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BEMIS MOLLY, da. of Joshua senior, m. Sylvester Bemis of Brookfield, June 16, 1785.
BEMIS JOSHUA, s. of Joshua senior, m. Phebe Bemis, da. of Jonas Bemis, May 19, 1791. Joshua b. April 12, 1793 : Persis, Sept. 22, 1795; Lewis, Nov. 5, 1797 ; Sally, Jan. 23, 1800 (died Dec. 16, 1813); Elias, b. Dec. 23, 1802; Martin, Dec. 2, 1804. His wife Phebe died. Again m. to Chloe Dunbar, April 25, 1805. She died April 3, 1818. He was again m. to Mrs. Lydia Prouty, widow of William Prouty, July 28, 1819. Chloe, b. April 1, 1820 ; Joshua, July 31, 1822. Mr. Bemis d. Sept. 18, 1835, aged 67. His farm was part of lot 58, formerly owned by Luke Converse, now by Hiram Howe. Mr. Bemis had been a selectman, and accumulated a handsome estate.
BEMIS .JOSHUA, 3d, son of Joshua jun., m. Nancy Har- rington of Brookfield, Nov. 1817. Phebe, b. Sept. 16, 1818; Prudence, Nov. 26, 1820. He died Feb. 3, 1822.
BEMIS PERSIS, da. of Joshua jun., m. Doct. Jonas Guilford, June 20, 1816.
BEMIS LEWIS, son of Joshua jun., m. Maria Stearns of Worcester, 1824. Lewis Ward, b. Aug. 19, 1826; Eliza- beth Stearns, Oct. 14, 1832; Frederick Augustus, Dec. 20, 1834 ; Janett, May 10, 1836. His wife Maria died. Again m. Dolly Ann Brigham of Northborough, 1842. Annie Hudson b. June 17, 1847 ; Emma Augusta, June 13, 1852, died 1860. Mr. Bemis died Nov. 8, 1856, aged 59. He was a merchant, farmer and manufacturer ; had been repre- sentative, town clerk and town treasurer.
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BEMIS ELIAS, son of Joshua jun., m. Elmira Marsh, da. of Tyler Marsh, Sept. 15, 1825. Martin, born June 9, 1826; Sarah M. Feb. 25, 1828; Amasa, June 13, 1830 ; Angeline, Jan. 22, 1833; (died May 23, 1854, aged 21,) Maria A. July 31, 1835 ; Elias, July 22, 1837. Mr. Bemis inherited the homestead, died Dec. 11, 1844, aged 42. His wife El- mira died Sept. 6, 1851, aged 48.
BEMIS MARTIN, s. of Joshua jun., married Pamela B. King of Oxford, Feb. 26, 1834. Henry b. Dec. 13, 1836; Edwin, Mrs. Bemis d. He again m. to Lucy Garfield, Nov. 3, 1842. He d. August 7, 1847, aged 42.
BEMIS JOSHUA, the second Joshua of Joshua jun., m. to Elizabeth Adams of Brookfield. Harriet Eliza, b. June 15, 1844 ; Francis Amelia, Nov. 17, 1846 ; Braman Adams, March 28, 1849; -, June 16, 1851 ; John Sandford, March 26, 1853.
BEMIS JONAS, s. of Samuel senior, m. Dolly Wood, da. of Nathaniel Wood of Brookfield. Obadiah b. Oct. 9, 1758; Jonas, June 29, 1760 ; Israel, Dec. 9, 1762; Asa, Dec. 16, 1764 ; Dolly, Oct. 9, 1766 ; Phebe, March 27, 1768 ; Sarah, Oct. 15, 1769 ; Elijah, Jan. 19, 1772 ; Molly, July 25, 1774 ; Hannah, Jan. 30, 1779. His farm was part of lot 60. He was a soldier in the war with France 1756, and in the war of the revolution. He was very corpulent, weighing more than 400 lbs. He died May 7, 1790, aged 53. His wife Dolly d. June 26, 1814.
BEMIS OBADIAH, d. June 20, 1781, unmarried.
