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LEE, MORRIS, blacksmith, came to Ox. 1823 from Douglas with James Farwell, who employed him, active in Church affairs, one of the early workers in the Oxford Sunday-school, removed to Sutton, where he resided, 10 April, 1825. He m. intentions 13 March, 1823, Sarah T. Huse.
THOMAS (English), aged 37, d. 5 Oct., 1861.
MARIA B., widow, dau. of Nathan Bond of Wayland, a. 84, d. 2 Dec., 1882.
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LEMONT, PETER (Canadian), aged 37, d. 31 May, 1866.
LEONARD, JESSE, and Martha Nobery of Taunton, m. int. 7 April, 1823.
LESURE, NEWELL G. M., and Almira Darling, Dudley, m. int. 7 Aug., 1824.
WILLIAM, and Clarissa Dudley, m. 9 Nov., 1828.
LEVERETT, JAMES W., of Fitchburg, and Sarah W., dau. of Rev. Amos Walton, m. 8 April, 1847.
LEWIS, JABEZ, of Spencer, m. 29 Jan., 1763, Rachel Wallis; ch. : SUBMIT, b. 14 July, 1763.
JOHN, taxes sunk 1767.
WILLIAM, Revolutionary soldier.
MRS. RACHEL, and William Smith, m. 11 Oct., 1781.
EMELINE, of Grafton, and Abner Smith, m. intentions 22 March, 1837.
BETSEY, and Samuel Vicars, m. intentions 12 Nov., 1837.
LILLEY, LILLIE, DAVID, of Sutton, m. 25 May, 1736, Anna Chase; had with others DAVID, b. 24 April, 1739, m. 23 Sept., 1762, Elizabeth Gibbs; their fourth child was DAVID, b. 17 Oct., 1773, m. 10 June, 1795, Polly Stock- well, settled in the east part of Ox., H. 17, in 1801, his father, then of Athol, buying the estate and making it over to his son David in consideration of a support during life. Here they built a trip-hammer shop and began the busi- ness of making scythes, hoes and other utensils at what is known as the "Bug" privilege, and here father and son both d., the former soon after settling. Elizabeth, his widow, d. at a very advanced age at Wilkinsonville. David, Jr., d. 10 Jan., 1815, aged 41. His widow d. 9 Sept., 1862, aged 84, at Boston. . . . Children : JOHN, b. 28 Oct., 1795; LEWIS, b. 4 April, 1797, m. (1) 19 April, 1819, Ruth, dau. of Joseph Healy, she d. 25 June, 1822, aged 27, m. (2) intentions 8 March, 1823, Hannah Albee of Dudley, had Ruth, b. 25 April, 1825, m. Hon. Clark Jillson of Worcester; the mother m. (2) Smith Taft, later of Charlton, she m. (3) Rev. Moses Harrington, Baptist, of Sutton, she d. a widow at the residence of Mr. Jillson in Worcester, 29 June, 1867, aged 64; DAVID, b. 9 May, 1800, m. Phebe M., dau. of Caleb Davis, residence, Eddington, Me., d. 20 May, 1849, no ch .; GIBBS, b. 7 May, 1804, m. 11 Nov., 1833, Susan E., dau. of John and Mary Griggs of Sutton, merchant at Sutton, removed to Michigan City, Mich., thence to San Francisco, Cal., where he d. 16 June, 1853; they had Susan, b. 3 Oct., 1834, m. 27 Aug., 1856, Edward Dewey of Montpelier, Vt .; his widow m. 9 March, 1855, Dr. Julius Y. Dewey of Montpelier; MARY, b. 17 April, 1808, m. 27 Sept., 1831, Benjamin F., son of Maj. Archibald Campbell; GEORGE, d. 9 Aug., 1813, aged 3 years.
