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+31. MOSES, 1756.
25.
DAVID 4 (David,3 Alexander,2 Alexander :) lived in Dingle Dell, at what is now called the Grant place. He married Lois Fisher (44), who died in 1805. He died in 1802. Children : -
32. HANNAH, 1766-1832 ; m. John Fuller (3).
33. LOIS, 1769-1848; m. Luther Fisher (49); second, - Hol- brook of Bellingham.
34. OLIVE, 1771 ; m. in 1793 Timothy Hill of Sherborn.
35. NATIIAN, 1773-1790.
36. DORCAS, 1776-1813; m. in 1805 Jesse Ellis (108).
27.
DVER 4 (David,3 Alexander,2 Alexander ') inherited the original homestead. He married in 1774 Abigail Chickering. He died in 1818, his wife in 1829, aged eighty. Children : -
37. S ABIGAIL, 1775; m. in 1799 Alexander Eames of Framingham.
38. MARY, 1775-1866; unmarried.
39. BETTY, 1778-1860; m. in 1803 Jotham Fairbanks (19).
40. CHARITY, 1781-1856; m. in 1806 Arnold Russell (1).
31.
MOSES 4 (Hopestill,3 Nathaniel,2 Alexander ') succeeded his father in the possession of what is now the town farm. His house and barn were set on fire and consumed in July, 1796. He remained in town a few years after this, serving as a selectman in 1798. He rebuilt his house and barn, though not precisely where they originally stood. He is said to have removed to Medway. His wife was Mary Chickering, married in 1781. Children : -
41. LYDIA, 1782.
42. MOSES, 1784.
43. HORATIO, 1786.
44. TIMOTHY, 1788.
45. JOSEPH, 1794.
46. MARY A., 1800.
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GENEALOGIES.
47.
HOPESTILL 5 (Nathaniel,+ Hopestill,3 Nathaniel,2 Alexander 1) was born in Medway in 1782. He came to Medfield, and bought in 1824 the place now owned by William Forbes, where he lived till the time of his death in 1850. His wife was Prudence Clark, daughter of John of Sherborn. She died in 1874, aged eighty-six. They left no children.
LOWTHAIN.
DR. THOMAS LOWTHAIN died here in 1749. This is all the in- formation given of him in our records, except that he was born in Pereth, Cumberlandshire, England. The probate records of Suffolk County speak of him as a physician, and recently of Pen- rith, Cumberland County, Great Britain. His inventory includes some personal property and implements necessary in his profes- sion, but no real estate. How long he had been here is unknown. No tradition of him among the oldest people has been discovered.
MANN.
RICHARD MANN was born in 1711, son of Samuel of Wren- tham; recorded in Dorchester, and came to Medfield about 1739. In the same year, he bought a small piece of land at the corner of South and Main Streets,- two rods in width on Main Street and two and a half rods on South Street. On this he built his sad- dler's shop. In 1753, he enlarged his purchase by twenty links on Main Street and thirteen rods and a half on South Street. He married Sarah Sabin (15), who died in 1748. He survived her forty-three years, but never remarried. Children :-
2. ELIAS, 1741-1746.
3. OLIVE, 1742-1758.
4. ZEPHANIAH, 1744-1745.
5. SABIN, 1745-1747.
+6. SABIN, 1747.
6.
SABIN2 (Richard 1) resided with his father until 1777, when he bought of Samuel Morse the place now owned by W. R. Smith. He kept a tavern there for some years, and became a large owner of real estate. Was captain of a company in Colonel Wheelock's regiment in the Continental Army. He married in 1775 Hannah Plimpton (76), who died in 1782. His second wife was Mary Stearns of Attleboro, married in 1785. He died in 1800, and re- quested to be buried in the lot back of the house, as he said, to watch Charles Hamant when he took toll at his grist-mill, near by. His widow died in 1819. Children : -
+7. ELIAS, 1778.
