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mar, March 28, 1676; Ephraim, Oct. 4, 1679; Elihu, April 27, 1682; Mary, at Mendon, April 17, 1685; and another, Elizabeth, March 8, 1688; perhaps, also, sometime, a son, Samuel. But I am not quite sure of all the forestated data. I may have misunderstood my authorities on some points. Dea. John d. April 12, 1692. Now, as his son Elihu was prob. the progenitor of all our Mil. War- fields, I shall confine myself to him and his descendants. He dwelt in Mendon, on the homestead now owned by John Gaskill.
WARFIELD, ELIHU2 (Dea. John1), birth-date not found; m. Mary, ptge. and particulars of cer. not found. Their chn. : -
MARY, b. Nov. 7, 1715; m. Jonathan Hayward, jun.
ELIZABETH, b. April 29, 1717.
Mrs. Mary, the 1st wf., d. Sept. 15, 1717; and the hus. m., 2d, Sarah ; fur- ther particulars not ascertained. Their chn .: -
ELIHU, b. Oct. 24, 1722.
SARAH, b. Oct. 5, 1724.
JOB, b. July 7, 1726; m. Huldah Thayer, June 12, 1751.
I find no further particulars of this first Elihu and his 2d wf.
WARFIELD, ELIHU3 (Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. Oct. 24, 1722; m. Ruth Green ; cer. May 24, 1744. I understand that Ruth Green's fr., whose name is said to have been John, dwelt on the Samuel Warfield place, long so called; and that the second Elihu, either by purchase or through his wf.'s inheritance, came into possession of that estate. It continued in possession of his de- scendants till after the death of the late Homer J. Warfield, his gt. gd. son.
It is now owned by Samuel Gaskill. The chn. of Elihu and Ruth Green : - HANNAH, b. Feb. 17, 1745; no further traced.
ELIHU, b. July 1, 1747; no further traced.
JOHN, b. Jan. 5, 1749; m. Deborah Taft, April 3, 1777, and had Lydia.
PAUL, b. Nov. 22, 1751; no further traced.
SAMUEL, b. Jan. 13, 1757; m. Margaret Gay, March 22, 1780.
ABIJAH, b. April 17, 1759; m. Lydia Wheelock, Dec. 11, 1783.
Mrs. Ruth d. May 11, 1763. The hus. m., 2d, Mary Ellis of Medway; cer. May 30, 1764. Their chn. : -
MARY, b. June 16, 1765; m. Jacob Fiske, Chesterfield, Feb. 18, 1790.
DAVID, b. April 22, 1767; d. young.
RUTH, b. March 19, 1770; m. Jonathan Highland, Providence, R.I., Jan. 13, 1791.
ESTHER, b. June 26, 1772; untraced.
Elihu, the hus. and fr., d. March 6, 1800. Death-date of Mrs. Mary not found.
WARFIELD, Capt. SAMUEL4 (Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. Jan. 13, 1757; one of the braves of the Revolutionary war, whose perpetual delight it was to narrate the exploits, experiences, and stirring incidents of that war. Those old enough in this vicinity to recollect him, will remember how erect he stood in his old age, how his countenance lighted up, and how emphati- cally he shook his queue, when he had a chance to expatiate on his favor- ite theme. He m. Margaret Gay, or Margery as the old scribes wrote it; cer. March 22, 1780. I am a little mystified about their oldest chn. The Mendon records begin with Samuel, jun., in 1789. But if my recollection serves me, he had two or more older chn. I shall venture to begin with, - LUTHER, b. about 1782; m. Alice Thompson of Mendon, 1807; he d. 1851.
LEWIS, b. about 1784 or 5; twice m .; second time to Sylvia Warfield; he d. Aug. 21, 1866.
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DENE, b. between 1781 and 1786; not found; d. Jan. 20, 1851, a. about 70 to 75 yrs.
