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Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1798 ; went with her mother to Marl., N. H.
ELEAZER HOWE m. Caty Barnard. She d. June 21, 1845, aged 74. He d. Feb. 27, 1836, aged 74.
Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1789; d. young. Stephen, b. April 26, 1791; d. 1793.
Sophia, b. Aug. 18, 1794; d. 1797.
Stephen, b. Aug. 18, 1796; m. July 6, 1821, Mrs. Hannah Peters.
Solomon, b. July 27, 1798; resided in Boston ; m. Olive -; d. 1836. Martin, b. Dec. 5, 1800 ; m. June 24, 1830, Caroline Arnold, who d. 1856. Catharine, b. Aug. 19, 1804 ; m. Ebenezer Galc.
Abel, b. Jan. 14, 1807 ; went South. Lyman B., b. May 6, 1809. Orison, b. Sept. 26, 1811; d. Oct. 1811.
Eleazer O., b. Dec. 17, 1812.
Mary, b. June 6, 1815 ; m. Lewis Maynard.
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LOVEWELL HOWE m. Patty l'arker. She d. and he m. 1803, Nabby Parker.
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Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1785; m. Ist, - Balcom, and 2d, Betsey Bigelow. George, b. June 3, 1787 ; m. Oct. 17, 1816, Mary Brigham. Luther, b. April 27, 1792. 316 Eliza, b. March 31, 1804. Peter P., b. Oct. 28, 1805 ; r. in South. He was the first person bap- tized in the West meeting-house.
Caroline, b. April 18, 1807. 319 Abigail, b. Feb. 12, 1810.
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JASON HOWE m. Mary Warland, of Cambridge. She d. and he m. 1818, Isabella Hastings. He d. Sept. 2, 1851, aged 77.
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John W., b. Oet. 30, 1806. 321 Mary I., b. Jan. 23, 1823.
Thomas J., b. Nov. 8, 1826. 323 Susanna H., b. Feb. 7, 1834.
WINSLOW HOWE m. Dolly Hayden, of Sudbury. He d. March 18, 1832, aged 70. She d. Dec. 28, 1841.
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Lyman, b. June 6, 1797 ; m. Rebecca -, and had a large family. Winslow Howe had other children, but their names and births are not given upon the Records ; among them were Dolly, who m. 1820, William Onthank ; Laura Ann, who m. 1820, William Brown.
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ARCHELAUS HOWE m. July 20, 1784, Lucy Howe, dau. of Asa Howe. They moved about 1826 to Vernon, Vt.
Phebe, b. Sept. 26, 1784; m. May 27, 1799, Joel B. Clisbce ; d. July, 1799.
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Persis, b. March 29, 1787 ; m. March 16, 1807, Franeis Gleason. Abraham, b. July 18, 1789 ; m. Sept. 1, 1811, Sally Brigham ; r. at Lowell, where he d.
Luther, b. Sept. 23, 1791 ;'m. Feb. 7, 1816, Lucy Brigham, dau. of Ephraim, r. at Northfield.
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Thomas, b. Nov. 16, 1793 ; m. Feb. 5, 1819, Patty Bigelow, dau. of Gershom. Levi, b. June 21, 1796. Sophia, b. March 15, 1799 ; m. Dec. 6, 1721, Ephraim Brigham. George, b. July 10, 1803.
JOHN HOWE m. 1800, Lydia Williams.
Samuel S., b. Oct. 5, 1809; d. 185 -. John A., b. Feb. 29, 1812; m. Feb. 10, 1834, Abigail C. Newton. Lydia W., b. June 20, 1813; m. Oct. 6, 1835, William F. Barnard.
THE ABRAIIAM HOWE FAMILY.
Having given a Genealogy of the family of John Howe, it becomes necessary to give a notice of the family of Abraham. John Howe, we have seen, came from Sudbury, and was in Marl. as early as 1657, or '58. In the year 1660 the name of Abraham Howe appears among the proprietors of the town. He probably came from Roxbury, had a numerous family, and his descendants have remained in the town to the present day. We have no evidence that he was connected with the family of John Howe.
