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Wm. Jabez Goodell, Apr.
26, 1813.
Perrin, Hallowell and Sybil Bruce.
Children.
Lucy, Sept. 17, 1786. Amasa, Dec. 10, 1794.
Joseph, June 20, 1788. Millicent, June 27, 1797.
Ambrose, June 20, 1789. Diana, Sept. 20, 1799.
Sybil, Feb. 22, 1791.
Rosebrooks, Gershom and Jenny
Children.
Prudence, Apr. 20, 1769. Lucena, Mar. 10, 1776.
Walter, June 25, 1771. Willard, June 11, 1778,
Polly, Nov. 2, 1773. Eunice, July 9, 1781.
Rosebrooks, Walter and Mary.
Children.
Clementine, Dec. 14, 1803. Mary, Dec. 5, 1809.
Walter Lyman, Feb. 5, 1807. Stevens, Reuben and Nabby.
285
VITAL STATISTICS.
Children.
Emmeline Nabby, June 24, Eliza Ann, Feb. 10, 1815. 1809. Fitz Henry Richardson, July
Reuben Merrick, Aug. 24, 1811. 22, 1817.
Steward, James and (1) --- Adams; (2) Abigail Harrington.
Children.
James.
Silas.
Paul.
Levi.
Lucretia.
Lois.
Benjamin. Abigail (by wife No. 2).
For further genealogy of Stewarts, see A Gardner's book, on the history of Wales in hands of town clerk.
Stone, Moses and Elizabeth.
Children.
Moses, Oct. 4, 1795. Chester, Oct. 1, 1797.
Smalledge, John and Mary Goodhue. (See Hist. of Union.)
Children. John, Feb. 18, 1791.
Towne, Merritt A., m. Abigail A. Pratt.
Children.
Austin Pratt Towne, b. Mar. 14, 1869.
Thompson, Daniel and Anna.
Children.
Mary, July 5, 1778. Daniel, Jan. 12, 1784.
Luke, Feb. 3, 1781. Anna, Jan. 12, 1784.
Taylor, John and Elizabeth.
Children.
Thomas Jefferson, Aug. 10, 1804. Thompson, Jacob and Hadassa Stone.
Children.
Vernon, Dec. 9, 1801. Addison, Oct. 26, 1806.
Caroline, Jan. 30, 1804.
Tiffany, James and Mary. Bela, Oct. 7, 1785. Ruby, Dec. 6, 1791.
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Upham, Jonathan and Sarah.
Children.
Sarah, Jan. 18, 1794. Alvin, Aug. 1, 1799.
Erastus, Sept. 1, 1796. Diantha, May 4, 1802.
Wallis, David, b. Sept. 13, 1758, and Persis Rosebrook, b. Sept. 10, 1760.
Children.
Melinda, Nov. 28, 1783. Otis, Mar. 31, 1794.
Freeland, Dec. 5, 1785.
Horace, Apr. 14, 1796.
Sarah, July 15, 1788.
Persa, Mar. 4, 1800.
John, Aug. 11, 1789.
Mandana, May, 21, 1802.
David, Feb. 3, 1792.
Mary, Apr. 11, 1805.
Wallis, Freeland and Esther Allen.
Children.
Warren Allen, Mar. 5, 1812. Freeland Orlando, Mar. 14,
Caroline Augusta, Mar. 29, 1818. 1814.
Esther L.
Wallis, William, of Columbia, N. H., and Melinda Wallis of Holland.
Children.
Carlos, Apr. 1, 1807. William, Apr. 24, 1813.
Philinda, Feb. 5, 1811.
Wallis, P. Thomas and (1) Sophia Haynes, Oct. 25, 1804; (2) Keziah Hammond, Int. Feb., 1807.
Children.
Sophia Haynes, Jan. 5, 1806. Austin, Feb. 23, 1794. Wallis, Alfred and Zeporah Cady.
Children.
Chancey, June 26, 1792.
Willard, Samuel and (1) Prudence; (2) Polly Willis, 1789.
