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During the first years of the Rebellion he furnished such accurate reports of events and speeches in the city and vicinity that some of them have become acknowledged authority in historical works. As he was known as an accomplished reporter the publishers of Appleton's Cyclopedia employed him to write an article on the subject for the edition which they began to pub- lish about 1861. Later he was invited to write a similar article for a revised edition, but was obliged to decline on account of other engagements. In 1872 he furnished leading political articles for the New York Times.
His brother to whom we are indebted for the principal facts of this sketch, writes "I cannot fix the time when he lost his position as Stenographer to the Police Department. His singular capacity and faithfulness in long service were not questioned. His offence was a most emphatic, determined and effective opposition to Tammany Republicanism. It was essential that Tammany for their greatest success should own men and their influence, pro- vided with the fattest offices receiving large additional pay on account of their official connection with certain city boards, men who were ostensibly Republicans but working in the interests of Tammany. The political trickery of certain Republicans thus playing into the hands of Tammany was the cause of his dismission from his office."
Very shortly after the action of the Police Commissioners in removing him he was made appointment clerk in the U. S. Collector's Office at New York with a salary of $1,800. In May following he resigned the office to take the appointment of Assistant Appraiser with a salary of $3,000. This office he ·resigned 1 March, 1873.
His nomination to represent the 9th New York District in the 39th Congress was in the fall of 1872. At the time of his dismissal from the service in the Police Department he held the appointment of Chief Supervisor of Elections for the assenbly district. In the discharge of the duties of this office he gained a reputation for honesty and efficiency among those outside his own party. One of the main rallying points of his supporters for Congress was " Honest elections." His efforts and those of his friends in the conduct of this canvass were amazing. Printed documents, personal appeals and large public gatherings were the means used, and an enthusiastic support was accorded him. Many Democrats voted for him because they liked the man. The result was his election. He ought now to have allowed himself rest. But believing that the question of finance would become prominent in national legislation he gave himself zealously to its study and consideration. He took his seat in March, 1873, and being accustomed to thoroughness in all his duties, applied himself to his labors on the several committees to which he belonged with his habitual ardor. Soon it became study and writing day and night, and the strain was beyond mortal endurance. The last of his speaking in Congress showed that the balance of his mind was lost. Acute mania set in and he was taken from his residence to the government hospital for the insane 12 May, 1874, and died 11 days later.
Thus passed away at 43 years of age one of the most remarkable young men Oxford has produced. Soon after his death his widow was appointed to a clerkship which she held until near her decease in 1880.
He m. 3 March, 1862, Lucy M., dau. of Newton Fitch, b. 4 April, 1837, at Amherst; they had (all b. in New York city), Alice M., b. 8 May, 1863, Edwin A., b. 12 May, 1866, William C., b. 11 Oct., 1870; she d. 2 May, 1880, at Washington, D. C .; ANN MARIA, b. and d. 1835, at Millbury; CAROLINE
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E., b. 8 Sept., 1836, at Millbury, m. 21 Nov., 1861, Charles A. Cushman, resided at Dayton, O .; had Augusta, b. 1862; Fred. M., b. 1865, Roberta, b. 1875; GEORGE H., b. 5 Feb., 1840, at Auburn, m. 12 Dec., 1865, Emeline L., dau. of Abram Flagg, printer and stenographer, reporter for Police Depart- ment in New York city; MARY L., b. 11 Jan., 1842, at Auburn, m. 10 July, 1865, Rev. Franklin C. Flint of Shrewsbury, who d. 23 March, 1876, at Shrewsbury, she d. 26 March, 1881, at Worcester; they had Cyrene L., b. 1867, at Chatham; Genevieve S., b. 1870, at Southbridge; Marion L., b. 1875, at Westboro'.