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ABRAHAM HOWE m. May 6, 1657, Hannah Ward, dau. of William Ward. Their second and third child were born in Watertown, and perhaps their first. Their first recorded in Marl. was in 1663. He d. Jnne 30, 1695, and his wid. d. Nov. 3, 1717, aged 78. He located himself near where school house No. 2, is now situated.
1- 2 3 Mary, b. 1659; m. John Bowker, of Sud., r. in Marl.
+Daniel, b. 1658 ; m. Oct. 6, 1688, Elizabeth Kerley, of Marl.
4 +Joseph, b. 1661; m. 1688, Dorothy Martin.
5 Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1663; m. Eleazer Howe.
6 Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1665; m. Capt. Nathan Brigham.
7 Deborah, b. March 1, 1667; m. 1687, John Barrett.
8 Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1668 ; m. Peter Rice, of Marl.
9 t.Abraham, b. Oct. 8, 1670; m. 1695, Mary Howe.
10 Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1672; m. Joseph Stratton, 1695, r. in Marl.
11 Abigail, b. March 4, 1675; d. unm. April 17, 1697.
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DANIEL HOWE, Capt., m. Elizabeth Kerley. He d. April 13, 1718. Ile was a large landholder in Marl., Lancaster and Westboro'. Ilis property was inventoried at £1,264. His wid. administered upon his estate. She d. 1735.
2-12 Martha, b. July 30, 1687; m. 1714, Col. Nahum Ward.
13 + Hezekiah, b. June 19, 1691; m. 1715, Elizabeth Tainter.
14 Daniel, b. Nov. 29, 1692 ; d. Feb. 6, 1740.
15 +Jonathan, b. April 23, 1695; m. Sarah Hapgood.
16 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1697; m. Paul Howe, of Paxton.
17 David, b. April 27, 1700; resided in Westboro'.
18 Zeruiah, b. Dec. 13, 1702; m. Feb. 20, 1722, Joseph Iowe.
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JOSEPH HOWE m. Dorothy Martin. He d. Sept. 4, 1700, aged 40, and his wid. settled his estate. They were m. in Charlestown, Dec. 29, 1687. He was a large landholder in Marl., Lancaster and Wat., and owned the grist mill at Feltonville before 1700, probably the first mill erected there. His real estate was inventoried at £1,442.
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4-19 20 21 Bethia, b. March 7, 1695.
Sarah, b. July 27, 1688; in. 1711, Jeremiah Barstow. Eunice, b. Jan. 15, 1692 ; m. 1712, Thomas Amsden.
: 22 +Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1697 ; m. Zeruiah Howe, Feb. 20, 1722.
23 talbraham, b. March 21, 1698; m. Rachel Rice.
24 Jedediah, b. April 3, 1701.
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ABRAHAM HOWE m. 1695, Mary Howe. He was slain by the In- dians near Lancaster, July, 1704. He had only one child, viz. Abigail, b. May 22, 1702.
HEZEKIAH HOWE m. July 25, 1715, Elizabeth Tainter.
Benjamin, b, April 18, 1716. 26 Noah, b. Sept. 8, 1721.
Daniel, b. Oct. 14, 1724. 28 Abigail, b. March 26, 1730.
JONATHAN HOWE m. Sarah Hapgood. He d. July 25, 1738, aged 43, and his wife Sarah settled his estate.
+Solomon, b. Dec. 17, 1718; m. Mary Howe. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1720. 31 Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1721.
15-20 30 32 Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1723; d. 1729. 33 Dumaris, b. July 31, 1725; in. 1743, Stephen Gates. 3.4 Sylvanus, b. April 6, 1727. 35 Millicent, b. April 20, 1729; m. 1746, Alpheus Woods. 36 Ichabod, b. Jan. 9, 1731. 37 Albiguil, b. March 25, 1733.
