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STEPHEN, chairmaker at Lamb mill, North Ox., for several years after 1812, removed and in 1824 was of Merrimack, N. H., he m. Amity, dau. of Alexander Lamb, both d. at Nashua, N. H., she d. . 1868; . . . Children : FRANCES M., b. 14 April, 1814; STEPHEN F., b. 5 Dec., 1816; CAROLINE.
SAMUEL, Revolutionary soldier, 1779.
ELKANAH, and Sally Hall of Sutton, m. Oct., 1798.
ESTHER, dau. of Joseph, d. 26 March, 1853, aged 82.
RHODA, aged 70, d. 4 Feb., 1862, at almshouse, many years blind.
1 He made a will in which he bequeathed to his
a common saying in town that one living by his wife and children all they could earn. It became
labor was " an heir under David Atwood's will."
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AUSTIN, REV. SAMUEL J., b. 22 Nov., 1826, at Becket; youngest of ten ch .; three were ministers ; was graduated, 1847, at Union College, later spent several years in Virginia for his health, studied at East Windsor and Andover, ordained and installed at Mason Village, N. H., 25 Feb., 1857. In Nov., 1859, was pastor at Gardner; dismissed 1864, and came to Ox .; removed, Nov., 1868, to Warren, continuing to July, 1877; 5 Dec., 1877, installed at Chicopee Falls ; resigned on account of ill health, 2 March, 1884; has been since acting pastor at Darien, Conn. He had good natural abilities, was earnest and devoted to his profession, and a successful pastor. He m. (1) 31 March, 1858, Jennie S. Clark of Lancaster, she d. 15 Nov., 1862, at Gardner, m. (2) 8 Dec., 1863, Susan M. Miller of Royalston; . . . Children by first m. : JENNIE MAUD, b. 16 Oct., 1860; by second m. : SAMUEL J., b. 1865, d. 1867.
BABB, REV. THOMAS E., b. 21 Aug., 1840, at Orange, N. J., son of William G., who was b. 1794 in London and came to America with his parents 1796. Thomas E. was graduated 1865 at Amherst, studied theology two years at Bangor and one year at Andover, where he was graduated 1868, ordained Jan., 1869, at Eastport, Me .; settled May, 1871, at Ox., dismissed May, 1877; installed April, 1878, at Victor, N. Y., and May, 1883, began preaching at West Brookfield; removed thence Dec., 1889, to Chelsea, where he was pastor 1890. He was an able preacher, a good pastor and highly esteemed. He m. Sept., 1869, Ellen A., dau. of Moses Cook of Laconia, N. H. . . . Children : AGNES C., b. 8 Aug., 1870, at Eastport; PHILIP A., b. and d. 1872, at Ox .; MARY L., b. 12 June, 1873; EMILY A., b. 12 Sept., 1875; THOMAS E., b. 22 Aug., 1878 ; GERTRUDE, b. 18 Aug., 1879; BESSIE E., b. and d. 1882, at Victor.
