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BENJAMIN W .; SAMUEL, probably killed by Indians, had RICHARD, b. 1624, m. Mary Linnet of Barnstable, and had RICHARD, b. 1653; who had SAMUEL, h. 6 Nov., 1679, removed from Barnstable to Deerfield, deacon of Congregational Church; he had JONATHAN, m. Rebecca Scott, who d. 1809, aged 101. Their fifth child was EBENEZER who m. Abigail Willis, and had with others BENJA- MIN WILLIS, who m. Anna Washburn, resided at Hardwick, deacon; their first child was BENJAMIN W., b. 6 Nov., 1799, residence, Ox., mason, m. 24 Jan., 1827, Elizabeth Southworth, b. at Ward. He d. 31 Dec., 1866, she d. aged 54, 7 Aug., 1853, both at Ox.1 . . . Children : ANN E., b. 19 Dec., 1827, unm., d. 29 July, 1888, at Worcester; FRANCES M., b. 21 March, 1834, m. Bernard B. Vassall; BENJAMIN W., b. 15 Jan., 1839, m. 20 Sept., 1865, Olive M. Chamber- lain of Templeton, residence, Ox., thriving trader, removed to Worcester, where he became wealthy in wholesale shoe trade, highly esteemed, dem- ocratic candidate for mayor; they had Thomas S., b. 13 Aug., 1866, at Ox .; Fannie M., b. 3 Jan., 1868, at Ox .; Alice L., b. 23 Aug., 1873, at Worcester; Mabel W., b. 12 Nov., 1875, d. 2 Jan., 1885; Agnes C., b. 29 Sept., 1877; Ger- trude, b. 6 March, 1883; Breta W., b. 10 Feb., 1888.
ELIZABETH, dau. of Nathaniel, Sutton, d. 21 June, 1767.
FISHER H. of Upton, and Adaline Turner of Leicester, m. 28 May, 1823.
DANIEL W., aged 22, d. 2 June, 1828.
MRS. CHILDS d. 28 April, 1841.
SARAH, m. n. Hersey, widow, aged 77, d. 24 May, 1868.
CHLOE, m. n. Robinson, dau. of Eliakim, aged 91, d. 27 Jan., 1870.
CHUBB, HANNAH, of Belchertown, and Nathan Shumway, m. intentions 7 Sept., 1771.
CHURCH, SARAH, of Holden, and William Williams, m. intentions 15 Aug., 1797.
CISCO, REVERSE (colored), and Hadassah, had LUCY, b. Feb., 1792.
CLAFLIN, JOSHUA, was of Dudley, among its first inhabitants, m. Mary . Children : JOSHUA, b. 17 April, 1733, settled in north part of Ox. east of river near the " mines," tailor; SARAH, b. 10 April, 1735, at Dudley, m. Hezekiah Merriam; MARY, b. 10 June, 1737, m. 9 Dec., 1762, Andrew Crowl of Leicester; ABNER, b. 31 Aug., 1738, at Dudley, housewright, bought in 1762 the Hezekiah Merriam, Jr., place in the North Gore, H. 106, removed to Rowe before 1769, at which time he sold his estate in Ox., he m. Hannah -, and had Sarah, b. 1764, d. 1767, Joshua, b. 1765, d. 1767, Joshua, b. 24 Nov., 1767; RACHEL, m. intentions 9 April 1757, Jesse Pratt of North Gore.
ABNER, of Sandisfield (son of Abner?), m. 29 June, 1791, Persis Merriam.
CLAPP, GEORGE, and Betsey Bartlett, m. intentions 1 Jan., 1827.
CLARK, THOMAS, from Freetown about 1780, large family, had been whale fisherman, resided first on Crowl Hill, bought 1794 land in northwest part of Ox., H. 101; in 1800 bought the Nathaniel Ide place, H. 125, set the elms there growing, d. there 21 Feb., 1816, aged 87. His widow, Mary Bra- man, d. 27 June, 1824, aged 91. . . , Children : THOMAS, residence, Provi- dence; SALLY, b. 1758, d. unm. 5 April, 1854, at Ox; JOSEPH, residence, Hud- son, N. Y. ; DAVID, residence, Herkimer County, N. Y. ; POLLY, m. - How-
1 Paige, History of Hardwick, gives descent differently. This is from Child's Genealogy.
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ard, residence, West; LYDIA, m. Abijah Lamb; ALICE, PHEBE, both d. young ; BETSEY, b. 1771, m. Reuben Cummings of Charlton, and d. 1865; EBENEZER, b. 22 May, 1776.
