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Freetown, m. 19 March, 1735, Sibyl Chase, and had, with others, James, b. 16 May, 1740; Lydia, b. 22 Feb., 1744, m. Ebenezer Pitts of Taunton, settled on Prospect Hill, Ward; Edward, b. 6 Aug., 1748.
2. JAMES, son of James (1), m. about 1758, Anne Bryant of Scituate, bought, 1779, land in South Gore, removed thither, lived later in life with his son Lemuel in south part of Ox., d. about 1814. . . . Children : LEMUEL, b. 26 July, 1761, at Freetown; JOSEPH; JAMES, m. intentions 2 March, 1781, Hannah Brown of Killingly, Conn. ; both left town about the time of the Revo- lutionary war; James settled in Palatine, N. Y .; in March, 1804, he gave power of attorney to Jeremiah Kingsbury to hold his estate of 100 acres in the South Gore; Joseph resided in New York State in 1805; LYDIA, m. (1) 24 Dec., 1781, John Comstock of South Gore; m. (2) John Brackett of Thompson, Conn.,
had 2 ch .; m. (3) - Austin, and had Amy, who.m. Jesse Eddy, and re- sided on Prospect Hill; Comfort; RUTH, m. 14 Sept., 1786, Caleb Wight of South Gore, removed to New York State; LUCINDA, m. Craft Davis.
3. LEMUEL, son of James (2), fifer in Revolutionary war, m. 1797, Bath- sheba Howard of Thompson, Conn., b. 26 Oct., 1777, settled at Dudley, bought in 1801 the farm southeast of the present almshouse, H. 49, where he d. 7 Sept., 1857, aged 96, she d. 21 Oct., 1867, aged 90. . . . Children, first two b. at Dudley : TURNER, b. 23 Sept., 1797, d. 1 March, 1870, unm., owned the homestead; LUCY, b. 16 Jan., 1800, m. 3 May, 1821, James Hovey Davis ; RUTH, b. 18 Aug., 1803, m. 15 May, 1831, John Andre Brown of Woodstock, Conn., no ch., he d. 31 May, 1865, she d. 12 Aug., 1889; AZARMA, b. 26 Dec., 1806, m. 26 May, 1830, William H. Tourtellotte of Thompson, now Putnam, prominent citizen, elected to town offices; they had George W., b. 1831, at Ox .; William H., b. 1832, at Dudley; Oscar L., b. 1835, at Dudley ; Edmund N., b. 1839, at Putnam, mill owner at Central Village; Mary J., b. 1841, m. Arnold Leach; Sarah E., b. 1843, m. Horace Hazard; James H., b. 1847; the father d. 1880 at Putnam; LEMUEL, b. 9 July, 1811.
4. LEMUEL, son of Lemuel (3), m. (1) Mary A., dau. of Japheth Cortis, m. (2) 4 Aug., 1844, Sarah J., dau., of George Eager of Boylston. . . . Chil- dren, by first m. : JOHN P., b. 25 May, 1839, m. Hannah, dau. of Jared Davis ; AUGUSTA, b. 9 Oct., 1842; ch. by second m. : MARY A., b. 18 Jan., 1858, m. 30 March, 1880, Arthur L., son of Lubin Fitts of Charlton.
5. EDWARD, son of James (1), m. Nov., 1772, Abigail Drinkwater of Dighton, bought land on Prospect Hill, in 1777, settled there, d., order of appraisal 30 June, 1790, she d. 30 March, 1808, aged 62. . . . Children, order of birth unknown : WARREN, b. 29 Jan,, 1774 : JOHN, m. intentions 31 Jan., 1798, Tabitha Cutler, settled in Ward, no ch .; ABIGAIL, d. unm .; EDWARD, d. 22 Dec., 1802, unm. ; DOROTHY. m. Simeon, Davidson; JAMES, m. 26 Feb., 1801, Betsey, dau. of Walter Fitts, she d. 1821; ch. order of b. unknown, Olive, m. Asa Stone of Woodstock; Desire, m. Lewis Elder of Worcester, re- moved to Springfield; Joanna, m. 2 April, 1834, Bradford Corbin of Dudley ; Jonathan F., b. 1 Oct., 1811, at Ox .; Sally, m. Daniel Marsh of Dudley ; Chloe, m. . - Davis of Thompson; Betsey, m. 11 Dec., 1838, Danforth Doughty, residence, Southbridge; OLIVE, d. young.