SAMUEL, Jun., b. Dec. 25, 1789; m., 1st, Lucy Howard; 2d, Martha John- son.
SARAH, b. March 13, 1792; m. Newell W. Howard, Dec. 25, 1820.
OLIVE, b. Sept. 2, 1794; m. Josiah Gould, 1814; d. Feb. 10, 1833.
HANNAH, b. March 19, 1797; m. Joseph Albee, June 18, 1828.
Capt. Samuel d. Feb. 20, 1845, a. about 88 yrs. Mrs. Margaret d. Sept. 22, 1848, a. 90 yrs.
WARFIELD, ABIJAH4 (Elihu,3 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. April 17, 1759; m. Lydia Wheelock, dr. of Ebenezer and Mary (Sluman) Wheelock, b. 1759; cer. Dec. 11, 1783, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 1, 1784; m. Joseph Thompson of Bell., May 30, 1816.
ELIAS, b. March 1, 1786; m. Sophia Whitney of Upton, 1816.
SUKEY, b. Nov. 2, 1788; not m., I think; d. 1862.
POLLY, b. Dec. 23, 1790; m. Aaron Holbrook, Bell., 1828.
ELIJAH, b. Oct. 15, 1792; m. Lydia Howard, April 6, 1823.
RUBY, b. Jan. 13, 1795; perhaps remained unm. ; d. Sept. 18, 1822.
OBADIAH, b Dec. 21, 1796; m. Abigail Johnson. No chn.
SYLVIA, b. Nov. 16, 1798; m. Lewis Warfield, her cousin; she d. March 15, 1864.
EBENEZER, b. July 31, 1802; m., 1st, Aurilla Hill, Oct. 15, 1828; 2d, Lorana Freeman, 1833.
Abijah Warfield dwelt in So. Mil., and for many yrs. on what is now called Warfield St., the ancient home of Ebenezer Wheelock, his wf.'s fr. It is now an abandoned site, and is described in iny category of such sites. See Chap. XV. Abijah d. Nov. 28, 1822. Mrs. Lydia d. Dec. 8, 1843.
WARFIELD, SAMUEL, Jun.5 (Capt. Samuel,4 Elihu,3 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. Dec. 25, 1789; m., 1st, Lucy Howard, dr. of Joel and Ruth (Morse) How- ard, b. March 17, 1797; cer. Dec. 25, 1817, by Rev. D. Long; 1 child :-
LUCY HOWARD, b. Oct. 19, 1822; m. Davis Wilber, Oct. 15, 1843.
Mrs. Lucy d. Nov. 8, 1822. The hus. m., 2d, Martha Johnson, dr. of Clark and Patty (Goulding) Johnson, b. in Worcester; cer. Nov. 17, 1824, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn .: -
MARTHA MARIA, b. Sept. 5, 1825; m. Jerome L. S. Clark, Feb. 12, 1844.
MARY LOUISA, b. July 28, 1827; m. William E. Fales, Oct. 3, 1852.
HOMER JOHNSON, b. Oct. 2, 1828; m. Mary Isadore Newman.
Samuel, jun., lived and d. on the old homestead. He was a legitimate scion of the paternal stock, an enterprising undertaker of laborlous jobs at road-building, etc., and the filial care-taker of his parents in their old age. He d. May 24, 1870; and Mrs. Martha, his. wid., survived him only till June 22, 1871.
WARFIELD, ELIAS 5 (Abijah,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. March 1, 1786;
m. Sophia Whitney, dr. of Ephraim and Jemima (Whipple) Whitney, b. in Upton, 1789; cer. 1816, prob. Upton. Their chn. :-
ADDISON, b. Dec. 6, 1816; m. Harriet A. Rockwood.
SOPHIA, b. Aug. 20, 1820; m., 1st, Elijah Bullard ; 2d, Ariel Cook. ELIAS, b. Aug. 11, 1823; d. April 11, 1826.
