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II. Thomas Hobart, son of Edmund lIobart, sen., above named, was born in England, and came to this country in 1633, with his wife, Jane, and three children. He settled in Hingham, in 1635, with his father and brothers. He had children born in Hingham - Nehemiah, Thomas, Joshua, Aaron, Caleb, Moses and Isaac; one of these, Aaron, (Captain,) was born August 25, 1661. Thomas Hobart died August 18, 1689, aged 83.
III. Aaron, son of the preceding, was born in Hingham, and baptized as above stated. The name of his wife was Rebecca. They had several children, and among them were Aaron, Thomas and Isaac. Aaron, the father, was " drowned in sailing towards Boston," March 3, 1705.
IV. Isaac Hobart, son of the preceding, removed to Abing- ton. He was born in Hingham, July 15, 1700. IIis removal
RESIDENCE OF BENJAMIN HOBART, SOUTH ABINGTON.
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to Abington was in 1724. He married Mary, daughter of John Harden, in that year, and died in Abington in 1775. Their children were-
Thomas, born 1725 ; (Col.) Aaron, born 1729 ; Mary, born 1735 ; John, born 1738.
V. Thomas, son of Isaac IV., married and settled in Pem- broke (now Hanson), and had two sons, Isaac and Thomas, and eight daughters, all of whom were married, and are now deceased.
VI. Isaac and Thomas both settled in Hanson. Isaac had children, and one of these, VII. Isaac, now over eighty years of age, lives in Hanson, and has children, four sons and three daughters, all married; and grandchildren. Thomas. married Waterman, of Scituate, but had no children. IIe and his wife have recently (1865) deceased. He was a man of much enterprise and activity in business ; was largely con- cerned in a cotton and woollen factory, and a blast furnace, for casting hollow ware and machinery, in the town of Ilalifax ; was also a large owner in a forge and anchor shop in Hanson.
V. Aaron, (Col.) son of Isaac IV., married, 1st, Elizabeth Pilsbury, daughter of Jacob Pilsbury, November 5, 1753, and by her had six sons-Jacob, Seth, Noah, Nathaniel, Aaron, Isaac, and two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth. Jacob, born August 5, 1754, died December 20, 1772; Seth, born Sep- tember 4, 1755 ; Nathaniel, born October 15, 1758 ; Elizabeth, born February 5, 1761 ; Aaron, born August 9, 1764 ; Noah, born March 17, 1767 ; Sarah, born June 13, 1770, died Janu- ary 7, 1791 ; Isaac, born September 1, 1771. He married, 2d, Thankful Adams, November 25, 1777. She was born May 25, 1747. She was the widow of Elihu Adams, a brother of President John Adams, by whom she had three children -two sons and one daughter-John, Elisha and Susanna. Her children by the second marriage were Adams, Joseph, Benjamin (twins), Salome, Mary and Thankful.
Adams was born December 3, 1779 ; died April 14, 1783. Joseph and Benjamin, born October 24, 1781; Joseph died
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August 1, 1787. Salome, born March 20, 1784; Mary, born September 3, 1787 ; Thankful, March 9, 1793.
VI. Seth settled in East Bridgewater; married Esther, dangliter of Jonathan Allen, of Braintree, 1782, and had Betsey, 1783; Jacob, 1784; Jonathan, 1786; Seth, 1788 ; Polly, 1790; Eunice, 1795; Joseph, 1796; Esther, 1798; Allen, 1801. She died 1813 ; he died 1814. Esther mar- ried Micah White, and resides in Western New York. Jacob, Seth, Eunice and Allen died without issue.
VI. Nathaniel married and had two children. The family have all deceased ; the children in infancy. He died June 23, 1838, aged 80.
. VI. Elizabeth married Dr. David Jones. He was born at Wrentham, March 26, 1749; came to Abington with his father in 1751, where he lived until twenty years of age ; then went to Bostou to study medicine with Dr. Warren, and was married in February, 1777; moved to North Yarmouth, Me., October 17, 1783. Their children were-
VII. Mary, who married John Hale ; Jacob H., wlio mar- ried Hannah Bisbee; Betsey, who married John Lawrence ; Sarah, who married Henry Scott; David, who married Eliz- abeth L. Chase ; Esther, who married Stephen Hale ; Abigail G., who married Isaac Hobart ; Jane T., who married Isaac Hobart ; Elias, not married ; and three died in infancy ; twelve in all.