BABBITT, ERASMUS, son of Dr. Erasmus, Sturbridge, b. 1763 ? [The record of his death at Boston gives, "died June 30, 1816, aged 53"], was graduated at Harvard College 1790, admitted to Worcester bar Aug., 1793; he m. Mary, dau. of Hon. Thomas Saunders of Gloucester, settled at Sturbridge in law practice, removed to Charlton, where he continued from 1800 to 1804. He was captain of a company at Ox. in "Adams' Army," 1799-1800. In 1804 he bought the house near the common, H. 244, to which he removed, continu- ing two or three years, removing to Westboro', in 1808 to Grafton, soon after to Southbridge, and about 1812 to Boston, where he d. Ammidown says he possessed a remarkable memory but convivial habits in too great a degree to do much as a business man. . . . Children : MARY ELIZA, b. 1793, m. 18 Oct., 1815, at Boston, Elkanah Cushman, second w., and had Charlotte Saunders, b. 23 July, 1816, the celebrated actress. Mary Eliza was remembered by one late of Oxford who knew her in childhood, as a lively, intelligent girl, of fair complexion, fine features and attractive manners, exceedingly fond of balls and parties, a good singer, bright scholar and a very superior reader. Of Mary Saunders, her mother, it is said she was cheery and mirthful, with wonderful powers of mimicry. Charlotte Cushman said: "I inherited my imitative faculty from my grandmother . . . I remember sitting at her feet . . . and hearing her sing a song of the period in which she delighted me by the most perfect imitation of every creature belonging to the farm-yard." FRANCIS A., b. 9 Sept., 1804, at Ox., sailor, lost at sea. Of him Miss Cush- man says : "My uncle Augustus took great interest in me, offered me prizes for proficiency in studies, especially in music and writing. He first took me to the theatre on one of his return voyages, which was always a holiday time for me. . . . He had great taste for the dramatic profession." He was
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one of the proprietors of the old Tremont Theatre and through him the Cushman family was introduced to the fraternity of actors.
BACON, DANIEL, m. Mary - and had DANIEL, b. 5 Oct., 1760, m. (1) 16 May, 1782, Annie Fay of Charlton, 13 ch .; m. (2) intentions 20 Nov., 1831, Olivia, widow of Benjamin Witt; he d. 9 March, 1834, at Charlton, she d. aged 81, 5 Feb., 1848, at Ox.
2. JONAS, son of Daniel (1) and Annie, b. 6 Sept., 1796, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Witt; settled at Ox., house painter, many years railroad station agent at Ox., hed. 11 Feb., 1874 [headstone] : she d. 6 Jan., 1883. ... Children : CAROLINE O., b. 2 April, 1824, m. 3 Nov., 1847, Benjamin S., son of Peter Shumway; no ch .; MARY E., b. 5 Dec., 1828, m. 31 March, 1851, Lewis W. Spaulding ; settled at Ox., removed to Boston, flour dealer; they had George L., b. 11 Feb., 1852, at Ox., residence, Janesville, Ill. ; William C., b. 22 Aug., 1853, at Ox .; purser on the City of Columbus steamer, wrecked near Martha's Vineyard, 1884, one of the few saved, residence, New York city ; Edward B., b. 4 May, 1858, at Boston; Caroline E., b. 30 April, 1861, d. 7 Oct., 1880; Charles, b. 12 Feb., 1863, m. 30 June, 1885, Susan L., dau. of Archibald C. Harris ; GEORGE, b. 9 July, 1831, m. 31 March, 1854, Angenette, dau. of Oscar F. Morris ; soldier in the late war, d. 6 June, 1864, at Alexandria, Va. ; they had Charles S., b. 3 July, 1855, m. 31 Dec., 1879, Ruth, dau. of William Stafford, residence, Worcester; they had George E., b, 1881, d. 1884; Willie, b. 7 Feb., 1884; Emory A., b. 14 Feb., 1859, m. 22 Aug., 1881, Mariana W. Howe of Holden, residence, Oakdale; they had Caroline A., b. 17 Feb., 1883; Lulu H., b. 5 Oct., 1884 ; Martha L., b. 20 Jan., 1861; Willie, b. and d. 1863; HOLLIS D. W., b. 3 July, 1833, hotel keeper, m. 2 Jan., 1859, Marian L. Cragin of Millbury, she d. aged 36, 19 May, 1874; m. (2) 10 June, 1875, Mary E. Windle ; SARAH A., b. 7 Sept., 1835, m. Alvah C. Trafton of Maine; settled at Worces- ter, where he d. 18 Nov., 1877; they had Walter C., b. 23 July, 1870; C. ELIZABETH, b. 6 May, 1838, m. Lucius P. Goddard of Worcester, where they settled; she d. 28 Dec., 1866; no ch .; CHARLES A., b. 15 May, 1841, shoe cutter; m. 10 June, 1865, Caroline Louisa Marble; settled at Ox., removed to Worcester; they had Charles A., b. and d. 1866; William A., b. 10 Oct., 1867; Celia E., b. 30 Sept., 1870; J. Fred., b. 15 Sept., 1874, at Worcester; DANIEL, b. 6 June, 1843, m. 14 Aug., 1872, Melicent Campbell of Chicago, where he is a merchant; she d. 1 Feb., 1891; had ch.
