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2. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 30, 1765; m. Beulah Jackson; res. Gardner; 10 chn .; d. July 24, 1840.
3. BENJAMIN, b. March 9, 1769; m. Jemima Jackson; d. 1802.
4. JOSEPH, b. April 6, 1772; d. Sept. 11, 1777.
5. HULDAH, b. Oct. 18, 1773; m. David Wyman; res. W.
6. SALLY, b. Dec. 14, 1778; unm .; d. 1802.
7. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 13, 1780; had three wives; res. W.
8. JOHN, b. March 13, 1785; m. twice; res. W.
[3.] BROWN, BENJAMIN, s. of the last, m. Jemima, dau. of Edward and Jemima (Trowbridge) Jackson, Jan. 25, 1796. He
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is supposed to have lived with his father, but his days were few and little has been learned about him. He d. 1802, a. 33. His w. d. 1804, a. 33. Chn .:
9. TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 16, 1796; d. 1800.
IO. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 14, 1799; m. Jane Farwell; res. Boston; 3 chn .; d.
11. TIMOTHY, b. Dec. 9, ISoo; m. twice; res. W., etc.
[7.] BROWN, JOSEPH, bro. of the last, m. (1) Miriam, dau. Nehemiah and Submit (Bateman) Hunt of Concord ; (2) Lucy, dau. Joel and Lucy (Holden) Whitney ; (3) Phebe, dau. Thomas and Ann (Miles) Knower. He settled on a part of his father's farm, the present residence of C. Elliot Wood having been built for his occupancy. He was a useful and worthy citizen. He d. March 31, 1826, a. 46. His first w., Miriam, d. Jan. 15, 1812; Lucy, the second w., d. Oct. 18, 1821, a. 30. Phebe, his wid., m. (2) Capt. Donald Goodhue of Ashby. Chn .:
12. GEORGE, b. Oct. 4, 18o8; d. Jan. 13, 1809.
13. SALLY, b. May I, ISIo; m. Dea. J. T. Everett; res. Pn .; 5 chn .; d. Jan., 1847.
14. LUCY, b. July 14, IS14; m. Rev. Robert Stewart; res. Ill .; no chn .; living.
1 5. GEORGE, b. Dec. 11, 1816; m. Mary Perkins; res. Minn .; S chn .; d. April 3, IS60.
16. HULDAH, b. Sept. 8, ISIS; m. Calvin Whitney; res. W .; 5 chn .; living.
17. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 23, 1820; m. Mary Everett; res. Leom .; 2 chn .; d. Oct. 3, 1890.
[S.] BROWN, JOHN, youngest s. of Jonathan and Huldah (Hawkes) Brown, m. (1) Nancy, dau. Thomas and Ann (Miles) Knower, March 7, 1805. She d. July 3 following, and he mar- ried (2) her sister Sally (pub. Jan. 10, 1808), who bore him one child (posthumous). She m. for a second husband, Jonas Patch of Ashby. Mr. B. d. March 29, 1809, a. 24. The child was :
IS. JOHN AUGUSTUS, b. May 8, 1809; res. Wilmington, Del .; a physician.
[II.] BROWN, TIMOTHY, S. of Benjamin and Jemima (Jack- son) Brown, m. (1) Dec. 9, 1828, Abigail H. Stearns of Leom., who d. leaving 2 s. He m. (2) Eunice Lord of Westmoreland, N. H., March 15, 1842. He res. for some years at Boston, and Baltimore, Md., where he engaged in trade, but ret. later to W. and set. upon the Bemis, now Curry, place in the E. part of the town, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying April 4, 1878, a. 77. His wid., still living, res. with her dau., Mrs. Charles Nichols. Chn .:
19. TIMOTHY S., b. Jan. 7, 1830; m. and res. in Baltimore; 3 chn.
20. THEODORE, b. Aug. 5, 1833; m. Laura Libbie; res. Minneapolis; 3 chn .; d. March 15, 1888.
21. CHARLES, b. Dec. 27, 1843; d. June 12, 1844.
22. EUGENE, b. April 21, 1855; res. Minneapolis; 2 chn.
23. ALICE, b. March 29, 1849; m. Charles Nichols; res. W .; 5 chn.
24. ABBIE S., b. April 21, 1852; res. W .; unm .; a successful teacher.
25. BROWN, NATHANIEL, lineage, place and date of birth, not known, came to W. from Brookfield ab. 1770, and bought that part of the original Main St., as laid out by the Proprietors' Committee, extending from the pond eighty rods S. E., the
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same being four rods wide, making a lot of two acres, for which he paid "Sixteen Spanish milled dollars." He erected a house and barn near the site of the present residence of Frank N. Carpenter, and lived there several years, when he sold to Pal- grave Wellington of Cambridge and purchased of Paul Gibbs a part of lot No. 20 with buildings, which stood within the limits of the present cemetery. He soon, however, left the place, but whither he went has not been ascertained. Neither wife nor chn. reported.
26. BROWN, JOHN, of Brookfield, kinsman, bro. of the last, was warned out of town 1791. Transient.
27. BROWN, BARRON, parentage, etc., undetermined, was first taxed in W. 1773, and was a resident here for some years, but the records are very meager concerning him. He was pub. Feb. 16 of the year named to Elizabeth Snow, and on the 14th of July following, a dau., Sally, was b. He had other chn., one of whom is spoken of below, but their names and birth-dates do not appear in the books of the town clerk. He was a Rev. sold., serving in the volunteer corps for a time and afterward enlisting for three years in the Continental Army. His w. and chn. were applicants for assistance from the town in 1782 and again in 1785. Feb. 19, 1784, he, then of Rindge, N. H., sold 25 a. of land in Whitman River valley to Michael Gill. He removed to Whittingham, Vt., where he d. at an unknown date. His w. also in all prob. d. at the same place. Chn .:
28. SALLY, b. July 14, 1773; nothing further known.
29. JOHN, b. 1775; m. Huldah Wheeler; res. W. and Vt .; 6 chn.
[29.] BROWN, JOHN, s. of the last, was pub. to Huldah, dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Page) Wheeler, June 4, 1796. After a brief residence on the Goodale farm in north part of the town, he removed to Whittingham, Vt. After the b. of six chn., four of whom d. young, he also d. His widow m. again and had four chn. more. She d. in 1851, a. 80. The names of but two of John Brown's chn. have been found :
30. SUSANNAH, b. W., Oct. 4, 1796; no record found nor information received.
31. PHILANDER C., b. Whittingham, July 21, 18c4; res. W.
[31.] BROWN, PHILANDER C., s. of the last, was brought on horseback from Whittingham, Vt., to this town when four years of age and grew up under the care of his gd-f., Josiah Wheeler, on Bean Porridge Hill. Arriving at maturity he m. Louisa, dau. of Jonas W. and Phebe (Rand) Whitney, and was located for many years on the North Common, but later in life resided on Bacon St., near the Tophet Swamp stream, in the house now occupied by Charles R. Baker. He was a chairmaker and an industrious, reputable, and worthy citizen. He passed away Nov. 21, 1885, aged 81 ; his wid., Louisa W., d. April 8, 1888, a. 79. Chn .:
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32. CATHARINE, b. Jan. 8, 1827; m. Charles F. Rice; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. Nov. 2, 1890.
33. MARY, b. Nov. 8, 1832; m. twice; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. Dec. 23, 1888.
34. ALONZO, b. July 11, 1834; unm .; res. W .; d. Sept. 18, 1891
35. PHEBE ANN, b. Jan. 10, 1836; m. Stephen F. Lamb; res. W .; 4 chn.
36. JOHN L., b. Jan. 29, 1841; m. twice.
37. ELIZA J., b. Jan. 7, 1843; d. unm. July 7, 1878.
38. CHARLES M., b. Dec. 28, 1847; m. Susie E. Griffin; res. W.
39. CLARA J., b. July 30, 1854; unm.
[38.] BROWN, CHARLES M., s. of the last, m. Sept. 16, 1870, Susan E., dau. Carlos and Susan Griffin, and set. in tn. Chn .:
40. CHARLENA W., b. Dec. 5, 1873.
41. CHARLES L., b. Jan. 16, 1878; d. April 26, 1878.
42. ARTHUR L., b. Jan. 5, 1879; d. July 24, 1879.
43. CARLOS L., b. April 29, 1880. 44. KITTY C., b. June 2, 1881.
45. DAISY E. B., b. Jan. 11, 1883. 46. SADIE A., b. Aug. 29, 1886.
47. BROWN, JOSIAH, ptge., date of b., etc., not found, was in town ab. 1790. He m. Sarah, sr. of David Wyman, Sept. 15, 1791, and res. here some years. Nov. 7, 1795, he purchased the land and mill privilege on the E. side of Bacon St., then a little outside of the village, perhaps erecting the first dwelling upon it. Three years later he disposed of the same to Ezra Taylor, who soon after put up a gristmill, and rem. to Bennington, Vt., where he disappeared from the historian's view. Chn .:
48. SARAH, b. Jan. 1, 1792; d. April 3, 1793.
49. SARAH, b. Aug. 19. 1793.
50. POLLY, b. March 19, 1796.
51. JOSIAH, b. April 20, 1798.
52. BROWN, JACOB, untraced, came to W. ab. ISIo and two yrs. later m. Sophia, dau. of William and Rhoda (Cowee) Sawin. He set. on the Beech Hill road opp. the North Common branch, where Andrew C. Ham now res. He was a tanner by trade and started a yard on his premises, but seems not to have run it a great while, being employed by Wm. Penniman afterward. One chd .:
53. LOUISA, b. Nov. 1, 1814; m. Jesse Stevens; res. Charlestown; I chd .; d. recently.
54. BROWN, REBECCA, whose name appears frequently in the records in the early part of the century, was dau. of Daniel and Rebecca (Brooks) Hoar, b. June 23, 1754. She m. (I) Joseph, s. of Abner and Elizabeth (Darby) Holden, March 13, 1779. After his d. in 1797, she m. (2) Capt. William Brown of Fg., where she res. some years. He d. and she returned to W. She was the owner of real estate here, as she was also in Gr. and Fg. She d. in Nov., 1825, leaving considerable property, which she disposed of by will.
55. BROWN, ERNEST E., s. of S. M. and Sarah E. Brown, was b. Temp., date unreported, and m. Feb. 2, 1886, Nellie M. Holden of Gardner. They have one child :
56. MABELL E., b. Aug. 17, 1887.
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BRUCE. George Bruce1, a native of Scotland it is said, whose name was written Brush originally, came to this country ab. the middle of the 17th century and set. in Woburn, where he m. Elizabeth Clarke, Dec. 28, 1659. He had William2, b. 1667, whose s. John3, b. July 22. 1702, rem. to Marlboro' and became the head of a long line of descendants in that town and vicinity. No doubt those of the name in W. were gd. chn. or gt .- gd. chn. of this John, though the intervening generations have not been ascer- tained.
I. BRUCE, SAMUEL, from Marlboro', ptge, etc., unknown, b. ab. 1770, appeared in town as early as 1799, in which year, Aug. II, he was pub. to Olive, dau. of Edward and Jemima (Trowbridge) Jackson. He res. at sev. places, and was taxed in 1825, for 20 a. of land with ho. and bn. After his d., Feb. 25, 1830, his wid. res. some yrs. with her nephew, Timo. Brown, by whom and his worthy w. she was kindly cared for. She d. Aug. 17, 1859, a. 83. No chn .:
2. BRUCE, JAMES, bro. of the last, was b. April 1I, 1783. On the 12th of March, 1807, he was pub. to Prudence, dau. of Samuel and Prudence (Winship) Taylor. They l. for a time in a house belonging to Francis Curtis, and with her parents on the old north turnpike, opp. the road running from the Cowee (I. N. Smith) place. (See A. H., No. 23.) He d. Oct. 3, 1848, a. 65. His wid. d. Oct. 7, 1849, a. 62. Chn .:
3. LOUISA, b. Aug. 2, 1807; m. Augustus Phinney; res. Hudson, Mich .; d. 1890. 4. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 10, 1809; m. David Hadley; res. Ash .; 6 chn .; d. March 23, 1873. 5. SAMUEL T., b. Jan. 7, 1812; m. Jane Wilson; res. Winch .; 7 chn .; d. April 25, 1882.
6. JAMES R., b. Nov. 16, 1814; m. Lucinda Seaver; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. June 6, 1884.
7. J. ALBERT, b. June 23. 1818; m. Jerusha E. Polley; res. W .; 4 chn.
8. GEORGE, b. Feb. 21, 1822; m. Adaline Warren; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. Dec. 10, 1885.
9. HANNAH, b. Feb. 21, 1822; d. infancy.
IO. CHARLES S., b. June 29, 1825; d. Oct. 8, 1828.