Children. George Ransom, Jan. 14, 1787. White, David and Mary.
Children.
Galen, Apr. 13, 1808. Mandana, Dec. 3, 1809.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Weatherbee, Ebenezer and Chloe Fay.
Children.
Elvira, Feb. 16, 1796.
Elmira, Jan. 4, 1810.
William, Oct. 15, 1797. Ozra, Dec. 10, 1811.
Matilda, Oct. 6, 1800.
Webber, Andrew and Ruth; (2) Sarah.
Children.
Amasa, Sept. 17, 1767.
Perley, July 2, 1774.
Abigail, Sept. 27, 1778.
Joel, Oet. 2, 1780.
Louisa, Sept. 22, 1783.
Clement, Apr. 27, 1786.
Annis, Jan. 5, 1790.
Sarah, July, 10, 1792.
The last two by Saralı.
Webber, Reuben and Sarah; (2) Jerusha, wd. John Blodgett, m. 1795.
Children.
Sarah, Nov. 3, 1778. Erastus, Jan. 15, 1790.
Franeis, Aug. 28, 1780.
Lurana, Mar. 3, 1792.
Abner, June 3, 1782.
Prudence, June 2, 1794.
Adolphus, June 2, 1784. Reuben, Jan. 16, 1797.
Eli, Jan. 26, 1786. Harvey, Oet. 5, 1799.
Asaph, Feb. 6, 1788. The last two by Jerusha.
Webber, Samuel and Mehetable Frisbie or Frizell ( ?).
Children.
Ezra, Nov. 7, 1772. John, Mar. 23, 1779.
Webber, Rinaldo and Elizabeth Belknap.
Children.
Anna, Oct. 6, 1784. Julius, May 19, 1791. Arsenal, Mar. 25, 1789.
Webber, Suel and Hannah MeNeel.
Children.
Lyman, Dec. 14, 1789. Charles, Nov. 25, 1799.
Anna, Jan. 19, 1794.
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Webber, Adolphus and Sarah Needham; (2) Annis Webber; (3) Nancy Belcher.
Children.
Mary Allen, Feb. 19, 1812. Win. Ainsworth, June 24, 1818,
Lorinda Adalaide, Jan 26, by Annis.
1815. Geo. Livingstone, Nov. 8, 1821.
Webber, Samuel Jr. and Sarah Kimball.
Children.
Eliphas, Nov. 24, 1781. Lucy, Dec. 1, 1787.
Kimball, Nov. 7, 1782.
William, July 23, 1790.
Eleazer, Aug. 23, 1785. Loring, Feb. 16, 1791.
Webber, John and Betsy Parker of Partridgefield.
Children.
Semantha, Sept. 12, 1803.
Caroline, Mar. 26, 1810.
Parker, June 23, 1805. Lutima Keziah.
Delosia, Nov. 19, 1806. Hosea.
Grafton, Aug. 19, 1808.
Webber, Eliphas and Susannah Kendrick, Nov. 18, 1804.
Children.
Thomas Kendrick, Feb. 9, 1809.
BAPTISMS.
We give a record of baptisms by Rev. Ezra Reeve taken from his records beginning with the year 1781.
