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POLLY, birth-date not given ; m. - Field; lived and d. Keene, N.H.
William, the fr., perished, with two others, while asleep in front of a furnace they were attending in Wrentham. The furnace suddenly burst, and its molten metal instantly submerged the three sleepers.
BRAGG, ARIAL3 (William,2 Alexander1), birth-date not given; m. Sarah Fisher, dr. of John Fisher, Wrentham; other particulars not given. They first dwelt on a farm in No. Wrentham, he being a shoemaker. They next lived on a farm in the centre of Franklin, bought of Joshua Daniels. Their chn. : -
WILLARD, b. 1770; res. Petersham, German Flats, N.Y., etc .; last in Ohio; m., and had chn.
ARIAL, b. July 30, 1772; m., 1st, Sybil Norcross; 2d, Elizabeth Chamberlain ; 3d, Nancy Cutler.
EUNICE, b. 1774; m. Daniel Lincoln, Wilmington; set. in N. Y. State.
POLLY, b. Oct. S, 1776; m. Perez Lincoln, Wilmington; set. in N. Y. State. SALLY, b. 1778; m. Isaac Kebbee; res. Mil. and Holl.
Col. Arial gives an almost heart-rending narrative of the trials, privations, and sufferings of his parents and their chn. At the opening of the Revolution- ary war his father entered the army, and, with scarcely an intermission, con- tinued in its perilous service, until stricken down by the small-pox, near West Point, N. Y., during the latter part of that dreadful contest. Reduced to extreme want and distress, the mr. had to dispose of her pauperized family as best she could, appealed for relief to the municipal authorities, and had her chn. bound out to service in families, where some of them had bitter experiences. Arial describes a portion of his, in the family of one Daniel Gould, thus: "It was the old woman's general custom to boil meat and potatoes for dinner, from which she, with a heart of adamant and cold as the grave, would help Arial to a small piece of meat and two small potatoes, and a like piece of bread. For supper and breakfast there was but one continued round, - half a pint of the liquor that the meat was boiled in, with what bread she could take up at a time with her thumb and fingers." There was one exception : "Daniel killed a hog, and his two ears were cut off, boiled, and given to Arial for his dinner. For once he had as much as he wanted; for what the two ears lacked in meat on the outside was made up in hair on the edges, and wax within; being boiled as the butcher left them."
At length, after a memorable snowfall of 5 ft. on the level, and harder pinching than ever, his uncle Alexander Bragg took him away to live with him. He was soon after indentured by the selectmen to this uncle, in 1781, to serve till sixteen yrs. of age. There he fared better for a while, yet badly again toward the end of his term. But I will not repeat the dismal tale. By and by he finished learning his trade of boot and shoe making in Brookline under Jonas Tolman. While in Brookline he was vaccinated for small-pox, and spent 31 days in the hospital. In 1793 he set up business for himself in Holl., just below Milford line, as I have related in another place. His rising career now
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. commenced. In 1795 he crossed the line, and set up business on a small scale in this town. For his subsequent experiences, in more detail than I have space for, I refer the reader to his interesting " Memoirs," and proceed to his family record : -
BRAGG, Col. ARIAL4 (Arial,3 William,2 Alexander 1), b. Wrentham, July 30, 1772; in., 1st, Sybil Norcross, dr. of Asa and Elizabeth Norcross, Holl., b. there April 6, 1779; cer. in Holl., Sept. 1, 1796, by Rev. T. Dickinson. Issue : -
MAYNARD, b. Mil., Jan. 13, 1797; m. Signora Adams, April 7, 1818; both now dead.
Mrs. Sybil d. suddenly of malignant dysentery, then fatally prevalent, July 16, 1798. The hus. m., 2d, Elizabeth Chamberlain, dr. of Enoch and Elizabeth (Sprague) Chamberlain, b. July 2, 1774; cer. in Holl., March 10, 1803, by John Stone, Esq. Their chn .: -
ALMIRA, b. Mil., Oct. 11, 1803; m. George Jones, Jan. 1, 1824; both dead. APPLETON, b. Mil., April 3, 1805; in. Mary Ann Foley, Boston, Sept. 27, 1837. FOWLER, b. Mil., June 15, 1807; m., 1st, Sarah E. Smith; 2d, S. F. Nestor ; 3d, R. J. Welch.
