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MARY, b. Feb. 10, 1767; m. Peter Holbrook.
MICHAEL, b. May 13, 1769.
CLARK, b. Oct. 20, 1770.
SALLY, b. Nov. 29, 1772; m. Nathan Holbrook.
HANNAH, b. April 10, 1775; m. Seth Holbrook.
Mrs. Sarah d .; date not found. The hus. m., 2d, Martha Chilson, April 8, 1779; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
JOSEPH, b. 1779; set. in Cincinnati, O.
BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 6, 1780; m. Rhoda Kelley, Feb. 23, 1806.
JOSHUA, b. March 20, 1782; m. Rebecca Douglas.
JOHN, b. June 15, 1784; untraced.
JEDEDIAH, b. July 10, 1786; d. unm. April 20, 1857.
REBECCA, b. Dec. 18, 1788; m. Simon P. Bicknell, Feb. 28, 1828. She d. June 1, 1872.
The hus. and fr. d. April 1, 1793. Mrs. Martha, the 2d wf. and wid., d. Aug. 14, 1824.
BATES, ISAAC, eldest son of Joseph, dwelt at one time on our territory, I have been unable to trace his family record.
BATES, MICAH, m. Urania Thayer, May 22, 1771; cer. by Rev. A. Frost; but I am uncertain who be was; possibly a bro. of Ezekiel, Laban, and Joseph. He seems to have had a dr. LAVINIA, b. Feb. 10, 1772, and a son JOSEPH, b. June 3, 1774. No further traced.
BATES, BENJAMIN, of So. Milford neighborhood, son of Joseph and Martha
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(Chilson) Bates, b. Dec. 6, 1780; m. Rhoda Kelley, dr. of George and Keziah Kelley, b. So. Mil., March 18, 1787; cer. Feb. 23, 1806. Their chn. :-
HARRIET, b. July 3, 1807; m. Josiah Congdon, Sept. 3, 1829.
GEORGE, b. April 29, 1810; m. Ellen Barkley, April 12, 1835.
CELISSA, b. Nov. 1, 1812; m. James H. Penniman, Jan. 15, 1832.
BENJAMIN, jun., b. March 11, 1816; m. Susan R. Payson, March 14, 1839.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 23, 1819; m. Maria Parker.
RUSSELL, b. date not found; merchant, Boston; m., and had fam. there; d. there.
Benjamin Bates, the fr., d. date not at command. Mrs. Rhoda, his wid., d. Aug. 24, 1878.
BATES, BENJAMIN, jun., son of Benjamin and Rhoda (Kelley) Bates, b. March 11, 1816; m. Susan R. Payson; cer. Mendon, March 14, 1839, by the writer. They res. at one time within our south-western limits, on the Wing Kelley place, and had two births recorded here; viz., -
CHARLOTTE LOUISA, b. Mendon, May 5, 1840; and SALLY F. A., b. Jan. 6, 1843.
I hoped to obtain a full family record from Mr. B., and also from his kin- dred now residing in E. Mendon, but found no convenient opportunity to do so.
BATES, DAVIS HERBERT (John, John, Ezekiel, etc.,); mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Prince Fisher; b. Bell., Aug. 1, 1843; salesman and trader; m. Ida Jane Ambler, dr. of Jeremiah D. and Angeline (Morse) Ambler, b. Mil., June 21, 1850; cer. Mil., Jan. 19, 1870, by Rev. G. L. Demarest.
Mrs. Ida Jane's mr. d. when she was a babe; and she was virtually, though not legally, adopted by James R. Davis and wf., brought up in their family, and bore the name, in common parlance, of Ida Jane Davis. Issue : -
LIDA REBECCA, b. Mil., May 6, 1873.
JOHN IRVING, b. Mil., July 3, 1877.
BATES, JULIUS, son of Peter and Sybil (Hill) Bates, a descendant of Laban, b. Mendon (now Blackstone), Feb. 27, 1827; m. Sarah W. Holbrook, dr. of Luther and Mary Ann (Flagg) Holbrook, b. Mil., March 19, 1831; cer. at the parental res., May 14, 1848, by the writer. Issue : -
DANIEL ELMER, b. March 10, 1849; d. Nov. 2, 1872, a. 23 yrs. 7 mos.
