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7. Elijah, Hon., b. Northboro, July 7, 1751 ; lawyer and judge ; m. (1) Sept. 21, 1780, Ann Sophia Parkman of Westboro; (2) Apr. 20, 1786, widow Sarah Ham- mock; (3) Dec. 16, 1792, Sarah Ward, and d. Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 1816. Children (Westboro), Anna Sophia, b. July 26, 1781, m. May 9, 1863, Joseph F. Boardman, and d. Westboro, Oct. 1865; Elijah, b. Apr. 21, 1783, m. (1) Nancy Fisher of Westboro; (2) Mary Bush of Boylston, and d. about 1846; Sally, b. Jan. 27, 1787, m. John Gregory of Charlestown, and d. Feb. 1867 ; Anna Maria, b. July 14, 1794, m. Oct. 12, ISIS, E. M. Phillips ; Sophronia, b. Dec. 22, 1795, d. Westboro, Dec. 3, ISI0; Dana Ward, b. Mar. 9, 1797, d. Nov. 23, 1830; Susan Walter, b. May 4, 1798, d. Dec. 24, 1825; Catherine Martha, b. Jan. 21, ISO1, m. Feb. 18, 1830, George H. Lowe 2.
BROWN, Joseph N., b. Dudley, Oct. 19, 1817, m. Lucy E. Arnold of Winches- ter, N.H., IS47 ; came to North Brookfield and boughtt he W. P. Lamson place 1872. Children, Ansel G., b. South Hadley, July 3, 1843, m. Miss Upton of Orange ; Serapa, b. Hadley, 1846, m. William C. Putney of Fitzwilliam, N.H .; Amor H., b. Winchester, Dec. 29, 1848, m. Lucy Balds of Richmond, N.H .; Clara y., b. July 7, 1853, m. Alvin H. Perry of Richmond; Rosa E., b. May 10, 1855; Ida, b. Apr. 6, 1857, m. Aug. 18, 1879, Herbert S. Mullet of North Brookfield; Dita, b. Sept. 7, 1861 ; Andrew F., b. Aug. 25, 1863, d. May 7, 1877; Joseph N., b. Nov. 30, 1865; Lester B., b. June 20, 1867 ; Odell W., b. Feb. 6, 1870, d. June 27, 1872.
2. Jonathan P., from Killingly, Ct., b. ISII, m. Nov. 1, 1848, Martha Minerva De Land, daughter of Philip and Minerva, and d. Jan. 27, 1876; no issue.
BROWNE, William, b. Scotswood, Eng., Sept. 17, 1832, m. Sept. 17, 1868, Harriet E. Gulliver of North Brookfield, d. May 29, 1879. Children (Dorchester), Catherine Margaret, b. Sept. 12, 1870 ; Ruth Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1871 ; Hattie, b. Dec. 1, 1874.
BRUCE, John 1, of Sudbury, 1672; had grant of land in Marlboro bounded on Peter Bent's Mill Pond.
2. Roger, early of Marlboro, was a miller ; m. Elizabeth -, and d. Southboro, Sept. 16, 1733. Children (Marlboro), Samuel, b. Mar. 24, 1691 3; Abijah, b. Nov. 27, 1693, m. 1719, Mary Woods ; Elisha, b. Sept. 14, 1695, m. Silence -, and re- moved to Worcester [child, Hepzibah, b. Dec. 30, 1725]; Rebecca, b. Feb. 22, 1698 ; Sarah, b. May 2, 1700; Daniel, b. Feb. 22, 1701 4; Thomas, b. Jan. 5, 1704 ; Han- nah, b. Feb. 18, 1706; Deliverance, b. Sept. 9, 1709 ; David, b. June 9, 1711, m. (I) Mary Brigham of Southboro; (2) - - of Southboro.
3. Samuel, son of Roger 2, b. Marlboro, Mar. 24, 1691, m. Elizabeth -, and d. Dec. 6, 1741 ; she d. Mar. 10, 1746. Children, ferusha, b. Oct. 29, 1721, m. Sept. 25, 1744, Gershom Newton; Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1723; Joseph, b. Dec. 4, 1726 5 ; Samuel, b. Southboro, July 4, 1729; Roger, b. Sept. 30, 1734 6; Zeruiah, b. Oct. II, 1737, d. North Brookfield, Mar. 25, 1809.