EMILY, b. Mil., Jan. 23, 1809; m. Lowell Hunt, July 16, 1826.
ALFRED, b. Mil., July 10, 1811; m., 1st, Charlotte Brown; 2d, Sarah Ann Briggs.
ARIAL, b. Mil., May 24, 1813; m. Sarah E. Kimball, March 15, 1843.
WILLARD, b. Mil., April 10, 1815; m., 1st, Mary M. Claflin ; 2d, Sarah Garrett.
Mrs. Elizabeth d. June 2, 1816. Col. Bragg m., 3d, Nancy (Mellen) Cutler, wid. of Moses Cutler, Hop., dr. of Henry and Jerusha (Burnap) Mellen, b. Hop., 1781; cer., with éclat, Mil. Centre, Aug. 25, 1817, by Samuel Jones, Esq. Their chn .: -
ALEXIS b. May 20, 1818; m., and merch., New York City ;
ELIZABETH C. (twins), d. there, Feb. 1, 1871.
b. May 20, 1818; m. Moses P. Williams, Dec. 9, 1845. MELLEN C., b. Nov. 19, 1819; m., 1st, Caroline R. Fisher; 2d, Susan E. Claflin. SALLY, b. May 6, 1822; d. Feb. 10, 1823.
NEWELL, b. Oct. 1, 1824; d. March 18, 1826.
The Col.'s homestead was where his son Appleton now dwells. He first purchased 18 acres and buildings there of Perry Daniels in 1803. To this first purchase he went on making additions from time to time, till his farm com- prised over 178 acres, costing in all some $5,000 of original outlay. In build- ings, down to 1835, he had expended $5,152. He speaks of many heavy losses, - " a natural consequence in so long a run of business, -most of which were caused by accommodation to others." And he adds, speaking, as he does throughout the " Memoirs," in the third person, "From his own experience, he lays it down as a maxim, that no man can help another in the way of business who has not given strong evidence that he has by all the means in his power helped himself, and paid strict regard to justice, truth, and economy in all his transactions." Again he says, -
"He has performed military duty twenty-nine years at his own expense, and has held a commission in every grade from ensign to col. comdt. of a regiment. He has been agent for his town in long-contested and incorrigible litigations, has done for many years much of his town's business, given great satisfaction to the poor when called to provide for them, and was the first who caused a stop to be put to letting out the poor at auction to the lowest bidder,
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either separately or all together, in which towns generally have paid but little . regard to the bidders' means or disposition to provide for their actual wants. This attention to the poor he thinks the best act of his life, except providing for his own family. In 1839 he was elected representative to Gen. Court, and in 1824 accepted a seat in the Senate. Thus emerging from obscurity, igno- rance, and poverty, he has struggled through many years of hard labor, inter- mingled with pain, sorrow, adversity, and prosperity." -Memoirs, pp. 52-54.
His aged mr. d. under his filial care Nov. 4, 1810. He d. Oct. 26, 1855, in his 84th yr. He had an honorable funeral, being buried with Masonic rites and the respectful demonstrations of his fellow-citizens. He had been my parishioner in former yrs., and always a personal friend; and I led the religious ministrations at his obsequies. Mrs. Nancy, his 3d wf., d. Nov. 19, 1865. BRAGG, APPLETON5 (Col. Arial,4 Arial, 8William,2 Alexander1), b. April 3,
1805; mercht. in New York 13 yrs. ; has res. on the paternal homestead 30 yrs. ; a large landholder and farmer; m. Mury Ann Foley of Boston, b. Feb. 14, 1813; cer. in Boston, Sept. 27, 1837; further particulars not given. Their chn. : -
ELLEN WHITE, b. Boston, Aug. 12, 1838; m. Frederick Merrill, April 3, 1862. GEORGE, b. New York, July 7, 1840; d. young.
APPLETON, b. New York, May 1, 1843; d. same day.
WILLIAM APPLETON, b. New York, July 16, 1844; unm. ; res. with his parents. JAMES MADISON, b. New York, May 16, 1846; d. Jan. 17, 1847.
CLEMENT PARSONS, b. New York, Aug. 29, 1848; d. June 6, 1849.
FREDERICK BUCHER, b. Mil., May 29, 1850; d. May 22, 1852.
Grandchn., - the chn. of Frederick and Ellen White ( Bragg) Merrill :- MARY BRAGG MERRILL, b. Mil., March 12, 1863.
