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JONATHAN 4 (Jonathan,3 Michael,2 John ') inherited his father's estate principally, and appears to have resided in Bridge Street until his marriage with Patty Dwight (13) in 1777, after which he lived on the place which had been her father's, on Frairy Street, now owned by the Derby heirs. He served two years as a selectman, and was town clerk and treasurer four years. He was the village storekeeper in 1784; died in 1821. Children : -
26. DWIGHIT, 1778-1857; was a merchant in Baltimore.
27. PATTY, 1779; died unmarried.
28. JONATHAN, 1782; said to have been educated at college.
20. CHARLES, 1783-1819; insane and a pauper.
MOQUET.
FRANCIS MOQUET is first mentioned in 1720, when he was warned out, according to the custom then in respect to all strangers, good or bad. In 1721, he married Elizabeth Symms, and was residing here the following year. This name is variously spelled, sometimes Mooket and Muckit. Barry says that he kept an inn in Framingham as early as 1729. In 1737 and 1738, Francis Moquet of Framingham, innholder, sold property to Dr. James Gerauld of Medfield. Elizabeth, wife of Francis Moquet, died at Medfield in 1756. Francis was in Stow and Sudbury in 1754, in a condition of poverty. In 1760, Francis Moquet died at Castle William. He was said to be of Medfield. His inventory contained no real estate.
The name Muckit clung to the town for some years. A piece of land on the west side of Frairy Street has had that name for a long time. This suggests that Francis may have owned or lived in a house that is known to have stood there, and which was afterwards owned by Dr. Gerauld.
MORSE.
SAMUEL MORSE was born in England in 1585. He came to America in 1635, bringing his wife Elizabeth and seven children with him. They lived first at Watertown, but after a short time went to Dedham. When the settlement of Medfield was projected, he cast in his lot with the new town. He did not have a house
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lot assigned him, but his inventory includes a "house and materials to finish the same." His will gives everything to his wife Elizabeth, by her to be given to the heirs at her decease. He died in 1654, and his wife probably in 1655. Children : -
2. JOHN, 1611-1657; merchant tailor in Boston.
+3. DANIEL, 1613.
+4. JOSEPHI, 1615.
5. ABIGAIL; m. Daniel Fisher of Dedham.
6. SAMUEL; m. Mary Bullen; said to have died in 1688, at the eastward.
7. JEREMIAH; went to the eastward.
8. MARY; m. in 1641 Samuel Bullen (1).
3.
DANIEL 2 (Samuel 1) was a member of the church in Watertown, from which he was received to the Dedham church in 1643. His house lot in Medfield, where he was among the first thirteen, lay south of Pound Street. He was one of the selectmen in 1655, 1656, and 1657. He was present at town-meeting early in 1658, after which he removed to "the farms," where he had bought a large tract of land. He attended church at Medfield after his removal, as the town in 1670 granted him liberty to build a horse- shed for Sabbath use. He was one of the founders of Sherborn. He died in 1688, his wife in 1690. Children : -
9. OBADIAH, 1639-1704; m. in 1666 Martha Johnson. He was deacon and first town clerk of Sherborn.
IO. DANIEL, 1640-1702; m. in 1669 Elizabeth Barber (7).
II. JONATHAN, 1643-1727; m. in 1666 Mary Barber (4).
12. LYDIA, 1645-1722 ; m. in 1668 Ephraim Wight (7).
13. BETHIA, 1648-1717; m. in 1665 John Perry (1).
14. MARY, 1650-1736; m. Edward West.
15. BETIISIIUA, 1653-1737; m. in 1674 Benjamin Fisk (1).
16. NATHANIEL, 1657-1728; settled in Sherborn, as did all his brothers. His daughter Dorothy was the wife of Eben- ezer Mason (13).
17. SAMUEL, 1661-1704.
4.
