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Oliver and Dolly lived in Stratton, Vt., and Chesterfield, N. H., and it was at the former place their three children were born. After the untimely death of Dolly, Oliver may have lived awhile in Brattleboro, Vt., or vicinity before he went to Delaware Co., N. Y., where according to tradition he was at one time a gatekeeper at a toll bridge over the Delaware. He married (2d) a widow, Lucy by name (no issue) who surviving Oliver lived with a son by her former husband.
Oliver and Lucy moved from Delaware Co., to Jefferson Co., N. Y., and he died at " eleven o'clock the morning of April 30, 1835, at Henderson," Jefferson Co., N. Y., where his remains were buried. Children of Oliver and Dolly (Trowbridge) Morsman were:
i. MARY, b. 1784, d. 1861 or 1862, m. Lemuel Cobleigh.
1. ii. MARTIN-TROWBRIDGE, b. 1785, m. Abigail Phillips.
iii. MOSES-JENRY, b. - . - , in Stratton, Vt., m. Polly French, (no issue), whom he survived. He d. Jefferson Co., N. Y., ae. 82.
1. MORSMAN Martin-Trowbridge5 (Oliver4, Timothy3, Timo- thy2, James1), son of Oliver and Dolly (Trowbridge) Morsman, was born at Stratton, Vermont, June 6, 1785, married (Ist) at Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1807, Abigail Phillips, daughter of Joshua and Dorcas (Cook) Phillips by whom he had two children. Joshua Phillips was an American by birth and Scotch-Irish by descent. Abigail Phillips was born April, 1785, and died May 10, 1830. Martin-Trowbridge married (2ª) the widow Conger (no issue) whom he survived. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when 86 years old applied for a pension which was allowed: surg. ctf. 219618. He d. ae. 94 at Sacketts Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 17,
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1789 .* (The Government has since changed the name of Sacketts Harbor to Sackett Harbor.)
A Block House was built on his farm. The children of Martin-Trowbridge and Abigail (Phillips) Morsman were:
2. i. EPHRAIM PHILLIPS, b. 1809, d. 1898, m. Betsey Dimmick.
4. ii. DR. MOSES-JENRY, b. 1812, d. 1898, m. Mary-Margaret Hubbard.
2. MORSMAN Ephraim-Phillips6 (Martin-Trowbridge5, Oliver4, Timothy3, Timothy2, James1), son of Martin-Trowbridge5 and Abigail (Phillips) Morsman, was born at Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 11, 1809, married Betsey Dimmick, June 6, 1830, died at or near Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1898. Children of Ephraim and Betsey (Dimmick) Morsman were:
i. LAURA, b. Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1832, m. Joseph Blodgette. 3. ii. RUSH-JENNER, b. 1835, m. Sarah Jane Spicer.
iii. MERENIUS-JAY, b. July 22, 1840, Jefferson Co., N. Y., res. Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Chn .: (I) WARD, d. 1894 or 1895, ae. 23, unmarried, (II) FLOYD, b. 1874, res. Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., (III) PEARL, res. Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.
iv. CLARK, b. Nov., 1842, Union Soldier and d. at Fort Baker, Wash- ington, D. C., Aug., 1863, unmarried.
v. CAROLINE, b. Sept. 8, 1844, m. Aaron Stearne at Sacketts Harbor.
vi. FRANCES, b. Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1847, m. F. O. McKee. vii. GILES, b. May 19, 1855, d. Jany., 1872, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
3. MORSMAN Rush-Jener4 (Ephraim-Phillips3, Martin-Trow- bridge2, Oliver1), son of Ephraim Phillips3 and Betsey (Dim- mick) Morsman, born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 22, 1835, married Sarah Jane Spicer at Sacketts Harbor, Oct. 14, 1858, moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. Children of Rush-Jener and Sarah Jane (Spicer) Morsman were:
i. GRANT (DR.), b. July 3, 1864, m. Amelie E. Harris at Fort Collins, Colorado, June 5, 1890, res. Bellefourche, So. Dakota. Chn .:
(I) HELEN, b. Aug. 10, 1899, (II) HARRIS-G., b. March 27, 1903. ii. SHERMAN, b. 1869, m. Florence Lamb, March 27, 1895, res. Fort Collins, Col. Child: (I) GLADYS.
iii. NELLIE, b. Aug. 16, 1877, m. Olin G. Reed.
