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9. Edward C., son of Simeon A. 8; lives North Brookfield; enlisted in the quota of Northbridge, Nov. 16, 1861, in Third Battalion of Rifles, Company B, Massachusetts Volunteers, and marched Apr. 20, 1861, for Annapolis and Fort Mc-
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Henry, Baltimore, and served three months; afterwards enlisted at Millbury in Company B, Fifty-first Regiment, and served nine months. He m. June 17, 1862, Almira E. Hoyle of Webster, b. Sept. 3, 1843. Children, Helen Ida, b. Millbury, June 10, 1864; Grace O., b. North Brookfield, Sept. 13, 1871, d. young ; Dion Irv- ing, b. Mar. 9, 1873.
WINSLOW, David L., son of Capt. John and wife Sylvia (Lilly) [a descend- ant of Kenelm 1, through Kenelm.2, Kenelm 3, Thomas 4, Thomas 5, Joshua 6, Capt. John 7], b. Barre, Dec. 6, 1809; came to North Brookfield 1855; d. North Brookfield, Sept. 23, 1880. He m. (1) Mar. 22, 1837, Mercy Dexter of Hardwick, b. May 7, 1815, d. Barre, May 8, 1847 ; (2) May 16, 1849, Dolly P. Harwood of North Brookfield. Children, Louis Dennis, b. Barre, Sept. 17, 1838, killed at Spott- sylvania, Va., in a skirmish, May 12, 1864; Charles Edwin, b. Oct. 22, 1841, d. June 28, 1843; Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 30, 1843, m. Wesley Hunt of New Salem ; Mercy Dexter, b. Feb. 14, 1850, d. Mar. 20, 1852 ; Anna Bisco, b. Apr. 14, 1851, d. Mar. 22, 1852; David F., b. Jan. 12, 1853, lives North Brookfield ; Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 28, IS54, m. Oct. 10, 1883, William H. Catlin of Meriden, Ct .; Lizette, b. North Brook- field, Apr. 16, 1856; Henry Warren, b. Mar. 7, 1859, d. North Brookfield, July 9, 1883.
Rhoda Winslow, sister of Capt. John, m. Capt. Abel Harwood. Sarah, an- other sister, m. Jonas Ayres.
WINTER, Roland 1, b. England; wife, Eleanor Robinson. Children, Roland, b. Oct. 10, 1830 2; Walter, a blacksmith, lives Palmer; John ; Thomas, farmer ; lives Oakham ; George, b. Oct. 10, 1843 3; Frank y., lives California; William ; June, lives Brookfield ; Eleanor, lives Brookfield; Ann ; Isabella.
2. Roland, son of Roland 1, b. Northumberland, Eng., Oct. 10, 1830 ; m. May 23. 1871, Clara Bullard of Oakham, and came to North Brookfield in 1874. Chil- dren, Nellie Josephine, b. July 19, 1874 ; Eddie Sanford, b. Feb. 28, 1878.
3. George, son of Roland 1, blacksmith; lives North Brookfield; m. July 2, 1868, Jennie C. Green of Oakham. He was sutler in the late civil war. Children, Gracie B., b. Worcester, Oct. 6, 1870; Frank E., b. Oakham, Nov. 21, 1872; Charles B., b. Aug. 27, 1877.
WIRES, John F. 1, b. and lived Cambridge, Vt .; m. (I) Amanda Holmes of Cambridge ; (2) -. Children, Martin D., b. Cambridge, Vt., Dec. 18, 1832 2; Anganette Eliza, d. Cambridge ; Augusta Amanda, b. Nov. 1, 1839, m. Henry A. Thomas of Morristown, Vt., and lives Cambridge.
2. Martin D., son of John F. 1; residence, North Brookfield ; clerk at Wash- ington, D.C. ; m. Sept. 16, 1856, Margaret B. Johnson of North Brookfield, who d. Nov. 14, 1875. Children, Daniel y., b. July 1, 1857, lives North Brookfield ; Harrison P., b. Dec. 23, 1867 ; Margaret P., b. Aug. 27, 1870, d. Feb. 14, 1872; Helen Augusta, b. Sept. 22, 1875, d. young.
