USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Dunstable > History of the town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1873 > Part 22
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26
271
BIRTHS IN DUNSTABLE.
18731
CHILDREN OF JOSIAH AND JEMIMA BLODGETT : - Josiah, b. Nov. 28, 1737 ; William, b. Jan. 25, '38 ; Jonathan, b. May 16, '43; David, b. Dec. 16, '44 ; Bridget, b. Dec. 31, '46; Jacob, b. Jan. 8, '48 ; John, b. Feb. 1, '50 ; Zebulon, b. Jan. 29, '53; Sarah, b. Apr. 13, '55; Lydia, b. Oct. 1, '58 ; Jemima, b. Feb. 8, '60 ; William, b. March 3, '62 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 4, '64.
HOMESTEAD OF THE BLODGETT FAMILY.
CHILDREN OF JOSIAH AND OLIVE BLODGETT : -- Ezra, b. July 9, 1763 ; Thaddeus, b. June 8, '67 ; Frederick, b. Oct. 17, '75 ; Josiah Warren, b. Nov. 9, '79.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND SUSANNAH TAYLOR : - Samuel, b. Oct. 13, 1734 ; Reuben, b. Mar. 8, '36 ; Susannah, b. Nov. 28, '37 ; Jonas, b. Nov. 30, '39 ; Lucy, b. Apr. 4, '42 ; Thaddeus, b. Apr. 10, '44 ; Oliver, b. June 1, '46 ; Rachel, b. May 11, '48; Mary, b. Jan. 17, '49 ; Isaac, b. June 13. '53 ; Samuel, b. Mar. 20, '56.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND DEBORAH PARKHURST : - Sarah, b. May 14, 1753 : Joseph, b. Apr. 16, '56 ; Mary, b. Aug. 21, '58; Ebenezer, b. May 5. '61 ; Esther, b. Aug. 10, '64.
CHILDREN OF LEONARD AND JOANNA BUTTERFIELD : -- Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1768.
By his second wife, OLIVE : - Leonard, b. Feb. 28, 1772 ; Olive, b. Apr. 19, '73 ; John, b. Dec. 1, '76 ; Sarah, b. May 5, '79; Catharine, b. Jan. 18, '81.
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND HANNAH KENDALL : - Hannah, b. Aug. 29,
272
HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE.
[1873
1747 ; John, b. Feb. 6, '49; the twins, b. and d. July 7, '50 ; Deborah, b. May 13, '51 ; Relief, b. May 9, '53 ; Zebedee, b. June 6, '55 ; Alice, b. May 10, '57.
CHILDREN OF DAVID AND HANNAH TAYLOR : - Hannah, b. May 23, 1753 ; Sybil, b. Apr. 9, '55 ; Catharine, b. Sept. 3, '57 ; Olive, b. Nov. 9, '60 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 9, '64.
CHILDREN OF THE REV. JOSIAH AND ELIZABETH GOODHUE : - Josiah, b. Jan. 17, 1759; Joseph, b. Sept. 16, '62 ; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 5, '65 ; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 12, '67 ; Samuel Bartlett, b. Feb. 22, '70.
CHILDREN OF TEMPLE AND ABIGAIL KENDALL : - Abigail, b. Mar. 19, 1758 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, '60 ; Isaac, b. Jan. 9, '62 ; Zimri, b. Sept. 20, '63 ; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 22, '66; Temple, b. May 28, '68 ; Rhoda, b. Apr. 6, '70 ; Olive, b. Sept. 25, '72 ; Jeremiah, b. Aug. 28, '74 ; James, b. Oct. 26, '78.
CHILDREN OF JACOB AND ELIZABETH KENDALL : - Jacob, b. March 30, 1762 ; Elizabeth, b. -; Susannah, b. -- ; Esther, b. - ; Ben- jamin, b. - ; Jonas, b. Sept. 16, 1772.
CHILDREN OF EDWARD KENDALL [brother of the above] and his w. SARAH : - John, b. Feb. 5, 1763 ; Sarah, b. June 8, '65 ; Anna, b. Jan. 8, '68 ; Josiah, b. Oct. 16, '69 ; Ezra, b. Mar. 14, '72; David, Oct. 31, '73 ; Deborah, b. Jan. 2, '76 ; Lucy, b. Mar. 12, '78.
