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Silas Howe, b. 1737, bro. of Phineas of Barnes hill, m. Abigail, dau. of Isaac Moore, Sr., Feb. 2, 1764; he was the successor of Phineas on the hill, but finally rem. to Rumford,' Me., about 1800. Had Silas, b. 1764; Abigail, b. 1766, m. Manasseh Fair-
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banks: Ephraim, b. 1767; Levi, b. - -: Persis, b. -: Tamer, b. 1779; Abraham, b. 1782.
Silas Howe m., 1780, Silence Moore; from the records it is not-clear whether this Silas is a s. of Phineas or not. Had Jeremiah N., b. 1781 ; Rebecca H., b. 1782; Samson, b. 1786, m., 1812, Betsey Howe of Boylston : Experience, b. 1787; Rumford records add Hannah, b. 1798: Lydia, b. 1802.
Capt. Ephraim Howe, s. of Silas, Sr., m. Hannah, dau. of Fortunatus Barnes, Nov. 1I, 1790; he lived on the Merrick Felton farm; later rem. to Northboro. Had Curtis, b. June 9, 1791, m. Dec. 15, 1819, Alo- thena Bartlett of Northboro (their early life was in Berlin, later in Northboro, where he d. Oct. 22, 1854, had no children, his wid. d. 1892); Abel, b. Oct. 16, 1795: Lois, b. Nov. 3, 1799, m. Roswell Keyes; Ephraim and Hannah, twins, b. July 7, 1808; Han- nah d. young; Zilpah, b. Aug. 17, 1802, m. William Sawyer, s. of Amos, Sr .: Lucinda, b. Oct. 16, 1797 ; Lucy, b. - , m. Whitney of Marlboro. Capt. Ephraim d. March 28, 1855, at 87; wife d. June 1, 1851, at 81.
Ephraim Howe, Jr., m. Susan Jones; he lived on Philo Bruce's place about 1830; rem. to Northboro. Had seven children; Lewis T., b. Dec. 15, 1843, is on our list of soldiers.
Warren S. Howe, s. of Willard of Marlboro, m. Lucy S., dau. of Amos Sawyer, Jr., Nov. 24, 1870; she d. Jan. 29, 1884; m., 2d, Laura Elizabeth, dau. of John A. Merrill, Jan. 18, 1888. He has been expressman and drove the daily coach to Hudson. He removed. to Brookline.
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Abel Howe, s. of Ephraim, m., Dec. 17, 1817, Betsey Sawyer; was living on the old Phineas Howe place about 1830; rem. to Maine. Had Hannah, m. Fran- cis Eager of Northboro; Ellen Gertrude, m. John A. Lane of Northboro. He d. 1843 in Canton, Me .; wife d. 1833.
Samuel Howe, from Bolton, m. Mary G. Wheeler, dau. of Levi, Jr., Nov. 28, 1849; rem. to Marlboro. Had Ellen M., b. Oct. 23, 1850; Bertha J., b. June 22, 1855; Sumner L., b. Apr. 9, 1859; Henry E., b. Aug. 6, 1866 ; Clarence, b. Dec. 22, 1870, d. Aug. 12, 1871.
Alonso F. Howe, s. of Lyman of Marlboro, m. Melinda Lawrence of Marlboro; he settled in the south part on the place now owned by N. H. Cart- wright in 1857 and built that house; he was in the army in the 29th Mass. Vols .; d. at Camp Dennison, Cincinnati, Sept. 7, 1863, age 32 ; after his death the family rem. to Marlboro in 1863. Had Frank D., b. March 7, 1857; Fred W., b. May 13, 1859, d. young; Stella G., b. June 7, 1861.
