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FLAGG JOHN, came from Waltham, and purchased the tav- ern and farm since owned by Isaac Jenks, at that time owned by Josiah Robinson. He kept the public house seven years, and in 1761 he purchased lot (69), the farm of Cheney Sumner being a part of the same, and built the house late- ly taken down. He removed to Waltham in 1767, where he kept a public house until his death. His children while in Spencer, by his wife Patience, were, Patience, b. May 21, 1755; John, April 15, 1762.
FLAGG SAMUEL, brother to John, above mentioned, came from Waltham and settled on the east end of lots (29 and 36) in 1762. He afterwards removed on to lot (67), now owned by Jonas Guilford 2d, where he died. His children by his wife Grace, are, Susannah, -; Sarah, b. March 17, 1763 ; Samuel, July 24, 1765; Hannah, Sept. 19, 1767 ; Esther, -; Polly, -; Josiah, -. Susannah, m. Solomon Cook of Charlton, Feb. 20, 1782 ; Hannah to Elias Adams, Dec. 24, 1789 ; Esther to James Adams of Brook- field, April 26, 1791 ; Sarah to John Guilford, May 8, 1793 ; Polly to John Bemis of Paxton, July 5, 1796 ; Josiah to Mary Adams of Brookfield, Dec. 29, 1796.
GATES OLDHAM, from Bolton, settled on the central part
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of lot (15), now owned by Eber Snow and son. He m. Me- hetable Trowbridge of Framingham, 1745. Mehetable, b. June 13, 1746 ; Susannah, June 7, 1748 ; Ruth, March 21, 1750 ; Jonas, June 27, 1752. His wife d. and he m. Patience Bartlet of North Brookfield, da. of Nathaniel Bartlet, Nov. 21, 1754. John, b. March 2, 1757 ; James, Jan. 20, 1759; Thankful, July 9, 1760 ; Dorothy, Sept. 28, 1755. In 1767, he sold his farm to Capt. Jonathan Wood, and left the town.
GATES SYLVANUS, from Rutland, m. Elizabeth Graham, da. of John Graham. Stephen, b. Aug. 7, 1780 ; Sally, June 10, 1783 ; Betsey, May 2, 1785; Mary, Jan. 28, 1787 ; Lucinda, July 28, 1791 ; Philenda, Nov. 17, 1792 ; Sylva- nus, Oct. 24, 1793; Alpheus Woods, Oct. 12, 1796. Mr. Gates removed to Pennsylvania in 1815. Stephen m. Sarah Draper, da. of James Draper, Sally to Eli Harrington, Betsey to Joel Prouty of Boston, Mary to Aaron G. Perham, Philenda to Calvin Page of Boston.
GATES STEPHEN, s. of the above, m. Sarah Draper. Har- rison, b. Aug. 25, 1713 ; James Draper, March 4, 1815. Removed with his father to Pennsylvania.
GRAHAM JOHN, from Rutland, purchased and settled on the west part of lot (31) in 1747, and built the house now standing, lately owned by Avery Bush. He m. Jane Thompson. Robert, b. June 19, 1747; Andrew, June 22, 1749; Kate, June 18, 1751; William, Aug. 28, 1753 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 6, 1755 ; John, Sept. 1, 1757 ; Jesse, March 31, 1760; Mary, June 6, 1762; Samuel, Sept. 19, 1764. Mr. Graham d. March 17, 1776. His wife d. March 18, 1808, aged 87. John, m. Olive Prouty, da. of David Prouty senior, May 30, 1780; Elizabeth to Sylvanus Gates, April 4, 1780 ; Mary to James Bigelow, Dec. 18, 1783; Jesse to Anna Parker, May 12, 1785; Kate to Kerley Ward of Paxton.