IDA MERRILL, b. New York, Sept. 12, 1865.
Mr. Bragg was an early pioneer of mercantile enterprise in doing business out of town at the South, in New-York City, etc.
BRAGG, FOWLER5 (Col. Arial,4 Arial,3 William,2 Alexander1), b. June 15, 1807; m., 1st, Sarah Emeline Smith of Newburyport, dr. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Pettingil) Smith; cer. Feb. 1, 1837, by Rev. Mr. Dimmick. No chn.
She d. March 24, 1838. The. hus m., 2d, Sarah Frances Nestor of New York, dr. of David and Sarah (Hull) Nestor; cer. in New York, May 15, 1849, by whom not given. Their chn. :-
JOHN FOWLER, b. Boston, May 26, 1850; m. Viola Rowe, Dec. 23, 1871.
SARAH EMELINE, b. Boston, Jan. 31, 1855; d. March 1, 1856.
Mrs. Sarah Frances d. March 3, 1862. The hus. m., 3d, Rachel Jane Welch, dr. of Humphrey and Rhoda (Nash) Welch, b. Bath, Me., Feb. 23, 1823; cer. in Bath, Me., June 1, 1864, by Rev. George P. Matthews. No issue of this mge. reported.
Grandchild, -the dr. of John Fowler and Viola (Rowe) Bragg: -
EDNA BLANCHE, b. in Bath, Me., April 30, 1873.
I understand Mr. Bragg to have followed the boot, shoe, and leather busi- ness as his principal avocation, though he does not specify it in giving me his family record. He has res. in Bath, Me., for the last 15 yrs.
BRAGG, ALFRED 5 (Col. Arial,4 Arial,3 William,2 Alexander 1), b. July 10, 1811 ; much devoted to intellectual, scholastic, and literary pursuits, though with- out a full course of liberal education; m., 1st, Charlotte Brown, dr. of Eze- kiel and Mary (Devlin) Brown, b. Boston, Nov. 12, 1811; cer. in Newburg, N.Y., July 3 1835, by Rev. Joseph Johnson. Their chil. : -
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· ALFRED, b. Patterson, N.J., Nov. 19, 1835; d. Feb. 22, 1845.
SARAH, b. Boston, May 6, 1837.
ELIZABETHI C., b. Boston, Feb. 20, 1839; m. Melville M. Bigelow, Cambridge, 1869.
BENJAMIN HURD, b. Boston, Oct. 6, 1840; d. March 24, 1841.
LUCY C., b. Boston, not given.
THEODORA P., b. Boston, not given; d. April 3, 1846.
Mrs. Charlotte d. Oct. 5. 1851. The hus. m., 2d, Sarah A. (Darling) Briggs, dr. of William and Pamelia (Cox) Darling, b. in Sutton, Aug. 18, 1818; cer. May 6, 1863, by Rev. Joseph Ricker. No chul.
Grandchn., -the chn. of Mellville M. and Elizabeth C. (Bragg) Bigelow : - ADA H., d. Dec. 11, 1876, a. 6 yrs. 5 mos.
CHARLOTTE G , d. Nov. 22, 1876, a. 5 yrs. 2 mos.
LESLIE MELLVILLE, now a. 6 yrs.
I have rendered the above as given to me. Mr. Bragg represented the town in Gen. Court in 1844, '45, '47, and '50. During those years he frequently pre- sided as moderator of our town-meetings. He afterwards res. in Holl. many yrs. He is now again our fellow-townsman. He is much employed as a land- surveyor; takes quite an interest in history, statistics, genealogy, etc. I am indebted to him for valuable assistance in the contribution of data for this volume.
BRAGG, ARIAL, jun.5 (Col. Arial, 4Arial,3 William,2 Alexander 1), b. May 24,
1813 ; boot-manufacturer in Braggville; m. Sarah E. Kimball, dr. of Francis and Eunice Kimball, b. West Chester, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1826; cer. in Nashua, N.H., March 15, 1843, by Rev. Charles Brown. Issue : -
GEORGE ARCHER, b. April 19, 1844; d. Dec. 27, 1844.
FRANCIS ARIAL, b. Dec. 9, 1845; unm. ; res. Marlboro'.
SAMUEL ATHERTON, b. March 14, 1849; m. Sarah J. Hartshorn, Holl., Feb., 1869.