BEMIS JONAS, jun., s. of Jonas senior, m. Judith Bemis, da. of Samuel Bemis, Jan. 1789. Catharine b .-; Alpha, March 1790; Asa, Jan. 2, 1792; Jonas, July 15, 1796; (died May 9, 1817 ;) Louisa b .-. Mr. Bemis was a soldier during the war of the revolution, justice of the peace, select- man, assessor, and captain in the militia. He possessed the homestead, d. March 25, 1846, aged 85. His wife d. July 31, 1841, aged 72.
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BEMIS CATHARINE, da. of Jonas, m. Sardine Muzzy, July 13, 1806.
BEMIS ALPHA, m. Betsey Adams, da. of David Adams, Dec. 7, 1817. Jonas, b. Oct. 2, 1818.
BEMIS ASA, s. of Jonas jun., m. Lucy Bemis, da. of Nathan Bemis, July 10, 1814. Maria b. Nov. 13, 1814 ; Nancy, Feb. 7, 1817; George Henry, June 12, 1819 ; Lewis, Oct. 9, 1821; Otis, Aug. 12, 1823 ; Edward
BEMIS LOUISA, da. of Jonas jun., m. Winthrop Livermore.
BEMIS FANNY, da. of Joshua senior, m. Elijah Howe, jun., March 18, 1790.
BEMIS ELIAS, s. of Joshua senior, married Content Jenks of Brookfield, Jan. 16, 1794. Removed to Lyndon, Vermont.
BEMIS CATHARINE, da. of Joshua senior, m. James How- land, Jan. 24, 1799.
BEMIS ESTHER, da. of Joshua senior, m. Joel Howe, Jan. 4,1801.
BEMIS ANNA, da. of Joshua senior, m. Abraham Capen, May 25, 1817.
BEMIS SARAH, da. of Jonas senior, m. Reuben Newhall, March 4, 1790.
BEMIS HANNAH, da. of Jonas senior, m. Ezra Green.
BEMIS SARAH, da. of Samuel Bemis, senior, m. Daniel Lynde of Leicester, June 20, 1751.
BEMIS ELIZABETH, da. of Samuel senior, m. Jonathan Moore of Worcester, July 10, 1755.
The above numerous name of Bemis, being the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth generations, are all, with many others not here inserted, descendants of Samuel Bemis, second settler in Spencer in 1720. Two of the third gener- ation are yet living, Hannah Green, 82, and Esther Howe, 80.
BEMIS AMOS, s. of Abijah Bemis of Paxton, had Edwin P. b. at Paxton, March 26, 1815; William Otis, b. at Leices- ter, Jan. 1, 1819. His wife d. Again m. Huldah Tucker, da.
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of Ezekiel Tucker, June 28, 1830. Ruth, b. at Paxton, Sept. 4, 1821, (died Nov. 10, 1844, aged 23,) George A. b. at Spencer, Sept. 17, 1824 ; Amasa T. June 30, 1831 ; Hen- ry H. May 13, 1833. Farm formerly owned by Ezekiel Tucker.
BEMIS EDWIN P., s. of the above, m. Elizabeth F. Cheever, da. of Joseph Cheever, Dec. 5, 1844. Alston Otis, b. Sept. 30, 1849 ; Emma Elizabeth, March 28, 1851; Julia Henri- etta, March 1, 1853 ; Edwin Cheever, Oct. 2, 1856.
BEMIS WILLIAM O., m. Julia A. Stebbins, Nov. 28, 1850. Madaline Matilda, b. March 17, 1856.
BARTON JOSHUA, originally from Oxford, from which place he came to Leicester, 1720. In 1737, he came to Spencer and settled on the north part of lot (67). He had several children by his wife Anna, viz. Joshua; Timothy, b. April 13, 1732; Nathan, July 23, 1734 ; Reuben, March 28, 1738. The farm now owned by Jonas Guilford, 2d.
