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Neither the " old book," nor the book commenced by Ward and Wiswall, can now be found. It is, therefore, not known who officiated as Town Clerk, from 1679 to 1694. Probably John Ward, Captain Noah Wiswall, or Thomas Greenwood, Senior, one or the other of them, doubtless filled that office, for the first fifteen years.
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1
21
Deacon Samuel Murdock,
1794 " 1814,
216
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
SELECTMEN.
Captain Thomas Prentice,
· 9 years, from 1679
Sergeant John Ward,
9
1679
Deacon James Trowbridge,
9
66
1679
Lieutenant John Spring,
8
1684
Captain Noah Wiswall,
1
66
1685
Thomas Prentice, 2d,
3
¥
1686
John Fuller,
5
66
1686
Thomas Greenwood,
4
1686
James Prentice,
2
1688
Deacon Edward Jackson,
7
66
1687
Lieutenant Ebenezer Wiswall,
1
66
1689
Captain Isaac Williams,
3
1691
Sergeant Jonathan Hyde,
1
66
1691
Abraham Jackson,
12
66
1688
Ensign John Kenrick,
9
66
1689
John Mason,
5
66 1689
Jonathan Fuller,
1
66
1696
Stephen Cook,
4
1697
Captain Joseph Fuller,
5
1700
John Ward, Jr.,
5
66
1701
John Woodward,
2
66
1701
Deacon John Staples,
8
66
1701
Lieutenant Jeremiah Fuller,
16
66
1702
John Hyde,
3
1704
Nathaniel Healy,
3
1704
Hon. Ebenezer Stone,
10
66
1705
Ephraim Wheeler,
1
66
1706
Lieutenant Thomas Wiswall,
2
66
1706
William Ward,
3
1707
Deacon Richard Ward,
8
1710
John Greenwood, Esq.,
18
66
1711
217
SELECTMEN.
Samuel Hyde,
5 years, from 1711
Thomas Hammond,
1
66
1713
Captain Thomas Prentice,
5
1713
Eleazer Ward,
3
1714
Nathaniel Parker,
2
1714
Ensign John Spring,
12
66
1717
Samuel Truesdale,
2
1717
John Trowbridge,
2
66
1720
John Clark, Jr.,
1
66
1722
Colonel Ephraim Williams,
7
1724
Lieutenant Robert Murdock, Jr.,
9
66
1724
Edward Ward,
1
66
1725
Nathaniel Hammond,
3
66
1732
Daniel Woodward,
3 .
66
1732
Samuel Jackson, Esq.,
3
1733
Isaac Williams, Jr.,
1
1734
Jonathan Dyke,
3
1734
William Robinson,
1
66
1735
Lieutenant Joseph Fuller, Jr.,
6
66
1735
Deacon William Trowbridge,
4
66
1736
Deacon John Stone,
8
66
1737
Captain Jonathan Fuller,
7
66
1737
Jonathan Woodward,
2
66
1738
Captain Edward Durant,
1
1739
Deacon Thomas Greenwood,
4
66 1739
William Hyde,
1
1740
Eleazer Hammond,
1
66
1741
Captain Caleb Kenrick,
5
66
1741
Joseph Cheney,
1
66
1741
Moses Craft,
4
1741
Israel Stowell,
1
66
1741
Captain Joshua Fuller,
3
66
1741
Deacon Ephraim Ward,
2
66
1741
Isaac Williams,
3
66
1741
19
218
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
John Robbins,
1 year, from 1743
Samuel Miller,
1
66
1743
John Parker,
2
66
1744
Ebenezer Woodward,
2
66
1744
Daniel Cook,
1
66
1744
Jacob Chamberlain,
1
1746
Benjamin Child,
1
1746
Henry Gibbs, Esq.,
6
66
1747
Ebenezer Parker,
4
66
1748
Captain Thomas Clark,
1
66
1749
Isaac Jackson,
5
1750
James Ward,
1
66
1750
John Healy,
2
66
1753
Thomas Prentice,
2
66
1753
Dr. Samuel Wheat,
1
66
1753
Captain Noah Wiswall,
3
66
1756
John Wilson,
2
66
1756
Josiah Fuller,
3
66
1757
William Clark,
4
16
1757
John Clark, 3d,
3
66
1758
Josiah Goddard,
1
1758
Norman Clark,
4
1759
Thomas Miller,
4
66
1759
Thomas Park,
1
1760
Josiah Greenwood,
1
66
1760
Edward Durant,
4
66
1762
Alexander Shepard,
3
66
1762
Captain Jonas Stone,
6
66
1762
Abraham Fuller, Esq.,
4
66
1763
Joshua Hammond,
5
1763
John Jackson, Jr.,
2
66
1764
Stephen Winchester,
1
1764
John Newell,
1
1765
Lieutenant Noah Hyde,
2
6
1766
219
SELECTMEN.
