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DENNY S., son of Jonathan, Jr., of Sutton, b. 13 March, 1817, m. 23 Nov., 1841, Catherine, dau. of John Cummings of Auburn, came to the Lot Marsh place, later Pliny Upham, in Charlton, near Ox. line, in 1845, and 1850 bought liis present estate in the northeast part of Ox., H. 159, assessor. . . Children : ADA E., b. 4 Sept., 1853, m. 2 Oct., 1871, George D. Watkins of Worcester; CARRIE A., b. 1859, d. 1863.
PHEBE, of Sutton, and Nathaniel Rich of Royalston, m. 25 Sept., 1766. SARAH, and Paul Sibley, both of Sutton, m. 2 Dec., 1766.
BARTHOLOMEW, of Sutton, and Molly Putnam, m. 1 March, 1769. BENAJAH, and Mrs. Sarah Fitts, both of Sutton, m. 13 Dec., 1770. HANNAH, and Tarrant Sibley of Sutton, m. 22 April, 1779. DAVID, and Martha Waters, both of Sutton, m. 15 Jan., 1781. MOLLY, and Josiah Wakefield, both of Sutton, m. 31 Dec., 1782. JOSEPH, of Sutton, and Tamar Town, m. intentions 7 March, 1783. ANNE, and Lemuel Mcknight of Sutton, m. 15 Feb., 1795. PHEBE, and Samuel Dudley of Sutton, m. 15 Feb., 1795. NATHANIEL, of Sutton, and Charlotte Morse of Charlton, m. 5 Aug., 1804. MARIA, of Sutton, and Aaron Elliot, 3d, m. intentions 15 Nov., 1823. LUCY, of Sutton, and William Dudley of Douglas, m. 23 April, 1826. REBECCA, and Samuel Waters, both of Sutton, m. 7 Sept., 1826.1 HANNAH R., of Charlton, and Clark Fitts, m. 15 Dec., 1831. CLARK, and Louisa Hicks of Charlton, m. intentions 26 Oct., 1844. DIANTHA T., w. of Benjamin, aged 66, d. 15 March, 1857. CATHERINE, m. n. Cummings, sec. w. of Benjamin, a. 67, d. 3 July, 1870.
PHEBE W., widow, aged 72, d. 19 Aug., 1874.
BENJAMIN, son of Joseph, of Sutton, aged 86, d. 30 Aug.(?), 1877.
PUTNEY, MRS. ABIGAIL, Dudley, and Eleazer Bellows, m. int. 1 Oct., 1763. SAMUEL, 38 months in Moore's Co. in the Revolutionary army.
PUREE, MARY, resided at Ox. Aug., 1766.
QUICK, JOHN, Revolutionary soldier.
QUINT, NATHANIEL W., and Diana McIntire of Charlton, m. intentions 29 Aug., 1840.
RAMSDELL, TIMOTHY, of Boxford, bought 1723 land on Long Hill, bounded south by the Bernon farm, sold in 1730, and later resided at Leices- ter, in 1736 and 1738 at Lambstown, now Hardwick. No record of family.
KIMBALL, taxed 1771; March, 1783, had m. Beulah, widow of Jedediah Blaney, and then had a dau. "about 4 months old."
JOHN, and Betsey Shields, m. 19 April, 1800.
1 These numerous marriages from Sutton were probably solemnized chiefly by Edward Davis, Esq.
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RANGER, SARAH A., m. n. Bickford, d. 24 Nov., 1860. ALVAN, aged 45, d. 28 Jan., 1867.
RAWSON, JOSEPH, b. 5 Sept., 1746 (son of John, who removed from Rehoboth to Uxbridge, thence to Dudley), m. Rhoda Goff of Rehoboth, black- smith, then of Dudley, bought in 1783 100 acres in the South Gore, formerly Roger Amidown's and Abijah Kingsbury's; 5 ch. He d. 29 Nov., 1810.
2. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), b. 6 July, 1770, m. 18 Dec., 1788, Sylvia, dau. of Collins Moore, lived on the homestead, removed later than 1802 to Eagle, N. Y., where she d. 4 Aug., 1823. He d. 17 Jan., 1850, at Cadiz, N. Y. . . . Children : CYRIL, b. 1790, d. 1796; GEORGE, b. 1791, d. 1796; JONATHAN, b. 24 Sept., 1793, m. 24 Sept., 1815, Anna Weld, settled in Dudley, black- smith, removed to New York State, thence to Jackson, Mich., he d. 26 Aug., 1840, she d. 1843, they had 9 ch .; RUFUS, b. 1796, d. 1803; SOPHIA, b. 1798, d. 1803; RHODA, b. 1800, d. 1803; CYRIL, b. 28 Dec., 1802, m. 30 Sept., 1829, Lydia Smith of Vt., settled at Eagle, N. Y., removed to Princeton, Ill., 4 ch. ; DAVIS, b. 1813, d. 1814.
3. DEXTER, son of Joseph (1), b. 9 May, 1779, m. 28 Feb., 1803, Sally Dudley of Sutton, resided on the hill east from the mouth of Sucker Brook, now Webster. . . . Children : CYNTHIA, b. 23 Dec., 1803, m. 24 Sept., 1825, John Bates, she d. 21 Feb., 1827; they had Elizabeth, m. William H. Beach; RUFUS, b. 1 Nov., 1806, m. 18 Nov., 1840, Sarah M., dau. of William H. Bige- low, he d. 2 Nov., 1886, had one son d. young ; RHODA, b. 17 Aug., 1808, m. 12 April, 1827, Lillebridge B. Tillinghast of Plainfield, Conn., he d. 1872, at Bellingham, 3 ch .; ABEL D., b. 19 Dec., 1812, m. 28 Nov., 1837, Hannah Smith of Douglas, resided at Webster, 2 ch., he d. 12 Jan., 1876; NANCY, b. 24 Feb., 1816, m. Emory Sibley, who d. 6 Dec., 1864, aged 48; JOSEPH S., b. 3 Nov., 1819, m. March, 1840, Lucina Cadwell, resided at Webster, 2 ch .; CHARLES, b. 7 March, 1823, m. 11 Jan., 1846, Mary Ann Codding of Attleboro', botanic physician at Ox., she d. 14 April, 1887, aged 60; ch. : Charles I., b. 21 May, 1847, m. 25 Dec., 1868, Lucy A. Hervey of Ox., and had Willie H., d. young ; Mabel G., b. 9 Dec., 1872; Charles D., b. 13 April, 1874; Lula E., b. 30 Dec., 1875; Irving F., b. 4 June, 1878; Carroll H., b. 16 March, 1883; Florence M. A., b. 1 Oct., 1886; Ann M., b. 12 Jan., 1853, m. 27 Nov., 1873, James C. Tufts, and had Eva C., b. 11 Nov., 1875; SARAH A., b. 24 March, 1826, m. 9 Aug., 1852, Rufus M. Sibley of Sutton, who d. 18 June, 1870; they had Emory E., b. 19 April, 1858; STATIRA, b. 2 June, 1828, m. 21 Nov., 1857, David Kingsbury.
4. DANIEL, brother of Joseph (1), b. 20 Aug., 1757, m. 27 Jan., 1782, Jemima Utter, settled in the South Gore, south from Dexter (3), where he d. 1843. . . . Children : JOHN, m. intentions 18 March, 1815, Sally Davenport, and had Daniel F., Lydia Ann, m. Preston Cortis, Richard D .; SAMUEL, unm., killed by a railroad train; SUSAN, m. intentions 11 June, 1809, Ozias Cortis ; HANNAH, m. 24 Nov., 1825, Ezra Wallis; LUCY, m. Godfrey Morris; CHLOE, b. 1800, m. Uriah Sears.
5. NATHAN, brother of Daniel (4), b. 18 June, 1763, m. intentions 19 March, 1789, Rebecca Kingsbury of Ox., removed to Thompson, Conn., where he d. 26 Feb., 1834, she d. 1 Oct., 1854. . . . Children : LEWIS, b. 15 Feb., 1786; PERLEY, b. 1796; WYMAN, b. 19 June, 1800.
JOHN, of South Gore, Revolutionary soldier, and Sarah Whitford of Rehoboth, m. intentions 1 April, 1775.
JOSHUA, of Upton, and Rebekah Griffith, m. 23 Oct., 1776.
