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The editorial field is as extensive as the world we live upon. Some few editors have attempted to extend its boundaries, so as to embrace other worlds, but I have not heard that they have met with much success, except when dealing with facts palpable, or the positive discoveries of science. As a rule, however, your hard-headed, trained editor minds his own business, and is not much given to abstruse disquisitions, which may make men wonder but are not apt to enlighten anybody. No man is quicker than he to catch a thing that has a tail to it; and he is very careful to avoid those which are all head and no tail, for he believes in bal- ancing things by natural rules ; although - such is the perversity of readers - he sometimes finds he has taken a bull by the horns, and the danger is about evenly balanced between letting go or holding on.
Sir, if these figures of rhetoric seem unseemly at this time, and in this presence, please read my meaning "between the lines." There you will find the pith of the whole matter - the " sugar in the gourd," which is valuable in proportion to the difficulty with which it is gathered. I could, were I so disposed, make a spread eagle of my theme, and soar away into the empyrean, and prob- ably amaze some one here ; I would certainly astonish myself, for I am not used to that sort of thing. If I am to be natural I must be blunt - hit hard and quick, and have done with it. Two things also warn me to mind my own particular business, now, and keep down from a height that might be perilous ; the flight of my little time, and the presence above this vast assemblage - which I seem to realize- of that grand old man, whose name our town bears, FRANKLIN. While serenely smiling upon these festivities, which I
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doubt not he enjoys with all the zest of an ever youthful feeling, he says to me - Few words are best ; don't prose ; stiek to the point, and stop when you are through ! There, sir, in aphoristic brevity he has given you the whole duty of an editor, and, by im- plieation, a rule for the editor's particular friends, the correspond- ents. For, sir, Franklin once was an editor - a man of sorrows. It is the pride of our craft to say this, although he fortunately be- came, as is natural to the eraft, a philosopher, but in his early years, and before he took to his bed to die. Happy were it for the world if all editors might be Franklins ; most happy now, while such tremendous social and political upheavals are going on all over the earth. That old gray goose-quill, that never penned a useless sentence, would make a safe rudder to steer our nation's vessel through the present troubled waters, where an ounce of good sense is worth a ton of editorial folly and haphazard advice and conjecture. Think, sir, of Franklin writing his views upon the present Congress !
But I forbear, sir, this is dangerous ground. Your glance warns me that my time is up. In closing, I give you " THE MEMORY OF FRANKLIN," and let each one who hears me round off for himself the toast with a sentiment of his own choosing.
The skies, which had onee during the services vociferously showered down their benedictions, were now placidly calm and elear, and the audience reluctantly lifted the closing hymn by the poet of the day.
Come, ere we part for other scenes, The wreath of friendship twine; We'll pledge each other here to-day In songs of " Auld Lang Syne." The fathers ne'er shall be forgot; Their deeds heroic shine : Their virtues like the sun illume The days of "Anld Lang Syne."
Their children meet and part again 'Mid blessings all divine; Perhaps to meet no more below To tell of " Auld Lang Syne." Oh! may we meet when time is o'er Beneath the Living Vine, And sing with those we loved on earthi In days of " Auld Lang Syne."
At the elose of the singing, and after the benediction. the ser- vices were adjourned for one hundred years and the audience
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slowly dwindled in joyous and tearful chattings of the past, as they shook pledged hands over the future and parted for the pres- ent. It was a royal, blessed day, without break or accident to mar its success.
THE MUSEUM.
The museum of antiquities, to which allusion has been made, was in the capacious chapel in the rear of the Congregational church. Nearly a thousand people visited it during the day, and it was opened, at a small entrance fee, for two succeeding days. The industry and success of the ladies' committee in gathering so many articles struck every one as remarkable.
A catalogne was carefully made by Mrs. W. C. Whiting, from which are selected some of the rarer specimens of "ye olden time " for briefest mention : -
Foremost was the old-time kitchen, arranged by Mrs. A. A. Fletcher, with andirons, pot-hooks, trammels and settle complete.
