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2. George B., son of George 1; a tailor ; m. Dec. 2, 1835, Susan H. Snow of North Brookfield, and d. Marion, Ia., Sept. 23, 1846; she was b. Rutland, Feb. 29, 1815; she m. (2) Mar., 19, 1862, Austin Harrington of Oakham, who d. Oct. 27, 1870 ; (3) Jan. 16, 1873, Ezekiel G. Davis in Oakham, b. Goffstown, N.H. Children by first marriage, George Bonum, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 6, 1836, m. Nov. 1866, in Lawrence, Kan., Melissa Williams, and d. there Mar. 4, 1868; no issue; Mary Augusta, b. Warren, Nov. 18, 1838, m. Nov. 26, 1858, John A. Bosworth of Upton, and d. there Mar. 12, 1861 [children, George Arthur, b. Mar. 12, 1859; Caroline, b. Dec. 3, 1860, d. July, 1861]; William Adelbert, b. North Brookfield, July 22, 1840, d. Oakham, Feb. 21, 1864 ; Albert, b. Oct. 21, 1842, d. Warren, Feb. 3, 1844; Adeliza, b. Warren, Nov. 8, 1844, d. Marion, Ia., Oct. 22, 1846.
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3. Charles, son of George 1, a merchant in North Brookfield under the firms of Skerry & Nye, and Adams & Nye; m. (1) May 16, 1839, Adeliza Daniels, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 26, 1816, and d. there Apr. 4, 1842; (2) July 25, 1845, her sister, Mary Ann P. Daniels of North Brookfield, b. Aug. 9, 1824, d. Marion, Ia., Nov. 9, 1868 ; he d. New Haven, Minn., June 19, 1857. Children, Sarah Adeliza, b. Marion, Nov. 24, 1848, m. June 5, 1877, William H. Graves of Cedar Rapids, Ia .; Mary Antoinette, b. Apr. 28, 1851, d. Cedar Rapids, July 4, 1876; John Wetherell, b. Jan. 16, 1854, m. June 5, 1877, Jennie Hubbard of Cedar Rapids ; Charles Lawson, b. New Haven, Minn., Apr. 21, 1857.
O'BRIEN, Patrick, b. Ireland, 1828, m. Oct. 1857, in North Brookfield, Ellen McCarthy. Children, Mary Ellen, b. Jan. 4, 1859, d. young ; Charles, b. Aug. 24, 1860; Anna, b. June 24, 1863 ; Julia, b. July 4, 1867.
O'BRIEN, Dennis, b. Ireland, 1842, m. Feb. 1863, Julia Clancy of North Brook- field. Children, Timothy, b. Nov. 1864, d. young; Jeremiah, b. 1865; Mary, b. Aug. 1866; Patrick, b. 1867; Hannah, b. Sept. 1868; Dennis, b. Nov. 19, 1870; Ellen, b. Sept. 1875; James, d. young ; Michael, d. young.
O'BRIEN, Charles, b. Ireland, 1829, m. (1) May 16, 1851, Mary Donovan of North Brookfield, d. Dec. 18, 1866; (2) 1870, Bridget Landry of Ware. Children, John, b. Feb. 26, 1853, resides Dakota ; Cornelius, b. Aug. 27, 1856; Kate, b. May 4, 1861 ; Ellen, b. 1860, d. young ; Jeremiah, b. 1863, d. young ; Mary Ann, b. May 5, 1864.
O'BRIEN, Charles, b. Ireland, 1842, m. Jan. 12, 1868, Nellie Driscoll. Children, Mary Ellen, b. May 12, 1871; Margaret, b. Aug. 10, 1874; Dennis, b. Jan. 1876; Lizzie, b. Oct. 11, 1877.
O'BRIEN, Michael, b. Ireland, Sept. 20, 1839, m. Jan. 26, 1861, Ellen Spillane, d. Apr. 28, 1879. Children, Nellie, b. Sept. 22, 1863; Timmie, b. June 19, 1865; Jemmie, b. Dec. 14, 1867; Patsie, b. Dec. 16, 1869 ; Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 10, 1871 ; Maurice, b. Feb. 2, 1873; Charlie, b. Mar. 10, 1875; Hannah, b. Nov. 2, 1877 ; Catharine y., b. Sept. 1, 1879.
