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7. John, son of Capt. John 5, d. Brownsville, N.Y., Mar. 26, 1868, m. Apr. 16, 1799, Lydia Halloway of Litchfield, N.Y., d. Brownsville, July 2, 1860. Children (b. Litchfield), Frederick A., b. Apr. 10, 1So1 11; Anson, b. Mar. 29, 1808 12 ; Erastus, b. Sept. 12, 1805 13; Elvira, b. Brownsville, Dec. 14, 1807, m. Dec. 25, 1829, Gus- tavus Blodgett of Jefferson County, N.Y., d. July 7, 1873; Walter, b. July 8, 1815, d. Sept. 22, 1826.
8. Cheney, son of Capt. John 5; physician ; d. Oct. 14, IS36; m. May 4, 1806, Lucy Hunter. Children, Frederick A., b. Spencer, Oct. 11, 1808 14; John C., b. Nov. 1, 1812 15 ; Rhoda B., b. North Brookfield, Apr. 30, 1820, m. June 1, 1843, James S. Montague ; Lucy H., b. Oct. IS, 1826, m. June 5, 1851, James M. Pickens, b. Middleboro, June 5, 1818 [their children (b. in Middleboro), Lucy Hunter, b. Feb. 25, 1852, m. Nov. 13, 1873, Richard E. Cobb of Middleboro ; Laura Howe, b. Dec. 3, 1853, m. June 16, 1875, Edward F. Kingman of Riverside, Cal. ; Mary Bourne, b. Aug. 23, 1856; Martha Snell, b. July 25 1859]; Laura H., b. Oct. 18, 1826, m. W. H. Montague.
9. Benjamin F., son of Capt. John 5, d. Enfield, Nov. 29, 1843, m. Apr. 11, 1819, Lydia Day of Warren. Children, Joseph Appleton, b. Warren, Apr. 19, 1820, d. Jan. 13, 1823 ; Nathan Day, b. Nov. 29, 1823, d. July 13, 1879, m. Mary Clark of Enfield ; Henry Mellen, b. Enfield, Oct. 24, 1826, m. Marietta Earle of Belcher- town; resides Northampton ; a daughter, b. Jan. 4, 1831, d. young ; Lyman Dexter, b. May 31, 1832, m. (1) Mary Shearer of Warren; (2) Mary Gleason of West Brookfield ; resides Enfield.
10. Luther, son of Capt. John 5, d. Rutland, Vt., Nov. 19, 1877, m. (1) Sept. 19, 1816, Tatia Banister Park of Brookfield, d. Rutland, Vt., Dec. 16, 1866; (2) Apr. 20, 1867, Mrs. Mercy Ross Howard of Rutland. Children, Randall Park, b. July 21, 1817, d. Houston, Tex., Aug. 5, 1856; Rhoda Burnap, b. Jan. 21, 1819, m. - - Fuller, d. Mar. 6, 1852; Betsey Jenks, b. Feb. 18, 1821, m. - Carncross [their children, Randall, Alice, Betsey, Jane] ; Henry Albert, b. July 5, 1824, d. young ; Elisha A., b. May 31, 1826, m. Nancy - [their children, Rhoda M., b. July 15, 1853 ; Laura, b. May I, IS57 ; Emma Jane, b. Feb. 18, 1861 ; Patia Park, b. Feb. 12, 1866; Nora Belle, b. Feb. 22, 1872].
11. Frederick A., son of John 7, d. St. Joseph, Mich., Sept. 10, 1862, m. Jan. I, IS28, Isabella Britton of Litchfield, N.Y. Children, Gloriana ; Harriet ; Augustus ; Frederick ; John ; Edwin ; Calvin.
12. Anson, son of John 7, d. Apr. 2, 1882, m. Sept. 26, 1826, Abbie M. Fall of Brownsville, N.Y. Children, Walter Warren, b. July 22, 1827, m. Aug. 3, 1848, Delilah H. Bennett; resides Homer, Mich .; Newman H., b. Feb. 28, 1829, m. Feb. 28, 1849, Harriet E. Goodrich of Honnsfield, N.Y. ; resides Honnsfield ; Lauren- tine C., b. Dec. 16, 1831, m. July 1, 1848, Chauncy W. Bates; resides Polk City, Ia .; Lydia M., b. Oct. 19, 1833, m. June 13, 1850, Harrison E. Spaulsbury ; resides Leoni- das, Mich .; Anson A., b. Feb. IS, IS35; resides Brownsville, N.Y.
