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JOSIAH, brother of Israel (1), b. 20 Feb., 1804, at Wilmington, Vt., m. 25 Feb., 1827, Lovisa, dau. of David Nichols, she d. 26 Feb., 1850. He resided here from 1825 to 1830, was partner with Justin Root in baking, removed West, and d. April, 1882, at Waukesha, Wis. . . . Children : JERUSHA, b. 11 Jan., 1828, m. 11 Dec., 1856, Edward Dennis of Grafton, where both d .; they had David N., b. 24 Dec., 1858, physician and successful oculist at Erie, Pa.
ANSON, m. (1) Sally - - -, was a contractor on the N. & W. Railroad and came here about 1838, removed from town soon, she d. 8 Oct., 1830, aged 26; m. (2) Olive H. -- , who d. 22 Oct., 1840, aged 32, at Ox .; m. (3) 28 Feb., 1843, Esther Carpenter. . . Children, recorded at Ox .: SARAH J., b. 12 Dec., 1828, at Worcester; by second m. : JOSEPHINE, b. 10 July, 1832, at Rox- bury; SAMUEL, b. 1 Feb., 1836, at Westbury (?), d. 21 June, 1841, at Ox. from eating a poisonous plant; JONATHAN, b. 18 May, 1838, at Ox .; WILLIAM H., b. 7 Aug., 1840; by third m. : OLIVE J., b. 12 Nov., 1844.
SAMUEL, of Worcester, and Comfort Learned, m. 18 May, 1749.
BATHSHEBA, and Ephraim Wood of Woodstock, Conn., m. int. Feb., 1751. JOSIAH, of Brookfield, N. Y., and Lydia Kingsbury, m. 21 Sept., 1806. SUSAN, sister of Israel and Josiah, m. int. 10 Jan., 1829, Justin Root. BETSEY M., dau. of Alfred, aged 13, d. 27 Aug., 1843.
STEPHEN, aged 58, d. 28 June, 1844.
JOHN D. W., and Martha R. Hart, m. 26 Aug., 1849.
ALMIRA, dau. of Salem, aged 18, d. 12 Sept., 1873.
MORAN, TIMOTHY (Irish), aged 28, d. 8 Dec., 1859, " homicide."
MOREY, see MOWRY.
MORGAN, HENRY B., b. 1774 (?), came from Whitestown, N. Y., to Ox., was in 1800 partner in trade with Samuel Campbell; is said to have later been proprietor and driver of a stage coach between Ox. and Worcester; m. 8 June, 1801, Isabel, dau. of Israel and Isabella (Town) Holten of Charlton, b. 22 March, 1781. He d. 18 Jan., 1827, she d. aged 78, 2 Feb., 1860. . . . Children : SUSANNA, b. 16 Jan., 1802, m. Martin Sigourney; MARY ELIZA, b. 19 June, 1803, m. William Sigourney.
WILLIAM F., b. 6 Oct., 1800, at Northampton, son of Festus and Submit (French), m. 1799, descended from Miles Morgan of Springfield, the line being NATHANIEL, b. 1671; JOSEPH, b. 1702; JUDAH, b. 1749; FESTUS, b. 1776. Miles Morgan, b. 1615, at Llandaff, Wales, was a pioneer in 1636 at Springfield with William Pynchon. A statue of him in bronze now stands in Court Square in that city. William F. learned the trade of a cloth finisher with Thaddeus Clapp, East Hampton, began business as a woolen manufacturer near South Milford, in Bellingham, where he resided at the formation of the Ox. Woolen . Company, and came here in the autumn of 1826, assisted in setting up and starting the machinery of the mill, being the only man in the concern capable of directing in each department. In April, 1827, he became an owner. The remarkable success of the company was due largely to his practical man- agement. He retained his interest at Bellingham, and in 1832 while the Ox- ford company was in the full tide of prosperity returned thither, conducting the business successfully until the failure of his health a year or two pre- vious to his decease. He m. 17 April, 1832, Eliza M., dau. of Rufus Russell of New Braintree. [See Ephraim Russell. ] They had JULIUS, b. and d. 1834; WILLIAM H., b. 1836, d. 1839; WILLIAM F., b. 2 Jan., 1839, was in
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young manhood in a shoe store at Providence, R. I., removed 1861 to Lynn, where he was for many years among the large and prosperous shoe manufac- turers; esteemed as a citizen; he m. 2 June, 1863, Emeline B. Nichols of Providence; they had William F., was graduated 1888 at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. ; Alice L.
