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2. ISAAC, son of Enoch (1), m. 23 Sept. (?), 1761, Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Larned, was in 1766 of South Gore, and later settled on a part of her father's farm in the west part of Ox., living for a number of years in the cleft of a rock roofed in, later built a house near the rock, afterward owned by Jesse Bigelow, H. 70. He d. aged 72, 26 Aug., 1812, she d. aged 84, 23
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Sept., 1822. . . . Children : LEMUEL; ELIHU; JEREMIAH; RUFUS, m. and settled in Sutton, was in 1806 of Ox., cabinet maker, removed about 1807 to New York city, had ch .; HANNAH, m. 29 Nov., 1798, David Daggett, resided at Calais, Vt., had ch .; SALLY, m. 1802, William Brown of Dudley, settled in Vt., had ch., he in 1806 sued the town of Ox. for the support of Polly, dau. of Josiah M. McFarland, niece of his w., gained his suit, the town appealed, and in the S. J. Court gained the case; HEPHSIBAH, m. Josiah M. McFarland ; ELIZABETH, m. Asahel Hayward.
3. LEMUEL, son of Isaac (2), m. Lucy, dau. of Jeremiah Amidown, resided in the west part of Ox. He d. aged 72, 14 June, 1830, she d. 19 Nov., 1841. . . . Children : BETSEY, b. 12 May, 1793, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1814, Edward, son of Joshua Wetherell of Dudley, and had Amasa S., Edward N., Betsey Miranda, family removed to Mich .; ISAAC, b. 1794, d. 1795; HIRAM, b. 22 Aug., 1798; LUCY, b. 1800, d. 1803; HANNAH, b. and d. 1803; HORACE, b. 19 July, 1804, m. 3 March, 1826, Phebe Merriam, removed to Rochester, N. Y., had a son, resided in Mich., and 2 daughters, went to Cal. and is supposed to have been killed in the Mountain Meadow massacre; OTIS, b. 21 July, 1806, m. 30 Sept., 1833, Louisa, dau. of Alexander Campbell, he d. 24 July, 1848; they had Aaron H., b. 1 Aug., 1836, d. 1849; Albion O., b. 22 Dec., 1838, m. Nellie L. V. Daniels of Worcester, no ch., removed to Marlboro', was a capable business man and had charge of a shoe factory, d. May, 1878; Alexander C., b. 30 Aug., 1841, shoe cutter at Marlboro'; ORRIN, b. 28 Feb., 1809, went to Orleans Co., N. Y., m. (1) 1829, Abigail Keyes, and had Orrin, b. 1833, soldier in the late war in the 28th Wis. Regt., d. 30 Aug., 1864, at Pine Bluff; Revilla, b. 3 June, 1836; family removed in 1838, Abigail, the mother, d. 15 Dec., 1838, at Cincinnati, O., m. (2) 20 May, 1840, Mercy S. Reed, and had 5 ch., 4 have d., he resided 1885 at Blue Earth, Minn., d. 20 Oct., 1889.
4. ELIHU, son of Isaac (2), m. Lydia Conant of Dudley. He d. by his own hand 3 June, 1819, she d. 17 April, 1842, aged 76, at Dudley. . . . Children : REUEL, b. 28 April, 1796, m. 14 June, 1825, Mrs. Lucinda Wake- field, m. n. Brown, dau. of William C., and had Louisa, b. 5 April, 1826, m. (1) Robert Dixon, m. (2) - - Dwight of Dudley ; CYRENE, PLINY, PATTY, last 3 d. 1803 of dysentery ; JOSIAH, b. 11 Feb., 1803, m. in New York State, had ch., returned to Dudley, where he d., Christopher, his son, resided at Webster; SAMUEL, b. 28 Jan., 1805, d. young.