38 Isaac, b. Jan. 27, 1735.
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JOSEPII IIOWE In. Feb. 20, 1722, Zerviah IIowe, dau. of Capt. Daniel Howe. She d. Dec. 10, 1723, and he m. July 12, 1727, Ruth Brigham, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Brigham. His will, dated July 16, 1770, and proved March 14, 1775, mentions wife Ruth, sons Joseplı, Thaddeus, Phinehas, and Artemas, and dan. 'Zerviah Smith, Dinah Willard, wife of Josiah, Miriam Bigelow, and Betty, then unm., and grand-children of dau. Dorothy, late wife of Cyprian Howe. He was a large owner of land in New Marlboroogh. Ilis widow d. Oct. 14, 1781 in her 87th year. He d. Feb. 18, 1775.
Zcruiah, b. Nov. 24, 1723; m. Abraham Smith.
+Joseph, b. Feb. 1, 1728 ; m. May 21, 1751, Grace Rice.
Dorothy, b. May 4, 1730 ; m. Nov. 20, 1750, Cyprian Howc.
Dinah, b. Oct. 11, 1731 ; m. Josiah Willard.
+ Thaddeus, b. May 30, 1733; m. April 12, 1757, Levinah Brigham. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1734; m. Dr. Rice, of Barre.
Samuel, b. May 22, 1737 ; d. May 20, 1756, in the French war. + Phinchas, b. Jan. 25, 1739; m. Dec. 11, 1764, Dorothy Burnet. +.Artemas, b. Jan. 15, 1743; m. March 28, 1767, Mary Bigelow. Miriam, b. Dec. 5, 1744; m. April 7, 1763, Timothy Bigelow.
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ABRAHAM HOWE m. May 24, 1724, Rachel Rice, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Graves) Rice.
23-49 Eunice, b. May 16, 1725 ; m. 1749, David Warren.
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Mary, b. June 14, 1727 ; m. 1750, Frederick Barnes.
Persis, b. Nov. 14, 1728 ; m. Dec. 18, 1755, John Gleason.
+Abraham, b. Dec. 14, 1730 ; m. Sept. 17, 1755, Lydia Howe. t.Asa, b. Nov. 30, 1733 ; m. March 18, 1762, Rachel Goddard.
52 - 53 5-4 Abner, b. Nov. 1, 1735 ; m. Oct. 2, 1762, Sarah Harrington.
55 JIdonijuh, b. Sept. 7, 1737 ; m. May 31, 1764, Lydia Church.
50 .Inna, b. Feb. 5, 1740 ; d. 1752.
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SOLOMON HOWE m. Mary Howe.
Jonathan, b. April 7, 1739 ; d. Jan. 27, 1740.
Daniel, b. June 13, 1740. 59 Zadock, b. June 3, 1742. Luke, b. Feb. 21, 1745 ; m. Nov. 29, 1770, Catharine IIowe. Edmund, b. June 3, 1749.
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JOSEPH HOWE m. May 21, 1751, Grace Rice, dau. of Simon and Grace, b. 1730. He d. Sept. 26, 1800, aged 72. She d. Jan. 23, 1816, aged 87.
Lovina, b. July 19, 1751 ; m. Jan. 2, 1772, Peter Rice, and d. Dec. 23, 1812.
Reuben, b. Oct. 12, 1752 ; m. 1791, Susanna Cushing, and moved to Guildhall, Vt.
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Simon, b. Ang. 14, 1754; moved to Guildhall, Vt. Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1756 ; moved to Guildhall, Vt.
Lucy, b. Sept. 18, 1758; m. Thomas Tileston, Boston.
Eli, b. July 20, 1760 ; m. Polly Oakes. IIe was in the Revolution. Hepzibah, b. Sept. 15, 1762 ; d. April 10, 1773.
Daniel, b. Aug. 4, 1764 ; moved to Guildhall, Vt., and d. Aug. 9, 1818. Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1768 ; d. July 26, 1773.
