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2. Joseph, son of Clement 1, b. in England in 1630, m. in Hingham, Mass., Jan. 9, 1657, Esther, daughter of William Hilliard; selectman 1671 and several years thereafter. He d. Apr. 30, 1706, aged 76. She d. June 3, 1709. Had nine chil- dren, all b. in Hingham, Mass., viz., Joseph 3, b. Sept. 28, 1660; Esther, b. Aug. 29, 1663, m. Sept. 16, 1691, Richard Cobb; Caleb, b. Mar. 30, 1666; Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1668; Joshua, b. Aug. 14, 1671 ; Bathsheba, b. Jan. 26, 1674; Clement, b. Sept. 22, 1676, d. June 29, 1706 ; Elleanor, b. Aug. 25, 1679; Abigail, b. Oct. 16, 1680, m. June 12, 1704, John Chubbuck.
3. Joseph, son of Joseph 2, b. in Hingham, Sept. 28, 1660, m. Jan. 3, 1683, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Martha Lincoln. He d. Nov. 3, 1714, aged 54. She d. Mar. - , 1752, aged 90. Had six children, all b. in Hingham, Mass., viz., Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1684, m. Feb. 25, 1708, George Wilson ; Joseph 4, b. May 6, 1687; fona- than, b. Sept. 14, 1689, m. Jan. I, 1712, Susanna, daughter of Lazarus Beal ; Rachel, b. Feb. 3, 1691, m. Oct. 27, 1716, Thomas Phillips ; Susanna, b. Oct. 19, 1694, d. April 3, 1706; Hester, b. Sept. 14, 1697, m. Mar. 1717, Charling Worrick.
4. Joseph, son of Joseph 3, b. in Hingham, May 6, 1687, m. Aug. 15, 1713, Deborah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Gill) Clap of Scituate, Mass. He d. Apr. 7, 1750, aged 63. Was deacon of the church in the then Second Precinct (now Cohasset). Had five children, all b. in Hingham, Mass., viz., Joseph, b. May 6, 1714; Deborah, b. Apr. 2, 1716, m. (1) Nov. 9, 1734, Canterbury Stodder ; (2) July 28, 1743, John James; (3) John Turner of Pembroke; Samuel 5, b. Mar. 25, 1718; Jonathan, b. Mar. 27, 1720, d. July 27, 1735 ; Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1723, m. Nov. 16, 1749, Jeremiah Hatch.
5. Samuel, son of Joseph 4, b. in Hingham, Mar. 25, 1718, m. in 1737, Mercy, daughter of Thomas and Jael (Remington) Beal, b. in Hingham, May 29, 1716. He
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d. in 1789, aged 71. Had twelve children, all b. in Hingham, Mass., Second Precinct (now Cohasset), viz., Mordecai, b. June 29, 1738; Hannah, b. Mar. II, 1740, m. Jan. 30, 1759, Jonathan Burr, jr .; Joseph, b. June 11, 1742; Samuel 6, b. Nov. 15, 1744 ; Mercy, b. Feb. 15, 1747, m. Dec. 6, 1770, Shubel Fearina ; Adna, b. Nov. 14, 1749; Mary, b. - 1752, d. Mar. IS, 1754; Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1755, d. in infancy ; Su- sanna, b. Mar. 11, 1756; Jonathan, b. May 5, 1757 ; Mary, b. Apr. 30, 1760; Thomas, b. Jan. 12, 1763.
6. Samuel, son of Samuel 5, b. in Hingham, Nov. 15, 1744, m. Oct. 18, 1764, Martha, daughter of Jonathan and Percilla (Lincoln) Beal, b. in Hingham, July 7, 1744. She d. at Cohasset in 1805, aged 61. He d. Nov. 3, 1801, aged 57 ; was drowned off Cohasset Rocks. Had nine children, all b. at Cohasset, Mass., viz., Deborah, b. Dec. 9, 1765, m. Nov. 25, 1784, Naaman Nichols ; Elijah, b. Jan. 20, 1767, d. Mar. 15, 1794 ; Obadiah 7, b. Aug. 20, 1769, m. Hannah Beals ; Bela, b. May 10, 1772, m. Rebecca Pratt ; Laban, b. Apr. 3, 1774, m. Grace Nichols ; Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1777, d. young ; Newcomb, b. Apr. 17, 1779, m. Lydia Nichols ; Samuel, b. Jan. 1, 1783, m. Joanna Nichols ; Sybil, b. Feb. 1, 1786, m. Paul Bailey.
