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III. FULLER, JOHN, (s. of Joseph, Sen.,) m. Hannah, wid. of James Trowbridge, Jr. and dr. of Ab'm Jackson, Feb. 25, 1716, and had Joseph and Lydia, Sept. 21, 1716, d. 1716; Lydia, Dec. 8, 1717, and m. Nathaniel Felch, of Wat. He d. 1718, æ. 38 years and 10 months. She d. before 1740.
III. FULLER, ISAAC, (s. of John, Jr.,) m. Abigail -, and had Isaac ; John, July 3, 1722, d. in infancy ; Abijah, June 1, 1723 ; Samuel, Nov. 26, 1724; Richard and Priscilla, 1728. Priscilla d. single, 1763, and left will. Samuel m. Lydia Stearns, of Waltham. He d. 1755, æ. 61.
III. FULLER, CAPT. JONATHAN, (s. of Joseph and Lydia,) m. Sarah, dr. of John Mirick, 1717, and had Elisha, March 15, 1719;
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Sarah, Oct. 20, 1720; Elisha, Oct. 11, 1725 ; Jonathan, July 13, 1723; Esther, Sept. 28, 1727 ; Amariah, July 17, 1729; and Edward, Dec. 31, 1735. Esther m. - Parker-Sarah m. - Learned. He was Selectman seven years. By his will, 1759, gives Edward the homestead. He d. Dec. 1, 1764, æ. 64. His wid. Sarah, Sept. 21, 1772.
III. FULLER, CALEB, (s. of John, Jr.,) m. Temperance Hyde, 1725, and had Ephraim, Dec. 31, 1725 ; Nehemiah, Sept. 16, 1727, d. 1735; William, June 2, 1732 ; Bethia, Nov. 13, 1734 ; Ann, March 31, 1739, d. 1745. Bethia m. John Murdock, of Uxbridge. 1st w. d. 1740. 2d w. Mary Hovey, 1750. He d. 1770, æ. 68.
III. FULLER, JOHN, (s. of John, Jr.,) m. Sarah -, Aug. 1709, and had Elizabeth, June 27, 1712 ; James, Feb. 9, 1715; Abigail, April 9, 1717; Mary, June 2, 1720 ; Jerusha, Oct. 16, 1722 ; Eunice, Aug. 6, 1725; Rebecca, Sept. 21, 1730; Sarah, July 8, 1733 ; Elisha, Oct. 11, 1735.
III. FULLER, LIEUT. JOSEPH, JR., m. Sarah, dr. of Ab'm Jackson, May 11, 1719, and had Abraham, March 23, 1720; and Elizabeth, Oct. 28, 1722, and m. Rev. Isaac Jones, of Weston, 1749. He was chosen Representative, 1749, but declined serving. He d. April 23, 1766, æ. 81. Will, 1764. Wife Sarah d. Nov. 21, 1764, æ. 81. Abraham took the homestead.
III. FULLER, JONATHAN, (s. of John, Jr.,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Daniel Woodward, Jan. 2, 1725, and had Keziah, Oct. 7, 1725, d. 1741 ; Jonas, April 23, 1727; John ; Hulda, Feb. 10, 1729 ; Eliza- beth, Nov. 10, 1730; Daniel, Aug. 13, 1732; Grace, June 14, 1734 ; Elenor, March 14, 1736 ; Amos, Feb. 7, 1738 ; Thaddeus, Feb. 17, 1740; and Mary, Sept. 1744. Hulda m. Joshua Jackson, March, 1749 - Elizabeth m. Samuel Gooding, of Wat., Sept. 1756. He d. March 31, 1783, æ. 97.
FULLER, EDWARD, (s. of Joseph, Sen.,) m. Esther Cowdin, Sept. 21, 1726, and had Lucy, May 13, 1729. He d. Nov. 23, 1732, æ. 37. III. FULLER, ISAAC, (s. of Isaac and Abigail,) m. Hannah, dr. of John Greenwood, Esq., Sept. 17, 1722, and had Susanna, July 13, 1725, d. 1748 ; Joseph, Aug. 15, 1727; Ruth, Sept. 18, 1729 ; Lois, Dec. 12, 1732, d. 1749; Tabitha, Sept. 7, 1734; Hannah, Nov. 11, 1735 ; Lydia, Oct. 23, 1737 ; Abigail, d. 1753. Ruth m. Peter Durell, 1751 - Lydia m. Daniel Fuller, June, 1756. He d. June, 1745, æ. 47. His wid. Hannah d. 1769.
