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LIVERMORE WALTON, s. of David senior, m. Mary White, da. of Maj. William White, June 7, 1813. William White, b. Sept. 16, 1814 ; John Walton, June 22, 1817, (d. June 11, 1843, aged 26) ; George Henry, July 28, 1819 ; Edward, Sept. 18, 1821 ; Charles Frederick, July 4, 1824; Mary Eliza, March 3, 1826; Esther White, April 6, 1828, (d. April 2, 1843, aged 15) ; Sarah, Nov. 28, 1830. Mary Eliza, m. George F. Grant, Feb. 22, 1853. Mr. Livermore was a merchant, justice of the peace, representative to the general court, often one of the municipal officers in the town, and d. July 13, 1835, aged 49.
LIVERMORE GEORGE H. s. of the above, m. Maria A. Wat- son, da. of Otis Watson, Feb. 15, 1849. George Walton, b. Feb. 1, 1850 ; Annie Jane, Aug. 22, 1852 ; Arthur Allison, Jan. 5, 1856; Frederick William, Sept 10, 1857. Mr. Livermore is a justice of the peace, town officer, and a manu- facturer.
LIVERMORE LORENZO O. s. of David senior, m. Chloe Bemis, da. of Joshua Bemis, jun. May 6, 1840. Walton, b. Feb. 23, 1841 ; Albert Sept. 3, 1843.
LIVERMORE WINTHROP, s. of David jun. m. Louisa Bemis, da. of Jonas Bemis, Esq. March 20, 1830.
LUDDEN ENOCH, from Braintree, county of Norfolk, was m. Ruth Spear of the same town. Betsey b. Dec. 7, 1776 ;
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Enoch and David, (twins) Aug. 3, 1779 ; Mehetable, Oct. 5, 1781 ; Levi, Oct. 17, 1784 ; Ruth, May 8, 1788 ; Sally, Dec. 3, 1790. His wife d. July 8, 1823 ; he m. Eunice Watson, da. of James Watson, April 19, 1826. Elizabeth, m. David Hollowell, Dec. 28, 1815; Daniel to Polly Cowland of Rutland, May 1819 ; Mehetable to Asa Blair of Oakham, Sept. 4, 1800 ; Ruth to Schuyler Adams of Barre, May 5, 1814 ; Sally to Asher Rice, Nov. 1826. Mr. Ludden d. Jan. 30, 1828, aged 74. His wife Eunice d. Dec. 21, 1833, aged 43. The farm owned by his grandson, D. Ludden, jun.
LUDDEN DANIEL, s. of the above, m. Polly Cowland, May 1819. Daniel b. Nov. 10, 1820; Harvy, June 1, 1822 ; John, March 25, 1824; Eli, Feb. 10, 1826; Manly, Oct. 26, 1828; Mehetable, Nov. 26, 1830 ; Charles, May 30, 1833; Mary, March 15, 1836.
LORING NATHANIEL T. m. Sarah Watson of Leicester, Aug. 8, 1776. Betsey b. May 23, 1777 ; Thomas, April 5, 1779; Daniel, June 24, 1780; Polly, April 23, 1783; Sally, June 15, 1784; Joseph, Oct. 16, 1785 ; Hannah, Nov. 17, 1787 ; Lydia, Dec. 7, 1789, (d. April 15, 1811) ; Dolly, Dec. 30, 1792 ; Theodore, Sept. 6, 1793, (d. July 11, 1810) ; John, Dec. 10, 1795. Sally m. William Livermore, 1810; Hannah to Charles Sprague, June 16, 1813 ; Dolly to Isaac Jenks, Dec. 8, 1816. Mr. Loring d. Sept 28, 1817. His wife d. in Blandford, Feb. 20, 1820, interred in Spencer. The farm since owned by Jabez Green and Lewis Bergeron.
LORING THOMAS, s. of the above. m. Abigail Wood, da. of Simeon Wood, 1799. Simeon b. Feb. 23, 1800. His wife d. July 9, 1802. He m. Chloe Draper, da. of Capt John Draper, Sept. 27, 1803. He d. May 10, 1805, aged 26. LYNDE JOHNSON, m. Abigail White, May 21, 1767. Nabby b. July 19, 1768 ; Rebekah, March 31, 1770; Arad, March 13, 1775; Olive, July 14, 1777. His wife d. he m. Mrs. Molly Prouty of Leicester, Jan. 10, 1796. Rebekah, m. Moses Ross of Sterling, July 16, 1788 ; Olive to Nahum
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Waite of Leicester. The farm now owned by Asa B. Wat- son and Horace Rice.