13. Erastus, son of John 7, d. Jefferson County, N.Y., May 26, 1857. He m. Sept. 20, 1828, Eunice Wright of Brownsville, N.Y., who d. Aug. 19, ISSI. Chil- dren, John Frederick ; Julia M. ; James W. ; Angelia H .; Clementha F .; Caroline E .; Chester A .; William E.
14. Frederick A., son of Dr. Cheney 8, d. Dec. 31, 1872, m. (1) May 3, 1832, Mary P. Fobes of Oakham ; (2) Aug. 25, 1853, Martha G. Lincoln of Oakham. Children, John Cheney, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 4, 1833 16; Albert Fobes, b. St. Albans, Vt., Apr. 3, 1842; sergeant Forty-fourth Regiment ; d. Newbern, N.C., Jan. 29, 1863 ; Frederick H., b. North Brookfield, Feb. 13, 1855 17 ; Mary Lucy, b. Mar. 31, 1858, d. young ; Martha Lincoln, b. Mar. 6, 1861.
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15. John Cheney, son of Dr. Cheney 8. He early manifested a disposition to apply himself closely to his studies or business, rather than to mingle in the amuse- ments of boys of his age. Withdrawn from school at the age of fourteen, he entered for a time the employ of his brother, then was for two or three years in the store of E. W. and S. HI. Skerry at Oakhant. Returning to North Brookfield, he became a partner in the mercantile firm of Carey, Ward, & Potter. In 1836, he ac- cepted a partnership in the wholesale boot and shoe firm of Walker, Emerson, & Co. of Boston, which, on the retirement of Mr. Amasa Walker, became Emerson, Harris, & Potter. At the end of the term of copartnership he became senior partner, and remained so until his retirement from active business in 1854. He lived in Boston till IS50, when he purchased a fine estate in Walnut Park, Newton, where he resided until his death. In 1863, he became treasurer of a worsted mill in New- ton. In 1866, he was elected president of the National Shoe and Leather Bank of Boston, which office he continued to hold. In 1858, he with his wife united with the Eliot Church of Newton, Rev. Dr. Wellman, pastor. In 1862-3, with his wife and daughter, he spent about seventeen months in Europe. While yet a young man, his habits of industry and business fidelity enabled him to accumulate a competent fortune, which he used in beautifying his house and grounds in Newton, and also in numerons and constant benefactions to public and private charities. After a long and painful illness, he died, Apr. 26, 1870. His pastor preached an appropriate memorial sermon from the words, " Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
He m. May 17, 1836, Mary H. Nye of Oakham. Children, John S., b. Dec. 10, 1837, m. June 17, 1862, Emily F. Woodard of Newton ; resides Newton [their chil- dren, Mabel H., b. Nov. 6, 1865 ; Herbert S., b. Nov. 18, 1868; Emily W., b. Sept. 15, 1872]; Mary Fobes, b. Nov. 9, 1840, m. June 12, 1866, Addison L. Clarke of Marlboro; resides Geneva, Switzerland [their children, Elizabeth S., b. Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 3. 1868 ; Mary Alice F., b. Newton, Aug. 9, 1869].
16. John Cheney, son of Frederick A. 14; boot and shoe manufacturer ; senior partner in the firm of Potter, White, & Bailey, Boston, Mass .; m. Oct. 1, 1857, Lucy Bailey of Newton. Children (Newton), Frank Cheney, b. May 28, 1860; Albert Bailey, b. May 23, 1864; Kate, b. Oct. 15, 1866.
17. Frederick H., son of Frederick A. 14, m. Sept. 26, 1876, Abby J. Irish of Southbridge. Child, Fred Burton, b. North Brookfield, May 27, 1880.
