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2. TIMOTHY, son of Calvin (1), m. (1) 21 Feb., 1827, Almira Hunting of Sterling, dau. of John of Marlboro'; farmer; resided at H. 58; she d. aged 37, 9 Sept., 1841; m. (2) 23 May, 1842, Milly A. E. Elliott of Thompson; he d. 30 Jan., 1884; she d. aged 74, 8 March, 1881. . . . Children by first m. : GEORGE H., b. 25 Sept., 1828, m. Emily E. Briggs of Auburn, Me. ; residence, Chicago; he d. 9 Aug., 1877 ch. : Antoinette, graduated at Smith College; William S., residence, Freeport, Me .; CAROLINE E., b. July, 1830, unm., d. at Boston; JOHN R., b. 1 March, 1836.
3. JOHN R., son of Timothy (2), mn. 28 May, 1858, Orra A. Howard of Stafford, Conn., b. 10 Dec., 1835; residence, Stafford; had CARRIE E., b. 15 Jan., 1860; ARTHUR, b. 25 April, 1861; JENNIE E., b. 5 Aug., 1869; ERNEST, b. 25 Nov., 1876.
4. EDWARD, son of Calvin (1), m. intentions 12 Sept., 1827, Sibyl, dau. of Peter White of Douglas ; he d. 9 Feb., 1875. . . . Children : IRA T., b. 28 Sept., 1828, d. unm., 10 June, 1852, at Fitchburg; LYDIA, b. 18 June, 1830, m. 6 Aug., 1851, John Jaquith, at Hingham; she d. 10 May, 1857, at Worcester; ch. : George P., b. 1853; Lydia A., b. 1857. Edward the father removed about 1831 to Fitchburg ELIZABETH, b. 29 Nov., 1831, m. Feb., 1854, at Hingham, George P. Stevens ; he d. 13 June, 1869, at Indianapolis, Ind. ; no ch. ; she re- sided, 1885, at Woodstock, Conn .; SAMUEL F., b. 16 May, 1836, m. Jan., 1864, Aurilla M. Gay, residence, Indianapolis ; no ch .; CALVIN, b. 22 May, 1834, at Fitchburg, m. 6 Feb., 1857, at Torrington, Conn., Fidelia E Marble; no ch .; scythe maker at Winsted, Conn .; ELLA L., b. 13 June, 1850, at Fitchburg, resided, 1885, at Worcester with her mother.
AMOS C., son of Edward of Douglas, b. 1 Aug., 1787, m. Sally, dau. of Ebenezer Gould of Douglas, came to Ox. 1823, resided on Federal Hill, H.
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160, farmer, he d. aged 76, 2 Sept., 1863, she d. aged 76, 1 Nov., 1867. . . . Children, first five b. at Douglas : JULIA ANN, b. 6 Dec., 1812, m. 1 June, 1835, Sylvester Gould of Douglas, where they resided, removed to Charlton, where she d. 1880, he d. 1882; had ch .; ABRAM, b. 16 Oct., 1814, m. Pamela Chase of Newport, R. I., residence, Providence, R. I., where he d. 4 Oct., 1843 ; DAVID G., b. 10 Sept., 1818; m. (1) Ann E. Manchester of Providence; m. (2) Hannah, her sister; m. (3) Mary E. Sumner of P., removed to Auburn near Worcester, where he d. Oct., 1881, no ch .; AMos, b. 11 Oct., 1819, m. 4 March, 1845, Mary G. Walden of Providence, b. 29 March, 1826, residence, P., she d. 24 June, 1868, he resides at Ox .; they had Mary D., b. 26 Dec., 1845, d. 1871; Frank A., b. 31 March, 1847; Catherine J., b. 25 April, 1849; Emma I., b. 23 Oct., 1850; Florence G., b. and d. 1857; Jennie I., b. 19 Nov., 1860; HARRIET, b. 12 June, 1822, m. Eliphalet Cummings, resided at Oxford, re- moved to Providence, where she d. 5 Dec., 1852, three ch .; ELIZA, b. 24 April, 1825, at Ox., d. unm. 12 April, 1853; JOHN, b. 4 Jan., 1828, unm., killed March, 1862, by an avalanche in Colorado; EMILY, b. 23 Nov., 1830, m. Merrick Fairbanks of Charlton, removed to Quinebaug; RUTH, b. 3 July, 1833, m. (1) 16 July, 1850, George L., son of Ebenezer Rich, he d. 22 March, 1858, no. ch .; m. (2) 12 July, 1859, John Colton, b. 1835 at Albany, he d. 14 .Sept., 1864; m. (3) 26 Nov., 1866, Ward B. Clark, b. 1813 at Weston; ch. by second m. : John, b. 23 Jan., 1860, d. 21 Aug., 1878; William W., b. 1862, d. 1863 ; Harriet A., b. Nov., 1863, m. 23 April, 1884, Fred. A. Wellington of Webster; ch. by third m .: Mary, b. 13 July, 1867; Ward B., b. 24 March, 1870; Byron, b. 6 Sept., 1872 ; Edith, b. 17 Feb., 1875.