MARY ANN, b. Jan. 8, 1851; m. George R. Withington, Oct. 12, 1871.
SARAH LOUISA, b. Aug. 18, 1852; m. Samuel Gaskill, 2d, May 18, 1870.
ERNEST, b. May 9, 1854; d. Aug. 27, 1856, in Uxbridge.
ERNEST, b. Dec. 11, 1857; m. Kate Dagman, July, 1879.
CATHERINE FRANCES, b. Feb. 14, 1861; d. April 26, 1862.
UNNAMED SON, b. May 10, 1872; d., a. 3 hours.
This family have res. mostly in town since mge. They have 4 gd. chn .; names, etc., not given.
BATES, ELI, bro. of Julius; m. Louisa Hall, dr. of Andrew and Maranda Hall; cer. Hopedale, Aug. 16, 1848, by the writer. They res. in Mendon. I have not their family record.
BATES, WHITMAN, son of Nahum and gd. son of Laban, res. briefly at So. Milford with wf. Lucy Ann, and had one birth recorded here; viz., - FREDERICK, b. Aug. 22, 1831.
BATHRICK, JONATHAN; pedigree, etc., not traced; m. Experience Hayward, dr. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Thayer) (Heath) Hayward; birth-date not found; cer. 1810, by whom not found. Their chn .:-
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WILBER HEATH, b. Mil., April 7, 1811; d. July 22, 1813.
ELIZABETH THAYER, b. Mil., May 21, 1814; m. - Smith, Waterford. She
d. over 30 yrs. ago. -
HARRIET, b. Mil., Aug. 28, 1816; d. unm., Whitinsville, some 10 yrs. since. LUCINDA THAYER, h. Mil., Feb. 14, 1820; res., unm., Whitinsville, and her aged mother with her.
HOPESTILL, b. Mil., Aug. 14, 1823; m., 1st, John Gaffney, Sept. 1, 1852; 2d, C. A. Mott.
GEORGE, b. Mil., June 3, 1825; m., set., and d. in Whitinsville; d. 2 yrs. ago. WARREN, b. Mil., 1827; m., set., and res. in Whitinsville.
Mr. B. moved his family to Jenksville, near Woonsocket, R.I., in the spring of 1828; was then in a decline, and d. there April, 1828. His wid. has long sur- vived him; moved many yrs. since to Whitinsville, making a home for herself and unm. drs., and is cared for by her dr. Lucinda at the venerable a. of about 92 yrs. Her dr. Hopestill has res. several yrs. in Springfield. There she buried her 1st hus., and now lives with her 2d, Charles A. Mott, at one time a boot and shoe dealer in Mil.
BATHRICK, ALANSON, farmer; res. S. Mil. Directory, 1856.
I have found no others of this name on our records.
BATTLE. I infer that Battelle, Battle, and Battles are different spellings of the same original name, though I cannot be certain of it. Savage, in his Dictionary, treats of no Battles, but only of " Battelle or Baitle;" and he seems to make Thomas of Dedham the common ancestor in this country, but does not tell whence he came, or when, - only he was of Ded. in 1642. Our first Battle was James. He was from Holl., where he formerly had a wf. and 4 chn .; viz., -
OLIVE, b. June 22, 1757.
JAMES, b. June 27, 1759.
JOSEPH, b. Sept. 11, 1762; and ANNE, Sept. 1, 1764.
His Holl. wf. d., and he came into our precinct, where he m. Wid. Beulah Stearns, May 8, 1766; cer. hy Rev. A. Frost. She had borne her former hus. numerous chn .; but none are reported as the issue of this 2d mge. He dwelt in the No. Purchase with his wf. on a part of the Jona. Stearns place, north of the Balls, toward Hop. line. She d. March 31, 1804, and he m., for his 3d wf., Mrs. Lucy Stowe of Grafton. I find no record of his death, and suspect he may have left town to end his days elsewhere. There was a John Battle here in 1781, who had a son John bap. at that time by Rev. Mr. Frost; but nothing more is told of him. I suppose these families must have descended, on the male side, from Thomas of Dedham ; but I cannot denote their successive generations. I think no family connection of this name appeared within our limits again, except, perhaps, very transiently, till after 1843. Between this date and 1860 several bros. of a talented, enterprising, and vigorous-minded family, came into town, and, for several years, took a very influential position in its educational, manufacturing, and political affairs.
