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1785, m. 4 Feb., 1816, Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Nichols, owned and d. upon the Lot Marsh homestead in Dudley 4 Oct., 1864, she d. 27 April, 1876; they had Abigail, b. 16 Aug., 1816, m. Samuel Aldrich; Lydia M., b. 11 Sept., 1818, m. Thomas Miles, and d. 29 Sept., 1847, no ch .; Nancy, b. 12 Feb., 1821, unm., d. 18 Oct., 1841; Eliza, b. 15 Aug., 1824, m. Charles C. Woodbury of Charlton, where he d. Sept., 1881; she d. July, 1891; Thomas, b. 13 July, 1826, m. 4 Feb., 1861, Isabella McRoberts, settled on the homestead in Dudley; they had Sarah L., b. 2 Jan., 1862, m. 21 Dec., 1880, Jerry N. Durkee of Worces- ter, carpenter; Henry L., b. 1 July, 1863; Alice L., b. 12 July, 1865, d. 20 March, 1877; Ella L., b. 9 Nov., 1866; Martha L., b. 2 Sept., 1868; Abigail L., b. 2 June, 1871; Emily, b. 5 May, 1829, d. 22 Aug., 1844; Mary M., b. 18 Jan., 1831, d. 24 Sept., 1847; Anna A., b. 27 Jan., 1834, d. 11 Sept., 1847; PHEBE, b. 7 April, 1788, m. Isaac, son of Jonathan Harris; MARY, b. 13 Dec., 1794, d. young ; ELIZABETH, b. 1 April, 1799, d. young.
2. JOSEPH, son of Lot (1), m. 28 March, 1802, Bathsheba, dau. of Rich- ard Coburn and settled on the homestead in Dudley, where he d. 15 Aug., 1812, she d. 26 Oct., 1832. . . . Children : SAMUEL C., b. 3 March, 1803, at Dudley, m. 13 May, 1828, Eunice A. Knight, b. 1 June, 1806, at Worcester, he d. 22 Aug., 1847, she d. 15 Dec., 1883, both at Worcester; they had Anna M., b. 15 Feb., 1830, at Millbury ; Jerusha, b. 3 Nov., 1832, at Millbury, d. 29 Nov., 1873, at Worcester; Emma J., b. 29 April, 1838, at Worcester, d. 13 Aug., 1864, at Worcester; Samuel C., b. 1840, d. 1842; Eunice A., b. 18 Aug., 1843, at Worcester; Charlotte E., b. 16 Jan., 1847, at Worcester; BETSEY, b. 26 Oct., 1804, m. 9 Dec., 1832, Daniel B. Smith; ELLIOT, b. 13 April, 1806; DARIUS, b. 8 Feb., 1808, m. (1) 16 March, 1828, Prudence Lindley, who d. aged 38, 30 Aug., 1845; they had Jane, Gilbert L., Caroline F., all d. young; m. (2) 1 Jan., 1846, Clarissa Bartlett, b. at Holden, and had Emma F., b. 7 Oct., 1846, at Palmer, teacher 1885 at Charleston, S. C., for American Missionary Association, later teacher in Va., where she d .; he d. 6 Jan., 1851, at Ox., she d. 1871, aged 58, at Worcester.
3. ELLIOT, son of Joseph (2), m. 30 March, 1834, Mary Stockwell; cabi- net maker and sexton. He d. 23 March, 1847, she d. 26 Dec., 1851. . . . Chil- dren : ALEXANDER D. W., b. 19 Nov., 1835, m. E. Ann, dau. of Olney Bolster, he d. soon after marriage; SAMUEL C., b. and d. 1837; ALFRED A., b. 12 Sept., 1841, d. 1849.
BENJAMIN, and Mehetable King, both of Sutton, m. 3. Jan., 1729. ELIZABETH, and Ezra McIntire, both of Charlton, m. 20 July, 1756.
JONATHAN, of South Gore (?), Revolutionary soldier 1775 near Boston. HANNAH, and Samuel Brown, both of Sutton, m. 2 Jan., 1782.
TYLER, and Sally Sibley, m. 7 Feb., 1793.
JOSHUA, w. Abigail, ch., SALLY, BETSEY, JOSHUA, resided at Ox. Dec., 1793.
SAMUEL, of Newfane, Vt., m. 25 April, 1802, Abigail Gleason of South Gore, and had LAURA, b. 24 Sept., 1803; ROYAL, b. 15 Sept., 1805.
