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II. BACON, ISAAC, (s. of Daniel,) m. Abigail -. He d. 1684 ; no chil. named in his wilf; gives all his estate to his wife. Inven- tory, £133. She d. July 10, 1715.
II. BACON, JACOB, (s. of Daniel,) m. Elizabeth -, and had Elizabeth, Mar. 26, 1777, d. 1678; Jacob, May 9, 1680; John, Feb. 27, 1682-3; Isaac, June 28, 1698; Ruhama, April 8, 1686; Mary, 1689, d. 1699. 2d w. Dorothy Bradhurst, Dec. 1700, and had Ru- hama, Dec. 18, 1700; Abigail, Feb. 16, 1701 ; John, Dorothy, in Rox., July 30, 1704; Ralph, Nov. 1706; Mary Elizabeth. Ruhama m. Joseph Loring, 1731 - Mary m. James Ward, 1727; Abigail d. 1741. He d. 1709, æ. 56. His estate was settled by agreement, in 1713, signed by Jacob, John, Hannah, Mary and Elizabeth.
III. BACON, JOHN, (s. of Jacob,) m. Mary, and had Benjamin and Robert, twins, Feb. 7, 1709; Abigail, Aug. 15, 1711, in Rox.
III. BACON, JACOB, (s. of Jacob,) m. Elizabeth -, settled at south part of town, adjoining Rox. line, and had John. He and w. Elizabeth sold twenty acres of land to Wm. Ward, 1710. He d. soon after, and his widow Elizabeth signed a petition to worship in Roxbury.
BACON, GEORGE, (sup. s. of Geo. and Mary, of Rox.,) m. Susanna, dr. of John Greenwood, Esq., 1729, and had Mary, May 3, 1729; Ephraim, Sept. 5, 1730 ; Samuel, Feb. 17, 1732; Jonas, May 17, 1734 ; Abigail, Jan. 24, 1736. 2d w. Sarah, and had Susanna, March 2, 1738; Hannah, Jan. 1, 1740, d. 1740; John, Sept. 11, 1743, d. 1746 ; Edward, Dec. 27, 1744; Mary, Dec. 25, 1746. Abigail d. 1750. Susanna m. Jonathan Shepard, 1761 - Mary m. Sebas Jackson, Jr., 1767. He d. 1747, and his widow Susanna admin. his estate. Thos. Greenwood, Robert Murdock, Jr. and Benjamin Child, appraisers.
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Personal, £418, 2s .; Real, £1,664. Total, £2,082, 2s. Homestead, forty-nine acres.
BACON, EPHRAIM, (s. of George,) m. Mary Brown, 1752, and had Susanna, Aug. 13, 1757 ; John, Aug. 25, 1760; Hannah, May 4, 1754 ; Abigail, Jan. 21, 1753; and Mary, Feb. 16, 1763.
BACON, SAMUEL, (s. of George,) m. Mary -, and had Samuel, Jan. 21, 1753, d. 1760. 2d w., Elizabeth Child, 1756, and had George, Feb. 5, 1757; Samuel, July 30, 1758, d. 1760; Jonas, July 27, 1760, d. 1760; Elizabeth, March 11, 1764; Phineas, March 4, 1766; Samuel, Jan. 20, 1768 ; and Jane, April 9, 1771. Elizabeth m. Joseph Fuller, March, 1785-Jane m. Samuel Murdock, 1806; Elizabeth, the mother, d. 1780.
BACON, JONAS, (s. of George,) m. Elizabeth Morse, 1757. She d. 1758.
BACON, PHINEAS, (s. of Samuel,) m. Sally Popkin, 1798, and had Thomas, May 12, 1799 ; Phineas, Sept. 9, 1800; Jane, July 10, 1802; Sally, Jan. 1, 1804 ; Edward, June 6, 1807.
BACON, SILAS, m. Ruth Hoogs, 1793.
BACON, SAMUEL, (s. of Samuel,) m. Anna Child, 1797.
BACON, JOSEPH, m. Beulah Fuller, 1805.
BACON, DEA. JOSIAH, m. widow Agnes Hope, Dec. 1, 1803, and had William Hope, Feb. 11, 1807; Ramsey H., Feb. 7, 1810; Harriet, Aug. 6, 1818. He d. Dec. 2, 1831, æ. 71.
