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"Benjamin Rockwood, Sen., of Wrentham, on account of being twice wounded in the eastward about the time of Philip's war, and having taken a sudden cold, he was sent to Salem for the cure of his wounds, and his recovery. He was there a quarter of a year before he could be removed home, and had never fully re- covered, but was left in habitual ill state of health, and was de- pendent on others." He had received no pay, and was supported by his eldest son-in-law, William Mann, Sen., and asks a grant of unappropriated land for William Mann. The said Mann testifies " that his father Rockwood is a man of verity and truth, and that his statement can be confirmed by his aged Medfield acquaintance where he was born." His neighbors in Wrentham also send a statement that they "verily believe that his ill state of health was occasioned by the hard service that happened to him at Blackpoint under command of Capt. Swet." The court granted him £4 a year during life. He married in 1678 Judith Ellis (53), having settled in Wrentham somewhat earlier. He is said to have been the man who discovered the trail leading to Indian Rock. He was one of the constituent members of the Wrentham church. He died in 1747. Children :-
27. BETHIA, 1679; m. William Mann of Wrentham.
28. JUDITH, 1680.
29. MARY, 1683-1763; m. in 1708 Samuel Fisher (11).
30. PATIENCE, 1686.
31. HEZEKIAH, 1688-1689.
8.
JOHN 2 (Nicholas ') settled on the west side. He married in 1688 Bethia Twichell. He was constable in 1709, and sealer of weights and measures the next year. He was also the first town clerk of Medway. His children are recorded here. He married, second, in 1710 Sarah Adams (129). He died in 1746. Chil- dren : -
32. BETHIA, 1689; m. in 1711 Daniel Lawrence.
33. JOHN, 1690-1706.
34. JOSEPH, 1692-1774; settled at Oxford.
35. SAMUEL, 1695-1754; m: Mary White of Mendon; lived in West Medway.
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36. BENJAMIN, 1697; m. Rachel Morse ; went to Grafton.
37. DEBORAII, 1700.
38. HEZEKIAHI, 1702-1757; settled in Medway on the homestead.
39. JOHN, 1706; m. in 1733 Hannah Fisher of Dedham ; settled in Hopkinton.
ROWE.
WILLIAM D. ROWE was born in Boston in 1812. He lived in this town while a boy with his brother-in-law, Robert Roberts. In 1841, he married Lydia A. Hamant (51), and resided for a year or two in Dedham, after which, for several years, on the estate which had belonged to her father on High Street. In 1850, he built the house east of the cemetery. He died in 1884. Daughter : -
2. MARY A., 1843; m. in 1864 William Marshall (4).
RUGGLES.
JOSIAH RUGGLES of Dover came from Medway to Medfield about 1799. He lived for some time in a house that stood on the west side of Frairy Street, nearly opposite the wire factory. It is not known that he owned real estate here. He married in 1793 Susan Newell. Children : -
2. JOSEPII, 1798-1873; m. Betsey, daughter of James Forbes of Rutland, who died in 1864, aged fifty-eight.
3. MARY, 1Soo.
4. JOHN, ISO2.
5. THOMAS, IS04-1859; left one daughter, Mary E., born 18.49.
6. JOHN, ISO7-1SOS.
7. OBED, ISI3.
RUSSELL.
ARNOLD RUSSELL was born in Sherborn in 1778. He was the son of Thomas Russell and wife, Abigail Perry (9). Thomas was living in Medfield in the year 1783. Arnold married in 1806 Charity Lovell (40), and inherited her father's homestead on Bridge Street. He died in 1853, his wife in 1856. Children : -
+2. DANIEL P., 1807.
+-3. ARNOLD, ISO9.
4. MARY, ISII; m. in 1842 Henry Harding (86).
5. HARRIET, 1816; m. in 1864 Nathaniel Bird of Walpole.
2.
DANIEL P.2 (Arnold 1) lived on the Lovell place on Bridge Street. He married in 1832 Polly Hamant (48). He died in 1875. Children : -
6. ABIGAIL L., 1834; m. in 1883 John Clark of Medway.
7. CHARLES H., 1836; m. in 1874 Rhoda Clark of Medway.
S. WALTER, 1843-1867; m. in 1866 Catherine Bruce (5).
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3.