* His son Ephraim Phillips wrote April 20, 1789: "I am now to tell you that my father died on the 17th of this month and was buried on yesterday, he was a model father and a model man, father and his last wife are buried at Sacketts Harbor. As father helped to defend Sacketts Harbor in the war of 1812 and was in the battle of that place he seemed to think he better be left there until he should be wanted. I am intending to remove my own mother's remains to the place where my father lies."
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4. MORSMAN Dr. Moses-Jenry6 (Martin-Trowbridge5, Oliver4, Timothy3, Timothy2, James1), son of Martin-Trowbridge5 and Abigail (Phillips) Morsman, was born at Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 20, 1812; received his M.D. from the Uni- versity of New York, April 14, 1835. In 1835 he went to Ohio and at Castalia, Margaretta Township, Erie Co., married Mary Margaret Hubbard, May 22, 1836, she, the daughter of Elisha-Andrews and Amanda (Falley) Hubbard, was born June 2, 1819 at Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., and died at Iowa City, Iowa, June 4, 1880, to which place the Doctor had moved his family in 1846. She was a descendant of George Hubbard, b. England 1594, Lieut. Richard Falley 1740, famous in the old French and Indian War and also in the later Revolutionary struggle, et al. The Doctor was prominent in the community in which he lived, was mayor of the city, bank president and in every way a useful and influential citizen. He died in Iowa City, Sept. 12, 1898. The children of Dr. Moses-Jenry and Mary Margaret (Hubbard) Mors- man were:
i. MELVINA-ANNETTE, b. Dec. 15, 1837, m. Hon. Col. W. P. Hep- burn of Clarina, Iowa, and Washington, D. C.
ii. ASHBEL-LEANDER, b. Jany. 30, 1839, d. Jany., 1840, at Castalia, Ohio.
5. iii. EDGAR-MARTIN, b. 1840, m. Frances-Ann Sharp.
iv. LOUISA-ABIGAIL, b. May 12, 1842, m. Lieut. John W. Porter, deceased.
v. WESTEL-WILLOUGHBY (CAPT.), b. May 14, 1843, m. Mary Louisa McGill, Sept. 2, 1867. He served in Civil War, prominent at siege of Vicksburg, confined in Libby Prison; res. Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cal.
vi. HARLEY-ELISHA, b. Castalia, Erie Co., Ohio, May 14, 1845, m. Estelle Lyon at Iowa City, Iowa, res. Clarinda, Iowa. Chn .: (I) ELSIE, (II) DUDLEY.
vii. EUGENE-HUBBARD, b. Aug. 5, 1847, d. Jany. 16, 1849, Iowa City.
viii. ELLEN-AMANDA, b. 1849, d. 1849, Iowa City.
ix. DR. ALBERT-HUBBARD, b. Nov. 11, 1850, m. (Ist) Margaret Janette Woodstock, Oct., 1877, by whom he had one child. His wife d. Feb., 1881, and he m. (2d) Oct., 1884 May Kenyon, res. Falls City, Neb. Chn .: (I) EVERETTE JANETTE, (II) WESTEL KENYON, unmarried, Falls City, Neb., (III) SARAH LOUISA. x. a daughter, not named.
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xi. ALVA-HERMAN, b. Feby. 28, 1853, unmarried, manager American Car Co., St. Louis, Mo.
xii. DORMAN, b. May II, 1858, Iowa City, Iowa, m. Carrie Fales at Clarinda, Iowa. Accidently killed at Clarinda, Iowa, May 10, 1906. Children: (1) LOUISA, (II) MELVINA, (III) MABEL, (IV) PAULINE, (v) MARGARET, (VI) HARLEY, unmarried, res. Okla- homa City, Oklahoma, (VII) HERMAN, unmarried, res. Clarinda, Iowa, (VIII) DORMAN JR., unmarried, res. Clarinda, Iowa.
