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Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARJORIE GERALDINE,3 b. 31 Jan. 1900.
PAUL
HARVEY E.1 PAUL was born at Charlestown.
He married EDITH HARTWELL, born at Worcester.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. ARTHUR EUGENE,2 b. 8 Oct. 1907.
PAYSON
EDWARD SAXTON7 PAYSON (Lemuel A.,6 Lemuel,5 Samuel, 4 George,3 Samuel,2 Edward1) was born at Groton 26 Sept. 1842, son of Rev. Lemuel Albert, born at Salem 22 Oct. 1805, and grand- son of Lemuel and Joanna (Newhall). His mother, Clarissa Olivia Saxton, was born at Lockport, N. Y., 17 July 1808, daughter of Col. Asher. He is descended from Edward Payson, who came from England about 1636 and died at Dorchester 1689. The latter had married as a second wife Mary Eliot, a sister of Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle of the Indians.
He is a piano manufacturer and a Free Mason.
He married at Boston, 10 July 1872, AMANDA CAROLINE MOR- RILL, born at Boston 17 Apr. 1846, daughter of Asa and Anne Caroline (Sanders).
PEABODY
CHARLES H.1 PEABODY was born at Scituate, R. I.
He married MARY E. HERTSCH, born at Rogersville, N. B. Children, both born at Lexington:
i. GLENNY EMELY' (twin), b. 27 Sept. 1910.
ii. GENNIE LOUISE (twin), b. 27 Sept. 1910.
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FRANK3 PEABODY (John,2 James1) was born at Arlington 1 Aug. 1858, younger son of John, born at Gloucester 9 Mar. 1826, and grandson of James and Susan (Newell). His mother, Nancy Jane Whitman, was born at Jamaica, Vt., 15 Nov. 1830, daughter of Henry. He is a Free Mason.
He married at Arlington, 5 Apr. 1882, MARY ALICE BACON, born at Arlington 4 Oct. 1861, daughter of Jesse Palmer and Altanah (Bell). They became residents of Lexington in 1890.
Child, born at Arlington:
i. CHARLES ARTHUR,4 b. 30 Mar. 1886;1 m. at Boston, 9 Nov. 1909, ELLA BELLE RIPLEY, b. at Winthrop, dau. of John H. and N. Belle (Buzzell).
HARRY OTIS2 PEABODY (William H.1) was born at Dracut, son of William H. and Eliza H. (Whipple).
He married at Providence, R. I., 24 May 1906, MRS. MARY ELLA (STAPLES) CHADBOURNE, born at Stockton Springs, Me., daughter of Herbert and Etta J. (Carter) Staples, and widow of Frank B. Chadbourne.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. ALICE WOODBURY,3 b. 23 Dec. 1907.
ii. FRANK WILLIAM, b. 15 July 1910.
PEAK
JOHN! PEAK married 21 Mar. 1776 HITTY or HEBSIBETH HASTINGS. They were admitted to the church 29 Nov. 1778. Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. Child,2 d. Jan. 1777.
ii. MARY, bapt. 17 Jan. 1779; m. 6 Mar. 1806 ISAAC5 CHILDS.
iii. JOHN, bapt. 1 July 1781; m. and moved to Sudbury.
iv. THOMAS, bapt. 28 Dec. 1783; m. ELIZABETH ( ) and resided in Vermont.
v. SARAH, bapt. 3 June 1787; m. NATHAN PRIEST of Jaffrey, N. H.
vi. HANNAH, bapt. 26 Dec. 1790; d. 27 June 1873.
vii. PHILIP, bapt. 20 Apr. 1794; d. aged 24 years.
PEARSON
BURT W.2 PEARSON (Willis P.1) was born at Salem, son of Willis P. and Lydia J. (Barrett).
He married 29 Nov. 1905 JENNIE MARTHA BUTCHER, born at Lincoln, daughter of James A. and Mary (Annon).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. LESTER LYMAN,8 b. 28 Nov. 1906.
CORNELIUS2 PEARSON (Per Benson1) was born in Sweden, son of Per Benson and Olene (Beckman).
