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ACRES, JOHN .- He was of Boston in 1656; settled in Dunstable before 1680; and had children, Mary, born 26th. May, 1682, and Joanna, born 10th. Jan., 1684.
ADAMS, THOMAS .- Born 1675: died 18th. Feb., 1746, aged 71. His wife, Judy, born 1680: died 15th. April, 1754, aged 74. Had children, Phinchas, born 1724 : died 4th. Dec., 1747, aged 23.
BLANCHARD, DEA. JOHN .- One of the founders of the church in 1685 ; freeman 1649; son of Thomas Blunch- ard, who came to New England in the ship Jonathan, in 1639. Settled in Charlestown, and died there 21st. May, 1654. He left children, Joseph and Thomas.
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BLANCHARD, CAPT. JOSEPH .- Son of preceding; married Abiah Hassell, daughter of Joseph Hassell, Sen., 25th. May, 1696. She died 8th. Dec., 1746, aged 70. He died in 1727. His children were, 1. Elizabeth, born 15th. April, 1697 : married Jona. Cummings ; 2. Esther, born 24th. July, 1699; 3. Hannah, born 28th. Oct., 1701 ; 4. Joseph, born 11th. Feb., 1704; 5. Ra- chel, born 23rd. March, 1705: died in infancy ; 6. Su- . sanna, born 29th. March, 1707; 7. Jane, born 19th. March, 1709 : married Rev. Josiah Swan ; 8. Rachel, born 23rd. March, 1712; 9. Eleazer, born 1st. Dec., 1715 : died 29th. April 1717.
BLANCHARD, COL. JOSEPH .- Son of the preceding ; born 11th. Feb., 1704: married Rebecca Hubbard ; died 7th. April, 1758: she died 17th. April, 1774. His chil- dren were, 1. Sarah, born 1706: died 30th. Nov., 1726; 2. Joseph, born 28th. April, 1729; 3 and 4. Eleazer and Susanna, born 15th. Nov., 1730: Eleazer died 19th. March, 1753, aged 22; 5. Rebecca, born 20th. July, 1732 ; 6, Sarah, born 7th. Oct., 1734: died in infancy ; 7. Catherine, born 11th. Nov., 1736 ; 8. Jonathan, born 18th. Sept., 1738: died 18th. July, 1788 ; 9. Sarah, born 2d. Aug., 1740; 10. James, born 20th. Sept., 1742: in army ; 11. Augustus, born 29th. July, 1746: died at Milford, 1809; 12. Caleb, born 15th. Aug., 1549; 13. Hannah, born 21st. Oct., 1751 : married Dr. Ebenezer Starr, of D., 21st. April, 1776: died 22d. March, 1794, aged 42.
BLANCHARD, HON. JONATHAN .- Son of the preced- ing ; born 18th. Sept., 1738 : married Rebecca Farwell, of this town, who died 20th. Aug., 1811, aged 72. He died 10th. July, 1788, aged 50. His children were, 1. Rebecca, born 4th. May, 1766 : married Dr. Augustus
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Starr : died 19th. Oct., 1810, aged 45; 2. Grace, who married Frederick French, Esq .; 3. Sophia : married Oliver Farwell, and still living ; 4. Charles, born 14th. March, 1776 : died at Batavia, New York, 16th. March, 1811; 5. Abigail : married Dr. Joseph F. Eastman, of Hollis, and still living. Eliza married Thomas French Esq .: 'died 1843.
BLANCHARD, THOMAS .- Son of Dea. John ; born about 1670 : married Tabitha - -, who died 29th. Nov., 1696: married Ruth Adams, of Chelmsford, 4th. Oct., 1698 : died 9th. March, 1727. His children were, 1, Abigail, born 5th. May, 1694; 2. John, born 20th. May, 1696; 3. Thomas, born 12th. Aug., 1799 : taken captive by the Indians in September, 1724; 4. William, born 1701; 5. Ruth, born 1st. April, 1703.
BLANCHARD, THOMAS, Jr., and Elizabeth, his wife ; -- son of the preceding. Had a son Thomas, 3d., born 20th. Oct., 1724.
