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6. Benjamin Beal, son of the preceding Jeremiah and Mary, was born in Weymouth, December 9, 1731, but re- moved with his father to Abington, where he passed the remainder of his days. Ile was a farmer : he was a lieu- tenant in the military, and collector for the Province, when Harrison Gray was treasurer, under the Colonial Government. On the 18th of February, 1753, he married Mary Porter, of Weymouth, who was born September 25, 1734 (her mother, Ruth Whitman, was daughter of Deacon Samuel Whitman, who lived to be about one hundred years old, and died about 1778). The children of Benjamin and Mary Beal were- Chloe, born December 3, 1753,-died young ; Mary, born October 11, 1755 ; married Ebenezer K. Hunt, November 5, 1778. She died February 14, 1835, leaving a large posterity in Abington. Benjamin, born October 30, 1757; married Mary Noyes, of Abington, June 21, 1787, and removed to the town of Turner, Me., where his descendants are numerous ;
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Chloe, born Oct. 8, 1759, died unmarried, Jan. 1, 1848, aged 89 years ; Samuel, born October 8, 1761 ; married - Cobb, March 6, 1782 ; she died May 4, 1804. He then married, Oct. 7, 1785, Sarah Remington ; he then removed to Winchendon. He left a numerous posterity ; some in Abington, some in Boston, some in Winehendon, and some in California and elsewhere. Ruth, born September 14, 1763 ; married Noah Hersey, of Abington, 1787, and moved to the town of Minot, Maine. Priscilla, born February 14, 1766 ; died unmarried. Zelotes, born February 23, 1768; married Sarah Burrill, March 2, 1797; his posterity is large in Abington. Lydia, born February 13, 1770 ; married, December 6, 1792, David Trufant, of Weymouth. Sarah, born November 11, 1772; married, January 4, 1795, Nathaniel Tirrill ; they leave a large posterity in Abington. Nathaniel, born February 11, 1775 ; married, January, 1807, Tamar Hobart, of Abington. Mehitable, born May 1, 1777 ; married Abner Holbrook, of Weymouth, March 1, 1776; her descendants are in Wey- mouth. Mr. Benjamin Beal died in Abington, August 30, 1805, and his widow, January 3, 1806.
7. Nathaniel Beal, son of Benjamin, born February 11, 1775 ; married, January, 1807, Tamar Hobart, of Abington, daugliter of Elijalı Hobart. Their children were-Nathaniel, born December 2, 1807; married Nancy T. Winsor, of Dux- bury, December 2, 1831. Tamar, born March 18, 1810 ; she married David Shaw, of Abington. Asahel, born October 14, 1812 ; lives on Salem Street, where his father did ; married Adaline M. Jacobs, of Hanover, who died May 19, 1862, aged forty-one years. Children-Lucy, born May 15, 1855, and died August 19, 1855 ; Albert A., born September 8, 1861. Lucy, born January 12, 1815, and died April 3, 1853, un- married ; Henry, born February 8, 1817, and married Harriet Jenkins, January, 1835. Children-1. Harriet A., born August, 1839 ; married Daniel B. Estes. 2. Almira S., born November, 1841 ; died young. 3. Myra Alice, born October 14, 1843 ; died young. 4. Henry Howard, born July, 1850 ; died young. 5. Edward Wellington, born August, 1852.
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Ezekiel, born May 14, 1819; unmarried. Mr. Beal died February, 1820, aged forty-five years ; and his widow died.
8. Nathaniel, son of the preceding, born December 2, 1807 ; married, December 2, 1831, Nancy T. Winsor, of Duxbury. Their children were,-Nathaniel, born October 14, 1832 ; he married Catharine Curtis, of Scituate, November 29, 1855 ; and their children are,-Minette C., born January 10, 1857 ; and Effie E., born December 13, 1858. John Winsor, born February 8, 1835 ; he married, August 5, 1860, Sarah Loring, of Hingham. Children-Florence Leslie was born March 5, 1863, and died August 31, 1864 ; John Leslie, born December 19, 1865 ; Josephine, born November 11, 1837; William Henry Harrison, born April 14, 1840, and died November 22, 1840.