GARFIELD SAMUEL, from Weston, settled on the central part of lot (16) in 1748, where his grandson, Joseph Garfield
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now lives. He had by his wife Hannah, a da. named Hannah, b. July 18, 1755. His wife d. and he m. Abigail Peirce of Holden, May 27, 1756. Samuel, b. March 5, 1756 ; Joseph, Sept. 19, 1758; Daniel, Sept. 29, 1760; Josiah, Oct. 12, 1762 ; Abigail, Aug. 28, 1764 ; Enoch, Sept. 28, 1766 ; Elisha, April 25, 1769 ; John, July 26, 1771; Eliz- abeth, Sept. 15, 1773 ; Silas, Jan. 19, 1776. Mr. Garfield, d. June 12, 1792, aged 72. His wife Abigail, d. Jan. 23, 1816. He was a large, athletic man, formerly well recol- lected by many of our people for his sallies of wit, feats of strength and cheerful disposition. The following anecdote may serve as a specimen of his great strength. Mr. Gar- field being at the store of Col. Chandler in Worcester, (who was also fond of a joke) was enquiring the price of a certain grindstone which he wished to purchase. Mr. Garfield thought the price too high for so small a stone, and said he could carry it home on his back to Spencer. Well, says Col. Chandler, the stone weighs 200 lbs., and if you will carry it to Spencer without taking it from your shoulder until you arrive there, you shall have it free. No quicker said than done. The stone was placed upon his shoulder, and he literally complied with the bargain, brought the stone to Spencer, without removing it from his shoulders. A remnant of the stone may now be seen at his former place of residence. He was one of the selectmen in 1745, when Leicester and Spencer were one town.
GARFIELD JOSEPH, s. of the above, m. Elizabeth Mirick of Princeton, Jan. 12, 1790. Daniel, b. June 16, 1791 ; John, Jan. 14, 1799; Elizabeth, May 6, 1801; Lucy, May 2, 1803 ; Joseph, Jan. 4, 1806. Daniel, d. Nov. 22, 1812; Elizabeth, m. Elijah Kittredge, jun. April 17, 1822 ; Lucy, m. Martin Bemis, Nov. 3, 1842. Mr. Garfield d. June 10, 1836, aged 77. His wife d. May 8, 1838, aged 71. He was a soldier in the revolution.
GARFIELD JOSEPH, jun. m. E. Jane Garfield of Langdon,
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N. H., 1849. -, b. Nov. 12, 1850; Jane Stearnes, Aug. 6,1852.
GARFIELD SILAS, m. Sarah Bothwell. Elbridge G., b. Dec. 8, 1814; Silas, Feb. 22, 1816 ; Sarah P. March 18, 1818. He d. April 22, 1829, aged 53.
GARFIELD HANNAH, da. of Samuel senior, m. Daniel Spear, Jan. 26, 1794.
GARFIELD ABIGAIL, da. of Samuel senior, m. Philip Bayley of Douglas, July 2, 1789.
GREEN BENJAMIN, came from Leicester, and settled on the east side of the school lot. He lived there two years, then sold to Thomas White, and purchased and removed on lot (78) now owned by his grandson, Otis Green, where he died.
GREEN BENJAMIN, s. of the above, m. Martha Watson, da. of Dea. Oliver Watson, June 16, 1785. Betsey, b. April 28, 1786 ; Clark Elliot, Feb. 20, 1788 : Lucy, Nov. 10, 1789 ; Hannah, April 17, 1792 : Oliver Watson, Feb. 28, 1794; Otis, Feb. 7, 1796 : David, Dec. 27, 1797. Martha, da. of, the above, m. Thomas B. Clark, Feb. 15, 1838 : Otis to Martha Wilson, da. of Nathaniel Wilson, Feb. 24, 1835. Mr. Green d. Nov. 27, 1835, aged 80. Mrs. Green, d. May 25, 1847, aged 84.
GREEN LEMUEL, b. in Leicester, 1749, and was s. of Nathaniel Green, minister of the Baptist society in Leicester, known by the name of " Elder Green." He was a soldier in the war of the revolution, was wounded in a battle with the British army. He and his wife Sarah came on to the north part of lot (78), lately owned by his son James. Molly, b. Jan. 23, 1773 : Esther, Oct. 26, 1774 : Ezra, Oct. 8, 1776 : Anna, Jan. 9, 1779 : William, Oct. 13, 1780 : Sally, Sept. 19, 1782 : Elijah, Dec. 10, 1785": Betsey, June 22, 1788 : James, April 28, 1791 : Willard Moors, May 26, 1796. Esther m. Joseph Bennett, April 17, 1800. Sally to Arte- mas Bennett, Oct. 31, 1802. Elijah d. Jan. 25, 1810;
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Betsey d. May 17, 1823. Mr. Green d. Jan. 22, 1818. His wife d. June 25, 1824.
