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2. Freeman F., son of Freeman 1, b. Millbury, Jan. 8, 1849, m. Ella Frances Reed, adopted daughter of Sumner Reed of North Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1870. Chil- dren (North Brookfield), Fannie Reed, b. Apr. 15, 1873; Arthur Reed, b. Nov. II, I874; Jennie Evelyn, b. Mar. 11, 1877.
GLEASON, Thomas, b. Ireland, m. 1851, Hannah Hyland of North Brook- field. Children (North Brookfield), Peter, b. 1852 ; Margaret, b. 1854; Mary Ann, b. 1856; Hannah, b. 1858 ; John, b. 1860, d. Apr. 6. 1879; James and Katie, twins, b. 1863; Thomas, b. 1867.
GLENNON, Michael, b. Ireland, 1830; m. (1) Margaret Collier, who was b. 1823, d. North Brookfield, July 18, 1872; (2) Aug. 14, 1873, Mary Cavana of North Brookfield ; (3) Abbie O'Brien of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Margaret, b. Mar. 1855; Edward, b. Dec. 9, 1859; Michael, b. July 18, 1860.
GODDARD (or GODDETTE), Nelson 1, b. Canada, 1832, m. Aug. 1853, Nancy Powers. Children, George N., b. Spencer, June 10, 1854, m. May 11, 1879, Margaret Casey of Natick ; Mary Ann, b. July 22, 1855, m. Nov. 24, 1879, Joseph Foote of North Brookfield ; Margaret E., b. North Brookfield, Dec. 2, 1856, m. May 16, 1874, Philip White of North Brookfield ; Ellen E., b. Chicopee, Feb. 5, 1859, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 24, 1870; William F., b. Apr. 11, 1861 ; Joseph H., b. Feb. 15, 1863; Charles F., b. Sept. 20, 1864; Susan A., b. July 26, 1866; Edward M., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 18, 1869; John W., b. May 7, 1873.
2. Freehold, b. Canada ; m. Oct. 22, 1854, Fileman Ledeaux of Spencer. Chil- dren, Napoleon, b. Canada, May, 1861 ; Minnie, b. 1863; Esther, b. 1865; Zelia, b. North Brookfield, 1867; Zama, b. July, 1870; Fred., b. Sept. 22, 1872.
3. Austin, b. Canada, 1831 ; m. 1863, Vitaline Arfin of Rhode Island. Children (North Brookfield}, Amanda, b. Aug. 1866; Azema, b. June 6, 1869; Elijah, b. Mar. 1871 ; Josephine, b. May, 1873; Arthur, b. Feb. 1875; Regina, b. Feb. 1877 ; Alphon- sine, b. Mar. 1879.
GOODELL (GOODALE), Solomon, son of John, b. Marlboro, 1707, m. May 17, 1732, Mrs. Anna Walker (née Hinds) of Brookfield ; lived in the eastern part of the town, where Nymphus M. Whiting now resides. Children (Brookfield), Solomon, b. Apr. 2, 1733, d. July 14, 1738; Anna, b. July 12, 1734, d. July 1, 1738 ; John, b. Dec. 6, 1735 2; Submit, b. May 10, 1737, d. July 28, 1738 ; Anna, b. June 18, 1740, m. Dec. 6, 1759, Onesiphorus Ayres of Brookfield ; Solomon, b. Mar. 1, 1742, m. Nov. 4, 1766, Mary Hale ; Nathan, b. Nov. 11, 1744. [See ante, p. 390.]
2. John, son of Solomon 1, b. Brookfield, Dec. 6, 1735, published Jan. 1759, to Eunice Marsh. Children (Brookfield), Solomon, b. Oct. 30, 1759; Nathan, b. Oct. 10, 1761 ; Jude, b. Aug. 9, 1763; Anna, b. May 20, 1765 ; Eli, b. Sept. 6, 1767; Eunice, b. May 20, 1769.
3. Jonathan, from Marlboro, m. Mary -, and d. North Brookfield, May 20,
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1806. Children, Patience, b. Marlboro, Feb. 1I, 1763, m. May 10, 1784, Jacob H. De Land of Brookfield ; Mary b. Brookfield, Apr. 23, 1767; Ruth, b. Aug. 9, 177I.
