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estate, what object could she have in under- taking such a detestable crime ? . . . Whom did she trust with the management of a vil- lainy that so nearly affected her reputation, her safety, her life, her children, the lives of others, and the happiness of her friends ? The answer was, to prostitutes, tories, regu- lars, deserters, strangers, and foreigners. Was a woman that is admitted to have sense so stupid, if in the exercise of her reason, as to trust all that was valuable to her and hers in the hands of such persons ? . . . After the murder, she gives the mur- derers his watch, his buckles, waistcoat, breeches, and shirts, and even puts them on, to be worn in the eye of the world, where they were well known to be Spoon- er's clothes, and from their goodness and fashion might be known not to belong to the persons wearing them, being low and vulgar. Was this the conduct of a person in the exercise of reason? Would it have been less rational to have written on their foreheads, in capitals, 'the murderers of Mr. Spooner ? '"' Under such circumstances, a verdict of "guilty " could not be expected from a jury, at the present day ; but "not guilty, by reason of insanity," would be recognized by both jury and the whole com- munity as a righteous decision.
It may be added, that Mrs. Spooner's daughter Bathsheba, who married Trott, and (2d) - Heywood, and who died at Cambridge, 1 June 1858, aged 83, was hopelessly insane many years before her death.
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the same Court 21 Jan. 1762, which office he held until the Revolution. He was also appointed special justice of the Superior Court 23 Feb. 1762, " in the room of Chambers Russell, Esq., one of the standing justices of the said Court." 1 He was a representative in the General Court from Rochester in 1736, from Sandwich eight years, from 1739 to 1752, and from Hardwick fifteen years,2 from 1754 to 1770, in all twenty-four years, and was Speaker of the House in 1762 and 1763. In 1765 he was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Con- gress which met in New York, and was elected President of that body; but he refused to sign the proceedings, which he deemed derogatory to the British government, and was reprimanded therefor by the House of Representatives. During the political contest which raged furiously in the succeeding years, he was the leader of the king's party in the General Court until he ceased to be a member of. the House. He was elected councillor in 1764, but declined the office, thinking he could render the king more effective service on the floor of the House. On the change of the form of government in Massachusetts, he was appointed a member of the Council by Mandamus, and took the oath of office 16 Aug. 1774. After this he returned no more to Hardwick, but left Boston with the British officers and troops the next spring, retired to Nova Scotia, and died at Wilmot, near Annapolis, 4 Aug. 1795. His w. Bathsheba remained with her eldest son in Hardwick, where she died, probably, early in 1787; a notice of her death appeared in the Worcester Magazine for the fourth week in March. His homestead in Hardwick (where some of the traces of his agricultural skill remain visible after the lapse of more than a hundred years) was on the easterly road to Gilbertville, about three quarters of a mile from the Common, at the place marked "J. Mann " on the R. Map. The dwelling-house, which stood a few feet south of the present residence of Mr. Charles Mandell, was demolished not long ago.
10. BENJAMIN, s. of Timothy (7), m. Alice, dau. of Nathaniel Merrick of Harwich (now Brewster), 19 Oct. 1736; she d. - , and he m. Mary Smith of Bel. 28 Dec. 1778. His chil. were Mary, b. 7 May 1738, m. Daniel Billings 23 Feb. 1758, and d. 8 June 1835; Susanna, b. 17 Ap. 1740, m. Ebenezer Chipman 4 Mar. 1762; Benjamin, b. 11 Dec. 1741; Sarah, b. 6 Feb. 1743-4, m. Abel Harwood 27 Nov. 1765, and (2d) Ezra Alden of Gr. 2 Jan. 1772 ; Elizabeth, b. 16 Ap. 1746, d. 28 Nov. 1748 ; Elizabeth, b. 31 Jan. 1748-9, m. Shearjashub Goodspeed 20 Nov. 1766; Thomas, bap. 24 June 1750; Alice, b. 23 Nov. 1754, prob. d. young; Seth, b. 7 Jan. 1757 ; Levi, b. 25 Oct. 1779, d. at Boston 28 Jan. 1855 ; Joseph, b. 21 Oct. 1781 ; David, b. 30 Nov. 1783, d. at Bel. 1 July 1863. BENJAMIN the f. was one of the earliest pioneers, and res. on the River road to Barre, not far from the Old Furnace. He had great vigor and energy, both physical and mental. He performed yeoman's labor on his farm, and became the father of three children after he was sixty- five years old. He faithfully served his townsmen as captain of militia, as selectman sixteen years, as assessor eleven years, and as chairman of the Com- mittee of Correspondence in 1774 and 1775. He was also one of the most active and resolute opposers of his brother, the Brigadier, in the stormy political contest preceding the Revolution. He d. 11 Oct. 1790, a. 77; his w. Mary rem. to Bel. with her three children.