2. JOHN, son of David (1), m. 21 May, 1818 [Ox. Records], Clementina, dau. of Leavens Shumway, resided at Sutton and in New York State, returned to Ox., where he d. 14 April, 1834, aged 39, she d. 15 Dec., 1855. . . . Children : ANN, b. 13 Nov., 1819, m. George Dixon of Webster; DAVID, b. 14 July, 1821, m. (1) Sarah M., dau. of Lewis Fitts, she d. 25 April, 1859, m. (2) 17 June, 1860, Sarah J., dau. of Joshua Davis, and had Sarah M., b. May, 1861; Sarah J., the mother, d. 27 April, 1864, aged 25, m. (3) Marion E., m. n. Whiting, widow of Sumner Morse of Douglas, no ch., d. 27 June, 1871; JANE, b. 12 Oct., 1824, at Sutton, m. 11 March, 1847, Joseph Ireson, Jr., shoe merchant of Boston, where he d. 12 April, 1875; had Joseph B., b. 1848, d. 1854; 76
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Charles L., b. 15 April, 1850; Jane E., b. 30 Jan., 1852, reside at Boston; JOHN LEAVENS, b. 16 Sept., 1828, at Aurelius, N. Y., m. 25 June, 1856, Caroline W., dau. of Henry Adams, bought the Peter Shumway farm, H. 64, removed 1870 to Worcester, marketman, d. 13 Feb., 1884; they had Caroline, b. 30 Oct., 1857; George L., b. 3 Aug., 1859; Mary C., b. 1862, d. 1867; John A., b. 5 Feb., 1868.
THEOPHILUS, merchant of Boston, bought in 1770 the Moore estate, for- merly Hagburn's, on the east side of the main street, H. 205, including the Elijah Moore tavern stand, where he was a trader, exceptionally entitled "Mr." on the tax list, sold in 1772, soon returned to Boston. In 1774 he bought a farm in Brookfield. In court at Worcester, Sept., 1781, a complaint was made against him as an "absentee," that he had fled to Halifax and adhered to the King of Great Britain, etc., and the fact stated that he had d. at Halifax on the previous first day of Jan., owning said farm at Brookfield and shop for merchandise. The charges were sustained and said property confiscated to the State. August term of court, 1790, at Worcester, John Lillie of Boston, administrator of estate of Theophilus, late of Boston, had a case. In Dec., 1790, his widow Anne, of Halifax, executrix of his will, had also a case in court.
DR. EBENEZER, son of John and Abigail, of Dudley, b. 25 Aug., 1734, studied with Dr. Alexander Campbell. [In Nov., 1767, Dr. Campbell brought a suit against him, he being then of Dudley, declaring that " for three years previous to 1 April, last, he boarded the defendant and taught him the pro- fession, art and practice of medicine," etc.] He m. (1) 12 Nov., 1762, Abigail Morris of Dudley, resided at Woodstock in 1784 and 1790, came when past middle age to Ox., having bought in 1799 the house near the North Common, now Willard H. Eager's, H. 181. She d. 9 Dec., 1806, at Ox., he m. (2) intentions 17 April, 1807, Polly, dau. of Peter Bonsey. He had a small prac- tice, but was a good physician, removed 1807 to reside with Philip Brown in the South Gore and d. there before 16 March, 1812, at which date the Ox. selectmen petitioned the Probate Court for a guardian for his widow, who, as represented, was squandering his estate, valued at $1,657.
BETTY, and Abner Sibley, both of Sutton, m. 28 May, 1766.
MRS. ELIZABETH, and Aaron Parker, m. 15 Jan., 1804.
POLLY, and Lyman Rockwood, m. 4 Oct., 1805.
FANNY, and David Wait, m. 3 Aug., 1806.
JONATHAN, of Barre, and Mary Ann Lamb, m. intentions 15 March, 1811. MRS. POLLY, and John Blanchard, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1813.
MRS. MARY, widow of Dr. Ebenezer(?), and Asahel Bolster, both of South Gore, m. intentions 17 June, 1815.
LINCOLN, APOLLOS, and Phebe M. Rathbone of Warwick, R. I., m. 14 Jan., 1851. He d. aged 28, 28 June, 1852.
ISABEL, aged 18, d. 21 March, 1860.
LUTHER, aged 73, d. 6 Sept., 1866.
LINDLEY, AUGUSTA, aged 23, d. 4 Feb., 1827.