2. EBENEZER, son of Thomas (1), m. 17 May, 1801, Elizabeth Parker of Brighton, succeeded his father as owner of the homestead where he lived till 1827, and removed to the house on the Worcester road, H. 114, removed 1859 to East Brookfield where he d. 29 Nov., 1864. His wife d. 29 April, 1841. . . . Children : RELIEF, b. 6 Oct., 1802, m. 30 March, 1828, Elisha Muzzy of Oxford, Me., she d. 10 Feb., 1835; POLLY, b. 10 Oct., 1804, d. young; THOMAS, b. 10 April, 1806, m. 1 Feb., 1836, Sarah B., dau. of Joel Howe of Spencer. In 1835 he kept the tavern at North Ox., the same year he bought H. 114 of the executors of the will of his brother Hammond, and in 1847 sold and built a house at the lower, then Barton's, village, and opened a store which he sold in 1851 and removed to Spencer, where he has since resided, no ch. He was a good citizen, selectman in 1847. PHEBE, b. 8 June, 1808, m. 31 March, 1829, Ansel Whitcomb of Townshend, Vt., she d. 23 March, 1880. He succeeded Thos. Clark in the tavern at North Ox., keeping it a short time; HAMMOND, b. 6 Aug., 1810, d. 10 May, 1834; MARY, b. 18 July, 1816, m. 21 July, 1839, John M. Metcalf of Sutton; SARAH E., b. 22 Nov. 1823, m. 23 March, 1847, William Baker of Douglas.
RUSSELL, was of Middletown, Conn., came in 1813 to the Merino factory, Dudley, and 1814 to Ox., where he was a clothier at the south end of the Plain, returned in the spring of 1818 to Middletown; he m. Sally Cotton of Haddam. . . . Children : LUTHER, b. 23 May, 1814, at Dudley; ROSILLA, b. 16 April, 1816; JOHN, b. 9 Dec., 1817, both at Ox.
MARTHA W., of Grafton, and Thomas Welch, Jr., m. int. 24 Aug., 1822. FRANCIS, and Wealthy Hewett, m. intentions 5 Feb., 1830.
SARAH, and William R. Baker of Millbury, m. intentions 6 March, 1847. ELIZA A., m. n. Taft, aged 33, d. 9 Jan., 1874.
CLEMENCE, LUTHER, m. Matilda Clark, he d. aged 43, 17 Feb., 1859, she d. aged 52, 15 Sept., 1866; they had ALBERT L., b. 1841; PHILIPINE, b. 1845; both d. 1846.
JOSEPH, and Damaris Dennis of Dudley, m. intentions May, 1750.
PETER D., and Lucinda White of Oakham, m. intentions 21 Nov., 1830, re- moved to Southbridge.
ALBERT, son of Doliver, aged 11, d. 6 Aug., 1856.
CLEAVELAND, CHARLES, practical cotton manufacturer, came about 1814, as agent at the first mill started at North Oxford, was here but a year or two and left on the failure of the company; m. intentions 12 Jan., 1815, Eliz- abeth Adams of Grafton.
CLINTON, JOHN, JR., and Sally A., had HENRY A., b. 26 April, 1841; GEORGE E., b. 16 Nov., 1844.
CLOSSON, MARY T., w. of Harrison, aged 29, d. 12 March, 1855.
CLOUGH, LAURA, and Augustus W. Perrin of Pomfret, Conn., m. inten- tions 10 Feb., 1828.
CLOYES, MARY E., m. n. Butler, aged 29, d. 25 March, 1883.
COBB, GEORGE, aged 28, d. 9 Dec., 1852.
