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15. George married Joanna, daughter of Ezra Pond, 6th June, 1751, and had ten children. The sons were : 27, Samuel, born 21st May, 1753 ; 28, Timothy, born 27th November, 1754; 29, George, born 27th July, 1759.
NATHAN METCALF HOMESTEAD.
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16. John, doctor, married Eunice Metcalf (see biographical sketches). They had : 30. Ferdinand, born 22d November, 1760 (see biographical sketches); 31, William Pitt, born 30th June, 1774 (see biographical sketches) .
17. Jonathan, Jr., married Bathsheba -, and lived in North Franklin. He had seven children. Among them : 32, Jonathan, deacon of West Medway church, born 20th April, 1763.
20. Titus married, first, Peggy Fisher, 13th November, 1783 ; second, Eunice Lawrence, 8th May, 1793. IIe was blind. He had : Peggy, born 12th September, 1791; Paul, born 28th Feb- ruary, 1796.
21. Hanan married, first, Mary Allen, 21st October, 1779; second, Prudence Keith. He lived at the south end of the Com- mon. His children were : Judson, died young; Theron (see biographical sketches); Achsah, married Caleb Fisher.
22. Asa married, first, Ruth Clark, 6th November, 1782; sec- ond Melia Ware, 12th March, 1788. They had : Mary ; Asa, Jr., born 4th April, 1786 ; Elivira married Luther Gowen ; Melia married Samuel Byram Fisher, and removed to Alstead, N. H. ; Artemas, died young.
23. Nathan married Patty Metcalf, 18th September, 1788. She died 27th June, 1809, and he married Abigail Richardson 28th June, 1810. He died 13th June, 1843. His children were : Harvey, born 13th June, 1789 ; Sena, married Rufus Miller ; Junia, born 20th July, 1794 ; Olive, married Seth Wardworth ; Nathan, born 26th March, 1799 ; 33, Michael, born 12th August, 1802 ; Patty ; Roxana, died young ; Abigail R., died young ; Abi- gail Larinda ; 34, Richardson, born 3d June, 1818 ; Juliana.
24. Dr. Paul (see biographical sketches) married Persis Rich- ardson 2d February, 1791. Had only : Persis, born 20th June, 1792, married Maxcy Fisher 8th December, 1811.
25. Billy, or William Haven, married Patty Richardson 14th Jan., 1776, and had : 35, Willard, born 3d February, 1777 ; Polly, died young ; Margaret, died young ; Patty, married John Crooks ; Ebenezer, died young ; 36, William, born 8th March, 1790; Abi- gail ; Mary, married Henry Daniels ; Elizabeth.
26. Deacon James married Abigail Harding 1st April, 1778. The first marriage after incorporation of town. She died 3d
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February, 1815, and he married widow Olive Gilmore. He died 18th July, 1843. Their children were: 37, Whiting, born 31st January, 1779 ; Alfred (see biographical sketches); Eliab (see biographical sketches); Julitta, married Capt. Samuel Allen of Medway ; Electa, unmarried.
31. William Pitt, " Dr.," married Susanna Torrey, 25th No- vember, 1800, and had: John George, "Dr." (see biographical sketches); Mary Elizabeth, married Hiram Stone ; William Torry, born 6th February, 1806; Ebenezer Torry, born 30th October, 1812.
32. Jonathan, deacon of the West Medway Congregational church, married Mary -- and had eight children, among them Eliel, born 14th July, 1803 ; Albert, born 20th September, 1808, (see biographical sketches).
33. Michael, Jr., married first Sally Clark, second Melia Breck, and had four children.
34. Richardson, married first Mary A. Baker, second Harriet Metcalf. He lives on the old homestead. A view of it is given as it is to-day opposite the previous page.
35. Willard married Lucy Allen 25th January, 1802, and had five children. One only survived, Charles, born 22d November, 1810, who married Eliza Cook.
36. William married Sally Gaskill 15th January, 1817, and had two sons : William Warren (see biographical sketches) and Alfred Gibbs.
37. Whiting, deacon of Medway village church, married Betsey Dean, October, 1804, and had eight children, of whom these sur- vived : Abijah Whiting, born 7th December, 1805 ; Gilbert Dean, born 17th April, 1807 ; Alfred Harding, born 27th April, 1817; Erasmus B., born 8th August, 1819 ; Charles Edwards, born 3d February, 1822. Betsey Whiting married George F. Kingman, and resides in New Bedford.