5. MORSMAN Edgar-Martin7 (Dr. Moses-Jenry6, Martin- Trowbridge5, Oliver4, Timothy3, Timothy2, James1), son of Dr. Moses-Jenry6 and Mary-Margaret (Hubbard) Morsman, born Castalia, Erie Co., Ohio, July 1, 1840. Chief Clerk, Provost Marshalls office, Gen. Rosecrans headquarters. Moved to Omaha where he organized the Union Pacific Railway Com- pany's Express, afterwards the Pacific Express Company. Married Sept. 20, 1871, Frances-Ann Sharp of Chicago, daughter of Joseph-Samuel and Charlotte (Tomlinson) Sharp and a descendant of John Pickett (Pension-Inv. File 18547 Rev. War), etc. Vice President Nebraska Telephone Com- pany, Omaha, Neb. The children of Edgar-Martin and Frances-Ann (Sharp) Morsman were:
6. i. JOSEPH-JENRY, b. June 16, 1872, m. Helen Elizabeth Kimball.
7. ii. EDGAR-MARTIN JR., b. Sept. 24, 1873, m. Mary Buck. iii. MARY-MARGARET, b. Jany. 3, 1878, d. June 1, 1887, Omaha, Neb. iv. FRANK-SHARP, b. Feb. 17, 1879, unmarried. N. W. Telephone Exchange Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
V. CHARLES-LYMAN, b. Aug. 25, 1881, d. Aug. 29, 1894, Omaha, Neb. vi. ROBERT-PORTER, b. Feb. 28, 1883, unmarried, assistant cashier U. S. National Bank, Omaha, Neb.
6. MORSMAN Joseph-Jenry8 (Edgar-Martin7, Dr. Moses Jenry6, Martin-Trowbridge5, Oliver4, Timothy3, Timothy2, James1), son of Edgar-Martin7 and Frances Ann (Sharp) Morsman, born June 16, 1872, at Omaha, Nebraska, married Sept. 3, 1901, at Chicago, Ill., Helen-Elizabeth Kimball, daughter of Eugene Sue and Harriet (Hanford) Kimball. She was born Sept. 9, 1876, and is a descendant of Benjamin Child born in England; Capt. Increase Child, Revolutionary War. Rev. Thomas Han- ford, b. England, 1632, John Kimball, etc. Res. Chicago, Ill. Vice President Carter White Lead Co., Chicago, Ill. Children of Joseph-Jenry and Helen Elizabeth (Kimball) Morsman are:
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i. EUGENE-KIMBALL, b. June 4, 1902.
ii. MARGARET-HUBBARD, b. Oct. 23, 1903.
iii. JOSEPH JENRY, JR., b. July 1, 1912.
7. MORSMAN Edgar Martin8 Jr. (Edgar Martin7, Dr. Moses- Jenry6, Martin-Trowbridge,5 Oliver4, Timothy3, Timothy2, James1), son of Edgar-Martin7 and Frances Ann (Sharp) Morsman, b. Sept. 24, 1873, married June 25, 1901, Mary Buck, daughter of Freeman and Mary Jane (Eager) Buck, born Dec. 2, 1874, and a descendant of Capt. Bezaleel Eager of Colonial Wars. Is a lawyer Omaha, Nebraska. The chil- dren of Edgar-Martin and Mary (Buck) Morsman are:
i. MARY, b. March 31, 1902.
ii. EDGAR-MARTIN 3d, b. May 5, 1905.
iii. TRUMAN-WARD, b. Sept. 3, 1909.
