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EBENEZER, son of Alvan (1), unm., d. aged 21, 3 Nov., 1839, at Ox.
DANIEL, of Pomfret, Conn., and Harriet Fay, m. 27 Nov., 1827; carpen- ter, in business with his brother Willard several years.
MAHALA, sister of Daniel, and Elisha Smith of Northbridge, m. 20 June, 1833.
WILLARD, of Pomfret, Conn., carpenter, came 1825, in a few years returned to Pomfret.
UPHAM, JONATHAN, and Martha Tucker of N. Gore, m. 19 March, 1750. THOMAS, of Dudley, and Elizabeth Pratt, m. int. 29 Feb., 1784.
BETSEY, of Dudley, and Davis Larned, m. int. 16 Oct., 1802. AMOS of Dudley, and Lorana Robinson, m. 4 April, 1837.
MARY A., w. of Jeremiah, aged 28, d. 2 Nov., 1837.
JOSIAH, of Dudley, aged 80, d. 18 July, 1883.
PLINY B., aged 76, d. 10 Dec., 1885.
VARNEY, MARY (Canadian), aged 43, d. 27 Feb., 1864.
VASSALL, BENJAMIN, b. 18 Sept., 1742, at Scituate(?), removed to Charlton 1780, to Ward 1805, and to Ox. 1817; served through the Revo- lutionary war; Lieut. of militia, cabinet maker; he m. (1) intentions 9 June, 1782, Susanna, dau. of Jonah Stetson, she d. 14 June, 1786, at Charlton; m. (2) 7 Jan., 1789, Katy R., widow of - Mansfield, she d. 10 Feb., 1826, at Ox., aged 79, no ch; he d. aged 95, 18 Feb., 1838. . . . Children by first
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m., b. at Charlton : BENJAMIN, b. 16 Feb., 1784; JONAS S., b. 6 June, 1786, d. 30 July, 1831, at Auburn.
2. BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (1), m. (1) 1807, Polly, dau. of Uriah Stone, she d. 30 May, 1830, aged 43; m. (2) 3 April, 1831, Louisa Southworth, no ch. He bought, 1816, the brick house near North Ox. railroad station, d. there 6 May, 1843; she m. (2) John Fitts. . . . Children by first m. : VESTER, b. 31 July, 1809, m. 17 April, 1834, Sarah, dau. of Captain Stephen Barton, he d. Sept., 1880, at Worcester, she d. May, 1874(?); they had Bernard Barton, b. 10 Oct., 1835, m. 26 Nov., 1863, Frances M., dau. of Benj. W. Childs of Ox., no ch .; Lieut. in Ox. Company in the late war, prisoner at Ball's Bluff, Va., several years in postal service of U. S., later clerk in public charities office in Boston, for several years grocer at Newton Lower Falls, residence, 1890, Worcester; Irving S., b. 16 Aug., 1840, clerk during the war in Massa- chusetts State Agency at Washington, D. C., d. 9 April, 1865.
VEDDER, ALBERT C., of German descent, New York State, m. Hannah E. -; contractor on the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, removals in- dicated by the birthplaces of his children. . . . Children : AGNES, b. 18 March, 1825, in Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; JOHN C., b. and d. 1827, at Half Moon, N. Y. ; AARON, b. 23 Oct., 1828, in Montgomery Co., N. Y .; ANN E., b. 26 Dec., 1830, at Galway, N. Y .; JOHN V., b. 3 Nov., 1833, at Ballston, N. Y., d. 1836; RICHARD N., b. 13 April, 1835, at Mansfield; MARY A., b. 3 Nov., 1836, at Westerly, R. I., d. 1839; ELIDA A. and MARY, b. 8 Sept., 1838, at Ox., both d. young.
VEEVARS, MRS. AMBROSE (English), aged 30, d. 22 Nov., 1858.
