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10. NEHEMIAH, son of Jason (3), m. 26 May, 1816, Mrs. Mary, widow of Benj. Pratt, m. n. Holley, lived in Ox. till 1861, removed to Leicester, and both d. there; he d. 26 Feb., 1873, she d. 5 May, 1872. . . . Children : JOEL, b. 9 Jan., 1823, m. 24 Sept., 1846, Jemima Brown of Webster, and had Ellen S., m. Edward F. Bolster; William H., m. Mary Stanley ; Emma J., m. Will- iam Wilson; Evelyn L., m. William Belcher of Spencer; JONATHAN R., b. 3 Nov., 1824, m. (1) 3 Nov., 1847, Amanda Wood of Webster, and had Adelaide, Jenny ; he m. (2) Mrs. Lucretia Laws of Athol, settled in Cherry Valley, Leicester, and had Charles R., William, Lilla E .; he d. 26 March, 1872; ELI, b. 28 Dec., 1826, m. 15 Sept., 1847, Mary A. Davoll, b. 21 Oct., 1822, at Little Compton, R. I., settled at Cherry Valley, woolen manufacturer; had Eli F., m. Clara L. Sibley of Leicester; Etta ; DAVID B., b. 8 Aug., 1835, m. 10 Nov., 1854, Rachel Earle of Leicester, and had Matilda A., m. Decatur Moffit, Ox .; Jessie F., b. 25 Dec., 1857, m. George, son of Levi Fitts of Ox .; Alfred L., b. 6 March, 1865.
11. JOEL, son of Jason (3), saddler and harness maker, m. (1) intentions 3 June, 1823, Laura Green of Leicester, she d. aged 49, 14 April, 1852 [4 March, Ox. Rec.], m. (2) 25 March, 1853, Mrs. Sarah Stevens, m. n. Everett, dau. of Pelatiah, of Westminster; he d. 18 Sept., 1876, she d. aged 78, 6 Aug., 1882. . . . Child by first m .: S. DEXTER, b. 30 May, 1825, m. (1) 14 Oct., 1852, Sarah G. Ware, b. at Franklin, she d. 23 April, 1880; m. (2) 4 March, 1881, Edith Monroe of Nova Scotia, residence, Danbury, Conn., superintendent of Danbury and Norwalk R. R., ch. by first m., b. at Bridgeport, Thomas P., b. 1854, d. 1862; Alice V., b. 19 Dec., 1862; George W., b. 26 Dec., 1863; by second m., Ralph M., b. 23 Jan., 1885, at Danbury.
COLLINS, EBENEZER, and Mrs. Susan Tyson, m. intentions 9 Nov. 1823. STEPHEN and Anastasia Murphy, m. intentions 29 March, 1835. STEPHEN, and Ann S., had JOHN, b. 14 Dec., 1841.
COLTON, FANNY, of Medway, and Ephraim Niles, m. int. 23 April, 1825. JOHN, aged 29, d. 14 Sept., 1864.
JOHN B., son of John, d. 21 Aug., 1878.
COMINS, CUMINS, CUMMINGS, JOHN, of Charlestown Village (Wo- burn), wife Mary; Jan., 1709, bought 150 acres at Mashamuckituck, now Pomfret, Conn., and in 1713 was one of the twenty-three first townsmen; Jan., 1717, bought land at Thompson Parish, and later at Chestnut Hill, in 1719 came to Ox., having purchased the " old mill " at the south end of the
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Plain. He is believed to have improved this property and to have raised or rebuilt the dam, as by an agreement 29 Dec., 1719, Richard Moore, Thomas Hunkins and Ebenezer Humphrey, owners of the meadows above, bound themselves to allow him to raise the water over their land for the use of the mill each year from 1 Sept. to 1 May, so long as he saw fit. [Recorded at Worcester in 1794, proving it to have been valid 75 years afterward]. In 1723 he deeded land on Prospect Hill to his son Jacob, and in 1724 to his son Stephen another lot adjoining. He was a man of character and intelligence, a constituent member of the Church, active in public affairs, chairman of selectmen and also town clerk in 1721, 1723 and 1724. On 20 Oct., 1724 or 1725, his w. Mary d., and in 1726 he sold his mill and returned to Thompson, Conn. There in 1728 he was improved to be the master work- man in hewing and framing the first Meeting-house [Miss Larned]. He was styled John, Senior in 1719. He d. April, 1751, aged 83. His son Stephen ap- pears to have been with him at the mill, and returned with him to Killingly, Conn. John and Stephen Comins were witnesses of the will of Joseph Chamberlain in March, 1721. . . . Children of John and Mary. [Woburn Rec. ] : JOHN, b. 1692, d. 1693; MARY, b. 31 July, 1694; JOHN, b. 12 July, 1696 : CATHARINE, b. 31 Aug., 1698; JACOB and JOSIAH, b. 14 July, 1700; STE- PHEN, b. 12 Jan., 1702; JAMES, b. 7 May, 1705.
