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19. AMOS, son of Amos (18), Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 7 June, 1788, Miriam, dau. of Daniel and Content Hovey, lived on the homestead, where he d. 18 Dec., 1816, she d. 2 Aug., 1842, aged 74. . . . Children : URANIA, b. 15 Nov., 1788, m. 1 Jan., 1817, Josiah Stone of Windsor, Vt., settled at Petersham, where he d. 10 Feb., 1823, aged 34, she d. 10 Feb., 1880, at Ox., aged 91; ch. : Melezenda, b. 26 Jan., 1819, m. Lament B. Corbin; SOPHIA, b. 1 Nov., 1790, m. Peter Kidder; LEWIS, b. 20 Nov., 1792; PEREZ, b.
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3 Dec., 1794, m. Catherine Daniels of Conn., no ch .; BETSEY, b. 26 Sept., 1796, m. 15 Feb., 1818, Josiah McFarland; RUTH, b. 13 Feb., 1799, m. 19 April, 1819, Richard Gleason; POLLY, b. 28 Aug., 1801, m. 12 April, 1845, Dr. Erastus Richardson of Eastport, Me., b. 3 April, 1794, where they lived many years, second w., no ch .; she d. 13 April, 1885, at Augusta, Me .; he d. several years before; AMos, b. 23 June, 1805, m. 28 Feb., 1833, Rosalinda, dau. of Ezekiel Davis, settled at Webster; had Mary E., m. Francis Bugbee, no ch .; Charles N., m. Mary L. Morehouse, resided at Webster, had ch .; Amos, m. (1) Eleanor M. Green of Webster, had ch., m. (2) Ellen Ray; these sons were both soldiers in the late war, Charles was wounded at Gettysburg; PHILA, b. 6 Nov., 1807, m. 24 Jan., 1827, James D. Tourtellotte of Pomfret, Conn., settled at Tolland, Conn., removed to Willimantic, Conn., where he d. May, 1889, had ch .; CELIA, b. 29 Nov., 1813, m. 18 May, 1841, Jared Lilley of Woodstock, Conn., removed to Rockford, Ill., had ch.
20. LEWIS, son of Amos (19), m. 23 May, 1819, Harriet B., dau. of John Torrey, b. 28 Sept., 1799. He d. 17 March, 1874, she d. aged 82, 9 July, 1882. . . . Children : WILLIAM H., b. 29 Oct., 1820, m. 18 April, 1848, Julia A., dau. of Elisha R. Sibley of Sutton, resided in Ox. and Worcester, where she d. 14 Dec., 1884; they had Harriet B., b. 21 May, 1849, d. 10 April, 1884; Lowell H., b. 14 March, 1851, d. 9 April, 1880; William H., b. 1 Feb., 1857, d. 19 Nov., 1879; SUSAN T., b. 1823, d. 1825; JOHN W., b. 15 Aug., 1825, m. 1 Feb., 1852, Margaret Raney, b. 12 June, 1826, in Ireland, resided at Epworth, Ia., farmer; they had Lillie, b. 27 Jan., 1859; Charles W., b. 1 April, 1861 ; GEORGE E., b. 10 June, 1827, m. 14 April, 1852, Mary A. Wetherby, b. 26 April, 1830, at Westminster, resided at Brookfield; they had Addie M., b. 29 Sept., 1856; Fannie W., b. 18 April, 1867; SARAH M., b. 23 Sept., 1829, m. 16 June, 1852, Truman Marsh of Dudley ; CHARLES L., b. 2 June, 1831, at Sutton, m. 22 Nov., 1860, Achsah Ward of Sutton, b. 25 Nov., 1832, resided at Web- ster; they had Charles L., b. 23 July, 1863; MARY JANE, b. 6 June, 1833; MARTHA ANN, b. 8 May, 1836, m. William, son of Ebenezer Foster; AMOS H., b. 8 Oct., 1839, sergeant in the late war, killed at Antietam, 17 Sept., 1862; RUFUS A., b. 22 Nov., 1843, m. 13 Aug., 1865, Mary J., dau. of Willis Hum- phrey, no ch.