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4. Daniel, son of Roger 2, b. Marlboro, Feb. 22, 1701, m. Dec. 1, 1732, Bath- sheba Bowker. Children ( Marlboro), Ruth, b. May 22, 1733; Abraham, b. Dec. 23, 1735; Lucy, b. Nov. 6, 1737, m. Jan. 9, 1772, Witt Taylor of Brookfield ; Benjamin, b. Dec. 24, 1739, m. Mar. 8, 1770, Damaris Gilbert of Brookfield [children, Lucy, b. May 18, 1771 ; Comfort, b. Aug. 22, 1772] ; John, b. May 29, 1744; Betsey, b. Jan. 22, 1746 ; Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1748, m. 1764, John Brown; Daniel, b. Sept. 21, 1752.
5. Joseph, son of Samuel 3, b. Dec. 4, 1726, m. (1) Sybil -, b. Apr. 15, 1724; (2) Mrs. Lucy Janes of Brimfield, who d. Holland, Nov. 26, 1784; he d. Brim- field, June 1, 1813. Children (probably Brookfield), Antipas, b. Oct. 16, 1753 7 ; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 25, 1756, m. June 10, 1778, Comfort Barnes of Becket, and d. Mar. 10, 1847; Susanna, b. Apr. 17, 1758, m. Thomas Kendrick of North Brookfield, Sept. II, 1777, d. Dec. 29, 1801 ; Miliscent, b. Oct. 13, 1760, m. Mr. Perrin of Holland and d. June 5, 1795; Sybil, b. May 4, 1764, m. Mr. Perrin of Providence, R.I., and d. in Providence, Oct. 31, 1801.
6. Roger, son of Samuel 3, b. Sept. 30, 1734; a farmer ; published (1) to Zeruiah Thurston of Westboro, Apr. 18, 1761, who d. Mar. 25, 1809, aged 71; (2) Oct. II, 1809, Ruth, widow of Deacon Jonathan Bond of Boylston; she d. Apr. 26, 1814, aged 81, and he d. North Brookfield, May 11, 1818, without issue.
7. Antipas, son of Joseph 5, b. Oct. 16, 1753, m. July 9, 1778, Hannah Kendrick of Brookfield, who d. Feb. 1793; he d. Holland, May 22, 1792. Children (Holland), Joseph, b. June 19, 1779; a physician ; d. Brimfield, Dec. 16, 1806; Betsey, b. Nov. I, 1781, m. David Sperry of Vermont, and d. Middlebury, Vt., Apr. 18, 1806; Electa, b. Sept. 16, 1783, m. Lyman Cogswell of Middlebury, Vt., and d. there June 30, 1805; Lyman, b. Mar. 16, 1785, m. May 3, 1810, Lydia Griggs of Brimfield, and d. Oxford, Feb. 18, 1865; Sybil, b. Nov. 30, 1786, m. Jos. Gilbert of West Brook- field; Roxa, b. Sept. 1, 1788, m. Mar. 16, 1811, John Marsh of North Brookfield (from Grafton), and d. Brimfield, Sept. 20, 1828 ; Dexter, b. Aug. 10, 1790, m. Abi- gail Barnes of West Brookfield, and d. there ; Antipas, b. June 27, 1792, d. May 14, 1795. Dexter was father of Deacon Joel Bruce of West Brookfield.
8. John, b. Mar. 25, 1711, m. Mary -, b. Dec. 26, 1710, d. Feb. 26, 1785; he d. Brookfield, Jan. 31, 1785. Children (Brookfield), Charles, b. 1754 9 ; John, m. Dec. 1771, Temperance Packard of Brookfield. [A Charles Bruce published July 8, 1774, to Abigail Carter of Dudley ; who was he ? Also a John Bruce, jr., who m. Apr. 30, 1772, Temperance Packard. He is not recorded on Brookfield Record with Charles as son of John above, but is so entered on this schedule.]
9. Charles, son of John 8, b. 1754, m. May 13, 1779, Mercy Gilbert of Brook- field ; he d. Feb. 11, 1785, aged 31; she m. (2) Nathan, father of Deacon Jos. A. Moore. Children (Brookfield), Lucy, b. Mar. 11, 1780, m. May 23, 1802, Edmund Matthews of Brookfield ; Charles, b. Jan. 23, 1782 10 ; Nabby, b. Dec. 29, 1783, m. May 9, 1805, Abiathar White of Brookfield.