HERMON, b. Aug. 19, 1854; m. Eudora Litchfield, Medford, April 10, 1872.
LUTHER CHAMBERLAIN, b. Aug. 2, 1855; grad. Worcester Inst. Technology; a naturalist.
CHARLES SUMNER, b. March 21, 1857; grad. Worcester Inst. Technology; mineralogist.
The fr. d. Oct. 26, 1866. His wid. and some of the sons res. in Braggville at the parental home.
BRAGG, WILLARD 5 (Col. Arial,4 Arial,3 William,2 Alexander 1), b. April 10, 1815; boot-manufacturer; m., 1st, Mary M. Claflin, dr. of Martin and Hopestill (Hayward) Claflin, b. Holl., Dec. 15, 1817; cer. in Canaan, Colum- bia Co., N.Y., May 11, 1835, by Urial Edwards. Their chn. :-
JOSEPHINE, b. Braggville, Sept. 10, 1836; d. Oct. 12 ensuing.
CAROLINE, b. Braggville, Oct. 27, 1837; d. Feb. 10, 1839.
ALEXIS FISHER, b. Braggville, Nov. 5, 1839; m. Cynthia J. Stagly, Jan. 1, 1861.
HENRY WILLARD, b. Braggville, Dec. 11, 1841; m. Ellen Haven, Dec., 1865.
WILLIAM CHANNING, b. Braggville, Nov. 30, 1843; d. Aug. 11, 1845.
CLEMENT P., b. Mil. Centre, Jan. 10, 1846; m., 1st, May M. Hannon ; 2d, Emma J. Fisher.
MARY EDNA, b. Mil. Centre, Oct. 7, 1847; m. Joseph Gillman, Oct. 15, 1867. FREDERICK ALFRED, b. Mil. Centre, Oct. 13, 1852; m. Ida Dudley, May, 1875.
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CHARLES WALTER, b. Mil. Centre, July 31, 1854; m. Ida Crossman, Feb. 1, 1876.
Mrs. Mary d. June 15, 1865. The hus. m., 2d, Sarah Ross Garrett, ptge., etc., not given ; cer. in Mil., Jan. 30, 1866, by Rev. R. P. Ambler. No. chn. by this mge. reported. Mr. Bragg has res. in New-York City, Jersey City, West- boro', but first and last mostly in his native town. There are several gd. chn. living, besides those dead. Henry Willard Bragg graduated from Tufts College in 1859, studied law, began to practise in Charlestown 1862; still res. there, but has an office in Boston, and is successful in his profession.
BRATTLE, DICK, of Bell., a negro who had been a slave, perhaps once belong- ing to the Dr. Corbett family, was m. to Rose Lucy, who, I think I have been told, was a servant in Rev. Mr. Frost's family; cer. at his own res. by Rev. A. Frost, May 3, 1785. No further traced.
BREWER, EDWARD, and wf. Catherine, dwelt at one time in town, and had - JOSEPH ASPINWALL, b. April 29, 1792.
EDWARD WHITE, b. Jan. 21, 1797.
Whence they came or whither they went remains untraced. I see that they were members of the Cong. ch.
BREWER, RUFUS, an early cashier of Milford Bank, and BREWER, DAVID, insurance agent and notary public, res. in town several yrs. If I mistake not, David was a son of Rufus, and both came hither from Framingham. No further traced.
BRICK, NATHAN, and wf. Mary, from Natick, were among those warned out of town in 1791. They had 2 chn. with thein, named ANNE and MERANCY. They are said to have come hither April 22, 1790, "taken in by Samuel Daniell." No more is told of them.
BRIDGES, SAMUEL, once owned considerable land on our territory. He deeded 26 acres, bounded westerly by the Eight-Rod Road, and perhaps southerly by Post-Lane Road, or possibly situated partly on both sides of the latter road, to Seth Chapin, jun. ; deed dated April 14, 1738. I have not ascertained his lineage or then res.
BRIDGES, BENJAMIN, son of Nathan, m. Elizabeth C. Mellen of Holl., Oct. 26, 1825; cer. by Rev. D. Long. They had -
MARY ELIZABETH, b. here Sept. 29, 1826.
ALBERT BENJAMIN, b. here May 5, 1828.
The fr. d. Nov. 18, 1828. No further traced.
BRIDGES, AMOS B., wf. Francis W., had b. here - LUCRETIA ROCKWOOD, b. March 31, 1839.
