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Charles B. Maynard2, George W1., m. Nellie Frink of Swanzey, N. H .; he was engaged in the grocery business for some years in Wakefield, but returned here about 1875, and is now engaged in farming and market gardening on his father's old place in South Berlin. Had Ernest B., b. Aug. 24, 1872; Lester R .. b. Oct. 1, 1874; Mabel A., b. Oct. 23, 1876. Ethel F., b. Jan. 4, 1879; Minnie Eunice, b. Aug. 14, 1882 ; Leland C., b. Aug. 23, 1889.
Winsor Maynard, s. of Taylor Maynard of North- boro, b. Dec. 28, 1808, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ivory Bigelow of Marlboro, Sept. 25, 1832, she d. Nov. 14, 1835, at 23 yrs. : he m., 2d, Cynthia (Crouch) Whit- comb Aug. 25, 1836, wid. of Amory Whitcomb of Bolton and mother of Amasa A. Whitcomb. Had by Elizabeth, three children, d. young. Winsor lived in Bolton until 1853, when he rem. to Berlin and bought the place where Mrs. John Lasselle now res. Had by Cynthia, John Q., b. Oct. 22, 1837; Mary L., b. April 6, 1840, d. Sept. 25, 1858 ; Amory T., b. Dec.
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27, 1842 ; Sarah E., b. Oct. 11, 1847, m. Edward P. Hastings, she d. Sept. 12, 1875; Lunette M., b. Sept. 19, 1849, she d. Jan. 3, 1850. Winsor d. Jan. 12, 1886; Cynthia, d. Aug. 10, 1894.
John Q. Maynard, s. of Winsor, m. C. Eldora, dau. of William G. Hapgood, Sept. 12, 1865; he lives in the south part in the house built by Tilson W. Bar- ker; he was a soldier in the late war; was wounded in the foot at the battle of Fredericksburg. Had Cora Gertrude, b. Aug. 9, 1867, d. Oct. 25, 1868; Willie, b. Aug. 5, 1869, d. in infancy; Ernest A., b. April 21, 1872, is a student in the Boston University.
Amory T. Maynard", Winsor', m. Lauretta A. Chase of Fitchburg Oct. 3, 1867; he enlisted in Co. I, 36th Mass. Vols., and was in the service to the close of the war. Had Mattie Edith, b. May 8, 1869; Mary Elsie, b. Oct. 15, 1873; Francis Winsor, b. March 8, 1878, d. young. Wife d. Feb. 18, 1893; he rem. to Marlboro.
George Maynard of East Berlin, formerly written George W .; he was b. in Marlboro, m. Lucinda, dau. of Henry Brown, June 18, 1829; he was a truckman in Boston for some years; he settled on the place recently occupied by his s., George Henry, near the Ira Brown farm. Had Lucinda M., b. Jan. 22, 1831, m. Jesse E. Bliss; Hattie A., b. July 26, 1833, m. Frank Jones Jan. 4, 1852; Georgiana L., b. July 8, 1835, m. Elbridge Carter July 20, 1852; George Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1839. George (W.) d. Jan. 18, 1865, age 62 yrs.
George Henry Maynard, s. of George, m. Ellen M. Wesson March 23, 1860; he occupied the homestead;
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had a good sized shoe shop on his place and did con- siderable business for a time; he sold to Francis E. Brigham ; he is now proprietor of the Crystal Spring House on the line between Berlin and Hudson. Had Ida M., b. Nov. 11, 1861, in. William H. San- born Nov. 18, 1886; Lena G., b. June 7, 1864, m. Charles Leach; Frederick C., b. March 14, 1866; Blanche I., b. Nov. 24, 1867; Lulu E., b. Nov. 9, IS73 : Elmer H., b. Jan. 29, 1877 : Harry A., b. March 17, ISSI.
MERIAM.
