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13. JOSEPH, son of Theodore (12), Revolutionary soldier, m. 16 Jan., 1760, Elizabeth, dau. of Roger Amidown, she d. aged 82, 16 April, 1816. . . . Children : SAMUEL, b. 18 Nov., 1760; ELIZABETH, b. 3 Sept., 1763 ; m. Ezekiel, son of Benj. Davis; MARY and MARTHA, b. 30 Oct., 1764; Mary, m. 20 Jan., 1795, Phinehas Sargent of Leicester, removed west; Martha, m. Calvin Far- num of Connecticut, removed west; LucY, b. 5 June, 1767, m. intentions 19 April, 1795, David Cudworth of Freetown, son of Charles and Mary; JOSEPH and JEMIMA, b. 21 May, 1769; Joseph, m. Martha, dau. of James Wallis of Douglas ; Jemima, m. 25 Nov., 1790, Sylvester May of Gloucester, removed to Cazenovia, N. Y .; SARAH, b. 21 Oct., 1772, m. intentions 23 Dec., 1797, Archelaus, son of Jacob Kingsbury.
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14. SAMUEL, son of Joseph (13), m. 29 Dec., 1790, Sophia, dau. of Col- lins Moore; Revolutionary soldier in Green's Co., 1775, said to have been in the Saratoga battles. He d. 29 Jan., 1823, lived near John Larned on the road to North Village, Webster. . . . Children : SAMUEL, b. 12 Aug., 1791, m. in- tentions 9 Nov., 1818, Lucy Ann Plummer. of Killingly, Conn. ; had Emeline F., b. 4 Aug., 1819 : NANCY, b. 21 March, 1794, m. 1 May, 1814, James Wallis, Jr., resided and d. at West Brookfield; SYLVIA, b. 6 April, 1798, d. young ; SYLVIA, b. 10 Nov., 1803, m. Joseph Beaumont, settled and d. in Dudley ; MATILDA S., b. 26 Oct., 1810, m. Asa Bartlett of Webster, where they re- sided; had Edwin, manufacturer at North Ox .; Amos, Captain in the late war in the 15th Mass. Regt. ; Harriet M., m. A. J. Bates; SARAH, b. 8 Nov., 1816, d. 21 Dec., 1831.
15. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (13), m. 27 June, 1822, Martha, dau. of James Wallis of Douglas, lived on the homestead. . . . Children : LUCY, b. 3 March, 1825, d. unm. ; DAVID, b. 22 Oct., 1826, m. (1) Statira Rawson, she d. 21 Nov., 1867; he removed to Chicago, Ill., m. (2) 26 April, 1868, Ellen Kearns; JOSEPH, b. 13 April, 1834, m. 30 Aug., 1871, Mrs. Almira Grout of Ox., no ch., she d. 16 Nov., 1879. He resided on the homestead.
16. JACOB, son of Theodore (12), m. (1) 10 March, 1766, Hannah Parker of Douglas, settled on a part of his father's farm north of the homestead, she d. 25 Feb., 1803; m. (2) intentions 28 April, 1804, Mary, widow of James Hovey Davis. He d. aged 93, 3 Nov., 1836, she d. 30 Nov., 1829. . . . Chil- dren : REBECCA, b. 28 Nov., 1766, m. intentions 19 March, 1789, Nathan Raw- son; SUSANNAH, b. 16 Aug., 1768; EPHRAIM, b. 27 June, 1770; ARCHELAUS, b. 23 Feb., 1772, m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Kingsbury, removed to Booneville, N. Y., d. there, four ch .; HANNAH, b. 1 July, 1774, d. 1 April, 1859, unm. ; RUTH, b. 1776, d. 1779; LoIs, b. 30 Sept., 1778, m. Jonathan Mayo; LYDIA, b. 28 Feb., 1781, m. 21 Sept., 1806, Josiah, son of Elijah Moore of Brookfield, N. Y. ; JACOB, b. 30 Nov., 1784 (?) d. aged 38, 6 April, 1823, unm.