WITT, John 1, was of Lynn, 1650, where he d. Dec. 2, 1675; wife, Sarah. Children, John 2; Jonathan, m. Mar. 23, 1663, Mary Divan ; Ann, m. - Barney; Elizabeth ; Sarah ; Mary ; Martha, b. Mar. 5, 1659; Thomas, b. July 25, 1661, m. Feb. 26, 1685, Bethia Potter, daughter of Nicholas ; Ebenezer, b. Apr. 6, 1665, d. young.
2. John, son of John 1, b. Lynn, where he lived ; m. June 14, 1676, Elizabeth Baker. Children, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1677; John, b. June 3, 1679; wife, Mary
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Dane ; lived in Marlboro, where his children were born, four of whom settled in Brookfield; Mary, b. Aug. 14, 16SI ; Jonathan, m. Lydia Matthews ; Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1687; Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1691, m. (1) Elizabeth Breed of Lynn ; (2) Susanna Pierce ; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 8, 1693 3; Thomas, b. Feb. 18, 1696, m. Mary Ivory ; Persis, b. May 2, 1698.
3. Ebenezer, Capt., son of John 2, b. Lynn, where he lived some years; re- moved as early as 1736 to Brookfield, where he d. July 5, 1781. Dr. Snell says of him : "Capt. Witt was one of the early settlers in the North Parish; lived on the place now (1850) occupied by Mr. Thomas Kendrick ; he was, for the time, a great reader, especially in theology. His opinion had great weight with all the people." He was prominent in town affairs ; and was a leader in the movement (heading two petitions) for the formation of a Second Precinct in Brookfield. His name stands fourth on the list of original members of the North Brookfield Church, organized in 1752. He was published Sept. 30, 1715, to Rebecca Breed of Lynn, who d. Mar. I, 1784, in the ninetieth year of her age; s. p.
4. John, Lieut., son of John and wife Mary Dane of Marlboro, and nephew of Capt. Ebenezer, came to North Brookfield as early as 1744, with wife Sarah; lived on what is known as the Cheever place, which he sold to Samuel Cheever, July 19, 1769. Probably he brought with him several children. Children recorded on Brookfield records : Benjamin, b. Aug. 15, 1750; Ivory, b. Oct. 20, 1752; Stephen b. Aug. 15, 1754 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 3, 17 57.
5. David, brother of John 4, b. Marlboro, Apr. 11, 1720, m. Sarah -, and had in Marlboro, Thomas, b. Sept. 11, 1745; came to Brookfield, and had by wife Bethia, Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1749; David, b. May 21, 1751 ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 12, 1753; Abner, b. Mar. 27, 1756; Sarah, b. July 2, 1758 ; Thomas, b. Apr. 4, 1760 ; Ebenezer, b. June 9, 1762; Bethia, b. Sept. 22, 1764; William, b. Apr. 1, 1767.
6. Joseph, brother of John 4, b. Marlboro, Sept. 11, 1718, named as a resident of Brookfield, 1748, but no wife or children recorded.
7. William, brother of John 4, b. Marlboro, May 13, 1708, named as a resident of Brookfield, 1748; m. Nov. 27, 1754, Abigail Killum. No further record.
[Marriages on Brookfield records : June 23, 1760, Joseph Lane to Rebecca Witt ; May 18, 1765, Ebenezer Tidd to Mary Witt : published Sept. 1762, Aaron Woods to Sarah Witt.]
8. Josiah, son of Josiah of Marlboro; lived Marlboro; removed to North Brookfield, where he d. May 5, 1823. He m. (1) Sarah Swan of Stow, d. Brook- field, Sept. 7, 1798, aged 32; (2) Apr. 1799, Wealthy Cobb of New Braintree, d. June 22, 1805, aged 35 ; (3) July 31, 1808, Sally Blake of Oakham, d. at Oakham, Apr. 1838. Children, Sally, b. Marlboro, June 17, 1785, m. in North Brookfield, Aug. 7, 1808, James Blake of Oakham, and d. North Brookfield, Apr. 15, 1826; Eliza Swan, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 14, 1801, m. Jan. 25, 1824, David W. Lane of North Brookfield, and d. Aug. 1, 1868; Elisha Warren, b. May 18, 1803 9; Daniel Swan, b. Jan. 1805, d. 1807.
