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Island, 1693. The description signified that it was then bounded partly by land of John Munroe, by the ministerial land, and by lands of Matthew Bridge, and extended in one direction to Vine Brook.
He married first SARAH* ( ), died 28 Jan. 1710-11, aged "50 years 9M° & 12 dayes," g. s .; secondly JANEt ( ).
Children by the first wife:
i. MARY,4 b. 13 July 1683.
9. ii. JOHN, b. 1685.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. 20 Feb. 1689; m. 15 Nov. 1716 LYDIA EAMES of Framingham, who d. 21 Oct. 1775, aged 81; d. before 1762. Resided at Framingham and Sherborn. He was a soldier in 1707; was captured by the Indians and held in captivity several years. In 1729 he, then of Sherborn, pe- titioned the General Court for a grant of land or sum of money in con- sideration of his sufferings and losses, etc., and he received a grant of two hundred acres near "Wachusets Hill."
iv. RICHARD, drowned in a pond in Maine in 1719; at the time of his death he owned real estate at Lexington.
10. v. AMOS, b. 6 Jan. 1699-1700.
vi. BETHIA, b. 15 Apr. 1701; m. LIEUT. EBENEZER4 FISKE.
vii. THOMAS, bapt. 1 Sept. 1706; (?) m. 12 Feb. 1735-36 ABIGAIL COZZENS; d. (?) 9 Jan. 1754. Resided at Holliston.
viii. JOSEPH, m. (1) 24 Mar. 1721 PATIENCE RICE, who d. 31 Aug. 174-, aged 40; m. (2) (?) 27 Dec. 1753 MRS. SARAH POPE. Resided at Sud- bury.
6. JOSEPH4 MUZZY (Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), baptized 19 Mar. 1710. He was admitted to the church 9 June 1728. He was a householder in 1735, and was taxed for real estate the year fol- lowing. He may have moved to Shrewsbury.
He married LOIS (? PIERCE).
Children, birth or baptism at Lexington:
i. LoIs,5 bapt. 12 Oct. 1735; m. 25 Dec. 1754 ISAAC DRURY of Shrewsbury; d. 4 Feb. 1785.
ii. SARAH, bapt. 3 Apr. 1737; m. 23 May 1765 JOSIAH BOUCKER, JR., of Westboro.
iii. JOSEPH, b. 26 Aug. 1740; m. (intention dated 11 June 1763) HANNAH MERRIAM of Charlton. Went to Shrewsbury.
iv. ABIGAIL, bapt. 28 July 1745; m. (1) 4 Feb. 1766 JOSEPH SHERMAN, JR., of Shrewsbury, who "died in the Continental Army at Morristown, N. Jersie," 8 Mar. 1777, aged about 35; m. (2) (intention datcd 5 July 1782) TIMOTHY WHEELER of Ipswich, N. H.
v. NATHAN, b. 12 May 1751.
7. JOHN4 MUZZY (Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), baptized 12 Feb. 1716, died 2 Dec. 1784.
He was selectman in 1773. He was one of the Lexington company who met the enemy in 1775, and was two months with the army at Cambridge, 1776, in the campaign to Ticonderoga 1775, and at Bennington 1777.
* Said to be Sarah Langhorne, born 26 Feb. 1649, daughter of Thomas of Cambridge. The age on the gravestone does not correspond.
t The marriage intention of Mrs. Jean Muze of Lexington to Lieut. John Cleves of Bev- erly was published 9 Dec. 1733. Beverly rec.
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He married first REBECCA REED, born 5 Nov. 1724, died 24 Jan. 1771, g. s., daughter of Major Benjamin4 and Rebecca (Stone); secondly 19 Aug. 1773 MRS. REBECCA (WATTS) MUNROE, born at Chelsea 17 Apr. 1727, died at Ashburnham 9 Mar. 1799, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Mason) Watts, and widow of Lieut. Jonas3 Munroe of Lexington.
