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X. LUCRETIA, b. Sept. 6, 1764 (v.R.) (Keyes gen. gives it Martha).
1. KEYES Solomon5 (Robert4, Stephen3, Elias2, Robert1), youngest son of the above Robert and Martha (Bowker) Keyes, born June 28, 1762, married in Weston, Oct. 2, 1796, Mrs. Betsey Rand, widow of Thomas Rand (widow Elizabeth in V.R.). Her maiden name was Hemenway. He died Feb. 29, 1808 and she, Dec. 25, the same year. Their children were:
i. STEPHEN, b. Feb. 20, 1797, m. Eunice Jennison, int. Oct. 13, 1821. Their dau. Rosina Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1822, m. and d. Nor- wich, N. Y., and left a son Stephen, a Clergyman. Stephen first mentioned s. of Solomon, went to Michigan, returned east as far as Norwich, N. Y., where he died about 1869.
ii. LUCINDA, b. Sept. 14, 1798, m. Samuel Everett Feb. 9, 1825 and d. Jany. 9, 1868.
iii. PHEBE, b. Dec. 11, 1800, m. Hezekiah Keyes, res. W. Boylston.
iv. LUCRETIA, b. Oct. 19, 1802, m. Jubal Harrington, Worcester.
v. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1805, d. Oct. 15, 1810.
vi. MARTHA-BOWKER, b. Aug. 26, 1807, d. Feb. 23, 1808.
KEYES John5 (John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of John4 and Abigail (Livermore) Keyes, born Aug. 7, 1753, in Boylston, married Sept. 4, 1777, in Shrewsbury, Lucy Hale of Winchen- don or Boxford. They went to Wilton, N. H., and to Prince- ton in Dec., 1781, with sons John and Jotham. He died Aug. 23, 1839, and she, April 24, 1850, ae. 93. Their chil- dren were:
i. JOHN (Rev.), b. Aug. 28, 1778, at Wilton, N. H., grad. Dartmouth, 1803, ordained pastor Presbyterian Ch., Amboy, N. Y., pastor Cong. Ch., Walcott, Ct., 1814-1824, m. April 25, 1824, Mary Carmichael of Morristown, d. Dover, Ohio, Jany. 21, 1867.
ii. JOTHAM, b. Aug. 12, 1780 at Wilton, N. H., m. (Ist) Sally Moore, (2ª) Susan Hartwell. He d. May 25, 1866, in Princeton, ae. 85.
iii. LUCY, b. April 16, 1783, d. Jany. 31, 1850, ae. 66, unmarried.
iv. BETSEY, b. Aug. 2, 1785, m. Charles Gregory, she d. June 5, 1868. v. RUTH, b. Aug. 20, 1787, m. Oct. 5, 1811, Nathan Merriam of Westminster.
vi. SUSANNA, b. Nov. 14, 1789.
2. vii. AMos, b. April 30, 1792, m. Sophia Robbins.
viii. PHEBE, b. Jany. 4, 1795, d. Oct. 10, 1870.
ix. MOSES, b. Oct. 2, 1797, m. Hannah G. Baxter, (int.) Feb. 15, 1823.
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2. KEYES Amos6 (John5, John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of John5 and Lucy (Hale) Keyes, born April 30, 1792, married June 17, 1817, Sophia Robbins, daughter of Levi of Sterling, born March 27, 1794, died Oct. 23, 1884, ae. 90. He died March 26 (g.s.), 1880. Their children were:
i. PETER-KENDALL, b. March II, 1819, m. Nov. 23, 1842, Fanny Mason. One son: (I) HERBERT-L., m. and res. N. Y. City, children: (i) Florence and (ii) William.
3. ii. EZRA-SAWYER, b. Sept. 20, 1820, m. A. Florilla Beaman.
iii. AMOS-HERVEY, b. March 23, 1824.
4. iv. CHARLES-NELSON, b. April 29, 1830, m. Anne E. Parker.
