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33. MARY, 1686-1714; m. in 1703 David Clark (20).
34. ELEAZAR, 1690-1705.
35. REBECCA, 1692; m. John Fisher (12); second, in 1715, Jeremiah Adams of Medway.
+-36. EPHRAIM, 1697.
37 ABIGAIL, 1699-1726; m. in 1723 Peter Cooledge (1).
36.
EPHRAIM 3 (Eleazar,2 Ralph ') owned the ancestral corner as well as the Wilson place. He was chosen deacon of the church in 1738, and was a prominent man in town affairs. He married
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first, in 1721, Miriam Bullen (24), who died in 1727; second, in 1729, Priscilla Plimpton (33), who died in 1740; third, Experience Bullard (28), who died in 1755 ; fourth, Mary, widow of Samuel Ellis (21), who died in 1762 ; fifth, in 1766, Elizabeth Colburn of Dedham, who died in 1775. Mary, his fourth wife, gave in her will £8 to be improved for the use of the public schools, and £5 Gs. 8d. for the use of the ministry. The old field that was Mr. Wilson's, lying between South and Pleasant Streets, had the first piece taken out of it in 1739, when Deacon Wheelock sold five rods on the corner of Main and South Streets to Richard Mann to build a sadler's shop upon. Ephraim died in 1785. Children :
38. ELEAZAR, 1724-1812; was called " Master Wheelock," as he was schoolmaster here 1756-1775. He married in 1790 Sarah Plimpton (80), and lived on the original Wheel- ock homestead, corner of Main and North Streets. The ancient house was torn down in 1780. Having no chil- dren, the estate was given to the nephew of his wife, Simon Plimpton, son of Jonathan (81).
39. RALPII, 1726; settled in Sturbridge.
40. ABIGAIL, 1730; m. in 1752 Lemuel Kollock.
+41. JOSEPH, 1732.
+-42. EPHRAIM, 1733.
43. MOSES, 1736-1736.
44. MOSES, 1737-1801 ; settled in Westboro.
45. ICHABOD, 1740-1740.
46. PRISCILLA, 1743-1834; m. in 1762 Silas Mason (29).
41.
JOSEPH 4 (Ephraim,3 Eleazar,2 Ralph 1) kept school in 1763; married in 1770 Sarah Clark (166). He owned a part of the saw- mill at Noon Hill as well as various lands in that vicinity, which he sold in 1769 to Joseph Plimpton ; was a selectman in 1767 and 1770. He removed to Sherborn, where he lived several years ; died in 1787, and his widow married Samuel Sanger of Sherborn in 1789. Children : -
47. JOSEPH, 1770-1770. +48. SETH, 1772.
There were several other children not recorded here : Clark, who was lost at sea; Sally, born in 1778, died in 1802; Ebenezer, born in 1781, died in Sherborn in 1844; and Thankful, born in 1782.
42.
EPHRAIM 4 (Ephraim,3 Eleazar,2 Ralph 1) served four years in the French and Indian war, was a captain at the siege of Louisburg. He was a colonel in the Revolutionary war, commanded a regi- ment in the Continental Army, and was at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. He married in 1767 Mary Clapp of Walpole, daughter of Stephen, who died in 1808. After this, he sold his estate in Medfield, and lived with his son Gershom in Shrewsbury,
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till 1824, when he returned, and lived here with his son Oliver till his death in 1826. Children : -
49. PRISCILLA, 1768; m. in 1789 Joel Gay of Walpole.
50. OLIVER, 1770-1831 ; m. in 1798 Elizabeth Newell of Sher- born. He kept a store on the east corner of North Street which he sold in 1809, and bought in 1819 a small house at the westerly end of the cemetery. His widow died in IS44.
51. OLIVE, 1773-1859; m. in 1796 Eliakim Morse (72).
52. MARY, 1776-1776.
+53. GERSHOM, 1779.
+54. SAMUEL, 1781.
48.
SETH 5 (Joseph, 4 Ephraim,3 Eleazar,2 Ralph 1) married in 1797 Susanna Gerauld (14). The family removed to Warwick. Chil- dren : -
55. SALLY, 179S.
56. SUSANNA, I Soo.
57. JOSEPH, 1802.
58. MARTHA J., 1807.
59. MARY, ISO9.
53.
