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5-26- STEPHEN LOCKE m. Mehitabel Raymond, dau. of Jonathan of Lex. He d. April 22, 1772, aged 53, and his wid. d. Oct. 29, 1815, aged 94. They resided in Lex.
Mehitabel, b. Aug. 17, 1747. She was living in Lex. in 1773.
+ Reuben, b. March 16, 1749; m. Jerusha Richardson.
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26-57 58 59 Stephen, b. March 29, 1750; m. 1780, Sally Hopkins ; went to Deer- ing, N. H.
Elizabeth, b. June 14, 1753; d. unm. 1816, aged 64.
+ Benjamin, b. May 7, 1756 ; m. Aug. 10, 1784, Betsey Wyman.
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EBENEZER LOCKE m. Mary Merriam, dau. of Thomas and Mary Merriam. In 1715, when he was sixteen years of age, " he of his own free will and accord put himself apprentice to Joseph Loring of Lex., house earpenter and joiner, to learn his art, trade, or mystery after the manner of an apprentiec." At the elose of the indentures is this memorandum : " It is to be understood yt ye said apprentice is bound to Lydia Loring, ye now wife of ye above said Joseph Loring, and she to him in all things to be performed what is above written." He had land in Townsend and Ashby. He moved first to Hopkinton, where he had three children bap., and from thenee to Oxford about 1738.
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WILLIAM LOCKE m. 1747, Grace Newell of Camb. They resided in Lex., and perhaps for a short time in Wo. and Walt. He was a soldier of the Revolution ; was in the battles of Ticonderoga and White Plains, and d. in the army in 1776, aged 56. His wid. at one time resided at Walt., but at a later period with her son Jonas at Lex., where she d. Dec. 31, 1790, aged 63. She was buried in the grave-yard at East Lexington.
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Mary, bap. at Lex. June 12, 1748; d. young.
William, b. - ; d. young.
William, b. ; was a soldier in the Revolution for several years ; was like his father in the battles of Ticonderoga and White Plains, and at other places, and d. in the army after 1779, unm.
65 Edmund, b. -; was in the army of the Revolution nearly all through the war, and d. at Lex. of disease contracted in the army, May 16, 1786, unm.
66 Jemima, b. -; d. Sept. 6, 1781, unm.
Mary, b. Aug. 1759; d. unm. 1848, aged 89.
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Nathan, b. March 2, 1762; m. June 21, 1785, Anna Bond. +Jonas, b. He was three times married.
70 Joshua, b. Aug. 1769. Hle was living at Walt., unm., 1852.
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THOMAS LOCKE m. June 27, 1751, Rebecca Lawrence, dau. of John of Wo. He d. Feb. 21, 1792, aged 70, and his wid. m. Jan. 13, 1795, Noah Eaton, and d. March 14, 1814, aged 86. He was a earpenter, and resided on the old homestead, which was set to Lex. He was in the army of the Revolution.
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+ Thomas, b. Aug. 29, 1756 ; m. Nov. 5, 1778, Lydia Reed.
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JOSEPH LOCKE m. May 7, 1761, Sarah Baldwin of Billerica, who d. Feb. 19, 1824, aged 84. He d. April 27, 1791, aged 57. He resided in Lex. He was in the French and Indian war in 1756 and 1760; was a sergeant in the last year.
51-72 Nathan, b. Dec. 7, 1761; m. 1784, Mary Howard. She d. 1797 ; he d. 1800.
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73 | +Asa Baldwin, b. Mar. 3, 1764; m. Mary Wellington, Dec. 31, 1789. Sarah, b. May 27, 1766; m. May 12, 1789, Josiah Mead.
Joseph, b. -; m. first, Martha Ingersoll, and second, widow Mary Foster.
Edwin, b. Sept. 13, 1771; m. Sept. 10, 1794, Matilda Trask.
AMOS LOCKE m. 1769, Sarah Locke. She was an orphan, whose true name is now lost, who was adopted and brought up by Thomas Loeke, whose name she took. He d. July 27, 1828, aged 87; she d. July 1835, aged 84. He resided in the north part of Lex., on the farm now owned by William Locke, on North street. He was one of Capt. Parker's company, and met the British on the Common on the 19th of April, 1775,- for which he was prepared by service in the French war in 1762.
tBenjamin A., b. Dec. 31, 1769 ; he was twice married. + Stephen, b. Mareh 23, 1778; m. April 11, 1804, Betsey Nichols.