4. Hosea B., b. Woodstock, Ct., Nov. 3, 1816; leather cutter; m. (1) July 2, 1844, Harriet C. Fiske of Southbridge, b. Southbridge, Nov. 5, 1817, d. there Jan. 6, 1857 ; (2) Sept. 13, 1857, Mrs. Flavilla D. McGlathey of Searsport, Me., b. Nov. 15, 1820, d. Mar. 10, 1862 ; (3) Sept. 12, 1863, Mrs. Eunice Colcord White of Sears- port; he d. North Brookfield, Jan. 10, 1877. Children, Mary Louise, b. Southbridge, July 15, 1848, d. Aug. 22, 1850; William Fiske, b. Feb. 21, 1850; bookkeeper; d. Lowell, Sept. 4, 1883; John Henry, b. Sept. 15, 1851 5; Harriet Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1853, d. North Brookfield, Nov. 5, 1870; Charles Fremont, b. Aug. 30, 1856; physician, Washington, D.C .; m. May 15, 1883, Ida V. Graham of Washington, b. July 29, 1859 [child, Jessie Raymond, b. Sept. 10, 1884]; Raymond Dodge, b. June 14, 1858; government clerk ; d. Washington, May 26, 1884.
5. John Henry, son of Hosea B. 4, b. Southbridge, Sept. 15, 1851 ; provision dealer, South Framingham ; m. May 1, 1873, Emma F. Carleton of West Spring- field, b. Holyoke, Jan. 22, 1852. Children (North Brookfield), Juva H., b. Jan. 3, 1875; Florence Carlton, b. Jan. 11, 1878; Robert Hosea, b. Nov. 6, 1879.
GOODRICH, Joel 1, of Rocky Hill, Ct., m. Anna Bunce, and d. at Rocky Hill. Children (Rocky Hill), James H., b. July 23, 1823 2; Joseph E., m. Jerusha Smith, and d. Jan. 23, 1866; Elizabeth, m. Elisha P. Avery of Oberlin, O., and d. there ; Emeline, m. Henry Smith of Rocky Hill; Edward y., m. Mary Lamberton of Oberlin.
2. James H., son of Joel 1, b. Rocky Hill, Ct., July 23, 1823; a farmer ; m. Aurelia W. - , b. Mar. 6, 1825; owns and resides on the Charles E. Jenks place. Children, Ellen f., b Berlin, Ct., May 4, 1849, d. June 1, 1868 ; Charles A., b. Sept. 26, 1852 ; Emma A., b. Feb. 22, 1855, m. Oct. 21, 1880, Arthur C. Bliss of North Brookfield ; Frank H., b. Middletown, Ct., July 14, 1857 ; Edward IV., b. Nov. 4, 1861 ; George E., b. Oct. 31, 1865.
3. James, b. Lyndeboro, N.H., Aug. 6, 1830 ; a manufacturer of machinery, East Brookfield; m. Apr. 28, 1868, Mrs. Mary A. Ross, daughter of Deacon J. A. Moore. Child, Charles Edward, b. Fitchburg, May 25, 1872.
GOODWIN, John E., b. Middleton, N.H., Sept. 14, 1820, m. (1) Sept. 15, 1844, Leah Wentworth of Milton, N.H .; (2) Mar. 11, 1849, Eliza Hayes of Milton ; (3) May 7, 1862, Mrs. Pamelia N. Pinkham (née Davis) of Concord, N.H. Children (Milton, N.H.), Henry C., b. May 14, 1846, m. Emma Home of Dover, N.H .; Leah ; Helen, b. Aug. 16, 1848, m. W. B. Dennis of Dover ; Laura May, b. May 26, 1851 ; Alice Eliza, b. Aug. 15, 1853, m. Sept. 4, 1878, Gilbert T. Webber of North Brook- field ; John Fremont, b. Jan. 12, 1857, m. Oct. 15, 1879, Vienna Belle Sanborne of Dover.
GOSS, Philip 1, merchant of Boston, bought Jan. 20, 1687, the Joseph Row- landson estate in Lancaster, where he settled, and d. 1698. He m. (1) Hannah Hopkins ; (2) Mar. 29, 1690, Mary Prescott of Concord, who m. (2) John Houghton, jr., of Lancaster. Children, Philip, baptized Roxbury, Feb. 16, 1679 2; Hannah, baptized Mar. 16, 1679; Mary, baptized Aug. 27, 1680; Mary, b. Lancaster, 1691 ; John, b. 1693.
