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6. ix. MARY-E., b. Sept. 15, 1834, m. Mason Luce, South Barre, Mass.
x. MARTIN-V .- B., b. Nov. 4, 1837, m. Louisa M. Bryant.
5. Ball William-F.4 (Amos3, Aaron2, Daniel1), son of Amos3, and Betsey (Stratton) Ball, born Feb. 9, 1824, married Lucy R. Holden. Died June 29, 1905. Children :
i. HENRIETTA-AUGUSTA, b. Sept. 7, 1862.
ii. WILLIAM-FRANKLIN, b. May 17, 1864, d. Oct. 4, 1872.
iii. FREDERICK-WARREN, b. Sept. 29, 1869, d. June 3, 1905.
6. Ball Martin-V .- B4. (Amos3, Aaron2, Daniel1), son of Amos3 and Betsey (Stratton) Ball, b. Nov. 3, 1837. Married Louisa M. Bryant of Princeton, April 25. 1861. He died in Gardner, March 25, 1906. Children all born in Princeton were:
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i. JENNIE-LOUISE, b. May 18, 1865, m. Samuel E. Ham, Nov. 3, 1885, 2 chn. b. in North Brookfield, (i) WARREN C. HAM, b. Oct. 16, 1886, and (ii) OLIVE L. HAM, b. Dec. 19, 1890.
ii. NORA-MELISSA, b. Jany. 31, 1870, res. Shelburn Falls, Mass. iii. HARRY-MARTIN, b. Sept. II, 1875, m. Aug. . 1897, Geneva M. Bruce, children (i) HOWARD-M., b. Sept. 2, 1898, (ii) CARRIE-L., b. Aug. 10, 1900, (iii) EVERETT-J., b. July 6, 1906.
BALL Micah-R. son of Elijah and Rebecca Ball of Boylston, born 1784, married Nov. 29, 1845, Oliva (Olivia) Guild, daughter of David and Olivia Guild, she died April II, 1881, ae. 80. Her father died in Princeton Feb. 6, 1856, ae. 91. Her mother Olivia, May 9, 1825, ae. 57. Mr. Ball died April 29, 1880, ae. 95.
BANGS.
BANGS Isaiah, who with his family lived in Princeton nearly twenty years, was the son of David and Eunice (Stone) Bangs, who were born in Harwich, Cape Cod in 1709, and 1710 respectively. He was a descendant of the fourth genera- tion from Capt. Edward Bangs, who came to Plymouth in 1623, in the Anne, from Chichester, England.
He Isaiah, was one of a family of thirteen children, the first seven of whom were born at Harwich. He was born Dec. 18, 1748, and married July 30, 1772, in Hingham, Leah Vining, who was born Dec. 10, 1750. He was a shoe- maker and lived in the Hardy-Kenny house, its first occupant. They rem. to Princeton about 1775. He afterwards lived in Gerry (Phillipston) and at Warwick, Mass., where he died April 25, 1838. She died Dec. 17, 1828, in Warwick. Their children were:
i. LEAH, b. May 7, 1773, at Hingham, m. Calvin Howard of Holden. She d. Aug. 29, 1888, at Sharon, Vt. 7 chn.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 31, 1774, at Hingham, d. Dec. 16, 1870.
iii. KEZIA, b. July 22, 1776, at Princeton, d. Nov. 4, 1860, Brattleboro, Vt.
iv. SUKEY, b. April 1, 1778, m. Amos Piper, d. Nov. 15, 1837.
v. REBECCA-SPRAGUE, b. March 2, 1780, at Princeton, m. Jas. Hall, d. Brattleboro, Vt., Dec. 21, 1844.
vi. MARY-BARKER, b. March 14, 1782, at Princeton d .- 1867.
vii. ADNAH, b. April 4, 1784, at Princeton, d. Wilmington, Vt., Aug. 28, 1797.