BALDWIN, WILLIAM, m. Elizabeth, dr. of Noah Wiswall, Dec., 1741, lived near the Pelham House, and had, at Naragansett, Eliza- beth, Oct. 17, 1742; William, Mar. 1, 1744 ; Anna, Nov. 28, 1745 ; and at Newton, Patty, Apr. 4, 1748, d. 1756; Phebe, Jan. 31, 1750; Sarah, Oct. 16, 1751 ; Enoch, Feb. 12, 1754 ; and m. Sarah Knapp, dr. of Josiah Knapp, 1781 ; went to Boston, kept a boarding house, and had Aaron, Enoch, and others. Elizabeth m. Ebenezer Hovey, 1767, and d. 1777.
BARBER, JOHN, m. Abigail, dr. of Josiah Fuller, Feb. 1765; kept Tavern in the West Parish, near the M. H., set out the great Elm tree before it, in 1767, and had John, Dec. 12, 1765 ; Samuel and Abigail, July 28, 1767 ; Elizabeth, Mar. 12, 1769; and Oliver, May 13, 1771. His widow m. Captain Samuel Jenks. He was the first man buried in the West Parish burial place.
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BARTON, JAMES, and Margaret, his wife, had John, in Boston, Sept. 5, 1686. He was a rope-maker, and owned a wharf on Ann st., known by his name. Jonathan Jackson (the oldest son of Edward Jackson, Sen.) conveyed to Barton, in 1688, 103 acres of land, in Newton, for £130, bounded west and north by lands of Thomas Park, and cast by land of his brother Sebas, and others, being the same land bequeathed to him by his father's will, and the same which formed the north and west part of the Mayhew farm; in 1690, Barton mortgaged this land to Thomas Barton, of England, mer- chant. He purchased other lands, extending over the Wat. line, and erected his dwelling house just within the bounds of Wat., on the south side of Charles river. His will, dated 1729, bequeaths £30 per annum, to his grandson, Thomas Stanton, for four years after entering College ; his great Bible, with annotations, to his son, John. £100 to his d. Margaret Calef. To his mulatto maid servant, named Tidy, her freedom, and forty shillings. Margaret Simpkins and Ruth Cook, his daughters, and his grandsons, James, John, Samuel, and Michael Barton, are named with bequests. He directs £50 to be laid out for his funeral expenses, and no more; and appoints Samuel Jackson, Esq., and Daniel Cook, of Newton, and William Tyler, of Boston, brazier, his executors. His inventory names two negro men, Jemme and Tom, and one negro woman, Dinah ; are appraised. His mansion house and out houses, with six and one-half acres of land, are valued at £2,696, 14s. Wharf in Boston, called Barton's, £1,000. Buildings thereon, fronting Ann st., £1,200. He and his wife Margaret were both buried in Newton, where their large grave stones are the only record of their death and ages. James d. 1729, æ. 86, and Margaret, 1731, æ. 87.
BARTON, AARON, a boy, went with Nathaniel Seger, to Bethel, Me., in 1780.
BARTON, ASA, m. Mercy Bartlett, Feb. 1, 1770.
BEACH, ISAAC, m. Mary; no issue. Abram Jackson, s. of John, Sen., conveyed to Beach four acres land, in 1686, east and south by the way to the Meeting-house, (meaning the by road leading from the Dedham road, past the burial place where the Meeting-house then stood, to the cast part of the town,) and west by the burial place. He was a carpenter, and built his dwelling house upon this lot. Was one of the signers of the secession petition, 1678. He brought up Isaac Jackson, Sen., from a child, taught him the car-
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penter's trade, and gave him his homestead, in 1727. He d. in 1735, æ. 90, and his w. Mary d. 1724.
I. BARTLETT, JOSEPH, m. Mary Waite, 27. 8. 1668. The cellar hole of his dwelling house is still visible upon the side of the hill, occupied by the Baptist Theological Seminary, and about ninety rods south-east of the new Rail Road Station, at Newton Centre. In 1675, he mortgaged his dwelling house, and four acres of land, to Thomas Prentice, Sen .; Neal McDaniel was witness. Joseph and Mary had Mary, in Camb., Feb. 17, 1672; Joseph and Mercy, March 5, 1673 ; Elizabeth, 5. 12. 1676, d. 1702 ; and prob. John and Sarah. Elizabeth m. James Prentice, 1709 - Sarah m. Jona. Willard, 1708. He d. Dec. 26, 1702; she d. Dec. 21, 1721.
