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He married at Lebanon, N. H., 6 Sept. 1888, BESSIE A. PERLEY, born at Lebanon, N. H., daughter of Edwin Allen and Cynthia (Wyman).
Children, first two born at Lebanon, N. H., last at Lexington :
i. LUCILE PERLEY,4 b. 15 July 1890.
ii. DOROTHY LOUISE, b. 29 Oct. 1891; d. at Medford 12 Aug. 1893.
iii. BARBARA PARKER, b. 9 Sept. 1906.
PIPER
FRED SMITH7 PIPER (Jonas B.,6 Jonas,5 Solomon, 4 Joseph,3 Jon- athan,2 Nathaniel1) was born at Dublin, N. H., 21 Nov. 1867, youngest son of Jonas Brooks, born at Dublin, N. H., 30 Mar. 1821, and Elizabeth Melville (Gowing), born at Dublin, N. H., 13 July 1829. His grandparents were Jonas Brooks and Julia (Greenwood) Piper, and Almerin and Sarah (Saunders) Gowing. The ancestor who first came to this country was Nathaniel Piper, from England, probably Dartmouth, and settled at Ipswich .*
He was educated in the public schools of Peterboro, N. H .; at Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, and at Boston University School of Medicine, M.D., 1890. He is a physician and surgeon; a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy; Mass. Homoeopathic Medical Society; Mass. Medical Society, and American Medical Association. He was a member of the Lexington school committee 1902-04. He is a Knight Templar, and a past historian and past president of the Lexington Historical Society. He has resided at Dublin, Peterboro, Hillsboro, N. H., and removed to Lexington 11 Jan. 1897.
He married first at Peterboro, N. H., 27 Aug. 1891, MABEL MARION SCOTT, born at Peterboro, N. H., 1872, daughter of John and Lucinda (Forbush); secondly at Skowhegan, Me., 3 Oct. 1900,
* See History of Dublin, N. H.
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GRACE ELISE JUDKINS, born at Skowhegan, Me., 25 June 1874, daughter of John Franklin and Christiana Lavonia (Smith).
Child by the first wife, born at Hillsboro, N. H .:
i.
DOROTHY GERTRUDE,8 b. 19 Nov. 1893.
Child by the second wife, born at Lexington:
ii. RANDOLPH, b. 19 Dec. 1906.
HENRY DUNCAN3 PIPER (George F.,2 Thomas W.1) was born at Canton 10 Jan. 1869, elder son of George Fiske, born at Boston 23 Mar. 1836, and grandson of Thomas Wiggin and Caroline (Tol- man). The ancestor, Stephen Piper, settled at Winnicott Mills, a part of Stratham, N. H. His mother was Fannie Almira Duncan, born at Kittery, Me., 5 Mar. 1841, daughter of Charles Leander and Emily (Brown).
He is a Knight Templar, and became a resident of Lexington 10 June 1905.
He married at Cambridge MAY SOMERS TURNER, born at Han- cock, N. H., 13 Mar. 1869, daughter of Charles H. and Geraldine Somers (Kennedy).
Child, born at Somerville:
HAROLD SCOTT,4 b. 18 Oct. 1892. i.
NATHANIEL1 PIPER served in the French and Indian War in 1756. He married MARY RAYMOND, born 20 Aug. 1740, daughter of Jonathan2 and Hepzibah (Leech).
Child, born at Lexington : i. MARY,2 b. 6 Mar. 1757.
PLAUGHTON
LEVI R.1 PLAUGHTON; wife HARRIET ( ).
Child, born at Lexington:
.i. JAMES O.,2 b. 5 Sept. 1850.
PLUMER
WILLIAM8 PLUMER (William,7 William,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Syl- vanus,3 Samuel,2 Francis1) was born at Newmarket, N. H., 29 Nov. 1823, died 4 Dec. 1896, only son of William, born at Epping, N. H., 9 Nov. 1789, and grandson of William* and Sally (Fowler). His mother, Margaret Frost Mead, was born at Newmarket, N. H., 9 Dec. 1794, daughter of Jeremy and Polly (Frost). The ancestor, Francis Plumer, came from England in 1633, settled at Ipswich and later moved to Newbury.