POTTER, Nicholas 1, b. Lynn, 1651, settled at Salem ; bricklayer ; m. (I) Emma -; (2) Alice Weeks, widow of Thomas of Salem ; (3) Mary Gedney of Salem. His son -
2. Robert, a carpenter ; m. (2) Ruth Driver, and lived at Lynn. His son -
3. Robert, b. Mar. IS, 166r ; lived Lynn ; m. Jan. 9, 1682, Martha Hall.
4. Ephraini, son of Robert 3, b. Feb. 5, 1683 ; settled Marlboro ; m. Nov. 23, 1708, Sarah Witt. Children (Marlboro), Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1709, m. Jan. 11, 1734, John Bruce ; Martha, b. Sept. 1, 1711 ; Joseph, b. Feb. 3, 1713 ; Persis, b. Aug. 29, 1715; Ephraim, b. Mar. 5, 1718 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1721, m. Feb. 9, 1744, Joseph Stone; Theophilus, b. Jan. 26, 1725 5 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 25, 1723, m. Apr. 26, 1750, Thomas Walker of Sudbury.
5. Theophilus, son of Ephraim 4, settled Brookfield, d. Sept. 13, 1814. IIe m. 1748, Lois Walker of Sudbury. Children (four b. in Marlboro, eight b. in North Brookfield), Silas, b. June 17, 1749 6; Ephraim, b. July 31, 1752 7 .; Barnabas, b. June 15, 1751 8; Hannah, b. Dec. 17, 1755; Thomas, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 16, 1757 9; Abijah, b. Jan. 23, 1760 10 ; Lois, b. Jan. 30, 1762, m. Feb. 2, 1795, The-
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ophilus Knight of Palmer ; Thaddeus, b. May IS, 1764; emigrated to Vermont ; Easter, b. Jan. 15, 1767, m. Nov. 13, 1789, Nathan Stowers; Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1770, d. young ; Luke, b. Apr. 28, 1772 11; Aaron, b. Mar. 29, 1776, d. Feb. 27, 1798.
6. Silas, son of Theophilus 5 ; gunsmith ; d. Sept. 30, 1828, aged 79, m. Feb. 3, 1775, Tabitha Harvey, d. Dec. 24, 1883, aged 84. Children (North Brookfield), Silas, b. Nov. 5, 1775, d. young ; Betsey, b. Dec. 1, 1777, m. Jan. 19, 1803, James Broad of Barre ; John, b. Sept. 23, 1780 12; Achsah, b. Jan. 2, 1782, d. July 4, 1787 ; Silas, b. Apr. 23, 1785, d. young ; Edmond, b. July 23, 1787; removed to Vermont ; Nahum W., b. Apr. 3, 1790 13 ; Polly, b. Oct. 17, 1793, m. and d. in Barre.
7. Ephraim, son of Theophilus 5, m. June 21, 1774, Susanna Rice. Children, Ephraim, b. Dec. 3, 1774; Susannah, b. June 27, 1776, d. young ; Susannah, b. Nov. 21, 1783.
8. Barnabas, son of Theophilus 5, was in American navy during the Revolution, and probably lost at sea. He m. Apr. 30, 1778, Mary Taylor.
9. Thomas, son of Theophilus 5, m. Nov. 26, 1778, Hannah Hale. Children, Bethuel, b. Apr. 2, 1779 ; Polly, b. Jan. 30, 1781 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1782.
10. Abijah, son of Theophilus 5, m. Feb. 1, 1784, Polly Tower of Rutland. Children, Abijah, b. Mar. 31, 1785 ; Polly, b. Mar. 15, 1787.
11. Luke, son of Theophilus 5, d. Oct. 19, 1812, m. 1793, Lydia Baker, daughter of Joseph the proprietor of Bakersfield, Vt .; she d. North Brookfield, Jan. 28, 1810. Children (b. Brookfield), Lydia, about 1794, d. Palmer, 1813 ; Nancy, b. July 26, 1796, m. Feb. 16, 1813, Luther Poland ; Roswell, b. about 1798, d. Stockholm, N.Y. He m. about 1826, Lucy Fletcher of Waterville, Vt. [where their son Luke now resides] ; Caroline, b. about 1800, d. 1864, m. (1) Brigham Scott of Bakersfield ; (2) - Janes; Luke, b. about 1802, d. Canada about 1878, m. Elvira Page of Waterville, Vt., about IS30.
