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QUINCY 7 (John,6 John,5 John,4 John,3 Joshua,2 Joshua ') in- herited a part of his father's homestead. He was a carpenter by occupation. He married in 1801 Ame Allen (91), who died in 1870, having survived her husband's death forty-six years. Children :
64. AME, 1802-1802. 65. WILLIAM. 1803-1806. +66. WILLIAM Q .. 1809.
67. AME A., ISIT; m. in 1835 John Ellis (121).
68. MIRIAM, 1814-1815.
69. MIRIAM, 1816; m. in 1836 Henry P. Bruce (1). 70. JOHN, 1820-1820.
52.
JOHN7 (John,6 John,5 John, + John,3 Joshua,2 Joshua ') lived at West Boylston when a young man, but returned and married Phebe Johnson (8) in 1806. He was a cooper by trade, and lived on the place his wife inherited from her mother, now owned by N. F. Harding. He died in 1841, and his wife the following year. Children : -
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71. CLARISSA, 1809-1878; unmarried.
72. AMY : m. in 1833 Jonathan Gleason ; died soon.
73. MARY, 1814: m. in 1837 Jonathan Gleason.
74. ABIGAIL, 1817-1820.
75. JOHN, 1824; died in California.
66.
WILLIAM Q.8 (Quincy,7 John,6 John,5 John,4 John,3 Joshua,2 Joshua 1) resided on the homestead of his grandfather Nathan Allen. He married in 1841 Mary L. Harding (89), and died in 1886. Children : -
76. MARY A., 1841.
77. SARAH H., 1843 ; m. in 1876 George W. Bruce (4).
78.
OBED 6 (Samuel,5 Samuel, + John,3 John,2 Joshua ') was born in Medway in 1755. His mother was Ruth Wight (60). He mar- ried Catherine Hinsdale (36) in 1785, the only heir to her father's estate at the north part of the town, now owned by John G. Hut- son. Obed Fisher enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens to a large degree, and served frequently in important town offices. He was six years on the board of selectmen, and town treasurer for eight years. He was chosen deacon of the old church in 1795, a position which he held till 1825, when he resigned. He was one of the constituent members of the Orthodox church in 1828. His wife died in 1797, and he survived her forty-seven years, dying in 1844. Children :-
+79. HINSDALE, 1786. So. CATHERINE, 1789; m. in 1808 Nathan Allen (93).
79.
HINSDALE FISHER succeeded to the possession of the estate as well as to the name of his grandfather Robert Hinsdale. He married in 18og Betsey Ellis (86), who died in 1863. Like his father, he served often in town office; taught school in the North and South districts from ISOS to 1816 ; was on the board of select- men eight years, town treasurer two years, town clerk nine years, and representative to the Legislature in 1843. He was a deacon in the church which his father assisted in organizing. He died in 1869.
81.
PAUL FISHER was the son of Joseph of Needham, and born in 1769. He married in 1793 Priscilla Mason (49), and lived on the place that had belonged to her father. He died in 1824, his widow in 1840. Children : -
82. CLARISSA, 1794-1851 : m. in 1826 Amos Mason (76).
83. BETSEY, 1798-1881 : m. in 1827 Amos Plimpton (129).
CALEB, 1799.
+84. 85. CAROLINE, ISO1-ISSI.
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84.
CALEB FISHER married in 1818 Eliza Plimpton (131). He died in 1828 ; and his widow married, second, Daniel Pond of Walpole ; third, in 1838, Joseph Hardy. Children : -
86. MASON, 1819; resides in Fall River.
87. HENRY, 1823 ; resides in New Bedford.
SS. GEORGE, 1826; resides in Hyde Park.
FISK OR FISKE.
BENJAMIN FISK married in 1674 Bethshua Morse (15). His pedigree is unknown. In 1675, Daniel Morse of Sherborn asked for four men to come from Medfield to help him against the In- dians, two of whom were to be Edward West and Benjamin Fisk, his sons-in-law, "they living in the remote part of the town, next his farm." Fisk's homestead was that now owned by Mr. Taber. He died in 1689, his widow in 1737. The estate passed into the hands of his son-in-law Jonathan Plimpton. Children : -
2. LYDIA, 1675-1675.
3. MARY, 1677.
4. BETHIA, 1682-1740; m. in 1701 Jonathan Plimpton (19).
5. BENJAMIN, 1684.
6. MARTHA, 1685.
7.
