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11. Thomas, m. Mary -. Children (Brookfield), Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1749; John, b. May 10, 1751 ; Thomas, b. Sept. 11, 1754, Reuben, b. Jan. 9, 1756; Ruth, b. Aug. 9, 1759; Sarah, b. Aug. S, 1761 ; Thankful, b. Feb. 13, 1763 ; Prudence, b. Oct. 16, 1765 ; Solomon, b. Oct. 16, 1768.
12. Joshua, son of Josiah, who came from England and settled in West Brook- field, m. Thankful Morse, who d. Nov. 1, 1797; he d. Feb. 24, 1795. Children (West Brookfield ?) Lydia, b. July 9, 1749, m. June 5, 1775, David Smith of Brook- field ; Moses, b. Oct. 23, 1750, published July 6, 1773, Betsey Parker of Shrewsbury; Jonas, b. Aug. 27, 1752; Nathaniel, lived on the Dexter Forbes place; Rufus ; Thaddeus, b. June 18, 1758 13; Artemas, 14; Eunice, m. Joshua Dodge of New London, Ct.
13. Thaddeus, son of Joshua 12, b. West Brookfield ? June 18, 1758, published (1) Dec. 10, 1781, to Susan Holloway of Ipswich, who d. May 20, 1812; (2) m. May 21, 1815, Esther Tyler of West Brookfield, and d. Feb. 18, 1837; she m. (2) May 12, 1840, Ephraim Dewing. Children (Brookfield), Lewis, b. 1782 15 ; Darius, b. Mar. 18, 1784, d. Sept. 8, 1854; Rebecca, m. Mr. Wright; Susan, m. Mr. Sly ; Pliny, b. June 11, 1791 16; Fanny, b. Sept. 30, 1794, m. Dec. 30, 1813, Reuben Stoddard of North Brookfield, d. Nov. 24, 1871 ; Harriet ; Betsey.
14. Artemas, son of Joshua 12, published Mar. 7, 1794, to Jenny Richmond of Brookfield, who d. Nov. 1, 1827, aged sixty. Children, Zipporah, m. William Love, an Englishman ; lived in Pelham or Prescott; she d. there ; Zephaniah, b. Brookfield, -17; Thankful, b. 1798, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 13, 1862; Rufus (name changed from Dodge to Dexter), b. North Brookfield, published Nov. 24, IS23, to Sarah Stone of Brookfield, who d. at Thorndike ; removed to Prescott or Pelham ; Artemas, went to Canada; fane, m. Russell Fiske of Hopkinton, and d. there; Lucy, b. Mar. 8, 1806, m. 1829, Gorham H. Wood of Sturbridge or Southbridge ; Jonas, removed West.
15. Lewis, son of Thaddeus 13, b. 1782, m. Oct. 1804, Susan Barnes of New Braintree, who d. Apr. 5, 1820; he d. July S, 1849. Children (West Brookfield), Louisa, b. May 29, 1805; Melissa, b. Nov. 15, 1806; Charles, b. June 17, 1808, d. Nov. 4, 1809 ; Harrison Barnes, b. June 22, 1811; Tryphosa, b. Apr. 7, 1813, pub- lished Oct. 24, 1835, to Royal Rich of Warren; Henry Lawton, b. Mar. 18, 1815.