GREEN JAMES, s. of the above, m. Naomi McIntire of Charlton, 1823. She d. May 23, 1824, aged 24. He again m. Anna Livermore, d. of David Livermore senior, July 3, 1825. John b. June 5, 1826; Ann Eliza, -. His wife Anna d. Jan. 24, 1829, aged 39. He died by suicide, July 3, 1828, aged 37.
GREEN JOSIAH, from Leicester, first lived on lot (1), was m. to Tamer Watson, da. of Robert Watson, Sept. 4, 1816. She d. Oct. 13, 1820. He again m. Sybil Underwood, da. of Dea. Reuben Underwood, Oct. 2, 1821. Eliza, b. July 18, 1822; Josiah, Dec. 15, 1823; Charles W. March 25, 1827 ; Henry R. Oct. 30, 1829; Jonas U. Feb. 23, 1832; Edward, Aug. 6, 1834; Sybil A. Dec. 3, 1838 ; Sarah I. Dec. 31, 1840. Eliza m. Emory Shumway, May, 1851.
GREEN JABEZ, m. Eliza Luther, da. of Sylvester Luther, April 10, 1827. Martin b. May 28, 1828 ; Joseph, Nov. 29, 1829 ; Edwin, Aug. 29, 1831; Sylvester Luther, Feb. 23, 1835 ; John Murry, April 27, 1837 ; Milton Willis, Feb. 28, 1844. Mr. Green has been representative, selectman, &c. Removed to the state of New York.
GREEN JOSIAH, jun., m. Sarah E. Nichols of Worcester, 1847. Flora Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1854; Carrie Bigelow, Oct. 1, 1857.
GREEN HENRY R., s. of Josiah, m. Mary F. Fogg of Thomaston, Maine, May 18, 1853. Charles Henry, b. June 4, 1854 ; Ella Francis, Dec. 16, 1856 ; Annie Frank, June 19, 1859.
GREEN SAMUEL B., m. Emily Wright, da. of Joel Wright, May 13, 1836. Lusatia Elizabeth, b. Oct. 1, 1839 ; Joel Wright, Dec. 4, 1840; Sarah Jane, July 26, 1843 ; Alfred, Dec. 13, 1851.
GREEN BLOOMFIELD, m. Emeline Boynes, April 16, 1845. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1845; George Stephen, Oct. 2,
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1847 ; Oct. 13, 1849; Herbert, May 26, 1855. GREEN NATHANIEL, from Brookfield, m. Catherine Adams of Brookfield, Jan. 19, 1807. Ezra, b. Sept. 7, 1807 ; Mir- anda, Feb. 28, 1809 ; Nathaniel, July 13, 1811 ; Mary Ann, Dec. 7, 1813; Timothy, Feb. 11, 1816 ; Horace, - Charles, - -. His wife d. He again m. Phebe Drury of Charlton, 1830. Horace m. Charity Pierce of Brookfield, 1841.
GROUT JONATHAN, s. of Thomas Grout, m. Olive Jones, April 20, 1786. Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1788 ; Joel, Aug. 11, 1789 ; Abigail, Aug. 14, 1791; John, Feb. 11, 1793 ; Sally, Oct. 5, 1794 ; Jeremiah, June 7, 1796; Otis, Feb. 20, 1798 ; Silas, June 7, 1800 ; Lory, Dec. 21, 1804. Hannah m. Zor- obabel Baldwin, March 19, 1812; Abigail to Ephraim Cope- land of Leicester, Nov. 18, 1812; He d. She again m. Rufus Rich, June 2, 1823 ; Sally to John H. Rich of Charl- , ton, Dec. 30, 1818. John Grout d. March 17, 1820. Mr. Grout lived on the east part of lot (53). He d. July 13, 1849, aged 86. Mrs. Grout d. Feb. 16, 1848, aged 86.