BATTLES. These were Edwin, Jonathan, Winslow, and Dean F. Battles. Meantime their brother, Amory Battles, and sister Mary were teachers of our public schools for longer or shorter periods. Although pecuniary success did not seem to crown their executive enterprise in business, In consequence of which they all ultimately departed to more promising spheres of personal activity, they made indelible marks on the progress of our municipal community. Their intellectual vigor kept the social waters in lively motion during their stay among us.
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Edwin came here in 1852 to take charge of the packing and shipping depart- ments in the establishment of Underwood, Godfrey, & Co. After two yrs. he built a shop on Granite St., and began to manufacture boots in company with his bros. Winslow and Dean F., under the firm name of "Battles & Brothers." Two yrs. later they formed a copartnership with Gen. O. Underwood under the firm name of "O. Underwood & Battles Brothers." The business of this firm was large, and of varying results. It was dissolved at the end of three yrs. by original limitation, and the former firm of " Battles Bros." re-established. This continued till the breaking out of the Rebellion. Edwin went on manufacturing boots six or seven yrs. longer; then he bought him a farm in Harvard, and moved thither in 1869. He sold that farm in 1871, and went to Boston, where he now res. From 1873 to 1876 he was clerk in the United-States lighthouse inspector's office.
Edwin took a very prominent and responsible part in the establishment of our town library, as the records of 1858 clearly show; also in the management of our school affairs, as a prominent member of the general committee, carrying them through some difficult crises, and promoting educational progress. He was no less conspicuous and serviceable during the war of the Rebellion on committees of provision and relief for the soldiers. He was himself unable to take the field, but sent two of his sons to the defence of the Union. For par- ticulars to his credit, I need only refer to the records and printed documents of those days.
Winslow Battles came here in 1854 from Boston, where he had been a suc- cessful teacher in the public schools some 12 or 14 yrs., to join his bros. in the boot-manufacture. He was soon placed on the School Board, and there made himself an excellent record in matters of important educational improvement. He was, at the same time, supt. of the Universalist Sunday school, and an active member of the ch. choir. In 1860 he was elected senator to Gen. Court, where he was made chairman of the committee on education, and exerted a successful influence in granting State aid to the since popular "Institute of Technology." He was again elected to the State Senate in 1863, and gave his warmly sympathetic support to all the administrative measures of the great war governor, John A. Andrew. He went to California in 1865, returned in 1870, and now res. in Randolph, doing business in Boston. He has strongly charac- terized himself as a worker for others, and a promoter of human improvement.
Jonathan Battles taught school successfully in Boston about 20 yrs. ; being absent from his. post scarcely a single working day during the whole time. He came here in 1858, and joined the firm of "Battles Bros." After its dissolution he taught the grammar-school on the " Plain." He now res. in Dorchester.
Dean F. Battles came to Mil. in 1845 or 1846, and taught the No. Purchase school. Afterwards he tanght several yrs. in Boston. In 1854 he came hither again, and joined the firm of "Battles Bros." Next he spent some yrs. in the employ of "Clement, Colburn, & Co.," and in 1874 went to Joliet, Ill., where he now res. He was, at my last advices, foreman in the cutting-room of a large Chicago " boot and shoe honse," which employs numerous State Prison convicts at Joliet.