54-77 78 79 James, b. Dec. 22, 1785 ; m. Feb. 26, 1811, Lucy Nichols. 80 Amos, b. - -; m. March 27, 1805, Joanna Greenleaf.
REUBEN LOCKE m. Jerusha Richardson, dau. of Reuben, who m. Esther Wyman. He d. Jan. 28, 1823, aged 74, and his wid. d. Nov. 15, 1833, aged 88. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was taken prisoner, and was eonfined in the prison at Forton, Eng. His farm was a part of that now owned by William Locke, on North street.
58-81 82 83 84 Betsey, b. Sept. 1, 1780; m. Jan. 25, 1798, James Wyman, Jr. Reuben, b. Jan. 15, 1782; m. Feb. 2, 1804, Polly Wiley.
85 86 87 +Charles, b. June 16, 1786; m. Abigail Nichols, Dec. 8, 1812. 88 Stephen, b. Sept. 27, 1791 ; m. Sukey Wiley ; resided in Reading.
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BENJAMIN LOCKE m. Aug. 10, 1784, Betsey Wyman, dau. of Reu- ben of Wo. He resided at Burlington and Lex. most of his life ; afterward in Boston, where he d. June 4, 1842, aged 85. His wife d. in Lex. Oct. 1, 1831, aged 70. He was one of the heroes wlio encountered the British on the 19th of April, 1775. He was also in the detachment which marehed to Camb. May 6, 1775, and likewise on the 17th of June of that year.
61-89 Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1785; m. 1805, Timothy Tileston, Jr.
90 Benjamin, b. March 19, 1787 ; d. young.
91 Ruth, b. June 6, 1790; m. June 6, 1811, Harvey Tileston.
92 Lucy, b. Sept. 17, 1792 ; d. young.
Benjamin, b. May 17, 1795; m. Oct. 9, 1823, Susan Tileston.
Lucy, b. Aug. 3, 1797 ; m. James Wallis of Camb.
96 Luseba, b. Jan. 26, 1802 ; m. Aug. 5, 1824, Lambert Maynard.
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Jerusha, b. Jan. 16, 1774; m. David Simonds, July 23, 1795. Mehitabel, b. March 27, 1775; d. unm. Oct. 2, 1841, aged 66. Lydia, b. March 23, 1777; d. unm.
tLoa, b. June 5, 1783; m. March 15, 1805, Mary Foster.
93 94 95 Levi, b. Dee. 1, 1798; m. Dee. 1, 1829, Susan Simonds.
JONAS LOCKE m. Dee. 21, 1781, Sarah Russell, dau. of Philip and Lydia (Dodge) Russell. She d. and he m. second, Nov. 2, 1800, Eunice Winship. She d. Sept. 29, 1825, aged 68, and he m. third, wid. Deborah Blodgett, Feb. 28, 1828. He resided in Lex., where he d. Aug. 23, 1833, aged 71. Like his father and his brothers, he was a patriot and soldier of the Revolution ; he served about four years.
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69- 97 | Jonas, bap. April 28, 1782; m. Sept. 26, 1807, Abigail White of Westminster.
98 William, bap. May 25, 1783; m. Mary Welch of Boston; r. in - Newton. 99 Sally, bap. April 9, 1786; m. March_8, 1808, Eli Whitney. She d. 1847.
100 Lydia, bap. June 3, 1792 ; m. May 29, 1817, Emory Whitney. They resided first at Wat. then at Le Roy, N. Y.
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Martin, bap. Aug. 1. 1799.
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Edmund, b. - -; d. unm., aged about 21.
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THOMAS LOCKE m. Nov. 5, 1778, Lydia Reed, dau. of Hammond Reed. She was b. July 14, 1760, and d. Sept. 7, 1825, aged 65; and he d. April 20, 1819, aged 63. They resided on the old Locke Place, which was set to Lex. from Burlington.
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Lydia, b. March 8, 1779 ; m. Timothy Temple ; lived in Providence. Lucy, b. March 4, 1781 ; m. Amos Hills of Hudson, N. H.