7. Obadiah, son of Samuel 6, b. in Cohasset, Aug. 20, 1769, m. Hannah Beal. He d. Oct. 20, 1831, aged 62. She d. Nov. 11, 1841, aged 70. Had six children, all b. at Cohasset, viz., Elijah (1) 8, b. Apr. 25, 1796; Martha (2), b. Dec. 25, 1797 ; Hannah Loring (3), b. Aug. 10, 1799; Mary (4), b. May 5, 1802; Ann Beal (5), b. Dec. 12, 1803 ; Joseph (6), 20, b. Apr. 12, 1805; Martha Bates (2), m. Richard W. Bayley of Boston ; she d. in Boston, Aug. 13, 1883. He d. in West Troy, N. Y., July 31, 1848, aged 50 years. They had five children, all b. in Boston, Mass., viz., Ellen Maria, Henry Emerson, James Cushing, Martha Augusta, George Haywood. Hannah Loring Bates (3), b. Aug. 10, 1799, in Cohasset, Mass., m. Oct. 20, 1821, Joseph Davis Jones of Hingham, Mass. ; she d. July 9, 1854. They had seven children, viz., James Winchell, b. Feb. IS, 1825; George Warren, b. Mar. 29, 1827 ; Joseph Loring, b. Sept. 15, 1829; Lydia Ann, b. Dec. 14, 1832 ; Mary Bates, b. July 26, 1834 ; Charles Henry, b. Mar. 26, 1838; Martha Ann, b. June 16, 1842. James Winchell Jones, b. Feb. 18, 1825, m. Mar. 20, 1851, Amanda Melvina Davis at Nashua, N.H .; she was b. July 1, 1827, at Tyngsboro, Mass. They had two children, viz., Frank Winchell, b. Nov. 14, 1857, at Nashua, N.H .; Eugene Bates, b. Feb. 7, 1862, at West Acton, Mass. Frank Winchell Jones, b. Nov. 14, 1857, m. June 25, 1885, Harriet Elizabeth Robertson, who was b. at Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 28, 1868. George Warren Jones, b. at Cohasset, Mass., Mar. 29, 1827, m. Feb. 28, 1850, Caro- line Pollard Prebble Bowman at Charlestown, Mass., who was b. June 16, 1831, at Boston, Mass. They had five children, as follows : George Winchell, b. Dec. 11, 1850, d. Sept. 7, 1872, Charlestown, Mass .; Martha Bates, b. Dec. 28, 1852, d. July 15, 1853, Charlestown, Mass. ; Charles Edward, b. Dec. 13, 1856, d. Sept. 22, 1862, at East Somerville ; Sarah Lizzie, b. June 10, 1858, d. Aug. 18, 1858; Hannah Reed, b. Oct. 7, 1866. Joseph Loring Jones, b. Sept. 15, 1829, m. Dec. 31, 1855, Sarah Elizabeth Field, who was b. in Merrimac, N.H. He d. Dec. 22, 1875. They had one child, viz., Nellie Josephine Jones, b. Mar. 25, 1857, at Nashua, N.H., and she m. Nov. 22, ISS2, Richard Dalton. Lydia Ann Jones, b. Dec. 14, 1832, at Plymouth, Mass., m. Oct. 23, 1862, James McLean at West Barnstable, Mass., who was b. at Wrentham, Mass., Jan. 28, IS19. He d. May 10, 1885, at Somerville, Mass. They had four children, viz., Etta May, b. Oct. 5, 1863, d. Dec. 23, 1884, at Somerville, Mass. ; Carrie Alice, b. Sept. 5, 1865; Marion Graves, b. July 11, 1866; Walter Edwin, b. Feb. 15, 1869. 'Mary Bates Jones, b. July 26, 1834, at Plymouth, Mass., m. June 13, 1871, John Hunt at Boston. He was b. Aug. 31, 1828, d. at