16. Pliny, son of Thaddeus 13, b. June 11, 1791, m. Dec. 9, 1821, Cynthia Con- verse of North Brookfield, and d. June 11, 1869; she b. Spencer Sept. 3, 1799, d. Warren, Aug. 15, 1883. Children, Luke Converse, b. Apr. 23, 1822, m. (1) Apr. 3, 1845, Minerva M., daughter of Amos Adams, who d. Mar. 9, 1846; (2) Sept. 30, 1847, Eliza Sanborn of Lowell ; no issue ; Henry H., b. Aug. 11, 1823, m. (1) Sept. 22, 1844, Elvira M. Pratt of Worcester ; (2) June 29, 1859, Jane Chambers [child
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by first wife, Edward Henry, b. Nov. 26, 1845, m. June 26, 1872, Ella A. Hubbard ; son Edward M., b. July 20, 1873 ; second wife, Emma P., b. Nov. 26, 1869]. Edwin L., b. Apr. 10, 1825, m. Jan. 20, 1851, Lucy A. Haven of Worcester [children, Maria L., b. Aug. 30, 1853, m. May 10, 1879, Henry I. Temple of Worcester ; Charles F., b. Dec. 26, 1855, d. Apr. 25, 1857 ; Jennie F., b. Oct. 17, 1859; Fred R., b. Sept. 4, 1863 ; Mabel L., b. Mar. 17, 1869, d. Aug. 5, 1869; Albert E., b. May 9, 1872, d. Dec. 17, 1877]; Charles, b. Apr. 29, 1826, m. July 8, 1849, Lauretta E. Ainsworth of Sturbridge, and d. Worcester, Mar. 10, 1883; no issue; Warren F., b. May 9, 1827, m. Mar. 7, 1867, Rebecca A. Strout of Topsham, Me., and d. Earlville, Ill., Oct. 5, 1884 [children, Anna, b. Sept. 20, 1868; Ralph T., b. Jan. 16, 1872; Eliza- beth, b. Dec. 9, 1874, d. Feb. 21, 1879; a daughter, b. Feb. 10, 1880]; Thomas W., b. Spencer, Sept. 10, 1829; left home when a lad, - nothing heard from him since ; John L., b. July 28, 1832; Pamelia C., b. Aug. 3, 1834, d. May 10, 1857 ; George F., b. Warren, May 26, 1836 18 ; Anna E., b. Sept. 22, 1840, d. since 1880; Theodore O., b. May 24, 1843.
17. Zephaniah, son of Artemas 14, b. Brookfield, -, m. Dec. 30, 1817, Unity H. Gould of Wrentham, and d. Spencer, July 23, 1866. Children (North Brook- field), Moses, b. July 15, 1821, went West ; Andrew, b. Sept. 7, 1822, m. (1) May, 1846, Roxana B. Newton of Northbridge, who d. Nov. 1847-8; (2) Dec. 20, 1855, Ann Eliza Bigelow of Hartford, Ct .; Armit Harwood, b. July 1, 1824, removed 1848, to California ; Walter Walker, b. 1826, d. Oct. 2, 1830; Curtis W., b. 1828 or 30, m. 1853, Betsey Williams of Fiskedale.
18. George F., son of Pliny 16, b. Warren, May 26, 1836, m. July 21, 1864, Celia M. Wheeler of West Brookfield, who d. Fitz William, N.H., Dec. 22, 1877. Children, Myron F., b. West Brookfield, July 31, 1865, d. September following ; George, b. Fitz William, July 16, 1868; Burton, b. May 1, 1870 ; Herbert W., b. Feb. 17, 1876.
19. Charles L., b. Grafton, Vt., Apr. 184-, m. June 26, 1876, Lillian J. Olmstead of North Brookfield. Fireman on North Brookfield Railroad.
20. Marcus N., b. North Searsport, Me., Dec. 24, 1842, m. Apr. 17, 1867, Nancy B. Chapman of North Brookfield. Children, Charles W., b. Searsport, Feb. 9, 1869; Willie E., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 21, 1871, d. June 15, 1873; Gracie F., b. Mar. 15, 1876.
DONAHUE, Thomas, b. Ireland, m. Margaret McCarthy in Ireland. Children (North Brookfield), Minnie, b. Mar. 1864 ; James, b. Aug. 1872.
DONOVAN, Daniel 1, b. Ireland, settled in North Brookfield, and m. 1866, Catherine Clancy of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Mary, b. 1867; John, b. 1868; Kate, b. 1870; Cornelius, b. 1873 ; James, b. 1874; Honora, b. 1877.
2. Daniel, b. Ireland, m. Feb. 23, 1878, Kate Rice of North Brookfield. Child, Michael, b. Nov. 1879.
DOWLING, Edward, b. Ireland, Oct. 22, 1838, m. 1858, Margaret Fitzpatrick of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Bridget, b. Mar. 23, 1860; James, b. Feb. 11, 1864, d. Sept. 30, 1865; James, b. Mar. 22, 1866; Dennis, b. Sept. 12, IS67 ; Honora, b. Jan. 23, 1869, d. Sept. 1869; John, b. Oct. 20, 1874; Catherine, b. Mar. 2, 1876; Mary, b. May 22, 1878.
