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i. LUCRETIA, b. Sept. 23, 1802.
ii. ELIZA, b. March 13, 1805, d. May II, 1887.
iii. ADONIJAH-C., b. May 7, 1807, d. July 23, 1835, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
iv. AUGUSTA, b. Aug. 4, 1809, d. Oct. 24, 1810.
v. ABRAHAM, b. July 4, 1812, d. Sept. 1, 1814.
vi. EPHRAIM-M., b. June 5, 1815, d. July 1, 1849, in Boston.
vii. ALBERT-CARLTON, b. Jany. 31, 1817, m. Mrs. Mary Jane Howe, Dec. 20, 1837. She b. March 4, 1817, d. Princeton, Sept. 5, 1872. He m. (2ª) Jany. 4, 1876, Mrs. Emily E. Howe. Mr. Howe was a person of marked natural ability and of a legal turn of mind; had a wonderful memory, and was much interested in the preservation of facts of interest connected with the town's history. He served on the board of Selectmen and as moderator at annual town meetings. He d. July 17, 1908, ae. 91 y. 5 m. 16 d. Children: (I) ADONIJAH-C., b. Dec. 13, 1838, settled in Bedford, Nebraska, (II) CLEMENT-G., b. Oct. 30, 1841, and settled in Auburn, Nebraska.
viii. SALLY-AUGUSTA, b. March 24, 1820.
HOWE Oscar7 Dr. (Lucretia6, Adonijah5, Adonijah4, Abraham3, Joseph2, Abraham1), son of Lucretia6 and grandson of Adoni- jah5, Jr., born July 2, 1830, married Sarah Amanda Adams, daughter of Nathan-Stewart and Mary (Beaman) Adams. Dr. Howe was for more than fifty years the only resident dentist in Princeton. He died in (Fisherville) Grafton, Dec. 29, 19II, ae. 81 (v.R.). His children were:
i. WALTER-SUMNER, b. May 8, 1856, unmarried, d. Feb. 12, 1890.
ii. ELLSWORTH-EUGENE, b. July 17, 1861, m. Margaret T. French. Children: (I) RUTH AMANDA HOWE, born Nov. 19, 1889, m. Oct. 11, 1913, Harry Elliott Donley of Worcester, Mass. (II) PAUL FRENCH HOWE, b. July 15, 1895.
iii. FRED-CLAYTON, b. March 15, 1866, m. Martha Funk.
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HOWE Abner4 (Abraham3, Joseph2, Abraham1), brother of Adonijah4, born in Marlboro, Nov. 1, 1735, came to Princeton in 1763. Married Oct., 1762, Sarah Harrington, born May 16, 1739, daughter of Daniel and Mary Harrington. She died Jany. 27, 1818, and he April 10, 1818. Their children were:
i. SARAH, b. Aug. 16, 1763, d. April 21, 1827.
ii. ANNA, b. Jany. 13, 1765, d. Aug. 8, 1778.
iii. BETTY, b. May 5, 1766, m. May, 1788, Isaac Bryant of Rutland.
iv. PARMILLA, b. March 27, 1768, m. 1791, William Everett, d. April 12, 1818.
v. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 21, 1769, d. Nov. 15, 1808.
vi. ABNER, b. June 7, 1772, m. (int.) Jany. 9, 1802, Jerusha Mirick and settled in Camden, Me.
vii. JONAH, b. July 15, 1774, settled in Camden, Me.
viii. Lors, b. Dec. 8, 1776, m. Ebenezer Goodnow and settled in Cam- den, Maine.
5. ix. ARTEMAS, b. March 19, 1779, m. Lucinda Brooks.
5. HOWE Artemas5 (Abner4, Abraham3, Joseph2, Abraham1), son of Abner4 and Sarah (Harrington) Howe, born March 19, 1779, married Jany. 5, 1808, Lucinda, daughter of David and Patience Brooks, born Nov. 27, 1786, and died Aug. 31, 1875. He died March 5, 1819. Children:
i. ANNA, b. Dec. 5, 1808, m. William Whittaker (children in Whitta- ker Gen.).
ii. SARAH-L., b. March 23, 1810, m. Harlow Skinner (children in Skinner Gen.).
iii. EMILY, b. Jany. 28, 1812, m. Asa Dupuy of Prince Edward Co., Va., five children: (I) MARY DUPUY, (II) MARIA DUPUY, (III LAVALETTE DUPUY, (IV) EMILY-HOWE DUPUY, (v) ANN-LE FEVRE DUPUY.