JOSEPH 2 (Samuel ) came from Watertown to Dedham in 1637. He married in 1638 Hannah Phillips. He lived for some time at Dorchester, where his family remained while he was building a house at Medfield and commencing the cultivation of his land. He died in 1654, before his place here was in readiness for the re- moval of his family. His inventory is in two parts, - that part which he had at Medfield consisted of house lot, house, barn, and materials to finish the same, and the crop of corn on the land. That part at Dorchester consisted of cattle, crops, furniture, tools, etc. The family removed to Medfield in 1654, and in 1658 his widow married Thomas Boyden (1). When her eldest son Samuel came of age, his portion was set off ; and Boyden took all the
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houses and lands remaining, he to pay to each of the heirs £26 135. 4d. Hannah died in 1676, at the house of her eldest daughter in Boston. Children :
+18. SAMUEL, 1639.
19. HANNAH, 1641 ; m. in 1667 James Flood of Boston.
20. SARAH, 1643; m. in 1661 Nathaniel Lawrence of Groton.
21. DORCAS, 1645-1725 ; m. in 1665 Benjamin Clark (3).
22. ELIZABETH, 1647-1715; m. in 1668 Peleg Lawrence of Groton ; died in Medfield.
23. JOSEPII, 1649-1718; settled in Sherborn.
+24. JEREMIAH, 1651.
25. The eighth child probably died young.
18.
SAMUEL 3 (Joseph,2 Samuel ') had a portion of his father's and of his grandfather's estate. He is known to have had a house in 1663, which stood on a little knoll a short distance east of the junction of Main and Pound Streets. It was burned by the In- dians in 1676, and was never rebuilt. The cellar is yet visible. His second house stood near where that of John Ord, Jr., now stands; and the well is still in use. In 1705, Lieutenant Samuel Morse kept school in Medfield. In 1706, he was granted the right to flow for his fulling mill "near the cowpens." This was the site of the stone mill lately owned by Mr. Crehore. He served six years as one of the selectmen, and as representative to the Gen- eral Court in 1707. He married in 1665 Elizabeth Wood, who died in 1682; second, in 1684 Sarah Thurston (12), who died in 1688. He died in 1718. Children : -
26. SAMUEL, 1665; m. first Abigail -; second, in 1724, Hannah Whiting.
27. ELIZABETH, 1668; m. John Darling of Mendon.
28. HANNAH, 1669-1669.
29. HANNAH, 1670-1670.
30. RUTH, 1672-1716; unmarried.
31. JOSEPH, 1674-1676.
+32. JOSHUA, 1677.
33. ELEAZAR, 1680.
34. BENONI, 1682-1704; m. in 1702 Rachel Bullard (II); left two daughters: Rachel, born 1702, who married Benjamin Rockwood of Grafton ; and Abial, born 1704, who married Ebenezer Littlefield of Holliston.
35. SOLOMON, 1684-1704.
36. SARAH, 1686; m. Isaac Bullard of Sherborn.
24.
JEREMIAH 3 (Joseph,2 Samuel ') married Elizabeth Hamant (7), and settled in the south part of the town, at the place now owned by William R. Smith. He is said to have been a wheelwright by trade. The homestead is described as consisting of a house and shop with land adjoining, lot on the other side of the way
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with the barn on it, and orchard. He died in 1716, his wife in 1733. Children : -
37. ELIZABETH, 1678-1678.
38. JEREMIAH, 1679-1724; m. Mehitable Cheney (15). He was living in Medway in 1715, afterward settled in Oxford.
39. ELIZABETH, 16SI ; adjudged non compos in 1766.
40. MARY, 1685-1760; m. Henry Leland of Sherborn.
41. TIMOTHY, 1687-1765 ; settled in Walpole.
42. BENJAMIN, 1692-1756; settled in Wrentham.
+-43. SAMUEL, 1694.
44. ABIGAIL, 1696; m. in 1727 Thomas Clark (56).
45. JEDEDIAH, 1700; settled in Foxboro.
46. JOHN, 1704-1768; m. in 1728 Judith Star; settled in Wrentham.
32.
