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his wife d. 28 June, 1847. In the fall of 1856, he removed West and died in the summer of 1883, at Trempealeau, Wis. He wrote a small volume of " Reminiscences " mainly for the benefit of his children, being chiefly the recollections of his grandmother, and of his mother who was a woman of strong mind and memory. In this book he alludes to his grandfather's 14 slaves in Boston; the part his grandmother took in the founding of the school for the Indians, which later became Dartmouth College; Phillis Wheatley ; the Boston Tea Party, of which his uncle Benjamin was one; and many other incidents of Revolutionary times. . . . Children, first four b. at Ox. : HENRY K., b. 6 Aug., 1821, m. (1) 11 April, 1841, Rhoda T. Brown of Mendon, who d. 16 March, 1867; they had at Mendon, Helen M., b. 30 April, 1843, m. Charles A. Holton of St. Louis, Mo., 8 ch .; Cynthia A., b. 15 Aug., 1845, at Providence, R. I., m. Henry M. Fuller of Greenville, Mich., 8 ch .; Gertrude E., b. and d. 1853, at Woonsocket, R. I .; Marion L., b. 23 Sept., 1859, at Chicago, m. George Morrison of Denver, Colo., had ch .; Henry K. m. (2) 13 Aug., 1868, Mrs. Mary J. E. Taylor of Chicago, where he was, 1886, a well known physician, president of National Eclectic Medical Association; they had Charles J., b. 19 Aug., 1874; SAMUEL B., b. 1822, d. 1832; LUCY M., b. 20 April, 1824, m. 4 March, 1845, Benjamin B. Healy of Dudley, residence, La Crosse, Wis .; they had Charles H., b. 7 July, 1848, at Slatersville, d. 1859 ; Agnes B., b. 4 April, 1860, at Trempealeau, Wis .; Gertrude S., b. 8 Sept., 1863, at Trempealeau, d. 1874 ; CHARLES J., b. 12 Nov., 1825, d. from an accident 3 June, 1841, at Woonsocket; ANN E., b. 9 Feb., 1828, at Dudley, m. 30 Sept., 1851, Alexander W. Shepard, b. at Utica, residence, Brooklyn, N. Y., broker in New York; ch. except the last b. at La Crosse, Wis. : Annie J., b. 6 April, 1854, m. Daniel G. Gillette of New York, and had ch .; Mary E., b. 29 Nov., 1855, d. 21 May, 1875, at Vassar College; Amy N., b. 13 June, 1857, m. at London, James P. Cruger of Pau, France; Lucy W., b. 6 Sept., 1863; Margaret S., b. 6 Nov., 1869, at Peekskill, N. Y., d. 1872, at Brooklyn; THOMAS WALLCOT, b. 11 April, 1830, at Ox .; RICHARD OLNEY, b. 8 March, 1833, at Ox., unm., served ten years in the U. S. regular army, three years in the navy, and three years in the late war, taken prisoner on the Weldon Railroad in Virginia, Nov., 1864, sent to Salisbury, N. C., thence to Florence, S. C., where he died; LUCRETIA W., b. 23 July, 1837, at Auburn, m. 3 June, 1855, Alonzo Barron, carpenter, residence, Mankato, Minn., music teacher; they had Frank, Mary, Kate, Harry, Percy ; WILLIAM H., b. 22 June, 1840, at Smithfield, R. I., d. at Slatersville, 29 May, 1848.
STUART, STEWART, WILLIAM, Revolutionary soldier; tailor, 1780.
STREETER, JOSEPH, b. 3 Aug., 1719, at Hopkinton, son of Samuel, Jr., of Framingham, m. 20 Nov., 1739, Mercy, dau. of Thomas Gleason. [In 1757 a Joseph Streeter was of Cumberland, R. I.] . . . Children : MERCY, b. and d. 1742; COMFORT, b. 3 Sept., 1743; JOSEPH, b. 11 Sept., 1745.
