History of the town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement, Part 34

Author: Hobart, Benjamin, 1781-1877
Publication date: 1866
Publisher: Boston, T. H. Carter and son
Number of Pages: 552


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5. Deacon Jacob Pool, fourth son of Deacon Samuel Pool, married Rachel Beal, and built a house in South Abing- ton in 1766, now occupied by the widow of Ilector Foster. Was a soldier in the Old French War ; was at the taking of Louisburg in 1758; was a captain in the Revolutionary War ; was one of the selectmen for ten years, and died at the resi- dence of Walter S. Harding, in 1834, aged 94. Children- James, born 1764; Jacob, born 1767 ; Alethea, Hannalı, and Nabby, born 1777 ; Noah, born 1785. Jacob married Zeruah Whitmarsh, and moved to Bennington, Vt., where he died in April, 1864, aged 97. Alethea married Seth Har- den. Hannah married Thomas Pratt, and moved to Plain- field. Nabby married Zaccheus Gardner, and died in Easton, aged 87.


6. James Pool, eldest son of Deacon James Pool, married Eunice Lazell, of East Bridgewater, and died in the U. S. A., in 1814. Children-Sylvanus, born 1786 ; James, born


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1788 ; Hiram, born 1790; Jacob, born 1797. Sylvanus married two sisters named Gates, of Stowe, Mass., and died aged 78. James married a Benson, and died leaving two daughters ; Adeline, who married Charles H. Drake, of Stoughton, and Emily, who married Melvin Reed. Iliram, third son, was in the U. S. A., and was killed by a shell at Sackett's IIarbor, in 1815. Jacob, fourth son, married Mary Hayden, of Braintree. Children-James M. (the writer of this sketeli), and Luther L.


7. Noah, fifth son, was twiee married ; first to Polly White, second to widow Sally Crane. Children, Noah, born -; Polly, born 1810 ; Lurana, born -; Rosina, born 1820 ; Spencer, born 1821 ; Hiram, born 1823 ; Almira, born 1825 ; Sally, born 1823 ; William D., born 1832. Noah, first son, married, and lives at Nantucket. Polly mar- ried Eliab M. Noyes. Lurana married Ezra Whitmarsh, of East Bridgewater, and died some years ago. Rosina married Davis H. Cook. Spencer married Ruth Dyer, and lives in San Francisco, Cal. Hiram married Lydia K. Lewis (a descendant of Peregrine White). Almira married David B. Bates. Sally married IIenry Gurney, of East Bridgewater. William D. married Sarah Lewis (a descendant of Peregrine White). There are now living in South Abington five adult male descendants of Samuel Pool, Esq., and through him of Edward Pool, of Weymouth, who was undoubtedly the first of the name in that town, and probably came from England about 1635. The names of these five are-Jacob, Hiram, William D., James M., and Luther L. Pool.


John Pool, son of John, and brother of Thomas, Micah and Joseph, was born in Weymouth in 1743. He married Sarah Clark, of Braintree, in 1769 or 1770, and the same year came to Abington and bought a farm near the present Congregational Church, and built a house on what is now called Liberty Street. The house is still standing.


They had children-Sarah, born January 23, 1771; she married Nathaniel Howe, of Abington ; Micah, born April 3, 1772 ; he married Nabby Holbrook, of Weymouth ; John,


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born June 17, 1776, and died in 1781 ; David, born May 7, 1779, married Abigail Studley, of Hanover ; Elias, born January 23, 1781; he married Ruth Clark, of Braintree ; Betsey, born December -, 1782 ; she married Charles Whit- ing, of Hanover ; John and Clarissa, twins, born May 20, 1788 ; John married Lydia Nash, of Abington, and Clarissa married William Ripley, of Abington. Only the two last are living.


The following are the names of the grandchildren of John and Sarah Pool :-


Sarah Howe, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Howe.


The children of Micah and Nabby Pool are-Edwin (de- ceased), Alfred (deceased), Angelina, Leudo, Mary II., Micah H., Sally, Franklin, Samuel C. (deceased), Cyrus, Nathaniel and Betsey.


The children of David and Abigail Pool are-Granville C. (deceased), Waldo, Louisa, David S., Elias, John C., Abigail S., Rebecca T., and Charles A. (deceased.)


The children of Elias and Ruth Pool are-Mary A., and Ruth.