II. BARTLETT, JOSEPH, JR., m. Hannah -, and had Thomas, July 25, 1697; Benjamin, May 24, 1699; Elizabeth, Sept. 23, 1701, d. 1702; Joseph, April 8, 1703; and Ebenezer, prob. 1st w. d. Dec. 1730, 2d w. Mercy Hyde, 1732. She d. 1734, and he d. June, 1750, æ. 79.
II: BARTLETT, JOHN, (s. of Joseph Sen., prob.) m. Patience -, and had Nicholas ; John, Dec. 29, 1710, and d. 1727; Martha, 1712; Nathaniel, Jan. 7, 1713; Mary, d. 1721; William, Jan. 28, 1715; Caleb, Nov. 17, 1716 ; Patience, Dec. 13, 1718 ; Susanna, Nov. 25, 1720 ; Joanna, July 25, 1722. He d. 1721. Widow Patience admin. BARTLETT, NICHOLAS, (s. of John,) m. Mary Cook, 1733.
III. BARTLETT, RICHARD, (sup. s. of Joseph, Jr.,) m. Elizabeth - -, and had Lucy, July 30, 1736 ; Hannah, Sept. 23, 1740; Deborah, March 10, 1742.
III. BARTLETT, JOSEPH, (s. of Joseph, Jr.,) m. Zebialı -, Feb. 1731, and had Samuel, March 9, 1732 ; Longley, April 9, 1734 ; David, and Luke.
III. BARTLETT, EBENEZER, (s. of Joseph, Jr., prob.,) m. Ann Clark, June 24, 1736, and had Eunice, Oct. 29, 1735 ; Sarah, Jan. 13, 1738, d. 1748 ; Mary, July 5, 1739 ; Enoch, Aug. 8, 1741; Enoch, Sept. 27, 1742. 2d w. Anna Ball, and had Jonathan, Mar. 16, 1746; Ann, June 27, 1748, d. 1748 ; Mercy, Jan. 26, 1750 ; Elisha, Feb. 15, 1753 ; Esther, May 21, 1755; Moses, Nov. 13, 1756 ; Thaddeus, Jan. 20, 1759 ; Mary, March 12, 1761 ; Sarah, June 10, 1763 ; Stephen, April 24, 1765 ; Abigail, June 26, 1766 ; and Peregrine. Mary m. Asa Barton, of Needham, 1770- Esther m. Enoch Perry, of Men-
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don, 1776 - Sarah m. William Cheney, 1782 - Abigail m. Samuel "Lovell, of Weston, 1796. He d. 1788, æ. 77; his Ist w. d. 1742. Enoch, Moses, Thaddeus, Stephen, Jonathan, and Peregrine, went to Bethel, Me., on the Androscoggin River.
IV. BARTLETT, SAMUEL, (s. of Joseph and Zebiah,) m. Eliza- beth Appleton, of Ipswich, 1760, and had Isaac, Oct. 8, 1761 ; Sam- uel, July 18, 1763; Elizabeth, Apr. 9, 1765; Daniel, Jan. 8, 1767 ; Noah, Dec. 25, 1768, and Lydia, Feb. 3, 1771.
BARTLETT, KEZIAH, d. Dec., 1834, æ. 86.
IV. BARTLETT, LONGLEY, (s. of Joseph and Zebiah,) m. Eliza- beth True, of Sudbury, 1756, and had John, June 6, 1760.
IV. BARTLETT, DAVID, (s. of Joseph and Zebiah,) m. Phebe, dr. of Josiah Greenwood, and had Solomon, Aug. 19, 1769 ; Peter, Nov. 4, 1770; Joshua, Apr. 26, 1772; Sarah, Feb. 3, 1774; Ann, Feb. 26, 1776. 2d w., Hannah Beals, and had Esther, Apr. 27, 1778; Hepsibah and John, twins, Feb. 28, 1780. Sarah m. Elisha Fuller, 1795- Peter m. and his wife d., May, 1801. 'His first w. d. 1776, and the second in 1782. He was one of the founders of the first Baptist Church in Newton, Assistant Treasurer in. 1781. He was excommunicated, in 1782, for non-conformity, being opposed to a salary and the mode of raising it, for the Minister. He died June 16, 1829, æ. 87.
