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They also own and occupy the box factory and last and crimping form factory on Walnut Street, the building on Grove Street known as the "Jenks Shop," and the "Skating Rink " (120 by 60 feet on the ground) on Summer Street ; and they also hire for storage purposes the large four-story shop of Edmands & Co. on the same street.
For upwards of a quarter of a century this has been the largest boot and shoe manufacturing concern in the United States ; and it maintains that position to-day, both as to the quantity and value of boots and shoes annually produced.
A
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
OF
NORTH BROOKFIELD FAMILIES,
INCLUDING
THE RECORDS OF MANY EARLY SETTLERS OF BROOKFIELD.
BY
CHARLES ADAMS, JR.
PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN OF NORTH BROOKFIELD. 1887.
INTRODUCTORY.
Extracts from a Report made by Mr. Adams to the Committee on Town History :
" The work of collecting the genealogical records, which was intrusted to me, has been constantly pursued now for more than three years and a half. The progress during the last year has been less rapid than in other previous years ; but in reality much more has been accomplished, than in any other year ; not in the number of family schedules filled out, but in matters of history connected with them, and with those before obtained, all of which is essential to the work in hand. These matters of genealogy, and of history incidental to them, in which I have been deeply interested, are now in as satisfactory condition to me as they ever can be. There is much that is unattainable now, and would continue to be so, even if additional years should be devoted to the work.
I hope, however, before the schedules leave my custody, that I may be authorized to get them bound in a suitable manner - they have all been carefully copied -and when bound, that the two sets may be deposited in different places, in order to avoid casualties by fire.
To some it may seem unnecessary to bind these schedules, inasmuch as the printed History may be supposed to embrace all that is valuable in them : but it will not ; many things are recorded in them, to publish which would swell the volume beyond any reasonable size. There are many things of strictly personal and local interest, but which would not be of interest to the general reader. And much contained in them may be greatly condensed without detracting from its historic value.
CHARLES ADAMS, JR."
NORTH BROOKFIELD, March 8, 1883.
In accordance with the suggestion in the above Report, the town voted to bind the schedules, as arranged in alphabetical order : and they make ten bulky quarto volumes, one set of which is deposited in the town clerk's office, where they may be 'consulted for the purposes of family history.
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INTRODUCTORY.
The plan of this Register is simple. A heavy-faced numeral attached to a family name indicates that the person is the head of a line ; and his children and descendants, if they are to appear as fathers of families, have each his consecutive number, by which he can be traced, either forward or backward in the line. If no figure follows a child's name, his branch is not farther traced.
The abbreviations used are such as are commonly understood, or have an obvious local signification.
a. aged, acre.
abt. about. Amh. Amherst.
b. born. bap. baptized.
bef. before.
Bkfd. Brookfield.
bro. brother.
chil. children.
ch. church.
d. died.
dau. daughter. dis. dismissed, discharged.
d. y. died young.
ret. returned.
Rev. sold. Revolutionary soldier.
s. son. sett. settled.
sold. soldier.
s. p. without offspring.
Spg. Springfield.
k. killed.
1. lives, lived.
Leic. Leicester.
Marlb. Marlborough.
m. married.
N. Bkfd. North Brookfield.
Nhn. Northampton. Oak. Oakham. occ. occupied. ord. ordained. per. perhaps.
phy. physician. pl. place. prob. probably. pub. published. r. rods. rem. removed.
rep. representative. res. resides, resided.
f. father.
Fram. Framingham.
g. s. grandson. grad. graduated.
ho. house.
Ips. Ipswich.
Sud. Sudbury. unm. unmarried.
W. Bkfd. West Brookfield. wid. widow. Worc. Worcester.
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.1
ABBOTT, Thomas P., b. Charlestown, Feb. 5, 1849, m. June 1, 1872, Lizzie C Earle of North Brookfield. Child, Ralph E., b. Lynn, Aug. 15, 1873.