GERSHOM 5 (Ephraim,4 Ephraim,3 Eleazar,2 Ralph 1) married in 1802 Abigail Adams (151), who died in 1805 ; second, in 1806, Priscilla Mason (73), after which he removed to Shrewsbury. He died in 1855, his wife in 1845. Children :-
60. NATHAN A., 1804-1852 ; died in Shrewsbury. 61. MARGARET, 1805-1805.
Several children of the second marriage were born after removal.
54.
SAMUEL 5 (Ephraim,4 Ephraim,3 Eleazar,2 Ralph ') married in 1804 Betsey Wight (112). In 1809, Samuel and his wife were dis- missed to the church in Greensboro, Vt. Children : -
62. EPHRAIM, 1805.
63. ELIAS M., IS07.
WHITING.
NATHANIEL WHITING was the son of Nathaniel of Dedham, born in 1644. He married Joanna Gay, daughter of John of Dedham, in 1664. The first notice of him in Medfield is in the records of 1666, when he was paid for killing a wolf. The first grant of land he received here was a small piece " joining the south-east corner of his house lot." The location of his house is not easily determined ; but it was probably on North Street, not far from Pine Street. He had been one of the subscribers to the college, and in the report of collections it is stated that he had been burned
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out by the Indians. In 1676, Joanna Whiting of Medfield was appointed administratrix on the estate of her husband, Nathaniel Whiting. Inventory includes real estate in Medfield. No house mentioned here. Probably it was never rebuilt.
A brother of his, Samuel Whiting, was in Medfield from 1681 to 1690. Another brother, Timothy, was here in 1682, but was in Dedham afterward. His widow Joanna married John Ware of Wrentham in 1680. Children : -
2. JOANNA, 1665.
3. NATHANIEL, 1667 ; a Nathaniel was in Medway 1714.
4. JOHN, 1669-1669.
5. SAMUEL, 1671.
6 . HEZEKIAH, 1673.
WIGHT.
THOMAS WIGHT is said to have come from the Isle of Wight to this country, bringing his wife Alice and three sons. He was at Watertown in 1636, came to Dedham in the early days of that settlement, and was made a freeman in 1640. He was one of the original thirteen who settled in Medfield; and his house lot was on what is now Green Street, a short distance east of the corner of North Street. He removed his family here in the latter part of 1652, and is first mentioned in the records in 1653 ; was men- tioned as deacon of the church in 1667. He served nineteen years on the board of selectmen. His wife died in 1665; and he married Lydia, widow of James Penniman, sister of the " Apostle " Eliot. Thomas died in 1674, his wife in 1676. Children : -
2. HENRY; remained in Dedham.
+3. JOIN.
+4. THOMAS.
5. MARY ; m. in 1657 Thomas Ellis (52).
+6 . SAMUEL, 1639.
+7. EPHRAIM, 1645.
3
JOHN 2 (Thomas') was of age when his father came to Medfield, and was one of the original thirteen. He was the first of that number to be called away by death. His house lot was next his father's on the north-east. He died in 1653, and a daughter Abiel was born on the Ist of January following. His widow in 1655 married Isaac Bullard of Dedham, who in 1667 was appointed guardian of Abiel, "daughter to the late John Wight." She had several grants of land from this town. There is nothing further known in regard to her.
4.
THOMAS 2 (Thomas') was accepted as a townsman in 1658. He lived on Green Street, east of his father's place. He was burned
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out by the Indians in 1676, and was in circumstances of great need, as is shown by his petition to the General Court. He mar- ried Mehitable Cheney, sister of William and Joseph. He died in 1690. Children : -
9. MEINITABLE, 1663.
10. THOMAS, 1665.
11. MARY, 1667-1705 ; m. in 1686 Joseph Clark (11).
-1-12. ELKAZAR, 1670.
+13. JOSHUA, 1679.
6.
