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5. Daniel, son of Jonathan 4, b. Marlboro, Oct. 22 or 23, 1710, m. May 1, 1734, Abigail Severns of Newton, and d. Westboro, 1780. He was the first to take the name of Forbes, as changed from Forbush, and still earlier Farrabus. Children, Abigail, b. Marlboro, July 26, 1735; Daniel, b. Westboro, Sept. 22, 1736 7; Elisha, b. Feb. 10, 1737-8, d. Westboro, Jan. 28, 1739-40; Dinah, b. Nov. 8, 1739; Sarah, b. Nov. 1741, d. Westboro, Sept. 1750 ; Rebecca, b. June 12, 1743; Hannah (twin), b. June 12, 1743 ; Elisha, b. Mar. 20, 1745; Sarah, b. July 29, 1751 ; Mary, b. Nov. II, 1752.
6. Eli, Rev., son of Jonathan 4, b. Newton, Oct. 26, 1726; first minister of Second Church in Brookfield, afterwards of First Church, Gloucester, where he d. Dec. 15, 1804; made his will September previous, in which he bequeaths to his son- in-law, Peter Coffin, Esq., his eight-day clock; to son Eli, desk, book-case, wearing apparel, Bible in two volumes; to eldest granddaughter, Mrs. Phelps, leather-bot- tomed chairs and silver porringer ; to granddaughter Lucy Coffin, great Bible and six volumes Dr. Doddridge's Family Exposition; best bed and furniture and my picture (now in possession of his great granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Haskell of West Gloucester, a partial copy of which is in the chapel of First Congregational Society in North Brookfield ; a full copy in photograph, small size, is owned by Charles Adams, jr., presented to him by E. F. Waters, Esq., of The Boston Advertiser, a descendant of the Forbes'); to grandson Eli P. Coffin, silver watch and silver pepper-box ; the residue of estate to be sold, and divided among said children and grandchildren, except son Eli ; his part, in consideration of moneys paid to him, to be paid Lucy Coffin ; to dear daughter-in-law, Mrs. Betsey Gilbert, bureau and what- ever her late mother brought with her. Inventory of estate: ¿ house and land $1,800 ; land at head of harbor $415; furniture, horse, chaise, etc., $860.33, of which personal estate his library is appraised at $91.32. The printed productions of Dr.
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Forbes, besides those published during his ministry at Brookfield, were a Family Book of sermons; a sermon on repairing his meeting-house in 1792; on the dedica- tion of the town grammar school, 1795; on the death of Col. Low, 1797; and the convention sermon, 1799. He m. (1) Aug. 5, 1752, Mary (another account, p. 372 MS., says Lucy), daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman of Westboro, who removed with him to Gloucester, and d. Jan. 16, 1776; (2) Sept. 15, 1776, Lucy, widow of Hon. Thomas Saunders, and daughter of Rev. Thomas Smith of Portland, Me., who d. June 5, 1780, aged forty-eight ; (3) Sept. 13, 1781, Sarah, widow of Capt. Thomas Parsons of Newbury, who d. at Boston of small-pox, Sept. 19, 1792, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Gorham Parsons, whose daughter Mary, wife of Ignatius Sargent, d. of the same disease, at same place, after her mother. They both took the disease by inoculation, having visited Boston for that purpose ; (4) Nov. 13, 1793, Lucy, widow of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin of Brookfield, and sister of his first wife, Mary (Parkman) of Westboro, b. Sept. 23, 1734, d. Gloucester, Mar. 13, 1804. Children, Mary, b. Brookfield, 1753, baptized Apr. 14, 1754, m. Oct. 21, 1773, Peter Coffin, Esq., and d. Gloucester, May 18, 1795 [children, Mary, m. Henry Phelps, Esq., of Gloucester ; Peter, supercargo of vessel, d. at sea; Sarah d. unm .; Lucy Forbes, d. unm .; Charles, lost at sea, leaving a widow and two sons in Baltimore; Eli, lost at sea, unm .; Emily, m. Capt. Southard, and d. Baltimore, leaving several children] ; Eli, b. 1760-1, baptized Dec. 2, 1761 ; was a captain in Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, U.S.A., stationed at Oxford, Mass., when war was threatened with France, and, on leaving the army, he went to Baltimore, and was for some time teacher of a school, after which, during the embargo, he probably removed to Maine, where he d. 1807-9.
