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He was educated in the public schools of Cambridge. He is a manufacturing confectioner. He moved to Lexington in 1895.
He married at Cambridge, 14 Oct. 1880, JESSIE BURNELL, born at Oberlin, Ohio, 5 Nov. 1857, daughter of Lyman Gilbert, died 6 Jan. 1898, and Anna (Northrop).
Children:
i. FRANCIS HOWARD, 4 b. at Somerville 1 Aug. 1881. He was graduated from
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Harvard, cum laude, A.B. 1904, A.M. 1905, Ph.D. 1912, and Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, A.B. 1912. He received the first Mass. Rhodes Scholarship. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is an instructor at Harvard.
ii. OLIVE NORTHROP, b. at Cambridge 22 July 1887; grad. Smith, B.A. 1909.
FOGG
ALBERT A.1 FOGG was born at Lexington.
He married MARTHA E. ( ), born at Boston.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. LEWIS G.,2 b. 1 Dec. 1878.
1. FRANK A.1 FOGG; wife NELLIE M. (BALDWIN). Both born at Boston.
Children, both born at Lexington:
2. i. CHESTER ANDREW,2 b. 23 Sept. 1885.
ii. LESTER IRVING, b. 25 Mar. 1896.
2. CHESTER ANDREW2 FOGG (Frank A.1), born 23 Sept. 1885. He married 19 June 1907 BERNICE HALCEON HOVEY, born at Lowell, daughter of Robert H. and Emma H. (Foss).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. DORIS EMMA,3 b. 28 June 1911.
FOGGIN
JOHN R.1 FOGGIN was born in New Brunswick.
He married LEAH TERHUNE, born in Nova Scotia.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM,3 b. 2 Sept. 1901.
FOLEY'
JOHN2 FOLEY (William1) was born in Ireland, son of William and Helen ( ).
He married 30 June 1860 MARY HALEY, born in Ireland. Children, all born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM,3 b. 15 June 1861; d. 12 Aug. 1862.
ii. MARY E., b. 2 Oct. 1862; d. 4 Aug. 1863.
iii. ANNIE, b. 11 June 1864.
JOSEPH J.1 FOLEY was born at Boston.
He married MARY ROGERS, born at Charlestown. Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARY,2 b. 6 July 1903.
MICHAEL1 FOLEY; wife MARY ( ). Both born in Ireland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. WILLIE,2 b. 28 Sept. 1864.
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FORBES
H. WILLARD1 FORBES was born at Yarmouth, N. S.
He married MAGGIE McGOWAN, born in Ireland.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. H. WILLARD,2 JR., b. 15 Sept. 1895.
WILLIAM1 FORBES; wife MARY ( ). Child, born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM W.,2 b. 31 Dec. 1843.
FORSYTHE
1. THOMAS2 FORSYTHE (William1) was born at St. John, N. B., 1863, son of William and Mary Ann (Tate).
He married first, at Arlington, MARY O'CONNOR, born at Cam- bridge 15 Nov. 1865, died 2 Jan. 1888, daughter of Michael? and Johanna (O'Leary); secondly at Arlington, 25 June 1889, SARAH MCCARTY, born in Ireland 1874, daughter of Martin and Bridget (Dillon).
Children by the first wife, born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM ROBERT,3 b. 3 July 1884; d. 29 Aug. 1884.
2. ii. ARTHUR JOHN, b. 22 May 1886.
Children by the second wife, born at Lexington:
iii. Daughter, b. 13 May 1890; d. same day.
iv. Son, b. 2 Jan. 1892; d. same day.
v. SARAH ANN, b. 15 Dec. 1893.
vi. DELIA, b. 30 Nov. 1895.
vii. CATHERINE, b. 30 Nov. 1896; d. 13 Aug. 1897.
2. ARTHUR JOHN3 FORSYTHE (Thomas,2 William1), born 22 May 1886.
He married 3 Feb. 1909 ELIZABETH MARIA BARRY, born in Ire- land 23 May 1885, daughter of John and Ellen (O'Connell).
Children, born at Lexington:
i. THOMAS,4 b. 13 Dec. 1909.
ii. EDITH HELEN, b. 13 Mar. 1911.