BLANCHARD, JOHN .- Son of Thomas, Sen., born 20th. May, 1696: wife's name, Mary. Had a son William.
BLANCHARD, NATHANIEL, and Lydia, his wife ; -- killed by the Indians, 3d. July, 1706. Had a son, Nu- thaniel, 2d., born 12th. Sept., 1705.
BLANCHARD, WILLIAM .- Son of Thomas, born 1701 : married Deliverance, daughter of Samuel Scarles. Had children, Olive, born 4th. November, 1733 ; Nathaniel born 25th. Dec., 1735.
BEALE, WILLIAM .- Had children, William, born 12th. March, 1685, and Elizabeth born 16th. Nov., 1686.
BEALE, SAMUEL .- Had children, Samuel, born 3d. July, 1685, and Ebenezer, born 30th. Jan., 1688.
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BANCROFT, LIEUT. TIMOTHY .- Came from
born in 1709: died 21st. Nov., 1772, aged 63. He had children, Col. Ebenezer, born 1737: an officer in the French and Revolutionary wars, and in the battle of Bunker Hill : died 22d. Sept., 1827, aged 90; Dea. Jon- athan, born 1750: died 11th. July, 1815, aged 65.
COLBURN, THOMAS .- Probably from Chelmsford, and a son of Edward Colburn; born about 1675: died 2d. Nov., 1770, aged 96; his wife died 7th. Sept., 1739, aged 59. His children were, 1. Elizabeth, born 29th. Sept., 1700; 2. Thomas, born 28th. April, 1702: died 18th. April, 1724; 3. Hannah, born 21st. Jan., 1704: died 8th. March, 1718; 4. Edward, born 14th. Dec., 1705: died 18th. April, 1724; 5. a daughter, born 28th. Nov., 1707; 6. a son, born April, 1709 ; 7. Sarah; 8. Bridget, born 20th. Aug., 1717; 9. Louisa, born 1718; 10. Ra- chel, born 18th. Sept., 1721.
COLBURN, THOMAS, and Elizabeth, his wife. Had a son Isaac, born 28th. Dec., 1811.
CUMMINGS, JOHN, SEN .- His wife was Sarah -, who died 7th. Dec., 1700; he died Ist. Dec., 1700 .- His children were, John, Nathaniel, Sarah, Thomas, Abraham, Isaac, and Ebenezer. The two latter were either killed by the Indians, or were drowned, as they "died Nov. 2, 1688," and were not buried for many days after.
CUMMINGS, JOHN, JR .- Son of preceding; married Elizabeth - -, 13th. Sept., 1680. She was killed by the Indians, 3d. July, 1706. His children were, 1. John, born 7th. July, 1682; 2. Samuel, born 6th. Oct., 1684; 3. Elizabeth, born 5th. Jan., 1687 ; 4. Anna, born 14th. Sept., 1698; 5. Lydia, born 24th. March, 1701: died April, 1701; 6. William, born 24th. April, 1702.
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CUMMINGS, NATHANIEL .- Son of John, Sen. His children were, 1. John, born 14th. Jan., 1698 ; 2. Na- thaniel, born 8th. Sept., 1693; 3. Eliezer, born 19th. Oct., 1701 ; 4. Joseph, born 26th. May, 1704.
CUMMINGS, ABRAHAM .- Son of John, Sen. Had a son Josiah, born 12th. July, 1698.
CUMMINGS, THOMAS .- Son of John, Sen .; born in 1659: married Priscilla Wamer, sister of Samuel W., of D., 19th. Dec., 1688: died 20th. Jan., 1723. His children were, 1. Priscilla, born Ist. Oct., 1689; 2. Mary, born 25th. April, 1692; 3. . Anna, born 6th. Feb., 1699 ; 4. Thomas, born 10th. April, 1701 ; 5. Jonathan, born 3d. July, 1703: married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Joseph Blanchard ; €. Ephraim, born 10th. March, 1706: 7. Samuel, born 12th. April, 1708.
