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19. Willis married Caroline Fairbank 8th February, 1810. He died 1st January, 1866, aged over 82. She died 26th July 1858.
Esquire Fisher, whose portrait is given opposite, was a man of more than ordinary ability. He lived in the south part of the town, but was a regular attendant at church with his whole large family. He supervised a large farm, but found time to perform an extensive business as justice of the peace for years. He was frequently elected to town offices, although living away from the Center, was chosen Representative, etc. He had clear and posi- tive convictions and a wide interest in all that pertained to the welfare of the town. His children were : Milton Metcalf. (See biographical sketches.) George Perkins, born 15th April, 1813. Abigail Bacon married first Charles Slocum, second Rev. Sam- uel Hunt. (See ecclesiastical notices. ) Charles Willis, 11th No- vember, 1820. Caroline Fairbanks and Ellen Maria died ummar- ried ; Julia Francis married Rufus Chapin, and resides in Chicago.
20. Maxcy married Persis Metcalf, 31st December, 1811. She died 24th March, 1835 ; married, second, Abigail --. He died 30th August, 1865, aged 80. Their children were : Sarah Hawk-
Willis Fisher
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ins, died at 23 years ; Louisa Jane married Rev. Edwin Thompson (see biographical sketches) ; Joseph Haven, born 23d June, 1817 ; Susan, married Rev. E. Thompson ; Paul Metcalf, died young ; Maria Richardson, Martha Emmons, Nancy, Elial, Clara, and Lucius W., died young ; Hermon Maxey, born 24th August, 1821, and lives on the homestead.
Another branch line of the Franklin Fishers depends from (1) Thomas, (3) Ebenezer and his son.
21. Captain Ebenezer, Jr., married Hannah Whiting, 15th May, 1729, and had the following children : Ebenezer, born 28th July, 1730 ; 22, Timothy, born 8th December, 1732 ; David, born 1st Sep- tember, 1735 ; James, born 25th February, 1737; Elijah, born 25th August, 1739 ; Hannah, Elizabeth and Susanna.
22. Timothy married Keturah Pond 2d October, 1755. He died 3d May, 1814. He had the following children : George, born 7th March, 1756 ; Royal, born 16th November, 1757; Oliver, born 7th May, 1759 ; Cyrus, born 25th December, 1760; Lewis, born 9th January, 1763 ; Hannah ; 23, Timothy, Jr., born 2d August, 1767 ; and Keturah.
23. Timothy, Jr., married Hannah --. She died 9th Oc- tober, 1790, and he married, second, Dorcas Cleveland of Medfield, 28th May, 1795. She died 6th July, 1860. His children : Abi- jah, born 2d November, 1788; Whiting, born 3d October, 1790, and removed to Sutton. By second wife he had : Harmon Cleve- land, born 13th April, 1797. He was an active straw manufac- turer for years and frequent public officer. He now resides in Haverhill. Had one child. Hannah married Ichabod Dean ; 24, Adin, born 6th April, 1800 ; Adaline, and Charlotte.
24. Adin married Mary Clark 13th April, 1826. He has had several children and is still living in town.
Another branch of Fishers sprang from (1) Anthony, and (9) Eleazer through his son.
25. Eleazer. He married Mary Daws 7th December, 1756, and had : Olive; 26, Eleazer, Jr., born 18th July, 1759; Fred- eric, born 1st June, 1763. She died 14th October, 1806. He died 19th May, 1804.
26. Eleazer, Jr., married Susanna He died 3d June, 1818. His children were : Harriet, born 2d March, 1790; Sam-
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uel Biram, removed to New Hampshire; Frederic, born 28th De- cember, 1794; Melia, born 27th November, 1798.
Still another line is traceable to Nathaniel, of Wrentham, who might have been of Nathaniel, the son of (1) Anthony, who went to Medfield.