LITCHFIELD, LIBERTY, son of Capt. Comins Litchfield of Charlton, m. 24 April, 1826, Catherine, dau. of Nathan Thurston, settled at Millbury, ma- chinist, resided at Charlton and Ox., in his later years shuttle maker at South- bridge, where he d. 23 March, 1878. . . . Children : PLINY T., b. 16 Nov.,
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1827, at Millbury, m. Maria Sykes of Suffield, Conn, residence, Southbridge, had ch .; GEORGE A., b. 24 Jan., 1829, at Charlton, d. 4 June, 1847, at South- bridge; SARAH B., b. 18 Jan., 1831, at Charlton, m. Henry C. Curtis, resi- dence, Marlboro', had ch .; MARY T., b. 22 Feb., 1833, at Ox., m. Henry C. Amidown of Southbridge, where he d .; they had Katie, m. Dr. Henry Leon- ard of Boston; MARTHA, b. 17 Oct., 1835, recorded at Ox., m. John M. Cheney of Southbridge; had George M. ; JOHN C., d. young; DAVID T., b. 29 Nov., 1842, recorded at Ox., soldier three years in 36th Mass. Regt., d. 4 Jan., 1869, at Southbridge.
SALLY, of Charlton, sister of Liberty, and Schuyler Whitney, m. inten- tions 7 Sept., 1828.
MARY, and Josiah Towne of Sutton, m. 11 Oct., 1831.
LIVERMORE, ELISHA, b. 1751, son of Jonas of Leicester, Revolution- ary soldier; after his return built a house on the 50-acre lot bought of Micah, his brother, in 1773, east of the river at N. Ox., H. 110; m. Ruth Eddy, who d. 30 Jan., 1838. . . . Children : RUTH, b. 12 May, 1776, m. her cousin Salem, son of Jonas Livermore of Leicester, where he d. 20 April, 1858, she d. aged 90, 2 Nov., 1866, at Ox., no ch. ; BETSEY, b. 25 Aug., 1778, m. 11 April, 1802, Leavens, son of Abel Sibley of Sutton; had Leavens and Eliza, b. 17 Nov., 1804, Leavens d., Eliza m. Olney Bolster; SILAS, b. 28 March, 1781, m. Martha, dau. of Amos Putnam of Sutton, b. 25 Oct., 1781, settled at Leices- ter, card maker, removed to Lisle, N. Y., d. about 1820, she d. 3 Oct., 1852, at Worcester; they had Silas, Elsie, Sarah, Elisha, Julia; PAUL, b. 28 June, 1783, m, Sally Snow of Leicester, settled on the homestead, where he built a new house 1812, removed to Lisle, N. Y., thence to Millbury, and to Provi- dence, R. I., where he d., nine ch .; LYDIA, b. 2 Feb., 1786, m. Daniel Fitts, Jr. ; ELISHA, b. 26 July, 1788, fell dead in the highway in 1814; LEVINA, m. Moses, son of Moses Putnam of Sutton, removed to Hermon, N. Y., had ch .; PARIS, b. 10 March, 1794, m. Elijah Putnam, brother of Moses, removed to Hermon, four ch .; SYLVANUS, b. 16 Sept., 1796, m. Maria Rice of Millbury, resided at homestead, and Worcester, removed to Norwich, where he d .; they had Augusta, Eliza ; she removed West; ELSIE, d. young; LUCY, b. 15 Sept., 1802, m. Calvin Stockwell.
ABNER, taxed 1771.
LOCKE, EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (b. 1676, lived on the homestead at Woburn, where his father William, b. 1628, in London, settled), b. 28 April, 1699, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Merriam of Lexington, removed to Hopkin- ton, admitted to the Church 1725, dismissed to Ox., 3 Sept., 1738. The date of his purchase here is uncertain. It was however before 4 June, 1738, in which year he was recorded as of Westboro', and at that date deeded the farm with a mansion house in Ox. to Amos Merriam of Lexington, brother of Ebenezer and Joshua of Ox. In 1744 Merriam reconveyed the same to Locke. His brother Samuel was once president of Harvard College. He is repre- sented as having been rigid and severe in his religious belief. When the Bap- tist Church at Greenville was organized he was urged to attend service there, as the distance to Ox. was so much greater, but flatly refused, saying, "when you once get on the devil's ground it is hard to get off." He con- tracted in 1753 to build a mill for the proprietors at Warwick, which work was completed after several years. He d. at the house of his son-in-law Nehemiah Stone of Charlton, 12 Jan., 1775. . . . Children : LYDIA, baptized
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1 Nov., 1724, at Hopkinton, m. 23 June, 1743, Elijah Town; HANNAH, b. 10 Dec., 1725, m. 1 Dec., 1748, Nehemiah Stone of Charlton; SUSANNA, m. 17 Jan., 1745, Silas Town.
