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2. CALVIN, son of Nathan (1), m. 16 Feb., 1825, Rebecca, dau. of David Prince, resided at the homestead, he d. 18 Dec., 1870, she d. 28 July, 1883. . . . Children : GEORGE, b. 7 Jan., 1826, d. 1828; NATHAN SUMNER, b. 20 Aug., 1827, d. 18 Jan., 1882, unm .; L. MARIA, b. 31 Dec., 1828; GEORGE C., b. 12 Sept., 1830, m. Louisa Bacon of Charlton, residence, Buffalo, N. Y., had ch .; AUSTIN, b. 26 Feb., 1832, d. 1833; AUSTIN, b. 1 May, 1835, m. 7 Sept., 1867, Theresa A. Holt of Chenango, N. Y., residence, near Binghamton, N. Y. ; had Mildred A., Nettie M., Nathan S .; JANE, b. 8 Oct., 1837, m. Lester H. Cudworth.
3. NATHAN WEBB, son of Nathan (1), m. intentions 1 Dec., 1817, Susan, dau. of Craft Davis, settled at Ox., removed to Webster and 1853 to South- bridge. He d. 2 Aug., 1855, she d. 12 Feb., 1880, both at Southbridge. . . . Children : KEZIAH, b. 9 Aug., 1818, m. Augustus E., son of Calvin Randall of Thompson, Conn., who d. 14 Jan., 1879, had ch .; SARAH, b. 2 Jan., 1821, m. George W., son of Roswell Hare of Woodstock, Conn .; SUSAN, b. 28 Nov., 1822, m. Benjamin Watkins of Webster, removed 1880 to Vineland, N. J .; MOSES, b. 18 June, 1824, d. 7 March, 1863, unm .; ANDREW, b. 22 Sept., 1834; WILLIAM, b. 15 May, 1838, m. 26 Nov., 1863, Nancy Powers, he d. 18 Sept., 1879; they had Miranda, Minnie, Moses, Andrew, Edith L.
4. DAVID, son of Nathan (1), m. 27 May, 1827, Almira Prince, sister of Rebecca, settled at Ox., he d. 5 April, 1847, she m. (2) Jeremiah Brown. . . Children : JULIA E., b. 19 Jan., 1828, m. 14 Sept., 1847, William Hills of Worcester, she d. 10 Sept., 1849; ANN J., b. 21 Sept., 1832, d. young; JUDSON W., b. 21 Sept., 1838, m. 27 June, 1872, Elizabeth St. John, residence, Worces- ter, and had George N., b. 19 March, 1873; she d. 1883; ANN J., b. 18 May, 1845, m. 2 Jan., 1865, Ozro J. Livermore, settled at Worcester; had Charles D., b. 1870; Arthur C., b. 1874, removed 1881 to Holyoke.
THADDEUS, son of John of Sutton, descended from John of Concord, b. 28 March, 1780 [Hall Gen.], was of Ox. 1804, m. 14 July, 1814, Lucy, dau. of Jonas Eddy, settled at her father's, H. 156, which estate he sold 1837, and re- moved to Millbury; blacksmith and scythe maker at old Eliott mill site. He d. 1855, at Millbury. Only child ORSON E., b. 13 Jan. 1815, m. (1) 27 May, 1836, Tirzah, dau. of Israel Sibley, residence, Detroit, Mich., dry goods mer- chant; she d. 7 Dec., 1835, at Detroit. [Ox. Rec.] He removed to New Or- leans, La., m. (2) 24 June, 1844, Emily D. Mudge, b. 30 Sept., 1827, at Port- land, Me. He continued trade at New Orleans, and d. there 25 Oct., 1871. Nine children, all by second marriage.
BENAIAH, w. and children, resided at Ox. May, 1752.
NOAH, of Killingly, Conn., and Lydia Brown, m. 24 April, 1759.
JOHN C., of Millbury, and Hannah Smith, m. 3 Nov., 1824. WILLIAM H., son of same, aged 2, d. 12 May, 1830. DOLLY, widow, aged 71, d. 1 Jan., 1827. PARIS, d. 16 Oct., 1832.
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SARAH, of Smithfield, R. I., and Daniel Angell, m. int., 28 July, 1839. NANCY C., and Loring D. Chaffee, of Thompson, Conn., m. 2 Jan., 1845. HARRIET, widow, aged 71, dau. of Simeon Jones, d. 4 May, 1876. CHARLES A., son of John P. and Harriet, aged 35, d. 16 May, 1876. URIEL, aged 82, d. 24 Sept., 1886.