21. JABEZ, son of Amos (18), Revolutionary soldier, m. 29 March, 1775, Olive Penniman, b. 24 Feb., 1751, settled at Medway. He d. 30 June, 1821, she d. 17 Sept., 1823. . . . Children : OLIVE, b. 22 Nov., 1777, d. young; ABIGAIL, b. 20 Feb., 1780, d. 31 March, 1820, unm .; OLIVE, b. 28 Feb., 1783, m. 9 Sept., 1803, Thomas Adams of Medway, she d. Oct., 1881; they had Sibyl, b. 6 July, 1804, d. March, 1844; Amos, b. 25 March, 1810, d. 15 June, 1834; AMOS, b. 27 March, 1787, m. 1810, Patience Adams, settled at Medway, he d. 22 Aug., 1871; they had Willard A., b. 20 March, 1811; Amos P., b. 31 Oct., 1812, d. 1849, in Mexico; Olive, b. 15 Jan., 1815; Lowell, b. 5 Sept., 1817; Abigail, b. 29 Aug., 1820; Albert, b. 22 Jan., 1824; Edmund, b. 22 Jan., 1826; William W., b. 26 Sept., 1830; Asahel A., b. 3 June, 1833, resided at Philadelphia, Pa., shoe dealer, genealogist of the family; Caroline P., b. 28 May, 1836; RUTH, b. 4 Feb., 1793, m. William Adams, settled at Medway, she d. 29 July, 1872; they had Almira, b. 13 April, 1816; Abigail, b. 1820, d. 1824; Charlotte, b. 1823, d. 1843; Lucy A., b. 14 April, 1825, d. 1859; Laura A., b. 7 Aug., 1830; William M., b. 22 June, 1831.
NATHAN, and Hannah Chubb of Belchertown, m. intentions 7 Sept., 1771. ELIZABETH, and Samuel Carroll of Sutton, m. 31 Dec., 1778.
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JOHN, and Sarah Gale of Sutton, m. 19 Sept., 1795. MRS. NABBY, and Joseph Waters of Sutton, m. 2 April, 1807. SALLY, and Amariah Bemis, m. 25 June, 1809. BETSEY, and Elisha Ware, both of Wrentham, m. 14 March, 1810. NAOMI, and Charles Martin, m. intentions 27 April, 1823. HIRAM, d. 8 May, 1875.
SIBLEY, BENJAMIN, b. 19 Sept., 1703, son of Joseph of Sutton, m. Priscilla Rich; they had in Sutton PRISCILLA and BENJAMIN; removed to Ox. where they had ZERUIAH, b. 31 Aug., 1729; family removed to Union, Conn. ; ch. b. after leaving Ox. : JOSEPH, EZEKIEL, SAMUEL, JONATHAN.
GIDEON, son of Jonathan of Sutton, b. 20 Nov., 1750, Revolutionary soldier from Sutton, m. (1) 28 April, 1772, Tamar Fitts, who d. 22 Aug., 1806, aged 59, m. (2) 11 Jan., 1809, Zipporah Cummings of Sutton, no ch., she d. 25 Dec. (?), 1829, aged 73, settled in Sutton, removed 1785 or 1786 to Ox., built a large farmhouse and out-buildings on the hill east of the present Slater's reservior, H. 11, where he d. He was a hard working, thriving farmer, of iron constitution, and "never knew what it was to be tired," or had a sick day. He was among the minute-men who marched at the Lexing- ton alarm, was but a short time in the service. He built for his son Peter a house near his own on the hill, not long occupied by him. All these buildings were removed about 1865, and the farm has since been divided. He d. 21 Aug., 1846, aged 96. . . . Children b. at Sutton : GIDEON, b. 3 May, 1773, d. 1799; PERLEY, b. 17 July, 1774, m. 17 Dec., 1798, Polly Harwood, scythe maker at Athol; TAMAR, b. 9 April, 1776, m. 28 June, 1795, Capt. Reuben Waters of Sutton, where she d. 25 Dec., 1803; SIMON, b. 12 Jan., 1778, m. inten- tions 9 Jan., 1805, Nancy Rice of Brimfield; ch. recorded at Ox., Freeman, b. 16 July, 1812; Mary, b. 15 Nov., 1813; Simon H., b. 22 Dec., 1816, family removed to Sutton, where his w. d., he removed to Warren to live with a son, d. there; PETER, b. 29 Feb., 1780, m. 17 Jan., 1804, Hannah, dau. of John Mayo, she d. a widow, aged 85, 29 Aug., 1866; they had at Ox. : Dolly, b. 21 Nov., 1804 ; Myra, b. 5 Dec., 1808; removed to Orange, where he d .; LUCY, b. 5 May, 1782, m. 31 May, 1812, Nahum Lackey of Sutton, removed to Brook- field, he d., she m. (2) - Wakefield, she d. at Fitchburg; AMos, b. 19 Oct., 1783, m. 1 Oct., 1809, Prudence, dau. of Solomon Harwood, removed to Athol, resided 1821 at Troy, N. H., had a large family, scythe maker.
