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4. HANNAH5, b. Conc. Feb. 12, 1740; m. Josiah Dodge; res. Ash. and Machias, Me .; S chn. [Aug. 3, 1783.
5. EBENEZER5, b. Conc. Aug. 11, 1743; m. Lydia Oakes; res. Ash .; 7 chn .; d.
6. EUNICE5, b. Conc. Dec. 4, 1745; m. Silas Kendall; res. W. and Framingham.
7. ABIGAIL5, b. Conc. Oct. 27, 1749; m. - Sellingham; res. Ash.
8. RUTH5, b. W. April 11, 1752; m. Moses Ware; res. Ash. and Fitzwilliam, N. H.
9. ELIZABETH5, b. W. April 18, 1755; m. Moses Tottingham; res. Ash .; 9 chn .; d. Jan. 5, 1777.
IO. CONANT, THOMAS4, bro. of Ebenezer, b. at Beverly, March 29, 1718, was associated with him in the purchase of lots Nos. 113 and 114, as stated above. Four days later he bought in his own right lot No. 4, bounding S. W. on the Main St., Central Village, where he had lands cleared and a house built a year afterward. In 1759 he sold that property to John Brooks and succeeded Ebenezer on lot No. 113. He m. Hannah (family name unkn.), and had 3 chn. b. in W., whose names are given below, and perhaps others before coming here, among whom may have been a Martha, who m. David Merriam in July, 1769. The records, however, give only the following :
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II. HANNAH5, b. Nov. 13, 1754; m. John Estabrook, Jr .; no chn .; d. Dec. 20, 1837.
12. JOSIAH5, b. Nov. 19, 1758; m. Annis Darby; res. Gr .; 14 chn .; d. 1835.
13. THOMAS", b. Aug. 6, 1763; m. three times; res. W.
Thomas Conant, Sen., d. July 20, 1813, a. 95. Hannah, his w., d. Jan. 4, 1826, a. 96. The oldest son, Josiah (12), m. Annis, dau. of Nathan and Abigail (Pierce) Darby, Nov., 1784, and set. in Gr. They had 14 chn., through whom they are still largely and honorably represented in that town. Two grandsons, John R. (now dec'd) and Charles W., have been identified with its business interests and taken active part in its political affairs as well as in its social life. The latter has been a mem- ber of the lower house of the Mass. Legislature.
[13.] CONANT, THOMAS5, s. of Thomas4 and Hannah Conant, m. (1) Ruth Rice of Gardner Farms (No-town) Dec. 21, 1784. He occupied for many yrs. his f.'s est., but eventually sold it and 1. thereafter in different localities about tn. His first w., after bearing him 4 chn., d. July 25, 1797, and he m. (2) Polly Brown of Sterling, on the 20th of the following Dec., by whom he had 2 chn. She d. March 3, 1826, a. 60, and he m. (3) Betsey Morse, who died s. p. Dec. 1, 1850. He d. Feb. II, 1852, a. 88, - the last of his name in tn. Chn .:
14. POLLY6, b. April 16, 1785; d. 1797.
15. SALLY6, b. Aug. 16, 1787; m. Joseph Estabrook; res. W .; S chn .; d. Jan. 22, 1870.
16. NATHAN6, b. April 30, 1790; d. May 13, 1790.
17. LEVI6, b. April 7, 1791; d. 1804.
18. JOHN S.6, b. Aug. 15, 1799; m. but had no chn.
19. LUCINDA6; m. Elmer Baker; res. W.
20. CONANT, AMOS5, assumed to be s. of Israel4 and gd.s. of Roger3 of Concord by the author of "Conant Family," was b. at Concord, Jan. 28, 1737, his mother's maiden name having been Martha Lamson. He m. Mary Bowers of Lanc., Dec. 4, 1763, and after residing at Stow a short time rem. to W., pur- chasing, Oct. 10, 1764, lot No. 46, 2d Div., on which John P. Roper now res., of Ezekiel Davis, who prob. first improved and occupied it. Sept. 18, 1773, he sold his farm to Wm. Murdock of Newton, but remained in town till 1782, when his name drops out of the tax lists. He went hence to Halifax, Vt., but left there for Jericho, now Bainbridge, N. Y., ab. 1800, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying Dec. 8, 1817, a. 80. Mary (Bowers) Conant d. Feb. 22, 1824. Chn .:
21. SALLY6, b. Jan. 15, 1766; d. Jan. 30, 1769. [17, 1847.
22. LEVI6, b. May 7, 1768; lived in Colrain and Moreau, N. Y .; 7 chn .; d. Feb.
23. SALLY6, b. May 25, 1770; d. Halifax, Vt., July 28, 1785.
24. ISRAEL6, b. March 6, 1772; a college grad. (?); m. but had no chn .; d. N. Y. City, Sept. 24, 1807.
25. POLLY", b. March 2, 1775; m. James Hervey; I chd .; res. Halifax, Vt .; d. 1817.
26. WILLIAM6, b. Dec. 2, 1777; d. Jericho, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1805.
27. JAMES6, b. March 4, 1780; d. Jericho, N. Y., June 25, 1807.
28. ABEL6, b. March 1, 1782; m. Asenath -; res. Bainbridge, N. Y .; 6 chn .; d. Sept. 5, 1840.
29. REUBEN6, b. Nov. 3, 1784; d. Jericho, N. Y., Oct. 10. 1805.
30. BETSEY6, b. May 25, 1788; m. prob. Stephen Fosbury; res. Bainbridge, N. Y .; 2 chn .; d. May 15, 1847.
31. LEAFIA6, b. Oct. 9, 1791; m. but soon died s. p.
I. COOK, RUFUS B., s. of Amos, b. Chester, Vt., Oct. 28, 1832, m. Dec. 7, 1854, Susan M., dau. of Daniel and Lucinda
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(Seaver) Foskett, and set. in tn. His w. d. May 9, 1886, a. 49, and he d. Jan. 14, 1892, a. 59. Chn .:
2. LEVI, b. June 22, 1860; m. Ada E. Puffer; res. W.
3. NELLIE, b. May 20, 1862.
4. ABBIE, b. Nov. 19, 1868; m. Wm. C. Bell; res. W .; I chd.
5. EMMA D., b. Jan. 13, 1877.
[2.] COOK, LEVI, s. of the last, m. Ada E., dau. of Merrick H. and Melissa (Everett) Puffer, Jan. 25, 1883. His death was occasioned by breaking through the ice on Meetinghouse Pond and drowning, Jan. 16, 1889. Chn .:
6. CLARENCE B., b. Dec. 7, 1883; d. June 6, 1885.
7. LAURA L., b. July 29, 1886.
COOLIDGE.
This name, under different orthographical forms - Colynge, Coalyng. Coalidg, Cooladge, Cooledge, Coolidge, etc., -is to be occasionally found through a long period of English history. It dates back to 1327, more than five and a half centuries ago, when it appears for the first time, so far as is known, in the Subsidy Rolls of the Kingdom. It prevailed somewhat exten- sively in and about the city of Cambridge, during the reign of Henry VIII, when a branch of the family designated by it, residing in that locality, had risen to great wealth and high social standing. In the parish of Arrington lived one Thomas Colynge, whose will was dated Feb. II. 1495, from whom, by a regular succession of generations in the line of John, Thomas, John, Simeon, William, who m. Margaret -, descended John, the immigrant ancestor of most, if not all, of those bearing the name in this part of the country. This John1 was bap. Sept. 16, 1604, and coming to these shores in early manhood, soon after the Mass. Colony was founded, settled at zen. Watertown. of which he was one of the first proprietors and a leading citi- He was made freeman there in 1636. From all that can be learned of him, it appears that he was a man of ability, character, public spirit, and good repute. For some years he served as one of the Selectmen, a position to which, in those days, only high-minded. honorable, and trustworthy citizens were called. He had a son Nathaniel2, the father of John3, who settled in Cambridge and became there a deacon in the church, attaining in that way the title by which he was afterward known. Dea. John3 m. Margaret Bond, and had among other chn. Henry4, b. Nov. 13, 1717, who m. Sept. 12, 1747, Phebe Dana, and settled in that part of the town called " Little Cambridge," now Brighton. The latter was the f. of Caleb5, who m. Fanny -, and late in life came to W. to reside with one of his chn., dying here Nov. 2, 1815.
