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WASHBURN, James ; wife, Ruth. Children, Willard, b. Apr. 3, 1770 ; Sabra, b. May 26, 1772 ; Huldak, b. Apr. 4, 1774 ; James, b. June 24, 1776; Reuben, b. June 5, 1778 ; Levi, b. Nov. 17, 17So.
WASHBURN, Peter, owned the Calvin Edson place ; d. Apr. 6, 1810; m. Apr. 8, 1776, Sarah Ayres, removed 1821, to Litchfield, N.Y. Children, Sarah, b. Mar. 16, 1777, m. June 27, 1805, Harrington Mcclellan of Petersham ; folin, b. Nov. 1I, 1778, m. Apr. 1, 1804, Becca Winslow ; Abigail, b. June 19, 1781, m. May 19, ISOS, Solomon Dewing, jr. ; Josiah, b. Mar. 5, 1783, m. Dec. 14, 1806, Rebecca Barstow ; Jonas, b. Apr. 23, 1787 ; Bethuel, b. July 11, 1790; Polly, b. Mar. 22, 1792, d. July 10, 1808; Orpha, b. Jan. 30, 1796, m. Sept. 20, 1812, Denny Thompson of North Brookfield.
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WATSON, John 1, d. Brookfield, Sept. 10, 1769; wife, Elizabeth. Children, William, b. Mar. 22, 1724 2; John, b. Jan. 9, 1726; Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1728; Robert, b. Jan. 6, 1730, d. Nov. 15, 1767 ; Rebecca, b. Sept. 19, 1732, m. June 19, 1753, Andrew Kimball; Esther, b. Oct. 24, 1735; Thankful, b. Apr. 28, 1737, m. Aug. 1768, James Shay of Brookfield.
2. William, son of John 1, d. May 19, 1777 ; wife, Susanna, d. Mar. 17, 1779. Chil- dren, William, b. Aug. 14, 1751, m. June 28, 1777, Thankful Bowman ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 23, 1752, m. Nov. 19, 1772, Luther How of Marlboro ; David, b. Mar. 25, 1754, m. Apr. 20, 1778, Ruth Edson ; Susanna, b. Dec. 7, 1755, m. May, 1783, Isaac Cut- ler ; Sarah, b. Jan. 15, 1758, m. Nov. 24, 1778, Hosea Edson of Ashburnham ; Jesse, b. Jan. 31, 1760; Hannah, b. Oct. 18, 1761, m. Nov. 1784, Abner Snow of Leices- ter ; Joseph, b. July 12, 1764, m. Sept. 1790, Betsey Sherman of Rutland ; daughter, b. July 6, 1766, d. young ; Benjamin, b. July 3, 1767 ; Robert, b. Sept. 14, 1769.
WATSON, John, b. Scotland, lived on the Bradshaw place; wife, Mary. Chil- dren, John, b. May 14, 1750; Martha, b. June II, 1751, d. Nov. 3, 1765; Samuel, b. Dec. 26, 1752, m. Apr. 1781, Martha Moore of Worcester ; Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1755, m. June 27, 1784, Joseph Bush of Brookfield; Eunice, b. Aug. 26, 1757, d. Oct. 16, 1769; Jude, b. May 9, 1760, m. Mar. 1, 1784, Polly Jenks of Boston ; Eli, b. Oct. 25, 1762 ; Lucy, b. Mar. 17, 1764, m. Feb. 21, 1792, William Sprague of Templeton ; Nathan, b. Mar. 21, 1767 ; Thankful, b. May 28, 1769, m. Jan. 13, 1785, Aaron Forbes of Brookfield.
WATSON, Daniel, m. (1) Aug. 13, 1761, Thankful McMitchell of Brookfield ; (2) May 15, 1770, Anna Saterly of Brookfield. Children, Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 176 -; Timothy, b. Jan. 4, 176 -; Sally, b. Jan. 28, 177 -; Royal, b. July 7, 177 -; Samuel, b. Nov. 10, 177 -; William, b. Oct. 26, 177 -; Daniel, b. Apr. 16, 177 -.
WEBBER, Cyrus K., son of Cyrus and Betsey (Whittemore) Webber of Stur- bridge, b. Sept. 21, 1841, m. Sept. 21, 1865, Helen A. Gay, daughter of George, b. Apr. 22, 1849. Children, Edith R., b. May 16, 1867 ; George E., b. Apr. 14, 1873. [Mr. Webber enlisted 1861 in Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers ; served till 1865; was in fifteen battles.]
