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I regret that the accounts given of some families are so meagre and imperfect ; but the defect is chargeable to the record. What I have given is the fruit of much labor, study, and anxiety. ,I have carefully examined the records of Lexington, and most of the neigh- boring towns, the published genealogies of numerous families, and also the records of the Probate office and the office of the Register of Deeds for the county. From these sources I have supplied, in numerous cases, the defects of the town records, and have even sup- plied the record of whole families, not found upon the town records at all.
The following explanations will enable the reader to understand the genealogical tables :
ABREVIATIONS .- b. stands for born; bap. for baptized; m. for married ; unm. for unmarried ; d. for died; dau. for daughter or daughters ; wid. for widow; r. for resides or resided; ad. for admitted; o. c. for owned the Covenant; ch. for church ; chil. for children. I have also abbreviated many of the towns to which frequent reference is made, as Lex. for Lexington ; Camb. for Cambridge ; Wo. for Woburn ; Wat. for Watertown; Con. for Concord; Walt. for Waltham; Bed. for Bedford, &c. All towns mentioned will be considered as being within this State, unless another State is mentioned; or the case is so clear as to exclude doubt, as Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, &c.
In the following tables, the parents' names are given in full, and are printed in SMALL CAPITALS ; the children's Christian name alone is given, and is printed in italics. Children are separated from their
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parents by a short line, thus : And different families, or branches of the same families, are separated from each other by a line across the page, thus :
The right hand figure on the left margin of the page, denotes the number of persons consecutively from the first named to the last of the family of that name. The first male mentioned under each general head or new family, is set down as 1, and his children as 2, 3, 4, &c., and so on consecutively through every branch of the family ; and the number set against any person is considered as his number, and no one is ever brought forward again but in connection with that number. Whenever the children are first named in the series, the number of the father is brought down against them, and placed at the left hand, separated by a hyphen, thus: 1-2 or 12-41, as the case may be-the left hand figure denoting the father, and the right hand figures the children-the father's number being understood as apply- ing to each of his children. Whenever an obelisk (+) is prefixed to a name, it denotes that the person will be taken up again ; and the place where he is thus treated of may be found by following down the left margin of the page, till you find his number standing in the second place to the left of the marginal line, and the number of his father one place to the left of that, expressed thus: 1-2- or 12-41 -. The num- bers, of course, will vary with the position of the person in the table.
That the above explanation may be fully understood, I will illus- trate it by its application to a particular family in this Register. Take the SMITH FAMILY, as an example.
John . Smith, being the ancestor of the family, stands as No. 1. Against this number his personal history is given. He is separated from his children by a short rule or line. His number (1) is brought down against the name of his first child, John, who is numbered 2. The other children are numbered in succession-Francis, 3, Daniel, 4, and Thomas, 5. It is understood that the number of the parent stands against the name or number of each of the children. By inspecting the table, it will be seen that an obelisk is prefixed to the name of Thomas, No. 5. This denotes that he will be brought forward again. To find the place where he will be further treated of, follow down the left hand of the page till you find the number of the father (1) and the number of the son (5) standing together thus : 1-5 -. Thomas's num- ber (5) is brought down against his children, whose consecutive numbers are 6 to 14, inclusive. Here again you find the obelisk against the names of Thomas, John, and Joseph, denoting that each of them will be further considered where their respective numbers, and that of their fathers, are found in the margin. Take the first named in this family, viz. Thomas, whose number is 8. He will be
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found in the table where his number is placed in the margin, standing at the right hand of the number of his father (5) thus : 5-8 -. Against the number of Thomas (8) will be found the numbers of his children, from 15 to 20, inclusive. In this family, Thomas, Joseph, and Ben- jamin have the mark prefixed to their names, showing that they will be brought forward again and their families given. Take Joseph as an example, whose number is 19. Further along in the margin, you will find 8, the number of the father, and 19, the number of Joseph ; there you will find his personal history, and below, against his num- ber (19), you will find his children, numbered from 31 to 40, inclusive. Several of the sons are marked with an obelisk, showing that more will be said of them where their respective numbers are found in the margin associated with 19, the number of their father. Take Heze- kiah, numbered 33. By following down the margin, we find 19-33- where Hezekiah is taken up as a father, and his history, and the names of his children, are given. From his children, who are marked for further consideration, we will select Joseph, whose number is 66. Following the direction already given, we find 33-66- in the margin, where a notice of him and his children will be found. If we should select Billings, numbered 140, and look for his appropriate place where his father's number (66) and his own (140) are found in the margin, we should find among his children, Billings, our present fellow- citizen, standing as number 204.
