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remaining the property of Dowse ; 15 March, 1838, Samuel Dowse to Charles R. Carlton, house and land ; 16 March, 1839, Charles R. Carlton to William Kimball and Samuel Dowse; 1 April, 1843, Samuel Dowse to Peter C. Bacon and Cromwell Moulton, executors of the estate of Richard Olney, one-half ; 1 April, 1847, Peter C. Bacon and Cromwell Moulton, executors, to Mrs. Timothy Aldrich, one-half ; 15 March, 1848, William Kimball to same, one-half ; Timothy Aldrich and w. both d. here.
224. Late WILLIAM A. WHEELOCK. Part of H. 223. 1 May, 1841, Samuel Dowse to Ruth Phillips, the north part of lot bought of Samuel C. Paine ; house built by her son William A. Wheelock the same year ; he d. here and his heirs were owners, 1890.
225. - WILLIAM B. CUSHMAN. Part of 150 a. sold 1723, by Benja- min Chamberlain to Samuel Davis, and by him, 1724, to William Davis, who occupied, and 2 April, 1760, deeded to Alexander Campbell, 85¿ rods on Main street, including tavern estate ; 8 Nov., 1773, it came into the possession of Ezra Bowman.1 See H. 235. 21 Nov., 1775, Ezra Bowman to Edward K. Wolcott, 24 a. and buildings, b. south on "Chobaug Lain"; 28 April, 1777, Amos Putnam to Charles Dabney of Oxford, merchant, 16 a. in rear of the 24 a. and between "Quaboag road and the new County road"; 5 Jan., 1778, Edward K. Wolcott to Charles Dabney of Providence, R. I., 24§ a., 50} rods on Main street ; Dabney took down the old house and began building a large new one, but had not completed it when he sold ; 12 May, 1784, Charles Dabney to Ephraim Russell, blacksmith, who occupied and had a shop near the street not far from the Col. DeWitt house ; 2 Dec., 1805, Ephraim Russell to Timothy Lamson, who occupied, b. north on "the meeting-house yard"; 23 Feb., 1809, Timothy Lamson to Stephen Keith of Sutton; 1 March, 1810, Stephen Keith to Josiah S. Prentice, who occupied ; 6 Oct., 1810, Josiah S. Prentice to Jonathan Sibley, who d. here, as did his widow. Mr. Sibley devised the homestead to his widow during her life, and as they had no children, to the children of Thomas Nichols and Lawson Gould at her decease. These sold to J. Edward Nichols, son of Thomas, who in 1887 sold to Mrs. William B. Cushman. The old house built by Dabney was a gambrel roof and sloped to one story in the rear. Sibley on buying raised up the back part and put on a square hip roof, and finished it throughout. This house was burned 1846, and the present one built soon afterward by the Mutual Insur- ance Company, Worcester.
1 In a record, Worcester, B. 211, pp. 284, 285, it is asserted that Richard Moore owned land on the street, b. south on Quaboag lane. No evi- dence of his purchase or sale of land here has
been found. William Davis in his deed to Camp- bell, 1760, bounds the estate conveyed south on Quaboag lane.
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226. MRS. WILLIAM NEWTON. Late Alexander DeWitt. Part of H. 225. 20 Sept., 1816, Jonathan Sibley to Richard Moore, 96 rods, adjoining the "meeting-house yard"; Moore had sold at H. 221 ; he soon built the present house, attaching a store at the north end in which he began trade ; he d. here 1819 ; 1 April, 1824, Jona- than Davis to Ira Barton; 10 Oct., 1833, Ira Barton to Richard Olney ; 14 June, 1837, Richard Olney to Peter C. Bacon ; 31 Jan., 1840, Peter C. Bacon to Stephen Prince, Jr. ; 23 April, 1849, Stephen Prince, Jr., to Alexander DeWitt ; all these owners, excepting Davis, occupied ; DeWitt remodelled and enlarged the house soon after pur- chase. He d. here 1879 ; his widow occupied till her decease. The estate was devised to Mrs. William Newton.