CHILDREN OF ELIJAH AND LUCY ROBBINS : - Lucy, b. Sept. 8, 1760 ; Betsy, b. Sept. 19, '61 ; Elijah, b. Aug. 1, '63 ; Jotham, b. May 5, '65 ; Willard, b. Mar. 9, '68 ; Henry, b. Oct. 14, '71 ; Mary, b. - ; Khoda, b. Sept. II, '73.
CHILDREN OF ASA AND SARAH KENDALL : - Sarah, b. Sept. 4, 1760 ; Asa, b. May 27, '62 ; Catharine, b. Apr. 28, '64 ; Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, '65 ; Mary, b. Dec. 29, '66 ; Pierpont, b. - ; Oliver, b. -; Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1775.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND RACHEL FLETCHER : - Thomas, b. Mar. 19, 1762 ; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 5, '64 ; Rachel, b. Oct. 28, '65 ; David, b. Nov. 6, '67 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, '69 ; Rebeckah, b. Nov. 30, '71, d. Apr. 5, '85 ; Francis, b. July 27, '77, d. Oct. 7, '78; Rebeckah, b. Aug. 7, '79 ; Patty, b. - 26, '81 ; Francis, b. - 20, '88.
CHILDREN OF JOEL PARKHURST AND WIFE BETTY : - Leonard, b. Aug. 4, 1763; William, b. Sept. 12, '65 ; Betty, b. Jan. 21, '68; Catharine, b. Mar. 14, '70 ; Lucy, b. Aug. 16, '73; Rebeckah, b. Aug. 15, '75.
CHILDREN OF AMAZIAH AND ELIZABETH SWALLOW : - Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1760 ; Rebeckah, b. Dec. 4, '63, d. Aug. 17, '65 ; Ruth, b. July 22, '65 ; Asa, b. May I, '67 ; Rebeckah, b. -; Abraham, b. Dec. 14, '70 ; Deborah, b. Dec. 14, '73 ; Kendall, b. Apr. 2, '75 ; Mary, b. Dec. 30, '77.
CHILD OF JONATHAN AND HANNAH EMERSON : - Jonathan, b. Jan. 6, 1773.
273
BIRTHS IN DUNSTABLE.
1873]
CHILDREN OF ABEL AND SUSANNAH SPAULDING : - Joel, b. Dec. 13, 1761 ; Josiah, b. Feb. 27, '64.
By his wife LYDIA : - Susannah, b. Oct. 1, 1768 ; Lydia, b. Mar. 22, '70 ; Sarah, b. June 19, '77 ; Tamer, b. Oct. 29, '79 ; Abel, b. Apr. 28, '83. CHILD OF EBENEZER AND SARAH FRENCH : - Sarah, b. May 6, 1767
By his wife SUSANNAH : - Charlotte, b. Aug. 13, 1774 ; John, b. Mar. 15. '78.
CHILDREN OF PETER AND PRUDENCE SWALLOW : - Nahum, b. June 23, 1771 ; Prudence, b. July 26, '73 ; Larnard, b. July 30, '75 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 17, '80.
By his wife SYBIL : - Archelaus, b. Jan. 10, 1784 ; James, b. Oct. 23, '85 ; Lucy, b. Nov. 10, '87 ; Moody, b. Nov. 5, '89; Abigail, b. Aug. 19, '92.
CHILDREN OF EBENEZER, JR., AND SARAH PROCTOR : - Molly, b. Nov. 28, 1768 ; Cata, b. Apr. 26, '70 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 4, '71.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND JOANNA SWALLOW : - David, b. Nov. 5, 1771 ; Joanna, b. Jan. 3, '75 ; Joanna, b. Sept. 22, '81.
CHILDREN OF JONAS AND ESTHER BUTTERFIELD : - Rebecca, b. Oct. 1, 1768 ; Jonas, b. May 24, '73; Esther, b. Apr. 12, '78 ; John, b. Apr. 16, '80.
CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND JENNY DUNN : - Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1772 ; Rachel, b. Apr. II, '75.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH ROBY : - Samuel, b. Jan. 10, 1773; Joseph W., b. Oct. 22, '74 ; Charles, b. Aug. 7, '82 ; Ralph, b. Aug. 24, '85 ; John Swallow, b. Apr. 2, '87 ; Reuel, b. Oct. 20, '88.
CHILDREN OF EBENEZER AND ELIZABETH BUTTERFIELD : - Eliza- beth, b. Jan. 20, 1763 ; Reuben, b. Dec. 29, '64 ; Joseph, b. July 10, '68 ; Mary, b. Aug. 8, '70 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 17, '72.
CHILDREN OF JONAS AND MARY TAYLOR : - Jonas, b.