JOSHUA 4 (Samuel,3 Joseph,2 Samuel :) inherited his father's estate, to which he probably added very considerably. He was an innholder, owned a corn-mill, also a saw-mill. He had a "new dwelling-house," by which is meant the house that stood on the place now occupied by Jeremiah Johnston. He married in 1699 Elizabeth Penniman, daughter of Samuel of Braintree, born in 1675, who died in 1705; second, Widow Mary Paine of Braintree, who died in 1747. He was largely interested in the settlement of Sturbridge, and the meetings of the first proprietors were held at his tavern. He served as representative to the General Court six years ; died in 1749. Children : -
47. ELIZABETH, 1701 ; m. in 1725 Thomas Ellis (63).
48. ZIPPORAH, 1702; m. in 1722 Samuel Smith of Needham.
49. SAMUEL, 1703-1770; settled in Uxbridge.
50. MARY, 1707; m. Lovell of Worcester ; second,
Walker of Brookfield.
51. JEMIMA, 1709-1785 ; m. Henry Adams (50).
+52. JOSHUA, 1710.
+53. ELIAKIM, 1712.
54. RUTH, 1716-1806; m. in 1735 Simon Plimpton (34).
55. EBENEZER, 1718-ISOI ; graduated at Harvard College in 1737; was a physician, and pastor of the church at Shrewsbury, ordained in 1743.
56. LYDIA, 1719-1738.
57. JOSEPH, 1721 ; m. Olive Mason (22). He died in Nova Scotia; and his widow married Major William How, after whose death she returned to Medfield, and died in 1807.
43.
SAMUEL4 (Jeremiah,3 Joseph,2 Samuel :) inherited his father's homestead at the south part of the town. He was a blacksmith by trade, and married in 1716 Sarah Star, who died in 1722. He then married Abigail Fisher of Dedham. He died in 1756, his widow in 1767, aged seventy-three. Children : -
+58. SAMUEL, 1718.
59. SARAH, 1719-1723.
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60. BATHSHEBA, 1721-1750; m. in 1746 Seth Richardson (12).
61. ABIGAIL, 1728-1797 : m. in 1758 Eliakim Morse (53).
62. MARY, 1731-1772; m. in 1760 Nathan Clark (147).
63. WILLIAM, 1736-1736.
64. MARGARET, 1737-1816; m. in 1763 Benjamin Dunton ; second, in 1769, Adam Peters (4).
65. SARAII, 1740-1807; m. in 1754 (age 14) Elijah Allen (42).
52.
JOSHUA 5 (Joshua,4 Samuel,3 Joseph,2 Samuel ) inherited the " farther house," with lands adjoining, in the east part of the town. He became a member of the Second Baptist Church in Boston in 1752, and was one of the largest subscribers toward the building of a meeting-house in this town in 1771. He married in 1733 Mary Partridge. He died in 1773, his wife in 1778. Chil- dren : -
+66. JAMES, 1735.
67. CATHERINE, 1737; m. in 1760 David Wight (71).
68. OLIVE, 1739; m. in 1765 Stephen Draper of Dedham.
69. HANNAH, 1742; m. in 1767 Jabez Baker of Dedham.
70. JACOB, 1745; m. Mary Kingsbury of Newfane, Vt. He went to Princeton.
53.
ELIAKIM 5 (Joshua,4 Samuel,3 Joseph,2 Samuel :) inherited the original homestead, where he resided during his life. He married in 1758 Abigail Morse (61). He served three years on the board of selectmen. The house now standing on the estate was built by
Children : - him about 1750. He died in 1803, his wife in 1797.
71. ABIGAIL, 1760-1845 ; unmarried.
-+-72. ELIAKIM, 1762.
73. MARY, 1763-1849; unmarried.
74. LUCY, 1766-1805; m. in 1803 Ichabod Everett of Boston.
75. CATHARINE, 1768-1850; unmarried.
58.
SAMUEL 5 (Samuel,4 Jeremiah,3 Joseph,2 Samuel 1) married in 1759 Catherine Clark (150). In 1777, he sold his place, formerly his father's, and removed to Hubbardston. He served here sev- eral years as selectman, also as representative. Children : -
76. SAMUEL, 1759; m. Esther Woodward of Newton.
77. WILLIAM, 1761-1830 ; died at Saratoga.
+78. THADDEUS, 1763.
80.
79. CATHERINE, 1765-1824; m. Silas Wheeler of Hubbardston. SARAH, 1767; was a pauper at Hubbardston, supported by this town.
81. JOSES, 1770-1851 ; received an injury at a "raising," from which he lost his mental faculties. In 1816, he was brought to Medfield for support.
