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6. Heman, son of Samuel 5, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 12, 1822, m. Feb. 28, 1843, Luthera A. Smith of Keene, N.H. Children, John Henry, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 10, 1847, m. Oct. 28, 1867, Addie A. Simmons of Oakham ; Sarah Ann, b. Apr. 24, 1852, m. Apr. 8, 1868, Henry A. Woodis of Oakham; Frank Heman, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 2, 1868.
7. Addison S., son of Samuel. 5, b. Mar. 28, 1829; night watchman for many years in E. & A. H. Batcheller's factory; m. Apr. 19, 1855, Ann Maria (Gilbert) Barnum, daughter of Baxter Gilbert of Ware. Children (North Brookfield) George A., b. June 26, 1856; Belle M., b. Mar. 12, 1859, m. June 4, 1879, Alvin W. Gilbert of North Brookfield ; Clara E., b. Jan. 13, 1861, m. Nov. 14, 1882, Frederic W. Duncan of North Brookfield.
HALE, Thomas 1, and wife Thomasine or Tamosin, came to Newbury in 1635, and settled at "Parker River ; " was of Salem, 1657, and removed again 1661, to Newbury ; was a glover. Children, Thomas, b. England, 1633 2; John, b. 1636, m. (1) Rebecca Lowell ; (2) Sarah Somerby ; (3) Sarah (Symonds) Cottle ; Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1639-40, m. Sarah Ilsly; Apphia, b. 1642, m. Benjamin Rolfe.
2. Thomas, son of Thomas 1, b. - , probably in England, 1633; came with his parents to Newbury, 1635; m. May 26, 1657, Mary, daughter of Richard Hutchinson and Alice (Bosworth) of Salem Village, ,baptized North Muskham, County Notts, Eng., Dec. 28, 1630, and d. Newbury, Oct. 22, 1688. His widow m. (2) William Watson of Boxford, who d. June 27, 1710; she d. Boxford, Dec. 8, 1715. Children, a son, b. Feb. 17, 1658, d. Feb. 22, following; Thomas, b. Feb. 11, 1659, m. Sarah Northend ; Mary, b. July 15, 1660, m. - Jewett; Abigail, b. Apr. 8, 1662, m. Henry Poor ; Hannah, b. Nov. 29, 1663, m. William Peabody ; Lydia, b. Apr. 17, 1666, m. James Platts ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1668, m. Samuel Pickard ; Joseph, b.
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Feb. 20, 1670-1 3; Samuel, b. June 6, 1674, m. (1) Martha Palmer ; (2) Sarah (Perley) Hazen.
3. Joseph, son of Thomas 2, b. Feb. 20, 1670-1; settled in Boxford about 1692; m. (1) Dec. 15, 1693, Mary, daughter of William Watson and Sarah (Perley) of Boxford, b. 1671, who d. Feb. 1, 1707-8. Mr. Watson, in a deposition given Apr. 26, 1697, agreed to give his daughter Mary half of his property, if she would marry Joseph Hale. He m. (2) widow Joanna Dodge of Ipswich. He was selectman, en- sign, lieutenant, and captain ; representative from Boxford sixteen years ; farmer and carpenter. He d. Brookfield, Feb. 13, 1761, aged ninety. Children, Joseph, b. Aug. 23, 1694, m. (1) Mary Hovey; (2) widow Sarah Hovey ; (3) widow Lydia Brown; (4) widow Susanna Fellows, and d. Oct. 5, 1778 ; Jacob, b. 1696; m. (1) Hannah Good- hue ; (2) Mary Harriman, and d. Apr. 17, 1731 ; Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1697, d. Aug. 29, 1702 ; Ambrose, b. Feb. 10, 1698-9, m. (1) Joanna Dodge ; (2) Hannah Symonds, and d. Apr. 13, 1767 ; Abner, b. Aug. 2, 1700, m. (1) Ruth Perkins; (2) Keziah (Smith) Baker ; (3) Eunice Kimball, and d. Feb. 13, 1761 ; Moses, b. Dec. 25, 1701 ; graduated Harvard University 1722 ; minister of Chester, N.H., 1730-34; m. Abigail Wain- wright, and d. 1760; Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1704, m. Jacob Kimball, and d. Jan. II, 1723- 4 ; [children by second wife], Hepzibah, b. Sept. 24, 1709, m. John Curtis ; Lydia, b. Mar. 23, 1710-1I, m. Nathan Perley ; Margaret, b. Feb. 12, 1712-13, m. Amos Kim- ball; Thomas, b. Jan. 8, 1714-154 ; John, b. July 12, 1717, m. Priscilla Peabody (granddaughter of Hannah (Hale) Peabody), and d. 1771 ; Hannah, b. Apr. 27, 1719, m. Benjamin Batchelder ; Benjamin, b. Mar. 2, 1720-I, d. 1723.
