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His family came to Oxford in 1873, and after his resignation he continued to reside here until his removal 1888 to Woodstock, Conn. He was naturally of a retiring disposition, never self asserting, but always ready to meet any reasonable demand upon his time and attention, and was punctilious in the performance of every task he undertook, whether of a public or private nature. He was of a genial temperament, much beloved by his associates of the G. A. R. and was a generous benefactor to that organization. Having inherited from his uncle, Hon. Lafayette S. Foster of Norwich, a con- siderable fortune he was able to give substantial aid to the needy, and his frequent quiet and unostentatious acts of this nature will cause him to be long and tenderly remembered by many in Oxford. Here as well as in Wood- stock he was in full sympathy with Church work, and took upon himself freely his share of its responsibilties, however much of time or money might be involved. In Woodstock especially he won a large circle of friends, and the expressions of esteem in the large gathering at his funeral (which was under the supervision of the Oxford G. A. R. Post) were profound and general.
He m. 2 June, 1870, at Vallejo, Cal., Mary H. Dunster, b. 16 March, 1850, at Pontiac, Mich ; they had FRED. D., b. 23 May, 1871; m. (2) 15 June, 1887, Alice M., dau. of Marvin W. Robinson; they had MARVIN F., b. 11 July, 1888 ; EUGENE S., b. and d. 1890; he d. 10 Sept., 1890, at Woodstock, Conn.
IDE, NATHAN, and Vida Wakefield, both of South Gore, m. intentions 22 April, 1797.
POLLY, and Bezaléel Wakefield, both of South Gore, m. int. 14 Oct., 1797.
LIBERTY, of South Gore, and Lucy A. Pollock of Thompson, Conn., m. intentions 11 Feb., 1829.
ESTHER, and Corliss Barrett, m. intentions 22 Nov., 1829.
INGRAHAM, SARAH E., aged 27, d. 8 Sept., 1865.
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INMAN, SANFORD A., b. 20 June, 1822, son of Edward, of Burrillville, R. I., came to Ox. 1845, settled in the east part, H. 9, farmer. He m. (1) 28 Nov., 1843, Marion S. Severy of Auburn, who d. aged 36, 7 Jan., 1859, m. (2) 20 May, 1860, Sophia N., widow of Eleazer Kelley, dau. of Amos Bigelow of Sutton. . .. Children by first m. : HENRY. A., b. 28 Oct., 1844, m. 1 Dec., 1867, Marion, dau. of Nathan Waters of Sutton, business in Boston, no ch .; FREDERICK A., b. 18 May, 1846, m. 4 Feb., 1874, Annie P. Wiggin of Boston, business in Boston; they had George S., b. 25 Nov., 1874; Harry B., b. 6 March, 1876; Frank A., b. 16 May, 1878; CAROLINE V., b. 2 Dec., 1848, m. 2 Dec., 1866, Lewis T. Carpenter, residence, Rochester, Minn .; they had Minnie M., b. 25 Nov., 1867; Sophia B., b. 16 March, 1869; Carrie M., b. 28 Oct., 1873; Mabel F., b. 6 Dec., 1874; NELSON S., b. 16 Dec., 1856, m. 5 Aug., 1879, Flora Marcy; they had Marion F., b. 8 July, 1880; Grace B., b. 11 Dec., 1882 ; Mary M., b. 20 Dec., 1884 ; Nelson M., b. 21 July, 1887; Eugene L., b. 24 Jan., 1889.
THOMAS L., of Sutton, and Rhoda Burton, m. intentions 18 Aug., 1844.
IVES, JOHN, taxed 1771, m. 1 Dec., 1772, Eunice Coller. . . . Children : JOHN, b. 4 June, 1775; SUSANNA, b. 30 Aug., 1778; SARAH, b. 14 Dec., 1781.
JACKSON, CALVIN, aged 74, d. 17 March, 1855.
JEFFORD, JOHN, w. Mary, had ALPHEUS, b. 5 Feb., 1774.
JENKINS, GEORGE H., aged 32, d. 9 Feb., 1869.
JENKS, SABRA B., m. n. Whiting, of Douglas, aged 58, d. 14 Feb., 1885.