In 1733, John Comins, supposed to have been son of John, resided at Stur- bridge and there built the first Meeting-house. In 1734 he had a case in court at Worcester which was appealed by Jacob Comins. He was a loser in his building and in May, 1740, the proprietary voted him a gratuity of land on that account. On 7 April, 1742, he having deceased, a committee was in- structed to sell this land and to give the proceeds to his heirs according to their discretion. Some of the children were then under age. [Sturbridge Rec.]. John Comins, Jr., probably the same, d. 9 Nov., 1741, at Ox. There is no record of his family at Sturbridge. On 6 Aug., 1732, Keziah, Patience, Dinah, Sibyl, and John, children of John Cummins, Jr., were baptized at Thompson, Conn., by Rev. - Cabot.
2. JACOB, son of John (1), housewright, m. (1) 27 July, 1723, Martha Learned of Framingham, sister of Col. Ebenezer, of Ox., settled at Ox., she d. 17 Sept., 1732 ; m. (2) 24 May, 1733, Huldah, dau. of Dea. John Coolidge of Wa- tertown, she d. 25 Nov., 1736; m. (3) 22 Feb., 1737, Elizabeth Eddy, she d. 26 April, 1749; m. (4) int. Aug., 1750, Deborah Hinkley of Willington, Conn. He lived first at the corner of Main and Sutton roads, H. 194. In 1730 bought a farm on the hill east of the old common, which he sold in a year or two, and later removed to the north part of the town and in 1736 bought the saw- mill at the Lamb place, now Nathaniel E. Taft's, H. 121, owning until 1742; soldier in French war. He bought and sold land in different parts of the town and appears to have removed from place to place in Ox. and finally settled on wild land in Charlton where he d. 1762. His will was executed 7 April, and approved 17 May, 1762. In it are named w. Deborah, sons William, Reu- ben, daughters Mindwell, Martha, Elizabeth, and sons Lemuel and Jacob, and recites "though I have no legal title to the land I now live on, yet the housing, and fence and all the labor I have done on it are mine." This he gives to his two sons Lemuel and Jacob; Ebenezer Learned, Jr., Executor. His estate was rendered insolvent. . . . Child, by first m .: JACOB, b. 21 Sept., 1724, d. 1 Dec., 1745; ch. by second m. : WILLIAM, b. 15 Feb., 1733 (4?), supposed to have settled at Eddington, Me., had ch .; MINDWELL, b. 11 Dec., 1735, m.
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David Brown of Charlton; ch. by third m .: REUBEN, b. 4 Dec., 1737 [Hon. Linus B. of Roxbury, and Edward I. of Worcester, are his descendants] ; MARTHA, b. 25 July, 1739, m. intentions Nov., 1754, Joseph Laflin of Charlton ; SOLOMON, b. 1 May, 1741, was at 18 in the French war; LEMUEL, b. 20 May, 1743, d. 1744; LEMUEL, b. 21 Feb., 1745, supposed to have settled at Greene, Me., had ch .; JACOB, b. 21 Jan., 1747, d. at Charlton 1812, 10 ch. ; ELIZABETH, b. 14 March, 1749, m. - - Dow, and resided at New Braintree.