GEORGE (English), came to North Ox., H. 114, about 1802 from Uxbridge, stocking weaver; his operations with a machine were the wonder of the day ; removed after about five years to Dudley and many years later to Charlton, where he d. ; he m. Esther E. Hall. . . . Children : SOPHIA, b. 18 Nov., 1796, at Mendon, m. Tabor of Dudley ; BETSEY, b. 7 March, 1798, at Men- don; GEORGE H., b. 15 Feb., 1802, at Uxbridge; JAMES G., b. 11 March, 1804, at Ox., m. 1 Dec., 1830, Mary B., dau. of Amos Harding.
PETER C., b. 11 Nov., 1804, at Dudley. His great-grandfather, JONATHAN (w. Ruth), was of Bedford, and about 1733 removed to Uxbridge; was an extensive land and water power owner at what is now Whitinsville, where he d. before Feb., 1761. In Oct., 1750. he sold to his son Jonathan 600 acres on the Mumford river with mills, etc., also his home farm of 200 acres, then in Sutton, adjoining or near the first tract. JONATHAN, Jr. (w. Martha), was prominent, and after Northbridge was set off was, it is said, moderator of
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every town meeting until his removal. In 1782 and 1783 he sold his North- bridge estate and 11 Oct., 1782, bought a farm in Dudley. His son JEPHTHAH, b. 31 March, 1770, at Uxbridge, m. Joanna, dau. of Peter Child of Woodstock. PETER C. BACON, his namesake, was graduated 1827 at Brown University, studied at New Haven Law School, and with Davis & Allen of Worcester, George A. Tufts of Dudley and Ira Barton of Oxford; admitted to Worcester bar Sept., 1830; settled in practice at Dudley and soon removed to Oxford, remaining about 12 years, removing thence, 1 Jan., 1844, to Worcester. He was Mayor in 1851-2, a leading lawyer of the city, and for ability, sound judgment and learning not excelled by any man in central Massachusetts. He was in 1857 honored.by his Alma Mater with the degree of LL.D. The editorial in the Spy of 8 Feb., 1886, opened thus: "By the death of Hon. Peter C. Bacon Worcester loses its most beloved and revered citizen." He m. 11 Sept., 1833, Mary L., dau. of Daniel Batcheller of Western (now Warren) ; he d. 7 Feb., 1886, she d. 9 June, 1886. . . . Children, first five b at Ox. : HENRY, b. 30 Nov., 1835, lawyer at Worcester; First Lieut. in 34th Regt. Mass. Vols. in the late war; DANIEL B., b. and d. 1837 ; MARY L., b. 16 Oct., 1838; FRANCIS, b. 3 Nov., 1841, entered Dartmouth College, left study to enlist in the army in the late war, was First Lieut. in 102d Regt. N. Y. Vols., and killed in battle May, 1863, at Chancellorsville; WILLIAM, b. 4 Dec., 1843; clerk in a whole- sale mercantile house in Boston, also enlisted as a soldier, was promoted to Capt. in 34th Regt. Mass. Vols., and killed in battle 15 May, 1864. at New Market; on the monument of these brothers is inscribed: "Par nobile fratrum"; children b. at Worcester : PETER C., b. 11 Oct., 1846, paper merchant at Boston, m. 20 Oct., 1881, Amanda A. Beale of Hingham; ARTHUR, b. 23 Sept., 1849, d. young; ELIZABETH, b. 26 Dec., 1852, m. Halleck Bartlett of Worcester, where they reside; had ch .; real estate dealer.