HAMLIN, NATHANIEL, descendant of James, who came from London and settled at Barnstable 1639. They were of French descent, one HAMELIN having passed in 1066 from Normandy to England with William the Con- queror. JAMES had 7 children, the oldest being JAMES, who had 14 children, the eighth being EBENEZER, b. 1674. He had 7 children, the youngest being LEWIS, b. 1719, at Barnstable, m. 1739, removed, about 1740, to Lebanon, Conn., where his second child NATHANIEL was b. 29 Nov., 1741. Lewis, the father, returned to Barnstable where he d. 1755. In 1759, Nathaniel assisted in building boats at Albany, and perhaps at Lakes George and Champlain for General Amherst's expedition of that year. From May 2, 1760, to Jan. 15, 1761, still a minor, he served in Nova Scotia in the company of Capt. Bassett of Chilmark. He was of a company which, under sappers and miners from England, blew up the fortifications at Louisburg. In 1763 he removed from Barnstable to Wellfleet, where he was a boatbuilder. He m. 5 Dec., 1763, Sally Baker of Wellfleet and removed 1772 to Shrewsbury, and thence April, 1778, to Ox., settling at the Nathaniel Chamberlain place, H. 240. This estate he owned until 1796; in 1780 marched in Capt. Humphrey's company to R. I. on the alarm; in 1783-84 was collector of taxes. In the latter year, he and his son Theophilus were carpenters at Hallowell and Vassalboro, Me., Theophilus settled at Fort Village, later Augusta, the father returned after two or three years to Ox. The sons and daughter one after another removed to Hallowell, Me., and in 1795 the parents with Lot, the youngest, followed. Theophilus and Lewis became prominent citizens and business men of Augusta. After his removal to Augusta, Nathaniel made clocks, spinning-wheels and sleighs. In 1798, he bought the house in Augusta built by his son-in-law Isaac Carter, which he sold in 1829 to the County of Ken- nebec as a site for the present Court House. Throughout his long life he was highly respected for integrity and manliness. He d. 19 Jan., 1834, aged 92. His wife d. 4 July, 1830, aged 87. . . . Children : THEOPHILUS, b. 6 Dec., 1765, at Wellfleet, merchant, m. (1) 30 June, 1788, Sarah Rockwood of Ox., she d. 6 Dec., 1826; m. (2) Mrs. Jane Carter of Portland, he d. 5 April, 1842, at Augusta, 10 ch. ; MARY, b. 10 April, 1768, at Wellfleet, m. 25 June, 1789, at Ox., Joseph Burton of Augusta, she d. 24 May, 1848, at Augusta; OLIVE, b. 2 Nov., 1770, at Wellfleet, m. 28 Nov., 1793, Elias Craig of Augusta, she d. 25 Sept., 1848, at Fayette, Me .; LEWIS, b. 24 March, 1773, at Shrews- bury, m. 4 Sept., 1797, Eleanor Craig of Wrentham, farmer, selectman twelve years ; he d. 20 April, 1824, at Augusta, 8 ch .; SARAH, b. 19 Aug., 1775, m. 15 May, 1796, Isaac Carter of Augusta, she d. 25 May, 1839, at Augusta; PEREZ, b. 1 Oct., 1777, m. (1) Jan., 1799, Anna Prescott of Readfield, Me., carpenter, removed to Sidney; she d. 8 June, 1807; m. (2) Sarah Kendall; 10 ch. ; hed. 7 Sept .; 1860, at Augusta; NATHANIEL, b. and d. 1780, at Ox .; LOT, b. 3 May, 1782, at Ox., m. 9 Oct., 1806, Sarah Craig of Wrentham; clerk in a store at Augusta, later painter and glazier; noted for his integrity, for many years surveyor of lumber. He d. 24 Feb., 1869, at Augusta, 5 ch. The late Prof. Charles E. Hamlin of Cambridge, shortly before his death furnished the main facts here given.
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HAMMOND, ELIJAH, son of Aaron, of Charlton, a. 68, d. 17 June, 1875.