227. MRS. WILLIAM NEWTON [on Barton Street]. Part of H. 226. 4 Feb., 1829, Ira Barton to Josiah Moore and Danforth Brown, lot ; 18 Feb., 1829, Danforth Brown to Justin Root, one-half ; Root and Moore built for a bakery; 10 Nov., 1829, Josiah Moore to Justin Root, one-half ; 17 Jan., 1835, Justin Root to David Nichols ; 9 March, 1837, David Nichols to William Sigourney ; 1857, William Sigourney to Dwight Foster of Worcester ; 12 March, 1857, Dwight Foster to Alexander DeWitt ; 23 June, 1884, executors of Alexander De Witt to Eliza L., w. of William Newton.
228. Late FRANKLIN BARNES. House removed from the site of the Methodist Meeting-house. The land of H. 225 once extended north to the Charlton road in the rear of the Universalist Meeting- house. 8 March, 1826, Jonathan Sibley to Ira Barton, 1} a .; 28 March, 1826, Ira Barton to Charles P. Nichols, the lot at junction of said road and Barton Street, where the Meeting-house now stands ; Nichols built the house and occupied ; 1 April, 1831, Charles P. Nichols to Harvey Dresser, 49 rods and buildings ; 1 Jan., 1834, Harvey Dresser to Richard Olney ; 20 Nov., 1865, Wilson Olney to Lament B. Corbin and William H. Thurston for the Methodist Society. The house was removed across Barton street to the site of the old Methodist Chapel and sold to Franklin Barnes.
229. MRS. MELEZENDA P. CORBIN. Part of H. 235. 22 March, 1828, Benjamin F. Town and Andrew Sigourney to Josiah McFarland, lot of 42 rods. He removed a building to the place and fitted it for a dwelling, and had a blacksmith shop near it. 1 Nov., 1842, Josiah McFarland to Urania Stone. About 1850 the old house was removed and the present one built by Lament B. Corbin. 13 Dec., 1866, Urania Stone deeded to Lament B. Corbin, who d. here, and his heirs now own.
230. RICHARD L. DODGE. Part of H. 235. 19 June, 1833, Alexander and Hollis DeWitt to Samuel P. Hicks, carpenter, lot ; 1
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May, 1838, Samuel P. Hicks to Nahum Sibley, who built the present house ; 8 July, 1846, Israel Sibley to Jane F. and Clarissa T. Morse, who occupied ; 5 May, 1865, Jane F. and Clarissa T. Morse to Cyrus G. Barnard, who occupied; 4 March, 1871, Cyrus G. Barnard to Benjamin F. White ; 1 Jan., 1873, Benjamin F. White to Richard L. Dodge.
231. In the fall and winter of 1844-5 three cottages were built on Charlton Street, west of the Methodist Parsonage ; the first by Elijah McKnight, carpenter, who sold in 1845 to Erastus Ormsbee, and Jan., 1866, Erastus Ormsbee to Joshua Davis, whose heirs are present owners ; the second by Moses Burdon, whose heirs now own and occupy ; and the third by Paul Perkins, who, 30 April, 1850, sold to Charles Rawson, physician, present owner.
232. METHODIST PARSONAGE. 30 Nov., 1845, Alexander De Witt to Sumner Putnam, lot ; Putnam built in 1846, and 27 Sept. sold to Trustees of Methodist Society.
233. MRS. CAROLINE FULLER. Part of H. 235. 27 Aug., 1829, Benjamin F. Town and Andrew Sigourney, Jr., to Nahum Sibley, lot ; Sibley built and occupied ; 3 Nov., 1846, Israel Sibley, brother of Nahum, to Alexander DeWitt; Jonas Bacon occupied ; 1853, Alexander DeWitt to Hollis DeWitt, who occupied, enlarged and much improved the house ; he d. here the same year ; 4 Aug., 1853, heirs of Hollis DeWitt to Caroline Fuller and Mary DeWitt, daugh- ters of DeWitt; 1870, Mary DeWitt to Caroline Fuller, one-half.