John Perrin and Persis Rosebrook Oet. 29, 1781
Joseph Aug. 8, Elizabeth Nov. 12, children of Hannah Bruce Oct. 29, 1781
Charles, John, Sarah, Uriah, Jonathan, Irena and Hannah, Children of Lt. Rosebrock
Dec. 26, 1781
Mary, John, Moses and Aaron, children of Mr. Weatherbee Jan. 23, 1782
Nellie, child of Mary Lyon
Feb. 24, 1782
Ezra, child of Israel Janes
Apr. 14, 1782
Hannah, wife of Daniel Thompson
May 4, 1782
Mehetable, Hannah and Samuel, children of Jas. Frizell
May 10, 1782
Joseph, child of Jonathan Wallis
May 26, 1782
Mary, child of John Perrin
Aug. 18, 1782
Polly, Kate, Olive, Lois, children of Jonathan
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Belknap
Edward, child of Lt. Webber
Nathan, child of Jonathan Blanchard
James, Dolly and William, children of Lydia Rosebrook
Dec. 8, 1782
Mehetable, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ezra, Mara, Elisha and John, children of Mrs. Webber
Charles, child of David Bugbee
Junc 27, 1782 June 30, 1782
Lucy, child of John Wallis
July 7, 1782
Mary, child of Solomon Hovey
Almarin, child of William Wallis
Jonathan Belknap
Dexter and Lyman, children of Mary Tiffney
Electa, child of Hannah Bruce
Sept. 12, 1783
Zida, child of Rufus May Roxanna, child of Capt. Lyon Alfred, child of Mary Lyon
Apr. 11, 1784
Cynthia, child of Dr. Wallis Lucy, child of David Bugbee
July 25, 1784
Bradford, child of Eliphalet Janes
Aug. 22, 1784
Lydia, child of Benjamin Ward
Sept. 11, 1784
Dexter, child of Mrs. Nutting Sybil, child of John Perrin Lyman Bruce
Nov. 7, 1784
Apr. 24, 1785
Lucy, child of Rufus May, Bap. by Mr. Paine Sophia, child of Alfred Lyon
June 5, 1785 July 17, 1785 Aug. 14, 1785.
Sarah, child of Elizabeth Sherman Sarah, child of Lydia Rosebrook
Ang. 21, 1785
Irenia, child of Nathan Session
Oct. 9, 1785
Freeland, child of David Wallis Achsah, child of Silas Barnes
Dec. 18, 1785
Barsha, child of Edward Webber
Apr. 30, 1786
Apr. 30, 1786
Clemence, child of Andrew Webber Dolly, child of Jonathan Wallis Lynus, child of Rufus May Lucy, child of Sybil Perrin
Sept. 10, 1786
Oct. 29, 1786
Erastus, child of Prudence Coats Dec. 31, 1786 Lucretia, child of David Bugbee Feb. 11, 1787 Sophia, child of Dr. Wallis . Feb. 25, 1787
Sept. 8, 1782 Sept. 29, 1782 Nov. 10, 1782
July 7, 1782 July 21, 1782 Aug. 4, 1782 Aug. 1783
Nov. 23, 1783
Dec. 14, 1783
May 31, 1784
Sept. 11, 1784
Dec. 11, 1785
May 14, 1786
(19)
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Sybil, child of Hannah Bruce Orace, child of Wm. Wallis Bathsheba, child of Israel Janes
Mar. 11, 1787
April 1, 1787
June 10, 1787
Nabby, child of Silas Barnes June 24, 1787 Phineas, child of Lydia Rosebrook July 15, 1787 Pruda, child of Capt. Lyon Dec. 30, 1787
Erastus, child of Ezra Horton (Union)
Dec. 30, 1787
Sally, child of Dea. David Wallis
July 27, 1788
Aug. 9, 1789
Ambrose, child of Sybil Perrin John, child of Deacon Wallis Ethelbert, child of Widow Mary Lyon Roxy, child of Hannah Bruce Grosvenor, child of Dr. Wallis Lyman, child of David Anderson
Oct. 12, 1788
May 24, 1789
May 24, 1789
Philena, child of Ezra Horton Sally, child of Eliphalet Janes Sylvester child of Lt. Webber
Aug. 9, 1789
Dec. 20, 1789
Washington, child of Capt. Alfred Lyon Dexter, child of Hannah Bruce
Aug. 29, 1790
Federal, child of Asa Dana
Sept. 5, 1790
Pliny and David, children of Mrs. Thomas
Dec. 12, 1790
Sybil, child of Sybil Perrin
May 1, 1791
David, child of Dea. David Wallis
Apr. 1, 1792
Almira, child of John Brown
May 6, 1792
Horatio, child of Capt. Lyon
Sept. 30, 1792
Hannah, child of Prudence Webber
Sept. 30, 1792
Roxy, child of Calvin Glazier
Dec. 9, 1792
Antipas, child of Hannah Bruce
Jan. 9, 1793
Samuel Webber Jr.