2. JONATHAN, son of Reuben, who was brother of Gideon (1), b. 4 Feb., 1772, at Sutton, m. 8 April, 1798, Tirzah, dau. of Ebenezer Lamson, no ch. Came to Ox. 1810 from Spencer, having bought H. 225, prosperous farmer, had fine stock, and was a great lover of horses, owned the finest parade horse in the region, in demand far and near for annual musters. He d. aged 67, 24 May, 1843, she d. aged 89, 21 Feb., 1869.
3. FRANCIS, son of Tarrant, who was brother of Gideon (1), b. 1 Jan., 1786, at Sutton, m. (1) 9 Aug., 1811, Sally, dau. of Learned Davis, settled on her father's homestead in the east part of Ox., H. 19, she d. 24 May, 1822, m. (2) intentions 8 Jan., 1826, Mary Plummer of Barre, who d. 22 Oct., 1827 [Headstone], m. (3) 13 April, 1829, Susanna, dau. of John Davis. He d. 4(?) Aug., 1848, she d. 16 Sept., 1885, aged 94. Millwright, paper manufacturer at Hamden, Conn., representative in 1838 and 1839. . . . Children by first m. : SUMNER, b. 1813, d. young; SALLY D., b. 22 Dec., 1816, m. 9 Jan., 1850, Dr. Dean Towne of Worcester, no ch., she d. 30 March, 1851;, by second m .:
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FRANCIS F., b. 22 Oct., 1827, m. (1) 15 Jan., 1857, M. Malvina Richardson of Douglas, settled in Ox., removed to Sutton; they had Kate R., b. 1858; Edward F., b. 1860; m. (2) Mrs. Harriet Putnam, m. n. Sibley, no ch .; ch. by third m. : SUSAN W., b. 24 Sept., 1831, resided on the homestead.
4. ISRAEL, brother of Francis (3), b. 11 Feb., 1795, at Sutton, m. inten- tions 14 Jan., 1816, Tirzah Davis of Ox., settled in the east part of Ox., bought in 1827 H. 205, east side of Main Street; millwright and thriving farmer; he d. 28 March, 1886, she d. 16 June, 1885, aged 89. . . . Child- ren : TIRZAH, b. 27. May, 1816, m. Orson E., son of Thaddeus Hall; PERSIS, b. 8 June, 1818, m. 20 April, 1848, Addington Barnes of Thompson, Conn., no ch., she d. 23 Jan., 1875; LORING, b. 13 Dec., 1819, unm., resided on the homestead; ISRAEL, b. 5 April, 1822, m. 7 May, 1848, Pauline Heath of Willington, Conn .; had Herbert H., b. 25 Oct., 1855; HANNAH E., b. 1824, d. 1828; EMILY E., b. 1 Dec., 1827, m. 5 Oct., 1852, Jacob Baker of Dudley, Universalist minister at Weymouth, no ch .; MARCUS J., b. 1833, d. 1836; JULIA A., b. 1834, d. 1836; JULIA P., b. 4 Oct., 1837, artist.
