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14. DEBORAH, 1694-1723 ; m. in 1717 Zechariah Barber (23).
15. SARAII, 1698.
16. S MARY, 1700-1762; m. in 1736 Samuel Ellis (21).
17. 2 MIRIAM, 1700-1768; m. in 1735 Samuel Ellis (62).
18. EPHRAIM, 1702; settled in Medway.
19. RUTH, 1704; m. in 1730 Timothy Tingley of Attleboro.
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20. JOSIAH, 1706: went to Mendon.
21. ANNA, 1708; m. in 1735 Hinsdale Clark (46).
+22. EDWARD, 1710.
23. NATHANIEL, 1715-1719.
5.
WILLIAM 2 (William ') had his homestead on Green Street, near where Mrs. Kennedy now lives. He married, first, Hannah Fisher (27), who died in 1726; second, Militiah, probably widow of Timothy Hamant (8). He died in 1750, his wife in 1747. Children : -
24. WILLIAM, 1695; settled in Walpole.
25. JOSEP11, 1699-1705.
26. HANNAH, 1702-1780; m. in 1728 Samuel Hamant (11).
+27. SETII, 1706-1768.
28. MARY, 1709; received {50 from the estate in 1750.
22.
EDWARD 3 (Nathaniel,2 William :) married in 1733 Sarah Jones. In 1746, he sold his place to John and Jonathan Wight; and in 1748 he and his wife asked dismission to the second church in Wrentham, now Franklin, where they probably located. Chil- dren : -
29. ELISHA, 1734-1787; went to Thomaston, Me.
30. ASA, 1736.
31. EDWARD, 1738.
32. SIMEON, 1741.
33. SILAS, 1744.
27.
SETH 3 (William,2 William ') succeeded his father on Green Street. He married in 1728 Sarah Ellis (68), who died in 1781. He died in 1768, leaving a large and a small dwelling-house. The large one, doubtless then new, is probably the house now standing on that estate. Children : -
34. OLIVE, 1733-1733.
35. SETH, 1735-1736.
36. NATHAN, 1737-1805; retained possession of the homestead. He married in 1764 Lydia Ellis (31), who died in 1801 ; second, in 1802, Jane, widow of Joseph Plimpton (75), who died in 1845, aged eighty-six. He left no children.
+37. ABEL, 1739.
37.
ABEL 4 (Seth,3 William,2 William ') sold out his rights in estate to his brother Nathan in 1769. He was said to be the father of an illegitimate son, Abel, in 1765, by Hannah Cheney (42). He had a wife Miriam, who died in 1799, after having been sup-
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ported by the town. Abel was at last supported by the town, and was found dead in a field near Pine Swamp in 1814. Children : -
4-38. OLIVER, 1766.
39. MIRIAM, 1768-1816; m. in 1793 Asa Wight (90).
38.
OLIVER 5 (Abel, + Seth,3 William,2 William ') married in 1794 Catherine Knowlton of Sherborn. In 1799, he appears to have been living with his unele Nathan on Green Street. In 1807, he bought a small house which stood near Castle Hill. He died in 1831. His widow married in 1841 Jeremiah Smith (121), and died in 1855. Children : -
40. NATIIAN, 1794.
41. SETH, 1796-1806.
42. SETH, 1807-1829.
43. SALLY, 1811-1830.
44. CYRUS, 1814-1835.
45.
JOHN PARTRIDGE is first mentioned here in 1653. He took up his house lot on the corner now owned by Hamlet Wight, embrac- ing land on both sides of the way. He married in 1655 Magdalen Bullard (2). Her father specified a legacy to his son-in-law, John Partridge. The Indians burned his house and barn in 1676, with twenty bushels of corn, ten or eleven head of cattle, and two horses. His wife died the following year. He survived till 1706. He was chosen clerk of the market in 1672. Children : -
+46. JOHN, 1656. 47. HANNAII, 1658; m. in 1679 Joseph Rockwood (7). 48. DEBORAII, 1662; m. in 1682 John Adams (4). +49. ELEAZAR, 1664. 50. 5 ABIEL, 1667-1667. 51. EXPERIENCE, 1667-1667. 52. RACHEL, 1669-1717; m. Theophilus Clark (25).