Jan. 20, 1793
Eliphas, Kimball, Eleazer, Lucy William and Loring, children of Samuel Webber Jr.
Jan. 20, 1793
Austin, child of Dr. Wallis
Feb. 23, 1794
Shepherd, child of Calvin Glazier
Nov. 1794
Otis, child of Dea. Wallis
May 18, 1794
Horace and Harvey, children of Lucy Pierce Lydia, child of Col. Lyon
June 22, 1794
Achsah, child of Asa Dana
Aug. 17, 1794
Vialy, child of Capt. John Brown
Ang. 31, 1794
Sally, Abner, Francis, Eli, Asaph, Erastus,
Sept. 13, 1789
Sept. 21, 1788
July 26, 1789
Jan. 3, 1790
May 18, 1794
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Lucena and Prudence, children of Reuben Webber Jan. 15, 1795
Amasa, child of Sybil Perrin
Apr. 5, 1795
Ezra, child of Dea. Webber
Sept. 27, 1795
Alice, child of Mrs. Glazier Horace, child of Dea. Wallis
Nov. 15, 1795
June 12, 1796
Miranda, child of Capt. John Brown
Nov. 20, 1796
Alfred, child of Col. Alfred Lyon
May 14, 1797
Eben and Davis, children of Prudence Coats
Sept. 17, 1797
Polley, and Diedamias, children of James Wheeler
Oct. 1, 1797
Millicent, Child of Sybil Perrin
Oct. 15, 1797
Lorenzo, child of Asa Dana
Mar. 5, 1798
Erastus, child of Mrs. Upham
Mar. 5, 1798
Loranda, child of Mrs. Glazier
June 9, 1799
Diana, child of Sybil Perrin Persa, child of Dea. David Wallis
May 4, 1800
Samuel, child of Mrs. Robertson
May 4, 1800
Elven, child of Mrs. Upham
Oct. 26, 1800
Amasa, child of Mr. A. Deaolph
Mar. 1, 1801
Almira, child of E. Horton of Union Horatio, child of Col. Lyon
Oct. 11, 1801
Mandana, child of Dea. D. Wallis
June 27, 1802
Amherst, child of Mrs. Robertson
June 27, 1802
Lendel, Semantha and Laury, children of Mrs. Lucy Wallis
Sept. 5, 1802
Diantha, child of Mrs. Upham Lucena Rosebrook
Mar. 10, 1803
Semantha, child of Betsy Webber
Oct. 23, 1803
Mary, child of Dea. D. Wallis
June 16, 1805
Olive, child of E. Horton
July 7, 1805
Parker, child of Betsy Webber
Aug. 18, 1805
George, child of Amasa Deaolph
Oct. 13, 1803
Horace, child of Mrs. Upham
Oct. 19, 1806
Jabez Goodell
Nov. 30, 1806
Delosha, child of Betsy Webber
Apr. 26, 1807
Grafton, child of Betsy Webber
Dec. 14, 1808
Polly, wife of David White and Mandana, her child
Apr. 8, 1810
Nov. 17, 1799
Sept. 6, 1801
Nov. 21, 1802
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Hiram, Dulcenia, Galen, children of David White Apr. 20, 1810 Caroline, child of Betsy Webber July 1, 1810
Lutina Keziah, child of Betsy Webber
Diantha, child of Mrs. Haynes
Apr. 17, 1814 May 27, 1814
Esther, William, James, and Pascal, children of James and Jerusha Lynn, Bap. by Rev. Vail Elizabeth Brown
July 1, 1817 Oct. 26, 1817
Edward Blodgett, Schuyler Howard, Lucretia Clark, Bap. by Rev. Jas. Vail
Nov. 8, 1818
Mary Calista, Joanna Lorin, Roxana, Adelpha, Bap. by Rev. Alfred Ely of Monson