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III. FULLER, THOMAS, (s. of Lieut. Jeremiah,) m. Elizabeth Ball, of Wat., April, 1728, and had Thankful, July 26, 1730 ; Rachel, July 12, 1734, d. 1737; Jeremiah, May 14, 1736 ; Thomas, Sept. 25, 1738 ; Nathan, June 3, 1741 ; and Benjamin, Nov. 15, 1743. He d. Nov. 13, 1748, æ. 47.
III. FULLER, CAPT. JOSHUA, (s. of Lieut. Jeremiah,) m. 2d, Anna Stearns, of Waltham, May, 1746, and had Joshua, March 2, 1747; Ann, June 18, 1749; David, April 18, 1751 ; Moses, April 1, 1753 ; Eunice, Feb. 15, 1756; and Rachel, April 29, 1760, d. 1761. Ann m. Ephraim Whitney, 1774.' He d. Aug. 23, 1777, æ. 75. His wid. Ann d. 1778, æ. 61. 1st w. d. Nov. 28, 1739.
III. FULLER, ENSIGN JOSIAH, (s. of Lieut. Jeremiah,) m. Abigail Williams, 1739, and had Josiah, Oct. 24, 1739 ; David, Oct. 13, 1741, d. 1742; Phebe, Jan. 29, 1744 ; Ann, June 4, 1746 ; Abigail, Nov. 5, 1747; Mary, Oct. 24, 1747 ; Thankful, Feb. 21, 1750; Joseph, July 29, 1751; Susanna, June 2, 1753; Martha, Aug. 21, 1755; and Patty. Phebe m. William Clark, Jr., 1766 - Mary m. Thomas Miller, Jr., 1769 - Abigail m. Ist, John Barber, Feb. 1765, and 2d, Samuel Jenks, Esq., - Anna m. Benjamin Richards, of Rox- bury - Susanna m. Stephen Hastings, 1771 -Martha m. Daniel Stratton, of Wat., 1775. He d. 1793, æ. 83. His wid. Abigail d. 1796, æ. 86.
IV. FULLER, ELISHA, (s. of Jonathan and Sarah,) m. Esther, dr. of David Richardson, 1750, and had Esther, Sept. 2, 1751; Elisha, Aug. 10, 1753, d. March, 1773; Aaron, Feb. 26, 1756 ; Hannah, Feb. 28, 1759 ; Rhoda, June 19, 1761 ; Patty, Aug. 12, 1763; Silas, Dec. 21, 1765; Caty, Sept. 10, 1768 ; Caty, Nov. 25, 1770, d. in infancy ; Nabby, May 5, 1773. Esther m. Edward Hall, Jr., 1772- Patty m. Sylvanus Lowell, 1791. He lived near the hill, now the Baptist Seminary, and d. 1794, æ. 75.
IV. FULLER, JONATHAN, (s. of Capt. Jonathan,) m. Elener Hammond, 1748, and had Margaret, Nov. 21, 1749; Sarah, Mar. 26, 1752; Beulah, May 22, 1753; Enoch, Oct. 6, 1754; Elias, Oct. 26, 1756 ; Edmund, Feb. 23, 1758 ; Olive, Dec. 1, 1759 ; Elener, Sept. 12, 1761; Lucy, March 5, 1763. Sarah m. Joseph Craft, Jan. 1777.
IV. FULLER, CAPT. AMARIAH, (s. of Capt. Jonathan,) m. Anna, dr. of Dea. John Stone, 1757, and had Catherine, Sept. 14, 1759; Elijah, June 12, 1762, d. 1775; Meriel, April 17, 1764; and Anna, Jan. 29, 1770. Catherine m. Dea. Ebenezer Woodward - Anna m.
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Henry Craft, 1797. He was Selectman two years - was Capt. of the West Co. of Militia. He and his Co., one hundred and five strong, were in the battles of Lexington and Concord, and marched twenty-eight miles, in those battles, out and home; also at Dor- chester Heights. He d. Feb. 2, 1802, æ. 73. She d. Jan. 1813.
