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12. Increase, son of Capt. Moses 8, m. Nov. 19, 1797, Jemima Houghton, b. Aug. 21, 1770, he d. May 13, 1840. Children, Harriet, b. Dec. 11, 1798, m. Billings Swan of Leicester and d. June 14, IS70; Amos, b. Apr. 4, ISoo, unm., d. Aug. 24, 1855; Moses, b. Jan. 17, 1802 14; Meliscent, b. Oct. 3, 1804, d. young ; Clarissa, b. Jan. 23, 1807, d. Sept. 6, 1850; Dolly Houghton, b. Dec. 6, 1809, d. Nov. 19, 1840 ; James Converse, b. Feb. 7, 1812 15.
13. William, son of William 9, captain, m. Oct. 24, 17SS, Freelove Jenks, d. Jan. 9, 1835. Children, William, b. Jan. 10, 1790 16; Freelove, b. Sept. 21, 1791, m. Apr. 4, 1815, Charles Henshaw ; Lucy, b. Jan. 7, 1794, d. young ; Jonathan Jenks, b. Mar.
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28, 1797 17; Lucy H., b. Feb. 23, 1800, m. Apr. 27, 1825, Jonathan Carey ; Windsor, b. May 24, 1803, d. aged five ; Horace, b. Apr. 7, 1806 18; Samuel W., b. Mar. 6, 1859, d. young.
14. Moses, son of Increase 12, m. June 10, 1827, Sophronia Waite, daughter of Samuel. Children, Harriet S., b. Apr. 7, 1828, m. Aug. 30, 1849, Alonzo F. Bixby, and d. Aug. 25, 1855; Windsor, b. Nov. 1, 1829, m. June 3, 1852, Mary Leathers ; Samuel W., b. Oct. 11, 1831, unm., d. Ware, Sept. 2, 1859; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1833, d. aged five.
15. James C., son of Increase 12, m. Dec. 25, 1838, Lauretta Ruggles of Hard- wick, b. Oct. 25, 1811. Children, Henry W., b. Mar. 1, 1844, m. Dec. 25, 18So, Mary J. Jackson of Hardwick ; George H., b. Oct. 25, 1845, d. aged five ; John D., b. Feb. 9, 1848, d. aged two ; L. Adelaide, b. July 8, 1850, d. May 2, 1865; Emma A., b. Oct. 11, 1852, d. July 1, 1878 ; William F., b. May 16, 1855, d. Feb. 1, 1864.
16. William, son of William 13, merchant, Smithfield, R.I., d. May 3, 1822. He m. Apr. 7, 1812, Mercy Phillips of Grafton, b. May 20, 1791, d. Worcester, June 23, 1866. Children, William Windsor, b. Mar. 12, 1813 19; Lucy H., b. Jan. 5, 1820, m. May 4, 1842, Charles O. Foster of Grafton, b. June 10, 1816, d. Nov. 30, 1854 ; they had Charles A., b. May 8, 1843, m. Flora E. Goodnow of Worcester ; James M., b. Nov. 3, 1845; John P., b. Oct. 29, 1821, d. young.
17. Jonathan J., son of William 13, m. Dec. 12, 1839, Sophia Emery of Ware, d. May 20, 1860. Child, Ella Sophia, b. June 16, 1848, d. young.
18. Horace, son of William 13, d. Worcester, May 3, 1867. He m. (1) Mary S. Woodworth of Leicester, d. July 11, 1840, aged thirty ; (2) Nov. 19, 1844, Caro- line M. Corbett of Worcester, d. May 13, 1880. Children, Julia Ann, b. Leicester, Dec. 1833, d. 1839; Frances, b. Mar. 18, 1836, m. Dec. 15, 1859, Josiah H. Clark of Worcester, and had Mary W., b. Jan. 8, 1862; Fannie A., b. July 4, 1868; Grace H., b. Sept. 29, 1869; Josiah H., b. Aug. 13, 1872 ; William }., b. Jan 1838, d. young ; Horace C., b. Worcester, May 23, 1850.
19. William W., son of William 16, m. Sept. 26, 1836, Mrs. Emily Jane Elam of St. Louis, Mo., d. Worcester, Aug. 9, 1869. Child, William E., b. Grafton, Dec. 8, 1841, m. (1) Apr. 1863, Josephine Moakley of Boston, d. Feb. 1864, (2) 1874, Mrs. Almira Sherwood of Boston.