3. STEPHEN, son of John (1), m. Mary -, settled at Killingly, Conn., they had SARAH, b. 27 Aug., 1729; KEZIAH, b. 7 Feb., 1731; MARY, b. 27 April, 1733 ; MARTHA, b. 1 April, 1735; STEPHEN, b, 20 June, 1737.
4. JAMES, son of John (1), m. 19 March, 1724, Sarah Jennings, settled at Willington, Conn., was living there in 1732 and 1755, he d. 17 May, 1776, she d. 29 Nov., 1774, both at Willington. No record of the family at Willington. JAMES, Jr., of that town m. Sarah and had Francis, 1747; Priscilla, 1750, d. 1754; James, 1752; Isabel, 1755, d. 1760; Katharine, 1757; Alexander, 1760; Jerusha, 1762.
Jacob Comins, perhaps brother of John, Sen., resided at Killingly, Conn., from 1719 to 1739, removed to Ware, where he d. 27 Feb., 1776, aged 83.
Jacob, of Sutton, was of another family, the son of Joseph and Abigail (Estey) of Topsfield.
PRESTON, b. 10 June, 1818, son of John of Ward, bought 1846 the farm in the west part of Ox., late Japheth Cortis', H. 66, removed 1850 to the Plain, for several years kept a livery stable, removed in 1856 to Berlin, Ill., and thence to Sidney, where he d. He m. Cynthia, dau. of Bradford Marcy. He d. 14 Sept., 1868. . . . Children : MARIA, m. Charles C. Robinson of Worthington, Mass., residence, Lafayette, Ind. ; HARVEY P., b. 15 April, 1848, m. Sarah E. Bates of Ohio, residence, Springfield, Mo. ; FRANK P., d. young; CYNTHIA.
MARY, and Abraham Adams of North Brookfield, b. 1701, m.
SOLOMON, b. about 1740, soldier in Canadian expedition, 1758.
NATHANIEL, and Molly Robbins, m. 11 Dec., 1766.
JONAS, Revolutionary soldier.
EBENEZER, and Alice Chase of Dudley, m. intentions 3 June, 1791, with w. and son William were in Ox. 1792.
ABNER, of Sutton, and Polly Sibley, m. 14 Sept., 1794.
ELISHA, of Montpelier, Vt., and Rachel Eddy, m. 3 Feb., 1796.
REUBEN, of Charlton, and Betsey Clark, m. 23 Oct., 1796.
JOHN, of Montpelier, Vt., and Betsey Eddy, m. 21 Jan., 1798.
LUCY, dau. of John and Catherine, aged 9, d. 9 April, 1818.
LUCY, d. 28 Sept., 1821.
SUBMIT, and Otis W. Hunt of Douglas, m. intentions 27 March, 1823. LORING, son of Silas, aged 3, d. 28 Sept., 1823.
MARY E., and William Wheeler, m. 1 March, 1829.
MOSES, and Alma Lamb of Charlton, m. intentions 25 March, 1832. REUBEN, and Chloe Stockwell, m. 28 April, 1833.
MARTHA K., and Abraham Parmenter, m. intentions 28 March, 1846. JASON G., and Lucy A. Ellis, m. 20 May, 1847.
HARRIET, aged 30, d. 5 Dec., 1852.
JOHN (Irish), aged 23, d. 7 March, 1863.
CATHERINE, m. n. Holman, of Auburn, aged 74, d. 11 Aug., 1864. MOSES, aged 62, d. 17 Oct., 1873.
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CONANT, ASA, bought in 1760 the clothier's works at the Lamb mill, North Ox., where he for many years carried on the business. He m. 30 March, 1761, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Edwards. He d. 22 Dec., 1800. . . . Children : MARY, b. 9 April, 1762, m. Timothy Sparhawk; SARAH, b. 19 Oct., 1763; ASA, b. 14 Aug., 1770, m. 29 June, 1791, Lydia Read Mower, and had Polly, b. 17 Jan., 1792; he d. 28 Dec., 1793.