JENNISON, ROBERT, of Watertown 1637, had SAMUEL, b. 1642, m. Judith Macombe; had with others ROBERT, b. 1684, m. Dorothy Whitte- more, removed about 1727 to Sutton; they had with others JOSEPH, m. Martha Twiss of Salem, was of Ox. June, 1771 [Court Records] ; DANIEL, b. 1 Sept., 1757, m. 29 Jan., 1778, Molly Putnam of Sutton, resided on Prospect Hill, now Auburn. . . . Children : MAVERICK, m. 25 May, 1802, Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Learned, removed to Binghamton, N. Y., d. 13 April, 1848, she d. 2 Sept., 1849, at Union, N. Y .; they had (first four b. at Ox.) Luther, b. 1803, m. Maria L. Putnam, residence, Binghamton; Learned, b. 1804, m. (1) Prudence Davis, m. (2) Lucy Patrick; Betsey, b. 1806, d. 1875, at Binghamton; Mary, b. 1808, d. 1877, at Natick, unm. ; Daniel, b. 1811, m. Joanna P. Taylor; Lydia, b. 1813, m. Stephen B. Fairchild of Great Barring- ton ; Ebenezer, b. 1815, m. Margarette Kirby, he d. 1867, at Chatham; John, b. 1817, m. Lydia A. Van Allen ; Lewis, b. 1824, m. Hannah Q. Allen, residence, Binghamton; GARDNER, settled and d. at Biddeford, Me., NATHANIEL, m. 30 Nov., 1797, Catharine Sibley, settled and d. aged 88, at Orange; JOSEPH, m. (1) Hannah Ryan, m. (2) Hannah Twiss, settled and d. at Auburn; ch. by first m. : Samuel, m. intentions 23 March, 1834, Roxana, dau. of Ambrose Stone, resided on the Daniel Jennison homestead, he d. 1 Jan., she d. 3 Jan., 1887; they had Sophia, b. 10 Nov., 1835, m. 19 June, 1859, Emory, son of Moses Ingraham of Coventry, R. I., residence, Ox. (had Harry B., b. 13 Nov., 1864) ; Emily A., b. 23 April, 1838; Daniel A., b. 5 June, 1840, residence, Missouri, had ch .; Boardman R., b. 1842, soldier, d. in a southern prison; Elmer R., b. 1844, m. Marietta, dau. of Lafayette Battey, resided at the home- stead, had ch .; Lucina, m. Leonard Richardson of Auburn, removed to New- port, N. H., had ch .; Maverick, b. 17 May, 1811, m. (1) 19 April, 1838, Hannah,
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dau. of Ebenezer Newton, b. 20 March, 1810, at Ox., she d. 10 Jan., 1860, m. (2) Elsie, widow of Jairus Sparhawk, he d. 30 July, 1872; ch. by first m. : Frances A., b. 20 Oct., 1841; Anna M., b. 2 Jan., 1845, m. Fred Hutchins, second w., residence, Thompson, Conn .; Hobart N., b. 15 Nov., 1849, m. 27 Nov., 1874, Henrietta Milliken of Biddeford, Me., residence, Worcester; Nancy, Minerva, m. Lewis Fitts; Daniel, m. 21 Feb., 1838, Julia A. Leach, shoe manufacturer at Ox., removed to Fitchburg, had ch .; Joseph, m. 24 March, 1847, Henrietta S. Tiffany of Douglas, soldier, killed at Ball's Bluff; Mary A., m. Sumner Sparhawk; by second m. : Chloe, m. -- Ackley ; Lewis, m. Clara Winch, residence, Auburn; John, d. young.
SAMUEL, two of this name, both men of some note, have resided at Ox., descended from ROBERT of Watertown. The line was ROBERT, SAMUEL, SAMUEL, WILLIAM, b. 1707, at Watertown, was graduated 1724 at Harvard, College, settled at Salem 1728, dismissed 1736, preached as supply, and was teacher at Westboro', and later at Worcester and Holden, returned to Water- town, d. 1 April, 1750. His son SAMUEL, of Ox., b. 1733, was in the French and Indian war, and Lieut. 18 Feb., 1756. About 1765 he was merchant at New London, Conn., and made voyages to the West Indies, removed to Douglas, m. (1) Naomi Everden, was in 1774 a prominent member of an assembly at Worcester to discuss public policy, member of the Provincial Congress 1774 from Douglas, made an effort to change the name of the town to his own, re- fused 11 Feb., 1771. [Douglas History.] In 1785 had come into reduced cir- cumstances, removed not far from 1784 to Ox., where he had the confidence of the people and was a useful citizen. [The following is from Bentley MSS., American Antiquarian Society : "1790, Jan. 2, letters are received from a Samuel Jennison of Oxford . .. begging charitable relief. He was a son of Rev. - Jennison, formerly of this parish."]
