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27. James (s. of Jonathan 19.) m. Hannalı, D. of Samuel Al- den, 1798, and had Lydia 1800 : his w. d. and he m. Hannah, D. of Thomas Wales, 1803, and had Otis 1804, Nancy 1807, Austin 1809 .- Lydia m. Ephraim Howard 1821 .- Austin gra. Amherst 1837 .- James Littlefield m. a Cary.
James Cary came from Bristol, Eng., and settled in Charles- town in 1639, the same year John came to Plymouth : they are supposed to have been brothers.
CASWELL .- Zephaniah Caswell m. Azubah, D. of James Hooper 1803, and had Zephaniah 1804, Harriet 1806, Winslow Wood 1809, Susanna Hooper 1814 .- Jonathan Caswell m. Ta- bitha Leach 1769.
CHAMBERLIN .- Freedom Chamberlin of Pembroke (s. of William of Hull, who was s. of Henry, who was s. of Henry,
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who was s. of Henry, who with his wife, mother and 2 children, came from Hingham, Eng., and settled in Hingham here 1638) had several sons viz .: Capt. Freedom, who d. in Pembroke 1821, æ. 91; and Nathaniel, Job, Benjamin and John, who all settled in E. B .- John and his family soon moved away .- John Cham- berlin of Westmoreland m. Eunice, D. of Samuel Edson, 1766.
2. Nathaniel (above) m. Sarah Foster, and had Nathaniel 1745, Sarah 1747, Ruth 1751, Mary 1754, Lydia 1756, Joseph and Benjamin 1761, Josiah 1764 : his w. d. 1765, and he m. De- liverance, D. of Thomas Snell, 1767 .- Nathaniel, the father, d. 1814, æ. 91 : his last w., Deliverance, d. 1814, æ. 86 .- Nathl., the son, m. Eleanor, D. of Zechariah Whitman, and had a son Nathaniel, and moved away .- Benjamin went into Maine .- Jo- siah m. Lucy Pratt, and afterwards had a 2d wife and lived in Pembroke .- Ruth m. Elisha Records of Pembroke 1774 .- Mary m. Benjamin White of Hanover 1780 .- Lydia m. Jona. Pratt .- Sarah m. Jabez Pratt.
3. Job (above) m. Rachel Bonney of Pembroke, and had Isaac 1749*, Elizabeth 1751, Job 1754, Nathan 1756, Thomas 1758, Rachel 1761, Celia 1765, Zerviah 1767, Isaac 1772 : he d. 1788, æ. 62; she 1825, æ. 97 .- Celia m. Mark Phillips Jr. 1789 .- Zer- viah m. Daniel Cushing 1787 .- The first Isaac d. 1769, æ. 20 .- Rachel probably m. Ichabod Packard of Lebanon 1780.
4. Benjamin (above) m. Hannah, D. of Thomas Snell, 1756, and had Silvina 1757, Lewis 1758, Hannah 1760, Benjamin 1762, Aaron 1765, Chloe 1767, Deliverance 1773, Arza 1780; all but the two last b. in Pembroke: he d. 1803, æ. 78; she 1828, æ. 93 .- Silvina d. 1829 single .- Lewis m. Rebecca, sister of Major Nathl. Tompson of H., 1793, and d. 1826, leaving one child, Lewis, b. 1796 .- Hannah m. a Lamberton .- Benjamin and Aa- ron went westward .- Chloe d. 1828 single and gave a legacy of $100 to the first parish in E. B .- Deliverance d. 1826 single .-- Arza is a bachelor.
5. Joseph (s. of Nathaniel 2.) m Sarah, D. of Capt. Jonathan Bass, 1784, and had Jonathan 1786, Susanna 1789, Joseph 1792. Jonathan was a Col. lives in West Stockbridge and has a fam- ily .- Susanna m. Thaxter Norton 1808, and lived in Sterling; now lives in Boston .- Joseph m. Alice, D. of Dea. William Har- ris, 1819 : she d. 1838, and he then m. Lusanna, wid. of Thomas Whitman and D. of Anthony W. Clift, and has William and Jen- net, both by his Ist w.