5. NAHUM, brother of Francis (3), b. 5 June, 1800, at Sutton, m. 14 June, 1823, Susanna, dau. of Andrew Sigourney. He d. aged 80, 26 Dec., 1880, she d. aged 78, 13 June, 1876. . . . Children : GEORGE W., b. 4 May, 1829, m. 11 Dec., 1848, Lydia C. Morrill of Stanstead, C. E., b. 18 April, 1827; they had Josephine E., b. 7 Dec., 1852, m. Cornelius, son of Peter Westervelt of Jersey City, N. J., where they settled, no ch .; Luther W., b. 11 July, 1857, m. Ella Smith of Charlestown, had ch. ; ROCHELLE N., b. 18 July, 1832, m. Josephine J. Ingalls of Cherry Valley, N. Y., he d. 22 Oct., 1882.
AARON, resided at Ox. 1808 [Court Rec.], owned a grist-mill at North Ox., had a son LYMAN who was a millwright and owned a mill near Charlton City, d. there.
ALMON, son of Elijah of Sutton, m. 30 Nov., 1817, Nancy Fuller, resided at H. 6. He d. 29 Oct., 1849, at Ox. . . . Children : NANCY, b. 28 Feb., 1820, m. Benjamin Dudley, no ch .; MARY ANN, b. 4 April, 1823, m. Ethan Brown of Ox., had ch .; SUMNER, b. 1 Jan., 1829; FRANKLIN, b. 12 Oct., 1832, resi- dence, Sutton; RUFUS, settled at Windham, Conn., had ch.
2. SUMNER, son of Almon (1), m. (1) 1 May, 1862, Maria Miller; m. (2) 14 Aug., 1876, Ruth Hoyle. . . . Children by first m. : HATTIE MINERVA, b. 10 Oct., 1863, at Uxbridge, d. young; ALMON, b. 28 July, 1866, at Oxford; FRED H., b. 24 June, 1872, at Ox .; ch. by second m. : FLORENCE E., b. 18 Sept., 1881, at Sutton; CHARLES H., b. 26 Dec., 1884, at Ox.
IRA, m. 4 July, 1843, Sophronia, dau. of Edward H. Shumway ; he d. aged 37, 10 Dec., 1857, she m. (2) Henry L. Abbott, residence, Webster. . . . Children : ANN S., b. 3 Dec., 1844; GEORGE H., b. 14 May, 1846; ELLEN A., b. 14 April, 1849, m. Edward I. Willis; EDWARD E., b. 15 Sept., 1853; BELLE M., b. 8 March, 1858.
IRA T., son of Tyler of Sutton, m. 25 March, 1850, Eliza Hill of Sutton, and had R. EDMUND, b. 21 Nov., 1853.
ABEL, of Sutton, and Abigail Nichols, m. 12 May, 1766.
ABNER, of Sutton, and Betty Lillie, m. 28 May, 1766.
PAUL, and Sarah Putnam, both of Sutton, m. 2 Dec., 1766.
LYDIA, and John Harwood, Jr., of Sutton, m. 28 Aug., 1777.
JUDITH, of Sutton, and Nathan Taft of Northbridge, m. 1 Oct., 1778.
DANIEL, and Phebe Prince, both of Sutton, m. 14 April, 1779. TARRANT, of Sutton, and Phebe Putnam, m. 22 April, 1779.
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BENJAMIN, and Zilpah Davis, m. int. 16 April, 1791, parents of Hiram of Rochester.
SALLY, and Tyler Marsh, m. 7 Feb., 1793.
POLLY, and Abner Cummins of Sutton, m. 14 Sept., 1794.
CATHERINE, and Nathaniel Jennison, both of Ward, m. 2 Jan., 1800.
LEAVENS, of Sutton, and Betsey Livermore of Ward, m. 11 April, 1802.
POLLY, and Jesse Kenney, both of Sutton, m. 18 May, 1809.
JOHN, of Sutton, and Betsey Stockwell, m. int. 9 Oct., 1814.
