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BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin of Dudley [who was grandson of William and son of Ichabod, both of Roxbury, and resided 1750 at Dudley, and known as "Retailer Ben "], b. 1710, at Roxbury, came about 1734 from Dudley to Ox., bought 1740 of Samuel Davis 85 acres Bernon land in east part of the town, near Lucien M. Chaffee's, H. 22, house long ago removed, was Lieut. in the French war, settled on his return near Nipmuck Pond, on Thompson's grant, where, tradition says, he had a contract with heirs of Thompson to clear land for sheep-walks. Later in life he was ejected on a suit at law. He was a man of integrity and judgment, whose standing is shown from the fact . that in 1763, when trouble arose in Sutton on the matter of Dr. Hall's salary, Mr. Davis, and Josiah Brewer and Rev. Thaddeus Maccarty, both of Worces- ter, were chosen a board of referees to settle the case. He was representative in 1749.1 Hem. 13 March, 1734, Sibyl, dau. of Joseph Rockett, first female ch.
1 From his house a bridle [bridal ?] path ran
of Stephen Streeter in Douglas. Three sons of southeast through the woods to near the house
Davis m. three daughters of Streeter.
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recorded in Ox., he d. 1787. . . . Children, except last, b. at Ox. : SIBYL, b. 28 Dec., 1736, m. William Davis; JOSEPH, b. 1739, d. 1741; JOSEPH; CRAFT, b. 15 April, 1744; BENJAMIN, b. 5 March, 1747; SUSANNA, b. 1749, m. John Bound; JAMES HOVEY, b. 27 July, 1751; EZEKIEL, b. 17 Jan., 1754; SARAH, b. 3 Dec., 1759, m. Francis Blandin, no ch.
2. JOSEPH, son of Benjamin (1), m. (1) 15 Jan., 1771, Hannah, dau. of William Lamb, m. (2) Jemima, dau. of William Davis, bought in 1790 the Thomas Hunkins place, H. 34, sold in 1795 and removed to the Silas Fitts place, H. 39, and thence in 1807 to the place in the north part of Webster, now George Tanner's, where he d. 14 Sept., 1813, teamster to Boston many years, known as " Honest Joe." . . Children : WILLIAM, b. about 1779; POLLY, d. unm. ; LUCY, m. John Mayo; LoIs, m. William Hurd.
3. WILLIAM, son of Joseph (2), m. 6 Sept., 1803, Rachel, dau. of Dea. Ebenezer Humphrey, lived 8 years at his father's and removed to Dudley, he d. 28 Feb., 1848, at Webster, aged 69, she d. 9 March, 1873, at Southbridge. . . Children, first 4 b. at Ox. : JEMIMA, b. 10 Oct., 1803, m. 7 April, 1828, Elliot Mansfield of Dudley, where they settled, he d. 15 May, 1865, had 7 ch., all d. excepting George E., living with his mother at West Dudley; JOHN, b. 9 March, 1806, m. Adelaide, dau. of Dr. Daniel Tiffany, settled at Webster, where he d. 25 July, 1888; they had Emily, d. aged 20; Edwin T., m. Frances Chase of Worcester, residence, Webster; John P .; EBENEZER H., b. 4 May, 1808, m. Polly Taft of Uxbridge, where they settled, had Robert H., d. 1868, aged 31, he d. 12 Jan., 1888, at Webster; RUTH A., b. 9 Dec., 1811, m. Joshua Jacobs of Scituate, where they settled, removed to Medford; had Mary E., m. Henry Hinckley, residence, Medford; MARY, b. 5 Dec., 1814, m. Homer P. Hunt of Douglas, no ch., he d. 5 April, 1883, she d. 24 Sept., 1845, both at Providence, R. I .; ALONZO, b. 3 July, 1816, m. Miranda Jacobs of North- bridge, where they settled, removed to Franklin, had ch., residence, 1888, East Douglas; WILLIAM H., b. 1 Feb., 1820, m. Emily M., dau. of Samuel Reynolds of Killingly, Conn., settled at Webster, prominent citizen, justice of the peace, associate justice of the Court for the Southern District of Worces- ter, special County Commissioner, he d. 20 Oct., 1882, from the effects of a fall in July previous; they had Sarah E., m. William F. Branch of Nor- wich, Conn., residence, Webster; Clinton W., residence, Webster; Annie L.