VIALL, NATHANIEL, b. 28 Nov., 1785, at Chelsea, the son of Nathaniel, m. 1814(?), Susan R. Lamb of Spencer, b. 24 March, 1793, resided at Dorset, V.t., Stanstead, Can., Grafton. Came in 1837 to North Ox. mills where he d. aged 82, 11 Jan., 1868, she d. aged 80, 17 April, 1873, at North Adams. . Children : JOHN M., b. 12 May, 1816, at White Creek, N. Y., m. (1) 21 Oct., 1845, Elvira Shepardson of Ox., who d. 19 Feb., 1855, aged 29; m. (2) Elvira Baker of Westminster, who d. 7 Aug., 1864, aged 42; he d. 22 Dec., 1874, at Charlton, farmer ; ch. by first m., Franklin M., d. 27 Jan., 1858 ; MARY J., b. 2 Aug., 1818, at Dorset, Vt., d. 14 June, 1853, at Ox., unm. ; AUSTIN P., b. 11 Dec., 1823, m. 1 Jan., 1846, Almina L. Stevens; R. LUCETTA, b. 29 Nov., 1825, at Dorset, Vt., m. 29 Nov., 1848, Henry S. Brady of Millbury, whose father was from the north of Ireland, settled at North Ox., she d. Aug., 1886, at Grafton; they had Susan R., b. 24 June, 1849, at Ox., m. Austin Maynard of Oakham, removed to Fitchburg, had ch .; Henry S., b. 10 March, 1851, at Spencer, m. 5 Aug., 1875, Melissa, dau. of John H. Stafford; they had Alice M., b. 16 May, 1876; Frances C., b. 24 Aug., 1883; Joseph M., b. 5 March, 1853, at Fall River, m. Harriet Tracy of Oldtown, Me., residence, Grafton; Emory G., b. 24 Aug., 1859, at Suncook, N. H., m. Nettie Hall of Grafton, residence, Worcester, had ch .; NATHANIEL A., b. 24 Jan., 1828, m. 1854, Sarah Shippy of Leicester, soldier in late war, lost an arm, for many years on sol- diers' messenger corps, Boston; they had George E., b. 1856; Charles S., b. 1858, residence, Providence, R. I .; SUSAN C., b. 1832, d. 1836; FREDERICK J., b. 23 April, 1833, at Stanstead, Can., went in 1857 to California ; WILLIAM G., b. 5 March, 1837, at Grafton, soldier in the late war in 10th Mass. Regt., m. (1) 28 Nov., 1868, Sarah J. Streeter of North Adams, where he resided 1885,
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she d. 24 Dec., 1868; he m. (2) 11 Aug., 1870, Frances A. Clark, they had William G., b. 18. June, 1876.
VICKARS, SAMUEL, and Betsey Lewis, m. int. 12 Nov., 1837.
MRS. FANNY, d. 14 March, 1860.
ROSANNA, widow, aged 34, d. 21 April, 1865.
DIANA, widow, aged 58, d. 11 Oct., 1877.
WILLIAM C., aged 23, d. 9 March, 1878.
MRS. EALANA, aged 55, d. 20 April, 1885.
VINCENT, WILLIAM K., son of Joseph of Westbury, Wiltshire, Eng., came to America 1834, settled at Clifton, O., removed 1835 to Millbury, 1837 to the Ox. Woolen Co. village, where he was employed until May, 1844, removed to Lyons, Ia., where he d. 18 Aug., 1859. Hem. (1) in England, Harriet Harbot- tle, who d. at Clifton, O .; m. (2) 1836, at Millbury, Sarah D. Batcheller, resi- dence, Lettsville, Ia .; a devoted Christian man, forward in every good work, an original Free Soiler in politics, and in his western home very efficient in building up and sustaining Christian institutions, and greatly esteemed. JANE, his mother, aged 67, d. 10 March, 1844, at Ox. . . . Children b. at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Eng. : JANE, m. John C. Wilkes, residence, Camanche, Ia. ; JOSEPH, m. Augusta Mclaughlin, residence, Macon City, Mo .; CHAR- LOTTE E., m. Robert Campbell, and resided near Follett's, Clinton Co., Ia. ; WILLIAM K., b. 17 March, 1840, at Ox., m. Christine Jameson, residence, Lettsville, Ia.