The following document from his pen is in the town archives and needs no explanation. It was written at a time of discouragement and perplexity as to the means of supporting religious institutions in Oxford :-
" Whereas the Glory of the Supreme Being, the Honour of the Christian Religion and the best Interest of Societies is greatly promoted by the Estab- lishment of an Orthodox ministry and as the Town of Oxford is Destitute by the Removall of the Revd. Mr. Bowman and as it appears to be the desire of a number that the Town should as soon as may be unite in the Call and Settlement of some Gentleman whose Erudition and sentiment in Religious Matters should Recommend him to their Affection and Esteem. But as the Town is under some Embarassment Occasioned by their Proportion of the Charges arrising on the prosecution of the late war; and other Incumbrances -They are not determined what method it would be most proper to persue for Effecting the same. But as we understand that a number of Towns in this and a Neighboring State have Devised Ways and means for Establishing a perpetual Fund for the Support of the Gospell with them without having Recourse to Taxation or the more uncertain dependence on a Free Contribu- tion for that purpose.
It is Therefore moved that a Committe be Chosen . . . whose business it shall be to go to some of the Towns before referred to and Enquire what mode they Respectively persued and how they Effected their plans, and make Report to the Town at some future meeting and also that the same Committee be desired in the mean time to provide preaching as they shall Judge proper Considering the present Inclement Season and the Difficulty that attends a considerable number's waiting on Divine Service on account thereof.
Oxford Dec. 22, 1784."
" To be Communicated to the Town at their meeting if thought proper." Endorsed " Mr. Jennison's Draught."
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He d. 18 Nov., 1790, no ch. His widow m. Josiah Wolcott. The eldest son of Rev. William, was Doctor William, b. 19 March, 1732, m. Mary Staples of Mendon, practiced medicine there and in Douglas, East Sudbury (where he was in 1783), and Brookfield, where he d. 8 May, 1798. His son SAMUEL was the lawyer of Oxford, b. 26 May, 1759, at Milford, was graduated at Harvard College 1774, at fifteen years of age, taught school at Westboro' the next win- ter. In the winter of 1776-7 he was at his father's house in Douglas and was offered a commission in the army by an officer who chanced to meet him there ; entered the United States service as a Lieutenant in June, 1777, and was at the taking of Burgoyne having at that time been promoted to Quartermaster in Nixon's Regiment. He served until July, 1779, when he was honorably dis- charged. In 1781, he engaged in trade in Brookfield, but was unsuccessful, and soon began the study of the law, and was duly admitted to the Worcester bar and began practice at Oxford, but remained here for a short time only, returning to Brookfield and later removed to Thomaston, Me., where he d. 1 Sept., 1826. He m. 1781, Sally, dau. of Rev. Nathan Fiske of Brookfield, and had NATHAN F., b. 1783, unm .; SALLY, b. 1785, unm .; SAMUEL, b. 1788; WILLIAM, b. 1790; the two latter were prominent and highly esteemed busi- ness men of Worcester.
ELIAS, and Hannah Twiss, both of Sutton, m. 16 June, 1748.
ANN, and Anthony Dike, m. 16 Jan., 1775.
MEHETABLE, Charlton, and Jonathan Chase, Sutton, m. 22 Jan., 1797.
TWISS, of Charlton, and Lydia Prince, m. 30 Nov., 1797. OLIVE, dau. of Elias, of Millbury, and Ezra Lovell, Jr., m. int. 7 Oct., 1815. MRS. HANNAH N., aged 50, d. 10 Jan., 1861.
ABIGAIL H., m. n. Penniman, aged 77, d. 29 June, 1863.
JEPHERSON, JEPHSON, PHILA, of South Gore, and Walter Brown of Uxbridge, m. intentions 26 Jan., 1811.
