Brewster), but the date of his death is not ascertained.
6. ISAAC, prob. s. of Gershom (4), early rem. to Hardwick, where he had Heman, b. 2 Aug. 1754; David, b. 28 Mar. 1756 ; Mary, b. 18 Nov. 1758; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1760; Temperance, b. 31 Mar. 1762 (bap. 8 May 1763); Isaac, b. 1 May 1764 (bap. 2 June 1765); Nathan, b. 14 Aug. 1766 (bap. 20 Sep. 1767). The dates of baptism indicate an error of one year in the dates of birth of the three younger children. ISAAC the f. was here as late as 9 Oct. 1770, when he bought land of Thomas Freeman ; he prob. rem. soon afterwards.
7. ZENAS, s. of Gershom (5), m. Sarah, dau. of Lemuel Berry, and had, at Harwich (now Brewster), Thankful, b. 19 June 1781, m. Ephraim Haskell, Jr., 24 Oct. 1805, and d. 15 Nov. 1841; Lydia, b. 12 Feb. 1783, m. Gardner Ruggles 2 Dec. 1804, and d. 23 Sep. 1833; Patty, b. 12 Nov. 1784, m. David Aiken 24 Ap. 1805, and d. 16 or 17 Ap. 1877; Sally, b. 6 May 1787, d. 13 June 1787; Lucy, b. 12 Aug. 1788, m. Luke Bartlett 7 Dec. 1817 ; Zenas, b. 28 Jan. 1792, d. 17 Feb. 1792 ; Sally, b. 20 Jan. 1793, d. 7 Feb. 1793 ; Zenas, b. 10 Jan. 1794, rem. to Rhode Island. ZENAS the f. in early life was a ship- master, and was taken prisoner by the British during the Revolution. He rem. to Hk. in Ap. 1797, and devoted himself to farming during the remainder of his patriarchal life, retaining remarkable activity both of body and of mind until extreme old age, and his perfectly erect form to the very last. He res. on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Z. Phinney," where he d. 4 Mar. 1848, a. 95 years and 5 months ; his w. Sarah d. 20 Dec. 1832, a. 76.
PALDIAH and family came here from Bridgewater in 1770.
PIKE, ELISHA, m. Anna Kerley 29 Nov. 1744, and had Samuel, b. 3 July 1745, prob. m. Nabby Snow of Sutton, 17 Dec. 1778; Elisha, b. 18 Ap. 1747. ELISHA the f. was a farmer, res. in the northwesterly part of the town, and d. 29 Dec. 1749; his administrator sold the farm to Nathan Sprout 6 Dec. 1756.
2. TIMOTHY, by w. Hannah, had Sarah, b. 29 Mar. 1756; Simeon, b. 7 Nov. 1759.
JABEZ, m. Rebecca Elwell 7 Mar. 1791. ABIGAIL, m. Daniel Tenney of Ware 16 Oct. 1803. POLLY, m. Chandler Woods 19 Feb. 1806. SAMUEL, m. Jane Small of Truro, pub. 8 Oct. 1810. SAMUEL, of Tolland, Conn., m. Hope C. Leonard, 3 Nov. 1831. BODICEA, m. Ansel W. Thayer 12 Dec. 1854. Mary A., of Pet., m. Sewall B. Nye, pub. 6 Ap. 1855.
POPE, RUFUS S., was pastor of the Universalist Society from April 1840 to April 1843. He was b. in Stoughton 2 Ap. 1809, m. Sarah B. Park- hurst at Milford 8 Nov. 1835, and had George Henry, b. in Sterling 31 Jan. 1837, d. 12 Oct. 1837; Ellen Augusta, b. in Sterling 14 Oct. 1838 ; Charles Greenwood, b. in Hardwick 18 Nov. 1840, grad. Tufts Coll. 1861, a success- ful lawyer in Cambridge, but res. in Somerville, of which city he has been a
1 Thus far the facts concerning the Phinney family are gleaned from Freeman's History of Cape Cod.
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representative in the General Court and President of the Common Council; he m. Josephine H. Cole of Somerville; also, in Hyannis, Millon Granville, b. 15 July 1845, d. unm. at Campton, N. H., 22 Aug. 1868; Rufus Spur, b. 23 Sep. 1847, d. unm. 12 Feb. 1868 ; Elwyn Herbert, b. 13 Oct. 1849, m. Ada M. Adsit, and res. in Traverse City, Mich .; Sarah Hale, b. 1 Nov. 1851, m. Francis A. Gorham 27 June 1876. RUFUS S. the f. rem. to Hyannis, where he d. 5 June 1882.