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234. WILLIS M. WELLINGTON. Part of H. 235. 1 April, 1834, Alexander DeWitt to Hollis DeWitt, the western portion of the Campbell tavern property ; Hollis DeWitt built the present house and occupied ; 9 March, 1839, Hollis DeWitt 70 a. and buildings to Alexander DeWitt, who occupied ; 6 April, 1848, Alexander De Witt to Samuel Boyden in exchange for a house in Worcester, whither he removed ; 1 April, 1853, Samuel Boyden to Alexander DeWitt ; same date, Samuel Boyden to William Newton, the house and 140 rods of land ; Newton occupied ; 1 Aug., 1866, William Newton to Joseph Dart, son-in-law of Daniel Warner who occupied; 1 Dec., 1868, Joseph Dart to Hannah, w. of Daniel Warner ; Jan., 1881, Hannah Warner to Willis M. Wellington.
235. FRED. O. CORTIS and HOLLIS D. W. BACON. Old "Camp- bell tavern." The home lot of Benjamin Chamberlain. 31 May, 1723, Benjamin Chamberlain to Samuel Davis of Roxbury, 150 a .; 8 April, 1724, Samuel Davis to William Davis of Roxbury, who settled here ; 2 April, 1760, William Davis to Alexander Campbell, 85} rods on Main Street, b. south on "Schobaug Lane "; 1762, Alex- ander Campbell to Hezekiah Bellows of Dudley; 12 Jan., 1765,
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Hezekiah Bellows to Obadiah McIntire; 8 Nov., 1773, Obadiah McIntire of Charlton to Ezra Bowman, reserving 1 a. sold to Thomas Fish ; 9 Feb., 1782, Ezra Bowman to Ebenezer Davis ; 2 April, 1784, Ebenezer Davis to John Nichols and Samuel Campbell ; 10 Sept., 1792, John Nichols of Pittston, Me., to Ebenezer Davis ; 10 Oct., 1792, Samuel Campbell to same ; 10 Oct., 1792, Ebenezer Davis to Samuel Campbell, 75 a., excepting land to the Second Religious Society under and around their Meeting-house, etc. ; 20 April, 1819, heirs of Archibald Campbell to Richard Olney; 15 Feb., 1825, Richard Olney to Benjamin F. Town and Andrew Sigourney, Jr., reserving Stratford's tailor shop ; 9 Jan., 1832, Sigourney to Town, one-half ; 24 Oct., 1832, Benjamin F. Town to Alexander DeWitt, who sold the farm to his brother Hollis, retaining the tavern and 1} a. of land ; 1 April, 1834, Alexander DeWitt to Henry G. Learned, one-half ; 29 May, 1835, Alexander DeWitt to Harvey Conant, one- fourth ; 2 April, 1838, Harvey Conant to William C. Walker, one- fourth ; 26 March, 1838, Richard Olney to William C. Walker, one- fourth ; 17 Sept., 1838, William C. Walker to Henry G. Learned, one-half ; 1 April, 1846, Henry G. Learned the whole to Alexander De Witt and Rice Barton ; 23 April, 1846, Harvey Conant to same, transferred mort. ; 6 April, 1853, Rice Barton to Franklin F. Snow and Otis Learned, one-half ; 1 Dec., 1853, Snow to Learned, one- fourth ; 29 June, 1850, Alexander DeWitt to Emory Sanford, one- half ; house burned 1854, owned by Emory Sanford and Otis Learned, who divided the lot, Sanford taking the south part on which he built the brick store. This he devised in his will to his nephews, William E. and Edward S. Pease, who, 30 Oct., 1885, deeded to E. Harris Howland of Spencer, who in 1890 sold to Fred. O. Cortis. The north part Otis Learned mort., 4 Aug., 1858, to Alexander DeWitt; 6 Feb., 1863, Alexander DeWitt sold his mort. to Elvira A., w. of Braman F. Sibley, who devised the estate to her husband ; 11 June, 1877, Braman F. Sibley to Lydia J., w. of Alfred J. Kirby ; 2 May, 1879, Lydia J. Kirby to Caroline A., w. of Henry J. Whiting, who in 1887 conveyed to Hollis DeW. Bacon.
