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His real and personal estate at his death was valued at £1,883. Besides lands in this town, he owned rights in iron works at Crack Rock, in Stoughton (now Foxboro), iron works in Walpole, half a farm "at a place called Tuesick in the township of Georgetown at the eastward," part of a right in lands lying on Georges River, and an island near Topsham, "commonly called Baxter's Island."
In his will is the following : "I devise to my beloved wife, Mercy Baxter, twenty pounds a year in bills of the old tenor, so long as she shall live, besides all the household goods she brought to me, and whatsoever she had by her father, or former husband, or sister ; and also my horse and chaise and the tack- ling belonging to it, and the service of my Negro Slave, Nanny. during my wife's life ; and to my Negro Slave I give her free- dom at my wife's decease." He afterward adds, "It is my will that upon condition my Negro woman shall not in all things carry and behave herself dutifully and well towards her said mistress, my wife, then she shall not have her freedom; but I give to my wife full power to sell or dispose of her for life at her discretion." During his ministry, three hundred and sev- enty-three persons were admitted to the church, two hundred and twenty eight owned the covenant, and one thousand one hundred and seventy-five received baptism. Children : -
2. JOSEPH, 1700-1700.
3. MARY, 1701 ; m. in 1720 John Gardner of Stow.
4. SARAH; m. in 1722 Thomas Buckminster.
5. HANNAHI, 1704-1796; m. in 1723 Oliver Peabody, the preacher to the Indians at Natick.
6. JOSEPH, 1706; graduated at Harvard College in 1724; taught school here 1725-27; educated as a physician, but died of small-pox in 1732.
+7. JOHN, 1708.
8. THOMAS, 1710.
7.
JOHN 2 (Joseph 1) lived on the place which had belonged to his father. He was a prominent man in town affairs, a surveyor of land, served many years on the board of selectmen, was town clerk and town treasurer for a long time. He married in 1732 Rebecca Fisher, daughter of John (12), who died in 1796. He died in 1788. He owned a house about the year 1740 in the north part of the town, apparently near the spot now occupied by that of the late W. Q. Fisher ; perhaps lived there till his father's death. Children : -
+9. JOSEPII, 1734.
IO. NATHAN, 1735-1735.
II. MARY, 1737; m. in 1763 Thomas Mason (27).
12. RICHARD, 1740; settled in Princeton.
13. MOSES, 1742: settled in Rutland.
+-14. JOHN, 1746.
15. SARAH. 1750-1780; m. in 1778 Silas Bullard (42).
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JOSEPH 3 (John,2 Joseph o settled at the old saw mill place near Noon Hill. He married in 1760 Mary Partridge of Medway, and resided in this town till about 1779, when he removed to Prince- ton. He served in the French war from Medway. Children : -
+16. STEPHEN, 1761.
17. REBECCA, 1763.
18. MARY. 1767.
19 LUCINDA, 1773.
14
JOHN 3 (John,2 Joseph ') inherited the ancestral home on Main Street. He had the confidence of his townsmen, and was often elected to public station. He transacted law business, was one of the selectmen eight years, town clerk fourteen years, treas- urer thirteen years, and representative to the Legislature six years. He married, at the age of thirty-eight, Silence Wight (79), widow of Rev. Daniel Adams of Watertown, who died in 1817. "Squire Baxter " died in 1832. Daughter : -
20. SARAH, 1785-1866; m. Nathaniel Bosworth (1).
16.
STEPHEN 4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Joseph 1) graduated at Harvard College in 1788. He kept school here in 1788, and also taught a singing-school with great success. It was said to be the greatest local musical affair of those times. People came from the sur- rounding towns to hear. Stephen afterward became a minister, and was settled in Warren, Mass. He became insane, and died in 1846. His wife was Elizabeth Lovell of Medway.
BISHOP.