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viii. ISAIAH, b. March 14, 1786, at Princeton, m. Deborah Bigelow, d. Cambridge, Mass., March 22, 1859.
ix. ELI, b. April 26, 1788, at Princeton, d. Troy, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1810. x. BENJAMIN-LINCOLN, b. Nov. 28, 1790, d. Warwick, March 21, 1820. was of the firm of Bigelow & Bangs, Importing Merchants, Long Wharf, Boston.
xi. NANCY-KENDALL, b. in Gerry (Phillipston), April Io, 1794, d. in Warwick, April 16, 1819.
BARKER.
BARKER John, son of Ephraim, bought land in Princeton 1769. Married Prudence Gleason, Oct. I, 1769, who died Dec. 5, 1846, ae. 99-9-0. He served in war of 1812, removed to Leicester, Vt., where he died in 1818. Their children were:
i. JOHN (I), b. July 20, 1770, d. Dec. II, 1771.
ii. JOHN (2), b. April 10, 1773, m. Sept. 15, 1795, Sarah Alden of Leicester, Vt.
iii. WILLIAM, b. March 22, 1775.
iv. ROBERT, b. Nov. 29, 1777.
v. JONAS, b. date not obtainable, d. Dec. 5, 1812.
vi. PRUDENCE, b. March 31, 1795, Leicester, Vt., m. - - Alden.
BARTLETT.
BARTLETT John, son of David and Martha (Howe) Bartlett, born Nov. 25, 1724. Married Mary Joiner, Dec. 14, 1761 and lived in the west part of the town. He died 1795-6. Their children were:
i. SAMUEL, bapt. Oct. 7, 1764, m. Ruth Burdett, Sept. 24, 1782, a son WILLIAM, pub. Dec. 15, 1817 to Elizabeth Ball and forbidden by his father.
ii. - -, child, d. Oct. 24, 1767, ae. 14 m.
iii. PAMILLA, b. April 15, 1769, m. Joseph Baker Jr., Aug. 9, 1812, she d. Oct. 4, 1859, and he May 14, 1885.
BARTLETT Samson, son of Luther and Polly Stewart Bartlett, born at Leominster, Mass., Oct. 6, 1828, married June 17, 1857, Mary Brown, dau. of Josiah-C. and Mercy (Whitcomb) Brown of Boylston, born July 2, 1839, in Princeton. Children:
i. FLORENCE-D., b. Sept. 28, 1858, m. Frank Jenkins of Lynn, Mass.
ii. NELLIE-J., b. May 4, 1860, m. Charles H. Rugg.
iii. MARY-GERTRUDE, b. March 5, 1862, m. John A. Lincoln Stuart.
iv. ARTHUR-S., b. Nov. 27, 1866, d. March 19, 1867.
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BAXTER.
The progenitor of this family, GREGORY1 BAXTER of Braintree, was made a freeman in 1631-2. Married Margaret Paddy, died May 7, 1659. A son John2 born Oct. 1, 1639, died in Brain- tree April 29, 1719. He married June 24, 1660, Hannah White and had a son Joseph3 who was born June 4, 1676. educated at Harvard College and was a minister in Medfield. He died May 2, 1745. By his first of three wives Mary (Fish) he had a son John4 born at Braintree May 2, 1708, who married Rebecca Fisher, and died Nov. 14, 1788.
BAXTER John4 (Joseph3, John2, Gregory1), son of Joseph3 and Mary (Fish) Baxter. Married Rebecca Fisher. Children:
1. i. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 5, 1734, m. - Partridge.
ii. NATHAN, b. Nov. 7, 1735, d. Dec. 21, 1735.
iii. MARY, b. April 15, 1737, m. in Medfield, Thomas Mason (int.) July 21, 1763 and went to Princeton, d. April 8, 1824, in Princeton.
2. iv. RICHARD, b. March 3, 1739, m. Rebecca Sawin.
v. MOSES, b. Nov. 1I, 1742, m. in Sudbury, Sept. 1, 1768, Mary Moore and d. Aug. 25, 1821.
vi. JOHN, b. Oct. 8, 1746, prominent in Medfield history, d. March 5, 1832.
vii. SARAH, b. Jan. 27, 1750, m. Silas Bullard, of Medfield, d. Oct. 26, I780.