105 Rebecca, b. March 25, 1784; m. Oct. 1, 1820, Thaddeus Munroe.
106 Thomas, b. Nov. 5, 1786 ; m. April 27, 1813, Lucy Rhodes. He d. Nov. 2, 1829, aged 43. She is living.
107 +Hammond, b. July 13, 1790; m. Jan. 27, 1814, Rebecca Nevers.
108 Sally, b. May 21, 1752; m. 1820, Abel Fitz.
109 Nancy, b. Aug. 20, 1794; m. April 8, 1827, John Winning. 110 Harriet, b. May 10, 1800; d. April 6, 1809.
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ASA BALDWIN LOCKE m. Mary Wellington, Dec. 31, 1789. He d. Nov. 25, 1821, aged 57, and his wid. m. Abijah Harrington, Dec. 14, 1823.
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Oliver, b. April 25, 1790; m. April 1, 1816, Joanna Jacobs. He was a captain in the militia, and was killed Oct. 1825, by the acci- dental discharge of a gun in the hands of an intimate friend. His wid. m. Nov. 28, 1832, William Smith. Capt. Locke had Faus- tina Mulliken, b. Aug. 24, 1819, m. Dec. 3, 1846, David A. Gage, and d. Dec. 4, 1850; and Joan Sophia, b. Oct. 3, 1825, m. June 16, 1852, Eli F. Davis.
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Nathan, b. Aug. 1792; d. 1806.
Darius, b. Dec. 1, 1793 ; d. 1808. Mary, b. -; m. Feb. 21, 1822, William Burgess.
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Baldwin, b. Jan. 10, 1805; m. Adeline Josline, Nov. 18, 1830. Ife had six children ; Oliver B., b. Sept. 17, 1831, William B., b. Aug. 13, 1833, Lorenzo, b. Sept. 2, 1835, Samuel J., b. Ang. 25, 1837, Martha W., b. April 19, 1839, Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1841. Abigail, b. Nov. 15, 1806; m. July 30, 1837.
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BENJAMIN AMOS LOCKE m. Betsey Lawrence 1808. She d. March 16, 1822, and he m. June 23, 1823, Sally Marrett. He r. in Lex., on School street. He d. Oct. 19, 1829, aged 61. She d. Sept. 4, 1863.
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Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1824; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Jeduthan Rich- ardson.
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Benjamin F., b. July 3, 1825 ; m. Oct. 31, 1849, Anne E. Hill. He has several children. Albert A., b. Aug. 8, 1828. He left Lex. a few years since, and is in South America.
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STEPHEN LOCKE m. April 11, 1804, Betsey Nichols, dau. of Capt. Noah Nichols of Cohasset. He d. May 10, 1839, aged 61.
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+ William, b. Sept. 2, 1805; m. Nov. 5, 1838, Harriet Locke.
78-120 121 Stephen, b. Feb. 18, 1807; m. 1832, Priscilla Wellington. He d. 1861.
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Nichols, b. March 20, 1810; m. Jan. 5, 1838, Bloomy Davis. tAmos, b. Sept. 30, 1813 ; m. May 31, 1834, Rhoda Blodgett. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1823; d. Oct. 18, 1826.
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JAMES LOCKE m. Feb. 26, 1811, Lucy Nichols, dau. of Adna Nichols of Lex. He d. April, 1848. He resided on Grove street, near the Ebenezer Simonds place.
Sally, b. April 29, 1811; m. Thomas C. Gould, Nov. 8, 1832. James Adna, b. Sept. 18, 1814; d. April 5, 1817.
James Adna, b. March 14, 1819; m. Harriet Stearns, dau. of Amos Stearns ; resides at Charlestown.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 7, 1821; m. March 11, 1856, Mary H. Skilton, dau. of Horace and Fanny (Harrington) Skilton. He resides in Charlestown.
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LOA LOCKE m. March 15, 1805, Mary Foster, who was b. Oct. 3, 1784. He d. Dec. 4, 1865, aged 82 ; she d. Jan. 21, 1851, aged 66.
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Loa, b. Oct. 12, 1805 ; resides at the South.
Romanus, b. Jan. 4, 1807; d. 1833, aged 26.
George, b. April 21, 1811; m. Abby Smith Casey.
Lydia, b. Dec. 26, 1813; m. Aug. 2, 1738, Ebenezer B. Tuck. They resided and d. in Croyden, N. H.