7. Daniel, son of Daniel 5, b. Westboro, Sept. 22, 1736; a farmer ; m. (I) Persis Crosby, who d. July 4, 1766; (2) Mar. 22, 1769, Sarah Henshaw of Brookfield, who d. Apr. 22, 1784 ; (3) June 9, 1785, Achsah Gilkey of Brookfield, who d. North Brook- field, Sept. 30, 1833; he d. Mar. 9, 1808. Children, Martha, b. Westboro, Jan. 8, 1760, m. (1) - Bartlett ; (2) Phineas Waite; William, b. Mar. 24, 1762, m. Mar. I, 1794, Lucy Griffin of Hampton, Ct., and d. Apr. 1843, Bangor, Me. ; Daniel, b. Feb. 8, 1763; trader and contractor; m. Clarissa Lyman of Deerfield, and d. Canada, Nov. 14, 1818; Aaron, b. Nov. 23, 1764, m. Thankful Watson; Samuel, b. June 4, 1766, d. Malone, N.Y., 1841 ; Persis, b. June 13, 1771, d. Brookfield, Oct. 31, 1777 ; Moses, b. Nov. 3, 1773, d. Sept. 23, 1775; Eli, b. Brookfield, July 8, 1776 8; Jonathan, b. Oct. 5, 1781, m. Mary Goodrich, and d. Boston, May 2, 1837 ; Sally, b. Jan. 24, 1787, d. Sept. 8, 1804; Achsah, b. Nov. 13, 1788, d. Oct. 1789; Moses, b. June 1, 1791 ; stage and hotel proprietor; m. Eliza Taylor of Brimfield, and d. Great Barrington, Oct. 11, 1851 ; Levi, b. Jan. 31, 1793, d. Great Barrington, Feb. 10, 1849; Dexter, b. Oct. 14, 1794 9; Adah, b. Mar. 19, 1797, m. William Adams; Calvin, b. June II, 1801, d. East Brookfield, Sept. 30, 1870.
8. Eli, Capt., son of Daniel 7, b. Brookfield, July 8, 1776; farmer ; m. (1) May 5, 1803, Hannah Reed of Brookfield, who d. Aug. 9, 1814 ; (2) July 18, 1816, widow Abigail Maynard, who d. June 12, 1847 ; he d. Dec. 30, 1846. He was better known to the public in this town and vicinity for fifty years preceding his death, than any one who could be named. Familiar with every kind of business, specially that of a public nature, he was constantly before the people. Prompt and honorable in his private concerns, - efficient and faithful in the discharge of public duties; formal and precise, but always correct in drawing papers, he was constantly employed in the practice of probate business, collection of pensions and fiduciary trusts of every kind ; was selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, &c .; representative to General
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Court 1827, 1835 and 1837, and justice of peace 1825 to 1846; several times em- ployed on the census, and collector of United States direct tax IS15-1816, for several towns in western part of the county; also assistant assessor of same in 1814; was ensign, lieutenant and captain of militia. Children (North Brookfield), Sarah, b. May 28, 1805, m. Apr. 20, 1836, James Simpson of Easton, and d. Brookfield, May 19, 1848 ; Mary Reed, b. Sept. 22, 1809, m. May 15, 1834, Rufus Harrington, jr., of Brookfield, and d. Feb. 27, 1843; George, b. June 16, 1817 10; Emeline F., b. Aug. 31, 1824, m. Nathaniel Lyford of Claverack, N.Y., and d. Brookfield, Aug. 12, IS56.