POWERS, JEREMIAH, one of the pioneers, by w. Hannah, had prob. Jere- miah, b. about 1732 ; Eunice, b. 14 Feb. 1734-5; Isaac, b. 21 Feb. 1736-7 m. Abigail Clark of Brimf., 21 July 1765 ; Aaron, b. - June 1739, m. Han- nah Goodnow 10 Mar. 1768; Esther, b. 29 May 1741; Elizabeth, bap. 5 June 1743.
2. PHINEAS, another pioneer, came here from Willington, Conn., in 1734, and, by w. Martha, had Phineas, b. about 1729 ; Martha, b. about 1731, m. Joseph Safford 26 Oct. 1753, and d. at Woodstock, Vt., 31 Mar. 1804, a. 73 ; William, b. 15 July 1734; Stephen, b. 15 Mar. 1735-6; Abraham, b. 4 May 1738, m. Rachel Carpenter of Coventry, Conn., pub. 1 Dec. 1759, and was a soldier in the French War; Mary, b. 24 Mar. 1740; Sarah, b. 9 Aug. 1744, m. Moses Whitcomb 4 Nov. 1762; Thomas, b. 18 Mar. 1746-7; perhaps the same who was a prominent inhabitant of Greenwich, familiarly known as Colonel Powers; Mercy, b. 17 Aug. 1749, m. William Fuller of N. Br. 3 Dec. 1767.
3. JOSEPH, of Quobbin (whether brother to either or both of the foregoing I know not), m. Abigial, prob. dau. of Caleb Benjamin, 25 Dec. 1751, and had Susanna and Abigail, both bap. here 12 Sep. 1756 ; Asenath, bap. 24 Sep. 1758; Mary, b. 5 Oct. 1760 ; Joseph, bap. 26 June 1763.
4. JEREMIAH, prob. s. of Jeremiah (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Dolly, bap. 15 Aug. 1756; Elizabeth, bap. 3 Sep. 1758. JEREMIAH the f. prob rem. to Greenwich.
5. AARON, S. of Jeremiah (1), by w. Hannah had Stephen, b. 16 Sep. 1768. 6. PHINEAS, s. of Phineas (2), m. Elizabeth Allen of Ware, 15 Dec. 1751, and had Amisa (Amasa ?) ; Mary; Lydia, m. Samuel Pratt 31 Jan. 1774; Eunice, m. Ephraim Pratt, pub. 17 June 1782; these four chil. were bap. here 7 Sep. 1760. PHINEAS the f. served in the French War, and perhaps rem. to Woodstock, Vt.
7. WILLIAM, s. of Phineas (2), m. Elizabeth Whitcomb at Rochester 16 Nov. 1758, and had William ; Joanna; Sarah ; all bap. here 24 Nov. 1771. Jo- anna prob. m. Silas. Marsh of Western (Warren) 4 Aug. 1787, and Sarah prob. m. Zebadiah Johnson, Jr., 9 Feb. 1791. WILLIAM the f. served in the French War.
8. STEPHEN, s. of Phineas (2), m. Lydia Drew of Halifax, Mass., and had (perhaps not precisely in this order) Lydia, b. - , m. Robert Paddock of Barre, Vt., and d. in 1815, a. 43; Mary, b. - , m. Jason Richardson of Woodstock, Vt .; Susanna, b. - , d. unm. 2 Dec. 1777, a. 17 ; Stephen, b. -, m. Sally Perry, was father of the famous sculptor, Hiram Powers, rem. to Cincinnati in 1818, and d. there; John Drew, b. 16 Nov. 1769, by two wives had six sons and two daughters ; he was the successor of his father as a physician in Woodstock, Vt., where he d. 26 Mar. 1855, and was succeeded, in the same profession, by his fourth son, Dr. Thomas Eleazar Powers. STEPHEN the f. studied medicine in Hardwick, commenced practice in Mid- dleborough, Mass., where all his chil. are supposed to have been born, and thence rem. to Woodstock, Vt., in 1774, where he was the first resident phy- sician. He d. 27 Nov. 1809 ; his w. Lydia d. 29 Aug. 1823, a. 88.1
9. LYSANDER, m. Hannah, dau. of Ichabod Dexter, pub. 21 May 1842, and had Joel Lysander, b. 12 Nov. 1843, m. Jennie E. Knight 1 Jan. 1866, and has been assessor for the last eight years; Frank, b. 19 Sep. 1846, m. Anna K. Garney of Marblehead 6 Nov. 1872 (she d. 11 Sep. 1873, a. 30) ; Elmer D., b. 12 Dec. 1853, m. Anna W. Conant of Barre 29 June 1875. LYSANDER the f., a farmer, res. on the Dexter farm.
