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CARRIE VIOLA, b. Mil., Feb. 18, 1863; d. April 9 same year.
Mrs. Harriet d. 1871, a. 42 yrs. 5 mos. and 9 ds. The hus. m., 2d, Jane
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Augusta Colburn, dr. of Dwight and Anrilla (Underwood) Colburn, b. Holl., Dec. 10, 1832; cer. Newton, April 12, 1876, by Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson. No issue.
Mr. Putnam is an intelligent, enterprising, upright man. The family standing in society is eminently good. He received a creditable common-school and academic education, qualifying him for successful business in life. On attaining his majority, he spent a yr. in California, came to Mil., April 1, 1856, and served as grocer's clerk 1 yr. under Thomas B. Thayer, next as clerk in the coal business under Maj. Clark Sumner from 1857 to 1866, then became partner in the same business with Isaac N. Crosby, 4 yrs., then partner with George P. Woodbury in the same business 4 yrs., then partner with Louis T. Tougas in the manufacture of dies 1 yr., and then kept a grocery-store as sole proprietor 2 yrs. He has since employed himself variously as insurance agent, canvasser for the sale of books, patented articles, etc. He is now the authorized general canvasser of the Publishing Committee for subscriptions to the History of Mil- ford. The town has appreciatively honored him with the following offices: school committeeman, 4 yrs., from 1864 to 1868; representative to the Legislature for 1867; and assessor 2 yrs., 1868 to 1870. He furnished me with his father's brief family record as follows: -
PUTNAM, DENNIS 3 (Asa,2 John 1), b. Stow, June 4, 1795; innkeeper, etc. ; m. Dorothy Jones, dr. of Aaron and Abigail Jones, b. Acton, 1791; cer. Acton, . 1824. Issue : -
HARRIET, b. Acton, Oct. 8, 1825; m. A. C. Handley.
SUSAN, b. Acton, June 24, 1828; m., 1st, William R. Lothrop; 2d, Henry O. Lothrop.
JAMES HENRY, b. Acton, May 9, 1833; m., etc., as above.
Mrs. Dorothy d. in Acton, Aug. 25, 1833. The hus. and fr. d. there Nov. 12, 1877.
PUTNAM, HENRY S., house North Bow St. No report.
Sundry others of the name, at various times transient residents in town, omitted.
PYNE, WILLIAM JOHN, son of William and Margaret (Neagle) Pyne (gd. son of John and Nancy ( Roach) Pyne, natives of Castletown-Roche, Cork Co., Ireland), b. in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N.Y., Oct. 31, 1852; m. Mary A. Pierce, dr. of John Alonzo and Mary (Owens) Pierce, birth-place and date not given; cer. in Mil., Dec. 25, 1874, by Rev. James T. Canavan. Issue :- WILLIAM AMASA, b. Mil., April 24, 1876.
MARY ELLEN, b. Mil., March 4, 1878.
Mr. Pyne is a bootmaker, and has res. in town 18 yrs. Judging from the interest manifested in sending in this family record, and its correctness, I infer that Mr. P. and wife are intelligent and enterprising people. Mr. P. adds to the above as follows: "My fr. d. Ang. 16, 1866. My wf.'s mr. d. Jan. 22, 1872."
QUIGGLE, CHARLES FRIEND, son of - Friend and Catherine Reed (Law- ton) Friend, b. in Mansfield, Oct. 20, 1832; boot and shoe manufacturer; m. Angie Richardson Noyes, dr. of Enoch and Mehetabel (Eldridge) Noyes, b. in Joy, Me., Aug. 9, 1839; cer. in North Easton, Oct. 22, 1860, by Rev. L. B. Bates. Their chn. : -
ADDIE E., b. Stoughton, March 24, 1862.
CHARLES L., b. Mil., Ang. 8, 1863; d. Dec. 17, 1864.
WALTER N., b. Mil., May 1, 1866; d. Jan. 15, 1869,
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FRED L., b. Mil., Nov. 20, 1868.
EDITH MAUD, b. Mil., March 12, 1871.
This family res. first in Brockton, then Stoughton, and, since 1863, in Mil. Business and social standing eminently good. Manufactory 81 Central St .; res. 54 Purchase St.
