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III. CLARK, JOHN, JR., Selectman, 1722, m. Ann Pierce, of Dor., 1697, and had Mary, Jan. 9, 1698; John, Sept. 22, 1700; Ann, Jan. 12, 1702 ; Thomas, May 29, 1704 ; Isaac, Oct. 19, 1707 ; and Ather- ton, April 16, 1711. 2d w. May 11, 1719. Ann m. Ebenezer Bart- lett, 1736- Mary m. John Ball, of Wat., 1730. He d. 1730, æ. 50. She d. 1747. He conveyed to his brother William, thirty five acres land, s. by Stephen Winchester, N. by Ebenezer Woodward, and E. by highway to Lower Falls, and w. by Wm. Clark's land.
III. CLARK, WILLIAM, (s. of John,) m. Hannah Kee, Feb. 1708, and had Elizabeth, Aug. 23, 1709; Norman, Feb. 13, 1711 ; Sarah, Mar. 26, 1714 ; William, Dec. 10, 1716; Caleb, Oct. 3, 1717, d. 1717 ; Hannah, Dec. 3, 1719; and Joanna. Sarah m. Samuel Hilton, 1735 - Hannah m. Thomas Stearns, 1744. He conveyed to Noah Parker, in 1725, seven acres land, w. by river, E. and s. by land of his own, N. by Gersham Beale's; also, one-fourth part of saw mill, fulling mill, and grist mill, stream and dams, at Upper Falls. His dwelling house was burnt Mar. 18, 1729. He d. 1737, æ. 51. She d. 1756, æ. 78.
IV. CLARK, CAPT. THOMAS, (s. of John, Jr.,) m. Mary Bowen, 1728, and had Peter, Mar. 20, 1729 ; Jonas, Dec. 14, 1730, H. C., 1752, Minister, of Lex .; Thomas, June 8, 1732; Penuel, March 18, 1734, d. 1736; Mary, Feb. 5, 1736, d. 1736 ; Mary, Oct. 17, 1737, d .; Penuel, July 5, 1739. Penuel and Sarah d. 1742. Elizabeth, May 25, 1752, and m. Thomas Durant, July 23, 1775. He was Select- man in 1749, and d. at Hopkinton, June, 1775, æ. 71.
IV. CLARK, ISAAC, (s. of John, Jr.) m. Experience Wilson, 1729, and had John, July 21, 1730, and then settled in Hopkinton, and was father of John, Abigail, Isaac, Samuel, Stephen ; and by 2d w., Lemuel, William, and Avis.
CLARK, CAPT. JOHN, (s. of John, Jr.) m. Hannah Cuttin, of Wat., 1734, and had Sarah, Mar. 9, 1736; John, Jan. 12, 1738 ; Hannah, Jan. 15, 1740 ; Daniel, Mar. 1, 1742, d. 1742 ; Margaret, July 7, 1743 ;
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Esther, Nov. 11, 1744, d. 1744 ; Lydia, Feb. 24, 1746 ; Elizabeth, June 3, 1747 ; Robert, May 28, 1750, d. 1751 ; Susanna, April 24, 1752, d. 1775 ; Cuttin, Feb. 24, 1754 ; Ann, Nov. 30, 1757. Sarah m. Sam'l. Phipps, Jr., of Camb., 1760. He was Selectman 1746, '47, and '58, and Rep. to General Court 1758, '59, and '60. He built the Harbach house, on the Capt. Prentice lot; removed to Waltham, and died there, 1773, æ. 73.
IV. CLARK, WILLIAM, JR .. m, Mary Marean, 1740, and had Mary, v April, 1741 ; William, July 12, 1742 ; Norman, Dec. 12, 1743 ; Daniel, Mar. 5, 1745, d. May, 1825 ; Jonathan, Mar. 28, 1747 ; Samuel, July 8, 1750, d. 1750 ; Elizabeth, 1752 ; and Samuel, Feb. 27, 1754. She d. 1787, æ. 73.
IV. CLARK, DEA. JOHN, (s. of Isaac, or of Capt. John,) m. Alice, dr. of Josiah Greenwood, 1762, and had Hannah, Mar. 8, 1763; Mary, Jan. 16, 1765 ; and John, Nov. 26, 1766.