MOSMAN Timothy3 (Timothy2, James1), son of Timothy2 and Sarah (Hicks) Mosman, born in Sudbury, Mass., in 1709 or 1710. He married Feb. 26, 1734-5, Martha Ann, daughter of William and Martha (Peirce) Whitney, born in Weston, April 4, 1716. They lived in Sudbury a few years, but re- moved to Dorchester, Canada (Ashburnham) and settled on a grant of land made to his grandfather Hicks, and built a house of entertainment on this land. About 1744, the settlement was abandoned through fear of the Indians. Timothy remained after the other families were removed to places of safety, and was directed to take care of the meeting house, and board up the windows, and doors. In August of that year he sold his tavern property, and was one of the last to desert the settlement. He returned to Sudbury, but about 1760, settled in Princeton on the "Plaisted Farm " so-called, near the village of East Princeton, where he engaged in the manufacture of potash. He subsequently removed to West- minster, where he died Sept. 2, 1801, ae. 91, and she April 15, the same year, ae. 85. Their children were:
i. ANNA, b. Nov. 8, 1735, in Sudbury, m. Peter Goodnow, res. Prince- ton.
5. ii. JOSHUA, b. Jany. 16, 1838, m. widow Sarah Barnard.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 25, 1740, m. Anna Keyes.
iv. MARTHA, b. May 10, 1742, m. Reuben Parmenter, res. Princeton.
v. TIMOTHY, b. Feb. 26, 1745, prob. d. young.
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vi. WILLIAM, b. March 20, 1747, m. Sarah Nourse.
vii. ABEL, b. Feb. 15, 1749, m. (Ist) Abigail How, m. (2d) widow of Jonas Richardson.
viii. OLIVE, b. Jany. 18, 1752.
5. MOSMAN Samuel4 (Timothy3, Timothy2, James1), son of the above Timothy3, and Martha Ann (Whitney) Mosman, born Feb. 25, 1740, married Oct. 30, 1769, Anna Keyes daugh- ter of Robert and a sister of Lucy the "Lost Child." He bought the farm later owned by Jonas and Ephraim Beaman, where he lived for about eight years, removing to Westminster, where he died, Dec. 29, 1828, ae. 88. His widow, Anna died Sept. 22, 1840, ae. 93. Their children were:
i. ABRAHAM, b. Oct. 27, 1770, m. Achsah Seaver.
ii. SAMUEL, b. March 23, 1772, m. Betsey Brigham.
iii. ASAPH, b. Jany. 12, 1774, unmarried, d. June 26, 1847.
iv. LUCY, b. Dec. 16, 1775, unm. d. June 19, 1830.
v. EUNICE, b. Nov. 20, 1778, m. Samuel Garfield.
vi. MARY, b. Nov. 20, 1780, m. John Miles.
vii. ANNA, b. April 3, 1782, m. Reuben Gates.
viii. PHEBE, b. Oct. 31, 1785, m. Daniel Gates.
ix. MOSES, b. Jany. 20, 1792, m. Dolly Gray (2d) Alice Rider.
MUNROE.
The immigrant ancestor of this family, WILLIAM1 MUNROE of Dundee, Scotland, came to Boston on the ship Lion in 1629. William Munroe2, son of the former, settled in Cambridge, Mass. William Munroe3 settled in Bristol, R. I., in 1685. Nathaniel Munroe4, son of William Munroe3, was born in Bristol, R. I., in 1712. In 1757 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Providence Plantation. In 1768 he resigned and moved to Rutland, Mass., where he died in 1794.
MUNROE Lieut. Timothy5 ( Nathaniel4, William3, William2, William1), son of Nathaniel4, was born in Bristol, R. I., in 1747; married Apr. 12, 1781, Lucretia Gates. He enlisted as a private in the war of the Revolution. In 1779 was made 2nd Lieut. of the 7th Mass. Reg. He removed to Princeton, Mass., in 1805, where he died Feb. 7, 1836, ae. 89. His widow died July 26 the same year. Their children were:
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i. SALLY, b. Jan. 18, 1782, d. June 28, 1836.
ii. ROBERT, b. Oct. 29, 1784, d. Apr. 3, 1876, in Rutland.
iii. LUCRETIA, b. Mar. 2, 1789, d. Sept. 5, 1829.
iv. TIMOTHY, b. Apr. 29, 1791, settled in Brighton.