Danforth, b. Oct. 30, 1769 ; Mary, b. May 26, '73 ; Abigail, b. Feb. 12, '75 ; Abigail, b. May 30, '80 ; Jacob, b. Jan. 16, '83.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH JR., AND CATE FLETCHER : - Molly Cumings, b. Sept. 15, 1775 ; Isaac, b. Nov. 23, '84 ; Elizabeth Underwood, b. Feb. 24, '90 ; Caty, b. May 6, '92 ; Lucinda, b. Nov. 26, '95.
By his wife ABIGAIL : - Joseph, b. Sept. 14, 1798.
CHILDREN OF OLIVER AND BRIDGET TAYLOR : - James, b. Nov. 2, 1767 ; Oliver, b. Aug. 9. '70 ; William, b. Sept. 22, '72 ; Susanna, b. July 14, '75 ; Rebekah, b. Feb. 20, '78 ; Josiah, b. March 5, '81 ; Cyrus, b. Apr. 1, '85.
By his wife ABIGAIL : - William Richardson, b. June 13, 1796; Abi- gail, b. Jan. 20, '98.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND SYBIL SPAULDING : - Benajah, b. July 3, 1766 ; Rhoda, b. June 22, '68 ; Squire, b. July 5, '71.
By his wife AGNES : - Squire, b. Oct. 26, 1799.
18
274
HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE.
[1873
CHILDREN OF SIMEON AND SARAH CUMMINGS : - Simeon, b. Sept. 18, 1766 ; Jeremiah, b. Nov. 23, '68 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 20, '71 ; Elizabeth, b. July 6, '73 ; Rachel, b. Oct. 10, '75 ; Polly, b. June 18, '78 ; Betty, b. Dec. 9, '80 ; Rachel, b. Apr. 30, '83 ; Lydia, b. Mar. 21, '86 ; Asenath, b. July 26, '88.
CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND SARAH WOODWARD : - Patty, b. Aug. 7, 1766 ; John, b. Sept. 25, '67 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 16, '69 ; Molly, b. Feb. 16, '73 ; Jonathan, b. Jan. 1, '75 ; Timothy, b. Jan. II, '80.
CHILDREN OF ELEAZER AND ABIGAIL FRENCH : - Abigail, b. Nov. 6, 1757 ; Jonathan, b. Mar. 12, '69.
CHILDREN OF TIMOTHY AND SUSANNAH READ : - Susannah, b. Dec. 20, 1761 ; Sybil, b. Apr 6, '63 ; Timothy, b. Aug. 5, '65 ; Isaac, b. Mar. 23, '67 ; Mary, b. Oct. 14, '68; Rebeckah, b. Aug. 5, '70 ; Catharine, b. Mar. 6, '73 ; William, b. Jan. 30, '75 ; Sybil, b. Mar. II, '81.
CHILDREN OF LEMUEL AND MARY PERHAM : - Rebeckah, b. Feb. 23, 1760 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, '62 ; Lemuel, b. Oct. 7, '64 ; Silas, b. Feb. 10, '70 ; Rachel, b. Aug. 17, '71 ; Josiah, b. May I, '73.
CHILDREN OF DR. EBENEZER AND HANNAH STARR : - Rebecca, b. June 8, 1777 ; James Blanchard, b. Nov. 27, '78 ; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 18, '80 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 26, '82 ; John, b. Dec. 30, '83 ; Edward, b. July 29, '86.
CHILDREN OF MOSES AND MIRIAM HARDY : - Betty, b. Aug. 20, 1771 ; Lydia, b. -, -; Job, b. -, -; Daniel, b. July 11, '73; Jesse, b. Aug. 22, '77 ; William, b. Feb. 13. '80 ; Simeon, b. Aug. I, '82 ; Hannah, b. June 28, '85 ; Polly, b. July 5, '87.
CHILDREN OF LT. JONATHAN AND MARY EMERSON : - Lucinda, b. Nov. 3, 1778 ; Polly, b. June 19, '80 ; Rachel, b. Oct. 6, '81 ; Allen, b. Apr. 19, '82 ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, '84.
CHILDREN OF PHILIP AND MARY BUTTERFIELD : - Philip, b. Feb. 25, 1779; Polly, b. Apr. 17, '82; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 18, '86; Joseph Parkhurst, b. Apr. 21, '89; Asenath. b. June 28, '90 ; Rhoda, b. Apr. 27, '93 ; James, b. Jan. 29, '96; Frederick, b. Apr. 23, '99.
