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Dr. Leland was a man of very modest pretensions, but of great merit. He was an accomplished scholar, a master of his profession, a fine gentleman, and a generous friend. I knew him only partially; but the uniform testimony of those intimately acquainted with him is one of profound respect and apprecia- tive regard.
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LELAND, BELLARMINE7 (Bellarmine, 6 Simeon,5 Simon,4 William,8 Hopestill,2 Henry 1), b. in New York, Sept. 9, 1822; mr.'s maiden name Harriot Hill; m. Caroline Warren of Pawtucket, R.I .; cer. Nov. 25, 1852, by the bride's uncle, Rev. David Benedict. No chn.
Mr. L. was fatally afflicted in youth by white swelling on one of his legs, which resulted in its amputation, Aug. 11, 1840. He was then temporarily res. in the edge of Bell., near White's Bridge. When sufficiently recovered, he be- took himself to boot-making, and has industriously followed that calling ever since. He came to Mil. previous to the loss of his leg, Feb. 8, 1838, and has paid taxes here 40 yrs. He is a quiet, orderly, worthy citizen; and, I presume, has a wf. to match in good qualities.
LESURE, SIMEON, ptge., etc., not ascertained; seems to be the only one of this name who gained an inhabitancy here and raised up a family. His wf.'s Christian name was Miriam; but I have not made search for her ptge. or mge. record. Their chn. :-
CYNTHIA, b. here, Nov. 5, 1780; m. Daniel Corbett, Feb. 1, 1802.
POLLY, b. here, Feb. 6, 1783; the unm. mr. of Hiram, b. 1799, and Lydia, b. 1803.
STEPHEN, b. here, July 9, 1784; no further traced.
OTIS, b. here, July 20, 1785; d. Aug. 3, 1798.
LUCY, b. here, Jan. 30, 1788; no further traced.
BETSEY, b. here, May 22, 1790; no further traced.
AMORY, b. here, Aug. 20, 1792; d. Feb. 6, 1793.
NANCY, b. here, Nov. 2, 1794; d. Sept. 7, 1798.
DULCENA, b. here, Jan. 26, 1797; no further traced.
SALLY, b. here, March 6, 1799; no further traced.
CLARISSA, b. here, Dec. 31, 1802; d. April 30, 1803.
HOPESTILL, b. here, June 4, 1804; no further traced.
SIMEON, b. here, Aug. 8, 1806; no further traced.
The fr. d. some little time before Simeon was b .; i.e., Aug. 24, 1806. The mr.'s death-date not found. I get no clear indication where they dwelt, but suspect it may have been in the north-westerly section of the town.
LESURE, JOHN, and wf. Sarah, once dwelt in town; but I learn nothing of their origin or family, further than that she d. Sept. 7, 1798, and he, Jan. 22, 1812. Doubtless other Lesures have transiently res. here.
LEWERS, JOSEPH, some yrs. res. at Hopedale; son of William and Margaret (Thompson) Lewers; b. Shipton, Lower Canada, Feb. 3, 1803; m., Ist, Margaret Conway, b. Eng., about 1805 or 1806, dr. of Henry and Nancy (Flack) Conway ; cer. Sept. 12, 1812, by Rev. Mr. Hall. Their chn. :-
GEORGE W., b. Canada, Aug. 26, 1827; m. Harriet L. Blake, Mil., March 27, 1856; he d. June 5, 1864.
WILLIAM ROBERT, b. Canada, April 19, 1829; m. Nancy Whipple, Hopedale, April 3, 1856; he d. July 10, 1865.
JAMES, b. Canada, June, 1832; d. Nov. 6, 1846, a. 14 yrs.
ELIZA JANE, d. young, a. 13 mos.
Mrs. Margaret d. Marchi 4, 1844. The hus. m., 2d, Phebe Styles, Guildhall, Vt .; cer. Sept. 10, 1846, in Salem, Vt., by Samuel Cheney, Esq. Their chn. :- MARY, b. Dec. 18, 1847; in. Allen Crouch, May 11, 1866; res. Ledyard, Ct. ; 3 chn.
CHARLES, b. Aug. 15, 1849; m. Lucy Crouch, date not given; res. Ledyard, Ct .; 1 child.