1. v. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 25, 1794, m. Catharine Maynard.
MUNROE William6 (Lieut. Timothy5, Nathaniel4, William3 - William2, William1), son of Lieut. Timothy5 and Lucretia
(Gates) Munroe, born Feb. 25, 1794, at Rutland, Mass., married at Sudbury, Mass., June 2, 1828, Catherine Maynard, born May II, 1804 at Sudbury, Mass., daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Haynes) Maynard. He died Jan. 19, 1882. She died Apr. 10, 1886. Their children were:
i. ANDREW, b. 1833, in Princeton, d. in infancy.
ii. ANDREW-MURRAY, b. 1834 in Princeton, d. 1836.
iii. CHARLOTTE-MAYNARD, b. June 21, 1837, in Princeton, m. Luke Cobleigh of Chesterfield, N. H., in Palmer, Mass., Jan. 10, 1865. Their chn. were: (I) KATHRINA-AUGUSTA COBLEIGH, b. in Gardner, Mass., Sept. 18, 1868, m. Sept. 9, 1896, in Gardner, Mass., Rev. Geo. W. Quick, D.D., their chn. were: (i) Virginia- Monroe Quick, b. Aug. 3, 1898, in Springfield, Mass., (ii) Richard- Biggs Quick, b. Dec. 22, 1900, in Springfield, Mass. (II) MYRON MONROE COBLEIGH, b. Apr. 8, 1873, d. May 19, 1880, (III) MAUDE-GERTRUDE COBLEIGH, b. May 20, 1876 in Gardner, Mass.
MURDOCK.
PETER1 MURDOCK, the immigrant ancestor of this family, was of Protestant Scotch-Irish descent, born in Limerick, Ireland in 1679, son of John Murdock a wool comber of Limerick, and Mary (Munson) Murdock. Peter Murdock came to America about 1700, married Mary Fithen of East Hampton, Long Island and died 1753. His son John2, married (Is) Phebe Sill. By his second wife Frances Conklin he had a son Abraham3, who married Hannah Lay.
MURDOCK Rev .- James4 D.D. (Abraham3, John2, Peter1), son of Abraham3 and Hannah (Lay) Murdock, born at Westbrook, Conn., Feb. 16, 1776, graduated at Yale, 1797. He was the thi d Cong'l minister in Princeton; ordained June, 1802, re- signed in 1815 to accept a professorship in the University of
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Vermont. He m. Rebecca Lydia Atwater of New Haven, died Aug. 10, 1856 at Columbus, Miss. Their children were:
i. CHARLES, b. Sept. 20, 1800, d. Nov. 25, 1802, ae. 26 mos.
ii. EMANUEL, b. May 5, 1805, d. May 13, 1805.
iii. JAMES, JR., b. - , d. Feb. 15, 1815.
MUZZY.
MUZZY William of Sudbury, son of Joseph and Patience, born Sept. 2, 1733, married (Ist) Mary Clapp, born Nov. 18, 1733, daughter of John and Abigail (Estabrook) Clapp. Married (2nd) 1786, Mary Chandler, who died Feb. 17, 1831, ae. 84. He was in Princeton as early as 1761, and is recorded a proprietor 1758. Went to Hubbardston in 1771, thence to Westminster, 1773, where he died, Oct. 10, 1830, ae. 97. In Hubbardston, he was a selectman 6 terms, Rep. to Gen. Court, Rep. to Prov. Congress, etc. His children were:
i. ABIGAIL, b. Jany. 17, 1761, m. April 30, 1782, Edmund Rice and d. Sept. 4, 1841 in Hubbardston.
ii. CATY, b. July 1, 1763, m. - Munroe of Rutland and (2d) Abel Wheeler.
iii. MARY, b. April 1, 1766, m. Nathan Bryant of Templeton.
iv. SALLY, b. Jany. 21, 1769, m. Nov. 10, 1789, John E. Newton Tem- pleton.
v. NANCY, b. Aug. 5, 1771, m. June 2, 1791, Asa Wheeler.
vi. RELIEF, b. - , 1773, m. May 18, 1795, Jonathan Ames, and d. April 30, 1813.