17. EPHRAIM, son of Jacob (16), m. (1) 15 Nov., 1797, Rachel, dau. of Reuben Robinson, she d. 1 Feb., 1810; m. (2) intentions 26 June, 1814, Abigail Taft of Uxbridge. He d. 17 April, 1823; lived at or near the homestead. . . Children : POLLY, b. 6 Nov., 1799, m. Alanson Taft; ALFRED, b. 1801, d. 1803; ELISHA, b. 7 Sept., 1803; ALFRED, b. 1 Aug., 1805; EPHRAIM, b. 1 Dec., 1807, m. (1) Melita, dau. of Japheth Cortis, no ch., m. (2) Nancy, dau. of Dr. Tiffany of Webster, no ch., resided and d. at Thompson, Conn .; LYDIA, b. 9 June, 1809, m. 14 Feb., 1827, Evander Taft of Uxbridge, had ch.
18. ELISHA, son of Ephraim (17), m. 15 Feb., 1824, Lucy Pierce of Hol- den ; lived near the mill on Sucker Brook. . . . Children : RACHEL, b. 1828, d. 1832; DARIUS, b. 5 Sept., 1830, unm., residence, Victoria, B. C .; LAURA, b. 7 Oct., 1833, m. William Carpenter of Thompson, Conn, she d. 15 Feb., 1883, no ch. ; JAMES, b. 24 May, 1835, m. Jan., 1858, Fanny Kenney of Thompson, prominent at Thompson, town clerk, justice of the peace, postmaster, trader; GEORGE, b. 29 Oct., 1838, m. 31 Oct., 1857, Harriet S. Hall of Dudley, lived on the homestead, had Emma A., b. 28 June, 1858; Mabel, b. 25 Dec., 1863.
19. ALFRED, son of Ephraim (17), m. 7 March, 1826, Sophia, dau. of Dr. Jonathan H. Learned; an ingenious mechanic, overseer of weaving at Ox. Woolen Co.'s and other mills, lived at Augutteback Village in his later years, d. there 12 Oct., 1872; she d. 28 Oct., 1881. . . . Children : ALFRED H., b. 30 April, 1827, m. 13 April, 1851, Harriet N., dau. of Lemuel Bingham of Gilsum, N. H .; ALBERT L., b. 16 Dec., 1828, m. 30 Dec., 1855, Ann M. Stod-
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dart of Cohasset, many years policeman in Boston, one dau., b. 1864, d. young ; ANNIS S., b. 3 July, 1831, d. 28 Aug., 1861; AMELIA M., b. 1 Sept., 1837, d. 22 July, 1868.
MARY, and Phinehas Sargent of Leicester, m. 20 Jan., 1795.
KINSLEY, JAMES H., and Alice, had MARY A., b. 21 Feb., 1842.
KIRBY, MRS. JANE, aged 19, d. 5 Oct., 1865.
MARY R., widow, aged 68, d. 10 Nov., 1885.
KNEELAND, NEALAND, BENJAMIN, one of the thirty English settlers, came from Framingham, w. Abigail; had in F., JOHN, b. 18 June, 1710, and at Ox., JOSEPH, b. 8 May, 1714. His home lot was on the south side of the mill brook, adjoining the Humphrey farm on the east; not now a homestead. He sold 29 Jan., 1717, having then removed to Hebron, Conn. On 9 June, 1725, the Connecticut assembly granted to Benjamin Kneeland and others of Hebron an abatement of taxes. [Conn. Rec.]
KNIGHT, ELISHA, and Mary Carter, m. intentions 4 Oct., 1800.
KNOWLAND, POLLY, and Amos Wakefield, both of South Gore, m. int. 23 Aug., 1783.
MOSES, Revolutionary soldier, 45 months in Capt. Moore's company.
KNOWLTON, ASAHEL, and Sophronia, had SARAH S., b. 19 Sept., 1836.
LACKEY, WILLIAM, from Waltham, w. and child, "sojourned at William Brown's " April, 1753, in Ox. Aug., 1756, and 1764, sergeant in French war, had land granted him. [See Blaney.]
RACHEL, and two children, in Ox. 1757.
NAHUM, of Sutton, and Mary Lucy Sibley, m. 31 May, 1812.
ALBERT, son of Samuel of Westboro', d. aged 65, 5 Jan., 1871.
LADD, ELIZABETH, m. n. Worseley, d. 16 March, 1860.