ELISHA, and Annis Rockwood, m. int. 9 Oct., 1814.
HANNAH, and Aaron Mowrey, m. 25 Nov., 1818.
AARON Sibley and Sarah Gleason, both of Ward, m. 14 April, 1822.
RUTH, and Chester Fitts, m. 23 Nov., 1825.
DAVID, and Anna Aldrich of Uxbridge, m. 4 Sept., 1828.
ABIGAIL, and James Davis, m. int. 30 March, 1834.
REUBEN, Sutton, a. 32, killed by railroad train at Centre, 26 Feb., 1846.
MARY, aged 44, d. 18 July, 1847.
MARY M., m. n. Richardson, aged 28, d. 24 Jan, 1860.
MRS. MARIA F., aged 42, d. 20 Dec., 1874.
ELVIRA, m. n. Yates, dau. of Amos of Douglas, aged 52, d. 18 June, 1876.
SICILIANO, NATALE, aged 30, killed on railroad 12 Sept., 1883.
SIGOURNEY, ANDREW, constable of the French Colony, m. Charlotte Pairan. he d. at Boston, 16 April, 1727, aged 89, they had five children. AN- DREW, a son, b. 1673, in France, m. Mary Germaine, b. 1680, in France. SUSAN, a dau., m. (1) John Johnson, who was killed by the Indians 25 Aug., 1696, at Ox., she m. (2) Daniel Johonnot of Boston. BARTHLĂMY, youngest, b. in London, baptized 16 April, 1682. Andrew and Mary (Germaine) Sigourney resided at Boston, where he was a distiller; he d. 1748. They had with oth- ers ANTHONY; b. 17 Aug., 1713, m. 10 April, 1740, Mary Waters of Salem; m. (2) Elizabeth Breed, m. n. Whittemore; he d. 1761, his widow d. 18 May, 1804, at Ox., aged 88. . . . Child by first m .: MARY, b. 23 March, 1742, m. James Butler; ch. by second m. : ANTHONY, b. 12 May, 1751; ANDREW, b. 30 Nov., 1752. These three children of Anthony of Boston were the first of the Sigourney family to return to Ox., Anthony, Jr., buying property here in 1774, and Mr. Butler and wife and Andrew coming toward the close of the Revolutionary war.
2. ANTHONY, son of Anthony (1), Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm, m. 23 June, 1774, Ruth Chase of Sutton, settled at Ox., bought 1774 a farm on Long Hill, H. 163, and 1778 the estate lying between the old mill near the Hawes place and the place late Jennison Adams', H. 174, where he resided. In 1783 he " taught a school in a private house near north common," perhaps this place; removed 1797 to Stratton, Vt., where his wife Ruth d. 17 Jan., 1802; m. (2) - Phillips and removed to Watertown, N. Y., where he d. 10 July, 1825. . . . Children, all by first m., b. at Ox. : ANTHONY, b. 29 Oct., 1775, m. Betsey Gloyd of Lowville, N. Y., d. 21 April, 1847, at Watertown; RUTH, b. 7 Dec., 1777, m. in New York State, d. 1832, at Rochester; ANDREW, b. 16 Dec., 1779, m. 1810, Hannah Stevens of Sheffield, d. 1819, at Watertown; ELIZABETH, b. 22 Dec., 1781, m. in New York State, d. 1827, at Alexandria, N. Y .; CHARLES, b. 29 Feb., 1784, m. 1806, Sally French of Orange, d. 1852 at Hammond, N. Y .; PETER, b. 14 May, 1786, m. 19 Aug., 1812, Weltha Bates, d. 1832, at Fowler, N. Y .; SARAH, b. 14 June, 1789, m. in
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New York State, d. 1834, at Watertown; JOHN, b. 9 May, 1792, m. 29 Sept., 1819, Clarissa Caldwell of Adams, settled at Watertown.