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Boston, Aug. 9, 1874 (no children). Charles Henry Jones, b. Mar. 26, 1838, at Nashua, N.H., in. Feb. 27, 1864, Mary McDonald at Boston. She was b. June 9, 1842, at Tatamagouche Bay, Nova Scotia. Martha Ann Jones, b. June 16, 1842, in Nashua, N.I., m. at Somerville, Mass, May 14, 1867, Jabez Pratt Dill, who was b. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 10, 1841. They had two children, Charles William, b. Mar. 1, 1868 ; Herbert Edwin, b. Aug. 30, 1877 ; Mary Bates (4), b. May 5, 1802, in Cohas- set, Mass., m. in Boston, Mass., Nov. 5, 1827, Ira Saville, who was b. in Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 31, 1797. He d. Dec. 21, 1865. They had three children, all b. in Gloucester, Mass., viz., Mary Bates, b. June 8, 1837 ; Ira Austin, b. Oct. 21, 1841, d. Dec. 28, 1844, at Gloucester ; Ellen Bayley, b. Nov. 18, 1843. Mary Bates Saville, b. June 8, 1837, m. at Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 3, 1861, John B. Spaulding, who was b. at Lexington, Mass., Sept. 11, 1836. They had one child, viz., John Stillman Spaulding, b. in Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1865. Ellen Bayley Saville, b. Nov. 18, 1843, m. at Lexington, Mass., June 1, 1865, Ralph Irving Lane, who was b. at Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 24, 1839. He d. at Port au Prince, Hayti, Nov. 12, 1869. They had one child, viz., Ralph Edgar Lane, b. at Lexington, Mass., Mar. 6, 1867. Ann Beal Bates (5), b. Dec. 12, 1803, in Cohasset, Mass., m at Cohasset, Mass., Aug. 3, 1828, Moses Starbuck, who was b. at Oakham, Mass., Oct. 3, 1805. He d. Feb. 27, 1872, in New York City. They had two children, both b. in New York City, viz., William Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1834; Josephine, b. Jan. 9, 1838. William Henry Star- buck, b. Oct. 2, 1834, m. Sept. 15, 1857, Anna Gregory, who was b. in New York City, Sept. 21, 1837. He d. Apr. 19, 1858, at Little Exuma, one of the Bahama Islands. They had but one child, viz., William Henry Starbuck, jr., b. Oct. 9, 1858, in New York City, m. Sept. 22, 1880, Marietta Lent of New York City. She was b. Sept. 23, 1862. They have two children, both b. in New York City, viz., Marie b. Mar. 10, ISS2 ; William David Lent, b. Mar. 23, 1886. Josephine Starbuck, b. Jan. 9, 1838, m. May 11, 1858, James T. Wilson of New York City, who was b. Aug. 15, IS29. He d. July 22, 1870, in New York City. She d. Dec. 25, 1875, in New York City. They had no children.
