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That he practised medicine to some extent is shown by the following receipt which is preserved :-
May 4, 1720.
Received of Abraham Harding of Medfield in full for physick and visets unto his father John Harding In the time of his sickness T'he just sum of one pound and four shillings to my full content and satisfaction. I say received by me
SAMUEL ADAMS of Medfield.
The following recipes of Dr. Samuel Adams have been found in an old memorandum book : -
For to make a good stomach ; take Rhubarb and curants, a handful of cur- ants, and beat them together very small, and then you may make a pill of them as big as a wolnut tak in the morning.
Another for strangury : -
Take nine bees and put them into ber alive till they die, and drink that ber in the morning.
"Dr." Adams died in 1731. Daughter : --
190. SARAH, 1704-1733 ; m. Samuel Ellis (62).
191.
JOHN ADAMS was married to Michal Bloice of Watertown in 1685. Nothing is known of the lineage of this John, but it is probable that he was of Watertown. Bond speaks of a John Adams of Medfield, who sold land in Watertown in 1692. This
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was at the time John, husband of Michal, was residing in this town. There is no record of the death of either of them here, and there is no indication of the time of their removal or the place whither they went. Children : -
192. SAMUEL, 1685; m. in 1709 Mary Plimpton; had one son born here, Joshua, in 1710.
193. MARY, 1687.
194. PATIENCE, 1690-1698.
195. RUTH, 1691.
196. JOSIAH, 1693-1694.
197. JOHN, 1695.
198.
ISAAC, 1698.
199. RICHARD, 1699.
200.
JOSIIUA, 1701-1706.
201. ABIGAIL, 1703-1706.
202. BETHIA, 1705-1706.
203. MICHAEL, 1707. A Michael Adams was here about 1745.
204.
DARIUS ADAMS, son of George of Franklin, was born in 1770, and came to this town about 1794. He married in 1796 Julia Ellis (48), and resided upon her father's homestead until 1810, when he removed to Richmond, N.H., where he died in 1812. His widow died at Medford in 1862. Children : -
205. DARIUS E., 1797-1797.
206. JULIA, 1799.
207. OBED E., 1801-1880 ; a merchant in Boston.
208. SIMEON P., IS03-1880 ; a merchant in Boston.
209. SARAH, 1805-1849.
210. OLIVER E., 1809-1816.
211.
JOHN WADSWORTHI ADAMS7 (John,6 Andrew,5 John,4 Edward,3 John, Edward ') was born at Barnard, Vt., in 1788. He came here about 1810, and married Hannah Dean of Dover. He died in 1816, his widow in 1854. He was said to be a baker by trade, and at one time owned a small house on Farm Street. Daughter :
212. ELIZABETH, 1812; m. in 1854 Elijah Clark of Medway.
ALBEE.
BENJAMIN ALBEE (or Alby) was a grantee in Braintree in 1640. He was a carpenter by trade ; came to Medfield among the earliest settlers. He was a member of the first board of selectmen, and served in that office several times afterward. He was a measurer of land, sealer of weights and measures, and in 1659 commis- sioner. His first house lot seems to have been near Brastow's
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bridge. Whether he built there is uncertain. He sold his estate in Braintree in 1657, and about the same time seems to have bought Thomas Grubb's homestead, near the corner of Main and Bridge Streets. He was living there in 1660; but, in 1663, William Cheney had succeeded him, and Benjamin Alby had a "new house." Where it was is not easy to determine. He received a grant of a house lot in Mendon in 1660. In 1662, he was one of the petitioners for the town of Sherborn. A Benjamin Alby was among the constituent members of the Baptist church in Swansea in 1663. It is said that several members of that church lived in the region of Bellingham and Mendon. After 1669, he disap- pears from our records, having removed to Mendon, where he was a measurer of land, and owned a grist mill which was burned by the Indians. Children : -
2. JOHN, m. in 1671 Jane Holbrook; died in Mendon in 1675.
JAMES, m. in 1671 Hannah Cook ; had two children, Lydia, 1675, and John, 1678.
