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2. Thomas, son of Jaziel 1, m. (1) Sept. 11, 1777, Susanna Bruce of Brookfield, who d. Dec. 29, ISO1, aged 44 ; (2) May 29, 1803, Elizabeth Ellis of Brookfield, who d. West Brookfield, Nov. 30, 1837, aged 79; he d. North Brookfield, Jan. 19, 1832, aged So. Children (North Brookfield), Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1779 3 ; Betsey, b. July I, 1781, m. May 11, 1802, Moses Howard of Sturbridge, who d. Feb. 2, 1835; she d. Feb. 14, 1831 ; Jaziel, b. Oct. 4, 1783 4 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 27, 1785, went to sea, and never heard from ; Susanna, b. June 30, 1787, m. Nov. 1804, Eliphas Webber of Holland, and d. West Brookfield, Feb. 11, 183 -; Cyrus, b. July 5, 1789 5 ; Ruth, b. Mar. 21, 1791 6; Eli, b. Dec. 25, 1793 7; Lucy, b. Nov. 1794, d. Mar. 24, 1796; Perley, b. Feb. 27, 1797 8; Lucy, b. Mar. 31, 1799, d. Apr. 24, 1817; Lydia, m. (1) Mar. 27, IS26, Francis Barnes of North Brookfield ; (2) July 4, 1830, Noah Barnes of North Brookfield.
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3. Thomas, son of Thomas 2; a farmer and shoemaker ; m. (1) Apr. 22, 1800, Hannah Hill of Brookfield, who d. Oct. 18, 1823; (2) July 4, 1824, widow Mary Thorndike of Salem, who d. Feb. 23, 1829, aged 40; (3) June 3, 1830, Sarah Ann De Land of North Brookfield, who d. May 22, 1883, aged 86; he d. Mar. 13, 1852. Children (North Brookfield), Horace, b. Sept. 1800 9; Tamsen, b. June 7, 1803, m. Sept. 3, 1821, John Bemis of Spencer, and d. there July 7, 1830; Hannah, b. Nov. 14, 1804, m. (1) Jan. 30, 1825, Lyman W. Hunter of North Brookfield; (2) Curtis Mower of Charlton ; Betsey, b. 1806, m. Jan. 30, 1825, Chancey D. Thompson of New Braintree, and d. Dec. 20, 1840 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1811 10; Thomas, b. Dec. 1816, d. Jan. 7, 1818 ; Martha C., b. Aug. 2, 1819, m. Jan. 24, 1838, William M. De Land ; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 15, 1820, m. Nov. 19, 1846, John H. Wilcox of New Braintree, and d. Ludlow ; Charles T., b. May 7, 1831 11.
4. Jaziel, son of Thomas 2, m. Aug. 19, 1812, Hannah Felton of Brookfield, and d. at Enfield, May 5, 1874. Children, Orilla, b. Brookfield, Feb. 17, 1813, m. Apr. 28, 1841, Samuel Brierly of England ; Maria, b. Brimfield, Mar. 30, 1814; resides Worcester ; Benjamin Felton, b. Warren, May 11, 1817, m. May 24, 1844, Harriet Robinson of Enfield ; Sarah, b. July 23, 1819, m. Apr. 21, 1846, Abraham Newton of Worcester ; Adeline Ellen, b. Sept. 11, 1822, m. Nov. 12, 1845, Daniel Emerson of Auburn, Mass .; George Perry, b. Aug. 22, 1824; livery business in Worcester ; m. Sept. 23, 1850, Candace Holman of Auburn; Jane Moore, b. Nov. 13, 1827; physician in Boston ; m. July 3, 1845, William C. Culver of Worcester ; Louis Bruce, b. Brookfield, Sept. 14, 1829, m. Jenette A. Tupper of Ware ; Mary Eliza, b. Ware, Aug. 28, 1834, d. Jan. 22, 1859.
5. Cyrus, son of Thomas 2, m. Mar. 1816, Sally Marcy of Union, Me., and d. Litchfield, Me., Aug. 25, 1866; she d. July 4, 1866. Children (Gardiner, Me.), Joseph M., b. Apr. 1817, d. Jan. 16, 1819; Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1820, d. Litchfield, Jan. 27, 1880; William, b. Aug. 27, 1818, m. Apr. 5, 1871, Alice A. Clark of Litch- field ; Melina A., b. Aug. 7, 1824 ; Cyrus, b. Sept. 6, 1826 12; Thomas G., b. Oct. 16, 1828; a teacher in Sacramento, Cal .; Lucy A., b. Oct. 26, 1829, d. Oct. 26, 1833.
