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28, 1739-40 5 ; Esther, b. Aug. 30, 1742; a son, b. May 24, 1744 ; Jonathan,' b. Aug. 30, 1746 6; Nicholas, b. June 13, 1752 7; Lydia, b. Dec. 21, 1755 8; Freelove, b. Mar. 3, 1759, d. young ; Mercy, b. Jan. 1, 1762, d. North Brookfield, Sept. 4, 1848, m. May 5, 1782, Nathaniel Waite of North Brookfield, who d. North Brookfield, June 15, 1834 ; Freelove, b. Oct. 20, 1765, m. Oct. 24, 1788, Capt. William Ayres of North Brookfield, and d. Sept. 6, 1837.
5. Gideon, son of Jonathan 4, b. Feb. 28, 1739-40, m. Dec. 18, 1766, Lucy Hunt of Rehoboth, and d. Brookfield, Dec. 17, 1789. Children (Pawtucket), Susannah, b. May 29, 1768, m. Apr. 17, 1791, Nathaniel Dodge of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Sept. 26, 1822; Oliver, b. Aug. 15, 1771 9; Lucy B., b. May. 5, 1770, m. Sept. 18, 1796, Jairus Lamb of Vermont, and d. Lyndon, Vt .; Daniel, b. Apr. 4, 1773 10; Benjamin went to Maine, and d. Frankfort; Eli, b. 1780 11; Lydia, d. North Brookfield, Aug. 28, 1797 ; Jonathan, b. Aug. 18, 1781 12; William, b. Aug. 18, 1781, 12a, m. Nov. 19, 1805, Mrs. Sarah Austin of New Hampshire ? who d. Springfield, Sept. 22, 1858; Mercy, d. North Brookfield, Dec. 7, 1850, aged 64; Thankful, m. Jan. 24, 1811, Leonard Winslow of Brookfield.
6. Jonathan, son of Jonathan 4, b. Aug. 30, 1746, m. Dec. 7, 1769, Cynthia Brown of Providence, and d. Winchester, N.H., Jan. 31, 1787. He was judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. Children, Nehemiah, b. Apr. 15, 1773 13; Cynthia, b. Mar. 11, 1775, d. before 1827; Susannah, b. Jan. 14, 1780; Brown, b. May 23, 1783, m. 1812, Laura Hill of Adams, and d. there.
7. Nicholas, son of Jonathan 4, b. Pawtucket, June 13, 1752, m. Dec. 16, 1773, Adah Angell of Pawtucket, b. June 16, 1752, d. Sept. 3, 1842; he d. North Brook- field, June 23, 1837. Children, Ruth, b. Pawtucket, Dec. 13, 1776, m. Deacon Amos Harrington of Brookfield, 1798, and d. there June 15, 1820 [children (Brookfield), Rhoda, b. Nov. 24, 1800, d. Dec. 14, 1813; Thompson, b. Jan. 29, 1803, removed to Lyons, N.Y. ; Amos, b. June 24, 1805; Charles, b. Sept. 21, 1807, d. Brookfield, -; Caroline, b. Nov. 28, 1811 ; Olive, b. Feb. 23, 1816] ; William, b. Brookfield, Mar. 30, 1779, d. Apr. 17 following; Rhoda, b. Feb. 8, 1780, d. Sept. 16, 1782 ; Charles, b. Nov. 2, 1782 14 ; Nicholas, b. Feb. 4, 1785 15 ; Hervey, b. June 16, 1787 ; Baptist clergyman (see ante, p. 283) ; m. Dec. 1, 1812, Hannah Slaughter, and d. Hudson, N.Y., June 15, 1814 ; she m. (2) George Jackson [child, Lavinia H. Jenks, b. Oct. 25, 1813, m. (1) Marvin Harmon ; (2) James H. Foy] ; Oliver A., by May I, 1790 16 ; Adah, b. Aug. 18, 1792, d. Feb. 23, 1796; Nancy, b. Aug. 26, 1796, m. Apr. 6, 1819, Deacon Tyler Batchelder of North Brookfield, and d. Oct. 5, 1828.