WILLARD, b. March 13, 1843.
Family no further traced.
BRIGGS, ELIAKIM, and wf. Alcina, had 1 dr. b. in town; viz., -
HELEN B., b. April 1, 1839.
Nothing more told of the family.
BRIGGS, BENJAMIN SHERMAN, son of Charles and Martha (Larkin) Briggs, b. So. Kingston, R.I., Aug. 18, 1845; m. Susan C. Adams, dr. of John F. and Ann E. (Oatley) Adams, b. So. Kingston, R.I., Nov. 13, 1849; cer. So. Kingston, R.I., Aug. 9, 1867, by Rev. Isaac M. Church. Issue : -
CLARA ADAMS, b. So. Kingston, R.I., Dec. 15, 1868.
HERBERT BENJAMIN, b. Hopedale, Nov. 18, 1874.
ANNA MARIA, b. Hopedale, Aug. 16, 1877.
Mr. Briggs came to Hopedale over 9 yrs. ago, and has ever since been
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steadily employed by the Drapers in their livery department. He is now Gen. W. F. Draper's coachman, -a very faithful, reliable, and trustworthy man in his line of business, who promises to be a permanent dweller among us. He has also a congenial wf. and family.
MENTIONED IN OUR DIRECTORIES.
BRIGGS, GEORGE, bootmaker, 1869, '72.
BRIGGS, JAMES H., spindle-maker, 1878.
BRIGGS, Mrs. ELIZABETH, 72 Main St., 1880.
BRIGHAM, Dr. ISAAC5 (Ezekiel,4 Nathan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. Grafton, May 30, 1757; mr.'s maiden name, Martha Bigelow; m. Elizabeth Frost, dr. of Rev. Amarialı and Esther (Messinger) Frost, b. in our Precinct, Sept. 6, 1754; cer. April 6, 1786, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue :- HORACE, b. 1787; d. in the flower of youth, 1810.
ISAAC, jun., b. 1794; m. Wealthy Donovan, Oct. 3, 1830.
Whether these two sons were the only chn. of Dr. Brigham, or where they were b., I am unable to state. Indeed, I am too poorly informed to present a desirable biographical sketch of the Dr. I have never been told with whom he studied his profession, nor where he practised before he took up his res. here. I learn from our records that he was here certainly as early as 1795. Prob- ably he came here soon after the death of his father-in-law, Rev. Mr. Frost, 1792, and possibly even before. Anyhow, he dwelt in the Frost parsonage, and I presume he and his wf. owned it. His son Horace is said to have been a very promising young man. He was in the employ of Major John Claflin in the early days of his trading career, and was so highly esteemed by the family, that, after he was suddenly cut off in his bloom, 1810, they named the present Horace Brigham Claflin, our New-York merchant-prince, after him. What the skill and reputation of Dr. Isaac was as a physician I never heard reported. He d. June 12, 1825; and Mrs. Elizabeth, his wid., d. Jan. 3, 1829.
BRIGHAM, ISAAC, jun., son of Dr. Isaac and Elizabeth (Frost) Brigham, b. prob. Mil., 1794; m. Wealthy Donovan, ptge. and birth-date not ascertained ; cer. Mil., Oct. 3, 1830, by Rev. David Long. Issue : -
ELIZABETH FROST, b. Mil., Sept. 9, 1831; d. Dec. 17, 1849.
HORACE, b. Mil., April 16, 1834; d. March 4, 1855.
EMILY ALICE, b. Mil., May 19, 1838; d. Aug. 19, 1850.
Mr. Brigham served many yrs. as sexton of the town. He was an unam- bitious, quiet, and well-disposed citizen. He inherited a portion of his gd. fr. Frost's parsonage, in the northerly corner of now West and Congress Sts., and dwelt in a small house built on the site of the old domicile. He d. there March 13, 1858. Mrs. Wealthy, his wid., d. there Feb. 9, 1860, a. 54 yrs.
BRIGHAMS MENTIONED IN OUR DIRECTORIES.
BRIGHAM, EDMUND, bootmaker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
BRIGHAM, ELIJAH P., painter, 1869.
BRIGHAM, JASON S., harness-maker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
BRIGHAM, LEWIS, bootmaker, saloon-keeper, 1872, '75, '78.