VINTON, ABIATHAR, of Leicester, and Rhoda Wheelock of North Gore, m. 14 April, 1757. 1
WAIT, RICHARD, of Watertown, had JOHN, b. 1639, who had AMos, b. 1679, who had JOSIAH, b. 1716, who had DAVID, b. 1752, soldier at battle of Bunker Hill, m. Abigail Brigham, resided at Sterling, where was b. DAVID, 5 Aug., 1796, m. (1) 25 July, 1817, Polly B., dau. of Silas Newton of West Boyl- ston, she d. 22 June, 1852; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1855, Zilpah B., widow of Jason Knowlton of Grafton, dau. of John Bruce of West Boylston. He served three months at Fort Warren in war of 1812 and received a pension late in life; representative 1850; bought 1839, the farm east on the hill, H. 28, removed after about 15 years to west part, H. 71, sold 1866, removed to Centre; d. aged 84, 12 June, 1881. . . . Children : GEORGE, b. 19 Nov., 1817, m. 12 April, 1857, Susan, dau. of John Fitts, reside at the Centre; they had Marion E., b. 13 Oct., 1859; Arthur F., b. 9 Oct., 1862, d. 14 Oct., 1877; ABIGAIL, b. Feb., 1820, m. 1840, Samuel Fisk of Heath, settled .at Ox .; removed to Worcester, thence to Waterbury, Conn., where he d. about 1862, four ch. ; MARY B., b. 12 June, 1822, m. 21 Nov., 1854, Samuel, son of Daniel Nichols, settled at Ox., he d. 9 Oct., 1870, she d. 8 April, 1871; they had Georgianna, b. 6 May, 1856, m. 9 June, 1871, Amos, son of Collins Allen, residence, Auburn; they had Herbert C., b. 23 April, 1872; Flora Bell, b. 4 June, 1874; George, b. March, 1878; EUNICE, b. 25 March, 1825, m. Lucius Newton, settled at West Boylston, no ch .; LAVINIA B., b. 30 Aug., 1827, m. 1 Jan., 1846, Benjamin F., son of Benjamin White of Auburn, b. 2 June, 1823, settled at Ox., no ch .; CHARLES F., d. aged 14, 10 Sept., 1848.
DAVID, and Hannah Lilley, m. 3 Aug., 1806.
HANNAH P., and William A. Eames of Leicester, m. int. 19 April, 1835.
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WAKEFIELD, AARON, and Olive Wight of South Gore, m. 16 Nov., 1769, Revolutionary soldier, in 1775 in Capt. Healy's Co. of Dudley.
BENJAMIN, Revolutionary soldier.
UZZIEL, S. Gore, and Sally Tucker, Killingly, Conn., m. int. 17 April, 1783. AMOS, Revolutionary soldier, and Polly Knowland, both of South Gore, m. intentions 10 Oct., 1783.
TIMOTHY, S. Gore, and Priscilla Joy, Gloucester, R. I., m. int. 23 Dec., 1791. SUSANNA, and Joseph W. Gabriel, both of S. Gore, m. int. 18 Aug., 1792. LYDIA, of South Gore, and Samuel Streeter, m. intentions 29 March, 1794. VIDA, and Nathan Ide, both of South Gore, m. intentions 22 April, 1797. BEZALEEL, and Polly Ide, both of South Gore, m. int. 14 Oct., 1797. SUSANNA, and Simon Wood, both of South Gore, m. int. 22 Oct., 1803. RHODA, dau. of Tubal, and Nathan Cody of Dudley, m. 9 Dec., 1810. BETSEY, and Comfort Davenport, both of South Gore, m. 21 Nov., 1813.
DANIEL, m. intentions 22 Oct., 1814, Tamar Howard; they had at Ox. IRA, b. 8 Jan., 1818.
BETSEY, and David Sears, both of Dudley, m. 28 April, 1821.
LOIS, and Moses Marsh, both of South Gore, m. 15 Dec., 1821.
HARVEY, S. Gore, and Olive Cutler, Thompson, Conn., m. int. 19 Oct., 1830.
WALDO, DANIEL, w. Matilda, with ch. resided at Ox. March, 1783.
WALES, MISS SARAH, aged 34, d. 3 May, 1888.