NATHAN, b. 20 May, 1792, at Spencer, son of Andrew, m. Eliza Cogswell, resided at Rutland, came to Ox. 1830, bought 1834 the house near the north common, H. 179, which he owned until his decease; boot-maker; d. 30 Sept., 1850, she d. 25 June, 1879, aged 80. . . . Children : LORENZO, b. 14 May, 1819, m. 17 April, 1849, Sarah C., dau. of Lawson Snow of Ox., removed 1865 to Worcester, where he d. 1890; they had S. Jennie, b. 28 May, 1853, at Union, Conn., d. 9 June, 1878, at Worcester; Ellen E., b. 1857, at Ox., d. 1859 ; Ellen E., b. 8 Jan., 1861, at Ox .; SUSAN, b. May, 1827, d. 11 April, 1849. PATRICK, aged 34, d. 11 Feb., 1878.
MORRIS, GODFREY, m. 4 April, 1830, Lucy, dau. of Daniel Rawson. . Children : LYDIA, m. John, son of Reuben Davis; AUGUSTUS, went to California, drowned in Sacramento river.
PARACLETE, and Polly Brown of South Gore, m. int. 30 March, 1811.
JAMES, and Nancy Tourtellotte of Thompson, m. int. 27 Sept., 1818.
MRS. BETSEY, aged 62, d. 15 March, 1858.
HENRY F., son of George H., aged 23, d. 12 Dec., 1860.
GEORGE H., aged 55, d. 14 June, 1862.
ELIZA P., his widow, aged 63, d. 24 Feb., 1872.
OSCAR F., son of Edward, aged 38, d. 4 July, 1865.
MORSE, JEREMIAH, b. 31 Oct., 1679, son of Jeremiah of Medfield and grandson of Joseph of Dedham (son of Samuel, b. 1585 in Eng.), came to Ox. 1717, having been in Jan. of that year voted an inhabitant on the rights of Daniel Pearson who had removed; d. 10 Oct. of the same year, his death being the first recorded on the town books. He m. 19 Nov., 1700, Mehetable Cheney, who d. 4 Oct., 1727, settled at Medfield, removed to Medway and thence to Ox. JOSIAH, his eldests on, was administrator of his estate, which was not settled for several years after his decease. In 1727, Josiah deeded the home lot to Richard Kidder. In 1730, Jeremiah of Walpole and Uriah of Medfield sold a 60-acre lot on Prospect Hill. . . . Children : JOSIAH, b. 1 July, 1701, wheelwright at Walpole; URIAH, b. 1702, d. 1704, at Medfield; MEHETABLE, b. 1704, m. Samuel Shears of Walpole; JEREMIAH, b. and d. 1706 ; JEREMIAH, b. 19 Aug., 1707, m. Elizabeth-, and settled at Walpole, was in the Louisburg expedition and was killed by the bursting of a cannon; URIAH, m. Elizabeth Metcalf, settled at Medway; THOMAS, b. 17 Oct., 1711, at Medfield; MARY, b. 18 Sept., 1713, at Medway; NATHANIEL, b. 30 Oct., 1715, at Medway ; ABIGAIL, b. 30 Dec., 1717, at Ox. two months after her father's decease.
BENAIAH of Douglas, came with family to Ox. about 1846, resided at H. 230, where his w. d. 2 Dec., 1847, he d. a. 64, 25 Aug., 1854; his dau. SARAH M. a. 18, d. 10 June, 1856; JANE F. a. 53, d. 7 Nov., 1869.
DAVID, of Charlton, and Naomi Prince, m. 16 Jan., 1803.
TIMOTHY, JR., and Sophia Merriam, m. 6 Jan., 1813.
SIMEON, and Sally Cutler of Ward, m. int. 20 April, 1816. ADOLPHUS, and Lavina Robbins, m. int. 28 April, 1832.
