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were spent at Ox. He m. at Ox., 30 March, 1817, Sarah Gibbs of New Salem, he d. aged 77, 21 Oct., 1876, she d. 27 Feb., 1864. . . . Children : WILLIAM H., b. 6 July, 1817, d. 19 Aug., 1836; JULIA A., b. 21 June, 1820, m. 30 Oct., 1839, William H. Thurston; SARAH M., b. 13 Nov., 1823, m. Nov., 1840, Rufus Rawson of Webster, no ch .; ELISHA N., b. 21 March, 1825, m. 1844, Angeline Logan of Webster, druggist at Webster; they had Ida B., m. Jacob Peterson of Waltham; Minnie J .; two others d. young; THEODORE, b. 2 April, 1827, at South Leicester, m. Matilda Hodges, settled at Webster, and had Rhoderick F. H., William E., Flora B .; EDWIN W., b. 9 July, 1829, at Ox., residence, Webster, unm .; MARY JANE, b. 5 Aug., 1831, at Ox., m. Charles A. Angell; ANN SOPHIA, b. 17 Jan., 1834, at Dudley, m. Simon D. Sibley, settled at Web- ster, 8 ch .; JULIUS W., b. 5 May, 1836, at Ox., m. March, 1866, Azubah H. Whiting of Rockville, Conn., residence, Webster; they had Myron J .; EMILY F., b. 1 July, 1839, at Webster, m. 1868(?), Alexander Knox, commissary in the late war, and at its close settled at Mount Pleasant, S. C., where he d. 1867, she d. there 30 Oct., 1871, no ch .; ELLEN A., b. 17 Sept., 1841, at Webster, m. George, brother of Alexander Knox, settled at Mt. Pleasant, where he d. Aug., 1871; they had Sarah; she m. (2) Samuel V. Gregory, residence, Mt. Pleasant.
CYNTHIA, of Worcester, and Joseph Davis, 2d, m. intentions 30 June, 1812. FANNY, m. n. Stockwell, of Sutton, aged 82, d. 16 Sept., 1874.
AMOS, son of Thomas, of Douglas, aged 85, d. 14 Dec., 1874.
FREEMAN, son of Amos, aged 71, d. 23 March, 1879.
BIGGS, GEORGE (English), aged 68, d. 9 Jan., 1886.
BILLINGS, PETER, aged 13, drowned 21 Aug., 1848.
BIRCH, MRS. MARY, d. 3 Jan., 1752.
BISCO, ALDEN, of Leicester, and Celinda Martin, m. 10 Sept., 1833.
BIXBEE, NATHANIEL, w. Mary -, had SAMUEL S., b. 2 July, 1763 ; ELIAS, b. 13 Aug., 1765; ELIZABETH, b. 26 Sept., 1767; MARY N., b. 2 Feb., 1770, at Worcester.
SAMUEL, of Sutton parish, and Mrs. Huldah Town, m. 15 May, 1789.
JONATHAN, of South Gore, 1790, tanner.
EZRA, aged 53, d. 2 Jan., 1864.
BLACK, GEORGE, and Polly Sargent, m. 16 March, 1828.
BLACKMAN, NATHAN, Worcester(?), journeyman hatter for Samuel Campbell, 1808, resided one or two years, removed to R. I., should be noted for public spirit, was instrumental in having Lombardy poplars set the full length of the street. . . . Children : HANNAH, SAMUEL, PALMER.
BLACKSTOCK, JAMES M., aged 45, d. 31 May, 1855.
ELIZA, widow, aged 68, d. 10 July, 1867.
