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17. Henry Gardner Wright, son of Edward Augustus 16; superintendent oil works, Petrolia, Canada ; m. 1871 or 2, Jennie - of Petrolia. Children (Petro- lia), Ella ; Anna Maria.
18. Benjamin Franklin, son of Edward Augustus 16 ; superintendent oil works in Petrolia, Can .; m. Apr. 27, 1876, Sophia Lancaster of Petrolia. Child, Edward Lancaster, b. in Petrolia, -.
KITTRIDGE, Elijah M., son of Elijah, jr., of Spencer, b. Aug. 7, 1829; leather cutter ; m. (1) Oct. 4, 1855, Sarah Jane Knight of North Brookfield, b. Nov. 25, 1837, d. Jan. 9, 1882 ; (2) Feb. 15, 1883, widow Vira K. Bradley of Davenport, Ia. Children, Martha Jennette, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 6, 1856, m. Dec. 4, 1880, Walter H. Webber of North Brookfield ; Warren Gardner, b. East Brookfield, Oct. 4, 1858, m. Apr. 26, 1883, Flora A. White of Brookfield ; Ernest Holmes, b. North Brookfield, May 10, 1863; Arthur Everett, b. Aug. 7, 1865 ; Ida Grace, b. Jan. 23,
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1868 ; Emma Lucia, b. Mar. 15, IS70; Fred Mirick, b. Dec. 10, 1872; Carlton Knight, b. Dec. 4, 1874; Walden Brewster, b. Sept. 16, 1880.
KNAPP, David 1, son of Gladden, b. Springfield, Vt., Apr. 27, 1803, m. Apr. 3, 1832, Rebeckah W. Harwood of North Broukfield. Children, Rasselas H., b. North . Brookfield, Jan. 29, 1833, d. Aug. 2S, following ; Julia E., b. June 2, 1834 2; Abel Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1836, m. Oct. 6, 1859, Ellen Saunders of Barre ; Sarah Ann P., b. June 27, IS40, d. Aug. 12, 1867.
2. Julia E., daughter of David 1, m. July 17, 1862, David W. Heywood of Barre, and d. there Dec. 30, 1872. Children, Flora and Fanny, twins, b. Barre, June 26, 1863; Nellie Rebecca, b. May 13, 1865; Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 17, 1867.
KNIGHT, Silas 1, son of Silas of Sudbury, b. Oakham, Oct. 22, 1782, m. May 25, ISIO, Abiah E. Richmond of Oakham, b. Montague, Aug. 12, 1788, d. Oakham, Feb. 7, 1850 ; he d. North Brookfield, July 27, IS61. He was selectman, constable, collector, &c., in Oakham. Children (Oakham), Harriet West, b. Mar. 12, 1811, m. Aug. 29, 1838, Perley Ayres of Oakham ; Lydia Carroll, b. Sept. 19, 1812, m. Nov. 24, 1832, John Moseley of Northfield, Vt., d. there Sept. 20, 1852 ; Hiram, b. Aug. 21, 1814 2 ; Abiah, b. Aug. 14, 1816, d. Aug. 7, ISIS ; Joshua L. (changed to Charles S.), b. Oct. II, ISIS 3; Nancy Richmond, b. Nov. 27, IS20, d. Ionia, Mich., Oct. 4, 1859 ; Marianne, b. Feb. 6, 1823, m. May 1, 1844, Albert L. Poland of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, July 24, IS54 ; Maria Ayres, b. Feb. 3, 1825, m. May 1, 1844, Hiram C. Morse of Oakham, and d. Ionia, Mich., Feb. 28, IS58 ; Catherine Simmons, b. Oct. 10, 1827, m. Apr. 3, IS50, Oliver P. Conklin of Leicester, and d. North Brook- field, Oct. 22, 1856; Lois Smith, b. Sept. 7, 1829, d. Nov. 9, 1831 ; Silas Dexter, b. Jan. 24, 1832, m. Jan. 24, 1866, Margaret A. Passage in California, and d. Virginia City, Nev., Aug. 27, 1877 ; Charles Smith, b. Dec. 5, 1833, d. Apr. 23, IS40.
