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A child of Joseph and Sarah Louis (Adams) Hunt is, -
GRACE LOUISE, b. E. Douglas, Nov. 14, 1870.
Mr. Fisher Adams was an industrious carpenter and farmer. He dwelt with his family in our " City District," so called. He was a zealous religionist of the Second Advent persuasion ; a kiud neighbor, orderly citizen, and well-
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disposed man. He experienced his share of mortal troubles, became mentally clouded for a time, and d. Nov. 27, 1864. The partner of his faith, joys, and sorrows, Mrs. Sally, soon followed him. She d. Jan. 3, 1865.
ADAMS, OLIVER MANN, son of Jeremiah and Lucy (Wakefield) Adams; an- cestry not traced; b. in Concord, Vt., Dec. 27, 1821 ; m. Levina Walker, dr. of Samnel and Lncina (Sweetland) Walker, b. Willington, Ct., June 12, 1826; cer. Worcester, Sept. 15, 1847, by Rev. Mr. Dunbar. Issue :- ANNA LEVINA, b. Worcester, May 27, 1849; m. - , Nov. 25, 1879.
Mr. A. is a respectable " fruit, confectionery, and news dealer, 110 Main St .; house, Highland Square, near Congress." Family in good social standing. They have res. in town over 24 yrs.
ADAMS, BENJAMIN, agent of Adams Express Co., 97 Main St. ; ancestry not ascertained; son of Benjamin and Ann Belcher (Leonard) Adams; b. Boston, Oct. 20, 1830; m., 1st, Ann Stone Walker, dr. of Albert and Olive C. (MacFarland) Walker, b. Upton, April 12, 1833; cer. Upton, 1850 by Rev. Mr. Johnson. Issue: -
SARAH ANN, b. Upton, Dec. 20, 1850; m. Frederick Warren Hawes, Mil., Nov. 29, 1871. Mrs. Ann d. July 24, 1869. The hus. m., 2d, Eliza Johnson Shepard, wid. of George H. Shepard, and dr. of Mace and Betsey (Farring- ton) Gay, b. Stoughton, March 12, 1845; cer. Mil., April 1, 1872, by Rev. George W. Stacy. No chn. reported.
One grand-dr. : Susan May Hawes, b. Mil., May 22, 1873.
A responsible expert in his business, with a reputable family. He came to res. in Mil., July 1, 1863.
No family records recd. from others of this name; but the following are derived from onr directories and sundry sources : -
ADAMS, WILLIAM N., wf. Mary, had George William, b. Oct. 23, 1837.
ADAMS, JAMES, wf. Louisa, had Louisa, b. Nov. 7, 1839, perhaps others. ADAMS, ASA F., watchman. Directory, 1856.
ADAMS, FLEMMING, teamster. Directory, 1856.
ADAMS, GEORGE W., finisher. Directory, 1856.
ADAMS, Mrs. JULIA A., wid. of Horace. Directory, 1856, '69 to '80.
ADAMS, NATHAN, bootmaker. Directory, 1856, '69, '72, "75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, PETER, laborer. Directory, 1856.
ADAMS, ANNIE P., wid .; house, 10 Summer St. Directory, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, CHARLES O., bootmaker. Directory, 1869, '72, '75.
ADAMS, DANIEL P., bootmaker. Directory, 1869, '72, "75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, ELEANOR, house, Spring, near Main. Directory, 1869, "72, '75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, GEORGE A., watchman. Directory, 1869.
ADAMS, GEORGE S., bootinaker. Directory, 1869.
ADAMS, HIRAM R., nailmaker. Directory, 1869, '72.
ADAMS, JAMES E., carpenter. Directory, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, LOREN, bootmaker. Directory, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, Miss OLIVE, milliner. Directory, 1869.
ADAMS, Mrs. RUTH, dressmaker. Directory, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
ADAMS, CHARLES A., photographer. Directory, 1872, '75; now res. Ux.
ADAMS, CHARLES W., sole-cutter. Directory, 1872.