He married first 16 Sept. 1891 MAGGIE TOBIN, born in Ireland, daughter of James and Nellie (Crowley); secondly MRS. MARY J. (FORSYTHE) KEEFE, born in New Brunswick, daughter of William1 and Anna (Tate) Forsythe.
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Children by the first wife, born at Lexington:
i. ELIZABETH,3 b. 26 July 1892.
ii. MARY ULENA, * b. 2 June 1894.
Children by the second wife, iv. born at Lexington:
iii. ALBERT.
iv. BLANCHE, b. 16 Apr. 1903.
$ PECKHAM
WILLIAM E.1 PECKHAM was born at Middleboro.
He married HATTIE E. A. CUTTER, born at Topsfield, Me. Child, born at Lexington:
i. FLORENCE HELEN,2 b. 5 July 1895.
PELLOQUIN
FRANK X.1 PELLOQUIN was born at Cambridge.
He married MARY McDONALD, born at New Brunswick. Child, born at Lexington:
i. FRANCIS ALBERT,2 b. 8 Feb. 1906.
PENNY
DAVID4 PENNY (John,3 John,2 John1) was baptized at Charles- town 26 Nov. 1758, died 27 Jan. 1830, aged 75,t son of John and Mary (Kettell).
He married SARAH SMITH, born 26 July 1760, died 27 Sept. 1841, daughter of Josiah5 and Hannah (Brown).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SARAH, 5 b. 12 Feb. 1780.
ii. POLLY, b. 20 Feb. 1782; d. 23 Feb. 1782.
iii. JONATHAN, b. 12 Mar. 1783; d. 5 Dec. 1783.
iv. POLLY, b. 12 Nov. 1785; d. 1 Jan. 1829.
v. DAVID, b. 25 Mar. 1788; m. 12 May 1822 MARY F. SHERMAN, d. 28 Nov. 1832,t aged 35 years.
vi. ISAAC, b. 20 July 1790; d. 20 Dec. 1810.
vii. SAMUEL C., b. 13 Dec. 1792; m. LYDIA SHERMAN, sister of Mary above. viii. HANNAH, b. 14 May 1795; d. 21 Feb.' 1860.
PENTA
PETER1 PENTA was born in Italy.
He married LILLIAN FINE, born at Boston.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. ANTONIO, 2 b. 28 Apr. 1911.
PERKINS
1. ALVIN T.2 PERKINS (Jonathan1) was born at Gardiner, Me., 13 Mar. 1805, died 23 June 1862, son of Jonathan and Susan ( ).
* Recorded Pherson.
+ Jonathan Harrington's list.
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He married ELIZA ABIGAIL ( ). Children, born at Gardiner, Me .:
2. i. EDMUND.3
ii. LAURA ELIZA, m. 3 June 1868, as his second wife, HARRISON GARDNER, b. at Roxbury, s. of Joseph Henry and Harriet ( ).
iii. MARY T., m. 27 Sept. 1871 GEORGE G. DAVIS, s. of Horatio E. and Jane I. ( ) of Boston.
2. EDMUND3 PERKINS (Alvin T.,2 Jonathan1) married DELIA G. JEWETT, born in Maine.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. EDMUND BLASDEL, 4 b. 7 July 1863.
ELMER E.1 PERKINS; wife MAGGIE ( ). Both born at Penob- scot, Me.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. THOMAS CHENEY,2 b. 22 Dec. 1889.
PERO
MICHAEL2 PERO (Michael1) was born at Guysborough, N. S., son of Michael and Annie (Power).
He married first ALMIRA SCHULES, born in Nova Scotia, died 11 July 1890, aged 28, daughter of David and Margaret ( ); sec- ondly 4 Sept. 1892 ANNIE N. PARULTT, daughter of Isadora and Sophia (Brousel) of Antigonish, N. S.
Children by the first wife:
i. EDSON,3 b. at Littleton; m. 6 July 1910 PHILOMENA FRANCES MURPHY, b. at St. Lawrence, N. F., dau. of John and Mary (Gaulto).
ii. DELLA, b. in Nova Scotia; m. at Somerville, Aug. 1903, FRED KNOWLES.
iii. LEWIS JOSEPH, b. at Lexington 18 Mar. 1889.
