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Davide Bater
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2. Robert, Captain, married Keziah, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Thurston. He died 22d December, 1800, aged 93. She died 19th April, 1794. They have only two children recorded : Keziah, born 29th October, 1743. 4, Robert, born 14th July, 1749.
3. Josiah, Ensign ; married Martha, daughter of Joseph and Martha Cowell. He died 25th February, 1795, aged 85. She died 8th February, 1772. They had seven children : Abigail. married David Holbrook. Josiah, born 15th October, 1742 ; mar- ried Margaret Druce. Nathan, born 6th July, 1744 ; married Mary Day and removed to Union, Me. 5, Philip, born 6th March, 1746. Martha, married Abijah Wilder. Hephsibah, unmarried, and a celebrated midwife within a circuit of forty miles from Wrentham.
4. Robert, married 11th October, 1770, Eunice Bordin. He lived in Wrentham and died there 8th November, 1776. She died 11th January, 1816. They had three children : Chloe, born 1st June, 1773. Calvin, born 17th December, 1774. 6, Rob- ert, born 1st January, 1777.
5. Philip, deacon of Wrentham church, removed to Franklin about 1790 and bought a farm of John Adams. He married, first, Sarah, daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Morse) Allen of Medfield, who died 24th May, 1795 ; second, Beriah Lawrence, who died 23d May, 1828 ; third, Widow Olive Whiting, of Wrentham. He died 16th December, 1836 at over 90. He had ten children by his first wife, of whom only five reached maturity : Patty (or Martha) married Eli Messenger of Wrentham and removed to Pawtucket, R. I. Josiah, born 16th April, 1782, removed to Rockville and became deacon of the East Medway church. Sarah, married Henry Campbell, of Oxford, and removed there. Hepzibah, mar- ried Asa Fuller and resided in North Franklin. Their son, New- ell, lives on their homestead. Asa Metcalf B. is a prominent citizen of West Medway. 7, Ira, born 19th October, 1790.
6. Robert, married 11th April, 1799, Abigail Blake. He died 22d December, 1800 ; she died 3d January, 1833. They had nine children : Austin, born 3d March, 1800. Robert, Jr., born 4th March, 1802. Herman R. (not recorded.) Roxana, born 28th October, 1805. Joel Nelson, born 12th May, 1807. Stephen Mann, born 1st January, 1811. Lewis, born 11th January, 1812.
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Abigail, born 9th June, 1816. Charles Fisher, born 24th Febru- ary, 1818. Caroline, born 13th February, 1820.
7. Ira. Went to Pittston, Me., where he married Laura, daughter of Capt. Augustus and Chloe (Fisk) Mowry, of Putney, Vt. ; returned to Franklin in 1817, and lived upon the homestead. He died 20th September, 1848 ; she died 1st October, 1867. They had seven children : Mortimer. (See graduates.) Sarah, Au- gustus Mowry, lives in New London, Conn. Laura Matilda, married William Rockwood. Oramel Bradley on the homestead. Other Blakes, residents in town, have been : Solomon from Wrentham, who settled on the Mt. Hope road and had Solomon, Jr. This family has entirely left town. Abraham, Jr., also from Wrentham, represented now by Alvin Blake, and David Partridge Blake, who married Polly, daughter of Elihu Pond. Some of his. family live in the northern part of the town. But the name has. mostly disappeared.
THE CLARK FAMILY.
The Clarks of Franklin are traced to Jonathan and Experience. of Wrentham, who had eight children, of whom -
1. John, the eldest, born 22d October, 1725 ; married, 16th January, 1752, Ruth Baxter, and had eight children. 2, Abijah, born 4th March, 1755 ; married Melatiah Pond. Susanna, born 30th July, 1757 ; married Nathaniel Thayer. Ruth, born 14th June, 1760 ; married Asa Metealf. Mary, born 22d December, 1762 ; married Levi Fisher. Nathan, born 26th November, 1765 ; married Subra Metcalf. Sarah, born 7th May, 1768. 3, Paul, born 26th October, 1770 ; married Phebe -. Rachel, born 12th November, 1772 ; married Nathan Pond.
2. Abijah and Melatiah (Pond) had three children : Abijah, born 5th April, 1785. Melatiah, born 26th November, 1792, and died 11th October, 1804. Lois, born 2d January, 1796 ; married Hiram Knapp, 20th May, 1813.