ADAMS, EDWIN, boards 7 Fayette St. Directory, 1872, '75.
ADAMS, G. A., actor. Directory, 1872.
ADAMS, JEREMIAH, house 88 Main St. Directory, 1872.
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ADAMS, JOHN W., shoemaker. Directory, 1872, '75, '78.
ADAMS, OREN, bootmaker. Directory, 1872.
ADAMS, WILLIAM P., fruit and confectionery. Directory, 1872.
ADAMS, HATTIE E., milliner. Directory, 1875.
ADAMS, EDMOND H., clerk. Directory, 1878, '80.
ADAMS, GEORGE F., machinist. Directory, 1878.
ADAMS, WALTER O., carriage-painter. Directory, 1878.
ADAMS, ASA W., house Winter, near Granite. Directory, 1880.
ADAMS, CALVIN C., Church Place. Directory, 1880.
ADAMS, CHARLES A., foreman edge-finishing. Directory, 1880. ADAMS, Miss CARRIE W., clerk 112 Main St. Directory, 1880.
ADAMS, Miss EFFIE, 102 Main St. Directory, 1880.
ADAMS, JOHN H., boot-crimper. Directory, 1880.
ADAMS, NATHAN I., teamster. Directory, 1880.
If all these Adamses had honored my repeated calls for family records, this volume would have been much enlarged.
ALBEE. This name is variously spelled Alber, Alby, Albie, and Albee. The latter orthography has long prevailed. The Albees were among the early set- tlers in Mendon, and now Milford. Their common ancestor was Benjamin, first written Alby. His nativity is somewhat obscure. Whether he was the original immigrant from Eng., or a son, is uncertain. He is first mentioned as of Braintree in 1641, and made freeman there in 1642. He appears to have had a bro. John in Braintree at the same date. Benjamin removed to Medfield in 1649. In 1664 be became interested in Quinshipaug Plantation (Mendon), and made the famous agreement with the superintending committee to erect and maintain a corn-mill for the plantation, on Mill River, at what is now the Lewis B. Gaskill place. He soon after had the necessary dam built. and put the mill in operation. This was the first water-power mill for grain-grinding in all these parts, and the first work of civilization on our Milford territory. The mill was probably started in 1664 or 1665, perhaps a little later. At the same time the proprietor took up his abode near the mill, on the south side of the road, near where Willis Gould now dwells. The plantation authorities afterwards voted bim a bounty of fifty acres of land, situated east of the river and south of the road, in consideration of his building and maintaining the corn-mill, though the immediate site of the mill and pond covered but one acre. Benjamin Albee was a very enterprising man, a public-land surveyor, and much employed in the numerous layings-out of ways, lots, and common lands in early times. When Mendon became an incorporated town in 1667, he was made one of its first selectmen, and intrusted with other responsible offices. His mnill-privilege and lands were confirmed to him, and full record made, in 1672. When King Philip's war broke out in 1675, he fled eastward with the Mendon fugitives, and all their buildings were burned by the savages. He was now an old man, and never returned further than Medfield. There he prob. d. ; and, either by deed or will, all his Mendon property passed into the hands of his son James. His wf.'s name was Hannah, though one Medfield record says Sarah ; but Hannah seems most prob. There is considerable conflict and confusion con- cerning the birth-dates, etc., of his chn. I am unable to determine the dates or the birthplaces of the older ones.
JAMES, prob. b. Braintree 1640 to 1649; m. Hannah Cook 1671.
JOHN, prob. b. Braintree 1640 to 1649; m. Jane Holbrook, Oct. 18, 1671.
BENJAMIN, b. Medfield, perhaps 1651 or 1652.
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HANNAH, b. Medfield, March, 1853.
Just when the mother or father d. no dates found. John Albee, who m. Jane Holbrook, d. in Mendon, July 14, 1675, and left four chn., names not given. One or two d., and the wid. was made guardian of the survivors. I suppose she filed with the rest of the inhabitants from the impending toma- hawks of Philip's Indians, and never returned. What became of her chn. I have been unable to learn. I supposed, at one time, that the John Albee who m. Deborah Thayer in 1705 was of this family, but finally concluded he must be the son of James.