NORMAN JOSHUA2 PERO (Michael1) was born at Guysborough, N. S., son of Michael and Annie (Power).
He married CATHERINE AGNES FLYNN, born in Ireland.
Children, the first born at Cambridge, the others at Lexington:
i. ANASTASIA,3 b. 24 Oct. 1893.
ii. AGNES ELLEN, b. 6 Apr. 1896; d. 25 July 1896.
iii. MICHAEL ALEXANDER, b. 19 Aug. 1900.
iv. LILLIE, b. 27 Dec. 1904.
v. FRANCES CATHERINE, b. 2 Aug. 1907; d. 6 July 1908.
vi. LOUISE, b. 6 June 1911.
PERRY
JOHN2 PERRY (John1) was born 2 Mar. 1695-96, son of John and Sarah (Price).
He married at Medford, 12 Oct. 1719, DEBORAH WILSON of Cam- bridge, born 12 Oct. 1700, daughter of Andrew and Hannah ( ). She was admitted to the church 29 June 1735.
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Children, all born or baptized at Lexington:
i. JOHN, 3 b. 19 Dec. 1720; m., he then of Bedford, LUCY DUDLEY of Concord. Child: Thomas, 4 b. at Concord 18 May 1745. In 1756-57 John Perry of Lexington petitioned the General Court, as guardian of Thomas Perry, a minor of 12 years of age, to sell some land at Concord which the said Thomas inherited from his grandfather, Joseph Dudley of Concord.
ii. THOMAS, b. 19 Dec. 1722; m. ABIGAIL ( ). Children, i. and vii. b. at Lexington, the others at Bedford: i. Lucy,4 b. 25 Sept. 1750; m. 4 July 1771 Thomas5 Harrington. ii. John, d. 28 Feb. 1753. iii. Thomas, d. 25 Jan. 1754. iv. Asa, b. 12 Dec. 1754. v. Micah, b. 3 Dec. 1759. vi. Thaddeus, b. 13 Apr. 1761. vii. Benjamin, b. 27 Dec. 1763. viii. Elizabeth, b. 10 Sept. 1766. ix. Oliver, b. 11 June 1769.
iii. JOSEPH, b. 3 Oct. 1724; m. 1746 MARY ? LOCKE.4 Child, bapt. at Lex- ington: Mary,4 bapt. 12 Oct. 1746.
iv. MILLICENT, b. 10 May 1726.
v. EBENEZER (twin), b. 17 July 1728.
vi. JONATHAN (twin), b. 17 July 1728; m. 27 May 1760 MARY BLODGETT, b. 20 June 1732, d. Mar. 1826, dau. of Samuel4 and Mary (Russell); d. 24 May 1792.
vii. THADDEUS,* b. 26 Dec. 1730.
viii. DEBORAH, bapt. 4 Mar. 1733; d. 22 May 1736, g. s.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. 10 Aug. 1735; m. 20 Nov. 1754 ABEL Fox.
x. JAMES, b. 30 June 1739.
NATHAN1 PERRY; wife SALLYt ( ).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SULLIVAN BURBANK,2 b. 13 Feb. 1802; d. 29 Jan. 1823.
ii. MARY, b. 30 Sept. or 1 Oct. 1803.
iii. SALLY, b. 30 Aug. 1804.
iv. ABIJAH HARRINGTON, b. 19 Dec. 1806.
v. THOMAS W., b. 1 May 1808; d. 9 Nov. 1821.
vi. NAUM S., b. 28 Mar. 1810.
PHILIP E.2 PERRY (Charles1) was born at Portland, Me., 28 Oct. 1868, son of Charles and Sarah E. (McKenney).
He married 21 Dec. 1906 MARION WOODWARD, born at Somer- ville, daughter of Henry A. C.3 and Mary E. (Hathaway). Gradu- ated from Mt. Holyoke 1902.