WILLIS, of South Gore, and Amy Jepherson of Douglas, m. int. 5 June, 1813. REUBEN, and Mary Kelley, both of South Gore, m. int. 14 Feb., 1821.
JEWELL, JOHN M., b. 24 Sept., 1739, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth, of Dudley, Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 18 Aug., 1764, Sarah, dau. of Jonas Pratt (?), settled on a 100-acre lot, part in Ox., part in Charlton, being Cox's, resided there nearly twenty years ; in 1771 the town sunk taxes because of "loss of his house and effects " [by fire ?], On 1 May, 1784, he quit- claimed 71 acres to Cox's agent, " being their property by right." In Dec., 1786, a suit for ejectment was brought and won. In Dec., 1792, he was of Ox. at which time there was a suit in court against him.
JEWETT, STEPHEN, b. 15 Oct., 1735, m. (1) 3 March, 1757, Mehetable, dau. of Timothy Harris, removed to Lanesboro', where she d. 25 Oct., 1772; m. (2) 15 Dec., 1774, Sarah Hatch, they had at Lanesboro' ten ch. . . Children, by first m. : DAVID, b. 30 June, 1758; ELIZABETH, b. 11 Feb .. 1761 ; TIMOTHY, b. 5 March, 1763; SILENCE, b. 27 Feb., 1765, brought up at Elisha Davis', m. 5 April, 1787, Samuel, son of Joseph Davis of Dudley, where they settled, and had Nancy, b. 1788, d. 1791; Samuel, b. 1790, m. Jane Benson, and removed to Ohio; Nancy, b. 1792, d. 1835, unm .; Aaron, b. 1794, m. Electa Mumford, settled and d. at Eastford, Conn .; Joanna .J., b. 1796, d. 1867, unm .; Mehetable H., b. 1798, d. 1815; Betsey, b. 1801, m. Levi Upham of Dudley ; Elsie, b. 1803, m. Ziba White, removed to Mendon, Mich.,
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where she d. 1871; JOANNA, b. 31 Dec., 1766; EZEKIEL, b. 18 Feb., 1769; ROGER, b. 5 Sept., 1771.
2. ROGER, son of Stephen (1), was brought to Oxford in infancy from Lanesboro', and lived in the family of his uncle Dea. Samuel Harris; wheel- wright; m. 28 June, 1795, Mary, dau. of Joseph Davis of Dudley, settled at Dudley; removed Nov., 1819, to Bondet Hill, H. 38, and in old age to Wood- stock, Conn., where he d. 2 Feb., 1852; she d. aged 68, 6 July, 1844, at Ox. . . . Children, b. at Dudley : SYLVIA, b. 14 Aug., 1796, m. 1821, John M. Pratt; POLLY, b. 9 Sept. 1798, m. 1819, Stephen R. Tenney of Hubbards- ton; JOHN, b. 2 Nov., 1800, m. (1) Esther C. Bates, m. (2) Mrs. Alice Conant of Dudley: woolen cloth manufacturer at Dudley many years with Aaron Tufts and later alone, from 1849 to 1857 president of the Oxford Bank, a successful business man; he d. 8 March, 1868, at Dudley; JOSEPH, b. 29 Jan., 1802, resided at Meredith, N. Y., and Florence, Mich., m. and had four daughters but no son to mature; he d. 27 July, 1876, at Florence; SARAH D., b. 26 Dec., 1804, m. Hiram Wakeman at Mendon, Mich., where they settled, no ch. ; SOPHIA, b. 28 Aug., 1808, unm. ; AZUBA, b. 28 Sept., 1811, m. 1837, Henry H. Ball, resided at Dudley and Charlton, soldier in the late war; he d. 21 April, 1879, she d. 27 April, 1879, both at Webster; they had Henry J., b. 1840, m. Susan Gale; Agnes E., b. 1844, m. Dresser T. Bates; Eugene A., b. 1848; ELIZA, b. 2 June, 1815, disappeared in 1863, not heard from.
DAVID, of Thompson, Conn., and Sarah Stevens of Dudley, m. 9 Oct., 1734. SUSANNA, and Joseph Upham of Dudley, m. 15 April, 1791.
JEDEDIAH, a physician, and w. resided at Ox., Feb., 1792.