FOSTER
EDWARD2 FOSTER (Henry1) was born at Winchester, N. H., 1812, died 1905, son of Henry and Lucy ( ).
He married 17 Jan. 1844 ALMIRA WINSHIP, born at Lexington 1821, died 1870.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. CHARLES E.,8 b. Sept. 1844; d. Jan. 1845 .*
ii. EMMA ISABELLE, b. 2 Feb. 1846; d. 29 Apr. 1846.
iii. EMERY AUSTIN, b. 1 May 1856.
ยท "Youngest Child of Mr. Foster Died Jan. 3 aged 3 months." Jonathan Harrington's list.
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REUBEN1 FOSTER; wife SALOME ( Child, born at Lexington:
). Both born in Maine.
i.
GRACE MAY,2 b. 1 Sept. 1865.
WHITNEY3 FOSTER (Joseph,2 Samuel1) was born at Billerica 24 May 1852, second son of Joseph, born at Billerica 21 July 1821, and grandson of Samuel and Annie (Whitney). His mother, Lydia Ann Dutton, was born at Bedford 28 Oct. 1829, daughter of George and Lydia Page (Jaquith).
He was engaged in the milk business and came to Lexington 19 Apr. 1885.
He married 20 Nov. 1879 SARAH LOUISE BRYANT, born at Bil- lerica 20 June 1853, daughter of Royal Turner. Her mother, Sarah Hartwell, was born at Bedford 28 Feb. 1827, died 25 Sept. 1908, daughter of Amos and Louise (Hodgman).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. JOSEPH HERBERT, 4 b. 18 Sept. 1880; d. at Waltham 20 Dec. 1884.
ETHEL LOUISE, b. 13 Feb. 1887; m. at Waltham, 6 July 1910, JOHN FRANCIS DALEY, b. at Waltham, s. of Patrick and Bridget (Ford).
iii. ANNIE WHITNEY, b. 28 Nov. 1888; m. HERBERT EDWARD SMITH.
1. WILLIAM BOWLES3 FOSTER (George H.,2 Lemuel1) was born in a log cabin at Lyons, Mich., 4 Mar. 1846, elder son of George Henry, born at Dorchester 25 July 1810, and grandson of Capt. Lemuel and Elizabeth (Foster). His mother, Elizabeth Moses Bowles, was born at Portsmouth, N. H., 11 Dec. 1811, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Norie). The ancestor, Sergt. Thomas Foster, son of Rev. Thomas, came from England on the ship Her- cules in 1634, and settled at Mt. Wollaston.
He became a resident of Lexington in 1882. He is in the real es- tate business. He is a Mason. Has been a trustee of the ministerial fund, trustee of Lexington Savings Bank, Chief of the Fire Depart- ment 1887-1892, constable 1889-1905, Chief of Police 1892-1897, a member of Board of Health 1904-1907, its chairman 1909-1911. He enlisted 4 July 1864 in Co. D, 5th Regiment, Mass. Infantry, discharged 16 Nov. 1864 at expiration of service.
He married at South Boston, 19 July 1875, FRANCES JOSEPHINE CHERRINGTON, born at Cambridge 18 Nov. 1855, daughter of William Peter and Frances Emma (Foster).
Children:
2. i. GEORGE ELBRIDGE, 4 b. at Bedford 28 July 1880.
ii. KATIE CLAUDIN, b. at Lexington 4 Jan. 1887.
2. GEORGE ELBRIDGE4 FOSTER (William B.,3 George H.,2 Lem- uel1), born at Bedford 28 July 1880.
He married 25 June 1906 ESSALA LOUISE COOKE, born at Amherst, daughter of Elbridge C. and Anna L. (Reed).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. DOROTHY REED,5 b. 25 Jan. 1910.
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FOWLE
1. JOSHUA BENTLEY7 FOWLE (Henry,6 Isaac, 3 George1) was born at Boston 17 June 1797, died 17 Aug. 1885, son of Henry and Eliza- beth (Bentley).
He married ELIZABETH AUSTIN, born at Plymouth.
Children:
i. ELIZABETH B., 8 b. 13 Sept. 1822; m. WILLIAM EDGERTON of Shirley; d. 8 May 1857.
ii. SARAH A., b. 26 Sept. 1824; d. 20 June 1832.
iii. JULIA, b. 4 Oct. 1826; m. 18 Dec. 1845 JOSEPH HERMAN2 STREETER; d. 20 Nov. 1902.
iv. CHARLOTTE, b. 7 Feb. 1828; d. 20 June 1832.