DINAH (colored), d. 7 May, 1829.
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COBURN, EBENEZER, in 1752 bought the Richard Williams estate of 477 acres, southwest part of the town, H. 75, resided there until 1759 at least. In 1777 he had removed to Woodstock, Conn .- 19 July, 1778, was dismissed from the Church and recommended to Woodstock. He m. Phebe - and had EBENEZER, sergeant in Revolutionary war, m. 10 Nov., 1768, Dorcas, dau. of Amos Shumway, settled on the homestead and had Ruth, b. 17 June, 1769; Lucy, b. 22 April, 1771; Perley, b. 13 April, 1774; Alexander, b. 13 May, 1776; family removed from town; RICHARD, b. about 1744, and b. at Ox. : JONA- THAN, b. 9 April. 1755, Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 5 July, 1777, Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Shumway; DAVID, b. 23 Dec., 1758, m. 31 March, 1784, Experience Wyman. He was then of Woodstock, having with Jonathan removed there with his father.
2. RICHARD, son of Ebenezer (1), Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 31 Oct., 1767, Sarah Edwards of Charlton, he d. 25 July, 1818, aged 74, she d. 12 Feb., 1820, aged 72. He succeeded his brother Ebenezer on the homestead. . . . Children : POLLY, b. 1 Jan., 1769, d. young (?) ; BATHSHEBA, b. 1 May, 1773, m. Joseph Marsh of Dudley; SAMUEL, b. 1 June, 1775; DOROTHY, b. 6 June, 1777, m. Jeremiah Nichols; ELEANOR, b. 4 Jan., 1779, m. 16 March, 1800, Lot Marsh of Dudley, no ch. ; SABRA, b. 1 Aug., 1781, d. young (?) ; SYLVANUS b. 17 Nov., 1788, m. Phebe, dau. of Joel White, and had Emily, b. 17 April, 1811; Andrus, b. 2 Jan., 1814 ; Sarah A., b. 18 Feb., 1818. He d. 2 Feb., 1820, at Worcester.
3. SAMUEL, son of Richard (2), m. 29 Nov., 1798, Elizabeth, formerly w. of Jonathan Kingsbury, dau. of Peter Shumway, resided on the homestead, removed before 1820 to Holland Purchase, N. Y., d. 3 Oct., 1840. . . . Chil- dren : AMASA K., b. 8 Jan., 1799, m. 21 Nov., 1825, Sophia P., dau. of John Nichols, residence, Charlton, they had Samuel, residence, Sturbridge; John, residence, Oxford; Ellen E., m. Albert Stevens, Charlton; Andrus, residence, Sturbridge; Otis, residence, Sturbridge; Nancy, m. Elbridge Allen, Charlton, she d. 1872; OTIS, b. 1801, d. 1803; SALLY E., b. 13 Jan., 1803, d. unm .; NANCY K., b. 4 March, 1805, m. Brewster; RUFUS, b. 9 May, 1807; SYLVANUS, b. 4 April, 1810; all but the first resided in N. Y.
BETHIA, and Paul Rich, Dudley, m. 10 Feb., 1734.
ANDREW of Ox., weaver, from Woodstock, Conn., had cases in Court 1734 and 1743.
JOHN, and Sarah Dresser of Charlton, m. 22 Feb., 1759.
CLEMENT, taxed 1771.
MOSES, and Hannah Davis, m. intentions 5 April, 1777; Revolutionary sol- dier 1775.
PAUL, in Oxford, Feb., 1792.
JOSEPH of Charlton, and Polly Learned, m. 6 April, 1796.
ROBERT, d. 27 July, 1803.
WILLIAM, w. Julia Ann, had GEORGE LITCHFIELD, b. 15 Oct., 1833; JOHN, b. 12 Dec., 1836; MERRICK, b. 14 March, 1839.
CODY, PHILIP, taxed, 1771.
JOHN, Revolutionary soldier.
NATHAN of Dudley, and Rhoda Wakefield, m. intentions 9 Dec., 1810.