Child, born at Lexington:
, i. ROBERT WOODWARD,3 b. 26 July 1910.
PETERS
1. JOHN1 PETERS was born in Prussia Nov. 1806, died 7 Feb. 1886.
He married ANNA MAYERS, born in Germany 1804, died 4 Mar. 1882.
Children, all born in Germany: i. BARBARA,2 b. 2 Nov. 1834; m. 25 Nov. 1857 TIMOTHY K.8 FISKE.
* 22 May 1761 John and Deborah Perry "of Lynn" sell land at Lexington to their son Thad- deus "of Lynn." Middlesex Co. Reg. Deeds, Vol. 82, p. 42.
t "Sarah late wife of Nathan Perry Died 28th March 1826 Æ -. 55." Jonathan Harrington's list.
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2. ii. JOHN, b. 18 Aug. 1835.
3. iii. ADAM, b. 5 May 1843.
iv. PETER.
2. JOHN2 PETERS (John1), born in Germany 18 Aug. 1835, died 6 Oct. 1904.
He enlisted 26 June 1861 in Company E, 12th Mass. Infantry, discharged as corporal 8 July 1864 by reason of expiration of service. He was wounded at Antietam.
He married at Medford ADELINE AMELIA WINSHIP, born 27 Mar. 1849, died 30 Mar. 1905, daughter of Edward1 and Hannah Eliza- beth (Pollard).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ADDIE ELIZABETH,3 b. 14 Dec. 1868.
ii. CORA FRANCES, b. 11 June 1870; d. unm. 25 June 1890.
iii. JOHN DELANO, b. 27 Feb. 1872; d. 25 May 1888.
iv. GEORGE ALBERT CHESTER, b. 21 Feb. 1874; m. 11 Sept. 1895 ALICE JANE
JENKINS, dau. of Edwin and Alice Jane ( ). They have one child.
v. CLINTON RUSSELL, b. 12 Feb. 1876; m. 28 Dec. 1901 ANGELINE PATRICIA MACCARVILL of Nashua, N. H.
vi. WALTER ORED, b. 11 Dec. 1877; d. 27 Nov. 1892.
vii. HARRY ELLSWORTH, b. 16 Apr. 1880; d. 5 June 1881.
viii. ROBERT IRVING, b. 4 Apr. 1882; m. 23 July 1907 BESSIE LUCILE LOVE- LAND, dau. of Frederick L. Resides at Riverside, Cal.
ix. LESTER WINSHIP, b. 16 Jan. 1884.
X. LEON AVERY, b. 25 Aug. 1887; d. 15 Oct. 1889.
3. ADAM2 PETERS (John1), born in Germany 5 May 1843.
He enlisted 26 June 1861 in Company E, 12th Mass. Infantry, discharged 8 July 1864 by reason of expiration of service.
He married at Cambridge, 27 Feb. 1878, ALICE MARIA WOOD- MAN, born at Boston 27 June 1848, daughter of Charles and Caroline A. (Cowen).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGIA ALICE, 3 b. 29 July 1882; m. 10 June 1911 CARL FRED SAUNDERS, b. at Waltham 9 Sept. 1887, s. of Joseph Edward and Sarah (Ford).
PETERSEN
ALBERT C.1 PETERSEN was born in Denmark.
He married JULIA T. FOLEY, born in Ireland.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. LEO,2 b. 5 Oct. 1904.
PETERSON
EDWARD C.1 PETERSON was born in Sweden.
He married MAGGIE A. DELANY, born in Ireland. Children, all born at Lexington:
i. CLARENCE FRANCIS,2 b. 4 Aug. 1890.
ii. LILLIE ADELIA, b. 19 June 1892.
iii. ELLA FLORENCE, b. 4 June 1894.
iv. CHARLES, b. 16 June 1896.
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PEWTHERER
ANDREW GEORGE E.2 PEWTHERER (Andrew J.1) was born in Bermuda, son of Andrew J. and Agnes M. (Adams).