BARTON JOSHUA, jun., m. Abigail Pratt of Framingham, 1750. Daniel, b. Aug. 25, 1751 ; Nathaniel, July 28, 1753 ; . Margaret, Dec. 18, 1755 ; Reuben, April 28, 1758 ; Hannah, July 27, 1760; Tabitha, Oct. 21, 1763; Joshua, Oct. 9, 1766 ; Abia, Oct. 25, 1769. His farm is now owned by Silas Grout and others.
BARNES DAVID, from Leicester, settled on the southeast parts of lots (46) and (47) in 1766, now owned by Sullivan Hill and others. He m. Rebekah Clarke, Dec. 23, 1762. Hannah, b. July 17, 1763 ; Lucy, Aug. 29, 1765; Rebekah, Sept. 10, 1767 ; Samuel, Dec. 27, 1769 ; Mary, Feb. 19, 1772; David, April 7, 1775; Sally, Nov. 5, 1777 ; (died April 24, 1792.) Patty, b. Aug. 2, 1781; Susan, Sept. 30, 1784. Mr. Barnes d. March 9, 1814. His wife d. May 10, 1797. He again m. Dolly Olds, Nov. 1803.
BARNES HANNAH, da. of the above, m. Simeon Perry of Fitzwilliam, N. H., April 23, 1783.
BARNES LUCY, da. of David, m. Charles Deland of Brook- field, April 17, 1794.
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BARNES REBEKAH, m. David Jenks, July 26, 1789.
BARNES SAMUEL, s. of David, m. Betsey Green, da. of Wil- liam Green, May 15, 1797.
BARNES MARY, da. of David, m. John Prouty, May 24, 1801.
BARNES DAVID, jun., m. Sarah Hall, da. of Samuel Hall, Dec. 31, 1801. Their only child on record is Bela, b. May 2, 1802. He d. Oct. 11, 1814, aged 39.
BARNES PATTY, da. of David senior, m. Phillip Deland of Brookfield, Nov. 23, 1802.
BARNES SUSAN, m. Luther Pellet of Brookfield, March 14, 1811.
BARNES SAMUEL, s. of David, jun., m. Caroline W. Morse, da. of Oliver Morse, Nov. 8, 1838. Amanda Maria, b. July 26,1844.
BALDWIN JOSEPH, from Charlton, and settled on the west part of lot (53) in 1760. The ancestors of the name of Baldwin came from England at an early period. One named Joseph, grandfather to the above, settled in Malden. The farm was owned by his grandson, William Baldwin, Esqr., lately deceased. Children of Joseph were, Joseph, Samuel, William, Levi and Zorobabel, born before he came to Spen- cer, and Sarah, b. in Spencer, 1761. Mr. Baldwin d. June 3, 1790, aged 73. His wife Mary d. Jan. 7, 1795, aged 77.
BALDWIN LEVI, s. of Joseph, m. Sarah Bemis, June 25, 1789. She died, and he m. Lydia Haven, Dec. 20, 1790. Simon, b. Dec. 9, 1792 ; Levi, May 13, 1798. Mr. Baldwin d. Feb. 25, 1837, aged 82.
BALDWIN SIMON, s. of the above, m. Polly Comins, da. of Gershom Comins, Jan. 10, 1813. Mary, b. April 23, 1813 ; Rhoda, July 26, 1815 ; Lydia, May 17, 1817 ; Augus- ta, Feb. 2, 1820 ; Lavinia, Aug. 16, 1822; Eliza, Nov. 16, 1824; Simon, May 5, 1827 ; Thomas Russell, Sept. 15, 1829. His wife d. Sept. 1, 1838. Again m. Nancy Sibley, da. of Paul Sibley, June 3, 1840.
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BALDWIN LEVI, s. of Levi, m. Cynthia Bemis, da. of Na- than Bemis, Oct. 27, 1829. Charles, b. Nov. 9, 1830. Re- moved to N. York.
BALDWIN SAMUEL, s. of Joseph, m. Elizabeth Livermore. August 19, 1790. She died. He again m. Huldah Hamil- ton of Brookfield, Feb. 16, 1796.