Joshua Murdock,
2 years, from 1767
Thomas Parker,
3
1767
Colonel Benjamin Hammond,
9
66
1767
Captain John Woodward,
7
66
1768
John Fuller,
2
1767
Lieutenant John Rogers,
3
1769
Joseph Cheney,
2
6.
1770
Joshua Flagg,
3
1771
Captain Jeremiah Wiswall,
7
66
1772
Captain Amariah Fuller,
2
1772
Samuel Craft,
3
:6
1773
Dr. John King,
8
1774
Deacon William Bowles,
2
66
1776
. Joseph Craft,
1
66
1777
Samuel Richardson,
4
66
1777
Captain Aaron Richardson,
3
66
1778
Colonel Nathan Fuller,
7
66
1778
William Hoogs,
3
1778
John Stone,
2
1778
Captain William Hammond,
4
66
1780
Colonel Josiah Fuller,
3
66
1781
Captain Edward Fuller,
7
66
1781
Joseph White,
4
66
1782
Jonathan Bixby,
2
66
1783
John Thwing,
5
66
1785
Caleb Kenrick,
3
- 66
1785
Elisha Seaverns,
3
1785
Adjutant Timothy Jackson,
6
66
1785
Daniel Hastings,
5
1786
Lieutenant Joshua Fuller,
3
1788
Daniel Richards,
2
1791
Major Samuel Murdock,
2
1791
Captain Edmund Trowbridge;
2
66
1791
Norman Clark,
3
66
1793
*
220
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON. .
Edward Hall, Jr.,
3 years, from 1793
James Stone,
4
1795
Joseph Parker,
3
66 1796
John Ward,
3
1796
Deacon Joseph Fuller,
3
66
1799
Elisha Hyde,
2
1799
Aaron Richards,
2
66
1799
Moses Stone,
1
1799
Captain John Kenrick,
2
66
1800
Samuel Trowbridge,
1801
ANNUAL TOWN TAX.
Per Annum.
From 1691 to 1700,- 9 years,-average about £20
66
90
66
1725 " 1770, 45
66
166
1771,
£240
1786,
£600, silver money.
1772,
260
1787,
700,
1773,
300
1788,
700,
1774,
300
1789,
500,
66
1775,
300
1790,
400,
66
1776,
250
1791,
500,
66
1777,
260
1792,
500,
1778,
3,000, depreciated. 1793,
500,
66
1779,
4,500,
66
1794,
750,
1780,
55,000,
66
1795,
600,
1781, 100,000,
1796,
$3,500
1782,
800, silver money. 1797,
3,000
1783,
1,000,
1798,
3,000
1784,
1,500,
66
1799,
2,500
1785,
1,000,
1800,
2,500
1
1700 " 1725, 25
221
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT.
Ensign John Ward,
8 years, from 1689
Captain Isaac Williams,
6
1692
Deacon James Trowbridge,
2
1700
Deacon Edward Jackson,
1
66
1702
Lieutenant John Spring,
3
66
1704
Ebenezer Stone, Esq.,
9
1708
John Ward,
10
66
1709
Deacon Richard Ward,
8
66
1725
John Greenwood, Esq.,
3
1735
Samuel Jackson, Esq.,
4
66
1738
Captain Thomas Greenwood,
13
66
1743
Robert Murdock, Jr.,
1
66
1751
Henry Gibbs, Esq.,
4
66
1752
Captain John Clark,
3
1758
Captain Abraham Fuller,
· 18
1764
Thomas Parker,
6
1777 .