MOSES, and Lois Wakefield of South Gore, m. 15 Dec., 1821.
LAURA, of South Gore, and Peter Sherman of Burrillville, R. I. (no date), m. about 1824.
GEORGE, son of Willard, d. 30 May, 1831.
HANNAH M., and Tarrant S. Sherman, m. 6 Feb., 1837.
LYDIA, of Dudley, and Thomas M. Maynard of Southbridge, m. 11 Sept., 1838.
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MARY, aged 46, d. 26 Dec., 1851.
MARSHALL, MRS. ELLEN W. (English), aged 26, d. 4 Dec., 1884.
MARTIN, JOSEPH, son of Abel of Sutton, b. 13 April, 1788, at Rehoboth, came in 1815 to Ox., settled at Timothy Aldrich place, H. 58, removed to Woodstock, Conn., and Charlton near Ox. line, his home at his decease, which occurred at Cornish, N. H., 25 Nov., 1838. He m. Mary D. Prentiss of Northbridge, b. 7 Dec., 1790, d. aged 91, 19 Aug., 1882, at Ox. . . . Children : LUTHER P., b. 4 Oct., 1810, at Northbridge, m. Angeline Bates, he d. 17 Feb., 1884, at Worcester, had ch .; MARY A. A., b. 1812, d. 12 Sept., 1830; JOSEPH, b. 1 Aug., 1814, at Woodstock, m. Huldah Ware, who d. aged 58, 31 Aug., 1873 ; had Austin W., soldier in late war; Ellen; Huldah J., d. aged 19, 20 Feb., 1864; Joseph R .; Abby ; SARAH D., b. 13 Feb., 1816, at Ox., m. John Schaff (German) ; they had two daughters, both d .; ELVIRA E., b. 21 Feb., 1821, d. young ; LEVI P., b. 31 Aug., 1818, at Charlton, m. 25 Nov., 1839, Jane Taylor of Ashby, who d. 21 Jan., 1879, at Worcester, he d. Jan., 1888, at Worcester; had Savalla, b. 1845, d. 1884; Elsie A., b. 25 Oct., 1851; EMILY and EMERY, b. 27 Sept., 1826; Emily, m. Martin Hubbard of Worcester, three ch .; Emery, m. Sarah Atwood, residence, Worcester, two ch .; MARY A., b. 12 Sept., 1830, m. George W. Rockwood of Worcester, he d. about 1880; one daughter.
CHARLES, and Naomi Shumway, m. int. 27 April, 1823.
CELINDA, and Alden Bisco of Leicester, m. 10 Sept., 1833.
PETER, and Bridget Slattery, m. int. 3 Jan., 1839.
MERRICK, of Woodstock, aged 42, d. 7 June, 1852.
MISS SARAH M., d. 13 Feb., 1860.
MRS. ELLEN A., aged 28, d. 2 March, 1874.
MARVIN, JOHN, probably from Connecticut, m. 23 Oct., 1755, Rebekah, dau. of Jonathan Ballard, bought 1765 of Ephraim Ballard, his brother-in-law, the farm half a mile north of Augutteback, H. 84, probably built the house burned in 1879, resided there till 1777, left town after Feb., 1782. . . . Chil- dren : SAMPSON, b. 16 March, 1756, Revolutionary soldier, m. 16 March, 1779, Mrs. Ruth (Gleason) Merriam, widow of Ephraim, resided at New Salem; REBEKAH, b. 30 April, 1758, recorded at Charlton, m. 9 Oct., 1781, Phinehas Kimball of Killingly, Conn .; MARY, b. 16 May, 1760; HANNAH, b. 29 Oct., 1763, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1786, Edward Barton; RUTH, b. 17 Jan., 1766; JOHN, b. 7 Jan., 1769; TRYPHENA, b. 11 Aug., 1771.
MASON, ADDIE, widow (Canadian), aged 85, d. 7 May, 1885. MRS. ROSE E., aged 39, d. 4 Dec., 1885.
MASTERS, WILLIAM, of Providence, R. I., m. 21 March, 1848, Freelove H. Green. He d. 29 Oct., 1873, aged 83, she d. 14 May, 1866, aged 66.
MATHER, HIRAM B. of Leicester, and Louisa Turner, m. 9 May, 1824.
MAXWELL, JAMES, aged about 23, d. 22 Feb., 1820.