Harrison, Joseph Lathrop, children of Col. Ezra Allen
Dec. 9, 1818
Comfort, Miranda, Martha, Maria, Elizabeth Miller, Bap. by Mr. Ely of Monson, children of Abijah Pierce
Dec. 9, 1818
Sarah, Prudence, Bap. by Mr. Ely, children of William Anderson
Dec. 9, 1818 Dec. 9, 1818
Norman, child of William Webber
Parley Lyon, Sally Webber, Persa Goodale, Polly Rosebrooks, Eunice Rosebrooks, Bap. by Rev. Mr. Knight of West Stafford Dec. 20, 1818
Hannah May, Grosvenor May, Diantha Reeve, Bap. by Rev. Mr. Diekerson Apr. 18, 1819
Sophrona, child of William Webber, Bap. by Mr. Burt
July 23, 1819
Mary Allen, Lorinda Adalaide, Wm. Ainsworth, children of Adolphus Webber, Bap. by Rev. Mr. Ely Ang. 13, 1820
Joseph Trenance, Marcus Waldo, children of Erastus and Mary Webber, Bap. by Rev. Ely, Eliza, child of Lucretia Clark, Bap. by Rev. Mr. Burt
Aug. 13, 1820
Aug. 20, 1820
Chloe Phidelia, Jonathan Parker, Edwin Bal- lard, children of Eleazer and Marsilvia Web- ber, Bap. by Mr. Burt Aug. 20, 1820
Warren Allen, Caroline Augusta, Freeland Or- lando, children of Freeland and Esther Wallis Bap. by Mr. Burt
Aug. 20, 1820
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Warren White, William Spooner, children of Perley and Phoebe Lyon, Bap. by Mr. Burt Sept. 3, 1820 Leonard, Nancy, children of Capt. Leonard Morris. Covenant read by Mr. Burt Sept. 10, 1820 Mary Dearing, Sophia Ann, children of Harding and Almira Clark 1821-1822
Charles Searles, child of Erastus and Mary Web- ber
Aug. 25, 1822
Rachel Ann Pierce, by Rev. Jas. Vail
Miranda Delia, child of Miranda Blodgett
Sept. 7, 1823 Sept. 7, 1823
Edward Pierce, child of Miranda Blodgett, and George Clinton, child of Marsilvia Webber, Bap. by Mr. Lane Oct. 3, 1824 Nov. 21, 1824 Jan. 7, 1825
Sally Clark, Bap. Mr. Lane
Benj. Haynes, Bap. by Mr. Lane
Caroline, child of Moses Harding and Almira Clark, Bap. by Mr. Lane June 26, 1825
Marcus Waldo, child of Erastus and Mary Web- ber, by Rev. Otis Lane
June 26, 1825
Saralı, child of William and Bathsheba Webber, by Rev. Otis Lane July 10, 1825
Eurilla, wife of Grovenor May
Jan. 17, 1830
Lucy Wallis, Calista Wallis, Mary Howlett,
Elvira Caroline Webber, Bap. by Rev. Jas. Sandford
Jan. 22, 1832
Nancy Webber, wife of Adolphus Webber
Mar. 25, 1832
DEATHS
Prudence Belknap, wife of Joseph Belknap Joseph Belknap
Jan. 7, 1780
July 20, 1788
Molly Fuller, wife of James Fuller
Nov. 3, 1812
Benjamin Webber
June 29, 1812
Molly Webber James Frizell, 82
Jan. 24, 1813
Mrs. Anna May Trenance Webber
Dec. 21, 1813
Mrs. Reuben Stevens, 37
July 31, 1817
Mrs. Ezra Allen, 30
Feb. 8, 1812
Mrs. Adolphus Webber, 28
Feb. 12, 1819
May 4, 1815
William Frizell, 54
Dec. 21, 1812
Mar. 23, 1813
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Mary Frizell, 87 Oliver How
Mar. 4, 1824
Sept. 23, 1783.