WALKER, SOLOMON, b. 29 Feb., 1776, son of Asa and Abigail, of Sutton, m. 23 May, 1800, Polly, dau. of James (known as Tailor) Brown, bought in 1799 the John Shumway homestead, H. 183, the old house now standing in the field southwest of the North Common. He d. 31 Oct., 1841, she d. 24 Jan., 1843, aged 69. . . . Children : MARY, b. 1801, d. 1803; ELISHA, b. 25 Aug., 1804, m. 31 Oct., 1838, Eliza A. D. Haskell of Dudley, he d. 25 July, 1870, she d. aged 77, 11 April, 1888; they had Lucy E. M., b. 25 Dec., 1844, d. 10 Dec., 1877, unm .; Eliza A. D., b. 1849, d. 1851; EBENEZER B., b. 8 Dec., 1805, m. 8 June, 1828, Roxana Wicker of Leicester, he d. 6 Sept., 1875, she d. 15 Aug., 1872, aged 67; they had Sally Ann, b. 20 Oct., 1830, m. Julius, son of John Fitts ; Hollis H., b. 15 June, 1833, m. Betsey, dau. of Elisha C. Taft, he d. 24 March, 1881; they had Harry B., b. 5 Jan., 1877; Ernest W., b. Oct., 1879; Charles N., b. 20 July, 1835, m. (1) Emma E. Taft of Upton, resided at Worces- ter, she d. 17 July, 1879, 1 dau., m. (2) Mrs. Anna Brown; Loring B., b. L Sept., 1837, m. 13 June, 1869, Emily A. Houghton, resided at Sterling ; had Mabel H., b. 30 Dec., 1870, at Ox .; Luvan V., b. 28 Sept., 1840, d. 16 Jan., 1855; Adelaide, b. 2 June, 1843, m. E. Perry Stow of Millbury, removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., had ch .; Edward B., b. 30 Oct., 1848; SOLOMON S., b. 24 Nov., 1808, m. Jerusha, dau. of Nathaniel Stockwell, settled at Ox., where he d. 26 March, 1870, she d. 21 March, 1870, aged 65, no ch .; POLLY, b. 1 Feb., 1811, m. Thomas Warner; ABIGAIL H., b. 3 June, 1813, m. Horace Pope; JAMES B., b. 14 Aug., 1816, m. 1 Jan., 1845, Ann Maria Lumbard, he d. 19 March, 1868, at Ox., she d. 23 June, 1888; they had Solon, b. 5 Nov., 1850; CELIA, b. 1819, d. 1820.
ANDREW, housewright, m. int. 30 July, 1774, Sarah Carroll of Killingly, Conn., owned and occupied, 1776 to 1785, H. 34, now George R. Larned.
WILLIAM C., b. 10 Sept., 1810, son of William and grandson of William of Ashford, Conn., m. 28 Dec., 1832, Eliza H. Quint of Sanford, Me., resided at
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Uxbridge, Sutton, Northbridge, came to Ox. 1838, landlord of the hotel at the centre, having bought the estate, removed to Millbury, thence to Dudley, where he d. Feb., 1888, his w. d. 23 Jan., 1868, at Sutton. . . . Children : ELIZA Q., b. 6 March, 1834, at Uxbridge, m. Franklin L. Knox of Sutton, where she d. 15 Feb., 1871, 3 ch. ; ISABELLA V., b. 20 Aug., 1835, at Wilkin- sonville, m. William H. Howard of Sutton, soldier in the late war, d. in the service, 2 ch .; WILLIAM H., b. 7 Dec., 1836, at Northbridge, m. Lauretta Houghton of Sutton, resided at. Dudley, 2 ch .; ALONZO V., b. 19 Nov., 1838, at Ox., soldier in late war, m. Frances M. Seaver of Hartford, who d. 4 Feb., 1885, at Millbury; they had Lizzie F .; ADELAIDE A., b. 29 Nov., 1840, at Ox., m. Edwin H. Leaver of Douglas, 4 ch .; SIDNEY W., b. 28 Aug., 1842, at Millbury, drowned 8 Aug., 1850, at Millbury ; CLARENDON T., b. 5 Aug., 1844, m. Josephine Crocker of East Douglas, resided at Chicago, Ill., she d., no ch .; GEORGETTA, b. 1846, d. 1847; EMMA A., b. 20 Sept., 1848, at Millbury, m. Nelson G. Dudley of Douglas, 2 ch.
JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. [See Duncan Campbell.]
THADDEUS, of Charlton, and Priscilla Bacon of Gore, m. 10 April, 1792.
1 GIDEON, JR., of Croydon, N. H., and Polly Carey, m. 27 Aug., 1804(?). ASA, of Sutton, and Chloe Stockwell, m. intentions 27 Oct., 1810.
THEODOCIA, and Amos D. Johnson, m. 10 Oct., 1830.
BETSEY, w. of Abner, aged 47, d. 3 April, 1855.
ANNA, m. n. Field, aged 64, d. 28 Jan., 1864.
FRANCIS, aged 54, d. 23 Jan., 1872.
WILLIAM P., d. 9 Jan., 1874.
ADALINE T., m. n. Kelley, of Killingly, Conn., aged 54, d. 1 Feb., 1875. BETSEY E., m. n. Tiffany, of Douglas, aged 41, d. 24 April, 1875.
EMMA E., m. n. Taft, of Upton, aged 38, d. 17 July, 1879.
WALLACE, WALLIS, OTIS, b. 31 March, 1794, at Holland, son of David, resided two years after m. at Holland, removed to Guildhall, Vt., where he was active in Church affairs and deacon. In 1835 joined a colony to settle the Western Reserve and removed, taking up 80 acres, among the pioneers at Oberlin, O., where he was also deacon, returned on account of sickness 1838 to Holland, remaining until 1844, when he came to North Ox. and was teamster for the mills. He m. 18 Sept., 1817, Lois Cutler, b. 15 March, 1796, at Guildhall. He d. aged 81, 3 Nov., 1875. She was killed by railroad cars 20 June, 1862, at Southboro'. . . . Children b. at Guildhall : PERSA C., b. 22 June, 1820, m. (1) 30 Nov., 1843, Lucius F. Parks, settled at Ox., he d. 22 Jan., 1855, no ch., m. (2) 25 Dec., 1856, Jabez Harding of Sturbridge, no ch .; SUSAN E., b. 21 April, 1826, m. (1) 6 June, 1847, Abial L. Foskett, m. (2) 20 June, 1874, Daniel Noyes of Worcester, no ch .; CHARLES O., b. 9 April, 1834, m. 20 Oct., 1855, Helen M., dau. of Samuel C. Willis, b. at Albany, Vt .; had Elizabeth H., b. 7 Aug., 1865.
EZRA (wrote WALLIS), b. 23 Feb., 1783, son of James, of Douglas, m. (1) 30 Aug , 1812, Deborah, dau. of Moses Phipps, bought and settled on her father's homestead, H. 56, where she d. 18 Aug., 1819, aged 26, m. (2) 24 Nov., 1825, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Rawson. He d. 26 July, 1849, she d. 25 Nov., 1851, aged 62. . . . Children by first m .: CALISTA, b. 18 Dec., 1813(?) ; MARY, d. 29 Sept., 1819; by second m. : SAMUEL R., m. intentions 7 Dec., 1849, Hannah S. Bacon of Webster, resided at Norwich, Conn.
JAMES, brother of Ezra (1), b. 18 Dec., 1789, m. 1 May, 1814, Nancy, dau. of Samuel Kingsbury. He d. 4 Aug., 1875, at Brookfield. . . . Child b. at Ox. : JULIA A., b. 1815, d. 1820.
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THOMAS H., of Leicester, and Betsey Avery, m. 16 June, 1823. HANNAH, aged 62, d. 25 Nov., 1851.