HANCOCK, CAPT. WILLIAM, son of Anthony and Ruth, of Wrentham, formerly of Dorchester, b. 1 March, 1703, was of Wrentham in 1754, and cap- tain of militia; came to Ox., probably before 1760, as tenant of the heirs of Dudley upon entailed lands in the south part of the town, the residence being below the bridge on the Webster road, H. 58, house removed. There is a tra- dition that he had been in the West India trade and by a storm at sea had lost a valuable cargo which reduced his means. He had more than ordinary ability and stood high with his townsmen. In 1777, a period in which wis- dom, firmness, and patriotism were demanded, being then seventy-four years of age, he was chosen Representative and was re-elected; was also chairman of selectmen. He m. Hannah He d. aged 87, 8 March, 1789, she d. 28 Dec., 1791, aged 78. . . . Children, b. at Wrentham : RUTH, b. 6 June, 1734, m. 7 Oct., 1752, Jeremiah Clark of Medfield; ENOCH, b. 13 Feb., 1736; DAVID, b. 26 Feb., 1740; MARY, b. 1742, d. 1746; BETTY, b. 19 May, 1745, m. 9 Jan., 1766, Lewis Whiting; PAUL, b. 5 Jan., 1748; SARAH, b. 8 Aug., 1750, m. intentions 29 March, 1775, at Ox., Solomon Cook; ALLEN, b. 5 April, 1754, at Wrentham, m. 1 Jan., 1789, Lucy, widow of Samuel Corbin, of Thompson, Conn., dau. of William Larned of Dudley, settled at Ox., removed about 1800 to Dudley where both died. He d. 11 Oct., 1848, she d. 12 March, 1836. He was in Capt. John Town's company and marched on Lexington alarm,-captain of militia at Ox., and for eight years, between 1787 and 1797, assessor, one of the administrators of estate of Josiah Wolcott, and was much esteemed; they had at Ox. Hannah, b. 28 Sept., 1789, m. William Larned of Dudley ; William, b. 28 June, 1792, colonel of militia and a leading citizen at Dudley for many years; Elizabeth D., b. 13 Oct., 1794, m. Elisha Knight; Allen, b. 25 June, 1798, m. Zenucia Day, colonel of militia, an independent farmer of Dudley; he d. 23 Sept., 1882; CHLOE, b. 16 Dec., 1756, m. Jacob Shumway.
GEORGE, and Mary Plunkett, m. intentions 13 Dec., 1835.
HANDY, ASA, of Burrillville, R. I., and Esther Corbin of South Gore, m. 12 July, 1818.
HANNAWAY, PETER (Irish), aged 90, d. 19 March, 1884.
HANSON, CLARISSA J., m. n. White, of Charlton, a. 43, d. 22 June, 1862.
HARBACK, HENRY, of Sutton, and Mrs. Sarah Prince, m. 20 July, 1780. PALMER, son of Daniel, of Sutton, aged 78, d. 30 Oct., 1884.
HARBOTTLE, JAMES, son of James, b. 6 Jan., 1803, at Trowbridge, Eng., came 1827 to America, in 1832 to Ox., and was employed at Ox. Woolen Co.'s mill, removed 1846 to Ware; m. (1) in England, Eliza Sims ; m. (2) 1829, at Fishkill, N. Y., Mary Buckley, she d. May, 1858, at Ware. Hed. Aug., 1864, at Little Falls, N. Y., while on a visit. He was a man of ready wit. It is related that one morning as he was entering the mill at Ox. a little late, the agent Capt. DeWitt, met him and noting his tardiness, in his quiet, pleasant manner, remarked, "Mr. Harbottle, that bell when it rings is a call to all." " Yes," replied Harbottle, "and so you know Jesus Christ died for all, but they don't all come, do they, Captain?" This was before DeWitt had united with the Church. He was greatly amused at the retort, and the conversation was dropped. . . . Children, by first m. born in England : HARRIET, b. June, 1823, m. Isaac Viles, residence, Dover, N. H .; THOMAS, b. 1825, m. Helen
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McIntosh, residence, Brooklyn, N. Y .; by second m. : WILLIAM, b. 30 June, 1831, at Fishkill, N. Y., d. June, 1856, at Ware; JAMES, b. 13 June, 1833, and all younger, at Ox., m. Helen S. Tracy, resided at Ware, changed his family name to Edmonds ; they had Fred C., b. 29 March, 1863, residence, Brooklyn, N. Y., machinist; Albert W., b. 23 March, 1866; Mary F., b. 9 March, 1870; JOHN, b. 4 July, 1835, d. March, 1857, at Ware; PHILIP, b. and d. 1837; MARY, b. Jan., 1840, d. Dec., 1857, at Ware; ROSE A., b. and d. 1844.