COGGSWELL, BETSEY J., m. n. Doughty, aged 27, d. 25 Aug., 1860. LUCINA, m. n. Wicker, aged 53, d. 25 March, 1861.
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COIT, ACHSAH P., and William Barrows of Worcester, m. intentions 26 Sept., 1840.
COLES, WILLIAM, residence, Oxford, 1776.
COLLER, COLLIER, OLIVER, sold to Benoni Twichell his rights granted to soldiers in the Narragansett war, was probably in that expedition. We first find him in Ox. between 1707 and 1713 as tenant of Gabriel Bernon. When the English settlement began he took up his house lot on the north- east corner of the main and Sutton roads, H. 192, sold in less than three years to Joseph Dana, who was voted in on Coller's rights. We next find him in Mendon, where he was warned 1724 against a settlement. In 1736 he had settled on country land, in no town, near Manchaug Pond, adjoining Ox. line. He m. Lydia -, and had WILLIAM, b. 17 Sept., 1715, at Ox. In 1736 Oliver, Isaac and Lydia Coller were before the Court of Sessions at Worcester for absenting themselves from public worship, pleaded poverty and living in no town, and promising reform were dismissed. About 1736 Oliver and wife removed to Newport Co., R. I. In April, 1736, he sold to William, his son, his rights in " a lot of country's land adjoining Manchaug pond and all my labor which I have done thereon." In 1739 Isaac Coller, living thereon, deeded the improvements on said land to Thomas Mcknight of Stow. [See Mcknight. ]
THOMAS, perhaps son of Oliver, had a case in court Aug., 1739.
JAMES, probably son of John, of Framingham in 1696, nominally one of the 30 settlers in Ox. The records indicate that he did not live here until several years after the settlement. He was at Framingham in 1718 the time of the sale of his Ox. estate. The first known of him here was in 1735, when he bought the Mayo farm, H. 38. He is seldom named in the records. He m. (1) Elizabeth , m. (2) 22 Dec., 1746, Hannah Twichell, and d. in 1749, will approved 29 May. . . . Children : JAMES, b. 1696 at Framingham, settled at Framingham, removed 1727 to Hopkinton, m. 5 July, 1722, at Boston, Patience Gleason [Boston Records], and d. before March, 1747; JOSEPH, b. 1702, resided at Hopkinton; ELIZABETH, m. Daniel Tombs ; JONAS, b. 1713.
2. JONAS, son of James (1), m. (1) 14 Feb., 1740, Susannah Pratt, m. (2) 4 March, 1779, Mrs. Elizabeth Persons of Spencer, lived many years on the homestead, d. 26 Feb., 1795, aged 82. . . . Children, all by first m. : EBENEZER, b. 8 Jan., 1741, m. intentions 1 June, 1771, Sarah Town; EUNICE, b. 1 May, 1742, m. 1 Dec., 1772, John Ives; JASON, b. 5 Jan., 1744 ; EZEKIEL, b. 5 April, 1745, Revolutionary soldier, m. and lived at Googin's place, H. 84, from 1777 to 1784, and removed to Ashford, Conn., 2 sons; JONAS, b. 5 Jan., 1747, m. intentions 6 Jan., 1776, Mary Rich of Weston, he d. about 1824, at East Thompson, Conn., no ch .; MERCY, b. 7 Oct., 1750, unm., d. 1 April, 1838, at Ox.
3. JASON, son of Jonas (2), Revolutionary soldier, m. (1) 24 Nov., 1768, Sarah, dau. of John Bogle, residence, H. 188, she d. 13 Feb., 1813 [1811, Ox. Records], m. (2) 23 Jan., 1814, Hannah Farrington, b. 6 Dec., 1765, he d. 14 Oct., 1840, she d. aged 92, 15 Jan., 1857. A grandson of Jason recently wrote :-
" I feel proud of my ancestors. My grandfather raised, by one mother, 19 children to be men and women, and only one ever saw the inner walls of a poor-house, and not one filled a drunkard's grave. I have visited him a great many times on old Oxford Plains and eaten at his table, and I don't believe
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there was ever a day passed over his head (only when he was away) when he did not have fresh boiled potatoes and fried salt pork for breakfast. My father, when he was within 60 days of being 21 years of age, gave him twenty dollars for his time and packed his shoemaker's kit and started and landed in Boston [50 miles] at sunset the first day.