I. COOLIDGE, HENRY6, s. of the last-named, was b. Brighton, Aug. 4, 1777. Upon attaining his majority he migrated to W. and m. (1) Lovisa, dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth Wetherbee (pub. May 13, 1800). He purchased lot No. 31, 2d Div., lying west of where Eugene Gates now res., Jan. 10, 1802. (See A. H. No. 31.) He seems to have occupied the place but ab. a year, when he sold to Ezra Darby and took up his abode on lot 34, 2d Div., the present homestead of Fred Graham, originally improved and occupied by Asa Taft. A few yrs. later he built the ho. half a mile nearer the village, afterwards the residence of his s., J. Russell Coolidge, in which he l. awhile. His w. Lovisa dying in 1816, he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ezra and Rachel
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(Tottingham) Taylor (pub. May 2, 1818), and subsequently moved into the dwelling erected by her f. on the corner of Bacon and Eliot Sts. He finally left tn. and spent the last yrs. of his life in Erving, where he d. May 6, 1861, a. 83. His wid. Elizabeth d. Feb. 23, 1867. Chn .:
2. HENRY, b. July 19, 1800; m. Mary Moore; res. W., etc .; d. Dec. 30, 1864.
3. J. RUSSELL7, b. March 7, 1802; m. (1) Lucinda Gates, (2) Wid. Lane; res. Gr. and W .; d. May 24, 1865.
4. Unnamed7, b. 1803; d. 1805.
5. FRANCIS7, b. May 13, 1805; m. Harriet Jackson; res. W. and Erving; d. Feb. 5, 1868.
6. CHARLES7, b. Feb. 4, 1807; m. Nancy Spalding; res. W .; d. May 23, 1866.
7. MARY ANN7, b. March 4, 1809; m. Amos Morrill; res. W .; 4 chn.
8. WENDELL7, b. May, 1812; m. Emily -; 4 chn.
9. STRONG7, b. April 20, 1814; d. March 20, 1816.
IO. JOSEPH TAYLOR7, b. Dec. 11, 1818; d. Aug. 27, 1823.
II. ABIAL WINSHIP7, b. May 8, 1820; d. Sept. 3, 1823.
12. -7, b. 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1823.
13. LOUISA7, b. May 22, 1824; d. infancy.
14. MARIA7; m. Jonathan Temple; res. No. Orange; 2 chn .; living West.
15. EMELINE7, b. April 15, 1827; m. Geo. Gates; res. Gr .; 5 chn .; dec'd.
16. SARAH7, b. Dec. 22, 1830; m. Walter Gates and I. P. Gould; res. Gr., etc .; 1.
17. HARRIET7, b. Aug. 4, 1834; d. Aug. 10, 1852.
[2.] COOLIDGE, HENRY™, s. of Henry6 and Lovisa (Wetherbee) Coolidge, was b. July 19, 1800, and m. Mary Moore of Frances- town, N. H. He res. in W. sev. yrs., receiving while here the appointment of Deputy Sheriff of Worc. Co., and holding sev. subordinate town offices. He rem. ab. 1834 to Niles, Mich., where he d. Dec. 30, 1864, a. 64. His w., Mary, d. Dec. 30, 1860, a. 64. Chn .:
18. MARY FRANCES8, b. May 28, 1825; m. - Harding; res. Niles, Mich .; 1 chd .; d. Aug. 2, 1845.
19. SALLY SANDERSON8, b. April 3, 1827; m. - Gephart; res. Niles, Mich .; I chd .; living.
20. MARTHA ANN8, b. Feb. 10, 1830; m. - Lyon; res. Jackson, Mich .: 12 chn .; living.
21. HENRY JACKSON8, b. March 20, 1832; m. and had 8 chn.
[3.] COOLIDGE, JOHN RUSSELL7, bro. of the last, m. (1) Lucinda, dau. of Nathan and Abigail (Knowlton) Gates, 1823. He first set. on the so-called Chappelle place in the east part of Gr., where his chn. were b. He afterwards rem. to W., resid- ing in the ho. built by his f., referred to above, on the Winchen- don road, three-fourths of a mile from the village. His w., Lucinda, d. Gr. Nov. 29, 1835, and he m. (2) wid. Mary W. Lane, the mother of 5 chn. He d. May 24, 1865, a. 63; his second w. d. at Groton at the home of her son. The chn. of J. R. Coolidge, all by his first w., were :