2. John, son of William and Bridget (Buggey), b. Ireland, 1838, m. 1865, Ellen
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F. Howard of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Bridget, b. 1866; Bartholomew, b. 1868; William, b. 1870, d. 1871; Richard, b. 1872, died young; John, b. 1873; Catherine, b. 1875, died young ; Murty, b. 1877.
DOWNEY, James 1, b. County Cork, Ire., May 15, 1814. He was one of the first seven Irishmen in town, and probably the second or third family ; came from Yarmouth, N.S., about 1843-4 ; m. 1835 in Ireland, Mary Fitzgerald, b. Oct. 10, 1808, and now (1886) resides in Worcester. He d. Worcester, Dec. 28, 1874. Children, John, b. Ireland, Nov. 5, 1839, d. July 20, 1841 ; Dennis, b. Yarmouth, July 4, 1842, m. Sept. 3, 1866, Jane Healy of North Brookfield; dry-goods dealer, New York City ; Mary, b. North Brookfield, July 6, 1844, resides Worcester ; James, b. Jan. 1, 1846, m. Sept. 9, 1876, Eliza V. Maher of Worcester ; resides Providence, R.I., dry-goods dealer ; Daniel, b. Oct. 8, 1848, a clothier in Worcester ; m. Aug. 21, 1883, Mary L. Power of Charlestown; Ellen, b. Sept. 15, 1851, d. Aug. 15, 1854; William, b. Nov. 3, 1858 ; clerk in Worcester.
2. James, son of William and Nancy (Hazel), b. Ireland, Sept. 26, 1837 (Wil- liam the father, b. 1796, remained in Ireland), m. Sept. 6, 1862, Ellen Downey of North Brookfield, b. Ireland, Jan. 6, 1845. Children, Nancie, b. North Brookfield, Sept. 6, 1863 ; Ellen L., b. Feb. 4, 1866 ; Katie A., b. Mar. 22, 1868 ; William H., b. New Braintree, Apr. 14, 1871 ; John f., b. July 27, 1873; James E., b. Aug. 12, 1875; Johanna L., b. North Brookfield, June 29, 1880; Walter F., b. Aug. 31, 1884.
3. John, b. Ireland, Jan. 1, 1800; came to town 1849; m. Apr. 30, 1830, Johanna Mahoney, b. Ireland, 1809. Children, Bartholomew, b. Ireland, 1833; Cornelius, b. 1836, m. Mary Ann Eagan ; John, b. Sept. 29, 1837 4; m. Catherine Howard; James, b. 1839, d. 1847 ; Patrick }., b. 1842, m. Sept. 1872, Ann Quigley of North Brookfield ; Ellen, b. Dec. 25, 1845, m. James Downey 2, of North Brookfield.
4. John, son of John 3, b. Ireland, Sept. 29, 1837, m. Nov. 27, 1864, Catherine Howard of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), John Henry, b. Jan. 21, 1871 ; Mortimer, b. Dec. 6, 1873; Ellen, b. June 6, 1875; James, b. June 20, 1877 ; Mary, b. July 18, 1879 ; Catherine, b. May 26, 1883.
5. Bartholomew, b. Ireland, -, m. Ellen Donovan, and d. Ireland before 1867. Children (Ireland), Cornelius, a farmer, settled in Mississippi; Ellen, b. 1803, m. Martin Delhanty of Apalachicola, Fla .; Kate, b. 1806, m. Michael Brown, and lived at Pea Ridge, Pa. ; Mary, b. 1794, m. James Ferrill, and lived in Ware ; John 3, b. Jan. 1, 1800 ; Bartholomew, b. 1809, m. Catherine Hurley, and d. Ware, 1849.
DOYLE, John, b. Ireland, 1833, m. 1857, Alice Lynch. Children, Ellen, b. Ireland, 1857; Mary, b. 1859; Patrick, b. 1864; Catherine, b. New Braintree, 1868; Michael, b. North Brookfield, 1873 ; Annie, b. 1878; Alice, b. 1879.