8. Elijah, oldest son of Obadiah 7, b. in Cohasset, Mass., Apr. 25, 1796, m. in Boston, Mass., Aug. 2, 18IS, Sarah Fletcher, who was b. May 3, 1799, in Boston, Mass., and is still living in North Brookfield. She was the youngest child of Jonathan and Lucretia Fletcher. Jonathan Fletcher, b. in Acton, Mass., Jan. 21, 1758, m. May 20, 1782, Lucretia Emerson, who was b. in Acton, Mass., Aug. 4, 1764. He d. in Boston, Jan. 5, 1807. She d. in Thomaston, Me., July 7, 1800. They had four children, viz., Frances, b. in Acton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1784, d. Sept. 18, 1824, in Claiborne, Ala. ; Susan, b. in Boston, Mass., Feb. 27, 1789, d. May 3, 1876, in Mobile, Ala .; Lucretia, b. in Boston, Mass., Sept. 8, 1797, d. Sept. 2, 1800, in Boston, Mass .; Sarah, b. in Boston, May 3, 1799. Jonathan Fletcher was a fifer boy in the Acton company of minute men at the battle of Concord, Apr. 19, 1775, led by Capt. Isaac Davis, and was afterwards commissioned as lieutenant and then to captain of a company raised in Fitchburg and Acton and adjoining towns. He was in command of his company at the surrender of Bur- goyne's army. He was a warm friend of Gen. Knox, and after the war went to Thomaston, Me., with Gen. Knox, and lived near him for many years. Elijah Bates was a furniture manufacturer in Boston, and canie from there to North Brook- field with his family to engage in same business here in 1820. He was the first of this name in the town, and first occupied the new house then being built by Capt. Moses Bond, nearly opposite the Dr. Potter place, afterwards known as the Luther Holmes place, until he purchased in 1824 of Cheney Dane the place where he ever
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afterwards lived. The old house was occupied by him for some years, until he moved it to the opposite side of the street and west some fifty rods, where it now stands. A new house was erected by him on the site of the one removed, and this new one was destroyed by fire in 1844 ; but another, an exact duplicate of the one destroyed, was erected on the same site the same year, and the sanie has ever since remained in the family, and is now owned by the youngest son, Theodore. Mr. Bates was for many years, in addition to the manufacture of furniture, engaged ex- tensively in the manufacture of boxes or cases for the boot and shoe manufacturers of North Brookfield and the adjoining towns. He was a successful business man ; and although he was unfortunate in meeting several heavy losses by fires, no man ever lost a dollar by him. He took a deep interest in the old Liberty party and the Anti-Slavery agitation ; and when the war of the Rebellion came, he encouraged his sons to offer their services for the Union cause, and one of them was among the first, if not the very first person, to enlist from North Brookfield. He was a pub- lic spirited citizen, and held many of the offices and positions of honor and trust in the town. Had fourteen children, all b. in North Brookfield except the oldest, Su- san Frances, b. Boston, July 18, 1819 9; Augustus Emerson, b. June 14, 1821 10; Martha Ann, b. July 30, 1823 11 ; Samuel Loring, b. Sept. 18, 1825 12; Sarah Cor- nelia, b. June 12, 1827 13; Joseph Saville, b. Apr. 14, 1829 14; Richard Whitney, b. June 20, 1831 15 ; Henry Elijah, b. Feb. 12, 1834, d. Mar. 5, 1834; George Albert, b. May 1, 1835, d. Sept. 18, 1837 ; George Albert, b. July 1, 1837 16; Thomas Snell, b. Sept. 5, 1839 17; Emma Josephine, b. Sept. 1, 1841, d. Aug. 7, 1842; Theodore Cornelius, b. June 4, 1843 18 ; Myra Eugenia, b. Mar. 18, 1846 19.
9. Susan Frances, daughter of Elijah 8, b. in Boston, July IS, 1819, m. Nov. 26, 1846, Joel A. Jennings of Brookfield, who d. July 27, 1873. She d. June 1, 1884. They had four children, William Nevinson ( 1), Arthur Bates (2), Emerson Pratt (3), and Sarah Frances (4) ; William Nevinson Jennings (1), b. Oct. 31, 1847, at Haynes- ville, Ga., m. Oct. S, 1874, Susan G. Williams, who was b. Mar. 16, 1848, near Dublin, Ireland. [Children, John Edwards, b. Aug. 6, 1875, at Union, N.J .; William Nevinson, b. June 19, 187S, at Union, N.J .; Mary B. Richardson, b. Aug. 20, 1880, at Union, N.J .; Sarah Geraldine, b. April 14, 1883, at Union, N.J .; Adelaide Con- stance, b. July 9, 1884, at Sparta, N.J. ; Frances Bates, b. Dec. 4, 1885, at Avondale, N.J.]; Arthur Bates Jennings (2), b. Apr. 30, 1849, at North Brookfield, Mass., m. Feb. 16, 1881, Caroline J. Allen, who was b. Oct. 4, 1848, at Meriden, Ct. [Children, Edward Allen, b. Dec. 29 1881, at Short Hills, N.J .; Helen, b. June 22, 1884, at Short Hills, N.J.] ; Emerson Pratt Jennings (3), b. Dec. 2, 1854, at Port Jervis, N. Y., m. Jan. 15, 1876, Susan E. Oliver, who was b. July 14, 1857, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Children, Albert Oliver, b. Apr. 13, 1877, at New York City ; Emerson Pratt, jr., b. Aug. 4, 1878, at Arlington, N.J .; Laura Hastings, b. May 4, 18So, at New York City; Henry Thomas, b. Feb. 19, 1882, at Arlington, N.J. ; Walter Bates, b. Jan. 20, 1884, at Arlington, N.J.]; Sarah Frances Jennings (4), b. Mar. 28, 1861, in New York, m. July 2, 1884, Paul R. Fay of New York City. He d. in Atlanta, Ga., June 16, 1886. [Child, Grace Ravisies Fay, b. in New York City, Sept. 19, 1885.]