6. WARREN, son of Edward (5), m. 29 Nov., 1793, Esther Williams of Pomfret, Conn., settled on Prospect Hill, built the house, H. 113, and removed thither; in 1818 bought the lower mill privilege with house and grist-mill near the Hawes place (Eliott's mill), operated it a number of years, removed 1847 to the Googins place, H. 84, where he d. 16 Nov., 1866, aged 92; she d. 12
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Nov., 1853, aged 86 years, 11 months. . . . Children : TAMMA, b. 26 March, 1794, at Ward, m. 13 Feb., 1817, Alvah Stone of Somerset, Vt., she d. 26 July, 1874, at Montague; WARREN, b. 24 Aug., 1797, at Ox., m. at Waltham 5 Dec., 1822, Angeline C. Brown, b. 29 Nov., 1798, at Boston; he d. 11 April, 1827, at Lowell, she d. 8 March, 1882. He was an ingenious mechanic and went in 1823 as master machinist to Lowell, started No. 1 spinning-room on Merri- mack Corporation, and also No. 1 on the Hamilton Corporation. He was a su- perior musician and composed music. They had Angeline M., b. 28 Aug., 1823, at Waltham; Warren Handel, b. 23 May, 1825, at Lowell, was graduated at Harvard College 1845, studied two years at Harvard divinity school and began his pastorate at East Boston, March, 1852, where he preached continuously till his death, with the exception of three years spent in the army, and one in trav- elling in Europe. His ministry was eminently successful, he being an able man and an indefatigable worker, lacking the showy qualities, being devoid of ambition for notoriety, but by his great and constant service to his fellows deeply impressing all with whom he came in contact. He was chaplain of the 1st Mass. Reg. from May, 1861, to May, 1864, and greatly beloved by the sol- diers. " Rough men in the army and elsewhere who were accustomed to dis- credit or deny the Christian religion would assent to it and accept it as it found in him an exponent. Reckless soldiers would often permit him to coax money from their pockets on pay-day to be sent home to their families or for savings, which else had gone to the gambling table or the liquor-seller," and a very large amount in the aggregate was thus saved through his influence. He was a good man, with a large and sympathetic heart. On Thanksgiving day, 29 Nov., 1883, while conducting public services in his church he fell and suddenly expired. Helen A., b. 13 Aug., 1826, at Lowell, d. 1827; ABIGAIL, b. 7 May, 1800, d. 6 Dec., 1814; EDWARD, b. 4 Dec., 1802, d. 14 Oct., 1841, unm. ; JAMES WILLIAMS (known as William), b. 27 July, 1805, at Ward, m. (1) 7 Sept., 1834, Lucy M. Hewett of Sutton, she d. aged 53, 6 July, 1865; m. (2) in- tentions 24 May, 1868, Mrs. Sarah Munroe, m. n. Leathers ; he d. 25 Nov., 1869 ; ch. by first m., Lester H., b. 10 Jan., 1837, m. 8 Sept., 1860, Jane J., dau. of Calvin Hall, no ch .; Lucy Ann, b. 4 Feb., 1845, d. soon; ESTHER, b. 8 July, 1807, m. 29 Sept., 1829, Ezekiel Webster, residence, Dayville, Conn., four ch. ; he d. 1868, she d. 12 Oct. 1883; ORINDIA, b. 7 June, 1809, unm., residence, Ox., d. 2 March, 1887, at Montague while on a visit; MARY, b. 23 Feb., 1813, m. 13 April, 1842, Oliver Stone of Auburn, she d. 24 March, 1854, two daughters.