JONATHAN PARKER BISHOP was born in Killingly (now Putnam), Conn., April 10, 1792, and was the son of Jonathan Parker Bishop, a well-known physician, and Hannah (Torrey) Bishop. He came to Medfield and taught the North School, when a young man. He married in 1817 Eliza Harding (91), and about the year 1818 com- menced the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar in another county.
From 1822 to 1834, he was in Illinois, and for short periods in the State of Maine. With these exceptions, he resided in Medfield until his death. He represented the town in the Leg- islature in the years 1848 and 1851, and on each occasion was elected with special reference to a particular question in which the town was strongly interested. In 1848, it was the question of a railroad through the town by what was known as the " Pettee Route," from some point on the then Boston & Worcester Rail- road in Brookline, Brighton, or Newton, through the northern part of Medfield to Medway, with a further line to Woonsocket in con- templation. A rival route from Dedham to Walpole, and thence
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to Blackstone, was also projected ; and the two lines were in bitter hostility to each other, as it was not then supposed that two railroads so near together could be sup- ported from the intervening coun- try. Both routes were finally built, but neither char- ter was granted at that session. Mr. Bishop was very active in the mat- ter of securing the first-named road, and it was largely by his exertions that it was finally built. At the ses- sion of 1851, the question was the JONATHAN PARKER BISHOP. election of two United States senators, one as successor to Daniel Webster. This was at the beginning of the Free Soil (which afterward became the Republican) party, formed largely by a split and secession from the Whigs on the question of slavery. The new party formed a coalition with the Democrats on the sena- torial question, with the purpose of electing one Free Soiler and one Democrat, both sound on the question of slavery. There was great interest in all the towns, and candidates were almost invariably pledged throughout the State. Mr. Bishop was the Medfield candidate of the coalition for representative, and was elected. The result of the senatorial contest, the election of Charles Sumner and Robert Rantoul, Jr., to the vacancies, the former by a majority of one only, after twenty-six ballotings, was a source of lifelong gratification to Mr. Bishop. Of the many per- sons having a right to claim that his vote decided the contest, he was one; and he often referred to his presence and vote for Mr. Sumner at every roll-call. He possessed much public spirit, and from time to time held various town offices. He died July 10, 1865. His wife survived him, and died Nov. 16, 1877. Children : -
+2. MOSES B. H., 1817.
3. CAROLINE E., 1820; m. in 1842 Silas W. Wilder ; second, Charles Jennings.
4. MARY D., 1822-1863 ; m. in 1850 John Battelle of Dover.
5. ROBERT R., 1834 ; m. in 1857 Mary H. Bullard of Holliston.
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2.
MOSES B. H.2 (Jonathan P.') married, first, in 1843, Abigail Torrey, who died in 1852 ; second, Eliza H. Leavens of Killingly, Conn. He resides on the estate owned by his grandfather, Moses B. Harding, and by Moses Bullen. Son : -
6. ELISIIA P., 1854-1876; m. in 1875 Abby A. Hartshorn (26).
BOSWORTH.
NATHANIEL BOSWORTH came to Medfield from Dighton. He married in 1807 Sarah Baxter (20), only heir to the Baxter estate. The date of his death is unknown. She died in 1866. Children :
2. JOHN B., 1808-1842; musician in United States service.
3. SARAH, IS10-1880.
4. MARY, 1812-1844 ; m. in 1841 Charles Hamant (49).
5. NATHANIEL, 1815; was a gunsmith ; is said to have died in New York.
BOWERS.
JOHN BOWERS came with the Braintree and Weymouth men about 1652. His house lot was near the "great bridge," the site being not far from where the house belonging to heirs of John F. Newell now stands. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676; and he, with his only son, was slain on the same day. His wife died in 1694. Children : -
+2. JOHN.
3. MARY, 1646-1707; m. in 1676 John Metcalf (2).
4. ELIZABETH, 1654-1724; m. in 1676 Michael Metcalf (3).
5. SARAH, 1663-1727; m. in 1685 Joseph Metcalf (5).
2.