6. Ruth, daughter of Thomas 2, m. Sept. 22, 1822, Obadiah Sabin, b. probably in Holland, Mar. 22, 1797, d. Southbridge, Apr. 14, 1881. Children, George, b. Aug. 29, 1823, d. Feb. 12, 1833; Lydia, b. Apr. 25, 1826, m. - Dodge, and d. Jan. 16, 1846; William, b. Dec. 13, 1828, d. Feb. 9, 1864; Horatio, b. Aug. 16, 1830, d. Mar. 16, 1833; Marshall, b. Feb. 3, 1833. [Record from the Sabin-Kendrick Bible : " Willie, son of William, b. Jan. 2, 1855; Edmund Sabin, d. 1818; Barnabas Sabin, d. Apr. 15. 1832; Susan Rood, daughter of Edmund Sabin, d. June, 1832; Mary Tucker, wife of Manasseh Tucker, d. Aug. 1849, aged sixty-one."]
7. Eli, son of Thomas 2, m. in Holland, June 26, 1816, Martha Church of New- port, R.I., and d. Sept. 3, 1848; she d. there Sept. 5, 1848. Children, a son, still- born ; a son, stillborn; Thomas, b. Charlton, Mar. 24, 1820, m. about 1847, Angeline Gunn of Southbridge, and d. Brookfield, Mar. 12, 1853; George Church, b. July 29, 1822, m. Apr. 17, 1852, Louise Henshaw of Brookfield ; Robert Church, b. Dec. 17, 1824 13; Martha Ann, b. Dec. 9, 1826, m. Solomon B. Sargent; Mary Lucy, b. Jan. 18, 1829, m. Aug. 4, 1851, Richard Hamant of Sturbridge; Joseph Eli, b. June 30, 1831, d. Bangor, Me., Dec. 1863; Caroline Weld, b. Holland, Apr. 20, 1836, m. (1) June 20, 1852, Samuel D. Harrington of North Brookfield; (2) July 28, 1865, Hon. Adin Thayer of Worcester; Oliver Perry, b. June 1, 1839, m. (I) Feb. 4, 1859, Mary Ann Bennett of West Brookfield; (2) Mar. 16, 1876, Carrie Reed of West Brookfield; Ebenezer Philips, b. Charlton, Oct. 19, 1833, d. Mar. 14, 1836.
8. Perley, son of Thomas 2, m. Apr. 24, 1820, Maria Ann Hunt of West Brook-
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field, and d. Jan. 15, 1841 ; she d. Mar. 9, 1842. Children (North Brookfield), Susan B., b. Nov. 19, 1820 14 ; Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 16, 1822, m. 1843, Hiram Eaton of North Brookfield, d. Apr. 21, 1873; George Perley, b. Nov. 6, 1824 15 ; Luke, b. Feb. 15, 1827, m. Ann Taylor of Vermont; Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 20, 1829; m. (1) James H. Everett of Boston ; (2) Keyes Cutler of Spencer, and d. West Brookfield.
9. Horace, son of Thomas 3, m. (1) Oct. 23, 1820, Mary Ann Pellet of North Brookfield; (2) Jan. 1840 or 1841, Mrs. Watkins. Children, Mary Ann, b. Ware, Oct. 9, 1821, m. Nov. 5, 1846, Edward B. Whiting ; Sarah Pellet, b. Dec. 1, 1822, m. Apr. 3, 1845, Marshall Bartlett ; Thomas, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 17, 1824 ; hotel keeper; m. Oct. 1850, Susan Partridge of Oakham; Matilda B., b. July 4, 1826, m. Apr. 1, 1846, Charles H. Stoddard ; Anstis, b. Feb. 9, 1827, d. Sept. 13, 1846.
10. Joseph, son of Thomas 3, m. (1) Nov. 26, 183S, Lucy Mullet of Ware, who d. Dec. 18, 1850 ; (2) Mary Bemis of Paxton ; he d. Apr. 18, 1872. Children (North Brookfield), Ellen, b. Oct. 9, 1839, m. Sept. 18, 1862, Frederick Stone of North Brookfield ; Charles, b. Mar. 20, 1842, d. Nov. 29, 1873; Frances, b. Jan. 10, 1849; James E., b. Mar. 19, 1856, d. Apr. 15, 1857 ; Emma, b. Oct. 9, 1857, m. Hermon Bemis of Rutland ; Elizabeth N., b. Sept. 4, 1861, d. Sept. 4, 1866; Eddie, b. Nov. 13, 1862.