GROUT JOEL, s. of the above, m. Nancy Crackbone of New- ton, March, 1813. Mary Spring b. May 21, 1815; (d. July 5, 1836, aged 21.) Harriet, b. July 26, 1817 ; Anna Maria, May 8, 1819 ; Sarah, Feb. 16, 1823; Hannah, Dec. 27, 1825; Adaline, January, 1828; John Newton, June 30, 1830 ; Joseph Crackbone, Dec. 1832. Harriet m. Samuel H. Pierce of Worcester, Oct. 31, 1839 ; Adaline m. Sandford Snow, 1853. :
GROUT JEREMIAH, m. Hannah Nye. She was born in New Braintree, Dec. 10, 1801. John Nye, b. March 8, 1822 ; Eleanor Pope, April 17, 1823 ; George Frederick, Aug. 25, 1825 ; Frances Jane, Feb. 15, 1827 ; Horace Alonzo, March 20, 1829. Eleanor P. m. John L. Bush, 1849. George F. m. Mary E. Livermore, 1853.
GROUT OTIS, m. Sally Guilford, da. of Doct. Jonas Guil- ·ford senior, Nov. 23, 1819. Eliza, b. Aug. 30, 1820; Otis,
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March 16, 1822; William, Dec. 5, 1823 ; Charles, Nov. 16, 1825 ; Emeline, Jan. 18, 1829. His wife Sally d. and he m. Sally Wheat.
GROUT SILAS, m. Roxana Draper, da. of Zenas Draper, April 24, 1823. Silas, b. March 10, 1824 ; Nancy, Feb. 19, 1826 ; Ellen Eliza, Feb. 5, 1828. She d. and he m. Eliza Draper, sister to first wife.
GROUT LORY, m. Laura Luther, da. of Sylvester Luther, June 3, 1829.
GUILFORD JOHN, m. Sarah Flagg, May 8, 1793. Sophia, b. Nov. 7, 1794 ; Jonas, May 27, 1797 ; Catherine, March 4, 1799 ; John F., Jan. 16, 1802. Sophia m. Elijah Adams of Brookfield, Nov. 28, 1821. He was found dead in the water near Johnson Pond in North Brookfield, March 20, 1828, aged 76. His wife d. June 8, 1821.
GUILFORD JONAS, 2d, s. of the above, m. Eliza Ann Mun- roe, da. of Nathan Munroe, Nov. 4, 1830. Augusta, b. Nov. 2, 1831 ; Ann Eliza, Oct. 24, 1832 ; Nathan, Sept. 27, 1834 ; Sarah Jane, Oct. 12, 1842.
GUILFORD JOHN F., brother to the above, m. Eliza C. Gray of Ashfield, 1832. John Elliot, b. March 7, 1834.
GUILFORD JONAS, Doct., m. Lydia Hobbs of Brookfield. Betsey b. May 15, 1784; Nathan, July 19, 1786; Jonas, Nov. 10, 1788 ; Charles, July 25; 1791 ; John, Feb. 4, 1793 ; Lydia, Feb. 24, 1795 ; Sally, July 28, 1797 ; Asa, ---. Betsey m. Nathaniel Bemis, May 7, 1816. George
GUILFORD JONAS, jun., Doct., s. of the above, m. Persis Bemis, da. of Joshua Bemis, June 20, 1816. Sarah B. b. Dec. 5, 1816 ; Caroline, Dec. 23, 1819; Persis, Aug. 16, 1822; Maria, Aug. 19, 1826 ; Phebe Jane, May 29, 1829 ; Ellen, Aug. 1832. Sarah B. m. Charles E. Denney, May 19, 1840 ; Caroline to David Prouty, Jan. 14, 1840; Persis to Asa T. Jones, 1845.
GOODENOW CORNELIUS, was from Rutland, settled on the part of lot (31) in 1748. He lived there several years. He
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had one son by his wife Abigail ; Jonathan b. May 22, 1751. Afterwards annexed to the western part of the lot belong- ing to John Graham.