Children, baptisms at Lexington:
i. ISAAC,5 bapt. 16 Dec. 1744; admitted to the church 17 Nov. 1771; killed on the Common 19 April 1775, at the beginning of the battle.
ii. REBEKAH, bapt. 11 May 1746; d. unm.
iii. MARY, b. 3 June 1748; m. 31 Aug. 1769 SILAS FULLER of Lexington.
11. iv. EBENEZER, bapt. 8 July 1750. 1
v. ABIGAIL, drowned in a tub of water at the age of 2 y.
12. vi. JOHN, b. 1754.
vii. EUNICE, m. 24 June 1790 EBENEZER ESTABROOK of Holden; d. 14 Sept. 1825, aged 73.
viii. THADDEUS, bapt. 25 Sept. 1757; d. unm. 1785. A member of Capt. Parker's company, 1775.
ix. ABIGAIL, bapt. 1 Feb. 1756; m. 30 Nov. 1780 ABEL WINSHIP. Resided at Bedford?
x. BETTY, bapt. 30 Aug. 1761; m. 14 Mar. 1786 JOSHUA STEARNS of Prince- ton. They moved to New Ipswich, N. H.
Other children of John Muzzy and his wife died in early infancy, possibly as follows:
JOHN JR.'s child d. 28 Apr. 1757.
JOHN JR.'s child d. 18 Apr. 1764.
JOHN JR.'s child d. 14 Mar. 1765.
JOHN'S infant d. 22 Oct. 1766.
JOHN's child d. 10 Jan. 1769.
JOHN'S child d. 29 Dec. 1770.
8. BENJAMIN4 MUZZY (Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), baptized 18 May 1729.
He married 19 Feb. 1752 HANNAH DISCOM, and moved to Shrews- bury, where they were admitted to the church July 1753. He prob- ably died before 26 Apr. 1760. His widow (?) married, intention dated 31 Mar. 1761, Ebenezer Perry.
Children :
i. BENJAMIN5 (twin), bapt. 15 Aug. 1753.
ii. HANNAH (twin), bapt. 15 Aug. 1753.
iii. JAMES, bapt. 2 Jan. 1757.
iv. SETH, bapt. 8 Oct. 1758.
V. BENONI, bapt. 26 Apr. 1760.
9. JOHN4 MUZZY (Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 1685, died 29 Mar. 1768, g. s. He was either born at Lexington or came here with his father in early infancy.
In 1714 he opened the first public house in the place, which he continued for a long period. He was constable 1727; on school com- mittee, 1733; selectman 1741-42, '44; and assessor 1746. He was admitted to the church 24 Aug. 1735.
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In his will dated 1764, with a codicil dated 1765, he mentioned daughters Mary Hall, Sarah Hill, and Jane Stone, and sons John and Benjamin. He made his son-in-law, Samuel Stone, executor. He not only owned land in Lexington, but also in Templeton, hav- ing a proprietor's lot of 40' acres there in 1735. He gave this land to his sons Benjamin and John.
He married first 12 July 1709 ELIZABETH BRADSHAW of Medford, born 21 - 1688, died 21 Feb. 1722, aged 33, daughter of John and Mary ( ); secondly 6 Dec. 1722 MRS. REBECCA (WATTS-TUR- NER) INGRAM, died 12 July 1731, aged about 40, daughter of Ed- ward and Rebecca ( ) Watts of Chelsea, and widow respectively of Rev. James Turner and James Ingram; thirdly MARY ( ), died 9 Mar. 1758, in her 66th year, g. s.
