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6. William Elmer, son of Silas G. 5, b. West Brookfield, Aug. 15, 1856, m. June 5, 1878, Alvira L. Gould, daughter of Henry C. 6 of Stowe, Vt. Children (North Brookfield), Emma M., b. May 23, 1879; Etta V., b. June 23, 1881 ; Alvira Idel, b. Nov. 23, 1883.
GILBERT, Thomas 1, captain and esquire, son of Thomas of Windsor and Springfield, and his wife Catherine (Chapin) Bliss, was b. Springfield, 1659; settled Brookfield, 1690 or 1691 ; built a house on North side of new country road, east of Owen's tavern, his land extending to Colonel's brook ; had grants of land, in all four hundred and eighty-four acres ; a leading man in civil affairs; town clerk 1718 till his death, and treasurer in all but four years ; d. May 22, 1753. He m. (1) Martha Barns, daughter of Thomas, d. Nov. 18, 1740; (2) May 27, 1741, Mercy Barns, widow of Samuel, and daughter of Deacon Henry Gilbert. Children, Jonathan, b. Mar. 2, 1704, d. May 21, 1717 ; David, b. Feb. 19, 1706 3; Bathsheba, b. Feb. 5, 1708, m. Moses Abbott ; Mary, b. Mar. 8, 1710, m. John Goss ; Uriah, b. Mar. I, 1712 4; Martha, b. Feb. 27, 1714; Josiah, b. Feb. 17, 1717 5; Jonathan, b. May 20, 1719 6; Thomas, b. Nov. 18, 1721, d. young ; Thomas, b. Mar. I, 1723 7; Eunice, b. Oct. 12, 1725, d. Dec. 7, 1741 ; Lois, b. Nov. 30, 1728, m. Joseph Perry ; Dinah, b. Oct. 12, 1732, d. Oct. 18, 1751.
GILBERT, Henry 2, deacon, brother of Thomas 1, b. 1661 ; m. and settled Springfield ; was sent in command of soldiers to build a fort at Brookfield, Sept. 1688 [see ante, p. 141], had grant of land and removed to Brookfield with his brother ; built a house on south side of new country road, adjoining the fort ; had grants of land in all six hundred and eighty-one acres ; d. Aug. 17, 1740. He m. (1) Eliza- beth -, d. Apr. 27, 1735 ; (2) Dec. 24, 1735, widow Mary Wheat. Children (the first three b. Springfield), Henry, b. 1684, lived Brookfield, had grants of a hundred and eleven acres of land; probably lived in north-west part of town, and was an- nexed to Ware River Parish in 1755; no family recorded ; John, b. 1686 8; Sam- uel, b. 1688 9 ; Mercy, b. Brookfield, 1691, m. (1) 1710, Samuel Barns ; (2) May 27,
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1741, Thomas Gilbert, Esq. (her uncle) ; (3) Nov. 18, 1755, Josiah Converse, Esq .; Ebenezer, b. 1693 10; Thomas, b. 1695 11; Elizabeth, m. Feb. 20, 1722, Enoch Hinds ; Nathaniel, b. 1700 12.
3. David, son of Thomas 1, wife Hannah. Children, Bathsheba, b. Mar. 28, 1730 ; Solomon, b. Jan. 25, 1732 ; Ruth, b. Dec. 2, 1734, d. Mar. 1, 1748 ; David, b. June 20. 1736; Jedediah, b. Sept. 9, 1738 ; Moses, b. Sept. 14, 1740, d. young ; Han- nah, b. Feb. 5, 1742 ; Moses, b. Apr. 25, 1745 ; Hulda, b. Feb. 23, 1747.
4. Uriah, son Thomas 1, d. Feb. 28, 1761. He m. Dec. 21, 1732, Elizabeth Old. Children, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 27, 1734, m. Aaron Barns; Uriah, b. Sept. 15, 1735, d. Dec. 27, 1753; Martha, b. Mar. 8, 1737, m. Jonas Hayward ; Patience, b. Nov. 16, 1738, m. Jesse Barns ; William, b. Sept. 10, 1740, d. Jan. 27, 1756; Com- fort, b. Apr. 15, 1742 ; Reuben, b. June 22, 1744 13 ; Damaris, b. Feb. 8, 1746.