IV. BARTLETT, LUKE, (s. of Joseph and Zebiah,) m. Elizabeth Prentice, 1771, and had Samuel, Aug. 22, 1772, d. 1772; Henry, Feb. 23, 1774 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 14, 1777; Mehitable, Mar. 18, 1780; Abi- gail, May 28, 1782; Martha, Aug. 11, 1784 ; Betsy, Polly, and Joseph, June 1, 1790. Martha m. Hezekiah Grimes, 1789. He d. Jan. 14, 1803, æ. 58. She d. 1834, æ. 85.
IV. BARTLETT, ELISHA, (s. of Ebenezer,) m. Sarah, dr. of Thos. Beals, 1791, and had Sarah, Feb. 9, 1792; Peregrine, March 15, 1794; Caroline, Jan. 16, 1796; and Elisha, June 21, 1799. He d. Mar. 14, 1834, æ. 81, and she d. 1791.
- IV. BARTLETT, ENOCH, (s. of Ebenezer,) m. Elizabeth -, and had Nancy, Nov. 4, 1766; Reuben, April 17, 1768; Relief, May 2, 1769.
BARTLETT, JAMES, m. Lydia Williams, 1758, and had Persis, Sept. 2, 1761. He d. 1764.
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IV. BARTLETT, MOSES, (s. of Ebenezer,) m. Esther Beals, 1791, and went to Canada.
V. BARTLETT, JOSHUA, (s. of David,) m. Sarah Bright, 1795, and had Phebe, Oct. 20, 1796 ; Michael Bright, Dec. 6, 1797, and d. 1831 ; Jeremiah, Feb. 10, 1800 ; Abigail, Dec. 2, 1801 ; Joshua, Oct. 15, 1803 ; Amos F., Jan. 25, 1806 ; Sarah, Nov. 19, 1807 ; Harriet, Feb. 2, 1810 ; Martha, Jan. 15, 1812 ; Samuel, Aug. 27, 1814 ; and Roxanna, Feb. 11, 1817. He d. Jan. 1840, æ. 70.
V. BARTLETT, SOLOMON, (s. of David,) m. Betsy Tittleton, 1795, and had David and Joseph. Went to Jay, Me.
V. BARTLETT, HENRY, (s. of Luke,) m. Hannah Fisher, 1804.
BARTLETT, PEREGRINE, (s. of Elisha,) m. Lavina Frost, 1827, and had Almira R., Aug. 6, 1827; Anna Lavina, Nov. 24, 1730 ; Mary Eliza, Jan. 21, 1834.
BARTLETT, JOHN, had by w. Sally -, Abigail, Dec. 2, 1801. BARTLETT, HENRY, m. Ann Richards, 1825.
BARTLETT, GEORGE, m. Jane Nicholson, 1828.
BARTLETT, HENRY F., m. Caroline E. Durant, 1827.
BARTLETT, JOSEPH, d. 1840, æ. 70.
BARNES, ANDREW, m. Sally Dean, 1807, and had John, Feb. 3, 1808.
BATES, REV. JAMES, m. Emily Atwood, of Haverhill, sister to Harriet Newell, one of the first Missionaries to India, and had Ed- ward P., May 8, 1830; James A., May 2, 1832.
BAURY, REV. ALFRED L., m. Catherine Henshaw, of Middlebury, Vermont, and had Mary C., April 18, 1830; Catherine, June, 25, 1832; Elizabeth P., Dec. 19, 1834 ; Caroline H., Dec. 18, 1836.
BEALE, THOMAS, and Jaell, his w., came to Newton about 1726, when he made a mortgage deed, and called himself of Hingham. They had Thomas, 1727; John, Sept 10, 1728; Susanna, April 18, 1733, and prob. Mary and Israel. Mary m. Ebenezer Hyde, 1739. Susanna had s. Timothy, 1763. He d. Sept. 14, 1751.
BEALE, THOMAS, JR., m. Huldah Flagg, 1750, and had Thomas, May 8, 1752 ; Huldah, April 12, 1755; Lucy, July 20, 1757 ; Esther, Fcb. 13, 1763 ; Sarah, May 19, 1767. Lucy m. Elisha Murdock,
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July, 1793 - Esther m. Moses Bartlett, July, 1791, and went to Sudbury, Canada - Sarah m. Elisha Bartlett, May, 1791. He d. ·1806, æ. 78.