MAYNARD, WINSLOW, of Westboro', m. 24 Feb., 1785, Rachel Parham of Upton; their son JOAB, b. 17 Oct., 1789, came to Ox. in 1813; in 1817 partner in trade at centre tavern store with Stearns Witt; 1818 trader near Town's Pond, later scythe maker, and paper manufacturer; removed about 1830 to Hamden, Conn., where he was partner with Francis Sibley of Ox., resided
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later two years at Cheshire, Conn., and removed thence to Dudley, where he d. 31 Aug., 1840; a competent business man, but suffered from physical infirm- ity, selectman 1826-7 and from 1828 to 1830 assessor; resided on the Plain at H. 240. He m. 20 June, 1821, Betsey, dau. of Amasa Kingsbury, she d. 17 Oct., 1868, at Dudley. . . . Children : MARTHA M., b. 19 Dec., 1821, m. 13 May, 1845, Samuel D., son of Dr. Samuel P. Knight of Dudley, shoe mer- chant in Boston ; they had Eva E., Jennie E. ; GEORGE, b. 2 Nov., 1823, mer- chant at Freeport, Ill. ; CLARENDON, b. 1825, d. 1826; CLARENDON, b. 7 April, 1827, m. Ellen Ames of Salem, dry goods merchant in Boston, d. 26 March, 1873, at Cambridge; EFFINGHAM, b. 1 July, 1829, m. 25 April, 1865, Helen M. Hollister of New York city, publisher, of the firm of Clark and Maynard, school books; they had Mary H., b. 1868; Walter E., b. 1872; Helen L., b. 1875 ; Effingham, b. 1879; EMELINE; JEROME, m. Lizzie Taylor, she d., he re- sided at Freeport, Ill., partner in trade with his brother George, one ch.
THOMAS M. of Southbridge, and Lydia Marsh of Dudley, m. 11 Sept., 1838.
MAYO, JOHN, of Roxbury. Elliot in record of Roxbury Church says : " Robert Gamlin, Jr., he arrived at N. E. on the 20th of the 3d month [1632] he brought only one child wh was the sone of his wife by a former husband, his name is John Mayo, he was but a child." John m. Hannah -- , had with others THOMAS.
2. THOMAS, son of John (1), baptized 16 Nov., 1673, m. 4 May, 1699, at Roxbury, Elizabeth Davis (sister of Dea. Samuel), b. 18 April, 1678. He d. 26 May, 1750. He bought in partnership with Weld and Samuel Davis the Bernon land in Ox., but did not settle here. . . . Children : HANNAH, b. 4 April, 1700(?), m. Richards; MARY, b. 22 May, 1702, d. 1718; SARAH, b. 30 May, 1705, m. Scarborough; ELIZABETH, b. 22 Sept., 1707, m. Bridge; JOHN, b. 17 Sept., 1709; THOMAS, b. 23 Sept., 1713; ABIGAIL,
b. Sept., 1715, m. - - Wilson; JOSEPH, b. and d. 1717; MARY, b. 20 Feb., 1719, m. Griggs ; JOSEPH, b. 28 Feb., 1721; MEHETABLE, b. 12 April, 1724.1
3. JOHN, son of Thomas (2), m. (1) 15 Feb., 1733, Mary, dau. of Isaac Larned, she d. 26 Sept., 1742, m. (2) 9 Nov., 1743, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Davis, he d. 27 July, 1752 [she m. (2) 12 Dec., 1754, Maj. William Larned of Killingly, Conn. ], she d. 26 Feb., 1810. He was the first of the name to settle in Ox., resided on Bernon land, near the fort, Lieut. . . . Children : MARY, b. 7 March, 1734, d. 1742; THOMAS, b. 1735, d. 1736; THOMAS, b. 1737, d. 1742; ELIZABETH, b. 1738, d. 1740; JOHN, b. and d. 1740; THOMAS, b. 15 April, 1742 ; by second m. : MARY, b. 10 Oct., 1744, m. Jonathan Day of Needham ; JOHN, b. 16 Dec., 1746; ELIZABETH, b. 14 Sept., 1748, m. 11 July, 1771, Salem Towne of Charlton, no ch .; SARAH, b. 12 Nov., 1750, m. 19 May, 1777, Joseph Keith of Dudley, she d. 11 Oct., 1811, 5 ch. ; HANNAH, b. 7 Dec., 1752, m. 18 Dec., 1777, William Carter of Dudley, she d. 26 July, 1820, 8 ch.