27. Nathaniel was an original immigrant into Wrentham with his wife Hannah. They had four children in Wrentham : Joseph, born 30th March, 1729; 28, Nathaniel, born 13th December, 1730; Hannah, born 29th December, 1733, married Daniel Hawes ;* Elizabeth, born 14th October, 1734, married Asa Whiting.
28. Nathaniel, Jr., married Jemima Richardson 22d October, 1757. Their children were: Jemima, died young ; Jacob and Jerusha, born 20th March, 1760; Amasa, born 19th September, 1762; Darius, born 26th July, 1765 ; 29, Lewis, born 6th Decem- ber, 1767; Jemima, married Rev. W. Harris, D. D. (see bio- graphical sketches).
29. Lewis married Abigail - -. He filled many town offices ; was Representative for several years, State Senator, Justice of the Peace, etc. His wife died 25th February, 1809, aged about 40; and he married second Lula Chandler Bacon, of Sutton, 16th Jan- uary, 1812. Their children were : Nathaniel, Jr., died young ; Lewis Whiting (see biographical sketches); Harvey and Harlous, born 1st September, 1795; Harvey died young; Abigail Whiting died young; Nathaniel Emmons, born 29th September, 1800; Maria Ann; Caroline; John Hancock, born 23d January, 1807, is in California; Walter Harris, born 28th January, 1809, and re- sides in Norfolk. By second wife he had Abigail Ursula, married Adams Daniels, of Medway.
Other families of this name we have been unable to trace by the town records. Thus, of the family of Daniel C. Fisher we find no record of his marriage to either of his three wives. We learn their number only by the record of the deaths of Lurana, 15th May, 1807, and of Sarah, 20th January, 1810. He died 17th November, 1835. His children were : Betsey, died at 23 years ; Julius, born 20th January, 1796 ; Daniel Cowell. born 30th August, 1800 ; Luey Baker, born 1st May, 1803 ; David Baker, born 23d
* Such persons were married at the proper age, but we are not sure of the identity.
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May, 1809 ; Lurana died at 16; Charles Richmond. (See bio- graphical sketches).
THE FITZPATRICK FAMILY.
John L. Fitzpatrick came into town about 1845. He bought the house of John Broady, first built and occupied by Alfred Ware, which he has ornamented and made a very tasteful residence. A view of it is here inserted.
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CO-BOSTON
RESIDENCE OF JOIIN L. FITZPATRICK.
Mr. Fitzpatrick was the first mover towards the gathering of a Catholic congregation, and has been an influential member of it, as well as a justly respected citizen of the town.
TIIE GAY FAMILY.
This family early disappeared from town. Edward, one of the petitioners for the Precinct charter, owned the farm afterwards
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occupied by Aaron Fisher, and built the house still standing, being the first plank-house in town. He was descended from Edward and Rebecca (Fisher), of Wrentham, whose line is traceable through Samuel of Dedham (born 1639,) to John of Watertown.
Edward married Rachel Puffer 14th June, 1722. One of the original members of the Franklin church. He died 23d December,
PHO-ELEC. CO., BOSTON.
RESIDENCE OF HENRY M. GREENE.
1730, in his 64th year. She died 17th May, 1754. They had : Rebekah, born 25th June, 1723, married Ezekiel Hall. Edward, Jr., born 8th May, 1726. Rachel, died young.
Edward, Jr., married first Margary -- , second Mary- --. He had nine children : Thomas, born 7th October, 1753 ; Rachel, born 24th August, 1755; Margary, born 11th December, 1757;
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Zipporah, born 7th May, 1760; Timothy, born 17th June, 1762 ;. Joseph, born 2d October, 1764 ; Suscy, born 11th February, 1768. By second wife he had : Elizabeth, born 17th November, 1772 ; Dorcas, born 21st April, 1775.
Of these children Thomas married Mary Bacon 12th January, 1786, and Timothy married Submit Blackman 1st December, 1785.