Children by the first wife, births of the first two recorded at Cam- bridge, the others at Lexington:
i. ELIZABETH,5 b. 15 Apr. 1710; m. JOHN HOVEY; d. at Cambridge Dec. 1729.
ii. MARY, b. 1711-12; m. 14 Dec. 1732 STEPHEN HALL of Medford.
iii. JOHN, b. 12 May 1714; d. at Spencer 25 June 1789; m. (1) 11 Nov. 1736 ABIGAIL5 REED, b. 30 Mar. 1720, d. 18 Feb. 1766; m. (2) 14 May 1778 MRS. ELEANOR (STODDARD) SNOW. Children: i. John,6 b. 9 Dec. 1737; m. (1) 26 Nov. 1761 Mary Ball, who d. 23 Apr. 1785; m. (2) 3 Oct. 1786 Mrs. Lucy Bartlett of Brookfield, who d. 16 Sept. 1807; d. at Spencer 9 Apr. 1819. ii. Abigail, b. 15 May 1739; m. 30 Dec. 1756 Thomas White of Spencer, who d. 25 Feb. 1822, aged 90; d. at Spencer 21 Sept. 1811.
iv. SARAH, b. 6 July 1716; m. JACOB HILL.
v. JANE, b. 4 July 1719; m. SAMUEL5 STONE; d. 20 Feb. 1786, g. s.
Children by the third wife, both born at Lexington:
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 17 Dec. 1734; m. 29 Apr. 1756 FRANCIS FAULKNER of Acton; d. three weeks after her marriage.
vii. BENJAMIN, b. 24 Oct. 1736; ? went to Sudbury where he m. 30 July 1761 ELIZABETH WITHERBEE of Stow.
10. AMOS4 MUZZY (Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 6 Jan. 1699-1700, died 26 June 1752, g. s.
He died possessed of a large property for that period, and among his chattels were a male negro, inventoried at £350, and a female negro apprized at £100. "The home Land" was described "Con- taining by Estmation Eighty too Acres with a Manfion houfe & Barn X Corn house upon it Confisting of Pasturage Mowing plow- ing orchard & wood land Lying upon both Sides of the Great Coun- try Road Leading to Concord." This mansion house was situated on the place where David W. Muzzcy now resides, and the land extended down upon Waltham St. to the place now called Grape Vine Corner. He owned land also at Woburn and Townsend. He was assessor 1743, '49, and a selectman 1750.
He married 26 Sept. 1734 ESTHER GREEN, born 16 Sept. 1716, died 9 Sept. 1801, g. s., daughter of Samuel2 and Esther (Carter);
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she married secondly 4 May 1758 Thomas Prentice, Esq., of New- ton, who died 4 Apr. 1760; thirdly 15 Aug. 1765 Capt. Samuel Whittemore of Cambridge, who died 3 Feb. 1793.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ESTHER,5 b. 11 June 1735; d. unm. 9 Oct. 1789, g. s.
ii. SARAH, b. 30 Mar. 1737; m. 19 Oct. 1758 BEZALEEL5 LAWRENCE.
iii. AMos, b. 7 June 1739; d. 3 July 1740.
13. iv. AMos, b. 24 May 1741.
14. v. WILLIAM, b. 31 July 1743.
vi. SAMUEL, b. 12 July 1745; d. 29 Aug. 1747.
vii. BETHIA, b. 8 July 1747; m. 16 Nov. 1769 THADDEUS4 BROWN.
viii. MARY, b. 8 Sept. 1749 .*
ix. BENJAMIN, b. 25 Jan. 1752; grad. Harvard, 1774, and sailing from Bos- ton in Sept. 1777, in the privateer Hero Revenge as its chaplain, was lost at sea.
11. EBENEZER5 MUZZY (John,4 Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), baptized 8 July 1750, died 29 Mar. 1804, g. s.
He married 6 Jan. 1774 ELIZABETH REED, born 26 Nov. 1754, died 15 Mar. 1846, g. s., daughter of Joshua5 and Elizabeth (Hough- ton). They resided first at Lexington but afterwards moved to New Hampshire, where the greater number of their children were born, returned to Lexington and died there.