AYRES. Of the sons of Samuel 2 (grand children of Sergt. John), there came to Brookfield and settled
3. Edward, who received grants, in all of five hundred and sixteen acres ; he m. Nov. 19, 1718, Jemima Davis. Children, William, b. Dec. 16, 1719, d. young ; John, b. Jan. 10, 1722, d. Dec. 18, 1739; Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1724; Hannah, b. May 2, 1726, d. Oct. 25, 1738; Samuel, b. Feb. 25, 1728, d. young ; Jedediah, b. Sept. 7, 1729; Ephraim, b. June 13, 1733; Edward, b. Jan. 31, 1735.
4. Ebenezer, who received grants, in all of four hundred and thirty-four acres ; he mi. 1710, Dorcas Getchell of Salisbury; no children on record.
5. John, called on the records "John, Sen.," came to Brookfield 1714; received grants, in all of two hundred and ninety-five acres; wife Elizabeth; child recorded in Brookfield, Hannah, b. July 9, 1715, d. Oct. 31, 1725. Probably other children were born earlier, at Newbury.
6. Jabez, who received grants, in all of two hundred and twenty-five acres. He m. Dec. S, 1718, Rebecca Kimball of Haverhill. Children, Stephen, b. Aug. 3, 1719, d. young ; Eliphalet, b. Mar. 4, 1722, m. Sept. 13, 1758, Catherine Allen ; William, b. Feb. 28, 1724 7; Micajah, b. Sept. 24, 1729, m. Mar. 14, 1764, Sarah Barns, d.
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New Braintree ; Onesiphorus, b. Apr. 7, 1733 8; Stephen, b. Feb. 4, 1735, d. young ; ; Jabez, b. Apr. 26, 1737, a soldier in the French War, and the Revolution, m. Persis Stewart, d. Feb. 24, IS24.
7. William, son of Jabez 6, Lieut., m. May 3, 1753, Rachel Barns, d. Dec. 31, 1814. Children, Rebecca, b. Mar. IS, 1754, m. - Kingsbury, d. Feb. 28, 1825; : Beulah, b. Aug. 24, 1756, d. young ; Hannah, b. Aug. 14, 1758, m. Oct. 1776, Na- thaniel Belknap; Eunice, b. Jan. 24, 1761, m. - Mason of Bethel, Me., d. Feb. 4, . 1846; Susan, b. Feb. 22, 1763, unm., d. Sept. 20, 1852; Job, b. Mar. 29, 1765, d. young ; Rufus, b. Mar. 10, 1766, d. young ; Hazel Elponi, b. Apr. 15, 1767, unm., d. Feb. 23, 1834; Jonas, b. Sept. 10, 1769 9 ; Joel, h. May 2, 1772, d. young ; Kate, b. Aug. 8, 1773, d. young ; David, b. ()ct. 29, 1774, d. young; Lydia, b. July 22, 1776, . m. Nov. 7, 1799, William Lamson, d. June 28, 1845; John, b. Feb. 28, 1778, d. young.
8. Onesiphorus, son of Jabez 6, d. June 2, 1809. He m. Dec. 6, 1759, Anna Goodale, d. June 13, 1814. Children, Jason, b. Mar. 16, 1761, a physician, m. Apr. 17, 1791, Betsey Holman, and d. in Illinois, July 29, 1838 ; Judith, b. Jan. 12, 1763, . m. Dr. Jason Tyler ; Anna, b. Oct. 10, 1764, m. Oct. 16, 1785, John Ranger, Jr. ; Jabez, b. Dec. 5, 1766 10; Lovisa, b. Nov. 23, 1768, ni. Oct. 17SS, Joseph Snow; Matilda, b. July 27, 1771, m. June 4, 1793, Josiah Converse of Bakersfield, Vt .; Cyrus, b. Nov. 28, 1773 11; Sarah, b. June 10, 1776, m. Jan. 12, 1797, Josiah How ; John, b. Apr. 10, 1779, d. Aug. 22, 1830, m. Nov. 15, 1803, Rebecca Lombard of Truro, d. Dec. 6, 1852, aged sixty-nine ; Amy, b. May 12, 1781, m. Jan. 20, 1805, . Merrick Rice.