O'BRIEN, Patrick, b. Ireland, m. 1869, Mary Daly. Children, Annie, b. Feb. 28, 1871; ferry, b. Nov. 26, 1872; James, b. June 2, 1874; Willie and Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1876; Thomas, b. Sept. 7, 1877; Abbie, b. Sept. 7, 1878 ; Frank, b. Aug. 4, 1880.
O'BRIEN, Morris, b. Ireland, 1843, m. Jan. 10, 1872, Mary Ann Howard of North Brookfield, b. Ireland, 1851. Children, Elizabeth A., b. Aug. 15, 1875; William, b. May 12, 1877; John, b. July 26, 1879; Margaret, b. Mar. 11, 1882; Mary Theresa, b. June 9, 1884.
O'BRIEN, John, b. Ireland, m. (1) Feb. 10, 1873, Susan Foley of Worcester ; (2) Jan. 15, 1876, Julia Shea of North Brookfield ; (3) Feb. 5, 1878, Kate Wiley. Child, William Henry, b. Dec. 7, 1878.
O'GRADY, Thomas, b. Ireland, m. Catharine Cushman. Children, Ellen, b, Northboro, 1851, m. Peter Duprey; John, b. Marlboro, 1854, m. Mary Powers;
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Thomas, b. 1856; Edward, b. North Brookfield, 1858; Bridget, b. 1861 ; Kate, b. 1863; Julia, b. 1866; Sarah, b. 1867.
O'LEARY, Richard, b. Ireland, 1842, m. Kate Shea of North Brookfield, who d. Dec. 23, 1884. Children, Josephine, b. Feb. 22, 1868 ; Daniel H., b. Mar. 2, 1870 ; Richard, b. Jan. 15, 1875; four others d. young.
O'LEARY, Daniel, b. Ireland, 1853, m. Nov. 1875, Anna Gaffney of West Brookfield. Children, John, b. Feb. 15, 1877; William, b. Sept. 1878.
OLD, OLDS, William 1, son of Robert, had grant of sixty acres in Brookfield, 1710, and in all two hundred and sixty acres; captain; lived on south side of river, near Mason's brook, d. Sept. 3, 1749. Wife Elizabeth d. May 10, 1782, aged 92. Children, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 5, 1711, m. Dec. 21, 1732, Uriah Gilbert ; William, b. Sept. 6, 1714 2; Hannah, b. Apr. 8, 1716, m. July 23, 1734, Moses Barns ; Abigail, b. Apr. 12, 1718, m. Jan. 31, 1740, Jonah Gilbert ; Josiah, b. May 23, 1720; Deborah, b. July 13, 1722; Comfort, b. May 14, 1724 3; Ezekiel, b. May 21, 1727 4.
2. William, son of William 1, m. Feb. 16, 1738, Dorcas (Damaris) Gilbert, d. Jan. 22, 1805. Children, Lydia, b. Oct. 30, 1738 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 24, 1740; Josiah, b. Mar. 6, 1743; Simeon, b. Mar. 30, 1745; Miriam, b. June 23, 1747 ; William, b. Oct. 15, 1749 ; Silas, b. Nov. 25, 1751 ; Damaris, b. Feb. 14, 1754; Sarah, b. May 10, 1756.
3. Comfort, son of William 1, m. May 23, 1745, Abigail Barns, d. July 29, 1779. Children, Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1746; Ezra, b. May 25, 1747 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 29, 1748; Eunice, b. Oct. 9, 1750; Levi, b. Jan. 8, 1752; Abigail, b. June 21, 1754 ; Rachel, b. May 6, 1756, d. Aug. 24, 1781 ; John, b. May 31, 1758; Comfort, b. July 29, 1760; Marcy, b. Jan. 2, 1763; Abel, b. Sept. 16, 1765.
4. Ezekiel, son of William 1, d. Mar. 26, 1777; his wife Elizabeth d. June 24, 1782. Children, Lucy, b. June 7, 1752; Deborah, b. May 21, 1754; Thomas, b. Oct. 8, 1756; Lois, b. Mar. 19, 1759; Joseph, b. Oct. 19, 1761 ; Ezekiel, b. Feb. 12, 1763, d. young; Reuben (twin), b. Feb. 12, 1763, d. young ; Ezekiel, b. Mar. 25, 1765, d. young ; Phinehas, b. Oct. 12, 1767; Jesse, b. May 31, 1770; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 7, 1772.
