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He married 7 July 1757 BEULAH MERRIAM, born 2 Aug. 1730, died 9 Feb. 1813, g. s., daughter of Joseph4 and Mary (Brewer).
Children, all born at Lexington:
2. i. JOHN,5 b. 31 Dec. 1758.
3. ii. NATHAN, b. 24 Feb. 1762.
iii. SARAH, b. 27 Feb. 1764; m. 26 Oct. 1786 HAMMON6 REED.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 16 Feb. 1766; d. 1829. Grad. Harvard, 1790; studied theo !- ogy, and was ordained over the Second Church at Kittery, afterward Eliot, N. H., 17 Oct. 1792; m. 30 May 1793 LYDIA SPRING, daughter of his predecessor in the parish, by whom he had a family. One son, Alpheus S.6 Chandler, was a physician in Columbia, Me.
4. v. JOSEPH, b. 2 Sept. 1768.
vi. ABIEL, b. 2 Jan. 1771; grad. Harvard, 1798; d. unm. 11 Feb. 1799, g. s.
2. JOHN5 CHANDLER, JR. (John, 4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 31 Dec. 1758, died 19 Oct. 1804, g. s.
He was a member of Capt. Parker's company, and was on the Common on the morning of the 19th of April 1775. He was also a member of a detachment of the company called to Cambridge on the 10th of May, and of another detachment which marched to Cambridge on 17 June 1775.
In 1779 John Chandler, Jr. Joseph Loring, and Burdoo entered the marine service under Commodore Tucker, and being on the southern coast, they were included in the capitulation of Charles- ton, S. C., by Gen. Lincoln, in 1780, and were confined as prisoners of war until their exchange. They endured severe suffering from con- finement and want of provisions, and after they were exchanged, Chandler and Loring, without money, and almost without clothing, wended their way as best they could to their native home, depending upon the charity of the people, and they reached Lexington in a destitute and wretched condition, after an absence of about a year. After the close of the war, he was actively engaged in the militia;
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elected captain in 1790, and promoted major in 1796. He was one of the selectmen of Lexington in 1796, '97, and '98.
He married 12 Jan. 1786 MARGARET MACK of Salem, where he was residing at the time, and the following year removed to Lexing- ton, where they were admitted to the church 9 Jan. 1791. She died 27 Apr. 1853, aged 87 y. 5 m., g. s.
Children, all born at Lexington:
5. i. JOHN,6 b. 26 Nov. 1786.
6. ji. DANIEL, b. 14 Oct. 1788.
iii. SALLY, b. 20 Apr. 1791; d. unm. 15 Mar. 1815, g. s.
iv. MARGARET, b. 15 Jan. 1793; m. 9 May 1835 JOSEPH EATON; d. 11 Oct. 1873; no issue.
v. MARY, b. 20 Feb. 1794; d. 19 Oct. 1818, g. s.
7. vi. SAMUEL, b. 26 Oct. 1795.
vii. JONAS, b. 23 June 1797; d. 5 Apr. 1814, g. s.
viii. ABEL, b. 21 Mar. 1799; d. at Taunton about 1862.
ix. THOMAS, b. 9 May 1801; d. 2 Sept. 1838.
x. LEONARD, b. 9 June, bapt. 24 Apr. 1803; d. 6 July 1825, g. s.
3. NATHAN5 CHANDLER (John, 4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 24 Feb. 1762, died 16 Mar. 1837.
He lived on Hancock Street (No. 87) in house now owned (1912) by S. H. Buckingham. He was a lieutenant in the Lexington Artil- lery in 1793, selectman fifteen years, assessor eleven years, town clerk eight years, and town treasurer thirteen years, representative eight years, senator and councillor four years, and one of the prin- cipal magistrates of the town. He was a delegate to revise the Con- stitution in 1820.
He married 4 Oct. 1785 RUTH TIDD, born 9 Jan. 1767, died 17 Sept. 1846, only child of Lieutenant William5 and Ruth (Munroe).