EBENEZER, b. 5 Aug., 1737, son of Joshua and Hannah of Woburn, three years in French war, m. 13 Oct., 1759, Phebe, dau. of Collins Moore of Ox., settled at Ox., removed before 1762 to Erving, thence about 1770 to Rindge, N. H., and later to Rockingham, Vt., and Peterboro', N. H., and finally to Schuyler, N. Y., where he d. 24 Sept., 1812; she d. 12 May, 1820, at Rocking- ham. . . . Children : CYRUS, b. 16 April, 1760, at Ox., d. young; MARY ; EBENEZER; LUCY; SAMPSON; ALLIS; COLLINS; PHEBE; RUFUS; NATHAN; EDWARD J.
MRS. SUSAN, aged 60, d. 3 Nov., 1876.
LONG, ALFRED W., b. 19 Feb., 1833, son of Rev. Frederick, of Manning- tree, Essex Co., Eng., who emigrated in 1834, settled at Aurora, N. Y., and 1884 preached at East Ashford, N. Y. Alfred W., m. (1) 6 Jan., 1861, Alma O., dau. of Ebenezer D. Rich, she d. 14 Aug., 1874 ; m. (2) 5 Dec., 1875, Arvilla E., dau. of Chandler Stockwell of Sutton; came to Ox. in boyhood, entered a shoe factory as employé, later was partner with L. B. Corbin for several years, and after the death of Mr. Corbin began business at Worcester with James F. Davenport, residing at Ox. ; removed 1888 to Spencer, where he was foreman in a shoe factory ; several years town clerk and selectman at Ox. . . . Children, by first m. : HARRIET R., b. 8 April, 1862, m. May, 1881, Frank G. Wallis, had ch .; LUMAN B., b. 14 April, 1865; SARAH O., b. 18 Dee., 1866, m. 6 Sept., 1887, Charles R. Vinton; ANNIE W., b. 18 April, 1874.
LORD, DR. JOSEPH, w. Lucy, kept the centre tavern 1783.
LOVE, THOMAS, and family, resided at Ox. May, 1763.
LOVELL, EZRA, JR., of Millbury, and Olive Jennison, m. int. 7 Oct., 1815. ELIZA D., w. of Ezra, aged 26, d. 26 May, 1834.
LOVETT, PHINEHAS, b. 18 Aug., 1776, at Mendon, son of James and Bet- sey (Davenport), m. 13 March, 1800, Polly Wheelock, b. 11 March, 1779, at Uxbridge, bought land in the east part of Oxford, H. 17, in 1827; thrifty farmer; d. 5 July, 1858, she d. 10 Nov., 1849, aged 70. . . . Children, first seven b. at Mendon : HARRIET D., b. 27 June, 1801, m. 5 May, 1825, Alonzo Taft of Mendon; they had Phila C., b. 6 Jan., 1826,; Elizabeth, b. 23 Dec., 1829 ; John H., b. 11 Aug., 1839 ; she d. 1 July, 1858; CHARLES W., b. 17 March, 1804,'unm., resided at homestead, d. 8 Feb., 1888; ELIZABETH D., b. 7 April, 1807, d. 27 May, 1834, unm. ; MOSES, b. 1809, d. young; GEORGE L., b. 24 May, 1810, m. 16 Nov., 1846, Eliza J. Conant, residence, Fitchburg, wagon maker and millwright; had Charles, Caroline; CHARLOTTE M., b. 21 Sept., 1813, m. 15 April, 1840, Harvey W. Wilson, resided at Leicester, where both d .; they had Emily F., b. 27 Aug., 1844; Isabel M., b. 31 July, 1846; Charles A., b. 26 April, 1848; Daniel S., b. 19 March, 1856; JAMES A., b. 10 July, 1816, m. 23 Jan., 1856, Susan S., dau. of Sumner Howard, resided on the farm with Charles W .; had Herbert E., b. 1 July, 1856, m. 11 Oct., 1887, Minnie A. Rich- ards, had ch .; Amelia E., b. 1859, d. 1867; Walter A., b. 16 Nov., 1869; SILAS W., b. 12 May, 1819, at Northbridge, m. 23 Sept., 1846, Lucy A. Wood of Orange, he d. 25 Aug., 1851; they had a son, b. 1850, d. 1853; CARO- LINE A., b. 9 May, 1823, at Sutton, m. 23 Aug., 1847, William F. Collier of
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Worcester, she d. 7 Dec., 1848; MARY ANN, b. 11 May, 1827, at Ox., m. 6 Oct., 1858, Lucas P. Bean, he d. 15 July, 1859, aged 34.