RUBY, b. May 26, 1826; m. Rev. L. R. Thayer.
WHIPPLE, b. March 12, 1828.
CATHERINE, b. -; d. Dec. 9, 1828.
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No further informed concerning this family.
WARFIELD, ELIJAH5 (Abijab,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), b. Oct. 15, 1792; m. Lydia Howard, dr. of Ephraim and Sarah (Wedge) Howard, b. April 21, 1797; cer. April 6, 1823, by Rev. Jacob Frieze. Their chn .: -
JAMES MADISON, b. May 17, 1823; m. Ellen Matilda Newhall, March 14, 1850. CHARLES SLUMAN, b. Oct. 2, 1824; d. March 28, 1836, a. 12 yrs.
ARVILLA, b. Sept. 7, 1826; yet remains unm.
ESTHER CORNELL, b. Nov. 6, 1828; m. Charles Knights, Sept. 3, 1854. NEWELL, b. Feb. 2, 1831; m. Elvira Warfield; he d. Dec. 26, 1878, a. 42. DAVID LONG, b. Nov. 6, 1832; yet remains unm. ; res. So. Mil.
WILLIAM WHEELOCK, b. Nov. 17, 1834; m. Mary Sophia (Nichols) Howard, Nov. 30, 1870.
HARRIET HOWARD, b. Feb. 16, 1837; m. Merrick P. Thayer, Feh. 20, 1866.
The hus. and fr. d. Oct. 25, 1870, a. 78 yrs. Mrs. Lydia d. May 31, 1877, a. 80 yrs .; a beloved wf. and mr.
WARFIELD, OBADIAH5 (Abijah,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. Dec. 21, 1796; farmer, So. Milford; m. Abigail Johnson, ptge., birth-date, mge .- date, etc., not ascertained. No chn. Res. on a snug little homestead, So. Main St. Industrious, honest, well-disposed farming people. Mrs. Abigail d. Oct. 10, 1871, a. 72 yrs. Mr. Obadiah d. Nov. 4, 1871, a. 74 yrs. 10 mos. and 9 ds. The writer, as executor, named in his will, set. his est., which was distributed according to special bequest, and partly among his heirs-at- law.
WARFIELD, EBENEZER5 (Abijah,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), b. July 31, 1802; farmer, So. Mil .; m., 1st, Aurilla Hill, ptge., etc., not ascertained; cer. Oct. 15, 1828, by the writer. No chn. Mrs. Aurilla d. Dec. 22, 1831. The hus. m., 2d, Lorana Freeman, ptge., etc., not ascertained; cer. May, 1833; further particulars not given. No chn.' Mrs. Lorana d. June 18, 1870. Mr. Ebenezer still survives at this writing, somewhat infirm in soli- tary old age, the last of Abijah's chn.
WARFIELD, ADDISON6 (Elias,5 Abijah,4 Elihu,3 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), b. Dec. 6, 1816; res. Holliston; m. Harriet A. Rockwood, Holl., ptge., date of cer., and correlative particulars not ascertained. Their chn. :-
HARRIET M., b. 1841.
ELIAS A., b. 1842.
ALMEDA W., b. May 20, 1845.
AARON R., b. 1846.
MARY J., b. March 25, 1858.
ELSIE L., b. Nov. 22, 1860.
I have put down the foregoing as rendered to me; it being too incon- venient for me to make the desirable corrective inquiries concerning births, marriages, and deaths.
WARFIELD, HOMER JOHNSON & (Samuel, jun.,5 Capt. Samuel, 4 Elihu,3 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. Oct. 2, 1828; m. Mary Isadore Newman, ptge., birth-date, etc., not ascertained; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., May, 1861, by Rev. John Boy- den. Issue : -
EMMA LOUISA, b. Jan. 4, 1862.
NELLIE MARION, b. Nov. 6, 1869.
HOMER SAMUEL, b. April 6, 1871, only a few days before the fr.'s death.