9. Elisha W., son of Josiah 8; farmer; d. New Braintree, Apr. 8, 1876. He m. in North Brookfield, Sept. 8, 1831, Sarah M. Smith of Rutland. Children, Hollis, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 29, 1832 ; lives Hardwick ; Charles W., b. Nov. S, 1834, d. Hardwick, July 1I, 1838; Mary Ann, b. Hardwick, Nov. 27, 1836, m. Mar. 29, 1859, Frederick Browning of Hardwick, and d. July 27, 1862 ; Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1839, m. Apr. 15, ISSO, George F. Gulliver of Fort Lee, N.J. ; Josiah W., b. Feb. 21, 1842 ; lives New Braintree ; Charles Henry, b. Barre, Mar. 28, 1849 10.
10. Charles H., son of Elisha W. 9; farmer ; lives North Brookfield ; m. Dec.
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12, 1876, Abbie Blanche Cottle of North Tisbury. Children, Charles Warren, b. Nov. 22, 1877 ; Anabel Davis, b. Apr. 7, 1879.
WITTER, Wilbur F., M.D., b. Woodstock, Ct., July, 1849 ; in practice in North Brookfield. He m. Oct. 6, 1875, Phalla K. Hooker of Sturbridge. Children, Lucy Caroline, b. Nov. 24, 1876; Myra Hortense, b. Apr. 6, 1878 ; Achsah Lucetta, b. May 2, 1881 ; Pearl Julia, b. Jan. 2, 1883.
WIZZARD, Joseph, b. Canada, 1851, m. in North Brookfield, 1873, Mary Marondet of West Boylston. Children, Joseph N., b. West Brookfield, June 20, 1876; Louisa, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 30, 1878.
WOOD, Gorham H., b. Middleboro, Aug. 29, 1800, d. West Warren, Feb. II, 1878. He m. Lucy Dodge, daughter of Artemas, of North Brookfield. Children, Horatio G., b. Cumberland, R.I., Nov. 9, 1829, m. Sept. 1856, H. Augusta Stetson, and lives Augusta, Ga. ; Eliza }., b. Holden, Feb. 13, 1833, m. (1) May 1, 1856, Albert L. Poland of North Brookfield; (2) Apr. 21, 1867, Sylvander Bothwell of North Brookfield ; Ellen M., b. July 7, 1834, m. June 5, 1856, N. Hollis Whitton of Holyoke ; Louisa I., b. Jan. 29, 1836, d. young ; Frances M., b. Sturbridge, Oct. 26, 1839, m. June 20, 1866, Daniel W. Knight of North Brookfield ; George IV., b. 1842, d. young ; Henry W., b. Nov. 29, 1844, m. Jan. 20, 1878, Catherine Matilda Magovney of Blackstone; lives West Warren; Luella S., b. Apr. 10, 1849, m. Nov. 20, 1878, Hamilton G. Holmes of Southbridge ; lives Ware.
WOOD, Lawson, b. Bethel, Vt., Nov. 14, 1810 ; miller ; d. North Brookfield, Nov. 30, 1870. He m. Mar. 29, 1832, Sarah W. Gilbert of West Brookfield Chil- dren, Sarah f., b. Sept. 10, 1835, d. Oakham, Nov. 5, 1873; Harriet M., b. Feb. 4, 1839, m. June 2, 1868, Samuel E. Tidd of Warren; Etta M., b. Mar. 26, 1845, m. Oct. 10, 1872, Isaac W. Pratt of Oakham; Lawson E., b. North Brookfield, Feb. 27, 1854, d. young.
WOOD, Joseph L., b. New Braintree, Oct. 1836, m. Jan. 1859, Sarah Wether- bee of Ware; lives Milford. Child, Lizzie M., b. New Braintree, Feb. 1861.
