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MAYNARD, EUSTICE, who m. Cynthia Cushman, a sister of our Smith Cush- man ; cer. April 12, 1827, by the writer. How long he dwelt here, and con- cerning the experiences of the family, I ought perhaps to have informed myself by inquiry, but have neglected to do so. There was also an Austin Maynard on our tax-lists at one time, and prob. some others, all of whom I leave untraced.
MAYNARD, Rev. LYMAN, was a more conspicuous man and citizen among us. He was a descendant of John Maynard, an early proprietor of Marl- borough. He was first of Sudbury, and one of the 47 who shared in the division of Sudbury Meadows, in 1639. He set. in Marl. after the grant of lands there, in 1657. He left a numerous posterity. Rev. Lyman May- nard was in the Universalist ministry prior to 1824, when I first became acquainted with him. In 1831 he left the Universalists, with those of us who formed the Massachusetts Association of Restorationists. Before and after that Association was virtually dissolved, he preached several yrs. to Unitarian societies. After ceasing to be a settled minister, he took up his res. here, and engaged in the grocery trade. In 1854 he was commissioned as justice of the peace, and served for some yrs. as a special justice of our police-court. I tabulate his lineage thus : -
MAYNARD, HERVEY 4 (Daniel,3 Daniel,2 John1), b. Westboro', Dec. 17, 1767; m. Relief Wallace, New Braintree; cer. Nov. 21, 1790, by Rev. Daniel Fos- ter. Their chn .: -
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DANIEL FOSTER, b. Chesterfield, N.H., Dec. 15, 1791; m. Polly Merrill.
HENRY, b. Ashburnham, Mass., Feb. 13, 1795; m. Esther Guild.
OREN, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Dec. 13, 1796; m. Huldah Alger.
FANNY, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Nov. 13, 1799; untraced.
LYMAN, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Feb. 12, 1801; m. Elizabeth W. Macomber. RELIEF, b. Holden, Mass., Sept. 29, 1802; m. Jona. Gith and S. Ruggles.
HORACE, b. Templeton, Mass., May 21, 1804 ; m. Sophia Sanderson.
LUCY, b. Templeton, Mass., July 19, 1806; untraced.
MARIA, b. Templeton, Mass., June 10, 1809; d. Templeton.
Mrs. Relief d. Templeton, Oct. 17, 1840. The hus. and fr. d. in Templeton, Oct. 11, 1851.
MAYNARD, Rev. LYMAN 5 (Hervey,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 John 1), b. Shrewsbury, Feb. 12, 1801; m. Elizabeth Wood Macomber, dr. of Joel and Isabella (Wood) Macomber, b. Gardner, Feb. 5, 1803; cer. in Princeton, June 17, 1824, by Rev. Samuel Clarke. Their chn. : -
CAROLINE FRANCES, b. Medway, Nov. 28, 1827; m. Thomas E. Morse, 1847. WILLIAM WORRELL, b. Oxford, Dec. 21, 1821; d. May 26, 1833.
ELIZABETH ANN, b. Winchester, N.H., Aug. 22, 1833; d. Jan. 31, 1835.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Amherst, N.H., Oct. 12, 1835 ; m. William F. Spencer, 1858.
HENRY WAYLAND, b. Amherst, N.H., Aug. 31, 1837; m. Delora Quimby, May 10, 1858.
ANN ISABELLA, b. Hingham, Mass., Jan. 29, 1840; m. John G. Mowry, Oct. 26, 1864.
GEORGE LYMAN, b. Hingham, April 4, 1842; m. Harriet A. Carr, Oct. 2, 1865. ELLEN EUGENIA, b. Needham, Dec. 20, 1844; m. Daniel P. Underwood, Feb. 15, 1872.
The birthplaces of these chn. indicate the places where the fr. was located as minister at different periods; viz., Medway, Oxford, Winchester, N.H., Am- herst, N.H., Hinghamn, and Needham. He d. here, Oct. 8, 1862, and his wid., Oct. 31, 1872; both of hallowed memory. I ministered at their funerals.
MAYNARD, HENRY WAYLAND6 (Rev. Lyman,5 Hervey,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 John 1), b. Amherst, N.H., Oct. 12, 1835; m. Delora Quimby, Bristol, Me., May 10, 1858; no further particulars given. I am not informed of his pres- ent res.
