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MR. SAMUEL STRATTON and Sarah his wife, from Con- cord, were early and respectable settlers of Rutland, they bought and lived on the south part of Lot No. 37, granted to John Buttolph, a little west of No. 5 School House ; their descendants are numerous, and many of them very respectable. Mr. and Mrs. Stratton lived to old age. Mrs. Stratton died with her daughter Watson, aged 99 years 10 months and 15 days.
Mr. SAMUEL STRATTON, Jun., lived with his father, - married Mary Eaton of Worcester, by whom he had many
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children, their descendants are numerous, several of whom now live in Rutland and the adjacent towns. Mr. Stratton died July 18, 1809, aged 88 years.
MR. ALPHEUS STRATTON, son of Samuel Stratton, Jr., was born May 30, 1769; and in 1789 was married to Lu- cy Keyes of Princeton, by whom he had many children, some of whom live in Rutland. Dea. Samuel Stratton of Princeton, was a son of Samuel Stratton, Jr.,-his wife was Martha, daughter of Mr. Ephraim Davis, son of Dea. Ephraim Davis.
MR. JOHN WATSON was from Leicester, he married Thankful Watson of Brookfield. He bought the tan- nery, land and buildings, set up and owned by Simeon Stone. Mr. Watson was a respectable and useful member of society,-carried on the tanning and currying business many years ; but being lame, his eldest son succeeded him in the tannery, &c. Mr. Watson was married to his first wife in 1761, by whom he had Samuel Smith, born March 5, 1763 ; John, Feb. 14, 1765 ; Sally, July 24, 1766. Mr. Watson, being deprived of his wife by death, on April 1, 1773, was married to Sarah Stratton, daughter of Samuel Stratton, sen., by whom he had Thankful, born Nov. 24, 1774; Jane, Feb. 19, 1778. Thankful was, on May 7, 1799, married to Rev. John Hubbard Church of Pelham, N. H. Mr. Watson and his wife in their old age removed to Pelham, and spent their last days with their daughter.
DEA. EPHRAIM DAVIS from Concord ; his wife was Re bekah Danforth, by whom he had Rebekah, born Nov. 23, 1743 ; Aaron, Feb. 4, 1747; second Aaron, Aug. 10 1750 ; Silas, June 23, 1752 ; second Silas, Sept. 16, 1755 ; Mary, Aug. 31, 1756; Elizabeth, Sept. 14, 1758. Sever- al of the above died in infancy, or youth.
Hannah and Ephraim, it is probable were born before
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their parents removed to Rutland. Hannah married Jo- seph Hall ; Ephraim Davis, Jr., was married to Martha How, Oct. 7, 1762.
Joseph Bellows was married to Rebekah Davis, July 11, 1765. Samuel Davis, born March 5, 1746, married to Rebekah Williams, Jan. 4, 1770; Mary Davis to Elijah Newton, May 14, 1780. Dea. Davis' farm was made of lands originally granted to Simon Davis and Moses How, and was for a short time owned by Nathan Davis ; being the same that Silas Davis now owns. Dea. Davis died suddenly, Dec. 10, 1778.
MR. DANIEL DAVIS and Lydia, his wife, were early set- tlers of Rutland ; they were admitted into the church, May 23, 1731. Mr. Davis was an active and useful townsman ; his farm was on the road that leads from Rutland to the Province Farm, where for many years a tavern was kept. The births and marriages of their children were as follows : Lydia, born June 20, 1728, married to Francis How, Jan. 22, 1745; Daniel, born Aug. 27, 1730, married to Sarah Phelps, May 3, 1753 ; Hannah, born April 29, 1735, mar- ried to Clark Gibbs, Oct. 12, 1752; Jesse, born May 24, 1740, married to Hannah Estabrook, June 5, 1760; Lucy, born March 31, 1746, married to Samuel Hubbard of Hol- den. Daniel Davis died Oct. 9, 1764. Lydia, wife of Daniel Davis, died Sept. 15, 1764. Sarah, wife of Daniel Davis, Jr., died Nov. 29, 1764. Mr. Davis and his wife had two children that died young.