11. Charles T., son of Thomas 3, m. Apr. 16, 1857, Sarah Frances De Land of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Edward, b. June 30, 1858, d. Sept. 22, following ; Clarence Eugene, b. Nov. 14, 1859, m. Feb. 28, 1882, Charlotte L. Moore of North Brookfield ; Alfred Holmes, b. May 7, 1862, d. Oct. 19, following ; Henry Arthur, b. Nov. 2, 1863.
12. Cyrus, son of Cyrus 5, a physician and surgeon in Litchfield, Me. ; m. Mar. 15, 1880, in Portland, Me., Susie P. Howe of Rumford, Me. Child, Susie H., b. Jan. 29, 1881.
13. Robert C., son of Eli 7, m. Feb. 9, 1846, Caroline A. De Land of North Brookfield, who d. Sept. 11, 1872. Children (North Brookfield), Ella Augusta, b. Nov. 4, 1848, d. Apr. 1, 1849; Clifford Ashton, b. Nov. 4, 1852; Carrie Alice, b. Dec. 4, 1857, d. Aug. 1, 1865; Mary Lucy, b. Mar. 21, 1867.
14. Susan B., daughter of Perley 8, m. June 27, 1847, William Furness. Chil- dren, Maria E., b. Watertown, Feb. 24, 1850, d. there July 3, 1853; Albert Thaxter, b. Lyme, Minn., Aug. 14, 1858.
15. George Perley, son of Perley 8, m. May 6, 1852, Mary Ann Bemis, daugh- ter of Nathaniel 2 of Brookfield. Children, Anna Maria, b. Sturbridge, Sept. 6, 1855, m. Feb. 3, ISSI, John P. Ranger of North Brookfield; Charles Bemis, b. July 27, 1859; Frank Mayo, b. Brookfield, May 31, 1863; Bertie Stanley and Samuel Frederick (twins), b. July 14, 1871.
KENNEDY, John, b. Ireland ; m. Nov. 30, 1876, Delia Collins. Child (North Brookfield), Nettie, b. Feb. 16, 1878.
KENNEDY, James, b. Ireland, m. 1866, Mary E. Tiffany of Chicago. Chil- dren, Catherine, b. Worcester, July, 1868; John, b. 1870; Nellie, b. North Brook- field, 1872 ; James, b. 1874; Thomas, b. 1876.
KEYES, Edward, b. West Boylston, Sept. 27, 1822 ; blacksmith ; m. Sept. 17, 1846, Rachel M. Moore of North Brookfield. Children, Antoinette Lucie, b. Spen- cer, Aug. 10, 1847, m. (1) Feb. 14, 1867, William E. McKee of Chicopee; (2) Sept. 24, 1878, Lyman M. Burt of Plainville, Ct .; Clarence E., b. Nov. 24, 1849, m. Oct.
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6, 1873, Anna Belle Hodge of Papillion, Neb .; Sylvester Bothwell, b. Oakham, Oct. 5, 1852, d. June 5, 1854.
KIELY, Thomas, b. Ireland, m. Aug. 14, 1844, Elizabeth Quigley at Albany, N.Y., and d. Salem, Oct. 26, 1855. Children, Elisabeth b. Brimfield, July, 1845, m. Apr. 16, 1870, Michael McNamara of North Brookfield; John, b. Worcester, Oct. 1848; Catherine, b. Salem, Oct. 1853. [Elizabeth Quigley was the first Irish girl in West Brookfield ; her mother died at thirty-eight years of age, leaving seven chil- dren, - six living in North Brookfield, and one in Rutland.]
KIMBALL, Andrew 1, was a farmer ; lived in the edge of West Brookfield, where Joseph Dane lived and died; m. June 19, 1753, Rebecca Watson of Brook- field. Children (Brookfield), Lucy, b. June 25, 1754, d. Apr. 14, 1758; Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1755, m. Apr. 2, 17SS, Luke May of Brookfield; Samuel, b. Feb. 22, 1757, m. June 10, 1788, Hannah Willard of Brookfield ; Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1759, m. Dec. 23, 1792, John Dodge of Susquehannah, N.Y .; Bill, b. Nov. 2, 1761 ; Timothy, b. Oct. 8, 1763, m. June 17, 1792, Polly Gleason of Brookfield.