ADAMS, William 1 (of Ipswich), was of Cambridge as early as 1635 ; removed to Ipswich, where he was a commoner in 1641 ; a farmer, and d. 1661 ; his widow was living 1681. Children, William, d. Ipswich, Jan. 18, 1659, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Stacey, who d. 1655. They had three sons, one of whom, Rev. William, b. May 27, 1650, was a noted divine of Dedham ; John, d. 1703, m. (I) Rebecca -, who d. Dec. 31, 1666; (2) Sarah -, by whom he had 3 children ; she d. May 31, 1676, m. (3) May 8, 1677, Dorothy Witt, d. Nov. 9, 1707; Samuel, living 1690, m. Dec. 20, 1664, Mehitable Norton ; Hannah, m. (1) Dec. 6, 1659, Francis Muncy, (2) John Kimball ; Mary, m. Feb. 29, 1660, Thomas French ; Nathaniel, b. about 1641 2.
2. Nathaniel, son of William 1, b. about 1641, d. Apr. 11, 1715; m. June 30, 1668, Mercy, daughter of Thomas and Jeanette Dickinson, b. Rowley, Oct. 1646, d. Dec. 12, 1735. Children, Nathaniel, b. July 11, 1670, m. Jan. 1693, Abigail, daughter of Caleb and Anne Kimball, b. July 1668; Thomas, b. June 14, 1672 3; Mercy, b. Apr. 1, 1674, d. June 13, foll .; Sarah, b. July 19, 1675, m. - Fairfield ; William, b. June 29, 1678; Mercy, b. May 18, 1680, d. Sept. 11, 1735; m. (1) Feb. 4, 1703, John, son of Richard and Hannah Smith, b. Ipswich, 1677, d. May 20, 1713; four children ; (2) Sept. 1, 1716, Arthur, son of Arthur and Mary Abbott, b. Ipswich, Feb. 3, 1694, d. June 16, 1767 ; Samuel, b. June 29, 1682, m. 1706, Mary, daughter of Andrew Burley.
3. Thomas, son of Nathaniel 2, b. Ipswich, d. Oct. 24, 1729; m. Bethiah -, who d. Jan. 12, 1742. Children, Bethiah, b. Oct. 21, 1694, d. aged 16; Sarah, b. Apr. 2, 1697, m. Feb. 7, 1717, Josiah Bishop ; Thomas, b. Aug. 31, 1699, m. Apr. 17, 1722, Deborah Knowlton ; they had five sons, two, Ephraim and Benjamin, settled, 1748, in New Ipswich, N.II .- Ephraim was father of Professor Ebenezer of Dartmouth College ; Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1702, m. (1) Jan. 10, 1728, Priscilla Warner ; (2) Nov. 4, 1736, Dorothy Merriam ; Lydia, b. Dec. 16, 1704, m. Jan. 12, 1723, Benj. Woodbury ; Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1707, m. Apr. 18, 1728, Peter Lamson ; Benjamin, b. Apr. 22, 1710 4; Charles, b. 1712, came to North Brookfield before 1748, and bought what is known as the "Knowlton place "; had no children, and gave his property to a nephew, Charles A. Knowlton, whom he brought up; d. Sept. 17, 1786; m. 1733, Mary Perkins, who d. Apr. 24, 1800.
1 Some additions derived from various sources have been made to the genealogies as compiled by Hon. Charles Adams, jr.
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4. Benjamin, son of Thomas 3, settled in Marlboro; removed about 1738, to North Brookfield ; built where his grandson, Col. William lived ; d. Sept. 15, 1785. His wife, Persis- d. Sept. 10, 1783. Children, Persis, b. Nov. 13, 1732 ; Silas, b. Nov. 17, 1733, d. young ; Rebecca, b. Feb. 29, 1736, m. May 9, 1753, Obadiah Bartlett, son of Thomas 11, b. Apr. 5, 1730; Silas, b. Sept. 14, 1738; Lucy, b. Mar. 20, 1740 ; Persis, b. Apr. 16, 1742, m. Nov. 21, 1782, Silas Stevens ; Mary, b. Mar. 3, 1744, m. Dec. 2, 1767, Emerson Woolcott; Sarah, b. Mar. 30, 1746, m. May 22, 1765, Dr. Joseph Stow ; Benjamin, b. Apr. 20, 1748 5 ; Ephraim, b. May 23, 1750 6 ; Joel, b. Apr. 19, 1752, m. July 14, 1776, Joanna Hale ; Charles, b. Apr. 23, 1754; Lydia, b. Mar. 11, 1756; Darius, b. June 27, 1758; Lemuel, b. Nov. 22, 1760, d. young.
