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52 53 54 Henry, b. -; m. Marie Piper of Walt. ; resides there.
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Edward, b. -; d. 1863.
Ophelia, b. -; m. George Rawson ; r. in Boston.
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Albert, b. ; m. Lizzie Grace; r. in Waltham.
There being no record of the family, they may not be arranged in the order of their birth.
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GEORGE STEARNS m. Dec. 25, 1844, Lavinia Hadley, dau. of Sewell Hadley.
49-59 George Arthur, b. March 12, 1846.
60 Adelaide, b. Dec. 16, 1818.
61 Charles Herbert, b. Dec. 7, 1854.
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Jane, b. m. Sept. 22, 1844, Nathan Boynton ; r. Westboro'.
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THE STETSON FAMILY.
CALEB STETSON is a son of Thomas Stetson of Kingston, and was b. July 12, 1793. He grad. H. C. 1822, and was settled as a clergy- man at Medford, Feb. 28, 1827. He left Medford, and was settled at South Scituate. Mr. Stetson is a lineal descendant from the original emigrant, Robert Stetson, who settled in Scituate, commonly ealled " Cornet Robert," he being a cornet of the first company of horse in Plymouth Colony. Ile was seventeen years a deputy to the General Court, and was active in King Phillip's War. He d. Feb. 1, 1702, aged 90 years .. Thomas, his third son, had a family of twelve children. Elisha, the fifth son of Thomas, bap. 1686, m. about 1706, Abigail Brewster, by whom he had five children. Elisha, his only son, b. 1718, m. 1742, Saralı Adams, and had ten children. Thomas, his third son, b. March 9, 1752, m. Sept. 3, 1778, Elizabeth Cook of Kingston, and had eleven children. He was a shipmaster about thirty years, when he left the sea, and settled on a farm in Harvard, where he d. 1820. His children, of whom Caleb was the ninth, were born in Kingston.
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CALEB STETSON m. Aug. 22, 1827, Julia Ann Merriam, dau. of Rufus and Martha (Simonds) Merriam of Lexington. After leaving South Seitnate, he came to Lex. to reside on the old homestead of his father-in-law, in 1860. .
1- 2 Frederic D., b. July, 1828 ; went abroad for his health, and was lost at sea on his passage from Palermo, March 10, 1846.
3 Thomas M., b. June 15, 1830; grad. H. C. 1849, read law, and is in practice at New Bedford. He m. Sept. 10, 1856, Caroline Dawes, dan. of Hon. Thomas D. Elliott of New Bedford.
4 Julia, b. April 1, 1834; m. Dec. 5, 1867, Sergeant C. Whiteher of Boston ; r. in Lexington.
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Osgood, b. Oct. 5, 1837 ; d. Oct. 9, 1838.
8 6 Edward G., b. Nov. 4, 1840; grad. H. C. 1863, is studying law.
7 Abby. b. Sept. 10, 1844; m. March 8, 1866, A. Augustus Griffing. Ellen W., b. July 31, 1847.
STEVENS .- The family here traced is said to have descended from John Stevens, one of the first settlers of Andover, but in the absence of the records we are unable to fill up the line of deseent.
CYRUS STEVENS of Gloucester m. about 1796, Hannah Elwell of that town. They had Caroline, b. 1797; William, b. 1799; two children who d. in early infancy; George, b. 1802; Henry, b. 1804 ; James, b. 1807.
WILLIAM STEVENS, son of Cyrus and Hannah, m. May 13, 1822, Naney Pierce, dau. of Henry and Abigail (Knights) Pierce. He settled in Gloucester and subsequently in Charlestown, and from thence eame to Lex. about 1845. He engaged in mercantile pur- suits, and afterwards was a elerk in the Boston Custom House twelve years. He d. Aug. 28, 1862, aged 63. They had the fol- lowing children, Anna P., b. Dee. 29, 1823, d. Oet. 8, 1824; Wil- liam H., b. April 13, 1826, m. June 5, 1848, Caroline E. Goodrich of Charlestown, they reside in California, and have two children ; Thomasine L., b. March 25, 1828; Ann C., b. Feb. 28, 1831, m. June 2, 1852, Horace B. Davis, and has two children ; Hannah E., b. June 2, 1833, m. Nov. 27, 1857, George D Robinson, and d. April 5, 1864, leaving one child ; Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1844.