The children of Charles and Betsey Whiting are-Albert (deceased), Emily, Nathaniel H., William, and Betsey.


The children of John and Lydia Pool are-Nathaniel (de- ceased), Albert (deceased), John, Joseplı (deceased), Mary A. (deceased), Albert (deceased), Lysander and William W.


The children of William and Clarissa Ripley are-William, Henry, Lucy A. and Clarissa.


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Grandparents of William last named, on the father's side.


WILLIAM PRATT, born 1703 ; Jane Torrey, born 1711 ; had nine children - Jonathan, born 1735; Jane, born 1737 ; William, born 1739 ; Sarah, born 1741; Mary, born 1743 ; Elizabeth, born 1745; Huldah, born 1749; Matilda, born 1752 ; Philip, born 1755.


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Grandparents of William last named, on the mother's side.


Daniel Shaw, born 1739 ; Rebekah Beals, born 1737 ; had nine children-Rebekalı Shaw, born 1761; Lydia, born 1763 ; Daniel, born 1766; Noah, born 1768 ; Mehitabel, born 1771 ; Sarah, born 1773; Jacob, born 1775 ; Jonn, born 1777 ; Polly, born 1780.


Parents.


Philip Pratt, born August 30, 1755 ; Rebekah Shaw, born March 26, 1761 ; had 9 children-Rebecca Pratt, born Oct. 2, 1786 ; Susanna, born 1783; Huldah, born 1790; Jane, born 1792; Mary, born 1794; Daniel, born 1796 ; Sarah, born 1799 ; Philip, born 1801 ; William, born 1804.


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REED.


NEARLY all the Reeds, of Abington, are descended from WILLIAM READE, of Weymouth, who was born in England in 1605, and sailed from Gravesend, in the County of Kent, in 1635, and settled in Weymouth, where he was made freeman in the same year. Mr. Reade was among the early settlers of Weymouth,-it having been made a plantation, May 8, 1635. Ile was representative from Weymouth in 1636 and 1638. Ilis wife's name was Ivis. Their children were-William, born October 15, 1639 ; Esther, born May 8, 1641 ; Thomas ; John, born 1649, and Mary and Margaret.


From this family have sprung nearly all the different families of this name in Weymouth, Abington, the Bridgewaters, and those of Bristol County. The present Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, Chester I. Reed, of Taunton, is a descendant from the John above named, born in 1649.


The Reed's of the easterly and southerly parts of the town are, most of them, descended from Thomas Reed, son of William Ist, of Weymouth. His wife's name was Saralı. Children-Thomas, born September 12, 1671; William, born


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February 4, 1687 ; John, born December 30, 1679 ; Mary L .; Ruth White, born February 20, 1684; Hannah Hart, born September 25, 1689 ; Sarah S .; Samuel, born April 12, 1681. He married Mary for his second wife ; she died August 21, 1719. He held offices, civil and military, in his day. He died November 14, 1719.


Thomas, son of Thomas and Sarah, and grandson of William 1st, of Weymouth, born September 12, 1677 ; mar- ried Hannah Randall, January 14, 1701, and lived in Abing- ton. Children-Thomas, born October IS, 1701 ; Daniel, born September 10, 1704; Hannah, born March 14, 1706 ; Sarah, born August 1, 1715. He died October 2, 1719.


Daniel, son of Thomas and Hannah, of Abington, born September 10, 1704; married Ruth Torrey, February 22, 1728. Children-Daniel, born November 10, 1729 ; Thomas, born April 17, 1732 ; Ruth, born April 3, 1735. He lived on the place now occupied by Ezekiel Reed, near the Centre Depot.


Thomas, son of Daniel and Ruth, born April 17, 1732; married Widow Mary White, July 10, 1755. Her maiden name was Hobart. She was sister to the father of the present Benjamin Hobart, Esq., of South Abington. This Thomas was the grandfather of many persons now living. Among them may be mentioned Samnel, Goddard, Albert, Amos, Theodore, Horace and William L. Reed, all of Abington, and many others, descendants of his daughters, and therefore not bearing the name. He married, for second wife, Sarah Pulling, widow of John Pulling, of Boston, whose maiden name was Thaxter, sister of Dr. Gridley Thaxter, of Abington. IIe was a man of large frame, more than six feet in height, of great physical endurance and energy of character. He was possessed of large landed estates, and was one of the most wealthy men of the time. He lived on the place now occupied by Jesse Reed, on Plymouth Street. His children were- Mary, born June 7, 1758, who married Simeon Gannett, of East Bridgewater, in 1775 ; IIannah, born October 24, 1759, married Daniel Bicknell, October 25, 1780, and removed to


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the State of Maine ; Thomas, born December 12, 1761, who married Joanna Shaw, January 24, 1783, and lived on the place now occupied by Theodore Reed, and was commonly called Capt. Reed ; Samuel, born March 11, 1766 ; Huldah, born April 27, 1768, wlio married Dr. Richard Briggs, August 12, 1784, and removed to Worthington in this State ; Isaac, commonly called Deacon Isaac.