+53. SAMUEL, 1671. +-54. ZECHARIANI, 1674.
46.
JOHN 2 (John 1) settled in what is now East Medway soon after the Indian war. In 1682, he sold the place on Bridge Street which had belonged to his wife's father to Michael Metcalf. He kept school on the "west side " in 1710, was active in the forma- tion of the town of Medway, was on the committee to secure a minister for the new town in 1714, and afterward deacon of the church there. He married in 1678 Elizabeth Rockwood (6), who died in 1688 ; second, Elizabeth Adams (128), who died in 1718; third, in 1721, Hannah Sheffield. He died in 1743. Children : -
55. ELIZABETHI, 1679-1706; m. in 1701 Ebenezer Daniel (16).
56. MARY, 1681 ; m. in 1706 Ebenezer Lawrence of Wrentham.
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57. JOHN; mentioned in his father's will; probably the John who received a grant for building in 1701. and who married in 1708 Anna Pond, and settled in Franklin.
58. BENONI, 1687-1769; m. in 1709 Mehitable Wheelock (29).
JONATHAN, 1693; m. in 1717 Elizabeth Learned of Framing-
59. ham; was in Medway in 1720; thought to have settled in Rutland.
60. HANNAH, 1696-1751 ; m. in 1713 Jeremiah Daniel (20).
61. DEBORAH, 1698; m. Israel Keith of Uxbridge.
62. JAMES, 1700-1769; m. in 1729 Kezia Bullard ; lived in Med- way.
63. SARAH, 1702; m. George Adams (182).
64. STEPIIEN, 1706-1742; died in Medway.
49.
ELEAZAR 2 (John ') inherited his father's homestead. In 1720, he bought a large tract of land in Bellingham, and removed there not long after. The old place seems to have come into the possession of his son-in-law David Ellis, who sold it in 1732 to Jonathan Wight. Eleazar married in 1692 Elizabeth Smith (17), who died in 1704; second, in 1705, Elizabeth Allen (160), who died in 1733. He died in 1736. Children : -
65. ELEAZAR, 1693; m. in 1715 Sarah Taylor; settled in Walpole.
66. JOSEPH, 1695; probably died in infancy.
67. ELIZABETH, 1696.
6S. JOB, 1698; m. in 1724 Abigail Thompson; settled in Wrentham.
69. ABIGAIL, 1700; m. in 1727 Ephraim Clark (83).
70. RACHEL, 1702-1727; m. in 1725 David Ellis (22).
71. SILENCE, 1704-1704.
72. JOSEPH, 1706-1770; settled on his father's place in Belling- ham.
73. DAVID, 1708.
74. PHEBE, 1709-1709.
75. BENJAMIN, 1713; settled in Bellingham.
76. ZECHARIAH, 1720.
53.
SAMUEL 2 (John 1) settled on the west side; was active in the formation of the new town, of which he was one of the first board of selectmen; afterward deacon of the Medway church. He married in 1701 Hannah Mason (110), who died in 1750. He died in 1752. Children : -
78. HANNAH, 1702; m. - Fisher.
79. THANKFUL, 1703.
So. SAMUEL, 1704.
SI. EBENEZER, 1706. Ebenezer and Samuel appear to have set- tled in Franklin.
S2. ABIGAIL, 1707.
83. 5 BENJAMIN, 1709-1709.
S4. ) SILENCE, 1709-1709.
85. MEHITABLE, 1710; m. Grant.
86. JOSHUA, 1713.
Perhaps others are recorded in Medway.
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54.
ZECHARIAHI 2 (John ') settled in Medway. He married in 1701 Mary Ellis (10). He died in 1716, and his widow became the wife of John Barber (26). Children : -
87. MARY, 1702; m. Benjamin White of Dudley.
88. MAGDALEN, 1704; m. David Daniel in 1723.
89. SARAH, 1706; m. Joseph Green.
90. ZECHARIAII, 1709. A Zechariah was dismissed to the church in Uxbridge in 1745.
91. ASA, 1712-1734.
92. PHEBE; probably born in Medway; m. William Smeed of upper Ashuelot.
PENNIMAN.