JOSEPH of Bellingham and Mrs. Experience Stockwell, m. 9 Dec., 1762; resided at Ox. 1763.
HORATIO N. and Anna Tucker of Gloucester, R. I., m. intentions 8 Nov., 1822.
ANNA of Uxbridge and David Sibley, m. intentions 15 July, 1828.
EDDY of Thompson and Hannah Hall, m. 3 Feb., 1840.
ANN E., aged 27, d. 12 April, 1853.
ROYAL, aged 69, d. 6 April, 1857.
WILLIAM H., son of Seth of Uxbridge, aged 66, d. 8 June, 1885.
ALGER, JAMES, b. about 1768, son of James, of Burrillville, R. I., came 1821 with a large family to Ox., settled in the northeast part, H. 161, where he d. 16 July, 1832, farmer, he m. Sarah Howland, who d. 23 Aug., 1855, aged 85. . Children : HANNAH, b. 16 Oct., 1787, m. (1) David Smith of Smithfield, R. I., who soon d .; m. (2) Abijah Tainter of Millbury, who d. 1830 at Millbury, she d. 31 July, 1871, at Worcester; they had : Sarah, b. 1823, m. (1) George Bradley of Norwich, Ct., and had Lucy and Eliza; m. (2) Alfred Bates, killed at Worcester by cars; no ch .; Sibyl, b. 18 July, 1824, m. 8 May, 1844, Theodore Bowen of Spencer, who d. 4 Jan., 1877, at Worcester; they had : Alfred, b. 1845; Andrew, b. 1849, d. 1869; Lucy, b. 29 Jan., 1826, m. David Dunham of Warren, where they settled; had Charles; she d. about 1850 at Worcester; Emeline, b. 1830, d. young; FREELOVE; m. Olney Esten of Doug- las, removed 1823 to Ox .; scythe maker, built the stone house near Webster line, sold 1836, removed to Willington, Conn., and Palmer, where she d. about 1878; had David S., Thomas, Dorcas, d. young, Sophronia D., m., re- sidence, Providence, R. I .; SIBYL, b. about 1797, d. unm. 14 July, 1881, at Mill- bury ; LEMUEL, b. 5 Sept., 1799; DORCAS, b. 8 Sept., 1802, m. 31(?) May, 1826,
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Stephen Tourtelotte, residence, Ox., Charlton and Dudley, he d. 7 March, 1879; they had : John A., b. 1827; Joshua, b. 1830 at Ox., d. 1833; James J., b. 1833, d. 3 Oct., 1860; Samuel S., b. 1843, d. 1868; SARAH, m. 22 Nov., 1827, Merritt Holbrook, removed to Willington, Conn., and Palmer, later to Windham, Conn., where she d. aged about 30 years; 3 ch. ; PRESERVED, m. Lucinda Case of Smithfield, R. I., 4 ch., he d. in Ox. ; STEPHEN, b. 20 Sept., 1805, m. 14 Oct., 1830, Susan Wood of Millbury, she d. 3 June, 1878, 4 ch. ; WYOMA, b. about 1807, d. 12 Jan., 1881, aged 74, at Eastford, Conn., unm .; SMITH, m. 26 Dec., 1827, his cousin, Mary B., dau. of John Alger of Douglas, resided at Ox. and other places near; had Seth B., b. 16 Nov., 1828, at Ox., resided at Douglas; JAMES, d. 14 March, 1834, aged 17, at the homestead.