Timothy had : Edward, born 28th May, 1790; Willard, born 18th February, 1792; Mary, born 27th April, 1796 ; Timothy, Jr., born 2d November, 1797. .
TIIE GREENE FAMILY.
Martin Greene, the first of the name in town, purchased the business and estate of Jason Morse, about a mile from the City Mills, not far from the beginning of 1800. He had two children, Henry M., and Angennette, present wife of David P. Baker.
Henry M. Greene has been an extensive straw-bonnet manu- facturer. He has filled important civil offices in town. His por- trait is in the group of the Centennial Committee. A view of his residence on Main street is given on the opposite page.
THE HALL FAMILY.
Edward Hall, one of the early settlers of West precinct, sud- denly disappeared with his whole family, leaving only their names upon the records. He married Hannah Fisher, 7th February, 1722, and had : Edward, born 18th July, 1727 ; James, born 22d April, 1729; Hezekiah, born 9th August, 1730; Hannah, born 30th June, 1732 ; Mary, born 20th February, 1735; Seth, born 26th August, 1736. Where they went is not known.
THE HAWES FAMILY
is traceable back to the first settlement of Dedham.
1. Edward, of Dedham, married 15th April, 1648, Eliony Lum- ber, and had nine children. Hc died 28th June, 1686. His chil- dren werc : Lydia ; married a Gay. Mary. 2, Daniel, born 10th February, 1652 ; married Abial Gay. Hannah, married John Mason. John and Nathaniel died young. Abigail, married John Fales. Joseph. Deborah, married in Wrentham, first to Eph- raim Pond ; second, married a Bacon.
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2. Daniel, of Wrentham, and Abial Gay were married 11th February, 1677. He died 16th March, 1739, aged 86. They had : Mary, married Eleazer Ware. Abigail, married Theodore Man. 3, Daniel, born 30th March, 1684; married Beria Man. Josiah. Hezekiah, married Esther Ware. Ruth, married Nathaniel Wright. Benjamin, married Abigail Fisher.
THE HIAWES HOMESTEAD.
3. Daniel, Jr., of Franklin and Beria (Man) had eleven chil- dren : Daniel. Samuel. Pelatiah, married Judith Peck. Thomas. Aaron. Ichabod. Timothy, married Mary Ware. Beriah, and 4, Josiah, born 30th March, 1724. Mary, married Ebenezer Lawrence ; and 5, Joseph, born 21st March, 1728.
A view of the Hawes homestead is here inserted. It is proba- bly the oldest house in Franklin, built at least 175 years ago. Its
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interior shows its great antiquity, and that it was erected to be a defense against Indian attacks.
4. Josiah married Meria Lyon, and had : Abijali and Mat- thias, who both went to Union, Me .; Mary; Jemima, married a Wight, of Bellingham ; Beria; Levi, born 22d May, 1765.
5. Ensign Joseph married Hannah Fisher, 15th January, 1752.
MAJOR MOSES KNAPP'S HOMESTEAD.
He died 18th February, 1818. They had : 7, Moses, born 8th November, 1752 ; Susa ; Joseph, married Hannah Whiting ; Abi- gail ; Amos, Captain, married Melatiah Everett, of Wrentham ; Peter (see biographical sketches) .
6. Levi, deacon of Franklin church from 1827 to his death, 9th May, 1839. He married Pamela Clark, 1st January, 1793, and had : Mary; Abigail, married Capt. Joel Hills, of Maine ;
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Josiah, born 14th December, 1804, married 30th November, 1826, Esther Taft, and went to Holliston.
7. Moses married Polly He spent his early life in Union, Me. They had : Amelia, married 7th September, 1819, Dr. Elisha Harding (see biographical sketches); Eleanor, married Maj. Alfred Knapp ; Mary, married Peter Fisher; and a daughter who married an Allen, father of Sabin and Amos H. Allen, and Clarinda.