IV. CLARK, NORMAN, (s. of William,) m. Hannah Bird, of Dor., April, 1749, and had Hannah, May 21, 1750, d. 1771 ; Norman, Oct .. 17, 1751 ; Susanna, May 25, 1753, d. 1775; Benjamin, Nov. 1, 1754, d. 1755; Elizabeth and Esther, (twins,) June 25, 1756; Caleb, Feb. 5, 1758, d. 1758; Benjamin, April 3, 1759 ; Joseph, May 24, 1761, d. 1761; and Moses, Oct. 26, 1763. Esther m. Seth Stone, Nov. 1775 - Elizabeth m. Samuel Stone, 1774. He was Selectman 1759, '60, '70, '71, and d. 1787, æ. 77. 2d w. Sarah d. 1783, æ. 32.
V. CLARK, SAMUEL, (s. of William, Jr.,) m. Elizabeth Durant, 1776, and had William, Dec. 9, 1776; Mary, Mar. 10, 1779 ; and Ed- ward, May 26, 1782. William went to Barre, and d. 1801.
V. CLARK, WILLIAM, (s. of William, Jr.,) m. Phebe Fuller, 1765. They settled in Barre, and had Jonathan, and others.
V. CLARK, ATHERTON, JR., m. Patience -, and went to Barre ; had Atherton ; Peter, Jan. 10, 1762 ; Penuel, Feb. 21, 1764 ; and Ann, Apr. 18, 1670. Peter m. Elizabeth Wilson.
V. CLARK, GIDEON, m. Hannah -, and had John, Nov. 16, 1759.
CLARK, CAPT. NORMAN, m. Sarah Hammond, 1769, and had, in Princeton, Nathaniel, April 21, 1770; William, Mar. 31, 1772; Ben- jamin, April 19, 1774; and Sarah, April 28, 1776. Sarah m. Joseph Wiswall.
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VI. CLARK, NORMAN, m. Alethina, dr. of John Rogers, 1787, and had Joseph, Aug. 13, 1788 ; Norman, Jan. 21, 1790, d. 1835; John, Dec. 10, 1796 ; Eliza, June 26, 1799 ; Clarisa, Feb. 16, 1792; William, Feb. 25, 1794 ; Esther, July 31, 1795. 2d w. d. 1783. 3d w. Isabel McIntire, 1808, and had Thomas, Feb. 13, 1809. He was Selectman three years, and d. April, 1815, æ. 64.
V. CLARK, BENJAMIN, (s. of Norman, Sen.) went to Bethel, Me., about 1780. In Aug. 1781, he and his cousin Jonathan Clark, and Nathaniel Seger, were taken prisoners, in Bethel, by a party of In- dians, and carried to Canada. Their inhuman treatment and suffer- ings were very distressing, during the fifteen months they were pris- oners ; they were released soon after the capture of Lord Cornwallis, and arrived at Boston in Nov. 1782. After stopping at Newton sometime, he returned to Bethel, and m. Betsy Mason, of Bethel, and had Norman, Dec. 18, 1784; Susanna, Sept. 26, 1786, d. 1789; Betsy, Aug. 20, 1789 ; Achsah, Dec. 12, 1791 ; Amasa, Feb. 13, 1794, d. 1837 ; Hannah B., Apr. 22, 1796 ; Lydia K., June 25, 1798 ; Moses, Mar. 6, 1801, d. He d. Mar. 1802. She d. Jan. 1846.
V. CLARK, LIEUT. JONATHAN, (s. of William, Jr.) m. Esther Parker, and settled in Bethel, Me., and had chil. and g. c. there. [See Seger's Narrative, in Appendix.]
VI. CLARK, MOSES, (s. of Norman, Sen.) m. Martha, dr. of John Rogers, 1788, and had Hannah, Dec. 15, 1788, and went down east.
V. CLARK, WILLIAM, (s. of William, Jr.) m. Phebe Fuller, 1765, and settled in Barre. He d. 1801, æ. 59.
CLARK, JAMES, m. Delight Gardner, 1794.
CLARK, ARTHUR, m. Hannah Pratt, 1754, and went to Sherburne.
CLARK, NORMAN, (s. of Norman,) had by w. Isabel -, Thomas, Feb. 13, 1809. He d. Jan. 1835, æ. 45. She d. 1826.
CLARK, DR. SAMUEL, from Boston, m. Rebecca, dr. of Gen. Wm. Hull, and had Samuel C., Feb. 27, 1806 ; William H., Sept. 25, 1812 ; Abraham F., Oct. 25, 1814; and James F. He d. Nov. 12, 1830.
