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MOWER, Curtis, b. Charlton, Oct. 26, 1801, m. Hannah (Kendrick) Hunter of North Brookfield, and d. June 21, 1876, at Morristown, Vt. Children, Mary Jane, b. Dec. 21, 1827, d. Calais, Vt., June 27, 1833 ; Marshall Curtis, b. Sept. 18, 1829, m. (1) June 3, 1858, Harriet Parker of East Templeton, who d. 1860; (2) Nov. 24, 1864, Lois Pollard of Hubbardston ; Charles Carroll, b. Calais, Vt., Apr. 20, 1834, d. Morristown, Vt , July 21, 1857 ; Edwin Bliss, b. June 18, 1837, d. in Morristown, Sept. 23, 1865 ; Emery Carlos, b. May 30, 1839; a merchant in Burlington ; m. Nov. 25, 1869, Hattie A. Herrick of Winooski, Vt.
MULLETT, Sumner, b. New Braintree, Jan. 12, 1830; carpenter ; m. Dec. 22, 1853, Charlotte Nutting of North Brookfield, b. Essex, Vt., Sept. 9, 1833. Children
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(North Brookfield), Clarence A., b. Oct. 1855, d. May 24, 1856; Herbert Sumner, b. Nov. 1, 1857, m. Aug. 20, 1879, Ida M. Brown of North Brookfield; Leon, b. Mar. 24, 1860, d. Mar. 27 following ; Edwin, b. May 27, 1863, d. Aug. 10 following; Nel- son George, b. Dec. 15, 1865, d. Apr. 27, 1866; Etta Sophia, b. Aug. 10, 1871 ; Inez G., b. Aug. 4, 1873, d. Oct. 4 following ; George F., b. Oct. 4, 1874, d. Jan. 12, 1876.
MULLIKIN, James B., b. New Jersey, Mar. 7, 1849; in corset shop, Worces- ter ; m. Oct. 30, 1873, Emma L. Batcheller of North Brookfield, daughter of E. D. Batcheller, b. Mar. 14, 1852. Child, George Batcheller, b. Mar. 21, 1875.
MUNROE, Joshua 1, b. Spencer, Jan. 6, 1780; was son of Amos Munroe, and came from Lexington to Spencer ; farmer ; m. Oct. 17, 1805, Sarah Cutter of Spen- cer, and d. there 1859. Children (Spencer), Lewis, m. Priscilla - of Michigan; Moody, d. in Maine; Lucy, m. Joseph Westgate of Sturbridge, and d. Melrose ; Otis, b. Oct. 20, 1812 2 ; Joshua, b. Mar. 15, 1818 3.
2. Otis, son of Joshua 1; a merchant ; m. (1) Oct. 9, 1838, in North Brookfield, Betsey Whipple of Oakham; (2) 1878, in Kentucky, -.
3. Joshua, son of Joshua 1. His mother dying near the time of his birth, he was placed in the family of Mr. Andrew Buxton, where he was reared to man's estate ; was educated in the higher branches of study at Uxbridge and elsewhere, and taught school in North Brookfield and Spencer; went South, and became dis- tinguished as a teacher in Maryland and Virginia. In 1876, removed West, and m. June 1, 1876, Anna Graham of Washington County, Md .; settled in Plainwell, Mich., on a small farm, as a fruit grower, where he d. Sept. 19, 1882 ; no issue.
MURPHY, William, son of Jolin, b. Ireland, Dec. 1850, m. July, 1869, in North Brookfield, Margaret Looney. Children (North Brookfield), John H., b. July 27, 1870, d. Sept. 4 following ; Catherine }., b. July, 1872; Abbie A., b. June, 1874; Daniel A., b. Aug. 30, 1876, d. Apr. 6, 1878.
MURPHY, CORNELIUS, b. Ireland, 1821, m. Mary Shea, b. Ireland, 1831. Children, Mary, b. New Braintree, 1851; Julia, b. 1853, m. Oct. 25, 1873, John Barry of North Brookfield ; Margaret, b. North Brookfield, 1857 ; Ellen, b. 1860; Edward, b. 1869.