EZRA, b. 1751, physician, resided 1773 at Warwick, came about 1780 to Ox., where he d. 9 May, 1789, aged 38. He m. 27 Oct., 1773, Ruth, dau. of Samuel Davis She m. (2) Joseph Healy of Dudley. . . . Children : RUTH, b. 1775, d. 1777, at Warwick; SALLY, b. 15 May, 1777, m. Elias Pratt; SAMUEL, b. 29 Aug., 1780, at Ox., drowned 5 Aug., 1805, at Roxbury; LEARNED, b. 27 Sept., 1784, unm., he had good abilities and in 1805-6 was deputy sheriff, became intemperate and d. at the almshouse.
JOHN, Revolutionary soldier.
LYDIA, and Obadiah Rhodes of Middlefield, m. 10 Jan., 1796.
Widow CONANT, d. March, 1818, aged 94.
CONNERS, ROSE, aged 42, d. 16 Jan., 1875.
CONROY, CATHERINE, w. of Thomas, aged 24, d. 27 March, 1837.
CONVERSE, BRIGHAM, and Betsey Parker, m. intentions 6 Nov., 1841; they had MARY E., b. 29 Oct., 1844.
CONWAY, MICHAEL, aged 66, d. 17 April, 1886.
COOK, SOLOMON, Revolutionary soldier, m. 29 March, 1775, Sarah Han- cock; they had GARDINER, b. 16 June, 1776.
IRA, son of Ebenezer of Douglas, m. 24 Feb., 1822, Rachel, dau. of Samuel Crossman of Sutton, owned H. 1, he d. 25 Aug., 1882, she d. aged 69, 25 Feb., 1869. . . . Children : AUGUSTA A., m. 3 Nov., 1846, Warren Campbell of Grafton; FRANCES A., m. 1 Feb., 1852, Charles V. Putnam, residence, Worcester; two others, both d.
MARY, and Benjamin Fitts, both of Sutton, m. 19 Oct., 1762.
ASAHEL, of South Gore, and Lucretia Gleason, m. intentions 4 Aug., 1775.
SARAH, with ch. THANKFUL, MITTEE, MARY and LYMAN, resided at Ox. March, 1780.
PATIENCE, and Stephen Ward, both of Charlton, m. 4 Nov., 1780.
MITTEE, of Charlton, and Jonathan Blanding, m. intentions 23 Dec., 1782.
MRS. LUCRETIA, and Joseph W. Gabriel, both of South Gore, m. inten- tions 16 Sept., 1791.
ROBERT, and w., with son LYMAN, resided at Ox. Feb., 1792.
RACHEL, and Lewis Mellen, m. 11 Jan., 1808.
EBENEZER, JR., of Sutton, and Mary Stafford, m. intentions 5 June, 1821.
COOLEDGE, JONATHAN, Revolutionary soldier.
COONEY, MICHAEL, and Lucy Potter, m. intentions 22 March, 1842.
ELLEN, w. of Daniel, aged 27, d. 16 Feb., 1855.
DANIEL, aged 45, d. 10 Sept., 1866.
FRANCIS, aged 25, d. 7 Nov., 1885.
COOPER, Widow HANNAH, 21 Sept., 1721, voted an inhabitant on rights of Joshua Whitney, H. 26; HANNAH, probably her dau., m. 8 July, 1728, Joseph
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Curtice of Boxford; ZERUBBABEL, a son, resided with his mother. In Nov., 1731, Hannah of Ox. had a case in court. In 1732 Hannah and Zerubbabel sold H. 26 to Jacob Wilson. MOSES, a son, removed to Gloucester, R. I., where he resided 1733.