SAMUEL 2 (Thomas ') settled in the north part of the town as early as 1673. The site of his house can yet be seen on the west side of North Street, near the house of W. C. Allen. He was burned out by the Indians in 1676, but rebuilt, apparently upon the same spot. He married in 1663 Hannah Albee (6). Both were in full communion at the time of Mr. Baxter's settle- ment. He died in 1716, his wife in 1723. Children : -
14. HANNAH, 1664-1664.
+-15. SAMUEL, 1665.
16. HANNAH, 1667; m. John Thompson.
17. JOHN, 1670; probably died young.
18. NATHANIEL, 1672-1675.
19. BENJAMIN, 1674; mentioned in his father's will, 1710.
20. ABIEL, 1676; m. - Randall.
+21. JOSEPH, 1679.
-+-22. JONATHAN, 1682.
7.
EPHRAIM 2 (Thomas ') inherited his father's homestead on Green Street. He married in 1668 Lydia Morse (12); died in 1723, his wife in 1722. Nathaniel Partridge and Thomas Boyden protested against the will "of our honoured father, knowing him to be a religious, good man, but not capable to make a will these seven years last past." Children : -
23. LYDIA, 1669-1741 ; m. in 1686 Nathaniel Partridge (2).
24. ESTHER, 1670.
+25. EPHRAIM, 1672.
26. MIRIAM, 1675 ; m. in 1701 Joseph Allen (18).
+-27. NATHANIEL, 1678.
+-28. DANIEL, 1680.
29. BETHIA, 1683; m. in 1708 Malachi Bullard (105).
30. DEBORAH, 1685-1764; m. in 1707 Thomas Boyden (12).
31. RUTH, 1688; m. in 1715 Abraham Harding (IS).
12.
ELEAZAR 3 (Thomas,2 Thomas ') inherited his father's home- stead on Green Street. He married Relief Warren (2), who at her father's death came into possession of his homestead. She
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died in 1740 ; and he deeded the Warren place to his son Thomas, together with half the homestead. Ile died in 1747. Chil- dren : -
+34. THOMAS, 1697.
35. ELEAZAR, 1701 ; went to Mendon.
13.
JOSHUA 3 (Thomas,2 Thomas ') was a minor when his father died ; and Joseph Clark, his brother-in-law, was appointed his guardian. In 1696, he married Abigail Rockwood (14), a youthful couple, each being seventeen years of age. She died the same year ; and he married in 1699 Elizabeth Spowell, by whom he had a daughter Elizabeth, born here in 1703. His house was on the south side of Farm Street, a little east of the railroad crossing. He sold it in 1708 to Elisha Bullen ; removed to Windham, Conn., where a son Joshua was born in 1708, and where he died in 1762.
15.
SAMUEL 3 (Samuel,2 Thomas '), called Sergeant Samuel, built a house opposite his father's, near where that of W. C. Allen now stands. He was a weaver by trade; served on the board of selectmen in 1707 and 1728 ; married in 1687 Mary Pratt (3), who died in 1743. He died in 1745, giving his homestead to his two daughters. Children : -
36. MARY, 1689-1753; bought out her sister's rights in the homestead, and at her death gave it to "her friend, Jonathan Allen " (44).
37. HANNAH, 1691-1760; m. in 1718 John Ellis (S); second, in 1746, John Pratt (15).
21.
JOSEPH 3 (Samuel,2 Thomas ') inherited the homestead of his father. His wife Mercy died in 1725. In 1729, he sold his place, and removed to Bellingham. He died in 1758. Chil- dren : -
38. MERCY, 1702-1783; m. in 1745 Edward Turner (14).
39. JOSEPH, 1705-1792 ; settled in Bellingham.
40. SAMUEL, 1707-1708.
41. REBECCA, 1750.
42. KEZIA, 1712-1717.
43. ELNATHAN, 1716-1761 ; pastor of the Baptist church in Bellingham.
44. MARTHA, 1718.
45. KEZIA, 1725; m. Ebenezer Holbrook of Mendon in 1748.
22.