10.« Charles, son of Charles 9, b. Jan. 23, 1782, m. (1) Apr. 3, 1806, Betsey Raw- son, b. Brookfield, Mar. 22, 1787, d. Waldoboro, Me., Sept. 11, 1818 ; (2) Feb. 13, 1820, Sally Wallis of Waldoboro, b. Dec. 11, 1793, d. Waldoboro, Dec. 7, 1839; he d. Nov. 29, 1852. Children (North Brookfield), Lucy Baker, b. July 30, 1807, d. Feb. 27, 1830; Eliza Ann, b. June 18, 1809, d. Aug. 13, following ; Betsey Rawson, b. June 30, 1810, m. June 9, 1832, Mordecai Carey of North Brookfield ; ( Waldo- boro) Martha Maria, b. Sept. 18, 1812, m. (1) Nov. 16, 1828, Isaac N. Keith of North Brookfield, b. Oct. 11, 1804, d. Oct. 16, 1831 ; (2) Apr. 14, 1851, John N. Doane of North Brookfield, b. Bakersfield, Vt., May 14, 1814, d. North Brookfield, Dec. 6, 1852 ; (3) Dec. 9, 1863, Jos. Hartwell of Ware, b. Aug. 19, 1798, d. Dec. 6, 1879 ; Charles
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Fisher, b. Aug. 30, 1817, m. and buried his wife in Steubenville, O .; Alvin Gilbert, b. Aug. 9, IS20, d. July 17, 1840 ; Bertha Ann, b. Mar. 7, 1822, m. May 4, 1843, John Palmer of Milton, N.H .; Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 7, 1825, d. Dec. 27, following ; William Norris, b. July 4, 1829, d. Dec. 4, 1831 ; Harriet Jane, b. Mar. 17, 1831, d. Dec. 27, 1835; Leonard Moore, b. Mar. 22, 1826, d. California, Mar. 24, 1851 ; James Henderson, b. Nov. 17, 1827 11; Lewis Parker, b. Feb. 25, 1833, d. United States Navy, about 1863-4.
11. James Henderson, son of Charles 10, b. Waldoboro, Me., Nov. 17, 1827; a master mariner ; m. Aug. 7, 1862, Sarah L. Cookingham of Poughkeepsie, N.Y .; Children (San Francisco, Cal.), Georgia P., b. Sept. 17, 1863, d. July 23, 1868 ; Wal- ter S., b. Mar. 28, 1865; Amanda V., b. Dec. 6, 1867 ; Charles C., b. Nov. 26, 1869 ; Sarah L., b. Jan. 26, 1873.
12. George W., b. Hudson, Mass., Aug. 25, 1845, m. July 13, 1865, Marietta W. Rand of Hudson. Children, Georgetta, b. Marlboro, Aug. 29, IS66; Gertrude, b. Framingham, Dec. 8, 1867; John C., b. Hudson, Apr. 12, 1871, d. Sept. 5, follow- ing ; Samuel M., b. Sept. 9, 1872, d. June 9, 1877.
BRYANT, John 1, b. Rutland, Mass., Feb. 14, 1799, m. Elizabeth Parmenter of Princeton, and d. Princeton, Sept. 1865. Children (Princeton), Elizabeth, b. Jan. 5, 1834, m. (1) Mr. Rawson; (2) Nov. 1, 1869, Freeman R. Doane of North Brookfield ; John Winslow, b. Oct. 25, 1839; Louisa MI., m. B. Ball of Princeton ; Warren H., m. Etta Scott of Rutland ; Myra A., d. young ; Myra A., d. young; George, b. Jan. 21, 1837 2.
2. George, son of John 1, b. Princeton, Jan. 21, 1837. In 1862 served nine months in Fifty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers; m. Nov. 29, IS66, Servia L. Stone of Hubbardston. Children, Edith L., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 11, 1869 ; Orlo Edward, b. Hubbardston, Jan. 15, IS71, d. Jan. 6, 1875; Mabel }., b. Hub- bardston, July 17, 1873; Myra M., b. Feb. 27, 1876.
3. Isaac, b. Rutland, May 6, 1829, m. Sept. 22, 1857, Mary Ann Clark of Hub- bardston. Child (Rutland), Alice Maria, b. Mar. IS, 1859, m. May 21, 1884, Freder- ick L. Fullam of North Brookfield.
4. John Wesley, b. Rutland, Mar. 31, IS44, m. Nov. 1867, Ellen Beede of Albany, Vt. Children (North Brookfield), Bertha M., b. Nov. 23, 1869; Jennie N., b. Oct. 1872, d. Sept. 5, 1875; Ethel L., b. July 5, 1877.