By following these directions, the reader can easily trace the Smiths or any other family. This can be done backward as well as forward. Take, for example, Elias Smith, who married Harriet Hastings. His number is 152, which stands against 87, the number of his father, Josiah. By following back the consecutive numbers, you find that 87 is the son of 40 of the same name ; and 40 is the son of 19, which is the number of Joseph, the father; and 19 is the son of 8; and 8 the son of 5 ; and 5 the son of 2; and 2 the son of 1, the original ancestor.
In this way any family can easily be traced in the following regis- ter. It will be seen that each division of a family separated by a long rule or line, presents at once three generations-the grand- father, the father, and the children-the first by number, and the last two by name.
I have been thus particular, because people frequently complain that they cannot understand the arrangement of genealogists, or trace the connection between the different branches or members of a family. The plan I have adopted is partly original, and is, I believe, more simple than any plan in use ; and if it be followed, will enable any person to trace the connection between the members of any family which is presented in a tabular form.
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
THE ABBOT FAMILY.
ADOPTING the alphabetical order, we must place the Abbots at the head of the Lexington Families. They were not among the earliest settlers, nor were they very numerous, but for a time held a very respectable position among the people of the place. By the aid of the Abbot Genealogy, we are enabled to present a connected line of deseent from the original emigrant.
1 GEORGE ABBOT, with three sons, George, Nehemiah and Thomas, emigrated from England, and settled in Rowley, where he d. 1647.
1- 2 George, the eldest son of the emigrant, b. in England, settled in Andover, 1655, where he m. May, 1658, Sarah Farnum. He d. March 22, 1689, and she d. 1728, aged 90, the widow of Henry Ingalls.
2- 3 George, b. Jan. 28, 1659 ; d. Jan. 24, 1724, aged 65.
4 Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1660; m. 1682, John Faulkner.
5 John, b. Aug. 26, 1662.
6 Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1664; m. 1687, Stephen Barker.
7 +Nehemiah, b. July 20, 1667 ; d. Oct. 8, 1750.
8 Hannah, b. Sept. 20, 1668; m. 1695, James Ingalls.
9 Mehitabel, b. Feb. 17, 1671; d. young.
10 Lydia, b. Sept. 29, 1675 ; m. 1695, Henry Chandler.
11 Samuel, b. May 30, 1678. 12 Mehitabel, b. April 4, 1680.
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NEHEMIAH ABBOT, m. Abigail Lovejoy, 1691. He was a deacon in Andover, and represented the town in the General Court.
+Nehemiah, b. Jan. 19, 1692; d. Feb. 17, 1767.
Abiel, b. Aug. 10, 1693 ; d. Jan. 21, 1758.
Zebadiah, b. April 6, 1695; d. Sept. 9,.1767.
18 Mary, b. March 24, 1701 ; m. James Bridges, and d. 1774.
19 Joseph, b. -; d. Nov. 12, 1726.
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7-13 14 15 16 John, b. Oct. 31, 1697; d. Nov. 25, 1779. 17 Abigail, b. Sept. 30, 1699 ; m. Benjamin Abbot, and d. Dee. 8, 1753.
NEHEMIAH ABBOT, from Andover, bought, May 11, 1714, of Thomas Woolson, a house and land in Weston, known as the Stony Brook Mill Lot. He m. 1714, Sarah Foster. About 1719, he re- moved to Lex. where a portion of his children were born. He was ad. to the eh in Lex. Feb. 23, 1724. His name first appears upon the Town Records in 1721. He served his fellow townsmen fromn time to time, as school committee man, assessor, and town treas- nrer. His wife probably d. 1770. He lived in the southwestern part of the town, now within the bounds of Lincoln.