Captain John Woodward,
2
1783
Captain Edward Fuller,
1
1787
Dr. John King,
1
66
1792
Colonel Nathan Fuller,
1
1795
Colonel Joseph Ward,
1
1796
Major Timothy Jackson,
15
1797
Major Samuel Murdock,
7
1808
General Ebenezer Cheney,
6
1812
Dr. Ebenezer Starr,
2
66
1815
Joseph Jackson,
6
1818
Captain John Kenrick,
7
1826
William Jackson,
2
1829
Matthias Collins,
1
1831
Nathan Pettee,
1
66
1832
19*
222
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Moses Craft,
1 year, from 1832
Allen C. Curtis,
2
1833
John Richardson,
2
66
1833
Joel Fuller,
4
66
1834
Hon. James Fuller,
3
66
1835
Deacon Elijah F. Woodward,
4
66
1835
Joseph Foster,
1
66
1837
Luther Paul,
2
66
1837
Jesse Winslow,
3
1838
Lemuel Crehore,
1
66
1838
Leonard Rice,
1
66
1840
Otis Trowbridge,
1
66
1843
Isaac Hager,
1
1844
, Marshall S. Rice,
1846
POPULATION.
· CENSUS.
In 1765, the number of inhabitants was 1,308
1790,
1,360
1800,
66
66
1,491
1810,
66
1,709
1820,
66
66
1,850
1830,
66
2,377
1840,
66
3,351
1850,
66
5,258
Rev. Mr. Homer states, that numerous emigrations have been made from Newton. " During ten years, terminating January, 1792, emigrated from the East Congregational Society, consisting of about one hundred families, - one hundred and forty-three souls, including eighty-two adults,
223
DIRECT TAX OF THE UNITED STATES.
generally young married persons. Notwithstanding the emigration of young married persons, the births appear to be as two to one deaths. The sum total of marriages in the town, from 1691 to 1791, was seven hundred and forty seven. In 1792, fifty-nine of the inhabitants, a twenty- third part, had seen their seventieth year, and beyond."
The Rev. John Cotton, who died 1757, and who had lived in the town more than forty years, stated that "he knew no town so healthful, and so rarely visited with fatal diseases. It has been a rare thing to follow a young man to the grave, among us. From accurate bills of mortality, for fifty years, ending 1798, it appeared that one-seventieth part of its inhabitants died annually. In the East Congregational Society, consisting of about seven hundred souls, one hun- dred and fifty-four died, from January 1, 1782 to January 1, 1799, averaging nine a year. Of this number, forty-nine arrived to their seventieth year, and beyond ; and sixty- three to their sixtieth year, and beyond. Of married men under forty, only one died within the bounds of the East precinct, during sixteen years. A
" From its early settlement, Newton has been remarkable for the salubrity of its air, and the health and longevity of its inhabitants."
DIRECT TAX OF THE UNITED STATES, 1798.
Having given the names of the first settlers of the Town, at the ordination of its first minister, 1664; at its organiza- tion, 1679, and onward to the year 1700, we now give the names of the Freeholders who were in the town, at the close of the eighteenth century, that being the period at which we close our historical examinations. To this end, we have made the following extracts from the books of the Assess- ors, who were appointed under an Act of the Congress of
224
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
the United States, passed in 1798, levying a direct tax upon the country, of two millions of dollars. Artemas Ward, Esq., was the principal Assessor of the District, and Ebenezer Woodward and Joseph Jackson, were his assist- ants, for Newton. Property exempted by State laws, was not to be assessed, nor dwelling houses the valuation of which did not exceed one hundred dollars. Taken October 1,1798.
Owners and Occupants.
(Tenants in Italics.)
Houses. Value.
Acres.
Value.
Total Value.
Adams, Joseph, Jr., 1
$140
18
$600
$740
Adams, Roger,
1
300
16
900
1,200
Adams, Smith,
1
65
40
1,030
1,095
Bartlett, David and
Joshua,
1 300
104
2,498
2,798
Bartlett, Elisha,
118
118
1,830
1,948
Blake, Joseph,
1
4,000
180
5,425
9,425
Tracy, Daniel,
1
433
433
Downing, John,
1
130
16
130
Beal, Thomas,
1
250
19
619
869
Bixby, Jonathan,
1
475
19
1,366
1,841
Blanden, Francis, heirs,
1
50
14
180
230
Bullough, Joseph,
1
105
40
1,000
1,105
Boies, John
1
250
250
Woodcock, Nathaniel.
Cheney, Aaron
1
160
41
1,170
1,330
Cheney, William
1
14
140
140
Cheney, Ebenezer,
1
390
50
1,500
1,890
Child, Daniel
1
200
50
1,126
1,326
Coney, David,
1
190
46
1,080
1,270
Curtis, Obediah,
1 1,000
80
3,972
4,972
Comey, Ezra,
1 250
22
586
836
225
DIRECT TAX OF THE UNITED STATES.