WEBBER, Elliot D., b. Brimfield 1836; barber ; enlisted Aug. 1861 in Com- pany C, Twenty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers ; served three years.
WEBBER, Gilbert F., Jr., b. Chelsea, Mar. 6, 1842; tinsmith; m. (1) Aug. 25, 1867, Amanda H. Hudson, d. May 6, 1871 ; (2) Sept. 4, 1878, Alice C. Goodwin of North Brookfield. Children, fennie, b. Nov. 20, 1868 ; Frank G., b. July 11, ISSI.
WEBBER, Walter H., b. Chelsea, 1851 ; tinsmith; m. Dec. 4, 1879, Martha J. Kittridge of North Brookfield. Children, Laura T., b. Sept. 27, 1880; Ralph G., b. Dec. 9, 1882 ; Clifford H., b. Mar. 1, 1885.
WEDGE, David, from Sudbury or Lancaster, came to Brookfield, 1716 ; received grant of thirty acres home lot, and later of seventy-seven acres more; wife, Joanna. Children, son, b. July 22, 1722 ; son, b. Oct. 22, 1724; son, b. July 4, 1726; daughter, b. Mar. 12, 1731. One of the sons was Thomas, m. Jan. 1755, Abigail Elwell ; the daughter was Hannah, m. Sept. 1757, Benjamin Griffin.
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WEDGE, Israel, b. Canada, 1838 ; carpenter ; m. Feb. 10, 1860, Sophia Harper of Southbridge. Children, Joseph, b. May 20, 1862; Napoleon, b. Mar. 1865; Peter, b. Aug. 8, 1867; Alexander, b. Jan. 1, 1871 ; Henry, b. Nov. 15, 1873 ; Israel, b. Sept. 2, 1875 ; Willie, b. Jan. 10, 1877 ; Ida L., b. Nov. 3, 1879 ; Louis F., b. Jan. 20, 1881 ; Clemence A., b. Mar. 6, 1884.
WEED, Henry S., b. Stamford, Ct., 1783 ; blacksmith ; d. Hardwick, Apr. 18, 1853 ; m. July 21, 1813, Olive Richardson of Brookfield. Children (b. North Brook- field), Caroline, b. June 10, 1815, d. Dana, Jan. 1832 ; Otis H., b. June 2, 1817 ; mer- chant in Boston ; m. June 20, 1842, Susan Sherburne of Boston.
WEEKS, George 1, was one of the first settlers of Dorchester ; wife, Jane Clapp of England.
2. Ammiel, son of George 1, b. England ; was of Dorchester ; wife, Elizabeth.
3. Supply, son of Ammiel 2, b. Aug. 26, 1671 ; settled Marlboro; d. Sept. 22, 1755. He m. (1) June 4, 1699, Susanna Barns, daughter of Thomas, d. Jan. 15, 1712 ; (2) Mar. 10, 1715, Mary Holland of Framingham. Children, Thomas, b. Sept. 5, 1700 4; Jemima, b. Feb. 23, 1702, m. May 19, 1730, Isaac Tomblin ; Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1704; Ammiel, b. Oct. 13, 1705 5 ; John, b. Mar. 3, 1707, m. Dinah Keyes ; Elijah, b. Feb. 4, 1710; Susanna, b. Jan. II, 1712, m. Jan. 30, 1734, Ephraim Ward.
4. Thomas, son of Supply 3 ; lived Marlboro ; removed Brookfield 1734; m. Hannah Holland, b. Aug. 17, 1704. Children, Hannah, b. Feb. 3, 1725 ; Ruth, b. Dec. 2, 1726 ; Samuel, b. Mar. 31, 1729; went to Canada ; Eunice, b. Sept. 19, 1730, d. 1731 ; Phebe, b. Jan. 13, 1733, m. (1) 1753, deacon Solomon Rich of Western; (2) Apr. 13, 1794, Col. Samuel Denny of Leicester, and d. Sept. 30, 1808 ; Thomas, b. Brookfield, Apr. 21, 1735 6 ; Eunice, b. Aug. 15, 1737, m. Aug. 21, 1770, Solomon Bowker, and d. Feb. II, 1771 ; David, b. Jan. 1, 1740; Holland, b. Aug. 14, 1742 ; Ammiel, b. Mar. 1, 1745 7.