7. JONATHAN F., son of JAMES and grandson of EDWARD (5), m. 2 July, 1838, Elizabeth Hewett of Sutton, lived at Ox. and Auburn; he d. 26 April, 1845, at Ox. . . . Children : MELVINA C., b. 11 Sept., 1839, at Ox., d. 15 Oct., 1849, at Auburn; JAMES C., b. 17 May, 1841, at Ox., m. 9 Nov., 1870, in Chica- go, Martha McCombie, residence, Shelby, Mich .; EDWARD and EDWIN, b. 5 Nov., 1843. Edward m. 4 Sept., 1866, Mary Jane Williams of Auburn, was a . soldier in the late war, sergeant, residence, 1890, Charlton. Edwin was also a soldier, killed 25 March, 1865, at Fort Steedman, near Petersburg, Va.
JAMES J., of South Gore, and Hannah Brown of Killingly, m. intentions 2 March, 1781.
DAVID, of Freetown, and Lucy Kingsbury, m. 19 Jan., 1796.
CUMMINGS, see Comins.
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, and Ann, had SARAH A., b. 14 Aug., 1829.
CURBY, JANE, m. n. Bixby, aged 19, d. 5 Oct., 1865.
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CURTIS, SAMUEL, son of John and Mary (Look) of Topsfield, came to Ox. as early as 1748, when past middle life, settled at the Luther Stone place in the North Gore, H. 108, bought 200 acres, bounded west by the river, north by Leicester and south by Ox. In 1750 he gave 50 acres of this to his son Samuel, and in 1752 the remaining 150 acres to his son Noah, then 21 years of age and living on the premises, reserving to himself half the house and other buildings and one acre. In 1753, May 4, Noah, having m. Elizabeth , deeded back to his father, in consideration of "money, creatures and other things," the said farm of 150 acres, and also quitclaimed all rights in his fath- er's estate. We find no further trace of Noah. On 5 May, 1753, Samuel, Sen., deeded to Amos Singletary of Sutton, husband of his dau. Mary, 73 acres, and in 1764 Singletary sold the same to Elijah. Samuel, Jr., cordwainer, sold in 1754 his 50 acres to Uriah Stone, and bought in 1757 land in Charlton. We find no further account of him. Samuel, Sen., was innholder, succeeding Gibbs, from 1749 to 1751. He m. 15 June, 1720, Hannah Dodge of Beverly, who joined Topsfield Church 23 Feb., 1729, dismissed to Ox. Church 12 March, 1748. The family left town about the time of the Revolutionary war.
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. . Children b. at Topsfield : HANNAH, b. 14 July, 1722; REBECCA, b. 8
March, 1724, d. 1726; MARY, b. 8 June, 1726, m. 6 Sept., 1742, Amos Single- tary of Sutton;1 SAMUEL, b. 26 Feb., 1728, m. 19 Sept., 1751, Mary Town; NOAH, b. 28 May, 1731, m. Elizabeth -; RACHEL, b. 18 March, 1733, m. John Wiley ; EUNICE, b. 15 Jan., 1736, m. 19 Dec., 1759, Nehemiah Houghton of Sturbridge; ELIJAH, b. 17 July, 1737, soldier in the French war, m. 21 Oct., 1760, Elizabeth Sparhawk; JOHN, b. 15 April, 1741; REBECCA, b. 7 March, 1743. Their negro child, Flora, was baptized 19 July, 1741, at Tops- field.
FRANCIS, and Bethiah Robinson, m. 1 May, 1732.
JOHN, and Sarah Robinson, m. 16 April, 1735.
ANNA, resided at Ox. May, 1767.
MRS. POLLY, of Douglas, and Ebenezer Robbins, m. 6 April, 1831.