4. Thomas, captain, son of Joseph 3, b. Boxford or Newbury, Jan. 8, 1714-15; a carpenter ; m. Feb. 17, 1740, Mary Kimball of Bradford, removed to North Brook- field, and d. Sept. 18, 1796. He was one of the earliest settlers in North Brook- field, and built a temporary log hut about two miles south in the midst of the woods, where he cut the timber for his house on the "Hale place," where he and several generations of his descendants lived and died. The captain and his wife were church members, and they with two boys rode on one horse six miles to Fos- ter's Hill to hear Whitefield preach from the rock. He assisted in building the first meeting-house in New Braintree, and helped organize the First Church in Second Precinct, incorporated 1750. The " Hale house" was destroyed by fire a few years since, with the grand old elm in front of it. Children, William, b. Newbury, Nov. 9, 1741 ; physician in Boxford; m. Miss - Perley, and d. Aug. 6, 1785 ; Thomas, b. Jan. 22, 1744 6; (Brookfield), Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1745, m. Nov. 4, 1766, Solomon Goodale of Conway ; Joanna, b. Apr. 9, 1748, d. Mar. 4, 1752 ; Eunice, b. Feb. 17, 1750, m. Benjamin Adams, jr., Dec. 16, 1773, and d. Apr. 9, 1831 ; Anna, b. June 2, 175I, m. Feb. 22, 1786, Malachi Maynard of Conway, and d. May 9, 1825; Joanna, b. Jan. 19, 1754, m. July 14, 1776, Joel Adams of Montague and Conway ; Marcy, b. Apr. 22, 1755, m. Dec. 31, 1778, Dr. Edward Bancroft of Norwich and Conway, and d. Apr. 15, 1817; Joseph, b. Mar. 19, 1758, m. Miss Hanmore of Hardwick, and d. Mar. 10, 1807 [children, Abigail, Mordecai, a lawyer of Hardwick, Vt .; Zenas H. P., lived many years at Oakham, and settled at Troy, N.Y., where he d.]; Abi- gail, b. Mar. 29, 1760, m. (1) Feb. 1, 1787, Deacon Jonathan Wood of Boxford; (2) - Spofford of Boxford ; Mordecai, b. June 19, 1762; physician ; surgeon in Revolutionary army ; settled in Westchester County, N.Y .; m. Catherine, daughter of Gen. William Paulding, and sister of James K. Paulding the author ; his daugh- ter Maria m. Lewis G. Irving, Esq., of Peekskill, N.Y., nephew of Washington Irving ; Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1764, m. May 12, 1785, Abraham Snow of Brookfield, and d. Sept. 8, 1822; Lydia, b. Ang. 26, 1766, m. May 23, 1796, Josiah Cary of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, July 29, 1852.