He graduated from Harvard, 1845, entered the law school and was admitted to the bar 1848. He became a resident of Lexington in 1850. He was a Free Mason. He entered the service as captain of
* William® Plumer was governor of New Hampshire and a U.S. senator. William? Plumer was also a member of Congress.
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1st Company Sharpshooters 19 Sept. 1861, and receiving a wound he resigned 17 Oct. 1863. He was a justice of the peace and served on the school committee 1875 and '76.
He married at Cambridge, 2 Oct. 1850, EMILY JOSEPHINE LORD, born at Salem 10 Mar. 1831, daughter of Joseph Holland1 and Judith (Mansfield).
Children, the last born at Saco, Me., the others at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM, 9 b. 5 Sept. 1851; m. HARRIET DAME; d. 22 Nov. 1891.
ii. EDITH MANSFIELD, b. 27 Feb. 1853; d. 21 Dec. 1882.
iii. MARGARET FROST, b. 9 Aug. 1854.
iv. GRACE HERBERT, b. 28 Jan. 1856; m. 14 Oct. 1886 FRANK W. HODGDON, b. at Cambridge, s. of Richard L. and Maria E. (Wellington). They reside at Arlington and have three children.
v. EDWARD LORD, b. 7 Oct. 1857; d. 24 June 1858.
vi. MARY ELIZABETH, b. 27 July 1859.
vii. NANCY Dow, b. 7 Mar. 1861; m. 28 Feb. 1911 ALFRED DENNIS DARLING, b. at Salem, s. of Harry E. and Myrtle (Hyde).
POMPOSI
FRANK1 POMPOSI; wife ANNIE (DELFINO). Both born in Italy. Children, both born at Lexington:
i. ANTONIO,2 b. 17 Jan. 1910.
ii. JOSEPH, b. 24 Mar. 1911; d. 3 Sept. 1911.
POPENBARRY*
WILLIAM1 POPENBARRY married at Watertown, 20 Sept. 1784, MARY TAINTER, baptized at Watertown 4 Jan. 1756, daughter of John, and grand-daughter of Edward2 Harrington.
Children, baptized or died at Lexington:
i. Child,2 d. 3 Oct. 1785.
ii. WILLIAM, bapt. 6 May 1787.
iii. LEONARD, bapt. 30 Aug. 1789. Child, d. 22 Aug. 1791.
PORTER
ALEXANDER1 PORTER; wife ELIZABETH (WILSON). Both born in Ireland.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ROBERT ALEXANDER, 2 b. 11 Apr. 1908.
ii. WILSON, b. 12 Oct. 1909.
iii. GEORGE, b. 23 July 1911.
EDWARD GRIFFIN3 PORTER (Royal L.,2 Daniel1) was born at Boston 24 Jan. 1837, died at Dorchester 5 Feb. 1900, second son of Royal Loomis, born at Williamstown 1801, and grandson of Daniel and Polly (Badger). His mother was Sarah Ann Pratt, born at Charlestown 6 Mar. 1813, daughter of Silas and Sally (Hobbs).
* Also spelled Popenbury.
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The ancestor, John Porter, came to this country from England and settled at Windsor, Conn.
He received his education at private schools in Boston, and at Phillips Academy, Andover. He spent two years at Williams Col- lege (his father's college), and graduated from Harvard, 1858. He studied at Berlin, Heidelberg and Athens. In 1861 he took the degree of A.M. at Harvard. He attended the Andover Theological Seminary from 1861-64 and after he was licensed to preach he sailed for Europe, and after two years' absence returned to America, when he became the first pastor of the Hancock Church, being ordained and installed 1 Oct. 1868. This office he held until his resignation in 1891, when he was elected pastor emeritus of his first and only charge. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi, and author of many historical pamphlets. His activities were numerous and his versatility remarkable; his authorship was of no mean order, and his public speaking commanded the attention of strangers and learned men. His knowledge of European political affairs was ex- traordinary and as a servant of the people he was ever ready and generous.
