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6. Ephraim, son of Abraham 4, b. Brookfield, Nov. 23, 1733, m. Sept. 1757, Sarah Gilbert of Brookfield, and d. -. Children (Brookfield), William, b. Nov. 15, 1759 9; Molly, b. Aug. 13, 1761 ; Rachel, b. Oct. 6, 1763; Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1766, m. Simon Crosby ; Martha, b. Feb. 15, 1768; Lucy, b. Sept. 24, 1769, m. Flavel Crosby ; Josiah, b. Jan. 25, 1774, d. in Maine.
7. Abner, son of Abraham 4, b. North Brookfield, June 28, 1736, m. Sept. 29, 1757, Sarah Lane, and d. Brookfield, Dec. 20, 1776; she was dismissed from the church here to Jaffrey, N.H., Sept. 24, 1780. Children (North Brookfield), Adoni-
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jah, b. July 24, 1758; Persis, b. Sept. 3, 1760; Abner, b. Jan. 11, 1763; Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1765; Rebecca, b. June 21, 1767; Job Lane, b. Sept. 18, 1769; Eunice, b. Nov. 6, 1771 ; James, b. Mar. 16, 1774; Thankful, b. Mar. 14, 1777.
8. Eli, son of Abraham 4, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 18, 1752, m. Apr. 8, 1773, Elizabeth Smith of Brookfield or Lexington, and d. Oct. 9, 1804; she d. Dec. 25, 1824, aged seventy-four. Children (Brookfield), Amos, b. Jan. 9, 1774; was an army surgeon, and d. 1812, at Sackett's Harbor ; m. (1) Candace Buffum of Rich- mond, N.H .; (2) - Hinsdale; had three sons and two daughters; Abraham, b. Oct. 13, 1776 10; Parue, b. Feb. 9, 1780, d. Oct. 11, 1783 ; Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1782, d. July 6, 1782; Parue, b. Apr. 11, 1784, d. Richmond, N.H., m. Zimri Ingalls; Betsey, b. Jan. 27, 1787, m. Jonathan Nye of New Braintree, d. West Brookfield, 1874; Persis, b. June 3, 1789, d. May 27, 1872, aged eighty-two, unm .; Nancy, b. Sept. 26, 1791, m. Jan. 3, 1813, Harvey Belcher of North Brookfield, and d. June 12, 1874.
9. William, son of Ephraim 6, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 15, 1759; trader ; his house burnt Jan. 1798; m. Nov. 2, 1780, Abigail, daughter of Jabez and Mary Crosby of Brookfield, b. 1764. and d. there Dec. 15, 1843; she d. Feb. 14, 1816. Children (Brookfield), Sally, b. Aug. 3, 1782 11; Nancy, b. Nov. 5, 1784 12; Jabez C., b. Feb. 5, 1787 ; merchant ; m. Lucretia Pope of Sterling, and d. Boston, Sept. 7, 1869, aged eighty-two; Otis, b. Oct. 27, 1788, d. young ; Otis, b. Jan. 10, 1790 13; William, b. Nov. 20, 1792 14 ; George, b. Apr. 9, 1795 15; Amos, b. Apr. 27, 1797; merchant; m. Nancy Pope of Sterling, and d. Brookfield, Nov. 23, 1828; Francis, b. Mar. 14, 1799 16; Oliver, b. Aug. 22, 1801, d. Nov. 3, 1872, unm .; Charlotte Abi- gail, b. Sept. 27, 1804, d. Sept. 16, 1805; Charlotte, b. Jan. 19, 1807 17.
10. Abraham, son of Eli 8, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 13, 1776, published Sept. 20, ISO1, to Betsey Tyler of West Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Louisa, m. - Tufts, and d. Granby, Ct .; Orvilla, m. - Burr of Hartford, Ct., and d. New York City; Fanny, m .- Williams of Louisiana, and buried at Windsor, Ct.
11. Sally, daughter of William 9, b. Aug. 3, 1782, m. Darius Hovey of Boston, and d. Mar. 15, 1854. Children (Brookfield), William Alfred, b. Jan. 18, 1805; Charles Fox, b. Feb. 28, 1807; George Otis, b. Feb. 22, 1809; Edward, b. Aug. 7, 18II.