5. Ammiel, son of Supply 3; shop joiner ; was of Marlboro in 1738, when he buys in North Brookfield for {200, the farm since known as the " Lamson place ; " d. Sept. 21, 1769. He m. (1) Mary -; (2) Deborah Rockwood. Children, Kath- erine, b. Feb. 16, 1736, m. Oct. 16, 1760, Nathan Sparhawk of Rutland, and d. in Brookfield ; Mary (twin), b. Feb. 16, 1736, m. Nov. 1759, John Lamson of Brook- field, and d. Mar. 29, 1808.
6. Thomas, son of Thomas 4; lived Brookfield; m. July 23, 1759, Marcy Hink- ley, daughter of Job of Brookfield. Children, Marcy, b. Apr. 18, 1762, m. 1780, John Williams of Goshen ; Elijah, b. Aug. 23, 1764; Sarah, b. May 15, 1766, m. Jan. 4, 1787, Cyrus Stearns of Goshen, and d. Buckland, June 28, 1850; John, b. Sept. 2, 1768, d. Oct. 3, 1782; Levi, b. Sept. 16, 1770, d. Oct. 14, 1775; Ezra, b. May 10, 1772; Calvin, b. July 16, 1774, d. Feb. 10, 1801; Levi, b. Oct. 22, 1776; Luther, b. Dec. 23, 1778 ; d. young; Kate, b. Jan. 4, 1781, m. June 10, 1802, Augustus Belding of Whately, d. July 3, 1816; (2) Sept. 6, 1827, Liberty Bowker of Savoy, who d. May 20, 1846; she d. Sept. 6, 1852.
7. Ammiel, son of Thomas 4; a soldier in the Revolution; lived Hardwick, Leverett ; d. Wendell, Feb. 15, 1832. He m. (1) Apr. 6, 1769, Susanna Chamber- lain of Petersham ; (2) Feb. 26, 1778, widow Sarah (Johnson) Mandell of Peter- sham, d. Leverett, Dec. 1839, aged 82. Children, Artemas, b. Hardwick, Nov. 9, 1769, m. Feb. 2, 1795, Martha Abbott of Belchertown, and d. Prescott 1829; Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1773, m. Oct. 6, 1803, David Smith of Barre, and d. Mar. 21, 1855 ; Cyn-
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thia, b. Leverett, June 10, 1785, m. June 10, 1806, Joseph Ashley of Leverett, and d. Apr. 7, 1871 ; Eunice, b. Feb. 1, 1787, m. Feb. 19, 1824, Artemas Leach of Wendell, and d. North Brookfield, Mar. 15, 1866; Susan, b. Greenwich, Feb. 20, 1789, m. Feb. 22, 1810, James M. Jewett of Greenwich, and d. Aurora, O., Feb. 17, 1863.
WEEKS, David J., b. Hudson, N.Y., 1816; mason ; lives North Brookfield ; m. July 29, 1845, Martha A. Mason of Hardwick, d. Oct. 19, 1874. Child, Fitz Edward, b. Apr. 22, 1846, d. North Brookfield, Dec. 31, 1871.
WELCH, Morris, son of Patrick, b. Kerry, Ire .; came over 1854; m. Kate Ma- honey, b. Cork City, Ire. Children, Annie, b. Aug. 27, 1857 ; Charles, b. 1860 ; a printer ; John, b. Dec. 1862; Timothy, b. May 25, 1864; William, b. Dec. 1865; Mary, b. May 26, 1867 ; Nellie, b. Sept. 13, 1869; Francis, b. Dec. 25, 1875.
WELD, Benjamin D. 1, b. Washington, N.H., Jan. 1, 1792 ; d. Sturbridge ; Mar. 2, 1879. He m. (1) Oct. 24, 1819, Mary C. Parks of North Brookfield; (2) Nov. 25, 1828, Marinda Partridge of Holland. Children, Aaron Davis, b. Dec. 14, 1820 2 ; Benjamin C., b. June 14, 1823 3; Isaac P., b. Dec. 4, 1829, d. Oct. 22, 1849 ; Ezra B., b. Aug. 5, 1831 ; lives Southbridge; m. (1) Fanny Sherman of Brim- field ; (2) Francelia Smith of Sturbridge ; Albert E., b. Mar. 29, 1833 ; lives Union, Ct. ; m. Celinda Wales ; Miranda M., b. Jan. 20, 1835, m. Oct. 1859, Jonas Bea- man of Hadley, and d. Aug. 7, 1876, in Sturbridge.