82. NATHAN C., 1779; m. in 1810 Eunice Cleaveland (13) ;- went to Warwick.
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66.
JAMES6 (Joshua,5 Joshua, + Samuel,3 Joseph,2 Samuel ') inherited the place in the east part of the town on the Dedham road. He bought his brother Jacob's rights in 1777. He married in 1767 Maria Chenery (15). He died in 1802. Children : -
83. HANNAII, 1768-1816; m. in 1790 Joseph Clark (226).
84. 5 PAUL, 1770-1770.
85. 2 SILAS, 1770-1770.
86. JOSHUA, 1773-1773.
S7. REBECCA, 1774-1777.
72.
ELIAKIM 6 (Eliakim,5 Joshua,4 Samuel,3 Joseph,2 Samuel ') con- tinued the occupancy of the original homestead. He was a member of the board of selectmen six years. He married in 1796 Olive Wheelock (51). His death occurred in 1814. His widow survived him forty-five years, dying in 1859. Children :-
SS. OLIVE, 1797-1826; m. in 1817 William Richards.
89. ABIGAIL, 1799-1799.
+00. ELIAKIM, 1800.
91. JAMES, 1803-1870; resided in Malden.
92. LUCY, 1807.
93. MARY, 1810.
78.
THADDEUS6 (Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Jeremiah,3 Joseph,2 Samuel 1) married in 1792 Cynthia Clark (225), and inherited her father's estate, now owned by John Y. Thurston. He died in 1848, his wife in 1823. Children : -
94. JULIA, 1792; m. in 1816 Jason Daniels (25).
95. CYNTHIA, 1797-1881 ; m. Jacob Clark (258).
96. CAROLINE, 1800-1878; m. in 1821 Clark Smith (134).
97. HANNAH, ISO2-1863 ; unmarried,
98. CATHERINE, 1804-1857 ; m. in 1829 John 'A. Turner (S9).
90.
ELIAKIM 7 (Eliakim,6 Eliakim,5 Joshua,4 Samuel,3 Joseph, 2 Samuel :) lived on the ancestral place. He married in 1824 Mary Baker of Dover, who died in 1831 ; second, in 1838, Almira Howe of Shrewsbury. He died in 1871. Children : -
99 ELIAKIM, 1826-1871 ; unmarried.
100. EDWARD S., 1830; resides in New York.
IO1. MARY B., IS40.
102. LOUISA, IS41.
103. ELIZABETH P., 1852 ; m. in 1873 John Ord (2).
104.
PELETIAH 5 (David,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Samuel 1) was born in Natick in 1722; married in 1749 Esther Allen, daughter of
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Eleazar (23). He was an innholder in Natick in 1759 ; afterward lived in Medfield for some years in an old house that stood where F. D. Hamant's cottage now stands. Esther died in 1774. His second wife was Lydia Glazier of Lancaster, married in 1777. She died in 1794. He removed to Natick in 1801, where he died in 1810, having been blind for a considerable time before his death. Children : -
105. ESTHER, 1753-1805; m. in 1773 Eleazar Perry (14).
106. DAVID, 1756-1830 ; left a family.
107. MARY, 1759; m. Jacob Marshall.
108.
JOSEPH 3 (John,2 Samuel :), born in 1640, came to Medfield, and settled near Death's Bridge. In 1668, he had a grant of four acres "near his house lot." How early he had a house built there is uncertain. He married in 1668 Priscilla Colburn. His death occurred in 1689. His widow died in 1731. Children : -
109. JOHN, 1669-1669.
IIO. JOSEPH, 1671-1732. He was the first native of this town who graduated at Harvard College, which he did in 1695. He taught school in Dedham in the same year, afterward in what is now Weston in 1701. He also preached there till about 1706; afterward he removed to Dorchester "new village," now Canton, where he became the first pastor.
III. JOHN, 1673-1694.
112. PRISCILLA, 1675; m. in 1692 Benjamin Grant.
113. MARIA, 1677; m. Nathaniel Heaton.
114. MOSES, 1679-1733.
II 5. DEBORAH, 1681-1750; m. in 1701 William Rider.