BLANCHARD, SAMUEL, of French descent, came in 1784 from south part of Sutton to the farm on Long Hill, then in Sutton, set in 1793 to Ox., H. 160, he m. 17 March, 1775, Susanna Tenney of Sutton. .. . Children : STEPHEN, b. 26 Oct., 1775, m. Cyna, dau. of Solomon Marble of Millbury, where they settled and both d., had ch .; JOHN BREWER, b. 2 March, 1780, scythe maker at Dudley and Palmer, where he m., settled and d., had ch .;
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SIMON, b. 17 Feb., 1782, m. Silence Barton, resided and d. at Boston; SAMUEL, b. 25 June, 1784, unm., travelled widely selling scythes; POLLY, b. 3 July, 1786, m. Reed, removed to Vt .; THOMAS, b. 24 June, 1788, m. (1)
-, he m. (2) - - Pierce of Grafton. The well known inventor, whose works have influenced largely the mechanical arts in this country and in . Europe. One of his greatest inventions was the machine for turning irregu- lar forms. Another was that for bending ship timber. It is claimed that the system of interchangeable parts, which has almost revolutionized the making of a great variety of machines, was the fruit of his genius. This claim is, however, stoutly denied.1 ABIATHAR, b. at Ox., unm., settled and d. at Palmer; SUSANNA, b. 1 June, 1799.
JOSEPH, taxed for real estate in Ox., 1771.
JOHN, and Polly Lilley, m. intentions 25-Sept., 1813.
HATTIE, aged 18, d. 15 Aug., 1887, dau. of George.
EMMA B., aged 22, d. 24 Aug., 1887, dau. of George.
BLANDIN, BLANDING. The Oxford family descended from Francis, a Frenchman from Canada, who settled at Newton, where he had FRANCIS, b. 19 Oct., 1718, m. Susanna Bailey of Brookline and had FRANCIS, b. 24 March, 1754, Revolutionary soldier, m. Mary (Putney?) and removed to Ox. about 1787, she d. 21 March, 1804, he m. (2) 2 Oct., 1806, Sarah Davis, she d. 7 April, 1822, he m. (3) 28 July, 1822, Prudence Twiss, she d. 5 Sept., 1840. . Children :2 b. at Newton : JANE, b. 2 Aug., 1782; BORODEL, b. 10 Feb., 1784, m. Hiram Smith, she d. 1847, at Charlton; GEORGE, b. 20 July, 1785, d. in the war of 1812; DOLLY, b. 6 Nov., 1786, m. (1) Ebenezer (?) Prentiss of Watertown, 10 ch., m. (2) Henry Coburn of Southbridge, m. (3) Parley Rawson of Thompson, Conn., she d. in Vt. ; ch. b. at Ox. : PATTY, b. 1 Sept., 1789, m. Frank Hagar of Watertown, had ch., residence, in 1881, Hubbard- ston; NABBY, b. 12 Aug., 1792, m. 18 Nov., 1827, George W. Blandin, her cousin, residence, Leicester, no ch .; ELISHA, b. 30 Oct., 1794, d. 1803; MAR- TIN, b. 4 April, 1796, m. 3 March, 1821, Sarah Holmes of Watertown, settled at Ox. and had ch., he d. 12 Oct., 1881, aged 85; LucY, b. 6 Sept., 1798, m. (1) Simeon Hayward, no ch., m. (2) Caleb Learned, she d. 24 Jan., 1877; JOSHUA, b. 7 Sept., 1801, m. (1) Nancy Henry of Watertown, and had ch., m. (2) Caroline Kirby of Somers, Conn., had ch., lived at Ox. and various other places, d. 2 July, 1873, at Attawaugan, Conn.
2. ELISHA, son of Francis (1), b. 20 Oct., 1759, came to Ox. from Sut- ton, settled in east part at H. 7, three years in Revolutionary war, he m. 3 June, 1783, Molly Wakefield of Sutton; a dau. NANCY m. Joseph H. Putnam of Sutton; wife of Elisha Blandin d. 10 Feb., 1833 [Ox. Rec.].