JONATHAN FISKE was born in Weston in 1774. He was a tan- ner, came to Medfield about the year 1800, and bought of Oliver Adams the estate on Railroad Street, with the tanyards and build- ings then belonging to it, which were located near the present crossing, where he carried on the tanning business. He was a deacon of the old church, and served the town as selectman for several years and as collector of taxes. His wife was Sally Flagg of Weston, born in 1773. Deacon Fiske died in 1864, and his wife in the following year. Children : -
S. SARAH, IS00-1878; m. in 18IS Francis D. Ellis (135).
+9. GEORGE, ISO3.
10. CLARISSA; m. in IS28 Phineas Allen (100).
II. AMOS F., 1805-1874 ; lived at Marlow, N.H.
12. ABIGAIL S., 1807.
+13. ISAAC, ISI3.
14. CHARLES A., 1816-1878; resided in Cambridge.
9.
GEORGE 2 (Jonathan 1) inherited his father's homestead, on which he resided, continuing the business of tanning for some years. He married in 1829 Amy P. Mann (12). He died in 1878, his wife in 1881. Children : -
15. ABRIE S., 1830-1862; m. in 1860 Francis Goodale of Marl- boro.
16. ANNA M., 1831-1837.
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17. ELIAS M., 1834-1837.
18. SARAH B., 1836; m. in 1864 Rev. James A. Laurie.
19. CLARISSA, 1839; m. in 1863 Granville S. Fletcher.
20. GEORGE M., 1842; resides at Auburndale.
21. CHARLES F., 1848; firm of Fiske & De Wolfe, Boston.
13.
ISAAC 2 (Jonathan ') was well known as a merchant in this town, having kept the store on the corner of Main and North Streets for forty years. He served as representative to the Legislature ; was town clerk from 1840 to 1853, and town treasurer from 1845 to 1880, with the exception of 1854-55. He was also the post- master for many years, and filled many positions of trust besides those enumerated. He married in 1837 Mary Manson of Fram- ingham, and he died in 1883. Daughter : -
22. ELIZABETH L., 1846-1877 ; m. in 1871 George S. Stone.
FRAIRY.
JOHN FRAIRY was one of the founders of Dedham. He came from England with his wife Prudence and one or more children, and was made a freeman in 1638. He was a cordwainer by trade, as we find on record a deed by which the grants of Edward Alleyne were conveyed to "John Frairy, cordwinder," in 1652, for the town of Medfield. He left Theophilus, who was probably his eldest son, in Dedham, and came with his remaining sons to this town among the first thirteen. The block of land included by North, Dale, and Frairy Streets was owned by Dwight and Frairy; Dwight having the part lying along North Street, and Frairy the remainder. His house, without doubt, stood not far from that now owned by heirs of Cyrus Stedman. He was a selectman in 1651, 1653, 1654, and 1661. By his will, he gave everything to his son Theophilus, except some small legacies to other heirs, and some lands to be divided between Samson and Eleazar. The house and house lot were given by Theophilus to the town and church in 1695. The house was torn down a few years after by vote of the town, and the proceeds were used to fence the lot. This was afterward divided between the town and the church, and a plan of it is inserted in the town records. The church had a long, narrow piece, next to Dwight's line : the town had the remainder.
John Frairy died in 1675, a few months before the burning of the town. Prudence died at the house of her son Theophilus in 1691, " aged above ninety." Children : -
2. THEOPHILUS. After residing a few years in Dedham, he re- moved to Boston, where he became a prominent citizen and a deacon of the Old South Church. He died in 1700. +3 JOHN.
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+4. SAMSON.
5. ELEAZAR, 1639-1709; m. in 1666 Mary Graves of Hatfield, where he settled, and left a numerous posterity.
6. SAMUEL, 1641 ; probably died in infancy.
3.