11. NANCY L., b. Dec. 3, 1829; unm .; res. W.
[6.] BRUCE, JAMES R., s. of the last, was for many years a teamster ab. town and vicinity. He m. Lucinda, dau. Benjamin and Abigail (Gates) Seaver, April 23, 1846. During his later yrs. he res. on the Dea. Barnes place, W. of town meadows. He d. June 6, 1884, a. 69. His wid. is still living in town. Chn .:
12. ABBIE ELLEN, b. June 6, 1847; res. W .; unm.
13. GEORGE W., b. Jan. 30, 1850; m. Helen L. Fenno; a merchant in W .; no chn.
14. EMMA L., b. May 5, 1854; m. Albert H. Barron; res. Gr .; 1 chd.
[7.] BRUCE, JEDUTHAN ALBERT, bro. of the last, m. Jerusha Polley and spent most of his life in Ash. and W., but finally went to Gr., where he d. Jan. 19, 1892, a. 73. His w. d. Sept. 29, 1889, a. 62. Chn .:
1 5. HATTIE E., b. April 29, 1857; d. Aug. 29, 1857.
16. MARY A., b. Oct. 4. 1858; m. Charles H. Blodgett; res. Gr .; no chn.
17. JAMES A., b. March 25, 1861; m. Frances Leach; res. Gr .; 2 chn.
18. ABBIE J., b. Sept. 15, 1863; m. Dorr L. Sprague; res. Wilmington, Vt .; 2 chn.
[8.] BRUCE, GEORGE, another s. of James and Prudence, m. Adaline, dau. of Jeduthan and Lydia Warren, Sept. 10, 1846,
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and res. on Warren place, Scrabble Hollow. He d. Dec. 10, 1885, leaving a wid., still living, and 2 chn .:
19. GEORGE HENRY, b. Aug. 25, 1854. 20. HERBERT PHINNEY, b. Oct. 21, 1859.
I. BURNHAM, EDWIN L., s. of Silas and Martha Burnham of Montague, was b. April 29, 1833. He m. Laura, dau. Thomas and Martha (Bond) Damon, Dec. 4, 1856, and settled for a time in his native town, but came to W. April 1, 1868, and engaged in the bakery with his bro .- in-law, Charles F. Damon, in which business, with different partners or as sole proprietor, he con- tinued till a recent date. He served as Selectman four years and was Representative to the Gen. Ct. in 1884. Chn .:
2. GEORGE ALLEN, b. Montague, March 6, 1858; d. Jan. 28, 1859.
3. NELSON DAMON, b. Montague, Sept. 8, 1859; d. Oct. 8, 1867.
4. ARTHUR GREEN, b. Montague, May 4, 1863; m. Alice S. Hodgman.
5. MARTHA BOND, b. Montague, Aug. 10, 1868.
[4.] BURNHAM, ARTHUR G., s. of the last, m. Alice S. Hodg- man, Nov. 21, 1883, and res. W. Has been in business with his father. Chd .:
6. EDWIN L., b. March 10, ISS6.
7. BURNHAM, ANDREW, S. of John Putnam and Emily (Hall) Burnham of Bridgewater, Vt., was b. July 7, 1848. Was grand- son of David and Abigail (Persons) Burnham of Reading, Vt. He m. Sarah Francis, dau. Israel A. and Hepzibah C. (Lane) Packard of Ash., Oct. 18, 1870, and soon set. on the Allen B. Wood place, near the Goodale mill site in No. part of the town. Chn .:
S. MABEL EMILY, b. Nov. 28, 1873, d. Nov. 29, 1873.
9. ARTHUR WALTER, b. May 8, 1877.
I. BURPEE, JOEL S., s. of Joel and Eliza (Sargeant) Burpee of Sterling, was b. at Templeton, Sept. 4, 1813. On May 19, 1843, he m. Lucinda P., dau. of Elmer and Lucinda (Conant) Baker, and after a brief stay in Pn., where their first chd. was b., located in this town, near the No. 7 Sc. Ho., on the place now occupied by Mrs. B. He was a chairmaker by trade and d. in consequence of an accident at the Merriam chair shop, So. W., Dec. 27, 1879, a. 66. Chn .:
.2. ELMER J., b. Dec. 16, 1845; m. Mrs. Clara E. Miller; res. W .; d. June 6, 1873.