LUTHER, b. 22 Dec., 1784, at Burrillville, R. I., son of Ephraim, left father- less at six years of age and lived until his majority with his grandparents in New York city ; m. 1 March, 1810, Polly B., widow of George Aldrich, maiden name, Knight, settled in R. I., removed 1827 to Southbridge, and thence 1841 to Ox., he d. 4 Dec., 1870, she d. aged 73, 18 Oct., 1854. . . . Children : EPHRAIM, b. and d. 1810; LUTHER, b. 17 Oct., 1811, m., resides in Conn., had ch. ; THOMAS K., b. 30 Oct., 1813, m. Polly M. Cady of Thompson, Conn .; pistol maker, resided at Worcester, Grafton and 30 years at Norwich, Conn., where he d. 1873; had Harrison E. (residence, Norwich), and two daughters; GEORGE R., b. 12 Jan., 1817, unm. ; MARY ANN, b. 25 Aug., 1820, m. Sylvester Ballard; REBECCA, b. 1823, d. 1839.
JOHN, and Sarah (Sabra?) Truesdell, m. 15 Oct., 1835.
HANNAH S., of Webster, and Samuel R. Wallace, m. intentions 7 Dec., 1849.
BAILEY, JAMES M., of Ticonderoga, N. Y., and Alice Dwinnell, m. 15 Jan., 1837.
ADDISON, and Adaline P. Lawrence, m. 5 March, 1846.
BAKER, SAMUEL, b. about 1696, at Woburn, m. Mary In 1742 Samuel Baker bought water power at North Ox., H. 121, owned seven years; soldier at 60 years of age in Capt. Ebenezer Learned's Co. in the French war; he had at Ox., SAMUEL, b. 9 July, 1724, and perhaps b. before his return from Ashford (order of birth unknown) ; ESTHER, unm. ; MARY, m. - Fairlee; 49
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KATHARINE, m. Ebenezer Fish; SOPHIA, m. - Tidd; JERUSHA, m. Ebenezer Learned; JOSEPH. In the estate of Esther Baker of North Gore, 26 Jan., 1774, it was ordered that it be divided between " Samuel Baker, Mary Farlee, Katharine Fish, Servia Tidd and Jerusha Learned." [Prob. Rec.]
2. SAMUEL, son of Samuel (1), m. Elizabeth . Children : THOMAS, b. 8 Jan., 1752, Revolutionary soldier, m. 8 Nov., 1781, Ruth New- comb, styled "Dr."; SAMUEL, b. 29 Aug., 1753, m. intentions 1 March, 1776, Dolly Jacobs of Killingly, Conn .; Revolutionary soldier in Town's Co., marched on Lexington alarm; in 1789 Samuel Baker, Jr., was of Guilford, Vt., and then sold land in Ox .; ELIZABETH, b. 6 April, 1756, m. 19 March, 1778, Moses Rowell; PHILEMON, b. 7 March, 1761; MARY, b. 5 March, 1765.
3. JOSEPH, son of Samuel (1)?, b. about 1731 at Woodstock, was with Samuel (1), his father, in the French war; a JOSEPH, resided at Charlton, m. Mary -----; had Mary, b. 5 June, 1764; Richard, b. 27 Aug., 1768.
MOSES, Revolutionary soldier.
ELIZABETH, and Peter Thompson of Douglas, m. intentions 7 Jan., 1807. ABIGAIL, d. 30 July, 1832.
WILLIAM R., of Millbury, and Sarah Clark, m. intentions, 6 March, 1847. GEORGE, Charlton, and Susan P. Damon, m. 11 Aug., 1850.
MARGARET K. (Canadian), aged 59, d. 2 Oct., 1888.