9. Dexter, son of Daniel 7, b. Brookfield, Oct. 14, 1794, m. Dec. 31, IS18, Martha Stevens of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Aug. 9, 1867. Children (North Brookfield), Achsah, b. Sept. 26, 1819, d. Aug. 11, 1841 ; Martha Stevens, b. Oct. 9, 1821, m. Nov. 27, 1850, James M. Corlis of Brookfield, and d. Wilmington, Del., June 26, 1864 ; Samuel Dexter, b. Mar. 22, 1824 11; Pliny Stevens, b. Apr. 6, 1826; Hiram, b. May 15, 1828, m. Jan. 18, 1871, Mary C. Hamant of North Brook- field, and d. May 29, 1873 ; Sarah Eliza, b. Sept. 18, 1830, m. May 27, 1866, James M. Corlis ; Charles Henry, b. Mar. 21, 1839, m. Susan A. Upham of Brookfield.
10. George, son of Eli 8, b. North Brookfield, June 16, 1817 ; a farmer, mer- chant and manufacturer ; m. Apr. 1, 1840, Roxana Doane of Brookfield, and d. Danville, N.Y. (where he went for medical treatment), June 22, 1874. What has already been said of his father, is equally applicable to him, for he, as it were, trod in his very footsteps. He was no ordinary man physically, intellectually or morally, and his character won the confidence of his fellow-men and hence he was much engaged in taking care of the property and interests of others -to make wills, settle estates, to be guardian for minors, and to advise the widow and orphan ; was postmaster, moderator, treasurer, collector, assessor, and many years auctioneer. His religion, in which there was no cant, stood boldly prominent throughout all his business transactions, it being the crowning glory of his life; of which his pastor spake in the most decided manner in his memorial discourse. Children (Brookfield), George E., b. Dec. 5, 1842 ; merchant and manufacturer, m. Oct. 20, 1868, Eleanor M. Twitchell of Brookfield; Charles F., b. Jan. 25, 1845, a broker in Denver, Col. ; Eli, b. Oct. 23, 1848, m. Aug. 20, 1871, S. I. Damon of North Brookfield; Isabella, b. July 29, 1850, m. June 4, 1871, Emmons W. Twitchell of Brookfield.
11. Samuel Dexter, son of Dexter 9, b. North Brookfield Mar. 22, 1824; a wheelwright in Wilmington, Del .; m. Lizzie E. Lloyd of New Castle, Del. Chil- dren, Dexter and Calvin, b. Avondale, Pa.
FOSTER, Ebenezer, Lieut. 1, a farmer, m. Hannah Parlin of Concord, who d. Feb. 28, 1808. Children (Oakham), Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1758, d. Mar. 9, 1761 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 3, 1760 2; Joseph, b. Mar. 25, 1762, m. Rebecca Gage of Sudbury, Vt., and d. there Feb. 9, 1813; Alpheus, b. May 23, 1764 3; Zadock, b. Feb. 1, 1767, m. Jan. 19, 1789, Sally Porter of Hubbardston, and d. Cohoes, N.Y. ; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 12, 1769 4; Hannah, b. May 18, 1772; William, b. May 8, 1774, m. Sept. 18, 1799, Betsey Nichols of New Braintree, and d. Chili, N.Y .; Benjamin, b. Aug. 14, 1776, m. (1) Deborah Fitts of Oakham; (2) Nov. IS, 1796, Mrs. Lydia Long of Ohio, where he d. ; Molly, b. Jan. 4, 1779, d. Oakham, Mar. 21, 1839; Spencer, b. May 25, 178I, m. Sally Upton of Hardwick, and d. Oakham, Nov. 29, 1854 ; she d. Jan. 21, 1879, aged ninety-seven.
2. Lydia, daughter of Ebenezer 1, b. Oakham, Feb. 3, 1760, m. Apr. 29, 1779, Stephen Lincoln of Oakham, b. Dec. 3, 1752; she d. Apr. 2, 1839. Children (Oak-
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ham), Abner, b. Feb. 11, 1780; d. Jan. 31, 1857; was father of Mrs. F. A. Potter and Mrs. James Miller of this town ; Hannah, b. Sept. 25, 1781 ; Lydia, b. Mar. 2, 1784; Lucy, b. Oct. 23, 1786; Betsey, b. Sept. 7, 1788; Levi, b. Nov. 3, 1790; Stephen, b. Nov. 29, 1792; farmer and manufacturer of wire goods, m. (1) - Brooks of Princeton ; (2) Jan. 1828, Martha W. Skerry of North Brookfield, who d. Nov. 5, 1883; he resides (1885) in Oakham; Sally, b. May 19, 1795; Justus, b. May 20, 1797 ; Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1799; Louisa, b. Feb. 3, 1803, m. Abraham Robinson of Oakham.