2. Hiram, son of Silas 1, was town clerk twenty-eight years, between 1852 and IS82; school committee ten years; selectman five years ; town treasurer three years ; assessor in 1869; overseer of the poor twenty years; chairman of com- mittee to lay out and fit up Walnut Grove Cemetery, 1855-6; United States En- rolling Officer, 1861 to 1863 ; United States Assistant Assessor Internal Revenue, 1865 to 1870, including the towns of North Brookfield, Oakham, New Braintree, West Brookfield, and Warren ; justice of the peace since 1853; clerk, treasurer, collector, and prudential committee in Congregational Society several years ; treas- urer and secretary of North Brookfield Savings Bank from its incorporation, 1853, ten years; representative from Twelfth Worcester District to Legislature of 1882 ; member of the Town History Committee from 1879; a merchant from 1840 to 1865, clerk in shoe factory from 1871 to 1882. He m. (I) June 19, 1838, Louisa Allen of Oakham, who d. North Brookfield, Nov. 11, IS39 ; (2) Nov. 29, 1842, Sarah Amelia Foster of Barre Centre, N.Y. Children (North Brookfield), James Allen, b. Sept. 8, IS39, m. Sept. 25, 1862, Susan M. Swift of Southbridge. He was a private in Company F, Forty-second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and d. Aug. 10, 1863, on board steamer "Granite State," in Long Island Sound, on the passage home from New Orleans ; Sarah Louisa, b. July 15, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1845 ; Helen Amelia, b. Nov. 2, 1846, d. Feb. 14, 1848 ; Hiram Arthur, b. Apr. 24, 1851 4 ; Har- riet Elizabeth, b. Dec. 11, IS53, m. June 6, 1878, Rev. George H. Wilson of North Brookfield ; Carrie Foster, b. Aug. 26, 1856; Robert Aden, b. May 7, 1860.
3. Charles S. (changed from Joshua L.), son of Silas 1; lived in Leicester from 1844 to 1862, where he was constable, assessor, collector, treasurer, school commit-
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tee, selectman, and chairman of the board when he left the State in 1862 ; a member . of Forty-second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers ; taught school in Leicester many years. After his discharge from the regiment was in business in New York City till 1875; came to North Brookfield as warden of the town farm in 1876, of which he had charge six years, then bought the Capt. John Knight or " Brick House place." He m. (1) May 21, 1846, Anna S. Howard of Leicester, who d. Feb. 19, 1856 ; (2) Nov. 16, 1860, Louisa A. Edwards of Leicester. Children, Charles A. H., b. Leicester, Jan. 17, 1849, d. Sept. 25, 1849 ; Ruth N., b. Feb. 7, 1851, an accountant in Worcester; Frederick, b. Sept. 23, 1853, m. Sept. 20, 1880, Abbie E. Chase of Worcester ; Frank, b. Feb. 3, 1856, d. Apr. 11, 1856; Cora B., b. Aug. 4, 1864 ; James Arthur, b. Oct. 9, 1867, d. North Brookfield, Mar. 30, 1883 ; Charles Lester, b. Dec. 4, 1869 ; Lou, b. New York, Dec. 22, 1871, d. there July 8, 1875; Jennie L., b. North Brookfield, Mar. 1, 1878.
4. Hiram Arthur, son of Hiram 2, expressman ; m. Dec. 16, 1879, Hattie A. Doane of East Brookfield. Children, Albert Pliny, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 10, 1881; Marion Elizabeth, b. West Brookfield, Feb. 5, 1884.
KNIGHT, Joshua 5, b. Boston or vicinity, 1778. He and his brother Caleb were orphan inmates of an almshouse, but were "put out" by the authorities to farmers - Joshua, in Charlton or Spencer ; he lived in Spencer several years after marriage, and came to this town about 1807. He m. Huldah Rowland, probably of Charlton, who d. Jan. 27, 1844, aged 71 ; he d. May, 1847. Children, Daniel Row- land, b. Spencer, May 9, 1802 6 ; John, b. Jan. 2, 1804 7; Alvira, b. North Brook- field, 1807, d. Nov. 23, 1866; Huldah, b. 1810, m. Aug. 31, 1837, Allen Harrington of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, June 10, 1844 ; a child, d. Sept. 27, 1807, aged two years.
