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8. Simeon (s. of Nathaniel 5.) m. Elizabeth Anderson 1789, and had Alva 1791, Justin 1793, and went to Ward.
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Charles m. Susanna, D. of Abiel Harris, 1794, and Matthew Snell 1806 .- Reuma m. Otis Howard 1818.
SPRAGUE .- Francis Sprague was one of the forefathers, and arrived at Plymouth 1623 in the ship Ann : he settled in Dux- bury, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, but did not, nor did any of his family, come to reside here : he had John, Anna, Mary and Mercy. John m. Ruth Bassett 1655, and had John, William, Samuel, Eliza, Ruth, Desire, and Dorcas. Mercy m. William Tubbs 1637 .- William d. at Dux. 1712, leav- ing a wid. Grace, and ss. Jethro and Terah, and Ds. Ruth and Zerviah. Samuel went to Rochester and d. there 1723, leaving a wid. Elizabeth, and a s. Ephraim, and perhaps others. The Spragnes of Fairhaven, and the South Shore generally, descend- ed probably from Francis. There was no known connection between him and the following families.
Ralph, Richard, and William Sprague, were among the first comers and settlers in Massachusetts Colony in 1623. They were brothers, and settled at Charlestown, from whence William, the youngest, removed to Hingham. Hosea Sprague of Hing- ham, one of the descendants of William, has lately presented the public with such a full and particular genealogy of the Sprague family, that it is necessary here only to give some ac- count of William, from whom the Spragues in this town are descended.
William Sprague of Hingham m. Millesaint, D. of Anthony Eames, and had Anthony 1635, John 1638, Samuel 1640, Eliza- beth 1641, Persis 1643, Joanna 1644, Jonathan 1648, William 1650, Mary 1652, Hannah 1655 : he d. 1675. Anthony remained at Hingham, and d. 1719 .- John went to Mendon, and d. 1690 .- Samuel went to Marshfield, and d. 1709; was Secretary of the Colony, and great-grandfather of the Hon. Seth Sprague sen'r of Duxbury .- Jonathan d. at Hingham, and left no posterity .-- William m. Deborah Lane 1674, and went to Providence .- Per- sis m. John Dogget .-- Joanna m. Caleb Church .- Mary m. Thos. King .- William of Providence had William, Joanna, Deborah, Jonathan, Abiah, John, Benjamin.
1. Jonathan (s. of William of Providence) m. Lydia Leavit of Hingham, and settled in S. B., and had Lydia 1715, Hannah 1717, Jonathan 1720, Mary 1722, Saralı 1725*, John 1727, Con- tent 1729, Betty 1731, Benjamin 1736: his will 1748. Lydia m. Solomon Perkins 1733 .- Hannah m. Solomon Bates .- Jonathan went to Stafford, Conn .- Mary m. Nathan Edson 1738 .- Con- tent m. a Howard of Dartmouth .- Betty m. Seth Snow a. 1749.
2. John (s. of Jonathan 1.) m. Susanna Cobb 1746, and had John 1746, and went to Block Island.
3. Benjamin (s. of Jonathan 1.) m. Eunice, D. of Ephraim Holmes, 1762, and had Ephraim 1763, Benjamin, Lydia 1777. He d. 1778, of the small pox, æ. 42, and she m. Solomon Ames 1781, and became a wid. again, and d. 1833, æ. 92. Lydia m. Capt. Asa Pratt 1799.
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4. Capt. Ephraim (s. of Benjamin 3.) m. Vina, D. of Ezra Edson, 1783, and had Holmes 1783, Ephraim 1787, Eunice 1790, Vina 1799, and d. 1818; Chloe 1804, Mira 1806. Ephraim m. Jane, D. of Joseph Ames, 1813, and went to Bristol, R. I .- Eunice m. Calvin Washburn 1809 .- Mira m. John Washburn, and afterwards the Hon. John A. Shaw.
5. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 3.) m. Priscilla Churchill 1786, and had Benjamin 1790, Friend 1792*, Lydia 1799, George 1901. Lydia m. Barna Leonard Jr. 1815 .- George went to N. York, and thence to Florida.
6. Capt. Holmes (s. of Capt. Ephraim 4.) m. Betsy, D. of Daniel Copeland, 1808, and had Ephraim Holmes 1809, Betsy Copeland 1812, Edgar 1815, Caleb Cary 1819 .- Ephraim HI. m. Lois, D. of Nath'l Washburn.
7. Benjamin (s. of Benjamin 5.) m. Lucy, D. of Joseph Ames, 1818, and had Benjamin and Fisher Ames .- Jolin of Abington nı. Rebecca, D. of John Alden of E. B. 1767.
STANDISH .- Capt. Miles Standish (one of the forefathers), the renowned soldier, and shield and defence of the pilgrims, came over in the first ship, the May Flower, in 1620: he lived in Plymouth till 1630, when he removed to Duxbury, and d. there 1656, æ. 72 : he was an original proprietor of Bridgewater, and a principal member of the committee who purchased the planta- tion of Massasoit (or Ousamequin), the Indian Sachem, in 1649 : his w. Rose d. the next spring after their arrival, in 1621, and he m. a 2d w. Barbara, who survived him : his children were Alex- ander, Miles, Josiah, Charles, Lora, and John. Lora d. before him. He lived and died at the foot of the hill named after him "Captain's Hill."
2. Alexander (s. of Capt. Miles 1.) was made a freeman 1648, and lived on the paternal estate, at Captain's Hill, in Duxbury : he m. first Sarah, D. of the Hon. John Alden, and had Miles, Ebenezer, Lorah, Lydia, Mercy, Sarah, and Elizabeth : his wife d., and he then m. Desire, wid. of Israel Holmes, (formerly wid. of William Sherman, her maiden name Doten), and had Thomas, Ichabod, and Desire born in Marshfield 1689 : he d. in Duxbury 1702 ; she in Marshfield 1723. She named her children thus : William Sherman, John Holmes, Israel Holmes, Hannah Ring, Experience [wife of Miles] Standish, Desire Weston, and g. D. Desire Wermall .- Lorah m. Abraham Sampson .- Lydia m. Isaac Sampson .- Mercy m. Caleb Sampson .- Sarah m. Benjamin Soule, and Elizabeth m. Samuel Delano .- There was a David Standish killed in Duxbury by the fall of a tree in 1639; perhaps a s. of Alexander.
3. Miles (s. of Capt. Miles 1.) m. Sarah, D. of John Winslow, and went to Boston, where he d. a. 1666; and his wid. m. Tobias Payne 1669, and afterwards Mr. Richard Middlecot.
4. Ens. Josiah Standish (2d s. of Capt. Miles of Duxbury) lived in East Bridgewater, and first m. Mary, D. of John Dingley of Marshfield, a. 1654, who died the same year, and he then m.
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Sarah, D. of Sanı'l Allen of Braintree and sister of Sam'l Allen of E. B. He soon removed back to Duxbury, where he became a Captain, Selectman, Deputy, and one of the council of war : he removed thence to Norwich, in Conn., probably a. 1686 : he had Miles, Josiah, and other children perhaps. His descendants are also in New York, among whom Samuel has been a given name for several generations. He bought 150 acres of John Parks of Preston, Conn. 1637.
5. Charles (s. of Capt. Miles ].) we have no account of : his name does not appear in the records after his father's will in 1655 : perhaps he d. young.
6. John (son of Capt. Miles I.) was named in the division of cattle, on the Colony records, in 1627, and we have obtained no further account of him. He no doubt d. young, as he was not named in his father's will in 1655.