IV. FULLER, CAPT. EDWARD, (s. of Capt. Jonathan,) m. Ruth, dr. of Isaac Jackson, Sen., 1759, and had Ruth, July 19, 1762 ; Oliver, Nov. 12, 1764, d. 1846; Jonathan, April 23, 1767; Ezra, Sept. 16, 1769 ; Dorcas, Oct. 26, 1771 ; Jerusha, March 9, 1774; Edward, Ang. 7, 1776 ; Simon, Feb. 9, 1779; Charles, March 5, 1781. Ruth m. Capt. Edmund Trowbridge. 2d w. Abigail, wid. of John Marean, and dr. of John Hammond, 1789. 1st w. Ruth d. 1784, æ. 43. 2d w. Abigail d. 1826, æ. 85. He d. Dec. 1810, æ. 75. He was Select- man seven years, and Representative one year, 1787. He was Lieut. at the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Capt. at the capture of Burgoyne's army.
IV. FULLER, JEREMIAH, (s. of Thomas,) m. Sarah Robinson, 1759.
IV. FULLER, THOMAS, JR., m. Hannah Kingsbury, 1763.
IV. FULLER, COL. NATHAN, (s. of Thomas,) m. Beulah, dr. of Moses Craft, July 4, 1763 ; no children. He was active, influential, and patriotic, at the preparation and commencement of the Revolu- tion. He entered the army, at Cambridge, as Capt. of a Co. in Col. Gardner's Regiment. He was promoted to a Major, and was in the Canada expedition, in Col. Bond's Regiment, in 1776. In the 5th letter, 2d vol., of Gordon's History of the American Revolution, the conduct of Maj. Nathan Fuller is stated in a most favorable light ; and on one important occasion, in the retreat of the American troops from Canada, he acquitted himself well, and much praise was awarded to him for his activity and energy. He was Representa- tive in 1795. He gave to the West Parish one and a half acres of land, for a burying place, in 1781. Also, ££60 to the Church and congregation there, in 1785. His will, in 1817, gave his estate to his nephew, Benjamin Fuller, after paying some small legacies. Inven- tory, $3,267. Homestead, fifty-five acres, appraised at $2,890. He d. Sept. 21, 1822, æ. 81. She d. Nov. 16, 1818, æ. 73.
IV. FULLER, BENJAMIN, (s. of Thomas,) m. Hannah Child, 1768; settled in -, and had Benjamin, Leonard, Nathan, and Beulah.
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IV. FULLER, DANIEL, (son of Jonathan and Elizabeth,) m. Lydia, sister of Capt. Joseph Fuller, and had Isaac, Nov. 4, 1756; Miriam, March 6, 1759 ; Lydia, Jemima, Grace, Nancy, Lucy, and Hannah. Miriam m. George Ellis, of Medfield, Dec. 1795. He d. 1786, æ. 54. She d. Oct. 1806.
IV. FULLER, JUDGE ABRAHAM, (s. of Joseph, Jr.,) m. Sarah Dyer, of Weymouth, 1758, and had Sarah, April 27, 1759 ; Joseph, Aug. 8, 1765, d. 1765. Sarah m. Gen. Wm. Hull, 1781. He kept a private Grammar School, in Newton, previous to 1760. He was Selectman four years ; Town Clerk and Treasurer twenty seven years, commencing in 1766; Representative to the General Court eighteen years ; Delegate to the Provincial Congress ; Senator ; Councillor; and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. By his will, (July, 1793,) he left £300 "for the purpose of laying the foundation of an Academy in Newton." He d. April 20, 1794, æ. 74. She d. April 7, 1803. The following extract from a letter on the Town Records, from a committee of the Town to the heirs of the Judge, on receiving the bequest in his will, is here inserted. " The inhabitants of Newton have always felt and manifested uni- form and unshaken confidence in the integrity and discretion of Judge Fuller. There have been few instances where, for such a series of years, and such a variety of services rendered by an indi- vidual for his native town, with such unlimited confidence on the one part, and such integrity and disinterestedness on the other ; he was universally esteemed and venerated. His native town and country are largely indebted to him. His public services will, by future generations, most assuredly be justly esteemed and univer- sally acknowledged."
IV. FULLER, LIEUT. JOHN, (sup. s. of Jonathan and Elizabeth,) m. Jerusha -, and had Joseph ; and John, Jan. 7, 1747. He d. 1786, æ. 63.