THE MILLER FAMILY
has been substantially given under the biographical sketches, but a view of the home of this family finds its appropriate place here among other households. The Miller Hospital will be found among the notices of Franklin physicians. The Miller family came from Rehoboth. Two sons of Philip, viz. ; Philip, Jr., and Nathaniel
DR. NATH'L MILLER HOMESTEAD.
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(see biographical sketches). Philip, married Lephe --- , and had several children. He was a man of some peculiarities, and one of the first and most ardent advocates of temperance. Both families are without representatives in town.
THE MORSE FAMILY.
Samuel, the petitioner of 1738, was descended through Dea. John, of Watertown, from Samuel, immigrant, of Dedham, 1637, and of whom the " Morse Genealogy " gives a full account.
Samuel above was son of Samuel and Sarah Hill, of Wrentham, born 7th June, 1702, and died 25th April, 1782. They had : Sam- uel, Jr. Benoni. Sarah ; married Robert Worsely. Hannah ; married Dr. Ebenezer Metcalf. (See biographical sketches.) By second wife, Sarah Wheeler, he had Dinah ; married Abijah Newton. Hannah. Submit ; married Abraham Amsden.
Samuel, Jr., born 4th May, 1733 ; married Sarah Day. He died 3d June, 1798. She died 23d January, 1800. They had eleven children, of whom Samuel died in the army at Fort George, 26th July, 1776. The others were : Jason ; Peggy ; married Syl- vester Partridge, of Franklin. Levi; married Keturah Fisher. Hannah ; married Solomon Blake.
Jason, born 19th October, 1762 ; married, first, Olive Blake.
She died 19th November, 1790 ; married, second, Esther -, died 21st December, 1804 ; married, third, Miriam Smith, of Nor- ton. He had nine children : Olive ; married Sydney Whiting. Ja- son, removed to Grafton. Harvey ; removed to Enfield. Lucy ; married Piam Bullard. Joseph. George W. ; removed to Rutland, Vt. Amos H. ; removed to Syracuse, N. Y. Caroline ; married Calvin Smith, and removed to Dorchester.
Darius, who lived in the rear of the old meeting-house, de- scended from the same Samuel, but through the line of Joseph and Hannah (Phillips), of Dorchester, via Jeremiah and Eliza- beth, of Medfield, Benjamin and Sarah (Blake) of Wrentham, and Moses and Lydia (Daniels) of Wrentham. Darius, born 29th May, 1769 ; married " Pede " or Experience Adams. They had nine children : Moses, married Lydia Thompson and removed to Middlefield, O. Rhoda, married Jedediah Phipps, and had four children. The others died unmarried, or without issue, in rapid succession from consumption.
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NEWE FAMILY.
James, the petitioner, made apparently but a short stay in town, as I find few records of him or his family either in Wrentham or Franklin. He was already married on arrival, and has only one birth entered. He is said to have been a grave-stone cutter, as was also his son John. Probably the longevity of the inhabitants compelled his withdrawal. His second wife lived over a century. Many anecdotes still survive her. She originated the saying of " trusting in Providence till her saddle-girth broke."
James was son of John and Mary, born in Wrentham 8th July, 1722, and married, first, Mary or Mercy, and afterwards Mrs. Sarah (Blake) Fisher of Keene, N. H. He had : Mercy, Mary ; James, born 3d September, 1751, and John, born 26th May, 1755. They probably returned to Wrentham.
PARTRIDGE FAMILY
came probably from Medfield, as two families of this name were among the early settlers of Medfield - William and John, and none of the names appears in Wrentham earlier than 1711. Three families were in Franklin in 1738 - Ebenezer, Job, and Samuel. The children of these so far as recorded at Wrentham were: Of Job and Abigail, Benoni, born 24th March, 1727. His wife died 1st April following, and he married Ann Cook 28th February, 1729. Had Jobe, died at 12 years. Anna first and second ; Rhoda died at 7 years. Seth born 20th March, 1737. Levi, 22d September, 1739. Of this family no more is known. Their stones are the oldest legible in the Central cemetery.
Of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, Elizabeth died in her 8th year. Hannah married probably David Wood 8th May, 1771 ; and Abi- gail married John Allen 11th July, 1771, and this family also ends.
Samuel and Mary. He died 25th December, 1774. She died 29th July, 1775. They had : Samuel ; Amos, born 25th July, 1742, " Lieutenant," and married Melitiah; Reuben, born 14th April, 1744, and married Mary Hill, 7th April, 1768. Mary mar- ried Jonathan Hawes 5th March, 1764. Rhoda; David, born 22d July, 1750 ; died November, 1781. Elizabeth, born 8th Oc- tober, 1752.