Owners and Occupants. Houses. Value.
Value.
Total Value.
Cushing, Thomas
1 $1,250
Acres. 57
$2,157
$3,407
Hyde, William, 1 120
14
420
540
Cushing, Edward, 1 700
93
2,586
3,286
Norcross, Josiah, 1 160
8
336
496
Craft, Joseph, 1
245
78
2,612
2,857
Cookson, Lydia and Betsey,
1
120
50
700
820
Hovey, Thomas, Maj.
Clark, Daniel,
1
335
98
2,094
2,429
Clark, Norman,
1
685
90
2,830
3,515
Clark, Norman,
1
50
100
2,911
2,961
Cook, Jonathan,
1
106
65
1,899
2,005
Cook, Benjamin,
1 385
4
366
751
Cutler, Richard,
1
370
100
2,546
2,916
Curtis, Solomon,
1
385
10
1,875
2,300
Curtis, Thomas,
1
40
40
Curtis & Eliot,
1
400
400
Crane, Stephen.
Collins, Matthias,
1
215
119
2,152
2,367
Craft, Henry,
20
320
320
Deblois, Sarah,
1-2
545
545
Davis, Aaron,
1
760
100
2,790
3,550
Daniels, Timothy,
1
169
5
225
394
Durell, Peter,
1-2
350
20
836
1,186
Durell, David,
1-2
350
26
1,048
1,398
Durell, John,
1
110
50
944
1,054
Durant, Mary,
1-2
300
300
Greenleaf, William.
Durant, Thomas,
1 390
4
271
661
Dix, Samuel,
1 106
35
653
759
Elliot, Simon,
1
900
53
6,455
7,355
Elliot, Simon,
1
300
3
350
650
Elliot, Simon,
1 725
725
226
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Owners and Occupants. Houses. Value.
Acres. 88
Value. $1,731
$2,231
Fuller, Sarah,
1-3
276
249
9,351
9,627
Fuller, Joseph,
1 360
360
Fuller, Josiah, 1
650
1
355
1,005
Fuller, Amariah,
1
309
50
1,090
1,399
Fuller, Nathan,
1
600
75
1,870
2,470
Fuller, Edward,
1
105
70
1,986
2,091
Fuller, Joshua and David,
1
212
155
3,544
3,756
Fuller, Elener,
11
135
135
Fuller, Joseph, Jr.,
1
550
63
1,765
2,315
Fuller, Nathaniel,
1
17
314
314
Grimes, James,
1
105
41
837
942
Bartlett, Luke.
Greenough, Rev.
William,
1
23, not taxed.
Grafton, Rev. Jo- seph,
1
9,
66
Homer, Rev. Jona- than,
1
33,
66
Hall, Edward,
1
160
129
2,588
2,748
Hall, Samuel,
1
350
60
1,471
1,821
Hall, Solomon,
1
190
61
350
540
Hyde, Thaddeus,
1
200
53
1,828
2,028
Hyde, John,
1
375
33
1,129
1,504
Hyde, Elisha,
1-2
40
24
855
895
Hyde, Susanna,
1-2
12
220
220
Hyde, Samuel,
1
105
29
'948
1,053
Hyde, Mary,
1-2
22
530
530
Hyde, Daniel,
1
106
38
1,124
1,230
Hyde, Amos,
19
260
260
Hoogs, William,
1
900
7.4
1,500
2,400
Hoogs, William, Jr., 1
190
190
Total Value.
Eustis, Thomas, 1 $500
227
DIRECT TAX OF THE UNITED STATES.
Total Value.
Hull, Gen. Wm.,
2-3
$552
50
Value. $1,500
$2,052
Coolidge, Isaac, 1
775
75
1,688
2,463
Bell, William,
1
1,100
26
900
2,000
Stearns, Dr. Luther, 1
2,450
10
566.
3,016
Hammond, William, 1
835
81
789
1,624
Hammond, Benjamin
and Benjamin, Jr., 1
734
141
3,656
4,390
Hammond, Thomas, 1
370
60
1,540
1,910
Hastings, Thos., 2d, 1
830
1
75
905
Hastings, John, 1
900
25
561
1,461
Hastings, Samuel, 1-2
230
230
Hastings, Daniel, 1-2
230
20
656
886
Widow Lois Parker, 1
200
200
Hastings, Daniel, Learned.
