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He married 4 Dec. 1760 ABIGAIL TIDD, born 12 Jan. 1737-38, died 27 Dec. 1827,* daughter of Daniel4 and Hephzibah (Reed).
Children, the first two born at Cambridge, and all but the first baptized at Lexington:
8. i. AMos,8 b. 4 Oct. 1763.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 4 June 1765; m. 16 Oct. 1788, as his second wife, JONATHAN6 SMITH, JR .; d. 30 Mar. 1794.
iii. DANIEL, tb. 18 July 1767; m. (1) 24 July 1796 MARY MUZZEY, bapt. 7 Jan. 1770, dau. of William5 and Lydia (Reed); m. (2) at Lincoln, 8 Oct. 1810, DORCAS HASTINGS, b. 27 June 1785, dau. of Samuel6 and Lydia (Nelson) of Lincoln; d. 1836. He grad. Harvard, 1790; ordained at Standish, Me., 21 Sept. 1796.
* Jonathan Harrington's list. t Samuel Dunster, Dunster Genealogy, p. 75.
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iv. RUTH, b. 12 Nov. 1768; d. 1775, buried 13 Oct .*
v. BETTY, bapt. 28 Nov. 1773; d. 3 Nov. 1797, g. s.
vi. JOHN, bapt. 9 July 1775; d. 17 Dec. 1797, g. s.
vii. THOMAS, bapt. 20 July 1777; d. a student of Harvard, 6 July 1798, g. s. 3. AMOS6 MARRETT (Amos,5 Amos, 4 Edward,3 John, 2 Thomas1), born 4 Oct. 1763, died 10 Nov. 1824, g. s. His will was dated 22 Mar. 1824, probated 11 Jan. 1825.
He married 28 Nov. 1786 PATTY REED, born 5 Dec. 1765, died 16 Oct. 1849, g. s., daughter of Hammond5 and Betty (Simonds). Children, all born at Lexington:
i. PATTY,7 b. 9 Sept. 1787; m. JONAS6 CUTLER.
ii. SALLY, b. 1 Oct. 1789; m. 15 June 1823 BENJAMIN A.5 LOCKE.
iii. HANNAH, b. 24 Dec. 1792; d. 27 June 1819.
iv. NABBY, b. 18 Aug. 1795; d. unm. 6 Apr. 1854.
v. BETSEY, b. 4 July 1798; m. 30 Apr. 1826 AMOS TOWNE. They had two children.
vi. MARY, b. 18 Mar. 1801; m. 1 Apr. 1827 JOEL ADAMS. They had three children.
vii. JOHN, b. 17 Oct. 1803; d. unm. 9 Aug. 1858, g. s.
viii. EMELIA, b. 25 Dec. 1806; m. 17 Nov. 1830 KING GEORGE. They had two children.
ix. HARRIET, b. 13 Sept. 1809; m. 12 Apr. 1842 IVORY1 SANBORN. They had six children.
Authority : Samuel Dunster, Dunster Genealogy.
MARSHALL
ARTHUR AUGUSTUS3 MARSHALL (Herman A.,2 Abel1) was born at Clinton 9 Dec. 1866, son of Herman Augustus, born at Tewksbury 2 Mar. 1829, and grandson of Abel and Abigail (Farmer). His mother was Ann Maria Frost, born at Tewksbury 6 Sept. 1828, daughter of Ephraim and Rebecca (Symms). He was descended from John and Humphrey Marshall who came to this country in 1728 and settled at Tewksbury.
He married 24 Apr. 1888 LILLIAN GERTRUDE YATES, born at Sterling 27 Oct. 1869, daughter of Clarendon and Mary Ellen (Taft). They became residents of Lexington 1 Sept. 1901.
Child, born at Worcester:
i. RALPH HERMAN, 4 b. 31 Aug. 1889.
FRANK J.1 MARSHALL was born at Roxbury.
. He married JENETTE HITCHCOCK, born at Cambridge.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. JAMES P.,2 b. 15 Nov. 1900.
MARSTON
G. E.1 MARSTON was born in Maine.
He married ROSE BAUER, born in New Hampshire,
* Rev. John Marrett's Diary.