7. Miles (s. of Alexander 2.) remained on the paternal estate at Captain's Hill, and d. there 1739. Ile m. Experience, D. of his mother-in-law by one of her first husbands (Sherman or Holmes), and had Miles, Sarah, Patience, Priscilla and Penelope ; the two last minors. Miles went to Bridgewater .- Sarah m. Abner Weston .- Patience m. Caleb Jenny of Dartmouth 1735 .- Priscilla m. Elisha Bisbee perhaps of Pembroke .- Penelope d. single at Duxbury 1740 .- The mother Experience survived her husband, and was perhaps the last of the family who resided at Captain's Hill.
8. Ebenezer (s. of Alexander 2.) lived in Plympton, and had Ebenezer, Zechariah, Moses, Hannah, Zeruiah, Sarah, and Mercy. He and his s. Ebenezer both died a. 1748 .- Zerviah Standish m. Zebedee Tomson of Halifax 1745 .- Ebenezer Jr. m. a Churchill 1739 .- Sarah Standish m. Josiah Cushman Jr. 1749 .- Mercy Standish m. Ebenezer Lobdell at Plympton 1736 : her 2d husband was Benjamin Weston : she d. 1794, æ. 78.
9. Thomas (s. of Alexander 2.) born a. 1687, first settled in Marshfield, and thence removed to Pembroke, where his name appears in 1718: his wife Mary : they had David at Marshfield, and perhaps Amos ; Thomas at Pembroke 1725, Mary 1733, William 1937, Betty 1739, recorded by Daniel Lewis in Pem- broke 1742 as the children of Thomas and Mary Standish .- David m. Hannah Magoun 1746, and died 1793, leaving David, Lemuel, and several other children .- Lemuel went to Bath, m. Rachel Jackson, and had David 1777, and Lemuel, and one other son, and d. 1824, æ. 78 .- Amos Standish, an adult, was bap. at Marshfield 1742 (or 1746.)-Thomas m. Martha Bisbee 1748 .- Thomas Jr. d. in Pembroke 1780 .- There was a Miles Standish d. in Pembroke a. 1793, whose will is on record.
10. Ichabod (s. of Alexander 2.) m. Phebe Ring of Plymouth 1719 : he was the man probably, a cooper, who died at Halifax 1772, leaving 3 Ds. Mary, Phebe, and Desire who m. David Hatch.
11. Miles Standish (s. of Miles 7.) m. Mehitabel Robbins, pro- bably of Plymouth, 1738, and removed from Duxbury to S. B.,
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and had Miles, Experience, Penelope, Hannah, and others per- haps : he d. 1784, æ. 80. Miles m. Naomi, D. of Daniel Keith, 1774, and had Miles, and went to Pennsylvania a. 1780. Expe- rience m. Simeon Ames 1765 .- Penelope m. Nathaniel Cobb Jr. of Plymp. 1763 .- Hannah m. Daniel Fobes 1769.
12. Zechariah (s. of Ebenezer S.) had Ebenezer, Hannah, Sarah, Abigail, Peleg, Zechariah. Zecharialı Standish died at Plympton a. 1780 .- Col. John Standish of Plattsburgh, N. Y., s. of a Doctor Standish, formerly of Plympton, was a descendant of Zechariah .- Abigail Standish m. Samuel Wright 1752: she was mother of Caleb Leach's wife .- Sarah Standish m. Josiah Cushman Jr. 1749.
13. Moses (s. of Ebenezer 8.) and his wife Rachel had Moses, John, Aaron, Rachel, and Rebecca : he died 1769, æ. SO. John Standish was drowned at Plymouth 1787 .- Rebecca Standish m. Zechariah Weston 1751 .- Rachel and Hannah Standish were both m. at Plympton a. 1740.