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HANNAH, of S. Gore, and Asa Streeter, Douglas, m. int. 22 Aug., 1790. CHARLOTTE, of South Gore, and Luther Bass of Ashford, m. 25 Feb., 1808. POLLY, S. Gore, and Jonathan Holbrook, Shrewsbury, m. int. 12 Oct., 1816. POLLY, of South Gore, and Aldrich Green of Dudley, m. int. 26 Aug., 1820. DANIEL, and Mrs. Lydia Warren of Dudley, m. intentions 5 April, 1828.
RAY, SILAS, aged 67, d. 4 April, 1845.
REUBEN, son of Silas of Shrewsbury, aged 36, d. 18 June, 1862. RUTH, m. n. Mixer, aged 71, d. 10 Feb., 1866.
READ, REED, JOSEPH, came to Ox. from Leicester, bought 1729 the old mill at the south end of the Plain. He descended from Thomas of Colchester, Essex Co., Eng., who d. 1667, the line being THOMAS, who came to Sudbury and d. 1701; m. Mary, dau. of John Goodrich; had THOMAS, b. 1678, and JOSEPH, who removed between 1 Aug., 1725, and 9 Aug., 1727, to Leicester and thence to Ox., m. 26 Nov., 1723, Sarah Rice of Sudbury. He d. of small- pox 20 Dec., 1731, at Ox., she m. (2) Ebenezer Humphrey. . . . Children : JOHN, b. 1724, at Sudbury, d. young; BETHIA, b. 1 Aug., 1725, m. Moses Town; THOMAS, b. 9 Aug., 1727, at Leicester ; JOHN, b. 27 July, 1729, brought up by his mother's relatives at Roxbury ; KATHARINE, b. 1 June, 1731, at Ox., brought up at Ebenezer Humphrey's, m. Joseph Pratt.
2. THOMAS, son of Joseph (1), m. 2 Aug., 1749, Experience, dau. of Jeremiah Shumway, owned a part of the Peter Shumway homestead, adjoin- ing the north common, H. 181, supposed to have been a currier at the old tan- yard near his house. He d. Dec., 1750. They had JOSEPH, m. 7 May, 1775, Hannah, dau. of Isaac Larned, Jr., resided at Belchertown, left a large pos- terity. His widow, Experience, m. (2) John Wyman.
ISAAC, of Randolph, Vt., and Mary Blanchard, m. intentions 17 July, 1814. JOSEPH, aged 40, d. May, 1837.
REANY, ROBERT, and Mrs. Lydia Getty, m. 23 March, 1845.
REDDING, EBENEZER, came from Freetown or vicinity before 1778, sea captain, a man of loose principles and habits. After the death of his wife he lived alone in a hut on the site of H. 98, North Ox., now Charles O. Wallace, d. there alone 7 Feb., 1817. He was a Revolutionary soldier and took pride in the fact. Being checked one day by a good lady for profanity he remarked, "The Lord never'll punish for swearing a man who has been through the Revolutionary war." He m. intentions 11 April, 1778, Abigail Atwood, who d. 9 Dec., 1799. After her death the children left town, removed it is said to Maine. . . . Children : EBENEZER, b. 22 April, 1782; RACHEL, b. 19 April, 1784; JOSEPH, b. 15 July, 1786; OTIS, b. 6 Feb., 1789; HANNAH, b. 31 Oct., 1791; SELAH, b. 29 March, 1794; SAMUEL, b. 29 May, 1798.
REYMOND, MARY (Canadian), aged 26, d. 2 May, 1888.
REYNOLDS, ZILPAH, aged 49, d. 13 Sept., 1853.
RICCIUS, EDWARD (German), aged 69, d. 25 Dec., 1884.
RICE, JONATHAN, b. 10 Feb., 1792, son of Daniel of Sutton, scythe maker, came to North Ox. 1815, remained until 1831, removed to Millbury, thence to Amherst, resided there several years and removed to the vicinity of Keene, N. H., where he d. He m. intentions 3 April, 1815, Candace Rand of
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Shrewsbury. They had SUSAN C., b. 8 May, 1816; WILLIAM H., b. 7 July 1820.
MRS. CAROLINE N., aged 53, d. 18 Feb., 1874.
CYRUS, son of Uriah of Brookfield, aged 69, d. 1874.