JAMES PENNIMAN was born in Braintree in 1695, son of Samuel. He married in 1722 Thankful Harding (31), and lived with his father-in-law on Bridge Street, at the place now owned by Perley Chase, which he' afterward inherited. He was one of the select- men in 1746. The house in which he lived was burned in 1749 ; and he sent the following petition to the General Court, June 10 of that year : -
"The petition of James Penniman of Medfield humbly sheweth,-
"That whereas on the 24th of April last the dwelling-house belonging to my honored father-in-law, Mr. Henry Harding and I wherein we dwell with our families was consumed by fire, and a considerable part of our goods consumed therein, and I was at that time possessed of and in my chest in my house upwards of one hundred pounds (old tenor) in bills of public credit, whereof was sixty-one pounds and four shillings in bills of public credit of the province of Mass. Bay in New England, all which I lost, it being consumed in said fire. Also my said Father-in-law lost as he testified and I doubt not but was consumed in said fire one bill of public credit of said province it being eight pounds, and iny daughter, Thankful Penniman lost one bill of public credit of sd province it being six pounds (all old Tenor) all which amounts to seventy-five pounds and four shillings (old Tenor) all which we have no reason to doubt was consumed in said fire : therefore it is my humble request that your Excellency and your Honours will be pleased to order that the same be made good and paid out of the Province treasury to us respectively."
JAMES PENNIMAN. HENRY HARDING. THANKFUL PENNIMAN.
These signers made oath to losing their money by the fire. Nathaniel Eames of Framingham testified that he bought a yoke of oxen of James Penniman in April, 1749, and paid him in money of old tenor.
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"Ordered, that the petitioners be paid 186 16s. in consideration of their loss."
James died in 1767, his widow in 1794. Children : -
2. JAMES, 1725-1804; m. in 1750 Abigail Clark of Medway, where he spent his life; served in the French war from Medway.
3. THANKFUL, 1728-1820; m. in 1753 Robert Hinsdale (24).
4. MERCV, 1731-1731.
5. HENRY, 1732.
6. MERCY, 1740-1829; m. John Mason (41).
7.
NATHAN PENNIMAN was received to communion from the church in Medway in 1743. In 1744, he married Anna Barber (32), by whom he had one child, Silas, born in 1745, died the following year. Nathan also died in 1746, and his widow became the third wife of Joshua Bullard (31).
PERRY.
JOHN PERRY, from Roxbury, married in 1665 Bethia Morse (13). He settled in what became Sherborn ; and the following of his children were recorded here, as this was the nearest town : -
2. JOHN, 1667.
3. NATHANIEL, 1671.
4. S SAMUEL, 1674.
5. ¿ JOSEPH, 1674.
6.
DANIEL 4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John 1) was born in Sherborn in 1724. After the death of his first wife, Mary, in 1756, he married in 1758 Thankful Morse (136), and at the death of her father came into possession of his place in the north part of the town. Daniel Perry was doubtless one of the most influential men in the town during the Revolutionary period. He was received to com- munion from the Sherborn church in 1775, and was chosen deacon in 1779. He served nine years as a member of the board of selectmen, and eight years as representative. He was also Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He died in 1804, his widow in 1809. Children : -
7. SARAH, 1748-1800; m. Asa Albee (8).
S. JOSEPH, 1750-1784; m. in 1781 Keturah Turner. The house lately owned by I. C. Lane was built by his father for him at his marriage. His widow married in 178S Aaron Leland of Sherborn.
9. ABIGAIL, 1751 ; said to have married Thomas Russell.
IO. MARTHA, 1754; m. in 1780 Henry Holbrook of Wrentham, who resided here for a few years.
TI. MARY, 1759; was dismissed to a church in Boston in 1809; was a teacher.
12. OLIVE, 1761-1850; unmarried.
13. LAVINIA, 1764-1842 ; m. in iStt Amos Wight (104).
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14.