4. CRAFT, son of Benjamin (1), m. 16 Jan., 1772, Catherine, dau. of Stephen Streeter of Douglas, settled in south part of Ox., now Webster, 1 mile from the east village, noted hunter and fisherman, she is spoken of as having been a person of uncommon worth, he d. 5 Dec., 1836, aged 92, she d. about 1812. . . . Children : SARAH, b. 26 Sept., 1772, d. young; BENJAMIN, b. 20 Sept., 1774; SALLY, b. 5 Dec., 1778, m. (1) Joshua Wetherell, m. (2) Rufus Humphrey ; WARD, b. 1 Dec., 1782; KATIE, b. 2 April, 1784, m. 31 May, 1804, Roger Stevens of North Brookfield, where they settled, 4 ch., she d. 19 July, 1870; CRAFT, b. 18 July, 1786; JOHN, b. 13 Oct., 1788, d. 1803; STEPHEN, b. 22 June, 1791; SUKEY, b. 15 Aug., 1794, m. N. Webb Hall; JAMES HOVEY, b. 7 Nov., 1797; LUCETTA, b. 21 April, 1803, m. Jonathan Har- wood.
5. BENJAMIN, son of Craft (4), m. 3 Oct., 1796, Theodocia Barnes of Ware, b. 23 June, 1776, settled and d. at Ware, he d. 19 Sept., 1861, she d. 29 Jan., 1861. . . . Children : NANCY, b. 17 March, 1800, m. (1) Reuben Sherman, m. (2) William Goodwin, residence, Stafford Springs, Conn .; ELMIRA, b. 31 Dec., 1801, m. Calvin Whitaker, residence, Ware; CYNTHIA, b. 21 Feb., 1804,
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m. Elmer Loomis, residence, Ware; WILLIAM P., b. 6 Sept., 1806, m. 1836, Elizabeth Bullock, was graduated 1833 at Union College, N. Y., clergyman, settled 1835 over Reformed Dutch Church at Guilderland, N. Y., for 35 years, removed 1879 to Lawyersville, N. Y., where he was, 1885, the settled pastor; they had Elizabeth M., b. 1838; Caroline, b. 1842; William E., b. 1845, clergy- man in high standing at South Branch, N. J .; Susan J., b. 1848; Mary S., b. 1851; Catherine T., b. 1855; Joseph P., b. 1859, studying, 1881, at New Brunswick Theological Seminary; SARAH, b. 13 Feb., 1809, m. James F. Brooks, residence, Stafford Springs, Conn .; BENJAMIN, b. 16 July, 1811, m. 4 May, 1836, Cordelia Buffington of Ashford, resided at Ware and Palmer, a leading citizen; they had Benjamin F., b. 1837, prominent at Enfield, repre- sentative; George R., b. 3 Jan., 1840, at Palmer, lawyer at Chicago, went to the late war with the nine months men as Captain of Co. H, 8th Regt., Mass. Vols., next enlisted and served to the close of the war as Major of 3d R. I. Cavalry, served with Sheridan in the Indian campaign, and later in Quarter- master's Department at Chicago, left military life and was general agent of Hartford Life and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Companies for the Northwest, was six years representative in Congress from second district of Chicago, next four years County Treasurer of Cook Co., Ill., including Chicago, his term expiring Dec., 1890, at present, 1891, Director General of the World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago; Henry C., was graduated at Har- vard College, successful lawyer at Ware; WILLARD G., b. 1 March, 1814, m. 3 March, 1846, Mary A. Tygert of Dunnsville, N. Y .; no ch .; was grad- uated at Albany Medical College, physician at D. for over 40 years ; LUCY P., d. unm .; CAROLINE, m. John Baker of Stafford Springs, Conn., where she d. [Seven sons of the daughters of Benjamin (5) served in the late war.]