5. Josiah, son Thomas 1, m. May 30, 1737, Mary Goss. Children, Joseph, b. Jan. 22, 1738, d. Nov. 17, 1755 ; Miriam, b. Sept. 2, 1739; Aaron, b. Nov. 14, 1741, d. Jan. 14, 1756; Eunice, b. Sept. 3, 1743 ; Jacob, b. Oct 14, 1745, d. young ; Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1747 ; Jacob, b. Jan. 7, 1748; Josiah, b. Jan. 1, 1750, d. Dec. 10, 1755 Fude, b. Aug. 28, 1752.
6. Jonathan, son of Thomas 1, d. in the army, Dec. 9, 1756. Wife, Abigail, d. Dec. 23, 1760. Children, Lucy, b. Oct. 28, 1741 ; Ezekiel, b. Apr. 8, 1743; Moses, b. Dec. 8, 1744 ; Aaron, b. Aug. 7, 1746, d. young ; Abigail, b. June 16, 1748 ; Yona- than, b. June 11, 1742.
7. Thomas, son of Thomas 1, Capt., prominent in civil affairs, and in the Church ; d. Feb. 19, 1788. He m. (1) Sarah Gilbert, d. Oct. 31, 1756; (2) Dec. 29, 1758, Patience Brown, d. Jan. 11, 1763 ; (3) Aug. 3, 1763, Jemima Cutler. Children, Ezra, b. July 28, 1745; Lois, b. Mar. 18, 1748; Persis, b. Sept. 24, 1750 ; Eli, b. Mar. S, 1753, d. young ; Thomas, b. Sept. 7, 1755, d. young ; Eli, b. May 22, 1764, d. young ; Eliel, b. Apr. 10, 1766; Sarah, b. Jan. 23, 1769 ; Tilly, b. Nov. 10, 1771.
8. John, son of Henry 2, deacon, lived north of Wickabaug pond; had grants of a hundred and seventy-three acres of land; d. June 12, 1779, leaving two slaves, Sam and Betty, to whom he gave in trust three hundred dollars. He m. (I) Feb. 12, 1719, Abial Hayward, d. July 29, 1742 ; (2) Elizabeth - -. Children, John, b. Mar. 9, 1744 ; Will, b. Mar. 18, 1747.
9. Samuel, son of Henry 2, had grants of a hundred and forty-two acres of land, lived near his brother John. He m. Lydia Barns, daughter of Thomas. Children, Lydia, b. Jan. 3, 1712; Hannah, b. Nov. 19, 1713; Samuel, b. Feb. 26, 1716; Damaris, b. Mar. 20, 1718 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1721 ; Naomi, b. Feb. 12, 1724; Luke, b. Sept. 12, 1726; Othniel, b. Oct. 30, 1728 ; Jesse, b. Feb. S, 1731 ; Moses, b. Apr. 20, 1733, d. young.
10. Ebenezer, son of Henry 2, had grants of a hundred and ninety-four acres of land; he or his son lived at north-west corner of town, and was annexed to Ware River Parish 1755; wife Deborah. Children, Ebenezer, b. May 14, 1713; Deborah, b. July 7, 1714; Zeruiah (son), b. Oct. 11, 1715, d. aged ten; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1716, d. aged two ; Mary, b. - , 1717, d. Dec. 25, 1747 ; Henry, b. May 15, 1718; Joseph, b. Oct. 22, 1719, d. young ; Oliver, b. Dec. 23, 1724 ; Abigail, b. - , 1725, d. July 25, 1748 ; Abiel, b. Feb. 28, 1726; Zeruiah (son), b. Sept. 23, 1728, d. Jan. 20, 1747; Zermah (son), b. June 9, 1730; Jacob, b. Oct. 17, 1732, d. young ; Abraham, b. May 26, 1734, d. aged four ; Sarah, b. Mar. 19, 1736, d. aged two.