LAFLIN, JOSEPH, m. (1) 12 July, 1753, Phebe Wilson, settled in west part of Ox., now Charlton; had JAMES, b. 1753, d. 1754; she d. 7 Dec., 1753; m. (2) 21 Nov., 1754, Martha Comins, and had PHEBE, b. 16 Nov., 1755; JOSEPH, b. 8 Oct., 1758; SOLOMON COMINS, b. 28 April, 1761.
LEONARD, of Charlton, b. about 1806, probably descendant of Joseph (1), m. Patience - -, blacksmith at Ox., H. 193 in 1832; removed 1837 to Long Hill, H. 172, d. 25 Feb., 1844. . . . Children : SARAH D., b. 12 Sept., 1831, at Weston; DOROTHY A., b. 5 March, 1837; PATIENCE L., b. 8 June, 1840; SALEM, b. 15 Feb., 1842.
MARIA, and Orrin A. Kelley, m. intentions 29 Sept., 1833.
LAMB, THOMAS, came with Winthrop in 1630 to Boston, removed soon to Roxbury, m. (1) Elizabeth -, who, with a child, d. in 1639, m. (2) 16 July, 1640, Dorothy Harbittle; had with others JOSHUA, baptized 28 Nov., 1642, and ABIAL, baptized 2 Aug., 1646. [“ Abial, son of Thomas, who was not long before deceased and left his children to ye Lord yt he might be theire fathr." JOSHUA, the son of Joshua, baptized March, 1675, was a colonel and a leading man at Leicester. ] Thomas, the father,' d. 28 March, 1646.
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2. ABIAL, son of Thomas (1), m. Elizabeth " Was in brave Capt.
Johnson's company" in the Narragansett war. [Savage.] Removed 1694 from Roxbury to Framingham, where he was constable in 1700 and selectman in 1701, and probably d. there before 1710. . . . Children : HARBITTLE, bap- tized 28 Feb., 1675; ABIAL, b. 23 Dec., 1679; JONATHAN, b. 11 Nov., 1682, resided at Leicester; SAMUEL, baptized 12 April, 1685.
3. ABIAL, son of Abial (2), joined Framingham Church 1710, was one of the 30 settlers of Ox., constable in 1722, m. 4 Dec., 1699, Hannah Taylor of Marlboro'. He d. before 1771, she d. 1771, aged 94. [The Essex Gazette (Salem) of 23 July, 1771, has the following : " Died at Oxford, Hannah Lamb, widow of the late Abial Lamb, aged 94 years. She was the mother of the first English child born in that town," referring probably to Lydia, b. 3 April, 1713.] . . . Children : SARAH, b. 6 April, 1701, m. Samuel Town; CALEB, b. 30 Oct., 1704, m. (1) Elizabeth -, m. (2) 14 Sept., 1733, Lydia Gary of Pomfret, where they settled, he d. 8 Feb., 1802; ch. by first m. : Caleb, m. 29 Aug., 1746, Susanna Haskell, and had John, b. 23 Dec., 1746; Mary, b. 5 March, 1748; John, d. 25 Sept., 1746; ch. by second m. : Samuel, b. 17 Aug., 1734; Lydia, b. 14 Oct., 1736, d. 12 March, 1767; Josiah, b. 27 Feb., 1738; Mary, b. 1 June, 1746, d. 30 Nov., 1756; John, b. 26 Sept., 1749 [Pomfret Records]; EBENEZER, b. 19 Oct., 1706; ABIAL, b. 21 Jan., 1709; LYDIA, b. 3 April, 1713, at Ox. ; ELIZABETH, b. 21 July, 1716, m. 6 Nov., 1743(?), Andrew Phillips of Killingly, Conn .; WILLIAM, b. 7 April, 1720; SAMUEL(?).