1 Mrs. Harriet Dana, dau. of Nahum Pratt, who lived not far from Blanchard's, was well ac- quainted with the family. She said: "When Thomas was about 12 years of age his father came to my father and asked him to take the boy into his employ as he could do nothing with him. He would not work, but was constantly at some pro- ject in the line of machinery. Thomas came and for a time did a little better than at home, but soon became a source of trial and vexation and did not remain long. If father sent him into the field to pick and pile up stones Tom would stam- mer out, 'T-t-there might b-b-be a ma-machine m-m-made to do th-th-this!' He was a habitual stammerer; his mother told me he could talk as
well as any of her children till he mocked old Mrs. S- so much he couldn't talk himself.
" One day he was sent into the fields alone to work, and two or three hours later my father on going out found him sitting by the side of a small pond whistling and mumbling to the frogs. On coming home he said Tom had by his juggling called around him all the frogs in the pond, and he didn't know what he would do next. Having been sent to the house from the field one day for a plow he induced the servant girl to shoulder and lug it for him by promising to make her a paring-machine, which he did."
2 Ox, Records give Polly, Fanny, Barney, George, Dorothy, Patty, Abigail.
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JONATHAN, and Submit Cook, of Charlton, m. 6 Feb., 1783.
GILBERT, and Mary Ann Hagar, m. 3 Feb., 1828, had CHARLES, b. 9 Feb., 1828.
JONAS, Revolutionary soldier, d. 11 Feb., 1833.
MRS. MARY, aged 69, d. 27 Aug., 1873.
BLANEY, JEDEDIAH, of Lancaster, 1761, Revolutionary soldier, m. 30 May, 1761, Beulah, dau. of William Brown, settled near his father-in-law, north part of Ox., H. 149; in 1764 Brown deeds to Mrs. Blaney 8 acres near Joseph Pratt's, H. 147, on 7 May, 1764, William Lackey of Ox. deeds to Bla- ney rights to land as discharged soldier, " he having been a sergeant and ex- pects 200 acres." Blaney d. 1778, order of appraisal 2 Nov. [In 1763 the town refused allowance to William Brown for support of the child of his dau. Beulah. Kimball Ransdale (Ramsdell?), w. Beulah " or the widow Blaney " and dau. 4 months old, resided here March, 1783.] . . . Children : BETHIA, b. 14 Jan., 1764 : JOSEPH, b. 4 June, 1767; ELIZABETH, b. 1 June, 1771, all un- traced.
BENJAMIN, taxed 1769.
BLOOD, RICHARD, of Bellingham, 1736, bought 2 March, 300 acres in Ox. now Charlton (sold in 1729, by Peter Papillon to Manasseh Horsmer of Thompson, Conn.) where he settled, sold a part 1746 to his son NATHANIEL, who m. 20 Dec., 1742, Ruth Hale [Hall?] of Bellingham, and had SUSANNA, b. 2 Dec., 1743; RICHARD, b. 9 June, 1745; NATHANIEL, b. 1747, d. 1753; ELIJAH, b. 10 Oct., 1748; RACHEL, b. 9 Dec., 1750; NATHANIEL, b. 22 Feb., 1754.
ISAIAH, brother of Nathaniel (1) ? m. (1) 19 Jan. 1744, Martha Thompson of North Gore, now Charlton, m. (2) 9 Nov., 1768, Thamazin, widow of John Hudson of Ox. . . . Children : by first m. JOHN, b. 19 Nov., 1744; CALEB, b. 1746, d. 1749; ESTHER, b. 4 Jan., 1749, m. 29 May, 1771, Joseph Pratt, 3rd ; ISAIAH, b. 17 May, 1752.
SARAH, and Thomas Holbrook, m. 9 Nov., 1736.
ANN, and James Town, m. 10 Dec., 1747.
JOANNA of Charlton and Joseph Edwards, m. intentions 15 April, 1761. LAWSON, and Sally E. Town of Charlton, m. intentions 25 March, 1832; wheelwright, residence, Ox., 1830-1832.
BLUNT, SAMUEL, residence, Ox., Sept., 1729.
