History of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts with genealogies and notes on persons and estates, Part 15

Author: Daniels, George Fisher, 1820-1897
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Oxford : Pub. by the author with the cooperation of the town
Number of Pages: 916

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Survey of roads. In 1797 all the roads in town were surveyed and geographically described. Daniel Fisk, Sylvanus Town and Jonathan Davis located the highway from Dudley to Ward line, fix- ing the width of the main street at seven rods, and from the Plain to the north common at six rods, in front of the north common at seven rods and thence northward at six rods, reserving a former grant to Josiah Wolcott [or Duncan Campbell] in 1754. Marvin Moore, Jonathan Harris and Jeremiah Davis established the bounds of all roads in the south part of the town excepting the above named :-

1, To Sutton; 2, from Sutton road southerly to the Major Moore place, H. 30; 3, the north road to Sutton [past Lovett's]; 4, from the 8-rod road to the Silas Fitts place, H. 39; 5, from the "training field" north of the cemetery to Nichols' mill; 6, from the 8-rod road toward the old Fort; 7, from Kings- bury's [now in Webster] to the Thompson road; 8, the Thompson road from Johnson's Plain south to village line; 9, from the north common to Sutton line. They also refer to the " Nealand road," " Quaboag Lane," "Edwards' road," " Dea. Harwood's road," H. 40, the County road toward Charlton, and that to " Robertson's [Robinson's?] mill."

Jeremiah Learned, Ebenezer Learned and Jonas Eddy reported for the north part of the town :-

1, The road east from Carbuncle [Town's] Pond, following a track which had long been open, between H. 139 and H. 141, past Ambrose Stone's, H. 166, Crane's, H. 165; Shumway's, H. 164, Hovey's, H. 162, Kidder's, H. 161, Blan- chard's, H. 160, across a corner of Sutton now Millbury, past Daggett's, H. 159, and turning west to John Pratt's, H. 147, thence south past H. 151, H. 153, the present North Oxford railroad station, Adams', H. 174, Turner's, H. 175, back into the same road, at a point one-fourth of a mile east of the pond, two rods wide, excepting that part from the pond easterly to the intersection, which was to be two and one-half rods; 2, from the "great road" at Town's Pond west to the river, and on across "Colli- cum brook" to Charlton line; 3, from the latter north over Mount Pleasant [Rocky Hill] across the McIntire road into the Leicester road; 4, the Leicester road from near the Ebenezer Learned place to the N. Gore south line; 5, from Ebenezer Merriam's to the Leicester road; 6, from the Uriah Stone place to Richard Moore's [east of the river(?)]; 7, from Lamb's mill up Prospect Hill to Ward line; 8, from Israel Phillips' south to the Leicester road, and from this road to Israel Trow's house; 9, the McIntire road [west from Rock- dale across the river to Charlton line]; 10, from William Eddy's [now Pope's], H. 132, to the County road near Kidder's, H. 133; 11, a road north from the road between John Pratt's, H. 147, and Arthur Daggett's, H. 158; 12, from Jonathan Kidder's, H. 161, southeast to Sutton line.

In Aug., 1799, a highway from the Salem Learned neighborhood [southwest] to the new County road to Charlton, intersecting it one- third of a mile west of Main Street, was accepted. This road crossed the river at a ford with a foot-bridge a short distance north of the present bridge.

Douglas road. In 1800 a County road from Cumberland, R. I., through Douglas and a part of Sutton and Oxford was laid out, and

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in March, 1803, Nathan Hall, Abijah Davis and Marvin Moore were chosen to contract for its building in Oxford. In 1801 a County road was laid out from Jeremiah Kingsbury's, now Webster almshouse, southeast, near the pond, to Philip Brown's in the South Gore, and in August Jonathan Davis and Abijah Davis, committee, reported that they had let it out to be built, 234 rods at $110.

Town districted. In 1802 the town was first districted for the repairs of the highways. Surveyors had been previously chosen with no special limits. This year five districts were made, viz. : the East, South, North, Northeast and Centre. Before this date little labor was bestowed upon the roads ; but as wheeled vehicles came into use there was a demand for better ways and also better implements for repairs. An attempt was made to purchase ploughs for the purpose but failed. In May, 1802, a vote was passed authorizing the selectmen to buy " six scrapers for use on the roads." In March, 1810, Mr. James Butler proposed to furnish at his own expense " a suitable plough" to be kept at his barn for the use of the town, which offer was accepted with thanks.