13-20 Nehemiah, bap. in Weston, Dec. 4, 1715; d. young.
22 21 Nehemiah, bap. in Weston, March 14, 1717; d. July 13, 1785. Sarah, bap. in Weston, Nov. 2, 1718.
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Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1721 ; m. Amos Lawrence, of Groton, and died Jan. 6, 1784. William, b. Oct. 9, 1724; d. Jan. 2, 1798, aged 74. +Joseph, b. June 8, 1727 ; d. 1793, aged 66.
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JOSEPH ABBOT, m. March 24, 1752, Hannah White. He appears to have been the only son of the family which remained in Lex. Ile resided at or near the Spaulding place in Lincoln, which was taken from Lex. when Linc. was incorporated in 1754. Hence he is frequently mentioned in the Records as of Lincoln.
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+Joseph, b. July 10, 1752 ; d. 1834, aged 82.
Nehemiah, b. 1754; d. in Line. 1840. He m. Polly Hoar - was a soldier of the Revolution.
Abiel, b .-; m. Dec. 16, 1788, Polly Merriam, of Lex. and d. 1817.
Hannah, bap. April 10, 1757 ; d. 1785.
Abigail, b. -; d. young. 31 Sarah, bap. Aug. 1, 1762.
Abigail, bap. July 21, 1765. 33 Asa, bap. Feb. 28, 1768. Mary, bap. Jan. 31, 1773; m. Amaziah Fawcett.
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JOSEPH ABBOT, m. April 30, 1778, Ruth Buckman of Lex. He resided in Linc. where he had a family of children, several of whom were bap. in Lex. He subsequently moved to Sidney, Me.
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Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 7, 1779. 36 John, bap. Jan. 22, 1783.
William, bap. June 11, 1786. 38 Samuel, bap. Nov. 23, 1788.
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Joseph, bap. April 24, 1790. Abigail, bap. Oct. 18, 1795.
40 Sarah, bap. April 28, 1793.
42 Mary, bap. Feb. 1, 1801.
THE ADAMS FAMILY.
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GEORGE ADAMS, a glover, and his wife Frances, settled in Wat. 1645. On the 4th of Nov. 1664, he sold to John Chenery his house and land in Wat. and moved to Camb. Farms, now Lex. probably about the time of this sale. The birth of only two of his children is recorded ; though he had five or six at least.
1-2 John, b. April 6, 1645 ; d. young.
3 +George, b. 1647; d. Jan. 27, 1732, aged 85.
4 Daniel, b. - .. Executor of his father's will.
5 John, b. Mar. 6, 1657.
6 Mary, bap. and o. c. Nov. 21, 1686, in Wat.
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GEORGE ADAMS, m. Jan. 20, 1684, Martha Fiske, dau. of John and Sarah (Wyeth) Fiske, of Camb. Farms. She was bap. in Wat. Nov. 21, 1686, and he was bap. and o. c. June 19, 1698. Both George Adams, and George Adams, Jr., were taxed in Camb. Farms in 1693, for the minister's salary, and for the purchase of the land which laid the foundation of the Ministerial Fund. He was an assessor in 1702; constable in 1715.
3- 7 + George, born Ap. 28, 1685. He was bap. in Wat.
8 Martha, b. June 10, 1686 ; bap. in Wat. the May following.
9 tJohn, b. Sept 6, 1688; m. Mary Flagg, of Wat. Oct. 27, 1714.
10 Nathaniel, bap. June 12, 1698. Supposed to be the Nathaniel of Grafton, who m. Nov. 20, 1738, Eunice Stearns, of Waltham.
11 Sarah, bap. June 12, 1698.
12 + Benjamin, b. Dec. 20, 1701 ; m. Eunice
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GEORGE ADAMS m. about 1705, Judith -. He was a physician, and resided in Lex. till about 1720, when he removed to Waltham, where he d. Feb. 8, 1767, aged 82.