ZOROBABEL BALDWIN m. Persis Bemis, da. of William Bemis, March 27, 1800. William, b. April 16, 1801 ; Lucy, April 23, 1803. His wife d. He again m. Hannah Grout, da. of Jonathan Grout, March 19, 1812. Mr. Baldwin d. Feb. 21, 1824.
BALDWIN WILLIAM, s. of the above, m. Mary Howland, da. of Abner Howland, June 4, 1832. Mary Melinda, b. Aug. 28, 1837 ; John William, Sept. 2, 1839. Mr. Baldwin was justice of the peace, representative, selectman, assessor, and surveyor of land, inherited the farm of his father and grandfather, and d. Oct. 27, 1851, aged 50.
BALDWIN DAVID was an early settler in Spencer. He was from Hingham, and came on to lot (72) and built the house now standing, where John Sprague now lives, about 1740. He was b. 1701, and d. about 1777. He was the architect of the present Congregational meeting house, which was raised June 9, 1772. His children were Abigail, Asa, David, Zeb- ulon, Silence, Mary and Jonathan. Abigail was m. Elisha Cranson, July 24, 1746 ; David to Sibbilah White, da. of John White senior, June 9, 1763 ; Silence to John White, son of John senior, May 5, 1757 ; Mary to Daniel Bacon, August 3, 1758.
BALDWIN ASA, s. of David senior, was a gentleman of re- spectability, was often chosen into town office, committee of correspondence, an officer in the war of the revolution, and major in the militia. He married Abigail White, widow of Henry White, March 7, 1750. He settled on the adjoining parts of lots 78 and 50, now owned by Asa B. Watson and Horace Rice. His children, Ruth, born April 8, 1751 ; Chloe,
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Oct. 12, 1755; Olive, May 15, 1758; Lucy, July 10, 1760. Ruth m. Samuel Watson of Leicester, Jan. 28, 1773 ; Chloe to James Sprague, May 4, 1779 ; Olive to Peter Rice, Nov. 12, 1778 ; Lucy to Phineas Jones, Oct. 19, 1786.
BALDWIN JONATHAN, s. of David senior, b. 1742, removed to Templeton, was a justice of the peace, and m. Sarah Bemis, da. of Capt. William Bemis, for his second wife, Nov. 23, 1782.
BISCO JOHN, Esq., from Cambridge, purchased the central part of lot 17 in 1763, where his grandson, Foster Bisco, now lives. Being a gentleman of good education, sound judgment, and unblemished moral character, he soon ac- quired the confidence of his fellow townsmen, and was pro- moted to the highest offices of honor and trust in their gift. He was either town clerk, selectman, assessor or treasurer, every year from 1767, to his death. Was representative to the General Court for 1777, 1780 and 1781, and a member of the convention for forming our State constitution in 1779. Was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Hancock, March 1, 1781, and deacon of the Congregational church, which office he held until his death. He was m. to Deborah Prouty, da. of Jacob Prouty, May 10, 1764. . His children, John, b. May 29, 1765; Elizabeth, Oct. 9, 1767 ; Abijah, Feb. 7, 1770; Jacob, June 12, 1772; Abigail, July 25, 1777 ; Anna, March 8, 1780. His wife d. Feb. 22, 1795, aged 52; he again m. Mrs. Esther Moore of Worcester, No- vember the same year. The following inscription is on his tombstone :
" In memory of John Bisco, Esq., Who died March 15, 1808, aged 70 years.
As a magistrate he was correct, faithful and impartial ; as a Christian, he was devout, pious, and exemplary ; as a man and a citizen, he was honest, dignified and patriotic.
Come Christian, see a brother dying -
IC-4-22 See him yielding up his breath ; While firmly on his God relying, Quite disarms the sting of death."
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John Bisco jun., died unmarried, May 3, 1812, aged 47. Elizabeth m. Enoch Mason, July 15, 1790. Abijah died unmarried, Oct. 3, 1801, aged 31. Jacob m. Sarah Draper, da. of Capt. John Draper, Jan. 1, 1799. Abigail m. to Da- vid Prouty, jun., Nov. 7, 1799; Anna, m. George W. Har- wood of Brookfield, Dec. 13, 1807.