11. Thomas, son of Henry 2, had grants of two hundred and ten acres of land ; lived near the pond ; m. Dec. 2, 1718, Judith Goss. Children, Thomas, b. Jan. 21, 1720, d. young ; Abner, b. June 8, 1721 ; John, b. July 29, 1723 ; Anna, b. Sept. 13,
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1725; Seth, b. Jan. 7, 1728 ; Jedediah, b. May 19, 1730, d. aged six ; Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1732 ; Philip, b. Sept. 10, 1734; Thankful, b. Mar. 10, 1738 ; Thomas, b. June 27, 1739 ; Jedediah, b. Oct. 29, 1742 ; Judith, b. Apr. 6, 1745; Samuel, b. Feb. IS, 1747.
12. Nathaniel, son of Henry 2, had grants of two hundred and thirty-one acres of land; wife Hannah. Children, Jonathan, b. Aug. 5, 1725; Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1727; Hannah, b. Apr. 22, 1729; Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1731, d. young ; Isaiah, b. July 4, 1732, d. young ; Mercy, b. June 20, 1733, d. young ; Nathaniel, b. July 4, 1735, d. young ; Mercy, b. Sept. 9, 1736; Miriam, b. Feb. 20, 1739 ; Aaron, b. Dec. 13, 1740, d. young ; Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1744; Nathaniel, b. Mar. 16, 1748.
13. Reuben, son of Uriah 4, d. Dec. 28, 1820. He m. (1) Dec. S, 1763, Persis Denny, who d. Sept. 9, 1789; (2) July 18, 1790, Dorothy Morse. Children, Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1764 14 ; Susannah, b. Feb. 22, 1767, published July 4, 1789, to William Gamble of Brookfield ; Chloe, b. June 16, 1772, d. Dec. 18, 1782 ; Reuben, b. July 27, 1775 15 ; Patience, b. Nov. 28, 1778; Uriah, b. Apr. 3, 1781, d. Sept. 15, 1800 ; Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1791, d. Grafton ; Lucy, b. May 1, 1793, d. poorhouse, Sept. 7, 1850; Amy, b. Mar. 20, 1795, d. probably in Grafton ; Dorothy Morse, b. Sept. 25, 1799 16 ; John Fiske, b. July 2, 1802 17 ; Thirza, b. Aug. 15, 1804, said to have d. in North Brookfield, aged about twenty-five years.
[" A child of Reuben Gilbert d. May 30, 1785; another d. Mar. 10, 1797 ; a third d. Oct. 20, 1798." Jonas Ayres' Record.]
14. Hannah, daughter of Reuben 13, b. Aug. 4, 1764, m. (as his second wife) John Tomblen of Wilbraham ; after his decease she m. (2) Mr. - Charles of Wil- braham and d. there. She had one child by Tomblen, viz., Abigail, b. Feb. 25, 1788, m. July 3, 1808, Samuel Bond of Springfield, b. Dec. 1, 1779, d. 1855; she d. July, 1845. They had fourteen children, of whom John Lincoln Bond, b. Wilbra- ham, Apr. 12, 1812, m. Lydia W. Gilbert, daughter of Reuben 15. [See No. 21.]
15. Reuben, son of Reuben 13, b. North Brookfield, July 27, 1775; a farmer, and potash maker; m. (1) Hannah Atwood of Eastham, who d. Mar. 20, 1830; (2) Dec. 1, 1831, Apphia Atwood of Eastham, who d. Nov. 2, 1834; (3) Mrs. Phebe Allen of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Abigail, b. Feb. ISoo, m. 1826, as his second wife, Hasky, son of Abner Wight and Hulda (Pond), b. Milford, Mass., Nov. 16, 1797. He m. (1) Apr. 5, 1821, Clarissa Cheney of Milford, and had two children [one child by Abigail, Hasky, b. Oakham, Feb. 14, 1827; she d. Oakham, Feb. 21, 1827 ; m. (3) July 8, 1858, Lucy Noyes of Oakham, who d. Wirt, N.Y., Oct. 26, 1872]; Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1803 18; Augustus, b. 1806, d. 1809; Persis D., b. Feb. 11, 1808 19; Danforth, b. July 17, 1810 20; Lydia W., b. Dec. 9, 1812 21; William, b. June 1817, d. Apr. 30, 1818 ; Leonard, b. Aug. 9, 1819, d. Aug. 9, IS38.
