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LOVILLA B., b. Marion, N.Y., April, 1818; m. Daniel Johnson, 1840; she d. Nov. 26, 1857.
ROLLIN J. L. S., b. Marion, N. Y., June 9, 1822; m. Martha M. Warfield, Feb. 12, 1844.
I think there were other chn. who never res. in Mil. Dr. Clark res. with his wf. on the Ezekiel White place from his mge. in 1838 until his death, which took place July 14, 1864, at the age of 78 yrs. Mrs. Sarah, his wid., d. on the same homestead, very suddenly, Dec. 21, 1879.
CLARK, ROLLIN, J. L. S., son of Dr. Lyman S., b. Marion, N. Y., June 9, 1822; m. Martha M. Warfield, dr. of Samuel and Martha (Johnson) Warfield, b. in Mil., Sept. 5, 1825; cer. under the parental roof, Feb. 12, 1844, by the writer. Issue : -
RANSOM JEROME, b. Mil., Dec. 20, 1844; m. Sarah Adaline Johnson, Jan. 27, 1869.
ADDIE ETTA MARIA, b. Nov. 12, 1856.
Rollin J. L. S. Clark and wf. seemed to start on the voyage of matrimonial life under promising auspices of usefulness and happiness. He was an intel- ligent, capable, industrious man, and highly respected in the whole circle of his acquaintances, but in the midst of bright prospects was suddenly cut off, leaving his family in desolation and grief. He d. Oct. 17, 1857, in the 36th yr. of his age. His worthy wid. and chu. survive. His son, Jerome Ransom, b. and m. as above, has a homestead on Green St., and 1 ch., viz., Lilla Joseph- ine, b. Nov. 30, 1871.
CLARK, WILLIAM JOHNSON, M.D., son of Thomas R. and Fanny Sophia (Johnson) Clark, b. Andover, Vt., Nov. 4, 1843; creditably graduated and qualified for his profession, no doubt, though his returned family record is modestly silent about it; m. Mary Alida Safford, dr. of William H. and Emily E. (Robinson) Safford, b. Calais, Vt., Aug. 16, 1848; cer. in Boston, June 11, 1872, by Phillips Brooks. Issue : -
HELEN AGNES, b. Mil., Aug. 22, 1874; d. Feb. 22, 1878.
I hear only good reports of himself and wf. He stands well in his pro-
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fession, and wins fame as a musical genius. He has res. in town between 8 and 10 yrs.
OTHER CLARKS IN OUR DIRECTORIES.
CLARK, C. W., butcher. 1856.
CLARK, CHARLES, carpenter. 1856, '69, '72, '75.
CLARK, D. H., glazier. 1856.
CLARK, GEORGE, res. Main St. 1856.
CLARK, JOSEPH T., hostler. 1856.
CLARK, OZRO E., bootmaker, Howard St. 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
CLARK, PATRICK, grocer. 1869, '72, '75, '78; Mrs., '80.
CLARK, NICHOLAS, bootmaker. 1869, '72.
CLARK, JOHN, bootmaker, brakeman. 1869, '75, '78.
CLARK, CHARLES T., machinist, Hopedale. 1869.
CLARK, CHARLES, laborer. 1869.
CLARK, BERNARD, blacksmith. 1869.
CLARK, CHARLES, provisions. 1869, '72.
CLARK, EUGENE, baggage-master. 1872, '75, '78.
CLARK, HENRY, mason. 1872, '75.
CLARK, FRANCIS J., bootmaker. 1875, '78, '80.
CLARK, CHARLES L., picture-frame maker. 1878, '80.
CLARK, CHARLES A., bootmaker. 1878.
CLARK, Mrs. E. L., fancy goods. 1880.
CLARK, HARRIET, wid. of Peleg. 1880.
CLARK, WILLIAM P., bootmaker. 1880.
CLEMENT, JAMES HAZEN, son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Ayer) Clement, b. Haverhill, Sept. 14, 1822; m. Clara Erskine, dr. of John and Harriet Bethiah
(Godfrey) Erskine, b. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 28, 1834; cer. in Mil., Aug. 2, 1852, by Rev. James T. Woodbury. Issue : -
FRANK, b. Haverhill, Oct. 7, 1853.