6. Thomas (s. of Job 3.) m. Polly, D. of Nicholas Whitman, 1785, and had Job 1787, Molly 1792, Zerviah 1795, Jennet 1798, Calvin 1810, Luther, Rachel .- Rachel m. Asa Whitman 1820. 7. Isaac (s. of Job 3.) m. Charity, sister of Major Nathaniel Thompson of H., and had Ebenezer, Asenath, Wealthy, Nathan, Sophronia, and Josiah Holbrook : he d. 1806, and the wid. m. Daniel Bryant 1809 .- Ebenezer m Polly, D. of David Benson, 1820, and removed to Barnstable County .- Asenath m. Charles Brown 1819.
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7. Henry (no known connection with the above) m. Susanna Hinds 1740 .- Joseph m. Mary Wethrell 1767, and had Joseph 1770, Polly 1776.
CHANDLER .- Samuel Chandler and his wife Mercy had Jonathan 1699, Mary 1702, Sarah 1703, Samuel 1709, Abraham 1711, Susanna 1715 .- Mary m. Joseph Perry 1729.
Jonathan Chandler m. Rebecca Packard, D. of George, before 1754 .- Betty Chandler m. Israel Keith 1740 : perhaps she after- wards m. Joseph Harvey 3d 1749 .- Jonathan Chandler m. Wid. Abthiah Wade 1745, and d. 1775; Abthiah Chandler d. 1792, æ. 85.
CHEESMAN .- Samuel Cheesman (s. of Sam'l Cheesman of Braintree,) came to N. B. 1772 ; m. Martha D. of Dependence French, and had Noah, Samuel, Olive, Naomi, Polly, and Bet- sy .- Capt. Noah m. Lucinda D. of Robert Howard 1799, and had Zechariah Howard 1801, Olive 1803, Noah 1810, Lucinda 1814, .- Samuel m. Mehitabel D. of Giles Leach 1806, and went to Merrimack .- Olive m. James Thompson 1798 .- Naomi m. Josiah Orcutt 1806 .- Polly m. Ara Battles .- Betsy m. Bazillai King 1812 .- Olive 2nd. m. Reuben Drake 1819 .- Ruth Chees- man m. Azor Howe 1791.
CHIPMAN .- George Chipman m. Huldah D. of James Leach 1893, and had Ann Waterman 1804, Hazadiah Keith 1807, Char- lotte Lazell 1810*, Isabella 1814 .- The mother d. 1835.
CHURCHILL .- 1. Jabez Churchill and his w. Alice, had Alice 1753, Rachel 1754, who m. Thaddeus Pratt 1777.
2. Ephraim and Jemima had Ephraim 1753, Hannah 1755, Dorcas 1759, Jemima 1761, James 1764, Sarah 1767, Susanna 1770 .- Ephraim m. Silence D. of Dependence French 1787 .- Hannah m. Calvin Snow 1784 .- Dorcas m. Eliab Snow 1787 .- Jemima m. James Packard 1778 .- James m. Mary D. of Zecha- riah Gurney 1794 .- Susanna m. Elijah Drake 2nd. 1800.
3. Eleazar m. Lucy Otis of Scituate 1788, and lived in W. B. and had Sophia 1789, Charles 1791, Polly 1794, Rhoda, Har- riet, Hannah Otis, and another .- He d. suddenly in his chair 1818 .- One D. m. a Nash .- One m. a Pennyman .- One m. an Erskin .- Rhoda m. Sam'l Keen Jr .- Harriet m. John Reed Jr. of Ab. 1819 .- Hannah O. m. a Douglas of N. Bedford.
4. Levi (from Plympton) m. Cynthia D. of Solomon Pack- ard, and lives in E. B. and has Levi, Luther, Abisha, David, William, Cynthia, Azuba, Elizabeth*, Bethiah, and Lurania *.- His w. d. 1832 æ. 53, and he m. again -Cynthia m. Joshua Ben- net .- Azuba m. Lewis Keith 1819 .- Wid. Sarah, mother of Levi sen. d. 1834, æ. 78 .- Levi Jr. m. Lucretia D. of Charles Keen. Luther m. Evelina D. of Eli Blanchard.
Wid. Mercy of Plympton m. Joshua Fobes 1754 .- John m. Joanna D. of Moses Bisbee 1756 .- Ruth m. Jonathan Whitman 1776 .- Josiah m. Sarah Rogers 1781 .- Priscilla m. Benjamin Sprague 1785 .- David Jr. m. Molly Hearsey 1797 .- Fidelia m. Wm. Hunt 1798 .- Deborah, sister of Eleazar, m. Eleazar
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Alden 1794 .- Ezra m. Bethiah Mehurin of Pem. 1799 .- Si- lence m. Asa Randall 1821.