BALCH, JOSIAH, descendant of John (who came 1623 with Capt. Robert Gorges, was of Dorchester company at Cape Ann, 1625, and at Salem, settler 1626), the line being JOHN, BENJAMIN, 1628, SAMUEL, 1651, SAMUEL, 1678, JOSIAH, baptized 28 Oct., 1711, at Beverly; early of Thompson Parish, m. intentions 17 Jan., 1735, Patience, dau. of Jos. Chamberlain, an original settler of Ox. ; removed with him from Kee-ka-moo-chong to the South Gore. After having bought of the State in 1744, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Ebenezer Chamberlain, 320 acres, he lived with his father-in-law, who had quitclaimed to him his rights at the southern extremity of the tract near the Connecticut line. In 1759 he deeded his farm to his son Samuel. . Children : MARY, b. 27 July, 1737; SAMUEL, b. 25 June, 1739.
2. SAMUEL, son of Josiah (1), m. Susanna Aldrich, resided on the home- stead. In 1764 he sold 100 acres, and in 1778 82 acres, the home farm, and removed to Guilford, Vt .; resided later at Athens, Vt., where he d. 1817. .. . Children : SUSANNA, b. 23 May, 1762 ; ALICE [Olive?], b. 4 May, 1764, d. 1 March, 1826; SAMUEL, b. 23 March, 1767, m .; had ch .; d. aged about 80, at Athens ; JOSIAH, b. 25 Dec., 1770, m .; had ch .; residence, St. Johnsbury; d. aged about 80; PATIENCE, b. 4 May, 1773, at Killingly, Conn .; ELIZABETH, b. 23 Oct., 1775, at Killingly ; NATHANIEL, b. 26 Nov., 1777, at South Gore, m. 19 Sept., 1805, Sally Bennett; d. 25 Dec., 1854, at Kalamazoo, Mich .; had 12 ch. at Athens, some removed to Kalamazoo; JOHN, d. aged 18 at Guilford; COBEN, b. at Guilford, m. Patty Patch; residence, Athens; 7 ch .; d. at Kala- mazoo; ABIGAIL, b. 30 May, 1786, at Guilford, d. 30 March, 1868, at Victory, Vt.
BALCOM, CHARLES A., of Douglas, and Angeline C. Barton, m. inten- tions 12 Oct., 1844.
LYDIA, dau. of Warren, aged 22, d. 29 June, 1855.
LYDIA, maiden name Trask, aged 57, d. 17 Feb., 1862.
WILLIAM H., son of Warren, aged 21, d. 26 March, 1862.
PHILENA, maiden name Whiting, aged 57, d. 28 May, 1869.
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RUTH, maiden name Knapp, aged 82, d. 9 Feb., 1875.
MYRON J., son of Estus of Douglas, aged 34, d. 6 Jan., 1876.
BALDWIN, JONATHAN of Spencer, and Mary Hunt, m. 28 Oct., 1766.
BALL, NAHUM, and Rinda had SOPHRONIA, b. 12 Jan., 1827. MARY M., dau. of Edwin S., aged 9, d. 19 Aug., 1859.
CHARLES F., son of Edwin S., aged 19, d. 28 April, 1867.
EDWIN S., aged 53, d. 20 July, 1871.
BALLANTYNE, JAMES, m. Jane -; they had ISABEL, b. 27 Nov., 1833; MARGARET L., b. 19 April, 1837; JAMES, b. 1 Feb., 1839; AGNES, b. 24 May, 1841 ; MARY J., b. 26 Aug., 1843.
BALLARD, WILLIAM, early settler at Andover, had JOSEPH and JOHN, prominent men, the first to build mills there; JOHN m. Rebecca Hooper; was constable, in 1692 arrested persons as witches; he had John, Jonathan, Sherebiah ; the latter was in 1749 of Lancaster, housewright.