1
762
21
946
1,708
Hunnewell, Jonath'n, 1
1,700
16
1,875
3,575
Jackson, Colonel Michael,
1- 2
569
96
2,993
3,562
Jackson, Michael, Jr.,
1-2
560
6
150
710
Jackson, Simon,
1
370
49
781
1,151
Jackson, Timothy,
1
395
45
1,736
9
372
2,503
Jackson, Edward,
1 800
89
1,785
2,585
Jackson, Samuel,
5
270
270
Jackson, Daniel and Joshua,
1
370
65
1,190
1,560
Jackson, Oliver,
1
40
1
62
100
Jackson, Joseph, Jr., 1
300
66
1,348
1,648
Jennison, Phineas, 1
149
65
2,023
2,172
Jarvis, Caleb and
Bemis Luke, 1
250
250
*
King, John, Dr.,
1 450
36
996
1,446
Owners and Occupants. Houses. Value.
Acres.
.
228
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Owners and Occupants. Houses.
Value.
King, John, Jr.,
1 $140
Acres. 92
Value. $1,720
Total Value. $1,860
King, Noah,
1
105
105
King, Henry,
1
470
73
1,102
1,572
Kenrick, John,
1 280
280
Kenrick, John, Jr., 1
600
85
3,337
3,937
Kenrick, Caleb,
1
475
68
2,490
2,965
Kimball, Richard,
1
140
72
1,197
1,337
Lenox, Cornelius, 1
20
2
100
120
Matthews, John
1
590
130
2,410
3,000
Munroe, Oliver,
1-2
545
545
Moore, Reuben,
1-2
300
300
Glyde, Samuel.
Moore, Reuben,
1
245
86
3,351
3,596
Murdock, Samuel,
1
545
112
3,317
3,742
Murdock, Robert,
8
197
197
Murdock, Elisha,
1-2
150
52
1,275
1,425
Esther,
1-2
150
23
719
869
Mitchell, Edward,
1
715
67
1,912
2,627
Marshall, Abigail,
1
720
1-4
74
794
Norcross, Josiah,
1
550
105
3,829
4,379
Norcross, Nathaniel, 1
260
260
Neal, William,
1-2
312
312
Nutting, Samuel,
1
109
46
1,700
1,809
Parker, Samuel,
1
335
54
1,901
2,236
Parker, Jonathan,
1 300
93
2,200
2,500
Parker, Joseph,
1 230
104
1,603
1,833
Palmer, John
1 275
95
2,006
2,281
Park, Joshua,
1
475
15
888
1,363
Park, Amasa,
1
375
37
1,120
1,495
Prentice, Robert,
1
105
44
1,333
1,438
Peck, John,
1
600
84
3,130
3,730
Pigeon, John,
1 600
21-2
290
890
Murdock, Widow
229
DIRECT TAX OF THE UNITED STATES.
Owners and Occupants. Houses. Value.
Total Value.
Pigeon, Henry,
2 $850
Acres. 150
Value. $3,461
$4,311
Jackson, Daniel,
109
109
Pratt, Thomas,
1
1,120
69
2,444
3,564 400
Porter, Amasa,
1
400
Rogers, John, 1
760
18
1,430
2,190
Rogers, John, Jr., 1
830
38
1,681
2,511
Richardson, Samuel, 1
285
88
986
1,271
Richardson, Jerem'h, 1
475
44
1,451
1,926
Richards, Daniel, 1
315
145
3,288
3,603
Richards, Solomon, 1
320
100
3,250
3,570
Richards, Aaron,
1
550
52
1,665
2,215
Richards, Thaddeus, 1
340
35
1,150
1,490
Richards, James,
77
1,852
1,852
Richardson, Eben'r, 1
360
30
545
905
Richardson, David, 1
120
4 1-2
170
290
Robinson, Bradbury.
Pritchard, Joseph, and
Tower, Jonathan, 1
215
1-8
40
255
Robbins, Solomon,
1
140
22
600
740
Robbins, Eliphalet,
1
170
2
150
320
Stone, Dea. David, 1
415
56
1,817
2,232
Stone, heirs of John, 1
725
78
2,079
2,804
Stone, Jonas, Jr.,
1
340
52
1,346
1,686
Stone, James,
1
400
56
1,575
1,975
Stone, Ebenezer,
1
825
100
2,392
3,217
Shepard, Elizabeth, 1
600
160
3,240
3,840
Daniels, O.