HOWE Eliphalet of Princeton, 1762, ancestry untraced. Chil- dren born in Rutland. Bought land of Ezekiel How of Sudbury. The name of his first wife was Hepzibah -. He married 2ª, Widow Sarah Nichols, (int.) Nov. 9, 1765, and died in 1785. Their children were:
i. HARRADIAH, b. Nov. 28, 1733, m. Stephen Heald of Rutland.
ii. PEABODY, b. Dec. 17, 1735, m. - , 1758 and lived on "the Widow Wilson place."
iii. MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1738, m. Peter Davis of Rutland.
iv. ELIPHALET, b. June 27, 1740.
v. HEPZIBAH, b. Aug. 22, 1842.
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vi. SALLY, b. Nov. 12, 1744.
vii. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 24, 1746, m. Lucy Reed.
viii. DAVID, b. April 1, 1748, m. Martha Rice.
ix. PHEBE, b. July 17, 1749, m. Nov. 8, 1770, Isaiah Brown of Holden.
X. THANKFUL, b. Aug. 22, 1752, m. Silas Houghton, March 13, 1783. He d. Jany. 9, 1797.
HOWE Dudley-Waldo, son of Israel and Sally (Richardson) Howe, born July 15, 1830 at Princeton, married May 31, 1857, Ellen Amanda Brainerd at China, Me. She was the daughter of Dr. James and Priscilla (Chadwick) Brainerd and was born Jan. 14, 1835 at China, Me. She died Aug. 23, 1907 at Fitch- burg, Mass. He died Aug. 2, 1888 at Fitchburg, Mass. Their children were:
i. NELLIE-BRAINERD, b. Nov. 26, 1859 in Princeton, m. June 9, 1880 to George Malcolm Sands of Fitchburg. Their children were: (I) MAUDE BRAINERD and (II) MARIAN AGNES SANDS, (Twins), b. July 4, 1880 at Fitchburg, (III) HAROLD MALCOLM SANDS, b. Jan. 16, 1883 at Fitchburg, (IV) CLARENCE PHILLIP SANDS, b. Sept. 4, 1884 at Fitchburg, (v) MARJORIE BAIN SANDS, b. March 28, 1887 at Leominster, (VI) ROBERT HOWE SANDS, b. Aug. 6, 1893 at Fitchburg, (VII) DONALD CHADWICK SANDS, b. Sept. 13, 1896 at Fitchburg.
ii. EDITH-FLORENCE, b. Aug. 2, 1872 at Fitchburg, m. Aug. 28, 1909, George Willis Swift of Providence, R. I.
HOWE Jotham, son of Jotham and Eleanor (Henry) Howe of Holden, born May 23, 1810, married Mary M. Townsend who was born in Bethel, Vt., and died Dec. 7, 1879, ae. 62. He died in Princeton, Oct. 16, 1882. Their children were:
i. SARAH-MARIA, b. Dec. 30, 1836, in Sterling, d. Jany. 25, 1854, in Holden.
ii. WARREN, b. Sept. 18, 1839, in Princeton, d. March 5, 1893, m. (Ist) Alma M. Carter, June 24, 1868. Chn .: (I) EVA-M., b. Sept. 8, 1869, (II) LILLIAN-G., b. Nov. 2, 1873, d. June 25, 1891. Alma M., d. Nov. 4, 1878. He m. (2d) Isabel Storm, Dec. 24, 1879. Chn .: (III) EFFIE-ISABEL, b. April 6, 1881, m. (Ist) George Harris, March 3, 1903. Child: (i) Alton Harris, b. July 19, 1904. She m. (2d) George A. Clark, Aug. 30, 19II, (IV) ELLSWORTH-WARREN, b. Nov. 6, 1883, d. Feb. 10, 1898. iii. MARTHA-E., b. May 16, 1843, m. Frederic W. Lamb, Nov., 1865, d. Nov., 1870.
iv. ELINOR-A., b. June 28, 1845, d. March 20, 1910.