COPP, DAVID, of Killingly, Conn., m. (1) 9 June, 1776, Mary Spaulding, m. (2) 22 Dec., 1793, Elizabeth Torrey; had by first m. WILLIAM, b. 20 May, 1777, at Killingly, m. 25 Dec., 1803, Celinda Whipple, settled as early as 1832 at North Ox., where he d. aged 65, 7 Nov., 1842. A worthy man, deacon of the Baptist Church. She d. 11 March, 1881, aged 99 yrs. 3 m. 17 d. . . . Children : SALLY, b. 18 Jan., 1805, d. 13 Sept., 1826; MARY ANN, b. 1805, d. 1810; FRANCES, b. 3 May, 1809, d. 5 March, 1834; WILLIAM O., b. 1811, d. 1816; ELIZABETH W., b. 7 May, 1813, m. John Stafford; ANDREW J., b. 11 July, 1815, m. (1) 1839, Malvina T. Morgan of West Boylston, she d. 1841, leaving Celinda M., m. 1871, J. W. Salisbury of Weymouth; he m. (2) 5 Sept., 1842, Harriet A. Eddy of Auburn, removed 1851 to Grafton, was a soldier in the late war in the 32d Regt. Mass. Vols., d. in the service 5 Oct., 1862; ch. by second m. William A., b. 30 Nov., 1843, at Ox., graduated at Yale College 1869, studied law and is in practice in New York city, left his studies at col- lege and entered the army, 51st Regt. Mass. Vols., served 9 months; Andrew J., b. 26 May, 1846, at Auburn, graduated at Yale College 1869, studied law and was admitted to the bar, later engaged in iron mining in New York State, residence, 1889, Los Angeles, Cal .; Harriet A., b. 29 Dec., 1848, at Ox., d. soon ; JESSE W., b. 9 March, 1818, m. 6 Sept., 1842, Lurana Perry of Charlton, and had M. Lurana, b. 5 May, 1843, d. young; Emma F., b. 5 Feb., 1845, m. Willis H. Wellington; James O., b. 22 Feb., 1847, m. 3 May, 1881, Elizabeth I. Sweetser of Worcester, settled at North Ox., removed to Charlton City ; Jesse W., the father, d. 28 Sept., 1847, she m. (2) 10 Nov., 1850, H. G. O. Taft; FREDERICK A., b. 16 Oct., 1820, painter at Ox., unm .; HENRY S., b. 14 May, 1823, unm .; SARAH C., b. 1826, d. 1829.
LYDIA, " one of the poor of Boston," 1779.
CORBETT, DANIEL (Irish), aged 43, d. 21 Feb., 1862. CATHERINE, widow, aged 34, d. 27 April, 1863.
CORBIN, JONATHAN, of Woodstock, Conn., m. 24 Dec., 1781, Abigail Wight of South Gore, where they settled. . . . Children : POLLY, b. 27 Nov., 178 -; LUCY, b. 18 April, 1785; SARAH, b. 7 Dec., 1787, m. 17 Oct., 1813, Daniel Whittemore of Thompson, Conn .; ANNA, b. 9 Feb., 1790, m. intentions 11 Dec., 1814, John Emerson, second; JOHN, b. 26 April, 1792, m. intentions 3 April, 1815, Mary Stone of Thompson; JABEZ, b. 28 Aug., 1794, m. inten- tions 18 May, 1818, Miriam McIntire of Charlton; ESTHER, b. 27 Oct., 1796, m. 12 July, 1818, Asa Handy of Burrillville.
JEDEDIAH, son of Jedediah and grandson of Philip of Dudley, a descendant of Clement of Boston, b. 1780, at Dudley, m. 1 June, 1830, Hannah, sister of John Rich, wool carder, of Charlton, settled at Charlton, removed 1837 to Ox., returned in a few years to Charlton, where he d. 2 Dec., 1840, she d. 18 Sept., 1853, aged 55 [head-stone]. . . . Children b. at Charlton : ARTEMAS H., b. 24 Jan., 1831, m. 11 March, 1856, Elmira J. Kenney of Putnam, Conn., where they settled, shoe manufacturer; CALVIN R., b. 12 Feb., 1833, m. Caroline Fairfield, b. 9 Nov., 1835, at Pomfret. He lived in his youth at Ox. and Thompson, Conn., went West in 1855, and after assisting in the sur- vey of the route for the Chicago and Northwestern R. R., settled in 1857 in
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Chicago, where he became a successful merchant and a prominent citizen. She was a graduate of Brooklyn Female Academy, now Packer Institute, a teacher there, and a talented writer as her published works attest. They had Grace, b. 1862, d. 1863; Frank Nichols, b. 22 Dec., 1864; Calvin D. and Caroline F., b. 15 May, 1867, the latter d. 18 March, 1870; John Rich, b. 2 May, 1870; Lawrence Paul, b. 27 June, 1876; CLARISSA L., b. 18 May, 1836, lived with Samuel Mayo of Ox., m. (1) 18 Sept., 1855, Daniel, son of William Rowland, m. (2) 5 Oct., 1881, Simon P. McIntyre, of Scotch descent, resi- dence, Chicago, wholesale shoe merchant.