BISCO JACOB, m. Sarah Draper. Dwight b. April 27, 1799; Chloe, Aug. 30, 1800; Adaline, Nov. 16, 1801; Foster, July 16, 1803; Emily, Sept. 10, 1804; Alden, Oct. 25, 1806 ; John, Oct. 9, 1808; Hull, Nov. 10, 1810; Roswell, April 16, 1813 ; Lavinia, Aug. 16, 1815 ; Jacob, Oct. 8, 1817. Mr. Bisco inherited the homestead, and d. April 7, 1837, aged 65. His wife Sarah d. May 27, 1855, aged 76.
Chloe m. Spencer Prouty, Aug. 1818. Adaline m. Abi- athar Johnson, 1826. Foster to Eunice W. Rice of Wor- cester, 1830. Emily to Liberty Prouty, April 10, 1827. Roswell to Abigail Whittemore, Aug. 9, 1838. Livinia to Reuben B. Hill of Leicester, May 10, 1839.
BISco ROSWELL, m. Abigail Whittemore da. of Daniel Whittemore, Aug. 9, 1838. Philander b. Aug. 24, 1840 ; (killed in a saw mill, Oct. 14, 1850, aged 10.) Hiram Roswell, May 30, 1845 ; - Oct. 20, 1850.
BALL ELEAZER, was born in Concord, 1698, where he mar- ried his wife, Abigail. He removed to Rutland about 1719, having previously cleared a few acres and made some other improvements. Being one of the first settlers of Rutland, when the town was almost an entire wilderness, he was not only annoyed by the bear and wolf, but more seriously by the Indians. In the month of August in each of the years 1723 and 1724, the Indians made incursions into the town, killing three persons at each time, one of which was their minister, the Rev. Mr. Willard. In one of these incursions, deacon Ball received a wound in the arm by a musket ball.
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He was deacon of the church in Rutland, selectman of the town, &c. His children by his first wife were, Eleazer, b. 1728; Grace, 1730; Phineas, 1732; Abigail, 1735 ; Sa- rah, 1737; Israel, 1739; Hannah, 1741. By his second wife Margaret, he had Mary, b. 1744; John, 1747. His first wife Abigail, died Oct. 9, 1741. He removed to Spencer in 1758, and purchased the farm of deacon James Wilson. Eleazer and some other of his children remained in Rutland, but Israel, Hannah, Mary and John came to Spencer. Israel m. Persis Stone of Leicester, April 17, 1760; Hannah to David Prouty, Nov. 24, 1761; Mary to John Muzzy, Nov. 26, 1761; John to Bulah Whitney, April 14, 1765. He died March 29, 1765, aged 67. Some of the fourth, fifth, and sixth generations are living in Spencer.
BALL ISRAEL, S. of the above, had Levi, b. April 26, 1764 ; Ezra, Feb. 26, 1767; Tyler, Aug. 16, 1769; Persis, Feb. 17, 1772; Phebe, March 10, 1778; Rufus, March 31, 1781.
BALL JOHN, S. of Eleazer m. Bulah Whitney, 1765, be- ing then only 18. His children, Daniel, b. Aug. 10, 1765 ; Eleazer, May 11, 1767; Sibbil, Sept. 19, 1768 ; Sarah, Oct. 6, 1771; Mehetable, July 24, 1773; John, June 25, 1775. He d. Sept. 4, 1775, aged 28. He lived where the remains of his cellar may be seen, about 40 rods north- east of the house of Chandler Taft.
BALL DANIEL, from Brookfield, m. Elizabeth Prouty, da. of David Prouty senior. 'David b. April 19, 1772 ; Betsey, June 10, 1773; Sally, Oct. 22, 1774; Hannah, Feb. 22, 1778 ; Ebenezer, Dec. 14, 1779; Molly, Oct. 25, 1781 ; Daniel, Oct. 6, 1783; Charles, July 24, 1790. David m. Betsey Savage of Rutland, Jan. 1802 ; Betsey to Eli Muzzy, April 11, 1822; Sally to Isaac Muzzy, Aug. 6, 1797 ; Han- nah to Artemas Pike of Paxton, Nov. 22, 1801; Molly to
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Asa Sargent, Dec. 30, 1801. Mr. Ball lived on the place now owned by William G. Muzzy, where his family were born. He died Sept. 12, 1822. His wife died June 1, 1818, aged 75.