He married 19 June 1897 SUSAN W. FORSYTHE, born in New Brunswick, daughter of William1 and Ann (Tate).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY EMMA,3 b. 18 Jan. 1900; d. 15 Mar. 1903.
ii. ANDREW J., b. 9 Feb. 1904.
iii. JOHN WILLIAM, b. 23 Apr. 1908.
iv. ALICE ANNE, b. 9 Dec. 1911.
PHELPS
1. GEORGE R.1 PHELPS married MARGARET A. CHEESBORO, born at Lansingburgh, N. Y., died 17 Nov. 1892, aged 80 years, 5 months, daughter of Nehemiah and Polly ( * ).
Children, both born at Brookline:
2. i. GEORGE H.,2 b. about 1850.
3. ii. CHARLES A., b. about 1852.
2. GEORGE H.2 PHELPS (George R.1), born about 1850.
He married 27 Jan. 1875 GEORGIE A. WATERMAN, born at Brook- line, daughter of Ansel H. and Nellie E. ( ).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. HARRY A.,8 b. 3 Nov. 1876.
3. CHARLES A.2 PHELPS (George R.1), born about 1852.
He married 12 June 1883 SUSIE J. WHITING, born at Lexington, daughter of John W. and Mary J. ( ).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. HELEN W.,3 b. 26 Mar. 1890.
CAPT. WILLIAM DANE7 PHELPS (Henry, 6 Henry,5 Henry, 4 Henry,3 John,2 Henry1) was born at Gloucester 14 Feb. 1802, died at Mag- nolia 15 Aug. 1875, son of Dr. Henry, born 1776, and Mary Forbes Coffin, born 1774, daughter of Peter, and grand-daughter of Rev. Eli Forbes. The ancestor, Henry Phelps, came from England and settled at Salem.
Capt. Phelps came to Lexington to reside about 1835. His pro- fession was that of a mariner. He began as a cabin-boy, and worked his way through the different grades to master. He made many voyages to Europe and the Levant, and around Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, in command of several of the finest ships; he was wrecked once, while young, at the Cape of Good Hope, and once while captain at the entrance of Plymouth Harbor. The latter was in the winter of 1836. This was one of the most distressing ship- wrecks known on our coast. The intense cold and the unmanage- able ship, in consequence of the ice accumulated upon her, caused a
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part of the crew to perish, and others, although saved, were badly bruised and frozen.
During a voyage which extended over six years, by force of cir- cumstances he left the ship, and was obliged to take service under flags of various nations. During which time he visited most of the ports of the Pacific, parts of Australia and Van Diemen's Land, and returned home around Cape Horn in 1823.
In 1840 he commanded a large ship,* and began a series of trad- ing voyages to California, remaining there till his cargo was dis- posed of, and procuring in its place a cargo of hides. These voyages were generally of three years' duration. San Francisco was then called Yerba Buena, and consisted of three houses, where the city now stands. The river Sacramento had never been visited before then from the sea, and Capt. Phelps with two of his boats and a part of his crew explored it for about one hundred miles inland and displayed the stars and stripes for the first time upon its waters. His third voyage was disturbed by the Mexican War, and on that coast he cooperated with Stockton and Frémont in their opera- tions, and thus contributed something to our acquiring possession of the country. His last voyage was to California, the Sandwich Islands and China, and ended by his return to New York in 1857. He spent about forty years upon the sea, and twenty-six of them as commander of a ship. He was a member of the first board of trus- tees of the Lexington Savings Bank.
He married first MARY ANN CUSHING, died 16 Dec. 1831, daugh- ter of Henry of Boston; secondly 18 May 1834 LUSANNA T. BRYANT, born 11 July 1804, died at Providence, R. I., 23 Aug. 1885, daughter of Josiah5 and Sally (Withington).
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
i. LUSANNA, 8 b. 18 Nov. 1836; d. unm. 30 Apr. 1872.
ii. ALICE DODGE, b. 18 Oct. 1838; m. 15 Oct. 1862 CHARLES C.º GOODWIN.
iii. EDWIN BUCKINGHAM, b. 14 Apr. 1845; d. 4 Sept. 1849.
