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IV. KENRICK, JOHN, (s. of Capt. Caleb,) m. Anna, dr. of Capt. Benjamin Dana, of Camb., Dec., 1748, took the homestead, and had Abigail, Jan. 18, 1750 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 3, 1753 ; John, Nov. 6, 1755. Abigail m. Enoch Brown, of Boston, and 2d, Jonathan Frceman, and d. April, 1791 - Elizabeth m. Nevinson Greenwood, of Camb., and d. Oct., 1831. Hc d. 1805, æ. 83. She d. 1815, æ. 87.
IV. KENRICK, CALEB, (s. of Caleb,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Peter Parker, and had Caleb, Elizabeth, and Abigail. Elizabeth m. Capt. Joshua Hammond - Abigail m. Asa Chency. He d. 1808, æ. 68.
IV. KENRICK, CALEB, (s. of Caleb, Jr. and Elizabeth,) m. Eliza- beth Richards, 1799, and had Richards, March 2, 1800; Elizabeth, Nov. 3, 1801 ; Sally, April 2, 1803 ; Betsy, Oct. 25, 1804 ; Abigail, Aug. 12, 1806 ; Caleb, March 3, 1808; Catherine, Nov. 1, 1809 ; Mary, April 14, 1811 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 8, 1812; Mary, Nov. 26, 1813 ; Benjamin and Anna, April 5, 1814 ; John, April 28, 1816. Sally m. George Murdock, 1828 - Anna m. George Richards, 1834 - Eliza- beth m. Capt. Joshua Hammond - Abigail m. Asa Chency - Caleb and John went to Dover - Benjamin d. 1832. He was Selectman three years, and d. April 11, 1820, æ. 80.
IV. KENRICK, BENJAMIN, (s. of Capt. Caleb,) m. and settled at Amherst, N. H., 1749, and had only one son, Stephen, and several daughters, of which Anna m. Gen. Benjamin Pierce, a revolutionary officer, 1789, and had s. Franklin, who is 'now (1854) President of the U. S. Hc d. 1812, æ. 88 years and 10 months.
V. KENRICK, JOHN, EsQ., (s. of John and Anna,) m. Mehitable Meriam, only dr. of Rev. Jonas Meriam ; he bought Edward Durant's place, adjoining Nonantum, and had Mehitable, Nov. 22, 1780; Anna, Oct. 30, 1782 ; Enoch B., Nov. 2, 1784 ; William, Dec. 24, 1789; Vesta, June 21, 1787 ; Osa, March 15, 1794; Mary E. Mehitable m. Rev. Abishai Samson, 1814, and d. 1845 - Anna m. Jesse Fisher - Vesta m. Col. Joseph Preston - Mary Ellener m. Michael Preston, Esq. - Enoch B. unm. HIe d. March 28, 1833, æ. 77. She d. 1817. Hc was Selectman two years, and Representative seven years. In April, 1825, he made a donation of one thousand dollars; soon after, he made other donations, amounting in all to seventeen hundred dollars, with a view of laying the foundation of a permanent fund, from which may be annually drawn, aid and relief to the needy, and in- dustrious poor of his native town ; to be placed in the hands of the Selectmen of the town, as Trustees, to be loaned out, and the interest
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added to the principal, until it shall amount to the sum of four thousand dollars ; after which the whole fund is to be loaned, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, and the annual income to be dis- tributed yearly, through all succeeding generations, to the needy, industrious poor of the town, especially widows and orphans, (none of whom shall have fallen under the immediate care of the overseers of the poor,) at the discretion of the Trustees. Should it happen, at any future period, that the rate of interest should become less than six per cent., then to be loaned at one per cent. less than the common rate ; it being his object to benefit virtuous borrowers, as well as suffering poor. And to this end he directed it to be loaned in mod- erate sums, not exceeding three hundred dollars to any one person, and for terms of time not exceeding five years, a preference being always given to the applications from married young men, from 23 to 30 years old, of temperate and industrious habits, and of hon- esty and punctuality in their dealings. This donation accumulated to the sum of four thousand dollars, in 1851, -that being the limit fixed by the donor, - since which time it has been doing its whole- some and benevolent work, under the faithful management of the Selectmen of the town, acting as Trustees, according to the direc- tion of the liberal and praiseworthy donor. The Town voted unan- imously to accept his noble benefaction ; that it be denominated the " KENRICK FUND; that the Selectmen, and their successors in office, be appointed Trustees, to manage and apply said Fund, according to the conditions accompanying the same ; and the Selectmen were chosen a committee to wait on him, and present him the thanks of the Town, for his truly noble benefaction, and to assure him that no effort on the part of the present generation shall be wanting, to carry his generous intentions into the most complete effect. . Extracts from his monument : - " To the temperance reformation he was an efficient and devoted friend." " Early impressed with the unlawful- ness, impiety and inhumanity of slavery, and its peculiar incompat- ibility with republican government, he strove long and unassisted, to awaken his countrymen to the subject ; he wrote often and per- suasively, for the press ; he republished gratuitously the writings of others. A liberal contributor to the first Anti-Slavery Society in this country, * and died its presiding officer."