12. Nancy, daughter of William 9, b. Nov. 5, 1784, m. Oct. 12, 1806, Cyrus Deane of Dedham, b. Franklin, Mass., Aug. 24, 1783, d. Aug. 22, 1866; watch- maker. Children, Sarah Crosby, b. July 19, 1807, d. Oct. 17, 1808 ; a male twin, b. July 19, 1807, d. same day ; Henry Luce, b. Jan. 30, 1809; clergyman ; m. Catherine Tenny; Abigail Fales, b. Jan. 16, 18II, m. Doliver Walker ; Charles Pinkney, b. Apr. 4, 1813, m. (1) Mary P. Baldridge, (2) Abbie M. Haskell; Mary Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1815, m. Rev. Philo R. Hurd ; George Howe, b. May 7, 1818, m. Moriah H. Ward; Cyrus Frederick, b. June 22, 1820, d. 1820; Nancy Howe, b. Aug. 24, 1822, m. Charles B. Lyon ; Julia Blake, b. Oct. 7, 1825, m. Nov. 17, 1844, John Freeman of Brook- field, and d. White Mountains, June 12, 1865.
13. Otis, son of William 9, b. Jan. 10, 1790; jeweller ; m. Sept. 1815, Martha R. (or Maria) Mitchell of Boston, and d. New York, Oct. 1825. Children, Otis R., b. Worcester, July 5, 1816, d. there Oct. 1817 ; Elizabeth A., b. Sackett's Harbor, June 9, 1818, m. June 2, 1848, Dr. George F. Ramsdell of Springfield ; resides New- ton ; Francis H., b. Sackett's Harbor, Oct. 1820, d. Mar. 1825; Nancy M., b. Ver- gennes, Vt., Mar. 31, 1824, m. May 5, 1847, James R. Rogers of Hardwick.
14. William, son of William 9, b. Nov. 20, 1792 ; merchant and farmer ; pub-
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lished Feb. 27, 1819, to Almira Lyon of Woodstock, Ct., and d. Brookfield, 1865. Children (Brookfield), Francis William, b. Dec. 18, 1819; resides Clifton, Ill. ; Charles Oliver, b. July 12, 1822 ; resides Washington Height, Ill .; Walter Lyon, b. Apr. 7, 1824, d. California, -; Charlotte, b. Jan. 1, 1826; Jabez Crosby, b. Feb. 15, 1833, m. Sarah Bliss of West Brookfield; resides Homewood, Ill .; Susan Walker, b. Apr. 16, 1834 ; George Otis, b. Mar. 28, 1836.
15. George, son of William 9, b. Apr. 9, 1795; a merchant ; m. (1) May II, 1820, Sarah Marean of Boston, b. July 6, 1797, d. Aug. 21, 1826; (2) Oct. 29, 1828, Susanna Boylston Walker of Brookfield, b. May 5, 1803; he d. Boston, Dec. 18, 1871, aged seventy-seven. Children (Boston), George William, b. Feb. S, 1821, d. Sept. 25, 1825; Charles Frederick, b. May 28, 1824, d. Apr. 1, 1861 ; George William, b. July 30, 1826, d. Aug. 10, 1827 ; George Dudley, b. Oct. 1, 1829; a merchant; m. Alice Greenwood of Boston; William Edward, b. Jan. 21, 1831, d. Nahant, Aug. 19, 1875; Crosby, b. Oct. 31, 1832, d. June 5, 1833; James Henry, a lawyer, b. Oct. 16, 1834, m. June 30, 1863, Elizabeth H. Slater of Webster ; Sydney Walker, b. June 12, 1837, killed at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; Francis Boylston, b. June 10, 1839, d. Munich, Bavaria, Aug. 23, 1858; Arthur Crosby, b. Nov. 30, 1843, d. Boston, May 27, 1862.