9. Jonas, son of William 7, m. Mar. 6, 1800, Sarah Winslow of Barre. Children, . Joshua IV., b. Dec. 27, 1800, d. Feb. 20, 1822; Hannah, b. Mar. 21, 1802, m. Oct .. 13, 1835, Ira Greenwood of Boston; Isabella, b. Nov. 1, 1803, unmarried, d. May 6, 1868; Abigail, b. Sept. 30, 1805, unmarried, d. Nov. 17, 1836; Rachel, b) Oct. 26, IS07, m. Feb. 26, 1833, Joel Sampson ; William Henry, b. Mar. 5, ISto 12; Sarah, . b. Mar. 17, 1812, m. July S, 1851, George Hollister of Boston; Harriet Newe!l, b. July 10, 1816.
10. Jabez, son of Onesiphorus 8, d. Aug. 24, 1833. He married Dec. 3, 1795, . Hannah Gilbert, d. Jan. 6, 1842. Children, Ann, b. Feb. 27, 1797, m. May 10, IS25, . Levi Bush, who lived Whately; Baxter, b. June 5, 1799 13; Betsey. b. Oct. 7, ISO!, , m. Luther Brigham, and d. Springfield, Oct. 23, 1841 ; Stillman, b. Aug. S, 1803, d .. July 6, 1819; Warren, b Oct. 15, 1805 14; Esther G., b. Sept. 29, 1807, m. Apr. IO ,, 1831, Joseph Bates ; Lucy Fiske, b. Jan. 31, 1813, d. Oct. 26, 1828.
11. Cyrus, son of Onesiphorus 8, d. Nov. 19, 1822. He m. Apr. 10, 1800, Betsey. Adams, daughter of Deacon Benjamin, d. Nov. 8, 1822. Children, Mary, b. Feb .. 18, ISO1, unmarried, d. Leicester, Feb. 24, 1875; Eliza, b. Dec. 3, 1802, d. young ; Adaline, b. Aug. 8, 1804, m. Moses Greenwood of Ilubbardston, and d. New Orleans, Nov. 30, 1861 ; Eliza, b. Apr. 6, 1806, m. May 23, 1827, John Loring of Leicester, d. Jan. 26, 1837 ; William Adams, b. Sept. 12, 1807, m. Sept. 13, 1831, Caroline Hooker, d. Worcester, Aug. 15, 1871 ; Cyrus, b. Sept. 24, ISog, unmarried, d. Duane, N.Y., Jan. 2, 18So; Eunice Hale, b. Nov. 29, 1813, m. Reuben Stowe ofr Hubbardston ; Sally Waite, b. Feb. 27, 1815, d. 1820; Sophronia K., b. Feb. 28, 1817, m. (1) Jan. I, 1839, Emerson Kent of Leicester, (2) Cheney Hatch of Leicester, president Leicester Bank; Charlotte, b. Apr. 28, 1819, m. Francis Richardson.
12. William H., son of Jonas 9, stage proprieter, merchant and farmer, m. Apr. 16, 1838, Sarah Hill, d. Sept. 7, 1871. Children, John IV., b. Oct. 14, 1840 15 ; Adeliza Nye, b. June 25, 1843; Susie Ella, b. Oct. 17, 1849, d. young ; Ella Isabelle, b. Nov. 2, 1851, m. Jan. 11, 1881, Kirk Dexter.
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13. Baxter, son of Jabez 10, m. (1) Apr. 15, 1821, Mary L. Gilbert of New Braintree, d. Mar. 21, 1856, (2) May 1, 1860, widow Priscilla Babbitt [see Welcome Babbitt 2]. Children, Mary Jane, b. May 1, 1822, m. John Howe of Barre, d. Worcester, July 10, 1873, and had John Baxter, b. Jan. 9, 1842 ; Delphos B., b. Sept. 14, 1844; Henry M., b. Nov. 1, 1846; Anna J., b. Jan. 12, 1850 ; Alice J., b. Nov. II, 1855; Lucy Fiske, b. July 16, 1829, lives in Boston ; Ann Bush, b. July 8, 1836, d. young. Widow Priscilla m. (3) Nov. 25, 1874, Gilbert Lincoln of West Brookfield.