MERRIAM, MERIAM, MIRIAM, WILLIAM, of Hadlow, Kent Co., Eng., d. at that place 23 Sept., 1635. He had sons JOSEPH, GEORGE and ROBERT, who came to America, resided at Concord. The male line in the families of the two latter became extinct, and from JOSEPH descended all of the name in the country, so far as known, excepting those who have assumed it. JOSEPH, son of Joseph, b. in Eng., about 1630, came with his father, m. 12 July, 1653, Sarah, dau. of Gregory Stone of Cambridge, and had 11 ch., among them THOMAS, b. 1672 [who m. Mary Harwood and had with others Mary, who m. Ebenezer Locke of the North Gore], ROBERT, b. 1667 [who m. Abigail Hay- ward and had with others JONATHAN and HEZEKIAH, who came to the Gore in 1729], and JOHN, b. 30 May, 1662, m. 1688, Mary Wheeler, deacon and prominent at Cambridge Farms. John and Mary had with others EBENEZER, b. 4 March, 1706, at Lexington, and JOSHUA, baptized 22 Feb., 1708. These two with their cousins Jonathan and Hezekiah, above named, bought 400. acres in the Gore in 1729. Jonathan remained here until 1734, when he sold to Isaac Hartwell and returned to Lexington. The others settled here. [See Homesteads 103, 104.]
2. HEZEKIAH, son of Robert, b. 30 May, 1707, at Lexington, m. 1725, Prudence - -, resided in the Gore, H. 103, sold his farm in 1765 and in 1770 bought H. 114 and removed thither, physician, removed after 1792 to Ward, where he d. 24 Oct., 1803, aged 97. . . . Children : PRUDENCE, b. 14 Aug., 1731, m. Lemuel Edwards; HEZEKIAH, b. 15 June, 1734; ROBERT, b. 24 Aug., 1735, soldier in the French war, d. 7 Oct., 1758; SARAH, b. 30 Sept., 1737, d. 2 Sept., 1759; JOANNA, b. March, 1740, m. Joseph Edwards; ABIGAIL, b. 24 March, 1742, m. 18 June, 1761, Jacob Pierce; HANNAH, b. 19 April, 1744, m. intentions 11 June, 1763, Joseph Muzzy, Jr., of Shrewsbury; LUCY, b. 18 May, 1746, m. 15 April, 1767, Benjamin Keyes of Shrewsbury; PERSIS, b. 16 Aug., 1751, m. 29 June, 1791, Abner Claflin of Sandisfield(?) ; SARAH, b. 1753, d. 1759; JONATHAN, b. 1756, d. 1759.
3. HEZEKIAH, son of Hezekiah (2), m. 3 April, 1755, Sarah Claflin, physi- cian, settled in the Gore, d. 2 Sept., 1759, she m. (2) 13 Jan., 1763, John Crowl of Leicester. . . . Children of Hezekiah and Sarah : ELEANOR, b. 14 Feb., 1756; PERLEY, b. 13 Dec., 1757; HEZEKIAH, b. 6 Feb., 1760.
4. EBENEZER, son of John and Abigail (Wheeler), m. (1) Esther, dau. of Thomas Gleason, she d. 8 Dec., 1740; m. (2) 17 Sept., 1747, Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Locke; he d. 20 Aug., 1761, she d. 1 May, 1797, aged 77; resided at the late Jotham Meriam place, H. 103. . . . Children by first m. : EBEN- EZER, b. 28 March, 1734; MARY, b. 14 Sept., 1735, d. 30 Oct., 1749; WILLIAM, b. 1737, d. 1738; ESTHER, b. 11 April, 1739, m. 15 Oct., 1767, Dr. Isaac Burnet of Warwick, and Dummerston, Vt. ; ch. by second m. : ELIZABETH, b. 1 June, 1748, m. 30 May, 1770, Benjamin Tewell of Warwick, resided at Weathers- field, Vt., he d. 8 July, 1819, she d. 21 June, 1790, at Warwick; JOTHAM, b. 15
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Aug., 1749 ; PHEBE, b. 21 Jan., 1751, m. 26 Nov., 1772, Stephen Pratt; MARY, d. 30 Oct., 1749; JONATHAN, b. and d. 1753; EPHRAIM, b. 8 July, 1755, m. 10 April, 1775, Ruth Gleason; had Zeruiah, b. 25 May, 1776; resided in the Gore, where he d. 1776 or 1777, she m. (2) Sampson Marvin of New Salem; SARAH, b. 3 Feb., 1760, m. Walter Fitts.
5. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (4), m. intentions April, 1752, Phebe Locke, sister of Elizabeth, his father's second w., resided on homestead brick maker. He d. 16 July, 1795, she d. 27 Oct., 1802, aged 71. . . . Children : MARY, b. 5 Oct., 1753, m. Reuben Eddy ; JESSE, b. 4 June, 1755, Revolution- ary soldier (?), m. 3 Nov. 1779, Deborah Pratt, resided at New Salem, where he d. 31 Oct., 1838, she d. 1836, 4 ch. ; PHEBE, b. 11 Sept., 1759, m. Jonathan Pratt, 4 ch. ; RACHEL, b. 7 March, 1762, m. Joel Clark, resided at Shelburne, where she d., 2 ch. ; EBENEZER, b. 4 Dec., 1764; ESTHER, b. 10 May, 1767, d. 24 Nov., 1790; WILLIAM, b. 7 April, 1769, m. (1) 27 Aug., 1795, Ruth Eddy of Ward, 5 ch .; m. (2) Lucy Hatstat, dau. of a Hessian soldier, resided at New Salem ; RHODA, b. 19 May, 1771, d. 5 Oct., 1795, at Dummerston, Vt. ; JOEL, b. 9 April, 1775 ; ABIGAIL, b. 1 April, 1777, m. Wilkins, son of Dr. Isaac Burnet, settled and d. at Dummerston, no ch.
6. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (5), m. 29 Nov., 1789, Phebe Stockwell of Sutton, resided on a part of the homestead; an enterprising man, Captain of militia, brick maker ; he d. 29 March, 1820, she m. (2) 20 Feb., 1823, Andrew Par- sons of Vernon, Vt. . . . Children : AMOs, b. 1 May, 1790, m. 13 March, 1818, Lucina King of Sutton; had Rufus K., Lucy E .; ARTEMAS, b. 7 Nov., 1791; AMASA, b. 14 March, 1793, m. his cousin Philena Case of Millbury, where they settled, 6 ch., all d. young except one; PARLEY, b. 14 Feb., 1795; EBENEZER, b. 1796, drowned 1797, at his father's brick-yard; CYRIL, b. 7 Feb., 1798, m. inten- tions 19 Dec., 1822, Eunice Gleason of Ward, d. 13 April, 1838, 5 ch. ; LUTHER, b. 30 Oct., 1799 ; EBENEZER, b. 5 May, 1801, m. 24 Feb., 1831, Clarissa Cum- mings of Montpelier, Vt., resided there three years, returned to Massachusetts and resided at Auburn, he d. 1891, at Auburn, 2 ch .; PHEBE, b. 7 Oct., 1805, m. Rufus Eddy; IRA, b. 15 Oct., 1808; DIANTHA, b. 15 Dec., 1810, m. Itha- mar Stow of Millbury ; WRIGHT S., b. 16 Dec., 1814.
7. JOEL, son of Ebenezer (5), m. (1) 7 Dec., 1800, Sarah, dau. of Jotham Meriam, resided in the Gore, removed after July, 1818, to New Salem, she d. 24 Dec., 1822; m. (2) 1833, Phebe, dau. of Stephen Pratt. He d. 4 Jan., 1846. . . . Children, all b. at Oxford : ELIZA, b. 18 Nov., 1802, d. 1820; ALMI- RA, b. 28 Sept., 1804, m. Obed Taylor, residence, Dexter, Mich .; ERASTUS, b. 17 July, 1806, residence, Boston; SARAH B., b. 13 June, 1809, m. (1) Peleg Adams, she m. (2) - -; JOEL W., b. 25 Jan., 1811, m. Freedom Holton; JOTHAM A., b. 25 Feb., 1813, m. Charlotte Harwood; LYSANDER, b. 18 March, 1816, resided at Greenfield ; LUCY ANNA, b. 27 July, 1818, m. David S. Hast- ings, residence, Shelburne Falls.