ELEAZAR 4 (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 John ) was born in Natick in 1750. He married in 1773 Esther Morse (105), who died in 1805; second, Bathsheba Clapp. He went to Douglas, where he lived for a few years; removed to Medway, thence to this town about 1782, and in 1786 bought of Seth Turner the place near the South School-house on South Street. This he sold in 1796 to Aaron Smith, and bought the place near the bridge on the road to Norfolk. The site of the house is yet seen on land belonging to Bonney Brothers. He died in 1830, his widow in 1861. Children : -
15. HANNAH, 1776-1855; m. in 1792 Stephen Tilden (1); second, in 1836, Amos Kingsbury (1).
16. RUBY, 1779-1812.
17. ELIZABETH, 1785-1807; m. in 1805 Shem Armsby (15).
18. REBECCA, 1790-1863 ; m. in ISHI Jacob Pond of Wrentham.
19. ELBRIDGE G., 1811-1847; m. in 1833 Abigail Whitney ; died in Roxbury, where he held several offices under the city government.
20. RUBY E., 1814; m. in 1866 John Battelle of Dover.
21. ELIZABETH, IS16; m. Timothy Guy of Dedham.
PETERS.
WILLIAM PETERS was born in Andover in 1704, son of Samuel, and grandson of Andrew. He is called cordwainer; married in 1729 Hannah Chenery (12). She was sole heir to her father's estate, which was sold to Ephraim Chenery ; and they removed to Medfield. In 1757, William Peters bought a place now em- braced within the westerly part of the cemetery. Here he lived till 1781, when he sold it to Benjamin Callender, and went to reside with his son Adam. He died in 1788, his widow in 1799. Children : -
2. JOSEPH, 1729; settled in Mendon. A daughter of his, Abigail, died here in 1829.
3. BENJAMIN, 1731.
4. MARY, 1732; m. in 1757 Hezekiah Allen of Dedham.
+5. ADAM, 1734.
6. EVE, 1737 ; m. in 1759 John Pepalow.
7. TAHPENES, 1740; m. in 1769 Gershom Dunton (4).
8. ANDREW, 1742; settled in Mendon.
+9. JETHRO, 1744.
10. NATHAN, 1747; living in 1788.
11. FINIS, 1749; m. in 1784 Daniel Gookin of Dedham.
5.
ADAM 2 (William 1) was a tanner, and had a tan-yard near where the brook crosses Main Street, west of the burying-ground. His house was near where that lately owned by Rev. C. C. Sewall now stands. He married in 1758 Olive Plimpton (49), who died in
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1768 ; second, in 1769, Margaret, widow of Benjamin Dunton (1). He died in 1813, his widow in 1816. He served in the Revolu- tionary war, and was afterward captain in this town. Children : -
12. HANNAN, 1760-1850; m. in 1779 William Clark (171).
13. AMV, 1762-1762.
14. SARAI, 1767; m. Eleazar Ellis (49); second, James Forbes of Rutland.
15. AMY, 1770; m. Amasa Baker, North Yarmouth, Me.
+-16. WILLIAM, 1772.
17. OLIVE, 1774-1776.
18. SAMUEL, 1776-1799 ; died at sea.
19. OLIVER, 1779; settled in Providence.
20. MARGARET, 1783-1785.
9.
JETHRO 2 (William 1) was a worker in leather, and settled in Northboro, after residing here for some time. He married Rachel Fairbanks, who died in 1792. He was town clerk in 1800, 1801, and 1802. Children : -
21. RACHEL ; died in 1786.
22. PETER; died in 1789.
23. PEACE; born in 1783.
16.
WILLIAM 3 (Adam,2 William 1) succeeded his father in the home- stead and the business of tanning. He married in 1794 Mary Ellis (107). He received a captain's commission in 1805 ; was on the board of selectmen in 1805, 1813, 1818, 1819, 1822, and 1824 ; representative in 1838. He died in 1843, his wife in 1835. Chil- dren : -
24. MARY, 1794-1876; m. in 1814 Dr. James Hewins (1).
25. AMY, 1802-1872 ; m. in 1823 Rev. Charles C. Sewall (1).
26.