He was intimately associated with the prime movers of the Lex- ington Centennial in 1875, and its medal was his project, the faces being designed by him. He was a prominent member of the tablet committee whose work was to mark historic sites at Lexington. The stone cannon, marking the spot where Earl Percy planted a field- piece to protect the retreat of the British troops, was also designed by him. He served on the school board 1870-72 .*
WILLIAM2 PORTER (William1) died 25 Mar. 1823, aged about 72, son of William and Lydia (Bachelder).
He married 13 Jan. 1774 HANNAH MUNROE, born 26 Sept. 1751, died 28 Mar. 1834, daughter of William3 and Rebekah (Locke).
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. RUFUS,3 bapt. 5 July 1778; m. at Chelsea, 11 Sept. 1796, ABIGAIL GROVER; d. 25 Apr. 1825.
ii. LYDIA, bapt. 5 July 1778; d. unm. 5 July 1849.
iii. REBEKAH, bapt. 4 July 1779; resided at West Cambridge 1852.
iv. JAMES, bapt. 8 Sept. 1782; m. MARY EDES of Charlestown; d. 25 Feb. 1826.
v. HANNAH, bapt. 28 Aug. 1786; m. 20 July 1806 WILLIAM LOCKE,t b. 6 Jan. 1775, s. of Joseph5 and Mary (Butterfield).
vi. APPHIA, bapt. 13 Apr. 1788; m. (1) 13 Apr. 1806 WARD LOCKE, b. at Ashby 11 Apr. 1770, d. at Boston 8 Feb. 1825}, s. of Dea. John3 and Beulah (Newton); m. (2) 22 Dee. 1825 ROLAND CUMMINGS, b. at West- ford Sept. 1801.
vii. WILLIAM, bapt. 18 July 1790; m. SARAH B. HUME. Resided at Phila- delphia.
* See N. E. Hist. and Gen. Register, Vol. iv., pp. 11-12; also Proceedings of the Mass. Hist. Soc., second series, Vol. xv., pp. 55-68.
t William, Joseph,5 Francis,' Francis,ª William,? William.1
# Jonathan Harrington's list. Also "M" Elizabeth Porter Feb. 12th 1828. Æ. 77."
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POULTER
1. JOHN1 POULTER of Raleigh, County Essex, England, died at Billerica, previously to 22 Nov. 1654.
He married MARY ( ); she married secondly Sergeant John Parker, who died 14 June 1667; thirdly 16 Apr. 1674 Thomas Chamberlain of Chelmsford; died at Chelmsford 8 Feb. 1692-93, aged 88.
Children, both born at Raleigh, England:
i. ELIZABETH,2 b. 1 Sept. 1633; m. 22 Nov. 1654 JONATHAN DANFORTH of Billerica; d. 7 Oct. 1689.
2. ii. JOHN, b. 1635.
2. JOHN2 POULTER (John1), born at Raleigh, England, 1635, died 20 May 1676, aged 41 years, g. s. at Cambridge.
He married 29 Dec. 1662 RACHEL ELIOT of Braintree, born 26 Oct. 1643, died at Medford 20 Mar. 1723, daughter of Francis and Mary (Saunders) and a niece of Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle of the Indians; she married secondly John2 Whitmore of Medford.
Children:
i. ELIZABETH,3 living at Medford 1693.
ii. MARY, b. 9 Apr. 1665; m. (1) 12 Apr. 1687 SAMUEL2 WINSHIP of Cam- bridge, who d. 18 June 1696; m. (2) 14 Apr. 1701 ISAAC POWERS of Concord.
3. iii. JOHN, b. 23 Dec. 1666.
4. iv. JONATHAN, b. 25 Jan. 1668-69.
v. RACHEL, b. 14 Mar. 1670-71; m. THOMAS BROWN of Concord, b. 12 May 1667, d. 13 May 1739, in his 73d y., s. of Boaz and Mary ( ).
vi. HANNAH, b. 4 Mar. 1672-73; m. 19 May 1697 JOHN DUDLEY of Concord; d. 20 Dec. 1707.
vii. JOSEPH, b. 15 Feb. 1674; d. at Billerica 27 Mar. 1675.
viii. BENONI (twin), b. 18 Sept. 1676; d. 12 Nov. 1696, g. s.
ix. ABIAL (twin), b. 18 Sept. 1676; d. 6 Sept. 1757.