4. EBENEZER, son of Abial (3), m. 21 May, 1730, Ame Green of Leices- ter. [Prof. S. S. Greene in his Genealogy of the Greene Family gives this name as "Anne." In Samuel Green's will the name occurs twice, and is spelled first "Any " and second "Ame." The name on the Ox. Records is " Ame." The fact that Amy was later a name often in the family has signfi- - cance in this connection. In the Registry of Deeds, B. VII., pp. 414, 415, are two deeds to Ebenezer Lamb entered the same day, the first from Samuel Green of Leicester of 70 acres near said Samuel's house, the second from Abial Lamb, who for love, etc., gives to his son Ebenezer a lot in Oxford.] Of his ch. b. before Abijah in 1739 there is no known record. They had, however, ch. b. in Leicester, one being EBENEZER, m. Mary White of Water- town, settled at Charlton, farmer, d. 1818; had Ebenezer, settled at Charlton; William, a prominent citizen and physician at Grafton; Dan, studied medi- cine with his brother William, and was long in practice at Charlton; Aaron, farmer at Calais, Vt., m. --- Tucker of Charlton; Jacob, settled at Cherry Valley, N. Y., farmer; they had also four daughters, one m. Eli Jones of Spencer, another Parker of Leicester, the other two m. each a Mr. Stone and resided at or near Cherry Valley, N. Y .; JAMES, of Charlton, m. 16 June, 1757, Hannah Rich, and had David, who settled at Ox .; SAMUEL; ABIJAH, b. 14 Sept., 1739, at Ox., Capt. of an Ox. Company in the Revolu- tionary war, d. at Charlton, at the Charles Converse place; REUBEN, b. 14 Sept., 1742; RICHARD, b. 15 March, 1745. [These sons of Ebenezer were all powerful men, and it was a saying that together they " could raise a 40-foot barn"]; MARTHA, b.,25 Feb., 1747; LUCY, b. 15 Aug., 1750.
5. ABIAL, son of Abial (3), m. 9 April, 1740, Abigail, dau. of Collins Moore. He d. aged 94, 12 Feb., 1803, she d. 26 Oct., 1801. In 1749 his brother-in-law, Nathan Moore, deeded to him 218 acres in the south part of the town, the present almshouse site, where he resided about 25 years, and as
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tradition runs became embarrassed financially by endorsing for a friend and was obliged to sell his farm. [An Abiel Lamb lived in 1773 at “Merrifield adjoining Charlemont," and then had a case in Worcester court ]. ... Children : DOROTHY, b. 6 March, 1741, m. (1) intentions 10 Dec., 1763, Andrew White of Dudley, second w., he d. 30 March, 1770; they had Dolly, b. 1768, Perley, b. 1770; she m. (2) 29 Aug., 1774, Lieut. Mark Elwell of Killingly, Conn., settled at Dudley, and had Mark, Abial, Benjamin; SARAH, b. 21 March, 1743, m. Abijah Harris; COLLINS, b. 10 Feb., 1745, d. 1756; ABIGAIL, b. 1747, d. 1748; LEVI, b. 18 April, 1749; ABIGAIL, b. 19 May, 1751; JONATHAN, b. 30 May, 1753; ZERVIAH, b. 1755, d. 1756; COLLINS, b. 30 June, 1757, d. 1776; ABIAL, b. 1759, d. 1769; EDMUND, b. 1761, d. 1769; LYDIA, b. 1764, d. 1769; ZERVIAH, b. 1769, d. 1770.
6. WILLIAM, son of Abial (3), soldier in the French war, m. (1) 21 Nov., 1743, Lois, dau. of Isaac Larned, she d. 10 July, 1752, m. (2) 12 Feb., 1753, Rebecca Hovey, she d. 30 Sept., 1791, m. (3) Mrs. Hannah Rockwood, he d. aged 83, 24 Aug., 1803. In March, 1783, William Lamb, w. Rebecca and grandson Larned resided at Ox. William Lamb, shoe maker, lived late in the last century in the east part of Ox., one-third of a mile northeast of Chaffee's, H. 22, house long ago removed, no road. . . . Children, all by first m. : HANNAH, b. 27 Aug., 1745, m. Joseph, son of Benjamin Davis; MARY, b. 20 March, 1747; LOIS, b. 12 Feb., 1749; WILLIAM, b. 30 Oct., 1751, Revolu- tionary soldier(?).