12. John, son of Silas 6, d. Bakersfield, Vt., m. Dec. 25, 1808, Sarah Hunter of New Braintree. Children (b. in Bakersfield, Vt.), Achsah, m. Silas Robertson of St. Albans, Vt, and d. Malone, N.Y. ; Rhoda, m. Lorenzo Hatch of Spencer, resides Fairfield, Vt. ; Silas, m. Polly Dunham of Fairfield, Vt. ; resides there ; Aaron, m. Abigail Rawson of Oakham, removed to Ohio, where both d., leaving three children ; Dolly, m. Royal Dunn of Bakersfield, who d. there, leaving three children ; John Hunter, b. Nov. 22, 1819 14 ; Edward, m. and lives in East Fairfield, Vt .; Robert 15; Robina, m. Alfred Sturtevant of Fairfield, Vt .; resides there ; Betsey, m. Ste- phen Holmes of Fairfield, Vt., and d. there, leaving two sons ; Persis, m. in Berk- shire, Vt., and lives there ; Royal, was a soldier in the late war from Illinois, and later settled in Iowa.
13. Nahum W., son of Silas 6, d. Paxton, Apr. 20, 1826. He m. Jan. 21, 1813, Elizabeth Mead, b. Aug. 13, 1794. Children (b. North Brookfield), Mary Patten, b. Mar. 24, 1814, m. June 22, 1840, Rev. Benjamin F. Spillman, who was b. Girard County, Ky., Mar. 24, 1814, and d. Shawneetown, III., May 3, 1859 [their children, Benjamin F., b. Edwardsville, Ill., Jan. 8, 1846, m. Nov. 17, 1869, Althine F. Low of Roxbury ; resides there ; Emma Elizabeth, b. Chester, Ill., Sept. 25, 1849, m. Oct. 24, 1866, James W. Newell of Roxbury] ; Elijah Mead, b. Jan. 1, 1816, d. Alexandria, Va., May, 1837 ; Priscilla Norton, b. Feb. 21, 1818, m. Jan. 9, 1842, Levi W. Liver- more of Brookfield, b. Hardwick, Vt., Jan. 30, 1815, d. Boston, Apr. 29, 1870 ; she resides at Boston ; Silas, b. July, 1820 16; James Broad, b. June 28, 1822 17 ; Whipple Nahum, b. Sept. 6, 1824 18; Elizabeth Ann, b. Sept. 1, 1826.
14. John H., son of John 12, m. Apr. 25, 1849, Achsah B. Thompson. Children, Nathan Thompson, b. May 24, 1852, resides St. Louis, Mo. ; Jennie Maria, b. Nov. 10, 1857, resides Worcester ; Sarah Louisa, b. Oct. 21, 1860.
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15. Robert, son of John 12, m. (1) Caroline Stone ; (2) 1866, Addie A. Smith. Child, Frank IV., b. Dec. 1867.
16. Silas, son of Nahum W. 13; shoe manufacturer ; resides Boston, m. June 1, 1853, Caroline D. Allen of New York City. Children (b. in Boston), Silas Allen, b. May 5, 1854; William Henry, b. June 20, 1856; Caroline Allen, b. Aug. 20, 1858 ; Ann Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1860; Alfred Mead, b. Dec. 20, 1863; George Livermore, b. Jan. 27, 1867.
17. James B., son of Nahum W. 13, resides Boston ; one of the firm of Moore, Smith, & Co., wholesale hat dealers; m. June 18, 1868, Clara P. Merrill of Norway, Me., b. Brownfield, Me., Apr. 27, 1835. Children, Clara E., b. Jan. 4, 1872, d. young ; Grace M., b. Dec. 3, 1873; Ethel P., b. Norway, Me., Aug. 29, 1875.
18. Whipple N., son of Nahum W. 13; member of the firm of Silas Potter & Co., Boston ; m. Nov. 25, 1858, Lucinda A. Aldrich of New York. Children (b. in Roxbury), Whipple N., b. Dec. 6, 1859 ; Emma y., b. Sept. 12, 1864.