2. COMFORT, son of Joseph (1), m. 24 June, 1762, Bethia Rich, and had COMFORT, b. 1 May, 1763; BETHIA, b. 8 Sept., 1764; PERLEY, b. 24 Oct., 1766; RUFUS, b. 9 Oct., 1768 ; MERCY, b. 9 Jan., 1772.
3. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), Revolutionary soldier(?), m. Hannah -, and had HANNAH, b. 22 July, 1770; JOSEPH, b. 4 March, 1772; STE- PHEN; BENJAMIN; and another; family resided at Ox. March, 1780.
4. JOHN, son of Samuel of Framingham, and brother of Joseph (1), b. 23 Oct., 1723, m. 3 March, 1749, Elizabeth Gleason, settled on Prospect Hill, and
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had MERCY, b. 15 May, 1750; ESTHER, b. 21 April, 1754. He d. (while on duty as a soldier) 28 Nov., 1756, at Sheffield. Stephen and James Streeter were paid from his estate in 1757 for funeral expenses at that place. [Prob. Rec.] His widow, 22 July, 1768, sold the homestead in the north part of Ox. to Joseph Gleason.
5. SAMUEL, probably brother of Joseph (1), b. 9 July, 1730, resided at Ox., m. 9 May, 1753, Joanna Morse of Sturbridge, removed thither. He d. aged 82, 13 Oct., 1812, she d. 20 Oct., 1804, both at Sturbridge. They had SAMUEL and JOANNA, b. 24 Aug., 1754, the latter d. 1754; DANIEL, b. 22 Oct., 1756; REBEKAH, b. 25 June, 1759; AsA, b. 31 July, 1762; DAVID, b. 12 Oct., 1765 ; CHLOE, b. 27 May, 1767; DELIVERANCE, b. 12 Jan., 1772; NATHAN, b. 30 April, 1774; KEZIAH, b. 31 March, 1778, d. 1796.
6. STEPHEN, baptized 4 Sept., 1698, son of Samuel of Framingham, was of that place 1725, and of Douglas in 1731. On 14 Dec., 1744, a State's com- mittee deeded to him 160 acres of Province land on which he was then living, " near adjoining to a place called New Sherborne," including all his improve- ments. This tract lay nearly two miles west of Douglas centre. The cellar of the old house is now to be seen near the road to Webster. He m. Katha- rine Children recorded at Framingham : ESTHER, b. 1725, STEPHEN, b. 1727, ABIGAIL, b. 1729, ELIZABETH, b. 1730, JOHN, b. 1732, URSULA, b. 1733, ADAMS, b. 1735; he d. 22 Sept., 1756. [His heirs signed receipts as follows : 8 Sept., 1759, Esther Haven; 15 Oct., 1760, Zebulon Streeter; 13 June, 1761, at Woodstock, Conn., John, Samuel and Ursula Streeter ; 17 Nov., 1762, at Sutton, Naphtali Streeter; 23 Nov., 1762, Adams Streeter; 28 Nov., 1763, at Douglas, Mary Streeter.]
7. STEPHEN, son of Stephen (6), resided on the homestead, controver- sialist in theological matters, a Baptist, next a Restorationist and last a Universalist. In the Revolutionary war refused to take up arms, claiming to be a Quaker, was imprisoned at Worcester and sent by the authorities to Nova Scotia, remained a few months, at his urgent desire his sons sold a yoke of oxen and managed with the proceeds to get him home. He had 11 ch. at least; order of birth unknown. STEPHEN, JAMES, JACOB, JOHN, SAMUEL, ASA, KATHARINE, m. Craft Davis; HANNAH, m. Benjamin Davis; MARY, m. James Hovey Davis; ABIGAIL, m. Harwood, removed to Athol; ELIZABETH, m. - Curtis, resided at Sutton. [Ox. Rec. give ABIGAIL, b. 18 Sept., 1749; MOSES, b. 10 July, 1751, ch. of Stephen and Mary. ]
8. ZEBULON, son of Stephen (6), b. about 1737. soldier in the French war, 1758, m. 16 July, 1760, Tabitha, dau. of Daniel Hovey, Baptist and later Universalist preacher, several years president of the Annual Convention, " an amiable and excellent man," d. 1808, at Surrey, N. H.