Caleb Stetson.
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THE STONE FAMILY.
The Stones were early in the country, and have become very numerous in all parts of the State. They were among the early settlers in Lexington, and were numerous, respectable, and influen- tial. There were so many of the same name, that they were in many instances in the Lex. Records, designated by their geographical position, as John Stone East and John Stone West, Samuel Stone East and Samuel Stone West. But the family are now, and for some time have been, nearly or quite extinct in the town.
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GREGORY STONE, their original ancestor, came to this country with his family in 1635, and settled in Cambridge. He was one of the members of the first church, and was one of its deacons. He had six children, four sons and two daughters. He was also step- father of John and Lydia Cooper, two children of his wife by her first husband in England. Dea. Stone d. Nov. 30, 1672, aged 82. She d. June 24, 1674. He was ad. freeman, 1636; was one of the proprietors of Watertown, and a representative in 1638.
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John, b. in Eng. about 1619; m. Anne -. He was one of the proprietors of Sudbury, had several grants of land there, and settled on the Sudbury river near the Falls, being the place where the village of Saxonville, in Framingham, is now situated. He had twelve children, and his descendants have been numerous in Sudbury, Framingham, and other towns in that neighborhood. None of them came to Lexington.
Daniel, was a " chirurgeon," and resided in Boston.
3 4 tDavid, settled on his father's "Cambridge Farms," where he owned a large tract in the southwestern part of the town, including what is now a part of Lincoln, where Gregory Stone, one of his descend- ants lived on the old homestead.
5 Samuel, like his brother David, settled on his father's large tract, residing about a mile easterly of his brother, near the junction of our present Lincoln and Weston streets, where stood the old mansion, occupied by the Stones for more than a century.
Elizabeth, m. - Potter, and resided in Ipswich.
6 7 Sarah, m. July 12, 1653, Joseph Merriam of Con. and was the mo- ther of Joseph, John, Robert, and Thomas Merriam, who settled in Lex. in the immediate neighborhood of the Stones. She d. in Lex. April 8, 1704, aged 71, and hence was born 1633.
1-4- DAVID STONE m. Elizabeth - about 1648, and had David, but the mother and child soon d., and he m. second, Dorcas , and had several children. He was made freeman, 1647. He d. Jan. 16, 1704, and she d. Aug. 13, 1704. His name does not appear upon the first records of the precinct, except as a tax payer, and his tax being small, he had probably disposed of most of his property to his sons, and had in a manner retired from business, as he was between seventy and eighty years of age. The record of his family, and that of his sons, is exceedingly defective, and hence I can give no full account of them.
4- 8 +David, b. April 9, 1650; m. Dec. 31, 1674, Sarah Hildreth.
9 + Daniel, b. ~ 10 Dorcas, b. Dec. 18, 1652.
11 +John, b. 1654; m. Mary
12 + Samuel, b. June 19, 1656 ; m. Hannah
13 Nathaniel, b.
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SAMUEL STONE was b. 1635, the year his father came to the coun- try. He m. June 7, 1655, Sarah Stearns of Wat., by whom he had ten or twelve children, about half of whom d. young. It is difficult to say at what time Samuel Stone and his brother David came to Cambridge Farms, but it is probable that they settled here about the time of their marriage, that is, about 1648 and 1655 respectively ; and as the country was at that time unsettled, they would naturally precede their families, and so may have been here a year earlier. They were at all events among the first settlers.
Samuel's name is borne upon our first records, being a subscriber for the first meeting house in 1692, and was taxed on the precinct tax bill in 1693, where his tax was higher than that of any other citizen, showing that he was a man of large landed property.