POTTS, Thomas, b. Ireland, 1822, m. 1847, Mary Maguire of Warren. Chil- dren, John F, b. Warren, 1851 ; William R., b. Nov. 1853; Thomas, b. Aug. I, I859; Nora, b. May, 1863; Edward, b. Spencer, 1868; Mary Ann, b North Brook- field, June, 1872 ; Albert, b. May 2, 1875.
POTVIN, Louis Victor, b. Canada, m. (1) Lucy C. Le Clair of Southbridge, who d. there ; (2) Jan. 16, 1876, Angeline Beaulieu. Child, Oswald, b. North Brook- field, Jan. 25, 1873.
POTVIN, Thomas, b. Canada, 1813, m. Judith Labrin. Children (b. in Web- ster), Almira, b. 1847, m. Austin Casway, resides Spencer ; Thomas, b. 1849, resides Webster ; Helen, b. June 7, 1855, resides New York; Adelaide, b. 1856, m. Alvanda Lavanture, resides North Brookfield ; Delia, b. 1860, resides New York ; Eugene, b. 1862, resides North Brookfield ; Noah, b. 1864.
POTVIN, Henry, b. Canada, 1854, m. Dec. 1876, Emily Scott of North Brook- field. Children, Henry, b. Cochituate, Nov. 24, 1878 ; Charles, b. North Brookfield, Jan. 12, 1880.
POWELL, T. J., b. Ireland, June, 1840, m. Oct. 1866, Julia O. Turner. Chil- dren, Minnie, d. Dec. 1, 1877 ; Winnie, b. June, 1869; Florence, b. Feb. 1872 ; Bertha, b. Nov. 24, 1878.
POWERS, Richard M., b. Greenfield, Nov. 1, 1840, m. Nov. 1864, Lucy M. Spooner of Heath. Children, Alice C., b. Heath, Jan. 1867; Gilbert H., b. North Brookfield, June 16, 1869, d. young ; Grace T., b. Aug. 11, 1876.
POWERS, Patrick 1, son of James, b. Ireland, Jan. 1, 1819, d. North Brook- field, Oct. 28, 1880. He m. Apr. 29, 1851, Margaret Costigan. Children, James, b. Apr. 1, 1852 2; Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1853; Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1855, m. July 4, 1884, Dennis McCarthy; Mary A., b. Dec. 28, 1857, m. Oct. 2, 1879, John O'Grady ; Patrick, b. Feb. 14, 1860; Kate, b. Dec. 25, 1861, d. young ; Eliza, b. Feb. 10, 1864; Ferry, b. Nov. 25, 1866; Lawrence, b. Jan. 10, 1869.
2. James, son of Patrick 1, m. Sept. 30, 1876, Mary Ann McCarthy of Lowell. Child, N'ellie 31., b. North Brookfield, Sept. 22, 1879.
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PROUTY, Richard 1, b. England, came to Massachusetts as a "stowaway " at the age of fourteen. He settled in Scituate about 1667. His son Isaac 2, b. in Scituate, m. Elizabeth Merrill. Of their numerous family, six sons and one daughter b. in Scituate, came to Spencer, Mass., previous to 1741, viz., Jacob, b. May 14, 1715, m. Dec. 8, 1741, Ann Capen of Spencer ; David, b. 1716, m. 1739, Elizabeth Smith of Spencer ; yohn, b. 1718, m. Oct. 1745, Abigail Johnson of Spencer ; Adam, b. 1721, m. (I) - of Scituate, (2) Jan. 15, 1751, Dorothy Howe of Rutland ; James, b. 1730, m. June 25, 1765, Mary Dinsmore of Spencer, and d. in Spencer, May 3, 1813; Isaac 3; Elizabeth.
3. Isaac, son of Isaac 2, d. Spencer, May 5, 1805. He m. June 25, 1765, Priscilla Ramsdell, and had Elijah 4, who m. 1788, Ann Munroe, by whom he had Pliny 5.