9. ADAMS, son of Stephen (6), b. 31 Dec., 1735, well known to all famil- iar with the beginnings of Universalism in Ox. and the country. In 1758 he was of Charlton, and it is not improbable as there were many Baptists there who held meetings in private houses, that he began his life work as a preacher among them. Ten years later we find him married and living in the South Gore. Before Nov., 1775, he had removed to Douglas. In 1780 he was a party in a land conveyance there, and styled "elder." His change from the Baptist to the Universalist faith occurred probably about 1777, when he preached the new doctrine in Ox. and vicinage, extending his tours to Milford and Providence, R. I., and in 1781 removed to Milford, where he continued until the winter or spring of 1785-6, when he returned to Ox. During these
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years his labors seem to have been chiefly in Providence, Milford and Ox., alternately. Early in Sept., 1786, he died. Col. Andrews of Providence writ- ing to Rev. E. Winchester says: "At present we are rather in a state of mourning from being deprived by death of the visits of friend Streeter. He, on the road coming to visit us on Saturday before the fourth Sunday of August, fell sick of a bilious disorder at the house of Stephen Whipple in Smithfield and died the Saturday evening following." The Milford Society records contain the following : "Sept. 22, 1786. Then departed this life our Beloved Elder and Brother Adams Streeter, to the great lamentation of all his hearers." Samuel Davis of Ox. was executor of his will, valuation £42. He owned no estate in Ox. Descendants now reside in the vicinity of Orange, and a grandson, Adams Boyden, was living recently in Charlton. He m. (1) Thankful - -, who d. before 1781, m. (2) Dinah
Children by first m. b. at Douglas : EBENEZER, b. 16 Oct., 1758; NAPHTALI, b. 30 June, 1762; ADAMS; and recorded at Ox. : NATHANIEL, b. 24 Feb., 1768; RUTH, b. 20 Aug., 1770; ZERUIAH, b. 20 March, 1772; WILLIAM, b. 26 Oct., 1773; and at Douglas : SOLOMON, b. 4 Nov., 1775; SARAH, b. 19 July, 1777.
10. STEPHEN, son of Stephen (7) ?, m. 10 Sept., 1778, Sarah Chamberlain of Dudley, shoemaker, resided 1779 near the site of the Huguenot Chapel, H. 35, sold in 1782 and removed to Chesterfield, N. H. O. E. Randall of that place says : "He and his son Stephen were locally noted for their remarkable memories, and the gift of making impromptu verses as well as genuine poems.', He d. at Chesterfield, aged 92. Joseph Chamberlain, his father-in-law, with his son Ithamar Chamberlain removed also to Chesterfield. . . . Children b. at Ox. : ASAHEL, b. 5 Oct., 1779; EZRA, b. 16 Jan., 1781.
11. JACOB, son of Stephen (7)?, m. intentions 13 Nov., 1784, Lucy Edmunds of Killingly, Conn., owned the place where Stephen previously lived, H. 35, sold in 1790. . . . Children : LUCY, b. 28 Feb., 1787; JACOB, b. 25 Jan., 1789.
JAMES, and Susanna Sloper, m. 15 Sept., 1757.
SAMUEL, b. about 1741, soldier in the French war, 1758.
MARY, widow, resided at Ox. March, 1780.
ASA, of Douglas, and Hannah Rawson of South Gore, m. int. 22 Aug., 1790. SAMUEL, and Lydia Wakefield of South Gore, m. 16 April, 1794.
STEPHEN, and Betsey Jones of Paxton, m. intentions 12 Feb., 1826; SUMNER, their child, d. 26 April, 1828.