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LEWIS, LILLIE, LILLEY.
Honest, kind-hearted family; came to Hopedale March 9, 1863.
LEWIS, Mrs. SARAH, some yrs. one of our town's poor. She was a widow;
but who her husband was, I am uninformed. I have an impression of being told that he once dwelt on the long-abandoned home-site of the "Cobb orchard place," but am not sure. In 1817 it appears that the select- men paid Thomas Thomas a certain sum for keeping Mrs. Lewis; and in his receipt for money paid him he calls her "my mother." But this does not much enlighten me as to her pedigree. I must leave it in ohscurity. She d. here, Nov. 24, 1824, a. 90 yrs.
LEWIS, WILLIAM H., teamster, is named in Directory, 1856; d. some yrs. ago. LEWIS, LYDIA, wid. of William H., still survives down to 1881.
LEWIS, SIMON and JACOB, brothers, in the clothing business, in Directories for 1869, '72.
LEWIS, CHARLES A., a son of William H., as I suppose, Is a steady resident in town.
Other Lewises, residents for longer or shorter periods, omitted.
LILLIE, HENRY, ptge. and ancestry untraced; b. Dorchester, Feb. 14, 1803; m., 1st, Sybil Broad, ptge., birth-date, etc., not ascertained; he being of Holl., and she of Mil .; cer. in Mil. at the residence of Ephraim Park- hurst, whose wf. was the bride's sister, April 4, 1827, by the writer. Their chn. :-
SYBIL ANN, b. Jan. 21, 1830; m. Charles R. Rollins; res. in Minnesota. HENRY, Jun., b. June 13, 1833; has a family, and now res. in California.
Mrs. Sybil d., date not ascertained; and the hus. m., 2d, Caroline Hayden, b. in Hop., July 23, 1804; date and particulars of cer. not found. Their chn :- SARAH PARKMAN, b. Bell., July 19, 1839; now public-school teacher, San Francisco, Cal.
LUCY BALLOU, b. Hopedale, Oct. 28, 1841; m., and set. in or near San Fran- cisco, Cal.
Mr. L. was by occupation a carpenter, millwright, and miller; a very indus- trious, frugal, and upright man. He and his wf. were among the original mem- bers of the Hopedale Community, and the very first family that moved into the "Old House " after the Jones farm was purchased for the Community. They set. there, and took charge of the estate in the autumn of 1841; and their young- est dr., above named, was the first child b. to the institution on their domain. He d. at Hopedale, Dec. 9, 1863; and the writer settled his est. Subsequently his family sold out their homestead on Freedom St., near the upper machine- shop, and emigrated to California, excepting the eldest dr., Mrs. Rollins, and hus., who were well set. in Minnesota. Henry, jun., had been set. in Minn., but came east, and arranged for the removal of his mother and two younger sisters to the Pacific coast. Mrs. L., the wid., and her two drs., res. in San Francisco; and Henry owns a ranche in the southern section of Cal. At last advices all of them were prospering.
LILLEY, JOHN NYE, son of Jonathan and Julia Ann (Lamb) Lilley, b. Barre, Aug. 8, 1818; m. Eliza A. Maynard, dr. of James and Sophia (Fosgate) May- nard of Northboro'; cer. in Northboro', May 25, 1842, by Rev. Dr. Joseph Allen. No chn.
Mr. Lilley's gd. parents on the fr.'s side lived and d. in Barre. His gd. parents on the mr.'s side, David and Judith (Fitts) Lamb, were b., lived, mar- ried, and d. in Oxford. Mr. L. and wf. sustain a respectable character in society for substantial moral, social, and business worth. They have res. in town 33
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yrs. He is a competent harness-maker, in good repunte, at Church Block, and his home is on Main St. The town has honored him with two terms of service on the board of overseers of the poor, and his citizenship is highly commend- able.
We have two others of this name, b. in Eng., but res. in town several yrs. They are brothers, needle manufacturers for sewing machines, operating in company at 64 Central St, -intelligent men and skilful mechanics; viz., - LILLEY, HENRY H., house Forest St.
LILLEY, THOMAS, house Leonard, near So. Main.
No family records received from either.