CLEAVELAND .- Ephraim Cleaveland m. Hannah Hayward 1747, and settled in W. B., and had Joseph 1749, Benjamin 1751, Elijah 1753, Lucy and Ebenezer 1755, Olive 1758, Persis 1760.
CLIFT .- Nathaniel Clift of Marshfield m. Deborah D. of An- thony Winslow, and had Anthony Winslow, Nathaniel, and Debo- rah .- They both d., he a. 1762, and their father Winslow came to E. B. before 1770 and brought these 3 gr. ch. with him .- Deboralı m. George Keith 1768 .- Nath'l. d. 1773 æ. 22 .- Anthony W. m. Bethiah D. of the Hon. Hugh Orr 1777, and had Nathaniel, Mar- garet, Bethiah Orr, Lusanna Winslow, and Phidelma .- Marga- ret m. Dea. Sam'l Keen 1804 .- Bethialı O. m. Charles Mitchell 1813 .- Lusanna W. m. Thomas Whitman 1818, and Joseph Chamberlin 1539 .- Phidelma m. George Keith 1815 .- Nathan- iel m. Nabby D. of Josiah Byram 1799, and d. leaving 2 ss. An- gier Byram*, and Belus, and 2 Ds. ; and his wid. m. Job Turner and is again a wid.
COBB .- Ansel Cobb lived in W. B. m. Sarah D. of Ezra Hayward and had Hayward 1801, and Lucinda .- He d. and the s. and D. live in Mid'o.
Susanna Cobb m. John Sprague 1746 .- Nath'l. Jr. of Plymp- ton m. Penelope Standish 1763 .- Penelope m. Ichabod Leach 1770 .- Lydia m. Wm. Pettingill 1784 .- Eleanor m. Obadiah Pettingill 1792.
COLE .- 1. Joseph Cole (from Plympton) and his w. Mary settled in N. B. and had Samuel, Ephraim, Joseph, Molly, Su- sanna, Catherine, Eliza, Eleazar 1747, Sarah 1749, Silence 1755 *.- Molly m. Col. Frederick Pope 1758 .- Susanna m. a Niles .- Catherine m. Daniel Littlefield 1762 .- Eliza m. Solo- mon Smith of E. 1761 .- Sarah m. a Withington .- Eleazar m. Lucy Shurtliff 1769, and went to Me.
2. Samuel (s. of Joseph 1.) m. Sarah D. of Seth Packard 1752, and had William 1753, Rebecca 1755*, Samuel 1761, and removed westward .- William m. Molly Lazell 1773 .- Rebecca m. Amaziah Cole 1775.
3. Ephraim (s. of Joseph I.) m. Hannalı Randall and had Zilpha 1754, Ephraim 1756, Hannah 1759, Molly 1764, Rachel 1768 .- Zilpha m. Edward Bartlett 1772 .- Hannah m. Isaac Keith 1775, and afterwards Capt. Seth Keith .- Molly m. John Drake 1782 .- Rachel m. Ichabod Packard 1786.
4. Joseph (s. of Joseph 1.) m. Betty D. of Constant South- worth 1757, and had Desire 1758, and went westward .- Desire m. Noah Pratt 1777, and went to Vermont.