2. JONATHAN, son of John (1), b. about 1678, m. 30 Aug., 1722, Hannah, dau. of Ephraim Kidder of Billerica, where he settled; removed between 1726 and 1728 to Ox. ; in 1735 bought the mill estate at Augutteback Pond, H. 83, where he spent his subsequent life and d. 2 Jan., 1763, aged 76; she d. after 1779 at the house of Jeremiah Kingsbury, her son-in-law. . . . Children : JONATHAN, b. 16 Aug., 1723, m. 17 July, 1755, Alice, dau. of Collins Moore; removed 1775 to Vassalboro', Me .; EPHRAIM, b. 6 May, 1725 ; HANNAH, b. 28 Oct., 1726, m. 13 Feb., 1752, Thomas Town; REBEKAH, b. 3 March, 1728, m. 23 Oct., 1755, John Marvin; JOHN, b. 30 May, 1731; RUTH, b. 15 March, 1733, m. Jeremiah Kingsbury; SHEREBIAH, b. 1735, d. 1742; ELIZABETH, b. 1737, d. 1742; BENJAMIN, b. 1740, d. 1742.
3. EPHRAIM, son of Jonathan (2), m. 19 Dec., 1754, Martha, dau. of Elijah Moore; succeeded his father as owner of the mills, sold in 1770 and was taverner at the centre, continuing until 1774, land surveyor with Thomas Fish, April, 1774, at Livermore, Me. In 1775 he settled at Fort Halifax, now Winslow, Me., and 15 Oct., 1777, removed to Augusta, where he owned and operated a saw-mill. He was respected, and was allowed by the town £200 for his contributions to the Revolutionary cause. His wife was in high esteem among the people of the early settlement, and for the first 20 years was almost the only practitioner there in midwifery. In her diary she says, 15 Nov., 1795, in recording a birth, "this is the six hundredth birth at which I have attended since I came to this eastern clime." On 25 July, 1797, she records the 700th since June, 1778. She had great power of endurance and suffered many hardships in travelling in the practice of her profession. He d. 7 Jan., 1821, aged 96 years, she d. Aug., 1812. . . . Children : CYRUS, b. 11 Sept., 1756; LUCY, b. 28 Aug., 1758, d. young(?) ; MARTHA, b. 1761, d. 1769 ; JONATHAN, b. 4 March, 1763; farmer at Augusta, Me .; TRYPHENA, b. 1765, d. 1769; DOROTHY, b. 1767, d. 1769; HANNAH, b. 6 Aug., 1769, m. Moses Pollard ; DOROTHY, b. 2 Sept., 1772, m. Barnabas Lombard; EPHRAIM, b. 30 March, 1779, m. 5 Feb., 1804, Mary Farwell; was an ingenious mechanic and a useful citizen, built bridges over the Kennebec, was employed by the State in 1796 in surveying settlers' lands at Hampden and Bangor, Me .; while on a business tour he sickened and d. aged 50 years, at Bangor.
4. JOHN, son of Jonathan (2), m. 18 Dec., 1766, Mrs. Mary Marsh of Douglas; settled near North Ox. railroad station, H. 157; millwright, Lieut.
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of militia, soldier in the French war and also in the Revolution, marched on the Lexington alarm; she d. 16 March, 1770, aged 31, m. (2) 18 Nov., 1780, Sarah, widow of Isaac Barton, he d. Oct., 1810. . . . Children by first m. : JOHN, b. 15 April, 1768; EUNICE, b. and d. 1770.
