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MR. HENRY RICE bought of Thomas Laughton ; - put up a shop for blacksmithing on the brow of the hill, in which for several years he worked at his trade. Mr. Rice and his wife Sarah had born unto them the following chil- dren : Abiah, Nov. 10, 1761; Paul, July 18, 1763; Sa- rah, Aug. 9, 1765 ; Ephraim, Jan. 13, 1768. Mrs. Rice died. Mr. Rice married a second wife, who had twins, named Triphena and Triphosi. Abiah listed into the Con- tinental service, became a sergeant. After the war, he settled and married in Vermont, and acquired a handsome landed property.
LIEUT. SIMON DAVIS and his wife Dorothy were from Concord. He was proprietor of House Lot No 6, and all its after divisions ; - eighty acres of the first division of upland was in Nov. 1724 laid adjoining his House Lot, and is now called the "Old King Farm." Mr. Davis owned seventy six acres joining on Muschopauge Pond, which he deeded to John Stone, and is now owned by Levi Bartlett. Mr. Davis was one of the first and principal
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settlers of Rutland -one of the three first selectmen, &c. His name is on record as early as 1720 ; he shared the dangers, privations and hardships with others that com- menced its settlement, - there being no road he carried his plough on his back several miles. He with his son Simon on August 14, 1723, (the day Rev. Mr. Willard and Dea. Stevens's sons were killed,) providentially es- caped being killed by Indians, by returning from their meadow earlier, and by a different route than usual; - as two Indians for some time waylaid to kill them on their re- turn. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had the following children, part of whom were born at Rutland : Joseph, Israel, Eleazer, Simon, Martha, Oliver, Mary and Azubah. Mr. Davis sold his lands, and with his wife spent their last days with their son Eleazer at Holden.
SIMON DAVIS, jun'r, with his wife Hannah, lived on House Lot No. 13, laid out to Graves and Barnard. They were parents of Elizabeth, born Jan. 1735 ; Han- nah, March, 1736; Miriam, June, 1738; David, Jan., 1740; second Elizabeth, June, 1742; Simon, April, 1744; Mercy, June, 1745 ; second Simon, Aug. 1747 ; Isaac, Feb., 1749; Samuel, June, 1751; John, Sept., 1752. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were respectable and useful members of society. Mr. Davis on April 9, 1754, when at work on a frame for Mr. Smith of Holden, (who lost his house by fire, ) observed he felt faint, -fell and died. Widow Davis died with the small pox, Jan. 7, 1760, and was buried on the farm.
Marriages, &c. of their children. " Deacon Isaac Davis was born in Rutland, in this County. His father Simon Davis, was a son of Simon Davis, who removed from Concord to Rutland. Rev. Joseph Davis the first minister of Holden, was another son of Simon Davis, sen'r.
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Dea. Davis removed to Northborough during the Revolu- tionary war, and has been for a long succession of years one of our most distinguished citizens. His first wife - the mother of his children - was a daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Brigham of Marlborough, who was mar- ried to a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Gott, whose wife was Sarah, a daughter of Rev. Robert Breck the second min- ister of Marlborough."* Dea. Davis died April 27, 1826, aged 77 years. Hon. John Davis, son of the late Isaac Davis, Esq., graduated at Yale College in 1812; has been a Counsellor at Law in Worcester, - Represented this District in the Congress of the United States, - been Governor of Massachusetts, and is now a Senator there- of in the Congress of the United States.
Hannah married Jonathan Knight; Miriam, Jabez Fairbank ; second Elizabeth, John Read ; first Elizabeth and first Simon died young. David married Abigail Brown-was a Deacon of the church in Paxton ; Sam- uel was a Deacon of the church in Oakham; John lived in that part of Holden set off to Paxton - was a Colonel in the militia. - All were respectable persons.
Oliver, son of Simon Davis, sen'r, married Mary, daugh- ter of Mr. Thomas Read, and settled at Princeton.
MR. JONATHAN DAVIS . was an early settler in Rutland - was an active and useful man ; he bought House Lots Nos. 7 and 9; No. 7 is now owned by Dr. Frink; No. 9 by Messrs. Estabrooks. Mr. Davis and Abigail his wife had born at Rutland, Mary, Jan., 1728-9; Ruth, March, 1731 ; Ezra, May, 1733 ; John, Sept., 1735 ; second Ruth, Sept., 1737 ; many of the early settlers of Rutland were of the
* Extract from the history of Northborough.