3. JOHN3 POULTER (John, 2 John1), born at Billerica 23 Dec. 1666, died 22 June 1744, g. s. He was a selectman in 1718.
He married HANNAH HAMMOND, born at Watertown 10 Apr. 1669, died 11 Nov. 1735, g. s., daughter of Lieut. John and Sarah (Nichols).
Children:
i. HANNAH,4 d. 11 Nov. 1789, aged 93; m. JOSHUAª SIMONDS .*
ii. SARAH, bapt. 10 Dec. 1699; m. WILLIAM4 REED; d. 29 Nov. 1769, aged 70.
iii. KATHERINE, b. 20 Apr. 1703; d. 19 Aug. 1705, g. s.
iv. ELIOT, bapt. 19 June 1709; m. DANIEL3 BROWN; d. 11 Mar. 1734.
4. JONATHAN3 POULTER (John,2 John1), born at Billerica 25 Jan. 1668-69, died 27 Apr. 1708, g. s.
He married ELIZABETH ( ), died 9 Feb. 1741-42, in her 71st year, g. s. They were admitted to the church 1697.
* Middlesex Co. Probate records, Vol. 22, p. 308.
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Children:
i. ABIGAIL, 4 b. 5 Sept. 1692; m. THOMAS2 FESSENDEN.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Feb. 1694-95; m. EBENEZER3 LOCKE.
iii. HANNAH, b. 12 Nov. 1697; m. JOHN DANFORTH .*
iv. MARY, b. 11 Jan. 1699-1700; m. BENJAMIN4 MERIAM.
v. RACHEL, b. 11 May, bapt. 17 May 1702; d. at Temple, N. H., about 1795; m. (1) about 1723 JOHN4 CUTTER; m. (2) BARNABAS DAVIS from Littleton, and removed to New Ipswich, N. H.
vi. JONATHAN, b. 11 Jan. 1705; d. 23 Mar. 1725, g. s.
vii. SUBMITTE, b. 16 June 1708; m. NATHANIEL BROOKS of Woburn; d. at Woburn 1 June 1799.
viii. Son, d. 25 Apr. 1708.
POWERS
LELAND T.2 POWERS (Jacob H.1) was born at Poultneyville, Vt., son of Jacob Haven, born at Rochester, Vt., 13 June 1830, died 15 Sept. 1899, and grandson of Peter and Lois (Cooper). His mother was Mary E. Todd, born at Poultneyville, Vt.
He married CARROLL HOYT, born at Boston.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. LELAND HOYT,3 b. 7 Nov. 1896; d. 30 Jan. 1898.
ii. HAVEN MERRILL, b. 14 Aug. 1899.
MICHAEL1 POWERS; wife MAGGIE (RILEY). Both born in Ireland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARY ELLEN,2 b. 10 June 1894.
PRAMBERG
AXEL1 PRAMBERG was born in Sweden.
He married NELLIE F. HASKELL, born at Marblehead.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. JOHN HASKELL,2 b. 3 Jan. 1909.
PRATT
GEORGE E.2 PRATT (William1) was born at Rockingham, Vt., son of William and Syrena ( ).
He married first at Watertown, 3 June 1866, ELLEN A. HERRON, born in Nova Scotia, died 20 Sept. 1873, aged 35, daughter of Emer- son and Lydia ( ); secondly 4 Nov. 1875 MRS. MARY E. (FREESE) FRENCH, born in Maine, daughter of William and Mary ( ). . Children by the first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. HARVEY E.,8 b. 2 May 1869.
ii. LYDIA, b. 11 Dec. 1870. Lillie E., d. 4 Aug. 1871, aged 8 m.
PRESCOTT
JOHN H.1 PRESCOTT was born at Burlington 16 Oct. 1841. He enlisted 4 Nov. 1861 in Company B, 32d Mass. Infantry, dis-
* Middlesex Co. Probate records, Vol. 20, p. 334.