3. Paul, married Phebe -, and had four children : Melinda, born 2d October, 1798, and died 6th July, 1800. Daniel Pen- niman, born 3d May, 1801, and died 27th January, 1805. Mary, born 6th May, 1805 ; married, 13th April, 1826, Adin Fisher. Paul Baxter, born 14th October, 1807; deacon South Franklin church. (For his portrait see Centennial Committee, plate 2.)
George W.c Sason
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By another line of unrecorded ancestry : -
1. Dyar and Rachel Clark. He died 8th September, 1807. She died 16th June, 1818. Their children were : Pamela, born 19th February, 1764 ; married Levi Hawes. Ezekiel, born 13th April, 1766. Elizabeth, born 28th January, 1769, and died 31st August, 1795. 2, Dyer, Jr., born 7th December, 1769. Rachel, born 10th February, 1772; married Luther Cobb, of Belling- ham (?). Elizabeth, born 11th February, 1774, and died 31st August, 1795. Hannah, baptized 31st June, 1776 ; married Jesse Nason of Walpole. Franklin, born 8th March, 1778. 3, Nathan, born 28th January, 1781.
Jesse Nason, born 21st February, 1776 ; removed to Franklin after his marriage, where he died 24th May, 1845. His wife died 27th December, 1856. They had four children : Laura, born 28th December, 1800; died 4th July, 1855; unmarried. Elizabeth Clark, born 15th February, 1802 ; married first Preston Wood- ward, second Ira Haywood. George Warren, born 11th January, 1806 ; married first Hannah Pond, second Peacy B. Cook ; he died 9th November, 1868. And an infant.
George W. had six sons, four of whom were volunteers in the Union army against the rebellion, as will be seen in the list of soldiers. They have furnished a portrait of their father, inserted opposite.
Mr. Nason was a well-known and widely-regarded citizen, an early member of the Congregational church, and noted for strong and tender feelings, great generosity to the poor and enthusiasm in every good work, especially of temperance, which sometimes carried him beyond his cooler after-judgment. He was greatly instrumental in securing the location of the railroad through Franklin. He was twice elected member of the State Legislature, and for thirty years occupied some important municipal office. He was also deputy sheriff of the county for many years. His funeral was attended by fully 2,000 persons, and he was buried with Masonic honors. The county newspaper of the day said, "no man in Norfolk county will be missed more than Mr. Nason."
2. Dyer, Jr., married 10th July, 1793, Nancy Day. They had seven children, of whom two died young : Nancy, born 24th Jan- uary, 1794. Laura, born 19th May. 1799 ; married Joseph Bul- lard, of Medway. Adaline, born 9th August, 1801. Mary Hawes,
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born 9th February, 1807, and married Williams, of Grant- ville. William Emerson, born 2d September, 1808.
3. Nathan and Nancy (Payson) Clark had eleven children : Sally, born 3d October, 1802. Nathan, Jr., born 23d July, 1804. Ezekiel Hall, born 24th October, 1806. Horatio Kingsbury, born 2d August, 1808. Theron Edmund, born 24th December, 1810. Nancy, born 27th December, 1812 ; married 27th October, 1831, to Philander Gilmore. Charles Willard, born 25th September, 1815. Dyar Gilbert, died young. Alfred, born 18th July, 1819. Gilbert, born 30th December, 1822. (See biographical sketches.) Abigail Hawes, born 3d March, 1825.
By still another Wrentham line, but unconnected, came : -
1. Benjamin and Judith (Metcalf) Clark ; married 29th April, 1741. Had : 2, Samuel, born 23d May, 1743. Benjamin, born 15th June, 1745. Susanna, born 27th August, 1747.
2. Samuel married Esther Jones. He died 17th January, 1822. They had : Benjamin, born 4th November, 1771. Susanna, born 16th November, 1773 ; married Levi Fisher. Betty, born 6th De- cember, 1775. Paul, born 27th February, 1778. 3, Samuel, Jr., born 4th December, 1782. Olive, born 25th January, 1785.
3. Samuel, Jr., and Hannah - - had : Erastus, born 27th November, 1809 ; and Mary, born 19th August, 1814 ; married Smith Fisher, late postmaster.
Ebenezer Clark, whose name appears as petitioner for the pre- cinct in 1738, left no descendant here as we can discover. He married 15th February, 1721, Anna Fisher, of Wrentham, and had nine children, of whom Levi, born 19th April, 1734, was the only surviving son. Of him no further mention is made, neither of the marriage of the three daughters - Experience, Achsah and Jerusha.