14. Warren, son of Jabez 10, lived North Brookfield, m. Dec. 1, 1831, Rachel S. Denny of Leicester. Children, Sarah ., b. Oct. 19, 1832, m. July 28, 1864, Henry Cook of Milford ; Charles S., b. Feb. 26, 1835, a tinsmith in Spencer, m. (1) Nov. 26, 1863, Lydia L Dean of Oakham, (2) May 14, 1867, Hannah E. Holway of Sand- wich ; Martha D., b. Oct. 29, 1836, m. John A. Rockwell of Norwich, Ct .; Anna E., b. July 1, 1838, m. Daniel W. Richardson of East Bridgewater ; Caroline F., b. Sept. 12, 1840, d. Worcester, July 22, 1869; George IV., b. Nov. 20, 1842, d. young ; Ellen M., b. Apr. 23, 1844.
15. John W , son of William H. 12, journalist, lives Boston ; m. Jan. 26, 1871, S. Maria Moulton of Worcester. Child, Harold Winslow, b. Cambridge, Sept. 3, IS81.
GRAND CHILDREN OF CYRUS AYRES II.
Eliza, m. John Loring. Children (b. Leicester), Samuel E., b. Mar. 1, 1828; Caroline M., b. Aug. 12, 1829, d. Nov. 16, 1854; George A., b. Mar. 2, 1831 ; Mary A., b. June 28, 1833.
Eunice Hale, m. Reuben Stowe. Children (b. Hubbardston), M. Adelia, b. June 18, 1838, d. Nov. 8, 1852. Charles E. (now of Concord, Mass.), b. Apr. II, 1843, m. Dec. 22, 1865, Cynthy Johnson of Mount Holley, Vt .; Emma, b. Mar. 28, 1842, d. May 8, 1842.
Sophronia R., m. Emerson Kent. Children (b. Mount Holley), Henry A., b. Oct. 4, 1839, d. Leicester, Sept. 16, 1847 ; Charlotte E , b. Nov. 17, 1840, m. Apr. 23, 1868, Amos A. Gould of Leicester ; George E., b. Sept. 23, 1843, d. Newbern, N.C., Oct. 10, 1862. He was in Company II, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, and wounded Feb. 8, 1862, at Roanoke Island.
Charlotte, m. Apr. 20, 1843, James Franklin Richardson at Montgomery Point, Ark. Children, Catherine Lyman, b. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 27, 1844, d. Jan. 22, 1845; (the rest b. Cincinnati, O.) ; Emilie Greenwood, b. Sept. 19, 1846, d. June 18, 1848 ; Thomas Edwin, b. Nov. 14, 1848, d. July 16, 1850; Adah Frances, b. Nov. 30, 1850, d. Dec. 8, 1852 ; Mary Gibson, b. Jan. 27, 1853, d. Sept. 30, 1857 ; Belle Hermione, b. Feb. 10, 1856; Adeline Greenwood, b. Feb. 5, 1861.
BABBITT, Benjamin 1, b. Brookfield -, d. North Brookfield, Mar. 17, 1841 ; published (1) Sept. 28, ISoo, to Betsey Richmond of Brookfield, d. Oct. 17, 1808; m. (2) Feb. 1, 1810, Persis, daughter of Jude Ayers 11, and Sally (Babbitt), b. 1789. Children [first wife], Betsey, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 8, 1801, m. Sept. 18, 1827, George W. Morse of Leicester, and d. East Brookfield; Sally, b. Sept. 5, 1806; was an illeg. daughter of Persis Ayers, prior to her m. with Mr. Babbitt ; called respectively Sally Babbitt and Sally Ayres; her father was James Allen ; m. Danforth Chapman of Ashford, Ct .; [second wife], Pascall, b. Aug. 17, 1810, d. Aug. 25, following ; Omacinda, b. Enfield, Oct. 4, 1811, m. Elijah Allen of Ware ; Celia, b. Warren, July 12, 1812, mn. Ephraim Burr of Providence, R.I. ; Mary Ann, b. do., June 29, 1815, m. Samuel Fairbanks (Hill) of Spencer ; Tryphosa, b. July 2, 1817 ; m. Sept. 16, 1836, Ilenry Graves of North Brookfield; Benjamin, b. North
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Brookfield, July 29, 1819, d. Oct. I, following ; Welcome W., b. Warren, Nov. II, 1820 2 ; m. Feb. 3, 1842, Priscilla Woodward of North Brookfield, d. Sturbridge, Apr. 27, 1858; William Jones, b. June 25, 1823 3; m. Nov. 1843, Caroline M. Wheelock of Orange, d. North Brookfield, May. 10, 1881 ; Ruth, b. Warren, Mar. 20, 1826, m. Cephas Dunham of Mansfield, Ct., and d. at Sturbridge ; Fumes Ayres, b. do., July 25, 1828 4; m. May 22, 1850, Hannah Redding of Ware, and d. there ; Almira, b. Sept. 19, 1830, d. North Brookfield, Nov. 6, 1836.