What became of Benjamin, the other son of the miller, is a mystery to me. He does not appear to have set. hereabouts; and I have sometimes conjectured he might have been the Benjamin of Swanzey, who was early among the Bap- tists of that town. But of this I am uncertain : so I dismiss the question. ALBEE, JAMES 2 (Benjamin 1), b. prob. in Braintree 1640 to 1649; m. Han- nah Cook, in Medfield, Oct. 18, 1671. Their chn. :-
BENJAMIN, b. prob. between 1671 and 1680; m. Abial - about 1692. JOHN, b. prob. between 1671 and 1680; m. Deborah Thayer, June 6, 1705. JAMES, b. in Mendon, March 11, 1681; m. Mary Thayer, Jan. 3, 1708. HANNAH. b. in Mendon, Jan. 2, 1683; m. Samuel Holbrook, Aug., 1720. LYDIA, b. in Mendon about 1685; d. July 24, 1787.
SARAH, b. in Mendon, May 2, 1687; m. Samuel Daniels, Dec. 10, 1730. LYDIA, b. in Mendon about 1690; m. Jonathan Hayward, 3d, Jan. 22, 1716.
James Albee 2 was undoubtedly a man of large landed possessions and social influence. I have not found his death-date, nor that of his wife; but, from a certain gift-deed of land to his dr. Lydia and her husband, Jonathan Hayward, 3d, dated March 26, 1717, and recorded in Suffolk Registry, I assume that they d. subsequently to that date, perhaps a few yrs.
ALBEE, BENJAMIN & (James,2 Benjamin1), b. between 1671 and 1680; m. Abial - about 1692. Their chn. : -
BENJAMIN, jun., b. Nov. 1, 1694; m. Mary -.
LYDIA, b. Dec. 11, 1696.
ABIAL, b. March 15, 1701.
OBADIAH, b. Oct. 29, 1705; m. Jean
EBENEZER, b. June 8, 1708; m. Abigail -, Elizabeth - -.
JAMES, b. March 12, 1720; m. Prudence White, Jan. 21, 1745; went to Uxbridge.
I find no more recorded. This Benjamin was sometimes designated as "sen.," and his oldest son generally as "jun.," to distinguish them. Benjamin, sen., dwelt on a long-since abandoned home-site in So. Milford, on the south side of Mellen St., nearly opposite to the house a few yrs. ago occupied by Jesse Howard, decd. Thereabouts he had a considerable homestead. I have not found the death-dates of himself and wf.
ALBEE, JOHN3 (James,2 Benjamin 1), b. between 1671 and 1680; m. Deborah
Thayer, dr. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (French) Thayer, b. Nov. 4, 1687; cer. June 6, 1705. Their chn .:-
DEBORAH, b. March 16, 1706; d. young.
ABIGAIL, b. April 18, 1707.
DEBORAH, b. Nov. 2, 1710; m. Joseph Corbett, July 3, 1733.
KEZIAH, b. April 4, 1713.
JOHN, b. May 2, 1717; d. young.
HANNAH, b. Oct. 11, 1718; m. Silas Wheelock, May 20, 1740.
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JOHN, b. Feb. 15, 1720-21; m. Sarah -
RACHEL, b. June 11, 1725.
John 3 dwelt in the edge of present Mendon, near where Willis Gould now lives, on an estate which descended to him from Benjamin the patriarch, through James 2, his father. I am not master of the death-dates of John 3 and wf.
ALBEE, JAMES 3 (James,2 Benjamin 1), b. March 11, 1681; m. Mary Thayer, ptge., etc., not traced; cer. Jan. 3, 1708. Their chn. : -
MARY, b. April 12, 1710; m. Samuel Wood, Nov. 12, 1730.
JAMES, b. Feb. 21, 1711; m., 1st, Margaret Wheelock ; 2d, Hannah Parmenter.