Stephen, b. Oct. 24, 1816; m. Eliz. J. Casey, and r. in Saxonville. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1819 ; m. Oct. 1, 1843, Ebenezer Lakeman. He r. in Charlestown, and has several children ; the first, Lydia S., was b. in Lex. Aug. 11, 1844.
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CHARLES LOCKE m. Dec. 8, 1812, Abigail Nichols of Cohasset, who was b. Dec. 15, 1791. They reside in the northerly part of Lex. ; he was a deacon of the Baptist Church.
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Charles Burrell, b. Dec. 2, 1813; m. July 25, 1835, Lucy A. Crosby, resided in Boston, and d. about 1863.
Lewis, b. Nov. 21, 1815; was twice m .; went to California, where he d. Aug. 23, 1864.
Abigail, b. April 22, 1817 ; m. Aug. 22, 1839, William M. Roberts. They reside at Weston.
Elmira, b. Feb. 27, 1819; d. April 27, 1828. Elizabeth N., b. Nov. 15, 1828.
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HAMMOND LOCKE m. Jan. 27, 1814, Rebecca Nevers, dau. of Samuel and Ann Nevers of Bur. He resided on the farm of his ancestors in Lex. He was drowned July 15, 1843, aged 53.
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A Daughter, b. March 5, 1815; d. same day.
Harriet, b. Jan. 22, 1817 ; m. Nov. 5, 1838, William Locke.
Marshall H., b. Feb. 14, 1819; d. Feb. 7, 1822.
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Marshall H., b. Feb. 12, 1822; m. Dec. 27, 1848, Lucy A. Wyman. He has moved to Somerville.
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Augusta R., b. March 14, 1824; m. Feb. 4, 1845, William Duren. Adeline, b. June 14, 1826 ; m. Henry Mulliken.
Theodore Lyman, b. Feb. 22, 1829 ; was killed at Charlestown, April 16, 1851, while riding in his wagon, by the falling of the steeple of the Bunker Hill Baptist church, in a violent gale.
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WILLIAM LOCKE m. Nov. 5, 1838, Harriet, dau. of Hammond Locke. He resides in Lex., on the farm of the first Joseph Locke.
Emily, b. May 3,' 1841.
148 Jane, b. May, 1844.
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Austin W., b. June 8, 1852.
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AMOS LOCKE m. May 31, 1834, Rhoda Blodgett, dau. of James, b. May 6, 1813.
Elizabeth Augusta, b. Aug. 16, 1835 ; m. Sept. 28, 1857, George F. Marvin.
William Henry, b. June 17, 1838 ; m. June 8, 1864, Helen F. Elliott. Warren Edgar, b. May 28, 1841 ; m. June 30, 1862, Eliza C. Dawes. Henrietta M., b. Aug. 27, 1842. 154 Gardner H., b. Nov. 10, 1851.
There was another family of Loekes in Lex. ; Micajah, son of Josiah of Wo., b. Dee. 4, 1786, m. Sept. 20, 1812. Almira Russell. He resided in the East Village, and d. Dec. 23, 1842 ; they had eight children ; Josiah, b. April 4, 1813, m. Sept. 20, 1841, Sarah Cotton ; Almira R., b. June 8, 1815, m. Jeremiah Evans, and - Gould ; Frances Ann, b. May 25. 1817, m. April 6, 1839, Loring Cummings ; Mary R., b. Jan. 31, 1819, m. Edward Divols ; Jonathan, b. Nov. 20. 1820; Eliza S., b. Nov. 10. 1822, m. Dec. 5, 1845. Otis Locke ; Rebecca A., b. Oct. 13, 1824; Amos R., b. Oct. 8, 1826 ; Susan A., b. April 8, 1829 ; Matilda L., b. Aug. 21, 1831 ; William M., b. Oct. 27, 1833; George W., b. Aug. 21, 1836. This family must generally have left town.
THE LORING FAMILY.
Dea. Thomas Loring and his wife Jane (Newton), came to this country 1635, and settled in Hingham. They were from Axminster, Devonshire, Eng. His son John, b. in Eng. Dee. 22, 1630, m. 1657, Mary Baker of Hing., by whom he had several children. Jo- seph, his second son, was b. March 10, 1660. His deseendants I give below, so far as they relate to Lex.