HARDING, AMOS, b. about 1768, came from Franklin to Ox. 1797, settled on Long Hill, at the Daggett place, H. 159, d. there; he m. 13 Oct., 1789, Han- nah Baker of Franklin. He d. 21 Sept., 1840, she d. 19 Sept., 1838, aged 72.
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SAMUEL, b. about 1791, m. Catherine Cummings of Ward; he d. 3 March, 1856 ; she m. (2) Benjamin Putnam, she d. 3 July, 1870; ch., Elisha, b. 1840, at Auburn, d. 25 Feb., 1852; AMos, settled at Alstead, N. H .; HANNAH, d. aged 59, 31 Oct., 1858, unm .; MARY B., m. 1 Dec., 1830, James G., son of George Bacon.
CHARLES L., relative of Amos (1), b. May, 1814, at Franklin, son of Lewis and Irene (Hartshorn) and grandson of Elisha of Franklin, who m. Ruth Haven of Sharon. Three sons, CHARLES L., WILLIAM C., and GEORGE W., came to Ox. from Blackstone in 1847, Charles L. having bought the thread factory property. He learned wool manufacturing at South Walpole, and soon after his majority became part owner of a mill at Millville where he remained about seven years, coming thence to Ox. In 1852 he sold to Col. Buffum, and removed to Winooski, Vt., purchasing a large mill of fifteen sets which he operated ten years successfully, becoming wealthy; removed 1862 to Cam- bridge and in 1866 began trade as a commission merchant in Boston, in which he prospered, he being the head of the house, and his son Edgar a part- ner. His brothers removed with him to Vermont, and later were manufac- turers at Ludlow, Vt., wool merchants in Boston, and afterward were in trade in New York. He m. 1840, Julia A. Bowen; he d. April, 1891; their only surviving child Edgar, was b. 1844, in partnership with his father in Boston.
EDWIN D., son of George W., aged 5, d. 15 July, 1851.
HARKINS, NOAH, Revolutionary soldier.
HARRINGTON, SARAH D., m. n. Congdon, of Newport, aged 78, d. 4 July, 1878.
HARRIS, ROBERT, of Roxbury 1643, m. 24 Jan., -, Elizabeth Boffee or Boughey, had with others DANIEL, b. 14 May, 1652, m. 14 June, 1682, Joanna Brown, resided at Brookline; had with others TIMOTHY, b. 20 June, 1696, m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Stearns of Dedham [he first met her, on a summer noon, asleep, leaning upon his anvil, he being a blacksmith], resided at Watertown, removed 1733 to Ox., having bought the old mill at the south end of the Plain; had a shop many years on Main Street near the road to Fort Hill. He d. aged 80, 25 Feb., 1777, she d. aged 86, 3 Feb., 1785. . Children, first four b. at Watertown : SAMUEL, b. 14 Sept., 1725; MARY, b. 25 Aug., 1727, m. Elisha Davis; ANNA, b. 4 Feb., 1729, m. intentions Nov., 1751, Jonathan Woodward of Plainfield, Conn. ; ABIJAH, b. 25 Nov., 1732; MEHETABLE, b. 3 Aug., 1735, at Ox., m. Stephen Jewett; ELIZABETH, b. 1741,
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d. 1742; as believed, another dau., not recorded, m. - Ingoldsby of New York State.
2. SAMUEL, son of Timothy (1), m. 27 Aug., 1752, Margaret Robbins, b. 1731; town clerk from 1776 to 1798, several years selectman and assessor, and 12 years town treasurer, deacon of the Church from 1771 to his death, guardian of the Dudley Indians 1778, lived on the homestead, an honored and useful man; d. 28 Aug., 1798, she d. aged 76, 23 Dec., 1807. . . . Children : ELIZABETH, b. 1753, d. 1754; JONATHAN, b. 1754, d. 1758; ASA, b. 1756, d. 1769; MOSES, b. 1758, d. 1769; JONATHAN, b. 13 May, 1760; ABIJAH, b. 1762, d. 1769 ; TIMOTHY, b. 1764, d. 1769; MARY, b. 1766, d. 1769; ANNA, b. 14 Aug., 1768; m. David Nichols (two ch. only lived to maturity).
