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71. PRISCILLA, 1748; m. Rev. Samuel West of Needham, after- ward pastor of the Hollis Street Church, Boston.
37.
JOSEPH + (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John 1) appears to have spent the last years of his life on the west side of Noon Hill, probably where traces of an old residence are found on the road leading from Norfolk to the upper bridge over Charles River. Two un- married daughters were living there in the early part of this cen- tury. In 1741, he bought property near the corner of Main and Bridge Streets, where he seems to have been living in 1766. He married in 1742 Elizabeth Metcalf (20), who died in 1763. He died in 1773. Children : -
72. SARAII, 1742-1810;
73. S JOSEPH, 1745-1745. 74. BENJAMIN, 1745-1745. +75. JOSEPH, 1746. 76. HANNAH, 1749-1782; m. in 1775 Sabin Mann (6).
4-77. BENJAMIN, 1752.
78. ELIZABETHII, 1755-1837.
79. PHEBE, 1760 ; m. in 1784 John Day of Walpole.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
46.
SILVANUS 4 (Jonathan, 3 Joseph,2 John ') inherited the homestead of his father on Canal Street. He was styled Captain Silvanus, and seems to have been a man of some note in town affairs, serving on the board of selectmen in 1761, 1779, and 1780. He married in 1749 Sibyl Allen (43), who died in 1753; second, in 1755, Hannah Phipps of Sherborn. He died in 1796, his widow in 1829, aged ninety-eight. Children : -
80. SARAH, 1750-1844; m. in 1790 Elcazar Wheelock (38).
SI. JONATHAN, 1752; m. in 1779 Chloe Clark (210); lived for a while in Medway, afterward in Shrewsbury and Boylston.
82. HANNAH, 1756-1831 ; m. in 1789 Joseph Breck (9).
83. SILVANUS, 1757-1837; graduated at Harvard College in 17So, and settled as a physician in Woburn.
84. AUGUSTUS, 1759-1850; unmarried; inherited the homestead. S5. SIBYL, 1762-1848; unmarried.
86. PERSIS, 1765-1822.
87. . CAROLINE, 1767-1816; m. in 1795 John Cheever of Wrentham.
SS. MARY, 1771-1860 ; m. in 1796 Lovet Peters of Westboro.
89. LUCRETIA, 1773: m. in 1799 William Phipps of Dedham.
There was also a son John, not recorded here, born 1775; died 1852, in Southboro.
48.
AMOS 5 (John, 4 John,3 John,2 John ') was the last of the Plimpton name to possess the original homestead on Main Street. He was on the board of selectmen in 1782 and 1786. He married in 1756 Mary Guild of Walpole, who died in 1800, aged sixty-five ; second, Widow Mary Breck of Sherborn. He died in 1808, and his grandson John Kingsbury came into possession of the place. Children : -
90. MOLLY, 1758-1813; m. in 17So Joseph Cole (6); second, in 1785, Amos Kingsbury (1).
91. ELIZABETH, 1761-1766.
92. JOHN, 1763-1765.
93. AMOS, 1770-1800.
94. MERCY, 1772-1850; m. in 1795 Aaron Smith (178).
53.
DAVID 5 (Henry, + Henry,3 John,2 John 1) resided on his father's homestead in the north-east part of the town. He married in 1761 Sarah Wight (73). He died in 1826, his wife in 1834, aged ninety-nine. Children : -
+95. HENRY, 1762. 96. ELZAPHAN, 1764-1819; m. in 1788 Sally Hunt, and settled in Shrewsbury about 1792.
+97. DAVID, 1768. 98. SARAII, 1774-1817 ; m. Daniel Chickering.
99. ANNA, 1779-1803 ; m. in 1803 Calvin Chickering.
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GENEALOGIES.
63.
SILAS 5 (Simon, + Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John ') bought in 1783 the old saw-mill place at Noon Hill, where he appears to have lived until his father's death. In 1805, he sold that place to his son-in- law, Enos Smith, and came back to the homestead opposite the cemetery. He married in 1768 Esther Clark (151), who died in 1797. He died in 1818. Children : -
100. OLIVE, 1770; m. in 1793 Dr. Seth Smith (116); second, Joshua Stetson of Walpole.
IO1. RUTHI, 1772; m. in 1793 Silvanus Adams of Medway.