LYON CHRISTOPHER G. m. Lydia C. Brewer, d. of John Brewer jun. Dec. 17, 1833. Henry Porter b. Aug, 22, 1834 ; Emily Malona, June 4, 1886 ; John Brewer, Feb. 24,1838.
MORGAN ROBERT, from Beverly, about 1743, and settled on the easterly part of lot (53). His house stood on land now owned by Silas Grout, on the east side of the road, near where Samuel Baldwin formerly lived. His children by his wife Hannah were Andrew, Robert and Isaac, b. in Beverly ; Israel b. in Spencer, Aug. 24, 1744; Martha, June 1, 1747. Martha m. Asa Thayer, Aug. 28, 1769.
MORGAN ANDREW, s. of the above, with his wife Martha, had Hannah, b. Aug. 8, 1755 ; Isaac, Oct. 1, 1757 ; Andrew, Sept 4, 1760. Hannah m. Jonathan Jackson, Dec. 13, 1781. He d. June 22, 1814.
MORGAN ROBERT, s. of Robert, m. Anna Jackson, June 15, 1758. Again m. Mary Woodward, July 14, 1763. Anna, b. Sept. 17, 1763 ; Silence, Feb. 16, 1765 ; Rebekah, Oct. 12, 1766 ; Elijah, Feb. 10, 1769 ; Nicholas, Dec. 12, 1770 ; Jacob, Aug. 25, 1773 ; Anna m. Joseph Fletcher, May 28, 1790; Elijah to Esther Richmond of Brookfield, Feb. 1804 ; Nicholas to Sarah Baldwin, April 11, 1799; Jacob to Polly Morgan, Aug. 20, 1801. Mr. Morgan d. March 7, 1808.
MORGAN ISAAC, s. of Robert senior, m. Abigail Tucker of Leicester, Sept. 20, 1763. William, b. Aug. 17, 1764; Margaret, July 4, 1767 ; Sarah, July 4, 1773; Henry Bright, Nov. 19, 1775; Betsey, Aug. 27, 1777 ; Lucy, Dec. 14, 1779 ; Charles, Oct. 25, 1786 ; Jeremiah, Feb. 10, 1789. Margaret m. Seth Hamilton of Brookfield, May 19, 1788.
MORGAN ANDREW, s. of Andrew, m. Molly Tucker, Aug. 1, 1782. Mary, b. June 23, 1783 ; Persis, Sept. 23, 1785 ; Nathan, May 20, 1791; Frederick, May 20, 1793; Roxy, Jan. 30, 1796; Susannah, Nov. 1, 1797 ; Rawson, Jan. 30,
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1803 (d. Dec. 18, 1841, aged 38). Mr. Morgan d. Oct. 6, 1841, aged 81.