WOOLCOTT, John 1. Among the papers filed in the Essex County Court Rec- ords at Salem, in a suit for trespass, brought March 30, 1669, by William Lord against John Horne, is the following original deed : -
In Salem the -of the Sth month caled Octobr, 1635.
MEMORANDUM, that I, John Woolcott of Salem have Bartered and sould vnto Willliam Lord of Salem] all and every part of my house and - misteed in Salem (formerlie in the occupation of Mr Roger Williams & from him by order from Mrs. Higenson sould vnto mee, as by a quittance vnder Mr Wms hand doth appear : as also all the out housing, wth 2 bedsteads Table formes & shelves in the foresaid dwelling house, wth all the ffences about it or wt els ther vnto belong vnto it, Also all the interest Mrs. Higenson of Charles Towne, and so my self, had or now have in a Tenn Acres Lott of ground on the South syd :
ffor & in Consideration of the some of ffifteene pounds Ten shillings To me in hand paid (according to an order of Arbitermt mad by mr Throckmorton & John Wood- bury indifferentlie chosen by vs both for that purpose) in full satisfaction of the
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premises, wch said some &c the said John Woolcott doth acknowledge himself fully contented and paid and therof acquiteth the sd Wm Lord his heirs & assignes for ever.
In Witness wherof I have hearvnto put my hand and Seale this 23th of the 9th mo : caled Novembr anno. 1635.
JNO. WOOLCOTT.
Sealed Signed and delivered in prsence of
RALPH FOGG ELIZABETH X TURNER.
There is a probability that John Woolcott the signer of the above deed was father of
John 2, who was born 1632-3, and married at Newbury, Nov. 20, 1653, Mary, daughter of Richard Thurlow of Newbury. He was one of several petitioners be- longing to Newbury, who in May, 1659, received a grant of land eight miles square, on Saco river [Wells, Me. ? ]; he owned a homestead of one hundred acres in Newbury ; and in Oct. 1661 sells six hundred acres on the Merrimack river, joining Newbury town line. He built the bridge between Newbury and Rowley in June, 1663, and a windmill at Marblehead in 1679, when he was called a millwright, though he is designated carpenter usually.
Mr. Woolcott was one of Capt. Appleton's Troopers, who were sent in September, 1675, on an expedition to protect the settlements on the Connecticut river, then men- aced by the Indians ; and as the line of march took the company through Brookfield, it is likely that he noticed and was favorably impressed with the location, where he afterwards made his home. He sold his homestead and rights of freehold in Newbury (reserving two freehold lots), April, 1687, to Benjamin Rolf, and removed with family to Brookfield, where his son John had pitched the year before. The house then erected by the father or son, or by both jointly, at what is known as " Wool- cott's Corner," was one of the first dwellings set up on what is now North Brook- field territory. The following grants of land are on record : " May 27, 1687, granted to Mr. Woolcott, 40 acres of upland, bounded W. by his son John's land. Feb. 24, 1687-8, to Mr. Woolcott, 20 acres meadow, 4 acres lieth S. of the road against Joseph Woolcott's upland, and next to 8 acres that lyeth more easterly, only the road parteth it, and the S acres turns N. to the cranberry bushes and so along by Smith's land, thence to Mr. Woolcott's, and so on W. and N. by his lands : Also S acres meadow on Seven-mile river, and between the Seven and Five-mile rivers, the whole piece in that neck on the E. side of Five-mile river and to the upland of the Seven-mile river. March 3, 1687-8, to Mr. Woolcott, 10 acres on the Pine Plain."
In the fall of 1688, as appears from Major Pynchon's Diary, Mr. Woolcott was in charge of the garrison then stationed at Brookfield; probably the soldiers were quartered at his own house. He died at Brookfield in the latter part of September, 1690. His will recorded in the Registry at Northampton is as follows : -
JOHN WOOLCOT OF SQUAUBAUG, alias BROOKFIELD, his last will & testamt as followg.
Dated in Brookfield this 21 day of Septr 1690.