Dr. Jones was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War, and was acting in that capacity at the battle of Bunker Hill, where his old teacher, Dr. Warren, was shot. Mrs. David Jones died in 1842; the doctor died many years before.
It is a somewhat remarkable fact, that the first five of the above couples, viz., Mr. and Mrs. John Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott, and Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, were all married in early life, and their connections remained unbroken until very old age; when, within a few months of each other, all the five husbands died, leaving their wives widows, all within
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the space of about two years. They were all probably over 70 years of age.
VII. Mary, daughter of Elizabeth VI., who married John HIale, had eight children, four of whom died in infancy or childhood. Of the four remaining, one, Mary Jones Hale, married Albert W. Paine, of Bangor, Me.
VIII. Mary J., wife of A. W. Paine, has four children. IX. Mary Abby, Selma W., Augusta L., Eugenie II.
VI. Aaron, son of Aaron V., born August 9, 1764, died January 9, 1818 ; he married Susanna Adams, daughter of Elihu Adams, of Braintree, brother of President John Adams. She was born December 7, 1766, and died December 31, 1826. She had six children.
VII. 1. Elihu, born December, 1785, died September, 1842 ; married Sally Dyer, daughter of Christopher Dyer, who died April, 1848 ; had children-
VIII. 1. Sarah; 2. Eliza ; 3. Elihu.
VII. 2. Aaron, born June, 1787, died September, 1858; married Maria Leach, daughter of Andrew ; had seven chil- dren.
VIII. 1. Susan ; 2. Aaron; 3. George ; 4. Maria ; 5. Ed- ward; 6. John; 7. Catherine. He was a Representative to Congress, and Judge of Probate for Plymouth County.
VII. 3. Susanna, born March, 1789 ; married, first, Zebah Hayden, and, second, Jared Whitman; had, by her first hus- band,-
VIII. Caroline, who died in infancy ; had, by her second husband, --
VIII. 1. Caroline II .; 2. Augustus ; 3. Jared ; 4. Susan A. H .; 5. Ephraim.
VII. 4. Sarah, born June, 1791 ; married John S. Champ- ney ; died May, 1826 ; had one child,
VIII. John, who was drowned.
VII. 5. Abigail Adams, born June, 1793; married John S. Champney ; died January, 1853 ; had four children.
VIII. 1. Nathaniel; 2. Aaron (who both died young) ; 3. Sarah ; 4. Abbe.
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VII. 6. Eliza, born January, 1800 ; died December, 1800.
VI. Noah Hobart, son of Aaron Hobart V., was born in Abington, March 17, 1767; married November 5, 1789, by Rev. Mr. Angier, to Deboralı Winslow Thomas, of East Bridgewater, who was born in Duxbury, May 13, 1767. She was a descendant of Edward Winslow, one of the early Pilgrims. They removed to Foxborough in May, 1804, where Mrs. Hobart died, December 3, 1834, aged 67. Noah Hobart died at the same place, January 24, 1854, at the age of nearly 87. Their children were-
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Henry, born in Abington, September 13, 1790 ; Albert, born in Abington, November 8, 1792 ; Nathaniel, born in Abing- ton, August 30, 1794 ; James Thomas, born in Abington, July 12, 1801 ; Aaron, born in Abington, October 8, 1803 ; Deborah Ann, born in Foxboro', January 29, 1806 ; Jane Talman, born in Foxboro', June 28, 1808.
VII. Henry, the oldest son of Noah, born September 13, 1790, continued on the homestead in Foxboro', where he died May 24, 1862, at the age of nearly 72, highly respected as an upright and useful citizen. He held the most important offices of the town for many years ; represented it often in the General Court, and in the Constitutional Convention of 1853. He was also a member of the State Senate for the year 1852. He married Auna Briggs, of Norton, July 17, 1817; she died April 18, 1836. In 1840, he married Mrs. Mehitable S. C. Fales. By his first wife he had the following children :-
Thomas, born July 30, 1819 ; died August 1, 1819. Caro- line, born December 24, 1820; died May 22, 1856. Anna Maria, born July 20, 1822; now living. Henry, jr., born January 24, 1824 ; now living. Albert Winslow, born Sept. 6, 1825 ; died June 16, 1844. Aaron, born May 31, 1828 ; died February 27, 1832. Harriet Briggs, born April 14, 1830 ; died June 30, 1864. George William, born November 4, 1832 ; died July 5, 1839. Emily Jane, born March 26, 1834 ; died January 24, 1859. Edwin, born April 11, 1836 ; now living.