OLMSTEAD, Jabez, was in Brookfield, 1713; received Aug. 13, 1714, grant of eighty acres, and later of eighty-one acres, and owned in all three hundred and fifty acres ; sold July 9, 1729, and removed to Ware, where he was a first settler, and built mill at the Falls. In Brookfield he lived on the Jason Bigelow place. He m. Thankful Barns, daughter of Thomas. Children, Thankful, b. Feb. 15, 1712; Jeremiah, b. Jan. 6, 1713-14, m. Dec. 11, 1734, Elizabeth Litten ; Israel, b. Mar. 24, 1715-16, m. May 12, 1737, Sarah Banister ; Hannah, b. Apr. 22, 1718, m. Nov. 4, 1736, Judah Marsh; Martha, b. Sept. 16, 1721, m. Thomas Hammond; Dorcas, b. Apr. 15, 1724, m. Apr. 17, 1761, Abijah Scott ; Sarah, b. May 24, 1726, m. Ephraim Marsh ; Silence, b. Nov. 30, 1728 ; Abigail, b .. Mar. 24, 1731, m. Jan. 1, 1771, Nathan Hamilton ; Prudence, b. Oct. 28, 1733 ; Moses. b. Jan. 29, 1736.
OLMSTEAD, Alden, b. Waterville, Vt., June 26, 1814, d. North Brookfield, Mar. 29, 1880, m. Mar. 3, 1848, Hannah F. Rice of Oakham, daughter of Nathan; she d. July 25, 1880. Children, Julia, b. Apr. 7, 1849, d. young ; Ella F., b. Oak- ham, Jan. 4, 1851, d. Mar. 24, 1858; Horace E., b. New Braintree, Mar. 31, 1853; Lillian f., b. Nov. 23, 1856, m. June 26, 1876, Charles L. Dodge of Vermont.
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ORMES, James 1, b. Warwick, Sept. 8, 1806, m. June 5, 1835, Rhoda S. Blanch- ard of Monson. Children, Sarah Fanette, b. Newark, N.Y., Mar. 15, 1837, d. North Brookfield, July 23, 1861 ; James Merrill, b. Homer, N.Y., June 10, 1840 2 ; Deforest Payson, b. Ashland, June 3, 1842, m. July 4, 1879, Lura McNal of Washington, D.C .; resides Bombay, India ; Lyman Boyden, b. Spencer, Nov. 17, 1847, d. young.
2. James Merrill, son of James 1, resides London, Eng. ; general manager American Bell Telephone Company for Continent of Europe, Egypt, Australia, etc. ; m. 1866, Mary W. Hubbard of Brimfield. Children (Washington, D.C.), Mary Maude, b. 1872, d. young ; Arthur, b. 1874; Alice, b. 1875.
OWEN, Samuel 1, from Springfield, settled Brookfield, 1688, lived and kept tavern on north side of road east of Warding Rock; received in all grants of two hundred and twenty-seven acres; m. 1681, Ann Pettee, widow of John. Children (Springfield), Sarah, b. 1682; Abigail, b. 1685; Samuel, b. 1688 2; perhaps others in Brookfield.
2. Samuel, son of Samuel 1, received grants in all of a hundred and eighty-two acres ; wife, Mercy. Children, Hepzibah, b. May 4, 1713; Anna, b. Feb. 22, 1715, d. young ; Samuel, b. Apr. 10, 1716; Christian, b. Oct. 1, 1718; Hannah, b. Mar. 10, 1720.
OWEN, Samuel, wife Mary. Children, James, b. Apr. 18, 1708 ; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 23, 1711 ; Daniel, b. July 18, 1717 ; Lydia, b. Sept. 3, 1725; Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1728.
PAIGE, Paul 1, b. 1763, m. (1) Peninnah Hanmer, (2) Mrs. Woser of Danville, Vt., d. Jan. 12, 1838. Children, Judson ; Annie, b. Hardwick, about 1789, m. May 30, 1809, Anson Giffin of Hardwick, d. Dec. 20, 1868, at North Brookfield ; Lucin- da ; Rhoda ; Lorinda ; Erminda, m. Henry Allen, d. West Brookfield ; Caroline ; George, d. Cabot, Vt .; Paul IV., b. Hardwick, Jan. 10, 1807 2; Dwight, b. Feb. 18, 1810 3 ; William 4, and Willard 5, b. Mar. 21, 1811.