4. JOHN, son of John (3), m. (1) 25 April, 1771, Sarah Day of Needham, she d. 29 Oct., 1803, m. (2) 23 Aug., 1807, Bathsheba, dau. of John Hudson, she d. 18 Aug., 1855, aged 96, he d. aged 87, 26 Oct., 1834, resided at the homestead. . . Children : ELIZABETH, b. 29 Feb., 1772, m. Elijah Pratt; SARAH, b. 7 Nov., 1773, m. Asa Harris; JOHN, b. 1 Sept., 1775; JONATHAN, b.
1 It is very easy to believe from circumstances that this Mehetable became the wife of Dr. David
Holmes, and that the statement that he married the daughter of Ephraim Mayo is an error.
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24 Feb., 1778; POLLY, b. 9 Oct., 1779, d. 2 Sept., 1863, unm .; HANNAH, b. 1 March, 1781, m. 17 Jan., 1804, Peter, son of Gideon Sibley; REBECCA, b. 14 July, 1785, m. David Day, no ch .; LUCY, b. 24 Dec., 1787, m. Nathaniel Davis ; SAMUEL, b. 2 July, 1791.
5. JOHN, son of John (4), m. 2 June, 1799, Lucy, dau. of Joseph Davis, settled on Bondet Hill, H. 38. He d. 27 Oct., 1859, she d. 13 Dec., 1856, aged 80. . . . Children : SALLY, b. 23 Oct., 1800, m. Cyrus Truesdell, second w., no ch., she d.11 Feb., 1875; JED, b. 31 Dec., 1804, m. (1) 26 April, 1836, Sophro- nia Barnett of Walpole, N. H., she d. 26 July, 1839, m. (2) 1842, Mrs. Rebecca Searl, m. n. Wright, of Westford, he resided at Fitchburg 1835, re- moved 1849 to Ashby and thence 1879 to Montague, where he resided 1883 ; ch. : Mary Jane, b. 6 May, 1844; John, b. 8 June, 1845, d. 29 Oct., 1863; Emily L., b. 1846, d. 1847; Levi W., b. 28 May, 1848; Elliot, b. 2 Sept., 1849, d. 24 April, 1875 ; CYNTHIA, b. 24 Nov., 1806, m. Oct., 1828, Ziba Davis, she d. 12 March, 1846, he d. 13 April, 1872, at Dudley; they had John M., b. 1829, Sarah M., b. 1831, Charles T., b. 1833, Mary Ann, b. 1840, Lucy Jane, b. 1842.
6. JONATHAN, son of John (4), m. (1) 17 Oct., 1804, Lois, dau. of Jacob Kingsbury, settled in the south part of Ox., H. 57, removed Oct., 1816, to Concord, Erie Co., N. Y., where she d. 2 Jan., 1852, m. (2) 1854, Mrs. Mary W. Drake; he d. 14 June, 1859. . . . Children, excepting the last two, b. at Ox. : JONATHAN, b. 4 July, 1805, killed 1824 by a falling tree; HIRAM, b. 3 Feb., 1807, m. Oct., 1830, Sally Woodcock, he d. 25 Oct., 1871; ERASTUS, b. 7 Feb., 1808, m. 13 Oct., 1831, Nancy Curtis of Skaneateles, N. Y., residence, Springville, N. Y .; HARRIET, b. 4 Nov., 1809, m. 12 March, 1826, Calvin Smith; SANDFORD, b. 11 April, 1812, m. 7 Nov., 1839, Lucy Stanbro, he was killed by railroad cars 1 Oct., 1883; NANCY, b. 25 Jan., 1814, m. 1841, Gifford Pierce, she d. 21 April, 1846; LUCY, b. 17 April, 1815, m. Nov., 1839, Origen Curtis ; ORRIN, b. 25 Sept., 1818, at Concord, N. Y., d. 16 April, 1870, unm. ; GEORGE, b. 15 Aug., 1822, m. 2 Dec., 1845, Minerva Miner, he d. 17 Sept., 1860, sheriff of Erie County, N. Y., in 1859, served three terms.