BEALS, ISRAEL, (s. of Thomas, Sen., prob.,) m. Eunice Flagg, 1748, and had Israel, June 22, 1749 ; Eunice, March 6, 1752; Joshua, Dec. 27, 1753; Susanna, March 28, 1756; Eleazer, July 9, 1758 ; Isaac, Sept. 10, 1763.
BEALE, JOHN, (s. of Thomas, Sen.,) m. Elizabeth Hall, 1755, and had John, Jan. 5, 1756 ; Moses, Aug. 31, 1758 ; Asa, Dec. 6, 1761 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1764; Mary, Nov. 13, 1766. Elizabeth m. John Cookson, 1785. He d. 1772.
BEALE, DR. LAZARUS, a physician, (s. of Lazarus, of Hingham, prob., who represented Hingham, in the General Court, in 1719 and '20,) m. Lydia Wheat, 1749, and had Lydia, July 6, 1751; Lazarus Andrews, Sept. 30, 1753; Samuel, March 7, 1758; William, May 6, 1760; Nabby, July 6, 1762.
BEALE, LAZARUS A., (s. of Dr. Lazarus,) m. Bethiah -, and had Samuel, Aug. 29, 1777 ; Jonathan, Dec. 25, 1779.
BEALE, GERSHAM, bought five acres of land of Joshua Fuller, at the Upper Falls, in Newton, in 1712, and d. 1723.
BEALE, ISAAC, d. Feb. 1736, æ. 88.
BEALE, THOMAS, JR., d. Nov. 29, 1815.
BEALE, THOMAS, d. 1818, æ. 48. His gravestone is in the West Parish burial place. He was prob. s. of Israel, or John, or of Dr. Lazarus.
BOND, JOSIAH, (was the youngest s. of Col. Jonas Bond, Esq., of Wat. Col. Jonas m. for his 2d w. Elizabeth, the wid. of John Prentice, who was the s. of Capt. Thomas Prentice, dr. of Edward Jackson, Sen.,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Capt. Joseph Fuller, 1720, and had Elizabeth, March 6, 1721 ; Jonas, March 6, 1723, d. 1723 ; Josiah, June 21, 1724 ; Jonas, Sept. 23, 1725 ; Sarah, Sept. 21, 1727 ; Lydia, Anna, Esther, Henry. She d. January 1, 1741, æ. 83.
BOND, PHINEAS, (s. of Josiah, prob.) m. Thankful Fuller, 1749, and had Elizabeth, Sept. 22, 1750, d. 1756 ; Martha, April 16, 1752; Phineas, Dec. 3, 1753, d. 1756 ; Aaron, July 21, 1755 ; Phineas, July, 1757 ; Nathan, July 19, 1759 ; Elizabeth, July 15, 1762 ; Patty, and
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John. Martha m. Joseph Morse, Jr., 1775 - Elizabeth m. Samuel Trowbridge. The Bonds lived upon the " Fuller farm."
BIXBY, JONATHAN, m. Angelina -; and had Jonathan W., 1846 ; Joseph, 1839.
BIXBY, JONATHAN, (sup. s. of Joseph and Sarah, of Boxford,) m. Rachel Hoborne, 1709 ; lived at the Upper Falls, and had Rachel, and prob. others. Rachel had Hannah, April 30, 1715. He d. 1714, and Henry Seger, Jno. Woodward, and John Staples, appraised his estate.
BIXBY, JONATHAN, m. Eunice, dr. of Thomas Parker, and had Jonathan, Sept. 24, 1774, d. 1835 ; Samuel, Feb. 24, 1777. 2d w. Elizabeth Hammond, 1777. Eunice the 1st w. d. 1777, æ. 30. Elizabeth, the 2d. w. d. April, 1830, æ. 81. He was Selectman in 1783 and 1784, and d. Jan. 23, 1819.
BIXBY, HIRAM, m. Elener Gardner, 1828, and d. 1838, æ. 31.
BOWMAN, JOSEPH, m. Hannah Rutter, 1720.