MUZZY JOHN, Esq. was a very respectable gentleman and useful member of society. He was s. of John Muzzy, inn- holder of Lexington, and was b. in that town May 10, 1714, and m. Abigail Reed, da. of William Reed, Esq. of Lexington, Nov. 11, 1736. She was b. March 30, 1720. They had fifteen children, all at single births, and all lived to years of maturity. John b. Dec. 9, 1737; Abigail, May 16, 1739. These two children were b. in Lexington. In 1739 he removed to Rutland, where he had Thaddeus, b. Sept. 7, 1740; Mary, May 20, 1742 ; Olive, Feb. 7, 1744 ; Elizabeth Bradshaw, May 2, 1746; Jonas, Jan. 2, 1748; Rebekah, May 24, 1750; Sarah, April 24, 1752. In 1752 he removed to Spencer, and purchased the farm now owned by Mr. Putnam. While here he had Bethiah, b. June 22, 1754; Lucy, June 27, 1756; Dorcas, March 19, 1758; Amos, Feb. 27, 1762; Edmund, Aug. 25, 1763; Benjamin, Aug. 14, 1765. His wife d. Feb. 18, 1766, aged 46. He again m. Mrs. Eleanor Snow, widow of Jonathan Snow, May 14, 1778. He d. June 25, 1789, aged 75. While he lived in Rutland, he was often one of the selectmen, assessor, &c., and while in Spencer he was town clerk several years, select- man, assessor and representative. He was frequently em- ployed as scribe in writing wills, deeds and other legal in- struments. He was honored with a commission as Justice of the Peace by Governor Hutchinson, dated March 18, 1772, but he declined being qualified to act in the office. He was deacon in Mr. Eaton's and Mr. Pope's churches, chosen June 12, 1753, which office he held until his death. Abigail m. Thomas White, Dec. 30, 1756 ; Mary to John Worster, Nov. 20, 1760; Olive, to John Stebbings, Oct. 11, 1764; Eliza- beth Bradshaw to Jason Wright, Jan. 21, 1768 ; Rebekah to John Draper, Dec. 24, 1770; Sarah to Simeon Wood, Dec. 24, 1771 ; Bethiah to Abner Tyler of Warren, Dec. 1, 1774 ;
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Lucy to Asa Whittemore, March 2, 1775; Amos to Sarah Snow of Leicester ; Benjamin to Elizabeth Inglee of Vermont, Jan. 4, 1787. Thaddeus d. Aug. 12, 1759; Dorcas d. un- married.
MUZZY JOHN, jun., m. Mary Ball, da. of deacon Eleazer Ball, Nov. 26, 1761. Nathan, Feb. 29, 1762; Molly, Sept. 1, 1764 ; John, Dec. 20, 1766; Lucinda, March 1, 1769 ; Tilly, April 7, 1771 ; Thaddeus, Aug. 14, 1773; Isaac, Dec. 4, 1775; William, May 11, 1778 ; Eli, 1780; Daniel, Sept. 2, 1782 ; Pliny, Jan. 8, 1785. His wife d. April 23, 1785; he again m. Mrs. Lucy Bartlett of Brookfield, Oct. 3, 1786. She d. Sept. 16, 1807. Mr. Muzzy was a lieutenant in the militia, town treasurer, and d. April 9, 1819, aged 82. The farm now owned by Josephus Muzzy. Nathan was educated at Dartmouth college, Molly m. Joshua Prouty, John m. Lucy Bartlett, May 29, 1788, removed to Brookfield, was a tanner by trade, a colonel and deputy sheriff. Lucinda m. Jedediah Cutler, and d. Jan. 12, 1813. Tilly, Thaddeus, and William removed to the state of New York; Eli m. Betsey Ball, da. of Daniel Ball, April 11, 1802. She died, and he again m. Persis Prouty, da. of Asa Prouty, April 4, 1805. Removed to Wisconsin. Daniel m. - Haven, and now lives in Leicester.
MUZZY ISAAC, s. of the above, m. Sally Ball, da. of Daniel Ball, Aug. 6, 1797. Rebekah b. May 13, 1798; Betsey, Sept. 29, 1799; Horace, Jan. 22, 1802; Isaac, July 25, 1803. His wife died, and he again m. Sally May of Brook- field, Dec. 13, 1807.
MUZZY PLINY, brother of the above, m. Mary Draper, da. of James Draper, Oct 11, 1807. Edwin Augustus b. April 7, 1808 ; Mary Ann, Nov. 26, 1809; Lorenzo, Oct. 25, 1811 ; Lucinda, Aug. 18, 1813; James Draper, March 1, 1817 ; Mehetable, Feb. 22, 1819; Pliny Dwight, July 8, 1821 ; John Bradshaw, June 18, 1824. Mr. Muzzy was captain in the militia, removed to Pennsylvania, where he was justice
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of the peace. He d. Nov. 18, 1846, aged 61. His wife d. April 14, 1854, aged 69.