5. Benjamin, son of Benjamin 4, deacon. Dr. Snell says of him : " At the time of my settlement, no member of the church had so much influence in ecclesiastical affairs as Dea. Adams. He was a good judge of preaching, and a man of uncom- mon attainments for one who enjoyed no greater advantages. At this time he was the only member of the church who would take any part in a religious meeting." He d. Feb. 23, 1829; m. Dec. 16, 1773, Eunice Hale, who d. Apr. 9, 1831. Children, Betsey, b. Sept. 16, 1774, d. young ; Betsey, b. Aug. 21, 1776, m. Cyrus Ayres ; Charles, b. Aug. 28, 1778 7; Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1780 8; Eunice, b. Nov. 11, 1782, m. (I) Mar. 15, 1807, Jonathan Maynard of Westboro, who d. Hampden, O., Oct. 4, 1838 ; (2) Nov. 13, 1845, Zenas Wilson, b. Connecticut, Aug. 11, 1770, d. Concord, O .- [Children, Lewis G., b. Ware, Jan. 8, 1808, m. Nov. 14, 1832, Elvira Blakesley of Char- don, O., b. Colebrook, Ct., Aug. 17, 1807 ; Benjamin Adams, b. Ware, July 25, 1810, d. Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 2, 1831 ; Nancy A., b. Ware, Mar. 15, 1812, m. (1) May 9. 1836, Stephen Gates of Munson, O., d. Sept. 30, 1840 ; (2) Mar. 1, 1846, F. C. Shel- don of Hampden, O .; she d. Dimondale, Mich., Nov. 25, 1866; Lucy W., b. Nov. I, 1815, d. Delevan, Wis., Nov. 20, 1845 ; m. Dec. 11, 1834, Lewis H. Bagg of Hamp- den, O., b. Chesterfield, Mass .; Thomas H., b. Nov. 14, 1822, d. Dimondale, Mich., Nov. 12, 1871 ; m. Sept. 13, 1848, Esther A. Lamson, b. Brutus, N.Y., June 6, 1826]; Benjamin, b. Sept. 5, 1786 9; William, b. Mar. 20, 1789 10; Thomas, b. Feb. 7, 1792 11; Mary, b. May 10, 1797, d. young.
6. Ephraim, son of Benjamin 4, b. May 23, 1750, d. Jan. 3, 1822 ; m. (1) May 19, 1774, Eunice Moulton, d. Mar. 2, 1784, aged 32; (2) May 14, 1785, Sybil Bemis of Spencer, d. Jan 14, 1849, aged 91. Children, Benjamin, b. July 25, 1775 12 ; Sarah, b. Oct. I, 1777, m. Oct. 12, 1802, Reuben Kent of New York; Cynthia, b. May 7, 1780, d. May, 1808 ; Lavinia, b. July 7, 1782, m. - Livermore of Vermont ; Reuben, b. Apr. 15, 1786, d. young ; Eunice, b. July 3, 1788, d. Dec. 16, 1803; Mary, b. May 15, 1791, m. Zebulon Carey, and d. West Brookfield, June 14, 1854; William, b. Mar. 2, 1793 13; Susannah, b. Dec. 2, 1795, m. Henry Utley of Hardwick, and d. Mar. 22, 1866; Sidney, b. Apr. 26, 1799, m. (1) Caroline Ellis ; (2) Frances Merriam, both of West Brookfield.
7. Charles, son of Deacon Benjamin 5, b. Aug. 28, 1778, d. Jan. 4, 1837 ; m. May 24, 1807, Martha, daughter Richard and Mehitable Ward, b. Salem, Jan. 21, 1779, d. Mar. 21, 1829. Children, Charles Pickman, b. July 4, 1808 14 ; Richard Ward, b. Aug. 9, 1810 15; George Curwen, b. Nov. 22, 1812 16; Sarah E., b. June 4, 1816, m. Sept. 23, 1848, Thomas M. Miles of Marlboro.