4. PRUDENCE, m. in 1664 Thomas Barnes.
5. LYDIA, m. in 1658 Alexander Lovel (1).
6. HANNAH, m. in 1663 Samuel Wight (6).
7. SARAH, 1653 ; born in Medfield.
8.
ASA ALBEE came to this town about 1770. He was born in 1742, but the place of his birth and his lineage have not been ascertained. He married Sarah Perry (7), who died in 1800. He lived on North Street, near the spot now occupied by the house of Lewis M. Richards, though he sold his place some time before his death, becoming so reduced in circumstances at last as to be a public charge. In 1785, he was appointed sealer of weights and measures, and in 1812 surveyor of lumber. He died in 1826. Son of Asa and Sarah (Perry) Albee : -
9. AMOS, 1772. He was a musician of some local celebrity. He and his wife Judith were dismissed from the Medfield church to that in Watertown in 1820. They had three children here: Diantha, married in South Boston ; Sarah P., born in 1808; and a son, name unknown. Amos Albee kept school here 1796-7-8.
ALLEN.
JAMES ALLEN came to Dedham about 1637. He was a proprie- tor there in 1642, and took the freeman's oath in 1647. In the will of Rev. John Allen of Dedham, he mentions his cousin, James Allen of Medfield. The term "cousin " in those days signified nephew. This is all the clew to his lineage thus far discovered. He came to Medfield with the first thirteen settlers, and drew his house lot on South Street, near where Mr. Rhodes' house now stands. It is certain that he was living there in 1660; and he
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probably continued his residence on that spot several years later, if not to the close of his life. There are some indications, how- ever, that he conveyed the place to his son Nathaniel at his majority, and owned another house, which he gave in his will to his son-in-law, Joseph Clark, Jr. There is a tradition that a family of Allens lived near the grist mill on Spring Street. About 1653, he received a grant of land, six acres, in the north part of the town, bounded west by a "stony winter brook." This was near the house lot afterward granted to his son Joseph. He had also lands in various parts of the town and on both sides of the river.
He married in 1638 at Dedham Ann Guild, who died in 1673. He died in 1676. Children : - --
2. JOHN, 1639-1696; probably unmarried.
3. S MARY, 1641-1702 ; m. in 1663 Joseph Clark (2).
4. 2 MARTHA, 1641 ; m. in 1663 William Sabin (1).
5. SARAH, 1644-1715; m. Domingo White of Lynn; died in Medfield.
6. JAMES, 1646-1691 ; m. in 1673 Lydia Adams (2). He had no children. His house was burned by the Indians, and he was one of the petitioners for aid on that account. His house, it is supposed, was rebuilt; but its location is un- known. It was evidently in the south part of the town. NATHANIEL, 1648.
Ts. JOSEPH, 1652.
7.
NATHANIEL 2 (James ') settled on the original Allen homestead on South Street. His first wife was Mary Sabin (4). William Sabin mentions in his will, 1687, his grandchild, Samuel Allen, to be paid a legacy by Nathaniel Allen out of a debt owed to the estate by him. Mary died in 1674; and he was married in Boston, by Governor Leverett, to Mary Frizzell in 1677. He died in 1718, his wife in 1746. Both were members of the church, in full com- munion in 1697. Children :-
9. SAMUEL, 1674; was living at time of his father's death.
IO. NATHANIEL, 1678-1760; was unmarried ; lived on his father's place, which he gave at his death to Abijah Baker (2), who married his niece.
+II. JAMES, 1679.
. 12. JOHN, 1682-1751. He settled in the south part of the town, on the estate now owned by Bonney Brothers. His father had received in 1689 a grant of land on the east side of the way leading to Stop River, and other mem- bers of the family had also grants in that vicinity. John had received his portion before his father's death. He married in 1709 Mehitable Rockwood (23), and probably located in the south end about that time. He was sur- veyor in 1714. He had no children, and at his death gave his farm to John, son of his brother James.