Levine Polley, daughter to John
Jan. 7, 1787
Mrs. Samuel Willard
Feb. 6, 1787
Sally Wallis, daughter to David
Aug. 11, 1788
Austin Munger, son to Simeon
May 14, 1788
Sybil Munger, daughter to Simeon
Apr. 27, 1802
Elmina Munger, daughter to Simeon
Jan. 2, 1803
Propperty Partridge, son to Isaac
Apr. 5, 1804
Sophia Wallis, wife to Thos. P. Wallis
Jan. 19, 1806
Dea. Samuel Webber
1825
Gershom Rosebrooks
1825
Ebenezer Lyon
1825
Lyman Wallis
1826
Ichabod Goodell
1826
Persis Goodell, aet 45
1826
Ruth Swinnerton
1828
Jerusha Allen, aet SS
1828
Judah Back, aet 88
1828
Nehemiah May, Jr.
1828
John Polly, aet 87
1828
Thomas Gould
1829
Willard Rosebrooks
1831
Jane Rosebrooks
1831
Bradley Webber, aet 72
1833
Elizabeth Church, aet 70
1834
Benjamin Church, aet 78
1833
Benjamin Reeve, aet 74
1838
Cyprian Stevens, aet 91
1839
Dea. Jas. A. Lynn, aet 65
1839
Zuriel May, aet 68
1840
John Anderson
1841
Lydia Howlett
1841
Hannah May, wife of Zuriel May
1841
Lyman Gould, aet 54
1841
Anna May, aet 69
1841
Dea. David Wallis, Esq. aet 84
1843
Rebecea (Moffitt) Blodgett aet 74
1845
Dea. Samuel Frizell, aet 70
1845
Nicholas Aldrich, aet 76
1848
CHAPTER XIII.
HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY WAR
War
I abhor
And yet how sweet
The sound along the marching street,
Of drum and fife, and I forget
Broken old mothers, and the whole
Dark butchery without a soul.
Without a soul-save this bright drink Of heady music, sweet as hell; And even my peace-abiding feet Go marching with the marching feet. For yonder, yonder, goes the fife, And what care I for human life!
The tears fill my astonished eyes And my full heart is like to break; And yet 'tis all embannered lies- A dream those drummers make
Oh, it is wickedness to clothe, Yon hideous grinning thing that stalks
Hidden in music, like a queen. That in a garden of glory walks, Till good men love the thing they loathe!
" But not an infamy like this, Art, thou hast many infamics, Oh, snap the fife and still the drum,
¿. And show the monster as she is.
Richard le Gallienne.
Some nations have their rise from the debris of decayed or destroyed empires. Out of the mulch there springs a more vigorous, virtuous people or one that fulfills the purposes of
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
God better. The new nation absorbs the valuable, the worth- while material of the old and grows to prominence and power, only to run its course and suffer a like fate. Fragments, frag- ments, is the final issue, and it will ever be thus until the preservative be applied not as a beautifying veneer but as a leavening, vitalizing force. That preservative is the teaching of the Prince of Peace, transformed into life and action, in- dividual and national.
When the white man came to America, conquest was the only way by which it could ever be a home to them. Two peoples so diverse in life and ideals would inevitably clash, with the result that the stronger would build upon the ruins of the weaker. The aborigine taught the white man how to cope with the rigors of life here. He found it a howling wild- erness full of wild beasts whose dangerous and destructive habits demanded their extermination. It soon resounded with the war cry of the savage more cunning and eruel than wild beasts. Subjugation could be complete only with extermina- tion.
The struggle for existence here was severe but it produced a people inured to hardship and danger. In addition it taught them self-reliance. The free life here so far from the home government together with their ultra protestant faith gave them a new vision of freedom, and the legislation of the mother country grew irksome, and when it was found that that legis- ation was dictated not by love, but by greed and love of power, the time was drawing near for the "birth of a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," and fusion of the colonies into a national nnit had been rendered possible by common hard- ships and common dangers, as well as common ideals.