6. Daniel Rowland, son of Joshua 5 ; a selectman in North Brookfield two years ; m. May 10, 1826, Lucy Prouty of Spencer, b. Aug. 25, 1799, d. Jan. 20, 1867 ; he d. Mar. 25, 1856. Children (North Brookfield), Lucy Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1827, d. Dec. 13, 1880 ; Benjamin Prouty, b. Apr. 5, 1830 ; a land surveyor in Omaha ; m. Mar. 1857, Adeline Mason of Charlestown ; Albert Bascom, b. Dec. 16, 1832, m. Apr. 9, 1862, Phebe H. Poland ; lives Omaha ; farmer ; Elijah Damon, b. May 13, 1835 8; Daniel Webster, b. May 13, 1835 9 ; John Rowland, b. Jan. 31, 1837, d. June 7, 1841 ; George Edward, b. Dec. 30, 1838, d. Florence, Neb., Aug. 19, 1857 ; Harriet Phy- linda, b. July 9, 1843, m. Oct. 1866, Frank B. Hebard of North Brookfield ; resides Irvington, Neb.
7. John, son of Joshua 5, m. Nov. 30, 1826, Sarah P. Holmes of North Brook- field, and d. Feb. 5, 1880; she d. May 5, 1879. Children (North Brookfield), John Gardner, b. July 5, 1828, m. Lavinia Straight of Manchester, Vt. ; resides in Irving- ton, Neb .; Mary Ann, b. July 15, 1831, m. Sept. 12, 1854, Charles A. Tuttle of North Brookfield ; George W., b. Oct. 26, 1834 10; Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 25, 1837, m. Oct. 4, 1855, E. Mirick Kittridge of Spencer ; Charles Warren, b. July 21, 1840; commercial traveller ; m. Sept. 15, 1869, Ida M. Clay of Boston; Martha M., b. Apr. 20, 1847, d. Sept. 20, 1849.
8. Elijah Damon, son of Daniel R. 6, m. (1) Sept. 4, 1856, Sarah B. Williston of North Brookfield, who d. Mar. 25, 1857; (2) Mar. 24, 1863, Ellen E. Clark of Sunderland. Children (North Brookfield), Albert Hobart, b. Feb. 12, 1864; Ruel Clark, b. Feb. 6, 1866, d. Oct. 12, 1876; Daniel Rowland, b. June 24, 1868; Edwin Field, b. July 14, 1870, d. Mar. 28, 1871 ; Benjamin Damon, b. Oct. 26, 1873, d. Oct. 19, 1876.
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9. Daniel Webster, son of Daniel R. 6, was representative at General Court, and served three years in the Union army; m. June 20, 1866, Francis M. Wood of North Brookfield ; a child, d. at birth.
10. George W., son of John 7, m. Nov. 24, 1859, Jane Frances De Land of North Brookfield. Children, Harry G., b. North Brookfield, July 13, 1861 ; Fred A., b. Natick, Nov. 15, 1862 ; Frank, b. North Brookfield, Apr. 28, 1865; Mary D., b. Aug. 29, 1869.
KNIGHT, Orvilla D. 11, b. Cambridge, Vt., Feb. 4, 1831, m. Sept. 4, 1853, Mary H. Hibbard of North Brookfield, and d. Aug. 15, 1865. Children (North Brookfield), Arthur O., b. Aug. 14, 1855; Mary E., b. Sept. 11, 1857; Abbie C., b. Mar. 15, 1865.
12. Edward Curtis, brother to Orvilla D. 11, b. Cambridge, Vt., Apr. 18, 1835, m. Sept. 4, 1856, Phebe Whiting of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 11, 1857; she m. (2) Henry De Land.