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6. Thomas, Hon., son of Capt. Thomas 5, b. Newbury, Jan. 22, 1744 ; farmer, selectman and assessor many years; representative nine years, and senator from Worcester County twelve years; was a member of the legislative committee before the office of auditor was created, when he held a seat in either house; several times chosen governor's councillor, while in the Senate, but declined the office. In his earlier years a civil engineer, but afterwards relinquished that part of his busi- ness to his son Perley, who practised it for many years. Mr. Hale was a man of high integrity and sound judgment, and had the deserved respect and confidence of the whole community. He was much employed in the settlement of estates and in other fiduciary matters as well as more public business; as magistrate he tried more civil cases than any one in this vicinity. He and his wife and all of his chil- dren were professors of religion. He m. Oct. 1, 1768, Ruth Hardy of Westboro, b. May 25, 1744, d. Oct. 3, 1828. He d. Jan. 2, 1834. Children (Brookfield), Perley, b. July 21, 1770 7; farmer and surveyor ; Ruth, b. May 17, 1772, m. May 23, 1809, Nathaniel Goddard of Petersham, and d. Littleton, N.H., Nov. 17, 1872, aged a hundred years, six months; Thomas, b. Dec. 6, 1773; lieutenant in the . Oxford army; m. widow Spaulding of Waterford, Vt., and d. there 1850; Lucy, b. May 7, 1776, m. Nov. 9, 1800, Rufus Dodge of Brookfield, and d. Jan. 10, 1868; Daniel, b. Feb. 27, 1780, m. Sept. 2, 1804, Polly Bartlett of Brookfield, and d. Flor- ence, N.Y., 1844 ; Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1782, m. April 9, 1802, Francis Carruth of Brook- field, and d. Sept. 11, 1859; Anna, b. Dec. 13, 1786, m. Apr. 20, 1807, Asaph Olds of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, - [children, Albert, Luke, Cotsworth, George, and several daughters b. South Brookfield].
7. Perley, son of Hon. Thomas 6, b. July 21, 1770, m. Apr. 29, 1802, Hannah Edmands, b. Jan. 31, 1776, and d. Dec. 10, 1839; he d. July 2, 1855. He was farmer, surveyor, school teacher, a private soldier under Government against the "Shays' Rebellion," and lived and d. on the Hale place. Children (Brookfield) Hannah Sophronia, b. Feb. 2, 1803; a teacher; m. Ora Haskell of Prescott, who d. Water- town, N.Y .; she d. Southbridge, Aug. 19, 1837 [child, Frank Ora] ; Mary Ann, b. June 5, 1804, d. New Braintree, Apr. 7, 1877 ; dressmaker ; Elmira, b. July, 1806, m. Hiram Lawrence of Hardwick, and d. Sept. 23, 1850 [children, Samuel Lawrence of Worcester ; Charles, d. California ; Perley ; Henry and George in the oil trade in Pennsylvania] ; Elvira, b. July, 1806 (twin) ; tailoress ; m. Apr. 5, 1842, William Reed of Belchertown; removed to Crystal Lake, Ill. [had Perley, who d. Nebraska, and Eliphaz]; William Perley, b. Apr. 1, 1808 8; Kezia Bruce, b. Aug. 10, 1810, m. Apr. 24, 1833, Otis Lincoln of Warren, and d. North Brookfield, Mar. 19, 1834 [child, Jane] ; Thomas, b. Feb. 2, 1812, m. (1) Nov. 7, 1848, Harriet Nye of New Braintree ; (2) Jan. 14, 1864, Maria Reed of Crystal Lake, Ill .; he d. New Braintree, Nov. 20, 1864; Samuel Edmands, b. Mar. 31, 1815, d. Sept. 3, 1820; Ruth Hardy, b. Dec. 8, 1820, d. June 21, 1854.
8. William P., son of Perley 7, b. Apr. 1, 1808, m. Feb. 8, 1837, Mary B. Til- ton of Worcester, who d. North Brookfield, Aug. 3, 1851. Children ((North Brook- field), William Perley, b. Nov. 27, 1838 9; Thomas Harlow, b. Nov. 20, 1841 ; Frances Louisa, b. Dec. 9, 1842, d. New Braintree, 1880; N. Russell Tilton, b. Nov. 19, 1849, d. June 1, 1876; Sumner Edmands, b. July 25, 1851, d. Aug. 20, 1851.
9. William Perley, son of William P. 8, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 27, 1838, m. Augusta Bridges of West Brookfield. Child, Leon Starr, b. New Braintree, Nov. 19, 1867.
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HAMANT, Job 1, b. Sturbridge, Oct. 30, 1767; carpenter and farmer; m. Sarah Stowe of Charlton, and d. Sturbridge, Nov. 22, 1836. Children, Pliny, b. Mar. 12, 1794; Martha, b. Sept. 24, 1796; Luther, b. Nov. 22, 1799; Horace, b. Feb. 14, 1802 2 ; Benjamin F., b. July 18, 1807; Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 1808.