7. SAMUEL, son of John (4), m. (1) 2 Dec., 1819, Celia Stone, she d. aged 24, 19 June, 1820, m. (2) intentions 7 Feb., 1825, Chloe Fitts of Charlton, she d. 13 Oct., 1864, m. (3) 18 Feb., 1865, Mrs. Lorinda C. Morse, m. n. Corbin, of Douglas, she d. aged 67, 23 June, 1867, m. (4) 11 Oct., 1867, Mrs. Julia Hilton, she d. aged 83, 8 Oct., 1875 [Ox. Records], he d. 14 March, 1874, had no ch.
PETER [descent given in History of Hardwick], son of Nathan, of Har- wich, m. Bethia, dau. of John Smith, resided at Harwich until after 1810, removed to Wrentham and thence in 1821 to Slater's Village, South Ox., had 12 ch., some employed in the factory, removed to Hardwick, and d. 1857. Their second child was PETER, b. 24 May, 1802, came young to Ox., and was in the employ of Elihu Harwood as shoe bottomer. He m. (1) Pamela Twiss, and had William and three daughters. He removed to Barre and m. a second w., enlisted in the late war and d. in the service at Fort Adams, R. I. William, his son, m. Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Hilton, and resided 1888 at Webster, no ch.
SARAH, dau. of John, d. 9 Sept., 1797.
McCABE, MRS. MARIA, aged 53, d. 14 Feb., 1879.
McCLENNAN, JOHN, aged 30, d. 9 Sept., 1885.
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McCOON, JOHN (Irish), aged 57, d. 1 Oct., 1864.
McFARLAND, JOSIAH M., of Charlton, m. (1) 10 April, 1794, Hephsibah, dau. of Isaac Moffitt, she d. 4 Sept., 1803, m. (2) intentions 5 July, 1804, Hannah Smith of Charlton, removed to Maine (was of Augusta in 1806), where he brought up a family, cordwainer. . . . Children by first m. : JONA- THAN, b. 3 Aug., 1794, lived at David Nichols', m. 13 Oct., 1816, Rhoda Arnold of Thompson, Conn., where they settled; JOSIAH, b. 27 March, 1796, lived at David Nichols'; POLLY, m. Larabee Wetherell of Pomfret, Conn .; HEPHSIBAH, m. William A. Jordan and settled at New Boston, Conn. ; JARED, d. young.
2. JOSIAH, son of Josiah M. (1), m. (1) 15 Feb., 1818, Betsey, dau. of Amos Shumway, she d. 21 Aug., 1846, at Webster, m. (2) 18 Oct., 1847, Mrs. Ruth W. Graves, blacksmith, lived at several places in Ox., last at the Ox. Woolen Co. village, whence he removed in 1842 to Webster, resided there till 1857, and removed to Winona, Minn., d. 12 Oct., 1859. He was many years chorister at the Ox. Congregational Church; a worthy man. . . . Children : LAURA E., b. 3 Oct., 1819, m. 6 Oct., 1840, William Wood of Dudley, resided at Dayville, where both d., he d. 1889, she d. 1890, two ch .; DAVID M., b. 2 June, 1821, m. 17 Sept., 1849, Ann Powers of Vt., resided at Jewett City, Conn., miller, removed to Putnam, Conn., d. 10 Aug., 1868; had Ann, m. Vernon Woodward, residence, Hudson; Henry, m., residence, Southbridge, two ch .; Charles, residence, 1888, Gale's Ferry, Conn .; Frank, residence, Ox. ; JOHN, b. 19 April, 1823, m. 6 Oct., 1848, Nancy A. Black at Brattleboro', Vt., resided at Greenfield, where he d. about 1887, had ch .; MARY M., b. 1 Jan., 1827, m. 11 Sept., 1850, John E. Buckman of Woodstock, Conn., no sur- viving ch., she d. 24 Oct., 1889, from an accident while at Webster; EMILY, b. 8 July, 1829, m. 26 Nov., 1851, J. C. Davis of Woodstock, soldier in the late war in the 18th Regt. Conn. Vols., and a prisoner at Andersonville, Ga., where he d., had ch., she resided at Crete, Neb .; JULIA, b. 16 May, 1831, m. Sept., 1855, Daniel L. Palmer of Goshen, Conn., no ch .; LUCY A., b. 5 July, 1833; CELIA J., b. 23 May, 1836, m. 1 May, 1856, Henry C. Torrey of Charlton, carriage maker at Central Village, Conn., two daughters, both m .; HENRY, b. 29 April, 1838, m. 15 March, 1868, Harriet Lindley of Princeton, Ill., harness maker at Leland, Ill., d. about 1886, had ch.
