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2 The author of the Spooner Memorial (p. 42) reasonably conjectures that her name was Experience Wing.
3 This name is given as Joshua in the Spooner Memorial, p. 42. I think it is de- signed for Jashub, a contraction of Shear- jashub, which name is found in the next generation. I have not seen the father's will, and know not precisely in what form the name appears there; but the Dartmouth record has it Joshop, as in the text.
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4. JOHN, S. of John (2), m. Rosamond, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hatha- way) Hammond, 20 June 1705, and had Jeduthun, b. 10 Ap. 1706, m. Ruth, dau. of Lettice Jenney, and d. 1740; Phebe, b. 16 Ap. 1708; John, b. - ; Benjamin, b. -; Thomas, b. 16 Jan. 1718; Peter, b. -; Elizabeth, b. -; Rosamond, b. 4 Jan. 1724. JOHN the f. was a farmer, res. in Dart- mouth (Acushnet), and d. between 4 Mar. and 12 Ap. 1728. See Spooner Memorial.
5. WILLIAM, s. of John (2), m. Alice Blackwell, and had Jemima, b. 7 Dec. 1700; Joanna, twin, b. 12 May 1703, m. James Whitcomb, Jr., of Rochester 12 July 1727; Elizabeth, twin, b. 12 May 1703 ; Micah, b. 2 Ap. 1707 ; Na- thaniel, b. 21 Ap. 1709; Rebecca, b. 17 Nov. 1710; Sarah, b. 18 Jan. 1712 ; Mercy, b. 8 Jan. 1714; Isaac, b. 9 Jan. 1716; Alice, b. 27 Mar. 1718; Wil- liam, b. 27 Jan. 1720 ; Ebenezer, b. 29 May 1724. WILLIAM the f. was a farmer, and res. in Dartmouth (Acushnet). See Spooner Memorial.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), m. Rebecca Weston 10 Ap. 1717; she d. 26 Jan. 1728-9, and he m. Deborah, dau. of Isaac Pope, 8 Mar. 1729-30. His chil. were Esther, b. 26 Jan. 1717-8; Hannah, b. 18 Aug. 1719, m. Capt. Benjamin Willis of Dartmouth 30 Mar. 1743, rem. to Hardwick, and d. 6 Feb. 1812, a. 92; Thomas, b. 3 Ap. 1721; Zephaniah, b. 15 May 1724; Amaziah, b. 9 Mar. 1725-6, settled in Hk .; Elnathan, b. 20 Nov. 1730; Abigail, b. 11 Ap. 1732, m. John Jenney of Dartmouth 23 Nov. 1752, rem. to Hk., and d. 10 Dec. 1829, a. 97; Seth, b. 31 Jan. 1735-6. SAMUEL the f. was a farmer, res. in Dartmouth (Acushnet), and d. in 1781, a. 88.