2. LEMUEL, son of James(1), m. April, 1819, Joanna Esten of Burrillville, R. I .; b. Feb., 1797; resided at Smithfield; removed to Douglas and to South Ox., and after his father d. to the homestead. In 1875 he went to Booneville, Ia., to reside with his dau. Mary; he d. 3 May, 1887, she d. 14 Feb., 1885, both at Booneville. . . . Children : OLIVE C., b. July, 1821, at Smithfield, m. May, 1846, Justin Granger of Thompson, he d. 7 April, 1863, she d. 17 May, 1865, both at Thompson; had Edward, b. 1853, engineer on B. & A. R. R .; George H., b. 1855, residence, Tunbridge, Vt .; Augustus, b. 1861, residence, Booneville, Ia., and two daughters, both d. ; JAMES M., b. 19 July, 1824, at Ox., m. 3 Jan., 1847, Sarah Rice of Somerset, Vt., residence, Boston, Brookline and Auburn; had in 1884 been 38 years engineer on B. & A. R. R .; had Sarah E., b. 24 July, 1848, m. 8 Oct., 1867, Daniel A. Craig of Leicester; James E., b. 28 March, 1850, m. 8 Dec., 1875, Annie F. Dolloff; railroad engineer; Albert W., b. 27 Nov., 1851, m. 19 Sept., 1877, Sarah Williams; railroad engineer ; Charles E., b. 28 Dec., 1853, m. 8 May, 1878, Anna S. Langdon; civil engineer on B. & A. R. R .; Calla L., b. 1861, d. 1869; MARY, b. 24 Feb., 1826, m. 10 Nov., 1851, George W. Roberts of Holderness, N. H., residence, Booneville, Ia., seven ch. ; HANNAH, MEHETABLE, CHARLES, ALMIRA, all d. young ; HENRY A., b. 1835, m. 10 June, 1857, Elma Foote of Maine, residence, Sherborn, engi- neer on B. & A. R. R. ; ch. : Herbert H., Nellie J., George N., Ida M., Walter A., Ned Lincoln, Ernest L .; GEORGE A., d. aged 25, 27 Aug., 1862; EDWARD, d. young.
3. JOHN, brother of James (1), m. Olive Brown of Rhode Island, resided at factory villages in and near Ox. ; had SETH, ELIZABETH, ALLEN, d. young; ANNA, b. 1804, m. Enoch Howland of Douglas; LYDIA, DANIEL, MERIBAH, MARY B., m. her cousin, Smith Alger; STEPHEN B., b. 29 Aug., 1827; OLIVE, LUCY. The parents d. at Douglas.
RUTH and Eleazer Stockwell, m. 3 Nov., 1772.
LYDIA and Daniel Angell, 2d, of Smithfield, R. I., m. 4 July, 1828. SARAH, aged 85, d. 23 Aug., 1855.
ALLEN, PHINEHAS, m. Mary, resided at the north part, H. 129, sold 1777, no record of purchase, soldier in Revolutionary war, Col. Learned's regiment, 1775. . . . Children : MOLLY, b. 10 May, 1771; SARAH, b. 30 Aug., 1774; BETHENEY, b. 11 Sept., 1776.
[Phinehas Allen, son of Ebenezer of Weston, b. 26 May, 1710, was brother of the w. of Rev. Abraham Hill. ]
AMASA, in Ox. 1771, owned land near Phinehas, m. 28 June, 1773, Susanna, dau. of Ebenezer Fish, proprietor at Livermore, sold 1781, being then of Charlton, Revolutionary soldier in Town's Co., marched on Lexington alarm. 48
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. . . Children : ELIJAH, b. 28 May, 1774 ; OLIVE, b. 26 Jan., 1776; EBENEZER, b. 1 April, 1778.
JOHN,1 Revolutionary soldier, bought, 1774, H. 55, south part, sold 1777, carpenter, m. 16 Jan., 1771, Keziah, dau. of Ephraim Amidown, he d. 1780, in South Gore, order of appraisal 6 Nov., owned real estate. . . . Child : JOHN, b. 1772, d. 1773; she m. (2) 3 June, 1784, Jonathan Bixby of Dudley.