5. Ephraim (s. of Ephraim 3.) m. Silence Webb 1777, and had Ephraim, Thomas, Zibion, Ornan, Alvan, and Hannah .- Ephraim m. Susanna D. of Adin Packard 1808, and had Susanna 1808 .- Thomas m. Silence Thayer 1810 .- Zibion m. Mary D. of Barzillai Field 1819 .- Ornan m. Lucy D. of Perez South- worth .- Alvan m. Eliza D. of David French 1823 .- Hannah m. Silas Snow 1800. 18
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John Cole of Plympton m. Patience Barber 1709 .- Content of Pem. m. Wm. Whitman 1778 .- Molly of Mid'o. m. Rufus Ed- son 1783 .- Susanna of Mid'o. m. Alex. Ames 1789 .- Polly m. Winslow Thomas 1780 .- Caleb m. Lucy HIall 1792 .- Joseph of Plymouth m. Sarah Atwood 1793 .- Patty m. Stephen Snell 1796 .- Edward m. Phebe Alden of Mid. 1797 .- Sally of Scit- uate m. Edwin Howard 1803 .- Phebe m. Samuel Snell 1810 .- Ephraim of Plymouth m. Sarah D. of Francis Cook s. of Jacob. COLWELL .- Ebenezer Colwell m. Sarah D. of Benjamin Price 1769, and settled in W. B., and had Brett 1771, Keziah 1775, Ebenezer 1779, Sally 1781, Melvin 1786, John 1791 .- The mother d. 1816 .- Hannah Colwell d. 1815 .- Ebenezer m. Betsy Hayward 1804 .- Sally m. Albertus Edson of Grafton, Vt. 1804 .- Keziah m. Ebenezer Edson 1797 .- John m. Hannah D. of Silvanus Hayward 1813, and afterwards m. Tabitha another D. of Silvanus Hayward 1816.
CONANT .- 1. Nathaniel Conant (from Beverly) with his w. Hannah settled in S. B. before 1690: he was a descendant of Roger Conant, who came to N. E. 1623, and lived at Plymouth, Nantasket, Cape Ann, and afterwards at Salem, where he built the first house, about 1626, and died at Beverly 1679 in his 89th year. Nathaniel's will 1712, proved 1732 .- He had Nathan- iel, Josiah, Lot, William, Bethiah, Hannah, Martha, Lydia, Re- becca ; the births of Lot 1690, Lydia 1692, and Rebecca 1694, are on Bridgewater Records, Bethiah married Nathaniel Allen 1696 .- Hannah married Nathanial Hill 1710 .- Lydia m. An- drew Lovell 1712 .- Rebecca m. Shubael Ewers of Barnstable 1714. Roger (the first born child in Salem), Exercise, Lot, John, and Joshua, were ss. of the pilgrim, Roger : Nathaniel was prob- ably son of Lot.
2. Nathaniel (s. of Nathaniel 1.) his first w. Mary, no children probably ; 2d. w. Margaret, they had Thomas 1705, Bethiah 1709 ; 3d. w. Elizabeth Hains m. 1716, they had Jeremiah 1720, Margaret 1722, John 1725, Elizabeth 1727; his will 1743; he d. 1745 ; his last w.d. 1757 .- Bethiah m. Elkanah Rickard 1733. Margaret m. Abel Edson a. 1739 .- Elizabeth m. Dan'l Keith 1744.
3. Josiah (s. of Nathaniel 1.) m. Elizabeth D. of John Wash- burn, Jr. 1701 .- He d. a. 1721, and had Joseph, Josiah, Susanna, and Prudence.
4. Lot (s. of Nathaniel 1.) m. Deborah Goodspeed of Sand- wich, and had Hannah 1712, Gershom 1714, Lot 1718, Silvanus 1720, Phinehas 1727, Deborah 1728, Timothy 1732 .- Deborah m. Isaac Washburn 1753 .- Silvanus gra. II. U. 1740, and set- tled in the ministry at Middleborough, and d. of small pox 1777, Dec. 7, æ. 58, in the 33d. year of his ministry, but left no pos- terity .- Lot, the father, d. 1774 a. 84 .- Hannah m. Nathaniel Pratt 1745 probably.
5. William (s. of Nathaniel 1.) m. Mary Trow of Beverly, and lived in E. B .- They had Sarah 1708, Ruth 1711 .- He had other children : one, Mary, m. Nicholas Whitman 1719 .- One,
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William, died young,-Another, Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Hay- ward 1724 .- Another, Hannah, d. 1773, and David .- Ruth d. 1780, æ. 69 .- Ilis will dated 1748, proved 1754.
6. Thomas (s. of Nathaniel 2.) m. Martha D. of Wm. Ames, and had Nathan 1731, Sarah 1733, Martha 1735, Rebecca 1737, Mary 1740, Zilphah 1742, he m. Mary D. of Elnathan Wood 1745, and had Abner 1746, Zenas 1748, Ezra 1750, Jedidah 1752, Abigail 1754*, Keturah 1756 .- Sarah m. John Heiford of Mid'o. 1754 .- Martha m. Seth Lathrop of E. 1755 .- Rebecca m. Robert Randall of E. 1761 .- Mary m. Zebulon Bryant 1767 .- Zilphah m. Samuel Keith 1766 .- Jedidah m. Roland Sears of Ashfield 1777 .- Keturah m. Barnabas Washburn 1782 .- Abner went to Hardwick and d. single .- Thomas the father d. 1787; Mary the mother d. 1802 æ. 83.