THE DANIELS FAMILY.
The immigrant ancestor, Joseph, first appears in Medfield among the subscribers " towards building a new colledge at Cam- bridge" in 1678.
Joseph, Jr., his son, married Bethiah, and had six children : Samuel, Joseph, David, Hannah, Ezra and Sarah.
David, born 1699, married Magdalen, and had Seth and other children. He died 19th November, 1781, at 82. She died 13th October, 1780.
FISHER DANIELS HOMESTEAD.
FROM A SKETCH THIRTY YEARS AGO. RV M RIAKF
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Seth, born 30th October, 1737, married Unite, daughter of Dea. Daniel and Elizabeth Thurston, of Franklin. He occupied the farm and house afterwards of his grandson, Fisher Daniels, and a view of which is given opposite as it was sketched by M. Blake some thirty years ago. The house has been removed further south and converted into a tenement-house. He died 16th Novem- ber, 1785, aged nearly 48. She died 16th October, 1821, aged 73. They had four children : Julia, died at 16. Joseph, born 14th October, 1771. Susanna married Job Carpenter, and died early. Julia second wife of Job Carpenter, and removed to Sutton.
Joseph married Susan, daughter of Joseph and Susa Fisher, 4th September, 1793. He lived on the homestead, where he also kept a small store, and raised a family of thirteen children. He died 19th July, 1828. She died 17th February, 1829. Their children were : Seth, born 14th September, 1794 ; married Huldah Harris ; removed to Oxford ; was deacon of the Congregational church, and died 22d February, 1878. Fisher, born 2d August, 1796 ; married first Eunice Adams, second Ann Eames, of Hopkinton, and died 10th March, 1874. He was a school-teacher in winter for many years. His portrait is given on the following page. Julia Maria, born 4th August, 1798 ; married Philo Thurston, and re- moved to Union, Me. ; died there 20th December, 1869. Unity Myra, born 17th August, 1800 ; married Rev. J. R. Cushing. (See biographical sketches. ) Albert Early, born 25th September, 1802 ; married Olive, daughter of Joseph and Deborah Hills. He has been an extensive straw bonnet manufacturer, and filled many public offices. He resides in the house formerly built by Rev. E. Smalley during his pastorate. Caroline Melita, born 24th Oeto- ber, 1804 ; married Fisher A. Kingsbury, and died 31st December, 1854. Willis George, born 22d October, 1806. (See biographical sketches.) Susan Fisher, born 6th October. 1808 ; married Albert Cleveland, and died 6th February, 1834. Hiram Abiff, born 30th October, 1810, and removed to Amoskeag, N. H. Martha Car- penter, born 9th March, 1813 ; married John W. Mason, of Bos- ton, and died 3d June, 1845. Darwin Joseph, born 12th January, 1815 ; became Mayor of Manchester, N. H., and died 15th August, 1865. Harriet Louisa, born 25th May, 1817; married Rev. M. Blake, D. D. (See biographical sketches.) Charles Adams, born 30th August, 1820; resides in Milford, N. H.
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THE DARLING FAMILY
appears to have made only a temporary lodgment in town. No record is had of the name in the early Franklin records other than of David as one of the petitioners, and only Lydia appears in the church list. Wrentham records are almost equally silent. We find the seven children of David and Lydia Darling (probably the peti- tioner) : Ruhamah, born 7th February, 1725 ; died early. Enoch, born 29th September, 1727. David, Jr., died young. Timothy, born 14th April, 1731. Elijah, born 23d February, 1740. Ru- hamah, born 3d December, 1742. Lydia.
Nathaniel Fisher married a Lydia Darling 10th March, 1766.
THE FAIRBANK FAMILY.
1. Jonathan (from whom Nathaniel, the petitioner, descended) came to Dedham before 1664, with his wife, Grace, and six chil- dren from Somerby, west riding of Yorkshire, England. He had, 2, John ; George; Mary married Christopher Smith ; Jonas ; Jona- than, and Susan, who married Ralph Day.
2. John, his son, married Sarah -, and had nine children ; he died 13th November, 1684. She died 26th November, 1683. Their children were : Joshua, born 26th May, 1643. 3, John, born 7th February, 1644. Sarah, born 9th December, 1645. Jonathan died young. Martha and Mary, born 25th December, 1650. Joseph, born 10th May, 1656. Hannah, born 10th Feb- ruary, 1659. Benjamin, born 17th February, 1662.