8. ARTEMAS, son of Ebenezer (6), m. intentions 3 June, 1821, Jerusha, dau. of John Stevens of Charlton, resided on the homestead, d. 7 May, 1864, she d. aged 59, 12 Aug., 1856. . . . Children : JOHN S., b. 1822, d. 1825; JE- RUSHA N., b. 3 Aug., 1824, m. 5 May, 1848, Charles Woodbury of Sutton; CLARISSA, b. 4 Nov., 1827 (?), m. Jonathan Hapgood, residence, Worcester; DAVID, b. 12 Dec., 1830; JOHN E., b. 1832, d. 1836; REBECCA, b. 13 Sept., 1834.
9. DAVID, son of Artemas (8), m. Mary, dau., of Jesse Lamb, resided on the homestead, several years selectman. . . . Children : ALICE, b. 2 Sept., 1860; JANE A., b. 20 April, 1864, d. 10 May, 1885.
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10. PARLEY, son of Ebenezer (6), m. intentions 27 Dec., 1821, Lucy Brown of Thompson, Conn., removed about 1832 to Butternuts, N. Y., and thence, 1849, to Wisconsin. He d. 24 Aug., 1883, at Waupun, she d. 24 Sept., 1878. . . . Children : LUCY, b. 24 Jan., 1822 (?), d. 1823; SARAH, b. 8 June, 1824, at Ox., m. Darius L. Bancroft, removed to Chester, Wis .; IRA, b. 22 Aug., 1826, at Ox .; NELSON, b. 20 May, 1832, settled at Butternuts.
11. LUTHER, son of Ebenezer (6), m. 20 Nov .. 1823, Susan G., dau. of John Marsh of Sutton, resided at Ox., removed 1838 to Auburn. He d. July, 1886, she d. 29 March, 1878, both at Auburn. . . . Children : SUSAN L., b. 26 June, 1825, at Millbury, m. 20 Dec., 1843, Warren Sibley of Auburn, she d. 7 Aug., 1882; WILLIAM N., b. 1828, d. 1832 ; DIANTHA, b. 2 July, 1833, m. 9 Dec., 1852, Alvin Howe, residence, Auburn; JANE A., b. 13 Sept., 1837, m. 23 Nov., 1859, Joseph S. Clark, residence, Worcester; JOHN F., b. 23 July, 1840, d. unm. 11 Jan., 1881, at Auburn.
12. IRA, son of Ebenezer (6), m. (1) 26 March, 1834, Nancy, dau. of Willard Converse of Spencer, she d. aged 46, 20 July, 1856; m. (2) 24 May, 1859, Mrs. Persis M. Bellows, m. n. Myrick, she d. aged 71, 7 Feb., 1882 ; representative and selectman. . . . Children, by first m. : IRA N., b. 2 Oct., 1836, d. 21 Oct., 1861; ALBERT E., b. 20 Sept., 1843, m. (1) 20 Sept., 1869, Abbie A., dau. of Loriston Shumway, she d. 7 Aug., 1870; they had Robert C., b. 30 June, 1870; m. (2) Minnie, dau. of Daniel Warner.
13. WRIGHT S., son of Ebenezer (6), m. 4 Dec., 1850, Eliza, dau. of Jesse Eddy of Auburn, resided on a part of the homestead, d. 10 Sept., 1887, she d. aged 70, 11 Feb., 1886. . . . Children : JESSE IRVING, b. 29 Sept., 1852, m. 30 Sept., 1873, Ednah E. Clark, resided on the homestead; they had Harry W., b. 27 Feb., 1875; Arthur I., b. 5 Feb., 1877; Walter E., b. 30 Sept., 1878 ; Flossie L., b. and d. 1880; FRANK E., b. 11 Feb., 1858, resides on H. 105.
