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1840. - The pillars which sustained the gallery of the third meeting-house (1770) are now in use in West Medford, on the outside of the house of the late Jonathan Brooks.
Mr. Turell's Portrait. - In Church Records, vol. iii. p. 104, are the following : "1842, July. - The church received, from the hand of Dudley Hall, a bequest of the late Turell Tufts, Esq., - two pieces of plate for the communion-table ; and a portrait of the Rev. Mr. Turell, one of the former pastors of this church.
" Aug. 7. - At a meeting of the church this day, a letter was read by Dudley Hall, from Samuel Turell Armstrong, requesting the church to transfer to him, during his lifetime, the above-men- tioned portrait of Mr. Turell. The church voted unanimously that this request be complied with ; and that Dudley Hall, the treasurer, be authorized to deliver the portrait to Mr. Armstrong."
It is now in the possession of Mrs. S. T. Armstrong, widow, in Boston.
1854. - In the New England Historical and Genealogical Regis- ter, of October, is a biographical notice of Hon. Peter C. Brooks, written by Hon. Edward Everett, doing justice to the character of our distinguished townsman.
1854. - Captain Duncan Ingraham married the widow of Dr. Simon Tufts, as his second wife, and resided in Medford. By his first wife, he had a son, named Nathaniel, who endeavored to force back into slavery Cæsar, a Malay. Nathaniel had a son, named Duncan N., who attended our public schools, and is remembered as a boy of spirit and force. He has recently rendered himself famous by his bold measure at Smyrna for the rescue of an Hunga- rian. So popular is this measure, that even the working-classes of England have united to present to him a valuable chrono- meter. It bears the following inscription : " Presented to Captain Ingraham, of the United States navy, by some thousands of the British working-classes, for his noble conduct in rescuing Mar-
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tin Koszta, the Hungarian refugee, from the Austrian authorities, April, 1854."
1855. - Mr. Benjamin Noyes, son of Benjamin, was born in West Medford, and educated at the public school. He is now head engineer in constructing one hundred miles of railroad for the Emperor of the Russias.
1855. - There are many stumps of large pitch-pine trees now remaining in East Medford, on land of Mr. Charles Hall. The field is called " stump-marsh." At the usual spring-tides, the salt- water covers this field from four to eight inches in depth. Could the forest of pines have lived and grown up, if thus covered with salt-water every fortnight? Is proof found here of the theory, that the land on the New-England coast is sinking?
1855. - William Tufts, Esq., born in Medford, March 1, 1787, entered the State House, as clerk in the office of the adjutant-gene- ral, in 1813; and, with the exception of three years, has been employed, till this year, as confidential clerk, under the different administrations. He has been called " the oldest man of the State House." No one was so able to aid seekers after historical docu- ments, and no one could have been more ready.
1855-1655. - What would our Medford ancestors have said if they could have anticipated this time, when speed is deified, and when haste seems to increase with the means of haste?
" Tramp, tramp, across the land ; Splash, splash, across the sea !"
LETTER.
IN closing the history of one of the oldest towns of Mas- sachusetts, we are naturally led to the inquiry, How will the condition of those born here two hundred years after us com- pare with that of those born here two hundred years before us ? Standing between these two extremes, our hearts become moved with a parental regard towards children who will live as far from us in the future as our fathers did in the past. Had we a telegraph for time, as we have one for space, we would gladly send forward our welcomes and wishes, to be in waiting for them ; but the only chance we have of reaching them with our messages of love is to trust in the preservation of musty historic records in fire-proof libraries. How small the hope! A block of driftwood, in the Pacific, is said to
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have found its way into the Atlantic, and finally reached a shore. Presuming on this smallest of all chances, we would now cast our historic block into the deep waters of 1855 ; hoping, that, after it has been tossed by the waves and winds of two centuries, it may be driven on the shore of 2055. Should it have this unexpected rescue, we would, in such case, try to cheer it, amid the awkwardness of its antique dress and the sorrows of its shattered condition, by sending with it our following letter of introduction : -
The Inhabitants of Medford in 1855, to the Inhabitants of Medford in 2055, send greeting :
CHILDREN AND TOWNSMEN, - As we close this volume of history, which we have written for you, we would not send it without expressing our united and hearty good wishes for your health, prosperity, and happiness. That we have thought of you much and often, you will readily believe. We have hoped that physical training will in your day be so applied, that you can be strong like Maximinus ; intellectual development so secured, that you can analyze like Bacon ; moral power so advanced, that you can conquer like Paul ; and true Christianity so received, that you can be one with Christ, as he is one with God.