3. John, married Hannah -, and had : 4, John, born 1675 at Dedham. Joshua, born at Wrentham 18th March, 1682 ; married Hannah Ware. Abigail, born 17th August, 1686. Na- thaniel, born 9th May, 1687. Sarah died young. Deborah, born 1st August, 1692. Hannah, born -; married John Adams. The father died 14th September, 1706.
4. John, married Elizabeth ; Lieutenant. He died 14th September, 1706. He had : Nathan, born 6th August, 1704. 5, John, born 28th February, 1706.
5. John, married Jane Ware, 30th July, 1729. She died 17th June, 1788. They had : 6, Asa, born - -, 1730. Freelove, born 25th May, 1734. Meliscent, born 31st August, 1736. Bil- ling, baptized 14th June, 1741. Olive, born 28th December, 1745.
Fisher Daniels
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6. Asa married Sarah Pond of Franklin ; he died 28th Octo- ber, 1809. She died 2d July, 1801. They had : Billing, born 24th May, 1756 ; married Abigail Fisher. 7, Asa, born 3d June, 1758. Meliscent, born 18th March, 1760 ; married Barzillai Pond, 18th October, 1782. Caroline, died young. Gideon, died at 17. Olive, born 1st March, 1767 ; married Joseph Morse of Hopkinton. Nathan, born 20th May, 1769. Elisha, born 6th June, 1771. Willard, born 10th October, 1773 ; married Susanna Lethbridge. John, born 6th Jannary, 1775. Otis, died young.
7. Asa, Jr., Captain ; was prominent officer in the Revolution- ary War; he married Julitta Metcalf 23d November, 1784; he died 29th August, 1803. They had : Jerusha, born 6th January, 1786 ; married Simeon Bates of Bellingham. Julitta, born 10th April, 1788 ; married Rufus Gilmore and went to Newburgh, Me. Caroline, born 25th September, 1791 ; married Hon. Willis Fisher. Abigail, born 12th November, 1793. Asa, born 24th July, 1795, and removed to Providence, R. I. Sarah, born 1st May, 1804; married Elias Metcalf, and removed to Medway.
THE FISHER FAMILY
of Franklin came from at least two different importations. Our data are insufficient to solve all the perplexing interconnections. But the several lines have been traced back and joined as far as the records will allow. They will, it is hoped, prove long enough for the present generation of Fishers to hang themselves to their proper ancestry, if they have any such genealogical aspirations. It was once said that there were more Fishers than Ponds in Frank- lin. Strange if some were not withont a line.
1. Thomas Fisher came from Winston, Cambridge, England, to Dedham in 1637, with his wife Elizabeth, and three children, viz. : 2, Samuel ; Thomas, who married Rebecca Woodman and settled in Dedham, and Constance, who died young. He died 10th August, 1638, while building the Dedham meeting-house. His wife died 31st January, 1652.
2. Samuel married Melatiah Snow and became the first deacon of the Wrentham church, where he died 6th January, 1704. They had : Samuel married Abigail Heath, but left no children ; Eliza- beth married John Ellis ; Hannah married George ; Melatiah married Eleazer Metcalf- all born in Dedham. 3, Ebenezer, 16
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born in Wrentham, 20th December, 1670; and Abigail married Daniel Farrington.
3. Ebenezer married Abigail Ellis, 1695; was Captain. He died 28th December, 1726. Their children were : Samuel, born 29th December, 1695, married Mary Fisher ; Abigail married Ben- jamin Hawes ; Ebenezer, born 7th October, 1700, married Hannah Whiting ; Richard, born 7th August, 1702, married Esther Fisher ; Mehitable died young ; Melatiah married Jonathan Ware ; Eliza- beth married Joshua Ellis ; Hepzibah died young ; Jeremiah, born 12th October, 1711 ; 4, Jabez, born 19th November, 1717.
4. Jabez (see biographical sketches), honorable and deacon of Franklin church, married Mary Adams. He died 15th October, 1806. She died 10th September, 1801. Their children were : Jabez, born 11th December, 1741, died unmarried over 90 years. 5, Pelatiah born 23d March, 1744. Susannah probably died young. 6, Peter born 6th April, 1746. Ezra probably died young. Nathan
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born 14th September 1750, removed to Westboro, where he was Representative for twenty-five years. Susan married Joseph Fisher. Samuel, born 14th May, 1755, settled in Westboro. 7, Aaron, born 18th March, 1758. Mary married Jason Fisher.