Children, born at Lexington and all baptized the same day :
i. MARY,6 b. 3 Jan. 1787; m. 22 May 1806 NATHANIEL5 MULLIKIN; bapt. as Mary Mullikin 17 July 1808.
8. ii. WILLIAM, b. 4 Oct. 1788.
iii. NATHAN, b. 3 Mar. 1792; m. 6 Dec. 1821 MARIA HOWARD6 MEAD, d. 19 Nov. 1875, dau. of Josiah; d. 13 Apr. 1879. He was captain of the rifle company.
4. JOSEPH5 CHANDLER (John, 4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 2 Sept. 1768, died 26 Oct. 1807.
He married 29 Sept. 1791 HANNAH BRIDGE, born 30 Apr. 1771, daughter of Major John5 and Hannah (Reed). She married secondly 7 June 1810 Dr. Thomas5 Whitcomb.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. HANNAH, 6 b. 26 June 1792; d. unm. 20 Jan. 1809.
ii. SARAH, b. 24 May 1794; d. 19 Feb. 1810, g. s.
iii. JOSEPH, b. 26 Feb. 1801; d. 16 Nov. 1822.
iv. JOHN BRIDGE, b. 11 Dec. 1806; d. 10 Nov. 1807.
5. JOHN6 CHANDLER (John,5 John,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 26 Nov. 1786, died 28 Feb. 1817, g. s.
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He was devoted to military pursuits, and was chosen captain when he was twenty-three, and rose later to the rank of lieutenant- colonel, and obtained his discharge when he was only twenty-eight, a thing uncommon at that time.
He married 7 June 1815 SUSANNA WHITMORE REED, died 19 Dec. 1863, g. s., daughter of Nathan5 and Mary (Page).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. SARAH,7 b. 27 Feb. 1816; d. 7 June 1899, g. s.
6. DANIEL6 CHANDLER (John,5 John, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 14 Oct. 1788, died 16 June 1847, g. s.
He entered the United States service as an ensign in March 1812, and on the breaking out of the War of 1812, marched in August to the frontier in Colonel Tuttle's regiment. Wintered, in 1812-13, at French Mills, and was at Plattsburgh in 1813. While on a hunt- ing excursion, he was severely wounded by the accidental discharge of a gun, and being unable to perform active duty, he was detailed on the recruiting service until 1814, when he returned to the fron- tier. Peace being declared, he resigned his commission and returned to Massachusetts. He was promoted a lieutenant while in the army, was five years superintendent of the Farm School on Thompson's Island in Boston Harbor, afterwards superintendent of the House of Industry, and also superintendent of the House of Reformation in the City of Boston. He erected the house on Mass. Ave. now owned by Franklin R. Kimball (1912), and was about to move into it when he died suddenly of ship-fever.
He married 19 May 1817 SUSANNA DOWNING, born 20 Nov. 1788, died 15 Apr. 1866, g. s., daughter of Samuel2 and Susanna (Brown).
Children, first recorded at Lexington:
i. MARY JANE MACK,7 b. 9 Mar. 1818; m. HAMILTON HUTCHINS, b. 10 July 1805, s. of Abel and Elizabeth (Partridge) of Roxbury; she d. a short time after marriage. He d. 6 Apr. 1851.
ii. SUSAN D., b. 6 Dec. 1819; d. unm. 23 Nov. 1843, g. s.
iii. DANIEL (twin), b. 8 Sept. 1822; resided at Buffalo, N. Y.
iv. DELIA (twin), b. 8 Sept. 1822; m. 28 Sept. 1846 ANSEL W. PUTNAM; d. 15 Oct. 1850. Children : i. Mary H., b. 20 Sept 1847. ii. Clara D., b. 4 Маг. 1849.
v. PATRICK HENRY, b. 9 May 1824; resided at Boston.
vi. SARAH R., b. 30 Dec. 1826; d. unm. 27 Aug. 1846, g. s.
vii. LEONARD, b. 4 Aug. 1828; m. Jan. 1848 LUCY LEBARON; d. at San Fran- cisco 22 Mar. 1848. Twin daughters: i. Clara E.,8 d. 8 Mar. 1859. ii. Lillian L., d. at Lexington 15 Sept. 1859.
viii. JOHN G., b. 31 Dec. 1830; grad. at West Point 1854, entered the service as a lieutenant of artillery, and became a colonel. He served in Califor- nia, and in divers positions throughout the Civil War.