14. Ebenezer (s. of Zechariah 12 perhaps) had Mary, Eben- ezer, Averick, and Shadrach. Shadrach d. at New Bedford 1837, æ. 92 : he m. Mary Churchill 1771, and had 3 ss. and 5 Ds., and 14l descendants. The Rev. Mr. Holmes preached a funeral ser- mon at his death, and therein stated that Capt. Miles Standish, the ancestor, was 54 years old when he arrived at Plymouth and 90 when he died ; but he d. Oct. 3, 1656, æ. about 72, according to the account given of it by the late Samuel Davis Esq. and history assures us he was appointed to command the troops raised to go against the Dutch, at Manhattan, in 1653, only three years before he died, and it is altogether improbable that he could then have been 87 years old : he was probably about 36 when he came over, which is corroborated by " New England's Memorial," wherein it is recorded that he went in his " younger time" into the Low Countries as a soldier, and there becoming acquainted with the Church at Leyden came with them to N. England. He was a distant descendant (not a son as Mr. Holmes supposes) of the Rev. Henry Standish D. D., Bishop of St. Asaph's in the reign of Henry the 8th.
Mrs. Bisbee, living in 1809 at Plympton, very aged, was a Standish b. at Captain's Hill in Duxbury .- Betsy Bisbee Stand- ish d. in E. B. 1792, æ. 41 .- Isaiah Standish was in Rochester 1805 .- Sarah Standish m. Daniel French of E. B. 1817 .- Sam'l Standish of Lebanon, Conn., had a son Israel, and a D. Hannah. Israel had Elisha, Jonas, Amasa, and Nathan. Elisha had a s. Lodowick .- Nathan had two ss., one of them Thomas, living in Lebanon ; and another in Bozrah .- Ezra, a respectable man, and cousin of Lodowick, lived in Bozrah.
STAPLES .- Samuel Staples m. Betty, D. of Noah Washburn, 1765, and had Molly in E. B. 1767 .- Jacob Staples of T. m. Lois Edson.
STARR .- John Starr was one of the original Proprietors of Bridgewater, but never came to reside here.
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Jasper Starr and wife (from Boston) settled in S. B .: he died 1792, æ. 84 ; she d. 1802, æ. 92 (Mrs. Starr d. 1792, æ. 90). He had James and Benjamin. Benjamin was drowned in a well 1779 .- Polly m. Luke Leach 1783 .- James Jr. m. Lois, D. of Benjamin Leach, 1797, and Peggy m. Libeus Leach 1797, and all went to Me .- James Jr. was a Magistrate in Maine, and had Harriot B. 1799, Louisa L. 1802, both b. in S. B.
John and Martha Starr of Boston had Benjamin 1667 .- Com- fort and Mary Starr of Boston had Joseph 1668, and Mary 1671. Benjamin Starr m. Mary Maylam 1713, and Eliza Story 1715. John Starr m. Abigail Day 1706 .- [Boston records. ]
STETSON .- Abishai Stetson (from Pembroke) m. Sarah Crooker, and settled in E. B., and had Molly 1762, Abishai 1764, d. 1771 ; Abigail 1766, Jonathan 1768, Sarah 1770, Abishai 1773, Bethiah 1776. He died 1777, æ. 39, and his widow m. Solomon Packard 1779. Molly m. Benjamin Pincin 1787 .- Abigail m. Dyer Robinson 1787 .- Sarah m. Harlow Harden 1795 .- Bethiah . m. Calvin Keith 1794 .- Capt. Isaiah Stetson, brother of the pre- ceding, lived also in his youth in E. B., with Col. Edward Mitchell.
2. Jonathan (s. of Abishai 1.) m. Huldah Magonn 1791, and went to Carver and afterwards settled in Marshfield, and had Abishai, Sumner, and others.
3. Capt. Abishai (s. of Abishai I.) m. Alice, D. of Ezra Allen, 1796, and had Jennet 1797, died 1820; Sarah 1799, d. 1820; Ethan 1803, Naomi 1805*, Nahum 1807, Nathan 1810, Alice 1813*, Caleb Strong 1815. His wife d. 1S21, and he m. Mary Johnson of Kingston 1821 .- Nathan went to Pennsylvania, and there m., and was a Preacher, and has returned to E. B .- Ethan m. a Baker, and d. 1831 æ. 29, leaving a D.