Miriam, b. Oct. 16, 1770 ; m. 1794, John Coats, of Boston. She d. at Cambridge, 1861, in her 92d year.
Hepzibah, b. April 5, 1773; m. Jan. 15, 1793, Jacob Barnes, and d. May 14, 1826.
+Joseph, b. March 8, 1775; m. Oct. 30, 1799, Eunice Howe, and d. Sept. 5, 1851.
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THADDEUS HOWE m. April 12, 1757, Lovina Brigham, dau. of Joseph and Comfort (Bigelow) Brigham. She d. Aug., 1784, and he m. June, 1786, Mrs. Prudence Ilolman, of Bolton, as her fourth hus- band. He d. March 18, 1799, aged 66, and she d. Sept. 5, 1831, aged 96.
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Susanna, b. June 22, 1758 ; m. Nov. 2, 1778, Gershom Rice.
Nanne, b. Feb. 15, 1760 ; m. July 11, 1781, Jonas Morse, as his 2d wife.
+Jonah, b. Feb. 22, 1762; m. Ist, Betty Cranston, and 2d, Catharine Wheeler.
+William, b. Dec. 4, 1764 ; m. Sept. 27, 1785, Elizabeth Stow. Lovina, b. March 23, 1767 ; m. June 11, 1787, Moses Sherman.
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Aaron, b. May 15, 1770 ; m. Sarah Dana, of Oxford ; r. Lunenburg, Vt. Martha, b. Feb. 5, 1773 ; m. March 9, 1796, Francis Barnard ; d. --- Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1776; d. young.
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PHINEHAS HOWE In. Dec. 11, 1764, Dorothy Burnett. She d. Dec. 9, 1781, aged 45, and he m. 2d, 1783, Sarah Brooks, who d. July 22, 1784, and he m. 3d, Jan. 4, 1798, Lydia Ruggles, of Weston. He d. March 14, 1832, aged 93, and his widow d. 1837, aged 84.
46-82 83 Elizabeth, b. April 2, 1768; m. 1792, Silas Gleason.
84 +Jedediah, b. June 28, 1770; m. Sept. 28, 1795, Lydia Felton.
85 Gilbert, b. May 1, 1772 ; m. 1800, Lydia Howe, dau. of Asa.
86 Lucretia, b. May 22, 1773; d. Aug. 23, 1775.
87 Lovice, b. Oct. 29, 1775; m. Daniel Barnes, and moved to Hub- bardston.
88 +Phinehas B., b. July 13, 1784 ; m. 1811, Nancy Webster.
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+Sylvanus, b. Dec. 27, 1765 ; m. May 12, 1791, Sarah Gleason.
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ARTEMAS HOWE m. May 28, 1767, Mary Bigelow, dau. of Gershom and Mary. She d. Aug. 15, 1810, aged 65, and he d. Nov. 17, 1813, aged 70.
Elisha, b. Jan. 31, 1768 ; d. unm.
Catharine, b. Oct. 18, 1769; m. Ist, - Wheeler, and 2d, Jonah Howe.
47- 89 90 91 92 Jonas, b. Aug. 18, 1773; m. Lydia Maynard, dan. of John. 93 Lydia, b. Sept. 9, 1775; m. 1st, July 21, 1803, Isaac Maynard, and 2d, Abraham Stow.
Sally, b. Feb. 5, 1777 ; m. March 28, 1801, Jonas Lovering, husband of late sister.
94 95 +Stephen, b. March 21, 1780 ; m. Jan. 29, 1709, Susanna Brigham.
t David, b. March 18, 1783; m. March 27, 1811, Betsey Dadman.
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96 97 Samuel, b. March 27, 1785; moved to Coos County, N. H.
Levi, b. April 30, 1787 ; m. Abigail Bigclow, dau. of William. Jabez, b. Oct. 28, 1789 ; m. Nov. 1812, Roxana Gleason.