7. SAMUEL® CHANDLER (John,& John, 4 Samuel,3 Samuel, 2 Roger1), born 26 Oct. 1795, died 20 July 1867, g. s.
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Having a hereditary taste for military matters, he entered the service of the United States as an ensign in 1814, and repaired to the cantonment at Pittsfield, whence he was detailed to conduct a body of British prisoners to Canada on exchange, and then returned to Pittsfield. Soon afterwards the troops at that place were ordered to the Niagara frontier, and arrived at Buffalo the latter part of July, the day before the battle of Lundy's Lane. They were then ordered to Fort Erie, which was early in August besieged by the British, under Gen. Drummond, and kept in a close state of siege for two months. During this period there were two desperate battles, in which Lieut. Chandler participated: an assault by Drummond upon the fort on the 15th of August, and a sortie from the fort on the 17th of September, which induced Drummond to raise the siege. The American loss was returned as 595, and that of the enemy at 1700, including nearly 400 taken prisoners. After some slight skir- mishes on the Niagara frontier, the army was ordered to proceed by forced marches to Sackett's Harbor. On the return of peace, Lieut. Chandler was discharged. Though he held a commission as lieutenant during the greater part of the campaign he had the com- mand of a company, and during his term of service was promoted from a third to a first lieutenant. He was subsequently major-gen- eral in the militia, and held the office of sheriff of the county ten years. He represented the county in the State Senate, and held the office of justice of the peace, and trial justice. He was for many years an active member of the Middlesex Agricultural Society.
He married first 29 Oct. 1818 LYDIA MUZZEY, born 11 June 1799, died 12 Aug. 1830, daughter of Amos6 and Lydia (Boutelle); sec- ondly 11 Sept. 1834 ABIGAIL MUZZEY, born 26 Nov. 1804, died 24 Apr. 1840, sister to his first wife.
Children by the first wife, all born at Lexington and baptized 2 May 1830:
i. JOHN LINCOLN,7 b. 6 Oct. 1820; m. at Fitchburg, 8 Sept. 1848, ABBY MARSHALL KIMBALL, b. at Mount Vernon, N. H., 26 Feb. 1823, d. at Ash Grove, Mo., 27 May 1880, dau. of Porter and Betsy A. (Marshall); d. at Duck Creek, Texas, 28 Feb. 1880. He first served in the Civil War as captain of a company of Union Home Guards, organized about 1861. This company was attacked at Bennett's Mills, Mo., 1 Sept. 1861, by a superior force of rebels. He received a flesh wound and after the dis- persal of the company, made his way on foot to Rolla nearly thirty miles away. On 2 Mar. 1862 he was commissioned first lieutenant and adju- tant of the 7th Cavalry, Missouri Vols. In the fall of 1862 the regiment joined the Army of the Frontier. As its assistant adjutant-general he was in the battle of Prairie Grove 7 Dec. 1862 and for meritorious con- duct was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. From this time to the end of the war he was in command of his regiment, his colonel being on de- tached duty. After the capture of Little Rock, Ark., he was appointed provost marshal of the post of Little Rock, and later provost marshal general of this department, which position he held until he resigned in Dec. 1864. Children, first b. at Fitchburg, the others at St. Louis, Mo .:
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i. William Towne, 8 b. 19 Sept. 1849; m. at Ash Grove, Mo., 25 June 1881, Roxy J. Comegys. ii. Ella Cowden, b. 23 Oct. 1855; m. at Ash Grove, Mo., 26 Mar. 1874, William Jonas Hawkins. iii. Bessie, b. 28 Apr. 1858; m. at Ash Grove, Mo., 10 Dec. 1878, Orlando Jones; d. at Ash Grove 10 Oct. 1884.
