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vii. ISAAC-M., b. Feb., 1850, m. Lou A. Brigham, res. Newport, R. I., one dau., DAISY-H., b. June 5, 1881.
viii. SAMUEL-F., b. Aug. 31, 1853, m. Sept. 5, 1876, Bell Walingford, res. Princeton. One son: ROGER ALBERT, b. May 22, 1881.
ix. JAMES-EDWARD, b. Feb. 21, 1855, d. Aug. 1, 1877.
GODDARD.
1. GODDARD Asa-Holland, son of Benjamin Jr. and (Patty) Martha (Holland) Goddard, born Shrewsbury, Feb. 9, 1807, removed to Holden and about 1827 to Princeton. He became closely associated with the business affairs of the town, having held most of its offices. He was a practical surveyor, and for
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many years did most of the probate business in the town. He married (Ist) April 17, 1844, Lucy R. Howe, daughter of Josiah and Arathusa Howe of Marlboro and sister of Mrs. D. H. Gregory. She died March 27, 1872, ae. 53. He married (2) Eleanor Saunders Jany. 31, 1882, she d. March 23, 1887, ae. 64. He d. Sept. 2, 1895, ae. 88.
GOODNOW.
THOMAS1 GOODNOW at the age of 30 came from Southamp- ton, England, in "Good ship Confidence" of London, with Jane his wife, Thomas his son aged I, and Ursula his sister. He settled in Sudbury, Mass., and shared in three divisions of land in 1638 and 1640, was made a freeman in 1643 and was a peti- tioner for Marlborough in May, 1656.
His children were: Thomas2, born in England, 1637 (who came with his parents, but it seems he was sent back to England to bring over a younger brother Nathaniel2). Nathaniel2, born about 1638, arrived with his brother Thomas2 in Speedwell at Boston, July 27, 1656. Thomas Barnes aged 20, who after- wards married their sister Abigail also came with them. Nath- aniel's age is given as 16 when he came. He must have been older if he was a son of Thomas. Samuel, born Feb. 28, 1645-6, married Mary - - (family name and date not given). Of their four children all born in Marlboro, Samuel3, born Nov., 1675, married before 1704, Sarah Brigham. Thomas4 the third of their four children, born May 18, 1709, married Persis Rice of Marlboro, April, 1734, Edward5, fifth of their twelve children, married Lois Rice, Jany. 17, 1770 in Northboro, removing later to Princeton.
GOODNOW Edward5 (Thomas4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), son of Thomas4 and Persis (Rice) Goodnow, born Oct. 30, 1742, married in Northboro, Jany. 17, 1770, Lois Rice, daugh- ter of Elijah and Huldah Rice, born Sept. 19, 1751, died in Princeton, Jany. 22, 1842. He was taxed in Princeton, 1779, built a house in 1786, afterwards occupied by his son and grand- son. Dismissed from Northboro church 1788, died July 17, 1798. Children:
i. PERSIS, b. Nov. 13, 1770, m. Jany. 3, 1790, Samuel Hastings, Jr. ii. LUTHER, b. Nov. 23, 1772, m. Abigail Smith, daughter of Daniel and Lucy Smith, she died Sept. 9, 1865, ae. 90 and he April 9,
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1846. Children: (I) ELMIRA-HASTINGS, b. Feb. 6, 1810, m. May I, 1842, Amasa Smith, (II) ELHANAN-W., b. June 6, 18II d. Nov. 22, 1838, (III) ELBRIDGE, b. Sept. 24, 1812.
iii. EZEKIEL, b. Oct. 27, 1774.
1. iv. EDWARD (LIEUT.), b. Dec. 1, 1776, m. Rebecca Beaman.
v. EBENEZER, b. June 4, 1778, m. Lois Howe, m. July 3, 1806.
vi. ARTEMAS, b. Aug. 27, 1780, rem. to Canada.
vii. CALVIN, b. May 30, 1782, d. Bucksport, Me.
viii. SUKEY, b. June 13, 1784, m. Silas Lamson of Sterling.
ix. ASA, b. Jany. 26, 1786.
x. PETER, b. Feb. 3, 1788, a merchant of Boston.
xi. JOHN, b. June 8, 1790, rem. to Kentucky.
xii. RICE, b. May 12, 1793, d. June 9, 1793.
xiii. WILLIAM, b. March 16, 179-, rem. Richmond, Va.