8. Samuel, son of Deacon Benjamin 5, b. Nov. 17, 1780 ; d. Sept. 20, 1825; m. Nov. 28, 1805, Lucy Cheever, d. Sept. 28, 1834. Children, Eliza H., b. Sept. 20, 1806, d. Aug. 14, 1847 ; m. May 2, 1824, Adnah Sackett, d. Providence, R.I., Feb. 15, 1860 ; Lucy, b. May 1, 1809, m. Jan. 20, 1830, Stephen Hans Holroyd; Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1811, murdered by John C. Colt in New York, Sept. 17, 1841 ; m. Apr. 25, 1838,
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Emeline R. Lane, who m. (2) Nov. 21, 1850, William H. Vanderhoof of New York ; Angeline, b. Oct. 30, 1814, m. Jan. 8, 1835, James M. Reeder of Eddytown, Yates County, N.Y., b. Aug. 18, ISII, d. June 29, 1873.
9. Benjamin, son of Deacon Benjamin 5, b. Sept. 5, 1786, d. Jan. 27, 1834 ; m. Sept. 20, 1810, Rebecca R. Rider of Provincetown, b. Apr. 7, 1796, d. Feb. 11, 1836. Children, Benjamin F., b. July 21, 1812, 17 ; John W., b. Apr. 19, 1814, lost at sea, 1831 ; Joanna R., b. Jan. 20, 1816, m. (1) Levi Higgins ; (2) William Cook; Timothy Doane, b. Mar. 12, 1818 18; Stephen R., b. Jan. 7, 1820, d. young; Caroline F., b. Feb. 17, 1822, m. Rev. William H. Rider of Chicago.
10. William, son of Deacon Benjamin 5, b. Mar. 20, 1789, d. Feb. 26, 1871; colonel. He held at different times all the principal parish and town offices ; justice of the peace 40 years, representative three terms, postmaster, rose through the military grades to the rank of colonel. He m. (1) June 13, 1819, Adah Forbes, d. Nov. 13, 1852 ; (2) June 23, 1856, Mrs. Dulcena B. Bishop. Children, William Forbes, b. Mar. 4, 1820 19 ; Thomas Edwin, b. Jan. 2, 1824 20.
11. Thomas, son of Deacon Benjamin 5, b. Feb. 7, 1792 ; fitted for college with Dr. Snell, and at Leicester Academy ; graduated Dartmouth College 1814; studied Theol- ogy with Dr. Snell; licensed Sept. 1816, and Oct. 1817, appointed Missionary to the District of Maine ; ordained Vassalboro, Aug. 26, 1818, and dismissed 1834 ; settled Waterville, 1835, dismissed 1838; engaged in Temperance work in Maine and Mas- sachusetts; went 1846 to Hampton, O., where he learned the German language, and preached to that people. In 1862 returned to Maine ; d. Winslow, Feb. 4, 1881, but buried in Vassalboro, where a chapel called the "Adams Memorial Chapel," was erected and dedicated Oct. 31, 1883, to his memory. He m. (1) June 13, 1819, Sarah, daughter of Joshua Barnard, who d. Vassalboro, June 18, 1821, aged 25; (2) Sept. 3, 1822, Lavina, daughter of William Swan of Winslow, d. July 15, 1826, aged 29 ; (3) Aug. 16, 1827, Catherine S., daughter of Caleb Lyman of Woodstock, Vt., d. Nov. 28, 1870. Children, Thomas B., b. May 3, 1820, d. New York City, 1875, unmarried ; Benjamin H., b. June 10, 1821, d. young ; Sarah B., b. June 22, 1824 ; William Swan, b. Oct. 24, 1828, assistant editor New York Sun, d. Apr. 22, 1877 ; m. Nov. 1867, Mary Agnes Hunt; Edwin Francis, b. Dec. 30, 1839, 21.