2. Philip, son of Philip 1, captain, settled Lancaster ; had grant of sixty acres
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in Brookfield, and in the fall of 1704 built a fortified house on the old Hadley Path, west of Wekabaug pond [the Ebenezer Fairbanks place]. Had grants in all of six hundred and seven acres. He d. Sept. 13, 1747. He m. Aug. 30, 1699, Judith Hayward of Concord. Children, Judith, m. Dec. 2, 1718, Thomas Gilbert ; Philip 3; Hannah, m. 1723, Experience Rich ; Mary, m. 1728, Daniel Walker ; John, b. Jan. 10, 1711 4 ; Thankful, b. Dec. 13, 1713, m. June 20, 1732, John White ; Thomas, b. July 6, 1716.
3. Philip, son of Philip 2, lived Brookfield, m. Nov. 25, 1723, Keziah Cooley. Children, Philip, b. Nov. 18, 1724; Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1726; Ebenezer, b. Sept. 11, 1728, d. young; Keziah, b. Feb. 26, 1730; Judith, b. Nov. 15, 1731 ; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 7, 1733, d. young ; Thomas, b. Jan. 6, 1735.
4. John, son of Philip 2, lived Brookfield, m. 1730, Mary Gilbert. Children, Mary, b. Nov. 11, 1731, d. Nov. 8, 1747 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1733, d. Nov. 11, 1738 ; Thankful, b. Feb. 26, 1736; Miriam, b. Dec. 13, 1737, d. young ; Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1739; Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1741 ; Miriam, b. June 14, 1744 ; John, b. Sept. 29, 1747, d. young; Comfort, b. Dec. 3, 1749.
GOTT, Benjamin, M.D., b. 1705; came to Marlboro about 1725; physician ; d. Marlboro, July 25, 1751 ; m. (1). Feb. 4, 1728, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Robert Breck of Marlboro, who d. Apr. II, 1740, aged twenty-nine ; (2) Oct. 5, 1740, Lydia Ward of Boston. Children (Marlboro), Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1729, m. July 12, 1750, Uriah Brigham of Marlboro; Anna, b. Jan. 8, 1731, m. July 9, 1752, Samuel Brig- ham, jr .; Rebecca, b. Dec. 27, 1732; Benjamin, b. Aug. 29, 1734, m. Hannah Wheat of Boston, d. Brookfield, Dec. 5, 1760; a physician [see ante, p. 210]; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19, 1736; John, b. May 4, 1739, d. Feb. 13, 1740; Martha, b. Sept. 11, 1741, d. June 12, 1756.
GOULD, Zaccheus 1, b. about 1589, d. 1670 ; resided at Hemel Hempstead and Great Messenden, Eng. Came to New England about 1638, settled at Tops- field. His wife Phebe probably b. England, and d. Topsfield, Sept. 20, 1663. For account of his imprisonment for alleged treason vs. the Government of Dudley, see 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII., 150-154. Children, Phebe, baptized England 1620, m. Deacon Thomas Perkins of Topsfield; Mary, baptized 1621, m. John Reddington of Topsfield ; Martha, baptized 1623, m. John Newmarch of Ipswich ; Priscilla, m. John Wilder; John, b. June 10, 1635 2.
2. John, son of Zaccheus 1, b. England, June 10, 1635, m. Oct. 12, 1660, Sarah, daughter of John Baker of Topsfield, who d. Jan. 26, 1709-10. Children, John, b. Dec. 1, 1662, m. (1) Phebe French; (2) Rose -; he d. Nov. 5, 1724; Sarah, b. Dec. 18, 1664, m. Joseph Bixby, and d. Dec. 6, 1723 ; Thomas, b. Feb. 14, 1666, m. Mercy Sumner ; Samuel, b. Mar. 6, 1669 3; Zaccheus, b. Mar. 26, 1672, m. Elizabeth Curtice, and d. 1739; Priscilla, b. Nov. 2, 1674, m. John Curtice, and d. May 16, 1715; Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1677, m. Priscilla Perkins, and d. Apr. 4, 1753; Mary, b. June 16, 1681, d. May 2, 1689. Each of these five sons was the father of a large family.