7. SAMUEL, son of Ebenezer (4), m. 5 April, 1753, Sarah Dana, shoe maker, lived at the centre, next north of H. 191, from 1753 to 1764, removed to Dudley and thence in 1767 to Charlton, settled at the Jonas Bemis place, was dismissed from Ox. to Charlton Church, 2 Feb., 1772. [A Samuel Lamb, w. Asenath, d. at Charlton 1798. ]. . . . Children : MARY, b. 29 July, 1754, m. Josiah, son of James Blanchard, settled and d. at Charlton, 3 ch .; PETER, b. 4 Feb., 1757, m. 1780, Elizabeth Weld and had ch .; NAHUM, b. 13 July, 1759, m. 1781, Lydia, dau. of Thomas Daggett, settled and d. at Charlton, 9 ch .; SAMUEL, b. 25 July, 1761, m. 1796, Celia Richardson of Brookfield, she d. 1857; ESTHER, b. 14 Nov., 1763, m. 1783, Ebenezer, son of Nehemiah Stone, d. 12 May, 1849, at Charlton; JAIRUS, b. 17 Jan., 1766, m. (1) 1791, Mehetable Jenks, m. (2) Lucy, sister of his first w .; SARAH, b. 16 Aug., 1767, m. Thomas Henshaw of Brookfield, where they settled, she d. 30 Sept., 1834, had ch. ; CHARLES, b. 10 July, 1769; AME, b. 14 Jan., 1771, m. 1789, Elias Hamil- ton of Brookfield, removed to New York State, d. there, had ch. ; BETTE, b. 11 Nov., 1774, d. about 1792; SILAS, b. 27 May, 1778, m. Lucena, dau. of Joseph Pratt of Charlton, removed to New York State, had ch.
8. REUBEN, son of Ebenezer (4), m. 4 April, 1765, Rebecca, dau. of Alexander Nichols of Ward, he was then of Leicester, removed 1769 to Ox., bought the grist-mill later owned by Cyrus Lamb, H. 121. He was a man of influence and much decision of character, chairman of the committee of inspection and correspondence for Ox. in the Revolution, active in " Shays Rebellion," was known throughout the region as Miller Lamb, d. 12 Nov., 1819, she d. 30 Jan., 1838, aged 94. . . . Children : AMY, b. 1766, at Leicester, d. 1769; ABIJAH, b. 2 March, 1768; ALEXANDER, b. 13 Aug., 1770, at Ox., m. (1) and had Amity, m. Stephen Atwood; removed to Salisbury, Conn., m. (2) and had ch. ; REUBEN, b. 7 Feb., 1774, m. 16 Sept., 1795, Nancy [Anna], dau. of Ephraim Russell, had Rebecca, m. Richard Stone, settled and both d. at New Boston, Conn., she d. 26 March, 1869; Charles, m. at Barre, removed to
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New Boston, where he m. (2) Emeline Elwell, and d. aged 85, 9 Jan., 1882, at Dudley; the father, Reuben, removed to Columbus, O., physician, his w. went to her father's and later m. (2) Dr. John Tucker, settled and both d. at New Boston, he d. 29 July, 1824, aged 54, she d. 5 March, 1846; ALVAN, b. 27 May, 1777, settled at Columbus, N. Y., where he d. 1807; had Reuben B., b. 1798, Minerva, b. 1803, Galen G., b. 1805, Hannibal, b. 1806; JOSHUA, b. 12 Feb., 1780, resided at Columbus, m. (1) 25 Feb., 1808, Sarah German, she d. 8 Nov., 1819, m. (2) 20 March, 1820, Huldah White, she d. 21 Sept., 1875, he d. 6 Jan., 1864, both at Columbus, he was 40 years hotel keeper, 20 years postmaster, six years county judge of Chenango Co., wealthy and influential; he had by first m. Reuben, b. 1808, d. 1810; Truxton G., b. 1811, d. 1880; Lewis G., b. 1813, d. 1833; Ambrosia, b. 1816, d. 1863; Angeline, b. 1819, d. 1823; by second m. Harlow R., b. 1821, Edwin H., b. 1823, Reuben L., b. 1825, Loring C., b. 1831, d. 1835; JOSEPH, b. 31 Jan., 1785, m. (1) intentions 16 Aug., 1806, Sally, dau. of Reuben Barton of Sutton, she d. 25 Oct., 1816, aged 28, m. (2) intentions 13 Sept., 1817, Martha Abbott of Paxton, succeeded his father at the mill and farm at North Ox., and later was innkeeper, was drafted and went as musician in the war of 1812; m. (3) Mrs. Ames, removed late in life to Charlton and Fitchburg, where he d. 27 Aug., 1866; Estus, his son, was a millwright and later a manufacturer and a leading railroad man at Providence, R. I., a man of wealth and high standing, m. (1) Sarah Buttrick, no ch., m. (2) the widow of Darius Farnum, m. n. Thayer; they had Augustus, b. 1844, m. Freelove D. Baker, resided at Providence; Estus, the father, d. 9 March, 1887, at Providence; Edwin, m. and .settled at Lunenburg, d. there, had. ch .; by second m. Charles, m. and resided at Fitchburg; DANIEL, b. 24 April, 1787, m. and settled at Hubbardston, and had Albert, settled at Leomin- ster, d. about 1884; Carter, d. in Illinois; Adaline, resided at Hubbardston; Charles, d. at Hubbardston.