LITTLEFIELD. We have had a few families of this name in town. Whether all who have dwelt here have the same immigrant ancestor, I am unable to say. It is at least doubtful. They are of English descent; and there is a tradition among them - how well founded, I know not - that their name was first given to a deserted child found in a small field. His parentage being unknown by the finders, they gave him the name Littlefield, which has been borne by all his male descendants. Isaac Littlefield from Holl. was probably the first of this name on our soil. He came here perhaps about the time of our incorporation in 1780; certainly not long before or afterwards. He was a son of Ephraim, who was b. Nov. 21, 1712, and m. Sarah Bullard, May 3, 1735. He was the son of Ebenezer, and gd. son of John, who set. first in Dedham as early as 1650. He finally set. in Wrentham, and thence his progeny scattered into the neighboring towns. I cannot go behind him, and will reckon him an immigrant ancestor.
LITTLEFIELD, ISAAC5 (Ephraim,4 Ebenezer,8 Ebenezer,2 John 1), birth-date not found; m. Elizabeth Lovering, Dec. 16, 1773. Their chn. :-
MINDWELL, b. Jan. 25, 1774; m. Ebenezer Merrifield, Leicester, Vt., Nov. 3, 1802.
PRUDENCE, b. March 16, 1776.
EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 17, 1781; m. Rhoda Partridge, Bell., May 19, 1805.
JOSEPH, b. April 25, 1787.
MOSES, b. Sept. 14, 1789; m. Mercy Nelson, April 12, 1818.
BETSEY, b. June 3, 1792; m. Artemas Cheney, Holl., Sept. 15, 1808.
Mr. Littlefield dwelt on the place subsequently owned by Zebadiah Flagg. I have not ascertained precisely when it passed into Flagg's possession, - whether a little before or after Littlefield's death. Mr. Littlefield d. suddenly, July 19, 1821, a. 70 yrs. Mrs. Elizabeth d. with like suddenness, Sept. 2, the same yr. The further history of the family left untraced.
LITTLEFIELD, EBENEZER € (Levi,5 Simeon,4 Ebenezer,8 Ebenezer,2 John 1),
b. Chester, Vt., May 14, 1806; mr.'s maiden name, Jemima Bragg; m. Susannah M. Morse, dr. of Joseph and Rhoda (Bragg) Morse; cer. in Brook- field, Vt., Sept. 2, 1832, by Rev. David Wild. Their chn. :-
ANN MORSE, b. July 8, 1833; d. Dec. 29, 1842.
WILBUR FISHER, b. Feb. 25, 1842; m. Josephine R. Mathewson, March 10, 1861.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 10, 1843.
HENRY HEMSTEAD, b. Nov. 20, 1846; m. Ida Russell Seagrave, Nov. 22, 1871.
Mr. Littlefield has res. in town over 44 yrs. He came hither from Chester, Vt. He was an industrious mechanic, an orderly citizen, a devoted Methodist Christian, one of the early founders of our present Methodist ch., and always an exemplary member of the same; and I doubt not his wf. and family are of like worthy character. He d. Nov. 3, 1880, and received due funeral honors.
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LITTLEFIELD, JOSEPH WARREN6 (Levi,5 Simeon,4 Ebenezer,8 Ebenezer,2 John1), b. Chester, Vt., May 31, 1811; bro. of the preceding; kit manu- facturer; m. Mary Wheeler Scammell, dr. of Samuel L. and Emily (Stearns) Scammell, b. Bell., Dec. 4, 1812; cer. Mil., June 6, 1841, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn .: -
LINCOLN SCAMMELL, b. Mil., June 31, 1842; d. May 19, 1843, a. 10 mos. 20 days.
DANA JUDSON, b. Mil., April 7, 1844; d. July 9, 1844, a. 3 mos. 2 days. EMILY STEARNS, b. Mil., Nov. 11, 1845; res. 18 Jefferson St.
Mr. Littlefield came into town from Chester, Vt., about 46 yrs. ago. He is a skilful manufacturer of boot and shoe kits, an orderly citizen, and was at one time a deacon in our Cong. ch. He and his family have had their share of life's adversities, and only the fr. and dr. now survive. Mrs. Mary d. July 12, 1878, a. 65 yrs. 6 mos. and 19 days.