GEORGE COLBURN, b. Mil., Aug. 15, 1855.
ERSKINE, b. Mil., Oct. 16, 1857.
HAZEN, b. Newton, Dec. 26, 1861.
HOPE, b. Boston, March 16, 1875.
Mr. Clement has been a man of great and successful enterprise in business pursuits. Besides numerous property concerns, which, first and last. he has prosecuted profitably alone, he long stood at the head of our large boot and shoe manufacturing firm, entitled "Clement, Colburn, & Co." I do not know where else this firm operates manufactories, but they stand in the front rank here, and employ a host of hands. Mr. Clement has commanded great confi- dence in financial circles. He was a director in the Milford National Bank, and in the National Bank of the Commonwealth; also a trustee of the Five Cent Savings Institution. He was held in high esteem by his associates. Mrs. Clement, a dr. of the late John Erskine, Esq., is distinguished for her very genial deportment in domestic and social life, and especially for devotion to artistic literature. In this she has become, not only an amateur, but a con- noisseur. Their homes have been principally in Haverhill and Boston. But Mr. Clement has been cut off in the ripeness of middle age and worldly pros- perity. He d. suddenly at Mooresville, in the Pan-Handle district of Texas, June 30, 1881, in the 59th yr. of his age. He had a large cattle-ranch there, superintended by one of his sons, which he went out to look after. He had
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previously experienced one or two slight paralytic attacks, and at Mooresville the third proved instantly fatal. His remains received due funeral honors at Haverhill, July 1 ensuing.
CLEVELAND. I have never heard of but one family bearing this name in town, - this one, however, eminently worthy and respectable.
CLEVELAND, IRA, b. in Dover, Dec. 21, 1777; a son of David and Rachel (Allen) Cleveland (ancestry no further traced); m. Mehetabel Battelle, dr. of Capt. Ebenezer and Hannah (Allen) Battelle, b. in Dover, Aug. 8, 1777 ; cer. in Dover, April 8, 1801, by Rev. Benjamin Carryl. They res. a short time in Hop., then Holl., and then bought the very eligible homestead situated on Magomiscock Hill, previously known as the Dea. Read farm. He set. thereon in 1806, and it has remained in the family possession ever since. Its most elevated point is the highest in town above the level of the ocean, being 637 ft. 9 inches. Chn. :-
IRA, Jun., b. Hop., Feb. 1, 1801; grad. B. U .; m. Frances M. Whitney, May 16, 1837.
MEHETABEL BATTELLE, b. Holl., March 6, 1804; res. unm. with her bro. Reuel on the homestead.
LINDA, b. Mil., Jan. 3, 1807; d. March 10, 1831.
REUEL ALLEN, b. Mil., June 7, 1809; res. unm. on the family homestead.
ALMIRA, b. Mil., April 2, 1812; d. Feb. 25, 1835.
WARREN AUGUSTUS, b. Mil., Nov. 15, 1816; m. Sarah Catherine McChesney ; date, etc., not given. Warren d. June 5, 1782, leaving 1 dr., Kate Horton Cleveland, b. June 6, 1830. This dr. m. James O. Smith of Sheldon, Vt., June 25, 1873; and they have one son, Cleveland Weed Smith, b. Oct. 6, 1873.
IRA, Jun., Esq., grad. Brown University, 1825, with its highest honors, and was first preceptor of Milford Academy after its inauguration. He m. Frances M. Whitney, dr. of Timothy and Susan (Mann) Whitney of Wrentham, May 16, 1837; and they had 1 dr. named Frances Whitney, b. Sept. 14, 1838, and d. the ensuing Oct. The mr., Mrs. Frances, d. in childbed, Sept. 14, 1838. The hus. has remained ever since unm. He has long res. in Dedham; a member, if I mistake not, of the Norfolk bar; a highly-respected citizen; and was, at my last advices, president of two insurance cos.
From the foregoing, it would seem that our Cleveland family must ere long become extinct, except in one female branch, -that of Mrs. Kate Horton Smith, grand dr. of Ira, sen. Ira, sen., d. Aug. 6, 1852; his wf., Mrs. Meheta- bel, d. Jan 2, 1826.
