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DEA. JOSEPH STEVENS. - Mr. Stevens and Prudence his wife were from Sudbury. He was proprietor of House Lots No. 15, and No. 56 ; part of his division land was
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located on Stevens's hill, and two hundred acres on and adjoining Turkey hill. He settled on House Lot No. 15 ; as he was one of the first settlers, he was exposed to the dangers and privations incident to those that com- mence a settlement in a wilderness. Deacon Stevens and his wife were respectable people ; - he was chosen into many offices in the proprietory, town, church and mili- tia. He was one of the first selectmen, assessors, trea- surer, &c., which offices he filled several years - clerk of the proprietors and one of the committee to set off their lands - a deacon in the church -a captain in the militia, &c.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens had born unto them before and af- ter their settlement in Rutland the following children, viz. Phinehas, Mindwell, Samuel, Joseph, Isaac, Dorothy, sec- ond Joseph, Lucy and Mary ; - Mary was the first child baptized in Rutland, which was on Nov. 5, 1727.
There being no roads, Dea. Stevens put up a hovel at the meadow bordering on Stevens's brook, five miles from his dwelling, where he went daily on rackets to feed his cattle. Others sustained the same inconvenience.
Dea. Stevens was not only a man of usefulness and prosperity, - but a man of sorrow and affliction. On August 14th, 1723, after a family devotion, and a friendly breakfast, he with four young sons went to the meeting- house meadow to collect fodder for the coming winter ; - whilst making hay, they were surprised by five Indians ; the father escaped in the bushes; two of his sons, Sam- uel and Joseph were then and there slain ; the other two (Phinehas the eldest, and Isaac the youngest.) were made prisoners.
My young friends, when in safety, picture in mind, paint in imagination, (for pen cannot depici,) the anguish and
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distress of the father, mother, brothers and sisters, for they were in sight and hearing of the horrid tragedy. At night, the seats and beds of four beloved sons and brothers are vacant and empty. Two are slain and scalped-and two in the woods with the cruel Indians, and exposed to a long and distressing captivity. At the funeral obsequies of the dead, no minister of God is there to administer comfort and consolation, for he is also slain.
The two prisoners were carried to Canada, where they were held in captivity for upwards of a year, and were not redeemed without great expense, and two journeys of Deacon Stevens to Canada,- which with other misfor- tunes, Dea. Stevens and his wife were in their old age, so straightened in circumstances, as to be under the un- pleasant necessity of having assistance from the town they had done so much to build up.
Dea. Stevens died Nov. 15, 1769. Widow Stevens died about 1776.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF DEA. STEVENS'S FAMILY .- Mindwell was, on Oct. 20th, 1732, married to Samuel Stone. Phinehas was, on Jan. 18th, 1734, married to Elizabeth Stevens ; they had born unto them Samuel and Willard, twins, July 4, 1735; Simon, Enos, Mary, Phine- has and Katharine.
Mr. Stevens when carried captive, would, when his lit- tle brother was tired and could not travel, take him on his back until rested.
Mr. Stevens lived at Rutland several years. While there he was an active and useful townsman. He with his family removed to No. 4, now Charlestown in New Hamp- shire State, was a famous warrior, a captain, and a princi- pal man in building up and defending the then young plan- tation.
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Isaac Stevens being so young when taken captive, he soon acquired Indian habits,-was taught their warfare, and by fighting little Indian boys with lances, &c., his body was punctured and scarified. His squaw mother made so much of him, she won his affections, and he would willingly have tarried with the Indians.
Mr. Stevens settled at Rutland, and on April 11, 1743, married Mercy, daughter of Capt. John Hubbard, by whom he had two children, John and Azubah. Mercy, wife o f Isaac Stevens died August 27, 1746.
Mr. Stevens married Abigail Parling, Sept. 7, 1748, by whom he had Luther, Jonas, Calvin, and Mary. Mr. Stevens died. Widow Stevens, on May 12, 1758, was married to Silas Rice. Lucy their daughter was born in Jan. 1759, who in 1778 married David Smith.
Dorothy Stevens, on March 7, 1744-45, was married to Andrew Lenard ; they had John, Amos, Levina, Hannah, and Phinehas. Mrs. Lenard died. Mr. Lenard married Hannah Pierce, &c., and moved and settled in Oakham.