102. AMY, 1774 ; m. in 1797 Enos Smith (200).
103. HANNAH, 1776; m. in 1796 Samuel Bullard of Sherborn ; second, in ISO1, Eliakim Adams of Medway.
104. KATY, 1777; m. in 1805 Jeremiah Boyden of Walpole.
+106. WALES, 1782.
107. JOSEPHI, 1784-1856; settled in Walpole.
67.
EZEKIEL 5 (Simon, 4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John 1), known as "Captain Zeke," was a land surveyor and an active man in town affairs. In 1795, he was employed by the town to make copies of the original land grants, with indexes to the same. He was repre- sentative to the General Court in 1799. He married in 1779 Esther Boyden of Walpole. He lived, for a while at least, on the west side of Noon Hill. He died in 1817, his wife in 1824. Children : -
IOS. OLIVER, 1780-1797; died at sea.
109. CHARLOTTE, 17SI ; m. in 1803 Andrew C. Dorr of Boston.
1IO. SIBYL, 1782-1828; m. in 1807 Zechariah Lovell of Medway.
III. SIMON, 1784.
112. ASAHIEL, 1786-17SS.
113. LULU, 1787-1789.
114. ASAHEL, 1790; settled in Medway.
115. SULA, 1794-1878; m. in 1818 James Dupee of Walpole, afterward of Boston.
116. ESTHIER, 1796-1868; m. in 1851 John Ellis (87).
Besides these, Alexander, not recorded here, born 1790, died in Sumatra, 1818.
75.
JOSEPH 5 (Joseph, 4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John ') married Widow Jane Basteen, daughter of John and Leah Mansell of Scituate, who survived his death in ISO1, and became the wife of Nathan Partridge (36). Children : -
117. JOSEPH, 1790-1855; m. Mary Plimpton of Shrewsbury ; second, Catherine Newton ; lived in Boylston and Med- field ; left several children.
IIS. HANNAII, 1793-1853 ; m. in 1827 Philander Ware of Frank- lin, and removed to Medfield about 1839, living at the corner of Main and Pleasant Streets. She married, second, in IS50, Joel Everett (1).
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
77.
BENJAMIN 5 (Joseph,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John ) lived for a while on the place that had been his father's. About 1797, he removed to Marlboro, N.H. He married in 1784 Milly Rhodes of Walpole, who returned to Medfield, and died in 1837, aged seventy-three. Children : -
119. HANNAH, 1784; m. in 1806 Ebenezer Cheney (52).
120. PRISCILLA, 1785-1854; m. in ISII Timothy Cheney (54).
121. MARY, 1787 ; m. William Richards.
122. MILLY, 1790-1873; m. Silas Fairbanks of Medway.
123. JULIA, 1792-1867; m. in 1840 Samuel W. Dudley of Boston.
124. SHUBAEL, 1795-1836; lived in Arlington.
125. JONATHAN M., 1797-1866; settled in Ohio.
126. JAEL, 1805-1870; m. in 1823 Warren Chenery (52).
95.
HENRY 6 (David,5 Henry,4 Henry,3 John,2 John ') married in 1792 Lois Smith of Walpole, born in 1766, daughter of Henry (75). He lived on the Walpole road, at the place lately owned by heirs of Isaac Guild, from 1791 to 1806. His wife died in 1800; and he married, second, in 1801, Catherine Boyden (61). He died in Sturbridge in 1842. Children :-
127. JOHN, 1792-1826.
128. EUNICE, 1793; m. in 1814 Nathan Pond of Walpole ; second, in ISI8, Daniel Pond, brother of her first husband. AMOS, 1795.
+129.
++-130. WARREN, 1796.
131.
ELIZA, 1798; m. in 1818 Caleb Fisher (84); second, in 1831, Daniel Pond ; third, Joseph Hardy.
132. ANDREW, IS00-1800.
I33. JABEZ, ISO2-1877; lived in Sturbridge.
134. ISAAC, IS04-1840 ; lived in Sturbridge.
97.
DAVID 6 (David,5 Henry,4 Henry,3 John,2 John ') succeeded his father on the home place. He married in 1792 Hannah Richard- son (15). He died in 1837, his wife in 1843. Children : -
+135. LEONARD, 1792.