2. Welcome W., son of Benjamin 1, b. Warren, Feb. or Nov. 11, 1820, m. Feb. 3, 1842, Priscilla Woodward of North Brookfield, and d. Sturbridge, Apr. 27, 1858; she m. (2) May 1, 1860, Baxter, son of Jabez and Hannah Ayres [see Ayres 13], and (3) Nov. 25, 1874, Gilbert Lincoln of West Brookfield. Children (b. North Brookfield), Charles, b. Dec. 25, 1842; enlisted in New York Regiment of Artillery ; m. Lillia Torrey of Bethany, Pa .; Adelaide, b. Oct. 4, 1844, m. Edward Draper of Charlton ; George, b. Sept. 24, 1846, m. Emma Morgan of Brookfield; Rosella, b. Mar. 30, 1848, d. Aug. 19, 1850 ; Lewis, b. Sept. 21, 1851, d. Aug. 27, 1852; Emma, b. Mar. 27, 1854.
3. William Jones, son of Benjamin 1, b. Warren, June 25, 1823; member of , Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers in the civil war ; m. Nov. 1843, Caroline M. Wheelock of Orange. Children, Abbie L., b. Brookfield, Sept. 20, 1844, m. May I, 1867, Benjamin Stevens of North Brookfield ; Carrie AI., b. 1846, m. 1863, William H. Fisher of North Brookfield, d. do. Apr. 15, 1881 ; Olive S., b. Jan. 31, 1853, d. 1857.
4. James Ayres, son of Benjamin 1, b. Warren, July 25, 1828, m. May 22, 1850, Hannah, daughter of Apollos Redding of Ware (who lost both hands blasting rocks), d. Ware about 1860. Child, a daughter d. infancy.
5. BABBITT, Seth, origin unknown; m. Dec. 1, 1805, Chloe Hesson of Brook- field, d. Aug. 28, 1825. Children, Louisa, b. Brookfield, June 15, 1806, m. Jan. 13, 1831, Samuel W. Hastings of Brookfield ; Luther, b. Aug. 7, 1808, d. North Brook- field, Feb. 4, 1839 ; Rebecca, b. Feb. 23, 1816; Mary Ann, b. July 25, 1810, d. Feb. 28, 1815. [Brookfield records say that a Seth Babbitt was published May 3, 1772, to Rebecca Dewin.]
6. Elkanah, origin unknown; a farmer and d. North Brookfield, Mar. 17, 1814 ; m. (1) -, who d. Sept. 25, 1803; (2) Dec. 4, 1806, Lydia, sister to Charles A. Knowlton, d. Sept. 11, 1827. Elkanah Babbitt res. where Hartwell Holmes lived many years and died.
BABCOCK, Julius 1, b. Jericho, Vt., Dec. 1806, m. (1) North Brookfield, 1833, Marion F. Moulton, b. New Hampshire, 1806, d. North Brookfield, Dec. 31, 1845 ; (2) Mrs. Charlotte Ball of Holden, b. Holden, 1804, d. North Brookfield, Oct. 13, 1873. Children, Marion E., b. North Brookfield, 1834, m. Edward Kempton; Ed- win G., b. 1838; Methodist Episcopal clergyman; m. Carrie Robbins of Westport ; Lydia A., b. 1841, m. David Penery of Canterbury, Ct.
2. Rufus, b. Jericho, Vt., Sept. 3, 1814, m. 1836, Lorinda Pettie of Hinsdale, N.H., b. there 1815. He d. North Brookfield, Feb. 10, 1875. Children, Roswell H., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 25, 1838 3; Caroline Dorcas, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 10, IS40, m. Charles F. Tidd of Georgetown, Mass .; yohu F., b. Ang. 13, 1848, m. Sept. 26, 1876, Evelyn M. Bowen of Brookfield. Children, William Rufus, b. May 25, 1879; Arthur Ernest, b. Oct. 27, 1883.