At the first organization of the precinct, no man was more promi- nent than Samuel Stone, Sen. He was chosen deacon at the organi- zation of the ch., was assessor, and was on almost every important committee. He d. Sept. 27, 1715, aged 80 years and 7 months. His first wife, Sarah, d. Oct. 4, 1700, and he m. second, Abigail -, who d. in Wo., 1728, aged 71.
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+Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1656; m. Dorcas Jones of Concord.
Sarah, b. Feb. 5, 1660; m. Edward Converse of Woburn, where she was living 1709.
16 +John, b. May 12, 1663; m. Rachel Shepard of Concord.
17 Lydia, b. Nov. 25, 1665 ; m. Francis Bowman.
18 +Joseph, b. 1671; m. Sarah Wait. ?
19 Anna, b. June 30, 1673 ; m. it is supposed, John Merry.
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DAVID STONE m. Dec. 31, 1674, Sarah Hildreth. In the absence of any connected record, I shall not attempt to give any connected genealogy of this family. He probably d. Sept. 21, 1679.
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Sarah, b. March 6, 1676. 21 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1679.
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DANIEL STONE m. Sarah - The following is all that can be gleaned of this family from the Lex. Records. Daniel Stone was a subscriber for the meeting house in 1692, and was taxed in the pre- cinct the year following. I find no record of the birth of his chil- dren. In 1700, Gregory Stone, Lydia Stone, and Susanna Stone, children of Daniel Stone, were baptized. With this meagre record, we dismiss the family, observing that there is a marked difference between the Stones denominated East and those denominated West ; the former kept up a good record in the town and church, while the latter did not.
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JOHN STONE m. Mary -. Of this family but little appears of record. John Stone West, was a subscriber for the meeting house in 1692, and his name appears subsequently in the precinct tax bills. His wife was ad. to the ch. June 14, 1699.
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Mary, bap. Nov. 13, 1698. Abigail, bap. Nov. 13, 1698 ; m. Jan. 9, 1724, John Cutler. Benjamin, bap. Feb. 1702; probably m., as we find Mary of Ben- jamin Stone, bap. Oct. 13, 1728.
4-12- SAMUEL STONE m. Hannah - David, his father, in 1699, deeded him land on which Samuel's house stood. He subscribed for
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the first meeting house, designating himself "David's son." The records give very little information concerning his family.
Mary, bap. Nov. 13, 1698.
SAMUEL STONE m. June 12, 1679, Dorcas Jones of Coneord. He was designated Samuel Stone East, to distinguish him from his cousin Samuel, who was called Samuel Stone West. He was one of the original members of the church in 1696, and his wife was received in 1698, from the church in Concord. He d. June 17, 1743, aged 87; she d. Sept. 24, 1746, aged 87. He was chosen deacon of the ch. Nov. 1715, to fill the vacancy in that office occasioned by the death of his father. He was selectman, 1714, '15, '23.
14-26 27 +Joseph, b. Feb. 8, 1687 ; m. Mary 28 29 Sarah, b. - -; m. Thomas Cutler.
¡Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1684; m. Abigail Reed of Woburn.
+Jonathan, b. Feb. 2, 1689 ; m. Chary Adams.
30 Elizabeth, b. 1693; m. March 18, 1710, John Lawrence. 31 Rebecca, b. 1696 ; m. Benjamin Reed.
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JOHN STONE m. April 27, 1687, Rachel Shepard of Con. He was a subscriber for the first meeting house, and to distinguish him from his cousin, and to show that he was on the high road of military promotion, he was designated corporal. They were admitted to the church Jan. 18, 1708. He d. Feb. 3, 1713, in his 49th year.
16-32 Rachel, b. 1688; d. Ang. 31, 1695.
33 John, b. Dec. 15, 1689 ; m. April 8. 1714, Mary Reed. Mary, b. Sept. 26, 1692 ; m. John Bowman.
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Anna, b. Nov. 27, 1694; m, Dec. 8, 1718, Josiah Parker. Rachel. b. June 6, 1697; m. Jan. 1721, Jonathan Butterfield of Cambridge.