7. DANIEL, s. of Samuel (3), m. Elizabeth Ruggles 1 at Rochester 10 Oct. 1728 ; she d., and he m. Mrs. Bethia Nichols of Lancaster 3 Sep. 1767; she d., and he m. Mary, widow of Paul Dean of Hk., 16 Oct. 1780. His chil. were Lucy, b. 29 Oct. 1729, m. Edward Ruggles of Hk. 29 Jan. 1746-7, and d. 2 Ap. 1821, a. 91; Elizabeth, b. 14 July 1731, m. Daniel Fay of Hk. 18 May 1749, and d. 24 Nov. 1756, a. 25 ; Philip, b. 13 Dec. 1733, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Kenelm Winslow of Hk., 25 Dec. 1755; she d. 8 Ap. 1792, and he m. Eunice, dau. of Benjamin Trow ; he res. in Pet., and d. 30 Sept. 1826, a. 93; Shearjashub, b. 14 Aug. 1735, m. Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Whipple of Hk., 21 May 1760, res. in Pet., was a carpenter and a soldier in the Revolutionary War; he rem. to Heath, and d. 25 Ap. 1785, a. nearly 50; Ruggles, b. 24 Mar. 1736-7, m. Mehetabel Nye, res. in Pet. and Dana, is said to have served in the French and Revolutionary Wars, was certainly involved in the Shays Rebellion, and through his active life almost constantly engaged in litigation, - a notable instance of which was his suit against Sarah Peckham for breach of promise of marriage, tried at Worcester, and a verdict rendered for the defendant 16 Oct. 1782. His old age was dark and dreary ; he became en- tirely blind, lost all his property, and would not acknowledge any expectation of a future existence. He retained his mental faculties, which were naturally strong and active, until extreme old age, and, until near the close of life, often walked from Dana to Hk. He d. in 1831, a. 94; his wife Mehetabel d. 1 Sep. 1855, a. 92, or 97, according to different authorities ; Wing, b. 29 Dec. 1738, res. in Pet., was a carpenter, a captain in the Revolutionary War, m. Eunice Stevens 27 Jan. 1763, and d. 7 Dec. 1810; Eliakim, b. 7 Ap. 1740 ; Daniel, b. 10 Dec. 1741, m. Abigail Munroe 18 Nov. 1766, settled in Hartland, Vt., and was selectman, representative, justice of the peace, and d. in Nov. 1828 ; Hannah, b. 25 June 1743, d. young ; Paul, b. 20 March. 1745-6, m. Asenath Wright ; she d. and he m. Mrs. Ann Post. He was a physician and an active politician. He settled early in Hartland, Vt., and " was a member of the state council four years from 1778, then Lieutenant-Governor until 1786, judge of the supreme court for nine years ending in 1788, and was an agent of the State to the Continental Congress in 1780, and again in 1782." 2 He
1 She was prob. dau. of John and Eliza- his son, Rev. Timothy Ruggles of Rochester, beth Ruggles, and b. at Roxbury in 1700. as a safe shelter, where she remained until she was married. Her father d. early in 1712, and Capt. Sam- uel Ruggles was appointed guardian, who 2 Hall's History of Vermont, p. 469. seems to have placed her in the family of
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d. 5 Sep. 1789, a. 43, while yet in the prime of life, and in the midst of his usefulness. (His second son, Paul, settled in Hardwick, Vt., was the first town clerk of that town, 1795, and also its first representative, elected in 1797, 1798, and 1799.) DANIEL the f. res. several years in Dartmouth, where he was born, and the births of all his children are recorded in that town; but a doubt is expressed in the Spooner Memorial, p. 96, whether all of them were born there, inasmuch as the father seems to have resided in Rhode Island about 1732. However this be, it is certain that he removed to Hardwick be- fore 16 June 1748, when he sold a lot near the Barre line, " granted originally to Mr. Keith," and adjoining land of "Col. Willis." He did not long re- main here, however, as in a deed dated 14 July 1750 he is described as of Nichewoag (Petersham) ; but he manifestly retained very intimate relations with the inhabitants of Hk .; five or six of his children married our sons and daughters, and in his old age he came here for his third wife. He was a "joiner " or carpenter, and was elected deacon of the church in Petersham soon after his removal into that town. The precise date of his death is not ascertained; but he is generally believed to have survived until 1797, one hundred and three years after he was born. There can be no reasonable doubt, I think, that he completed more than a century of life; and the tradi- tion of his extreme old age is current among his descendants to the present day. His last wife, Mary, d. here 9 May 1822, a. 94 ; her head-stonestands in the new cemetery.