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name of Davis, - some were brothers, and many "relat- ed by birth or marriage; many of their descendants now live in Rutland and its vicinity.
MR. EBENEZER KING and his wife Mary with their children were from Danvers. He bought the "Simon Davis farm," where he and his son for many years kept a tavern ; they were respectable and very moral people. As early as 1724, there was an orchard on this farm, some of which trees were standing until a short time since. Mr. King's sons lived in Rutland. - Ebenezer on the old farm ; Joseph, on Nov. 22, 1778, married Mary, daughter of Mr. Ephraim Church, by whom he had several children ; sev- eral of his descendants are now inhabitants of Rutland.
MR. EPHRAIM CHURCH married Sarah Gates of Marl- boro', and settled in Rutland on House Lot No. 34, where he lived several years, and then sold it, -and afterwards with his son-in-law Porter bought the "Robert Douglass farm," originally laid to Deacon Ball, which they sold. Mr. Church bought a farm in Holden, (now owned by Messrs. Meads) where he died.
Mr. Church's family were very industrious and respec- table.
Marriages, &c., of their children. Sarah was, in Dec. 1766, married to Mr. Samuel Porter ; Stephen married Esther, daughter of Lieut. Paul Moore. Paul and Silas were twins; Silas died young of a mortification - Paul settled at Athol, and was a Deacon of their Church ; Asa was an officer of the Revolution. In 1774, he married Rachel Newton, and settled in Hubbardston, - was a Captain in the Militia; Mary married Joseph King ; Ephraim in 1782, married Polly Blair, daughter of one of two sisters by the name of Macclewain who were res- cued from a watery grave on their passage to America.
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CAPT. JOHN PHELPS married Susanna Gates of Marl- borough ; bought and settled on House Lot No. 56. Mr. Phelps was an early and respectable citizen, and filled offices in the town and militia, - was a Captain before the Revolution.
Marriages of their children, &c. Sarah to Daniel Da- vis, jun'r, in 1753 ; Simon to Abigail Estabrook, 1765,- and to Tabitha Maynard, 1767, second wife; Elizabeth to Nathan Goodall, 1765 ; Susanna to William Henry, 1773 ; Moses to Deborah Munro, 1778 ; John died at Albany in 1757, aged 23 years ; Aaron was a minute man, and en- gaged in the first eight months service, - was taken sick, removed home, died, and was buried in Rutland. His grave was for many years visited and watered with the tears of a female as she passed through the town .*
CAPT. STEPHEN GATES married Damaris How of Marl- borough, and in 1749 removed to Rutland, and settled on a farm he bought of Jonas Lenard, which had been pre- viously owned by James Heaton, and that was originally granted to John Buttolph, to his right of House Lot No. 37. Mr. Gates was a useful citizen, - held offices in the town and militia. Mr. and Mrs. Gates were parents of the following children ; Stephen born at Marlborough, Jona- than, Sylvanus, David, Lucretia, Zelotes, Lavina, Za- dock, Matilda, Alfred and Sarah Capt. Gates died Oct. 5, 1773, aged 56 years. Widow Damaris Gates died Dec. 3, 1809, aged 84.
The three last families were united in blood and friend- ship, - their descendants are numerous, many of whom are inhabitants of Rutland.
MR. SAMUEL PORTER, son of Rev. Samuel Porter of
* Abigail Bayley.
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Sherburne, was educated and took his degree at Harvard University, after which he came to Rutland, and before. at the time, and after the Revolution, taught a Latin school many years. Mr. Porter on Dec. 18, 1766, married Sa- rah, daughter of Mr. Ephraim Church, by whom he had the following children : Sarah, born in 1767; Samuel, 1768; Moses, 1770; Stephen, 1772; Mary, 1774; Sewall, 1777 ; Joseph Sewall, 1783. Mr. Porter and his father-in-law bought the Douglass farm, where they lived several years, -then sold it to George Bruce, af- ter which he bought a small farm at White Hall, on the road to Barre. Mr. Porter was a good and useful citizen in the time of the Revolution ; although not bless- ed with great wealth, he had a greater blessing, - a fam- ily of amiable children ; - he removed, and with one of them spent his last days.