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Ruth, b. Aug. 27, 1700.
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JOSEPH STONE m. Sarah Wait. He d. Jan. 17, 1703, aged 32. He was taxed in the precinct, 1693.
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Lydia, b. about 1693.
Isaac, b. about 1695; m. July 24, 1722, Elizabeth Brown of Sud- bury. He moved to Shrewsbury.
Joseph, b. about 1697 ; m. Lydia Parkhurst of Weston, and resided in Framingham.
Abigail, bap. Jan. 1, 1699 ; m. Jan. 9, 1723, John Cutler. Sarah, bap. Nov. 1700; m. Nov. 5, 1719, Joseph Blodgett.
Tabitha, bap. Jan. 3, 1703; m. in Weston, Aug. 26, 1728, Samuel Warren.
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SAMUEL STONE m. April 3, 1706, Abigail Reed of Wo. dau. of Dea. George Reed. June 8, 1718. Samuel Stone and wife were dis- missed from the ch. of Lex. to the ch. of Sud., where they then lived ; subsequently they removed to Rutland. Afterwards they returned to Lex. and were readmitted, Nov. 11, 1744. He d. April 5, 1769 ; she d. Jan. 16, 1767.
Abigail, b. April 21, 1707 ; m. April 2, 1724, Micah Stone of Fra- mingham.
26-44 45 Samuel, b. Dee. 8, 1708; m. Oct. 20, 1732, Mindwell Stevens of Rutland, where he settled and had a family.
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46 +Jonas, b. Dec. 3, 1710; he was twice married. 47 Elizabeth, b. Dee. 21, 1713; m. Jan. 12, 1731, John Stone, settled in Rutland.
48 Tabitha, b. Jan. 9, 1716 ; m. John Noyes of Sudbury.
Mary, b. March 9, 1718; m. Thomas Bent of Sudbury.
49 50 Susanna, b. April 24, 1720; m. Elijah Bent of Sudbury.
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JOSEPHI STONE m. Mary -. His Will was proved May 21, 1753. He was selectman, 1743.
27-51 Ephraim, b. Nov. 20, 1710; resided in Stow.
Mary, ¿ b. June 26, 1714; m. William Keyes of Harvard. Joseph, S b. June 26, 1714; r. in Brookfield.
52 53 54 Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1716; m. Josiah Shattuck of Cambridge.
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t Samuel, b. Aug. 13, 1718; m. Jane -
Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1720; m. Dea. Jonas Stone as his second wife. James, b. Aug. 7, 1722; resided in Weston, dismissed to that church 1749.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1724; m. Jan. 15, 1752, Benjamin Sampson of Leominster.
Dorcas, b. April 11, 1725 ; m. Benjamin Stone of Harvard. Bartholomew, b. June 19, 1727 ; d. young.
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JONATHAN STONE m. Nov. 17, 1712, Chary Adams of Concord.
28-61 Margaret, b. Oct. 25, 1713; d. Dec. 30, 1713.
62 Dorcas, b. March 25, 1715 ; m. Nov. 13, 1733, Joseph Wellington. Margaret, b. Sept. 15, 1718; m. March 13, 1735, Thomas Welling- ton, jr.
Rebecca, ¿ b. Jan. 7, 1723; m. Timothy Wellington. Love, 3 b. Jan. 7, 1723 ; m. June 11, 1747, Samuel Whittemore of Cambridge.
Jonathan, bap. March 14, 1725; m. 1747, Martha Cutler of West Cambridge.
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Josiah, b. Nov. 10, 1729 ; m. Abigail -.
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JOHN STONE m. April 8, 1714, Mary Reed, dau. of Capt. William Reed. He d. Aug. 7, 1762, aged 73, and she d. Oct. 16, 1772, aged 78. In his Will, dated Nov. 11, 1756, he gave £5 to the church, of which he was deacon. He was selectman 1734, and for eight subsequent years, and assessor 1746.