10. Augustus Emerson, son of Elijah 8, b. June 14, 1821, m. Aug. 18, 1849, Eliza H. Pratt of Boston. He d. July 19, 1864, at Toledo, O. She d. Apr. 16, 1886, at Worcester, Mass. They had two children, viz., Frank Pratt, b. Jan. 3, 1863, d. Mar. 7, 1863, at Norwalk, O .; Fannie Kennan, b. Sept. 10, 1864, at Norwalk, O., d. Sept. 7, 1881, at Shrewsbury, Mass.
11. Martha Ann, daughter of Elijah 8, b. July 30, 1823, m. (1) Aug. 8, 1843, John Fisk Rogers of Monson, Mass., who died Apr. 21, 1846. They had one child,
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Helen Frances Rogers (1,) b. Jan. 16, 1845, at Monson, Mass., m. Feb. 21, 1861, Henry Shaw Haselden, at Nashville, Tenn., who was b. Aug. 24, 1833, at Georgetown, S.C. [Children, Mary Letitia, b. Mar. 7, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn .; Harry Ariel, b. Sept. 25, 1868, at Nashville, Tenn .; Charles Pinckney, b. Aug. 1, 1873, at Atlanta, Ga .; Theodore Bates, b. Aug. 4, 1875, at Atlanta, Ga. ; Mattie Fletcher, b. Apr. 17, 1880, at Worcester, Mass.]; Martha Ann Bates Rogers m. (2) May 17, 1851, Alpha WV. Bryan, who was b. at Ypsilanti, Mich., Feb. 27, 1824. They have had three children, viz., Lyman Curtis (2), Charles Henry (3), Roger Bates (4) ; Lyman Curtis Bryan (2), b. Nov. 5, 1852, at Winchester, Ky., m. Sept. 1, 1882, Sarah Isabelle Atwood of Boston, who was b. Aug. 26, 1856, in Georgetown, Mass .; Charles Henry Bryan (3), b. Jan. 17, 1858, at Edgefield, Tenn., d. Aug. 15, 1878, at Worcester, Mass .; Roger Bates Bryan (4), b. Dec. 22, 1860, at Nashville, Tenn., graduated at the United States Military Academy at West Point, June 12, 1883, and is now lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry.
12. Samuel Loring, son of Elijah 8, b. Sept. 18, 1825, m. June 4, 1854, Sarah F. Jewell of Lawrence, Mass. He d. Feb. 23, 1882, at Charlestown, Mass. (No children.)
13. Sarah Cornelia, daughter of Eliah 8, b. June 12, 1827, m. Apr. 20, 1848, Dr. Israel N. Smith of Bradford, N.H. She d. Aug. 2, 1849, at Paris, Ky. He d. Mar. 29, 1883, in Saginaw City, Mich. They had one child, Emma Bates, afterwards called Nellie Newell Smith, b. Mar. 5, 1849, at Paris, Ky., m. June 6, 1869, George Collins of Redford, Mich., where she d. July 13, 1869. Dr. I. N. Smith m. (2) Julia Collins, July 19, 1855, at Newton, Mass. She was born in Brandon, Vt., Dec. II, 1836; now lives at Saginaw, Mich.