IV. FULLER, JOSIAH, JR., m. Ist, Anna Priest, of Waltham, 1761. 2d w. Eunice, dr. of Capt. Joshua Fuller, and had Eunice and Rachel, twins, Sept. 3, 1778 ; they and their mother d. 1778. 3d w. Mary Dana, 1779, and had Ann, July 12, 1783; Sally, Mar. 9, 1781. 4th w. Mary Woodward, and had Josiah, Sept. 18, 1785. 5th w. Mary Perry, 1808. Ann m. William Winchester, of Rox., Nov. 1800 - Sally m. Amasa Winchester, of Boston, May, 1800. He was Selectman three years, and Col. in the Militia. He d. March 22, 1825, æ. 84.
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IV. FULLER, SAMUEL, (s. of Isaac and Abigail,) m. Lydia Stearns, of Waltham, 1746, and had Samuel, May 2, 1748; Sarah, Oct., 1749 ; Lydia and Lois, Oct. 23, 1752 ; Samuel, Jan. 1747, d. 1752. Lydia m. Silas Stearns, of Weston, 1772. Lydia the mother, d. 1753.
IV. FULLER, CAPT. JOSEPH, (s. of Isaac and Hannah,) m. Mind- well, dr. of Dea. John Stone, 1756, and had Asa, June 17, 1757; Lois, 1758, in Brookline; Susanna, Oct. 9, 1760 ; Abigail, July 14, 1765 ; Mindwell. Lois m. Joshua Park, 1784 - Susanna m. John Cook, of Wat. - Abigail m. Edward Durant - Mindwell m. Dea. Ebenezer White, 1793. Mindwell the mother, d. 1777, æ. 46. 2d w. Mehitable Craft, 1781. He raised and commanded a Co. of ninety-six men, in Col. Bullard's Regiment, and marched to Ben- nington, thence to Skeensboro' and Lake George, to oppose the pro- gress of General Burgoyne, who surrendered Oct. 17, 1777 ; thence to Cambridge, to guard the captured troops of Burgoyne. He d. 1807, æ. 80.
IV. FULLER, ABIJAH, (s. of Isaac and Abigail,) m. Lydia Rich- ardson, 1755, and had Sybil, May 27, 1756 ; Rhoda, Oct. 31, 1758; Lemuel, Jan. 26, 1761 ; Esther, June 9, 1763 ; Elijah, Feb. 11, 1766 ; Ezekiel, Feb. 2, 1768; Amasa, Oct. 23, 1770. Hle d. March, 1798, æ. 75.
IV. FULLER, LIEUT. JOSHUA, (s. of Capt. Joshua,) m. Cathe- rine, sister of Col. Michael Jackson, 1773, and had Henry, June 21, 1773, d. 1777 ; Joshua, Sept. 16, 1774 ; Jacob, March 30, 1776 ; Moses, d. young. The mother d. 1777, æ. 30. 2d w. wid. Mary White, (for- merly Mary Brewer,) and had Catherine, Rebecca, James, Elijah, Uriel, and other drs. Catherine m. Chas. Jackson - Elijah m. and lived at S. Boston, d. Oct. 1835. He d. Nov. 1817, æ. 70.
IV. FULLER, EPHRAIM, (s. of Caleb,) m. Esther Warren, 1746, and had Lucy, March 30, 1747 ; Esther, Sept. 24, 1749 ; Anna, 1751 ; Elizabeth ; Ebenezer W. Elizabeth m. Thomas Bogle, 1778. Anna d. 1813, æ. 62. He d. 1772, æ. 47.
IV. FULLER, WILLIAM, (s. of Caleb,) m. Elizabeth -, and had Nathaniel, Dec. 25, 1760 ; Caty, Feb. 23, 1763, and m. Nahum Smith, of Needham, Nov. 1794. He d. Dec. 12, 1802, æ. 70. She d. 1784.
IV. FULLER, DEA. JOSEPH, (son of Josiah, Sen.,) m. Joanna Spring, 1776, and had Joseph, 1777; Betsey, Aug. 15, 1782, d. 1807.