116. ISRAEL, 1683-1766; m. in 1736 Hannah Mills.
+117. NATHANIEL, 1685.
118. AARON, 1688; settled in Sherborn or Holliston.
117.
NATHANIEL 4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Samuel ') inherited his father's homestead. He married in 1720 Sarah Cooledge of Sherborn, who died in 1776, aged eighty-one. He died in 1778. Chil- dren : -
119. JOHN, 1721-1814 ;. m. Elizabeth Perry of Sherborn, widow of Edward W .; lived in Dover and Medfield.
I20. ELI, 1722; settled in Dublin, N.H.
121. CALEB, 1725-1729.
122. DANIEL, 1727-1731.
123. SARAH, 1729-1823; m. in 1754 Samuel Ellis (71).
12.4. CALEB, 1732-1733.
125. JOSEPH, 1734; sold the homestead subsequent to 1782, and removed to Shrewsbury.
126. ABIGAIL, 1736-1824; m. in 1770 Henry Bullard.
127. PRISCILLA, 1740-1824; m. in 1777 Amos Mason (40).
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128.
DAVID + (Ezra, 3 John,2 Samuel ') was born in Dedham in 1683; married in 1705 Experience Sabin (9). He was received to com- munion here from the church in Dedham in 1708, and inherited the estate of Joseph Bullen (6), his uncle by marriage. The place was in the north part of the town, and is now owned by Mr. Lovell. He was a maltster, and his malt-house stood in the field some little distance from the road. David was chosen deacon in 1746. At his death, his estate passed into the hands of his son-in-law, Daniel Perry. He died in 1771, his wife in the same year. Children : -
129. JOANNA, 1707-1730; m. in 1729 John Wilson of Dedham.
130. DAVID, 1710-1790; settled in Sturbridge.
131. HANNAH, 1712; m. Seth Wight (58).
+132. SETII, 1714.
133. JOHN, 1717-1782; settled in Sturbridge.
134. KEZIA, 1719-1731.
135. PETER, 1723; was dismissed to the Sturbridge church
in 1754; said to have settled in Tyringham.
136. THANKFUL, 1724-1809; m. in 1758 Daniel Perry (6).
132.
SETH 5 (David,4 Ezra,3 John,2 Samuel :) married in 1741 Kezia Bullen (28). He, with his two boys and John Carpenter, were attempting to cross Charles River on horseback, returning home from Medway. A heavy shower had occurred since they crossed in the early part of the day, and the river was swollen to that degree that all four were drowned. In Thomas Adams' diary for that year, 1753, he says he attended the funeral of Seth Morse, his two sons, and his man,-"the most awful solemnity of the kind which I ever attended or perhaps ever was in Med- field." His widow married in 1757 Rev. Phillips Payson of Walpole. Children : -
I37. OZIAS, 1743-1753.
1 38. ASAPH, 1745-1753.
These two were drowned with their father.
139. JUDITH, 1748; was living in 1771.
140. SETH, 1752-1753.
14I.
ADAM 7 (Adam,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,+ Samuel,3 Daniel,2 Samuel 1) was born in Natick in 1797; married Ann Cheney of Sherborn. He died in 1865, his widow in 1874. Children :-
142. ANN AUGUSTA, IS26-1869; m. in 1849 Joseph Clark (286).
143. GEORGE A., 1837; m. in 1849 Susan M. Walker of Hart- ford, Vt.
[44. JOSEPH H., 1840 ; m. in 1864 Maria S. Daniels of Holliston.
145. ELLEN F., 1842; m. in 1872 Joseph Clark (286).
146. EDWARD F., 1844.
147. FRANK E., 1845-1864; killed at Deep Run, Va.
148. LOUISA, 1848 ; m. in 1868 James Gardner.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
149.
URIAH 6 (Josiah, s Jeremiah, + Jeremiah,3 Joseph,2 Samuel :) married in 1756 Bathsheba Clark (136). He lived at the place on Elm Street now or lately owned by Tracy and Hanley. His wife died in 1772, and he married in 1773 Sarah Clark (188). He sold his place to l'reserved Baker in 1780, and became reduced in circumstances, until at last he was supported by the town. He died in 1815. Children : -
I 50. JEREMIAH, 1756-1758.