LAMENT B., b. 1 Sept., 1814, at Dudley, son of Timothy, descendant of Clement of Boston, m. 31 May, 1840, Melezenda P., dau. of Josiah Stone, a leading shoe manufacturer of Ox., active in public affairs, 16 years selectman, most of the time chairman, representative, moderator, very efficient in manag- ing town affairs during the late war, a liberal supporter of the Methodist Church. He d. 1 July, 1872. . . . Child : LUMAN B., b. 21 Feb., 1843, d. 2 June, 1863.
LEMUEL, of Dudley, and Rebecca Davis, m. intentions 29 Oct., 1763.
CAPT. PELEG, of Thompson, Conn., and Rebecca Day, m. int. 7 April, 1789. BENJAMIN A., and Lovisa Brown, m. 9, Dec., 1836.
MISS -, aged 17, d. 2 Nov., 1839.
JOHN, and Hannah Penniman of Providence, R. I., m. int. 10 April, 1841.
MARIA, dau. of James of Sturbridge, and John W. Wood of Dudley, m. intentions 3 April, 1845.
MRS. ABIGAIL, and Orris Parsons of Worcester, m. intentions 8 Sept., 1847. CYNTHIA, m. n. Rich, widow of Dexter Corbin, d. 23 May, 1868, aged 74. POLLY, m. n. Needham, aged 83, d. 29 April, 1874.
SCHUYLER, of Thompson, Conn., aged 86, d. 4 Aug., 1886.
CORTIS, CORTISS, OZIAS, of Thompson, Conn., and Susanna Rawson, m. 28 Dec., 1809.
OZIAS, son of Japheth of Thompson, Conn., aged 83, d. 24 Oct., 1868.
MRS. SARAH E., aged 44, d. 18 Feb., 1872.
COTTIN, COTTON, COFFIN, DAVID, and Sarah - -, had at Ox. : MARY, b. 8 Feb., 1745; SARAH, b. 7 June, 1746; JOHN, b. 10 March, 1748; WILLIAM, b. 13 Aug., 1750; removed to Dudley and had DAVID, b. 2 March, 1755.
COUGHLIN, FRANCIS, aged 21, d. 22 May, 1875.
COVILLE, SOLOMON, Revolutionary soldier.
MRS. ARTIE J., aged 20, d. 22 March, 1881.
COX, MRS. MARY, and Elliot Boyce of Spencer, m. 22 March, 1837.
COY, ELIZABETH, and Independence Stone, m. 19 March, 1828.
COZZENS, JOHN, of North Gore, and Elizabeth Rogers of Scituate, R. I., m. intentions 26 Aug., 1809.
CRAIG, ABIJAH, aged 50, d. 16 May, 1836.
CRANE, LEMUEL, b. 29 Oct., 1736, at Berkley, son of John, came thence with a large family in 1780 to Ox., settling on the Edson farm, H. 163. [Rev. Jonathan Crane in Historical and Genealogical Register, Jan., 1873, says : "We presume the Cranes of Berkley are descendants of Benjamin of
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Taunton, son of Henry of Dorchester."] He was a royalist and came with others from the same vicinage to Ox., after having been imprisoned. His father-in-law, Col. Thomas Gilbert, an officer in the French war, went over to the British in the Revolution. He m. 13 Dec., 1759, Bathsheba Gilbert, b. 17 Aug., 1741, he d. 28 Sept., 1814, she d. 20 Sept., 1806. . . . Children, excepting the last, b. at Berkley : LYDIA, b. 3 April, 1761, m. Rodolphus Edson; JOHN, b. 3 Oct., 1763; HANNAH, b. 26 Sept., 1765, m. Gideon Hovey; GILBERT, b. 4 July, 1767; BATHSHEBA, b. 28 April, 1769, m. Jeremiah Metcalf; MARY, b. 10 Jan., 1772, m. (1) Gideon Hovey, second w., she m. (2) Jeremiah Dana; DEBORAH and ABIGAIL, b. 3 Dec., 1773; DEBORAH, m. John Hudson; ABIGAIL, m. Nahum Pratt; LEMUEL, b. 28 Jan., 1776, land surveyor, d. 14 May, 1846, unm .; OLIVE, b. 1 April, 1778, m. Thomas Kendall; MARGERY, b. 1 Sept., 1780, d. 25 Sept., 1868, unm.