JOHN 2 (John 1) came with his father. He married in 1673 Sarah Clark (7); and, about this time, he appears to have had a house near his father's. His house was burned and its owner slain on the day of the Indian attack upon the town. His widow was married to Samuel Smith (5) (whose wife was also slain by the Indians) on the first anniversary of the mournful event. Son : -
+6. JOHN, 1675.
6.
JOHN 3 (John,2 John1) was an infant when his father was killed. He received a small bequest in the will of his grandfather Clark, was sole heir to the estate of his father, and appears to have had the benefit of all that his grandfather Bowers owned, as that estate was not divided during his lifetime; but, after his death, the Metcalfs put in a claim, and a division was then made. He built a house in 1698-99 upon the old Bowers' estate, which had
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lain waste during a quarter of a century. He married in 1702 Hannah Partridge (8), who outlived his death in 1729, and became the wife of Eleazar Bullard (101). Children : -
7. SETH, 1707-1719.
8. HANNAH, 1709.
9. SARAH, 1711-1779; unmarried. In her youth, she received the attentions of John Baxter (7), who at last left her for a more aristocratic match. Her mind seems to have been unsettled, as in 1741 the selectmen of the town report to the court that "Sarah Bowers is distracted or non- compos "; and a guardian was appointed.
10. JONIN, 1713-1718.
II. ELISHA, 1715-1775; resided on the old homestead, where he died unmarried.
12. JAMES, 1718-1754; resided in Medway, unmarried.
13. MARY, 1720-1721.
BOYDEN.
THOMAS BOYDEN came to America in the ship " Francis," from Ipswich in 1634, being then twenty-one years of age. He was a member of the church in Scituate in 1635. He afterward went to Watertown, where he lived some years, and was made a free- man in 1647. His wife Frances died in 1658; and in the same year he married Hannah, widow of Joseph Morse (4). In 1660 there was a settlement of the Morse estate; and, the eldest son having received his portion, the court allowed Thomas Boyden to improve the estates of the rest of his wife's children till they should be of age. It was afterward agreed that Boyden should have all the houses and lands, and pay to each of them, when of age, the sum of £26 13s. 4d. And he was to see that the "sonnes " were taught to read and write.
The house which belonged to the Morse heirs, and which became the Boyden homestead, was on what is now Pound Street. Hannah, the wife of Thomas, died in 1676, while at her daughter's house in Boston. The record of his death has not been found. The records of the town show that he was chosen tithing-man in 1682, after which nothing more is said of him. Children : -
2. THOMAS, 1639; settled in Groton.
3 . MARY, 1641.
4. REBECCA, 1643.
5. NATHANIEL, 1650.
+-6. JONATHAN, 1652.
7. SARAH, 1654.
6.
JONATHAN 2 (Thomas 1) was the only one of the family, as far as known, who came to Medfield with the father. He was born in Boston. At what date he came here is not known. The first that is heard of him is his marriage in 1673 with Mary Clark (6). There is no record of the settlement of his father's estate, but it
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seems to have been transferred to him in some way. He became prominent in town affairs. He was in full communion in the church prior to 1697; became captain in 1712 ; was representa- tive to the Legislature in 1715. There is reason to believe that his house stood near where that of John Mason now stands, in 1685. He married, second, Anne -, who survived him and died in 1735. He died in 1732. Children :-
+8. JONATIIAN, 1674.
9. MARY, 1677-1718; m. in 1697 Joshua Clap.
10. ELIZABETHI, 1678; m. in 1702 Nehemiah Sabin (8).
11. MEHITABLE, 1679; m. in 1704 Joshua Armsby (I).
12. THOMAS, 1681-1771; m. in 1707 Deborah Wight (30); set- tled in Wrentham. He was the father of James Boyden, who was chosen deacon of the Medfield church in 1761, and who died in 1779.
