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4. The descendants of William Nash, of Virginia and North Carolinia.
They may or may not have been nearly related. The earliest record is that of James, in Weymouth, in 1628.
II. Ilis son, Lieut. Jacob, of Weymouth, had eleven chil- dren, seven sons and four daughters; six sons settled in Weymouth, and James in Abington.
The daughter Abigail married an Ager in South Wey- mouth ; Alice married Capt. William Reed, first Town Clerk of Abington, and died December 5, 1751; Mary married Samuel Porter, and settled in Abington ; Sarah married Samuel Pool, Esq.
III. James, (Ensign.) son of Lieut. Jacob, and grandson of James, and first Town Treasurer of Abington, died 1725 ; married, first, Mary
Children-James, born 1705; Peter, born January, 1710;
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RESIDENCE OF JOSHUA L. NASH, CENTRE ABINGTON.
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Hannah married Christopher Dyer; died 1760. James mar- ried, second, Experience
Children-Experience married Joshua Pratt, of East Bridge- water ; Mary married Captain Obadiah Reed, son of Captain William Reed; Sarah married James Torrey ; Abigail mar- lied James Reed ; Samuel, born August 4, 1721 ; Silence, born April 19, 1739 ; married William Reed.
IV. James, (Lieut.,) son of James and Mary, born 1705 ; died May 6, 1759. Married Mary Pratt, of Easton ; born 1705 ; died 1761.
Children-Mary married Samuel Norton, Esq., formerly of Hingham ; deceased. James, born 1737; and seven died in infancy.
V. James, born 1737 ; died June 7, 1771. Married Tamar Bates ; born 1742 ; died April 10, 1772.
Children-James, born September 10, 1761; Nathaniel, born May 8, 1764 ; Ephraim died 1764, 3 months old ; Daniel, born 1767 ; Micah died 1780, 12 years old.
VI. James, son of James and Tamar, born September 10, 1761 ; died Angust 6, 1811. Married Sarah Brown ; born December 29, 1764; died May 25, 1842.
Children-James, born December 16, 1785; died March 18, 1858. Micah, born October 31, 1788; died March 31, 1849. Ira, born August 20, 1791; died March 24, 1859. Polly, born October 25, 1794; married Nelson Beal (2d wife). Selina Huntington, born November 24, 1796 ; mar- ried Nelson Beal ; she died October 4, 1827. Dorothy Brown, born July 8, 1806; married Bezjamin Beal (2d wife) ; she died April 14, 1838.
VII. James, son of James and Sarah, married Mary Otis Churchill ; born March 25, 1791; died October 27, 1864.
Children-James Otis, born February 2, 1814; Meritt, born October 10, 1815 ; Mary Ann, born November 4, 1817 ; died June 18, 1864. Sylvanns, born September 14, 1819; Eleazer Dexter, born January 23, 1821.
VIII. James Otis, son of James and Mary Otis, married Fanny Dorin ; born March 4, 1810 ; died March 15, 1844.
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Children-Deboralı Otis, born July 26, 1836 ; James Emery, born January 6, 1838; Elmer Hewitt, born February 22, 1840 ; Sylvanus Meritt, born March 26, 1842.
Said James Otis married Mary Damon (second wife) ; born 1808 ; died December 22, 1852. Said James Otis married Betsey Stetson (third wife) ; born September 23, 1810.
IX. James Emery married Helen Augusta Rust, born February 22, 1836 ; they have one child-IIelen Ellsworth- born June 2, 1866.
Elmer Hewitt married Jennie Anna Wildman, born No- vember 4, 1845.
Children-Ella Isabel, born June 29, 1864, at Cheshire, Conn. ; a son, born February 22, 1866, at Abington.
Sylvanus Meritt married Anna White Chase, born August 15, 1846.
VIII. Meritt, son of James and Mary Otis, married Betsy Shaw, born August 20, 1819.
Children-Meritt Ferdinand, born March 29, 1847; William Wallace, born January 17, 1850; Frank Wellington, born August 16, 1852 ; Melvin Shaw, born August 3, 1857 ; Mary Otis, born October 27, 1859.