5. JOHN, son of John (4), m. 6 Nov., 1797, Jemima, dau. of Dea. John Dana; settled on the homestead, removed in 1827 to Whitinsville; he d. 10 Nov., 1839, at Grafton at the home of his dau. Mary; his wife, aged 47, d. 12 Feb., 1830, at Whitinsville. . . . Children : OTIS, b. 9 June, 1799, d. 1813; FANNY, d. unm. 18 May, 1870, at Worcester; MARY, b. 11 Oct., 1806, m. Oct., 1835, Oliver G. Davenport; resided at Worcester; they had Sarah J., b. 1837, at Boston, m. Charles P. Fisk of Natick, where she d. 1866; Annie E., b. 1842, at Boston; Julia H., b. 1846, at Boston, m. Fred. E. Whitcomb of Worcester; LUCY D., b. 25 March, 1812, d. 15 Sept., 1828, at Whitinsville ; SARAH, b. 4 June, 1814, m. May, 1841, Charles Ellis of Uxbridge; he d. 2 Nov., 1866; no ch .; she resided at Uxbridge; SYLVESTER, b. 28 Feb., 1817, m. 14 July, 1855, Mary Ann, dau. of Luther Bacon; he d. aged 71, 29 June, 1888; they adopted Jennie S., b. 30 Nov., 1853, m. 18 May, 1876, Andrew J. Wakefield, and had Mabel, b. 5 May, 1877; Bertha, b. 24 May, 1878; Eva, b. 1 Jan., 1880; George A., b. 2 Oct., 1881.
AUGUSTUS, son of Jonathan, Jr.(?), and Betsey Lamb, m. 16 March, 1793, and had BETSEY, b. 4 Oct., 1793; Betsey, the mother, m. (2) Samuel Smith, Sen.
WILLIAM, of Lynn, came in the Mary and John 1634, another William, perhaps his son, came 1635, removed from Lynn to Andover, probably ances- tor of Jonathan (2). William had at Lynn, with others, NATHANIEL, whose son WILLIAM was b. 23 April, 1686, and removed to Framingham before 1728, where he had with others, TIMOTHY, a Revolutionary soldier(?), and ZACCHEUS, twins, b. 21 March, 1731; the latter m. Elizabeth Valentine of Hopkinton, settled at Framingham, removed 1770 to Leicester and 1773 to Ox., having bought the Craft Davis farm in the south part of the town, H. 40; he was.39 months in the Revolutionary war, removed 1788 to Thompson, Conn., where he d. April, 1800, she m. (2) Jonathan Ellis, and d. soon after at Thompson. 1 . Children : ELIZABETH GOOCH [the mother of Elizabeth Valentine was Mary Gooch], b. 20 May, 1759, m. intentions 27 Feb., 1777, Hezekiah Stone, settled and d. at Fitzwilliam, N. H .; WILLIAM, b. 26 Oct., 1761, m. Haven, d. 1791 at Framingham; they had William, Nancy, Prentiss ; SARAH, b. 5 Jan., 1764, m. Micaiah Robinson, removed to Hartwick, N. Y., where both d .; MARY, b. 8 Aug., 1765, m. 15 March, 1781, Nathaniel Carroll, settled and d. at Thompson; MEHETABLE, b. 31 May, 1767, m. Orrin Bates, settled and d. at Bennington, Vt .; MARTHA, b. 16 April, 1769, m. James, brother of Orrin Bates, settled and d. at Cavendish, Vt .; ANNA [Nancy], b. 16 Oct., 1770, at Leicester(?), m. Abel Jacobs, settled and d. at Thompson; LYNDE, b. 15 May, 1774, at Ox., m. 4 Dec., 1794, Molly, dau. of John Bates of Dudley, near Thompson, removed 1808 to T., she d. 22 June, 1816, he m. (2) 5 Oct., 1817, Amy C. Green from near Fitzwilliam, N. H., who d. 1852, he d. 7 June,
1 Barry, whose account of this family, although the result of much labor, was not as Savage says thoroughly satisfactory to himself, gives Eliza- beth Cloyes as the w. of Zaccheus. The record is evidently not clear, as Barry says in the Cloyes family, "Elizabeth m. - Ballard." The evi- dence existing now in the family, which is quite
numerous, is conclusive that the w. of Zaccheus was Elizabeth Valentine. She was of a noted ancestry, having descended from the Lyndes, Digbys and Newdigates of England. Mary, her younger sister, probably m. Joseph, younger brother of Zaccheus.