2. Horace, son of Job 1, b. Sturbridge, Feb. 14, 1802; was the first of his name in town in fall of 1849, and built the house where he lived and died; farmer; m. June 29, 1830, Mary Stevens of North Brookfield, and d. in North Brookfield, Jan. 30, 1881. Children, Addison S., b. Oct. 30, 1831, d. May 14, 1832 ; Lucius Franklin, b. June 1, 1834 3; Mary Catherine, b. Sept. 29, 1843, m. Jan. 18, 1871, Hiram Forbes of North Brookfield.
3. Lucius F., son of Horace 2, b. June 1, 1834 ; farmer ; m. Oct. 1, 1861, Eliza A. M. Pratt of New Hampshire, and d. North Brookfield, Apr. 20, 1880. Children (North Brookfield), Horace F., b. Mar. 12, 1864, d. Mar. 13, 1864; Charles F., b. May 26, 1869; Katie M., b. May 14, 1876.
4. Isaac, b. Sturbridge, June 1, 1809; merchant and farmer ; m. Oct. 8, 1835, Louisa Rice of Brookfield, and d. Mar. 18, 1877. Children (Brookfield), Sarah L., b. Nov. 14, 1840, m. Apr. 2, 1862, Charles B. Carpenter of Brookfield ; George R., b. Mar. 11, 1843 5.
5. George R., son of Isaac 4, b. Brookfield, Mar. 11, 1843; a pharmacist; m. Nov. 15, 1865, Julia A. Fiske of Brookfield. He came from Woonsocket, R.I., July, 1871, and built the house in which he lives.
HAMILTON, HAMLINGTON, John. John Hamilton, yeoman of Con- cord, in 1701 had a house, barn and several parcels of land; sold, Jan. 26, 1702, five and one-half acres ; sold, Mar. 18, 1708, his homestead to Obadiah Wheeler, Middlesex Deeds, 13: 580; 14: 544. "Nov. 1701, the Brookfield Committee granted to John Hamlington 50 a. upland, formerly laid out to James Hosmore, N. on Country road, E. on Joseph Banister." Later he had a grant "as an encourage- ment to set up the trade of a Malster." He had grants in all of five hundred and fifty-six acres; d. Dec. 9, 1747. He m. Hannah -. Children (not recorded in Brookfield), Hannah, m. Jan. 8, 1724, William Ayres; Joseph 2, “ under age " in 1715; John 3, "under age " in 1717; Dorothy, m. Dec. 14, 1725, Josiah Wood; Jonah 4; Nathan 13 ; ? Amos 6.
2. Joseph, son of John 1; wife Sarah. Children, Meliscent, b. May 16, 1720; Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1722 ; Josiah, b. Nov. 17, 1724; Mary, b. Apr. 15, 1727 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 20, 1729; Seth : Eliphalet, b. Feb. 13, 1735; Nathan; Erastus, b. Sept. 25, 1741.
3. John, son of John 1, m. Jan. 8, 1725, Mary Wheeler. Children, Reuben, b. Nov. 6, 1726 7 ; John, b. Dec. 18, 1728; Levi, b. Dec. 25, 1730; Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1733, m. Mar. 11, 1756, Nathaniel Wolcott ; Silas, b. Feb. 10, 1736; Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1739 ; Marcy, b. June II, 1743.
4. Jonah, son of John 1, m. June 28, 1733, Silence Brown. Children, Israel, b. Mar. 24, 1734 ; Amos, b. Apr. 20, 1737 ; Marcy, b. July 19, 1739 ; Aaron, b. Dec. 31, 1741 ; Thankful, b. Nov. 30, 1743; Timothy, b. Jan. 2, 1745; Yabish, b. Feb. 11, 1747. [For 5 see 13.]
6 .? Amos, son of John 1, wife Lydia, who d. Apr. 30, 1761. He m. (2) Miriam, widow of Daniel Newell 1. Children, Lydia, b. June 29, 1746; Jason, b. Feb. 29, 1748. Perhaps there were older children born elsewhere.
7. Reuben, son of John 3, b. Nov. 6, 1726, was for many years deacon of church in Second Precinct ; m. Apr. 1756, Lucretia Hubbard of Brookfield, and d. before 1798.