14. JOTHAM, son of Ebenezer (4), m. 8 July, 1777, Sarah, dau. of Eben- ezer Burnap, resided on the homestead, he d. 22 Aug., 1798; she m. (2) Col. Samuel Denny of Leicester. . . . Children of Jotham and Sarah : SARAH, b. 16 June, 1778, m. 7 Dec., 1800, her cousin, Joel, son of Ebenezer Meriam; EPHRAIM, b. 12 March, 1780, d. 3 July, 1818, unm., at Mercer, Me .; ANNA, b. 23 Jan., 1782, m. 27 May, 1801, James Meriam, Jr., of Ward; JOTHAM, b. 9 April, 1784; REUBEN, b. 31 Dec., 1785, m. 1 Nov., 1821, Elizabeth, dau. of David Taintor of Sutton, resided at Leicester, card-maker, d. 27 April, 1874, she d. 26 Dec., 1872, one son d. unm .; LUCY, b. 15 Jan., 1788, m. Bradford Hudson; ABIJAH, b. 25 March, 1790, d. 3 Feb., 1816, unm., at Spencer; SILAS, b. 5 Feb., 1792, m. (1) Mary J. Forbes of Westboro', m. (2) Elizabeth T. Bacheller, m. (3) Harriet P., dau. of Col. Samuel Watson of Leicester; he d. Jan., 1855; resided in Sutton, and later in Uxbridge and Leicester; had George D., resided at Worcester, d. 1862; Silas A., painter at Brooklyn, N. Y.
15. JOTHAM, son of Jotham (14), m. 8 Oct., 1820, Sophia, widow of John P. Nichols, m. n. Shumway, resided on the homestead, No. 103, a very esti- mable man, justice of the peace. She d. 3 Oct., 1844, at Monson, he d. 27 April, 1874, at Rochdale. . . . Children : ELIZA ANN, b. 28 Oct., 1822, d. 7 May, 1841; JOTHAM A., b. 8 June, 1824, d. 9 Sept., 1850; SARAH S., b. 7 Jan., 1827, m. Stephen Moulton, of Cuba, N. Y., no ch .; EMELINE S., b. 28 Oct., 1828, d.
16. JOSHUA, son of John and Mary [Wheeler], m. 12 Nov., 1733, Susanna, dau. of Thomas Gleason, Jr., niece of his brother Ebenezer's first w. He was Captain of the North Gore Militia Co., marched with his command Aug., 1757, on the alarm to relieve Fort William Henry, went to Sheffield and returned. He
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d. 7 June, 1784, she d. 1 Oct., 1788. . . . Children : JOSHUA, b. 18 Aug., 1734 ; SUSANNA, b. 23 Oct., 1736, m. Samuel Eddy, Jr., of Ward, d. 1803; RUTH, b. 4 Feb., 1739, m. 26 March, 1765, Henry Burnet, residence, Warwick; JOHN, b. 31 March, 1741, d. 28 Nov., 1761; MERCY, b. 5 July, 1743, d. 1799, at War- wick; LYDIA, b. 26 July, 1745, m. David Gleason; JAMES, b. 30 Nov., 1747; MARY, b. 2 March, 1750, d. 24 Nov., 1768; MARTHA, b. 30 June, 1752, m. 25 Nov., 1769, Asa Conant, resided at Warwick, she d. 12 March, 1812; ASA, b. 21 Oct., 1754, Revolutionary soldier 1775, m. intentions 18 April, 1778, Mary, dau. of Luke Lincoln of Leicester, physician at New Salem, where he d. 7 May, 1795, had several daughters and one son, Joshua, b. 6 April, 1783, who m. Lucy (Hatstat), widow of William Merriam.
17. JOSHUA, son of Joshua (16), m. (1) 2 Jan., 1759, Abigail, dau. of Samuel Eddy, she d. 28 Nov., 1768, aged 27; m. (2) 14 Nov., 1769, Mrs. Han- nah Lovell, she d. 10 Oct., 1799, aged 71; m. (3) 1802, Nancy, dau. of Na- thaniel Stockwell of Sutton. He d. about 1809. . . . Children, by first m. : JONATHAN, b. 4 March, 1760, Revolutionary soldier(?), said to have resided in New York State; ABIGAIL, b. 18 July, 1762, m. (1) William Forbes, m. (2) John Plummer of Thompson, Conn. ; JOHN, b. 6 Nov., 1768; LYDIA, b. 15 Feb., 1765, m. Jonathan Nichols.