LITTLEFIELD, ABEL, son of David of Hop., ancestry not traced, birth-date not ascertained; m. Mary E. Fletcher, dr. of Nathan and Catharine (Morse) Fletcher, birth-date not found; cer. in Mil., Aug. 23, 1841, by Rev. Wil- liam Tozer. Issue : -
ALBERT, b. Aug. 23, 1842.
JOHN, b. Nov. 23, 1844; d. April 4, 1845.
The hus. and fr. d. some yrs. since at his home in No. Purchase. Mrs. Mary, his wid., still survives there.
LITTLEFIELD, AMMIEL, also son of David, m. Elizabeth Hancock, dr. of George and Laura (Phinney) Hancock, b. Feb. 11, 1833; cer. June 29, 1857. Issue; but I am unable to specify. Mr. Littlefield was an excellent stone- cutter. He has recently gone West.
LONG, REV. DAVID, first of the name in our municipality; ancestry not traced; son of Enoch and Abigail Long; b. in Newbury, Feb. 3, 1772; removed to Hopkinton, N.H., at the age of 5 yrs. ; became pious at 19, and united with the ch. under Rev. Jacob Cram; m., Ist, Lois How, in 1794, who d. in a few months without issue; fitted for Dartmouth College, and entered 1795, whence he grad. 1798; studied divinity with Rev. Dr. Walter Harris, Dunbarton, N.H .; declined calls to set. in Deering, N.H., and Manchester, Mass ; came to Mil. 1800, and was ordained pastor here May 20, 1801; m., 2d, Rebecca Curtis of Worcester, June 4, 1804, and by her had 4 chn. : viz., -
ENOCH CURTIS, b. May 23, 1805; d. young.
ISAAC CURTIS, b. Feb. 24, 1807; d. Jan. 4, 1825.
AMANDA MARIA, b. Aug. 13, 1808; m. Hoyt Freeman, April 13, 1835; d. April, 1850.
CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN, b. March 17, 1812; m. ; unable to give name, etc .; he d. 1851.
Mrs. Rebecca d. June 30, 1824. The hus. m., 3d, Sophia Rice of Marlbor- ough, April 17, 1826; no issue. Rev. Mr. Long continued in his pastorate until 1844, - a ministry of nearly 43 yrs. He res. here till the close of life, highly esteemed by all classes; being kept by the town at the head of its gen. school committee some 23 yrs. in succession down to 1849. He d. in Hartford, Ct., March 13, 1850, a. a few days over 78 yrs. His dr., Mrs. Freeman, was then on her dying-bed in Hartford. He went to visit her, but was taken fatally ill there, and d. as above. His dr. survived him only 3 weeks. His son Claudius B., d. in 1851. Mrs. Sophia, his 3d wf. and wid., survived him several yrs., and d. in Marlborough.
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Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide of Medway preached Rev. Mr. Long's funeral sermon. I find the following extracts from that sermon in Rev. Mortimer Blake's "Cen- turial History of the Mendon Association:" -
"Mr. Long was a firm believer in the distinguishing doctrines of the gos- pel, as they were taught and believed by our Pilgrim Fathers. (He was an in- telligent Hopkinsian. ) His sermons were able, well-studied, and correctly written, not so remarkable for their brilliancy as for their depth of thought and weight of matter. In his delivery there was more of that distinctness, modera- tion, and solemnity which the philosophic and patient thinker prizes, than that rapidity of utterance, animation of feeling, and energy of manner which are pleasing to all, and deemed indispensable by some with whom the chief object of preaching is animal excitement.
"There was a beautiful correspondence between the truths which he taught and the principles by which his own conduct was governed. Integrity and up- rightness were leading features in his character. When he once made a prom- ise, everybody expected he would fulfil it. He would do right at all events.
"There were repeated revivals among his people during his ministry. But he gathered men by individuals rather than by multitudes into the church; and his success lay rather in establishing Christians in the faith once delivered to the saints, in inculcating the duties which devolved upon them as the professed disciples of Christ, and in disciplining their minds for their holy warfare, than in rapidly increasing their number. There are comparatively few men that have done more for the kingdom of Christ, in similar circumstances."