22. LOVISA®, b. Jan. 5, 1824; m. Robert G. Reed; res. Gr. and Ash .; 8 chn .; d. Dec. 24. 1887.
23. LUCINDA8, b. May 24, 1826; m. Seth Tisdale; res. Leom .; 5 chn .; living.
24. CALVIN8, b. March 5, 1828; unm .; res. Cleveland, Ohio.
25. JOHNS, b. Jan. 30, 1830; m. Lucy A. Stearns; res. Leom .; 3 chn .; d. Feb. 3, 1886.
26. LOUISA8, b. Jan. 1, 1832; m. Emory Ballard; res. Boston; 3 chn .; living.
27. Lucys, b. March 27, 1833; m. John Tisdale; res. Leom .; 4 chn .; living.
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[5.] COOLIDGE, FRANCIS7, bro. of the preceding, m. Harriet, dau. of John and Susannah (Sawyer) Jackson, Sept. 18, 1834. He was associated with his younger bro., Charles, for a few yrs. in the manufacture of chairs in tn., but sold his interest ab. 1840 and rem. to Erving, where he d. Feb. 5, 1868, a. 62. After leaving W. he was engaged in getting out cardboads and match sticks. His w. d. at Erving, Sept. 30, 1862, a. 52. Chn .:
28. Unnamed8, b. 1835 ?; d. infancy.
29. FRANCIS JACKSON8, b. W. 1837 ?; m. wid. Mary L. Heath; I chd.
30. EDWARD8, b. Erving, 1840 ?; m. Lizzie Gates; res. Gr .; 3 chn .; living.
31. AUGUSTUS®, b. Erving, Oct. 2, 1842; m. Hannah P. Blake; res. Athol; no chn .; living.
32. HORACE W.8, b. Aug. 2, 1844; m. Eliza J. Thayer; I chd .; living.
33. ALBERT B.8, b. Wendell, July 16, 1849; m. Maria Whitman; res. Worc .; 1 chd .; living.
34. JOHN V.8, b. Wendell, May 24, 1852; d. Dec. 24, 1852.
[6.] COOLIDGE, CHARLES7, bro. of the last three, m. May 12, 1831, Nancy, dau. of Timothy and Lydia (Moore) Spalding of Francestown, N. H. He was a chairmaker, beginning in a small way at a little shop, whose foundations may still be seen, located on an insignificant brook in the woods eighty rods west of where Eugene Gates now 1. After a few yrs. he moved to the Bigelow Mill near the village, in the rear of the recent spacious manufactory of Nichols Bros. Under more favorable conditions and with greatly improved facilities, he built up a large business for those days, and did much to enhance the industrial interests of the tn. In the early part of his career his bro. Francis was associated with him as before stated. He d. May 23, 1866, a. 59; his w., Nancy (Spalding) Coolidge, d. at Grand Haven, Mich., where she had been living some yrs. with her dau., May 20, 1886, but was buried at W. Chn .:
35. HARRIET ANN8, b. March 11, 1832; m. Charles Cutler; res. Mich .; I chd.
36. CHIAS. MILTONS, b. May 10, 1835; unm .; studied law; res. unknown.
37. JOSEPH F.8, b. Sept. 11, 1837; studied med .; res. Groton; d. unm. June 1, 1865.
38. MARCUS M.8, b. Aug. 27, 1839; unm .; killed in battle, Booneville, Mo., June 17, 1861.
39. FREDERICK S.8, b. Dec. 7, 1841; m. Ellen D. Allen; res. W. and Ash .; living. 40. CLARK HENRYS, b. May 8, 1844; d. Sept. 12, 1845.