4. Nahum (s. of Capt. Abishai 3.) settled in S. B., and m. Sarah Wilson, D. of Rev. George Barstow of Hanson, and had George Barstow 1813, Sarah Lazell, Nahum, and Wm. Butler. 5. Peleg Stetson (from Abington) settled in E. B., and m. Ruth, D. of Perkins Gurney, 1775, and had Adam, Peleg, Char- lotte, Sally, Jane. Adam m. Parna, D. of Capt. Levi Washburn, 1817 .- Peleg m. Clarissa Gurney 1818 .- Charlotte m. Jo. Reed 1807 .- Sally m. Isaac Reed 1S03 .- Jenny m. John Harden 1803.
6. John Croal Stetson lived in S. B., and afterwards in E. B .; m. Lois, D. of Simeon Leonard, 1795, and had Experience Davy 1797, Louisa Leonard 1799, James Oliver 1803, Mary Ann IS11, and d. in S. B. His son James O. m. and lived in E. B , and then in W. B .- Louisa m. the Rev. Mr. Chace of Carver .- Mary A. m. in Foxborough.'
Wid. Elizabeth Stetson d. in E. B. 1800, æ. 77 .- Abthiah Stet- son m. Moses Wade 1738, and Jonathan Chandler 1745, and d. 1792, æ. 85 .- Whitcomb of Abington m. Lucy Snell 1796 .- Ruth of Pembroke m. David Snow Whitman 1798 .- Delpha m. James II. Gurney of Roxbury 1813 .- Mary Crooker Stetson m. Timothy Hayward 1817 .- Wid. Experience d. in S. B. 1798, æ. 55 .- Content m. Zenas Crooker .- Mary (or Mercy) m. Oliver
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Leach 1817 .- Abishai Stetson of Kingston m. Elizabeth James of Hingham (or Cohasset) 1730.
STORRS .- Elijah Storrs came from Connecticut and settled in S. B., and m. Susanna, D. of Isaac Swift, 1782, and had Susanna 1783, Martha 1785*, and Mary*, and a son *. Susanna m. Newell Withington 1808 .- Mr. Storrs d. March, 1839, æ. 89.
Mary Ann Storrs of Boston m. Laban Burr 1820.
STURTEVANT .- Samuel m. Sarah, D. of William Packard, 1769, and had Zophar 1770.
2. Samuel m. Abigail Holmes 1816, (both from Plymouth), and settled in E. B., and had Nahum Mitchell, Sherman Allen, Mary Jewett, Samuel Windsor, Elizabeth Bradford, Levi*, Silvanus*, James Henry*, John Tilton, Abigail Holmes, Nathan Dresser, Sarah Jane.
3. Silas (s. of Cornelius of Plympton) m. a Sampson and lived in N. B., and had Ephraim, Silas, Molly, and Elizabeth : he d. 1814, æ. 84. Betsy m. Lewis Johnson 1799.
4. Ephraim (s. of Silas above) m. Abigail, D. of Robert How- ard, 1791, and had Lucy 1793, who m. Oliver Howard 1808.
Sarah, D. of Caleb of Halifax m. Josiah Whitman 1774, and afterwards Jacob Mitchell 1791 .- Patience, D. of Caleb of Hal- ifax m. Jonathan Ames 1783 .- Jesse Fuller Sturtevant m. Anna, D. of James Alger 1771 .- Silvanus m. Polly, D. (perhaps) of David Leonard, 1801 .- Foster Sturtevant died in E. B. 1779. æ. 16 .- James of Mid'o. m. Ann Leach 1769 .- Deborah m. Isaac Doten of Hartford, Me., 1820.