The points in which you will exceed us are of course unknown to us; but we have unbounded faith in the ener- gies of man. Onward and upward is the law ; " Excelsior " the motto. You may look back on our age, and perhaps call it an age of darkness, persecution, and bad philosophy, and call it by its right name. Looking through the glim- merings of the future, we now, therefore, rejoice with you in advance over a progress in natural science, intellectual phi- losophy, and moral truth, to us inconceivable. The earth and sea, the air and light, will doubtless perform for you a thousand offices of help and beauty of which we never dreamed. The law regulating the weather will by you be understood; and you may journey through the depths of ocean and the depths of air as securely as we do on the sur- face of the ground. The waste fields now around us will doubtless, in your day, be filled with a crowded population ; and Medford, as a part of the capital, may have lost its present individuality. We here solemnly and affectionately bequeath to you all we possess; with the hope and the prayer, that, long before our wishes reach you, there may be,
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as far as there can be, an end to the blasting power of igno- rance and the damning power of sin ; that the fires of intem- perance, and the injustice of slavery, and the crime of war, may be no more seen ; that all superstition, polytheism, and idolatry, all violations of the eternal right, and all the bitter- ness of sectarian zeal, may have passed to their graves for ever. In one word, we hope and pray, that, as your turn shall come to act and suffer the allotments of humanity, there may not be on earth one rational being who does not cheer- fully acknowledge the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.
To you, we must seem among the ancients ; and you may wonder how we looked, felt, and acted. The laws of Nature do not change ; and your organs will obey them as do ours. You look at the light blue of the sky, or the dark blue of the ocean ; at the green grass of summer, or the yellow leaf of autumn ; at the brightness of Orion, or the mountains of the moon ; at the changing hues of sunset, or the bursting splendors of the aurora; on the innocent gambols of a child, or the sweet smile of a parent ; on the deep sorrow of mis- fortune, or the marble face of death. You look at these ; and, let us tell you, they all appeared to us exactly as they do to you.
In the woods, you hear their feathered minstrelsy ; and, in the bower, the advertising cricket. At Niagara, you hear the heavy tones of its pouring ; and, on the rocky Atlantic shore, the thunder of the sea. In the angry debate, you hear the sharp voice of passion ; and, in the family circle, the sweet song of love. And, be assured, these sounds, so well known to you, were as well known to us. To you, the fragrance of the rose and the miasma of the fen, the sweet of honey and the bitter of wormwood, the touch of fire and the feeling of ice, are probably the very same which we have experienced. Each of our senses has carried its report to the brain by that faithful electricity of the nerves in which you now rejoice.
Your minds, too, though enriched by superior cultivation, have attributes in common with ours. You delight to read the poems of Homer and Virgil, and repeat the orations of Demosthenes and Cicero ; you sometimes tire amid the sublimities of Milton, and love to see man and Nature lay their treasures at Shakspeare's feet. And here let us say, that your classic approbation and noble fire do not probably differ much from ours.
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In the sweep of centuries, the heart changes less than the head. You feel indignant at the abuse of power and the triumph of wrong, at the sight of ingratitude and the thirst for revenge ; while your whole soul melts with sympathy at the sight of suffering, and leaps with thanksgiving to perform the office of the good Samaritan. Your love of country is as strong' as it is noble ; and your patriotic hearts beat with generous exultation at the name of our Washington and yours, of our Franklin and yours. Your love of home is stronger yet. In you, the delicate tendrils of domestic affec- tion intwine themselves life-long around the dear objects of your fire-sides ; and for them you are ready to labor, and, if need be, you are willing to die. Above all, your minds are illumined by a Christian faith, your hearts sanctified by divine grace, and your souls made living temples of the living God. How far we resemble you in these riches of the heart, we dare not say. It has been our endeavor to cherish them all.
Standing, as we now do, mid-way in time between our first ancestors and you, we turn reverently towards them to ren- der our homage of gratitude, and turn cheerfully towards you to express our fulness of hope ; and, with the orator of our century, we would say, -
" Advance, then, ye future generations ! We would hail you, as you rise, in your long succession, to fill the places which we now fill, and to taste the blessings of existence, where we are passing, and soon shall have passed, our human duration. We bid you welcome to this pleasant land of the Fathers. We bid you welcome to the healthful skies and the verdant fields of New England. We greet your accession to the great inheritance which we have enjoyed. We welcome you to the blessings of good government and religious liberty. We welcome you to the treasures of science and the delights of learning. We welcome you to the transcendent sweets of domestic life, -to the happiness of kindred and parents and children. We welcome you to the immeasurable blessings of rational existence, the immortal hope of Christianity, and the light of everlasting truth."