JOHN 2 (John '), doubtless born in England, came to Medfield with his father, and in 1656 married Elizabeth, widow of Abraham Harding (1), who had died the previous year leaving four chil- dren, and settled on the Harding homestead. He gave bonds in 1665 to pay the Harding heirs their portion. He died in 1670, and his estate was described as consisting of twelve acres of arable land and forty-one acres of pasture and meadow. This was divided among the Harding and Frairy children, and the homestead afterward came into possession of Henry Harding (10). There is an ancient pewter platter in possession of C. S. Fobes of Portland, Me. (who is a descendant), bearing an inscription stating that it was once the property of John and Elizabeth Frairy, and that it was thrown into the well during the Indian wars. Children :
7. THEOPHILUS, 1657; probably died in infancy.
8. HANNAH, 1659-1682; m. in 1676 Joseph Dyer of Weymouth.
9. PRUDENCE, 1662-1750; m. in 1679 Henry Adams (40).
4.
SAMSON 2 (John 1) married in 1660 Mary Daniel (6), and settled in the north part of the town, apparently a little way beyond the corner of North and Railroad Streets,- quite possibly at the foot of the hill, where traces of a house were visible till within a few years. He soon removed, however, to the Connecticut Valley, and became the first white settler of Deerfield. He and his wife were slain by Indians in 1704. The following children were born in Medfield, and went with their parents to Deerfield : -
10. MARY, 1662 ; m. in 1681 Jacob Root of Northampton.
11. MEHITABLE, 1664; m. Hezekiah Root of Northampton.
12. SUSANNA, 1668-1668; born in Hatfield.
13. JOHN, 1669.
14. NATHANIEL, 1675-1727; settled in Deerfield, where he left a family.
FULLER.
DR. JABEZ FULLER was the son of Isaac of Middleboro, born in 1723 ; he came to this town when a young man to practise as a physician. He was received to communion here, from the church in Bridgewater, in 1747. In the same year, the Boston records contain the marriage of Jabez Fuller of Medfield to Eliz- abeth Hilliard. In 1756, he bought the homestead of Timothy Metcalf, lying in "Dingle dell." The cellar of his house is yet visible. Of the two physicians then in town, one lived in Dingle
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Dell and the other at the last house in Medfield, on the Dedham road. Dr. Fuller died in 1781, his wife Elizabeth in 1So1. Chil- dren : -
2. JONATHAN, 1748.
+-3. JOHN, 1750. 4. ELIZABETH, 1752; m. in 1776 Stephen Dexter of Walpole.
5. JABEZ, 1753 ; served in the Continental Army, and afterward settled in Kingston.
6. THOMAS, 1755; was living with his father in 1775.
7. MARY, 1758-1822.
8. CATHERINE, 1760-1831.
9. SARAH, 1763; m. - Clark.
IO. EXPERIENCE, 1766-1800 ; m. Timothy Dwight (14).
3.
JOHN 2 (Jabez ') bought the rights of heirs in the farm that be- longed to his father. He first married, in 1784, Martha Fuller of Halifax, who died in 1804; and he married in the same year Hannah Lovell (32). John had served in the Continental Army. He is remembered as a one-armed man. He died in 1830, having deeded his place to his wife Hannah. Prior to her death, in 1832, she conveyed it to her niece, the wife of John Grant. Chil- dren :
II. MARTHA, 1785-1822.
12. NABBY, 1786; probably m. in 1814 Eben S. Peabody.
+-13. SAMUEL, 1788.
+14. JOHN, 1792.
15. CHARLOTTE, 1796; m. in 1819 Benjamin Colburn of Ashby.
13.
SAMUEL 3 (John,2 Jabez 1) married in 1814 Mary Sparhawk of Sherborn, who died in 1816 ; second, in 1817, Jemima Cole. The family removed to Thomaston, Me. Children : -
16. ALBERT, IS14.
17. SAMUEL, 1816.
14.
JOHN 3 (John,2 Jabez ') resided in this town for several years, though it does not appear that he owned estate here. He married Eleanor Hartshorn of Walpole ; removed to Providence, where he died. Children : -
18. LEWIS; resides in South Boston.
19. HENRY; was secretary to General Butler in New Orleans, supposed to have died in the South.
20. CHARLES; settled in Oxford, Mass.
21. GEORGE; was in the cabinet-making business here a few years ; afterward removed to Wrentham ; died ISSI.
22. ALBERT, 1824-1847. He was born in this town. He drove a stage between Boston and Woonsocket.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
FUSSELL.