McGILL, THEODORE, aged 26, d. 6 Nov., 1864.
MCGRATH, MRS. MARY (Irish), aged 39, d. 30 Dec., 1862.
PHILIP, aged 48, d. 5 April, 1886.
NELLIE, dau. of Philip, aged 20, d. 22 Dec., 1888.
McINTIRE. A memorandum at the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society Rooms, Boston, copied from the Bible of Dea. Jeremiah McIntire, Sept., 1848, says the family was Scotch, that prisoners of the name under Cromwell were banished to New England, and came and made a home at York, North Parish, Me., about 1649 or 1650. They there built a garrison house thirty feet square, two stories, the second projecting over the first. Six generations had then been born in the house, and it was still occupied, and had always been a place of free resort to the numerous descendants. The family became wealthy and large landholders.
MICUM, had sons JOHN, DANIEL, ALEXANDER.
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JOHN, m. Grace, and had at Ox., ELIZABETH, b. 15 Oct., 1724; MARTHA, b. 6 Aug., 1726.
EBENEZER, was of Lynn 7 Oct., 1733, and then bought 100 acres in Ox. [No record of family. ]
OBADIAH, was of Ox. 13 Oct., 1733, and then bought 100 acres in Ox. [No record of family.]
THOMAS, was of Ox. in 1734, and bought land here of Abel McIntire of Salem.
NATHAN, of Ox. 1735.
DANIEL, was of Ox. 12 June, 1734, and then bought 100 acres in " Oxford Farms." [This term was applied to the territory lying between the west Village line and Charlton.] Hem. [second w. ? ] 9 Feb., 1734, Elizabeth Glea- son; had sons DANIEL and JOB, probably by former wife.
DANIEL, son of Daniel, m. Elizabeth, and had PHEBE, b. 10 March, 1746; ASA, b. 12 Sept., 1748; DANIEL, b. 18 Sept., 1750; ELIZABETH, b. 2 May, 1754; received before 1750 a farm from his father in " Oxford Farms."
JOB, son of Daniel, m. 29 May 1750, Abigail McIntire, and had JOB, b. 20 June, 1751; and recorded at Charlton, DANIEL, b. 5 June, 1768; received, 1750, 52 acres from his father at "Oxford Farms"; 6 Aug., 1777, Job McIntire was administrator of estate of Job McIntire. [The " McIntire road " led west from Rockdale Village, North Ox.]
JOSEPH, m. 7 Sept., 1752, Rebecca Harwood, and had JEMIMA, b. 15 Oct., 1753; and recorded at Charlton, JERUSHA, b. 28 Jan., 1757; EUNICE, b. 29 July, 1763; DARIUS, b. 3 May, 1766; ELI, b. 13 Nov., 1777.
SYLVESTER, of Charlton, lived in his youth at Stephen Prince's; m. 13 April, 1820, Clarissa Stockwell, resided at Ox., no ch .; hotel keeper, land surveyor; he d. 11 Nov., 1843, aged 53, she d. 22 Nov., 1882, aged 89.
AARON, was in 1805 trader at the centre tavern store. In 1806 he was of Charlton.
MOSES W., son of Elkanah, b. 11 Sept., 1832, at Charlton; shoemaker ; representative from Ox. 1870; d. aged 42, 7 July, 1875, at Springfield.
EZRA, and Elizabeth Marsh, both of Charlton, m. 20 July, 1756. OBADIAH, JR., and Sarah Hilliard, both of Charlton, m. 9 Dec., 1756. ZEBULON, and Hannah McIntire, both of Charlton, m. 19 May, 1757. NOAH, sol. in Fr. war, and Elizabeth Hill, both of Charlton, m. 2 Feb., 1758. ELEAZER, JR., and Elizabeth McIntire, both of Charlton, m. 3 May, 1759. ELIJAH, and Hannah Wilson, both of Charlton, m. 6 June, 1782. HANNAH, and Nathan Dennis, both of Charlton, m. 30 July, 1793. AMOS, of Charlton, and Sarah Billings Hayward, m. 23 Feb., 1796. ROBERT, of Charlton, and Mrs. Esther Todd, m. int. 27 April, 1799. NATHAN, of Charlton, and Sally Carey, m. int. 3 March, 1803. HULDAH, of Charlton, and Samuel Amidown, m. int. 11 Feb., 1804. MIRIAM, of Charlton, and Jabez Corbin of S. Gore, m. int. 18 May, 1818. SALLY C., and John W. Woodward of Ward, m. 31 July, 1825.