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Samuel, Jr., born 31st March, 1741, married Keziah Hawes 2d February, 1764, but no children have been found. He died 28th January, 1776.
The Partridges appearing later cannot be traced to any of these parental nests. They may have alighted from Medway.
Eleazer and Lois Rockwood had : Mehitable, born 29th May, 1779 ; Kezia, born 10th September, 1780 ; Eleazer, Jr., and Itha- mar, born 27th May, 1782 (latter died 7th April, 1807) ; Nathan. born 1st August, 1786 ; Asa, married Polly Richardson ; no chil- dren.
Phineas, Jr., married, first, Abigail, and had : Allen, born 18th January, 1804 ; Abigail Harding, married, G. Wellington Hunt of Medway ; Elmira ; Dianthe ; Clarissa Prentiss married Rev. A. Hawes (see biographieal sketches). He married, second, Polly Wheeler and had : Asa, born 7th Angust, 1820 ; John Wheeler, born 5th January, 1822 ; Charles, born 2d February, 1831.
Nathan married Sally Bassett 12th January, 1815, and had Julitta Richardson ; Mary Bassett ; George Ithamar; Harriet Maria, married - Miller of Providence, R. I. ; Charlotte.
Eleazer, Jr., married, first, Mary - --. She died 16th Decem- ber, 1812, and he married Hannah Keith. He had : Mary Clark, married Rev. W. Phipps (see biographical sketches) ; Lois Rock wood ; Sylvia Pond, married Joseph Lovell of Medway. By second wife he had Julia Ann, Eliza Jane, and Harriet Keith.
Elisha of Medfield, who resided in Franklin during his life and married Doreas Pond, had six children, five of whom migrated to Maine. Simeon, the oldest, born 19th May, 1758, remained and married Achsa, daughter of Michael Metcalf. He died 7th Jan- uary, 1825. She died 15th December, 1819. They had : Achsa, married Alpheus Adams ; Rena, married James Gilmore ; Miriam, married Simeon Powers of Croyden ; Hannah, married David W. Daniels.
THE POND FAMILY .*
1. Daniel, immigrant ancestor of all the Ponds in Franklin, ap- pears first in Dedham, 1652 ; bought lands in Wrentham, 1663, on which some of his sons settled. He married, first, Abigail, daugh-
* From a Genealogy compiled by E. D. Harris, Saratoga, N. Y. For con- venient reference the same figures are used as in the " Genealogy."
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ter of Edward Shepard, of Cambridge ; second, Ann Edwards. She died 6th June, 1732, aged about 92. He died in Dedham, 4th February, 1698. He had thirteen children, of whom three sons lived in Wrentham : 4, John ; 5, Ephraim, baptized 6th July, 1656 ; 9, Robert, born 5th August, 1667.
4. John settled in North Franklin, afterwards set off to Med- way; was thrice married, and was living in 1734 ; had nine chil- dren ; two only appear to have lived in Franklin. 15, John, born about 1688; 17, David, born 2d April, 1690.
5. Ephraim, a carpenter, married Deborah, daughter of Edward and Eleony (Lumber) Hawes. He died 22d December, 1704, and she married a Bacon. Had nine children : 26, Daniel, born 22d September, 1689, died unmarried ; 27, Deborah, born 13th Sep- tember, 1693, and married Daniel Thurston; 28, Samuel, born 29th December, 1695; 29, Eleony, born 15th Angnst, 1704, and married John Shepard, of Foxboro, who lived a hundred years and in four towns without moving.
9. Robert, Captain, and carpenter, lived near Mine Brook. He married, first, Joanna Lawrence; second, Abigail Fisher ; third, widow Sarah Shuttleworth. He had nine children : 35, Anne, born 2d October, 1689, married John Partridge, of Medfield; 40, Ezra; 41, Ichabod, born 31st May, 1699 ; 42, Baruch, born 1702; 43, Eunice, married John Goldsbury.
15. John had lands at " long walk" in Franklin. He married Rachel Fisher. He died 12th March, 1759. She died 15th Feb- ruary, 1770. Had six children : 56, John, born 29th February, 1723; 57, Daniel, born 13th May, 1724; 58, Benjamin, born 15th June, 1726.
17. David lived also at " long walk," and was of uncommon height and strength, hence, perhaps, he pitched the tune so high (see page 31). He was founder of the West Medway church. He married Sarah Richardson, and died 24th March, 1775. Had seven children : 60, David, went to Keene, N. H .; 61, Stephen, re- moved to Attleboro; 63, Ebenezer, born 4th July, 1728.