7-13 Lydia, b. July 9, 1706 ; m. Oet. 13, 1731, Caleb Pond, of Dedham. 14 Jonas, b. Jan. 6, 1708 ; d. June following.
15 Judith, b. Sept. 15, 1709 ; n. - Boyden.
16 Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1712; m. Feb. 26, 1744, Robert Baker, of Con. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1715 ; m. Dec. 4, 1734, Barachias Lewis, of Rox. Seth, b. March 25, 1717; d. 1730.
17 18 19 Josiah, b. June 13, 1719 ; m. Grace Hager ; had children in Weston.
20 Deborah, b. June 13; d. June 16, 1719; a twin with Josiah.
21 Abigail, b. in Walt. May 6, 1721; d. May 26, 1740.
22 Daniel, b. in Walt. May 2, 1724; m. Nov. 22, 1743, and had Eliza- beth, Jonas, and Seth.
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JOHN ADAMS m. Oct. 27, 1714, Mary Flagg. He was probably the John Adams who m. Nov. 24, 1743, Mary Sanderson, of Walt. He was chosen to the dignified office of hog-reeve in 1715, showing that he was an inhabitant at that time, and that he had recently assumed another important relation. His last wife d. July 21, 1786, aged 95.
9-23 24 25 26 Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1722.
Mephibosheth, b. July 4, 1715; m. May 2, 1734, Jane Derby. John, b. Feb. 22, 1717 ; probably settled in Line. where he m. Eliza- beth -, and had a family of 11 children. He d. 1774.
Micah, b. Aug. 14, 1718; d. Aug. 23, 1747.
Abigail, b. June 3, 1723.
27 28 Prudence, b. April 1, 1727. 29 +Sampson, b. Aug. 25, 1730; d. Aug. 26, 1785.
tGeorge, b. May 17, 1733; m. July 18, 1758, Abigail Prentice, of Newton. Susanna, b. March 21, 1735. Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1738.
33 Jane, b. June 3, 1740.
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BENJAMIN ADAMS m. Eunice -. Their first two children were bap. in Walt. He and his wife were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Sept. 26, 1736.
12-34 tBenjamin, b. Feb. 5, 1727 ; d. Oct. 27, 1790, aged 64.
35 Micajah, b. Feb. 11, 1728. 36 Eunice, bap. June 3, 1731.
37 Israel, b. June 2, 1732. 38 Simon, b. Oct. 15, 1734.
39 Ebenezer, b. July 25, 1736 ; d. young.
Nathaniel, b. Oct. 5, 1738; d. Dec. 17, 1738.
40 41 Ebenezer, b. May 23, 1740. 42 Abraham, b. Aug. 24, 1742.
43 Solomon, b. April 6, 1744.
44 Martha, b. Nov. 2, 1746; d. May 7, 1747.
45 Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1748.
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SAMPSON ADAMS m. Mary -, and had Anna, b. Nov. 20, 1775. His wife d., and he m. Nov. 11, 1779, Katharine Bacon, of Wo. They had Zedekialı, bap. Oet. 3, 1784. Sampson Adams d. Aug. 26, 1785. She d. April 25, 1829, aged 84. Ilis family record is imper- fect. He had a son Thomas in the Revolution.
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GEORGE ADAMS m. July 18, 1758, Abigail Prentice, of Newton. She d. Jan. 2, 1760, leaving two children; and he m. March 18, 1762, Elizabeth Crosby. He d. Feb. 8, 1814, aged 84 years.
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30-46 Abigail, b. Jan. 3, 1759.
47 Anna, b. Dec. 24, 1760.
48 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1763.
49 George, b. Sept. 25, 1764; d. Dec. 10, 1764.
50 Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1766, 51 Eunice, b. Aug. 21, 1767.