8. Lydia, daughter of Jonathan 4, b. Dec. 21, 1755, m. Feb. 10, 1774, John Pitcher of Pawtucket, and d. there Aug. 10, 1790. Children, Freelove, b. Feb. 25, 1780, m. (1) Samuel Rand; (2) Pardon Jenks, and d. June 26, 1842; Charlotte, b. Dec. 24, 1783, m. (1) Mr. Parker ; (2) Mr. Bromily, and d. 1850; Lydia, b. Oct. II, 1786, m. John Farmer, and d. 1868; John, b. Apr. 6, 1788, m. Nov. 21, 1811, Maria Jenks, and d. 1820; Jonathan }., b. Aug. 11, 1790, m. Feb. 15, 1820, E. Catherwood, of Virginia ; Nehemiah.
9. Oliver, son of Gideon 5, b. North Providence, R.I., Aug. 15, 1771, m. Apr. 14, 1800, Lydia Peck of Rehoboth, and d. North Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1848; she was b. 1770, d. Jan. 10, 1838. Children, George, b. Dec. 7, 1802 17 ; Gideon, b. Oct. 29, 1804 18; Benjamin, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 1806, d. 1856; Nathaniel Crow, b. Oakham, Feb. 1803, d. 1809; Hannah, b. Mar. 4, 1811, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 18, 1831.
10. Daniel, son of Gideon 5, b. Pawtucket, R.I., Apr. 4, 1773, m. Nov. 27, 1880, Esther Bridges of Spencer, and d, North Brookfield, Sept. 3, 1829, aged 56; she d.
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Mar. 8, 1815, aged 38. Children, Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1802, m. Oct. 17, 1824, Moses Sanders, and d. Windsor, Dec. 28, 1846; he d. Savoy, Nov. 10, 1880 ; Susan, b. May 19, 1803, m. Ezra Green of East Brookfield, and d. there Jan. 12, 1855; he d. Windsor, while on a visit ; Gideon Bridges, b. May 9, 1808, m. Oct. 13, 1842, Lucy Bartlett of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 30, 1877; Lucy, b. Nov. 25, 1809, m. Nov. 25, 1830, W. A. Allen of Windsor, Mass .; Mary Ann, b. Feb. 27, 1813, d. Windsor, Apr. 6, 1852.
11. Eli, son of Gideon 5, b. North Brookfield, 1780, m. Patty Stevens of North Brookfield, and d. Aug. 19, 1851 ; she was b. Jan. 26, 1786, d. North Brookfield, Child, Patty, b. North Brookfield, 1817, m. 1841, Oliver Hinds of North Brookfield, and d. Dec. S, 1875.
12. Jonathan, son of Gideon 5, b. Aug. 18, 1781, m. Mary Reed of Northamp- ton, who d. IS43. Children (Brookfield), Alfred, m. Apr. 7, 1830, Lucy Abbott of Brookfield ; Lucy, m. Martin Stoddard of North Brookfield ; William T., m. Mar- tha A. Abbott of Brookfield, Mar. 13, 1833; Thankful, m. Mar. 11, 1829, Washing- ton Walker of Brookfield; Harvey, m. July 3, 1833, Almira Walker ; Mercy, d. in Iowa; Hiram, m. Sarah Slayton of East Brookfield.
12a. William, son of Gideon 5, b. Brookfield, Aug. 18, 1781, m. Nov. 19, 1805, Sarah L. Austin of New Hampshire. Children, Mary Reed, b. Apr. 28, 1809 ; physician in Providence, unmarried ; Jonathan, b. June 8, 1811, published Apr. 17, 1834, to Mary Brigham of Boylston ; Sophia S., b. Nov. 17, 1812, m. Joseph Hay- ward of Providence ; Edmund S., b. Dec. 16, 1814, m. Betsey Woodward of Spring- field ; Fanny R., b. Nov. 17, 1816, m. James Bostwick of Providence ; Dexter R., b. Nov. 18, 1819, m. Rosette Howe of Stafford, Ct .; Henry A., b. Sept. 17, 1821, m. Lydia Woodward of Springfield ; Ruth M., b. June 11, 1824, d. Mar. 24, 1858.