LOVEWELL, NOAH P., and Lucy S. Freeman of Mendon, m. 30 Nov., 1836; had HESTER A., b. 1839.
LOW, LOWE, LYMAN P., b. about 1808, son of Stephen, who m. Mrs. Ruth Green, m. n. Holden, of Warwick, R. I., came to Ox., 1844, bought the mill at south end of the Plain and was successful in making satinets; an hon- orable, energetic man, m. (1) Margaret R. Brown; m. (2) Harriet Hunt. He d. 17 April, 1849, aged 41; . . . Children, by first m. MARGARET R., m. William W. Pendleton, d. in R. I., had ch .; by second m. : STEPHEN E., b. 4 Aug., 1840, m. 15 May, 1865, Mary E. Peaslee, residence, St. Louis, State Agent Continental Ins. Co., New York; ch. : Gilbert P., b. 1867; Stephen E., b. 1871; Montrose H., b. 1874; MOSES H., b. 26 March, 1842, teller Mechanics National Bank, Worcester; HARRIET A., b. 27 Sept., 1848, at Ox., m. Fred A. Chase, residence, Providence, R. I., had ch.
MRS. RUTH, mother of Lyman P., aged 78, d. 4 July, 1848, at Ox.
LUDDEN, SILAS, of Braintree, came to Ox. about 1812, m. 9 Nov., 1806, Mehetable, dau. of Nathaniel and Dorcas Thayer of Braintree, sister of Rev. Josiah Moulton's w., and of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, commander at West Point and later engineer of the fortifications in Boston harbor. He was a scythe- maker, chorister in the Congregational Church, she d. 11 Nov., 1833, at Ox. he d. April, 1852, at Detroit, Mich. . . . Children : NATHANIEL T., b. 1809, m. 1835, Cornelia Johns, residence, Detroit, cattle dealer and successful business man, highly respected, d. 1846; DORCAS M., b. 1811, at Easthampton, m. intentions 26 Jan., 1834, Christopher C. Hewett, residence, Sutton, where he d., she removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., d. 1862; SILAS S., b. 1817, d. 1818; SILAS S., b. 1819, d. 1822; L. ALVIRA, b. 2 July, 1821, m. 1845, John M. Chase, resided at Ann Arbor, removed to Denver, Col .; MINERVA R., b. 1827, m. William Walker, residence, Springport, Mich.
LUMBARD, WILLIAM, of Brimfield, m. Desire, dau. of Simeon Allen of Sturbridge, where they settled. . . . Children : ELMEDA, b. 1799, m. Albigence Newell; WASHBURN, b. May, 1801, m. intentions 10 Nov., 1830, Betsey W. Robinson of Brimfield, no ch., he came in young manhood to Ox., opened a tailor's shop, succeeding his brother Sumner, and for many years was the leading man in the trade in the town. He was of decided character, quiet and retiring, active in Church affairs, and deacon from 1835 for many years. He d. aged 71, 10 Nov., 1872, she d. 31 Aug., 1879, aged 78, no ch .; SUMNER, b. 1803, m. 11 Feb., 1827, Bathsheba, dau. of Jeremiah Metcalf, tailor, resided at Ox. several years, removed to Worcester, where both d., she d. 19 Dec., 1863, had a son, d. young, and Mary Elizabeth, m. Alexis C. Soley at Worces- ter, removed to Truro, N. S., had ch .; AUREA, b. 1805; NELSON, b. 1807; AUGUSTA, b. 30 Oct., 1809, m. Jasper Brown; MATILDA, b. 20 Sept., 1811, m. Daniel T. Fuller ; FITZ HENRY, b. 1815, d. at Worcester; ANN MARIA, b. 20 March, 1820, m. James B. Walker of Ox.
LUTHER, JEREMIAH B., and Relief M. Balcom of Douglas, m. inten- tions 30 May, 1830.