COBB, Capt. SAMUEL, pedigree and kindred particulars unknown to me. He m.
Margaret Hayward, dr. of John and Margaret (Albee) Hayward, b. in Mil., 1754; cer. Feb. 15, 1804, by Rev. David Long. Capt. Cobb was then said to be of Bell. ; and this must have been his 2d mge. No issue. He seems to have taken up his res. in town immediately after mge., and dwelt several yrs. on the premises since known as "Cobb Orchard," which derived its name from him. See Abandoned Home-sites, No. 7, Chap. XV. He is understood to have been the fr. of Col. Ethan Cobb by his first mge. Whether there were other offspring by that mge., I am not informed. He dwelt last in Holl., in a tenement of William Claflin, supported, in part, at least, by his son Col. Ethan. There he d. about 1820, between 80 and 90 yrs. of age. Mrs. Margaret d. in Mil., July 12, 1843, a. 89 yrs.
COBB, LEWIS, pedigree not found ; b., perhaps, in Hop., about 1769; carpenter;
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m. Olive Madden, dr. of Michael and Mary (Bullard) Madden, b. in Mil., June 1, 1777; cer. March 16, 1794, by Amariah Frost, Esq. Issue: - ELMER, b. Mil., Oct. 4, 1795; m. Sylvia Johnson of Upton, July 22, 1820.
AMMON, b. Hop. ; not found ; m., lived, and d. Crawfordsville, Ga .; his wid. survives.
SALEM, b. Hop., 1800; d. in Shrewsbury, March 7, 1855.
EZEKIEL, b. Hop. ; not found; lived and d. Crawfordsville, Ga.
All my inquiries concerning the 3 sons last named have elicited the little given opposite their respective names. Whether Salem and Ezekiel left families, I cannot learn.
Mr. Cobb was of an easy-flowing temperament and much good nature. He was a very entertaining story-teller, and brimful of amusing yarns, many of which I used to hear him tell in my boyhood, when, for a few months, we chanced to live under the same roof at a cotton-factory establishment near Woonsocket, R.I. His wf., however, was the man of the house, with a pair of sharp black eyes, and a still sharper voice, that made things move. They were well-disposed people, and their chn. after them. Mr. C. d. in Hop., June 19, 1837; and I ministered at his funeral. Mrs. Olive, his wid., m., 2d, Maj. Hacha- liah Whitney, Oct. 9, 1842; cer. by Newell Nelson, Esq. Maj. Hachaliah d. Nov. 14, 1848, leaving her again a wid. She is said to have d. about 1 yr. later at her son's, Elmer Cobb.
COBB, ELMER, eldest son of Lewis and Olive (Madden) Cobb, b. in Mil., Oct. 4, 1795; carpenter; m. Sylvia Johnson, dr. of Wilder and Thirza (Benson) Johnson, b. in Upton, Nov. 10, 1800; cer. in Upton, July 22, 1820, by Rev. Benjamin Wood. Their chn. : -
ELMIRA, b. in Mil., June 13, 1821; m. Lemuel Morse, Jan. 6, 1853; res. Upton.
SARAH, b. in Mil., May 2, 1824; m. Leonard Fairbanks, Aug. 15, 1847. She d. March 28, 1858.
Mr. Cobb and wf. were among our most worthy and reliable people, but extremely unpretentious and quiet. He served one term on our board of select- men, and one as overseer of the poor. He d. July 22, 1869, a. 73 yrs. and 7 mos. Mrs. Sylvia, his wid., d. in Upton, Aug. 5, 1879, a. 78 yrs. S mos. and 25 ds. Her remains were brought to Mil. for funeral services and burial.
COBURN. There are plenty of this name in some of our neighboring towns, but only two or three have ever been numbered among our citizens. The only one of these who has furnished me his family record is -
COBURN, AUGUSTUS A.3 (Capt. Augustus,2 Capt. Peter 1) ; ancestry no further traced; b. in Dracut, Aug. 15, 1839; m. Mary E. Atkinson, dr. of Thomas and Mary R. Atkinson, b. in Cambridge, July 15, 1838; cer. in Boston, June 19, 1865, by Rev. Calvin Lincoln of Hingham. Issue : - HARRY ATKINSON, b. July 1, 1866.