52 George, b. Oct. 2, 1769 ; d. March 31, 1793.
53 Rebecca, b. Dec. 13, 1771; d. Dec. 1772.
54 Micah, b. April 9, 1774. 55 Phinehas, b. Oct. 11, 1776.
56 Stephen, b. Dec. 9, 1778.
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BENJAMIN ADAMS m. - He d. Oct. 27, 1790. The only record is a baptismal one, which reads as follows: " Oct. 30, 1791, bap. Benjamin Adams, Eliphalet Adams, and Nathaniel Adams, - children of Benjamin Adams, deceased."
There have been other Adamses in town : Samuel Adams, b. in West Camb. Sept. 28, 1790; m. May 22, 1822, Ann Whittemore. He came to Lex. 1827. He d. Sept. 16, 1866; she d. May, 1862. They had four children : Annas, b. June 5, 1823; m. April 2, 1867, John Beals ; W. Frank, b. April 16, 1829; m. Emma C. Balles, of N. Jersey ; Robinson, b. Nov. 24, 1832; went to N. Y .; d. 1866 ; Georgia, b. June 6, 1839 ; m. May 10, 1857, Albert Griffith, of W. Camb. She d. May, 1859.
ALLEN OR ALLINE.
In 1783, on the 24th of March, Ezekiel Allen, of Lex., and Sarah Abbot, of Line., were united in marriage. Ezekiel Allen was taxed in Lex. from 1778 to 1783, when his name disappears. Phinehas Allen was taxed in town as a resident in 1783. Ezekiel Allen, or Alline, as the name is sometimes spelt, was in the first eight months' service of the Revolution from Lex. in 1775.
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GALEN ALLEN, b. Aug. 19, 1802, Aeworth, N. H. Was a son of Galen Allen, formerly of Bridgewater, Mass. He came to Lex. a single man about 1835, and m. April 4, 1839, Lavinia Munroe, dau. of John Munroe, b. Oct. 16, 1823. He d. June 29, 1864, and she d. April 22, 1865. He filled the office of selectman for several years.
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Harriet A., b. Jan. 7, 1840; m. April 17, 1856, John D. Bacon ; and d. March 22, 1865.
Annette A., b. June 8, 1842 ; m. March 23, 1862, Abraham B. Smith. John G., b. Jan. 31, 1845. 5 Lavinia M., b. July 14, 1848.
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Jonas M., b. Jan. 22, 1854.
THE ANGIER FAMILY.
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JOHN ANGIER, of Malden, m. March 2, 1794, Mary Simonds, of Lex., dau. of John and Mary (Tufts) Simonds. He must have established himself in town immediately after his marriage, for his name appears soon after upon the tax bills. He resided on Burling- ton Street, near what was called Bull Hill Meadow.
John, b. March, 1794. He was in the war of 1812 and in the Mexi- ean war ; went to Wis.
1- 2 3 Daniel, b. Aug. 24, 1796; m. June 15, 1823, Sally Davis, of Con. Chil. : Marshall, b. Oct. 26, 1823; Charles D., b. Jan. 26, 1825; Rufus H., b. July 8, 1828; Sarah L. H., b. Aug. 31, 1830; Har-
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riet M., b. Aug. 5, 1832; Eustis, b. Sept. 16, 1834; M. W., b. Oet. 3, 1838 ; Cyrus L., b. May 3, 1845.
Abigail, b. Feb. 11, 1798; m. Nov. 3, 1821, Samuel C. Simonds, of Burlington.
4 5 Amos, b. Dee. 27, 1802; m. Nov. 3, 1828, Esther R. Winn, of Salem, dau. of Benjamin and Susan (Estabrook) Winn, formerly of Bur. Chil. : Amos M., b. Feb. 28, 1831; m. May 31, 1857, Sarah F. Blaisdell, of Charlestown; Lucius B., b. May 14, 1833. He served in Mass. Vols. in the late rebellion ; Louisa, b. Sept. 27, 1835 ; Henry A., b. Apr. 30, 1838. He was in the first three months' vols., was wounded and taken prisoner at the first Bull Run battle, and confined at Richmond. He is married, and resides at Somerville ; Everett M., b. Dec. 1841.