TIMOTHY, b .; no record found; but tradition says he was of this family, and fr. of Barzillai.
MARTHA, b. May 16, 1714; m. Isaac Sheffield of Holl, Feb. 16, 1737-38.
THOMAS, b. ; date not found; m. Jemima Thompson Bell, Nov. 22, 1750. SETH, b .; date not found; m. Rebecca Beal about 1758.
I infer that James 3 res. a little south-easterly of Bear Hill, certainly some- where in that close vicinity. I have not at my command the death-dates of himself and wf.
ALBEE, BENJ., Jun.4 (Benj., sen.,8 James,2 Benj.1), b. Nov. 1, 1694; m. Mary -; date of cer. not found. Their chn .:-
GIDEON, Dea., b. May 1, 1723; m. Hephzibah Clark, Medfield, Jan. 21, 1745- 46.
SUSANNA, b. (prob.) 1725; m. Caleb Taft, Ang. 10, 1747.
JEMIMA, b. Sept. 14, 1727; d. young.
BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 7, 1729; d. young.
JEMIMA, b. Oct. 7, 1731; m. Richard Puffer, Wrentham, April 11, 1751.
BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 17, 1733; m. Abigail Nelson, Dec. 3, 1755; soon d. PETER, b. Jan. 19, 1736. Not traced ; prob. emigrated.
STEPHEN, b. July 22, 1741; m. Mary Wood, Sept. 2, 1761.
Benjamin, jun., dwelt where Charles Knights now does, on Mellen St., near Warfield, as now called. He appears to have been quite a large land- holder, and one of the solid citizens. He d. 1755, leaving a judicious will, whereof his wf. Mary and eldest son Gideon were made executors. Mrs. Mary's death-date not ascertained.
ALBEE, OBADIAH4 (Benjamin,3 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. Oct. 29, 1705 ; m. Jean -; date not found. Issne :-
OBADIAH, b. June 27, 1730.
RHODA, b. June 1, 1731; m. John Chapin, jun., May 28, 1754.
Perhaps there were more of this family, not recorded in Mendon. I cannot locate or further trace them.
ALBEE, EBENEZER4 (Benjamin,3 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. June 8, 1708; by wf. Abigail had -
ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 17, 1731; m. Nathan Keith of Ux., Oct. 7, 1762.
ASA, b. Aug. 26, 1734; d. Jan. 3, 1737-38.
EBENEZER, b. April 17, 1736; m. Esther
KEZIAH, b. Aug. 27, 1739; d. Sept. 27, 1740.
RACHEL, b. March 7, 1767; untraced.
AMARIAH, b. Jan. 12, 1770; untraced.
The last two sup. to be by 2d wf. Elizabeth. This Ebenezer 4 was one of the original members of our Cong. ch., formed 1741; but I cannot locate his homestead, or give his death-date. I suspect he may have dwelt in our "City District," so called.
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ALBEE, JAMES 4 (James,8 James, 2 Benjamin 1), b. Feb. 21, 1711; m., 1st, Mar- garet Wheelock, dr. of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Darling) Wheelock, b. Feb. 18, 1723; cer. Jan. 6, 1739. Their chn. :-
RACHEL, b. Jan. 20, 1742; m. Jonas Parkhurst, sen., Dec. 25, 1788. She d. June 1, 1829.
BARZILLAI, b. Nov. 14, 1747; m. Mary Marshall, March 21, 1770; em. to Vt. MARGARET, b. Feb. 25, 1753; d. unm. Feb. 11, 1839, a. about 87 yrs.
Mrs. Margaret d .; date not found; and the hus. m., 2d, Hannah Parmenter of Hop .; cer. Feb. 6, 1754, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
HANNAH, b. Nov. 26, 1754; d. unm. Dec. 20, 1831, a. 77 yrs.
JAMES, b. May 19, 1756; m. Ruth Highland 1803; he d. Aug. 26, 1806.