3. JAMES A., b. Dec. 15, 1847; m. Viola N. Elliott; res. W .; d. June 24, 1872.
4. LEVI H., b. June 20, 1850; m. Mrs. Harriet S. Baker.
5. HATTIE E., b. Sept. 4, 1854; m. Danzil E. Johnson; res. Leom .; dec'd.
6. JOSIE L., b. Sept. 2, 1856; m. Ambrose E. Weston; res. W .; I chd .; d. Dec. 2, 1877.
7. DWIGHT C., b. May 19, 1863; m. Melissa Longley and Sarah J. Hale.
[2.] BURPEE, ELMER J., s. of the last, m. wid. Clara E. Miller June 6, 1873. The name of I chd. appears in the records : 8. W. H. BURPEE, b. Sept. 28, 1878.
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I. BUTTERFIELD, BENJAMIN, was s. of Benjamin and Keziah, b. in Westford in 1726. He was undoubtedly a descendant of Benjamin, the immigrant, who was in Charlestown bef. 1640, taxed in Woburn in 1644, and who ten years later moved to Chelmsford. He m. Susannah, dau. of Jacob and Susannah (Pierce) Spalding of C. and sr. of Joseph of this town, Sept. 26, 1748; res. for a time in Westford, rem. thence to Lunenburg, and finally to Nar. No. 2, in 1752, locating first on the present W. H. Carter (Miles) place, but later on lot No. 43, So. of the house of Geo. W. Whitney. (See A. H. No. 38.) He was a carpenter by trade and an active citizen, holding the office of Assessor in 1756. He left W. in 1762 or 3 for Brattleboro', Vt., where he took a leading part in settling the town and in form- ing the first chh. He gained some military as well as political honors, and became Asst. Judge of the County Court of Com- mon Pleas. An earnest participant in the movement to annex a part of Vt. to N. Y., he was involved in certain war-like demon- strations which caused his arrest and temporary imprisonment at Northampton. He lived to a great age, leaving a consider- able number of chn., four only of whom were b. in W .:
2. SUSANNAH, b. Jan. 20, 1753. 3. JESSIE, b Oct. 20, 1756.
4. EZRA, b. Oct. 6, 1758.
5. LUKE, b. Oct. 5, 1760.
A descendant of Benjamin, A. Augustine Butterfield of Jerseyville, Vt., is pre- paring a history of the family.
BUTTRICK.
This family was one of the oldest, most reputable, and most public-spirited in Concord and vicinity for many years during the early history of the Mass. Colony, and as it scattered thence, it carried with it much of its ancient character in these respects. The supposed immigrant ancestor of it was William Buttrick1, who was in the township named soon after it was founded, and who, by his w. Sarah, had Samuel2, b. July 21, 1653. Samuel2 was the f. of Jonathan8, b. April 4, 1690. A little uncertainty exists at this point, but prob. Jonathan& had a s. John4, the father of Col. John5, whose wife was Abigail Jones. These all resided in Concord or its immediate neighborhood.
I. BUTTRICK, HORATIO G.6, was s. of Col. John5 and Abigail Buttrick, b. March 14, 1778. Upon coming to mature age he left the place of his nativity and went to Lancaster, where he m. (1) Oct. 6, 1803, Nancy Whitney, dau. of Jonathan and Lucy, by whom he had one child. His wife d. Jan. 27, 1811, a. 26. Of her the Mass. Spy, in noting her decease, says : " Her example and cheerful hope in the dying hour were well calcu- lated to teach the luxury of doing good." During the same year, Dec. 26, he m. (2) Mary, dau. of Edward and Elizabeth (Holden) Barnard, and rem. to W., took up his residence on the estate belonging to wife's father, some years deceased. The property he afterwards purchased and occupied while he remained in town. He possessed the family traits already indi- cated, was of gentlemanly manners and dignified bearing, and
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well calculated to command respect and confidence. A man of ability and good education, he mingled freely in public affairs and held for some years the office of Selectman, the duties of which he discharged with promptness and fidelity. He also served the town on the School Committee and in other posi- tions requiring good intellectual qualities, energy, and reliability. He was somewhat inclined to military arts, and rose to the dignity of Major of a Regiment of Artillery in 1814, gaining a title by which he was subsequently known in the town and vicinity. He left W. about 1822, locating on the Mill Dam, so called, at Boston, where he had a hotel for a few years, and where his two youngest chn. were b. He finally left Mass. and settled at Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he held some post of service in connection with Hamilton College till the infirmities of age obliged him to retire. He d. June 26, 1856, a. 78. His wife, Mary (Barnard) Buttrick, survived him many years, following him to the "better land" Feb. 18, 1874, a. 85. Chn .:
2. CAROLINE™, b. Dec. 4, 1805; m. Edward Holmes; res. Dedham; 4 chn .; d Aug., 1854.
3. NANCY W.7, b. Feb., 1810; d. March 19, 1810.
4. SARAH A.7, b. Jan. 15, 1811; d. same day.
5. NANCY W.7, b. Aug. 12, 1812; m. Orin Root; res. Clinton; 4 chn .; d. Feb., 1891.
6. ELIZABETH B.7, b. Oct. 11, 1814; m. Rev. S. P. Hastings; res. Clinton; 3 chn .; d. April 19, 1876.
7. MARY JONES7, b. Feb. 25, 1817; m. Luther Risball; res. Berlin, Wis .; no chn .; d. April 1, 1862.
8. H. WALSTEIN7, b. Sept. 13, 1819; d. Oct. 8, 1821.
9. HARRIET™, b. Feb. 8, 1822; m. Rev. Homer B. Morgan, miss. to Turkey; no chn ; d. 1853.
IO. CHARLOTTE7, b. Feb. 8, 1822; m. Judge Sackett; res. Saratoga, N. Y .; 4 chn .; d. Nov. 17, 1874
II. EDWIN L.7, b. Aug, 1824; m. Fannie Bucklin; res. W. Virginia; I chd .; still living.
12. MARIA L.37; m. Judge Spalding, N. Y. City; 2 chn .; still living.
This was a remarkable fam. The daus. m. professional men, all of whom save Judge Sackett grad. Ham. College. Caroline has s., Edward L. Holmes, a dis- tinguished physician in Chicago. Nancy W. m. Prof. Root of Ham. College, Clinton, N. Y .; has one s. Prof. in Ham. Coll. and one, Prof. in Columbia Coll. Harriet was miss. in Turkey, where she d. Charlotte d. at Wiemar, Germany, where she was educating her daus. Edwin Lorenzo is a lawyer; was Col. of 24th Wis. Regt. in Rebellion; now living in W. Virginia.
CALEF. This name, sometimes spelled Califf, and sometimes degraded into Calf, appeared quite early in N. E. annals and was borne by some per- sons of considerable prominence in public life. The immigrant head of the family in this country, however, has not been ascertained, and the entire lineage of its first representative in W. including place and date of birth is unknown. The record begins and almost ends with him, the name having become extinct, though a few of his descendants are still found in this vicinity.
I. CALEF, STEPHEN, was in Narragansett No. 2 as early as 1755, in which year, May 22, he m. Anna, dau. David and Mary Stearns of Waltham, a distant relative of John and Thomas Stearns previously located in this township. He is said to
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have been a physician before his removal hither, and if so, may have practiced medicine somewhat during the first years of his residence in the place. Much confidence however is not to be put in the report. On the 2d of July, 1756, he purchased lot No. 73 which included the almost entire southern extremity of Graves Hill, the site of the buildings erected and occupied by him on the summit twenty or thirty rods west of the No. 3 school house being easily recognizable. (See A. H. No. 98.) Mrs. Calef d. Jan. 19, 1810, a. 73 and he m. (2) Rebecca, wid. of Jonathan Temple, who survived him. In 1797, he sold his homestead to Isaac Miles and the last years of his life were spent on the Temple place, afterwards the home of Asa Mer- riam opp. where W. J. Black now res. He d. 1814?, at the advanced age of more than So yrs. The date of Rebecca's d. is unknown. Chn .:
2. ANNA, b. May 29, 1756; d. 1764. 3. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 31, 1757; d. 1764.
4. STEPHEN, b. Dec. 17, 1760; d. 1764. 5. LOIS, b. Dec. 22, 1762; d. 1764.
6. ANNA, b. Dec. 13, 1764; m. Samuel Wood; res. Halifax, Vt., and Pa .; 1I chn .; d. 1804.
7. STEPHEN, b. March 11, 1767; no rec. fd.
8. EZRA, b. Dec. 31, 1768; m. Ruth Darby; d. June 11, 1793.
9. ABIGAIL, b. 1771 ?; m. Samuel Farwell.
IO. LOVISA, b. Feb. 3, 1773; m. Joseph Darby; res. W., etc.