Roads accepted. Sept., 1803, from present Howarth's village north to Charlton road ; May, 1804, from Thomas Davis', H. 28, north to Sutton road; Nov., 1805, from John Hudson's, H. 168, south to William Hudson's, Long Hill.

The Freshets of the winter of 1806-7 were disastrous to the bridges on the river, and all were more or less damaged. The dam also at Aaron Sibley's mill, North Oxford, was destroyed.

Bridge and Causeway. For many years the residents west of the Maanexit and south of the " Little River" suffered great incon- venience for want of means of crossing the main stream. They were obliged either to ford it below the mouth of Little River, which they did for a long time, or to ford the latter stream near its mouth and go up to the bridge on the Charlton road in order to get to town. Several ineffectual efforts were made by John Larned and others to obtain action in the matter. At length, in 1807, the town was induced to listen to their appeals, and voted to build a road from Kingsbury's, H. 74, to the County road to Charlton, including a bridge, and a causeway across the meadow. Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jonathan Davis and Jonathan Harris were chosen to contract for and supervise the work, which was completed and accepted Oct., 1807.1

Roads accepted. March, 1808, from Solomon Harwood's, H. 40, to the town road; from Dea. Dana's, H. 22, northwest to the "eight-lots road"; April, 1810, from the Worcester road near its junction with the Leicester road, east to near the present North Oxford railroad station; May, 1811, on the west side of the river

1 The style of this first bridge was far different from that of the present one. It was built very low to save expense of stone work, and at high water for weeks at a time was submerged and

impassable for pedestrians. The upstream end was lowest so that the water in flowing over pressed upon the planking which was held in position by stones piled upon it.

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south from the " great bridge " to Dudley line, nearly following the old " Woodstock path "; May, 1812, from near John Larned's barn, now Moses Larned's, Webster, southwest toward the North Village ; same date, from Elijah Rich's, H. 5, to old Douglas turnpike.

Turnpike. The Douglas, Sutton and Oxford turnpike was built by a company of which Jonathan Davis was president, and was com- pleted in 1810. A committee of the Court reviewed it and established a toll-gate at the house of Abram Briggs. It was made a County road in 1834. In 1817 at several town meetings votes were taken on a new road from the " North Factory " toward Leicester, and a com- mittee was chosen to petition the Court of Sessions for a discon- tinuance. It was, however, ordered built and was finished in 1818, Rufus Moore, William Moore and Stephen Barton having charge.

Roads accepted. July, 1817, from Nichols' mill east and south by the pond to Charlton road ; a cart road with bars and gate existed here previously ; March, 1819, from Joel Eddy's, now Pope's, H. 132, to Worcester road ; May, 1819, from Joseph Elliot's factory [Rockdale] to Mr. Adams' house ; April, 1821, from Daniel Raw- son's by Ephraim Kingsbury's to town road ; July, 1822, from Stephen Prince's, now Conlin's, to town road.

In April, 1823, it was voted to pay interest to William Hurd on money due him for "building the Great Bridge." This repairing was probably done in 1822, and was a rebuilding of the wood-work. It was what was termed a "gallows bridge," of heavy timber and planking.

Millbury and Sutton roads. In 1823 a road from the north common, east to Sutton line was planned, but was opposed by the town. At the same time a movement was made for a road from the same point northeast to Millbury ; on the latter it was voted to leave it to the discretion of the town agent to oppose or not, as he saw fit. This way had been laid out by the Court's com- mittee in 1812. Both these roads were opened as County roads, and 1 Aug., 1825, $1,200 was raised by the town to meet the cost. Stephen Barton, Stephen Davis and Joseph Lamb were building com- mittee.

In Sept., 1824, a road from the Eliott mill, near the Hawes place, southeast to the Joshua Turner house, H. 175, was discontinued.1 In Nov., 1825, was accepted a way from south of the mill at Buffumville north to the Charlton road. In May, 1826, that part of the old Worcester road between Rockdale [Bartlett's] and Nathaniel Ide's residence, H. 125, was discontinued. In 1827 the Court of Sessions ordered changes in the Sutton road from near Capt. Ebenezer Rich's, H. 15, east a third of a mile or more to school-house No. 1. In June,

1 On 30 Oct., 1824, the heirs of Samuel Stone executed a lease to the town, while used for a highway and no longer, of land for a road from the lower mill in Leicester to Luther Stone's mill in

the Gore, about 62 rods from Oxford line, "run- ning along near the river, three rods wide." The original is among the Hartwell papers.