ARNOLD 2 (Arnold :). He married Margaret --; died in 1860. Children : -
9. HARRIET E., 1843 ; m. in 1862 Lewis Golding.
10. WILLIAM, 1844.
11. GEORGE L., IS47.
12. FRANCIS H., 1850. 13. JOSEPH P., 1853.
14. EDMUND O., 1858-1861.
SABIN.
WILLIAM SABIN was one of the original settlers of Rehoboth, and a man of considerable property and influence. His first wife died about 1660; and he married, second, Martha Allen (4) in 1663. He had twelve children by the first marriage, and eight by the second. He died in 1687. We trace the following of his children : -
+2. BENJAMIN, 1646.
3. EXPERIENCE, 1648-1728; m. in 1672 Samuel Bullen (2).
4. MARY, 1652-1674; m. Nathaniel Allen (7).
5. ABIGAIL, 1653-1721 ; m. in 1674 Joseph Bullen (6).
6. HANNAH, 1654-1730; m. in 1673 Joseph Allen (8).
2.
BENJAMIN 2 (William 1) was in Rehoboth till the Indian troubles in 1676 caused him to remove to Roxbury. In 1686, he pur- chased a tract of land at Woodstock, afterward Pomfret, Conn. He married, first, Sarah Polley ; second, Sarah Parker. We trace the following among his children : -
7. SARAH, 1679-1704; m. in 1703 Samuel Adams (173). +8. NEHEMIAH, 1681.
9. EXPERIENCE, 1686-1771 ; m. in 1705 David Morse (128). +10. STEPHEN.
8.
NEHEMIAH 3 (Benjamin,2 William 1) married in 1702 Elizabeth Boyden (10). In 1705, he received a grant of land for a house which was near Mt. Nebo, evidently at the place called "Goudy." About 1716, he removed to Pomfret, Conn. He died in 1746. In Medfield, he had four children : --
II. ABIGAIL, 1703.
12. SARAH, 1709.
I3. ELIZABETH, 1711.
14. NEHEMIAH, 1713.
IO.
STEPHEN 3 (Benjamin,2 William 1) kept school here in 1716. The next year, then said to be late of Pomfret, Conn., he bought ten acres of land of his uncle, Samuel Bullen, who had married his
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father's sister. In 1720, Samuel gave him the homestead, he to give him life maintenance. The same year he was chosen town treasurer. In 1721, he kept school again. He married in 1718 Elizabeth, daughter of John Mason of Dedham. She died in 1730 ; and he married Susanna, widow of John Plimpton (14), who survived him, and married Joseph Plimpton (18). At his death, he owned a farm-house besides his dwelling-house, which, from the various references to it, we are quite sure was that formerly owned by his brother Nehemiah. He owned also an Indian boy, valued at £9. He died in 1737, and the estate passed into the hands of his son-in-law, Richard Mann. Chil- dren : -
15. SARAH, 1718-1748; m. Richard Mann (1).
16. ELIZABETII, 1720-1744.
17. PATIENCE, 1722-1751 ; m. in 1741 Simon Harding (42).
18. PHIEBE, 1725-1745.
19. STEPHEN, 1727-1744.
32. ABIGAIL, 1729; probably died young.
SALISBURY.
WILLIAM SALISBURY was born in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1783. He early went to Derby Line, Vt., where he married Sarah Pettis, who died about 1810. While at Derby Line, he was postmaster, also tavern and store keeper, besides running a farm. He married in 1814 Mary Holland of Walpole, N.H., and in 1829 removed to Groton, Mass., whence he removed to Medfield in 1841. He bought the place on Elm Street of John W. Adams, where he resided until his death in 1857. His wife died in 1856. Chil- dren : -
2. SOPHIA E., 1802-1882; m. Ephraim Parsons of Derby Line ; second, in 1841 Benjamin F. Lindsay of Winchester, Mass.
3. WILLIAM H., 1804-1868; resided in Sharon, Mass.
4. ELIZA, ISOS-1877 ; m. Foster Lamson of West Randolph, Vt.
5. SARAH, 1810-1885; m. in 1832 P. G. Prescott of Groton, Mass.
6. MARY H., 1815-1849; m. Jesse A. Strange, St. Louis, Mo.
7. HARRIET L., 1817-1843 ; died at St. Charles, Mo.
8. CHARLES P., 1819-1883.
9. STELLA L., 1820-1821.
IO. STELLA L., 1823-1860; died at Marlboro, Mass.