MURPHY, Timothy 1, b. Ireland, 1815, m. 1844, Kate Duggan. Children, Patrick, b. Ireland, 1847 2; Cornelius, b. and d. 1844 ; Ellen, b. Mar. 1850, m. Cor- nelius Connolly, Nov. 1869; Thomas, b. May 14, 1852; resides North Brookfield; John, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 6, 1855, d. Sept. 4, 1869 ; Margaret, b. Apr. 6, 1859, d. Dec. 10, 1863; James, b. Feb. 1862, resides North Brookfield.
2. Patrick, son of Timothy 1, m. July 8, 1871, Bridget Hayes of North Brook- field. Children (North Brookfield), Catherine A., b. Apr. 15, 1872 ; Mary E., b. Feb. 24, 1874; Timothy P., b. Jan. 14, 1876; John E., b. Nov. 17, 1877 ; Margaret G., b. Sept. 16, 1879.
MURPHY, John, b. Ireland, 1830 ; came to North Brookfield, 1855, and m. Oct. 1859, Julia Cohan. Children (North Brookfield), Daniel, b. Oct. 27, 1860; Julia, b. May, 1862; John, b. Mar. 2, 1866.
MURPHY, Peter, b. Ireland, 1812; came to North Brookfield, 1846, m. Mar- garet Caulden, and d. Dec. 10, 1882. Children (North Brookfield), Sarah, b. 1850; Catherine, b. 1854, m. George Kelly of Worcester; James, b. 1857.
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MURPHY, Michael, b. Ireland; came to North Brookfield about 1850; m. Dec. 4, 1853, Hannah Looney of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Michael, b. 1854; Timothy, b. 1856, m. Mary Foley ; Nellie, b. May 17, 1860; Mary, b. 1863; James, b. Jan. 13, 1869; Daniel, b. Nov. 1, 1871.
NAULT, Frank, b. Canada ; corset maker. Children (Canada), Ida, b. 1865; Jennie, b. 1866; Carrie, b. 1869; Edward, b. 1874; Joseph, b. 1876.
, NEALOR, Henry 1, b. Canada, 1825; m. 1848, - Goddard, and d. North Brookfield, Oct. 28, 1878. Children, Henry, b. Worcester, 1849, m. Sept. 1870, Emma Beautiette of North Brookfield ; Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1850 2 ; Andrew, b. July 27, 1853; Josephine, b. Jan. 1856, m. Sept. 7, 1874, Louis Brunell of North Brook- field ; George, b. Mar. 1858; Agnes, b. Jan. 1861, m. Sept. 1877, Louis Dismouis of Gardner ; Napoleon, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 1862; Frederick, b. July 23, 1868 ; Oliver, b. Mar. 1870; Alexander, b. Hardwick, Oct. 1872.
2. Joseph, son of Henry 1, m. Nov. 1, 1873, Mary Lacombe of East Stoughton. Child, Mary, b. North Brookfield, May 21, 1876.
NEWELL (or NEWHALL), Daniel,5 1, son of Daniel 4 (Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Thomas,' the emigrant) and Mary (Breed), b. Lynn -; removed to Brookfield, where he m. Miriam, daughter of Ebenezer Witt of Brookfield, who in his will (Feb. 19, 1771), gives to Ebenezer, son of Daniel Newhall, deceased, an eighty acre lot, laid out to Enoch Hinds, the said Ebenezer to pay certain sums to the other chil- dren of Daniel Newhall. He d. Dec. 30, 1756, and his widow m. (2) Amos Hamil- ton 6, whose first wife, Lydia, d. Apr. 30, 1761. [Newhall Family, by H. F. Waters.] Children, Ebenezer, b. Brookfield, Feb. 13, 1745 2; Joseph, b. July 2, 1747 3; Jonas, b. Dec. 14, 1749, m. June 19, 1781, Azubah Bartlett of Brookfield ; Daniel, b. May 10, 1754 (" m. Esther Warren of Leicester," H. F. Waters).
2. Ebenezer, Colonel, son of Daniel 1, m. Dec. 3, 1767, Sarah Banister of Brook- field, and d. Jan. 14, 1831, at house of his son Seth B., in Bethel, Me. His wife b. in Brookfield, May 25, 1744, and d. Pembroke, N.H., May 17, 1822. He was colonel in the Revolutionary army ; he occupied a house twenty or thirty rods south of the Poland place, now occupied by J. M. Kingsbury; the spot is indicated by a cellar hole. Children (Brookfield), Chauncey, b. Jan. 30, 1769 ; Sarah, b. June 13, 1770; Breed, b. Dec. 6, 1771; David, b. July 21, 1773 ; Ebenezer Francis, b. Sept. 1, 1775 4 ; Seth, b. May 20, 1777 ; Miriam, b. Mar. 20, 1779; Easter, b. Dec. 15, 1781 ; Seth B., b. June 26, 1783 ; removed to Bethel, Me.