Lucy Stevens, on Dec. 14, 1753, married Isaac Bullard of Rutland District.
Joseph Stevens, on Jan. 20, 1747, married Dinah Rice. We have no record of his settlement or death.
Mary Stevens died Nov. 29, 1739.
Azubah Stevens, daughter of Isaac and Mercy Stevens, married Capt. Samuel Thompson of Holden, by whom she had several children, one of which by the name of Isaac Stevens, married Kate Wheeler, daughter of Mr. Isaac Wheeler.
Luther Stevens, son of Isaac and Abigail Stevens, on Feb. 16, 1783, was married to Lucy Stearns, daughter of Capt. Elijah Stearns. Mr. Stearns lived and died at Rutland.
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Although the descendants of Deacon Stevens are num- erous, yet not one by the name of Stevens now lives in Rutland. But several of his descendants are inhabitants thereof, and some of them of the sixth generation.
Deacon Stevens and his wife outlived the most of their children.
Phinehas Stevens was a witness to a part of the tragedy in the death of Rev. Mr. Willard.
CAPT. SAMUEL WRIGHT. Samuel Wright, Esq. was one of the committee and clerk of the Proprietors of the twelve miles square.
He, with his wife, with their children, removed from the West Parish in Sudbury to Rutland. They were of the first and principal settlers of the town; was Proprie- tor of House Lot No. 1, and its after divisions.
Capt. Wright was one of the first Deacons of the Church, Justice of the Peace, Captain of the Militia and for several years Selectman, Assessor, Clerk of the Town. Moderator of their meetings, on Committees, &c .;- was a Surveyor and Committee in dividing the lands of the six miles square, and recording the same in the Proprietors' Book, which he did in a very fair and legible hand. Many of the bounds and corners made upwards of one hundred years ago, are now easy to be traced. Esquire Wright kept a public house in front of the first meeting-house, where much of the first business of the town was trans- acted. The old tavern house was taken down, or remov- ed before the Revolution. The low part was removed, and is now occupied by Joseph Buss as a workshop. It is a sample of the first houses built in the town by its prin- cipal settlers.
It cannot be positively asserted at this time, the number of Esquire Wright's children. It is probable Cyprian
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and James Wright were his children. There is a record of the marriage of four of his daughters, as follows, viz : Aaron Rice to Hannah Wright, August, 1726 ; Rev. Thomas Frink to Isabell Wright, Feb., 1729 ; Robert Phelps to Dorothy Wright, Oct., 1729 ; Rev. Samuel Willard to Abigail Wright, Oct., 1730.
Mrs. Mary Wright died May 18, 1739.
Samuel Wright, Esq., died Jan. 15, 1739-40.
Cyprian Wright was proprietor of House Lot No. 2. . Mr. Wright and his wife Hannah had several children. He was drowned in Muschopauge Pond June 29, 1739. James Wright lived at the tavern farm South of the meet- ing-house. He and his wife Patience had several children, But for many years past there has not been any by the name of Wright in this town, and but few of their descend- ants of any name, except the family of Frinks.
The children of David D. Browning, by his wife, are of the sixth generation from Samuel and Mary Wright.
QUARTER MASTER AARON RICE, as stated above, was married to Hannah Wright, by whom he had two sons and four danghters by the following names : Bulah, Mary, Anna, Susanna, Adonijah and Isaac.
Mrs. Rice died April 23, 1741.
Mr. Rice married for his second wife, Widow Elizabeth Bullard, by whom he had Elizabeth. Aaron, and Tamer.
Mr. Rice died. On Nov. 18, 1760, Widow Rice was married to Caleb Benjamin of Hardwick.
Mr. Rice was an active, business man. He bought of Deacon Stevens, House Lot No. 56. Was owner of two hundred and forty-five acres on and adjoining the Pine Plains, where in a freak, he put up a small house by a brook on Nichewaug road, and opened a small tavern; it was called "Uncle Aaron's Folly." Capt. Edward and Q. M. Aaron Rice were brothers. .
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Capt. Phinehas Moore, June, 1753, married Anna Rice. George Clark, Sept. 1765, married Elizabeth Rice.