"If they are all dead they are not forgotten."
Children, all by first m. : JOHN, b. 16 Oct., 1769; JAMES, b. 6 Oct., 1770; ELIZABETH, b. 6 Oct., 1771, m. (1) Abel Avery from N. H., he left soon for parts unknown; they had Lucy, b. 1801, d. 1821 ; Jonathan, b. 1802, d. young ; William, b. 11 Jan., 1803, said to have been bound out to service, ran away and lived under an assumed name, Ira Gay(?), at Ashburnham, where he m., had ch. and d. ; Elizabeth, b. 27 Dec., 1804, at Ashford, m. (1) 16 June, 1823, Thomas H. Wallace of Leicester, and had Louisa, she m. (2) Foster Bond of Stur- bridge, where they settled and had 9 ch., a son Harrison was killed in battle in the late war; Bond, the father, d. Dec., 1856, at Southbridge, his widow d. May, 1858, at Wauwatosa, Wis .; [ELIZABETH AVERY m. (2) intentions 20 April, 1815, Maj. Nathan Dexter of Charlton]; ESTHER, b. 27 Dec., 1772, m. William Prentiss of Boston, resided and d. there; they had James, Edward, Esther ; EZRA, b. 28 May, 1774; SARAH, b. 1775, d. 1788; JONATHAN, b. 9 Jan., 1777, m. Olive Cummings of Sutton, where they settled, removed to Ox. 1818, d. 2 Oct., 1820, saddler; RUFUS, b. 30 Aug., 1778; WILLIAM, b. 1780, d. young ; WILLIAM, b. 5 Sept., 1781, d. 7 Feb., 1813, unm. ; RUTH, b. 11 May, 1783, d. 14 April, 1809, unm .; MARY, b. 1 Jan., 1785, m. Edward Leeds of Boston, where she d .; EBENEZER, b. 10 May, 1786; LUCRETIA, b. 24 Sept., 1787, m. (1) Joseph Sawtell of Boylston, where they settled, he d. 23 Oct., 1817, m. (2) Sept., 1822, Henry Brewer of Boylston, he d. 1852, she d. 13 March, 1867; ch. by first m. Jason, b. 2 March, 1808, m. Comfort Wilcox of Fall River, settled there and had Joseph H., Sarah L., Almira E., he left home and was last heard from in Texas about 1840; Joel, b. 15 May, 1809, m. (1) 6 Dec., 1831, Miriam Gibbs, she d. 1840, no ch., m. (2) Miranda Derby of Leominster, settled in Clinton, comb maker; had Jane L., Mary L., Ann E., Susan S., Joseph H., Joel W .; Eunice H., b. 9 March, 1811, m. (1) 12 April, 1834, Lewis Smith of Shrewsbury, where they settled, he d. 1850; had Marion, Ellen L., Harriet E., Charles L .; she m. (2) 1852, James Flanigan of Shrewsbury, and had Joel S .; Flanigan d. 1873, she in 1882, resided at Whitins- ville; Joseph W., b. 6 Feb., 1813, d. young ;. Lucretia, b. 15 Sept., 1816, m. Addison Allen of Worcester, removed to Cambridge, had Sarah, Edmund; ALEXANDER, b. 24 April, 1789, nnm., d. 19 Sept., 1852; JASON, b. 2 Aug., 1791, m. (1) at Troy, N. Y., Lucretia Van Orden, she d. 1841, he m. (2) 1844, lived at Troy, removed 1820 to Rochester, and thence about 1833 to Alton Sodus, N. Y., where he d. 1857, tanner and shoe manufacturer; ch. Alfred, settled at Circleville, O., removed about 1859 to Columbus, O., where he d. 1881; Norris, living 1882 at Saginaw, Mich., m. and had ch .; NEHEMIAH, b. 30 March, 1793; HANNAH, b. 30 Jan., 1795, m. 1820, John A. Wood of Boyl- ston, settled at Wrentham, removed to Boylston, she d. 9 July, 1890, at Nashua; they had Hannah F., John A., Mary E., Harriet A., Almira L., Henry L .; JOEL, b. 22 April, 1797.