13. MARY, 1685; m. in 1725 Zechariah Barber (23); and, second, William Mann of Wrentham.
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14. ANN, 1687 ; m. in 1719 Ebenezer Hill of Wrentham.
15. EBENEZER, 1694 ; m. in 1719 Ann Hill ; settled in Medway.
16. SARAH, 1697-1698.
17. BENJAMIN, 1701 ; sold his rights in his father's estate to brother John, and settled in Lambstown in Worcester County.
8.
JOSEPH 2 (James ') took his house lot in the north part of the town, ever since known as the " Allen place." In 1673, when he was twenty-one years of age, he had a grant of two parcels of land; one lying between his father's land below Samuel Wight's and the road leading to Goodman Morse's, and the other between lands of James Allen and Samuel Wight,
bounded on the east by the highway leading to Natick. He was a cooper by trade, though following farming ALLEN HOMESTEAD. largely. His house and shop were erected before Philip's war ; and the family tradition has it that the Indians took shavings from the shop and lighted them on the floor of the house, but, being upon a trap-door leading to the cellar, it fell through as it burned, and the flames were extinguished. Joseph Allen's name does not appear among the petitioners for aid in consequence of losses. All the other buildings in that part of the town were destroyed.
He married in 1673 Hannah Sabin (6). She died in 1730. Joseph died in 1703. His will was not presented for probate till 1720, when his youngest son Nehemiah came of age. He and his wife were members in full communion at the time of Mr.
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Baxter's settlement. Joseph held the office of sealer of weights and measures in 1688. Children : -
+18. JOSEPH, 1676.
19. HANNAH, 1679; m. in 1705 Benoni Twichell (S).
20. DANIEL, 1681 ; settled in Pomfret, Conn.
21. DAVID, 1683; settled in Ashford, Conn.
+-22. NOAII, 1685.
23. ELEAZAR, 1688-1759; m. Mary Battle of Dedham in 1712. He settled on a tract of land, now in the southerly part of Dover, that his father had purchased. His children were : Eleazar, Jr., who inherited his farm; Obadiah, settled in Wrentham; Samuel, who married in 1747 Abigail Smith (64), and also settled in Wrentham; Mary, who married in 1734 Samuel Richardson of Medway; and Esther, who married Pelatiah Morse (104).
24. JEREMIAH, 1690.
25. HEZEKIAH, 1692; after leaving Medfield, resided for a while in Weston, and then became the owner of a large tract of land in Dover. He married Mary Draper of Dedham in 1722. He was dismissed from Medfield church to the church in Natick in 1743.
26. ABIGAIL, 1694; m. Ebenezer Battle.
27. NEHEMIAH, 1699. He sold his rights in the homestead to his brother Noah. Nehemiah and wife, Mary Parker, were in Sherborn 1723-1741 ; in Sturbridge in 1745.
NOTE .- It is said that there were two daughters of Joseph and Hannah, of whom no record is found.
II.
JAMES 3 (Nathaniel,2 James 1) settled on the west side of the river, on lands received by his father's will. He married Rebecca Turner (16). He died in 1739. Children : -
28. JAMES, 1710. +29. JOHN, 1712. 30. SARAH, m. - Partridge.
31. ABIGAIL. 32. REBECCA. 18.
JOSEPH 3 (Joseph,2 James 1) settled on North Street, near Dover line. He married in 1701 Miriam Wight (26). He died in 1727. Children :-
+33. JOSEPH, 1702.
34. MIRIAM, 1704; m. in 1732 Daniel Thurston of Marlboro, afterward of Sturbridge.
35. MOSES, 1708; went to Sturbridge.
36. LYDIA, 1714.
37. AARON, 1715; m. Hannah -; was in Sturbridge in 1740; lived previously in Dedham.
22.