3. Samuel, son of John 2, b. Mar. 6, 1669; resided in Boxford; m. Apr. 20, 1697, Margaret Stone, and d. 1724. "In 1714, his house was burned, and the town abated his tax for that reason." [History Boxford.] Children (Boxford), Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1698, d. Feb. 21, 1786, unm .; Samuel, b. Jan. 18, 1701 4; Moses, b. Sept. 18, 1703, m. Nov. 7, 1728, Mary Bellows, and d. Oct. 20, -; Daniel, d. Dec. 1724; Patience, b. Aug. 25, 1709 ?; m. 1744, Edmund Towne of Oxford ; Jonathan, bap-
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tized Sept. 4, 1709; Margaret, b. Mar. 6, 1712; Zaccheus, b. Mar. 29, 1715; Hubbard, b. July 8, 1720, m. (1) Mar. 8, 1744, Hannah Bootman ; (2) published Brookfield, Nov. 1759, to widow Mary Jones ; (3) Jan. 2, 1783, Thankful Bowles of Brookfield, who d. Oct. 4, 1800; he d. North Brookfield, Mar. 6, 1800.
4. Samuel, deacon, son of Samuel 3, b. Boxford, Jan. 18, 1701, m. June 9, 1725, Mehitable Stiles ; removed from Boxford to Brookfield between 1740 and 1750, and built the old Parker Johnson house; afterwards lived on a place a little east of the Charles Jenks place. He and son Samuel were petitioners for the incorporation of the North Parish in Brookfield ; was deacon of Second Church in Brookfield, now the First Congregational Church of North Brookfield, from 1754 for many years. His name disappears from the school district lists in 1791, when he proba- bly left town. Children, Samuel, b. Mar. 20, 1727, m. 1751, Sarah Gilbert of Brook- field ; he d. 1791 ; Mehitable, b. Feb. 11, 1729, m. Mar. 10, 1754, Peter Lamson of Brookfield ; Jeremiah, b. Aug. 5, 1731, m. (1) June 5, 1755, Hannah Bartlett of Brookfield ; (2) Aug. 21, 1760, Hannah Stevens of Heath, who d. Dec. 12, 1812; Nathan, b. Jan. 8 or 18, 1734, m. Oct. 31, 1757, Martha Gilbert of Brookfield, and d. Virginia, 1816; Jonathan, b. Nov. 28, 1735; probably d. young ; Eli, b. May 4, 1738, m. Dec. 21, 1769, Lydia Jennings of Brookfield; Deliverance, b. Feb. 23, 1742, m. Reuben Nimms of Shelburne. [For Deacon Samuel's grandchildren see Vol. 3, by Hon. Charles Adams, jr., in Town Clerk's office.]
5. Henry K., b. East Brooklyn, Ct., Feb. 27, 1841, m. Aug. 4, 1862, Lillian P. Fisher of Danielsonville, Ct., b. North Brookfield, Dec. 8, 1846. Children, Nathan S., b. Connecticut, May 6, 1867 ; Henry G., b. Mar. 2, 1869, d. North Brookfield, Jan. 11, 1873; Erbin E., b. in North Brookfield, Oct. 27, 1870, d. Jan. 15, 1873; Ervin F. (twin), b. Oct. 27, 1870, d. Jan. 23, 1873; Charles A., b. Mar. 15, 1873; James M., b. Nov. 8, 1875; Nettie M., b. Dec. 17, 1878.
6. Henry C., b. Marlboro, Vt., 1824; was the first of his family in town; m. Mercy Wheelock of South Orange, and d. Waterbury, Vt., June 30, 1863. Children, Henrietta M., b. North Brookfield, Nov. 29, 1846, m. Jan. 1870, Joseph H. McNulty of North Brookfield; Alonzo G., b. Apr. 5, 1848 7; Elmira V., b. North Brookfield, May 1, 1850, m. Nov. 1876, Jason S. Keep of Monson ; Lorenzo W., b. May 4, 1853; Alvira L., b. Waterbury, Vt., Apr. 17, 1858, m. June 5, 1878, William E. Giffin 6, of Brookfield ; Harlan H., b. Feb. 22, 1856; Emma M., b. Vermont, Mar. 22, 1859.
7. Alonzo J., son of Henry C. 6, b. Sturbridge, Apr. 5, 1848, m. Oct. 5, 1870, Emma L., daughter of Benjamin W. Dean of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Benjamin H., b. July 30, 1871, d. aged I week; Euphemia Ella, b. Dec. 8, 1873; William Benjamin, b. Apr. 8, 1876; Bertha S., b. Sept. 13, 1877 ; Jay H., b. Mar. 9, 1879.