This by the wil of Mr. John Woolcot is given to his daughter Mary fifteen pound, and to his daughter Sarah fifteen pound, and to his daughter Elizabeth thirty pound,
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wch Legacy is to be paid as my wife is able, or she shall se cause, & al the Rest of my goods I leave wth my wife for her life tyme & maintenance, & after her death to be divided among my three daughters, wch are unmarried equally among .ym : And I give my Two sons my Two pieces of Land at Newbury and my farm at Watertown, wch Lands is to be divided equally between ym : And I give my Two sons al my Land & meadow here, onely my son John is to have this part where the house standeth : And as for Jeames [a slave] I leave him wth my wife for her life, & after her decease to be free : This was signed & sealed and Delivered into safe keeping in prsence of us
JOHN WOOLLCOT.
SAMUEL X OEN. ANNAH X OEN.
In the prsence of the Corte at Springfeild Sept. 30, 1690 :
Samll Oen [Owen] one of the witnesses hereto made oath that he was prsent wn Jno. Woolcot, deceased, did signe and seale this Instrument as his Last Wil & Testamt, & that he was of sound mind wn he did it, but seeing the Testator con- stituted no Executor, This Corte do grant to Mary Woolcot (widow to sd Jno. Wool- cot) & to John Woolcot and to Joseph Woolcot, Administratorship, intending & expecting that they perform according to the above sd Will of sd deceased.
Attest SAMLL PARTRIGG, Clerke.
Decemb : 31 : 1690 : This Will of the above mentioned John Woolcot is here entered in these Records frö the original on file. pr John Holyoke Clerke.
From the peculiar terms of the will it is evident that all the eight children were then living ; that the three older daughters, named in the order of birth, were then married, and received specific legacies ; and the three younger daughters, " un- married," and then under age, were to be cared for by their mother, and at her de- cease to receive all the personal estate, money and goods then remaining.
The children of John and Mary Woolcott (born in Newbury), were : Mary, b. 1654 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1657, m. Apr. 6, 1674, Thomas Chadwick of Newbury, who removed to Watertown 1678; John, b. Oct. 25, 1660 3; Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1663-4 4; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24, 1666-7 ; Martha, b. Sept. 13, 1670; Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1673-4 ; Hannah, b. Apr. 18, 1679.
3. John, son of John 2, b. Newbury, Oct. 25, 1660, m. Jan. 4, 1684-5, Joanna, daughter of Nathaniel Emerson of Ipswich. He was one of the first company that attempted the re-settlement of Brookfield in 1686; probably came upon the ground that spring, and took up land which was confirmed to him by grant of the Com- mittee. Perhaps he built a house that year. He certainly was living here the next spring when his father came on in May. He received several grants of land, viz., a home-lot of forty acres in 1687 [besides one-half of his father's lands] ; forty-five acres of meadow in 1707 ; fourteen acres of upland north of his meadow on Seven- mile river in 1710; ten acres in 1714; twenty acres in 1716; "July 12, 1718, the Committee taking into consideration the great expense Mr. John Woolcott hath been att in Brookfield in building a grist-mill ; and now he is designing and has done considerable towards the building of a Saw-mill, which is probable to be very bene-
THE WOOLCOTT HOUSE, BUILT 1723.
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ficial to the Town : grant him 40 acres of upland ;" "Nov. 8, 1718, to John Woolcott, sen., 10 acres in his father's right,' and 2 acres in his own right E. of Five-mile river, bounded E. on his own land, N. on Boston road, extending from the southwest corner of his own upland along by Boston road till it comes to Five-mile river, and from this river by the path, and so then bounded by the said river till it comes to his own meadow ; and 20 acres more upland on the Pine plain, S. E. of his own house; Dec. 30, 1720, 20 acres upland lying east of meadow for- merly Stephen Jennings', and 120 acres S. of Oxford road and E. on Town line, and 42 acres S. of his former grant on Pine plain."
The house which he built as early as 1723 is still standing, and known as the " Parks' Tavern stand," now owned by the widow of George Forbes. He was a leading man in civil affairs, selectman in 1727, and prominent in the church. In April, 1747, when he was eighty-seven years old, he and his wife Joanna join in deed- ing to their son Nathaniel "for his kindness to us in our old age," all their real and personal estate in Brookfield, excepting enough for their comfortable maintenance.