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Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE E.,3 b. 21 Sept. 1891.
JOHN D.1 MARSTON; wife MARY E. ( ).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM S.,2 b. 23 May 1853.
WILLIAM H.1 MARSTON was born at Billerica.
He married EMMA A. ( ), born at New York, N. Y.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. ABBIE A.,2 b. 3 Mar. 1882.
MARTIN
1. CYRUS2 MARTIN (James1) was born at Littleton, died 9 Apr. 1905, son of James and Elizabeth (Simonds), who was born at Salem, died 16 Feb. 1885, aged 73.
He married first 19 Apr. 1876 MARY ANN BEVERSTOCK, born at Charlestown, died 2 Jan. 1888, aged 31, daughter of Francis and Laura W. ( ); secondly 20 May 1889 MRS. CLARA ANN (COBURN) LARCOM, born at Antrim, N. H., 5 Jan. 1845, daughter of William Wise Currier and Abby Morris Whiting (Fairbanks) Coburn and widow of Henry P.1 Larcom.
Children by the first wife, all born at Lexington:
2. i. ERNEST WHEELER,3 b. 25 Mar. 1881.
ii. EDITH F., b. 18 Dec. 1882; m. at Cambridge, 13 Nov. 1900, BERTRAM B. FISHER, b. at Boston, s. of Israel and Everlyn (Boardman).
iii. SARAH D., b. 24 June 1884.
iv. IDA, b. 16 Apr. 1886; d. 2 Dec. 1886.
2. ERNEST WHEELER3 MARTIN (Cyrus,2 James1), born 25 Mar. 1881.
He married 15 Nov. 1909 BESSIE OLIVIA SANDERSON, born at Arlington, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Balmer).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARY ELIZABETH,4 b. 19 Nov. 1910.
GEORGE EDWARD3 MARTIN (George H.,2 James1) was born at Norwich, Conn., 27 Jan. 1851, son of George Henry, born at Win- chendon 11 Feb. 1823. His mother, Sarah Olney Hopkins, was born at Norwich 17 Mar. 1824. He is descended from Stephen Hopkins, a Quaker and colonial governor of Rhode Island, who came from England.
He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1878, Yale Theologieal Seminary, B.D., 1878; D.D. from Wabash College, Ind., and Park College, Mo., 1896. He came to Lexington from Lowell in 1911 and was settled as pastor of the Hancock church.
He married at Westboro, 1 June 1882, EMILY JANE HERRICK, born at Madura, India, daughter of James and Elizabeth Hopkins (Crosby).
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WILLIAM PIERCE5 MARTIN (Pearl,4 Ezekiel,3 Ezekiel,2 Robert1) was born at Lewiston, Me., 30 July 1858, only son of Dr. Pearl, born at Turner, Me., 29 Sept. 1829, and grandson of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Cushman). His mother, Mary Davis Frye, was daugh- ter of Col. John M. and Alice (Davis). He is descended from Robert Martin, who settled at Windham, Me., and later at New Glouces- ter, Me.
He moved to Medford when ten years old. He graduated from Bowdoin, 1880, from Boston University Law School, LL.B., 1883, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar the same year. He was city auditor at Medford 1885-86, and in 1893-94 State representative from Medford. He is a member of the board of directors and vice- president of the Medford Trust Co., a trustee of the Medford Sav- ings Bank, and is a Free Mason. He became a resident of Lexing- ton in 1902.
He married 12 Nov. 1894 JANE MARY HAMMOND, born at Chi- cago, Ill., 13 Sept. 1874, daughter of Olive and Belinda (Bertschy). Children, all born at Medford:
i. WILLIAM FRYE, 6 b. 26 June 1897.
ii. MARY, b. 16 June 1900.
iii. KATHARYN, b. 2 Mar. 1902.
MASON
1. JOHN2 MASON (Hugh1) was born at Watertown 1 Jan. 1644-45, died about 1730, son of Hugh and Esther ( ) who died 21 May 1692. Hugh Mason was born in England 1606, died at Watertown, 10 Oct. 1678. He sailed for New England in the ship Francis from Ipswich 1634 and settled at Watertown.
