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MORSE.
Among the passengers who came to this country in the ship Increase, which sailed April, 1635, was Samuel Morse1. b. 1585, and his s., Joseph2, then 20 yrs. of age. They tarried for a year or two at Watertown, the prin- cipal settlement in the Colony of Mass. Bay, and then joined a company formed for the purpose of founding a new "plantation " on the south side of Charles River, which was first called Contentment, but which the Gen. Ct. named Dedham. There the elder Mr. Morse, and prob. the s., located. Twelve years later, however, in 1649, he became one of the original proprie- tors of Medfield, building and occupying the first house that was destroyed by the Indians in the terrible raid and massacre of Feb. 21, 1675, which were said to have been planned by King Philip himself. who, mounted on a splen- did charger, rode about the town directing the devastation. The farm thus early taken up was in 1850 owned by one of the descendants of Mr. Morse, and may be still. The s. spoken of m. Hannah Phillips, and was the suc- cessor of his f. on the original homestead. Their s .. Jeremiah3, had Samuel4, b. 1694. He was a Capt. in the Colonial Militia, as was his s., Samuel5, who m. Catharine Clark and rem. to Hub., where he d. in 1789. A third Samuel6. s. of the last-named couple. m. Esther. dau. of Daniel Woodward of New- ton. and had a large family of substantial, worthy chn. Of these was
I. MORSE, JAMES7, b. Hub., April 4, 1790, who m. Lucinda, dau. of Nicholas and Joanna (Baker) Dike, pub. April 19, 1817. They set. first at Royalston, going thence to Fitzwilliam, N. H., for a few years, but coming to W. in 1836, and locating upon the Asa Taylor place near No. Common, which had been pur- chased of Joel Davis, and which is still owned by their sons. Mr. Morse d. Aug. 10, 1858, a. 68. Mrs. Morse d. Sept. 5, 1887. a. 90. Chn .:
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2. FARWELLS, b. Royalston, May 1, 1818; m. twice; res. W.
3. FRANCIS S.8, b. R., Jan. 23, 1821; m. Sarah Howe; res. W.
4. STILLMAN8, b. R., April 10, 1822; d. Dec. 7, 1849.
5. SEWALL8, b. R., Feb. 6, 1826; unm .; res. on old place.
6. LUCINDAS, b. R., Feb. 4, 1829; m. Moses H. Mirick; res. Pn .; no chn.
7. CAROLINA L.8, b. Fitzwilliam, Feb. 6, 1835; m. Geo. H. Adams; res. W .; 1 chd .; living Fg.
[2.] MORSE, FARWELL8, oldest s. of the last, set. on a part of his f's farm, building a house for himself and still occupying it. He is a quiet, unobtrusive, exemplary citizen, as are all the members of the family. He m. (1) Mary Ann., dau. Josiah and Betsey (Puffer) Wheeler, Jan. 28, 1845, who had 7 chn. and d. June 15, 1866, a. 42. He m. (2) Hattie A., dau. of Alexander and Louisa (Derby) Bigelow, June 16, 1869, who had 2 more. The names of all are:
S. HUBERT O.9, b. March 27, 1846; m. Hattie E. Jones; res. Taunton; 1 chd.
9. JAMES C.9, b. Nov. 25, 1848; m. Ellen Fullam; I chd .; d. Nov., 1877.
IO. ELLEN M.9, b. Feb. 4, 1850; m. Lyman Raymond; res. Fg.
I1. MYRON S.9, b. Sept. 9, 1852; unm .; res. Worc.
12. FRANK N.º, b. Sept. 4, 1855; m. Ellen Partridge; res. Worc .; a banker.
13. FRED T.9, b. Jan. 31, 1858; unm .; res. Los Angeles, Cal.
14. CARRIE A.º, b. July 31, 1861; m. John Fairbanks; res. Worc.
15. CHESTER B.9, b. May II, IS70. 16. MARY W.9, b. Sept. 14, 1873.
[3.] MORSE, FRANCIS STEDMAN8, bro. of the last, m. Nov. 15, 1857, Sarah, dau. of Reuben and Hannah (Minott) Howe, and took up his abode in the cottage of his wife's mother on Bacon St., where he still res. He is a mechanic, but a para- lytic shock a few yrs. since unfitted him for severe and contin- uous labor. Chd. :
17. EDWIN F.9, b. Jan. 31, 1861; d. Feb. 14, 1865.
MOSMAN.