OBADIAH,1 m. 19 Sept., 1776, Mehetable, dau. of Ephraim Amidown, case in court, Worcester, March, 1794; was of Ox. 1792. . . . Children : ARCHI- BALD, b. 12 Oct., 1777; BATHSHEBA, CORNELIUS, DARIUS, ELIZABETH, TIMO- THY, all b. before Feb., 1792.
ABNER,1 of Wendell, in Ox. 1771, m. 17 April, 1791, Mary, dau. of Ebenezer Davis of Ox., bought her father's homestead, H. 165, 1793, a year or two later removed to Charlton. . . . Children : EBENEZER D., b. 29 Jan., 1792, at Wendell, d. 20 May, 1828; EDEN, b. 28 Dec., 1793, at Ox., m. 30 Dec., 1821, Saloma Alexander, he d. 30 Nov., 1859, she d. 20 Jan., 1867, both at Charlton; had Erastus, b. 1823; Darius, b. 1825; Elbridge H., b. 1827; Louisa, b. 1830; Angeline, b. 1832; ALVIN, b. 20 March, 1796; MARY, b. 22 Aug., 1800; ZILPAH, b. 25 Dec., 1803, m. John Reynolds.
DAVID, w. Sarah, owned Kidder farm, H. 133, from 1770 to 1777, removed to Sutton.
EDWARD, taxed 1771 for H. 141.
OTIS [ALLEN], son of Cenia Boyce, b. 22 Aug., 1790.
COLLINS, son of Waterman, of Exeter, R. I., aged 58, d. 22 Jan., 1876. WATERMAN, son of Noel of Coventry, Conn., aged 89, d. 23 July, 1876. EMILY S., dau. of Christopher C., aged 18, d. 25 March, 1889.
ALTON, BETSEY, of Thompson, and Jonathan Nye of South Gore, m. intentions 22 Dec., 1794.
ALVERSON, GEORGE, Revolutionary soldier, b. about 1750, of Attleboro' 1774, when he bought land in south part of Sutton, resided there many years, in 1789 and 1797 was of Milford, and 1797 bought land in North Ox., H. 118, where he settled; he m. Experience White,2 he d. 24 Sept., 1839, aged 89. . . . Children : JOHN, indentured 1789 to Joseph Hudson, soldier in War of 1812, killed by a cannon ball; GEORGE. b. 31 Oct., 1781, at Sutton, resided on homestead, removed to Ward and lived at divers places in North Ox., m. 12 Oct., 1815, Ruth, dau. of Rufus Learned, he d. 6 Jan., 1864, she d. 26 April, 1858, aged 64; they had Mary L., b. 28 July, 1816, m. Daniel Salisbury, who d. about 1875; Lucy W., b. 19 Jan., 1818, m. Jacob Marble; Rufus G., b. 11 July, 1820, m. 16 Feb., 1845, Clarissa S. Learned, residence, North Ox. ; had Emma F., b. 1845, d. 1864; Susan E., b. 20 May, 1822, at Ward, m. Ephraim Brown of Uxbridge; Louisa, b. 1826, d. 1845; Ruth M., b. 14 June, 1828, at Ward, m. Alpheus Young of Sutton; RUFUS, unm., of more than ordinary ability, a teacher at North Ox., removed to Montreal, where he was highly esteemed, d. suddenly 17 Nov., 1809.
AMBLER, CHRISTOPHER, w. "Mary, and Reuben Robbins her son," resided at Oxford, 25 March, 1783.
1 John, 1744; Abner, 1748; Obadiah, 1754, were sons of John of Sutton.
2 Intentions of m. between George Alverson
and Mrs. Rachel Ormsbee were entered in Sutton 18 Feb., 1776.