13. JOHN, 1685-1754; was in Medfield in 1711, but afterward settled in Walpole.
+14. JOSEPH, 1687.
15. SARAH, 1690; m. in 1710 David Jones of Walpole.
8.
JONATHAN 3 (Jonathan,2 Thomas 1), about 1700, built a house on the road leading toward Walpole, the place near the junction of High and Plain Streets. He married, first, Rachel Fisher (29), who died in 1712; second, Esther Thurston (22). He died in 1719. Children : -
16. JONATHAN, 1700; m. in 1726 Mehitable Lovell (12).
17. JOHN, 1702.
18. MARAH, 1705-1705.
19. DAVID. He, with John and Jonathan, settled in Walpole as early as 1729.
+20. JOSHUA, 1709.
21. BENONI, 1712-1712.
22. SILENCE, 1714-1714.
23. SETH, 1715; prominent among the carly settlers of Foxboro.
14.
JOSEPH 3 (Jonathan,2 Thomas ') settled in the south part of the town. The traces of his house can still be seen on the west side of the road near Cyrus Strang's. The barn was on the east side, and his cart road from his barn to the field on the hill may still be readily traced. In 1718, his father deeded to him thirty acres on "planting field," and half an acre with buildings on the west side of the way. He married in 1713 Mary Wheeler (2), who died in 1765, he having died in 1758. Children : -
24. JOSEPH, 1715-1715. +-25. ISAAC, 1717. 26. MARY, 1726-1779; m. in 1750 Elisha Bullen.
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20.
JOSHUA 4 (Jonathan, 3 Jonathan,2 Thomas '), after the death of his father, appears to have taken up his abode with his grandfather, Captain Jonathan, whose homestead he came into possession of at his death. It is certain that he was living on Pound Street, near South, in 1735. He was a housewright by trade, and had perhaps assisted in the erection of the house. He was chosen sealer of weights and measures in 1742, and on the board of selectmen in 1755, 1757, and 1758. He married in 1732 Sarah Allen (38), who died in 1742 ; second, in 1743, Sarah, widow of Isaac Che- nery (11), who died in 1748; third, Widow Rachel Bullard, of Wrentham. In 1762, he deeded the homestead to his son Asa. Children : -
+27. LEMUEL, 1735.
+28. ASA, 1737.
29. CATHERINE, 1738; m. in 1759 Jonathan Adams of Medway
30. SARAH, 1740-1740.
31. MICAH, 1742-1742.
32. MICAH, 1744.
33. MOSES, 1749.
34. ELIJAII, 1751.
35. JOSHUA, 1754.
36. SARAH, 1759.
37. ELISHA, 1761.
25.
ISAAC 4 (Joseph,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas ') settled upon the home place at the south end. He married in 1738 Kezia Smith (63). He died at Sheffield in 1758. Children : -
38. KEZIA, 1738; m. in 1762 Oliver Clark of Walpole.
+39. JOSEPH, 1741. 40. HANNAH, 1745-1791 ; m. in 1771 Asa Wight (90).
+41. BENJAMIN, 1743.
42. JABEZ, 1749-1776; killed at Ticonderoga.
43. MERCY, 1750; was living in 1763.
44. ELIZABETH, 1756-1846; m. in 1787 Simeon Chenery (22).
27.
LEMUEL 5 (Joshua,4 Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2. Thomas 1) does not appear to have had a permanent home, but was said to be of Medfield, when he enlisted for the French war. He married in 1757 Mary Seaver ; second, Anna -, who died in 1773. Chil- dren : -
45. OLIVER, 1758-1759. 46. REBECCA, 1761.
47. RACHEL, 1762. Illegitimate ; was bound out by the town in 1769, apparently to Widow Mary Wight. See Ann Cheney (41).
48. ANNA, 1769; bound out by the town in 1775.
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28.