PHILBRICK
HARRY C.1 PHILBRICK was born at Kittery, Me.
He married JEANNETTE DARY, born at West Newton. Child, born at Lexington :
i. GEORGE DARY,2 b. 13 June 1896.
PHILLIPS
JAMES HENRY HARRISON3 PHILLIPS (Charles W.,2 James1) was born at Cambridgeport 30 Aug. 1861, second son of Charles White, born at Tetbury, England, 22 Apr. 1828, and grandson of James and Sarah (White). His mother, Sarah Maria Tallock, was born at Boston 10 Oct. 1835, daughter of James and Dorothy (MacLean).
* The Alert, described by Richard H. Dana in Two Years Before the Mast.
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He became a resident of Lexington about 1888, and was chief of the fire department for seven years.
He married first MRS. MARY ELIZABETH (WILKINS) BROWN, born at Ferrisburg, Vt., daughter of Samuel Andrew and Lucinda (Annis) Wilkins; secondly at Somerville, 23 June 1907, MRS. NETTIE FRANCES (PRESCOTT) THAYER, born at Thomaston, Me., 12 Apr. 1858, daughter of George and Lusanna Clark (Phillips) Prescott and widow of George Warren Thayer.
Children, by the first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. LESLIE, 4 b. 23 Apr. 1890.
ii. THELMA VIRGINIA, b. 3 Apr. 1893.
JOHN G.1 PHILLIPS was born at Sharon.
He married MARY W. ( ), born at Chicopee.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARY NIGHTINGALE, 2 b. 17 Oct. 1875.
PHINNEY
1. BENJAMIN1 PHINNEY died 27 Jan. 1843, aged 99 .* He married SUSANNA ( ), died 17 Jan. 1829, aged 82. They were admitted to the church at Falmouth 10 May 1772, and at the same time two of their children, Chloe and Josiah, were baptized. Susanna, their daughter, was baptized in Aug. 1774 and they were dismissed from the Falmouth church to the united church of Annapolis and Gran- ville, N. S. The records of the Lexington church recognize on 14 Oct. 1787 the fact of their recommendation from Falmouth to Nova Scotia, and state "from whence they came to refide in this Town, and requefted Chb Privileges with Us."
Children, the last two baptized at Lexington:
i. PATIENCE,2 m. 25 Sept. 1809 ELI GREEN of Boston.
ii. CHLOE, bapt. 10 May 1772; m. 21 May 1794 JOHN6 STEARNS of Waltham.
iii. JOSIAH, bapt 10 May 1772.
iv. SUSANNA, bapt. 10 Aug. 1774; m. 22 May 1794 PELEG6 STEARNS of Waltham.
v. JOSEPHI, was drowned.
vi. THEODORE, m. in Cuba ANN BARRETT.
2. vii. ELIAS, b. in Nova Scotia 1780.
viii. BENJAMIN, bapt. 14 Oct. 1787; d. 16 Oct. 1791.
ix. DEIDAMA, bapt. 20 Apr. 1788; m. BARNABAS FALES of Washington, D. C., and d. soon afterwards.
2. ELIAS2 PHINNEY (Benjamin1), born in Nova Scotia 1780, died 25 July 1849.
He was graduated from Harvard in 1801, read law and began practice at Thomaston, Me.
Afterwards he moved to Charlestown, where he had an office. Having a taste for rural life, he came to Lexington in 1823. He was a prominent man in the town and county, for many years clerk of the
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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courts of Middlesex, an office which he held at the time of his death. He was distinguished as an agriculturist, was for many years a trustee of the State Agricultural Society, and his farm in the south part of the town was brought to a high state of cultivation, the whole, including fruit trees and stock, attracting visitors from a distance. This scientific and practical knowledge of the art of hus- bandry exerted a wide influence over others engaged in that pur- suit.
In 1825 he published an interesting and valuable account of the Battle of Lexington, and ably vindicated the claims of this town to distinction on 19 April 1775.
He married 6 June 1809 CATHERINE BARTLETT, died 2 Aug. 1864, aged 78, daughter of Dr. Josiah and Elizabeth (Call).