KIMBALL, Benjamin 2, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Ayres), baptized Ips- wich, Dec. 15, 1728; a posthumous child, his father dying Feb. 12, 1728; farmer ; came from Ipswich to Brookfield before 1755, and settled where A. C. Stoddard now lives, and for many years known as the "Kimball place." He was published (1) Jan. 27, 1755, to Abigail Chapman of Ipswich, who d. Oct. 9, 1772 ; published (2) Feb. 19, 1774, to Mary Goddard of Shrewsbury, and d. North Brookfield, June 23, 1776; she m. (2) Mar. 9, 1778, Capt. Daniel Gilbert. Children (Brookfield), Abigail, b. June 20, 1756; published June 19, 1773, to Stephen Riggs, but the next day her father forbid the banns ; she d. Dec. 5, 1787, unmarried. [Assenath Riggs, daughter of Abigail Kimball, b. Jan. 23, 1774] ; Aaron, b. Oct. 2, 1757 3; Joseph, b. Dec. 21, 1759; Benjamin, b. Oct. S, 1761, d. Feb. 27, 1762; Benjamin, b. Mar. 10, 1763; John, b. June 8, 1765, d. Feb. 24, 1785; Lydia, b. Aug. 18, 1767, m. Apr. 6, 17SS, Moses Bragg of Brookfield; fude, b. Dec. 17, 1770.
3. Aaron, son of Benjamin 2, m. Nov. 3, or 7, 1778, Silence Bartlett of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, July 21, 1833. Children (North Brookfield), Lucy, b. Aug. 28, 1779, m. Sept. 8, 1801, Joseph Benson of Sturbridge ; Eunice, b. Feb. 18, 17SI, m. May 9, 1805, Daniel Gould of New Braintree, and d. in Brookfield, May 12, ISO8; Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1783, d. North Brookfield, Aug. 24, IS15; Lydia, b. Feb. 9, 1785, d. June 24, 1785; Lydia, b. Apr. 7, 1786, d. Brookfield, Dec. 20, 1874; Benjamin, b. May 19, 1788 4; Abigail, b. Mar. 20, 1790, m. Sept. 19, 1829, Dr. Hubbard Field of Lyndon, Vt .; Aaron, b. June 15, 1792, d. July 3, following ; John, b. Mar. 29, 1794 5 ; Aaron, b. June 19, 1796 6; Almira, b. Dec. 21, 1798, d. Brookfield, July 4, ISS2.
4. Benjamin, son of Aaron 3, m. (1) Sept. I, ISII, Abigail Thwing of Newton, b. June, 1767, d. Mar. 28, 1827; no issue ; (2) Sept. 19, 1827, Abigail Thwing, niece of his first wife, b. Apr. 18, 1801, d. Dec. 27, IS68; he d. Apr. 21, 1849. Children, Benjamin, stillborn, Jan. 7, 1829; Joseph Thwing, b. Feb. 19, 1830, d. May 7, 1831 ; Abigail Thwing, b. May 10, 1831, d. June 9, 1840; Mary Ann H., b. Apr. 3, 1835, m. O. J. Churchill of Fairfax, Vt .; resides North Brookfield; Charlotte S., b. Oct. 27, 1837, m. Francis H. Fisher; Joseph Edwin, b. West Brookfield, Sept. 13, 1839, m. Apr. 2, 1867, Ellen M. Tucker of North Brookfield; Abbie Field, b. North Brookfield, June 26, 1841, m. S. S. Wotton of Ware; Benjamin Gardner, b. Aug. 10, 1846.
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5. John, son of Aaron 3, m. 1815, Betsey Wright of Acton, who d. May 5, 1867, aged seventy-eight; he d. Mar. 13, 1852. Children (North Brookfield), Mary, b. Apr. 8, 1816, m. June 16, 1836, Abel Fletcher of Westford; Esther Reed, b. Sept. 12, 1818, m. Joseph C. Clark of Oakham, and d. there Sept. 4, 1854 ; Charles, b. Feb. 17, 1821 7; Lucy, b. Apr. 9, 1824, m. Henry H. Abbott of Bartlett, N.H .; Amasa B., b. Dec. 13, 1826 8; Caroline, b. July 17, 1828; d. Feb. 27, 1836; Cheney Potter, b. Feb. 1, 1830 9; Sumner, b. Jan. 29, 1832 10.