BOGLE, THOMAS, of Sudbury, tailor, taxed in the first list in Oxford Sept , 1717, bought in 1720 half of the land and rights of William Hudson on Long Hill, and 46 years later deeded to his son John 73 acres. John probably lived here 15 years at least; Thomas the father m. Esther - and d. at Sudbury before 28 June, 1771, at which time his children joined as follows in a conveyance of one-half the Ox. farm to Nathaniel Muzzy, who m. the dau. JANE; ROWAND, Silas Goodnow, who m. MARY, John Weighton, who m. ELIZABETH, all of Sudbury, JOHN of Ox., John Fassett, who m. ISABEL and was of Monadnock, No. 4, N. H.
2. JOHN, son of Thomas, m. 7 June, 1750, Mary, dau. of Thomas Hunkins, settled on the homestead, soldier in the French war. . . . Children : SARAH, b. 29 Dec., 1750, m. Jason Coller; ESTHER, b. 22 Jan., 1752, d. 1768; ELIZABETH, b. 8 July, 1753, d. 1768 ; THOMAS, b. 4 April, 1755, Revolu- tionary soldier, Aug., 1775, near Boston; WILLIAM, b. 30 March, 1757, Revo- lutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm, enlisted in Continental army ;
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JOHN, b. 18 June, 1759, d. 1767; MOLLY, b. 27 Aug., 1761; HANNAH, b. 12 Sept., 1763.
BOICE, ASENATH, residence Ox.,Dec., 1793.
ELLIOT of Spencer and Mrs. Mary Cox, m. 22 March, 1837.
BOIL, OWEN, w. Ann, had JOHN, b. 15 May, 1829.
BOLSTER, ISAAC, JR., came to Ox. from Burrillville, R. I., 1821, settled at southeast part of the town; he was b. at Uxbridge,1 m. Thankful S. Inman, he d. 4 April, 1866, she d. 19 Dec., 1873. . . . Children : OLNEY, b. 15 Nov., 1812, at Uxbridge, carpenter, lived at Sutton, Oxford, Worcester, and Northbridge where he resided 1890, m. Eliza, dau. of Leavens Sibley of Sutton, and had Loring, m. Sarah Brigham of S., d. 1856, no ch .; Eliza Ann, m. (1) Alexander D. Marsh of Ox., m. (2) Edwin Elder, residence, Pawtucket, R. I., no ch .; Leander F., m. Augusta Adams of Worcester, 5 ch .; ORRIN D., b. 28 June, 1815, m. (1) 5 Nov., 1833, Susan, dau. of Artemas Sibley of Grafton, no ch., he m. (2) 4 March, 1838, Elizabeth C. Johnson of Vermont, settled at Ox., removed 1878 to Iowa, thence to Chicago where he resided 1884, they had Susan E., b. 29 March, 1839, m. (1) William Robbins of Ox., and had Alice M. and Ida J .; m. (2) Isaac Sweet of Northbridge, and had Charles O. and Lena A. ; Ellen, b. 5 April, 1841, m. Daniel V., son of Fitts Adams; Han- nah, b. 30 Dec., 1842, m. (1) Hiram Kidder of Athol, settled at Ox., and had George H. ; she m. (2) James Jackson of Vermont, and had Mary I. ; Mary J., b. 23 Aug., 1844, m. George Peters of Douglas, and had Harry A. and Herbert E. ; Emma C., b. 31 March, 1849, m. Jeremiah, brother of Isaac Sweet, she d. 30 Dec., 1869, no ch .; Addie L., b. 15 June, 1854, m. Lewis, brother of Isaac Sweet and had Elizabeth M. and Lewis E .; Charles H., b. 21 Jan., 1857; all surviving ch. with families removed West with the parents in 1878; LUCENA M., b. 1 April, 1819, at Douglas; LUCINDA, b. 15 June, 1822, m. 24 Aug., 1856 (?), Rufus, son of Parley Eddy, settled at Charlton, he d. 25 Feb., 1875, she d. 13 Sept. 1876; they had Celia J., b. 30 Nov., 1857, m. 29 March, 1880, Lewis N. Rheiu, settled at Charlton, no ch.