ii. AMOS MUZZEY, b. 26 Nov. 1821; d. 10 Oct. 1825 .*
iii. ALMIRA MUZZEY, b. 12 Feb. 1824; d. at New York, N. Y., 5 July 1879.
iv. AMOS MUZZEY, b. 21 Dec. 1825; d. 11 Aug. 1836.
v. JOSEPH, b. 29 July 1829; m. 27 Oct. 1865 ELEANOR BALL; d. 19 Nov. 1874. He enlisted in the 13th Mass. Inf'y, Co. B, for three years, was taken prisoner at the second battle of Bull Run, paroled, and discharged for disability, 17 Jan. 1863.
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
vi. HENRY LEAVENWORTH, b. 31 Oct. 1835; m. LYDIA C. FISKE, dau. of Samuel1 and Ardelia (Tufts); d. at Cambridge 14 June 1890. Went to Calcutta and spent some eight years there. He was in India during the Sepoy Rebellion.
vii. SAMUEL ELLIOT, b. 2 Sept. 1837; m. at Cambridge, 1864, LAURA J. ALLEY, b. at Cambridge 30 Sept. 1844, dau. of Richard and Susan (Bailey); d. at Cambridge 22 Feb. 1881. He enlisted 1 May 1861 in Co. K, 5th Mass. Inf'y, taken prisoner 21 July 1861 at the first battle of Bull Run and confined at Libby Prison about six months. He reënlisted in the 12th Mass. Inf'y, was made quartermaster sergeant, and dis- charged to accept the rank of first lieutenant in the 7th Missouri Cav- alry, where he served as adjutant. Child, b. at Cambridge: Ella M., 8 b. 5 Dec. 1864.
9. viii. EDWARD T., b. 28 Feb. 1840. '
8. WILLIAM6 CHANDLER (Nathan," John,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 4 Oct. 1788, died 19 Mar. 1870, g. s. Having the family instinct he enlisted in the Rifle company, and in 1826 be- came the commander. He filled many town offices, was selectman, assessor, justice of the peace, representative in the Legislature, and a magistrate for many years.
He married first ELIZABETH HARRINGTON, died 30 Sept. 1847, daughter of Nathan6 and Elizabeth (Phelps) of Woburn, one of the Lexington family; secondly 15 June 1848 MRS. MARY LA BART of Lowell, grand-daughter of John.
Children:
i. TRYPHENA HARRINGTON,7 b. 8 Mar. 1814; d. 2 Mar. 1830, g. s.
ii. WILLIAM TIDD, b. 17 June 1816; m. ELIZA ANN WEST of Charlestown, where they resided; had seven children.
iii. MARY, b. 22 May 1819; m. 18 Oct. 1848, as his second wife, WARREN5 DUREN, b. at Woburn 14 Apr. 1809, d. 18 Aug. 1884, s. of Abraham and Mary (Russell); d. 1 Aug. 1892.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. 8 July 1822; m. 1 June 1843 ABIJAH BLANCHARD of Charles- town, where they resided; had three children.
10. v. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, b. 17 Sept. 1824.
vi. NATHAN, b. 22 Mar. 1827; m. (1) 17 Dec. 1852 MARY JANE FRANCIS; m. (2) 16 Jan. 1855 MRS. CLARA WYMAN KIMBALL of Winchester. He resided at Boston, and had two children, one by each wife. He d. 27 June 1861.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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9. EDWARD THOMAS7 CHANDLER (Samuel, 6 John, " John, 4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 28 Feb. 1840.
He was Lexington's first volunteer in the Civil War, enlisting 23 Apr. 1861, discharged 22 July 1861 by reason of expiration of serv- ice.
He married REBECCA SARAH DOUGLASS, born 1 Mar. 1840, daugh- ter of Otis Thayer and Mercy Ann (Wellman).