Beal, Noah, of Ilingham, a weaver by trade, son of Jedediah, (and probably a descendant of John, a shoemaker who, with his wife, five sons, three daughters, and two ser- vants, came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Mass., in 1635,*) was born in 1722; died July 23, 1794. Married, first, Elizabeth Josselyn, of Hanover, born 1725; died 1771. Children-1, Elizabeth, born 1748; died 1771, unmarried. 2, Noah, born April 25, 1751; Mary married Nehemiah Smith, and lived on Liberty Street. Daniel married Martha Burrell, and lived on Water Street. Children-Betsey, Daniel, Martha, Cyntha, and Mary ; moved to Freeport, Me. Grace married Oliver Shed, and lived in Roxbury ; Job married Betsey Totman, and lived on Webster Street. Children- Ruth, Rachel, Harvey H., Jarvis and Huldah ; moved to Free- port, Me. Triphena married Homer Whiting, and lived in Hanover. Sarah married Caleb Rodgers, and lived in Hanover. Frances, born 1767; died 1831, unmarried. 2. Noah, mar- ried Prisse Rice, of Hingham ; died 1790. Child-Melzar. He was one of the first settlers in the east part of the town, and lived for several years in a log house, near where the Webster Street school-house now stands ; he finally erected a
* Barry's History of Hanover.
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frame house, where Stephen Whiting's house now stands, and followed making shingles, farming and marketing.
Beal, Noah, 2, son of Noah 1, married Prisse Whiting, of Hanover, May 4, 1780. Children-1. David, born July 12, 1781; 2. Nathan, born April 27, 1783 ; 3. Elizabeth, born July 14, 1785 ; died April 29, 1796. 4. Zadock, born February 10, 1788 ; married, 1. Triphena Whiting ; died August 21, 1820; 2. Rebecca Whiting, and lives in Han- over ; 5. Priscilla, born April 15, 1790; married Seth Turner, of Hanover ; born 1786; died May 15, 1823. Child -Seth, who has children, and lives in Hanson ; 2. Nathan, born 1814; died December 27, 1829. 3. Priscilla P., born 1817 ; died 1818. 4. Priscilla ; 5. Noah B., born September 26, 1823. She has lived in Hanover and Hanson, but now owns a house, and lives on Water Street, in Abington. 6. Lydia, born July 30, 1792 ; died 1858, unmarried. 7. Noah, born July 28, 1795 ; is a farmer, and lives on Water Street, in the house his father built. 8. Elizabeth, born April 28, 1796 ; died October 13, 1817. He was on guard in Roxbury at the time of the Bunker Hill Battle, and served in the Revolutionary Army two years, and was afterwards appointed overseer of laborers on Castle Islaud by Governor Hancock. He built a house, and lived on Water Street; was a farmer and marketer, and tended a mill part of the time. He had a pension the latter part of his life. He died December 25, 1839, aged 89 years and 8 months.
Beal, David, son of Noah, 2, married Hannah Pratt, July 23, 1809, and lived in a house he built on Water Street, near Beal's Mill. Children-1. Betsey P., born January 18, 1810 ; married Zattu Cushing. 2. Elizabeth, born May 24, 1812 ; married Samuel C. Pool, and died September 18, 1834. 3. Lydia, born February 6, 1814 ; married Samuel C. Pool. 4. David, born August 16, 1819. 5. Henry Shed, born June 13, 1821; died September 13, 1822. 6. Hannah L., born July 24, 1826 ; married Joshua D. Turner, and lives in Hingham. He was a shoemaker, farmer and miller, aud was one of the selectmen of the town for - years in
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succession. He died July 16, 1855, aged 74 years, 7 months and 27 days ; and Hannah, his wife, February 1, 1862.