On this estate were several other buildings. The first north of the tavern was a tailor's shop, two stories, built on leased land by Charles J. Stratford in 1819. In April, 1834, Alexander De Witt sold this to Amasa Alton ; April, 1837, Amasa Alton to William Robinson, Jr. who kept here the "Cash Store; " building burned 1856 ; 1 July, 1868, William Robinson to Town of Oxford, lot, on which was built the Town Hall.
A few rods further north was a small old house of which little can be learned, occupied early in the century by tenants. Near this was a shop ; both were removed before 1830. On 1 Jan., 1765, Hezekiah Bellows sold to Thomas Fish half an acre, on which Fish built; 1 April, 1768, Thomas Fish to Samuel Denny of Leicester ; 3 Dec., 1768, Samuel Denny to Jason Coller of Oxford, "with tailor's shop
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standing on the road way";1 11 July, 1776, Jason Coller to Ezra Bowman and Sylvanus Town; 19 Feb., 1779, Ezra Bowman to Nathan Hill of Brookfield ; 13 May, 1782, Nathan Hill of Oxford, trader (indicating that he kept a store here,) to Dr. Alexander Camp- bell, 16 rods and house, shop and barn. The widow of Dr. Campbell lived here as late as 1808. William Sigourney's large building, burned 1835, stood on this lot.
236. Late PATRICK MORGAN. On this corner was built in the latter part of the last century a shop occupied as a hatter's shop, in 1800 by Abijah Campbell, 1809 by Nathan Blackman, and later as a saddler's shop by Maj. Archibald Campbell. It was removed before 1830 and soon after the present building was erected, and occupied first as a watchmaker's shop and later by Washburn Lumbard as a tailor's shop. On 1 April, 1843, Alexander De Witt sold to Ebenezer Guild, who enlarged the building and occupied as a tenement and hatter's shop for many years ; same date, Guild mort. to Alvan Underwood ; 28 Dec., 1866, Alvan G., son of Alvan Underwood to Seth Daniels & Co. ; 5 March, 1867, Seth Daniels & Co. to Mary Purcell ; 23 Oct., 1871, Mary Purcell to John Sullivan and Patrick Morgan.
237. SAMUEL H. EARL. Double house on Charlton Street. 11 Sept., 1846, Alexander DeWitt to William H. Thurston, lot ; Thurs- ton and Chad B. Carey built the present house ; William H. Thurston rented to tenants for many years and sold to Sylvanus Robinson ; 2 July, 1885, executors of Sylvanus Robinson to Samuel H. Earl.
238. CHARLES S. LAWRENCE. 18 April, 1845, Alexander DeWitt to Palmer Marble, lot ; Marble built the same year ; 2 April, 1849, Jacob, brother of Palmer Marble, to William H. Thurston ; 1 April, 1850, William H. Thurston to Joseph Pelton; same date, Joseph Pelton to Washburn Lumbard ; 3 March, 1852, Washburn Lumbard to Nathaniel H. Rowland, who d. here; 1 Feb., 1889, heirs of Nathaniel H. Rowland to Charles S. Lawrence.
239. JOHN W. and FRANCES H. ROBINSON. Part of H. 240. 1 April, 1817, James Gleason to Richard Gleason, lot ; Richard built the present house ; 24 April, 1821, Richard Gleason to Jonathan Davis ; 1 April, 1828, Jonathan Davis to William Sigourney, who rented to tenants ; 4 May, 1857, William Sigourney to Dwight Foster of Worcester ; 15 Dec., 1858, Dwight Foster to Alexander DeWitt ; 17 Dec., 1861, Alexander DeWitt to Paul Buffum, who occupied ; 18 March, 1868, Paul Buffum to Paul and Paul L. Rich, father and son, of Charlton, who occupied, and Paul Rich and w. both d. here ; 1872, Paul L. Rich to Alfred W. Long and Albert E. Merriam ; 2 Dec.,
1 In a deed, 1796, this building was called " William Duncan's Bake shop." 47
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1876, Albert E. Merriam to Alfred W. Long, one-half ; 8 Jan., 1878, Alfred W. Long to Sylvanus Robinson, by whom it was devised to the present owners.