Solomon Howe came to Berlin in 1803. This con- catenation of names preceded him genealogically : John and Mary, Josiah and Mary (Haynes), Josiah and Mary (Marble), Josiah and Mary (Goodale), Josiah and Molly (Mary) Adams. He m. Sarah, dau. of John Stow; her mother was Grace Newton. The Stows antedated the Howes in Marlboro, but were less numerous. "'Squire Howe" was a kind of town official in public affairs; he was innholder, storekeeper and farmer; ventured in card manufac- turing, a losing enterprise. The writer has "used
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up" variously much of the clumsy machinery. My father, I suppose, furnished the wire in part in his "wire shop" at the foot of Cranberry meadow, "Houghton & Dakin:" "drawing wire," it was called. The Howe tavern on the present William H. Harts- horn corner was known "on the road" as a dining place, especially after the Boston and Barre stage was started and "summer boarders" were known in Berlin fifty years ago. William Addison, his elder son, at sixteen bought and sold in the store; he was a merchant by instinct : he had his eye on Boston from his youth : he reached it in 1837; was wholesale dry goods dealer; became president of the Elliot Ins. Co. and of the Elliot Bank; was mainly instrumental in their organization: he was stricken by paralysis in Oct., 1858.
Solomon Henry Howe was taken from the farm into partnership with his bro. in 1844 after apprentice- ship; later with others, Pierce, Howe & Co .; later, Howe, Pierce & Co., bro. of first partner; the senior Pierce said Howe was the best salesman in Boston; he retired with competence to the old Holman farm on Wataquodock in 186 -. The tower there on the highest land between Wachusett and Boston was built by him. The long line of evergreens further south will long be reminders of him. Weary with the monotony of retirement, he unhappily entered into complications with the B. C. & F. R. R. (from the O. C. Northern branch), of which he became president when it was extended to New Bedford; he. was stricken by apoplexy in a public meeting in Boston. Died Feb., 1879. He m. in 1851 Lucinda, dau. of James Savage of Boston, later of Southboro.
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His children are: Mary Grace, m. Leslie Hastings ; James Sullivan, physician in Boston; Solomon Henry, merchant in New York city; William Addison, in Oregon. These brothers have a personal record in the late "History of Worcester County," but by tem- porary loss of the manuscript, the record is inserted in the appendix.
Solomon Howe m. May 19, 1802, Sarah Stow. Had Isabella, b. July 19, 1803, m., March 24, 1822, Major Rufus Hastings of Sterling; she d. in West- boro Nov., 1876, he d. there June, 1883 ; William Addison, b. July 4, 1806, d. in Berlin Oct. I, 1863, unm. ; Sarah, b. March 21, 1809, d. June 29, 1826; Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 181I, m., April 25, 1854, · Capt. Amos C. Leland of Holliston; he d. May, 1855, she m., Sept. 1, 1857, Dea. Luther Peters ; she d. June 2, 1882 ; Mary Grace, b. May 12, 1815, m., May 28, 1844, Rev. William A. Houghton, then of North- boro; Lucy E., b. May 2, 1817, m., May 13, 1841, Dr. Edward Hartshorn; Solomon Henry, b. Nov. 29, 1822.
HUDSON.
John Hudson, b. 1713, s. of Nathaniel and grands. of Daniel and (Joanna) Hudson, who settled in Lan- caster in 1665, m. Elizabeth McAllister of Northboro; she d. May 16, 1786, age 66; he m., 2d, March 28, 1787, Bertha Wood, who survived him; he settled in the southwest part of the town on the hill south of the Barneses, later known as the Dinsmore place. Had by Elizabeth, Elisha, m. Susanna Brigham, rem. to Canada; Elijah, m. Hannah Goodnow, moved
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WILLIAM A. HOWE.
William A. Howe, son of Solomon and Sarah Howe, early succeeded to his father's farm and store, and soon extended the business till it included the trade for miles around. His ambition soon led him to Boston, where in the dry goods business he soon amassed a fortune and won the reputation of a skillful financier. While in the full tide of suc- cess as president of the Eliot Bank and the Eliot Fire Insurance Co., both of which he founded .; he was stricken with paralysis and died in Berlin in 1857. His interment was at Mt. Auburn. While in health he purposed to build a mansion on the old site, and removed and refitted the old house on a site opposite the old church.