CLEMENTS, WILLIAM, a member of the Artillery Comp., owned house and six acres land, in 1639, near the line of Camb., which he sold to Edward Jackson, Sen., in 1647. Also owned the Cook house, which he sold to Ab'm Williams, 1662. He owned other lands.
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CLEMENTS, WILLIAM, JR., owned house and land adjoining Capt. Prentice, near Chesnut hill; he bought twenty-five acres land, of Richard Dummer, and sold it to Daniel Bacon, 1669. He d. 1691, and Capt. Prentice admin. on his estate.
CHILD, JOHN, (s. of Joseph and Sarah, of Wat.,) m. Thankful -, Oct. 1715, and had Betsy, Jan. 13, 1717, d. 1717; Ephraim, Sept. 6, 1718; Robert, Feb, 28, 1720; Caleb, Sept. 10, 1721 ; Thankful, Sept. 4, 1726 ; Hannah, Jan. 27, 1728 ; Josiah, April 14, 1731 ; Sarah, Feb. 6, 1733; Lydia, April 3, 1736. 2d w. Tabitha Seger, June, 1738, and had Tabitha, Feb. 14, 1742. Thankful m. John Capel, of Wal- tham, 1752 - Lydia m. Thomas Williams, Jr., 1754. He d. 1761.
CHILD, ROBERT, (s. John and Thankful,) m. Margaret Woodstock, of Needham, 1758, and had John, May 16, 1762; and Margaret.
CHILD, JOSIAH, (s. John and Thankful,) m. Rebecca Seger, 1759, and had Rebecca, May 18, 1760. 2d w. Lucy -, and had Elizabeth, July 4, 1766 ; Fanny, Mar. 9, 1768; Spencer, May 2, 1770; David, Aug. 27, 1772 ; Lucy, Sept. 18, 1774, d. 1775; Abner, Sept. 19, 1776. He d. 1779. 2d w. d. 1784, æ. 90.
CHILD, CALEB, (s. of John and Thankful,) m. and his w. d. 1770. He d. 1773.
CHILD, BENJAMIN, (sup. s. of Benjamin, who d. July, 1734,) m. Elizabeth Greenwood, 1722, and had Samuel, April 28, 1723 ; Benja- min, Sept. 25, 1727, d. 1733 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 3, 1729, d. 1732 ; Han- nah, Jan. 3, 1732; Elizabeth, Jan. 4, 1733 ; Benjamin, March 23, 1734 ; Aaron and Miriam, Sept. 14, 1736 ; Jonas, April 6, 1735, d. 1735. Hannah m. William Mason, 1750 - Elizabeth m. Samuel Bacon, 1756. He was Selectman, and d. 1774, æ. 90. She d. 1769, æ. 72.
CHILD, SAMUEL, (s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth,) m. Elizabeth Winchester, Feb. 1745, and had Benjamin, Dec. 24, 1745 ; Isaac, June 17, 1747, d. 1747 ; Miriam, Aug. 10, 1748, d. 1752; Mary, Nov. 6, 1749 ; Samuel, June 13, 1751, d. 1753 ; Isaac, Jan. 20, 1753, d. 1757. Samuel, Nov. 3, 1754; Jonathan, Nov. 6, 1756 ; Moses ; Elizabeth, July 27, 1760 ; Susanna ; Simeon, Aug. 25, 1767. Susanna m. Moses Perry, of Sherburne, 1767. He d. 1777. She d. 1767.
CHILD, AARON, (s. of Benjamin,) m. Phebe, dr. of Michael Jackson, Sen., 1761, and had Amariah, July 28, 1765 ; Phebe, Oct. 22, 1775 ; Miriam, Feb. 26, 1762. He d. in the Army, 1778.
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CHILD, WILLIAM, (s. of Ann Fisher,) Nov. 25, 1767.
CHILD, JOHN, (s. of John and Hannah, of Wat.,) m. Experience Fuller, Jan. 27, 1715, and had Richard, Jan. 16, 1716, d. 1716 ; John, Oct. 6, 1717 ; Joshua, Jan. 9, 1719. Abigail m. Jonas Ward. He d. 1761, His w. d. 1770, æ. 84.
CHILD, MOSES, had by w. Mary -, Luke C., March 16, 1811, and Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1812.
CHILD, SAMUEL, (s. of Samuel,) m. Esther Parker, Nov., 1750.