11. SAMUEL, s. of Timothy (7), m. Alice Sherman of Rochester 25 June 1738, and had at Roch. Sarah, b. 27 Ap. 1739 ; John, b. 6 Jan. 1741, perhaps the same who m. Mary Caldwell of Barre 20 May 1777, and d. in 1800; Samuel, b. 17 Mar. 1743; Timothy, b. 17 May 1745, res. with his grandfather Ruggles at Roch .; Edward, b. 31 Dec. 1746 ; he had also Kezia, bap. here 5 Oct. 1755 ; Lucy, b. 20 Dec. 1757, and bap. here five days later, m. Joseph Robinson 16 Feb. 1780, and d. 4 Aug. 1826 ; and prob. others between 1746 and 1755. SAMUEL the f. rem. after 1746 from Roch. to Barre, where he res. nearly or quite half a century. He d. - June 1802, a. almost 87 ; his w. Alice d. - 1801, a. 79.
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12. JOSEPH, S. of Timothy (7), m. Hannah Cushman of Plymouth 13 Jan. 1742-3, and had Hannah, b. 28 Aug. 1743, m. Abijah Edson of Springfield 10 June 1763 ; James, b. 30 Ap. 1746, d. 21 Oct. 1764; Joseph, b. '8 Ap. 1748 ; Nathaniel, b. 14 June 1750; Lydia, b. 10 Mar. 1753; Ann, b. 14 Ap. 1755, m. Jonathan Danforth 1 Oct. 1780, and d. 4 Mar. 1824. JOSEPH the f. rem. to Hk. before he was married, and res. on the turnpike about a hun- dred rods southeasterly from the Common, at the place marked " O. Trow " on the R. Map. He was a blacksmith, and from 1750 to 1757 an innholder ; he also had a grist-mill, on Great Meadow Brook, near his house, the flume of which remained in place many years, and was used for the purpose of flowing the meadow. He was a lieutenant, and marched with his company in 1757 for the relief of Fort William Henry. He d. 28 Jan. 1791, a. 72 (wrongly inscribed 2 Jan. 1790 on his head-stone). His sons Joseph and Nathaniel prob. followed the fortunes of their uncle, the Brigadier, became refugees, and were proscribed and banished by the Act of September 1778.
13. EDWARD, s. of Timothy (7), was pub. to Ann Ferrin (Fearing ?) of Wareham 16 June 1746, but some obstacle prevented their marriage; and on the 29th of December of the same year he was pub. to Lucy, dau. of Deac. Daniel Spooner, whom he m. 29 Jan. 1746-7, and had Timothy, bap. 25 Sep. 1748, res. in Cambridge, N. Y .; Edward, bap. 26 Aug. 1750; Elizabeth, bap. 29 Oct. 1752, m. Paul Dean 19 Sep. 1773, d. 21 Dec. 1810; Daniel, b. - 1755 ; Lucy, b. 26 July 1765, d. unm. 11 May 1790; Constant, b. 27 Nov. 1767; James, b. 30 Oct. 1770, was drowned in Lake Erie; Nathan, b. 13 May 1774; there may have been others, born between 1755 and 1765, but no others are mentioned in the father's will, 17 July 1776.> EDWARD the f. was a farmer, and ensign of militia. He res. in what is now New Braintree, some- what more than a mile east of the river, on the road to Rutland, until about 1760, when he bought the estate on the summit of Ruggles Hill, marked " A. Ruggles " on the R. Map, where he d. 21 May 1778, a. 54; his w. Lucy re- mained on the homestead many years; but in her old age she res. with her son Daniel, and d. 2 Ap. 1821, a. 91.