BRIDGE THOMAS, came from Lexington in 1744, and pur- chased the west part of lot (20) and built a house where Joshua Prouty now lives. He m. Mary Harrington of Brookfield, 1745. Thomas, b. 1746 ; George, 1748; Joseph, 1752; Amos, 1755 ; Mary, 1757 ; Millacent, 1761 ; Jesse, 1763 ; Esther, 1764. Mr. Bridge removed to Shutesbury in 1771. Thomas m. Elizabeth Jones, April 21, 1768.
BRIDGES CALEB, S. of Caleb, m. Lucy Tucker of Leices- ter, Nov. 14, 1764. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1765 ; Gideon, Nov. 6, 1767 ; Stephen, Feb. 21, 1770; Bathsheba, March 14, 1773; Esther, Jan. 24, 1777; Lucy, April 11, 1779; Mary, Nov. 11, 1780 ; William, July 7, 1786. Bathsheba, m. John Pierce, May 25, 1794; Esther to Daniel Jenks of North Brookfield, Nov. 27, 1800; Mary, to Nathaniel Har- wood of Windsor, July 16, 1801; Lucy to Daniel Beals of Windsor, Jan. 27, 1805 ; William to Cynthia Richmond of North Brookfield, May 1819. His son Gideon, b. 1829. Mr. William Bridges, d. Oct. 14, 1829, aged 43, and his only child, Gideon, d. four days after, aged 9. Mr. Bridges senior, owned the farm now belonging to Eli Hinds, and died there Aug. 6, 1812. His wife d. April 7, 1819. The children, except Gideon and William, all removed to Windsor, Mass.
BREWER JOHN, from Paxton, purchased and lived on the west part of lot (41), where his son Lyman now lives. He had by his wife Hannah a daughter named Hannah, b. March 5, 1785. His wife d. March 25, 1785. He again m. Lydia Hayward of Holden, Dec. 15, 1785. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1786 ; John, Feb. 2, 1789 ; Willard, Jan. 18, 1793 ; Benjamin Hayward, Dec. 14, 1796 ; Lyman, April 12,
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1802. His wife Lydia, d. April 28, 1813. He again m. Rachel Warren of Leicester, 1814. He died Jan. 5, 1836, aged 84. Hannah, m. Lewis Fales, June 23, 1807 ; Willard to Cynthia Hatch, da. of Thomas Hatch, 1815; Benjamin H. m. Melinda Livermore, da. of David Liver- more senior, Oct 18, 1823.
BREWER JOHN, S. of the above, m. Mary Prouty, da. of Joshua Prouty, April 9, 1809. Lysander, b. Aug. 25, 1811; Lydia Cleora, May 5, 1813; Mary Ann, Jan. 25, 1815 ; Lucinda, July 8, 1817 ; Fanny Whittemore, June 29, 1819; John Dexter, Dec. 11, 1822; William Prouty, July 18, 1825; Hiram Horace, Aug. 4, 1828.
BREWER LYMAN, m. Rachel B. Howard of Warwick, Nov. 1833. Olive Jane and Oliver James, (twins) b. Sept. 16, 1834 ; Harvey Wilber, March 12, 1838.
BEERS RICHARD, m. Hannah Hooper, Feb. 4, 1762. Nathan, b. July 8, 1764 ; Sarah, May 2, 1766. The births of his other children, Mary, Richard, John, Hannah and Samuel, not on record. Nathan, m. Betsey Southgate of Leicester and removed to Leicester. Sarah, m. Ebenezer Mason, and is now living at the age of 94; Mary, d. un- married ; John, m. Sally Warren of Leicester, 1798.