240. MARY D. HYDE. Nathaniel Chamberlain's home lot.1 24 Sept., 1722, Nathaniel Chamberlain to Joseph Dana, 40 a. ; 28 June, 1726, Joseph Dana to Joseph Rockett; 31 Dec., 1742, Joseph Rockett to David Holmes of Oxford, physician; 10 Oct., 1746, David Holmes to Jonathan Pratt, Jr. ; 1748, Jonathan Pratt to Samuel Manning of Salem, gunsmith, who occupied ; 23 Feb., 1776, Samuel Manning of New Salem and Robert Manning of Oxford to Sylvanus Town ; 30 May, 1777, Sylvanus Town to Nathaniel Hamlin, who occupied ; 12 April, 1796, Nathaniel Hamlin to James Gleason, who occupied ; 9 Jan., 1830, James Gleason to Joab Maynard, who occupied ; 27 April, 1836, Joab Maynard to Stearns De Witt, who the same year removed the old house and built the present one ; after the decease of Stearns De Witt the estate was mort. to Alexander De Witt, whose executors, 16 June, 1882, conveyed to Mary De Witt, widow of Alexander ; 12 Aug., 1882, Mary DeWitt to Frederic G. Hyde.
241. ORRIN F. JOSLIN. Part of H. 240. 4 Feb., 1863, Mary DeW. Freeland, heir of Stearns DeWitt, to Emory Sanford, who in his will devised to William E. Pease ; 13 March, 1884, William E. Pease to Orrin F. Joslin ; house built 1884 and 1885.
242. ALLEN L. JOSLIN. Part of H. 240. 25 Dec., 1837, Stearns DeWitt to Horatio Bardwell, 25 a. ; Bardwell built a house in 1838 and occupied until it was burned, May, 1866 ; 2 Aug., 1866, executor of Horatio Bardwell to Allen L. Joslin, who built and occupied the present house.
243. CHARLES LAMB. Part of H. 240. 11 May, 1772, Samuel Manning to Josiah Wolcott, who built a small shop or store on the corner, where, according to tradition, he and his son John were engaged in trade. It was used later by Mr. Trow as a blacksmith shop. 8 Sept., 1798, the heirs of Josiah Wolcott to James Gleason ; 30 Nov., 1826, James Gleason to his son Richard, who in 1827 built the present house ; 9 Jan., 1827, Richard Gleason to Nathan Hall, mort. assigned, 8 April, 1833, to William Sigourney ; 29 March, 1837, William Sigourney to David Nichols ; 29 Dec., 1841, David Nichols to Elliot Marsh ; 16 July, 1846, Elliot Marsh to Tamar E. Barstow, the south half ; she built an addition ; 3 April, 1848, admin- istrator of Elliot Marsh to Emory Sanford, north part; 1 Oct., 1849, Emory Sanford to Perley Seaver of Worcester, north part ; 26 March, 1851, Perley Seaver to Alonzo and Rufus R. Dana, north part ;
1 The original record of Nathaniel Chamber- estate, but that this is the 40 a. conveyed by him lain's home lot does not apparently describe this to Dana in 1722 is unquestionable.
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Seaver removed to H. 171; 1854, Rufus R. to Alonzo Dana, his share ; 1857, Alonzo Dana to trustee of Mrs. William Sigourney, north part ; Sigourney and w. both d. here ; 8 Nov., 1866, adminis- trator of Eliza H. Sigourney to David Wait; 9 March, 1867, Tamar E. Barstow, etc., to David Wait; 20 Dec., 1869, David Wait to Deborah Fales, the north half ; 28 April, 1871, heirs of Mrs. Barstow to Charles Lamb, south part ; 24 March, 1872, Deborah Stone, former- ly Fales, to Charles Lamb, north part.