II. ELLEN A., IS25; m. in 1851 Levi L. Stevens of Marlboro ; one son, Waldo L., born in Medfield, IS52.
12. ANN M., 1827; resides in Marlboro.
SANDERS.
DANIEL C. SANDERS was born in Sturbridge in 1768. His father and mother were both of Medfield stock, though residents of Sturbridge before their marriage. His father was Michael, son
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of Daniel Sanders, who married in 1715 Sarah Metcalf (13). His mother was Azubah, daughter of Moses Clark (47). His father died of consumption in 1773, and his mother married Ebenezer Fisher of Needham, and removed to that town in 1775.
He was fitted for college by Rev. Samuel West of Needham, and graduated from Harvard in 1788. In 1789, he was made preceptor in the Cambridge High School. He studied theology with Dr. Prentiss of Medfield, taught the North School here in 1790, and was licensed to preach in the same year by the Dedham Association. His first sermon was preached at Medfield. He married Nancy, daughter of Dr. Jabez Fitch of Canterbury, Conn. He was ordained as pastor of the church in Vergennes, Vt., in 1794. In 1798, he preached the Election Sermon. He resigned his pastoral charge to assume the presidency of the University of Vermont, to which he had been elected in 1800, and received the degree of D.D. from Harvard College in 1809. In 1814, the buildings being occupied by the American troops, his family left Burlington May 14, the British flotilla appearing before the town and bombardment being expected.
He came to Medfield in September, and was installed here in the following spring. In 1817, he preached the Artillery Election Sermon in Boston. He was a member of the convention for the revision of the constitution in 1820-21. He preached on many occasions of public interest, and several of his addresses were printed. The first historical sketch of the town was prepared by him, and delivered as a sermon in 1817. After the division of the church and the organization of the Orthodox Congregationalist church, he signified his readiness to withdraw from the pastoral relation ; and on May 24, 1829, his ministry ended.
He continued to reside in town, however, his homestead, which he bought in 1818, being that now owned and occupied by Henry S. Brown; and he filled many positions of trust in town affairs. He was representative to the General Court in 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835, was a member of the board of selectmen repeatedly, and prominent on the school committee for several years. He died in 1850, and his wife in the same year. Chil- dren : -
2. LAURA H., 1798-1870; m. in 1818 David S. Brown of New York.
3. MIRANDA W .; m. in 1822 Amos Parker of Concord, N.H.
4. HENRY F., 1804-1835 ; was a physician.
Besides these, one son and four daughters died in childhood.
SEAVER.
JOSHUA SEAVER and his wife Hannah were residing in this town as early as 1769. Both she and her husband in 1797 were dis- missed to the church in Hartland, Vt. He was here again, how- ever, in 1802. He does not appear to have been an owner of
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real estate. Hannah died here in 1812. In 1827, Joshua was a pauper, and died in 1837, aged ninety-five. Children :-
2. THOMAS, 1769.
3. MARY, 1770.
++4. LEONARD, 1777-
5. SAMUEL, 1780; m. in 1807 Lucy Murdock ; kept the store on the corner of North and Main Streets, and was the first postmaster of Medfield, serving from 1807 to 1809. He appears to have removed to Medway and to Walpole, where he died in 1821.
4.
LEONARD2 (Joshua 1) married in 1802 Charlotte Cutler (20). In the same year, he bought one-half of the Cooledge house on North Street. He died in 1832. Children :-
6. ELIZA, 1803.
7. CHARLOTTE, IS04.
8. WILLIAM, 1806; m. Sally Fisher ; lives in Ashland.
9. CHARLES, 1808.
IO. LEONARD, 1810.
REV. CHARLES C. SEWALL.
Amy Peters (25), who died in 1872.
2. MARY A., 1825-1829. 3. ELIZABETH S., 1827.
SEWALL.
REV. CHARLES C. SEWALL, youngest son of Hon. Samuel Sewall, of Marble- head, was born in 1802. He was edu- cated at Exeter Academy and Bow- doin College. He taught school in Medfield and in Dedham, where he afterward studied theology with Dr. Lamson ; was or- dained as pastor of the First Unitarian Church in Danvers (now Peabody) in 1827. He resigned in 1841, and two years after removed to Medfield, where he resided till his death in 1886. He married in 1823
Children : --
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4. MARY A., 1829.