ASA 5 (Joshua,+ Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas ') succeeded to the possession of the ancestral homestead, where he spent his life. He was one of the selectmen in 1788. He married in 1763 Priscilla Cutler (7), who died in 1827. He died in 1803. Children : - -
+49. SILAS, 1765.
+50. AMOS, 1766.
51. SARAH, 1768 ; m. in 1799 Amos Cheever of Wrentham.
52. PRISCILLA, 1773; m. in 1So2 Squire Morse of Shrews- bury, Vt.
53. ASA, 1775-1776.
54. HANNAH, 1777-1848; m. in 1807 Elisha Clark (214), and inherited her father's place.
39.
JOSEPH 5 (Isaac,+ Joseph,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas ') married in 1763 Miriam Clark (111), and lived for several years on the place where he was born at the south end. He enlisted into the French war in 1759, and experienced some of the hardships of that service. (See history.) In 1781, he sold out his property in Medfield, and removed to Sturbridge. He was under discipline of the Medfield church in 1802. Died in 1812, his wife in the following year. Children : -
55. ISAAC, 1764; settled in Sturbridge.
56. WIET, 1766; died in Sturbridge in 1783.
57. JOSEPH, 1769.
58. \ PAUL, 1771 ; died in Sturbridge in 1813.
59. 7 SILAS, 1771.
60. EXPERIENCE C., 1775; m. in 1795 David P. Lancaster of Sturbridge.
41.
BENJAMIN 5 (Isaac, + Joseph,3 Jonathan,? Thomas ') lived with his brother Joseph until the place was sold in 1781, when he re- moved to Walpole, afterward to Dedham. He married Unity Plimpton (51), who died in 1828. He died in 1804. Children : -
61. CATHERINE, 1767; m. in 1801 Henry Plimpton (95).
62. CONSIDER, 1769-1769.
63. OLIVE, 1771 ; m. Joseph Guild.
64. ABIGAIL, 1773; m. Thomas Clapp.
65. JOHN, 1775; went to Sturbridge.
66. BENJAMIN, 1777-1834.
67. JABEZ, 1779; died young.
6S. UNITY, 1783 ; born in Walpole.
Two other children were born in Walpole.
49.
SILAS 6 (Asa,5 Joshua, + Jonathan, 3 Jonathan,2 Thomas ') settled on the road leading to South Plain, at the place corner of Elm
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and Cross Streets. He married in 1785 Phebe Armsby of Wren- tham. He died in 1841. his wife in 1848. Children : -
69. JOSEPH, 1787-1787.
70. LUCINDA, 1788; m. in 1812 Isaac Wellman.
71. JOHN, 1791 ; settled in Worcester.
72. NANCY, 1796; m. Isaac Wellman, husband of her elder sister deceased.
1-73. SILAS, ISO1.
74. DANIEL, 1802-1802.
50.
AMOS6 (Asa,s Joshua, + Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas 1) lived on South Street, at the place now owned by Mr. Barts, which his father had bought in 1787. He seems to have lived in Franklin at the date of his marriage and for a short time afterward. He married Susanna Kingsbury of Franklin, who died in 1851. He died in 1843. Children : - -
75. ASA, 1789; born in Franklin; enlisted into the United States service, from which he deserted, and suffered the extreme penalty. 76. THEODORE, 1792-1862; unmarried. 77. Infant, 1794-1794. +78. 5 PRESSON, 1798. 79. 2 LAWSON, 1798-1798.
73.
SILAS 7 (Silas,6 Asa,5 Joshua, + Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas 1) settled on his father's place, where he resided till feeble health compelled him to relinquish labor. He then removed to his son's, in Chicopee. He married in 1825 Caroline Harding (79) who died in 1877. He died in 1881. Children : -
So. MOSES H., 1828; resides in Chicopee.
S1. LOUISA C., 1831-1873 ; m. in 1858 Moses Hartshorn (25).
82. FRANCIS W., 1837-1861 ; left one son.
83. JOANNA L., 1839; resides in Newton.
78.