2. Paul W., son of Paul 1, m. (I) Sept. 17, 1835, Mary C. Tarbell of Brimfield; (2) Apr. 28, 1863, Catherine P. Brown of Brimfield ; d. Brimfield, Apr. 14, 1876. Children, Mary L., b. Sept. 7, 1836, a teacher ; George W., b. Brimfield, Sept. 6, 1838, d. July 24, 1862, Washington, D.C .; Ellen W., b. Jan. 17, 1843, m. Apr. 30, 1861, John Shaw of Brimfield, d. Monson, Dec. 8, 1871 [child, Caroline W., b. Brimfield, Mar. 26, 1862] ; Charles W., b. Jan. 14, 1845, d. Sept. 1, 1848 ; Delia T., b. Jan. 16, 1853, m. Oct. 23, 1878, Allen H. Warner of Bridgeport, Ct.
3. Dwight, son of Paul 1, m. (1) Mar. 5, 1835, Sally Rice of Brookfield; (2) Sept. 28, 1843, Mrs. Abigail Brown. Children, Henry, b. Sept. 22, 1836, d. young ; William H., b. Feb. 6, 1838, m. Aug. 9, 1866, Phebe E. Morgan of Chicopee.
4. William, son of Paul 1, m. Oct. 21, 1834, Rebecca Rice of Brookfield. Child, Henry Waldo, b. Aug. 1840, d. 1849, at West Brookfield.
5. Willard, son of Paul 1, m. Maria C. Reed of Oakham, d. in West Brookfield. Children, Hammond W., b. Brookfield, Feb. 16, 1841, resides Shrewsbury; Alice M., b. West Brookfield ; Harlan, b. West Brookfield, d. young.
PAIGE, Henry J., b. in Vermont, 1826, m. 1847, Celia Robinson of Sturbridge. Children, George H., b. in Sturbridge, m. Alice Rogers of Haverhill ; Fred E., m. Emily Chickering of Brookfield ; Lorilla, b. 1860, d. young.
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PARKER, Josiah, b. Sutton, Jan. 31, 1771, d. Chicopee, Nov. 25, 1851 ; m. Jan. 6, 1796, Mary Haskell, b. Sept. 2, 1774, d. Brookfield, Dec. 14, 1832. Children, Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1797, m. Oct. 22, 1821, Samuel Jennings of Brookfield, d. War- ren, May 19, 1864; Josiah, b. Aug. 27, 1799, d. Sept. 23, 1817 ; Adolphus G., b. June 23, 1801, m. (1) Dec. 6, 1826, Louisa Chapin of Chicopee, who d. Mar. 11, 1850; (2) May 26, 1851, Mrs. Caroline D. H. Lull of Laurens, N.Y .; resides Chicopee ; Re- bekah, b. Apr. 3, 1803, m. Dec. 7, 1824, Dwight Combs of Warren ; resides Warren ; Hiram, b. Oct. 3, 1805, m. May 25, 1829, Sarah P. Crafts of Salem ; resides Potts- ville, Pa. ; Erasmus, b. June 4, 1808, m. 1831, Matilda Humphrey of Masonville, N.Y., d. Manterville, Minn., Aug. 13, 1871 ; Israel, b. Jan. 22, 1813, m. Apr. 6, 1837, Dorcas Gilbert of West Brookfield, who d. May 18, 1874; Ruth M., b. Jan. 27, 1815, . m. May IS, 1840, Elias Derr of Pottsville, Pa., d. at Pottsville, July 22, 1847 ; he d. 1850.
PARKMAN, Ebenezer 1, son of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman of Westboro [two of whose daughters m. Rev. Eli Forbes of Brookfield, one of them having been wife of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin], b. Aug. 20, 1727, d. Westboro, July 5, 1811 ; m. Aug. 1752, Elizabeth Harrington of Watertown; d. Hadley, N.Y., Dec. 17, 1810. Children, Ebenezer, b. July 20, 1753 2 ; Betsey, b. Dec. 26, 1754, d. Nov. 15, 1777 ; Mary, b. May 18, 1756; Elias, b. July 20, 1758, d. Nov. 15, 1782; Thomas, b. Oct. II, 1760, d. Feb. 1813; Edward, b. July 29, 1763, d. May, 1827 ; wife d. July 22, 1844; Jeduthan, b. Apr. 2, 1765, d. young ; Frederick Lewis, b. Apr. 13, 1768; Ben- jamin, b. Mar. 9, 1770; Nancy, b. Feb. 28, 1772, d. Hudson, N.Y., July 8, 1791.
2. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer 1, d. Oakham, Dec. 21, 1838, m. (1) Sally Liscomb, d. Dec. 22, 1791 ; (2) Phebe Harwood, d. Feb. 6, 1845. Children, Sally, b. Mar. 27, 1777, d. Nov. 12, 1795; Betsey, b. Sept. 23, 17So, m. Calvin Luther of Bakersfield, Vt., d. in Vermont, Sept. 1, 1851 ; Rebecca, b. Aug. 13, 1784, d. young ; Elias, b. Sept. 1, 1786, d. Vermont, Feb. 17, 1813; Sophia, b. July 10, 1788, m. James Clark, d. Oak- ham ; Nancy, b. Dec. S, 1791, d. Vermont, Dec. 25, 1838 ; Chauncy, b. May 21, 1798, m. Harriet Wilkinson of New Braintree ; d. Northfield, July 31, 1861 ; Polly, b. Nov. 16, 1800, m. Samuel Maynard of Oakham ; d. Nov. 15, 1850 ; Phebe, b. Apr. 5, 1804, m. Beriah H. Lane of Enfield, d. May 23, 1839, in Michigan ; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 26, 1809 3.
3. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer 2, m. July 2, 1835, Harriet Robinson of Oakham, b. Oct. 27, 1812. Children, Charles, b. May 22, 1836 4 ; Mary Ann, b. Jan. 22, 1838, m. (1) Leander M. Earle; (2) Sept. 1, 1863, Timothy Keefe of Chester ; Henry Lyman, b. June 30, 1840 5; Alfred Dwight, b. Dec. 11, 1844, m. Jan. 16, 1879, Seraph M. Woodis.
4. Charles, son of Ebenezer 3, m. 1857, Caroline C. Shumway of Sturbridge, b. 1836. Children, Phila Harriet, b. 1860, m. Oct. 17, 1883, Frank E. Stebbins of Belchertown; Edgar H., b. 1862.
5. Henry L., son of Ebenezer 3, m. May 28, 1862, Mary E. Bush, b. Vermont, 1840. Children, William H., b. May 13, 1863; Hattie L., b. Aug. 6, 1865, d. Mar. 25, 18SI ; George G., b. July, 1869 ; Fred T., b. Oct. 6, 1870.
PARKS, Joseph, a nailmaker, b. 1763, d. Mar. 10, 1839, m. Nov. 16, 1788, Hul- dah Banister. Children, Isaac Randall, b. Feb. 20, 1789; trunk-maker; m. Feb. I, 1812, Sarah Eaton of Worcester; Phebe Bemis, b. Oct. 29, 1790; Patia Banister, b. Sept. 23, 1792, m. Sept. 19, 1816, Luther Potter ; d. Rutland, Vt., Feb. 16, 1866; Thomas Codman, b. Aug. 14, 1794, d. young ; Betsey Armit, b. Apr. 12, 1796, m.
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1821, George Windsor of Southbridge; Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1797; Thomas Codinan, b. Sept. 9, 1799, d. young ; Enoch Lane, b. Boston, Jan. 12, 1802; Levi Simons, b. Oct. 11, 1804; Lucy Fuller, b. May 21, 1807.
PARKS, William 1, d. May 4, 1784, m. Feb. 6, 1772, Mary Leach. Children, Mary, m. June 26, 1798, Abner Cranston Banister of Brookfield; William, b. Dec. 25, 1778 2 ; Susan, m. - Corliss, d. Nov. 30, 1846; Sally, m. in Vermont, a Dr. Barnes ; returned to Brookfield, with a son [Joseph Pomeroy], who d. Apr. 6, 1827, aged II years; lived with her mother, widow of Merrick Rice, on the hill west of where Orin A. Buxton and son now live; d. May 15, 1857 ; she was known as "Aunt Sally Barnes "; Theodosia, d. unmarried.
2. William, d. Montgomery, Vt., Jan. 3, 1852 ; m. (1) Dec. 18, 1800, Polly Chee- ver, who was divorced after birth of first child, and m. Oct. 24, 1819, Benjamin D. Weld of Sturbridge ; (2) Sally Parker, from New York State. Children, Relutia, b. Apr. 26, 1801, m. Apr. 7, 1824, Ezra Batcheller, d. Mar. 20, 1850; William, b. Montgomery, Vt., Feb. 2, 1818, m. Nov. 4, 1841, Matilda Dwyer of Richford, Vt .; Hiram, b. Feb. 12, 1820, m. Sept. 14, 1845, Luthera Farrar of Richford ; John, b. Oct. 4, 1824; resides Wisconsin; Arad, b. May 25, 1829, physician, d. in Iowa; Rodney, b. Nov. 7, 1832, resides Wisconsin.