Daniel Davis, Jr., lived on the farm that was his father's. He and his wife Sarah had the following children : Sarah, born Nov. 19, 1753, married Jonas Walker, Feb. 15, 1779 ; Eunice, born Jan. 26, 1756, married Elijah Ham- mond, Dec. 7, 1794 ; John Phelps, born Nov. 29, 1760, married Polly Brooks of Princeton, 1783. Daniel Davis,
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Jr., married for his second wife, widow Amittai Gary, Sept. 11, 1765, by whom he had Pamelia, who married Daniel Roper, and Mary, who married Daniel Gates. Jesse Da - vis and his wife Hannah had Eliakim, born in 1761, and Simon in 1762. Mr. Davis for many years lived a little south of his brother, where Lemuel Cooledge now lives. He sold this farm, and bought by the mills, on the road to Barre, where he lived until his death, which happened March 12, 1807, in the 67th year of his age. Eliakim Davis in 1781 married Dorothy Hunt, by whom he had several children.
MR. JAMES SMITH, with his wife Margaret, emigrated from Ireland, and came to America, about the time the settlement of Rutland commenced, -they had four sons and four daughters, who all married ; Andrew and John settled in Holden ; James and George in Rutland - they all had good farms, and were good and respectable farmers and citizens. Their descendants are very numerous.
James, son of James and Margaret, was born March 29, 1722, and married to Margaret Lockard of Leicester, in 1750, by whom he had the following children : Mar- garet. Martha, James, Mary, Rebekah, Lockert, Susanna and Ephraim. Mr. Smith's farm was part of Jonathan Waldo's division, located by Harwood's brook.
James Smith, 3d, son of James and Margaret Smith, born Jan. 9, 1755, was one of the minute men, was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and stood near where Benjamin Reed was killed. In 1778, Dec. 30, he was married to Mary Browning, grand-daughter of James and Elizabeth Browning, by whom he had several children, one of whom was named James. There has been in each of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's families, six generations, that have breathed the air of Rutland ; one of which now lives in Leicester.
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Mr. Smith bought a farm of Capt. John Cunningham, where he spent his last days.
Lockert, son of James Smith, Jr., on Oct. 12, 1784, married Sally, daughter of Mr. John Watson, and settled on the farm that was his father's. Mrs. Smith had four children and died. Mr. Smith, on Dec. 18, 1794, mar- ried for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Mr. Moses Baxter, by whom he had eleven children.
Lieut. George Smith, in 1752, married Jane Macclewain of Leicester, whose parents and four of their children, were cast away and drowned, on their passage to America ; Jane and one of her sisters, (who married a Mr. Blair,) were washed on shore and rescued from a watery grave, and arrived safe in America. Mr. Smith bought and settled on part of the 930 acres, granted to Capt. Ben- jamin Willard, bounded on the East Wing and Worcester, (now Holden.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith had born unto them Isaac, Hugh, Mary, Agnes, George, Elizabeth, John and Andrew ; who married and settled in different towns,- several of their descendants now live in Rutland. The family of Smiths took an active part in achieving the in- dependence of America. They were Presbyterians by profession, and not ashamed to kneel at the family altar.
MR. MOSES BAXTER, although a carpenter by occupa- tion, bought a farm adjoining the East Wing, being second division of land, laid out to Samuel Sewall, Esq. He mar- ried Mary Moore of Sudbury, by whom he had one son, and three daughters,-the son died young.
Chloe married Samuel Hubbard of Concord; Mary, Lockert Smith ; Sally, John Hubbard Stratton of Holden. Although Mr. Baxter's only son died in infancy, yet he is not without posterity.
On June 21, 1835, widow Mary Smith, second daughter
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of the late Mr. Baxter, had the pleasure and gratification of an interview at her house, of her eleven children, with. their children, and connections to the number of thirty.
MOSES MAYNARD married Tabitha Moore of Sudbury, with whom he removed to Rutland ; he bought land adjoining the East Wing, originally granted to Jonathan Waldo, as 1st division of upland to right of House Lots Nos. 26 and 27. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard had three sons and six daughters, some of whom died in youth. One son and four daughters married as follows : Mary to Joel Pollard, March 8, 1770, settled at Hubbardston ; Lucretia to Thomas Eames, in 1773, (son of Aaron Eames ;) Louis to Nathan Reed, Sept. 14, 1783, settled at Royalston; Moses to Rebekah Gleason of Holden, in 1786, lived in Rutland ; Tabitha to Israel Strat- ton of Holden, Nov. 5, 1793.