6. WARD, son of Craft (4), m. Roby Green of Smithfield, R. I., settled at Ox., removed about 1810 to Brookfield and thence to Ware, where he spent most of his life, he d. 1863, at Worcester, she d. 1846. . . . Children : ADDI- SON, b. 25 Dec., 1805, d. 1826; POLLY GREEN, b. 20 May, 1807, d. 1826; JOHN, b. 29 March, 1809, m. (1) July, 1833, Clementina Buck, 5 ch., m. (2) 3 April, 1845, Emily Buck, residence, Geneseo, Ill. ; WARD, b. 1813, m. 11 Oct., 1836, . S. E. Wetherell, 8 ch., residence, Geneseo; CATHERINE, b. 1815, d. 2 July, 1843; ROBY, b. 1817, m. 10 Sept., 1846, John Speare; FANNY, b. 1819, d. 8 Oct., 1845; CALEB G., b. 1821, d. 1825; STEPHEN, b. 1824, d. 1825; ADDISON, b. 1 Aug., 1826, twice m., d .; MARY G., b. 1830, m. Charles Gage, 3 ch., residence, Louisa, Ky.
7. CRAFT, son of Craft (4), m. intentions 12 May, 1810, Lucinda, dau. of James Cudworth, settled in southeast part of Ox., H. 40, carpenter and farmer, he d. 7 April, 1871, she d. aged 88, 22 Sept., 1871. . . . Children : JARED, b. 9 Oct., 1811, m. Rosina, dau. of Robert Smith of Webster, settled at Ox., removed 1836 to Concord, N. Y .; J. BRIANT, b. 6 Dec., 1812, drowned in Dudley, 21 Nov., 1827; EMERY, b. 19 Jan., 1814, m. intentions 27 Oct., 1836, Ruth, dau. of Royal Corbin of Webster, settled at Ox., removed to Iowa; had Charles E., resided at Lafayette, Ind .; George H., m. Emily, dau. of Franklin F. Ryder; Albert, resided in Iowa; Lewis, resided in Iowa; Emery, the father, d. in Iowa; JOSEPH C., b. 13 May, 1816, m. 19 April, 1840, Mary, dau. of David Worseley, lived in Ox. and Webster, now at Eastford, Conn. ; they had Elizabeth, m. Whitman Bosworth of Woodstock, Conn. ; Augusta, m. Ammi Hull of Woodbury, Conn .; Levira, m. 13 June, 1847, Truman Parsons of Amenia, N. Y., resided in New York city, Penn. and Ox.,
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removed 1883 to Spencer; had Ida, b. 1868, at N. Y .; Walter, b. 1870, at Athens, Pa .; Everett, b. 1872, at Ox .; Mary A., b. 1874; Ella H., b. 1876; Eugene F., b. 1877; Maud, b. 1879; Warren, m. and lives West; Luman, Welcome, Arthur, John, Nelly, m. John Williams of Eastford; CRAFT, b. 6 April, 1818; JOHN, b. 1 May, 1821, m. (1) 16 Oct., 1845, Ruth, dau. of Joseph Healy, and had Clorinda, resided, 1888, at Providence, R. I .; Mary, d. 1857 ; Austin, d. 1877, aged 24; she d. 22 Oct., 1855, he removed to Ill. and thence to Neb., m. again and d. 1888, at Kearney, Neb. ; LUCINDA, b. 17 July, 1823, m. 30 April, 1843, Stephen H. Morse, b. 10 Oct., 1821, at Boston, and had Burrill W., b. 23 Dec., 1843, m. Addie E. Jenks; B. Winslow, b. 12 March, 1845, m. Sarah H. Curtis, druggist at Indian Orchard; James B., b. 24 Aug., 1847, m. Hannah C. Peck of Seekonk; Jesse C., b. 1 Nov., 1856, at East Thompson, Conn., m. Nellie F., dau. of Alonzo H. Dana; Stephen H., b. 21 Aug., 1862, d. young.