MR. ROBERT DOUGLASS bought, and for several years lived on the "Dea. Ball farm ;" while at Rutland he sustained offices in the town as Selectman, &c., previous to the Revolution. His children born at Rutland were Robert, born in 1759; William, 1761; Barnard, 1763.
LIEUT. DAVID HENRY, previous to 1759, bought lands laid out to Alexander Bothel and Benjamin Willard by the Quarries, on what is now called Barrack hill, where he lived until the commencement of the Revolution ; at the time the Barracks were building, he sold and bought of Capt. Phelps the farm and House Lot No. 56. Mr. Hen- ry was a Lieut. before the Revolution, in which he took an active part and for several years sustained offices in the town, and was a good citizen. Mr. Henry in 1761 mar- ried Hannah Watson of Leicester, who was the mother of the following children : Sarah, born in 1763; David, 1764; Samuel, 1765; Hannah, 1767; Benjamin, 1769 ;
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Silas, 1771 ; Johnson, 1773 ; Lydia, 1775 ; Betsey, 1781. Lieut. David Henry died Dec. 22d, 1809, aged 75 years.
NATHANIEL MUNRO, Esq., with his wife Mary, seven children and four negroes,* removed from Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1768, to Rutland ; purchased a farm of Jotham Bellows, being part of the "Judge Sewall farm." Mr. Munro and his family were respectable people. Mr. Muu- ro .died May 6, 1794, aged 82; Mrs. Munro, Aug. 4, 1794, aged 79 years.
Marriages, &c., of their children. Margaret to Wil- liam Coggisall, Esq., of Rhode Island ; Timothy to Lu- cretia Gates ; Benjamin to Lavina Gates; Deborah to Moses Phelps : Stephen was a Doctor, settled and prac- tised at Millbury.
MR. WILLIAM BRIDGE of Lexington, married Mary Porter, removed to Rutland, - purchased land laid out to the heirs of Jacob Farrar, being second division of Lot No. 23. Mr. Bridge was a mason by occupation, yet he had a good common education - was an excellent drafts- man, filled many offices, was a useful citizen, an Ensign of the minute men, &c. Mr. and Mrs. Bridge had sev- eral children who settled in different parts of the United States, one of which is the relict of the late Zadock Gates, Esq. Ensign Bridge died Feb. 9, 1804, aged 64 years. His widow is yet living, enjoying her mental faculties at the age of ninety.
MR. GEORGE CLARK, a tailor by occupation, came to Rutland, and in 1765, married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Aaron Rice by a second marriage, by whom he had some land, on which they lived ; it was part of House Lot No. 4, (being the stand now owned by Alpheus King
* Not a Negro now belongs to this town.
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Brown.) Mr. Clark was a facetious man, and a favorite of Col. Murray ; yet he entered into the service of his coun- try, and was a soldier of the Revolution ; he kept his final settlements until they sold for five hundred dollars, with which he opened a small store. Their children were Pat- ty, Sally and Aaron, who all married; Patty to Isaac Clark of Hubbardston.
Mr Clark and his wife several years ago sold and re- moved to New York State, and lived with their daughter, Sally.
DEA. ELEAZER BALL was proprietor of House Lot No. 58, and all its after divisions; one of the first settlers of Rutland, and for many years sustained offices in the pro- prietory, town and church ;- when he begun to fell the trees, he was not only exposed to many difficulties and privations incident to settlers in the woods far from the habitations of civilization, but to the ravenous bear and wolf, and cruel Indian. Mr. Ball and his wife, Abigail, were from Concord. Their children were Eleazer, born in 1728; Grace, 1730; Phinehas, 1732; 'Abigail, 1735; Sarah, 1737; Israel, 1739; Hannah, 1741. By Margaret, second wife, Mary, 1744; John, 1747. Abigail, first wife of Dea. Ball died Oct. 9, 1741.
Eleazer Ball, jun'r, in 1757, married Lucy Derby of Concord, by whom he had Eleazer, born in 1760; Mary, 1762; Phinehas, 1764. Mr. Ball lived in New Boston, near Ware river. He died. His widow married Samuel Chaffin of Holden in 1768.