3. KEYES Ezra-Sawyer7 (Amos6, John5, John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of Amos6 and Sophia (Robbins) Keyes, born Sept. 20, 1820, married May 30, 1844, Abigail Florilla Beaman, b. Aug. 2, 1823, d. May 4, 1876. He died -. Their children were:
i. MYRA-CORDELIA, b. Jany. 17, 1847, d. Nov. 18, 1865.
ii. ATWOOD-BEAMAN, b. Oct. 30, 1850, m. Nov. 26, 1872, Ella S. Hastings, b. July, 1850, a daughter MARY FLORILLA, b. May 6, 1874.
iii. LUNA-FLORENCE, b. Dec. 27, 1857.
iv. CHESTER-DELANO, b. Sept. 20, 1861.
v. FANNY-AUGUSTA, b. June 20, 1863.
4. KEYES Charles-Nelson7 (Amos6, John5, John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of Amos and brother of the above Amos-Hervey, b. April 29, 1830, married May Io, 1854, Anne E. Parker. Children :
i. WILLIAM-HARWOOD, b. June 9, 1856, m. Alida Elizabeth Gil- christ, Dec. 30, 1880, children: (1) HARWOOD-ANDREW, b. Dec. 10, 1882, m. Grace Alberta Martin, Oct. 9, 1906, children: (i) Norman Harwood, b. Feb. 23, 1908, d. April 28, 1909, (ii) Florence Alida, b. Oct. 23, 1909, (iii) Mabel Alice, b. Feb. 2, 19II. ii. MINETTE-FRANCIS, b. Sept. 7, 1858, d. June 14, 1878.
iii. EMMA-DORA, b. March 26, 1860, m. Loelah Martella Newton, Oct. 4, 1879, children: (I) CHARLES-FREDERICK NEWTON, b. May 21, 1880, (II) WILLIE ELLSWORTH NEWTON, b. May 18, 1881, (III) NELLIE FRANCES NEWTON, b. Nov. 2, 1883, (IV) NELLIE GERTRUDE NEWTON, b. Nov. 15, 1887, (v) SIDNEY LOUIS EARL NEWTON, b. May 5, 1889, (VI) BERTHA ELIZABETH NEWTON, b. Sept. 25, 1892, (VII) EMMA VIOLA PEARL NEWTON, b. Feb. 1, 1900.
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iv. ANDREW-AUGUSTUS, b. Nov. 20, 1861.
v. MELLVILLE-WARREN, b. Oct. 28, 1866, m. Anna Maude Chase, one child: BERTHA MAY, b. June 5, 1891, d. Aug., 1891.
vi. KENDALL-GRANT, b. Dec. 28, 1868, m. Mary Ella Lamb, May 22, 1895. One child: STANLEY-WARREN, b. Aug. 17, 1903.
vii. CHARLES-EDWIN, b. April 5, 1870, m. in Marlboro, Mass., July I, 1896, Mette Maria Autzen, b. Jordkirch, Germany, Aug. 7, I865. Children: (1) RUDOLPH-HOWARD, b. Fitchburg, Sept. 22, 1897, (II) (an adopted daughter) MILDRED-IRENE, b. Wor- cester, Mass., Aug. 7, 1897, adopted Feb. 7, 1902.
viii. FREDDIE-HERBERT, b. June 26, 1874, d. Sept. 24, 1875.
ix. DAISY-M .- ROSEANNE, b. June 30, 1877, m. Arthur Harriman Hall, May 27, 1896, one child: ARTHUR NELSON, b. Aug. 20, 1896.
KEYES Silas5 (John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of John4 and Abigail (Livermore) Keyes, born Aug. 7, 1757, married Sarah Lovejoy of Methuen, lived for a time in Wilton, N. H., came to Princeton in November, 1782, with one child. She, Sarah L., died June 19, 1830, ae. 71, in Northboro, and he, Aug. 18, 1840. Their children were:
i. SARAH, b. May 1, 1782, in Wilton, N. H., d. unmarried.
ii. JEMIMA, b. Feb. 16, 1784, m. July 4, 1820, Nathaniel Howard of Wilton.
iii. SILAS, b. Dec. 29, 1785, m. Sept. 18, 1832, Rebecca Pratt of Temple, N. H.
iv. PHEBE, b. Aug. 17, 1787, m. Moses Tyler of Boston.
v. EPHRAIM, b. March 21, 1789.
vi. JONATHAN, b. March 6, 1791, m. Sept. 30, 1819.
vii. JOANNA, b. Nov. 7, 1793, m. Jany. 13, 1828, H. C. Currier of Bow, N. H.
viii. PERSIS, b. Feb. 13, 1795, m. Azor Maynard.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. May 7, 1797, m. Wm. R. Stacy.
x. WARREN, b. June 23, 1799, m. Nov. 6, 1823, Lucy H. Cummings of Temple, N. H.