Chot Brooke.
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" Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations : ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee." - DEUT. xxxii. 7.
1 ALBREE, JOHN, b. in the Island of New Providence in 1688 ; came to Boston in 1700, where he m., in 1711, Elizabeth Green, of Boston, a cousin of Gov. Belcher. She d. Dec. 6, 1751; and he d. Aug. 28, 1755. Children : -
1- 2 Joseph, b. 1712.
3 Elizabeth, „, Jan. 28, 1716 ; d. Mar. 17, 1735.
4 Ruth, ,, May 17, 1718 ; m. Caleb Brooks.
5 Susanna, " 1722; ,, John Pratt. John Albree had a sister, Elizabeth, who d. unm.
1- 2 JOSEPH ALBREE m. Judith Reeves, Dec. 23, 1756 : she was a dau. of Sam. R., and d. Jan. 26, 1778, aged 43. He d. Mar. 26, 1777, leaving children : -
2- 6 John, b. Nov. 9, 1757.
7 Joseph, ,, Aug.15, 1760 ; m. Susan Dodge, d. s. p. Feb. 16, 1815.
8 Samuel, ,, Oct. 20, 1761.
9 Elizabeth, ,, May 17, 1768 ; ,, Jonathan Brooks; d. Mar. 31, 1826.
2- 6 JOHN ALBREE m. Lydia Tufts, Jan. 5. 1793, who d. Apr. 27, 1850. He d. Nov. 6, 1842. Children : -
S 1st, N. Shepherd, Feb. 10, 1824.
6-10 John, b. Jan. 23, 1794; m. 3 2d, Mar. Child, June 14, 1854.
11 Lydia, " Apr. 24, 1798 ; d. May 31, 1822.
12 George, Feb. 1, 1803.
13 William T., ,, July 8, 1805.
14 Elizabeth, = Mar. 1, 1810; m. John A. Downie, April 12, 1838.
2- 8 SAMUEL ALBREE m. Martha Hodge, of Amherst, May 16, 1786, who d. Apr. 2, 1841, aged 72. He d. Feb. 22, 1841. He had -
* Wherever two numbers are connected by a hyphen, the first is the number of the parent; and the second, of the child. Therefore, in every family, the grandfather, father, and child have their numbers in the same paragraph. Thus in the Albree family : Joseph m. Judith Reeves. The 1-2 against his name refers to the previous paragraph, where 1 is his father's number, and 2 his own. In the 2-6, 7, 8, &c .. these latter are his children's numbers, in the regular succes- sion of descendants of the first John Albree.
The abbreviations used are b. for born; d. for died; m. for married; unm. for unmarried ; d. s. p. for died sine prole (without issue).
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8-15 Samuel R., b. Oct. 29, 1787 ; d. Feb. 26, 1788.
16 Thomas R., ,, Apr. 10, 1790; ,, Oct. 2, 1791.
17 Joseph, Oct. 27, 1792; ,, Apr. 19, 1796.
18 Elizabeth, ,, Nov. 14, 1794 ; m. Peter Hall.
19 Samuel, , June 1, 1799 ; d. June 23, 1827.
20 Martha, Sep. 10, 1801; ,. Apr. 20, 1802.
6-12 GEORGE ALBREE m., Mar. 27, 1828, Martha Curing, of Pittsburg, and had -
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John, b. Mar. 14, 1829.
22 George C., ,, Jan. 23, 1831; d. July 1, 1835.
23 William A., „ June 9, 1833 ; ,, Dec. 22, 1836.
24 Joseph, Sep. 15, 1835.
25 Robert C., Feb. 21, 1838.
26 Elizabeth P., „, Oct. 15, 1840.
Family of Albree.