3. ANDREW, son of Anthony (1), m. 26 July, 1787, at Dudley, Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah Wolcott, Esq., of Ox. " He was apprenticed to a sailmaker in Boston, went to Newfoundland and worked at his trade till the Revolution- ary war broke out, and came then to his uncle (?) Holman in Sutton. He, with his brother Anthony and cousin (?) Jonathan Holman, entered the army, were in the battle at White Plains and other engagements. He obtained a commission as commissary with the rank of Captain. In 1784 he settled in Oxford and became wealthy in trade." [Sig. Gen.]. He began busi- ness in partnership with Mr. Butler, his brother-in-law, opposite the north common, and several years later removed his business to the Plain and there continued until the infirmities of age obliged him to relinquish active life. He bought the estate on the southeast corner of Main and Sutton roads in 1792, and probably removed to the Centre about that time; built the present brick house about 1816; d. 16 April, 1838, she d. aged 67, 20 March, 1829. . . Children : WILLIAM, b. 1 May, 1788, m. 23 May, 1819, Mary E. Mor- gan, she d. 27 April, 1827, aged 24; m. (2) 3 Sept., 1839, Eliza H. Sherman of Brimfield, no ch .; he d. 6 Dec., 1863, she d. aged 55, 28 Jan., 1866; ELIZA- BETH, b. 31 Dec., 1789, m. Daniel Stone; CLARISSA, b. 18 Aug., 1791, m. John Wetherell; MARTIN, b. 9 Nov., 1793; SUSANNA, b. 13 Jan., 1797, m. Nahum Sibley ; ANDREW and MARY, b. 20 Nov., 1799; Mary m. (1) Benjamin F. Town, m. (2) Stephen Hunt.
4. MARTIN, son of Andrew (3), m. 14 May, 1821, Susan, dau. of Henry B. Morgan, sister of wife of William, farmer. He d. 2 Jan., 1862, she d. aged 83, 29 Aug., 1885; she had remarkable business talent, and for 50 years con- ducted successfully a dry goods and millinery store in Ox. . . . Children : CHARLES A., b. 9 Nov., 1823, m. 6 May, 1846, Sarah A., dau. of Stephen Hutchinson of Sutton, b. 10 Nov., 1825, he d. 28 March, 1888 ; they had Charles H., b. 29 July, 1847, m. 22 Nov., 1876, Mary E., dau. of John Booth of Providence, R. I., carpenter and builder, at Worcester, had ch .; Isabel H., b. 24 Jan., 1850, m. William E. Bardwell; Herman H., b. 10 March, 1856; GEORGE W., b. 26 Sept., 1826, m. Dec., 1858, Olive, dau. of Willard Fisher of Kill- ingly, Conn., and had Myrtis S., b. 23 Dec., 1860, m. 15 Sept., 1886, Gilbert H. Harrington of Worcester; Andrew Wolcott, b. 17 Oct., 1880.
5. ANDREW, son of Andrew (3), m. 14 Aug., 1826, Lucy L., dau. of Peter Butler, merchant, lived at the homestead. He d. 28 Aug., 1850, in Cali- fornia, she d. 14 March, 1876, at Ox. . . . Children : ELLEN E., b. 1 May, 1830, m. 3 Sept., 1867, Rev. William F. Lhoyd, b. 18 Nov., 1822, at Dublin, Ire., his father was Welsh, born in London, and his mother French. He was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1849, studied two years in the Divin- ity School of the University, came to America in 1852, and was ordained by Bishop McIlvaine at Gambia, O., settled first at Clifton near Cincinnati in 1856. Came to Ox. in 1863; after his marriage removed to Fort Washington, N. Y., and thence to Weymouth, and later to Milford, and April, 1877, to Ox., thence 1885 to Worcester, where she d. 11 March 1887. He with sons removed 1889 to California; he d. 22 July, 1890, at Los Angeles. They had Irwin S., b. 18 Oct., 1868, at Fort Washington, N. Y., civil engineer; William P. B., b. 11 Feb., 1872, at Weymouth. ANNE M., b. 18 July, 1833, d. 7 Aug., 1851 ; LUCY M., b. 13 Sept., 1842, d. 5 Sept., 1864.