HATTIE MORTON, b. Nov. 14, 1870.
Mr. Coburn furnishes me the following genealogical data concerning his gd. fr.'s and his fr.'s families : -
Capt. Peter Coburn, his gd. fr., farmer, was b. in Dracut, Dec. 18, 1764. He m. Elizabeth Poor of So. Andover, b. Jan. 4, 1766; cer. 1783, by Rev. Mr. French. They had in Dracut 11 chn., most of whom lived to m., and raise up families. Capt. Peter d. Feb. 12, 1832. His wid. d. Nov. 26, 1841. Capt. Augustus Coburn, youngest son of Capt. Peter, was b. in Dracut, March 22, 1806; was a merchant; m. Phebe B. Ames of Dracut, dr. of Daniel and Mary (Barker)
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Ames, b. Jan. 17, 1815; cer. Nov. 13, 1834, by Rev. Nathaniel Lawrence. Their chil. were, -
HENRY P., b. in Dracut, Aug. 21, 1835; m., 1st, Elizabeth S. Wallace, and, 2d, Anna Hoyt.
AUGUSTUS A., b. in Dracut, Aug. 15, 1839; m. Mary E. Atkinson.
MARY A., b. in Dracut, Nov. 15, 1840; m. George B. Brown.
JENNIE P., b. in Dracut, Sept. 15, 1842; m. - Haiden.
PASCAL, b. in Dracut, Dec. 22, 1847; m. Agnes J. Graves.
DANIEL R., b. in Dracut, Aug. 12, 1849; d. Feb. 26, 1850.
HATTIE E., b. in Dracut, Dec. 12, 1855; d. May 9, 1857.
Capt. Augustus still lives in Dracut. Mrs. Phebe, his wf., d. June 19, 1877.
Capt. Peter Coburn, the gd. fr., was in command of a co. from Dracut at the battle of Bunker Hill. I have omitted the names, birth-dates, mges., etc., of his chn., though furnished me with considerable pains by the gd. son.
A. A. Coburn, our townsmall, must have taken up his res. in Mil. some 15 . yrs. or more ago. He is one of our honorable, enterprising, and trustworthy merchants in the dry-goods line. He is very popular with his numerous cus- tomers, and eminently reliable in all his dealings. The social standing of himself and family is highly respectable.
COCHRAN, JOHN JOSEPH, M.D., son of John and Mary E. (Middleton) Coch- ran, b. Mil., June 24, 1853; one of our high-school graduates. Oct., 1872, entered College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Colum- bia Coll. in New-York City, and grad. therefrom as M.D., March, 1875. He then became a successfully examined competitor for a position on the staff of Bellevue Hospital in that city; was appointed first junior assistant, then senior, and then house physician in that hospital, and closed service there, Oct., 1876. He was then appointed ambulance surgeon in that institution, and continued such till Jan. 1, 1878. From Feb., 1877, to May, 1878, he practised his profession here in Mil. He next entered the U.S. army as acting assistant surgeon, for which position he passed a successful exami- nation in 1879, was duly commissioned, and is now serving as such some- where in the far West.
COCHRAN, MARY E., a sister of Dr. John J., is also one of our high-school graduates, as I suppose ; has won an honorable reputation in public-school teaching, and is now officiating at the head of No. Purchase grammar school. The family record of John and Mary E. Cochran, parents of the above, would have been in acceptable order; but I was not favored to receive any more of it than here given.
CODY, JOSEPH, prob. from Hop., son of Isaac and Hannah, b. May 2, 1736; set. in the near vicinity of Bungay, on what has been in our time called the Partridge place, and, by wf. Mary, had, -
MARY, b. Jan. 23, 1760; m. Thomas Hiscock, June 6, 1782.
MARTHA, b. Sept. 7, 1761.
SARAH, b. July 7, 1763; m. Richard Hiscock, Nov. 16, 1780.
ANNA, b. May 12, 1765; m. James Hiscock, Nov. 13, 1783.
HANNAH, b. April 13, 1767; d. in early infancy.
JOSEPH, b. March 23, 1769; untraced.
HANNAH, b. April 1, 1771; untraced.