SAMUEL, resided at Ox., Dec., 1793, clothier at south end of the Plain, w. Patty ; ch. : SAMUEL and ROYAL. Ox. records give a DAU., b. 16 Oct., 1794; SALLY, d. 13 March, 1795; SON, b. 22 July, 1796.
JOHNSON, SMITH, perhaps son of Smith, and grandson of Smith of Woodstock, Conn., b. 3 Dec., 1736, tanner; no record of estate in Ox., lived here at least from Nov., 1774, to Nov., 1778. Jonathan Gould of Woodstock, Conn., then owned the tannery near the North Common and he may have been tenant. In 1776, the town voted to build a workhouse " opposite Smith John- son's." In Nov., 1778, he bought 70 acres and a tan-yard on the west side of the " Great Pond" in Dudley, sold in 1783 to John Bates of Killingly, Conn., and later owned the tannery at Dudley Centre. He m. Sarah; had a dau. b. 5 Nov., 1774, the mother d .; m. (2) 5 Nov., 1776, Mrs. Abigail Amidown.
SMITH, m. 13 May, 1827, Mary, dau. of William Googins, and had WILLIAM S., b. 21 Jan., 1831; Smith, the father, d. at Ox., she m. (2) Alvan Stone.
LEWIS A., b. 6 Jan., 1813, at present Webster, son of Arnold of Thompson, Conn., m. 6 July, 1836, Lucy A. Larned of Northbridge. . . . Children : GEORGE E., b. 10 May, 1837, at Northbridge, unm .; ANN AUGUSTA, b. 14 April, 1839, at Northbridge, m. (1) W. Freeman, son of Walter L. Rosebrook, m. (2) Samuel, son of John Brown of Ox .; WILLIAM O., b. 27 July, 1841, at Worcester, d. 16 June, 1865; ALBERT E., b. 11 May, 1843, at Webster, m. 16 Oct., 1873, S. Luella, dau. of Fred. Hutchins of Thompson, Conn., and had Cora, b. 1874; MARY L., b. and d. 1844; FRED. F., b. 16 Sept., 1846, at Webster, soldier in the late war, d. 4 Dec., 1870, at Ox, ; ITHIEL T., b. 26 July, 1849, at Douglas, Methodist preacher; m. 24 June, 1891, Mary H. Law- rence of Charlestown; CHARLES W., b. 5 Sept., 1854, at Ox.
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AMOS, of Holliston, m. Aug., 1786, being then of Southboro', Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah Childs of Framingham, b. 30 April, 1766; AMOS, their son, was b. 1792, m. 27 Nov., 1816, Eunice Brintnell, b. 1 Jan., 1790, d. 29 Sept., 1875. He was a miller, and came from Saxonville to Ox. early in 1828 to take charge of the Oxford Woolen Company's grist-mill, remaining eight years, and removing 1836 to Boston to take charge of the Mill-dam mills, removing from Boston to Foxboro' 1851, resided there till 1882, when he went to New Haven, Conn., to live with his only surviving child, Angeline, wife of Fitz Henry Weld, m. 2 Oct., 1831. He was an exemplary man and much re- spected, selectman from 1833 to 1835. . . . Children : EVELINE and ANGELINE, b. 2 Oct., 1817, at Hopkinton; MARY JANE, b. 13 March, 1819, at Hopkinton; ELIZABETH, b. 2 April, 1820, at Southboro'; AMOS A., b. 21 July, -, at Hopkinton; JANE E., b. 21 Dec., 1827, at Framingham, d. 1834, all except the first two d. young.
MOSES S., b. 17 Dec., 1826, at Douglas, son of Pliny and Sophia (Albee), came to Ox. 1 April, 1859, shoe cutter, representative 1863, removed Oct., 1865, to Worcester, where he d. 17 April, 1883.
ALFRED, and Calista Wood, m. 8 Dec., 1828.
AMOS D., and Theodocia D. Walker, m. 10 Oct., 1830.
SILAS, aged over 30, d. 28 Sept., 1818.
MARY ANN, dau. of Benjamin, aged 14, d. 19 Feb., 1849.
MRS. MARY J., aged 27, d. 7 Sept., 1874.
JONES, JOSEPH B., m. intentions 21 May, 1784, Hannah, dau. of Peter Phillips. . . . Children : POLLY, b. 26 June, 1784, m. Simeon Smith; JOSEPH, b. 27 Nov., 1785, resided at Charlton.