16. Dorothy Morse, daughter of Reuben 13, b. Sept. 25, 1799, m. July 30, 1821, Coleman Gilbert of West Brookfield, and d. there, Dec. 24, 1872; he d. West Brookfield, Oct. 15, 1877. Children (West Brookfield), William Augustus, b. Nov. 18, 1822, d. Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 1, 1847; Martha Morse, b. July 20, 1824, d. July 4, 1827; Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1826, d. July 31, 1827 ; Charles Henry, b. May 25, 1828, d. Oct. 30, 1853; Eliza Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1830, m. May 1, 1851, Alfred D. Washburn of West Brookfield, b. July 29, 1819; was in the Thirty-Fourth Regiment, Company I, Massachusetts Volunteers, and d. in hospital at New Market, June 3, 1864 [children, Laura Adeline, b. West Brookfield, June 10, IS53; Etta Lomira, b. Sept. 7, 1858; Myron Curtis, b. Mar. 19, 1862, d. Sept. 26, 1863]; Barnard R., b. Jan. 10, 1833, m. Oct. 18, 1859, Carrie Doolittle of Chicopee ; George Harrison, b.
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July 16, 1840; enlisted in Thirty-fourth Regiment, Company I, and wounded just before Lee's surrender, and d. Fortress Monroe, May 4, 1865; Charlotte Warren, b. Aug. 15, 1843, d. July 18, 1846.
17. John Fiske, son of Reuben 13, b. North Brookfield, July 2, 1802 ; carpen- ter and millwright ; m. Jan. 28, 1826, Sarah Faxon of Quincy, who d. July 17, 1883; he d. July 30, 1871. Children, Elizabeth Cummings, b. Boston, Feb. 24, 1827, m. Dec. 18, 1845, Albert E. Southworth of North Brookfield; Mary Ann, b. West Brookfield, Jan. 11, 1831, m. Nov. 27, 1850, Harvey Allen of Spencer; Sarah Fiske, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 6, 1835, m. Apr. 13, 1856, William May of New Braintree.
18. Mary, daughter of Reuben 15, b. Apr. 5, 1803, m. Mar. 20, 1820, William W. Tripp, b. Taunton, May 3, 1796, d. Warren, Oct. 3, 1845; she d. Grafton, July 18, 1865. Children, William G., b. North Brookfield, Jan. 20, 1821, d. Oct. 8, 1838 ; Hannah Rebecca, b. Apr. 28, 1823, m. Sept. 14, 1841, Lewis Damon of Warren, and d. Nov. 17, 1845; Benjamin, b. July 31, 1825, d. Aug. 16, 1828 ; Reuben Edwin, b. Nov. 29, 1827, d. Dec. 22, 1845; Benjamin Augustus, b. June 7, 1830, a boot manu- facturer in Warren; m. Apr. 2, 1851, Ruth Damon of Warren; Mary Maria, b. New Braintree, July 12, 1833 -blind ; John Wilbur, b. Dec. 2, 1835, a shoe dealer in Ohio; m. June 12, 1862, Elizabeth J. Arnett of Ohio; Sarah Ann White, b. West Brookfield, Jan. 18, 1838, d. Warren, Feb. 14, following; William Leonard, b. May 8, 1839, m. Aug. 23, 1863, S. Frances Ruggles of Ohio; Othniel Faxon, b. Warren, Aug. 27, 1841, m. (1) 1870, Dell Randolph of Michigan ; (2) Alida or Lydia - , who d. Nov. 27, ISSO ; he d. Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 29, 1880 ; Eliza- beth Ann, b. Feb. 7, 1844, m. Sept. 13, 1865, William Lord of Spencer, and d. Little Falls, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1874.
19. Persis D., daughter of Reuben 15, b. Feb. 11, 1808, m. Sept. 20, 1829, John Shaw of Worcester or Dudley, and d. Rhode Island, Sept. 5, IS45. Children, Hannah F., b. Dudley, June 24, 1830, d. Sept. 20, 1845 ; John f., b. Thompson, Ct., Feb. 12, 1832; Mary E., b. Dudley, Jan. 13, 1834, d. Slatersville, R.I., July 27, 1846 ; Sarah I., b. Mar. 22, 1836; Lydia A., b. Worcester, July 18, 1837, d. Wales, 1866; Ellen M., b. Uxbridge, July 14, 1840, m. Rev. Samuel H. Pratt of Manchester, a Baptist minister; George H., b. Slatersville, R.I., Jan. 30, 1843; Lewis G., b. Oct. 8, 1844, d. July 21, 1845.