This family is of ancient origin, having a pedigree reaching back to one Thomas Mosman, who lived in Scotland as long ago as 1426, in which year he was witness to a legal instrument still preserved in the archives of that world-renowned country. A descendant of his, gd.s. perhaps, lived in Glas- gow, had a s. John who is said to have been incarcerated in the celebrated Tolbooth prison, Edinburgh. in the time of James V. (1513-1532), on account of his loyalty to the crown. Through the leniency of the warder he effected an escape, fleeing for safety to Holland, and taking with him a famous family clock, which within a few years has been recovered and brought to this coun- try. This much-prized piece of mechanism was in possession of one of the numerous posterity of the notable fugitive, Mrs. G. T. C. Holden, recently of Hudson, dec'd, who had also many other relics or tokens of her. some- what illustrious ancestry beyond the sea. A son of this John, named James. was goldsmith to the distinguished, but unforunate " Mary, Queen of Scots," and manufactured some of her choicest jewelry. For his unfaltering fidelity to her and to her cause during the troubles she had with her unnatural cousin, Elizabeth of England, he, having been captured while engaged in defending one of the castles of his royal mistress. was hanged and afterward quar- tered, according to the brutal fashion of that brutal age. One of the descendants of this victim of English cruelty, the intervening links of the relationship not being known to the writer, though in possession, it is claimed. of certain members of the family, was John Mosman, b. in 1600,
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who m. Isabel Gardner, and prepared the way for the transfer of the name to the domestic nomenclature of America.
James Mosman1. s. of John and Isabel just mentioned, was b. July 9, 1626. He came to N. E. before 1667, in which year he is brought to notice as one of the first settlers of Wrentham. On account of trouble with the Indians, he withdrew to Roxbury in 1676. while the war with King Philip was going on, and there prob. remained through life. By his w., Anna, he had a s. Timothy2. b. Nov. 17. 1679, who became a res. of Sudbury, and d. there Feb. 27. 1773, in the 94th yr. of his age. He m. July 27, 1701, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Hicks of Boston who rendered the colonial government service. in some of the conflicts with the savage sons of the forest, and who, as a compensation therefor, received a grant of land in Dorchester Canada, now Ashburnham .- The late generations introduce an additional s into the name. to wit :- MOSSMAN.
[I] MOSMAN, TIMOTHY3, s. of Timothy2 and Sarah (Hicks) Mosman, was b. Sudbury in 1709 or 1710. He m. Feb. 26, 1734-5 Martha Ann, dau. of William Whitney of Weston, and sr. of Samuel, an early inhabitant of Nar. No. 2. They lived in Sudbury a few years, but ab. 1740 rem. to Dorch. Can., set. up- on and improving the grant of land made to his gd.father Hicks, just spoken of. Fear of the Indians caused them to aban- don the locality ere many years passed by, and they are next found on what is called in the old records "the Plaisted farm" near the present village of E. Pn. There Mr. Mosman claimed to be engaged in the manufacture of potash, an important in- dustry of those days. In 1751 he is said to be "of Sudbury " in a deed whereby Joseph and William Bowman, sometime resident in Nar. No. 2, convey house lots No. 16, the former Geo. Miles place, and No. 55, once known as the Bond place, to him and his heirs, for their sole use and behoof forever. It is believed that he occupied the former lot awhile, though he disposed of it to Benjamin Butterfield in the latter part of 1752. Lot 55 he sold 4 yrs. afterward, but there is no evidence that he ever res. upon it. Nothing of him is to be found in the records for a long time, during which he appears to have been in Pn. Subsequently he returned to W. with his wife, prob. to be with their sons who had located here, and here the remainder of their lives was spent. He d. Sept. 2, 1801, a. 91, and she April 15, the same year, a. 85. They lived together 66 years. They had chn. as given below. The dates of their birth are taken from the records. The places mentioned are somewhat uncertain.