ASAHEL, and Mrs. Mary Lilley, both of South Gore, m. intentions, 17 June, 1815.
BOND, EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer, aged 52, d. 20 Feb., 1854.
EUGENE H., son of Ebenezer, aged 23, d. 10 July, 1870.
MARCUS, aged 56, d. 28 April, 1879.
BONSA, BONZEY, PETER or ABEL, Hessian prisoner of war, settled at Ox. before March, 1780, resided first in east part of the town, in 1790 re- moved to Humphrey place, H. 35, soon to North Ox., lived in a log house south of H. 99, removed to Ward, d. there 1 July, 1820, he m. Lydia -
. Children : ROXALANA, b. 21 Aug., 1779; PETER, b. 31 Aug., 1781; SAMUEL, b. 18 March, 1783, residence, Ellsworth, Me .; POLLY, b. 30 March, 1785, m. Dr. Ebenezer Lillie; PRUDY, b. 22 July, 1787; NANCY, b. 17 July, 1789; CHARLES, b. 18 Aug., 1791; ALEXANDER, b. 8 Oct., 1793, m. Roxana -, settled at Ward, 8 ch .; SALLY, b. 23 March, 1795; ROBERT, b. 1797. ZENAS, m. 3 June, 1838, Betsey A. Waters.
BOUND, JOHN, m. intentions 10 May, 1775, Susanna, dau. of Benjamin Davis, shoemaker, south part of Ox., H. 50, built house, d. there, aged 69, 23 Feb., 1819, she d. 17 Feb., 1817. . . . Children : HOVEY D., b. 4 July, 1776,
1 Isaac Bolster was of Uxbridge in 1749.
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m. 14 Oct., 1800, at Sturbridge, Hannah Carpenter, soldier in the War of 1812, wounded at Queenstown, returned to Ox. about 1817 with w. and 4 ch., left a few years later; SARAH, b. 14 April, 1780, m. (1) intentions 12 Feb., 1802, Amasa Fay of Thompson, Conn., and had Mary, b. 1 Oct., 1802, m. (2) 17 March, 1807, Israel Waters of Sutton, residence, 1823, at Thompson, removed to Ohio, where both d.
BOWEN, PALMER T., and Cynthia Carpenter, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1832.
BOWERS, JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. PARIS, w. Orilla, had JEROME, b. 24 June, 1829.
BOWES, ELIZA ANN, aged 21, d. 16 March, 1861. MARGARET T., aged 20, d. 3 Dec., 1861.
MRS. MARY (Irish), aged 47, d. 19 June, 1863.
BOWKER, STEPHEN, aged 23, d. May, 1818.
BOWMAN, JOSEPH, descended from Nathaniel of Watertown, who had about 1630, FRANCIS, who had JOSEPH, b. 18 May, 1674, who had with others JOSEPH, b. 16 Sept., 1697, removed to Westboro', and THADDEUS, b. 2 Sept., 1712, removed to New Braintree; JOSEPH, m. 16 March, 1732, Thankful For- bush of Westboro', and had 8 ch., the eldest was JOSEPH, b. 21 Jan., 1735, the second minister at Oxford. He was graduated at Harvard University 1761, ordained 31 Aug., 1762, in the Old South Church, Boston, as a missionary to the Indians at Onohoquaque on the Susquehanna River, whither he soon went. He came home in the spring of 1763 to be married and was returning with furniture and provisions when the outbreak of Indian hostilities prevented further progress. He returned to Westboro', preached a short time and soon came to Oxford, where he was installed pastor 14 Nov., 1764. In Sept., 1765, he bought the house at the north end of the street, H. 244 (now removed a few rods to the westward), where he resided until leaving town. He was an ardent patriot in the Revolution and did much to stimulate and strengthen the people in that crisis, was especially helpful to Col. Ebenezer Learned and the chaplain of his regiment in 1775 at Roxbury. A letter, 23 Oct., 1777, to Gen. Learned, then in the army, is interesting as showing the kindly feel- ing between the two, but is not otherwise important. His later years in Oxford were a continual struggle for the means of subsistence, some details of which may be found under " Ecclesiastical affairs."