VIII. Mary Aun, daughter of James and Mary Otis, married Ira Meritt.
VIII. Sylvanus, son of James and Mary Otis, married Mary Frances Rust, born July 25, 1829.
Children-Welland Arthur, born May 15, 1851 ; died Sep- tember 27, 1851. Ewing Proctor, born April 23, 1853; George Miner, born October 3, 1854; Everett Clifford, born July 19, 1856 ; Lillian Effa, born September 27, 1858, at Elgin, Ill.
VIII. Eleazer Dexter, son of James and Mary Otis, mar- ried Annis Reed Hunt, born December 17, 1817.
Children-Charles Dexter, born December 4, 1843 ; William Iloward, born July 20, 1845 ; George Francis, born February 15, 1847 ; died March 26, 1852. Cyrus Clifford, born June 13, 1851; died June 14, 1852. Georgetta Frances, born
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April 15, 1853 ; Eliot, born October 5, 1855 ; Hattie Hunt, born September 10, 1858.
IX. William Howard married Lydia Anderson Perkins, born September 4, 1847.
VI. Micah, son of James and Sarah, married Sarah Thaxter, born December 13, 1792.
Children-Sarah Lincoln, born September 30, 1814; died October 12, 1858. Mary Thaxter, born September 20, 1816 ; Elizabeth Baylies, born February 9, 1819; Bela Thaxter, born July 18, 1821 ; Micah, born February 28, 1824; Char- lotte Brown, born September 20, 1826; Gridley Thaxter, born March 10, 1828 ; Benjamin Lincoln, born September 14, 1831 ; James Edward, born September 26, 1833.
VII. Mary Thaxter, danghter of Micah and Sarah, married Harvey Reed.
VII. Bela Thaxter, son of Micah and Sarah, married Eliz- abeth Kingman Richards, born November 1, 1828.
VII. Micalı, son of Micah and Sarah, married Calista Churchill, born August 25, 1826.
Children-Samuel Rogers, born November 25, 1850 ; died December 15, 1850. Samuel Brooks, born July 16, 1852 ; died April 29, 1853. Walter Brooks, born February 18, 1854; drowned July 18, 1866. Carrie Calista, born July 16, 1859 ; Sarah Lincoln, born October 10, 1863 ; Edward Leslie, born April 26, 1866.
VII. Charlotte Brown, daughter of Micah and Sarah, married Moses HI. MeKenney.
VII. Gridley Thaxter, son of Micah and Sarah, married Sarah Frances Shaw, born December 5, 1834.
Child-Freddie Allen, born October 22, 1859 ; died July 17, 1861.
VII. Benjamin Lincoln, son of Micah and Sarah, married Maria Frances Cushing, born March 1, 1837.
Child-Nellie Gertrude, born March 12, 1862.
VII. James Edward, son of Micah and Sarah, married Louisa Maria Recd, born January 10, 1838.
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VI. Ira, son of James and Sarah, married Mehitable Pool Hunt, born November 7, 1801.
Children-Ann Maria, born March 28, 1823 ; died August 27, 1839. Erastus Maltby, born January 5, 1826; Francis Henry, born October 29, 1833 ; Selina Huntington, born Oc- tober 4, 1837 ; Albert Mason, born December 4, 1840.
VII. Erastus Maltby, son of Ira and Mehitable Pool, mar- ried Almira Angusta Cushing, born February 2, 1829 ; died August 1, 1860.
Children-Henry Augustus, born January 29, 1848 ; died April 12, 1852. George Walter, born March 13, 1851; Emma Augusta, born December 24, 1853 ; died August 10, 1860. Alice Maria, born February 22, 1857. Married, 2d, Lucy Augusta Keen, born December 27, 1833.
VII. Francis IIenry, son of Ira and Mehitable Pool, mar- ried Harriet Angusta Hunt, born May 11, 1835.
Children-Anna Maria, born December 25, 1852; ITattie Frances, born September 13, 1860.