ARMS .- RICHARD ARMS, sometimes spelled Orins, was ad. to the eh. in Lex. Apr. 10, 1709. He m. Oct. 28, 1714, Sarah Carley, of Lex. No record of children. Rev Mr. Hancock made the following entry in the eh. record, Mar. 24, 1752 : " Baptized Sarah Arms at her house, she being above eighty years old, and confined ; I preached there at the same time." She d. July 8, 1760, aged 88. He d. Apr. 26, 1736. He was constable in 1728, and committee to provide for the schools in 1733, and subsequently. He was a shoemaker by trade, and resided on the hill west of the residence of the late Col. Merriam. The names of Arms and Carley have long since become extinet in Lex.
THE BABCOCK FAMILY.
LEONARD GARDNER BABCOCK, b. May 28, 1841; m. Dec. 25, 1864, Frances C. Chalmers, of Galesburg, Ill. He is son of Dr. Aaron G. and Anna (Blashfield) Babeoek, of Princeton, Mass., who was a descendant of Malachi Babcock, of Sherburn. At the break- ing out of the Rebellion, being at St. Louis, he entered the 11th Ill. Reg. for three years. He was in several battles, and at Fort Donel- son received six wounds, several of them very severe. He came to Lex. where he had relatives, in May, 1866. In Apr. 1867, he was appointed Postmaster. He has one child, Frederick G., b. Nov. 1, 1865.
THE BACON FAMILY.
1 NATHANIEL BACON and his wife Abigail were in Lex. in 1729, when we find the birth of one of their children. He d. Oet. 19, 1773, aged 74. His wife survived him many years. The record of their family is meagre.
1- 2 Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1729.
3 Jacob, b. Mar. 14, 1738 ; m. Feb. 13, 1776, Katharine Davis, Bed. Oliver, b. Ap. 14, 1740; m. Dec. 6, 1770, Saralı Reed.
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Ruth, b. June 23, 1746 ; m. Apr. 30, 1771, James Gleason.
5 Jacob and Oliver must have left town about the time of their mar- riages, as their names disappear from the tax bills the years following.
There has recently been another family of this name in town- John D. Bacon, son of George, of Bil. b. Sept. 14, 1832, came to Lex. 1854, and m. Apr. 17, 1856, Harriet A. Allen, dau. of Galen Allen. She died Mar. 22, 1865, and he m. June 20, 1867, Hattie E.
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Grant, of Acworth, N. H. He had Carrie A., b. May 14, 1857 ; George H. b. Dec. 30, 1860, d. Mar. 1861; Annette A., b. Apr. 6, 1862, d. May, 1865.
THE BAILY FAMILY.
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JAMES BAILY, b. in Greenfield, N. H. Jan. 6, 1792 ; m. Sept. 27, 1818, Abigail Simonds, dau. of David, of Lex. He died Sept. 9, 1865. She d. Aug. 9, 1853.
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Lydia Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1820; m. Apr. 30, 1837, Charles Hutchin- son. They have three children, Abigail Angeline, m. 1862, Henry Capell ; Lydia Ann Addia, m. 1867, R. L. Woodbury; Elvira Augusta, m. 1864, Charles A. Grover.
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James B., b. Oct. 23, 1822, m. Nov. 17, 1855, Rachel E. Marston. Frederick P., b. June 29, 1824 ; m. Nov. 1851, Dorcas Ann Skelton. Chellus B., b. Oct. 23, 1828; m. Apr. 19, 1855, Ellen E. Hartwell, of Lin. They have George H., Nellie L., and Estella A.
6 Edward B., b. June 28, 1833; m. June 28, 1860, Sophia L. Gould, of Lex. dau. of Thomas Gould.
7 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 29, 1836.
THE BATE FAMILY.