To demonstrate what one little town has done to trans- form a howling wilderness into a howling success, the abode of peace and plenty, the Good Samaritan of the world, the ideal
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of its hopes, is a part of our duty. It required a brave, ener- getic and law-abiding people. None other could have done it. To maintain our heritage is a God-given duty, which the present condition of Europe is bringing home to us with em- phasis. Shall "fragments, fragments," be the issue with us ? Assuredly not if our forefathers' vision of God and regard. for man and ideals of personal duty be maintained.
The French were settling the region about the St. Law- rence river while the English were settling the Atlantic coast region to the south. The French made little effort to raise their food supply from the soil owing to the climate, and to the fact that their efforts were directed toward securing vast regions to France by means of erecting forts for garrisons and establishing trading posts with the Indians, as the region abounded with furbearing animals. Their purpose was to keep the English settlements east of the Appalachian Moun- tains while they established forts from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. But forts provisioned with food brought from the home country, three thousand miles across the sea, and garrisoned with soldiers thus provisioned are not as strong a means of defence as a sturdy yeomanry fighting for their homes and drawing supplies from their home farms.
The English had been a race of home builders, settling and raising their own supplies, they were taking possession but little faster than they could occupy.
The various petty colonial wars were indications of the struggle that would eventually come. With the breaking out of hostilities in 1754 that struggle began. Brimfield had not been lacking in duty in those earlier colonial wars. Ample proof of this is found in the state archives. The pioneer fam- ilies of Brimfield were fine material from which to levy soldiers. As men from that part of Brimfield which was later incorpor- ated into the district called Holland, formed a considerable fraction of Brimfield's quota, we have deemed it a matter of
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interest to our purpose to get a list of Brimfield's soldiers in this war from the Mass. Archives so as to trace the more accurately the family names of Holland when it was incor- porated and also in its later history. The labor has been very considerable, and we hope the reader will find the following list a matter of deep interest and study. We give the year of service, the rank and the captain of the company.
P .- private; Cent .- centinel or sentinel. The other abbre- viations of rank are well known.
The captains under which Brimfield's soldiers served are given and the towns from which they came. Of the twenty- five captains only five are Brimfield men. Capt. Joseph Blod- gett lived in the part that became Holland. Captains Davis and Moulton, being men who resided in the part that became Wales, Capt. Moulton having served as pastor of the Baptist Church there. His son, Freeborn Moulton, was a captain in the Revolution. Many of the soldiers enrolled in this war are also found enrolled in the American Revolution.
CAPTAINS IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND TOWNS FROM
WHENCE THEY CAME.
Daniel Burt, Brimfield
Joseph Blodgett, Brimfield Jonathan Ball, Springfield Luke Bliss, Springfield John Bancroft, Springfield John Burk, Bernardstown Edmund Bemis, Spencer. William Bemis, Spencer Jonathan Carver, Montague Trustrum Davis, Brimfield Benjamin Day, Springfield Robert Field, Needham John Fox, Springfield
James Gray, Stockbridge
Timothy Hamant, Medway
Moses Hart, Lynn
John Johnson, Boston John Lane, Biddeford
Eleazer Melven, Concord James Mirick, Brimfield Ebenezer Moulton, Brimfield Samuel Robinson, Hardwick William Shepard, Westfield Jas. Thompson, New Braintree Aaron Willard, Lancaster
Year Rank
Abbott Nathaniel
1758
P. Trustrum Davis
Ainsworth Jacob
1759 P. Captains
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
Year
Rank
Captains
Allen Abel*
1759
P.
Timothy Hamant
Allen Daniel
1756
P.
Trustrum Davis
Allen Samuel
1756
P.
Trustrum Davis
Ames Ebenezer
1756
Drum.
Anderson James
1756
P.
Anderson John
1759
Corp.
Trustrum Davis
Anderson Thomas
1760
P.
Trustrum Davis
Alpin Isaac
1756
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Babcock Jonathan
1761
Cent.