McKAY, ALEXANDER, of Oxford, tailor; had a case in court Aug., 1734; was soon after of Brookfield.
McKINLEY, ARCHIBALD (Scotch), aged 67, d. 6 June, 1875.
McKNIGHT, THOMAS, was of Ox. 1732, m. Susanna - -, and had JAMES, b. 15 Nov., 1732; ELIZABETH, b. 10 March, 1734; SUSANNA, b. 10 May,
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1736, m. 3 Oct., 1759, William Simpson; THOMAS, b. 24 May, 1738, Revolu- tionary soldier, m. 1 March, 1764, Abigail Gould of Sutton, and had Sarah, b. 22 May, 1764, m. 29 May, 1792, Jonathan Pray; James, b. 11 March, 1766, was of Douglas, m. 12 June, 1788, Sarah Farnum; John, b. 13 March, 1768.
The McKnights lived in what is now Douglas near Manchaug Pond, on the farm originally of Oliver Coller. On 1 March, 1739, Isaac, son of Oliver Coller, deeded to Thomas Mcknight of Stow, the improvements he and his father had made on the lot of Province land they had occupied. On 14 Dec., 1744, a Committee of the Province for the purpose deeded to Joseph Gould then living on said land, 160 acres and improvements, bounded north by Man- chaug farm; 17 May, 1745, Gould sold to Thomas McKnight, then living on the premises, a part of the same; 30 Jan., 1769, McKnight, sold to Stephen Bullen. On 29 Nov., 1757, Thomas, Jr., bought 30 acres in Douglas near Manchaug Pond, which he sold in 1797 to James, perhaps his son.
LEMUEL, of Sutton, and Ann Putnam, m. 15 Feb., 1795.
ELISHA, and Martha Carter, m. 4 July, 1801.
McLANE, MRS. KATE (Irish), aged 32, d. 21 Nov., 1869.
McMAHON, MRS. ELIZA, aged 30, d. 5 Oct., 1877.
McNISH, ROBERT, and Jane Simpson of Leicester, m. int. 17 Sept., 1837.
MELENDY, JAMES, of Charlton, and Mrs. Abigail, widow of Daniel( ?) Kingsbury, m. 26 Sept., 1826.
MELLEN, SIMON, of Framingham, son of Simon, grandson of Simon, m. 1711, at Framingham, Esther, dau. of John Town, and had with others DAVID, b. 10 March, 1722, m. 20 June, 1744, Mary Maverick of Sudbury. He d. aged 80, 10 Oct., 1801, at Ox. Taxed 1771; chosen grave-digger in 1776, continued until 1782, at least; they had Ann, b. 8 Feb. 1745, at Framingham, family removed to Ox. where they had John, b. 10 Aug., 1750, Revolutionary soldier; Mary, b. 19 March, 1753; Lucy, b. 1756; David, b. 14 May, 1759. ESTHER and ISRAEL, b. 22 March, 1725, Esther, m. int. Sept., 1751, James Shafter. [Simon of Framingham m. there 11 Oct., 1744, Susanna Haven, bought 1751 H. 188, at the north end of the Plain, and probably occupied it, sold in 1756 to his brother David. In Oct., 1795, Susanna, widow of Simon, was living with Nathaniel Pike, Hopkinton. On 5 Jan., 1796, he gave a bond to Ox. selectmen to support her through life, indicating her former residence at Ox. Barry thought her a second w.]
2. DAVID, son of David (1), m. Grace Stoddard of Hingham, resided at Oakham, North Brookfield and Ox .; d. about 1830, at Charlestown. . . . Children : SAMUEL; ABEL; ADELINE; IRA, b. 1799; DAVID, b. 1804, d. 1835, at Charlestown; THOMAS S., b. 1807; GEORGE W. ; and b. at Ox. : CATHERINE, b. 15 July, 1812, d. about 1829; b. at North Brookfield : MARY M., b. 6 Aug., 1814, m. John Chamberlain of Charlestown, and d. there about 1836; JAMES, b. 1 Nov., 1816, m. 1837, Sarah A., widow of his brother David. He d. 1876, at Cambridge. [See North Brookfield History.]