NASH.
NASH Luther, married March 22, 1820, Mary (Watson) of Holden, daughter of Jacob W. and Lydia Watson, she died Oct. 25, 1827. Children :
i. JACOB-WATSON, b. Sept. 9, 1820.
ii. LUTHER-SOLOMON, b. Aug. 6, 1822.
iii. SAMUEL-C., b. -, m. Mary N. Whitney, Nov. 22, 1849.
iv. MARY-C., b. May 2, 1826, d. Sept. 2, 1826.
NEEDHAM.
NEEDHAM Everett-W., son of James Alonzo and Christina (Wood) Needham, born Aug. 5, 1878, in Clinton, Mass., is Superintendent of the Wachusett Mountain State Reserva-
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tion; appointed in 1907. He married July 2, 1902, Ina Rogers, daughter of Alex and Sara (Landers) Rogers, born Apr. 16, 1881, at Salem, Mass. Their children are:
i. MARJORIE-LANDERS, b. July 31, 1904, at Westminster, Mass.
ii. DONALD-ALONZO, b. July 22, 1906, at Princeton, Mass.
iii. ROGER-EVERETT, b. April 15, 1913, at Princeton, Mass.
NEWTON.
NEWTON-Uriah, son of Uriah and Patience, with his wife Hannah and children, Jonathan, Ephraim, Joel, Rebecca and Artemas, came to Princeton from Marlboro, Nov. 24, 1769. He was born in Marlboro, May 17, 1736, married Feby. 10, 1761, Hannah Eager. Their son Jonathan was born in Marl- boro, April 27, 1761. His wife Hannah, died July 2, 1782 and he married (2ª) April 27, 1783, Joanna Gibbs, widow of William Gibbs, who died June 28, 1830, ae. 90. He died probably early in 1805, as his will was filed May 23d of that year. Chil- dren born in Princeton were:
i. HANNAH, b. April 10, 1777, m. Jany. 17, 1803, Calvin Wilder of Sterling.
ii. JOAB, b. July 19, 1772.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 29, 1784.
iv. LOVINA, b. July 17, 1786.
NEWTON Charles4 (Elisha3, Moses2, Moses1), son of Elisha3 and Sarah (Tomlin) Newton, born August 28, 1742, married in 1765, Tabitha, daughter of Ephraim Bowker of Westboro, who died in Princeton, March 5, 1827. He died Dec. 10, 1831. Their children born at Shrewsbury were:
i. DOLLY, b. Aug. 7, 1766, m. Abraham Hager.
ii. AZUBAH, b. April 27, 1767, m. Saml. Cobb of Rutland, Oct. 31, 1787.
1. iii. EZRA, b. Nov. 22, 1774 and settled in Princeton.
iv. POLLY, b. Dec. 24, 1776, m. Ezekiel Rice, and had MARY, EUNICE, SUSAN, EZEKIEL and others.
v. TABITHA, b. July 25, 1781, m. Feb. 17, 1803, Jonathan Stearns, Jr., of Rutland.
1. NEWTON Ezra5 (Charles4, Elisha3, Moses2, Moses1), son of Charles4 and Tabitha (Bowker) Newton, born Nov. 22, 1774, married March -, 1800, Ruth Hastings, who died May 3,
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18II, ae. 32. He married (2ª) Lucy Howe, Jany. 27, 1812, daughter of Adonijah, who died July 28, 1826. He m. (3ª) Mrs. Candace (Allen) Howe, daughter of Simeon, who died June 21, 1850, ae. 70. Married (4th) Mrs. Esther Learned, widow of Joseph. She died Dec. 18, 1868, ae. 85. He died April 9, 1863, ae. 88. His children were:
i. SALLY-HASTINGS, b. March 25, 1811, m. Benj. F. Dean.
ii. EZEKIEL, b. Aug. 16, 1812, m. Nov. 24, 1835, Eliza Priest, res. Westboro.