I have not found facilities for ascertaining the number of Mr. Long's bap- tisms, marriages, funerals, etc. His published productions are few. I have seen but two of his sermons in print, -one delivered on the return of the Mil- ford Artillery Co. from their camp near Boston, Oct. 30, 1814; the other, a discourse delivered Dec. 24, 1815, "occasioned by the death of Miss Betsey Tidd," who d. the twenty-first of that month. I suspect there may be others, but they have not come to my knowledge. He was the principal penman of several school-committee reports, and probably of divers minor documents which never fell under my eye. On the whole, he certainly deserved, from his own religious associates and the inhabitants of Milford generally, a most respectful remembrance.
I recollect no other families or persons bearing the name Long that have dwelt more than transiently in town.
LOOMIS, REUBEN, progenitors, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Sally R.
Madden, dr. of Levi and Sally (Rockwood) Madden, b. in Hop., Dec. 2, 1801; cer. Mil., Aug. 27, 1826, by Rev. Thomas W. Tucker; 1 son, -
CHARLES MARTIN, b. Hop., May 8, 1835; m. Rosetta Carter Chickering, dr. of Horace and Ann Maria (Ackerman) Chickering, b. Shrewsbury, May 22, 1836; cer. Hop., Feb. 10, 1855, by Rev. Mr. Andrews. They have 1 son, Charles Wilber, b. Hop., April 22, 1860. The family res. in Hop. 7 yrs., and since in Mil. 18 yrs. He is an industrious boot-bottomer on West St., near Marvel. -
Several others of this name appear to have res. in town at various periods, and there are a few scattering credits of chn. b. to them. But having received no assistance in working out their genealogy, I must be excused for omitting further specification.
LOVETT. The Lovetts were of ancient and respectable lineage. DANIEL, from Braintree, was one of the original Mendon proprietors. His son James was
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LOVETT AND LUTHER.
a wealthy and influential landholder there, and took up large tracts of common land here. He was the fr. of John, Mary, Martha, Johanna, Sarah, Abigail and Daniel. Mary was the wf. of our Nathaniel Morse, Sarah was the wf. of our first Joseph Sumner, and Abigail the wf. of our first Ebenezer Sumner. DANIEL was of our Easterly Precinct at its incorporation, though dwelling in what was called "the standing part" of Mendon. I think it prob. he lived and d. on what is known as "the Lovett place" in the Davenport neighborhood. He m. Abigail Thompson of Braintree; cer. in Boston, Sept. 11, 1721, by Samuel Sewall, Esq. Their chn. :-
PHINEHAS, b. July 13, 1711; m., 1st, Hannah Merriam; 2d, Beulah Morse.
JAMES, b. not found; history not ascertained.
HANNAH, b. March 28, 1713; m. a Keith.
JOANNA, b. May 12, 1714; m. David Taft.
ABIGAIL, b. May 19, 1718.
SAMUEL, b. Aug. 12, 1726; d. date not ascertained.
Daniel, bap. April 26, 1741; supposed to have d. young.
Daniel, the hus. and fr., was known in mature life as Major Daniel Lovett. I conjecture that Mrs. Abigail d. first. He d. in 1748, and his son Phinehas was made his executor.
LOVETT, PHINEHAS + (Major Daniel,8 James,2 Daniel 1), b. Mendon, July 18, 1711; m., 1st, Hannah Merriam, Aug. 7, 1734. Issue : -
ABIGAIL, birth-date not ascertained; d. Dec. 16, 1746.
Mrs. Hannah d. May 21, 1739; and the hus. m., 2d, Beulah Morse, dr. of Edmund and Rachel (Sheffield) Morse, b. March 4, 1723; cer. Dec. 22, 1742. Issue : -
RACHEL, bap. Feb. 12, 1743-4; d. Jan., 1746.
PHINEHAS, jun., bap. June 30, 1745; m. Abigail Thayer, April 6, 1768.
BEULAH, bap. April 3, 1748; m. Andrew Peters, March 30, 1768.
ABIGAIL, bap. Aug. 5, 1750; untraced.
DANIEL, bap. June 7, 1752; d. Sept., 1762.
RACHEL, bap. April 13, 1755; d. soon after birth.
WILLIAM, bap. July 16, 1758; d. Oct. 15, 1758.