On the preceding page is a view of the homestead of Maj. Moses Knapp, the father of Alfred, Hiram and Melville Knapp, and to which Alfred took the daughter of Moses Hawes. It is not far from Unionville, towards Bellingham, and a fine sample of the former homes of old Franklin.
Nathaniel Hawes, among the earliest members of the church and precinct, apparently came of another line. He married Su- sanna, and had seven children. The survivors were : Keziah, born 29th August, 1735 ; Jonathan, born 28th December, 1742 ; Edward, born 9th March, 1744; Esther, born 11th May, 1747.
2. Jonathan married Mary Partridge, and had: Susanna, Melatiah, Jason, Molly, Nathan ; 3, Jonathan, born 2d April, 1773 ; Nathaniel.
3. Jonathan, Jr., married Sarah Adams, and had : Nathan, married Sylvia Winne; Susanna, married Hiram Clark, of Union, Conn .; Fanny, Sally, and Nathaniel married Eliza A. Weather- head.
THIE HILLS FAMILY.
1. Jabez was the first settler in Franklin about 1730, on the Warren Hills place. Whence he came is not known to the writer. He married in Wrentham 31st January, 1727, Martha Metcalf, and had : 2, Joseph, born 20th April, 1730 ; Benjamin, born 16th March, 1732; Ebenezer, born 7th January, 1735; David, born 24th January, 1736. He died 18th January, 1742.
2. Captain Joseph, married, first, Mary Ware, 14th February, 1763 ; second, Betty Pond. They had : 3, Jason, born 23d No- vember, 1765; 4, Joseph, born 28th October, 1769; Mary mar- ried William Gilmore. He died 5th January, 1797.
3. Jason married Molly Grover of North Bridgewater, and had : Nancy; 5, Lewis, born 5th September, 1794; 6, Seneca, born 26th April, 1796; Betsey Pond; Warren, born 19th March,
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1800; 7, Harvey, born 13th May, 1802; 8, Elias Ware, born 21st April, 1804 ; Polly and Caroline. He died 15th July, 1827.
4. Joseph married Deborah Blake, sister of Solomon. They had : 9, Lysander Blake, born 26th August, 1796; 10, Jarvis Harlow, born 16th December, 1798; Mary, married Samuel Fales ; Olive Gilmore, married Capt. A. E. Daniels ; 11, Theron Clement, born 11th April, 1808, married Deborah Snow.
5. Lewis, married Ann Lawrence, and had : Joseph G., and Louisa, who married Albert H. Ham, of Portsmouth, N. H.
6. Seneca married, first, Maria Richardson of East Medway, and had three children, of whom Abigail C. married E. L. Hol- brook, the well-known organ builder. He married second Sarah M. Pratt of South Easton, and had three children, two of whom now reside with their mother in Taunton.
7. Harvey married, first, Abigail Henderson of Medway, and had three children ; second Mary E. Ham of Portsmouth, N. H.
8. Elias W., removed to Portland Me., and married Lois Smith ; has three children.
9. Lysander B., married Elizabeth Lumbert, and had : Melissa Blake, married Augustus M. Blake; Deborah Elizabeth, married Hartwell Morse ; Sanford, married Mary C. Metcalf; Mary Fales married first Reuben Crossley, second William Banke.
10. Jarvis H. married Phila Brown, and had no children.
11. Theron C. married Hannah D. Snow, and had no children.
TIIE JONES FAMILY.
David Jones, petitioner for a precinct and its third treasurer, was descended from David, of Dorchester, who married, 1659, Sa- rah Topliff, and died 27th September, 1694, aged 66. His son David married, 1685, Ann Bullard. David, Jr., his son, appears first in Wrentham with his wife Sarah in 1711, where his six chil- dren are recorded ; viz. : Ann, married Jonathan Nelson. Sarah. David, 3d. Praisiver. 2, Seth. Mary. He, Seth and Mary were members of the church.