136. HANNAH, 1794-1801.
137. CHARLOTTE, 1796-1870.
138. JAMES R., 1798-1827.
139. HANNAII, ISO3-1806.
140. WILLIAM, 1807 ; lived in Walpole.
+141. DAVID, ISII.
106.
WALES 6 (Silas,5 Simon,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 John :) lived on the estate by the cemetery, and had charge of burials for a long time. He was commissioned as captain in 1810; served on the board of selectmen in 1811, 1819, and 1826. He married in 1806 Thankful. Bullard (55), who died in 1807, with her only child.
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GENEALOGIES.
He married, second, in 18og Sarah Bullard (52), who died in 1828; third, in 1829, Lucy Morse of Walpole, who died in 1849. He died in 1851. Children : -
142. CAROLINE, ISII-1831.
143. OLIVE, 1814-1817.
144. SARAII, 1815-1861 ; m. in 1836 Josiah A. Blake of Medway.
145. CATHERINE, 1816-1855; m. Fred. Newell.
146 OLIVE, 1819; m. Captain George Newell, Framingham.
147. WILLIAM, 1822; lives in Oregon.
148. SIMON, 1823 ; lives in Oregon.
149. SILAS B., 1826; lives in Oregon.
150. AMY, 1827-1828.
151. LUCY C., 1832 ; m. in 1857 Orson D. Young, Oregon.
152. FRANK W., 1833-1863 ; died in the army, Twenty-cighth Wisconsin Regiment.
153. GEORGE LOWELL, 1836; m. in 1881 Ellen M. Parker (7).
1 54. CHARLES FRED., 1840 ; went to Oregon.
129.
AMOS 7 (Henry,6 David,s Henry, 4 Henry,3 John,2 John 1) married in 1827 Betsey Fisher (83). He died in 1852, his widow in 1881. Daughter : -
155. ADALINE M., 1829; m. William M. Smith, who died in 1881.
130.
WARREN 7 (Henry,6 David,5 Henry,4 Henry,3 John,2 John ') married in 1821 Mary Fisher (59), and lived upon a part of her father's estate in Dingle Dell. His wife died in 1852, and he married in 1857 Mary A. Maynard. He died in 1880. Chil- dren : --
1 56. LOIS, 1821 ; m. in 1847 William R. Williams.
157. BETSEY, 1823; m. in 1850 Reuben E. Fisk of Holliston.
1 58. EDMUND O., 1827-1878; m. in 1848 Mary E. Fuller of Boston, who died in 1851. Two children were born here, who died in infancy. He married second, in 1857, Lois Hayden of Marlboro.
1 59. ANDREW F., 1829; m. in 1868 Catherine Waite of Milford.
160. MARY L., 1832; m. in 1852 Rufus L. Chandler; second,
George Rice ; third, in 1863, F. A. Wiley of Westboro.
161. WARREN H., 1835; m. in 1859 Lucy Campbell.
162. JOHN L., 1837; m. in 1866 Marion Hayes of Holliston. 163. HARRIET M., 1840-1876; m. Albert Cleale of Sherborn. 164. ABBY L., 1858.
135.
LEONARD 7 (David,6 David,5 Henry,4 Henry,3 John,2 John ') married in 1819 Sarah T. Lane of Scituate. After a residence of a few years in Medfield, he removed to Walpole ; died in 1873. Children : -
165. HENRY R., 1820; furniture dealer in Boston.
166. JOANNA L., 1822 ; m. in 1845 Henry Clark.
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167. JAMES A., 1824-1825.
IOS. SARAH E., 1826-1856.
JAMES L., 1828 ; furniture dealer in New York.
170. MARY A., 1830.
171. HANNAH E., 1833.
172. GEORGE L., 1835-1854.
173. FRANCIS M., 1837-1838.
141.