Eleazer Ball, 3d, on Nov. 3, 1783, married Lucy Ro- zier, by whom he had the following children : Polly, Jonas, Samuel, Rufus, Lucy, Silas Rozier, Joel, Louisa and Ada- line. Several of the daughters married and settled in Mon- treal ; Jonas married and lives in Rutland.
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The descendants of Deacon Ball are numerous and set- tled not only in various parts of the United States, but in the British Dominions. There are but few of them now inhabitants of Rutland.
MR. JAMES WHEELER was from Concord,-a black- smith by trade; he bought of Dea. Muzzy a part of his farm originally laid to Joseph Wright, and set up a shop, in which for several years he worked at his trade ; he sold his stand and bought.at the parting of Hardwick and Barre roads, where he lived until his death.
Mr. Wheeler, on May 24, 1750, married Abigail, daugh- ter of Dea. Ball, who was the mother of Abigail, Mary, Humphry, Phinehas, James, Sarah, Eleazer, Elizabeth, and Deidama. Humphry and Mary died in the sickness of 1756. Abigail married Isaac Stratton ; Phinehas, Polly McCobb ; James, Thankful Tower ; Deidama, Nathan Munro. Mr. Wheeler's children settled in different parts - there are none of his descendants in Rutland.
CAPT. PHINEHAS WALKER married Beulah Clap ; they were both of Sudbury, where their two first children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Walker were parents of the following children : Jemima, born in 1747 ; Jonas, 1749; Abel, 1752; John, 1755; Anna, 1757; Daniel, 1759; Sarah, 1762; Asa, 1764; Reuben, 1767.
Capt. Walker bought lands at the confluence of Ware and Longmeadow streams, laid to Capt. Joseph Haynes and Mr. Samuel Waldo, where he built and moved in about 1750, and was for many years one of our most valuable citizens,-filled many offices in the town, and was a captain of the militia in the Revolutionary war, &c.
Soon after Mr. Walker removed to Rutland, he and his wife were admitted into the Church, and were exemplary members thereof ; although they lived four miles from meet-
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ing their seats were seldom empty. They had the trial of burying their sons, Abel and John, in one grave, in the sickness of 1756. Jonas was a minute man, and an officer of the Revolution ; Asa was a doctor-settled and prac- ticed in Barre ; Reuben was a doctor-died Nov. 30, 1797 ; Daniel, on Dec. 25, 1781, married Sibbel Roper-is now one of our Justices ; Ens. Jonas Walker married Sarah, daughter of Mr. Daniel Davis, jun'r, on Feb. 15, 1779. Sarah married Luther Johnson, a soldier of the Revolution, Dec. 9, 1783 ; Jemima married Abraham Wheeler. Capt. Walker died in his chair of a fit of apoplexy, Oct. 16, 1792, in the 71st year of his age. Beulah, relict of Capt. Phine- has Walker died May 4, 1800, in the 86th year of her age.
MR. SAMUEL GATES, his wife, Abigail, from Rutland District, with their children, in 1768, moved on a farm he purchased of Samuel Laughton, in New Boston, adjoining Long Meadow Brook, south of Ware River, being the same Joseph Gates now lives on. They were an industrious and respectable family.
Sarah Gates was married to Jason Duncan, Oct. 16, 1775 ; Abigail to Benjamin Estabrook, June 21, 1778, Samuel Gates, jun'r, to Susanna, daughter of Nathaniel Laughton; Joseph to Sarah Roper, Feb. 15, 1789, and lived with his parents ; Benjamin to Elizabeth eNwton, Oct. 1789 ; Hannah to Samuel Hathorn, March, 1798.
MR. DANIEL ROPER with his wife, Sarah, from Sutton, in 1776, bought a farm of John Bruce, and removed to Rutland, being the same his son, Daniel, lives on.
Mr. Roper was an industrious and good townsman. He lived to the age of 90 years,-his descendants are many, several of whom are inhabitants of New Boston.
Marriages of their Children .- Sibbel to Daniel Walker ;
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Sarah to Joseph Gates ; Daniel to Pamelia Davis; John to Sarah How; Polly to James Piper; Lucretia to Elijah Green.