BRIGHAM, CHARLES R., bootmaker, 1878, '80.
BRIGHAM, HARRY F., bootmaker, 1878, '80.
BRIGHAM, JOSEPH, barkeeper, 1878.
BRIGHAM, SUSAN, wid. of Harrison F., 1880.
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BRITTON, WILLIAM HENRY, son of Alexader and Sarah (Dennison) Britton,
b. Westfield, N.B., Jan. 22, 1839; carpenter; m. Rhoba Della Thayer, dr. of Willard and Rhoba (Sherman) Thayer, b. Bell., Aug. 19, 1846; cer. in Provi- dence, R.I., May 11, 1867, by Rev. Heman Lincoln. Issue : - IDA SHERMAN, b. Mil., April 11, 1873.
Enterprising and reputable people, who have res. in Mil. 12 yrs.
BRITTON, ISAAC, formerly res. here; R.R. conductor. Do not know his present location.
BRONSON, WILLIS, ptge., ancestry, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Sally Godfrey, dr. of Col. Benjamin and Bethiah (Gibbs) Godfrey, b. Mil., March 3, 1781; cer. Dec. 20, 1801, by Samuel Jones, Esq. Issue : -
MARY G., b. Mil., Jan. 24, 1802; m. Freeman Fisher of Dedham, Sept. 21, 1820.
WILLIS, jun., b. Mil., 1803 or 1804; d. unm., Feb. 24, 1830.
The fr. d. Sept. 12, 1805. Mrs. Sally's death-date not ascertained.
BROWN, OLIVER, said to be of Hartford, Ct .; ancestry, birth-date, etc., un- traced; m. Abigail Sheffield, dr. of William and Mary Sheffield, b. Holl., July 21, 1729; cer. Oct. 17, 1750, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue :-
JOSIAH, b. prob. about 1751; m. Lydia - -.
SARAH, b. Aug. 20, 1753; m. Nathaniel Parkhurst, May 29, 1771.
SILAS, b. perhaps 1755; m. Rubia Wiswall, May 9, 1790.
The parents appear to have been admitted to the Cong. ch. Jan. 18, 1756, and to have had their three above-named chn. bap. Feb. S ensuing. The fr. d. June 7, the same yr. His wid. m. Daniel Chapin, March 2, 1758.
BROWN, JOSIAH, son of Oliver and Abigail (Sheffield) Brown, by wf. Lydia, had -
SOPHRONIA, b. Oct. 19, 1778.
EMILY, b. Dec. 25, 1780.
LEONARD, b. Nov. 11, 1787.
This family no further traced.
BROWN, ISRAEL, ancestry untraced ; m. Experience Thayer, dr. of Jonathan, jun., and Bethiah (Adams) Thayer, b. Oct. 22, 1733; cer. Feb. 15, 1753, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue, so far as our records tell : -
BETTIE, birth-date not found; admitted to Cong. ch. Feb. 3, 1781; m. John Nelson, Nov. 28, 1782.
MARY, alias POLLY, birth-date not found; admitted to Cong. ch. Jan. 15, 1786; found dead in bed Jan. 8, 1821.
This family no further traced.
BROWN, PETER, ancestry, etc., untraced ; m. Rebecca Galloway; cer. Dec. 4, 1753, by Rev. A. Frost. They seem to have had a PETER, jun., and per- haps other chn .; but I do not find any record of more. Mrs. Rebecca d. Oct. 16, 1810.
BROWN, PETER, jun., by wf. Jemima, had LUCINDA, b. May 8, 1792; d. April 30, 1798. Family no further traced.
BROWN, ABEL, son of Abel and Bathsheba, and gd. son of Asa, who were of Holl., b. July S, 1796; m. Polly Pond, dr. of Abner and Elizabeth (French) Pond, b. Mil., March 10, 1799; cer. Aug. 1, 1818, by whom not ascertained. Their chn. :-
ELIZABETH FRENCH, b. May 18, 1819; m. Amasa Parkhurst, Oct. 6, 1839. DELPHIA MERRIAM, b. Dec. 11, 1820; m. Samuel Templeton, June 27, 1839. HANNAH POND, b. Dec. 23, 1822; m. Amasa Parkhurst, April 6, 1842.
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DAVID M., b. Sept. 30, 1825; m. Laura Onion; res. Milwaukee.