Bibles and books of all ages, from an illuminated Roman missal of 1485, on vellum, a black letter missal bound in wood and vellum, clasped, and an Elzevir treatise of 1634, by Rev. Dr. Chambre ; a series of mannscript sermons by the Wrentham and Franklin pastors, complete from Messenger to Southworth ; a file of alma- naes to 1800.
Of household utensils were, Mayflower candlesticks, by Mrs. E. K. Ray ; an hour-glass, 180 years old ; a wooden castor, by Mrs. M. Pherson ; a brass milk-pan used by British soldiers in Boston, by Adin Fisher ; an old brass clock six feet high, by H. Bemis ; China sets, platters, etc., of unknown antiquity ; the brass andirons of Dr. Emmons' study, by Mrs. S. Warfield ; tape loom of Mary Whiting, one of the first settlers of Wrentham ; Nathaniel Thayer's settle, 123 years old, by J. F. Ray ; cradle of Dea. Joseph Whiting's family, by Mrs. W. C. Whiting ; Rev. C. Barnum's and Rev. Dr. Emmons' study chairs ; a copper kettle from Marblehead, 200 years old. by L. Howard ; spinning-wheels, and a four-wheeled miniature wagon for the twins of 1824, made by John King.
Of garments, a century-old traveling-bag, by S. Hubbard ; buckskin breeches, many pairs ; kid slippers, numberless ; Dr. Em- mons' tri-cornered hat, and the first Mrs. Emmons' white satin
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bridal shoes ; infants' caps, slips, etc., including that of the ora- tor of the day ; Dr. Nathaniel Miller's wedding vest - pea-green, satin embroidered ; Dea. Joseph Whiting's wig and leather-bowed spectacles of 1750.
Of the miscellanies were the pitch-pipe of Austin Metcalf; the sword of Capt. Eben. Dean, grandfather of Dr. O. Dean ; the gun and accoutrements of James Holbrook, at Saratoga, by W. Stanley ; the bell of the first Franklin cow, by Dea. W. C. Whiting ; a silver brooch of Dr. Ebenezer Metcalf, 1745, by Ma- ria Fisher ; a pillion used by Governor Winthrop's family, by Mrs. Adams Daniels ; the noted bear-trap of David Gilmore "on the mount ;" a baby's christening-dress of Ruth Clark, and used for that service by a line of Ruths until to-day ; an ingenious tablet of Indian relies, arrows, etc., by W. W. Cowell, of Wrentham.
Many portraits and silhouettes of Franklin's former worthies hung around the walls, and the rooms of the chapel were filled with portraits, rarities whose description would fill a large volume. None knew the town was so rich in relies of the fathers, and all felt they should be sacredly treasured by the town in a fire-proof building for the next centennial.
The centennial day was closed by a vocal concert from singers secured from abroad, in aid of the celebration fund. It was largely attended, and formed an appropriate finale to the men- orable day.
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GENEALOGICAL NOTICES
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EARLIEST FAMILIES IN FRANKLIN.
GENEALOGICAL NOTICES.
THESE genealogical notices are necessarily brief and imperfect- brief for want of space, and imperfect because they have been, most of them, gathered from the town records of Wrentham and Franklin (to which families sometimes neglected to make re- turns). A few, like those of the Adams, Pond and Richardson families, have been compiled from published genealogies, and may be considered complete in their Franklin branches. Our research has been as extensive as possible in the time in tracing the other families. No doubt a longer time and a wider correspondence would have given a richer result. But a genealogist knows that years must be consumed on one full family register.
We have only aimed by these few notes to excite an interest in our townsmen to trace their family lines for themselves. We have, therefore, gone rather backward than forward, that they might find some sure starting point among the early settlers of the country. But they are brought down within reach of the present, so that those disposed can easily attach their own families to their proper ancestral line. Space would not allow our coming lower down.
It were utterly out of the compass of this history to give even the briefest genealogical notice of all the present dwellers in Frank- lin. We have, therefore, confined our notes to the list of peti- tioners for a precinct, as given on page 25. That list includes all the earliest settlers of the town. If any regret that their names do not find a place, they must blame their ancestors for not moving into the precinct in season. It should be added, however, that the names of a few later settlers are inserted in this list who have kindly furnished ancestral portraits or views of their homesteads for the illustration of the book. To such, and to all others, we are grate- ful for these illustrations, which will form, to some, the chief at- traction of the volume.