8. William, b. Norwich, Ct., 1839, m. Aug. 1864, Helen Howe of Hardwick, b. Conway, 1843. Children (West Brookfield), Thomas, b. 1866; Sarah, b. 1868; Henry, b. 1872; Jessie, b. 1877 ; Alice, b. 1879.
GRANGER, Timothy D. 1, came here from Hardwick; a painter; m. Ruth Carter of Hardwick, and d. East Brookfield. Children, George, m. Caroline Wood; Lillie, lived in West Brookfield; Juliette, m. Henry Damon of Framingham ; Charles E. 2.
2. Charles E., son of Timothy D. 1, b. Hardwick, Oct. 29, 1847 ; painter ; m. (1) Sept. 20, 1871, Alice, daughter of Lemuel Smith, who d. Sept. 3, 1882; (2) Oct. 13, 1883, Josephine Smith of North Wilbraham. Children (North Brookfield all but one), Leon B., b. Oct. 6, 1872 ; Mabel A., b. Aug. 12, 1874 ; Henry G., b. Apr.
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3, 1876; Lena, b. West Brookfield, Jan. 23, 1878; George A., b. Apr. 8, ISSO; Emma G., b. Mar. 4, 1885.
GRAVES, Leonard, jr., b. East Chatham, N.Y., 1830; tinsmith ; m. May 6, 18 57, Juliette P. Howe of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, May 16, 1873. Children, Mabel A., b. North Brookfield, Apr. 24, 1860, m. Apr. 14, ISSo, Ernest F. Johnson ; Frank A., b. Oct. 26, 1865.
2. Henry, b. Williamsburg, Mass., June 20, 1813, m. Sept. 16, 1836, Tryphosa Babbitt of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Apr. 6, 1865. Children, William A., b. Mar. 1839, m. Sarah J. Clark of North Brookfield, May 10, 1859, d. Oct. 20, 1862; Charles H., b. Nov. 11, 1841, d. June 16, 1862.
GREEN, Nathaniel 1, b. Aug. 17So; farmer ; m. (1) Jan. 19, 1807, Catherine Adams of Brookfield, who d. Jan. 25, IS29, aged 43; (2) 1830, Phebe Drury of Charl- ton, who d. May 8, 1862, aged So years, 11 months, 4 days. He d. Spencer, Oct. 16, 1863. Children (Spencer), Ezra B., b. Sept. 7, 1807, nı. Susan Jenks of Brookfield ; Miranda, b. Feb. 28, 1809, m. Reuben Drake of Brookfield ; Nathaniel, b. July 13, ISII 2 ; Mary Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1813, m. William S. Jenks of North Brookfield, and d. East Brookfield, Oct. 28, 1843; Timothy, b. Feb. 11, 1816, m. Prudence Bemis of Brookfield, and d. Spencer, June 23, 1866; Horace, b. Sept. 8, 1818, m. Charity Pierce of Brookfield, Jan 1, 1841, and d. North Brookfield, July 15, 1877 ; Charles, b. Nov. 7, IS26, m. Nov. 24, 1862, Sarah Newton of Brookfield, and d. Spencer, Apr. 21, ISSo; his widow m. (2) O. Barr of Oakham [children, Charles N., b. Feb. 26, 186S ; John H., b. Dec. 28, 1869] ; Obadiah, d. Oct. 1, IS2S.
2. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel 1, b. Spencer, July 13, 1811 ; removed to North Brookfield about 1840; m. Mar. 12, 1840, Mary Hair of North Brookfield, and d. Feb. 5, 1874. Children (North Brookfield), Henry M., b. Oct. 3, 1848 3 ; Lydia A., b. Aug. 15, 1854.
3. Henry M., son of Nathaniel 2, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 3, 1848, m. Mar. 30, 1870, Mary C. White of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Elmer Henry, b. Nov. 18, 1871 ; Edgar N., b. Oct. 17, 1874; Walter A., b. Nov. 8, IS76; George W., b. Oct. 5, 1879; Arthur A., b. June 9, 1881 ; Ida M., b. June 19, 1883 ; Omer II., b. April 15, 1885.
4. Frank P., b. Oakham, June 9, 1852; baker; m. Feb. 18, 1879, Carrie J. Clement of Petersham, b. in Petersham, Aug. 6, 1857.