8. THOMAS, s. of John (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of Judah and Alice (Alden) Paddock, granddaughter of David Alden, and great-granddaughter of John Alden the Pilgrim, 10 June 1742, and had Rebecca, b. 2 Aug. 1743, m. Timothy Green of New London, Conn., 2 Jan. 1763; John, bap. 23 Ap. 1745, m. Lydia, dau. of John and Lydia Alden, 25 Mar. 1769, was a printer, and established the first newspaper in New Bedford ; Thomas, b. 8 Mar. 1747, said to have lost his life in the Revolutionary Army; Judah Paddock, b. 5 Nov. 1748, m. Deborah Douglass 10 Sep. 1770, was a printer, settled in Westminster, Vt., and d. - Feb. 1807; 1 Rosamond, b. 21 Mar. 1751, m. Ezra Winslow, and rem. to Hk., where he d. 12 Aug. 1789, and she m. Richard Ransom of Woodstock, Vt., pub. 26 Nov. 1801, and d. 1829; Alice, b. 2 Mar. 1753, m. Paul Ingraham 28 Jan. 1770, res. in New Bedford, and d. 25 Ap. 1792; Jeduthun, b. 12 May 1755; Alden, b. 22 Aug. 1757, m. Sarah Bur- ton of Norwich, Conn., 30 Ap. 1781, was a printer, res. in Windsor, Vt., and d. 1 May 1827;2 Frances, b. 2 Mar. 1760, m. Capt. Joseph Bowman of Barnard, Vt., 26 Jan. 1786. THOMAS the f. was a carpenter or housewright, res. at Newport, R. I., and afterwards at New London, Conn .; his five sons are said to have rendered military service in the Revolutionary War, and two of them, with his son-in-law, Green, were the earliest printers in Vermont. He d. in Mar. 1767; his w. Rebecca prob. came to Hk. with her son Jeduthun, or her dau. Rosamond Winslow, m. Capt. Joseph Warner of Cummington, formerly of Hk., 12 Nov. 1781, and d. in Jan. 1812. (For much in this article I am indebted to the kindness of Hon. Thomas Spooner.)
9. EBENEZER, s. of William (5), m. Sarah, dau. of James and Patience (Ruggles) Robinson, at Rochester, pub. 3 Jan. 1745-6, and had Micah, bap.
1 " The first printing-office in Vermont was established at Westminster, in the summer of 1778, by Judah Paddock Spooner and Timothy Green. At the session of the Legislature in October following, Judah P. Spooner and Alden Spooner were appointed State printers. . . . In February, 1781, was commenced at Westminster, by J. P. Spooner and Timothy Green, the publica- tion of the first newspaper ever printed in Vermont. It was called " The Vermont Ga- zette, or Green Mountain Post Boy,' and it had for its motto the following couplet, which is truly characteristic of the inhabit- ants of the Green Mountain State.
' Pliant as reeds where streams of freedom glide, Firm as the hills to stem oppression's tide.' " Thompson's Hist. of Vermont, ii. 171.
2 The printing press and types which had been used at Westminster, having been purchased by George Hough, he removed them to Windsor, and, in partnership with Alden Spooner, on the 7th of August, 1783, commenced the publication of a paper called " The Vermont Journal and Univer- sal Advertiser." This was the third paper established in Vermont. Thompson's Hist. of Vermont, ii. 171.
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25 May 1746, d. unm. in the army at Ticonderoga, 1778; Dorothy, bap. here 26 Feb. 1748-9, m. Samuel Miller, res. at Kent, Conn .; Ebenezer, b. 24 Mar. 1750-1, bap. here 5 May 1751. m. Rebecca, dau. of William and Rachel Spooner, 24 Ap. 1774, res. at Kent; Hannah, b. 12 Jan. 1753, bap. here 21 Jan. 1753, m. William, son of William and Rachel Spooner, 3 Sep. 1788, res. at Monkton, Vt., and d. 3 Jan. 1813; Alice, bap. here 15 Dec. 1754, said to have m. Hendrick Winegar; Sarah, b. - , m. Isaac Dunham; Phebe, twin, b. 4 Sep. 1758, m. Elihu Potter 5 Ap. 1792, res. at Monk- ton, d. 16 Sep. 1810; Elizabeth, twin, b. 4 Sep. 1758, m. Benjamin Bronson, res. at Warren, Conn .; Molly, b. - , m. James Sprague ; Rebecca, b. 25 Jan. 1762, m. William Peck 22 Ap. 1784, res. at Monkton, and d. 3 Jan. 1839; Patience, b. 24 Feb. 1764, m. Jasper Barnes - Ap. 1790, res. at Washington, Conn., and d. 30 Nov. 1817. EBENEZER the f. rem. from Rochester to Hk. before 26 Feb. 1748-9, and res. on the east side of the River (now New Brain- tree). He subsequently seems to have removed to Kent, Conn., and to Monk- ton, Vt .; he d. - 1800; his w. Sarah d. 22 Feb. 1806, a. nearly 86.