WARD, WILLIAM, had JOHN, b. about 1626, in England, came with his father in 1639, settled at Sudbury, m. Hannah, dau. of Edward Jackson of Cambridge, and had with others, ELEAZER, b. 26 Feb., 1673, m. before 20 March, 1707, Deliverance, dau. of Dea. James Trowbridge of Newton, where they settled and where he was selectman in 1734 ; in 1736, being then 64 years of age, he bought the Eliott grist-mill and removed to Ox. He was influen- tial here and from 1739 to 1746 town clerk, was 74 years of age when his suc- cessor, Dea. John Willson, was chosen. Served many years in the Indian wars and in the expedition against Port Royal, for which he received a grant of land in the South Gore. [See South Gore. ] He d. 18 Jan., 1751. . . . Children : JONAS, b. 17 Aug., 1708, d. at Ox. unm., 1747. [Ebenezer Eddy, his brother-in-law, was administrator of his estate and charged for a " journey to Exeter and Portsmouth to collect wages due to Mr. Ward "]; ABIGAIL; RUTH, b. 19 May, 1710, m. Ebenezer Eddy; TABITHA, b. 14 March, 1712, d. 31 Aug., 1733; PHINEAS, b. 22 Dec., 1713, m. 1 April, 1752, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Rockett. He and his brother Samuel came to Ox. with their father probably, and in 1741 became part proprietors of the grist-mill, which partnership con- tinued until the death of Samuel, Feb., 1750, when the father deeded his interest to his son-in-law, Ebenezer Eddy; REBECCA, b. 10 Dec., 1715, m. Dr. Jabez Holden; SAMUEL, b. 16 April, 1718, d. 27 Feb., 1750, constable 1749.
STEPHEN, housewright, and Patience Cook, both of Charlton, m. 4 Nov., 1780, resided at Ox. Feb., 1792, with w. and ch. : WATERMAN, GUY CARLTON, WILLARD, DEXTER.
JONAS, son of Caleb and Rebecca of Ashburnham, b. 15 Feb., 1785, m. (1) 24 Dec., 1812, Susanna F., dau. of Nathan Thurston, blacksmith, resided at Ashburnham and Millbury, settled at Ox., H. 175, where she d. 4 Jan., 1831; he m. (2) 2 Nov., 1834, Elizabeth, widow of John Pope, he d. 28 April, 1842, aged 57 . . . Children : EMILY, b. 7 Nov., 1813, at Ashburnham, m. (1) 8 May, 1834, Alden Snow, settled at Millbury ; had Alden H., b. 13 Sept., 1835; Charles E., b. 3 Oct., 1840; she m. (2) Phinehas Ball, removed West, and resided near Cedar Rapids, Ia., no ch .; EDWARD L., b. 13 Jan., 1815, at Millbury, m. 4 Aug., 1844, Harriet A., dau. of Galacius Fisk of Upton, settled at Worcester, machinist, and later for nearly 30 years a farmer on Union Hill; they had Julia M., b. 1846. m. H. M. Tompkins of Croton, N. Y., residence, Worces- ter, had ch .; Hattie L., b. 1849, m. Homer R. King, residence, Worcester, had Mabel; LORING, b. 1816, d. 1817; LAURA F., b. 5 March, 1818, m. George Thrasher of Taunton, residence East Medway, had George; SAMUEL, b. 1820, d. 1830; SUSAN E., b. 22 May, 1822, m. intentions 1 Oct., 1843, Lewis T. Mason of Charlton, residence, Willimantic, Conn., returned to Charlton, where she d. 14 Oct., 1875, no surviving ch .; JOHN A., b. 7 Dec., 1823, m. Mary A., dau. of Cyrus Cross, she d. 20 May, 1883, at Charlton, 9 ch., soldier in the late war in the 51st Mass. Regt. ; LUCIA MARIA, b. 2 May, 1825, d. 1839; NATHAN T., b. 1827, d. 1828; SARAH S., b. 15 April, 1830, m. Rufus Carter of Millbury, where they resided; they had Anne L., b. 1850, d. 1863; Charles S., b. 1852; Henry W., b. 1854; Fanny E., b. 1856; Mary E., b. 1859; Cyrus F., b. 1861; Laura E., b. 1864, d. 1872; William W., b. 1866; Lewis E., b. 1868; Jennie L., b. 1870; James A., b. 1873; by second m. : SAMUEL, b. 21 Sept., 1835, went to the far West into cattle raising, and supposed to have been killed by Indians ; JONAS,
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b. 1837, d. young; ANGELINE, b. 26 Feb., 1840, m. Ira Crane of Providence, R. I., had ch .; PAMELIA, b. 3 April, 1842, m. - Peckham, who d. ELISHA, Revolutionary soldier.