5. REBECCA P., 1831-1855.
6. CHARLES C., 1834 ; m. in 1859 Mary Fairbanks (47).
7. ELLEN F., 1836-1858.
8. WILLIAM P., 1839-1860.
9. EDWARD U., 1843.
10. ALICE O., 1847.
11. HENRY D., 1850; m. in 18So Ella Clark (300).
SHEPPARD.
JOHN SHEPPARD of Braintree was probably one of those who were intending to come to Medfield at its settlement, but died in 1650. His widow Margaret and her children came here with the rest of the Braintree people, and had a grant for a house lot on Bridge Street, a little way from the corner of Main Street. The spot is not easily identified. Margaret died in December, 1675. Children : -
2. SAMUEL ; died in 1641 at Braintree.
3. HANNAH ; m. in 1656 Thomas Holbrook; died in 1668.
4. ELIZABETH; m. in 1661 John Warfield (1).
5. SAMUEL; inherited the homestead. The house was burned by the Indians in 1676, but he seems to have rebuilt it and to have lived here a short time afterward. In a few years, he removed to Mendon, where he died in 1690.
6.
DR. TIMOTHY SHEPPARD is said to have come here from Sher- born and to have practiced in his profession a few years. He bought the estate of John Green, on Main Street, now owned by Miss Sewall, which he sold in 1793 to Artemas Woodward of Brookline, and removed to Hopkinton. Children :-
7. MARY, 1788.
S. ELIZABETHI, 1790.
9. ANNA, 1793.
SHUMWAY.
BENJAMIN F. SHUMWAY was born in Dover in 1823, son of John Shumway and Abigail Wight, daughter of Amos (104). He came to this town in 1840, and succeeded Nathan Wight (109), his unele, in the possession of the place on Farm Street. He married in 1846 Lucy A. Cutler (28). Children : -
2. NATIIAN W., 1848.
3. BENJAMIN F., 1850-1850.
ALBERT C., 1851.
SMITH.
HENRY SMITH came from England in 1637, bringing his wife Elizabeth and his two eldest sons. He settled in Dedham, where he was burned out in 1641, as we learn from the records of that
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town. He came to Medfield in 1651-52, and took up his house lot on South Street, at the foot of Mr. Wilson's field. Ile seems to have had the confidence of his townsmen, as he served them on the board of selectmen thirteen years. His wife Elizabeth died in 1670. He died in 1687. Children : -
1-2. +3. JOHN. SETH. 4. DANIEL, 1639. +5. SAMUEL, 1641. 6. JOSEPH, 1643-1661.
2.
JOHN 2 (Henry :), with wife Lydia, was in Dedham in 1660. Afterward, he came to Medfield, and owned a house on the south side of' a road running east and west, probably Canal Street. The location is difficult to fix,-possibly not far from the place now or lately owned by the Bishop heirs. In 1686, he signed a quitclaim to all part in his father's estate ; and in his father's will, 1687, he is mentioned as being of Taunton. He sold rights to Eleazar Bullard, who lived in the locality above referred to. In 1692, John Smith was at town-meeting here again. Two years after, Lydia, wife of John Smith of Marlboro, sold land in this town near road leading to Sherborn. Nothing further is known. Children : -
7. JOHN, 1660. Being a non-resident, he in 1689 received a grant of land in Medfield. In 1690, he enlisted for the expedition to Canada; and he made a will, giving to his friend, John Fisher, Jr., " all the wages and share of plunder that shall fall to him." The will was probated in 1694.
S. LYDIA, 1660; mentioned in her grandfather's will.
9. HENRY ; died in 1673.
3
SETH 2 (Henry ') was doubtless born in England. He married in 1660 Mary Thurston (7). It would seem that Seth had a house near his father's, which his father by his will confirmed to Seth's heirs after his death. He died in 1682, five years before his father. Children : -
IO. SETH, 1662; died young.
II. SAMUEL, died in 1662.
+12. SAMUEL, 1665.
13. SETH, 1669. He and his brother Joseph had their father's homestead. But Joseph died; and Seth, who is called "cordwainer," went to Boston as early as 1692, died there in 1724, leaving a family.
14. JOSEPH, 1673-1692.
15. ELISHA, 1679; m. in 1701 Elizabeth Wheelock; had one son, Seth, born in 1701. He sold out in that year, and removed, probably to Lancaster.