In Directory of 1880: QUIGLEY, FRIEND, engineer, 81 Central St .; house 25 Pearl. Perhaps fr. of Charles F. If so, he was b. in Norton, Oct. 12, 1804, and m. as indicated above. No full record sent me.
RAMSDELL, MosEs, ancestry not traced; m. Mary Wares, Oct. 1, 1743, and set. on the Eight-Rod Road, just within what became the western frontier line of Mil. Their abandoned home-site is on John Mann's farm, where one or two solitary poplars rear their spiry tops. The old domicile has been demolished since 1836; for I then attended the funeral of Saul Ramsdell in
it. The chn. of Moses and Mary (Wares) Ramsdell were, -
MOSES, b. Jan. 10, 1744; untraced.
CAROLINE, b. May 3, 1745; m. Elijah Bolcom, Uxbridge, 1777.
MARY, b. Jan. 28, 1747; untraced.
JEHU, b. March 25, 1749; untraced.
SAUL, b. Dec. 18, 1750; m. Mary Bolcom, Jan. 8, 1773.
VASHTI, b. March 8, 1753; untraced.
CLEOPATRA, b. Dec. 3, 1754; nntraced.
AQUILLA, b. Feb. 28, 1756; m. Esther Brown, Cumberland, R.I., 1781; set. in N. H.
JEMIMA, b. March 26, 1761; untraced.
This family all disappeared from our records before 1790, except Saul, who lived and d. on the old homestead. It is thought that Moses, the oldest son, built a rude home, and dwelt for a short time at the abandoned site on the Eight- Rod Road, situated about half-way between John Mann's and the new road to No. Mendon; but I should like to be surer of it. I have not yet found the death- dates of Moses, sen., and his wife. From some indications on the records, I suspect they d. abont 1787 or 1788. Aquilla Ramsdell, and perhaps others of the family, emigrated to Swanzey, N.H., or that general region. But I can further trace none but Saul.
RAMSDELL, SAUL, son of Moses and Mary (Wares) Ramsdell, was b. Dec. 18 1750, and m. Mary Bolcom of Mendon, Jan. 8, 1773. Issue: -
JONATHAN, b. date not found; drowned 1799.
BARBARA, b. Aug. 7, 1776; untraced.
WILLIAM, b. Sept. 8, 1780; untraced.
PHINEHAS, b. Dec. 9, 1787; untraced.
D. MARQUIS, b. Feb. 3, 1788; untraced.
SAMUEL BOLCOM, b. July 4, 1791; untraced.
SYLVIA A. RUSSELL, b. April 6, 1794; untraced.
Saul Ramsdell was on the quota of Mendon during the Revolutionary war, serving nearly or quite through its seven yrs'. continuance, and drawing a full pension in his old age. Like too many other Revolutionary soldiers, he con- tracted intemperate habits, and at length required town aid for himself and family. He seems to have moved from Mendon into the old paternal home soon after the death of his father, in 1789 or thereabouts. A controversy arose be- tween Mil. and Mendon as to which town was liable for the support of Saul Ramsdell and family. Meudon pleaded that the Ramsdell house was in the edge of Mil., and therefore this town must meet the liability. But there was a small
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legal kink in the case, which finally threw the liability back on Mendon. It was this: Saul had gained a res. in Mendon some time before his father's death, and had been legally warned out of Mil .; and the agreement between the two towns, at the time of separation, bound each to maintain all the poor legally belonging within their respective limits when Mil. was set off. This threw Saul on Men- don. He d. Feb. 17, 1836, a. 85 yrs. Death-date of his wf. not found. The family no further traced.
RAND, WILLIAM T., and wf. Catherine ( Allen), m. in Wendell; pedigree, date of mge., etc., not ascertained. They came to Mil. some time not far from 1836. They had, I am told, a small homestead on Dilla St. They brought 2 chn. with them, and had several while here. What became of them I am not informed. Their chn. : -
EMELINE AMELIA, b. in Wendell, May 15, 1833; m. Everett Cheney, 1849.
GEORGE FREEMAN, b. in Wendell, June 13, 1835; untraced.
LEANDER DRAYTON, h. in Mil., Sept. 8, 1837; untraced.
MARY ANN, b. in Mil., Sept. 9, 1840; untraced.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. in Mil., July 28, 1841; untraced.