KEYES Thomas5 (John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of John4 and Abigail, with his wife Ruth (Atherton) (Davis) Keyes and her son Jacob Davis, came to Princeton from Bolton in November, 1781, and settled in the east part of the town. His wife Ruth died Jany. 13, 1788. He m. (2ª) Eunice Knight of Bolton, and had a family probably in Bolton. He distin- guished himself among his acquaintances as a rhymer. Served
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three years in the Revolutionary War. He d. in Fairfax, Vt., Nov. 2, 1845. Children of first wife:
i. RUTH, b. Jany. I, 1782 in Princeton, prob. d. young.
ii. MOLLY, b. April 29, 1784.
iii. THOMAS JR., b. 1786, in Northboro, Mass.
Children of second wife:
iv. RUTH-M., b. 1790, m. and had several children.
v. IRA, b. April 20, 1792, was a teacher of considerable note, d. Jany. 18, 1843, unmarried.
vi. DAVID, b. April 19, 1794, m. Linda, dau. of Daniel and Mary Bruce, 3 chn., two d. in infancy.
vii. ZIBA, b. Dec. 9, 1796, m. 1828, Lois, dau. of Daniel and Mary Bruce.
KEYES Ephraim5 (John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), a brother of John, Thomas and Silas, born March 14, 1761, married Feb. 16, 1790, Sally Geary of Boylston. She was born in Putney, Vt., Feb. 28, 1767, daughter of Ichabod and Sally Geary and died Jany. 25, 1857, ae. 89. He died Feb. 17, 1837, ae. 75. Their children were:
i. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 8, 1791, married Betsey Pratt, and resided in Sterling, had a daughter, Mrs. George Buttrick of Sterling.
ii. SALLY, b. Nov. 7, 1793, m. May 15, 1821, John Murdock of Westminster.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 23, 1795, m. (int.) Oct. 9, 1816, Jonathan Whit- comb of Stow.
5. iv. SILAS, b. Oct. 1, 1791, m. (Ist) Julia Brooks, (2d) Martha Keyes. v. BETSEY, b. Sept. 20, 1799, m. Jany. 22, 1823, Asa Sawyer of Fitchburg.
vi. LYDIA, b. Dec. 2, 1801, m. Earl C. Gordon of Salem, N. H.
vii. EBENEZER, b. May 3, 1806, d. Feb. 28, 1810.
viii. PERSIS, b. July 28, 1804, m. Feb. 18, 1842, Rev. R. W. Fuller, Westmoreland, N. H.
ix. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 19, 1808, d. Feb. 24, 1810.
5. KEYES Silas6 (Ephraim5, John4, John3, Elias2, Robert1), son of the above Ephraim5 and Sally (Geary) Keyes, born Oct. I, 1797, married June 5, 1821 (Ist) Julia Brooks, who died May 14, 1836, ae. 35. He married (2ª) Oct. 20, 1836, Martha Keyes of Lancaster, daughter of David and Jedediah (Sawyer) Keyes of Boylston, she d. May 24, 1873, ae. 64. He died July 3, 1877. Their children were:
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i. AUGUSTA, b. Aug. 5, 1824, m. May 15, 1845, Gamaliel S. Beaman, 2 sons and I dau.
ii. JOSEPH-DARWIN, b. Sept. 11, 1825, d. Jany. 7, 1827.
iii. ADALINE, b. May 31, 1827, m. May 31, 1847, Laban Cushing of Fitchburg, 3 dau.
iv. GEORGE-EDWARDS (I), b. Nov. 27, 1832, d. July 17, 1835.