2. JOHN, son of Lemuel (1), m. (1) 22 March, 1789, Ruth, dau. of Ebenezer Humphrey, she d. 10 April, 1803, at Ox., he removed to Me., m. (2) Abigail B. Bunker of Mt. Desert, Me., she d. aged 84, 10 Feb., 1870, he d. 30 Oct., 1849, at Rockport. . . . Children by first m., b. at Ox. : JOHN, m. Batcheller of Warren, where he settled, blacksmith, removed to Ballston, N. Y., d. there; CALVIN, b. 28 Feb., 1793, m. Hannah Forbes, settled at Grafton, where both d., he d. 13 April, 1862; they had Richard R., b. 14 Nov., 1832, m. Arethusa Bennett of Rockland, Me., residence, Dover, Kan .; John C., b. 16 Oct., 1837, m. Emma Glazier of Millbury, where they reside, Baptist preacher, historian; HANNAH, m. Welcome Green; JARED, twice m. and d. at Athol, had by first m. Bathsheba and Jane; ch. of John by second m. : ELISHA B., m. Eunice Gilley of Baker's Isle, Me., sea captain, d. about 1844, aged 39; LEMUEL G., m Clarinda N. Bickford of Goldsboro', Me .. sea captain, had ch., he d. 13 Nov., 1878, aged 71; AARON B., d. at sea, aged 22; BATHSHEBA G., m. Francis Gilley of Fremont, Me., had ch .; THOMAS B., d. at sea, aged 19; ELLEN, b. 21 Jan., 1817, at Mt. Desert, Me., m. George W. B. McDonald, residence, San Diego, Cal., had ch., both d. 1886 at San Diego; ESTHER B., m. Miles Bick- ford of Birch Harbor, Me., 8 ch .; HENRY B., m. Abigail Leighton of Steuben, Me., sea captain, had ch .; ELLIS K., m. Hannah G. Barrett of Northport, Me., and d. aged 30, sea captain; they had George N., Ellavana ; DAVID L., m. Nancie Rice of Goldsboro', Me., and d. aged 54; EUNICE.
3. GILBERT, son of Lemuel (1), m. 14 Jan., 1795, Dorcas, dau. of Ebenezer Davis, lived for a time at her father's, H. 165, removed to H. 90 a half-mile west of the north common, where both d. He d. 21 June, 1849, she d. aged 84, 15 March, 1853. . . . Children : LYDIA, b. 9 Sept., 1798, d. 20 Sept., 1819; SUSANNA D., b. 7 July, 1801, unm., lived with her parents, d. 8 Oct., 1875; EBENEZER D., b. 2 March, 1804, lived at the homestead, m. 1 Oct., 1832, Harriet Wood, b. 16 Oct., 1808, at Gardner, he d. 29 Jan., 1883, she d. 1891 at Leicester; they had Christopher, b. 25 July, 1833, m. (1) 29 Aug., 1855, Eliza T. Bond of Leicester, where they settled, she d. 19 Dec., 1872, m. (2) 24 Feb., 1875, Mrs. Sophronia E. Vinton of Leicester; had by first m. Ida S., b. 11 Nov., 1858; Carrie E., b. 6 Dec., 1866; by second m. Sarah H., b. 5 Dec., 1875; Rebekah, b. 6 Dec., 1840, m. Oct., 1861, Stephen Slings- bury, she d. 27 Dec., 1868.