LUKE, of Worcester, and Mary Davis, m. 5 April, 1810.
SARAH B., of Leicester, and John Andrews, m. intentions 23 Nov., 1822. IRENA, of Marlboro', and Henry F. Hunting, m. intentions 1 June, 1834.
MICAJAH C., aged 26, d. 5 Feb., 1845.
EMILY M., of Charlton, aged 28, d. 3 Nov., 1858.
RICH, ELISHA, b. about 1717, at Bellingham, was of Sutton 1737, and at 38 Lieut. in the French war under Capt. Ebenezer Learned, m. 21 Dec., 1737, Mary, dau. of Dea. Samuel Davis, had 13 ch., a son, EBENEZER, b. 18 Nov., 1751, m. (1) Mehetable -, m. (2) 24 July, 1785, Isabel Holton, widow of Israel, and dau. of Jacob Town of Ox., settled at Sutton, they had 7 ch., the fifth, EBENEZER, b. 17 June, 1786, m. 12 Jan., 1813, Olive, dau. of Learned Davis, settled at the Francis Sibley place, H. 19, bought in 1824 the Thomas Davis farm, H. 15, on which he spent his subsequent years. He was a man of good abilities, Capt. of militia, representative, selectman. He d. 12 Aug., 1857, she d. 11 April, 1868. . . . Children : EBENEZER D., b. 14 Dec., 1814; OLIVE A., b. 16 Aug., 1816, m. Solomon Putnam ; GEORGE L., b. 23 Feb., 1825, m. 16 July, 1850, Ruth G., đau. of Amos C. Aldrich, he d. 22 March, 1858, no ch. ; AUSTIN J., b. 6 Jan., 1837.
2. EBENEZER D., son of Ebenezer (1), millwright, resided at New Boston, Rockville, Conn., and Ox., owned the homestead where he rebuilt the mill, and was farmer and miller, selectman, m. (1) 29 June, 1840, Olive, Goodell of Thompson, Conn., who d. 19 Jan., 1846, m. (2) 13 Aug., 1849, Mary, dau. of Nathan Chamberlain of Thompson, who d. 6 Oct., 1871, m. (3) 1 July, 1873, Mrs. Lucinda Richardson, dau. of Oliver C. Burr of Grafton, . . Children by first m. : ALMA O., b. 17 June, 1841, m. Alfred W. Long; HARRIET S., b. 29 Sept., 1843, d. 29 Nov., 1861; by second m. : ALLEN E., b. 14 Aug., 1856, m. 20 Nov., 1881, Jennie Barker.
3. AUSTIN J., son of Ebenezer (1), m. (1) 28 Feb., 1861, Mary Jane, dau. of John Gibson, who d. aged 19, 27 July, 1862, m. (2) 3 July, 1863, Sarah J., dau. of John Dinsmore, removed 1881 to Worcester. . . . Child by first m. : JOHN A., b. 27 July, 1862; by second m .: GEORGE L., b. 10 Sept., 1864; HATTIE M., b. 3 July, 1866; GRACE D., b. 26 Sept., 1873; MARY O., b. 20 April, 1880.
ELIJAH, b. 4 April, 1764, son of Samuel of Sutton, bought 1799 the farm near Sutton line, now Richard L. Dodge, H. 5, built the present house, where he d. 16 Nov., 1829. He m. Abigail Hicks of Sutton, who d. 11 Jan., 1845, aged 74. . . . Children : FANNY, b. 11 Oct., 1793, m. 1814, Simon, son of Simeon Carpenter of Sutton, removed to Charlton, had ch .; ABIGAIL, m. David, brother of Simon Carpenter, settled at Charlton; SAMUEL, m. Nancy F., dau. of Enoch Stockwell, resided at Sutton, no ch .; ELIJAH, m. Prudence, dau. of Simeon Carpenter, resided at Charlton, had ch .; ESTES, settled in Michigan, m. and had ch., removed to Kansas; THOMAS.
2. THOMAS, son of Elijah (1), m. 7 Jan., 1830, Prudence L. Kenney of Sutton, settled on the homestead, repaired and enlarged the house, sold in 1849 and removed to Wisconsin. The only one of the family to settle in Ox. . Children, all removed with their parents : ELIJAH, b. 21 Oct., 1830;
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GEORGE L., b. 10 March, 1832; SUMNER K., b. 28 Sept., 1833; THOMAS F., b. 14 Jan., 1838; HENRY, b. 6 Oct., 1839; MARY A., b. 17 March, 1842.
