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ROBBINS, PHINEAS, m. Betsy Brown.
ROBBINS, ELIPHALET, m. Martha Durant, May 5, 1777.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, was one of the signers of the secession petition, 1678 ; m. Elizabeth -, and had William, July 10, 1673; Mercy, 6. 7. 1676; David, March 23, 1678; Samuel, 2. 20. 1680; Jer- emiah, and Robert.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, JR., m. Elizabeth -, and had Wm .; Dan- iel ; Jeremiah, Oct. 22, 1705, d. 1754; Elizabeth, Sept. 11, 1707 ; Han- nah, Sept. 16, 1709; Josiah, Sept. 17, 1711 ; Ichabod, Sept. 2, 1713 ; Thankful, Sept. 3, 1715 ; John, 1722. Elizabeth m. Wm. Upham - Ichabod m. Sarah Mirick, went to Mendon, and d. 1756 - Daniel m. Mercy Seger, 1726. He was Selectman, and d. 1754, æ. 81. She d. 1747. His will (1754) bequeaths house, barn, and seventy-nine acres land, in Newton, to s. Jeremiah ; fifty-eight and a half acres to 34*
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s. William ; fifty-five acres to s. John ; to s. Ichabod, £660. Names his bros. Jeremiah and Robert, late of Newton. He had land in Mendon, and a large farm at what is now Auburndale. One of his s. lived where the Seaverns' house now stands ; one in the Bourne house, once a tavern ; and one in the house since enlarged for the Poor house. Real estate appraised at £7,221, 5s. Personal, ££1,014, 17s. 6d.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, (s. of William and Elizabeth,) m. Hannah Ball, of Wat., Feb. 1732, d. 1732. 2d w. Sarah -, and had Elijah, Aug. 1736; Isaac, June 9, 1738 ; Mary, 1739 ; Solomon, May 3, 1742; Samuel, April 23, 1744, d. 1749. He d. Jan. 16, 1749.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, JR., (sup. s. of William and Hannah,) m. Judith Newton, Jan. 1754.
ROBINSON, JOHN, (s. of William and Elizabeth,) m. Lydia War- ren, of Waltham, 1753, and had Lydia, Feb. 8, 1754; Elizabeth, Apr. 11, 1755 ; Lucy, Sept. 11, 1756 ; Persis, Jan. 16, 1758; John, April 23, 1760; Sarah, Feb. 25, 1762 ; Jeremiah, Oct. 6, 1764. He d. 1770, æ. 48.
ROBINSON, BRADBURY, m. Lucy Cook, and had Joanna, Feb. 14, 1781 ; Daniel C., June 1, 1784 ; Stephen, Sept. 21, 1786; Mary C., April 2, 1789.
ROBINSON, DAVID, m. Ruth Fowler, Oct. 1753.
ROBINSON, JOHN, (sup. s. of William, Jr.) d. Dec. 18, 1819, æ. 87. ROBINSON, ICHABOD, m. Sarah Mirick, Feb. 1744.
ROGERS, JOHN, blacksmith, served his time with Col. Ward's father, made clocks, machines, &c. ; an ingenious man, sup. from Boston. Bought of Oakes Angier, in 1746, six rods on the Rox. highway, seven and one-half rods deep, for £140, bounding E. on land of the heirs of Samuel Jackson, Esq., N. and w. on said Angier. He m. Hannah, dr. of Isaac and Martha Williams, Dec., 1745, and had John, Feb. 2, 1747 ; Nathaniel, Aug. 8, 1748 ; John, Feb. 14, 1750; Mary, Jan. 28, 1752 ; Caleb, Oct. 25, 1754 ; Ann, Nov. 30, 1757; Alathina, Jan. 6. 1759 ; Isaac, Dec. 23, 1760 ; Martha ; Caleb, April 19, 1765. Wife Hannah d. 1779. 2d w. wid. Mary Trowbridge, and dr. of Moses Craft, 1780. Mary m. Samuel Hammond, 1770 - Ann m. John Foley, 1778 - Alathina m. Norman Clark, 1787 - Martha m. Moses Craft, 1788. He was Selectman, and d. Oct. 15, 1815, æ. 91. 2d w. d. April, 1813, ae. 82.