Amory Battles came here in 1843-44, taught the No. Purchase school, and later, for several terms, in the Centre dist. He was very popular as a teacher with all classes. He distinguished himself by excluding from his discipline all corporal punishment, which he deemed wrong in principle and worse than use- less in practice. He afterward fitted himself, by academic and collegiate studies,
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to enter the Divinity School at Cambridge; whence, in 1850, he was called to settle as pastor of the Universalist Society in Bangor, Me. His pastorate was a very successful one, and lasted nearly a quarter of a century. He was highly esteemed by all classes, and rendered his society eminently flourishing. He devoted himself especially to the moral and humanitary reforms, laboring hard for the educational and social elevation of the people. He m. Pamelia Barker in 1854, and has a son Paul some 24 yrs. of age. His only dr. d. in infancy.
Rev. Amory recd. a call, some six yrs. ago, to settle over a society in New- ton, Mass., and moved thither. But for some reason he continned there only about a yr. He then returned to Bangor, where he now dwells, supplying pulpits as a temporary preacher.
Mary Battles, who became the wf. of Abraham Mead, Esq., taught school in Mil. during three or four terms in 1852-53. Her hus. was an employé of " Battles Bros." from 1854 two yrs., and later of "Underwood, Battles, & Bros." The family moved to Braintree some 12 yrs. since.
This general family of bros., sisters, etc., have made themselves a remark- able record as educators. There are eight of them in the same generation; and they claim to have taught school in various places, all counted together, over 100 yrs. In theology they have ranked themselves as Unitarians; in moral and social reform, Abolitionists ; in politics, Free-Soilers and Republicans.
Whether they are descendants of the Thomas Battle in Dedham mentioned by Savage, I cannot assure myself, though I think it probable. There are links missing, or at least of uncertainty. Mitchell's History of Bridgewater says, "John Battles (from Plymouth) settled in Stoughton Corner, within the North Parish of Bridgewater, and m. Hannah, dr. of Edward Curtis, and had John, Jonathan, Samuel, Asa, Uriah, Edward, Curtis, Rebecca, and Susanna. .. . Jonathan m. Hannah, dr. of Joseph Porter, and settled in Stoughton." This Jonathan was the gd. fr. of our " Battles Bros." So much is certain. What lies behind, between John of Plymouth and Thomas of Dedham, I leave to conjecture, or to genealogical research. To be sure of my reckoning, I will not go beyond John of Plymouth, but set him down as generation,1 and tabulate accordingly.
BATTLES, JONATHAN 2 (John1), mason and farmer; b. Stoughton, 1755; m. Hannah, dr. of Joseph Porter, b. Stoughton, 1757; cer. 1785. Their chu .: -
JONATHAN, b. 1786; m. Meriah Dickerman, 1811.
HANNAH, b. 1788; m. Hosea Osgood.
JOSEPH ~ b. 1790; m. Judith French.
(twins),
BENJAMIN b. 1790; m. Charlotte Smith.
BETSEY, b. 1792; d. unm.
FRANK, b. 1794; d. unm.
CYRUS, b. 1796; m. Eliza Morton.
ELIZABETE, b. 1799; m. Lemuel Drake.
The mr. d. in Stoughton, 1827; the fr. d. there 1830.
BATTLES, JONATHAN & (Jonathan,2 John 1), mason and farmer; b. Stoughton, 1786; m. Meriah Dickerman, dr. of Peter and Rebekah (Tilden) Dickerman, b. Stougliton, 1789; cer. Stoughton, 1811, by Rev. Dr. Edward Richmond. Their chn. : -
JONATHAN, b. 1812; m. Lucy Pope of Dorchester, 1840.
EDWIN, b. 1814; m. Josephine Curtis of Boston, 1843.
MERIAH D., b. 1816; m. Richard Stearns of Randolph, 1852.
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WINSLOW, b. 1818; remained single at last report.
MARY, b. 1820; m. Abraham Mead of Littleton, 1845.
AMORY, Rev., b. 1823; m. Pamelia Barker of Bangor, Me., 1854.
DEAN FORBES, b. 1825; m. Anna B. Page of Newburyport, 1854.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 1827; d. in infancy.
ABIGAIL CLARISSA, b. 1829; remained single at last report.
All these are living but Benjamin F., who d. as above. Their mr. d. 1868. Their fr. d. 1871.