We ean trace this Medford family to Nassau, in the Island of New Providence, the capital of the Bahamas. In 1672, the English government sent Mr. Collingworth to superintend the settlement of that island and its chief city by Englishmen. The attempt succeeded but imperfectly ; because the coasts were infested with pirates, and the Spanish were moved by jealousy to cheek English power. Mr. Collingworth, after a few years, resigned his office in despair; and the govern- ment appointed Mr. Clark governor of the island, and gave him means for sustaining himself. The early English settlers were selected for their energy and enterprise; and they fixed on Nassau as their eentral port. The place grew and flourished ; but its Spanish enemies were unmerous and bloodthirsty. They made a sudden and warlike descent upon it, and cap- tured the brave Clark; and, in order to show their future intentions, they "roasted the Eng- lish governor alive." In one of these barbaric assaults, in 1699, the unoffending inhabitants were put to the sword; and two little children were that day made orphans. One was a boy, named John Albree, who was born in 1688; and the other was his sister, Elizabeth, who was three years younger. The brother tled with his sister to seek protection in a Boston vessel, which was there for eargo. The captain knew that the tragic story of the children was true; and, with the characteristic warmth of a sailor's heart, he took the weeping orphans to his arms, and offered to bring them to Boston and provide for them. They accepted, but wished to get something from their father's house. The captain went to the house; but could find nothing worth taking away, save an old English one-day clock, which the plunderers had spared. That he took; and that clock is now in possession of Misses Elizabeth and Lucy Ann Brooks, in Medford, and will keep time well, although two hundred years old.
Early in the year 1700, John Albree and Elizabeth Albree arrived in Boston, and were ten- derly cared for by the family of the captain who brought them. They were put to school, and taught to labor; and, when John was fourteen years old, he was indented as an apprentice, for seven years, to a weaver in Malden. His master found bim a silent and thoughtful boy, and made him a good weaver. Ilis sister, at her own request, became an inmate of his mas- ter's family. These children annually received, from an unknown hand in New Providence, generous gifts of raw cottou and fruits This cotton had seeds in it; and a gin was sent with which to clear out the seeds. After they became of age, these benefactions eeased. Their father was probably a cotton-planter ; hence the son's preference for the trade of cotton-weaver. When he became of age, he moved to Medford, and soon afterwards purchased a small house, which stood on the spot now occupied by the house of Mr. Thateher Magoun, jun. Ilis sister became his housekeeper. In May, 1711, he married a near relative of Governor Beleher, - Miss Elizabeth Greene, of Boston. When his first child was born, he wished to have it bap- tized, and named Joseph in honor of its grandfather : but not knowing whether he himself had been baptized, either in England or New Providence, he resolved to ask baptism for himself; and on Sunday, Sept. 6, 1713, he received the rite, and then offered his son. After a few years, he sold his house and garden, and bought a farm of twenty-two aeres; which, by three subse- quent purchases, was enlarged to one hundred aeres. It was much of the farm now occupied by Mr. Peter C. Hall. There was a gristmill upon it, on the west side of Purchase Street, eontignous to the land of Mr. B. L. Swan. Ile enlarged the mill by an addition of a weaver's shop. Here he worked, and grew comparatively rich. Ilis grandson told us, that, in 1785, the stream that fed the mill failed ; and that he then "removed the mill and shop, and filled up the flume." The house of John, the first settler, was about ten rods north-east of his mill. He was a retired man, with many thoughts and few words: he was a great questioner, and remarkable for his high sense of honor. With the English slowness to adopt, he united the English tenacity in holding fast what he had chosen. He was an active friend of the poor, especially of orphans. He tenderly cherished his sister in his family while she lived. She died unmarried. IIe had four children, -Joseph, Elizabeth, Ruth, and Susanna. Joseph was the father of Mrs. Jonathan Brooks; Ruth was the mother of Governor Brooks; and Susanna, the mother of Captain John Pratt. The grandsons were called John, in honor of their grand- father, John Albree. Of the first settler's descendants, the only ones who remained in Med- ford were Mrs. Jonathan Brooks and Governor Brooks; and, through life, they were drawn towards each other by the tenderest ties.
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Collateral Branches of the Albree Family.
N.B. The records of those who married among the Brookses will be found in that family record.
1- 5 SUSANNA m. Mr. Goldthwait, who d. six months after, without chil- dren. She m., 2d, John Pratt, of Chelsea, Dec. 6. 1753, and had - Thomas, b. m. Anne Cheever ; has son Thomas. ,, Mary Tewksbury.
John, * Elizabeth.
Susanna,
,, John Green, of Chelsea. ,, - Green, ,,
Joanna, * Susan, by first marriage. Children of John and Mary (Tewksbury) · Pratt are John, Mary, George, Eliza, Sarah Tewksbury, Caroline, Eleanor, James, Charlotte Albree, and William Touro.
8-18 ELIZABETH ALBREE m. Peter Hall, Jan. 2, 1817. She d. Jan. 8, 1853. Her children were -
Martha, b. June 4, 1818 ; In. Alonzo Rust, Mar. 31, 1836.