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She m. (2) 1798, Jonathan Fay of Westboro, and d. 1805. Children, Reuben, b. Apr. 13, ' 1757, m. May 9, 1780, Elizabeth Woodbury of Leverett ; removed to Upper Canada; Lucretia, b. Oct. 23, 1758, m. Nov. 22, 1778, Joseph Bartlett of Brookfield; removed to Lower Canada; Hannah, b. May 30, 1760, m. Elijah Allen of Brookfield ; removed to Craftsbury, Vt .; Silas, b. Aug. 16, 1762, m. in Scituate ; removed to Hanover, Mass .; sailed from Boston, since when nothing has been heard of them ; Asa, b. Nov. 28, 1764-5 8; Lydia, b. June 1 or 21, 1766 or 7, d. Oct. 23, 1768 ; Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1768, m. Byfield Pierce of Worcester, b. there Jan. 30, 1764, and d. Vermont, July, 1852; Sumuel, b. Nov. 5, 1770 ; physician ; m. Oct. 23, 1793, Mehitable Bemis of Worcester ; removed to Canandaigua; thence to Roch- ester, N.Y .; Dorothy, b. May 23, 1772, m. 1796, Asahel Washburn of Leicester, who d. Montpelier, Vt., Apr. 9, 1856, aged 84 ; she d. May 7, 1849; Luke, b. Mar. 29, 1775; Betsey, b. Mar. 27, 1778, m. Reuben Muzzy of Dublin, N.H .; Eli, b. Apr. 19, 1781 9.
8. Asa, son of Reuben 7, b. Nov. 28, 1764-5; a farmer ; m. Aug. 28, 1788, Elizabeth Blair of Worcester, and d. Dec. 14, 1831. Children (Worcester), Sewell, b. Mar. 1, 1789 10; Charles Augustus, b. May 1, 1805 11.
9. Eli, son of Deacon Reuben 7, b. Apr. 19, 1781. One account of Charles A. Hamilton says he m. Mary Woodward, another, Mary Twichell, daughter of Ger- shom, jr., Feb. 21, 1804, b. Apr. 22, 1775. Children, Horace, b. Nov. 19, 1805, d. Oct. 8, 1807 ; Horace Adams, b. Aug. 31, 1808, d. May 15, 1809; Hubbard Adams, b. Feb. 20, 1811, m. Mary D. Sargent, and d. Jan. 20, 1840; she d. July 2, 1852 [chil- dren, Mary Jane, d. -; George Austin]; Charles Augustus, b. Feb. 22, 1815, m. July 7, 1835, Susan Perry [children, Charles, b. Dec. 10, 1837 ; Edwin, b. Feb. 23, 1842; Horace, b. May 4, 1847 ; Oliver, b. Apr. 10, 1852].
10. Sewell, son of Asa 8, b. Worcester, Mar. 1, 1789, m. Oct. 11, 1810, Nancy H. Fullerton of Worcester, and d. Dec. 10, 1824. Children (Worcester), Mary Lucretia, b. Dec. 26, 1810, d. Oct. 3, 1819; Alexander Sewell, changed to Edward, b. Jan. 6, 1812 12 ; Elizabeth Blair, b. Sept. 12, 1814, m. Oct. 23, 1839, William Coe of Worcester, who d. Aug. 24, 1850, leaving five children ; Martha Sanders, b. May 31, 1816, m. Nov. 11, 1839, Hiram Gould, who d. Oct. 27, 1846, leaving two children ; George Augustus, b. Mar. 25, 1822, m. Apr. 2, 1845, Elizabeth M. Bradley ; resides in St. Paul, Minn.