14. NATHANIEL, s. of Timothy (7), m. Deliverance Barrow 5 Nov. 1752, and had Elisha, b. 6 Sep. 1753, d. young; Nathaniel, b. 4 May 1755; Elisha, b. 28 Sep. 1758; Thankful, b. 1 Mar. 1761, m. Robert Foot 19 Feb. 1784; Timothy, b. 27 Jan. 1763; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1765, m. Aarón Foot, pub. 6 Dec. 1788; Thomas, b. 20 Nov. 1770, rem. to Columbia, Me., m. Ruth Clapp, pub. 14 Mar. 1797; Benjamin, b. 18 July 1772, rem. to Columbia, m. Azubah Clapp, pub. 26 Ap. 1798. NATHANIEL the f. res. in Rochester, was a captain, and justice of the peace ; he d. 25 Dec. 1776, a. nearly 52; his w. Deliverance.d. 1 Feb. 1807, a. 73.
15. THOMAS, s. of Timothy (7), m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Polycarpus Loring of Plympton, 4 Dec. 1755, and had Hannah, b. about 1759; Mary, b. about 1761, m. Zenas Bryant of Plympton; Jacob Loring, b. about 1763. THOMAS the f. taught school in Hk. 1747 and 1748, was a physician in his native town (Rochester), and d. in early life, before 6 May 1776, when Benjamin Cook of Kingston was appointed guardian of his children; his w. Mary d. before 7 Feb. 1780, at which date her estate was divided.
16. BENJAMIN, s. of Benjamin (8), m. Sarah Hunt of Dartmouth, pub. 21 Ap. 1750, and immediately rem. from Middleborough to Hk .; his w. Sarah d. 20 May 1772, and he m. Jerusha, wid. of John Aiken, 11 Feb. 1773, she d. 28 Oct. 1787, and he m. Hannah Hamblin of N. Br., pub. 20 July 1789. His chil. were Samuel, b. 9 May 1751, res. at Orange, m. Lydia Hawes of N. Br. 11 Jan. 1776, and had son Lyman, who d. at Orange 4;Dec. 1863, a. 75; Ben- jamin, b. 5 Aug. 1753; Lemuel, b. 26 Feb. 1755; Ephraim, bap. 20 Mar. 1757; Sarah, b. 29 Feb. 1760, m. John Aiken 10 Oct. 1782, and d. 17 Jan. 1822 ; Rebecca, b. 15 Oct. 1763, d. unm. 8 Sep. 1845; Hannah, b. 29 Oct. 1791, d. unm. 22 Dec. 1867. BENJAMIN the f. (ordinarily called " Bush Ben," on account of his bushy hair, and to distinguish him from three others of the same name), res. near the Furnace Village, and d. 21 Oct. 1795, a. nearly 69; his w. Hannah m. John Jones of Barre 29 May 1796, res. near the Furnace Vil-
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lage, in a house which she bought three weeks before this marriage, marked " C. Jenney " on the R. Map, and survived her husband several years. She was a woman of extraordinary energy, and had she lived in the present day would have been among the foremost in the battle for "woman's rights." She d. 22 Ap. 1814, a. 60.
17. WHITING, s. of Benjamin (8), m. Wealthy Smith 20 July 1780, when he had attained the ripe age of 47 years. They seem to have had only one child, Solomon, bap. 25 May 1783, but prob. b. 16 Oct. 1781. WHITING the f. was a farmer, res. on the Moose Brook road, at the place marked " S. Rug- gles " on the R. Map, and d. 3 Aug. 1796, a. 63; his w. Wealthy d. 26 Nov. 1840, a. 92.