Homer J. Warfield d. in early middle age, on the old homestead where he was b., April 25, 1871, in his 43d yr. He was a worthy and promising head of
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this young family. After his estate was settled, his wid. took her little brood to Conway, where she had a sister dwelling, purchased a small homestead, and has continued there to the present time.
WARFIELD, JAMES MADISON 6 (Elijah,5 Abijah, 4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. May 17, 1823; boot-crimper, So. Mil .; m. Ellen Matilda Newhall, dr. of Morton and Matilda (Thayer) Newhall, birth-date not given; cer. in Bell., March 14, 1850, by Rev. Joseph T. Massey. Issue :-
IDA MATILDA, b. Jan. 19, 1855; m. Osborn Frank Remick, Jan. 19, 1873. CLARA ESTELLE, b. Jan. 3, 1857.
NELLIE AUGUSTA, b. June 26, 1864.
Always res. in Mil. Dwell in a pleasant home, So. Main St., far down to- wards the ancient Penniman corner. Husband's occupation the boot business. Worthy people.
WARFIELD, NEWELL 5 (Elijah,5 Abijah,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. in Mendon, Feb. 2, 1831; bootmaker; m. Elvira Warfield, dr. of John and Lavina (Henries) Warfield; cer. Jan. 1, 1867; other particulars not given. Always res. in So. Mil. He d. Dec. 26, 1873, leaving no chn. He received due funeral honors. His bereaved wf. thus far survives him.
WARFIELD, WILLIAM WHEELOCK 5 (Elijah,5 Abijab,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), b. in Mil., Nov. 17, 1834; bootmaker; m. Mary Sophia ( Nichols) Howard, wid. of Sylvester B. Howard, and dr. of John and Maria (Chamber- lain) Nichols, b. in Mil., 1844; cer. at Hopedale, Nov. 30, 1870, by the writer. No chn. Always res. in Mil., and of good report. Their home is on So. Main St., near Howard.
WARFIELD, DAVID LONG, and his sister Arvilla 6 (Elijah,5 Abijah,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), dwell together unm. on the parental homestead, War- field St., near So. Main. Standing reputable.
The two married sisters, Mrs. Knights and Mrs. Thayer, appear under their respective husband's names.
WARREN, Capt. SAMUEL 5 (Samuel,4 Jolin,8 John,2 John1), b. Grafton, April 20, 1730; m. Eunice Corbett, dr. of Eld. Daniel and Sarah (Jones) Corbett,
b. May 4, 1728; cer. May 29, 1754, by Rev. Amariah Frost. Issue :-
JOHN, b. May 4, 1756.
SARAH, b. Oct. 8, 1759.
ESTHER, b. Oct. 16, 1761.
JEMIMA, b. Oct. 8, 1763.
PRISCILLA, b. Aug. 2, 1765.
ANNA, b. Jan. 22, 1767.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 1, 1769; presently d.
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 16, 1771; d. May 28, 1773.