16. Francis, son of William 9, b. Mar. 14, 1799, merchant and farmer ; m. Sept. 1824, Maria A. Richards of Enfield, and d. Brookfield, Jan. 4, 1879. Children, Susan Maria, b. Ware, Nov. 12, 1827, d. Brookfield, Mar. 7, 1847 ; Abby Jane, b. Boston, Nov. 29, 1829, m. Sept. 7, 1875, S. R. Patterson, a lawyer of England ; Amos, b. Brookfield, Apr. 11, 1833, (or Mar. 3, 1832), d. Aug. 7, 1836 ; William Wirt, b. May 19, 1835, m. Elizabeth L. Hobbs, Dec. 18, 1860 ; a planter in Mississippi ; Lucretia Pope, b. Sept. 7, 1837, m. William J. Pingree of Boston, Oct. 12, 1865; Albert R., b. Jan. 3, 1840, m. Kate F. Brewster of Boston, Apr. 12, 1866; a merchant in Chicago; Frederick A., b. Feb. 12, 1845; a Boston merchant ; Henry S., b. July 12, 1842, d. July 28, 1857 ; William W., a member of Forty-third Congress from Mississippi ; he and his brothers Albert and Frederick served in the Union army ; their sister Abby Jane was a nurse in Annapolis Hospital two years.
17. Charlotte A., daughter of William 11, b. Jan. 19, 1807, m. June 30, 1825, Samuel Johnson, b. Lynn, Mar. 12, 1792, d. Brookfield, Aug. 24, 1869; merchant. Children (Boston), Samuel, b. Mar. 20, 1826; merchant of Boston ; m. Mar. 29, 1859, Mary A. Stoddard of Boston; Charlotte A. (twin), b. Mar. 20, 1826, m. June 6, 1849, Rev. James H. Means, D.D., of Boston ; George W., b. Dec. 28, 1827 ; lawyer in Brookfield; has filled most of the town offices; chairman of selectmen many years ; State senator, 1870 ; representative, 1877-1880, and delegate to National Republican Convention 1868; trustee of State Primary and Reform Schools ; m.
Feb. 24, 1857, Mary E. Stowell of Brookfield ; Mary A., b. Dec. 8, 1829, m. June 10, 1858, Professor Austin Phelps, D.D., of Andover ; Amos H., b. Aug. 4, 1831 ; physician of Salem ; m. Sept. 22, 1859, Frances S. Benjamin of Athens, Greece ; Francis H., b. Jan. 15, 1835; clergyman at Andover ; m. June 6, 1867, Mary A. Dove of Andover; Edward C., b. Nov. 1, 1839; merchant, Boston : m. Oct. 14, 1863, Alice T. Robbins of Boston. He served in Forty-fourth Regiment as first lieutenant and adjutant.
18. Ichabod, m. (1) June 27, 1745, Elizabeth Tucker of Brookfield, who d. May 13, 1747; (2) Phebe -, who d. Sept. 19, 1756; (3) 1757, Margaret Lefleuer. Children (Brookfield), Ichabod, b. Apr. 5, 1749; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 23, 1751 ; Ama- riah, b. Oct. 31, 1753; Thomas Tenney, b. Sept. 18, 1756, d. same day ; Oliver, b. Oct. 5, 1759.
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19. Silas, m. Beulah -. Children (Brookfield), Esther, b. Aug. 31, 1755; Lucy, b. Jan. 16, 1757 ; John, b. Feb. 9, 1761 ; Lydia, b. Oct. 30, 1764, m. Dec. 16, 1784, William Peeso of Brookfield.
20. Jedediah, m. Oct. 30, 1760, Lucy Gilbert of Brookfield; lived on the Car- ruth place. Children (Brookfield), Abigail, b. Jan. 15, 1762; Dorothy, b. Mar. 22, 1763 ; Lucy, b. Mar. 16, 1765.
21. Barnet, b. West Boylston, Apr. 22, 1802, m. Feb. 2, 1823, Catherine Stearns of Plainfield, Ct., b. Dec. 10, 1799, d. North Brookfield, Mar. 1, 1883 ; he d. North Brookfield, Oct. 23, 1866. Children, Alvin, b. Mar. 25, 1824 22 ; Catherine Ann, b. North Brookfield, Apr. 28, 1839, m. July 4, 1857, Henry J. Newman of North Brook- field.
22. Alvin, son of Barnet 21, b. Charlton, Mar. 25, 1824, m. Apr. 10, 1850, widow Martha Bemis (née Gallop) of East Brookfield. Children (North Brook- field), George M., b. Dec. 6, 1852, m. June 4, 1874, Liscie, daughter of Silas H. Bige- low ; Anna R., b. Jan. 10, 1854, m. Feb. 4, 1880, Edward E. Burrill.