18. TIMOTHY, s. of Timothy (9), m. Sarah, dau. of Col. Simeon Dwight of Western (Warren), pub. 30 July 1766, and had Sally, b. 2 Feb. 1768, m. Judah Hinkley 15 Dec. 1785; Anna, b. 8 June 1769; Sophia, b. 19 Jan. 1771, d. 6 Oct. 1775; Betsey, b. 15 Nov. 1772, d. 29 Nov. 1772; Timothy, b. 1 Dec. 1773, d. 19 Sep. 1775; Timothy, b. 7 Mar. 1776, rem. to Nova Scotia with his father, was a major of militia, justice of the peace, member of the Provincial Parliament, and d. in March 1831; Sophia, b. 20 Oct. 1777; Simeon Dwight, b. 23 Jan. 1780, was a merchant in Annapolis, N. S., where he d. - Nov. 1812; Harriet, b. 23 Feb. 1782 ; Clarissa, b. 3 Ap. 1784; Israel Williams, b. 27 Aug. 1786, was a prosperous merchant in Annapolis, where he d. 5 or 11 Jan. 1880. TIMOTHY the f. naturally favored the king's cause, in which his father was so deeply interested, and was placed under guard by vote of the town, and confined to his farm; he subsequently made his peace, how- ever, and did not become a refugee. He was lieutenant of militia before the Revolution, but held no office afterwards while he remained here. He was a farmer, rough in manner, but manifestly a man of good natural endowments. He res. on the homestead (which had been confiscated but afterwards was re- leased to him by the Commonwealth) until 1795, when he sold the farm, rem. to Nova Scotia, and settled in the township of Granville. Sabine says, "he was a member of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia many years; " 1 but I suspect he mistakes the father for the son, who held that position.2 He d. at Granville 9 Dec. 1831, a. nearly 93; his w. Sarah d. in 1842, a. 92.
19. RICHARD, S. of Timothy (9), m. Wealthy -, and had Bathsheba, b. 22 Sep. 1772. RICHARD the f. was a Tory, and went to Nova Scotia at the commencement of hostilities ; he settled in the township of Clements, had three sons and four daughters after his removal thither, and d. about 1834, " at an advanced age.'
20. BENJAMIN, s. of Benjamin (10), m. Elizabeth Fay (perhaps dau. of Deac. James) 26 Nov. 1766, and had Denison, b. 9 July 1767; Moses, b. 20 Feb. 1771; Benjamin, b. 11 Mar. 1773; John, b. 1 Nov. 1775 ; Alice, b. 16 Dec. 1777, m. Nathan Thompson of Salem, N. Y., 21 Dec. 1797; Betsey, b. 9 Aug. 1780, m. Aaron Goodale of Salem, N. Y., 9 Feb. 1802; Mary, b. 17 Feb. 1783.
21. THOMAS, s. of Benjamin (10), m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas Winslow, 19 July 1778, and had Miriam, b. 23 Oct. 1778, m. Ebenezer Foster 8 June 1806; Willard, b. 4 Sep. 1780, m. Susan -, and d. 3 July 1809; Charlotte, b. 3 Oct. 1782, d. unm. at Oakham 28 Mar. 1824 ; Arathusa, b. -- , m. Richard Howe of Poultney, Vt. ; Rhoda, b. - 1787, d. unm. 21 June 1809; Phila, b. - Aug. 1790, m. Benjamin Rice, and d. 16 Sep. 1837; Joshua, b. 1 Dec. 1792, m. Olive Holton, and d. 3 Sep. 1852; Reuel, b. 27 Mar. 1796, d. unm. 13 Dec. 1873; Hannah, b. 17 May 1798, m. Warner Smith, and d. 6 Jan. 1857; Thomas, b. 14 Dec. 1800, d. s. p. -; Harriet, b. 25 June 1803, m. Richard Howe, and d. - Oct. 1861; Seraph Howe, b. 23 Feb. 1806, m. Norman B. Thompson 16 Aug. 1827. THOMAS the f. was a shoemaker, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and rem. from Hardwick to Oakham before 17 May 1798,
1 Sabine's Loyalists of the Amer. Rev., ii. magistrate, and representative for many 246.
years in the General Assembly; " but he does not intimate that his father performed
2 J. W. Ruggles, Esq., says his brother Timothy "was a major in the militia, a similar service. MS. Letter, Oct. 4, 1839.
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where he d. 12 May 1808 ; his w. Hannah d. 28 Mar. 1832, a. 70. (Many of these facts are gathered from the Winslow Memorial, i. 395, where it is stated that the last four of the chil. were b. at Oakham, and all the others at Hard- wick; but I find no record of their birth here, except of the first three.)