MAYNARD, GEORGE LYMAN6 (Rev. Lyman,5 Hervey,4 Daniel,8 Daniel,2 John 1), b. Hingham, April 4, 1842; m. Harriet Amanda Carr, dr. of Peleg and Harriet Carr, b. Franklin, 1846; cer. Oct. 2, 1865, by the writer. Chn. : -
EDWIN FORREST, b. Mil., March 15, 1859.
FREDERIC ORIMANDEL, b. Feltonville, Aug. 26, 1861 ; Feltonville, now Hud- son.
Mr. Maynard served in the late civil war. See the "War-Record." He is now a boot and shoe dealer, 144 Main St., firm Maynard & Hadley.
MEAD, JOHN SARGENT, son of Bradley and Charlotte (Hastings) Mead; ances- try no further given; b. Chesterfield, N.H., Feb. 13, 1825; m. Caroline Par- ker Willard, dr. of Paul and Sarah (Butler) Willard, b. Winchester, N.H., May 12, 1820; cer. in Winchester, N.H., March 11, 1846, by whom not given. Their chn. : -
SARAH ELLA, b. Chesterfield, N.H., Dec. 19, 1846; d. in Mil., July 9, 1859. EDWARD BRADLEY, b. Chesterfield, N.H., Sept. 10, 1848; m. Maria Arnold, Nov. 27, 1867.
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MEAD AND MELLEN.
CORNELIA MARIA, b. Chesterfield, N.H., April 30, 1852; d. Mil., Jan. 24, 1859. JOHN LARKIN, b. Chesterfield, N.H., March 21, 1854; m. Callie A. Chapin, Oct. 11, 1876. '
CARRIE WILLARD, b. Mil., Nov. 27, 1857; m. Charles O. Prentice, Oct. 25, 1878.
Mr. Mead must have become one of our townsmen some 25 yrs. ago, or thereabouts. He has been an enterprising, driving business man, chiefly as a farmer, though sometimes combining therewith other pursuits. He has served his fellow-citizens at least five several terins on the board of selectmen, and received other town honors. His wf. and family have a respectable social standing.
MEAD, EDWARD BRADLEY, son of John S. and Charlotte (Hastings) Mead, b. Chesterfield, N.H., Sept. 10, 1848; m. Maria Arnold, dr. of James Arnold, Blackstone; cer. Nov. 27, 1867; no further particulars given. No chn. Mr. Mead is a thriving and well-patronized provision dealer at 33 Exchange St. MEAD, JOHN LARKIN, son of John S. and Charlotte (Hastings) Mead, b. Chesterfield, N.H., March 21, 1854; m. Callie Augusta Chapin, dr. of Joel and Izanna (Hero) Chapin, b. Mil., Oct. 7, 1854; cer. under the parental roof, Oct. 11, 1876, by the writer. Issue thus far : -
FRED LESLIE, b. Mil., March 15, 1877.
A promising beginning of family life. Mr. S. is a trustworthy, enterprising, and acceptable provision-dealer, near Main St .; house Chestnut, near Forest.
MEAD, ABRAHAM, Esq., son of Abraham, native of Littleton, came into town
in 1854. He was first an employé of Battle Bros., and afterwards of Under- wood, Battles, & Bros. He was commissioned a justice of the peace by Gov. Banks, Feb. 7, 1860, and again by Gov. Bullock, Feb. 7, 1867. He
was appointed special justice of our police-court, March, 1864. He m. Mary Battles, dr. of Jonathan and Meriah (Dickerman) Battles, b. 1820; date and particulars of cer. not found. They removed to Braintree over 12 yrs. ago. Whether they have had chn. b. to them, or what their expe- riences have been since leaving Mil., I am uninformed.
MELLEN. The Mellens were not among the very early settlers on our territory. They originated mostly in Hop. and Holl., whence they removed hither soon after the town's incorporation. Col. James Mellen, a veteran officer in the Revolutionary war, came from Hop. in the spring of 1784, purchased the Dr. William Jennison tavern-stand and estate, now owned by Obed Daniels, and set. thereon, with his wf. and five of his chn. He was a licensed innholder there in 1788, and perhaps for a few subsequent yrs. He was honored with various town offices, and remained an influential citizen here till about the year 1798, when he sold his place, bought one in Mendon, and removed thither. His homestead in Mendon was that afterwards owned by the Gaskills, - Samuel, Naum, etc.