244. BENJAMIN F. WHITE. Original Meeting-house lot, on which the first Meeting-house stood, and had not been removed, as appears, when on 5 March, 1752, a committee of the village proprietors sold 10 a. to Jabez Holden ; 4 Feb., 1755, Jabez Holden to Edward Davis ; 1762, Edward Davis to Alexander Campbell ; 1765, Alexander Camp- bell to Ebenezer Cutler, 1 a. and buildings ; 23 Sept., 1765, Ebenezer Cutler to Rev. Joseph Bowman, who occupied; 23 Feb., 1789, Joseph Bowman of Barnard, Vt., to John Clap of Oxford, 75 a. ; 6 March, 1789, John Clap to Benjamin Trow of Oxford, who occupied ; 5 Oct., 1799, Benjamin Trow to Archibald and Samuel Campbell, "with a blacksmith shop on the Common"; 1804, Archibald Camp- bell to Erasmus Babbitt ; 4 April, 1806, Erasmus Babbitt to Stephen Abbott of North Providence ; 1807, Stephen Abbott to John Torrey, who occupied and d. here ; 1824, heirs of Torrey to Benjamin Eddy, who occupied and with his w. d. here; 16 Feb., 1839, guardian of Eddy's children to Jonathan Sibley, who sold to Jonathan Davis, Samuel Dowse and Alexander DeWitt, and 30 Oct., 1841, these con- veyed to David Metcalf, who occupied; 26 April, 1876, David Metcalf to Benjamin F. White, who occupied and removed the old house from its former position, fronting the common, to its present location in the rear, where it is occupied by tenants.
On 12 Aug., 1837, Stearns DeWitt, who had bought of adminis- trator of Benjamin Eddy, to Millia Stockwell, 1 a. with a part of the old house ; 20 Jan., 1838, Millia Stockwell to Thankful, widow of Leavens Shumway, a lot, part of above ; 6 Feb., 1864, heirs of Mrs. Shumway to Loriston Shumway; Oct., 1869, Loriston Shumway to Hollis D. W. Bacon ; 17 Jan., 1877, Hollis D. W. Bacon to Benjamin F. White, who now occupies.
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NORTH SHORE OF TOWN'S POND-LOOKING EAST.
THE
OLDER FAMILIES OF OXFORD,
INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE TOWN RECORDS PRIOR TO 1850.
WITH PERSONAL NOTES.
Some residing here previous to the above date may have been omitted. If so, it is because their names are not on the book of records of births.
There are many imperfections in the records; numerous families will be found incomplete : public and private records many times differ, and the defects in the sources of information are so many that perfect accuracy in a work of this extent is an impossibility.1
ABORN, REUBEN, b. May, 1805, at Tolland, Conn., son of John and Sarah; m. 27 May, 1836, Amelia Peters, b. in Penn .; bought 1 April, 1846, Ebenezer Learned farm, H. 130, North Ox., built new house on east side of road, d. 24 Jan., 1875, aged 69. . . . Children, first three b. at Tolland : R. ALONZO, b. 6 May, 1837, m. 29 Dec., 1862, Lucy A., dau. of Francis Clark; merchant at Norwich, Conn. ; she d. 18 March, 1876; they had Clinton Frank, b. 10 March, 1868, d. Feb., 1890; MARY A., b. 29 Oct., 1838, m. William Kibbe and d. 5 Oct., 1869; no ch .; LIVONIA V., b. 7 Jan., 1842, m. E. Gerry, son of E. G. Warren of Auburn; no ch .; SARAH EMELINE, b. 6 Dec., 1849, m. Daniel Kelly of Auburn; had Gerry A., b. 15 May, 1872; FRANK C., b. 1854, d. 1865.
ADAMS, REUBEN, b. 1782, resided 1809 at Charlton, then bought land at North Ox., and 1812, 41 acres on Prospect Hill, where he settled. His land extended west to include the L. Battey place, H. 111. Hem. (1) 10 Aug., 1806, Polly, dau. of Robert Fitts of Ward; had REUBEN, d. young; she d. 7 June, 1812; m. (2) 18 Oct., 1813, Sophia, dau. of Daniel Fitts, cousin of first wife; he d. 4 Nov., 1838, at Ox .; Sophia Adams, aged 71, d. 15 Aug., 1850. [Ox. Rec.] . . . Children : FITTS, b. 16 July, 1815; POLLY, b. 26 Aug., 1816, m. Amos P. Newton; MARILLA, b. 12 April, 1818, m. - ---- Benson, resided at Leicester, Mass. ; LORING, b. 27 April, 1822; CORNELIA, REUBEN.