DAVID, of Charlton, resided in the north part of Ox., of small means, m. Polly - - -. He d. 1 March, 1848, aged 74. . . . Children : POLLY, b. 11 March, 1806, d. 1824; GRANVILLE, b. 22 April, 1809; NANCY, b. 1 Jan., 1811; SALLY, b. 2 Feb., 1812; DAVID, b. 17 Oct., 1813; HIRAM, b. 1815, d. 1824 ; REBECCA, b. 29 Nov., 1816; BETSEY, b. 9 Feb., 1818; JULIA A., b. 19 May, 1819; HENRY, b. 1820, m. 1 Nov., 1846, Betsey Shaw of Auburn. JOHN, BENJAMIN, MARCUS; LAVINA, their children, were living March, 1833.
DANIEL, b. 14 July, 1821, at Charlton, son of John H., came to North Ox. about 1841, m. there 31 March, 1843, Martha C. Sanborn, b. at Vienna, Me., resided at Ox. and Charlton till about 1855, then settled at Ox .; built in 1868 the house on Charlton Street where he resided. . . . Children, excepting third and fourth, b. at Ox. : SARAH P., b. 24 Dec., 1844, m. 1869, Russell Peters, resided at Worcester; BYRON C., b. 30 March, 1846, m. 25 Dec., 1867, Francelia, dau. of Lyman Law, resided at Brockton; ch. : Marcia A., Clifton A., Isa; RUTH A., b. 8 Dec., 1848, at Charlton, m. William Morris, 1 ch .; JULIA E., b. 30 Sept., 1852, at Charlton, m. Melvin W. Pierce, resided at West Medford, 1 ch .; HORATIO C., b. 30 Oct., 1857, m. 14 June, 1881, Hattie F., dau. of Marvin W. Robinson; had Laura A., b. 5 April, 1887; Ethel F., b. 5 Sept., 1888; a dau., b. 19 Aug., 1891; ARTHUR C., b. 13 Feb., 1860, m. Nellie Lacount, resided at West Somerville, had ch .; LYMAN W., b. 22 Dec., 1863, m. Lillian, dau. of George Larned, resided at Spencer; LEON E., b. 11 Feb., 1860.
2. GEORGE, brother of Daniel (1), b. 9 May, 1828, m. 2 April, 1850, Lucy A., dau. of Calvin Stockwell, she d. 29 Nov., 1883 ; blacksmith. . . . Children : GEORGE A., b. 14 Nov., 1854, m. Nellie, dau. of Lucian Putnam of Charlton, and had Mabel, b. 20 July, 1879; George E., b. 20 June, 1883; ELLA, b. 10 March, 1871, m. 25 Dec., 1890, Lyman E. Cortis.
PAUL, and Bethia Coburn, both of Dudley, m. 10 Feb., 1734.
ABIGAIL, and William Davidson, both of Sutton, m. 17 April, 1744.
ISRAEL, of Sutton, and Sarah Fairfield, m. int. July, 1744.
SUSANNA, and Josiah Town, both of Charlton, m. 13 Aug., 1756.
ANNA, and James Lamb, both of Charlton, m. 16 June, 1757.
JONATHAN, and Abigail Barton, both of Charlton, m. 18 Dec., 1759; re- sided at Ox. with family Aug., 1766.
THADDEUS, and Abiel Frost, both of Charlton, m. 19 Aug., 1760.
NATHANIEL, of Royalston, and Phebe Putnam of Sutton, m. 25 Sept., 1766. ELIZABETH, and Stephen Bullen, both of Sutton, m. 3 Sept., 1767.
AMOS, of Sutton, and Patty Pratt, m. 18 Nov., 1789.
JACOB, of Charlton, and Ruth Rich of Sutton, m. 13 April, 1791. SARAH, and Benjamin Fitts, Jr., both of Charlton, m. 28 Sept., 1794. LUCY, and Christopher Willson of Canton, N. Y., m. 19 Jan., 1808.