8. OLIVE, 1780-1780.
9. SARAH, 1781-1834; m. in 1795 Walter Bradford from Reho- both. He resided here till 1808.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
7.
ELIAS 3 (Sabin,2 Richard ) graduated at Harvard College in iSoo, and studied medicine. He practised a few years in this town, living at the place his father had owned. He was said to be a young man of promise, but died in 1807, at the age of twenty-eight. He married in 1801 Kezia Harding (73), who sur- vived him fifty-one years, dying in 1858. The family retained possession of the homestead for many years, after which it was sold to Benjamin Chenery. Children : -
10. ANNA, 1801- 1881 ; m. in 1829 Noah Fisk of Dover.
11. HANNAH, 1803-1871 ; unmarried.
12. AMY, 1805-1881 ; m. in 1829 George Fiske (9).
13 .
RUFUS MANN was born in Wrentham, in 1755, son of Ezra. He was a blacksmith by trade, and while he lived in this town owned various pieces of real estate. In 1782, he sold the estate at the corner of Main and South Streets, which had previously be- longed to Richard Mann, to David Onion. It is described as containing one-fourth of an acre, with a house and barn. In 1790, he sold a blacksmith shop to Oliver Cutler, which he had built on or near the place owned by his father-in-law. He married in 1781 Sibyl Allen (66). After 1814, the family resided out of town. Children :-
14. SARAH, 1782; m. in 1807 Daniel Everett of Foxboro.
15. RODNEY, 1784; died at Buenos Ayres in 1826.
16. SUSANNA, 1785 ; m. in 1812 Timothy P. Whitney of Wrentham.
17. HARVEY, 1793.
18. JEROULD NEWLAND EZRA, 1796; jailer at Dedham.
19. GEORGE; went to Dedham.
MARSHALL.
JACOB MARSHALL was the son of Jacob, who was of French descent. He was born in Natick in 1795. His mother was Mary Morse (107). He married Mary Gay, daughter of Joel Gay and Priscilla Wheelock (49). He resided in Medfield during the latter part of his life, dying in 1871. His wife died in 1870. Children :
2. HARRIET, 1829-1851.
3. MARY J., 1832-1850.
+4. WILLIAM, 1838.
5. OLIVE FRANCES, 1840-1877 ; m. in 1863 William W. Pratt.
4.
WILLIAM 2 (Jacob 1) married in 1864 Mary A. Rowe (2). In the firm of Clark & Marshall, he has been engaged for several years in the manufacture of bonnet wire in Medfield. Children : -
6. WILLIAM R., 1865.
7. HENRY E., 1872.
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GENEALOGIES.
MASON.
THOMAS MASON, son of Robert of Dedham, is said to have come over with his father from England. He came here about 1652, and took his homestead where Amos E. Mason now lives. He is mentioned in 1653 as having a house ; and he married in that year Margery Partridge, sister of John and William. She died in 1711. " Margaret Stacy, relict to Thomas Mason," willed property to her son Ebenezer Mason. When the town was burned by the Indians, Thomas Mason's house was destroyed ; and he, with two of his sons, was killed, it is said near the spring in the meadow opposite the house. His wife and the other children had fled to the garrison probably. Children : -
2. JOHN, 1655-1677; killed in the Indian wars "at the eastward, under Captain Swet's command."
3. MARY, 1657; m. in 1677 Abraham Harding (5).
4. THOMAS, 1660-1676; killed by the Indians.
5. ZECHARIAH, 1662-1676; killed by the Indians.
6. MEHITABLE, 1665-1692; m. in 1685 Thomas Thurston (11).
+7. EBENEZER, 1669. 7.
EBENEZER 2 (Thomas ') was the only male member of the family remaining after the Indian war. He married in 1691 Hannah 'Clark (23). Served as a selectman seven years, was quarter- master in 1716, representative to General Court in 1730. He died in 1754, and his wife in 1757. Children : -
8. HANNAH, 1692-1772; m., first, Samuel Smith (27); second, Josiah Cheney (17).
9. MEHITABLE, 1693; m. Deacon John Pratt (15), and died in 1745.
IO. DORCAS, 1695-1778; m. Jonathan Adams (19).