JOHN, of Bellingham, and Mary Rockett, m. 17 Oct , 1751.
PHINEHAS, Revolutionary soldier.
BETSEY, of Paxton, and Stephen Streeter, m. intentions 12 Feb., 1826.
JESSE, tanner, bought a pew in the Meeting-house 1781, in 1786 the town voted not to sink his tax.
SOPHIA, m. n. May, of Woodstock, Conn., w. of Dexter W., aged 81, d. 29 April, 1880.
ELNATHAN, aged 76, d. 9 June, 1856.
JOP, JOHN, m. 7 April, 1763, Hannah Henshaw of Leicester, and had at Ox. JOHN, b. 14 Feb., 1764, occupied before May, 1766, a lot of a half-acre and a house on the main street, nearly opposite the town hall, joined the Church in 1764, lived in town at least five years, being here in Dec., 1768. He probably returned to Leicester. In 1794, being then of Winchester, Litch- field Co., Conn., he brought a suit in court at Worcester for services rendered at Leicester. [Court Record. There is no record of his purchase or sale of land. The next known owner of the before named estate was Abner Mellen, from whom it passed by mortgage to Andrew Sigourney. There appears no record of Mellen's purchase. There is a tradition that a man of eccentric habits lived at this place, who left town putting the estate into Mellen's possession to be cared for until his return. He never appeared and Mellen thus became the presumed owner. The fact that there are no records of purchase or sale would give strength to the assertion.]
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MARTIN, w. Catherine, resided at Ox. Dec., 1793.
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CATHERINE, aged 67, d. 2 March, 1814.
WILLIAM (Irish), aged 61, d. 8 April, 1861.
ELIZA B., m. n. Hart, of Auburn, aged 63, d. 6 March, 1869.
JOSLIN, ISRAEL, - perhaps a descendant of Egidius Josselyn, who, according to Burke, was a nobleman of Brittany, and emigrated to England in the time of Edward the Confessor,-came to America about 1718, m. Ruth Bayley, and settled at or near Hingham, and removed not far from 1725 to Thompson, Conn., where he d. 1761. He had a son ISRAEL, b. 30 Sept., 1719, m. Sarah (or Mary) Brown, and d. 24 Dec., 1800. Their fourth child was EDWARD, b. 4 Dec., 1746, and d. 20 Feb., 1822, he m. Elizabeth Alton, settled at Thompson, Conn., and was a sergeant in the Revolutionary war. His son JESSE, b. 18 March, 1780, m. Sibyl Bates, and d. 7 Aug., 1848. They had with others ELLIOT, b. 30 March, 1807, m. 30 March, 1830, Almira Davis, b. 9 Jan., 1811. He d. 27 Jan., 1876. She d. 17 Jan., 1890, at Ox. They had at Thompson, Conn. : ORRIN F., b. 14 Dec., 1831, m. 9 Aug., 1853, Helen E. Field, settled at Ox., successful shoe manufacturer, active in church affairs ; ALLEN L., b. 30 Aug., 1833; ABNER D., b. 29 Nov., 1837, prominent teacher in public schools at Jersey City, N. J .; ETHA E., and another, twins, b. 1844, d. 1845; HOWARD P., b. 5 April, 1852.
2. ALLEN L., son of Elliot (1), came to Ox. at 17 years of age to learn the shoe business, ten years partner with L. B. Corbin, and later head of the firm A. L. Joslin & Co. and doing a large and profitable business, president of Oxford National Bank, justice of the peace, State Senator in 1886, m. (1) 15 Sept., 1857, Lucretia M., dau. of Loriston Shumway, she d. 8 Jan., 1863, m. (2) 24 Oct., 1867, Sarah A. E., dau. of Abel Proctor of Peabody. . . . Children by first m. : ADA L., b. 26 Oct., 1858; HOMER S., b. 14 Dec., 1862, m. 13 May, 1885, Lillian May, dau. of Samuel C. Willis, Jr., settled at Ox., partner in shoe manufacture with his father; ch .: Philip W., b. 18 May, 1890; by second m. : ELLIOT P., b.6 June, 1869, was graduated 1890 at Yale, studying for a physician; ABEL PROCTOR, b. 7 Oct., 1875, d. 15 Aug., 1876.