3. ABIJAH, son of Timothy (1), m. 18 Dec., 1760, Sarah, dau. of Abial Lamb, lived for a time at the south'end of the Plain, 30 rods west of the main street, in the rear of H. 214, house removed. In 1774 he bought and occupied the present almshouse farm; an industrious farmer, a leading Uni- versalist; on a certain day seeing a shower coming, he, it is said, touched fire to a lot of hay he was harvesting that it might not be wet for the third time; Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm, Lieut. of militia. He d. 14 Nov., 1810, she d. aged 81, 28 March, 1824. . . . Children : ELIZABETH, b. 1762, d. young : SARAH, b. 1768, d. young; ASA, b. 1 June, 1771; SARAH, b. 1776, d. 1785.
4. ASA, son of Abijah (3), m. (1) 7 Nov., 1793, Sarah, dau. of John Mayo, settled on the homestead, she d. 24 Feb., 1794, m. (2) intentions 8 Jan., 1795, Dolly, dau. of Jonathan Day of Dudley, she d. 29 April, 1817, aged 41, m. (3) 10 Aug., 1817, Hopestill, widow of Moses Phipps. He d. (throwing himself into his well in a fit of insanity), 23 July, 1819. Capt. of cavalry .. . . Children, all by second m. : SARAH, b. 11 Dec., 1796, m. Hollis DeWitt; DAY, b. 23 July, 1809, m. 14 April, 1845, Susan D., dau. of Asa Cutler, settled at Ox., removed 1847 to Webster, thence to Putnam, Conn., where he d. 12 Jan., 1881; they had Frank C., dealer in ship stores, New York; ELIZABETH, b. 24 Jan., 1813, d. 22 Oct., 1830; LUCIAN, b. 14 July, 1815, m. 21 March, 1842, Mary Ann, dau. of Dr. Charles Negus of Webster, where they settled, and had Eliza M., b. 16 Feb., 1844, d. 12 Feb., 1862; Charles L., b. 18 Jan., 1852, m. 3 Nov., 1880, Addie M., dau. of William Robbins of Charlton, and had Florence A., b. 12 Feb., 1883, resided with his father at Webster.
5. JONATHAN, son of Samuel (2), Revolutionary soldier, m. 14 June, 1781, Huldah, dau. of Isaac Town, settled on the homestead, was considerably in public life, town clerk from 1798 to 1812, collector of State taxes, and for many years from June, 1797, coroner. He had a discriminating mind, and frequently acted as advocate in justice's court. He d. 24 Jan., 1830, she d. 28 Sept., 1834. . . . Children : SAMUEL, b. 28 June, 1782; MARY, b. 7 Feb., 1784, m. Peleg Foster; SARAH, b. 17 March, 1786, m. Charles Town; ISAAC, b. 24 May, 1788; ELIZABETH, b. 1790, d. 1792; RUFUS, b. 12 April, 1792; LUCY, b. 24 July, 1794, d. 10 Aug., 1813; SYLVANUS, b. 27 July, 1796; HULDAH, b. 1 Aug., 1798, m. Seth Daniels; JONATHAN, b. 1801, d. 1803; NANCY, b. 20 Nov., 1803, m. Davie B. Kingsbury.
6. SAMUEL, son of Jonathan (5), m. 6 Aug., 1820, Elizabeth, dau. of Sylvanus Town; carpenter, a man of good judgment, a leading Freemason, musician, resided in several places in Ox. and vicinity, spent his later years on a farm in Holland, d. 1 March, 1851, she d. at the home of her son Samuel F., at Trempealeau, Wis., 7 Oct., 1866. . . . Children : SAMUEL F., b. 5 June,
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1821, removed about 1843 to Wisconsin, m. 2 Aug., 1846, Adaline F., dau. of Philander Hall of Pittstown, N. Y., miller at Wauwatosa, Wis., until 1858, removed to Trempealeau, Wis., was a merchant and steamboat agent three years, removed 1861 to Galesville, Wis., owned a mill, and was County treasurer. On 23 June, 1866, he lost his property by a flood, and removed for a short time to a farm but returned to Trempealeau in 1869 and began trade in agricultural tools, which he continued to his decease, 4 Feb., 1882. He was a worthy man, active in Church affairs and an efficient worker in the temperance cause; WILLIAM H., b. 1 March, 1823, m. 26 Aug., 1849, Helen A. Wallace of Holland, where they settled, deacon of the Congregational Church, supt. of Sunday-school, and for many years school committee, she d. in the spring of 1888, m. (2) Mrs. Rosetta [Back] Plimpton of