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2d w. Elizabeth Bacon, March, 1785, and had Joel, Aug. 10, 1786; Nabby, Sept. 14, 1791; George, Aug. 21, 1793, d. 1802; Edmund, Nov. 23, 1794 ; Mindwell, June 19, 1796 ; Jeremiah, Sept. 9, 1797, d. 1828; Sumner, June 3, 1799 ; Maria, Dec. 12, 1800 ; Jane, Feb. 1, 1803 ; Mary Ann, June 26, 1805 ; and Seth, July 16, 1807. He was Selectman three years. His first w. d. 1784, æ. 33; 2d in 1819, æ. 55. He d. Feb. 23, 1813, æ. 62.
IV. FULLER, JOSEPH, (s. of -,) m. Abigail -, and had Joseph, Sept. 2, 1751 ; and Nancy.
IV. FULLER, DAVID, (s. of Capt. Joshua,) m. Sarah Williams, and had Eunice, 1779, d. unm. 1799. David d. unm. Sarah m. Dea. Joel Fuller. Martha d. unm., æ. 28. Hannah m. - Good- rich, and settled in Fitchburg. Wid. Sarah d. Aug. 1812.
IV. FULLER, PHINEAS, (s. of -,) m. Elizabeth -, and had Rachel, July 12, 1735.
V. FULLER, AARON, (s. of Elisha,) m. Hannah Pond, 1784.
V. FULLER, ROBERT, JR., m. Anna Bixby, 1794.
V. FULLER, JONATHAN, (s. of Capt. Edward,) m. Betsy -, went to Warren, Me., and had Sally, Edward, and 2d w.
V. FULLER, CHARLES, went to Fairhaven.
FULLER, ELISHA, had by w. Sarah -, Sally, Dec. 8, 1796.
FULLER, JOSEPH, had by w. Sarah -, Nathan, Feb. 22, 1795.
FULLER, RICHARD, m. Eunice Child, 1757, and had Eunice, Dec. 24, 1766.
V. FULLER, ASA, (s. of Capt. Joseph,) m. Betsy, dr. of Stephen Winchester, 1786, and had John, 1794; Eliza, 1796; Fanny, 1799 ; Joseph, 1804 ; Mariett P., 1805; Mary Ann, 1810. Eliza m. - Seymore, and had seven chil. - Fanny went to Kentucky -Mariett went to Ohio - Mary Ann m. - Booth, and went to the West - John m. Mary Smith, no chil. - Joseph m. Jane Hennessy, and had Edmund, Asa, Elizabeth, and Mary Jane. He d. at St. Albans, Vt.
V. FULLER, NATHANIEL, (s. of William,) m. Elizabeth Jackson, 1786, and had Nathaniel, Aug. 1, 1788. He d. Dec., 1817, æ. 57.
V. FULLER, DEA. OLIVER, (s. of Capt. Edward,) m. Polly Eustis, 1792, and settled in Jay, Me., and had Oliver, Jackson, Catherine, Edward, and Hannah. He d. June, 1848, æ. 83.
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FULLER, CALEB, m. Mary Hovey, Dec., 1750.
V. FULLER, SILAS, (s. of Elisha,) m. Ruth, dr. of William Hoogs, 1793, and had Lucinda, Dec. 22, 1793; John B. H., Feb. 2, 1795 ; Henry, Aug. 16, 1796, d. 1802; Lucinda, Feb. 15, 1799; William, June 10, 1803; Mary W., July 6, 1807 ; Henry, April 11, 1812; Sarah W., Sept. 10, 1815. She d. 1837, æ. 63.
V. FULLER, JOSHUA, (s. of Lt. Joshua,) m. Hannah Greenwood, March 20, 1800, and had Henry, d .; Stephen ; and Catherine, who m. Charles Capen, and went to Fram. Wid. Hannah m. Daniel San- ger, of Wat., and d. Sept., 1808, æ. 29. He d. July 12, 1805, æ. 31.
IV. FULLER, JOSIAH, (s. of Col. Josialı,) m. Sarah, dr. of Rev. Wm. Greenough, 1809, and had Wm. Griffin, May 2, 1810; Sarah, Nov. 30, 1811 ; Mary, Nov. 19, 1813 ; Josiah, Dec. 25, 1815. He d. April, 1838, æ. 30. She d. Dec., 1815, æ. 28.