CHARLES E., of Charlton, and Esther B. Holman, m. 28 July, 1840. BRIDGET (Irish), aged 26, d. 11 April, 1876.
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MOULTON, JAMES, son of Nathaniel and Anna (Kimball) of Hopkinton, b. 5 May, 1771, m. Phebe Bowman of Hopkinton, b. 13 March, 1775, came to Ox., 1805, settled at H. 181, adjoining north common, where he d. aged 45, 5 May, 1816, she d. 2 April, 1840. . . . Children : LOWELL, b. 1 Jan., 1801, d. 11 April, 1815; MARY, b. 30 June, 1804, m. Alpheus Prince; BENJAMIN K., b. 22 March, 1806, m. Almira Walker of Framingham, resided in Dudley, tanner and currier, removed to Grafton, d. 31 Jan .; 1882; they had Frank, Emily ; DANIEL, b. 1 July, 1808, butcher, m. (1) 30 June, 1831, Mary, dau. of Daniel Nichols, and had Lowell N., b. 10 Jan., 1832, d. unm. June, 1884; she d. 16 Jan., 1832; m. (2) intentions 24 Nov., 1833, Elizabeth Currier of Canterbury, N. H .; they had Josiah, Mary, James, Daniel, Fred; removed to Worcester, where he d. 13 Jan., 1857; OLIVE, b. 6 Jan., 1812, d. young; NANCY, b. 28 Oct., 1813, m. 30 April, 1846, John M. Twitchell of Fitchburg; had Edgar B., b. 2 March, 1847, m. and resided at Fitchburg; she d. 6 June, 1881 at Fitch- burg; PHEBE B., b. 21 June, 1815, m. 8 April, 1841, Andrew J. Twitchell of Fitchburg, she d. 2 May, 1848; had Emily P., m. William F. Buttrick of Fitchburg; had Frank; Theodore, d. young ; Mary P., d. young.
REV. JOSIAH, brother of James (1), fourth pastor at Ox., b. 27 Dec., 1773, at Hopkinton, apprenticed to learn the trade of a cooper, continued only a short time, early began the study of the languages, keeping his books on his work-bench, and thus fitting himself for college, where he paid his expenses by manual labor and teaching, was graduated at Dartmouth in 1802, studied theology, resided at Upton, whence he came to Ox., 26 March, 1805. Although circumstances were somewhat discouraging there was a revival during his ministry and a considerable accession to the Church. He was dis- missed 6 April, 1813, removing to Hamilton, N. Y., preaching until 1819, when on account of ill health he went to Union, Broome Co., and later to Wilkesbarre, Pa., hoping to continue in his profession, but failed. He then removed to Whitesboro', near Utica, N. Y., remaining there until 1825, when he bought of the Holland Purchase Co. a large tract of land at Ashford, which he occupied, clearing about 50 acres which he cultivated until near his death. He was a devoted Christian man, of fair ability, somewhat moderate in manner. In his feebleness he often called together his neighbors in his log cabin on Sunday to speak on gospel themes, and at times was induced to hold meetings in school-houses distant from his home, and was much beloved by the people among whom he lived. At Ox. he began the building of the large house by the north common, now J. B. Campbell's, H. 180, finishing only a part which he occupied. He m. 26 Sept., 1805, Dorcas, dau. of Nathaniel and Dorcas Thayer of Braintree, b. 2 April, 1778. He d. Aug., 1827, at Ash- ford, N. Y., she d. April, 1844, at Homer, N. Y. . . . Children, first three b. at Ox. : MELONA D., b. 14 Oct., 1806, m. 1837, at Homer, N. Y., Moses B. Butterfield, a lawyer; she was scholarly and an efficient teacher in the Homer Academy from 1823 to 1837, he d. 1872, in Mich., she d. 1854, at Racine, Wis. : they had Emily, b. 1838, music teacher at Omaha, Neb .; Frances, b. 1844; Melona M., b. 1853, both teachers in Neb .; JONATHAN B., b. 26 July, 1810, m. 1843, Jane E. Smith of Evansville, Ind., civil engineer from 1833 to 1883, several years city engineer at St. Louis, Mo., was extensively engaged in the construction of canals, railroads, reservoirs, etc., at the West, retired in 1883 and resided at St. Louis; they had at St. Louis : Julius, b. 1844, m. 1871, Marion P. Nelson, in 1883 assistant sewer commissioner at St. Louis; Sylvanus T., b. 11 Feb., 1854, m. 1874, A. L.