BATTLES, EDWIN4 (Jonathan, Jonathan,2 John1), b. 1814; m. Josephine Curtis, dr. of Daniel Tural and Eliza Gray (Bixby) Curtis, b. Cambridge,
1819; cer. in Boston, 1843, by Rev. William M. Rogers. Their chn. : - EDWIN MORTIMER, b. 1845; m. Lovisa M. Daniels, Holl., 1870; 1 son. FRANK, b. 1847; m. Ida Cloud, Concord, N.H., 1878.
JULIA MARY, b. 1848.
JOSEPHINE CURTIS, b. 1850; m. Edward F. Woodbury, Boston, 1874; 2 chn. WENDELL PHILLIPS, b. 1858.
The first 4 of these chn. were b. in Billerica; the last named in Mil. Not having at command the family records of the other Battles bros. who once res. here, I conclude where I am.
BAY, ISSACHER, of Hopkinton, and Matilda Crocker, of Mil., both negroes, were m. June 2, 1789, by Amariah Frost, Esq. No further traced.
JOHN BEAL, from Hingham, Norfolk Co., Eng., come over in the ship Diligent, and landed in Boston, Aug. 10, 1638. He brought with him 5 sons and 2 drs. He set. in New Hingham (our Hingham); was a shoemaker; was made freeman soon after his arrival, and in 1649 represented Hingham in Gen. Ct. He lived to be about 100 yrs. old, and from him has descended a host of those bearing the name Beal. At one period we had many of this name here for a considerable time; but death and emigration have nearly extinguished the race in Mil. The following tabulations present their genealogy : -
BEAL, DANIEL 5 (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Bridgewater, 1729 ; m. Mehetabel Byram, 1750. They were recd. into the Cong. ch. here from the 3d Ch., Bridgewater, July 13, 1760. Their chn. : -
SAMUEL, b. Bridgewater, 1750; m. Sarah Saunders, March 16, 1775.
DANIEL, b. Bridgewater, 1753; no further traced.
JOSHUA, b. Bridgewater, 1755; no further traced.
MEHETABEL, b. Bridgewater, 1758; m. Joseph Green of Worthington, 1777. JOSIAH, b. in our Precinct, Jan. 6, 1761; no further traced.
The fr. d. soon after the birth of Josiah, and his wid., Mehetabel, m. Robert Saunders, April 24, 1764; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. I think Daniel Beal dwelt at one time in the near vicinity of now Hopedale.
BEAL, BENJAMIN 5 (Samuel, John,8 John,2 John 1), b. Bridgewater, 1733; m. Sarah -, date not found. They were recd. into the Cong. ch. here from
the 3d Ch., Bridgewater, July 20, 1766. Their chn. : -
ISAAC, b. Bridgewater, 1753; m. Prudence -, perhaps in Uxbridge.
LEVI, b. Bridgewater, 1755; m. Anna Saunders, July 22, 1776.
DAVID, b. in our Precinct, Jan. 5, 1769.
This family lived in the north-westerly part of our territory, and must have emigrated at a date not ascertained.
BEAL, NATHAN 5 (Samuel,4 John,8 John,2 John1), b. Bridgewater, 1727; m. Bathsheba -, ptge., date, etc., not found. Their chn. : -
MARY, b. Bridgewater, 1750; m. Nehemiah Shaw, 1775.
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NATHAN, b. Bridgewater, 1752; not traced.
NEHEMIAH, b. Bridgewater, 1755; not traced.
JOHN, b. Bridgewater, 1759; m. Silence Atwood, Oct. 19, 1780.
ENos, b. in our Precinct, June 19, 1761; m. Relief Cheney, June 25, 1784. DAVID, b. in our Precinct, March 25, 1763; not traced.
ASA, b. in our Precinct, Nov. 22, 1765; m. Olive Cheney, Sept. 2, 1790. BETHIAH, b. in our Precinct, July 30, 1770; m. Moses Davis, Sept. 2, 1790.
This family res. in the northerly or north-westerly part of our territory. I have been unable to trace their experiences further as to births, deaths, removals, etc., except in the case of Asa, who reared a large family in what is called our "City" School District. See in place.