ALEXANDER 4 (Moses,3 Joseph,2 William 1) married in 1809 Eliza- beth Bullen (50). He resided in this town for several years, having bought the Fisher estate, which he sold in 1811 to Dr. Hewins. He removed from town about 1820. A sister of his, Mary Peters, died here in 1876. Children : -
27. JOSEPII, 1810
28. PRUDENCE B., 1813-1S20.
29. SARAH B., 1816.
30. ELINOR, ISIS.
PLIMPTON.
JOHN PLIMPTON, tailor, came over with the party headed by Winthrop. In 1640, he was in Roxbury, apprenticed to Mr. Alcock. In 1643, he was received to the church in Dedham, and was also made a freeman. The following year he was married to
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Jane Damant or Damon, sister of Deacon John Damon of Read- ing, and a step-daughter of John Eaton of Dedham. In 1652, the town of Medfield gave him leave to fell trees upon the brook " to use about his house." His house lot was on Main Street, where William Kingsbury now lives; and his field was on the south side of the street, opposite the house. Spring Street now runs through it diagonally. His valuation in that year was £46. In 1669, he had increased it to £238.
In the spring of 1673, he emigrated to Deerfield; and, when Philip's war began, he was chief military officer there. In 1677, he, with Stockwell and Dickinson, three women and fourteen chil- dren, were captured and carried prisoners to Canada. Though most of this party were afterward ransomed, it is believed that John Plimpton was burned at the stake by the savages when near Chambly. His widow afterward returned to this vicinity, and in 1679 married Nicolas Hide.
2. HANNAH, 1645; m. in 1665 Nathaniel Sutcliffe (1); second, Samuel Harrington of Deerfield.
3. MARY, 1648-1736; m. in 1671 Nathaniel Johnson of Marlboro.
+4. JOHN, 1650.
5. PETER, 1651-1717; settled in Marlboro.
+6. JOSEPH, 1653.
7. MEHITABLE, 1655-1725; m. in 1676 Ephraim Hinsdale (S); second, in 1691, Joseph Cheney (9); third, in 1717, Jonathan Adams (3).
8. JONATHAN, 1657-1675; killed at Bloody Brook.
9. ELEAZAR, 1659-1660.
IO. ELEAZAR, 1661 ; probably died in infancy.
11. LEDE, 1662-1662.
12. JANE, 1664-1664.
13. HENRY, 1665-1669. 4.
JOHN 2 (John 1) was one of the one hundred and ten men who were mustered in three hours in the streets of Boston, as volunteers under Captain Mosely for the relief of Swanzey and Rehoboth in 1675. He was with that celebrated company at Swanzey, at Mount Hope and Pocasset, through the fighting in Plymouth County and in the Nipmuck country. About the last of August, they scoured the country as far as Concord, N.H., thence to Hadley, arriving four days before the disaster at Bloody Brook. Hearing the sound of that fight, Mosely's men hastened to the scene, and at once charged upon the Indians with tremendous bravery, cutting down all within reach. The Indians fled to a swamp, whither the English followed, and fought and hunted them there till they were compelled to seek safety in the distant forest. Shortly after, in the attack on Hatfield, Mosely's men did tremendous fighting. When the Narragansett campaign was organized and Mosely's company was mustered at Dedham, John Plimpton's name was in the list. He went through that fearful struggle, and appears to have escaped unhurt; though the com-
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pany lost, in killed and wounded, nineteen men. In the spring of 1676, he was again in service under Lieutenant Sweat ; and, in the summer and fall, he with a few kindred spirits was scouring the woods about here for traces of Indians, two of whom were taken and delivered over to the authorities at Boston. In the two succeeding years, he was back and forth between Medfield and Deerfield, and in 1678, in company with John Partridge, brought the news of the return of the captives to Deerfield.
He married in 1677 Elizabeth Fisher (5), who died in 1694; second, in 1696, Sarah Turner (8). He lived on the original home- stead. Sergeant John was for four years a member of the board of selectmen. He died in 1704, and his widow became the wife of John Metcalf (2). Children : -
+14. JOHN, 1680. +-15. HENRY, 1684. 16. SARAH, 1700-1706.