Besides the above, 4 other chn. have been named to me by Mr. Everett Cheney, but without birth-dates given; viz., - ISABEL, WILLIS, KATY, and MARION. No further informed.
RAND, Rev. L. P., of Orono, Me., m. Charlotte Helen Nelson, dr. of Capt. Henry and Catherine (Parkhurst) Nelson, b. in Mil., Aug. 15, 1827; cer. Jan., 1847. Whether they had any chn. I am not informed; but, if they had, I have the impression that neither they nor their father long survived.
I know of no Rands at present in town, nor have I ever heard of any others than the above named.
RAWSON. Among the descendants of Hon. Edward Rawson, celebrated in the provincial annals of Massachusetts as long secretary of the colony, a considerable number have dwelt on our territory.
RAWSON, SAMUEL 4 (Nathaniel,8 William,2 Edward 1), b. June, 1714; mr.'s maiden name Hannah Thompson; m., 1st, Sarah Chapin, dr. of Seth, jun., and Abigail (Adams) Chapin, b. 1715; date of cer. not found. They were recognized by our Cong. ch., and began to have chn. bap. here June 28, 1741. They are said to have res. somewhere in the southerly section of our then Precinct, but I have not ascertained the precise locality. Their chn. : -
PAUL, b. Feb. 13, 1737; m. Sarah Johnson, March 6, 1760.
HANNAH, b. April 2, 1741; m. Eleazer Bullard, April 3, 1759.
ABIGAIL, b. March 6, 1743; untraced.
THOMPSON SAMUEL, b. Dec. 31, 1744; m. Mary Jones, June 19, 1772; set. New Marlboro'.
Mrs. Sarah d. 1745 or 1746; and the hus. m., 2d, the wid. Lydia Chadwick, previously wid. of Joshua Green; particulars of cer. not found. Issue : - SARAH, hap. May 17, 1747.
PHEBE, bap. Feb. 4, 1749-50; m. Ezra Knapp, and had 10 chn.
The family subsequently moved to New Marlboro', and are no further traced.
RAWSON, NATHANIEL 4 (Nathaniel,8 William,2 Edward1), h. May 27, 1716; m., 1st., Mary Thwing, dr. of Benjamin and Hannah (Buckman) Thwing, Uxbridge; cer. March 21, 1738; 1 child :-
SILAS, b. Nov. 17, 1839; m. Abigail Chapin, Jan. 5, 1762, etc.
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Mrs. Mary d. of her confinement, Nov., 1739. The hus. m., 2d, Rachel Daniels of Mendon, dr. prob. of Joseph and Mary Daniels, b. March 23, 1720; cer. May 20, 1740. Their chn .:-
RACHEL, b. in Conway, May 20, 1741; m. - Whitney; set. in Conway. ELIAS, b. March 1, 1743; d. young.
NATHANIEL, Jun., b. Feb. 19, 1745; m. wid. Huldah Woodruff, March 24, 1776; set. N. Y.
SIMEON, b. Feb. 25, 1747; m. - Nelson; emigrated to Vt.
MARY, b. Jan. 18, 1749; m. Timothy Thwing, Conway.
JONATHAN, b. March 17, 1751; m. Esther Baldwin; emigrated to N. Y.
MOSES, b. April 26, 1753; m. Sarah Bussey; set. Windsor, Vt.
ANNA, b. Aug. 21, 1755; m. Moses Parmely; set. West Stockbridge.
MERCY, b. Aug. 3, 1757; m. Jonathan Wheeler, Feb. 12, 1778; set. Grafton. ELIAS, b. Sept. 4, 1760; d. young.
GRINDAL, b. Jan. 22, 1762; m. Martha Grover; set. Windsor, Vt.
ABNER, b. Nov. 11, 1764; m. Lucretia Jeffords; emigrated to N.Y., and to Mich.
The parents were recd. into the ch. here, April 1, 1753; and they had 7 chn. bap. here, beginning with Mary, 1748-49. But where they dwelt, or what avo- cation the fr. followed, I have not learned. They disappear from our records soon after 1764.