151. BATIISIIEBA, 1759; m. in 1778 Ephraim Cheney (47).
152. JEREMIAII, 1761.
153. JEMIMA, 1765.
1 54. SILENCE, 1768-1768.
155. ERASTUS, 1770-1770.
1 56. SALLY, 1774.
1 57. MARY, 1775.
1 58. URIAH, 1777-1780.
1 59. NABBY, 1780.
160. LUCRETIA; birth not recorded; was blind, and a pauper ; died in 1809.
NEWELL.
GEORGE NEWELL was born in 1769, son of Ebenezer of Dover. His children were born in Needham. His wife Hannah died in 1834, aged sixty-one ; and he married, second, in 1836, Polly Lawrence (9). He lived on Causeway Street, near its junction with Noon Hill Street. He died in 1860, his widow in 1873. Children : -
4-2. JOHN F., 1797.
3. GEORGE; m. in 1835 Elizabeth Adams (110). Removed to Medway.
4. MARY, 1798-1835 ; unmarried.
5. HANNAH; unmarried.
6. HORACE.
7. GUSTAVUS.
8. MARY A., 1837-1867; m. Walter Whiting.
2.
JOHN F.2 (George ') was born in Needham ; came to this town, and in 1827 married Maria Adams (104). He bought the place on Bridge Street, near West Street, originally known as the Bowers place, where he resided until his death in 1856. Chil- dren : -
9. JOHN F., 1831-1886; died in Chicago, leaving a family.
10. ABIGAIL W., 1832-1861 ; m. in 1848 Emery A. Willey.
11. MARIA A., 1834-1865; m. in 1852 William Clark (277).
12. LYDIA S., 1837; m. in 1857 Thomas L. Smith.
13.
CHARLES NEWELL was the son of Jesse of Dover, born in 1794. He married in 1836 Mary A. Partridge, daughter of Bernard of
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Oakham, and settled on the farm in the north east part of the town previously owned by heirs of Asa Mason. He died in 1872, his wife in 1886. Children : -
14. MARY ABIGAIL, 1837.
15. MARTHIA M., 1839.
16. CHARLES A., 1843-1844.
17.
JOHN A. NEWELL, son of John A. Newell of Dover and his wife Caroline Allen (107), married in 1863 Diana E. Willard. Chil- dren : -
18. WILLARD A., 1865.
19. WARREN E., 1868.
20.
ELEAZAR A. NEWELL, son of Jesse and Pamela (Cleaveland) Newell, was born in Dover in 1827. He worked in this town when a young man, and in 1852 married Mary Elizabeth Thayer of Concord. He lived in Needham from his marriage till 1857, when he removed to Elmira, N.Y. Returning in 1862, he lived in Dover till 1870. He then bought the place on Farm Street formerly owned by Nathaniel Kingsbury. He died in 1880. Children : -
21. EDWARD E., 1853; m. in 1882 Florence Pember of Walpole.
22. I. FREEMAN, 1854-1878.
23. JESSE S., 1861-1886.
NOYES.
HENRY O. NOYES, son of Otis and Nancy (Cummings) Noyes of Dedham, was born in 1826. He was a carpenter by trade ; worked in this town when a young man, and in 1848 married Angenette Cleaveland (32). He lived for some years on East Main Street, at the place now owned by Julius A. Fitts, afterward on Bridge Street, where Mr. Chase now lives. He died in 1868, his wife in 1869, both of consumption, of which disease several of their children have since died. Children :-
2. HENRY A., 1849-1852.
3. FANNY J., 1851.
4. WALTER W., 1854.
5. ANGIE L., 1856-1877.
6. LAURA C., 1859-1863.
7. CORA P., 1862-1863.
8. EMILY L., 1864-1880.
0. CHARLES H., 1867-1868.
ONION.