VIII. Henry, jr., son of IIenry (above named), served his
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time with Benjamin Hobart, of South Abington, in the manu- facture of tacks. He is now an active member of the suc- cessful manufacturing firm of DUNBAR, HOBART & WHIDDEN, successors of "B. Hobart & Son," for whose business the senior partner, William HI. Dunbar, Esq., has erected, near the Hobart mansion in South Abington, the most extensive tack establishment in this country. Henry, jr., married Mary T. Burnap, daughter of Rev. U. C. Burnap, of Lowell, Novem- ber 2, 1845, and they have had the following children, all living but one :-
Walter Henry, born in Abington, February 10, 1848; James Frederick, born in Abington, January 26, 1850 ; Mary Isabelle, born in Abington, April 12, 1852; George Burnap, born in Abington, February 8, 1854; Anna Caroline, born in Abington, March 14, 1856 ; Richard Everett, born in Abing- ton, June 16, 1858 ; Emily Florence, born in East Bridge- water, March 18, 1861 ; died September, 1863. Grace Agnes, born in East Bridgewater, July 15, 1864.
VIII. Caroline, the oldest daughter of Henry, married William Rawlins Williamson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23, 1848, and their children were-
Emily Rawlins, born August 22, 1849 ; died June 29, 1850. William Henry, born June 20, 1851 ; Jane Taylor, born Feb- ruary 5, 1853. Mrs. Williamson died in Cincinnati, May 22, 1856.
VIII. Anna Maria, second daughter of Henry, married Captain Robert P. Holmes, of Wrentham, February 5, 1851, and made several voyages with him to India, and other foreign parts. They had no children. Capt. Holmes died in Wren- tham, June 1, 1856.
Edwin, the youngest son of Henry, who lives on the family place in Foxboro', married Julia A. Noyes, February 19, 1863. He has one child-Anna Caroline-born December 24, 1863. No other of the children of Henry, sen., were mar- ried, or are now living.
VII. Albert, the second son of Noah, born November 8, 1792, went to Boston in 1810, where he afterwards engaged
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in the dry goods business, in which he has been successful. He married Sarah Farmer Jewett, of Ashburnham, Decem- ber 14, 1825. She died October 9, 1838. Their children were-
Albert Jewett, born December 21, 1826 ; died January 15, 1864. Sarah Jane, born January 4, 1829 ; Joseph Henry, born December 30, 1830; died February 8, 1833. Ellen Frances, born July 13, 1833; Edward, born September 15, 1834; died October 3, 1834.
VIII. Sarah Jane was married by Rev. Edward N. Kirk, to George Papendiek, then of Milwaukie; Wis., now of Boston, on the 12th of October, 1852. Their children were-
Ernest Albert Peaskes, born in Milwaukic, November 23, 1853 ; Eleanor Christine, born in Boston, September 19, 1857; George Christopher, born in Boston, July 1, 1861.
VIII. Albert Jewett married Annie E. Smith, of West Tisbury, January, 1861. They have one child-Bessie Jewett -born in West Tisbury, May 29, 1862. Albert J. joined the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, and was with it nine months in North Carolina. Since deceased.
VII. Nathaniel, third son of Noah, born August 30, 1794, entered Harvard College in 1813, in the class with Caleb Cushing, but had to leave after two years' study, on account of the weakness of his eyes. He afterwards engaged in busi- ness in Boston. He wrote, and published, the life of Sweden- borg, in whose doctrines he was a believer. He was lost with the steamer Lexington, which was burnt on Long Island Sound, January 13, 1840 ; he married Lydia Clark, of Waltham, December 19, 1827. Their children were ---
Nathan, born in Boston, November 14, 1829 ; Sarah, born in Boston, August 25, 1831 ; died September 26, 1850. Mary, born in Boston, August 2, 1833; died Angust 17, 1833. Cornelia, born in Boston, August 7, 1835 ; died November 26, 1856. John Henry, born in Boston, August 16, 1837; died March 1, 1840.
VIII. Nathan, the only surviving child of Nathaniel, and who is now in successful business in New York, married
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Octavia, daughter of Benjamin Hobart, of South Abington, November 12, 1857. They have the following children :-
Cornelia, born in Boston, October 26, 1858; William Dunbar, born in Boston, February 5, 1860; Mary Lydia, born in Boston, June 26, 1861 ; Florence, born in Boston, June 16, 1863 ; Victoria, born in Boston, April 3, 1865.