5. JEREMIAH, son of Isaac (2), m. Salome, dau. of John Burdon of Sut- ton b. 9 May, 1777; carpenter, owned and operated the saw-mill at the south end of the Plain many years; of strong physique, walked to Boston in a day with a pack of carpenter's tools on his back. He d. 28 Dec., 1824, she d. aged 78, 4 Aug., 1855. . . . Children : NANCY, b. 9 Nov., 1796, drowned near her father's mill 28 Dec., 1807; SALOME, b. 1798, d. 1799 ; SUKEY, b. 19 Jan., 1800, d. 24 May, 1824; JEREMIAH, b. 9 April, 1802, m. (1) Jan., 1835, Abigail Goog- ins, no ch., she d. 22 Dec., 1838; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1839, Mrs. Lucretia Waldo of Southbridge ; millwright, d. 27 Aug., 1848; SUMNER, b. 14 May, 1804; RUFUS, b. 18 June, 1806, m. 1 April, 1829, Hannah, dau. of Joshua Wetherell of Dudley, millwright, d. 5 Oct., 1860; they had Susan E., b. 3 Oct., 1843, m. Oct., 1863, Leonard E. Thayer, no ch .; Decatur, b. 10 Feb., 1850, m. March, 1876, Matilda A., dau. of David B. Collier; they had Ada E., b. 5. Feb., 1877; Florence L., b. 28 April, 1879; Edna J., b. 16 Oct., 1884; PLINY M., b. 15 Jan., 1812; CYN- THIA W., b. 25 Aug., 1815, m. 6 April, 1837, Samuel A. Hough of Grafton,
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who d. 18 April, 1838, aged 31; she m. (2) Elijah Taft of South Milford, she d. 25 Dec., 1881, at Worcester.
6. HIRAM, son of Lemuel (3), m. (1) 26 Jan., 1826, Rhoda Perkins, sister of Paul, resided at Ox., removed 1873 to Webster, and thence late in life to the West, she d. aged 35, 16 July, 1842; m. (2) 24 Nov., 1842, Mary, widow of Willard Underwood, sister of his first w., no ch .; m. (3) Mrs. Lucinda Studley, resided at or near Beloit, Wis., where he d. 19 Oct., 1881. He was a good man, of strong emotional nature, and a leading Methodist. . . . Children, all by first m., b. at Ox. : HARRIET A., b. 10 June, 1827, m. 3 April, 1845, Jede- diah Ellis of Woodstock, Conn., resided 1882 at Richland, N. Y., she d. April, 1864, seven ch .; MARY LUCY, b. 13 April, 1829, m. 9 Sept., 1847, Reuben Williams from Vermont, he d., she with two children reside at Dubuque, Ia. ; LOUISA C., b. 2 Feb., 1831, m. 9 May, 1848, Thomas Lamb, resided at Richland, she d. Feb., 1851, one ch .; and b. at Webster: HIRAM, b. April, 1833, resi- dence, Beloit; HORACE, b. 1834, d. 1851; OTIS, b. 1838, resides in Wisconsin ; CHARLES O., b. Feb., 1841, residence, Beloit.
7. SUMNER, son of Jeremiah (5), m. 3 April, 1833, Delia, dau. of Jona- than Bridges of Warren ; millwright, d. 18 May, 1871. . . . Children : DELIA A., b. 6 May, 1834, m. 1 Oct., 1857, Hiram S., son of Sibley Converse of Leicester, and had Myra E., b. 25 Jan., 1860, m. 23 Feb., 1882, Joseph H. Willard, residence, Worcester; Lena A., b. 16 Aug., 1868, m. 9 Sept., 1886, Edward H. Parker of Worcester; Lester S., b. 9 Aug., 1874; HANNAH E., b. 26 Feb., 1839, m. 1 Oct., 1857, Thomas M., son of James Bullock of Taunton, settled in Ox., she d. 30 May, 1883; they had Stella, b. 26 Aug., 1858, d. 20 Jan., 1885; Addie M., b. 7 Dec., 1863, d. unm .; ALBERT S., b. 25 Dec., 1840, soldier in late war, d. 11 April, 1864, at Ox .; MARY A., b. 10 Oct., 1842, m. 20 Feb., 1861, William Y. Woodbury, residence, Charlton; had Eva, b. 18 March, 1868; Ernest, b. 18 April, 1872 ; HENRY A., b. 3 July, 1844, postmaster 1885 to 1889, m. 1 Jan., 1867, Ellen, dau. of George Morris, and had Nellie, b. 19 Oct., 1867; Alfred, b. 21 Sept., 1871; NANCY S., b. 2 Jan., 1848, m. 6 June, 1866, Joseph L., brother of William Y. Woodbury, and had Grace, b. 1 March, 1869; Jessie, b. 16 July, 1870; Katie, b. 23 Nov., 1873; A. ISABEL, b. 22 July, 1851, m. Cornelius, son of Joseph Putnam, she d. 14 March, 1884 : had ch.