Thomas Reed, son of Thomas and Mary, above, born December 12, 1761 ; married Joanna Shaw, January 24, 1783.


Children-Elizabeth, Thomas, Goddard, Joanna, Ebenezer, Simeon Gannet, Albert, Amos S., Adaline, Martha, Clarissa, Theodore, all of whom lived to be married.


Thomas, son of Thomas and Joanna, married Lydia Jenkins.


Children-Thomas, Lydia J. and Henry Watson.


Goddard, son of Thomas and Joanna, born May 22, 1788; married Marcia Reed, November 13, 1814; died August 29, 1865.


Children-Hannah, born February 18, 1816 ; died young. Diana, born February 27, 1817; married Isaac Keen, June 14, 1835 ; died January 21, 1838. Washiington, born July 6, 1820 ; married Harriet Corthell, June 2, 1839.


Children-Henry Harrison, born August 12, 1840 ; Joanna, born May 7, 1846 ; Charles Goddard, born April 28, 1852 ; Marcia, born November 26, 1853.


Charles Goddard, son of Goddard and Marcia, born January 18, 1823 ; died September 22, 1823.


Marcia, daughter of Goddard and Marcia, born July 22, 1828 ; died September 4, 1848.


Elizabetlı, daughter of Thomas and Joanna, born March 12, 1784 ; married John Lane.


Joanna, daughter of Thomas and Joanna, born December 3, 1795 ; married Samuel Wales.


Ebenezer, son of Thomas and Joanna, born July 4, 1790 ; died July, 1864 ; married Lucy Jenkins, November 30, 1815.


Children-Cleora, Lorenzo, Egbert and Lucy.


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Simeon Gannett, son of Thomas and Joanna, born Septem- ber 29, 1793 ; married Rachael Burgess, October 11, 1829 ; died 1830.


Child-Simeon Gannett, who lives in Oregon.


Albert, son of Thomas and Joanna, born 1802; married Maria Colburn.


Child-Samuel C., who lives in New York.


Amos S., son of Thomas and Joanna, born May 22, 1804 ; married Huldah B. Loud, November 9, 1826.


Children-Saralı Ann and Amos Newton. Married, for


second wife, Rachael B. Reed, widow of Simeon G. Reed.


Children-Edward Payson, Elizabeth Waldo, and Miranda.


Amos Newton, son of Amos S. and Huldah B., married Sarah Boynton.


Child-Harry D., born May 22, 1854.


Adaline, daughter of Thomas and Joanna, born April 22, 1806 ; married Brackley Shaw.


Martha, daughter of Thomas and Joanna, married Michael Sylvester, of Hanover, Mass.


Clarissa, daughter of Thomas and Joanna, married David Hunt.


Theodore, son of Thomas and Joanna, married Clarissa Jenkins, December 26, 1830. Children-Martha and Theo- dore W. Married, for second wife, Abigail Wilder, of Hing- ham, December 31, 1840. Children-Abigail and Frances. Married, for third wife, Lydia Gurney, widow of Melvin Gurney. Children-Lydia, Maria, Thomas and Henry.


Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary, born March 11, 1766, married Mary Pool, August 28, 1787. He lived in the house now occupied by his son Samuel in East Abington, near the pond known as Reed's Pond. He was a man of energy and great physical power. He was lieutenant of the military company of which his brother Thomas was captain, and his brother Isaac was ensign. He owned most of the land now in possession of his sons Samuel and Abiah. He died com- paratively young, at the age of thirty-nine, in 1805. His wife died in September, 1839. His children were-Mary, born


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March 3, 1789, married Peter Ford, and lived in Windsor, Mass. ; died September 21, 1864 ; Samnel, born December 18, 1790; Abiah, born May 19, 1793, and now lives near the saw-mill ; Hannah, born March 24, 1795, who was blind, and died young ; Marcia, born January 19, 1798, married Goddard Reed, and now lives near the meeting-house in East Abington ; Joseph, born October 28, 1799, who now lives near his brother Abiah ; Ruth, born July 16, 1801, died young ; Charles, born November 2, 1802, who moved to Ohio, where he still resides ; Elias, born 1804, who died young.