3. Alpheus, son of Ebenezer 1, b. Oakham, May 23, 1764, m. Bathsheba Reed of Rutland, b. Oct. 9, 1767, d. Nov. 27, 1858 ; he d. Feb. 7, 1813. Children (Oak- ham), Isabella, b. Oct. 23, 1789, m. Luke Grover of Sudbury, Vt., and d. New York State, 1880; Aden, b. July 20, 1791 5; Hannah, b. Sudbury, June 18, 1793, m. Nathan Rice of New Braintree and d. Oakham, Aug. 8, 1865 ; Annis, b. Sept. 13, 1795, d. Sudbury, Vt., Aug. 20, 1813; Alpheus, b. Sept. 9, 1797, m. (1) Louisa Wilson of Barre, N.Y .; (2) Sarepta Minkley, and d. Barre, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1846; Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1799, m. Mar. 24, 1818, Deacon Barnet Poland of North Brookfield; John, b. Nov. 20, 1801, m. (1) Charity Pickens of Barre, N.Y .; (2) Lucy Ranger of Medi- na, Mich., who d. there, June 28, 1878 ; (3) Apr. 27, 1879, Celesta White of Medina, and d. June 17, 18So ; Augustus, b. Aug. 30, 1803, m. Orpha Chandler of Sudbury, Vt., and d. Barre, N.Y., Aug. 27, 1831 ; Maria, b. June 4, 1805, m. (1) Orrin Edger- ton of Ware; (2) Deacon John Buckland of Barre, N.Y., and d. there Nov. 1, 1846; Ira, b. Feb. 18, 1807, m. Amanda Norton of Barre, N.Y., and d. Wisconsin, Mar. 1850; Harriet, b. Oct. 9, 1808, d. Apr. 5, 1810; Harriet, b. Feb. 17, 1812, m. John Sparks of Dover, Vt., and d. North Brookfield, Feb. 21, 1836.
4. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer 1, b. Oakham, Aug. 12, 1769, m. May 25, 1806, Miriam Ruggles of Oakham, and d. New Braintree, July 12, 1849. Children, Dwight R., b. Mar. 13, 1807, m. Elizabeth Brott of Albany, N.Y., and d. N.Y., Dec. 2, 1842 ; no issue ; Charlotte, b. Feb. 8, 1809, m. Sept. 4, 1827, Isaac Ayres of New Braintree, who resided for many years, and d. in Petersham ; 7 children ; Ebenezer, b. North Brookfield (more probable that he and the three following children were born in New Braintree), Apr. 13, 1811, m. (1) May 27, 1834, Mary Ann Walker of Athol, who d. Sept. 12, 1870; (2) 1872, Mary B. Hinkley of Barre, widow of W. B. Hink- ley, who d. North Brookfield, as warden on the town farm ; Miriam R., b. Apr. 8, 1813, m. Sept. 19, 1839, Ezekiel W. Bullard of Barre ; Thomas R., b. Feb. 25, 1817, d. Bunker Hill, III., Oct. 23, 1871 ; Isabella, b. Jan. 13, 1819, m. Benjamin F. Neal of Poultney, Vt., Jan. 26, 1846; has a daughter living in Waterbury, Ct.