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ROGERS, NATHANIEL, (s. of John,) m. Susanna Hall, and had Susanna, March 15, 1771 ; Samuel, June 15, 1772; William, May 9, 1774.
ROGERS, JOHN, blacksmith, (s. of John,) m. Mary Hall, Dec. 1772, and had John, Oct. 7, 1774 ; Mary, Oct. 5, 1776 ; Sally ; Asa. Ist w. d. Jan., 1786, æ. 31. 2d w. Sarah Hall, 1787, and had Josiah, Moses, and Aaron. Mary m. Jonathan Whittemore, 1797 - John and Josiah, merchants, went to Spain. He d. March, 1833, æ. 84. 2d w. d. 1829, æ. 65.
ROGERS, CALEB, watchmaker, (s. of John,) m. Betsy Horton, 1788, took the homestead, and had John, March 11, 1789; Artemas, Jan. 21, 1791. 2d w. Susanna Horton, 1806, and had Edmund H. and Caleb. John m. - Farrar, and went to Boston, and d. there - Artemas m., and settled in Wat., and had Artemas ,B., 1817; William, 1819 ; Lucy, 1822. He d. Feb., 1839, æ. 74.
ROGERS, ASA, (s. of John, Jr.,) m. Anna Chamberlain, 1809. He d. Aug., 1823, and his wid. m. Robert Murdock, 1824.
ROSS, SILAS, m. Nancy Cook, and had Eliza, Aug. 7, 1799; Nancy, Nov. 19, 1802 ; Julia, April 1, 1804 ; Jonathan, June 1, 1810 ; Mary, May 28, 1815.
SANGER, ISAAC, m Mary Parker, July, 1727.
SANGER, SAMUEL, m. Mary Burrage, Feb., 1787.
SANGER, AARON, of Wat., m. Abigail Jackson, dr. of Sebas Jack- son, July, 1801.
II. SEGER, HENRY, m. Sarah Bishop, April, 1671, and had Job, Feb. 1, 1674 ; Sarah, March 2, 1676 ; Margaret, Aug. 22, 1692 ; Ebenezer, May 2, 1679 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 28, 1682; Henry, Sept. 25, 1686 ; Mary, Jan. 31, 1689 ; Job, 1691 ; Mercy ; Thankful, April 24, 1695. Mar- garet m - Eliot - Mercy m. Daniel Robinson, 1726 - Ebenezer was killed by the Indians, at Groton, July, 1706. 2d w. Elizabeth -. 3d w. Sarah Wheeler, of Ded., 1709. He bought one hun- dred and fifteen acres of land, of Thomas Danforth, 1686, s. E. by Alcock's meadow ; N. E. by lots granted to Mr. Chauncy, Thomas Oakes, Robert Parker, Edward Shepard, William Bainbridge, John Watson, and Daniel Kemplar ; and s. w. by lots granted to John Fessenden, William Boardman, Mr. Corlet, Daniel Farabas, and John Holmes ; and N. w. by John Palfrey, proprietors of Camb.
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By deeds of gift he conveyed to his two sons, Henry and Job, this homestead, in 1716. He d., and wid. Sarah, admin., Edward Jackson, surety. She d. 1733. Thomas Seger was at Newbury, where two acres of land was granted him among the Fishermen's lots, in 1637. He left Newbury, prior to 1642. He may have been the father of Henry Seger.
III. SEGER, HENRY, JR., (s. of Henry,) m. Ruth -, Sept., 1709, and had Caleb, Dec. 16, 1711 ; Ruth, Oct. 26, 1713; Ephraim, March 25, 1716 ; Henry, July 1, 1718; Oliver, Aug. 26, 1721. 2d w. Sarah -. Ruth m. Noah Hyde, 1740 - Caleb d. 1778, æ. 67 - Ephraim m. Priscilla -, and had Samuel, d. 1758. He d. Aug. 24, 1724, æ. 38. Wife Ruth d. 1723; and w. Sarah d. 1733.