DAVID 7 (David,6 David,5 Henry,4 Henry,3 John,2 John .) married in 1840 Eunice M. Ware of Walpole, who died in 1881. Children : -
174. DAVID E., 1843-1881.
175. ELIZABETHI, 1845; m. in 1862 William F. Guild.
176. CAROLINE L., 1846; m. in 1877 John J. Demerritt.
177. FREDERICK W., 1850.
178
GEORGE 7 (Ziba,6 Ziba,5 James,4 John,3 John,2 John ') was born in Sharon in 1808. He married in 1830 Mary Tolman of Sharon, where he resided until his death in 1867, after which the family removed to Medfield. Children : -
179. GEORGE P., 1831-1833.
ISo. MARY J., 1832-1887 ; m. in 1852 Jeremiah B. Hale.
181. GEORGE H., 1834-1857.
I82. JOSEPHINE, 1836.
IS3. FRANCES E., 1838; m. in 1858 Samuel I. Monk, who died in 1859; second, in 1865, George R. Braman.
184. EUNICE T., 1840; m. in 1863 Charles F. White.
185. CHARLES P., 1843.
186. WALTER S., IS45-1845.
187. MELVIN G., IS48.
18S. SARAH H., 1851-1857.
PRATT.
JOHN PRATT was the son of John of Dorchester. He came to Medfield in 1655, and was accepted as a townsman. John settled on the place that had belonged to Henry Glover, who died in 1655, on North, opposite Pine Street. He married in 1661 Rebecca Colburn of Dedham; died in 1707. Children : -
2. REBECCA. 1662-1682.
3. MARY, 1663-1743 ; m. in 1687 Samuel Wight (15).
+4. JOHN, 1665.
5. SAMUEL, 1668-1674.
6. HANNAH, 1670; m. John Eaton, probably of Reading.
7. TIMOTHY, 1672-1672.
S. NATHANIEL, 1673-1674.
9. PRISCILLA, 1674; m. in 1700 Samuel Bushnell of Say- brook, Conn.
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GENEALOGIES.
IO. JOSEPH, 1677-1677.
IT. S MEHITABLE, 1678-167S.
12. ) SARAH, 1678-1750; m. in 1702 Samuel Clark (38).
13. ELIZABETH, 1682-1702; m. in 1700 Timothy Clark (28).
14. DEBORAH, 1684-1706; m. in 1703 Henry Smith (20).
4.
JOHN 2 (John 1) settled in Reading. He married in 1691 Sarah Batchelder, who died in 1751, aged eighty. He died in 1744. Son : -
+15. JOHN, 1692.
Five other children settled in Reading.
15.
JOHN 3 (John,2 John 1) was a joiner by trade. He came from Reading to Medfield, perhaps in early life, to live with his grand- father. At all events, he inherited his estate. He married in 1717 Mehitable Mason (9). She died in 1745; and he married second, in 1746, Hannah, widow of John Ellis (8). He was chosen deacon of the old church in 1746. He died in 1753, his widow in 1760. Children : -
16. SARAH, 1718-1746; m. in 1740 Seth Wight (58).
17. MEHITABLE, 1721 ; m. in 1745 Daniel Sanders of Walpole.
18. JOHN, 1725; said to be of Reading in 1760.
+19. JESSE, 1727.
20. HANNAH, 1729-1748.
21. ELIZABETH, 1731 ; m. in 1763 Rev. Nathan Webb.
19.
JESSE 4 (John,3 John,? John 1) possessed his father's homestead. In 1756, he bought the town's land lying between his house and Dale Street, twelve acres. There seems to have been a house on the north-east side of the street in his day, besides the one in which he lived. He married in 1750 Abigail Plimpton (54), who died of small-pox in 1776. He died in 1770. Children : -
+22. JESSE, 1751.
23. SHUBAEL, 1753-1816; was a physician.
24. JOHN, 1756-1757.
+25. SIMEON. 26. JOHN, 1761. 27. ABIGAIL, 1764.
22.
JESSE 5 (Jesse,4 John,3 John,2 John 1) married in 1774 Kezia Allen of Dedham; inherited the house on the north-east side of the way, on the spot now owned by N. F. Harding. He died in 1776, leaving one son, Ira, who in 1798 married Elizabeth Breck of Sherborn, where he settled. Kezia, widow of Jesse, married in 1800 Joseph Johnson (7), who came to Medfield, and
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
lived in the house that had belonged to the P'ratt family. The old house west of the road seems to have disappeared in 1798, but the barn still remained.
25.