8. PLINY M., son of Jeremiah (5), m. 4 April, 1833, Adeline D. A., dau. of Stephen Humphrey, millwright and carpenter. . . . Children : HORATIO, b. 17 Sept., 1834, m. 23 Feb., 1858, at Waterbury, Vt., Jane Bulin of Norway, Me., resided at Waterbury, Vt., Springfield, Ill., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Minneapolis, Minn., where he d. 4 Oct., 1886, no ch .; P. MERRICK, b. 22 March, 1840, m. 18 May, 1869, Sophronia, dau. of Dyer Freeman of Webster, where they set- tled, soldier in the late war, no ch .; EDWIN S., b. 1845, d. young; MARY E., b. 8 March, 1848, m. (1) 13 July, 1871, Henry T. Albee of Webster, he d. March, 1880; they had Edwin, b. Feb., 1879; she m. (2) James G., son of William S. Forrest; JEREMIAH, b. 8 Sept., 1851, m. 9 Jan., 1875, Emma, dau. of Ed- mund Chamberlain of Ox., residence, Southbridge; OLIVE JANE, b. 13 July, 1854, m. 1870, F. F. Barnard of Ox., stable keeper, and had Frank P., b. 8 Aug., 1871.
MISS LAURA A., aged 16, d. 3 Dec., 1865.
MOIES, HERBERT C., son of Thomas, aged 1, d. 18 Nov., 1851.
MONKS, JULIA (English), aged 33, d. 22 April, 1866.
MONNING, MICHAEL, aged 70, d. 14 June, 1873.
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MONTAINE, MISS MARY (Canadian), aged 19, d. 8 July, 1878.
MOOKTEE, b. in Bombay, domestic in family of Rev. Horatio Bardwell, D.D., d. aged 53, 15 Sept., 1864.
MOORE, RICHARD, was among the leading men of Oxford in its carly history. He had ample means, and was long the largest landholder in the south part of the town; the first justice of the peace in the vicinity and transacted a large part of the conveyancing, probate and other official busi- ness during the early years; was the second licensed innholder in the town, beginning in 1715 and continuing many years; fifteen years select- man between 1715 and 1741, most of the time chairman; fifteen years, be- tween 1715 and 1734, town clerk; the first representative from the English settlement in 1721; treasurer in 1721 and 1729; several years moderator in town meeting. He had force of character and great tenacity of purpose, and early had a controversy with the Oxford Church, the exact nature of which is not apparent, but yielded at last. He sold, 6 June, 1714, his farm of 260 acres in the south part of Needham, bounding on Natick, and bought Aug., 1714, of Samuel Hagburn his house and lands in Oxford, H. 205, occupying soon thereafter. He descended from JOHN and ELIZABETH, who were in 1643 of Sudbury. Their son JACOB, b. 28 Nov., 1645, m. 29 May, 1667, Elizabeth Locker, and had with others RICHARD, b. 12 Sept., 1671, m. Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mary Collins of Middletown, Conn. (granddaughter of Dea. Ed- ward of Cambridge), b. 16 June, 1672. He d. aged 96, 19 Nov., 1767, she d. 12 July, 1760. . . . Children : SYBILLA, b. 2 Sept., 1694, m. Ebenezer Chamber- lain; ABIGAIL, b. 23 May, 1696; COLLINS, b. 7 Oct., 1698; ISAAC, b. 11 June, 1700, settled at Worcester; ELIJAH, b. 14 March, 1702; SUSANNA, b. 26 Dec., 1704 ; ABIJAH, b. 22 Dec., 1705; RICHARD, b. 10 Jan., 1708; MARY, b. 15 May, 1710.