SILENCE, bap. Oct. 14, 1759; d. Sept. 28, 1760. PATIENCE, bap .; d. Sept. 28, 1760.
The hus. and fr. bore the title "capt." Mrs. Beulah was recd. into Rev. Mr. Frost's ch. Feb. 12, 1743-4; and most, if not all, of her chn, were duly bap. She d. June 28, 1766. Capt. Phinehas had a considerable homestead on the east side of now Main St., and his domicile stood nearly where Milford National Bank building now does. There he was a licensed retailer of spirituous liquors for some 14 yrs., from 1753 onward. He sold his real est., 86 acs. in all, to Jona. . Jones in 1767. And thenceforth I lose track of him. The Lovetts seem to have become extinct in Mil. and Mendon. One family more only to mention. LOVETT, OTIS C., pedigree untraced, came from Cumberland, R.I .; was a
blacksmith, and res. here for a brief period. He and wf., Nancy (Bolcom) Lovett, stand credited on our records with 1 birth; viz., -
SAMUEL DANIELS, b. Sept. 23, 1833.
LUTHER, JAMES, son, as I suppose, of Abijah and Prudence (Peck) Luther, was m. to Mary Parkhurst ; pedigree not found; cer. March 16, 1783, by Edward Rawson, Esq. I conjecture that this James Luther must have been an heir to some of John Peck's lands. See name Peck. But I am some- what mystified as to who he was, who his wf. was, or what became of them.
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LYNCH, PATRICK, son of Eugene and Mary (Sullivan) Lynch, b. in Ireland, March 14, 1834; m. Honora Connolley, dr. of Thomas and Mary (Crowley) Connolley, b. in Ireland, April 9, 1838; cer. in Chicopee, May, 1855, by Rev. W. Blinksop. Issue :-
MARY A., b. Bell., Ang. 18, 1857.
THOMAS J., b. Mil., Ang. 28, 1860.
EUGENE F., b. Mil., May 2, 1862.
CORNELIUS, b. Mil., April 9, 1864; d. soon.
MAGGIE, b. Mil., April 14, 1866; d. same day.
PATRICK, b. Mil., May 6, 1868.
TIMOTHY, b. Mil., Dec. 25, 1870.
CORNELIUS, 2d, b. April 30, 1878.
HANNAH C., b. Indian Orchard, Aug. 1, 1880.
Mr. Lynch has res. in town since Jan., 1859. He is an enterprising, thriving grocer. I am not certain I have entered his family record correctly, being much perplexed by certain interlineations and obscurities of his return, but have done my best.
McDEVITT, DOMINIC, job contractor, farmer, etc., b. in Glenties, Donegal
Co., Ireland. He came to St. John, N.B., 1822, thence to Hop. in 1832, and thence, soon after, to Mil., with his wf. His first business here was the building of the then (now West St. ) newly-laid, road to Up., he having taken the contract off the hands of Mr. Walker, the original undertaker. Since then, with the exception of brief residences down East and in the West, he has dwelt in this town on various estates. He said in 1877 he was in his 76th yr., much worn with hard toil, and afflicted with rheumatism, but seemed mentally vigorous. He and his wf. are devont Catholics, and may be reckoned among the ancients of their ch. in Mil. They told me that they united in the first Cath. service ever held here by a priest, which took place in the dwelling-honse of Mr. Edward McGovern, since deceased; and that divine service was solemnized many times in their own house before their first ch. edifice was built. He recollected not more than one or two Irishmen within our limits at his entrance among us. His wf., Mary (Moore), was b. in Clonis, Monaghan Co., Ireland, 1812. They were m. in St. John, N.B., April 18, 1832, and have had 9 chn. Four of these now survive; viz., -
ELEANOR, b. Mil., June 27, 1835; d. ont West.
MARTIN, b. Mil., March 14, 1837; d.
MARY ANN, b. Mil., Feb. 2, 1841; d.
TERESA, b. St. John, N.B., Dec. 26, 1841 ; d.
MATILDA, b. Mil., 1843.
DOMINIC, Jun., b. Mil., date not given.
ULILA, b. neither place nor date.
JOHN, b. Bloomingdale, Ill., July 11, 1854.
LIZZIE, b. Beloit, Wis., April 10, 1858.