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charged 9 Feb. 1863 for disability; reënlisted 15 July 1864 in Com- pany G, 6th Mass. Infantry, discharged 27 Oct. 1864 by reason of expiration of service.
He married LYDIA ( ), born at Lowell.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. RUTH BRIDGES,2 b. 13 Mar. 1888.
PRESTON
1. AMARIAH1 PRESTON of Connecticut married ELIZABETH WAR- REN of Newton and resided at Uxbridge. She died about 1756, and he married a second wife, and died at Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y., 27 Feb. 1834, aged 95.
2. AMARIAH2 PRESTON (Amariah1), born 5 Feb. 1758, died 29 Oct. 1853.
Mr. Preston had an eventful life. His mother dying when he was about two years old, he was put out, as the term was, and after liv- ing at Uxbridge, and at Ashford, Conn., he went to Dighton, to learn a trade. In 1777 he entered the Continental Army and served three years. In 1785 he commenced the study of medicine, and established himself at Bedford, where he practised forty-five years. His wife dying and he being in his seventy-fifth year, and not afflu- ent in his circumstances, he left Bedford to reside with his son, Hervey N. Preston, who was practising medicine at Plymouth. His son dying soon after his arrival, he immediately entered upon his practice, and though advanced in years, he retrieved his fortune by continuing in practice till he was eighty-seven years of age. He then left Plymouth to reside with his son Marshall at Billerica. Marshall Preston came to Lexington from Billerica in 1849, and his father came with him.
He married 18 Oct. 1790 HANNAH REED, of Bedford, died 8 Feb. 1795; secondly 15 May 1796 RUHAMAH LANE, born 10 June 1775, died 2 Oct. 1826, daughter of John and Ruhamah (Reed) .*
Children by the first wife:
£
3. i. MARSHALL,3 b. 5 June 1792.
ii. HANNAH, b. 8 Jan. 1795; d. 8 Aug. 1810.
Children by the second wife:
iii. AMARIAH, b. 21 June 1798; d. in New York 22 Mar. 1831.
iv. EZEKIEL WARREN, b. 8 July 1800; d. 7 Sept. 1800.
v. EZEKIEL WARREN, b. 24 Dec. 1802; resided in New York.
vi. HERVEY N., b. 21 June 1806; d. 4 July 1837.
vii. LOVICE M., b. 19 Feb. 1809; d. 18 June 1843.
3. MARSHALLS PRESTON (Amariah,2 Amariah1), born 5 June 1792, died 2 Nov. 1874.
He read law with his uncle, Warren Preston, and was admitted to the bar at Augusta, Me. He established an office at Billerica
* A. E. Brown, Hist. of Bedford, p. 21.
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where he practised until he came to Lexington in 1849. He held im- portant town offices at Billerica and for many years was assistant clerk of the courts in Middlesex Co., an office he held till 1863 when his health having failed he retired.
He married 12 Feb. 1824 MARIA PARKER of Billerica, born 10 Oct. 1797, died 12 Mar. 1868, daughter of John and Susan (Minot).
Children :
i. GEORGE HENRY,4 b. 6 June 1825; m. 1 Jan. 1855 CATHERINE R. FAULK- NER of Billerica; grad. Harvard, 1846, read law and practised at Bos- ton, where he resided. They had several children.
ü. SUSAN CROSBY, b. 21 Sept. 1831; d. 25 Nov. 1851.
PRINCE
JAMES PERROTT2 PRINCE (James P.1) was born at Rockport 7 June 1861, younger son of James Perrott, born at Nauwigewank, N. B., 8 Apr. 1834. His mother Eliza Tarr (Burns) was born at Rockport 4 July 1835, daughter of William and Laura (Tarr).
He was graduated from Amherst College, 1881, and admitted to the Suffolk Co. bar 1883. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He became a resident of Lexington in 1891.
He married at Chelsea, 30 Sept. 1885, CAROLINE ELLEN HODG- DON, born at Boston 16 Dec. 1862, died at Cambridge 23 Dec. 1911, daughter of John William and Ellen Augusta (Rice).