MELLEN, Col. JAMES 6 (Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3 Simon,2 Richard 1), b.
Hop., 1739; m. Elizabeth Russell, dr. of James Russell of Holl., a man of distinction there in his day. Another of his drs. m. Jonathan Russell of Providence (whether at all related, is not told), and became the mother of Hon. Jonathan Russell once of Mendon. The Col. was probably m. in Holl., perhaps in 1761 or 1762. I searched the Holl. records carefully to find the exact date, but in vain. The birth of their chn. gives the nearest indication, as follows : -
DAVID, b. Hop. Aug. 17, 1763; studied medicine; set. Nassau, N.Y.
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WILLIAM, b. Hop., May 20, 1766; m. Lucretia Marsh, Nov. 8, 1791.
MARY, b. Hop., Jan. 10, 1768; m. Samuel Warren, jun., Mil., April 19, 1797. BETSEY, b. Hop., April 14, 1770; m. Rev. John Fiske, New Braintree, April 19, 1797.
ABIGAIL, b. Hop., June 12, 1775; m. Samuel Penniman, Esq., Mil., 1804. JAMES, b. Hop., Oct. 28, 1780; m. Submit Wheelock, Mendon, Feb. 12, 1801.
So it seems that the fr. was a man of considerable family when the Revo- lutionary conflict opened. He was first a private in Capt. Jesse Eames's com- pany, of Fram., 1775, and was probably at the battle of Lexington, though this is uncertain. He was a captain in Col. Ward's regiment at Bunker Hill. He soon after entered the Continental line of the army, and was commissioned major in the 21st regiment, 1776. He was promoted to be lieut-colonel in Col. James Wasson's regiment, Jan., 1777, stationed on the Hudson River, N. Y., and served faithfully in various responsible situations as lieut .- colonel 4 yrs., till honorably discharged, Jan. 1, 1781. He is said to have been an active officer when Major André was captured, tried, and hung as a spy; and to have carried Major André's earnest message to Gen. Washington, begging to be shot rather than hung. The only response of Washington was, "The laws of war forbid it." Like most of the Continental officers, Col. Mellen returned home from the war worn out in health, poor in property, and cheered only by wordy honors and promises of compensation never to be fulfilled. All this finally broke down his spirits. He became sore under a sense of his wrongs and the sickness of "hope deferred." His last days were those of a virtually insane man, break- ing out into occasional wild freaks, which his friends could only lament and mitigate, but not prevent. He d. in Mendon, Sept. 27, 1812, a. 73 yrs. Mrs. Elizabeth, his wid., survived him some 18 yrs., and d. June 19, 1830, a. 90 yrs. (See their gravestones in Mendon old burying-ground.) It is proper to remark that I have gleaned up various statements concerning Col. Mellen, some of which were obviously erroneous, or irreconcilable with each other; but the above compendium of his life I believe to be substantially correct, though I have omitted facts and incidents, for want of space, which otherwise I would gladly have inserted.
MELLEN, DR. DAVID7 (Col. James,6 Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3 Simon,2 Richard, the ancestral immigrant1), b. Hop., Aug. 7, 1763; became a suc- cessful physician in Nassau and Hudson, N.Y .; m., 1st., Jenny Ostrander, by whom he had 1 son, James. This son became a public-spirited and somewhat distinguished citizen of Hudson. He was a leading projector and promoter of the Hudson & Berkshire Rail Rd., on which is a village named, in honor of him, Mellenville. Dr. David's 1st wife d. in Hudson; and he m., 2d., wid. Polly White of Uxbridge, Mass. She d. in 1857. He and his son James prosecuted profitably the dairy business for several yrs. They were fortunate proprietors, too, of "Dr. Anderson's celebrated Cough Drops." He d. in Hudson, date not given. Seek the posterity of his son James in Hudson, N.Y., or by inquiring of Geo. Mellon, Esq., New York City, No. 335 E. 16th St. He has been laboriously engaged on the Mellen Genealogy.
MELLEN, WILLIAM 7 (Col. James,6 Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3 Simon,2 Rich- ard 1), b. Hop., May 20, 1766; set. in Hudson, or the near vicinity of his bro., Dr. David; m. Lucretia Marsh, dr. of Dr. Perez Marsh, Dalton, Mass .; cer. Nov. 8, 1791; no other particulars. Their chn. : -
PATSEY, b. May 17, 1793; d. Oct. 6, 1873.