Their descendants are many, and have settled in New Hampshire and Georgia, &c. Mr. Maynard was the larg- est man that ever lived in Rutland; about sixteen months before his death which happened in the 68th year of his age, Dec. 1796, he weighed 451 pounds.
JONATHAN STEARNS bought land adjoining the East Wing. He married Abigail Moore of Sudbury, by whom he had one son and two daughters. Ruth, born Sept. 3, 1763, and on Nov. 26, 1789, was married to Jonas Davis of Holden ; Sarah, May 18, 1768; Jonathan born May 2, 1771, and in 1803 was married to Tabitha Newton of Princeton.
JEDUTHAN MOORE married Ruth Moore, they were both from Sudbury,-sometime before the Revolution they re- moved from Sudbury to Rutland,-he was a shoemaker by occupation, and settled on Pound Ilill. Their son Silas was born at Sudbury, Sept. 4, 1766. The following named children were born at Rutland : Dinah, Sept. 1, 1768; 10*
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Uriah, Sept. 21, 1770; Ruth, April 28, 1773 ; Lucretia, March 6, 1776; Polly, June 14, 1778. Mr. Moore and family many years past, returned to Sudbury. But two of their daughters, with their families are now inhabitants of Rutland, Ruth, the wife of Thaddeus Haynes, and Pol- ly the wife of Gill Gibbs. Mrs. Moore is now living. Be- fore the death of Jonathan Haynes, the ages of three of the parents of Thaddeus Haynes and his wife, when added made 280 years.
LIEUT. LUKE MOORE, and his wife Lucy were from Sudbury ; he bought and settled on land bounded on the East Wing, laid out to the heirs of Capt. William Blair of Boston, (Mr. John Phillips and William Blair Townsend.) Mr. and Mrs. Moore had several children, some of whom died in youth. Tabitha Moore was on May 15, 1783, married to John Briant, son of Mr. John Briant; Flagg Moore to Lucy Davis, daughter of Mr. Asa Davis, Oct. 20, 1789. Mr. Moore was an officer in the militia, and a good townsman. He and his son, Flagg, several years past, with their families, moved into the State of New Hampshire.
Mr. Moore was brother to all the women of that name, who came from Sudbury.
JOHN BRIAN'T bought the farm that John and James Walker purchased of the town, being first division of up- land laid to School I.ot No. 63, bounded on the East Wing and Ministry I.ot. Mr. Briant, on Jan. 6, 1757, was married to Esther, daughter of Samuel and Mindwell Stone, and grand-child of Dea. Stevens, by whom he had several children, part of whom died young. John was born Dec. 21, 1757, married Tabitha Moore; Mindwell, born Oct. 18, 1759, married to Abel Parmenter, March 13, 1785 ; Isaac, born Jan. 6, 1762, married Betsy How of Prince- ton, in 1788. There are now several great-grand children
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of Mr. John and Mrs. Esther Briant, now living in Rut- land, in a direct line from Dea. Stevens,-being some of six generations that have lived in Rutland.
CAPT. ELIJAH STEARNS and Lucy his wife were re- spectable people, he was captain of the militia, and an active citizen ; his farm bounded on the East Wing, pre- viously owned by David Parker, and originally laid out to Joseph Wright. to his right of House Lot No. 24; he bought of Ebenezer Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns had the following children : Elijah, born Oct. 14, 1760 ; Lucy, June 26, 1762 ; second Elijah, May 1, 1767 ; Mary, March 28, 1765 ; Josiah, June 18, 1769 ; Martha, Aug. 15, 1751. Lucy was married to Luther Stevens, Feb. 16, 1783 ; Elijah to Jane Boice, June 25, 1795, and to Sally Har- rington as second wife in 1801; Mary to Bezaleel Hale of Stow, Sept. 27, 1797; Martha to Joseph Wood, April 3, 1798.
LIEUT. JOSEPHI PARMENTER, and Mary his wife, were early settlers of Rutland, his farm bounded on the East Wing, and School Lot; the south part was the Standard Farm. of the division of 150 acres ; the north part was land laid out to Joseph Wright, to the right of Lot No. 10. The children of Joseph and Mary Parmenter were mar- ried as follows : Thomas Ball to Rebekah Parmenter, 1760; Jonathan Ames to Thankful Parmenter, 1762 ; Jonas Par- menter to Sarah Butrick, in 1765; Nathan Jones to Mercy Parmenter, in 1774; Abel Parmenter to Mindwell Briant, in 1780.
The descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Parmenter are many ; several of whom are now inhabitants of Rutland.
LIEUT. ROBERT FORBUS owned a good farm, bounded on Muschopauge Pond; Mr. Forbus was, on Oct. 31, 1745, married to Mary Graham, by whom he had the fol-
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lowing children ; Jane, married Paul Eager of Princeton, in 1768; Mary-married Ebenezer Warner of Rutland, in 1778; James-married Abigail Bartlett of Rutland, in 1782; John -- married Elizabeth Heywood of Holder, in 1781; Katee -- married Benjamin Perry of Royalston, in 1786; Robert was a soldier of the Revolution-died single ; David received a collegiate education at Dart- mouth College - practised law several years at Keene, N. H. Their descendonts are many, some of the fifth generation now live in Rutland.
MR. DUNCAN and KATHARINE GRAHAM were early settlers of Rutland. Their farm was bounded on Muscho- pauge Pond. Duncan Graham died April 10th, 1768.
Widow Katharine Graham died March 19, 1781, aged 91 years and 9 months. Alexander and William Graham, and also Robert Forbus's wife (it is probable) were children of Duncan and Katharine Graham. They succeeded their father, in his inheritance.
Alexander and Martha Graham had the following chil- dren : Hannah, born June 6, 1760; Lucy, Margaret, Andrew and James. Mrs. Graham died in 1770. Mr. Graham married Margaret Gray, by whom he had Wil- liam and Dolly. Hannah married Abraham Rugg; Wil- liam, Sally Davis ; and Lucy, Amos Himes. Mr. Graham died March 29, 1771. Widow Graham married Lieut. Robert Forbus.
William and Mary Graham had born-Mary, Oct. 10, 1756; Martha, June 2, 1758 ; Sarah, June 10. 1760 ; Jane, Jan. 18, 1762 ; and William, Sept. 30, 1764. Mr. William Graham died June 20, 1764.
MR. JOHN POLLARD and Sarah his wife moved from Suncook to Rutland, and settled near Princeton, on the south part of land laid to Joseph Wright; Joel, John, Sa-
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rah and Jonathan were born at Suncook,-Achsah was born at Rutland, May 4, 1761. Joel married Mary May- nard, March 8, 1770, settled in Hubbardston ; Jonathan was born March 10, 1759, went into the Continental ser- vice for Rutland. There is none of the family, or build- ings now in this town.
MR. EDWARD SELFRIDGE married Hannah Miles of Concord, lived by the East Wing a few years, then sold, and settled at Hubbardston.
Mr. Selfridge was a man of spirit and activity.
Mr. ROBERT COWDEN lived in Rutland, in 1757.
MR. SAMUEL COWDEN, many years past, with his fami- ly moved into Rutland and bought near Princeton, where his son James, and grand-son Jonas with their families now live. James Cowden was, on Sept. 1, 1785, married to Persis Goodenow. Mr. Cowden's daughters married and settled at Princeton, &c.
MR. SIMON HEALD was born in the year 1725. He never married ; yet in many things he was a useful citizen. He was a friend and an assistant in achieving the indepen- dence of the United States ; was on committees to raise soldiers, - a purchaser of beef for the army, &c. Mr. Heald was for many years a noted purchaser and drover of cattle for Little Cambridge market. He made it his home with Jonas How, Esq., who was a son of his moth- er by a second marriage ; between whom there passed many reciprocal kindnesses. Mr. Heald died June 1, 1800.
MOSES HOW, ESQ., AND EUNICE, his wife, removed from Brookfield to Rutland, where, on Sept. 23, 1719, she became the mother of the first male child born in Rutland ; for which fortunate event he was entitled to 100 acres of land. Mr. How was proprietor of House Lot No. 50.