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v. MARY-ALICE, b. Aug. 3, 1848, m. William A. Joslyn, June 1, 1871. Chn .: (I) GRACE-E. JOSLYN, b. March 18, 1872, m. Arthur T. Hills, Oct. 25, 1905. Chn .: (i) Arthur-Lawrence-Hills, b. Aug. 3, 1910. (II) FLORENCE-L. JOSLYN, b. June 4, 1875, (III) MARY-ALICE JOSLYN, b. Aug. 28, 1883, d. Sept. 1, 1889.
HOWE Joel, from Holden, brother of Jotham, ancestry not traced, married Oct. 1, 1822, Lydia Merriam. Their children were:
i. URSULA-ANN, b. June 26, 1823.
ii. ABIGAIL-M., b. April 29, 1826.
iii. JOEL-H., b. June 25, 1827, d. July 8, 1827.
HOWE Nicholas-Richardson son of Israel and Sally (Richard- son) Howe, born Oct. 1, 1823 at Princeton, married Nov. 6, 1851, Sophia Norton Brainerd at China, Me. She was the daughter of Dr. James and Priscilla (Chadwick) Brainerd and was born Aug. 23, 1833 at China, Me. She died Dec. 31, 1904 at Fitchburg, Mass. He died May 26, 1903 at Fitchburg, Mass. Their children were:
i. FREDUS N., b. May 2, 1853 in Princeton, m. Oct. 18, 1887, Mary Frances Crosby at Arlington, Mass. One child: (I) ALICE- SOPHIA, b. Aug. 2, 1888. He d. Jan. 11, 1909.
ii. FERDINAND-SCUDDER, b. Dec. 19, 1854 in Princeton, d. Nov. II, 19II in Fitchburg, Mass.
iii. FRANCENA-SOPHIA, b. May 5, 1858 in Princeton. She m. July 2, 1909, Percy Mortimer Blake of Newtonville.
iv. ADDIE-STEVENS, b. Mar. 6, 1860, m. George P. Crosby of Arling- ton, Mass., Feb. 22, 1882. Their children were: (I) RUTH- CHADWICK CROSBY, b. Mar. 4, 1883. (II) CARL-CHESTER CROSBY, b. Mar. 9, 1885, d. Aug. 22, 1898.
v. EDWIN-BRAINERD, b. Nov. 10, 1863 in Princeton, d. Mar. 6, 1872. vi. FLORENCE-ISABEL, b. May 25, 1868, married Walter A. Covell of Fitchburg, Mass., Oct. 18, 1893. Their children were: (I) PRISCILLA-BRAINERD, b. Aug. 8, 1894, (II) RAYNORE, b. April 2, 1896, (III) FLORENCE-SOPHIA, b. May 15, 1899.
vii. MABEL-EDITH, b. July 17, 1870 in Fitchburg, Mass., m. June 9, 1897, George F. Albee, Fitchburg, Mass.
viii. LEON-SAWTELLE, b. April 22, 1875 in Fitchburg, m. Alice Hyatt Armstrong of New York, April 11, 1910.
HOWE Henry-A., son of Thomas and Esther (Carter) Howe, born June 21, 1823, at Roxbury, Mass. He married Aug. 4, 1845, at Dorchester, Mass., Mary B. Howe, daughter of Isaac and Abigail Howe, born Feb. 19, 1822. He died July 12, 1881. She died June 8, 1870. Their children were:
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i. GEORGE-HENRY, b. Jan. 2, 1847.
ii. FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS, b. May 2, 1850, d. May 5, 1879.
iii. CLARENCE-THEODORE, b. May 19, 1852.
iv. ISAAC-THOMAS, b. Oct. 26, 1854.
v. CHARLES-AMOS, b. June 30, 1856, d. Jan. 21, 1891.
vi. HORACE-ALBERT, b. May 30, 1858.
vii. MARY-ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 13, 1860, d. Nov. 16, 1863.
HOYT.
BENJAMIN1 HOYT the head of the Worcester county branch of this family, is supposed to have come from England, and was living in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1727. He removed to Shrewsbury, about 1742, and there died, previous to May 1760. He seems to have married three times (Ist) Katherine Baker, (2ª) Joanna - and (3d) Susanna -.