PERRY, and Mrs. Lavinia, widow of Solomon Harwood, m. 11 Nov., 1847, she d. aged 68, 12 Feb., 1866.
AMY, m. n. Goddard, aged 48. d. 26 March, 1869.
CUTLER, JONATHAN, son of Jonathan and Abigail, b. 26 March, 1719, at Framingham; his brother David, of Mendon parish, now Milford, owned a farm of 100 acres on Prospect Hill; Jonathan is believed to have come early from Weston as his tenant, was probably unm., in 1755 constable, cordwainer, d. before 1757. In 1771 David sold the estate to his son JONATHAN, who m. (1) Mary -, she d. 10 Dec., 1776, m. (2) 8 May, 1777, Betsey, widow of Joshua Lilley of Sutton. On 18 Feb., 1789, he sold his farm, and 1790 removed to East Montpelier, Vt. He had Abigail, 1770; Jonathan, 1772; Artemas, 1774; Mary, 1776; and by second m. Moses, 1778; Betsey, 1779, d. 1784; Salem, 1782; David, 1783; Zipporah, 1786.
EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer [believed to have been the one b. 1 Oct., 1695, at Salem, settled at Sutton 1726-8], m. intentions 24 Nov., 1764, Miriam Eager of Westboro', lived in north part of Ox., now Auburn, trader, in 1764 licensed to sell tea, coffee and chinaware, and licensed innholder from 1765 to 1771. He left town but his whereabouts for several years are unknown. He
1 She seems to have been a very estimable per- ence in Sutton for many years. . . . They had 9 son, having been the means of the conversion of. ch. [Sutton History.] her husband, who was in high position and influ-
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was an ardent loyalist, and Sabine says was arrested in 1775, having previous- ly resided in Groton(?), allowed to join the British at Boston, went to Annapolis, N. S., where he d. In Aug., 1779, the Judge of Probate at Worcester appointed commissioners to settle his estate, he having been late of Northboro', styling him "an absentee, who left the State and fled to our enemies for protection." His wife and family remained at Northboro'. She d. before 10 Sept., 1784. He m. (2) in Nova Scotia, Mary, dau. of Col. Edward Hicks of the British army, had ch., he d. 1831, aged 90, she d. 1839, both at Annapolis. . . . Children b. at Ox. : EBENEZER, b. 27 Aug., 1765, m. and settled in New Brunswick, 10 ch .; JONAS, b. 21 May, 1767; ARETHUSA, b. 26 May, 1769; and after leaving Ox. : SERAPHINA, b. Dec., 1772, m. Peleg, son of Rev. John Wiswall, rector at Wilmot, N. S .; RUFUS, b. Dec., 1773, drowned; HASADIAH, b. Aug., 1776, m. John, brother of Peleg Wiswall; WILLIAM, drowned.
ASA, of Killingly, Conn., b. 1789, cotton manufacturer, came to Ox. 1825, bought mill property at North Ox., where he remained about four years, returned to Killingly, removed again to Ox. in 1839, enlarged his business and remained until 1847 and then settled permanently at Putnam, Conn., where he was prominent as a citizen and real estate owner; he had more than ordinary abilities and firmness of character. He m. 30 Sept., 1813, Sarah Torrey of Killingly. He d. 7 March, 1859; she d. 12 Jan., 1870, both at Putnam. . . . Children : LUCY, b. 3 July, 1814, m. Thomas Dike of Thompson, Conn .; HOBART C., b. 27 Dec., 1815, m. 19 Nov., 1840, Melissa Clark of Colchester, Conn., he d. 13 June, 1865, at Putnam, 2 sons; TAMAR D., b. 24 Oct., 1817, m. 4 July, 1846, Dr. Daniel B. Plimpton of Southbridge, he d. 1 April, 1874, at Putnam; EDWARD A., b. 21 March, 1820, m. (1) Oct., 1845, Mary, sister of his brother Hobart's wife, she d. 30 July, 1847, at Ox., m. (2) 16 Oct., 1850, Annie B. Ballou of Providence, R. I., she d. 15 Jan., 1863, m. (3) 7 March, 1866, Mary E. Phillips of Providence; SUSAN D., b. 21 March, 1822, m. Day, son of Asa Harris.