CHILD, JOHN, m. Experience -, and had John, Jan. 19, 1769.
CHILD, ASA, m. Hannah -, and had Mary Flagg, Feb. 19, 1750. 2d w. Phebe -, and had Miriam, Feb. 26, 1762.
CHILD, DANIEL, (s. of Isaac, Jr., Brookline, great grandson of Joshua, of Brookline, and g. g. grandson of Benjamin, of Rox.) m. Rebecca Richards, lived near Brook farm, and had Betsy ; Richards ; Joshua ; John R .; Isaac, d. young; Isaac; Hannah, d. æ. 15; Catha- rine R .; Julia, d. young ; David, d. æ. 25 ; Daniel ; Hannah, d. æ. 16.
IV. CRAFT, MOSES, (s. of Samuel, Jr., of Rox .; his g. g. f. was Griffin Craft, one of the first settlers of Rox.) He purchased ninety three and a half acres land, of Nath'l Parker, in Newton, 1729, on the Sherburne road, and lived with Dea. John Staples, who, by his will, in 1740, made him the residuary legatee of his estate, and be- queathed to his son, John Staples Craft, £400, and directed that "he should he brought up to learning, and fitted for the ministry of the Gospel." He, however, preferred the healing art, studied medicine, and was a physician, in North Bridgewater. He m. Esther, dr. of Daniel Woodward, Nov. 15, 1729, and had Samuel, Nov. 23, 1729 ; Mary, April 11, 1731 ; John Staples, Jan. 9, 1733; Abigail, Dec. 15, 1734 ; Joseph, June 12, 1736 ; Esther, Dec. 4, 1738, d. 1749 ; Martha, June 4, 1743 ; Beulah, June 5, 1745. Mary m. Thaddeus Trow- bridge, Nov. 20, 1750 - Abigail m. John Ward, May, 1761 - Martha m. John Stone, Jr., 1763 - Beulah m. Col. Nathan Fuller, July, 1763. He was Selectman four years, and d. 1768, æ. 64.
V. CRAFT, SAMUEL, (s. of Moses,) m. Rebecca, dr. of Ebenezer and Sarah Parker, 1753, and had Moses, Aug. 11, 1754; Sarah, Oct. 30, 1755, d. 1756 ; Mary, Jan. 11, 1757, d. 1757; Samuel, Aug. 26, 1759, d. 1760; Caty, Nov. 30, 1760, d. 1763 ; Esther, April 10, 1763 ; Samuel, June 12, 1765; Caty, March 11, 1767, d. 1767 ; Henry, April
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26, 1768 ; Nathan, Aug. 6, 1770; Elisha, July 6, 1773, d. young. Esther m. John Bently Hoogs, Feb. 1785. He was Selectman three years.
V. CRAFT, JOSEPH, (s. of Moses,) m. Elizabeth Davis, 1762, and had Sarah, June 14, 1764; Betsy, Oct. 16, 1766; Joseph, March 10, 1769; Ebenezer, Feb. 1, 1771 ; Amasa, Nov. 1, 1773. Wife Elizabeth d. 1776, æ. 33. 2d w. Sarah Fuller, Jan. 1777, and had Beulah, Oct. 14, 1777 ; Margaret, Jan. 24, 1779 ; Elias, May 5, 1781 ; Anna, Feb. 27, 1783 ; Elener, Nov. 23, 1785; Jonathan, June 18, 1787; Moses, June 28, 1789 ; Martha and Mary, March 7, 1792; Nathan Fuller, Feb. 22, 1795. Beulah m. Jonathan Alden, 1797; Ebenezer d. 1796, æ. 24. He was Selectman, and d. April 21, 1821, æ. 85. His wid. d. 1829.
CRAFT, DR. JOHN STAPLES, (s. of Moses,) m. Elizabeth Park, May, 1758, and settled in N. Bridgewater, and had Thomas, Samuel, John, Moses, Edward, Zibeon, Patty, and Polly. Patty m. Rev. Zachariah Howard, 1785 -Polly m. Rev. Naphthali Shaw, 1798. The Dr., with four sons, Samuel, Moses, Edward ,and Zibeon, went to Maine. Thomas grad. at H. C., 1783, and m. Polly, dr. of Rev. John Porter, 1786, settled at Princeton, and had Thomas, Frederick, Eliphalet Porter, Mary, Betsy, Sophia ; and d. 1819, æ. 60.