1. GOODNOW Edward6 (Lieut.) (Edward5, Thomas4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), son of Edward5 and Lois (Rice) Goodnow, born Dec. 1, 1776, married in Princeton, Dec. 1, 1803, Rebecca Beaman, daughter of Jonas, "at house of Jonas Beaman." He died Feb. 18, 1855, ae. 78 and she Oct. I, 1869, ae. 88. He lived in the house built by his father in 1786, opened as the Goodnow Inn in 1823 and kept as a house of entertainment for twenty-one years. Children:
i. ERASMUS-DARWIN, b. April 22, 1806, married Dec. 1, 1831, Caro- line Bullard. Children: (I) EMILY CAROLINE, b. March 4, 1833, (II) JONAS FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 5, 1834, d. Sept. 27, 1835, (III) WILLIAM-E., b. - , 1839.
ii. JONAS-BEAMAN, b. July 4, 1808.
iii. EDWARD-AUGUSTUS, b. July 16, 1810 in Princeton, d. in Worcester, Feb. 1, 1906, m. (Ist) Harriet Bagg, dau. Dr. Henry Bagg, Oct. 3, 1833, she died Feb. 6, 1838, m. (2ª) Mary Augusta a sister of Harriet. She died March 29, 1844, ae. 31, leaving a son, HENRY BAGG GOODNOW, who died Sept. 8, 1843, ae. 3 months. Married (3ª) int. May 4, 1846, Catharine Bowman Cald- well, dau. of Seth Caldwell Esq. of Barre. After her decease he married (4th) July 23, 1873, Sarah A. West. Mr. Goodnow was a storekeeper and a manufacturer of shoes in Princeton, left town in 1847, engaged in retail and jobbing of shoes in Worcester, later became eminently successful as a financier, and widely known as President of the First National Bank of that city. He gave liberally for educational and other uses, contributing toward the erection of the present town hall (Bagg Hall) and other benefactions in his native town. In 1884 he completed and gave to the town the beautiful granite and brownstone
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building, which he named Goodnow Memorial Building, in memory of his first two wives and only child. He also provided for the care and repair of the building, the purchase of books for the library, and the beautifying of the grounds.
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iv. EBENEZER-FRANKLIN, b. June 25, 1813, d. July 19, 1816.
V. WILLIAM-BRADFORD, b. Aug. 14, 1815, m. Susan F. Cheever.
vi. HARRIET-ALVIRA, b. July 23, 1817, m. Capt. Josiah Richardson, Oct. 25, 1843.
vii. LOIS-RICE, b. Aug. 3, 1819, m. Col. Solon S. Hastings, June 4, 1840, d. Aug. 9, 1898.
viii. ABEL-FRANKLIN, b June 1, 1822.
3. GOODNOW William-Bradford7 (Lieut. Edward6, Edward5, Thomas4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), son of Lieut. Edward6 and Rebecca (Beaman) Goodnow, born in Princeton on the Goodnow Homestead, Aug. 14, 1815, went to Boston in early life, and was afterwards for twenty years in business in New York City; returning to Princeton he became closely associated with the business affairs of the town. He was an auctioneer and served in the principal town offices; as selectman, assessor, Overseer of the Poor, constable, moderator at annual Town meetings, and was representative to the legislature in 1865. He married Susan F. Cheever, Dec. 9, 1841. He died March 27, 1904. One child:
4. i. MOSES-C., b. June 20, 1846, m. Nellie S. Whittaker.
4. GOODNOW Moses-C.8 (William Bradford7, Lieut. Edward6, Edwards, Thomas4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), son of William Bradford7 and Susan F. (Cheever) Goodnow, born June 20, 1846, married June 20, 1879, Nellie S. Whittaker, daughter of Charles Augustine and Abby S. (Gleason) Whittaker. Children:
i. BERTHA-S., b. April 28, 1880.
ii. EDWARD-H., b. March 12, 1883, in Worcester.
iii. HELEN-E., b. May 23, 1884.
iv. WILLIAM-H., b. April 19, 1886.