MUZZY JONAS, s. of John senior, m. Sarah Draper, da. of Capt. Joshua Draper, May 2, 1771. Sarah b. Jan. 1, 1773 ; Jonas, April 2, 1775; Sardine, March 30, 1777. His wife d. and he again m. Abigail Lamb, da. of John Lamb, June 9, 1778. Abigail b. Sept. 27, 1779 ; John, May 27, 1781 ; Joseph, June 7, 1783 ; Cephas, Sept. 29, 1785; Amos, July 12, 1791; Nancy, Sept. 29, 1793; Polly, Oct. 23, 1795; Eliza, Jan. 23, 1798, (d. May 5, 1811, aged 13) ; Nathaniel L. Aug. 6, 1800 ; Franklin, Dec. 8, 1806. Jonas removed to the State of New York. Joseph m. Sally Baldwin, Oct. 16, 1806; removed to Maine ; deceased. Amos removed to Maine. Nancy m. Amos Woodard of Gardiner, Maine, April 6, 1819 ; Polly m. - Woodard, resides in Maine ; Na- thaniel L. m. Abigail Loring, da. of Thomas Loring, June 24, 1824, resides in Maine. Franklin resides in the city of Bangor, Maine. Has been a member of the house of repre- sentatives, and president of the senate in Maine.
MUZZY SARDINE, s. of the above, m. Catharine Bemis, da. of Jonas Bemis, Esq., 1806. Laura b. Nov. 27, 1806 ; Cath- arine, June 6, 1810; Judith, July 6, 1814; Nancy and Eliza (twins,) Dec. 11, 1815. Mr. Muzzy has been captain of the militia in Spencer. Resides in Rutland.
MUZZY CEPHAS, s. of Capt. Jonas, m. Nancy Guilford, 1810. William G. b. April 11, 1811; Josephus, July 25, 1812; Mary Ann, April 9, 1814 ; Lucy and Lucretia, (twins,) Sept. 9, 1816; Charles, May 10, 1821; Nancy Guilford, Sept. 16, 1823 ; Jonas, June 7, 1826; Benjamin Franklin, April 20, 1828 ; Eliza Jane, Nov. 23, 1830. Now resides in West Boylston.
MUZZY WILLIAM G. s. of Cephas, m. Ellathina Prouty, da. Major Eli Prouty, May 29, 1835. William Orlando b. Sept. 6, 1836 ; Emerson Paine, Sept. 22, 1838 ; Lucinda Prouty, Aug. 23, 1841 ; Eleanor Mindwell b. Sept. 16, 1843 ; Sarah 20*
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Jane b. Nov. 1, 1845; Ellathina Prouty, Oct. 9, 1848, (d. May 31, 1850) ; Louisa Ann b. May 1851 ; Ellathina Prouty, Aug. 20, 1853. His wife d. Nov. 2, 1853, aged 39. He again m. Rhoda C. Wilson, widow of Dexter Wilson, Jan. 25, 1854. Lowell Mason, b. Dec. 28, 1854; Carrie Eliza- beth, Sept. 3, 1857.
MUZZY EDMUND, s. of John senior, m. Sarah Dwight of Leicester, Nov. 25, 1785. Sally b. June 9, 1787 ; Thomas Newhall, March 16, 1789. Sally m. Henry Eames, Nov. 26, 1807 ; Thomas N. m. Laurinda J. Bacon of Charlton, Jan. 1813, removed to the state of Ohio. Sarah, wife of Mr. Muzzy, d. May 23, 1819 ; he again m. Mrs. Jane Boyden, Feb. 10, 1820, she d. and he again m. Mrs. Lydia Bemis, widow of Joshua Bemis, May 3, 1838. Mr. Muzzy died March 8, 1850, aged 86. The farm now owned by Edward Proctor.
MASON EBENEZER, Capt., was b. in Watertown March 1, 1723, and m. Elizabeth Bright of that town, Oct. 15, 1760. She was b. Aug. 11, 1734. While in Watertown they had Ebenezer, William and Enoch. He removed to Spencer, 1764, and purchased the westerly part of lot 17, where Mary L. Bemis now lives. In 1774 he removed on to the central part of lot 22, where his grandson Joseph Mason lately lived. While in Spencer he had Elliot, b. March 23, 1766; Seth Feb. 25, 1768, (died young) ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1772 ; Joseph, Dec. 15, 1774; Susannah, Sept. 9, 1777; Isaac, Feb. 5, 1782. Elizabeth m. Moses Hall, Feb. 23, 1809. Elliot Mason d. unmarried, Oct. 12, 1812, aged 46. Susan- nah d. Jan. 25, 1795, aged 18. Isaac m. Asenath Prouty, May 11, 1802, removed to Nelson, New York. Capt. Mason d. March 26, 1798, aged 66. His wife d. Sept. 18, 1812, aged 78. Capt. Mason carried on the business of a tanner, kept a public house several years, and was captain of the company who marched to Cambridge, April 19, 1775. He was a very respectable gentleman, was town clerk several
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years, and was a firm friend to government during the in- surrection of Shays.