Charles B., ,, Oct. 15, 1820 ; ,, Roxalina Branch, Feb. 10, 1846.
Samuel A., ,, May 29, 1823.
Elizabeth, = Nov. 24, 1825. Mary Jane, ,, Aug. 1, 1828. Judith, Feb. 2, 1831.
Lucy Ann, ,, June 22, 1833.
George W., ,, Apr. 2, 1838.
ANGIER, SAMUEL, m. Abigail Watson, Apr. 29, 1762. John Angier m. Abby S. Adams.
Luther ,, ,, Lydia Farley.
BALLARD, MARY, dau. of Joseph and Mary B., d. Sept. 16, 1716.
Samuel, son of Joseph and Mary Ballard, b. Dec. 27, 1718 ; d. Aug. 10, 1721.
BIRDUE, PHILIP, m. Ann Soloman, Oct. 7, 1704.
1 BISHOP, THOMAS, of Ipswich, merchant, Rep. 1666 ; d. Feb. 7, 1671, leaving widow, Margaret. Children :
1- 2 Samuel.
3 John.
4 Thomas.
5 Job.
6 Nathaniel.
1- 2 SAMUEL BISHOP m. Hester -; d. March, 1681 ; and had, inter alios, -
2- 7 Dr. John Bishop, moved from Bradford to Medford, Sept. 20, 1685, and died 1739. He m. Sarah -, and had -
7- 8 JOHN BISHOP, b. 1722, who m. Abigail, dau. of Dr. Simon Tufts, Dec. 7, 1752. He. d. 1791, leaving -
8- 9 Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1753; m. Dr. James Putnam, of Danvers, Nov. 12, 1786.
10 John, b. Nov. 20, 1755.
8-10 JOHN BISHOP m. Lydia Holmes, dau. of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Goodwill) Holmes, who d. Mar. 28, 1807, aged 48. Chil- dren : -
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10-11 Lydia, b. 1784; m. N. Parsons ; and d. Oct. 4, 1805.
12 Rebecca, Oct. 2, 1785; d. Oct. 26, 1807.
13 John, „ Aug. 7, 1787; ,, Sept. 7, 1830.
14 Nathaniel, , 1790.
15 Elizabeth, ,, Jan. 1,1791.
16 William, ,, Mar. 1794; ,, Nov. 27, 1812.
10-14 NATHANIEL BISHOP m. Mary S. Farrar ; and died Feb. 22, 1850. He had -
14-17 John.
18 Lydia H.
m. Samuel H. Jones, of Phil.
19 Mary R.
20 Nathaniel, b. 1835; d. 1836.
21 Nathaniel.
22 Henrietta B.
23 Heber.
24 Maria Josephine.
14-17 JOHN BISHOP m. Elinor, dau. of Samuel Sweetser, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who d. Aug. 26, 1852, aged 26. Children : - 17-25 Edward Francis, b. 1851; d. 1851.
26 Elinor S. .
SARAH BISHOP m. Benjamin Leathe, Apr. 26, 1738.
1 BLANCHARD, GEORGE, m. Sarah -; and d. March 18, 1700, aged 84. He had -
Sarah, b. Apr. 23, 1690. Mercy, ,, June 11, 1693.
2 JOSEPH BLANCHARD m. Elizabeth -, and had -
Kezia, b. July 3, 1704. Joanna, ,, May 25, 1711.
Concerning the above, I can only add the following extracts of wills on file at East Cambridge : Thomas Blanchard, of Charlestown, will dated 16, 3 mo., 1654, mentions wife Mary, sons Nathaniel, Samuel, and George, and his son Joseph.
John Blanchard, of Dunstable, March 13, 1693, mentions wife Ilannah, sons Benjamin, Joseph, James, Thomas, and Nathaniel; and daughters Han- nah Reed, Hannah Parish, Sarah, and Mary.
3 AARON BLANCHARD m. Saralı -, and had -
3- 4 Sarah, b. July 30, 1717.
5 Sarah, , Dec. 14, 1719 ; m. James Kettell, Apr. 10, 1740.
6 Aaron, May 21, 1722.
7 Mary, Feb. 22, 1724.
8 Moses, Jan. 5, 1726. 9 Francis, ,, Sept. 14, 1727.
10 John, Dec. 4, 1728. He died September, 1769.
3- 6 AARON BLANCHARD, jun., m. Rebecca Hall, Nov. 13, 1745, and had -
6-11 Aaron, b. Mar. 15, 1746 ; d. March 21, 1746.