2. ANNA+, b. Sudbury, Nov. 8, 1735; m. Peter Goodnow; res. Pn.
3. JOSHUA+, b. S., Jan. 16, 1738; m. wid. Sarah Barnard; taxed in town 1780.
4. SAMUEL4, b. S., Feb. 25, 1740; m. Anna Keyes; res. W.
5. MARTHA4, b. A., May 10, 1742; m. Reuben Parmenter; res. Pn.
6. TIMOTHY4, b. A., Feb. 26, 1745; nothing found; prob. d. young.
7. WILLIAM4, b. Pn., March 20, 1747; m. Sarah Nourse. [res. W .; no chu.
S. ABEL4, b. Pn., Feb. 15, 1749; m. Abigail How and wid. Jonas Richardson, Gr .;
9. OLIVE4, b. W., Jan. 18, 1752; nothing known.
[4.] MOSMAN, SAMUEL4, s. of the last, m. Anna, dau. Robert Keyes, Pn., April 29, 1769. He first set. in that town, living
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there ab. 8 yrs., when he rem. to W., purchasing of John Mead, Dec. 15, 1777, parts of lots 71 and 72, 2d Div., lying between No. Com. and Whitman's River valley and establishing himself there. The place had been built upon some years before by James How. It is still in the hands of the family. Samuel Mosman d. Dec. 29, 1828, a. 88. His wid., Anna, d. Sept. 22, 1840, a. 93. Chn .:
10. ABRAHAM5, b. Oct. 27, 1770; m. Achsah Seaver; res. W.
11. SAMUEL5, b. March 23, 1772; m. Betsey Brigham; res. W.
12. ASAPH5, b. Jan. 12, 1774; unm .; res. W .; d. June 26, 1847.
13. LUCY5, b. Dec. 16, 1775; unm .; res. W .; d. June 19, 1830.
14. EUNICE5, b. Nov. 20, 1778; m. Samuel Garfield; res. W .; 4 chn.
1 5. MARY5, b. Nov. 20, 1780; m. John Miles; res. Gr .; 2 chn.
16. ANNA5, b. April 3, 1782; m. Reuben Gates; res. Gr .; 6 chn.
17. PHEBE5, b. Oct. 31, 1785; m. Daniel Gates; res. W .; 7 chn.
18. MOSES5, b. Jan. 20, 1792; m. twice; 2 chn .; res. WV.
[IO.] MOSMAN, ABRAHAM5, s. of the last, m. Achsah, dau. of Benjamin and Martha Seaver, and after res. elsewhere awhile, set. on the place where his s. Silas now lives. A carpenter by trade, and an excellent workman. A man of intelligence and a great reader. He d. Sept. 30, 1847, a. 77. Achsah (Seaver) Mos- man d. March 16, 1865, a. 80. Chn .:
19. ABEL6, b. July 31, 1803; d. unm. May 6, 1872. [1882.
20. JOHN6, b. March 12, 1806; m. Susannah Pratt; res. W .; 4 chn .; d. March 2,
21. ABIGAIL H.6, b. Nov. 19, 1807; drowned Oct. 1, 1810.
22. DANIEL6, b. Dec. 30, 1809; m. Delana S. Davis; res. W.
23. ABIGAIL A.6, b. Feb. 19, 1812; m. Ezekiel Gates; res. Gr .; 4 chn .; d. April. 1882.
24. JAMES6, b. Nov. 7, 1813; m. Lydia Foskett, etc .; res. Orange; 5 chn .; d. March
31, 1888. [26, 1882.
25. PHEBE", b. Sept. 14, 1815; m. Charles How, Fg .; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. Feb.
26. BENJAMIN S.6, b. Dec. 12, 1817; m. Ann B. Davis; res. W., etc .: 5 chn.
27 . STEPHEN6, b. May 25, 1820; d. unm. March 9, 1867.