He married ELIZABETH HAMMOND, born at Watertown 6 May 1655, died at Newton 13 Nov. 1715, daughter of Lieut. John and Abigail (Slater).
Children, all born at Lexington:
2. i. JOHN, 3 b. 22 Jan. 1676-77.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 10 Nov. 1678; m. THOMAS BROWN.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 16 Dec. 1679; d. young.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 22 Jan. 1688; d. young.
v. HANNAH, b. 26 Jan. 1694-95; m. 7 July 1721 JOSEPH SABIN of Rehoboth.
vi. DANIEL, b. Nov. 1698 10; m. (1) 31 Jan. 1716 EXPERIENCE NEWCOMB, d. at Charlestown 18 Nov. 1733; m. (2)? published, he then of Lexington, 14 Mar. 1736 AMA, ANNA or AMEY ALLEN of Weston. Eame Mason, wife of Daniel, d. 23 May 1750 in her 44th y., g. s. at Lincoln. Children, first six b. at Newton, ix. and x. at Sudbury: i. Samuel,4 b. 24 July 1719-20. ii. Abigail, b. 23 Nov. 1721; m. Robert4 Harrington. iii. Hannah, b. 4 Feb. 1723-24; m. Oct. 1744 John Savage. iv. John, b. 23 Dec. 1725. v. William, b. 21 Nov. 1727. vi. Moses, b. 10 Feb. 1728-29. vii. Child, d. at Lexington 19 July 1737. viii. Child, d. at Lex- ington 21 Dec. 1738. ix. Sarah, b. 10 July 1740. x. Experience, b. 24 Nov. 1741; d. at Barre 30 Oct. 1826. xi. Mary, m. 13 July 1768 Joel Bent; d. at Barre 2 Jan. 1840.
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2. JOHN' MASON (John,' Hugh1), born at Watertown 22 Jan. 1676-77, died 24 Mar. 1738-39.
He was an assessor in 1702, '19, '21, '23, '25, '30, '31, and a sub- scriber for the purchase of the Common 1711; constable 1714; town clerk 1729, '31, '34, '35, '36, and also selectman. His name is dignified by the title of ensign. He lived on the main street a little below the Old Munroe Tavern: hence the name of "Mason's Hollow."
He married 18 Oct. 1699 ELIZABETH SPRING, born 9 Apr. 1675, daughter of Lieut. John and Hannah (Barsham). In seating the meeting-house in 1699 he was "plast in ye fecond feat in ye front gal- larye." He and his wife were admitted to the church 19 Dec. 1708.
Children, all born or baptized at Lexington:
i. Son,4 d. 1 Aug. 1700.
3. ii. JOHN, b. 8 Aug. 1701.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 30 Aug. 1703.
iv. MILLICENT, b. 24 Apr. 1705.
v. THADDEUS, b. 27 Dec. 1706; grad. Harvard, 1728; m. (1) 17 Feb. 1736- 37 REBECCA WILLIAMS, b. 26 Nov. 1713, d. 2 Apr. 1748, g. s. at Charles- town; m. (2) 7 Nov. 1748 ELIZABETH SEWALL, who d. 12 Feb. 1755, aged 36, g. s. at Charlestown; m. (3) 18 Oct.1759 ANNE FAYERWEATHER, who d. Jan. 1802, aged 71; d. at Cambridge 1 May 1802. He appears to have resided at Charlestown, Stoneham, Lexington, Medford, and Cambridge. He was private secretary to Governor Belcher, Deputy Naval Officer, 1731, Deputy Secretary Province, 1734, Registrar of Deeds, 1781-84, Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County, fifty-five years.
vi. JONAS, b. 21 Oct. 1708; admitted to Charlestown church 1728; moved to North Yarmouth; d. 13 Mar. 1801.
vii. KATHERINE, b. 5 Aug. 1710; m. JOSEPH3 BROWN; d. at Holliston 7 Mar. 1733.
viii. ESTHER, b. 2 Jan. 1712-13; d. 4 Aug. 1713.
ix. SARAH, b. 7 June 1714; m. (1) 3 Jan. 1732-33 WILLIAM3 MUNROE, who d. 18 Aug. 1747; m. (2) 27 Feb. 1752 ISAAC4 BOWMAN.
x. MERCY, b. 12 Nov. 1716; d. 30 Nov. 1717.
xi. SAMUEL, b. 9 Oct. 1720.