This family remained in town some little time after its incorporation. I think he was its first constable, and was styled "Lieut. Joseph Cody." He was
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a carpenter ; and tradition says that he seldom used any measuring implement, but laid out his framing work by so accurate an eye that all his joints and mortises fitted exactly when his frames were raised. He prob. moved from town, perhaps to Hop., not long after its incorporation. I cannot trace him further.
COKER, THOMAS, came into town, and was taxed here 1810 to 1815.
COKER, WILLIAM, bro. to Thomas, came at the same time, and was taxed till
1814. They came from Newbury, and, I suppose, were bros. to Mary Coker, who became the 2d wf. of Artemas Thayer. Whether they had families I am not clearly informed, and so can give no record. They were ingenious mechanics, and carried on two kinds of business while here; viz., wire- drawing, and the building of bellows-top chaises. William left town in 1814, and Thomas in 1816, or not far from those dates.
COLBURN. Not many of this name have been numbered among our inhabitants. The first mentioned on our records were Samuel Colburn and his wf. Mercy. Nothing more is told of this couple than their deaths in old age. Whence they came, or where they dwelt, is not indicated. Mercy, the wf., d. Oct. 13, 1801; and Rev. Mr. Long, in his memoranda of deaths, notes that she d. in the act of milking,-of course, very suddenly, -a. 75 yrs. Samuel, her hus., d. Oct. 18, 1804, in his 91st yr. I conjecture that these may have been the parents of Richard Colburn, who then dwelt on the Ira Cleveland place, so called; but I have found no means of verifying this. Richard bought the aforesaid place of Dea. Enoch Adams, between 1798 and 1800. Adams had it of Dea. Ebenezer Read. Colburn sold it to Ira Cleveland, in 1806. He is said to have been fond of good cheer and lively times, and to have rendered his home a resort for sportive company. I am told that he was the fr. of Warren Colburn, the celebrated arithmetical author, who was a half-grown lad when the family left Mil., in 1806. If Richard was the father of Warren, he came from Ded- ham, and probably returned thither. He, and his wf., Joanna, had numerous chn .; but I find only one on record as b. here; viz., -
LEONARD, b. Dec. 31, 1801.
COLBURN, WESTON, son of Alvah and Milly (Wood) Colburn, was b. in Tun- bridge, Vt., 1779. His mr. was a sister of Rev. Benjamin Wood of Upton. She was of Hartford, Vt. At 21 yrs. of age, Weston came to live with his uncle Wood, in Upton. He m., 1st, Anna Gage, dr. of Moses and Mary (Boynton) Gage, b. in our precinct, March 29, 1779; cer. in Mil., July 19, 1804, by Rev. David Long. Their chn : -
DAVID GAGE, b. Franklin, May 25, 1805; m., 1st, Calista Adams; 2d, Lucy W. Taft.
ELIZA A., b. Upton, Aug. 26, 1807; m. Joseph T. McFarland, Nov. 10, 1835; 3 chn.
BENJAMIN WOOD, b. Mil., Jan. 12, 1810; m. Asenath M. Maynard, in Holl., June 4, 1838; 1 dr.
PATIENCE BOWKER, b. Mil., July 31, 1812; m. Seth Gassett, Hop .; moved to Memphis, Tenn., and both d. there; 1 son.
AMORY HUNTING, b. June 27, 1814; unm .; d. suddenly in California, 1876. ABIGAIL MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1817; in. Thomas Fay, Westboro'; he d. 1856.
JANE MARIA WOOD, b. Sept. 20, 1821; m. William S. Rathbon, Albany, N.Y., March 7, 1847.
Mrs. Anna d. in Westboro', Jan. 16, 1846, of a grievous cancer in the nose, a. 67 yrs. She had been somewhat famous, in her younger days, as a school-
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teacher, belonged to the Cong. ch., and composed religious verses on the death of her sister, Patience (Gage) Bowker, and on Elijah Bowker's calamitous decease. These were printed, and much thought of by numerous friends. The hus. m. a 2d wf., in Nashua, N.H., name and other particulars not given. No chn. Weston Colburn was a carpenter by trade, a member of the Cong. ch., a great lover of music, and a good singer. He was never sick till just before his death. He seems to have dwelt in many different localities : first in his native town of Tunbridge, Vt., till 21 yrs. of age; then with his uncle, in Upton, a while; then, after mge., 1 yr. in Franklin; then on the old Gage farm in Mil. till 1822; then in Hop. 2 yrs; then in Holl. for a short time; then in Westboro', till the death of his 1st wf., in 1846; and last in Nashua, N.H., where he m. his 2d wf. There he d., March 5, 1854, a. 75 yrs.