5. Pelatiah married Irene Kingsbury 17th November, 1802. He died 19th May, 1828. She died 20th September, 1843, aged 77. His two children died in infancy, and he adopted Irene, daughter of Jason, who married Asa G. Norcross. He built and occupied the house in which Dr. Chambre resides.
6. Peter married Joanna -. He died 22d March, 1836. She died 26th September, 1822. Their children were : James, resided and died in Lowell, was Deputy Sheriff. 8, Perez, born 14th July, 1782. Lewis, 31st May, 1784. 9, Peter, Jr., 26th May, 1787. Joanna, unmarried.
7. Aaron married Rachel Fisher 18th October, 1787. He died 17th January, 1830. Their children were : Aaron, Jr., settled in Nashua, N. H. ; Philo married and removed to Douglas.
8. Perez married Mary Perry 10th June, 1807, and had Smith
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Perry, born 28th August, 1808 ; and Emeline, married Erastus L. Metcalf, now an extensive lumberman in town.
9. Peter, Jr., married Mary Hawes, 16th November, 1815. She died 22d May, 1836, and he married Mary Thurston. He died 27th June, 1859. They had children : Eliza Jane married Jonathan Pond of Medway ; Joseph Hawes, now in Milford, N. H. ; James Fer- dinand ; Lewis Leprelette.
Another prolific branch of the Fishers sprang from Anthony, who came with his family to Dedham in 1637 from Syleham, Eng- land, about ten miles from the home of Thomas in Winston. His brother Joshua followed him to Ded- ham in 1640 with his family. The descendants of Joshua settled in Dedham and Medfield. Among them was Captain Daniel, Jr., who seized Sir Edmund Andros while Governor, and concealed the regi- cide Goffe, and sent him to Hadley with his daughter Lydia as pilot on a pillion behind him.
The coat of arms of the Fisher family of England, and used by Joshua Fisher, Sr., in this country, is given. It will be seen to be identical with that of the Dauphin of France, who received it from the last Count of Dauphine.
1. Anthony above had : 2, Anthony, Jr. 3, Cornelius. Na- thaniel, Daniel, Lydia married Daniel Morse, all born in England. Nathaniel and Lydia went to Medfield, and their posterity, some of them, came into Franklin.
2. Anthony, Jr., married Joanna Faxin of Dedham, 7th Septem- ber, 1647 ; he died 13th February, 1670. She died 16th October, 1694. They had : Mehitable ; Josiah, born 1st May, 1654 ; Sarah ; Eliezer, born 18th September, 1669.
3. Cornelius, a carpenter, married Leah Heaton of Dedham, 23d February, 1653. She died 12th January, 1664, and he mar- ried Sarah Everett, 24th July, 1665. She died 28th February,
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1675. He removed to Wrentham with the first settlers, where he died 2d January, 1699, " being," the town records say, " the first head of a family died in the town of a natural death for thirty years." This qualifying clause must refer to the death of Joseph Kingsbury, in 1688, " in an awful and dreadful way," and no fur- ther described. His children were : Elizabeth ; Leah ; Experience ; 4, Cornelius, Jr., born 8th February, 1660 ; Ann ; 5, Eliezer, born 5th July, 1663. By his second wife, Dorothy ; Sarah ; Jonathan, the third death on the Wrentham records.
4. Cornelius, Jr., married Ann or Hannah Whiting, of Sher- born. She died 6th March, 1701, and he married Mercy Colburn of Dedham. She died, 20th September, 1726, and he married Mary Ware. He died 6th January, 1743, in his 84th year. His children were : Jonathan, died young ; 6, Cornelius, born 29th September, 1692; Isaac, born 19th May, 1694 ; Ann, married Ebenezer Clark ; 7, Joseph, born 11th May, 1698 ; 8, Benjamin, born 6th March, 1701 ; Mercy, married Samuel Fisher ; Esther, born 27th October, 1710.
5. Eliezer married Hannah Leonard 21st March, 1688. He had : 9, Eliezer, Jr., and others born probably elsewhere, and in Wrentham. Lenard, born 8th June, 1704 ; John, born 1st April, 1706.
6. Cornelius married Hannah Partridge 2d February, 1725. He owned land in Franklin at "Pabalutick " (Popolatic) near where he resided. He had seven daughters, no sons, and his name ended.