III. SEGER, JOB, (s. of Henry,) m. Mary, or Mercy -, April, 1709, and had Ebenezer, Feb. 21, 1710 ; Sarah, Aug. 29, 1711 ; Josiah, July 29, 1713 ; Tabitha, Aug. 1, 1715, d. 1716; Tabitha, Dec. 11, 1716 ; Elizabeth, 1719. Elizabeth m. Thomas Trusedale, 1739 - Tabitha m. John Child, 1738. He d. April 23, 1739, æ. 65, leaving a will. She d. Oct. 1745.
IV. SEGER, EBENEZER, (s. of Job,) m. Ruth Burrage, Oct., 1731, and had Mary, May 9, 1732; Ebenezer, Dec. 2, 1737, d. 1738; Eben- ezer, Aug. 10, 1741, d. 1741 ; Samuel, Nov. 14, 1742, d. 1799 ; John, Aug. 9, 1751 ; Rebecca, May 30, 1734 ; Ruth, Sept. 9, 1739, d. 1769; Sarah, Feb. 22, 1745 ; Bathsheba, April 10, 1747 ; Hannah, Jan. 25, 1736. Mary m. William Gleason, 1754 - Rebecca m. Josiah Child, 1759 - Sarah m. James Prentice, 1778- Hannah m. Benjamin Stearns, of Lex., 1754. He d. 1785, æ. 75 2-3.
IV. SEGER, HENRY, (s. of Henry, Jr.,) m. Elizabeth -, and had Henry, April 22, 1741 ; William, April 12, 1743 ; Moses, April 26, 1745 ; Elizabeth, March 23, 1749 ; Ebenezer, Feb. 3, 1750. He d. 1796, æ. 78. She d. 1797, æ. 85.
IV. SEGER, JOSIAH, glazier, (s. of Job,) m. Thankful Allen, Aug. 1738, and had Tabitha, Dec. 18, 1738 ; Elizabeth, Dec. 20, 1740 ; Job, Feb. 25, 1743, d .; Josiah, Oct. 11, 1745; Nathaniel, Jan. 28, 1755; Lucy, Dec. 11, 1752; Edmund, June 11, 1758. Tabitha m. Zebediah Pratt, of Needham, 1761 - Edward d. at Albany, 1777 - Nathaniel was a soldier in the Revolution, went to Bethel, Me., and in Aug. 1781, he was taken prisoner by the Indians, and carried to Canada ; [see extracts from narrative of his capture and sufferings,
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in the Appendix ;] he returned to Bethel, m. Mary Russell, and reared a large family of children, and was one of the early settlers of Bethel.
V. SEGER, EBENEZER, (s. of Henry, Jr.) At the breaking out of the war of the Revolution, he was a soldier in Capt. Cook's Co. of Minute men ; was in the battle of Lex. and Concord, and served through the war. He was Sergt. in Capt. Bryant's company of Artillery. At the battle of Brandywine, Capt. Bryant was mortally wounded, and carried into a small farm house during the battle ; the following night, he, with Lieut. Daniel Jackson and three others, went within the enemy's lines, and brought off Capt. Bryant upon a litter, but he d. the next day. He was wounded in the battle of Monmouth, by the explosion of cartridges, and was also pierced through the hand by the bayonet of a British grenadier. He m. Mehitable -, and had Polly, June 28, 1780 ; Betsy, April 25, 1783 ; Mehitable, Feb. 3, 1785; Else, July 10, 1787; Catherine, Dec. 5, 1789 ; Ebenezer, July 23, 1791; and Sally. He d. May 26, 1813, æ. 63. She d. Nov. 1844, æ. 87.
SEAVER, SHUBAEL, from Rox., m. Deliverance, dr. of Lieut. Noah Hyde, 1764, and had Deliverance, Feb. 7, 1767; Mary, Nov. 8, 1764.
SEAVERNS, ELISHA, (s. of Samuel and Sarah, of Weston,) m. Elizabeth Whitmore, of Medford, 1774, and had Patience, Aug. 24, 1777, d .; Patience, Aug. 27, 1779. Patience m. Walter Ware, 1798, and took the homestead. He had brothers Joseph, Samuel and Josiah. He built his house at West Newton, about 1795. He was Selectman, and d. Dec. 19, 1831, æ. 86. She d. Aug. 24, 1830, æ. 77.