8. CRAFT, son of Craft (7), m. 1 Jan., 1849, Hannah E. White of Monroe, Me., settled at Ox., shoe manufacturer and farmer, he d. 25 Dec., 1883. . . . Children : AGNES L., b. 24 June, 1861; WALTER, b. 1 May, 1865; ADA L., b. 31 Oct., 1870.
9. STEPHEN, son of Craft (4), m. (1) intentions 22 Jan., 1814, Anna Wadsworth of Grafton, settled in Ox., where she d. 10 Aug., 1857, m. (2) 5 June, 1862, Maria Moore, he d. 19 April, 1879, aged 87. . . . Children, all by first m. : REUEL S., b. 22 April, 1816, m. Ellen Wyman of Vt., was graduated at Meadville Theological Seminary, Unitarian, preached at Leicester and Sherborn, removed to Sycamore, Ill., where he was prominent, judge of police court, he d. Aug., 1887, at Sycamore, had ch .; ERI B., b. 30 June, 1818, m. Catherine L., dau. of Artemas Goddard of Charlton, she d. aged 48, 19 Jan., 1876, at Ox. ; they had Anna C., Henry G., both d. young; he removed to Ill .; DEXTER, b. 1 Jan., 1821, at Dudley, m. intentions 12 June, 1847, Elvira S., dau. of Rufus Hayward, removed to Wis., where she d. 1880, 2 ch .; JULIA ANN, b. 24 Aug., 1823, at Dudley, m. Spaulding Howard of Townsend, settled at Webster, where he was killed in 1879 by being thrown from a carriage; they had Albert S., b. 21 Nov., 1847.
10. JAMES HOVEY, son of Craft (4), m. 3 May, 1821, Lucy, dau. of Lemuel Cudworth, settled at the homestead, removed about 1830 to West Brookfield. . . . Children : OLIVER, b. 10 April, 1822, unm., residence, West Brookfield; TURNER C., b. 1 June, 1824, m. 8 Sept., 1846, Maria, dau. of Asa May of Spencer, and had Alice, b. 29 Nov., 1848; LUCY ANN, b. 26 June, 1826, m. Japheth, son of Ozias Cortis, residence, Thompson, Conn., had ch .; JAMES B., b. 4 Oct., 1829, residence, West Brookfield; MARY B., b. 12 Oct., 1831, at West Brookfield, m. 18 Jan., 1850, Nathaniel Bangs of Prescott, she d. 25 May, 1856, at West Brookfield; AZARMA A., b. 21 Dec., 1834, m. 10 April, 1851, Dexter A. Hill of North Brookfield, he d. 9 Feb., 1859; L. CHAUNCEY, b. 8 March, 1838, m. 22 June, 1857, Elizabeth Thrasher of New Braintree, settled at West Brookfield, had ch .; WARREN A., b. 2 Feb., 1846, m. 30 July, 1869, Sarah A. Smith of North Brookfield, residence, West Brook- field, had ch.
11. BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (1), m. intentions 4 Nov., 1780, Hannah, dau. of Stephen Streeter of Douglas, b. 30 March, 1763, settled a half mile north of East Village, on the west side of the road, now Slater's, where he d. 29 June, 1803, she d. 5 March, 1847, at Worcester. . . . Children : HANNAH, b. 24 Aug., 1782, m. John Chadwick of Worcester, where they
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settled, he d. before 1847, she d. 18 March, 1847; they had Stephen, d. unm. ; BETSEY, b. 15 April, 1784, m. Josiah Hume of Douglas, lived at various factory villages, both d. at Millbury; they had Eliza, m. Francis Collier of Worcester, and had William F .; Adaline, m. William Ryan of Millbury ; Lucina, m. Silas Earle of Hubbardston; Mary, m. Edward Dunham of Ox .; Mercy, m. Edwin Livermore of Millbury; Hannah, m. Cyrus Prouty of Leicester; Benjamin, m. Lucy Gale of Millbury; Julia, m. Joseph Wickham of Savannah, O .; Reuben, m. Delia Bacon of Millbury; Willard, m. Mary A. Fuller of Millbury; Isaac, m. Lydia Fuller of Millbury; Fidelia, m. Edward Blodgett of Holland; ANNA, b. 18 May, 1786, m. Ebenezer Foster; MARY, b. 11 April, 1788, m. Luke Rice of Worcester, 4 ch., all d., he d. at Southbridge, she d. 27 March, 1868, at Worcester; ISAAC, b. 4 Oct., 1790, m. Jerusha Nash of Holden, lived at Ox., Holden and Brookfield, he d. 1864, at New Braintree; SAMUEL, b. 5 Feb., 1793, m. Judith Nash, 3 ch., he d. 1826 at Rowe from the kick of a horse, she d. 1829, at Holden; REUBEN, b. 28 April, 1795; OLIVE, b. 26 March, 1797, m. 10 Jan., 1815, Daniel Tatman of Worcester, where he d. 17 Dec., 1865, she d. 23 April, 1884; they had Olive, b. 1816; Daniel D., b. 1819; Benjamin D., b. 1822, d. 1839; Stephen, b. and d. 1826; Luther D., b. 1831, d. 1832; Rufus D., b. 1834; PRUDENCE, b. 7 April, 1802, m. 6 Dec., 1821, John Tatman, brother of Daniel, settled at Worcester, he d. 8 April, 1870, aged 84, she d. 25 Aug., 1880; they had Lucy, Sarah, Emily, d., Charles, Nancy, d., John, Samuel.
12. REUBEN, son of Benjamin (11), m. (1) 18 Feb., 1819, Charlotte Richardson of Boston, b. 1795, at Boston, m. (2) Calista Sargent of Webster, he d. 1878, at Thompson, Conn. . . . Children : THOMAS R., b. 24 May, 1820, m. (1) 1842, Elizabeth McCombas of Pa .; they had at Ox. James A. and George W .; m. (2) Ellen Blazier, b. 1862, at Worcester, and had Reuben, b. 1864, in Pa .; Charlotte M., b. 1866, at Thompson, Conn .; Thomas G., b. 1870, at Thompson; Thomas, the father, d. 7 March, 1872, at Thompson; HANNAH S., b. 1 Nov., 1821, m. 30 Oct., 1841, Jacob W. Saunders, and had Ellen, b. 1851, at Webster; Hannah S., d. in Minn .; REUBEN A., b. 4 July, 1825, d. aged 19, at Ox .; SAMUEL, b. 16 July, 1828, at Worcester, m. 6 Dec., 1842, Maria Byfield of Thompson, Conn., and had Henry F., b. 1848, at Ox .; Samuel A., b. 1851, at Webster; JOHN, b. 13 March, 1830, at Ox., m. 3 Dec., 1848, Lydia, dau. of Godfrey Morris of Webster; had Angenette, b. 1851, at Webster; John, b. 1854, at Webster, residence, Dayville, Conn. ; JOSEPH B., b. 16 July, 1832, d. young; BENJAMIN, b. 23 Jan., 1837, d. aged 16, at Webster.
13. JAMES HOVEY, son of Benjamin (1), soldier in the Revolutionary war, m. intentions 5 July, 1777, Mary, dau. of Stephen Streeter of Douglas, he d. 1803 [James Hovey Davis, d. 3 Jan., 1797, Ox. Rec.], she m. (2) Jacob Kingsbury. . .. Children : EZEKIEL, b. 20 June, 1784, unm., insane, d. at Webster almshouse; HENRY, b. 27 May, 1786, m. Sally Torrey, removed to Maine, where he d., had ch .; AsA, b. 5 Aug., 1788, lived and d. at Charlton, blacksmith; REBECCA, b. 30 April, 1791, m. Rufus, son of Daniel Kingsbury ; SYBELA, b. 4 March, 1796, m. Rufus Kingsbury, second w.