GOODNOW Peter, son of Joseph and Patience Goodnow, born in Sudbury, Feb. 10, 1709-10, married (Ist) Oct. 13, 1736, . Dorothy Moore, daughter of Abel of Rutland and sister of Abijah Moore. She died in Princeton, July 9, 1760; he married (2d) in Lancaster, Dec. 17, 1761, Ann Mosman, and
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was " dismissed from the Sudbury Church to the service of erecting with others a church following in Princeton, Nov. 20, 1763." While in Princeton he lived in a house which stood on the Charles Russell place the only house on " Goodnow Lane," for a number of years; it was moved opposite A. C. Howe's and was later owned by Governor Gill. He went to Hubbardston about 1779, and died there in 1783. Children:
i. JOTHAM, b. - , 1737, d. Sept. 12, 1756, in his 20th year.
ii. LUCIA, b. May 12, 1739.
iii. JEDEDIAH, b. Sept. 8, 1740.
iv. JONAS, b. April 19, 1742, in Sudbury, Mass., m. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Jany. 29, 1767, Mary Davenport.
v. PETER, b. Jany. 2, 1744, d. Aug. 2, 1744.
vi. PETER, b. July 18, 1745, d. July 18, 1749.
vii. DOROTHY, b. Nov. 3, 1747, d. July 18, 1749, ae. I y. 8 m.
viii. DOROTHY, b. Jany. 18, 1751, m. Robert Andrews, Oct. 17, 1770. I child: ELIJAH ANDREWS, b. Sept. 24, 1767.
ix. PATIENCE, b. Aug. 24, 1752, m. - Davenport.
x. SILENCE, b. July 13, 1754, in Marlboro, Mass.
xi. Lucy, b. June 13, 1756, in Princeton, d. Sept. 28, 1756.
xii. HOPESTILL, b. Nov. 7, 1757.
xiii. LUCY, b. Dec. 19, 1762.
xiv. ANNA, b. Sept. 25, 1764, d. April II, 1771.
XV. PETER, b. Feb. 8, 1767.
xvi. JOTHAM, b. April 27, 1769.
GOULD.
GOULD Benjamin, born in Bolton, married Nov. 14, 1799 Betsey Parker; removed to Princeton about 1815, and lived in the east part; the first house west of Dea. Parkers.
He died Dec. 10 (g. s.), 1835, ae. 64, his widow died Dec. 14, 1851, ae. 74. Their children were:
i. DORCAS-M., b. Dec. 7, 1799, m. Henry R. Goodwin of Newton, Feb. 9, 1832, in Westminster; she d. Jany. 3, 1873.
ii. CYRUS-P., b. Nov. II, 1802, d. in Boston, 1887, I dau., Julia A.
iii. EBENEZER-P., b. Oct. 14, 1812, d. Boston, Dec. 1, 1868, 3 children; one dau. m. Geo. H. Merriam.
iv. ERASTUS-B., b. Feb. 2, 1807, m. Martha Barrier of Stoneham, 4 children: one m. R. P. Gould of Boston.
v. MARY-E., b. July 26, 1810, m. John B. Wallace and d. March 4, 1876, one adopted daughter, Mary F. Shattuck of Gardner, Mass.
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GREGORY.
Gregory, Mac Gregory, etc., are some of the variations of the name of Mc. Gregor, which are found in the early records.
The later generations have generally adopted the first, Gregory. The families of this name in Princeton are descendants of DANIEL1 Mc GREGOR of Weston and the Gregory's of Weston are un- questionably of the Mc. Gregors. In 1709, they were among the first who signed the covenant of the church in Weston, then styled Mac Gregor on the parish records. It is related that early in the settlement of the colonies, two Mc. Gregor boys were placed on a ship, sailing for America, having a letter to the Cap- tain and they were landed at Watertown to seek their fortunes in this country.