2. COLLINS, son of Richard (1), weaver, m. 2 May, 1722, Bathsheba, dau. of Nathaniel Wood of Groton, resided at Worcester on a farm of 100 acres on Tatnuck Hill, which he sold in 1730 and soon removed to Ox., bought of Simon Chamberlain 40 acres, and a larger tract of Benjamin Chamberlain near the site of the present almshouse, where he settled. In 1737 his father, " for love," etc., deeded him 100 acres adjoining this. He d. before 22 Feb., 1743; she m. (2) Samuel Town, m. (3) Joseph Phillips. Nathan, his son, was admin- istrator of his estate upon whom the Court settled the property, the widow hav- ing her thirds set off. . . . Children : ABIGAIL, b. 17 Feb., 1723, m. Abial Lamb; LEVI, b. 17 Dec., 1724(?), d. 2 Aug., 1745, in his will he gave two-thirds of his estate to his brother Nathan, and one-third to Richard; NATHAN, b. 15 April, 1726; ELIJAH, b. 10 Aug., 1727; SUSANNA, b. 25 Jan., 1729, m. Silas Robinson of Dudley ; MARY, b. 25 Sept., 1730, m. Daniel Fairfield; and b at Oxford : BATHSHEBA, b. 10 Feb., 1732. m. Benjamin Wilson, resided 1754 at Townsend; ALICE, b. 26 Dec., 1733, m. Jonathan Ballard; JERUSHA, b. 5 April, 1735, m. John Nichols ; RICHARD, b. 14 Oct., 1736, soldier in French war, m. 19 Aug., 1761, Mary Eddy, resided at Ervingshire; they had John, b. 8 Dec., 1761, at Ox .; PHEBE. b. 3 Sept., 1738, m. Ebenezer Locke.
3. ELIJAH, son of Richard (1), m. 19 July, 1733, Dorothy, dau. of Eben- ezer Learned; prominent in Ox., for more than 25 years innkeeper at the old stand rear of the Israel Sibley house, H. 205, Captain of militia, constable in 1730, selectman seven years between 1742 and 1756, appointed 21 Aug., 1747, guardian of his nephew Daniel, son of Ephraim Roper of Worcester. He d.
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17 Nov., 1781, inventory £28, she d. 4 Dec., 1787. . . . Children : MARTHA, b. 9 Feb., 1735, m. Ephraim Ballard; LUCY, b. 25 July, 1737; JONATHAN, b. 7 July, 1739; ABIGAIL, b. 7 May, 1741, m. Jeremiah Shumway; COLLINS, b. 17 April, 1743; ELIJAH, b. 5 .May, 1745; DOROTHY, b. 12 April, 1747, m. Dr. Stephen Barton; SARAH, b. 26 April, 1749, m. her cousin, Reuben Davis of Charlton; EBENEZER, b. 7 Sept., 1751; DEBORAH, b. 27 July, 1753, m. her cousin, Levi Davis, brother of Reuben. The descendants of Elijah and Doro- thy [Learned] Moore were numerous, and many were of more than ordinary ability.
4. ABIJAH, son of Richard (1), was graduated 1726 at Yale, “ so far as known the only resident of Central Massachusetts to receive a degree here under the first charter," physician at Middletown, Conn. He m. 9 Oct., 1729, his cousin, Anna, dau. of William Ward of Middletown. He d. at Middle- town, 18 Dec., 1759, of small-pox, she d. 29 Nov., 1755, 12 ch. He m. (2) 9 March, 1756, Mrs. Abigail Goodwin, she d. 18 July, 1774, aged 63. [Richard and Mary Moore of Ox., heirs of Samuel Collins of Middletown, 20 Aug., 1731, deeded land in Middletown to their son Elijah. Mid. Rec.] . . . Chil- dren, b. at Middletown : MARCY, b. 29 March, 1731; REYNOLD MARVIN, b. 7 July, 1732; WILLIAM, b. 10 Dec., 1733; ABIJAH, b. 11 March, 1735; ABIGAIL, b. 5 Aug., 1736; MARTHA, b. 18 July, 1738, d. 1740; ANNA and MARTHA, b. 27 April, 1740; RUTH, b. 1 Jan., 1742; SAMUEL, b. 2 Sept., 1743; SIBYL, b. 5 Sept., 1747; SARAH, b. 9 Sept., 1749.