In the notices following, the numbers before named refer back
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to the same number in the family line. The daughters can be traced, when married, by their husband's surname.
Lastly, if the dates disagree with the family registers in the " big ha' bible," please refer the difference to the errors of the town records. They have all been personally and carefully copied.
Any corrections will be gladly accepted, for the correcting of the author's own copy and possible future use.
THIE ADAMS FAMILY .*
1. John Adams, immigrant ancestor, born in 1685 at Credi- ton, Devonshire, England. Seized in youth by a press-gang and forced to serve as cabin boy on a man-of-war. Escaped at Salem and fled to Medfield. Recaptured, he again escaped and hid in Wrentham. Afterwards bought and settled on the farm now oc- cupied by Dea. Peter Adams. Was a weaver by trade. He mar- ried 24th September, 1713, Sarah, daughter of John and Hannah Fairbank. She was born 22d March, 1696, in Wrentham, and died 13th May, 1754, three days after her husband. Their chil- dren were: 2, John, born 18th June, 1715 ; married Rachel Adams. Mary, born 15th March, 1716 ; married Jabes Fisher. Sarah, born 15th February, 1718 ; married Matthew Smith. Han- nah, born 25th March, 1721 ; married Michael Metcalf. 3, Peter, born 2d February, 1722 ; married Esther Ward. Abigail, born 14th February, 1725. Ann, born 7th February, 1728. Esther. born 8th March, 1732. Elizabeth, born 14th July, 1735 ; married Henry Wilson, of Rowe. The last four children probably left town.
2. John, " Ensign," lived at "Nason's Crossing." His farm included the present Common. He died 30th May, 1793. His wife Rachel, born 1715; died 2d April, 1789. Their children were : Timothy, born 6th February, 1742; married Jemima Thayer, of Mendon. Parents and four children all died young, and one stone in the Franklin cemetery now covers the whole family. 4, Thaddeus, born 13th June, 1745; married Rachel Lawrence. 5, John, born 1748 ; married Naomi Pratt. 6, Na- thaniel, born 17th August, 1751 ; married first Hannah Fisher, second Zebia Collock. 7, William, born 1755 ; married Elizabeth Whiting. Rachel, born 11th March, 1758 ; married Asa Fisher.
* From a Genealogy compiled by Gardner Adams.
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3. Peter lived on the homestead ; died 12th March, 1802. His wife, Esther, born 17th February, 1732; died 11th November, 1809. Their children were : Jemima, born 16th March, 1752; married Jesse Robbins. Joel, born 21st July, 1753 ; married Jemima Robbins. Molly, died young. Peter, born 24th Febru- ary, 1758 ; died 27th September, 1778, in the Revolutionary War. Eunice, born 24th February, 1760 ; married Calvin Metcalf and went to Winthrop, Me. 8, Ward, born 28th November, 1762; married Olivia Daggett. Junia, died young. Esther, born 15th July, 1767 ; married Eli Taft, and went to Upton. 9, James, born 6th May, 1769 ; married first Sarah Bacon, second Lucy Fairbank. Apollus, died young. 10, Nehemiah, born 11th Jan- uary, 1773 ; married Mary Clark ; removed to Union, Me. Je- mima and Joel also went to Union, Me.
4. Thaddeus bought and lived on the present town farm ; hc died 28th June, 1827. His wife, Rachel, daughter of Ebenezer Lawrence ; born 24th February, 1751 ; died 27th September, 1823. Their children : Lucinda, born 5th October, 1771 ; married Joseph Gilmore, Abigail, born 12th May, 1773; married Abadiah A. Thayer, and went to West Wrentham. Thaddeus, born 22d June, 1775 ; married Peggy Orcutt, and went to Brewer, Me. Rachel, born 25th October, 1777 ; married Seneca Aldrich, and left town. Timothy, born 19th March, 1781 ; married Betsey Payson, and went to Bucksport, Me. 11, Alpheus, born 22d December, 1785 ; married Achsa Partridge.