Nathan, son of Noah Beal, 2, married, 1, Debby Dwelly Whiting, of Lunenburg, October, 1818. Children-1. Nathan -, born December 15, 1819. 2. Dana, born November 11, 1821 ; died October 15, 1822. 2. Married Mercy Tillson, of Halifax ; born 1794 ; died 1857. IIe lives on Water Street, in the house he built in 1818; is a farmer ; has kept school nine winters ; was one of the superintendents of the Sabbath- school in the third parish eleven years, and assessor of said parish twenty-eight years. He held a commission as lieutenant five years, and was drafted to serve on a court-martial in Bridgewater the day the soldiers were drafted to serve in the War of 1812. He has served on the school committee, and was one of the selectmen of the town in 1840 and 1841.
David, son of David, 1, married Mary C. Hatch, December 29, 1844. He is a shoemaker, and lives on Water Street. Children -1. Mary Elizabeth, born November 3, 1845 ; 2. David Henry, born October 20, 1848; 3. Ada Maria, born August 28, 1854; 4. Charles Sumner, born August 14, 1846; 5. Nellie Frances, born December 10, 1859.
Nathan, son of Nathan, 1, married, 1, Abigail Mitchell, of Maine ; died 1856. Children-1. Nathan Alden, born February 15, 1844; 2. Ellen Frances, born 1846; died 1850. 3. Deborah D. W., born March 28, 1848; 4. Francis Dana, born 1850; died 1853. 5. Frank Pierce, born 1853; died 1853. 2. Married Emma D. Tillson, of Cummington, Mass. He lives on Water Street, and is a farmer and miller.
Noah Beal Turner, grandson of Noah Beal, 2, born Sep- tember 26, 1823 ; married Welthy II. Briggs, of Lakeville, November 28, 1845. Children-1. Elmer J., born September 4, 1846 ; 2. Rosannalı B., born June 24, 1848; 3. Julia A., born April 30, 1850; 4. Almina M., born September 28, 1853; 5. Linus S., born January 25, 1857. He is a shoc- maker, and lives on Water Street.
Zelotes Beal, * son of Benjamin and Mary Beal, born
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February 23, 1768 ; married Sarah Burrell, March 2, 1797. Children-Nelson, born August 14, 1797; Benjamin, born September 9, 1799 ; Ruth, born April 4, 1801 ; Zelotes, born March 19, 1803; John A., born March 9, 1805; Sarah, born September, 1806 ; Micah P., born November 18, 1808 ; Gridley, born December 11, 1811 ; Samuel C., born May 22, 1813.
Nelson married Selina H. Nash, August, 1825. She died October 4, 1821, leaving one daughter, Sarah B., born June 26, 1826. He married, second time, Polly Nash, Jan. 1847.
Benjamin married Dorothy B. Nash, October, 1827. She died April 15, 1838, leaving one son, George A., born De- cember 21, 1830. George A. married Helen M. Reed, December 9, 1852. She died January 27, 1861, leaving one son, Herbert A., born October 31, 1853. He married, second time, Lucretia A. Reed, December 27, 1863.
Ruth married Jacob Lovell, September, 1826, by whom she had a large family, now mostly residing in East Abington.
Zelotes married Anna N. Bicknell, July 3, 1826. Children -Randall B., born November, 1826 ; Daniel W., born De- cember 28, 1832. Randall B. married Luey Corthell, Decem- ber 11, 1845. Children-Emma L., born May 5, 1846; Lucy A., born May 10, 1849 ; Anna M., born January 13, 1852 ; Marietta, born April 3, 1853 ; Sarah E., born April 3, 1861; George E., born April 30, 1864.
Daniel W. married Rachel Nash, November, 1855. Chil- dren-Millard F., born August 18, 1857; Nancy C., born March 3, 1859.
John A. married Anna C. Shaw, April, 1827. Children- Lucia A., born October 10, 1827 ; John Q., born April 10, 1835 ; Josiah, born September 22, 1838.