5. RICHARD, son of Richard (1), m. 18 June, 1741, Mary, dau. of Eben- ezer Learned, owned the Hagburn estate in partnership with his brother Elijah 19 years, sold to him in 1750, removed to his father's house on the west side of the street at the old oak, H. 216; had the care of his parents when aged, owned the homstead after their decease, d. there 3 Dec., 1782; she d. 7 Sept., 1792. He was deputy sheriff several years in 1753 and afterward. . . . Children : SAMUEL C., b. and d. 1742; SAMUEL, b. 18 May, 1744, m. 16 Dec., 1762, Zeviah Leavens, and had Joseph, b. 16 Feb., 1763; Abijah, b. 17 Sept., 1764; MARVIN, b. 12 April, 1746; RUTH, b. 12 March, 1750, m. 11 April, 1774, Salem Towne of Charlton ; WILLIAM, b. 16 June, 1752 ; NEHEMIAH, b. 30 March, 1754; MARY, b. 17 Feb., 1756; JOHN, b. 28 June, 1758; EDWARD, b. 18 May, 1760; RICHARD, b. 29 June, 1762; RUFUS, b. 30 May, 1764; EBENEZER, b. 25 March, 1767.
6. ISAAC, son of Richard (1), m. Hannah' - . Children, b. at Worcester : HANNAH, b. 1725; THOMAS, b. 1727; DAVID, b. 1729 ; JONATHAN, b. 1732; SAMUEL and PHEBE, b. 1736; JOHN, b. 1738; ISAAC, b. 1741; MARY, b. 1743; SARAH, b. 1745; SUSANNA, b. 1749.
SAMUEL, probably son of Isaac (6), m. Grace - -, and had 7 ch. b. at Worcester; came to Ox. and in 1768 bought the old tavern estate, H. 205, sold in about two years; was living here Oct. and Dec., 1768 ; two children, Lucy, aged 1 year, and Samuel, aged 7 years, d. here. In Jan., 1769, being then of Ox. he had a case in Court. [Ct. Rec.] In 1773 he was innholder at Worcester.
7. NATHAN, son of Collins (2), m. 18 Feb., 1747, Sarah Town, lived at the homestead until 1749, sold to his brother-in-law Abial Lamb, and about 1764 removed to Vassalboro', Me., soldier in the French war. . . . Children b. at Ox. : HANNAH, b. 12 Dec., 1747; COLLINS, b. 31 May, 1749; REUBEN, b. 12 May, 1751, m. 17 Oct., 1776, his cousin Elsie, dau. of John Nichols ; pioneer at Gardiner or Hallowell, Me., and a merchant, 13 ch., he d. after 1800; LEVI,
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b. 27 Oct., 1753; NATHAN, b. 6 Feb., 1755; SARAH, b. 6 Dec., 1756, m. Ebenezer, son of Elijah Moore; JAMES, b. 6 Sept., 1758 ; BATHSHEBA, b. 15 April, 1761; ZERVIAH, b. 17 Aug., 1763, all went to Me .; and b. at Vassalboro': WILLIAM, b. 5 Sept., 1765 ; REBECCA, b. 27 June, 1767; RICHARD, b. 28 May, 1769; RUTH, b. 31 Oct., 1771.
8. JONATHAN, son of Elijah (3), clergyman, was graduated 1761 at Har- vard, after which he was for two years librarian there and a teacher of Greek and Hebrew, united with Ox. Church 20 May, 1764, ordained 7 Sept., 1768, settled as pastor at Rochester, now Marion, continuing until 1792, when on account of his liberal theological views he was dismissed, but continued to reside there until his decease, 20 April, 1814, aged 75. A number of his parish- ioners adhered to him and held religious services for several years at his house. He was of a social temperament and jocose in manner.1 He m. (1) 13 Oct., 1768, Susanna Parkman; they had SUSANNA, JONATHAN, ANNA; m. (2) Anna Hammond of Newport, R. I., and had WILLIAM, SARAH.