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JOSEPH LORING of Ilingham m. Oct. 25, 1683, Hannah Leavitt. He d. Feb. 19, 1692, and she m. Ang. 25, 1693, Joseph Estabrook, then of Hingham, but afterwards of Lex., where he became a very prominent man. He d. Sept. 23, 1733, and she d. Oet. 25, 1728.
1- 2 3 Nehemiah, b. June 27, 1686.
+Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1684. He settled in Lexington.
4 Joshua, b. Sept. 21, 1688. IIe eame to Lex. with his brother Jo- seph, was ad. to the ch. in 1708, and dismissed to the First Church in Boston, June 8, 1712.
5 Submit, b. Aug. 11, 1691; d. Jan. 8, 1740, unm. Mr. Hancock, in his church record, under date of Jan. 4, 1740, makes this entry : " Submit Loring I baptized after meeting at Mr. Loring's house, and this is the first I ever baptized in private. She was very sick."
JOSEPH LORING m. Lydia Fiske, dau. of David Fiske of Camb. Farms, b. May 17, 1685. Ile probably came to Lex. from Hingham about 1706. He bought ninety acres of land in Camb. Farms, in 1706, of John Ponlter. The deed designates Joseph Loring as " of Hingham." In 1711, he was one of the subscribers for the purchase of the Common. He and his wife Lydia were ad. to the ch. July 4, 1708; and of course they were m. before that time. He was chosen
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one of the deacons in 1743, and d. July 4, 1746, aged 63. She d. Oct. 4, 1758. He was a valuable citizen ; was constable in 1714, and town treasurer in 1725 and 1726.
Lydia, bap. June 21, 1711; m. June 11, 1731, John Mason.
2- 6 7 +Joseph, bap. Aug. 21, 1713; m. Kezia Gove.
8 Sarah, bap. July 17, 1715; m. Dec. 2, 1736, Thaddeus Bowman. John, bap. Aug. 11, 1717 ; d. Dec. 13, 1717.
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12 11 Hannah, bap. Sept. 20, 1719; m. March 22, 1735, Samuel Winship.
Abigail, twins, bap. Jan. 7, 1722 ; 3 m. Jan. 30, 1760, Sam'l Allen. Mary,
JOSEPH LORING m. Jan. 1, 1736, Kezia Gove. He d. Sept. 13, 1787, aged 74, and she d. Sept. 16, 1789, aged 75. He was chosen dea. May 20, 1756, and held that office thirty-one years. He was often employed on important committees in the town. He resided on Main street, on the place opposite the Town Hall. His house was pillaged and destroyed by the British on the 19th of April, 1775. The account made out by Deacon Loring at the time, shows the amount of his suffering, and the wantonness of the enemy. He sets down his loss as follows :
A large mansion house and barn seventy feet long, and a corn barn, all burnt, £ 330 00
Household goods and furniture, viz., eight good feather beds and bedding; a large quantity of pewter and brass ware; three cases of drawers ; two mahogany tables, with furniture for eight rooms,
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All the wearing apparel of my family, consisting of nine persons, 60 00
All my husbandry tools and utensils, with a cider mill and press, with five tons of hay and two calves,
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About two hundred rods of stone wall thrown down, 5 00
Specie, 3 00
£ 720 00
N. B. The above-mentioned buildings were the first that were destroyed in the town, and were near the ground where the brigade commanded by Lord Percy met the detachment retreating under Lt .- Col. Smith. It does not appear that any of the militia were in or near these buildings, neither could they in any way either oppose or retard the British troops in their operations ; therefore the destruc- tion must be considered as brutal, barbarous, and wanton.
JOSEPH LORING.
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John, b. June 28, 1742 ; m. June 8, 1765, Elizabeth Howe of Con. Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 1745; m. Nov. 26, 1776, Capt. Wm. Chambers, of N. H.
+Joseph, b. Dec. 27, 1747 ; m. Nov. 26, 1772, Betsey Pollard of Bed. +Jonathan, b. Feb. 7, 1749; was twice m.
JOSEPH LORING m. Nov. 26, 1772, Betsey Pollard of Bed. They were ad. to the ch. Feb. 27, 1774. He was one of Capt. Parker's company, and also marched to Camb. on the memorable 17th of June, 1775. Subsequently he entered into the marine service with John Chandler, Jr., and being on the Southern coast, under Com- modore Tucker, was included by Gen. Lincoln in the capitulation of Charleston, S. C. After remaining for some time a prisoner, during
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which he suffered severely, he was exchanged, and, amid destitution and comparative nakedness, was compelled to beg his way home to Lex., amid the taunts and sneers of the tories.