SIMEON 5 (Jesse,+ John,3 John,2 John ') inherited a portion of the original homestead on the west side of the road, which he disposed of, and removed from town. He was living in Sudbury in 1793, and died in 1802. He married in 1783 Mary Ellis (45), who returned to Medfield, and died here in 1854, aged ninety-four. Children : -
28. POLLY, 1784-1805.
29. HORACE, 1786-180S.
30. JOIIN, 1788-1789.
31. JOHN, 1790-1812.
32. SHUBAEL, 1792-1816.
33. ABIGAIL, 1796-1817.
PRENTISS.
THOMAS PRENTISS was the son of Rev. Joshua Prentiss of Hol- liston, and was born in 1747. He graduated from Harvard College in 1766, and studied theology with his father. He began to preach in 1769 ; and in May, 1770, he received a call to settle in Medfield at a salary of £71 95. 4d., and an encouragement of £160. He was ordained Oct. 31, 1770, and was married the same day to Abigail Bigelow of Weston.
The following year, he bought of Simeon Cutler the place on North Street, now owned by George Davis, which was his homestead during life. His wife died in 1786, leaving no chil- dren ; and in 1789 he married Mercy, daughter of Dr. John Scollay of Boston. His salary being insufficient for the expenses of his family, he not only adopted a very simple style of living, but usually had four or six lads in his family to fit for college. He was a member of several religious and charitable associations, and was a man of influence in the Congregationalist churches of this region, often preaching on occasions of public interest. Fifteen printed discourses of his are mentioned. No portrait of him is known to exist. He is described in old age as having hair as white as snow, which he wore in long, natural curls on his shoulders. He died in 1814, his widow in 1841. Children : -
2. MARY, 1790-1849; m. in 1817 Rev. Rufus Hurlbut of Sudbury.
3. ABIGAIL, 1791-1848; m. in 1822 Jeremiah Baker of West Dedham.
4. THOMAS, 1793-1817; entered Harvard College at the age of fourteen, graduated in 1811. In IS12, he taught the Brookline grammar school; was licensed to preach in 1814, and in 1817 was settled first pastor of the Harvard Church in Charlestown, where he died of typhus fever a few months afterward.
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GENEALOGIES.
5. ELIZABETH, 1794; m. in 1835 Israel Trask of Beverly.
6. CATHERINE, 1796-1833; m. in 1828 Dr. Thomas Stearns of Sudbury ; taught school here in 1818.
7. HENRY, 1798-1839; graduated at Harvard College in 1817; settled as a physician in Gloucester; taught school here in ISIS.
S. JOHN, 1799-1861 ; graduated at Harvard in 1818; taught school here in 1817; became president of Baltimore Col- lege, and in his last years he resided at a place near Baltimore, which he named Medfield. He was killed by a railroad accident, while going to procure the discharge of a minor son of his who had been inveigled into the rebel army.
9. MERCY S., 1801-1877; m. in 1840 George Davis, and inherited the homestead.
10. WILLIAM, 1803-1834; graduated at Harvard in 1825. He was a teacher in Baltimore, where he also studied law ; came to Boston for a surgical operation, and died in the hospital.
RICHARDS.
LEWIS M. RICHARDS, son of Calvin and Lucinda (Leland) Rich- ards, was born in Dover in 1823. After serving time and working at the trade of blacksmithing for a few years in Medway, about 1845 he came to Medfield to work in Partridge's fork factory. He married in 1846 Eliza J. Harding, daughter of Theophilus and Mary of Medway. Since 1872, he has been a dealer in coal and wood. Children : -
2. ELLA, 1847; m. in 1865 William Crane.
3. EMMA F., 1850-1851.
4. MARY FRANCES, 1853-1873; m. in 1875 William Bowers.
5. ADDISON M., 1858-1879; m. in 1879 Ella A. Bullard of Walpole, who died in 1880.
6. EMMA L., 1863.
RICHARDSON.