BEAL, SAMUEL 6 (Daniel," Samuel,4 John,2 John,2 John1), b. Bridgewater, 1750; m. Sarah Saunders, dr. of Robert, sen., and Sarah (Cheney) Saun- ders, b. May 7, 1752; cer. March 16, 1775, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn .: - DANIEL, bap. Aug. 4, 1776; no further traced.
SARAH, bap. June 14, 1877; the fr. said to have just decd. The family no further traced, except that Sarah m. Charles Cheney, Nov. 28, 1797.
BEAL, ISAAC6 (Benjamin,5 Samuel,4 John,8 John,2 John1), b. Bridgewater, 1753; m., perhaps in Ux., Prudence -, ptge., etc., not found. They were recd. into the Cong. ch. from Ux. ch. previous to 1776. They had 2 chn. b. and bap. here; viz., -
BETSEY, b. Feb. 24, 1776.
HORATIO, b. Oct. 23, 1777. This family no further traced.
BEAL, LEVI6 (Benjamin,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Bridgewater, 1755; m. Anna Saunders, dr. of Robert, sen., and Sarah (Cheney) Saun- ders, b. March 6, 1746; cer. July 22, 1776, by Rev. A. Frost. Only 1 child recorded here : -
LEVI, b. April 13, 1777; d. the ensuing Nov.
This family no further traced ; emigrated to unascertained parts.
There was a Wid. MARY BEAL m. to Daniel Haywood of Worcester, July 21, 1763, by Rev. A. Frost. This Mrs. Mary I have failed to trace.
BEAL, ASA6 (Nathan,5 Samuel,4 John,8 John,2 John1), b. in our Precinct, Nov. 22, 1765; m. Olive Cheney, dr. of Caleb, sen., and Mary (Wheelock) Cheney, b. April 14, 1772; cer. Sept. 2, 1790, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn .: -
SABRA, b. Nov. 4, 1790; d. Aug. 19, 1798.
BETSEY, b. Nov. 29, 1791; m. Otis Taft, Upton, June 19, 1811; res. Oxford, a. 87.
SAMUEL, b. June 18, 1793; untraced.
BATHSHEBA, b. Oct. 6, 1794; m. - Tucker; res. Monson, a. 85.
SOPHIA, b. Jan. 5, 1796; m. - Hill; res. Medfield, a. 83.
NATHAN, b. April 29, 1797; d. Aug. 9, 1798.
HANNAH, b. June 6, 1798; untraced.
OLIVE, b. Feb. 25, 1800; m. - Stevens; res. Ohio, a. 79.
LORENA } (twins), b. May 24, 1801; m. - Richardson; res. Medway, a. 78.
LUCINDA b. May 24, 1801; untraced.
ADOLPHUS, b. March 31, 1803; emigrated 1826; no further traced.
AsA, jun., b. Sept. 10, 1804; untraced.
MARY WHEELOCK, b. Jan. 3, 1806; untraced.
SABRA ANN, b. May 3, 1810; m. - Smith : res. Monson, a. 69.
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SALLY CHENEY, b. Jan. 21, 1812; untraced.
The mr. d. in Mil., 1826, as I have been told, and the fr. in Med., 1849, though I found no record of either death. Six of the drs. were said to be living in 1878, as above indicated. Adolphus left town in 1825 or 1826. Thus all dis- appeared from among us long ago. Their home was in the "City," so called, or in the neighborhood of the Asylum. The family was a famous large one anyhow.
BEAL, DAVID,6 of Boston (Joseph,5 David,4 Jacob,3 Jacob,2 John 1), m. Sarah McArthur, in Boston, Oct. 12, 1813. They moved to Western Pa. He d. Sept. 6, 1821, and was buried somewhere on the banks of the Ohio River, - the spot unknown to his chn. Those chn. are, -
DAVID, b. Birmingham, Pa., Nov. 3, 1814; m., 1st, Sarah P. Ball; 2d, Eme- line Hotchkiss.