SAMPSON, STEPHEN, had by w. Mehitable -, Charles, March 6, 1776 ; Mehitable, May 16, 1788; Charles, May 30, 1789 ; George, Dec. 2, 1790.
SAMPSON, ALEXANDER, had by w. Mary, Alexander, June 10, 1733 ; Stephen, and Charles.
SAMPSON, ALEXANDER, had by w. Hepsibah -, Stephen, Aug. 10, 1756.
SANDERS, RICHARD, m. Sarah Chamberlain, 1786.
SADGROVE, THOMAS, householder in 1693.
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SEWALL, MARY, w. of Hon. Samuel Sewall, d. 1746, æ. 79. (Gravestone.)
SHATTUCK, JOHN, (s. of Joseph, of Wat.,) m. Martha Hammond, and had William, Dec. 14, 1749.
SPEAR, JOSIAH, from Boston, m. Lucy, dr. of John and Mary (Ellis) Jackson, no chil.
SPEAR, WILLIAM, m. Jane, dr. of John and Mary (Ellis) Jack- son, Aug. 10, 1784.
STAPLES, DEA. JOHN, weaver, came to New Cambridge about 1688 ; his parentage has not been ascertained. Samuel and Mary Staples had three drs. born in Braintree, 1655 to 1660. Edward was early in Braintree, and John in Weymouth. Abraham Staples removed from Dor. to Weymouth, 1660; thence to Mendon. Will of Thomas Staples, Sen., of Fairfield, in Suffolk, dated 1688, names two sons, Thomas and John. He m. in Newton, Mary Craft, July 24, 1690, had no chil. He was the first public Schoolmaster in the town; many years Dea. of the Ch .; Town Clerk, from 1714, to 1734 ; Selectman eight years. His name often appears upon the Records, as Witness, Appraiser, Committeeman, &c. He and John Woodward, Sen., were near neighbors and joint purchasers of lands. They divided lands in 1705. He bought thirty-six acres of wood- land of William Robinson, a neighbor, in 1737, for £405. By his will, April 4, 1740, he gave seventeen acres of this purchase "for and towards the support of the Ministerial fire, from year to year, annually ; " also, £25 to the poor of the town; £20 to James Pike, whom he brought up." To Joseph Lovering, whom he brought up, all that was due on bond from him, both principal and interest. To John and Staples, sons of Jason and Hannah Chamberlain, £100 each, when they come to the age of twenty-one years. "John Sta- ples Craft, s. of Moses Craft, shall be brought up to learning, so far as to fit and prepare him for the Ministry of the Gospel, if he be capable of learning, and is willing to it; but if he cannot learn, or is not willing and free to learn, he shall have £400 in money, when he shall come to the age of twenty-one years." * Gives to w. Mary the improvement of all the remainder of his estate. To Moses Craft, who then dwelt under his roof, all his housing and lands, after
* He became a physician, m. Elizabeth Park, and settled in N. Bridgewater, thence to Maine. Had six sons and two drs.
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the decease of his wife, and the payment of the legacies, and ap- pointed his w. Mary, sole executrix. He d. Nov. 4, 1740, æ. 82. She d. 1763, æ. 93.
STANCHET, [HANCHETT] PETER, (s. of Jno. and Elizabeth, of Rox.,) m. Mary, dr. of John Parker, Sen. He signed the secession petition, 1678, removed to Rox. and had Mary, March 13, 1687.
STARR, DR. EBENEZER, (s. of Dr. Josiah Starr, of Weston,) m. Sylvia Ware, Jan. 22, 1794, settled at Lower Falls, and had Han- mah, Sept. 15, 1794; Horace, Sept. 2, 1796 ; Helen, 1798 ; Hector, 1801 ; Henry, 1807. Horace m. Ellen C. Briggs, 1826 - Hector m. Mary Craft, 1821, and d. 1846. He was Representative two years, and d. Aug. 24, 1830, æ. 62. She d. March, 1834. [Dr. Comfort Starr was of New Town, [Camb.,] 1636, and Dux. 1643, and was prob. the ancestor of Dr. Josiah Starr, of Weston.]