JONATHAN 3 (Samuel,2 Thomas ') married in 1704 Margaret Fairbanks (14), and settled in the north-west part of the town, on the road to Death's Bridge. The cellar is still visible near the
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railroad crossing. Ile died in 1779, aged ninety-seven, his wife in 1787, aged one hundred and three. Children : -
+46. JONATHAN, 1705. +47. JOIN, 1708. 48. SAMUEL, 1711; was living in 1779.
49. PHERE, 1713; m. in 1740 Eleazar Allen, Jr.
50. ASA, 1715-1742.
51. BENJAMIN, 1720-1800; died a pauper ; m. in 1776 Lydia Draper of Dedham.
52. AARON, 1722-1736.
+53. WILLIAM, 1725.
54. MARGARET, 1729; m. in 1753 Joseph Fisher of Wrentham.
25.
EPHRAIM 3 (Ephraim,2 Thomas ') settled in the north part of the town, at the place now owned by B. F. Shumway on Farm Street. He was living there certainly as early as 1722, and probably some years before. He married in 1702 Sarah Partridge (7). He died in 1744, his widow in 1763. Children : -
55. STEPHEN, 1703-1706.
56. SARAH, 1706; living unmarried 1743. 57. SETH, 1707-1708.
+-58. SETH, 1709.
59. CALEB, 1711; he inherited his father's place, but died un- married in 1777, and gave his estate to his nephew, Nahum Wight.
60. RUTH, 1713 ; m. in 1740 Samuel Fisher of Medway.
61. MARY, 1717; m. in 1742 Ebenezer Bullard (42).
27.
NATHANIEL 3 (Ephraim,2 Thomas ') married in 1704 Sarah Ellis (11), who died in 1705; second, in 1706, Mehitable Hins- dale (19). He settled on the west side of the river, and was in Medway a few years. In 1741, he and his three sons were in Killingly, Conn. Children : -
62. MEHITABLE, 1707.
63. ELIPHALET, 1711.
64. LEVI, 1712-1797; settled in Killingly, Conn.
65. JOHN ; and others born after removal.
28.
DANIEL 3 (Ephraim,2 Thomas ') inherited the original Wight place on Green Street. He married in 1721 Lydia Eastes (said to be daughter of Matthew of Dover, N.H.), who died in 1749. He died in 1744. Children : -
+66. PETER, 1722. 67. BATHSHEBA, 1723-1760. 68. EPHRAIM, 1729; m. Abigail Upham in 1752. 69. DINAII, 1732-1736.
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34.
THOMAS + (Eleazar,3 Thomas,2 Thomas ') married in 1745 Mary Richardson (9). He inherited and lived on the place that had been his father's on Green Street, which in those days was called "Wight's Lane." He died in 1757, his widow in 1774. His estate consisted of a house lot with buildings and other lands, among which was the " Warren lot." Son : -
70. LEMUEL, 1746. He married in 1765 Elizabeth Ware of Wrentham. Four years later, he had removed thither, and sold the house lot to Moses Hartshorn. It still bears the name of " the Wight piece." A Lemuel Wight died in Foxboro in 1821.
46.
JONATHAN 4 (Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') bought in 1732 of David Ellis the old Partridge estate, at the corner of North and Railroad Streets, with a piece of "plow land" on the east side of the road. In 1746, he bought the buildings and a part of the land belonging to Edward Partridge's estate adjoining him on the north. He married in 1732 Sarah Plimpton (28). He was a carpenter by trade ; served as a selectman in 1747 and 1752. He died in 1781, his widow in 1798. Children : -
71. DAVID, 1733-1822; m. in 1760 Catherine Morse (67); kept a public house in Medway from 1766 to 1774, when he removed to Sturbridge.
+-72. JONATHAN, 1734.
73. SARAII, 1736-1834; m. in 1761 David Plimpton (53).
74. SIMEON, 1737-1737.
75. LOIS, 1738-1831.
76. EUNICE, 1740-1817; m. in 1763 Deacon Enoch Adams (57). 77. 5 MOSES, 1741-1742.
+78. AARON, 1741.
79. SILENCE, 1743-1817; m. in 1777 Rev. Daniel Adams of Watertown ; second, in 1784, John Baxter (14).
+-80. MOSES, 1745.