2. v. CHARLES AUSTIN, b. 5 Dec. 1829.
vi. SARAH A. C., b. 7 Feb. 1832; d. 4 Jan. 1852.
vii. GEORGE, b. 15 Jan. 1836; m. 31 Dec. 1857 SUSAN TOWLE.
viii. CAROLINE, b. 16 July 1838; d. 22 Dec. 1838.
ix. CAROLINE, b. 28 Dec. 1839; m. 29 Jan. 1863 WILLIAM FISKE; d. 30 Jan. 1907.
2. CHARLES AUSTIN8 FOWLE (Joshua B.,7 Henry,6 Isaac, 3 George1), born at Roxbury 5 Dec. 1829, died 19 Apr. 1904. He was selectman for the year 1899-1900.
He married SARAH THAXTER AUSTIN, born at Boston 13 Sept. 1831, daughter of John A. and Charlotte Sawyer (Thaxter), born 25 Apr. 1805, died 1 Nov. 1894.
Children, the first born at Boston, the others at Lexington:
i. CHARLES AUSTIN,9 b. 25 Nov. 1859; d. at Arlington 7 Dec. 1910.
ii. FREDERICK LINCOLN, b. 18 Apr. 1865; m. at Lynn, 4 Apr. 1893, HELEN
A. FISKE, b. at Saugus, dau. of Charles A. and Hettie C. (Hood); d. at St. Louis, Mo., 15 Nov. 1905.
iii. HERBERT, b. 10 June 1867; m. 18 Aug. 1897 MARY ADAMS MUDGETT, b. at Gilmanton, N. H., 17 Mar. 1871, dau. of Levi Horton and Theodati Page (Price).
WILLIAM HENRY2 FOWLE (Isaac1) was born at Boston 13 Jan. 1813, died 8 Aug. 1862, one of the eleven children of Isaac and Nancy (Hall) of Medford.
He married 8 Apr. 1835 SUSAN ELIZABETH REED, born 16 Dec. 1807, died 29 July 1859, daughter of Isaac6 and Elizabeth (Munroe); secondly 20 Dec. 1860 EMELINE PARNELL REED, born at West Cambridge 5 Oct 1826, sister of his first wife.
Children, both born at Jamaica Plain:
i. SUSAN ELIZABETH,3 b. 11 Aug. 1839.
ii. EMMA SOPHIA, b. 3 Sept. 1844; m. 2 July 1865 GEORGE D.7 ESTABROOK.
FOX
1. DEWITT CLINTON3 Fox (Charles G.,2 Gilman1) was born at Springfield, N. H., 16 Oct. 1860, eldest son of Charles Gilman, born at Centre Harbor, N. H., Aug. 1838, and grandson of Gilman and
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Susan (Bowman). His mother, Clarissa Almira Davis, was born at Orford, N. H., 18 June 1838, daughter of Thomas and Clarissa (Parker). He is a conductor on the B. & M. R. R., and moved to Lexington 1 July 1888.
He married at Bedford, 30 Apr. 1882, BESSIE IDA FITCH, born at Bedford 6 Nov. 1863, daughter of Isaac Emerson, born at Bedford 30 Nov. 1836, died 23 Jan. 1901, son of Nathan and Louisa (Bur- nam). Her mother was Sarah Cook Pearson.
Children :
i. MABEL EDNA,4 b. at Arlington 11 Mar. 1884; m. at Arlington, 13 Aug. 1911, JOHN JOSEPH SWEENEY, b. at St. John, N. B., s. of Daniel and Ellen (Dacey).
2. ii. CHARLES EMERSON, b. at Wilton, N. H., 13 Jan. 1887.
2. CHARLES EMERSON4 Fox (DeWitt C.,3 Charles G.,2 Gilman 1), born at Wilton, N. H., 13 Jan. 1887.
He married at Waltham ELLA ELIZABETH MACKENZIE, born at Waltham 30 Apr. 1888, daughter of Alexander and Mary (Cavan- augh).