7. Jeremiah (s. of Nathaniel 2.) m. Martha D. of Daniel Pack- ard 1739, and had Azubah 1739, Nathaniel 1743, Daniel, Betty, who m. Noah Phinney 1769, Roger 1749, Lydia 1752, Martha 1753, Chloe 1755, who m. a Walker .- Azubah m. Jesse Dunbar 1762 .- Dan'Im. Joanna D. of Cornelius Washburn 1767, and went to Pelham .- Lydia m. Zephaniah Smith 1773 .- Martha m. Jo- siah Mehurin 1779 .- Martha, the mother, m. James Dunbar 1757.
8. John (s. of Nathaniel 2.) m. Abihail Pratt 1746, and had Abihail 1746, John 1749, Zenas 1751, Lucy 1753, Silvia 1755, Jeremialı 1758, Bethiah 1760, Thomas 1766 .- Abihail m. John Willis 2d. 1774 .- Lucy m. Ziba Hayward 1773 .- Silvia m. Sil- vanus Conant 1773 .- Jeremiah m. Mary D. of Solomon Leonard 1782, and Chloe D. of Dea. Seth Pratt 1793, and went to Pom- fret Vt., and had Jolin who m. Rebecca D. of Nath'l. Washburn and had a s. Chauncy and others probably .- Thomas m. Lydia D. of Calvin Edson 1789, and went to Oakham.
9. Gershom (s. of Lot. 4.) m. Anne D. of Henry Kingman 1738, and d. 1792, æ.78 : she D. 1791, æ. 81 .- They had Anne 1740, Eunice 1743, Silvanus 1747 .- Anne m. Joseph Muxam 1764 .- Eunice m. Barnabas Snell 1783 .- Silvanus m. Silvia D. of John Conant 1773, and went to Minot Me.
10. Lot (s. of Lot 4.) m. Betty Holmes of Halifax 1743; she d. 1773 .- They had Sarah 1743*, Lydia 1746, Betty 1754, Ben- jamin 1756, and Rebecca .- Lydia m. Calvin Edson 1766 .- Betty m. Zenas Conant 1774 .- Benjamin m. Betty D. of Hezekiah Hooper 1783, and had Temperance 1783, Marcus 1785, Wins- low 1788, Benjamin 1790, Hooper 1793, and went to Me .- Re- becca m. Benjamin Snell 1782 .- Lot Conant's wife d. 1778, and he m. wid. Rhoda Perry 1780; she d. 1790.
11. Phinehas (s. of Lot 4.) m. Joanna D. of David Pratt 1749 .- He d. 1798, æ 72 : she d. 1804 æ. 74 .- They had Sarah 1752, Peter 1753, Joanna 1755, Phinehas 1759, David 1762 Ja- cob 1768 .- Peter was a Deacon and m. Jane D. of Jona. Conant 1777, and had Peter, who m. Lucy Brewster 1809, Silvia who m. Joseph Hayward 2d. 1814, Ruth who m. Daniel Keith 1800, and Libeus, who was a minister at Northfield N. H. whither the
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family removed .- Joanna m. Elias Conant 1774 .- Phinehas m. Joanna D. of Daniel Washburn 1785, and she d. 1829 .- David m. Silvia D. of Samuel Whitman 1783, and had Martha 1785, Susanna 1787, and David 1790, and d. 1792, and she afterwards m. Azariah Hayward Jr. 1798.
12. Timothy (s. of Lot 4.) m. Hannah Blackman 1754, and had James 1755, Luther 1758, Susanna 1760, Lucy 1762, Debo- rah 1764, Timothy, Silvanus, Abigail, Sarah and Hannah *.- Deborah m. Nathan Lazell Esq. 1783 .- Timothy m. Nancy D. of Solomon Pratt 1788 .- The Mother Hannah, m. Hezekiah Hooper for her 2d. husband .- Most of this family removed to Oakham and several of the children were born there.