GREATON JOHN, from Medford, (originally from England,) made the third settlement in Spencer. He purchased lot (25) in 1723, since owned by Phineas Jones and now by Ebenezer Proctor. His children were John, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, James, Martha, Hannah, and Joseph. He was killed on his farm, by the fall of a tree which himself cut down, April 1737. James, m. Hannah Baldwin of Lieces- ter, April 27, 1749. He received the homestead. John, b. Dec. 22, 1749 ; James, Oct. 30, 1751 ; Mary, Aug. 19, 1753 ; Hannah, May 7, 1755 ; Thomas, Aug. 1, 1757; Nathan, July 28, 1759. Some of his descendants remain in Leices- ter and Paxton.
GRIFFIN DAVID, with his brother Robert and sister Issabel, settled on the east part of lot (12) in 1750, now owned by Jonathan Munroe and Joshua Cole. They were born in Ireland, in the county of Antrim and parish of Bellowilling. David, b. 1686; Issabel, 1695; Robert, 1697. They were all unmarried, and so remained to their death. For a few years they were frugal and industrious, and accumulated property, but the latter part of their lives they all became intemperate, and were all hurried to their graves in quick succession. David d. Dec. 14, 1769, aged 88; Robert d. July 16, 1770, aged 73; Issabel d. July 29, 1770, aged 75. They left no heirs in this country. A nephew, Robert Griffin, came from Ireland and inherited their estate. But he too, becoming intemperate, died a pauper in 1795.
David Griffin is represented as a shrewd, keen-witted per- son, and was famous for raising good horses. Offering one for sale to the Rev. Mr. Maccarty of Worcester, he objected to the color. David replied, " He never knew a good horse have a bad color." That completed the bargain. Another anecdote is related of him. Being at the store of Col. John
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Chandler, he says, in a jocose way, " Mr. Griffin, you have no heirs in this country, and when you die you had better give your property to me." If I should, says David, I should be a wiser man than Solomon, because Solomon says, when a man dies and leaves his property to some one, but does not know whether he will be a wise man or a fool ; but if I should leave my property to you, I should know it would be to a fool, and a cursed fool, too.
GLEASON BENJAMIN, from Sudbury, purchased lot (70) in 1763, and the next year removed his family on to it, now owned by Rufus Rich. He m. Dorothy Allen while at Sudbury, and while there had Benjamin, Elisha and Mary. While in Spencer, his children were, Josiah, b. July 27, 1765 ; Phineas, June 3, 1767 ; Dolly, Nov. 7, 1770 ; John, Aug. 16, 1772 ; Rebekah, April 21, 1774 ; Samuel, May 8, 1779. Benjamin m. Sarah Underwood, Feb. 24, 1785; Rebekah to Thaddeus White, Esq. of Washington, Vt. Jan. 14, 1810; Samuel to Nancy Draper, da. of Capt. John Draper, Feb. 3, 1811. Mr. Gleason was a farmer and black- smith, and d. Oct. 15, 1818. Mrs. Gleason d. Feb. 3, 1831, aged 94.
GLEASON PHINEAS, s. of the above, m. Betsey Faucet, March 14, 1808. Hiram, b. June 23, 1808; Adaline, Oct. 13, 1812; Laurinda, July 4, 1815.
GLEASON JOHN, brother of the above, m. Sally Cheney of Sutton, 1805. Sukey b. Sept. 18, 1806 ; Lucy, April 8, 1808; Nathaniel Cheney, Dec. 19, 1814.
HILL JOHN, with his wife Mary, came from Framingham and purchased of Samuel Bemis 50 acres, being the north- east corner of lot (56) now owned by Cheney Sumner and Dexter Converse, where are the remains of his cellar. Mary b. April 20, 1743 ; John b. Aug. 9, 1744 ; Jacob, June 28, 1747 ; Sarah, May 28, 1752 ; Betty, June 19, 1758.
HILL JACOB, s. of the above, with his wife Sarah, had Isaac, b. July 28, 1774 ; Abigail, Aug. 2, 1777 ; Rebekah, 18*
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Feb. 26, 1791; Sarah, Aug. 29, 1793 ; Annah, Oct. 3, 1795. He removed to New York, on the Chenango river.