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Harding, had ch., employed in the Internal Revenue Office at St. Louis ; Melona T., b. 1860, m. 1878, Dr. W. C. Greene of St. Louis, had ch .; ABIGAIL F., b. 1812, d. 1815, at Hamilton, N. Y., from scalds; LUE MARIA, b. 1814, d. 1815; ABIGAIL F., b. April, 1816, at Hamilton, m. 1837, Sylvester Nash, who d. 1883, she d. 1859, at Cazenovia, N. Y .; they had Henry, b. 1838, dentist in New York city; George, b. 1840, m. and resided in Texas, had ch .; Charles, b. 1842, dentist in New York city; Mary, b. 1843, m. . Card, resided at Syracuse, N. Y .; Spencer, b. 1845, dentist in New York city ; Melona, b. 1848 ; Ebenezer, b. 1852; Kate, b. 1854; Frances, b. 1856, last four resided at Caze- novia; Frank, b. 1859, resided in Texas; NATHANIEL T., b. 1820, at Union, Broome Co., N. Y., m. 1846, Charity McKee of Candor, N. Y., and had Frank, b. 1848, m. and resided at Winona, Ill., had ch .; Harry, b. 1852, m. and resided at Sandwich, Ill., had ch .; George, m. and resided in Texas; Charity, the mother, d., he m. (2) her younger sister, and had Jennie, Laura, Benjamin, Paul, all living 1883 at Winona, Ill.
MARK D., of Dudley, and Eliza P. Pond, m. intentions 8 Nov., 1833.
JOHN B., and Mary V. Reynolds, m. intentions 16 Sept., 1838.
ELIZABETH, w. of .Rev. Horace, aged 35, d. 1 June, 1843.
SUSAN H., dau. of Josiah, and Henry D. West, m. 2 May, 1850.
JOSIAH, aged 83, d. at Stafford, 29 July, 1861.
DAVID D., son of Josiah of Stafford, aged 37, d. 8 June, 1863.
SUSANNA, widow, m. n. Dodge, aged 74, d. 19 June, 1865.
MOWRY, AARON, and Hannah Sibley, m. 25 Nov., 1818. . . . Children : OREY, NANCY, RUTH, all d. young.
JOHN, aged 72, d. 20 June, 1832.
RICHARD D., and Lucy M. Albee, m. 13 Sept., 1838.
RUTH, w. of Daniel, aged 53, d. 1844.
FRANCIS L., son of Brigham W., aged 8, drowned 11 Aug., 1859.
MOZER, SAMUEL, and Abigail Goodell, m. 3 June, 1800.
MULLIKEN, AMOS, of Bradford, bought land in Sutton near Ox. 1777, sold in 1779, when he was of Ox., and was on a committee to enforce the resolutions of the Concord convention.
MUNROE, RHODA, aged 66, d. 25 March, 1849.
MUNSELL, ESTHER, and Abel Leavens, m. 28 Aug., 1760. MARY, widow, resided in Ox. 1771, d. 20 July, 1789.
MUNYAN, DANIEL, of Dudley, and Eliza Carroll, m. 10 June, 1826.
GEORGE, m. 8 March, 1827, Sally Wheat of Woodstock, Conn., and had SARAH, b. 25 Dec., 1827, many years miller at North Village, Webster.
MURPHY, ANASTASIA, and Stephen Collins, m. int. 29 March, 1835. MARY, widow (Irish), aged 79, d. 4 Aug., 1885.
MUZZEY, NATHANIEL, removed 1761 from Sudbury to Rutland, in 1768 to Ox., having bought the Edson farm, H. 163, where he lived until 1774, sold and removed to Winchendon, where he resided 1784. He m. Jane, dau. of Thomas Bogle, and had at Ox. MARY, b. 9 June, 1769.