It was suspected by these lads that they were got rid of that others of the clan could obtain property they were entitled to. This theory appears more probable from the fact that several years after, a party came from Scotland to trace the American branch of the McGregors, but for some reason not stated, they failed to discover the McGregors in the Gregorys.
Daniel Mc. Gregor1 of Watertown Farms (Weston), married Dec. 20, 1693, Elizabeth Robinson. He died March 20, 1736. Their children were: Daniel, William, John and twins, Abraham and Isaac. Isaac2, the twin brother of Abraham, born Aug. 24, 1704, married May 10, 1734, Grace Harrington, daughter of Benjamin and Grace (Allen) Harrington. He, Isaac2, died Oct. - , 1755. His widow, Grace, married (2ª) Nov. 3, 1761, Joseph Woolson, Jr., uncle of Dr. Ephraim Woolson of Princeton.
Elisha3 and Phineas3, sons of Isaac2 and Grace, settled in Princeton, 1767-8, bought Lot 9, Watertown Farms, and were taxed in 1769. Elisha3, born Feb. 12, 1738, died Feb. 11, 1823, in his 85th year (g.s. unmarried).
GREGORY Phineas3 (Isaac2, Daniel1), son of Isaac2 and Grace (Harrington) Gregory, born Feb. 20, 1743, m. (Ist) Nov. 7, 1767, Elizabeth Hobbs, dau. Ebenezer and Eunice (Garfield) Hobbs, born Oct. II, 1748, died Oct. 23, 1787. He married (2ª) Molly (or Polly) Cowdin, Jany. 21, 1789, she died, Feb. 23, 1794. He married (3ª) Oct. 15, 1794, Mercy Jennison of Natick, she died Sept. 23, 1809, ae. 52. He died Dec. 2, 1821, ae. 78. Children of Phineas and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Gregory:
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i. PHINEAS, b. Sept. 15, 1768 (b. recorded in Weston, Sept. 14), d. March 10, 1776.
ii. MARSHALL, b. Nov. 11, 1770.
iii. LYDIA, b. Nov. 4, 1772, d. Aug. 28, 1775.
iv. EUNICE, b. Sept. 12, 1774, d. Sept. 2, 1775.
1. v. PHINEAS (2ª), b. July 25, 1776, m. Elizabeth Hoyt.
vi. LYDIA (2ª), b. April 1, 1778, m. Jany. 1, 1800, Caleb Mirick, Jr., d. June 17, 1843.
5. vii. CHARLES, b. May 3, 1780, m. Betsey Keyes.
viii. EUNICE, b. May 20, 1782, d. Sept. 19, 1799.
ix. SALLY, b. May 28, 1784, d. May 20, 1785.
X. SALLY (2ª), b. March 1, 1786, m. Nov. 28, 1807, Ezra Brooks, d. March 2, 1881.
xi. ELIZABETH-H., b. Oct. 23, 1787, d. Nov. 6, 1787.
Child of Molly (Cowdin) Gregory:
xii. POLLY, b. Dec. 24, 1790, m. June 17, 1816, Enoch Brooks, Jr., d. July 11, 1890, ae. 99 y. 6 m. 17 d.
Children of Mercy (Jennison) Gregory:
xiii. BETSEY, b. April 6, 1796, m. Aug. 23, 1818, Amos Smith. xiv. ELMIRA, b. Sept. 20, 1797, d. Aug. 26, 1799.
1. GREGORY Phineas4 (Phineas3, Isaac2, Daniel1), son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Gregory, born July 25, 1776, married Jany. 22, 1807, Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter of David and Margaret (Cowdin) Hoyt. She died in Worcester, Oct. 22, 1846, ae. 59. He died in Princeton, Jan. 21, 1848, ae. 71. Children:
i. PHINEAS-ELBRIDGE, b. July 16, 1807, m. Betsey Allen, June, 1843, she d. Feb. 14, 1870, he m. (2ª) Mrs. Lucy Ann Putnam, March 4, 1871, he d. Sept. 17, 1895. Mr. Gregory was remarkable for the fund of accurate and definite information which he pos- sessed concerning the first century of Princeton's history. This information gained from his grandfather, who was one of the first settlers, his father and their contemporaries, enabled him to furnish information which the town records and other sources failed to give. He was a member of the firm of D. H. Gregory & Co. and was for several years town Treasurer.
ii. ELIZABETH-HOBBS, b. Dec. 31, 1808, m. Charles Powers of Ster- ling, April 5, 1837, d. Mar. 1, 1885.