13. Nehemiah, son of Jonathan 6, b. Apr. 15, 1773, m. -. Child, Nehemiah, m. widow Nancy -, 1803 [children, Jonathan B .; Joseph V., m. Jan. 7, 1825, Priscilla Gage of Rehoboth, and d. New York City, July 20, 1833 ; Nehemiah].
14. Charles, son of Nicholas 7, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 2, 1782, m. Nov. IS21, Deborah Adams of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Sept. 16, 1858; she was b. Brookfield, Aug. 8, 1797, d. Mar. 21, 1877. Children (North Brookfield), Hor- ace, b. Nov. 7, 1822, d. Oct. 23, 1837 ; Charles Emory, b. Dec. 9, 1824 19; Adah Angell, b. Dec. 26, 1827, m. North Brookfield, Jan. 13, 1877, William B. Cash ; a master mariner of Groton, Ct .; b. Nantucket, Apr. 12, 1806, d. Groton, June 17, 1885; Nancy Batcheller, b. Sept. 4, 1830, d. Mar. 22, 1859.
15. Nicholas, son of Nicholas 7, b. North Brookfield, Feb. 4, 1785; physi- cian ; m. Oct. 17, 1809, Betsey Potter of North Brookfield, and d. Middleboro, Dec. 26, 1869; she was b. May 4, 1787, d. Middleboro, Aug. 7, 1859. Children, Angeline Angell, b. Aug. 10, 1810 20; William, b. Apr. 6, 1812, d. Apr. 12, following ; Caro- line Brown, b. Mar. 8, 1813, m. (I) Lonzo Lyon of Sturbridge; (2) Merrick Lyon, LL.D., of Sturbridge ; resides Providence, R.I .; Harriet Newell, b. May 4, 1815 21; Nancy Burnet, b. July 2, 1817, m. Nov. 26, 1838, Thomas Bond of North Brook- field; John Whipple Potter, b. May 1, 1819 22 ; Charles William, b. Apr. 24, 1826 23; George Henry, b. Southbridge, Mar. 12, 1828; mechanic in Springfield ; m. Hannah L. Clark of Middleboro.
16. Oliver A., son of Nicholas 7, b. North Brookfield, May 1, 1790, m. June 14, 1812, Eliza Harper Brown of Providence, and d. Worcester, Mar. 10, 1847. Chil dren, William Sanford, b. Mar. 29, 1813 24; James Noyes, b. Sept. 10, 1814 25 ; Hervey Angell, b. July 15, 1816 26; Hadwin Brown, b. June 24, 1818 27 ; Thomas Taylor, b. May 4, 1820 28 ; John Henry, b. June 10, 1823 29.
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17. George, son of Oliver 9; b. North Brookfield, Dec. 7, 1802, m. Oct. 6, 1842, Sally Cummings, who d. Nov. 11, 1867; he d. North Brookfield, Apr. 8, 1884; selectman two years. Children (North Brookfield), Benjamin C., b. July 1, 1843, d. June 6, 1874; Edwin Howe, b. Feb. 11, 1845, d. Jan. 21, ISSI ; George Henry, b. 1847, d. a month old.
18. Gideon, son of Oliver 9, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 29, 1804, m. May 7, 1829, Celiberty Howe of Paxton, b. Mar. 5, 1809, and d. North Brookfield; captain of militia two years. Children (North Brookfield), John Howe, b. May 31, 1831 ; teach- er and physician, and German professor in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo .; Nathaniel Dodge, b. Nov. 24, 1834; Charles Willard, b. Mar. 15, 1836, d. Oct. 13, 1854; Daniel Hubbard, b. June 6, 1838, d. Jan. 22, 1859; Mary Jane, b. June I, 1841, d. Jan. 19, 1864 ; George Alfred, b. May 31, 1844 30.