STRATTON, EBENEZER, (s. of John and Abigail, of Wat.) m. Lydia -, 1716, d. 1735.
STRATTON, JOHN, d. 1735.
STRATTON, NATHANIEL, m. Esther Parker, 1728, and had Abiel, Jan. 28, 1729. She d. 1775, æ. 74.
STEARNS, SILAS, had by w. Lydia -, Silas, Jan. 17, 1784.
STEDMAN, CALEB, m. Hannah, dr. of Capt. Noah Wiswall, 1697, and had Caleb, Feb. 5, 1699. Settled in Brookline.
STEDMAN, ISAAC, m. Hulda, dr. of Dea. Wm. Trowbridge, 1738. STEDMAN, JOSEPH, d. July, 1709.
STEDMAN, MARY, w. of Thomas, d. 1704, æ. 60 .- (Gravestone.) STEWART, JONAS, m. Mary Grimes, 1766, and had Samuel, Mar. 12, 1767.
SOUTHER, MOSES, of Marlboro', m. Lucy, dr. of Timothy Jack- son, March 15, 1774, and had Moses ; Polly, Sept. 24, 1778; Aaron ; and Joseph.
STODDARD, ELIEZER, m. Susanna Hall, 1719, and had Eliezer, March 11, 1719; Ebenezer, March 8, 1721; Phineas, Feb. 27, 1723; Daniel, Nov. 27, 1726 ; Susanna, April 1, 1729 ; Joshua, April 3, 1732. STODDARD, CAPT. ASTOR, d. 1793, æ. 86. His w. Ruth d. at Lower Falls, 1794, æ. 83.
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STODDARD, THOMAS, d. 1821, æ. 72 .- (Gravestone.)
STOWELL, JOHN, bought of James Barton, one hundred and three acres land, in 1722, being part of the Mayhew farm, bequeathed by Edw'd Jackson, Sen. to his s. Jonathan. He had by w. Sarah - Sarah, Aug. 14, 1723 ; removed to Wat., and had James, Benjamin, Hezekiah, Jerusha, and David.
STOWELL, DAVID, from Wat., m. Patience -, 1716, and had Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1719 ; Jerusha, Sept. 22, 1721 ; Ebenezer, Sept. 26, 1724. She d. Oct. 21, 1724.
STOWELL, ISRAEL, m. Abigail -, d. 1718. 2d w. Sarah Che- ney, 1729, and had Israel, Nov. 16, 1732; Sarah, Dec. 27, 1733 ; Joseph, Feb. 1, 1736 ; Daniel, May 20, 1738 ; Enoch, July 16, 1740 ; Abigail, Jan. 29, 1743 ; Abijah, May 12, 1745. Abigail m. Jacob Packard, of Bridgewater, 1770. He was Selectman 1741. She d. 1775, æ. 71. .
STOWELL, SAMUEL, m. Sarah -, 1714, and had Thankful, Jan. 25, 1722.
STOWELL, DAVID, from Wat., m. Mary Dilloway, Dec., 1724. She d. 1724.
STOWELL, ISAAC, m. Abigail Hyde, Feb., 1732.
STOWELL, JONATHAN, m. 1719. Wife d. 1722. 2d w. Margarett Hewitt, 1723.
STOWELL, ABIJAH, (s. of Israel and Sarah,) m. Rhoda -, and had Abijah, 1772; Jacob, Dec., 1774. 2d w. Mary Stowell, 1778, and had David, May 30, 1779 ; and Sally, April 23, 1781.
STOWELL, BENJAMIN, d. Nov. 29, 1739.
SHATTUCK, JOHN, had by w. Martha -, William, Dec. 14, 1749.