St. THANKFUL, 1747-1824; m. in 1799 James Perrigo of Wrentham.
82. SIMEON, 1750-1777; was a surgeon in the navy, and was killed in the Revolutionary war. He left children in Woodstock, Conn.
83. HENRY, 1752-1837; graduated at Harvard College in 1782; taught the North school here 1781-82; was ordained pastor at Bristol Jan. 5, 1785.
84. JOB, 1754-1809; graduated at Harvard College in 1784: was a home missionary in Western New York.
47.
JOHN 4 (Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') lived on North Street, at the place now owned by Noah Allen. The house and land had belonged to Mary, first wife of Captain Joseph Clark : it fell to
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her daughters, the wives of Nathaniel Smith and Timothy Hamant in 1732, who doubtless sold it soon after to John Wight, as he appears to have been living there about that time. In 1746, he bought a part of Edward Partridge's homestead lying near him. In 1762, he bought the saw-mill which stood near the present railroad junction. He married in 1735 Mary Plimpton (26). He died in 1770, his widow in 1782. Children : -
+85. JOHN, 1736. 86. AARON, 1737-1737. 87. JABEZ, 1738-1740. So. ABIGAIL, 1741.
+90. ASA, 1742.
91. MOLLY, 1747-1748. 92. MARY, 1752; m. in 1772 Seth Wight (100).
53.
WILLIAM 4 (Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas 1) was living with or near his father on Canal Street in 1756. In 1759, he sold "one half the home place now occupied by father Jonathan Wight " to John Wight, Jr. He removed to Natick. He married in 1748 Susanna Bullard (34), who died in 1807. Children :-
93. MARGARET, 1749. +-94. OLIVER, 1753. 95. ABNER, 1756. 96. RHODA, 1758.
A son Jabez was born in Natick.
58.
SETH 4 (Ephraim,3 Ephraim,2 Thomas ') married in 1741 Sarah Pratt (16), who died in 1746; second, in 1751, Hannah Morse (131). In 1736, Jonathan Mason of Dedham sold his place to Seth Wight of Medfield. He seems to have lived here with his brother, however, on Farm Street. He died in 1780; served on the board of selectmen in 1754 and 1761. Children : -
97. JOEL, 1741-1824; went to Dublin, N.H .; afterward lived in Sherborn.
98. OLIVE, 1743; m. in 1766 Samuel Cheney (32).
+-99. NAHUM, 1745. +-100. SETH, 1753.
101. SARAH, 1758.
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PETER 4 (Daniel,3 Ephraim,2 Thomas ') was the next successor to the original homestead on Green Street. He married in 1752 Mary Barber of Medway, daughter of Joseph (24). He was living here in 1762 ; but in that year he appears to have exchanged his place in Medfield with John Hooker for a place in Medway, to which he probably removed at once. Hooker sold the Wight
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place the same year to Nathan Coolidge. Peter died in 1800 in Medway. Children : -
102. DANIEL, 1753-1800; m. Polly Puffer of Wrentham in 1781. He died at South Brimfield, now Wales, Mass.
103. DINAMI, 1758; m. in 1781 Jonathan Frost of Westboro.
72.
JONATHAN 5 (Jonathan, + Jonathan, 3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') built the house now owned by George Wight. He was chosen deacon of the old church in 1804. His wife was Lois Clark (82), who died in 1801. He died in 1830. Children : -
104. AMOS, 1760; m. in 1790 Hannah Morse, daughter of John (119). She died in 1793. He had two daughters,- Han- nah, who married Jonathan Battelle, and Abigail, wife of John Shumway. He resided in Dover until after his marriage with Lavinia Perry (13) in 1811, when he came to Medfield, and lived at the place recently owned by I. C. Lane. He died in 1845, his wife in 1842.
105. NATHAN, 1762-1764.
106. SARAH, 1764-1864; m. in 1790 Obed Hartshorn of Dover.
107. MARGARET, 1767-1849.
+108. JONATHAN, 1769.
100. NATHAN, 1772-1850; m. in 1799 Abigail Adams (77). His place was that now owned by B. F. Shumway.
78.