2. iii. ELISHA, b. Oct. 25, 1810, m. Eunice Hall.
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3. iv. DAVID-HOYT, b. Feb. 2, 1813, m. Mary A. Howe.
v. NANCY, b. July 20, 1814, d. May 20, 1898.
vi. SALLY (SARAH), b. June 17, 1816, m. Ebenezer Newton, May 9, 1839, d. Mar. 3, 1895.
vii. LYDIA-MIRICK, b. Nov. 21, 1818, m. Brigham Davidson, Sept. I, 184I, d. Aug. 24, 1843.
viii. ELMIRA, b. March 29, 1822, m. Jan. 1, 1845 Brigham Davidson, d. Oct. 1, 1861.
ix. GEORGE-MIRICK, b. June 5, 1823, m. Harriet Smith, Jan. 1, 1850. She d. Jan. 30, 1887, a. 64. One child: HERVEY-SMITH GREG- ORY, b. July 1I, 1853, m. Nov. 24, 1886, Mary C. Briggs, who d. Sept. 26, 1889. I child: George-Horatio, b. and d. Sept. 26, 1889. Hervey S. m. (2nd) Sarah A. (Samson) Sansworth Jan. 2, 1894. George-Mirick d. Oct. 10, 1894.
x. MARY, b. Dec. 3, 1824, d. Sept. 18, 1825.
xi. ARTEMAS-WARD, b. March 9, 1826, m. June 4, 1862, Harriet Adams, d. in Kansas, Oct. 9, 1894.
xii. JOHN, b. Oct. 25, 1827, d. Aug. 27, 1829.
xiii. HARRIET, b. Dec. 6, 1829, m. James S. Potter of Leominster, Mar. 31, 1858, d. Sept. 5, 1913.
2. GREGORY Elisha5 (Phineas4, Phineas3, Isaac2, Daniel1), son of Phineas4 and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Gregory, b. Oct. 25, 1810, m. Eunice Hall, May 4, 1841, he d. Jan. 31, 1880, she d. Feb. II, 1895. Their children were:
i. SARAH-MATILDA, b. May 4, 1842, m. May 4, 1865, Geo. A. Sawyer, d. Jan. 23, 1869. Child: NELLIE EDNA SAWYER, b. Dec. 13, I866.
ii. EDWIN-ELISHA, b. Nov. 25, 1845, m. Martha Ann Lincoln, Sept. 23, 1873. Their children were: (I) CARRIE BELL, b. July 3, 1876, (II) EMMA ELIZA, b. Oct. 24, 1879, d. Oct. 27, 1902, (III) LAURA MAY, b. March 31, 1882, d. Apr. 28, 1886.
iii. JOHN-HALL, b. Oct. 20, 1849, d. Jan. 24, 1876.
iv. CLARA-EUNICE, b. March 9, 1855.
v. MARY-ELLA, b. Jan. 1, 1857, d. March 8, 1884.
3. GREGORY David-Hoyt5 (Phineas4, Phineas3, Isaac2, Daniel1), son of Phineas4 and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Gregory, born Feb. 2, 1813, married Nov. 27, 1841, Mary Adams, dau. of Josiah Howe. He was employed in the store of Blake & Allen, suc- ceeding to the business in 1841, and was for fifty years senior of the firm of D. H. Gregory & Co. He served thirty-six consecu- tive years as town clerk, and was present at every town meet-
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ing during his term of office. He was postmaster from 1866 to 1885, was for thirty-three years a Justice of the Peace, and served as Town Treasurer, 1857-8. He died Jan. 21, 1890, a. 76. His wife, Mary died Oct. 29, 1892. Their children were:
4. i. JOSIAH-DAVID, b. Feb. 18, 1845, m. Emily D. Skinner.
ii. ELLEN-MARIA, b. June 16, 1848, m. Dr. Joseph T. West, Dec. 23, 1873.
iii. MARY-LIZZIE, b. July 9, 1852, m. Chas. G. Howe, May 1, 1900.
iv. HATTIE-HOWE, b. Feb. 6, 1856, d. in Worcester, Oct. 22, 1880.