V. FULLER, DEA. JOEL, (s. of Dea. Joseph,) m. Sarah Fuller, dr. of David F., 1815, and had Winslow, Oct. 29, 1816; Henry, May 30, 1818; David, June 28, 1822; Martha, July 3, 1825. He was Repre- sentative four years, Selectman, and d. Dec. 18, 1848, æ. 62.
VI. FULLER, NATHANIEL, (s. of Nathaniel,) m. Sarah Pool, 1810, and had George, Oct. 22, 1812; Mary Ann, Jan. 10, 1815 ; Gil- man, Oct. 7, 1818 ; Gustavus, Dec. 2, 1821 ; Harriet, Sept. 25, 1825. VI. FULLER, BENJAMIN, m. Susanna -, and had Enoch and Edwin, March 16, 1808 ; Abraham, April 20, 1810 ; Caleb S., April 7, 1812 ; Susanna S., Sept. 15, 1814 ; Mary J., April 23, 1817 ; Ann Eliza, Aug. 19, 1820.
FULLER, JOHN, m. Nancy -, and had Nancy G., Oct. 5, 1813 ; John M., March 6, 1816; Chauncy G., May 17, 1817.
FULLER, ABIJAH, m. Eunice Morse, 1820, and had Eunice, May 29, 1821. She d. 1821.
FULLER, RODNEY G. m. Sarah -, and had Catherine W., 1837; Maria L., 1844; Mary F., 1845.
FULLER, JOSIAH m. Cordelia U. - , and had John S., 1838; William E., 1841 ; George G., 1845.
FULLER, EDMUND, m. Mary Ann Howard, 1818.
FULLER, NATHAN, m. Rebecca Brown, 1819.
FULLER, JEREMIAHI, m. Fanny Knight, 1821.
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FULLER, ASA, m. Sarah How, of Rox., 1818.
VI. FULLER, JOHN B. H., (s. of Silas,) m. Mary, dr. of Robert Murdock, 1822.
FULLER, ALVIN, m. Lydia S. Adams, 1836, and 2d, Mary A. Lu- cas, 1838.
VI. FULLER, HENRY, (s. of Silas,) m. Hannah, dr. of William Jackson, Esq., and had . William J., Lucretia J., and Ruth.
V. FULLER, CAPT. JAMES, (s. of Lt. Joshua,) m. Beulah Green- wood, and had James G. and Mary B. Mary m. Samuel F. Dix - James G. m. and settled in Charlestown. He was Representative three years, and Senator one year, and d. Aug. 6, 1850, æ. 66.
FULLER, HENRY, m. Eliza J. Pike, 1842.
FULLER, HEZEKIAH, m. Emeline Jackson, 1843.
GREENE, JONATHAN, from Malden, came to Newton, 1697. He was a carpenter, and lived near the Falls. He m. Mary -, and had Mary, Feb. 9, 1702; Jonathan, May 31, 1707, d. 1732; Ann, March 4, 1713. He d. 1736, and she d. 1732.
GREEN, BARTHOLOMEW, m. Hannah Hammond, 1724.
GRANT, CALEB, had by w. Elizabeth -, Caleb, April 13, 1711 ; Ruth, Aug. 28, 1715.
II. GREENWOOD, THOMAS, a weaver, (parentage not ascer- tained,) one of the early settlers. He came into the Village about 1667, then twenty-four years old, and m. Hannah, the oldest dr. of John Ward, Sen., July 8, 1670. Upon the organization of the town, Aug. 27, 1679, he was elected Constable, same day. In 1673, he bought seven acres of land, of Nathaniel Hammond, bounding s. E. by H's land, N. by Capt. Prentice and John Ward ; same year, he bought seven acres and forty rods of Edward Jackson, adjoining the meadow of Elder Wiswall, and E. by John Ward. In 1691, he bought of Isaac Parker, twenty-four acres, with the dwelling house thereon, bounding E. by Thomas Hammond, w. by John Hammond, s. by Nathaniel Hammond, and N. by John Druce, being part of the same land which John Parker, Sen., bought of Nicholas Hodgden, in 1650. He was Selectman four years, 1686, '87, 1690 and '93, and is supposed to have been the first Town Clerk. Thomas and Hannah (Ward) Greenwood had Thomas, Jan. 22, 1671, d .; Thomas, July 15,
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1673; John. 2d w. Abigail -, and had James, Dec. 19, 1687 ; William, Oct. 14, 1689. He d. Sept. 1, 1693, æ. 50. Intestate. Wid. Abigail, admin. John Spring, James Trowbridge and John Sta- ples, appraisers. Inventory, £481, 13s. 6d.