PRESSON 7 (Amos,6. Asa,5 Joshua, + Jonathan, 3 Jonathan, 2 Thomas ') married Fanny Williams of Mansfield ; resided in Ashland. Daughter :-
84. SUSANNA, 1823; married and resides in Ashland.
85.
JAMES H.7 (James,6 James,5 James, + Thomas,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas ') was born in Wrentham in 1808. He came to Med- field when a young man, and kept a store on the corner of Main and South Streets. He married Mary Kendall of Lowell; went
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from here to Baltimore, afterward to Roxbury, Mass., and to Low- ell, where he died. He was town clerk here in 1836-37. Chil- dren : -
86. FRANCES E., 1835. 87. JAMES H., 1836.
88. ELIZABETH R., 1838.
BRASTOW.
BERIAH BRASTOW was born in 1751, and came to Medfield from Wrentham about 1806. His wife, Jerusha Kollock, was a grand- daughter of Ephraim Wheelock (36). Her brother, who was a wealthy physician in the South, and who occasionally came north during the summer with his retinue of colored servants, built a house for his sister in Medfield, the same now used for the alms- house. The Brastow family resided there for some time, and from them came the name of "Brastow's bridge." Colonel Brastow appears to have been a prominent citizen ; he died in 1824. Children : --
2. SALLY; m. in 1810 Jairus Ware of Wrentham.
+3. LEMUEL K., 1788.
+4. ADDISON, 1794.
There were also other children.
3.
LEMUEL K.2 (Berialı ') married Lydia Adams (153), who died in 1816; second, Adelaide Cornette of Wrentham. He was a deputy sheriff while he lived here. He owned the house now the property of William Forbes, which he sold in 1824, and re- moved to Nashua, N.H., where he died. Children : --
5. MARIA, 1816-1841.
6. ADELAIDE C., 1822.
7. LOUIS C., 1825 ; resides in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
8. SALLY W., 1826.
4.
ADDISON 2 (Beriah 1) was a watchmaker by trade. He married Mary Bullard of Sharon, who died in 1821. He removed to Low- ell, and died in 1854. Children : -
9. ADDISON, IS17; died in infancy.
10. ADDISON, 1820.
11. MARY B., 1821-1822.
BRECK.
THOMAS BRECK married in Dorchester in 1656 Mary Hill, sis- ter of John Hill, with whom he came to the "farms " in 1658. The farms were not in any organized town; and the settlers had their record of births, marriages, and deaths at Medfield. Dur-
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ing the first twenty years, many births were recorded of families that never lived on Medfield soil. Among these is the family of Thomas Breck. He died in 1723. Children : -
2. MARY, 1657 ; born in Dorchester.
3. SUSANNA, 1663-1664; recorded in Medfield.
4. SUSANNA, 1667; m. John Adams (4).
5. JOHN, 1671 ; m. Mehitable Morse, and had a son Jonas.
6. BETHIA, 1673.
7. 5 NATHANIEL, 1682; recorded in Sherborn.
8. SAMUEL, 1682.
9.
JOSEPH 4 (Jonas,3 John,2 Thomas 1), born in Sherborn in 1741, came to Medfield, and bought the farm near "Death's bridge." He married, first, Mary Fairbanks of Medway, who died, aged thirty-nine, in 1788 ; second, in 1789, Hannah Plimpton (82), who died in 1831. Joseph died in 1820. Children : -
IO. EXPERIENCE, 1776-1846; m. John Harmstad (I).
II. COMFORT, 1779-1807.
+12. JOSEPH, 1783.
13. AMASA, 1788; settled in Providence.
14. SILENCE, 1790-1790.
15. HANNAH, 1794; m. Dr. Sylvanus Plimpton (83).
12.