COLBURN, DAVID GAGE 3 (Weston,2 Alvah 1), b. Franklin, May 25, 1805; mr.'s maiden name Anna Gage; m., 1st, Calista Adams, dr. of Moses and Ruth (Perry) Adams, b. Holl., 1806; cer. Holl., March 20, 1826, by Rev. Mr. Wheaton. Issue : -
NANCY E., b. Hop., Oct. 9, 1827; m. Clement Meserve, Esq., Hop., Jan. 4, 1854; 5 chn.
AUGUSTIN A., b. Hop., Nov. 17, 1828; m. Mary Waldron of Maine; 1 son, gone West.
MOSES G., b. Hop., June 30, 1830; m. Amelia Engley, Attleboro', July 12, 1831; 1 son.
MARY LOUISA, b. Hop., April 19, 1832; d. Westboro', Feb. 5, 1843, a. 11 yrs. JAMES S., b. Hop., May 25, 1834; burnt to death by clothes taking fire, May 28, 1841.
MARANDA JANE, b. Hop., Nov. 30, 1835; m. William Patterson, April 3, 1855; she d. Norwood, 1868; 2 chn.
FRANCIS A., b. Hop., Sept. 10, 1837; d. in a fit, Aug. 1, 1838, very suddenly. MARCUS MORTON, b. Hop. Aug. 12, 1840; d. April 4, 1842, a. 19 mos.
HENRIETTA, b. Hop., Sept. 27, 1842; m. Charles Millard, Springfield, Nov. 7, 1857; 2 chn.
JOHN M., b. Hop., March 27, 1844; m. Abbie Comey, May 20, 1874; 2 chn.
Mrs. Calista d. Feb. 9, 1857. The hus. m., 2d, Lucy W. Taft, dr. of Sam- uel Taft of Woodville; cer. March 20, 1858. No chn. Mrs. Lucy d. Aug. 24, 1880. Mr. D. G. Colburn is a carpenter, learned his trade of Capt. Josiah Bigelow, and has spent all his manhood yrs. in Hop. He has earned for him- self the reputation of a substantial citizen, and the paternal head of a worthy family. He has been at the pains to collect and furnish me a large mass of information relating to the Gages, Colburns, and their posterity. I have em- bodied as much of it as I decently could, under the various family names and records, but felt obliged to omit many details, as external to the scope of this work. And I may have misunderstood his documentary data in respect to some families.
COLBURN, SAMUEL, from Dedham, baker, and wf., Barbara B. (Mowry)
Colburn, were among the original members of the community at Hopedale. His ancestry remains untraced. His wf., Mrs. Barbara, d. very suddenly, in Dedham, at the res. of Israel Mowry, her fr., June 20, 1843. This Sam- uel Colburn was b. in Dedham, July 20, 1818. He mn., 2d, Mary Jackman of Newbury, b. Oct. 8, 1811; cer. at Hopedale, June 23, 1844, by the writer. No chn. They now res. in the vicinity of Anoka, Minn. Mrs. C. has won somewhat of celebrity by her literary genius in poetry, and public addresses on reformatory themes.
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COLBURN, DWIGHT, son of Jonathan and Betsey (Bacon) Colburn, b. in
Dedham, March 9, 1798; manufacturer; m. Aurilla Underwood, dr. of Joseph and Chloe (Guernsey) Underwood, b. in Barre, 1803; cer. in Barre, Nov. 18, 1827. Their chn :-
GEORGE DWIGHIT, b. Aug. 9, 1829; m. Anna Frances Clement, June 8, 1S54. ANGELINE AURILLA, b. Feb. 18, 1831; m. Charles Dewing, March 4, 1849. JANE AUGUSTA, b. Dec. 10, 1832; m. James H. Putnam, April 12, 1876. CHARLES HENRY, b. Aug. 16, 1835; m. Fannie Eudora Draper, Feb. 20, 1868. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. May 15, 1837; m. Benjamin Franklin, Jan. 1, 1862.