VI. CRAFT, LIEUT. MOSES, (s. of Samuel,) m. Hadassa Mills, 1778, and had Moses, June 27, 1780 ; John, June 1, 1782 ; Elisha, Sept. 14, 1787, d. 1788.
VI. CRAFT, HENRY, (s. of Samuel,) m. Ann, dr. of Amariah Fuller, 1797, took his homestead, and had Meriel, Sept. 10, 1798 ; Polly, Aug. 5, 1801 ; Myra, Nov. 2, 1802; Anna, Aug. 7, 1805 ; Henry, Nov. 29, 1807; Nathan, July 31, 1811. He d. 1834, æ. 66. She d. 1840, æ. 71.
VI. CRAFT, NATHAN, (s. of Samuel,) m. Anna, dr. of William Hyde, 1793, and had Nathan.
VI. CRAFT, ELIAS, m. Mary Lock, 1806, and had Elias, Jan 31, 1807.
VII. CRAFT, MOSES, JR., m. Sophia Barney, 1814.
VII. CRAFT, NATHAN, JR., m. Serena Houghton, 1835, and had Walter, 1839.
CRAFT, AMASA, m. Sarah P. - , and had William B., 1847 ; Amasa, 1845.
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CRAFT, SAMUEL, m. Susan Mero, 1835.
CRANE, NATHANIEL, m. Mary -, and had Thomas, Feb. 27, 1686.
CRANE, CHARLES, m. Lucretia -, and had Stephen ; Orlando, Aug. 14, 1823 ; Charles Adolphus, 1825; Mary Elizabeth, July 4, 1828; Emeline Elizabeth, Aug. 1, 1832.
CRANE, ORIGIN, m. Bridget -, and had Emeline E., Aug. 1, 1832. CUNNINGHAM, CYRUS, m. Rebecca -, and had Rebecca, Nov. 27, 1812; Abigail, June 13, 1814 ; Mary, Feb. 9, 1817 ; Cyrus, April 20, 1820 ; Luther T., Nov. 28, 1821 ; Susan, Aug. 18, 1823 ; Geo. W., Nov. 12, 1824 ; Ellen W., Aug. 8, 1826; Lucy Ann, Sept. 17, 1827 ; George C., Dec. 20, 1829.
CURTIS, SOLOMON, from Bridgewater, m. Esther, dr. of Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall, 1789, settled at Lower Falls, and had Allen C., Eliza, William, Edward, Hester, Warren, Melville, Martha, George B., Frederick A., Walter C., Hannah, and Solomon M. 2d w. Rebecca Wiswall, 1802. Eliza m. Leonard Walker, of Hopk .- Hannah m. Peter Howard, of Barre. - Edward d. at N. Y. - Warren and Mel- ville went to New Jersey - Martha d. unmar. - Frederick A. and Solomon M. went to Delaware - Allen C. and William settled at Lower Falls - Walter C. d. in Newton.
CURTIS, OBEDIAH, a wheelwright, from Boston, d. Nov. 8, 1811. His dr. Anna m. Rev. Jonathan Homer.
DALRYMPLE, ROBERT, m. Sarah Fuller, Oct. 1768, and had Samuel, Nov. 18, 1768. (Samuel, s. of Sally, 1799; William, s. of Ann, 1799.)
DANA, RICHARD, (s. of Thomas and Mary, of Camb.,) m. Mary, dr. of Jonathan and Jemima, Aug. 1763, and had Edward, May 18, 1764; John Trowbridge, May 18, 1768 ; Elizabeth, July 28, 1770 ; Ann, Nov. 9, 1773 ; and Benjamin. He d. in the Army, 1776, æ. 41. She d. 1776.
DANA, JOHN, (s. of Benjamin, Jr., of Camb., g. g. s. of Richard, the common ancestor of all the Dana's.) He lived at the s. part of the town ; was a "New Light," and one of the founders of the Bap- tist ch., of which he and Dea. Elhanan Winchester were chosen the first leaders. His chil., Capt. Benjamin, an officer in the Revolution, d. unm. in Boston ; Moses, a ship carpenter, lived in Maine, unm. ;
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Enoch, d. unm. ; Rev. Nathan, a Baptist Minister, in Vermont ; Capt. John, a carpenter, lived in Princeton ; Aaron, carpenter, m. - Norcross, in Wat .; Isaac, carpenter, m. Hannah Fisher, lived in Wat., d. 1837, æ. 93 ; one dr. m. - Whitney, of Newburyport, and one dr. m. - Blake, of S. Boston. He d. 1793. His brother, Col. Stephen, of Brighton, d. 1837, æ. 93.