BEERS RICHARD, S. of the above, m. Polly Howland, July 3, 1796. Betsey, b. July 7, 1799; Mindwell, Aug. 23, 1800. His wife Polly d. May 6, 1801 ; he again m. Dolly Wilson, da. of David Wilson, May 30, 1802. His wife Dolly, d. Sept. 28, 1803. He again m. Polly Sibley, Nov. 8," 804. Liberty, b. Dec. 6, 1805 ; Jefferson, (now Edward Beman) b. Feb. 29, 1808; Polly, Oct. 7, 1815. Mr. Beers d. at Charlton, Jan. 8, 1825, aged 50.
BENNETT EZRA, S. of Ezra Bennett senior, lived on land now owned by Selby Richardson, m. Betsey Burr of Ludlow, 1808. Samantha, b. April 6, 1811 ; Cynthia C. b. May 4, 1812; Ezra, July 11, 1814 ; Harrison, Dec. 26,
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1816 ; Horace P. March 11, 1819 ; Caroline, April 6, 1821 ; Joanna, April 27, 1823 ; Betsey, March 29, 1825 ; William B. May 31, 1829. He d. at Insane Hospital.
BENNETT EZRA, s. of the above, m. Eluna Snow, da. of Eber Snow, Oct. 16, 1839; Clarence, b. Aug. 23, 1841.
BIGELOW JOSEPH, from Framingham, m. Sarah Stebbings, da. of Capt. John Stebbings, April 30, 1756. He purchas- ed and settled on lot (43), in 1766, where William G. Muzzy now lives ; John, b. Aug. 24, 1757 ; Joseph, Dec. 6, 1759 ; Daniel, -; James, June 7, 1762; Jabez, March 17, 1764; William, July 1, 1768 ; Sarah, Oct. 3, 1770; Elizabeth, 1773. John, m. Persis Wright, da. of Edward Wright, and d. at Worcester, August 25, 1843. James m. Mary Graham, da. of John Graham, Dec. 18, 1783, re- moved to Pennsylvania ; Elizabeth, m. - Howe of Shrewsbury, and is now living at West Brookfield, at the age of 87. Mr. Bigelow was a man remarkable for his athletic feats and exploits of strength, though not a large man. He d. April 19, 1774, aged 39.
BIGELOW JAMES S. s. of John Bigelow, m. Mehitable Lyon, da. of James Draper the 5th, Feb. 28, 1819. Julia Ann Draper, b. June 13, 1821, (lately deceased) ; Samuel B. b. Aug. 18, 1824; James E. May 12, 1826 ; Alfred, June 21, 1828 ; John H. July 12, 1829 ; Albert, Jan. 7, 1832.
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BAXTER EZEKIEL, m. Lydia Jenks, da. of Isaac Jenks, Dec. 5, 1790; John, b. Sept. 30, 1791; Isaac, Jan. 13, 1796 ; William, -; Cynthia, May 30, 1799. Isaac, m. Melissa Livermore, da. of David Livermore senior, May 1, 1823, (He died at Charlton, by a fall from their meeting house ; William, d. by suicide, Feb. 16, 1825) ; Cynthia, m. John Bemis, 2d, Sept. 21, 1832. Mr. Baxter was a scientific carpenter, and was the architect of the old court house, Worcester, the meeting house, New Braintree, and 16*
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many other churches and buildings. He d. July 6, 1836, aged 72. His wife d. Jan. 29, 1842, aged 71.
BUSH WILLIAM, originally from North Brookfield, m. Lucy Kendall of that town, March 14, 1803. Betsey, b. in N. Brookfield, Jan. 14, 1804; Lucy, b. in Dudley, Feb. 1, 1810 ; William, Sept. 19, 1813 ; Harvy, b. in Spencer, Feb. 4, 1819. Betsey, m. Amos Kittridge, March 8, 1826 ; Lucy, to Henry Watson ; William, to Laura Rice of Brook- field, Oct. 15, 1840, now lives in Worcester. Harvy gone to South Carolina. Mr. Bush was farmer and blacksmith, lived where his widow now lives. His wife Lucy, d. March 1, 1837, aged 59. He again m. Mary R. Crossman, May 1837. He d. Dec. 9, 1846, aged 68.