Moses, b. April 19, 1792; m. Dec. 18, 1817, Eunice Dadman.
The four brothers mentioned above, Joseph, Thaddeus, Phinchas, and Artemas, had an aggregate of thirty-nine children, who lived to the aggregate age of 301 years, and their wives to the aggregate of 332 years ; a rare instance of fruitfulness and longevity.
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ABRAHAM HOWE m. Sept. 17, 1755, Lydia Howe, dau. of Ephraim and Elizabeth. He d. March 12, 1770, and she administered upon his cstate. 1Ic probably had a dau. Mary, whose birth is not recorded, and who m. Gershom Bigelow. Ile was killed accidentally, while going home from town meeting.
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Lydia, b. Oct. 6, 1756.
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Aaron, b. Aug. 17, 1758 ; m. 1792, Anne Tainter.
Betsey, b. Nov. 12, 1760 ; m. Oct. 29, 1778, Oliver Russell.
104 Sarah, b. Oct. 16, 1766; m. March 8, 1785, John Barnes.
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ASA HOWE m. March 18, 1762, Rachel Goddard. She d. June 10, 1814.
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John, b. Nov. 25, 1762; m. Dec. 28, 1785, Mary Newton. He moved to Maine, where he d.
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Abigail, b. May 14, 1764.
Miriam, b. Sept. 11, 1765 ; m. Jan. 11, 1787, Joseph Clisbee.
Lucy, b. Jan. 26, 1767 ; m. July 20, 1784, Archclaus Howe.
Asa, b. Dec. 2, 1768 ; moved to N. H.
tAbraham, b. Feb. 22, 1770 ; m. Nov. 25, 1793, Elizabeth Wetherbee. Esther, b. Feb. 25, 1772; m. Aug. 16, 1787, Calvin Howe.
Lydia, b. July 7, 1774 ; m. 1800, Gilbert Howe, and d. Oct. 1, 1820, without issue.
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JOSEPH HOWE m. Oct. 30, 1799, Eunice Howe, dau. of Josiah and Molly (Adams) Howe. He d. Feb. 4, 1828. She is still living.
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Charlotte, b. Aug. 10, 1800; m. Oct. 8, 1822, Samuel Howe, Jr., and d. 1839.
Mary R., b. June 23, 1802; m. June 26, 1825, Abraham Howe, and d. 1851.
115 Dexter, b. April 11, 1804; d. Nov. 19, 1804.
116 Emerson, b. Nov. 12, 1805 ; m. May 1, 1830, Lydia Bigclow, and d. 1847.
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Mary, b. Oct. 26, 1771; m. Dec. 10, 1795, Jonas Lovering, of Sud.
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Eunice, b. Nov. 20, 1807 ; m. Paul Newton, of North., and d. March 23, 1842.
118 Lucy, b. Nov. 24, 1809; m. Benjamin F. Horn, and d. April, 1841.
119 Maria D., b. Feb. 4, 1812 ; d. Nov. 11, 1838, unm.
120 Lavinia, b. June 9, 1814 ; living unm.
121 Harriet E., b. July 15, 1816; d. Aug. 5, 1841, unm.
Christopher J., b. June 25, 1818; m. Dec. 6, 1845, Lucy D. Howe, North.
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Eleanor, b. April 10, 1820; d. June 5, 1842, unm.
Dulcena L., b. April 8, 1822; in. May, 1850, J. F. Horn.
126 125 Josiah, b. March.20, 1824 ; d. in Cuba, 1848, unm.
Sidney, b. June 29, 1826.
This family will not be displeased by the addition of another per- son, long a favorite in the family. In 1777, before Rev. Mr. Smith was dismissed, he sold a negro servant, (or slave,) DILL OXFORD, to Joseph Howe, Sen., for 66 pounds. The Constitution of 1780 made all such persons free. Dill, from choice, remained in the family of father and son, till the day of her death. She was highly esteemed in the family and neighborhood. Her rig was peculiarly hermaphroditical- wearing a skirt or petticoat like a female, and a coat after the fashion of a man. Such was her ordinary and holiday appearance.