JOHN, w. Mary, had MARY, b. 29 Nov., 1828.
DANIEL R., of Sutton, and Mary Ann Leach, m. 15 Dec., 1830.
SULLIVAN, WILLIAM R., son of William, d. 6 Nov., 1851.
CORNELIUS, aged 33, d. 13 March, 1862.
HANNAH, aged 39, d. 21 May, 1863.
EDMUND, aged 21, d. 25 Nov., 1863. EDWARD, aged 28, d. 17 Oct., 1873.
MRS. ELLEN, aged 60, d. 3 July, 1880. JOHN, aged 88, d. 25 Feb., 1884.
MICHAEL, aged 82, d. 18 March, 1887.
SULLY, ADAMS, Revolutionary soldier.
SUTER, MARY C., dau. of Mrs. Agatha, aged 15, drowned 29 Dec., 1877.
SWAIN, JOSEPH S. (English), aged 32, d. 29 June, 1868.
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SWEET, THOMAS, and Hannah Cheney of Charlton, m. int. 21 July, 1832. EDWIN S., aged 24, d. 16 Dec., 1857.
HENRY, son of Peter of Westboro', aged 21, d. 4 July, 1885.
SWIFT, MABEL A., aged 19, dau. of George, d. 11 Dec., 1883.
TAFT, OTIS, son of Silas, descendant of Robert and Robert, Jr., of Men- don, m. Betsey, dau. of Asa Beals, resided at Upton, where all their ch. were b., removed to Northbridge, where he d. 19 Nov., 1827, aged 44. Soon after the family removed to Grafton, thence to Uxbridge and later to Slatersville, R. I., whence they came to Ox. about 1835, settled at the Thread Village, E. B. Crawford being then an owner there. The mother d. at Auburn, 20 March, 1883, aged 91. . . . Children : ELIZA, b. 30 Aug., 1811, d. in young woman- hood at Uxbridge; JANE T., b. 12 June, 1813, m. Elias B. Crawford; ABNER PALMER, b. 7 Feb., 1815, m. 24 Nov., 1836, Harriet Balcom of Douglas, settled at Slatersville, R. I., removed 1851 to North Ox., where he d. 16 March, 1877, she d. Oct. (?), 1887, at Douglas, while on a visit; ch. b. at Slatersville : Edwin A., b. 1 Dec., 1837, in his minority taught school in N. J. one or two years, went thence to Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y., to study for the ministry, left in 1864 and entered the Union army, was appointed to a clerk- ship and later was chaplain. On returning he entered Rochester University and Theological School, taking the studies of the last collegiate and first divinity year simultaneously. Closing his studies in May, 1869, in Sept. of that year he became pastor of the " Cottage " Church in Cleveland, O., which place he filled successfully until May, 1873, when becoming enfeebled he removed to Colorado, where he recuperated, and in July of 1874 became pastor of the Baptist Church at Colorado Springs. In June, 1875, his health failed again and he was able to preach only occasionally afterward, con- tinued to decline and d. 16 March, 1877, at Colorado Springs. He was an earnest, devoted man, of large sympathies and much beloved. Eliza A., b. 7 Oct., 1840, m. 4 Feb., 1863, Franklin H. Clark, she d. 9 Jan., 1874, at Ox .; they had Edwin A., b. 14 Nov., 1863; Harriet W., b. 14 Jan., 1869; Palmer E., b. 2 Oct., 1850, m. Jan., 1879, Lilla, dau. of William Morse, resided at Worcester; MARY A. E., b. 11 March, 1817, m. Lucian B. Lamson; H. G. OTIS, b. 4 Aug., 1818, m. 10 Nov., 1850, Mrs. Lorana Copp; had H. G. Otis, b. 1851, d. young; Ella P., b. 14 Nov., 1854, m. Richard H. Warren of Auburn, and