BULLARD, Alpheus, b. Dudley, May 24, 1820, m. Oct. 3, 1844, Sarah Belknap of Framingham. Children, Helen M., b. Holliston, July 2, IS45, m. Dec. 13, 1866, Robert M. Tibbetts of Holliston; Carrie L., b. Framingham, Mar. 20, 1854.
BURBANK, Benjamin 1, b. Tyngsboro, Mass., Oct. 2, 1801, m. Dec. 16, 1822, Polly Howe of Hopkinton, N.H., and d. Underhill Centre, Vt., Sept. 23, 1862 ; she d. North Brookfield, Dec. 17, 1879. Children, Aurora E., b. Washington, N.H., Nov. 19, 1825; Joseph Healy, b. Sept. 24, 1827 2; Jotham H., b. Mar. 3, 1830 ; Lavinia y., b. Nov. 14, 1840. Mr. Burbank held the office of town clerk and other offices in Vermont.
2. Joseph Healy, son of Benjamin 1, b. Sept. 24, 1827, m. Sept. 24, 1855, Han- nah Maria Field of Cornwall, Vt. Child, Frank Orin, b. Galesburg, Ill., Nov. 29, 1859, d. North Brookfield, Apr. 9, 1881.
BURK, Richard 1, son of Richard (probably) from Brookfield Records; m Mary -. Children, Abigail, b. Sept. 18, 1727 ; Mary, b. May 6, 1729.
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2. Jonathan, probably a brother of Richard, a carpenter ; m. Thankful -. Children, Keziah, b. Mar. 3, 1732; Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, 1733-4, m. Mar. 29, 1763, Sarah Gould of Brookfield ; Simeon, b. May 3, 1736; Jesse, b. Apr. 8, 1738, m. May, 1761, Leah Rice of Brookfield ; Isaiah, b. June 13, 1740 ; Solomon, b. Dec. 2, 1742 ; Silas, b. Nov. 22, 1744.
Jonathan, son of Richard ; was first occupant of the Esq. (Daniel) Gilbert place. Richard 1 and Jonathan 2 were doubtless brothers, and were owners of consid- erable estate.
3. James, b. Ireland, m. 1858, Margaret Coughlin of Lowell. Children (Lowell), Annie, b. Jan. 11, 1859; Dennis, b. Oct. 1860; James, b. Sept. 1862; John, b. Sept. 1865, d. 1866; Timothy, b. July, 1867; (North Brookfield) Catherine, b. Jan. 1870; William, b. Oct. 1872; John, b. Sept. 1874, d. July, 1875; Mary, b. Aug. 1876; Daniel, b. Aug. 1878; Maggie, b. Oct. 1879.
4. Timothy, b. Ireland, 1841, m. Aug. 2, 1866, Rose Rice of North Brookfield, b. Ireland, 1842. Children, Martin, b. West Brookfield, May 25, 1868 ; Mary Ann, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 1, 1870 ; Michael, b. Oct. 8, 1871, d. same day ; Michael, b. Aug. 28, 1872; Peter, b. Aug. 24, 1874; Margaret Jane, b. May 5, 1876; Ellen, b. Mar. 31, 1878.
5. Michael, b. Ireland, m. a widow Murphy of Ireland. Children, John ; James, b. Sept. 1833 6; member of Fifty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
6. James, son of Michael 5, b. Sept. 1833; was a member of Fifty-ninth Regi- ment Massachusetts Volunteers in the civil war; m. Nov. 1854, Margaret Howard of North Brookfield. Child, John, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 26, 1855, d. June 22, 1866.
7. John, b. Portland, June, 1845, m. Oct. 21, 1872, Mary Mullen of Marlboro. He enlisted in the United States Navy for a year, July 26, 1862.
8. Martin, b. Ireland, m. Mary -, who d. Ireland, and he d. Oct. 24, 1876, in North Brookfield.
BURMENHAM, Patrick, b. Ireland, 1846, m. Bridget Garaghty of New Haven, Ct. Children (Connecticut), Mary J., b. Nov. 1872 ; Lizzie, b. Apr. 1876; Walter y., b. June 12, 1878.
BURNETT, Ira 1, b. Wilbraham, Sept. 17, 1806, m. (1) Oct. 17, 1832, Lucy De Land of Brookfield, who d. North Brookfield, Aug. 20, 1854; (2) June 10, 1855, Caroline Nelson of Wales. Children, Ellen Lucy, b. West Brookfield, Aug. 26, 1836, m. May 5, 1858, John Woodcock of Leicester ; Edward De Land, b. North Brookfield, May 13, 1840, d. June 30, 1841.