JOHN FUSSELL was in Weymouth in 1640. He came to Med- field with others from that place, and took his house lot on Bridge Street. His house appears to have been on a little knoll, near the meadows, on the farm belonging to heirs of Gershom Adams, where in recent years some traces of a house have been ploughed up. In 1663, his family consisted of three persons, his daughter Elizabeth, who afterward married Jonathan Adams, being then with him. Edith Fussell, wife of John, died in 1672. The death of John is recorded as having taken place Feb. 21, 1676. The History of the Indian Wars states distinctly that "John Fussell, an old man, near a hundred years old, was burned in his house." It has been thought that he resided with his daughter after the death of his wife, and that he perished in the burning of Jonathan Adams' house on the west side of the river.
GAIR.
REV. THOMAS GAIR, first pastor of the Baptist church, was the son of Angus and Lydia Gair, born in Boston in 1755. He was converted and baptized by Dr. Stillman in 1771. Desiring to become a preacher of the gospel, he fitted for college with his pastor, and entered Brown University, class of 1777. A few months before his graduation, he was ordained pastor of the Baptist church in Medfield, which was constituted in the same year. His wife was Rebecca Proud of Providence, married in 1776. He remained here ten years. A contemporary describes him thus: "That tall, thin figure, swayed by deep emotion, riveted the attention of an attached congregation. At their dwellings, they were equally delighted with the urbanity of his manners and the sweetness of his temper. The depth of his thoughts lost nothing in delivery by his full, well-modulated voice." In 1786, he was invited to the pastorate of the Second Baptist Church in Boston, but held the office there a short time only, being attacked by a sudden and fatal disease, called putrid fever, which grew worse day by day, until he died, April 27, 1790. He was very generally loved and respected in his new pastorate. At the funeral, the sum of two hundred dollars was collected for the widow and her five children, to which the congregation added the use of the house they then occupied. Mrs. Gair died in 1800. Children : -
2. REBECCA, 1777-1777.
3. JAMES, 1778-1779.
4. JOSEPII, 1780.
5. WILLIAM, 1782.
6. THOMAS, 1784.
7. REBECCA, 1786; m. Mr. Russell, a retired sea-captain of Providence.
S. SAMUEL STILLMAN, 1789-1847; born in Boston. He was with Baring Brothers, London, when in middle life. He married in 1821 Elizabeth G. Wainwright.
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GAMMELL.
REV. WILLIAM GAMMELL was born in Boston in 1786, and was the son of John and Margaret (Urann) Gammell. He received his early education in the schools of Boston. In 1804, he united with the First Baptist Church, then under the care of Dr. Stillman, by whose advice he decided to enter the ministry. He studied theology with Rev. William Williams of Wrentham, and was or- dained at Bellingham in 1809.
His first settlement was in Medfield, and he commenced his ministry here in 1810. At that time, although the Puritan church system had been somewhat modified in its attitude toward those of different belief, its claims were still quite arrogant ; and congre- gations that dissented from the views of the "standing order" were placed at great disadvantage. Even their right to exist was by no means well established, and they were very frequently re- minded that they were in the midst of a hostile public sentiment. Notwithstanding these adverse influences, his ministry contributed largely to the growth of the church. He gave himself assiduously to his own work. He consecrated all his powers to the prepara- tion of his sermons and the care of his congregation, by whom he was greatly beloved. He is described as a man of fine person, of winning address, and of great independence of character. During his stay, the church increased, not only in numbers, but in social and religious importance, it being the only Baptist church in a wide circuit of towns around Medfield.
The years which Mr. Gammell spent here form the period in which the benevolent societies of the denomination in New Eng- land had their origin. In the formation of these, he felt a lively interest and took an active part. His executive talent and apti- tude for affairs were often put in requisition in these enterprises.
The only published production of his pen while a minister in Medfield was a discourse suggested by the death of Mrs. W. P. Balch. In 1817 he received the degree of M.A. from Brown Uni- versity, and in 1820 was elected a member of its Board of Trustees.