23. Jonathan, b. Rutland, m. Susannah Parmenter of Rutland, and d. there. Children (Rutland), Abel Parmenter, m. Esther M. Morse of Enfield, d. Rutland; Susan, m. William B. Foster of Rutland, and d. there; Edwin, d. Rutland; Eve- lena, d. Rutland; Edwin Leander, b. Dec. 5, 1815 24; Thomas Reed, b. May 14, 1817 25; Hervey, b. May 15, 1819; Daniel King, m. Harriet Underwood of Rut- land ; George A., b. Mar. 28, 1823; m. (1) Apr. 1847, Caroline A. Estabrook of Rutland; (2) Mary W. More of Barre; Louisa, d. Rutland; Irving A., resides in Boston.
24. Edwin Leander, son of Jonathan 23, b. Rutland, Dec. 5, 1815, m. Apr. 30, 1840, Orrilla Cummings of North Brookfield, and d. Stockton, Cal., Oct. 27, 1874. Children, Ellen Orrilla, b. Boston, Oct. 7, 1848, m. Mar. 6, 1872, George L. Prentice of Sacramento, Cal., who d. there Oct. 3, 1874 [children, Charles Henry Cummings, b. Jan. 5, 1873, d. Nov. 7, 1876; George Lamb, b. Oct. 21, 1874]; Emma Pearl, b. Cambridgeport, Dec. 8, 1850, m. Jan. 5, 1869, Warren M. Watson of Sacramento, and d. Feb. 29, 1880.
25. Thomas Reed, son of Jonathan 23, b. Rutland, May 14, 1817; carriage painter in North Brookfield; m. Apr. 4, 1844, Elvira Wheeler of Rutland. Chil- dren (North Brookfield), Adna Thomas, b. Sept. 18, 1849, m. Sarah Ann Walkyard of Providence, R.I., Nov. 4, 1873; Josephine Elvira, b. Apr. 13, 1851, d. May 9, 1883; William Eugene, b. May 13, 1856, d. June 11, 1856; Minerva Gates, b. May 9, 1862, m. Aug. 5, 1880, Marion D. Truesdale of North Brookfield.
26. Pliny K., b. Paxton, Apr. 12, 1813, m. Nov. 30, 1837, Angeline Duncan of Paxton, who d. North Brookfield, Jan. 22, 1875. Children, Juliette P., b. Jan. 2, 1839, m. May 6, 1857, Leonard Graves of North Brookfield; Willard M., b. Mar. 23, 1843, m. Nov. 1866, Mary J. Woodis of North Brookfield, and d. Mar. 18, 1871 ; Almira D., b. Dec. 4, 1844, m. Jan. 2, 1873, Silas M. Penniman of West Brookfield, now of Pittston, Pa .; Addison K., b. Jan. 5, 1848, m. Mary A. Breese of Pittston, Pa., May 7, 1874 ; Ida L., b. North Brookfield, Dec. 13, 1856.
27. Jarvis, b. Paxton, Oct. 14, 1814 ; inventor of boot-trees, farmer, etc .; m. (1) Apr. 14, 1836, Harriet Hamilton of Shutesbury ; (2) Sept. 9, 1846, Mary E. Nichols of Oxford, b. Nov. 2, 1820; he d. North Brookfield, Aug. 13, 1879. Children, Louisa Nattala, b. Shutesbury, Nov. 18, 1836; Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 17, 1838 ; Alexan- der H., b. Spencer, Dec. 7, 1842 ; resides Kansas ; Mary Eliza, b. Worcester, June 21, 1847 ; resides North Brookfield; Oliver Isham, b. Tolland, Ct., Aug. 25, 1849; Edwin Jarvis, b. Spencer, June 20, 1851, d. Sept. 4 following ; Roselle Isetta, b.
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Stafford, Ct., Dec. 16, 1854 ; Seeton Immer, b. Brookfield, June 1, 1857, d. Aug. 2, 1857.
28. Timothy, b. Hopkinton, N.H., June, 1791, m. 1825, Lucretia Whitton of Jericho, Vt., and d. Melrose, 1882. Children (Underhill, Vt.), Walter H., b. May 5, 1827 29; Mary J., b. 1830; Sarah A., b. 1832.