NOAH 3 (Joseph,2 James ') had the homestead at the north part of the town, buying the rights of his brother Nehemiah and prob-
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ably of the other heirs. He was appointed sealer of weights and measures in 1714. He married in 1714 Sarah, daughter of Jon- athan Gay of Needham, who was a woman of more than ordinary ability and energy. After her husband became hopelessly though harmlessly insane, the entire care of the family and the manage- ment of the estate devolved upon her until her sons were old enough to assume the burden. Noah died in 1754; his wife, in 1782, at the age of ninety. Children : -
38. SARAH, 1715-1742; m. in 1732 Joshua Boyden (20). 39. THANKFUL, 1717-1760; m. in 1742 Seth Clark (74).
+40. NOAH, 1719.
41. JEREMIAH, 1721 ; perhaps the Jeremy Allen who lived on North Street, near Dover, and died in 1777.
+42. ELIJAH, 1722.
43. SYBIL, 1724-1753; m. in 1749 Silvanus Plimpton (46).
+44. JONATHAN, 1726.
29.
JOHN 4 (James,3 Nathaniel,2 James 1) became heir to the estate of his uncle in the south part of the town. He married in 1743, before his removal to Medfield, Huldah Hill, who died in 1798, aged eighty. His uncle died in 1751 ; and he came to this town after that event, as the first three of his children were born in Medway. He died in 1778. Children : -
45. JESSE, 1744.
46. JOHN, 1747.
47. HANNAII, 1751-1767.
48. ELIAKIM, 1754-1819; m. in 1779 Mary Johnson of Franklin. He seems to have received the sympathy of the towns- men in his poverty and misfortunes. In 1787, his tax was abated; and he had liberty to cut wood on the town's land. In 1795, he was permitted by vote of the town to set a house on the town land, with the privilege of im- proving a garden. The house stood on the spot where that of R. A. Battelle now stands. In 1797, the town voted him $15 " to help him in his present disability." He had suffered the loss of an arm. The same help was extended to him in subsequent years.
+49. JAMES, 1756.
50. MARY, 1759-1821 ; unmarried.
51. AMOS, 1761 ; m. in 1784 Susanna Everett. Four children are recorded: Charlotte, 1786; Hannah, 1789; Joseph, 1791 ; Charles, born in Walpole in 1801.
52. FINIS, 1765-1821 ; unmarried.
33.
JOSEPH 4 (Joseph,3 Joseph, James ') at the death of his father came into possession of his estate. He sold in 1729 a pasture of five acres to John Cutler, lying near Cutler's house. He probably sold out the rest of the estate soon after, as in 1738 he and his
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wife were dismissed to the church in Sturbridge. He married Abigail Gold, who died in 1727; second, Sarah Parker. Chil- dren : -
53. ABIGAIL, 1727.
54. ASA, 1729.
55. AZUBAH, 1731-1731.
56. OLIVE, 1732. 57. JOSEPII, 1734. 40.
NOAH4 (Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) succeeded to the possession of the homestead. His first wife was Miriam Fisher (42), who died in 1757. He married, second, in 1761 Abigail Ellis (29), who died in 1764; third, in 1766, Sybil, widow of Elisha Smith (53). Noah died in 1804. He was selectman in 1766-67 and 1775. Children : -
4-58. ASAHEL, 1744. +59. FISHER, 1747. +60. SILAS, 1749. 61. GAD, 1751-1751.
+-62. NATHAN, 1753.
63. MIRIAM, 1762; m. in 1786 Lieutenant Seth Kingsbury of Walpole. +64. PHINEAS, 1764.
42.
ELIJAH 4 (Noah,3 Joseph,? James ') settled in the extreme north part of the town, where John Newell now lives. He was a house- wright by trade. He married in 1754 Sarah Morse (65), then in her fifteenth year. He died in 1792, having become insane for some years before his death. Children : ---
65. SARAH, 1755; m. in 1778 Philip Blake of Wrentham, who had resided in town for some years, but returned to Wrentham or Franklin after his marriage. Sarah died in 1795.