Children, the first three born at Lexington, iv. at Thompson, Conn., the others at Charlestown:
i. ABBIE MUZZEY,8 b. 22 Nov. 1868; d. 21 Nov. 1875.
ii. SAMUEL OTIS, b. 11 May 1870; d. 22 June 1870.
iii. FRANK NELSON, b. 20 May 1871; d. 24 May 1873.
iv. GEORGE HENRY, b. 18 Dec. 1872; m. HATTIE FOSTER of Charlestown.
v. SUSAN WHEELER, b. Dec. 1874; d. 26 Nov. 1875.
vi. ALICE THAYER, b. 28 Oct. 1876; m. WILLIAM ALBERT GARNO of Fitch- burg.
vii. HANNAH LOUISE, b. 2 June 1884.
10. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS7 CHANDLER (William, 6 Nathan, 5 John,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Roger1), born 17 Sept. 1824.
He married 26 Mar. 1866 SARAH WILLIAMS DUDLEY, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( ).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. MARIA ELIZABETH,8 b. 16 Apr. 1867; d. 16 May 1868.
ii. SARAH DUDLEY, b. 4 Oct. 1868; d. 12 May 1871.
CHAPMAN
JOHN1 CHAPMAN, born in England; wife ALICE J. ( ) born at Lexington.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. LOUISA,2 b. 27 June 1885.
CHASE
WILLIAM FRANCIS CHASE (colored) came to Lexington in May 1868 to the home of Abner Stone, East Lexington, and has been in the family over forty years. He has been generally respected and is mentioned in the wills of Miss Caira Robbins, Lexington 1881, Mrs. Ellen Stone, Lexington 1890, Mrs. Julia A. R. Barrett, Con- cord, 1900, and Miss Lucy Dalloff, Standish, Me., 1906. He is an ardent Republican and cast his first vote for Hayes and Wheeler.
CHENEY
PERRY HOPKINS3 CHENEY (Stilman J.,2 Eben1) was born at Warner, N. H., 12 Jan. 1846, elder son of Stilman Jackson, born at Bradford, N. H., 11 Sept. 1810, and grandson of Eben and Martha (Cressey). His mother, Eliza Morrill, was born at Bradford, N. H.,
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14 Oct. 1812, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Howard). He is a railroad conductor and became a resident of Lexington 1 May 1886.
He married at Manchester, N. H., 12 Jan. 1867, MARY ANN HUN- TOON, born at Salisbury, N. H., 2 Mar. 1847, daughter of John.
CHILD
1. ABIJAH4 CHILD (Isaac,3 Joseph,? Joseph1) came from Wal- tham about 1763, and settled in the southern part of Lexington. He was enrolled in Capt. Parker's company in 1775 and served as a soldier in 1776. He filled many town offices. He died 3 Aug. 1808, aged 70, g. s.
He married 27 Oct. 1763 SARAH CUTLER, born 15 June 1734, died 3 Mar. 1812, g. s., daughter of Benjamin3 and Mary ( ). They were admitted to the church 14 Oct. 1764. Six of his children died within twelve days and one long stone in the Old Burying Ground gives the record of their deaths.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SARAH,5 b. 17 Dec. 1764; d. 28 Aug. 1778, g. s.
ii. EUNICE, b. 15 May 1766; d. 23 Aug. 1778, g. s.
iii. ABIJAH, b. 1 Aug. 1767; d. 6 Sept. 1778, g. s.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. 18 Jan. 1771; d. 29 Aug. 1778, g. s.
v. BENJAMIN, b. 16 Nov. 1773; d. 24 Aug. 1778, g. s.
vi. MOSES, d. 19 Aug. 1778, aged 3 y., wanting 8 days, g. s.
2. vii. ISAAC, b. 11 Oct. 1777; d. 20 Nov. 1811, g. s.
2. ISAAC" CHILD (Abijah,4 Isaac,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1), born 11 Oct. 1777, died 20 Nov. 1811.
He married at Waltham, 6 Mar. 1806, MARY PEAK, baptized 17 Jan. 1779, died at Lexington 4 May 1854, daughter of John1 and Hitty (Hastings) of Lexington.