Children, first two born at Chelsea, the last at Lexington:
i. HAZEL,3 b. 28 Nov. 1887; m. 8 June 1910 EDWARD ARMIN SCHUMAN, b. at Washington, D. C., s. of Francis and Augusta (Jung).
ii. STANLEY HODGDON, b. 3 Feb. 1891.
iii. HILDA, b. 6 May 1894.
PROCTOR
JOSEPH1 B. PROCTOR; wife ELLEN ( ).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. CHARLES B.,2 b. 28 Nov. 1845.
PROSSER
LEVI2 PROSSER (James L.1) was born at Bloomfield, Conn., 10 July 1823, died at Boston 28 Jan. 1898, son of James Larkin and Mary (Lilliebridge). He was a member of the first board of trustees of the Lexington Savings Bank, and selectman in 1883-84.
He married first 11 Oct. 1848 HARRIET ELIZA WILCOX, born at Farmington, Conn., 27 Jan. 1827, died 26 Sept. 1853, daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza (Huxley); secondly 13 June 1854 AMANDA MILLS, born at Brookfield, Conn., 11 June 1822, died at Boston 11 Mar. 1900, daughter of Elihu and Amanda (Hayden).
Children, both born at Bloomfield, Conn .:
i. Son,3 b. 1851.
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ii. HARRIET WILCOX, b. 23 Sept. 1853; m. 31 Oct. 1877 GEORGE ADDISON FIELD, b. at Arlington 10 Nov. 1854, s. of John and Sarah Ann (Baldwin). They have had four children.
PUFFER
ALVIN D.1 PUFFER was born at Boston.
He married JOSEPHINE M. DRESSER, born at Princeton, Me.
Children, the first born at Medford, the others at Lexington:
i. C. ERNEST,2 b. 29 Mar. 1892; d. 17 Aug. 1893.
ii. IRVING MAYNARD, b. 26 Sept. 1895.
iii. WINTHROP FREEMAN, b. 10 Apr. 1898.
SYLVESTER2 PUFFER (Asa1) was born at Sudbury 19 May 1810, died 5 June 1882, son of Asa and Betsey ( ).
He married 18 Apr. 1839 CATHARINE BROWN of Burlington, born 29 June 1819, died 18 May 1866; secondly 15 June 1869 MRS. MARY A. (LEWIS) RICHARDSON, born at Bucksport, Me., daughter of David and Nancy A. (Crosby) Lewis.
Children, iii. and v. born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE S.,8 b. at Acton 13 Feb. 1840.
ii. MARY C., b. 12 Jan. 1842; m. 10 Aug. 1869, as his second wife, BENJAMIN® WYMAN.
iii. CHARLES HERBERT, b. 30 Dec. 1843; enlisted 26 June 1861 in Co. E, 12th Mass. Inf'y, and d. at Alexandria, Va., of a wound received at Fredericksburg, 5 Feb. 1863.
iv. WILLIAM E., b. 28 Jan. 1846.
v. SARAH M., b. 7 July 1849; m. CHAS. W. DRAKE; d. 22 Oct. 1876.
vi. LUCY A., b. 22 June 1852; m. at Arlington, 1 July 1872, WILLIAM B. HUGHES, b. at Newburyport, s. of John and Alice (Taylor).
vii. REUBEN W., b. 28 Apr. 1854; d. 1 May 1854.
viii. DEXTER HERBERT, b. 22 Feb. 1856; d. at Pawtucket, R. I., 17 Dec. 1908 .*
PUTNAM
HENRY H.2 PUTNAM (Samuel1) was born at Dekalb, Ill., 15 Apr. 1868, son of Samuel and Louise (Howell).
He married CORDELIA HOWARD, born at Boston 8 June 1870.
Children, first born at Allston, the others at Lexington:
i. HOWARD PUTNAM,3 b. 9 July 1894.
ii. FRANCES LOUISE, b. 14 Apr. 1906.
iii. PATRICIA, b. 14 Mar. 1910.
RABBIT
PETER1 RABBIT; wife SUSAN ( ). Both born in Ireland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. PATRICK,2 b. 17 Mar. 1863.
RANDING
CASPAR1 RANDING; wife AUGUSTA (ANSON). Both born in Russia.