RAWSON, BARNABAS 4 (Nathaniel,8 William,2 Edward 1), b. Aug. 11, 1721; mr.'s maiden name Hannah Thompson; m. Mary -. He bought of Nehemiah Nelson, Jan. 14, 1742-43, the farm, in later times known as the Zuriel Howard place, or more recently as the Sylvanus Adams place. He was recd. into our Cong. ch., April 14, 1745; and his wf. Mary, May 20, 1753. They had 4 chn. bap. here. They then sold out their place to Joseph Penniman of Woodstock, Ct .; or perhaps made an exchange of farms with
him, not far from 1760, and removed to Woodstock. Their chn. were, - LoIs, b. here, Aug. 24, 1744; d. Jan. 22, 1745.
DAVID, b. here, Dec. 18, 1745; m. Sybil Beals; set. Woodstock, Ct.
AsA, b. here, Nov. 10, 1748; d. April 10, 1767.
JOSIAH, b. here, Dec. 18, 1753; d. Jan. 12, 1773.
RUTH, b. Woodstock, Ct., Aug. 2, 1760; m. Andrew Brown, Oct. 3, 1775.
ELIZABETH, b. Woodstock, Ct., June 23, 1762; d. Oct. 22, 1766.
LoIs, b. Woodstock, Oct. 8, 1765; d. Oct. 15, 1766.
ELIZABETH, b. Woodstock, Ct., Nov. 27, 1767; d. Sept. 7, 1775.
RAWSON, EDWARD, Esq.4 (Wilson,3 Grindal,2 Edward 1), b. April 2, 1721; m. Mary Morse, April 7, 1748. Their chn. : -
HOOKER, b. April 21, 1749; untraced.
ELIZABETH, b. April 4, 1750; m. Dea. Seth Chapin, Mendon, Oct. 27, 1767.
MARY, b. May 4, 1751; m. Dr. Levi Willard, Mendon, April 28, 1774.
EDWARD, b. June 19, 1754; m. Margaret Steele; set. Leicester; physician.
ANNA, b. Sept. 22, 1756; untraced.
NANCY, b. 1757; d. Jan. 1, 1848.
ARTHUR, b. Nov. 17, 1758; physician; set. Hardwick.
MEPHIBOSHIETH, b. Aug. 7, 1763; d. Aug. 9, 1763.
Edward, Esq., dwelt long in Mendon, and was an influential Revolutionary patriot. He came into Mil., with his wf. and dr. Anna, as also a servant-boy named John Waters, May 10, 1780. Whether he ever owned any homestead here, I am unable to say. He was, at his first coming from Mendon, a tenant
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of Josiah Wheelock. He was our first justice of the peace, commissioned by Gov. John Hancock, March 1, 1781. He had been a member of the convention that formed our first State Constitution. I think he could not have res. in town more than 3 or 4 yrs. He was already an elderly man, and is said to have lost his eyesight, at perhaps fourscore. He d. in Leicester, Feb. 11, 1807. Death- date of his wf. not found.
RAWSON, THOMAS 4 (William,8 William,2 Edward1), b. May 2, 1733; m., 1st,
Anna Walden, about 1737; set. in Mendon. Their chn. :- WILLIAM, b. Nov. 11, 1738; m. Mary Aldrich, and had 4 chn.
PRISCILLA, b. May 22, 1740; m. Ephraim Walker, Providence, R.I. STEPHEN, b. March 2, 1743; m. Silence Ward, and set. Townshend, Vt.
NATHANIEL, b. July 9, 1745; m. Elizabeth Nelson, March 24, 1768.
RACHEL, b. March 6, 1747; In. Stephen Chapin, Jan. 22, 1768; res. Mil. ANNA, b. May 8, 1749; m. Col. Benjamin Hoppin, Providence, R.I.
PERSIS, b. May 6, 1751; m. Joseph Carpenter.
MARGARET, b. April 7, 1753; m. Benjamin Walker.
THOMAS J., b. May, 1755; d. young.
CATHERINE, b. May 20, 1757; d. Oct., 1761.
PERNEL, b. July 12, 1760; d. Oct., 1761.
FRANCIS, b. Jan. 8, 1763; d. April 3, 1811.
Mrs. Anna d. 1783. The hus. m., 2d, Hannah ( Sheffield) Nelson, wid. of Nehemiah Nelson, and dr. of William and Mary Sheffield; cer. March 29, 1785. No chn.