VII. James Thomas, fourth son of Noah, born July 12, 1801; was engaged in active business in Boston for many years, and was a member of its City Council for two or three years. He removed his family to Hawesville, Kentucky, in 1838, where he took charge of an extensive coal mine. In 1845 he went to Cincinnati, and in 1857 to New York, where he now resides. He married Anne Newell, July 18, 1830, by whom he had the following children :-
Harriet Whitney, born in Boston, January 8, 1832 ; James, born in Boston, March 9, 1834; died October 13, 1837; William Newell, born in Boston, March 28, 1836; Anna Elizabeth, born in Boston, February 2, 1838 ; Frances Wells, born in Hawesville, Ky., December 4, 1840; died June 6, 1852. Katherine Lawrence, born in Hawesville, Ky., August 19, 1843; died February 20, 1854. Henry Lee, born in Cincinnati, July 26, 1845.
Mrs. Anne Hobart died in Cincinnati, March 18, 1847.
On the 23d of September, 1850, James married Sarah Mann Everett, of Wrentham, by whom he has had four chil- dren, as follows :-
Edwar l Everett, born in Cincinnati, September 26, 1851; died May 3, 1854. James Holbrook, born in Cincinnati, March 5, 1853 ; died May 11, 1854. Everett, born in Cin- cinnati, September 1, 1855 ; Clara, born in New York, June 29,1858.
VIII. James, oldest son of William Newell Hobart, who is in business in Cincinnati, married Anna E. Babbett, of that city, in 1862.
VII. Aaron, fifth son of Noah, born October 8, 1803 ; went to Charleston, S. C., in 1824, where he was in business until 1830, when he returned to Boston, and engaged in the
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dry goods business. He was a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts for the year 1852 ; a member of the Boston City Council for one year, and, for eight years, one of the United States Appraisers for the Port of Boston. IIe married Anna Mann Browne, of Wrentham, December 22, 1841. Their children were-
Caroline Browne, born in Boston, January 9, 1843 ; Arthur, born in Boston, March 2, 1844; Grace Darling, born in Wrentham, July 28, 1845 ; Aaron, jr., born in Wrentham, June 8, 1847 ; died February 6, 1849. Annie Mann, born in Boston, December 12, 1849 ; Mary Tyler, born in Boston, April 23, 1858.
VII. Deborah Ann, the oldest daughter of Noah, born January 29, 1806, did not marry, but lived with her brother Albert, in Boston, after the death of his wife, in 1838. She died November 9, 1859. She was a receiver of the doctrines of Swedenborg.
VII. Jane Talman, the youngest child of Noah, born June 28, 1808 ; married William Cobb, of Wrentham, who died March 2, 1865. Their children were-
Sarah Jewett, born May 12, 1840 ; Anna Jane, born Octo- ber 1, 1841 ; William, born January 8, 1843 ; died in May, 1843.
Their daughter, Sarah Jewett, married David T. Stone, of Wrentham, in October, 1860. Their children were-
Helen Jane, born September, 1841; Mary Stanley, born May, 1843.
The descendants of Noah Hobart have been, up to March, 1865, 7 children, 62 grand and great-grandchildren, of whom 4 children and 39 grandchildren are living.
VI. Sarah, daughter of Aaron V., married Asa Lewis. They had two children ; the last of which died very soon after birth, and the mother also died about the same time. Their only surviving child was named Susanna Cushman, who mar- ried in about 1805, one Garman. She died a few years ago, leaving three sons and three daughters. One son was lost at sea. All were married, and had children.
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VI. Isaac Hobart, son of Aaron, born in Abington, Sep- tember 1, 1771; died in Eastport, Me., February 26, 1847 ; married Joanna Hersey, July 17, 1794 ; she died at Edmunds, Me., May 21, 1858; born at Hingham, March 1, 1776. Their children and grandchildren are as follows :-
VII. Aaron, born July 31, 1795 ; had 9 children ; 6 now living ; had 13 grandchildren ; 10 living.
VII. Isaac, born August 13, 1797 ; had 9 children ; 5 living ; had 7 grandchildren ; all living.
VII. Joanna, born July 12, 1799; died July 26, 1848 ; had 7 children ; 2 living ; had 3 grandchildren ; 2 living.
VII. Eliza, born May 3, 1801 ; had G children ; 5 living ; had 5 grandchildren ; 2 living.
VII. Benjamin, born April 11, 1803 ; had 7 children ; 5 living ; had S grandchildren ; all living.
VII. Saralı Jones, born September 16, 1806 ; had 11 chil- dren ; 10 living ; had 13 grandchildren ; 10 living.
Aaron married, first, Mary Kilby ; second, Catherine East- man.