SALLY, of Sutton, and Simeon Holman of Ward, m. 3 May, 1812. DIANTHA, of Sutton, and David Walker of Douglas, m. 27 Dec., 1818.
POLLY, and Nehemiah Davis, m. int. 10 Jan., 1821.
EMERSON, of Millbury, and Nancy Gleason, m. 14 Sept., 1823. NANCY, and Erastus Davis, m. int. 4 June, 1836.
DAVID, JR., of Leicester, and Catherine Bennett, m. 7 Aug., 1842.
MRS. SUSANNAH, aged 78, d. 31 Jan., 1869.
PAUL, of Charlton, aged 85, d. 18 Aug., 1870.
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MARY, aged 49, d. 6 Oct., 1871.
ELLEN M., aged 31, d. 14 Oct., 1872.
MRS. SARAH, aged 55, d. 5 March, 1879. EVERARD, son of John G., d. 3 July, 1883.
JACOB, son of John and grandson of Jacob, aged 70, d. 15 Oct., 1886. JOHN G., son of John H., of Charlton, aged 67, d. 3 Nov., 1886.
RICHARDS, HANNAH, of Sutton, and Wm. Foster, m. int. 17 Nov., 1764. REBECCA, resided at Ox. March, 1783.
RICHARDSON, LEONARD, w. - -, had JOSEPH F., b. 13 March, 1840;
MARY L., b. 20 Jan., 1843.
CHARLES, and Mary Roper of Westford, m. 2 Feb., 1737.
JAMES, taxed 1771.
WILLIAM, of Leicester, and Mary Smith, m. 1 March, 1792.
LOYAL J., and Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, both of Leicester, m. 18 July, 1825.
MARY ANN, and James Chadwick, m. 29 June, 1828.
RICHMOND, CADY, resided at Ox. 1783.
RIDER, see RYDER.
RILEY, ELLEN, aged 25, d. 25 Sept., 1887.
RINDGE, JULIUS, b. April, 1805, at Bolton, Conn., son of Thomas and Ann of Marblehead, came young to Ox. Woolen Co. Mill, m. Betsey M. Ellis, b. in Southboro', removed to Connecticut, returned to Ox .; he d. 22 April, 1863, she d. 11 Sept., 1866, aged 51. . . . Children : EDWIN E., b. 2 Sept., 1834, m. Mary Barton of Millbury, no ch., soldier in late war, died of wounds 18 Oct., 1862, she d. aged 37, 19 May, 1868; VERNON F., b. about 1839, was with his brother in the army, d. 24 Feb., 1863. "Two good soldiers."
RIXFORD, ELIJAH, m. 28 May, 1793, Prudence, dau. of Nathaniel Stock- well of Sutton and sister of Nathaniel of Ox., blacksmith, lived at the south- east corner of Main Street and Sutton Avenue, had a shop south of the house; came about 1800 and was in town perhaps five or six years, removed before Sept., 1807, to Canterbury, Conn. Lightning struck the house injuring his wife so that she was an invalid for several months. Had children before coming to Ox., and b. here : JOHN, b. 9 Jan., 1801; ELIJAH, b. 3 Dec., 1802.
ROAFF, JESSE, at Ox., trader, about 1772, for a short time. In March, 1773, Ephraim Ballard, a creditor, brought suit against Thomas Fish, trustee of Roaff, the latter having absconded.
ROBBINS, EBENEZER, of Douglas [two of this name petitioned 1742 for the incorporation of D.], m. 11 May, 1780, Meribah, dau. of Ephraim Amidown, resided near the site of the Huguenot Chapel, H. 35; 37 months in Capt. Moore's company in Revolutionary war; d. 24 June, 1796; she removed 1808 to the east part of the town, where she d. 12 Aug., 1838, aged 82. . . . Children : EBENEZER, b. 1781, brought up at Thomas Davis', m. 2 June, 1811, Lucy, dau. of John Howard, lived at H. 1 till her death; he d. 4 Jan., 1848, she d. 31 Dec., 1829, aged 43; NOAH, b. 29 Sept., 1784, d. young; ROSA- LINDA, m. intentions 11 May, 1811, Capt. Chandler Stockwell of Sutton, she d.