5. Aden, son of Alpheus 3, b. Oakham, July 20, 1791, m. Jan. 23, 1817, Sarah Hall of Brandon, Vt .; she d. Barre, N.Y., July 19, 1876, aged eighty-one ; he d. Barre, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1838. Children (Barre), Aden Hall, b. Oct. 5, 1818, d. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 5, 1870, unmarried ; Sarah Amelia, b. Jan. 11, 1820, m. Nov. 29, 1842, Hiram Knight of North Brookfield; Almond Delroy, b. Jan. 22, 1822, d. Feb. 1, 1827 ; Oscar Fitzalan, b. Feb. 24, 1824, m. Apr. 23, 1846, Sophia Tenney of Riga, N.Y .; Albert Jefferson, b. July 26, 1827, m. (1) May 8, 1849, Elizabeth Lord of Barre N.Y., who d. May 16, 1855 ; (2) Nov. 22, 1855, Jane Hebard of Barre, N.Y., who d. Jan. 16, 1880 ; (3) Mar. 29, 1881, widow Anna Gere of Syracuse, N.Y., who d. Sept. 15, 1883; (4) June 24, 1884, widow Frances Witter of Norwich, Ct .; Charles Edgar, b. May 16, 1829, d. May 13, 1831 ; Ellen Amanda, b. Apr. 25, 1831, d. July 12, 1835; Clarinda Maria, b. Aug. 17, 1835, m. Apr. 6, 1855, Willard Herrick of North Oak- field, N.Y., who d. Oct. 16, ISSO.
6. Bryant, once lived where William F. Doane now resides ; m. by Eli Forbes,
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Esq., in North Brookfield, Nov. 1, 1771, to Thankful Blackwell. Children (Brook- field Record), William, b. Aug. 6, 1772 ; Rebecca, b. Dec. 7, 1774; Abel Wilson, b. July 11, 1776; Ellis, b. Apr. 23, 1784.
7. James R., b. Middleboro, Feb. 24, 1798, m. Aug. 22, 1822, Nancy Henry of Oakham, and d. Oakham, May 4, 1875 ; she was b. Rutland, Sept. 20, 1796, d. Oak- ham, Apr. 17, 1880. Children, Abby B., b. Oakham, June 19, 1826, m. Nov. 1857, Judson Adams of Northbridge; Caroline E., b. July 5, 1828, m. Mar. 22, 1849, James F. Gates of Barre, and d. there Feb. 12, 1853; Samuel James, b. Feb. 9, IS31 ; a farmer in Oakham ; Nathaniel H., b. Dec. 17, 1832 8; Adcline A., b. New Braintree, May, 1835, d. there July 30, 1839; Addison C., b. Sept. 1, 1837 9; Albert H., b. Apr. 12, 1839 10.
8. Nathaniel H., Major, son of James R. 7, b. Rutland, Dec. 17, 1832, m. (1) Jan. 17, 1855, Mary E. Draper of Spencer, b. Mar. 1, 1833, d. North Brookfield, July 10, 1868; (2) Nov. 22, 1870, Mary A. Webster of North Brookfield. Children, Mary Lucia, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 23, 1855, d. Sept. 5, 1882; Addie Lione, b. Nov. 22, 1859. Major Nathaniel served three and a half years in the late civil war.
9. Addison Cary, son of James R. 7, b. New Braintree, Sept. 1, 1837, m. Jan. 24, 1861, Lydia H. Clapp of Montague. Children (North Brookfield), Addison, b. Aug. 7, 1862, d. Aug. 7, 1862 ; Albert Brainard, b. Aug. 8, 1863, d. Nov. 12, follow- ing ; James Davidson, b. Feb. 7, 1870 ; Addison Leroy, b. Sept. 4, 1878.
10. Albert H., son of James R. 7, b. New Braintree, Apr. 12, 1839, m. Jan. II, 1865, Addie M. Ashby of North Brookfield. Children, George B., b. North Brook- field, Sept. 16, 1868, d. Sept. 8, 1869; Harold Abbott, b. May 15, 1871 ; Frank Webster, b. June 13, 1874. Mr. Foster served three years in Company F, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, in the late war.
FREGEAU, Isaac, b. Canada, 1847, m. 1871, Celina Thuot of Canada. Chil- dren (North Brookfield), Aurelius, b. Mar. 7, 1873; Eulalie, b. Mar. 24, 1875, d. Apr. 12, 1877 ; Edward, b. June 4, 1877 ; Mary Louise, b. Apr. 3, 1879.