HARRIET, b. Birmingham, Pa., March 2, 1817; m. Alvin C. Robbins, April 16, 184S.
JOHN MCARTHUR, b. Birmingham, Pa., May 16, 1820; res. in the far West.
The widowed mr. returned in sad circumstances to the East with her orphans, and one at least of them, David, came to this town in early youth. The mr. d. with the family of her son David, at Hopedale, May 15, 1867, a. 78 yrs. 3 mos.
BEAL, DAVID7 (David,6 Joseph,5 David,4 Jacob,8 Jacob,2 John1 the English immigrant), b. Birmingham, Pa., Nov. 3, 1814; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah McArthur; m., 1st, Sarah Palmer Ball, dr. of Zenas and Betsey (Tilton) Ball, b. Mil., Ang. 13, 1817; cer. June 13. 1838, by the writer. One son : - DAVID FRANCIS, h. Oct. 22, 1839; res. Climax, Kan.
Mrs. Sarah d. at Hopedale, Oct. 4, 1846. The hus. m., 2d, Emeline Hotch- kiss, dr. of Benjamin and Hannah Hotchkiss, b. in Prospect, Ct., Dec. 14, 1819; cer. Feb. 28, 1850, by the writer. One son : -
RUFUS GILBERT, b. Hopedale, Nov. 11, 1854; m. Emma Scriven, Nov. 12, 1879.
Quiet, meditative, thoughtful, worthy people, husband and wives, deeply interested in the reforms of the age, industrious, frugal, peaceable, kind, and neighborly. The hus., a bootmaker by trade, and 1st wife, came to Hopedale in 1843. He soon joined the Community, as did his 2d wife at a later date. Both remained members till after the dissolution of the industrial arrange- ments in 1856, and were sharers in the great disappointment occasioned by that result. They continued to reside at Hopedale till 1879, when they took up their abode on the Dea. Tyler (alias Alex. Thayer) homestead, in the north- easterly part of Mendon, dwelling with their son Rufus and his recently m. wf. BEARD, THOMAS, sen., and THOMAS, jun., long ago owned an 80-acre farm,
bounded northerly by the ancient Ichabod Thayer place, lately owned by Justin E. Eames; easterly on what is now Congress St. ; southerly on land then owned by Ebenezer Boynton, Rev. Amariah Frost, and Samuel Tor- rey; and westerly by now Highland St. The fr. and son joined in convey- ing this estate to John Hill, March 16, 1757. Either the fr. or son, or both, appear to have owned and dwelt on a part of this estate as early at least as 1728. I do not clearly understand whether Thomas, sen., res. much here, but rather infer that he may have done so only transiently. Thomas, jun., was permanently on the premises from 1728, or earlier, to the time of sale in 1757. Whence they came, or whither they went, I have no information. Mendon records show that -
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BEARD, THOMAS, jun., m. Susannah Walker of Hop., Dec. 28, 1732, and had RUTH, AARON, ASA, WILLIAM, AMITE, AMOS, ABIGAIL, and SUSANNAH, birth-dates not given ; but Rev. Mr. Frost gives the baptismal dates of four; viz., William, bap. Feb. 12, 1743; Amos, May 25, 1746; Abigail, Oct. 2, 1748; and Susannah, Jan. 26, 1752.
Other records show that AARON BEARD m. Elizabeth Streeter, June 12, 1755; cer. by Daniel Haven, Esq .; also that Thomas Beard (whether fr. or son I am uncertain) was one of the original members of our Cong. ch., formed April 15, 1741. I see that the deed of 1757 is signed by Thomas, sen., Thomas, jun., and Hannah. I suspect that Hannah may have been merely an alias synonyme for Susannah. This is all I can tell of the only Beards recollected ever to have dwelt on our territory.
BELKNAP, LYMAN EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer and Amelia O. (Bailey) Belknap; b. Mil., April 19, 1852; m. Anna J'are, dr. of David and Betsey (Pettis) Ware, b. Franklin, Oct. 7, 1854; cer. Mil., April 19, 1872, by Rev. C. W. Redding. Issne :-
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