Joanna married Daniel Kilby ; he died January, 1860.
Isaac married, first, Abigail Jones ; second, Jane Jones.
Eliza married William M. Brooks.
Benjamin married, first, Emily Haywood ; second, Mary Mayhew.
Sarah Jones married Heman Nickerson.
Isaac Hobart settled in Edmunds, the extreme eastern part of Maine, in 1792, on a township of land given him by his father ; of his children, his three sons, Aaron, Isaac and Ben- jamin, and his son-in-law, Daniel Kilby, have been members of the State Legislature ; and his grandson, Daniel Kilby Hobart, a member of the State Senate.
VI. Benjamin, son of Aaron V., was a graduate of Brown University, class of 1804 ; he married, first, October 4, 1811, Lucy Lazell, daughter of General Sylvanus Lazell, of East Bridgewater, who died September 19, 1812, aged 27; no children. Second, married, January 22, 1815, Deborah Lazell, daughter of Edmund Lazell, of Cummington, in this
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State. Her mother was a daughter of Hezekiah Ford, a descendant of the Ford Family in Abington, who removed to Cummington, with his family, in 1767, her mother Mary being then 15 years old. Her grandmother, after whom she was named, was Deborah Beal, a descendant of the Beal Family in Abington. (See memorials of the Ford and Beal Families.) Their children were-
1. VII. Edmund, born October 29, 1815 ; died April 27, 1824.
2. VII. Lucy Lazell, born October 4, 1817.
3. VII. Amelia, born March 23, 1820.
4. VII. Benjamin, born February 17, 1822.
5. VII. Mary Elizabeth, born December 7, 1823; died October 10, 1825.
6. VII. Deborah Ann, born June 28, 1825.
7. VII. Andrew, born October 16, 1827 ; drowned May 12, 1830.
8. VII. Octavia, born November 7, 1829.
9. VII. Joseph, born December 3, 1831.
10. VII. Helen, born May 3, 1833.
11. VII. John Lazell, born April 14, 1836.
12. VII. Mary, born February 28, 1838.
Lucy Lazell VII. married, first, Richard Bridge Carter, of Boston, April 29, 1841, and had children-
VIII. 1. Frederic Richard, born December, 1841 ; died August 27, 1851 ; accidentally killed by the cars.
VIII. 2. John Wilkins, born June 30, 1843.
VIII. 3. Benjamin Hobart, born February 22, 1847 ; died April, 1863 ; accidentally killed by discharge of his gun.
VIII. 4. James Richard, born January 4, 1849.
Mr. Carter, the husband, died January 4, 1852, aged 44 years.
The second son, John W. Carter, left the University at Cambridge the second year of his course, and enlisted in the 17th United States Infantry, November 2, 1862. He par- ticipated, with his regiment, in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Mile Run, and was promoted through the
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various grades to the rank of first lieutenant. The desperate contests in the Wilderness, May, 1864, inflicted such heavy loss upon the regimental officers, that he early assumed the position of field officer, as second in rank, which office lie continued to hold during the engagements at Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Bethesda Church and Cold Harbor. Shortly after the opening assaults on Petersburg, the first series of which ended in the disastrous " crater explosion," lie was attacked by typhoid malaria fever, and, after a pro- tracted illness, reported for duty. His regiment, on account of severe losses, having been ordered out of the field at the close of the campaign, and his own health having been seri- ously impaired, he resigned December 9, 1864.
Mrs. Carter married, 2d, William J. Cutler, of Boston, Feb. 18, 1857 ; he was born at New Salem, April 19, 1815, and had by his first wife, Lucia Washburn, of Bridgewater, two sons-William Washburn, born December 1, 1844, and Ed- ward, born May 3, 1847.