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John, b. July 11, 1715; d. March 22, 1736, aged 21 years. Mary, b. Feb. 26, 1717 ; she was insane.
Anna, b. Nov. 22, 1718; m. July 28, 1737, Robert Munroe, who was killed on the Common, April 19, 1775. Nathan, b. Sept. 21, 1723; d. July 13, 1740, aged 16 years. Ruth, b. July 5, 1725; d. July 19, 1740, aged 15 years. Lydia, b. Sept. 20, 1729; m. June 6, 1751, Nathaniel Mulliken, who d. Nov. 23, 1767, aged 46, and she m. Jonathan Harrington. She d. Nov. 13, 1785.
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JONAS STONE m. Elizabeth Adams. IIe moved to Rutland, where his wife d. April 3, 1751, when he returned to Lexington, where he m. May 12, 1752, his cousin, Sarah Stone, dau. of Joseph. He d. Oct. 29, 1790, aged 80, and she d. Nov. 4, 1780, aged 61. He was selectman thirteen years, assessor nine years, and treasurer from
63 64 65 66 67 Samuel, b. June 10, 1727 ; m. first, Martha Earle of Boston, second, Mrs. Euniee Underwood of Lexington.
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1755 to 1778; was on the committee of correspondence in 1773 and 1776, was representative from 1771 to 1777, delegate to the first and second Provincial Congresses in 1774 and 1775.
Elizabeth, b. 1733; d. Dec. 27, 1752.
Deborah, b. 1736 ; m. April 13, 1753, Samnel Bass of Boston.
+Jonas, b. 1741 ; m. June 12, 1756. Sarah Buckman.
46-75 76 77 78 Lucy, b. 1743 ; m. Jan. 17, 1765, Joseph Smith.
79 Hannah, b. 1746; m. June 29, 1769, Thomas Barrett of Concord. 80 Zerviah, b. 1749; d. Dec. 27, 1752.
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SAMUEL STONE m. Jane - -, who d. 1786, aged 66, and he d. in Lex. Mareh 31, 1768. They had two children recorded, Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1743; Ruth, b. Nov. 26, 1744, m. July 21, 1768, John Buckman, jr.
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JONAS STONE m. June 12, 1766, Sarah Buckman. He d. April 24, 1814, aged 73, and she d. Sept. 24, 1825, aged 78. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company in 1775.
Sarah, b. Dec. 1767.
Samuel, b. Dec. 27, 1769; m. Sally Child. He d. Oct. 11, 1824, and she d. Oet. 9, 1824. They were both buried in the same grave, the same day. They had Samuel, b. March 27, 1794, who m. Mary Spaulding.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1770.
The Stones of Lexington seemed to disappear rather suddenly, and to have left a record so imperfect, that it is impossible to state their genealogy, or the place to which they removed. It would be injustice, however, not to mention the generous act of one of that name, whose family we are unable to trace. At a town meeting in Lex. held June 15, 1761, " Mr. Isaac Stone came into said meeting and gave the Town a Bell for the Town's use forever ; which Bell was there, and weighed four hundred sixty-three pounds, for which the Moderator in the name of the Town returned him thanks."
THE STOWE FAMILY.
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WILLIAM STOWE was born in New Haven, Conn. and m. Emeline Thomas of that place. Like many other young men, he was thrown in early life upon his own resources. Ife entered the army and served several years. mostly upon the frontier. After his discharge, he returned to his native place, and by his own personal efforts quali- fied himself to enter the Newton Theological School. When he left that institution, he commenced preaching as a Baptist clergyman in Charlestown, Mass. After laboring there about eight years, he went to Martha's Vineyard. He subsequently united with the Episcopa- lians, and settled at Bristol, R. I. After a ministry of six or seven years, he received a call at Port Huron, Mich., which he accepted, and where he still remains. Though in a great degree self-taught, he has become quite a proficient in some departments of science and literature. He has had eight children, two of whom d. young.