10. JOSEPH W., m. Harriet, dau. of Apollos Fay, 23 May 1844, and had 1 MS. Letter from Hon. Robert S. Hale.
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Sarah Harriet, b. 7 Oct. 1851; Joseph Fay, b. 6 Aug. 1854, d. 15 Sep. 1866; Ella Hudson, b. 24 Mar. 1858. JOSEPH W. the f. res. on the turnpike several years, at the place marked " A. Fay " on the R. Map, and afterwards rem. to Worcester.
SARAH, m. Nathan Carpenter 8 June 1738. ANDREW, m. Lois Emmons 27 Oct. 1740. HANNAH, of Littleton, m. Thomas Farr, pub. 5 Aug. 1758. ANNA, of Gr., m. Philip Holmes, pub. 22 Nov. 1772. EXE (Achsah ?), of Gr., m. John Thayer, pub. 5 Nov. 1780. OLIVE, m. Ephraim Ruggles 20 Mar. 1783. ANN, of Brimf., m. John Davenport Cox, pub. 17 July 1786. JERE- MIAH 3d, of Gr., m. Lydia Haskell, pub. 24 Dec. 1788. EUNICE, of Gr. (dau. of Col. Thomas), m. William Walker, pub. 5 Sep. 1804. CHESTER, of War- ren, m. Eunice Haskell 15 Oct. 1805, and (2d) Joanna Haskell 1 Sep. 1830. BETSEY, m. Charles Spooner of Pet. 4 June 1818. Mrs. LUCY, of Gr., m. Scotto Berry, pub. 22 May 1826, and d. 21 Nov. 1872, a. 90, lacking 21 days. LOUISA, m. Edward Dexter 6 June 1842. HIRAM, m. Urania White of Barre, pub. 4 Nov. 1843. ANGELA, m. Windsor Gleason of Pet., pub. 4 July 1850. ARATHUSA C., m. Austin Gould 16 Oct. 1851. JULIA A., m. Alfred Robinson of Fitchburg, pub. 27 July 1852. JONATHAN, d. 4 Mar. 1839, a. 73. MARY, wife of David, d. 29 June 1841, a. 53. DAVID, born at Pet., d. 17 Dec. 1866, a. 83.
PRATT, THOMAS, res. successively in Watertown, Sudbury, and Framing- ham, and had " these eleven children: Thomas, b. about 1656 ; John ; Eben- ezer ; Joseph ; Philip ; David ; Jabez; Nathaniel ; Abial (female); Ephraim; and Jonathan ; in 1682 he had land set to him at Sherborn, and d. about 1692 ; at least, administration that year was given to widow Susanna and son John. All these ten sons married and had families." Savage's Gen. Dict.
2. JOHN, s. of Thomas (1), by w. Ruth, had John, b. 27 Nov. 1691; Susanna, b. 12 Mar. 1693, prob. m. Obadiah Allen 17 May 1720 ; Isaac, b. 6 Aug. 1696; Amos, b. 26 May 1699; Ruth, b. 6 Feb. 1701; Eleazar, b. 10 Jan. 1702-3; Hezekiah, b. 27 Nov. 1705. JOHN the f. seems to have res. in Sherborn, and afterwards in Marlborough, prob. that part which is now Westborough. See Barry's Hist. of Framingham.
3. JOHN, s. of John (2), m. Bathsheba, dau. of John Fay, 4 Jan. 1715-6, and had, in Westborough, Phinehas, b. 8 Feb. 1716-7, d. - 1717; Ezekiel, b. 4 Feb. 1718-9 ; Silas, b. 27 Feb. 1721; Isaiah, b. 14 Feb. 1723; Betty, b. 8 May 1726, m. Elisha Field of Sunderland 11 Jan. 1755; Timothy, b. 23 May 1731, m. Ruth Abbott, 14 Oct. 1756, and rem. to Bennington; Samuel, b. 18 Mar. 1733, m. Lydia Powers 31 Jan. 1774; Ebenezer, b. 18 Ap. 1744. JOHN the f. rem. to Hk. before 13 Oct. 1745, when he and his w. became members of the church. He subsequently removed to Bennington, where he d. 16 May 1768, a. 76. His head-stone remains in the beautiful cemetery at Bennington Centre, on which is inscribed this couplet :
" By faith in God, the sage stretches his wings, We feel the rod, while he in glory sings."