Amos Meriam, b. July 15, 1715, from Lexington, m., Nov. 9, 1738, Abigail Danforth of that town; they rem. to Bolton, now Berlin, in 1765 ; he was the ancestor of the Meriams of this town; they were a leading element in our social and civil life of a gen- eration or more ago; the genealogy of the family runs back to Joseph, b. in England, d. in Concord in 1641 : he had a s., Joseph, b. 1630: Joseph, Jr., had s., John, who was the father of Amos, who settled here: the place where he settled is now owned by Richard M. Wheeler: the place had before been owned by Thomas Ball, Benjamin Houghton, and Eleazer Russell; the old house stood considerably east of the present one, and the barn still further across the swale; the present house was built as ap- pears from a tile in the chimney-top marked 1775; a grist-mill utilized the little brook, and the present meadow west of the road was its reservoir; a black- smith shop stood back of the house; an old apple tree, the famous "Leominster Sweeting," near the old house spot was probably the first of the kind in
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Berlin; the Meriams brought the fruit from Leom- inster, where part of the family settled; William Babcock succeeded the Meriams on this farm. Had Amos, b. July 24, 1739, res., Leominster ; Jonathan and Hephzibah, twins, b. May 16, 1741 ; this Jonathan was deacon and d. June 5, 1823, unm .; Hephzibah, d. young; Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1744, m. James Townsend, d. April 7, 1777; Sarah, b. April 20, 1746, m., Oct. 4, 1787, William Lincoln of Leominster; Lucy, b. Sept. 4, 1748, m. William Whitcomb of Bolton, she d. Sept. 12, 1773; Levi, b. Feb. 3, 1756; Abigail, b. March 31, 1758, m., Dec. 13, 1781, Uriah Moore of Princeton, whose dau., Hannah, m. William Babcock and came back to the old homestead; Mary and another, Levi, b. 1748 to 1756. He d. May 5, 1786; she d. April 17, 1811, at 89; both buried in Bolton South cemetery.
Levi Meriani®, Amos1, m. Abigail, dau. of William Fife, June 18, 1778; he settled on the new home- stead, bought by him of James Goddard, Sr., 1778, the place where the Berlin Hotel is, just west of Carterville, containing eighty-four acres, including a part of Powder House hill and blacksmith shop; later owned by Mossman, Wilder and Bullard; "roads and burying place reducted." Had Abigail, b. May 20, 1779, m. Samuel Jones, 3d, res., Marlboro, N. H., she d. 1851 ; Levi, b. Aug. 8, 1781, res., Boston, m. Mary B. Stevens, he d. 1831; they had children : Benjamin; Charles ; Mary Ann, who m. George Abram Babcock, and Sarah, who d. in early womanhood. Levi, Sr., had also: Sally, b. June 12, 1783, m. William Jones, res., Marlboro, N. H .; Hannah, b. March 18, 1787, m. Joseph Parks, she d. 1825; Jonathan Dan-
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forth. b. Oct. S, 1789: Dilly, b. Oct. 8, 1793, m. Samuel Carter, res .. Lancaster; Mirick, b. Aug. 4, 1796, d. 1797. He d. March 19, IS12; wid. d. Feb. 16. 1832: he was a prominent and much esteemed citizen, and his death in mid-life was much lamented.
Jonathan D. MIcriam3. Esq .. Levi', Amos', m. Polly Goss: he succeeded his father on the homestead west of Carterville : took a lively interest in town affairs ; was especially active in the matter of roads and bridges: a stone that would cover a bridge or make a gate post or a wall abutment enthused him; his barnyard wall is worth looking at to-day; that abut- ment stone was his pride; there was a "turn-out" of men and oxen to draw it some quarter of a mile; a chain had to be made for the hindermost yoke; Dea. Luther Peters wrought it from old scythe backs; it was in demand ever after for moving buildings; his farm was all walled in. Esq. Jonathan D. was captain of the cavalry, and with his company was escort of Gen. Lafayette when entertained at the S. V. S. Wilder mansion in Bolton in 1825 ; his military life cost him considerable money; he was public-spirited at personal expense; was a frequent administrator of estates and guardian of orphans; besides the writer of this, thirteen other fatherless children were under his guardianship at one time. In the loss of his property with one ward yet under him, he "made over" various household articles, including his watch, to save his charge from loss. He was a terror to naughty boys, in meeting or on the street; he was representative to the General Court in 1827-28; he kept a diary of his experience; it is not of much account, yet in one point gratifying at least. I
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mean occasional aspirations and prayerful utterances for the divine favor, "Charity hopeth all things." When the stage line was established from Barre to Boston, through Berlin, Esq. Meriam was the prin- cipal investor of Berlin. The coach brought the post office and Meriam was the first postmaster and the first driver of the coach, but it proved a losing business for the proprietors. He was obliged to sell his homestead to liquidate his indebtedness; he moved on to the place where Christopher Wheeler now lives, and there d. soon after.