BUSH JOHN L., from North Brookfield, m. Eleanor P. Grout, da. of Capt. Jeremiah Grout, June 8, 1847. Ella Frances, b. May 19, 1848, (Died June 18, 1852). Clara, Maria, b. Oct. 14, 1851.
BULLARD DEXTER, from Oakham, m. Persis N. Bemis, da. of Amasa Bemis Jun., 1838. Amasa B. born March 7, 1839; Joel S., Nov. 10, 1840. His wife d. June 11, 1845, aged 26,-again m. Sophia Clapp, Jan. 1, 1846. Mary Persis, b. Sept. 19, 1846; George Louis, Aug. 22, 1854; Anna Sophia, June 2, 1856.
BELCHER HENRY, m. Adaline Whittemore, da. of Daniel Whittemore, May 28, 1840. John Whittemore, b. Aug. 14, 1844; Herbert Benjamin, Dec. 11, 1846; Edwin Alonzo, June 23, 1849; Adaline Fanny, March 24, 1851; Frank Walter, March 8, 1854; William Henry, Aug. 23, 1855.
BURDEN ASA, is noticed in another place, was a physician from Scituate, Rhode Island ; was m. to Deborah Howland of the same place, 1771. John b. 1776; Samuel, 1777; Ebenezer, Aug. 15, 1779, and was a physician in Charlton, now deceased. Doct. Burdenlived at the place now owned by Joshua Sylvester. Died at Charlton.
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HISTORY OF SPENCER.
BOICE ELLIOT, m. Sarah Cox of Leicester, 1821. Mary Lucretia, b. at West Springfield, Aug. 9, 1821 ; Sarah b. at Spencer, March 3, 1828; Elliot W., June 11, 1830.
CLARK MATTHIAS, settled on part of lot 23 in 1745 ; his house was situated on the east side of the road, about 30 rods south of the house of Washington Hill. He m. Lydia Eaton, sister of the Rev. Joshua Eaton. His children were Lydia, m. Oliver Seager, July 12, 1749 ; Rebekah, m. David Barnes, Dec. 23, 1762 ; Anna to Joseph Gibbs of Brookfield, June 3, 1762 ; Sarah to David Lamb, Sept. 2, 1767 ; Mary to Daniel Hill, Sept. 28, 1769 ; Martha to Benjamin Sum- ner, 1771. Solomon died a soldier in the revolutionary war. Mr. Clark died 1780. His wife died Aug. 1800, aged 93.
CURTIS JOHN, s. of Jonathan Curtis of Roxbury, one of the original proprietors of the town, and settled on the south part of lot 67 in 1734, where John F. Guilford now lives. He resided there until 1759, when he removed to Charlton. He m. Mary Spear of Leicester, Dec. 12, 1772. Sarah b. Aug. 24, 1735; Abigail, May 3, 1742; Eliza- beth, July 8, 1744 ; Rachel, Oct. 7, 1747 ; Thankful, Nov. 16, 1750; Jonathan, June 19, 1754; Rebekah, April 6, 1757. Sarah d. unmarried. Rachel m. Peter Bowen of Brookfield, June +6, 1788; Jonathan m. Dolly Wilson of Spencer, Jan. 15, 1778, since removed to State of Ohio.
CUNNINGHAM NATHANIEL, a wealthy merchant of Boston, purchased lots 24 and 36 containing 500 acres, and erected the large house owned by George Bemis 2d, lately destroyed by fire. This house was the third built on the great post road. Mr. Cunningham built two other houses on these lots, one near the house of Henry R. Green, and one on the land of Chandler Taft. These were called the East, West, and North Farms, inhabited by various tenants until 1760, when Mr. Jeremiah Whittemore purchased 200 acres of the eastern part, now owned by Joseph Green, Josiah Green jun., Paul Woolson, George Bemis 2d, and others. John
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