Whereabouts in Mendon Thomas Rawson first dwelt, I have not learned. But, after his 2d mge., he became seized of the Nehemiah Nelson place, where David and Newell N. Nelson now dwell. He lived there with his wf. Hannah till 1794, when they sold out to Col. Samuel Nelson, fr. of the late Newell Nel- son, Esq., to whom his fr. deeded it in 1814. Thomas and Hannah were both members of the Cong. ch. here. He d. July 10, 1802; she in 1803.
RAWSON, Dea. NATHANIEL 5 (Thomas,4 William,3 William,2 Edward1), b. in
Mendon, July 9, 1745; m. Elizabeth Nelson, dr. of Nebemiah and Hannah (Sheffield) Nelson, b. March 30, 1746; cer. March 24, 1768. Issue :-
SOPHRONISBA, b. Dec. 14, 1768; m. Elijah Stone, Dec. 5, 1794.
RUTH, b. Oct. 25, 1770; m. Nathan Parkhurst, June, 1797.
CATHERINE, b. Jan. 7, 1773; m. Ithiel Parkhurst, March 6, 1794.
ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 9, 1775; m. Rev. Gordon Johnson, Killingly, Ct., Dec. 31, 1803.
HANNAH, b. April 22, 1777; d. July 7, 1846.
SILENCE, b. March 16, 1779; d. March 7, 1797.
NATHANIEL, Rev., b. Feb. 26, 1780; Cong. clergyman; twice m. See below. JARED, b. Jan. 2, 1782; m. Nancy T. Waldron, Nov. 5, 1820; set. Mil. ANNA, b. March 21, 1785; m. Luther Claflin, June 8, 1809; set. Mil.
RoxA, b. June 30, 1788; m. Dea. Peter Rockwood, Nov. 6, 1845.
Nathaniel Rawson was deacon of the ancient ch. in Mendon while res. there. I have not ascertained just where he lived in old Mendon, but have been told that it was on the northerly slope of Misco Hill. From all I can learn, he prob. took possession of his farm here about the yr. 1790. Some fix the date 2 or 3 yrs. later, but I think 1790 the true one. I have not carefully examined the registry of deeds to learn of whom he purchased his Mil. homestead. It is situated in our "City " district, so called, on the old road to Upton, being the same on which his son Jared lived and d. In former times it was the estate of Eld.
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Abraham Jones, partly or wholly given to him by his fr., Elder John, who prob. took it up ont of common lands. Dea. Nathaniel and all his family were devoted Orthodox Congregationalists. He d. Aug. 11, 1825, a. 80 yrs. Mrs. Elizabeth, his wid., d. Aug. 24, 1826, a. 80 yrs.
RAWSON, Rev. NATHANIEL 6 (Dea. Nathaniel," Thomas,4 William,8 William,2
Edward1), b. Feb. 26, 1780; m., 1st, Betsey Fitch, dr. of Rev. Elijah Fitch of Hop .; cer. July 15, 1811, in Hop., by bride's fr. Their chn. :-
ELIJAH, b. Jan. 22, 1813; printer; m. Jane Hart, Salem, N.Y., 1836.
OBED, b. March 31, 1815; killed in Canton, Ct., by explosion of powder-mill, 1835.
CYRUS, b. Feb. 5, 1818; drowned Sacramento River, Cal., 1850.
DENNIS COOK, b. Jan. 23, 1821; untraced.
Mrs. Betsey d. 1825; and the hns. m., 2d, Sarah Piper of Peru, March 26, 1827. Issue : -
ELIZABETH FITCH, b. May 7, 1828; m. Henry E. Rice of Barre, March 28, 1848.
MARY JANE, b. April 26, 1830; m. Ephraim A. Moore of Weston, Vt., 1854.