9. LEVI, son of Abial (5), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah and Prudence Brown, b. 25 May, 1749, settled on the hill east of North Common, H. 172. He d. 17 Oct., 1803, she d. as late as 1830. . . . Children : LYDIA, b. 28 Nov., 1769, m. Josiah Gleason; RUHAMAH, b. 13 Aug., 1771, m. Ezra Parker; BET- SEY, b. 30 May, 1773, m. Samuel Smith, Sr., of New Marlboro', second w., d. at N. M .; EDMUND, b. 23 April, 1775, m. 15 June, 1800, Hannah Harwood of Barre; he m. (2) - - and d. in 1873, at Boylston, aged 98; COLLINS, b. 3 Dec., 1776, d. young ; POLLY, b. 12 Sept., 1780, d. young ; NANCY, b. 30 Nov., 1783, m. Samuel Smith of Ox .; J. PRENTICE, b. 18 June, 1789, unm., soldier in war of 1812, d. in the service. [See Abijah Fisk.] ELIPHAZ, b. 27 April, 1792, d. young.
10. DAVID, son of James of Charlton and grandson of Ebenezer (4), b. 5 Oct., 1758. [He had brothers James, Asa, b. 1765, settled in Vermont, and a sister Abigail who m. - - Herrick.] Revolutionary soldier; m. (1) 12 March, 1778, Judith, dau. of Ebenezer Fitts of Charlton, b. 30 July, 1757, at Sutton, she d. 20 March, 1827; m. (2) 23 Sept., 1827, Sylvania Williams, dau. of the second wife of Timothy Sparhawk, b. 6 July, 1798, at Johnston, R. I., she d. 3 Jan., 1878, at Pulaski, N. Y .; removed about 1800 to Ox .; d. 21 March, 1847 [aged 87, 20 March, 1846, Ox. Rec.]. . . . Children : AMY, b. 12 Jan., 1779, m. Stephen Roberts, settled at Chelsea, Vt .; EBENEZER, b. 20 March, 1780, unm., settled in Vermont, d. 27 Dec., 1801; DAVID, b. 23 Nov., 1781, m. (1) Rachel Stevens, settled at Charlton, d. July, 1867; they had Alma, Ebenezer, Ziba, Mary, Louisa, Otis, Rachel ; m. (2) Sarah Starr, no ch .;
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ELEANOR, b. 29 Aug., 1784, m. Martin Twitchell of Milford, removed to Brook- field; they had Emmons ; Otis, d. 31 Aug., 1874; Henry M., d. 24 April, 1872; JULIA, b. 1 May, 1786, m. John Lilley of Barre; John, their son, resided 1883 at Milford; POLLY, b. 20 June, 1789, m. Ashbel M. Hawes ; SALLY, b. 18 Feb., 1792, m. Oliver Shumway ; JESSE, b. 24 Feb., 1794, m. Mary, dau. of Peter Stevens of Charlton, b. 6 May, 1796, sister of David's wife, he d. 1858, at Charlton; they had Diantha, b. 12 May, 1819, m. Luke A. Merriam of Woonsocket, R. I., where she d. Aug., 1869; Emory, b. 28 Feb., 1821, m. Phebe A. Richmond of Uxbridge, settled at Charlton, where he d. about 1869; John, b. 5 Nov., 1822, went to Sudbury, Vt., m. Lucinda Goodnow, no ch .; Rufus, b. 24 Aug., 1824, m. Hannah Battles of Westmoreland, N. H., residence, Uxbridge; Diana, b. 26 March, 1826, m. Baxter Shove of Blackstone; Mary, b. 25 March, 1828, d. 1833; Lydia, b. 28 March, 1830, m. Thomas, son of Samuel Merriam, he d. 1880, she d. 1865; Jane, b. 5 July, 1831, resided 1883 at Chicago, unm. ; Albert, b. 1 June, 1833, m. (1) Nancy Kingsbury of Leicester, m. (2) Sophia Kings- bury, m. (3) Rebecca, dau. of Artemas Merriam; William, b. 11 July, 1835, m. Elizabeth Lamb, settled at Charlton; Mary, b. 18 July, 1838, m. David Merriam of North Ox .; ch. by second m. : THOMAS, b. 23 Sept., 1827, m. (1) 9 May, 1848, Louisa C., dau. of Hiram Moffit, then of Pulaski, N. Y., one ch., d. young; m. (2) and had ch., residence, Pulaski; SYLVANIA, b. 1829, d. 1832; JAMES, b. 1833, d. 1842; JOHN, b. 1835, d. 1840; RUFUS, b. 11 Feb., 1838, m. Nov., 1865, Ellen, dau. of Jerome Bennett of Woodstock, Conn., resi- dence, Webster, carpenter; had Charles F., b. 1867; Willis J., b. 1868; Nellie R., b. 1869; Fred, b. 1871, d. young ; Emma L., b. 1872; Bernard L., b. 1874 ; George A., b. 1876; Fred, b. 1880.