11. Charles Augustus, son of Asa 8, b. May 1, 1805; treasurer Worcester County Institute for Savings ; m. (1) Mar. 7, 1826, Eliza Abbott Porter of Boston, b. Oct. 29, 1803, d. July 8, 1840 ; (2) Apr. 13, 1843, Hannah Maria Prescott of Lowell, and d. Worcester, Oct. 30, 1879. Children (Worcester), Sarah Abbott, b. Mar. 22, 1827, m. Apr. 10, 1850, William Cross of Worcester [children, Eliza H., b. Jan. 26, 1851, d. May 5, 1865; Mary Stacy, b. Apr. 17, 1854, d. July 27, 1855] ; Frances Towne, b. July 25, 1828, m. Oct. 4, 1853, Joseph Trumbull of Worcester, and d. Jan. 25, 1859 [children, Helen Carnes, b. Dec. 27, 1856; Frances Hamilton, b. Jan. 17, 1859]; Calvin Willard, b. Jan. 12, 1833 ; James Prescott, b. Mar. 10, 1844; cashier Worcester National Bank; Edward Bangs, b. Apr. 13, 1846; cashier Wor- cester County Institute for Savings.
12. Edward, son of Sewell 10 (name changed), b. Worcester, Jan. 6, 1812; music teacher and assistant treasurer Worcester County Institute for Savings; m. (1) June 5, 1841, Mary D. Coe of Worcester, who d. Aug. 4, 1863; (2) Apr. 15, 1865, Sarah Cornelia Morse Perkins of Holliston. He d. Worcester, Jan. 2, 1870. Child, George Howard, b. Dec. 14, 1868; lives in Holliston with his widowed mother.
13. Nathan, son of John 1, m. Ruth Wheeler. Children, Ezra, b. June 20, 1733
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.14; Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1735; Elisha, b. Nov. 10, 1739; Moses, b. July 2, 1744; John, b. Nov. 16, 1747 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 28, 1749; Ruth, b. Dec. 3, 1752.
14. Ezra, son of Nathan 13, b. June 20, 1733, m. (1) Lydia Barnes of New Braintree ; (2) June 30, 1763, Abigail Crosby of Brookfield; (3) ? - of New York State. He d. near Fairhaven, Vt., and was buried there. Children, Jesse, b. July 19, 1754, m. and went West in 1792; Rachel, b. Mar. 6, 1756, published Feb. 29, 1784, to John Dodge of Brookfield; Rufus, b. Apr. 29, 1757 15; Joel, b. Feb. 1I, 1759, published July 27, 1783, to Jerusha Walker of Brookfield, d. near, and buried at Fairhaven, Vt .; Martha, b. Nov. 10, 1760, m. - Furness of Pelham, d. Prescott -; Israel, b. Mar. 26, 1766 16; Miriam, m. - Fish of Uxbridge, d. New Salem.
15. Rufus, son of Ezra 14, b. Apr. 29, 1757, m. Polly Kingsbury of Brookfield, June 18, 1781, and d. North Brookfield, Nov. 7, 1817. Children (Brookfield), Isaac, b. Jan. 12, 1783, d. Aug. 29, 1784; Nabby, b. June 22, 1784; Samuel, b. Mar. 15, 1786, d. Oct. 12, 1787 ; Isaac, b. Sept. 2, 1787 ; Polly, b. Feb. 18, 1789 ; Esra, b. Jan. 21, 1791, d. Dec. 9, 1791 ; Nancy, b. Nov. 1, 1792 ; Lydia, b. Dec. 4, 1794 ; Rufus, b. Sept. 30, 1796; John, b. Feb. 18, 1799, d. Mar. 21, ISO1 ; Joel, b. June 7, ISO1 ; Edward K., b. Aug. 9, 1803 ; Hiram, b. Nov. 10, 1805.
16. Israel, son of Ezra 14, b. Mar. 26, 1766; a farmer ; m. Apr. 13, 1790, Olive Haskell of Brookfield, who d. Oct. IS, 1832; he d. Apr. 26, 1809. Children (Brook- field), Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1790, m. Jan. 3, ISII, Joseph Ross of West Brookfield, and d. there July 22, 1864; Adolphus, b. Jan. 28, 1792 17; Alanson, b. Nov. 15, 1794 18; Olive, b. Jan. 17, 1797, m. Mar. 27, 1822, Stephen Bailey of West Brook- field, and d. Worcester, Feb. 6, 1873; Israel, b. Apr. 14, 1799, m. - Young of Ohio, and d. Urbana, O., Oct. 11, 1842; Caroline, b. Mar. 8, 1805, d. Aug. 1, ISII ; Calvin Stillman, b. Apr. 12, 1808, m. in Mississippi, and d. Texas, Nov. 25, I858; a physician. Israel Sen. once lived on the Kendrick place, which he sold to Thomas Kendrick, Sen.