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SIMPSON, WILLIAM, of Sutton, Revolutionary soldier, m. 3 Oct., 1749, Susanna McKnight, and had a son LOT, b. about 1766, m. Hannah Pulsifer of Sutton, removed to Ox. 1814, returned 1817 to Sutton, where he d. 1850, she d. 1861 at Oakham, aged 90; they had HANNAH, b. Nov., 1798, m. Richard Winslow of Millbury, had ch., she d. 1877 at Petersham; WILLARD, b. June, 1800, removed West and not heard from; SARAH R., b. 24 Jan., 1803, m. July, 1833, George W. Martin from Albany, Vt., he d. 16 Jan., 1837, she resided 1890 at Ox .; they had Sarah M., b. 21 Nov., 1833, d. 13 Feb., 1860, unm. ; Hannah A., b. 4 Jan., 1835; Edwin A., b. 15 Dec., 1836, corporal in the 36th Mass. Regt. in the late war, killed at Cold Harbor, 3 June, 1864. The Massachusetts Spy a few days after his death contained the following : "On his family and friends a severe blow has fallen. He was a person of more than ordinary integrity of character, and of a noble, generous disposition. He enlisted from principle. Although advised that it might not be his duty, he said 'Some one must go. My mother and sister I leave in the care of God, whose I trust I am.'" FANNY W., b. Feb., 1805, m. Orlando Russell, resided at Grafton, had ch., removed to Phillipston, where he d. Oct., 1880, she resided at Paxton; ANN M., b. Feb., 1807, m. Peter Stockwell; LOT FOSTER, b. Aug., 1809, d. 1862, at Sutton; CHARLOTTE, b. Aug., 1811, d. 14 Sept., 1856, at Oakham, unm .; ORRA L. (son), b. Nov., 1813, m. and resided at Hartford, had ch., d. 1866, at Sutton.
MISS ELEDESIA, aged 86, d. 13 Feb., 1887.
SINGLETARY, JOHN, b. 17 March, 1745, at Sutton, son of Amos and Mary Curtis (dau. of Samuel of Topsfield, who in 1748 settled in North Gore), m. 15 April, 1767, Sarah Jennison. [Sutton History.] On 16 April, 1767, Elijah Moore deeded to John Singletary a 60-acre lot in the northeast part of Ox., bounded north on the south line of Worcester, now in Auburn. Here he settled and had ch. : MARY, SARAH and a posthumous dau. who d. soon. He d. between 20 July, 1771, the date of his will, and 8 Oct., the same year. In March, 1789, Mary and Sarah, then of Ward, the latter being under age, brought a successful suit against their grandfather Amos to recover their portions of their father's estate.
SKINNER, ABRAHAM, one of the 30 English proprietors, supposed to have been of the Malden family, but there having been several of the name it is difficult to fix his parentage. [P. Corey, Esq., the historian of Malden, writes "That. our Malden Abraham went to Colchester, I am very sure, whether he stopped at Oxford on the way I do not know, I should think from your letters that he did."] He was a blacksmith, grandson of Benjamin Chamberlain, took up his 40-acre lot at Augutteback Falls, sold in 1722 and removed to Colchester, Conn. On 3 March, 1721, Benjamin Chamberlain " for love and affection " to his grandson Abraham Skinner deeded to him a 60-acre lot on Prospect Hill, which Abraham Skinner of Colchester deeded 20 May, 1724, to Samuel Eddy of Watertown. [The names Skinner and Chamberlain were prominent in the early history of Colchester. In Oct., 1745, Abraham Skinner with others, resident on the borders of Colchester and Hebron, petitioned to be set off as a parish.] His signature upon the Ox. proprietors' book is in good style and indicates an uncommon degree of culture for those times. He was evidently a man of influence, and was a constituent member of the Church, selectman five years and one year constable. He m. Abigail -, who from the fact that her name does not appear with his in the formation
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of the Church, we conclude d. before Jan., 1721. . . . Children : THOMAS, b. 14 Feb., 1715, d. ; THOMAS, b. 8 Sept., 1717. [The name Abraham Skinner, Senior, appears on the town records, which indicates there were father and son resident here, and this fact adds to the complication of the family history.]