20 Danforth, son of Reuben 15, b. July 17, 1810, m. Apr. 7, 1833, Roxana B. Marsh of North Brookfield, and d. Sept. 28, 1839. Children (North Brookfield), Frances A., b. Apr. 28, 1835, m. (1) Aug. 17, 1857, Samuel M. Johnson of Browns- ville, Me., killed at Petersburg, Va., Apr. 6, 1865 ; (2) July 4, 1869, Henry H. Lord of Brownsville, Me. ; Henry E., b. Jan. 2, 1837, m. Nov. 1858, Mary J. Thayer of Woodstock, Ct .; was wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 1864; Charlotte D., b. July 28, 1839, m. Sept. 30, 1868, John R. McCutchins of Portland, Me.
21. Lydia W., daughter of Reuben 15, b. Dec. 9, 1812, m. Oct. 9, 1837, John Lincoln Bond, son of Samuel, b. Wilbraham, Apr. 12, 1812, d. Warren, Sept. I, 1865. Children, Sarah Ann, b. July 16, 1838, d. Jan. 6, 1840; Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 19, 1840, m. July 21, 1855, Otis Frye of Worcester; Seviah G., b. Nov. 10, 1841 ; Lovina, b. Aug. 13, 1843, m. (1) John B. Reed of Warren, Oct. 16, 1861 ; (2) June II, 1873, Lovell L. Gage of Warren ; Ellen E., b. Sept. 13, 1845, d. July 16, 1846; E. Jennie, b. March 27, 1849, m. June 11, 1867, Columbus F. Reed of Warren ; Emma G., b. Aug. 16, 1851, m. Dec. 13, 1877, Charles H. Keith of Palmer.
22. Arad, b. West Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1801, a lawyer, and trader in the Brick Store in North Brookfield, for a short time; m. June 1, 1834, Mary Fowler of
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Windsor, Vt. Children, Curtis Fowler, b. Greene, N.Y., Dec. 30, 1835, journalist ; d. Jersey City, N.J., July 27, 1871 ; Lucia Isabelle, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 20, 1837, m. (I) June 1, 1859, Henry Calhoun of New York; (2) Dec. 23, 1869, Cor- nelius Runkle of New York ; Mary Elizabeth, b. West Brookfield, Aug. 2, 1839, m. Feb. 5, 1868, Thomas H. Holder of Fall River ; Lillian Louise, b. Aug. 26, 1849, m. June 22, 1870, Junius Henri Browne of New York; Francis, b. Oct. 1851, d. young.
23. Walter, b. West Brookfield, 17SI, m. Rebecca Mossman of Ashburnham, who was b. Sudbury, 1782, d. in Ashburnham, Mar. 5, 1864. Children, Sarah H., b. Sharon, N.H., Mar. 16, 1816; Mary M., b. West Brookfield, 1819, m. Ebenezer Stewart of Sudbury.
24. Enos, b. West Brookfield, Sept. 4, 1819, m. Nov. 26, 1845, Lucy A. Woods of West Brookfield. Children (West Brookfield) Albert H., b. July 23, 1850; m. Nov. 9, 1870, Emily A. Harrington of West Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Sept. 2, 1876. She m. (2) May 1, 1879, Martin E. Stowe; Alvin W., b. Jan. 18, 1856 25, telegraph operator ; m. Belle M. Hair ; Elmer E., b. Feb. 2, 1862; Flora D., b. July 15, 1868.
25. Alvin W., b. West Brookfield, Jan. 18, 1856, son of Enos 24, m. May 4, 1879, Belle M. Hair of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Stanley Albertus, b. Oct. 3, 1880; Henry Stowe, b. Aug. 7, 1882.
26. Frank H., b. West Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1835; engineer; m. Oct. 17, 1864, Louisa Dodge of North Brookfield. Children (West Brookfield), Edward Francis, b. Mar. 19, 1866; Bertha Louise, b. Apr. 14, 1867.