CHILDREN OF ELEAZER AND RACHEL READ : - Rachel. b. June 4, 1770; Rhoda, b. Nov. 26, '72 ; Caleb, b. Aug. 7, '75 ; Leonard, b. Apr. 4, '77 ; Rebecca, b. Mar. 5. '79 ; Betty, b. Dec. - , -
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL, JR., AND RUTH TAYLOR : - Ruth, b. May 17. 1779, d. July 4, 1779 ; Ruth, b. June 27, '80 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, '83 ; Edee, b. Apr. 19, '85 ; Rhoda, b. Aug. 25, '87 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 16, '90 ; William, b July 23, '92 ; Luther, b July 18, -.
CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND LUCY FLETCHER : - Elizabeth ; Leon- ard ; Jonathan ; Sarah ; Samuel ; William, b. Aug. 29, 1772; Lucy, b. Aug. 30, '74 ; Susannah, b. June 6, '76; Joseph, b. Nov. 7, '77.
CHILDREN OF GERSHOM AND SARAH PROCTOR : - Sarah, b. June 27, 1782 ; Gershom, b. Sept. 9, '83, d. Oct. I same year ; Abigail, b. Mar. 6, '85 ; John, b. Jan. 22, '87 ; Gershom, b. Oct. 15, '88.
275
BIRTHS IN DUNSTABLE.
1873]
By wife POLLY : - Amos, b. July 16, 1793 ; William, b. Oct. 13, '95 ; Rhoda, b Jan. 30, '98 ; Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1804.
CHILDREN OF CAPT. OLIVER AND SYBIL CUMMINGS : - Oliver, b. July 12, 1757 ; James, b. May 26, '59; Josiah, b. Jan. 12, '63 ; Nathaniel, b. June 20, '67 ; Sybil, b. Aug. 14, '73.
CHILD OF LT. JOHN AND SUSANNAH CHENEY : - Luther, b. July 7, I775.
By ELIZABETH, second wife : - Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1778 ; Rebecca, b Apr. 3. '79 ; Isaac, b. Sept. 23, '80 ; Abigail, b. Aug 6, '82.
By ELIZABETH, third wife : - Betsey, b. Oct. 31, 1790; Kendall, b. May 16, '92 ; Rhoda, b. Dec. 17, 1800.
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND ANNA SWALLOW : - Rhoda, b. Sept. 30, 1791 ; Abraham, b. Jan. 19, '95 ; Mary, b. May 20, '97; Calvin, b. Apr. 20, '99 ; Luther, b. May 18, 1801 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 31, '03.
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND HULDAH INGALLS : - John, b. June 8, 1774 ; Mary, b. July 15, '76 ; Joseph, b. Apr. I, '78.
By wife ABIGAIL : - Eleazer French, b. Nov. 30, 1782; Joel, b. Sept. 27, '84 ; Daniel, b. Oct. 6, '88; James, b. July 6, '91 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 13, '93
CHILDREN OF ZEBEDEE AND MOLLY KENDALL : - Zebedee, b. Nov. 24, 1780 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 2, '82 ; Abraham, b. Jan. 12, '84 ; Molly, b. Oct. 17, '85 ; George Minot, b Sept. 24, '87 ; Amos, b. Aug. 16, '89 ; John, b. Nov. 3, '91 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 30, '93 ; Isaac, b. Nov. 25, '95 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 25, '98 ; Isaac, b. Aug. 13, '99 ; Timothy, b. July 16, 1802.
CHILDREN OF DR. MICAH AND SALLY (BUTTRICK) ELDREDGE : - Hezekiah, b. (in Princeton) Feb. 6, 1798 ; Sally, b. (in Dunstable) June I, 1800 ; Almira, b. Feb. 17, '02 ; Erasmus Darwin, b. Mar. 10, '04 ; Horace Whiton, b. Dec. 19, '05 ; Olney, b. Nov. 12, '07 ; Frederic Augustus, b. Mar. 25, '10 ; Clifton Buttrick, b. Apr. 20, '12 ; Micah Rhodolphus, b. July 16, '15 ; Mary Abigail, b. June 13, '18; Lucius Owen, b. Mar. 20, '20 ; Wilburn Franillo, b. Nov. 17, '22.
CHILDREN OF REV. SAMUEL H AND RACHEL TOLMAN : - Elizabeth Damon, b. Aug. 13, 1820; Samuel H., b. July 28, '22 ; Lucy Damon, b. Mar. 13, '24 ; Samuel H., b. Aug. 21, '26.