2. William, son of Andrew, b. Ireland, m. Mary Bergan, who d. North Brook- field, Oct. 5, 1865; he d. June 27, 1869. Children (North Brookfield), Andrew, b. May 25, 1850, m. Feb. 19, 1875, Norah Donohue of Worcester ; Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1852 ; Annie, b. Apr. 18, 1854, m. May 27, 1879, John McCarthy ; John, b. Apr. 18, 1856; William, b. Mar. 6, 1859; Joseph ; Patrick, b. Aug. 29, 1862.
3. John, son of Andrew, b. Ireland, Dec. 16, 1827, m. (1) June 30, 1855, Mar- garet Raftery of North Brookfield, who d. Sept. 14, 1870; (2) Nov. 14, 1870, Cath- erine Quigley of Gilbertville. Children (North Brookfield), John, b. June 22, 1856; Andrew, b. Sept. 22, 1857 ; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 1, 1859; a son, stillborn ; Nellie, b. Feb. 4, 1861, d. -; Rose Ella, d. -; William, d. -; Theresa, b. Aug. S, 1866; Ellen, b. Aug. 8, 1866 (twin), d. 1869; Timothy Christopher, b. June II,
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1868 ; Rose, b. Apr. 10, 1870, d. Sept. 15 following ; by second wife -, two sons and one daughter stillborn.
DRAGON, Joseph, b. Canada, 1840, m. Feb. 17, 1864, Mary L. Delage. Chil- dren, Joseph, b. Connecticut, Apr. 8, 1866; Louis E., b. Spencer, Mar. 26, 1869 ; Nellie, b. Oct. 22, 1872; Frank E., b. Aug. 28, 1875; Mary, b. North Brookfield, July 2, 1878.
DRAKE, Elisha 1, m. July 1, 1773, Mary Richmond of Brookfield. Children (Brookfield), James, b. Nov. 19, 1773 [a James Drake once resided on the Raymond place, north of the Knowlton place, but was probably of an earlier generation]; Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1775; Daniel, b. Spencer, Apr. 3, 1779 2; m. Dec. 1, 1803, Lucinda Harrington ; Miriam, b. Apr. 13, 1781 ; William, b. May 4, 1783, m. Nov. 1816, Sally Hair of North Brookfield ; Elisha, b. Nov. 2, 1786, m. June 19, 1823, Betsey White of Spencer.
2. Daniel, son of Elisha 1, b. Spencer, Apr. 3, 1779; was a captain in war of 1812; lived near the Wolcott Mills, at the Hathaway or John Stone place, where Daniel 3, and other children were born ; m. Dec. 1, 1803, Lucinda Harrington of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Feb. 11, 1817. Children (Brookfield), Reuben, b. Feb. 6, 1804, m. Nov. 1834, Miranda Green of Spencer, and d. East Brookfield, May S, 1874 ; Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1805, m. Elliot Hall of Spencer, d. Oct. 24, 1861 ; Francis, b. Aug. 3, 1808, m. Julia Lanckton of Springfield; Lucinda, b. Apr. 28, 1810, m. Moses Winn of Holden ; Sarah, b. May 18, 1811, d. North Brookfield, -; Daniel, b. July 28, 1813 3.
3. Daniel, son of Daniel 2, b. Brookfield, July 28, 1813, m. (1) Apr. 24, 1844, Lorinda Slayton of Brookfield, who d. Sept. 19, 1859; (2) Sept. 5, 1860, Ruth M. Hare of North Brookfield, b. Jan. 12, 1824; he d. Oct. 13, 1879. Child, Milo F., b. Brookfield, Apr. 23, 1853, m. Jan. 1, 1885, Laura M. Bemis of Spencer.