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30 April, 1859; they had b. at Douglas : Azubah, d. young, Chandler, Irena, Sarah, Eunice, Lucy, Rosalinda, Ebenezer; WILLIAM, b. 24 April, 1791, m. 11 July, 1813, Lavinia, dau. of Jonathan Pierce of Southboro', resided at Ox., West Sutton, West Millbury, he d. 5 Jan., 1824, at Ox., she d. 12 Sept., 1868, aged 78; they had Lavinia, m. 20 May, 1832, Adolphus Morse, had ch .; Will- iam P., d. young; Charles B., b. 28 Nov., 1817, at Ox., m. 4 Sept., 1839, Mar- tha H., dau. of John Hubbard of Leicester, resided at Worcester, manufacturer of medicinal goods ; he d. 5 Aug., 1889, she d. 4 April, 1889; EPHRAIM, b. 29 May, 1793, studied medicine but did not practice, m. Patience Powers, resided at Northbridge, Greenwich and Fitchburg where he d. 1827; they had Harvey P., farmer at DeKalb, Ill., married and had children.
JOSEPH, w. Elizabeth, had MARGARET, b. 24 Dec., 1731.
JOHN, w. Ruth, had JOHN and JAMES, b. 4 March, 1760; DANIEL, b. 15 Nov., 1761; 1766 the town sunk tax of John, he having removed from town.
REV. LOREN, b. 1799, son of Elijah of Wethersfield, Conn., was gradu- ated 1821, at Yale College; 1829, at Andover; pastor at Ox. from Dec., 1832, until spring of 1835. His ministry was an uneventful one. He had average natural ability and a good education; in person was genteel and pre- possessing. Little is known of him after his leaving until 1850, when he removed to Wisconsin, preaching at Fair Play, Omro, and Ripon, whence he removed to Chicago, preached for a time, and later, at Neponset, Osceola, Wethersfield, Boyd's Grove, Tiskilwa, Princeton, Granville and Peru, all in Ill. At Kewanee, Ill., he resided longest, perhaps eight years, living at a public house and going to different points in the vicinage to preach. During his later years he accepted no remuneration for his services, but having acquired the Indian language preached frequently to the natives and was highly esteemed by them and received from them many sub- stantial tokens of regard. In the spring of 1866, at Peru, while conduct- ing religious services, he died suddenly sitting in his chair. He m. 6 Oct. 1850, Sarah S., dau. of Judge Sylvanus Jessup of Honesdale, Pa. He d, 18 April, 1866, she d. 22 Oct. 1855. . . . Children : WILLIAM L., b. 6 April, 1853, m. 22 Nov., 1879, Helen F., dau. of Dr. Aaron Bassett of Barre, mechanic at Kewanee; they had Harry R., b. 28 Sept., 1881, at Kewanee.
JAMES H., son of Samuel of Brooklyn, Conn., m. intentions 7 June, 1847, Mary S., dau. of William Larkin, he d. aged 38, 27 Nov., 1865, she d. 25 June, 1884, at Central Village, Conn .; they had GEORGE M., m. Clementina Gould of Charlton, had ch., residence, Buffalo, N. Y .; HENRY F., m. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of Caleb F. Dudley, and had Nathan, drowned 1853 at Spencer; m. (2) Lydia Rogers, two ch., residence, Spencer; CHRISTOPHER F., b. 12 Oct., 1852, m. Mary A. Harris of Wrentham, they had Flora B., b. 17 Nov., 1880; ADA, b. 18 Jan., 1855, m. Albert Barrows of Mendon, and had Fanny and Em- ma ; HEPHSIBAH, m. Lewis H. Barrows, brother of Albert, residence, South Milford, five ch.
GEORGE M., bro. of James H., b. 14 Feb., 1835, at Brooklyn, Conn., m. Frances A. Morse of Dudley, residence, 1891, Worcester. . . . Children : ELSIE A., b. 1 Dec., 1859, at Worcester, d. 12 May, 1885, at Ox., unm. ; JESSIE C., b. 24 May, 1861, at Longmeadow, m. Bion E. Taft; MARY F., b. 1 Sept., 1862, at L .; HERBERT M., b. 6 March, 1867, at Ox. ; NORMAN H., b. 12 June, 1879, at Ox.
EBENEZER, and Jane Titus of Douglas, m. 13 Dec., 1744.