v. EMILY-SOPHIA, b. April 27, 1834, m. Wm. Baker, res. Nelson, N. H., 2 sons and I dau.
vi. JULIA-BROOKS, May 14, 1836, m. 1863, J. W. Lawrence, res. Roxbury.
vii. GEORGE-EDWARDS (2ª), b. Oct. 1, 1838, enlisted in 36th Reg. Inf. M. V. Co. A., mustered in July 21, 1862, killed June 17, 1864, at Petersburg, Va.
viii. SARAH-SAWYER, b. Aug. 8, 1840, m. 1862, Edwin K. Keyes, son of Moses, of Fitchburg, 2 chn .: (I) HARRY, d. in infancy and (II) MURRAY K., b. Sept. 27, 1870.
ix. CHARLES-HOWE, b. Aug. 29, 1842, m. Lucinda A. Huntley of Fitchburg, res. Dixon, Ill.
X. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 24, 1844, d. Fitchburg, 1872, m. Lauretta Stiles. A son Feb. 5, 1872.
ix. JOHN-EPHRAIM, b. June 27, 1847, d. May 1, 1868, ae. 20.
xii. HENRY-FULLER, b. Dec. 18, 1849, res. on the Old Ephraim Keyes place.
KEYES Deacon Timothy5 (Jonathan4, Thomas3, Elias2, Robert1), son of Jonathan4 and Patience (Morse) Keyes, bapt. Nov. 4, 1733, married May 1, 1755, Prudence Wilder. He was a deacon; both were members of the church. He died 1810, in Rutland. Their children were:
i. LEMUEL, b. April 16, 1768, res. Chicopee, Mass.
ii. PATIENCE, b. July 21, 1761.
iii. JONES, b. Sept. 28, 1764, m. and res. in Wilbraham, large family.
iv. BETTY, b. March 21, 1759.
v. CATE, b. June 7, 1770.
KEYES Cyprian5 (Dea. Cyprian4, Thomas3, Elias2, Robert1), son of Dea. Cyprian4 and Hepzibah, born in Shrewsbury, Jany. 9, 1735, married May 27, 1756, Martha Bush, daughter of John and Martha (Temple) Bush, born Jany. 13, 1738. She died Nov. 19, 1822. He of Shrewsbury, 1763, probably did not move to Princeton before 1771 or 2. Two of his children were born in Princeton. His children were:
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i. DAVID, b. July 13, 1757, d. Nov. 23, 1775, in Shrewsbury.
ii. CYPRIAN, b. Jany. 31, 1759, d. in Revolutionary War.
6. iii. ISRAEL, b. July 20, 1760, m. Dolly Temple.
iv. PATTY or MARY, b. Feb. 4, 1762, m. and d. Guilford, N. Y.
v. PEABODY, b. Nov. 1, 1763, m. Jany. 12, 1789, Persis Brooks, removed to Jackson, Tioga Co., Penn., about 1802, found dead in road on the ice. 4 chn., many descendants.
vi. LEVINAH, b. March 25, 1765, m. Joseph Baker.
vii. PERSIS, b. April 5, 1767, m. and d. in Guilford, N. Y.
viii. ELIZABETH, b. July 1, 1768, m. Daniel Cheever, Feb. 1, 1786.
ix. LUCY, b. May 13, 1770, m. Alpheus Stratton, d. in Rutland, 1830.
x. JOTHAM, b. June 23, 1772.
xi. EZRA, b. Jany. 30, 1775. And three others died in youth.
6. KEYES Israel6 (Cyprian5, Dea. Cyprian4, Thomas3, Elias2, Robert1), son of Cyprian5 and Martha (Bush) Keyes, born July 20, 1760, married March 7, 1782, Dolly Temple, daughter of Jonas and Dolly, born in Boylston, March 7, 1760, died in Princeton, Feb. 17, 1850. He came from Gardner about 1786 and was a Revolutionary soldier. He died in Princeton, Sept. 14, 1841, ae. 81. The children said to have been born in Princeton, except Dennis who was born in Gardner. Their children were:
i. DENNIS, b. Sept. 20, 1784, m. April 9, 1807, Sally Rice. He d. in Princeton, Sept. 21, 1847. Children: (I) JOHN L., (II) DAVID- D., (III) ISRAEL-N., (IV) SUE.