DRAPER, Simeon 1, b. Spencer, Mar. 27, 1765. At the age of sixteen was in Revolutionary war, stationed on Hudson River under Washington ; kept store in Spencer, a hotel in Brookfield, and owned the stages between Worcester and Brookfield; for many years member of Legislature; of the Constitutional Conven- tion in 1820, and commissioned captain in the militia by John Hancock. He m. (I) Aug. 24, 1786, Mary Bemis of Spencer; (2) Sept. 10, 1832, Catherine Lewis of Boston, and d. Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1848. Children (six b. Spencer -ten b. Brookfield), Abigail, b. Mar. 12, 1787, d. July 24, 17SS; Betsey, b. Sept. 6, 1788, d. Brookfield, Aug. 2, 1828; Henry, b. June 10, 1790; was lieutenant in war of 1812, stationed at Pittsfield ; m. June, 1813, Harriet Stone of Pittsfield, and d. Rochester, N.Y., July 3, 1841. His son William B. was with Commodore Perry at the opening of Japan, and was the operator of the telegraph before the Emperor, which aston- ished him so much ; Lorenzo, b. Mar. 27, 1792; merchant in Boston, New York, and Paris ; consul general at Paris and Havre, under Presidents Harrison and Taylor ; m. (1) Apr. 1816, Rosamond Cook of Boston ; (2) Mar. 27, 1826, Sarah E. Dolliver of Gloucester ; (3) Oct. 1, 1851, Mrs. Anna Alice Hawkins of Baltimore, and d. New York, Jan. 25, 1868; Horace, b. Jan. 30, 1794; merchant in Boston, Brookfield, and Springfield; m. Aug. 2, 1821, Eliza A. Tufts of Boston, and d. Springfield, June 21, 1846; Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1796, d. June 16, 1800 ; Sophia, b. Feb. 14, 1799, m. Oct. 13, 1817, Henry Lewis of Boston, and d. Brookfield, Sept. 17, 1870; William Frederic, b. Apr. 2, 1801, d. June 20, following ; Francis, b. Dec. 26, 1802,
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d. Dec. 30, following ; William Bemis, b. Feb. 15, 1804; was a merchant in Boston, Paris, and New York; resides at Flushing, L.I .; m. Mar. 18, 1841, Elizabeth A. Haggerty of New York ; Simeon, b. Jan. 19, 1806; a merchant in Boston and New York ; prominent in politics ; collector of port of New York, under President Lincoln ; m. Oct. 30, 1834, Frances S. Haggerty of New York, and d. Whitestown, L.I., Nov. 6, 1866; Mary Adeline, b. Aug. 21, 1807, m. June 13, 1831, Silas C. Herring of Albany, N.Y., and d. Brookfield, Aug. 19, 1837 ; Benjamin Harrison, b. Aug. 9, 1810, d. Brookfield, June 29, 1836; Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 27, 1812, m. Sept. 26, 1832, Emmons Twichell of Brookfield, and d. Sept. 23, 1833; Joshua, b. Sept. 3, 1814, d. Worcester, Mar. 29, 1874; Theodore Sedgwick, b. June 15, 1816; was a merchant in New York ; m. in fall of 1849, Elizabeth Morgan of Philadelphia, and d. New York, Apr. 3, 1878. [Horace, jun., son of Horace above, was with Admiral Farragut in the " Hartford," on the passage of the Forts, and the taking of New Orleans, during the Rebellion.]
2. John A., b. Spencer, Jan. 22, 1824, m. Nov. 12, 1860, Elsie M. Wilbur of Akron, O. Children (North Brookfield), Alice M., b. Feb. 25, 1864; Gertrude L., b. July 18, 1865; William H., b. Apr. 1, 1867 ; Mary E., b. Oct. 3, 1873; Walter E., b. July 1, 1874.
3. Lemuel R., b. Weston, Dec. 1, 1823, m. L. M. Mansfield of Lynnfield, Jan. I, 1845. Children, Edward M., b. Saugus, Apr. 10, 1846, d. Sept. 9, 1848 ; Annetta L., b. Saugus, Sept. 28, 1847, m. Nov. 30, 1871, Jonas H. Carter of Berlin ; Oscar E., b. Milford, Apr. 12, 1850 4 ; Eva R., b. Worcester, Aug. 31, 1854, d. Milford, Apr. 18, 1884 ; Minnie E., b. Hopedale, Mar. 1, 1859, d. Jan. 12, 1860; William L., b. Hope- dale, Aug. 29, 1861.