Samuel, the son of Samuel and Mary, born December 18, 1790, is still living on the old homestead, near the pond in East Abington. He is too well known to the citizens of the town to require any special notice here. He has always lived in the house where he was born. Being the oldest son of the family, the care of the farm devolved upon him on the death of his father. He married Polly Corthiell, April 21, 1810. His children are-Samuel, born May 26, 1811 ; Mary, born January 16, 1813 ; Levi, born December 31, 1814 ; Dexter, born November 10, 1816; Mehitable, born September 14, 1818 ; Mehitable, born March 31, 1822. His wife died June 10, 1832. He married, for second wife, Serissa Litchfield Bailey, widow of Rowland Bailey, of Seituate, September 5, 1833. Children-Serissa, born June 27, 1834; Rowland, born October 13, 1836 ; Martha, born November 13, 1838 ; Sophia, born October 3, 1840; Anna, born November 13, 1844.


Samuel, son of the preceding Samuel, has always lived in East Abington, where he is now engaged in manufacturing boots and shoes. He married Eliza Wilkes, January 17, 1833, who died July 8, 1862. He married, for second wife, Betsey B. Gardner, December 13, 1863 ; Mary married John Burrill, April 20, 1837, and has always lived in East Abing- ton. She was for many years a teacher in our public schools, with good success. She has two children, one son and one daughter.


Levi was educated at Phillips' Academy, Andover. He


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married Louisa C. Drake, April 20, 1837. He spent twenty years in teaching in the public schools of the State, three of them in Dedham, and the last thirteen of them in the Washi- ington School, Roxbury. Ile has since returned to Abington, and was State Senator in 1800, and has been Auditor of the Commonwealth from January, 1861, to the present time. He has four children, two sous and two daughters-Louise Maria, born January 10, 1838 ; Samuel Bryant, born September 10, 1841 ; Mary Emily, born July 27, 1850; Alfred Levi, born October 9, 1855.


Dexter has always lived in East Abington, except a few years which he spent in California. He married Catherine Stetson. He has five children, three sons and two daughters- Frederick, born February 11, 1841 ; Lewis, born October 26, 1843 ; Edith Catherine, born September 3, 1845 ; Mary Alice, born December 21, 1846 ; Abraham Lincoln, born March 4, 1861.


Mehitable (the first) died when an infant. Mehitable (the second) has always lived in East Abington, and married George Lewis. She has five children, all sons.


Serissa, Martha, Sophia and Anna, all reside with their father. Rowland died young.


Isaac, son of Thomas and Mary, born August 4, 1770; married, first, Sarah Pulling, daughter of his father's second wife, May 5, 1793. Children-John Pulling, born September 15, 1795. Sarah, born September 19, 1797 ; married Charles Lane. Lucy Johnson, born May 29, 1800 ; married Jesse Reed. Martha Pulling, born March 16, 1802 ; married Seth Pratt. Mary Hobart, born April 1, 1804 ; married Green- wood Cushing. Isaac, born January 21, 1806. Betsey Gan- nett, born August 25, 1807 ; married Merritt Jenkins. Ruth Torrey, born July 31, 1809 ; married John Woodbridge Jenkins. Annis Jenks, born December 13, 1811; died De- cember, 1817. Married, for second wife, Naney Lincoln, February 3, 1819. Children-Horace, born November 26, 1820. William Lincoln, born October 5, 1825. Annis, born September 3, 1828 ; married Charles H. Cooke.


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Isaac, son of Isaac aud Sarah, married Rachel Reed ; mar- ried, for second wife, Eliza F. Shaw, December 17, 1829. Children-Isaac Thaxter, born March 14, 1834; Eliza Shaw, born April 4, 1836; Sarah E., born September 15, 1838 ; Ellen M., born December 2, 1840 ; IIenry Wallace, born Jan- uary 13, 1843 ; Rachel J., born March 13, 1845 ; Hannah, born September 12, 1848 ; Mary F., born October 17, 1850.