4. GREGORY Josiah-David6 (David- Hoyt5, Phineas4, Phineas3, Isaac2, Daniel1), son of David-Hoyt and Mary (Adams) Gregory, b. Feb. 18, 1845, married Emily D. Skinner, Oct. 15, 1867. Their children were:
i. MARY-HOWE, b. July 16, 1870.
ii. RAYMOND-JOSIAH, b. Aug. II, 1873, m. Florence Edna Freeman, Aug. 26, 1897, dau., (I) EMILY-HOWE, b. March 14, 1899.
iii. RICHARD-HARRINGTON, b. Sept. 17, 1876, m. Annah Sayre Wheeler, Oct. 3, 1906. Children: (I) RICHARD-H., JR., b. Jan. 23, 19II, in Montclair, N. J., (II) FRANCIS-WHEELER, b. July 23, 1912, in Montclair, N. J.
iv. LOUISE-HOYT, b. July 21, 1880.
GREGORY Charles4 (Phineas3, Isaac2, Daniel1), son of Phineas3 and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Gregory, born May 3, 1780, mar- ried March 7, 1805, Betsey Keyes, daughter of John and Lucy (Hale) Keyes. He served in the war of 1812 and died March 7, 1866. She died at Jamaica Plain, June 5, 1868. Children:
i. LOUISA, b. May 19, 1805, m. John Gage of Berlin, Jan. 21, 1830, d. Templeton.
ii. SALLY, b. March 21, 1807, m. Jonas Parker.
iii. LUCY-K., b. July 21, 1809, m. Silas Welch, Nov. 13, 1828, d. Worcester, Mass.
iv. CHARLES, b. May II, 1812, m. Catharine F. Greenwood of Hop- kinton, pub. April 20, 1844. He d. Jany. 21, 1862, she d. Feb. I, 1903.
v. SUSANNA-K., b. Sept. 15, 1814, m. - Winship, res. Dedham.
vi. BETSEY-S., b. June 18, 1817, d. Jan. 4, 1834.
vii. EUNICE, b. March 7, 1820, m. Rev. - Richards.
viii. MARY-B., b. July 20, 1823, m. David Talbot at Jamaica Plain.
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ix. ELVIRA, b. Nov. 30, 1825, m. Nov. 14, 1847, George Peck at Brighton.
x. BENJAMIN-F., b. Nov. 20, 1828, d. Feb. 14, 1833.
xi. FIDELIA-M., b. Dec. 16, 1831, m. Gustavus Merriam, d. at Hop- kinton, Iowa.
GRIMES.
GRIMES Edwin, son of Aaron and Sally (Stowe) Grimes, born Jan. 25, 1827, at Hubbardston, Mass. He held the office of Town Clerk from 1886 to 1901. He married at Belfast, Me., Oct. 3, 1858, Hannah Elizabeth Ferguson, daughter of Moses W. and Lydia (Brooks) Ferguson, born Apr. 15, 1833, at Belfast, Me. Their children were:
i. ALBERT-BYRON, b. June 30, 1859, at Princeton, m. Mary E. Wood of Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 27, 1882. Is a journalist, located at Woburn, Mass.
ii. EDWIN-LINCOLN, b. Nov. 8, 1864 at Hubbardston, Mass., m. Elizabeth Shangrau of Pittsford, Vt., Mar. 10, 1892. Is now a member of the firm of Grimes, Headden and Calkins, Civil Engineers, Troy, N. Y.
iii. THADDEUS-STOWE, b. Oct. 13, 1866, at Hubbardston, Mass., m. Mary M. Jessop of Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18, 1899. Is a developing Engineer in Columbus, Ga.
iv. MAURICE-WASSON, b. Mar. 19, 1871, at Princeton, m. Katharine W. Hall of Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, 1908. Civil engineer and draughtsman, Albany, N. Y.