Mr. McDevitt d. in Mil., Oct. 21, a. 83 yrs. Whether his wid. survives, I am not informed.
MCFARLAND, Dea. EBENEZER, perhaps of Scotch descent; ancestry not as- certained; b. in Hop., Friday, June 10, 1757; m. Elizabeth Gibson, b. also in Hop., Aug. 28, 1752; cer. sometime in 1774; other particulars not given. Their old family Bible hands down the quaintest part of the following record.
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OLIVE, b. Nov. 10, 1776, a little before sunrise Sunday morning. She m. Nathan Rockwood, Nov. 10, 1805; d. Oct. 22, 1842, a. 65 yrs. 11 mos. and 11 days. She had a family of 7 chn., all of whom lived to man- and woman- hood, but 1. Mr. Rockwood d. Aug. 7, 1841, a. 70 yrs. and 3 mos.
POLLY, b. Monday, March 29, 1779, about 3 o'clock P.M. She d. Oct. 19, 1819, a. 40 yrs. 6 mos. and 20 days; unm.
WALLACE, b. Sunday, April 22, 1781, about 4 o'clock P.M. He m. Olivia Lovering, Nov. 26, 1807; and d. Feb. 13, 1871, a. 89 yrs. 10 mos. Mrs. Olivia d. May 3, 1869, a. 83 yrs. They were both h., m., dwelt, and d. in Hop. They lived together 63 yrs. on the same homestead, and had 6 chn., all of whom lived to ripe maturity, save 1 that d. an infant.
AMASA, b. Tuesday, July 15, 1783, about 9 o'clock in the morning. He m. the wid. Rebecca Foster Kenney of Athol, Feb. 15, 1816. They had 6 chn., 4 of whom now survive. He d. in Springfield, Dec. 13, 1866, a. 83 yrs. 4 mos. and 29 days. Mrs. Rebecca, his wid., d. in Boston, May 5, 1874, a. 83 yrs. 2 mos. and 11 days.
LAWSON, b. Saturday, Sept. 17, 1785, about sunrise. He m. Deborah Rock- wood in 1814. They had S chn. He was thrown from his carriage, by his horse taking fright, and so badly injured that he survived but a few hours. He d. Aug. 30, 1853, a. 68 yrs. Mrs. Deborah, his wid., d. July 13, 1862, a. 66 yrs. and 10 mos.
RUBIE, b. Monday, April 6, 1789, a little before sunrise. She m. Hiram Johnson, June 2, 1813. They had 9 chn. He d. Jan. 18, 1856, a. 72 yrs. Mrs. Rubie, his wid., d. Aug. 23, 1872, a. 83 yrs. 4 mos. and 17 days.
SOPHIA, b. Tuesday, July 3, 1791, about midnight. She m. Luke Wales in 1814. They had 5 chn. She d. Jan. 13, 1850, a. 58 yrs. and 6 mos. Mr. Wales d. Jan. 19, 1865, a. 72 yrs. and 10 mos.
EMILY, b. Dec. 29, 1794; d. Oct. 6, 1796, a. 1 yr. 9 mos. and 8 days.
Ebenezer McFarland, the fr., d. on Sunday, April 23, 1837, a. 85 yrs. 10 mos. and 13 days. His venerable wid. d. Feb. 10, 1847, a. 94 yrs. 5 mos. and 13 days. This hus. and wf. were rather remarkable people in their day and vicinage. They were old fashioned, plain, homespun folks, but of noble moral character, large hearts, and liberal minds. Their homestead was in Mil., close to Hop. line, until that line was straightened. We find Mr. McF.'s name among those of our moderators and assessors. He was an early Methodist when the first preachers of that denomination planted societies in the No. Purchase and Hayden Row, and in 1801 was a joint class-leader with Edmund Bowker under Rev. Joseph Snelling. After I came into town in 1824, I formed a friendly and pleasant acquaintance with these aged Christian pilgrims. By that time their progressive souls had transcended all narrow views of the divine perfections and purposes, and rejoiced in hope of the final triumph of good over all evil, yet had lost none of their personal devotion to true righteousness. I believe they went to a home of shining immortality. I ministered at both their funerals. MCFARLAND, AMASA, son of Wallace, and gd. son of Ebenezer; birth-date
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