Trustrum Davis
Bates Asa
1761
P.
Robert Field
Belknap Asa
1756
P.
Trustrum Davis
Belknap John
1756
P.
James Mirick
Belknap Joseph
1756
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Belknap William
1756
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Bishop Asa
Bishop Ebenezer
1757
P.
Bishop John
1756
P.
Trustrum Davis Joseph Blodgett
Bishop John Jr.
1756
Cent.
Daniel Burt
Bishop Richard
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Bishop William
1760
P.
John Bancroft
Bliss Ebenezer
1759
P.
John Bancroft
Bliss Isil
1762
P.
Bliss Isaac
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Bliss Jedediah
1756
Lt.
James Mirick
Bliss Peletiah
1757
P.
Bliss Samuel
P.
Bliss Thomas
1762
P.
Moses Hart
Blodgett Abner
1755
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Blodgett Archippus
1755
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Blodgett Benjamin
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Blodgett Joseph
1758
Blodgett Samuel
1760
Drum.
Trustrum Davis
Blodgett Thomas
1756
P.
Trustrum Davis
Blashfield John
1756
P.
Joseph Blodgett
Brightman John
1756
P.
Joseph Blodgett
*Inserted here owing to his long residence in Holland and prominence there as also his posterity. He enlisted from Sturbridge.
300
THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Year
Rank
Captains
Brightwell John
1755
P.
Brown Jonathan
1755
Sergt.
Daniel Burt Daniel Burt John Bancroft
Brown Robert
1759
P.
Browning John
1756
P.
Joseph Blodgett
Bullen John
1759
P.
John Baneroft
Bullen Samuel
1759
P.
John Bancroft
Burt Daniel
1755
Capt.
Col. Williams
Burt David
1758
P.
Benj. Day
Burt Henry
1756
P.
James Mirick
Burt John
1755
Cent.
Daniel Burt
Burk Simeon
1756
Cent.
Joseph Blodgett
Carpenter Benjamin
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Carpenter Deliverance
1757
P.
Daniel Burt
Chandler Samuel
1755
Lt.
Daniel Burt
Cheedle John
1755
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Charles John
1759
P.
John Bancroft
Clark Reuben
1756
P.
Wm. Bemis
Clark Stephen
1756
P.
Wm. Bemis
Cobb Edward
1756
P.
Trustrum Davis
Cody Jabez
1756
P.
Benj. Day
Collins Daniel
1759
P.
John Bancroft James Mirick
Cooley Adonijalı
1760
Cent.
Trustrum Davis
Cooley Azariah
1754
Cent.
John Fox
Cooley David
1756
P.
James Mirick
Cooley Ebenezer
1756
P.
Sam. Robinson
Cooley Gideon
1756
Sergt.
Sam Robinson
Cooley Nathaniel
1756
Cent.
Sam Robinson James Miriek
Crafts Joseph
1758
Clerk
Ebenezer Moulton
Cram Humphrey
1755
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Converse Josiah
1765
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Cross John
1756
P. Trustrum Davis
Crossman Simon
1757
P.
Trustrum Davis Eleazer Melven
Crosby Samson
1756
Cent.
Crafford Joseph
1754
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Colton Timothy
1755
P.
William Shepard
Dady William
1762
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Collins Nathaniel
1758
P.
Crafts Joseph
1758
Cent.
301
HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
Year
Rank
Captains
Danielson John Jr.
1756
Corp.
Danielson Nathaniel
1756
P.
Davis Benjamin
1759
P.
Davis John
1756
P.
Davis Joseph
1759
Ensign
Daniel Burt
Davis Trustrum
1756
P.
Davis Trustrum Jr.
1761
P.
Darbe Benjamin
1756
P.
Deering Samuel
1756
Corp.
Dimiek Gideon
1759
Sergt.
Dingy Phineas
1759
P.
Dunkley Robert Jr.
1759
Dunham Thomas
Durkee Phineas
1756
Lt.
Ebenezer Moulton
Fenton William
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