Micah P. married Charlotte Bieknell, 1830. Son, James F., born March 11, 1832 ; died December 20, 1863. James F. married Mary A. Barrows, May 3, 1854. Children- Charlotte A., born February 16, 1855 ; Eugene F., born Sep- tember 29, 1856; Carrie M., born March 5, 1859; died September 8, 1859. Henry B., born September 15, 1860.
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Gridley married Clarissa Hunt, March 26, 1835. Children -George E., born June 5, 1839 ; died in the United States' service, February 16, 1863. Horace G., born December 12, 1854; Claraetta, born October 28, 1856.
Samuel C. married Sally Thompson, September 20, 1835. She died May 19, 1844, leaving three children, viz., Andrew J., born April 26, 1838 ; died May 3, 1858. Marion A., born May 10, 1840 ; died October 18, 1845. Walter M., born August 10, 1842. IIe married, second time, Mary Gleason, November 4, 1850. Walter M. married Francis A. Cobbett, September 9, 1863. Daughter, Fannie A., born September 2,1864.
BLAKE.
WILLIAM BLAKE, son of Giles and Dorothy Blake, of Little Badden, Essex, England, emigrated, with Agnes his wife, and their five children, in the ship Mary and John, Capt. Synet, from Plymouth, England, on the 20th of March, 1630, and arrived at Nantasket, (now IIull,) on the 30th of May, 1630. They finally settled in Dorchester, and drew up and signed articles of agreement for self-government.
In the sixth generation from William and Agnes Blake, we find, on the Dorchester Records, the name of Nathaniel Blake. He married Ann Robinson in 1782. Samuel, son of Nathaniel and Ann Blake, was born in 1787, and married Susannah Bates ; they settled in Abington, Mass., about the year 1810, where he died February 18, 1862. Their eliildren were-
Samuel, born July 16, 1810 ; Susan, born January 8, 1814 ; Sally, born September 8, 1816; died February 3, 1840. Mary Robinson, born March 27, 1819 ; Lizzie Zebiah Dol- beah, born June 27, 1821 ; Clarissa, born Angust 27, 1823 ; Benjamin Bates, born May 6, 1826 ; Arethusa Caroline, born August 7, 1828; Harriet Angusta, born October 9, 1830; Catherine Harris, born September 4, 1833; Lyman Reed, born August 24, 1835.
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Samuel married Julia Ann Stetson, April 16, 1834. Their children were-
Samuel Newton, born June 19, 1847; Henry Augustus, born August 17, 1850; Julia Annette, born December 8, 1855.
Susan married Abraham Holmes, May -, 1844. Their children were-
George Nye, born February 4, 1845 ; Samuel Blake, born July 17, 1846 ; died February 7, 1848; Susan Elizabeth, born July 11, 1848; Sally Blake, born February 18, 1850 ; Mary Robinson, born May 21, 1853; died November 18, 1856. William E., born June 29, 1855 ; died August 13, 1856. Benjamin B., born October 13, 1857.
Sally married Nathaniel Cushing, September, 1839; and died September 3, 1840.
Mary Robinson married Jacob Fullerton, January 7, 1844, and died August 14, 1856. Their children were-
Mary Ella, born January 12, 1843; died July 26, 1846. William Blake, born October 8, 1844; died December 24, 18-14.
Betsey Z. D., married Lemuel R. Mears, May 8, 1851. Their children were-
John, born October 29, 1854; Henry Edwards, born De- cember 5, 1856.
Benjamin Bates married Eunice IToward, October 28, 1847, and died August 12, 1857. Their children were-
Mary Ella, born February 12, 1850; Benjamin Howard, born November 13, 1851.
Catherine Harris married John R. Brown, January 20, 1853, and died January 13, 1861. Their children were-
Lyman Reed, born May 27, 1854; died October 15, 1854. Catherine Blake, born November 11, 1860.