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JONAH HOWE m. March 8, 1792, Betty Cranston, dau. of Abner. She d. Feb. 14, 1806, and he m. June 15, 1806, Mrs. Catharine Wheeler, dau. of Artemas Howe. He d. Dec. 8, 1834, aged 73; and she d. Jan. 4, 1851, aged 81.
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Lavinia, b. May 28, 1793; m. Feb. 4, 1813, Jerry Stow.
Betsey, b. Nov. 20, 1794 ; m. April 12, 1815, William Toombs.
Lydia, b. June 12, 1796; m. May 13, 1823, Jacob Holyoke.
Martha, b. Oct. 2, 1797 ; m. Ist, Elizur Holyoke, and 2d, Jeremiah Whitcomb.
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Thaddeus, b. March 12, 1799 ; m. May 19, 1825, Charlotte Brigham. Lyman, b. Nov. 23, 1800; resides in Providence.
Rufus, b. April 15, 1802; m. 1829, Sophia Tainter.
Diana, b. Oct. 25, 1803 ; m. Nov. 18, 1824, Aaron Stow ; d. Nov. 1860. Cranston, b. Aug. 5, 1805; m. Sarah Withington, and r. in Boston. Dexter, b. June 18, 1807 ; d. unm. 1837.
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Freeman, b. Aug. 16, 1809 ; m. Lucy Crosby, of Ashburnham.
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WILLIAM HOWE m. Sept. 27, 1785, Elizabeth Stow, dan. of Jolin and Grace (Newton) Stow. He d. July 21, 1820, aged 56. She d. June 3, 1835, aged 67.
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Joel, b. Dec. 20, 1785 ; m. Sept. 6, 1815, Jerusha Gales. He d. Oct. 4,1820.
William Loring, b. April 25, 1797 ; m. April 11, 1822, Persis Sawyer, of Berlin.
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Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1800 ; m. April 12, 1820, Israel IIowe, of Sud. Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1806; m. Dec. 9, 1829, Israel Parminter, who d. 1834, and she m. Jabez Huntington.
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SYLVANUS HOWE m. May 12, 1791, Sarah Gleason, dau. of Joseph. He d. Sept. 15, 1815, aged 50. She d. March 31, 1825, aged 60.
82-142 James, b. Feb. 22, 1792; m. Nov. 4, 1819, Lucy Barnes. 143 144 Sarah, b. May 13, 1794; m. April 17, 1822, Solomon Barnes. Eber, b. Dec. 1, 1795; m. Sept. 16, 1824, Louisa Bigelow.
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Dorothy, b. July 22, 1797 ; d. young. Everett, b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; d. 1804.
Solomon, b, Aug. 10, 1805; d. 1833.
Joel, b. Jan. 11, 1808 ; d. Feb. 20, 1809.
Jonathan, b. Dec. 16, 1809 ; m. Isabella Baker.
JEDEDIANI HOWE m. Sept. 28, 1795, Lydia Felton. He moved to what was then denominated the Coos country, where he was killed by the falling of a trec. He had Edward, b. in Marl. July 4, 1796.
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PHINEHAS B. m. 1811, Nancy Webster, and had James W., b. 1815; Cyrus, 1819; Phinehas, 1821; Elijah, 1823; Joseph, 1827, and four daughters.
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STEPHIEN IIOWE m. June 29, 1809, Susanna Brigham, dan. of Lewis Brigham, and had Nahum B., b. 1809; Elbridge, b. 1816; Benjamin S., b. 1823; and three daughters.
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DAVID HOWE m. March 24, 1811, Betsey Dadman, and had Samuel, b. 1811 ; Willard, b. 1820 ; and three daughters.
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ABRAHAM HOWE In. Nov. 25, 1793, Elizabeth Wetherbce, of Box- boro'. Capt. Howe d. Oct. 2, 1848, aged 79. She d. Aug. 28, 1853, aged 77.