26. Daniel, had land at " long walk ;" no record of his mar- riage.
28. Samuel, lived at Mine Brook ; married Mary Thurston. He died 6th April, 1746. She afterwards married Dea. John Bar- ber, Medway. Had nine children, but three only lived in Frank-
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lin : 87, Samuel, born 22d June, 1729. 89, Bathsheba, born 9th August, 1734; married Jonathan Metcalf. Jr. 90, Timothy, born 13th August, 1737.
40. Ezra, town clerk of Wrentham. lived at first on the home- stead ; married first Abigail Farrington, second Margaret, widow of Eleazer Metcalf. He died after 1782. Had eleven children. all by first wife. 101, Robert, born 2d February, 1720. 102, Ezra, born 26th March, 1721. 103, Abigail, born 29th Septem- ber, 1723 ; married first a Peter Adams, second Dea. Daniel Kingsbury. 104, Oliver, born 22d March, 1725. 105, Reuben, born 16th January, 1727. 106, James, drowned in Charles river, 1789. 107, Joanna, born 2d August, 1730 ; married George Met- calf. 108, Hezekiah, born 17th March, 1733. 111, Elijah, born 3d February, 1739.
41. Ichabod, lived near Mine Brook. He married first Mileah Farrington, second Deborah Thurston, third Mehitable, widow of John Aldis. He died 2d May, 1783. Had twelve children : 113. Elisha, born 25th March, 1725. 115, Nathan, went to Walpole. 117, Benjamin, born 21st March, 1732. 120, Lois, married Henry Daniel. 121, Jonathan, went to Keene, N. H. 122, Eli, born 16th February, 1743.
. 42. Baruch, a " chief man " in Franklin ; married Abigail Slo- cum. He died 8th March, 1765. She died 30th August, 1778. Had nine children. 124, Timothy, born 15th September, 1729. (See graduates.) 125, Lydia. born 14th April, 1731; married Thomas Bacon, 3d. 127, Jerusha, born 20th October, 1735 ; married David Fisher. 129, Betty, born 8th January, 1740 ; mar- ried Capt. Joseph Hills. 132, Asa, born 1747.
56. John, lived in North Franklin ; was a founder of the West Medway church, and a ruling elder. He married Dinah Metcalf and died 10th April, 1777. His widow married Lient. Hezekiah Fisher. He had five children : 154, Malchiah, born 30th Septem- ber, 1746. 157, John, born 20th August, 1752; not married ; was a Revolutionary soldier.
57. Daniel. (See list of college graduates.)
58. Benjamin, married Mary Park, of Hopkinton. He died 22d February, 1787. Had eight children : was in the Revolu- tionary war. 165, Benjamin, born 1st October. 1757. 166. Bar-
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zillai, born 27th July, 1759. 167, Elihu, born 16th May, 1763. 168, Rachel, married Amos Ware and died in 1818.
63. Ebenezer, married Freelove , and had ten children. Removed to Oswego, N. Y., and died there March, 1821. Was a Revolutionary soldier.
178. Penuel, born 23d November, 1757; not married. Was in the war. 180, Jane, married Eleazer Perry, and died 27th April, 1856.
72. Joseph, married Mary Newland, and died 21st November, 1773. She married Joseph Day. Had four children : 188, Oliver Newland, born 18th March, 1769. 189, Darius, removed to Alstead, N. H., and then West. 190, Joseph. Not known further.
87. Samuel, a founder of the West Medway church, married Hannah Johnson, of Uxbridge, and died 24th April, 1806. Had nine children : 197, Samuel, born 15th November, 1753; not married. (See Revolutionary soldiers). 199, William, born 23d March, 1758. 200, Paul, born 11th May, 1760. (See Revolu- tionary soldiers.) 202, Mary, married Benajah Pond. 203, Eliza- beth, born 6th January, 1767; married Lewis (281). 204, Henry, joined the " N. W. Fur Co.," and died on his way to Canada. 205, Jemima, born 20th December, 1771; married Oliver (259).
90. Timothy, married Sarah Cutler, and died 27th October, 1776. She died 23d March, 1816. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He had five children : 206, Sarah, married first, Ichabod Hawes, second Jeremy Leland, of Holliston. 208, Timothy, born 14th January, 1769. 209, Esther, married Oliver N. (188). 210, Cutler, born 24th August, 1774.