The children of John and Joanna Woolcott (so far as is known) were : Joanna, b. Newbury, Jan. 22, 1686-7, m. Samuel Wheeler of Brookfield, and d. July 4, 1751 ; Sarah, m. Apr. 13, 1719, Thomas Gibbs of Brookfield ; Ruth, unmarried ; adminis- tration on her estate granted to her father, Apr. II, 1723; John, b. about 1696 5; Nathaniel 6; Lydia, m. Apr. 23, 1734, Ebenezer How of Brookfield; Hannah, m. Mar. 14, 1733-4, Roger Stevens of Brookfield.
4. Joseph, son John 2, b. Newbury, Feb. 2, 1663-4, m. Mar. 4, 1686, Re- becca, daughter of Launcelot and Joanna (Adams) Granger of Newbury (afterwards of Suffield, Ct.) He probably came to Brookfield with his brother, and took up a home-lot, which was confirmed to him by the Committee - though he may not have built and brought his family here till later. "Feb. 24, 1687-8, granted to Joseph Woolcott, 3 acres of meadow next his upland at S. corner. The brook is the bounds between his and his brother John's, making his complete grant of 15 acres ; also 30 acres more on S. side of the road."
In the year 1692, Joseph Woolcott's house and most of his movable goods were destroyed by fire. And he had hardly got settled in his new house, when the terri- ble tragedy occurred, by which his home was broken up. [See ante, pp. 146-152.] He probably married a second wife, by whom he had Sarah and Rebecca, and per- haps a son Josiah. " Sarah Woolcott, singlewoman, of Newtown, Nassau Island, Queens Co., N.Y., for 20 shillings, sells Aug. 1, 1728, to Jonathan Nutting, gun- smith of Plainfield, Ct., 50 acres in Brookfield lying on the country road, formerly owned by Joseph Woolcott, deceased." " David Jones and wife Rebecca, daughter of said Joseph Woolcott, of Oyster Bay, Queens Co., Nassau Island, also execute Aug. 5, 1728, a release of claim in said land." [Registry at Springfield, E. 304.] He d. before 1710.
The children of Joseph and Rebecca Woolcott, found on the records were : Founna, b. Suffield, Ct., Sept. 13, 1687, killed by the Indians July 27, 1693; Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1689 7; Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1691, killed by the Indians July 27, 1693.
5. John, son of John 3. [For his romantic history and tragic death, see ante, pp. 172-3.] He received the following grants of land in Brookfield : -
"Nov. 8, 1718, 25 acres on Pine plain, southeast of his father's house, and 9 acres bounded S. on the country road, W. on heirs of Stephen Jennings, deceased, and 6 acres meadow, on Five-mile river, N.E. of the road ; Feb. 18, 1719, 40 acres bounded W. by the pond, and 20 acres, bounded W. on Amos Rice ; Mar. 4, 1720, 20 acres on Pine plain, S. of the road; Jan. 10, 1720-1, 70 acres E. of Five-mile river near
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the old bridge, bounded S. on Edward Walker and E. on the Town line, and I0 acres W. of the last, N. on Bettis' meadow." He was in the military service, in Captain Samuel Wright's company, Nov. 1723 to June, 1724; and the next year was out with Capt. Timothy Dwight. He was killed by the Indians on Connecticut river, Apr. 17, 1728. He m. Oct. 12, 1727, Dinah, daughter of Edward and Eliza- beth Walker of Brookfield, who m. (2) 1730, Peter Rice. Child, John, b. June 14, 1728 8.