2. Aaron D., son of Benjamin D. 1. He left home Feb. 18, 1862, to serve as act- ing Assistant Paymaster in the United States Navy ; was taken sick of remittent fever while on the steamer J. P. Jackson of the Gulf blockading squadron in May following. June 11, he was transferred to the steamer Ocean Queen for passage home, via New York, and died the same day in the South West Pass, and was bur- ied at a place called Pilot Town. He m. (1) Dec. 12, 1848, Martha Ann Batcheller, daughter of Deacon Tyler, d. Winchester, Oct. 1, 1852 ; (2) Nov. 2, 1854, Ellen A. Burnham of Winchester. Children, Ella Amelia, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 12, 1849, d. Exeter, N.H., Feb. 7, 1883, m. Nov. 12, 1874, Oliver R. Burnham of An- dover, Mass .; Martha Florence, b. Winchester, Jan. 22, 1852, d. Bloomington, Ill., Mar. 27, 1881, m. Nov. 12, 1874, Alfred W. Ollis of Bloomington ; Arthur D., b. May 23, 1856; lives St. Joseph, Mo .; George A., b. Nov. 27, 1857 ; lives Winchester. 3. Benjamin C., son of Benjamin D. 1, m. Oct. 26, 1847, Lucy Ann Upham of Sturbridge. Children, Herbert D., b. Aug. 30, 1850, d. Apr. 7, 1860 ; Frederick, b. June 6, 1853, d. young ; Anna y., b. July 6, 1855, m. June 8, ISSI, Henry M. Brown of North Brookfield ; Mary L., b. North Brookfield, Aug. 27, 1861, d. young ; Em- ma L., b. Aug. 9, 1863, d. Jan. 24, 1867 ; Frank, b. Dec. 18, 1867, d. 1885.
WELDS, Joseph, b. Canada, 1830, m. Sept. 25, 1857, Ellen Stone of Vermont. Child, Clementine, b. Southbridge, July, 1862.
WELLINGTON, Benjamin, m. June, 1763, Lucy Smith. Children, Benja- min, b. May 16, 1764; Elias, b. Feb. 14, 1766 ; Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1768, d. young ; Amos, b. Apr. 5, 1770; Lucy, b. Feb. 23, 1772 ; Liberty, b. Sept. 22, 1774; Polly, b. Jan. 28, 1776.
WELLINGTON, Roger 1, lived in Lexington, Sutton, Ashby, and Brookfield. He had brothers, Luke and John. He m. - Stearns. Children, Oliver, d. West
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Brookfield, leaving son Oliver, who had John and other children ; Eli 2; Lydia, m. - Davis ; daughter, m. - Wilder ; daughter, m. - Burnett ; Achsah, m. - Willis ; Ezekiel.
2. Eli, son of Roger 1, b. Sutton ; carpenter ; d. North Brookfield, Mar. 6, 1837. He m. Sept. 28, 1800, Margery Rich of Ware. Children, Avery, b. Nov. 2, 1801, m. Mary Atwood of Brandon, Vt., and d. there or at Middleboro, 1874; Samuel Rich, b. June 19, 1803, m. Nancy Lyon of Charlestown, and d. there ; Achsah, b. Oct. 27, IS04, m. William Hassett of Wales; resides Attica, N.Y .; Eli Stearns, b. Mar. 13, ISO6; printer ; d. Troy, N.Y. [his only child, Charles M., m. Lucy Eleanor King of Waterford and Troy, N.Y., and had George B., b. Troy, 1856; Mary, b. 1863 ; Grace, b. 1870]; Harvey, b. June 28, 1807 3; Emily, b. Oct. 8, 1809, m. (I) - Chapman, (2) - Polka, both of Attica, N.Y., and d. there ; Gardner, b. Dec. 5, ISIO; lived and d. in Louisiana ; Apollos, b. June 11, 1812 4; Justus, b. Oct. 15, 1813, d. Oct. 19, 1833 ; Amos Collins, b. Feb. 9, 1815, d. Ware, IS21 ; Nancy, b. Aug. 29, 1816, d. Attica, N.Y., 1834 ; Sylvester, b. Jan. 19, 1818, m. - Cone of Attica, N.Y., and d. in Wisconsin ; George, b. Dec. 17, 1820, d. Ware, 1823 ; Andrew, d. young.
3. Harvey, son of Eli 2, d. Williamstown, Dec. 11, 1842. He nı. (1) Dec. 2, 1830, Lucy Hamilton of Brookfield; (2) Sept. 26, 1839, Lucy Bartlett of Williamstown. Children (b. North Brookfield), Jefferson Hamilton, b. Dec. 17, 1832, m. Aug. 26, 1856, Nancy Clark of Brookfield, and d. Oswego, N.Y., Apr. 6, 1865 ; Lucy D., b. Aug. 16, 1835 ; lives Monson ; Hiram B., b. Williamstown, Sept. 12, 1840 5 ; Harvey, b. Williamstown, Apr. 2, 1842 6.