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AMIDOWN [Aimedoune, French], ROGER, came to New England early, settled at Salem, whence he removed to Weymouth, thence to Boston, and finally to Rehoboth, where he d. 13 Nov., 1673. A descendant, PHILIP, settled at Ox.1 He came probably from Mendon in 1717, settled in the south part, H. 39, was a cooper, a man of means, owned other lands besides his farm. He was esteemed, and active in public matters, and with his wife a constit- uent member of the church. His descendants have been numerous and influ- ential, especially in Charlton and Southbridge; very few now remain in Oxford. He was b. 26 Jan., 1669, son of ROGER, m. 27 May, 1698, Mehetable Perry, at Rehoboth, where she d. 4 July, 1699, m. (2) 16 Sept., 1700, at Rehoboth, Joanna Warfield, who d. there 1 July, 1711, m. (3) at Mendon, Ethemore or Ithamar Warfield; he d. 15 March, 1747, at Ox. . . . Children by first m. b. at Rehoboth : HENRY, b. 8 Feb., 1699, m. 31 March, 1718, at Ox., Meltiah Cheney, and had Jacob, b. 1720, sold land, 1750, in south part of Oxford; Meltiah, b. 1723; Joseph, b. 1725; Henry, b. 1727. By second m. ROGER, b. 6 Feb., 1701; ICHABOD, b. May, 1704, m. 7 May, 1732, Margery Aldrich [Holmes Ammidown]; MARY, b. 30 March, 1706, m. Benjamin Chamberlain of Oxford; PHILIP, b. 1708, m. Submit Bullard, lived in west part of Ox., now Charlton, and had Caleb, b. Aug., 1736, m. 14 April, 1758, Hannah Sabin of Dudley, prominent at Charlton. Had John, b. 1759, d. 1814; Luther, b. 1761, d. 1835; Calvin, b. 1768, m. Deborah, dau. of Ebenezer Davis of Charlton (and had Ebenezer D. of Southbridge), d. 1825; Mehetable, b. 1772, d. 1842; Susanna, b. 1775, d. 1790; Hannah, b. 1779, d. 1861; Joseph, b. 1741, d. 1821; Reuben, b. 1747, d. 1802; EPHRAIM, b. 1710. By third m. ITHAMAR (son), b. 25 April, 1712, m. intentions, 5 June, 1736, Ruth Curtis, had ch., he d. before 16 Dec., 1743; JOHN, b. 19 May, 1713, m. 14 July, 1737, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Hastings of Ox., residence, Hardwick; they had Sarah, b. 1738, d. young; Abigail, b. 1740, d. young; Sarah, b. 1742, m. Jonathan Gilbert; John, baptized 1745; Abigail, baptized 1747 m. Lemuel Cobb; Philip, b. 1750; Hannah, b. 1752, m. Seth Ruggles; John, the father, d. 1755; HANNAH, b. 2 Feb., 1718, m. - Wheelock.
2. ROGER, son of Philip (1), m. (1) 27 Oct., 1731, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hunkins, m. (2) 28 Feb., 1757, Mrs. Rachel Rice, " living near Ox- ford.". .. Children, all by first m. : RACHEL, b. 28 Sept., 1732, d. young; ELIZABETH, b. 18 July, 1734, m. 1760, Joseph Kingsbury ; ROGER, b. 11 Nov., 1736, d. young; JEREMIAH, b. 12 Nov., 1738; SAMUEL, b. 18 June, 1741, d. young ; SAMUEL, b. 13 Oct., 1742, was of Reedsboro', Vt., 1794; RACHEL, b. 20 Feb., 1745, m. intentions 6 Feb., 1768, Benjamin Currary of Douglas, was of Worcester, 1794; ROGER, b. 12 May, 1747, resided at Douglas, dis- missed from Oxford church and recommended to Douglas, 2 Oct., 1768.