SHEPARD, ALEXANDER, was a man of talents and education ; a leading man in the town, for many years, and especially during the revolutionary struggle for independence, as the Town Records will abundantly show ; two letters of his, are inserted in the Appendix - the one, giving some statement of the affairs of the town, ten years before the war of the Revolution commenced ; and the other, men- tions the general poverty and distress, at its elose. His parentage has not been ascertained. He removed to Jay, now Canton, Me.,
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about 1790, and d. there. He m. Mary, sup. dr. of Jonathan Wil- lard, and had Alexander, Sept. 9, 1741 ; Mary, Dec. 8, 1742 ; Edward, Aug. 29, 1744 ; Ann, April, 19, 1746 ; Abigail, Dec. 1, 1747 ; Daniel Willard, May 5, 1751; Catherine, May 25, 1753 ; John, Nov. 26, 1754. Mary m. Thomas Dascomb, 1762- Ann m. Wm. Upham, Jr., 1770- Edward m. Jane McCarty, 1762, and 2d, Eunice Hyde, 1778-John, one of the founders of the Baptist Church, and its first Deacon and Treasurer, m. Lucy Child, of Wat., 1777, and d. 1785. Ist w. d. 1756. 2d w. Anna Pratt, of Needham, 1758, d. 1762. 3d w. Abigail Draper, of Dedham, 1762, d. 1779. 4th w. Mary Cheney, 1780. He d. 1785.
SHEPARD, ALEXANDER, JR., surveyor, m. wid. Elizabeth Green- wood, dr. of Capt. John Jackson, and had Borodell, Oct. 25, 1765; Alexander, Jan. 26, 1769, d. 1774. Borodell m. Capt. Simon Jackson, 1786. He built the house now owned by - Craft, near Auburn- dale, and was employed by the Government of Massachusetts, to survey the public lands in Maine ; he obtained a large grant of the lands for his services, which was called Shepardsfield, now Hebron ; he removed and settled there, with John Greenwood, Jr., Dr. God- dard, and other Newton men. His only son being dead, he adopted Thomas J. Greenwood, the youngest son of John and Elizabeth Greenwood, sent him to College, and by an act of the Legislature, 1781, his name was changed to Alexander Shepard, but he d. when a student in the University, 1783, æ. 26. He d. 1788, æ. 47. She d. 1782.
SHEPARD, ISAAC, m. Sarah Cheney, 1729.
SHEPARD, NATHANIEL, m. Mindwell Woodward, 1736.
SHEPARD, NOAH, m. Margaret Stone, July, 1739, and had Benoni, Dec. 10, 1739. She d. 1746.
SHEPARD, JONATHAN, m. Susanna Bacon, 1761, and had Jona- than, April 13, 1763, d. 1792; Samuel, Oct. 19, 1765; Zenas, Dec. 9, 1767 ; Jonas, April 18, 1770 ; Susanna, June 15, 1773; Mary, Oct. 26, 1777.
SHEPARD, NATHANIEL, m. Phebe Williams, 1762, and had Phebe, March 7, 1763.
SHERMAN, WILLIAM, a cordwainer, of Wat., (s. of Joseph, and g. s. of Capt. John, one of the early settlers of Wat.,) m. Mehitable Wellington, in Wat., Sept. 3, 1715, and had seven chil. They lived
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in Charlestown, then at Newton, and thence to Stoughton. Roger, the third s., was born in Newton, April 19, 1721, and learned his father's trade. He went from Stoughton to New Milford, 1743, and to New Haven, 1761. * He was Dea. of the Ch .; Judge of S. J. C., in Conn., twenty-three years; a member of the Continental Con- gress, 1774 ; signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the committee who drew up that important document; an honorary degree of A. M., from Yale College, conferred on him, 1786; an influential and conspicuous member of the Convention that formed the Constitution of the U. S .; Representative in the first Congress under the Constitution ; a member of the U. S. Senate, and d. at New Haven, July 20, 1793, æ. 72. He was a self-taught man, pur- suing his studies with great diligence. He is said to have been dis- cerning and prudent, with talents solid and useful. The following short extracts from his speeches in the Convention that formed the Constitution of the U. S., are taken from the " Madison papers." On the subject of the three-fifths representation of the slaves, he said, " He did not regard the admission of the negroes into the ratio of representation, as liable to such insuperable objections. It was the freemen of the Southern States who were, in fact, to be represented according to the taxes paid by them, and the negroes are only in- cluded in the estimate of the taxes." This was his idea of the mat- ter. " He disapproved of the slave trade ; yet, as the States were now possessed of the right to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government, he thought it best to leave the matter as we find it." " It was better to let the Southern States import slaves, than to part with them, if they made that a a sine qua non. He was opposed to a tax on slaves imported, as making the matter worse, because it implied that they were prop- erty." A very notable and ruinous instance of compromising moral principle for the sake of political expediency.