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5.
SAMUEL 2 (Henry ') inherited his father's house lot and build- ings. He married in 1669 Elizabeth Turner (2). When the Indians made their attack upon the town, Elizabeth took her youngest child, then a year and a half, in her arms, and ran toward the fort. When a little way from the house, the savages overtook her, and killed her by a blow on the head. The child was thrown on the ground, stunned, and left for dead, but recov- ered consciousness, and, when found, had crept to the dead body of its mother. One year from that day, Samuel married Sarah, widow of John Bowers (2), who had also been killed by the In- dians. He died in 1691, his widow in 1704. Children : -
16. ELIZABETH, 1670-1671.
17. ELIZABETH, 1671-1704; m. in 1692 Eleazar Partridge (49).
+18. SAMUEL, 1674.
19. SARAH, 1678-1769; m. in 1701 Matthias Evans (2); second, in 1726, Henry Harding (10).
+-20. HENRY, 1680.
21. DANIEL, 1682-1704.
+22. NATHANIEL, 1684.
23. ABIGAIL, 1686-1725; m. in 1705 John Fisher (28).
24. MARY, 1688; m. in 1706 Henry Plimpton (15); second, in 1732, Jabez Pond of Dedham; third, in 1750, Joseph Wight.
25. PRUDENCE, 1691 ; m. in 1711 Joseph White of Mendon.
12.
SAMUEL 3 (Seth,2 Henry 1) settled on the place now owned by Geo. D. Hamant on High Street. He married Abigail Turner (9). He died in 1694, at the age of twenty-nine; and his widow in 1706 married Capt. Joseph Clark (II). Children : -
26. MARY, 1690.
+27. SAMUEL, 1693.
18.
SAMUEL 3 (Samuel,2 Henry 1) married in 1695 Elizabeth Adams (42), who was the only surviving heir to her father's estate on the east side of Mill Brook, now owned by heirs of Bradford Curtis. At the time of his reception to communion in the church, he pre- sented the following experience, which was preserved in writing among the papers of Mr. Baxter, and is copied from the Old Parish church records : -
"When I was young God did wonderfully preserve me when my mother was knoct in head by the Indians. I was in her arms. I had no hurt by them. I desire to give God alone the praise of it. I was brought up in the nurture and feare of the Lord : I was often put in minde what a miserable state and condition I was in by nature and that I must forever perish without an intrest in Jesus Christ, and as I grew up my grandfather would
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be putting me in minde what God had done for me and tould mc it was not for nothing that God had thus preserved me and would have me consider of it and indeavour to love God and serve him : my father would be often putting me in mind of my duty to git alone to pray to God and tould me what comfort he found in meditating on God. Afterward hiring at Dedham with William Aline, his holy exampeles and good instructions was no smal help to me and hearing of Mr Clap preach much concerning the duty of secret prayer did a littel quicken me in that duty, but notwith- standing the many helps which God afforded me, through the wickedness of my own heart and the temtations of Satan I was ready to be carles of dutys and too often neglect them : but soon after it pleased God to take away my father by death which was a sore blow to me. His last words to me weare feare God and keep his commandments and beware of evil company. I thought that God was angry with me for my disobedience. I was troubled that I had been no more obedient to him. I took delight in read- ing the word of God and endeavoured to plead God's promis that he would be a father to me, but afterwards I was ridy to forgit his last words and so run into evil company too often on the Saboth day night. I hope God hath given me to see the evil of it. Con- sidering of my sins, both original and actual sins, I was ready to dispaire of the mercy of God. I was troubled about my condition and was afraid God would not pardon such agravatd sinner as I had been but that place was some support to me, Isaiah 1: 18; Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool : and hearing Mr Baxter from these words 4 iohn: 10: icsus answered and said if thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee give me to drink thou wouldest have asked of him and he would have given the living water, wherein was showed that the Lord jesus Christ would very freely and liberaly give living waters to all those that have the knowledge of him and did ask for them. I was afraid that I had not a right knowlidge of Christ. I indeavored to seek unto Christ that he would bestow thos living waters upon me and was incouraged in reading a sermon preached from these words iohn 6-37 and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out, but I was redy to go in my own strength and trust in my own ritiousness. I found it hard work to come out of myself and rest upon Christ alone for salvation : that place come to mind philipians 3: 9 -and be found in him not having mine own ritiousness which is of the law but that which is through the faith of Christ the ritiousness which is of God by faith.