Children, ii. to vii. baptized at Charlestown, the last three born at Lexington :
i. JOSIAH B.,3 b. 1 Apr. 1810; m. LUCRETIA A. BECKFORD of Charlestown, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Catherine (Williams); moved to Cuba and resided there twelve or fifteen years; then they settled in Illinois; he d. at Champaign, Ill., Aug. 1876. They had two sons.
ii. SUSAN MORSE, bapt. 11 Apr. 1813, d. at Boston 13 Oct. 1867; m. 19 Dec. 1835 ISAAC B. SPRING; d. at Boston 7 Apr. 1864. They had four daugh- ters.
iii. CATHERINE B., bapt. 11 Apr. 1813; m. at Louisville, Ky., 1837, THOMAS GOODALL, b. in Ireland 1812, d. in the Sandwich Ids. 1856; d. at Fort Scott, Kan., 31 May 1894. They had four children.
iv. ELIZABETH B., bapt. 29 Jan. 1815, d. at San Rafael, Cal., 12 May 1907; m. 30 Sept. 1841 ALBERT HOBART NELSON, b. at Milford, d. at Woburn 27 June 1858, aged 46, s. of Dr. John and Lucinda (Parkhurst). He was a prominent member of the bar and chief justice of the Supe- rior Court of Suffolk Co. 1855; resided first at Concord, and after 1842 at Woburn. They had one daughter.
v. [MARY PRATT, bapt. 25 Feb. 1816; m. 1 May 1858 GUSTAVE A. VON OLN- HAUSEN, d. 7 Sept. 1860; d. 12 Apr. 1902. They resided at Manchester, N. H. Mrs. Von Olnhausen was a lady of great perseverance and force of character. After the death of her husband she returned to her friends, and at the breaking out of the Civil War her sympathies were turned to the sick and wounded. Her active sense of the worth of our insti- tutions prompted her to offer her services. In Aug. 1862 she entered upon her duty as a hospital nurse, serving first at the Mansion House at Alexandria, Va .; thence at Beaufort, and last at Smithville, N. C., till 1865. She was associated with Miss Dix, and being a regular hos- pital nurse was subject to the orders of the hospital department, or otherwise she would have followed her inclinations and gone to the front. In Oct. 1870 she set sail for Liverpool on her way to offer her services to her husband's country in the Franco-Prussian War. She received the "Iron Cross, a war medal for non-combatants, together with a certficate for her services - a Cross of Merit was forwarded to her but never reached her." *
vi. JANE P., bapt. 18 Oct. 1818; d. unm. 20 Aug. 1907.
vii. CHARLOTTE B., b. 18 July 1822; m. (1) Apr. 1842 REV. WILLIAM GRAY7 SWETT; m. (2) 1 June 1863 FRANCIS K.7 SIMONDS.
* For an account of her life, see J. P. Munroe, Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars.
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viii. GEORGE P., b. 28 Jan. 1824; m. (1) CATHERINE COOLIDGE RICHARDSON, b. at Woburn 6 July 1827, d. at Tuscola, Ill., 6 May 1867, dau. of Wyman and Mrs. Mary (Coolidge-Baldwin); secondly at Persotum, Ill., 15 Dee. 1874 JANE MOORE. He had six children by the first wife and two by the second. Resides at Willow Springs, Ill.
ix. ALICE B., b. 9 Nov. 1826; m. 23 May 1854 JAMES S.6 MUNROE.
x. B. FRANK, b. 19 Jan. 1829; was a mariner and d. in Brazil in 1855. He entered on shipboard as a sailor before the mast and passed through the different positions until he reached that of captain.
PHIPPS
SAMUEL1 PHIPPS married ELIZABETH STEVENS, born 21 Aug. 1675, died 7 Jan. 1729-30, g. s., daughter of Timothy and Sarah (Davis). She married secondly 25 Dec. 1712 Benjamin3 Wellington. Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ELIZABETH,2 b. 20 Sept. 1701; m. 18 Oct. 1721 JOHN ABBOTT of Water- town.
ii. SAMUEL, b. 8 Feb. 1703-04.
iii. SARAH, b. 20 Mar. 1708; m. (?) 25 Nov. 1731 GEORGES MUNROE.