ii. EZRA-B., b. Aug. 8, 1786, in Princeton, m. Abigail Nelson of Sterling, April 17, 1821, she d. March 24, 1874, ae. 84 and he Aug. 7, 1877. Their children were: (I) GEORGE-W., b. Dec. 28, 1822, m. May 1, 1849, Martha C. Brigham, Worcester, Mass., no children. He d. at Pecatonica, Ill .; (II) LOUISA-H., b. Sept. 18, 1827, m. June 28, 1849, Charles Pierce of Rutland, a son, Frank Eugene Pierce, who is m. and has a daughter, (III) ABBIE- PERSIS-BLANCHARD, b. Oct. 16, 1831, m. April, 1853, Abram W. Hubbard of Holden.
iii. JONAS-T., b. Oct. 28, 1788, m. - , 1812, -, d. Oct. 29, 1831, in Eastport, Me.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. May 21, 1791, m. Feb. 28, 1813, Seth Whittemore of Paxton, d. in N. Y., May 20, 1823.
v. JOTHAM, b. Dec. 3, 1793, m. Jany. 15, 1824, Arobia Robbins, b. in Lancaster and d. in Princeton, April 2, 1876, ae. 75. He d. Feb. 24 (family say 23), 1871. Children: (I) EDWIN-R., b. June 6, 1833, d. Sept. 14, 1854, (II) MARY-R., b. July 30, 1835,
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d. Oct. 17, 1858 in Charlestown, Mass., (III) W .- P., b. June 23, 1840, d. Dec. 22, 1844, (IV) GEORGE-W., b. Dec. 13, 1824 at Watertown.
vi. DOLLY-T., b. Oct. 26, 1798, m. March 19, 1820, Abram Hager, (2ª) Charles Brown, she d. at St. Paul, Minn.
vii. viii. Twins, b. April 23, 1802, d. April 23, 1802.
ix. CORNELIA-B., b. Dec. 19, 1804 m. Oct. 26, 1826, Col. Ezekiel Brown, she d. Cato, Kansas, Aug. 1, 1883.
KEYES Daniel, born Nov. II, 1764, in Lancaster, son of Eli Jr., and Hannah Howe and grandson of Eli of Shrewsbury, line not identified; with his wife Jedidah and five children came from Lancaster, Jany. 5, 1809. She was a daughter of Josiah and Abigail Sawyer, born in Lancaster and died in Princeton, Feb. 14, 1850, ae. 83. Children:
i. SALLY, b. July, 1795, Lancaster, d. in Princeton, Jany. 22, 1856, ae. 60.
ii. JOHN, b. Dec., 1797, d. Jany. 23, 1845, leaving a son JOHN KEYES.
iii. MARY, b. July, 1801, m. July 3, 1823, Elisha N. Hager, Sterling.
iv. LUCINDA, b. 1804, Lancaster, d. in Princeton, ae. 54.
v. MARTHA, b. July 13, 1808, d. Princeton, May 27, 1873, m. Silas Keyes. (His (2ª) wife.)
vi. CHARLES-How, b. May 7, 1811, in Princeton, d. May 27, 1839. vii. MARY, b. -.
KILBURN.
The ancestry of this Princeton family is difficult to trace, fragmentary, and disconnected with the original stock. For lack of definite information the record begins with those who first came to this town.
KILBURN Calvin2, son of Isaac1 and Hannah (Joanna) Ordway Kilburn, of Lancaster, born Nov. 1, 1757, married Oct. 9, 1783, Mary Stratton, born in Rutland, died Sept. 15, 1847, ae. 89. He was published Oct. 28, 1848, when 90 years old to Mrs. Susan Sanderson (70), daughter of John Warren. He died Jany. 23, 1852 (a Revolutionary soldier). She died Jany. 22, 1861, ae. 85. Children of Calvin and Mary were:
i. ISAAC, b. March 30, 1788.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 29, 1789.
iii. SALLY, b. - - -.