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LOVETT RUSSELL, b. April 17, 1795; d. April 14, 1866.
LOUISA BILLINGS, b. July 28, 1797; d. June 7, 1814.
MARY WARREN, b. Sept. 2, 1800; d. Feb., 1878.
MARTHA MARSII, b. Jan. 13, 1803.
HARRIET LUCRETIA, b. Jan. 15, 1805; d. Aug. 3 ensuing.
CHRISTOPHER MARSH, b. July 23, 1806; d. July 6, 1852.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Oct. 10, 1810.
CHARLOTTE SOPHIA, b. Dec. 17, 1812.
JOHN STODDARD, b. July 27, 1815.
William, the fr., was long capt. of a steamboat on the Hudson. He d. at Hudson, Jan. 11, 1826. Mrs. Lucretia, his wid., d. in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 21, 1851. For further information, inquire of Geo. Mellon, Esq., as above.
MELLEN, JAMES, JUN.7 (Col. James,6 Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3 Simon,2 Richard 1), b. Hop., Oct. 28, 1780; m., 1st, Submit Wheelock, dr. of Jesse and Phebe Wheelock, b. in Mendon, Jan. 18, 1782; cer. Feb. 12, 1801, by Rev. Caleb Alexander. They dwelt at the north end of "Caleb's Hill," alias "Inman's Hill," in Mendon, for several yrs. Their chn. : ---
NATHANIEL R., b. Mendon, Aug. 19, 1801; m. Ruth C. Wales, No. Orange, Feb. 14, 1824.
DAVID, b. Mendon, July 1, 1803; d. young.
LEONARD, b. Mendon, April 10, 1806; m. Elizabeth S. Mayo, Mendon, March, 1834.
WILLIAM, b. Mendon, Dec. 12, 1811; m., 1st, Elizabeth Odell; 2d, Charlotte Jackson.
MARY W., b. Mendon, Nov. 5, 1813; m. R. B. Shepard, Hudson, N. Y.
BABE, unnamed, b. Mendon, Dec. 30, 1815; d. in early infancy.
JAMES, b. Mendon, Nov. 23, 1817; d. young.
Mrs. Submit d. in Mendon, Jan. 29, 1823. The hus. and fr. then left Men- don. He m., 2d, Maria McKnight of Spofford, N.Y., who bore him 1 child, and soon d. in Spofford. A dr., -
IMOGENE, b. Spofford, N.Y., date not given; twice m .; trace lost.
Nathaniel Mellen, eldest son of James, jun., set. in Orange, and raised up a large family there. His descendants are presumed to be numerous in that and the neighboring towns. Leonard Mellen, third son of James, jun., lived a while in Mendon, and a short time in Mil. He finally set. on a farm in Hardwick, where he spent the last 33 yrs. of his life. He had 6 chn., and d. there Jan. 20, 1873. James Mellen, jun., the fr., d. at Orange, April 22, 1863.
Geo. Mellon, Esq., 335 E. 16th St., New York, opened a prolific correspond- ence with me, in furtherance of his genealogy of the Mellens, in the course of which he furnished me extensive data concerning Col. James Mellen and his descendants. The limitations of space and propriety allow me to use only a portion of his data. Perhaps some will think I have already transcended proper limits, but I thought myself justified in going thus far. If descendants or friends wish to trace the lineage of Col. James down to grand chn., gt. gn. chn., etc., I have above indicated their pathway of necessary research.
MELLEN, HENRY 6 (Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3 Simon,2 Richard 1), bap. in
Hop. 1735; m., 1st, Sarah Torrey of Mendon, dr. of William and Susanna Torrey; date of cer. not ascertained. Their chn. :-
SUSANNA, bap. 1757; m. Thomas Morse of Westboro'.
ELIZABETH, bap. 1760; m. Windsor Stone of Framingham.
SARAH, bap. 1762; m. Phineas Graves of various localities.
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RUHAMAH, bap. 1765; m. James Battle of Hop., near Mil. line.
MARY, bap. 1767; m. Maj. Aaron Kinsman, and moved to Holland Purchase,
N.Y., about 1807, where she d. 1857 or 8, a. 86 yrs. Her hus. d. there 7 or 8 yrs. previous.