PARKS, Jonathan 1, b. Shrewsbury, 1753, removed to Spencer, and came to North Brookfield in 1808; kept a hotel for many years on the place which he bought of Aaron Forbes ; d. Feb. 10, 1847, aged 94. He m. (1) Dec. 7, 1780, Rhoda Allen of Shrewsbury, d. May 27, 1785; (2) Apr. 18, 1787, Sarah Livermore of Spencer, d. Dec. 29, 1829. Children, Henry ; Elefina ; Cephas, b. in Spencer; Sarah, m. Dick- inson ; Elliot, b. Apr. 7, 1797 2.
2. Elliot, son of Jonathan 1, d. Mar. 27, 1847 ; m. May 23, 1822, Mehitable Chase, b. Sutton, d. July 17, 1851. Children, Augusta Ann, b. Aug. 10, 1823; d. Sept. 24, 1857 ; Albion Danforth, b. Sept. 14, 1825, lived Brookfield; Charles Chase, b. June 9, 1829, d. Aug. 27, 1834 ; Frances Helena, b. Nov. 29, 1835, resides Brookfield.
PARMENTER, Alexander, m. Feb. 1870, Mary Millet of North Brookfield. Children, Arthur, b. Spencer, 1873; Victor, b. 1875; Cordelia, b. North Brookfield 1877; Eva, b. 1878.
PATTERSON, John, had grant Dec. 5, 1720, of a sixty-acre house lot, and Dec. 20, " granted to J. P. and William Hare (in addition to 60 a. each) a stream for a fulling mill, they setting up the trade of a fuller and dressing off cloth within 18 months, the stream to be theirs so long as they maintain said trade and no lon- ger." Same date "granted to J. P. and W. H. 49 a. near Five-mile river, and 71 a. N. of Horse-pond brook." The fulling mill was built on Five-mile river. Wife, Mary. Children, John, b. Apr. 25, 1724; Margaret, b. Jan. 15, 1726. [John sen. and jr. were in Brookfield, 1748.]
PATTERSON, Thomas, wife Elenor. Child, Adam, b. Aug. 24, 1735.
PECK, S. Dexter, b. Hardwick, Apr. 24, 1837 ; enlisted from Hardwick, and served three years from July 8, 1862, in Company K, Thirty-fourth Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteers; came to North Brookfield, 1870; m. Feb. 11, 1860, Sarah A. E. Thompson of West Brookfield, b. Ware, Sept. 8, 1839. Children, William D.,
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b. Hardwick, Nov. 18, 1861, m. Apr. 1880, Eva A. Nickerson of Athol; d. North Brookfield, Feb. 19, 1881 ; Hattie A., b. West Brookfield, Oct. 8, 1863; Frank M., b. Hardwick, Apr. 16, 1866.
PEERS, Thomas 1, b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mar. 1792; a master mariner ; d. Pictou, 1820; m. Jane Scott of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Children, Thomas S., b. Aug. 26, 1818 2; George W., b. 1820, d. London, England, 1853.
2. Thomas S., son of Thomas 1, came to North Brookfield from Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 1873, d. Mar. 16, 1882; he m. Jan. 1842, Elizabeth Tilly of Ringwood, England. Children, Thomas P., b. London, Dec. 1842, d. young ; Jane, b. Dec. 1843, m. Henry Cleveland; resides Brooklyn, N.Y .; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1845, m. George Tatem ; resides Hempstead, L.I .; Walter S., b. Oct. 1847, m. Theresa Lee of Philadelphia, Pa .; resides Brooklyn ; Emma, b. Nov. 1849, m. William Reid of Glasgow, Scotland; resides Brooklyn ; Ellen, b. Mar. 1852, m. Frank S. Waller; resides Brooklyn ; Fanny, b. Aug. 1854, d. young ; George P., b. Dec. 1855; resides Brooklyn; Mary, b. Oct. 1858, m. Dec. 2, 1882, Henrie Herbert Leach of North Brookfield ; Frank T., b. June, 1861, d. young; Joseph, b. Nov. 1863, d. young ; Albert T., b. Aug. 1865, d. young.