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1829, Samuel Slater had petitioned for improvements in the road from Oxford to his factories, on which changes were made, the principal one being near the town line, beginning at Oxford almshouse and instead of passing over the hill continued directly at the west foot of it in a level course. The work was completed in 1830.

Dudley road. In Sept., 1829, Jonathan Davis, William Moore and Benjamin F. Town were chosen to oppose a road from Dudley to Worcester to pass through the west part of Oxford, which was done successfully. As a compromise, perhaps, in 1830 the road from near John Larned's, H. 71, southwest to the "Upham Neighborhood " in Dudley was laid out, and in 1831 was built, and the old way past the William Hurd place, H. 60, up the steep hill, was discontinued as a County road. In 1832 the " new County road to Southbridge" is named. It was built in the spring of that year, and in the main fol- lowed the old road in Oxford.

Roads accepted. 1832, from Samuel Mayo's [Huguenot Fort], H. 33, northwest to the "Harwood " road at Bondet Hill; from Main Street at the Universalist Meeting-house west to the Charlton road, called Barton Street, 35 feet wide ; 1833, from Andrew Fitts', H. 31, to the house of Samuel Mayo [Fort Hill] ; in 1833 the road from Charlton to Worcester through Texas village was laid out, and built in 1834; 1834 from near Peter Shumway's, H. 64, to Bondet Hill road ; 1835, from Isaac Bolster's, H. 6, to Thomas Rich's, H. 5 ; from North Oxford tavern north to the new Charlton and Worces- ter road ; 1837, from the Thread village to Stephen Prince's, H. 85.

Hartford turnpike. The " Central Turnpike " to Boston, east part of the town (Webster to West Sutton), built in 1826 and 1827 by a corporation of which Jonathan Davis was treasurer, was in 1838 laid out as a County road and accepted by the town.

Gore roads. The North Gore having been annexed to Oxford, in March, 1838, the roads in that locality were accepted, viz. : that from Leicester line to Oxford old line, 281 rods ; that past Jotham Meriam's and that past Samuel Meriam's to Charlton line. Jan., 1841, the bridge over the river at Cyrus Lamb's mill, North Oxford, was rebuilt, the old one having been carried away by high water.

Roads accepted. May, 1841, from David Stone's, H. 125, west to main road; April, 1842, from Reuben Davis', H. 3, to Douglas Turnpike ; March, 1844, from Marshall Pratt's, H. 173, south to Sutton road; April, 1844, from Simon Larned's, H. 73, north to Dudley road ; Nov., 1844, from Millbury line past Alger's, H. 161, Hiel Day's, H. 162, Edson's, H. 163, and Luther Burnet's, H. 166, to Millbury road near brick school-house ; April, 1845, from the McIntire road southwest past Thomas Appleby's, H. 94, to Charlton line ; May, 1845, from Joseph Brown, Jr.'s, H. 22, south to Sutton road ; Nov., 1846, from Artemas Merriam's, H. 103, to Rufus Eddy's, H. 105 ; April, 1847, from near Nehemiah Collier's, H. 186, east past the John Campbell homestead [now Hall's], turn-

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ing south to the common ; Sept., 1847, from the Sutton road, near H. 13, north through Saccarappa and west to Francis Sibley place, H. 19, ordered by County Commissioners ; April, 1847, from near John Hurd's, H. 42, past David Day's [on Bondet Hill] and Nathaniel Davis place to David Wait's, H. 28; Nov., 1848, from Ebenezer Crane's to Charlton road near Horace Pope's, H. 89a; Sept., 1850, from Charlton road near Methodist church south to Wheelock cottage, 40 feet wide ; Nov., 1851, from Simon Larned's, H. 73, south to the old Dudley road.

Main Street improved. In 1838(?) Main Street was ex- tended from the common north across the meadow, changing its location to the west to avoid a railroad crossing, and was built by the Norwich and Worcester R. R. Co., and as a compensation Ebenezer Rich was authorized to deed the railroad a right of way across the town farm. Later a committee was chosen to settle with the company. In 1839, through the efforts of Samuel Dowse and others who sub- scribed for the purpose, the roadway across the Plain had been gravelled from the railroad excavation.