SALLY, of Ward, and Simeon Morse, m. intentions 20 April, 1816.
CUTTING, CHARLOTTE, and Elisha Smith, m. intentions 18 March, 1849.
DABNEY (D'Aubignè, French), ROBERT, wife Elizabeth, of Boston, had CHARLES, m. 1723, Elizabeth Gardner and had CHARLES, b. 26 March, 1741, m. 26 May, 1765, Mary, dau. of Rev. John Bass of Ashford, Conn., resided at Boston, merchant, came to North Ox. from Providence, R. I., 1775, having bought the place, now Nathaniel Ide's, H. 125. In 1778 he bought the Dr. Cushman place on the Plain, H. 225, removed the old house and built a large mansion two stories and gambrel roof in front, with sloping roof in the rear, but did not finish it. A bill of sugar and coffee sold by him Sept., 1780, indicates he was a trader. He sold his estate in 1784 and returned to Providence, where he d. 23 Oct., 1784, she d. 12 Oct., 1791, at Killingly, Conn. . Children : JOHN B., lived with his father at Ox., m. Roxa, dau. . of Joseph Lewis of Dedham, resided at Alexandria, Va., Paris, Nantes and Bordeaux, 1806 first consul at Azore Islands, residence, Fayal, continuing until his decease, 26 Sept., 1826; his eldest son, Charles W., succeeded him, acting until 1869, d. 12 March, 1871, at Fayal; Samuel W., son of Charles W., succeeded his father in 1872; William H., son of John B., was 1862 to 1882 consul at Teneriffe, resigned and returned to Boston, d. 16 Feb., 1888; these filled their official positions with marked ability; CHARLES, m. Dorcas Gilbert
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of Brooklyn, Conn., 11 ch., he d. 10 July, 1825; WILLIAM, b. 6 July, 1772, m. 24 Aug., 1797, Hannah Jones of Milford, settled at Charleston, S. C., had chi., d. 11 July, 1858, at Lynchburg, Va .; Charles, his son, b. 25 July, 1807, m. Ellen M. Jones, his cousin, of Providence, R. I., partner in the banking house, Duncan Sherman & Co., later Dabney, Morgan & Co., of New York, retired 1874, d. 15 Dec., 1879, at Hastings, Eng .; MARY, b. 26 Dec., 1779, at Ox., m. Charles Young of Philadelphia, d. early, 2 ch. ; JAMES, b. 3 March, 1782, d. 1820, unm., in London; ELIZA, b. 2 Oct., 1783, m. John Spaulding of Killingly, Conn., where they settled, had ch., he d., she removed to Wis.
DADEY, PATRICK, aged 46, d. 14 Feb., 1858.
DALEY, JULIA A., m. n. Jaha (Indian), aged 84, d. 11 Feb., 1883.
DALRYMPLE, JOHN, b. about 1723, m. intentions 9 June, 1758, Elizabeth Young of Blandford, trader at Westfield; in 1758 bought the estate, H. 195, near the mill stream south side Sutton road, constable 1764, sold in 1766 and removed to Dudley where he d. 21 Nov., 1784, aged 61, he was dismissed and recommended to Church in Dudley 19 Nov., 1769; she m. (2) 30 Aug., 1790, Samuel Bacon of Woodstock, Conn. . . . Children : ELIZABETH, b. 15 June, 1759; DOLLY, b. 14 Dec., 1760, m. 22 Nov., 1781, Thomas McClanathan (?) of Rutland; JOHN, b. 23 Sept., 1762, d. 1774; PAUL, b. 14 Aug., 1764; and b. at Dudley, THOMAS, b. 6 June, 1768; GEORGE, b. 15 June, 1772; BARBARA, b. 14 Oct., 1774; JOHN, b. 12 Aug., 1776, m. 4 April, 1799, Betsey, dau. of Edward Davis; SARAH, b. 20 Dec., 1779, m. 29 May, 1800, Joseph Goulding of Ward; ANDREW, b. 14 June, 1783.