12. Benjamin, son of Ephraim 6, b. July 25, 1775, d. Jan. 5, 1814 ; m. Apr. 10, 1800, Polly Crowell of Brookfield. Children, Solomon Aiken, b. Oct. 29, 1800, unmarried ; Amos Banister, b. Jan. 30, 1802, m. Electa Wheeler of Ware ; Reuben Bemis, b. Dec. 8, 1804 22; Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1807, m. Dwight Sampson; Martha Crowell, b. Apr. 25, 1810, m. - Johnson, and d. Brookfield, 1868; Susan Eldridge, b. Sept. 6, 1812, m. Frank Sampson ; Jerusha Benjamin, b. July 25, 1814, m. - Sly of North Adams, and d. 1879.
13. William, son of Ephraim 6, b. Mar. 2, 1793, m. (1) Jan. 1, 1824, Sally An- drews of Ware ; (2) Nov. 2, 1832, Martha A. Marsh of Brookfield. Children, Sarah, b. Sept. 16, 1824, m. Dec. 5, 1843, Dr. Charles Robinson of Hardwick, who was after- wards governor of Kansas ; she d. Springfield, June 21, 1846; William, b. Sept. 16, 1824, m. Oct. 3, 1854, Rebecca J. Mead of Hardwick; Frances L., b. Apr. 20, 1834, m. Jan. 22, 1862, E. Allen Day of Warren ; Susan French, b. Apr. 4, 1837, m. Sept. 16, 1858, Lemuel Fullam ; Ellen E., b. Aug. 17, 1838, d. young.
14. Charles Pickman, son of Charles 7, b. July 4, 1808; m. (1) Feb. 15, 1833, Lucy Ann Hill, who d. Boston, May 1, 1878 ; (2) Jan. 12, 1881, Margaret B. Magoun. Children, Martha W., b. Dec. 21, 1835, d. young ; Charles P., b. Ang. 16, 1839, d. young ; Antoinette, b. Boston, June 28, 1843, m. June 10, 1873, Joseph Clapp, who d. Oct. 26, 1877, leaving son, Henry Adams.
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15. Richard W., son of Charles 7, b. Aug. 9, 1810, m. Feb. 11, 1841, Sarah Collins, d. Nov. 8, 1880. Children, Charlotte W., b. Worcester, Mar. I, 1844, d. Dec. 24, 1882 ; Charles P., b. June 28, 1846; William Frederick, b. Barre, Mar. I, 1853.
16. George C., son of Charles 7, b. Nov. 22, 1812; m. (1) Aug. 15, 1847, Mrs. Harriet Loveland of Richmond, Va., who d. Apr. 25, 1853 ; (2) Oct. 13, 1857, Tame- zine Wait Bliss of Worcester. Children, Charles Perkins, b. New Orleans, Aug. 7, 1848 ; Francis E., b. Natchez, Nov. 25, 1851, d. Apr. 17, 1871 ; George Bliss, b. Middlebury, Vt., Apr. 27, 1865, d. young.
17. Benjamin F., son of Benjamin 9, b. July 21, 1812, m. Nov. 23, 1837, Frances P. Holmes of Vermont. Children, John W., b. Sept. 1, 1838, m. (1) Mar. 24, 1861, Sarah L. Tyler, who d. Dec. 1864; (2) May 1, 1865, widow Nancy Stevens of Rut- land. Children, William L., b. Mar. 5, 1840, d. of wounds in battle of Antietam, Nov. 7, 1862; Rebecca Frances, b. Sept. 26, 1841; Samuel F., b. Dec. 19, 1842, d. Aug. 23, 1855; George E., b. Mar. 5, 1844, killed in battle of Newmarket, May 15, 1864 ; Charles Henry, b. Feb. 20, 1846, m. June 20, 1870, Anna E. Bruce ; Thomas 7., b. July 17, 1848; Austin H., b. Nov. 27, 1852, m. Elizabeth Swan of Bradford.
18. Timothy D., son of Benjamin 9, b. Mar. 12, 1818, m. (1) July 4, 1842, Nancy J. Oliver of Wayland, b. Jan. 20, 1820, d. Waltham, Jan. 6, 1856; (2) June 27, 1860, Mary Irving of Scotland, b. Mar. 1, 1844. Children, John E., b. Wayland, June 5, 1843 ; Maria y., b. Waltham, Sept. 10, 1847 ; Joseph P., b. Feb. 26, 1863; Thomas Irving, b. Sept. 7, 1864; Charles F., b. Weston, Dec. 20, 1866.