HOYT Benjamin2, son of Benjamin and Katherine (Baker) Hoyt, born at Ipswich, Dec. 20, 1727, married Eunice Ray daughter of Abel Ray of Marlboro, she died Jany. 3, 1771, ae. 43. He married (2ª) Mary (Warren) Stearns, widow of Benj. Stearns. She died in Princeton, Feb. 8, 1799. He married (3ª) Elizabeth Barry of Oakham (int.) Aug. 19, 1799 and died in 1802 or 3. He appears to have lived in Prince- ton for about five years coming from Hubbardston 1780, and after an absence of another five years returning to Prince- ton, in 1791. The children by first wife were:
i. FRANCIS, b. April 15, 1747, m. Anna Caryl, Nov. 3, 1774, d. Dec. II, 1839.
ii. ASA, b. July 1, 1749, m. 1772, Mary Bartlett and (2ª) 1776, Molly Grimes. He d. Jany. 4, 1832, in Hubbardston, where is a full record of children.
iii. AZUBAH, b. June 4, 1752, d. Sept. 14, 1756.
iv. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 10, 1754.
v. JEMINA, b. July 16, 1756.
vi. EUNICE, b. May 20, 1759, m. Dec. 12, 1781, Benj. Clark of Hub- bardston and removed to Princeton.
vii. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. II, 1761.
1. viii. DAVID (LIEUT), b. May 28, 1764, m. Margaret Cowdin.
ix. JASON, b. June 17, 1767, in Hubbardston, m. Aug. 18, 1794, Lois Gleason, res. in Princeton, until 1786, then removed to New Fane, Vt., and died there Sept. 22, 1849. She died Nov. 11, 1806, ae. 82.
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x. CATHARINE (CATY), b. July 24, 1770, in Hubbardston, m. Feb. 12, 1795, Aaron Livermore of Alstead, N. H. He d. April II, 1842, and she April 21, 1851, eight children.
1. HOYT Lieut-David, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Ray) Hoyt, born May 28, 1764, in Hubbardston, married in Rut- land, June 19, 1786, Margaret Cowdin, who died May 25, 1834, ae. 73. He died Sept. 6, 1805. Their children were:
i. ELIZABETH, b. March 9, 1787, m. Jany. 22, 1807, Phineas Gregory, Jr. and died Oct. 22, 1846.
ii. SALLY, b. Jany. 6, 1789, d. Sept. 21, 1805.
iii. MOSES, b. Jany. 24, 1791, d. April 25, 1792.
iv. DAVID, b. Feb. 25, 1793, m. (Ist) Feb. 9, 1818, Patience Clapp (2d) June 4, 1828, Sarah N. Poole and (3d) Dec. 27, 1867, Hannah May.
v. HANNAH, b. Feb. 15, 1795, m. June 13, 1819, Moses Garfield.
vi. JOEL, b. June 4, 1797, d. March 30, 1812.
vii. POLLY, b. Sept. 19, 1799, d. Sept. 7, 1805.
viii. ELMIRA, b. Jany. 21, 1802, d. Sept. 3, 1805.
ix. MARIA, b. April 20, 1806, m. Nov. 26, 1829, Stephen Hayes of Oxford, and died in Griggsville, Ill., Jany. 2, 1874.
HUBBARD.
HUBBARD Warren, born, in Holden, married Lucy Joslin, daughter of William and Rhoda Joslin of Hubbardston. Mr. Hubbard was a resident of Princeton for 40 years, remov- ing from Holden in 1831, and returning in 1871 to his native town. His wife died Nov. 20, 1864, ae. 58. Their children were:
i. MARY-J., b. Oct. 13, 1831, d. March 31, 1859.
ii. AUGUSTA, b. Aug. 7, 1833.
iii. CAROLINE, b. Sept. 28, 1835, d. July 8, 1836.
iv. LUNA-J., b. Oct. 7, 1837, d. April 5, 1838.
v. WILLIAM-J., b. June 4, 1839, d. Aug. 7, 1839.
vi. SARAH-S., b. Feb. 22, 1841.
vii. ELLEN-Z., b. Aug. 28, 1842, d. Jany. 25, 1843.
viii. CYNTHIA-A., b. Dec. 16, 1846, d. Feb. 28, 1850.