VII. Albert Mason, son of Ira and Mehitable Pool, mar- ried Almeda Alden Loud, born April 23, 1842.
VI. Nathaniel, born May 8, 1764; died November 28, 1835. Married Miranda Jenkins, born August, 1767; died March 15, 1812.
Children-Lydia, born September 2, 1791 ; married Jolin Pool. Tamar, born February 2, 1794; married Elias Nash, and died April 8, 1845. Betsey, born July 12, 1796 ; married Leonard Nash. Miranda, born April 29, 1799 ; married Spencer Gloyd, and died September 28, 1831. Thankful, born November 2, 1804; married Gideon Ramsdell. Nath- aniel, born September 2, 1807.
VII. Nathaniel, (Captain,) son of Nathaniel and Miranda, born September 2, 1807; died August 1, 1861. Married Sarah Loud, born February 22, 1811.
Children-Francis A., born April 19, 1834; Isabel F., born August 20, 1837 ; died September 13, 1837. Nathaniel E., born October 25, 1838; died November 18, 1841. Ed- ward E., born January 8, 1843; married Mary F. Foster,
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and died June 19, 1863. Nathaniel W., born July 25, 1847.
VIII. Francis Alvarez, son of Nathaniel and Sarah, born April 19, 1834; married Kezier L. Hall, born April 24, 1836.
Children-Isabel Frances, born July 19, 1856 ; Agnes Hartley, born February 12, 1858 ; Minnie Hall, born April 11, 1860 ; died October 19, 1864. Bertha Alvarez, born May 19, 1864.
VI. Daniel, son of James and Tamar, born 1767; died November 13, 1804; married Rosanda Porter.
Children-three died in infancy ; Harriet married Havelin Torrey ; Loring ; Mehitable died October 29, 1805, aged 6 years ; Clarissa married Cyrus Gurney.
IV. Peter, son of James and Mary, born January, 1710; died January, 1773. Married Mary Noyes, born 1718; died September 18, 1795.
Children-Jacob, died, aged 20 years ; Peter, born July 31, 1738 ; Daniel married Susan+ Richards, and moved to Cum- mington, died December 10, 1823; John, born March 17, 1748 ; David, born 1752 ; died July 6, 1775, in U. S. Service, at Roxbury ; Jonathan, born 1754 ; Molly died May 12, 1777, aged 36 years ; Hannah died February 26, 1793, aged 46 years ; Jacob, born March, 1760 ; Solomon and Anna died in infancy.
V. Peter, jr., son of Peter and Mary, born July 31, 1738, died March 14, 1825. Married Sarah Torrey, born 1738 ; died August 6, 1797. .
Children-Sarah died in infancy ; Asa, born July 11, 1762; Molly married Nehemiah Thayer, of Randolph ; Sarah mar- ried Richard Belcher, of Randolph ; Hannah married Calvin Thayer, of Randolph ; Mehitable married Samuel Newcomb, of Randolph ; died June 9, 1814, aged 40 years. Experience died October 17, 1781, aged 5 years ; Anu married Ebenezer Joy, of Weymouth, and died 1810; Joseph married Rebecca Lyon, of Halifax, and moved to Sydney, Me. ; Peter married Unity Jordan, of Stoughton, and moved to Pittston, Me.
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VI. Asa, son of Peter, jr., and Sarah, born July 11, 1762 ; dicd 1815. Married Hannah Shaw, born November 25, 1772 ; died August 11, 1863.
Children-Hannah, born February 11, 1798 ; married Daniel Noyes. Asa, born October 10, 1799 ; William, born February 12, 1802 ; Joseph and Mary, born January 29, 1805 ; she died December 27, 1826.
VII. William, son of Asa and Hannah, born February 12, 1802. Married, first, Naney Bicknell, born 1808 ; died Octo- ber 13, 1850.