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iv. SALLY (2d), b. July 21, 1793, m. March 25, 1813, James Winch of Holden.
v. ELI, b. April 3, 1796.
vi. MARY, b. March 18, 1800, m. Nov. 28, 1821, Charles B. Temple.
KILBURN Capt .- James3 (Col .- Timothy2, Dea. Joseph1), son of Col. Timothy2 and Relief, born in 1780, grandson of Dea. Joseph of Rowley, who was brother of Isaac1. Capt. James3 married April 22, 1813, Anna Beaman, daughter of Jonas and Rebecca (Whitcomb) Beaman of Sterling, came to Princeton 1813, and back to Sterling in 1821. He died in Sterling, Oct., 1828 and she Feb. 27, 1868, ae. 80, at Meriden, N. H. Their children were:
i. REBECCA-B., b. Dec. 27, 1816, m. Harrison Brown, res. Meriden, N. H.
ii. JAMES JR., b. Jany. 8, 1819 in the Stone house on the "East side road," m. Harriet B. Barton, 1880, res. Lincoln, Nebraska since 1867. He named the town of Princeton in Nebraska for his native town.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Jany. 15, 1821, d. Sept. 3, 1831, ae. IO.
iv. SARAH-ANN, b. May 1, 1824, m. (Ist) Rev. Wm. D. Hitchcock and (2d) Rev. Randolph Campbell. He res. in Newburyport, Mass. removed to Lincoln, Nebraska, 1877, and died there 1886. One child, MARY R. CAMPBELL, born 1863.
KIVLAN.
KIVLAN Thomas was born in the city of Sligo, a seaport on the coast of Ireland, May 21, 1839, and came to Princeton in 1855, where he spent the rest of his life. Jan. 31, 1858, he married (Ist) Jane McTague, who was born in the County of Latrum, Ireland, June 6, 1836, and came to Princeton about the same time as Mr. Kivlan. They had six children, all born in Princeton, four boys now living; John, James, Thomas, Jr. and Charles H. His wife Jane died in 1888 and he married (2ª) Margaret Weldon, daughter of John and Sarah (Dickey) Weldon in 1891. Although most of his countrymen were Demo- crats, he became a citizen, always voting the Republican ticket, and did everything in his power to advance the interests of the town of his adoption. He died in 1910, and was buried in Worcester. The children of Thomas and Jane (McTague) Kivlan were:
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i. JOHN, b. Jan. 30, 1859, m. Oracy W. Kendall, Leominster, Mass.
ii. MARY, b. Apr. 18, 1860, d. Apr. 30, 1872.
iii. JAMES, b. June 18, 1861, m. Mary Reynolds of Lowell.
iv. THOMAS, JR., b. Jan. 16, 1863, m. Alice Ross of Fitchburg.
v. CHARLES-HENRY, b. June 21, 1865, m. Adelaide Cuzzneau of Worcester.
KNIGHT.
KNIGHT John, married (int.) Nov. 21, 1826, Lucy Kilburn of West Boylston. Children of John and Lucy (Kilburn) Knight, were:
i. LEVI-KILBURN, b. Nov. 25, 1828.
ii. LUCINDA-KIMBALL, b. Jany. 7, 1830, d. March 30, 1830.
LACK.
LACK James, married July 30, 1780, Rebecca Davis, lived in Allen's East District in 1782 and in the West District later, re- moving about 1787 to Hubbardston. He had one son JAMES JR., born Nov. 19, 1780, in Princeton, and five others born in Hubbardston.
LACKEY.
LACKEY Samuel3 (Matthew2, Matthew1), son of Matthew2 Jr., and Dorcas (Woodbury) Lackey and grandson of Matthew1 who came from the north of Ireland about 1735, was born in Upton or Sutton, was taxed in Princeton, 1819. Children by wife Susannah were:
i. LYDIA-E., b. , m. April 30, 1835, Austin Hamilton of Barre.
ii. SARAH-C., b. -, m. March 7, 1844, Alonzo Morse of Sterling.
iii. HENRY-D., b. -, d. Jany. 15, 1854, ae. 27.
IV. JULIA, b. - , m. Dec. 27, 1849, Cyrus Hosmer of Rutland.
LAMB.