Amory, b. Sept. 3, 1795; m. 1817, Mary Brigham, dau. of Lewis. Eliza, b. Oct. 31, 1797 : d. July 28, 1822, unm.
Samuel, b. March 2, 1800 ; m. Oct. 8, 1822, Charlotte Howe, dau. of Joseph.
Abraham, b. March 11, 1802; m. June 26, 1825, Mary R. Howe, dau. of Joseph.
Ruth W., b. Feb. 27, 1804; m. Merick Houghton, of Berlin.
Alvin P., b. April 5, 1806 ; m. Sabra Houghton, sister of Merick.
Mary Ann, b. Sept. 3, 1808 : d. young.
Charles, b. Oct. 29, 1810 ; m. April 16, 1835, Lucy Rice.
Harriot, b. April 15, 1813 ; m. George Kendall, of Westminster.
Maria, b. Ang. 30, 1815 : m. Rev. Charles Kendall, then of Bernards- ton, but now of Petersham.
Matthew H., b. Oct. 12, 1817 ; r. at Baltimore, where he m. Lydia Eliza, b. Aug. 1, 1823 ; went South ; m. - Gilbert.
The Howes are so numerous in Marl., and have been in all periods of her history, that it is next to impossible to classify them. Where we have two or three William Howes, as many Sumnel Howes, and more John Howes ; and three or four Marys, or Sarahs, or Elizabeths, on the stage at the same time, with nothing in the record to distin- guish one from the other in the notices of deaths and marriages-it would not be at all strange, if the above record should assign some to a premature grave, or create some unwilling marriages. Nor would it be wonderful if I have left some in a state of single blessed- ness who have rejoiced in a state of matrimony. But my apology is that the records failed me, and the Howes have been so numerous, that I have not been able to furnish all with partners.
THE HUDSON FAMILY.
The Hudsons were among the early settlers of New England. William, and Francis, and Ralph, were in and about Boston before 1636, and were among the prominent citizens, and intermarried with
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some of the most influential families. But it is doubtful whether the Hudsons who have been in Marl. and the neighboring towns from time to time, descended from either of these families. All who have borne the name have been rather migratory in their character ; for we find them at one time in one place, and at another time in another- thus defying the labors of the genealogist. It may however be said of them with truth, that they have manifested a natural affinity for military adventures. Scarcely any family of their numbers has fur- nished so many soldiers in the Indian, French, and Revolutionary wars.
DANIEL HUDSON, the ancestor of the Marlborough Hudsons, came from England about 1639. He was in Wat. 1640, and settled in Lancaster about 1665. He purchased of Maj. Simon Willard, a Pro- prietor's Right, for £40, situated on Gibson's Hill, in Lancaster. He mn. Johanna, and had six or seven children before he came to Lan- caster, where their births are recorded. He and his wife and two of their daughters, and two children of his son, Nathaniel, were killed by the Indians in one of their incursions into that ill-fated town in 1697. Though he died in Lancaster, he appears to have been absent from that town some portion of the time between the date of his settlement and that of his death.
In 1673, " Daniel Hudson, of Concord, sometimes of Lancaster," purchased 20 acres of land in Lancaster, of John Moore, of Sud. ; and in 1674, Daniel Hudson, " late of Lancaster, but now of Cam- bridge Village," (Newton,) deeded to his oldest son, Daniel, " who is about to be married to Mary Maynard, of Sud., dan. of John May- nard," the same 20 acres of land. And in 1688, he and his wife deeded to their son, William, land near Gibson's Hill, in Lancaster. Daniel Hudson's will, dated 1695, and proved Oct. 14, 1697, mentions wife Johanna, and sons William, Nathaniel and Thomas. An Agreement connected with the settlement of the estate is signed by Nathaniel Hudson for himself and his brother Thomas; and by Samuel Waters, in right of his wife Mary (Hudson,) Jacob Waters, in the right of his wife Sarah (Hudson,) and James Atherton, in right of his wife Abigail (Hudson.)