6. Aaron, son of Aaron 3, shoe manufacturer; m. (1) Eliza Crosby of Long Meadow; (2) June 21, 1853, Persis Stebbins of Wilbraham, and d. Brookfield, May 17, 1866. Children (Brookfield), Harriet Cooley, b. Feb. 3, 1830, m. Nov. 27, 1855, George E. Clapp of Brookfield, and d. Feb. 6, 1860 [child, Harriet, b. Aug. 6, 1857, d. Oct. 27, 1858]; Adeline Augusta, b. Oct. 1, 1832, d. -; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 15, 1834, m. June 3, 1874, Charles O. Brewster, and d. 1884; Franklin Olcott, b. Oct. 26, 1838, d. Dec. 24, 1856 ; John Cone, b. Aug. 16, 1857.
7. Charles, son of John 5, m. Sept. 8, 1847, Mary Ann Richards of West Brook- field. Children (West Brookfield), Ada Eunice, b. Mar. 2, 1851, d. Nov. 8, 1851 ; Anna Maria, b. Nov. 28, 1852, m. Apr. 20, 1876, John D. Irwin of Brookfield ; Charles Gordon, b. Dec. 9, 1858, d. Sept. 21, 1863.
8. Amasa B., son of John 5, m. Nov. 18, 1849, Samantha Battles of Warwick, and d. Warwick, Oct. 1, 1877. Children, George W., b. South Orange, July 20, 1850; conductor in Worcester ; m. Dec. 25, 1871, Nellie L. Searle of Wilton, N.H .; John W., b. Barre, Feb. 7, 1852, m. Nov. 10, 1875, Laura Inman of North Wilbraham ; Walter G., b. North Brookfield, Jan. 4, 1854, m. Apr. 17, ISSI, Aurilla E. Balch of Wisconsin ; resides Worcester; Wilton S. W., b. Brookfield, Mar. 4, 1856; a hatter in Danbury, Ct.
9. Cheney Potter, son of John 5; a conductor; m. Nov. 1852, Jane A. Pike of Petersham, and d. Worcester, July 17, 1864. Child, d. 3 days old.
10. Sumner, son of John 5, m. May 4, 1858, Jennette M. Wright of Ryegate, Vt. Children (Boston), Willie S., b. Nov. 3, 1860, d. Feb. 12, 1862; Harry W., b. Oct. 12, IS66.
KING, William C. 1, b. Franklin, Dec. 31, 1820, m. Dec. 12, 1848, Emeline Batcheller of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Tyler Batcheller, b. Sept. 20, 1854; lawyer in Boston; m. Feb. 27, 1883, Annie Eichberg of Boston; she was b. Geneva, Switzerland, and brought by her parents to Boston, when an infant ; Mary E., b. July 31, 1861, m. May 6, 1885, at North Brookfield, Dr. Julius Garst, b. Dayton, O., Dec. 12, 1855.
KING, George 2, b. Langdon, N.H., June 20, 1820, m. Oct. 7, 1841, Jane Adams of Brookfield, b. Dec. 31, 1825. [She has been engaged in corset and other manu- facturing business, employing for several years a large number of persons.] Children (North Brookfield), Mary Jane, b. Mar. 26, 1845, m. July 12, 1864, John K. Black- mer, and d. July 21, 1879; Helen Sophia, b. July 22, 1848, d. July 16, 1850; Henry Wilson, b. Oct. 14, 1856 3.
3. Henry W., son of George 2; lawyer, firm of Rice & King, Worcester, but resides North Brookfield. He m. May 9, 18So, Florence W. Le Favour of Boston Highlands. Child, George Adams, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1883 [Mr. King is a member of the committee on Town History].
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KINGSBURY, John A. 1, b. Franklin, Aug. 10, 1792, m. Anna Pierce of Brookfield, and d. July 27, 1860. Child, Joel M., b. North Brookfield, Sept. 7, 1826 2.
2. Joel M., son of John A. 1, m. Sept. 14, 1847, Sarah Maria Poland of North Brookfield, who d. Mar. 2, 1879. Children (North Brookfield), George A., b. Sept. 10, 1849 3; Anna M., b. Sept. 26, 1855, m. Dec. 31, 1878, William F. Fullam of North Brookfield.