6. Nathaniel, son of John 3, b. about 1700, received a grant of 60 acres of land May 23, 1718, " on the same terms as to young men under age; " and later received grants in own right, amounting in all to 230 acres, and in addition inherited from his father his large estate including the mills. He was for many years a prominent man in town and church affairs; selectman 1747, '49, '59, and '60 ; was a soldier in Capt. Eleazar Melvin's Company "for the defence of the eastern frontier, May to Oct., 1754 ; captain in command of a company that marched to the relief of Fort Wil- liam Henry in Aug. 1757; and was commissioned Oct. 1761, captain of the third company in Brookfield, in Third Regiment Worcester County Militia. He d. Nov. 1771. In the inventory of his estate is "one Negro man servant £30." He m. (1) Nov. 28, 1723, Deborah, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Walker of Brookfield ; (2) July 21, 1743, Beulah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Woolson of Weston ; (3) Dorothy Richardson of Brookfield (intentions of marriage published Oct. 1755); (4) at Concord, Jan. 26, 1758, Mrs. Mary Jones of Concord, who sur- vived him, and m. (3) Dec. 23, 1772, Capt. William Ayres of Brookfield as his third wife. Children, Oliver, b. Mar. 1, 1724-5, m. (1) Jan. II, 1749, Abigail Mills, (2) Jan. 18, 1759, Elizabeth Butman ; Ruth, b. Feb. 24, 1726-7, m. Nov. 6, 1755, William Henshaw of Brookfield; Martha, b. Jan. 7, 1728-9, m. 1752, Capt. John Waite of Brookfield, and d. Dec. 4, 1807; Nathaniel, b. May 3, 1730, m. Mar. 11, 1756, Hannah Hamilton; Joanna, b. Sept. 26, 1732, m. 1753, John Ham- ilton of Brookfield; John, b. June 28, 1734 9; Deborah, b. Apr. 30, 1736, m. 1754, Samuel Buckminster; Emerson, b. Apr. 14, 1738, m. Dec. 2, 1767, Mary Adams.
7. Joseph, son of Joseph 4; carpenter. In Jan. 1710, he sells Capt. Thomas Baker of Brookfield forty acres and a house there, where his father formerly lived, inherited from his grandfather John Woolcott, deceased; and the following March sells to his uncle, John Woolcott, several lots of land formerly his grandfather's. He was of Springfield in 1711, where he sells his interest in the estate of his uncle, Robert Granger of Suffield. He was living in Roxbury in 1728; and in Brookfield in March 1732-3, when he sells to his uncle, John Woolcott, all his rights in the estate of his grandfather, John Woolcott, deceased. His after resi- dence is unknown. He m. at Roxbury, July 14, 1725, Elizabeth Mossman.
8. John, son of John 5, b. June 14, 1728, m. Experience - of Brookfield. Children (b. Brookfield), Timothy, b. Nov. 13, 1749; Experience, b. Sept. 15, 1751 ; Solomon, b. Sept. 10, 1753; Joseph, b. Sept. 13, 1755; Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1761 ; John, b. Aug. 13, 1766; Joshua, b. Sept. 4, 1768; Eunice, b. July 30, 1770.
9. John, son of Nathaniel 6, miller, ensign. "Granted Mar. 30, 1769, to Ensign John Woolcott, 19 acres E. of his house, from Boyd's corner S. of the brook to Hinckley's E. of the brook, thence to the mouth of the brook where it empties into North pond, and by the pond to the head of his father's mill brook -surveyed by Rufus Putnam, Oct. 18, 1768." "Mar. 19, 1771. Granted to Ensign John Wool- cott, 15 acres at the mouth of the ditch where it empties into North pond, by widow Gill's to Thomas Moore's, then E. by N. to Woolcott's mill brook, Boyd's corner,
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then up said brook and pond." He d. May 29, 1808. He m. Mar. 16, 1761, Re- becca Jones of Brookfield, d. Aug. 11, 1806, aged 69. Children, John, b. Jan. 16, 1762 10; Nathaniel, b. May 17, 1764, m. 1787, Betsey Pease of Spencer ; Lucy, b. Apr. 6, 1767, m. Sept. 1790, Walter Tufts of Worcester ; Polly, b. Dec. 28, 1769, m. Mar. 6, 1794, William Cooley of Brookfield ; Hepzibah (twin), b. Dec. 28, 1769; Mar- tha, b. July 18, 1772, m. Jan. 17, 1808, Levi IIathaway of Spencer; Rebecca, b. Oct. 3, 1774, d. Dec. 27, 1793.
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