28. SILAS6, b. May 14, 1822; unm .; res. W .; living.
29. CHARLES6, b. Feb. 12, 1825; m. Salome Norris; res. W.
[II.] MOSMAN, SAMUEL5, bro. of the last, was pub. to Bet- sey Brigham of Alstead, N. H., Feb. 22, 1801. He lived for a time on the May place, near the Benton R. R. crossing, in north part of the town, but rem. thence to Scrabble Hollow, res. in a small ho. near the Lombard Mill, afterwards burned. He was an ingenious, skillful mechanic, and was engaged in the manu- facture of wooden ware, also in the machinist business to some extent. He d. Jan. 1, 1852, a. 79. His w. d. April 24, 1851, a. 77. Chn. :
30. MARY6, b. May 27, 1801; m. Elisha Hyde; res. Winch .; no chn .; dec'd.
31. JONAS K.6, b. Dec. 20, 1803; m. Elmira Reynolds; res. N. Y. State.
32. SAMUEL6, b. June 10, 1805; went to N. Y. State and d. there.
33. TYLER6, b. April 14, 1807; lived and d. Leom.
34. SALLY B.6, b. March 5, 1809; m. John Hyde; res. Winch .; 6 chn .; dec'd.
35. JOEL6, b. Jan. 18, 1811; m .; res. Marlboro'; no chn .; d. 1892. [1850. 36. CHARLES6, b. Jan. 31, 1813; m. Ruth Fisher; res. W .; no chn .; d. April 18,
37. CAROLINES, b. Jan. 16, 1815; m. Wm .? Mansur; res. Stow.
No one of the above family, except Charles6 (36), who was deaf and a very in- genious mechanic, res. permanently in W. Sally B. m. John Hyde of Winch., a descendant of Jonathan (b. London, 1626, and set. Newton, 1647), and had 6 chn., among whom was Henry B., b. Sept. 21, 1842, who studied theology and became a Cong. Trin. clergyman of acknowledged ability and standing ; now set. at Greenfield.
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[18.] MOSMAN, MOSES5, youngest s. of Samuel4 and Anna (Keyes), m. (1) 1814, Dolly Gray of Fg., and had 2 chn. She d. Sept. 8, 1825, and he m. (2) Alice Rider of Fg., Jan. 18, 1829. He res. on the Dickinson place near his f.'s in 1819. He rem. to Fg., where he d., July 9, 1829, and his wid. m. (2) Asaph Gates. Chn .:
38. SUSAN6, b. Jan. 21, 1815; m. John Stimson; res. Swampscot; 3 chn.
39. AUSTING, b. Aug. 24, 1818; m. Sarah S. Wiggin; res. Swampscot; I chd.
[20.] MOSMAN, JOHN6, s. of Abraham5 and Achsah (Seaver) Mosman, m. Susannah, dau. of Aaron and Betsey (Warner) Pratt of Gr., April 14, 1835. He built and occupied the small house near his f.'s, and worked at his trade of coopering. He d. March 2, 1882, a. 77. His wid., Susannah, d. Feb. 16, 1890, a. 81. Their chn. were:
40. AUSTIN7, b. Aug. 26, 1836; m. Clara A. Oakes; res. Craftsbury, Vt .; I chd .; 1. 41. GEORGE W.7, b. Jan. 24, 1845; lives W .; unm. at date.
42. JEROME™, b. May 15, 1846; m. Helen Smith; res. Fg .; 2 chn .; living.
43. WALDO7, b. April 23, 1848; m. Ellen Owen; res. Barton, Vt .; I chd .; living.
[22.] MOSMAN, DANIEL6, bro. of the last, m. Oct. 28, 1852, wid. Delana S. Sylvester, dau. of Abel and Cynthia (Sylvester) Davis of Winchester, N. H., and set. on the original Samuel Mosman (4) place, which has been the home of five generations of the family. Mrs. M. had 2 chn. by her first husband, Merritt Sylvester :- Henrietta D., who m. Wm., s. of Samuel Barnes of Fg., and Lowell M., who was accidentally shot while hunting, Oct. 14, 1871. Mr. M. d. March 18, 1889, a. 79. Mrs. M. is still living, and to her the writer is indebted for many of the facts herein recorded. Chd .:
44. HENRY W.7, b. July 28, 1854; m. Nellie A. Rice; res. Worc .; 4 chn.
His tastes inclining him to musical pursuits, he studied under the well-known Prof. Petersilia of Boston, and is a skillful and competent teacher in Worcester, where he res., and vicinity. He has adopted the modern orthography, Mossman.