4. Oscar E., son of Lemuel R. 3, b. Milford, Apr. 12, 1850, m. (1) Oct. 12, 1869, Emma L. Hunt of Milford, who d. Dec. 8, 1876; (2) Sept. 21, 1879, Mrs. E. G. Sturtevant of North Brookfield. Children (Milford), Laura A., b. Dec. 12, 1870 ; Hiram E., b. Sept. 15, 1872 ; Clarence P., b. Aug. 12, 1874.
5. Thomas, of parish of Hempstontell, Yorkshire, vicarage of Halifax, Eng., a clothier, had son James, b. 1618, who came 1649-50, to Roxbury, Mass. ; proprietor in Lancaster ; m. Miriam Standisfield of England, and had James, b. Roxbury, m. Abigail Whitney, and d. 1698; son James, b. 1694, was of Dedham, thence removed to Spencer, and d. 1768; his son James, who d. England, had James, b. Spencer, m. Mary Prouty, and had son -.
6. David, b. Spencer, July 3, 1770, who settled in Brookfield, and lived on the place where Gilbert Bond now resides. He kept the old Centre District School many years. Among his pupils was Rev. Dr. Thomas Adams, who recently died in Winslow, Me. ; was town clerk, leader of the church choir -teacher of music, and a skilful performer on several musical instruments, and was a man of more than ordinary ability and usefulness. He removed to Spencer where he was for several years deputy sheriff ; thence to Leicester in 1822, where in various callings he spent the rest of his days. He was a great reader and a deep thinker. [Corre- spondence of Miss Hannah W. Chilson of Leicester.] He m. July 7, 1799, Matilda Moore of Spencer, who d. Leicester, Aug. 24, 1854, aged seventy-six ; he d. Leices- ter, Apr. 30, 1845. [John Bisco of Spencer m. for his second wife widow Esther Moore, and her daughter m. David Draper as above.] Children (Spencer), Harriet, b. June 5, 1802 ; was of Worcester, 1880; Charlotte, b. Dec. 28, 1805, d. Leicester, Oct. 27, 1828 ; Angeline, b. Sept. 14, 1814, m. July 31, 1837, Sidney Downs of New Haven, Ct., and d. Worcester ; a son, b. and d. -.
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DRISCOLL, Cornelius 1, b. Ireland, 1808 ; came to New England I851 and m. Margaret Looney in North Brookfield, b. Ireland, 1823, and he d. at Hoosac Tun- nel, Dec. 25, 1871. Mrs. Driscoll owns and lives on the Joseph Kendrick place. Children (Hoosac Tunnel) Jeremiah, b. July 8, 1855; Cornelius, b. Feb. 16, 1857 ; James, b. July IS, 1864.
2. Dennis, b. Ireland, m. 1869, Mary Connolly of Boston. Children (North Brookfield), John, b. May 23, 1874 ; Ellen, b. Nov. 16, 1876.
DRURY, Calvin W. 1, b. Pittsford, Vt., Aug. 5, 1826; came to North Brook- field Dec. 20, 1851 ; m. Dec. 9, 1848, Maria C., daughter of Drury Lamb of Fletcher, Vt., b. July 9, 1824; he d. Jan. 1, 1885. Child, Electa, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 29, 1858, d. Aug. 26, 1860.
2. EUGENE R., b. Williamstown, 1845, d. Chelsea, June 10, 1885; m. 1871, Mary Adams, b. Spencer, 1846. Child, Nellie E., b. Brookfield, 1876, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 1, 1880.
DUFFY, Michael, b. Ireland, m. Ellen Walsh of Worcester. Children, Lizzie, b. Worcester, 1858; Nellie, b. 1864.
DUGGAN, John 1, b. Ireland, 1848, m. Feb. 16, 1872, Ellen Foley of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Katie, b. July 14, 1874; Mary E., b. July 8, 1876; Lizzie, b. Aug. 19, IS78.
2. Cornelius, b. Ireland, 1836, m. 1857, Margaret Donavan, in Lowell, and d. North Brookfield, July 26, 1873. Children (North Brookfield), Timothy, b. Jan. 7, 1859; Nellie, b. Feb. 22, 1860 ; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 26, 1861 ; Dennis, b. July 7, 1869 ; Margaret, b. July 18, 1873.