Children, baptized at Lexington:
i. SAMUEL,6 bapt. 7 Jan. 1810.
ii. MARY, bapt. 21 Apr. 1811.
DANIEL5 CHILD (Daniel,4 Joshua,3 Daniel,2 John1) was born at Lincoln 22 Sept. 1780, s. of Daniel and Molley (?Mathis).
He married 29 Sept. 1808 SARAH or SALLY BENJAMIN, born at Waltham 15 June 1787, daughter of William and Beulah (Child).
Children, last four born at Lexington:
i. MARY,6 b. at Gardner 7 Feb. 1808.
ii. LOUISA, b. at Waltham 7 Sept. 1810.
iii. SARAH, b. 22 Nov. 1812.
iv. DANIEL, b. 20 June 1814.
v. JOHN, b. 8 Nov. 1815.
vi. HENRY, b. 31 Jan. 1817.
EDWARD LORING3 CHILD (Charles E.,2 Nehemiah K.1) was born at Boston 13 Sept. 1870, son of Charles Edward, born at Boston 18 May 1844, and grandson of Nehemiah Kidder and Lydia B.
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(Norton). His mother, Sophia Gavett Vickery, was born at Bos- ton 29 May 1845 (d. 1881), daughter of John and Caroline (Gavett). The first ancestor in the direct line who came to this country was Ephraim Child, born at London, England, 1593, died 1663 and settled in Virginia in 1630.
He is at present the treasurer of a corporation; a Mason; and came to Lexington in 1886.
He married 30 Nov. 1896 HARRIET LOUISE SHERMAN, born at New Bedford 19 Feb. 1872, daughter of Charles Henry Hazard3 and Eliza (Valentine).
Child, born at Lexington?
LORING CUSHMAN,4 b. 22 Sept. 1909. i.
1. CAPTAIN ISAAC5 CHILD (Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1), born at Waltham 7 Feb. 1778, died 19 Feb. 1850, son of Isaac and Lydia ( ).
He married 28 June 1804 BETSEY WELLINGTON, born 4 Feb. 1784, died 10 Oct. 1859, daughter of William1 and Mary (Whitney) of Waltham.
Children, probably all born at Waltham:
i. DARIUS,6 b. 17 Oct. 1805; m. LYDIA H. CHANDLER, d. at Woburn 18 Mar. 1898, aged 87 y. 9 m .; d. at Woburn 4 Dec. 1877.
ii. EVELINA, b. 8 Mar. 1807; m. 10 Oct. 1828 THOMAS NOXON; d. 11 June 1843. They had two children.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 1 Dec. 1809; m. 9 Apr. 1838 JOSEPH2 HOWE.
2. iv. ISAAC, b. 9 Oct. 1812.
v. PRENTISS, b. 14 Jan. 1815; m. 14 Jan. 1847 ESTHER F. HOLLIS of Lexing- ton; d. at Hanover, Va., 24 June 1862.
3. vi. AUGUSTUS, b. 9 Oct. 1818.
vii. MARY MATILDA, b. 5 Aug. 1820; m. 20 Apr. 1840 JAMES WELLINGTON of Waltham; d. 24 May 1898. They had three children.
viii. MARTHA, b. 11 Oct. 1824; m. 10 Jan. 1847 BILLINGS8 SMITH, JR.
2. ISAAC6 CHILDS (Isaac,5 Isaac,4 Isaac, 3 Joseph,2 Joseph1), born at Waltham 9 Oct. 1812, died at Waltham 7 Dec. 1903. Moved to Waltham about 1862.