CHILDREN OF JASPER POPE AND MARY PROCTOR : - Josiah Cum- mings, b. Aug. 9, 1817 ; Jasper Pope, b. June 4, '19; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 8, '21 ; Dexter Putnam, b. Apr. 14, '24 ; Henry Oratius, b. Jan. 7, '28.
CHILDREN OF THE REV. LEVI AND MARY BRIGHAM : - Eliza Cath- arine, b. Feb. - , 1839 ; Mary Louisa, b. June 25, '40 ; Edward Dexter, b. Oct. 4, '41 ; Abby Ann, b. Oct. 13, '44.
CHILDREN OF EBENEZER AND ELIZABETH PROCTOR : - John, b. July 14, 1748 ; Jonathan, b. Mar. 15, '51 ; Gershom, b. Dec. 3, '53.
CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND MARY CUMMINGS : - Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1760 ; Jeremiah, b. Oct. 17, '69.
CHILDREN OF PETER AND PRUDENCE SWALLOW. - Nahum, b. June
276
HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE.
[1873
23. 1771 ; Prudence, b. July 26, '73 ; Larnard, b. July 30, '75 ; Larnard, b. June 18, '77 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 17, '80.
By his wife SYBIL : - Archelaus, b. Jan. 10, 1784; James, b. Oct. 23, '85 ; Lucy, b. Nov. 10, '87 ; Moody, b. Nov 5, '89 ; Abijah, b. Aug. 19, '92.
CHILDREN OF ISAAC AND SARAH TAYLOR : - Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1777 ; Isaac, b. May 19, '80 ; Deborah, b. May 13, '83 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 19, '86 ; Lydia, b. Apr. 23, '89.
CHILDREN OF PHINEHAS AND ANNA FLETCHER : - Anna, b. Oct. 29, 1784 ; Sewall, b Oct. 19, '86 ; Mark, b. Aug. 19, '88 ; Mark, b. Sept. 14, '90 ; Betsy, b. Oct. 2, '92 ; Charlotte, b May 19, '94.
By his wife ALICE : - Indiane, b. Dec. 13. 1796; Sally Ames, b. Oct. 15, '98 ; Sally Ames, b. Nov. 2, '99 ; Lucy, b. Sept. 18, 1801 ; Jane, b. Mar. 12, '04.
CHILDREN OF JONAS AND BETTY FRENCH : - Polly, b. Mar. 14, 1781 ; Jonas, b. Aug. 12, '82 ; William, b. June 5, '89 ; John, b. Mar. 9, '95.
CHILDREN OF CAPT. JOSIAH AND SARAH CUMMINGS : - Sally, b. Nov. 25, 1785 ; Olive, b. Aug. 20, '97 ; Josiah Taylor, b. Dec. 29. 1801. CHILD OF EDWARD AND ANNA DUNN : - William, b. Mar. 5, 1787.
CHILDREN OF ENS. JAMES AND CHARLOTTE CUMMINGS : - James, b. Jan. 26, 1780 ; Charlotte, b. May 13, '83; Israel Whitney, July 25, '85 ; Polly, b. Sept. 18, '87.
By his wife SARAH : -
Sally, b. Aug. 16, 1789 ; Isaac, b. Mar. 3, '91 ; Betsey, b. Apr. 16, '93 ; Lucinda, b. Jan. 28, '95 ; Rhoda, b. Nov. 23, '96 ; Sybil, b. June 20, '98 ; Oliver, b. Feb. 6, 1801 ; Loraine, b. Nov. 17, '02 ; Allen, b. Oct. 18. '04. CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND REBECKAH PROCTOR : - Jonathan, b. Nov. 22, 1785 ; Rebeckah, b. Feb. 6, '90 ; Jasper Pope, b. Feb. 28, '93. CHILDREN OF LEONARD AND HANNAH PARKHURST : - Betty Cu- mings, b. Nov. 10, 1791 ; Henry, b. June 17, '93 ; Sophy, b. Mar. 5, '95 ; John, b. Dec. 4, '96 ; Hannah, b. Aug. I. '98 ; Leonard, b. June 16, 1800 ; Sally, b. July 3, '02 ; Rebecca, b. May 18, '04 ; Catharine, b. Feb. 2. '07.