DANA, REV. NATHAN, (s. of John,) m. Beulah, dr. of Stephen Winchester, 1782, and had Beulah, Feb. 11, 1785 ; Stephen W., Nov. 7,1786 ; Samuel, Dec. 23, 1788 ; Anderson, Sept. 17, 1791, Francis, Aaron, William. He was one of the founders of the first Baptist ch .; was Clerk, Jan. 1781; Dea. 1788; received a call, and was ordained to the work of the ministry, Nov. 20, 1793.
III. DAVENPORT, JOSEPH, a clothier, at the Lower Falls, (s. of John and Naomi, and g. s. of Thomas and Mary,) early settlers of that part of Dorchester now Milton. He m. Sarah Ware, of Need- ham, 1731, and had Sarah, March 30, 1732; John, June 7, 1733 ; Abigail, Feb. 4, 1737 ; Benjamin, Aug. 16, 1738, d .; Abigail, Jan. 15, 1740; Mary, March 30, 1742; Benjamin, June 16, 1743; Enoch, June 25, 1744 ; Martha, June 12, 1746; Sarah. His will, dated 1751, mentions all the above chil. but two. Gives wife Sarah the improvement of all his property, until s. John comes to the age of twenty-one, and legacies to all his children. Abigail m. Michael Bright, of Needham, 1768 - Mary m. - Lyon - Martha m. Ebenezer Day, 1775 - Sarah m. Benjamin Mills, Feb. 1757, and Nathaniel Richards, of Dedham, 1760 - Benj. m. Sarah Wilson. He d. March 12, 1752. His f. John d. 1725, and his g. f. Thomas, in 1685.
IV. DAVENPORT, JOHN, (s. of Joseph,) m. Silence Bigelow, and had Joseph, May 22, 1756 ; John, Sept. 1, 1757 ; Abner, Oct. 1, 1760; Ephraim, May 22, 1762; Lot, Sept. 20, 1763 ; Elijah, July 11, 1765 ; and Josiah. This family removed to Bridgeton, Me., about 1760. Josiah enlisted in the army, and John, Abner, and Lot, entered the sea service - John was taken prisoner, and carried into Halifax, and died in prison - Lot was taken prisoner at Halifax, exchanged, and sent home sick, but never reached home; he went by the way of Rhode Island, and sent home word that he was sick; his brother Abner sent to the place where he had been, to assist him, but found that he had become convalescent and had started for home. He was never heard from afterwards. It was supposed that he had a relapse,
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and died among strangers. [Davenport Family.] Ephraim was stationed some time at Bethel, Me., with a volunteer company, to protect the inhabitants from Indian outrages, for which services he drew a pension, as also did Abner, for Revolutionary services.
IV. DAVENPORT, ENOCH, (s. of Joseph,) m. Priscilla Parker, and had Moses, 1771, d. 1777 ; Benjamin, 1774, d. 1777 ; Aaron, 1776, d. 1777; Moses, 1778, d. 1805; Benjamin, 1780; Priscilla ; Enoch, 1786, d. 1823 ; Isaac, 1791. Priscilla m. Elijah Newell - Benjamin m. and went to Hallowell. Wid. Priscilla d. 1837, æ. 84.
V. DAVENPORT, JOSEPH, (s. of John,) m. and went to N. Y., and had Silence; Elizabeth ; Joseph, d. young; Benjamin, physician, settled in N. Carolina ; Mary ; Damon; Mary ; John, went to Mich- igan ; Joseph, went to Milwaukie and m. He d. 1831.
V. DAVENPORT, ABNER, (s. of John,) m. - Burnham, and settled in Bridgeton, Me., and had Darius, 1789, a teacher in Cincin- nati ; Seneca ; Artabenus, d. young ; Olive; Eunice; Frederick ; Gus- tavus ; Adolphus ; and Cyrus, a teacher in Cincinnati. He d. 1830.
V. DAVENPORT, EPHRAIM, (s. of John,) m. Sarah Pierce, 1790, and settled in Bridgeton, and had John, Silence, Frances, Nancy, Serena, Ephriam, Elias, d. 1822 ; and Harriet Pierce. Frances m. Daniel Chapen, Esq., of Waterford - Serena m, John L. McGinnis - Harriet P. m. Thomas H. Read. He d. at N. Bridgeton, 1838, æ. 76.