Children-Jacob, born June 10, 1831 ; Mary, born April 26, 1832 ; married Woodbridge Brown (2d wife). N. Maria, born December 23, 1836; married Gilbert J. Ramsdell. Married, second, Eliza Jane Thompson, born September 5, 1825.
Child-daughter, Jane Elva, born February 14, 1861.
VIII. Jacob B., son of William an 1 Nancy, born June 10, 1831. Married Charlotte Nash, born February 14, 1833, in Pittston, Me.
Children-George W., born August 2, 1856 ; Arthur D., born March 26, 1860 ; Isven E., born March 4, 1866.
V. John, son of Peter and Mary, born March 17, 1748 ; died February 18, 1826. Married, first, Molly Tounsend, born 1771 ; died July 17, 1797.
Children-daughter died in infancy ; John, born July 18, 1790 ; died July 17, 1851 (Town Clerk). Married, second, Molly Bates, born 1765; died April 23, 1846.
Children-infant died July 16, 1801 ; Mary, born Septem- ber 17, 1802 ; died December 16, 1859.
V. Jonathan, son of Peter and Mary, born 1754; died February 26, 1827. Married Rebecca -, born 1764 ; died March 5, 1838.
IV. Samuel, son of James and Experience, born August 4, 1721 ; died 1814. Married Abigail Hersey.
Children-Samuel, born August 4, 1744; Matthew, born November 29, 1747 ; Solomon, born December 16, 1753 ; he was wounded in a battle at Rhode Island, August 22, 1778,
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and died September 5, in Providence. Luke, born October 16, 1757. Sarah, born December 10, 1750; married Gideon Ramsdell, jr. ; deceased. Polly, born July 19, 1762 ; married James Donoghue, and died August 25, 1825 ; death occasioned by taking salt-petre.
V. Samuel, Rev., son of Samuel and Abigail, born August 4, 1744 ; died February 1, 1821 ; settled in Gray, Me. ; mar- ried Fannie Esterbrooks, of Warren, R. I.
Children-Samuel, Solomon, Francis, Abigail, James, John, Huldah and Sarah. Rev. Samuel had, January 1, 1826, 35 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
V. Matthew, son of Samuel and Abigail, born November 29, 1747; died December 14, 1827. Married Hannah Erskine.
VI. Alexander, born 1777; died 1847. Married Olive Whitman. born 1782; died 1859.
Children-Hannah, born 1806 ; died 1846. N. Heridon, born 1808; Jared, born 1810; died 1840. Mehitable, born 1812 ; married William P. Corthell, Esq. Edwin, born 1815; died 1851. Clarissa, born 1817; died 1843. Olive, born 1819 ; died 1837. Jolin L., born 1821; died 1852.
VII. N. Ileridon, sou of Alexander and Olive, born 1808; died 1854. Married Sarah J. Smeltser, of New Orleans.
Children-Horian A., born 1837; married Fannie Ross, Van of the Cherokee Nation. Augustine S., born 1839; married Ephraim Whitman. Frank, born 1841; Albert, born 1844; William S., born 1846; Florence, born 1848 ; Clara A., born 1850.
V. Luke, (Major,) son of Samnel and Abigail, born Octo- ber 16, 1757; died April 10, 1834. Married Nabby Smith, born March 7, 1761 ; died December 2, 1821.
Children-Cyrus, born May 8, 1780 ; died March 4, 1850. Lydia, born September 8, 1781 ; married Enos Cox and died May 11, 1806. Susanna, born December 20, 1783 ; died May 2, 1806. Sally, born September 14, 1785 ; Rowena, born March 11, 1787; married Eleazer Whiting, and died February 19, 1816. Elias, born March 13, 1789; married 36
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Tamar Nash, and died October 16, 1856. Leonard, born January 26, 1791 ; Luke, born March 26, 1793; Polly, born April 11, 1795 ; Celia, born January 29, 1797; died March 20, 1848. Nabby, born March 7, 1799; died October 11, 1855.
VI. Leonard, son of Luke and Nabby, born January 26, 1791. Married Betsey Nash, daughter of the late Nathaniel Nash, born July 12, 1796.