SETH, b. July 5, 1761; m. Elizabeth Lambert, Aug. 30, 1797.
TIMOTHY, b. May 5, 1764; d. unm. Dec. 12, 1831, a. 67 yrs.
This family dwelt in the south-easterly part of Bear-Hill district. He d. March 19, 1784, said to be aged 70 yrs .; but this does not agree with his birth- date as before given, making him 4 yrs. too young. These old dates throughout my researches are too often uureliable. The death-date of his 1st wf. not found. Mrs. Hannah, the 2d, d. July 6, 1818, a. 86 yrs.
ALBEE, THOMAS 4 (James,8 James,2 Benjamin 1); date of his birth not found ;
m., 1st, Jemima Thompson of Bell. ; cer. Nov. 22, 1750, by Rev. Amariah Frost. Their chn .: -
JONATHAN, b., perhaps, 1752; bap. 1761; untraced.
HULDAH, b., perhaps, 1754; bap. 1761; untraced.
ELIZABETH, b., perhaps, 1756; bap. 1761; m. Jacob Hayward, July 23, 1778.
MOLLY, b. Jan. 23, 1758; bap. 1761; d. Jan. 7, 1819.
AMARIAH, b., perhaps, March 3, 1760; bap. 1761.
ANNA, b., perhaps, July 15, 1762; bap. 1762.
SUSANNA, b., perhaps, April 14, 1765; bap. 1765.
OLIVE, bap. Oct. 4, 1767; birth not found.
BEULAH, bap. April 28, 1771; birth not found.
JEMIMA, bap. Aug. 15, 1773; birth not found.
Mrs. Jemima d .; date not found; and the hus. m., 2d, widow Mary Thomp- son ; cer. Nov. 23, 1775, by Rev. A. Frost. Find no chn. by this mge. I am unable to locate or trace this family further.
ALBEE, SETH 4 (James,8 James,2 Benjamin 1); birth-date not found; m. Rebecca Beal, b. 1737; cer. about 1758.
REBECCA, b. April 7, 1760; bap. May 18, 1760; d. 1775, a. 15 yrs.
ABEL, b. Jan. 30, 1763; bap. April 10, 1763; m. Annah Wood, April 29, 1784.
RACHEL, b. March 25, 1765; bap. May 26, 1765; m. Artemas Cheney, Feb. 1,1781.
LABAN, b. May 11, 1767; bap. June 21, 1767; m. Joanna Hayward, May 12, 1791.
SETH, b. July 7, 1769; bap. Aug. 13, 1769; d. in infancy.
LUCY, b. 1772; bap. April 26, 1772; d. 1780, a. 8 yrs.
CHLOE, b. July 24, 1774; bap. Sept. 4. 1774; m. Pearley Hunt, May 10, 1795.
Seth 4 dwelt on a respectable homestead in the south-east part of Bear-Hill district. He was of respectable standing among his fellow-citizens. He d. in the prime of middle age, leaving his worthy wf. in widowhood to care for her chn. as best she might. He d. in 1775, and Mrs. Rebecca administered on his estate. She m., 2d, Lieut. Joseph Gibbs, Aug. 27, 1778. (See Gibbs.)
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ALBEE, JOHN 4 (John,8 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. Feb. 15, 1720-21; m. Sarah,
b. 1724. Particulars of mge. not ascertained. Issne :-
HANNAH, b. June 8, 1744; m. Jesse Hayward, Sept. 26, 1764.
JOHN, Jun., b. May 1, 1746; m. Abigail Grant, Medway, June 4, 1770.
ZURIEL, b. Jan. 16, 1747; m. Anna Penniman, Bell., March 27, 1776.
DEBORAH, b. March 4, 1749; untraced.
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ABNER, b. Oct. 23, 1751; m., 1st, Katy Penniman, Bell., 1774; 2d, Anna Nelson, 1811.
LEVI, b. Sept. 30, 1753; m. Temperance Legg of Mendon.
ICHABOD, b. Dec. 18, 1755; m. Lona Hayward.