d. 26 Feb., 1882; they had Robert Taft; Isabella L., b. 1859, d. young; Otis H., b. 14 May, 1863; SILAS S., b. 19 March, 1820, m. (1) 13 May, 1844, Mary E. Partridge, who d. 23 Oct., 1851, m. (2) 4 Feb., 1855, Cornelia E. Rice of Charlton, she d. 13 Oct., 1859, m. (3) 26 May, 1861, Viola A. Porter of Warren, Me., he d. 28 Sept., 1871; ch. by first m .: Anne E., b. Aug., 1845, m. Charles Schrabler, resided at Chambersburg, Pa., returned to Mass. ; they had Silas; Mary I., d. aged 9, March, 1859; Charles O., Isabel, d. young ; ch. by second m. : Emily M., b. 10 Nov., 1857, m. 3 June, 1875, Frank N. Mann, she d. 3 Sept., 1878, had a son d. young; ch. by third m. : Viola A., b. 1862, d. young; Mary Isabelle, b. 17 March, 1865; LUCINDA W., m. Samuel C. Willis, Jr .; ASA B., b. 26 Jan., 1824, m. 26 May, 1847, Almira D. Corbin; they had : Arthur L., b. 4 Oct., 1851, m. 6 Nov., 1878, Nellie W. Dunham of Dudley; Willie A., b. 22 June, 1856, m. 21 April, 1879, Martha L. Craig of Charlton, had ch .; ELISHA C., b. 22 Nov., 1825, soldier in late war, m. 10 May, 1849, Achsah J. Williams, settled at Ox., where he d. 26 Feb., 1869, she d. aged 55, 1 Oct., 1886; ch. Harriet J., b. 24 May, 1851, m.
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R. Clark Cunningham, resided at Millbury; they had Edith E., Ruth C., Flor- ence J., Clara A. and Susie P., twins; Betsey J., m. Hollis, son of Ebenezer B. Walker; Bion E., b. 20 Aug., 1858, m. 9 Oct., 1880, Jessie C., dau. of George M. Robbins, they had Marguerite, b. 3 Sept., 1888; Ruth B., b. 18 April, 1868, d. 1877.
AMOS C., w. Chloe, had LOUISA, b. 14 June, 1813, at Dudley ; and at Ox., WILLIS B., b. 27 Dec., 1814; AMOs, b. 14 March, 1817.
ALANSON, and Polly, dau. of Ephraim Kingsbury, had ABIGAIL K., b. 3 Dec., 1825; AZARMA R., b. 1 Oct., 1827, d. young; PARIS T., b. 8 Dec., 1829, at Brookfield; ALANSON W., b. 16 Dec., 1831; AZARMA L., b. 17 May, 1834.
EVANDER, twin brother of Alanson, m. 14 Feb., 1827, Lydia, sister of Polly Kingsbury, had ch.
WILLIAM T., and Susanna Brown of Smithfield, R. I., m. int. 15 May, 1824. MRS. AMASA, aged 74, d. 20 June, 1824.
CHLOE, and Erasmus Dennis, m. int. 26 May, 1827.
DELIA, dau. of Amasa, aged 12, d. 19 June, 1827.
EUPHEMIA T., and Joseph Young of Sutton, m. 28 May, 1828.
NANCY, of Dudley, and Calvin Pierce, Jr., m. int. 14 Feb., 1829.
JOHN, and Eliza Howard, m. int. 8 Sept., 1849.
ZILPAH, widow, b. at Blackstone, aged 68, d. 30 April, 1876.
TALBOT, MATTHEW (Irish), aged 44, d. 15 Aug., 1849.
TAYLOR, EDMUND, one of the 30 proprietors, assigned his rights to John Chamberlain.
AMOS S., b. 9 Feb., 1815, at Littleton, son of Josiah (who was of Boxboro', w. Elizabeth Sargent of Stow), m. 13 March, 1838, at Leominster, Lurana, dau. of Gershom Twichell, residence, West Boylston, came 1843 to Ox., stove and tinware dealer; built, 1844 O. W. Chaffee house, 1850 that next north, and 1856 that on Charlton Street, where he d. 1890. . . . Children : EVERETT M., b. 13 Feb., 1840, at Nashua, N. H., m. Jenny, dau. of David B. Gray of Bos- ton, where he is a dentist; EMORY G., b. 10 Sept., 1844, d. 19 Jan., 1865.