ABIGAIL, bap. 1771; d. young.
HENRY, bap. 1773; m. Sarah Bugbee of Dorchester, Feb. 27, 1800; set. in Mil. 1809. Mrs. Sarah d. when her babe Henry was only a fortnight old. The hus. m., 2d, wid. Jerusha Abbee, whose maiden name was Jerusha Bur- nap; date and particulars of cer. not given. Their chn. : -
THOMAS, twin, b. 1775; m. Experience Briggs, and moved to the Western country.
RHODA, twin, b. 1775; m. Moses Chamberlain of Hop.
LYDIA, b. 1778; m. John Claflin, jun., 1798, and set. in Mil.
NANCY, b. 1781; m., 1st, Moses Cutler, Hop .; 2d, Col. Arial Bragg, Mil.
Mrs. Jerusha d., date not given; and the hus. m., 3d, the wid. Hannah Turner (maiden name Bass) of Medway; date and particulars of cer. not ascer- tained. No chn. The fr. d. quite suddenly, by falling out of his wagon, near the now Obed Daniels place, in Mil., March, 1813, a. 78 yrs. It will be seen that he was an elder bro. of Col. James Mellen, and the fr. of two conspicuous Mil. women, Mrs. John Claflin, Esq., and Mrs. Col. Arial Bragg; also, of Henry Mellen, jun., who spent nearly all his days in our town.
MELLEN, JOSEPH 6 (Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3 Simon,2 Richard 1), b. Hop.,
date not found, youngest half-bro. of Col. James, mr. the wid. Wilson when m. to his fr .; res. much in Mil., and more or less in Holl .; m. Sophronia -, ptge. and particulars of cer. not ascertained. Their chn .:-
MARY, b. 1802; m. Nathan Daniels; she d. 1861.
ELIZABETH, b. 1804; m. Joel Bixby; she still survives in Mil.
LOVETT, b. 1806; untraced.
THOMAS, b. 1808; m. Elizabeth R. Martin.
ADALINE, b. 1810; m. Isaac S. Claflin ; she d.
FANNY, b. 1812; m. Elihu Chenery; she d. 1861.
JAMES, b. 1814; untraced.
JERUSHA, b. 1816; m. William Batchelder.
GILBERT, b. 1818; untraced.
SARAH, b. 1820; untraced.
JULIA, b. 1822; m. Charles Dane.
JANE, b. 1824; untraced.
Mrs. Sophronia d. in Mil., Nov. 7, 1842, a. 61 yrs. The hus. and fr. d. in this general vicinity, 1859. Worthy people, as reported to me from those who knew them.
MELLEN, HENRY, Jun.7 (Henry,6 Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas, Simon,2 Rich- ard 1), b. in Hop., 1773; came young to res. in Mil .; m. Sarah Bugbee, dr. of Daniel Bugbee; b. in Dorchester, date not ascertained; cer. in Mendon, Feb. 27, 1800, by Rev. Caleb Alexander. Their chn .: -
ABIGAIL H., b. Hop., 1800; m. Luther Whiting of Sutton; both d.
SARAH, b. Hop., 1802; m. Almanza Tufts of Boston, 1825; both d.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Hop., 1804; m. Zurvilla G. Johnson of Worcester, 1820; both d.
MARY, b. Hop., 1806; m. Abner Waters of Sutton; both d.
The family removed to Mil. 1809.
HENRY, b. Mil., May 15, 1809; m. Charlotte R. Robbins, June 5, 1836.
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SAMUEL, b. Mil., May 7, 1811; d. in infancy.
CLARISSA, b. Mil., Dec. 4, 1812; unm .; res. in Washington City, D.C.
JOHN BUGBEE, b. Mil., May 13, 1815; m., 1st, Angeline Daniels; 2d, Sally Thayer.
Mr. Mellen res. many yrs. in So. Mil. on the place now owned by Albert W. Ham. Mrs. Sarah d. April 10, 1841. Mr. Mellen d. 1847. George Washington Mellen set. in Great Barrington. There his wf. d. in 1868, and he in 1879. He has two chn., a son and a dr., surviving there, the son bearing his own name.