KNOWLTON, Charles A., b. Ipswich? about 1747; farmer. The place on which he lived in North Brookfield, was given to him by his uncle Charles Adams. The cellar hole among the willows was known as the "Peters place." He m. Oct. 25, 1769, Eunice Pickard, and d. North Brookfield, Aug. 1, 1822; his w. d. Dec. 20, 1826. Children (North Brookfield), Jonathan, b. May.28, 1770, published (1) Dec. 19, 1790, to Dolly Prouty of Spencer ; removed to Canada, and was twice married there ; Mary, b. Dec. 30, 1771, m. Oct. II, 1792, Josiah Bush of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Feb. 28, 1819; Francis, b. Aug. 13, 1775, d. North Brookfield, Ang. 26, 1838; Eunice, b. Feb. 10, 1778, d. Mar. 11, 1798; Hannah, b. Feb. 3, 1780, d. May 22, 1784 (or Mar. 4, 1785) ; Judith, b. May 26, 1782, m. June 28, 1812, Bela C. Stoddard of North Brookfield, and d. 1869; Hannah, b. June 7, 1785, m. Mar. 13, 1828, Abraham Hunter, and d. Mar. 15, 1862 ; he d. Nov. 1, 1846; Capernium, b. Dec. II, 1787, m. July 15, 1814, Marshall Wilder of Sterling, and d. North Brook- field, Jan. 26, 1848 ; Charles, b. Oct. 10, 1790, d. July 11, 1826.
KNOWLTON, Robert, a farmer, came here probably from Shrewsbury, and lived on the E. B. Bush, now J. C. Converse, place. He m. Mar. 13, 1807, Elizabeth (or Lydia) Thurston of Westboro, and d. Nov. 18, 1818, aged 44; was found dead in the road; had gone into the woods that day to cut a well-pole, and, on his return home, had apparently sat down by the wayside to rest, where he expired, and was shortly afterwards found by a Mr. Harwood. His widow m. (2) Oct. 5, 1819, Josiah Bush of North Brookfield, and after his decease, returned to Westboro, where she d. Feb. 8, 1860.
LABLEAU, Joseph, b. Canada, 1836, m. Mary Richards. Children (Canada), Frederick, b. 1862; Angelia, b. 1862 ; Hannah, b. 1863; Vitalia, b. 1865; Joseph, b. 1867; Louisa, b. 1869; Emma, b. 1871 ; Ovella, b. 1874; Mary, b. 1878.
LACHAPELLE, Mark, b. Canada; painter ; m. (1) 1872 in North Brookfield, Emily Duran, who d. Mar. 8, 1884; (2) July 13, 1884, Mary Ann Laroche. Children (North Brookfield), Ezra Joseph, b. May 23, 1873; Frederick, b. Nov. 28, 1874 ; Isa, b. Mar. 15, 1875; Ellaine, b. July 13, 1876.
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LACHAPELLE, Amos, b. Canada, 1852, m. Nov. 11, 1872, Alphosine Mat- thieu. Children (North Brookfield), Anna, b. Apr. 3, 1875; Julia, b. July 4, 1877, d. Nov. 10, 1880; Alamie, b. Dec. 31, 1879.
LACHAPELLE, Joseph, b. Canada, Mar. 1849, m. Sept. 27, 1874, Elmira Fortier of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Lea, b. June 10, 1876, d. Mar. 22, 1878; Neda, b. Dec. 4, 1877, d. Sept. 24, 1878 ; Alzer, b. Jan. 31, 1880.
LAFORTE, Celestine, b. Canada, m. Maggie Damour. Children (Canada and North Brookfield), Joseph, b. 1860; Wilfred, b. 1861 ; Dennis, b. 1863; Mary, b. 1865 ; Auguste, b. 1867 ; Henry, b. 1868 ; Ernest, b. Jan. 4, 1871; Mary, b. Mar. 27, 1873; Annie, b. 1875; Aurora, b. 1877 ; Celestine, b. 1878; Irene, b. Oct. 15, 1879. -
LAMB, Samuel 1, b. Middletown, Ct., Feb. 4, 1807, m. Mar. 20, 1830, Mary J. Holmes, daughter of William 11, and d. North Brookfield, Aug. 6, 1879. Children, John F., b. Worcester, Oct. 12, 1830 2; Mary A., b. New Braintree, Dec. 20, 1831, d. Dec. 28, following; Samuel W., b. North Brookfield, Jan. 6, 1833, d. Oct. 25, 1834; Almira H., b. July 30, 1834, m. Horace White of Boston ; Lucy M., b. June 6, 1836, m. R. D. C. Ingram of North Amherst, July 25, 1872; Charles E., b. Mar. 12, 1838; Samuel II., b. Apr. 12, 1840, m. Susan Woodis of North Brookfield; Har- riet E., b. May 6, 1842, m. Harvey Snow in Amherst, July 27, 1865; Mary L., b. Oct. 9, 1843, m. George B. Shepard of Grafton; Sarah y., b. June 6, 1846, m. Dec. 30, 1868, Charles Lyon of Spencer; Frances E., b. New Braintree, Mar. 30, 1849, m. Apr. 15, 1869, W. A. Snow; resides Kansas; George H., b. May 24, 1851; Elli- etta M., b. June 1, 1853, m. John Cutty of Webster in North Brookfield; Frederick E., b. Sept. 10, 1856, m. Feb. 25, 1879, Mary E. Mullen of Natick.