4. Apollos, son of Eli 2, m. May 14, 1835, Charlotte M. Bigelow of North Brook- field, who d. at West Brookfield, Aug. 17, 1876. Children, Nancy Maria, b. North Brookfield, June 4, 1836, m. Dec. 21, 1857, Oliver Woodbridge of Fox Island, Me .; Justus Collins, b. Jan. 13, 1838, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1863; John Gardner, b. Oct. 7, 1841, d. West Brookfield, July 11, 1866; Marcia Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1843, m. June 25; 1868, Charles McMaster of Monson ; Julia Amanda, b. Mar. 21, IS45, m. Oct. 16, 1872, Charles F. Sampson of West Brookfield, and d. there May 10, ISSO; Charles Sumner, b. June 16, 1847 ; lives West Brookfield.
5. Hiram Bartlett, son of Harvey 3; high sheriff of Berkshire County ; lives Pittsfield. He m. Dec. 3, 1863, Nancy B. Sears of Lenox. Children, Marshall Sears, b. Lenox,' Mar. 11, 1869; Thomas y., b. May 10, 1870 ; Mary Emeline, b. Pittsfield, Dec. 17, 1871 ; Susan Eliza, b. Feb. 18, 1873; Fanny Augusta, b. Aug. 22, 1874; Hiram Bartlett, b. Dec. 22, 1876; Harvey Cone, b. Aug. 3, 1879.
6. Harvey, son of Harvey 3, resides Adams; m. June 14, 1865, Fanny Sayles of Adams. Children (b. there), Archibald Cone, b. Apr. 6, 1866; Margery, b. Apr. 7, 1875.
WELLINGTON, Nathan W., b. West Boylston, June 4, 1831, m. Oct. 28, 1858, Mary McKinstry of Rutland. Child, Jennie, b. Rutland, Apr. 28, 1865, m. May 20, 1885, Hervey F. Moore of New Braintree.
WESTON, James, came to Brookfield from Middleboro, about 1775. He and son James were recorded in 1791 as belonging in North School District. He d. Apr. 13, 1822. His wife d. Feb. 15, 1820. Children (perhaps not in order of birth), James ; Eliza, m. Feb. 28, 1796, Levi Harrington of New Braintree ; Re- bekah, m. Sept. 19, 1802, Asa Harrington of New Braintree ; Betsey, b. Sept. 1, 1767, m. Nov. 4, 1813, Barnabas Raymond, and d. Nov. 24, 1854; Susan, m. Isaac Pratt of Spencer.
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WETHERBEE, Charles 1, b. Roxbury, about 1735, d. North Brookfield, Apr. 12, ISIO. He m. (1) 1760, Rebecca Billings of Stowe, who d. Apr. 6, 1793; (2) Aug. 10, 1794, Lois Cutter of Spencer. Children (all by first wife), Isaac, b. * Stowe, June 19, 1761 2; Calvin, b. June 6, 1767 3; Phinehas, b. Feb. 26, 1770 4; Anna, b. Mar. 23, 1772, m. (1) Mar. 17, 1799, William Doane of Ware; (2) - Howe of Monson; Joseph, b. Apr. 16, 1774, d. young ; Joseph, b. Dec. 1, 1776, m. May 3, 1807, Mary Bosworth of Warren, Me., and d. there Sept. 30, 1822; Daniel, b. May 11, 17SI, d. Camden, Me., May 1, 1856, unmarried.
2. Isaac, son of Charles 1, d. Goshen, N.H., Apr. 1, 1802. He m. (1) June 25, 1782, Keziah Hill of Brookfield; (2) Elizabeth Whipple, daughter of Capt. Thomas of New Braintree, b. Oct. 31, 1762, d. Sept. 6, 1806. Children (b. New Braintree), Theodocia, b. Mar. 19, 1786, m. Edward Hunter of New Braintree (second wife) ; Elizabeth Billings, b. Feb. 11, 1789, m. Edward Hunter (first wife), and d. July II, IS20; Laura Hill, b. Mar. 6, 1791, m. David Mellen of Prescott, and d. there ; Polly M., b. Woodstock, Ct., Feb. 25, 1793, m. May 9, 1814, Jeduthan Stevens, jr., and d. Worcester, Jan. 25, 1877; Charles H., b. Goshen, N.H, Jan. 25, 1795 5 ; Roxana Cutter, b. Apr. 6, 1797, m. Joseph Wright of Montgomery, Vt., d. there ; Nahum W., b. June 13, 1801 6.