CRAWFORD, CAPT. WILLIAM, of Oakham, had JAMES A., who was father of ELIAS B., b. at O., m. Jane T., dau. of Capt. Otis Taft, resided at Grafton, whence they removed to Ox. in 1835, settled at the present Buffum Village and engaged in thread manufacturing, removed 1862 to Worcester,
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where she d. 10 Jan., 1876, he d. 1890 at Worcester. . .. Children b. at Ox. : ELIZA J., b. 18 Jan., 1836, m. Albert H. Appleby ; ELLEN M., b. 11 Nov., 1837, m. 8 Oct., 1877, Caleb Colvin of Worcester, b. at Cranston, R. I., iron founder, no ch .; WILLIAM H., b. 7 May, 1840, m. 8 June, 1865, Mary A. Moore of Palmer, settled at Worcester; they had Lillian, b. 4 May, 1868; Mabel J., b. 17 Oct., 1870; Annie C., b. 3 June, 1873; Harry C., b. 23 Sept., 1883 ; ANNETTE, b. 21 Sept., 1850, m. Albert H. Stone of Worcester, where they settled, had children.
CROAK, EDWARD (Irish), aged 78, d. 26 Jan., 1877.
CROCKER, NATHANIEL, of Barnstable, m. 6 March, 1783, Mehetable Lewis of Barnstable, saddler, lived on the site of the Episcopal church, of good ability and standing, active in public affairs, removed to Paxton, where he was many years prominent, d. there. . . . Children : JOB, b. 28 Aug., 1784; GEORGE L., b. 27 July, 1786; NATHANIEL, b. 3 March, 1788; SOLOMON, b. 23 June, 1790.
JOB, a Colonel, perhaps brother of Nathaniel, resided here but a short time, one of a town committee in 1790 to convey a call to Rev. Elias Dudley.
CROPPER, JAMES, and Ann E. Howarth, m. intentions 31 July, 1847. BETSEY, and William Wickes, m. intentions 14 May, 1848.
CROSBY, BENJAMIN, taxed 1771.
CROSS, CYRUS S., b. 6 Feb., 1801, at Ox., m. (1) Relief Wakefield, who d. 4 Dec., 1844, aged 51, m. (2) Almira, widow of Simeon Newton, adopted dau. of Paraclete Morris, m. n. Bassett, b. at Providence, R. I .; resided at Ox., removed to Webster, near Nipmuck Pond, where he d. 13 April, 1875. . . . Children by first m. : RUSSELL C., b. 9 May, 1826, at Charlton, m. Martha Williams of Ox., removed to Canisteo, N. Y., where she d. about 1881, no ch .; MARY ANN, b. 31 Oct., 1828, at Ox., m. John, son of Jonas Ward; ch. by second m. : ALMIRA B., b. 27 April, 1846, at Ox., m. 25 Feb., 1863, Arthur W. Richards; CYRUS I., b. 1849, d. 1855.
CROSSMAN, MARY, aged 58, d. 28 Sept., 1863.
CROWLEY, ANN, aged 23, d. 28 Aug., 1853.
CROXFORD, JAMES, and Jane Nichols, m. 29 April, 1745; they had MARY, b. 18 Oct., 1747.
CUDWORTH, GEN. JAMES of Scituate, Mass., 1634; Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony, in 1681 commander of all the military forces of the colony, a worthy and honored man. In 1658 or 1659 he with 25 others bought of the Indians land at Freetown, incorporated 1683. He d. in 1682 in London. His son JAMES, b. 3 May, 1635, m. Mary and settled at Scituate; they had with others, JAMES, b. 3 April, 1665, who settled on the Cudworth lands at Freetown, where he d. about 1729. . . . Children : DAVID, b. probably at Scituate, m. 9 Aug., 1733, Abigail Josselyn, and had, with others, Charles, b. 30 Aug., 1737, at Freetown, m. (1) Mary Drinkwater, m. (2) intentions 6 May, 1782, Content, widow of Daniel Hovey of Ox., settled at Freetown; Paul, b. 20 Nov., 1749, m. Sarah Drinkwater of Dighton, settled at Ward, now Auburn, where he bought land in 1785; they had Molly, b. 10 June, 1777, m. 15 March, 1796, Hanover Pitts; Susanna, b. 21 May, 1779; JAMES, b. 16 Jan., 1697, at
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