HUBBARD Abram-W., son of Jonas and Sarah (Wheeler) Hubbard, was born April 19, 1824, at Holden, Mass., married April 19, 1853, Persis B. Keyes, at Princeton. She was the daughter of Ezra B. and Abigail (Nelson) Keyes and was born Oct. 18, 1831, at Princeton. Their children were:
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i. GEORGE-W., b. Dec. 14, 1853, m. (Ist) Lovana-Kennison, Apr. 29, 1876. One child: (I) DELLA-MAY, b. Dec. 22, 1876, d. Oct. 7, 1913, m. (2d) Annie H. Holbrook, June 3, 1895.
ii. ABBIE-L., b. May 8, 1856, m. Uriel H. Tuttle, May 17, 1887.
iii. MARTHA-C., b. Apr. 2, 1860.
iv. IDA-S., b. Apr. 4, 1862, m. Everett E. Bates, Oct. 10, 1883. Their chn. were: (I) RALPH-A., b. Mar. 28, 1886, (II) INEZ-M., b. Dec. 26, 1888.
v. CHARLES-U., b. Jan. 23, 1864, m. Josephine Emmett, Nov. 18, 1896. Their chn. were: (I) CLIFFORD-E., b. Aug. 26, 1897, (II) FRANCES-K., b. June 6, 1899.
vi. WILLIAM-B., b. Feb. 9, 1866, m. Mrs. Stella Pratt, Apr. 29, 19II. vii. EDGAR-E., b. Oct. 2, 1868, m. Dec. 1, 1896, Nellie Louise Part- ridge, dau. Lyman F. and Mary R. (Wellington) Partridge, b. Apr. 21, 1873. Chn. were: (I) LOUISE-ELEANOR, b. Apr. II, 1898, in Princeton, (II) KENNETH-WELLINGTON, b. Oct. 22, 1907, in Worcester.
viii. ELMER-A., b. Mar. 4, 1871, m. Lizzie F. Hobbs, May 17, 1896. Their chn. were: (I) EMMA-A., b. Jan. 5, 1898, (II) CLAYTON-E.,
b. Dec. 28, 1899, (III) SARAH P., b. Sept. 14, 1903, (IV) JOHN-C., b. Sept. 17, 1907, (v) CHARLES-H., b. July 12, 1909.
ix. EMMA-A., b. Feb. 2, 1873, d. Nov. 28, 1895.
x. EDWARD-J., b. Apr. 14, 1875.
HUTCHINSON.
HUTCHINSON Arthur-Edwin, son of Alfred William and Hulda Lovina Hutchinson, born April 23, 1873, at Hebron, Conn., married Sept. 2, 1896, at Columbia, Conn., Grace Viola Battey, daughter of William Waters and Lillian Adella Battey, b. March 8, 1873, at New Brittain, Conn. Children:
i. DORIS-IRENE, b. Sept. 9, 1898.
ii. EVA-LOVINA, b. April 25, 1902.
iii. LYDIA-GRACE, b. July 12, 191I.
JEWETT.
JEWETT Ebenezer1, son of Amos and Priscilla, born in Sterling, 1769, died in Princeton, Sept. 21, 1854, ae. 85, his wife Sally (Rugg) Jewett, Jany. 20, 1867, ae. 94.
2. i. ZENAS, b. Nov. 16, 1800, m. Claramon Mirick.
2. JEWETT Zenas2, son of the above Ebenezer1 and Sally, born in Sterling, Nov. 16, 1800, married Nov. 2, 1823, Claramon
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Mirick, born July 23, 1803. She d. Oct. 14, 1886 in Princeton. He d. Jany. II, 1872. Their children were:
i. ANGELINE-SOPHRONIA, b. March 3, 1825, d. Jany. 20, 1845.
ii. SILAS-HERVEY, b. April 17, 1826, m. Sally Taylor, Aug. 5, 1847.
iii. ZENAS-FORSON, b. Nov. 11, 1830, m. Jany. 1, 1857, Mary J. May, Leominster.
iv. SAMUEL-J., b. Sept. 12, 1835, m. (Ist) Jany. 2, 1871, (2d) Jan. 6, 1880, Pamelia O. Stewart of Sterling.
JOHNSON.