MASON EBENEZER jun. m. Judith White da. of Capt. Josiah White, Dec. 22, 1785. Ebenezer b. June 22, 1786 ; Abigail, Nov. 26, 1787 ; Judith, Feb. 9, 1790. His wife d. was again m. Sally Beers, Sept. 2, 1794 ; Sally, b. Jan. 3, 1795; Susannah, March 7, 1796; Lydia, Dec. 9, 1797; Josiah, Sept. 26, 1799 ; Betsey, Oct. 5, 1802; Mary, April 1, 1805. Abigail m. Doct. Augustus Paine of Granby, Feb. 25, 1808, (she d. Oct. 1, 1823, aged 36) ; Judith m. Benjamin Richardson, April 28, 1807 ; Ebenezer to Lucy Watson, da. of James Watson, June 30, 1808; Sally to Adams Drury, Oct. 14, 1830; Lydia to Abraham Capen, March 3, 1825 ; Betsey to James B. Ware of Oakham, June 4, 1827. Mr. Mason d. Aug. 29, 1846, aged 85.
MASON WILLIAM, brother of the above, m. Nancy White, da. of Thomas White, July 7, 1791. While in Spencer they had William, b. Nov. 15, 1791 ; Thomas, April 25, 1793. Removed to Palmer. Deceased.
MASON JOSEPH, brother of the above, m. Elizabeth White, da. of Thomas White, March 11, 1802. Marcia b. Dec. 15, 1802; Susannah, Nov. 1, 1805 ; Eliza, Oct. 26, 1807; Joseph, Jan. 4, 1812. Marcia m. Thomas Pierce, April 11, 1825; Susannah to Dexter Wilson, Sept. 24, 1831; Eliza to Franklin L. Abels of Cummington, Jan. 20, 1846 ; Joseph to Laurinda Morse, da. of Dea. Oliver Morse, Oct. 10, 1833, (she d. Oct. 10, 1840, aged 26). Mr. Mason d. Nov. 3, 1834, aged 60. His wife d. Nov. 19, 1842, aged 78.
MASON ENOCH, brother of the above, m. Elizabeth Bisco, da. of John Bisco, Esq. July 15, 1790. Enoch b. June 18, 1791 ; Elias, Nov. 18, 1793; Susannah, Feb. 18, 1797; John, March 1, 1799 ; Abijah Bisco, June 29, 1801 ; Elliot, Removed to the state of New York, and d. April 1, 1845.
MUNROE AMOS, from Lexington, m. Anna Prouty, da. of
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Jacob Prouty, 1768. Anna b. April 8, 1769 ; Amos, Nov. 2, 1770; Nathan, June 15, 1772; Jacob Prouty, March 17, 1774; Solomon, June 17, 1776; Joshua, Jan. 6, 1780 ; Martin, Nov. 5, 1783 ; Joseph, May 29, 1788 ; Otis, Nov. 8, 1791. Anna m. Elijah Prouty, June 19, 1788 ; Joshua to Sarah Cutter, da. of Jedediah Cutter, Oct .- 17, 1805 ; Joseph, to Elizabeth Pratt, da. of Isaac Pratt, Dec. 1, 1808. Mr. Munroe was a soldier in the revolution, and d. Aug. 29, 1820, aged 73. His wife d. Oct. 8, 1825, aged 77.
MUNROE JONATHAN, brother of the above, m. Ruth Prouty, da. of David Prouty senior, Oct. 19, 1769. He removed to Plainfield, where he had Lucy, Jesse, Jonas, John, Joseph, Betsey, Nabby and Ruth, when he returned to Spencer, with all his children, except the two eldest, and purchased the ยท farm formerly owned by David and Robert Griffin, now in part owned by his son Jonathan. His wife d. July 12, 1805, aged 63 ; he again m. Sally Coggswell of Paxton, Nov. 27, 1805. By her he had a son, Jonathan, above named. Mr. Munroe d. March 6, 1825, aged 75. His wife Sally, d. 1859, aged 91.