29. Walter H., son of Timothy 28, b. Underhill, Vt., May 5, 1827, m. Nov. 27, 1851, Rebecca B. Whiting of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Apr. 25, 1884. Children (North Brookfield), Carrie, b. May 7, 1853, m. May 4, 1882, Lucius H. Tucker of North Brookfield ; Marion F., b. May 4, 1861, m. Nov. 5, 1884, Howard G. King of North Brookfield.
30. John P., son of Perkins, b. Athol, Nov. 29, 1803 ; shoemaker ; m. June 10, 1840, Jane Wheeler of Canada, in Hadley, and d. Dana, Feb. 26, 1876. Children, William Henry, b. Aug. 26, 1841 31; Helen Louisa, b. Sept. 22, 1843, m. Aug. 13, 1863, William Gould of West Brookfield ; Ira Allen, b. Apr. 26, 1845 32 ; George Edwin, b. June 13, 1847, d. Port Walthal, Va., May 6, 1864; Mary Jane, b. Nov. 19, 1848, m. May 24, 1873, Nelson Peckham of Dana; Martha Ann, b. North Brook- field, Oct. 31, 1850, m. Jan. 1, 1868, Henry H. Childs of New Braintree; Charles Amos, b. Jan. 11, 1853, m. May 5, 1884, Marion Brooks of Spencer ; Edward Fran- cis, b. Apr. 16, 1855 33 ; Esther Frances, b. Dec. 3, 1856, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 6, 1886; Thomas Herbert, b. Mar. 4, 1859, d. Marlboro, Nov. 8, 1884, m. June 8, 1884, Lillian Hodge of Athol.
31. William Henry, son of John P. 30, b. Conway, Aug. 26, 1841 ; resides North Brookfield; m. (1) Apr. 12, 1866, Mary Wheeler of West Brookfield, who d. Oct. 24, 1874; (2) Nov. 23, 18So, Lois Ada Bemis of Spencer. Children, George Henry, b. West Brookfield, Jan. 16, 1867 ; Mabel }., b. North Brookfield, Aug. 18, 1873, d. June 11, 1874; John B., b. Jan. 12, 1881, d. Sept. 24, ISSI ; Mary Alice, b. Nov. 16, 1883; Ellen Ruth, b. Nov. 29, 1884.
32. Ira Allen, son of John P. 30, b. Adams, Apr. 26, 1845; provision dealer, Shelburne Falls ; m. June 12, 1875, Della King of Greenwich. Children, Edward F., b. Dana, Aug. 23, 1878, d. Sept. 7, 1879; Lillian y., b. Hardwick, Nov. 4, 1879, d. Nov. 8 following ; Alfred B., b. Athol, Feb. 17, ISSI, d. Feb. 20 following.
33. Edward F., son of John P. 30, b. North Brookfield, Apr. 16, 1855; resides Marlboro; m. July 1, 1880, Abbie M'Grath of Athol. Children, Herbert Leslie, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 31, 1881; Edna Frances, b. Marlboro, June 26, 1884, d. Sept. 8 following.
HO LETT, Ira, b. Woodstock, Ct., 1826, m. Sept. 16, 1851, in Charlton, Julia Randall. Children (Charlton), Alfred, b. Feb. 7, 1853; Ellen }., m. (1) Ed- ward Brown of Charlton; (2) Alfred Webber of Brookfield, and d. there; Alladel F., b. Jan. 7, 1858; Carrie M., b. Dec. 1860.
HOYT, Robert 1, b. Shrewsbury, May 6, 1753; carpenter ; m. May 17, 1778, Jane Hall of Sutton, b. Sutton, -, d. Dec. 13, 1841 ; he d. New Braintree, Oct. 16, 1843, aged 90 years 6 months; lived mostly in New Braintree. Children (New Braintree), Aaron Hall, b. Jan. 19, 1779; master mariner; lost at sea ; Nancy, b. Mar. 15, 17SI, m. and removed to Michigan ; Sally, b. May 13, 1783, m. and removed to Michigan; Benjamin, b. Mar. 13, 1785; removed to Ohio ; Reuben, b. Nov. 23, 1787 ; removed West ; Calvin, b. Dec. 27, 1789; removed West; Robert Holmes, b. Apr. 18, 1792 ; went West; Shelah, b. Jan. 13, 1795 2.