ELIPHALET, and Charlotte Eddy, m. 10 Aug., 1800; he m. (2) Mrs. Eliz- abeth Hayward, she d. aged 67, 6 Aug., 1829.
JOSIAH FLINT, and Dolly Freeman, m. int. 26 Aug., 1828, she d. aged 20, 16 June, 1831; he m. (2) 4 March, 1832, Nancy Searle.
JARED, and Catherine Truesdell, m. 19 Oct., 1831.
CHARLES A., son of Richard, d. 28 Sept., 1848.
SUSAN C., w. of Richard, aged 30, d. 6 Aug., 1854.
JAMES, of Sutton, aged 63, d. 10 Dec., 1874.
RICHARD, b. in New Hampshire, aged 76, d. 19 July, 1877.
THAYER, LUCIUS, aged 32, d. 20 Sept., 1856.
JAMES M., aged 29, d. 18 Aug., 1857.
CLEMENTINA, widow, aged 68, d. 17 Dec., 1878.
ABEL S., d. 22 Feb., 1880.
THOMAS, JOHN, of Worcester, m. 12 Nov., 1747, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Wiley, and had at Ox., MARGARET, b. 28 March, 1750, he d .; she m. (2) James Freeland.
GEORGE, m. Tamar -, had JEMIMA, b. 29 Dec,, 1830; ELIZABETH, b. 18 Oct., 1832; ARNOLD, b. 19 Jan., 1834; JAMES, b. 2 April, 1837.
LUCY, and Jonathan Emerson of Haverhill, m. int. 26 May, 1838.
GEORGE, aged 35, d. March, 1839.
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THOMPSON, AMOS, b. 1 Feb., 1788, son of Nathan and Mary (Hawes) of New Braintree, came to Oxford in 1837; in 1838 purchased the Gates farm, west part, H. 79, sold in 1845, removed to Templeton, returned to Ox. 1847. He m. 1810, Polly, dau. of Benjamin Witt. He d. aged 81, 27 Nov., 1869, she d. 1 March, 1863, both at Ox. . . . Children : MARY W., b. 14 Aug., 1812, m. George Prince of Brimfield; ch., Martha, m. Charles Dudley, and d. at Worcester; Abby, m. A. G. Pease, settled and d. at Worcester; Hollis ; ABIGAIL J., b. 22 June, 1814, m. Henry A. Hoyt of New Braintree, and had ch .; JOSEPH J., b. 11 May, 1816, m. Mary Ramsdell of New Haven, Conn., where they settled, no ch .; HOLLIS, b. 1818, d. 1835, unm .; MARTHA A., b. 2 July, 1824, m. Thaddeus T. Gay; ELIZABETH C., b. 2 May, 1826, m. Edward W. Bardwell.
JOHN, and Sarah, dau. of George Robinson, m. 17 June, 1730(?).
DEBORAH, N. Gore, and Elnathan Menger, Woodstock, m. 23 July, 1744. AARON, son of John of North Gore, chose a guardian 1 March, 1756. PETER of Douglas, and Elizabeth Baker, m. int. 7 Jan., 1807.
THOMAS (Irish), aged 68, d. 9 Sept., 1866.