CHILDREN OF LIEUT. ZEBULON AND MARY BLODGETT : - Zebulon, b. Nov. 2, 1797 ; Mary. b. July 9. 1800.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND CATHARINE PARKHURST : - Kate, b. Mar. 24, 1779 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 16, '80 ; Rhoda, b. Jan 12, '83 ; Silas, b. Oct. 2, '84 ; Fanny, b. July 30, '86; Sally, b. Feb. 8, '89; Sybil, b. Sept. 11, '91 ; Rebekah, b. Apr. 7, '94.
Children of the second wife, SYBIL : - Abigail, b. July 21, 1801 ; Polly, b. Nov. 3, '02 ; Deborah, b. - , -.
CHILDREN OF TEMPLE AND PRUDENCE KENDALL : - Peter, b. Oct. 14, 1793 ; Rebeckah, b. Dec. 10, '95 ; Charles, b. Dec. 11, '97 ; Abigail, b. Mar. 31, 1800; Prudence, b. May 26, '02; Isaac, b. Sept. 22, '04 ; James, b. Oct. 2, '06 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 18, '08 ; Madison, b. July 30, '10 ; Cummings and Stiles (twins), b. Sept. 21, '12; Rhoda, b. Mar. 10, '14 ; Lavina, b. Nov. 6, '15 ; Andrew Temple, b. July 21, '18.
277
BIRTHS IN DUNSTABLE.
I873]
CHILDREN OF JONAS AND HANNAH TAYLOR : - Hannah, b. Mar. 20 1797 ; Frederick, b. Nov. 12, '98 ; Hannah, b. June 18, 1800 ; Jefferson, b. Jan. 1I, '02 ; Roxana, b. May 10, '04.
CHILDREN OF SILAS AND REBECKAH JOHNSON : - Ephraim, b. Apr. 22, 1790 ; Lucy, b. Sept. 14, '91 ; Abel, b. Nov. 1, '93 ; Jesse, b. May 3, '97. CHILDREN OF ENS. SAMUEL AND RHODA FLETCHER : - Rhoda, b. Dec 24, 1796 ; James Kendall, b. Nov. 2, '99 ; Susanna, b. Apr. 3, 1809.
CHILDREN OF PETER AND SARAH BLOOD : - Sarah, b. Mar. 7, 1791 ; Jesse, b. Jan. 13, '93 ; James, b. Feb. 3, 95 ; Levi, b. Oct. 30, '97 ; Luther, b. Feb. 3, 1801 ; Susan, b. Oct. 4, '04 ; Eli, b. Apr. 24, '08.
CHILDREN OF CAPT. JONAS AND OLIVE KENDALL : - Susanna, b. Apr. 15, 1797 ; Chiles, b. Dec. 29, '98 ; Olive Catharine Butterfield, b. Sept. 4, 1801 ; Jonas, b. Feb. 5, '04 ; Sarah, b. March 10, '06 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. I, '07 ; Elmna. b. Feb. 2, '11 ; Amanda, b. Feb. 8, '14.
CHILDREN OF CALEB AND ABIGAIL WOODS : - Henry, b. June 8, 1790; Nabby, b. Apr. 4, '92 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 24, '94 ; Jeptha, b. in Groton, Mar. 25, '96; Matilda, b. in Groton, Feb. 27, '98; Deborah, b. in Dunstable, Nov. 14, 1801 ; Maria, b. Aug. 14, '03 ; Rebecca, b. Aug. 25, '07 ; Caleb, b. Oct. 16, '09.
CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND JEMIMA SWALLOW : - Alice ; Lucinda; Jonathan. b. Feb. 18, 1793 ; Clarinda, b. June 18, '95 ; Sophrona, b. Jan. 30, '99 ; John Wilson, b. Apr. 18, 1803; Sarah, b. Sept. 3, '06.
CHILDREN OF ASA AND SUSANNA SWALLOW : - Kendall, b. June 14, 1792 ; Susanna, b. Sept. 23, '94 ; Asa, b. Apr. 3, '96; Laura, b. July 25, '98 ; Ruel. b. Oct. 11. 1801 ; Bera, b. Apr. 10, '06; Maria, b. Jan. 6, 'II.
CHILDREN OF LEONARD AND MARY BUTTERFIELD : - Polly, b. Oct. 3, 1797 ; Leonard, b. Mar. 4, '99; Asa, b. Aug. 7, 1801; Sarah and Abi- gail (twins), b. Mar. 2, '05; Catharine, b. Mar. 4, '09.