10. AMAZIAH, s. of Samuel (6), m. Lydia, dau. of Deac. James Fay, 22 Feb. 1749-50, and had Thomas, b. 15 Mar. 1750-1, m. Molly Haven of Barre 7 Nov. 1777, and (2d) Martha Smith 15 Dec. 1784 (he had son Elijah, b. - Nov. 1791, d. at Gr. 12 Dec. 1872, a. 81) ; Zephaniah, b. 1 Oct. 1753 ; Lucy, b. 9 Oct. 1755, m. Eli Freeman (his second wife), 22 July 1813; Elizabeth, h. 28 Jan. 1758; Lydia, b. 12 Sep. 1760; Samuel, b. 20 Jan. 1763; Charles, b. 10 Oct. 1764, m. Charity Curtis 15 Feb. 1795; Rebecca, b. 17 Nov. 1767; Hannah, b. 11 Mar. 1771; Seth, b. 21 June 1773. AMAZIAH the f. was a farmer, came to Hk. from Dartmouth before he was married, res. on the north side of the turnpike, and the west side of Muddy Brook, at the place marked "C. Spooner " on the R. Map, and d. 8 July 1798, a. 72; his w. Lydia d. 10 Aug. 1817, a. 87.
11. ELIAKIM, s. of Daniel (7), m. Bathsheba, dau. of Jonathan Warner, pub. 29 July 1764, and had Alfred, b. 27 Nov. 1780. ELIAKIM the f. kept a tavern in Hk. 1777 and 1778, but soon afterwards rem. to Vermont. He was in military life as early as 1757, and in 1759 in the French and Indian War, and was on duty in the early part of the Revolutionary War. In early man- hood he moved to Vermont, and settled at Westminster. . . . He frequently represented his town in the State Legislature, and was elected one of the Executive Council of the State from 1802 to 1807 inclusive.1 He d. 3 Jan. 1820, a. nearly 80; his w. Bathsheba d. 29 Jan. 1831, a. 84.
12. JEDUTHUN, S. of Thomas (8), m. Hannah, dau. of Joshua Crowell, 27 Ap. 1781, and had Harriet, b. 20 July 1782, m. Elisha S. Sturtevant, and d. at Worcester 21 Dec. 1855; Uriel, b. 11 Ap. 1784, m. Rowena Ross of West Brookfield, pub. 26 May 1816 ; she d. 12 Sep. 1841, and he m. Hannah, dau. of Deac. Henry Fish, pub. 26 Ap. 1843; she d. at W. Brk. 10 Nov. 1857, a. 65, and he d. at the same place 8 June 1865 ; Rebecca b. 6 Mar. 1786, m. Moses Barnes Jr., of W. Brk., pub. 21 Nov. 1808, and d. 1 Sep. 1853; Thomas, b. 23 June 1788, settled in W. Brk., m. Beersheba McIntosh, 28 Feb. 1816, and d. 26 Jan. 1856 (Spooner Memorial); Paulina, b. 14 July 1790, d. unm. 17 Jan. 1861; Hannah, b. 19 Oct. 1792, m. Cephas Clapp of W. Brk. 21 Mar. 1815; Wyman, b. 2 July 1895, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Deac. Henry Fish, 10 Nov. 1818, was a printer in Windsor, Vt., and a prominent politician in Wisconsin,2 where he was judge of probate and of the Circuit Court,