CUMMINGS, DEA. WILLIAM .- Son of John, Jr .; born 24th. April, 1702: married Sarah, daughter of William Harwood : died 9th. Sept., 1758. His children were, 1. Sarah, born 10th. Nov., 1728; 2. Ebenezer, born 29th. Jan., 1730; 3. John Harwood, born 24th. April, 1733; 4. Dorcas, born 18th. Dec., 1737.
CUMMINGS, JONATHAN .- Son of Thomas ; born 3d. July, 1703: married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Joseph Blanchard, and had a son, Benjamin Blanchard, born 15th. Aug., 1732.
CUMMINGS, SAMUEL, (and Prudence, his wife,) son of Thomas ; born 12th. April, 1708. Had daughters Sybil, born Ist. Nov., 1736; Prudence, born 26th. Nov., 1740.
CUMMINGS, NATHANIEL, JR .- Son of Nathaniel ; -- born 8th. Sept., 1699: married Elizabeth His children were, 1. Nathaniel, born 7th. July, 1724 ; 2. Jeremiah, born 27th. Dec., 1726: 3. Oliver, born 10th.
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April, 1728; 4. Elizabeth, born 30th. Dec., 1730; 5. Abigail, born 12th. Feb., 1732.
CUMMINGS, ELEAZER .- Son of Nathaniel, Sen .; born 19th. Oct., 1701 : married Rachel Had a son Eleazer, born 15th. Dec., 1730.
COOK, ANDREW .- His children were Lydia, born 26th. July, 1686; and Andrew, Alice, and Elizabeth, born af- terwards.
COFFIN, REV. ENOCH .- From Newbury, Mass. Had a daughter, Mehitable, born 5th. Nov., 1719. Settled in Concord, N. H.
DARBYSHIRE, JOHN .- His children were, 1. William, born 14th. Aug., 1698; 2. James, born 30th. April, 1702.
DANFORTH, JOSEPH .- Died in Tyngsborough, 30th. March, 1795, aged 75.
FARWELL, HENRY .-- From Chelmsford ; a son of Henry Farwell, of Concord. His children were, 1. Henry ; 2. Oliver, born 1691 : killed by the Indians at Naticook, 5th. Sept., 1724; 3. Josiah, the only survivor of that fight : was a lieutenant under Lovewell, and killed at Pigwacket, 8th. May, 1725; 4. Jonathan, born 24th. July, 1700; 5. Susanna, born 19th. Feb., 1703; 6. Isaac, born 4th. Dec., 1704; 7. Sarah, born 4th. Dec., 1706.
FARWELL, HENRY, JR .- Son of the preceding ; mar- ried Esther Blanchard, daughter of Capt. Joseph Blanch- ard. His children were, 1. Eleazer, born 7th. Oct., 1726; 2. Esther, born 16th. May, 1730; [3. Olive, born 19th. July, 1732.
FARWELL, JONATHAN .- Son of Henry, Sen .; born 24th. July, 1700: married Susanna Flis chil- dren were, 1. Susanna, born 17th. Jan., 1724; 2. Ra-
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chel, born 19th. Feb., 1728; 3. Jonathan, born 28th. Aug., 1729.
FARWELL, OLIVER .- Son of Henry, Sen .; born 1691 : married Mary Cummings, daughter of Thomas Cum- mings : killed by the Indians, 5th. Sept., 1724, aged 33. His children were, 1. Mary, born 8th. May, 1716; 2, Oliver, born 19th. Nov., 1717: married Abigail who died 18th. Aug., 1789, aged 68: he died 12th. Oct., 1808, in this town, aged 91 ; 3. Benjamin, born 14th. May, 1720: died 20th. March, 1772; 4. Sarah, born 8th. May, 1724.
FARWELL, LT. JOSIAH .- Son of Henry, Sen .; married Hannah Lovewell. Had a daughter Hannah, born 27th. Jan., 1723.
FARWELL, ISAAC .- Son of Henry, Sen,; born 4th. Dec., 1704. His children were, 1. Elizabeth; 2. Josiah, born 19th. Aug., 1728; 3. Relief; 4. Bunker, born 28th. Jan., 1732; 5. Abigail ; 6. Isaac, born 18th. Feb., 1736.