Spring, Dr. Marshall,1
300
118
3,900
4,200
Jones, A.
Seaverns, Elisha,
1
600
81
1,956
2,556
Starr, Dr. Ebenezer, 1
250
250
Smith, Enoch,
1 300
6
495
795
Tolman, Thomas,
1 106
9
255
361
20
230
EARLY HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Owners and Occupants. Houses. Value.
Acres.
Value. $2,164
$2,364
Trowbridge, Sam'l, 1
360
82
1,989
2,349
Thwing, Nicholas, 1
208
80
1,527
1,735
Torrey, Samuel, 1
200
1 1-4
60
260
Thwing, John,
1
390
98
3,180
3,570
Thwing, John, Jr.,
1
215
30
886
1,101
Wellington, Ebenez'r, 1
200
113
3,668
3,868
Ward, Col. Joseph, 1
2,000
132
4,340
5,540
Nathan Parks, 3d,
1
106
63
1,488
1,594
Ward, John,
1 225
71
2,100
2,325
Ward, Samuel,
1
140
45
1,700
1,840
White, Joseph,
1
635
88
3,864
4,499
Wiswall, Jeremiah, 1-2
285
16
587
872
Wiswall, heirs Wm. 1-2
285
78
2,735
3,620
Wiswall, Jer'h, Jr., 1
120
77
2,735
2,855
Wiswall, Jer'h, Jr., 1
300
300
Winchester, Amasa, 1
550
151
4,035
4,585
Whittemore, J. W., 1-2
312
312
Whitney, Thaddeus, 1
150
25
744
894
Whitney, Timothy, 1
Ware, John,
3
1,100
129
2,234
3,334
Hooker, Z.
Ware, Azariah,
1
340
340
Woodward, Eben'r, 1
360
117
2,810
3,170
White, Benjamin, 1
102
100
1,965
2,067
Welch, Michael,
1
169
61
1,095
1,264
Ward, Joseph,
1 106
63
1,488
1,594
Park, Nathan, 3d.
Weld, Nathaniel,
1
139
94
2,000
2,139
Whitney, Moses,
1
46
778
778
Cheney, Daniel.
Total Value.
Trowbridge, Edm'd, 1
$200
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
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EXPLANATION.
The following Register is intended to be in the simplest form. It contains the names of all persons, as far as known, who were inhabi- tants of Newton, prior to the year 1800. Some of the descendants of the earliest settlers are named to a later period.
The generations, as far as known, are numbered. Every head of a family is printed in capitals. The directions within the parenthesis show where the father is to be found, and can easily be traced back through each successive generation, to the common ancestor; then the marriage is given, - the names of the children follow in Italics ; what became of the daughters, and such of the sons as had no children, or otherwise, - with such brief facts as could be found upon the Records, and elsewhere.
ABBREVIATIONS.
admin. administered.
d. died.
s. son. sup. supposed.
æ. aged.
dr. daughter.
M. H. Meeting-house.
unm. unmarried.
bap. baptised. ch. church.
m. married.
w. wife.
chil. children.
prob. probably.
wid. widow.
Camb. Cambridge.
Rox. Roxbury.
Wat. Watertown.
ADAMS, JOSEPH, (s. of Joseph and Ruth (Whitney) Adams, and g. s. of Roger, of Brookline,) purchased of Wm. Parks, 53 acres land, for £320, in 1750, with the buildings thereon, [same house now occupied by Joseph Faxon,] being the east part of the Park farm, near Wat. line. He m. Mercy Fowle, April 2, 1740, and had Joseph, June 3, 1751 ; Mary ; Roger, May 27, 1753; Rebecca, June 29, 1755; Smith, March 13, 1757; Mercy, Nov. 12, 1759; Sarah, Oct. 18, 1761 ; Mercy, August 9, 1765. He d. 1799, æ. 82. She d. 1782, æ. 61. Rebecca m. James Downing, of Wat., Oct. 5, 1774. The home- stead was divided among his sons, Joseph, Roger, and Smith, who settled thereon.
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ADAMS.
ADAMS, DEA. JOSEPH, (s. of Joseph,) m. Lydia Meade, 1775, and had Jacob, May 5, 1776; Lois, Joseph, Leonard. 2d w. Thankful, the widow of Samuel Spring, and dr. of Philip Norcross, 1782, and had Elijah, Aug. 8, 1791, d. 1834. 2d w. d. 1801. 3d w. Lois White, d. 1835, æ. 83. Dea. Joseph d. April, 1813, æ. 62.