* Death return gives mother's name Catherine Dean.
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Children, both born at Lexington:
i. HERBERT VALENTINE,2 b. 9 Aug. 1907.
ii. HERMINA MARTHA, b. 25 Apr. 1910.
RANKIN
CHARLES HENRY2 RANKIN (Frederick W. A.1) was born at Bos- ton 5 Jan. 1847, son of Frederick William Augustus, born 1807, died 16 Aug. 1887, and Sarah Jeanette (Wentworth), born at Unity, Me., 13 Sept. 1810, died 8 Feb. 1889, daughter of Paul and Arabella (Rackliffe).
At the age of fifteen he went to the Civil War as chaplain's boy. Enlisted 15 July 1864 in Company A, 6th Mass. Infantry, dis- charged 27 Oct. 1864 by reason of expiration of service. He is a Free Mason and became a resident of Lexington in 1875. He has been in the carpet business since 1872.
He married at Chelsea, 7 June 1870, ISABEL TUCKER FISKE, born at Dedham 9 June 1851, daughter of Orin Wales and Hannah Marilla (Tucker).
Children :
i. EFFIE MAUDE,3 b. at Bedford 21 June 1872.
ii. WILLIAM CHIPMAN, b. at Lexington 3 Dec. 1873.
RANNEY
DAVID F.1 RANNEY was born at Boston.
He married LIZZIE L. ANDREWS, born at Brockton.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. CLARA FRANCES,2 b. 30 Oct. 1902.
RASMUSSEN
CHRISTEN1 RASMUSSEN; wife MARY ( ). Both born in Den- mark.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. PHILIP,2 b. 8 Sept. 1876; d. 8 Oct. 1877.
ii. MARY (twin), b. 19 Jan. 1878.
iii. NORA (twin), b. 19 Jan. 1878; d. 27 Feb. 1879.
iv. Son, b. 19 Aug. 1879.
RAY
CHARLES JOSEPH3 RAY (David,2 David1) was born at Roxbury 15 Dec. 1866, youngest son of David, born at Paisley, Scotland, 16 Feb. 1823, died 20 Nov. 1904, and grandson of David and Ellen (Kennedy). His mother, Margaret Robertson, was born at Paisley, Scotland, 1831, daughter of James and Margaret ( ). He became a resident of Lexington when quite young.
He married NORA McDONNELL, born in Ireland 27 Mar. 1865, daughter of Timothy2 and Ellen (O'Leary).
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Children, all born at Lexington:
i. FREDERICK TIMOTHY,4 b. 8 June 1885; m. RUTH JOHNSON. Resides in California.
ii. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, b. 1 Dec. 1887.
iii. ELLEN ESTELLA, b. 1 Dec. 1889; m. 4 Sept. 1907 LEONARD CHARLES? MELANSON.
iv. MARY JESSIE, b. 19 July 1892.
v. CHARLES JOSEPH, b. 14 Jan. 1896.
vi. JOHN MCDONNELL, b. 10 Aug. 1897.
vii. MABEL CECILIA, b. 2 Dec. 1898; d. 28 Oct. 1905.
viii. JAMES HAROLD, b. 17 Mar. 1901; d. 25 Mar. 1901.
ix. DOROTHY, b. 29 Dec. 1903.
x. RUTH, b. 28 Nov. 1907.
RAYMOND*
1. JONATHAN1 RAYMONDt was baptized at Beverly 23 May 1686, died 22 Sept. 1742, son of Thomas of Beverly. His will, dated 16 Aug. 1742, proved 22 Nov. 1742, says "To my Beloved Sons Jona- than Raymond and Samuel Raymond I Give Twenty Shillings to Each, which, with what I have allredy poffest them with, is what I Devife to them out of my Eftate: After paying Just Debts I Give unto my Beloved wife Charity Raymond the Sole ufe Improve- ment, Profitt, & Benefitt of all my Whole Eftate, both Reall & Personal dureing the whole Time She Remains my widdow: and the ufe of my boy Robbin," and mentions his sons Thomas, William, Bartholomew and Josiah, and daughters Sarah Tidd, deceased, Mehitabel and Charity.