WARDEN, GEORGE, son of Asaph, d. 26 Feb., 1841.
WARDWELL, WILLIAM H., and Sarah A., dau. of Charles Green of Auburn, m. intentions 1 Feb., 1845.
WARE, JOSIAH, of Wrentham, m. (1) Mehetable, dau. of Eli Richardson of Franklin, the first in town to buy straw braid and sew into bonnets; re- sided with his brother-in-law John Torrey in the house fronting the common, and had his shop on the opposite corner, near H. 243, where he kept a variety store. After two or three years traveled the country, making long trips South selling bonnets and fancy goods. She d. 22 May, 1820, aged 37; m. (2) Sally Parker of Charlton. . . . Child by first m., b. at Ox. : JOSIAH, b. 12 Dec., 1812.
ELISHA (relative of Josiah), and Betsey Shumway, m. 14 March, 1810.
WARNER, THOMAS, of Providence, R. I., b. about 1794, came from Wrentham to Ox. 1819, into cotton manufacturing with Jonathan A. Pope, brother-in-law, at the old mill near the Hawes place, continued 8 or 10 years, removed to Millbury, where he died. He m. (1) Sarah L., dau. of West Pope, she d. 2 Sept., 1829, at Ox .; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1830, Polly, dau. of Solomon Walker; he d. 13 Sept., 1838. . . . Children by first m. : ELIZA A., b. 29 Dec., 1818, at Wrentham; MARY S., b. 11 March, 1821; SARAH L., b. 4 May, 1823; SUSAN F., b. 4 June, 1825; by second m. : 2 DAUGHTERS, residence, Millbury.
EDWARD, brother of Thomas, superintendent of finishing at South Leices- ter Woolen Mill, d. 17 March, 1833, at Ox., aged 33.
ALBERT E., son of Daniel, aged 20, d. 31 Dec., 1866.
WARREN, ELBRIDGE G., of Ward, and Lydia E. Stone, m. intentions 16 March, 1834.
WATERMAN, MRS. LUCY, and Perry Forbes of Oakham, m. 2 June, 1831.
WATERS, ABEL, taxed in 1771.
DAVID, of Sutton, and Polly Hagar, m. 22 Jan., 1806.
WATSON, WILLIAM, b. 1724, son of Samuel and Margaret of Leicester, m. (1) Mary - -, she d. aged 36, 14 June, 1771; m. (2) 8 June, 1773, Abi- gail, widow of Jacob Pierce, he d. 9 Aug., 1775, she m. 22 April, 1776, Dea. Edward Davis of Dudley. Watson was a saddler, of Ox. May, 1755; bought 1754 the tan-yard near North Common, sold 1772, bought the estate near the mill brook on Sutton road, H. 195, where he had a saddler's shop. He was a popular citizen, Captain of militia, five years, 1768 to 1774, selectman. ap- praisal nearly £1,500. Children named in will, William, Joseph, Samuel, Margaret. . . . Children by first m. : SAMUEL, b. 11 Dec., 1754, at Leicester, d. 1768; MARY, b. 11 Sept., 1757, at Ox., d. 1767; MARGARET, b. 23 July, 1758, m. Sylvanus Town; SARAH, b. 1760, d. 1767; JOHN, b. 1762, d. 1768; WILL- IAM, b. 1764, d. young; WILLIAM, b. Nov., 1765, d. 1766; JOSEPH, b. 6 May, 1768; ch. by second m. : SAMUEL, b. 16 Sept., 1774.
MRS. JANE E. (English), d. 30 Aug., 1858.
WATTS, PETER (English), machinist at North Ox., w. Elizabeth, had PETER, b. 18 March, 1833. Peter the father, d. 23 July, 1833.
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WEBB, THOMAS, aged 21, d. 15 April, 1844.
WEBSTER, STEPHEN, of Thompson, Conn., b. about 1792, bought, 1818, land south, later Ebenezer Fitts, on road to H. 42, house removed thither from south end of the Plain and now standing; m. 13 April, 1812, Lucy, dau. of Daniel Kingsbury; fell through the ice on Chaubunagungamaug Lake, Sun- day, 25 Dec., 1825, drowned. . . . Children : SYRENA, b. 2 Aug., 1815; STE- PHEN, b. 1817, d. 1819; CYNTHIA, b. 10 Sept., 1820; EMILY, b. 13 Feb., 1825.