DANA, RICHARD, settled 1640 at Cambridge, supposed to have been the progenitor of all of the name in the country; he m. probably in 1648, Ann Bullard of Cambridge, and had 11 children, one, JOSEPH, b. 21 March, 1656, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Gobell, and lived at or near Concord; they had Jo- SEPH, b. 22 Sept., 1685, and MARY, b. 1691. No record of the m. of Joseph, Jr., has been found. Judge Bell says he infers that Joseph of Concord moved to Killingly, Conn., in 1716-Savage says he went to Connecticut. He was of Killingly in 1715, having bought land there, 16 March, 1714. He bought land in Oxford in April, 1716, and was voted in as a proprietor, and is named in the deed as of Oxford. He resided here till 1720, and returned to Killingly. In 1722, 1724, 1725, 1726, he was of Oxford and in 1732 of Sutton [Court Rec.], after which his name does not appear in the records excepting in the settlement of the Gobell estate. " It is thus evident that for several years he was frequently removing from place to place and it is not strange that the records of the births of his children are missing." [Dana Gen. ]. He bought within five years, in Oxford, three settler's lots with all their rights estimated at 300 acres each. His cousin, Joseph Dana, b. 1700, father of Rev. Joseph, D.D., of Ipswich, b. 1742, was living in 1732 at Pomfret, where he was an innholder; removed to Worcester.
Judge Bell supposes Phinehas of Oxford to have been the son of Joseph. In the account of Hannah, widow of Phinehas, as administratrix, we find charged " two journeys to Roxbury to put out the children," from which we may infer they had relatives there, perhaps on the mother's side. There was a tradition that Phinehas was from Roxbury, but Judge Bell thought it not well founded.
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2. PHINEHAS, perhaps son of Joseph (1), m. 8 March, 1731, Hannah Twichell. [Ox. Rec. give, John Shumway and Mary Dana m. 19 May, 1737 ; Peter Shumway and Mary Dana m. 28 Feb., 1740; Samuel Lamb and Sarah Dana m. 5 April, 1753; Ebenezer Davis and Lydia Dana m. 12 Oct., 1742.] Settled in the east part of the town, near Barton Hill, house removed many years ago. He d. 19 May, 1739, she d. 21 Dec., 1801. . . . Children : ABIGAIL, b. 29 Oct., 1731, m. John Barton; SUSANNA, b. 15 April, 1733, m. intentions Feb., 1754, Abner Town; PHINEHAS, b. 3 Oct., 1734, m. 2 Nov., 1758, Sarah Eaton of Dedham, where they settled and had David, b. 26 Feb., 1760; Phin- ehas, b. 26 March, 1762; Jesse, b. 6 Jan., 1765, d. young; Jesse, b. 25 March, 1767; DAVID, b. 22 Jan., 1736, m. (1) 31 Dec., 1778, Elizabeth Breed and set- tled at Dedham, m. (2) intentions 8 July, 1784, Rebecca Richards; HANNAH, b. 12 Sept., 1737, m. John Ayres, and settled at Newtown; JOHN, b. 18 Nov., 1738.