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to Clarendon, \'t .: Merriam, m. Jonas Babcock of Northboro, and was the mother of Mrs. Adam Bart- lett: Moses, res., Bolton, unm .; Aaron, was in the Lexington alarm in 1775: Hannah, d. in Berlin unm .: Ebenezer, d. in the Revolutionary army; John, moved to Oxford, was three years in the army; Charles, was a three years' man in the Continental army, and when his time was about expiring he was accidentally killed by one of our own men: two scouting parties, met in the night time, and one mistaking the other for the enemy, fired and killed him and another man. Stephen, b. 1761, settled in Marlboro, was three years in the Continental service ; was the father of Hon. Charles Hudson, the historian of Marlboro; Elizabeth, the youngest of the family of eleven children, m. Levi Fay of Marlboro. The military record of this family of John Hudson is certainly remarkable, when we consider that he was in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755, and two of his sons also were in the old French and Indian war, and he and all of his sons were in the Revolutionary war at some period of its contin- uance. John Hudson d. in Berlin Aug. 6, 1799, age 86; was an original church member in Berlin. Daniel, the grandf. of John, together with his wife, Joanna, and two daus. and two grandchildren, were killed by the Indians in Lancaster in 1697; they lived on Gibson's hill.
HUNT.
Haman Hunt, from Sudbury, was the successor of William A. Howe in the old corner store. Wife, Harriet. d. here Oct. 10, 1843.
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HUNTING.
Martin R. Hunting, from Marlboro, m. --- , dau. of Stephen -. Houghton of Bolton; he lived in the south part in 1858 in the house now of Edward P. Hastings; was a wheelwright and worked in Wheeler's mill; rem. to Gardner. Had a s. Stephen in the late war, who was killed in a battle near Petersburg, Va.
Joseph Hunting, from m. Emma Miller, sister to Mrs. Frank Babcock. He d. here Nov. 15, 1874, age 34; wid. m. George C. Rathburn.
JACKSON.
Henry Jackson, better known as General Jackson, a colored man, born a slave in New Jersey, emanci- pated in middle life, drifted to Berlin about 1844. Had a wife and children; lived in the old tan-yard house in Carterville; the family left him about 1855 (no great loss); he afterwards mainly supported himself by sawing wood; had quarters in Wm. Fry's house, until at last he found a home at Tewks- bury, 1879, and there died.
A lowly life-yet Berlin gives To this humble Afric son An honored place upon this page For faithful serving done.
" Honor and fame," we learned in youth, " From no condition rise; " Act well your part," in every state, " There all the honor lies."
JENKINS.
William Jenkins, from Southbridge, m. Joanna. Donovan Oct. 4, 1864; he lived in the east part of
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the town, near Hudson: was a professional barber; plied his trade in Hudson. Had William B., b. Oct. 25, 1860, m. Abbie M. Reardon Jan. 4, 1886, res., Hudson: Richard A .. b. July 17, 1863 ; Abby Ann, b. Oct. 19. 1865 : Mary E., b. July 8, 1867. He d. Oct. 10. 1894, at 73.
JEWETT.
Jesse Jewett. b. in Pepperell Nov. 17, 1753, was a descendant of Joseph Jewett, who, together with his bro., Maximilian, came from Bradford, Eng., and settled in Rowley in 1639. He m., Dec. 10, 1778, Hannah, dau. of Joshua Johnson: he settled on the farm now owned by Clarence E. Spofford. Had John. b. April 4. 1782, d. 1804; Jesse, b. March 30, 1792: Hannah, b. Sept. 21, 1793, m. Welcome Barnes: m., 2d. Luke Whitcomb of Bolton; had no child : she d. in Bolton. He d. Feb. 5, 1829, at 76 yrs. ; Hannah, wid., d. Jan. 26, 1849, aged 94 yrs. 9 mos. 16 days.
Jesse Jewett, Jr., s. of Jesse, m., Dec. 3, 1816, Myra, dau. of Dr. Josiah Cotting of Southboro; he lived in the south part on his grandf., Joshua Johnson's place. Had Lewis J., b. Jan. 30, 1818; Laura Ann, b. May 21. 1820, d. Aug. 16, 1861, unm .; Joshua C., b. April 25, 1822 ; Frederick J., b. Oct. 21, 1826, m. Catherine B. Felton, res., Marlboro; Gilbert B., b. Dec. 30, 1828, d. April 7, 1834; Henry M., b. Nov. 16, 1833, was colonel of a New Jersey regiment in the late war, was wounded in sword arm leading his men in battle; he holds important civil trusts. Jesse Jewett, Jr., d. Oct. 8, 1850; Myra, wid., d. Aug. 16, 1863.