Harriet Augusta married Anther Faunce, November 25, 1857, and died June 27, 1800.
Lyman Reed married Susie V. Hollis, November 27, 1855. Their children were-
Edith E., born October 15, 1857; Gordon, born April 15, 1864.
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BLANCHARD.
THOMAS BLANCHARD, who was the ancestor of the larger part of the New England families of the name of Blanchard, came from London in the year. 1639. It is supposed that he- settled in Braintree, Mass., where he is known to have lived from 1646 to 1651. In the year 1651, he purchased a house and farm of two hundred acres, on Mystick-side, Charlestown, Mass., to which place he removed the same year, and where he died in May, 1654. IIe was three times married. By his first wife he had four sons, (all born in England,) who settled in New England. IIe married for his second wife, in England, widow Agnes Barnes, who died on the passage to America, leaving an infant child, which died shortly after, on board the ship. IIe again married, in New England, his third wife, Mary -, who survived him, and she died a widow in 1676.
1. The sons of Thomas Blanchard were-
(2) George-the eldest-who settled in Charlestown, Mass., where he died March 18, 1700, aged about 82 years ; Thomas, who settled in Malden, Mass., and died in December, 1650 ; Samuel, who settled in Andover, Mass., and died April 22, 1707, aged about 80 years.
2. Nathaniel Blanchard, son of Thomas, was born in England in 1636. He married, December 16, 1658, in Charlestown, Susannah Bates, and soon after removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he died in August, 1676. His widow again married in 1680, Thomas Bass, of Braintree. The children of Nathaniel and Susannah were-
(3) John, born March 27, 1660; Mary, born December 1, 1662; Nathaniel, born September 25, 1665; Edward, born June 7, 1668 ; Mercy, born April 14, 1674.
3. John Blanchard, son of (2) Nathaniel, born March 27, 1660, married Abigail -, and died March 10, 1733. She died December 19, 1724. The children of John and Abigail were-
(+) Sarah, born .August 19, 1686 ; Mary, born August 1, 30*
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1689 ; John, born October 14, 1691; Thomas, born 1694; Samuel, born September 19, 1697; Nathaniel, born May 19, 1701 ; Jonathan, born June 2, 1704; Abigail, born October 31, 1711; Nicholas, born -- , -; died January 19, 1733.
4. John Blanchard, son of (3) Jolm and Abigail, born October 14, 1691, married April 4, 1720, Elizabeth Gross, of Ilingham. Died May, 1752. Their children were-
(5) John, born March 16, 1721 ; Samuel, born August 30, 1724; Daniel, born March 26, 1727 ; Joshua, born October 8, 1729 ; David, born January 1, 1731 ; Theophilus, born August 13, 1733 ; Elizabeth, born November 9, 1734; Nich- olas, born April 10, 1736 ; Nehemiah, born October 17, 1738 ; Adam, born June 17, 1740 ; John, born March 16, 1742.
5. Daniel Blanchard, son of (4) John and Elizabeth, born March 26, 1727, married Mary Pratt, February 7, 1754. Died August 28, 1798. The children of Daniel and Mary were-
(6) Daniel, born March 5, 1755; Josiah, born August 9, 1756 ; Elizabeth, born September 1, 1758 ; Ebenezer, born December 1, 1760 ; Hannah, born March 15, 1763 ; Nathaniel, born March 23, 1766 ; Ezra, born September 22, 1770; Micah, born April 15, 1773 ; Bela, born April 2, 1775 ; Nabby, born October 1, 1778.
6. Daniel Blanchard, son of Daniel and Mary, born March 5, 1755, married Mary Vinson, April 8, 1782. Ile died May 11, 1833. Their children were-
(7) Daniel, born January 1, 1783; died October 13, 1837. Ebenezer, born October 24, 1784; Cyrus, born October 13, 1787 ; Mary, born April 12, 1792.