SHERMAN, GEORGE C., had by w. Nancy, George P., 1844 ; Eunice M., 1846 ; Harding B., 1848.
SHERMAN, JAMES M., had by w. Joanna -, James H., 1833 ; Alfred A., 1836 ; George B., 1839 ; Lucy M., 1841 ; Obediah, 1844.
* Dr. Bond's Hist. of Wat.
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SMITH, JOHN, had by w. Sarah -, John, March 2, 1768; and Thankful. 2d w., Susanna -, and had Jerusha, May 8, 1695, Margaret, July 29, 1698; Daniel, Aug. 16, 1700; Esther, July 20, 1703 ; Ephraim, Oct. 5, 1704; Josiah, May 27, 1707 ; Silas, drowned at Upper Falls, 1729. He was a tanner, and bought of Nathaniel Parker twenty-seven and a half acres land, in Newton, with dwelling house thereon, in 1694-5, for £90, bounded E. by land of Samuel Parker, s. by land of John Trowbridge.
SMITH, SAMUEL, m. Mary Mirick, 1738, and had Mary, Dec. 25, 1738 ; Lucy, April 28, 1740 ; Samuel, April 8, 1742.
SMITH, BENJAMIN, m. Hannah Morse, 1783, and had Benjamin ; and Henry, who was a merchant, in Boston.
SMITH, SHUBAL, had by w. Grace -, Nelson, Aug. 9, 1801.
SMITH, ENOCH, blacksmith, m. Elizabeth -, and had Nancy, Nov. 11, 1793 ; Eliza, Jan. 9, 1796 ; Adolphus, Feb. 20, 1798 ; Enoch, May 6, 1800; Mary, March 17,11802; William, April 20, 1804 ; Sarah, Aug. 5, 1806 ; Sylvanus, Aug. 2, 1808.
SMITH, ADOLPHUS, (s. of Enoch,) m. Sarah -, and had Sarah, June 4, 1825.
SMITH, ENOCH, JR., m. Catherine Eustis, 1826, and had Elizabeth, 1827 ; Thomas E., April 2, 1829.
SMITH, HENRY, m. Eliza Ware, 1823.
III. STONE, HON. EBENEZER, (s. of Simon Stone, Jr., of Wat.,) b. 1663. His grandfather Simon, and w. Joan, with five chil., came from Old Eng. to N. E., in the ship Increase, Robert Lee, Master, in 1634, and settled in Wat. He bought thirty acres of land in New Camb., 1686, of Thomas Croswell. He owned the house supposed to have been built by Richard Parke, very near the site now oceu- pied by the Eliot Ch. This was probably his first residence in the town. In 1700, he sold this place to John Jackson, s. of Sebas, Sen., and removed to the easterly part of the town, and built the house now owned by John Kingsbury. He was m. March 18, 1686, to Margaret, dr. of James Trowbridge, Sen., and had Ebenezer, Dec. 21, 1686 ; Margaret, Aug. 1, 1688 ; Samuel, July 1, 1690 ; John, Sept. 18, 1692 ; Nathaniel, Sept. 6, 1694; Mindwell, June 26, 1696 ; David, May 15, 1698 ; Mary, April 19, 1700 ; Simon, Sept. 14, 1702 ;
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James, June 8, 1704 ; Experience, July 1, 1707. 2d w. Abigail Wil- son, June 12, 1711. . 3d w., Sarah Livermore, April 8, 1722. Mar- garet m. Nathaniel Hammond - Mindwell m. Ebenezer Woodward, 1716 - Mary m. Ephraim Ward, 1732 - Experience m. Dea. Joseph Ward, 1733 - Nathaniel d. 1713, æ. 19 - David d. 1725, æ. 27. He was Selectman ten years, Dea., Representative nine years, and Councillor. His Ist w. d. 1710, æ. 44. 2d w. d. 1723, æ. 57. 3d w. d. 1741, æ. 70. He d. Oct. 4, 1754, æ. 92. His will was proved 1754, and names sons Ebenezer, Nehemiah, James, John, and heirs of Samuel; and drs. Margaret Hammond, Mindwell Woodward, and Experience Ward.