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Lewis J. Jewett, s. of Jesse, Jr., m. Amity Fish; he lived in Carterville, house next north of blacksmith shop; also res. in Clinton and d. there ; he was by trade a wheelwright. Had no children, but adopted three, viz. : Charles Crommett, Lewis Arno and Annie Arno.
JOHNSON.
The Johnson name in Berlin stands for worth and character. Their origin was decidedly Puritanic. None stauncher before or after "the landing" than Edward Johnson of Woburn. He left home, estate and country for religion's sake. Names in his will the income of his "mansion" in England for his wife. Governor Winthrop was a fellow passenger when he came over in 1630. The governor had his hand on Johnson ever after for state service. He was an accomplished surveyor; appointed to supervise the laying out of Woburn, he took up his abode there. Was town clerk thirty years, represented the town in General Court twenty-seven years, was once speaker pro tem. of the House. He was officially connected in laying out our own territory in 1650-60. No doubt he traversed our hills and valleys. I have no other indication that our Johnson lands were a grant to him for services, only that such kind of com- pensation for such service was common.
The grant to Edward Johnson embraced a large portion of South Berlin, on which he settled his three sons, Edward, Eleazer and Joshua, in 1740-50; he divided his land among them about 1750; was here as appraiser of Benjamin Bailey's estate in 1726, together with Job Carly and Samuel Jones; he sold
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forty acres of land to William Goddard, the miller, in 1744: the land included the mill spot.
Capt. Edward Johnson, s. of Edward of Woburn was b. 1715, m. Mary, dau. of James Ball of North- boro: he settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. C. S. Hastings and sons. Had Edward, b. Oct. 21, 1745: Nathan, b. July 19, 1748; Jemima, b. Nov. 25, 1750; Jotham, b. Nov. 20, 1753; Jonas, b. Feb. 4, 1757: Asa, b. April 6, 1759. Capt. Edward d. Oct. 9, 1784: wid. d. July 5, 1810, at 85.
Joshua Johnson, s. of Edward of Woburn, was b. 1716. m. Hannah, dau. of Nathan Ball of Northboro, June 30, 1742; his farm was the one on which Henry Hastings formerly lived, now owned by A. B. Allen, just west of North brook, in South Berlin ; he or his s., Joshua, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; the old house on the place was burned a few years ago. Had Sarah, b. Jan. 4, 1743 ; Joshua, b. Aug. 20, 1745, d. unin. Jan. 25, 1832 ; he owned land on the south of Third Division hill, including the Daniel Carter farm and "the old plain;" Amos, b. Oct. 31, 1750 ; Hannah, b. April 4, 1754, m. Jesse Jewett. Joshua, Sr .. d. June 26, 1784; Hannah, wid., d. Dec. 18, 1810, at 88.
Eleazer Johnson, s. of Edward of Woburn, b. 1717, m. Lucy, dau. of Nathan Ball of Northboro; he set- tled on the farm since owned by Peregrine Wheeler and s., Willard M .; the same house still stands, renovated and repaired in modern style. Had Lucy, b. March 10, 1749, m. Jonas Houghton; Lydia, b. July 3, 1754, m. Abraham Wood of Northboro March 13, 1773; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1851, m.
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Ephraim Barnard of Northboro. Eleazer d. July 3, 1791; he, too, was a Revolutionary soldier. This Johnson line was represented in Berlin last by Mrs. Lucy (Houghton) Fosgate, the wid. of Oliver.