1 Spooner Memorial, p. 93.
2 " When about twenty-one he commenced the publication of a weekly newspaper, which he continued for about twelve years. He then began the study of law, and was admitted to its practice in 1833. .. . In 1842 he removed to Wisconsin, and in 1843 he settled in Elkhorn, Walworth County, where he has ever since resided. In 1846 he was elected judge of probate, which office he held until the probate was merged into the County Court. In 1853 he was ap-
pointed circuit judge, which position he held until the election of Judge Doolittle. He was elected to the Assembly in 1850, 1851, 1857, and 1861. In 1857 he was elected Speaker of the Assembly. He was elected State senator for the terms of 1862 and 1863. In the last session he was chosen President of the Senate, and became Lieutenant-Governor when Mr. Salomon succeeded to the executive chair. In 1863, 1865, and 1867, he was elected Lieutenant- Governor; and, by virtue of his office, he
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, and Lieutenant-Governor of the State ; Loring b. 29 Ap. 1797, d. 27 or 29 Sep. 1802; Jeduthun, b. 5 July 1799, went early to Windsor, Vt., became a printer under the instruction of his uncle, Alden Spooner, and of his brother, Wy- man Spooner, res. for a time in Burlington, m. Isabella P. Spooner, 30 Ap. 1823, and (2d) Betsey R. Ross, 3 Nov. 1826; he d. in Iowa 9 Mar. 1867. JEDUTHUN the f. came to Hk. before he was married, and was one of its most respected inhabitants during the remainder of his life. He was a saddler, and res. about fifty rods north of the Common, at the place marked " Wid. Parker" on the R. Map, until 1801, when he advertised his estate for sale, " which had been occupied as a stand for a saddler near twenty years," and bought a farm on the easterly road to Gilbertville, about two and a half miles south of the Common, marked " Wid. Marsh " on the R. Map, and devoted himself to farming; his house, which disappeared several years ago, stood a few rods from the road, and was approached by a lane, of which some vestiges still remain. He was a man of most exemplary character, and en- dured with Christian philosophy a severe domestic affliction, occasioned by the insanity of his wife, with tragical accompaniments. He was a selectman seven years, assessor six years, town clerk five years, and representative four years. He closed his eyes on the " lights and shadows " of mortal life 16 May 1817; his insane wife Hannah eluded the watchfulness of her friends and committed suicide 16 Dec. 1807, a. 52.
13. ZEPHANIAH, s. of Amaziah (10), m. Sally Church 5 Nov. 1789, and had Bradford, b. 5 Ap. 1791 ; Barnabas, b. 9 July 1793, d. 23 or 24 May 1814 ; Grover, b. 19 May 1798 ; Charles C., b. 13 Dec. 1804. ZEPHANIAH the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 13 June 1810, a. 56; his w. Sally d. 30 Aug. 1833, a. 68.
14. SAMUEL, s. of Amaziah (10), m. Hannah Williams 14 Jan. 1798, and had Sarah, b. 12 Jan. 1800, m. Nathaniel Simpson 12 Mar. 1835, and d. 23 July 1846 ; Orin, b. 28 Nov. 1802; Hannah, b. 2 Oct. 1804, m. Orville Swift of Wilmington, Vt., 5 June 1832; Samuel Brigham, b. 17 Sep. 1806, d. at Springf. 8 May 1862; Lydia Maria, b. 24 July 1810, perhaps m. Julius Nor- ton of Bennington, Vt., 29 Feb. 1836; Zephaniah, b. 28 Mar. 1812, res. in Springf., m. Sophronia Randall in Hk. 8 Ap. 1841. SAMUEL the f. d. 19 Ap. 1840, a. 77; his w. Hannah d. 2 June 1830, a. 53.