Children:
i. CHARLES EMERSON,5 b. at Somerville 20 Sept. 1908.
ii. DORIS EDNA, b. at Lexington 27 Nov. 1910.
IRVING PIERSON3 Fox (Henry J.,2 Thomas1) was born at Ash- land, N. Y., 25 Aug. 1860, fifth son of Henry John, born at Hull, England, 13 May 1821, and grandson of Thomas and Sarah (Clark). His mother, Clarinda Strong White, was born at Ashland, N. Y., 15 Oct. 1827, daughter of Buel and Lydia (Woodbury).
He was educated in the preparatory department of the Univer- sity of South Carolina, Hyde Park High School, Boston Uni- versity, A.B. 1883. He is an editor and publisher, and has been engaged in newspaper work. He became a resident of Lexington 11 Sept. 1890.
He married at Winchester, 11 Sept. 1890, HELEN SHAPLEIGH JOY, born at Winchester 11 Oct. 1861, daughter of Albion Keith Parris and Clara Ann (Brown).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. DOROTHY, 4 b. 11 June 1893.
ii. FRED JOY, b. 4 June 1899.
GEORGE G.1 Fox was born at Centre Harbor, N. H.
He married CLARA ( ), born at Dennis, N. H. Children, both born at Lexington:
i. CHARLES HERBERT2 (twin), b. 22 Oct. 1868.
CARRIE BELLE (twin), b. 22 Oct. 1868. ii.
THOMAS5 Fox* (Jonathan,4 John,3 Jabez,2 Thomas1) was born 16
* See Woburn Epitaphs, p. 88; Lieut. Samuel Thompson's Diary of a Soldier in the French War, p. 28; Woburn Historic Sites, p. v; N. M. Fox, Fox Genealogy ; printed State List of Revo- lutionary Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. v., pp. 965, 966, etc.
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Dec. 1739, died at Woburn 16 May 1816, g. s. at Woburn Second Burial Ground, son of Col. Jonathan of Woburn.
He enlisted in the expedition against Canada in 1760 and suffered hardships for which his father presented a petition to the General Court for pecuniary recompense. He was in the fifth campaign to Ticonderoga in 1775, and the 15th at Providence, R. I., June 1778. He early became a resident of Lexington.
He married ELIZABETH ( ), died 9 Dec. 1818, aged 78.
FRANCIS
RICHARD1 FRANCIS; wife ELIZABETH (ADAMS). Both of Lexington. Children, both born at Lexington:
i. RICHARD,2 b. 11 Apr. 1788.
ii. BETSEY, b. 5 Jan. 1790.
FRANKS
1. CHARLES HENRY3 FRANKS (Luther, 2 Levi1) was born at Penob- scot, Me., 28 June 1846, son of Luther, born at Gray, Me., 21 Feb. 1826, and grandson of Levi L. and Lucy (Norris). His mother, Alice Saunders, was born at Penobscot, Me., 22 Aug. 1822, daughter of Henry and Susan (Leach). Levi Franks came from France and settled at Gray, Me.
He received a common school education, went to sea at the age of sixteen, at twenty learned the carpenter's trade at Boston. On 1 May 1876 he was appointed a police officer on the Boston force; in July 1888 came to Lexington as a police officer and at present (1912) is serving as Chief of Police. He is a Mason.
He married first at Boston, 21 June 1871, ABBIE E. WILLIS, born at Natick 29 Aug. 1852, died 15 Dec. 1892, daughter of Moses M. and Mary A. (Richardson); secondly 29 Oct. 1895 MRS. HARRIET (COLE) BURTON, born at Saco, Me., 16 Apr. 1836, daughter of Joshua and Louisa (Thompson).
Child by the first wife, born at Boston:
2. i. PAUL BUSH, 4 b. 2 Aug. 1886.
2. PAUL BUSH4 FRANKS (Charles H.,3 Luther,2 Levi1), born at Boston 2 Aug. 1886.
He married at Stoneham, 14 Oct. 1906, EMILY FLORENCE HARRI- SON, born at Boston 8 Feb. 1887, daughter of George Thomas and Susan ( ).
Children :
i. ALICE MARION,5 b. at Boston 22 Sept. 1907.
ii. CHARLES HENRY, b. at Lexington 10 June 1910.