AARON 5 (Jonathan, 4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') enlisted in the French and Indian war, and was very sick in New York State. One of his brothers went to see him, but did not know him he was so much emaciated. He said, " Are you my brother? " He said, "Yes, what there is left of me." He was nursed by a squaw whom he called his Indian mother, and years afterward went to see her. He became a physician, and settled in Medway. In 1776, he had a small-pox hospital. He died in 1813, his widow in 1833.
80.
MOSES 5 (Jonathan, 4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') settled on his father's place, but sold it in 1807 to Jonathan, his brother. He married in 1780 Sarah Tolman of Needham, who died in 1833, aged seventy-three. He was one of the constituent members of the Orthodox church ; died in 1829. Children : -
111. ELIZABETH1, 1781-1782.
112. BETSEY E., 1783; m. Samuel Wheelock (54).
+113. CHARLES, 1784.
114. HENRY, 17S7-1SII ; died in Havana.
115. MOSES, 1791-1811 ; died in Havana.
116. POLLY ; m. in 1812 William Chapell.
117. ADALIZA, 1797; m. John Fairbanks.
There is said to have been Sarah, also, born in 1799.
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85.
JOHN 5 (John.+ Jonathan, 3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') married in 1762 Elizabeth Reed of Sherborn. In 1770, he was said to be of Monadnock No. 3. In 1772, he and his wife were dismissed to the church in Dublin. Children :-
118. ELIZABETH, 1763.
119. JABEZ, 1764.
120. MIRIAM, 1766.
90.
AsA 5 (John,4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') succeeded to pos- session of his father's estate, including the saw-mill. He married in 1771 Hannah Boyden (40), who died in 1791 ; second, in 1793, Miriam Partridge (39), who died in 1816. He died in 1808. Children : -
121. HANNAII; died in 1789.
122. HANNAH, 1794; m. in 1817 Hosea King of Newfane, Vt.
123. MARY, 1796.
1 24. ASA, 1799-ISOo.
125. MIRIAM, 1800-1819.
94.
OLIVER 5 (William,4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') married in 1781 Rachel Clark (211). He lived in Medway at one time, and it is not known that he ever owned real estate here. Children : -
126. OLIVER, 1782; m. Betsey Russell of Sherborn, who died in 1816, leaving four children. The family removed from town.
127. SHUBAEL, 1785; m. Clarissa Williams. One son, Addison, was born here in 1813.
99.
NAHUM 5 (Seth,4 Ephraim,3 Ephraim,2 Thomas ') inherited the estate of his uncle Caleb Wight on Farm Street. He married in 1771 Hannah Hill, who died the following year, leaving a daughter Hannah, who, being sick, was received to communion in the Med- field church in 1789. His second marriage in 1778 was with Abigail Bullard of Sherborn. They removed to Westford in 1799. Children : -
128. SALLY, 1781.
129. WALTER, 1782-1785.
I30. CALEB, 1786.
Another, Hannah, is said to have been born in 1798.
IO0.
SETH 5 (Seth, 4 Ephraim,3 Ephraim,2 Thomas ') married in 1772 Mary Wight (92). He removed to Dover in 1773, and died in 1799. Children : -
131. AARON, 1773; m. in 1800 Abigail Smith (122), and settled in Medway.
132. CALEB, 1775; m. Vinci Morse of Sherborn.
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133. OLIVER. 1777; m. Mary Russell of Sherborn. A son of his, Horace, lived in this town, and died in 1868.
134. MARY, 1780; died about 1870.
135. NABBY, 1783.
136.
CLARISSA, 1785 ; m. James Mann of Dover.
137. ASA, 17SS; m. Sibyl Holbrook of Sherborn.
138. CYNTHIA, 1790.
139. ARNOLD, 1793.
140. CHARLOTTE, 1795.
108.
JONATHAN 6 (Jonathan, 5 Jonathan, 4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas') married in 1794 Sarah Harding (63). He served as a selectman in 1815, 1816, 1820, and 1824. He died in 1850, his wife in 1844. Children : -
141. SALLY, 1794-1850; unmarried; taught school in 1813.
+ 142. JONATHAN, 1796.