HILL DANIEL, m. Mary Clark, da. of Mathias Clark, Sept. 28, 1769. His farm now owned by Henry Belcher and others. Joshua b. March 8, 1772; Clark, April 5, 1774 ; Daniel, April 29, 1777 ; Nathan, June 18, 1779 ; Jonathan, May 8, 1781 ; Betsey, April 6, 1785 ; Mary, Nov. 18, 1787. Mr. Hill was a soldier in the war with France, 1760. He d. Feb. 6, 1837, aged 94. His wife d. Dec. 8, 1830, aged 87.
HILL JOSHUA, s. of the above, m. Miriam Briggs of Brookfield, Jan. 1, 1795. Washington b. July 2, 1796 ; Joshua, March 24, 1798; Willington, June 4, 1799; Warner, Aug. 9, 1802 ; Almira Parmenter, Feb. 20, 1804 ; Nancy Robertson, Aug. 29, 1806 ; Sullivan, July 2, 1808 ; Dexter, -. Almira P. m. John Kent, Jan: 1, 1828 ; Nancy R. m. Francis Dana, of Hartford, Conn., Dec. 6, 1827. Mr. Hill still lives at the age of 88, with a second wife.
HILL CLARK, brother of the above, m. Anna Mann of Richmond, N. H. 1799. Orison b. May 18, 1801 ; Liberty, June 30, 1802; Jefferson, Nov. 25, 1803 ; Pliny, Nov. 16, 1805; Orange, June 13, 1806; Benjamin D., June 17, 1808; Valentine, March 28, 1810; Sarah, June 7, 1812; Alford, Jan. 23, 1814 ; James, Jan. 17, 1816 ; Clark, April 25, 1818.
HILL DANIEL, jun. m. Sally Snell, April 19, 1804. Char- lott b. July 10, 1809 ; Sally, Dec. 2, 1818; Harvey, Feb. 9, 1821 ; Henry Snell, April 22, 1812; Cheney, April 15, 1814; Isaac, March 20, 1816 ; Sally, Dec. 28, 1817 ; Fores- ter, Jan. 3, 1823 ; Nancy Elizabeth, July 29, 1824 ; Daniel Dwight, Jan 23, 1827.
HILL NATHAN, brother of the above, m. Joanna Bennett, Oct. 26, 1803. Nancy, b. May 4, 1804. She d. Nov. 22, 1805. He again m. Lucy Bennett. Sally, b. April 9, 1808; Lucius, Feb. 27, 1812; Solomon, Aug. 15, 1814. Removed to the state of Ohio. Betsey Hill, da. of Daniel
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senior, m. William S. Boynes, 1808, and was killed by light- ning, June 18, 1823; Mary Hill, da. of Daniel senior, m. James B. Kent of Brookfield, Dec. 29, 1811.
HOWE ELIJAH, m. Deborah Smith, both of them of Leices- ter, June 24, 1759. He came to Spencer, 1776. Joel b. 1760; Kerley, Frederick, Elijah, Sally and Elizabeth, all b. in Leicester. Catharine b. June 25, 1777; James, Aug. 19, 1781; Lucretia, May 28, 1784 ; three last b. in Spencer. Sally, m. William Adams of Brookfield, Aug. 9, 1795; Elizabeth to James Blanchard of Charlton, Aug. 1795; Catharine to Sylvester Luther, Dec. 1, 1803; Lucretia to Bernard Green, March 30, 1809; James to Achsah May- nard, Dec. 22, 1812.
HOWE JOEL, son of the above, m. Elizabeth Bemis, da. of Nathaniel Bemis senior. Hannah, b. Dec. 8, 1785 ; Ruth, April 15, 1788. His wife d. and he m. Esther Bemis, da. of Joshua Bemis senior. Frances, b. Feb. 22, 1801 ; Martha, July 1, 1803 ; Caroline, Nov. 18, 1805; Anna, April 21; 1808; Fanny, May 2, 1811 ; Sarah Bemis, March 19, 1814 ; Esther, March, 23, 1817 ; Joel, Jan. 31, 1819. Mr. Howe was a soldier in the war of the revolution, had a pension, and d. Jan. 9, 1854, aged 93.