JOHN RICHARDSON was the son of John of Watertown. He was at Wells in 1673, but it is supposed that the unsettled state of the claims in that part of the country and the hostility of the Indians induced him to seek settlement in this direction. The first we hear of John is in September, 1676, when he is credited with a month's service in the Medfield garrisons. In 1678, he had a grant from the town of land on the west side of the river ; and in 1679 he married Rebecca Clark (10). He died in 1697, and his widow became the wife of John Hill. Children : -
2. JOHN, 1679-1759; m. Esther Breck of Sherborn; was a prominent citizen of Medway.
3. ELIZABETH, 16SI ; died prior to 1711.
4. DANIEL, 1685-1747; settled in Medway.
4-5. JOSEPH, 1687.
6. MEHITABLE, 16S9; died prior to 1711.
7. REBECCA, 1697; m. in 1712 Eleazar Hill.
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
5.
JOSEPH 2 (John ') settled on the east side of the river. He mar- ried in 1706 Hannah Barber (14), the last survivor of her father's family and sole heir to the estate on Main Street now owned by heirs of Bradford Curtis. His wife died in 1755; and he married Elizabeth, widow of Solomon Clark (19), who died in 1766. He died in 1768. Children : -
8. JOSEPH, 1707.
9. MARY, 1708-1774; m. in 1745 Thomas Wight (24). SAMUEL, 1713-1811; settled in Wrentham.
+II. JAMES, 1715.
+12. SETH, 1719.
13. EBENEZER, 1722.
14. PETER, 1723-1748.
II.
JAMES 3 (Joseph,2 John 1) came into possession of the Thurston homestead, where James Hewins now lives. He married in 1768 Hannah Clapp of Walpole, daughter of Stephen, who died in 1776; second, in 1785, Bathsheba Richardson of Medway. He was a member of the board of selectmen in 1758. He died in 1790. Children : -
15. HANNAH, 1769-1843; m. in 1792 David Plimpton (97).
16. JAMES, 1771-1858; graduated at Harvard College in 1797; taught school here in 1791-1794; settled as a lawyer in Dedham; was a delegate from that town to the conven- tion for revising the constitution in 1816. He married Sarah E. Richards of Dedham.
12.
SETH 3 (Joseph,2 John 1) inherited the home place of his father. He married in 1746 Bathsheba Morse (60), who died in 1750; second, in 1751, Dinah, widow of Samuel Clark (91). About 1770, he removed to a place called New Rutland, and the following year asked for a letter of dismission from the Medfield church. He was recommended as one who, notwithstanding his dissent in opinion, had exhibited a Christian temper and conversation. The house which he had occupied, said to have been built in 1735, was moved in 1780 to the corner of North Street, where, having been remodelled, it is still occupied as a residence. Children : -
17. SILAS, 1748; m. Silence Daniels of Medway, and went to Rutland district, now Barre, afterward to Chester- field, N.H.
IS. BATHSHEBA, 1750; probably died in infancy.
19. BATHSHEBA, 1752.
20. PAUL, 1754.
21. PETER, 1755.
22. JONATHAN, 175S.
23. SETH, 1760.
24. GEORGE, 1762.
25. CHARLES, 1765.
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GENEALOGIES.
26.
MOSES 5 (Moses, + Moses, 3 John,2 John 1) was born in Medway in 1778. He married Patty, daughter of Dr. Aaron Wight (78). He bought in 1803 the estate of Dr. James Gerauld, where he kept a tavern for some years. He served as a selectman six years. His wife died in 1854; and he married, second, Rebecca Harts- horn of Dover. He died in 1859. Children : -
27. ABIGAIL, 1804-1855; m. Simeon Richardson (29).
28. MARTHA, 1806; m. Warren Colburn of Dedham.
29.
SIMEON 5 (Simeon, + Moses,3 John,2 John ') was born in Medway in 1799. He married Abigail Richardson (27), removed to Med- field, where he worked at his trade as a cooper. He built the stone house in the easterly part of the town, lately destroyed by fire, was a member of the board of selectmen in 1843 and 1844. His wife died in 1854, and he married in 1856 Huldah Harlow. He died in 1874. Children : -
30. MOSES, 1822; resided in Dedham.
31. S MARY, 1835-1871.
32. 2 MARTHA, 1835; m. in 1857 Chapman S. Ricker.
33. EMMA F., 1860.
ROBERTS.