Henry Mellen and wf., who were of Cincinnatus, N.Y., res. in Montville, Mass. They have a son and dr. there. Mrs. Whiting, the eldest dr., has 1 dr. surviving, - Mrs. A. B. Harvey in Providence, R.I. Mrs. Sarah Tufts left 2 sons, - Samuel P. Tufts of Centralia, Ill., and W. H. Tufts of Washington, D.C, Mrs. Mary Waters left an only dr., who res. in Hartford, Ct., - Mrs. Geo. Gouge. Clarissa makes her home with W. H. Tufts, her nephew. Deemed respectable people of the substantial rank in useful life.
MELLEN, JOHN BUGBEE 8 (Henry,7 Henry,6 Thomas,5 Henry,4 Thomas,3
Simon,2 Richard 1), b. Mil., May 13, 1815, m., 1st., Angeline Daniels, dr. of Lebbeus and Sukey (Penniman) Daniels, of Mendon; cer. Mendon, 1837, by Rev. Thomas Edwards. Their chn. : -
JOHN BUGBEE, Jun., b. Mil., June 29, 1839; res. with his fr. in Mendon. DAVID DANIELS, b. Mendon, April 15, 1842; d. Hartford, Ct., 1863.
Mrs. Angeline d. Nov. 4, 1842. The hus. m., 2d, Sally Thayer of Blackstone, dr. of Nahum and Mercy (Daniels) Thayer; cer. at the "Orthodox Parsonage," Mendon, 1845, by Rev. Andrew Reed. Nochn. The family has res. in Mendon for the last 36 yrs. The worthy hus. and fr. was stricken down by paralysis July 8, 1877, and has remained helpless as a child, now over 4 yrs. unable to move himself, - a remarkable case, which appeals deeply to the sympathy of all his relatives and friends. May it flow generously into his afflicted home, with many sustaining blessings from heaven.
MELLEN, REV. WILLIAM ROLAND GRENVILLE, ancestry not traced, but presumed to belong to the foregoing general lineage; Unitarian clergyman, res. Toronto, Canada, and was at one time pastor of the Mil. Universalist Society ; b. in Phillipston, Mass., Jan. 29, 1822; in. Diana Parkhurst Nel- son, dr. of Ezra and Polly (Parkhurst) Nelson, b. in Mil., Jan. 28, 1818; particulars of cer. asked for, but not given. Their chn .:-
CAROLINE NELSON, b., place not given, Dec. 19, 1845; m. Robt. B. Ridgley ; she d. 1876.
ISABEL AUGUSTA, b., place not given, Oct. 23, 1847; m. Willard F. Parker Detroit, Mich.
ELIZABETH FLORENCE, b., place not given, April 19, 1849.
I should have been glad to present a more specific record of this family, and made anxious inquiries in relation thereto, but, for some reason, was favored only with what I have given.
Doubtless there were several Mellens who transiently res. in town, but I believe I have been sufficiently inclusive and particular. I will, however, add one more name, from our town record of deaths, which I leave untraced. MELLEN, ABIGAIL, d. in Mil., Jan. 9, 1830, a. 90 yrs.
MERRIFIELD, AARON, son of Joseph and Hannah (Hill) Merrifield; b. in Holl., Oct. 28, 1738; m. Elizabeth Robinson, dr. of Ichabod and Ruth (Mer- riam) Robinson, b. in our Precinct, June 1, 1746; cer. April 17, 1766, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn .: -
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ABNER, b. Dec. 13, 1766.
AARON, b. Dec. 23, 1769.
MOSES, b. March 22, 1772. BETSEY, b. Feb. 22, 1774.
POLLY, b. Jan. 23, 1776.
CYRUS, b. June 15, 1778.
DAVID, b. Sept. 17, 1780.
SALLY, b. Feb. 15, 1783.
Aaron Merrifield came from Holl. He bought the Dea. Abijah French farm, on now Prospect St., of John Hill, Feb. 23, 1769. It has since been known as the Elihu Perry place, etc. Perry purchased it of Merrifield, perhaps not far from 1790; soon after which, I suppose, Merrifield rem. to some other locality. The only intimation of that locality is given in a quitclaim deed of a meeting- house pew to Elijah Thayer, dated Oct. 3, 1792. He and his wf. purported, at that date, to be of Newfane, Vt. Family no further traced.