FRASER
ALEXANDER JOSEPH3 FRASER (Alexander McD.,2 John1) was
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born at Lunenburg, N. S., 9 Sept. 1863, son of Alexander McDonald, born at Invernesshire, Scotland, 13 Aug. 1824, and grandson of John and Elizabeth (Stewart). His mother, Albertina Susanna Steverman, was born at Halifax, N. S., 1 July 1841, died 31 Jan. 1905, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Schrage).
He is a bookseller, director and stockholder in the firm of W. B. Clarke Co., Boston. He became a resident of Lexington in 1905.
He married at Lowell, 28 June 1898, NELLIE ALICE VEO, born at Lowell 7 Mar. 1872, daughter of Peter and Almira (Tetreau).
Child, born at Lexington: i. DONALD STEWART, 4 b. 27 Apr. 1907.
FRAZER
GEORGE1 FRAZER; wife MARY C. ( ).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. JOSEPH,2 b. 1 Aug. 1850.
FREDRICSON
EMIL1 FREDRICSON; wife MATILDA (OLSEN). Both born in Sweden.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE ANTHON,2 b. 17 Jan. 1906.
FREEDMAN
LAZERUS1 FREEDMAN; wife NETTIE (GRAVENSTEIN). Both born in Germany.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. ANNIE,2 b. 16 Dec. 1897. .
FREEMAN
EUGENE F.2 FREEMAN (Eugene H.1) was born at Milton, son of Eugene H. and Julia (Lewis).
He married at Arlington, 5 Feb. 1894, LIZZIE BRADLEY, born at Arlington, daughter of William and Margaret (McGory).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. WARREN BRADLEY,3 b. 30 Jan. 1895; d. 29 July 1895.
ii. HERBERT F., b. 3 July 1897.
FRENCH
EDGAR LEWIS3 FRENCH (Lewis,2 Ebenezer1) was born at Avon, Me., 25 Apr. 1863, son of Lewis, born at Avon 7 Jan. 1826. His mother, Eliza McKeen, was born at Strong, Me., 22 Feb. 1837. He became a resident of Lexington in 1898.
He married at Vienna, Me., 14 Sept. 1893, MAY VIVIAN DAVIS,
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born at Vienna, Me., 21 Apr. 1871, daughter of Samuel and Lucy Julia (Colley).
Children, the first born at Cambridge, the second at Lexington:
i. HARRY EDGAR,4 b. 14 Jan. 1896.
ii. CLARA ELIZA, b. 7 May 1899; d. 30 Mar. 1901.
HENRY WEARE3 FRENCH (Isaac S.,2 Joel1) was born at Charles- town 21 Dec. 1843, only son of Isaac Somersby Parsons, born at Boscawen, N. H., 27 Sept. 1811, and grandson of Joel and Susannah (Gerrish). His mother, Lucinda Brazer, was born at Camden, Me., in 1810. The first ancestor in this country came from England and probably settled at Tewksbury, and was also one of the first settlers of Contoocook, N. H.
He received a common school education, and three months' course under Prof. Richards in mineralogy at Technology. He was a clerk for two years in the U.S. Sub-Treasury during the Civil War, and a shoe manufacturer at Lynn. He was a member of the Lynn Common Council 1875-76. He is a Mason. He came to Lex- ington 29 Sept. 1889.
He married at Lynn, 20 Sept. 1871, MARY ELIZA RICHARDSON, born at Lynn 17 Mar. 1846, daughter of Thomas Page and Harriet Newell (Tapley).
Children, all born at Lynn:
i. MARY PAGE, 4 b. 14 July 1872.
ii. GRACE PRESTON, b. 25 Nov. 1876; grad. Wellesley, B.A., 1899.
iii. HARRIET RICHARDSON, b. 21 Jan. 1879.
iv. HELEN SOMERSBY, b. 21 Oct. 1884.
JOHN H.1 FRENCH; wife M. J. ( ). Both born in New Hamp- shire.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. HARRY MERRILL,2 b. 11 Sept. 1888.
FRIZELLE
REY F.1 FRIZELLE was born at Newtown, Ohio.
He married MARY P. G. REED, born at Boston.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. PATRICIA,2 b. 16 Mar. 1901.
ii. NORMA, b. 2 Apr. 1903.