2. John F., son of Samuel 1, m. Ellen Whitcomb of Waltham ; he was killed by sharpshooters at Petersburg, Va., June 29, 1864. Children, Mary, b. New Brain- tree, d. infancy ; Nathan, b. Spencer, m. in Maine; Etta, b. North Brookfield, m. Aug. 23, 1884, Roderick E. Chesley of North Brookfield ; Eddie, b. New Braintree ; resides Maine.
LAMB, John, b. Spencer, June 22, 1808, m. Nov. 10, 1831, Sarah Rainger of North Brookfield, who d. Spencer, Oct. 23, 1881. Children, Lucy Rainger, b. North Brookfield, Jan 20, 1833, m. Apr. 11, 1855, Rufus Fuller of Leicester, and d. Law- rence, May 14, 1862; Abbie Drusilla, b. July 19, 1839, m. Apr. 25, 1865, Rufus Fuller of Leicester ; Orrin Russell, b. Spencer, May 7, 1847, m. May 18, ISSO, Emma Bemis of Spencer.
LAMOREAUX, Frank, b. Canada, m. Josephine -. Children (Canada), Evelyn, b. 1850; Israel, b. 1856; Philip, b. 1858.
LAMSON, John 1, a tailor and farmer, came to town about 1750, from New Hampshire, as supposed. He lived where George Jenks lived and died. He sub- sequently succeeded to the ownership of the place, which descended to his son William, and grandson William P., now owned by J. N. Brown. His paternal ancestor William, settled in that part of Ipswich now Hamilton, where he d. Feb. I, 1658-9; had eight children ; his widow Sarah m. (2) Thomas Hartshorn of Reading. Jonathan a great-grandson of said William had six sons, one of whom settled in New Boston, and another in Mount Vernon, N.H., from one of whom descended the
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above John 1. He m. Nov. 1758, Mary, daughter of Ammiel Weeks of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 20, 1803; she d. Mar. 29, 1808. Children (North Brook- field) , Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1762, d. May 1, 1763; John, b. Dec. 28, 1764, published Dec. II, ISOS, to Lucretia Childs of New Salem, and d. Charlemont, Jan. 18, IS21 ; post rider; Catherine, b. Mar. II, 1767, m. (1) Nov. 20, 1794, Ebenezer Harwood of North Brookfield ; (2) May 3, 1769, Mr. Chandler of Pottsdam, N.Y .; William, b. May 3, 1769 3; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1772, m. Jan. 13, 1799, Tilly Walker of Pittsford.
2. Peter, supposed to be a brother of John 1, was in town before 1750, and one of the petitioners for the incorporation of the Second Precinct. His residence here is marked by a cellar hole on the east side of the road, leading north from the B. Cummings place. He was published in Brookfield, Mar. 10, 1754, to Mehitable Gould. Children (Brookfield), Jonathan, b. Feb. 20, 1755; Priscilla, b. Apr. 15, 1757, m. Feb. 7, 1779, Solomon Barnes of Brookfield; Ruth, b. July 11, 1760, m. Feb. 5, 1784, John Olds of Brookfield ; Thomas, b. Dec. 9, 1762; Amos, b. Mar. 5, 1765; Samuel, b. Mar. 22, 1767, m. Mar. 26, 1789, Polly Bragg of Brookfield ; Mehitable, b. Apr. 21, 1769; Beulah, b. Feb. 10, 1772, m. Feb. 1I, 1794, William Damon of Cummington; Abigail, b. Aug. 29, 1774.