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aged 32, they had MELETIAH M. (dau.), b. 9 Nov., 1829; HAMMOND C., b. 9 March, 1834.
JOSEPH, JR., of Shrewsbury, and Hannah Merriam of North Gore, m. intentions 11 June, 1763. In 1738 Joseph Muzzy was of Lexington. [See H. 105.]
NASH, FRANCIS, of Holden, son of Samuel, formerly of Scituate, m. 13 April, 1826, Martha, dau. of Ezekiel Davis, settled at Holden, removed to Ox. to her father's homestead, H. 53, where he d. aged 79, 28 Feb., 1879, she d. 12 Nov., 1878. . . . Children : ELIZABETH K., b. 15 June, 1833, m. 15 Feb., 1860, Daniel P., son of Josiah Upham of Dudley; he was U. S. marshal of west district of Arkansas from 1876 to 1880, later merchant at Little Rock, d. 18 Nov., 1882, at Dudley; MARY L., b. 20 Nov., 1835, m. 10 Nov., 1856, Benjamin C., son of George Bartlett of Webster, had Fred E., b. 16 Nov., 1857; MARTHA L., b. 15 June, 1841, m. (1) 27 Sept., 1858, Alfred Tourtelotte, soldier in the late war, d. 18 Oct., 1862, at Antietam, m. (2) 22 Nov., 1870, Rufus G. L. Tilton, son of Oliver, of Raymond, N. H., settled at Tilton, N. H., had Gertie E., b. 18 May, 1874.
NEWCOMB, DAVID, son of Capt. Ebenezer, of Wellfleet, descended from Andrew, of Isle of Shoals, N. H., who came perhaps as early as 1630, sea captain, had 13 ch., of whom THOMAS, the fourth, b. 1668, m. Elizabeth Cook at Eastham, had 9 ch., the eighth, EBENEZER, b. 1712, at Eastham, m. Thankful Freeman, mariner, removed from the part of Eastham now Well- fleet to Ox., with his son DAVID in 1773, settled near the common, later Jason Coller's, H. 188, removed 1782 to Greenwich, where the father d. 11 Oct., 1782. DAVID was b. 1739, m. 10 July, 1759, Elizabeth Gross, was on a com- mittee to care for soldiers' families at Ox. in the Revolutionary war, carpenter, built the Congregational Church building at Greenwich, had a case in court at Worcester in 1786, he d. about 1825, aged 86, she d. 1813. . . . Children b. at Wellfleet : RUTH, b. 6 Aug., 1760, m. intentions 8 Nov., 1781, Dr. Thomas Baker, both d. at Newfane, Vt., he d. Dec., 1805, she d. 1825, 8 ch .; NEHEMIAH, b. 17 Nov., 1762, m. Hannah Foster, he d. 1852, 7 ch .; ELISHA, b. 15 Jan., 1765, m. Rachel Collins, he d. 19 Dec., 1840, at Greenwich; HEZEKIAH, b. 24 Jan., 1767, settled at Henrietta, N. Y., 9 ch .; DAVID, b. 7 Sept., 1769, settled in New York State, 7 ch., SALOME, b. 12 Feb., 1772, m. and settled in Genesee, N. Y., 2 ch .; ch. b. at Ox .: ISAIAH, b. 19 May, 1774, settled at Cooperstown, N. Y., where he d. 1835, 5 ch .; EBENEZER, b. 26 July, 1779, d. young ; BARZILLAI, b. 23 April, 1781, removed 1824 to Middlefield, N. Y., he d. 1855, at Delta, N. Y., 2 ch.
NEWELL, EPHRAIM, and Miriam Campbell, m. intentions 11 May, 1793. AMOS H., aged 76, d. 5 May, 1886.