Children:
15. i. ISAAC,6 b. 5 Apr. 1775.
ii. Child, d. 27 Dec. 1776.
iii. BETSEY, b. 30 July 1780; m. JONAS REED. Resided at Heath.
iv. JOSHUA, b. at Rindge, N. H., 13 Feb. 1783; d. there 17 Sept. 1790, killed by a fall from a tree.
v. THADDEUS, b. 18 Feb. 1785; m. MRS. MARY PATCH of Boston, who d. 7 Dec. 1816, aged 32; drowned in Boston Harbor 15 June 1815, g. s.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. 2 Apr. 1788; m. JOHN PARKER; d. at Phillipston 17 Jan. 1808. vii. JOSHUA, b. 26 May 1790; d. 29 Oct. 1792.
viii. JOHN, b. 19 Nov. 1794; m. 19 Nov. 1816 LYDIA MORE of Boston, b. 10 Apr. 1796, d. 20 Dec. 1862, dau. of Thomas D. and Sarah ( ); d. 30 Dec. 1864. They resided at Boston until 1854 when they moved to Lexington. Children: i. Child,7 d. young. ii. John M., b. 18 July 1819, d. 3 Apr. 1839.
12. JOHN5 MUZZY (John,4 Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), born 1754, died 29 Jan. 1824, g. s. He was in the army in the Jerseys in 1776 and also at Ticonderoga during the same year. It was probably he who was selectman 1814-16, assessor 1815-16, and treasurer 1820-23.
He married REBECCA MUNROE, baptized 23 June 1754, daugh- ter of Jonas 3 and Rebecca (Watts), daughter of her husband's step- mother.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY,6 b. 14 Dec. 1777; m. NATHAN® REED, JR.
16. ii. JOHN, b. 22 June 1780.
17. iii. JONAS M., b. 18 July 1782.
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13. AMOS5 MUZZY (Amos,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 24 May 1741, died 19 Dec. 1822.
The remains of Amos Muzzy and his two wives were placed in a tomb in the churchyard at Lexington, and covered with a slab bearing this inscription, "The northwest corner of this tomb is reserved for Mr. Amos Muzzy and wives, and no other corpse to be laid there." He was in the Battle of Lexington 1775,* five months at Ticonderoga 1776, and three months at Cambridge 1778. He was selectman 1786-88.
He married first 29 Nov. 1764 ABIGAIL BOWERS of Billerica, born 12 Oct. 1744, died 15 Mar. 1803, daughter of Josiah and Abi- gail (Thompson); secondly 25 Dec. 1806 MRS.ABIGAIL (INGOLDSBY) SMITH, died 18 Feb. 1814, aged 63, widow of Capt. Joseph 6 Smith of Lexington. They were admitted to the church 26 Jan. 1766.
Children, all born at Lexington:
18. i. AMOS,6 b. 19 Apr. 1766.
ii. JOSIAH, b. 4 Nov. 1767; a child in Amos Muzzy's family d. 19 July 1768.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 27 May 1769; m. 1800 THOMAS CONANT of Boston.
19. iv. WILLIAM, b. 25 May 1771.
14. WILLIAM5 MUZZY (Amos,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 31 July 1743, died 20 Nov. 1770.
He married LYDIA REED of Charlestown, born 13 June 1745, died 7 Nov. 1785, daughter of Seth4 and Lydia (Cutter). They were admitted to the church 18 May 1766. She married secondly 13 June 1771 Jonathan6 Smith of Lexington.
Children, both baptized at Lexington:
i. LYDIA, 6 bapt. 26 July 1767; m. 25 Dec. 1788 NATHAN4 BROWN.
ii. MARY, bapt. 7 Jan. 1770; m. 24 July 1796 REV. DANIEL6 MARRETT Of Standish, Me.
15. ISAAC6 MUZZY (Ebenezer,5 John,4 Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), born 5 Apr. 1775, died 1 Aug. 1842.