FLETCHER, ROBERT .- Came from Chelmsford. His children were, 1. Sarah, born 1st. March, 1724 ; 2. Rob- ert, born 1727 : died 9th. Sept., 1792, aged 65; 3. Eliza- beth ; 4. Mary.
FLETCHER, ROBERT .- Son of the preceding ; born 1727: died 9th. Sept., 1792, aged 65. Had children, Robert, born 1st. Aug., 1762; Hannah.
FRENCH, SAMUEL .- Son of Lt. William French ; born at Cambridge, 3d. Dec., 1645: removed to Billerica, and thence to Dunstable: married Sarah, daughter of John Cummings, Sen., 24th. Dec., 1682. His children were 1. Sarah, born Feb., 1684 ; 2. Samuel, born 10th. Sept., 1685, died 4th. Nov. 1727 ; 3. Joseph, born 10th. March,
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1687 ; 4. John, born May, 1691; 5. Ebenezer, born 7th. April, 1693 : killed by Indians 5th. Sept., 1724 ; 6. Rich- ard, born 8th. April, 1695 ; 7. Alice, born 20th. Nov., 1699; 8. Jonathan, born 1st. Feb., 1704 : a deacon : - died 17th. Nov., 1757.
FRENCH, JOSEPH .- Son of preceding ; born 10th. March, 1687 : married Elizabeth, daughter of John Cum- mings, Jr. His children were, 1. Joseph, born 28th. July, 1713; 2. Sampson, born 28th. July, 1717; 3. Jo- siah, born 24th. Feb., 1723; 4. Thomas, born 29th. June, 1724; 5. Benjamin, born 6th. July, 1726; 6. Samuel, born 10th. Aug., 1730.
FRENCH, SAMUEL .- Perhaps a brother of Henry French; born about 1665. His children were, John, born 6th. May, 1691 ; and Ebenezer, born 7th. April, 1693.
FRENCH, JOHN .- Son of Samuel; born_6th. May, 1691. His children were, John, born 1st. March, 1719; Wil- liam, born 18th. Oct., 1721; and Hannah, Eleazer and Elizabeth, Ebenezer, and Sarah, born from 1723 to 1733.
FRENCH, EBENEZER .- Son of Samuel; born 7th. April, 1693: killed by the Indians at Naticook Brook, 5th. Sept., 1724. Had a son, Ebenezer, born 27th. Oct., 1723. FRENCH, JOSEPH, JR .- Son of Joseph; born 28th. July, 1713 : died 21st. April, 1776. His first wife, Bridget - -, died 29th. Oct., 1735, aged 29 : childless ; his second wife, Elizabeth -, died 20th. Jan., 1753, aged 44. Had a son, Joseph, born 1st. Nov., 1739 : was a Colonel, and died 1770 : married Sybil Richardson, who died 3d. March, 1768.
FRENCH, THEODORE .- Son of Joseph 3d .; born 6th. Jan., 1759 married Rhoda Danforth, 4th. Oct., 1781 .- His children were, 1. Joseph, born 22d. Nov., 1783; 2.
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Theodore, born 19th. Dec., 1786 : married Lydia Allds, of D., now of Concord, N. H .; 3. Jacob, born 24th. Oct., 1789 : of Stoddard.
FRENCH, BENJAMIN .- Son of Joseph, Sen .; born 6th. July, 1726: married Molly, daughter of Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, 28th. Jan., 1751, who died 17th. Dec., 1774; and for a second wife, Mrs. Mary Cummings, Ist. Feb., 1776. He died 15th. Dec., 1799, aged 74. His children were, Benjamin, born 4th. Dec., 1752: died 29th. Oct., 1776, aged 23; Esther ; Augustus ; Betty ; Charlotte ; Frederic, born 26th. Sept., 1766; Thomas, born 7th. May, 1768; Lucy, married James Cummings, 5th. July, 1787 : and Bridget.