41. CLINTON W.8, b. Dec. 25, 1846; m. Phebe Mason; res. Detroit, Mich .; I chd .; 1.
42. HELEN E.8, b. Dec. 25, 1848; unm .; lives at Grand Haven, Mich.
43. FRANK E.8, b. Aug. 18, 1851; m. and res. San Francisco, Cal.
44. JEROME C.8, b. Aug. 11, 1853; d. Sept. 11, 1854.
[39.] COOLIDGE, FREDERICK SPALDING8, s. of the last, n. Ellen Drusilla, dau. of Elijah and Wealthy (Brigham) Allen of Townshend, Vt., Nov. 16, 1864. He succeeded his f. in busi- ness, continuing the manufacture of chairs till Oct., 1876, when his works were destroyed by fire. He rem. to Leom. the follow- ing yr. and thence to Ash., where he still res. He is manager of the Boston Chair Manufacturing Co. and also of the Leomin- ster Rattan Works. While in W. he was active in tn. affairs and much interested in national politics, being a pronounced Democrat of the modern school. He served the tn. as Select-
HON, FREDERICK S. COOLIDGE.
W. P. ALLEN, GARDNER, MASS.
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THE COOLIDGE AND COOPER FAMILIES.
man 3 yrs. and represented his District in the Mass. Legislature of 1875. He was for some time member of the Democratic State Central Committee. By reason of a split among the Republicans of the eleventh Congressional District, he was elected in the autumn of 1890 to a seat in the lower house of the Fifty-second Congress as the successor of Hon. Rodney Wallace of Fg. He has served during the first session with credit to himself, and no doubt to the satisfaction of those who voted for him. Chn .:
45. MARCUS ALLEN9, b. Oct. 6, 1865; unm .; res. Ash.
46. CORA HELEN9, b. Dec. 16, 1866; a grad. of Smith College in 1892.
47. JEROME FRED.9, b. July 19, 1868; d. Oct. 4, 1868.
48. COOLIDGE, CHARLES6, s. of Caleb and Fanny, as the record of his d. states, and brother of Henry (1), m. Sarah Perry and spent the greater part of his active life in W. He d. May 5, 1850, and his w., Sarah P., d. at Leominster, where she had lived some years with her chn., Dec., 1864. They had :
49. GEORGE7, b. 1820; m. Lucy Watkins; res. Boston; I chd .; living.
50. MARY A.7, b. Sept. 8, 1822; m. B. F. Blodgett; res. Leom .; 6 chn .; living.
51. HARRIET", b. 1826; m. Leonard Litchfield; res. Kansas; dec'd.
52. LEONORA7, b. Dec. 13, 1832; m. John Stone; res. Leom., etc .; 5 chn .; living. Prob. there was another child who d. March 28, 1837.
53. COOLEDGE, REV. CHARLES E., s. of Daniel and Lucy W., was b. Lowell, Aug. 16, 1848. Though spelling his name with an e instead of an i, he is with very little doubt of the same original stock as those mentioned on the last few pages. Outside of and beyond the public schools, he was educated at Phillips Academy, Amherst College, and Andover Theological Semi- nary, graduating at the last institution in July, 1870. He was ordained to the work of the Chn. Ministry at Holyoke in May, 1871, and after preaching there awhile and at No. Brookfield, came to W. in 1872 and assumed the pastorate of the First Cong. chh. and parish, -a position held by him for more than 8 yrs. His ministry here was a happy and successful one; his influence for good being felt and acknowledged by those outside his own denominational boundaries, and he left town sharing the kindly regard of all who knew him. He afterwards preached at Haverhill, and for 8 yrs. past has been at Collinsville, Conn. He is the author of one book of a consolatory character, entitled ; " The Sunny Side of Bereavement, as illustrated by Tennyson's 'In Memoriam.'" While here he m. Oct. 24, 1877, C. L., dau. of Samuel A. and Pauline Burns of Boston, but has no chn.
I. COOPER, JEDEDIAH, ptge., etc., unknown, but per. s. of Moses and Ruth Cooper of Lanc. b. ab. 1740, came to W. soon after attaining his majority, being taxed here in 1763. He had, however, previously purchased lot No. 43, 2d Div., in the extreme No. part of the town, upon which he settled and spent his days.