NEWHALL, REV. EBENEZER, b. 1789, at New Ipswich, N. H., son of Onesimus and Sarah, and grandson of Ebenezer, of Lynnfield, was graduated 1818 at Harvard, studied at Andover, preached for a time at Phillips Academy and at other places before coming to Ox. He was ordained and installed 17 Dec., 1823, this being his first settlement. He was a thoroughly good man, of average ability and much moral courage, displayed in the firm stand he took on the temperance question, first agitated here during his min- istry. He was a good pastor, but undemonstrative as a preacher, precise and finished in manner. He was dismissed 19 June, 1832, and 16 Jan., 1833,
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installed at Lincoln, removed thence 12 April, 1847, to Willsboro', N. Y., con- tinuing until 1854, and 27 Sept., was installed at Litchfield, N. H., where he preached eight years, closing his life work 29 Oct., 1862; soon removed to Cambridgeport, thence 1876 to Cambridge, where he d. 10 Aug., 1879, his w. d. 1877. He m. intentions 31 July, 1824, Sarah B. Clark at Danbury, Conn. . . Children : SARAH, b. March, 1827; CHARLES H., b. 24 Oct., 1828, edu- .
cated at Merrimack, N. H., Institute and Lakin School of Andover, studied medicine in Boston, surgeon in the late war.
NEWTON, AMOS P., grandson of Tyrus of Upton and son of Ebenezer (who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Amos Putnam of Worcester, son of Elisha of Sut- ton), removed soon after m. to Hawley, thence to Leicester and Ox. where he resided about ten years and removed to Ward where he d. about 1827. AMOS P. was b. 30 Oct., 1805, at Hawley, m. 20 April, 1831, Mary, dau. of Reuben Adams of Ward, where they settled, removed about 1842 to Ox. where she d. aged 42, 27 July, 1859; m. (2) Rhoda, widow of Willard Severy. He d. aged 84, 14 Feb., 1888. . . . Children, b. at Auburn : MARY JANE, b. 29 Dec., 1833, m. Abel M. Chaffee; ALFRED B., b. 25 Aug., 1835, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Silas Fitts, 3 ch .; SERENO, b. 12 May, 1837, m. Emma J. Wiswell of Ox., 1 ch .; ELLEN S., b. 10 Aug., 1838, d. 3 March, 1850; JOHN P., b. 14 Aug., 1841, m. Emily E., dau. of Nathaniel Nolen of Ox., 2 ch. b. at Ox .; AMOS P., b. 18 June, 1843, soldier in the late war, killed 27 May, 1864; ELMIRA, b. 22 Jan., 1845, d. 9 Oct., 1866; TYRUS, b. 1847, d. 1849; MILTON H., b. and d. 1850; ELLEN E., b. 27 July, 1859, m. Fred., son of Christopher Stafford.
WILLIAM, son of Windsor, grandson of Silas, all of Paxton, b. 2 May, 1820, at Paxton, dentist, in which profession he took a high rank at Worces- ter, a prominent Baptist, preached occasionally, m. 30 July, 1845, Eliza L., dau., of Horace and Nancy (DeWitt) Smith, settled at Worcester, removed 1853 to Ox., resided 1888 at H. 226. He d. 24 Sept., 1889. . . . Children : MARY E., b. 1 July, 1857; WILLIAM H., b. 22 March, 1862.
CHARLES P., son of Ebenezer, aged 3, d. 30 June, 1823.
ELEANOR, and Elbridge Howe of Auburn, m. int. 18 March, 1839.
NICHOLAS, ANSON, son of David, Cranston, R. I., a. 80, d. 16 June, 1888. EMORY A., his son, aged 20, d. 15 Oct., 1860.
NICHOLS, JOHN, WILLIAM, ALEXANDER, brothers, tradition says from Ireland. JOHN was 17 years of age when he left, and worked his passage; lived in Roxbury, came 1734 to Ox. as tenant of heirs of Gov. Dudley on en- tailed lands in south part of Ox., built as supposed the house, H. 58, which was removed 1887, late Timothy Aldrich, on Webster road; chosen 1742 to prosecute deer hunters; Lieut. in the French and Indian war; resided after in west part of Ox., H. 77. He m. Hannah Tucker of Roxbury ; he d. aged 91, 10 Jan., 1801. They had JOHN, b. 1734; HANNAH, m. 23 Aug., 1766, Peter Phillips of Charlton, settled about a mile southwest of Buffum's, on land from her father, old house now standing, untenantable, once owned by Joseph Mar- tin and Zebedee Phetteplace; they had Hannah, b. 18 Sept., 1767, m. - Jones, and had Joseph, m. Nelly Wheelock; Polly, m. Simeon Smith; Edward, b. 10 Jan., 1772, m. - Atwood, resided at homestead, had William.