FROBERGER
JOSEPH F.1 FROBERGER was born in Germany.
He married ALIES E. MOMORD, born in France. Child, born at Lexington:
i. WALDO CLARENCE,2 b. 3 Sept. 1900.
FULLER
CLARENCE DOANE3 FULLER (George W.,2 Charles1) was born at
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Hyannis 12 Apr. 1882, younger son of George Washington, born at Dedham 1842, and grandson of Charles and Hannah (Mills). His mother, Josephine Marion Stiles, was born at Boston 29 Mar. 1850, died 2 Mar. 1909, daughter of George Johnston and Josephine Montcrefe (White). He became a resident of Lexington in 1901.
He married 26 June 1907 ABBIE HIGGINS WHITE, born 16 Oct. 1884, daughter of Robert Higgins2 and Elizabeth Frances (Rey- nolds).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE REYNOLDS, 4 b. 8 Mar. 1909.
ii. ROBERT WHITE, b. 7 Mar. 1910.
iii. RANDALL STILES, b. 3 Sept. 1911; d. 1 Nov. 1911.
FRANCIS E.1 FULLER was born at Oxford, Me.
He married FANNIE L. (MARSTON), born at Roxbury. Child, born at Lexington:
i. JOHN MORRILL,2 b. 21 June 1894.
GEORGE G.1 FULLER* was born at Newton.
He married ABBIE S. ( ), born at Portland (Me .? ).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. HERMAN D.,2 b. 4 Apr. 1879.
GADDIS
DAVID1 GADDIS was born at Hope, R. I.
He married SARAH LAWTHERS, born in Ireland.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. GERTRUDE ELIZABETH,2 b. 20 July 1898.
GAFFNEY
JOHN D.1 GAFFNEY was born at Dedham.
He married EDITH ECKROYD, born at Bradford, Eng. Child, born at Lexington:
i. EDITH MARION,2 b. 29 Nov. 1896.
1. ROBERT2 GAFFNEY (Laurence1) was born at Cavan, Ireland, about 1840, son of Laurence and Rose (Kerr).
He married ELLEN SHEA, born at Tipperary, Ireland, 1851, daughter of Peter.
Children, all born at Belmont:
i. MARGARET AGNES,3 b. 1879.
2. ii. LAURENCE FRANCIS, b. 1880.
iii. ROBERT STEPHEN, b. 1882; m. OLIVE EDITH KALER at Providence, R.I., b. at Waldoboro, Me., dau. of Judson Lowell and Udavilla Jane (Burns).
iv. MARY ELLEN, b. 1884.
v. JAMES JOSEPH, b. 1887.
* G. S. "new" cemetery. George G. Fuller, 6 May 1845, 29 March 1899; also Cordelia M. Fuller widow of Josiah Fuller, 21 June 1812, 10 Jan. IS92.
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2. LAURENCE FRANCIS3 GAFFNEY (Robert,2 Laurence1) was born at Belmont 1880.
He married 17 Apr. 1901 MARGARET DONOVAN, born in Ireland, daughter of Dennis and Ellen (Hicks).
Children, the first born at Arlington, the others at Lexington:
i. ROBERT, 4 b. 15 June 1902.
ii. MARY ELLEN, b. 12 Feb. 1904.
iii. LAURENCE FRANCIS, b. 28 Mar. 1906.
iv. CATHERINE TERESA, b. 28 Jan. 1908.
v. ALICE, b. 20 Aug. 1911.
GALLAGHER
ANDREW J.2 GALLAGHER (John1) was born at Roxbury 25 Nov. 1853, died 19 Mar. 1903, son of John and Mary (Gately).
He married ELLEN ROONEY, born in Ireland.
Children, first two born at Boston, the others at Lexington:
i. MARY F.,3 b. about 1876; m. 26 May 1907 HENRY M. McCAFFREY.
ii. GEORGE, b. Mar. 1886; d. 23 Jan. 1903.
iii. ANDREW JOSEPH, b. about 1887; d. 21 Jan. 1903.
iv. ELLEN J., b. 23 Jan. 1890; d. 2 Feb. 1890.
v. EDWARD, b. 2 Aug. 1891; d. 29 Dec. 1902.
vi. HELEN, b. 3 Sept. 1895.