- He married 19 Apr. 1803 MARY BATTEL or BATTELLE, born at Dedham 2 July 1778, died 1 Aug. 1849, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary ( ) of Dedham and Malden.
Children, all born at Lexington:
20. i. CHARLES,7 b. 12 May 1804.
ii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 1808; d. 23 Oct. 1840.t
iii. MARY ANN, b. 15 Apr. 1811; m. 26 Nov. 1829 EBENEZER C.8 HOSMER.
* From Journals of Each Provincial Congress.
Amos Muzzey, 19 April 1775.
An acct. of damages the British did me that day.
To breaking glass windows 6.14
1 looking glass 7.10
Crockery ware 2.00
Damage to real estate . 2.00
£18. 4 Some of the crockery ware is now in the family's possession.
t Jonathan Harrington's list.
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16. JOHN6 MUZZY (John,5 John,4 Benjamin,3 Joseph,2 Robert1), born 22 June 1780, died 7 Dec. 1843.
It was possibly this John who was a member of the school com- mittee 1830, '31, '36, '37; assessor 1836; representative 1825, '27, and appointed a justice of the peace 1826. He resided on the Con- cord road.
He married 3 Oct. 1811 REBECCA LINCOLN of Hingham, born 26 Oct. 1789, died at Hingham 18 July 1864, daughter of Seth and Mary (Fearing). She was descended from two of the oldest families of that town. After the death of her husband she returned to Hing- ham.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. JULIA A.,7 b. 4 Nov. 1815; d. at Hingham 24 Feb. 1880.
17. JONAS M.6 MUZZY (John,5 John, 4 Benjamin, 3 Joseph,2 Robert1), born 18 July 1782, died 12 Dec. 1864.
He resided near the Common in the house later occupied by Simon W. Robinson, now the site of Dr. Tilton's residence. The Muzzy house was moved to the corner of Parker St. and Mass. Ave., and is now owned by Mrs. E. H. Crosby of Boston. Jonas Muzzy was deacon of the Unitarian church.
He married 12 June 1816 ABIGAIL DUNCKLEE of Milford, N. H .: Children:
i. LOUISA CAROLINE,8 b. 1 June 1818; m. 22 Dec. 1836 SETH L. HOBART of Hingham; d. at Hingham 1 June 1886. Children: i. Alice Louisa,9 b. 14 Dec. 1837; m. 7 June 1866 John M.8 Reed. ii. Caroline Hale, b. 7 Mar. 1842; m. 11 Mar. 1868 Charles D. Waterman of Boston. iii. Ella Williams, b. 16 Nov. 1846. iv. Louis, b. 10 May 1852; d. in 10 d. v. Marion Lincoln, b. 20 Feb. 1854; d. 19 Sept. 1871. vi. Mabel Mun- roe, b. 17 Nov. 1859. vii. Emma Gertrude, b. 14 Feb. 1862; d. 25 Mar. 1862.
ii. WILLIAM P., b. 14 Feb. 1822; d. 16 July 1844.
iii. FRANSCENA, b. 25 Apr. 1833.
18. AMOS6 MUZZY (Amos,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 19 Apr. 1766, died 20 May 1829.
He was chosen deacon 14 Apr. 1822, was also selectman 1807, '08, '17, '19; town treasurer 1801-03, '05, '06, and representative 1822. In his family was a slave named Boston.
He married 10 Oct. 1793 LYDIA BOUTELLE of Leominster, born 1 Apr. 1769, died 24 Dec. 1838, daughter of Col. Timothy and Rachel (Lincoln). They were admitted to the church 29 Apr. 1798.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ELMIRA,7 b. 21 Oct. 1794; m. 23 Oct. 1817 CHARLES7 REED.
21. ii. BENJAMIN, b. 13 Dec. 1795.
iii. LYDIA, b. 11 June 1799; m. 29 Oct. 1818 SAMUEL6 CHANDLER.