3. Joseph, son of Daniel 1, m. Sept. 14, 1780, Ruth Wright of Brookfield. Chil- dren (Brookfield), Harriet, b. Apr. 23, 1781 ; Nathan, b. Nov. 26, 1782; Daniel, b. July 30, 1784; Charles, b. Dec. 11, 1786; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1792 ; Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1795; William, b. Apr. 1, 1800, d. North Brookfield, June 14, 1816.
4. Ebenezer Francis, son of Colonel Ebenezer 2, known familiarly as Father Newell, became a member of the church at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, in 1800 ; licensed to preach at Loudon, N.H., Mar. 23, 1806; ordained Deacon June 17, 1809, at Monmouth, Me. ; ordained Elder, June 24, 1811. He preached first on Pembroke Circuit, N.H., extensively in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Central Massa- chusetts, and after the marriage to his second wife was transferred from Maine to this Conference in 1831, and established his home in Brookfield ; was superannuated 1842, and until 1847 prosecuted his labors in the vicinity of Brookfield and north- erly to Royalston. In 1847, rode with his daughter, Olive F., in a carriage to South
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Carolina, and returned in season the next year to attend the Conference. In 1856, he returned from a second visit to South Carolina, and a third return was com- pelled by the breaking out of the civil war, after which, in 1866, he went there again to establish a Freedman's School, but d. the next year, and was buried beside his daughter. He m. (1) Oct. 21, 1810, Fanny Butterfield of Sidney, Me., who d. there Apr. 24, 1824; (2) Polly Blanchard Pendleton, who d. Brookfield, Apr. 21, 1852. He d. Johnsonville, S.C., Mar. 8, 1867. Children, Ebenezer Butterfield, b. Walden, Vt., Dec. 4, 1812 (or 11) 5; Olive Fanny, b. Croydon, Vt., Oct. 20, 1814 (or 13) ; m. Nov. 14, 1849, John Wesley Lovell of Williamsburg, S.C., and d. Johnsonville, S.C., Oct. 14, 1863. He is a farmer, b. Dec. 26, 1831, and lived (1884) in South Carolina. 5. Ebenezer Butterfield, son of Rev. Ebenezer F. 4, was a mechanic; removed to Marion, S.C., thence to Johnsonville, S.C., where he d. Apr. 1, 1868. He m. Oct. 24, 1843, Elizabeth Williams Marlow of Marion, b. Dec. 25, 1825. Children, Frances Rebecca, b. Marion, July 28, 1844 6; Elizabeth Jane, b. July 25, 1846 7; Sarah Orvilla, b. Oct. 10, 1848 8; William Henry Westberly, b. Williamsburg County, Oct. 6, 1851 9 ; Polly Blanchard, b. Nov. 9, 1852 10 ; Harriet Maria, b. Mar. 1, 1855 11; Eliza Henrietta, b. Aug. 31, 1857 12; Eben. Francis Butterfield, b. Mar. 10, 1860; John Marion Lafayette, b. Oct. 9, 1862, d. Mar. 9, 1879; Joseph Percival Ralston.
6. Frances Rebecca, daughter of Ebenezer B. 5, m. Nov. 15, 1865, David Wat- son Cribb of Georgetown County, S.C. Children (Williamsburg County), Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1866 ; Joseph Morgan, b. Aug. 15, 1869 ; Henry Logan, b. Dec. 20, 1871; Charles Betts, b. May 3, 1874; Marvin Pierce, b. June 27, 1877, d. June 19, 1881 ; William Wilson, b. July 19, 1881.
7. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Ebenezer B. 5, m. H. C. Barnhill of Williams- burg County, S.C. Childen (Williamsburg County), Willie Lextus, b. Nov. 28, 1876; Marion Seals, b. Mar. 28, 1879 ; Josiah Butterfield, b. Oct. 14, 1881.