2. Shelah, son of Robert 1, b. New Braintree, Jan. 13, 1795, m. Aug. 16, 1815,
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Lydia Babbitt of North Brookfield, and d. New Braintree, -. Children, Calvin W., b. Oakham, Nov. 2, 1817, m. Adaline Topliff ; Jane Hall, b. New Braintree, Feb. 28, 1819, d. Fitchburg ; Nancy, b. Sept. 28, 1820; Lucy, b. July 5, 1822 ; Holmes, b. Leicester, d. young ; Louisa, m. (1) Hiram Ward of Hardwick ; (2) a Mr. Bates of Thompson, Ct .; Eveline, b. Worcester, and d. there ; Robert H., b. Aug. 13, 1824 3; Wyman, b. Leicester ; tool maker.
3. Robert H., son of Shelah 2, b. New Braintree, Aug. 13, 1824 ; a painter; m. May 29, 1856, Mary Ann De Land of North Brookfield, d. North Brookfield Dec. 6, 1860. Children (North Brookfield), Dora y., b. Oct. 27, 1856, m. Aug. 13, 1881, Henry C. De Land; Lucy Jane, b. Apr. 25, 1858; Carrie Louisa, b. Mar. 5, 1860.
HUBBARD, William, was an English soldier wounded at the taking of Louis- burg, in the French war; a tailor; m. Oct. 8, 1783, Rachel Gilbert of Brookfield, who d. Apr. 1, 1814; he d. North Brookfield, Mar. 11, 1826. Children, Dolly, b. Brookfield, 1784, d. North Brookfield, unm., Dec. 19, 1846; Sally, b. 1786, d. Dec. 5, ISI2, unm.
HUNTER, Isaac, Major 1, b. Scotland, 1734, m. Lydia Smith of Paxton, who d. New Braintree, Aug. 31, 1816, aged seventy-three; he d. there Apr. 4, 1810. Children (New Braintree), Lydia, b. June 2, 1767, m. Dec 8, 1785, Samuel Wilson of New Braintree, d. Manheim, N.Y .; Lucy, b. Mar. 3, 1769, m. July 2, 1789, Elijah Barnes of Brookfield, and d. at Manheim, N.Y .; Isaac, b. Mar. 18, 1771 2; Eunice, b. Apr. 14, 1773, m. Sept. 30, 1792, David White of Oakham, d. Stafford, Ct .; Abraham, b. Apr. 19, 1775 3; Nancy, b. Feb. 11, 1777, m. July 27, 1800, Joel Jones, Esq., of Oakham, and d. there Aug. 4, 1846; Lavinia, b. Sept. 16, 1779, d. New Braintree, Jan. 19, 1799; Calvin, b. Jan. 24, 1782, m. Avis Bowman, d. Bangor -; Lucinda, b. Aug. 15, 1785, d. Harvard, June 5, 1808; m. Mar. 3, 1805, Dr. Thomas Kittridge of Brookfield.
2. Isaac, son of Isaac 1, b. New Braintree, Mar. 18, 1771, m. Feb. 24, 1799, Lucy Converse of Brookfield, who d. Feb. 22, 1846; he d. North Brookfield, June 17, 1854 ; was a lieutenant of a cavalry company. Children (New Braintree), Lavinia, b. Feb. 28, 1799 ?; a teacher ; m. Oct. 13, 1822, Royal Pickard of North Brookfield, and d. Oakham, June 19, 1878 ; Lucy, b. Apr. 18, 1801, d. West Brookfield, May 15, 1871 ; Caroline, b. Mar. 19, 1803; a teacher ; m. May 23, 1843, Levens Mcclintock of Ware, and d. Spencer July 20, 1880; Angeline, b. Apr. 14, 1805, m. Oct. 1828, David Wetherell, and d. Sept. 1845; Dolly, b. May 29, 1807 ; a teacher ; m. Aug. 1857, Merrit Murta of Plattsburg, N.Y., and d. in Wright, Pa., Sept. 5, 1874; Isaac, b. May 2, 1810, d. Charleston, S.C., Nov. 2, 1840 ; James, b. Oct. 11, 1815 4.