JOHNSON William, 1 son of William and Miriam, born in Brook- field, June 3, 1788, married (Ist) Hepzibah Cheever, April 6, 1808, who d. Jany. 4, 1828, ae. 39. Married, (2d) Sept. 23, 1829, Dorcas Rice of Holden, who died Dec. 17, 1851, ae. 58, (3d) Experience Homer of Rutland. He was a soldier in 1812 and a resident of Princeton for at least fifty years.
He died Oct. 8, 1879, ae. 91. His children were:
i. ELIZABETH, b. --- , m. E. Page of Waltham.
ii. MIRIAM-W., b. -, m. Thomas F. Hammond of Natick, Dec. 31, 1837.
iii. WILLIAM-C., b. - 1819, d. in Fall River, Dec. 15, 1842.
iv. EDWIN-R., b. Feb. 12, 1831, in Holden, d. Feb. 16, 1884, 3 children. Wm. T., Charlotte L. and Mary Elizabeth who m. a Fiske.
v. THEODORE W., b. - , 1833 in Holden, d. May 27, 1863.
JONES.
The families of this name in Princeton, are the representatives of two distinct lines of ancestry, Lewis1 of Watertown and John1 of Cambridge.
LEWIS1 JONES was in Watertown early and died in 1684. His son Josiah2, b. 1643, married Lydia Treadway and had John3, b. March 19, 1686-7, and married Mehitable Garfield. Their son John4 born in Newton, Oct. 30, 1716, lived in Dedham and Dover and is recorded as "a Surveyor, Col., Sheriff, and Justice, a strong Tory, a man of great influence." He married (Ist) in Natick, Hannah Morse, who died April 13, 1754, and he married (2ª) Tabitha Battelle of Dover. He had five children by first wife and five by the second among them John5.
The ancestor of the other line, JOHN1 of Cambridge, 1648, and subsequently of Concord, died in 1673, leaving a widow Dorcas, John2 their son, born July 6, 1656, married Mary Farwell. John3 son of John and Sarah, born Jany. 6, 1690, married Anna
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Brooks, daughter of Daniel and Anna (Merriam) Brooks of Concord, July 25, 1716.
JONES Maj .- Ebenezer4 (John3, John2, John1), son of John3 and Anna (Brooks) Jones of Concord, b. Dec. 8, 1726, married Mary Wheeler and said to have had fifteen children, was in Princeton a proprietor 1759, was on the records as Ensign, Capt. and Major in the Revolutionary war. He died Nov. 4, 1779, in Princeton and she Dec. 23, 1784, ae. 52. Their children as recorded were:
1. i. NATHAN, b. April 21, 1753.
ii. LUCY b. - , 1757, d. July 12, 1779, ae. 22.
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iii. EPHRAIM ( b. - , 1757, d. June 21, 1784, ae. 27.
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v. EBENEZER, b .. -, m. April 15, 1788, Nancy Boylston.
vi. BETSEY, b. - -, m. 1781, Benjamin Joslin of New Braintree.
vii. ANNA, b. Nov. 16, 1763, m. (int.) March 10, 1785, Elihu Wilder of Sterling.
viii. JOHN, b. Nov. 17, 1765.
ix. NABBY, b. Nov. 23, 1767, d. 1775.
x. NABBY (2d), b. -, m. Eliphalet Rogers, March 9, 1775.
xi. TIMOTHY, b. April 29, 1769, m. Lucy, dau. of Timothy Jones, dec'd., 1804, supposed to be of Princeton.
xii. CHARLOTTE, b. March 26, 1771, d. Sept. 7, 1775.
xiii. FARWELL, b. Jany. 24, 1775, d. Westminster, Dec. 31, 1804.
1. JONES Nathan5 (Maj. Ebenezer4, John3, John2, John1), son of the above Maj. Ebenezer4 and Mary (Wheeler) Jones, born April 21, 1753, married Oct. 4, 1774, Mercy Parmenter of Rutland, daughter of Joseph. They had eight children in Princeton and two in Ashburnham. In 1785 he advertised his farm for sale " 100 acres I mile from N. H." The house where he lived has since been removed. He died in Ashburn- ham, April 8, 1827. She died Dec. 27, 1835. Their children were:
i. NATHAN, b. April 13, 1775, res. Vt. later Mich. and had family.
ii. MARY, b. Oct. 17, 1777, m. Capt. Corse, res. Moretown, Vt.
iii. BENJ .- G., b. Dec. 11, 1779.
iv. LUCY, b. June 2, 1782, d. July II, 1782.
v. JOHN, b. Nov. 24, 1783, m. Dec. 17, 1809, Lucy Lane of Ashburn- ham, went to Dublin, N. H. and had family.
vi. ANNA, b. Jan. 21, 1787, m. Elias Lane.
vii. EBENEZER, b. July 26, 1789, m. Lucinda Reed, d. Sept. 1, 1825.