Horace married Lurana H. Bates, September 21, 1840. Children-Helen Augusta, born August 19, 1842; Emma Luraua, boru December 28, 1845; Horace Richmond, born August 12, 1852; Arthur Ellsworth, born April 8, 1861.


William L. married Deborah W. Chessman, June 6, 1847. Children-William Bradford, born February 24, 1852; died January 4, 1858. Anna Gertrude, born August 24, 1855; Sarah Chessman, born July 30, 1857 ; Walter Lincoln, born November 5, 1859.


Isaac Thaxter, son of Isaac and Eliza, married Lurana Jones. Child-Bradford Thaxter, born April 10, 1861.


William, son of William and Ivis above, born October 16, 1639 ; married Esther Thompson, of Middleborough ; had three sons-


William, born May 24, 1682 ; settled in South Abington in 1708. At the first town meeting, held March 2, 1713, he was chosen clerk, and also one of the Selectmen, which office he held ten years, and that of clerk six years. His place was where Ephraim S. Jenkins now lives. Ten of his descend- ants, at his death, had been liberally educated. He went by the appellation of "Captain Reed." Among his descendants are many who have distinguished themselves in public life. One of them, Hou. Jolin Reed, was for many years a member of Congress, and afterwards Lieutenant-Governor. John, born July 10, 1687; settled at South Abington in 1708. His place was opposite the burying-ground at South Abington. Jacob, born November 6, 1691 ; settled in South Abington in 1703 ; was Town Clerk for nineteen years, and one of the Selectmen for eight years. His place was where John W. Jenkins now lives, formerly Lieutenant Epliraim Whitman's.


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He married Sarah Hersey, and had three sons and four daughters-


Jacob, born July 7, 1720; William, born September 20, 1725; Elijah, born February 14, 1727. William married Silence Nash, and had eight children, three sons and five daughters-


William, born June 8, 1755 ; graduated at Harvard Uni- versity in 1782. and settled at Easton. James, born October 6, 1764; Timothy, born May 20, 1767, and died in 1775; James married Ruth Porter, of East Bridgewater, and had eight children-


Meliitable, born 1784 ; married Samuel Porter. Hannah, born 1786; married Jacob Fullarton. James, born 1788 ; married Mehitable Dyer ; he died December, 1810. Jane, born 1791 ; married Daniel Bates. Samuel P., born May 4, 1793 ; died September 9, 1815. Timothy, born March 27, 1796 ; died October 17, 1815. Marcus, born August 23, 1798. Cyrus, born July 23, 1800 ; married Mary Noyes; he died October 2, 1850 ; had two children-


Cyrus, born December 16, 1834 ; Samuel W., born Decem- ber 15, 1837.


Marcus married Mehitable Jenkins ; has three children-


Marcus, born November 29, 1823 ; Timothy, born Septem- ber 25, 1826; James, born February 26, 1831. Marcus married Jeanette L. Sproul ; has three children-


Jeanette Augusta, born October 22, 1849 ; Susan Mehitable, bern July 20, 1851 ; Marcus Webster, born October 6, 1856.


Timothy married Lydia Ann Bourne ; has two children-


Eliza Anna, born September 25, 1855 ; Hattie Frances, born December 8, 1857.


James married Peddy Howland ; has two children-


James Lewis, born January 10, 1853 ; Alice Maria, born September 23, 1854.


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STETSON.


THIE ancestor of the STETSON family, in Abington, was Robert Stetson, called Cornet Robert, because he was Cornet of the first Horse Company of Plymouth Colony, Mass. He came from England, County of Kent, and settled in Scituate in 1634. He was born 1613 ; died 1703. He was a prominent man in the early settlement of the Colony ; was chosen a member of the Council of War in 1661, and continued in it for twenty years ; in 1668, was commissioned to purchase of the Indian Sachem, Chickatabutt, a large tract of land, now comprised in the towns of Hanover and Abington, for the use of the Colony, and which was subsequently re-deeded to him, together with other large grants, which shows the extent of his possessions at that time. He died at the age of 90, leaving five sons-Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel and Robert .* Robert, the youngest, and from whom I trace my descent, resided in Pembroke.


His eldest son was named Isaac, who also lived and died in Pembroke. He had a number of sous and danghters, amongst whom was Peleg, who early removed to Abington. Ile raised quite a numerous family, the first of the Stetson Family in Abington of which I find any account, about 1738.