2. William B., b. Framingham, Aug. 20, 1826, m. Apr. 29, 1849, Almira F. Hoyt of Grafton, N.H., b. there Apr. 6, 1826. Children (North Brookfield), A. Ever- ett, b. Apr. 12, 1850, m. Dec. 11, 1874, Emma C. Burr of Springfield ; Fannie E., b. Sept. 26, 1852, m. May 6, 1874, William H. Day of Springfield; Willis H., b. July 31, 1855, d. Sept. 25, 1855; Myra E., b. Oct. 1, 1858, m. Oct. 6, 1880, Byron W. Worden of Springfield. The residence of this family in 1886 is Springfield, Mass.
BURNS, Patrick, b. Ireland; m. 1852, Mary Stack in Ireland. Children (North Brookfield), Eugene, b. Apr. 18, 1854; Dennis, b. Jan. 1, 1856, m. Dec. 8, 1875, Catherine Kelley [child, Paul Henry, b. Sept. 9, 1878] ; Kate, b. Oct. 2, 1857 ; James, b. Oct. 7, 1860.
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BURRILL, Alfred, b. Chelsea, Feb. 5, 1825, m. Jan. 1, 1851, Adaline White of Boston, b. Westmoreland, N.H., Apr. 5, 1825. Children, Alfred W., b. Boston, IS 52, m. Oct. 14, 1878, Augusta S. Cummings of Ware ; Adaline, b. North Brookfield, July 24, 1861.
BUSCHARD, J. B. 1, 1). Canada, Sept. 15, 1845, m. Feb. 20, 1878, Josephine Gagnon of North Brookfield. Children, Rosanna ; Edvije ; Louis.
2. Zephir, b. Canada. Children, Louis ; Zephir ; Frank ; Adeline ; Louisa ; Eliza.
BUSH, Samuel 1, from Marlboro, Sept. 10, 1715, had grant of sixty acres in Brookfield, and later of a hundred and twenty-three acres in addition. He m. July 15, 1708, Elizabeth Wheeler. Children, b. Marlboro, Jotham, b. Jan. 21, 1709, d. 1710; Zeruiah, b. Aug. 28, 1710, d. young ; Amaziah, b. Mar. 15, 1712 ; Milliscent, b. Oct. 16, 1713, d. 1715; Thankful, b. Brookfield, Aug. 14, 1715, d. Feb. 1, 1735; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1716; Uriah, b. May 15, 1719; John, b. Aug. 14, 1722, d. Oct. 1741 ; Ezekiel, b. Oct. 16, 1724, d. young; Seth and Samuel, b. Apr. 15, 1726, Samuel d. young ; Hotham, b. Oct. 25, 1729; Israel, b. Jan. 24, 1735.
2. Joseph, a farmer, m. (1) Dorothy Howe of Marlboro, who d. Nov. 13, 1783; (2) June 27, 1784, Mary Watson of Brookfield. He d. Oct. 19, 1828, aged eighty- four. Children (Brookfield), Josiah, b. Nov. 28, 1768 3; William, b. Jan. 2, 1770; Mary, b. May 7, 1771, d. Jan. 11, 1773; Joseph Wheeler, b. May 29, 1773, published Jan. 17, 1802, to Mrs. Mary Nichols of New Salem; Judith, b. Nov. 11, 1775, mn. Nov. 15, 1796, Samuel Corbin of Dudley ; William, b. June 7, 1778, m. Jan. 23, 1803, Lucy Kendall of Brookfield. He was a blacksmith, and d. in Spencer ; Eli Watson, b. Mar. 12, 1785, m. Feb. 27, 1806, Sally Marcy of Sturbridge ; Dorothy, b. Mar. 12, 1785, d. North Brookfield, Nov. 6, 1815; Polly, b. May 13, 1786, m. Jan. 15, 1805, Palmer Adams of Barre and Oakham, and d. Oakham, Nov. 21, 1851 ; John, b. Mar. 7, 1788, d. June 14, 1794; Sally, b. Oct. 25, 1790, m. Feb. 5, 1822, Moses Tidd of North Brookfield, and d. June 3, 1878 ; he d. Aug. 26, 1839 ; Eleazer Brad- shaw, b. Sept. 12, 1793 4.