14. EZEKIEL, son of Benjamin (1), m. intentions 25 Jan., 1783, Elizabeth, dau. of Theodore Kingsbury, settled near Webster line, H. 53, he d. 10 April, 1845, she d. 11 Aug., 1846, aged 83. . . . Children : ALICE, b. 27 July, 1783, m. Lyman, son of Ebenezer Gould; BETSEY, b. 19 Dec., 1786, m. Willard Young; JOSEPH, b. 22 May, 1789, m. (1) intentions 30 Jan., 1812, Cynthia
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ยท Bigelow of Worcester, m. (2) Nancy Stockwell of Thompson, Conn., no ch. ; LUCY, b. 3 Nov., 1792, d. 5 Dec., 1867, unm .; SOLOMON, b. 25 Jan., 1796, m. (1) intentions 16 Dec., 1821, Eliza Nash of Holden, resided at Ox., Paxton and Holden, tavern keeper, she d. 10 Dec., 1823, m. (2) Tabitha Snow, he d. 7 Sept., 1867; ch. by first m. Francis N., m. Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer Foster, he d. 11 Dec., 1884, at Webster; they had William, b. 1852, Charles, b. 1855, both Methodist ministers; LAVINA, b. 5 March, 1798, m. 5 July, 1820, Capt. Solomon Harwood, second w., she m. (2) Perry Curtis ; MARTHA, b. 24 June, 1800, m. Francis Nash; ROSALINDA, b. 6 May, 1804, m. Amos Shumway, Jr.
15. ABEL, grandson of Benjamin (1), m. 9 Dec., 1806, Tryphena, dau. of James Hill of Dudley, he d. aged 69, 10 Jan., 1854, she d. aged 78, 16 May, 1864. . . . Children : BARNABAS, d. 18 Aug., 1808; BARNABAS, b. 6 Aug., 1809, m. (1) Lydia Morse of Douglas, where they settled, removed to Ox., m. (2) 6 Sept., 1857, Esther E. Cooper of Burrillville, R. I., she d. 6 Aug., 1877, m. (3) 9 May, 1878, Sophia Wakefield of Webster; ch. by first m. Martin V. B., b. 1834, at Douglas, m. (1) Louisa Sayles of Burrillville, and had at Ox. Everett and Evelyn; m. (2) Sarah J., dau. of Barlow Hoyle of Webster and had Miriam C., family removed 1879 to Detroit, Minn .; Miriam, m. Charles Copeland of Millville, where they settled, and had Ernest; SALLY, b. Sept., 1810, m. Uriah Knight, resided at Waterloo, N. Y., where she d. about 1876, no ch .; ABIGAIL, b. 3 July, 1813, m. (1) George Moore of Stafford, Conn .; had George, d .; m. (2) 1844, Sylvester Phipps, second w., he d. 13 Sept., 1879 ; LAMENT, b. Nov., 1815, m. Adaline Albee of Uxbridge, where they settled, 2 sons; ABEL, b. Aug., 1819, residence, 1890, H. 57, south part of Ox., m. (1) 11 May, 1845, Abigail, dau. of William Larned of Ox., she d. 16 Sept., 1861; they had Laura, b. 27 Jan., 1846, m. 30 June, 1867, Emory Humes; Ira W., b. 6 Feb., 1852; Henrietta, b. 16 Aug., 1854; Abigail, the mother, d. Sept., 1861, m. (2) Jane, dau. of Ethermore Vinton of Charlton, and had Luman, b. 27 Jan., 1865; Jane; the mother d., he m. (3) Maria J., dau. of Aaron Ingraham of Bolton, Conn., and had Herbert A., b. 22 Feb., 1870; Grace A., b. 12 Dec., 1877; DIANTHA, b. March, 1822, m. Loren W., son of Elisha Cady of Brooklyn, Conn., settled at Southbridge, removed to Ox., where he d. 19 Aug., 1865; they had George D., b. 20 Sept., 1847, d. young ; William C., b. 29 June, 1851; Flora A., b. 18 Aug., 1861; J. MILTON, b. May, 1825, m. Roxana, dau. of Ono E. Humphrey; had Fred, b. Jan., 1855, m. Minnie Harris; Arthur, b. June, 1861. [GEORGE A., son of Abel, aged 23, d. 26 Aug., 1874.]