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1825, at T .; ch. John B., b. 25 Oct., 1795, at Dudley, was graduated at Baptist Theological Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y., in 1823, ordained 13 Nov., 1823, at Masonville, N. Y., began Dec., 1825, as pastor of the Baptist Church in Dudley, now Webster, was instrumental in the erection of the first church building, dedicated 26 Dec., 1826, founded 1827 the first Sunday-school of the locality, left in spring of 1828, was later pastor at Bloomfield, Conn., but soon removed to act as agent of the American Sunday-School Union in North Carolina and Kentucky, in which States he labored 13 years, establishing schools in almost every county; later he resided for a time at Colchester, Conn., and about 1849 began as tract missionary in New York city, continuing for six years, and in discharge of his duties contracted a fever of which he d. 29 Jan., 1856; he m. Augusta M. Gilman of Morrisville, N. Y., four ch .; a son, Esek S. Ballord, is a leading business man of Davenport, Ia .; Nancy, b. 1797; Polly, b. 1799, m. Jacob Tourtellotte of Thompson, a descendant of Abraham, who m. Marie, dau. of Gabriel Bernon, 4 ch .; a son, John E., was graduated at Brown University, settled as a lawyer at Winona, Minn., was Col. and brevet Brig. Gen. in the late war, aide-de-camp to Gen. Sherman, Jan. 1, 1871, to Feb. 8, 1884, and retired for disability ; Francis, another son, was surgeon in the army and 1888 was in practice at Winona ; Winthrop Hilton, 1801, wealthy farmer at Thompson, a son, Horatio N., was graduated at Brown University, physician at Horn Lake, Miss., d. early in 1888; Valentine, 1804 ; Hamilton, 1806; Martha, 1809; by second m. Sarah R., 1818; Salem, 1820; Zaccheus A., 1822, from 1847 to 1853 superintendent of Ox. almshouse, removed to Thompson; Elizabeth, 1825; all m. and had ch .; ALICE, b. 23 June, 1779, at Ox., m. (1) Joseph Dike, he d. soon, she m. (2) John Jacobs, had ch., both d. at Thompson.
BALLOU, FRANCIS (transient), aged 78, d. 1847.
BANCROFT, MOSES, w. Tamar, had HANNAH, b. 3 March, 1807.
MADISON, son of Jonas and Nancy of Ward, blacksmith, came to Ox. before May, 1839, continued about 6 years, returned to Ward, removed to Ceredo, W. Va .; . . . Children : JOHN M., b. 1 Aug., 1836, at Saratoga, N. Y. ; JOSEPH F., b. 22 March, 1841; SARAH A., b. 28 Jan., 1843; JONAS G., b. 26 April, 1845.
JONAS, of Ward, and Esther Merrifield, m. intentions 7 April, 1781.
BARBOUR, REV. ISAAC R., son of James and Dorcas of Bridport, Vt., b. 14 Feb., 1794, educated at Dartmouth College and Andover Seminary, preached at New Ipswich, N. H., from Oct., 1824, to Aug., 1826, installed pastor at Byfield, 20 Dec., 1827, resigned April, 1833, later city missionary at Boston, installed 23 Nov., 1836, at Charlton, his last settlement. In the autumn of 1839 he came to Ox., bought land at north end of the Plain, built the house now Samuel C. Willis, Jr.'s, H. 188, and devoted himself to farm- ing, fancy stock raising and silk culture, in which he was not very successful. In 1847 he removed to Worcester, and later to New York city, where he con- tinued until the autumn of 1868. Ou a business tour to Illinois he was taken ill and d. at the home of his sister at Galesburg. As a minister he was able, but his tastes led him into business operations, and possessing a speculative and inquiring mind he went into new enterprises which led to more profit to others than himself. Distilling mineral oil from the rock was a project which he took up and on which he originated several valuable improvements.
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