5. Pliny, son of Elijah 4, b. Spencer, May 14, 1791, d. there Aug. 22, 1864. He m. May 8, 1818, Melissa Holmes of New Braintree, b. Feb. 1, 1796, d. Apr. 19, 1871. Children (Spencer), Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1819, m. May 18, 1841, Bezaleel W. Shedd of Springfield, Vt .; Schuyler, b. Jan. 9, 1820, m. (1) Apr. 1I, 1844, Elizabeth Miles of Rutland ; (2) Oct. IS, 1877, Mrs. Sarah Jane Tyler of North Brookfield ; Benjamin, b. Feb. 15, 1821 6; William Elijah, b. Apr. 26, 1822, m. Oct. 17, 1856, Adeline Browning of Hardwick; Liana, b. Oct. 9, 1823, m. Apr. 1845, Charles U. Barton of New Braintree ; Pliny, b. Jan. 12, 1827, d. Jan. 12, 1846; Levi, b. Sept. 15, 1831, m. Apr. 1858, Esther Ifull of Virginia; resides Council Bluffs, Io .; Judith Holmes, b. Aug. 13, 1833, m. Apr. 27, 1859, Nathan S. Dickinson of Barre, who d. at District Columbia Hospital, from wounds received in battles of Antietam and Cold Harbor, Aug. 7, 1864; Calvin Rand, b. Oct. 18, 1835, m. (1) Nov. 27, 1858, Augusta Morrill of Boylston, (2) - -- in California ; resides St. Helena, Cal.
6. Benjamin, son of Pliny 5, carpenter ; m. June 7, 1859, Lucy Jane Pepper of New Braintree. Children, Juliette Miles, b. June 3, 1861, d. May 3, 1883; Albert Henry, b. Aug. 28, 1866; Fred Munroe, b. Nov. 4, 1871, d. young.
PROUTY, Homer R. 1, b. Spencer, Oct. 29, 1796; a woolen manufacturer ; d. North Brookfield, Sept. 19, 1876; m. Nancy Allen of Spencer, b. Dec. 29, 1800, d. May 9, 1875. Children, Isaac T., b. Spencer, Dec. 22, 1820, d. North Brook- , field, Aug. 16, 1876, m. Nov. 9, 1842, Lucretia C. Rawson of West Brookfield; Albert H., b. North Brookfield, July 10, 1823, m. Mar. 22, 1848, Abby S. Moore of Boylston, and d. there, 1862; Christopher A., b. Dec. 10, 1821, d. Springfield, Oct. 2, 1846; Sarah J., b. Apr. 7, 1825, m. Nov. 27, 1847, Joseph Rawson of West Brook- field ; Alexander V. R., b. July 24, 1827, m. May 7, 1850, Elizabeth Hastings of Boylston; resides Boylston ; John N., b. Jan. 21, 1830 2; Lucius MI., b. June 17 ; 1832, m. July 31, 1851, Mary Ann Pepper of New Braintree; resides Spencer ; Charles R., b. Apr. 4, 1834, m. Mar. 19, 1856, Susan Wood of West Brookfield; resides there ; Alphonso IV., b. May 2, 1836, m. (1) Kate Drake of East Brookfield, d. Oct. 29, 1875, (2) June 17, 1879, Lizzie Fayerweather of Northboro; resides Worcester; George S., b. Sept. 14, 1838, d. June 5, 1864, of wounds received in Piedmont, Va., June 2, 1864; Henry L. M., b. Mar. 14, 1840, m. June 15, 1870, Ruth Barrett of West Brookfield ; resides Hartford, Ct .; Dwight H., b. Nov. 9, 1843 3.
2. John N., son of Homer R. 1, m. Mar. 6, 1855, Harriet E. Nelson of Plymouth. Children, Harriet F., b. Plymouth, Feb. 15, 1859, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 3, 1875 ; Arthur N., b. Waltham, Feb. 23, 1864; Elmer W., b. North Brookfield, June 24, I873.
3. Dwight H., son of Homer R. 1, m. Dec. 30, 1874, Maria Wood of Petersham. Children, Nellie A., b. July II, ISSI, d. young ; Helen M., b. Apr. 28, 1884.
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PRUE, Michael, b. Canada, Feb. 1852, m. Aug. 26, 1872, Sarah A. Cain of North Brookfield. Children, Harrie E., b. May 8, 1873; Susie I., b. Mar. 31, 1875; Frank B., b. Mar. 18, 1878; Mary A., b. Dec. 3, 1881 ; d. young ; Vera Gertrude, b. Apr. 10, 1883, d. young; Irene Maver, b. Apr. 3, 1884.