ADAMS, LIEUT, ROGER, (s. of Joseph,) m. Hepsibah Russell, of Wat., took the homestead, and had Isaac, bap. 1780; Hepsibah, 1781 ; Mary, 1783 ; Roger, 1785; Hannah, 1787; Betsy, 1788; Patty, 1790; and Walter. Mary m. Enoch Patterson - Hepsibah m. Joseph Faxon - Mercy m. John Blanchard - Hannah m. Joseph Wyman -Betsy m. Samuel Noyes - Patty m. Wm. Faxon - Isaac m. Edith Winship - Roger m. Mary Weir - Walter m. -. She d. 1805, æ. 50. He d. 1811, æ. 58.
ADAMS, SMITH, (s. of Joseph,) m. Lucy Warren, of Wat. 1779, and had Smith, Lucy, 1780; Catherine, Samuel, Joseph, Lydia, Nancy, Abigail, William, Stephen, Susan. Lucy m. Jacob Stearns - Cather- ine m. Jacob Hammond -Lydia m. Asa Allen - Nancy m. Peter Tue - Abigail m. Samuel Parker- William m. Susan Jennison - Samuel m. Betsy Rice - Stephen m. - Stevens. 2d wife, Susanna Rice, 1812. He d. March, 1812, æ. 55.
ADAMS, JOHN, m. Hannah Dyke, 1762, and lived on the old Jona- than Hyde homestead, and had William, June 15, 1763; Ann, Hannah, May 20, 1767 ; Jonathan Dyke, Artemas. Hannah m. John Cheney, of Dover, 1789. Hannah, the mother, d. 1778.
ADAMS, BENJAMIN, m. Abigail Kenrick, Aug. 1747, and Sarah Burrige, Jan. 1755.
ADAMS, GEORGE, m. Abigail Prentice, July, 1758.
ADAMS, BENJAMIN, m. Sarah Pond, 1778, and had Sarah, Abel, and Jonas.
ADAMS, ELIZABETH, m. Thomas Harris, of Norton, 176 -.
ADAMS, SUSANNA, m. George Hawley, of Bowdoinham.
ADAMS, JACOB, (s. of Dea. Joseph,) m. Abigail White, Oct. 1799. 2d w. Ruth Durant, and had Lydia, April 29, 1800; Jacob, April 5, 1802; Isaac, August 6, 1804, d. 1834 ; Leonard, March 22, 1808; Joseph, March 5, 1810 ; Lois, March 6, 1814 ; and Abigail, July 15, 1816. She d. 1839, æ. 63.
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ADAMS - ALDEN - ALLEN.
ADAMS, JOSEPH, (s. of Dea. Joseph,) m. Lois White, 1801, and had one child.
ADAMS, LEONARD, (s. of Dea Joseph,) m.
ADAMS, SMITH, JR., m. Ist, Lydia Whitfield ; 2d, Betsy Adams, of East Sudbury, 1810, and had Elisha, Lydia, Susan, Mercy, Eme- line, Elisha, George W., Sarah, Henry, Elizabeth. Susan m. Tristram Durell - Mercy m. John Nichols - Lydia m. Alvin Fuller.
ADAMS, ELIJAH, (s. of Dea. Joseph,) m. Hannah Hyde, 1817, and had Mariah and George. He d. 1834, æ. 43.
ADAMS, JOEL, m. Lucinda Fuller, 1823.
ALDEN, ALPHEUS, from Randolph, m. Betsy -, and had Simon, April 14, 1793.
ALDEN, SOLOMON, (br. of Alpheus,) m. Hannah Stone, 1795, dr. of John Stone, Jr., and had Hannah, Oct. 10, 1795.
ALDEN, JONATHAN, (br. of Solomon,) m .- Beulah Craft, 1797, dr. of Joseph Craft, and had Sally, June 29, 1797; Nancy, Jan. 30, 1799 ; and Jonathan.
ALDERCHURCH, HENRY, m. Elizabeth Brown, 1751, and had Hannah, Jan. 13, 1751.
ALLEN, GEORGE, m. Elizabeth Chamberlain, 1717, dr. of Thomas C. ALLEN, MOSES, m. Hannah Knapp, 1732.