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REV. WILLIAM T. STOWE, his oldest son, was b. Aug. 30, 1841. He qualified himself by his own efforts to enter the law school at Albany, from which he graduated, and was admitted to the bar in that city in 1860. Having a desire to enter the ministry, he turned bis attention to the Gospel rather than to the law, and commenced
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preaching under the auspices of the Universalists. In 1862, he was settled in Brattleboro', Vt., where he remained till he came to Lex. in 1864. Since that time he has preached for the United Societies in the East Village. He m. June 7, 1861, Maria Hartness, dau. of John Hartness of Albany.
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William H., b. in Brat. March 28, 1862. Mary Blasdel, b. in Lex. June 11, 1865. John, b. in Lex. July 25, 1867.
SUMNER .- WILLIAM SUMNER, son of Roger of England, came to this country about 1635, with his wife Mary, by whom he had a family in Dorchester. William, one of his sons, m. Elizabeth Cle- ment, and had among other children, Clement, b. Sept. 6, 1671, who m. May 18, 1698, Margaret Harris, and had Benjamin, b. May 28, 1711, who m. Mercy -. He d. July 21, 1795. His wife d. Feb. 22, 1768. James, a son of Benjamin and Mercy, was b. 1740, and d. 1814. He m. first, Alice Waldron, second, - Byles, and third, Hannah Ridgeway. By his wife Alice he had James, b. 1763, who m. Elizabeth Foster of Beverly, and d. Oct. 23, 1814. James and Elizabeth had a son, James, b. May 4, 1788, and d. April, 1849. He m. Sarah Badger of Boston. They had six children b. in Bos- ton, where their ancestors for several generations had resided, viz., James D., b. 1816 ; Elizabeth, b. March, 1818, m. Charles Southack ; Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1820, m. May 9, 1839, Charles Brown of Lex. ; Mary B., b. 1822, m. John Tilton ; Catharine, b. - , d. young.
JAMES DUDLEY SUMNER, the eldest child of James, was b. May 14, 1816, and m. Feb. 13, 1840, Sarah Maria Johnson, b. April 22, 1816. They r. in Lex. and have had Maria Carlton, b. Dec. 17, 1842, d. April 13, 1856, and James Frank, b. Aug. 18, 1857.
THORNING .- In December, 1781, Thomas Cutler, in conformity to the law then existing, gave notice to the selectmen, that he had taken into his house to reside John Thorning and wife, and their dau. Sarah, with Eunice Philips, also William Thoring ; and that they came from Lincoln. JOHN THORNING by his wife Betsey had, in addition to Sarah, Frederick A., b. Dec. 27, 1790. WILLIAM THORNING, who came to Lex. with John, m. June 18, 1782, Eunice Phillips, who came to Lex. with John, and had a large family. They resided on Wood street, in the house now occupied by Mr. Medill. He d. March 23, 1829, aged 72; she d. Feb. 10, 1849, aged 93. His children were William, b. March 21, 1783; Abigail, b. April 26, 1784; John, b. June 29, 1785; Eunice, b. Jan. 28, 1787 ; Sally, b. Dec. 29, 1788, d. Aug. 27, 1846, aged 57, unm. ; Polly, b. Nov. 2, 1790, m. Sept. 10, 1823, Leonard Wood of Wo .; Dorcas, b. June 14, 1792, m. Aug. 25, 1821, William Child of Groton; Isaac, b. June 7, 1794; Cyrus, b. June 18, 1796 ; Leonard, b. Aug. 8, 1799, m. May 17, 1827, Almira Whitney.
THE TIDD FAMILY.
There is some obscurity in the early history of the Tidds in this country.
1 JOHN TIDD, the original ancestor of the family, it is probable, came over and settled in Charlestown in 1637. He moved to
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Woburn in 1640, and d. Aug. 3, 1643. His name was spelled Tead, and sometimes Teed, which was the common spelling in the early Lexington records. Most if not all his children were born abroad. His Will, dated Jan. 4, 1642, and proved Sept. 5, 1643, mentions sons John and Joseph, and dau. Mary, who probably m. Francis Kendall, and three grand-children, the youngest children of Ebenezer, deceased. His son John came to Lex., and is the ancestor of the Tidds of this town.