WELD, DANIEL, m. 3 April, 1744, Joanna Haven, was then of North Gore, later Charlton; they had DANIEL, b. 28 Feb., 1745; STEPHEN, b. 10 Oct. 1746; JOANNA, b. 14 Aug., 1748 ; ELIZABETH, b. 7 May, 1751; JONATHAN, b. 27 Sept., 1753; BATHSHEBA, b. 4 Dec., 1755; ELIZABETH, b. 16 Dec., 1757.
JOB, of North Gore, and Eunice Thayer, m. 23 May, 1754.
MOSES, and Polly Mellen, m. 31 Jan., 1811.
MRS. POLLY, and Ichabod Holley, m. intentions 10 Sept., 1815.
WELLINGTON, WILLIAM, son of David of Worcester, m. Lydia Pierce of West Boylston, bought 1832 the farm on Worcester road, H. 129, where he d. aged 65, 24 Sept., 1849. She m. (2) Salem Larned, and d. 25 Jan., 1860, aged 71. . . . Children : LUCRETIA P., b. 31 March, 1810, at Worcester, m. (1) Sylvanus, son of David Larned, m. (2) 17 Nov., 1859, Ezbon White of Webster, d. 8 Sept., 1885; WILLIAM, b. 1 Aug., 1812; DAVID, b. 24 Sept., 1823, at Auburn, resided 1890 at Webster, m. (1) 7 Sept., 1848, Caroline Wood of Webster, and had Emily M., b. and d. 1849; Henry, b. and d. 1852; Caro- line d. Dec., 1852; m. (2) 23 Nov., 1853, Melissa Plummer of Upton, they had George D., b. 1857, d. 1858; Fred A., b. 4 Oct., 1859; William E., b. 2 May, 1863 ; ANNIS, d. aged 18, 4 June, 1846; CLARISSA H., m. 18 Jan., 1834, Heman Kendall, Jr., of Sterling, where she d., 1 dau., d. young; MARTHA E., m. 3 Dec., 1845, Alvah Kelsey, resided 1888 at Webster; they had Emma, m. Oscar Shumway.
2. WILLIAM, son of William (1), m. 17 Dec., 1837, at Thompson, Conn., Irene, dau of Peter Kidder, settled on the homestead; railroad contractor; he d. 27 June, 1872. . . . Children : LYDIA S., b. 1839, at Springfield, d. 1842; CHARLES H., b. 29 June, 1840, at Chester, m. Jan., 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth V. Parsons, m. n. Burlingame of Webster, b. at Gloucester, R. I., she d. aged 44, 15 Oct., 1884; they had V. Irene, b. 8 Sept., 1876, at Webster; Louie, b. 5 Dec., 1880, at Ox .; he resides on the homestead, road builder and railroad contractor; MARTHA I., b. and d. 1843, at Albany, N. Y. ; WILLIS M., b. 9 March, 1844, at Ox., m. 22 Aug., 1871, Emma F., dau. of Jesse W. Copp, rail- road contractor, postmaster; ch. : Mabel C., b. 1872, d. 1873; William O., b. 18 Nov., 1874; CHARLOTTE I., b. 11 Oct., 1847, at Lancaster, m. 13 May, 1873, George H. Dodge; LUCIUs, b. 1850, d. 1851.
WELSH, WELCH, THOMAS, JR., and Martha W. Clark of Grafton, m. intentions 24 Aug., 1822.
ELIZA, aged 35, d. 19 Feb., 1859.
EDWARD, aged 65; d. 22 Sept., 1860.
HANNAH, aged 31, d. 3 March, 1875. ELLEN L., aged 34, d. 28 Oct., 1881. ELLEN, aged 19, d. 7 March, 1882. PATRICK B., aged 40, d. 24 Aug., 1884.
ELLEN, widow, aged 69, d. 19 Nov., 1884. PATRICK, aged 80, d. 30 Dec., 1886.
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