In March, 1784, he removed to Barnard, Vt., where on 22 Sept. of the same year he was installed. He was settled on a salary of two hundred dollars a year, and received a gift of a farm, as the first minister of the town. He was welcomed with much cordiality and respect, and was looked up to as the leading man. "He visited the schools, catechised the scholars, was attentive to the sick and distressed; rode about town on horseback with his cocked hat and flowing wig, was exacting of his salary [had not forgotten his Oxford experience], even the poor had to pay, and was much respected for upright- ness, talents and learning. He taught the classics to young men who were fitting for college and greatly encouraged learning." A recent letter from an aged resident of Barnard calls him a "great and good man," and adds, "We think parson Bowman made us, and made us better than a bad man would." As a preacher he was quite noted, and unquestionably he left a most valuable impress upon that community as a citizen and a minister. In 1801 he was
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elected a trustee of Dartmouth College, which office he held until his death. His descendants were among the best people of Barnard, and to the third and fourth generations to-day occupy high positions in some of our western cities.
He m. 29 June, 1763, Lavinia Baker, sister of Joseph, proprietor at Bakers- field, Vt., he d. 27 April, 1806, she d. 28 Sept., 1816. . . . Children, b. at Ox. : JOSEPH, b. 23 July, 1764, m. Fanny Spooner of Windsor, Vt., merchant at Barnard, removed to Gardiner, Me., where he d. about 1825; they had James, m., went south, where he d. ; Edward, d. unm. at Gardiner; Nancy, m. Squire Waters of Montpelier, Vt., where she d .; JAMES, b. 20 March, 1768, went to sea, not heard from; OLIVER, b. 6 April, 1770, m. Deborah Spooner, settled at Barnard, removed west; they had Maria D., m. Walter Follett of Temple, N. H. ; ALEXANDER, b. 14 June, 1772, m. 1802, Sarah Anthony of Sherburne, Vt., settled on the homestead, where he d. 26 Dec., 1813, she d. very aged at Hartford, Vt., he was a leading man at Barnard; they had William, b. 30 Dec., 1802, m. Mary Ann Hathaway of Rome, N. Y., Colonel of a regiment in St. Lawrence Co .; George, b. 5 March, 1805, m. Eliza Reed of Rutland, Vt., merchant at Milwaukee, Wis., 5 ch. ; Joseph, b. 27 July, 1807, m. Asenath Bur- roughs of Tunbridge, Vt., farmer at Barnard, justice of the peace and sheriff, removed west and d., 3 sons; Mary Ann, b. 9 June, 1809, m. 1830, David Chandler of Pomfret, Vt., where she d. 24 Nov., 1884; Harriet C., b. 15 Jan., 1812, m. Dec., 1830, Edward Morris, residence, Hartford, Vt., he d., she removed to live with her dau. at West Lebanon, N. H., 5 ch. ; JOHN, b. 15 Sept., 1775, m. Mary Southgate of Barnard, 1 son, all d. at Durand, N. H., he d. about 1841; MARY, b. 31 March, 1777, m. 1816, Maj. Elisha Smith of Pomfret, Vt., where she d. 1851. Two others are recorded, EDWARD, d. 13 March, 1766; NANCY, d. 22 Oct., 1774.