MR. MATTHIAS How and Elizabeth. his wife, were early settlers of Rutland. He bought land on the West side of Ware River, near Judge Sewall's farm, originally laid out to Jonas Clark, Esq., (now owned by Francis S. Hooker,) where he and his wife had born unto them: Matthias, May, 1742; Sarah, June, 1744; Tabitha, Aug., 1746 ; Micah, June, 1749 ; Abigail, Aug., 1752; Ruth, Jan., 1755.
Marriages of their children. Matthias married Azubah, daughter of Mr. Nathan Davis, Oct., 1767; Micah mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Capt. Thomas Read. Mr. How's descendants are many ; some of the fifth genera- tion are inhabitants of Rutland. Matthias settled with his father. - IIe lived to near 90 years.
MR. BENJAMIN NURSE and family previous to 1747, lived the North side of Mill Brook, on Mill Lot. and as late as 1747, was chosen to petition the General Court to fortify this Town against the common enemy with Garri- sons, and a suitable number of men, &c.
Benjamin Nurse, jun'r, lived on the South side of Mill Brook, where he and his wife Martha had the following children; Sarah, born in 1744; Benjamin, 1746; Mar- tha 1747; Susanna, 1749; John, 1753; Hepzibah, 1755; Jonas, 1757.
Joshua Nurse and his wife, Mary, had the following children : Abigail, born 1745; Bettee, 1747; Lydia, 1749 ; Asa, 1753 ; Huldah, 1756; Ephraim, 1758; Hannah, 1762.
Nathan Davis, jun'r, on Dec, 8, 1761, was married to Mary Nurse. In 1763, Dec. 8, Joshua Nurse, jun'r, to
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Elizabeth Rogers; in 1772, Dec. 14, Benjamin Nurse, 3d, to Mary, daughter of Isaac Stevens. She is now living. The family of Nurses are numerous and settled in various places. But few of their posterity are now inhabitants of Rutland.
The lands and buildings occupied by the Messrs Nurses, have been owned and occupied by Joshua and James Phil- lips with their families, John Bruce, Messrs. Ropers, &c., being the lands granted to Daniel Shepard and John Barker for the privilege of erecting mills.
MR. JOSEPH SIMONDS, from Lexington, in the early set- tlement of New Boston, purchased lands originally laid out to Ezekiel Day to his right of House Lot No. 16, on which for several years he lived.
Mr. Simonds was a man of wit,-yet of an eccentric character. He lived a single and singular life; he sold his farm and bought in New Hampshire, where for several years he lived ;- some freak took him-he abandoned his farm and tools-spent his last days hermit-like, and died several years since in Hubbardston.
MR. EPHRAIM BRUCE was an early settler of Rutland. He bought land on Oak Hill laid out to Henry Franklyn and others,-since owned by Eliakim Davis, now by Jedu- than Green. Mr. Bruce and his wife had the following children : John, born in 1770; Peter, 1772; Stewart, 1774 ; Luther, 1776; Dolly, 1778; Debbe, 1782. His brother, John Bruce, at the same time lived in New Boston.
MR. BENJAMIN STEARNS from Lexington, in 1753, mar- ried Mary Warren of Hardwick, by whom he had the fol- lowing children : Levi, born in 1755; Eli, 1757; John, 1760; Mary, 1763; Jonas, 1765.
Mr. Stearns bought land laid out to Col. Hatch, on Da-
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vis's brook, where he lived until his death, which happened Sept. 27, 1766. Widow Stearns was, on April 21, 1771, married to Benjamin Hoit of Hubbardston. Levi married Miss Warren. Eli settled at Lancaster,-was a Justice of the Peace and a Representative. John was a soldier of the Revolution. Mary married Asa Rice; Jonas married Lydia Savage,-both settled at Princeton.
MR. FRANCIS MAYNARD bought land originally laid out to Capt. Samuel Wright, on the North side of the ten rod road, on Pound Hill,-was a tailor by occupation. In 1767, he married Ruth, daughter of Mr. Ephraim Hubbard, by whom he had Mercy, born in 1767; Patty, 1768; Amasa, 1769; Ephraim, 1771; Ruth, 1774; Naomi, 1776.
4 Amasa married and settled in Oakham,-the others in different places. There is none of their descendants in Rutland.
MR. THOMAS HARMAN in 1774, married Anne Lamond of Leicester, was for several years a noted Surveyor, and assisted in surveying and setting off several of the divisions of land in Rutland and elsewhere.