Nancy Meriam, a protegee of the family, was of the Leominster branch; she m. Artemas Barnes. The mother of Esq. Meriam, a most estimable woman as we personally well know, having been of the sanie household, lived with him the remainder of her days. He d. Nov. 13, 1850; wife Polly d. a few years after (no date).
MILLER.
Frederick Miller, from Baden, Germany, came to Berlin in 1844; m. Elizabeth Harrington of South Boston; by trade a shoemaker; was a soldier in the late war, for three years in the 22d Regt., Mass. Vols .; was in the battle of Gettysburg and also of Spottsylvania, where he was wounded in the arm; his wife, Elizabeth, d. Jan. 1, 1877, age 52; he m., 2d, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. Lemuel Gott, Oct. 22, 1893. Had by Elizabeth, Ella A., b. Oct. 10, 1851; George S., b. Nov. 6, 1855 ; Ella A., m. Everett Hebard Jan. 12, 1871, and by him had: Frederick E., b. Sept. 1, 1875, who has been brought up by
JOHN A. MOORE. B. in Boston Dec. 5, 1541; m. Annie M. Robbins Jan. 6, 1575; res., East Berlin; came to town iSSS.
LUCINDA B. MAYNARD. B. Dec. 5, 1805.
ELLA A. HEBARD.
ALFARETTA F. BENNETT.
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Mr. Miller ; George S., m. Lefa Carter Dec. 4, 1883, and lives in Ashland.
William Miller, bro. of Frederick, m. Christina -; he is a shoemaker; lived here a few years ; rem. to Hudson. Had William Henry, b. Feb. 21, 1859, d. Sept. 4, 1864, at 5 yrs. ; Frederick E., b. July 12. 1863, d. Sept. 13, 1864, both of diphtheria.
Charles Miller, b. in Warwick, Mass., m. Matilda Lowe of Lancaster; was a comb maker; learned his trade of Francis Haynes of Bolton; worked for the Harrises; rem. to the old Dea. James Goddard place Aug. 14, 1860: built the house now on the premises. He d. Jan. 2, 1875 ; she d. June 2. 1890. Had Eliza- beth M., b. Nov. 10, 1845, m. Henry J. Sawyer ; Mary L., b. May 13, 1850, m. William H. Workman April 27, 1876: he deserted her and she d. in Hudson May, 1895.
MOORE.
The families of this name who settled in the north part of this town were a branch of a numerous family which settled on the eastern slope of the Wataquod- ock range. The ancestral head appears to have been John Moore, b. in England about 1600, and was land proprietor in Lancaster in 1652. His s., John, b. in Sudbury, where his father had settled, was also a land proprietor of Lancaster; his home at first was on the Nashua, but in 1665 he built a new house southeast of Wataquodock, and no record indicates that it was destroyed in the destruction of the town in 1676; he d. 1702. This John, Jr., had a s., John, b. 1662, and a s., Jonathan, b. 1669, both of whom
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were at various times representatives to the General Court. Jonathan is supposed to have lived on the Thomas Fry farm, which was sold by his s., Jona- than, to John Fry in 1767. Had also a s., Isaac, who settled on Wheeler hill in Berlin, and he had Isaac, who succeeded him on the place, and another s., Abraham, who lived on the Avery Newton place in Bolton. By Nourse's "History of Worcester County" it appears the mills now owned by Otterson, known formerly as Pollard's mills in Bolton, were built by Jonathan Moore in 1714, but another account ascribes their erection to Thomas Sawyer, Jr., and by him deeded to Amory Pollard for his kindness and fidelity.