David, 3d, married Esther Blake, and had Chloe, Elias, and David. 2, Seth by his wife Esther had Esther and Betty. The whole family removed to Abington not long after the incorporation of the precinct.
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THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
1. Joseph, Dedham, 1637 ; married Melliscent and died 1676. They had Sarah ; married Robert Crossman, of Taunton. Mary ; married Dea. Thomas Cooper, of Rehoboth. Elizabeth ; married Nathaniel Brewer, of Roxbury. 2, Joseph, Jr., who went to Wrentham. John ; married Elizabeth Fuller (afterwards wife of Michael Metcalf. ) Eleazer, married Esther Judson. 3, Nathaniel.
2. Joseph, Jr. ; married Mary Donier and had, born in Ded- ham : John. Elizabeth ; married William Briggs, of Taunton. Eleazer, born 12th May, 1673 ; tailor in Wrentham, who turned preacher, went to Cape May and changed his name to Berry. Hannah. Mary and Mercy (twins). Marah.
3. Nathaniel ; married Mary -, and had Nathaniel, Jr., born 14th September, 1674 ; married Abigail Baker. She died at 90. James. Timothy. John. 4, Daniel, born 11th November, 1688. Melliscent.
4. Daniel ; married Elizabeth Stephens, of Dedham. He died 27th April, 1754. Their children were : 5, Daniel, born 12th March, 1715. 6, Stephen, 1716. Elizabeth ; married Joshua Partridge. Mary ; married Joseph Harding.
5. Daniel, Jr., first deacon of Franklin church, married, first, Be- riah, daughter of Theodore Mann ; she died 27th April, 1754; married, second, Abigail, widow of Peter Adams, 9th October, 1755. Their children were : Nathaniel, born 18th February, 1739. Lydia, born 19th November, 1740 ; married Amos Holbrook. Dan- iel, born 1741 ; went to Keene, N. H. Samuel. John. 7, Tim- othy, born 6th August, 1746. James, born 3d January, 1748 ; married Mary Upton, and was father of Rev. Samuel. (See bio- graphical sketches.) John. Theodore. By his second wife, Peter and Benjamin, twins.
6. Stephen, married Silence, daughter of Samuel Partridge. He died 23d April, 1754. Their children were : Moses and Aaron, born 1743. Moses died 1771, leaving three children, namely : Cyrus, who married Philista Partridge ; went to Alstead, N. H., and was father of Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, D. D. B. U. 1812, and mis- sionary to the Choctaws. Moses, Matilda ; Lois married a Met- calf. Benjamin, Abigail ; Olive married Noah Haven. 8, Stephen posthumous, born 3d August, 1754.
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7. Timothy, married Judah Adams 5th January, 1769. He died 21st December, 1824. Their children were : Judith, Mili- cent, Beriah ; Ebenezer Adams, born 2d January, 1781. Eben- ezer A. was father of Fisher A., Lawton, Nathaniel Davis, Clar- issa, Polly, and Abner D. All have left town.
8. Stephen, married Abigail Allen 3d June, 1777. He died 23d September, 1809. She died 31st January, 1820. Their chil- dren were : Matilda, born 15th June, 1778 ; married John Wilkes Richardson. Horatio, died at 18. 9, Stephen, born 10th Septem- ber, 1782. Abigail, born 11th August, 1787. Samuel Allen. (See biographical notices).
9. Stephen, married Olive Haven 10th April, 1811. Their chil- dren were : Horatio, born 29th February, 1812 ; married Adelia Robbins, daughter of James and Rena Gilmore. John Haven, born 13th September, 1819 ; married Harriet S. Merrifield.
THE LAWRENCE FAMILY.
There were two petitioners of this name, David, Jr., and Eben- ezer, both of them originating in Wrentham.
1. David, Sen., and Bethyah had David, Jr., born 3d Septem- ber, 1712. Bethyah, born 31st August, 1713 ; married Andrew Blake 22d February, 1749. Phebe, born 25th March, 1715.