3. Josiah, son of Joseph 2, b. Brookfield, Nov. 28, 1768 ; he bought the Bradshaw (now Hoone) place. His first three children were born in a house a few rods south of where Lorin Sherman now lives, on east side of the road; the next four at the mills in east part of the town; the mills were destroyed by flood, rebuilt and sold to Kerley Howe; the last two where Sanford Ludden now lives. He m. (1) Oct. II, 1792, Polly Knowlton, who d. Feb. 28, 1819; (2) Oct. 5, 1819, Elizabeth, widow of Robert Knowlton, née Thurston. He d. Sept. 3, 1828. Children (Brookfield), Are- thusa, b. Jan. 10, 1792, m. Mar. 24, 1814, John Hunter of North Brookfield, and d. in Vermont ; Avery, b. Aug. 18, 1794 5; Lyman, b. Oct. 17, 1796 6; Charles, b. Oct. 15, 1798, d. Plainfield, Mich., Dec. 7, 1878; Eunice, b. Nov. 1, 1800, m. Aug. 3, 1826, John F. Dewing of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 30, 1827 ; Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1802, m. George F. Gulliver of North Brookfield, and d. Fort Lee, N.J., Nov. 23, 1878; Josiah, b. Dec. 8, 1805 7; Caroline, b. Dec. 10, 1807, m. Nov. 26, 1829, Keyes Allen of New Braintree ; Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1811, m. June 29, 1830, Moses Thomp- son of New Braintree.
4. Eleazer Bradshaw, son of Joseph 2, b. Sept. 12, 1793, m. Nov. 18, 1818, Sarah W. Howe of Spencer, b. Apr. 19, 1796, d. May 18, 1838; he d. North Brook- field, Aug. 30, 1865. Children (North Brookfield), John Lawton, b. Oct. 21, 1819, m. June 8, 1847, Eleanor P. Grout, of Spencer ; Sarah Ann, b. July 31, 1822, m. May
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9, 1844, Luther P. De Land of North Brookfield ; Horace Ward, b. July 13, 1826, m. Apr. 29, 1858, Margaret M. Fogg of Spencer; Charles II., b. Apr. 3, 1829, d. Feb. 27, 1831 ; Charlotte Howe, b. July 19, 1831, m. Aug. 4, 1857, Dr. Henry T. Bates ; Harriet Ellen, b. Aug. 21, 1833, m. Dec. 25, 1862, Dr. I. Evarts Hitchcock of Springfield ; Martha Jane, b. May 28, 1836, m. Apr. 12, 1860, Dean Fletcher of North Brookfield, d. Worcester, Sept. 6, 1878.
5. Avery, son of Josiah 3, b. Aug. 18 or 26, 1794, m. (1) June 15, 1823, Mary Bowker of North Brookfield, b. Jan. 8, 1803, d. Spencer, Dec. 28, 1827; (2) Aug. 15, 1828, Lydia Bowker, b. Apr. 11, 1807, d. Eyota, Minn., Nov. 5, 1881. He d. Oakham, Nov. 27, 1845. Children (six in Spencer, two in Oakham), Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1824, m. May 1, 1850, Addison Palmer of Worcester, and d. Worcester, Mar. 10, 1864 ; Harvey F., b. June 28, 1826, m. May 1, 1850, Ellen Ellery of Water- town, N.Y. ; Joseph B., b. Dec. 24, 1827, lost in 1855, and not heard from ; Amos, b. May 20, 1830, d. Mar. 10, 1831 ; John, b. June 23, 1832, m. Oct. 1868, Matilda Cummings of Boston ; Julia Ann H., b. July 19, 1834, m. Mar. 5, 1854, Charles C. Russell of Metropolis, Ill .; Charles, b. Oct. 8, 1836, d. Winona, Minn., Oct. 21, I859; George A., b. Feb. 2, 1846, d. Jackson, Minn., Mar. 11, 1876.
6. Lyman, Deacon, son of Josiah 3, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 17, 1796, m. Apr. 1, 1823, Mary Moore of North Brookfield, and d. Exira, Io., Sept. 30, 1882. Chil- dren (North Brookfield), Mary Knowlton, b. Jan. 8, 1824, m. June 15, 1843, Henry P. Tucker of North Brookfield; William Snow, b. June 10, 1826 8; John Dewing, b. Oct. 6, 1827 9 ; Mary Gilbert, b. Aug. 9, 1830, m. Apr. 5, 1850, Franklin Hobbs of Charlton ; an infant, b. and d. Apr. 4, 1832; Nathan Moore, b. Mar. 23, 1833, d. Mar. 30, 1834 ; Esther Moore, b. Apr. 19, 1835, d. June 15, 1835; Sally Moore, b. Apr. 10, 1836, d. Feb. 26, 1836 [1837?]; Sally Moore, b. Dec. 8, 1837 10; m. Feb. 24, 1864, John M. Bird of Big Grove, Io .; Martha Maria, b. June 18, 1840, d. Feb. 21, 1849.