He married first 7 Apr. 1835 MARY ANN SMITH, born 21 Apr. 1811, died 21 Jan. 1859, daughter of Ebenezer7 and Anna (Under- wood) of Lexington; secondly 6 Mar. 1863 MRS. ADALINE8 (SMITH) COOPER, born 28 Oct. 1822, died 24 Apr. 1864, sister of his first wife and widow of Samuel Cooper; thirdly at Waltham, 9 Apr. 1867, HANNAH ADELINE WHITNEY, born at Waltham 15 May 1826, died 4 Mar. 1905, daughter of Luke and Cynthia Maria (King).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. EMILY JANE,7 m. 24 Apr. 1856 ASA BURBANK, b. at Hiram, Me., 16 Apr. 1827, d. at Brighton 15 Nov. 1888, s. of Asa and Sarah (Bucknell). They had three children.
4. ii. THOMAS WHITTEMORE.
iii. ANN DELIA, b. 16 Sept. 1842; m. at Newark, N. J., 1 Nov. 1864, NAHUM H. CHAPIN, b. at Charlestown 28 Dec. 1841, s. of Nahum and Lucy (Farwell); d. at Charlestown 5 Sept. 1900. They had four children.
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iv. HENRY ALVIN, b. 23 June 1845; d. 6 Sept. 1849.
v. HENRY ALVIN, b. 17 Mar. 1854; d. 20 Mar. 1854.
3. AUGUSTUS6 CHILDS (Isaac, 5 Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1), born at Waltham 9 Oct. 1818, died 26 Apr. 1895.
He married first 9 Mar. 1853 ELIZA ANN BLODGETT, born at Waltham, died 18 June 1865, aged 33, daughter of Charles and Eliza ( ); secondly 10 Mar. 1867 MARY EMMA CUNNINGHAM, born at Edgecomb, Me., 30 Dec. 1833, died 27 Oct. 1893, daugh- ter of Charles and Rachel (Fowle).
Children by first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. CHARLES A.,7 b. 21 Jan. 1854; d. 18 Oct. 1861.
ii. CARLTON ALLEN, b. 20 May 1865 ; d. at Whitinsville 8 Jan. 1900.
Child by second wife, born at Lexington:
iii. MARTHA ELIZA, b. 30 Nov. 1872; m. CHARLES H.9 SPAULDING.
4. THOMAS WHITTEMORE' CHILDS (Isaac,6 Isaac,5 Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1), born about 1840.
He married 26 Nov. 1862 HATTIE P. HILDRETH, born at Dor- chester 26 Dec. 1838, daughter of Samuel and Sophia (Doloph).
Children, first two born at Lexington, the others at Waltham:
i. ANNA FLORENCE, 8 b. 24 Mar. 1864; m. 6 Mar. 1890 FRED WILLIS ARCHI- BALD, b. at Truro, N. S., s. of William Pitt and Phebe Ann (Heustis).
ii. HENRY ALVIN, b. 21 Feb. 1867; m. 15 Oct. 1892, at Waltham, FANNIE DWIGHT KINGSLEY, b. at Northampton, dau. of Edward D. and Fran- ces A. ( ).
iii. BENJAMIN WENDALL STEVENS, b. 28 Nov. 1871; d. 30 July 1872.
iv. HARRY WENDALL, b. 12 Dec. 1874; m. HANNAH MARR.
JOSHUA1 CHILD; wife HANNAH ( ). Child, born at Lexington:
i. JOSHUA,2 b. 26 Mar. 1749.
CHILDS
GEORGE HENRY3 CHILDS (George W.,2 William T.1) was born at Boston 5 Jan. 1868, son of George William, born at Groton 18 Jan. 1845, and grandson of William T. and Mary Jane (Hartwell). His mother, Adeline Tilden Faunce, was born at Boston 11 Nov. 1846, daughter of George Henry and Martha Mayo (Ingraham). She was descended from John Faunce, who came over in the ship Ann in 1623.
He became a resident of Lexington in July 1900; elected select- man 1912; is a Knight Templar.
He married at Somerville, 30 June 1890, LEILA EDNA FLETCHER, born at Islesboro, Me., 31 May 1868, daughter of Oliver Sutherland, born at Islesboro, Me., 14 Nov. 1842, died 5 June 1910, son of Thomas and Nellie (Brown). Her mother was Adelia Emma Brown. Children, last born at Somerville, the others at Arlington:
i. CALVIN WAY,4 b. 10 Oct. 1891.
ii. EDMUND STEVENS, b. 24 Feb. 1893.