19. Charles Emory, son of Charles 14, b. Dec. 9, 1824; trial justice in North Brookfield ; member of committee on town history ; m. Calais, Me., Sept. 8, 1856, Mrs. Mary Bartlett Preble (née Patten), b. Cherryfield, Me., Apr. 11, 1822. Child, Charles Emory, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 17, 1859, d. Oct. 23, 1865. Mary Bartlett Patten m. (1) Cherryfield, Me., Nov. 7, 1839, Henry Edward Preble, master mariner, who was b. Harrington, Me., Apr. 27, 1814, and d. St. Jago, Cuba, Oct. 10, 1849. Children, Herbert Osborn, b. Cherryfield, Me., Jan. 18, 1841, d. Cardenas, Cuba, Sept. 1, 1856; Annie Patten, b. Cherryfield, Oct. 5, 1846, m. North Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1872, Isaac Henry Easterbrook of Boston, d. Hingham, Feb. 15, 1876.
20. Angeline Angell, daughter of Dr. Nicholas 15, b. Aug. 10, 1810, m. Sept. 14, 1829, Rev. Hervey Fitz of Ward, Mass., b. Charlton, Nov. 22, 1799, d. Middle- boro, June 10, 1878. She d. at Middleboro, Sept. 30, 1861, and he m. (2) Hannah L. Lazell of Middleboro. Mr. Fitz settled over Central Baptist Church in Middle- boro from 1832 to 1836. Children, Edwin H., b. Hallowell, Me., Oct. 2, 1830 ; Har- riet A., b. South Boston, May 21, 1832; George B., b. Middleboro, Mar. 2, 1834 ; Lonzo L., b. Marblehead, Dec. 17, 1839; Herbert K., b. Ashland, May 26, 1850.
21. Harriet Newell, daughter of Dr. Nicholas 15, b. May 4, 1815, m. Nov. 18, 1838, Sylvanus Morse, A.M., b. West Boylston, Jan. 30, 1798, d. Middleboro, Mar. 31, 1871 ; teacher ; she d. Providence, R.I., 1872. Children, Sylvanus }., b. Brad- ford, Sept. 1, 1839, d. May 5, 1842 ; Harriet }., b. Oct. 13, 1842 ; Lavinia N., b. May 13, 1845; Charles IV., b. West Boylston, Dec. 20, 1846.
22. John Whipple Potter, son of Dr. Nicholas 15, b. West Boylston, May I, 1819; teacher ; m. Oct. 30, 1842, Sarah Pierce Tucker of Middleboro. Children (Middleboro), Elisha Tucker, b. Apr. 18, 1844, d. Aug. 13, following ; Elisha Tucker, b. Aug. 28, 1845 ; inventor of a special museum lock, rack and bracket for adjust- able shelving ; m. Oct. 24, 1866, Mary Adelaide Thomas of North Dighton; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 10, 1848, d. Apr. 26, 1849; Abbie Lincoln, b. Sept. 13, 1850, m. Sept. 23, 1875, Joseph Brooks Simmons of Middleboro; Sadie Bessie, b. June 7, 1861. Mr. Jenks graduated Brown University, 1838 ; taught academies in Georgia 1838 to 1842 ; principal of Pierce Academy in Middleboro 1842 to 1871, since when he has been professor of zoology, and curator of the museum in Brown University.
23. Charles William, son of Dr. Nicholas 15, b. Southbridge, Apr. 24, 1826; agent for the " Brush Electric Light;" resides Boston Highlands ; m. (1) Aug. 30, 1849, Moriah B., daughter of William Johnson of North Brookfield, who d. June 25, 1866; (2) Feb. 2, 1867, Lydia Ames Newell of Boston. Children, William John- son, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 23, 1852 ; an editor in Brockton; m. Aug. 3 or 23, 1875, Irene Walker of North Brookfield ; Charles Nicholas, b. Oct. 19, 1855; Mary, b. Boston, June 6, 1860, d. July 18, following; Arthur Edmands, b. Jan. 4, 1864 ;
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Ernest Potter and Alice Lincoln, twins, b. May 13, 1866 ; Baron Rupert, b. Chicago, Feb. 16, 1868, d. July 18, 1868; Frederick Newell, b. Nov. 13, 1869, d. Nov. 14, fol- lowing ; Rupert Ames, b. July 30, 1872; Lucius Newell, b. July 16, 1877, d. Aug. 9, following ; Betsey Potter, twin, b. July 16, 1877; Cora Newell, b. Brookline, Aug. 12, I878.