14. Joseph Saville, son of Elijah 8, b. Apr. 14, 1829, m. June 17, 1856, Sarah A Scudder, who was b. Dec. 14, 1834, at Prattsville, N.Y. They have had one child, Sarah Libbie, b. June 28, 1857, d. Aug. 9, 1857, at Equinunk, Penn.
15. Richard Whitney, son of Elijah 8, b. June 20, 1831, m. Dec. 5, 1857, Sarah S. Winn, who was b. Oct. 21, 1833, at Townsend, Mass. Have one child, viz., Mary Maria, b. Mar. 24, 1868, at Springfield, Mass.
16. George Albert, son of Elijah 8, b. July 1, 1837, m. Apr. 26, 1870, Anna S. Morrell, only child of Hon. Daniel J. Morrell of Johnstown, Penn .; she was b. Jan. 14, 1850, at Philadelphia, Penn. He d. Sept. 7, 1877, at Johnstown, Penn. They . had one child, viz., Daniel }. Morrell Bates, b. Dec. 26, 1872, at Johnstown, Penn. George Albert was a soldier in the Twelfth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers 1861, and at the time of his death he was the assistant general manager of the Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown and Philadelphia, Penn.
17. Thomas Snell, son of Elijah 8, b. Sept. 5, 1839, d. Feb. 16, 1864, at Wash- ington, D.C. He was the first soldier to enlist from North Brookfield in the First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in 1861.
18. Theodore Cornelius, son of Elijah 8, b. June 4, 1843, m. Dec. 24, 1868, Emma Frances Duncan of North Brookfield, Mass, who was b. March 11, 1845, at North Brookfield, Mass. They have one child, Tryphosa Duncan Bates, b. April 14, 1876, at North Brookfield, Mass. He was educated at the North Brook- field High School, and at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N.H., and was a teacher for several years in North Brookfield and the other Brookfields, after which he was in business in Boston until 1876 ; since which time he has been engaged as a manufacturer in Worcester, Mass., still retaining his residence in his native town. He has always been much interested in the success of the Public Schools of the town, and for several years was a member of the school committee. He
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represented the Twelfth Worcester Representative District (which included the town of North Brookfield and all the other Brookfields) in the Legislature of 1879, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1883, declining a unanimous re-nomination to both positions at the end of one year in each, and he never missed a vote while a member of either the House or the Senate. He was elected by the Legislature of Massachusetts a State director of the Boston & Albany Railroad in 1881, and continued in that position until the Commonwealth disposed of its stock in that corporation. He was appointed by the President of the United States as Commissioner of Massachusetts for the contemplated World's Fair in New York
in 1883. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the North Brookfield Free Public Library and Reading Room, for the establishment and maintenance of which he donated to the town his salary while in both branches of the Legisla- ture ; he has never charged the town any thing for any service he ever rendered it. He has been a director of the North Brookfield Railroad Co., since its organization in 1875, and clerk of the corporation. He is Chairman of the Town History Com- mittee, and has been a member since the first committee was chosen by the town.
19. Myra Eugenia Bates, daughter of Elijah 8, b. Mar. 18, 1846, m. Nov. 11, 1868, Joseph M. Barnard of Saginaw, Mich., who was b. Apr. 2, 1840, at Old- town, Me. They have had five children, all b. in . Saginaw City, Mich., viz., Nellie Fletcher Barnard, b. Oct. 3, 1869, at Saginaw City, Mich., d. Sept. 23, 1870, at North Brookfield, Mass. ; Florence Emma Barnard, b. June 27, 1872; Edith Alice Barnard, b. Oct. 21, 1874 ; Sarah Olive Barnard, b. Oct. 20, 1876 ; Anna Morrell Barnard, b. Feb. 2, 1879.