ESEK, and Emma A. Gould of Douglas, m. intentions 3 Oct., 1839.
MRS. JOSEPH A., aged 69, d. 12 Nov., 1839.
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LYNDE, GEORGE H., aged 23, d. 10 July, 1859.
LYON, REV. A. SMITH, m. intentions 7 April, 1838, Caroline Phillips of Sturbridge. . .. Child : MARY A., b. 3 Dec., 1841.
SAMUEL, aged 69, d. 18 Feb., 1850.
MACKILWAIN, JAMES, and Eleanor, had FRANCIS, b. 20 March, 1727, 4 years later was of Kingsfield, Hampshire Co., once called "The Elbows," trader, and 11 Aug., 1731, bought land in Worcester, which he mortgaged to George Bethune of Boston, who in 1734 took possession, representing that Mackilwain, late of Kingsfield, had "gone out of the Province."
MAGINN, MRS. MINNIE F., d. 31 July, 1879.
MAGNAR, MARGARET, aged 23, d. 16 Jan., 1879. THOMAS, aged 89, d. 21 April, 1889.
MAHA, JOHANNA, aged 32, w. of Michael, d. 12 March, 1851.
MAHONY, CORNELIUS, aged 52, d. 6 Aug., 1863. MRS. MARGARET, aged 45, d. 9 June, 1871.
MAKEPEACE, WILLIAM, of Franklin, aged 92, d. 23 March, 1855.
MALONE, MARY, widow, aged 57, d. 10 June, 1882.
MALONY, PATRICK, aged 82, d. 21 April, 1881.
MANN, THOMAS, of Rutland, and Elizabeth Parmenter, m. 31 March, 1774. MRS. EMILY M., aged 20, d. 3 Sept., 1878.
SAMUEL, aged 45, d. 8 Dec., 1863.
MANNING, SAMUEL, b. 19 June, 1698, at Salem, son of Jacob and Sarah (Stone), descended from Richard of Ipswich. Samuel was a gunsmith, came to Ox. 1748, having bought the estate next north of the hotel property, H. 240. Selectman in 1756, moderator 1759, 1761, 1762. He d. 1774, will approved 10 Oct. In it he names his sis ters Katharine, Sarah and Mary of Salem, grand- dau. widow Hannah Weld of Salem, granddaughters Sarah and Elizabeth Manning of Salem, great-grandchildren Samuel, Mathew and Robert Martin, and grandsons Samuel and Robert Manning, who lived with him here, and were his residuary legatees and executors and who were to provide for his support.
2. SAMUEL, grandson of Samuel (1), m. 22 April, 1759, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Pratt, removed to New Salem, soldier in the French war, and sergt. in John Town's Co. 1775, marched on Lexington alarm.
4. ROBERT, grandson of Samuel (1), m. 11 July, 1765, Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Eustis of Charlton. In 1776 her father d. leaving her in his will an estate of 38 acres and buildings, to which they removed from Ox. He d. there before 6 March, 1781, at which date she was appointed guardian of her ch. Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm in Town's Co .. . . Children, first four b. at Ox .: JACOB, b. 26 Aug., 1767, m. 29 June, 1790, Abigail Morey, resided at Charlton; NATHANIEL, b. 27 Sept., 1769, m. 12 Feb., 1792, Anna White of Charlton, he was then of Rensselaer, Albany Co., N. Y. ; JOHN, b. 6 Aug., 1772; SAMUEL, b. 22 Dec., 1774; ABIGAIL, b. about 1777; ELIZABETH, b. about 1779.
DAVID, Revolutionary soldier.
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MARGARET, of Woodstock, Conn., and David Town, m. inten. Oct., 1742. MRS. ANNA, aged 42 (Irish), d. 25 May, 1878.
MANSFIELD, DANIEL, b. 8 Oct., 1740, at Waltham, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, m. 2 July, 1761, Eunice, dau. of Thomas and Mary Fiske, settled at Shrewsbury, cordwainer, removed about 1762 to Ox., remaining until 1766 at least. He owned no land here. In 1784, then of Killingly, Conn., he bought a farm in Dudley and removed thither. . . . Children : ELIZABETH, baptized 16 Jan., 1763, at Shrewsbury, d. young; b. at Ox. : ELIZABETH, b. 6 Jan., 1764 ; MARY, b. 12 Feb., 1766; JACOB, baptized at Waltham, 14 Nov., 1773; DANIEL.