Streets re-located. In July, 1851, it was voted to request the County Commissioners to relocate and establish the bounds of the roads from Webster to Auburn, and from Sutton to Charlton line, with Barton Street, and Mr. Lester, surveyor, was employed to find the old lines. In Nov., 1852, it was voted that the County Com- missioners be invited to review this survey and to fix bounds. This was done in Sept., 1853.1

In May, 1852, after some controversy, the road from the railroad station to the villages at North Oxford was laid out by the County Commissioners. The same year was built that from Buffumville south to, Webster road.

Roads accepted. Nov., 1853, from North Oxford railroad station east to near Shepardson's, H. 165 ; March, 1854, from Sutton road south, first street east of railroad ; 1856, from Conlin's, H. 85, north to Charlton road ; April, 1866, the street running north from the north side of the old cemetery, and east from this to Main Street at S. C. Willis, Jr.'s, each three rods wide; also from Main Street at Lewis Stockwell's to the first named, two rods wide.

In 1854, Main Street from near the centre, nearly a half-mile north,

1 The line of Main Street was established as follows: Beginning at the south end at monu- ment No. 1, 2 rods and 16 links N. 50° E. of the northwest corner of the brick house, thence N. 33° E. 24 rods and 8 links to monument No. 2 [near H. 209], thence N. 14° 20' E. 219 rods and 6 links to monument No. 3 [near the tall elm north end of the street], thence N. 26° 10' E. 25 rods and 5 links to monument No. 4 [in the door- yard of John Shea's house]. This is the original line of the street which from No. 1 to No. 3 is seven rods wide. Beginning at opposite No. 3, at a monument a few rods north from the house

of Allen L. Joslin, thence N. 15° E. 25 rods and 12 links [across the common] to monument No. 1 [at southeast corner of land of B. F. White, H. 244]. From No. 3 where the road is seven rods wide, the road diverges to monument No. 4, where it is 12 rods and half a link wide; thence from monument No. 1, N. 14° E. 99 rods to No. 2, which is six rods 17 links N. 86° 15' W. from the northwest corner of the house of George Wicker. From the head of the common where the road is six rods and 22 links wide the road converges to five rods and 18 links at No. 2.

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was straightened and graded, the part across the meadow being raised several feet and the approaches cut down, at a cost of $536. April, 1868, voted $500 to grade Main Street, to be done by the selectmen. A much needed drainage was obtained, and the street improved by forming gutters and raising the travelled way. In 1872 the road at North Cemetery Hill, the most difficult in the principal highways of the town, was improved at a cost of $1,672.

In 1872-3 a new road from near Rochdale to Texas village was built, and thence south to the North Cemetery the old rebuilt, costing $15,491, the heaviest and most important piece of work of the kind done at one time in the town. In 1877 the Commissioners ordered built on Long Hill toward Millbury, a road which was con- structed that year by Wheelock and Shurtleff at a cost of $693. April, 1877, May Street opened ; April, 1882, Wolcott Street accepted , 1884, two streets running from Main west to Fremont accepted ; 1885, accepted Water Street, running east from the common. Nov., 1887, from North Oxford railroad station to Charles H. Wellington's, H. 129, and $700 voted for the same; built by Wellington and opened to travel May, 1888.

Bridges. In 1858, stone arch, on Webster road, built by Brigham Converse, cost $665 ; winter of 1874-5, over the Maanexit on Charlton road, nearly completed and fell, April, 1875 ; rebuilt by Charles N. Walker, 1875, cost about $2,000; 1879, over the river in North Gore by Wellington Brothers, cost $850; 1880, at Buffumville, by Joseph L. Woodbury, cost $1,000 ; 1884, at Howarth's, by Joseph L. Wood- bury, cost $2,000 ; 1889, over mill brook, east of centre, by William Y. Woodbury, cost $392; 1889, over the river at Rockdale [Bart- lett's], by P. F. and M. Kenney, cost $2,200.

CHAPTER VII.

MILITARY.