In 1823, he accepted a call from the Second Baptist Church in Newport, R.I., and the same year removed thither, where he found himself in a much wider sphere of usefulness. He aided largely in the establishment of free schools, till then unknown in that town ; and he was highly esteemed by all classes of the population. But before he had completed the fourth year of his ministry there he was stricken with apoplexy, and died in 1827, aged forty-one. He married in 1811 Mary Slocomb of Bellingham, daughter of Simon and Esther (Plimpton) Slocomb, and grand-daughter of Job Plimpton (30). She died in 1820; and he married second, in 1822, Maria A. Madey of Dedham, who died in 1844. Children :
2. WILLIAM, IS12; graduated at Brown University in 1831, and was a professor in the same college from 1835 to 1864; resides in Providence.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
3 MARY M., 1814-1848.
t. ASA M., 1816; graduated. at Brown University in 1841 ; re- sides in Providence.
5. JonN, IS18-1877; died at Savannah, Ga.
6. MARGARET, IS22-1832.
7. REBECCA, 1825; resides at Warren, R.I.
8. ELIZA R., 1828-1828.
GERAULD.
DR. JAMES GERAULD was of Huguenot extraction, and is said to have been one of a family of twenty-one children who came from France. Two sisters of his died here in 1748. This name is variously spelled,-Gerould, Gerar, Jirauld, Jerauld, etc. He came to Medfield about 1718 with his wife and two or more chil- dren, and bought in 1721 the homestead of Joseph Adams, on what is now the Dedham road, a few rods beyond the stone mill. It is to be inferred that he accumulated property rapidly, from the fact that he was constantly buying up lands and houses. He died in 1760, aged seventy-three; and, in his will, he gave to his wife Martha the east end of the house and one-third of the buildings, also a house near the meeting-house with one acre of land, other property, including negroes, "excepting negro Cesar, who is not to be sold out of the family during his life." James and Dupee, "two youngest sons of my son James," are mentioned, also grand- daughter Ruth Gerauld. Cesar Jero of Wrentham died about 1789, and Pompey Edes of Boston was his administrator. This was probably the "negro Cesar," who went with Gamaliel Gerauld to Wrentham. The house and land "near the meeting-house " passed into the possession of the daughters Hannah and Susanna, who sold a portion of it in 1765. From the description of it in the deed, it must have been west of the railroad crossing on Frairy Street. A house was standing in that location as early as 1704, owned by Henry Plimpton. Dr. Gerauld and his wife were received to occasional communion in 1750. Children : -
+2. JAMES.
3. MARTHA; died in 1733.
4. GAMALIEL, 1719; settled in Wrentham.
5. STEPHEN, 1720-1785; m. Mary Smith (57), and lived in Ded- ham 1745-1764; afterward removed to Sturbridge.
6. DUPEE, 1723-1813; was a physician at East Greenwich, R.I.
7. MARY, 1725; m. in 1758 Jacob Spalding; settled at Provi- dence.
S. JOANNA, 1728-1786; unmarried.
9. SUSANNA, 1730-1770; unmarried.
2.
JAMES2 (James') : nothing farther is known of him than what is stated in his father's will. Children : -
+10. JAMES.
II. DUPEE; supposed to have settled in Rhode Island.
12. RUTH (probably); m. in 1769 John Salmon of Walpole.
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IO.
JAMES 3 (James,' James ') was also a physician, and succeeded to the estate and the practice of his grandfather. The date and place of his birth are unknown, and the only clew to his identity is the reference in the will of the old doctor, and a tradition that the second Dr. Gerauld was not a son, but some other relative of the first. His wife was Susanna Green of Providence, married in 1771, died in 1792, aged forty-one. He seems to have married a second wife, with whom and his daughter Mary he was baptized in 1801. Dr. Gerauld was moderator at town-meetings, delegate to the Convention at Cambridge in 1779, surgeon of the brigade in 1794, and served as a selectman six years. He died in 1802. Children : -
13. JAMES, 1773-1805; was a wild youth. Many are the stories among the old people about " Jim Gera'."" He asked help from the town during the last year of his life. Sowed "wild oats," and reaped a crop of the same. He had sold his rights at his father's death to the other heirs.
14. SUSANNA, 1775; m. in 1797 Seth Wheelock (48).
15. PATIENCE, 1777; lived with Mrs. Tristam Burgess, a rela- tive in Providence ; died there at advanced age.
16. SAMUEL G., 1779; administrator on his father's estate ; 17. was called "mariner "; died at Valparaiso in 1812. PATTY, 1782.