MARA, DANIEL (Irish), aged 24, d. 25 Aug., 1863.
MARY, aged 22, d. 20 Feb., 1860.
PHILIP, aged 24, d. 29 April, 1872.
MARBLE, LUTHER, descended from Freegrace of Sutton, one of the first settlers, who was son of Samuel and Rebecca of Andover, he had ENOCH, b. 1726, m. 1750, Abigail Holland, and had AARON, who m. Rebekah Putnam, and removed from Sutton to Charlton, where they d. ; LUTHER, their son, was b. 8 March, 1793, at Charlton, m. Sophia, dau. of Nehemiah Stone, b. 1 July, 1795, settled at Charlton, removed to Sutton, thence to Ox., and later to the John Pratt place in the border of Auburn, H. 147, where he d. 3 April, 1883, she d. aged 82, 5 March, 1878. . . . Children, first four b. at Charlton, second four at Sutton, third four at Ox. : LUCY, b. 3 Oct., 1814, m. Sept., 1840, Albert Sherman, mason, removed to Uxbridge, he d. 1 Nov., 1857, she d. 26 Sept., 1857, 7 ch .; JACOB, b. 25 Jan., 1816, m. (1) 1 Sept., 1840, Lucy W. Alverson, and had Truman, soldier in the late war in the 36th Regt. Mass. Vols., d. in the service; Agnes; the mother d. 24 March, 1857; m. (2) 30 June, 1859, Elizabeth Parker, no ch .; PALMER, b. 7 Aug., 1817, d. unm. 4 Oct., 1847; LIBERTY B., b. 31 March, 1819, m. 1 Jan., 1846, Elizabeth W., dau. of Solomon Woodward of Millbury, removed to Woodstock, Vt., miller; they had Anna, George, Louise, John, artist in New York city, Edward, musician, Mary, Walter, farmer in Illinois, Grace, Lillie; LYDIA, b. 4 Nov., 1820, m. 21 May, 1846, Russell B., son of Ezra Lovell of Millbury; had Luther, clerk in Savings Bank at Worcester, Fanny, m. at Millbury, William, d. 1884, Mary E., resides at Millbury, Charles, clerk in Providence & Worcester Rail- road office, Nelly ; FANNY, b. 5 Aug., 1822, m. intentions 14 Dec., 1843, Fenton Barnes of Millbury, 2 daughters, he d. 18 April, 1854, she d. 4 Nov., 1854; LUTHER, b. 27 July, 1824, m. Oct., 1853, Mary A., dau. of Dexter Bugbee, he d. 18 Jan.,. 1859, she d. 26 April, 1856, had Myron ; WILLIAM H., b. 28 May, 1826, m. 4 Nov., 1854, Elizabeth Beveridge, dau. of John of Glasgow, Scotland, mason at Ox .; they had Alice E., b. 12 June, 1857, m. 29 Sept., 1876, Solon, son of George Gibson, had Agnes, b. 12 Dec., 1878, Robert; Calista, b. 14 Sept., 1858, m. July, 1883, William R. Blanchard; Mary L., b. 14 Oct., 1863; m. Pliny E. Kidder; Flora M., b. 31 Dec., 1868; SOPHIA S., b. 8 May, 1828, at Ox., d. 1848; CALISTA A., b. 14 Oct., 1830, d. 26 Dec., 1853; HORACE A., b. 29 July, 1833, m. 27 Nov., 1855, Mary A. Appleby, he d. 24 May, 1876; they had William H., b. 17 Aug., 1856, Methodist minister, m. April, 1881, Mrs. Sarah, widow of Albert Bolton of Templeton; Frank L., b. 26 Jan., 1858; Harry, b. 1 May, 1865; Walter, b. 5 March, 1867; Emma F., b. 19 Oct., 1868; Mary E., b. 17 Dec., 1869; FRANCIS, b. 13 July, 1835, d. 27 April, 1862, unm. at New York.
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SALLY, of Grafton, and Charles B. Elliot, m. int. 23 Nov., 1821.
WIFE OF RUFUS, d. 12 April, 1829.