3. JOHN, son of Phinehas (2), m. 15 Dec., 1761, Hannah, dau. of Ebene- zer Humphrey, Senior ; he was brought up at Dea. Thomas Davis', became a prominent citizen, selectman, town treasurer and deacon; lived on the homestead. He d. 20 March, 1816, she d. 30 July, 1826. . . . Children : SARAH, b. 18 July, 1762, m. 15 Feb., 1798, Aaron Howe of Marlboro', removed to Lunenburg, Vt. ; JOHN, b. 5 Feb., 1765, m. Mary E., dau. of Josiah Wolcott, settled at Orford, N. H., deacon of Wentworth Church ; he d. 5 Feb., 1855, in Orford, she d. 29 Aug., 1837; they had Isabella, b. 1793, d. 1839, at Orford, unm. ; Mary A., b. 18 March, 1795, m. 5 May, 1814, Daniel Clark of Piermont, N. H., and had 7 sons and 5 daughters, all matured; he d. 8 July, 1849, at Pier- mont, she d. 5 May, 1878, at East Cambridge; Hannah, b. 1797, d. 1874, at Orford, unm .; Wolcott, b. 1798, m. Huldah Fifield of Hampton, N. H., settled at Wentworth where he was a leading man, justice of the peace, representa- tive, and in other official positions, a drover and farmer, had a large family, d. 1872; Rebecca, b. 1800, m. Christopher Billings, she d. 2 April, 1873; Lucy, b. 1805, d. 1832, at Orford, unm. ; John, married and settled at Wentworth, N. H., removed to Warren, where he d. about 1882, had 4 sons and 1 daugh- ter, all removed West; Clarissa, m. Charles Frary, residence, Haverhill, N. H. ; William, m. Mary Bailey, residence, Haverhill, where he d .; HANNAH, b. 5 May, 1767, d. 3 July, 1813, unm. ; PHINEHAS, b. 12 Nov., 1768, m. 21 July, 1793, Mehitable, dau. of Josiah Wolcott, settled at Orford, N. H., removed to Augusta, Me., thence to Woolwich, where both d. ; they had Nancy, d. young ; Samuel, d. at Richmond, Me., unm .; Susanna, d. at Richmond, unm .; Phin- ehas, d. at Richmond, unm. ; Mehetable, m. Waldo Adams of Oxford; Josiah, m., lived and d. at Augusta, Me .; Thomas, m., lived at Augusta, Woolwich, and other places; Ebenezer, d. at Woolwich, unm .; Moses, m. and lived at Woolwich, d. Dec., 1883 ; LUCY, b. 7 April, 1771, d. 1774 ; JEREMIAH, b. 30 July, 1773; LUCY, b. 7 March, 1776, d. young; JEMIMA, b. 19 May, 1778, m. John Ballard; LUCY, b. 4 Aug., 1780, d. unm. 3 Nov., 1865, at Ox. ; EBENEZER, b. 30 Oct., 1782; WILLIAM, b. 16 Aug., 1785; THOMAS, b. 4 July, 1787, d. young ; SYLVANUS, b. 28 May, 1790, m. (1) Sarah Kenney of Sutton, settled at Mill- bury, m. (2) Elizabeth Nelson, he d. about 1879 at Millbury; ch. by first m. : Leander M., b. 8 May, 1815, d. at Sutton; Daniel R., b. 21 April, 1817, at Sutton, m. (1) 24 Feb., 1842, Caroline A. Baker of Oxford, who d. 14 Feb., 1883, at Warren, R. I., had Francis E., b. 6 Feb., 1843, residence Warren; m. (2) 31 Dec., 1885, Annie P. Waldron, of Bristol, R. I., watchmaker and jew- eller at Oxford several years, removed 1844 to Warren, where he resided 1891; three others all d. young; ch. by second m. : Elvira, d. Dec., 1885.