EZRA, innkeeper at Dudley, 1771, where he m. intentions 4 April, 1770, Elizabeth Campbell. In 1773 he kept a tavern at North Oxford, successor of Abigail, widow of Jacob Pierce, at the David Stone place, H. 125, and in 1774 removed to the centre tavern on the Plain. He had ability, enterprise and public spirit, and became prominent as a citizen, several years selectman, Sept., 1776, one of a committee of the town to consider and report upon the forming of a State Constitution, in 1779 colleague with Gen. Ebenezer Learned in the delegation to Cambridge to act on the same subject, Sept., 1777, appointed Adjutant of Fifth Regt. He operated considerably in real estate in this vicinity, and tradition says expended a large amount in enlarging and remodelling the tavern. In 1781 he bought land and built a house near the present arch bridge on the Charlton road, H. 80, sold in 1782 and removed to Charlton. In 1782 he had suits in court for debt, in some of which he was declared to have withdrawn himself from the Commonwealth. In 1783 he was of Boston, and again of Charlton in 1784. In April, 1785, he being in jail at Worcester, asked relief of the town and was refused. In 1787 he was impris- oned by Joseph Hurd, collector of Oxford, and escaped "through the insuffi- ciency of the jail." [Court Rec.] . . . Children : RUFUS, b. 3 Feb., 1771; THOMAS, b. 23 July, 1772, d. soon ; SOPHIA, b. 2 Oct., 1774, at Ox .; NATHANIEL, b. 4 Aug., 1776; ELIZABETH, b. 6 Oct., 1778; POLLY, b. 5 Oct., 1780; ALEXAN- DER, all removed from town with their parents.
CHARLES D., descended from Thaddeus of New Braintree, who m. 1764, at Lexington, Katherine Munroe, they had JOSEPH, b. 10 Sept., 1771, a leading man of the town, m. 26 Nov., 1797, Sally Penniman of New Braintree, their sixth and youngest child was CHARLES D., b. 12 Dec., 1816, was graduated 1838 at
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Harvard College, family tutor in Georgia till 1842, when he began the study of law with Judge Washburn of Worcester, admitted to the Worcester bar 1845, soon after opened a law office at Ox. He was a man of exceptional ability and superior culture, precise and thorough in all his professional acts, and socially, genial and attractive. He m. 24 Nov., 1846, Almira L., b. 6 Aug., 1826, dau. of Elnathan Jones of Enfield; he d. 19 Jan., 1857, she d. aged 28, 9 Oct., 1854. . . . Child : LOUISE JONES, b. 10 Feb., 1849, m. Thomas George Walker, settled at Morristown, N. J., she d. 31 Dec., 1890, he d. 26 Feb., 1891, they had Lucy, b. 1874, d. 1877; Edith, b. 29 Jan., 1878; Irene, b. 21 April, 1880; Bertha L.
BOYDEN, JONATHAN, w. Esther, and family, resided at Ox. Aug., 1766. LUCIUS, and Mary Ann Fairbanks of Holden, m. intentions, 31 May, 1827. ELLEN L., w. of Samuel, Jr., aged 29, d. 23 May, 1863. MARY. dau. of Samuel, aged 34, d. 6 March, 1871.
SARAH M., m. n. Capron, w. of Samuel, aged 78, d. 26 June, 1875. SARAH E., w. of Samuel, Jr., aged 48, d. 7 Nov., 1875.
SAMUEL, aged 85, d. 27 Jan., 1878.
SAMUEL, son of Samuel, aged 52, d. 18 Jan., 1884.
BOYNES, LEVI D., son of Philip of Holden, aged 37, d. 23 May, 1881.
BRACKETT, Peter, son of David of Dudley, m. Polly, dau. of Nathan Upham, and had at Ox. ALONZO, b. 1831, d. 1833.
LUCENA, dau. of David of Dudley, aged 17, d. Jan., 1833.
BRADBURY, DAVID, w. Hannah, had HANNAH J., b. and d. 1842.
BRADLEY, JOHN (English), aged 52, d. 9 March, 1877.
BRAMAN, MARY, widow, resided in Ox., Feb., 1792.
BREEN, MARY (Irish), aged 47, d. 19 June, 1882.
BREWER, LEANDER W., aged 78, d. 12 Feb., 1887.