3. William, son of John 1, a farmer ; m. Nov. 7, 1799, Lydia Ayres of Brook- field, b. July 22, 1776, d. June 29, 1845; he d. North Brookfield, Dec. 29, 1838. Children (North Brookfield), Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1800, d. Oct. 1, 1865; Rachel, b. Nov. 12, 1802, d. May 20, 1861 ; Adeline, b. June 26, 1805, d. Jan. 16, 1849; Oraville, b. Sept. 16, 1807, m. Jan. 19, 1832, Charles Southworth of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Nov. 10, 1865; William Pinckney, b. Aug. 15, 1809 4; John Dexter, b. Feb. 6, 1813, d. July 18, 1819; Harrison Otis, b. Mar. 10, 1815 5.
4. William Pinckney, son of William 3, lived and d. on the farm owned by his father and grandfather Lamson and his great-grandfather Weeks. He m. June S, IS37, Eliza Gilmore of Greenwich, and d. Oct. 15, 1857. Children (North Brook- field), John Dexter, b. Feb. 25, 1838 6; Charles H., b. Apr. 21, 1843, m. June, 1875, Hattie Lowe of Worcester, and d. there Dec. 30, 1878; Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1845; George Lyman, b. Feb. 4, 1848, m. Sept. 1879, Ellen P. Adams of Milford.
5. Harrison Otis, son of William 3, m. Nov. 13, 1845, Harriet Elizabeth War- ren of Mason, N.H., b. there Apr. 3, 1823. Children (West Brookfield), Warren Harrison, b. Sept. 2, 1846 ; a graduate of Normal School at Westfield, 1877; teacher of penmanship in the public schools of New York City; publisher of copy books, and now teaching school at Rahway, N.J .; m. Jan. 3, 1872, Mary M. Cracken of Jersey City ; Freeman Otis, b. Sept. 5, 1848, d. July 28, 1849; Curtis Hale, b. June 8, 1850, d. Aug. 6, 1850 ; Adah Rachel, b. Oct. 20, 1852, d. Sept. 13, 1853; Henry Waldo, b. Feb. II, 1855, d. Mar. S, 1856; William Ayres, b. Oct. 23, 1859; entered Harvard University, Sept. 1877.
6. John Dexter, son of William P. 4, m. (1) Nov. 3, 1863, Eunice A. Doane of North Brookfield; (2) Sept. 28, 1871, Mrs. Mary A. Taft of Worcester. Children (North Brookfield,), William Dexter, b. Nov. 10, 1864, d. Dec. 7, 1864 ; Ida A., b. Oct. 8, 1866, d. Nov. 11, 1866 ; Nellie E., b. Sept. 29, 1867; Mary Alice, b. Oct. 7, I872; Bertha Adeline, b. Aug. 8, 1876.
LANE, Capt. Samuel 1, from Bedford, Feb. ISII, b. there Jan. 15, 1778 ; m. Lucy R. Jones of Bedford, and d. North Brookfield, by a fall from a cart, Oct. 2, 1823. Children, David W., b. Bedford, Oct. 28, 1801 2; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1803, m. June 28, 1832, Franklin Merriam of Greenville, N.H .; Samuel R., b. Feb.
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26, 1807, d. Jan. 25, 1825; Lucy R., b. Mar. 31, 1809, m. May 3, 1827, Elisha J. Merriam of Mason, N.H .; Abigail }., b. Aug. 1, 1810, m. Oct. 8, 1829, Deacon Tyler Batcheller, and d. Boston, Mar. 10, 1877; Sarah E., b. North Brookfield, Dec. 9, 1813, d. Apr. 9, 1818; Martha S., b. Nov. 1, 1816, m. Apr. 2, 1835, Edmund Mer- riam of Mason, N.H., and d. there Aug. 11, 1859; John f., b. Dec. 15, 1818 3; Daniel y., b. Feb. 21, 1821 4.