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JOHN TIDD, b. 1625, and m. in Wo. April 14, 1650, Rebecca Wood of that town. She d. Jan. 10, 1717, aged 92. He moved to Camb. Farms, 1686, and settled upon the farm where Mr. Charles Tidd now resides. He appears to have been somewhat extensively engaged in dealing in real estate. He became one of the proprietors of Camb., for in the division of the land in 1683 above the " eight mile line," John Tidd received his distributive share. He also pur- chased lands of David Mackgeney, William Carly, David Fiske, and others. The homestead appears to have been bought of David Fiske, and conveyed by deed dated June 1, 1686. It was a lot of forty acres. Here the first house for the Tidds was probably erected, and the property remains in the hands of the lineal descendants at the present day, - a period of more than one hundred and eighty years.
On our earliest records, viz., a subscription for building a meet- ing house, in 1692, we find the name of John Tidd, or Teed, as the name was frequently spelt, and also the names of his sons Joseph and Samuel ; and on the tax bill for 1693, we find the names of John and his sons Joseph, Samuel, and Daniel. The same year John Tidd was chosen one of the assessors, and one of a committee to purchase of the town of Cambridge a traet of land for the support of the ministry. He d. April 12, 1703, aged 78. His Will, dated Ang. 7, 1701, and proved May 31, 1703, gives a general view of his descendants. He gives a considerable portion of his property to his son John, with a provision that he shall pay a certain sum to Daniel and Mary Tidd, the children of his son Daniel, deceased. He gives twenty shillings to each of his four oldest grand-sons (not including Daniel mentioned above), viz., Joseph Smith, John Tidd, Thomas Blodgett, and Joseph Simonds. He also makes a bequest to his four oldest grand-daughters, viz., Elizabeth Tidd, Rebecca Simonds, Hannah Smith, and Rebecca Blodgett. His children were all born in Woburn.
2- 3 Hannah, b. Sept 21, 1652; m. Dec. 1, 1674, Joseph Smith of Wat. 4 John, b. Feb. 26, 1654; m. about 1678, Elizabeth -, by whom he had between 1679 and 1691 five children, Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Rebecca, and Mary. None of them probably ever came to Lex. to reside.
Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1656 ; m. Joshua Simonds of Lexington.
5 6 Samuel, b. June 16, 1659 ; d. May 9, 1699, unm. His heirs signed an agreement about his property, by which it appears that his brothers, John and Joseph, and his sisters, Hannah Smith, Mary Simonds, and Rebecca Blodgett, were living at his decease; that his brother Daniel died before him, leaving two children, Daniel and Mary, and their mother, Lydia. Samuel Tidd was in the ill- fated expedition to Canada, in 1690.
+Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 1660; d. Dec. 26, 1730.
7 8 +Daniel, b. about 1662; d. Nov. 29, 1696.
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Rebecca, b. about 1665; m. Nov. 11, 1685, Thomas Blodgett of Wo. - They subsequently removed to Lex. and were the ancestors of most of the Blodgetts which have ever resided in the town.
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2-7- JOSEPH TIDD m. Mary -, who d. Jan. 23, 1694, aged 23. Their child d. Jan. 23, 1696. He mi. sceond, Mary -, who d. Jan. 9, 1718, aged 32. By her he had at least six children ; of the birth of some of them we find no record. He m. third, Mary -. He d. Dec. 26, 1730, and she d. Jan. 4, 1731. Tradition says they both d. of the small pox. He was a man of handsome property for that day. His son Joseph administered upon his estate, which was inventoried at £ 967, 10s. 6d, his real estate being £809 of that sumn. He was constable in 1699, was appointed on several important committees, and was one of the selectmen in 1714.
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