27. Peter, b. Canada, 1830, m. Philoma Laffran. Children, Mary J., b. Douglass, 1862; Alvoirie, b. 1866; Joanna, b. 1868; Joseph, b. 1871 ; Frederic, b. Spencer, 1872; Emma, b. North Brookfield, 1874; Noah, b. Apr. 19, 1879.
28. GILBERT, Humphrey, the first known ancestor of Benjamin Gilbert who settled at North Brookfield, was of Ipswich, 1648, and d. there Feb. 13, 1657. He m. Elizabeth -, who, after his decease, m. (2) Sept. 24, 1658, William, son of Humphrey Rayner of Ipswich and Wenham. His will was made the day before his death. Children, John, b. 1656-7 29 ; Abigail ; Esther ; a daughter ; a daughter.
29. John, Deacon, son of Humphrey 28; b. probably in Ipswich, 1656-7, m. Sept. 27, 1677, Elizabeth Kilham of Ipswich. He was freeman in Wenham, 1662, and d. Mar. 17, 1722-3. Children, John, b. July 14, 1678; Mary, b. June 10, 1683 ; Benjamin, b. Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1691 30.
30. Benjamin, son of John 29, b. Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1691 ; farmer ; m. Aug. 9, 1716, Esther Perkins of Wenham, b. Oct. 25, 1695, d. Jan. 20, 1780; he d. Brook- field, June 24, 1760. He removed to Brookfield in 1747 on the place afterwards occupied successively by his son Joseph, grandson Daniel, Esq., and later, 1879, by his great-granddaughters Hannah and Mary, children of said Daniel. Children, Joseph, b. Ipswich, 1733 31; Daniel, b. Feb. 15, 1729 32.
31. Joseph, Col., son of Benjamin 30, b. Ipswich, 1733; a merchant ; removed to Brookfield, where he d. Mar. 2, 1776, aged 43 ; which event was noticed at length by an obituary notice, in the New England Chronicle, or Essex Gazette, published at Cambridge, Mar. 21, 1776. Upon the general alarm given Apr. 19, 1775, he headed a company of "minute men," and marched to Roxbury ; was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, and on that day risked his life, in passing and repassing Charlestown Neck under a heavy fire from the enemy's ships and batteries. In the
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last regulation of the standing militia he was appointed by the General Assembly first colonel of the regiment. He m. Hannah (née Wheat), widow of Dr. Benjamin Gott, who d. Brookfield, Dec. 5, 1760; she d. Nov. 22, 1810, aged seventy-five. Children, Wheat, b. Brookfield, Nov. 23, 1762, m. Feb. 21, 1789, Eliza Baldwin of North Brookfield, and d. Dec. 24, ISO1 ; Benjamin Joseph, b. Oct. 5, 1764 33; Eliza- beth, b. Sept. 16, 1766, m. Nov. 8, 1792, Dr. Asa Walker of Barre, and d. there May 8, 1806; Esther, b. Apr. 26, 1769, d. Boston, May 14, 1833; Pitt, b. May 31, 1771, a merchant ; m. Eliza Marcia, and d. Canada, Dec. 26, 18OS ; Daniel, b. Sept. 7, 1773 34.
32. Daniel, Capt., son of Benjamin 30, b. Ipswich, Feb. 15, 1729; removed to Brookfield, and d. Apr. 2, 1824, aged ninety-six; farmer ; was a captain in Revolu- tionary war ; m. (I) June 6, 1754, Lucy Barnes, who d. Apr. 21, 1772 ; (2) published June IS, 1773, Elizabeth Gott of Springfield, who d. Feb. 14, 1777; (3) widow Mary Goddard Kimball of Brookfield, who d. July 7, 1818. Children (Brookfield), Ben- jamin, b. May 31, 1755, removed to Middlefield, N.Y .; Lucy, b. Mar. 17, 175S, m. July 10, 1771, Joseph Dane of Brookfield, and d. West Brookfield, May 29, IS34; Merey, b. June 11, 1760, m. (1) May 13, 1779, Charles Bruce of North Brookfield ; (2) July 13, 1786, Nathan Moore of Brookfield, and d. Apr. 28, 1837 ; Esther, b. June 13, 1762, m. Jan. 13, 1785, Joseph Waite of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Feb. 23, 1800; Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1764, m. Feb. 28, 1788, John Rice of Brookfield; Humphrey, b. Aug. 16, 1767 35 ; Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1772, m. Dec. 3, 1795, Jabez Ayres of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Jan. 6, 1842 ; Abigail, b. Apr. 21, 1772, m. June 18, 1797, Justus Fowler of Westfield, and d. Mar. 27, IS13 ; Elizabeth, b. May I8, 1774, m. June 6, 1794, Ephraim Spaulding, and d. Mar. 29, ISO1 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 25, 1776, m. - Ball of Orange, and d. there.