F. C., aged 22, d. 4 April, 1871.
THURSTON, DAVID, son of Daniel of Wrentham (who was son of Thomas, a pioneer at W.), b. 9 May, 1726, was graduated 1751 at Prince- ton, ordained 23 June, 1752, at West Medway, resigned 22 Feb., 1769, on account of ill health and troubles in his church. This was his only pastorate. In 1772 removed to Oxford, having bought the old tavern stand at the Israel Sibley place, H. 205, sold 1776, removed to Ward and thence to Sutton, where he d. 5 May, 1777. . . . Children b. at Medway : SUSANNA, b. 1753, m. Dr. Daniel Fisk; PAUL, Revolutionary soldier, marched in Crafts' Cavalry Co. on Lexington alarm, m. Hannah Rawson of Sutton, settled at Harvard, d. Sept., 1797, had ch .; ELIHU, m. 14 Aug., 1776, Deborah Stevens of Worcester; ABIJAH, with his brother Elihu was in the Revolutionary army in the same company and both killed Aug. (?), 1777, in the same battle; NATHAN, b. 1764. .
2. NATHAN, son of David (1), m. 1786, Sally, dau. of Dr. Alexander Camp- bell, mentally his superior, resided at Westminster, Rockingham and Putney, Vt., Sutton and Ox., farmer and saddler; d. 17 Jan., 1817, at Ox., she d. aged 92, 3 Dec., 1860. . . . Children : ALEXANDER C., b. 7 Aug., 1788, at Westmins- ter; SALLY, b. 11 May, 1790, m. Joel Eddy; SUSANNA F., b. 18 Sept., 1792, at Putney, m. Jonas Ward; MARY, b. 3 June, 1794, at Ox., m. 19 Nov., 1812, John Griggs of Sutton (son of Thomas who was from Brookline), where they set- tled, had 11 ch., Dr. Thomas T. Griggs of Grafton was a son; NATHANIEL, b. 12 April, 1796, d. 1803 ; HANNAH R., b. 5 April, 1798, m. (1) 9 Nov., 1820, Ira Trask of Millbury, where they settled, no ch .; m. (2) Lawson Snow; FANNY H., b. 2 March, 1800, m. 6 Dec., 1821, Alfred Torrey of Woodstock, Conn., where they settled, removed to Millbury, where both d., she d. 6 March, 1881; their son, Luther, soldier in Oxford company, m. Ann F. Wheeler of Millbury, and had one son; MIRANDA P., b. and d. 1801; EMILY S., b. 20 Sept., 1802, d. young ; PATTY D., b. 11 Sept., 1804, m. 31 May, 1824, Henry P. Howe of Mill- bury, who d. in middle life, had a son a lawyer in Worcester, removed with his mother to Ohio, she d. 15 June, 1889, at Cleveland; CATHERINE P., b. 29 Nov., 1805, m. Liberty Litchfield; DAVID T., b. 16 Jan., 1810, m. (1) Sarah, dau. of John Jones of Medway, where she d., merchant at Baltimore, Md. ; m. (2) at B., Harriet Bull, she d. and he returned to Massachusetts and resided
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for several years at Sutton, d. there 9 Aug., 1875, no ch .; a very estimable man.
3. ALEXANDER C., son of Nathan (2), m. 16 March, 1815, Polly, dau. of Reuben Eddy. He had several vocations, lived in different localities in Ox., kept for several years the boarding-house at Augutteback Village; later years was sexton and undertaker. He d. 17 Aug., 1872, at Providence, R. I., she d. 20 Oct., 1855, at Ox. . . . Children : WILLIAM E., b. 6 Sept., 1816, m. Louisa A. Albee of Pittsfield, cloth finisher, d. 6 Nov., 1858, at Putnam, Conn. ; ch. John A., b. 1843, soldier in late war, Co. E, 15th Mass. Regt. ; James F., b. 1845; Josephine, b. 1847, d. 1856; Abby Jane, b. 1850; NATHAN, b. 1818, d. 1824; L. EATON, b. 30 June, 1821, m. 8 April, 1846, Martha M. Newton of Troy, N. H., where they settled, removed to Ware, thence to Providence, R. I., harness maker, had ch .; MARY M., b. 2 March, 1825, m. 29 April, 1844, Henry A. Baker of Ox., jeweler and dentist, settled at Douglas, she obtained a divorce and resided at Chicago, had ch .; a son Estus E., b. 1845, was a sol- dier in the late war and d. 1864, in Andersonville prison ; ALEXANDER, b. 1828, d. 1830; SALLY C., b. 26 July, 1830, m. (1) 27 April, 1848, George Bridgford of North Grosvenordale, Conn., had ch., he d. 7 Aug., 1875, at Providence, R. I., she m. (2) 12 Oct., 1876, Dr. Lewis T. Mason of Charlton; HENRY, b. 19 Jan., 1833, m. March, 1860, Martha L. Parks, residence, Glenville, Minn., where he had a large farm and flour-mill, superintendent of schools, had ch.