19. William F., son of William 10, b. Mar. 4, 1820, d. Springfield, Oct. 31, 1873; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1843, Sarah M. Harris, d. May 16, 1852; (2) May 11, 1859, Caroline S. Drury of Warren. Children, Adah, b. North Brookfield, d. Feb. 23, 1867; George T., b. Springfield, Jan. 6, 1862; Charles P., b. Dec. 22, 1868; William F., b. Mar. 24, IS70.
20. Thomas E., son of William 10, b. Jan. 2, 1824 ; a general in the Confederate Army, and d. New Orleans, Mar. 13, 1868. He m. Nov. 16, 1853, Mary Graham of Kentucky, who m. (2) Gov. Bramlett of Kentucky. Children, Thomas E., b. Nov. 23, 1858, d. Apr. 20, 1861 ; Thomas E., b. Aug. 1, 1862; Nellie Adah, b. Jan. 18, 1865, d. Apr. 4, 1871.
21. Edward F., son of Rev. Thomas 11, b. Dec. 30, 1839; agent on the Pacific coast for A. S. Barnes & Co., New York publishers ; m. (1) Jan. 24, 1860, R. Elmira Shattuck of Hampden, O., d. Jan. 8, 1866; (2) Dec. 25, 1868, Delia R. Cooper of Hillsdale, Mich. Children, Edward F., b. Hampden, O., Dec. 4, 1860; lived San Francisco, Cal., and Winslow, Me .; Sarah E., b. Hampden, O., Nov. 24, 1863, d. young ; Evangeline, b. Oberlin, Dec. 31, 1869; Katherine, b. Oberlin, May 30, 1870; Marion, b. Chicago, Aug. 7, 1871 ; William, b. Apr. 3, 1873; Francis, b. Sept. 19, 1874.
22. Reuben B., son of Benjamin 12, b. Dec. 8, 1804, m. June 3, 1827, Deborah A. Hooker, d. Boston, June 21, 1870. Children, John H., b. June 14, 1828; d. young ; John Q., b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; in 9th Light Battery 1862, to the close of the war; now an officer at Deer Island ; Mary A., b. Oct. 31, 1833, m. Dec. 3, 1874, Charles Sprague of Hingham, and d. Mar. 17, 1880 ; Edwin H., b. Mar. 1, 1839; in 44th Regt. Mass. Vols. one year, d. Apr. 11, 1879; he m. Sept. 6, 1867, Annie E. Read of Boston; Lyman H., b. July 29, 1841, d. young; Austin R., b. Feb. 25, 1844; served three months in "Lincoln Guards," 1862; m. Sept. 24, 1877, Gertrude E. Tewksbury of East Boston ; Caroline E., b. Aug. 25, 1849.
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ADAMS (of Quincy), Henry 1, came from England to America, as stated by some, about 1630, and settled at Braintree (now Quincy), Mass. President John Adams, who erected a monument to his memory, says on it that he came from Dev- onshire, Eng. President John Quincy Adams believed that he came from Braintree, Essex Co., Eng., about 1634. The monument alluded to is in the old cemetery in Quincy, and bears the following inscription : -
"IN MEMORY OF HENRY ADAMS WHO TOOK HIS FLIGHT FROM TIIE DRAGON PERSECUTION IN DEVONSHIRE IN ENGLAND AND ALIGHTED WITH EIGHT SONS, NEAR MOUNT WOLLASTON. ONE OF THE SONS RETURNED TO ENGLAND, AND AFTER TAKING TIME TO EXPLORE THE COUNTRY, FOUR REMOVED TO' MEDFIELD AND THE NEIGHBORING TOWNS; TWO TO CHELMSFORD. ONE ONLY. JOSEPH, WHO LIES HERE AT HIS LEFT HAND, REMAINED HERE WHO WAS AN ORIGINAL PROPRIE- TOR IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BRAINTREE, INCORPORATED IN 1639.