WILLIAM, son of Joseph of Woodstock, Conn., baptized 6 March, 1743, m. 5 July, 1764, Sibyl, dau. of Benjamin Davis (1). His father removed to a farm near the southeast corner of Oxford in Douglas.1 He made trays, brooms and other wood utensils, which he and his son William peddled in the vicinity. He d. not far from 1815. . . . Children : RUTH, unm., d. on the homestead; JEMIMA, m. David Hicks of Sutton, and had Davis, d. young; RACHEL, m. Simeon Upham of Dudley ; CHLOE, m. Joshua Jenney of Rhode Island, set- tled near the homestead, and had Joseph, unm., residence 1890 at the home- stead ; JAMES ; BENJAMIN, m. Anna, dau. of Noah Hill of Douglas, where they settled ; WILLIAM, unm., of unsound mind; LAVINA, m. Daniel Leonard of Taunton, settled at Oxford, and had Lavina, removed to Taunton. He had by a former wife Daniel, Jesse, Ruth, and others.
1 The Court record names him as of Woodstock in May, 1745, and of Douglas in Feb., 1747.
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2. JAMES, son of William (1), m. 29 March, 1798, Roxana Briggs, settled near the homestead, d. aged 76, 12 Dec., 1842 [Ox. Rec.]. . . . Children : JAMES, b. 23 June, 1799, m. Rhoda, dau. of Benj. Pierce of Ludlow, Vt., res- idence, Vermont, had ch. Leander, his son, was in the late war and d. soon after his return. James, the father, was killed in a mill wheel in 1840, she d. about 1836 ; ALPHEUS, b. 26 July, 1801, m. intentions 7 Nov., 1826, Dulcena, dau. of Nathan White of Sturbridge, b. 11 Jan., 1806, settled at Ox., removed to Charlton; they had Eleanor, Mary Ann, d., Alpheus, Dulcena, Orison in Ox., James W., Winthrop, Mary Ann, Anne d., Frances, Martha A., d., last 5 b. at Charlton; he d. 30 Oct., 1877, she d. 8 Dec., 1863; BOWERS, went to Vermont, d. Oct., 1836; REUBEN, m. 8 Dec., 1833, Jerusha, dau. of Capt. Cornelius Putnam of Ox., settled at Ox., he d. aged 58, 12 Nov., 1863; they had Olive A., b. 18 March, 1834, m. Levans W. Sibley of Sutton, removed to Michigan; Cornelius P., b. 15 April, 1837, unm., soldier in the late war in 51st Regt. Mass. Vols., d. 1 July, 1863, at New Berne, N. C .; Bowers, b. 14 Jan., 1840, m. Sarah J., dau. of Elbridge Wallis of Douglas, residence, West Sutton, had ch., was a soldier in the same Company with Cornelius P .; Reuben, b. 21 March, 1842, m. Josephine L. Tinkham of North Scituate, R. I., where they resided; Maria L., b. 15 April, 1844, was a successful teacher, m. and resides South; ROXANA, m. Edward Putnam of Sutton, where they settled, resided at Southbridge and other places, she d. in 1883 at Centre Harbor, N. H. ; they had Davis, went West, Roxana, Andrew J., Lydia, the two latter reside at Centre Harbor; WINTHROP, b. about 1816, d. 1837, aged 21; WILLIAM J., unm., learned the carpenter's trade at Southbridge, became a Roman Catholic, studied at the College in Worcester, left for San Francisco, entered business and was pecuniarily successful, embarked for the east in the " Golden Gate," and was lost; JEMIMA, m. Hiram L. Clements of Hampton, N. H., where he d. about 1875, no ch .; ANDREW J., left his home in youth and not heard from.