4. ISAAC, s. of John (2), m. Eunice, dau. of John Fay, 17 Ap. 1721, and had, in Westborough, Mary, b. 24 Aug. 1721; Moses, b. 7 Oct. 1723, res. in Hk., m. Lucy Whipple of Westb. 16 Nov. 1747, and d. in Dec. 1748; Isaac, b. 14 Feb. 1726, res. in Hk., and was pub. to Elizabeth Rose 24 Jan. 1756, but the banns were forbidden, and she was pub. to Larkin Green three weeks afterwards. It does not appear that he made another attempt to marry, though he survived this disappointment more than half a century. He d. here 27 Nov. 1808, a. nearly 83.
5. ELEAZAR, s. of John (2), m. Ruhamah Tomlin of Westborough 15 Jan. 1729, res. in Shrewsbury, and had Hannah, b. - May 1730; Ruhamah, b. 16 Ap. 1732; Mary, b. 11 Dec. 1734; Sarah, b. 11 Oct. 1736, m. Jacob Knowlton of Hk. 21 Nov. 1759; Rufus, b. 2 Oct. 1738, m. Hannah Ball of Westborough 11 May 1763, and settled in Hk .; Reuben, b. 7 Sep. 1741; Eleazar, b. 20 Oct. 1743.
6. EZEKIEL, s. of John (3), by w. Mary, had John, bap. 6 Nov. 1743, d.
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young; Sarah, b. 30 Mar. 1746, m. David Glazier 6 Feb. 1766; John, b. 25 Sep. 1748, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Merrick, 19 Jan. 1775; Stephen, b. 11 Sep. 1751 ; Mary, b. 24 Ap. 1754, m. Henry Lee of Rut. District (Barre), pub. 4 Mar. 1770. EZEKIEL the f. was an ensign in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company during the campaign of 1756 in the French War. He prob. d. be- fore 1760, when " Widow Mary Pratt " is mentioned.
7. SILAS, s. of John (3), m. Elizabeth Chamberlin of Grafton, pub. 21 Feb. 1746-7, and had Elizabeth, b. 2 Ap. 1748; Esther, b. 24 Jan. 1749-50; Eben- ezer, b. 1 Nov. 1751 ; Moses, b. 21 Sep. 1754 ; Joshua, b. 4 Jan. 1758. All born here. SILAS the f. rem. to Bennington about 1761.
8. ISAIAH, s. of John (3), m. Zerviah, wid. of Samuel Marsh and dau. of William Thomas (much older than himself and already the mother of nine children), 2 Mar. 1746-7, and had Bathsheba, b. 30 Jan. 1747-8; Temperance, b. 7 Aug. 1750, d. unm. 17 Dec. 1814, having been idiotic and a town pauper from her early childhood. ISAIAH the f. was a soldier in Capt. Samuel Rob- inson's company, 1756, and died during that campaign, prob. on the 20th of October, as his pay-roll was made up to that day. His w. Zerviah d. 18 Ap. 1798, a. 89, having been a pauper more than thirty years.
9. STEPHEN, S. of Ezekiel (6), m. Hannah, dau. of Elisha Billings, 3 Feb. 1780. He rem. to Bennington, Vt., where he d. 20 Dec. 1835. His w. Han- nah d. 16 Feb. 1839.
DAVID, m. Hannah Hammond of Pet., 12 Oct. 1780. EPHRAIM, m. Eunice Powers of Gr., pub. 17 June 1782. CHARLES L., m. Susanna Nichols, pub. 9 Sep. 1816; she d. 1 Mar. 1823, a. 26.
PRESHO, SAMPSON, died here 24 Feb. 1819, a. 56 (his w. Abi m. Hooper, and d. 25 Oct. 1835, a. 69). No record is found of his marriage, or of the birth of his children; but he is supposed to have been the father of Samp- son, b. -- , m. Susanna Grant, pub. 4 Nov. 1808; Laban, b. about 1786; Abi, b. - , m. Joseph Barnard 17 Oct. 1819; Mary, b. about 1797, m. William P. Jordan 25 Mar. 1818, and d. 25 May 1834, a. 37; Vincent, b. - 1800, d. 5 Oct. 1818, a. 18. SAMPSON the f. is understood to have been a Hessian, cap- tured with Burgoyne's army in 1777 ; but if this be true, and the record of his age at the time of his death be correct, he can scarcely be regarded as a soldier at the time of the capture, being then only fourteen years old. He was employed many years as " top-man " at the Old Furnace, his duty being to cast into the huge chimney, at stated intervals, a due supply of iron-ore, oyster-shells, char- coal, and perhaps other materials.