11. ABIJAH, son of Reuben (8), m. (1) 16 Aug., 1789, Lydia, dau. of Thomas Clark, b. 12 April, 1768, she d. 19 March, 1801; m. (2) 6 March, 1803, Sally, dau. of Daniel Fitts, b. 18 Dec., 1779, d. 12 April, 1847; residence, Ox. and Charlton, removed to New York State, d. 10 May, 1856, at Griffinsville. . . . Children : CYRUS, b. 30 Nov., 1789, assessor, an ingenious mechanic, land surveyor, millwright, musician, good citizen, m. 10 Sept., 1810, Betsey, dau. of Capt. Samuel Lamb of Charlton, b. 18 April, 1788, d. aged 76, 13 Sept., 1864, he d. 19 April, 1863; had Selana, b. 20 Jan., 1812, m. Jan., 1835, Jonas Tolman ; HARVEY, b. 8 April, 1792, m. Esther, dau. of Aaron Hammond of Charlton, removed to Hartland, Vt., farmer, d. 7 Dec., 1869; had Julius, m. and settled at Hartland ; Harriet ; John, d .; Clara, who resides with her sister Harriet at the homestead; ch. by second m. : AMY, b. 29 June, 1810, d. 1812; PERRY, b. 28 April, 1814, m. Ruth, dau. of John Stevens of Charlton, removed to New York State and thence to Iowa, d. 1883, had ch .; SALLY, b. 24 May, 1819, m. . Albin Munyan, residence, Thompson, Conn .; had Ida E., b. 26 Aug., 1856, m. 1882, Irving Johnson of Thompson.
12. CHARLES, son of Samuel (7), m. 1792 Lucy Hooker of Sturbridge; settled at Charlton. . . . Children : AUGUSTA, b. 20 March, 1793, m. Harvey Stetson, settled at Charlton, removed to Woodstock, Conn., where both d .; had ch .; DIANA, b. 24 March, 1795, m. (1) - Farnum of Charlton, had ch .; m. (2) William Pierce of Rochester, N. Y., had ch .; she d. at Charlton. GROSVENOR, b. 10 Dec., 1797, m. Fanny Walker of Brookfield, settled at Charlton, removed to Sturbridge and Brookfield where he d .; she d. at Stur- bridge, had ch .; CHARLES, b. 11 April, 1800, d. young; SARAH DANA, b. 10 May, 1802, m. Otis Newell of Spencer, resided at Charlton and Spencer; she d. at Southbridge, had ch .; MARY LUCY, b. 13 May, 1804, m. William 74
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Bemis of Spencer where they settled, he d., she resides, 1891, at S., had chil. ; EMELINE, b. 17 Sept., 1806, m. John Smith of Sturbridge where they settled and both d., had ch .; SABRINA, b. 3 March, 1809, m. Jonathan H. Learned of Ox .; they had Charles G., resided at Stoneboro', Pa., where the mother d. ; CHARLOTTE (m. Freeman Prince), and CHARLES, b. 13 Sept., 1811; SAMUEL H., b. 3 Oct., 1813, d. young; BETSEY, b. 14 Feb., 1816, d. young ; SOPHRONIA, b. 19 Dec., 1818, m. John Carney of Webster where they settled, he d., she resided 1891 at W.