" THIS STONE AND SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THIS YARD, BY A GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON, FROM A VENERATION OF THE PIETY, HUMILITY, SIM- PLICITY, PRUDENCE, PATIENCE, TEMPERANCE, FRUGALITY, INDUSTRY AND PERSE- VERANCE OF HIS ANCESTORS, IN HOPES OF RECOMMENDING AN IMITATION OF THEIR VIRTUES TO THEIR POSTERITY."
The name of his wife is unknown, not being mentioned in his will, probated June 8, 1647. He d. Oct. 1646, and was buried on the eighth of the month. Children, Henry, b. Englai d, 1604; removed to Medfield, where he was the first town clerk; was killed by the Indians Feb. 2, 1676, near his own doorway. M. 1643, Elizabeth Paine, who, on the same date of her husband's death, being at the house of Rev. Mr. Wilson, lying upon a bed in the chamber, was mortally wounded by the acci- dental discharge of a gun in the hands of a Capt. Jacob, who was with several soldiers in the room below, the ball penetrating the ceiling and floor above, into her body. Seven children, Thomas, b. England 1612; m. Mary Blackmer of Brain- tree; removed first to Concord, thence to Chelmsford, where he was Commissioner for the Court of Chelmsford, 1667 ; d. 1688 ; Samuel, b. England, 1617; resided in Concord, Charlestown, and thence 1654, removed to Chelmsford, where he d. 1666. [A Capt. Samuel Adams, said to have been a brother of Thomas, was chosen Com- missioner for the Court of Chelmsford, 1667.] He m. (1) Rebecca Graves ; (2) Esther Sparhawk ; Jonathan, b. England, 1619; settled in Medfield ; m. (1) Eliza- beth -; (2) Mary -; Peter, b. England, 1622 ; removed to Medfield, and m. Rachel -; John, b. England, 1624; resided in Concord and West Cambridge ; m. Ann -, d. 1706; Joseph, b. England, 1626 ; he alone of his brothers remained in Braintree ; was a maltster and made freeman, 1653; chosen selectman, Apr. 10, 1673 ; was great grandfather of President John Adams ; m. Nov. 26, 1650, Abigail, daughter of Gregory Baxter, who d. Aug. 27, 1692 ; he d. Dec. 6, 1694, and was buried in the family ground at Quincy. His monument is that alluded to, in the inscription on his father's tombstone, "WHO LIES HERE AT HIS LEFT HAND"; Edward, b. Eng- land, 1630 2; Ursula, named in her father's will, which is all known of her at present.
2. Edward, son of Henry 1, b. England, 1630 ; removed to Medfield, where he was much employed in public affairs ; was an ensign, and for several years select- man; also Representative in the first two General Courts after the deposition of Gov. Andros ; m. (1) Lydia -, who d. Mar. 3, 1676 ; (2) widow Abigail (Crafts) Ruggles of Roxbury. Children, [b. Medfield] Lydia, b. July 12, 1653, m. Mr. Daniel ; Jonathan, b. Apr. 4, 1655, was of Medway ; John, b. Feb. 18, 1657 3, in
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
Medfield ; Eliashib, b. Feb. 18, 1659, settled in Bristol, R.I .; Sarah, b. May 29, 1660, m. - Turner ; James, b. Jan. 4, 1662, removed to Barrington, R.I. ; Heury, b. Oct. 29, 1663, settled in Canterbury, Ct. ; Mehitable, b. Mar. 30, 1665 ; Elisha, b. Aug. 25, 1666, d. Sept. 1666; Edward, b. June 28, 1668, settled in Bristol, R.I .; Bethiah, b. Apr. 12, 1671, d. soon ; Bethiah, b. Aug. 18, 1672, d. in infancy ; Abigail, b. June 25, 1675, d. young ; Miriam, b. Feb. 26, 1676, d. young.