7. Joseph married Mary Sweetzer and had : 10, Joseph, born 31st August, 1724. The only child recorded.
8. Benjamin, married Anna Cowell, and had Martha ; Benja- min, born 15th April, 1729; Daniel, born 14th January, 1731; Asa, born 17th September, 1732; Anna; Joshua, born 24th Feb- ruary 1737; Amos, born 19th August, 1739; 18, Joseph, born 6th October, 1741. (See No. 18 below).
9. Eliezer, Jr., married Rachel -, and had : Daniel, born 6th February, 1722 ; Hannah, married Joseph Hawes ; 11, Heze- kiah, born 16th May, 1726 ; 25, Eleazer, born 30th January, 1730; Simeon, born 21st November, 1731; Rachel, married Timothy Fisher; Abijah, born 12th November, 1736.
10. Joseph married Margaret -, and had : Joseph, born
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31st August, 1753; Hannah; Jolm, born 6th April, 1758; 12, Jason, born 28th June, 1760, married Mary Fisher.
11. Hezekiah married Abigail Daniels 4th September, 1751; resided in North Franklin. He died 27th June, 1809. She died 11th January, 1788, and he married, second, Dinah -. She died 23d March, 1812. His children were : Eunice; 13, Asa, born 8th March, 1757; 14, Levi, born 8th -, 1758; Moses, born 13th October, 1763; 15, Caleb, born 11th October, 1768.
12. Jason married Mary Fisher 27th November, 1783. She died 14th June, 1804, and he married second Olive Smith, 10th October, 1805. He died 29th September, 1822. His children : John, born 6th September, 1784; 16, Jason, born 30th March, 1787; Mary ; Jemima, married Alfred Ware; Nathaniel, born 28th October, 1795 ; Charles Martel, born 24th July, 1799, and removed to Chelmsford; Irene, married Asa G. Noreross.
13. Asa married Rachel Adams. She died 4th March, 1830, and he married second Prudence Keith. He died 23d November, 1843. His children were : Lewis, born 10th December, 1784, married Rebecca Berry ; James and George W. died young ; Patty, married Archibald De Witt; Nathan Austin, born 23d No- vember, 1796, and removed to Westboro.
14. Levi married Mary Clark 9th June, 1785. She died 31st March, 1788, and he married second Susanna Clark, 13th April, 1809. She died 27th May, 1858. His children were : Mary, married William Adams, Jr .; Ruth, married Elisha Richardson; Sally, not married; Abigail, died young; Rena, married Elisha Bullard; Abigail, married Timothy Leland Pond; David, died young. By second wife : Levi Clark, born 7th January, 1810; David, born 20th January, 1812; Susanna, and Melinda.
15. Caleb married Sally Cushing 20th November, 1793. She died 11th August, 1835. He married, second, Aehsah Metcalf. He died 6th August, 1862, in his 94th year. His children : Alex- ander Metcalf. (See biographical sketches.) 17, Willard, born 17th March, 1796. Eliza Tilestone ; married Dr. John W. Ten- ney. (See biographical sketches.) Naney, married Rev. Thomas Kidder. (See biographical sketches.)
16. Jason, Jr., married Mary Rich. He died 10th July, 1863. Their children were : George Nelson, born 4th May, 1813, resides
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in Charlestown ; Mary Adaline and John Warren, died young ; Ellen Maria, died unmarried 29th March, 1872.
17. Willard married Betsey R. Wheeler. He died 14th Janu- ary, 1866. His children : Alexander Metcalf, died in infancy ; Sewall, born 9th November, 1834. Sarah, born 17th September, 1836. Betsey, died young. George. (See biographical sketches.) Abby, born 28th October, 1843.
Going back on these lines - on that of Anthony to (8) Ben- jamin, and on that of Thomas to (8) Jabez - you find Joseph of the one line married Susa of the other. Of this union came as follows : -
18. Joseph, married Susa Fisher, 1st January, 1773. He died 26th January, 1819. She died in 1842. Children : Susan, mar- ried Joseph Daniels. Nancy, married Nathan Gilmore ; Eliab, born 24th February, 1779, removed, and has two sons in New York. 19, Willis, born 20th July, 1783. 20, Maxcy, born 12th August, 1785. George. (See biographical sketches.) Joseph, died young. Hermon, born 25th June, 1792, removed to Bangor. Clara, died unmarried 14th May, 1833.
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