8. Sarah Orvilla, daughter of Ebenezer B. 5, m. Thomas Nelson Prosser of Williamsburg County. Children (Williamsburg County), Minnie Olive, b. July 21, 1872; William Mood, b. Feb. 6, 1875; Joseph Butterfield, b. June 22, 1879.
9. William Henry Westberly, son of Ebenezer B. 5, m. Jane Rebecca Owens of Williamsburg County. Children (Williamsburg County), James Henry, b. July 22, 1879; Elizabeth Hattic, b. June 3, 1882.
10. Polly Blanchard, daughter of Ebenezer B. 5, m. John Cooper; she was burned to death Dec. 14, 1877. Children (Williamsburg County), Susanna Butter- field, b. Feb. 10, 1872 ; Annie Coulsair, b. Apr. 4, 1874 ; Lillie Belle, b. Apr. 14, 1876.
11. Harriet Maria, daughter of Ebenezer B. 5, m. James Folkers of Williams- burg County. Children (Waynesville, Ga.), Charles Hampton, b. Dec. 4, 1876; Ebenezer Octavius, b. Mar. 7, 1879; Eliza Julia, b. Sept. 26, 1881 ; an infant, b. July 9, 1883.
12. Eliza Henrietta, daughter of Ebenezer B. 5, m. Redding Cannon of Waynesville, Ga. Children (Williamsburg County), George Verdz, b. Jan. 27, 1879 ; Samuel Jersey, b. Sept. 12, 1882.
NEWELL, Richard A., b. Boston, Oct. 23, 1829; a merchant in Boston ; m. Oct. 27, 1853, Emeline C. Walker of North Brookfield, who d. Boston, Oct. 9, 1885. Children (Boston), Mary E., b. Nov. 9, 1854; Richard A., b. May 4, 1857 ; clerk ; Walter W., b. Jan. 2, 1861 ; S. Dwight, b. Sept. 27, 1865, d. North Brookfield, June 18, 1868 ; Katherine M., b. Mar. 3, 1867 ; Helen, b. Mar. 26, 1869.
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NEWMAN, Henry J., b. Middletown, Ct., Feb. 28, 1837 ; boot fitter ; m. Juiy 4, 1856, Catherine Howe of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield,) Fred erick H., b. Sept. 14, 1857, d. Dec. 8, 1878; Edward H., b. Aug. 7, 1859, m. Mar 10, 1880, Jennie M. Bliss of North Brookfield; Charles H., b. Jan. 9, 1863.
NEWTON, Peter K., b. Vermont, 1811 ; m. Catherine Wheelock of Warwick, who d. New Braintree, 1868. Children ( Warwick), Marietta, m. Henry Tucker of New Braintree ; Frank, b. 1850 ; Francis D. (twin), b. 1850, m. Aug. 10, 1876, Sarah Walker of North Brookfield.
NEWTON, Richard W., b. Westboro, Oct. 6, 1816; m. May 20, 1840, Sophia, daughter of Joshua Rainger of North Brookfield. Children, Lucy, b. Southboro, Apr. S, 1841, m. May 19, 1869, C. A. Richards of Vermont ; Eveline M., b. West- boro, Jan. 25, 1845, m. Oct. 28, 1878, M. P. Rice of Marlboro; fane L., b. Nov. 14, 1847, m. Nov. 9, 1876, James Maxwell of Sigel, Pa .; Richard D., b. Nov. 16, 1849, d. June 24, 1850; Charles H., b. Northboro, Jan. 15, 1852, m. June 10, 1880, Clara O. Washburn of Leicester.
NEWTON, William H., b. Rutland, Oct. 29, 1828, 11. Apr. 29, 1852, Lydia P. Dewing of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, May 10, 1863. Children (North Brookfield), George Briggs, b. Mar. 10, 1853, d. June 28, 1854 ; Lizzie Bemes, b. Apr. 18, 1855, m. Sept. 15, 1874, Frederick D. Buffington of Ware; Ellen Maria, d. May 28, 1858; William, d. Mar. 6, 1860; William Horace, b. May 21, 1863.
NICHOLS, Rice, b. Sturbridge, July 19, 1812; wheelwright and farmer; m. Apr. 12, 1837, Lucy A. Stevens of North Brookfield, and d. East Brookfield, Apr. 25, 1877. Children, S. Louisa, b. Princeton, Oct. 10, 1840, m. Sept. 23, 1860, Timothy A. Curtis of Worcester, and d. East Brookfield, Jan. IS, ISSo [children, Arthur Nichols, b. East Brookfield, Nov. 29, 1866; Elbert Austin, b. Oct. 6, 1873]; Emory F., b. Brookfield, Apr. 19, 1842, m. Apr. 5, 1868, Josie Walker of Exeter, N.Y. [child, Lidell Galusha, b. East Brookfield, Aug. 8, 1874].