FRENCH, FREDERIC .- Son of the preceding; born 26th. Sept., 1766: married Grace, daughter of Hon. JOR- athan Blanchard, 30th. Dec., 1790: died at Amherst, N. Hl. His children were, Benjamin Frederic, born 2d. Oct., 1791 ; Charles ; Arthur ; Rebecca ; and Edward. FRENCH, THOMAS .- Son of Capt. Benjamin ; born 7th. May, 1768 : married Elizabeth Blanchard, 7th. Jan., 1796; he died 3d. May, 1846, aged 78: she died 4th. May, 1843. Their children were, Jonathan Blanchard, born 16th. Oct., 1796; Mary ; Elizabeth ; Caroline ; Thomas; Benjamin ; and Charles.
HARWOOD, WILLIAM .- Born in 1665: married Esther - ; he died 17th. Sopt., 1740, aged 75: she died 8th. Oct., 1737, aged 72. His children were, John, killed in the Pigwacket Fight, 8th. May, 1725 ; Thomas, born 9th. Jan., 1702; Mary ; Sarah ; Abigail ; Rachel ; Dorcas ; and Lydia.
HASSELL, JOSEPH, SEN .- Of Cambridge: freeman 1647 : his wife was Joanna -; both killed by the
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Indians, Sept., 1791. His children were, 1. Joseph, born at Cambridge, 1645; 2. Esther, born at Cambridge, 1648: married Obadiah Perry ; 3. Richard, taken pris- oner by the Indians; 4. Abiah, married Capt. Joseph Blanchard.
HASSELL, JOSEPH, JR .- Son of the preceding; born in 1645. His children were, Joseph ; Benjamin ; Han- nah ; Esther ; Dinah ; Abiah ; Betsy; Rachel ; and Sa- rah, born from 1700 to 1721.
HASSELL, BENJAMIN .- Son of Joseph, Jr .; born 19th. Aug., 1701. Had a daughter, Adah, born 27th. April, 1734.
HOWARD, SAMUEL .- Born in 1684; died 7th. Feb., 1769, aged 85.
JOHNSON, NOAH .- Probably from Woburn ; born in 1698: survivor of Lovewell's Fight : died at Pembroke, 13th. Aug., 1798, in the one hundredth year of his age. His children were, Elizabeth, born 3d. Oct., 1728 ; Noah, born 27th. May, 1730; aud Edward, killed in the old French war.
KENDALL, JOHN .- Probably from Woburn; married 1
Deborah , who died 3d. March, 1739, aged 45 .- His children were, 1. Sarah, born 23d. May, 1727 ; 2. Jacob, born 9th. Aug., 1729; 3. Temple, born 10th. Aug., 1731. He was the ancestor of Hon. Amos Ken- dall, and lived in that part of the town which is now Dunstable, Mass.
LOVEWELL, JOHN .- Probably from Weymouth ; born in England before 1650: married Hannah -: died about 1754-said to have been aged 120. His children were, 1. John, a Captain, the hero of Pig- wacket, born 14th. Oct., 1691; killed by the Indians at
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Pigwacket, 8th. May, 1725; 2. Hannah : married Capt. Joseph Baker, of Roxbury ; 3. Zaccheus, a Colonel in the French war, born 22d. July, 1701 ; 4. Jonathan, born 14th. May, 1713: a judge : died about 1792, un- married.
LOVEWELL, CAPT. JOHN .- Son of the preceding ; born 14th. Oct., 1691 : killed 8th. May, 1725. His wid- ow, Hannah, died 5th. Jan., 1754. His children were, 1. John, born 30th. June, 1718 : died 2d. July, 1763; - left children, John, Jonathan, Rachel, and Mary; ; 2. Hannah, born 24th. July, 1721 ; 3. Nehemiah, born 9th. Jan., 1726: married Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Far- well, 24th. Nov., 1748 : removed to Corinth, Vt., where he died, leaving a numerous family.