iii. CHARLES, b. March 3, 1814, m. Jany. 22, 1842, Jane Boyden.
iv. LYDIA-CHURCH, b. July 28, 1816, m. Nov. 26, 1835, Elbridge Clark, she d. May 31, 1869.
v. EZRA (REV.), b. Sept. 30, 1818, m. Aug. 20, 1846, Martha Patten, was pastor of church in Shutesbury, 1848.
vi. LUCY-HOWE, b. Sept. 17, 1820, m. Feby. 22, 1844, Charles C. Greenwood, she d. Oct. 7, 1854.
vii. ABRAHAM-HOWE, b. March 24, 1823, m. April 21, 1846, Sarah B. Kendrick.
NORCROSS.
The immigrant ancestor of the family of this name in Prince- ton, JEREMIAH1, was the son of Thomas Norcross, a merchant of London, who died in 1603, leaving three sons, John, Jeremiah and Thomas.
John and Jeremiah1, came to New England, in 1638, Jerimiah1 settled in Watertown, but returned to England, in 1651, and there died, in 1657. His wife was Adrean Smith, and his chil- dren; Nathaniel, a graduate of Cambridge, England, d. in England 1662, and Sarah, who married Francis Massey; Richard2, who was born in 1621, married June 24, 1650, Mary Brooks, and died 1709, ae. 88. He was forty-nine years a schoolmaster at Watertown, of his seven children Richard3, born Aug. 4, 1660 of Weston, married Aug. 10, 1686, Rose Woodward, and (2ª) Aug. 6, 1695, Hannah Sanders. He died in 1745, having eleven children, of whom Joseph4 was the sixth.
NORCROSS Joseph4 (Richard3, Richard2, Jeremiah1), son of Richard3 and Hannah (Sanders) Norcross, born July 1, 1701, in Weston, married Hannah Shepherd of Newton. He died March 27, 1789, in Princeton. Their children were:
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i. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 11, 1730, m. June 7, 1750, John Clark of Hop- kinton.
ii. HANNAH, b. May II, 1733, m. March 4, 1750, Gideon Whitney of Hopkinton.
iii. NOAH, b. Jany. 8, 1736, m. April 1, 1762 in Weston, Ruth Upham dau. of Dea. Thomas Upham. He was in the service at Crown Point 1755, rendered other service in 1760. He lived on what is now the J. C. Harrington place and was accidentally killed, April 1771 by the falling of a tree. His widow married Josiah Mirick, they lived on the same farm, and here Mr. Mirick was killed, also accidentally, by the kick of a horse. Children: (I) EPHRAIM b. 1763, enlisted in Rev. Service, 1780 for three years, d. April 18, 178I, (II) NOAH, b. Dec. 5, 1770, m. (Ist) Fanny Rollins (2ª) Prudence Gale, 8 children, d. in Alabama, about 1820, (III) RUTH, b. 1771, m. 1787, and (IV) JOSIAH CUTTING.
iv. JOSEPH, b. May 10, 1737, was in military life 1758-60 and in the Revolutionary War, lived in Hopkinton awhile and died un- married over 70 years of age.
v. ISAAC, b. May 23, 1739, m. Lydia Shepard of Newton, July 25, 1765. He was in military service 1756-60 and in the Revolu- tionary War, from Princeton 1778, d. in Royalston, May 2, 1817. Children: (I) ISAAC, (II) NANCY, m. Calvin Clark, res. Holland Purchase, N. Y., (III) HANNAH, m. Smith Holman and (IV) JOSEPH, res. Winchendon.
vi. MEHITABLE, b. June 29, 1741, d. Dec. 9, 1743.