24. William Sanford, son of Oliver A. 16, b. Providence, R.I., Mar. 29, 1813, m. (1) Apr. 4, 1834, Mary A. Green of Spencer, who d. East Brookfield, Oct. 28, I843; (2) July 8, 1849, Susan B. Winslow of Ware, b. Barnard, Vt., June 8, 1816. Children, Sanford, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 17, 1835, d. Apr. 3, IS35; Frances E., b. Jan. 1, 1837; William S., b. Sept. 11, IS38, d. Sept. 25, 1839; Lavinia E., b. Williamstown, Nov. 21, 1840.
25. James Noyes, son of Oliver A. 16, b. North Brookfield, Sept. 10, 1814, m. (1) Oct. 16, 1838, Fanny Lincoln of Warren; (2) June 17, 1855, Sarah R. Johnson of North Brookfield. Children, Augusta M., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 23, 1840, m. Aug. 29, 1862, Alonzo E. Stoddard of North Brookfield ; Frank L., b. June 28, 1846, m. June 29, 1879, Mrs. Mary A. Carr of East Brookfield. He was killed in the Springfield Railroad yard by the cars Feb. 14, 1880; Ellen Frances, b. Oct. 22, 1843, d. Aug. 27, 1845.
26. Hervey Angell, son of Oliver A. 16, b. July 15, 1816, m. Mar. 22, 1840, Jenette S. Davis of Williamstown. Children, Thomas Spencer, b. North Brook- field, Apr. 10, 1843, m. Dec. 25, 1874, Camilla Hosley of Worcester; Harriet Howe, b. East Brookfield, Aug. 20, 1845, d. Aug. 7, 1865; Emma Celestia, b. Apr. 20, 1847, m. Aug. 6, 1871, George L. Fairbanks of Worcester ; Elizabeth Jennie, b. South- boro, Sept. 20, 1851 ; Walter Harvey, b. Grafton, July 20, 1864 ; Tyler Batcheller, b. Westboro, Feb. 9, 1867.
27. Hadwin Brown, son of Oliver A. 16, b. June 24, ISIS; boot manufacturer in North Brookfield and Worcester ; m. Oct. 6, 1841, Mary Lee Walker of Barre. Child, Mary Louise, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 2, 1844, m. Jan. 20, 1875, Shepard K. Robbins of Boston.
28. Thomas Taylor, son of Oliver A. 16, b. May 4, 1820; Baptist clergyman ; m. (1) Apr. 7, 1847, Betsey O. Peckham of Dana; (2) Jan. 23, 1855, Mary W. Royce of Cheshire, Vt .; (3) Feb. 6, 1872, Cornelia M. Royce of Westfield. Children, Alfred T., b. East Brookfield, Aug. 10, 1848, d. Petersham, June 6, 1849; James Hervey, b. Petersham, June 16, 1853, d. there Nov. 13, 1853; Lilla F., b. Florida, Mass., Dec. 15, 1858.
29. John Henry, son of Oliver A. 16, b. June 10, 1823; shoemaker, store clerk, and merchant in Keene, N.H .; was sergeant-major in Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment, and killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864; m. Almina Crawford of Oakham. Children (North Brookfield), Flora, b. July 1, 1854, m. Frank Gordon of New York; Jessie, b. and d. North Brookfield ; Henry.
30. George Alfred, son of Gideon 18, b. May 31, 1844, m. Jan. 22, 1874, Mary A. Bigelow of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), a child, b. Aug. 31, 1881, d. same day ; Fannie Bigelow, b. Mar. 9, 1884.