15. SETH, s. of Amaziah (10), m. Mehetabel Taylor 19 Feb. 1795; she d. 12 May 1812, a. 40, and he m. Mrs. Sally Gates 25 Nov. 1812. No record is is found of the birth of his children; but he had Rhoda, b. - 1797, d. 21 Sep. 1811, a. 14; and perhaps Fanny, b. - 1801, d. unm. 14 Dec. 1822, a. 21.
16. BRADFORD, s. of Zephaniah (13), m. Arathusa, dau. of John Earl, 30 Nov. 1821, and had Sarah Church, b. 18 Nov. 1822, m. Charles Wood of Barre 21 Aug. 1851; Alden Bradford, b. 12 Nov. 1824; John F., b. - 1826, d. unm. 26 Dec. 1873, a. 47; Harmon C., bap. 11 May 1829; Caroline E., b. about 1830, m. George R. Paige 22 Jan. 1852; Henry, b. - 1832, d. 19 Feb. 1834, a. 1 year and 7 months; Maria, b. - - 1835, d. 22 May 1836, a. 1 year and three months; Jane M., b. about 1839, m. A. Lyman Barr of N. Br. 1 Jan. 1862; Henry A., b. 1 July 1840. BRADFORD the f. was a farmer, and res. on or near the homestead, but on the east side of Muddy Brook, at the place marked " B. Spooner" on the R. Map. He d. 1 Nov. 1872, a. 81 ; his wife Arethusa d. 7 Ap. 1872, a. 72.
17. GROVER, s. of Zephaniah (13), m. Ruth, dau. of Timothy Hathaway, 28 May 1829, and had Charles, b. - -; Timothy Hathaway, b. -; Lucius, b. -. GROVER the f. was a cabinet-maker, res. in Barre, and d. 19 Aug. 1858, a. 60.
18. CHARLES C., s. of Zephaniah (13), m. Anna Maria, dau. of Orin Trow, 17 Sep. 1829, and had Hannah Robinson, b. 30 Dec. 1830; Barnabas Berry, b. 30 Jan. 1833, d. 20 Mar. 1833; Charles Grover, b. 5 Ap. 1834, d. 27
presided over the Senate for six consecutive avan. Judge Spooner is a man of constant years. He was a member of the first board diligence and energy." History of the State of trustees for the Deaf and Dumb at Del- of Wisconsin (1875), pp. 796, 797.
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Aug. 1848; Harrison, b. 25 Jan. 1840; Webster, b. 17 Feb. 1845, res. in Boston; George, b. 21 Nov. 1854, d. 25 Nov. 1854. CHARLES C. the f. was for some years a farmer, and afterwards a merchant, having a store on the. Common, but long ago retired from active business. He was a selectman eleven years, between 1837 and 1868.
19. ORIN, s. of Samuel (14), m. Naomi Clark 25 Feb. 1829. I have seen . no record of the birth of his children; but he had Andrew W., b. - 1832, d. 6 July 1858, a. 26. ADDISON, b. - - 1835, m. Delphia M., dau. of Erastus W. Paige, pub. 24 Aug. 1858, and d. 23 Sep. 1859, a. 24; Marion A., b. 1845, m. William H. Tucker 6 June 1877; and perhaps others. ORIN the f. res. in Barre, and d. 13 Sep. 1867, a. nearly 65; his w. Naomi d. 17 Mar. 1869, a. 60. Though resident in Barre, Mr. Spooner and his wife, with their two sons, seem to have been buried here, and their names are inscribed on a monument in the new cemetery.
20. HARMON C., s. of Bradford (16), m. Harriet E., dau. of James Brown- ing, 14 Nov. 1855; she d. 11 July 1860, a. 25, and he m. Harriet E., dau. of William A. Warner, 16 Jan. 1862. His chil. were James Bradford, b. 3 Feb. 1857, d. 22 Feb. 1857; William Bradford, b. 8 June 1863; Robert Bil- lings, b. 9 July 1868. HARMON C. the f., a cabinet-maker, was in business several years on the Common, and afterwards at Gilbertville; about 1878 he rem. to Warren.