VII. Joshua Leonard, born March 4, 1820. Married, first, Abby White Packard, born May 4, 1823; died August 29, 1852.
Child-Joshua Huntington, born February 10, 1848.
Married, second, Anna H. King, born July 26, 1827.
Children-Emma Hammond, born July 19, 1855 ; Abby Elizabeth, born November 10, 1863 ; died January 10, 1864.
VI. Luke, son of Luke and Nabby, born March 26, 1793 ; died January 22, 1861. Married, first, Ruth Ramsdell, born -; died August 16, 1839.
Childreu-Susan, born March 6, 1812; married Joseph Brown ; died May 1, 1859. Richmond, born December 21, 1814. Eliza, born February 10, 1816 ; married Willis Har- den. Charles, born March 16, 1818. Emeline, born March 14, 1820 ; married Josialı H. Crump ; died April 22, 1842. Married, second, Sarah P. Gould.
VII. Richmond, son of Luke and Ruth, born December 21, 1814; died February 6, 1852 ; married Mary II. Bates.
Children-Mary HI. married John Waterman ; Lydia E. married George W. Wright ; Eliza F. married Charles Dyer ; Henrietta W. ; Emma R.
VII. Charles, son of Luke and Ruth, born March 16, 1818 ; married Lydia A. Griswold.
Children-Eliza, died in infancy ; Charles, born October 30, 1849
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NOYES.
NICHOLAS NOYES, from whom that branch of the Noyes family, residing in Abington, descended, came with his brother James to New England from Choulderton, in Wiltshire, Eng., in the brig Elizabeth, in 1634.
They descended from a knight by the name of James, who was with William, at the battle of Hastings, in the year 1060. The chief or head of this family came to England from Nor- mandy, and was with King Richard Cœur de Leon, in the Holy Land.
Their father's name was William, who was instituted as rector in the diocese of Salisbury in 1602, but resigned in 1620. The mother was sister of the Rev. Robert Parker, called a very learned Puritan, who was driven to Holland for his disinclination to adopt Queen Elizabeth's forms.
Nicholas was born in 1616. He came to Ipswich in 1634, soon after his arrival in this country ; and, in May, 1635, he removed to Newbury. He was a representative from that town. He married Mary, daughter of Captain John Cutting. They had thirteen children-
Mary, Hannah, John, Rev. Nicholas, Cutting, Sarah, born 1651 ; Sarah, born 1653; Timothy, James, Abigail, Rachel, Thomas and Rebecca. He died November 23, 1701, aged S5 years.
John, oldest son of Nicholas, was born January 20, 1646, and married Mary Poor, November 23, 1668. They had ten child: en-
Nicholas, Daniel, Mary, John, Martha, born 1679 ; Martha, born 1680; Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Moses and Samuel.
Samuel, the youngest son of John, was born February 5, 1692, and came to Abington with his oldest brother, Nicholas, about 1712. He married Hannah Poor, and lived on the place now occupied by the Misses Niles. They had eight children-
Samnel, Daniel, Mary, John, Benjamin, Abigail, Jacob and Ebenezer. He died November 6, 1729.
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Capt. Daniel, the second son of Samuel, was born October 7, 1716. He cleared up the farm now owned by Jacob Noyes. He married Hannah Thayer in 1743. They had three chil- dren-
Hannah, Daniel and Elizabeth. He married for his second wife Mary Burrill, December 29, 1750. They had ten chil- dren-
Daniel, Mercy, Daniel, Sarah, Ephraim, Asa, Benjamin, Hannalı, Deborah and John. He married for his third wife Widow Mary Reed. They had two children-
Daniel and Mercy. He died November 11, 1780.
Lieut. Ephraim, the third son of Capt. Daniel by his second wife, was born February 20, 1757, and married Sarah Dike in 1779. They had eight children-
Hannah, Jacob, Sarah, Ephraim, Rebekah, Daniel, Jacob and Alva. He was one of the selectmen of the town for several years ; and, in 1800, he moved to North Bridgewater. He died June 14, 1822.