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viii. ABEL-P., b. March 13, 1792, m. Mary Carey, res. Westford, d. Ashburnham, Jany. 13, 1836.
ix. BETSEY, b. July 24, 1795, m. Oct. 16, 1827, Aaron E. Hadley, res. Burlington and Montpelier.
X. WILDER, b. July 2, 1798, res. Boston.
JONES Capt. John5 (John4, John3, Joshua2, Lewis1), eldest son of John4 and Hannah (Morse) Jones, born Feb. 4, 1743. His father owned a lot of land 230 acres, in Princeton. His house was near David Rice's. In his Journal he records 1765, " Gave my eldest son John Jones, a deed of 105 acres of land in my farm at Princeton adjoining to Col. Brattles Farm, to pay included at the sum of £105, L.M. Portion." About this time, certainly by 1768, he was in Princeton, his brother Amos having sold him 90 acres adjoining the lot above mentioned. Amos taught school in Barre, and died Nov. 19, 1776, ae. 23, in Lebanon, Me. John5 married Oct. 19, 1769, Betty Hapgood of Rutland Dist. Upon his death, the widow married in 1781, Benj. Joslin of New Braintree. His father's Journal records " John Jones died of ye Small Pox at Crown Point, July 4, 1776, Having had command of Company in ye service of ye United American States, ever since ye 19th of April, 1775." He left a widow and four children in Princeton " on his Estate." His farm was sold 1782, by administrators Benj. and Betty Joslin. His children were:
i. ANNA, b. July 12, 1770, d. ae. " 100 less ten days," res. Homer, N. Y.
ii. HANNAH, b. Jany. 10, 1772.
iii. BETTY, b. Dec. 6, 1773.
2. iv. JOHN, b. Aug. 25, 1775, m. Sally Watson.
2. JONES John6 (Capi. John5, John4, John3, Joshua2, Lewis1), son of the above Capt. John5 and Betty Hapgood Jones, born Aug. 25, 1775, married Oct. 9, 1794, Sally Watson. He died March, 1809, she died in Concord after marrying again, aged 94 y. 19 days. Children of John and Sally were:
i. SARAH-WHEELER, b. Feb. 27, 1795, d. May 8, 1823.
ii. HARRIET, b. Feb. 24, 1796, m. Joel Prentice. He d. 1839.
iii. BETSEY (ELIZABETH), b. June 7, 1797, d. Aug. 1, 1817, G.S.
iv. JOHN, b. Aug. 1, 1798, d. Annapolis, Md.
v. CLARISSA, b. Nov. 17, 1799, m. Andrew Edwards.
vi. MARY-BARNES, b. Feb. 28, 1801.
vii. NATHAN-WATSON, b. April 27, 1803.
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KENDALL.
The common ancestor of the New England Kendalls FRANCIS1 was born in England and came to America about 1640, located in Charlestown, Mass., and was one of the incorporators of the town of Woburn, Mass. He took the Freeman's oath May 26, 1647. His son Thomas2 by wife Ruth had a son Samuel3 who by wife Elizabeth had a family of fifteen children; the eldest son, Josiah4, married Esther Sawyer of Sterling. Josiah5 mar- ried Tabitha Wyman of Woburn, their son Herman6, lived in Sterling, in that part of the town known as the Leg. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was stationed at New York. Heman7 Jr., of Sterling, was father of Josephus8 of Princeton.