22. SETH, S. of Benjamin (10), m. Hannah, dau. of John Amidon, 25 Nov. 1790; she d. in child-bed 26 Oct. 1791, a. 39, and he m. Hannah Bursley 22 Nov. 1792; she d. 4 Oct. 1793, a. 37, and he m. Sukey Jenks, pub. 18 May 1794. His chil. were Seth Amidon, b. 26 Oct. 1791; Henry Jenks, b. 31 Oct. 1795; Hannah, b. 5 Sep. 1797; William Winthrop, b. 1 Jan. 1800; Samuel, b. 3 Mar. 1802.
23. EDWARD, s. of Edward (13), m. Anna, dau. of Paul Dean, pub. 12 Jan. 1772, and had Paul, b. 4 Dec. 1772; Asa, b. 28 June 1774, drowned at sea, 19 Oct. 1798 ; Abel, b. 26 Mar. 1776, m. Lucinda Thomas 8 May 1799, res. at Carmel, Me., was a representative, and a member of the convention for fram- ing the Constitution of Maine; he d. 18 June 1860; Mary, b. 18 Jan. 1778, m. Daniel Thomas 3 Sep. 1798 ; Ezra, b. 25 Jan. 1780, for several years an active citizen, a captain of militia, selectman, 1820, erected the large house on the westerly side of the Common nearest to the turnpike and marked " D. R." on the R. Map. Meeting with reverses in later life, he rem. to Maine, where he d. unmarried; Fanny, b. 7 Jan. 1782, m. Timothy Rich of Boston, pub. 25 Mar. 1810; Lucy, b. - 1784, d. 28 Ap. 1790, a. 6; Ira, b. 29 Oct. 1785; Mira, b. 11 Dec. 1787; a child b. - 1789, d. 2 May 1790, a. 8 months; Lucy, b. 20 Ap. 1791, m. Woodhull Helme of Blenheim, N. Y., 25 June 1816; Edward, b. 11 Ap. 1793, accidentally killed (by a cart) 30 Oct. 1810; Spooner, b. 4 Aug. 1795, m. - Bennett, res. in Rockford, Ill., was a judge, and d. in March 1874; Anna, b. 2 Oct. 1799, m. William Barr, pub. 24 Dec. 1827. EDWARD the f., a farmer, res. on Ruggles Hill, at the place marked " H. Gould " on the R. Map; he was one of the " minute-men " who marched on the Lexington alarm in Ap. 1775, and performed a short tour of service as sergeant in 1779. He held a more conspicuous position in January and February 1787, when he was captain of a company in the defence of the government against the insurrectionary army of Shays, and shared in the perils and discomforts of that memorable march from Hadley to Petersham which resulted in the utter dispersion of the rebel army. He d. 17 Jan. 1805, a. 54; His wid. Anna m. John Amidon 14 Dec. 1809, but soon returned to her for- mer residence, where she d. 9 Jan. 1842, a. nearly 89.
24. DANIEL, s. of Edward (13), m. Lucy, dau. of Deac. William Paige, 31 Dec. 1779, and had Gardner, b. 16 Feb. 1782; Anson, b. 17 Dec. 1783; Franklin, b. 21 Mar. 1786; Mercy, b. 26 Ap. 1788, d. 9 Oct. 1802; Lucy, b. 5 Ap. 1791, m. Stephen W. Paige 26 Oct. 1809, and d. 25 Dec. 1865; Crighton, b. 10 June 1793; Alma, b. 22 July 1795, m. Benjamin Smith of Rutland, Vt., 15 Sep. 1833, became insane, and d. here 24 Ap. 1857; Luthera, b. 4 Jan. 1798, m. Samuel F. Cutler 24 May 1819, and d. 17 Aug. 1823. DANIEL the f. was a farmer, and for seventeen years an innholder. He was lieutenant in the Rev- olutionary Army, 1779, a selectman four years, assessor eleven years, town treasurer six years, and justice of the peace. He res. on Ruggles Hill, at the place marked " F. Ruggles," until 1809, when he erected the spacious building near the Common, marked "Tavern " on the R. Map, and opened a public house, which he conducted until 1826, and then retired from business; soon afterwards he bought the house on the Common, built by Ezra Ruggles and marked " D. R.," where he spent a quiet old age, after a busy manhood. He d. 26 Feb. 1838, a. 83; his w. Lucy d. 3 Aug. 1840, a. 83.