DEXTER FRANK, b. Oct. 1, 1828; m. Mary J. Bullard, Nov. 17, 1853.
RUTH, b. Feb. 23, 1837; m. Edwin H. Hero, Feb. 6, 1856.
A worthy and respected family. Mrs. Polly d. May 19, 1851. Her hus. d. Nov. 14, 1865. Dexter Frank Brown d. of apoplexy, very suddenly, in Apple- ton, Wis., June 7, 1881.
BROWN, SAMUEL SILSBEE, ptge. not ascertained ; b. Chester, Vt., July 4, 1802; m. Mary Louisa Capron of Millville, b. 1805; and were both original mem- bers of the Hopedale Community. They were early settlers on the Com- munity domain. They had 6 chn .; viz., -
MARY LOUISA, about 17 yrs. of a. 1842; m. Horatio Edson, Oct. 22, 1846; 2d, Howard.
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, about 15 yrs. of a. 1842; m. Malvina Edson in Olean, N.Y.
CLARISSA ELLEN, about 13 yrs. of a. 1842; m. Charles S. Patten, Nov. 12, 1848.
WILLIAM CAPRON, about 9 yrs. of a. 1842; went West.
DANIEL WEBSTER, about 7 yrs. of a. 1842; went West.
REBECCA CAPRON, about 2 yrs. of a. 1842; d. Hopedale, Oct. 10, 1845.
Mrs. Louisa d. at Hopedale, Dec. 7, 1858. The family afterwards became dispersed to different and distant localities, to Olean and Fairport, N.Y., and the far West. Mr. B. m. his 2d wf. in Fairport, N. Y., where he lived several yrs., and finally d. Clarissa Ellen, hus., and chn. res. in Biddeford, Me., or did a few yrs. ago.
BROWN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, son of Henry and Sarah (Vose) Brown, b. Smithfield, R.I., Nov. 27, 1823; m. Abby Ann Hudson, dr. of John and
Marcia (Pope) Hudson, b. in Cherry Valley, N.Y., date not given; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., Sept. 17, 1848, by Rev. John Boyden. Issue : -
ARTHUR BENJAMIN, b. Mil., July 24, 1853; d. Dec. 8, 1858.
ALTA MARIE, b. Mil., July 11, 1862.
CHARLES SUMNER, b. Mil., March 17, 1866.
Mr. B. and family have res. in Cumberland, R.I., Mendon, and Mil. According to the birth-date of their oldest child, they must have come into town over 28 yrs. ago. He is a skilled boot-cutter, and is in reputable standing. He informs me that he is a gd. son of Elihu Brown, one of my native townsinen, whom I well knew in early life, and at whose wf.'s funeral I recollect to have ministered in 1824. He long owned and dwelt on a respectable homestead, situated a mile below Cumberland Hill towards Providence, R.I., since owned by the town as their asylum for the poor. There he raised a family of 7 sons and 2 drs., most of whom went West, and set. in Ill. Henry, the fr. of our George Augustus, remained in his native vicinage, and followed the occupation of a machinist. George's uncle Joseph also continued in New England. He was at one time superintendent of a manufacturing establishment in Palmer, Mass., and an honored citizen there. His material gd. fr. Vose was a Revolu- tionary soldier and pensioner.
BROWN, EBEN, son of Isaac and Ruth (Mosher) Brown, b. Wilton, Me., June 24, 1832; m. Abbie Climena Adams, dr. of Daniel Perry and Abby Thayer (Fisher) Adams, b. Bell., Sept. 14, 1837; cer. Sept. 16, 1858, by Rev. J. M. Bailey. Chn. : -
OSCAR, b. Mil., March, 1860; d. May the same yr.
ERNEST CLIFTON, b. Wilton, Me., Oct. 18, 1861.
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NELLIE, b. Mil., Oct. 28, 1866.
HERBERT SPENCER, b. Mil., April 6, 1869; d. June 20, 1870.
Mr. B. and family have res. in Mil. over 22 yrs. They are eminently worthy people, and are bringing up their chn. on a highly intelligent and moral plane. Mr. B. is a needle-manufacturer; was a partner, and became a successor in business, of the late Nathan Paine. Like Mr. P., he has an original and admirable genius, both for invention and execution. He is also a natural philosopher, an acute thinker on a wide range of subjects, a stanch reformer in several departments of human interest, and, though of modest and quiet demeanor, a man of independent opinions.
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