2. David, Jr., married Elizabeth. They had ten children : Joseph, born 22d August, 1845. Isaiah, born 3d September, 1747. Eliakim) baptized in Franklin, 1750). Eunice ; perhaps married Titus Metcalf, 8th May, 1793. Amos, born 15th January, 1755. Joseph, born 26th March, 1757 ; married Anna Hills 22d Janu- ary, 1784. Elizabeth, born 14th March, 1758. Joshua, born 11th September, 1759. David (baptized in Franklin, 1766) ; married Lois Reid. Cephas (baptized in Franklin, 1762) ; married Esther Whiting 26th November, 1789. This family is not further trace- able.
By another apparently different line comes Ebenezer. He was a son of John. Ebenezer and Mary have seven children recorded : Sarah, born 30th May, 1709 ; married Isaac Wheeler 8th May, 1734. Mary, born 25th May, 1711. John, born 27th June, 1713. Mercy, born 25th February, 1714. Margaret, born 5th July, 1716. Hannah, born 30th May, 1719. Ebenezer, Jr., born 11th May, 1721.
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Ebenezer, Jr., married Mary Haws, 11th February, 1746. She died 9th February, 1778, and he married, second, Widow Mary Harding. He had : Joshua, born 20th December, 1746. Moses, born 28th May, 1748. Abigail, born 14th June, 1749 ; married Elisha Richardson. Rachel, born 13th February, 1751 ; married Thaddeus Adams. Beria and Meria, born 11th January, 1753 ; Beria married Dea. Philip Blake 10th February, 1796. Meria married David Hartshorn 4th September. 1788. Ebenezer and Rebecca, born 8th April, 1755. Seth (baptized in Franklin, 1757). The father died 4th October, 1796.
THE MAKEPEACE FAMILY
made but a brief tarrying in town. It first appears in the mar- riage, 16th April, 1794, of William Makepeace and Mary Whiting. He settled in Unionville, where he built a thread-mill with Col. A. DeWitt. A portrait of Mr. Makepeace is given in connection with this sketch.' His homestead will be found with the Rock- wood family. The children of William and Mary Makepeace were : William, Jr., born 2d March, 1795, removed to Boston. Polly, born 18th May, 1798 ; married Archibald De Witt. George Le Mont, born 17th October, 1801 ; removed to Rutland (?).
THE MANN FAMILY.
The Franklin branch was descended from Rev. Samuel Mann, the first minister of Wrentham, through his sixth child. Thomas. For some notice of the family see Address, page 20.
Thomas was born 24th October, 1682, married Hannah Aldis and had seven children. He was among the first settlers in Frank- lin, on what was called "Mann's Plain." A view of the Mann homestead has been furnished by Mrs. Rebecca M. (Pennell) Dean, sketched from her early recollections and is given oppo- site, as the birthplace of Horace Mann.
The children of Thomas and Hannah Mann were : Hannah, married Eleazer Ware; Esther, married Robert Ware; Rachel ; 3, Nathan, born 15th October, 1716; Ruth, married Benjamin Rockwood; Hepzibah, married Pelatiah Metcalf; Mary, married Jabez Ware.
3. Nathan married Esther, and had: Esther, Lois, Abial,
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WM. MAKEPEACE, EsQ.
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Mary ; 4, Elias, born 27th July, 1754; 5, Thomas, born 21st December, 1755 ; and 6, Nathan, birth not recorded.
4. Elias married Mary Ware, 6th May, 1779, and had : Eldod, Seneca, Esther, Polly ; Rosalinda, married John Alley from New Bedford ; Betsey, married in Maine; and Watts, not married.
5. Thomas married Rebecca Stanley, and had : Rebecca, mar- ried Calvin Pennel, of Colraine (see Calvin S. in biographical sketches); Thomas Stanley, born 3d December, 1788; Stephen, born 23d October, 1792; Horace (see biographical sketches); Lydia Bishop, born 30th July, 1798.