9. COLLINS, son of Elijah (3), m. 26 March, 1770, Hannah Town, settled in the south part of Ox., west of the river. She d. aged 37, 7 April, 1782, m. (2) 1 July, 1787, Elizabeth Chamberlain of Dudley. He d. aged 82, 24 Nov., 1825. She removed with the younger ch. to Cuba, N. Y. . . . Children : SYLVIA, b. 6 June, 1770, m. intentions 24 Nov., 1788, Joseph Rawson of Dudley(?); SOPHIA, b. 18 March, 1772, m. Samuel Kingsbury; SALLY, b. 3 Jan., 1774, m. 8 May, 1797, Simpson Larned of Dudley, no ch .; SUSANNA, b. 29 Oct., 1775, m. 15 Dec., 1802, John Larned, 3d [A letter of Oct., 1822, from Otselic, N. Y., says " tell Mrs. John Larned her uncle and aunt Nye died, he 3 June, 1817, she, Sept., 1818. Elijah Moore."]; COLLINS, b. 11 Oct., 1776, m. intentions 18 Sept., 1802, Sibyl Wood of Dudley, and had Sally, b. 27 Aug., 1804; Rufus, b. 13 Feb., 1806, father of Salem of Ox .; Collins, b. 12 Feb., 1808; Merrick, b. 2 Aug., 1810, d. 12 Nov., 1826; Marvin, b. 4 April, 1814; Susan, b. 26 Oct., 1817, d. 1822; Jeremiah, b. 5 Jan., 1820; SAMUEL, b. 11 Oct., 1778; JONATHAN, b. 26 March, 1788, d. 1795; SIMON C., b. 7 Aug., 1791; HANNAH T., b. 28 Feb., 1793; BETSEY, b. 7 Nov., 1794; LUCY, b. 16 Jan., 1797; JONATHAN, b. 6 Jan., 1799; LUA, b. 20 Dec., 1800, d. 1803; ALFRED, b. 6 April, 1802, d. 1803; LUA, b. 27 Dec., 1804.
10. ELIJAH, son of Elijah (3), m. 29 Oct., 1767, Jemima, dau. of Josiah Kingsbury, removed about 1770 to Douglas, where he was active in Revolu- tionary affairs, chairman of the first school committee, and thence late in life to Oneida Co., N. Y., where several of his ch. had settled. Wrote home 1822 from Otselic of his ch., grandch. and great-grandch. . . . Children : LUCY, b. 5 April, 1768, at Ox .; JACOB, b. 2 April, 1770, resided in Oneida Co., N. Y., m. and had ch. ; and b. after leaving Ox. : SOPHIA, m. Lee, resided at Whitestown, N. Y., and had ch .; JOSIAH, m. 21 Sept., 1806, Lydia, dau. of Jacob Kingsbury, resided at Brookfield, N. Y., had ch. ; RUFUS, m. and had 4 ch., d. before 1817; SEBASTIAN; DOLLY, d. 6 Oct., 1821, in New York State; ELIJAH, m. and had ch., all lived in Oneida Co., N. Y.
11. EBENEZER, son of Elijah (3), m. Sarah, dau. of Nathan Moore, settled about 1774 at Brown's Corners, Vassalboro', Me., was a large land owner, and bailiff or steward for Gov. Bowdoin, many years prominent in town affairs. He d. 10 April, 1817, she d. 24 Nov., 1834. . . . Children : SYLVESTER, b. 6 June, 1776, lost at sea; EBENEZER, b. 7 Oct., 1777, m. 17
1 A family memorandum says James Moore Baptist minister on Buzzard's Bay."
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Jan., 1808, Lucy Smith of Wiscasset, Me., 8 ch .; MARTHA, b. 22 Jan., 1780, m. Rufus Ballard; ELIJAH, b. 9 Nov., 1782, m. 26 Dec., 1802, Sally Cobb ; SALLY, b. 28 Sept., 1783, m. Benjamin Johnson; ELIZA. b. 19 Dec., 1787, m. 2 July, 1815, Samuel Webb; SHEREBIAH, b. 6 Oct., 1785; ARDIVEN, b. 20 April, 1790; JAMES, b. 1 July, 1791. m. Sarah Plummer; JOHN, b. 19 Aug., 1794, m. 15 March, 1825, Charity Plaisted; HERBERT (or HENRY), b. 17 Jan., 1797, m. Mary T. Pierce; A SON, b. 3 June, 1799.
12. MARVIN, son of Richard (5), m. 22 March, 1772, Lucy, dau. of Thomas Davis, lived on the homestead, d. 15 Nov., 1813, in consequence of falling on the ice and a cart wheel passing over him. She d. 10 Dec., 1832.