LOVEWELL, COL. ZACCHEUS .- Son of John, Sen .; born 22d. July, 1701: married Esther - : died 12th. April, 1772, aged 72. His children were, 1. Zac- cheus, born 19th. Feb., 1726; 2. Esther, born 10th. Nov., 1728 ; 3. Lucy, born 12th. Jan., 1730; 4. Molly, born 26th. May, 1732, who married Capt. Benjamin French, and died 17th. Dec., 1774; 5. Bridget, who married Augustus Blanchard, and died 25th. Nov., 1836, aged 88; and 6. Noah, born 1741, and died in D., 29th. May, 1820, aged 79.
LOVEWELL, GEN. NOAH .- Son of Col. Zaccheus; born 1741 ; married Mary Farwell, 17th. Dec., 1767. He died 29th. May, 1820; she died 24th. Nov., 1835, aged 93. His children were, Betsy, who married Hon. Jesse Bow- ers; Mary, who married Luther Taylor, of D .; and Moody D., still living.
LUND, THOMAS .- Born about 1660. His children were, 1. Thomas, born 9th. Sept., 1682; 2. Elizabeth,
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born 29th. Sept., 1684; 3. William, born 25th. Jan., 1686.
LUND, THOMAS, 2d .- Son of the preceding; born 9th. Sept., 1682: killed by the Indians, 5th. Sept., 1724 .- His children were, 1. Thomas, born 31st. Oct., 1712; 2. Elizabeth, born 14th. May, 1715; 3. William, born 12th. Oct., 1717; 4. Ephraim, born 3d. Aug., 1720; 5. Phinehas, born 3d. April, 1723.
LUND, WILLIAM .- Son of Thomas, Sen .; born 25th .Jan., 1686: married Rachel -: died in 1768, aged 81. His children were, 1. William, born 18th. July, 1717; 2. Rachel; 3. Charity, (a son) born 16th. Feb., 1731 ; 4. Mary.
LUND, THOMAS .- Son of Thomas, 2d .; born 31st. Oct., 1712: a Deacon : married Mary -: died 4th. Feb., 1790. He had a son, Thomas, born 12th. March, 1739.
LUND, EPHRAIM .- Son of Thomas, 2d .; born 3d. Aug., 1720 : married Rachel -. Had a daughter, Rachel, born 29th. Aug., 1743.
PERRY, OBADIAH .- Married Esther, daughter of Jo- seph Hassell. His children were, John, born 31st. Jan., 1682; and Elizabeth, born 7th. April, 1683. He was killed by the Indians, 28th. Sept., 1691.
POLLARD, THOMAS .- The family came from Coventry, Eng. He married Mary - His children were, 1. John, born 20th. Sept., 1727; 2. Ebenezer, born 4th. Dec., 1728 ; 3. Thomas, born 17th. Sept., 1730.
PRENTICE, REV. NATHANIEL .- His children were, 1. Mary, born 2d. Jan., 1725; 2. William Henry, born 2d. Dec., 1726; 3. Nathaniel, born 29th. May, 1729.
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PATTERSON, JAMES, and Mary, his wife. Had a son, John, born 10th. April, 1711.
POWERS, CAPT. PETER, and Anna Keyes, his wife ; the first settlers of Hollis. He died 27th. Aug., 1757 ; his widow died 21st. Sept., 1798, aged 90. His children were, 1. Peter, born 29th. Nov., 1728 : graduated at Har- vard, 1758: was a minister 40 years, and died at Deer Is- land, Me., in 1800, aged 72; 2. Stephen, born 28th. Oct., 1729; 3. Anna, born 9th. March, 1731 : married Ben- jamin Hopkins, of Milford. For a farther account see Powers' Centennial Address at Hollis.
ROBBINS, LT. JONATHAN .- Probably came from Concord, Mass .: married Margaret Goold; was Lieu- tenant under Lovewell, and killed in the fight, 8th. May, 1725. His children were, Jane, born 26th. Dec., 1712; Margaret, born 29th. Feb. 1716; Jonathan, born 4th. Nov., 1718; Elvira, and Elizabeth.
RICHARDSON, JOSIAH, and Phebe, his wife. Had children, Phebe, born 19th. Jan., 1728; Josiah, born 28th. Sept., 1729; Lucy, born 5th. Oct., 1731 ; Eunice, born 13th. Oct., 1733.