2. LABAN, prob. s. of Sampson (1), m. Rachel Davis 18 Aug. 1816, and had an infant, b. - , d. 5 Feb. 1817; Laban, b. about 1824 ; John V., b. about 1826. LABAN the f. d. 26 Ap. 1869, a. 83 ; his w. Rachel d. 14 Jan. 1880, a. 87.
3. LABAN, s. of Laban (2), m. Harriet N. Vokes 17 Mar. 1853, and had Mel- ville Laban, b. 18 Nov. 1856; Mary Abbie, b. 16 Mar. 1868.
4. JOHN V., s. of Laban (2), m. Clara B. Stone 3 Ap. 1850 ; she d. 1 July 1855, a. 26, and he m. Eliza A. Town of -Gr., pub. 13 Jan. 1857. His chil. were Clara Maria, b. 8 May 1853, m. John A. Bates 7 Mar. 1873; Clara Elizabeth, b. 1 July 1855, m. Warren F. Rogers 7 May 1876.
PROUTY, WALTER B., by w. Susan, had Willie Freelove, b. 23 Aug. 1861, d. 16 Sep. 1862.
DANIEL, d. 27 June 1834, a. 35. WILLIAM E., of N. Brk., m. Adeline S. Browning 17 Oct. 1855. CLEORA D., m. Joseph N. Hamilton 16 June 1866. MARIA, m. William H. Taft of Starksboro', Vt., 22 Aug. 1866.
PURINGTON, SYLVANUS, m. Nancy Sellon, pub. 3 July 1780. MOLLY, m. William Nye 26 Dec. 1782.
PUTNAM, BENAJAH, m. Elizabeth Livermore 19 Nov. 1772. SALLY, m. James Cannon, pub. 28 Oct. 1793. STEPHEN, of Townsend, m. Deborah Egery 11 Jan. 1801. Rev. SIMEON, m. Julia Ann Bacon of Barre, pub. 22 June 1844.
RAMSDELL, SYLVANUS, m. Esther Gibbs of Gr., pub. 10 Jan. 1791, and had Esther, b. - 1792, d. 6 Nov. 1802, a. 10; Ira, b. - 1794, m. Clarissa
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Robinson 11 May 1823, and d. 26 Ap. 1862, a. 67 years and 6 months; Homer, twin, b. - 1795, d. 6 Nov. 1802, a. 7; Anson, twin, b. - 1795, m. Rox- ana Gardner 20 Ap. 1820, and d. 28 Mar. 1875, a. 79 years and 4 months; his w. Roxana d. 13 Aug. 1872, a. 72; a child b. - 1799, d. 2 Nov. 1802, a. 3; Orin, b. - 1800. SYLVANUS the f. d. 23 Dec. 1851, a. 87; his w. Esther d. 12 Nov. 1829, a. 67.
2. ORIN, S. of Sylvanus (1), m. Sarah Terry 8 June 1823, and had Horace S., b. -; John M., b. -; Otis A., b. -; Sarah E., b. about 1836, m. George H. Strickland of Ware 13 May (or June) 1858; Orin, b. about 1838, d. 9 Ap. 1840, a. 2; Elizabeth, b. about 1842, m. Darius S. Gray of Gr., 7 Ap. 1864 ; Ruth Louisa, b. 16 June 1845. ORIN the f., a farmer, d. 5 Mar. 1879, a. 78.
3. HORACE S., s. of Orin (2), m. Elizabeth H. Kilmer, pub. 10 May 1852, and had John S. S., b. 2 Ap. 1853; George W. M., b. 4 Nov. 1855; Claudius Les- lie, b. 13 Jan. 1869, d. 21 Jan. 1869; Sarah Elizabeth, b. - 1872, d. 19 Ap. 1872, a. 1 month and 19 days.
4. JOHN M., s. of Orin (2), m. Louisa A. Richardson, pub. 25 May 1858, and had a son b. 26 Dec. 1859; Edith Adista, b. 29 June 1861; Henry Leroy, b. 11 Jan. 1863.
JOSEPH, had dau. Abigail, who m. - Bugbee, and d. at Bel. 2 Feb. 1861, a. 70. ELIZABETH, of Gr., m. Silas Dean 30 Nov. 1768. CATHERINE, m. Isaac Cummings, Jr., 11 May 1774. SARAH, m. John Terry, Jr., 26 Sep. 1782. ALANSON, m. Sarah J. Wyman 4 June 1874.