III. GREENWOOD, JOHN, (s. of Thomas and Hannah,) m. Hannah, dr. of Dea. James Trowbridge, and had Thomas, Jan. 28, 1696; Elizabeth, Sept. 20, 1697; Hunnah, March 4, 1699; Ruth, Oct. 12, 1701; Daniel, Nov. 27, 1704 ; Susanna, Dec. 7, 1707 ; Josiah, June 21, 1709. Hannah m. Isaac Fuller, 1722 - Ruth m. Isaac Jackson, 1729 - Susanna m. George Bacon, 1729 - Elizabeth m. - Child. He was Selectman cighteen years, commencing 1711 ; Justice of the Peace, and consummated nearly all the marriages in town for many years ; Representative, three years. His w. Hannah d. June 21, 1728, æ. 56. 2d w. Alice Lyon, of Rox., 1729. He d. Aug. 29, 1737, leaving a will, dated 1737, bequeathing w. Alice £66. John Staples, Richard and James Ward, witnesses. Son Josiah, exec'r.
III. GREENWOOD, REV. THOMAS, (s. of Thomas and Hannah,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Capt. Noah Wiswall, 1693, and had Hannah, Feb. 5, 1694 ; John, May 20, 1697; Noah, April 20, 1699, d. 1703; Esther, Aug. 20, 1701, d. 1701 ; Elizabeth, April 5, 1704 ; Esther, June 25, 1709, d. unm. 1731. Hannah m. - Cushing. He graduated at H. C., 1690, and was ordained Minister of Rehoboth, 1693. He d. Sept. 8, 1720. His wid. Elizabeth d. 1736. His will, dated 1720, gives wid. Elizabeth half his house and furniture, and best English bible, and his drs. Elizabeth and Esther, the other half of the house. His brother, Lieut. John Greenwood, and his son John, executors. In- ventory, £472, 10s. His s. John grad. at H. C., 1717, ordained at Seekonk, 1721, was successor to his father in the ministry, and had fourteen children.
III. GREENWOOD, JAMES, (s. of Thomas and Abigail,) m. Thankful Wilson, April 13, 1713, and had James, Jan. 27, 1714 ; Abigail, 1715. Wife Thankful d. Feb. 4, 1714. 2d w. Abigail - Jan. 5, 1716. His s. James settled in Holliston and had nine ch., and removed to Framingham, where he died. * He d. in Rox., 1720, æ. 33, and wid. Abigail and William Trowbridge, admin.
III. GREENWOOD, DEA. WILLIAM, (s. of Thomas and Abigail,) m. Abigail, dr. of John Woodward, Sen., June 21, 1715, settled in
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Sherburne, bought twenty-three acres of land near the M. H., in 1728, for £157, and had William, Caleb, Jonas, Samuel, Joseph, and others.
IV. GREENWOOD, DEA. THOMAS, EsQ., (s. of John, Esq.,) m. Lydia -, Aug. 3, 1719, and had Joseph, Jan. 9, 1723 ; John, Mar. 7, 1725 ; Thomas, May 9, 1727 ; Hannah, May 21, 1729; Abijah, April 6, 1731, d. 1745. Hannah m. Capt. John Woodward, 1747. He was Capt., Dea., Justice Peace, Selectman four years, Represen- tative thirteen years ; Town Clerk twenty-three years. He d. Aug. 31, 1774, æ. 78. His wid. Lydia d. 1777, æ. 85. His will, proved 1774. Homestead, eighty-six acres, West Parish. Wife, s. Joseph, and s. in law Capt. Jno. Woodward, executors.