JOSEPH 5 (Joseph,4 Jonas,3 John,2 Thomas ') settled on the homestead, where he spent his life as a farmer. He married in 1824 Sally, widow of Theodore Ware of Wrentham, daughter of Jesse Daniels of Medway. He died in 1861, his widow in 1876. Children : -
16. SALLY D., 1825; m. in 1845 John W. Perry.
17. CYNTHIA A., 1826; m. in 1851 Thomas J. Baker (42).
18. JOSEPHINE M., 1830-1874.
19. JOSEPH L., 1837-1880; m. in 1870 Julia Mullen ; resided on the paternal homestead, and had one daughter, Ger- trude W., born in 1872.
20.
LUTHER 4 (Elijah,3 John,2 Thomas 1), born in Sherborn in 1763, came to Medfield, where he resided for a short time, and married in 1785 Olive Clark (126). They had one son, Calvin, born in 1785.
21.
JONATHAN BRECK was born in Dorchester in 1762; in 1789 married Patience Dunton (2). He lived in the house at the east corner of Main and Bridge Streets. He went to Union, Me., about 1820. Died in 1829. Children : -
+22. EDWARD, 1790.
23. BENJAMIN D., 1792; went to New York.
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24. JOSEPH, 1794: dealer in seeds and agricultural supplies. Boston. He sold the old homestead, corner of Main and Bridge Streets, to William Peters in 1824.
25. ANNA, 1796; m. Jacob White, Union, Me.
26. SAMUEL, 1798; resided in Brighton.
27. WILLIAM, 1800; went to Southern California.
28. MARGARET, 1802 ; died at Hope, Me.
29. JONATHAN D., 1805; died in Newton.
30. ELIAS, 1807; lives in Franklin.
22.
EDWARD 2 (Jonathan ') married in 1816 Roxana Dean, and appears to have removed shortly afterward, probably with his father. He was in Union, Me., in 1820. Daughter : -
31. ELLEN D., 1817.
32.
EDWARD BRECK, hatter, brother of Jonathan (21), married Sarah Vose of Milton, and resided in this town several years. Children : -
33. FRANCIS V., 1796; found dead in the field, 1823.
34. CHARLES, 1798; settled in Milton.
35. SARAH, 1800-1824.
36. EDWIN, 1802; settled in Milton.
37. MARY D., 1804; m. Charles Adams (S9).
38. JAMES, 1807-1884 ; settled in Milton.
BRETT.
URIAH BRETT came from Bridgewater about ISIS. He married Polly Allen (154). He was a carpenter by trade, and was pos- sessed of musical skill, which was exercised as leader of the First Parish choir and as a teacher of singing-schools. He died in 1836, at the age of forty-one ; and his widow married Deacon Capen of Canton. Children : -
2. ALLEN; settled in Pawtucket.
3. KINGMAN, 1823.
4. ELIZABETH, IS25-1827.
5. MARY C .. 1828.
6. ELIZABETHI.
BRUCE.
HENRY P. BRUCE came to Medfield from Walpole. He was a mason by occupation, which he followed here for many years. He married in 1836 Miriam Fisher (68), and died in 18So. Children : -
2. ROBERT H., 1837-1878 ; m. in 1863 Vesta Sawyer.
3. GUSTAVUS, 1838; m. in 1865 Elsie Cummings.
4. GEORGE W., 1841 ; m. in 1876 Sarah H. Fisher (77).
5. CATHERINE P., 1843-1866 ; m. in 1866 Walter J. Russell (8).
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6. JOHN W., 1845 : m. Mrs. Esther Niles.
7. ALMIRA M., 1848 : m. in 1872 Warren F. Whittemore.
8. CHARLES F., 1851 ; m. in 1878 Jennie F. Smith.
9. ALBERT F., 1853 ; m. in ISSt Florence Morehead.
IO. EMMA, 1855 ; m. in 18So Albert J. Babcock (9).
11. JACOB P .. 1858 ; m. in (SSt Lura Small.
BULLARD.
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