RAND, JACOB D., s. of Thomas, b. in Charlestown, 30 Mar. 1778, was a cab- inet-maker, came early to Hk., and was published 12 Dec. 1801, to Esther. dau. of Dr. Lucius Doolittle. Her parents prevented the marriage, and he enlisted in the U. S. Army. After the surrender at Detroit by General Hull, in Aug. 1812, he returned to Hk. and consummated the long-delayed marriage, 21 Oct. 1813. His w. Esther d. 2 Sep. 1815, a. 30, and he m. Mrs. Selinda Fales 27 Jan. 1818. He had one child, William Dorrill, b. 14 June 1820. JACOB D. the f. res. between the Pet. road and the turnpike, at the place marked " J. Rand " on the R. Map, and closed his checkered earthly life 8 Oct. 1840, a. 63.
RANDALL, JOSIAH, d. 6 Mar. 1809, a. 57. HOLLAND, of Barre, m. Lydia Whipple, pub. 7 Ap. 1817. SOPHRONIA, m. Zephaniah Spooner of Springf. 8 Ap. 1841. EUNICE, m. Nehemiah H. Johnson of Illinois 21 Sep. 1841. RUTH, m. Anson F. Allen 14 June 1846, and d. 28 Aug. 1848, a. 27.
RANNEY, LA FAYETTE, by wife Adeline E., had Julia Eliza, b. 24 Aug. 1847, d. 15 Jan. 1850 ; Ambrose L., b. 11 June 1849. LA FAYETTE the f. was a physician, and res. near the Common. He remained not many years, and removed to New York.
RANSOM, ELIZABETH, of Pelham, m. Philip Fraker, pub. 2 June 1776. RICHARD, of Woodstock, Vt., m. Rosamond, widow of Ezra Winslow, pub. 26 Nov. 1801. Dr. DAVID, of Carlville, N. Y., m. Harriet M. Towne 19 May 1840.
RAWSON, EDWARD, b. 16 Ap. 1615 at Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, is understood to have come to New England in 1637; he settled in Newbury, and was representative of that town seven years. He rem. to Boston in 1650, hav- ing been that year elected secretary of the colony, which office he held until the old charter government was overturned in 1686. He m. in England " Rachel, dau. of Thomas Pirne or Perne," and had twelve chil., of whom the youngest was Grindall, b. 23 Jan. 1659. EDWARD the f. d. 27 Aug. 1693 ; his w. Rachel d. 11 Oct. 1677. See Savage's Gen. Dict., and Rawson Family.
2. GRINDALL, s. of Edward (1), grad. H. C. 1678, m. Susanna, dau. of Rev. John Wilson of Medfield, and grand-daughter of Rev. John Wilson the first minister of Boston, and had eleven children, of whom the fifth was Wilson, b. 23 June 1692. GRINDALL the f. was the second minister of Mendon (ordained 7 Ap. 1684), and d. 6 Feb. 1715; his w. Susanna d. 8 July 1748, a. 83. Sav- age's Gen. Dict.
3. WILSON, S. of Grindall (2), m. Margaret Arthur, and had Wilson, b. 13 Aug. 1713 ; Priscilla, b. 17 Dec. 1715; Mary, b. 12 May 1717; Grindall,
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b. 13 July 1719; Edward, b. 2 Ap. 1721; Stephen, b. 2 Ap. 1722 or 1723; Paul, b. 9 Ap. 1725; Thomas, b. 2 May 1733. WILSON the f. was a farmer, res. in Mendon.
4. EDWARD, s. of Wilson (3), m. Mary Morse, and had Hooker, b. 21 Ap. 1749 ; Edward, b. 19 June 1754, a physician in Leicester, where he d. in 1786; Anna (or Nancy), b. 22 Sep. 1756, d. unm. in 1848; Arthur, b. 17 Nov. 1758; Mephibosheth, b. 7 Aug. 1763, lived only two days. He had also Elizabeth, b. -, m. Deac. Seth Chapin of Mendon 27 Oct. 1767; and Mary, b. - , m. Dr. Levi Willard of Mendon 28 Ap. 1774. EDWARD the f. was deacon of the church in Mendon where his chil. were born. Late in life, he rem. to Leicester, and d. there 11 Feb. 1807. See Rawson Family, and Washburn's Hist. of Leicester.
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