3. EPHRAIM, son of Philip (1), m. (1) 10 March, 1735, Hannah Dean of Dedham, m. (2) 24 Feb., 1743, being then of Dudley, Hannah Smith, settled on the homestead where she d. 14 Sept., 1807, aged 93. . . . Children : JOHN, b. 25 Nov., 1736; KEZIAH, b. 4 April, 1739, m. (1) John Allen, m. (2) Jonathan Bixby of Dudley, who was of Ox. in 1793; by second m .: NOAH, b. 19 Oct., 1743, m. 19 Feb., 1767, Abigail Putney of "near Oxford," and had, 1769, Calvin, John, d. young; Noah, the father, d. 9 Nov., 1769; [Calvin, perhaps his son, tanner, of Pomfret, signed in 1793 the deed of the home- stead to Elisha Davis; ] HANNAH, b. 16 Jan., 1745, m. Abel Ray, resided, 1793, at Hinsdale, Vt .; ABIGAIL, b. 9 March, 1746, d. 24 Dec., 1814, at Ox.,
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unm. ; PHILIP, b. 6 Jan., 1748, Revolutionary soldier, m. 2 Nov., 1769, Eunice, dau. of John Shumway, removed about 1778 to Chesterfield, N. H., soon to Fitzwilliam, where he resided 1793; had Dorcas, b. 1770; John, b. 1771; Roxalana, b. 1774; Lavinia, b. 1776; Mary, b. 1778, at Chesterfield; Eunice, b. 1781, at Chesterfield; Josiah, b. 1786, at Fitzwilliam; Cynthia, b. 1789, at Fitzwilliam ; Keziah, b. 1793, at Fitzwilliam; EPHRAIM, b. 9 Feb., 1749, m. 17 Dec., 1772, Jane Robbins [Hepsibah Farr?]; removed to Chesterfield and Londonderry, Vt., where he resided 1793; had Hepsibah, b. 1773; Matilda, 1775; d. 1777, at Chesterfield; Abigail, b. 1777, at Chesterfield; DORCAS, b. 10 Nov., 1750; HEPSIBAH, b. 27 Feb., 1752, m. Ephraim Town, residence 1793, Newport, N. H .; MEHETABLE, b. 4 Jan., 1754, m. Obadiah Allen ; MERIBAH, b. 15 Jan., 1756, m. Ebenezer Robbins.
4. JEREMIAH, son of Roger (2), m. (1) Bathsheba -; m. (2) 23 Feb., 1769, Elizabeth Martin of Douglas, she d. 10 Oct., 1826, he d. aged 74, 2 May, 1813, shoemaker, residence 1770 in south part of Ox., at H. 55, or in a house which stood on the west side of the Thompson road near the railroad bridge, removed to a house which stood just east of brook north side Sutton road, thence about 1800 to south end of Plain, H. 214, d. there; [he witnessed John Willson's will before Jan., 1778, indicating his residence then on Sutton road. ] . . . Children : MARY, b. 13 May, 1764, d. young; BATHSHEBA, b. 4 March, 1766, d. young ; ELIZABETH, b. 30 April, 1768, m. David Larned; by second m. : LUCY, b. 5 Dec., 1769, m. Lemuel Moffitt; ISAAC, b. 28 Jan., 1772, m. Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer Foster, residence at Dudley; MOLLY, b. 29 Aug., 1773, m. Elihu Harwood; Lois, b. 14 Sept., 1775, d. young ; SARAH, b. 14 Aug., 1777, m. Rufus, son of Ebenezer Humphrey ; JEREMIAH, b. 31 March, 1779, m. 7 Oct., 1801, Abigail Harwood, residence Charlton, removed to Warwick; SAMUEL, b. 28 Jan., 1781; LURANIA, b. 11 Feb., 1786, m. Lyman Wetherell.
5. SAMUEL, son of Jeremiah (4), m. 28 Aug., 1809, Lucy, dau. of Dea. Ebenezer Humphrey, shoemaker, residence H. 214, he d. 16 Feb., 1827, family removed to Webster. . . . Children : RUFUS, b. 31 Dec., 1809, m. Lydia Marshal, residence New Hampshire, returned to Webster, where he d. 19 May, 1865; ISAAC, b. 30 Aug., 1811, m. Lois Howland, residence Killingly, Conn. ; had two sons in the late war, one d. in service; JEREMIAH, b. 17 Oct., 1813, m. Lucinda Corey of Southbridge, he d. 1869 at Killingly; had Henry, killed at battle of Antietam; LUCY ANN, b. 9 Dec., 1815, m. Smith Bruce of Spring- field, two ch .; LOUISA, b. 1818, d. 1842, unm .; SARAH, b. 19 Feb., 1819, m. 9 Oct., 1841, Rufus, son of Ebenezer Foster, residence Webster, removed 1888 to Florida, 2 ch .; a DAU., b. 1824, d. 1825.
GEORGE H., son of William B., of Douglas, captain in the late war, aged 32, d. 5 Jan., 1871.
ANABELL, ISAAC, Revolutionary soldier.
ANDREWS, JOHN, and Sarah B. Rice of Leicester, m. intentions 23 Nov., 1822.
ANGELL, THOMAS, came in 1631 to Salem with Roger Williams; removed with him to Providence; received a settler's lot, on which now are the First Baptist Church, High School-house and part of Angell Street.