[26.] MOSMAN, BENJAMIN S.6, bro. of the last, m. May 12, 1842, Ann B., dau. of Abel and Cynthia (Sylvester) Davis of Winchester, N. H., sr. of Daniel's w., and after res. in W. many years, rem. to New Ipswich, N. H., and thence to Barton, Vt., where they now live. Has been successfully connected with the chair-making industry, and held many offices of trust. Chn. :
45. ORANGE B.7, b. Feb. 12, 1843; d. Nov. 25, 1846.
46. ANN JANETTE7, b. June 16, 1847; d. Oct. 8, 1848.
47. JANETTE A.7, b. March 9, 1850; m. D. G. Whitney; res. Cal .; 4 chn .; living.
48. ORANGE H.7, b. July 3, 1852; m. Lois M. Baxter; res. Barton, Vt .; 3 chn .; 1. 49. CORA BELL7, b. March 15, 1864; d. July 19, 1880.
[29.] MOSMAN, CHARLES6, youngest bro. of the last, m. Salome, dau. of Jonathan and Lucinda (Cross) Norris of Crafts- bury, Vt., Feb. 6, 1862, and located on the Dr. Shumway place, three-fourths of a mile north of the central village. He is a farmer by occupation. They have had but one chd .:
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50. FREDERICK W.7, b. March 14, 1865; m. April 15, 1892, Mary Stella, dau. of Franklin and Eunice (Whitney) Lombard. A grad. of Mass. Ag. Coll., 1890. Is a member of the W. Sch. Com. He spells his name Mossman.
51. MOSMAN, MATTHIAS4, s. of James3 and Elizabeth (Bal- colm) Mosman of Sudbury, was b. March 17, 1749. His f., with- out much doubt, was bro. of Timothy3 (7), the first of the name in W., and if so, s. of Timothy2 and Sarah (Hicks), and gd.s. of James1, the immigrant ancestor of those already noticed. That Timothy3 (1) had a bro. James3 appears from the Middlesex Co. records, which state that "Timothy, Jr., George, Ebenezer, and John, quitclaimed all their right in the estate of their mother, Sarah Hicks, to bro. James" in 1740; also the previous year " all right to the estate of bro. Samuel, who d. in the service." In this register Matthias is placed in the fourth generation of the Am. family, as the numerals indicate. He was a man appar- ently of superior natural ability, improved by culture and expe- rience. By occupation he was a land surveyor, in which capacity he had a wide reputation and extensive practice. He came to this town near the beginning of the present century and re- mained for sev. years, residing at first on the Tottingham place, Whitman River valley, but afterward at the Lynde place on Bragg Hill. While here he was employed to resurvey and establish bounds to all the roads of the town,-a commission the duties of which he discharged with singular care, fidelity, and dispatch, as the records testify. He left here ab. 1808, taking up his residence in Ash., where he passed the remainder of his life.
Mr. Mosman was a profoundly religious man, and in his later years thought and wrote much upon theological subjects and matters pertaining thereto. Many of his papers thus pre- pared are kept by certain of his descendants, partly as memen- tos of him, and partly on account of the peculiar views and theories which they embody and inculcate. Matthias Mosman m. Sarah, dau. of Aaron and Rebecca Haines of Sudbury, Nov. 7, 1773, and had 12 chn. b. before coming to this town, though no doubt most if not all of them res. here for a time, some of them permanently. Mr. Mosman d. in Ash., Nov. 8, 1819, a. 70. His w. d. in W., Sept. 29, 1808. Chn .:
52. MICAH5, b. Marlboro', July S, 1774; d. Sept. 17, 1775.
53. MARK5, b. Sudbury, Sept. 3, 1775; m. Lois Gibson; res. Vt .; had chn .; d. May 22, IS58. [1859.
54. BETSEY5, b. June 6, 1777; m. Hayman Wheeler; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. May 11,
55. BEULAH5, b. Oct. 13, 1779; m. Thomas Carr; chn .; d. July 21, 1824.
56. REBECCA5, b. April 20, 1782; m. Levi Wilson and - Gilbert; res. W. and Brookfield; d. March 5, 1864.
57. JOHN5, b. Oct. 26, 1784; m. Copia Ward; res. W .; 5 chn .; d. June 12, IS41.
58. DIADAMA5, b. April 19, 1787; m. Silas Ward; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. Nov. 7, IS79, a. 92.