2. FITTS, son of Reuben (1), m. 25 Dec., 1836, Keziah Ross of Watertown, N. Y .; resided at W., Leicester, Vt., and Oxford; he d. Feb., 1874. . . . Children, first three b. near Watertown: REUBEN W., b. 20 Dec., 1838, residence, 1884, Dexter, N. Y .; MARY E., b. 25 Dec., 1841, m. 15 April, 1857, Charles B. Abbott; residence Ox .; had Lucetta, 1856, d. young; George H.,
1 ABBREVIATIONS .- Ox., Oxford; b., born; ch.,
m. n., maiden name; unm., unmarried; w., wife. children; d., died; dau., daughter; m., married;
A few other common abbreviations occur.
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1857, d. young; Nellie M., 1860; LAURA S., b. 25 Dec., 1843, m. (1) Hiram Aldrich of Ludlow, Mass., soldier in the late war, d. at Andersonville, Ga. ; m. (2) Orlando Burt, and had Lilla, Etta, Charles, m. (3) Edwin Barton, residence Sutton, had ch .; LORING J., b. 16 Sept., 1845, at Leicester, Vt., m. Lucy W., dau. of Paul D. Hill of Ox .; had Ida, Charles, William, Frederick, Elizabeth, Emory ; DANIEL V., b. 26 Jan., 1847, at Leicester, Vt., m. Ellen, dau. of Orrin Bolster, she d .; they had Drusilla E., d. young; Edwin, Mabel, Grace M., d. young ; FRANCES A., b. 17 Nov., 1851, at Leicester, Vt., m. George P. Marcy of Worcester, soldier in the late war; JENNIE B., b. 28 Jan., 1853, at Ox., m .- John Sorrell, residence, Providence, R. I., where he d .; they had William, Rosa, both d. young, Arvilla, living with her grandmother at Ox .; she m. (2) Charles E. Hall of Providence; ELLA L., b. 12 Aug., 1856, at Ox., m. Frank Monroe, residence, Providence; DELIA A., b. 8 May, 1858, at Ox., m. William A. Barlow of Pocassett, Mass., where he d. 14 Aug., 1883; had Nathan, 1876; Jane M., 1878; Grace E., 1881; William A., 1883.
CLARK, of Northbridge, m. (1) 15 March, 1798, Silence Benson; m. (2) Sally - -; he d. aged 75, 6 May, 1850, she d. aged 58, 15 Feb., 1851, both at Ox. ; large family by first m. of whom came to Ox. : WALDO, b. 18 March, 1800, m. 30 May, 1862, Mehitable Dana, no ch .; he d. aged 67, 19 Jan., 1868; WEST, b. about 1802, d. 12 Aug., 1856, aged 54; JENNISON, b. 18 Nov., 1803, m. intentions 21 Jan., 1848, Lucy Chapman of Woodstock, Conn .; residence, H. 74; he d. 29 March, 1869; had Almon, b. 29 July, 1848, m. 25 Aug., 1881, Lilla Wheeler, b. at Plymouth, Vt., resides on homestead; had Walter S., b. 19 June, 1882, Nellie, b. 3 Nov., 1883; HENRY, b. 7 March, 1816, m. (1) Mary Howe of Millbury, residence, H. 167; removed about 1853 to Woodstock, where she d. 6 May, 1858; m. (2) at Woodstock, Emeline Johnson, removed 1869 to Putnam, where he d. 16 July, 1869; ch. b. at Ox. : Caroline W., b. 28 March, 1838, m. J. Leavens Lilley ; Elizabeth, b. 23 Jan., 1845; Isabella, b. 14 Aug., 1846, m. 2 Sept., 1879, Charles W. Stratton of Leominster, where they reside; Ednah, b. 15 Feb., 1851; Jessie, b. 24 May, 1852, m. 24 May, 1874, Selwyn E. Rowe of Putnam, Conn., where they reside. By second m. : Mary E., b. at Woodstock; HANNAH J., b. 19 Oct., 1821, m. 29 Nov., 1843, Daniel Stevens, residence, Ox., removed to Worcester. Child of Clark and Sally : MARY E., m. - Stone, and d. 18 July, 1857, aged 21. [Ox. Rec.]