21. ALDEN BRADFORD, s. of Bradford (16), m. Sarah A., dau. of Phin- ehas Morton, 26 Jan. 1858 ; she d. 2 (or 3) Dec. 1864, a. 29, and he m. Julia A., dau. of Capt. Pliny Alden, 7 Jan. 1873. He had Stephen Henry, b. 31 Mar. 1860. ALDEN B. the f., a farmer, res. on or near the home- stead.
JOSHUA, of Brk., m. Bathsheba Ruggles, pub. 8 Jan. 1766; was murdered at Brk. 1 Mar. 1778. JOEL, of Northfield, m. Lydia Trow 24 Dec. 1797. ALMA, m. Daniel Hale, pub. 9 Feb. 1806. CHARLES, of Pet., m. Betsey Powers 4 June 1818. AMAZIAH, of Amh., m. Clarissa Alden 27 Ap. 1825. MARY, of Barre, m. Benjamin F. Richmond, pub. 11 Nov. 1837. MERCY J., m. Abiel B. Staples of Taunton 20 Ap. 1842. BENJAMIN A., M. D., of Southbridge, m. Mary A. Johnson, pub. 9 Feb. 1845; she d. 17 Dec. 1860, a. 34. WILLIAM J., m. Johanna Sweeney 19 Nov. 1868. EUNICE, widow of Philip Spooner and sister of Capt. Israel Trow, d. 30 May 1830, a. 86. LYDIA, d. 15 Oct. 1841, a. 78.
SPROUT, NATHANIEL, m. - , and had James, b. 23 Jan. 1749; Nathaniel, b. about 1751 ; Robert, b. about 1754; besides these he was prob. father of Ebenezer, b. about 1757; Samuel, b. about 1760; Nathan, b. about 1763. NATHANIEL the f. sold land in the northeast part of the town to Walter Hastings 8 Sep. 1750, and bought fifty acres 6 Dec. 1756, near Southworth's (formerly Wardwell's) mills. He was a farmer, and a soldier in the French War, 1755 and 1759.
2. JAMES, S. of Nathaniel (1), m. - , and had Roxana, b. - 1785, m. John Barlow, pub. 12 June 1808, and d. 20 July 1876, a. 90 years and 10 months; he was prob. father also of Abiel, b. - , who m. Jonas Barnes 20 Mar. 1791; and Rachel, b. - , m. James McKoon 24 Feb. 1801 (both older than Roxana). JAMES the f. d. 5 Ap. 1825; his w. d. 15 Feb. 1825. 3. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Azubah Cummings 28 Dec. 1775. No record found of children, nor anything further concerning him, except that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
4. ROBERT, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Betsey Lincoln 17 Sep. 1781, and had Charles, b. - Dec. 1782, d. 1 Oct. 1789, a. 6 years and nearly 10 months; prob. Robert, b. - 1794, d. at N. Sal. 25 Feb. 1845, a. 50 years and 11 months.
5. EBENEZER, prob. s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Mary Thayer of Pet. 11 Dec. 1783 ; she d. 1 Nov. 1789, a. 33, and he m. Miriam Barnes 3 June 1790 ; she d. at Gr. 29 Feb. 1852, a. 85 years and 6 months. No record found of chil- dren.
6. NATHAN, prob. s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Lucinda Dana of Amh., pub. 10 Mar. 1795, and had Lucinda, b. 29 Dec. 1795 ; Clarinda, b. 28 Jan. 1798, d.
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unm. at Chicopee 23 Jan. 1862; Amariah, b. 23 Feb. 1800; Joseph, b. 18 Aug. -; Melinda, b. - Feb. 1807.