3. George A., son of Joel M. 2, m. June 11, 1874, Louisa M. Holmes of Stur- bridge. Child, George Russell, b. North Brookfield, June 14, 1877.
KINSMAN, T. S., b. Fitchburg, Nov. 2, 1839, m. May 25, 1865, Josephine Slade of Columbus, O. Child, Fannie E., b. Springfield, Dec. 23, 1869. .
KITTRIDGE, John 1, a farmer, was of Billerica in 1660, and d. there Oct. 18, 1676; m. Nov. 2, 1664, Mary Littlefield of Woburn, who m. (2) John French. Children (Billerica), John, b. Jan. 24, 1665-6 2; James, b. Mar. 21, 1667-8, m. (I) Sarah Fowle of Charlestown; (2) Apr. 19, 1708, Mary Abbott of Andover; Daniel, b. July 22, 1670, m. Elizabeth -, and d. Billerica, Mar. 8, 1741-2; Jonathan, b. July 16, 1674, d. Mar. 23, 1696; Benoni, b. May 2, 1677.
2. John, son of John 1; physician; and first of a long list of physicians of the name in the country ; m. Aug. 3, 1685, Hannah French of Billerica, and d. Apr. 27, 1714. Children (Billerica), John, b. Sept. 14, 1685 3; James, b. Aug. 22,-1687, m. Sarah -, and d. Jan. 23, 1754; Hannah, b. May 4, 1689, d. Mar. 21, 1690; Jacob, b. Feb. 15, 1690-1, d. Aug. 18, 1692; Hannah, b. May, 1693, m. Edmund Frost; Joseph, b. Mar. 31, 1695, m. Feb. 19, 1724, Elizabeth Wright of Woburn, and d. in Billerica, Apr. 12, 1774; Jonathan, b. Jan. 10, 1696-7, killed in Lovewell's expedi- tion in 1725; William, b. Feb. 11, 1698-9, m. Oct. 21, 1731, Molly Wright of Woburn, who d. May 5, 1753; he d. Apr. 26, 1789; Abigail, b. Nov. 15, 1700, m. Kendall Patten; fane, b. Mar. 27, 1703, m. May 25, 1726, Thomas Kittridge ; Marah, b. Feb. 1, 1704-5, d. 2 days old; Francis, b. Oct. 27, 1706, m. (1) Lydia -, who d. Aug. 1, 1736; (2) before 1740, Susanna Snow, who m. (2) - Phelps of Andover ; (3) Thomas Kidder.
3. John, son of John 2; a physician ; m. Mary -, and d. Billerica, Sept. 29, 1756. Children (Billerica), John, b. Aug. 14, 1709 4; Isaac, b. Feb. 8, 1710-II, m. Rebecca -, and d. Aug. 18, 1779; Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1712-13, m. John French ; Jacob, b. Jan. 14, 1716-17, m. Hannah -, and d. Mar. 31, 1748; Joseph, b. Apr. 9, 1719 5.
4. John, son of John 3, m. Mary - . Child, Benjamin, a physician in Tewks- bury and Andover, where he d. July 10, 1776 [children, all physicians ; Benjamin of Exeter ; Henry of Tewksbury ; John of Framingham; Jacob of Billerica and Ohio ; Rufus of Portsmouth; George of Epping, N.H .; Theodore of Kittery, Me .; and Charles of Watertown]. John, Sen., probably had other children.
5. Joseph, son of John 3, m. Mary -, who d. Aug. 28, 1783; he d. Tewks- bury, Aug. 3, 1784. Children (Tewksbury), Simon, b. Sept. 1, 1748; Jacob, b. Mar. 24, 1750 6; Joseph, b. July 10, 1752, d. July 4, 1775; Mary, b. Apr. 22, 1754; Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1756; Dorcas, b. Oct. 26, 1762; Benjamin, b. Mar. 22, 1766, drowned, Tewksbury, June 19, 1776; Elijah, b. Mar. 28, 1769.