PUTNAM, Rufus, was son of Deacon Elisha of Sutton, where he was b. Apr. 9, 1738. His father died when he was about seven years old; and after 1747, he lived with his step-father, Capt. John Saddler of Upton. In Mar. 1754, he was bound as apprentice to his brother-in-law, Daniel Matthews of Brookfield, a mill- wright, where he worked till Mar. 15, 1757, when he enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Learned's Company for service at Fort Edward, and remained till Feb. 2, 1758. He again enlisted in 1758, in Capt. Jos. Whitcomb's Company, Col. T. Ruggles' Regiment, and served near Lake George. He enlisted Apr. 2, 1759, in Capt. John Sibley's Company (transferred to Capt. William Page's) for the Ticonderoga cam- paign ; returned to Brookfield Dec. 16. He was out in the campaign of 1760, and received a commission of ensign ; returned home Dec. 1.
Mar. 3, 1761, Mr. Putnam bought the "mill privilege, mill, and tools," on Horse- pond brook in North Brookfield, of Joseph Bartlett. In 1768, Bartlett sells his farm, the mill privilege excepted, to Zebulon Rice ; and Jan. 4, 1775, Rice sells the same to Putnam.
Mr. Putnam resided there till the spring of 1781, May 24th of which year he bought the confiscated estate of Daniel Murray of Rutland, for £900, silver money. He remained in Rutland till he removed to Ohio, in Dec. 1787. He d. at Marietta, O., May 4, 1824.
Thus it appears that Gen. Putnam's home, from 1754 to 17SI, was in North Brook- field. He united with the First Congregational Church there, Feb. 15, 1770. May 21, 1770, he, in company with Deacon Thomas Rich and Joseph Packard, received from the town a grant of two hundred and sixteen acres of land on Great Ragged Hill. He held various town offices in Brookfield, and was on the Committee of Cor- respondence in 1774.
Gen. Putnam's military career was sketched in the account of the American Revo- lution, and need not be repeated here. [See ante, pp. 233, 235, 236.] He subscribed one hundred pounds to the original fund of Leicester Academy, and was a member of the first Board of Trustees, in 1784. His business in Brookfield was running his mill, building mills, and land surveying, in which he was an expert, and the study and practice of which prepared him for the distinguished part he bore, as engineer, in the army - though it should be stated that he made a special study of engineering under Col. Timothy Dwight of Northampton.
He m. (1) Apr. 6, 1761, Elizabeth Ayres, daughter of William, who d. Nov. 16, 1761 ; (2) Jan. 10, 1765, Persis Rice, daughter of Zebulon. Children [the first four recorded among the births, and the rest among the baptisms], Ayres, b. Oct. 16, 1761, d. Sept. 28, 1768 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1765; Persis, b. Jan. 6, 1767 ; Susanna, b. Aug. 5, 176S ; Abigail, b. Aug. 7, 1770 ; William Rufus, b. Dec. 12, 1771 ; Frank- lin, b. May 26, 1774, d. Apr. 3, 1776 (gravestone) ; Edwin, b. Jan. 19, 1776; Patty, b. Nov. 25, 1777 ; Kate, b. Oct. 17, 1779 [baptized May 8, 1780].
PUTNAM, Aaron, m. Patience Potter of Brookfield, June 6, 1770, daughter of Daniel, and sister of Capt. John Potter. After the death of Mr. Putnam, she m. Michael Smith, an Englishman (see his schedule). She d. May S, ISII. He d. Brookfield, Oct. 3, 1777. Children (b. in Brookfield), Sally, b. June 26, 1771, m. John
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
Cannon of Oakham; Calvin, b. Feb. 5, 1773, m. Nabby Davidson [their children, Sarah, who m. Anson Nichols; Hannah; Abigail ; Samuel, d. and left one son, Samuel W. Putnam]; Luther, b. Nov. 23, 1775, d. young; Franklin, b. Nov. 17, 1776, d. young.