LAMB Joseph, son of Reuben and Rebecca (Nichols) Lamb, was born in Oxford, Mass., Jany. 31, 1785. Reuben the father was a miller of Oxford, where the Lamb mill was a landmark. The son Joseph succeeded in possession of the mill, and also had a hotel and Medicinal Boarding House, supplied from a
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medicinal spring. He sold out in June, 1826. After living a short time in Charlton he located in Princeton, where he kept tavern for some years, removing afterwards to Fitchburg, where he died, Aug. 27, 1866. He married Feb. 26, 1807, Sally Barton, born in Sutton, Jany. 15, 1788, daughter of Reuben and Olive (Jennison) Barton, she died at Oxford, Oct. 25, 1816. He married (2ª) at Paxton, -, 1817, Martha Abbott. He married (3d) Ames, a widow. His children were:
i. ESTUS, -, who became wealthy at Providence and was promi- nent in Railroad and Financial affairs. He died March 9, 1887.
ii. EDWIN, -, res. Lunenburg.
iii. CHARLES - was a teacher of repute in the grammar and High School of Fitchburg.
LEADBETTER.
LEADBETTER James F., was born Oct. 14, 1828, in Weston, Mass., married (Ist) Dec. 5, 1851, Loretta V. Webster, married (2d) Carrie L. Moore, daughter of James and Theda Moore, born in Holden, Jany. 19, 1848. Children:
i. JAMES-F., b. - , 1852.
ii. MABEL-C., b. May 23, 1871.
iii. LORETTA-V., b. Sept. 15, 1872.
iv. HENRY-S., b. Nov. II, 1873.
v. JOB, b. March 23, 1875.
vi. DORA, b. Jany. 29, 1877.
vii. ELLA-ANN, b. Sept. 20, 1878.
viii. ETHEL-FLORENCE, b. March 1, 1884.
LEE.
LEE Paris-William, born -, 1806, married Freelove Fales. He died Nov. 10, 1871, aged 65, and she Dec. 17, 1862, aged 53, in Pepperill, Mass. They are buried in the burial ground in Princeton. Their children born in Princeton were:
i. NELSON-MOWRY, b. Feb. 5, 1828.
ii. ELLEN-PHILINDA, b. Nov. 8, 1830.
iii. CHANDLER-SMITH, b. Dec. IO, 1832, m. (Ist) Elizabeth Brown, (2ª) Lucy May Anderson. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 28, 1905. His widow m. (2ª Clarence E. Rich of Worcester and they now reside in Princeton, on Thompson Road.
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iv. ELVIRA-ELIZABETH, b. April 13, 1835.
v. NEWELL-JUDSON, b. May 8, 1837.
vi. APPLETON-MORSE, b. Jany. 30, 1840, d. Sept. 21, 1841.
vii. CHARLOTTE-AUGUSTA, b. Oct. 15, 1842, d. in Harvard, May 9, I862.
viii. CHARLES-HERBERT, b. June 30, 1845. Soldier in Civil War, wounded, buried in old cemetery.
ix. NANCY-ANN, b. Aug. 2, 1847, d. Aug. 29, 1847, a. 17 days (Aug. 19, g.s.).
X. ALFRED-JOHN-MINOT, b. Sept. 8, 1848, d. Nov. 17, 1867 in Hubbardston.
LELAND.
LELAND Herman-Eugene, son of Herman and Sarah (Barrett) Leland, born in Holliston, Mass., May 5, 1834, married Nov. 24, 1857, in Medway, Martha Lucinda Harding, daughter of Richard and Catharine (Richardson) Harding, born Sept. 26, 1835, in Irasburg, Vt., he died July 26, 1909. One child :
i. LORA-JOSEPHINE, b. Oct. 27, 1865, in Holliston, Mass.
LEWIS.
LEWIS George, son of Jacob and Patty Lewis born in Temple- ton, married Frances -, no record of his birth. He died May 17, 1848. He was the owner of " Slab City " mill. His widow later removed to Hubbardston. Their children were:
i. GEORGE-M., b. Feb. 26, 1832.
ii. CHANDLER-A., b. Nov. 13, 1833.
iii. ALBERT-S., b. Oct. 13, 1836.
iv. SETH-E., b. March 26, 1842.