NICHOLS, Dewey 1, b. Feb. 22, 1781, m. Nancy Gilmore of Cambridge, Vt., and d. Fletcher, Vt. Children (Fletcher), Betsey, b. Dec. 17, 1799; Eunice, b. Oct. 6, 1801 ; Henry W., b. Dec. 30, 1802 ; Aveline, b. Nov. 2, 1804 ; Aurilla, b. July 2, 1806; Elijah, b. Feb. 10, 1808 2; Fidelia, b. July 12, 1810 ; Hilkiak P., b. Sept. I, 1812; Lucy, b. Feb. 11, 1814, d. Mar. 31, 1816; Hiram, b. Mar. 29, 1816, d. Apr. 30, 1849 [children, Mary Adelaide, b. Fletcher, Aug. 16, 1844; Omar, b. Dec. 5, 1845]; Nancy, twin, b. Mar. 29, 1816, d. Mar. 31 following.
2. Elijah, son of Dewey 1, m. Sept. 14, 1837, Sally Mirick Wilder, b. Watertown, N.Y., Apr. 2 1819; he d. North Brookfield, Mar. 13, 1868, of disease contracted in the army. Children (North Brookfield), Sarah Ann, b. June 20, 1838, d. July 9, 1838 ; Fidelia, b. May 31, 1839, m. Emmon B. Corbin of Woodstock, Ct .; Frances Aveline, b. Feb. 20, 1841, m. Feb. 10, 1859, Hiram S. Combs of Warren ; John Randolph, b. Mar. 12, 1843; Mary Wilder, b. Aug. 8, 1845, m. July 4, 1867, George Martin of Philadelphia; Elijah Dewey, b. Mar. 8, 1848, m. Nov. 4, 1873, in Worcester, Sarah Gibbons, b. England; Clara Eunice, b. Aug. 3, 1852, m. Oct. 26, 1885, Edwin P. Lawrence of Worcester.
NOONAN, Michael, b. Ireland, May 24, 1848, m. May 29, 1873, Ellen Mahoney of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Mary Ellen, b. Feb. 27, 1876;
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James M., b. July 10, 1878; John M., b. Oct. 2, 1879; Eva Frances, b. Feb. 19, 1882; William Henry, b. Dec. 30, 1884.
NOONE, William, b. Ireland. He was probably the first Irishman who came to live in North Brookfield, and was a very industrious and respectable citizen. He m. 1840, Bridget Raftery, and d. North Brookfield, June 5, 1870. Children (North Brookfield), Mary, b. 1844; John, b. 1846, m. May 4, 1876, Jennie McCormick of Barre.
NUTTING, Calvin W., b. Brimfield, July 11, 1817; shoe cutter; m. Sept. 8, 1846, Mary S. Poland of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Carrie N., b. Apr. 18, 1850, m. Jan. 4, 1882, Albert W. Ingraham of Worcester; Sara C., b. Aug. 29, 1860, m. Aug. 29, 1883, Dana J. Pratt of North Brookfield.
NYE, Ebenezer 1, b. Rochester, Mass., July 20, 1761 ; served in the Revolu- tionary war, and drew a pension ; m. June 13, 1790, Lucy Woods of New Braintree, and d. North Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1838. Children (North Brookfield), Anna, b. July 28, 1791, m. Dec. 3, 1817, Benjamin McClintock of Ware, and d. Hardwick, Oct. 24, 1881 ; Alma, b. July 26, 1793, d. Dec. 19, 1794; Bonum, b. Sept. 18, 1795 2; Lucy, b. Apr. 4, 1799, m. Nov. 5, 1818, Col. Pliny Nye; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 28, 1802 3; Bethiah, b. June 13, 1805.