* The " N. E. Anti-Slavery Society," formed Jan. 1832, and Jno. Kenrick, Esq., was its 2d President. Its name was altered to the " Mass. Anti-Slavery Society," in 1835.
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VI. KENRICK, JOHN A. (s. of John, Esq.,) m. Mary Stedman, of Boston, took the homestead, and had Mary, 1834; Harriet C., 1837, d. 1844 ; John A., 1839 ; Anna C., 1846.
V. KENRICK, WILLIAM, (s. of John, Esq.) m. Harriet, wid. of Stephen B. Jackson, and dr. of - Russell, of Mendon, and settled on the celebrated hill, " Nonantum."
KING, DR. JOHN, from Sutton, Mass., m. Saralı, dr. of Capt. Noah Wiswall, April 30, 1761, lived on E. side Dedham road, at the Centre Training-field, and had John, April 8, 1762 ; Henry, Oct. 28, 1763 ; Noah, Feb. 11, 1766 ; Elijah, Dec. 3, 1768 ; Ebenezer, Nov. 10, 1772. Wife Sarah d. 1798, æ. 64. 2d w. Elizabeth Cookson, April, 1799. He was a self-taught physician, and the successor of Dr. John Cotton, s. of the Rev. John Cotton, and bought his house. From his position, intelligence, and character, he exerted a good influence, and was a very useful man in the town. Moderator of Town Meetings many years, - Selectman many years - was one of the Committee of Correspondence, in 1774, and to prepare instructions for their Representatives, - on various committees during the war, and after, - was a Delegate to the Convention (1779) to form a Constitution for Mass., - was in the battle of Lexington, and one of the soldiers from Newton, to guard Burgoyne's army, in the Fall of 1778, - Representative 1792, &c., &c. His parentage not ascer- tained. He d. March 20, 1807.
KING, JOHN, (s. of Dr. John,) m. Lois, dr. of Samuel Jackson, 1784, lived at s. part of the town, and had Elijah, July 17, 1784, d. infancy ; Sophia, Oct. 10, 1788 ; Mehitable, May 31, 1790; Lois, April 29, 1792; John, Dec. 12, 1794 ; Samuel, Oct. 22, 1796; Jackson, Nov. 1, 1798 ; Frederick, July 8, 1800 ; Lois, March 31, 1803. He d. Aug. 17, 1824, æ. 62.
KING, CAPT. HENRY, (s. of Dr. John,) m. Ann Vila, 1786, lived on the place owned and occupied by William Hyde and his s. Noah, and had Sarah, Oct. 22, 1786; Henry, Aug. 28, 1788 ; Mary, May 14, 1790 ; Elijah, Dec. 10, 1791 ; Charles, Oet. 6, 1793; Vila, Oct. 23, 1795, d. 1802; George, Aug. 21, 1797 ; Betsy, May 29, 1799 ; William, Feb. 2, 1801 ; Betsy V., June 13, 1803 ; Vila, Jan. 18, 1805. He was a soldier in the army, and one of the guard at the execution of Maj. Andre. He d. Sept. 6, 1822, æ. 59. She d. 1844, æ. 80.