SIMEON R., and Caroline Brown, m. 29 May, 1844.
MARCO, SALEM (Canadian), aged 24, d. 29 Sept., 1869.
LOUIS, aged 27, d. 17 Jan., 1870.
THOMAS, aged 23, d. 8 Nov., 1871.
ELIZA, aged 54, d. 11 Feb., 1875.
MARCY, MOSES, b. 18 April, 1702, at Woodstock, Conn., son of John and Sarah, m. Prudence Morris, settled at Woodstock, where his eldest five chil- dren were born, removed 1732 to the vicinity of the falls on Quinebaug River, now Southbridge, having bought 2 Aug. of Capt. Peter Papillon 200 acres in Ox. township, including the water-power. Here he built a saw-mill. He joined the compact formed for the settlement of Sturbridge and in Nov., 1733, was voted a gratuity of 50 acres of land on condition of building a grist-mill, which he did. He became a leading citizen, filled all the principal town offices and was very efficient in raising and fitting out soldiers in the French war. He d. 9 Oct., 1777, his widow d. 28 March, 1779, both at Stur- bridge. . . . Children, b. at Woodstock : DOROTHY, b. 18 Nov., 1723; JEDE- DIAH, b. 1 Sept., 1725; MARTHA, b. 1 July, 1727, d. 1736 ; MOSES, b. 1 July, 1730; ELIJAH, b. 1 July, 1732, and recorded at Ox. : PRUDENCE, b. 9 Sept., 1734 ; MARY, b. 23 Aug., 1736; recorded at Sturbridge : DANIEL, b. 14 June, 1739; MARTHA, b. 27 Aug., 1741: MIRIAM, b. 20 Nov., 1743; MEHETABLE, b. 17 Aug., 1745.
MARSDEN, JOHN W., and Mary H. Schofield of Dudley, m. intentions 21 Sept., 1844.
MARSH, LOT, b. 7 Oct., 1747, at Sutton, son of Benjamin and Rebekah (Carroll), m. Abigail Blanchard, settled at Sutton, removed 1778 to Dudley near Ox. line, where he d. 25 Nov., 1798; she m. (2) Dea. Ebenezer Hum- phrey. . .. Children, first three b. at Sutton : ABIGAIL, b. 1772, m. John Larned of Ox .; MEHETABLE, b. 1774, m. Joel Wakefield of Ox., removed to " Holland Purchase," N. Y .; LOT, b. 11 Oct., 1776, m. 16 March, 1800, Eleanor Coburn, no ch., he d. 9 Feb., 1845, she d. aged 69, 3 Sept., 1849; ch. b. at Dudley : JOSEPH, b. 8 Feb., 1779; ENOCH, b. 25 March, 1781, m. 2 April, 1809, Martha, dau. of John Larned, settled on a part of the homestead, where he d .; they had Lydia, b. 2 Feb., 1810, m. Russell White; Daniel L., b. 24 March, 1812, m. Sarah M., dau. of James Cudworth; Eme- line, b. 17 July, 1814, m. Samuel, son of Daniel Nichols, she d. 27 March, 1850, no ch .; John, b. 15 Sept., 1816, m. (1) 25 Nov., 1840, Sophia, dau. of Edward H. Shumway, no ch., m. (2) Mary Haven of Dudley, had ch. ; Lovisa, b. 29 Sept., 1819, m. Danforth Burgess of Thompson, Conn., she d. 1885; Phebe, b. 17 Feb., 1822, m. Alanson Bixby of Webster; Truman H., b. 14 Jan., 1827, m. 16 June, 1852, Sarah M., dau. of Lewis Shumway, settled on the homestead in Dudley, where he d. 23 Feb., 1881, she d. 15 Aug., 1888; they had Owen A., b. 15 Nov., 1854, d. 9 Jan., 1870; Elmer T., b. 23 Jan., 1858; Clement L., b. 18 Sept., 1860; Mabel L., b. 9 Nov., 1868, d. 25 Nov., 1884; Martha, b. 22 Jan., 1829, m. (1) Marcus Waldron of Dudley, m. (2) Samuel D. Smith of Charlton; ANNE, b. 9 April, 1783, d. 30 May, 1848, m. Hosea Upham of Dudley. [See Larned-8. JOHN. ] THOMAS, b. 23 Nov.,
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