3. Calvin, son of Charles 1, d. West Brookfield ; m. (1) Mar. 3, 1793, Lydia Banister ; (2) May 3, 1804, Priscilla Banister. Children (b. Brookfield), William Bostwick, b. June 11, 1795 7 ; Liberty Banister, b. Aug. 17, 1797, m. Charity Wad- ling of Belfast, Me., and d. there; Seth Banister, b. Dec. 10, 1799 8; Lydia Anne, b. Feb. 18, 1804, m. Apr. 9, 1830, Jacob Dupee of Brookfield ; Charles Billings, b. Apr. 18, 1806 9; John Eliot, b. Feb. 29, 1808; Mary Adeline, b. May 3, ISIO, m. Aug. 17, 1833, William Carpenter ; Joseph Bosworth, b. Sept. 13, 1813 10; Sally Crosby, b. Mar. 24, 1815, m. May 14, 1840, Erastus F. Woodis, and d. Oct. 22, 1841 ; Fanny Capron, b. Aug. 5, 1817, d. young ; Eliza Priscilla, b. June 16, 1821, m. Orren P. Howe; Mary Rice, b. Mar. 4, 1827 ; Ellen Maria, b. Oct. 28, 1829.
4. Phinehas, son of Charles 1, m. May 17, 1794, Lydia Barnes of Hardwick, and d. there Apr. 21, 1822. Children, Betsey, b. Hardwick, Mar. 15, 179511 ; Jesse Barnes, b. Washington, N.H., Sept. 19, 1797, m. 1821, Rachel Luce of Ware, and d. West Brookfield, Mar. 14, 1871 ; Orin, b. May 26, 1799 12; Calvin, b. Oct. 4, IS02 13; Gilbert, b. North Brookfield, Feb. 24, 1805, d. Hardwick, Aug. 27, 1825; Varnum, b. Greenwich, May 3, 1807 14; Luther Billings, b. Hardwick, June 23, ISog 15 ; Almira, b. Greenwich, May 26, 1811, m. July 5, 1842, Jason Pratt of Weld, Me., and d. Boston, Feb. 1, IS45 ; Chandler, b. Enfield, May 23, 1816 16.
5. Charles H., son of Isaac 2, d. Camden, Me., Mar. 4, 1871. He m. (1) Lu- cretia D. Bird, b. Warren, Me., Oct. 1, 1796, d. Camden, Me., Sept. 27, 1855; (2) Mar. 13, IS5S, Sarah A. Bird, b. Warren, Me., Oct. 11, 1793, d. Feb. 27, 1877. Chil- dren (b. Camden), Charles B., b. Apr. 3, ISIS, d. Dec. 2, 1857 ; Martha }. N., b. May 31, 1819, m. (1) William Hall of Portland, Me., who d. IS48; (2) July 12, 1855, Robert S. Davis of Camden; James B., b. Apr. 12, 1821, m. IS46, Helen Dillingham of Oldtown, Me .; went to California; Elizabeth IV., b. Sept. 16, 1822, m. Edward Cushing of Camden; Alexander B., b. June 2, 1825 17; Mary L., b. Mar. 19, 1827, m. Paul Stevens of Camden ; resides Washington, D.C .; Isaac F., b. Jan. 3, 1834, lives Virginia City, Nev. ; Le Roy B., b. Feb. 9, 1838 ; resides San Francisco, Cal.
6. Nahum W., son of Isaac 2, d. Fitchburg, Aug. 15, 18So. He m. May 27, 1836, Olive Wright of Groton, b. Feb. 14, 1818, d. Aug. 16, 1876. Children, Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 6, 1836, d. May 17, 1842; Alfred, b. Sept. 11, 1838, m. Aug. 18, 1860,
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Anna A. Jaquith, b. 1851 [their children, Eugene, b. 1861 ; Frank, b. 1863, d. young ; Anna, d. Dec. 16, 1879] ; Harriet E., b. Dec. 26, 1843 18 ; George, b. Aug. 7, 1847, m. Dec. 24, 1871, Mary Howard, b. 1839 ; Julia A., b. July 15, 1851, m. Aug. 13, 1866, W. Albert Morgan, b. 1845 [their children, Charles, b. Feb. 14, 1869; William, b. 1872]; Charles E., b. June 13, 1853, m. July 24, 1876, Lizzie J. Warden, b. 1858.