Isaac Moore, s. of Isaac, b. Sept. 9, 1748, m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Joseph Bigelow of the Marlboro family, June 28, 1768; the farm embraced the lands now owned by Robert B. Wheeler and Edward L. Wheeler ; the house stood west of the road nearly opposite Edward L.'s, and was probably built by Isaac, Sr., about 1740. He d. Jan. 5, 1825; she d. Fcb. 23, 1825.
The mother of Isaac was Desire Bailey, dau. of Benjamin. Dr. Jacob Moore, s. of Jacob, s. of Isaac, some yet remember was a vigorous schoolmaster, so some once West Berlin boys can well remember; he settled in West Boylston, where he d. early, and his wid. m. Rev. David R. Lampson of Berlin about 1836. We are disinclined to bring to light old school abuses; some such were just abominable; no doubt some pupils were injured physically. This Isaac Moore, whose wife was Desire Bailey, was suc- ceeded on the place by his s., Isaac, b. Sept. 9, 1748.
JOSEPH MOORE AT IS.
PETER FAY.
GEN. JACKSON. See p. 401.
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Had Anna. b. April 16, 1769, m. William, s. of James Goddard. Sr .; he d., she m., 2d, Elijah Ball of Boylston: Asenath, b. May 3, 1770, m. David Barnes ; Isaac, b. Jan. 12. 1772, res., New Hampshire ; Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1774, m. Abner Bennett 1796; Olive, b. Jan. 9. 1776, m. Timothy Houghton of Bolton ; Solo- mon, b. Aug. 8, 1777. m. Hannah Fife, res., New Hampshire; Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1781, m. Isaac Stone of Boylston; she d., he m., 2d, her sister, Sarah, b. May 1, 1784; he was the father of Isaac S. Stone of Berlin : Nancy, b. Oct. 11, 1785, m. Willard Stone of Rutland : Joseph, b. Aug. 14, 1787 ; Warren, b. Feb. 9, 1793.
Joseph Moore, s. of Isaac, Jr., m. Sarah Pollard May 23, 1810: he retained the homestead. Had Arissa, b. June 12, 1811, m. Josiah Sawyer; Hannah, b. June 21, 1813, m. Harris Badger of Cambridge April 15, 1835: Ezra, b. Feb. 24, 1815, m. Mary Fife, res., Ohio. Wife, Sarah, d. Nov. 11, 1816; he m., 2d, Betsey Warner, by whom he had: Sarah P., b. 1819; Elizabeth M., b. 1822; Joseph B., b. 1824, father of Mrs. F. A. Woodward, res., Lancaster; Amory H., 1826, d. July 11, 1858; Isaac WV., b. 1828; Mary J., b. 1830: Jerusha K., b. 1831. Wife, Betsey, d. Aug. 25, 1837 ; he m., 3d, Mrs. Adaline Stone; he d. Nov. 23. 1854: his wid. d. Dec. 10, 1863.
Warren Moore, s. of Isaac, Jr., m. Hannah, dau. of Sanderson Carter, Jan. 24, 1814; he settled on a part of the homestead, the farm now owned by Robert B. Wheeler; built that house in 1817. Had Mary B., b. May 13, 1816, d. Oct. 6, 1828; Warren Elbridge, b. Dec. 31, 1817, m. Abigail Meriam Cutting of
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Princeton, res., Northboro, she d. 1865; m., 2d, Emma Newton of Newfane, Vt., June 29, 1871; Addison M., b. 1824, d. 1825. Wife, Hannah, d. July 23, 1825 ; he m., 2d, Mrs. Susan Keyes of Princeton, by whom he had Lorenzo L., b. Jan. 2, 1820, res., Northboro; Hervey, b. 1826, m. Phebe Hapgood, res., Marlboro, d. 1888. Warren Moore d. July 3, 1827 ; wid. m., 3d, Benjamin Rice of North- boro. Lorenzo L. m. Betsey; she d. 1871; m., 2d, Mary Leonard ; she d. Aug., 1894.