BOWLES, DEA. WILLIAM, came from Rox., was Dea. of the ch. there ; Selectman, in Newton, two years ; owned the place at the E. part of the Town, since possessed by Obediah Curtis. Had by w. Sarah, Elizabeth, Sept. 1, 1772 ; William, Aug. 9, 1774 ; Nathaniel, May 13, 1776 ; Josiah, May 24, 1777.
BOWKER, MICHAEL, had by w. Experience, Josiah, July 6, 1707. BULL, ROBERT, from Cambridge, had by w. Millisent, Jsaac, July 17, 1772 ; Rhoda, Nov. 23, 1774.
BULLOUGH, JOHN, d. 1772.
BULLOUGH, JOHN, (s. of Abigail Hyde,) Dec. 19, 1801.
BULLOUGH, GEORGE, d. 1746.
BULLOUGH, JOSEPH, d. 1835, æ. 64.
BLANDEN, FRANCIS, of French descent, came from Canada; his house was upon the N. bank of Wiswall's pond, the same spot where Samuel Hyde, Jr., lived, and is now occupied by a more costly mansion. He had by w. Elizabeth Hyde, dr. of Daniel Hyde, Francis, Oct. 19, 1718 ; Elizabeth, d. 1721 ; Abigail, March 24, 1726 ; Hannah, Sept. 24, 1722. Abigail m. Phineas Eames, of Framing- ham, 1751. Hannah had s. Caleb, 1752. He d. 1754, and w. Eliza- beth, 1763.
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BLANDEN, FRANCIS, JR., m. Susanna Bailey, of Brookline. She d. March, 1747. 2d w. Abigail Toser, 1749, and had Susanna, July 13, 1750; John, June 17, 1752; Francis, Mar. 24, 1754 ; Samuel, Feb. 17, 1756; Jonathan, Jan. 30, 1758 ; Elisha, Oct. 20, 1759 ; Jonas, July 3, 1761 ; Elizabeth, March 9, 1763; Abigail, Dec. 19, 1764 ; Mary, March 20, 1766; Phineas, Oct. 7, 1770, d. 1831. Abi- gail m. Robert Fuller, 1794 - Mary m. Benjamin Williams - Eliz- abeth m. Isaac Nichols - Elisha went to Sutton -Jonathan went to Vt. - Susanna m. - Learned -John, Francis, and Samuel d. in the army - Phineas m. - Johnson. He d. 1775, æ. 57.
BLANDEN, FRANCIS, (s. of Francis, Jr.) m. Mary -, and had Jane, Aug. 2, 1782; Borodell, Feb. 10, 1784; George, July 20, 1785 ; Dolly, Nov. 6, 1786.
BLANDEN, JONAS, (s. of Francis, Jr.) m. Esther -, and had Phineas, June 7, 1798; Gilbert, Oct. 3, 1800; George WV., Feb. 14, 1803.
HANNAH, (dr. of Francis Blanden, Sen.,) had Caleb,* Aug. 27, 1752. ELIZABETH, (dr. of Francis, Jr.) had Sally Durant,* Aug. 15, 1781 ; Harriet Morse,* June 7, 1785; Nathaniel,* Jan. 25, 1788; Nancy,* May 6, 1791 ; Charlotte,* Aug. 19, 1792.
ABIGAIL, (dr. of Francis, Jr.) had Allen Ward,* June 4, 1792; Abi- gail,* Nov. 6, 1787.
MARY, (dr. of Francis, Jr.) had Charles Pelham,* April 25, 1792. BLAVER, NANCY,* dr. of Sybil Lovelock, July 8, 1793.
BLISS, LUCIUS, m. Rhoda -, and had Silas, Dec. 7, 1800. BOYLSTON, DUDLEY, had by w. Elizabeth -, Richard, Feb. 17, 1721; Dudley, Ann, John, Rebecca, Martha, Joshua, Caleb, and Edward. His will is in Suffolk, 1748, son Richard, executor. His ancestor was Thomas Boylston, who came to this country at the age of twenty years, in 1635, in ship Abigail, Robert Hackwell, master. Dr. Thatcher's Biography states that he obtained the degree of Dr. of Medicine, at Oxford ; settled in Brookline, and was g. f. to the celebrated Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, F. R. S.
BUNCE, JAMES, had by w. Betsy, Elisha, Feb. 4, 1802 ; Caroline, Oct. 10, 1803.