HOWE KERLEY, brother of the above, m. Abiah Howland. Abiah, b. April 5, 1784. His wife d. and he m. Anna White, da. of John White, Nancy and Charles, b. Oct. 13, 1788; Horace, June 29, 1793; Silence and Polly, April 19, 1796; Lossa, July 19, 1801.
HOWE FREDERICK, brother of the above, m. Sarah White, da. of John White, senior. Cynthia b. March 6, 1789; Frederick, Feb. 21, 1791 ; Sarah W., Feb. 23, 1793 ; Darius, Feb. 4, 1795 ; Lewis, Nov. 24, 17.96; Relief, Dec. 22, 1798 ; Dennis, April 18, 1801 ; Mehetable, Sept. 12, 1803 ; Luther, Nov. 14, 1805, (died March 3, 1829) ; Amy, b. Feb. 3, 1808; Addison, Dec. 15, 1810; Cyrus, April 6, 1813, (died March 25, 1839) ; Cynthia m. Jason Abbott of Paxton,
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Oct. 8, 1812; Darius m. Mary Clark, May 20, 1821; Amy m. Lowell Damon of Fitzwilliam, N. H. Oct. 6, 1831 ; Me- hetable m. Hallowell P. Partridge of Plainfield, Conn. Oct. 4, 1832. Mr. Howe was a surveyor of land, a justice of the peace, and assessor many years. He d. Oct. 19, 1848, aged 84. Mrs. Howe d. Dec. 3, 1852, aged 84.
HOWE ELIJAH, brother of the above, m. Fanny Bemis, da. of Joshua Bemis, senior. Elijah b. Sept. 17, 1790 ; Elias, Dec. 27, 1792 ; Liberty, Feb. 8, 1798 ; Tyler, Aug. 11, 1800; William, May 12, 1803; Alphonzo, July 3, 1805; Hiram, Jan. 21, 1808; Elbridge, March 6, 1810; Sarah Ann, April 9, 1812. He d. Jan. 9, 1816. Mrs. Howe m. Aaron Ban- nister, and d. Nov. 25, 1852, aged 81.
HOWE ELIJAH, s. of the above, m. Fanny Watson, da. of Jacob Watson. Mary b. Jan. 13, 1816 ; Elijah, Oct. 8, 1817 ; Emeline, Sept. 22, 1819 ; Charles, Feb. 17, 1822. He d. May 30, 1845, aged 54.
HOWE ELIAS, brother of the above, m. Polly Bemis of Chester, 1816. Amasa b. Nov. 3, 1817 ; Elias, July 9, 1819. He is the inventor and patentee of the celebrated sewing machine. Mary b. March 13, 1821; Horace Smith, b. May 10, 1823 ; Eliza, Dec. 22, 1824 ; Juliet, Nov. 20, 1826; Carintha, 1828. Mr. Howe now resides in Cam- bridgeport.
HOWE WILLIAM, brother of the above, m. Azubah T. Stone of Charlton, 1828. George S. b. March 20, 1829, (d. July 26, 1831.) Marian Stone b. April 15, 1881, (d. Aug. 9, 1831) ; George William b. Oct. 29, 1832. Mr. Howe was a man, like his nephew Elias, of great ingenuity. He was the inventor and patentee of the " truss wooden bridge," now generally used in the construction of large bridges. With this patent he constructed the bridge for the Western Railroad, over Connecticut river at Springfield. He also de- signed and built the roof over the large depot of the Boston and Worcester Railroad at Boston, which was considered a
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very difficult and hazardous undertaking, but which was ac- complished in a very satisfactory manner. He removed to Springfield and there died.
HOWE HIRAM, brother of the above, m. Azubah Williams of Charlton, 1835. Ebenezer b. Aug. 27, 1836; Moses, Jan. 5, 1840. Mr. Howe is the owner of mills and a large real estate.
HOWE FRANCIS, s. of Joel, with his wife Hannah, had Ed- ward, b. Oct. 12, 1829 ; Sarah, Sept. 13, 1831; Chauncey, Aug. 2, 1833 ; Esther Viletta, Dec. 5, 1835.