WILLIAM H., son of Daniel of Grafton, b. 19 March, 1813, came to Ox. before May, 1838, m. 30 Oct., 1839, Julia A., dau. of William H. Bigelow; station agent, shoe mannfacturer, coroner, selectman, a leading member of the Methodist Church; removed 1885 to Worcester. . . . Children : WILLIAM H. H., b. 25 Dec., 1840, m. 18 Aug., 1865, Mary A., dau. of Albert Lackey, no ch., shoe manufacturer; ALBERT EUGENE, b. 2 April, 1857, d. 1864.
LEVI E., and Martha M. Newton, m. int. 13 March, 1846.
TIFFANY, BELA, son of James, b. about 1786, at South Brimfield (now Wales), in the employ of Samuel Slater as superintendent of the first cotton mill in Pawtucket, R. I. In Jan., 1812 purchased the land on which the East Village, Webster, now stands for Mr. Slater, retaining a one-sixth interest in the same as appears by the records until Nov., 1816, when he retired from. the business and settled on a farm, H. 139, adjoining that of his father-in- law. Joshua Turner, which he bought 1817; he sold in 1822, and removed to New York city. When past middle life he removed to Southbridge, where he d. 29 June, 1851. His wife d. 16 April, 1839. He m. 28 Feb., 1813, Deborah, dau. of Joshua Turner of Ox. He was a wise, close calculating business man. . . . Children : SAMUEL S., b. 29 Nov., 1813, at Ox., m. 1841, Isa- bella E., dau., of William C. Meade, D.D., of Norwalk, Conn., residence, Newark, N. J., wholesale commission merchant in New York; they had Isabella; Samuel, d. young, at Hartford; Eleanor B., b. at Brooklyn, m. Eugene Vanderpool of Newark, and had two daughters; Loranie, b. at Brook- lyn, m. Shellman B. Stewart of New York, residence, Montclair, N. J., had ch. ; Jane M., b. at Brooklyn, m. Thomas A. Porter of Philadelphia, residence, Germantown, Pa., had ch .; Caroline S., b. at Greenwich, Conn. ; NANCY H., b. 13 April, 1815, m. Franklin H. Cutting of Westport, N. Y., where they settled, removed to New York, Davenport, Ia., Chicago, Ill., and to New York again, where he d .; they had Annie, m. James B. Metcalf of Brayton, Ives & Co., brokers, New York; Mary, m. Henry Beste, shipping merchant, New York;
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LUVAN T., b. 21 Sept., 1818, m. Martin O. Walker of Chicago, both d .; they had Samuel O., residence, Chicago; Edward S., residence, Boulder, Colo .; CAROLINE, b. 15 March, 1820, m. Lafayette Stow of Eufala, Ala., removed to Memphis, Tenn., where she d. 14 Nov., 1859, he returned to Eufala, and died there; DEXTER, b. 1825, at South Brimfield, m. (1) Maria, dau. of Oliver B. Tweedy of New York, m. (2) Elizabeth, sister of Maria; had by first m., Dexter, and by second m., May ; he d. and his widow with daughter, resided at Plainfield, N. J., with her father.
LYMAN, elder brother of Bela, bought 1819 the farm, H. 141, opposite Town's Pond, adjoining that of Bela, where he resided a year or two and removed from town.
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