CHILDREN OF ELIJAH AND REBECKAH ROBBINS: - Elijah, b. July 31, 1791; Henry, b. Sept. 25, '93; Larnard, b. Mar. 10, '96; Emerson, b. July 17, '97; Parlin, b. Apr. 21, 1802; Damaris Powers, b. Sept. 19, '05; Desire, b. June 18, '07; Damaris Powers, b. Dec. 9, '08; Albert, b. Dec. 19, '10; Desire Rhoda, b. Apr. 16, '14.
CHILDREN OF EBER AND SARAH BLOOD : - Adah, b. Mar. 9, 1793; Isaac, b. Nov. 24, '94, d. Dec. 25, '94; Nancy, b. June 5, '97; Ralph, b. Nov. 13, '99; Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1803; Lucy, b. Dec. 22, '06; Elizabeth, b. May 29. '09; Rufus, b. June 28, 'II, d. Aug. 13, '29, aged 18.
CHILDREN OF HENRY AND MARY BLOOD : - Henry, b. May 9, 1793, d. July 19, '93; Mary, b. Mar. 24, '96; Henry, b. Oct. 1I, '98; Charles, b. Nov. 20, 1802; Betsy, b. Jan. I, '05; Miles, b. Dec. 2, '07.
CHILDREN OF CALEB AND SARAH READ : - Calvin, b. Jan. 20, 1798 ; James, b. March 30, '99; Rachel, b. Mar. 30, 1801.
CHILDREN OF EBENEZER AND ELIZABETH PARKHURST : - Ebenezer, b. Feb. 12, 1788; Benajah, b. Sept. 14, '94; Jacob, b. Aug. 30, '96; Americas, b. Apr. 17, '99.
278
HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE.
[1873
CHAPTER XV.
LETTERS. - WHAT A NEW ENGLAND TOWN IS. - HOW DUNSTABLE WAS FORMED. - EARLY SETTLERS. - MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. - MODES OF LIVING. - POPULATION. - ACTION AFTER DIVISION. - HEROISM. - LOVE- WELL'S FIGHT. - INDEPENDENCE. - TROOPS RAISED. - CIVIL WAR. - TOWN MATTERS. - RELIGIOUS TEACHING. - DISTINGUISHED MEN. - AMOS KENDALL. - CONCLUSION.
" History, to be instructive, must not only narrate events, but state the causes which produced them. Our stock of wisdom is not materially increased by being told that an event transpired, but when we are made acquainted with the causes which brought it about, we have acquired val- uable information, and from this knowledge of the past we can reason with tolerable certainty to the future." CHARLES HUDSON.
.
"Gone are those great and good Who here in peril stood, And raised their hymn. Peace to the reverend dead ! The light that on their head Two hundred years have shed Shall ne'er grow dim." - JOHN PIERPONT.
CORRESPONDENCE IN RESPECT TO THE BI-CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. DUNSTABLE, MASS., Oct. 23, 1873. HON. GEO. B. LORING,
. President of the Senate of Mass. :
Dear Sir, - Will you favor us for publication with a copy of your address at the bi-centennial celebration of the incorporation of our town ? By so doing you will confer a favor, as it is the unanimous expressed wish of the inhabitants of the town that it be published.
Very truly your obt. svt., JOSIAH C. PROCTOR, For and in behalf of the Committee of Arrangements.
MASSACHUSETTS SENATE, PRESIDENT'S ROOM, BOSTON, April 18, 1874.
My dear Sir, - It gives me pleasure to furnish you with a copy of my address at the bi-centennial celebration of the incorporation of the town
279
BI-CENTENNIAL ORATION.
1873]
of Dunstable. The occasion will long be remembered by me as a manifes- tation of the veneration in which the people of the town of Dunstable hold their pious and heroic ancestors.
Truly yours, etc.,
GEO. B. LORING.
JOSIAH C. PROCTOR, Esq.,
Chairman of Com., Dunstable, Mass.
1673
1873
ORATION OF HON. GEORGE B. LORING, SEPT. 17, 1873.
MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS : -
I have accepted your invitation to deliver this address on the occasion of the second centennial anniversary of the settlement of your town, with great reluctance and many inisgivings. I cannot expect to share with you all those hallowed memories which spring up in your minds and warm your hearts, whose homes are on this spot, whose ancestors repose beneath this sod, whose hearthstones are here, whose eyes have beheld the domestic scenes and whose hearts have felt the joys and sorrows which make up the story you would most gladly hear to-day. To you who enjoy this spot as home, the church, this village green, these farm- houses, every field and wooded hill, the highway and the by-path, the
280
HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE.