JENNINGS, Stephen 1, was of Hatfield 1677, freeman, 1690; bought Apr. 15, 1693, of Hezekiah Dickinson, the William Prichard home lot and rights in Brook- field, a hundred and four acres, but did not come to reside till 1695 or 1696; sold this place, Mar. 25, 1707, to his sons Stephen and Joseph, and lived near Wool- cott's; had grant of land sixty acres; date of death unknown, but before 1720. He m. May 15, 1677, Hannah, widow of Samuel Gillett, and daughter of John
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Dickinson of Hadley. She with two of her Gillett children was taken captive by the Indians, Sept. 19, same year, and carried to Canada. Oct. 24, her husband and Benjamin Wait (whose]wife and three children were captives) started for Canada, on the attempt to redeem their families and friends. After a perilous journey, via Albany, they reached Sorell in January. Negotiations lingered ; and they left Sorell not till May 2, having redeemed all the captives. The party returned to Albany May 22; reached Kinderhook May 27, "where they found men and horses sent from Hatfield; rode through the woods to Westfield, and all arrived safely at Hat- field, after an absence of eight months." The cost of redemption was over two hundred pounds, which was collected by contribution in the towns. The date of her death is unknown.
Children, Captivity, b. in Canada, May 14, 1678, m. Abijah Bartlett of Brookfield, who was afterward killed there by the Indians; Stephen, b. June 16, 1680 2; Fo- seph, b. Aug. 23, 1682 3; Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1684; Benjamin, b. - , killed by the Indians July 22, 1710; John, was living in Brookfield, and received a grant of sixty- two acres of land in 1720; Jonathan, b. Nov. 24, 1692 4; Ebenezer, 5.
2. Stephen, son of Stephen 1. Had grants of land in Brookfield, seventy-five acres Mar. 8, 1710, and sixty-eight acres June 26; was killed by the Indians July 22, 1710. He m. Mary -. Children, John, b. May 11, 1705; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 24, 1708.
3. Joseph, son of Stephen 1, deacon, esquire, held his father's homestead; bought the Coy, Parsons, Warner, Kent, and Younglove home-lots on Foster's hill ; received grants of nine hundred and seventy-one acres, his real estate in all amount- ing to thirteen hundred and fifty acres. He was living 1751. He m. (1) Mary Rich, widow of Thomas; (2) Sarah -. Children, Joseph, b .-; Mary, b. May 4, 1707 ; Hannah, b. Apr. 14, 1709, d. Mar. 16, 1716; Anna, b. Sept. 22, 1711 ; Mar- tha, b. Jan. 8, 1716; Leah, b. Dec. 6, 1731 ; Olive, b. Mar. 2, 1736; Jonathan, b. Apr. 6, 1738 ; Ruth, b. Feb. 25, 1740; Stephen, b. Apr. 11, 1743.
4. Jonathan, son of Stephen 1, had grants of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Brookfield, where he d. July 19, 1754. He m. (1) Joanna -, d. Jan. 13, 1727 ; (2) Esther -. Children [all the names torn off], one or more by first wife ; - , b. May 23, 1729; - , b. Aug. 11, 1733; - , b. Oct. 9, 1737 ;- , May 19, 1740.
5. Ebenezer, son of Stephen 1, had a grant of sixty-six acres in Brookfield.
JOHNSON, John 1, b. England, -; settled in Roxbury about 1629; m. Margery -. They both were early members of Mr. Eliot's church. He was " a man of estate and distinction ; " prominent in the church and colony ; representative, 1634 to 1648 ; surveyor general of all the "armes " of the colonies ; d. Roxbury, Sept. 29, 1659. Children, Isaac 2; Humphrey, m. Mar. 20, 1642, Ellen Cheney, and removed to Hingham ; a daughter, m. Robert Puffer of Roxbury.
2. Isaac, son of John 1, b. England, -; m. Jan. 20, 1637, Elizabeth Porter, who d. Aug. 13, 1683; freeman, Mar. 4, 1635; member of the Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Company, 1645; captain, 1667 ; representative in 1671 ; was killed at the gate of the Indian Fort, at the head of his troops in the Great Swamp fight at Narragansett, Dec. 19, 1675; was an officer in the church, and as such with Rev. John Eliot, "and other two such Ilead Officers," received in trust from Thomas Bell, Sen., of London (whose will was probated May 3, 1672), all his estate lying in Roxbury, North-east, "in the parts beyond the seas, for the maintenance of a Scoole master and free schoole for the teaching and instruction of Poore mens children at Roxbury aforesaid forever." Mr. Bell, above named, was a member of
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Mr. Eliot's church, and had letters of dismission granted and sent to England, Sept. 1654.