HAGER.
HAGER Abram, son of Benjamin of Shrewsbury, married in 1781, Dolly Newton and removed to Princeton in 1791. He was a Revolutionary soldier from Rutland. His wife Dolly, died Feb. II, 1786, aged 20. They had three children in Shrewsbury. Dec. 26, 1786, he married (2d) Thankful Newton and died Sept. 29, 1847 aged 92. Children:
i. SARAH, b. (bapt.), Oct. 7, 1787.
ii. HANNAH, - -, m. Joel Temple of Westminster, Nov. 20, 1814.
iii. ABRAM JR., b. - - , m. March 19, 1821, Dolly T. Keyes. He d. Jany. 29, 1834, ae. 36. She m. (2ª) Charles Brown of West Boylston, and had one child, (i) Cornelia V. Brown. After the death of her husband Mrs. Brown went west and died at St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2, 1880.
1. iv. ELISHA-N., b. Jany. 17, 1800, m. Mary Keyes.
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1. HAGER Elisha-N., son of Abram and Thankful (Newton) Hager, born Jany. 17, 1800 in Princeton. Married July 3, 1823, Mary Keyes, daughter of Daniel and Jedidah (Sawyer) Keyes, born in Lancaster, July 8, 1801, d. in Sterling, Feby. 22, 1879. He died in Clinton, Sept. 29, 1886. Children:
i. CHARLES-N., b. Dec. 15, 1823, in Sterling.
ii. ABRAHAM, b. Aug. 29, 1825, m. Amy Burdett.
iii. ABIGAIL-S., b. April 25, 1827, m. Smith Taft, Nov. 2, 1845, d. in Milbury, June 19, 1878.
iv. SARAH-A., b. May 25, 1829, m. Marriner Fuller, Dec. 16, 1852, Worcester.
v. MARY-C., b. Nov. 20, 1831, m. George W. White. She d. in Lan- caster, Dec. 8, 1881.
vi. GEORGE-E., b. Dec. 1, 1833, m. and removed to Vermont.
vii. MARTHA-J., b. Aug. 9, 1836, m. S. F. Sawin, Sept. 11, 1854 in Princeton.
viii. JOSIAH-W., b. July 15, 1838, m. Lucia Noble of Worcester.
ix. CAROLINE-H., b. Aug. 24, 1840, m. George Dewey, d. Sept. 15, 1873 in Milbury.
x. HENRY-K., b. Aug. 29, 1842, m. Olive Bruce, Lancaster.
xi. JOHN-E., b. March 8, 1846, d. March 27, 1846 in Sterling.
HALE.
HALE Reuben, with his wife Olive (Davis) Hale, and children, Betsey and Olive, of Gerry, N. H., settled in Princeton in June, 1792. His nephew Silas Davis, lived with him. He adver- tised his farm for sale in 1802, on the road from Rutland to Lancaster. She d. March 30, 1827. He died in Oct., 1828. Their children were:
i. OLIVE, b. - -, m. July 6, 1815, Lieut. Wm. Hubbard of Rutland.
ii. MARY, b. - -, m. Sept. 18, 1810, John Read of Rutland, son of Samuel F.
iii. ELIZABETH or BETSEY, b. --- , m. Sept. 23, 1816, Edward Ran- dall of Worcester. She d. March 12, 1840, ae. 40. One son Merritt Randall.
iv. ROXANNA, b. -- , m. Ebenezer Hubbard Miles. A daughter Dolly, married Silas Davis, May 7, 1806.
HALEY.
HALEY A .- Stanley, son of Jacob and Mary A. (Porter) Haley, born Oct. 15, 1872, at Deerfield, Nova Scotia, married Feb. 9,
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1899, at Worcester, Mass., Sarah M. Robertson, daughter of Alexander and Catherine (McDonald) Robertson of Thor- burn, Nova Scotia. Children:
i. FLORENCE-R., b. Aug. 24, 1900.
ii. ARTHUR-W., b. Feb. 4, 1902.