JOHN, a descendant, had with others, ZIBA, who m. Nancy Luther of Swanzey, residence North Providence, removed to East Douglas, where he d., cotton manufacturer, she m. (2) Rufus Robinson. . . . Children : NELSON P.,
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b. 4 Aug., 1818, at North Providence, studied two years at Yale College, soldier in the late war, soon after keeper of light-house at Cape Hatteras, where he d. 1886 ; had a son, Lewis C., residence Newbern, N. C .; CHARLES A., b. 25 April, 1822, at East Douglas; many years cashier and later president of Oxford Bank, town treasurer, selectman, representative, he m. 29 June, 1851, Mary J., dau. of William H. Bigelow, she d. 6 March, 1882; they had Mary, b. 18 May, 1853; Charles Z., b. 26 Aug., 1855; Edward A., b. 1857, d. 1862; Helena, b. 2 Dec., 1858, m. 12 Sept., 1883, Charles L. Pettis, and had Louise A., b. 23 Dec., 1884 ; Charles B., b. 1 Dec., 1885; Anne, b. 9 Nov., 1865; Edgar, b. 23 July, 1867, d. young ; Richard H., b. 18 Oct., 1872; Julia, b. 29 Dec., 1874.
DANIEL of Smithfield, m. 4 July, 1828, Lydia Alger.
MARTIN, m. 26 June, 1850, Julia A. E., dau. of Russell White.
APPLEBY, THOMAS, b. 18 Oct., 1810, at Smithfield, R. I., son of John; m. 1 Jan., 1832, Mary A. Arnold of Smithfield, came to Ox. in 1839, residence in northwest part, H. 94, removed 1855 to the Plain, where he d. 7 Jan., 1870, she d. aged 57, 12 Oct., 1875, farmer, selectman and representative. . . . Children, first five b. in R. I. : GEORGE E., b. 27 April, 1833, m. 23 Nov., 1856, Asenath C. Robinson of Wilmington, Vt., he d. 8 Jan., 1874, she d. 16 March, 1874, aged 42 : had Ellen R., b. 8 March, 1858, m. Nathaniel M., son of John Davis; Ida E., b. 20 Aug., 1859, m. 1877, George E. Coggswell; had Myrtis, b. 5 May, 1878; George B., b. 28 Feb., 1861, m. 3 July, 1884, Nellie A. Barnes; Charles A., b. 22 Jan., 1863, residence Nebraska; Fred. E., b. 2 March, 1865, residence California; THOMAS W., b. 22 Nov., 1834, unm. ; ALBERT H., b. 8 Jan., 1836, m. 16 June, 1860, Eliza J., dau. of Elias B. Crawford, and had Elmer H., b. 8 Sept., 1861; Marion C., b. 17 Feb., 1864; Nettie L .. b. 5 Oct., 1867; Addie, b. 9 Oct., 1869, d. 1890; Elias B., b. 23 Aug., 1875; MARY A., b. 20 Feb., 1837, m. Horace A. Marble; HARRIET E., b. 6 Nov., 1838, m. 6 Jan., 1859, Charles L. Gay, residence Lynn; had Arthur L., b. 28 Oct., 1859; ELLEN V., b. 1840, d. 1842; CAROLINE A., b. 11 Oct., 1842, m. 21 July, 1869, Samuel Boyden, Jr., b. at Worcester, residence Ox., he d. 17 Jan., 1884; had John A., b. 20 June, 1873; Edward S., b. 28 Nov., 1875; Mary E., b. 6 April, 1877; HENRY I., b. 11 Aug., 1844, d. unm. 24 Oct., 1875; LOUISA E., b. 21 Jan., 1846, m. 24 May, 1866, John R. Williams, son of Amos of Charlton, shoe manufacturer, he d. 24 March, 1879, aged 54; they had George E., b. 21 Oct., 1867; EMMA F., b. 2 Feb., 1848, m. 18 Dec., 1879, Franklin G. Daniels; ISABEL H., b. 28 Dec., 1855, m. 18 Nov., 1875, William W., son of Galen Whiting; had Robert A., b. 31 May, 1890.
ARCHER, WILLIAM (English), m. Mary, large family b. in England, residence near Webster line; had WILLIAM J., b. 14 June, 1829, at Ox.