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KING, NOAH, (s. of Dr. John,) m. Esther Hall, Feb. 1795, lived near Oak Hill, and had Mary, Dec. 7, 1795. He d. Sept. 2, 1843, æ. 77 1-2.
KING, EBENEZER, (s. of Dr. John,) m. Ann Hall, July, 1799, lived w. side Dedham road, at Centre Training field, and had Lucinda, Nov. 24, 1799; Catherine, Aug. 24, 1802. He d. Aug. 1825, æ. 53. KING, WILLIAM, of Sutton, and Mary King, of Newton, were m. 1818.
KNAPP, JOHN, (s. of John and Sarah, and g. s. of William, of Wat.,) m. Sarah Park, and had Isaac; Sarah, Aug. 13, 1686 ; John, Dec. 11, 1688; James, Feb. 21, 1690. James was m. April 1, 1714, to -. He d. 1733, æ. 72. She d. 1727.
KNAPP, JOHN, JR., m. Mary -, and had Daniel, March 12, 1717; David; Josiah, Oct. 25, 1723 ; Jesse, Feb. 17, 1726 ; Bathsheba, Sept. 13, 1721 ; Mary, May 18, 1728; Martha, April 12, 1719 ; Lydia., July 25, 1730, d. 1734. He d. 1730, æ. 42. His estate was divided among his children, 1739, by Samuel Miller, Joseph Fuller, and Thomas Greenwood. Wid. Mary, admin .; inventory, £532 5s. 6d.
KNAPP, DAVID, (s. of John and Mary,) m. Sarah Bartlett, and had Anna, Oct. 3, 1741 ; John, May 27, 1744; Joseph, Oct. 14, 1745.
KNAPP, JOSIAH, (s. of John and Mary,) m. Mary Parker, 1745, and had Samuel, Nov. 19, 1748; Josiah, May 27, 1750, d. 1750; Bath- sheba, March 15, 1751, d. 1777 ; Josiah, March 22, 1753 ; Esther, June 14, 1755; Sybil, June 25, 1757 ; Timothy and Hannah. 2d w. Lydia Cheney, 1772.
KNAPP, DANIEL, (s. of John and Mary,) m. Sarah Willis, 1735, and had Beulah, June 9, 1736 ; Isabel, Jan. 15, 1738. 2d w. Sarah Bartlett, 1741, and had Daniel, Feb. 4, 1742 ; Deborah, 1744 ; James, Jan. 16, 1746 ; Jonas, Nov. 6, 1749 ; Lydia, July 23, 1752. She d. 1758.
KNAPP, ISAAC, had by w. Mary, Jedediah, Feb. 28, 1726.
KNAPP, JOSHUA, m. Elizabeth Prentice, 1727.
KNAPP, EBENEZER, m. Elizabeth Mason, 1734.
KNAPP, JOSIAH, m. Abigail Stowell, 1734.
KNAPP, JESSE, (s. of John and Mary,) m. Submit Cook, of Need- ham, 1760.
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KNAPP, JOSIAH, merchant, of Boston, (s. of Josiah and Mary,) m. Mary Fairservice, of Boston, and had, in Boston, Mary, Aug. 31, 1776; George, April 9, 1778; John, March 12, 1779 ; Charles, Dec. 28, 1782; Elizabeth, Feb. 2, 1784 ; Lucretia, April 2, 1785; Dorothy W., Feb. 2, 1788; Caroline, Feb. 11, 1791; Henry, Feb. 13, 1792; Martha B., March 31, 1796, and several others, who d. in infancy. Mary m. Samuel Dilaway - Elizabeth m. Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw - Lucretia, unm. - Dorothy W. m. Samuel Dow - Caroline m. Dr. George Hayward - Martha B. m. Philip Marett -John, Esq., unm. - Capt. Charles, unm .- Henry m. and had Charles H., George E. and Lucretia Ann. He d. May 13, 1843, æ. 90.