Most of the male members of the family appear to have left Lan. soon after the death of their parents. The destruction of the Lan- caster Records, and the migratory character of the family, deprive us of most of the information necessary to give a connected view of his descendants. The name in the ancient records is frequently spelt with a t-Hutson.
1- 2 3 Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1653 ; m. Samuel Waters.
+Daniel, b. May 26, 1651; m. July 21, 1674, Mary Maynard.
4 Sarah, b. June 1, 1656; m. Jacob Waters.
5 Elizabeth, b. June 11, 1658 ; killed by the Indians.
6 Johanna, b. June 6, 1660 ; killed by the Indians.
John, b. May 10, 1662 ; probably d. young.
7 8 Anne, b. Jan. 1, 1664; probably d. in infancy.
9 t William, b. June 12, 1665; probably moved to Bridgewater.
10 Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1667 ; m. Jan. 6, 1684, James Atherton.
+Nathaniel, b. March 15, 1671.
11 12 Thomas, birth not recorded.
1-2- DANIEL HUDSON m. July 21, 1674, Mary Maynard, dau. of John, of Sud., by whom he had at least one child, viz., Daniel, b. April, 1677. She d. in Concord, Nov. 4, 1677. After the death of his wife, he moved with his son Daniel to Bridgewater, where his son m. Mary
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Orcutt, and had Mary, Daniel, and William. Daniel, the emigrant to Bridgewater, d. 1731, aged 80. Some of the descendants of this family moved to Hartford, Ct., where they were well known as hook- sellers and printers ; others moved to the State of New York.
WILLIAM HUDSON was in Lancaster in 1687, and had six acres of land granted to him by the town "as a bounty for killing wolves." Ile probably moved to Bridgewater with his brother Daniel, where he m. Experience Willis, dau. of John, and d. without issue, about 1729.
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NATHANIEL HUDSON appears by the records of Lancaster to have had land set off' to him in that town, in 1718 and 1726, in virtue of the right of his father "Goodman Hudson." But he could not have been a permanent resident in Lancaster; for in 1709, " Nathaniel Hudson, of Billerica, formerly of Lancaster," conveyed land in Lin- coln to a Mr. Buss. As far as I can ascertain, he has left no con- nected record of his family. The only thing I learn with certainty, is that he had a son Nathaniel. The Lexington Church Records show that three children by the name of Hudson were baptized there in 1705; and as the name of one of them was Nathaniel, and as Lexing- ton at that time bounded on Billerica, where Nathaniel resided ; and as the male children resided together in Marl. afterward, I have strong reason to believe that these were his children. There is also a pre- sumption that John Hudson, who was in Marl. soon after Seth and Nathaniel, Jr., was another of his children. But it must be confessed that the evidence of this is not conclusive. The whole Hudson fam- ily appear to have been men of arms rather than of letters ; and their record is traced quite as easily on army rolls, as on town books. I shall set down John Hudson as a child of Nathaniel, Sen., hoping the error, if it be one, may be pointed out. I find no record of the mar- riage or death of Nathaniel, Sen. He had other children, two of whom were killed, with their grand-parents, by the Indians at Lan. 1697.
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+Seth, +Nathaniel, bap. in Lexington, April 22, 1705.
Abigail,
+(?) John, b. 1713; d. Aug. 1799, in Berlin.
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SETH HUDSON m. Mary -, and had eight children, b. in Marl. He was admitted to the church there, Feb. 28, 1727. He was a sol- dier from Marl. in 1759, in Capt. Williams's Company. He was first a Sergeant and then Lieut., and had the command at Fort Massachu- setts. He had in 1726, land laid out for him in Lancaster.
Seth, b. April 13, 1728; he resided at Northboro', in 1752. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1730; he was in the French war 1755 and 1758. Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1732. 20 Susanna, b. May 27, 1735.
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