3. Roswell H., son of Rufus 2, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 25, 1838, m. Apr. 12,
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1877, Estella J. (Dean) Maxwell of Oakham, d. North Brookfield, July 2, 1883. Children, Frank C., b. Feb. 20, 1878, d. Jan. 29, 1880 ; Ethel }., b. June 20, 1881.
BACON, John, jr., 1, resided between the Rowland F. Doane and Deacon Moore place, on the lot north side of the present road (see old cellar hole). He and first wife were early members of Second Precinct Church; was deacon Oct. 3, 1766. Church Records allude to his death without date. He m. (1) Mar. 25, 1763, widow Mary Olds of Brookfield, d. Aug. 30, 1779; (2) July 25, 1781, widow Alice Leach of Oakham. Child, Reuben, b. Brookfield, Dec. 8, 1763.
2. Thomas, probably brother of John, jr. 1; he and wife were members of Sec- ond Precinct Church ; m. Feb. 3, 1775, Hepzibah Boutelle of Brookfield. Chil- dren, Betsey, b. Brookfield, June 28, 1777, d. July 31, 1779; Betsey, b. Nov. 11, 1779.
BAILEY, Horace, b. Berlin, Mass., 1794; lived where Nathaniel Smith (who bought of him) resided for many years ; removed to Berlin and thence to Westboro, where he d. Mar. 2, IS70; m. 1816, Elizabeth Whitney of Bolton, Mass. Children, Frederick, b. Berlin, 1817 ; Alvina W., b. North Brookfield, Oct. 2, 1824, n. George Fisher of Westboro ; Alfred T., b. Berlin, 1819, d. young.
BALDWIN. [An Old Testament, printed 1707, now in the family of Ebenezer Parkman, contains the following Record : Henry Baldwin of Woburn m. Abigail -. Children, Isaac, b. Woburn, Feb. 20, 1699-00, m. (1) Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Flagg [b. in Woburn, Dec. 5, 1702, and d. in Sudbury, Sept. 23, 1744], in 1722; (2) April, 1747, widow Elizabeth Yanviber at Ipswich.
2. Isaac, son of Henry, his children : Luke, b. Woburn, Dec. 23, 1728, d. of small-pox at Halifax in 1758 ; Jeduthan, b. Woburn, Jan. 13, 1730-1 3; Nahum, b. Westboro, May 3, 1734, d. of cancer, May, 1783; Isaac, b. Sudbury, Dec. 11, 1738, killed at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775; Josiah, b. Sudbury, June 10, 1743.]
3. Jeduthan, son of Isaac 2, settled in North Brookfield ; lived on the site of a house now a part of the Big Shop; a leading man in the Second Precinct affairs, as well as in Town affairs; captain in expedition against Crown Point, Sept. 15 to Nov. 27, 1755; assistant engineer, Cambridge, Mar. 16, 1776; lieutenant-colonel, Apr. 16, 1776; engineer with rank of colonel, Sept. 3, 1776; served at Ticonderoga; at West Point with regiment of artificers in Oct. 1780; and in various other service in the army; resigned his commission Apr. 26, 1782. He was a member of the Provincial Congress 1774-5; was one of the original subscribers of £100 to the Fund of Leicester Academy ; d. June 4, 1788. HIe m. Apr. 28, 1757, Lucy Park- man, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer of Westboro, who m. (2) Nov. 13, 1793, Rev. Eli Forbes, then of Gloucester. Children, Jeduthan, b. July 10, 1758, killed Oct. 31, 1763 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1761, m. Feb. 21, 1789, Wheat Gilbert; Isaac, b. Mar. 31, 1764, d. Apr. 1, 1783; Lucy, b. Jan. 6, 1767, d. young ; Luke, b. Apr. 14, 1769, m. Sept. 8, 1789, Polly Avery of Boston (b Apr. 21, 1770), and settled in the West Parish.