IV. STONE, ENSIGN EBENEZER, JR., (s. of Hon. Ebenezer,) m. Sarah Bond, 1713, and had in Wat., Josiah, 1717; William, 1719 ; Nathan, 1721 ; Elizabeth, 1723; Sarah ; Hannah ; Margaret, 1728 ; Keziah, 1731. Hannah m. Robert Goddard, 1752 - Margaret m. David Goddard. He d. 1784, æ. 98. She d. 1754, æ. 66.
IV. STONE, SAMUEL, (s. of Hon. Ebenezer,) m. Hannah Searle, of Rox., 1716, and had, in Framingham, Hannah, April 29, 1717; Mary, Jan. 23, 1719 ; Esther, Aug. 3, 1721 ; Matthias, Oct. 21, 1723 ; Nehemiah, Oct. 24, 1724 ; Samuel, Oct. 5, 1727. Hannah m. William Marean, Jr., 1737 - Mary m. Daniel Woodward, Jr., 1739 - Esther m. Ebenezer Hammond - Matthias m. Susan Chadwick, of Wor- cester, 1749 - Nehemiah m. Hannah Lock, 1748 - Samuel d., æ. about 20 .*
IV. STONE, JOHN, (s. of Hon. Ebenezer,) m. Lydia Hyde, 1717, and had, in Framingham, Margaret, Oct. 24, 1718. 2d w. Abigail Stratton, of Wat., 1719, and had Abigail, Sept. 2, 1720; Jonas, Sept. 5, 1722 ; in Newton, Lydia, 1724 ; Abigail, April 24, 1726 ; David, Sept. 24, 1728; Mindwell, Jan. 25, 1731; Sarah, March 30, 1733; Anna, 1734 ; John, Jan. 12, 1737. Margaret m. Noah Shepard, 1739 - Lydia m. Jacob Chamberlain, of Worcester, 1744. 1st w. d. 1718. 2d w. d. 1788, æ. 90. He was Selectman nine years, and d. 1769, æ. 77. His will (1765) gives his right in the noon house to his s. Jonas. He first settled in Framingham, returned to New- ton, 1724, and bought the farm of Rev. Nathan Ward, and built a house near Oak hill ; the first of the name that settled there.
* Barry's History of Framingham.
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IV. STONE, SIMON, (s. of Hon. Ebenezer,) m. Priscilla Dyke, 1732, and had Mary, June 6, 1733, d. 1735 ; Experience and Mary, July 10, 1735; Mary, June 8, 1737 ; Ephraim, May 12, 1741 ; Bethia, Oct. 9, 1743 ; James, Dec. 15, 1744. He d. 1760, æ. 58. She d. 1760. V. STONE, CAPT. and DEA. JONAS, (s. of Dea. John,) m. Ann Stone, 1745, and had Samuel, Sept. 15, 1747; Jonas, July 13, 1749 ; Seth, May 5, 1751 ; Amos, May 6, 1753; Ann, June 20, 1755; Eben- ezer, Sept. 19, 1757 ; Sarah, April 3, 1760; and Aaron. Ann m. Thomas Stowell, of Worcester, and d. 1846, æ. 91 - Sarah m. Elisha Cheney, of Royalston, 1791 - Seth m. Esther Clark, 1775, settled in Petersham, and d. 1801, æ. 50- Samuel m. Elizabeth Clark, 1774, and settled in Petersham - Amos m. and settled in Petersham, was Dea. there, and d. 1802, æ. 49; his wid. d. 1819. He was Selectman six years, and d. 1804, æ. 82. She d. 1794, æ. 72.
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