2. Bonum, Hon., son of Ebenezer 1, b. Sept. 18, 1795, m. June 1, 1820, Pamelia Abbott of West Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), John Abbott, b. Apr. 20, 1821 4; Elizabeth Nichols, b. Nov. 18, 1824 5 ; Mary Baker, b. Mar. 5, 1835, m. Apr. 20, 1859, Ezra D. Batcheller of North Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, Nov. 2, 1867 ; Martha Banister, b. June 14, 1837, m. Apr. 24, 1878, Homer Bishop of Cedar Rapids, Ia.
When 21 years old, Hon. Bonum Nye commenced teaching common schools, and taught 20 terms in 19 successive years. At the same age he began land surveying, which he still continues. In 1823 he was commissioned ensign; in 1826 lieutenant ; in 1828 captain of Massachusetts Militia, and was honorably discharged from mili- tary service at his own request in 1829. In 1823, first chosen town assessor, serving at different times about 15 years ; also serving as selectman, overseer of poor, and school committee about the same number of years in each capacity ; a justice of peace ever since 1835. From 1850 to 1857 he was a county commissioner, and chair- man of the Board the last three years; civil engineer of the Board during the whole time, and afterwards a special commissioner 3 years. A trustee of the North Brook- field Savings Bank from its organization in 1854, and its treasurer since Jan. 1, 1864. He was appointed by the Governor (with Francis H. Dewey of Worcester and Asaph Wood of Gardner), commissioner to ascertain the true boundary line between the towns of Uxbridge and Douglas ; reporting to the General Cou. ¿ of 1864. He has made more deeds and wills, and settled and aided in settling more estates, than any other man in North Brookfield. He became a member of the First Congrega- tional Society when 21 years old, and united with the church in 1819; and was clerk of the church 18 or 20 years, and is now the oldest member of the church and of the society, and the oldest man in the town ; a member of the Sabbath School committee several years, and a Sabbath School teacher for more than 60 years. A director and president of the North Brookfield Railroad Co. ever since its organization in 1875. In all the offices held by him in his native town and county, he has discharged his duties with ability and fidelity. His long life of activity and usefulness has rarely
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if ever been equalled by any person in this vicinity. In the society and church he has ever taken an earnest and unfaltering interest. His services in the schools of the town, both as teacher and committee, have been of great value. Industry, ac- curacy, and strict attention to the minutest details of all matters intrusted to him, have always been his marked characteristics. He has been a most valuable citizen, and now enjoys the respect and esteem of the very large number of people to whom he has become known during his long and busy life.
3. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer 1, d. Apr. 9, 1873. He m. May 22, 1839, Mehit- able Dearth of Brimfield, b. Nov. 12, 1814, d. Feb. 26, 1872. Children (b. North Brookfield), Ebenezer A., b. Jan. 24, 1841, d. Nov. 11, 1845; Henry W., b. Mar. 3, 1848, m. Jan. 24, 1884, Emma L. Hintz ; Lucy B., b. July 23, 1850, m. June 24, 1879, James M. Pike of North Brookfield ; Sarah B., b. Nov. 18, 1852, d. Apr. 13, 1873.
4. John Abbott, son of Bonum 2; in the drug trade; m. Feb. 27, 1849, Rose Maria Burns of Boston, and d. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Nov. 4, ISSo. Children (Boston), Ella Maria, b. Apr. 30, 1854, m. Henry G. Higley of Cedar Rapids; Laura Dunbar, b. Aug. 20, 1855, m. Benjamin F. Mills of Cedar Rapids ; Frank Abbott, b. Dec. 27, 1856, d. Boston, May 30, 1859.
5. Elizabeth Nichols, daughter of Bonum 2, m. Sept. 8, 1852, Jonathan Chase, b. Paxton, Jan. 31, 1820, d. Manville, R.I., Jan. 1879 ; she d. Mar. 10, 1875. Children, Herbert, b. Valley Falls, R.I., Aug. 16, 1853, d. there Oct. 14 following; Anna Pamelia, b. Attleboro, Nov. 4, 1854, m. Theodore T. Mowry of Manville; Waldo Edward, b. Nov. 5, 1856, d. North Brookfield, Oct. S, 1857 ; Mary Ethel, b. Manville, Aug. 8, 1858, d. there Oct. 4, 1877 ; Bertha Elizabeth, b. May 29, 1861 ; Wendell Nye, b. Apr. 6, 1863.