Ephraim Stetson (my grandfather), the third son of Peleg, born in 1743, located in the east part of the town, near his father ; married Ruth Ford, of Abington, and pursued the cultivation of the soil for a living, and left a reputation for nprightness, honesty and piety, unsurpassed. He was deacon of the Third Congregational Church from its organization, until the infirmities of age induced him to resign the office. He lived to the great age of 96 years, in the enjoyment of almost uninterrupted good health, and with faculties unimpaired to the last,-his hopes of a happy immortality undimmed by a cloud.


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His sons were Barnabas and Ephraim ; his daughters were Mary, Lydia and Ruth.


Barnabas settled near his father; married Lucy Barstow, daughter of Capt. Dauiel Barstow, of Hanover. His children were-Amos, Martin S., Barnabas, Lucy B., Julia A., and Lydia. His business was somewhat varied. He kept a store ; manufactured shoes ; also bricks, quite extensively ; and carried on farming. He was associated with his brother Ephraim, in an extensive trade at Hanover Four-Corners, under the firm of B. & E. Stetsou. He was an active, energetic business man through life ; honest himself, he placed too much confi- dence, perhaps, in the honesty of his fellew-men for his own pecuniary interest. He died 1849, aged 74 years.


Martin S., now the only surviving son, commenced manu- facturing boots and shoes in 1835, in company with Samuel Blake, jr., who married his sister, Julia A., and continued business in the east part of the town until the year 1842, when his business was removed to Mobile, Ala. From that time to the commencement of the war in 1861, the amount of boots and shoes (Abington's staple products) sold there annually, under the firm of M. S. Stetson & Co., will average $250,000, or, in the aggregate, $4,750,000. In June, 1857, he located with his family in South Abington. His only son living, Amos Sumner, is the youngest and only male descendant in direct line.


The direct line of descent of this branch of the Stetson Family, is this :-


1. Robert, born 1653; 2. Isaac, born -; 3. Peleg, born 1714; 4. Ephraim, born 1743 ; 5. Barnabas, born 1775; 6. Martin S., born 1809.


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STUDLEY.


1. NATHAN STUDLEY, son of Eliab, of Hanover, married Huldalı Ellis, May 18, 1806, and settled in East Abington, where he died in 1849.


Children-1. William, born June 19, 1806; 2. Andrew, born February 1, 1810; 3. Sophia, born April 12, 1808; married Jacob Naslı, of Abington, April 12, 1829 ; he died February 25, 1851. 4. Reuben, born February 3, 1812; 5. Alvin, born September 5, 1819 ; 6. Sylvia, born September 10, 1815 ; married Bela Smith, of Abington, July 16, 1835. 7. Elizabeth, born June 26, 1817; married Stephen Standish, of East Abington, July 30, 1843. 8. Huldah, born June 18, 1822 ; married N. P. Baker, of East Abington, June 1, 1843.


William, son of Nathan, married Elizabeth Haskell, of Ipswich, June 10, 1832, who died April 6, 1853. Their chil- dren were-


1. William A., born January 5, 1833 (a soldier for three years in the 12th Massachusetts Regiment, and re-enlisted in Heavy Artillery, 1864, now in service) ; married H. Augusta Hollom, of Maine, May 31, 1856. Their children were- William H., born April 4, 1857; Everett N., born March 3, 1860, and Frederick B., born March 21, 1861.


2. Mary E., born May 1, 1834 ; married Davis Cushing, of East Abington, May 19, 1853.


3. Hannah M., born June 21, 1836 ; died August 9, 1864.


4. Nathan F., born August 6, 1838 (a soldier in Heavy Artillery, now in the service) ; married Emily Litchifield, of Hanover, August 5, 1860, and has Elva S., born March 30, 1863.


5. John A., born July 6, 1845 (a soldier for three years in Ist Massachusetts Cavalry, re-enlisted in 1864, and now in service) ; married Lucy M. Whiting, of East Abington, Janu- ary 8, 1861, and has Louis A., born June 3, 1861; died August 3, 1863.


6. Ada A., born May 13, 1843.


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7. Jacob N., born July 6, 1845.


8. Lucius A., born December 17, 1847 ; died February 5, 1848.


9. Charles E., born April 23, 1852.


Andrew, son of Nathan, married Mary Jenkins, of Abing- ton, February 10, 1831, and lives in East Abington. Their children were-




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