5. John. He had a grant of sixty acres, Nov. 2, 1702 (probably then about twenty years old), and later of ninety-five acres. He was wounded by the Indians in 1708 [see ante, pp. 173, 174] ; wife Anna. Children, Phebe, b. Mar. 16, 1706, m." Paul Deland; John, b. Jan. 14, 1708 6 ; fabez, b. Dec. 10, 1710, executed at Worces- ter, Oct. 21, 1742, for the murder of Thomas McCluer at a husking, being the first execution in Worcester County ; Tamar, b. July 3, 1713; Stephen, b. Dec. 14, 1715 ; Edmund, b. June 4, 1717 ; Anna, b. June 4, 1719; Caleb, b. Jan. 15, 1721 ; daughter, b. 1722. Anna and Caleb were burned, with the dwelling house, Mar. 18, 1735-6. [The John Green house stood on the south side of the new country road, near Slate hill. The site is now in North Brookfield.]
6. John, son of John 5, b. Brookfield, Jan. 14, 1708, m. (1) Mary -, who d. June II, 1740; (2) Dorothy, about 1741 ; (3) Anna -, d. Brookfield, Ang. 10, 1744 ?. Children (Brookfield), Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1732; Dorcas, b. Feb. 22, 1733-4; Azubah, b. Jan. 24, 1735; Anna, b. Mar. 23, 1737 ; Mary, b. Apr. 8, 1740,
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d. Dec. 18, 1749; Caleb, b. Apr. 8, 1742, m. Sept. 15, 1763, Edith Adams; Phebe, b. Mar. 28, 1744; John, d. Aug. 10, 1744.
7. John, b. Ireland, 1831, m. Apr. 1861, Mary Rehan of Brooklyn, N. Y. Chil- dren, Mary Ellen, b. Brooklyn, Nov. 1863; Catherine, b. Rutland, Mass., Sept. 5, IS70.
8. Charles K., b. Oakham, May, 1842, m. Jan. 16, 1873, Hattie Earle of North Brookfield. Child, Frank E., b. San Francisco, Aug. 1876.
9. Henry H., b. Oakham; provision dealer ; m. Dec. 1864, Maria L. Morgan of Chicopee. Child, Frederick M., b. Chicopee, Oct. 1867, d. North Brookfield, Sept. 23, 1882.
10. George E., b. Oakham, Mar. 5, 1830, m. Oct. 25, 1856, Helen S. F. Barrett of Hinsdale, N.H. He served in the Sixth Vermont Regiment in the Rebellion.
GREGORY, Noel, b. Canada, 1839, m. 1866, Louisa Cutter of Marlboro. Children (Marlboro), Mary, b. Mar. 1867; Lizzie, b. June, 1868; Joseph, b. Aug. 1870; Delphis, b. Aug. 1872; Frederick, b. 1874; Georgia, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 14, 1876.
GRIFFIN, Thomas 1, b. Ireland, m. Bridget Dowling of North Brookfield; was killed in the late civil war. Child, Frances, b. West Brookfield, Sept. 27, 1866. The widow m. (2) Peter Lawler.
2. Daniel, b. Ireland, 1819; m. Apr. 20, 1850, Catherine Donahue of West Brook- field, b. Ireland, 1817 ; he d. North Brookfield, Nov. 15, 1879. Children, Ellen Jane, b. West Brookfield, Jan. 27, 1852, m. Mar. 25, 1854, Henry Rondeau of North Brook- field ; Mary Ann, b. Mar. 25, 1854, m. -; Catherine M., b. North Brookfield, May 1, 1858 ; James P., b. June 9, 1861 ; John, b. Feb. 8, 1855, d. West Brookfield, Oct. 12, 1856; Daniel was the first of the name and family in town (1848).
3. William C., b. Boston, June 30, 1830, m. Feb. 12, 1850, Sophronia Giffin, daughter of Anson 1, b. Aug. 27, 1831. Children, Walter Arthur, b. West Brook- field, May 12, 1851 ; drowned, Holliston, Jan. 20, 1863; William Herbert, b. Hollis- ton, Oct. 5, 1852, d. North Brookfield, July 28, 1864; Eva Carrie, b. West Medway, July 25, 1857 ; Frederick Nelson, b. Holliston, Dec. 22, 1858, d. there Aug. 28, 1859; Harry French, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 10, 1865, d. West Brookfield, Sept. 23, 1873; Robert Henry, b. West Brookfield, Aug. 30, 1873.
GROUT, George W., b. West Brookfield, Nov. 15, 1852, m. Dec. 17, 1878, Ida Felton of Enfield.