NYE, Colonel Pliny, son of John Nye, and Elizabeth ( Wetherell) of New Brain- tree, b. May 23, 1791, d. North Brookfield, Oct. 23, 1875; was tanner, currier, mer- chant, and farmer; m. Nov. 5, 1818, Lucy, daughter of Ebenezer 1; she d. Aug. 10, 1865. Children (North Brookfield), Harriet, b. Mar. 10, 1822, m. Apr. 3, 1845, William Bowdoin of New Braintree ; Catherine, b. June 4, 1826, mn. May 31, 1848, John Rainger of New Braintree ; Lucy, b. Apr. 16, 1828, d. Apr. 2, 1831 ; Caroline Frances, b. Feb. 12, 1833, d. May 22, 1838; John, b. Aug. 25, 1839, m. Oct. 30, 1860, Carrie Carlton of Cambridge, Vt., and d. North Brookfield, June 10, 1864.
Col. Pliny Nye was for more than fifty years one of the most prominent of North Brookfield citizens. In 1817, he bought property in the west part of the town, which in 1826 he exchanged for the place in the (then) Centre Village, where he died; living there forty-nine and a half years.
The life of Col. Nye may safely be called successful ; not in the accumulation of great wealth, but in acquiring a competency of this world's goods, doing faithfully whatever he undertook, and establishing and maintaining through life a character for honesty and integrity that is above all price. He was emphatically a self-made man. Deprived in infancy of his natural guardians, and left to the care of compara- tive strangers, his education was much neglected, and consequently defective; but supplemented by a naturally strong mind, a retentive memory, untiring industry, and indomitable perseverance, the defect was to a great extent overcome, and he acquired a very fair education, not formal nor ornamental, but eminently practical.
This, united with his strong common sense, and his well-known integrity, gave him, while quite a young man, a prominence among his fellow-citizens, seldom accorded in those days to a man of his age. He held at different times nearly every office of honor or trust within the gift of the town, representing it in the
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General Court of 1839. He was promoted through all the military grades up to colonel of militia. He was well read in general history, and his knowledge of American history and biography was very extensive and accurate. He was also well informed upon all the current topics of the day. Attendance at town and parish meetings was a duty, which in health he was never known to neglect. He usually took an active part in the discussion of all matters pertaining to the public welfare, always advocating with voice and vote all measures for the promotion of education, and the good morals of the people. His remarks, at all times character- ized by candor and good sense, were listened to with attention and respect, and few men exercised more influence than he in the public affairs of the town. In the course of his business life he had occasion to employ at different times a large number of young men, who were for the time received into his family, and treated as members of it. To them he extended his friendly, almost paternal, care and advice.
The friendships he then formed with them were never broken. Some of them now are prominent members of other and distant communities; but they never forgot their benefactor ; nor to call on him for advice when in want of it; and it was always kindly and candidly given. "He was my friend, faithful and just to me," as was said by one at his funeral. His sympathies were on the side of humanity and justice. He was a temperance man from the beginning of that reform. He was also early and earnestly in the anti-slavery movement (being really converted to it long before it took form here, from witnessing the workings and results of slavery while living in South Carolina as early 1811 and 1812).
He joined the Liberty Party at its organization, a stand thirty years ago requiring no small degree of self-sacrifice, and sometimes even involving social ostracism. His anti-slavery views were not unfrequently assailed, but were held with unflinch- ing firmness and defended with zeal and ability, and yet with courtesy towards all who differed from him in opinion. Col. Nye never made a public profession of his religious belief, but "the tree is known by its fruit," and judged by that standard he was undoubtedly a Christian. He will long be remembered as an upright man.
NYE, George 1, b. New Braintree, -, m. Dec. 24, 1806, Sarah Mcclintock of Ware, by Thomas Hale, Esq., and d. New Braintree, May 13, 1820; she d. Marion, Ia., Dec. 25, 1855. Children (New Braintree), Thomas C., b. May 14, 1808;, a tailor ; m. Dec. 12, 1839, Susan Kellogg of West Brookfield, and d. New Haven, Minn., June 10, 1862 ; John W. (twin), b. May 14, 1808, d. Sept. 26, 1826; Sarah P., b. Apr. 27, 1810, d. Marion, Ia., Mar. 2, 1846; George B., b. Mar. 17, 1812 2; Charles, b. May 29, 1814 3; William, b. Aug. 16, 1817, d. Sept. 12, 1819; Pliny, b. Nov. 21, 1819, d. Mar. 21, 1821.
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