2. David W., Capt., son of Samuel 1, was many years a prominent man in public affairs - a noted teacher, selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, school committee, and captain of the militia. Several years since he suffered the amputa- tion of one leg above the knee, and retired from public life ; still living (1885). He built the brick house where he lives. He m. Jan. 24, 1803, Eliza S. Witt of North Brookfield, who d. Aug. 1, 1868. Children (North Brookfield), Edward Bancroft, b. Aug. 6, 1824, d. Oct. 10, 1825; Lucie Ann, b. July 4, 1826, m. Nov. 12, 1856, Washington Harwood of Adrian, Mich .; Sarah Adeline, b. Aug. 24, 1828, m. Jan. 1, 1856, Rev. John H. Mellish of Auburn; Frederick Warren, b. July 17, 1830, d. Dec. 20, 1853; Abigail Sylvania, b. Nov. 16, 1832, m. Oct. 4, 1859, George Frye of Foster, R.I .; Nancie Angeline, b. Mar. 7, 1835, d. Mar. 5, 1859; Lavinia Frances, b. Mar. 20, 1837, d. Nov. 23, 1864 ; Emmeline Selinda, b. Nov. 12, 1839; Adeliza Wood- ward, b. Dec. 19, 1841, d. Aug. 12, 1843 ; John Henry, b. Sept. 4, 1846 5.
3. John J., son of Capt. Samuel 1, shoe dealer and merchant ; m. Nov. 16, 1849, Marietta Van Martyr of St. Louis, Mo., and d. New York City, May 18, 1868; she d. Jan. 28, 1873. Children (New York), John B., b. June 11, 1851, d. Aug. 15, 1865; Marietta, b. Oct. 2, 1852, d. Nov. 16, 1854; Carlisle }., b. Sept. 4, 1857; Frank M., b. Sept. 21, 1859, d. Aug. 18, 1865; Albert I., b. Nov. 15, 1861 ; bookkeeper in New- ton, N.J. ; Lizzie y., b. Nov. 17, 1863, d. Aug. 13, 1865 ; Charles R., b. Nov. 17, 1866.
4 Daniel J., son of Capt. Samuel 1, m. Aug. 25, 1842, Martha E. Barstow of North Brookfield. Children, Louis, b. Plymouth, Apr. 10, 1850, d. Sept. 20 following ; Clara, b. Sept. 5, 1852, d. New York, Jan. 28, 1857 ; Ella Starr, b. Dec. 20, 1855, m. Sept. 10, 1878, A. M. Griffin of Chicago, Ill .; Ida Clara, b. Dec. 8, 1857, m. Nov. 4, 1879, L. E. Yerrington of Galena, Ill .; Henry Howard, b. New York, Dec. 31, 1860. 5. John Henry, son of Capt. David 2, m. Sept. 4, 1867, Abbie A. Kellogg of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Eliza Abbie, b. Oct. 13, 1868; Frederick Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1870; Charles Sumner, b. Aug. 10, 1872; Nellie May, b. June 9, 1875; David Carl, b. July 3, 1877; Emma Florence, b. Jan. 27, 1882 ; John Jones, b. May 26, 1883; Edward Alaire, b. Aug. 14, 1885.
LANGDON, Morgan E. 1, b. Wilbraham, -; m. Aug. 15, 1848, Mrs. Mary, widow of Trowbridge Rainger of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), James E., b. May 5, 1849 2; Alice M., b. Sept. 25, 1851, m. July 4, 1871, Charles W. Dustin of Springfield.
2. James E., son of Morgan E. 1, a machinist in Bridgeport, Ct., m. Jan. 18, 1871, Martha J. Melroy, in Springfield. Children, Lilla M., b. May 8, 1872 ; Mary A., b. Jan. 14, 1874.
LARKUM, John 1, was killed in the late civil war; had sons, John F., b. Hanover, Mar. 1, 1844 2; Albert WV. ; George H .; Noah.
2. John F., son of John 1, m. 1867, widow Frances M. Childs of Oxford. He served in the Eighteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers three years, in the civil war. Children, John F., b. North Brookfield, July, 1868, d. Nov. 30, 1880 ; Ralph Brooks, b. Jan. 10, 1875, d. Dec. 1, 1880. Her son Harrie D. Childs, b. Oxford, 1860, m. Nov. 29, 1880, Carrie L. Stoddard of North Brookfield.