CAPT. JOHN HUBBARD. Mr. Hubbard being an enter- prising man, about 1728, moved from Worcester to Rut- land, and erected a grist mill on Mill Brook, near Da- kins's bridge. To better accommodate and supply the mill with water, by vote of the town, and consent of the Gen- eral Court, he exchanged some lands he owned below the mill for some ministry meadows above.
Mr. Hubbard was an active and useful man in the church, town and militia ; - was chosen into many offices. He buried his first wife, by whom he had several daughters, and married Azubah Moore of Sudbury, by whom he had two sons and several daughters Although Capt. Hub- bard had the severe trial of burying seven children in a short time, and two of them his only sons,-yet his de- seendents are numerous. He had seven daughters that married, one of whom is now living. His memory is not extinct. There are two of his great-grand sous that per- petuate his name and memory,-Rev. John Hubbard Church. D. D., of Pelham, N. H., and John Hubbard Stratton of Holden, Mass. Mr. Hubbard sold his land in Rutland to Messrs. Childs, and spent his last days in Hol- den with Charles Heywood who had married his daughter Abigail. Mr. Heywood and his wife had several children.
LIEUT. PAUL MOORE. Mr. Moore was from Sud- bury, -- a carpenter by trade. He bought land on the Marlborough road, about one mile East of the meeting- house, originally laid out to David Taylor and others. Mr. Moore filled many offices in the proprietory and town, as town clerk, seleetman, treasurer, &c. On May 3, 1733, Mr. Moore was married to Hannah, daughter of Capt. John Hubbard. Although not of the age of sixteen, she
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made him a good industrious wife, a good cook, an excellent dairyist, and a noted maker of deerskin clothes.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore had the following children, - they lived so happily, the first was Love, Boaz, Mercy, Persis, IIumphrey, John Hubbard, Esther and Tille.
Marriages. - Love, to David Rice ; Boaz, to Hannah Atherton ; Persis, to Elisha Mirick ; Humphrey, to Miss Sweetser ; Esther to Stephen Church ; John was pub- lished to Mary Miles, but before marriage, died of a fever- sore at Tewksbury.
Mercy and Tille died in the sickness of 1756.
Rev. John Hubbard Church was grandson of Lieut. Paul and Mrs. Hannah Moore.
MR. DANIEL BARTLETT. Mr. Bartlett was son of Hen- ry Bartlett, who emigrated from Wales and settled in Marlborough, in the latter part of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century. He was the com- mon ancestor of all of that name in Marlborough. Daniel settled at Rutland on a farm he bought of Israel Davis. He was a neat and good farmer; kept and fatted good and large cattle, and delighted in riding a spirited horse. About eighty years since he married Mary Barker of Con- cord. Although not wealthy, she made a rich wife by her economy and industry, and did her part in acquiring prop- erty. She lived to old age. For a few of her last years she was almost blind, yet she enjoyed herself in the trea- ures gained from the Holy Scriptures when she had sight.
Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett had four sons and four daughters. Their descendants are many ; some of the fifth generation now live in Rutland.
Mr. Joseph Bartlett was brother of Daniel ; he bought on Wood Hill. He married Lydia Cooledge of West- borough, by whom he had several children, some of whom
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diel in infancy. Mr. Bartlett before the Revolution sold his farm on Wood Hill to Ebenezer Frost, and bought of Matthew Slarrow, where his son Adonijah now lives. Ado - uijah Bartlett, on Nov. 20, 1784, was married to Ruth Frost. She died. He married Ruth Putnam.
Josiah Bartlett was, on Nov. 15, 1785, married to Sally Bartlett.
Joel Hubbard was, on Dec. 8, 1791, married to Lucy Bartlett.
MR. EPHRAIM HUBBARD. Mr. Hubbard and his wife Ruth were from Concord; he settled on Grass Hill, which had been owned by Robert Patrick, originally granted to George Robbins, as Proprietor of House Lot No. 57.
Mr. Hubbard had born by his first wife, Lois, Ruth and Ephraim. Mrs. Ruth Hubbard died Dec. 19, 1742. Mr. Hubbard married Miss Sarah Billings of Concord, by whom he had Amos, Oliver, Jonathan, James, Mary, and Joel. Mr. Hubbard's descendants are numerous. Some of the fourth generation now live in Rutland.