KEE, JACOB, had by w. Rachel, Daniel, Jan. 27, 1703 ; Sarah, May 26, 1707; Bethia, Aug. 13, 1708.
KIMBALL, RICHARD, from Natick, had s. Richard, Thomas and Edmund, and d. about 1795.
KIMBALL, RICHARD, (s. of Richard,) m. Lydia -, and had Samuel, Mar. 28, 1800. He was a Methodist preacher and exhorter. KIMBALL, BENJAMIN, m. Abigail Thwing, Sept. 1811.
KIMBALL, JOHN, m. Betsy Wright, 1815.
KNOWLES, REV. JAMES D., d. May 9, 1838-9.
KIDDER, NATHANIEL, d. 1714, and w. Rachel d. 1709.
LITTLEFIELD, EBENEZER, (s. of John, of Dedham,) m. Lydia -, lived near the Lower Falls, and had Jemima, Aug. 19, 1697, d. 1773; Ezra, March, 1699, d. 1703 ; Ebenezer, May 2, 1701, d. 1727 ; Pelatia, s. Oct. 12, 1703; Lydia, Feb. 15, 1706, d. 1717 ; Jerusha, Apr. 15, 1708; Praisever, May 15, 1710, d. 1774 ; Susanna and Ephraim, Nov. 21, 1712 ; Sybil, Nov. 1, 1714 ; Lydia, and Sarah. Jerusha m. John Taylor, 1730 - Sybil m. John Emmes, 1741 - Sarah m. Elia- kim Cook, 1734 - Ebenezer m. Abiah Morse, of Medfield, 1728, and had four sons and four drs. - Pelatia m. Alice -, and settled in Hopkinton - Ephraim m. Sarah Bullard, of Holliston, 1735, d. 1778. He bought a place near the Lower Falls, of Thos. Wiswall, 1727 ; was on the committee to build the M. H., 1718. He d. 1727-8, æ. 59. She d. 1717, æ. 44.
LONGLEY, NATHANIEL, parentage not ascertained. He came into Newton about 1700, and m. Mary Wiswall, dr. of Capt. Noah. His place adjoined Bartlett's. His house was near Seminary Hill, on the southerly side, where he bought thirty-four acres of land, of
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Nathaniel Hancock, of Camb., in 1703, and nine acres of land in Newton, of Capt. Thomas Prentice, in 1713. He also bought of Nathaniel Parker and William Clark, half of the saw mill, fulling mill, grist mill and eel wear, at the Upper Falls, in 1725; a member of the School Committee, in 1721 ; was guardian to Judge Trow- bridge's sister Mary, 1724. He d. July 23, 1732, æ. 56.
LEARNED, THOMAS, had by w. Mary -- , Mary, May 13, 170 -. LOVELOCK, WILLIAM, had by w. Sybil -, William, Jan. 18, 1784 ; Nancy B., July 8, 1793.
LOWELL, SYLVANUS, had by w. Patty Fuller, Caty, March 8, 1791.
LENOX, CORNELIUS, from Boston, m. Susanna Perry, settled on the bank of Charles river, near the Wat. line, about 1783, and had Charles, Susan, Penny, Nancy, Cornelius, John, Nathaniel and William. Susan m. William Butler - Penny m. and went to De- troit - Cornelius went to Detroit with Gen. Hull -Nathaniel d. unm., æ. 16 - William d. unm., æ. 41 - Nancy m. John Remond, settled in Salem, and had Nancy, Susan, Charles Lenox, Maricha Juan, John Lenox, Cecelia, Sarah P. and Caroline.
LENOX, JOHN, (s. of Cornelius and Susanna,) m. Sibel Dickerson, of Salem, settled in Wat., and had Fanny, Caroline, Louisa, Caroline Augusta, Charles W., John M., Cornelius and Sybil.
LENOX, CHARLES, (s. of Cornelius and Susanna,) m. Aseneth Rogers ; 2d, Martha Ann Dickerson, and had three children.