4. JOHN, son of Jason (3), m. Sally Warren of Cambridge, b. 20 Feb., 1779, d. 30 April, 1815, he d. 9 March, 1813, at Ox. . . . Children : JOSEPH W., b. 29 Jan., 1796, at Providence, R. I., lived at Ox. till his father's death, m. Rhoda Green and settled near Concord, N. H., d. about 1850, 3 sons and 2 daughters; SALLY, b. 19 Aug., 1797, at Newton, d. 1808; HARRIET, b. 16 Feb.,
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1799, at Charlton, m. Marcus Smith of Wrentham, where they settled and d., had ch. ; MARIETTA, b. 13 Jan., 1801, at Charlton, m. Almon Bickford; JOHN, b. 24 Jan., 1803, lost at sea about 1815; SUSAN P., b. 6 Dec., 1805, at Ox., m. Samuel Andrews, settled at West Bloomfield, Mich., where she d. May, 1876; AUGUSTA, b. 19 Dec., 1807, at Ox., m. 27 Nov., 1828, Harry W. Harris, resi- dence, Millbury, he d. 10 April, 1868; they had Warren, b. 1829, d. 1833; Charles, b. 12 Nov., 1831, m. 1853, d. March, 1866; Anne, b. 10 Dec., 1832, m. 1855; Maria and Sophia, b. 12 Oct., 1834; Maria, d. young; Sophia, m. 1852; Warren, b. 26 July, 1839, m. 1860; Stella, b. 5 March, 1850, d. 2 July, 1870; JONAS, b. 31 Aug., 1809, at Ox., m. 1836, Hannah M. Case of Sodus, N. Y., lived at Rochester, removed 1837 to Ohio, thence 1858 to Bay City, Mich., where he resided 1883, a citizen in good standing and prosperous, engineer; ch. Arthur, b. 1838, soldier in the 7th Mich. Cavalry in the late war, d. 1863 at Washington, D. C .; Martha B., b. 1840, m. John Harding; Ann M., b. 1843, m. Henry B. Huff; John H., b. 1845, soldier in the late war; Robert J., b. 1849, mechanic in Chicago; George E., b. 1852.
5. JAMES, son of Jason (3), m. (1) 20 Jan., 1793, Sarah, dau. of James Brown, she d. 30 Dec., 1796, m. (2) 13 April, 1806, Alice, sister of his first w., she d. 27 Feb., 1839, m. (3) 18 Aug., 1839, Persis B. Mellen, he d. 7 April, 1857, she d. 22 Jan., 1873, aged 86. . . . Children : JAMES, b. 17 June, 1795; by second m. MARY S., b. 19 Nov., 1806, unm., d. 3 Jan., 1831; ALICE B., b. 26 Sept., 1808, m. 7 Sept., 1840, Kiron Carroll of Charlton, second w., she d. 16 Sept., 1876; they had James, d. young; Charles, m. Elizabeth Battle; AUSTIN, b. and d. 1810, at Sutton; SARAH B., b. 21 Feb., 1812, m. Calvin Bellows; ABIGAIL T., b. 7 March, 1814, m. 27 Jan., 1833, Daniel, son of Joseph Brown; ELIZA MINERVA, b. 16 Dec., 1815, m. 27 June, 1837, Shadrach Ham of Holliston, and had A. Augusta, m. Charles Eddy of Leominster; Everett, resi- dence, Dracut; she m. (2) William Smith of R. I., and resided, 1885, at Dracut; JASON S., b. 7 Oct., 1817, m. 1 Jan., 1843, Susanna Crandall, settled at Worcester, he d. 25 Nov., 1847; they had, one ch. d. young, and Samuel, soldier in the late war, d. of wounds; EBENEZER F., b. 1820, d. 1822; CELIA ANN, b. 17 July, 1823, m. William, son of George Brown, residence, 1882, Uxbridge; they had William, m. and settled at Naugatuck, Conn., cutlery busi- ness ; George, m. residence, Uxbridge; WILLIAM F., b. 14 Jan., 1826, m. Mary Ann Ballard, settled at Ox., removed to Webster, where she d.