3. JOHN4 MASON (John,3 John,2 Hugh1), born 8 Aug. 1701, died 20 Jan. 1787. He was selectman in 1755.
He married 17 June 1731 LYDIA LORING, born 17 Jan. 1710-11, died 18 Feb. 1791, daughter of Dea. Joseph4 and Lydia (Fiske).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. LYDIA,5 b. 31 Mar. 1732; d. unm. 24 Aug. 1813.
ii. KATHARINE, b. 29 Oct. 1733; m. 23 Apr. 1759 DANIEL EDES, JR., of Charlestown.
iii. JOHN, b. 5 Apr. 1735; probably went to Chester, Lunenburg Co., N. S .; d. unm. 3 Apr. 1793.
4. iv. JOSEPH, b. 29 July 1736.
v. JONAS, b. 2 Mar. 1737-38; m. 23 Mar. 1762 SUBMIT WHITTEMORE, b. at Concord 30 June 1735, dau. of Benjamin and Ruhamah* (Locke). She was admitted to the church 18 Jan. 1756.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 1 July 1739; m. 1765 JAMES KENDALL of Sterling; d. 30 Apr. 1825.
* Daughter of James.'
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vii. SARAH, bapt. 26 Oct. 1740; m. HENRY WYMAN of Lancaster, great grand- son of Francis.1
viii. MILLICENT, bapt. 28 Feb. 1742; m. at West Cambridge 7 Oct. 1771, ROBERT BULL.
ix. HANNAH, bapt. 6 Sept. 1747; d. unm. 10 Feb. 1786.
x. SAMUEL, b. 7 May 1749.
xi. DANIEL (twin), bapt. 21 July 1751; m. at Newton, 6 Jan. 1793, MRS. SARAH (BARTLETT) CHENEY, b. at Newton 10 June 1763, d. 21 Aug. 1839,* dau. of Ebenezer and Anna (Ball) Bartlett and widow of William Cheney; d. 25 Oct. 1837. He belonged to Capt. Parker's company.
xii. EBENEZER (twin), bapt. 21 July 1751; d. young.
4. JOSEPH5 MASON (John, 4 John,3 John,2 Hugh1), born 29 July 1736, died 3 Oct. 1814.
He was in the French War in 1762, and belonged to Capt. Par- ker's company, serving on the Common and with the Cambridge detachment 6 May 1775. He was town clerk from 1770 to 1790 and was somewhat noted in his day as a schoolmaster.
He married ELIZABETH PEAKE or PEEK of Lexington, who died 20 Jan. 1829, aged 87.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. MARY,6 b. 24 Jan. 1770; m. 8 Apr. 1798 DANIEL UNDERWOOD of Mason, N. H.
ii. JOHN, b. 8 Sept. 1772; d. unm. 3 May 1793.
MATTHEWS
HERBERT JAMES MATTHEWS was born in Prince Edward Island. He married SARAH FISHER, born at Halifax, N. S. Child, born at Lexington:
i. HERBERT HENRY,2 b. 2 July 1911.
MAY
SAMUEL JOSEPH2 MAY (Col. Joseph1) was born 12 Sept. 1797, died 1 July 1871, son of Col. Joseph and Dorothy (Sewall).
He was graduated from Harvard, 1817, attended the hardly or- ganized Divinity School, and in Dec. 1820 was approbated for the ministry. He was colleague for six months with Dr. Channing, or- dained 14 Mar. 1822, took the pastorate of the Brooklyn, Conn., church, resigned 1822, and came to Boston. He was agent for the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society for several years. In 1836 he went to South Scituate for six years. In 1842 he came to Lexington as prin- cipal of the Normal School for Women; while here he supplied the pulpit of the First Church for six months, and brought about a settlement of the vexed question of the ministerial fund. He went to Syracuse, N. Y., in 1845 as pastor of the Unitarian church and resigned in 1867.