II. TABITHA, 1697-1770; m. James Ellis (17).
+12. THOMAS, 1699. +13. EBENEZER, 1701.
+14. 5 ZECHARIAH, 1702.
15. MARY, 1702; m. in 1728 Daniel Smith (36); second, -
Hawes of Walpole.
16. MARGERY, 1704-1776; m. in 1731 Joseph Cheney (25).
17. ELIPHALET, 1706-1706.
IS. S JEMIMA, 1707-1747.
19. Į KEZIA, 1707; m. in 1736 Joseph Baker of Sturbridge. 20. JOSEPH, 1711-1711.
12.
THOMAS 3 (Ebenezer, 2 Thomas :) settled in the north-east corner of the town, the site of the house being still visible. He married in 1772 Mary Arnold, daughter of the wife of Samuel Sadey, and appears to have built his house at about the same date. He was selectman in 1743, 1748, and 1757. He died in 1789, his wife in 1798, aged ninety-five. Children : -
+21. BARACINAS, 1723.
22. OLIVE, 1724-1807; m. Joseph Morse (57); second, William How of Nova Scotia.
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23. LOIS, 1726; m. in 1756 Nathaniel Smith of Natick; died 1757.
24. THOMAS, 1728-1732.
25. JOSEPH, 1729-1729.
26. SADEY, 1730; m. Sarah Ellis (28); settled in Princeton.
27. THOMAS, 1733; m. in 1763 Mary Baxter (11), and settled in Princeton. A son of his, William, was a clergyman at Bangor. Another son, Thomas, was minister at Northfield, Mass.
28. CAROLINE, 1736-1830; m. in 1757 Joseph Clark (1 59).
+29. SILAS, 1740.
30. CATHERINE, 1743-1817; m. Simeon Cutler (4).
13.
EBENEZER 3 (Ebenezer,2 Thomas I) settled on the place lately owned by heirs of Charles Newell. He married in 1725 Dorothy Morse of Sherborn. He became a member of the Second Baptist Church in Boston in 1751, and, with his wife, was among the constituent members of the church here. He died in 1787. Children : -
+31. ASA, 1727.
32. SARAH, 1729-1765; m. in 1752 John Grout.
33. HULDAH, 1731-1733.
34. HANNAH, 1733-1780; unmarried.
35. AZUBAH, 1734-1819; unmarried; supported by the town.
36. EBENEZER, 1737-1757 ; soldier in the French war.
37. HULDAH, 1739.
+38. ABNER, 1741.
14.
ZECHARIAH 3 (Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') lived upon the original homestead. He married in 1733 Sarah Rich, who died in 1790, aged eighty-one. Zechariah died the same year. Children :-
39. ZECHARIAH, 1733-1743.
+40. AMOS, 1735. +41. JOHN, 1738. 42. MARGERY, 1744-1813; m. in 1789 John Mason of Dover. 43. JAMES, 1750-1750.
21.
BARACHIAS 4 (Thomas,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') graduated at Harvard College in 1742 ; married in 1767 Love Battle, widow of Jonathan of Dedham and daughter of Mark Whitney of Hop- kinton. He became heir to the estate of his grandmother Mary Sadey, where Mr. Pfaff's mansion stands on North Street. He was a surveyor of lands; taught school in Reading in 1747, after- ward in this town, 1763-83. He also taught singing-schools. Served the town as a selectman five years, and was an innholder here. He died in 1795, his wife in 1802. Children : -
+44. JOHNSON, 1767.
45. ARNOLD, 1770-1837.
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GENEALOGIES.
29.