Betsey, b. April 15, 1774; m. Abel Smith, moved to Jaffrey, N. H. John Hancock, b. Nov. 24, 1775; m. Polly Penny, and removed to Groton, where he settled.
Lydia, b. Feb. 8, 1779; m. Peter Harrington.
Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1782 ; d. a young man.
20 21 22 Susy, b. June 30, 1784; in. Nathan Munroe of Concord. 23 Joseph, bap. April 12, 1792.
JONATHAN LORING m. Rhoda -. She d. Oct. 22, 1809, and he m. Feb. 13, 1812, Mrs. Hannah Danforth of Lex. He was a member of the gallant band commanded by Capt. Parker, and was upon the Common on the 19th of April. He was also with the de- tachment which marched to Camb. on the 6th of May, and also on the day of the battle on Bunker's Hill. He was also at Cambridge two months in the campaign of 1776. He not only performed his duty after the war had commenced, but he performed an important duty introductory to the affairs of the 19th of April. On the evening of the 18th, when it was known that certain British officers had gone up toward Concord, Jonathan Loring and two others volunteered to go up and watch their movements. He was taken prisoner and kept several hours, till on the return of these officers he was set at liberty near Lexington Common, about daylight in the morning. This family acted a conspicuous part on that memorable occasion. The church plate was kept at the house of Dea. Loring, and fearing that the British soldiers in their vandalism might destroy it, Lydia Loring, a sister of Jonathan, took the precaution to secrete it under some brush not far from the house, and so prevented it from being destroyed or carried off with the rest of the property of the family. He moved with his family to Mason, N. H.
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Lucy, bap. Oct. 8, 1786; m. Dec. 27, 1813, Levi Baxter. Rhoda, bap. Oct. 8, 1786. 26 Polly, bap. Nov. 22, 1789.
Joshua, bap. Nov. 11, 1792. 28 Thomas, bap. Oct. 23, 1796.
MANN .- This name appears a few times on Lex. records. JAMES MANN m. Sept. 29, 1736, Mary Simonds. He was taxed in Lex. 1738, for both real and personal estate, and his name appears on the tax bill for a number of years. He was a soldier from Lex. in the French war, in 1759 and 1760. They had five children, viz., Mary, b. March 29, 1737, d. Nov. 4, 1738; Benjamin, bap. Nov. 4, 1739, probably went to Walt., where he had a family by his wife Martha ; Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1743; Joanna, b. April 12, 1747 ; Mary, b. 1749, d. Dec. 23, 1764.
THE MARRETT FAMILY.
The Marretts were early in the country, though they did not come to Lex. till about 1770.
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THOMAS MARRETT is supposed to have come to New England in 1635. He settled in Camb., where he was made a freeman in 1636. He was a dea. of the church. IIe m. Susan, in Eng., where John, the only child of whom we have any knowledge, was b. Thomas d. June 30, 1664.
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1- 2 JOHN MARRETT came to this country with his father, and suc- ceeded to his estate. He probably m. after he came to this country. His wife was Abigail Eddeson, b. in Cheshire, Eng. His will, dated 1696, mentions wife Abigail, sons Amos and Edward, and dau. Han- nah and Mary. He also makes mention of Abigail Rice and Susan Amsden, two married daughters.
Thomas, b. about 1655; he was killed by the Indians at Sudbury, April 20, 1675, unm.
Amos, b. 1657 ; m. Nov. 2, 1681, Bethia Langhorn. She d. Nov. 20, 1730, aged 70, and he m. second, Mrs. Ruth Dunster of Camb. He d. Nov. 17, 1739, aged 82, without issue. His will, dated April 12, 1735, and proved Dec. 16, 1739, mentions wife Ruth, brother Edward, and sisters Abigail Crashburn and Mary Hovey. He makes his nephew Amos the principal heir of his estate. He was dignified with the title of Lieutenant.
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Susan, b. June 19, 1659 ; m. - Amsden.
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John, b. Jan. 29, 1661; d. Nov. 6, 1663.
John, b. June 3, 1664 ; d. at sea, unm.