MERRIFIELD, MARCUS, and wf. Juda, are credited on our records with the birth of 1 son here; viz., -
AUSTIN, b. Aug. 14, 1808. Whence these parents came, or whither they went, I get no clew. Prob. they were from Holl.
MESSINGER. We have had a few families of this name, some of whom dwelt on our borders, and were partially connected with the old Precinct institutions, and other townsfolk.
MESSINGER, SAMUEL, and wf. Catherine (Brown) Messinger, of Holl., in the vicinity of what is now called Braggville, were recd. into our Cong. ch., June 4, 1758, and several of their chn. were bap. here. I give below their chn. and gd. chn., as furnished me by my friend Alfred Bragg. I simply copy his record, adding a few baptisms from Rev. Mr. Frost's memoranda.
OLIVE, b. 1758; bap. Oct. 1, 1758, by Frost; single; d. Oct. 25, 1847.
JOEL, b. 1760; bap. July 13, 1760, by Frost.
JULIETTA, b. 1762; bap. June 13, 1762, by Thurston; m. Barak Bullard; she d. Dec. 18, 1839.
HENRY, b. 1765 ; bap. Feb. 24, 1765; d. March 27, 1790.
JOSEPH, b. 1767; single.
LABAN, b. 1769; d. Feb. 13, 1846.
SAMUEL, Jun., b. 1772; m. Olive Chase; he d. March 5, 1856.
ROSWELL, b. 1775.
CHARLES, b. 1778; single; d. Feb. 5, 1835.
Death-date of the hus. and fr. not given. Mrs. Catherine, the wf. and mr., b. 1741; d. 1831, a. 90 yrs.
From all I have incidentally heard, this must have been a meritorious family.
MESSINGER, SAMUEL, Jun.2 (Samuel1), b. 1772; m. Olive Chase ; inherited, I infer, the patrimonial homestead in Holl. near our north-eastern corner. Their chn. :-
EDWARD C., b. 1802; d. 1866.
ALFRED, b. 1803.
CHARLES OCTAVIUS, b. 1806.
JULIETTA, b. 1808; d. Dec. 18, 1809.
CATHERINE B., b. 1810; m. William H. Smith, Sept. 30, 1832.
HANNAH G., .b. 1812; m. Dennis Hartshorn.
JOEL A., b. 1815; d. June 10, 1871.
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MESSINGER AND METCALF.
MARY I., b. 1817; d. July 8, 1854.
SARAH, b. 1819.
HENRY, b. 1821.
These data are in some respects too meagre for my liking, and I have little personal knowledge wherewith to enrich them. If I had more of such knowl- edge, I have reason to think I might give a creditable report of the family mer- its, as well as of their biography. No death-dates of the parents are given. MESSINGER, WILLIAM, and wf. Zarina, pedigree unknown to me, are credited on our records with the birth of one dr. ; viz., -
HARRIET AMANDA, b. Dec. 22, 1825.
MESSINGER, DANIEL EDWARD7 (John,6 John,5 John,4 Rev. Henry 3 of
Wrentham, Thomas,2 Henry 1 from Eng., the ancestral immigrant, who set. in Boston), b. in South Mendon, now Blackstone, Jan. 31, 1826; machinist; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Darling; m. Eliza Carter Nichols, dr. of Ephraim and Betsey (Woods) Nichols, b. in Leominster, Nov. 2, 1823; cer. in Leominster, Oct. 31, 1848, by Rev. Matthew E. Hawes of Fitchburg. Issue : -
HANNAH AMANDA, b. Uxbridge, Sept. 1, 1849; m. George A. Jones, Sept. 1, 1869; res. So. Boston; 2 chn.
CHARLES HENRY, b. Hopedale, Oct. 10, 1851; m. Mary McGregor Friend, Dec. 4, 1873; res. Hopedale.
ADIN AUGUSTUS, b. Hopedale, Sept. 13, 1853; m. Flora Freeman, Oct. 12, 1881; res. Hopedale.
LYMAN BERNARDO, b. Hopedale, Feb. 24, 1856; newspaper reporter, etc.
DANIEL EDWARD, Jun., b. Hopedale, Sept. 13, 1860; machinist, etc.
MARY ELLEN, b. Hopedale, Feb. 5, 1868; res. with her now widowed mr. Grandchn. : --
GEORGE HERMAN JONES, son of George A. and H. Amanda, b. Hopedale, June 1, 1870.
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