1. BAXTER Joseph5 (John4, Joseph3, John2, Gregory1), son of John and Rebecca (Fisher) Baxter. Married in 1760 Mary Part- ridge of Medway. Their four children were born in Medway. He removed to Princeton with his family May, 1780. Was a soldier in the French and Indian War. He died, Feb. 6, 1820. Children :
i. STEPHEN REV., b. 1761, was in Princeton 1782. Removed to Warren. Graduated from Harvard University 1788, was a teacher and a minister, died 1846.
ii. REBECCA (Becca), b. 1763, m. in Princeton, Feb. 20, 1792, Adam Jones of Dover.
iii. MARY (Polly), b. 1767, m. in Princeton, Jan. 7, 1801, William Sherwin of Rindge, N. H.
iv. LUCINDA, b. 1773, m. - Adams, res. Boxford.
2. BAXTER Richard5 (John4, Joseph3, John2, Gregory1), son of John4 and Rebecca (Fisher) Baxter. Married in Natick, Rebecca
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Sawin, Nov. 5, 1770. He was a blacksmith, moved to Prince- ton in 1770 and lived in the west part opposite " Brigham's " where he had a shop. His two chn. were born in Princeton. He died Jan. 3, 1816, she died Dec. 31, 1831, a. 83. Their children were:
i. REBECCA (Becca), b. Oct. 7, 1771, m. March 18, 1790, Paul Whit- ing, of Dover.
ii. NABBY, b. March 6, 1778, m. (int.) Feb. 8, 1802, Windsor Howe. He was b. July 31, 1776, d. April 14, 1879, ae. 102 y. 8 m. 14 d. Children: (I) REBECCA R. HOWE. (II) RICHARD-BAXTER HOWE.
BEAMAN.
The first of this name (spelled Beman by all the earlier gene- ration and in all of the earlier records) in this country was GAMALIEL1 who came over from England, in the " Elizabeth and Ann " in 1635, when twelve years of age, and settled in Dor- chester. He married Sarah Clark daughter of William Clark, and in 1659 they removed to Lancaster on the Nashua river. He was one of the incorporators of the town of Lancaster. The Beaman Oak which is now one of the largest white oaks in Massachusetts (measuring twenty-nine feet in circumference) stood near where his log cabin was built.
Gamaliel and Sarah had six children born in Dorchester, and three others born in Lancaster.
After the Indian massacre in 1676, the town was abandoned by the settlers, and the Beamans went back to Dorchester, where Gamaliel died March 23, 1678.
John Beaman2 first son of Gamaliel and Sarah married about 1674 Priscilla Thornton daughter of Robert Thornton of Boston, and returned to Lancaster where he died Jan. 15, " 1739-40 " in the 90th year of his age. His wife Priscilla died August 6, 1729 in the 73d year of her age. Their son Gamaliel born in Lancaster Feb. 29, 1684-85, was the first settler in the west precinct now Sterling. He married Mary Houghton, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Berbeane) Houghton, and died in Sterling Oct. 26, 1745.
BEAMAN Phineas4 (Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel1), son of Gamaliel and Mary (Houghton) Beaman, was born in 1718. He built the first frame house in Sterling that succeeded the old log
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homestead built by his father. In 1740 he married Joanna, daughter of Josiah White Jr. and Abigail (Whitcomb) White of Lancaster. Her great grandfather was the first John White, one of the original proprietors of that town whose daughter Mary - wife of Rev. Joseph Rowlandson - was the heroine of the well known Indian Captivity. Her uncle Capt. John White was the famous Indian fighter. Phineas Beaman died in Sterling March 16, 1803, his wife Joanna died in 1799. Their children born in Sterling were:
i. JOANNA, b. April 4, 1741.