17. Adolphus, son of Israel 16, b. Jan. 28, 1792, m. (1) Jan. 1, 1822, Maria Sanford of Brookfield ; (2) Jan. 3, 1849, Mrs. Marcia Ann Pellett, née Converse, of Brookfield. Children, Charlotte, b. Oct. 27, 1822, d. Mar. 14, 1833; George Adolphus, b. West Brookfield, July 23, 1850; a butcher in Castile, N.Y .; m. Mar. 28, 1874, Adah Merritt of Warren ; Edward, b. July 13, 1853, m. May 24, 1874, Frances Birch of Castile, N.Y.
18. Alanson, son of Israel 16, b. Nov. 15, 1794, m. (1) Apr. 24, 1823, Harriet Makepeace of Brookfield, who d. Mar. 4, 1824; (2) Apr. 25, 1826, Eliza Warren of New Braintree. Children (Brookfield), Horace Warren, b. Sept. 19, 1827, m. Apr. 26, 1854, Laurinda Barlow of West Brookfield; Harriet Makepeace, b. Aug. 4, 1835, m. Sept. 7, 1856, Oliver D. Hunt of Amherst; Henry A., b. Sept. 6, 1838, d. Nov. II following. .
19. John, son of John 3, published June 24, 1753, to Joanna Woolcot of Brook- field; removed to Palmer. Children (Brookfield), Joanna, b. Mar. 1, 1757 ; Rebecca, b. June 18, 1758, m. Feb. 2, 1775, John Whitney of Brookfield; Sabra, b. Sept. 19, 1759; Levi, b. Mar. 16, 1761 ; Lucy, b. Jan. 31, 1763; Cyrus, b. Oct. 16, 1764; Asa, b. July 14, 1766 ; John, b. Feb. 9, 1768 ; Persis, b. Nov. 4. 1769; Katic, b. Sept. 21, 1771; Joshua, b. July 17, 1775.
HARDY, Thomas 1 (Brookfield Record) m. Hepzibah -. Children (Brook- field), Rufus, b. Sept. 15, 1759 2; Ezekiel, b. May 13, 1762; Persis, b. Apr. 9, 1764; Rachel, b. Feb. IS, 1766; Shadrach, b. Dec. 25, 1767; Dorcas, b. Sept. 12, 1769;
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Hepzibah, b. June 13, 1772; Candace, b. Feb. 8, 1774; Timothy Rice, b. Mar. 14, 1776; Thomas, b. Jan. 23, 1778; Elib, b. Dec. 3, 1779; Issacher, b. May 2, 1782.
2. Rufus, son of Thomas 1, b. Sept. 15, 1759; blacksmith; m. Lucy -. Chil- dren, Anna, b. Apr. 6, 1782 ; Samuel, b. Apr. 9, 1785 ; Levi, b. June 25, 1787. Deacon Walter Walker bought the homestead, and succeeded to the business as black- smith.
HARMON, Marvin 1, b. Green River, N.Y., 1806; farmer; m. May 8, 1835, Lavinia H., only daughter of Rev. Hervey Jenks of Hudson, N.Y., and d. North Brookfield, Oct. 22, 1854. She m. (2) Apr. 8, 1858, Charles H. Foy of Worcester. Soon after the decease of her first husband, she removed to Worcester, and main- tained herself by her sewing machine; became the inventor of a kind of corset which she patented ; sold the right for five years for twenty thousand dollars, and a royalty of thirty cents per dozen ; removed to New Haven, Ct., where she formed a copartnership with her husband and son in the manufacture of corsets, she being silent partner, which firm still continues (1885). From the proceeds of her inven- tion and business she now lives in affluence and comfort, - having previously de- clined a large offer for the use of her patent. Child, by first marriage, George M., b. Dec. 2, 1837 2.
2. George M., son of Marvin 1, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 2, 1837, resides New Haven, Ct. ; corset manufacturer ; m. May 9, 1861, Mary A. Baldwin of New Haven. Children (New Haven), George H., b. Feb. 5, 1862; Mary I., b. Dec. 9, 1864 ; William C., b. Oct. 7, 186S ; Frank W., b. Feb. 23, 1871 ; Edward F., b. Apr. 15, I874.