6. Nathan married Eunice Guild, and had : Eunice, born 24th December, 1778; Jemima, born 21st April, 1780; Chloe, born 31st August, 1782; Synthe, married Nathan Place, of Cumber- land, and died early ; Nathan, Jr., born 2d February, 1788.
7. Nathan, Jr., married Margaret, and had : Emeline Copps, Cynthia Place, and Harriet Emily.
None of this branch now remains in town.
THIE METCALF FAMILY.
This numerous family has been traced by Dr. J. G. Metcalf of Mendon, to Rev. LEONARD METCALF, rector of Tatterford, Eng- land, born 1545, through his son Michael, who fled from the per- secutions of Bishop Wren, and settled in Dedham with his wife and nine children in 1637. Michael, his oldest son, had five chil- dren, of whom four, at least, settled in Wrentham, viz. : Mary, married John Ware; Sarah, married Robert Ware; Jonathan, and 1, Eleazer.
1. Eleazer, born 20th March, 1653, was an original member and the second deacon of the Wrentham church. He married Melatiah Fisher 9th April, 1684, and died 17th August, 1742. He had eight children : 2, Eleazer, Jr., born 30th May, 1685; 3, Michael, born 25th January, 1687; 4, Samuel, born 15th June, 1689; 5, Ebenezer, born 8th January, 1691; 6, Jonathan, born 9th April, 1693 ; Melatiah, married James Cheever ; 7, Timothy, born 2d July, 1697; Martha, married Jabish Hills.
3. Michael married Abial Colburn 23d December, 1712, and had twelve children. He was an original member and a ruling elder in the Franklin church. He had : 8, Pelatiah, born 28th March, 1714; 9, Michael, born 24th January, 1719; 10, Barna-
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bas, born 20th July, 1720; Melatiah, married Joseph Ellis; 11, Joseph, born 20th February, 1723, a doctor; 12, John, born 25th September, 1725; 13, Ebenezer, also a doctor, born 1st June, 1727 ; 14, James, born 1st August, 1729; Mary, married John Smith ; Abiel, married Michael Ware ; Esther, married Asa Fisher.
4. Samuel, married Judith George, 20th May, 1725, and had three sons and four daughters. Of these were : 15, George, born 2d June, 1730 ; 16, John, born 3d July, 1734.
6. Jonathan, married Hannah Clark, was deacon of Medway church. He had one son, 17, Jonathan, and five daughters : Han- nah, Lois, Abigail, Jerusha, and Sarah.
9. Michael married Hannah Adams 16th December, 1741. They had ten children, of whom the following survived : 18, Eli, born 14th October, 1742; 19, Philemon, born 14th April, 1752; 20, Titus, born 23d April, 1754; 21, Hanan, born 6th October, 1756 ; Molly, married John Merrifield; Achsa, married Simeon Partridge ; Patty, married Nathan Metcalf.
10. Barnabas married Rebeka Healy, 5th March, 1745, and had seven children, of whom two are known to have had families in Franklin : 22, Asa, born 16th May, 1754; 23, Nathan, born 26th February, 1765.
11. Joseph married Hannah They had six children, baptized in Franklin, viz .: Martha, Mehitable, Luther, Susanna, Calvin, and Joseph. Of them no more is known.
13. Ebenezer married Hannah Morse 27th November, 1755. He was the first physician in West Precinct (see biographical sketches). They had : Elijah, baptized 14th November, 1756; Polly, born 26th August, 1758; 24, Paul, born 7th March, 1766, (see biographical sketches).
14. James married Abial Haven. He was Colonel, and had seven children : 25, Billy, afterwards changed to William Haven, born 23d December, 1754; Jerusha, married Nathan Wight; 26, James, born 11th August, 1755 (so recorded); Juletta, married Capt. Asa Fairbanks; Eliab, born 11th January, 1767; Abijah, born 19th October, 1770, and Polly.
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