[8.] CALEF, EZRA, s. of the last, m. Ruth, dau. John and Hannah (Garey) Darby (pub. Oct. 1, 1791), but d. June II, 1793. His widow m. Ezekiel Kendall of Sterling, July 7, 1807. She d. Dec. 21, 1846, a. 76. Chd .:
II. LUCY, b. Nov. 23, 1792; m. Edward W. Kendall; res. W .; 4 chn .; d. Aug. 21, 1826.
I. CAREY, HUGH, was b. in Ireland ab. 1819, and came to this country with his w. and I chd. in 1847. Soon after land- ing, he found his way to W. where his bro .- in-law, Michael Day, the first permanent Irish settler of the modern type in town, it is said, had been residing for a few years. He lived awhile at the So. end and then purchased of Edmund Nichols the Daniel Gates place (originally David Child's) in Scrabble Hollow valley where he and his w. Catharine (Glennan) still res. They have had a large family, but are left for the most part alone in their declining years. Chn .:
2. THOMAS, b. April 28, 1845; m. but had no chn .; res. Utah.
3. JAMES, b. Jan. 17, 1848; had w. and 2 chn .; k. on R. R.
4. JOHN, b. Aug. 13, 1849; res. in Col .; unm.
5. EMILY, b. June 15, 1851; m. Timothy Conway; res. W .; 4 chn .; d. July 28, 1882.
6. CATE, b. June 17, 1853; d. June 17, 1856.
7. LUCY ANN, b. April 20, 1855; m. and lives west; no chn.
8. LIZZIE, b. March 16, 1857; m. Charles Moore; res. Gr .; no chn.
9. SUSAN, b. Feb. 22, 1859; m. Frank Newton; res. W .; I chd.
IO. HUBERT, b. Jan. 17, 1861; res. N. Y. City; unm.
II. MARY J., b. July 10, 1864; m. Charles Petts; I chd.
12. CAREY, JOHN, bro. of the last, came to Boston ab. 1843, spent a few yrs., then went back to the old country, but returned
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with Hugh in 1847, and not long after located here, establishing himself finally with his bro .- in-law, Michael Day, on the Dr. White farm in No-town, first as laborer and then as owner, where he is still living at the age of 83. He m. Mary Donelly and has had 6 chn .:
13. CATHARINE; m. Michael Harrington and James Cody; 10 chn .; res. W .; ].
14. MARY; d. young.
15. PATRICK; m. and has sev. chn .; res. Worc.
16. JAMES; m. and has sev. chn .; res. Worc.
17. ELLEN, b. Jan. 27, 1850; res. with pts .; unm.
18. WILLIAM; m. and has 2 chn .; res. Fg.
19. CAREY, JOHN, whether related to the former or not does not appear, res. for some yrs. in the Ivers Brooks house, Minott neighborhood. The m. n. of his w. was Bridget Gilligan who was b. in Ireland and came over in 1846. Mr. Carey d. in 1873. They had sev. chn., three of whom d. in early childhood. The names of John, Thomas, and Annie only, have been ascertained.
I. CARR, WALTER V., s. of Reuben and Martha H. Carr, was b. in Weare, N. H., May 26, 1803. He m. Jan. 6, 1831, Brucey, dau. of Ezra and Mercy Cowdrey of Lunenburg, where he had a temporary res. Coming to W. in 1842, 'he was for many years engaged in the manufacture of chairs at Scrabble Hollow, having John Mosman for a partner a portion of the time. He lived in one of the Whitman houses awhile and also on the Silas Smith place, Bragg Hill, per. carrying on the farm after leaving the chair business. He d. April 1, 1875, a. 71. His wid. d. Jan. 22, 1891, a. 85. Their chn. were :
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