ALLEN, JOHN, a merchant, sup. of Boston, d. 1751, æ. 69. His w. Mary d. 1752, æ. 55 (grave-stone). Will proved, 1751. Rev. Jon- athan Townsend and Henry Gibbs, Executors. Had s. John, and 4 daughters.
ALLEN, DR. JOHN, (s. of John, the merchant,) m. Jerusha Cook, of Windham, Ct. 1745, and had Jerusha, Aug. 20, 1746 ; John, Dec. 14, 1747, and d. 1748; Sarah, Mary, Martha, and Ann. He d. July, 1758. His w. d. 1749. Jerusha m. Samuel Wheat, July, 1766, s. of Dr. Samuel W. - Sarah m. Rev. Jonathan Townsend, of Medfield, 1748- Martha m. Benjamin Carter, of Windham, 1752.
ALLEN, THOMAS, m. Lucretia Jackson, 1791, dr. of Joshua J., Sen., and settled in Maine.
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234
ALLEN - ANGIER - BACON.
ALLEN, JONATHAN, m. Sarah Houghton, 1806, and had Sarah, July 2, 1807 ; Otis, Sept. 12, 1808 ; Caroline, Nov. 8, 1809; Jonathan, Oct. 10, 1815.
ALLEN, JEREMIAH, m. Mary -, and had Mary, Aug. 19, 1807 ; Reuben, Aug. 19, 1807; Martha, Aug. 13, 1811; Maria, Dec. 26, 1813; Augustus, Jan. 31, 1817 ; Jane, d. Oct. 19, 1819.
ALEXANDER, JOHN, had by w. Beatrice, Martha, 5. 16. 1668; Deliverance, 11. 7. 1671 ; and Elizabeth, 7. 16. 1674. He signed the secession petition, 1678, and d. Dec. 1696.
ALEXANDER, RICHARD, m. Mary Fuller, Dec. 1750. . AMER, DANIEL, had by w. Hannah -, Daniel, Jan. 7, 1727. AYRES, JOHN, and w. Hannah, had Nathaniel, Sept. 12, 1759.
ANGIER, ENSIGN OAKES, (s. of Ephraim, and grandson of Rev. Samuel Angier, of Wat.) m. Abigail Coolidge, of Wat., 1730; no issue. He kept a public house very near where the "Nonantum House " now stands, at " Newton Corner." He purchased the place of Samuel Jackson, Esq., in 1731, lying partly in Newton and partly in Wat., with house and barn thereon, bounded west and south by the County road, leading from Wat. to Rox. In consequence of his residence there, that part of Newton was known by the name of " Angier's Corner," for more than a hundred years. That name has gradually faded out, since the Worcester Rail Road Corporation have established a Station there, and called it " Newton Corner." He d. 1782, æ. 85, and she soon after, æ. 87.
I. BACON, DANIEL, made free 1647, an early settler in W. Bridge- water, where he m. Mary Reed, and had Isaac, April 14, 1650; Ra- chael, June 4, 1652; Jacob, June 2, 1654; Lydia, Mar. 6, 1656 ; Dan- iel, John, and probably Hannah, who m. James Trowbridge, Jr., 1709. His family removed to Newton, about 1669. Same year, Gregory Cook conveyed to Daniel Bacon, of Bridgewater, tailor, a dwelling house and barn, and six acres of land, bounded with the highway east; Edward Jackson, south; the Dummer farm, north and west, -the same place that William Clements con- veyed to Abram Williams, in 1662. Bacon purchased several other parcels of land, in that vicinity. His brother Michael was an early settler in Woburn. He d. intestate, Sept. 7, 1691. She d. Oct. 4, 1691. His sons, Daniel and Jacob, settled the estate. His inventory amounted to £143, 17s. 6d. Edward Jackson and Thom as Oliver, appraisers. Some of his land was entailed, by the will of
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BACON.
his father in law, Read. William Clements, Jr., conveyed to Daniel Bacon, in 1669, twenty-five acres of land, for £60, which he bought of Richard Dummer, - bounded southerly by the highway leading from Wat. to Rox., and north-east on Charles river, being partly in Newton and partly in Wat. His sons, Isaac and John, settled on this tract ; John's part was within the bounds of Wat. Isaac's part has since been possessed by Oakes Angier, Gen. William Hull, and others, a part of which is now occupied by the Nonantum House. He also purchased twenty acres of land of Nathaniel Stedman, of Boston, in 1668, bounded with the highway to Nonantum, cast.
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