66. SYBIL, 1757; m. in 1781 Rufus Mann (13).
67. CATHARINE, 1759; m. in 1780 John Hartshorn of Walpole.
68. THANKFUL, 1761-1784; m. in 1780 John Bullard (46).
69. ABIGAIL, 1771 ; m. in 1792 Noah Daniels (24).
44.
JONATHAN 4 (Noah,3 Joseph,? James 1) was a cooper by trade. A maiden lady, Mary Wight (36), by her will in 1753 gave her homestead to her "friend, Jonathan Allen." The place is now occupied by William C. Allen. He married in 1752 Sarah Ellis (70), who died in 1771; second, in 1772, Abigail Harding (45). He served as selectman in 1771-73. He died in 1807. Chil- dren : -
70. JONATHAN, 1759-1759. +71. OLIVER, 1762. 72. JOHN, m. in 1789 Amy P. Harding (71).
73. OLIVE, 1775; m. in 1795 Aaron Clark (219).
74. ABIGAIL, 1777; m. in 1801 Phinehas Partridge of Franklin.
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JAMES 5 (John,+ James,3 Nathaniel,2 James ') settled on his father's homestead on South Street, at the foot of Rocky Lane. He married in 1779 Mary Cheney (59), who died in 1825. He died in 1835. Children : -
75. NANCY, 1781-1865 ; unmarried. 76. POLLY, 1782-1855; m. in 1807 John Kingsbury (2).
77. ALEXANDER, 1784-1785.
4-78. JOHN, 1786.
79. OLIVE, 1793-1874; unmarried.
58.
ASAHEL 5 (Noah, 4 Noah,3 Joseph,2 James ') was a joiner by trade, and lived on Farm Street, in a house that stood a little south of B. F. Shumway's, on the west side of the road. He sold this house to his brother Silas in 1776. He married in 1775 Patience Richardson, probably daughter of Daniel of Medway, where she died in 1792. He died in 1784. Children : -
80. DAVID, 1777-1857 ; resided in Leominster.
SI. JEREMIAH, 1778-1862; m. Mary Kingsbury of Needham ; lived in West Newton.
82. JONATHAN, 1780; drowned at Paris, Me., in 1815.
83. PATIENCE, 1784; m. Calvin Jocelyn of Leominster.
59.
FISHER 5 (Noah,4 Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) inherited the estate of his grandfather Josiah Fisher (32) of Dover, who had no sons. He married in 1771 Rachel Smith (87), who died in 1829. He died in 1842, at the age of ninety-five. Children :-
84. MIRIAM, 1772; m. Daniel Kingsbury of Walpole.
85. ABIGAIL, 1774; m. Nathaniel Fisk of Holliston, whose son Noah inherited the homestead.
86. RACHEL, 1779; m. Daniel Mann of Dover.
60.
SILAS 5 (Noah, 4 Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) was a cooper, like many others of the family. He bought out his brother Asahel in 1776. He married in 1772 Priscilla Plimpton (69). He sold his place in 1791, and removed to Shrewsbury, where he died in 1824. Children : -
87. ELIZABETH C., 1773-1863; m. Ephraim Hapgood.
88. ASAHEL, 1775; m. Lucy Hemmenway, and, second, Mary J. Parker, both of Shrewsbury. He died in Wisconsin in 1866.
89. SIMON, 1777-1785.
90. NOAH, 1779-1845 ; resided in Shrewsbury.
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NATHAN 5 (Noah, ' Noah, Joseph,? James 1) settled in the north part of the town, where William Q. Fisher lately lived. He mar- ried in 1779 Anne Smith (88), who died in 1827. Nathan served on the board of selectmen in 1794 and in 1800-01. He died in 1848. Children : -
91. ANNE, 1780-1870 ; m. in 1801 Quincy Fisher (51).
+92. OBED, 1782. -+93. NATHAN, 1784.