[1873
valley and the brook, all tell a tale of tender interest, to you who remember the events of childhood here, to you who to-day return from long wander- ings, to you who have remained and have brought this municipality on to an honorable era in its history, to you who turn aside to linger over the grave of a beloved parent, and to you who still pause and drop a tear on that little mound where your child has lain so long and from which, through all the years that have passed since it left you, its sweet voice has been heard, reminding you of your duty in this world and assuring you of the peace and joy of the world to come. To me, indeed, the domestic record of this town, the most sacred record to you, is, as it were, a sealed volume, open only to my gaze as a member of the same human family with yourselves, and as one feeling that common sympathy which binds, as with a silver cord, all the sons of God into one great brother- hood. While, therefore, I cannot intrude upon the sacredness of your firesides, nor claim a seat in your domestic circle, nor expect to be admitted within the railing of your altar, I can call to your minds those events in the history of your town which have established its intimate relations with that interesting experiment of society and State which has been worked out on this continent during the last two hundred years.
WHAT A NEW ENGLAND TOWN IS.
In celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of a New England town, the peculiar and extraordinary nature of a civil organization of this kind should not be forgotten, especially by those who enjoy the high privileges which belong to it. To many nationalities and peoples a town means nothing more than a cluster of houses surrounded by a wall and fortified, or the realm of a constable, or the seat of a church ; but to us in New England the town was in the beginning, as it is now, the primary organi- zation, sovereign in itself. "The colonists had no sooner formed a settle- ment, and erected their cabins in convenient proximity to each other, than they organized themselves into a town, an independent municipality, in which every citizen had a voice and a vote." The first duty of these organizations, in the minds of our fathers, was the establishment of a church ; and the erection of a meeting-house and a school-house received their earliest care and attention. It is remarkable and interesting to see how, in the little municipalities of New England, all the rights of citizen- ship were cherished, and how silently and unostentatiously all the elements of a free state were fixed and developed. Starting away from the original colonies, they planted themselves in the wilderness, and assumed at once the duty of independent organizations. Their citizens, in town meeting assembled, had the control of all matters relating to their civil and criminal jurisdiction. " In the New England colonies the towns were combined in counties long after their establishment and representation as towns ; so that the county here was a collection of towns, rather than the town a subdivision of a county." This system of town organization is maintained
281
BI-CENTENNIAL ORATION.
1873]
throughout New England to the present day, constituting one of the most interesting features of the civil polity of this section of our country. Says Barry, in his "History of Massachusetts," "Each (town) sustained a relation to the whole, analogous to that which the States of our Union hold respectively to the central power, or the Constitution of the United States." Says Palfrey, in his " History of New England," " With some- thing of the same propriety with which the nation may be said to be a confederacy of republics called States, each New England State may be described as a confederacy of minor republics called towns." Neither in New York, with its great landed properties, at first held and occupied by a kind of feudal tenure, and afterwards with its counties ; nor in the Western States, where the town survey carries with it no local political authority ; nor in the South, where the county organization is the one which governs local matters, can be found that form of self-government which gives to the New England towns their individuality, and which has enabled them to enroll their names on the brightest pages of American history. How, in the olden time, they cherished the church and built the meeting-house ; how they fostered education and erected the school-house ; how they selected their wisest and bravest men for the public councils ; how they resolved for freedom in open town-meeting ; how they hurled defiance at the oppressor, and sprang up, an army of defiant communities, each one feeling its responsibility, and ready and anxious to assume it ! Would you study the valor of your country in its earlier days ? Go to the town records of New England. Would you learn where the leaders and statesmen were taught their lesson of independence and nationality? Read the recorded resolves of the New England towns. The origin and orga- nization of these New England towns were by no means uniform. In some instances they were founded immediately on the landing of the colonists, out of lands conferred upon them by their charter. In other instances they were made up by grants of land to an offshoot from the parent colony, whose enterprise consisted in organizing a new town. In other instances grants of land were made from time to time to individuals and corporations for farms and other purposes, which grants were after- wards consolidated into townships. In this last manner grew up that large town organization known as DUNSTABLE. It occupied one of the most beautiful sections of New England. "To the great Indian tribes the Merrimack and Nashua Rivers were as well known as they are to us. From the great lake of New Hampshire to the sea ran for them the strong and flashing river, whose waters abounded with fish of the best variety, and whose banks were diversified with warm and sunny slopes, fertile valleys, and tree-crowned hills. .
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.