SILAS 4 (Thomas,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') inherited the place that his father had owned. He married in 1762 Priscilla Wheelock (46), who died in 1834, aged ninety-two. He died of small-pox in 1792. He served as a selectman in 1789. Children : -
46. CIILOE, 1762-1836; m. in 1785 Uriah Harding of Medway.
47. SIBYL, 1763-1834; m. in 1784 John Thompson.
48. LOIS, 1766; m. in 1789 William C. Fisher of Wrentham.
49. PRISCILLA, 1768-1840; m. in 1793 Paul Fisher (S1).
50. THADDEUS, 1772; went to State of New York.
51. MARTIN, 1775-1796; was a blacksmith.
52. EXPERIENCE, 1778-1796.
+53. EPHRAIM, 17SO.
54. SILAS, 1784; m. Betsey Smith of Dedham; settled in Brookfield, Vt.
55. ABIGAIL, 1786; m. - Johnson ; second, - Willard ; died in Hubbardston in 1876.
31.
ASA 4 (Ebenezer,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') married in 1755 Beriah Fisher of Wrentham. He seems to have lived for some years in Dover, then Dedham. In 1777, he bought his brother's share in the estate of his father; and removed to it. He was killed by a fall in his barn in 1803. His wife died in the following year. Children : -
·
56. BERIAH, 1756-1825; declared non compos in 1804.
57. EBENEZER, 1757-1802 ; hanged for the murder of his brother- in-law, William P. Allen.
58. ABIGAIL, 1759; m. in 1782 Samuel Fisher of Dedham.
59- EUNICE, 1762; m. in 1785 Samuel Molton ; second, John Adams.
60. ESTHER, 1764-1852 ; m. in 1788 Timothy Harding of Med- way.
61. ASA, 1766; m. in 1789 Hitty Mason of Dover; went to Barre.
62. SARAH, 1768-1843; m. in 1793 Lemuel Herring of Dover.
63. KEZIA, 1770-1849; m. in 1789 William P. Allen (148); second, in 1808, David Cleaveland of Dover; third, Crane of Canton.
64. AMOS, 1773-1776.
65. NATHAN, 1778-1798.
38.
ABNER 4 (Ebenezer,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') married in 1771 Phebe Harding (54), and, on selling out to his brother, removed to East Medway, near Sherborn, to the place since owned by his descendants. He died in 1825. Children : -
66. ALPHEUS, 1772; settled in Medway.
67. SIMON H., 1774; inherited his father's estate.
68. OLIVE, 1776-1795.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
69. PERSIS, 1779: in. Joseph Daniels of Sherborn.
70. WALTER, 1781 ; unmarried.
71. HORATIO, 1784 : died young.
+-72. ABNER, 1786.
40.
AMOS 4 (Zechariah,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas '), in connection with his brother, was heir to the homestead of his grandfather. In 1769, he bought his brother's portion. He married in 1777 Priscilla Morse (127), who died in 1824. He died two years later. Children : -
73. PRISCILLA, 1778; m. in 1808 Gershom Wheelock (23).
74. OLIVE, 1780-1867; unmarried.
75. KEZIA, 1783-1875 ; m. in 1821 Abner Mason (72).
+76. AMOS, 1787.
41.
JOHN 4 (Zechariah,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') married Mercy Penni- man (6), and settled on her father's place on Bridge Street, now owned by Perley Chase. In 1794, he sold his homestead, and removed to Shrewsbury, where he died in 1829. His wife died the same year. Children : -
77. GREGORY, 1773 ; lived in Shrewsbury; died in 1846.
78. JOHN, 1775; settled near Worcester. A son of his was of the firm of Ruggles, Nourse & Mason.
79. SARAH, 1778-1843 ; m. Nathaniel Brigham of Boylston.
44.
JOHNSON 5 (Barachias,4 Thomas,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') came into possession of his father's estate on North Street. He married in 1791 Catherine Hartshorn (9). He was commissioned as captain in 1800, lieutenant-colonel in 1803. He served as town clerk nineteen years, 1803-1821, as treasurer one year, as a mem- ber of the board of selectmen three years, and as representative to General Court in 1842. At the beginning of the century, he was engaged in mercantile business in company with George Ellis, and kept a store on North Street, opposite Dale. He manufactured straw goods, and went with them to New York. This journey was considered a great and perilous undertaking. Before starting, the minister was called in to offer prayers for success and safe return. He died in 1856, his wife in 1852. Children : -
+-80. LOWELL, 1792. SI. LUCRETIA, 1793; m. in 1822 Eliab Tucker of Walpole.