JOHN of Brookfield, m. 3 Oct., 1754, Mary Brown.
MARY, widow, in Ox. 1776.
JEDEDIAH, 7 months in the Revolutionary army in Wiley's Co. ; killed.
MARY, widow, aged 76, d. 5 March, 1807.
HARRIET S., m. 14 May, 1834, Amasa Dowe.
JAMES D., soldier, aged 25, d. 4 Sept., 1864.
OLIVER W., son of Luther of Nashua, N. H., aged 54, d. 30 Oct., 1864. GEORGE E., son of Oliver W., aged 27, d. 10 July, 1871.
ALBEE, JOSEPH, aged 68, d. 7 May, 1819.
ASA and Persis N. Sargent, m. intentions 24 Nov., 1827.
JOSEPH, w. Lydia, had MARY J., b. 18 Oct., 1832.
LUCY M. and Richard D. Mowry of Uxbridge, m. 13 Sept., 1838.
REBECCA K., aged 41, w. of Nelson T. of Thompson, Conn., d. 9 June, 1857.
ALDRICH, a name early at Plymouth, Rehoboth, Mendon and Douglas. EDWARD, 1740, was of South Uxbridge; removed before 1747 to Douglas,
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prominent in Quaker society at South Douglas ; m. his cousin, a dau. of Jacob Aldrich, d. 1807; had with others CALVIN, b. 20 Sept., 1772, m. 13 Oct., 1799, Mary Howland of Foster, R. I., b. 30 Sept., 1782, a descendant of John of Plymouth, removed 1811 to Ox., H. 57, where he d. aged 72, 10 Aug., 1844 ; she d. 19 Aug., 1866, aged 84. . . . Children : PAMELA, b. 18 July, 1800, m. Billings Hayward; THOMAS, b. 9 Jan., 1803, m. (1) intentions 3 Dec., 1823, Mary Wynn of Dudley, residence, Ox., removed 1827 to Petersham, she d. 14 July, 1833; m. (2) Abigail Butterfield of Hardwick, 30 years assessor; had by first m. William W., residence, Pawtucket, R. I .; Adaline A., m. Amos T. Sly of Webster, he d. 1879; had ch. : Lucretia, m. Daniel Amsden of Dana ; he d. 1881; by second m. : Calvin C., Ellen A., Henry B., residence, Rupert, Pa .; Abbie F., Issa L .; TIMOTHY, b. 21 Feb., 1805; EDWARD, b. 23 Feb., 1807; MARY, b. 21 May, 1809, m. Jeremiah Upham of Dudley; she d. 1 Nov., 1837; ch. John L., b. 6 Oct., 1830, killed by bursting of a grindstone at New London, N. H., 6 May, 1857; Charles W., b. 9 Jan., 1832, d. 1859 ; Jeremiah R., d. unm .; Mary E., b. 1 Nov., 1837, m. Henry L. Shumway ; she d. 9 Dec., 1858; CALVIN, b. 15 Sept., 1811, d. young ; SAMUEL, b. 28 April, 1814, m. (1) 6 Oct., 1836, Abigail, dau. of Thomas Marsh; residence, Ox .; she d. 14 April, 1871; m. (2) Oct., 1871, Emeline, widow of Caleb S. Hall of Webster; ch. by first m .: Asahel, b. 18 Jan., 1839; soldier in late war, wounded; d. 17 June, 1864, at Washington; Calvin S., b. 10 July, 1846, m. 20 Oct., 1870, Nettie Spaulding of Woodstock, Conn., residence, Norwich, Conn., engineer on N. & W. R. R. ; JULIA ANN F., b. 4 Jan., 1819, m. Sept., 1844, George Hewes of Foxboro', Methodist minister; ch. Sabra A., b. 1845, m. 1 Jan., 1869, William B. Fay of Monson; John J., b. 1847, m. Elizabeth Harper ; residence, Worcester; Mary P., b. 1848, d. 1860.
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