I find myself somewhat mystified between Mendon records and Mr. Pierce's recently published "History of Grafton." Mendon records seem to confound Samuel 4 and Samuel.5 as if they were one person. They say that Samnel War- ren m. Hannah Beard, both of Mendon, Sept. 27, 1733; to whom were b. Jason, Feb. 10, 1734; and Hannah, Dec. 1, 1735. Then they say that Samuel Warren of Grafton m. Ennice Corbett of Mendon, May 29, 1754, to whom were b. John, April 4, 1750; Tabitha, March 21, 1755; then go on with the names above credited to Samuel.5 Grafton history says that Samuel4 m. Tabitha Stone at Weston, Aug. 26, 1728, and had Samuel,5 April 20, 1730; Sarah, Dec. 24, 1731; Rebecca, April 16, 1733; Abigail, April 29, 1735; John, Aug. 8, 1736, d. Sept. 8, 1755; Tabitha, Aug. 6, 1738, d. Sept. 7, 1754; William, May 29, 1740;
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David, March 24, 1742, etc. But it says nothing of the mge. to Hannah Beard and of her 2 chn., Jason and Hannah; yet says Samuel 5 m. Eunice Corbett, May 29, 1754. Mendon records say that Samuel Warren had certain tracts of land laid out to him near his premises (which were on our now Mil. territory), April 25, 1747. This laying-out is not likely to have been made to Samuel,5 a lad of 17 yrs. Moreover, our Easterly Precinct ch. records say that the elder Samuel Warren was one of the original members of that ch., which was formed April 15, 1741, and that he and his wf. Hannah had 2 chn. bap. by Mr. Frost; viz., Isaac, April 15, 1744, and Lois, June 29, 1746. What does all this mean? Was that Samuel Warren altogether a different person from Samuel + of Graf- ton ? I cannot reconcile these incongruities; so I leave them to more profound genealogists, and return to Samuel,5 wf. Eunice (Corbett), and their chn., as first given. When married, the hus. purported to be of Grafton, but probably soon located in the No. Purchase, where he became a considerable landholder, and where I presume most, if not all, his chn. were b. If the other Samuel was his father, as seems probable, he may have taken possession of the paternal homestead, then several years relinquished, and besides must have inherited, in the right of his wf., a goodly portion of Eld. Daniel Corbett's very large real estate. However, he soon became a prominent citizen, commanded a company of minute-men at the outbreak of the American Revolution, and, after Mil.'s incorporation, held many of its responsible offices. I have been anxious to learn the history of his old age, but have not yet ascertained where he and his wf. ended their days. Their dr. Sarah m. Joseph Partridge, Nov. 15, 1778; their dr. Esther m. Abraham Stearns, May 31, 1780; their dr. Jemima m. Samuel Hart of Chesterfield, N.H., June 29, 1783; and their dr. Priscilla m. Baruch Penniman, Nov. 26, 1789, - cer. in each case hy Rev. A. Frost. Their dr. Anna, by me unknown, m. Josiah Nelson, jun., 1786, and afterwards in widowhood, by Rev. Mr. Long, m. Abner Albee of Chesterfield, N.H., May 30, 1811. Samuel, jun., m. Mary Mellen, dr. of Col. James Mellen, Mil., April 19, 1797; cer. by Rev. Caleb Alexander of Mendon. I think I have been informed that Samuel, jun., d. suddenly in Providence, R.I., not long after inge., leaving no chn., but a broken-hearted wid., who soon followed him to an early grave. I am unable to trace Capt. Samuel Warren's family further.
WARREN, L. W., of the firm Lothrop & Co., appears in Directory for 1856.
WARREN, HOSEA, bootmaker, in No. Purchase same yr.
WARREN, CHARLES, physician ; and
WARREN, GEORGE C., bootmaker. 1869.
WARREN, JOHN, tailor. 1872.
WARREN, ELIJAH, bootblocker. 1880. Also
WARREN, FRED E., at Johnson, Rust, & Co.'s. 1880.
Probably a few other transient Warrens have been in town at different periods, persons to me unknown.
WEBB. We have had but few of this name in town. First among these was, -
WEBB, JOSEPH, son of Daniel and Elizabeth; ancestry no further traced; b. May 4, 1794; place of nativity not given; m. Ruby Parkhurst, dr. of Amasa and Hopestill (Nelson) Parkhurst, b. Mil., Nov. 7, 1803; cer. April 2, 1822, by Rev. D. Long. I do not recollect seeing any record of chn. b. to this couple.