The gd. chn. of this family number 12, and all are living but 1. Of these, 4 were chn. of George Dwight; 4 of Angeline Aurilla; 2 of Charles Henry ; and 2 of Harriet Elizabeth.
Mrs. Aurilla (Underwood) Colburn d. in Bell., April 1, 1871. Mr. Dwight Colburn, the hus. and fr., d. in No. Attleboro', July 27, 1874. Worthy family throughout.
COLBURN, GEORGE DWIGHT3, (Dwight2, Jonathan1; no further traced) ; mr.'s maiden name Aurilla Underwood; b. in Holl., Aug. 6, 1829; boot- manufacturer; m. Anna Frances Clement, dr. of Jesse and Elizabeth (Ayer) Clement, b. Haverhill, Aug. 2, 1835; cer. Haverhill, June 8, 1854, by Rev. Charles Tenney. They have res: in Mil. and Newton. Their chn. :- MARY ELIZABETH, b. Mil., June 3, 1855; d. young.
CLARA ERSKINE, b. Mil., May 31, 1856.
MARY, b. Newton, Jan. 10, 1858.
GEORGE CLEMENT, b. Newton, March 24, 1874.
Mr. C. is a very enterprising and successful boot and shoe manufacturer, running one of our largest establishments in connection with the firm of Clement, Colburn, & Co., besides carrying on business extensively elsewhere. COLBURN, CHARLES HENRY, bro. of the preceding, b. Holl., Aug. 16, 1835;
boot-manufacturer; m. Fannie Eudora Draper, dr. of George and Hannah B. (Thwing) Draper, b. in Ware, July 26, 1847; cer. at the bride's parental res., Hopedale, Feb. 20, 1868, by the writer. Their chn. : -
HELEN LOUISE, b. Hopedale, Nov. 9, 1868.
ALICE DRAPER, b. Mil., Jan. 7, 1875. 1
A little family of eminent social standing, auspicious promise, and enter- prising aspirations in the pathway of life.
All these Colburn families are said to have descended from two brothers who originally set. in Dedham.
COMSTOCK. Samuel Comstock is said to have set. in Providence, R.I., in 1662, and to have m. a sister of Benedict Arnold, first gov. of R. I. under the charter of King Charles II. He had a son Hezekiah, who is supposed to have had a son of the same name. The 2d Hezekiah is believed to have been fr. of Anthony, who had an only son Anthony. Anthony, sen., d. in Feb., 1763, a. 40 yrs. ANTHONY, jun., was b. soon after his fr.'s death, March 26, 1763. He m. Hannah Southwick, dr. of Edward and Elizabeth Southwick, b. in Dighton, Oct. 4, 1773; cer. Dec., 1790. Their chn. : -
WILLIAM, b. March 25, 1791; m. Abidah Hill, Jan. 15, 1815.
PHEBE, b. Feb. 7, 1793; m. Abel Aldrich; she d. 1879.
ANTHONY, b. Oct. 7, 1795; drowned in Blackstone River, June 2, 1818. HANNAH, b. July 15, 1797; m. - Wood ; still living.
MARTHA, b. Nov. 17, 1798; m. Leonard Taft; she d. May 4, 1853.
EZRA, b. Nov. 1, 1800; still living in Upton.
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OLIVE b. March 25, 1806; m. Millins Taft; some time d.
ELIZA (twins), b. March 25, 1806; d. June, 1841.
All these were b. on "the island," so called, near the present village of Black- stone. The fr. d. there, Oct. 23, 1809. His wid. subsequently became the wf. of Samuel Gaskill, Mendon. She d. Sept., 1862.
COMSTOCK, WILLIAM 6 (Anthony,5 Anthony,4 Hezekiah,3 Hezekiah,2 Sam- uel1), b., as above, March 25, 1791; m. Abidah Hill, dr. of Daniel and Mercy (Hayward) Hill, b. Oct. 9, 1785; cer. Jan. 15, 1815. Issue : -
The birth-dates of the older chn. not given. Of these I knew 3; viz., MERCY, DAN, and GILBERT.
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