Amelia VII. married William H. Dunbar, [see memorial of Dunbar Family,] June 24, 1840, and had children-
VIII. 1. Emily, born August 18, 1841.
VIII. 2. Amelia H., born December 25, 1845.
VIII. 3. Lucy C., born October 7, 1848.
Emily VIII. married John Wooldredge, of Lynn, June 11, 1863, and had children-
IX. 1. Amelia Dunbar, born March 25, 1864.
IX. 2. William Dunbar, born June 27, 1865.
Benjamin VII. married Mary A. Webb, a native of England, December 22, 1863. Children-Mary Isabella, born Septem- ber 18, 1865. They reside at San Francisco, Cal.
Deborah Ann VII. married Alden F. Dunbar, [see me- morial of Dunbar Family,] August 26, 1846, and had chil- dren-
VIII. 1. Annie, who died at the age of four years; and 2. Asaph ; and 3. Alden ; who died in infancy.
VIII. 4. Amelia Hobart, born March 29, 1852.
VIII. 5. Blanche Lazell, born December 4, 1854. 34
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They have resided at New Orleans over 19 years.
Octavia VII. married Nathan Hobart, [see memorial of Noah Hobart, p. 393.]
Joseph VII. married Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Hutchinson, of Philadelphia, January 16, 1862. She was born on 6th of 10th month, 1834. Child- Grace Lazell, born December 17, 1865; died in infancy. They now reside at Philadelphia.
Mary VII. married James Lockett, now a merchant in Boston, a native of England, March 5, 1863, and had chil- dren-
VIII. 1. Benjamin Carter, born October 30, 1863.
VIII. 2. Madeline Lazell, born March 17, 1865.
VI. Salome married Marcus Alden, of East Bridgewater, and had children-
VII. 1. Aaron, born in East Bridgewater ; 2. Susan, born in East Bridgewater ; they removed to New York City, where Mr. Alden died. The daughter, Susan, married Seymour Hoyt, and a few years after removed to Stamford, Conn., where they now reside.
VI. Mary, daughter of Aaron V., married Henry Brigham, May 7, 1812. She died May 27, 1853. He married, second, Mrs. Abigail S. Hersey, May 31, 1854. The children of Mary were-
VII. 1. Henry HI., born January 22, 1813.
VII. 2. Joseph W., born October 2, 1814.
VII. 3. Charles, born in 1816 ; lived only six weeks.
Ilenry II., VII., married, first, Mary R. Corthell, October 16, 1834, who died July 14, 1847. Children-
VIII. 1. Andrew C., and VIII. 2. Joseph H. H. Second, married Drusilla B. Keen, April 12, 1854.
Andrew VIII. married Helena Peterson, October 10, 1857. Child-
IX. Albert Henry, born February 25, 1860.
Joseph II. H., VIII., married Eliza Ann Cook, December 28, 1865 ; died January 17, 1866.
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VI. Thankful, daughter of Aaron V., married Daniel Perry, 1812; died May 10, 1863. Children-
VII. 1. Thomas H., born August 20, 1813 ; died May 7, 1349.
VII. 2. Frances, born April 2, 1818 ; died August 19, 1858.
VII. 3. Daniel, boru April 27, 1820.
VII. 4. Caroline, born August 31, 1830.
VII. 5. Marie Louisa, born April 1, 1833.
Thomas H., VII., married Sarah Harvey, of Philadelphia, May 23, 1847. He was a graduate of Waterville College, Me., Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy ; taught midshipmen on board a national ship at Canton and other stations. Afterwards licensed to preach in the New Jerusalem Churel. Officiated at St. Louis, Mo., where he and his wife died near the same time.
Frances VII. married Henry Clapp, of Scituate, October 12, 1844. Children-
VIII. 1. Mary Frances, born July 30, 1845.
VIII. 2. Henry Oscar, born April 15, 1847. IIe served
- years in the - Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, in the war for the suppression of the great rebellion.
Daniel VII. married Mary A. Hartwell, November 13, 1845. Child-
VIII. Edward C., born April 12, 1850; died 1866.
Caroline VII. married Levi S. Cox, December 13, 1857.
V. John, son of Isaac IV., settled in Abington, and had three children-VI. John, Jacob and Polly (or Mary), owned and lived in the house where Henry Brigham now lives (at South Abington). John married a daughter of Samuel Sphere, of Bridgewater (now East Bridgewater) ; about 1795 removed to Leicester, in this State. He kept a noted tavern there for many years ; was a man of a strong mind, and represented his town in the Legislature. Two of his sons settled in Phila- delphia ; his descendants are quite numerous. His widowed wife died two or three years since, at over 90 years of age. Another son, Jacob, removed to New York State; had a
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