LITTLEJOHN.
THOMAS1 LITTLEJOHN of Edinburgh, Scotland, the immigrant head of this family, came to Boston about 1718, when 22 years of age, and soon after went to Lancaster, where he is found as early as 1725, when he enlisted in the service of the Prov- ince, in Capt. Blanchard's Company. On the 17th of Jany., 1726-7, he married Mary Butler.
During the French War, Mr. Littlejohn again enlisted in his Majesty's service, and was killed at Louisburg in 1745.
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His widow Mary died in Bolton, in 1768, leaving quite a little property. By her will she gave to her sons Thomas, Simeon and Tilly five shillings each ("which is all I give them ") and the balance of the estate to her daughter Sarah. Tilly was appointed executor, but he declined to serve.
Of the five children, four were recorded at Lancaster: Mary, born May 10, 1728, died Dec. 14, 1748; Thomas, Jr. born July 27, 1730, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, thence to the neighborhood of Portland, Me. where he died leaving a large number of descendants; Sarah died in 1817, in Bolton; Simeon, according to statements received from his brother Thomas, settled in one of the southern states, no family recorded.
The descendants of Tilly are scattered throughout the the United States, some of them occupying positions of honor and trust.
LITTLEJOHN Tilly, son of Thomas and Mary (Butler) Little- john, born in Lancaster, May 26, 1735. After the death of his father who was killed at Louisburg when Tilly was about ten years old, the family appear to have continued their residence in Lancaster or Bolton for some years. On the 23d of April 1755, at which time he was an apprentice of Jonathan Wilder, Tilly enlisted in the Company of Capt. Asa Whitcomb, and was in the expedition to Crown Point.
His company was in the " bloody morning fight " but he escaped without injury and after six months service was discharged, on the 25th of October.
On the Ist of December, 1757, he married Hannah Brooks, in Lancaster, and it is probable that he settled in Princeton in 1758, buying in 1759 land on the easterly slope of the mountain near the present Pine Hill house, where he built a house of which the cellar hole still remains. About 1777 he removed to that part of Lancaster adjoining Princeton, afterwards incorporated as Sterling, where he died Nov. I, 1793 (g.s. aged 58 years 9 months) of consumption and asthma, leaving wife and two children. She died in Litchfield, N. H., Aug. 7, 1820, aged 81 " a dear good pious old lady." Their children were:
i. LEVI, b. Oct. 2, 1758, d. Feb. 17, 1759.
ii. HANNAH, b. Jany. 30, 1760, d. July 20, 1764. -
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iii. LEVI, b. Jany. 16, 1763, d. Aug. 1764.
iv. MARY, b. Feb. 14, 1765, d. March 23, 1776, g.s.
v. PAMELA, b. March 12, 1767, m. Asa Priest of Leominster, rem. to Litchfield, N. Y., about 1793, where he had eleven children: (I) ASA, (II) CLARISSA, (III) TILLY, (IV) RUFUS, (v) IRA, (VI) PAMELA, (VII) ERASTUS, (VIII) HANNAH, (IX) EMILY, and two in Utica, N. Y. Mrs. Priest, d. Sept. 23, 1821, and Mr. Priest, in Saquoit, Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1844, ae. 88, buried in Litchfield, N. Y.
vi. JOHN, b. June 14, 1769, m. Lucy, and subsequently Catharine Fairbanks, lived in Litchfield and had twelve children: (I) JOHN, (II) TILLY, (III) LEVI, (IV) MARY, (v) SILAS, (VI) AUGUSTUS, (VII) JOSEPHUS, (VIII) LYDIA, (IX) PHILO, (x) ELIZABETH, (XI) CHARLOTTE and (XII) GILBERT. He moved late in life to Alle- ghany Co., and then to Allegan, Michigan, where he died. Two sons, Philo and Gilbert lived in California.
LORING.
LORING Leander, son of Jonah Ball and Mary (Caldwell) Loring, born Oct. 23, 1812, married Oct. 17, 1837, Susan A. B. Reed, daughter of Nathan and Hannah Brooks Reed. Children:
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