6. Jacob, son of Joseph 5, a physician ; m. Jan. 9, 1773, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Mary Fletcher of Chelmsford, b. Dec. 6, 1753, d. Aug. 17, 1818; he d. North Brookfield, July 28, 1813. Children (Brookfield Records), Jacob, b. Apr. 17,
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1773 7; Rebecca, b. Feb. 21, 1775, m. May 29, 1794, Samuel Converse of Brookfield, and d. 1848 ?; Fletcher, b. June 6, 1777; farmer ; d. North Brookfield, July 13, 1831 ; Joseph, b. Apr. 26, 1779 8; Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, or 6, 1781 9; Thomas, b. Mar. 7, 1784 10; Oliver, b. Apr. 5, 1786 11; Sally, b. Oct. 1, 1788, d. Brookfield, May 15, 1798; John, b. Nov. 11, 1790; farmer ; d. North Brookfield, May 30, 1827 ; Asaph, b. Feb. 25 or 27, 1793 12; Maria (or Mary Maria), b. June 25, 1795, m. Nov. 16, 1818, Dr. Lucius Wright of Westfield, and d. there Oct. 22, 1863 ; he was b. Chicopee, and d. Westfield, Dec. 8, 1879, aged eighty-seven.
7. Jacob, son of Jacob 6, a physician ; m. June' 12, 1799, Anna Bellows of Shrewsbury, who d. there Jan. 1, 1848 ; he d. Brookfield, Jan. 28, 1807. Children (Shrewsbury), Justus, b. Jan. 27, 1802 13; Whitney, b. Mar. 30, 1804 14; Otis, b. Jan. 29, 1806 15.
8. Joseph, son of Jacob 6, a farmer ; m. Nov. 27, 1805, Penninah Daniels of Brookfield, who d. Brookfield, June 30, 1822; he d. North Brookfield, Oct. 12, 1845. Children (Brookfield or North Brookfield), Rebecca, b. Mar. 19, 1806, m. May 23, I833, Horace F. Watson of Brookfield; Charles, b. Nov. 28, 1807, m. May 1845, Mrs. Elizabeth Kittridge, née Pond, of Spencer, and d. North Brookfield, Oct. 28, 1883; Mary, b. Aug. 21, 1811, m. Vernon Lawrence ; Adeline, b. June 24, 1813, d. Aug. 15, 1816; William, b. Sept. 8, 1816; Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1819, d. Nov. 28, following.
9. Benjamin, son of Jacob 6, a physician; m. Sept. 7, 1802, Nancy or Anstis Pellet of Brookfield, and d. Salem, Oct. 29, 1821. Children (Salem), Mary Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1803, d. Aug. 26, 1805; Benjamin, b. Feb. 1, 1806, physician; resided Little Rock, Ark., where he fell from a horse, and d. Apr. 21, 1839; William Henry, b. Dec. 3, 1807, d. New York, Nov. 7, 1854, aged forty-seven ; Edward Augustus, b. July 31, 1810 16; Marian P., b. Sept. 19, 1812, m. 1843, William Balch of Salem, and d. Lynn, May, 1849; Anstis Maria, b. Sept. 22, 1814, resides Brooklyn, N.Y .; Caroline Augusta, b. Dec. 21, 1816, d. Nov. 30, 1821.
10. Thomas, son of Jacob 6, a physician ; published (1) Mar. 3, 1805, to Lucinda Hunter of New Braintree; m. (2) May 14, 1809, Olive Derby of Harvard, and d. Harvard, Sept. 4, 1809. She m. (2) Apr. 13, 1815, Isaac Ranger, and d. North Brookfield, June 17, 1878, aged eighty-nine. Child, Lucinda (posthumous), b. Harvard, Mar. 5, 1810, m. May 3, 1827, Luther Holmes of North Brookfield, and d. Oct. 13, 1884.
11. Oliver, son of Jacob 6, a physician; m. Aug. 13, 1807, Polly Hamilton of Brookfield, and d. Salem, June 5, 1823. Children, Jacob, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 29, 1808 ; master mariner ; d. Oxville, Ill., 1843; Charlotte, b. Nov. 8, 1809, m. Jan. 26, 1832, Caleb B. Ranney of Fairhaven, Vt., and d. there, 1877; Anson, b. Aug. 14, 18II, accidentally shot, and d. Montgomery, Ill., 1825; Samuel, b. Sept. 17, 1813, m. Apr. 26, 1837, Laura O. Norton of Shrewsbury; Oliver, b. Sept. 24, 1815, m. Aug. 20, 1845, Julia A. Estabrook of Dayton, O .; George, b. May 2, 1817; teacher ; m. Genette Pike of Oxville, Ill., and d. there, 1849; Mary Anstis, b. Salem, June 20, 1819, m. 1848, Sylvester Pruden of Dayton, O., and d. there, 1869; Sarah Eliza, b. Oct. 12, 1821, m. Oct. 2, 1848, John P. Sheldon of Fairhaven, Vt., and d. there, 1877.