MERCY, m. David Ingraham of Amh. - - 1786. POLLY, of Gr., m. Jo- seph Cummings, pub. 19 Sep. 1812. EZRA, of Gr., m. Dency Newland 3 Dec. 1818. POLLY, m. Samuel Johnson, pub. 15 May 1825. ABIGAIL, m. Ezra Johnson of Prescott, pub. 6 Nov. 1830. CYNTHIA, d. 18 Nov. 1802, a. 7. Neg- lect in recording the birth of children prevents a more specific account of the Sprout family.
SQUIRES, EPHRAIM, m. Rebecca Kimball of Enfield, pub. 13 Aug. 1827.
STAPLES, MARY, of Prescott, m. Giles Warner, pub. 12 Ap. 1824. EBEN- EZER P., of Taunton, m. Luthera G. Dexter 26 Ap. 1841; and (2d) Mary A. Peck 11 Nov. 1845. ABIEL B., m. Mercy J. Spooner 20 Ap. 1842.
STEARNS, DANIEL, died before 23 Aug. 1758, when some of his estate in the hands of his administrator, Stephen Stearns of Cambridge, was used for the payment of a debt to John Fassett. No record found of family.
2. AsA, m. Elizabeth -, and had Samuel, b. -; Artemas, b. - ; Al- fred, b. - 1790, grad. W. C. 1812, said to have d. in 1834, a. 44; Polly, b. -- , d. 8 May 1791, a. 1 year and 2 months. AsA the f. res. on the road to Barre, about a mile and a half from the Common, at the place marked " S. Newton " on the R. Map, and d. 27 Jan. 1795, a. nearly 40; his w. Elizabeth m. Nathaniel Woods 17 Nov. 1795, and quitclaimed her interest in the real es- tate to her sons Samuel and Artemas, who, having rem. to Mendon, N. Y., sold the same to Silas Newton 21 Ap. 1819. Perhaps Alice, Eliza, and Harriet, named below, may have been of the same family.
BENJAMIN, of Rut., m. Mrs. Mary Warren 12 Nov. 1753. MEHETABEL, of Worc., m. Isaac Rice 1 Dec. 1768. ABIGAIL, m. Thomas Wheat, pub. 17 Jan. 1770. JOHN P., of N. Br., m. Susanna Griffin, pub. 26 July 1774. PATIENCE, of Worc., m. Isaac Clark, Jr., 6 Jan. 1774. HANNAH, m. Jesse Kenney 11 Aug. 1776. ALICE, m. Perley Williams of Hubbardston, pub. 28 Mar. 1808, and d. there 12 Sep. 1847, a. 57. ELIZA, m. John Browning of Hubbardston 5 Nov. 1810. HARRIET, m. Amherst Hastings of Pet. 29 Dec. 1811. ABI- GAIL, wife of Isaac, of Monkton, Vt., d. 22 June 1809, a. 22.
STEBBINS, BENJAMIN, m. Mercy Aiken 24 Sep. 1772, and rem. to Barnard, Vt., before 1782. JOHN B., m. Martha L. Monroe 11 Ap. 1877.
STEDMAN, HARRIET, m. Elijah C. Newton 16 Nov. 1848. HANNAH, m. George S. Titus of Ware 1 May 1858. LEMUEL, d. 7 June 1874, a. 81 (b. at Sturbridge).
STEEL, SAMUEL, m. Margaret -, and had David, bap. 13 Nov. 1745; Thomas, bap. 13 Nov. 1745; William, bap. 7 Oct. 1750 ; Aaron, bap. 6 Feb. 1753. SAMUEL the f. seems to have res. east of the River, now New Brain- tree.
STEPHENS, JACOB (otherwise written STEVENS), m. Abigail -- , and had Sarah, b. 23 Ap. 1741 ; Tabitha, b. 10 Aug. 1743 ; Christopher, b. 15 Feb. 1745- 6; Lucy, bap. 21 Aug. 1748; Jacob, bap. 12 May 1751.
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