Children (Roxbury), Elizabeth, b. Dec. 24, 1637, m. Dec. 20, 1658, Henry Bowen, and d. Aug. 13, 1683 ; John b. Nov. 3, 1639, d. Dec. 18, 1661 ; Mary, b. Apr. 24, 1642, m. Dec. 17, 1663, William Bartholomew; Isaac, b. Jan. 7, 1643, m. Oct. 26, 1669, Mary Harris ; Joseph, b. Oct. 1645, d. Dec. 12, following ; Nathaniel, b. Rox- bury, May 1, 1647 3.
3. Nathaniel, son of Isaac 2, b. Roxbury, May I, 1647, m. Apr. 29, 1667, Marie Smith, daughter of Lawrence of Dorchester. He was one of the original grantees of Woodstock, Ct., whither he removed in 1686, and d. Feb. 14, 1698-9. Children (Roxbury), John, b. Apr. 29, 1668, m. Apr. 4, 1689, Margaret Morris of Roxbury, and d. Woodstock, Nov. 29, 1742; Nathaniel, b. Mar. 19, 1670, m. Hannah Hadley of Woodstock; Smith, b. Jan. 22, 1671-2 4 ; Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1673-4, m. Sept. 18, 1695, Benjamin Miller of Woodstock ; Isaac, baptized Apr. 2, 1676; Rebecca, b. June 27, 1680, m. Nov. 28, 1701, Joseph Miller of Woodstock; Anna, b. Mar. 13, 1682- 3, m. Feb. 4, 1713, Samuel Carpenter ; Elizabeth, m. John Blake of Middletown, Ct.
4. Smith, son of Nathaniel 3, b. Jan. 22, 1671-2, m. Sarah Miller, daughter of Thomas. Children (Woodstock), Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1701, d. Aug. 31 following ; Nathaniel, b. July 22, 1702; Smith, b. Dec. 26, 1703 5; Sarah, b. June 6, 1705; Dorothy, b. Mar. 22, 1706-7, m. Dec. 8, 1726, Nathaniel Child of Woodstock ; Susannah, b. Oct. 2, 1708, m. May 16, 1727, Samuel Bugbee of Woodstock ; Martha, b. June 3, 1710 ; Caleb, b. Aug. 27, 1713 ; Hannah, b. Apr. 14, 1715, m. Joseph Griggs ; Esther, b. Oct. 25, 1716, d. Mar. 20, 1736; Prudence, b. May 12, 1718, m. May 20, 1736, Ebenezer Chapman of Woodstock; Peter, b. Jan. 21, 1719-20, d. Mar. 9, 1793 ; David, b. June 9, 1722, d. Dec. 5, 1723.
5. Smith, son of Smith 4, b. Dec. 26, 1703, m. Nov. 16, 1726, Experience Parker, daughter of Jacob, formerly of Roxbury, and d. Woodstock, Apr. 28, 1736. Chil- dren (Woodstock), Hezekiah, b. Sept. 25, 1728, d. Mar. 29, 1744; Uriah, b. Feb. 16, 1729-30 6 ; David, b. Feb. 15, 1730-1; Huldah, b. Feb. 17, 1734-5, m. Feb. 1, 1759, Joseph Frizzell of Woodstock ; Priscilla, b. Feb. 18, 1732-3, d. Jan. 22, 1812; Smith, b. Dec. 3, 1736.
6. Uriah, son of Smith 5, b. Feb. 16, 1729-30, m. (1) May 24, 1751, Lucy Daven port of West Boylston, b. Aug. 24, 1730, d. Nov. 16, 1774; (2) Nov. 16, 1775, Esther Paine of Woodstock, and d. Dec. 15, 1795. Children (Woodstock), Lucy, b. Sept. 24, 1752, d. Sept. 17, 1764 ; Olive, b. Nov. 27, 1757, d. Sept. 6, 1764; Esther, b. Apr. II, 1755, d. Sept. 15, 1764; Parker, b. Feb. 20, 1762, d. Sept. 19, 1764 ; Francis, b. Sept. 27, 1759, d. Sept. 15, 1764; Huldah, b. Oct. 8, 1760, d. June 4, 1851 ; Uriah Wyman, b. Jan. 14, 1763-4 7 ; Anna Paine, b. June 26, 1779, d. Feb. 25, 1829 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 13, 1765, m. Apr. 2, 1795, Joshua May of Woodstock, and d. Exeter, N.Y., July 25, 1826; Olive, b. May 30, 1769, m. July 31, 1803, Joseph White of Exeter, N.Y., and d. there Aug. 13, 1826; Esther, b. May 9, 1767, d. North Brookfield, July 13, 1842; Frances, b. Apr. 28, 1771, m. Dec. 7, 1794, William Hammond of Wood- stock, and d. Aug. 30, 1851.