12. Asaph, son of Jacob 6; a physician ; studied medicine under his father's tuition, and completed his course in Boston in 1812 ; was assistant surgeon on board a privateer. In 1815 he rode from Boston to Paris, Me., on horseback, where he eventually settled, in the north part of the town, and continued in a successful prac- tice fifty years, till 1866. His physical weight was about three hundred pounds ; a man of good common sense, a sound judgment, of social and cheerful disposition,
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abstemious habits, and an inveterate smoker; he was in his most amiable mood after a good dinner, and a pipe smoke. He m. (1) Eliza Stowell of Paris, Me .; (2) Janette Young of North Yarmouth, Me., after whose decease he removed, in 1867, to New Haven, Ct., where he d. Feb. 6, 1868, of spinal disease, from which he had · suffered for two years previous. Children (Paris), Charles F., m. (2) Julia (Harring- ton) Bigelow of New Braintree ; Eliza, d. -; George ; resides in St. Louis.
13. Justus, son of Jacob 7; a farmer ; m. Oct. 14, 1830, Miranda E. Taylor of Shrewsbury, and d. there June 27, 1849. Children (Shrewsbury) Austin W., b. May 15, 1833, d. Worcester, Nov. 10, 1879; Lucius W., b. Dec. 9, 1834, d. Shrewsbury, Aug. 29, 1876; Francis E., b. Aug. 22, 1836, d. Nov. 22 following ; Albert T., b. Mar. 21, 1838, resides Worcester ; Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1841, d. Sept. 26, 1848 ; Hannah R., b. Nov. 4, 1843, d. Feb. 3, 1848; Sarah E., b. Mar. 3, 1846, m. George T. Clapp of Worcester.
14. Whitney, son of Jacob 7; a mechanic; m. May 25, 1830, Hannah Stoddard of North Brookfield, and d. Nov. 20, 1831 ; she m. (2) Jan. 31, 1843, David C. Brick of Gardner. Child, Adelaide, b. North Brookfield, 1831, d. Sept. 4, 1831.
15. Otis, son of Jacob 7; a blacksmith; m. (1) Oct. 27, 1831, Prudence M. Harthan of West Boylston, who d. Worcester, Jan. 12, 1852 ; (2) Mar. 20, 1853, Lucetta Clark of Southbridge, who d. Brookfield, Aug. 21, 1871; he d. Brookfield, Apr. 28, 1874. Children, Grenville P., b. West Boylston, Dec. 28, 1832; tailor ; d. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 7, 1863, from injuries received at the burning of Esty's Organ Factory ; Manson H., b. May 28, 1835; clerk in Fitchburg; Melvin S., b. June 10, 1838, d. Mar. 1, 1839; Emerson B. P., b. Rutland, June 25, 1840; tailor ; m. Jan. 17, IS71, Mary F. Hosmer of Fitchburg; Cynthia M., b. Worcester, Jan. 11, 1847 ; was a teacher in North Brookfield; m. Dec. 23, 1869, George H. Gleason of Boston ; George M., b. Nov. 9, 1851 ; watchmaker and jeweller in Providence, R.I .; m. Nov. 28, 1878, Goldina C. Bibby of Providence ; Carrie L., b. Southbridge, Apr. 30, 1855, and d. there Apr. 22, 1856; Adin A. B., b. Brookfield, Aug. 13, 1857.
16. Edward Augustus, son of Benjamin 9; a physician; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1832, Susan Smith of Paris, Me., b. Nov. 18, 1809, d. Sept. 21, 1854; (2) June, 1860, Mrs. Eliza Wilson of Lynn, and d. Auburndale, Feb. 25, 1868. Children, Caroline Augusta, b. Dover, Vt., July 4, 1833, m. Aug. 27, 1860, James Allen of West Newton ; Edward Augustus, b. Lynn, Aug. 1, 1835, d. there Apr. 1836; Anstis Maria, b. Feb. 20, 1837, d. June 9, 1838; Anna Maria, b. Sept. 5, 1840 ; a teacher in Lynn ; Henry Gardner Wright, b. Aug. 4, 1843 17; Edward Augustus, b. Boston, July, 1845, d. there 1856; Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 2, 1849 18.
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