101. Robert; his house is now occupied by Jefferson Daniels, and is one of the oldest in town. He married first Rachel Adams, second Rebecca. He died 15th September, 1801. Had seven children : 235, Sarah, married John Ellis. 237, Robert, born 29th December, 1755.
102. Ezra, " Ensign," married, first, Sarah Morse, of Wrent- ham, second, Mercy Baker, of Bellingham. In 1771 he removed to Hubbardston, and died there in 1802. Had eight children, born in Franklin : 244, Joseph, born 12th May, 1756, and removed to Hubbardston. (See Revolutionary soldiers.)
104. Oliver; sold his farm to David Daniels, now the Rock-
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wood estate, and re-bought the farm and built the house now occupied by Goldsbury Pond, at Unionville. He married Anne, daughter of Samuel Metcalf; died 14th December, 1800. She died 31st of July, 1817. Had twelve children : 252, Judith, mar- ried Asa Pond (132). 253, Chloe, married Ichabod Dean. 257, Edna, married Seth Dean. 260, Goldsbury, born 28th September, 1770. 261, Anne, not married. 263, Samuel Metcalf, born 16th November, 1777. (See graduates.)
108. Hezekiah married Lois He died 8th December, 1822. Had eight children : 267, Benajah, born date unknown ; 273, Jeremiah Metcalf, born 12th February, 1781.
111. Elijah, " Captain," left Franklin in 1785 for Grafton, and died in Torrington, Conn., in 1830. His fine farm in Franklin was sold mainly to Elisha Bullard. He married, first, Margaret, daughter of Eleazer Metcalf; second, Mehitable, daughter of Dr. Silas Pratt of Wrentham. (See Revolutionary soldiers.) Had thirteen children, none of whom settled in Franklin.
113. Elisha, carpenter, married first Phebe Ware, second Me- hitable Cheever. He died 30th May, 1796. Had ten children : 300, Elisha, born 21st February, 1749. " Doctor." (See grad- uates.) 306, Apollos, born 12th June, 1764. (See Revolution- ary soldiers.) 308, Jemotis, born 23d October, 1772.
117. Benjamin, married Lois Partridge of Medway, and died 27th December, 1809. Had nine children: 315, Amos, born 19th June, 1758, not married. (See Revolutionary soldiers.) 316, Meletiah, married Abijah Clark ; 317, Ichabod, born 22d February, 1762; 318, Ziba, born 27th February, 1764; 319, Leonard, born 14th February, 1767; 320, Nathan, born 20th April, 1769 ; 321, Lois, married David Lawrence ; 322, Benjamin, born 23d October, 1773.
122. Eli (see Revolutionary soldiers), born and died in Franklin, but lived also in Holliston, Medway and Bellingham. He married Huldah Hill, and died 20th May, 1802. Had twelve children : 333, Eli, born 17th November, 1769 ; 337, Eliab, born 1st October, 1779, not married ; 340, Lucinda, married Eliakim Morse and went to Oakham; 342, Asa Aldis, born 19th Febru- ary, 1792.
132. Asa, " Captain " and first town clerk of Franklin, bought the farm of Perez Cushing on Mine Brook. In 1792 sold to Levi
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Fisher and ultimately removed to Petersham. (See Revolution- ary soldiers.) He married Judith Pond, daughter of Oliver, 104, and had six children.
154. Malchiah (see Revolutionary soldiers) married Ruth Fisher, and died 14th March, 1804. Had five children. 391, Otis, born 26th December, 1771 ; 392, Lewis, born 3d July, 1773 ; 395, Malchiah, born 17th October, 1787.
165. Benjamin (see Revolutionary soldiers), married Catherine Cutler, and had eleven children. He finally moved to Hopkinton and died there in 1845. 396, John, born 21st February, 1783, became a physician in Mendon. 339, Benjamin, born 4th April, 1789. (See graduates.) 401, Hiram went to Salem.
166. Barzillai (see Revolutionary soldiers) married Melli- cent, daughter of Captain Asa and Sarah Fairbanks. In 1804 he removed to West Medway and died in 1823. (See Revolutionary soldiers.) Had five children : 407, Sarah, married Baruch Pen- niman, the father of Daniel T.
167. Elihn (see military) married first Polly, daughter of John Boyd, second Jemima, daughter of Elisha and Mary (Pond 91) Cutler, third Marena Allen. He was Justice of the Peace and esteemed for his piety. He had ten children : Polly Boyd, married David P. Blake ; Elihu, went to Paxton ; Emily, still in Frank- lin ; Edward, died in Illinois ; Joseph Parks, went to Newton ; James Sullivan is in Salem; and Elizabeth, in West Brookfield.