Nathan Johnson2, Edward' of Berlin, m. Beulah, dau. of Abram Wood of Northboro, Dec. 18, 1781; he retained the homestead of his father, the Capt. C. S. Hastings place ; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill. Had Beulah, b. March 23, 1783, m. David Newton of Northboro and of Jaffrey, N. H., at that date; Edward (fifth born in family names), b. May 4, 1785; Zenas, b. May 8, 1787; Susan, b. Sept. 2, 1789, d. unm. Aug. 17, 1872; Amelia, b. Feb. 5, 1793, d. unm. Nov. 27, 1864. Of these two the name of either was seldom spoken without the other, their lives were so much united; owned the east end of the Bullard house; d. there. He d. Dec. 23, 1832; wife d. Feb. 24, 1830; she was sister to the mother of Abram Wood Seaver, late of Northboro.
Edward Johnson3, Nathan?, Edward1, m. Anna, dau. of James R. Parks, April 20, 1817; he lived in the house on the corner, where Mrs. John Lasselle now res. Had Edward J. N. Pillsbury, b. Feb. 15, 1819; Charlotte Angelina, b. Oct. 22, 1823, m. - + Tar- bell, res., Derry Depot, N. H. He d. Nov. 15, 1829; Anna, his wid., rem. to Mason, N. H.
Zenas Johnson3, Nathan2, Edward', m., Feb. 27, 1820, Serena Shepherd; he lived in the house before occu- pied by his bro., Edward. Had Francis, b. Jan. 23, 1826, d. -.. Wife, Serena, d. June 25, 1831 ; he m., 2d, Polly Arnold of Marlboro, by whom he had
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George Edward, b. Jan. 4, IS34. Zenas d. Nov. II, 1850: Polly, his wid., d. Sept. 9, 1856.
Edward J. N. P. Johnson, Edwards, Nathan", Ed- ward', m. Rebecca A. Harwood of Syracuse, N. Y .; in boyhood he lived with his uncle, Joseph Parks; he was one of our soldiers in the late war; enlisted in Co. F, 15th Regt., Mass. Vols .; was discharged Feb. 3. 1863, on account of ill health ; d. May 20, 1864, at 45 yrs. Had Mary Adella, m. Edward Whitney, res., Derry, N. H .; Morgeana, m. Eli Sawyer, Jr., res., Westboro: Edward, m. Eliza Clements, res., Spring- field, Mass. ; Lilla, m. Jasper Fairbanks, res., Malden, Mass. ·
George Edward Johnson', Zenas3, Nathan", Edward', m. Harriet Sargent ; his res. was on the old Boylston road, just west of North brook, where Henry M. Flagg now lives: was a painter and paper hanger. He d. May 10, 1883 ; wid. rem. to Marlboro. Had Mary Susan Amelia, b. March 22, 1855, d. July 16, 1876 (Edward Lamb, her betrothed, d. a few days later); Elizabeth Arabella, b. Sept. 3, 1856, m. E. Erving Sawyer, res., Marlboro; Rosa E., b. Oct. 24, 1857, m., Jan. 15, 1879, Winthrop Bailey, res., Hud- son; she d. Aug. 15, 1880 ; Lona M., b. Dec. 30, 1867.
Amos Johnson®, Joshua2, Edward', m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Pollard, Jan. 15, 1782; he retained the homestead of his father. Had only one s., Lewis, b. March 16, 1783. Wife, Elizabeth, d. May 10, 1813, at 50 yrs. : m., 2d, Maverick (Houghton), wid. of Dr. Josiah Cotting of Southboro; Maverick had by Dr. Cotting, Josiah and Myra. He d. July 13, 1825 ; wid., Maverick, d. July 9, 1852, at 84.
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Dr. Lewis Johnson, Amos®, Joshua", Edward', m. Sarah Robinson; he settled in Westminster, Vt., and their only s. was Dr. Joshua J., who m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph Allen of Northboro; practiced medicine there and also in Keene; both father and son were instinctively skillful physicians; Dr. Joshua is the last representative by name of the Joshua Johnson lines. Their only dau. m. Charles Johnson of Northboro, but not of the Woburn line.
Hollis Johnson of Marlboro bought farm and house built by Samuel Jones3, s. of Land'ord Jones, later owned by Oliver Fosgate and now by Willis Rice; he m. Abigail Oaks of Northboro. Had Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1810, she d. here about 1830; Abigail, b. 1813, d. here 1837. Wife, Abigail, d. 1813, he m., 2d, Eunice Randall of Bolton; she d. 1846, at 69; he d. in 1858, at 84 yrs .; both buried in Marlboro; also Catherine, sister to Hollis.