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iii. MARGUERITE, b. 29 Oct. 1895; d. at Arlington 28 July 1896.
iv. ADA MURIEL, b. 30 Mar. 1897.
GEORGE HENRY, b. 28 Oct. 1904.
LUKE CARTER7 CHILDS (Moses,6 Joseph,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1) was born 16 Mar. 1811, died 27 Nov. 1878, son of Moses, born 13 June 1787, died 14 Feb. 1811. His mother, Mary Boyd Williams, was born at Southboro' 4 Apr. 1786, died 24 May 1862, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Ball), and descended from Abraham Williams, a proprietor of Marlboro. He served on the school committee 1865-67.
He married 10 Dec. 1835 REBECCA AMES HALE, born at Hollis, N. H., 18 Sept. 1812, daughter of David, born at Hollis, N. H., and Betsey (Holden), born at Groton. They came to Lexington in 1849.
Children, first four born at Boston, the others at Cambridge:
i. CAROLINE R., 8 b. 3 Dec. 1836; d. 21 Feb. 1838.
ii. HENRY M., b. 17 May 1839; d. 16 Nov. 1844.
iii. ELLEN R., b. 17 Oct. 1841; d. 14 Sept. 1849.
iv. MARY E., b. 19 Sept. 1843; m. 21 Apr. 1868 FREDERICK O.4 ROBINSON, who died 1 Feb. 1905.
v. EDWARD H., b. 23 Apr. 1846; d. 12 Sept. 1849.
vi. FRANK CARTER, b. 20 Apr. 1849; m. 18 Sept. 1895 EDITH JEWETT ROBIN- SON, dau. of George W.3 and Maria (Jewett). He grad. from Mass. Inst. Technology; is a Free Mason. He became a resident of Lexington in 1849 and again in 1894. He is a trustee of Lexington Savings Bank.
CHISHOLM
JOHN3 CHISHOLM (William,2 Thomas1) was born at Antigonish, N. S., 1840, the fourth of eleven children of William, born at Edin- burgh, Scotland, 1800, and grandson of Thomas and Margaret (Chisholm). His mother, Margaret Chisholm, was born at Edin- burgh, Scotland, 1803, daughter of John and Isabella ( ). Thomas Chisholm came to Nova Scotia about 1802, and John came to the U. S. and settled at Concord 1860, moving to Lex- ington in 1870.
He married at Concord, 22 Mar. 1860, SARAH MCDONALD, born at Pictou, N. S., 1840, daughter of Donald and Elizabeth ( ).
Children, first two born at Concord, iii. at Antigonish, N. S., iv. at Bedford:
i. MARIA ELIZABETH, 4 b. 8 Dec. 1861; m. HARRY LORD.
ii. WILLIAM DANIEL, b. 12 Feb. 1863.
iii. MARY BELLE, b. 9 Dec. 1865; m. ( ) BARNES; d. at New York, N. Y., 1888.
iv. MARGARET, b. 1868; d. Apr. 1871.
CLAFLIN
ANTIPAS1 CLAFLIN and SARAH his wife, were admitted to the Lexington church 31 July 1709.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
Children, all born at Cambridge Farms:
i. SARAH,2 b. 1 Nov. 1706.
ii. ROBERT, b. 13 Mar. 1707-08.
iii. NOAH, b. 12 Apr. 1710.
iv. NEHEMIAH, b. 28 Sept. 1713.
CLAPHAM
1. CHARLES SUMNER2 CLAPHAM (John1) was born at Albany, N. Y., 20 Feb. 1854, ninth child of John, born at Lincoln, England, 15 Nov. 1816, who came from England in 1845, and settled at Albany, N. Y. His mother, Sarah Foster, was born at Lincoln, England, 15 Dec. 1816. He is a Free Mason. He became a resident of Lexington 1 May 1908.
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