1 GULLIVER, Reuben 1, b. Milton, Mass., 1762 ; paper maker ; m. Aug. 6, 1796, Ruth Snyder of Minisink, N.Y., and d. Williamstown, Nov. 30, 1860. Children, (Minisink, N.Y.), Pamelia A., b. May 23, 1797, d. Williamstown, Dec. 22, 1869; Lemuel, b. May 10, 1799, m. Martha Blatchford of Grove, N.Y., and d. Canton, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1878 ; Sabrina, b. Jan. 28, 1801, m. Joseph Remington of Whitehall, N.Y., and d. Williamstown, Jan 23, 1869; Reuben, b. Nov. 2, 1802, d. Green Bay, Wis., Jan. 24, 1826; Hector C. and Peter S., twins, b. Dec. 10, 1804; Benjamin, b. Oct. 19, 1806, d. in the army, Apr. 18, 1833, on the trail of Black Hawk ; John T., b. Mar. 3, 18II 2 ; (Bennington, Vt.), George F., b. Oct. 11, 1812 3 ; William L., b. Oct. 9, 1814; Al- mira, b. May 27, 1818, m. Pardon Howland of Spencer ; Ruth, b. July 1, 1820, m. Joseph McLoud of North Adams; fane, b. Apr. 15, 1824, m. Adney Marsh of North Adams, and d. there Nov. 9, 1865.
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2. John T., son of Reuben 1, b. Minisink, N.Y., Mar. 3, 181I, m. Oct. 25, 1836, Betsey Dewey of Lanesboro, b. Ashford, Mass., Mar. 11, 1815. Children (Williams- town), Hattie E., b. Nov. 25, 1837, m. Sept. 17, 1868, William Browne of Boston ; Charles H., b. Mar. 23, 1840, m. Feb. 18, 1875, E. A. Fisher of Marlboro; William L., b. Jan. 31, 1842 3; Emily D., b. Aug. 20, 1846, d. Williamstown, Aug. 24, 1846. [J. T. Gulliver's house stands upon the site of the first meeting-house built 1749, in North Brookfield.]
3. George F., son of Reuben 1, b. Bennington, Vt., Oct. 11, 1812, m. (1) Mary Bush of North Brookfield ; (2) Apr. 15, 1880, Mary Ann Witt of New Braintree. Child, Frances Pamelia, b. Spencer, -, m. Henry W. Meriam of New York.
4. William L., son of John T. 2, b. Jan. 31, 1842 ; dentist, Worcester ; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1865, Mary E. Stowe of Worcester, who d. Oct. 28, 1873; (2) May 10, 1876, Jennie E. Rhynders of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Children (Worcester), Edgar Stowe, b. Nov. 15, 1869 ; Alfred Lewis, b. Mar. 16, 1879.
GUY, William 1, son of George, b. Lands End, Eng., m. Dec. 25, 1842, Caroline Giffin, daughter of Anson 1, b. June, 1827. He left home many years ago, and has not since been heard from; she m. (2) Albert Drake of Holliston, and d. Hopkinton, 1865. Child, Anna Josephine, b. North Brookfield, 1843, d. Sept. 19, IS51. Children by second marriage, Mary, b. Hopkinton, 1859; Wilfred, b. 1863.
2. Richard, brother of William 1, b. Lands End, Eng., about 1828, m. Jan. 21, 1845, Keziah, daughter of Anson Giffin 1, b. Jan. 2, 1829. Children, Charles Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1846 3; Ann Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1848, m. May 14, 1867, Auguste Le Boeuf of Canada ; Frank Elwood, b. Spencer, Dec. 15, 1851 ; Alice Ellsworth, b. North Brookfield, July 4, 1861, m. Edwin Henry in Wisconsin.
3. Charles H., son of Richard 2, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 2, 1846, m. Jan. II, 1874, Jane Reynolds of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Fannie, b. Sept. 6, 1875; Ida, b. Dec. 14, 1877 ; Ella, b. Nov. 28, 1879.
GUYETTE, Charles, b. Canada, Feb. 1828, m. 1857, Lizzie Beaulieu. Chil- dren (Worcester), Charles, b. 1858 ; Mary, b. 1859; Louis, b. 1860; Olive, b. 1862 ; Abraham, b. 1865 ; Susan, b. 1867 ; Hattie, b. 1868 ; Georgia, b. 1878. This family came from Worcester, 1871.