BALL, Daniel, son of Benjamin of Framingham, and grandson of John of Watertown, was b. in Framingham, Dec. 29, 1722, where he settled ; came to Brook- field 1752. He m. (1) Aug. 25, 1743, Patience Gleason of Framingham ; (2) 1772, Elizabeth Prouty of Spencer. Children, Daniel, b. Framingham, Apr. 9, 1749; Abigail, b. Mar. 4, 1751 ; Ebenezer, b. Brookfield, Mar. 3, 1753; Martha, b. Apr. 24, 1755; Benjamin Gott, b. May 6, 1757, m. Dec. 4, 1783, Huldah Hatfield of Brook-
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field ; Joseph, b. May 3, 1761 ; Mehitable, b. July 12, 1763, m. Aug. 18, 1784, Stephen Spear of Brookfield ; Anna, b. Oct. 5, 1766, m. Apr. 8, 1792, Enoch Cook of Dum- merston, Vt. ; Molly, b. May 5, 1770, m. Dec. 4, 1791, Stephen Bridges of Brookfield.
Isaac, brother of Daniel, b. Framingham, 1710, settled Brookfield, m. 1738, Rachel How of Marlboro. Children, h. Brookfield : Adonijah, b. July 5, 1739; Richel, b. Mar. 13, 1744 ; Isaac, b. Dec. 31, 1746 ; Moses, b. July 23, 1748.
Jacob, brother of Daniel, b. May 28, 1712, bought in Brookfield, Aug. 17, 1740, a hundred and thirty-one acres of Samuel Owen of Quabin, which he sold, 1741, to his brother Thomas, and returned to Framingham.
Thomas 1, brother of Daniel, b. Aug. 16, 1714, bought the privilege on Five- mile river, in the north-east corner of North Brookfield, and about 1753 built saw and grist mills which he carried on till his death in 1760. "He was killed by being run over by a team coming down Shrewsbury hill," and his widow sold the mills to Isaac Johnson of Southboro in 1761. He m. Feb. 17, 1739, Hannah Wright, daugh- ter of Edward, Jr., of Framingham, d. Aug. 21, 1785. Children, Hannah, b. Fram- ingham, Mar. 19, 1740, d. young ; Zerubbabel, b. Brookfield, May 18, 1742, m. 1765, Mary Bruce ; Hannah, b. Apr. 29, 1744, m. 1772, Moses Ranger of Brookfield, and d. Colerain ; Thomas, b. Apr. 20, 1748, d. Brookfield, Nov. 29, 1811, m. Feb. 20, 1774, Sarah Woodbury of Brookfield ; s. p; Sarah, b. Aug. 30, 1749; Abraham, b. Apr. 26, 1750 ; Benjamin, b. Feb. 12, 1752 2; Silas, b. Apr. 23, 1754 3 ; Eli, b. Aug. 20, 1756.
2. Benjamin, son of Thomas 1, settled Leverett. He m. 1774, Jerusha Wood- bury of Sunderland. Children, Benjamin; a physician; practised in Wendell ; Silas, settled Townsend, Vt., returned to Leverett ; had children, Orus, Silas, Sa- mantha, Laura, Laurintha, Seth, Sally.
3. Silas, son of Thomas 1; studied medicine with Dr. Jacob Kittridge ; was surgeon in the Navy during the Revolution ; settled Leverett, d. 1807. He m. Rhoda Griffin of Tewksbury. Children, Zebina, b. in Leverett, studied medicine with his father ; settled as a physician in New York in 1827, d. in 1837 ; he m. Margaret Pen- nell ; Abraham, settled Amherst, 1820, d. 1837; he m. Martha Field, daughter of William of Leverett; Silas, a physician, 1. Montague, m. Electa Field, daughter of Moses ; Rhoda, m. Henry Bartlett of New York ; Hannah, m. John Hilliard; Zelina, d. at five years.
BALL, Silas, m. Feb. 17, 1801, Sally Tyler of Brookfield; she d. Oct. 14, 1805, aged 27. Child, Thomas, b. 1802, d. Sept. 30, 1805.
BALL, Hannah, m. Mar. 14, 1765, Samuel Pickard. Hannah Ball d. Aug. 21, 1785. Peter Ball d. Feb. 3, 1817.