2. JOHN, son of John (1), m. 15 May, 1755, Jerusha, dau. of Collins Moore, settled in west part of Ox., was a large land owner and innkeeper. His sons had farms from his estate as follows: Alexander and Jonathan in common his homestead, being the Barnabas Rich farm and Capt. Thomas
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Nichols farm in Charlton and Ox .; John, the Enoch Gale farm in Charlton; David, the mill and the land about it, now Howarth's; and Jeremiah, the Reuben Morton farm in the border of Charlton. He was Captain in the Revolutionary war; joined the army near New York in 1777, but his term of service was short. When he left home his son Jonathan, then thirteen years of age, in company with David Lamb, a soldier, drove the transportation wagon with four horses to New Haven, and with the team returned alone. In 1779 he bought Augutteback Mill property and removed thither, leav- ing his twin sons upon the farm. They continued to cultivate it, married and managed affairs after the manner of Dickens' "Cheerable Brothers." In 1805, several years after his marriage, Jonathan built the house now standing in Ox. near Charlton line, and soon after Alexander removed the old house and built, modelled after Jonathan's, the present house at the homestead, late Jonathan A. Rich's. They continued to cultivate the farm in common until 1822, and they were 58 years of age when they agreed to separate. Gen. Salem Towne of Charlton, Nathan Hall and James Farwell of Ox., were chosen as referees and the property, excepting the mills and water-power, was divided. Alexander remained upon the western portion and Jonathan took the east. After the death of Alexander in 1823, the mill property was sold to Stearns Witt. The farm of Alexander remained in possession of his heirs, the chil- dren of Barnabas Rich, till 1888. Capt. Thomas Nichols owned and lived for many years upon that of Jonathan. Capt. John Nichols d. 31 May, 1812; Jerusha, his widow, d. 11 May, 1830, aged 95. . . . Children : RUTH, b. 7 June, 1756, m. Samuel Campbell; BATHSHEBA, b. 2 Feb., 1758, m. (1) 29 Nov., 1775, Abijah Conant; he went as servant to her father in the Revolutionary war and d. in the service; she m. (2) Ebenezer Brown; JERU- SHA, b. 28 Dec., 1759, m. 23 Nov., 1775, John Stevens of Charlton, large family, she d. aged 92, 31 Aug., 1852, at Ox .; ELSEY, b. 26 Nov., 1761, m. 17 Oct., 1776, Reuben Moore; ALEXANDER and JONATHAN, b. 25 Nov., 1763; JOHN, b. 16 July, 1765; DAVID, b. 2 Jan., 1767; DOLLY, b. 8 March, 1769, m. intentions 16 Feb., 1787, Peter, son of Jacob Shumway, removed to New York State; ZILPAH, b. 6 May, 1770, m. Edward Edwards; JEREMIAH, b. 31 July, 1772; HANNAH, b. 26 Feb., 1776, m. John Merriam.