He married 1825 LUCRETIA FLAGGE COFFIN, died 1865, daughter of Peter. They had four sons, died in infancy, and one daughter.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE E.,3 b. 25 Oct. 1844.
MAYNARD
JOHN FRANCIS2 MAYNARD (John1) was born at Marblehead 6 Oct. 1844, died 25 Dec. 1904, son of John and Catherine (Beal).
He enlisted 16 July 1864 in Co. F, 5th Mass. Inf'y, discharged 16 Nov. 1864, by reason of expiration of service. He became a resi- dent of Lexington about 1870, and was a Free Mason.
He married 30 Mar. 1869 JULIA CLARISSA ABBEY, born at Mid- dlebury, Vt., died at Arlington 22 June 1906, daughter of Orin and Demmis Clarissa (Tucker).
Child, born at Maplewood:
i. JULIA MARIA,3 b. 7 Sept. 1870. She took a special course at Radcliffe.
MEAD, MEADE, MEADS
GABRIEL1 MEAD of Dorchester, made freeman in 1638, died 1666, aged 79. His will mentions several daughters, and a son Israel,2 born 1639, lived in Watertown, moved to Dedham, and later per- haps to Woburn. Israel,3 presumably son of the preceding, some- times spoken of as of Woburn, and sometimes as of Cambridge, is undoubtedly one and the same person, and from him the Lexington family of Mead is in part descended.
1. ISRAEL3 MEAD (Israel,2 Gabriel1), died 6 Aug. 1714. He was appointed in Cambridge, 1683, a "viewer of wood," and whether he resided at that time in the old town, or at the Farms, is uncer- tain, but, in 1692, when the North Precinct was organized, he was within the territory, and taxed for ministerial land then purchased. On the same tax bill is the name of his son, Thomas Mead. Israel Mead's name is on the tax bill for the payment of the minister's salary from 1 May 1692 to 1 May 1693.
He was one of the original members of the church organized in 1696, and of the committee to seat the meeting-house gallery in 1700. His will, dated 2 Apr. 1713, and proved 20 Sept. 1714, men- tioned sons Thomas, John, Stephen and Ebenezer, and daughters Margaret Locke, and Mary and Ruth, and four grandchildren, the eldest children of the above Thomas, John and Stephen and Mar- garet Locke. He remembered his spiritual teacher thus: "I do Give unto M': John Hancock the Revd: Pastor of the Church of Chrift In Lexington aforefd: twenty Shillings mony."
He married 26 Feb. 1669 MARY HALL, died Oct. 1692, daughter of widow Mary Hall of Cambridge.
Children:
2. i. THOMAS,4 b. about 1670.
3. ii. JOHN, b. about 1672.
iii. HANNAH, b. about 1674; d. 28 May 1702.
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iv. MARGARET, b. 20 Feb. 1676-77; m. JOSEPH2 LOCKE, as his second wife.
v. STEPHEN, b. about 1679; lived and d. at Concord. In 1717 Thomas Mead was appointed guardian of Joseph, the only child of his brother Stephen, who settled with his late guardian, his uncle Thomas, in 1734.
vi. MARY, b. 10 Feb. 1682.
vii. RUTH, b. 10 Aug. 1684; d. unm. 3 Oct. 1726.
viii. EBENEZER, b. 10 May 1686.
2. THOMAS4 MEAD (Israel,3 Israel,2 Gabriel1), born about 1670; married HASANIAH ( ). He was an inhabitant of the North pre- cinct in 1693, and he and his wife were admitted to the church in 1699, and in 1700, when they "seated the meeting-house," a seat was assigned him in the "front: fide gallery." He was a subscriber towards the purchase of the Common 1711. On 6 Oct. 1714 he was one of the committee chosen to seat the new meeting-house. He was constable in 1704 and 1714.
Children, all baptized at Cambridge Farms:
i. HANNAH,5 bapt. 8 May 1699; d. 4 Oct. 1723.
ii. SARAH, bapt. 8 May 1699.
iii. THOMAS, bapt. Sept. 1700; probably went to Littleton.
iv. JONATHAN, bapt. 6 Sept. 1702.