18. JOHN, son of Joshua (17), brought up at his uncle James' in North Gore, m. 30 March, 1791, Hannah, dau. of John Nichols [See Homestead 79], resided at H. 79 until about 1819, removed to Charlton, where he d. 22 Oct., 1840, she d. 11 May, 1856. . . . Children : CELIA N., b. 27 Dec., 1791, m. 10 April, 1816, Parley Eddy, Jr. ; SOPHIA, b. 16 Feb., 1793, m. 6 Jan., 1813, Tim- othy Morse, Jr., of Charlton; a dau., N. Augusta, m. Rufus B. Dodge, Esq .; WILLIAM, b. 1795, d. 1802; RUFUS, b. 1800, d. 1803; SYRENA, b. 1807, d. 1813.
19. JAMES, son of Joshua (16), sent a substitute in Revolutionary war, m. 25 May, 1774, Eunice, dau. of Thomas Lovell of Sutton, now Millbury, settled on the homestead. He seems to have been prominent; clerk of the second militia company in Oxford in 1779. He d. 7 Feb., 1804, she d. 14 July, 1830, aged 78. . . . Children : JAMES, b. 15 Feb., 1775, m. (1) intentions 14 March, 1801, Anna, dau. of Jotham Meriam, she d. aged 22, 28 Nov., 1802, at Milford, N. Y .; m. (2) 1805, Zeruiah Rich of Milford, removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he d .; MARY, b. 20 July, 1776, d. 12 Oct., 1793; EUNICE, b. 23 Dec., 1780, m. 12 March, 1801, her cousin Ezra Gleason of Ward, where she d. 1805; MERCY, b. 11 March, 1783, m. 29 May, 1806, Ezra Gleason, she d. 1808, at Ward; THOMAS, b. 21 March, 1785, Major of militia, representative, m. Lucy, dau. of Isaac Stone of Ward, she d. 1861, at Holden; they had Isaac S., b. 15 Nov., 1814, at Ox., m. 1840, Josephine B. Beard of Hillsboro', Ga., resided at Macon, removed before 1845 to Auburn, 9 ch .; town clerk, representative, 20 years justice of the peace at Auburn [See His. N. Brook- field]; SUSANNA, b. 2 Jan., 1787, d. 1811, unm. ; SAMUEL, b. 5 Aug., 1789; NANCY, b. 30 Dec., 1791, d. 5 Nov., 1822, unm .; of lovely character and un- usual mental endowments.
20. SAMUEL, son of James (19), m. 2 April, 1817, Nancy T., dau. of John Nichols, resided on the homestead (103), where he d. 8 April, 1871, she d. 21 Jan., 1881, at Worcester. . . . Children : RUFUS N., b. 14 Jan., 1818, was grad- uated 1844 at Dartmouth College, machinist at Worcester, m. (1) intentions 24 March, 1849, Emily Tatman of Worcester, she d. 1863, m. (2) 1865, Mrs. Sarah T. Sullivan, no surviving ch .; LUCRETIA P., b. 8 Sept., 1820, d. 3 Aug., 1873, unm. ; JAMES L., b. 11 Aug., 1822, m. intentions 10 Nov., 1845, Angeline
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Rockwood of Leicester, resided at Princeton, Ill., removed to Chicago; they had at Princeton : James C., Arthur L., Alice L., d. 1 Dec., 1884; SAMUEL T., b. 29 Aug., 1824, m. 1848, Ann J. Brown of Troy, N. Y., resided at Warren, Northbridge and Princeton, Ill., 3 ch .; THOMAS S., b. 23 Dec., 1826, m. 1852, Lydia A. Lamb of Charlton, he d. 4 May, 1880, at Ox., she d. aged 35, 21 April, 1865; they had Angeline N., b. 1854, d. 1870; NANCY A., b. 20 Feb., 1829, m. 13 Nov., 1849, John E. Putnam of Sutton, removed to Big Lake, Minn., 9 ch. ; CHARLES H., b. 23 March, 1831, m. 1856, Clarissa Huntington of Leicester, and had Albert.