82. 5 JOHNSON, 1796-1882; resided in Louisville, Ky.
83. 2 ARNOLD, 1796-1817.
84. TIMOTHY B .; m. in 1821 Alma Harding; resided in Cin- cinnati.
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GENEALOGIES.
53.
EPHRAIM 5 (Silas, + Thomas,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas ') married in 1804 Polly Smith, daughter of Isaac of Walpole Corner; second, Polly Bennett. Removed to Hubbardston. Children : -
85. ADELINE, 1806; m. David Hoyt, Rochester, N.Y.
86. MARY ; m. George Conant of Dedham.
72.
ABNER 5 (Abner,4 Ebenezer,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas 1) married in 1807 Mehitable Andrews of Dorchester, who died in 1820 ; sec- ond, Kezia Mason (75). He lived for many years at the place in the north part of the town now owned by the Steam Packing Com- pany. He served the town as treasurer six years, and as a select- man three years. He died in 1846, his widow in 1875. Children :
87. ABNER, 1807-1864; Baptist clergyman; settled at West Medway and elsewhere.
88. SAMUEL A., 1809-1874 ; lived in Holliston.
+-89. GEORGE S., 1810.
90. ELIZA A., 1812-1842; m. in 1837 Jeremiah R. Smith (161).
91. PHEBE H., 1815; m. in 1836 Jacob R. Cushman (1).
76.
AMOS 5 (Amos,+ Zechariah,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas :) continued in possession of the ancestral place. He married in 1826 Clarissa Fisher (82), who died in 1851. He died in 1865. Children : -
94. AMOS E., 1826; m. in 1857 Charlotte Hall of Eden, Vt.
95. C. ADELAIDE, 1830-1850.
96. W. FRANK, 1834.
80.
LOWELL 6 (Johnson,5 Barachias, 4 Thomas,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas '), known in his boyhood as one whose ruling passion was music ; and he spent the first twenty years of his life, as he himself tells us, chiefly in playing on all kinds of musical instruments within his reach. When eighteen years of age, he led the parish choir ; and he was also the leader of a band, playing the clarinet. In 1812, he journeyed with horse and wagon to Savannah, Ga., arriving there with only ten dollars in his pocket. He found work in a store by day, and began teaching music evenings, soon after his arrival. He became a member of the Presbyterian church there, and the leader of its choir, as well as superintendent of the first Sunday-school ever gathered in Savannah. In 1817, he came north ; was married to Abigail Gregory of Westboro, and returned to Savannah, where he was for several years teller in a bank, and became more widely known as teacher of music and leader of choral societies. In 1821, he published his first singing-book, The Handel and Haydn Society's Collection. Though compiled in Savannah, it found a publisher in Boston; and in 1827, at
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
the urgent request of musical friends, Lowell Mason left Savannah, and took up his residence in Boston. At this time, he was induced to investigate the Pestalozzian system as applied to teach- ing music, and after due trial adopted it. Soon after, he set on foot a movement for the instruction of children in singing, which resulted in the introduction of musi- cal instruction into the public schools. He was conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society, and in connection with George J. Webb es- tablished the Boston LOWELL MASON. Academy of Music, the first regularly chartered music school in this country. He visited Europe in 1837, as well as subsequently, in the interests of his profession ; and in 1855 he received the degree of Doctor of Music from the University of New York, it being the first in- stance of the conferring of such a degree by an American college. He had been director of music in Dr. Alexander's church, New York, since about 1853.