HARPER, Clifford, b. Canada, 1848; owns and occupies the Livermore place ; m. in Spencer, 1866, Victoria Perry of Canada. Children, Emma, b. Mar. 1, 1867 ; Napoleon, b. June 8, 1869; Victoria, b. Nov. 24, 1872 ; Rina, b. Jan. 5, 1876; Alice Jane, b. Oct. 29, 1879 ; Ida, b. Nov. 19, 1881.
HARRINGTON, Levi, b. New Braintree, 1771, m. Feb. 28, 1796, Eliza Weston of North Brookfield, who d. Apr. 22, 1857, aged eighty-two; he d. Oakham, July 10 or 15, 1834. Children (North Brookfield), Levi, b. June 14, 1796, m. Miriam Barnes of North Brookfield, and d. Ware, July, 1848; Austin, b. Nov. 5, 1797, m. (1 ) Sophia Ware of Oakham; (2) Susan, widow of George B. Nye, and d. Oakham, Oct. 27, 1870; Lucy, b. Aug. 27, 1799, d. 1801 ; Warren, b. Nov. 6, 1803, m. Mary Ann Gault of Oakham, Oct. 24, 1838, who d. Mar. 26, 1879; Fordyce, b. Aug. 31, 1801 ; clergy- man in Orange, N.Y .; m. Cynthia Boutwell of Leominster; Caroline Rebecca, b. Nov. 17, 1805, m. Samuel Hilliard in Oakham, and d. Milford, Jan. 9, 1853; Eliza, b. Apr. 16, 18OS, m. Job Briggs of Worcester, and d. there May, 1848; Cheney, b. July 2, 1810; provision dealer ; m. Susan Smith of Ware, and d. Providence, R.I., Nov. 13, 1878; Lois, b. Sept. 15, 1812, m. Samuel Shattuck of Worcester; Susan, b. Apr. 3, 1815, m. William Newton of North Hadley ; Sumner, b. Oakham, Jan. 29, 1819, m. Persis Gault of Oakham, and d. Upton, May 18, 1880.
2. Elias, m. Jan. 1, 1815, Eunice L. Porter of Brookfield, and d. North Brook- field, July 5, 1828. Children, Allen, b. Nov. 11, 1815, m. Aug. 31, 1837, Huldah Knight of North Brookfield, who d. June 10, 1844; Lucinda, b. Mar. 31, 1817 ; Louisa A., b. Aug. 1819; Josephine, b. Mar. 13, 1823; Sarah Ann, b. North Brook- field, Apr. 25, 1824; Samuel Dexter, b. Mar. 13, 1827.
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HARRIS, Philip Spooner 1, son of Lemuel, b. Heath, Feb. 24, 1824 ; an eminent portrait painter, -a pupil of Alvin Clark, Boston, at nineteen ; removed, 1850, to Bath, Me., and remained till 1864, when he was invited to New York City for the paint- ing of the portraits of several New York gentlemen, fixing his residence at Brook- lyn. In 1872, visited Europe, where he studied the works of the old masters, and painted the portraits of several distinguished men, -among them Hon. William A. Evarts, then United-States Commissioner, Horace Greeley, Henry, C. Murphy, A. . A. Low, and his father, Judges Strong and Greenwood, J. M. Van Cott, Esq., and others were among his patrons. So assiduous was he in the prosecution of his art, -allowing himself very little leisure or recreation, - that his life undoubtedly was much shortened. He m. Nov. 25, 1852, Diantha B. Brown of Wilton, N.H., and d. Flatbush, L.I., Mar. 11, 1884. Children (Bath, Me.), Herbert Allston, b. Oct. 8, 1853, m. Aug. 13, 1878, Maria R. Ellsworth of Barre; Ada Frances, b. Feb. 10, 1855, d. Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 28, 1876; George Philip, b. Oct. 25, 1856, d. Bath, Mar. 3, 1858 ; Henry Lucius, b. Dec. 11, 1858, m. Mar. 16, 1881, at Brooklyn, Esther R. Smith of Belleville, Nev. ; Theodore Winfield, b. June 23, 1862.
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