7. Daniel Blanchard, of Weymouth, son of (6) Daniel and Mary, born January 1, 1783, married Ruth Hunt, of Abing- ton, September 19, 1803. IIe removed to Abington. Their children were-
(8) Daniel, born May 15, 1805 ; Ruth, born January 1, 1807 ; died August. 11, 1823. Maria, born December 21, 1808 ; died September 1, 1828. Vinson, born March 1, 1810;
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Samuel Beal, born August 11, 1812 ; died December 31, 1836. Emeline, born July 8, 1815 ; Lucy Ann, born April 8, 1817 ; died January 2, 1839. Sarah Kingman, born August 16, 1819 ; Leonard, born September 19, 1821 ; Ira, born August 21, 1823 ; Nathaniel Bailey, born July 16, 1827 ; died August 7,1862.
8. Daniel Blanchard, son of Daniel and Ruth, born May 15, 1805, married Louisa Shaw, of Abington, December 12, 1834. Their children were-
(9) Dauiel Henry, born September 23, 1836 ; Samnel Beal, born March 19, 1838 ; died November 19, 1838. Louisa Maria, born April 6, 1840 ; died April 23, 1863. Louisa Maria Blanchard graduated at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, July 24, 1862.
8. Vinson Blanchard, son of Daniel and Ruth, born March 1, 1810, married Clarissa Whiting, of Abington, April 30, 1835. Their children were-
(9) Clarissa Maria, born March 19, 1837 ; Samuel Vinson, born April 11, 1339 ; Elias Nash, boru December 30, 1840 ; Edwin, born November 13, 1842; Adelia, born November 30, 1845 ; died July 10, 1856. Alfred, born May 19, 1847 ; died June 27, 1856. Lillian Rowena, born August 27, 1850 ; Lester, born November 20, 1855.
8. Emeline Blanchard, daughter of Daniel and Ruth, born July 8, 1815, married Isaac Brown, of East Bridgewater, Jannary 24, 1838. Their children were-
(9) Sarah Elizabeth, born November 29, 1838 ; died Sep- tember 22, 1840. Isaac Gilbert, born April 11, 1842.
8. Sarah K. Blanchard, daughter of Daniel and Rutlı, born August 16, 1819, married Josiah K. Fuller, of Abington, June 9, 1839. Their children were-
(9) Henrietta Arlington, born June 22, 1841; Henry Enstice, born July 30, 1843 ; Sarah Emeline, born August 15, 1845 ; Josiah Francis, born October 10, 1847 ; Lizzie Florence, born October 2, 1854. Henrietta Arlington Fuller graduated at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, July 25, 1861.
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8. Leonard Blanchard, son of Daniel and Ruth, born Sep- tember 21, 1821, married Elvira A. Curtis, October 21, 1841. Their children were-
(9) Leonard Everett, born December 4, 1842; died July 23, 1845. Elvira Ann, born September 11, 1845; Leonard Francis, born January 30, 1849.
S. Ira Blanchard, son of Daniel and Ruth, born August 21, 1823, married Elizabeth S. Pratt, October 31, 1844. Their children were-
(9) Emma Florietta, born September 6, 1849 ; died Decem- ber 6, 1850. Clarence Thurber, born October 11, 1851 ; died December 18, 1855. Arthur Elbert, born November 25, 1854 ; Alice Thurber, born October 7, 1858.
S. Nathaniel Baily, son of Daniel and Ruth, born July 16, 1827, married Beulah P. Fisher, of Edgartown, August 11, 1856. Their children were-
(9) Florence, born August 10, 1857 ; died September 7, 1858. Herbert Folliat, born December 31, 1858; Chester Ellsworth, born March 18, 1861.
Nathaniel Baily graduated at Amherst College in 1853, and completed his theological course at the Seminary in Bangor, in 1855. He was ordained to the Christian ministry at Edgartown, Mass., July 15, 1856. He preached at Plymouth more than three years. IIe was installed pastor of the First Congregational Church of North Bridgewater, September 18, 1861, and remained pastor of that church to the time of his death, August 7, 1862.