BANISTER 1, Christopher, carpenter, was a proprietor of Marlboro, 1657; d. Mar. 30, 1678. He m. Jane Goodnow of Sudbury. Their third child was -
2. Joseph, b. May 2, 1675, wheelwright. Nov. 17, 1701, he received a grant of 40 acres upland in Brookfield, which he exchanged, Sept. 11, 1703, with Henry Taylor, for 25 acres and a dwelling-house, bounded north on the old country road, east on Edward Walker, Sen., south on Commons, west on John Hamilton. This places his house about a mile east of South Brookfield village. In 1714 he received his first grant on the south side of the river, where his descendants after lived. He had grants in all of 200 acres. He m. Sarah -. Children, Joseph, b. July 9, 1702, d. young ; Anna, b. July 2, 1704, d. Oct. 17, 1723; Esther, b. Mar. 7, 1707, m. Oct. 19,
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IS24, Jacob Wood ; Seth, b. Mar. 9, 1709 3; Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1711 4; Thomas, b. June 15, 1715 5; Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1718, m. May 12, 1737, Israel Olmstead; Abigail, b. Oct. 22, 1721, d. Sept. 27, 1744; Benoni, b. Sept. 16, 1723.
3. Seth, son of Joseph 2, m. Nov. 20, 1734, Frances Hinds. Children, Huldah, b. Jan. 30, 1736; Lemuel, b. Oct. 13, 1737 ; Seth, b. Dec. 7, 17.39, was a soldier and officer in the Revolution 6; Solomon, b. Nov. 2, 1741 ; Sarah, b. May 14, 1744; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1746; Abigail, b. May 16, 1748; Esther, b. May 24, 1750; Tamar, b. July 3, 1753, d. young.
4. Joseph, son of Joseph 2, m. Nov. 20, 1734, Mary Hinds. Children, Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1735, d. young ; Christopher, b. Aug. 21, 1737 ; Rachel, b. Nov. 3, 1739; Martha, b. Mar. 11, 1742; John, b. Jan. 22, 1744 ; Nathan, b. July 3, 1746; Lemuel, b. July 14, 1748; Barzillai, b. Feb. 3, 1750, lived in Goshen and Framingham ; Mary, b. Apr. 15, 1752; Jotham, b. Dec. 9, 1753, d. young.
5. Thomas, son of Joseph 2, m. Marcy -, who d. Mar. 27, IS19, aged 100 years. Children, Anna, b. Mar. 31, 1742 ; Marcy, b. Feb. 12, 1744; Abigail, b. July 3, 1746; Lazarus, b. Feb. 7, 1749; Silas, b. June 22, 1751 ; Jesse, b. Apr. 24, 1754; Thomas, b. May 18, 1759; Andrew, b. May 30, 1762.
6. Seth, son of Seth 3, a leading man in military affairs; in 1777 had served in the army 19 months, the highest average in the Third Precinct ; commanded a company in the service, and afterwards rose to the rank of colonel. He m. Marcy Warriner of Brimfield. Children, William Bostwick, b. Nov. S, 1773; Liberty, b. Oct. 16, 1775; Seth, b. Jan. 4, 1778.
7. Hiram, b. Brookfield, May 14, 1So6, m. May 30, IS31, Mary D. T., daughter of Andrew Buxton, b. Nov. 25 or 29, 1811. Children, Andrew H., b. North Brook- field, July 14, 1832, went to sea, and last heard from at Sandwich Islands, about 1850 ; Catherine Deborah, b. Oct. 28, 1835 8; m. Nov. 29, 1855, William Wallace Eaton of West Woodstock, Ct .; Albert, b. Oct. 24, 1838, m. Aug. 15, 1861, Elvira Livermore of Brookfield ; Dexter Buxton, b. Feb. 28, 1841, m. Mary Foskett of North Wood- stock ; Sumner H., b. Charlton, Nov. 7, 1843, m. Apr. 28, 1866, Lucy Miller of Brookfield; Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 13, 1846, m. Sept. IS69, James R. Joslyn of Brookfield, d. Dec. 2, 1871 ; Freeman Chase, b. Sept. 12, 1848, m. Addie Fay of East Brookfield ; Sarah P., b. Sept. 23, IS51, d. Charlton, Mar. 8, 1853; Emma Louisa, b. West Woodstock, Apr. 20, 1855, d. Jan. 28, 1859.
8. Catherine Deborah, daughter of Hiram 7, b. Oct. 28, 1835, m. Nov. 29, 1855, William Wallace Eaton of West Woodstock, Ct. Children, Delbert Andrew, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1859; Edwin H., b. Brookfield, Feb. 17, 1865; Wallis Freeman, b. Feb. 3, 1S68; Mary Leonora, b. July 15, 1873; Maud Eldora, b. May 14, 1876.
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