Sarah, daughter of Ephraim, married Noah Norton, of Abington, and lived on the place now occupied by Jacob Noyes, until the death of her husband ; after his death, re- moved to North Bridgewater, with her three children.
Daniel, son of Ephraim, graduated at Yale College in 1812, and settled in Boston as an apothecary ; was of the firm of Maynard & Noyes ; had several children ; died in 1852. At his death resided in Andover, having been for several years treasurer of the Theological Seminary at that place.
Jacob, the fourth son of Ephraim, was born March 5, 1795, and married Olive Edson, (born May 5, 1795, and died April 13, 1853,) December 28, 1818. They had two chil- dren-Henry Augustus and Lewis Ellinwood.
Henry A., oldest son of Jacob, was born September 28, 1820, and married H. Amelia Loud, October 22, 1845. They have had two children-Amelia Frances, born November 26, 1846, and died March 2, 1848 ; Ella Maria, born September 28,1851.
Lewis E., youngest son of Jacob, was born July 3, 1823,
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and married Luey A. Briggs, September 10, 1849. They have two children-Charlotte Elizabeth, born August 10, 1850 ; and Anna Louden, born May 29, 1856.
Daniel, son of Captain Daniel Noyes, born Sept. 12, 1772 ; married Huldah Jenkins, Nov. 21, 1795. They had seven chil- dren. Merritt, born Nov. 21, 1796 ; died Dec. 1, 1819. Polly, born April 16, 1798 ; married Capt. Ziba Keith, and removed to Campello ; they had three children. Daniel, born August 17, 1800. Isaiah, born October 30, 1801. Mehitable, born September 17, 1803 ; married Sherebiah Corthell, September 15, 1825 ; they had three children ; she died April 7, 1840. Ira, born December 15, 1805. Huldah J., born July 15, 1807 ; married Asa B. Jones, and removed to North Bridge- water ; they had two children. Daniel married for his second wife Hannah Shaw, January 9, 1816 ; they had four children. Spencer W., born September 2, 1817 ; married Mary Packard, November 26, 1840 ; they have had seven children ; they are now living in Iowa. John N., born March 20, 1820. Merritt, born March 10, 1822; died 1823. Gilbert, born October, 1826 ; died June, 1827. He, Daniel, died July 9, 1829.
Of these children, those now living in town are Daniel, Isaiah and Jolin N. ; and their families are as follows :-
Daniel married Hannah Nash, September 19, 1822; they had two children. Daniel L., born January 22, 1824. IIenry, born October 4, 1838. Daniel L. married Julia M. Taber, August 2, 1846 ; they have two children ; they are now living in Brooklyn, N. Y. Henry married Mary E. Faxon, May 1, 1860 ; they have two children. Walter II., born October 12, 1861. Bernice J., born February 23, 1863.
Isaiah married Betsey Bosworth, October 28, 1823; they had seven children. Elizabeth M., born August 26, 1824; died July 7, 1843, leaving one child. Anice, born October 18, 1844. Susan P., born March 3, 1826 ; married Daniel Thompson ; she died January 1, 1852; they had one child, who died in infancy. Isaiah, born October 20, 1828; died
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January 1, 1850. Almira C., born October 7, 1832 ; married Verres G. Thompson, November 29, 1850 ; she died October 14, 1855. Lucy M., born October 15, 1834 ; married Francis G. Thompson, July 16, 1860. Mary, born July 27, 1838 ; married George Ripley, January 2, 1859 ; she died June 17, 1864. Ellen, born September 27, 1840; married Lucien W. Farrar, August 28, 1859 ; they had two children.
Ira married Lucy G. Canterbury, July 25, 1824 ; they had four children. Josiah II., born January 29, 1825 ; died De- cember 31, 1825. Josiah II., born March 13, 1826. Silas C., born July 15, 1828. Ira D., born September 5, 1833.
Josiah H., married Nancy A. Damon, March 26, 1846 ; they have two children. Josiah P., born November 2, 1847 ; Ira D., born October 26, 1855.