22. iv. ARTEMAS BOWERS, b. 21 Sept. 1802.
v. ABIGAIL, b. 26 Nov. 1804; m. 11 Sept. 1834 SAMUEL® CHANDLER, widower of her sister Lydia.
vi. AMOS OTIS, b. 14 June 1808; d. 20 Jan. 1812.
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19. WILLIAM6 MUZZY (Amos,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 25 May 1771, died 16 Apr. 1835.
He graduated from Harvard in 1793, and was ordained at Sulli- van, N. H., 7 Feb. 1798. He left there in 1828 and returned with his family to Lexington where he was a member of the school committee in 1830 and 1834.
He married 20 Sept. 1798 ANNA MUNROE, born 9 May 1771, died 19 June 1850, daughter of William4 and Anna (Smith).
Children, all born at Sullivan, N. H .:
i. EMILY,7 b. 1 Nov. 1799; d. unm. 4 Mar. 1891.
ii. LAURA, b. June 1802; d. 3 Dec. 1814.
iii. WILLIAM MUNROE, b. 30 June 1804; m. 8 July 1841 MARY MORTON SHAW, b. 26 Oct. 1815, d. at Philadelphia, Pa., 20 May 1874; d. at Philadelphia, Pa., 17 Sept. 1881.
iv. ABBY ANN, b. 15 June 1806; m. 4 Aug. 1835 DEA. WILLIAM6 BRIGHAM.
v. SARAH, b. Dec. 1809; d. 3 Dec. 1814.
20. CHARLES7 MUZZY (Isaac,6 Ebenezer,5 John,4 Benjamin, 3 Joseph,2 Robert1), born 12 May 1804, died 26 Aug. 1853.
He was a trader and moved to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1829. In 1834 he removed from Philadelphia to West Cambridge (Arlington) where he was in trade at the "Foot of the Rocks" for several years; then he moved to Charlestown. In 1853 he came to Lexington.
He married, he then of Boston, 3 Feb. 1831 SARAH OAKES of Malden, daughter ? of Jonathan and Sally (Parker).
Child, born at Philadelphia, Pa .:
i. SARAH ELIZABETH,8 b. 6 June 1834; m. (1) 5 Apr. 1855 GEORGE7 TUTTLE; m. (2) GEORGE W. LANE, d. 1909; d. at Arlington 14 Oct. 1910.
21. BENJAMIN7 MUZZEY (Amos,6 Amos,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 13 Dec. 1795, died suddenly at the Exchange Coffee House in Boston, 21 Apr. 1848.
He began business as a trader at Boston and remained until about 1830 when he returned to Lexington. He was a leading pop- ular man in town, selectman 1840, '43, '48; member of the school committee 1831-34, '36, '38, '40; representative 1843 and justice of the peace 1846.
He married 19 June 1822 ELIZABETH WOOD, born at Newbury- port 27 June 1798, died 29 Aug. 1870, daughter of David and Elizabeth Bird (Coffin).
Children, first three born at Boston, the others at Lexington:
i. CHARLES OTIS,8 b. 17 Aug. 1824; entered the navy in Nov. 1861 as aide and secretary to Capt. Pickering, U.S. steamer Kearsarge; was trans- ferred to the steamer Housatonic May 1863, and killed by the explo- sion of a torpedo, which destroyed the ship in Charleston Harbor, 18 Feb. 1864.
ii. SUSAN ELIZABETH, b. 21 July 1826; d. 12 Sept. 1827.