ABIGAIL (sister of Abraham?), and Joseph White of Mendon, m. 15 April, 1718.
ELIZA, widow of Daniel of Thompson, aged 70, d. 22 July, 1873.
SLATER, JOHN, m. 9 Nov., 1827, Sarah J. Tiffany of Boston, had SARAH, b. 20 Jan., 1829.
, wife of George, d. 1823.
GEORGE B., and Mrs. Lydia Haskell, m. n. Robinson, m. 19 April, 1825.
SMELLIDGE, SOLOMON, b. about 1734, at Boston, soldier in the French war, d. 1756.
SMITH, JESSE, b. 1714, m. Elizabeth , was of Sturbridge 1738, in Oct. his father, Nathaniel Smith (wife Elidea) of Medfield deeded to him land in Sturbridge and also " one-half of my right in the first lot in number of the 10,000 acres in the Country Gore." He in 1742, being then of North Gore, sold his Sturbridge land. His farm was bounded south on Ox. line and east on Ebenezer and Joshua Merriam, according to the record of division in 1763 among his heirs. Jesse, his son, succeeded him as owner and in 1811 deeded the same to his kinsman, Jesse Smith Warren, a minor. He d. probably 1763. . . . Children b. in North Gore : NATHANIEL, b. 18 Nov., 1742, probably d. yonng; ELIZABETH, b. 22 Nov., 1745; MARY, b. 22 May, 1748, m. Elisha Hamilton; SARAH, b. 28 Oct., 1750; SYBELLA, b. 16 July, 1753; ABIGAIL, b. 16 Aug., 1755; JESSE (Gore then set to Charlton), Ebenezer Hammond was his guardian. These, excepting Nathaniel, are all named in the division referred to. The estate embraced land in several other towns.
SAMUEL, son of Samuel, b. 5 Oct., 1778, at New Marlborough, came to Ox. 1802, m. (1) 12 May, 1802, Nancy, dau. of Levi Lamb, she d. 12 Dec., 1820, m. (2) 19 Aug., 1821, Senath, widow of Richard Moore; shoemaker and later for many years deputy sheriff, doing at times a very large business and was well known in all the towns adjoining, town clerk from 1820 to 1824, d. aged 79, 21 June, 1858, she d. aged 94, 21. Feb., 1883. . . . Children : ALMIRA, b. 1 Dec., 1803, m. Lewis Eddy of Ward; DANIEL W., b. 2 Nov., 1805, d. 18 Oct., 1827; ERLUNIA, b. 13 July, 1813, unm .; ch. by second m. : SAMUEL W., b. 22 Nov., 1823, m. Jan., 1848, Elizabeth, dau. of John Haskell of Dudley, no ch., he d. 28 Nov., 1872, a man of integrity and moral worth, filled important positions.
JOHN A., son of John and Nancy, b. 28 Jan., 1802, was brought up at Lot Marsh's in Dudley, went South in young manhood and was many years teacher of dancing at Baltimore, later in New York State, m. 28 Jan., 1826, Eliza N., dau. of Peter Stockwell. He d. at Watertown, N. Y., she d. aged 47, 24 Nov., 1848, at Ox. . . . Children : JOHN A., b. 3 Nov., 1826, resided at St. Louis, Mo .; ELEANOR W., b. 20 April, 1829, d. unm .; ADA; GEORGI- ANA, m. Endicott, resided at Oswego, N. Y., where she d., he m. (2) ELIZA, another daughter in the family; D. W. CLINTON, b. 1831, d. 16 Dec., 1848. .
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HIRAM, son of Thomas of Sutton, m. 1 July, 1819, Borodel, dau. of Francis Blandin, settled at Ox. . . . Children : MARY, b. 1819, d. 1820; SARAH W., b. 26 Nov., 1820, d. young; HIRAM, b. 10 Oct., 1823, d. young ; THOMAS BRIG- HAM, m. his cousin, the dau. of Martin Blandin, soldier in the late war.
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