PELLET. This family trace their descent from Governor William Bradford, who came in the " Mayflower " to Plymouth in 1620. The line is through William b. Plymouth, June 17, 1624, m. (1) Alice Richards; (2) widow - Wiswell; (3) widow Mary Holmes; Thomas, who settled Norwich, Ct., m. (1) Anna Fitch, daughter of Rev. James of Norwich; (2) Priscilla Mason, daughter of Major John, the hero of the Pequot war; James, who m. (1) Edith -; (2) Susanna - -. Children, Thomas, b. Nov. 12, 1712, m. Eunice Adams; John, b. Jan. 30, 1715; Jerusha, b. June 27, 1716, m. Jonathan Pellet ; William, b. July 1, 1718, whose second wife was Mary Cleveland, by whom he had Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1744, m. William Pellet ; Sarah, b. Aug. 27, 1720; Anna, m. Eleazar Cleaveland ; Mary, m. Joseph Woodard.
1. Thomas, the first of whom we have any record, m. Mar. 5, 1660, Mary Dane or"Deane, of Concord. Children (all b. in Concord), Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1662; Thomas, b. Apr. 18, 1666; Daniel, b. Aug. 1, 1668; Samuel, b. Mar. 28, 1671 ; Richard, b. Apr. 23, 1673 2; John, b. Nov. 9, 1675; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 8, 1679; Jonathan, b. Apr. 18, 1682 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1685; Susanna, b. Jan. 18, 1690.
2. Richard, son of Thomas 1, d. Canterbury, Ct., June 15, 1758, m. Apr. 2, 1703, Ann Brooks of Canterbury, d. Oct. 25, 1756. Children (born in Canterbury), Jona- than, b. Mar. 2, 1704 3; m. Feb. 20, 1733, Jerusha Bradford, d. June 15, 1788; Thomas, b. Sept. 9, 1706, m. Mar. 18, 1730, Martha Tibbets; Samuel, b. Mar. 7, 1709, m. (1) Margaret -, d. Feb. 28, 1748; (2) July, 1752, Hannah Underwood ; Hezekiah, b. Apr. 28, 1712, m. Mar. 5, 1738, Abigail Brown; John, b. Apr. 4, 1715 4; Ephraim, b. June 21, 1718, m. Hannah -; Patience and Ann, b. Aug. S, 1721. 3. Jonathan, son of Richard 2, d. Canterbury, Ct., June 15, 1778, m. Feb. 20, 1733, Jerusha Bradford, daughter of James. Children (b. in Canterbury), Jonathan, b. June 20, 1734, d. young ; Edith, b. Mar. 25, 1735, d. young ; James, b. Feb. 9, 1737, d. young ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 19, 1739, d. young ; Thomas, b. Nov. 20, 1742; Ferusha, b. June 6, 1744; Joseph, b. Mar. 18, 1748; David, b. Feb. 21, 1750; Jona- than, b. July 12, 1753 5; Hepzibah, b. Feb. 25, 1757 ; Rufus, b. May 25, 1760 6.
4. John, son of Richard 2, emigrated from Canterbury, Ct., to Paupack, Pa., in 1774, was driven out by the Indians during the Wyoming massacre in 1778, returned in 1783, and died there 1801. He m. Nov. 12, 1741, Hepzibah Felton or Fitch.
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Children (in Canterbury), William, b. Aug. 17, 1742, d. at Pellet's Island, near Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y., 1799, m. Mary Bradford, d. Frankfort, Sussex Co., NY., June 8, 1829; Anne, b. Oct. 28, 1745; John, b. Feb. 2, 1748, d. Paupack, Pa., 1838; Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1750 ; Sybil, b. Sept. 15, 1753; Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1755 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 12, 1757.
5. Jonathan, son of Jonathan 3, d. Oct. 22, 1817, m. Jan. 29, 1777, Hannah Palmer, d. North Brookfield, May 8, 1816. Children (b. in Canterbury), Lois, b. Sept. 8, 1778, m. Hartwell Holmes, d. North Brookfield, Dec. 24, 1831 ; Luther, b. Dec. 21, 1779 7; Nancy, b. June 5, 1785, m. Sept. 7, 1802, Dr. Benjamin Kittridge, d. Salem, Oct. 29, 1821 ; Betsey, b. Woodstock, Ct., Mar. 5, 1787, m. June 5, 1808, John De Land of North Brookfield, d. July 1, 1846; Mary, b. 1789, m. (1) Herbert Thorndike of Salem; (2) July 4, 1824, Thomas Kendrick, jr., of North Brookfield, d. Feb. 23, 1829 ; Gurdon, b. Dec. 25, 1790 8 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 1792, m. Nov. 22, 1818, Jonathan Pellet, d. Mar. 9, 1823; Hannah P., b. 1794, m. Mar. 24, 1818, Thomas A. Harwood, d. Sept. 1, 1830; James, b. Apr. 22, 1797 9; Mary Ann, b. 1799, m. Oct 22, 1820, Horace Kendrick, d. Feb. 12, 1827.