SWIFT .- Isaac Swift (from Sandwich) settled in S. B., and m. Susanna, wid. of Solomon Ames and D. of Samuel Keith, 1749, and had Jireh 1749, William 1752, Susanna 1754, Mary 1759 : he d. 1811; she 1836. William m. Rachel, D. of Simeon Leonard, 1795, but had no children : he died 1839, æ. 87 .- Su- sanna m. Elijah Storrs 1782 .- Mary m. Capt. Jacob Leonard 1788.
2. Jireh (s. of Isaac 1.) m. Lucy, D. of Ebenezer Keith, 1776, and had Isaac, Martin, Sion, Ruel, Lois, and others. Isaac m. Sarah, D. of Nath'l Pratt, 1797 .- Martin m. Sarah, D. of Alex. Ames, 1809 .- Sion m. Susanna, wid. of Macey Hall and D. of Joshua Washburn, 1818 .- Reuel m. Mary Borden of Mid'o. 1821 .- Lois m. Walter Keyes 1793, and another D. m. Charles Brett.
TAYLOR .- Benjamin Taylor and his w. Abiah (a 2d wife a wid. Peterson) lived in E. B., and had a. s. Benjamin who m. Martha Childs 1787, and had as. Walter, and others. Benjamin, the father, d. 1776, æ. a. 80; she 1800, æ. 76.
Archippus Taylor m. Hannah Warren 1778 .- Benjamin Tay- lor m. Sarah Torrey 1784.
THAXTER .- Maj. Samuel Thaxter (from Hingham) lived in E. B , and d. here Aug. 6, 1771. He was in the French war, and in Fort William Henry when it was surrendered to the French and Indians 1757, and was one of the few who escaped
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the massacre which followed by making his way to Fort Edward. He was father of Dr. Thomas Thaxter of Hingham, and Dr. Gridley Thaxter of Ab .: he had also a s. William who d. young.
THAYER .- Richard Thayer arrived in this country from England a. 1640, and settled in Braintree 1641, with 8 children, Richard, Zechariah, Nathaniel, Jael, Deborah, Sarah, Hannah, and Abigail.
Richard, the son, m. Dorothy Pray 1651 ; they had Dorothy 1653, Richard 1655, Nathaniel 1658, Cornelius 1670, and both d. 1705.
Nathaniel (s. of Richard Jr.) m. Hannah Hayden 1679, and had Nathaniel 1680, Richard 1683, Hannah 1686, Zechariah 1637, Ruth 1629, Dorothy, Lydia, Daniel, Deborah, and Esther.
1. Richard (s. of Nathaniel) m. Susanna, D. of Sam'l White, 1708, and came to W. B .: he had Susanna 1710, Enos 1716, Anna 1719, Seth 1721, Micah 1724, Abijah 1726, Jeremiah 1729, Thankful 1731: he died 1760; she 1759. Susanna m. Daniel Field 1753 .- Auna m. Benjamin Edson Jr. 1739 .- Thankful m. Jacob Dunbar 1776 .- No account of Enos or Micah .- In Thay- er's memorial it is said Susanna m. Joseph Lovell of St., and that Anna m. Ephraim Thompson of W. B., and settled in Hal- ifax.
2. Seth (s. of Richard 1.) m. Hannah Pray, and settled in N. Bridg. 1744, and had Enos 1744, Hannah 1748, Susanna 1749, Michael 1753*, Molly 1756, Seth 1760 : he died 1798, æ. 77 .- Hannah m. Daniel Cary 1773 .- Mary m. Silas Hayward 1779.
3. Abijah (s. of Richard 1.) m. Betty, D. of Robert Howard, 1779, and had Betty 1780, Abigail 1782 : he d. 1805. Abigail m. John Holmes of Halifax 1799.