WILLIAM, son of William of Roxbury, b. 6 June, 1704. [His father was the son of John of Roxbury and brother of Dea. Samuel of Oxford. ] He bought land in Ox., 1724, and probably came here about that time; in 1739, and for several years after, was a licensed innholder; owned the Benjamin Cham- berlain property on the west side of Main Street from Quaboag Lane at the Benjamin Paine house, H. 221, northward to the present Mrs. Hyde's place, H. 240. It is impossible to fix upon his residence. It may have been the Dr. Cush- man house or the old tavern stand. He m. 4 Feb., 1742, Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Larned, no ch. He d. 14 Aug., 1775, she d. aged 76, 1 March, 1796. He sold in 1760 his estate on the Plain and 1761 bought the house and lot in the fork of the Sutton road, H. 25, where both d.
[Extract from his will, " I give to Elizabeth Davis, my wife, one-half of all my indoor movables of all sorts and one-third of the income of all my real estate, so long as she is my widow but to cease at her marriage. .. . I give to four children of my brother John Davis of Roxbury, viz : John, Nathaniel, Charity Murdock, and Abigail Davis, all my real estate and all the remainder of my personal estate." Elisha Davis was executor. The selectmen fearing she would become a town charge arranged with these heirs for her support, they yielding to her the house and outbuildings and agreeing to pay not less than nine or more than ten pounds per annum towards her support. ]
EBENEZER, supposed son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lane) Davis of Brook- line, near Roxbury, b. 11 Nov., 1717, bought of William Davis, in 1739, fifty
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acres on Long Hill now Shepardson's; m. 12 Oct., 1742, Lydia Dana, perhaps sister of Phinehas. He d. May, 1792, she d. before that date. Edward Davis of Dudley was his executor. . . . Children : ELIZABETH, b. 2 May, 1743, m. 19 Jan., 1763, Dea. Edward Davis of Dudley, and had Amasa, b. 26 Dec., 1763, at Ox .; Elizabeth, b. 22 Feb., 1766, d. 1775; Edward, b. 5 Jan., 1768 : Tamma, b. 25 Nov., 1769; Dolly, b. 18 Feb., 1772; Eden, b. 27 March, 1774, d. 1 Oct., 1822, unm. ; she d. 16 Oct., 1775; EBENEZER, b. 4 Oct., 1744, Revolutionary soldier, m. (1) intentions 25 April, 1777, Mrs. Sarah Town of Sutton, m. (2) 10 Jan., 1784, Mary Wakefield of Sutton, m. (3) 20 Oct., 1787, Hannah Gary of Pomfret, he d. 13 July, 1794; LYDIA, b. 28 Sept., 1746, d. young; ABIGAIL, b. 6 Feb., 1749, m. Jonathan Pratt, Jr .; JONAS, b. 5 May, 1751, d. young ; LYDIA, b. 5 May, 1754, m. Ebenezer White of Dudley ; SUSANNA, b. 11 July, 1757, d. young; MARY, b. 21 Jan., 1760, m. Abner Allen of Charlton; SUSAN- NA, b. 31 Jan., 1762, m. (1) John Carroll of Sutton, they had a dau., m. John Howard, John, d. young, Henry, she m. (2) Dea. Aaron Elliot of Sutton, he d., she removed to Ox., where she d. 20 April, 1845, aged 83; REBECCA, b. 8 March, 1765, m. Joseph Sparhawk, no ch., she d. 1837; DORCAS, b. 24 Feb., 1769, m. 14 Jan., 1795, Gilbert Crane.
JOSEPH L., b. 16 July, 1800, at Montville, Conn., son of Micajah and Bet- sey (Latimer), came to Oxford in 1838, settled at Texas Village where he lived eight years, and bought in 1847 of Reuben Aborn, H. 130, a lot and built the house in which he resided until his death; blacksmith. He m. Oct., 1838, Finelia, dau. of Nathan Streeter of Southbridge, b. 1811. He d. aged 84, 2 March, 1885. . . . Children : JOSEPH L., b. 20 Sept., 1839, m. Sarah F. Put- nam of Worcester, where they settled, had ch .; ELIZABETH, b. 9 May, 1842, m. 1869, Lemuel W. Harris of Worcester, second wife, and had George W., b. March, 1870, residence, Worcester; JAMES E., b. 1 June, 1845, m. Jennie Ray of Woonsocket, R. I., merchant at Rochdale, resided in 1888 on the homestead.
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