ROBERT ROBERTS was born in Plymouth in 1800. During his early years, the family resided in Boston, and were possessed of large wealth. At his majority, he came into possession of a fort- une of $200,000. In 1824, he married Adaline Rowe, daughter of James, of Boston. A year or two afterward, he purchased the homestead of Dr. Danielson in Medfield, and removed hither. The place is that now owned by Charles Dunn. Though naturally genial and having good abilities, together with affable manners, his early years were marked by habits of dissipation; but during the latter part of his life this was entirely reformed. His first wife died in 1851 ; and the following year he married Helen M. Brown, grand-daughter of Dr. Sanders (1). He then sold his place and removed to the Sanders homestead, which he improved, and, in- deed, substantially rebuilt. He died in 1872.
ROCKWOOD.
NICOLAS ROCKWOOD was the son of Richard of Braintree. His house lot was on Bridge Street, a little westward of where Charles Russell now lives. His first wife, Jane, died in 1654, and he mar- ried in 1656 Margaret Holbrook. She died in 1670; and in 1675 he married Silence Duntling, who died in 1677. He was burned out by the Indians in 1676. The house was rebuilt, and it was
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HISTORY OF MEDFIELD.
deeded to his son-in-law, John Partridge. Nicolas, in 1678, ex- changed land on this side for a grant west of the river ; and it is probable that after the death of his third wife he lived with one of his sons on the west side.
The estate of Nicolas included no houses. He died in 1680. This name is often spelled Rocket in the old records. Children :
+3. SAMUEL. +-4. JOSIAH. +5. BENJAMIN, 1651. 6. ELIZABETH, 1657-1688; m. in 1678 John Partridge (46).
7. JOSEPH, 1659; m. in 1679 Hannah Partridge (47), who had one child, Hannah, in 16So, and died the same year. Joseph died in Swansea in 1693.
+8. JOIIN, 1662.
9. NATHANIEL, 1665-1726; m. in 1698 Joanna Ellis (60); set- tled in Wrentham.
IO. ISAAC, 1677-1677.
3.
SAMUEL 2 (Nicolas 1) was a tanner by trade. In 1667, his father secured a grant of " four acres, bounded east by the brook, taking in the brook at the north-east corner, being granted for the en- couragement of his son Samuel to set up the business of tanning, a cartway to lie through the end next to the brook." This tanyard was near the crossing on Railroad Street. He married in 1671 Hannah Ellis (4). He was on the board of selectmen in 1709, 1710, 1712, 1714, and 1715; chosen deacon in 1710. His first wife died in 1717; and he married in the following year Sarah Haws of Dedham, widow of Nathaniel. He died in 1728, and gave his estate to his grandson Samuel Hinsdale (15). Children :
II. HANNAII, 1673-1730; m. John Hill (4).
12. SUSANNA, 1675-1712; m. Samuel Hinsdale (14); second, Ebenezer Thompson.
13. SAMUEL, 1677-1684.
14. ABIGAIL, 1679-1696; m. in 1696 Joshua Wight (13).
15. ELEAZAR, 1681-1693.
16. PATIENCE, 1682-1683.
17. JOSEPII, 1686; probably died young.
18. DELIVERANCE, 1689-1692.
4.
JOSIAH 2 (Nicolas 1) settled on the west side of the river. He married in 1677 Mary Twichell (3), who died in 1699; second, in 1703, Sarah, widow of Samuel Wheelock (5). He died in 1728. Children :-
19. ISRAEL, 1677-1704; was a soldier.
20. JOIIN, 1679.
21. MARY, 1681-1762; m. in 1711 Samuel Turner (18).
22. BETHIA, 1683; m. in 1712 William Burgess.
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GENEALOGIES.
23. MEHITABLE, 1686-1763; m. in 1709 John Allen (12); sec- ond, in 1755, Samuel Clark (38).
24. HANNAH, 1601 ; died young.
25. JOANNA, 1693; m. Gershom Wait of Sutton.
26. HANNAH, 1696; m. Joshua Whitney of Uxbridge.
5.
BENJAMIN 2 (Nicolas ') went as a soldier to the eastward in Philip's war. July 4, 1677, "Ben: Rockett of Medfield " is re- ported wounded at Salem,- " two shots in thigh."
In 1742, being then ninety-one years of age, he sent a petition for aid to the General Court :-
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