FRENCH WAR. FRENCH NEUTRALS. REVOLUTIONARY WAR. GEN. LEARNED. STATE GOVERNMENT. SHAYS REBELLION. ADAMS' ARMY. WASHINGTON'S FUNERAL. SOLDIERS OF 1812. MUSTERS. INDEPENDENT MILITARY COMPA- NY. MINOR MILITARY AFFAIRS. CIVIL WAR. COMPANY E. BATTLES OF 15TH REGIMENT. OXFORD SOLDIERS. MEMORIAL TABLETS. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. SONS OF VETERANS. WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS. DECORA- TION DAY. COMPANY E ASSOCIATION.

French War. There is no recorded action of the town on this subject. The State raised nearly 7,000 soldiers for the war, the object of which was the conquest of Canada, and the number which went from Oxford indicates that the people were ready to meet the demands of the times. Capt. Ebenezer Learned was the most efficient military man of the place, and was ably seconded by Rev. John Campbell, who was skilled in army affairs. Very few appear to have entered the service previous to 1756. Two companies of militia then existed, commanded respectively by Edward Davis and Samuel Davis, brothers, from both of which soldiers were enlisted in a new company under Learned. Preparations for the campaign were made in the spring of 1756, the company had marched to the seat of war, and as a part of Col. Ruggles' regiment was in camp at Lake George, 9 Sept. A roll of this date numbers 51 men.

Rolls. The following are the names from Oxford, others were from surrounding towns :

Ebenezer Learned, Capt., age 28, b. at Ox .; Elisha Rich [Sutton], Lieut., a. 38, b. at Bellingham ; Elijah Town, Sergt., a. 35, b. at Ox. ; privates : Joseph Baker, a 25, shop joiner, b. at Woodstock; Solomon Smellidge, a. 22, b. at Boston; Ebenezer Davis, a. 18, b. at Sutton; John Barnes, a. 19, blacksmith, b. at Boston; Elijah Curtis [N. Gore], a. 19, b. at Topsfield; Hezekiah Eddy, a. 23, b. at Ox. ; Samuel Manning, a. 17, b. at Salem; Jonathan Eddy, a. 20, b. at Ox. [son of Samuel, d. at Fort Edward]; Isaac Larned, Jr., a. 18, b. at Ox .; Caleb Barton, Jr., a. 20, tanner, b. at Ox .; Stephen Shumway, a. 20, b. at Ox .; Samuel Baker, a. 60, joiner, b. at Woburn; Josiah Kingsbury, a. 24 [son of Josiah], clerk, b. at Ox., d. 1756.

Jeremiah Learned was Ensign under his brother Ebenezer. John Wiley, Jr., and Joseph Phillips are on a previous roll, whether they were in service does not appear. A roll, 12 Oct., 1756, gives " Solomon Smellidge, dead ; Stephen Shumway, sick ; Isaac Larned, Jr., sick at Albany." In his petition to the General Court, 27 May,

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1757, Isaac Larned says, " by reason of the small pox being there he was removed to a barn, and continued very sick . . . suffered very much by cold and hunger . . . I tarried with him about a week and nursed him and then he died."1 In May, 1757, Ebenezer Eddy and David Town, Jr., were voted pay for assisting "sick and dying " soldiers in returning from Crown Point expedition.2 Caleb Barton was voted £3 for expenses to Fort William Henry, where his son Caleb d. 1756. Experience Stockwell's husband Ichabod was in Capt. Learned's company, set out for home, was taken sick at Sheffield and d. Nov., 1756 ; she was allowed £2. 2s.

A roll of Philip Richardson's Co. in Ruggles' Reg't, 26 Aug., 1756, gives Enoch Jones, Serg't, N. Gore, a. 22, b. at Sutton ; Noah McIntire, a. 30 ; Philip McIntire, a. 58, both b. at Salem, both from Oxford, Charlton District, Capt. Dresser. A roll of Capt. Joshua Meriam, N. Gore, 26 Sept., 1758, gives Joshua Meriam, Capt., Uriah Stone, clerk, Isaac Hartwell, Robert Meriam, Hezekiah Eddy, Elijah Curtis, Ebenezer Lock-served three years, tradition-privates, from Oxford, N. Gore. These were in service Sept., 1757; marched to relieve the province forts, went to Sheffield, were out eight days, and returned.

The results of the campaign of 1756 were indecisive, through the inefficiency of Gen. Abercrombie. The year 1757 was disastrous to the colonial arms.