3. John, son of Edward 2, b. Medfield, Feb. 18, 1657 ; was a farmer, and resided in Medfield ; m. (1) Deborah -, (2) Susanna -. Children, Edward, b. 1682, said to have settled in Milton ; John, b. Dec. 22, 1684, resided in Medway; Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1686, resided in West Medway ; Eleazer, b. Sept. 22, 1687, lived in Medway ; Obadiah, b. Jan. 28, 1689, lived in Medway; Jonathan, b. about 1692, lived in Med- way ; Thomas ; Children by 2d wife Susanna : Thomas, b. Feb. 5, 1695, resided in Ashford, Ct., and Amherst; Susanna, b. 1697; Jeremiah, b. July 13, 1699, and set- tled in Brookfield ; m. - McIntire of Needham ; Abraham, b. Aug. 1, 1701 4; m. Mary Cummings of Oxford, and settled in Brookfield; d. 1785; Bethia, b. 1702, m. Timothy Stearns of Framingham; Phineas, b. May 19, 1705; Hannah, b. 1707 ; Esther, b. 1707.
4. Abraham, son of John 3, b. Medfield, Aug. 1, 1701, m. Mary Cummings of Oxford, settled in Brookfield, and d. 1785. Children (Brookfield Records), Abra- ham, b. June 26, 1737-8, m. Michal Bellenger of Brookfield, d. 1809; Eleazer, b. Mar. 31, 1740-I, m. Hannah Corey of Sturbridge, d. Oct. 4, 1823; Mary, b. June 27, 1744; Josiah, b. July 5, 1746, m. July 21, 1768, Nancy Sampson of Sturbridge ; had a son Josiah, thence removed to New York State, and had other children ; Susanna, b. Nov. 3, 1748; Patience, b. Dec. 19, 1750, probably m. Dec. 1, 1768, Reuben Lamb of Spencer ; Obadiah, was killed 1776, at Dorchester, in the Revolu- tionary war; Jesse, b. June 20, 1755 5. A Mary Adams m. May 4, 1767, Emerson Woolcott. Another Mary m. Jan. 1762, Erastus Hamilton, and still another m. Nov. 20, 1775, Robert Stevenson. A Susanna Adams m. Feb. 15, 1776, Isaac Lackey of Spencer.
5. Jesse, son of Abraham 4, b. June 20, 1755, m. Oct. 11, 1781, Miriam Richard- son of Brookfield, who d. Sept. 29, 1843, aged 81 years ; he d. Sept. 24, 1827. He was a patriot and soldier in the Revolutionary war, and after an eight months' ser- vice in the militia, in 1776, he enlisted in Capt. Asa Danforth's Company, Col. Learned's Regiment, and served one year in the Massachusetts Line; was also engaged in another eight months' service, and was at the capture of Burgoyne. At the expiration of his term of service, he received an honorable discharge, and was granted a pension, $8 per month, from Dec. 8, 1819 ; his widow also became a re- cipient of $40 per annum, from Mar. 4, 1836, which was increased to $76.88 from Mar. 4, 1843. He m. Oct. 11, 1781, Miriam Richardson of Brookfield, who d. Sept. 29, 1843, aged 81 years ; he d. Sept. 24, 1827. Children, Charles, b. Feb. 13, 17S2 6; Asa, b. Dec. 17, 1783, resides in Brookfield, m. (1) Sept. 11, 1808, Cynthia Brown ; (2) Feb. 19, 1837, widow Betsey Curtis, b. Mar. 27, 1804, d. Stockbridge, Nov. 14, 1867 ; Silas, b. Oct. 18, 1786 or 'S7, m. Mar. 12, 1812, Tirzah Morey of Sturbridge, who d. at Shelburne Falls ; he d. Brookfield, July 29, 1842; Esther, b. Aug. 23 or 28, 1788, m. Apr. 8, 1810, Clark Rice of Brookfield ; she d. Oct. 28, 1810; Jonas, b. May 20, 1790, d. Jan. 1, 1795; Cynthia, b. July 9 or 13, 1792, m. Dec. 26, 1814, Barn- well Bowen, who d. Mar. 18, 1832; Catherine, b. Apr. 7, 1796, m. Nov. 30, 1817, Squire Hamilton, d. Sept. 17, 1825; Amasa, b. Dec. 16, 1797, d. Nov. 20, 1821 ; Simeon, b. Nov. 20 or 24, d. Apr. 5, 1801 ; Polly, b. Sept. 17, 1801, d. Sept. 17 or 29, 1805 ; a child, b. and d. 1803; Polly, b. Apr. 22, 1808, d. Feb. 23, 1816.
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