LYON, SAMUEL, lived at the s. part of the town ; one of the peti- tioners to divide the town into two Parishes, in 1713.
MAREAN, WILLIAM, and Elizabeth Clark, were m. in Rox., Jan. 7, 1702, and had, in Rox., Philip, 1703; William, 1707 ; Thomas, 1712. Removed to Newton, and lived near Kenrick's bridge. He d. 1761, æ. 83. She d. 1747.
MAREAN, EBENEZER, had by w. Elizabeth -, Esther, Nov. 28, 1727 ; John, Jan. 14, 1733.
MAREAN, WILLIAM, (s. of William and Elizabeth,) m. Hannah Stone, 1737, and had Catherine, Dec. 9, 1737, d. 1749 ; John, Feb. 6, 1739 ; William, Dec. 19, 1740; Mary, 1741, d. 1760 ; William, Dec. 12, 1742 ; Samuel, Dec. 9, 1744, d. 1745 ; Hannah, Dec. 30, 1745. Wife Hannah d. 1749. 2d w. Elizabeth -, and had Elizabeth.
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Hannah m. Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall, Nov. 1770, his 2d w .- William m. Sybil Parker, 1767, and went to Rutland.
MAREAN, THOMAS, (s. of William and Elizabeth,) m. Margaret Hammond, 1751, and had Thomas, Oct. 17, 1753; Samuel, Oct. 7, 1755 ; Martha, Oct. 6, 1758 ; William, 1764. He d. 1767, æ. 55.
MAREAN, LIEUT. JOHN, (s. of William and Hannah,) m. Abigail, dr. of John Hammond, Feb. 1764 ; kept the tavern, (since Mitchel's,) and had Joshua, May 12, 1765 ; Moses, Jan. 19, 1767 ; Lydia, July 23, 1769 ; Jonas, April 4, 1773 ; Esther, Nov. 29, 1775; Hannah, June 13, 1778; Silas, Sept. 26, 1780 ; Thomas, July 19, 1784. Lydia m. Nathaniel Murdock, 1793. He was Lieut. of the Co. of Minute Men, in the battle of Concord, and signed the roll of that day's work, as Lieut. commanding, and sworn to before Judge Fuller. There was a John Marean, Jr., in the army, from Newton. He d. Feb. 1, 1786, æ. 47. His wid. Abigail m. Capt. Edward Fuller, 1789, and d. May, 1826, æ. 85.
MAREAN, JOSHUA, (s. of Lieut. John,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Capt. William Hammond, 1793, and had Joshua, Feb. 8, 1793; Elizabeth, Oct. 10, 1794 ; Moses, Oct. 18, 1796.
MARION, EDWARD, (probably Marean ; he may have been s. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, or of William and Hannah, as Marean was sometimes spelt MARION,) had by w. Anna -, Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 1751 ; Mary, Sept. 22, 1753 ; Isaac ; Anna.
McDANIEL, NEAL, signed the seeession petition, 1678, and d. Dec. 3, 1694.
MACOY, [or MACKAY,] DANIEL, from Rox., a Scotchman, bought land in Camb. Village, (of Daniel Preston, of Dor.,) adjoining land of Elder Wiswall and Capt. Noah Wiswall, in 1679, also of John Jackson, Sen., in 1673, and had by w. Sarah -, Mary, 25. 7. 1673 ; Jacob, 14. 1. 1675; Hannah, 29. 1. 1677 ; Ebenezer, 20. 8. 1680.
MACOY, ARCHIBALD, (sup. s. of Daniel,) m. Margaret -, 1692, and had Hannah, Feb. 24, 1693; William, Dec. 25, 1695; John, Sept. 22, 1698; Nathaniel, Jan. 5, 1701 ; Abigail, Jan. 6, 1704; Edward, July 21, 1706 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 1712, d. 1716 ; Nehemiah, Feb. 14, 1714; Mary, Jan. 14, 1720. Hannah m. John Welch, 1718 - Wil- liam m. Mary Clark, of Fram. - Nath'l m. Sarah Eames, of Fram., 1726. He lived on same land Daniel Macoy bought of Daniel Pres-
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ton and John Jackson. 1696, Thomas Wiswall conveyed to him two acres, N. w. by John Clark, and s. by Thomas Prentice.