33. Benjamin Joseph, son of Joseph 31, b. Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1764, d. Boston, Dec. 30, 1849; lawyer; graduated Yale College, 1786; received from Dartmouth College the degree of A.M. 1794; studied law with Hon. Dwight Foster of West Brookfield; began practice at Hanover, N.H., about 1790, and resided there till IS24; elected to New Hampshire Legislature, and was a member of Gov. Jeremiah Smith's Council. He subsequently became quite deaf, caused by accident, and his wife having fallen heir to a large estate, through the decease of an unmarried brother in Richmond, Va., he removed 1824, to Boston, where he devoted his time to the care of his wife's property. In regard to his professional standing, he was popularly known as "the honest lawyer." He m. Aug. 2, 1796, Sally Shepard of Boston. Children (Hanover, N.H.), Mary Wheat, b. Jan. S, 1799, d. 1811 ; Benjamin Joseph, b. Nov. 11, 1802, m. (1) Aug. 1842, Clarissa Babbitt of Boston ; (2) Aug. 1845, Mrs. Judith Hutchins of Concord, N.H. ; Samuel Shepard, b. Dec. 25, 1803, m. June, 1838, Sarah Coleman of Salem, and d. Cambridge, Nov. 10, 1862; Susan Brewster, b. May 26, 1805, m. Oct. 25, 1831, Dr. George Chadwick of Ipswich ; Daniel Ingalls, b. Sept. 11, 1807, d. Texas, about 1836. Four other children died young.
34. Daniel, son of Joseph 31, b. Brookfield, Sept. 7, 1773, was born in the origi- nal Gilbert mansion, in the present village of North Brookfield. He fitted for college at Leicester Academy ; graduated Dartmouth College, 1796; studied law with Hon. Dwight Foster; practised a while with his brother Benjamin in Hano- ver, N.H., and at Lebanon, N.H .; returned to the old Gilbert homestead, then comprising most of the territory of the centre village of North Brookfield, where with agricultural pursuits he followed his profession till within a few years of his decease ; was very prominent and efficient in town and parish matters : justice of the
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peace for many years. He m. May 6, 1806, Mary, daughter of Joseph Waters and Mary (Dean), b. Salem, 1783, d. Nov. 24, 1858. Children (North Brookfield), Hannah Wheat, b. Dec. 26, 1807, d. Mar. 9, 18OS ; Charlotte Waters, b. Apr. 13, 1809, d. Worcester, Sept. 19, 1860; Joseph Waters, b. Oct. 30, 1811, d. Nov. 23, ISII ; Mary Dean, b. Jan. 2, 1814, d. Feb. 25, 1884; Hannah Wheat, b. Jan. 1, 1816, d. July 26, 1819; Joseph, b. May 11, 1818 ; mariner ; d. Vernon, Cal., Nov. 16, 1849; Hannah Wheat, b. Dec. 19, 1822; Esther, b. Oct. 6, 1825, d. Aug. 29, 1862.