HAIR, William 1, a clothier, and the first of the name in Brookfield, came from Providence, R.I. ; m. at Brookfield, Feb. 10, 1725-6, Elizabeth Owen, aged but four- teen. Children (Brookfield), Jane, b. and d. 1725; Mary, b. 1727 ; William, b. 1729, d. young ; Abraham, b. 1731 ; John, b. 1732 2; William, b. Apr. 18, 1736; Rachel, b. Aug. 14, 1739, m. Jan. 19, 1775, John Burk ?; Samuel, b. Apr. 3, 1742 3; Marcy, b. Dec. 8, 1744; Margaret, b. Feb. 9, 1746; Sarah, b. May 15, 1748 ; Francis, b. July 8, 1751 ; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 23, 1753 ; Robert, b. Sept. 23, 1755.
2. John, son of William 1, b. Brookfield, 1732, published May, 1758, to Agnes Steel of Brookfield. Children (Brookfield), Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1760 ; Robert, b. May 9, 1763; Margaret, b. Oct. 29, 1765 ; John, b. Aug. 13, 1766; Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1767, d. Apr. 22, 1799 ; Thomas, b. Apr. 1, 1769; Zibiah, b. Nov. 7, 1770; Agnes, b. Aug. 29, 1771 ; William, b. May 9, 1773 ; Samuel, b. May 20, 1775 ; Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1777 ; James, b. Oct. 9, 1778.
3. Samuel, son of William 1, b. North Brookfield, Apr. 3, 1742, published Apr. 29, 1785, to Mary Reed of Rutland, and d. May 25, 1796; she d. Jan 7, 1842. Chil- dren, Moses Weeks, b. Apr. 17, 1786, d. North Brookfield, Apr. 9, 1856; Francis, b.
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Oct. 1, 1787 4 ; Sally, b. 1789, m. Nov. 28, 1816, William Drake of Spencer, and d. there Nov. 9, 1842; Samuel, b. Aug. 23, 1791 5; Reed, b. Mar. 1, 1793, d. North Brookfield, Jan. 26, 1835.
4. Francis, son of Samuel 3, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 1, 1787, m. Sept. 8, 1814, Betsey Young of Milford, b. Oct. S, 1791 ; he d. Aug. 10, 1858. Children, Nancy, b. Feb. 11, 1816, d. North Brookfield, Dec. 16, 1866; Laura B., b. Nov. 9, 1821, m. July 4, 1842, Benjamin B. Trask of Springfield ; Ruth MI., b. Jan. 12, 1824, m. Sept. 5, 1860, Daniel Drake of Brookfield; Eliza N., b. Nov. 17, 1825, m. Sept. 5, 1848, William Bartlett of Shrewsbury, and d. Hampton, Va., May 21, 1884 ; S. Adaline, b. Sept. 16, 1830, m. Sept. 16, 1851, William H. Fuller of Suffield, Ct. ; Henry F., b. Sept. 3, 1833, m. Sept. 4, 1859, N. Maria Bartlett of Hampton, Va., and d. Dec. 21, 1862, at Fortress Monroe, Va .; leaving two children ; William Francis, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 26, 1860 ; Charles Henry, b. Apr. 29, 1862.
5. Samuel, son of Samuel 3, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 23, 1791, m. (1) Apr. 10, 1817, Phebe . T. Doane, who d. June 19, 1836, aged thirty-eight ; (2) Oct. 6, 1836, Lydia Shedd, who d. Aug. 18, 1854 ; (3) Sept. 28, 1854, Lydia B. Lamson ; he d. Mar. 9, 1866. Children (North Brookfield), Eliza, b. Feb. S, ISIS, d. Nov. 7, 1819; Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1819, m. Mar. 12, 1840, Nathaniel Green ; Heman, b. Jan. 12, 1822 6; Emeline, b. Dec. 23, 1823, m. Mar. 13, 1842, Hosea White of East Brook- field, and d. Oct. 26, following ; Emory, b. Aug. 27, 1825, d. Jan. 12, 1826; Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1826, d. Nov. 20, 1840 ; Addison S., b. Mar. 28, 1829 7 ; Phebe Anu, b. Feb. 15, 1831, m. Apr. 21, 1857, Frederick A. Woodward of North Brookfield, and d. July 27, 1863 ; Lydia S., b. May 22, 1833, m. Samuel Abell of Boston ; Samuel, b. May 10, 1836, d. Jan. 23, 1837 ; Elizabeth F., b. July 20, 1840, d. Aug. 15, 1840.
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