12 Rebecca, ,, Nov. 11, 1749.
His wife dying, Nov. 13, 1749, he m., 2d, Tabitha ----- , and had -
6-13 Aaron, b. Sept. 2, 1751.
14 Tabitha, May 21, 1753.
15 Andrew, July 21, 1754.
16 Rebecca, Nov. 5, 1755.
17 Sarah, ,, Mar. 25, 1757.
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18 Joanna, b. Feb. 26, 1759. 19 John, ,, Apr. 21, 1761.
20 Stephen, July 1, 1763.
21 David, Sept. 21, 1765.
22 Benjamin, ,, Sept. 8, 1770. She d. July 31, 1775.
6-15
ANDREW BLANCHARD In. Mary Waters, Sept. 14, 1786, and had - 15-23 Andrew, b. Sept. 2, 1787. 24 Mary, ,, Oct. 27, 1789.
25 Sarah H.
Apr. 26, 1792.
26 Abraham W.,, Nov. 10, 1794.
27 James, ", Apr. 13, 1797.
28 Martha, Dec. 4, 1799.
29 Emily, Apr. 5, 1802.
30 Roxana, Aug. 14, 1808.
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6-19 J HN BLANCHARD m. Rebecca Tufts, Sept. 30, 1784, who d. Nov. 22, 1821, aged 62 ; and had -
19-31 Rebecca, b. Aug. 29, 1784.
32 Ansters D., ,, May 24, 1786.
33 John, May 21, 1788.
34 Aaron, Feb. 7,1790.
35 Sarah, Jan. 1792. 36 John, ,, Apr. 3, 1794.
37 Gilbert, Dec. 21, 1795.
6-20 STEPHEN BLANCHARD m. Elizabeth -, and had - 20-38 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 14, 1789.
39 Gair, ,, Apr. 15, 1790.
40 HEZEKIAH BLANCHARD m. Susanna -, and had -
40-41 Susanna, b. Sept. 15, 1755 ; d. July 16, 1790.
42 Hannah, ,, Feb. 1, 1757 ; ,, Aug. 17, 1797.
43 Hezekiah, ,, Sept. 3, 1758.
44 Winifred, ,, May 8, 1760; ,, Jan. 15, 1790.
45 Mary, ,, Sept. 8, 1761.
46 Elizabeth, ,, Nov. 13, 1762.
His wife dying Jan. 1, 1763, aged 31, he m., 2d, Sarah -, and had -
47 Andrew, b. July 27, 1764 ; d. Sept. 19, 1766. His wife d. Nov. 28, 1792. He d. Aug. 24, 1803, aged 76.
48 CALEB BLANCHARD m. Lucy Hall, Mar. 2, 1788, and had -
48-48} Lucy, b. July 28, 1788. 49 Caleb, , Apr. 10, 1790. 50 David, ,, Oct. 28, 1592. 51 Sarah, June 25, 1795. 52 Mary, Aug. 16, 1797. 53 Hannah, ,, July 19, 1799.
54 EBENEZER BLANCHARD m. Mary Leathe, Dec. 1, 1766, and had -
54-55 William, b. Apr. 4, 1767.
56 Ebenezer, „ Feb. 22, 1769.
57 SAMUEL BLANCHARD, jun., of Malden, m. Sarah Cutter, Apr. 12, 1745, and had -
57-58 Ebenezer, b. Jan. 2, 1766.
Andrew Blanchard, d. 1815. Ebenezer Jan. 21, 1772, aged 32.
Ebenezer " Dec. 27, 1771, 3.
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Samuel Blanchard d. Sept. 14, 1800, aged 1, c.
Eunice ,, Sept. 18, 1800, „
1, c.
Hannah
Feb. 18, 1803.
9 mos.
Hezekiah
1803.
Joseph "
,, , Oct. 24, 1694, 43.
Rebecca
, Dec. 28, 1839, 55.
AARON BLANCHARD, jun., of Malden, m. Sar. Cutter, Apr. 12, 1745. Sarah m. Joseph Souther, Dec. 22, 1746.
Hannah ,, Jedidialı Leathe, of Ch., Jan. 16, 1754.
1 BRADSHAW, JOHN, son of Humphrey and Patience B., of Cambridge, b. June 24, 1655, was one of the earliest recorded tax payers. He m. Mary -; and d. Mar. 19, 1745, aged 89. His wife died April 18, 1758, aged 90, leaving -
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