FRENCH, Anson H. 1, b. Oakham, Aug. 6, 1812, m. Apr. 2, 1845, Luthera S. Lamb of Fletcher, Vt., b. May 4, 1824; he d. North Brookfield, Nov. 9, 1882. Chil- dren (North Brookfield), Charles Anson, b. Apr. 12, 1857 2 ; John Edwin, b. May 3, 1859, d. Aug. S, 1859; Lillie Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1861 ; Willie Erastus, b. Nov. 24, 1862; Mary Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1869.
2. Charles A., son of Anson H. 1, b. Apr. 12, 1857, m. July 31, 1877, Marion Maude Smith of North Brookfield. Child, Grace Ethel, b. North Brookfield, June 13, 1878.
3. George, b. Clarendon, Vt., June 4, 1853, m. Nov. 2, ISSO, Inez G. De Land of North Brookfield. He came here in 1878, from Orange, Mass., and bought the " North Brookfield Journal," of George T. Lincoln, which he published about two years, sold out to H. J. Lawrence, and removed to Woburn as editor of a paper there. Child, Victor Bush, b. May 17, 1884, d. Aug. 27, 1884.
FRUE, Charles, b. North Carolina ; a laborer ; enlisted in Company D, First North Carolina Infantry Union Troops, served nine months, and came North ; m. Nancy Jennings of North Carolina. Children, Charles, b. North Carolina, 1858; Miles, b. 1862; David, b. North Brookfield, IS68; Joseph, b. 1870; Edward, b. 1872 ; Sarah, b. 1875; Martha E., b. 1877.
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FULLAM, Francis, Major 1, b. London, Eng., 1669; justice of the peace ; m. (1) Sarah, daughter of John Livermore of Watertown or Weston, who d. Mar. 10, 1724; (2) Oct. I, 1724, Mary, widow of Samuel Jones, and daughter of Thomas Woolson.
2. Jacob, son of Francis 1, b. Weston, Nov. 19, 1693, and was killed in Love- well's fight in Fryeburg, Me., May 8, 1725; m. Feb. 28, 1715-6, Tabitha, daughter of Jonathan Whitney of Sherburne.
3. Francis, son of Jacob 2, b. Weston, Mar. 20, 1716-17, m. Susanna -, and d. Feb. 8, 1807.
4. Francis, son of Francis 3, b. Weston, Oct. 15, 1744.
5. Elisha, b. Fitzwilliam, N.H., 1794, m. 1820, Martha Whitcher of Warren, N.H., and d. Worcester, May, 1873. Children, Frank, b. Warren, N.H., Aug. 5, 1821, m. 1846, Harriet N. Darling of Rutland, Mass .; William, b. Feb. 14, 1823 6; Lemuel, b. May 23, 1830 7 ; Harriet, b. Granby, Vt., 1837, m. Isaac Fairbanks of West Brookfield.
6. William, son of Elisha 5, b. Warren, N.H., Feb. 14, 1823, a carpenter ; m. Nov. 23, 1848, Ann Maria Bryant of Lunenburg, Vt. Children (North Brookfield), Grace Ella, b. Feb. 19, 1852, m. Mar. 13, 1873, Jonas M. Doane of North Brook- field ; Lizzie Maria, b. Feb. 28, 1854, d. Apr. 18, 1854; William Frank, b. Oct. I, 1855 8; Fred L., b. Apr. 7, 1859, m. May 21, 1884, Alice Bryant.
7. Lemuel, son of Elisha 5, b. Holderness, N.H., May 23, 1830; boot manufac- turer ; m. (1) Sept. 22, 1853, Lucy T. Johnson of North Brookfield ; (2) Sept. 15, 1858, Susan F. Adams of West Brookfield. Children ( West Brookfield), Martha, b. Jan. 4, 1860 ; Charles Adams, b. Nov. 29, 1864, d. Oct. 17, 1865; Mary Lucy, b. Sept. 28, 1866, d. Feb. 29, 1867 ; Frank, b. Jan. 6, 1870.