vii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 12, 1745, m. Rachel dau. of Dr. Zachariah and Ame Harvey, in Lancaster, Mass., May 2, 1766, she d. Sept. 28, 18II, ae. 62. He was in Revolutionary Service, rem. to West- minster in 1768 and afterwards to Marlboro, N. H., where he died March 16, 1812. Their children were: (I) CANDACE, b. Dec. 4, 1766, d. Nov. 27, 1788, (II) SAMUEL, b. Jany. 9, 1769 (III) NAHUM, b. May 9, 1771, res. Dummerston, Vt., (IV) EBEN, b. May 23, 1772, (v) RACHEL, b. Sept. 13, 1774, d. Sept. 28, 1836, (VI) BENIAH, (VII) ZEBENA, (VIII) DARIUS, (IX) LUCY, (x) SHEPHERD and (XI) ANNIS.
viii. MARY, b. Sept. 3, 1747, m. Nov. 15, 1764, Zachariah Harvey, Jr. 1. ix. JACOB, b. Oct. 19, 1751, m. Elizabeth Bannar.
X. SARAH, b. - , pub. July 19, 1776, Benjamin Smith of Lexington.
1. NORCROSS Jacob5 (Joseph4, Richard3, Richard2, Jeremiah1), brother of the above Samuel5, born Oct. 19, 1751, married March I, 1781, Elizabeth (Isabel) Bannar, born 1761, and came from Bedford, Feb. 1780. She died July 26, 1807 (family say 27th). He died, the result of an accidental fall, Nov. 25, 1805 (family say 23d) leaving no descendants bear-
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ing the name of Norcross. Jacob5, is said to have lived on his father's place, on the Valley road in a brick house, he was a very large and strong man, "was a drummer at the time of the Lexington Alarm, and in the Service in 1778." The children of Jacob and Isabel were:
i. NANCY, b. Aug. 15, 1781, m. Timothy Rice of Leominster, and d. Oct. 20, 1864. A dau. Abbie, m. Simon Hosmer of Taunton.
ii. POLLY, b. Nov. 16, 1782, d. young.
iii. LUCINDA, b. - , 1784, m. Silas Parmenter of Leominster.
iv. ISABEL, b. Jany. 19, 1787, pub. Dec. 24, 1808, Peter Stewart of Leominster, a dau. m. Nathan Sprague of Leominster.
v. DAVID, b. Aug. 10, 1788, d. 1792.
vi. BETSEY, b. March 8, 1791, m. April 24, 1808, Thomas Phelps of Lancaster.
vii. MIRIAM, b. Jany. 31, 1804, m. Oct. 5, 1824, David Cheever of Princeton, and d. July 12, 1859.
NORCROSS Josiah, son of Josiah, and Elizabeth (Child) Nor- cross, of Watertown, born April 22, 1777, res. Shrewsbury, married (Ist) Elizabeth Corkham, and (2ª) Jany. 7, 1809, Sarah Rand of Princeton, daughter of Thomas, and Elizabeth of Westminster, she died March 25, 1825, ae. 34. He married (3ª) Elizabeth Stone of Shrewsbury, and died Dec. 23, 1863, he had eight children, among them FANNY, who married Simeon Allen of Princeton.
NOURSE.
NOURSE Joseph3 (Joseph2, Daniel1), son of Joseph2 and Han- nah (Davis) Nourse, born in Shrewsbury, Jany. 9, 1797, married April 14, 1823, Elizabeth Fiske of Worcester, daugh- ter of Samuel and Priscilla, she died Feb. 2, 1841, ae. 47, in Hubbardston. He died Aug. 27, 1834. Their children were:
i. LUCY, b. Feb. 12, 1824, m. May 11, 1843, Albert Bennett of Hub- bardston.
ii. EMELINE-E., b. Sept. 26, 1825, m. June 185(2), Edward Knight. He d. Sept. 23, 1861, and she m. (2d) William Edwards and d. in Clinton, April 6, 1883.
iii. CAROLINE-MARIA, b. Oct. 30, 1827, m. Jany. 1, 1850, John D. Ames.
iv. MARY-CAROLINE, b. July 7, 1829, d. April 16, 1861.
v. WILLIAM-HENRY, b. Oct. 23, 1831, m. Rosa C. Stewart, June 13, 1857, at Jackson, Minn.
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