3. Abraham, son of Major Isaac 1, b. New Braintree, Apr. 19, 1775; farmer ; m. (1) Feb. 23, 1800, Mercy Wilkinson of Gloucester, R.I., b. Gloucester, July, 1779, d. Weston, Jan. 26, 1827 ; (2) Mar. 13, 1828, Hannah Knowlton of North Brookfield, b. June 7, 1785, d. Mar. 15, 1862 ; he d. Oct. 31, 1846. He came from New Brain- tree and bought of a Mr. Hall the Leonard Stoddard place; bought the Wether- bee place, and built the brick house and long barn, which was burnt Jan. 4, 1881. Children (New Braintree), Lyman, b. Sept. 1800, m. Jan. 30, 1825, Hannah Ken- drick of North Brookfield, and d. at Weston, Feb. 5, 1826; Pascall P., b. Sept. 1806, d. Weston, Apr. 26, 1826, buried at North Brookfield; Lydia M., b. Apr. 24, ISII, m. Mar. 26, 1827, Beriah Curtis of Worthington; Maria D., b. Apr. 4, 1822, d. Mar. 6, 1825.
4. James, son of Isaac 2, b. Oct. 11, IS15; was an officer under the government
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in the Georgia Penitentiary, and manager of four shoe manufacturing companies there. He m. Apr. 18, 1854, Sarah Mead of North Brookfield. Children, Frederick N., b. North Brookfield, Sept. 4, 1856; Sarah A., b. Sept. 11, 1858, d. Spencer, Mar. 11, 1863; Mary E., b. Spencer, Oct. 4, 1861, d. Apr. 2, 1863.
HURLBUT, Edwin H., b. Williamstown, Oct. 7, 1823, m. Oct. 25, 1848, Han- nah C. Landon of Hancock, Mass. Children, H. Landon, b. Williamstown, Feb. 22, 1850 ; salesman of clothing in Boston ; m. Apr. 4, 1875, Emily S. Hill of Bos- ton; Clara A., b. North Brookfield, Oct. 17, 1851, d. Aug. 6, 1852 ; Bertha C., b. Aug. 15, 1862.
HURLIHY, Patrick, b. Ireland, July 20, 1849, m. Nov. 18, 1871, Honora Hoone of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1872; Edward, b. Jan. 20, 1874; John, b. Feb. 12, 1876; Frank, b. Sept. 1878.
IVERS, Henry H., b. New York State, Dec. 25, 1842, m. June 9, 1873, Margaret Quigley of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Daisy, b. Mar. 8, 1874; Anna, b. Aug. 29, 1875; Frank, b. Sept. 14, 1877 ; Maggie, b. Sept. 26, 1879; Josie Frances, b. Dec. 14, 1881 ; Henry Patrick, b. July 2, 1883.
IVES, Jesse B., b. Monson, Jan. 7, 1808; carpenter; m. Sept. 1834, Almira Lombard of Brimfield, and d. North Brookfield, July 12, 1870. Child, Emily Almira, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 15, 1839, m. Dec. 14, 1859, David M. Earle of North Brook- field; resides Worcester.
IVORY, John, b. Ireland, 1829, m. 1857, Sarah Martin of North Brookfield, who d. June 17, 1877. Children (North Brookfield), Mary E., b. Dec. 22, 1859; Cath- erine, b. Feb. 17, 1863; Margaret, b. Jan. 7, 1864; Sarah, b. Apr. 13, 1867 ; Ella M., b. Feb. 29, 1872, d. Apr. 13 following ; James Henry, b. Sept. 17, 1873.
JACKSON, George 1, b. Great Barrington, Apr. 12, 1798; mechanic; m. in West Stockbridge, Hannah Jenks (née Slaughter), widow of Rev. Hervey Jenks of Hudson, N.Y., who d. Barre, Sept. 2, 1877; he d. West Brookfield, May 8, 1876. Children (Pennsylvania), William C., b. Apr. 28, 1820 2; Charles H., b. Feb. 17, 1822 3. -
2. William C., son of George 1, b. Pennsylvania, Apr. 28, 1820 ; a mechanic; m. (1) Feb. 2, 1841, Phebe P. Harwood of North Brookfield, b. July 9, 1816, d. Mar. 21, 1868 ; (2) Aug. 24, 1869, widow Fidelia Snow of Paxton. Children (North Brookfield), Andrew F., b. Apr. 3, 1842 ; mechanic ; m. Dec. 31, 1863, Sophia Liver- more of North Brookfield ; resides Richmond, N.H .; George H., b. Dec. 24, 1843; m. Emma Winch of Natick; resides there; Anna B., b. Sept. 6, 1846; a physician ; m. Mar. 20, 1874, Adam Ferris of Philadelphia; resides Meriden, Ct .; Charles W., b. July 31, 1852; physician ; m. Elenora Andrews of Lyme, N.H., resides Monson, Mass .; Laurietta E., b. Nov. 6, 1855, m. Alphonso Combs of West Brookfield; resides Bridgeport, Ct.