SARAH, b. Jan. 13, 1758; untraced.
SIMEON, b. June 23, 1760; m., 1st, Rebecca Stoddard, Nov. 30, 1786; 2d, wid. Holbrook.
KEZIA, b. Nov. 12, 1762; m. Ebenezer Sumner, jun., April, 1782.
ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 12, 1765; m. James Wales of Franklin, March 11, 1790. RACHEL, b. March 7, 1767; untraced.
I am not certain, but assume, that this John Albee 4 inherited and dwelt on his father's place in the edge of Mendon, where Willis Gould now inhabits. He d. March 25, 1799; and Mrs. Sarah d. June 7, the same yr.
ALBEE, Dea. GIDEON5 (Benjamin, jun.,4 Benjamin, sen.,8 James,2 Benja-
min 1), b. May 1, 1723; m. Hephzibah Clark of Medfield; cer. Jan. 21, 1745- 1746. Their chn. :-
PETER, b. Nov. 27, 1746; m. Rhoda Penniman, June 8, 1769; emigrated.
MARY, b. Nov. 25, 1748; m. Daniel Hill of Douglas, Dec. 3, 1767.
HEPHZIBAH, b. Sept. 24, 1850; m. Simeon Fisher, Holl., Dec. 6, 1770.
NATHAN, b. Aug. 14, 1752; m. Elizabeth Wheelock, March 20, 1776.
BEULAH, b. Dec. 24, 1753; m. Silas Marsh, Sturbridge, Feb. 8, 1775.
GIDEON, b. Nov. 2, 1755; d. Sept. 27, 1761.
ELIJAH, b. Dec. 17, 1757; d. Sept. 23, 1761.
BENJAMIN, b. July 16, 1759; d. Sept. 23, 1761.
GIDEON, b. Feb. 12, 1762; had a remarkable mathematical genius; d. unm., a. 78.
ELIJAH, b. Jan. 19, 1764; m. Rachel Chapin, April 13, 1794.
SILENCE, b. Nov. 5, 1765; d. Nov. 23, 1765.
PHEBE, b. Oct. 30, 1766; m. Cyrus Wheelock, Jan. 19, 1786.
Dea. Gideon dwelt on Plain St., now so called, on premises at present owned and occupied by Samuel Gaskill. He was a blacksmith by trade, a con- siderable landholder, a pillar in the Cong. ch., whereof he was a deacon, and his wife a worthy member. In citizenship and social standing the family was reputable. His son Nathan was an ingenious gunsmith, silversmith, etc. I think he left town, and dwelt in Bell. He d. Feb. 16, 1792, a. 40 yrs. His son Gideon, though otherwise inefficient, was pre-eminently gifted by nature with an aptitude for mathematical calculations. He had little scholastic tui- tion, but such were his intuitive arithmetical capabilities that he became famous in his general vicinity for his ready solution of the toughest problems. But his genius brought him more fame than money. He d. unm., in our asylum, at the age of 78 yrs. Dea. Gideon d. Nov. 18, 1799. Mrs. Hephzibah, his wid., d. March 20, 1811.
ALBEE, BENJAMIN 5 (Benjamin, jun.,4 Benjamin, sen.,8 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. Oct. 17, 1733; m. Abigail Nelson, dr. of Eld. Nathaniel and Deborah (Chapin) Nelson, b. July 14, 1737; cer. Dec. 3, 1755, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue :-
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NATHANIEL, b. 1567; d. Oct. 6, 1760, a. 3 yrs. 8 m. and 24 days.
The father d. Nov. 6, 1758, a. 25 yrs. and 20 days. The widow's subse- quent history not traced.
ALBEE, STEPHEN5 (Benjamin, jun.,4 Benjamin, sen.,8 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. July 22, 1741; m. Mary Wood, ptge., etc., not traced; cer. Sept. 2, 1761,
by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
ANNE, b. Feb. 26, 1762; untraced.
ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 4, 1763; untraced.
LOIS, b. May 5, 1766; untraced.