V. DAVENPORT, ISAAC, (s. of Enoch,) m. Eunice Barney, 1823, and had Griffin B., 1824 ; Eliza A. He went to Richmond, Va.
DAVENPORT, BENJAMIN, m. Mehitable Beard, 1811, and had Evelina, Feb. 25, 1814.
DAVENPORT, JOSEPH, (sup. s. of Enoch,) m. Susanna -, and had Elvira, July 9, 1805 ; Alvan, Nov. 4, 1806 ; Maria, Dec. 16, 1808 ; Martha, Feb. 22, 1810 ; Charles, May 25, 1812; Joseph, Oct. 25, 1815 ; James, Jan. 22, 1817 ; Nancy, April 4, 1819 ; Lot, June 18, 1820.
DAVENPORT, BENJAMIN, (s. of Enoch,) m. Mehitable -, and had Emeline, Feb. 25, 1814 ; Lewelin D .; Benj .; Sally, May 2, 1827. DAVENPORT JOSIAH, m. Nancy -, and had Jane B., 1836 ; Harriet Ann, 1840. She d. 1844.
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DAVENPORT, BENJAMIN, JR., m. Sarah Simmons, 1826. DASCOMB, JAMES, had s. Thomas, who m. Mary Shepard, 1762. DAVIS, SETH, m. Mary Durell, 1810.
DAVIS, THOMAS A., of Brookline, m. Sarah, dr. of Wm. Jackson, Esq., Nov. 11, 1824.
DAVIS, [DAVIE] OLD GOODY, d. Sept. 23, 1752, sup. to be 116 years old .- (Hyde Mss.) "She lived at the south part of the town, and cultivated her ground with her own hand, till extreme old age. She used the hoe and scythe with considerable agility. She was visited by Judge Dudley, of Rox., about two years before her death, when a likeness of her was drawn by a portrait painter, who accom- panied him. She sustained a good character, and retained her facul- ties, bodily and mental, to a very considerable degree, until within about two years of her death. She was supported, in her declining years, at the expense of the Town, with peculiar cheerfulness. She lived through half the reign of Charles Ist .; through the pro- tectorate of Oliver Cromwell; the reigns of Charles 2d, James 2d, William and Mary, Queen Anne, George the 1st, and died in the old age of George 2d."* In Bradford's History of Wiscassett, it is stated that " George Davie purchased a tract of land at Wissacassett, of the Sheepscot Sagamores, in 1663, and settled there. He lived on an eminence, about half a mile north of the point, and about fifty rods from the river ; a brother, and two others, lived there at the same period. After Philip's war, the Indians became disaffected and hostile, and the settlement was broken up in 1680. The widow of one of the Davie's, d. in Newton, in 1752, æ. 116." The portrait of this woman is in the Library of the Mass. Hist. Soc., presented by Dr. Bentley, of Salem, with this endorsement thereon. "Portrait of Mrs. Davis, aged 117 years." " This picture is a venerable curi- osity ; time has touched the colors with a clay-like dingy tinge; from her great age, the face is wrinkled and rugged; the features are strongly delineated, the eyes blue and smiling, the lips full and rosy, the forehead honest and open ; and a white plain cap surrounds the head, face, and chin, which gives a death-like look to the picture, as though it had been taken from some living being who had already entered the valley of the shadow of death ; yet the expression is benevolent; but, if the original was ever handsome, this is a sad memorial of withered beauty."
* Homer's History.
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DESHORN, JAMES, had s. Thomas, Oct. 1741.
DOLBEAR, BENJAMIN, (sup. s. of Benjamin and Hannah, of Boston,) m. Hepsibah, lived near Upper Falls, and had James, Nov. 5, 1760; Timothy, March 24, 1762.
DOWNING, LIEUT. ANDREW, d. Nov. 1745.
DOWNING, ROBERT, (sup. s. of Lieut. Andrew,) m. Sarah -, and had Sarah, Feb. 22, 1762 ; Robert, Feb. 6, 1764, d. 1830 ; John, Nov. 15, 1766 ; Susanna, July 19, 1769, m. John McLean, of Boston, 1790; Ann, July 30, 1777. Robert and John both d. unm. The homestead was upon the E. side of the Dedham road, near the old burial place.