JOHN1 GALLAGHER was born in Ireland. He enlisted 11 June 1861 in Co. I, 9th Regt. Mass. Inf'y, wounded at the Wilderness and dis- charged 21 June 1864, by reason of expiration of service.
He married MRS. JULIA (MOAKLEY) DOOLEY, born in Ireland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARY,2 b. 9 Nov. 1860.
GAMMELL
1. WILLIAM1 GAMMELL came to this country about 1740 and set- tled at Boston.
He married at Medford, 29 Dec. 1748, ANNA PAGE, who died 1764. Children, born at Boston:
i. JOHN,2 b. 28 May 1752; engaged in the destruction of the tea and also of the stamp office; immediately after the investment of Boston he moved his family, consisting of a wife and one child, to Lexington; on 18 June 1775 he enlisted in the Revolutionary army. He m. 14 Oct. 1773 MARGARET URANN and had sixteen children.
2. ii. WILLIAM, bapt. 23 July 1758.
2. WILLIAM2 GAMMELL (William1), born at Boston, baptized 23 July 1758.
He lived at Boston until he was fourteen, when he moved to Chelmsford. He joined the Revolutionary army.
He married THANKFUL KEYES of Chelmsford, and moved thence to Hillsboro, N. H., about 1779.
Children (seven):
3. JOHN,8 b. 12 Nov. 1785.
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3. JOHN3 GAMMELL (William,2 William1), born at Hillsboro, N. H., 12 Nov. 1785, died 1 Oct. 1866.
He came to Lexington in 1806 and married 19 May 1810, he then of Charlestown, RHODA ROBINSON, born 17 May 1781, died 11 Sept. 1861, daughter of Joseph4 and Betty (Jones-Hadley) of . Lexington.
Children, all born at Lexington:
4. i. JOHN,4 b. 13 Jan. 1812.
ii. ELIZA, b. 21 Aug. 1813; d. 14 Jan. 1848.
5. iii. FRANKLIN, b. 29 May 1815.
6. iv. EBEN, b. 7 Mar. 1817.
v. MARGARET, b. 1 Nov. 1818; d. 12 Nov. 1850.
vi. JONAS, b. 10 Oct. 1820; d. unm. 7 Apr. 1873. He served on the board of overseers of the poor, and on the school committee 1857, '59-71. He left $500 to the town of Lexington - the income to be expended "in purchasing such luxuries and delicacies for the inmates of the town almshouse as are not usually furnished them."
vii. LUCY, b. 1 Jan. 1822; d. unm. at Cambridge 22 Dec. 1889.
4. JOHN4 GAMMELL (John,3 William,2 William1), born 13 Jan. 1812, died 9 June 1876.
He married MARTHA A. LAKIN, born 8 Aug. 1816, died 8 Jan. 1890, daughter of Lemuel and Rebecca (Shattuck).
Children, the first born at Lexington, the others at West Cam- bridge:
i. EMILY B.,5 b. 13 Mar. 1846; d. 12 Aug. 1873.
ii. EDGAR, b. 10 Feb. 1848; d. 12 Feb. 1848.
iii. WILL H., b. 10 July 1849. Living at Chicago, Ill.
iv. FRANK W., b. 6 May 1852; m. and had two children.
5. FRANKLIN4 GAMMELL (John,3 William,2 William1), born 29 May 1815, died 22 Feb. 1842.
He married 15 Sept. 1839 EMILY COBURN ANDREWS, born 8 Sept. 1824, died at Jamaica Plain 18 May 1901, daughter of Joseph Ellis and Sarah (Parsons). She married secondly at Boston, 20 Nov. 1851, John Otis Pettes.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. JOSEPH FRANKLIN,5 b. 6 July 1840; d. at Jamaica Plain 4 Mar. 1910. He sold in Nov. 1909 the homestead which had been in the family nearly one hundred years.
6. EBEN4 GAMMELL (John,3 William,2 William1), born 7 Mar. 1817, died 13 May 1890.
He married first 13 July 1845 ELVIRA WILEY of Charlestown, born 1827, died 26 Aug. 1849; secondly 3 Nov. 1850 MARY A. BUT- TERFIELD, born at Arlington 1822, died 1 Dec. 1888, daughter of Abel2 and Abigail (Whittemore).