20. Joseph (6), youngest son of Obadiah 7, b. Apr. 12, 1805, at Cohasset, Mass., m. Apr. 10, 1831, Esther G. Ayres of North Brookfield. He d. at Delavan, Wis., Nov. 29, 1865. She d. at Racine, Wis., Oct. 30, 1882. They had five children, all b. at West Troy, N.Y., viz., Anna Maria, b. Mar 24, 1832 ; Hannah Loring, b. Dec. 26, 1833, d. Aug. 16, 1837 ; Joseph Henry, b. Dec. 16, 1835; Lucy Fisk, b. Nov. 30, 1838, d. Oct. 24, 1857, at Delavan, Wis. ; Richard Baxter, b. Aug. 17, 1843. Only the youngest child, Richard Baxter, ever married. Richard Baxter Bates m. at Darien, Wis., Clara A. Dodge, who was b. Sept. 30, 1842, at Darien, Wis. They have three children, viz., Henry Dodge Bates, b. June 25, 1866, at Delavan, Wis .; Hattie Eva Bates, b. Nov. 25, 1870, at Racine, Wis. ; George Marsh Bates, b. Aug. 14, 1874, at Racine, Wis.
BEAUDRY, Abraham, b. Canada ; m. 1868, Albena Faneuf. Children (Can- ada), Daniel, b. 1869; William, b. Apr. 10, 1870.
BEAULIEU, Cyril, b. Canada, 1841 ; m. 1865, Celesten Morton. Children, Emeline, b. Canada, 1869 ; Frederick, b. North Brookfield, 1871; Domat, b. 1874; Emma, b. 1877 ; Cedalia, b. 1879.
BEAUTIETTE, Peter 1, b. Canada, m. Apr. 23, 1853, Mary Greenwood of Southbridge. Children, Simeon, b. May 20, 1859; Peter, b. 1861 ; Richard, b. June 25, 1862; Ida, b. Spencer, 1866; Charles, b. 1868; Edward, b. Brookfield, 1872; Delia, b. 1873.
2. Frank, b. Canada ; m. Lucy Chanquette. Children, Cordelia, b. Canada ; m. Napoleon Duclos of North Brookfield ; Emma, b. Millbury ; Joseph, b. Warren ; Fred, b. 1856, West Brookfield.
3. Peter, b. Canada, 1852, m. Apr. 10, 1871, Agnes Lamreaux of North Brook-
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field. Children (North Brookfield), Hannah, b. Jan. 1872; Agnes, b. Jan. 5, 1875; Donet, b. Mar. 9, 1876 ; Alphonse, b. Jan. 15, 1878.
BELCHER, Harvey 1, b. Wrentham ; m. Jan. 3, 1813, Nancy, daughter of Eli Howe of North Brookfield, who d. June 12, 1874, aged 85; he d. July 19, 1858, aged 74. Children (North Brookfield), Horace Mann, b. Sept. 26, 1813, d. Jan. 3, 1814 ; Henry Alden, b. May 15, 1815 2; Elizabeth Smith, b. Jan. 12, 1817, d. May 23, 1843; Nancy Howe, b. June 25, 1819, d. Oct. 10, IS19; Hannah Metcalf, b. Feb. IS, IS21, m. Jan. 31. 1853, Aaron Watson of Spencer ; d. May 18, 1878 ; Julia Ann, b. May 8, 1823, m. May 8, 1850, Fred J. Bolton of Ansonia, Conn., d. Apr. 11, 1879 ; Frances Maria, b. June 23, 1825, d. Jan. 18, 1826; Nancy Maria, b. June 27, 1829, d. Dec. 25, 1842; Martha Howe, b. July 9, 1831, d. July 1, 1843; Adeline Hazeltine, b. July 12, 1833, d. Aug. 5, 1836; John Harvey, b. Aug. 6, 1836, d. Dec. 6, 1836.
2. Henry Alden, son of Harvey 1, b. May 16, 1815, d. Jan. 15, 1886, m. Sept. 26, 1839, Mary Wilder of Ashby, b. Feb. 21, 1816. Children, John Harvey, b. July 12, 1843, d. Sept. 28, 1843 ; Mary Louisa, b. Feb. 6, 1848, d. Sept. 12, 1848.