WILLIAM R.1 PHIPPS married 20 Apr. 1843 EVALINA B. FISKE of Boston.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE A.,2 b. 22 June 1847.
PIERCE*
1. JOHN1 PIERCE, a weaver of Watertown, was admitted freeman Mar. 1638, died 19 Aug. 1661. His widow, ELIZABETH, in her will dated 5 Mar. and proved 2 Apr. 1667, mentioned sons Anthony, Robert, and John, and daughters Esther Morse and Mary Coldam.
2. ANTHONY2 PIERCE (John1), born in England 1609, died 9 May 1678, admitted freeman 3 Sept. 1634 in Watertown, was the anees- tor of nearly all the families bearing the name in Watertown, Wal- tham, Weston, Lincoln and Lexington.
He married first in England MARY ( ); secondly about 1633 ANNE ( ), died 20 Jan. 1682-83.
Child by the first wife, probably born in England:
i. JOHN,3 m. 15 Apr. 1656 RUTH BISHOP, b. 14 Apr. 1639, dau. of Nathaniel and Alice (Mattocks); she m. (2) William Fuller. He had nine child- ren.
Children by the second wife, ii., iv., v. and ix. born at Water- town:
ii. MARY, b. 28 Dec. 1633; d. young.
iii. MARY, b. 1636; m. RALPH2 REED of Woburn, who d. 4 Jan. 1711-12; d. at Woburn 15 Feb. 1701.
iv. JACOB, b. 15 Sept. 1637; was living in 1683.
3. v. DANIEL, b. 1 Jan. 1639-40.
vi. MARTHA, b. 24 Apr. 1641.
* Peirce.
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GENEALOGIES
4. vii. JOSEPH. 1
viii. BENJAMIN, b. 1649; m. 15 Jan. 1677-78 HANNAH BROOKS, dau. of Joshua and Hannah (Mason) of Concord. They had seven children.
ix. JUDITH, b. 18 July 1650; m. 16 Feb. 1666-67 JOHN SAWIN, d. 2 Sept. 1690; d. at Weston 20 June 1723.
3. DANIEL3 PIERCE (Anthony,2 John1), born 1 Jan. 1639-40, died about 1723. He settled at Groton and returned to Watertown about 1681.
He married ELIZABETH ( ). He owned the covenant 16 Jan. 1686 when his wife and three children were baptized.
Children, first five born at Groton, vi., viii. and ix. baptized at Watertown:
i. ELIZABETH,4 b. 16 May 1665; m. at Watertown 17 Oct. 1684 ISAAC MIXER, JR .; her will dated 12 Feb. 1736-37.
ii. DANIEL, b. 28 Nov. 1666; m. ABIGAIL ( ) and lived at Groton; d. be- fore 1723. They had two children.
iii. JOHN, b. 18 Aug. 1668.
iv. EPHRAIM, b. 15 Oct. 1673; m. MARY WHITNEY, b. 1 July 1675, d. 29 Dec. 1749, dau. of Joshua and Abigail (Tarbell); d. 27 Feb. 1740-41. They had nine children.
v. JOSIAH, b. 2 May 1675. Not mentioned in his father's will.
5. vi. JOSEPH.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. 3 Jan. 1681; d. unm. 1723.
viii. HANNAH, bapt. 16 Jan. 1686; m. ( ) SMITH.
ix. BENJAMIN, bapt. 16 Jan. 1686. Not mentioned in his father's will.
x. MARY, m. ( ) SCRIPTER.
4. JOSEPH3 PIERCE (Anthony,2 John1), admitted freeman at Watertown 18 Apr. 1690, estate administered 1713.
He married first MARTHA ( ); secondly 15 June 1698 MRS. ELIZABETH (KENDALL) WINSHIP, born at Woburn 15 Jan. 1652, daughter of Francis1 Kendall, and widow of Ephraim2 Winship.
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