PHEBE, m. 20 Feb., 1785, Andrew Parsons of Vernon, Vt.
LYDIA A., m. n. Stevens, aged 35, d. 21 April, 1865.
MERRIFIELD, ABRAHAM, taxed 1771, Revolutionary soldier, marched in Capt. Town's Co. on Lexington alarm.
METCALF, JEREMIAH, of Franklin, b. 16 Dec., 1770, m. 25 Sept., 1794, Bathsheba, dau. of Lemuel Crane, settled at Franklin, spent his last days at Ox., where he d. 20 Dec., 1834, she d. 25 Feb., 1848. . . . Children : ABIGAIL H., b. 9 Dec., 1795, d. unm. 19 April, 1863; ARTEMAS G., b. 8 Aug., 1798; BATHSHEBA C., b. 11 Nov., 1799, m. Sumner Lumbard; MARY R., b. 25 Dec., 1802, m. Alfred Harris of Worcester, he d., she removed to Truro, N. S., d. there 4 Dec., 1884, no ch .; JOSEPH H., b. 25 Nov., 1804, m. Eliza Harrington of Paxton, he and 2 sons d. at Memphis, Tenn., of yellow fever, she d. of the same in Ill. ; ALFRED E., b. 25 Jan., 1808, m. Dorinda Phelps of West Boyl- ston, resided at Worcester, where both d., he d. 12 Sept., 1863; 3 daughters.
2. ARTEMAS G., son of Jeremiah (1), m. 3 Dec., 1826, Ruth, dau. of Charles Town, she d. 8 March, 1847, he d. 8 Dec., 1855, at Worcester. . . . Children : SARAH T., b. 31 July, 1830, m. Henry Bancroft, settled at Worces- ter, she d. 5 May, 1855; ARTEMAS H., b. 8 Nov., 1832, unm., d. 1 April, 1855, at Cleveland, O .; SERENA N., b. 26 Jan., 1835, m. (1) Joseph Fiske of Upton, removed to Leominster, where he d. 15 June, 1869, 2 sons; m. (2) Isaac Cow- drey, resided at North Leominster.
REV. DAVID, b. 27 Nov., 1795, at Lebanon, Conn., son of David and Anna (Champion), was graduated at Middlebury College, studied at Andover and New Haven, Conn., settled 1829 at North Madison, Conn., and later at other places and in 1841 on account of health left the ministry, settling on a farm adjoining the common at Ox. He had then been m. but had no ch. He was a man of discerning mind, a strong reasoner and given to metaphysical study, wrote and published a work on Moral Obligation, a good man at heart with an indomitable will; m. (2) intentions 8 March, 1843, L. Ann Jones of Spencer. He d. 25 Sept., 1884, at Auburn, where he had resided about ten years. She d. 23 Feb., 1885, at Auburn. . . . Children : DAVID C., b. 21 Oct., 1845, d. 1846; MARGARET, d. unm. 31 May, 1869; MARIA, b. 12 Nov., 1849, d. unm. at Worcester; CHARLOTTE A., b. 16 Dec., 1851, resided at Auburn, removed to Worcester, where she was killed by railroad cars 10 Feb., 1887.
JUNIA, of Franklin (Appleton, Me.), and Melinda Phillips of Ward, m. 5 Sept., 1821.
EMMA F., dau. of John M., aged 3, d. Dec., 1859.
MILLARD, EMELINE, m. n. Smith, aged 48, d. 28 Dec., 1864.