64.
PHINEAS 5 (Noah, + Noah,3 Joseph,' James ') inherited his father's homestead. He was a selectman in 1810, 1822 ; chosen deacon of the Unitarian church in 1828. He married in 1787 Ruth Smith, born 1769, daughter of Asa (44). She died in 1832 ; and he married, second, Eliza Turner of Boston. At the age of six- teen, he enlisted in the Continental Army, and was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treachery and the execution of Major André. He shared in the hardships of our army in "the Jerseys." He returned at the close of the war in miserable plight, having travelled the whole distance of two or three hundred miles on foot. Children : -
94. ABIGAIL, 1788-1796. +95. JOSEPH, 1790. 196. ELLIS, 1792. 97. SILAS, 1795. 98. ASA S, 1797; m. Lydia Kingsbury of Walpole; second, Martha J. Camp. Is a clergyman, and has been settled in several places. 99. ABIGAIL, 1799: m. in 1818 Gershom Adams (158).
100. PHINEAS, 1801; graduated at Harvard College in 1825 ; m. in 1828 Clarissa Fiske (10.) Has been principal of academies at Concord and Northfield ; also, teacher of Spanish in the Allen School at West Newton. +IOI. NOAH, 1801.
71.
OLIVER 5 (Jonathan, + Noah,3 Joseph,2 James ') settled upon his father's homestead. He married in 1793 Sarah Allen (177), whom he very soon left a widow, dying in 1795. Son : -
+102. WILLARD, 1794.
78.
JOIN 6 (James, 5 John, + James,3 Nathaniel,2 James ') built a house on a part of his father's farm. He died before his father, who at his decease gave the house and some lands to the heirs of John. He married in 1817 Amanda Learned, who died in 1823 ; second, in 1825, Sally Chickering. He died in 1832. His widow died in 1865, aged seventy. Children : -
103. HARRIET. 1818-1855 ; unmarried.
104. ELIZA W., 1819.
105. ABIGAIL, 1820.
106. JOHN W., 1826: resides in West Dedham.
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OBED" (Nathan,5 Noah,+ Noah, Joseph,2 James ') bought the estate formerly Elijah Allen's, now owned by John Newell, his grandson. He married in 1806 Caroline Harding (69), who died in 1863. He was commissioned as captain in 1812, major in 1814, and lieutenant-colonel in 1815. He served the town as a select- man fourteen years, as treasurer five years, and was schoolmaster 1804-12. He died in 1869. Children : -
107. CAROLINE, 1806; m. in 1832 John A. Newell of Dover.
108. OBED, 1808; m. Betsey Newell of Dover; died at Pond- ville in 1872.
93
NATHAN 6 (Nathan, 5 Noah, + Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) resided for several years in Medfield, and at one time carried on the business of butchering and of baking on the corner of North and Green Streets. He was unsuccessful in both, and removed to Dedham. He married Catherine Fisher (80) in 1808. Children : -
109. CATHERINE H., 1810; m. W. H. Spear of Plymouth.
IIO. FISHER, 1812.
III. MARY A., 1816; m. Dr. James Aldrich of Fall River.
112. LOUISA, 1819; was a teacher in Plymouth.
113. LUCY M., 1824-1852.
114. ALFRED, 1827.
95.
JOSEPH 6 (Phineas,5 Noah, Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) was edu- cated at Harvard College, graduating in 1811. He was a Uni- tarian clergyman, and was settled for many years at Northboro. He married in 1818 Lucy C., daughter of Dr. Henry Ware, Sen. He died in 1874. Children : -
115. MARY W., 1819; m. in 1840 Dr. J. J. Johnson of Northboro.
116. JOSEPH H., 1820; m. in 1845 Anna M. Weld of Jamaica Plain.
117. THOMAS PRENTISS, 1822-1868 : m. in 1846 Sarah A. Lord of Northfield.
118. ELIZABETHI W., 1824.
119. LUCY C., 1826 ; m. in 1857 Albert E. Powers.
I 20. EDWARD A. H., 1828; m. in 1855 Eugenia S. Teulon.