17. ELIZABETH, 1702-1725; m. Jonathan Metcalf (16).
6.
JOSEPH 2 (John ') had a grant in 1681 of "nine or ten rods of land to build upon, lying on the right hand of the road leading to harbor island, on the south side of that hill." Not long after, he had another grant of "a lot bounded by a way leading to harbor island on the south, by the way leading to Bridge St. on the north, by land of Gershom Wheelock on the west, and coming almost to a point eastwardly." This was without doubt the corner opposite the cemetery, where he probably built his house. In 1690, he bought the house and land belonging to the heirs of Gershom Wheelock, which was a short distance south-west of his own. He married in 1675 Mary Morse. At his death in 1702, his estate comprised two houses and a barn, besides a share in a saw-mill. His widow died in 1717. Children : -
+18. JOSEPH, 1677. +19. JONATHAN, 1680. 20. JEREMIAHI, 1683; m. Elizabeth Johnson (3); settled in Canterbury, Conn.
21. MARY, 1692 ; m. in 1709 Samuel Adams, Jr. (probably 192).
14.
JOHN 3 (John,2 John ') lived on the original homestead, although the estate seems never to have been fully settled in his day. He married in 1707 Susanna Draper, who survived his death in 1730, and married Stephen Sabin (10), and, third, Joseph Plimpton (18). Children : -
+-22. JOHN, 1708.
23. JAMES, 1709-1785; settled in Foxboro; m. in 1736 Lydia Lovell (17).
2.4. DANIEL, 1721-1778; settled in Sturbridge, where he became one of the most prominent citizens, held the office of colonel, and many town offices in Revolutionary times.
25. ELIZABETHI, 1726-1757.
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15.
HENRY 3 (John,2 John ') received by his father's will a small house and a parcel of land on the north side of the brook, on what is now Frairy Street, besides outlands and one-fourth of a saw-mill. He located finally in the north part of the town, and his house stood on Pine Street, near where that recently built by David Plimpton now stands. He married in 1706 Mary Smith (24), who survived his death in 1731, and in 1732 became the wife of Jabez Pond of Dedham. Children : -
26. MARY, 1707-1782; m. in 1735 John Wight (47).
27. DAVID, 1708-1731.
28. SARAII, 1711-1798; m. in 1732 Jonathan Wight (46).
+-29. HENRY, 1714.
30. JOB, 1718-1797 ; settled in Medway.
18.
JOSEPH 3 (Joseph,2 John 1) appears to have inherited and lived upon the place that had belonged to his father, opposite the cemetery. He married in 1699 Priscilla Partridge (6), who died in 1738. The following year, he married Susanna, widow of Stephen Sabin, formerly wife of John Plimpton. He served the town as a member of the board of selectmen six years, and as representative to the General Court in 1720 and 1731. He died in 1740. Children : -
+31. WILLIAM, 1700.
32. JOSEPH, 1702-1712.
33. PRISCILLA, 1704-1740; m. Deacon Ephraim Wheelock (36).
+34. SIMON, 1707.
35. HANNAH, 1708-1766; m. in 1730 John Cutler (1).
4-36. NATHAN, 1711.
+-37. JOSEPH, 1713.
38. AMY, 1715-1782; m. in 1735 Ebenezer Dorr of Boston.
19.
JONATHAN 3 (Joseph,2 John 1) married in 1701 Bethia Fisk (4), and settled upon her father's farm in the north part of the town, now owned by Mr. Taber. He was a member of the board of selectmen eight years, town treasurer two years, and representative to the General Court in 1738, 1739, 1740. He died in 1749, his widow in 1750. Children : -
39. BENJAMIN, 1703-1731 ; m. in 1725 Hannah Smith (31); was in Dedham in 1729.
40. MARTHA, 1710-1788; m. in 1740 Timothy Guy.
41. JONATHAN, 1712-1712.
42. JONATHAN, 1714-1741.
43. EZEKIEL, 1716-1740.
44. SILENCE, 1718-1718.
45. BETHIA, 1720; m. in 1750 James Golding of Sherborn.
+46. SILVANUS, 1722.