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JOSEPH, of Douglas, and Mary Chamberlain, m. 3 Nov., 1748. MOLLY, and Nathaniel Cumins, m. 11 Dec., 1766.
EBENEZER, and Polly Curtis of Douglas, m. 6 April, 1831.
SABRA, dau. of William Needham of Charlton, aged 59, d. 20 May, 1857.
ROBE, CHRISTOPHER (German), aged 49, d. 5 March, 1862.
ROBERTS, JAMES, dau. Harriet; blacksmith in Ox. 1805 to 1809.
ROBERTSON, SAMUEL, of Sutton, and Hannah Shumway, m. 25 Nov., 1771.
ROBINSON, GEORGE, tradition says of Welsh descent, b. about 1685 at Needham, son of George, bought in 1719 of William Dudley 500 acres lying on the west side of Chaubunagungamaug Lake, which with later purchases from Josiah Kingsbury and others included most of the present East Village at Webster. He had four sons, Paul, Silas, Samuel and Ebenezer. The latter, it is thought, had no family. The first settled at Thompson, Conn., Silas in. Dudley, on a part of said 500 acres, and Samuel at the north end of the same, his homestead standing on the line of Dudley and Ox., near which he and his son Asa, who was an innholder, had mills, the saw-mill having been built be- fore 1728, and later a grist-mill. Samuel was a doctor, astrologer and inn- holder. He m. 25 Aug., 1748, Hannah Larned of Ox., and the same year George, the father, sold him 250 acres, part in Ox. and part in Dudley, "being the lands where I now dwell and my house and mills stand," reserving to himself half the profits of the same. In 1782 Asa succeeded his father Samuel as owner and was styled innholder, m. intentions 26 Dec., 1777, Mary Davis.
SILAS, the ancestor of the Ox. branch, was b. 9 Nov., 1721, at Needham, m. 4 Oct., 1743, Susanna, dau. of Collins Moore. He d. 4 Sept., 1801, she d. 8 May, 1792. . . . Children : RACHEL, b. 5 June, 1744, m. Timothy Foster, Jr., of Dudley, they had 5 sons and 6 daughters, she d. 20 Feb., 1839; ELIAKIM, b. 24 Oct., 1745, m. July, 1767, Deborah Brown of Thompson, Conn., tailor, from which he went to glove making, preparing his own materials from deer-skins, etc., which led to his adopting the tanning business, in which his son Samuel and grandson Solomon succeeded him. He had remarkable abilities as an arti- san and excelled in mathematics, although unlearned. He d. 15 Sept., 1832 ; ch. : Samuel, father of Dea. Solomon of Webster, Silas, Jessie, Lucy, Chloe, Solomon, Bryant, Moses, Aaron ; GEORGE, b. 28 July, 1747, m. 7 Feb., 1775, Deborah, dau. of Gen. Ebenezer Learned, Revolutionary soldier, d. in the army 10 Aug., 1776, at New York, widow Deborah administratrix, inventory £395; she m. (2) Ebenezer Pray; ch. George, b. 22 Sept., 1775, went young to Livermore, Me., left for parts unknown; on 30 Sept., 1796, Ebenezer and Deborah Pray gave a receipt to George Robinson of Livermore for her thirds in the estate of George Robinson, deceased; SETH, b. 1748, d. 1756; REUBEN, b. 15 Dec., 1750, m. 29 Aug., 1771, Rachel White of Charlton, was with George in the army and d. of fever 25 Aug., 1776, at New York, 3 ch .; SAMUEL, b. 1752, d. 1756; SOLOMON, b. 1754, d. 1756; SILAS, b. and d. 1756; SUSANNA, b. 12 Aug., 1757, m. Benjamin Joslin of Thompson, Conn., and had 18 ch., she d. 25 March, 1842; DINAH, b. 30 March, 1759, m. (1) Col. Moses Hill of Douglas, she m. (2) Bezaleel Gould of Douglas, second w., she d. 16 Aug., 1851; BATH- SHEBA, b. 3 March, 1761, m. Bezaleel Gould, she d. 2 Nov., 1803, he m. (2) her sister Dinah; PHEBE, b. 1763, d. 1767; MICAIAH, b. 25 March, 1765, m. 29
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