13. CHARLES, son of Charles (12), m. 21 Sept., 1835, Laura, dau. of Ly- man Wetherell, residence, Ox., carpenter. She d. 18 May, 1890. . . . Chil- dren : CHARLES H., b. 18 Feb., 1837, m. Ruth E. Bemis of Spencer, soldier in the late war; he d. 7 Oct., 1880, at Ox. ; they had Martha J., b. 4 Aug., 1858, at Charlton; William B., b. 3 March, 1861, resided 1891 at Bingham- ton, N. Y .; George H., b. 17 Aug., 1868; Mabel, b. 1870, d. soon; EMMA, b. 6 Jan., 1841, m. Issachar Shumway; GEORGE L., b. 12 March, 1842, m. 1866, Anne P. Watson of Binghamton, N. Y., where they settled, had ch .; ELLA J., b. 1850, d. 1851.
14. EBENEZER, of Charlton, son of Ebenezer and grandson of Ebenezer (4), b. 21 July, 1774, m. (1) 21 Feb., 1802, Rachel Wheelock, settled at Charl- ton, she d. 1813; m. (2) 15 June, 1814, Vashtia Clark, b. 16 July, 1778, d. 23 Aug., 1858. He d. 24 July, 1836. . . . Children, by first m. : SIMEON, b. 23 Oct., 1803, d. 1883; CALVIN, b. 5 July, 1805, residence 1883 at Charlton; CYRUS, b. 1807, d. 1815; FRANCIS, b. 5 Sept., 1809, d. 24 Jan., 1882; AARON, b. 1 April, 1813; by second m. : PAMELIA D., b. 3 April, 1815, m. 4 May, 1834, Henry Clark, she d. 26 July, 1876; CYRUS, b. 2 Nov., 1818, d. 12 April, 1882.
LIBERTY, b. 7 April, 1799, son of Josiah Q. of Leicester, m. intentions 5 Oct., 1822, Harriet A., dau. of Samuel Stone, residence, Leicester, removed 1834 to the Stone homestead, H. 102; d. 1 April, 1876, she d. 11 Feb., 1871 ; millwright, farmer, selectman. . . , Children, b. at Leicester : JOSIAH Q., b. 9 May, 1823, m. 29 Aug., 1848, Emily, dau. of Dwight Biscoe of Leicester, residence, Webster; had Clara A., m. William Morris, had ch .; Ruth A., m. Charles Klebart, had ch .; CHARLES C., b. 22 Jan., 1825, residence, Roch- dale, lumber dealer, unm .; LIBERTY, b. 6 Dec., 1826, m. 26 June, 1849, Diana E. Arnold of Douglas; ch. : Lilian, b. 13 Jan., 1854, m. 22 Feb., 1881, Asa J. Tuck, residence, Lake Village, N. H., had ch .; HENRY, b. 8 Aug., 1828, m. 19 Feb., 1850, Mary Rockwood of Leicester, residence, Ox., he d. 19 Feb., 1888, at Rochdale; ch. Elizabeth, b. 1 April, 1852, m. 22 Dec., 1870, William J. Lamb., who d. Sept., 1883; had Harriet, b. Aug., 1872; Etta, b. 12 May, 1859, m. 17 May, 1877, William L. Lamb, residence, Auburn; ELBRIDGE G., b. 25 May, 1830, m. May, 1852, Maria Converse of Leicester, residence, Webster, he d. 11 Feb., 1882 ; ch. Flora A., m. Owen Bigelow; Ida May, m. Leon Jill- son; ELLEN J., b. 27 Nov., 1831, m. 1 Jan., 1866, Eratus Burlingham, Metho- dist minister ; JOHN, b. 1833, d. 1834; JOHN, b. 7 Oct., 1834, at Ox., m. Mrs. Alice Morrison, m. n. Washburn, of Worcester, no ch., he d. 3 May, 1884, at the homestead, selectman; FRANCES ANN, b. 1836, d. 1838; FRANCES ANN, b. 25 Sept., 1838, m. 15 Jan., 1861, Frederick A. Lyon of Leicester; ch. Hannah J., b. 15 Nov., 1865; George F., b. 21 Oct., 1868.
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