3. ALEXANDER, son of John (2), m. 3 May, 1787, Lucy, dau. of William Nichols, lived on the homestead. He d. 12 April, 1823, she d. 19 Sept., 1820. Children : ALEXANDER, b. 23 Feb., 1788, m. Nancy Willard of Charlton, no ch., he d. 28 May, 1824; m. (2) 12 Sept., 1824, Benjamin Eddy, m. (3) 10 April, 1831, John Balcom; LoIs, b. 21 May, 1790, m. John Stevens of Charlton, where they settled, 6 ch. ; RUTH, b. Nov., 1793, m. Paul Rich of Charlton, she d. soon, no ch .; LUCY, b. 17 May, 1796, m. 31 March, 1816, Barnabas Rich, brother of Paul, settled on the homestead, he d. 21 April, 1856, she d. 20 Feb., 1868; they had Lois N., b. 25 Oct., 1816, m. 20 May, 1841, Fred Davis of Dudley (who d. 12 Feb., 1847, father of Van A.); Celia, b. 11 April, 1819, d. 4 Sept., 1868, unm. ; Jonathan A., b. 9 Feb., 1822, resided at homestead, d. unm. 1887 ; Lucy M., b. 14 Oct., 1826, m. (1) 27 Dec., 1847, Warren R. Buxton of Charlton, he d. 16 Feb., 1876, 3 ch .; m. (2) 2 May, 1878, Washington W. White; Clarinda, b. 19 April, 1830, m. 10 Oct., 1854, Lucian D. Putnam of Charlton, 3 ch .; RUFUS, b. 28 Feb., 1805, m. (1) 10 Oct., 1830, Lorinda, dau. of Amasa McIn- tire, resided east part of Charlton, she d. aged 25, 1 July 1838; they had Franklin A., b. 9 May, 1833, m. 31 March, 1858, Julia A. Allen, residence, Auburn; they had Arthur R., b. 10 May, 1859; Alice L., b. 20 Feb., 1863;
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Lillie A., b. 1 July, 1869; Rufus, the father, m. (2) 19 Jan., 1842, Esther, dau. of Isaac Lamson, no ch .; she d. 2 Dec., 1863, aged 59, he d. 11 April, 1861.
4. JONATHAN, son of John (2), m. 15 May, 1791, Lydia, dau. of John Merriam. He d. aged 77, 22 June, 1841, she d. 15 Aug., 1836. . . . Children : ABIGAIL, b. 9 March, 1792, m. 4 Feb., 1816, Thomas Marsh of Dudley ; LYDIA, aged 2, d. Sept., 1803; THOMAS, b. 31 July, 1803; two others d. young.
5. THOMAS, son of Jonathan (4), m. 6 June, 1825, Tirzah, dau. of Eben- ezer Lamson, inherited and occupied his father's farm, removed late in life to the Plain, where he d. aged 82, 2 June, 1886. . . . Children : JONATHAN, b. 27 May, 1826, studied medicine at Albany, N. Y., with Prof. Thomas Hun; diploma Feb., 1846, from Albany Medical College, attended lectures at Har- vard Medical School, practiced one year at Troy, N. Y .; came 1848 to Ox., continued until 1 July, 1856; removed to Beetown, Wis., thence, in 1870, to Atlantic, Ia. He m. 8 May, 1851, Mary M., dau. of George Makepeace of Franklin; they had b. at Ox .: William M., b. 21 Sept., 1852; Edith, b. 15 Feb., 1855; Frank, b. 15 Dec., 1865, at Beetown. LYDIA, b. 28 July, 1828, m. 6 June, 1849, Amos L. Scoville; had De Witt C., b. 16 June, 1850, m. (1) Myra Rallion of Ox., she d. Feb., 1876, m. (2) Harriet Emery of Centreville, Dak., where he with his mother 1888 resided; George Herbert, b. 7 Feb., 1852; GEORGE, b. 24 July, 1830, m. 25 Nov., 1856, Martha A. Swain of Worcester, re- moved to Philadelphia, had ch., he d. 13 March, 1881, at Germantown, Pa .; MARY A., b. 30 March, 1833, m. 24 Dec., 1868, Lafayette M. Hervey, residence, Auburn, no ch .; THOMAS V., b. 13 July, 1835, m. 23 April, 1861, Amelia S. Trask of Grafton, removed to Worcester, thence to Auburn; they had Jessie M., b. 6 Feb., 1862; Alice M., b. 2 Feb., 1864; Anna P., b. 26 June, 1866; TIRZAH S., b. 16 Sept., 1837, many years an efficient teacher in Worcester Public Schools; CAROLINE E., b. 3 July, 1840, unm. ; J. EDWARD, b. 23 Feb., 1843, m. 23 Oct .. 1867, Emily M., dau. of Jasper Brown, settled at Ox .; they had Fannie A., b. 3 Aug., 1871; Ruth, b. 1 June, 1877, d. 4 Nov., 1885; AURIN B., b. 10 Nov., 1845, m. 5 June, 1869, Mary Thompson of Pennsyl- vania, settled at Philadelphia, and had ch.
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