He married at Beverly, 8 Jan. 1706-07, CHARITY GALE, bap- tized 23 Dec. 1683, died 9 Mar. 1768, daughter of Edmund and Sarah ( ).
Children:
2. JONATHAN,2 b. 27 Feb. 1707.
3. SAMUEL.
THOMAS.
WILLIAM.
BARTHOLOMEW.
SARAH.
MARY, bapt. at Beverly 14 Apr. 1717.
JOSIAH, bapt. at Beverly 31 May 1719.
MEHITABEL, b. 12 Oct. 1721; admitted to the Lexington church 18 July 1742; m. STEPHEN' LOCKE.
CHARITY, b. 15 Sept. 1724; m. THOMAS5 BLODGETT.
2. JONATHAN2 RAYMOND (Jonathan1), born at Beverly 27 Feb. 1707, died 9 Aug. 1760. He and his wife were admitted to the church 9 May 1756 by letter from the second church at Beverly.
He married HEPZIBAH LEECH of Salem; she married secondly 29 Dec. 1763 Thomas3 Munroe.
* Raiment, Rayment, Raymund, etc.
t The tax of 1733 includes the names of Jonathan Raymond and Jonathan Raymond, Jr., and in 1744 Jonathan Raymond was chosen a fence viewer in Lexington.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
Children, all recorded at Lexington, i. and ii. baptized at Beverly, last six baptized at Lexington:
i. HEPZIBAH,3 b. 19 Sept. 1729; m. 13 Dec. 1751 DR. JOSEPH5 FISKE.
4. ii. JOHN, b. 5 Sept. 1731.
5. iii. JONATHAN, b. 17 Dec. 1734.
iv. ELIZABETHII, b. 10 Apr. 1737; m. 19 Aug. 1756 EBENEZER4 WINSHIP.
v. MARY, b. 20 Aug. 1740; m. NATHANIEL1 PIPER.
vi. HANNAH, b. 27 Aug. 1742; m. 16 Feb. 1762 SAMUEL5 REED and removed to Littleton.
vii. DANIEL, b. 18 Mar. 1744.
viii. JOSEPH, b. 31 May 1747; m. at Carlisle, 30 Dec. 1794, ELIZABETH LAMSON.
ix. RUTH, b. 24 Mar. 1752.
3. SAMUEL2 RAYMOND (Jonathan1) married 29 Jan. 1729-30 SARAH DODGE, born 11 Jan. 1707-08, daughter of Jonah and Sarah (Friend) of Beverly. They were admitted to the church 6 Jan. 1737 by letter from the church at Beverly. She was living at Charles- town 1781.
Children, born at Beverly :
i. SARAH,8 b. 6 Nov. 1730; m. at Woburn, 12 Apr. 1753, THOMAS' SMITH.
ii. CHARITY. b. 12 Dec. 1733.
iii. SAMUEL, b. 11 Dec. 1735.
Children, born at Lexington:
iv. JONAS, b. 13 Sept. 1738; m. 1762 HANNAH HILL, d. 16 Oct. 1809, aged 76; ? d. at Brookline 3 Aug. 1778.
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6. v. BARTHOLOMEW, b. 7 May 1741.
vi. (?) SOLOMON.
4. JOHN3 RAYMOND (Jonathan,2 Jonathan1), born 5 Sept. 1731. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company in 1775, and was killed by the British troops 19 April 1775.
He married at Medford REBECCA FOWLE of Medford, born 30 Mar. 1743, died 22 Oet. 1775, daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Seceombe).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. JOHN,4 b. 24 Nov. 1763.
ii. ELIAKIM, b. 29 July 1765.
iii. REBECCA, b. 7 Oct. 1768; m. EBENEZER DANFORTH and went South.
iv. ISAAC, b. 9 Mar. 1770.
v. EDMUND, b. 17 Aug. 1773.
5. JONATHAN3 RAYMOND (Jonathan,2 Jonathan1), born at Bev- erly 17 Dec. 1734, died about 1783 at Westminster. He probably lived for a time at Watertown and moved to Westminster about 1763. He was a soldier in the Revolution.
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