4. v. ISRAEL, bapt. 16 Apr. 1704.
vi. SAMUEL, bapt. 3 Mar. 1706; admitted to the church 18 July 1742, dis- missed to the church at Harvard 1 July 1744. He resided there and had a family.
vii. MARY, bapt. 16 Oct. 1709.
viii. JAMES, bapt. 8 Apr. 1711.
5. ix. CORNELIUS, bapt. 3 Jan. 1713-14.
3. JOHN4 MEAD (Israel, 3 Israel,2 Gabriel1) born about 1672; mar- ried REBECCA ( ). He owned the covenant at Lexington, 23 Feb. 1707, when John, his first-born son, was baptized. His wife Re- becca was admitted to the church 31 July 1709. It is assumed he left town and moved to Weston soon after the birth of his children here, and his name is not found upon the tax list of 1729.
Children, first two baptized at Cambridge Farms:
i. JOHN,5 bapt. 23 Feb. 1707.
ii. JOSEPH, bapt. 20 Feb. 1709.
iii. LYDIA, b. 7 Apr. 1714.
iv. ISRAEL, b. 27 Aug. 1716.
v. REBECCA, b. 1 Mar. 1719.
vi. HANNAH, b. 13 Aug. 1721.
4. ISRAEL5 MEAD (Thomas, 4 Israel,3 Israel,? Gabriel1), baptized 16 Apr. 1704. He was admitted to the church 28 Mar. 1742.
He married SARAH CUTLER, born 17 Jan. 1710, died 22 June 1745, g. s., daughter of Thomas3 and Sarah (Stone); secondly 21 Feb. 1751 MARY ROBBINS, born about 1728, daughter of Thomas4 and Ruth (Johnson); thirdly MRS. SARAH (BLOOD) RICHARDSON .* In
* Dracut V. R., Sarah Blood married, intention dated 9 Sept. 1746, Edward Richardson. Hannah Meeds (Mead) of Lexington married, intention dated 12 Apr. 1754, Abraham Blood. [? Hannah (ii.) daughter of Israel.]
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the Province Laws, xiv. 667 is an order empowering Israel Mead and Sarah Mead, admx., to sell real estate, on petition of said Sarah Mead, showing that in the settlement of the estate of her former husband, Edward Richardson, late of Dracut, dec'd, certain real estate, one half one dwelling-house, was assigned her for dower, which they were empowered to do 8 Dec. 1752.
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. SARAH, 6 b. 14 Aug. bapt. 20 Aug. 1732; m. 26 Dec. 1753 NATHAN® PIERCE.
ii. HANNAH, b. 3 Jan., bapt. 12 Jan., 1734-35.
iii. JOHN, b. 2 June, bapt. 9 June 1745; m .* 14 Nov. 1770 BEULAH STRATTON of Hubbardston. "Warned out" of Westminster 1791 with wife and nine children.
iv. MARY, bapt. 27 Sept. 1747.
5. CORNELIUS5 MEADȚ (Thomas, 4 Israel,3 Israel, 2 Gabriel1), bap- tized 3 Jan. 1713-14, died in 1759.
He married 15 Oct. 1751 HANNAH HADLEY, who administered upon his estate.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SARAH,6 b. 20 Sept. 1753; m. 11 Nov. 1779 THOMAS1 JONES of Concord.
ii. ABNER, b. 15 Dec. 1754. He served in the Revolutionary War; was a member of Capt. Parker's Co.
iii. BENONI, b. 1 May 1756; d. 4 Aug. 1766.
iv. SUSANNAH, b. 26 Jan. 1758.
1. DAVID2 MEAD (Gabriel1?) of Cambridge, admitted freeman 1683; married at Watertown, 24 Sept. 1675, HANNAH WARREN.
Children :
i. HANNAH,3 b. 17 Sept. 1676; m. 14 Oct. 1701 EBENEZER2 LOCKE.
2. ii. DAVID, b. 1680.