5. John, removed to Walpole, N. H., where his youngest child was born ; he died in August, 1836. His first wife, Naomi Pratt, Medfield ; died 1793 ; he married second Eunice Moulton, and third Elizabeth Stearns ; he died May, 1851 ; he had sixteen chil- dren ; three only remained in town, viz. : Sally, born 25th Janu- ary, 1772 ; married Jonathan Hawes. Eunice (by second wife) born 7th January, 1795 ; married Fisher Daniels. Lois, born 26th June, 1797 ; married Jeremiah Claflin.
6. Nathaniel was in the Revolution, called " Captain," lived and kept a store on Davis Thayer's Corner. In 1815 removed to Providence, and died in 1834. His wife, Hannah Fisher, died 9th April, 1790 ; married, second, Zebia Collock. One child only staid in town, Hannah, born 8th April, 1781 ; married Bela Cleveland.
7. William lived at " Nason's Crossing," was noted as " Uncle
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Bill." He died 28th March, 1828. His wife died in 1833. Chil- dren were : Betsey, born 20th August, 1783 ; married Ichabod Dean. Amos, born 15th November, 1785 ; married first Betsey Follett, second Mrs. Sally B. Partridge ; removed to Medway. William, born 11th March, 1789 ; married Mary Fisher, and re- moved to Medway. Whiting, born 22d March, 1793.
8. Ward, died 25th October, 1792; wife died 1788 ; had one child, Ebenezer Ward, born 23d July, 1787 ; married Mima, daughter of Joel Adams, and removed to Union, Me.
9. James, deacon and justice of the peace, lived on the home- stead. He died 16th April, 1830 ; first wife died 1806; second wife, Lucy F., born 19th July, 1789 ; died 1st July, 1878. Children by first wife : Chloe Fales, born 1st January, 1797 ; married Jo- seph A. Metcalf and removed to Winthrop, Me. Thomas Bacon, born 16th January, 1799 ; married Elizabeth Adams, of Read- field, Me., and removed to Maine. James, Rev., born 21st Octo- ber, 1800. (See biographical sketches.) By second wife, Sarah Bacon, born 27th June, 1809 ; married Rev. E. W. Robinson. (See biographical sketches.) 12, Peter, born 3d April, 1811; married Clarissa D. Richardson. Lucy Maria, born 19th March, 1817 ; married James Bigelow, of Boylston.
10. Nehemiah, removed to Union, Me., but previously had three children in Franklin. He died 14th December, 1854. His wife, of Medfield, died 14th April, 1821. His only son in town, Ward, born 23d November, 1798, married Hannah Blake. He died 27th October, 1865.
11. Alpheus, lived on the home farm till he sold it to the town for the poor ; went to Nashua, N. H., in 1836, but returned in 1846 and died in town, 9th January, 1852. His wife, Achsa, daughter of Simon and Achsa (Metcalf) Partridge, born 4th March, 1787, died 25th January, 1868. Their children were : Albert, born 22d December, 1807 ; married first Mary C. Daniels, second Sophronia Heald, third Susan D. White ; had seven chil- dren. Simeon Partridge, born 16th November, 1809; married Harriet B. Wood. Emerson, born 5th December, 1812; mar- ried Abigail Blake and removed to Sherboru. Gardner, born 2d April, 1818 ; married Eunice R. Darling. Erastus, born 22d January, 1821 ; married first Mary G. Powell, second Lucetta A. Harvey. Achsa Metcalf, born 2d November, 1824; married
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Merrill E. Carter, and lives in Syracuse, N. Y. Of this family only thirteen now reside in town.
12. Peter, deacon, lives on the ancestral farm, and has chil- dren : James Francis, born 2d January, 1842 ; married Mary A., daughter of Lucy M. Bigclow. Abby Maria, born 31st January, 1855. Herbert, born 28th October, 1857. Charles R. was killed in Sheridan's campaign, near Winchester, Va., and four children died young.
The descendants of " Ensign" John and Peter Adams counted in 1874, 924, and of John, the immigrant, 1,814 persons ; number of marriages, 358. Less than a score now of the Adams family live in Franklin.
THE ALLEN FAMILY.