DOWNING, JAMES, (sup. s. of Robert,) m. Nabby -, and had James, May 2, 1798. 2d w. Susanna, and had Augustus, Dec. 10, 1801.
DIMBO, ROBERT, m. Rose Cæsar, March 30, 1749.
DIX, SAMUEL, d. Nov. 25, 1823, æ. 84.
DIX, SAMUEL W., m. Elizabeth Craft, 1819.
DIX, BENJAMIN, had by w. Mary -, Jabez, April 29, 1728.
DRAPER, CAPT. THOMAS, lived at the s. part of the town, near the Rox. line. He was s. of Capt. Jonathan and Sarah, of Rox., and was born March 14, 1709 -m. Relief -, and had Thomas, Oct. 30, 1732 ; Moses, May 26, 1738, d. 1738 ; Thomas, Dec. 19, 1739, d. 1739 ; Abigail, June 2, 1741 ; Phebe, Oct. 27, 1742, d. 1751 ; Eliza- beth, March 26, 1744; Catharine, Nov. 29, 1745; William, June 1, 1747, d. 1748 ; Anna, July 28, 1749 ; Rebecca, Sept. 6, 1750, d. 1751 ; William and Rebecca, March 7, 1752, d. 1755. He d. 1769, æ. 60. His w. d. 1758.
DREW, JONATHAN,* d. 1700, æ. 20.
DREW, ERASANAN,* d. 1700, æ. 22. His mother d. 1719, æ. 70. DREW, EBENEZER,* d. 1715, æ. 26.
DREW, ABIGAIL,* d. 1717, æ. 28.
DURANT, CAPT. EDWARD, asked leave to build a pew in the M. H., in 1734, which was refused. In 1732, he bought of Daniel Rob- bins and Daniel Trowbridge, ninety-one acres land, in Newton, for £1,800, bounded E. and w. by highway ; N. by land of Capt. John
* They were of Brookline, but their gravestones are in Newton.
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Jackson. He came into Newton, from Boston, with w. Judith, and sons Edward, Thomas, Cornelius, and dr. Elizabeth. He d. Oct. 13, 1740, leaving a great estate, which was appraised by Samuel Jack- son, Esq., John Hill, Thomas Foster, Samuel Sparhawk, and Thos. Greenwood, in Aug., 1741. He had, in Newton, ninety-seven acres land, house, and two barns, westerly on the town road, E. by John Jackson, s. w. by Mirick, Robbins, and Ward; three dwelling houses in Boston ; one hundred and thirty acres of land, with house and barn, in Worcester, and township in New Boston, and three slaves, amounting in all to £10,277, 10s. Son Thomas had house in Boston ; Cornelius, the place in Worcester; Elizabeth, house in Boston ; wid. Judith, house in Boston, and Edward, the homestead in Newton.
DURANT, EDWARD, JR., (s. of Capt. Edward,) took the home- stead, in Newton, and m. Anne, the dr. of Capt. John Jackson, and g. d. of John, Sen., Sept. 15, 1735, and had Anne, Jan. 5, 1736 ; Abigail ; Edward, March 31, 1738 ; Nathaniel, July 13, 1742, d. 1751 ; Catharine, Dec. 28, 1744; Thomas, March 18, 1746 ; John, Dec. 19, 1749 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 17, 1753. Ann the mother, d. Nov. 1753. 2d w. Mary Allen, 1754, and had Allen, May 11, 1757 ; Martha, Oct. 22, 1755 ; Nathaniel, June 28, 1760. Abigail m. Capt. Phineas Cook, 1759 - Catharine m. William Parker, s. of Master Parker, and 2d, Samuel Hastings - Elizabeth m. Samuel Clark, s. of Wm., 1776 - Martha m. Eliphalet Robbins, 1777. He was Moderator of Town meetings, from 1765 to 1775; Selectman four years, and was a leading, influential, and patriotic man, in Newton, in opposing the arbitrary measures of the British Government, for more than ten years preceding the Revolutionary war; and was chairman of a committee to report instructions to the Representative to the Gen. Court, in 1765, upon the passage of the Stamp Act. He was chair- man of a committee, in 1772, and a member of the committee, in 1774, to report resolutions upon the state of public affairs, and instructions to their Representative, and an answer to a Circular of the Selectmen of Boston. [See page 179.] He was chairman of the committee of Correspondence, in 1774, and a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, in 1774 and 1775. He d. April 10, 1782, æ. 67.
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