7. William B., son of Calvin 3, d. Warren, Me., July 26, 1835, m. Dec. 26, 1816, Fanny Carpenter of Brookfield. Child, Oliver, d. Jan. 30, 1836.
8. Seth Banister, son of Calvin 3, d. Warren, Me., June 22, 1875. He m. (1) Nov. 13, 1826, Mehitable Bartlett of New Braintree, b. Mar. 18, 1803, d. War- ren, Me., Jan. 16, 1859; (2) Aug. 12, 1861, Ann S. Coburn of Warren, who d. Nov. 23, 1864. Children (b. Warren, Me.), William Hilliard, b. Aug. 16, 1827, m. Sept. I, 1852, Isanna Capen Cobb of Warren ; Alden DI., b. Apr. 13, 1830, m. (I) May I, 1866, Sarah E. Brown Crane ; (2) Hattie D. Scales of Waldoboro, Me .; Angelica H., b. June 4, 1832, d. young; Sarah Ellis, b. Feb. 13, 1838, m. Jan. 16, 1859, Joseph Woods of New Braintree ; Calvin S., b. Apr. 9, 1836, m. 1864, Martha Dudley of Baltimore, and d. Warren, Me., May 26, 1869; Lydia Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1864, d. young.
9. Charles B., son of Calvin 3, m. Apr. 21, 1828, Abigail G. Bartlett of New Braintree. Children (b. Brookfield), Charles, b. July 31, 1829; Martha Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1830, d. young.
10. Joseph B., son of Calvin 3, m. Sept. 2, 1837, Mary Ann Sampson of Brook- field. Children (b. there), George Eliot, b. July 22, 1838; Joseph Heury, b. Mar. 5, 1842.
11. Betsey, daughter of Phinehas 4, m. Oct. 14, 1818, Tilly Rogers of Holden, and d. there, June 6, 1870. Children (b. Holden), Dorinda, b. Feb. 22, 1819, m. Martin F. Peeler of Vernon, Vt .; Hannah C., b. Oct. 14, 1821, m. Albert B. Trow- bridge of Leominster ; resides Leicester ; Eliza, b. Nov. 25, 1823, d. in Worcester, Mar. 25, 1879 ; Emory, b. Dec. 25, 1825, d. young; Simeon, b. Nov. 23, 1827, m. I849, Harriet Truesdell of Holden ; resides Waterloo, Ia .; Judith F., b. Mar. 7, 1830, m. 1849, George W. Truesdell of Oxford ; resides Charlton ; Clara, b. Oct. 24, 1838, m. 1849, Hiram P. Newell of Holden.
12. Orin, son of Phinehas 4, m. 1822, Prudence Gibbs of Greenwich, and d. there, Dec. 27, 1851. Children (b. Greenwich), Erastus, m. - Green of Warwick, d. Ware, 1861 ; Ann, m. Calvin Shepardson ; Lucy, m. - Winslow of Enfield ; d. there.
13. Calvin, son of Phinehas 4, m. Apr. 1822, Betsey Ruggles of Hardwick, and d. there, Apr. 16, 1839. Children (b. Hardwick), Benjamin R., b. 1823, m. 1849, Abbie Richards of Hardwick; resides Athol ; John S., b. 1825, m. and d. in Hardwick ; Samuel, b. June 24, 1827, m. Dec. 27, 1849, Luthera Johnson of Hardwick; resides Fulton, Ill. ; Adin P., b. 1829, m. June 15, 1863, Martha Stone of Petersham ; Mar- vin L., b. 1833, m. - Hartshorn of New Salem ; resides Athol.
14. Varnum, son of Phinehas 4, d. Genesee Grove, Ill., Feb. 2, 1864. He m. Nov. 13, 1831, Betsey Rice of Hardwick. Children, Solomon, b. Wilmington, Vt., 1835, d. Illinois, 1862; Ephraim, b. Pelham, 1837 ; resides Belle Plain, Ia .; Olive, d. Illinois ; Almira, b. 1842, d. Illinois ; John, b. 1845, d. Illinois.
15. Luther B., son of Phinehas 4; machinist ; d. Sterling, Ill., Nov. 6, 1873. He m. Nov. 9, 1831, Charlotte W., daughter of Palmer Adams of Oakham. Chil- dren (b. Sterling, Ill.), Charles Adams, b. Dec. 17, 1839, m. 1866, Maggie Penrose of Sterling ; Mary Addie, b. Mar. 13, 1841, m. Jan. I, 1869, Harry O. Gaston of Pal- myra, Ill .; resides Sierra Gorda, Ill; Edwin Cheney, b. Apr. 21, 1842, m. 1868, Mary Eckles of Sterling; resides Marshalltown, Ia.