3. iii. HOPESTILL, b. 1681.
iv. JOHN, b. 1685.
v. SARAH, b. 1688.
vi. SUSANNAH, b. 1690.
2. DAVID3 MEAD (David,2 Gabriel1?), born 1680, died at Wal- tham 25 Feb. 1767, aged 87.
He settled at Watertown, then including Waltham, near the line of Lexington. In the record of a public meeting at Lexington dated 23 Feb. 1712 is this entry, - "Dauid meads of watertown did re- queft that he paying twenty fhillings might be Interefted In the metting houfe for himfellefe & familye Votted in ye affirmatiue." His wife united with the church 22 June 1718, and in October of. that year their first four children were baptized. David Meade (David? ? ) was one of the subscribers in 1711 for the purchase of the Common.
* Heywood, History of Westminster, p. 765.
t At a meeting of the selectmen of Lexington, 28 June 1755, "The Selectmen appointed Mr. Cornelius Mead to see that brute creatures that dye of any distemper, be buried according to a law of the Province."
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He married 5 Feb. 1708 HANNAH SMITH, bapt. 4 Dec. 1687, died 4 Oct. 1723, daughter of Joseph3 and Hannah (Tidd).
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. LYDIA, 4 b. 1 Dec. 1710; ? d. 21 Nov. 1726. Not mentioned in her father's will.
ii. MOSES, b. 21 Oct. 1712; admitted to the church 1742.
4. iii. JOSHUA, b. 9 Nov. 1715.
5. iv. MATTHEW, b. 9 Aug. 1717.
v. SUSANNA, b. 1 Aug. 1719; m. 14 Dec. 1738 JACOB BIGELOW of Waltham.
vi. HOPESTILL, b. 7 Sept. 1721; m. 13 Mar. 1750 SARAH PIERCE of Waltham; she m. (2) ? 10 Apr. 1754 Josiah Mixer.
vii. DAVID, b. 23 Sept. 1723; m. 16 Oct. 1747 MARY BOND. They were dis- missed to the church at Lincoln 26 Apr. 1767.
3. HOPESTILL3 MEAD (David,2 Gabriel1?), born 1681, died 9 Aug. 1750, in his 69th year, g. s.
He was admitted to the church 12 Sept. 1742, and dismissed to Waltham 1 Sept. 1750. In his will, dated 7 Aug. 1750, proved 24 Sept. 1750, he mentioned wife Elizabeth, kinsman Benjamin Hastings, daughter Abigail Jennison, and grandson Josiah Jenni- son. Joshua Mead of Waltham, designated his kinsman, he made executor. No child but Abigail is mentioned, and it is probable no other child of his was then living. If he lived within the limits of Waltham his associations were largely with Lexington.
He married 22 Aug. 1707 ELIZABETH HASTINGS, baptized 4 Dec. 1687, daughter of John2 and Abigail (Hammond).
Child, baptized at Lexington:
i. ABIGAIL, 4 bapt. 30 Aug. 1713; m. 23 Oct. 1729 NATHANIEL1 JENNISON.
4. JOSHUA4 MEAD (David,3 David,2 Gabriel1?), born 9 Nov. 1715, died at Waltham 31 Mar. 1794. Resided within the limits of Wal- tham.
He married 24 May 1750 LUCY PARKER, born 4 Apr. 1731, daugh- ter of Andrew4 and Sarah (Whitney). They were both admitted to the church at Lexington 8 Dec. 1751.
Children, first and fourth baptized at Lexington:
i. LUCY,5 bapt. 19 Jan. 1752; d. between 1752 and 1755.
ii. MARY, b. 1 May 1753; m. 3 Dec. 1772 ABRAHAM WHITNEY.
iii. MOSES, b. 2 Dec. 1754; m. 22 May 1777 LIZZIE VILES, dau. of John and Susanna (Bemis) (?). He was in the Revolutionary War. They had ten children.
iv. LYDIA, b. 17 May 1756; m. 1 June 1775 JOSEPH ADAMS of Newton.
v. ELIJAH, b. 30 Sept. 1758; m. ABIGAIL ( ). They had five children.
vi. JACOB, b. 30 Oct. 1760; m. POLLY ( ); d. 14 Sept. 1814. They had nine children.