4. Jeremiah (s. of Richard 1.) m. Tabitha Leavit 1756, and had Jeremiah 1757, Richard 1759, Leavit 1761, Molly 1763, Su- sanna 1765, Tabitha 1767, Anna 1769, Abijah 1771, Amy 1773, Solomon 1776*, Betty 1779. Molly m. George Lathrop 1783 .- Susanna m. John Dyer 2d 1783 .- Tabitha m. Thomas Reynolds 1785 .- Anna m. Jonathan Reynolds 1794 .- Abijah m. Sally Bassett 1802 .- Amy m. Shepard Snell 1794 .- Betty m. Paul Bailey 179S.
5. Enos (s. of Seth 2.) m. Rebecca Curtis 1765, and had Su- sanna 1767, Rebecca 1770. He m. Hannah, wid. of Philip Rey- nolds and D. of William Packard, 1782, but had no children by her.
6. Seth (s. of Seth 2.) m. Molly Thayer, and had Enos 1788, Hannah 1789, Micah 1791, Seth 1793, Eliphalet 1795, Zechariah 1797, Zeba 1799, Samnel 1800, Charles 1802. Enos m. Mary Damon of Hauson 1821 .- Hannah m. Thomas Dunbar 1810 .- Micah and Seth went to Springfield .- Eliphalet m. Lydia Stone of E. 1819 .- Zechariah went to Me .- Zeba m. Prudence Stone of E. 1820.
7. Jeremiah (s. of Jeremialı 4.) m. Catherine, D. of Barnabas Pratt, 1780, and had Silvina 1783, Thankful 1785, Daniel 1787,
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Solomon 1789, Omar 1791, Barnabas 1794, Friend 1797: he probably had a 2d w. Wealthy, and both d. in Sidney, Me., 1832; both æ. 74 .- Silvina m. Timothy Reynolds .- Solomon gra. B. U. 1815 .- Omar went to Sidney .- Barnabas and Friend both are d.
8. Richard (s. of Jeremiah 3.) m. Eunice, D. of Dea. Nath'l Edson, 1786, and had Earl 1787, Susanna 1790, Huldah Edson 1795, Richard 1798. Susan m. Isaac Fish of Kingston 1813, and had Richard Henry 1815 .- Earl m. Orra, D. of Josiah Wil- liams, 1812, and then Mehitabel, wid. of Charles Copeland and D. of Oliver Howard.
9. Capt. Leavit (s. of Jeremiah 3.) m. Abigail, D. of Charles Snell, 1783, and had Sally who m. Alpheus Howard 1802, and afterwards a Berry or Perry. He d. 1838.
10. John Thayer (s. of John Jr. of Braintree) and his wife Thankful lived in E. B .: he d. 1808, æ. 51; she died 1813, and several of their children d. there. He first m. Elizabeth Hollis 1771, and Eunice West 17S1, and had John 1783, and Molly 1784.
11. David Thayer (s. of David probably of Braintree) and his family lived awhile in S. B., and d. there. Some of the family went to Boston, and they all removed. He had Solomon, Cor- nelius, Ebenezer, Hannah, Susanna, Sarah, Mary, and two other Ds .: one m. a Blanchard, and the other m. a White. Solomon m. Sarah Hobart 1789 .- Cornelius m. Thankful, D. of Joseph Pope, 1796 .- Ebenezer went to Boston .- Hannah m. Freeman Pope 1795 .- Susannah m. Benjamin Clark .- Sarah m. Major Nathaniel Tomson of H. 1785 .- Mary m. Consider Pratt of Halifax.