He was engaged in the boot business when I first came into town, and as late as 1832. He was deemed an intelligent citizen, and elected to town offices
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while here. He was one of the assessors in 1825. I am indebted to his son, Mr. Charles B. Webb, for the little I can add to the foregoing. He sent me the following, under date of So. Hadley, Mass., Dec. 26, 1878 :-
"They [his parents] moved to R. I. about 1833; then to Wilkinsonville, Mass., in 1846. In 1856 removed to Trempealeau, Wis. Joseph Webb d. in Wis., April, 1869; and Ruby Webb in Oct., 1869. They had 9 sons and 1 daugh- ter. Six sons are now living; 3 in Wis., 1 in Mo., one in Mass., and one, when last heard from, in Ohio."
WEBB, AMOS W., birth-date, place of nativity, etc., not traced; merchant tailor; m. Hannah P. Thayer, dr. of Rufus and Hannah (Parkhurst) Thayer, b. Mil., Feb. 18, 1823; cer. May 14, 1845, by whom not ascer- tained. Their chn .: -
EMMA A., b. May 24, 1846; d. May 24, 1868, a. 22 yrs.
ADA M., b. Sept. 9, 1848; d. April 18, 1869, a. 20 yrs. 7 mos. 11 days.
The hus. and fr. d. suddenly, from a fatal injury received by the falling of a tree in his wood-lot, Nov. 27, 1857. Mrs. Hannah P. survived him long enough to educate, and be bereaved of, their two drs. She d. Oct. 12, 1870, a. 47 yrs. and 8 mos. A most worthy, but often afflicted and short-lived, family. WEBBER, EDWARD, came into Mil., with Jacob Town and wf. Judith, from Providence, R.I., April 7, 1787. In what relationship he stood to the Towns is not indicated. The family was warned hence in 1791. How long any of them remained, I do not learn; but Webber staid long enough to be m. to Ruth Wight, Feb. 4, 1790; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. I think she must have been a dr. of Eleazer and Ruth (Legg) Wight, b. abont 1770. Of chn., if any, I know nothing. I find only that wid. Ruth Webber d. Sept. 15, 1839, a. 69 yrs. 3 mos.
WEDGE, DANIEL, Jun., pedigree untraced; m. Hannah Wiswall, dr. of Thomas and Sarah (Daniell) Wiswall, b. Nov. 3, 1734; cer. March 6, 1755, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue :-
SARAH, b. in our Precinct, May 17, 1755; d. Sept. 13, 1757.
ABIJAH, b. in our Precinct, March 29, 1759; d. young.
THOMAS, b. in our Precinct, July 29, 1761; untraced.
SARAH, b. in our Precinct, July 21, 1763; m. Ephraim Hayward, Dec. 8, 1787. ABIJAH, b. in our Precinct, Nov. 21, 1767; m. Polly Brick, 1790; he d. Dec. 22, 1819.
LYDIA, b. in our Precinct, Nov., 1769; m. John Chapin, jun., 1791 or 1792.
Rev. Mr. Frost, in his marriage record, calls the groom of Hannah Wiswall "Daniel Wedge, jun." So his fr.'s name was Daniel. I find that Daniel, sen., d. in Sept., 1761; but I get only the information concerning his wf. that her name was Experience. No chn. named but Daniel and Jepthah. Whence they came, I have not learned. I think they must have come to So. Mil. perhaps about 1750, as I read nothing concerning them in our records before that date. They made their homes on a considerable tract of land near the junction of our present Mellen St. with So. Main. From all I can learn, they were maltsters, and ran an establishment of that sort for several yrs. One of their mill-stones still remains on the premises, and tradition says this was their business at an early period of their inhabitancy. Daniel Wedge seems to have been a man of some influence, as appears from our precinct and town records. Whether he and his wf. spent all their days in So. Mil., or part of them elsewhere, I am not sufficiently informed to say. He d. Oct. 2, 1809. Mrs. Hannah, his wid., d. Jan. 8, 1816.
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WEDGE, JEPTHAH, understood to be a bro. of the preceding; pedigree, birth- date, etc., untraced; m. Esther Marshall, dr. of Joseph and Mary (Leland)
Marshall, b. Holl., Aug. 3, 1738; cer. in our Precinct, Nov. 17, 1757, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : -
ELI, b. Aug. 4, 1758; d. Sept. 14, 1761.