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LAROUX, Frank, b. Canada, 1830, m. Flavia Noel, and d. North Brookfield, Oct. 1870. Children (Canada), Isia, b. 1851, d. North Brookfield, 1874; Jenette, b. IS53; Aleck, b. Feb. 1857; Lydia, b. Feb. 1860; Napoleon, b. Feb. 1863 ; Victor, b. Jan. 1866; Edward, b. June 1869.
LATOURNEAULT, Gideon, b. Canada; carpenter in North Brookfield; m. Oraline Hill of Canada. Children (Canada), Charles, b. 1847 ; Medora, b. 1850 ; Frederick, b. 1852; Joseph, b. 1855; Elisa, b. 1857 ; Adolphus, b. 1859; Gideon, b. 1864; Argina, b. 1867; Armester, b. 1870; Georgia, b. 1872.
LAVENTURE, Adolphus 1, b. Canada, mı. Philomene Guyette. Children, Jennie, b. Aug. 1863 ; Minnie, b. 1866; Willie, b. 1868; Anna, b. 1870; Ovid, b. North Brookfield, 1873; Eli, b. Spencer, IS74; Lydia, b. North Brookfield, 1877; Delia, b. Brookfield, Feb. 28, 1879.
2. Alexander, b. Canada, 1850, m. Adelaide Putvin of Webster. Children, Rosanna, b. Spencer, 1871; Felix A., b. North Brookfield, Oct. 2, 1874; Ovella, b. May 12, 1876; Edith Elida, b. Oct. 17, 1878.
LAWLER, John, b. Ireland, m. 1833, Julia Lawler. Children (Ireland), Ed- ward, b. Oct. 1835 ; Fenton P., b. Aug. 1840; Mary, b. May, 1845; John, b. July, Į847 2; Thomas, b. June, 1849, m. 1874, Mary Walsh in Sturbridge; Peter, b. June, IS50 3.
2. John, son of John 1, m. 1865, Catherine Behan. Children (North Brookfield), John F., b. Jan. 1866; Fenten, b. Feb. 1867; Mary Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1870; Edward, b. Feb. 20, 1873; Patrick, b. Mar. 21, 1875.
3. Peter, son of John 1, m. July 3, 1873, Bridget, widow of Thomas Griffin, who was killed in the late civil war. Children (North Brookfield), Juliette E., b. Aug. 27, 1874; Catherine, b. June 28, 1877 ; Vinnie. b. Feb. 14, 1879.
LAWRENCE, Cephas 1, b. Franklin, Feb. 12, 1762, removed to North Brook- field in ISor. He descended from David, son of David and Bethiah, who lived in that part of Wrentham, now Franklin, about 16So to 1700. He m. Nov. 26, 1789, Esther Whiting of Franklin, and d. North Brookfield, July 4, 1842; she d. Aug. 28, 1836. Children, Hannah, b. Franklin, Oct. 19, 1790, d. Brookfield, Dec. 24, 1851 ; Nathan, b. Apr. 9, 1792, m. Betsey Hill of Vermont, and d. Canterbury, N.H., Mar. 29, 1848 ; Almon, b. Oct. 7, 1794, mn. Dec. 28, 1820, Susan Banister of Brookfield, and d. Oxford, Mass., Feb. 2, 1854; Esther, b. Nov. 27, 1795, d. Milford, Aug. 5, 1849; Parna, b. 1797, published, July 1, 1813, to William Marsh of Ware, and d. Craftsboro, Vt., Mar. 1843; Cephas, b. Oct. 12, 1798; boot manufacturer ; m. May, 1820, Betsey Sumner of Milford, and d. Franklin, Mar. 4, 1872 ; Asa IV., b. Jan. 22, 1799, m. Dec. 1827, Naomi Jennison of Peacham, Vt., and d. Stafford, Ct., June 28, 1869; David B., b. Dec. 12, 1800 2; Vernon, b. Brookfield, May 13, 1804 3; Mary E., b. Mar. 2, 1806, m. July 10, 1836, Henry Bennett of Spencer, and d. Warren, Sept. 16, 1877.
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