MACOY, NATHANIEL, (sup. s. of Daniel,) sold land to Capt. Thomas Prentice, in 1713.
MARSHALL, THOMAS, a blacksmith, bought shop and six acres land, in 1715, adjoining John Park's land, and m. Esther Learned, of Wat., Nov., 1715, and had Joseph, Jan. 4, 1717; Thomas, Oct. 8, 1719; Ebenezer, Sept. 18, 1721 ; John, 1723; Dinah, 1725; Ezra, 1729; Nahum, 1732 ; James, 1734. This family removed to Hol- liston, where he was Dea. of the ch. thirty-eight years.
MARSHALL, FRANCIS, from Boston, a victualler, bought the place anciently Brown's, at Newton Corner, which was kept as a tavern many years ; m. Catherine Learned, and had Learned, Francis, and William. William keeps a paper store in Boston.
MARROW, DANIEL, d. Feb. 8, 1776.
II. MASON, JOHN, a tanner, s. of Capt. Hugh Mason, of Wat. - one of the signers of the secession petition, 1678; he was a Constable in Camb. Village, 1679, Selectman five years. His father owned land in England, and in Camb. Village. He m. Elizabeth -, lived near the Falls, and had John, 22. 11. 1676 ; Elizabeth, 10. 9. 1678; Abigail, 16. 10. 1679; Daniel ; Samuel, Jan. 22, 1689 ; Hannah, Jan. 26, 1695. She d. 1714.
III. MASON, DANIEL, (s. of John,) m. Experience Newcomb, 1717, and had Daniel, April 10, 1717 ; Samuel, Jan. 24, 1720 ; Abigail, Nov. 23, 1721 ; Hannah, Feb. 4, 1724; John, Dec. 23, 1725; William, Nov. 21, 1727.
IV. MASON, SAMUEL, (s. of Daniel,) m. Esther Mirick, 1745, and had Esther, July 12, 1746; Elizabeth and Mary, Sept. 25, 1750; Samuel, Feb. 15, 1754, d. 1756 ; Abigail, June 2, 1756.
V. MASON, WILLIAM, (s. of Daniel,) m. Hannah Child, 1750, and had Hannah, Aug. 4, 1751 ; William, Sept. 23, 1753 ; Olive, Dec. 21, 1758.
MASON, JOHN M., s. of William Mason, Feb. 10, 1841.
MASON, MARY, dr. of Ichabod, May 12, 1838.
MARGARET, [or MYGATE,] JOHN, m. Elizabeth Bartlett, 1743, and had Samuel, Sept. 13, 1744 ; Hannah, Aug. 4, 1749; Elizabeth ;
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Sarah; and Mary. Hannah m. Benj. Smith, 1783 - Sarah m. Oli- ver Hunt. He was a Scotchman, and sold himself for a term of years, to pay his passage to this country, and Judge Fuller's estate was holden to maintain him.
MAYO, THOMAS, from Roxbury, lived on Brook farm, and had by w. Elizabeth -, Elizabeth, March 26, 1735 ; Hannah, Nov. 16, 1736.
II. MILLER, JOSEPH, sup. from Charlestown, was a signer of the secession petition, 1678, m. Mary Williams, lived on the Stimpson place, West Parish, and had Thomas, April 9, 1675; Samuel, Sept. 24, 1678 ; Joseph, d. 1711 ; Jane, d. 1719. He d. 1697. She d. 1711.