Abigail, b. Aug. 6, 1666 ; m. first, - Rice of Sudbury, and sec- ond, - Crashburn.
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Hannah, b. Aug. 17, 1668; m. Samuel Hastings of Cambridge. +Edward, b. Aug. 2, 1670; m. Hannah Bradish.
Mary, b. March 7, 1672; m. Dec. 10, 1702, Joseph Hovey of Camb. He d., and she m. Nathaniel Parker of Newton.
12 Lydia, b. Feb. 22, 1674 ; d. young.
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EDWARD MARRETT m. Hannah Bradish of Camb. She d. April 9, 1754, in her 85th year, and he d. April 11, 1754, in his 84th year. Dying within two days of each other, they were buried the same day, in the same grave, and one monumental stone marks their resting place.
10-13 Amos, b. - -; d. aged about three years.
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John, b. -; d. in Boston of small pox, aged about 18.
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Susanna, b. 1698; m. Sept. 27, 1722, John Pierce of Boston. They moved to Stow, where he d. and she m. Samuel Witt of Marlbor- ough, a prominent citizen of that town, who represented them several years in the General Court. She d. in 1794, at the re- markable age of 96 years.
16 Abigail, b. 1700; m. June 13, 1724, Judah Monis, Hebrew Profes- sor of Harvard College. She d. Oct. 27, 1760, aged 60. He was an Italian by birth. After the death of his wife, he left his profes- sorship, went to Northborough, and lived with his brother-in-law, Rev. Mr. Martyn, where he d. His monumental stone bears an inscription so peculiar, that I will transcribe it, poetry and all.
Here lie buried the Remains of Rabbi Judah Monis, A. M. Late Hebrew Instructor at Harvard College in Cambridge, In which office he continued 40 years ; He was by birth and religion a Jew, But he embraced the Christian faith And was publicly baptized At Cambridge, A. D. 1722, And departed this life April 25, 1764, Aged eighty-one years, two months and twenty-one days.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON.
A native branch of Jacob see, Which once from off its olive broke, Regrafted from the living tree,
Rom. 11 : 17, 24.
Of the reviving sap partook.
From teeming Zion's fertile womb, As dewy drops in early morn,
Isai. 66: 8. Psalm 110: 3.
John 5: 28, 29.
Or rising bodies from the tomb, At once be Israel's nation born.
Isai. 66 : 8, 29.
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+Amos, b. Sept. 5, 1703 ; m. Mary Dunster.
Hannah, b. - -; m. Joseph Lawrence of Camb. Afterwards moved to Connecticut.
Edward, b. -; m. Mary Wyatt, by whom he had five children ; one of them, Thomas, grad. H. C. 1761, and was a trader at Cape Ann. Edward m. as a second wife, Mrs. Susan Foster of Boston. He was a captain of a company in Camb. He d. Sept. 13, 1787. Mary, b. - -; m. John Martyn of Boston. He was afterwards settled as a clergyman at Northborough.
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AMOS MARRETT m. Sept. 21, 1732, Mary Dunster, dau. of Henry Dunster of Camb. He d. Nov. 1747.
17-21 Amos, b. - -; d. in infancy. Abigail, b. Aug. 25, 1733; d. young.
Ruth, b. April 30, 1735; d. in Newton, May 2, 1766, unm.
25 Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1740; d. 1754.
26 John, b. Sept. 10, 1741; grad. H. C. 1763. He studied divinity, and was settled over the second parish of Wo. (now Burlington), Dec. 21, 1774. He m. Martha Jones, dan. of Rev. Thomas Jones, his predecessor in the same parish. Mr. Marrett had but one child who lived to grow up, viz., Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1783. She m. Jan. 1, 1818, Rev. Samuel Sewall, who succeeded her father as pastor of the parish. Mr. Sewall is a son of the late Chief Jus- tice Sewall, and is distinguished as an antiquary.
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AMOS MARRETT m. Dec. 14, 1760, Abigail Tidd, dau. of Daniel and Hepzibah (Reed) Tidd of Lex. He m. as of Cambridge, where he probably resided some five or six years after his marriage, when he moved to Lex. They were ad. to the Lex. ch., Sept. 15, 1771, from the First Church in Camb. He d. March 24, 1805, aged 66. He was a soldier in Capt. Parker's company in 1775, and was in the Jerseys three months the year following.
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