Oliver Moore, s. of Cornelius of Bolton, m. Susan Cutting of Leominster in 1834; lived on the Caleb Houghton place, later owned by Merrick Sargent. Had Samuel W., b. March 7, 1835 ; Robert P., b. 1836, d. 1856; Susan A., b. Nov. 13, 1840; John M., b. Oct. 18, 1842; Mary E., b. Oct. 8, 1844, d. Feb. 17, 1845. He d. July 17, 1848, aged 45 ; Susan, his wid., m. Jonathan Babcock and rem. to Barre.
Samuel W. Moore, s. of Oliver, m. Ellen F., dau. of Capt. Silas Sawyer, Aug. 31, 1856; she d. Oct. 18, 1863; hem., 2d, Harriet F. White, res., Lancaster.
Stephen Moore kept store in what is now the res. of George H. Felton, about 1822-30.
Lyman Moore, bro. of Stephen, was his partner; rem. to Lancaster; was deputy sheriff.
Cummins Moore, from Sudbury, m. Lucinda (Saw- yer) Carter, wid. of Amory Carter, Sr .; he lived on her place on Sawyer hill, where Willard G. Bruce now res. He d. July 9, 1831 ; she d. March 8, 1875.
Samuel J. Moore, s. of John of Sharon, N. H., b. Sept. 9, 1810, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Bartlett
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1839; she d. Jan. 13, 1892 ; res., near Bolton depot ; no children.
Esra S. Moore, b. Nov. 29. 1814. s. of Phineas of Boylston, m. Lucy, dau. of Luther Carter, April 20, 1843. service by Rev. Isaac Allen of Bolton, the last he ever performed: he kept store in Carterville in 1844. Bolton in 1861, Hudson in 1871, and lastly in Berlin Centre in 1879, and was succeeded by the present incumbent, Christopher S. White; he suc- ceeded A. A. Bartlett as postmaster in 1881 : herem. to Marlboro in 1891, and to West Somerville in 1893, where he d. Feb. 24, 1895. Had Eugene E., b. May 28, 1850. d. young; Lelia H., b. June 6, 1852; Arthur M .. b. July 23. 1856; Grace L., b. Dec. 24, 1863.
Josiah Moore, s. of Phineas of Boylston, m. Ellen Keyes; he lived in Carterville; was a shoemaker; kept a livery stable: dealt in wood and lumber; was a farmer ; was treasurer and collector fourteen years. Had by Ellen, Abbie E., b. 1851, d. 1852. Wife, El- len, d. June 2, 1856, age 24 ; he m., 2d, Fidelia Smith · of Farmington, Me .; by her had: Nellie F., b. June 29, 1858, d. Dec. 29, 1860 ; Jenny F., b. Feb. 14, 1860, m. Willard C. Carter Nov. 17, 1880; Nettie A., b. March 21, 1862, m. James T. Learned Dec. 3, 1885. Josiah d. June 10. 1891.
Marshall C. Moore, from Sudbury, m. Emeline, dau. of Dr. Williams of Shrewsbury; her mother m. a Parmenter of Marlboro; they came to town about 1860; lived on the Esquire Meriam place, where the Berlin Hotel is; rem. to the house where Oscar Jones
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now lives, on the road from the Centre to the Old Colony R. R. depot, about 1875. Had Leon W., b. 1848; Annie, b. 1864, d. 1865. A remarkable mor- tality occurred in this family. The father, Marshall, d. Jan. 10, 1877, age 56; the s., Leon, d. Jan. 15, 1877, and wife, Emeline, d. Jan. 18, 1877, all of pneumonia within eight days, and the house was closed.
MORAN.
Henry Moran, b. 1834, m., May 10, 1871, Almira Prime of New York; was a soldier in the late war; rem. to Marlboro; no connection with the other Moran family. Had Goldie M., b. May 30, 1872.