QUIGLEY, Thomas 1, b. and d. in Ireland, m. Elizabeth Gleason, who also d. in Ireland. Children (b. Ireland), Mary, m. Patrick Bahan, who d. in England ; she d. New York ; Matthew, m. Ann Wiley, d. North Brookfield, July 26, 1881, aged 94; Ellen, m. Jerry Kennedy, who d. -; Dennis, b. Jan. 1804 2; Julia, m. William Vance, who d. Jan. 7, 1877; Betsey Elizabeth, d. North Brookfield, unmarried, May, 12, 1885; Catherine, m. Thomas Kiley ; John, b. June 29, 1815 3; Ann, m. Thomas Welch ; resides Rutland.
2. Dennis, son of Thomas 1, m. Bridget Bergen, who d. North Brookfield, Mar. : 15, 1853. Children, Thomas, b. Ireland, d. North Brookfield, July 1, 1876, aged 32; m. May 24, 1874, Margaret Wiley ; Mary, m. James Murphy of Fitchburg, and d. there Nov. 25, 1871; John, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 24, 1847, d. July 2, 1875; Annie, b. Dec. 31, 1848, d. July 18, 1853; Dennis, b. June 23, 1852, d. young.
3. John, son of Thomas 1, was the first of his name and family in town in 1844, when there were but seven Irishmen here, viz., William Noon, Philip Cain, Wil- liam Vance, James Downey, James Dempsey, Thomas Conners, and Michael Foger- ty ; James Haley and Dennis Quigley 2 coming next in 1846. He m. Jan. 11, 1847, Mary Whalen of North Brookfield, who was b. Ireland about 1820. Children (b. North Brookfield), Thomas, b. Oct. 13, 1848; Ann, b. Oct. 13, 1848, m. Sept. 8, 1872, Patrick J. Downey ; James, b. Sept. 1, 1850 ; Margaret, b. Jan. 13, 1852 ; John }, b. Sept. 28, 1853, m. Lizzie Mahon of Natick; resides there; Julia E., b. Aug. 6, 1855; Mary A., b. June 7, 1857.
QUIGLEY, John, b. Ireland, 1827 ; a currier ; came to North Brookfield about 1852 ; d. in hospital at Abbey Lix, Ireland, Oct. 14, 1885. He m. June 30, 1852, Ann Corcoran in New Jersey. Children (b. North Brookfield), Margaret, b. June 13, 1853, m. June 9, 1873, Henry H. Ivers ; Thomas, b. Sept. 22, 1854, d. Sept. 15, 1875 ; James, b. Jan. 8, 1856, d. Apr. 20, 1871 ; June, b. Sept. 4, 1857, d. Sept. 4, 1872; John, b. Feb. 1859, d. young ; John C., b. May, 1860, d. Mar. 25, 1877; Anna, b. Aug. 8, 1861, m. July 4, 1881, Joseph Huard ; Catherine, b. July 19, 1863; Joanna, b. Feb. 1, 1866; Sarah, b. Dec. 1868; William, b. May 4, 1872.
RANGER, RAINGER, originally RAINYER, Joseph 1, m. Hannah - Children, Hannah, b. Apr. 30, 1737, m. Apr. 2, 1756, John Peese of Brookfield ; Thomas, b. Nov. 30, 1739 2; Samuel, b. Sept. 13, 1742 ; Moses, b. Mar. 6, 1745, m. Feb. 1772, Hannah Ball of Brookfield.
2. Thomas, son of Joseph 1, d. Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1827. He m. (1) Sept. 1769, Marcy Woods, who d. Apr. 19, 1803; (2) Oct. 28, 1804, Abigail Brown, who d. Feb. 1825, aged 75. Children, Patty, b. Sept. 18, 1770, d. Jan. 24, 1821 ; Catherine, b. Jan. 29, 1772, m. Mar. 5, 1795, Samuel Whittemore of Leicester ; Sarah, b. July 27, 1773, d. young ; Ephraim, b. July 24, 1774, m. Nov. 14, 1795, Susanna Jenks of Spencer ; Salome, b. June 22, 1776, d. Apr. 7, 1780; Lydia, b. Feb. 2, 1779, m. Nov. 25, 1802, David Matthews.
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