25. CONSTANT, s. of Edward (13), m. Sally, wid. of - Hudson, and dau. of - Green, - 1792, and had Adin, b. 8 Aug. 1793, m. - , and d. 18 Nov. 1833 (" He was a manufacturer of pistols and rifles; . . . as one of his workmen was engaged in proving a new barrel, charged with a bullet, he ac- cidentally passed in the range; the bullet struck his forehead and came out in front of the ear. . . . He left a widow and a large family of children." 1) ; For- dyce, b. 30 Oct. 1795, m. Rebecca Bacon 8 Sep. 1822, had several children,
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res. here, and d. at Ware 29 Jan. 1828 (like his brother Adin, he was a man- ufacturer of fire-arms, and was destroyed by his own handiwork : a ball dis- charged from his pistol, in the hands of a young man who was carelessly handling it, passed through his lungs and lodged in the spine; he lingered more than a week, when death terminated his distress); Azubah, b. 24 Nov. 1797, m. James Abbott of W. Brk., pub. 16 Mar. 1833, and d. 18 Jan. 1871; Eliza, b. 3 Ap. 1800, d. 17 Dec. 1803; Mercy, b. 17 Sep. 1802, m. Rev. John Bisbee of Brk. 7 June 1823, and (2d) Capt. Daniel Jackson of Plymouth ; left a widow a second time, she rem. to Boston, and successfully continued the practice of medicine, in which she had previously been engaged ; she d. 13 Dec. 1877, having been the mother of twelve children; Eliza, bap. 10 Feb. 1805, m. Marcian Seavey, and d. at Greenwood, Tenn., 28 Nov. 1860; Char- lotte, b. - , m. George Ropes of Portland 9 July 1832, and d. while on a visit at the house of her sister at W. Brk .; Daniel, b. - CONSTANT the f. was a farmer, res. a few years on the homestead, with his mother, and else- where in Hk., afterwards near the meeting-house in Prescott, but returned, and for nearly a quarter of a century res. on the road to Enfield, somewhat more than a mile westerly from the Common, at the place marked with his full name on the R. Map. He long held a commission as justice of the peace. He had an uncommonly keen intellect, and his shrewd sayings are still re- membered; in religious or political discussions he was especially formidable; if there was a flaw in his adversary's argument, he was sure to detect it, while his own logic was conclusive and irresistible. He d. 28 Ap. 1846, a. 78; his w. Sally d. 8 July 1855, a. 86.
26, NATHAN, s. of Edward (13), m. Catherine Shaw; she d. and he m. Harriet, dau. of Dr. William Cutler, 23 Ap. 1813. His chil. were James, b. -; Ann Maria, b. 11 Oct. 1802, m. Joseph Robinson 11 Dec. 1821, and d. 14 Dec. 1822; William Cutler, b. - , d. young ; Harriet, b. - , m .- Duntree; Julia, b. - , m. Sanborn of Greenfield. NATHAN the f. res. in Hartford, and was a manufacturer of looking-glasses and picture frames. In personal appearance he bore a striking resemblance to General Lafayette, and the brilliant Frenchman did not excel him in native gentility of manner. Late in life he rem. to New Haven, and engaged in the making of fire-works ; and on the 27th of Mar. 1835, he was suddenly killed by an explosion of his own wares. It is a singular coincidence that he and his two nephews, Adin and Fordyce Ruggles, should be destroyed by the work of their own hands in the space of about seven years.
27. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (14), m. Drusilla Briggs 2 Sep. 1784, and had Zephaniah B., b. 9 June 1789; Nathaniel, b. 27 Ap. 1791; Mary B., b. 9 June 1794; Delia, b. 22 June 1796 ; Susanna, b. 27 Aug. 1798; Increase S., b. -1800; John H., b. 2 Nov. 1802. NATHANIEL the f. res. in Rochester, was justice of the peace, and d. 2 Mar. 1827, a. nearly 72.
28. ELISHA, s. of Nathaniel (14), m. Polly Clapp 10 July 1788, and had Nathaniel Sprague, b. 18 July 1789; Micah Haskell, b. 9 May 1791, a lawyer and member of Congress; Henry, b. 3 Jan. 1793; James, b. 28 Sep. 1795, and d. 14 Nov. 1877, a farmer and justice of the peace ; William, b. 5 Sep. 1797. ELISHA the f. res. in Rochester, was a merchant, major of militia, and justice of the peace; he d. 20 Aug. 1830, a. nearly 72; his w. Polly d. 4 Sep. 1802, a. 38.