MILLER, GEORGE, b. 28 Feb., 1806, at Chester, son of Ephraim, formerly of Worcester, came to Ox. Woolen Co.'s mill 1828, removed 1836 to Middle-
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field, thence 1838 to Aurora, N. Y., returned 1848 to Ox. He m. (1) 7 Nov., 1833, Lucretia, dau. of Leavens Shumway, she d. 6 Dec., 1859, m. (2) 14 Nov., 1866, Mary (Pratt), widow of Harvey Upham of Dudley, she d. 1890. . . . Children by first m. : GEORGE HENRY, b. 4 April, 1835, m. (1) 18 Nov., 1858, Maria E. Anthony, b. 3 Nov., 1835, d. 28 Oct., 1877, at Worcester, m. (2) March, 1879, Mrs. Mary Penniman of Sutton, dau. of Dea. E. H. Hutchinson; coal dealer at Worcester; ch. by first m. : Henry L., b. 22 June, 1860, at Sutton, m. 1 Oct., 1883, Nettie M., dau. of Dexter F. Parker; Charles A., b. 30 March, 1862, d. 13 July, 1883; George E., b. 10 April, 1869, at Worcester; Walter E., b. and d. 1871; Emily M., b. 1873, d. 1877; MARTHA E., b. 24 April, 1838, m. 31 Oct., 1866, Seth Wetherbee of Warren; had May E., b. 1 May, 1879; EMILY L., b. 16 March, 1841, m. (1) 7 Oct., 1858, H. Eugene Bacon, settled at Pawtucket, R. I., she m. (2) 4 June, 1882, Joshua Lothrop, jeweler; ch. by first m. : Lillian M., b. 14 June, 1860; Walter E., b. 1862, d. 1864; Mary E., b. 1 June, 1866; DANFORTH L., b. 4 Nov., 1843, m. 22 Sept., 1869, Irene Elizabeth, dau. of William Stone, settled at Philadelphia, Pa., removed about 1882 to Worcester, where he d. 21 March, 1886, insurance agent; ch. : William S., b. 5 June, 1873; Albert E., b. 7 June, 1876.
EDMUND, brother of George (1), b. at Chester, m. 3 April, 1839, Betsey S., dau. of Rufus Larned. He d. 27 April, 1888, at Greenfield, aged 74. . . . Child : EDGAR, b. 9 March, 1847, m. Oct., 1869, Julia Snell.
JAMES F., relative of George (1), b. 28 July, 1798, at Chester, learned cloth dressing at Middlefield, came early in 1828 from Bellingham to Ox. Woolen Co.'s mill as finisher, continuing until 1836, when he removed to Vermont and in 1840 to Hinsdale, where he resided until the death of his w., removed to Chicago, Ill., where he d. 31 March, 1880. He m. 18 May, 1824, Lucy Starr of Lanesboro', she d. 11 March, 1875, at Hinsdale. . . . Children : JAMES F., b. 30 July, 1825, at Middlefield; LUCY A., b. 5 July, 1827, at Bellingham, d. 1828, at Ox .; and at Ox .: ELIZA ANN, b. 28 Jan., 1829, m. Sumner U. Church of Middlefield; EMILY A., b. 29 May, 1832; ELLEN M., b. 8 Aug., 1833.
MRS. SARAH, and Jedediah Barton, m. intentions 9 July, 1778.
OBED E. res. 1840-42 at Augutteback Village, carpenter ; his son JOSEPH H. aged 8, d. 8 Sept., 1840, his w. Sarah, aged 35, d. 9 Sept., 1840, his son WARREN C., aged 2, d. 26 Sept., 1840. He m. (2) 13 Sept., 1842, Hannah Twiss, removed to Templeton or vicinity.
PATIENCE, widow, aged 90, d. 10 Feb., 1885.
MITCHELL, THOMAS K., and Sibyl Davis, m. intentions 25 Feb., 1814.
MOFFITT, WILLIAM, of Salem, an original proprietor at Killingly, Conn. ENOCH, supposed to have been his son, bought land there in 1729, m. (1) Elizabeth - -, and had at Killingly : MEHETABLE, b. 3 May, 1733; LEMUEL, b. 25 June, 1735; ISAAC, b. 4 Sept., 1739; ALATHEA, b. 19 Feb., 1742; BEZALEEL and ABIGAIL, b. 17 July, 1745; and by second w. Hannah -: ENOCH, b. 7 May, 1755. Enoch, the father, probably removed to Gloucester, R. I.
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