7. Uriah Wyman, son of Uriah 6 ; a farmer; m. 1793, Hannah, daughter of Ebenezer Totman of Scituate, b. May 10, 1772, d. North Brookfield, Apr. 1, 1863, aged 91 ; he d. North Brookfield, Apr. 17, 1810 (Mr. Totman was b. Plymouth 1731, m. Grace Turner; was a soldier in Revolutionary war, wounded and d. at West Point, 1781). Children, Parker, b. Grafton, Vt., Jan. 10, 1794 8; Perley, b. June 21, 1795, m. Apr. 18, 1824, Mary Pickard of North Brookfield, and d. Sept. 3, 1827; Lucy, b. Woodstock, July 11, 1797, m. Oct. 10, 1816, Samuel Stevens of North
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Brookfield, and d. July 26, 1828; William, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 27, 1800 9 ; Polly, b. Jan. 29, 1802, m. May 1, 1825, Otis Waite of North Brookfield; Henry, b. Aug. 21, 1804 10; Waldo, b. Sept. 16, 1807 11; Phebe W., b. Dec. 14, 1810, m. Sept. 13, 1831, Joseph W. Thompson of North Brookfield. Mr. Johnson was the first of the name in town; removed from Woodstock to Grafton, Vt., thence to Woodstock, and from there in 1799 to North Brookfield.
8. Parker, son of Uriah W. 7, m. (1) May 20, 1821, Margaret Rice of North Brook- field, b. Sept. 20, 1795, d. June 30, 1825; (2) Mar. 18, 1827, Eliza Whiting of North Brookfield; he d. North Brookfield, Oct. 11, 1880. Children (North Brookfield), Edward P., b. June 24, 1822 12; Sarah R., b. Mar. 21, 1824, d. Dec. 15 following ; Abbie W., b. Jan. 10, 1828; Sarah Rice, b. Nov. 21, 1830, m. June 17, 1855, James N. Jenks ; Margaret Brown, b. Mar. 11, 1834, m. Sept. 16, 1856, Martin D. Wires of Cambridge, Vt., and d. North Brookfield, Nov. 14, 1875; Catherine, b. Sept. 3, 1836, m. Oct. 23, 1855, William E. Wright of Bernardston; Daniel Wyman, b. June 22, 1840, d. Nov. 3, 1854.
From the North Brookfield Journal of Oct. 16, 1880: "Mr. Parker Johnson, our most aged townsman, quietly passed away on Monday evening last. He came here with his father in 1799, at whose death he was called upon at the early age of six- teen years, to take charge of the farm where he has since resided, and to aid his mother in 'bringing up ' his seven younger brothers and sisters, all of whom lived to see their families grow up around them here, esteemed by neighbors and friends. His first wife died soon after their marriage, and his second wife survives him with several children. . . . The quiet, uneventful life of a farmer offers but little of inter- est to the outside world, but those who had the pleasure of an acquaintance with Mr. Johnson will cherish the memory of his faithfulness in the discharge of every duty, his strict integrity, and his exemplary Christian life. In Sept. 1814, he marched as fifer in the Light Infantry Company of Brookfield, commanded by Capt. Lewis Abbott, the whole company being ordered to camp at South Boston in the regiment of Col. Salem Towne, in order to resist the landing of the British at Bos- ton or vicinity. He was commissioned as fife major Sept. 12, 1817, and for many years afterward acted with the town militia in that capacity."
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