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4. JEREMIAH, son of John (3), m. (1) 27 Nov., 1804, Mrs. Polly Hovey, m. n. Crane, she d. 26 Feb., 1842, aged 70; m. (2) 4 April, 1843, Susan D., dau. of Oliver Torrey of Killingly, Conn., he d. 31 Oct., 1851, she d. 17 June, 1859, both at Killingly ; farmer. . . . Children : GIDEON, b. 11 Sept., 1805, minister, a worthy, self-sacrificing man of superior abilities, early joined the Church at Ward, under Rev. Enoch Pond, with whom he fitted for college, taught suc- cessfully a select school at Ward, was graduated 1830 at Brown University, began study at Andover 1833 in middle class, soon left on account of ill health. In 1834 studied at Princeton, later at Bangor where he was graduated 1836; taught almost constantly while in college and seminary, left teaching at Ban- gor to enter the ministry; preached at North Falmouth 1837, called soon to South Church, Amherst, where he was ordained and March 21, 1841, installed pastor. His next field was Third Church, West Springfield, now Holyoke, remaining two or three years. In 1844 removed to Ohio, and at Cincinnati was agent for the American Tract Society, travelling in Kentucky. In Nov., 1845, he became pastor at Harmar, O., continuing until 1850, then left and be- came chaplain and agent of American Seamen's Friend Society, at Toledo. At Harmar he had charge of public schools and some of the earliest graded schools in the State were there under him established. Later he was pastor at Del- aware, O., for one year; removed to Western Reserve and from 1852 to 1856 was settled at Strongsville. From 1856 to 1859 he was District Secretary of American and Foreign Christian Union of New York, resigned to take pastor- ate at Bucyrus, and remained two or three years. Ill health kept him from active service until 1864 when he took the pastorate at Wauseon continuing until 1867. His last work was at Weymouth, O., beginning 1 Jan., 1872. In May, 1872, casually at Oberlin, he was taken suddenly ill and d. on the 9th. Thus ended an arduous and useful career. He m. (1) 23 Oct., 1838, Julia A. Childs of Barre, she d. 4 Nov., 1840; m. (2) 22 June, 1841, Hannah, dau. of Seth Clark; ch .: Julia Ann, b. 30 Oct., 1839, d. 1840; Lucy H., b. 29 Dec., 1843, resides with her mother at Oberlin, O., teacher; Daniel H., b. 22 Oct., 1846, d. 1855; Edward P., b. and d. 1849; Francis C., b. 1850, d. 1851; Charles G., b. 1856, d. 1858 ; THOMAS, b. 31 July, 1811, unm., lived at Ox. and Bristol, Ill., removed to Mason City where he d. 13 Nov., 1886.
5. EBENEZER, son of John (3), m. (1) Tamar B., dau. of Jesse Dana of Sterling, a distant relative, she d. 22 July, 1838; m. (2) 22 Feb., 1841 [15 April, 1840, Worc. Rec.], Harriet Goulding, b. 22 Feb., 1801, at Worcester. Lived at the homestead in Oxford, and at Sterling. He d. 23 Sept., 1865.
. . Children : EBENEZER B., b. 23 Feb., 1827, at Ox., m. 15 May, 1873, Lucy . J. Dunham of Grafton, b. 17 Oct., 1835, residence, Worcester, where he d., 2 March, 1881, had Annie T., b. 18 July, 1878 ; GEORGE, b. 22 Aug., 1831, at Ox., m. 28 April, 1870, Mary A., dau. of Comfort Rice of Millbury, settled at Worcester; no ch.
6. WILLIAM, son of John (3), m. Harriet, dau. of Nahum Pratt, she d. 24 Aug., 1880. . . . Children : JONATHAN P., b. 30 Aug., 1812, residence, Ox., unm., successful teacher, school committee, justice of the peace, and assessor, president of Oxford Agricultural Society; SARAH HOWE, b. 10 Aug., 1814, d. 19 Nov., 1874, unm .; ALONZO H., b. 13 June, 1816, m. 1857, Susan A., dau. of John Brown of Hubbardston, settled at Oberlin, O., where he d. Nov., 1876; had Will P., 1858; Charles B., 1860; Nellie F., 1862, m. 1883, Jesse C. Morse of Ox., residence, Plankinton, Dak. ; Harriet M., 1867; Mary, b. and d. 1872; Harry A., b. 1875, d. 1876; RUFUS R., b. 6 June, 1818, at Oak-
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