9. Daniel Henry, son of Daniel and Louisa, born September 23, 1836, married Ann Rosella Weston, of Weymouth, June 9,1864.
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BROWN.
RICHARD BROWN, a remote descendant of Anthony Brown, emigrated to this country from England with Edith, his wife, and settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1633. Among other sons he had Joshua, born April 10, 1642, who married Sarah Sawyer, January 15, 1668 ; had, among others, Samuel, (the first minister of this town,) born September 5, 1687. He entered Harvard College on the 3d of July, 1705; took his degree July 2, 1709 ; preached his first sermon in Haverhill, July 22, 1710 ; came to Abington to preach December 8, 1711, and was ordained pastor of the church November 17, 1714. Ile married Dorothy Woodbridge, of Newbury, Oeto- ber 29, 1712, and moved to Abington in December of the same year. His wife died April 5, 1718, after giving birth to three children, only one of whom-Woodbridge, born Sep- tember 18, 1714-survived. He married, 2d, Mary Pratt, February 11, 1719, by whom he had four children, who all died young.
Woodbridge, son of Samuel, married Anne Emery, of New- bury, and had four sons and two daughters. Samuel, born November 10, 1737 ; John, born February 7, 1739 ; Josiah, born December 27, 1740; Joseph, born August 13, 1745; Dorothy, born February 29, 1748; Mary, born August 27, 1752.
Samuel, son of Woodbridge, married Deborah Torrey. Children-Mehitable, born November 23, 1760 ;· Woodbridge, born February 1, 1763; Sarah, born December 30, 1764; Samuel, born November 21, 1767; Daniel, born December 31, 1769 ; Dorothy, born April 8, 1772 ; Polly, born April 22, 1776 ; Joseph, born November 30, 1778 (died young) ; Enoch, born October 19, 1780; Anne E., born February 8, 1784 (died young).
Mehitable married Ephraim Whitman.
Woodbridge married Harriet Norton. Children-Nancy, born October 6, 1786 ; Walston, born August 20, 1788 ; Eliza- beth T., born August 3, 1790 ; Samuel N., born January 9,
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1794 ; Austin, born April 4, 1798 ; Bela, born September 23, 1803.
Sarah married James Nash. Children-James, born De- cember 16, 1785 ; Micah, born October 31, 1788; Ira, born August 20, 1791 ; Polly, born October 25, 1794 ; Selina H., born November 24, 1796 ; Dorothy, born July 8, 1805.
Samuel married Susannah Dyer. Children-Susannah D., born August 1, 1794 ; Diantha, born Marchi 11, 1796; Samuel, born August 11, 1802 (died young) ; Lysander, born Septem- ber 14, 1804.
Daniel married Mehitable Tirrell. Children-Charlotte, born April 2, 1793; Oakes P., born August 21, 1796; married, 2d, Mehitable Porter, of Stoughton. Children- Daniel E., born April 25, 1798 ; Joseph, born December 23, 1801; Mehitable ; Samuel W. ; Cyrus L., born September 5, 1812.
Dorothy married Jolin Reed. Children-John; Orin ; Naucy ; Molly ; Ruth.
Polly married John Pool; settled in Easton ; recently died at a very advanced age; lived together over seventy years. Children-four sons and three daugliters.
Walston Brown married Betsy Wales. Children-Betsy W., born November 18, 1811 ; William, born November 6, 1813 ; Woodbridge, born November 6, 1813 ; Mehitable W., born December 7, 1815 ; Austin W., born September 6, 1818 ; Washington, born October 26, 1819 ; Mary N., born January 21, 1822 ; died January 28, 1854. Hannah N., born January 21, 1822 ; died August 10, 1864. Walston A., born February 19, 1827 ; died March 19, 1832. W. Augustus, born April 8, 1834 ; died November 9, 1861.
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