DAVID ONION was the son of Samuel of Dedham, and was born in 1758. He is said to have been a carpenter by trade. He bought in 1782, of Rufus Mann, the estate on the west corner of
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Main and South Streets, one-quarter of an acre, with a dwelling- house and barn. He married in 1785 Caroline Morse, daughter of Joseph (57). It appears that he was in Medfield when quite a young man, as he was hired in 1776 to go into the army at New York. He served again in 1778, and in 1780 went with the new levy of six months' men to re-enforce the Continental Army. He died in 1819, his wife Caroline in 1848, aged eighty- five. Children : -
2. WILLARD, 1786-1820; followed his father in store-keeping on the corner ; was postmaster 1818-20.
3. DAVID, 1788-1827.
4. CHARLES, 1796-1852; was a watchmaker, and had a shop on the lot now occupied by the Baptist church. He after- ward kept store where his father and brother had pre- ceded him, until J. & T. L. Barney took the business in 1837. He served as town clerk in 1838-39, was a promi- nent Freemason, and was postmaster from 1823 to 1852.
ORD.
JOHN ORD was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1809. He mar- ried in 1836 Marion Heatlie, of Edinburgh, and in the same year came to Boston. His wife followed in 1837. They came to this town in 1838. Children: -
2. JOHN, 1837; m. in 1873 Elizabeth P. Morse (103).
3. JAMES, 1838-1840.
4. M. ELIZA, 1839; m. in 1881 Edward Vinton.
5. LAURA, 1841 ; m. in 1862 James W. Clark (273).
6. JAMES, 1843.
7. AGNES S., 1847; m. in 1867 Henry J. Daniels.
8. MARGARET J., 1857.
PARKER.
BLAKE PARKER, son of Benjamin and wife, Anna Ames, was born in Southboro in 1809. He married Mary Clark of Framing- ham; came to this town in 1833, and drove a stage-coach between Medfield and Woonsocket. After that line was given up, he drove from Medfield to Walpole, and subsequently to Dedham. He died in 1871. Children : -
2. ALONZO B., 1832; m. in 1857 Anna D. Knapp of Cumber- land, R.I.
3. ANN ELIZA, 1833; m. in 1853 Lewis Hartshorn of Water- town.
4. GEORGE F., 1836; resides in Milwaukee.
5. FRANCIS D., 1839.
+-6. HENRY M., 1840.
7. ELLEN M., 1845; m. in 1881 George L. Plimpton (153).
8. HERBERT, 1846.
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GENEALOGIES.
6.
HENRY M. 2 (Blake :) married in 1865 Charlotte A. Wight (165), who died in 1871 ; second, in 1875, Maria L. Ilall of Johnson, Vt. Children : -
9. NELLIE D., 1866.
10. GRACE M., 1870.
11. HARRY L., 1876-1885.
12. MARY L., ISS3.
PARTRIDGE.
WILLIAM PARTRIDGE, brother of John, came here probably from Dedham, and was a single man at the time. His house lot was on North Street, where the house of the Misses Wight now stands. He married in 1654 Sarah Price, who died in 1656; second, in the same year, Sarah Colburn. He died about 1692, aged seventy. He gave by his will one-half his estate to his wife Sarah, and the remainder to his sons John and William. John dying in 1719, without family, and his part of the estate being divided among the other six children, it soon passed out of the family name. Sarah died in 1716. Children : -
+-2. NATHANIEL, 1660.
3. JOHN, 1662-1719.
4. ELISHA, 1665; probably died in infancy.
+ 5 . WILLIAM, 1669.
6. PRISCILLA, 1672-1738; m. Joseph Plimpton (18).
7. SARAH, 1674-1763; m. in 1702 Ephraim Wight (25).
8. HANNAH, 1677-1761 ; m. in 1702 John Bowers (6); second, Eleazar Bullard (101).
9. JOSIAH, 16SO-1705.
10. MARY, 1682-1749; m. in 1706 Abraham Harding (12).
2.
NATHANIEL 2 (William 1), weaver, had a house at the time of his father's death, which seems to have been not far from where the North School-house now stands. He married in 1686 Lydia Wight (23). He served as town treasurer in 1709-10, as select- inan in 1708 and 1713, and kept school in 1713 and 1722. He gave his estate by his will to his son Edward. He and his wife both died in the same year, 1741. Children : -
11. LYDIA, 1687 ; m. in 1717 Nathaniel Smith (22).
12. NATHANIEL, 1689-1713.
13. ELISHA, 1691-1712.
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