CATE, b. Feb. 1, 1768; m. Ammiel W. Rockwood, Upton, Dec. 1, 1792.
AZUBAH, b. July 12, 1770; untraced.
MOSES, b. May 17, 1772; m. Lucretia Howard, Oct. 16, 1806.
Stephen Albee was in his minority when his father d., and his mother was appointed his guardian. I suppose that after mge. he dwelt in So. Mil., and for a time prob. on his decd. fr.'s homestead; but I have not traced his subsequent history, nor learned when he or his wf. d.
ALBEE, JOHN, jun.5 (John,4 John,8 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. May 1, 1746; m., 1st, Abigail Grant of Medway; cer. Jan. 4, 1770, by Rev. Nathan Buck- man, and 2d, Sarah Bugbee of Roxbury (i.e., if I have not mistaken the man); cer. Aug. 24, 1790, by Rev. Dr. Porter. In this last case he is styled "Capt. John Albee of Mendon." I get no record of chn. in either case.
ALBEE, ZURIEL,5 next bro. to John, jun., in age; b. Jan. 16, 1747; m. Anna Penniman of Bellingham, March 27, 1776; and no further traced.
ALBEE, ABNER,5 next after Zuriel; b. Oct. 23, 1751; m., 1st, Katy Penniman of Bell., Nov. 23, 1774; 2d, wid. Anna Nelson, previously wf. of Josiah Nelson, jun., maiden name, Anna Warren ; cer. May 30, 1811, by Rev. D. Long. He set. Chesterfield, N.H. No further traced.
ALBEE, LEVI,5 next after Abner; m. Temperance Legg, and had, perhaps, in Mendon, -
BETSEY, b. Feb. 23, 1785.
ANDREW, b. July 27, 1787.
DEBORAH, b. Dec. 18, 1789.
SUSANNA, b. June 9, 1792.
DIANA, b. May 17, 1795; m. Simeon Wheelock, Mendon, 1829.
This family prob. belonged to Mendon. No further traced.
ALBEE, ICHABOD 5 (John,4 John,8 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. Dec. 18, 1755; m. Lona Hayward, dr. of Comfort Hayward, b. in Mendon, Nov. 28, 1761; date and particulars of cer. not given. They set. in Westmoreland, N.H., and their chn. were, -
ESTHER, b. March 9, 1788.
AHIRA, b. April 7, 1790.
JOHN, b. July 15, 1792; m. Ellen Wild, Dec. 25, 1820, and they had four chn. AZUBAH, b. Feb. 4, 1795.
HARDING, b. March 8, 1800.
SUMNER, b. Dec. 19, 1804.
The fr. d. on his homestead in Westmoreland, N.H., July 3, 1844; Mrs. Lona, his wid., d. there June 3, 1846. They were succeeded on that home- stead by their son JOHN," who m., as above, Ellen Wild, Dec. 25, 1820, and had -
JOHN JUSTIN, b. Nov. 22, 1822; m. H. N. Fisk, Sept. 1, 1847; d. June 7, 1879; left five chn.
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PERSIS LIVIRA, b. June 11, 1825 ; m. Eli R. Wellington, Nov. 14, 1843 ; four chn.
DAVID SOLON, b. Feb. 14, 1828; d. Sept. 13, 1829.
GEORGE SUMNER, b. Oct. 30, 1830; now a respectable physician in Hop., near us.
Jobn 6 d. Nov. 5, 1878. His wife preceded him Feb. 11, 1869.
ALBEE, GEORGE SUMNER, M.D.7 (John,6 Ichabod,5 John,8 James,2 Benja- min1), b. Westmoreland, N.H., Oct. 30, 1830; a long-settled physician in our neighboring town of Hopkinton; m. Elizabeth Macdonald, dr. of Dun- can and Julia (Spofford) Macdonald of Cleveland, N.Y .; cer. Oct. 29, 1862, by Rev. D. Williams. Their chn. :-
EDGAR DUNCAN, b. Ang. 7, 1864.