Deacon Bush was a shoe manufacturer and farmer ; lived where Sidney A. Whit- ing now lives, and for many years member and deacon of First Church ; removed to Exira, Io., where he was active and liberal in religious matters, causing the erection of the first church in Audubon County, contributing $500, and raising over $700 from friends in North Brookfield, and leaving at his decease $1,000 more for the benefit of this new church.
7. Josiah, son of Josiah 3, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 8, 1805, m. Apr. 15, 1830, Sophronia Ingalls of New Braintree, b. Dec. 13, 1809. Children (three in North Brookfield, rest in New Braintree), Jonathan Nye, b. June 2, 1831 11; Elizabeth Howe, b. Apr. 2, 1833, m. Sept. 12, 1855, Charles B. Frost; Caroline Frances, b. Sept. 3, 1834, d. Sept. 8, 1848; Charles Adams, b. Nov. 8, 1836 12; Martha Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1838, m. Dec. 1, 1858, S. W. Ranger; Sarah Fiske, b. May 7, 1840, m. June 11, 1873, L. Crawford ; Henry Harrison, b. Feb. 23, 1842; served as corporal three years in the late war; m. Apr. 4, 1867, Laura Richardson of Ware; Josiah Ingalls, b. Jan. 24, 1844, m. Nov. 28, 1868, Julia Rich ; George W., b. Dec. 25, 1845, m. Jan. 5, 1874, Mattie Rich ; Susan Sophronia, b. Dec. 14, 1847, m. Apr. 16, 1873, E. A. W. Raymond of Spencer ; Caroline Frances, b. July 3, 1849; Ann Maria, b. Aug. 26, 1851, m. June 10, 1885, George K. Tufts of New Braintree; William H., b. Dec. 19, 1854, d. July, 1878 ; Frederick Arthur, b. Feb. 27, 1856.
8. William Snow, son of Deacon Lyman 6, b. June 10, 1826, m. July 10, 1844, Hannah B. Smith of North Brookfield. He removed with his father to Exira, Io. Children, Mary E., b. North Brookfield, June 9, 1846, m. May 10, 1864, V. B. Crane of Exira; Lyman, b. Mar. 3, 1850, d. Exira, Oct. 19, 1861 ; William, b. Feb. 18,
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1854, m. Oct. 17, 1876, Mary Pattee of Exira ; Edward N., b. Aug. 5, 1857, d. North Brookfield, June 16, 1858; Julia, b. Exira, May 5, 1860, m. Nov. 15, 1878, Leroy Grandsbury of Exira ; Nellie }., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 4, 1864; Susan, b. Exira, Nov. 24, 1869.
9. John Dewing, son of Deacon Lyman 6, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1828, m. Nov. 22, 1850, Laura L. Barlow of West Brookfield. Children, Avalena F., b. Sept. 9, 1852, d. Mar. 25, 1858; Henry F., b. West Brookfield, Sept. 2, 1858, m. at Exira, Io., Nov. 26, 1879, Ida Webber of Orange, Mass .; Lena P., b. Exira, Jan. 26, IS6S.
10. Sally Moore, daughter of Deacon Lyman 6, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 8, 1837, m. Feb. 24, 1864, John Marshall Bird, b. Indiana, May 18, 1839 ; farmer at Big Grove, Io. Children (Big Grove), Edward Lyman, b. Nov. 23, 1864; Fannie Miriam, b. May 23, 1866; Frank Hobbs, b. Mar. 17, 1868; Henry Tucker, b. Mar. 14, 1870.
11. Jonathan Nye, son of Josiah 7, b. June 2, 1831, m. Apr. 3, 1853, Nancy Hoar of New Braintree. Child, Ida A., b. Sept. 1859.
12. Charles Adams, son of Josiah 7, b. Nov. 8, 1836, m. May 21, 1861, Frances M. Haskell of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Frank E., b. Apr. 25, 1863, d. Aug 6, 1872 ; Burt A., b. Feb. 11, 1871 ; Charles Leon, b. Nov. 15, 1873.