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BENJAMIN BATE and his wife Mary were ad. to the ch. in Lex. Oct. 31, 1703, " by a letter of dismission from the church of Christ at Hingham." May 27, 1716, Benjamin Bate confessed to the ch. that " through the temptations of the Devill and his own corrupt heart, he had been led into many sins, particularly Sabbath breaking, which is a leading sin to other hainous sins ; therefore, being easily taken by the Devill at his will, fell into the sin of killing John Law- rence's cow ye night before ye last, leaving ye ax sticking in its body."-A solemn warning surely to resist the 'Devill,' and avoid Sabbath breaking.
1- 2 Solomon, bap. Dec. 10, 1702. 3 Lydia, d. Oct. 24, 1703.
4 John, bap. Oct. 7, 1705 ; d. young. 5 Benjamin, bap. Jan. 17, 1716. 6 John, bap. Dec. 3, 1717.
7 Mary, bap. July 20, 1719, d. 1723. 8 Joseph, bap. July 2, 1721.
8 Charity, bap. Jan. 20, 1722 ; d. Jan. 29, 1723.
THE BARRETT FAMILY.
HUMPHREY BARRETT came from Eng. and settled in Con. 1640. He d. 1662, and his wife d. 1663. They had 4 sons, one of whom, Thomas, was drowned in Con. River. Oliver Barrett, a grandson of the emigrant, m. Oct. 24, 1754, Anna Fiske, dau. of Ebenezer and Grace (Harrington) Fiske, of Lex. and settled in Chelmsford. About 1770, he moved to Westford, and afterwards entered the army, and d. at Albany, leaving 7 children. One of their sons, viz. Benja- min Barrett, b. Jan. 16, 1770, m. Betsey Gerrish, dau. of Samuel Gerrish, of Westminster. He d. in Springfield, N. Y., to which place he had removed, Oct. 21, 1844. He had 11 children, of whom 4 received a collegiate education, and 3 of them were clergymen. The late Samuel Barrett, D. D., of Boston, was one of them.
Rev. FISKE BARRETT, son of Benjamin, was b. in Springfield, N. Y., Mar. 1, 1816; grad. at Uuion College, 1842. After being
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Principal of Hallowell Academy, Me., he entered the ministry, and was settled in Lex. Sept. 1849. In 1852, he was dismissed at his own request, and has subsequently been settled in Scituate and Stoneham. He m. June 8, 1853, Ann E. T. Henchman, dau. of David Henchman, of Boston. She is not living.
THE BEALS FAMILY.
JOHN BEALS was b. in Salem, Jan. 20, 1801, where his father resided. His mother was a Bacon from Bedford. He came early to Lex. to reside with his grandmother Bacon, and in 1825 m. Mary S. Brown, dau. of John D. Brown. She d. Apr. 4, 1865, and he m. Apr. 2, 1867, Eleanor Adams, dau. of Samuel Adams. He had one child, George, b. May 13, 1827; d. Mar. 16, 1828.
THE BENNETT FAMILY.
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MOSES BENNETT, of Groton, m. Aug. 11, 1719, Anna Blanchard. They had the following children.
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Abigail, b. Aug. 31, 1720. 3 Stephen, b. Oct. 16, 1723.
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Moses, b. Aug. 15, 1726.
5 David, b. May 15, 1729.
Eunice, b. Mar. 27, 1731. 7 Jonathan, b May 17, 1733.
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+James, b. Dec. 5, 1736. 9 Anna, b. Nov. 8, 1739.
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JAMES BENNETT, of Groton, m. , and had 7 children. His wife d. and he m. Dec. 14, 1784, Olive Shattuck, dau. of John and Elizabeth Shattuck; she was b. Jan. 27, 1753, and hence was 17 years younger than her husband. He settled in the northwest corner of Ashby, near Watatick Mountain, adjoining the bonnds of Ashburnham and New Ipswich. He d. Aug. 9, 1808, aged 71 years, 4 mo. and 4 days. He was in the army of the Revolution. In 1775, he was stationed at Lechmere's Point, East Cambridge, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill; he was in other battles, and had the command of a company. His wid. m. Jan. 25, 1816, Nehemiah Hardy, of Hollis, N. H. Capt. Bennett had by his 2d wife the following children.
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