. . Children : JOHN, b. 30 Aug., 1773, m. May, 1796, Esther Stimers of Milan, N. Y., he was teacher by profession in New York State, 10 ch., he d. May, 1836, she d. 2 April, 1866; MARY, b. 7 Dec., 1774, m. Abijah Davis; RUFUS, b. 17 July, 1776; SARAH, b. 26 July, 1778, d. young; WILLIAM, b. 6 June, 1780; LUCY, b. 28 June, 1782, d. young ; REBECCA, b. 4 Sept., 1784, d. young; RICHARD, b. 31 May, 1786; LUCY, b. 19 May, 1788, d. young ; RUTH, b. 19 Jan., 1791, d. unm. ; BETSEY, b. 7 May, 1793, d. young.
13. WILLIAM, son of Richard (5), marched in Capt. Crafts' Cavalry Co. on Lexington alarm, was later Capt. in the U. S. army, much absent from his family, which removed from Ox. to New Braintree; m. intentions 10 June, 1784, Patty, dau. of Duncan Campbell. He d. 6 Aug., 1819, at Ox. . . . Children : SOPHIA, b. 29 March, 1796, m. Rufus, son of Ephraim Russell; ELIZABETH STEARNS, b. 8 May, 1787; CLARISSA H., b. 11 Nov., 1791; TYLER, b. 3 May, 1795.
14. RUFUS, son of Marvin (12), m. 2 Oct., 1803, Betsey, dau. of Elijah Davis, an active man of business, nail-maker in the east part of the town, Capt. of cavalry, auctioneer. He d. 25 Jan., 1846, she d. 1 Dec., 1848, both at Ox. . . . Children b. at Ox. : EMORY, b. 1804, d. 1805; RUFUS, b. 1806, d. 1807; ABIGAIL, b. 1808, d. 1816; BETSEY, b. and d. 1809; RUFUS D., b. 18 Aug., 1818, unm., d. 30 March, 1862.
15. WILLIAM, son of Marvin (12), m. 11 May, 1807, Alice, dau. of Jeremiah Davis, farmer, Major of militia, settled east, near the Samuel Davis homestead, H. 30, d. 6 March, 1857, she d. aged 73, 6 Sept., 1856. . . Children : ELIZA, b. 20 Nov., 1808, unm., d. 22 Jan., 1874; WILLIAM, b. 21 Sept., 1810, m. (1) 25 May, 1836, Almira Ryder, resided at Chicopee, where she d. 30 July, 1843, m. (2) 18 May, 1851, at Chicopee, Marion Smith, she d. 13 Aug., 1875, millwright; ch. by first m .: Henry W., b. 1837, d. 1842; Charles E., b. 18 March, 1840, at East Windsor, m. 20 Jan., 1869, Leonora Wilson, who d. 21 Aug., 1873; LELON, b. and d. 1812; MARY, b. 1814, d. 1815; JEREMIAH D., b. 10 April, 1816, unm., d. 24 June, 1889, at Boston; MARVIN, b. 23 July, 1818, m. 23 Nov., 1844, Olive Austin of Agawam, settled at Spring- field, where he d. 17 Nov., 1881, long an employé in the U. S. armory; had Martha O., b. Oct., 1846, m. 23 May, 1866, Frank Root, resided at West Suffield, Conn. ; Henry A., b. 2 Sept., 1848, m. 4 May, 1876, Julia M. Fuller of Springfield; Eliza A., b. 10 March, 1851; Lavinia A., b. 11 May, 1852; SALEM T., b. 20 Feb., 1820, unm., d. 4 Sept., 1884; AMON, b. 11 Jan., 1822, m. 4 May, 1851, Rosina R. Houghton of Putney, Vt., settled at Springfield, mill- wright, no ch.
16. RICHARD, son of Marvin (12), m. 31 May, 1812, Senath, dau. of Samuel Hartwell, trader, Capt. of militia, d. 8 Nov., 1819, she m. (2) Samuel Smith. . . . Children : SAMUEL H., b. 18 April, 1813; JOHN, b. 2 Sept., 1815 ; EVELINA, b. 13 Oct., 1817, m. John O. Burleigh.