JOHN, b. Sept. 30, 1869.
GEORGE MACDONALD, b. Jan. 22, 1871.
ELCIE MABEL, b. Jan. 20, 1873.
MAUD, b. May 7, 1875.
All these were born in Hop., where Dr. Albee has been practising his pro- fession acceptably for twenty-one yrs. Mrs. Elizabeth d. April 29, 1877. I am indebted to Dr. Albee for valuable information concerning the Albee lineage. I am obliged to omit many furnished particulars.
ALBEE, SIMEON 5 (John,4 John,8 James,2 Benjamin 1), b. June 23, 1760, farmer; m., 1st, Rebecca Stoddard, dr. of Jeremiah and Rebecca Stoddard, b. in Hingham, date not found; cer. Nov. 30, 1786, by Rev. Caleb Alexander. Their chn. : -
ELLERY, b. Dec. 27, 1787; untraced.
CYNTHIA, b. July 20, 1789; d. Nov. 30, 1794.
CLARISSA, b. Oct. 13, 1790; d. Dec. 5, 1794.
LYDIA, b. July 17, 1792.
LEVI, twin, b. May 11, 1794.
RACHEL, twin, b. May 11, 1794; m. Isaac Whittemore, Sept. 25, 1827.
CYNTHIA, b. Aug. 21, 1796; m. David Nutting of Erving's Grant, April 20, 1825.
CLARISSA, b. March 26, 1798; m. Jobn A. Parkman, March 6, 1828.
EZEKIEL, b .; untraced.
AMY, b. 1801 ; m. Elijah Taft, April 5, 1826, She d. 1838, he 1861.
HOLLAND, h. ; have sought, but not obtained, the desired data. SUMNER, b. ; have sought, but not obtained, the desired data.
Mrs. Rebecca d. Sept. 26, 1821. The hus. m., 2d, Sabra ( Partridge) Hol- brook, wid. of Calvin Holbrook; cer. April 5, 1827, by Rev. D. Long; no chn. Simeon Albee was a well-disposed, orderly, industrious citizen, sometimes of Mendon, but mostly of Mil. He dwelt many years at the old Stoddard place on Plain St., whose ruins are marked by the tenacious lilac-shrubs, and was per- haps the last inhabitant there. He was never rich, but rather a hard worker of moderate means, yet of worthy character and family, so far as I ever knew. He d. 1848, a. 88 yrs. Mrs. Sabra, his wid., d. 1852.
ALBEE, BARZILLAI6 (Timothy,5 James,+ James,& James,2 Benj.1), Nov. 14,
1747; m. Mary Marshall, dr. of Joseph and Mary (Leland) Marshall, b. July 12, 1748; cer. March 21, 1770, by Rev. A. Frost. Their clin. : - BENJAMIN, b. June 1, 1771; d. Oct. 4, 1772.
ARTEMAS, b. Sept. 7, 1772; untraced.
MARY, b. July 29, 1774; d. Sept. 30, 1777.
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ALPHEUS, b. Sept. 27, 1776; m. Susanna Phillips, Bell., 1796.
AMARIAH, b. March 12, 1779; untraced.
HANNAH, b. ; untraced.
AMASA, b. April 2, 1781 ; m. Polly Partridge, June, 1800.
I at first supposed that this Barzillai was a son of James Albee,4 but later I was told he was a son of Timothy. Barzillai once dwelt on what is now called Howard St., on the left side, about one-third of a mile south-easterly from Alouzo J. F. Howard's. It has long been an abandoned home-site, which I have designated as No. 37 in my list of such sites. Mrs. Mary d. June 11, 1783. Prob. he died at his home in the State of Vt. Whether the above named were all his chn., I am not quite certain; but I find no others on record. His son Amasa, who m. Polly Partridge in 1800, is the only one of them credited by our records with the birth of a child; viz., Sukey, b. Nov. 26, 1801. I suspect that the whole family must have emigrated to other localities somewhere, I am told in the State of Vt.
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