59. TYLER5, b. April 8, 1790; d. April 22, 1790. LIS75.
60. LUCINDA5, b. Ash., Sept. 13, 1794; m. John Boynton; res. Fg .; d. March 27,
61. LEONARD5, b. Ash., March 12, 1797; d. W., July 26, 1808.
62. ELIAS5, b. W., date unkn .; nothing learned.
63. SALLY5, b. W., date unkn .; is said to have d. ISoS.
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[57.] MOSMAN, JOHN5, s. of the last, m. Copia, dau. of John and Copiah (Rice) Ward, and set. on the place in the north part of the town, where Joseph S. Woodward recently resided, the dwelling house of which he built for his own use. He bargained it to Asa Wheeler in 1819, and thereafter lived in or near Scrab- ble Hollow, where for some years he worked at chair making, a part of the time in company with Walter V. Carr. He d. June 12, 1841, a. 56. She d. Nov. 7, 1879, a. 92. Chn. :
64. LEONARD6, b. Sept. 15, IS10; m. three times; res. W. and Ash .; I son; d. Sept. 28, 1878.
65. AARON6, b. Nov. 21, 1811; m. Martha Ball.
66. JOHN W.6, b. Sept. 26, 1813; m. Mary E. Libbey.
67. LUCINDA6, b. March 8, 1816; m. Joseph S. Woodward; res. W .; I chd .; d. May 10, 1842.
68. DOROTHYS, b. Sept. 29, 1822; m. Jonathan Hapgood.
69. MOSSMAN, ALVARO E., a native of California according to the records, is the present practicing physician of the town. He came here in 1884, and, since the decease of Dr. Shepard in 1886, has been the only master of the healing art in the place. By his w., Mary, he has had 2 chn .:
70. WILLARD, b. Feb. 26, 1885. 71. - , b. Nov. 16, 1889.
MUDGE.
Thomas Mudge1 was b. in England ab. 1624, and, migrating to this coun- try, was a res. of Malden in 1657. His s., John2, was a Nar. soldier, belonging to a company from Dedham, where he perhaps lived. By his w., Ruth, he had John3, a Dea. in the chh., the f. of Joseph4, whose home was in Malden.
I. MUDGE, JOSEPH5, s. of the last, was b. in the town named, Feb. 26, 1753. In his youth he taught school for several years, and upon the breaking out of the Rev. War enlisted in the army as a drummer, serving in several regiments and acquiring the title of cornet. On the 23d of Oct., 1783, he m. Lois, dau. of Oliver and Sybil Pratt of Newton, and set. in Needham, where he formerly had been engaged in teaching. He served as Dept. Sheriff of Norfolk Co., 1786-1793, his res. prob. being in Dedham. He came to W. near the opening of the present century, pur- chasing land of Jarvis Pierce in 1804, and building upon it the house now owned by the wid. of Joseph Woodbury. He is said to have been a wheelwright by trade, but one part of his dwelling was fitted up for a store, in which business was carried on for some years, managed, however, chiefly by his w. and dau. It is reported that the manufacture of straw braid in town was started under their auspices. The dau., Sybil, was one of the public school teachers in her day. Mr. Mudge d. Nov. 9, 1822, a. 69. Mrs. Mudge d. Jan. 30, 1831, a. 66. Chn .:
2. JOSEPH6, b. Jan. 24, 1785; m. Sarah Fenno; 6 chn .; res. W., etc.
3. SYBIL6, b. Feb. 1, 1787; m. Col. A. B. Doolittle; res. Winchester, N. H .; I chd .; d. Nov. 8, 1836.
4. JOHN G.6, b. Jan. 1, 1791; m. twice; res. Winchester, N. H., etc .; 4 chn.
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[2.] MUDGE, JOSEPH6, eldest s. of the last, m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Hannah Fenno of Boston, Sept. 4, 1814. He set. in Dedham, where he was first engaged in harness making, but afterwards was employed as overseer in a factory. He went from Dedham to Philadelphia, Pa., rem. thence in 1816 to this town, presumably to care for his parents in their declining years. He is supposed to have taken the store into his own hands and to have run it some 12 or more years. In 1829 he sold to George Adams, and went to some town in N. H., and afterwards to Cohoes, N. Y., where he engaged in the manufacture of needles for a knitting factory. He had the reputation of being "a man of superior ability, well educated, able to speak several lan- guages." He d. at Cohoes, Nov. 27, 1841, a. 56. Date of his w.'s death unkn. Chn .:
5. JOSEPH E.7, b. P., June 1, 1815; an eccentric bachelor; res. Memphis, Tenn .; d. Aug., 1845.
6. ISABELLE M.7, b. Sept. 5, 1818; m. E. G. Muzzey; res. Winchester, N. H .; I chd .; d. March 31, 1844.
7. EDWARD D.7, b. W., Feb. 15, 1821; m. Albina White; res. unkn .; no chn .; d. Jan. 25, 1850.
8. CAROLINE A. S.7, b. W., Feb 21, 1823; m. E. G. Muzzey, 2d w .; I chd .; d. Sept. 21, 1846.
9. HESTER A. R.7, b. W., May 27, 1827; d. May 27, 1829.
IO. MARIA J.7, b. June, 1831; d. Aug., 1832.
John Green Mudge6 (4), bro. of the last, m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Walter Field of Northfield, and set. in Winchester, N. H., where he was a prominent, active, and influential business man. His first w. d., and he m. (2) Mary Mattoon, also of Northfield. He had 4 chn., 3 of whom d. young. The other, John Green Mudge, b. March 6, 1823, m. Eliza A. Witherell of Petersham, where he afterwards located, becoming a leading citizen of the town. He was a man of ability, culture, and character, holding many public offices, rendering important service during the war of the Rebellion in raising and forwarding troops, and in numerous ways proving himself a trustworthy, patriotic citizen. A pronounced Unitarian, he took an active part in the chh. of that faith in P. He served both as Rep. and Senator in the Mass. Leg. He had 3 chn., a son and 2 daus., who live in Boston or vicinity. He d. at a recent date.
I. MUNJOY, DANIEL, s. of -- Munjoy and Rebecca Stokes, was b. at Charlestown, prob. in 1734, coming to Nar. No. 2 when ab. 4 yrs. of age with Philip Bemis, of whose family he seems to have been a recognized and permanent member. Soon after he became "of age," Sept. 20, 1765, he bought of his foster bro., Philip Bemis, Jr., lot No. 119 with a sawmill upon it -the pro- totype of the so-called Raymond Mill -and the adjoining lot northward, No. 56, on which was a house and barn. (See A. H. No. 42.) In Feb. of the following year he m. Kate, dau. of Samuel Randall of Stow, by whom he had 2 chn. Two years later he sold the mill lot, and in Dec., 1769, the homestead bef. mentioned, on which he had presumably res. Not long after, he left the place for parts unknown, and was not heard of for many years. He is understood to have been a soldier in the Revolution, though his place of enlistment, time of service, etc., have not been ascertained. Somewhere in the 90's he returned,
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and, having obtained a divorce from his w., or otherwise secured a release from his former marital obligations, was pub. to Keziah, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Pierce) Dunster, April 3, 1797. After the announcement of the intended marriage, made by the Town Clerk at the close of the regular Sunday service, as the custom then was, the former w., who was in the congregation, rose and forbade the banns. This act, however, was without effect, inasmuch as the parties concerned were formally united as proposed, shortly afterward. They lived for a while at the Dunster place, now occupied by Elmer Baker, but subsequently located on the cross road leading from the old red schoolhouse site to Wachusettville. (See A. H. No. 49.)
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