Patrick F. Moran, b. Feb. 2, 1822, at Athlone, Roscommon Co., Ireland; came to Lancaster, now Clinton, June, 1846. Mary Gallagher, b. May 10, 1822, at Mountalbut, Roscommon Co., Ireland; came to Lancaster, now Clinton, May, 1845; were m. at Worcester Sept. 21, 1848; came to Berlin, March, 1855. Patrick F. Moran d. April 15, 1884; Mary, wife, d. Aug. 14, 1877. Had Margaret A., b. Jan. 2, 1850, Sister of Mercy, Pawtucket, R. I .; Peter F., b. Jan. 7, 1853, physician in Marlboro, d. Sept. 11, 1889 ; Martin W., b. Oct. 29, 1854, physician in Bos- ton ; John E., b. May 4, 1856, res. on home place in Berlin ; Daniel P., b. Feb. 25, 1858, res., Franklin, Mass .; Mary J., b. Feb. 5, 1860, m. Thomas F. Redian of Clinton; Nellie E., b. July 19, 1861, at home in Berlin; Thomas H., b. July 1, 1863, dentist in Boston.
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MORSE.
Aaron Morse, christened Aaron Ward Morse, s. of Winsor and Lucy (Stratton) Morse of Marlboro, was one of eleven children and was of the sixth genera- tion from Joseph Morse, who came from Ipswich, England. in 1634, and was a "proprietor in Water- town in 1635:" Aaron was b. Oct. 13, 1801, and m. Abigail, dau. of Bezaleel Hale of Stow, and sister of Col. - - · Hale, a prominent citizen of Rockbottom. Mr. Morse was a custom shoemaker and carried on business several years in Stow; rem. to Berlin in 1838; bought the Dea. Amos Sawyer place on the Assabet, where he d. Feb. 16, 1869, age 67 ; wid. d. Sept. 23. 1882, at So. Had Walter, b. April 9, 1833, res., Hudson ; Charles, b. June 25, 1835, res., Harvard ; Lyman, b. Feb. 24, 1837 ; George, b. Feb. 12, 1839, res., Sudbury; Caroline, b. Jan. 21, 1843, m. Ruthven Hastings.
Lyman Morse, s. of Aaron, m. Emma P., dau. of Cyrus Mentzer of Northboro, April 4, 1882; he re- mained on the homestead; worked at shoemaking and farming; was on the Board of Selectmen and was representative to the General Court; had no children. He d. Feb. 12, 1891 ; wid. m. Dr. Harri- man of Hudson.
Henry Morse, from Clinton, m. Sarah N. Lawton; lived on the Katy Larkin place in 1885 ; she d. Dec. 21, 1886, age 64 ; res., Clinton.
Winslow B. Morse, b. Nov. 15, 1823, s. of Jesse Morse of Marlboro, m. Susan C., dau. of Lewis Car- ter, March 31, 1847; she d. April 20, 1855, leaving no children ; he m., 2d, Eugenia S., sister of Susan
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C., May 1, 1856; he lived in his minority with Capt. Paul Brigham; after his marriage he occupied the Welcome Barnes place; rem. to the Capt. Paul farm in 1865; sold the same in 1892 and bought the Edwin Sawyer place in Carterville, which he enlarged and repaired; was on the Board of Assessors in 1858-62, and selectman in 1877; he d. Aug. 18, 1893. Had Susan C., b. Aug. 31, 1859, m. Daniel H. Bassett; Lucy S., b. Dec. 20, 1862, d. Aug., 1865 ; Fred W., b. Dec. 6, 1865 ; Jennie E., b. June 9, 1868, graduated Northboro high school, has taught school five years; Sibyl E., b. Sept. 6, 1871, d. May 3, 1873.
Amory C. Morse, bro. of Winslow B., m. Mary S., dau. of Capt. Samuel Spofford, July 7, 1847 ; he lived on the place owned by his wife, Mary S., a part of the Capt. Samuel Spofford farm. Had Thirza M., b. May 1, 1852, d. March 11, 1853; Charles E., b. Aug. 14, 1856, d. Aug. 14, 1861 ; Mary Amanda, b. Dec. 20, 1859. He d. Feb. 14, 1885.
Fred W. Morse, s. of Winslow B., m. Lelia L., dau. of Daniel A. White of Clinton, Oct. 29, 1891 ; he is a graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute; professor of chemistry in the N. H. Agricultural College and state chemist in the experiment station.
MOSSMAN.
Silas Mossman of Sudbury m. Elizabeth Goodale of Marlboro. Had Abner, bap. 1813; David, 1816; George, 1817. Silas was brother to Mrs. Eli Sawyer; the mother d. here Jan. 10, 1839.