HAMILTON.
HAMILTON Remington-H., was born at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Feb. 13, 1873. He came to Princeton, Nov. 21, 1891, married Nov. 2, 1898, Bella S. Roberts of Queens County, New Brunswick, born May 31, 1869. Children:
i. BEATRICE-M., b. April 26, 1902.
ii. RICHMOND-S., b. March 9, 1907.
HAPGOOD.
Joseph Hapgood2, son of JOSEPH1 and Mary (Brooks) Hapgood of Concord, was born in Marlboro, Jany. 23, 1754. Married Ruth Jackson and had thirteen children. He with his son Jonathan bought a farm in Princeton, and there spent the rest of his days. He died May 18, 1818, and his widow, Feb. 8, 1836, at age of 80. The family then consisted of Jonathan; Caty who married Abraham Ray, and settled in Stow; Joel, Judith, and Lydia, born in 1795, who married Ezekiel Davis, Aug. 25, 1814 and removed to Royalston, Vt.
HAPGOOD Jonathan3, (Joseph2, Joseph1) son of Joseph2 and Ruth (Jackson) Hapgood and grandson of Joseph1 and Mary (Brooks) Hapgood, was born Dec. 26, 1786 in Marlboro, mar- ried (int.) Betsey Priest, Nov. 13, 1813. He lived near the Allen Harris place, and died Feb. 13, 1830. His widow and children removed to Marlboro soon after. Their children were:
i. LEWIS, b. May 11, 1815, m. Almira E. Stone, March 7, 1839.
ii. ELMIRA, b. April 6, 1817, m. Walter Bruce, April, 1835.
iii. SILAS, b. March 1, 1819, m. Susan Lawrence, and d. 1861.
iv. PHEBE, b. July 3, 1823, d. Sept. 18, 1854.
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HARDY.
HARDY Joseph, ancestry untraced; lived on the first farm north of No. 8 school house and then on the Hardy place. His wife Lucy died in Princeton, June 16, 1817, ae. 71. He died Jany. I, 1835 ae. 88. I child:
i. JOSEPH JR., m. Jany. 23, 1823, Nancy Brigham and removed to Worcester about 1835. Chn .: (I) ALTHEA-BARBER, b. Oct. 9, 1823, d. Feb. 20, 1824, (II) ABNER BRIGHAM, b. June 16, 1825.
HARRINGTON.
ROBERT1 HARRINGTON, spelled variously, Herrington, Erring- ton, Arrington, the immigrant head of this family, was in Watertown as early as 1642.
His name is the last on a list of proprietors made out in 1642- 44. He was admitted a freeman May 27, 1663, married Oct. I, 1649 Susannah George and died May 17, 1707. Of their thirteen children, Benjamin2, born Jany. 26, 1661-2 by his wife Abigail (Bigelow) had Benjamin3, born in 1685, Jonas4, son of Benjamin3, born in 1717 married Elizabeth Bond, daughter of Capt. Samuel, and Mary (Cutler) Bond.
HARRINGTON Abijah5 (Jonas4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, Robert1) son of Jonas and Elizabeth (Bond) Harrington, born Dec. I, 1743, married Oct. 26, 1769 Sarah Livermore, daughter of Daniel and Mary, born Sept. 13, 1742, and died Nov. 5, 1815. He married (2ª) Nov. 10, 1818, Widow Sally Rice, of Brookfield. Abijah with his wife Sarah and niece Betsey Livermore, came to Princeton, from Weston in January 1770. The niece was probably a daughter of Nathaniel and Anne, born Feb. 24, 1765. He, Abijah, died May 27, 1821.
i. CYRUS, b. June 15, 1770, d. March 2, 1786.
ii. AMos, b. March 3, 1772, d. Feb. 23, 1786.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. April 11, 1774, m. Jany. 17, 1804, Nancy Jennison daughter of Nathan and Mercy Jennison of Natick, at house of Lt. Phinehas Gregory.
iv. POLLY, b. Jany. 14, 1776, m. June 22, 1797, Dr. Hezekiah El- dridge of Princeton.
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