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22.
JOHN 4 (John,3 John,2 John 1) followed in the line that retained possession of the original Plimpton homestead. In 1739, he settled the estate of his grandfather, who had died thirty-five years before. He married in 1731 Abigail Fisher (37), and died in 1756. His widow in 1771 became the wife of David Clark (62). Children : -
47. JOHN, 1732-1754. +48. AMOS, 1735.
49. OLIVE, 1737-1768; m. in 1758 Adam Peters (5).
50. ABNER, 1743-1814; settled in Sturbridge; afterward re- moved to Vermont.
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51. UNITY, 1747-1828; m. Benjamin Boyden (41).
29.
HENRY 4 (Henry,3 John,2 John 1) appears to have resided upon the place that was his father's, at the north part of the town. He was a selectman in 1759-60. Soon after this, he removed to Boston ; and in 1763 Henry Plimpton of Boston, wharfinger, deeded certain property. He returned to this town some years after. In 1776, Henry Plimpton was of Medfield. He married in 1734 Anna Pond, who died in 1750; second, in 1750, Abigail Bacon of Dedham. A third wife, Mehitable, died in 1797, aged seventy-six. Henry died in 1804. Children : -
52. ANNA, 1735.
+53. DAVID, 1738.
31.
WILLIAM 4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John ') was a clothier by trade, and in 1724 received a grant from the town of a right to build a dam across the brook near the meeting-house for the purpose of a fulling-mill. This house stood on Main Street, east corner of Short Street. He married in 1725 Kezia Dwight (8). He served as a selectman in. 1735. In 1753, he became a member of the Second Baptist Church in Boston. He died in 1770, and his wife in 1776. Children : -
54. ABIGAIL, 1726-1776; m. in 1750 Jesse Pratt (19).
55. MARY, 1728-1811 ; m. in 1750 Oliver Ellis (34).
56. CAROLINE, 1731-1821 ; m. in 1758 Moses Bullen (38).
. 57.
WILLIAM, 1732-1781 ; settled in Sturbridge; afterward re- sided in Boston where he was an innholder.
58. GERSHOM, 1735 ; settled in Sturbridge.
59. AMY, 1737-1762; m. Jonathan Allen.
60. KEZIA, 1740-1828; m. in 1766 Henry Harding (47).
61. FREDERICK, 1743-1832 ; settled in Sturbridge ; said to have gone from there to De Kalb, N.Y.
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SIMON 4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John 1) was a housewright, and lived on the place opposite the cemetery. He married in 1735 Ruth
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Morse (54). He was a surveyor of lands; surveyed in Medway in 1735; and in 1737 " Mr. Plimpton of Medfield" was called upon to fix the location of the meeting-house in Wrentham, west pre- cinct, now Franklin. He died in 1798, his wife in 1806. Children :
62. TAMAR, 1736; m. in 1757 Timothy Clark of Medway. +63. SILAS, 1738. 64. PRISCILLA, 1740-1746. 65. . ASAHEL, 1743-1744.
66. ASAHEL, 1745-1772; died in Boston ; said to be a shop- keeper.
+67. EZEKIEL, 1748. 68. OLIVER, 1750-1752.
69. PRISCILLA, 1753-1834; m. in 1772 Silas Allen (60).
70. OLIVER, 1757-1764.
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NATHAN 4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John ') was a weaver, and owned a house on North Street, near Main Street. He had a dye-house adjoining, with a right to drain the same through a ditch in Mr. Wheelock's land into the brook. He was one of those who appear to have been dissatisfied with the settlement of Rev. Mr. Town- send, and with others charged the parish church with breach of covenant. For this, he was forbidden to come to the communion or to take part in the action of the church ; although the church voted "that Nathan Plimpton be requested to tune the psalm as heretofore." From this, it may be inferred that he was of a musi- cal turn. He never returned to the old church, but was largely influential in the formation of the Baptist church in this town. He married in 1747 Abigail Clark (77), who died in 1813. He died in 1781. Daughter : -
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