6. JAMES, son of James (5), m. 6 May, 1819, Narcissa Bond of Leicester, he d. 6 Feb., 1853, she d. 2 Sept., 1886, at Worcester. . . Children : NARCISSA E., b. 22 Nov., 1819, at Leicester, m. 1 Jan., 1845, Charles F. Martinette of Trenton, N. J., residence, Elmira, N. Y .; had Fred, who was killed in the late war at Fort Fisher; JAMES M., b. 27 Jan., 1822, at Winsted, Conn., m. 18 Sept., 1845, Julia A. McIntire of Fitchburg, had ch., he d. 18 Nov., 1862, in California; LYMAN N., b. 30 April, 1823, at Winsted, Conn., m. (1) 12 April, 1849, Julia A. Bevans, settled in Conn., had 2 sons; m. (2) Louisa Martin of Canada, had 1 dau., residence, West Farnham, P. Q .; LOUISA C., b. 13 May, 1828, at Palmer, m. 9 March, 1852, Elijah W. Bigelow of Wilmington, Vt., resided, 1883, in Worcester, pattern maker; they had Horace E., b. 1857, m., residence, Worcester; Ella L., b. 1862, d. 1869; WILLIAM H., b. 14 May, 1830, at Palmer, d. 1838; MARY J., b. 6 May, 1833, at Leicester, m. 14 Feb., 1852, George W. Valance of Troy, N. Y., where they settled and where he d., had ch .; CAREY H., b. and d. 1837, at Fitchburg.
7. EZRA, son of Jason (3), m. (1) 5 March, 1799, Fanny Warren, b. 12 Jan., 1781, d. 23 Sept., 1804; m. (2) 21 July, 1805, Patty, widow of John
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Downs, m. n. Howard of Paxton, she d. 10 May, 1843, aged 63 ; he d. 8 June, 1844. . .. Children by first. m. : EZRA, b. 22 Dec., 1799, m. 16 March, 1823, Mary Shaw Atwood of Plymouth, residence, Portland, Me., removed 1834 to New York city, bookseller and publisher for many years, of good business abili- ties, and very efficient member of the Reformed Dutch Church, he d. 6 May, 1854, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; they had 10 ch. of whom 5 d. young. A dau. m. L. S. Bannister of Rochester, N. Y. The eldest son Ezra W., b. 1827, at Ply- mouth, was a minister of the R. D. Church, settled in New York, Freehold, N. J. and Coxsackie, N. Y., and d. in 1869, aged 43, leaving one son ; Joseph A., the second son, b. 1828 at Plymouth, was also a minister and was pastor at Green- ville, Bronxville, Geneva, and Kingston, N. Y., d. 1864, aged 36, leaving two sons lawyers at Hudson, N. Y. He was a man of rare talents, and wrote very valuable books for the young. Corwin's Manual says, "Few young men among our ministers ever rose more rapidly by the simple force of unosten- tatious merit. His ministry was a model of pastoral fidelity." Edward A., third son, b. 1835, at New York, successful pastor of the church at Kin- derhook, N. Y., where he has been for nearly 20 years ; Catherine E., residence, Brooklyn, N. Y .; FANNY W., b. 19 Feb., 1802, m. Andrew Walker, settled in New York city, removed to Lombardville, Stark Co., Ill., no ch. now living ; ch. by second m. WARREN, b. 1 Jan., 1807, m. (1) 31 Oct., 1830, Abigail S., dau. of Jona. Davis, she d. 22 Sept., 1840, m. (2) 8 April, 1844, Rhoda M. Goodell of Charlton, she d. 21 Oct., 1854, m. (3) 26 Dec .. , 1855, Louisa Glea- son of Worcester, he d. 8 June, 1877; ch. Abner W., b. 23 Jan., 1832, m. Sarah M., dau. of Oliver Pierce, settled in Worcester, carpenter, no ch .; Asher W., b. 1834, d. 1838; Anson J., b. 27 Sept., 1836, m. Lucy A. Holman of Spencer, where they settled, had ch. ; Lovisa I., b. 21 Aug., 1838, m. Josiah C. Woodis, settled at St. Paul, Minn., had ch .; CHERAPINA, b. 25 Oct., 1808, m. Calvin Shaw, lived at Springfield, New York, and Worcester, where she d. about 1863, no ch .; EUNICE H., b. 1810, d. 1813; POLLY H., b. 14 April, 1813, m. Benj. Heath, settled at Boylston, removed to Thompson, Conn., where she d., had ch .; WILLIAM B., b. 2 Sept., 1815, m. Mrs. Mitchell, settled in Graf- ton, where he d. 4 Oct., 1841; PATTY, b. 9 Nov., 1817, m. Eliel Cutting, lived at Sterling and Northboro', she d. 22 June, 1839, at Boylston, had ch .; CHARLES HENRY, b. 1820, d. 1826; THOMAS, b. 23 June, 1823, m. 7 May, 1848, Ann Chapman (English), lives in New York city, had ch.