IV. GREENWOOD, DANIEL, (s. of John, Esq.) m. Sarah Adams, of Framingham, May 6, 1728.
IV. GREENWOOD, LIEUT. JOSIAH, (s. of John, Esq.) m. Phebe Stearns, April 1, 1731, and had Esther, Oct. 7, 1731 ; Nathaniel, July 21, 1733 ; John, Dec. 3, 1735, d. in army, 1760 ; Sarah, July 6, 1737; Alice, March 12, 1739 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 21, 1740 ; Josiah, Sept. 20, 1742 ; Phebe, May 20, 1744 ; Hannah, June 8, 1746 ; Moses, Aug. 14, 1748 ; Nevinson, Oct. 22, 1751; Ebenezer, Oct. 1, 1753; Isaac ; and Joshua. Esther m. Joshua Murdock, 1755 - Sarah m. Joseph Greenwood, of Sherburne, 1758 - Alice m. John Clark - Elizabeth m. Asa Norcross, of Camb., 1760 - Phebe m. David Bartlett. Hannah d. 1762. Ist w. d. 1763. He m. 2d w. wid. Prudence -, 1769, and had Isaac and Joshua, with a marriage covenant on record ; she d. March 19, 1795, æ. 80. He was Selectman, and d. May, 1792, æ. 83.
V. GREENWOOD, JOHN, (s. of Dea. Thomas,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Capt. John Jackson, March, 1748, and had John, Sept. 2, 1750 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 31, 1755 ; Thomas Jackson, May 17, 1757 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1760. Elizabeth m. - Capen. He d. 1763, æ. 38. His wid. Elizabeth m. Alexander Shepard. Thomas Jackson Green- wood's name was changed, by the General Court, to Alexander Shepard, in 1781 ; he entered H. C. and d. a student in the Sopho- more class.
V. GREENWOOD, NATHANIEL, (s. of Lieut. Josiah,) m. Eliza- beth Bowen, 1756, and had Joshua, July 26, 1757 ; Isaac, Aug. 13, 1759. This family removed to Hubbardston, where he d. Feb. 1761, æ. 28. His father Josiah, admin.
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V. GREENWOOD, NEVINSON, a carpenter, (s. of Lieut. Josiah,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of John and Anna (Dana) Kenriek, settled in Little Camb., and had Elizabeth, Mary, John, Thomas, Sally, James, 1784 ; William, Freeman, Abigail, and Jonathan. He d. 1805, æ. 55. She d. 1834, æ. 82.
V. GREENWOOD, THOMAS, of Holden, (s. of Dea. Thomas,) m. Esther Hammond, 1750.
V. GREENWOOD, EBENEZER, (s. of Lieut. Josiah,) m. Hannah, dr. of Stephen Winchester, 1778, and had Hannah, March 25, 1779 ; Joseph, Dec. 16, 1780 ; Stephen, April 6, 1782 ; and Beulah, June 5, 1783. Hannah m. Joshua Fuller, Jr. - Beulah m. James Fuller - Joseph and Stephen d. unm. She d. Jan. 1803, æ. 52.
V. GREENWOOD, JOSEPH, (s. of Dea. Thomas,) m. Sarah, dr. of Lieut. Josiah Greenwood, and went to Sherburne.
V. GREENWOOD, JOSEPH, (s. of -,) m. Sarah Stone, 1747, and went to Holden.
VI. GREENWOOD, JOHN, (s. of John and Elizabeth,) m. Lucy Whittemore, 1775, and settled in Maine, on Alexander Shepard, Jr's grant of land.
VI. GREENWOOD, ISAAC, (s. of Nathaniel,) m. Abigail, dr. of Dea. Joseph Jackson, 1784.
VI. GREENWOOD, JAMES, (s. of Nevinson,) m. Rhoda Larrabee, of Charlestown, April, 1809, and had, in Brighton, James, John, Susan, Samuel, Ann, Mary, Martha, Eliza, Caroline, Sarah, Frederick, and Otis. The two oldest sons and the six oldest daughters are married.
GREENWOOD, JOSEPH, m. Lydia Pratt, 1835.
GREENWOOD, MILES, (s. of Miles, of Boston,) m. Charity Bemis, 1782, and had Miles, Charity, Mary, Nancy, Melinda, Rebecca, who m. - Banks, of Waltham, and had s. N. P. Banks, Speaker of House Representatives, 1851 and 1852, and President of the State Convention of 1853, now member of Congress from Middlesex District ; and Thomas, Universalist Minister, Dover, N. H. He d. 1824, æ. 67. She d. 1819, æ. 62.
GREENWOOD, SAMUEL, SEN., of Boston, (whose will, on Suffolk Records, is dated 1721, names w. Elizabeth and sons Samuel, Isaac, and Joseph,) may have been a brother of Thomas, Sen., of Camb. Village.
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