8. William Frank, son of William 6, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 1, 1855; a car- penter; m. Dec. 3, 1878, Anna Maria Kingsbury of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), William Harrison, b. Aug. 15, 1880; Frederick Arthur, b. May 23, 1883; Charles Francis, b. Feb. 25, 1885.
GADREAUX, Frank, b. Canada, 1842, m. 1864, -. Children, Sophronia, b. Spencer, July 15, 1865; Donara, b. Southbridge, July 13, 1870; Raphael, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 6, 1872; Medora, b. Jan. 11, 1875; Logour, b. Oct. 31, 1876; Ida, b. Jan. 8, 1879.
GAGNON, Louis 1, b. Canada, 1856, m. July 25, 1877, Emma Matthieu of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Vida, b. Apr. 18, 1878; Louis Albert, b. Mar. 18, 1880.
2. Gibuliere, b. Canada, July 26, 1812, m. Nov. 22, 1842, Elizabeth Poutree of Canada, where he d. Children (Canada), Alexsi M., b. Aug. 29, 1844, m. Jan. I, 1878, Mary Pariseau of West Warren; Peter N., b. Sept. 6, 1846, m. Jan. 20, 1878, Mary Viette of North Brookfield ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1848; Melvina, b. Oct. 7, 1853; Ilaire, b. Feb. 6, 1855; Joseph N., b. Mar. 9, 1858; Emelie, b. May 26, 1861, d. July 27, 1863.
GALLOP, Osburne, b. Brookfield, Apr. 16, 1842, m. Aug. 27, 1867, Clara M. Barton of North Brookfield. Children, Mary E., b. North Brookfield, Dec. 16, 1870; Ruth H., b. July 1, 1879.
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GARDNER, Elbridge, b. Ilingham, Sept. 10, 1817, and removed from that town to North Brookfield; was a carpenter, built and worked on many public and private buildings here ; removed to Grantville, thence to Melrose ; m. May 31, 1843, Caroline Robinson of Barre, and d. Melrose, Aug. 26, 1877 ; a most excellent Chris- tian gentleman. Children, Mary Bates, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1846, d. Aug. 28, 1847 ; Sarah\Frances, b. Grantville, Jan. 5, 1849, d. May 10 following.
GASKELL, Samuel, b. Milford, Sept. 6, 1851, m. May 18, 1870, Sarah L. Bates of Milford. Children, Sarah G., b. Milford, Apr. 30, 1872; Martha, b. Jan. 18, 1875; Nellie, b. Aug. 25, 1877.
GAUL, James 1, b. Ireland, 1789; his wife d. there, and he d. North Brookfield, Aug. 20, 1878. Children (Ireland), John, a shoemaker of Natick; James, enlisted in the army from New York State, and was killed in battle; William, b. Ireland, IS2S 2.
2. William, son of James 1, b. Ireland, 1828, m. 1854, Ellen Marley in' Worces- ter, and d. North Brookfield, Sept. 2, 1880. Children (North Brookfield), James, b. Jan. 1855; Thomas, b. July, 1857 ; Mary, b. Sept. 1859; William, b. Oct. 1862; Ellen, b. Jan. 1864; John, b. Sept. 1866.
GAULT, David, b. Oakham, July 10, 1779, published Apr. 22, 1810, to Sally Ranger of Brookfield (alias North Brookfield), and d. North Brookfield, Feb. 9, 1842. Children, Elizabeth Ware, b. Barre, Oct. 30, 18II, m. Dec. 2, 1835, Avery Tucker, jr., of North Brookfield, and d. Sept. 23, 1874 ; Harriet Newton, b. Apr. II, 1813, m. Apr. 6, 1835, Samuel Walker Holmes of New Braintree; Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 3, 1814, m. 1846, John Le Baron of New Hampshire, and d. Oakham, June 30, 1877; Edmund, d. aged two years ; a child, d. few days old ; Dexter Chandler, d. in the war; Isaac Ranger, b. Oakham, Sept. 1824, d. Hubbardston, Mich., 1878.