DINAH, b. July 10, 1760; d. Sept. 12, 1761.
ESTHER, b. June 1, 1761; m. John Bowker, Hop., March 7, 1782.
ELI, h. Oct. 4, 1763; m., 1st, Lois Bowker, Hop., Jan., 1784; 2d, Elizabeth Taft, 1843.
NAHUM, b. May 25, 1766; m. Cynthia Chapin, June 18, 1795.
POLLY, or MARY (twins),
b. Oct. 31, 1769; m. Luther Chapin, March 5, 1796,
MARTHA b. Oct. 31, 1769; untraced.
LEMUEL, b. May 17, 1775; untraced.
LAVINA, bap. Sept. 13, 1778; an unm. mr .; d. Nov. 9, 1842.
Mrs. Esther d. July 17, 1808; Jepthah himself d. June 18, 1823. All their chn., save Eli, appear to have d., or emigrated to other localities. I knew Eli, but cannot recollect that he ever had any chn. Mrs. Lois, his 1st wf., d. Dec. 14, 1841, a. 73 yrs. He m., 2d, wid. Elizabeth Taft, formerly the wid. of John Perham, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Snell; cer. Oct. 8, 1843, by Isaac Davenport, Esq. He d. at So. Mil., Jan. 26, 1845. Mrs. Elizabeth d. in our town asylum, July 2, 1861, in her 84th yr.
WEDGE, ABIJAH8 (Daniel,2 Daniel 1), b. Nov. 21, 1767; m. Polly, alias Mary
Brick of Sherborn, about the yr. 1790; no particulars of cer. found. Issue : - DANIEL, b. Mil., Aug. 6, 1791; untraced; prob. lived and d. elsewhere.
FISHER, b. Mil., May 9, 1793; d. here, March 12, 1818.
JOIN, b. Leverett, April 20, 1795; untraced; prob. lived and d. elsewhere.
LOTHROP, b. Lyme, N.H., Oct. 17, 1797; untraced; prob. lived and d. else- where.
MARY, b. Lyme, N.H., July 6, 1799; untraced; prob. lived and d. elsewhere.
What became of the wf. and mr., I have not learned. Abijah became a dependent on the town, and d. here, Dec. 22, 1819; also his son Fisher, and d. here, as above mentioned. Family traced no further, nor any of the Wedges who are understood to have emigrated.
WENTWORTII, NOYES S., and wf., Sarah Howard Wentworth, resided at Hopedale from Feb. 19, 1851, to May, 1855. They had the following-named chn .: LUCY ELIZABETH, ANNA ESTHER, and SARAH NOYES. The last was b. here in Jan., 1852. They were intelligent, worthy people. He was a printer. They have since res. in Norwich, Ct., where Mr. Wentworth has occupied a responsible position in the publication of one of the Nor- wich newspapers. I am not well enough informed to state further partic- ulars of the family history.
WESTCOTT. Few of this name have ever dwelt on our territory. There was one whose name is written Waistcoat, possibly meant for Westcott, who is recorded by our early town-clerk as the fr. of a son by Priscilla Dolbear, named Ephraim, b. April 20, 1785. No further mention is recollected of the parents or child.