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He had leave to exchange Lots, and we find that in 1735, he lived on House Lot No. 8, where now no building stands. The Lot is owned by Dr. Frink. Mr. How was for many years an active and useful member of the young settlement, and sustained some of the first offices in its gift, as Selectman, Assessor, Treasurer, an officer in the Militia, a Justice of the Peace, &c. Mr. and Mrs. How had ten children, five sons and five daughters : Sam- uel, born Sept. 23, 1719; Sarah, April 1, 1722 ; Estes, July 24, 1725 ; Eunice, Sept. 20, 1727 ; Anne, Oct. 25, 1729 ; Moses, May 23, 1732; Micajah, July 15, 1734 ; Elizabeth, May 25, 1736; Caroline, Sept. 4, 1738, and Elijah, April 10, 1741. In the fall of the year 1741, the family of Mr. How was visited with a distressing sickness, that within three months bereaved him of his wife and three daughters. . Esquire How married for his second wife, widow Hannah Heald, by whom he had one son, born Nov. 6. 1743, who was named Jonas ; who was the ances- tor of the family by that name now living in the Easterly part of Rutland. Mr. Jonas How, in 1769, married Miss Hephzibah Hapgood, of Marlborough, by whom he had several children. He was a valuable citizen, and filled many offices ; was a Justice of the Peace, Deacon of the Church, Selectman, Assessor, Treasurer, Representative in Convention and General Court, and a firm advocate for the rights and privileges of the United States. Mrs. How died March 28, 1789.
SAMUEL HOW, EsQ., son of Moses How, Esq., married Hannah Smith, of Hardwick, May 29, 1739, by whom he had, at Rutland, Benjamin, Silvanus, Elizabeth, Estes, Sarah, Moses and Hannah. Mr. How was an active and useful citizen, while at Rutland, - went into the war in 1755, and in 1759 was one of the committee to build the
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meeting-house. After which, he moved to Belchertown, and was respectable and wealthy.
MR. THOMAS FLINT was from Concord. On Jan. 22, 1745, he married Eunice How, daughter of Moses How, Esq., by whom he had five sons and four daughters. Mr. Flint for several years lived in the centre of the town ; he then removed, and finished his days where some of his de- scendants of three generations are now enjoying them- selves. Mr. and Mrs. Flint were both respectable per- sons, and lived to old age. Dea. Tilly Flint lives on the farm that was his father's. Some of six generations have breathed the air of Rutland.
CAPT. THOMAS EUSTIS was born at Chelsea. He moved to Rutland. Although a carpenter by occupation, he bought and settled on House Lot No. 11, granted to Col. Estes Hatch. Mr. Eustis was an active and useful member of society, - a Captain of the Minute Company at the commencement of the Revolution. His wife was Katharine, daughter of Dr. Wheat, of Boston, (afterwards of Newton, ) by whom he had Thomas, born in 1763; Samuel Wheat, Polly, William, John Chamberlain, Mo- ses, Abigail and Katee. Capt. Eustis, with his family, in 1784, removed to Newton.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN EUSTIS was brother to Thomas, and also a carpenter. Mr. Eustis, on Sept. 3, 1767, married Miss Sarah, daughter of Rev. Mr. Buckminster, by whom he had the following children : Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, John and Elizabeth. Mr. Eustis, for several years after his marriage, lived on House Lot No. 34. He bought, and spent the remainder of his days on a part of the Judge Sewall Farm, where his widow now lives. Their grandson, William Tappan Eustis is a representative of Boston.
MR. SOLOMON BUCKMINSTER, son of Rev. Joseph Buck-
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minster, was born Feb. 19, 1754. Although the son of a minister, he was a real, laborious and respectable farmer. Mr. Buckminster, on Nov. 5, 1778, married Miss Bettee, daughter of Lieut. Peter Davis, by whom he had two sons. Mrs. Buckminster died Sept. 19, 1780, aged 20 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Mr. Buckminster, on May 5, 1784, married for his second wife, Miss Hannah, daughter of Mr. David Rice, by whom he had several children. After his marriage, he lived in Rutland several years, sold, and bought in Packardsfield, New Hampshire, near Keene, where he died.
JOHN FRINK, EsQ., son of Rev. Mr. Frink, was born on House Lot No. 61, Sept. 7, 1731. And on June 5, 1754, was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Peter Davis, by whom he had the following children : Bettee, Sa- rah, John, Samuel, Isabel and Alice. John Frink, Esq.,- was an active, useful, and respectable member of society. He sustained many offices in the town, especially in the Revolution. He was one of the first in asserting and de- fending the rights and privileges of America, and a mem- ber of the Convention to form the Constitution of Massa- chusetts. He and his son of the same name, have, one or the other, been in the practice of physic in this town, for upwards of eighty years. There have been six gener- ations in succession of this family in Rutland.