MR. EBENEZER FROST. Mr. Frost was born at Cam- bridge ; he married Ruth Wright of Woburn. Bought a farm of Joseph Bartlett on Wood Hill, where before the Revolution he removed with his wife, by whom he had several children. Mr. Frost had a good farm,-built a large house; his children married and settled in different places. Mr. Frost died many years ago ; - the buildings were taken down. His descendants are many. His son Dana, with his wife, and their son Freeman and wife, own a farm contiguous, and part of the original one, on which they now live.
MR. NATHAN DAVIS. Mr. Davis, from Concord, was 'an early settler of Rutland; he lived a few years on a farm that was afterwards owned by his brother Ephraim,
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which he sold, and bought the mill farm, where he lived until his death.
Mr. Davis, on Nov. 27, 1737, was married to Ellen Hubbard, daughter of Capt. Hubbard, by whom he had the following children: Nathan, Isaac, Azubah, Ellen, Abel, Jonathan, Jonas, second Jonas, Thomas, second Isaac, Thaddeus, Alpheus, and William. His descendants are numerous.
MR. ISRAEL DAVIS, son of Lieut. Simon Davis on Dec. 11, 1739, was married to Mary, daughter of Capt. Hubbard, by whom he had born, Mary, Israel, Hannah, Paul, second Paul, and Esther. Mr. Davis bought and lived on a farm for several years bounded on Holden, which he sold to Dan- iel Bartlett ;- bought and removed on to a hill one mile West of Holden meeting-house, where he and his son Paul for many years kept a tavern, noted for its regularity and kind attention to the weary traveller.
CAPT. BENJAMIN MILES married Mary, daughter of Mr. Ebenezer Hubbard of Concord, with whom he remov- ed to Rutland, and settled on Joyner's Hill, on land he bought of Mr. Hubbard. Mr. Miles and his wife were respectable people. He was an active and useful man ;-- was chosen into many offices in the town and militia ; their children were Mary, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Sarah, Barzillai, John, and second John. Their descend- ants are many, and have emigaated to Canada and Ohio, &c., and several are inhabitants of Rutland.
DEA. EPHRAIM MOORE and his wife Dorothy were re- spectable people; lived on the road leading from Rut- land to Paxton, in that part of the town that is now Pax- ton. Mr. Moore held several offices while he belonged to Rutland, as treasurer, &c. He and his wife had two chil- dren, Dorothy, born Sept., 1741, and Willard, April, 1743,
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who, on March 18, 1762, was married to Elizabeth Hub- bard. Mr. Moore was chosen Major of the minute men,- was one of the slain at Bunker Hill.
MR. PETER MOORE and his wife Mary were respecta- ble people, and of the first settlers of Rutland ; they lived by the road leading from Rutland to the Province Farm, and were heirs to part of it. Mr. Moore was chosen seal- er of leather at the first town meeting held in Rutland, in 1722. He and his wife had several children, three of whom died in one week, in the sickness of 1749.
CAPT. PHINEHAS MOORE, son of the above, was born March, 1729, and June 14, 1753, was married to Anna Rice, daughter of Mr. Aaron Rice, and grandchild of Es- quire Wright. The wife of David D. Browning now liv- ing in Rutland, is grandchild of Capt. Moore. Her chil- dren make the sixth generation that have breathed the air of Rutland. Mr. Browning is a descendant of James and Elizabeth Browning.
MR. DANIEL SANDERS bought of Dea. John Fletcher a farm North East of Muschopauge Pond. Mr. Sanders and his wife Mehitable were from Medfield. They had one son born June 7, 1746, whom they named Lemuel. Mrs. Sanders died June 27, 1746. Mr. Sanders married Sa- rah Bartlett of Marlborough, by whom he had one son and four daughters; three of whom died in the sickness of 1756. Daniel was born Oct. 19, 1751, and in 1801 was married to Pamelia Bartlett, by whom he had three chil- dren. Mr. Sanders, sen., had a good farm, was industri- ous, a noted weaver of coverlets, and from small beginnings accumulated large property, and was at his death the richest man that ever died in Rutland.