Lewis H. Johnson, b. April 9, 1805, an adopted s. of Hollis Johnson, m. Mary, dau. of Adam Bartlett, April 15, 1834. Had Andrew Jackson, b. Jan. 31, 1836; Hollis Lewis, b. June 7, 1838, was a soldier in the late war, d. at the second battle of Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862; Henrietta, b. June 15, 1844, m. Martin Crowell, res., Hudson. He d. Aug. 11, 1866, at 61 ; wid., Mary, d. 1886.
Andrew J. Johnson3, Lewis H.2, Hollis', m. Harriet A., dau. of Israel Woodbury of Bolton; he is by trade a stone mason, and lives on the Clinton road in the west part, where his father did. Had Ida May, b. June 16, 1859, m. George E. Osgood; Eva Leona,
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b. Sept. 11, 1861, m. F. Sherman Wheeler. His wife was confined to the 'house more than twenty years by reason of great prostration and sickness ; she d. Jan. 22, ISS7.
Laban Johnson, from Holliston, was here about I Soo; lived on the Newsome place: built the house burned July 24, 1895 : no other record.
Abel Jolinson came from Hudson, m. Sarah A. Taber, res., New Worcester; she had by former hus- band, Calvin Smith, who res. with the mother. He d. July 1, 1893, at 76: she m., 2d, - Goodyear.
JONES.
Samuel Jones, s. of Samuel of Woburn and grands. of Josiah of Watertown, was b. 1696; he m., 1722, Susannah Johnson of Woburn, dau. of Edward, whose sons settled in the south part of Berlin; he bought of Solomon Keyes the farm now owned by Elisha Bassett, where he d. April 3, 1769, at 73 ; his wid. d. Sept. 17, 1795, at 95 yrs. II mos. and 22 days; he was succeeded on the place by his s., Ichabod. Had Samuel, b. 1726; Jonathan, b. 1732, lived west of the Northboro road, south of A. Keyes': Sarah, b. 1734, d. unm .; Ichabod, b. 1736, d. of small-pox on home place in 1778; Silas, b. 1738; Timothy, b. 1740, d. 1822; Nathan, b. 1742, m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Bruce, lived on the place where Mrs. Josiah Sawyer now lives; another s., Martin Cox, d. 1818; had also Esther, m. David Taylor in 1756.
Capt. Samuel Jones, Jr., s. of Samuel, m., 1748, MIehitable, dau. of Joseph Brigham of Marlboro; in
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1748 he bought of Benjamin Bailey 137 acres, which included within its limits a large part of the central village of Berlin; he built a tavern, known as "Jones Inn" in 1749, on the north side of the Hudson road, fronting the road to Northboro; he was known as "Land'ord" Jones; the small house now standing east of the old spot was a part of the old structure ; he was a man of energy and good judgment, waggish withal, as sundry anecdotes go to show; he belonged to the Bolton Church, and was an opposer of Rev. Mr. Goss in the Goss and Walley controversy ; he is reported to have prayed in his family "that the Lord would overturn and overturn till Goss should lose his case and Walley have his place;" he was assistant sheriff at the hanging of Mrs. Spooner at Worcester July, 1778, for the murder of her husband in Hard- wick. Tradition has it that he carried his shoes in his hands to save the wear in walking to Worcester on this occasion. Had Samuel, b. March 22, 1751, d. young; Solomon, b. March 5, 1753, d. young ; Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1757; Sally, b. 1758, d. --; Solomon, b. Aug. 19, 1758, probably a twin to Sally; Levina, b. 1761, m. Stephen Coolidge. Wife, Mehit- able, d. 1762; he m., 2d, Dorothy, dau. of John and Mary (Carter) Whitcomb; she was fifth generation from Rev. Thomas Carter of Lancaster. Had Dolly, b. March 25, 1766, m. Daniel Carter; Silas, b. Feb. 21, 1768. He d. Jan. 23, 1797; wid., Dorothy, d. April 25, 1818.