35. Humphrey, son of Daniel 32, b. Brookfield, Aug. 16, 1767, m. Nov. 4, 1790, Elizabeth Bond of Brookfield, b. Westboro, Mar. 20, 1766, d. North Brookfield, May 15, 1861, aged ninety-five; he d. North Brookfield, Feb. 18, 1816. Children (Brookfield), Dexter, b. July 6, 1791, m. Fanny Robinson of Templeton; Lucy, b. July 17, 1793, d. North Brookfield, Sept. 29, 1865; Daniel, b. Aug. 17, 1795, m. (I) Susan D. Lanman of Keene, N.H .; (2) Ann S. Ridgway of Dorchester ; Thomas, b. July 23, 1797 36; Newton, b. July 24, 1799, m. Mary A. Chandler of New York; Amos, b. Feb. 10, 1802, m. Mary A. Rice of Ashby ; Austin, b. Mar. 11, 1804, d. North Brookfield, May 18, 1821 ; Liberty, b. Apr. 25, 1806, m. Lucia Carpenter of Stafford, Vt .; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1809; Lydia, b. Aug. 9, 1811, m. Nov. 26, 1839, William Duncan, jr.
36. Thomas, son of Humphrey 35, b. Brookfield, July 23, 1797, d. North Brook- field, Dec. 29, 1877; m. Dec. 9, 1830, Julia A. Denny of Leicester, who d. June 13, 1878, aged seventy-two. Children (North Brookfield), Catherine, b. June 1, 1832; teacher in Berea College, Kentucky ; William Austin, b. Apr. 18, 1834; carpenter ; m. Dec. 1, 1858, Julia E. Webber of Brimfield ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1837, d. Jan. 8, 1839; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1839; Lucy, b. Jan. 14, 1842; Thomas B., b. Sept. 3, 1844, d. Feb. 5, 1846; Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1847 37; Thomas Newton, b. May 21, 1849, m. Apr. 2, 1873, Addie Sampson of Spencer.
37. Daniel, son of Thomas 36, b. Feb. 1, 1847, m. Dec. 30, 1869, Lydia A. Doane of North Brookfield, b. June 11, 1846. He is a leather cutter and farmer. Children (North Brookfield), Daniel Burton, b. Aug. 7, 1873; Laura Denny, b. Apr. 22, 1875; Florence Amelia, b. June 7, 1878 ; Roland Humphrey, b. Oct. 17, 1884.
GILMORE, George A. 1, b. New Salem, Oct. 3, 1814 ; carpenter ; m. (1) Apr. 25, 1837, Nancy Ranger of North Brookfield ; (2) Nov. 27, 1873, Elizabeth E. Nourse of Shrewsbury. Children, George E., b. Southboro, Mar. 24, 1838 2; John W., b. Oakham, Mar. 31, 1840, d. in civil war at Newbern, N.C., Apr. 13, 1862; Martha A. F., b. Greenwich, Apr. 20, 1842, m. Feb. 7, 1871, Daniel A. Howard of Win- chester, N.H .; Carrie N., b. North Brookfield, Aug. 31, 1851 ; Clarence F., b. Nov. 4, 1857, d. Aug. 21, 1871.
2. George E., son of George A. 1, b. Southboro, Mar. 24, 1838, m. (1) Feb. 25, 1869, Delia A. Clapp of North Brookfield; (2) Feb. 20, 1872, Elizabeth R. Nourse of Holliston ; resides in Kansas City, Mo. Children, Delia I. F., b. North Brookfield, June 11, 1870, d. July 18, following ; George Clarence, b. Hamburg, Ia., Nov. 18, 1875; Nellie L., b. South Framingham, Apr. 19, 1878.
GLASS, John, b. England ; was of Burgoyne's army; m. Esther -, who d. Apr. 3, 1835, aged eighty-eight; he d. North Brookfield, Aug. 27, 1839, aged eighty- six. Children (New Braintree), Daniel ; Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1784, m. Nov. 13, 1804, Jesse Hamilton of Brookfield ; John, b. Jan. 25, 1786; Sally ; Adin, b. Apr. 17, 1790.
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GLAZIER. - GOODELL.
GLAZIER, Freeman 1; resided in North Brookfield on the Cary place ; removed to Barre; m. Sally Ann Bates. Children, Leroy, b. Barre, m. Mrs. Chris- tina Eldridge of Rhode Island; Eugene, b. Oxford, m. Electa Barnes of West Brookfield; Adelaide Bates, m. Charles W. Dewing of North Brookfield ; Freeman F., b. Jan. 8, 1849 2; Stillman Dane, b. Barre, Sept. 5, 1851, m. Dec. 23, 1872, Josephine Sanderson of Barre; Ezra Stone ; John Brown ; Myron, b. North Brookfield.
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