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17. SAMUEL H., son of Richard (16) lived in boyhood with his grand- father Hartwell, was employed in the mill at Rochdale, where he became superintendent, later removed to Worcester and travelled buying wool for the Rochdale mills. He m. 11 Nov., 1833, Lucretia D. Parish, b. 30 May, 1815, at Griswold, Conn., he d. 16 Feb., 1862, she d. 16 Oct., 1883, both at Worcester. . Children : JOHN R., b. 1 March, 1841, at Leicester, m. 1 March, 1863, Deborah C. Davie, he d. 26 Dec., 1872, at Worcester; ELIZABETH A., b. 12 May, 1846, at Leicester, m. 12 Oct., 1865, Luther Goddard of Worcester; MARY F., b. 1849, d. 1850; GEORGE H., b. 11 July, 1852, at Leicester, account- ant at Boston.
17. JOHN, son of Richard (16), m. (1), 1 March, 1841, Mary L. Crutchfield of Chattanooga, Tenn. At about 18 years of age went South and spent about a year in Tennessee, removed to Alabama, studied medicine and practiced at Talladega, erected iron works at Rob Roy in which he was a heavy loser, engaged later in trade, afterward removed to Texas, his health failed and he gave up business several years before his death, d. 30 Oct., 1879, at Austin. . . . Children : THOMAS O., b. 15 April, 1842, at Alexandria, Ala., m. 1867, resided at Dublin, Tex .; MARY E., b. 12 April, 1844, at Cherokee, Ala., m. Theodore E. Davis, resided at New Orleans, La., he is connected with the press, she has had a wide reputation South as a poetess, under the name of " Molly Moore," and some of her productions were popular in the southern army as war songs; JOHN H., b. 9 Nov., 1846, at Talladega, m., resided at Dublin, Tex. ; GEORGE A., b. 17 April, 1849, at Talladega, d. young; SAMUEL H., b. 16 May, 1851, at Talladega, resided at Proctor, Tex .; CHARLES R., b. 7 July, 1854, d. 14 Feb., 1878, at Galveston, Tex. ; WILLIAM H., b. 22 Jan., 1860, at Texas, resided at Galveston; PERCY D., b. 8 Jan., 1864, resided at New Orleans.
RICHARD, m. Margaret - , who d. 6 July, 1821, lived at H. 125, North Ox. She was an eccentric character, widely known as Peggy Dick, had had her feet frozen and was lame, a fortune-teller and feared by the young people as a witch. In Jan., 1794, he was placed under the guardianship of Abijah Davis, Esq., as non compos; among his effects was a U. S. pension of £18 a year. He d. 25 April, 1799. Sylvanus Learned was then his guardian and in his account charges for a journey to Western to bring his dau. Betsey. On 6 Feb., 1800, his home, 16 acres and house, 2} miles north of the north common, was advertised to be sold at auction. Richard Moore, probably the same, was 44 months in the Revolutionary army under Capt. William Moore. . Children : LYDIA READ, b. 4 April, 1773, m. 29 June, 1791, Asa Conant, Jr. ; BETSEY, b. 31 Aug., 1775.
ISRAEL, a descendant of JOHN of Sudbury, the line being JACOB, DANIEL, ISRAEL, b. 1725, soldier in Revolutionary war, with his six sons was in the battle of Bunker Hill; JONAS, b. 6 July, 1765, d. 1847, at Greenfield, with eight others first settled Wilmington, Vt. ISRAEL, his son, b. 1 Aug., 1793, at Sudbury, went about 1812 to Douglas, m. 3 Dec., 1816, Submit Balcom, and came about 1822 to Ox. with William Farwell for whom he wrought at scythe- making at the present Buffum Village, removed April, 1824, to H. 184, where he d. 1829. He was an excellent man and much respected. . . . Children : EDWIN, b. 19 Oct., 1820, at Douglas, m. 30 Sept., 1841, Eliza P. Palmer at Belfast, Me., among the leading citizens of East Douglas and many years agent of the Axe Company, had ch .; JULIA, b. 2 Jan., 1823, at Ox., m. 15 June, 1842, Brigham Balcom of Douglas, she d. 17 May, 1855, at Worcester.
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