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He opened a store on his premises in 1772, and in 1773 was licensed as an innholder, in which capacity he served the public many years. His sign bore the significant inscription, "Pay to-day and I'll trust to-morrow." Feb. 21, 1772, he was pub. to Mary Howlett (Hall) of the Dutch settlement, Ash. Dates of death of Jedediah and Mary, unknown, and but little is given of their chn. named below, as found in the records, etc .:
2. PHEBE, b. Feb. 19, 1774; d. unm.
3. HENRY, b. Nov. 4, 1776; nothing learned of him.
4. LEONARD, b. 1778; d. young.
5. JEDEDIAH, b. April 4, 1780 ?; unm .; lived and d. in Swanzey, N. H.
6. CHARLOTTE, b. Feb. 29, 1781; m. - Stone, Ash .; went West; 4 chn .?
7. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 22, 1783; succeeded to estate of f. and d. unm.
8. MOSES, b. June 20, 1788; m. Sarah Gibson, Fg .; had chn .; d. June 17, 1831.
9. POLLY (MARY) HALL, b. June 16, 1791; d. unm.
COREY, NATHAN, ptge., birthplace, etc., unknown. He was of Stow in 1802, where he was pub., Aug. 8, to Eunice, dau. of Joseph Sawyer of Bolton. After engaging in trade awhile in S. he rem. to Bolton, and thence to W. ab. 1812, where he bought "the Forge" property at Wachusettville. He took down the iron works and erected, just below, a cotton factory in which he manufactured goods for a few years. In 1818, he sold the fac- tory and its belongings, and having purchased the lot in the central village opp. the bakery, erected the house now standing upon it, and using a part of it for a shop, engaged in making chairs, while he remained in town. May 16, 1833, he sold to Joel Wood, and left the place. A man of enterprise and perseverance, he yet seems to have lacked some of the elements of success in life. No chn.
COWEE.
I. COWEE, JAMES1, or Cohee, according to his own ortho- graphy, an early res. of W., was b. in the old world in 1726 or '27, of an unknown parentage. He was the ancestor of all those distinguished by that name in this vicinity, if not in the entire country. While yet a lad, as the story goes, his mother died. A step mother coming into the family did not take kindly to him and his brother Bartholomew, but neglected and abused them. Whereupon the father, as they grew towards manhood, conceived the idea of sending them to America, to seek their fortune and work out their destiny. He accordingly made an arrangement with the captain of a vessel about to sail thither - a personal friend of his -to take the youths with him, paying him liberally for their passage and entrusting him with addi- tional funds to be given them when they should disembark, as a means of getting a start in the land of their adoption. During the voyage, Bartholomew, the younger of the brothers, died, which was a sad misfortune to the survivor. Besides, the cap- tain of the ship proved recreant to his trust, betraying the con-
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fidence of a friend and cheating an innocent, destitute, and needy young man -a stranger among strangers -out of his rightful due. He not only withheld from the inexperienced lad what he had received from the father for the sons' special use and benefit, to be duly paid upon landing here, but actually sold him into temporary service, as the custom sometimes was in those days, for the second payment of the passage money across the sea.
The term of the young man's servitude expiring, he worked his way back into the country among the new settlements, tar- rying here and there as he could find employment and a chance to earn something for the supply of his personal needs. Arriv- ing at length, in his desultory wanderings, at Chocksett (now Sterling) he remained there awhile, but ere long came to Narra- gansett No. 2, where, Oct. 1, 1750, he bought of Rev. Elisha Marsh lot No 96, in the north part of the town, now owned by Isaac N. Smith. He at once set himself to work in making im- provements, having cleared six acres, erected "a good cellar house," set out an orchard, and gotten things well under way before the first of the following July. The site of this first house on the premises may still be seen near the road, a few rods below the present large, commodious one in which Mr. Smith resides. Mr. Cowee was an industrious, skilful, prosperous farmer -a man of much independence and force of character becoming one of the largest landholders of the town, and having one of the most valuable residences at the time of the levying of the general U. S. tax in 1798. While living at Chocksett he became acquainted with Mary, prob. dau. of John Pearson of Rowley, whom he m. March 3, 1757, and by whom he had a large family. He d. April 29, 1801, a. 74. His wife d. March II, 1813, a. 83. Chn .:
2. JOHN2, b. July 20, 1758; m. Mary Rand; settled Chittenden, Vt.
3. SARAH2, b. Oct. 12, 1759; m. Zeeb Green; res. W., etc.
4. MEHITABLE2, b. March 2, 1761; m. Nathan Wood; res. W.
5. DAVID2, b. March 2, 1763; m. Milicent Jackson; res. W.
6. JAMES2, b. Feb. 21, 1765; m. Susannah Baldwin; res. W. and Gr .; 15 chn.
7. MARY2, b. Jan. 17, 1767; m. John Bigelow; no chn .; d. March 7, 1819.
8. REBECCA2, b. Sept. 14, 1768; m. (1) Jonathan Eager; (2) John Bigelow.
9. NATHAN2, b. June 19, 1770; unm .; d. April 21, 1813.
IO. RHODA2, b. April 30, 1772; m. William Sawin; 2 chn .; d. April 29, 1823.