The first of this name in town was Abijah, a native of Natick, who came from Dover just before the incorporation of the town. His first child, Samuel, was the first birth after that event. He married Abigail Maxcy 17th June, 1777. His children were : Samuel, born 15th March, 1778. Mary, born 16th December, 1779. Abigail and Maxcy, twins ; both died young. Marena, born 12th May, 1787. Abijah, born 27th May, 1789. Cyrus, born 29th May, 1793. Alfred, born 25th September, 1797; died 3d March, 1825. Samuel married Sarah W. Aldis, and had Aldis, born 13th November, 1803. (See biographical sketches.) He married, second, Jubetta Metcalf, of Franklin, and removed to Medway Vill., where he was chosen deacon of the Congregational church, and had other children born there. Cyrus married Sarah Bacon 4th October, 1825, and had : Marena, born 10th Septem- ber, 1826. George, born 6th April, 1828. Cyrus Milton, born 6th June, 1831. Thomas Bacon, born 7th October, 1836.
Another Allen family in the north part of the town is of a differ- ent ancestry.
THE BACON FAMILY.
The immigrant, according to Savage, was Michael. He came from Ireland to Dedham with his wife and four children, Michael, Daniel, John and Sarah. He died winter of 1647-8. John married Rebeka, and had John. Rebeka, married John Gay. Daniel, Samuel. 2, Thomas. Mary, married Nathaniel Kings- bury ; and Susanna, married Jonathan Dewing. He died 17th
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June, 1683. His widow died 27th October, 1694. Of this line is Rev. Dr. L. Bacon, of New Haven.
2. Thomas settled in Wrentham, and his family is recorded there. He married Hannah Fales, and had seven children : 3, Thomas, born 26th November, 1693. Hannah, born 25th April, 1697 ; married Robert Pond. James, born 28th October, 1700. Martha, born 8th October, 1703 ; married John Shepard. Jacob, born 9th September, 1706. (First preacher in the West precinct. ) John, born 22d April, 1710. Sarah, died young.
3. Thomas, Jr., married Deborah - -, and had : Kezia, born 7th June, 1725 ; married Robert Blake. 4, Thomas, Deborah, Samuel, and Rebecca.
4. Thomas, 3d, Captain. Performed good service in the Revo- lution. He had, by his wife Lydia Pond, ten children. One only son, Amos, of whom we know no more.
The Franklin line of Bacons is traceable no further back than Seth. He married Abigail Whiting 3d June, 1762, and had five children : Joseph, born 19th June, 1763. Theophilus, died at 17 years. Sarah, born 13th March, 1768. 3, Thomas, born 16th May, 1771. Abigail, born 12th June, 1774.
2. Joseph married Ruth Heaton 17th January, 1804. Chosen deacon of Franklin church 1st January, 1806, and died 6th May, 1843. They had : 4, Joseph Thomas, born 14th February, 1808 ; married Mary Ann Metcalf; and Delia Emmons, born 28th Feb- ruary, 1815 ; married Samuel Metcalf, Jr.
3. Thomas married 26th April, 1796, Ruth Adams, and had Sally, born 23d August, 1797, who married Cyrus Allen. On his sudden death, 15th May, 1799, his widow Ruth married Joseph Whiting, 3d.
4. Joseph T. was deacon of the Franklin church, chosen 15th October, 1835. He was gored by a bull, of which he died in the past spring. His wife died soon after. They had : Abby Mi- randa ; married Dea. E. E. Baker. Thomas Metcalf, George, and Ellen.