KENDALL JOSEPHUS8 ( Heman7, Heman6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Samuel3, Thomas2, Francis1), son of Heman6 and Submit (Tuttle) Kendall, born June 27, 1808, married Dec. 29, 1842, Huldah-Electa Parmenter, dau. of Solomon and Mary (Allen) Parmenter of Holden, Mass., she was born Nov. 14, 1819, and died Sept. 10, 1870, ae. 50. He died Aug. 19, 1870, ae. 62. Children :
i. CLARA-MARIA, b. Nov. 12, 1843, m. June 4, 1863, George Edwin Ford of Holden. Chn .: (I) EUGENIA-HELEN-MARIA FORD, b. May 7, 1870, in East Princeton, d. Sept. 19, 1870, in Holden, (II) MILLICENT-ELBERTHA FORD, b. Dec. 27, 1875, in Fitchburg.
ii. GEORGE-FRAZIER, b. Oct. 9, 1845, in Worcester, Mass., m. March 28, 1866, Mrs. Melissa Wilcox Harrington Collins.
iii. CHARLES-ALLEN, b. Nov. 27, 1847, in Princeton, d. March 4, 1885. iv. MARY-EMELINE, b. Nov. 10, 1850, m. April 23, 1872, Solomon Wilcox Collins of Warsaw, Indiana, 3 chn.
v. FRANK-HEMAN, b. April 2, 1855, in Worcester, Mass., m. Aug. 4, 1877, Dora Elizabeth Brown of Hubbardston, Mass., I child.
vi. EDDIE-JOSEPHUS, b. Aug. 7, 1860, in Shelbourn Falls, Mass., m. April 7, 1883, Fannie-Henrietta-Nutting of Grafton, Mass. I child.
KENDALL Samuel, ancestry untraced; came to Princeton with wife Rachel and had three children born in Princeton.
i. TAMAR, b. Dec. 10, 1774, d. Dec. 10, 1774.
ii. SAMUEL, b. June 17, 1776.
iii. TAMAR, b. July 22d, 1774, d. Dec. 10, 1779.
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KEYES.
There is some uncertainty in regard to the ancestral relations of the numerous branches of this family in Princeton and else- where, but they probably were all descendants from ROBERT1, who came early to New England and settled in Watertown in 1633. Elias2, son of ROBERT1, born May 20, 1643, settled in Sudbury, married Sarah Blandford and had several children.
The first of the Keyes family in Princeton was Sarah, daughter of " the famous Maj. John Keyes" of Shrewsbury, who married Joshua Wilder, son of Capt. Nathaniel Wilder of Lancaster and removed to Princeton, of which place they were the first settlers. Their daughter said to be the first white child born in Princeton.
The third settlement in town was made by Robert4, well known as the father of "Lucy, the lost child of Wachusett."
KEYES Robert4 (Stephen3, Elias2, Robert1), son of Stephen3 and Anna (Robbins) Keyes, born in Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 21, 17II, married in Shrewsbury, Dec. 24, 1740, Martha, daughter of Asa and Martha (Eager) Bowker. They were both members of the Church and were dismissed in 1764, from Shrewsbury, to " one about to be in Princeton."
It was in May, 1751, that Robert, with his family, removed to the district of Princetown and settled on the farm which he had purchased of Benjamin Muzzey at the foot of Wachu- sett, east side. Mr. Keyes was by trade a blacksmith and probably had a small shop near his house where he combined blacksmithing with farming, or at least fashioned the rude implements necessary to pioneer farming. The foundations of these two buildings are still visible. Mrs. Keyes died August 9, 1789, ae. 68, and her husband March I, 1795. The children of Robert and Martha were:
i. STEPHEN, b. Jany. 19, 1742, d. Dec. 20, 1748.
ii. JONAS, b. Dec. 24, 1743, d. July 21, 1822, in Princeton.
iii. MARTHA, b. Dec. 6, 1745, m. Nov. 24, 1799, John Gleason.
iv. ANNA, b. June 21, 1748, m. Oct. 30, 1769, Samuel Mosman.
v. LUCY, b. Aug. 15, 1750. "The lost child." (See sketch of Lucy Keyes, in Vol. I.)
vi. PHEBE, b. July 31, 1752, m. Jude Sawyer, who d. Gardner, 1845, ae. 93, no issue.
vii. ABRAHAM, b. March 10, 1755.
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viii. MARY, b. July 19, 1757, "at Wachusett."
1. ix. SOLOMON, b. June 28, 1762, m. Mrs. Betsey Rand.
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