29. BENJAMIN, s. of Benjamin (16), m. Betsey Parks 15 Dec. 1779, and had Parks, b. 13 Oct. 1781; Lucy, b. 23 June 1784, m. William Smith 14 Feb. 1805; Eleanor, b. 3 Mar. 1788, perhaps m. Josiah Wilcox of N. Sal. 26 Dec. 1830; Betsey, b. 4 June 1790, m. John Rice, pub. 21 Nov. 1808; she m. (2d) Calvin Wetherbee, and (3d) Benjamin Skinner, 19 Jan. 1851. BENJAMIN the f. was a farmer and carpenter, res. on the Enfield road, about three miles from the Common, at the place marked "P. Ruggles" on the R. Map, and d. 22 Dec. 1820, a. 67 ; his w. Betsey d. 15 Mar. 1827.
30. LEMUEL, s. of Benjamin (16), m. Lydia -, and had Lemuel, b. about 1780; Lydia, b. about 1782, m. Haffield Gould 26 Oct. 1817, and d. 10 Mar. 1850, a. 67 ; Brigham, b. about 1784 ; Sally, b. about 1786, d. unm. 17 Feb.
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1808, a. 21. LEMUEL the f. was a farmer, res. on the Moose Brook road, about a mile northerly from the Furnace Village, at the place marked " L. Ruggles " on the R. Map, and d. 22 Oct. 1806, a. 51; his w. Lydia d. 2 May 1807, a. 50.
31. EPHRAIM, s. of Benjamin (16), m. Olive Powers 20 Mar. 1783, and had Joshua, b. 9 Oct. 1784, d. 3 Sep. 1786 ; Betsey, b. 16 July 1786; Polly, b. 28 July 1788, d. 20 Dec. 1801 ; Martin, b. 13 Dec. 1790; Olive, b. 24 Dec. 1792, d. 28 July 1793 ; Cynthia, b. 26 Sep. 1794, m. Otis Terry 6 Mar. 1817; Benjamin, b. 20 Ap. 1797 ; Olive, b. 14 June 1799; Clarissa, b. 18 Mar. 1801, m. Martin Gardner 7 Feb. 1821 ; Ephraim, b. 10 July 1803, d. 19 Dec. 1804. EPHRAIM the f. was a farmer, and res. in the westerly part of the town, not far from the turnpike, prob. at the place marked " Mr. Ruggles " on the R. Map; he d. 21 Ap. 1836, a. 79 ; his w. Olive d. 3 Aug. 1858, a. 98.
32. SOLOMON, s. of Whiting (17), m. Polly Burt 8 Mar. 1803, and had Solomon Whiting, b. 9 Jan. 1804; Polly Bassett, b. 26 Ap. 1805, d. unm. 24 Aug. 1844; Levina, b. 25 Ap. 1807, d. 7 June 1807; William Leonard, b. 10 Jan. 1810; d. 24 Feb. 1810 ; Harriet, b. 28 Nov. 1815. SOLOMON the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead. He is remembered as a man of remark- able height, on which account, at all parades of the military company of which he was a member, whenever he was present, the right of the file was assigned to him. Late in life, he rem. to Ware, where he d. 31 Mar. 1871, a. (accord- ing to the record), 89 years, 5 months, and 15 days.
33. MOSES, s. of Benjamin (20), m. Rhoda Luce 25 Jan. 1798, and had Anna, b. - June 1798, d. 5 Sep. 1798.
34. JOHN, s. of Benjamin (20), m. Mrs. Sally Jenks 26 Ap. 1801, and had a child, b. - Sep. 1801, d. 8 Oct. 1801.
35. PAUL, s. of Edward (23), m. Mercy Dexter, pub. 28 Nov. 1796, and had John Dexter, b. 2 Dec. 1797.
36. IRA, s. of Edward (23), m. Susan, dau. of Timothy Hathaway 18 Jan. 1825, and had an infant, d. 25 Ap. 1827; Edward, b. -. IRA the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 21 July 1832, a. 46; his w. Susan, with her surviving son, rem. to Orford, Tama Co., Iowa, and d. there.
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