CAPT. EDWARD RICE and his wife Rachel were from Sudbury, and were of the first and most respectable set-
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tlers. He was proprietor of House Lots Nos. 34 and 60, with their after divisions ; he sold No. 34 to Benjamin Dudley, and settled on No. 60, which was located on Mus- chopauge Hill, on which he built and lived many years ; said farm contained one hundred and forty-five acres, in- cluding the House Lot, and after divisions laid adjoining. Mr. Rice sold this farm to David Rice, and bought on a hill south of Pomagussett meadow-land. laid out to Jacob Farrar, where he removed, and lived until his death. Mr. Rice in 1724, entered into his country's service ; after his return he sustained offices in the town and militia, &c., and was a useful member thereof, and in the church ;- he and his wife had six sons and two daughters.
Mr. Rice died in the sickness of 1756, Sept. 27th, in the 67th year of his age ; his daughter Martha, Sept. 19 ; his grandson Joel, Sept. 12th, and his granddaughter Persis, Sept. 6th. Mrs. Rachel Rice died of the small pox, Jan. 1st, 1760.
John, son of the above, lived on the farm with his father, and built by the spring near the road to Muschopauge pond ; where he and his wife Sarah, had their four first children born. They moved and spent the remainder of their days on the farm purchased by his father.
Mr. Rice was an active and useful member of society.
John Rice, jun., settled with his father, and on Feb. 6, 1774, married Lydia Smith, by whom he had ten children ; two sons and eight daughters.
John Rice 3d, on Nov. 17, 1811, was married to Alice Ames, (daughter of John Ames,) by whom he has a son John, and now lives on the farm of his ancestors.
Susanna, daughter of Capt. Edward Rice, was married to Peter Fletcher, April 12, 1754. Edward Rice, jun., married Mary Stone, daughter of Nathan Stone, May 10,
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1758. Silas Rice married Widow Abigail Stevens, May 12, 1758. Eleazer Rice married Widow Lydia How, Oct. 3, 1761. Sarah, daughter of John Rice, sen., mar- ried Asa Brown. Asa married Polly Stearns, daughter of Benjamin Stearns. Martha married David How, Feb. 20, 1780.
MR. ELIPHALET How, was of the noted and ancient family of How in Sudbury and Marlborough ; - was an early and respectable settler. He bought and lived on Walnut Ilill. Mr. How and his wife Hephzibah had four sons and six daughters, whom they named Hessadiah, born 1733, Peabody, 1735, Mary, 1738, Eliphalet, 1740, Hephzibah, 1742, Salla, 1744, Jonathan, 1746, David, 1748, Phebe, 1749, Thankful, 1752.
Marriages. Hessadiah to Stephen Heald, Mary to Peter Davis, Jonathan to Lucy Reed, David to Martha Rice, Thankful to Silas Houghton. Their descendants are respectable and numerous ; several of whom now live in Rutland.
MR. ISRAEL and Mrs. ELIZABETH HOW. Israel was brother to Eliphalet, bought and lived on the south side of the same hill (now Paxton) where he and his wife had the following children : Israel, born August 24, 1742, died June 13. 1745, Lucy, Elizabeth, Ruth, and Rebekah. Mr. How died June 23, 1748.
Stephen Barret, on May 15, 1750, married Widow How, by whom he had Lydia, Stephen, Israel and Benjamin ; Mr. Barret, bought and lived on the farm that was Mr. How's.
Lucy How married to Elijah Demond of Rutland. Mr. How leaving no son. Mrs. Demond's first son was named Israel How, to perpetuate the name of his grandfather. Capt. Demond was an industrious and worthy citizen ;
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he and his wife are both dead ; but their descendants are many, - some of whom are inhabitants of Rutland.
Lydia Barret was married to Israel Stone, July 12, 1768, who with her husband and children emigrated to Ohio.
CAPT. PETER DAVIS, although not a proprietor, was an early settler of Rutland, and one of its most enterprising inhabitants ; he was a large landholder, -his lands ex- tended from Mill Brook to Hubbardston, and on its line five hundred and seventy-five rods. In 1759, his taxes were the highest on the list, except Col. Murray's : - He was not only a large . landholder, but of a mechanical gen- ius and business. Previous to 1759, he built a grist and saw mill in the North part of the town on Ware river, which was a great convenience, not only 'to the inhabit- ants of Rutland. but to the adjacent towns ; in a dry season some went from Leicester, &c., to his mill ;- he was an early riser, and was in his mill before the daylight shone from the East.