HOWLAND JOHN, bought and built on the northern part of lot 58, in 1769, where his son Abner lately lived. His only son on record by his first wife, Abner, b. March, 1769. She d. and he was married to Bulah Bemis, da. of Samuel Bemis, jun. Molly or Polly b. March 20, 1775; James, Oct. 30, 1777 ; Abigail, June 6, 1779 ; Willard, June 28, 1780; Sukey, April 19, 1783 ; Abiah, Aug. 16, 1785. His wife Bulah d., he m. Mrs. Rachel Perkins Feb. 25, 1790. He removed to Brookfield, and d. Jan. 13, 1810.
HOWLAND ABNER, m. Ruth Gould. Melinda b. July 25, 1794 ; Polly, Oct. 13, 1798; Otis, Nov. 6, 1800; Wilber, Feb. 6, 1803; Sukey, Feb. 8, 1805; Marquis Lyon, Sept. 12, 1808; Malina, May 25, 1811.
HOWLAND WILBER, s. of the above, m. Augusta Marsh, da. of Tyler Marsh, May 15, 1827. Lydia Ann, b. April, 1828.
HOWLAND JAMES, s. of John, m. Catharine Bemis, da. of Joshua Bemis senior, Jan. 24, 1799. Removed to Brookfield. Both deceased.
HARRINGTON ELISHA, from Brookfield, 1791, m. to Betsey Marble. Dwight Foster and Cheney b. in Brookfield. Charles b. Dec. 27, 1792, (died Nov. 17, 1807 ;) Elisha b. June 22, 1796 ; Lucy, June 6, 1798 ; Betsey, May 24, 1800 ; Maria, June 17, 1802; Sophia, Nov. 1, 1804. Dwight F. d. at Monson May 23, 1821; Betsey m. David Barnard, March
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21, 1825; Sophia m. Thomas Hanna of Indiana, Sept. 7, 1848, (she died at Richmond, Indiana, July 24, 1849, of cholera,) Maria m. Thomas Hanna, Aug. 29, 1850. Mr. Harrington was cabinet maker, farmer and merchant, also a soldier in the war of the revolution. Died Jan. 2, 1817, · aged 56. Mrs. Harrington died Nov. 26, 1888, aged 76.
HATCH STEVENS, with his wife Ruth, came from Hanover, 1770, on to the northeast part of lot 33, now owned by the town of Spencer. Thomas b. at Hanover, Feb. 4, 1767 ; Elias b. at Hanover, Aug. 29, 1769 ; Lydia at Spencer, Nov. 4, 1780. Lydia m. William Prouty, Dec. 16, 1798. Again to Joshua Bemis, July 28, 1819, and again to Ed- mund Muzzy, May 3, 1838.
HATCH THOMAS, s. of the above, m. Molly Prouty, da. of John Prouty, Nov. 15, 1787. Eli b. Dec. 13; 1789; Wind- sor, Dec. 3, 1792 ; Cynthia, March 14, 1795; Lyman, March 7, 1797 ; Morena, April 2, 1799 ; Abigail, June 15, 1801; Sophronia, Aug. 28, 1803; Hiram, July 13, 1806; Cutler, Sept. 30, 1808. His wife d. Oct. 19, 1811, again m. Mrs. Azuba Towne, March 22, 1812.
HATCH ELI, m. Hannah Whittemore, da. of Reuben Whit- temore, July 10, 1814. Lorenzo b. July 16, 1816 ; Caroline b. Feb. 20, 1826. Windsor Hatch, s. of Thomas, m. Mary Drury, June 29, 1817.
HATCH ELIAS, s. of Stevens, m. Olive Draper, da. of Capt. John Draper, Nov. 10, 1791. Lucy b. Oct. 24, 1792 ; (died March 31, 1806 ;) Cheney b. April 3, 1795 ; Dwight, Aug. 2, 1797; Nancy, Jan. 11, 1802; Sophia, March 29, 1804; William, Nov. 11, 1805; Olive, Sept. 5, 1806 ; John, Jan. 21, 1816. Cheney resides in Leicester ; is president of the Leicester Bank. Dwight m. Philetta Hobbs, Oct. 8, 1821. William m. - - Conklin, and lives in Leicester.
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