ABNER, son of James of Framingham (?), m. 15 May, 1771, Mary Merritt (or Marish) of Charlton, where they resided from 1773 to 1787 at least, re- moved to Ox. where they lived early in the present century nearly opposite the town hall, H. 192. He d. 7 April, 1821, she d. 25 Dec., 1819, aged 73; was sexton from 1793 to 1819. [Abner Mellen was ill at a time when dysentery
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was very fatal among the children of Ox. and bewailed his misfortune in con- sequence, saying it was "just his luck-dish bottom side up when it rained porridge."] . . . Children, b. at Charlton: LUCY, b. 31 Dec., 1773, m. John Fessenden; DAVID, b. 4 Aug., 1775; ABNER, b. 29 Jan., 1781, sailor, m. in- tentions 4 Aug., 1800, Asenath Seaver of Shrewsbury; MARY, b. 5 Sept., 1783, m. (1) - Weld, m. (2) Ichabod Holley; LEWIS, b. 9 Oct., 1787, m. 11 Jan., 1808, Rachel Cook, settled in Rhode Island; GEORGE.
JOSHUA, brother of Abner (?), m. 1771, Rebecca H. Mellen [Jones?], at Hopkinton, came late in life with three daughters to Ox .; was decrepit and aided by the town. He d. 30 Jan., 1828, aged 79, she d. 19 July, 1837, aged 88. . . . Children : POLLY, d. unm. 31 May, 1839; REBECCA H., m. James Collier, no ch .; SARAH P., d. unm. 30 Oct., 1847, aged 55.
JOSHUA, and Nancy Morgan, m. int. 13 July, 1800.
POLLY, and Moses Weld (or Wells), m. 31 Jan., 1811.
WILLIAM, and Persis Smith, m. int. 22 Aug., 1829.
HENRY, of Grafton, and Lydia Stafford, m. 24 Oct., 1841.
REBECCA, aged 63, d. 10 Aug., 1847.
MELLISH, SAMUEL, b. 1729, at Boston, resided at Dorchester, had JOHN, b. 1758, five years fifer in the Revolutionary army ; had JOHN, b. 4 Feb., 1801, carriage maker 1820 at Walpole, came to Ox. 1821, began business with Seth Daniels, built 1825, the house, H. 204, later a teacher, efficient in educational affairs, removed 1831 to Millbury, and 1839 to Auburn, 35 years justice of peace, prominent democrat. He m. 16 Oct., 1823, Cyrene, dau. of Peter Smith of Walpole, d. 4 Sept., 1875, at Auburn, she d. 29 Dec., 1867, at Southbridge. . . . Children : JOHN H., b. 30 Aug., 1824, was graduated 1851 at Amherst, and 1854 at Andover, settled 14 Feb., 1855, at Kingston, N. H., dismissed June, 1867, acting pastor at Dayville, Conn., from Jan., 1868, to April, 1871, at North Scituate, R. I., from June, 1871, to June, 1880, removed to West Tisbury ; he m. 1 Jan., 1856, Sarah A., dau. of David W. Lane of North Brook- field, and had Florence, b. 5 Dec., 1856, at Kingston; Bertha L., b. 1 Jan., 1877, at North Scituate, R. I .; HENRY C., b. 28 Jan., 1826, unm., d. 7 Feb., 1858, near Decatur, Neb. ; CYRENE A., b. and d. 1828; WILLIAM H., b. and d. 1829; DAVID B., b. 2 Jan., 1831. From childhood he had a great love of knowledge and read much. He in youth committed to memory a large amount of poetry and was the life and soul of a club of lads which he led in meetings for declamation, etc. He studied at Leicester and Warren Academies, was several years apprentice in the Spy printing office, Worcester, in 1849 in the Cambridge Chronicle office, in 1850 with the National Intelligencer, Washing- ton, and thereafter in various printing offices in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and other places, teaching school in each winter until the winter of 1855-6 when he became shorthand amanuensis for C. Edwards Lester of New York. In Oct., 1856, he engaged with O. S. Fowler, went West on a lecture tour with him, and thereafter relinquished printing and continued in Fowler's publishing department, and as his business agent on his tours, writ- ing for the eastern press as opportunity offered. In 1860 he joined the staff of the New York Tribune as shorthand and general news reporter, doing a large amount of service for several years. Not far from 1860 he was appointed Stenographer for the Police Department. New York, at the same time serving in the same capacity the Board of Health, and in the meantime keeping up his writing for the press, and receiving private pupils in Sten- ography.
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