1. ii. PHINEAS, b. April 20, 1742, m. Hannah Buss. iii. JOSIAH, b. July 1, 1743.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. July 1, 1745.
v. LEMUEL, b. Oct. 2, 1746.
vi. SILENCE (SALOME), b. Aug. 31, 1747.
vii. GAMALIEL, b. Dec. 4, 1748.
viii. JONAS, b. July 12, 1750.
ix. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 2, 1752.
x. BENJAMIN, b. April 10, 1754.
xi. MARY, b. Dec. 28, 1755.
xii. ELISHA, b. June 5, 1757.
xiii. DAVID, bapt. Dec. 10, 1758.
xiv. ABIGAIL, b. July 14, 1760.
XV. GIDEON, b. July 12, 1763.
1. BEAMAN Phineas5 (Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel1), son of Phineas and Joanna (White) Beaman, born Apr. 20, 1742., married (int) July 23, 1773, Hannah Buss of Lancaster who died April 10, 1822, ae. 78. He was probably that Phineas who was a revolutionary soldier in Capt. Abner Cranston's com- pany, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment. Previous to his marriage he settled in 1766, in the northeasterly part of Princeton. He was an industrious and well-to-do farmer and active to the end of his days. It is recorded that when 84 years of age he " bound an acre of stocks." He died Feb. 25 (g.s. 21) 1830, ae. 88. Their children were born in Princeton.
i. HANNAH, b. April 17, 1774, m. Nov. 17, 1803, Robert Bailey Thomas, author of the Old Farmer's Almanac.
ii. EUNICE, b. March 27, 1777, d. May 17, 1868, unmarried.
2. iii. PHINEAS, b. April 6, 1780, m. Phebe Merriam.
6. iv. GAMALIEL, b. Aug. 7, 1783, m. Susanna Mirick.
v. NABBY, b. July 3, 1787, m. Samuel Brooks April 22, 1812.
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2. BEAMAN Phineas6 (Phineas5, Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel1), son of Phineas5 and Hannah (Buss) Beaman, born April 6, 1780. Married Phebe Merriam daughter of Amos and Deborah (Brooks) Merriam "at house of Capt. Amos Merriam." He died April 15, 1848, she died Oct. 6, 1874. Their children were:
i. MARIA-MERRIAM, b. May 3, 1804, m. Nov. 29, 1827, Gen. Ebenezer M. Hosmer of West Boylston and d. March 28, 1828.
ii. FIDELIA, b. April 19, 1807, m. (Ist) Jonathan Pierce, m. (2d) - Whitney.
iii. AMOS-MERRIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1808, d. Feb. 21, 1808.
iv. PHEBE (-D. in int.), b. Dec. 25, 1812, m. May 21, 1835, James (-B. in int.) Billings
v. HANNAH-THOMAS, b. Jany. 7, 1815, d. July 31, 1828 (g.s. July 30.)
vi. LYDIA-MERRIAM, b. April 28, 1817, m. June 2, 1836, Sewell G. Mirick.
3. vii. PHINEAS-ALDEN, b. Jany. 24, 1819, m. Harriet Thompson.
viii. WINSLOW-EMERSON, b. Feb. 9, 1821, m. Abigail K. Gordan. Chn .: ERVING-WALLACE, b. Feb. 15, 1846, (II) MYRON- BIRTHIER.
ix. ABIGAIL-FLORELLA, b. Aug. 2, 1823, m. May 30, 1844, E. Sawyer Keyes.
X. ALMIRA-CORDELIA, b. Aug. 21, 1825, d. July 19, 1836.
xi. SAMUEL B., b. 1829 or 30, served as First Lieut. Co. K. 53d Regt. Mass. vol. from Princeton Oct. 17, 1862, promoted Captain Nov. 25, 1862, died 1887.