Samuel Jones3, s. of Samuel, Jr., m. Martha Fay of Woburn in 1777 ; he had a part of his father's farm; built the house where Willis Rice now lives; he made churns, pails and buckets; finally he moved to
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Marlboro, N. H., and was one of the pioneers to- gether with the Tenneys in the emigration to that northern Eldorado. Had Samuel; William ; Patty, m. Silas Fairbanks; Betty, m. Jonathan Tenney; Timothy, b. March 18, 1787; Susannah, m. Archy Tenney; Esther, m. Aaron Stowe of Sterling ; Sally, d. young ; Hannah, m. Abel Rugg; Sally, m. Lemuel Howe of Grafton ; Jonathan, b. -. Hed. Sept. 22, 18II : wid. d. Oct. 1, 1831.
Timothy Jones, s. of Samuel3, m. Sally Barnard; he lived on the Northboro road, the place now owned by Christopher Wheeler, thence rem. to Marlboro, Mass. Had Charles, d. young ; Charlotte, b. Jan. 19, 1809, res., Framingham; Susan, b. July 17, 18II, m. Ephraim Howe, Jr .; Hannah, b. July 4, 1813, m. Ira Carter ; Sarah, b. May 18, 1815, m. John Hale of Stow ; Timothy, b. July 23, 1818 ; Charles, b. May 21, 1820, d. Jan. 9, 1881, unm .; Lydia, b. March 31, 1823 ; Ann Eliza, b. March 13, 1829. He d. Feb. 7, 1862, age 75.
William Jones, s. of Samuel3, m. Sally Meriam Jan. 30, 1804; lived awhile on the Crosby place, near O. C. depot; moved to Marlboro, N. H., 1825. Had Nancy, b. Dec. 3, 1804; Louisa, b. Jan. 31, 1807 ; Levi, b. Feb. 28, 1809: Sally M., b. July 15, 1811 ; Abigail, b. --; Jonathan, b. Aug. 26, 1817 ; Hannah D., b. Feb. 9, 1820 ; Samuel H., b. March 30, 1822; Joseph L., b. -
Solomon Jones, s. of Samuel?, m. Hannah Gates ; he was living in 1785 north of the present Josiah Saw- yer place. Had Rosamond, b. Oct. 22, 1784, m. and
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d. in Waterford, Me .; Pelatiah, b. March 18, 1787; Solomon, b. April 27, 1789, m. Molly, dau. of Danicl Bruce, d. in Ogdensburg, N. Y .; Timothy, b. Aug. 25, 1791, m. and d. in Ogdensburg; Lucy, b. Aug. 12, 1797, m. and d. in Auburn, N. Y .; Jonathan, b. 1802.
Pelatiah Jones, s. of Solomon3, Samuel2, Samuel', m., May II, 1811, Persis, dau. of Fortunatus Barnes and wid. of Silas Priest ; he settled on the Dea. Stephen Bailey farm, now known as the Ira Jones place. He d. March 14, 1864; she d. March 2, 1859. Had Caroline, b. Aug. 2, 1813, m. George W. Ames of Cambridge, d. here Dec. 5, 1873; Ira, b. Sept. 2, 1815; Silas, b. Sept. 16, 1818, went to California about 1849, returned and d. in Sterling July 4, 1892, unm; Solomon, b. Apr. 22, 1824.
Ira Jones, s. of Pelatiah, m. Mary E. (Frink) Reed of Swanzey, N. H .; he retained the homestead. He d. Nov. 24, 1891, from injuries received from a fall in his barn. Had Carrie P., b. April 11, 1869, m. I. E. Coulson April 11, 1892; Albert R., b. Dec. 22, 1871; Frank E., d. young.
Solomon Jones, s. of Pelatiah, m. Laura B., dau. of Jonathan Wheeler3 of Bolton, March 11, 1847. He settled on the place where his wid., Mrs. James R. Fay, now res .; erected the buildings now there. Had Oscar M., b. Aug. 5, 1848. He d. Oct. 5, 1864; she m., 2d, James R. Fay.
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