3. Charles H., son of George 1, b. Northumberland, Pa., Feb. 17, 1822; corset manufacturer ; m. Nov. 24, 1846, Lucy Nelson of Grafton, b. Shrewsbury, Nov. 2, 1824, and d. West Brookfield, Nov. 21, 1877 ; resides West Brookfield. Children, Nettie L., b. Grafton, Nov. 10, 1849, m. Jan. 14, 1868, William H. Allen of West Brookfield, and d. there Sept. 13, 1872 ; Nellie A., b. North Brookfield, Apr. 25, 1859; elocutionist.
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JENDRAULT, Hurbert, b. Canada, 1835, m. 1857, Mary Pelletier of Grafton. Children, Mary, b. Canada, 1863 ; IIurbert, b. Grafton, 1864; Rosa, b. Brookfield, 1866; Lawrence, b. North Brookfield, 1871; Ora, b. 1877.
JENKS (JENCKS, JENKES, JENCKES), Joseph 1, b. 1602, came from Hammersmith, Eng., a widower, settled in Lynn, 1643, and d. Mar. 1682-3, aged eighty-one. He was a blacksmith and machinist at the iron foundry, made the dies for coining the " Pine Tree " money, and built the first fire-engine in this country. " A man of great genius " : He was granted the first patent for inventions in Amer- ica, of which the following is a copy : - (See p. 645.)
COPY OF THE FIRST PATENT GRANTED IN AMERICA.
From the Records of the General Court of Massachusetts. (Reduced to one- half the actual size.) It reads as follows : -
At a generall Courte at Boston the 6th of the 3th mº 1646
Jenkes mo- nopolye
The Cort considringe ye necessity of raising such manifactures of engins of mils to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke w th few hands, & being sufficiently informed of ye ability of ye peti- tion™ to p forme such workes grant his petition (yt no othr p-son shall set up, or use any such new invention, or trade for fourteen yeares wthout ye licence of him ye said Joseph Jenkes) so farr as concernes any such new invention, & so as it shalbe alwayes in ye powr of this Corte to restrain ye exportation of such manifactures, & ye prizes of them to moderation if occasion so require.
He m. (2) Elizabeth -, who d. July, 1679. Children, Joseph, b. England, 1634 2 ; George, went to Virginia ; (second wife) Sarah, b. about 1650, m. July 28, 1667, John Chilson ; Samuel, b. 1654, m. Elizabeth Darling, and d. 1738, aged eighty-four ; Deborah, b. June 11, 1658; John, b. July 27, 1660, m. 1681, Sarah Meriam, and d. 1698 ; she m. (2) John Lewis; Daniel, b. Apr. 19, 1663; removed to Rhode Island, where he built several mills.
2. Joseph, son of Joseph 1, b. England, 1634; removed to Concord, and m. Esther, daughter of William Ballard of Lynn, removed thence to Warwick, R.I., and afterwards to Pawtucket, and settled on a tract of land he bought of the Indians ; in 1681 was governor's assistant; built a forge, which was destroyed 1675, in the Wampanoag war; d. Jan. 4, 1717, aged eighty-four. Children, Joseph, b. 1657, d. June 15, 1740 ; was governor of Rhode Island 1727 to 1732; Nathaniel, b. 1662, d. 1723 ; a major of the militia; Rev. Ebenezer, d. May 14, 1726; pastor of church in Providence ; William, b. 1674 3 ; also five daughters.
3. William, son of Joseph 2, b. Pawtucket, 1674, m. Patience, daughter of Jon- athan Sprague of Providence, and d. Oct. 2, 1765. He was judge, senator, and a member of Providence Church. Among his children was son,
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