Florence, their present residence ; ch. by first m. Adella E., b. 18 Nov., 1850, m. 1869, Newton Wallace, and had ch. ; SYLVANUS J., b. 27 Oct., 1824, m. 30 April, 1848, Sarah J. Bond of Holland, removed about 1854 to Wisconsin, he d. 1884, at Galesville, Wis., blacksmith, soldier in the late war in a Wis. Regt .; they had Sarah J., b. 28 April, 1849, at Holland; Caroline F., b. 23 March, 1851, at Warren, m. 17 April, 1873, Orin F. McIntire, she d. 15 June, 1874, at Southbridge; Samuel F., b. 22 Feb., 1853, at Charlton; Adaline, b. 1856, d. 1857; Charles H., b. 22 Dec., 1858, at Galesville, Wis .; William W., b. 13 Jan., 1866; CAROLINE E., b. 15 Sept., 1827; DARIUS, b. 1 Sept., 1832, m. 16 May, 1858, Susan C. Lawton of Chaplin, Conn., settled at Shelburne Falls, removed to Sturbridge, foreman in an auger and bit factory at Fiskdale, Sturbridge; they had Kate E., b. 16 Feb., 1859, m. Aug., 1879, Charles E. Bird; Alice L., b. 8 April, 1863, m. 1886, Eaton S. Hitchcock; Madella, b. 6 Dec., 1867, m. June, 1887, Henry L. Wheelock of Brookfield, she d. early in 1889; Corabell, b. 24 Dec., 1869; Lura M., b. 2 April, 1881.
7. ISAAC, son of Jonathan (5), m. (1) 26 March, 1809, Phebe Marsh of Dudley, settled at Ox., removed about 1815 to Bethel, Me., thence soon to Milan, N. H., and when considerably in years to Huntington, Vt., she d. 12 April, 1821, at Milan, m. (2) 27 Aug., 1821, Esther Bickford; farmer. He d. at Huntington, 13 April, 1876. . . . Children by first m., first three b. at Ox. : MARY, b. 17 Feb., 1810, m. William Fogg of Milan, N. H .; AMOS, b. and d. 1812; LUCY, b. 27 March, 1814, m. Gilman Twichell of Milan ; CELIA, b. Dec., 1816, at Bethel, Me., m. (1) Rufus Stockwell of Millbury, m. (2) Hiram Willis, removed to Indiana, where she d. Dec., 1848; ISAAC, b. 1820, d. 1821; ch. by second m. : PHEBE, b. Aug., 1822, m. William Cockle of Huntington, Vt., had ch .; RUFUS, m. Hannah A. Wheeler, had ch .; ESTHER, b. May, 1828, m. Willis Welles of Richmond, Vt., had ch .; CYRUS, b. Dec., 1830, m. Lucinda Wood, had ch .; HULDAH, b. May, 1833, m. Reuna Wood, had ch .; ISAAC, b. Aug., 1837.
8. RUFUS, son of Jonathan (5), m. (1) April, 1818, Susan, dau. of Benja- min Witt of New Braintree, she d. aged 34, 24 Jan., 1831, m. (2) 11 July, 1832, Mary, sister of Rev. Ebenezer Newhall, he d. 16 March, 1833, she m. (2) Peter Shumway; farmer, built the house at the lower end of the Plain, H. 213, removed to take charge of the weaving-room at the Oxford Woolen Company's factory, continuing until his death. . . . Children : ARCHIBALD C., b. 16 Dec., 1819, m. (1) 22 Aug., 1843, Mary L., dau. of Phinehas T. Bartlett, resided at North Ox. and Dudley, removed to Vermont, carried on many years a large stock farm at Shoreham, where he was partner of Benja- min E. Bates of Boston, removed thence to Crown Point, N. Y., and later to
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Framingham and Worcester; his w. d. Feb., 1883, at Toledo, O., at her sister's residence, he m. (2) 28 April, 1884, Jane, wid. of E. P. Lindsey, m. n. Ware, of Worcester, where they reside; ch. by first m .: Edward S., d. young; Charles F., b. 1852, at Dudley, d. 22 Aug., 1873, at Rockville, Conn. ; Susan L., b. 29 Jan., 1861, at Shoreham, Vt., m. Charles, son of Lewis W. Spauld- ing, her second cousin; LUCY ANN, b. 3 July, 1821, d. 26 Aug., 1841, at Springfield; STERNS D. W., b. 15 Oct., 1823, m. 30 July, 1846, Lucy G., dau. of Joseph Davis of Templeton, no ch., he d. 4 or 5 Aug., 1874, at Fabyan's, White Mountains, N. H., she d. 4 March, 1881, at Winchendon. He was of sterling character and good business ability, for a time in shoe manufacturing at Ox. and several years agent of the Rock Co.'s Woolen Mill at Rockville, Conn., went thence to a farm in the western part of Framingham, and d. while on a tour in New Hampshire.