ARMINGTON, JOSEPH, and Mary had ROBERT S., b. Aug., 1845.
ARNOLD, WILLARD, b. about 1789, son of Ahab of Providence, Quaker, employé at Pomfret factory, m. Patience, dau. of Ephraim Congdon, removed before May, 1824, to North Ox., partner with Asa Cutler, etc., cotton mfrs., became sole owner, d. aged 42, 26 Jan., 1832, she d. later at Webster .. . . Children, first three b. at Pomfret : ADELAIDE B., m. Hiram A. Pettibone, both d. in New York city ; A. FERDINAND, m. Preston Downie of Schaghticoke, N. Y., he d. at Philadelphia; ANN E., m. Nicholas C. Hudson of Cranston, R. I., who d. 16 Dec., 1884, at Providence; SMITH W., d. unm. at Syracuse, N. Y .;
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ELISHA H., d. young ; RUTH H., b. at Killingly, Ct., m. Amasa Scott of Pom- fret, removed to Worcester, where she d. 1877; SUSAN C., b. 18 Feb., 1827, at Ox., d. young; AMELIA H., b. 2 Aug., 1829, at Ox., m. (1) Edwin Sweet of Pomfret, m. (2) Amasa Lovering of Pomfret, removed to Worcester; WILLARD B., b. at Ox., m. Aretha Davis of Newark, O., where they settled.
ASHWORTH, PETER, aged 73 (English), d. 12 Aug., 1859.
ATHERTON, PERCY, and Joanna Robinson of Thompson, Conn., m. inten- tions 6 July, 1819, she d. 21 Oct., 1820, m. (2) intentions 1 July, 1821, Mary Robinson.
ATWELL, OLIVE, of Thompson and Charles Tucker, m. intentions 8 April, 1826.
ATWOOD, ABIAL, JR., of Berkley, m. Hannah Babbitt; removed 1777 to North Ox. ; resided at H. 133; large family, all b. at Berkley. He had more than average ability, and held a commission under the King of England, to whose interests he adhered in the Revolution. He sold in 1800 and returned to Berkley, where he d. in 1816; styled "Lieut." in the records. . . . Children : ABIAL, b. 9 Feb., 1756; MARY, b. 5 Aug., 1757; JOHN, b. 5 Jan., 1759; ABIGAIL, b. 10 May, 1761, m. intentions 11 April, 1778, Capt. Ebenezer Redding; JOSEPH, b. 23 Sept., 1762, Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 12 May, 1787, Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Learned; styled Capt. in 1791; bought in 1789 a farm, once Samuel Baker's, part in Ox., part in Charlton, bounded on land of David Stone and Daniel Fitts, and west by the "Little river"; removed, says the Learned Genealogy, to Dighton, where he operated a furnace, owned a tavern, and was also a sailor and captain of a vessel which he owned, and was drowned; ch .: Joseph, b. 11 April, 1789, d. unm. May, 1853; Mary L., b. 19 Aug., 1798, at Dighton, m. 23 April, 1818, James Briggs of Dighton; she d. 7 March, 1842 ; 6 ch. ; JAMES, b. 11 Feb., 1764; Revolutionary soldier; HANNAH, b. 30 April, 1765 ; NATHAN, b. 20 Feb., 1767, Revolutionary soldier (?) ; SAMUEL, b. 16 July, 1768, m. Hannah Boyden, settled about 1795 at Livermore, Me., where he was prominent; TISDALE, b. 1770, went with brother David and Stephen Barton as a soldier in the Indian War, under Gen. Wayne, 1794, was also in the War of 1812; he m. his cousin Olive, dau. of Joseph Atwood, brother of Abial (1), of Berkley; ch. : Almira, b. 1803; Martha and Mary, b. 1805; Abial, b. 1807; Amasa, b. 1810; Tisdale, b. 1812; Hiram, b. 1814; Amelia, b. 1816; DAVID, three years a soldier in Gen. Wayne's army in the northwest, an eccentric man, m. Miss Elder of Ward, lived in many places in Ox., and d. here, 12 Oct., 1831, the last of the Atwood family in town;1 ch. : George W., Hannah W., Dolly B., Caleb S., Lucy M. ; all left town when young; SALLY, m. Rev. Nathan Mayhew, Baptist, 9 ch.
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