GIBBS, Thomas, son of John and wife Anna, b. Sudbury, Apr. 19, 1689; received grant of eighty acres in Brookfield, Aug. 13, 1714, and came to Brookfield with the Rice families, that year. Received grants in all of two hundred and twenty- five acres. He built on the Dane or Chase place ; afterward on the Hinckley place ; removed to Quabin. He m. (1) Hannah -, d. Dec. 19, 1717 ; (2) Apr. 13, 1719, Sarah Woolcott. Children, Abigail, b. Dec. 5, 1717, d. young ; Abraham, b. Jan. 16, 1720, m. Dec. 6, 1744, Keziah Atwood; Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1722; Isaac, b. Nov. 22, 1724; Jacob, b. Apr. 21, 1727; John, b. May 13, 1729 ; David, b. June 9, 1731; Solomon, b. Sept. 16, 1736; fesse, b. Jan. 5, 1738; Joshua, b. Apr. 18, 1742.
GIFFIN, Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 18, 1786; carpenter and painter ; m. May 30, 1809, Anna Page of Hardwick, and d. West Brookfield, Aug. 9, 1870; she was b. Hardwick, and d. North Brookfield, Dec. 20, 1868, aged seventy-seven or seventy-nine. Children, Melinda, b. Enfield, Mass., 1810, d. 1824; Henry, b. 1812, d. 1819; Erastus Page, b. Sheffield, Mass., Mar. 29, 1813, m. Apr. 12, 1842, Mary S. Giffin of Hardwick, and d. North Brookfield, Apr. 27, 1861 ; Martha P., b. Jan. 20, 1814 (see Carlton) ; Cynthia, b. Hardwick, Vt., Oct. 3, 1816 (see Liver- more) ; Anson, b. July 5, 1819 2 ; Anna, b. 1821, d. Nov. 10, 1838; James Perkins, b. 1823 3; Charles H., b. May 9, 1824 4; Silas G., b. June 13, IS25 5; Eliza, b. IS26, d. 1827 ; Caroline, b. June, 1827 (see Guy) ; Keziah, b. Jan. 2, 1829 (see Guy) ; Judson P., b. Dec. 31, 1829, d. Oct. 14, 1849; Sophronia, b. Aug. 27, 1831 (see
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Griffin) ; Timothy P., b. Apr. 2, 1836, d. June 12, 1875, musician ; a son, stillborn, about 1837, in Hardwick, Vt., soon after which event the family came to North Brookfield.
2. Anson, son of Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Vt., July 5, 1819; painter ; m. (I) Dec. 21, 1840, Lucy Smith of North Brookfield; (2) Oct. 4, 1878, Abbie Blackmer of West Brookfield. Children, Frank A., b. West Brookfield, Dec. 31, 1869; Ernest B., b. June 11, 1876.
3. James Perkins, son of Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Vt., 1823, m. about 1841, Ann Camp of Philadelphia, and d. Milford, N.H., Mar. 13, 1854. Children (Philadel- phia), Phebe Ann, d. young ; James P., d. young ; a child, d. young.
4. Charles H., son of Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Vt., May 9, 1824, m. Feb. 2, 1843, Lucy Pellet of North Brookfield. Child, Mary M., b. North Brookfield, Nov. 4, 1843, m. Apr. 8, 1862, John W. Livermore.
5. Silas G., son of Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Vt., June 13, 1825, m. (1) 1849, Are- thusa Snow of West Brookfield, who d. there ; (2) Sept. 20, 1860, Mrs. Ann Thomp- son of Lowell, who d. West Brookfield, -; (3) Mar. 26, 1867, Lucy H. Allen of Brimfield, who d. there Apr. 22, 1876. Children, Sarah S., b. West Brookfield, Apr. 7, 1850, m. Jan. 1875, John Carlton of Mount Holly, Vt. [child, Ellen, b. West Brookfield, Jan. 17, 1877]; Anson, b. June, 1852, d. Dec. 1853; William Elmer, b. Aug. 15, 1856 6.
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