6. Rufus, son of Jonathan 3, d. 1806, m. Drusilla Wheeler. Children (Canter- bury), Rufus, b. Nov. 4, 1781 ; John, b. July 4, 1783, graduated Harvard University, M.D., d. Salem, June 15, 1809; Eunice, b. Oct. 26, 1784, m. Joseph Graves of Can- terbury ; Esther, b. Dec. 9, 1786; Jonathan, d. young; Timothy, b. May 4, 1791 ; Jonathan, b. Aug. 17, 1792 10; Archibald, d. young; Chester, b. May, 1797; Maria, b. Apr. 22, 1800, resides Canterbury ; Marian, b. Mar. 25, 1803, m. Aaron Stearns of North Brookfield; resides Whately; Heman, b. Sept. 1805, d. young.
7. Luther, son of Jonathan 5, d. Dec. 24, 1863, m. Mar. 14, 1811, Susanna Barnes of Spencer. Children (Brookfield), Luther Palmer, b. Nov. 21, 1811 11; Rebecca b. May 6, 1813, d. May 27, 1832 ; Martha M., b. Jan. 13, 1815, m. Apr. 25, 1835 Alfred Russell, d. Sept. 22, 1843; Hannah, b. Nov. 18, 1816, d. young; Edward Kittridge, b. Sept. 15, 1818 12; Herbert Thorndike, b. Mar. 8, 1820, d. Sturbridge, Jan. 24, 1847 ; Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1821, d. Mar. 30, 1842; David, b. Aug. 8, 1825 13 ; John, b. Apr. 18, 1829, d. Aug. 8, 1840.
8. Gurdon, son of Jonathan 5, M.D .; naval surgeon during war of 1812; d. at Worcester, Mar. 5, 1839; m. Feb. 14, 1827, Susan L. Gardner of Lynn ; b. Feb. 3, 1808; resides Richmond, Va. Children, Annie Phillips, b. Ipswich, Aug. 17, 1828 ; resides Richmond ; Frank Gurdon, b. Lynn, Mar. 31, 1830; member Class of 1849, Harvard University ; d. Richmond, Va., Jan. 31, 1849.
9. James, son of Jonathan 5, d. Nanticoke, N.Y., Nov. 27, 1849, m. May 9, 1819, Matilda Bemis of Spencer. Children (North Brookfield), Gurdon, b. Dec. 15, 1821, m. Nov. 25, 1855, Harriet S. Lawrence of Boston; resides Binghampton, N.Y .; Nathan B., b. Oct. 8, 1823, m. Oct. 2, 1857, Mercy Morgan of Nanticoke, N.Y., d. there May 18, 1862; Lucy G., b. Oct. 28, 1825, m. Feb. 2, 1843, Charles H. Giffin ; Henry Clay, b. Apr. 3, 1830, m. June 23, 1857, Eliza A. Cousins of North Adams ; Mary Ann, b. Mar. 21, 1832, m. May 9, 1855, Amory Thompson of West Brook- field ; Elizabeth, b. Spencer, July 4, 1834, m. Oct. 1, 1858, Oscar P. Johnson of Lisle, N.Y .; d. there May 8, 1863; Matilda, b. Dec. 7, 1836, m. Dec. 28, 1856, Ira P. Lackey of Brookfield; resides Auburn, N.Y.
10. Jonathan, son of Rufus 6, d. June 15, 1866, m. (1) Nov. 23, 1818, Sarah Pellet, b. Nov. 1792, d. Mar. 9, 1823; (2) Nov. 11, 1823, Sally Edmands, b. Sept. 5, 1795, d. May 29, 1880. Children, Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1819, d. Oct. 7, 1823; Anstis Mary Ann, b. Jan. 24, 1823, m. Mar. 7, 1848, Thatcher A. Morgan of West Newton, who d. Oakham ; she resides Oberlin, O. ; Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1824; John, b. Nov. 27,
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