III. MILLER, SAMUEL, (s. of Joseph,) m. Elizabeth Child, Nov. 11, 1708, and had Mary, April 26, 1710; Elizabeth, Jan. 20, 1711 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 22, 1713, d. 1713; Joseph, July 29, 1716 ; Sam- uel, Dec. 20, 1718; Ephraim, June 21, 1725, d. 1731. Mary m. Edward Hall, May 21, 1730 -Joseph was one of the first settlers of Westminster. He generously offered a room in his dwelling house to the Town, for a school, which they accepted, 1721; and in 1726, he gave to the Town four rods of land, for a school house, near his house. Was Selectman 1743, and d. at Worcester, 1759, æ. 81.
III. MILLER, THOMAS, (s. of Joseph,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of Joshua Fuller, March 23, 1710, and had Elizabeth, Jan. 20, 1711. Wife Elizabeth d. 2d w. Experience, dr. of Joshua Fuller, and had Thomas, May 5, 1713. He d. Nov. 4, 1713, æ. 38. Wid. Experience, admin. Inventory, £224 15s. 6d. He had land in Charlestown. She m. John Child, Jan. 27, 1715.
IV. MILLER, SAMUEL, (s. of Samuel and Elizabeth,) m. Elizabeth Hammond, 1743, and had Ephraim, June 4, 1744; Moses, Dec. 5, 1745 ; Josiah, May 2, 1748 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 1750.
IV. MILLER, JOSEPH, (s. of Samuel and Elizabeth,) m. Mary Williams, 1741, and had Joseph, July 27, 1741.
IV. MILLER, THOMAS, JR., (s. of Thomas and Experience,) m. Mary Whiting, of Dedham, 1740, and had Thomas, Nov. 15, 1741, d. 1744; Timothy, May 24, 1743, d. 1744; Mary, Aug. 10, 1745 ; Thomas, March 9, 1747; Timothy, July 15, 1750; Joseph, July 16, 1754, d. 1756 ; Sarah, June 18, 1752, d. 1756 ; Samuel, May 12, 1756 ; Sarah, Aug. 20, 1760. Mary m. Stephen Cook, June, 1767. He d. 1775, æ. 62. She d. 1769.
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V. MILLER, THOMAS, (s. of Thomas and Mary,) m. Mary Fuller, 1770, and had Joseph, Oct. 5, 1770; Mary, July 24, 1772; Sarah, July 20, 1774. 2d w. Tabitha Fuller, Nov. 10, 1774.
MILLER, JOSEPH, m. Hepsibah Bartlett, 1803, and had Thomas, Sept. 10, 1809.
II. MIRICK, JOHN, a turner, (sup. from Charlestown,) m. Eliza- beth, dr. of James Trowbridge, Sen., 1682; owned the place adjoin- ing Obediah Curtis, and had Thankful, April 24, 1685 ; Rebecca, April 20, 1687; Lydia, Feb. 18, 1689, d. 1694; Samuel, March 1, 1690; John, Nov. 30, 1694; Margaret ; James, Oct. 26, 1696; Deborah ; Elizabeth, Aug. 1699; Elisha, March 5, 1700; Lydia, July 7, 1704. Thankful m. Jonathan Woodward, 1720 - Sarah m. Capt. Jonathan Fuller, Oct. 1718- Margaret m. Wm. Whitney, April, 1717 - Deb- orah m. James Livermore, Oct. 1718 - Elizabeth m. Benoni Wood- ward, Nov. 1716-Lydia m. James Cheney, Sen., 1732, d. 1766 - Rebecca m. - , Oct. 1718. He d. July 11, 1706. She d. 1734, a. 74. His will, dated April 29, 1706, says,-"being weak in body, under a languishing sickness ;" names his brs. in law, Jona. Fuller and Richard Ward, and his kinsman, Thomas Wiswall; gives direc- tions about the bringing up of his small children, &c. Jona. Fuller, Richard Ward, and Ebenezer Stone, executors. Inventory, £348 15s. 7d. [Homer's History states that "John Myrick, of Newton, was killed by the Indians, at Groton, July 21, 1706." That could not have been the Newton John, or either of his sons, and Newton Records mention no other John Mirick.]