BRIGGS, ABRAM, b. about 1743, m. Catherine -, was of Taunton 1770, removed to Sutton between 1777 and 1779, came to Ox. before 1781, lived in the southeast corner of the town, H. 6, where he d. aged 86, 9 March, 1830. . . . Children : first four b. at Taunton, ABRAM, b. 8 June, 1771, m. intentions 7 Oct., 1797, Lucy Hill of Douglas, toll gatherer on the Douglas and Ox. turn- pike, removed to Worcester, where he d., had ch .; MERCY, b. 10 April, 1773, d. 14 Sept., 1838, at Ox., unm .; BOWARS, b. 4 March, 1775, d. 1805 at Ox .; ROXANA, b. 20 Jan., 1777, m. James Davis; POLLY, b. 13 Jan., 1779, at Sut- ton, m. William Stiles; JESSE, b. 12 Dec., 1781, at Ox., unm., went into the U. S. army with his brother Stiles, d. near Buffalo of camp fever; SAMUEL, b. 12 Feb., 1784, left home for parts unknown; OLIVE, b. 26 Feb., 1786, m. 12 April, 1814, Abijah, son of Thomas Upham of Dudley, settled and both d. at Montague; LUCINDA, b. 5 March, 1788, d. at Ox., unm. ; RUFUS, b. 22 July, 1790, m. 28 March, 1816, Martha, dau. of Simeon Upham of Dudley, settled at Charlton, soldier in the 1812 war, returned in ill health and soon d., they had Simeon ; GEORGE W., b. 31 March, 1793, settled at Fitchburg, where he d. 26 Dec., 1875, he m. (1) 2 April, 1820 Polly, dau. of Jonathan Briggs of Sutton, m. (2) Sarah Holmes. He had George L., residence, West Boylston ; David E., residence, Worcester; Roxana, m. H. E. Ames, residence, Fitch- burg.
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BRIGHAM, JOHN of Grafton, unm., aged 80, d. 25 Nov., 1839.
SAMUEL C., and Sarah R. Williams of Worcester, m. intentions, 8 March, 1847.
ANNA, sister of John, unm., d. 18 April, 1847.
CHARLES L., and Martha A. Pike, m. 9 Dec., 1849.
BROTHERS, JOHN (Canadian), aged 68, d. 12 Oct., 1864.
BROWN, WILLIAM, of Ox. about 1730, bought land on Town's Plain and later in north part of Ox. near Cedar Swamp, H. 149, m. Martha , he d. 1772. . . . Children : WILLIAM, d. 1729; MARY, b. 2 May, 1731, m. 3 Oct., 1754, John Adams of Brookfield (?) ; SARAH, b. 8 Feb., 1734; BEU- LAH, m. Jedediah Blaney ; ZACHARIAH, d. 1737.
MARTHA, dau. of William and Mary, d. 1741.
JONATHAN, b. 1635, son of Abraham, one of the early settlers at Water- town, had WILLLIAM, b. 1684, who had EBENEZER, b. 1705, m. Abigail Adams of Lexington ; they had with others, DAVID, b. 21 Feb., 1732, m. 25 Nov., 1755, Mindwell Cummins and removed to Charlton, their eldest child was EBENEZER, b. 26 March, 1757, at Charlton, m. 11 Feb., 1782, Bathsheba, dau. of John Nichols of Ox., and widow of Abijah Conant, settled in Dudley near Ox. and Charlton, at the mill on Pierpont brook, later Ozias Cortis'. . . . Children : LAVINA, b. 19 March, 1783, m. David Munyan, Thompson, Conn., and had ch .; ABIJAH, b. 26 Nov., 1784, m. 15 Oct., 1804, Phebe Albee; ELCY, b. 1 Feb., 1786, m. 1806, Parley Fletcher; EBENEZER, b. 5 Jan., 1788; NATHANIEL, b. 24 Dec., 1789; JEREMIAH, b. 1 April, 1793 ; AMOS, b. 1796, m. 16 July, 1829, Mary W., dau. of Isaiah Rider of Charlton, he d. 1847, at Worcester, 1 dau .; BATHSHEBA, b. 1798, m. James Oldham of Spencer where he d., she m. (2) Bugbee of Webster, she d. at Charlton.
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