He owned land laid to Thomas Fitch, Esq., and land laid to him in right of School Lot No. 63, situated East of Long Pond, where he lived until his death.
MR. ELEAZER BROWN was proprietor of House Lot No. 54, and all its after divisions, and, on May 20, 1731, had 30 acres of land laid out to him by Ware River. Mr. Brown early in the settlement of Rutland with his wife and family removed and began a settlement in the woods, sever- al miles distant from any white inhabitants, where he built and commenced clearing the land for his future residence. But his prospects were cut off. " The remarkable death of Eleazer Brown who went from home well on the 25th day of November, 1746, and on January the 17th day,
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1747, he was found dead, lying by the side of a buck deer." Tradition says his gun stood by a tree.
Mrs. Brown had the resolution and fortitude to remain on the settlement for several years after the death of her husband, before there were any other inhabitants,-and the place was for several years called " Widow Brown's Town."* It had been the practice of Mr. Brown to take cattle from the lower towns,-let them run in the woods,- yard and salt them, by the sound of the conkshell they would collect. Mrs. Brown, after her husband's death, would take her gun, mount her horse, ride in the cattles' paths, and by the sound of her conkshell collect them, --- and when necessary, ride and pass over Ware River to Rutland.
CAPT. SAMUEL BROWN was brother to Eleazer. He was owner of 160 acres of first division of upland in right of House Lot No. 54, located East and South of Turkey Hill Pond, on which he lived. Mr. Brown was an active and useful townsman. While belonging to Rutland he sustained offices in the town and militia. Many years past he malted barley, made brick, &c.
Mr. Brown and Sarah, his wife, had the following chil- dren : Abel, born in 1739; Abigail, 1743 ; Martha, 1746 ; Samuel, 1749 ; Alpheus, 1752; Abijah, 1755.
Capt. Brown's descendants are many,-some of the fifth generation are now inhabitants of Rutland.
CAPT. SAMUEL STONE of Lexington, formerly of Sud- bury, was proprietor of House Lot No. 25, and all its after divisions, and with his sons became owner of about 900 acres.
Mr. Samuel Stone, jun'r, owned and lived on the House
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Lot and after divisions contiguous, and was one of the first settlers of the town. He was, on Oct. 20, 1732, married to Mindwell, daughter of Dea. Stevens, by whom he had the following children : Esther, born in 1733; Sam- uel, 1736; Isaac, 1739; Mindwell, 1742; Stevens, 1744; second Stevens, 1746; Elijah, 1749.
Mr. Stone, though advanced in life, was so engaged in the liberty of his country, he entered its service, and died in the Revolutionary war. His son, Isaac, died in the French war, Nov. 20, 1756. Mindwell and Stevens died young. Esther married John Briant; Samuel married Patience Atherton, in 1756, by whom he had one son, named Samuel. Mrs. Stone died with small pox, Dec , 1759. Mr. Stone married for his second wife, Dorothy Fletcher in 1761, by whom he had Thomas, born in 1762; Dorothy, 1764; Alpheus F. Fletcher, 1767 ; Abigail, 1769 ; Susanna, 1772. Mr. Stone died Dec. 10, 1775, in the for- tieth year of his age. He was an active and useful citizen in the commencement of the Revolution.
Second Stevens, on August 30, 1770, married Mercy Munro; Elijah was, on April 18, 1771, married to Eunice Savage.
MR. NATHAN STONE built and lived on the North part of the land granted to his father and himself at the parting of Hubbardston and Princeton roads, where he and his wife, Mary, had the following children: Mary, born in 1741 ; Thankful, 1743: Nathan, 1746; Jeduthan, 1748; Lois, 1752; Rebekah, 1756.
Mary was married to Edward Rice, May 10, 1758; Thankful to Isaac Savage in 1766; Nathan to Freelove Phillips, in 1768; Lois to Eli Clark, in 1770; Jeduthan,
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to Elizabeth How, in 1773; Rebekah to Thomas Hunt, in 1775.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone were useful members of society ; their descendants are many, some of whom live on the original farm, and several others in Rutland.
JOHN STONE, EsQ., and his wife, Elizabeth, were from Lexington. His farm bounded Easterly on Muschopauge Pond; although not a proprietor, he was for many years a useful member of society, and sustained civil, municipal and religious offices until near his death.
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