MR. ISAAC WHEELER, his wife, and children, from Med- field, were early and respectable settlers of Rutland. The farm he and his son Isaac bought, lived, and died on, was House Lot No. 20, granted to David Melvin, and first division of upland granted to Jonathan Wheeler, be- ing the same that Eli Wheeler now lives on. Mr. Isaac and Mrs. Sarah Wheeler's children were Isaac, Abraham, Jacob, Mercy, Sarah and Rhoda.
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Isaac Wheeler, Jr., was on March 14, 1765, married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Stone, Esq., by whom he had the following children : Dorcas, Katee, Elizabeth, Isaac, Jacob, Sibyl, Sarah, Reuben and Ely.
Abraham Wheeler was, on Aug. 22, 1770, married to Jemima, daughter of Capt. Phinehas Walker, by whom he had the following children : Paul, Lucynda, Abigail, Calvin, Luther and Rowland. Mr. Wheeler bought and settled on lands laid to Ezekiel Day, and since owned by Joseph Symonds, situated within the bounds of New Bos- ton, being the same his son Rowland now lives on. Messrs. Wheelers were for many years active and useful members of society. Jacob never married, - died in manhood, - believed to be pious. Mercy, on Nov. 17, 1763, was mar- ried to Adam Wheeler, who was a Deacon of the church in Hubbardston, and Captain in the Continental Army, &c. Sarah married John Watson of Princeton, a Colonel in the militia. Rhoda, on Nov. 25, 1788, was married to Nathan Clark of Barre.
MR. THOMAS READ of Sudbury was proprietor of House Lot No. 22, and its after divisions. His son Thomas mar- ried and moved to Rutland with his wife Sarah, and set- tled on the House Lot and some division land adjoining ; they were some of the first settlers, and experienced the same dangers and privations with others. But they liv- ed to enjoy safety, ease and plenty. Their children were Jason, Thomas, Mary, Jonathan and Micah.
Marriages, &c. The brothers had so good an opinion and high estimation of the Framingham girls, they all went there for wives. Jason was born in 1732, and married to Zeruiah Nurse, 1756. Thomas was born in 1733, and married. to Hannah Nurse, 1754. Jonathan was born in 1738, and married to Hannah Mayhew, 1766.
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Micah was born in 1742, and married to Elizabeth Rugg, 1768. Mary was born in 1736, and married to Oliver Davis of Princeton, 1753.
Jason bought and lived on the Northeast part of the Sewall farm, and land he purchased of Jonas Stone, of Lexington. His son Jason married Nabby Wetherbee, - lived and died on the farm that was his father's. The children of Jason Read, sen'r, were Sarah, Enos, Anna, Bettee, Pattee and Jason.
Jason Read died March 1, 1813, aged 81 years.
Thomas bought and built on land South of his father's. originally laid out to Capt. Samuel Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Read had born unto them Hannah, who married Micah How ; Lucy married Jonathan How ; Joel married Abi- gail Newton ; John married Lydia Watson, - second wife Mary Mason ; Bathsheba married Alpheus Foster ; Sa- rah married Barzillai Miles ; Thomas married Lucynda Wheeler; Daniel married Rebecca Ames.
Jonathan settled with his father. He and his wife had two children; Molly and John. Mr. Read died with a cancer.
Micah settled in Westmoreland in New Hampshire.
This family of Reads have been useful and industrious inhabitants of Rutland for one hundred and twenty years
MR. DANIEL READ and his wife Rebekah, with their children, for a few years lived on Wood Hill. The father and his son, Daniel, were two of those who died of the small pox in 1759; - they were buried on the farm. John Read, on August 25, 1760, married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Mr. Simon Davis, jun'r. One of the sons has been a general in Vermont. Rebekah was married to Daniel Winch of Framingham, Feb. 18, 1761.
MR. DAVID RICE from Marlborough, purchased of Capt. Edward Rice his Muschopauge Farm. In 1755
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married Miss Love Moore, daughter of Lieut. Paul Moore, by who.n he had the following children : David, born Feb. 18, 1757; Hannah, July 18, 1759; William, Aug. 9, 1762; Benjamin, Oct. 27, 1764; Bettee, Nov. 20, 1768.
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