Children by the first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. LUCY ANN,5 b. 19 Oct. 1846; d. 26 Aug. 1849.
ii. ELDORA E., b. 19 Dec. 1848; d. 29 Aug. 1849.
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GENEALOGIES
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
iii. EDWIN H., b. 17 Sept. 1851; d. 29 Aug. 1857.
iv. HOWARD A., b. 19 Dec. 1852; d. 5 Dec. 1890.
v. LUCY E., b. 5 Dec. 1854; d. 18 Feb. 1863.
vi. ABBIE M., b. 28 Sept. 1856; d. 16 Feb. 1863.
vii. MINNIE, b. 5 Nov. 1858; d. 14 Jan. 1863.
viii. GEORGE R., b. 12 Sept. 1860; d. 28 Nov. 1884.
ix. ANNIE G., b. 3 Nov. 1862; d. 6 Sept. 1863.
X. NELLIE M., b. 6 Feb. 1866; d. 18 July 1883.
GARLAND
HENRY1 GARLAND was born in Ireland.
He married MARGARETT BRYNE, born in New Foundland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. CATHERINE MARGARETT,2 b. 2 Oct. 1900.
GARMON
1. EBENEZER2 GARMON (Joseph1) was born at Gilmanton, N. H., 25 July 1786, died 6 Mar. 1864, son of Joseph, who settled at Gilmanton.
He married JANE YOUNG, born at Gilmanton, N. H., 8 Sept. 1789, died 10 Jan. 1871, daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Shaw).
Children, all born at Gilmanton, N. H .:
i. BETSEY YOUNG, 3 b. 22 Jan. 1808; d. 19 Apr. 1861.
2. ii. JOSEPH YOUNG, b. 14 Jan. 1812.
iii. JOHN, b. 2 Apr. 1813; d. unm. at Tallahassee, Fla.
iv. ELEANOR SHAW, b. 28 Jan. 1815; m. SOLOMON EVANS; d. at Rochester, N. H.
v. EMILY ANN, b. 2 Jan 1817; m. IVORY HANSON of Canada; d. in Wiscon- sin.
vi. OLIVE SMITH, b. 16 Mar. 1819; m. 1839 HOWARD HILL, b. at Wakefield, N. H., 24 Mar. 1815, d. 13 Oct. 1896, s. of John and Charity (Hill); d. at Arlington 10 Oct. 1898.
vii. JANE JEWETT, b. 23 July 1821; m. 9 June 1844 JOHN KENT2 HAN- SCOM.
3. viii. AARON, b. 19 June 1823.
ix. EBENEZER, b. 22 Aug. 1825; d. unm. at Barnston, Canada.
4. x. NATHANIEL, b. 30 Dec. 1827.
xi. MARY ALICE, b. 20 Apr. 1830; m. WILLIAM7 LOCKE.
2. JOSEPH YOUNG3 GARMON (Ebenezer,2 Joseph1), born at Gil- manton, N. H., 14 Jan. 1812, died 21 Feb. 1878.
He married first 2 Apr. 1839 ZERUIAH PARKER, born at Barnston, Que., died 7 May 1840, daughter of Joshua and Judith (Bartlett); secondly LYDIA LOWELL, born at Barnston, Que., 1818, died 30 Aug. 1855; thirdly 22 Dec. 1858 MRS. JANE R. BROWN, born at Loudon, N. H., daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( ) Perkins.
Child by the first wife, born at Barnston, Que .:
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
i. JOSEPH AMASA,4 b. 25 Dec. 1839; m. (1) 27 Dec. 1870 ELLA J. CHENEY, dau. of Cleveland J. and Catherine ( ); m. (2) 23 Dec. 1885 JULIA BURNAP DAVIS, b. 27 Aug. 1851, d. 26 Jan. 1891; m. (3) 24 Feb. 1892 EMMAGENE MARCELL RAYMOND. He has three sons. He was a sailor in the merchant service when the war broke out. He enlisted in the navy 2 May 1861 and served on the Ohio, Mississippi, Katahdin, Princeton, New Hampshire, T. A. Ward and Lenapee; discharged 3 July 1867.
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