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16. Chandler, son of Phinehas 4, m. Apr. 23, 1840, Laura Haskell of Temple- ton ; resides Worcester. Adopted child, Caro Frances.
17. Alexander B., son of Charles H. 5, m. May 17, 1855, Clara E. Danforth of Washington, Me. ; resides Camden, Me. Children, Joshua Adams, b. Sept. 28, 1856, d. young ; Sarah Lucretia, b. Dec. 5, 1858; Charles B., b. June 29, 1867, d. Dec. 27, IS77 ; Alice Hule, b. Apr. 16, 1872.
18. Harriet E., daughter of Nahum W. 6, d. Dec. 11, 1870. She m. Feb. 27, 1859, Alonzo Withington, b. Apr. 14, 1837. Children, Orrin, b. May 22, 1860, d. young ; Charles, b. Jan. 14, 1862, m. 1879, Abbie M. Bailey, b. Oct. 28, 1858; Ed- ward F., b. Nov. 2, 1864; Clara B., b. Aug. 26, 1866.
WETHERELL, W. David, b. New Braintree, Aug. 3, ISO1, d. Dec. 28, 1884. He m. (1) Angeline Hunter of North Brookfield ; (2) Electa Nye of New Braintree ; (3) Sarah Holmes of New Braintree. Children, Sarah IV'., b. Oct. 11, IS31 ; m. (1) Charles Gamble of Springfield; (2) Alfred Boyden of New Braintree ; John II., b. Sept. 20, 1836, m. Nov. 14, 1876, Ida L. Vaughn of East Brookfield, b. June 5, IS56, d. Sept. 24, 1877 ; Charles I., b. Oct. 26, 1841, killed at battle of Petersburg, Va., June IS, 1864 ; Clarence D ; Mary.
WHEELER, Amos, b. Charlestown, N.H., May 2, 1783; farmer ; served in the war of 1812; was killed at Eaton, P.Q., by the falling of a tree, July 3, IS49. He m. 1805, Rachel McLaughlin of Walpole, N.H. His son
Daniel W., b. Eaton, P.Q., Mar. 2, 1829, came to North Brookfield from Eaton in 1849; m. Mar. 17, 1852, Eliza A. Johnson of North Brookfield. Children .(b. North Brookfield), Della Agnes, b. Aug. 17, 1853, m. Nov. 6, 1873, Frank H. Fay of Hardwick; Grace Turner, b. Aug. 11, 1855; music teacher ; Paul Clifton (adopted), b. Bridgewater, Sept. 10, IS 58.
WHEELOCK, Rufus, m. Polly A. Conant, and d. in North Brookfield. His son
Joseph B., was b. South Orange, Dec. 8, 1832; last-plater ; served in the Thirty- sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in the late war ; m. Dec. S, 1869, Melissa A. Shedd of North Brookfield. Children, Paul D., b. Nov. 5, 1874; Ethel A., b. Oct. 7, 1877.
WHEELOCK, Benjamin C., b. South Orange, 1830 ; farmer ; settled North Brookfield; removed to Wyoming Territory; m. Dec. 13, 1857, Jane Donahue of North Brookfield. Children (b. North Brookfield), Abbie }., b. Feb. 11, 1859; Bennie E., b. Aug. 9, 1862 ; Joseph W., b. Mar. 25, 1865 ; Francis Fumes, b. Nov. 6, 1866; James Eugene, b. Feb. 17, 1868.
WHITE, Ezekiel 1, b. Weymouth, June 8, 1748 ; blacksmith ; settled New Braintree; removed to Braintree, and lived a while in Westhampton ; d. Jan. 10, 1821. He m. 1766, Sarah Vinton of Braintree, b. Dec. 20, 1747, d. Jan. 15, 1837. Children (b. New Braintree), Ezekiel, b. Feb. 24, 1767 ; blacksmith ; m. Mary Bates of Chesterfield, and had thirteen children, viz., Clarinda, m. William Wilder of Chesterfield ; Horace, m. and lived in Pennsylvania ; Betsey, m. Freeborn White of Goshen; Melintha, m. Samuel Hawkins of Chesterfield; Sarah, m. Almander Norton of Westhampton; Mary, m. Hawkins King of Pennsylvania; Ephraim ; Maltby ; Larned ; Caroline; Philip; Jefferson; Bates ; Green, b. Apr. 27, 1769 ;
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