13. David (s. of William 5.) m. Sarah D. of Benjamin Hay- ward 1723 .- and had David 1726, Jonathan 1734, William 1742. William gra. Yale College 1770, and settled in the ministry at Lyme N. H .- He first m. a Cook, and afterwards wid. Patty Per- kins, (Theodore's wid.) and D. of Nathan Conant.
14. Nathan(s. of Thomas 6.)m. Hannah D. of Isaac Lazell 1753, and d. 1778, and had Hannah 1754, Lois 1756, Martha 1760, Ca- leb 1762, Rebecca 1764, and Mary 1768, who m. Isaac Smith of Braintree 1785 .- Lois m. Soloman Conant 1783 .- Patty m. Theodore Perkins 1783, and afterwards Wm. Conant .- Hannah m. Jona. Washburn Jr. of M. 1778 .- Caleb m. Olive Thrasher 1789, and moved to the westward.
15. Zenas (s. of Thomas 6.) m. Betty D. of Lot Conant 1774, and had Betty, Oliver, Sarah, Olive .- Betty m. Levi Leach 1798. Oliver m. Polly D. of Calvin Washburn 1796 .- Sarah m. Ephraim Leach 1805 .- Olive m. Jacob Conant 1805, who went to Ohio, and had Charles 1807, Jane 1809, William 1812, born here.
16. Ezra (s. of Thomas 6.) m. Mary D. of David Conant 1773; she d. 1835 ; he had Gaius, gra. B. U. 1800, who m. Cassandra D. of Zechariah Whitman 1802, and afterwards Chloe wid. of Jonas Leonard, and D. of Jesse Allen, and settled in the ministry at Paxton ; and Thomas who is a Baptist preacher.
17. Nathaniel (s. of Jeremiah 7.) m. Silence D. of Ephraim Fobes 1772, and had Andrew 1774, Susanna 1777, Silence 1781. Andrew m. Keziah D. of Benjamin Washburn 1795, and had Jeremiah 1796, Olive 1801, Thomas Jefferson 1806, Andrew 1808 .- Susanna Conant m. Wm. Durkey of Hampton, Conn 1812.
18. John (s. of John 8.) m. Deborah D. of Nathan Perkins 1772, and had Marlborough, Martin, Seth, Lucy, Deborah, who m. Ansel Leonard 1807 .- Marlborough m. Polly Dunbar 1796; she d. 1796, æ. 21 .- Lucy m. Jacob Pierce 1794, and afterwards Andrew Tucker .- Martin m. Olive D. of Eben. Benson 1797. Seth m. Hannah D. of Nathaniel Pratt 1S01 .- Martin Jr. m. Lucy Mehurin 1806.
19. David (s. of David 13.) m. Rhoda D. of Thomas Latham 1748, and had Elias 1749, Mary 1752, Solomon 1756, Rufus 1757, David 1759 .- David, the father, d. 1760 .- Elias m. Joanna
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D. of Phineas Conant 1774,and had 2 ch. d. 1778, and William and others .- Mary m. Ezra Conant 1773 .- Solomon m. Lois D. of Nathan Conant 1783 .- Rufus m Thankful D. of Nathan Leonard 1753 .- David m. Lucy D. of Nehemiah Bessee 1782. The 3 last named sons went to Lyme N. H .- David has a son, John A. Conant now living in E. B .- William(s. of Elias) m. Mar- tha Fobes 1803 .- Rhoda, the mother, d. 1790 æ. 61: David d. 1792.
20. Jonathan (s. of David 13.) m. Jane D. of Arthur Latham 1759 .- and had Jane 1760, Sally 1761, Josiah 1768, Lydia 1770, Alice 1775, and removed to Greenwich .- Jane m. Dea. Peter Conant 1777 .- Sally m. Abisha Besse 1782.
Silvanus m. Mary Packard 1808 .- Lucinda m. Seth Pratt 1816 .- Ira Conant m. Lucy Leonard 1818 .- Ziba or Liba m. Deborah Leach 1820 .- Polly m. Wm. Andrews 1818 .- Patty Conant m. Ellis Holmes Jr. 1803 .- Mehitabel or Hitty m. Cor- nelius Holmes Jr. 1806 .- Thomas m. Anne Leonard 1812.