MUNROE JOHN, s. of Jonathan, m. Sarah Cunningham, da. of Robert Cunningham, Jan. 26, 1804. Sabrina, b. July 26, 1805. He d. July 28, 1806.
MUNROE JONATHAN, jun. m. Hannah H. Boyden, Jan. 1, 1832. George Myron b. May 18, 1833; John Wilder, Sept. 30, 1834 ; Charles Henry, Nov. 7, 1835 ; Julia Augusta, Oct. 17, 1836 ; Dwight Foster, Nov. 12, 1837.
MAY WILLIAM, from Leicester, purchased the west end of lot (15). He was m. to Mary Snow of Leicester, Ang. 13, 1741. Richard b. Dec. 4, 1743; David, 1745 ; Sarah, Sept. 16, 1751; Mary, Oct. 14, 1754. He d. 1757. Sarah m. Lemuel Green. His widow m. Jacob Stoddard for his third wife.
MAY DAVID, s. of the above, m. Mary Stoddard, April 5, 1764. He inherited the homestead. William, b. June 1,
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1765 ; Esther, June 4, 1767; Samuel, Sept. 19, 1768; Phebe, Jan. 29, 1771; Sibbil, May 27, 1773; Amos, Oct. 16, 1775 ; Eunice, Nov. 22, 1777 ; Joel, July 6, 1780 ; Abi- gail, Nov. 28, 1782. Mr. May unfortunately lost his whole estate by a suit at law, having fought against government in Shays insurrection. He removed to Vermont. Deceased. The farm was lately owned by Maj. Eli Prouty.
MAY WILLIAM, s. of the above, m. Polly Snow of Leicester, June 26, 1788. Polly, b. Dec. 20, 1789 ; Artemas, June 10, 1792; Asa, Jan. 25, 1794; Amasa, May 11, 1796; Eden, Jan. 30, 1798 ; Emory, June 11, 1805 ; Liberty Nel- son, Sept. 20, 1810. Polly m. Luke Tower of Rutland, March 9, 1817 ; Artemas to Sally Snow, da. of James Snow, Aug. 1, 1819 ; Asa to Lydia Moulton ; Amasa and Eden born blind. Mr. May had the homestead. He d. Jan. 28, 1823, aged 57.
MOULTON DANIEL, purchased the farm formerly owned by Joshua Draper, now by John Ludden, 1793. He was from Hopkinton, m. Lydia Pratt, from the same town. Isaac Pratt b. July 26, 1794, (d. Dec. 3, 1819, by a fall from a wagon in the road) ; Lydia, June 6, 1798 ; Elizabeth, July 22, 1800, (she was insane). Hannah, Oct. 30, 1802 ; Nancy, Feb. 3, 1805 ; Emeline, May 27, 1807; Chloe, Nov. 26, 1809 ; Anna, Aug. 24, 1812. Hannah m. Timothy P. Clark, Dec. 30, 1829; Nancy to Ansel Kenfield, Jan. 19, 1826; Chloe to Hiram Edson, Aug; 11, 1831; Anna to Joel Chafee, Aug. 24, 1832. Removed to North Brookfield. Deceased. Buried at Spencer.
MARSH TYLOR, from Sutton, m. Sally Sibley of the same place. Sally, b. Feb. 25, 1794, (d. Feb. 5, 1813). Fanny, May 19, 1796 ; Charlotte, July 29, 1798, (d. Feb. 7, 1813) ; Betsey, Aug. 4, 1800; Elmira, Sept. 13, 1802 ; Augusta, Feb. 4, 1805 ; Laurinda Brigham, Sept. 23, 1810, (d. Sept. 5, 1813); Tylor, Aug. 29, 1813 ; Croydon or George B., Oct. 15, 1819. Fanny m. Lawson Savage, April 15, 1818;
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Betsey to Charles Livermore, April 16, 1823 ; Elmira to Elias Bemis, Sept. 15, 1825 ; Augusta to Wilber Howland, May 15, 1828. Mr. Marsh d. July 17, 1843, aged 80.