His declining years were spent in Orange, N.J., where he died in 1872. His musical publications, forty or more in number, had a wide popularity; and of his most popular church music- book, Carmina Sacra, more than five hundred thousand copies have been sold. His tunes are yet sung in every State of the Union, as well as in other lands.
Dr. Mason was, without doubt, the foremost man of his time in raising the popular standard of music in this country. He revolutionized the methods of teaching. He furnished a better class of tunes for church use to supplant the whimsical music that originated in colonial times. By his labors in the Boston Academy of Music, at conventions, and at teachers' institutes, he educated a great number of teachers, and awakened an enthusiasm in singing among the people. By these means, he contributed more than any other one man to the later development of the musical art in America.
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GENEALOGIES.
89.
GEORGE S.6 (Abner,5 Abner,+ Ebenezer,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas 1) married in 1836 Ellen B. Balch (9). He died in 1866, his wife in 1876. Children : -
97. GEORGE W., 1838; resides in New York State. 98. HENRY F., IS40-1872.
92.
JOHN 6 (Abner,5 Abner,+ Ebenezer,3 Ebenezer,2 Thomas 1) married in 1842 Sophia Clark (256). She died in 1856; and he married, second, Martha, widow of Aaron Smith (185). Chil- dren : -
99. JOHN C., 1844-1856.
100. MARY E., IS46.
101. ALBERT B., IS48.
102. HARRY S., 1862.
103.
ROBERT MASON, son of Robert of Dedham, was accepted as a townsman here in 1653; and he had a grant of "six acres upland and a little meadow adjoining to it lying east beyond the lot of Thomas Wight." This was between Pine and Green Streets. In 1658, Robert had leave from the town to take "sedar timber " to make shingles for his house. He married in 1659 Abigail Eaton of Dedham. The house of Robert Mason was destroyed by the Indians in 1676. He died in 1700, his wife in 1711. Children : -
104. ABIGAIL, 1660.
105. MARY, 1662; died in infancy.
106. JOHN, 1666.
+-107. JOSEPH, 1669.
IOS. JUDITH, 1671.
109. MARY, 1674; was living unmarried in 1709.
IIO. HANNAH, 1676; m. in 1701 Samuel Partridge (53).
107.
JOSEPH 2 (Robert ') inherited the homestead, where he spent his life. He married in 1705 Elizabeth Daniel (17). He died in 1728, and in 1730 his widow married John Draper of Dedham. Children : -
111. LYDIA, 1707; was living in 1728.
112. ELIZABETH, 1709; m. Ebenezer Knap prior to 1735.
+113. JOSEPH, 1714.
114. ABIGAIL, 1716.
113.
JOSEPH 3 (Joseph,2 Robert ') was styled "cordwainer," and he succeeded to the possession of the estate by paying £4 to each of his three sisters. Joseph sold outlands to Elijah Allen in 1754,
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and not far from this time removed to Sturbridge with his entire family. He married Sarah Sanders of Walpole in 1739. Chil- dren : -
115. MARY, 1739-1796.
116. OLIVER, 1741.
117. THANKFUL, 1744; m. Lemuel Sanders of Sturbridge.
118. EUNICE, 1745-1810; m. Comfort Johnson.
119. RICHARD, 1747 ; settled in Belchertown.
120. SIMEON, 1750.
121. JACOB, 1753.
Several others by a second marriage were born in Sturbridge.
METCALF.
JOHN METCALF was the son of Michael, and was born at Nor- wich, England, in 1622. Michael Metcalf was a dornik weaver, and fled to this country from persecutions, which he thus de- scribes : -
"I was forced, for the sake of the liberty of my conscience, to flee from my wife and children, and go into New England ; taking ship for the voyage, Sept. 17, 1636, being by tempests tossed up and down the seas till the christmas following, then veering about to Plymouth in Old England : in which time I met with many sore afflictions. Leaving the ship, I went down to Yarmouth in Norfolk County, whence I shipped myself and family to come to New England ; sailed April 15, 1637, and arrived three days before midsummer following, with my wife and nine children, and a servant."