THE BAKER FAMILY .*
1. Richard, immigrant in Dorchester, 1639; married Faith, daughter of Henry Withington, and had at least two sons and six
* From a Genealogy compiled by Edward Baker, Dorchester,
RESIDENCE OF CAPT DAVID BAKER
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daughters ; he died 25th October, 1689. His son, 2, John, mar- ried Preserved, daughter of Thomas Trott, and had ten children. He died 26th August, 1690. His son, 3, Abijah, posthumous, born 25th February, 1691 ; married Hannah Jones, and settled in Franklin south of Beaver Pond ; he died 31st December, 1761. His son, 4, Abijah, born 15th October, 1718; married Esther Smith ; he died 27th September, 1780. His son, 5, Abijah, born 11th August, 1749 ; married March, 1775, Esther Parker ; she died 12th May, 1795 ; and he married 17th April, 1796, Phebe Boyden ; she died 19th November, 1821; he died 19th April, 1824. A view of the Baker homestead near the center of the town is in- serted ; Dea. E. E. Baker now occupies it. The children of Abi- jah and Esther were : Esther, born 25th September, 1779 ; mar- ried John Warfield, whose grandson is Rev. F. A. Warfield, pastor of the Union church, in Boston. David, born 5th June, 1782. Anna, born 5th June, 1786 ; died unmarried 2d May, 1864. 6, David, captain ; town clerk ; married, first, Jemima, daughter of Elisha and Abigail (Lawrence) Richardson ; she died 26th July, 1845 ; married, second, Lucy F. Perry of Holliston, who died 13th August, 1874 ; he died 11th October, 1861.
Captain Baker was especially well known as a clerk of the town for many years. In his day it was the custom to cry all intentions of marriage on three public occasions, and his clear voice from his pew in the meeting-house at the beginning of the Sunday after- noon service made many a youth, and maiden hang their heads as it published aloud their often unsuspected engagements. Many who endured this exposure will recognize the familiar face of Captain Baker in the portrait following this brief family notice. On the election of Davis Thayer, Jr., as town clerk, the imme- morial usage was exchanged for the milder form of a posted notice. But Captain Baker was yet better known as an energetic and pub- lic-spirited citizen, a faithful father and a decided Christian man.
Captain Baker had six children : Abijah Richardson. (See biographical sketches.) Charlotte, married Rev. Asa Hixon. (See biographical sketches. ) Abigail, married Hon. M. P. Wilder. (See biographical sketches.) Jemima Jane, married Daniel H. Forbes of Westboro ; school-teacher in Charlestown, Mass. David Parker, married Lois Angenette Green of Franklin. Julia, mar- ried Hon. M. P. Wilder. (See biographical sketches.) Erastus
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Emmons, " Deacon ; " married Abby M., daughter of Dea. Joseph T. Bacon of Franklin ; his son, David Erastus. (See biographi- cal sketches.)
THE BLAKE FAMILY. ·
The branch of this widely-spread family which settled in Frank- lin descended from Robert, although the posterity of John appears in town. Robert is believed to have been an original immigrant, as a research of many years has not linked him with any other Blakes in the country. But many facts point to Taunton, England, as the habitat of his family, and to a connection with Cromwell's famous sea-king, Admiral Robert, and with Sarah, one of the earliest settlers of South Carolina. Information is invited by the author.
1. Robert was born 1675, married 7th January, 1703, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Guild, of Wrentham. He bought the farm on the east side of Blake's Pond (since miscalled Archer's) and built his house on the crown of the hill, parts of which entered into the present dwelling there. When he cleared the forest, he left the old oak now standing by the wayside, which " was called the old oak," his grandson Philip said, " by the old people when he was a boy." He died 4th October, 1735, aged 60. His widow married, 30th March, 1738, Nathaniel Perry. She died 30th July, 1757. They had ten children.
Bette married Benjamin Hall. Sarah married first Thomas Fisher, second James Newe. 2, Robert, born 22nd December, 1707. 3, Josiah, born 4th March, 1710. Nathan, born 13th March, 1712. Ezra, born 12th May, 1714. Hepzibah, married Capt. Benjamin Shepard of Wrentham. Obadiah, born 9th June, 1719. Esther, married David Jones and removed to Abington. Elijah, born 13th October, 1723. The ages of these ten children summed up nearly nine hundred years, three of them attaining to a century.
Nathan, Sarah and Obadiah removed to Keene, N. H. Nathan was the first settler there ; spent the first winter alone and built the first house in Ashuelot, as then called. He was captured by the Indians, April, 1746, and taken to Canada, where he was made a chief for his prowess and inventiveness, but was finally exchanged and returned to Keene. Obadiah had been a physician in Wrent- ham, and became the first doctor in Keene on his settlement there.
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