Fort William Henry taken. On 3 Aug., 1757, Gen. Mont- calm with a large force besieged Fort William Henry which, with 2,372 men, after a hard struggle capitulated on the 9th. The sur- render was followed by a wanton massacre of nearly 300 of our sol- diers by the Indians. Dismay seized the people of Massachusetts, and on all hands the militia hastened to the rescue. The enemy did not, however, follow up his advantage, and the reliefs were ordered back. Detachments from the two Oxford companies marched 10 Aug. as far as Sheffield, 105 miles, and were out 16 days, as follows, first detachment, date of roll 18 Aug. :-

Edward Davis, Capt .; John Edwards, Lieut. ; Jeremiah Learned, Ens. ; Jedediah Barton, Sergt .; Joseph Edwards, Sergt .; John Town, Sergt. ; Phinehas Ward, Corp .; Moses Town, Corp .; Alexander Nichols, Jacob Comins, Ebenezer Eddy, John Wiley, William Eddy, Joseph Phillips, Jr., Israel Phillips (" detached and sent to Stockbridge "), Daniel Fairfield, John Duncan, Hezekiah Merriam, Jr., Jonathan Phillips, Silas Town, Samuel Larned, Ebenezer Gale, Jr., Joseph Gleason, Samuel Eddy, Jr., Elisha Gleason, Moses Gleason, Jr., Joseph Goggins (" detached and sent to Stockbridge "), Josiah Wolcott, Aaron Parker, Edmund Town, Joseph Pratt, Jesse Pratt, Nathan Shumway, David Pratt, privates.

The second detachment :-

Samuel Davis, Capt .; John Larned, Capt .; Elisha Davis, Sergt .; John Nichols, Sergt. ; Amos Shumway, Sergt .; William Parker, Sergt .; Jeremiah Shumway, Corp .; John Davis, Corp. ; Thomas Town, Isaac Larned, Jonas

1 Mass. Arch., LXXVII., 34. 2 Ibid., LXXVII., 30.

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Coller, John Shumway, William Nichols, John Barton, Jonathan Fuller, Ichabod Town, Joseph Pratt, Jr., Stephen Jewett, Joseph Davis, Benjamin Hudson, John Marvin, Isaac Town, Adams Streeter, Arthur Humphrey, Peter Shumway, Joseph Kingsbury, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Roger Amidown, Abijah Harris, Zebulon Streeter, John Dana, Samuel Manning, John Watson, John Robbins, John Coburn, John Shumway, Jr., William Comins, William Learned, Joseph Wilson, John Moore, privates.

The company were mounted and marched under Capt. Davis to Springfield and thence to Sheffield under Capt. Larned.1

In October, 1757, Capt. John Larned with 29 men, of whom 12 were of Oxford, called the " Minute expedition," marched as far as Westfield, being out from Oct. 20 to Nov. 11, three weeks and two days. Roll :

John Larned, Capt .; Jonathan(?) Nichols, Lieut .; Jacob Cummins, Sergt. ; Jeremiah Shumway, Corp .; Joseph Davis, John Duncan, Ebenezer Fish, Nathan Moore, Ebenezer Eddy, William Lamb, John Nichols, Elijah Larned, Arthur Humphrey, privates.

A return of men enlisted in John Chandler's regiment for the inva- sion of Canada under Gen. Amherst, 1758, gives :

John Bogle, a. 32; Elijah Town, a. 40; Abraham Pratt, a. 19; William Lackey, a. 28, Serg. [was granted land]; Joseph Goggins, a. 19;2 Moses Town, a. 37; Solomon Comings, a. 18; Samuel Streeter, a. 17; Abijah Gale, a. 30 [served several years,-tradition] ; John Duncan, a. 53; Nathan Moore, a. 32; David Town, a. 24; John Ballard, a. 28; Abel Leavens, a. 17; Peter Shumway, a. 24; Jonathan Phillips, a. 24; Elijah Larned, a. 19; Richard Moore, 3d, a. 22; Zebulon Streeter, a. 21; all of Oxford.

On a roll of Capt. Newhall's company, Leicester, are Joseph Goggins, Joseph Kingsbury, Israel Phillips, Zebulon Streeter, all of Oxford.3

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History of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts with genealogies and notes on persons and estates, Part 15

Author: Daniels, George Fisher, 1820-1897 Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Oxford : Pub. by the author with the cooperation of the town Number of Pages: 916

Author: Daniels, George Fisher, 1820-1897
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Oxford : Pub. by the author with the cooperation of the town
Number of Pages: 916