188. Oliver Newland married Esther Pond (209), lived at the Center, and died 26th January, 1845. She died 28th February, 1847. They had five children : 447, Adela, married Samuel Pay- son of Holliston; 448, Nathaniel Ogden, died unmarried; 449, Increase Sumner, born 21st July, 1801; 450, Esther, married George W. Morse of Rutland, Vt.
199. William married Mary Hide of Medway and died 21st July, 1843. Had five children, none remained in town.
200. Paul (see Revolutionary soldiers) married Calley Dexter of Medway, and had a son born in Franklin. 470, Paul Dexter, born 20th May. 1784. He went to Sudbury, Vt., and died in Richmond, O., in 1843.
208. Timothy, Lieutenant, married Rachel Adams of Medway. He died 17th June, 1829. Had nine children : 477, Justin, born 6th July, 1791 ; 476, Timothy Leland, born 27th September, 1794 ;
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479, Sylvia, not married; 480, Amanda, married Samuel Haskell, and had six children; 481, Clarissa Ann, not married; 482, Ly- man P., born 26th October. 1805, went to West Medway ; 483, Abel, born 8th October, 1808, and removed to Holliston; 484, Gilbert C. (see graduates) .
210. Cutler, Major, married first Hannah Wood, second Lydia Temple of Holliston. He died 3d April, 1857. Had three chil- dren : 486, Clarinda, married Melville Knapp; 487, John Preston, went to Randolph, Vt. ; 488, Hannah Cutler, married George W. Nason.
237. Robert (see Revolutionary soldiers) married Olive Rich- ardson, and died 19th October. 1839. Had ten children : 549, Calley, married Amos Bullard, no children; 550, Martin, born 3d October, 1783; 551, Olive, married Samuel Morse of Waldo- boro, Me .; 552. Lewis, born 29th August, 1790; 557, James Preston, born 2d August, 1800.
260. Goldsbury, married Priscilla Fisher of Medway. Ile died 9th December, 1866. Had three children : 602, Goldsbury, Jr., born 27th January, 1798; 603, Erasmus, born 15th October, 1800; 604, Juline, not married.
267. Benajah. " captain" of artillery, married, first, Mary Pond, 202; second, Sybil Clark. In 1820 went to Crown Point, N. Y., and died there in 1857. Had ten children, seven born in Franklin : 625, Willard, born 11th November, 1791; 626, Roxena, married Jeremiah Claflin ; 630. Benajah, went to North Hudson, N. Y.
273. Jeremiah M. married Polly Morse, and died 2d June, 1827. Had five children : 635, Lyman, went to Valley Falls, R. I .; 637, Asa, born 4th January, 1815. went to Milford; 638, Eliab Metcalf, born 8th October, 1819.
308. Jemotis lived on the homestead. He married Sally Gil- more, and in 1832 Miranda Thurston. He died 20th April, 1843, from a fall. Had seven children : 725, Jemotis. died without issue in Medway in 1847; 726, Hiram, born 11th August, 1798; 727, Sumner, born 24th August, 1800, went to Milford; 728, Gilmore, born 12th May, 1803, lived in Natiek ; 729, Sally, born 1st May, 1807. married Wm. Barnard in Medway ; 730, Elizabeth G., born 7th February, 1810, married a Bellows, and left town.
320. Nathan married first Rachel Clark, second widow Olive (Penniman) Marsh. He died 3d September, 1850. Had four
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children : 742, Nathan Clark, born 18th April, 1798, and removed to Medway; 743, Rachel, married Charles F. Knapp, of Medway ; 744, Nelson, born 9th January, 1803, and removed to Holliston ; 745, Alfred, born 30th March, 1806, and left town.
322. Benjamin married Lydia, daughter of Timothy Ellis. Died 3d December, 1844. Had six children : 747, Benjamin Davis, born 21st January, 1805; 749, Miranda Ellis, married Lyman P. White ; 750, Charlotte, married Daniel T. Penniman.
333. Eli married, first, Hannah Daniels, of Holliston; second, Ruth (Wiswell), widow of Dr. Daniel Bullard, of Holliston. He died 16th October, 1846. Had three children, who left town.
342. Asa Aldis removed to Calais, Me., and married. He died at Ellsworth, Me., 14th October, 1853. His daughter, Huldah A., married Hon. Harrison Tweed, of Taunton.
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