SEARLES, SAMUEL, and Sarah, his wife. His children were, Sarah, born 20th. Oct., 1700; Deliverance; Samu- el, born 1st. March, 1707; Mary; Daniel, born 17th. July, 1715; John, born 11th. Oct., 1717 ; Jonathan, born 21st. Sept., 1720.
SEARLES, SAMUEL, 2D .- Son of the preceding ; born 1st. March, 1707. His children were, Samuel, born 4th. Sept., 1738 ; Benjamin, born 6th. Sept., 1740.
SEARLES, DANIEL .- Son of Samuel, 1st .: born 17th. July, 1715. His children were, Oliver, born 20th. Aug., 1736; and James, born 17th. Nov., 1738.
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SOLLENDINE, JOHN .- Married 2d. Aug., 1680. His children were, Sarah, born April, 1682; John, born May, 1683; Alice, born Jan., 1686.
SMITH, DEA. BENJAMIN .- Born 1736: died 29th. March, 1821, aged 85.
SWAN, REV. JOSIAH .- Married Jane, daughter of Capt. Josiah Blanchard. Had a son, Josiah, born 25th. Aug., 1740.
TAYLOR, ABRAHAM, and Mary, his wife. Born about 1690; from Concord, Mass. His children were, 1. Abraham; 2. Samuel; 3. Timothy, born 1st. Sept., 1718; 4. Alice; 5. Amos, born 10th. Sept., 1725.
TAYLOR, JONATHAN, and Hannah, his wife. His children were, David, born 1st. Jan., 1723; Jonathan and Ephraim, born 8th. Sept., 1725; Hannah; Esther; Sarah; Nathan, born 9th. Oct., 1734; Oliver, born 6th: April, 1737 ; Sampson, born 6th. Dec., 1739.
TAYLOR, SAMUEL .- Son of Abraham. His children were, Reuben, born 8th. March, 1733 ; Samuel, born 13th. Oct., 1734 ; Susannah.
TEMPLE, CHRISTOPHER .- Phobably from Concord, Mass .; married Alice, daughter of Joseph Hassell, 3d. Dec., 1685 : killed by the Indians, 28th. Sept., 1691. His children were, Jeremiah, born 6th. Oct., 1686 ; Alice, born 3d. Jan., 1689; Christopher, born 3d. Oct., 1690.
TYNG, HON. EDWARD .- From Boston, where he was Rep. Assistant, and Major General ; removed to Dun- stable in 1679, and died 2Sth. December, 1681, aged 81. His children were, Jonathan, born 15th. Dec., 1642; Edward, Governor of Annapolis, &c .; Hannah, who married Habijah Savage, and for a second husband,
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Rev. Thomas Weld ; Eunice, wife of Rev. Samuel Wil- lard, President of Harvard College; Rebecca, wife of Gov. Joseph Dudley; and another daughter who mar- ried a Searle.
TYNG, HON. JONATHAN .- Son of Hon. Edward; married Sarah, daughter of Hezekiah Usher : died 9th. Jan., 1724. His children were, John, born about 1680 ; graduated Harvard College, 1690: killed by Indians in Aug., 1710; William, born 22d. April, 1679; Jonathan, born 29th. Sept., 1686; Eleazer, born 30th. April, 1690 : graduated Harvard College, 1712; Bersheba, (a sou) born 5th. Feb., 1694 ; Mary.
TYNG, ELEAZER .- Son of Jonathan ; born 3d. April, 1690 : graduated Harvard College 1712. His children were, Jonathan, born 10th. Sept. 1717; Sarah, born 22d. April, 1720, who married John Winslow; Benjamin, born 26th. January, 1722; John Alford, [Judge Tyng,] born 29th. August, 1729; James, born 6th. March, 1731.
USHER, ROBERT .- Son or relative of Hezekiah Usher; from Charlestown, Mass. His children were, John, born 31st. May, 1696 ; Robert, born June 1700; killed in Pigwacket fight.
USHER, JOHN .- Son of the preceding : born 31st. May, 1696; his children were, John, born 2d. May, 1728 ; Robert, born 9th. April, 1730; Rachel; Habijah, born 8th. August, 1734.