II. JOEL2, b. Feb. 15, 1774; d. infancy.
12. PEARSON2, b. Oct. 9, 1775; m. Susannah Upton; res. W .; d. Aug. 29, 1850.
[5.] COWEE, DAVID2, s. of the last, m. Milicent, dau. Edward and Jemima (Trowbridge) Jackson, Dec. 22, 1789. He spent most of his life on or near the N. Common, but ab. the year 1826 rem. to Troy, N. Y., where he d. two years afterward, a. 65. His w. d. before he left W., Oct. 28, 1825, a. 56. Chn .:
13. FARWELL3, b. 1790 ?; m. twice; res W. and Troy, N. Y .; 7 chn .; d. March, 1837.
14. DAVID3, b. 1792; d. Sept. 9, 1814, a. 22.
15. ADOLPHUS3; no birth-date recorded; disappeared 1841.
16. ANN MARIA3, b. July 5, 1810; m. Nahum P. Dole; res. Troy; d. Sept. 10, 1879.
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
[6.] COWEE, JAMES2, bro. of the last, m. at an early age (pub. Feb. II, 1783) Susannah, dau. Josiah and Susannah (Green) Baldwin, Feb. 17, 1783, and after res. in town some 10 yrs. rem. to Gr., where his later years were spent. While here he is understood to have lived on the Eli Keyes place, B. P. Hill, the site of the building being easily recognized in what is called " the Cowee pasture." (See A. H. No. 12.) Dates of d. of James and Susannah not found. They had 15 chn., the first 6 being natives of W., as follows :
17. PERSIS8.
19. REBECCA3. 18. JOEL3; m. Bridget Glazier; res. Gr .; 7 chn.
21. BETSEY3.
20. SUSANNA3.
22. MEHITABLE3.
23. SALLY3, b. April 15, 1794. 24. LUCINDA3, b. Dec. 14, 1795.
25. PEARSON3, b. Oct. 6, 1797; m. Sarah T. Glazier.
26. GEORGE W.3, b. Sept. 30, 1799; m. (1) Leonora Greenwood and had 6 chn., and (2) Sarah Wilcox and had 5 more.
27. AARON3, b. Aug. 1, 1801; m. Susan Spalding and set. Emden, Me.
28. JAMES3, b. Dec. 28, 1802. 29. WILLIAM3, b. Feb. 12, 1805.
30. JOHN3, b. June 9, 1807. (The first maker of cane seat chairs in Gr.)
31. RUEL G.3; who m. Lucy Ann Severy; res. Gr., and had 2 chn.
[12.] COWEE, PEARSON2, youngest s. of James and Mary, m. Susannah, dau. Oliver and Susannah (Stiles) Upton, Gr. (pub. May 20, 1800), and set. on the paternal estate, one of the most attractive and productive farms in tn. A man of urbane man ners and of much dignity of character. He was subject to attacks of mental aberration, whereby he came to his d. Aug. 29, 1850, a. 74. His w. Susannah d. at unknown date. Chn .:
32. MARY C.3, b. March 20, ISO1; d. unm. Aug. 27, 1852.
33. PEARSON3, b. Aug. 3, 1802; d. Sept. 21, 1803.
34. ADALINE3, b. June 5, 1804; m. Calvin Hayward; res. W., etc .; 2 chn .; d. April, r88o.
35. LEANDER3, b. Dec. 12, 1806; a merchant in W .; d. Oct. 29, 1840.
36. SUSAN3, b. May 27, 1809; m. T. Doty and M. Joslin; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. Feb. 10, 1879.
37 CAROLINE3, b. Feb. 23, 1812; m. Benj. Prentiss; res. Fg .; No chn .; living.
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