COOK .- Francis Cook m. Sarah D. of Ichabod Bryant 1750, and had Ruth 1751, Rhoda 1753, Sarah 1755, Phebe 1757, Ga- maliel 1759 -Sarah m. John Lathrop 1780 .- This man was a descendant without doubt from Francis Cook who arrived at Plymouth 1620 in the first ship, the May Flower .- John and his wife Silence, had John 1782, Kingman 1786 .- John Cook m. Sally Lathrop 1790 .- Kingman Cook m. Sarah Munro 1815, and had Tiley Shurtliff 1817 .- Hannah Cook from the Cape m. Joseph Snell 1785 .- Benjamin Cook of Br. (a soldier 1776) æ. 85, A. D. 1818 .- Mr. Cook d. 1820 æ. 79.
COPELAND .- Lawrence Copeland of Braintree m. Lydia Townsend 1651, and had Thomas 1654, William 1656, John 1658, Ephraim 1665, and several Ds .- He d. 1699 said to be 110 years old. Wm. (s. of Lawrence) m. Mary, wid. of Christopher Webb Jr. and D. of John and Ruth Bass 1694, (Ruth was D. of the Hon. John Alden, the Pilgrim ;) and died at Braintree about 1716 .- He had William 1695, Ephraim 1697, Ebenezer 1698, Jonathan 1701, David 1704, Joseph 1706, Benjamin 1708, Moses 1710, and Mary 1713 .- His son Joseph settled first in W. B. and afterwards in Scituate, and had a numerous family remarkable for their longevity.
1. Jonathan (s. of William, and grand. s. of Lawrence) m. Betty D. of Thomas Snell Jr. 1723, and settled in W. B. and had Abigail 1724, Betty 1726*, Jonathan 1728, Mary 1731, Joseph 1734, Hannah 1737, Elijah 1739, Daniel 1741, Sarah 1745, Eben- ezer 1746, Betty 1750 .- He d. 1790, æ. 90 .- Abigail m. George Howard 1745 .- Mary m. Benjamin Gannett 1750 .- Hannah m. Jonathan Kingman 1759. Sarah m. David Keith of Easton 1769. Betty m. Clifford Belcher of Sharon 1770.
2. Jonathan (s. of Jonathan 1.) m. Mehitabel D. of Samuel Dunbar 1754, and had Jonathan 1755, Mehitabel, Sarah, Asa 1762, Caleb 1764, Ephraim 1767, Mary 1772, Martha 1774 .- Mehitabel m. Maj. Daniel Hartwell 1779 .- Sarah (or Sally D. of Caleb 9.) m. Stephen Fuller of Attleborough 1810 .- Ephraim
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m. Lucy D. of Eleazar Keith 1791, and had Ephraim 1792, Lucy 1794, and one other, and removed to Leicester .- Mary m. John Burr 1792 .- Jonathan the father d. 1820 æ. 92.
3. Dea. Joseph (s. of Jona. 1.) m. Rebecca D. of John Hoop- er 1760 and had Rebecca, 1762, Joseph 1764, Salmon 1766, Hannah 1769, Polly 1771, Sarah 1773, Winslow 1775, Huldah 1777, Hezekiah 1780, and Lucy 1784: he d. 1811 æ. 77 : she d. 1820 .- Rebecca m. Eben'r. Dunbar 1785 .- Joseph m. Sarah Swift Huxford of Chelsea 1808 and went to Me. and d. without issuc .- Salmon m. Betty, D. of Nathan Snell 1799 and had Ly- man 1800, Pardon 1803, Nathan 1805: he then m. his brother Joseph's wid. 1814 .- Hannah m. Galen Allen perhaps 1797 .- Polly m. Joseph Hall 1812 .- Winslow m. Hannah Slader of Ac- worth N. HI. 1804 .- Huldah m. Howland Holmes 1804 .- Heze- kiah and his w. Lucy had Rowland Flagg 1805, and Willard Moore 1817, and he and Winslow went to N. H .- Lucy m. Ellis Holmes of Halifax 1806.
4. Elijah (s. of Jona. 1.) m. Rhoda D. of Josiah Snell, 1765, and went to E. and had Elijah 1766, Josiah 1768, Luther 1770, Rhoda, Abigail, Martin, Polly .- he d. æ. 78 .- Elijah went to Weston .- Josiah m. Susanna Howard, and had Horatio 1796 Susanna, Hiram .- Luther went to Vt .- Josiah m. Phebe, D. of Ephraim Burr, 2d w. perhaps.