18. HORATIO, 1786. In 1808-9-10, he taught school in Medfield. In 1807, he signed a receipt for $15 "in part of a subscrip- tion made by the good people of Medfield to assist me under my present difficulties, late sufferings, and dis- tresses." What the nature of his trouble was does not appear.
19. MARY, 1790-1790.
GILMORE.
MARCUS GILMORE, son of Andrew and Hannah (Makepeace) Gilmore, was born in Wrentham in 1797. He was a carpenter by trade, and came to Medfield about 1839. His first wife, Eliza Messinger, died about 1823 ; and he married, second, in 1824, Atarah Smith (135). He bought the house on South Street, near Elm, by the railroad crossing, where he resided until his death in 1865. Mrs. Gilmore died also in 1865. Children : -
2. ELIZA M., 1823-1856; m. in 1848 William R. Tibbetts.
3. HELEN R., 1825; m. in 1848 Waldo Daniels of Franklin.
4. ABIGAIL S., 1827-1859; unmarried.
5. MARCUS, 1829; m. in 1855 Abbie Hayford of Medway.
6. WILLIAM M., 1832; m. Anna Hoyt of Kingston, N.H., his present residence.
+-7. GEORGE M.
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7.
GEORGE M. 2 (Marcus') was born in 1835, and married in 1863 Augusta N. Reed. Children : -
8. NELLIE F., 1864-1875.
9. CARRIE M., 1867; m. in 1885 Walter L. Smith.
10. CHARLES R., 1869-1875.
II. ALBERT E., 1876.
GLOVER.
HENRY GLOVER came from England about 1640. The record of his baptism is at Rainhill, Chester County, in 1603. He had land granted to him at Dedham, but joined the founders of Med- field, and took a house lot on North Street, opposite Pine. He had a wife Abigail. No children are recorded here. He built a house, as we find by the inventory of his estate. He lived to occupy it but a short time, as he died in 1655. He saw only the rude beginnings of the new settlement. His widow probably removed from town.
GRANT.
JOHN GRANT was from York, Me. Being a carpenter, he came here at first to work upon the house that was built for Colonel Brastow. He married in 1819 Louisa Fisher (60), who came into possession of the Fuller homestead in " Dingle dell." He died in 1868, aged seventy-two. His wife died in 1879. Children : -
2. MARY A., 1820-1844; m. in 1843 James M. Ward of Newton.
+3. WILLIAM M., 1822.
4. LOUISA, 1825 ; m. in 1846 Joseph W. Legalle of Dedham.
3.
WILLIAM 2 (John 1) married Rosilla Garfield of Waltham, who died in 1856. He resides in California. Children : -
5. ELLEN G., 1847.
6. SUSAN M., IS50.
7. MARY A., 1856-1857.
GROUT.
JOHN GROUT, blacksmith, was born in Sudbury in 1719. He married in 1752 Sarah Mason (32), and lived here from 1742 till 1759. His shop was on the west side of North Street, near Dale Street. His wife Sarah died in 1765 ; and, after two subsequent marriages, he died in Sherborn in 1796. Children : -
2. NATHAN, 1753.
3. SILAS, 1755.
4. ELIAS, 1757.
5. SARAII, 1759.
6. OLIVE, 1761.
7. ROYAL, 1763.
8. BELA, 1765.
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GENEALOGIES.
GRUBB.
THOMAS GRUBE took the freeman's oath in 1634. Till 1652, he lived in Boston. At that date, he was accepted as a townsman here. His house lot was on the brook, near the corner of Main and Bridge Streets, his land being mostly on the south side of the way. The brook went by the name of "Grubb's brook " years afterward. He was a man of some note, a commissioner at least ; served as a selectman in 1655. He left town about 1660, and his place was sold to William Cheney. A Thomas Grubb, shop- keeper, probably the same, died in Boston in 1673, leaving his property to the church in Boston, they to take care of his "poor wife and son."
HAMANT.
FRANCIS HAMANT is said to have come from Dedham, though there is no trace of him in the records of that town. When the house lots were taken up on South Street, Francis received his in that location. For some reason, he did not build his house there, but secured a small spot near the brook, where his house was erected some time subsequent to November, 1651, and prior to June, 1653,- probably during the summer of 1652. The home- stead has never been out of the possession of his descendants, and is now owned and occupied by F. D. Hamant. This is the only case of the kind among the first thirteen settlers.
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