MORSE CALEB, came from Sutton, 1788, m. Lucy Ward, and had Joseph Ward, Oliver and Caleb Moody, in Sutton. In Spencer had Mindwell, Nancy, Lucy, b. July 29, 1794 ; George Washington, Nov. 9, 1799. Mindwell m. Boaz M. Mirick, Oct. 20, 1808, and again to Eli Prouty, April 11, 1811; Nancy to Eleazer Prouty, Sept. 11, 1806 ; Lucy to Asa Hitchcock of Dwight, Arkansas, Aug. 29, 1829. Mr. Morse d. Dec. 8, 1826, aged 73.
MORSE OLIVER, s. of the above, m. Lucinda Prouty, da. of Joshua Prouty, Dec. 10, 1812. Laurinda b. March 9, 1814 ; Joseph Ward, March 24, 1816; Caroline, Aug. 26, 1818 ; Nancy Maria, May 16, 1822. Caroline m. Samuel Barnes, Nov. 8, 1838; Laurinda to Joseph Mason, Oct. 10, 1833. Mr. Morse has been one of the selectmen, lieutenant in the militia, and deacon of the Congregational church.
MORSE CALEB M. s. of Caleb, m. Polly Bemis, da. of David Bemis, Oct. 7, 1813. He had the homestead. Lately re- moved to the Central Village.
MORSE JOSEPH W. s. of Oliver, m. Mary L. Bemis, da. of Isaac Bemis, Oct. 31, 1843. George Moody, b. Aug. 7, 1844 ; Laurinda W., March 21, 1846; Mary Rebecca, Aug. 26, 1852; Harlan Page, July 22, 1855; Henry Oliver, Oct. 18, 1857. He died Nov. 10, 1860.
MOOR THOMAS, m. Rebekah Harrington. Thomas b. July 25, 1771 ; Antipas Holland, Oct. 7, 1776 ; Polly, Nov. 4, 1779 ; Ruth, March 5, 1782; Welcome, May 4, 1786; Lucy, -. Removed to Chesterfield. Farm now owned by Elliot Hall.
NEWHALL JOHN, Capt., from Malden, m. Dorothy Newhall of Leicestor, 1741. In 1743 he came into possession of the north part of lot 61, now owned by Paul Sibley, and the next year purchased the remainder of the lot, where his son Allen, and grandson Reuben Newhall afterwards lived.
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Allen b. July 3, 1743; John, Nov. 26, 1745; Betsey, March 14, 1748; Sarah, June 30, 1751 ; David, Feb. 11, 1754 ; Mercy, March 6, 1756; Phebe, Feb. 5, 1759.
NEWHALL ALLEN, s. of the ahove, m. Rebekah Bemis, da. of Samuel Bemis, jun., July 2, 1765. Mary b. Oct. 30, 1767 ; Reuben, March 18, 1770; John, July 1, 1772 ; Re- bekah, Jan. 16, 1777 ; David, July 21, 1779; Betsey, Nov. 1,1781 ; Dolly - -. His wife d. and he again m. Dolly Bemis, d. of Jonas Bemis senior. Samuel b. July 31, 1792. Betsey m. Amos Wilson, Jan. 9, 1802; Dolly to Francis Adams, Jan. 15, 1806.
NEWHALL REUBEN, s. of the above, m. Sarah Bemis, da. of Jonas Bemis senior, March 4, 1790. Phebe b. Jan. 20, 1791 ; Rebekah, Dec. 19, 1793, (died June 26, 1816) ; Polly b. March 4, 1796, (died July, 1817) ; Otis, Jan. 27, 1797; Reuben, Feb. 9, 1800; Sukey, Oct. 13, 1803 ; Sally, July 17, 1805. Sally m. Elisha Todd, Sept. 20, 1826, and died July 31, 1832, aged 27. Mr. Newhall died 1859, aged 89. His wife died 1858, aged 88.