III. MIRICK, SAMUEL, (s. of John,) m. Mary Stratton, of Wat., May 14, 1718, and had Samuel, April 21, 1719, d. 1744 ; Mary, July 15, 1721 ; Sarah, Dec. 19, 1722 ; Esther, Feb. 27, 1725; Ann, Aug. 3, 1729 ; Elizabeth, March 20, 1732, d. 1744 ; Abigail, Dec. 23, 1734 ; Hannah, Sept. 17, 1738, d. 1744 ; Lydia, Jan. 7, 1740, d. 1744 ; and Jonathan. Mary m. Samuel Smith, Nov. 1738 - Sarah m. Ichabod Robinson, 1744 - Esther m. Samuel Mason, Sept. 1745 - Abigail m. George Ward, Jan. 1755. He d. April 29, 1749, æ. 59.
MIRICK, JOHN, JR., had by w. Sarah -, James, March 15, 1738, and by w. Elizabeth -, Lydia, July 7, 174 -.
IV. MIRICK, SAMUEL, (s. of Samuel,) m. Hannah Coolidge, 1741, and had Abijah, Feb. 10, 1742, d. 1744. He d. 1744.
IV. MIRICK, JONATHAN, (s. of Samuel,) m. Abigail Brown, of Waltham, Oct. 1749, and had Mary, Aug. 10, 1750; Hannah, June 1, 1757; Samuel, Feb. 6, 1759 ; Abigail, Nov. 6, 1751 ; Anna, Feb. 17,
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MERIAM.
1753; Susanna, March 4, 1756 ; Patty ; Jonathan, May 31, 1761. Anna m. Jno. Seaver, of Camb. 1783. In the three preceding fami- lies, there were seven deaths in 1744. Wid. of Jonathan d. 1813.
V. MERIAM, REV. JONAS, the fourth Minister of Newton, was the s. of Jonas Meriam, of Lincoln, Mass., g. s. of John Meriam, same place, g. g. s. of John Meriam, of Lexington, and the g. g. g. s. of Joseph Meriam, of Concord, who m. Sarah Stone, in 1653. He grad. H. C., 1753, ordained in Newton, March 22, 1758. His dwelling house and the Ch. Records were burnt 1770. Married Mehitable Foxcraft, of Camb., Nov. 1758, and had Mehitable, June 5, 1760. His w. d. April 22, 1770, æ. 47. 2d w., Jerusha Fitch, of Brookline, 1771. She d. 1776. 3d w. Sarah Chardon. His only child, Mehit- able, m. John Kenrick, Esq. He was Pastor of the Ch. twenty-two years and five months, and d. Aug. 13, 1780, æ. 50. His successor in the ministry states that Mr. Meriam "was reputed a scholar of considerable talents. He had a happy skill in composition. His natural temper was mild and amiable. Charitable to the distressed, and studied peace through life." He d. of a consumption, and his remains were entombed in Boston ; and a monument was crected to his memory in Newton. After his marriage to Miss Fitch, her m. came to reside with them at Newton, and brought with her a female slave, named Pamelia, whom she received as a present from her s. Eliphalet Fitch, Esq., then residing on the island of Jamaica ; the treatment of which slave, by her mistress, sorely troubled Mr. Mer- iam. One day, on seeing his m. in law strike and otherwise maltreat the slave, he asked at what price she would sell her to him; she replied, " one hundred dollars." He immediately paid the price, and thereupon gave Pamelia her freedom; but Pamelia chose to reside with him, and did so until his death, in 1780; after which she went to live in Little Cambridge, [Brighton,] where she m., and d. a few years since, at very great age. Pamelia often said that she was born in Africa, and was called by her parents Loquassichub Um, and that she was stolen from her parents when a child, and carried to Jamai- ca, where she became the property of Mr. Fitch, who brought her to this country and gave her to his m., while on a visit here. This act of Mr. Meriam's was communicated by a very intelligent g. s. of Mr. Meriam's, who had it from the lips of his own mother, who was the only dr. of Mr. Meriam; which act we record with much pleasure. It is due to his memory, and from it we may be sure that he did not omit to preach by example. Wheresoever the gospel of humanity
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