In a postscript, he alludes again to the troubles he sustained at the hands of Bishop Wren and the Chancellor, in consequence of which he was driven from his family : "Sometimes my wife did hide me in the roof of the house, covering me with straw." The boyhood of John Metcalf was spent among scenes like these. The family settled at Dedham, and John married in 1647 Mary Chickering. He came to this town about 1652, with his wife and three children. His house stood near the site now occupied by that of John Y. Thurston. He served on the board of selectmen six years, and had the title of commissioner in 1682. He died in 1690, his wife in 1698. Children : -
+2. JOHN, 1648.
+3. MICHAEL, 1650.
4. ELIZABETH ; m. Joseph Ellis (6).
+ 5 . JOSEPH, 1658.
6. EXPERIENCE, 1661-1730; m. Isaac Wheeler (1).
7. HANNAH, 1664-1719; m. in 1683 Elisha Bullen (9).
8. MARY, 1668-1727; m. in 1687 Eleazar Ellis (7).
2.
JOHN 2 (John 1) married in 1676 Mary Bowers (3). He settled in "Dingle dell," near the road leading to Centre Meadow. He
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had a house there as early as 1682. He served as a selectman five years, and was representative to the General Court in 1704-5. His wife, his son, aged twenty-three, and his daughter, aged twenty-seven, all died in 1707, leaving him alone. He married in 1708 Sarah, widow of John Plimpton (4). Both died in the same year, 1738 ; and the estate was given to Jonathan Metcalf, his nephew. Children : -
9. MARY, 1680-1707.
IO. JOHN, 1681-1682.
II. JOHN, 1684-1707.
3.
MICHAEL 2 (John 1) married in 1676 Elizabeth Bowers (4). On the same day, the two brothers married the two sisters. In 1682, he bought the Rockwood homestead on Bridge Street, a little way north-west of where Charles Russell now lives. He died in 1691, leaving five children, the eldest but eleven years old. Their uncle, Isaac Wheeler, was appointed their guardian. Elizabeth died in 1724. His first house was burned by the Indians in 1676. Children : -
12. MICHAEL, 1680; settled in Medway.
13. SARAH, 1683 ; m. in 1715 Daniel Saunders.
14. SAMUEL, 1684-1740 ; settled in Medway.
1 5. ELIZABETH, 1686.
1-16. JONATHAN, 1690.
5.
JOSEPH2 (John 1) inherited the home place near the cemetery. He was sexton for many years. He married in 1685 Sarah Bowers (5), the third brother to the third sister. In 1702, he was a selectman. His first wife died in 1727; and he married in 17.30 Hannah, widow of John Fisher (26). He died in 1741; and, having no sons, he gave his homestead to Joseph Clark (73), his grandson. His widow died in 1746. Children :
17. SARAH, 1686; m. in 1705 Timothy Clark (28).
18. ABIGAIL, 1694-1788; m. in 1713 Seth Clark (32).
16.
JONATHAN 3 (Michael,2 John ') inherited his father's place in Bridge Street, and also his uncle John's place in "Dingle dell." He resided on Bridge Street, evidently. He conveyed the "Dingle dell " property to Timothy, son of Samuel of Medway, who sold it in 1756 to Dr. Jabez Fuller, rights being reserved for Jonathan, during his lifetime, in the fruits of the orchard. He married, first, Elizabeth Plimpton (17), who died in 1725 ; second, in 1733, Hannah, widow of Benjamin Plimpton (39). She died
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in 1744. His third wife was Abigail, widow of Samuel Hinsdale (20). He died in 1758, his widow in 1777. Children : -
19. SARAH, 1722-1736.
20. ELIZABETH, 1725-1763; m. in 1742 Joseph Plimpton (37).
21. HANNAH, 1734-1734.
22. HANNAH, 1736-1736.
23. JOHN, 1739-1740.
2.4. SETHI, 1741-1742.
+-25. JONATHAN, 1744.
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