9. SYLVANUS, son of Jonathan (5), m. 28 Jan., 1826, Lucretia Under- wood of Pomfret, Conn., resided at H. 213, the home of his brother Rufus; cabinet-maker and carriage-maker, considerably in public life, selectman, representative, justice of the peace, town clerk. He d. 14 Sept., 1879, she d. 12 Aug., 1884, aged 80. . . . Children : EDWIN, b. and d. 1828; JOHN L., b. 11 Nov., 1829, m. 1 July, 1853, Mary A. Logan, settled at Webster, where he d. 25 Sept., 1888; they had Fred J., b. 5 Sept., 1864; DAVID NELSON, b. 15 Oct., 1832, m. 7 March, 1854, Martha M. Thayer, no ch., soldier in the late war, he. d. 26 Nov., 1887 ; JANE, b. and d. 1836.
WILLIAM, " a stranger," killed on the railroad, 8 June, 1847.
MARIA P., dau. of Ebenezer Brown, aged 39, d. 19 April, 1853.
HART, JAMES, JR., Worcester, and Lydia Bellows, m. int. Mar. 16, 1765. JOHN, of Leicester, and Sarah Singletary, m. 26 Oct., 1775.
MICHAEL, of Dudley, and Mary A. Noon, m. intentions 30 March, 1835. MARTHA, and John D. W. Moore, m. 26 Aug., 1849.
HARTWELL, WILLIAM, of Concord 1636, quartermaster, b. in Kent Co., England; had, with others, SAMUEL, b. 26 March, 1645, m. 26 Oct., 1665, Ruth Wheeler, and had SAMUEL, b. 6 Oct., 1666, m. 23 Nov., 1692, Abigail Stearns. They had ISAAC, b. 22 Nov., 1703, at Concord, removed to Bedford, and thence in 1734 to Ox., North Gore, where he bought 100 acres and three acres additional on which stood the " Livermore " house, named from Daniel, grantee of land from the State. Samuel, a brother of Isaac, resided at Stoughton in 1732, and with his son Jonas died there, 1760, of small-pox. Isaac was a man of energy and ability and was captain of a military company of nine men in the Gore, denominated the " nine pins," was a soldier in the French war, an ardent patriot in the Revolution, but being seventy years of age could not do military duty.1 He, however, showed his spirit by one day taking down, from its perch in the old kitchen, his flint-lock musket, which was in need of repair, and mounting his horse and riding to the shop of the
1 The following is extant :-
"To Sergt. James Meriam, your forth with Required to notify and warne Capt. Isaac hert- well to Sarve in the Contanental army, Eight Months or get Sum Good abele Bodied man in his Room & Stid, or pay Fifteen Pounds in twenty-four ours by Spchal orders from Corte. Oxford, Sept. the 22: 1777.
JOHN TOWN, Capt."
On 15 Aug., General Court had passed a re- solve making it binding on all males over 16 years of age if required, to do military duty or send a substitute, or pay £15 fine, drafts to be made from "trained bands, alarm lists and all others." See Hartwell receipts under " Revolu- tionary war."
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HARTWELL.
noted gunsmith Thomas Earle of Cherry Valley and waiting through the day without dinner for it to be put in order. He was a firm friend of Gen. Learned and two days after his march to Cambridge, April, 1775, sent (as his account book records) 26} pounds of salt beef and 15 pounds of cheese to the army.1
He was a successful farmer, a leading article of production being cider. He owned three hundred acres of land and large orchards. He m. (1) Abigail, widow of Benjamin Bacon of Bedford, in whose employ he had been before coming to Ox. ; m. (2) 20 Jan., 1737, widow Mary Cowdry of Concord, she d. aged 69, 14 Oct., 1772.2 He m. (3) 14 July, 1773, Mrs. Phebe Brewer, had no children to live to manhood. He d. 6 Dec., 1786, and was buried in the ceme- tery near his residence.
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