Rev. Nathaniel had a fair academic education ; stud. theology with Rev. Dr. Crane of Northbridge; was set. as pastor of 1st Cong. cli., Hardwick, Vt., 1811, where he remained 6 yrs. ; preached afterwards at Waterbury, Bristol, and Starksboro', in the same State; on account of ill-health resorted a while to farming near New Haven, Ct .; resumed preaching in 1824 at Middlebury; was bereaved of his 1st wf. there in 1825; afterwards preached at Peru and Winhall, half the time at each place; m. his 2d wf. at Peru in 1827; and finally set. down on a farm in Hampton, Ct., preaching only occasionally as opportunity offered. He did considerable missionary work, first and last, in various parts of the country. I once heard him preach in Killingly, Ct. He was not brilliant. but a sound, old-fashioned Hopkinsian preacher. He was a large, stout, farmer- looking man, and said to have been a quiet, kind, accommodating neighbor. He was an early temperance man, and, while in Peru, at a barn-raising, in 1827, gave an impromptu lecture against the use of intoxicating beverages, with so much effect, that a majority of the gathering went home declining to taste of the drinks generously provided for the occasion. He had his innocent singulari- ties. Among these was the often-expressed wish that he might die suddenly without warning. His prayer seemed to be answered. He went out, in kind- ness, to help one of his Hampton neighbors get his hay together, and, while raking, was instantly killed by a thunderbolt, July 14, 1845. His wf. and 5 chn. survived bim.
RAWSON, JARED 6 (Dea. Nathaniel,6 Thomas, 4 William,8 William, Edward 1),
b. Jan. 2, 1782; farmer; m. Nancy T. Waldron, at Woodstock, Vt .; cer. Nov. 5, 1820, by Rev. Jasper Hazen. Their chn. :-
SAMUEL STILLMAN, b. Oct. 30, 1821; d. April 4, 1854.
EMMONS, b. May 2, 1828; d. March 2, 1833.
MALCOM, b. April 15, 1830; d. July 9, 1834.
WILLIS CLAFLIN, b. Dec. 2, 1832; d. May 6, 1856.
RANSOM, b. March 17, 1835; d. March 26, 1861.
ALBERT, b. June 29, 1837; d. Feb. 26, 1840.
ELIZA ANNA, b. Dec. 28, 1838; m. Austin Fisher Putnam, April 20, 1864.
Jared inherited his fr.'s homestead. He was an industrious, frugal, orderly citizen, a lover of fruit and shade trees, in which he dealt somewhat exten- sively. Those who travel to and fro on West St., the Upton road, ought to bless
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his memory for the goodly shade-trees which line his side of the way a full hundred rods or more. In consideration of these public-spirited works, the town, on motion of Ethan C. Claflin, in 1869, voted him fifty dollars. He and his wf. were members of our Cong. ch., steadfastly adhering to the faith and order of their ancestors. He d. Feb. 1, 1875, a. 92 yrs. and 8 mos. His wf. had preceded him. She d. Feb. 15, 1861. It is a remarkable case. He outlived all his family but Mrs. Putnam. She had 2 chn .; and they, too, have passed away. RAWSON, ROXA, youngest dr. of Dea. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Nelson) Raw- son, b. June 30, 1788; m., in her elderly maidenhood, Dea. Peter Rock- wood. See Rockwood. In the admirable "Rawson Family Genealogy," by E. B. Crane, by which I have been muchi assisted in this section of my present work, I find a testimony to the worth of Roxa Rawson Rockwood which I take the liberty to copy nearly entire.
"Her life, though quiet and unobtrusive, was controlled by one motive, - that of doing good to all around hier. In early life she was a teacher; and very many of the generation who called her such have held responsible stations in society, and still testify that their youth owed much to her moulding hand. It was at this period that the idea of forming sabbath schools was being tried in this country. She determined to make a beginning among the scholars of her school. So she invited them to come to her fr.'s house every Sunday evening to receive instruction from the Bible. And they gathered around her, such a loving company of children, until general interest was attracted, and the increasing throng made it necessary to remove the sabbath school to the church. Her interest in its welfare continued unabated. To her dying day the sabbath school was her foster-child. After caring for her invalid mother and sister until those duties were ended, she took up the occupation of a nurse, and by the sick and dying bed her presence was ever welcome. Near the close of 1866 she ended her honored and useful life. A stone to commemorate her life was erected by the sabbath school she loved so well, inscribed 'Founder of the Sabbath School at Milford.' "
RAWSON, MAYNARD, son of Lovina Wedge, single woman; ancestry and relationship no further traced; b. Mil., May 28, 1801; m. Sarah Albee, dr. of Seth and Betsey (Lambert) Albee, b. Mil., Nov. 30, 1801; cer. Dec. 28, 1828, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : -
WARREN, b. April 6, 1830; m. Rhoda Howard; 2 chn. He d. Feb. 3, 1857. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 4, 1838; m. John A. Phillips, July 6, 1857. See Phillips.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Feb. 10, 1847; m. Alice C. Clark, 1869; 2 chn .; res. W. Medway.