MRS. MARY, aged 40, d. 9 July, 1875.
ESEK, b. 14 Jan., 1822, son of Sylvanus of Douglas, m. 1843, Huldah E. Hunt of Sutton, came to Ox., 1849, bought 1850 lot half a mile north of Centre, built his present residence; carpenter. . . . Children : JASON W., b. 17 July, 1847, residence, California; JULIA M., b. 20 Aug., 1849, m. Nov., 1865, George Benway, residence, Waupun, Wis., had ch .; SYLVANUS, b. 9 Sept., 1851, m. Oct., 1880, Mary E. Esten of Millville, residence, Detroit, Minn.
JOYCE, PETER, w. Sabrina, had HENRY C., b. 6 June, 1836.
KATHAN, ANNA, and Robert Tweed, m. intentions 1743.
KEACH, DR. BENJAMIN, resided here with family, May, 1766, taxed 1769.
KEEFE, MRS. MARGARET, aged 31, d. 22 Dec., 1860.
KEITH, CHARLES E., son of Royal, of Grafton, aged 66, d. 3 Nov., 1881.
KELLEY, ORRIN A., and Maria Laflin, m. intentions 29 Sept., 1833.
MERRICK I., aged 35, d. 5 Jan., 1858.
HARRIET A., m. n. Thayer, of Hardwick, aged 37, d. 14 Dec., 1859.
KEMP, HANNAH, of Dudley, and Hall C. Gleason, m. 26 Dec., 1824.
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KENDALL.
KENDALL, REV. THOMAS, Chapman in " Sketches of Dartmouth College Alumni," says, was from Framingham and d. at New Lebanon, N. Y., Dec., 1836, aged 91. Barry gives " Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary of Hopkin- ton, b. 1745." His mother was Mary Curtis. He was graduated at Dart- mouth 1774, studied with Rev. Daniel Emerson at Hollis in 1775, went on a mission with others to the Caghnawaga Indians, settled at Foxborough 25 May, 1786, dismissed 5 Feb., 1800, installed at Kingston, R. I., 29 Sept., 1802, dismissed 3 Nov., 1818, his last settlement; 29 Aug., 1800, bought the John Kidder farm, in the southwest corner of Millbury adjoining Ox., where his family resided while he preached at Kingston. He was chaplain in the war of 1812, and was granted land at Sharon, Vt., went there to possess it, found his title defective and got nothing. He went with his son to New Lebanon, N. Y., in 1820, where he spent his last years. He m. Ruth, dau. of Richard Waters of Sutton.
THOMAS, son of Thomas (1), b. 3 Aug., 1786, at Foxborough, m. (1) 7 April, 1808, Olive Crane of Ox., who d. 30 June, 1818; m. (2) Martha, dau. of Timothy Sparhawk of Ox. He d. 10 Dec., 1831. He was a well-read man and had remarkable inventive genius the widest known production of which is the ordinary thermometer, which from its cheapness and excellence for many years superseded largely other instruments of the kind in the country. He first learned the trade of blacksmith and later that of a machinist. He was also a millwright and at the erection of the Merino factory at Dudley planned and helped to construct the first water wheel, and set up and put in operation the machinery, and when the Ox. Central Manufacturing Company was organ- ized, in which he was a proprietor, he there did the same. The failure of this company brought him loss and discouragement, and he went in precarious health to the farm on the hill for recuperation. While here his fertile mind conceived the idea of making a cheap thermometer. The thought seemed com- pletely to possess him and no hindrances changed his purpose. A visit to an English maker in Boston gave him no encouragement, but with full faith in his final success he obtained a quantity of glass tubing which he took home and experimented upon until he had obtained his purpose, and was able to make an instrument of good quality at a low cost. The imperfection of all ther- mometers, not severally tested, arose from an unavoidable variation in the size of the tubes, and to meet this difficulty Mr. Kendall invented a machine which graduated the scale of each instrument exactly to match its calibre, , and thus secured a uniformity which it was impossible to obtain in the old method. By actual tests the best of English instruments hung beside them were found inferior. At the time of his decease foreign manufactures were almost entirely out of the market. This graduating machine was kept unpatented but secretly until his son David exposed it at Rochester. An in- ventor at Champaign, Ill., made slight improvements upon it, and it is now in use by all the makers in the country.
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