iii. HELEN ELIZABETH, b. 25 June 1828; m. 22 Nov. 1854 RICHARD H. HOOPER of Charlestown, b. 22 May 1822, d. 27 Apr. 1885, s. of Thomas and Mary
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(Hyer); d. at Boston 31 July 1906. They had children: Henry,9 Eliza- beth M., Helen Louise and Eleanor Gordon, all of whom d. in childhood. iv. LORING WILLIAM, b. 28 Aug. 1831; d. 15 Nov. 1909. He entered the serv- ice 29 Apr. 1861 as quartermaster sergeant 12th Mass. Inf'y (Web- ster's regiment) and was mustered 26 June 1861. Appointed quarter- master 17 May 1862 with rank of first lieutenant. Captain and commissary of subsistence 21 Mar. 1864, and assigned to 2d Brigade, 2d Division, Ist Army Corps. Brevet-major and commissary of subsist- ence 8 July 1865, and discharged 13 Oct. 1865 at Columbia, S. C., under General Order No. 79 of 1 May 1865. During his entire service he was continuously and faithfully on duty in the various positions to which he was assigned, which included the Headquarters of the fol- lowing commands - 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 1st Army Corps, 2d Divi- sion, Ist Army Corps, 6th Army Corps, Col. Wainwright's artillery and Col. Burton's reserve artillery, both in 1st Army Corps, Col. C. H. Tompkin's artillery of 6th Army Corps, Department of the South, at Hilton Head and District of Western South Carolina at Columbia. One of his important duties was that he was designated, under General Order No. 13 of 10 Apr. 1865, to deliver subsistence to Gen. Lee's destitute army after the surrender at Appomattox. In the state militia he has held two commissions in the 2d Brigade, captain and engineer 13 Aug. 1868 to 1873, and captain and aide-de- camp from 1873 to 1876. At the time of the town's "Centennial of the Battle of Lexington" he commanded the battalion of Minute Men. He was a Free Mason, and collector of taxes from Jan. 1898 to July 1908.
23. v. DAVID WOOD, b. 10 July 1833.
24. vi. GEORGE EVELETH, b. 4 Aug. 1838.
vii. BENJAMIN LYMAN, b. 14 Nov. 1840; d. 13 Mar. 1855.
22. ARTEMAS7 BOWERS MUZZEY* (Amos, 6 Amos,5 Amos, 4 Benja- min,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 21 Sept. 1802, died at Cambridge 21 Apr. 1892.
He graduated from Harvard, 1824, A.B. 1827, graduated from the Divinity School 1828, received the degree of LL.B. 185-, and was ordained pastor of the Unitarian Society at Framingham 1830. He resigned that position at the end of three years, and became pastor successively of the Unitarian churches at Cambridgeport, Lee St., Cambridge, Concord, N. H., and Newburyport, retiring from the last in 1865 and afterwards making his residence at Cambridge, and at the same time supplying the Unitarian pulpit at Chestnut Hill, Newton, for a period of ten or twelve years, thus concluding his continuous service as a preacher, though occasionally meeting calls in that capacity. He published numerous books, sermons and essays. He was one of the oldest members of the Mass. Horticul- tural Society both in point of age and membership, and was one of the original members of the Unitarian Association. He was actively interested in educational matters, and served for several years on the Cambridge school committee, and for part of the time was its chairman. He was an overseer of Harvard from 1860 to 1866, and for more than forty years was on committees to examine the stu-
* See Mem. Biog. of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc., Vol. ix., p. 80.
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dents of this college in moral and intellectual philosophy and his- tory, and was also on a committee for the Divinity School.
He married first at Boston, 27 Jan. 1831, HEPSIBETH PATTERSON of Boston, born 9 Dec. 1804, died 16 Apr. 1859, daughter of Enoch and Mary (Adams) of Boston; secondly 23 Oct. 1860 LUCY JONES MOSELEY of Newburyport, died at Cambridge 30 Nov. 1891, daugh- ter of Hon. Ebenezer and Mary A. (Oxnard) of Newburyport.
Children by the first wife, the first born at Framingham, the others at Cambridge:
i. HENRY WARE,8 b. 16 Sept. 1832; m. 20 May 1856 ELLEN EMERSON KENT of Concord, N. H .; d. 26 Mar. 1886. He was a prominent lawyer at Boston. Three children living.