The names of Warren's chn. not taken. William Henry m. Alice, as above, dr. of John C. and Betsey (Daniels) Clark, Medway; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., 1869, by Rev. Mr. Hatfield. Issue: -
EMMA E., b. Feb. 10, 1871; and WILLIE C., b. Oct. 13, 1872.
Mr. Rawson dwelt on a small homestead on So. Main St., a section of the ancient Wedge estate, which, being a descendant of the Wedges on his mr.'s side, I think he inherited from them. He was a member of our Cong. ch., but not his wf. Mrs. Sarah d. Sept. 18, 1863. Mr. R. afterwards became partially demented, and spent several of his last yrs. in the insane asylum at Worcester. He was found dead in his bed there on the morning of Aug. 31, 1880; and his remains rest in the So. Mil. Cemetery.
READ. John Read, an immigrant from Eng., set. first in Dorchester,
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BIOGRAPHICO-GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
whence he removed to Weymouth or Braintree, where he was made freeman in 1640. Thence his son Samuel joined the colonists that set. Mendon. He m. Hopestill Holbrook in 1668, and among their chn. were Samuel, jun., Ebenezer, etc. Most of the Reads, at one time numerous in Mendon, Uxbridge, and Mil., were of this lineage.
READ, Dea. EBENEZER, of Mil., who for many yrs. dwelt on what we now know as the Ira Cleveland place, was of this lineage. But in spite of anxious efforts to ascertain the links of generation between him and his immigrant ancestor, John of Dorchester, I have failed. I procured all the Mendon records relating to the descendants of Samuel, but they do not tell me who was the fr., or who the gd. fr. of our Dea. Ebenezer. I suspect he must have been a gt. gd. son of Samuel, but I will not build on guess- work. He m. Mary Chapin, prob. a dr. of Ebenezer; cer. Feb. 23, 1764, by Rev. A. Frost. Just when he came into our territory, or how he acquired possession of his fine homestead on the apex of old Magomiscock Hill, I am not certain, though I rather think by purchase. I find that he was chosen dea. of Mil. Cong. ch. in 1786; but that he became a member in 1767, as also his wf. I presume, therefore, that they took up their abode in the Easterly Precinct perhaps in 1766. They were dismissed to the ch. in Worcester, Feb., 1796. Meantime they raised up a large family, whose nanies stand on our records thus :-
HANNAH, b. May 1, 1764; m. Nathaniel Cheney of Orange, 1791.
ICHABOD, b. Jan. 27, 1766; d. Feb. 22 same yr.
ABIGAIL, b. June 1, 1767; untraced.
MARY, b. July 30, 1769; d. May 20, 1770.
SYLVIA, b. July 18, 1771; untraced.
MARTHA b. March 4, 1773; untraced.
SARAH (twins), b. March 4, 1773; untraced.
SAMUEL TORREY, b. Oct. 17, 1774; untraced.
MARY, again, b. Dec. 16, 1776; untraced.
EBENEZER, b. May 1, 1779; untraced.
BENJAMIN, b. May 1, 1781; untraced.
RUTH, b. Feb. 14, 1784; untraced.
ALEXANDER, b. July 10, 1786; untraced.
I have at my command no means for tracing the subsequent history of this family. Dea. Read sold his farm to Dea. Enoch Adams about the yr. 1796, and, as above told, removed to Worcester. Whoever will trace the family further must take up the thread of record in that city.
READ, JOSEPH, ancestry not traced; manufacturer of thread and cotton yarn
in Medway; moved into this town in 1837, and res. mostly in the Bear- hill district. He was b. in Whitehall, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1799, and m. Susan- nah Stanton, b. in Douglas, Aug. 19, 1801; cer. May 16, 1821; other par- ticulars not given. Their chn. :-
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