3. Daniel, b. Ireland, 1821, m. Ellen Duggan. The family came from Ireland Jan. 1, 1873. Children (Ireland), Catherine, b. 1850; Hannorah, b. 1852; John, b. 1854; Timothy, b. 1856; Patrick, b. 1858.
DUMAS, Frank 1, b. Canada, Oct. 1833; carpenter; m. June 4, 1854, Cath- erine Roix of Southbridge. Children, Mary, b. June 6, 1855, m. June, 1871, Louis Richards of North Brookfield ; Caroline, b. Feb. 25, 1858, m. Nov. 27, 1878, William Viatt of North Brookfield ; Delia, b. Feb. 25, 1860, m. June, 1877, Frederick Letour- neault of North Brookfield ; Alice, b. Sept. 4, 1863 ; Frank, b. Hardwick, Feb. 24, 1867; Napoleon, b. Jan. IS, 1871; William, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 29, 1873; Frederick, b. Dec. S, 1876 ; Elmer, b. Dec. 18, 1879, d. Jan. ISSO.
2. Edward, b. Canada, m. Margaret -, and d. North Brookfield, Feb. 1871. Children (Canada), Euphemia ; Edward ; Deleme, m. Eugene Matthieu of North Brookfield; Eliza, m. Ely Charbie of Vermont ; Joseph, m. Mary Longway ; Napo- leon ; Josephine ; Ovila, m. Oliver Junior of North Brookfield.
DUNCAN, William 1, b. Dudley, June 4, 1784; farmer ; m. May 3, ISO8, Annis Morse of Charlton, and d. North Brookfield, July 13, 1857 ; she d. Nov. 15, 1857. Children, William, b. Worcester, Jan. 19, 1810, d. July 23, 1811 ; (Paxton), Charles, b. July 17, 1811 2; William, b. Dec. 14, 1812 3; Angeline, b. Apr. 6, 1815, m. Nov. 30, 1837, Pliny K. Howe of Paxton, and d. North Brookfield, Jan. 22, 1875; James, b. July 21, 1818 4 ; Almira, b. Feb. 8, 1820, m. Apr. 15, 1841, John Prouty of Spen- cer, and d. West Brookfield, May 2, 1842 [a child, b. Apr. 2, and d. Apr. 3, 1842]; Timothy Mason, b. Nov. 10, 1821 5; Caroline, b. Dec. 6, 1824, m. Oct. II, 1842,
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Dr. E. M. Wheeler of Spencer ; b. Dighton, Dec. 25, 1811, graduated Castleton, and practised in Rowe, Greenfield, Paxton, Millbury and Spencer, where he d. Nov. 13, ISSI; Emily, b. Apr. 2, 1827, m. Apr. 18, 1850, Leonard L. Pierce of Worcester, and d. Spencer, Jan. 18, 1876; Annis L., b. Sept 2, 1829, m. June 28, 1848, Ivory L. Ellis of Paxton, and d. there Apr. 8, 1849; Sarah C., b. Mar. 14, 1832, m. (I) Ivory L. Ellis of Paxton, June 12, 1850 ; he was killed by Indians in California, July 9, 1853 ; had a child, George Ivory, b. Paxton, Jan. 6, 1852, and d. there Dec. 13, 1853 ; (2) Mar. 25, 1856, Lysander Brewer of North Brookfield; she d. Mar. 25, 1881 ; Leonard C., b. June 5, 1834 6.
2. Charles, son of William 1, b. Paxton, July 17, 1811, m. (1) May 11, 1836, Tryphosa Lakin of Paxton, b. July 15, 1811, d. Worcester, Dec. 31, 1874; (2) widow Clara D. Adams of Belchertown, Sept. 20, 1876, b. Belchertown, Sept. 6, 1818. Children (North Brookfield), Harlan Page, b. Jan. 31, 1837 ; merchant in Worcester ; m. Apr. 13, 1859, Anna H. Strong of Worcester, Mass., who was b. Apr. 21, 1837, Worcester, Mass. They had two children, both born at Worcester, Mass., Frank Edgar Duncan, b. Mar. 12, 1860 ; Charles Henry Duncan, b. Nov. 21, 1861, d. Nov. 30, 1861 ; Ellen Tryphosa, b. Mar. 2, 1840, m. Nov. 22, 1859, Dr. Albert G. Sprague of Providence, R.I., who was b. Nov. 22, 1836, Providence, R.I. They had two children, Albert Duncan Sprague, b. Dec. 14, 1872, d. Dec. 17, 1872; Mary Emma Duncan Sprague, b. July 9, 1882, Providence, R.I .; Charles Henry, b. Aug. 10, 1842, d. Sept. 20, following ; Emma Frances, b. Mar. 11, 1845, m. Dec. 24, 1868, Theodore, C. Bates of North Brookfield, Mass., who was b. June 4, 1843, North Brookfield, Mass. They have one child, Tryphosa Duncan Bates, b. Apr. 14, 1876, in North Brookfield, Mass.