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ii. ELLEN MARIA, b. 21 Apr. 1834; m. 4 Oct. 1871 EDWARD FROST of Little- ton, b. at Wayland, d. 11 July 1908. She resides at Newton.
iii. MARY PATTERSON, b. 16 Mar. 1836; m. at Cambridge, 27 Dec. 1866, JAMES B. MOORE of Concord, N. H., d. at Southampton, Eng., 31 July 1872; d. at Newton 30 May 1907. One child living.
iv. DAVID PATTERSON, b. 8 Nov. 1838; m. 17 Feb. 1876 SARAH ABBY TURNER of Stow; d. at Cambridge 3 Aug. 1910. They resided at Cambridge. He practised law at Cambridge previous to the Rebellion. He enlisted 23 May 1861 in the 1st Mass. Inf'y, and was in the first battle of Bull Run, Va., July 1861; was six months a private, then commissioned second lieutenant; was in the battles of Roanoke Island and Newbern, N. C., under Gen. Burnside. He was promoted to first lieutenant, and detailed by Gen. Banks as deputy provost marshal of Baton Rouge, and New Iberia, La .; served in the campaigns of Port Hudson and Red River, La., and was a member of the "forlorn hope" at the former place. He was in all the battles in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and at their close was detailed on Gen. Sheridan's staff. He was in the 3d Regiment of Cavalry on the plains of Colorado. He served throughout the entire war, from 23 May 1861 to 8 Oct. 1865, when he was pro- moted and discharged as lieutenant-colonel. Graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1869, and preached several years at Littleton and Stow. Child: Herbert Sprague,9 b. at Cambridge 22 Oct. 1878.
23. DAVID WOOD8 MUZZEY (Benjamin,7 Amos,6 Amos,5 Amos, 4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 10 July 1833.
He married 13 Dec. 1860 ANNA WOODBURY SAVILLE, born at Annisquam, Gloucester, 8 July 1838, died 12 Sept. 1908, daughter of David4 and Ann W. (Leonard).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. BENJAMIN,9 b. 19 Sept. 1866; d. 24 Aug. 1885.
ii. SUSAN WOOD, b. 20 July 1868.
25. iii. DAVID SAVILLE, b. 9 Oct. 1870.
iv. HELEN ELIZABETH, b. 21 Aug. 1874. Assistant librarian of the Cary Memorial Library since 1896.
v. ANNIE LEONARD, b. 28 June 1877; grad. Radcliffe, A.B., 1900.
vi. CLIFFORD LORING, b. 11 Dec. 1886.
24. GEORGE EVELETH8 MUZZEY (Benjamin,7 Amos,6 Amos,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1), born 4 Aug. 1838, died 14 Dec. 1896.
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GENEALOGIES
He entered the service as citizen clerk to the quartermaster of 12th Mass. Infantry, 23 July 1861, and was mustered as quarter- master sergeant in same regiment 6 June 1862. Commissioned second lieutenant 9 Oct. 1862 and appointed acting quartermas- ter. First lieutenant 31 July 1863 and held the full rank of quartermaster from 30 Apr. 1864 to date of discharge 8 July 1864.
Later served as citizen clerk in the Commissary Dept. at Hilton Head and Columbia, S. C., until 13 Oct. 1865. During his entire service he was continually on active duty with the regiment to which he was much attached, as was evidenced by his declining a commission as captain and acting quartermaster for the brigade.
He was engaged in the lumber business and established the Lex- ington Lumber Co. He was a Free Mason. He was elected select- man in 1890 and served continuously until his death, being chair- man from Mar. 1896.
He married 7 Oct. 1868 ANNA MATILDA GOULD, born at Boston 20 Mar. 1841, died 17 July 1872, daughter of Thomas,3 Jr., and Lydia A. (Teel).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. LYMAN BENJAMIN9 (twin), b. 17 July 1872; d. 17 July 1872.
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