Naomi m. Ezekiel Washburn Jr. 1781 .- Henry (s. of Richard of Braintree) m. Philibert, D. of Jacob Packard, 1783, and went to Winchester .- Susanna m. Thomas Pratt 1788 .- Alexander of Braintree m. Lucy, D. of Ebenezer Edson, 1788 .- Deborah of Braintree m. Zenas Packard 1793 .- Joseph of Stoughton m. Sarah, D. of John Richards, 1795 .- Anna of Braintree m. Dea. Eliphalet Packard 1800 .- Sally m. Alpheus Howard 1802 .- Elijah m. Elizabeth Slack 1804 .- Thomas of Randolph m. Cyn- thia, D. of Ebenezer Warren, 1805 .- Barnabas of Braintree m. Susanna, D. of Capt. Parmenas Packard, 1806 .- Silence m. Thomas Cole 1810 .- Deborah of Randolph m. Ebenezer War- ren Jr. 1811 .- John m. Lydia Brown 1811 .- Eunice m. Isaac Brown 1813 .- Rachel m. Barnabas Lathrop 1813 .- Sally m. Francis Tribou 1816.
THOMAS .- James Thomas of Marshfield m. Priscilla, D. of Anthony Winslow, and had James, Winslow, Priscilla, and Deborah Winslow : he died, and Mr. Winslow, the father-in-law, came and settled in E. B., a. 1770, and brought his D. and these gr. ch. with him. Priscilla m. Samuel Faxon 1783 .- Deborah W. m. Noah Hobart 1789, and died 1834 at Foxborough .- Pris- cilla the wid. d. 1S07, æ. 70.
1. James gra. H. U. 1778, followed none of the learned
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professions, was an agriculturalist and schoolmaster : he also was Representative of the town, and a Magistrate : he m. late in life Mary Holbrook 1810, but had no children : she d. 1836, æ. SI; he d. 1828, æ. 72. She was gr. D. of Elisha Pierce of Scit. who m. Sarah, D. of Capt. Josiah Edson. Pierce's D. Sarah first m. a Holbrook, father of Mary above, and then a Parks who d. in E. B. 1826, æ. 93.
2. Winslow m. Polly Cole 1790, and had Nathan, d. 1810, æ. 18; and Mary Winslow who m. Dea. William Harris Jr. 1819 : he d. 1828, æ. 71.
Levi Thomas of Pem. and Lydia Thomas were m. 1800 .- Mary of Pem. m. Jacob Perkins 1808 .- Lucy of Marshfield m. Nathaniel Pratt .- Lenity m. Nathan Kingman 1770, and after- wards Edward Hayford 1779 .- Betty (sister of Lenity, both from Marshfield) m. Japhet Allen 1761.
THOMPSON .- Archibald Thompson with his wife and son Robert, from Ireland, came to America 1724, lived awhile in Abington, then in S. B., where he d. 1776, æ. 85 : he made the first spinning foot-wheel, probably, that was made in N. E. He had Robert, Thomas, Archibald, James, John, Jane, Betsy, Anna. John died young .- Jane m. Andrew Gamel 1756 .- Betsy m. a Strobridge of Mid'o .- Anna m. a Fulton .- Agnes m. Robert Fulton 1767, qu. if the same .- Jennet m. William Strobridge 1748 : was she not his D. also ?- Archibald m. Martha, D. of Gain Robinson 1761, and went to Nova Scotia.
2. Robert (s. of Archibald 1.) m. Margaret Smith of Milton 1754, and had Rachel 1755, Elizabeth 1757, Jennet 1759, Mar- garet 1761 : he removed to Londonderry, N. II.
3. Thomas (s. of Archibald 1.) m. Elizabeth Strobridge 1754, and had John 1755, Mary 1758, Anna 1760, Elizabeth 1763, William 1765, Thomas 1767, Margaret 1769, James : hed. 1810, æ. 81 ; she d. 1811. Mary m. Cary Hayward 1779 .- Anna m. a Buxton .- Elizabeth m. John Pettengill 1784 .- William went to Me .- Capt. John m. Jennet, D. of Isaac Allen, 1778, and went to Maine .- James m. Olive, D. of Samuel Cheesman, 1798, and went to Maine : he had Elizabeth 1799, Olive 1802, and Thomas 1804. Olive m. John Field.
4. James (s. of Archibald 1.) gra. Princeton 1761 : he preached awhile, and was then a preceptor of an academy in Charleston, S. C.
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