5. MATTHEW4 MEAD (David,3 David,2 Gabriel1?), born 9 Aug. 1717, died 1 Apr. 1796.
He was admitted to the church 28 Mar. 1742. He resided on the present site of the Russell House. His house was ransacked by the
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
British 19 April 1775. He was frequently elected to the office of constable, school committee man and tythingman.
He married at Billerica, 23 Jan. 1754, MARTHA DANFORTH, died 8 Aug. 1792, aged 63.
Children, all but the first baptized at Lexington:
i. WARD,5 b. 16 Dec. 1754.
ii. MARTHA, b. 10 Aug. 1756; Matthew Mead's child d. 16 Apr. 1766.
iii. RHODA, bapt. 9 July 1758; m. 13 Sept. 1786 PHILEMON4 MUNROE.
6. iv. LEVI, bapt. 14 Aug. 1759.
7. v. JOSIAH, b. 18 Oct. 1761.
vi. ELIAS, bapt. 29 May 1763; d. 1 June 1765.
6. LEVI5 MEAD (Matthew, 4 David,3 David,2 Gabriel1?), baptized 14 Aug. 1759, died 29 Apr. 1828 .*
He served in the Revolution, was in the 9th campaign, Dec. 1776, for three months to Boston, and one month to Dorchester. He also served in the Continental line, 1780, and was captain of the militia, 1796. His name appears on a document dated 1776, signed by some of the leading citizens of Lexington, in which they declared "before God and the world" they would be true to the cause of liberty and to each other; - a Declaration of their Independence of the Mother Country. He was assessor in 1794. About 1801 he moved with his family to Chesterfield, N. H.
He married BETSEY CONVERSE of Bedford. They were admitted to the church 30 May 1784.
Children, i. and iii. to vi. baptized at Lexington:
i. LEVI,6 bapt. 8 Aug. 1784.
ii. JOSEPH, d. young.
iii. JAMES, b. 26 Oct. 1788.
iv. BRADLEY, bapt. 3 June 1792.
v. LARKIN, bapt. 18 Oct. 1795.
vi. ELIAS, bapt. 17 Mar. 1799.
vii. MARSHALL, b. at Chesterfield, N. H.
viii. BETSEY, b. at Chesterfield, N. H.
7. JOSIAH5 MEAD (Matthew, 4 David,3 David,2 Gabriel !? ), born 18 Oct. 1761, died 5 July 1829.
He was in the five months' campaign, 1777, to guard the lines near Cambridge, and a trader in town. His estate was on the present site of the Cary Memorial Library.
He married 12 May 1789 SARAH LOCKE, born 27 May 1766, died 2 Sept. 1839, daughter of Joseph4 and Sarah (Baldwin).
Children :
i. CLARISSA,6 b. 10 June 1790; m. 30 Nov. 1815 NATHANIEL7 HARRINGTON.
ii. MARIA HOWARD, b. 12 June 1792; m. 6 Dec. 1821 NATHAN6 CHANDLER.
iii. SALLY, bapt. 13 Apr. 1794; d. in infancy.
iv. MARTHA INGERSOLL, b. 6 June 1797; m. 1 Feb. 1824 CAPT. NATHAN? HARRINGTON.
v. SALLY, bapt. 22 Feb. 1801; m. 11 Oct. 1821 JAMES6 HASTINGS of Lincoln.
vi. FRANKLIN, bapt. 28 Aug. 1803; d. 2 Oct. 1805.
Authority: S. P. Mead, Hist. and Gen. of Mead Family.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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GENEALOGIES
GEORGE FRANKLIN3 MEAD (John D.,2 Levi1) was born at Rox- bury 22 May 1854, son of John D., born at Deerfield, N. H., and grandson of Levi and Polly (Wilson). His mother, Elizabeth Dunning, was born at Brunswick, Me., daughter of James and Jane C. ( ).
He is a commission merchant and a Free Mason; he became a resident of Lexington Oct. 1886. He was a member of the Mass. Legislature in 1897-98, and Clerk of Metropolitan Affairs Com- mittee both years.
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