An excellent family, that of Dea. Asa A. Westcott, have recently set. among us. They came hither from Scituate, R.I., in the yr. 1873, and have won a valuable reputation for religious, moral, and business worth. The head of the family is successfully managing the spindle manufacture for George Draper & Sons, in a machine-shop at the water-privilege formerly known as "Gaskill's
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Mills," etc., now called Spindleville. The parents are exemplary members of the Orthodox Cong. ch. in the Centre, and he was elected a deacon of the same a few mos. since. They res. in Hopedale, on the E. D. Draper place, of which they became purchasers in 1873. The deacon has favored me with his family record, from which it appears that his gd. fr., Caleb Westcott, was b. Scituate, R.I., 1753; m. Lydia Knowlton, b. in the same town, 1757, and had the follow- ing-named chn .: Oliver, b. 1782; Thomas K., 1787; Lydia, 1793; Mary, 1795; Nathan, 1797; and Caleb, 1800. His fr., -
WESTCOTT, THOMAS K., farmer, b. in Scituate, R.I., as above, m. Lydia
Steere, dr. of Asa and Mary (Irons) Steere, b. Gloucester, R.I., March 25, 1790; cer. in said Gloucester, Sept. 17, 1817, by Elder John Westcott. Their chn. : -
ABBEY S., b. Aug. 24, 1818; d. unm., Oct. 10, 1870.
ELIZA, b. July 5, 1820; m. John Wilder, Jan. 5, 1843; she d. Oct. 4, 1846.
CHARLES M., Aug. 7, 1822; m. Betsey Ware, Butler, Ill., Dec. 12, 1861.
MARY A., b. June 22, 1824; m. Dr. Jacob B. White, Nov. 27, 1851.
ASA A., b. Aug. 17, 1826; m. Elizabeth Aldrich, Nov. 5, 1850.
The fr. d. in Scituate, R.I., July 5, 1853. His wid. still survives there.
WESTCOTT, Dea. ASA A.3 (Thomas K.,2 Caleb 1), b. as aforesaid, Aug. 17, 1826; m. Elizabeth Aldrich, dr. of Wilmarth N. and Maria Aldrich, b. in Scituate, R.I., May 25, 1828; cer. in said Scituate, Nov. 5, 1850, by Rev. Hosea Quimby. Their chn .: -
AUGUSTUS W., b. Scituate, R.I., Aug. 29, 1851; m. Harriet A. Steere, June 15, 1873.
WILMARTH A., b. Scituate, R.I., Dec. 18, 1852; m. Nancy A. Hopkins, March 9, 1879.
MARY A., b. Scituate, R.I., Dec. 19, 1856; m. George N. Hopkins, May 18, 1881.
DAVID A., b. Scituate, R.I., Oct. 6, 1862.
MARIA PHILLIPS, b. Burrillville, R.I., April 7, 1866.
FRANK THOMAS, b. Burrillville, R.I., Aug. 6, 1868.
Grandchn. : - Augustus Wilmarth and Harriet A. (Steere) Westcott have 1 son, --
Asa A., b. Milford, Aug. 9, 1877.
Wilmarth Aldrich and Nancy A. (Hopkins) Westcott have 1 son, -
Henry Wilmarth, b. Mil., April 22, 1880.
WESTCOTT, GEORGE FRANK, son of William and Hannah (Pullen) Westcott, b. in Providence, R.I., 1849; brakeman on the P. & W. R.Rd .; m. May Austin, dr. of Horace and Betsey (Rand) Austin, b. in Bellingham, 1856; cer. at Hopedale, Nov. 23, 1876, by the writer. Having obtained no family record from this connubial pair, I am unable to report them further.
WHEATON, BENJAMIN, was one of our ancients, contemporary with Elder John Jones, and his near neighbor on the east. I have not been able to ascertain his pedigree, nor his wf.'s, nor her name, nor much concerning their chn. It seems that he owned, besides smaller parcels, a considerable tract of land on Magomiscock Hill, comprising what became the Dr. Scam- mell farm, and perhaps more. His domicile was up the hill eastward from Felix Kearney's, on the same side of Freedom St. See my description of Abandoned Home-sites, Chap. XV. He d., if I mistake not, Aug. 12, 1726; and his est. was set. by his son Benjamin. I think this Benj., jun., had a bro. David ; but I have not found any thing more than a single reference to him, as prob. inheritor of part of Benj., senior's, homestead.
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