* Illegitimate.
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BURRAGE, JOHN, m. Lydia, dr. Dea. Richard Ward, 1718. She d. 1745. He d. 1765.
BURRAGE, SAMUEL, (sup. s. of John and Lydia,) m. Mary Dra- per, 1754, and had Mary, July 19, 1756; Samuel, Mar. 6, 1759 ; and Catherine, April 2, 1763. She d. 1778. 2d w. Hannah Draper, 1780. Mary m. Samuel Sanger, of Wat., 1787.
BURRAGE, WILLIAM, (sup. s. of John and Lydia,) m. Hannah Osland, 1744.
BURRAGE, JOHN, (sup. s. of John and Lydia,) m. Sarah and had John, Samuel, Thomas, Ephraim, Mary, Anna, and Hannah. BURRAGE, EPHRAIM, (sup. s. of John and Lydia,) m. Elizabeth Sever, 1767. The Burrage family lived N. of Samuel Trowbridge.
BUZZARD, WILLIAM, m. Rebecca Whitney, 1780, and had Ger- sham, April 28, 1782 ; Betsy, July 4, 1785; Asa, July 3, 1787; Clar- isa, March 30, 1790.
BUSH, JOSEPH, (s. of John and Elizabeth Bush, and b. in Camb., Aug. 16, 1654,) m. Hannah -, and had Lydia, Sept. 17, 1692; Zachariah, Sept. 26, 1696, d. 1717; Joseph d. 1723; w. Hannah d. 1736. He d. before 1736, and his f. John, in Camb., 1662.
BRIDGE, JEREMIAH, (s. of Joseph, of Lex., prob.,) m. Sarah -, and had John, Aug. 4, 1780.
BLOOD, ELDER CALEB, was born in Charlton, County of Wor- cester, Aug. 18, 1754. At the age of twenty-one years, he was con- verted to the Baptist sect, and commenced as an itinerant Baptist Preacher; was ordained at Marlow, N. H., 1777, and preached in that region about two years ; removed to Weston, Mass., and supplied the Baptist ch. in that town, about eighteen months. On the 5th of July, 1780, the first Baptist ch., in Newton, was formed at the house of Noah Wiswall, and Mr. Blood made an address on the occasion. On the 15th of July, 1780, this new ch. " voted to give Elder Blood a call to take charge of the ch. for one year." He accepted, and removed to Newton, in March, 1781, and continued to preach there until Jan., 1788. He was the teacher of the Town school, in the south district, two Winters. He removed to Shaftsbury, Vt., and preached there nearly twenty years. In Sept., 1807, he removed to the third Baptist ch. in Boston, and continued there to June, 1810. He then removed to the first Baptist ch., in Portland, Me., where he
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d. March 6, 1814, æ. 60. He was much beloved by his people, in Newton. His preaching is said to have been "plain, bold, faithful, and able." He had, in Newton, by w. Sarah, Betsy, April 23, 1781 ; Elener, Nov. 20, 1783; Martha, Oct. 13, 1786.
BRACKETT, WILLIAM, m. Ann Babcock, of Brookline, and had Ann, June 25, 1814 ; Clarisa B., Dec. 23, 1815; Sarah, April 1, 1818 ; Mary H., June 12, 1823.
BREWER, PHILEMON, (s. of John and Hannah Brewer,) d. 1736. BROWN, WILLIAM, had by w. Rebecca, Elizabeth, Nov. 14, 1695. BROWN, JOHN, w. d. May 4, 1733.
BROWN, EBENEZER, (sup. s. of Jonathan and Mary, of Wat.) d. March 3, 1739, and his w. Mary d. 1743.
BROWN, THOMAS, (sup. s. of Ebenezer,) m. Abigail -, and had Joseph, July 5, 1723 ; Thomas, Dec. 5, 1724 ; Ebenezer, Sept. 3, 1726, d. 1739 ; Abigail, Sept. 10, 1728 ; Mary, Jan. 31, 1730 ; Susanna, - April 7, 1732, d. 1740 ; Rebecca, Oct. 5, 1734 ; Nathaniel, March 1, 1737, d. 1740 ; John, May 26, 1739, d. 1754 ; Nathaniel, Aug. 13, 1741 ; and Aaron, May 1, 1744. His Negro girl d. 1754.