Silas C. married Sarah J. Richmond, June 24, 1855 ; they had two children. Lucy G., born December 2, 1855; Mary L., born August 31, 1857.
Ira D. married Mary F. Thomas, January 31, 1856 ; they had two children. Nellie D., born January 16, 1858 ; Silas C., born February 10, 1864.
John N. married Betsey Bicknell, September 7, 1841 ; they have four children. Merritt, born August 15, 1842 ; Alfred, born March 2, 1845; died April 23, 1865. Ellis B., born August 12, 1848 ; Abby E., born August 3, 1852.
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PAYN.
ZEBULON PAYN was born in Abington, December 17, 1741. Ile had three children by his first wife. Their names were Zebulon, Deborah and Rebekah.
Zebulon, jr., was the first man in Abington who made a business of having boots and shoes made.
Zebulon, sen., married a second wife, who was born Sep- tember 21, 1742. She had one son named Stephen, born April 6, 1781. He was the first man who invented a machine
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to split leather in this country, which was patented in 1806. He was married to Elizabeth Smith, August 1, 1805. They had four children-Stephen, jr., born February 9, 1806; Elizabeth S., born April 29, 1814; Ezekiel, born November 20, 1816 ; Josiah, born August 19, 1820.
Stephen married Deborah Gurney, October 18, 1829 ; had two children-Benjamin Franklin, born March 2, 1833, and Elbridge, born December 23, 1834. The latter married Maria J. Holbrook, April 10, 1857, and has one son-Henry S., -- born January 7, 1859.
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POOL.
1. EDWARD POOL lived in Weymouth. His will was dated September 22, 1664, and proved October 26, of the same year. In this will he names his children in the following order : - Samuel, Isaac, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Sarah and Jacob.
2. Joseph Pool, third son of the above, lived in Weymouth about the year 1700. He had four daughters and three sons- Joseph, Isaac and Samuel. Joseph lived in Abington Centre. Isaac lived and died in South Bridgewater, 1759.
3. Samuel Pool, Esq., son of Joseph, married Sarah Nash and removed to South Abington. He had four chil- dren-Elizabeth, born 1711; Samuel, born 1713; Joseph, born 1716 ; Sarah, born 1718. He settled in South Abing- ton in 1711, served six years as one of the selectmen, was chosen a representative to General Court in 1735, being the first one elected to that office by the town, and died in 1785, aged 95. His daughter Elizabeth married John Noyes in 1723 ; Sarah married Jacob Ford in 1733. Joseph, second son, was drowned when young, leaving two daughters, but no male posterity.
4. Deacon Samuel Pool, eldest son of Samuel Pool, mar- ried Rebecca Shaw, 1733; served as one of the selectmen for several years ; was twice elected representative to General
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Court, after which he removed to Plainfield, where he died. Children-Joshua, born 1734 ; Samuel, born 1736 ; Joseph, born 1739 ; Jacob, born 1740; Rebecca, born 1743; Asa, born 1745 ; Achish, born 1746 ; Oliver, born 1748 ; Abijah, born 1753 ; Jeptha, born 1756 ; aud four others who died in infancy or childhood. Joshua, the eldest, was twice married, and had a large family of children. His wives were Mary Burrell and Mary Reed. He lived where Samuel Dyer now lives ; died in East Bridgewater, aged 88. Samuel, second son, married Ruth Fullerton, lived in East Bridgewater, afterwards in Easton, where he died, aged 94. Joseph, third son, married Mary Pillsbury, lived on what is now High Street, and afterwards removed to Plainfield. He left a son and two daughters. Rebecca married Gideon Randall, of Hans- ver, and removed to Plainfield, and afterwards to Bennington, Vt. Achish married and removed to Plainfield, and was living in N. Y. at the age of 100 years. Abijah and Oliver each married and removed to Plainfield. Jeptha married and went to Goshen, Mass. Asa was a soldier in the Old French War, and died at Halifax, N. S., aged 18.
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