" I have had many desires to inioy Christ in all his ordinances but I was afraid that I was not fit and should receive no benefit thereby : that place come to minde mathew 12: 20 a brused reed shall he not break and smoking flax shall he not quench till he send forth judgment unto victory. I thought that though I was weak yet I would go unto Christ and cast myself down at his
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feet and though he should slay me yet would I trust in him : those invitations in isaiah 55 : 1 ; ho, every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and he that hath no money come ye buy and eat yea come buy wine and milk without money and without price - revelations 22 : 17 and the spirit and the bride say come and let him that heareth say come and let him that is athirst come and whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely, weare a greate incorragement to me ; and hearing Mr Baxter from these words 2 Cori 5 : 21 for he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the ritiousness of God in him wheare he showed that God hath made his son iesus Christ who was never gilty of any sin a sacrifice for us that we might be made the retiousness of God in him and was shown that it was the duty of all who have any good grounds to believe that they have an intrest in the retiousness of Christ to come unto the table of the Lord. I hope God hath begun a good work in my soul. I do offer myself to this church and desire your prayers that God would enable me to be sincere herein.
" SAMUEL SMITH."
He was afterward chosen deacon of the church, and filled many stations of trust in the town, serving twenty-one years on the board of selectmen, nine years as town clerk, and some time as town treasurer. He was also a representative to the General Court. He died in 1742, his widow in 1753. Children : -
+28. ELEAZAR, 1696. 29. JOHN, 1699-1699. +-30. SAMUEL, 1700. 31. HANNAII, 1703-1744; m. in 1725 Benjamin Plimpton (39); second, Jonathan Metcalf (16).
32. ELIZABETH, 1705-1785; m. in 1727 Nathaniel Cutler of Medway.
33. JONATHAN, 1708-1708.
34. ELISHA, 1710-1710.
35. LYDIA, 1712-1795; unmarried; cared for by the town.
20.
HENRY 3 (Samuel,2 Henry 1) settled in the south-east part of the town, on what is now Plain Street. His father had land "on the way leading to Rock Meadow"; also, a "farther field " in the same locality, which was given to Henry. He married in 1703 Deborah Pratt (14), who died in 1706; second, in 1708, Mary Adams (17), who died in 1725 ; third, in 1730, Ruth Barber (27). He served on the board of selectmen in 1737; died in 1743. Children : -
36. DANIEL, 1706-1750; settled in Walpole.
37. MARY, 1709-1770; m. in 1728 David Clark (62).
+38. HENRY, 1711.
+39. JONATIIAN, 1714-1784.
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40. SARAH, 1717-1748; m. in 1733 Isaac Chenery (11); second, in 1743, Joshua Boyden (20).
+41. BENONI, 1725.
42. RUTH, 1730; m. in 1752 Samuel Turner (38).
43. MOSES, 1732; settled in Walpole.
44. ASA, 1740; settled in Walpole.
22.
NATHANIEL 3 (Samuel,2 Henry :) bought out the other heirs to his father's homestead on South Street. He married in 1705 Mary Clark (50), who died in 1717 ; second, in the same year, Lydia Partridge (11). He sold his estate in 1755 to his son Elisha, and removed, apparently, to Sturbridge. Was adjudged non compos in 1761, "by reason of old age and decay of his senses." Children :-
45. JOHN, 1706-1707.
46. JOSEPH, 1707; m. in 1734 Abiel Hamant (14); settled in Sturbridge.
47. DAVID, 1711-1760; m. in 1737 Hannah Lovell (10).
48. JESSE, 1714.
49. NATHANIEL, 1715-1716.
+50. NATHANIEL, 1717.
51. LYDIA, 1721-1773 ; m. in 1744 John Marsh, Sturbridge.
52. DEBORAH, 1723-1787; m. in 1745 Daniel Plimpton (24); second, in 1779, Aaron Allen.
+-53. ELISHA, 1726.
54. MARY, 1729-1729.
27.
SAMUEL 4 (Samuel,3 Seth,2 Henry ') lived on the place which was left him by his father. He married Hannah Mason (S). Dying in 1719, at the age of twenty-six, he left three daughters ; and his widow became the wife of Josiah Cheney (17). The heirs sold the estate to Samuel Hamant (11). Children : -
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