8. RUFUS, son of Jason (3), m. 31 March, 1800, Betsey Warren of Charl- ton, b. 25 Oct., 1779, settled at Bennington, Vt., removed about 1820 to Rochester, N. Y., where he d. 31 Oct., 1836, boot and shoe maker; she d. Sept., 1848. . . . Children : BETSEY W., b. 11 July, 1801; RUFUS, b. 10 Sept., 1803, d. 4 July, 1852; LUCY, b. 23 Jan., 1805, d. 15 Sept., 1837; FANNY, b. 1807, d. 1809; OREN, b. 31 July, 1808, d. 1881, at Ann Arbor, Mich. ; MARY, b. 24 July,
1810; SARAH, b. 2 Dec., 1811, m. Tear, d. Oct., 1844; JASON, b. 23 Nov., 1814, m. (1) 13 June, 1834, Mary A. Ellison, she d. 10 April, 1838, m. (2) Oct., 1839, Harriet L. Arthur, banker at Lockport, N. Y., the only survivor of the family ; JUDY, b. 5 Oct., 1816, m. William Walker, Rochester, N. Y., she d. 21 March, 1850; FANNY M., b. 20 March, 1819, d. 2 Feb. 1839; LUCRETIA, b. 22 June, 1821, m. 21 June, 1842, Alonzo Robinson, she d. 19 July, 1848, had ch.
9. EBENEZER, son of Jason (3), m. 7 June, 1809, Martha, dau. of Rufus Flagg of Worcester, b. 20 July, 1786, settled at Charlton, where all his ch. were b., removed to Worcester, where he died 1868, she d. 1860. He was
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proficient in music and a very superior bass singer; in boyhood played the organ in the Universalist Church, Ox., many years teacher of singing in Worcester and vicinity. . . . Children : JASON, b. 23 May, 1810, m. (1) 23 May, 1833, Adelaide, dau. of Capt. Samuel Newell of Southbridge, she d. 10 April, 1849; he resides at Albany, N. Y., dealer in musical merchandise; ch. : George N., b. 16 Feb., 1834; Julia, b. 29 Nov., 1835; Adelaide, b. 4 March, 1838; Susan, b. 4 Jan., 1840; Martha, b. 4 Aug., 1841; Adelaide N., b. 26 Feb., 1843; Sarah, b. 23 Sept., 1844; John E., b. 19 Dec., 1848; he m. (2) 18 Nov., 1850, Sarah A. Hermans, m. n. Scovel, and had Anna L., b. 7 Aug., 1856; FRANCIS F., b. 6 Oct., 1811, lived at Austin, Nevada, unm. ; DARIUS, b. 6 May, 1813, d. young; SARAH B., b. 19 May, 1815, lived in Worcester, prom- inent music teacher, unm .; ADALINE, b. 25 March, 1817, d. 1859, in Worces- ter, unm .; others d. young.
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