3. William, son of William 1, b. Paxton, Dec. 14, 1812, m. (1) May 10, 1838, Nancy Prouty of Spencer, who d. Apr. 24, 1839; (2) Nov. 24, 1839, Lydia Gilbert of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 24, 1873. Children, Nancy Prouty, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 17, 1839, d. Oct. 5, 1839; Emma N., b. Jan. 1, 1844, d. Sept. 24, following ; George W., b. Mar. 4, 1847, d. July 3, following. [William above entered Amherst College, but after one year left on account of failing health. He was a man of in- tegrity, a Deacon in the Church, and an earnest and active Christian ; taught school, and was on the School Committee.]
4. James, son of William 1, b. Paxton, July 21, 1818, m. Apr. 15, 1841, Hannah A. Newton of Rutland. Children (North Brookfield), Charles IV., b. Jan. 28, 1843, m. Oct. 10, 1878, Clara Emma Perkins of Manchester, N.H .; Wendall P., b. Oct. 29, 1851 ; Vianna Isabelle, b. Apr. 8, 1856; Frank N., b. Dec. 5, 1859.
5. Timothy Mason, son of William 1, b. Paxton, Nov. 10, 1821, m. (1) Apr. 13, 1843, Mary Ann Cary of North Brookfield, b. Apr. 14, 1822, d. Sept. 12, 1869; (2) Sept. 27, 1871, Mrs. Harriet (Eaton) Tower of Groton, widow of Rev. James E. Tower. Child, William Cary, b. North Brookfield, Feb. 6, 1874.
6. Leonard C., son of William 1, b. Paxton, June 5, 1834, m. Oct. 4, 1855, Mary A. Brewer of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), George M., b. Aug. 16, 1856 7; m. Mar. 30, 1876, Emma A. Stoddard; Frederick W., b. Dec. 7, 1860, m. Nov. 22, 1882, Clara Hair of North Brookfield.
7. George M., son of Leonard C. 6, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 16, 1856, m. Mar. 30, 1876, Emma A. Stoddard of North Brookfield. Children, Edna Louise, b. North Brookfield, May 18, 1880; Albert Tyler, b. July 23, 1882.
DUNN, John 1, b. Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1740, m. May 13, 1767, Anna Wadsworth of Grafton, b. Feb. 24, 1744, d. Nov. 25, 1833; he d. May, 1796. Children (Brook-
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field), Jane, b. Mar. 1, 1768, m. Enoch Hitchcock of Brimfield, and d. Aug. 1808; Anna, b. Mar. 3, 1770, m. Oct. 1, 1815, Benjamin Wheeler of New Marlboro, and d. Jan. 26, 1860; Lucy, b. Aug. 10, 1772, m. Obadiah Cooley of Brookfield, and d. Aug. 1846; Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1774, m. Joseph Howe of Brookfield, and d. Jan. 1817 ; Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1776, m. Gad Warner of New Marlboro, and d. New York State, Aug. 1814 ; John, b. Sept. 1, 1778, d. New York, 1829; Patience, b. Aug. I, 1780, m. Isaac Swain of Youngstown, N.Y., and d. Feb. 10, 1867 ; James, b. Feb. II, 1783, m. Mary Page of North Brookfield, and d. New York, Feb. 1812; Minerva, b. Apr. 2, 1793, In. Oct. 1, 1815, Philip De Land 8, and d. Oct. 7, 1884. The sons were both carpenters, and the daughters were all weavers.
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