Mr. Davis was not only active and industrious in his own concerns, but filled several offices in the proprietory, town and militia. Capt. Davis was from Concord, he married Rebekah Hoperisson of Rowley, who was the mother of his children by the following names : Peter, born Nov. 14, 1732; Elizabeth, Feb. 11, 1734; Phinehas, July 19, 1737; Rebekah, Dec. 30, 1740; Asa, Oct. 17, 1743 ; Ruth, May 27, 1746 ; Sarah, Marchi 9, 1751. . Mrs. Da- vis died.
Capt. Davis, on Dec. 15, 1774, married Widow Hannah Smith.
Marriage of his Children. - Elizabeth to John Frink, June 5, 1754; Peter to Mary How, May 11, 1758 ; Re- bekah to Jotham Bellows, June 8, 1758; Ruth to Breed
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Batchelor, March 11, 1766 ; Asa to Mary Smith, Aug. 27 1769 ; Sarah to John Ames, Nov. 1769. All are num-
, bered with the dead, except Mrs. Batchelor, who lives at Keene. Their descendants are numerous, several of whom live in Rutland ; some of them are of the fifth gen- eration.
MR. ELEAZER and MRS. AZUBAH HEYWOOD were (sup- posed) from Concord. He was proprietor of House Lot No. 59, and its after divisions. By our records he was a worthy and useful man both in church and town. He and his wife while at Rutland, had born William, July 28, 1728 ; Azubah, Nov. 25, 1730; Samuel, Feb. 16, 1732-3.
CAPT. ZACCHEUS GATES. Mr. Gates of Leicester, was in Feb. 1757, married to Sarah, daughter of Mr. John Andrews of Rutland. Mrs. Gates being an only child, Mr. Gates came and lived with her father, and became owner of the farm, being the same that was formerly owned by Eleazer Heywood - now by Elisha Sumner. Mr. and Mrs. Gates had the following children, - Hannah, born April 3, 1759; Jacob, April 12, 1761 ; John, May 30, 1763 ; Jeremiah, March 27, 1765 ; Sarah, Jan. 9, 1767 ; Andrews, 1768; 2nd Sarah, 1770; Zaccheus, 1772; Dan- iel, 1775. Capt. Gates held offices in the town and mil- itia, yet his delight was in husbandry ; he was an excel- lent farmer, some of the walls he built, now stand firm, and will for many years. Ilis children went into different parts of America. His descendants are not numerous in Massachusetts.
DOCTOR HEZEKIAH FLETCHER, and Hannah, his wife, had the following children born at Rutland : Dorothy, born May 10, 1745; Thomas, April 6, 1748. Doctor Fletcher lived 56 rods east of the meeting-house, as also
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his son Alpheus, who succeeded him in his profession. Doctor Hezekiah Fletcher died Jan. 21, 1754.
John Stone, jun., married Lucy Fletcher, Sept. 9, 1755. Samuel Stone, jun., married Dorothy Fletcher, Aug. 12, 1761, (second wife.) Alpheus Fletcher married Jane Brooks of Concord, Aug. 23, 1761. Thomas Staples of Mendon, married Susanna Fletcher in 1775. Dr. Alpheus Fletcher and his wife had three daughters, Elizabeth, born Oct. 27. 1762, - died Dec. 6, 1762 ; 2nd Elizabeth, born Nov. 27, 1763 ; Sarah, born July 26, 1765, married and lived in the city of Washington. Dr. Alphens Fletcher died June 12, 1766.
The father and son were Town and Proprietors' Clerks, and wrote a very legible and fair hand.
Dea. John Fletcher was on Feb. 21, 1739, married to Jane, daughter of Samuel Stratton, sen., he owned a farm N. E., of Muschopauge pond, which he sold to Daniel San- ders ; bought and removed to Leicester, where for many years he was a Deacon of the Church. Not having chil- dren, he sold his farm at Leicester, and with his wife spent and enjoyed his last days with their friends Capt. Samuel S. Watson and his wife.
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