BROWN, JONATHAN, (sup. s. of Ebenezer,) m. Hannah -, and had Nathaniel, July 24, 1732; Jonathan, Oct. 27, 1733 ; Philemon, May 24, 1736 ; Lois, Dec. 29, 1739 ; Philemon, Feb. 11, 1742 ; Enoch, March 13, 1744; Lemuel, Aug. 21, 1746 ; Daniel, Oct. 2, 1750, d. 1750; Lucy, d. 1749.
BROWN, ROBERT, (sup. s. of Ebenezer,) m. Mary Fowle, 1728, and had Lydia, Feb. 11, 1729 ; Lois, Sept. 15, 1734; Samuel, Nov. 16, 1736 ; Robert, d. 1732. Lydia m. Richard Knight, of Boston, 1763. Wid. Mary d. 1743.
BROWN, ABRAHAM, (sup. s. of -,) m. Abigail Dyke, 1730. BROWN, JONATHAN, JR., m. Elener Hammond, 1747. He d. 1750. BROWN, WILLIAM, (sup. s. of -,) m. Ann Moulton, of Wat., 1746, and had Daniel, Oct. 30, 1749. 2d w. Lydia -.
BROWN, THOMAS, JR., m. Mary Pettis, 1747, and had Elizabeth, Sept. 8, 1748; Enoch, March 13, 1749 ; George, April 3, 1752. Abi- > gail (prob.) m. Josiah Hall, 1741 - Mary (prob.) m. Ephraim Bacon, 1752-Elizabeth m. Nathaniel Wilton, Aug., 1775. She d. 1819.
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BROWN, LIEUT. EBENEZER, from Quincy, m. Hannah Parker, of Rox., Feb., 1789, and had Elizabeth; Frederick, 1792 ; and Catherine. Frederick was the Master of Signals in Boston Harbor, twenty-five years, and d. July, 1850. Catherine d. young. 2d w. Nabby, dr. of Elisha Fuller, 1817. He entered, as a private, in the Co. of Minute Men, commanded by Peter Boylston Adams, brother of President John Adams, in Dec. 1774. He joined the army, as Corporal, in a Co. commanded by Jacob Loud, of Weymouth, in Col. John Greaton's Regiment. In 1776, he was transferred to Col. Whitney's Regiment, with the Braintree Co., commanded by Capt. Thayer. In 1777, he enlisted for the war, as Serg't., with Capt. Judah Alden, in Col. Bailey's Regiment. He was in several battles, preceding the capture of Burgoyne's army, where he was wounded by a musket ball, in his right shoulder, which, passing through the shoulder blade, lodged in his back, between the shoulders. Nine days after the battle, he received an Ensign's commission, signed by Gen. Washing- ton's own hand, which he kept folded and enveloped with great care, sixty-seven years. After the surrender of Burgoyne, he was trans- ferred to Col, Vose's Regiment, which was under La Fayette, in the Virginia campaign. He was in several skirmishes, and in the battles of Hot Water Springs, Green Springs, and Yorktown. Soon after the capture of Cornwallis, he received a Lieut.'s commission, He d. at Newton Corner, Sept. 1, 1844, æ. 87 1-2.
BROWN, JOSEPH, (s. of Thomas,) m. Sarah Ireland, 1750. 2d w. Abigail -, and had Joseph, April 16, 1756; Abigail, Feb. 17, 1758; and Benjamin, May 3, 1761.
BROWN, SAMUEL, (s. of Robert,) m. Lois Coolidge, 1765.
BROWN, REV. SAMUEL, of Reading, d. 1732.
BROWN, REV. COTTON, d. April 13, 1751.
CAPEL, JOHN, from Waltham, m. Thankful, dr. of John Child, 1752, and had Elizabeth, July 12, 1752 ; John, Jan. 24, 1754 ; Thomas, May 9, 1755; Thankful, April 7, 1757, d. 1759. 2d w. Hannah -, and had Sarah, April 6, 1758. Elizabeth m. William Salter, Jr. of Rox., 1773. He was out in the French war, and d. 1758, at Brook- field, on his return from Lake George. She d. 1757.
CARTER, SEBREAN, had by w. Elizabeth, Ammi, July 13, 1696 ; Louisa, Aug. 3, 1698.
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