BUXTON, Anthony 1, b. England about 1601 ; was 76 years old in 1677, when he gave his deposition in Connecticut ; of Salem, Mass., 1637, when he received five acres from the town; made his will Mar. 8, 1683-4, proved July 29, 1684 ; m. Elizabeth -- , who may have been his second wife. Children, Rachel, d. Salem, Feb. 24, 1675; Elizabeth, m. May 3; 1664, Isaac, son of Henry Cook and Judith (Birdsall), b. Salem, Apr. 3, 1640, d. about Dec. 1692; John, b. about 1645 2; Lydia, m. Dec. 26, 1672, Joseph Small ; Mary, m. Dec. 28, 1672, John, son of Henry Cook, b. Sept. 6, 1647, d. Nov. 1716. She was baptized Sept. 18, 1720, at her house, “ being above 70 years of age, and being very weak and unable to go to the Church ;" Sarah, m. -; Anthony, b. Sept. 6, 1653, d. May, 1676; Samuel, b. Aug. 14, 1655, d. Feb. 24, 1675; James, b. Aug. 8, 1659, d. Oct. 15, 1662; Thomas, b. Feb. 24, 1661-2, d. Oct. 20, following ; Joseph, b. July 17, 1663, m. Esther -; Hannah, b. Jan. 27, 1665.
2. John, son of Anthony 1, b. Salem about 1645, m. (1) Mar. 30, 1668, Mary Small, who d. Jan. 27, 1675-6; (2) Oct. 7, 1677, Elizabeth Holten. Children by Mary (Salem), Mary, b. Sept. 3, 1669 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1672 ; John, b. Nov. 29, 1675; (Elizabeth) Joseph, b. Nov. 24, 1678 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1679-So; Anthony, b. Feb. 24, 1681 3; Rachel, b. May, 1682; Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1685; Ebenezer, b. June 20, 1690; Lydia, b. Oct. 16, 1692; Benjamin, b. Mar. II, 1694-5, m. May 5, 1724, Elizabeth Hutchinson; James, b. Sept. 28, 1698; Amos, b. Feb. 12, 1700-I, m. Mar. 27, 1725, Elizabeth Porter; probably m. (2) July 9, 1747, Mary Johnson ; Jonathan, b. July 25, 1706, m. Sept. 8, 1726, Jane Hutchinson.
3. Anthony, son of John 2, b. Salem, Feb. 24, 1681 ; farmer and lived in Salem Village, now North Danvers. He m. June 1, 1711, Dorcas Gould. Children (Salem Village), Elizabeth, b. Apr. 4, 1712; Enos, b. Mar. 10, 1716 4; Daniel, b. May 8, 17IS.
4. Enos, son of Anthony 3, b. Salem Village, Mar. 10, 1716; removed to Sutton, thence to North Brookfield, where he d. June 12, 1805, aged 89 years 3 months. He was of Salem late as Dec. 6, 1750, when he and wife Hannah sold to Timothy Fuller a parce of land, with his house, orchard, etc. Mar. 29, 1739, he bought of
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John Trask, land in New Salem, being second division, lot 15, which he sold Mar. 6, 1744, to John Buxton. He m. Jan. 24, 1738-9 Hannah, daughter of James and Rebecca Grinslett, baptized First Church, Salem, Mar. 31, 1723. Child (none on Salem Record), Enos, b. Sutton, July 24, 1752 5.
5. Enos, son of Enos 4, b. Sutton, July 24, 1752 ; lived on the old Buxton place he bought of Cheney Rice about 1800 ; m. (1) Jan. 3, 1775, Mary Dodge of Sutton ; (2) Mar. 14, 1798, widow Mary Chase of Sutton, b. June 24, 1762, d. Nov. 20, 1822 ; he d. Dec. 12, 1838. Children (Sutton), Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1777, m. Turner Fuller of Sutton ; Enos, b. Jan. 17, 1780, m. Apr. 12, 1803, Achsah Harris; John, b. Jan. 14, 1782, m. Fanny Howard of Sutton ; Andrew, b. Mar. 4, 1784 6; Simeon, b. Feb. 21, 1786, m. Rebecca Phipps ; Hannah, b. Dec. 2, 1788, m. Enoch Hill of Worces- ter; Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1791 ; m. Reuben Fuller of Sutton ; Rufus, b. Dec. 28, 1794, m. Sally Bigelow of Rutland ; Deborah, b. Nov. 30, 1798, m. Salem McIntire of Charlton ; Anthony, b. Sept. 10, 1800, d. Sept. 14, ISO1 ; Anna, b. June 20, 1802, d. May 3, 1820.
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