WALDO, JOHN .- From Chelmsford : son of Dea. Corne- lius Waldo; removed to D. His children were, John, born about 1682; Catharine ; Rebecca.
WALDO, DANIEL .- Son of Dea. Cornelius. He had two daughters, born 1684, and 1687.
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WARNER, SAMUEL .- Married Mary Swallow 4th. May, 1684. His children were, Eliezer, born 27th. Jan. 1686 ; Priscilla.
WELD, REV. THOMAS .- First minister of Dunstable : son of Thomas Weld of Roxbury, Mass .; married Eliza- beth, daughter of Rev. John Wilson of Medfield, 9th. No- vember, 1681, who died 29th. July, 1687; his second wife was widow Hannah Savage, daughter of Hon. Ed- ward Tyng. He died in 1702; she died at the resi- dence of her son, Rev. Habijah S. Weld, in Attleboro', Mass., in 1731. His children were, Elizabeth, born 13th. October, 1682; Thomas, born 7th. February, 1684; by his first wife : and Samuel, born 4th. March, 1701; and Habijah Savage, born in September, 1702, by his second wife ; ordained at Attleborough, Mass., 1727, and died there in 1782, aged 80. (1.)
WHITING, SAMUEL .- Probably a son of Rev. Samuel Whiting, of Billerica; born 19th. January, 1662; died 14th. March, 1715, aged 51. His children were, Samuel, born 22d. October, 1687; who was in the Pigwacket Fight; Elizabeth; Catharine; Leonard, born 12th. Aug. 1693; Joseph, born 14th. Dec. 1695; Mary ; Dorcas ; John, born 11th. March, 1706.
WHITING, JOSEPH .- Born about 1735; grandson of preceding ; married Abigail Chamberlain, 11th. June, 1761; she died 19th. April, 1779. His children were, 1. Joseph, born 13th. November, 1761 ; died 21st. August, 1778; 2. Samuel, born 30th. June, 1763 ; died at Am- herst in March, 1805, aged 42; 3. Susanna, born 20th.
(1.) Of Mr. Weld it is said, that he " was distinguished for his usefulness in the ministry, and highly respected as a man, both at home and abroad. He united to an uncommon degree the affections of his people for a period of fifty-five years, during which he was their pastor."- White's Early History of N. E., 271.
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March, 1765; 4. Leonard, born 16th. January, 1767; 5. Oliver, born 20th. January, 1769; 6. William, born 28th. September, 1770; died in Merrimac ; 7. Eliza- beth, born 16th. July, 1772; 8. Thomas, born 20th. Oct., 1774; died at Amherst ; 9. Abigail, born 18th. August, 1776; 10. Jonathan, born 14th. February, 1778; died at Amherst.
APPENDIX NO. II.
LIST OF SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY.
LIST of soldiers from that part of Dunstable which is now in New Hampshire, in the Army of the Revolution, from 1775 to 1783: (1.)
David Adams,* David Adams, Jr., Richard Adams,* Henry Adams, Silas Adams,t Isaac Adams,t John Alld, David Alld, Jacob Adams,t James Blanchard,t Quarter- master of Scammel's regiment; Josiah Butterfield, Abel Butterfield, Simeon Butterfield,* Thomas Butterfield, Chas. Butterfield, Benjamin Bayley,* Oliver Blodgett, Daniel Blood,t James Brown,* a Lieutenant ; Samuel Butterfield,t John Butler,t killed at Hubberton, Vt., July 7th., 1777; Ebenezer Bancroft, (2.) Jonathan Bancroft, Ephraim Blood,t Reuben Blood,t Simeon Blood,t John Blanchard,t Nathan- iel Blanchard, Jonathan Butterfield,t Timothy Blood,t Eliphalet Bayley,* Eleazer Blanchard,* William Butter- field,* Paul Clogstone,* died at Cambridge, 1775; John Cockle,t Stephen Conery,t John Conery,t Medad Combs,* Joseph Combs, died in the army; William Cox, Thomas
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