BELDING, Norman D., b. Royalton, Vt., May 22, 1828, m. May 10, 1855, Annie O. Bishop of West Brookfield. Children, Frank, b. Royalton, Oct. 2, 1858; Willie A., b. Bethel, Vt., Apr. 22, 1861.
BELL, John 1, m. Nov. 17, 1749, Susanna Hinds of Brookfield, who after his decease m. Matthew Bartlett 12 ; she d. Brookfield, Aug. 1, 1819, aged 86. Child, John 2, b. Aug. 7, 1750.
2. John, son of John 1, b. Aug. 7, 1750 ; a blacksmith; lived opposite where Sanford Ludden res. "behind the poplars ; " m. Oct. I, 1777, Susanna Hagar of Brookfield. Children (Brookfield), Submit, b. Sept. 7, 1778; Naamah, b. Dec. 20, 1779, m. Oct. 10, 1802, Elisha Walker, and d. June 10, 1843; John, b. Dec. 10, 17St, d. Dec. 1782 ; Sally, b. Oct. 15, 1783 ; Nancy, b. Aug. 14, 1785 ; Susanna, b. Nov. 14, 1786; Jonas, b. Sept. 13, 1788; Betsey, b. Apr. 21, 1790. " A child of John Bell d. 1793 " [Records of Jonas Ayres].
The above family removed to Vermont.
3. Simpson, a farmer, lived on the Bell place, which takes its name from him; m. Chloe -, who after his decease, Jan. 12, 1809, m. Feb. 27, ISIo, Aaron An- drews of Ware; no issue. [Dr. Snell's Record.]
4. James, b. Coleraine, and d. there in IS71. Children (Coleraine), Emily, b. Mar. 11, 1819, m. Stillman Haskins of West Brookfield ; Edward, b. Dec. 22, 1823 ; Thomas, b. Coleraine, Apr. 25, 1817 5.
5. Thomas, son of James 4, b. Coleraine, Apr. 25, 1817, m. June 7, 1840, Etta Haskins, who m. (2) Leonard Haskell; Thomas d. North Brookfield, Oct. 7, 1851. Children, Ellen, b. North Brookfield, June 10, 1841, m. Eugene Erwin of Hartford, Ct. ; Alonzo, b. Coleraine, Sept. 1, 1842; Leander, b. West Brookfield, Mar. 21, 1845, m. Mar. 22, IS72, Velina Warren of New Braintree; removed to Kansas, thence to California; Emery, b. West Brookfield, Nov. 25, 1848, d. in two weeks; Rosalie, b. North Brookfield, June 10, 1851.
MARRIAGES OF UNKNOWN FAMILIES OF BELL, ON BROOKFIELD RECORDS. Martha Bell, m. Jan. 2, 1742, Samuel Ayres. Mary Bell, m. June 8, 1744, Moses Bartlett. Sarah Bell, m. Dec. 19, 1750, Ephraim Walker. Elizabeth Bell, published Nov. 1754, to Matthew Barr.
BELLOWS, Jonas 1, b. Paxton, 1771 ; m. Sally Bridges of Spencer, who d. Brookfield, July 4, 1864, aged 91 ; he d. Brookfield, Sept. 18, 1848, aged 77. Chil-
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dren, Patty, b. Paxton, May 2, 1795, m. George Upham of Brookfield, who d. Brook- field ; Jonas, b. Nov. 16, 1796 2 ; Edmund B., b. May 14, 1798, d. Oakham, Mar. 29, 1833 ; Horace, b. Dec. 2, 1801 3; Sally, b. West Brookfield, Apr. 19, 1804, m. Elmer Earle of Paxton, d. Worcester, 1881 ; he d. Worcester ; Hannah D., b. West Brook- field, Aug. 7, 1806, m. Freeman French of Oakham ; Ezekiel D., b. Sturbridge, Aug. 30, 1808, m Susan - of Ware, who d. Worcester, May 22, 1860, aged 48 ; he d. Worcester, Apr. 5, 1842; Martin, b. Apr. 5, 1813 4. [The foregoing record from Bible of Jonas, jr., of Brookfield.]
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