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NEWSOME.
Robert Newsome, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., Sept. 26, 1823, m. Ann Hall in 1846; by her had an infant, d. young, and William, b. Feb. 18, 1848, lives in New York. Wife, Ann, d. in England in 1848 ; m., 2d, Mary A. Williams of Lunenburg; she d. in 1866; m., 3d, Mary J. Kinders June 21, 1869; by her had : Lilla, B. b. May 29, 1871. m. Hugh E. MacPherson; Ida B. Rice, protegee and niece of Mrs. Newsome, lives with them: res. in south part, near the corner of Northboro and Marlboro roads. House and barn burned July 24, 1895; rem. to the Daniel Cartwright place.
NEWTON.
Two families of this name lived here in the early times, both of which by marriage became connected with some of the more prominent families of the town. Cotton Newton, the s. of Dea. Paul Newton, who lived just over the line in Northboro, will first be considered, and secondly, William Newton, the grandf. of the late John F. Newton, will claim our attention.
Cotton Newton, b. Nov. 13, 1759, s. of Dea. Paul Newton, b. 1718, was a s. of Josiah, b. 1688, and he a s. of Moses, b. 1646, whose father was Richard, b. in England in 1600, and settled in Sudbury, now Marlboro, in 1640. On account of the connection of the family of Dea. Paul with Berlin families, we give space to his family record. His wife's name was Mary Farrar, and he lived on the place recently owned by his grands., Isaac Newton; was a tanner
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by trade; had six children: William, b. Dec. 20, 1746, d. May 29, 1758 ; Moses, b. Dec. 16, 1750, m., Jan. 30, 1785, Elizabeth Munroe; Paul, b. Sept. 13, 1754, mn., April 2, 1778, Keziah Maynard; Josiah, b. July 24, 1757, d. May 9, 1763 ; Cotton, b. Nov. 13, 1759; Martyn, b. in Northboro May 2, 1767, m., Sept. 17, 1790, Eunice Johnson of Berlin. Dea. Paul d. May 18, 1797, at 78; wid., Mary, d. 1812, at 80.
Cotton Newton2 m., Oct. 25, 1785, Abigail, dau. of William and Hannah (Barrett) Sawyer of this town; the marriage ceremony was performed by Dr. Puffer at the parsonage; they both rode the same horse, she on a pillion behind him; such was the fashion in those days; they lived at first on the Josiah Wil- son place, then owned by James Goddard, where his first child, Sabra, was b .; in 1786 he bought of Silas Bailey the place where Rufus R. Wheeler now lives ; his name appears on our records as one of the town officers in 1795 ; he sold to Simeon Bowman in 1798 and rem. to Marlboro, Vt .; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war in Col. Cushing's regiment, and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates at Saratoga in 1777; he heard the im- petuous message which Gen. Gates sent to the British commander : "If you don't surrender in fifteen minutes, I'll make your lines as hot as --. " Cotton Newton had Sabra, aforenamed, b. here Sept. 2, 1786, m. and settled in Brattleboro, Vt., d. July 30, 1819; William, b. Aug. 17, 1788, was famous as a school teacher and mathematician, and was repre- sentative to the Legislature of Vermont; he had a s., William Sawyer Newton, who is a merchant of
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Brattleboro, and has been postmaster and town clerk there many years. Cotton Newton d. April 8, 1847, at 87 : wife d. Dec. 26, 1852, at 87.
MILITARY SERVICE.
Taken from the rolls of Revolutionary war service : "Cotton Newton appears with rank of private on muster and pay roll of Capt. Edmund Brigham's company, Col. Job Cushing's regi- ment ; enlisted Sept. 12, 1777 ; discharged Nov. 29, 1777 ; residence, Grafton ; served two mos. eighteen days, travel in- cluded."
Luke Newton, a native of Marlboro, N. H., lived for some years previous to his death in the house on the Hudson road, now owned by Mrs. Dyar ; he lived alone and d. alone Sept. 12, 1859.
Henry Newton, from Fitzwilliam, N. H., a shoe- maker, unm .; while working for Maynard & Whit- ney d. Oct. 29, 1856, by suicide.
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