+ 143. ORION, 1799.
144. MARY, 1805-1830; unmarried.
113.
CHARLES 6 (Moses,5 Jonathan,4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Thomas ') married Prudence Adams (157), who died in 1810; second, in 1814, Lydia Morse of Medway. He is said to have been the inventor of the machine for turning lasts. He removed from Medfield to Boston. Children : -
145. ADAMS, 1808- 1814.
1.46. CHARLES, 1810.
147. HENRY ; has descendants in New York. 148. ANN MARIA; m. William Warren.
149. MOSES; an ar- tist.
142.
JONATHAN 7 (Jon- athan, 6 Jonathan, 5 Jonathan, 4 Jona- than,3 Samuel, 2 Thomas') came into possession of the place which had been owned by his uncle, Moses Wight, on the corner of North and Railroad Streets. He mar- ried in 1824 Cla-
JONATHAN WIGHT.
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vissa, daughter of Alexander Eames and wife, Abigail Lovell (37). He died in 1854, his widow in 18So. Children : --
150. CLARISSA M., 1826; m. Willard P. Plimpton of Newton.
151. JONATHAN H., 1828-1829.
152. HAMLET, 1830; m. in 1855 Esther H. Thayer (9), who died in 1860; second, in 1863, Lucy J. Hall.
153. ELLEN, 1837; m. in 1859 Daniel D. Curtis (8).
143.
ORION 7 (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Jonathan,3 Samuel, 2 Thomas ') owned the place which was his father's, now George H. Wight's. He married in 1826 Charlotte Adams of Medway. He served six years as a member of the board of selectmen, and in various other town offices. He died in 1869, his widow in 1879, aged seventy-four. Children : -
154. MARY J., 1827; m. in 1851 Frank Colburn of Newton.
155. HARRIET A., 1828-1830.
1 56. HENRY F., 1829; m. in 1857 Frances Snell.
157. ELIZA A., 1831 ; m. in 1855 Emery A. Wheeler, who died in 1878.
1 58. GEORGE H., 1832; m. in 1866 Mary R. Adams of Medway.
159. MARGARET E., 1833; m. in 1859 William P. Hewins (3).
160. O. LAPRELETTE, 1835-1855.
161. SARAH H., 1837.
162. JONATHAN G., 1838 ; m. Jennie Muirhead.
163. HARRIET H., 1840.
164. CHARLOTTE A., 1842-1871 ; m. in 1865 Henry M. Parker (6).
165. FREDERICK E., 1848; m. in 1886 Ellen K. Springer. Lives in Natick. 166.
FRANCIS S.$ (Seth,7 Aaron,6 Seth, 5 Seth, + Ephraim, 3 Ephraim,2 Thomas') was born in Bellingham in 1831. He married in 1854 Caroline L. Hartshorn (22). Children : -
167. JOSEPH H., 1855.
168. MARY B. A., 1857; m. in 1880 Henry J. Dunn.
169. CARRIE L., 1864.
170. JENNIE F., 1866.
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JOHN WILSON, first minister of Medfield, was son of John Wilson, first minister of Boston. He was born in England in September, 1621, and came to New England with his father on his second voyage. He graduated in the first class at Harvard College in 1642, was admitted to the First Church in Boston in 1644, and was made a freeman in 1647. After preaching several years, he was invited to assist Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester, and was ordained as his "coadjutor " in 1649. He was mentioned by a writer of that time as "the gracious and godly Mr. Wilson, pastor to the church in Dorchester." He preached there two
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years, and in December, 1651, removed to Medfield, where, be- sides performing the duties of physician and schoolmaster, he was minister nearly forty years.
Hutchinson says he was held in "high esteem." Mather re- lates that when a child "he fell upon his head from a loft four stories high into the street, from whence he was taken up for dead, so battered and bloody and bruised with his fall that it struck horror into the beholders ; but his father had a wonderful return of his prayers in the recovery of his child both unto life and unto sense, insomuch that he continued unto old age a faithful, painful, useful minister of the gospel."
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