5. Daniel (s. of Jona. 1.) m. Susanna D. of Joseph Ames 1764, and had Azael 1764, Daniel 1766, Cyrus 1769, Susanna 1771, Martin 1774, Charlotte 1777, Matilda, Alfred, Betsy, Clara, Ralph -Azael m. Desire Lucas of Mid'o. 1791 .- Daniel m. Abi- gail Shaw 1791 .- Cyrus m. Abigail D. of Chistopher Dyer 1792, and had Cyrus 1793, Ward Cotton 1795, Christopher Dyer 1800, Jason 1803. Cyrus Jr. m. Phebe C. Alger 1816 .- Martin m. Lucy Cowing 1802 .- Charlotte m. Philip Bennet 1797 .- Matilda m. Thomas Alden 1815 .- Alfred m. a Williams .- Betsy m. Capt. Holmes Sprague 1808 .- Ralph m. Anne Dunbar.
6. Ebenezar (s. of Jona. 1.) m. Abby Godfrey of Norton 1770, and had Ebenezer 1773, James 1775*, Betty, Lydia, Oakes 1793, Abby, Rachel*, Ruth*, Molly* ; he m. Bridget Wood of Norton 1801, a 2d. w .- Betty m. Calvin Williams 1799 .- Lydia m. Na- than Howard 3d 1799 .- Abby m. Elijah Snell Jr. 1796 .- Eben- ezer m. Mehitabel D. of Dea. Elijah Snell 1798, and had Mehit- abel 1799; he then m. a 2d. w., Hannah Godfrey of Norton, 1801, and had James 1802, Rachel 1803, Mary Hodges 1804, Abby Godfrey 1806, Ruth 1808, Lawrence 1815.
7. Jonathan Esq. (s. of Jona. 2.) m. Deborah D. of Stephen Otis of Scituate, and had Mehitabel 1785 Jonathan 1787, Charles 1790, George 1793, Deborah Otis 1795, William 1798, Stephen Otis 1804 .- IIc d. 1838 .- Mehitabel m. Austin Keith 1813 .- Jonathan m. Hannah D. of Dr. John Reed 1818, Charles m. Me- hitabel D. of Oliver Howard 1816 and had Susan H. 1818, and Deboralı Otis 1820, and d. 1821, and the wid. m. Earl Thayer .- George gra. B. U. 1815 and is an Attorney on the Cape .- Deb- orah O. m. Ephraim Wales of Braintree.
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8. Asa (s. of Jona. 2.) m. Persia D. of James Howard 1792 and had Albert 1793, Azel Howard 1795, Asa 1799, Francis 1803 .- Albert m. Anna H. D. of George Williams 1819.
9. Caleb (s. of Jona. 2.) m. Sally D. of Seth Byram 1787, and had Lurany 1788, Tempe 1790, Caleb 1792, Sally 1794, Vesta 1796, Seth, Elizabeth, Almira, Ephraim, and Mary .- Lu- . rany m. Silvanus Keith 1820 .- Tempe m. Barzillai Keith 1819 .- Caleb m. Olive D. of Maj. Cyrus Porter of St. 1821 .- Sally (or Sarah D. of Jona. 2.) m. Stephen Fuller of Attleborough 1810. Vesta m. Nahum Perkins IS20.
CORTHRELL .- Daniel Corthrell and his wife Hannah had Daniel 1747, Elizabeth 1749, Abigail 1751, Phebe 1754.
COWING .- Jabez Cowing m. Susanna, D. of John Bolton, 1741, and had Jabez 1742, Abisla 1744, Reuben 1749, Benja- min 1754. Sarah Cowing m. John Hooper 1746 .- Israel Cow- ing of Scituate m. Rebecca, D. of James Wade, 1788.
2. Joseph Cowing or Cowen (s. of Israel of Scituate, a Scotch family) m. Jane, D. of Samuel Keith, 1744: she d. 1794, æ. 65: they had Joseph 1745, Hannah 1747. Ward 1755 .- Joseph m. Abigail, D. of Joshua Fobes 1772 .- Hannah m. John Hooper 1777 .- Lucy Cowing m. Martin Copeland 1802 .- Betsy m. Silas Andrews 1803.
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