NEWTON EDMUND, m. Sally Britton. She died, he again m. Mrs. Sarah Goodell of Rutland, April 1820. Mary Fiske b. March 25, 1821, (d. May 25, 1824). His wife Sarah d. July 22, 1826, aged 50, and he again m. Emelia Prouty, da. of Joseph Prouty, 1827. Edmund Fiske b. July 5, 1828 ; James Draper b. July 25, 1830. Mr. Newton d. May 17, 1854, aged 90.
NEWTON EZEKIEL, brother of the above, m. Catharine Coggswell of Paxton. Azubah b. Jan. 30, 1779; Lucy, Oct. 17, 1781; Catharine, June 14, 1783; Eunice, May 26, 1785; Ezekiel, Jan. 25, 1787 ; Emery, Aug. 22, 1789 ; Ty- lor, April 19, 1792, (d. Nov. 11, 1802) ; Samuel, Sept. 2, 1794, (d. Nov. 12, 1802) ; Louis, June 5, 1797, (d. Nov. 16, 1802) ; Alice, Nov. 5, 1799, (d. Nov. 12, 1802) ; Edmund, March 20, 1802, (d. Nov. 15, 1802) ; Loallis, Feb. 11, 1804; Tylor, -. Azubah m. William Perham, Dec. 23, 1801 ; Lucy
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to Junia Allen, Oct. 10, 1804 ; Eunice to William Britton, May 5, 1805 ; Catharine to Henry Rixford, March 27, 1825.
ORMES JOHN, from Watertown, purchased part of lots 49 and 65 in 1732. His house was on the hill west of George Bemis's. He had three sons, John, Jonathan, and James. John removed to Providence, R. I. Jonathan lived on the farm now owned by Warner Livermore. He had by his wife Elizabeth, Jonathan, b. Oct. 7, 1745 ; Eliza- beth, Dec. 10, 1747. His wife d. and he m. Hannah Can- ada, Sept. 1748. His wife d. May 19, 1785, aged 100 years 5 months and 9 days, b. 1684.
ORMES JAMES, Doct., s. of the above, (has been noticed in another place,) m. Tabitha Wright, of Framingham, 1742. Rebekah b. 1744 ; Mary, 1746 ; James, 1748; Tabitha, 1751. He d. 1785, aged 75.
ORMES JAMES, jun., m. Sarah Harrington of Brookfield. James b. April 11, 1770; Elijah, Aug. 24, 1771; Sarah, May 6, 1774. James m. Sally Underwood, da. of deacon Reuben Underwood, Nov. 26, 1797. Mr. Ormes received the homestead, was a deputy sheriff.
PARMENTER NATHANIEL, from Sudbury, came on to the south part of lot 77, in 1751 or 1752; his house was in the lot southwest of George Wilson's. He had by his wife Su- sannah, Jacob, b. July 26, 1752 ; Nathaniel, May 12, 1754 ; Susannah, July 4, 1756. His wife d. and he m. Mary Stebbings, widow of Capt. John Stebbings, June, 1757, by whom he had Nathan, b. March 1, 1758. She proved to be an uncomfortable wife. It is related of him, that coming from his labor in the field to his house on a sultry day, fa- tigued and thirsty, and in a high state of perspiration, he descended by the way of a trap door into his cellar for drink. His wife closed the door upon him, placing herself and linen wheel upon the door, there sat spinning very complacently, until she might finish her stint. In vain did he call upon her to release him from his gloomy prison - in vain did he
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urge that his health was endangered by the unwholesome damps of the cellar. Nor had promises or threats any better effect in moving the heart of his dear spouse ; prayers, threats and complaints, all being drowned in the busy hum of her spinning wheel. After being kept in this unpleasant situation for some hours, he was kindly released by the in- terposition of a neighbor, when the husband very ungal- lantly administered to her a severe castigation. Believing the French and Indians to be less formidable foes than those of his own household, he immediately entered the army, from which he never returned, but there died, 1759.
THE FAMILY OF PROUTY. This name is the most numer- ous of any in Spencer, and derive their ancestry from Rich- ard Prouty, who lived in Scituate as early as 1667. Isaac Prouty, son of Richard, was m. to Elizabeth Merrit in 1710, by whom he had a numerous family of children, of whom six sons, viz : Jacob, David, John, Adam, James and Isaac, and one daughter, Elizabeth, removed to Spencer.
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