121. WILLIAM F., 1830; m. in 1862 Mary T. Lambert ; second, in 1868, Margaret L. Andrews.
96.
ELLIS 6 (Phineas,5 Noah, + Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) lived upon the Allen homestead, near Castle Hill. The longevity of this family is something remarkable, developed through several genera- tions,-" neither so wealthy as to tempt to idleness or dissipation, or so poor as to debar from healthful social enjoyments and good living." Death did not enter this circle of brothers and sisters for the period of seventy-eight years. Neither were his children
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called to mourn the death of parent, brother, or sister for over fifty years. While carrying on the work of his farm, he yet interested himself in all the leading questions of the times. He was one of the first in this town to advo- cate anti-slavery prin- ciples. Mr. Garrison thus wrote of him : " I shall always hold him in remembrance as one of the tried and true of the old ' Guard of Freedom,' whose feet were planted upon the everlasting rock, in whose daily walk were exemplified the patience of hope and the labors of love, EL.LIS ALLEN. who could make no compromise with a time-serving expediency, who was ready to stand in the gap according to the exigency of the hour, and whose faith and courage never faltered as to the triumph of the righteous cause. That triumph he happily lived to witness."
He married in IS14 Lucy Lane of Scituate. During his last years, he resided with his sons at West Newton, where he died in IS75. Children : -
+122. WILLIAM C., IS15. 123. GEORGE E., IS17; m. Susan M. Treat of Waltham ; resides at West Newton.
124. JOSEPH A., IS19; m. Lucy T. Burt.
125. LUCY M., 1821 ; m. in 1842 James Davis of Northboro.
126. NATHANIEL T., 1823; m. Caroline S. Bassett; resides at West Newton.
127. FANNY L., 1825-1831.
128. ABBY E., 1828; m. in 18;2 Charles D. Davis.
129. JAMES T., 1831; m. in 1860 Caroline A. Kittredge; resides in West Newton.
IO1.
NOAH 6 (Phineas,5 Noah, + Noah,3 Joseph,? James :) settled upon the place he now occupies, which formerly belonged to the family
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of John Wight. He married Paulina S., daughter of Ruggles Whiting of Dover. Children : -
130. Lucius W., 1835-1880 : m. in 1864 Almira F. Leeds ; second, in 1876, May Barber.
131. HELEN L, 1838.
132. SARAN P., 1842 ; m. in 1865 Jerome S. Daniels.
102.
WILLARD6 (Oliver,5 Jonathan, 4 Noah,3 Joseph,2 James ') lived on the place owned by his father and grandfather. He married in 1818 Charlotte Hill (26), who died in 1855. He died in 1856. Children :
133. WILLARD I., 1S20-1883; resided in Milford.
134. RUEL C., IS22-1858.
135. OLIVER J., 1825 ; m. Sarah A. Wild, who died in 1863 ; sec- ond, in 1867, Susan O. Partridge, who died in IS76.
136. SARAH A., 1827; m. Prentiss Leland of Sherborn ; second, Phineas Willard.
137. ALBERT S., 1842 ; m. Lizzie Whitten ; lives in Milford.
122
WILLIAM C.7 (Ellis,6 Phineas, 5 Noah, 4 Noah,3 Joseph,2 James 1) married Harriet Coggin of Mount Vernon, N.H., who died in 1865 ; second, in 1882, Abbie B. Kern. Children : -
138. WILLIAM C., 1844-1885; died in the South, leaving six children.
139. GEORGE E., 1846.
1.40. CHARLES T., 1848.
141. HARRIET G., 1850-1876.
1.42. NATHANIEL T., 1852-1872.
143. ALPHONSO L., 1854.
144. FRANCIS S., 1855.
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