3. BEAMAN Phineas-Alden7 (Phineas6, Phineas5, Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel1), son of Phineas6 and Phebe (Merriam) Beaman, born in Princeton, Jany. 24, 1819; mar- ried April 3, 1844, Harriet Thompson, daughter of Isaac and Rhoda (Greenwood) Thompson, born July 8, 1820. Mr. Beaman served in the various town offices and one term in the State Legislature. He did much to develop the hotel interests of the town. The entire Wachusett Mountain was at one time his property. He built the first carriage road up the mountain side and made other improvements in that locality. At the time of his death March 1, 1894, his two sons Harry C. and Algernon T. were associated with him in the proprietorship of the Wachusett House and the Sum- mit House, under the firm name of P. A. Beaman & Son. Mrs. Beaman died June 8, 1914. Children:
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4. i. ALGERNON-THOMPSON, b. Jany. 16, 1847, m. (Ist) Luella-Agnes Otis. m. (2d) Keziah Heckman.
ii. HARRIET-ELLA, b. in 1853, d. 1862. 5. iii. HARRY-CLAYTON, b. March 6, 1863, m. Jennie-Hoover Bartlett. 1
4. BEAMAN Algernon-Thompson8 (Phineas-Alden7, Phineas6, Phineas5, Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel'), son of Phineas Alden7 and Harriet (Thompson) Beaman, married (Ist) Oct. 15, 1873, Luella Agnes Otis of Watertown, Mass. They lived in Princeton where she died April 14, 1876, age 28 years. He married (2d) Dec. 14, 1882, Keziah Heckman of Bridgewater, N. S. Children:
i. HARRIET-ELIZABETH, b. July 16, 1874, m. Herbert P. Houghton. Children of second wife:
ii. LUELLA-OTIS, b. July 12, 1884.
iii. PHINEAS-ALDEN, b. May 4, 1886, m. Charlotte Marshall Oct. 22, 1913.
iv. RALPH-HECKMAN, b. March 19, 1888.
5. BEAMAN Harry-Clayton8(Phineas-Alden7, Phineas6, Phineas5, Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel'), son of Phineas Alden and Harriet (Thompson) Beaman. Graduated at Harvard Col- lege in 1885, married in Chillicothe, O., Nov. 10, 1887, Jennie Hoover Bartlett of that town whose father was a native of Sterling, Mass. She died June 20, 19II. Their children were:
i. HARRY-CLAYTON, Jr., b. in Chillicothe, O., Oct. 10, 1888, m. May IO, 1913, Natalie del Risco.
ii. BARTLETT, b. in Princeton, July 20, 1891.
iii. JOHN-ALDEN, b. in Princeton, Nov. 1, 1897.
iv. ANNE-SAFFORD, b. in Princeton, Feb. 15, 1900.
6. BEAMAN Gamaliel6 (Phineas5, Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel1), son of Phineas and Hannah (Buss) Beaman, married Feb. 20, 1806 Susanna Mirick, daughter of John and Lois (Hobbs) Mirick, who died Sept. 22, 1844., married (2ª) April 3, 1845, Nabby Waldron and removed to Jaffrey, N. H. He died Nov. - , 1870. His children were:
i. ALFRED, b. Dec. 13, 1806, m. Sept. 10, 1828, Eliza B. Wood, of Westminster, she d. in California, Feb. 24, 1878, and he Dec. 20, 1875. Children: (I) SUSAN-ELIZA, b. March 17, 1829, d. Jany. 8, 1831, (II) SUSAN-MARIA, b. April 8, 1831, (III) MYRA- ALLEN, b. Oct. 29, 1832, (IV) CAROLINE-MACKENZIE, b. Feb. 2, 1835, (v) GEORGE-WOOD, b. Feb. II, 1837, (VI) ANN-ELIZA, b. Oct. 1, 1839, (VII) MARY-EMILY, b. Sept. 7, 184I.
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ii. SUSANNA, b. April 17, 1808, m. Jan. 20, 1829, William S. Everett. iii. MARY, b. Dec. 3, 1810, m. (int.) Nathan S. Adams Oct. 13, 1832, d. Worcester, Nov. 11, 1857.
iv. EDSON, b. July 31, 1813, m. Martha R. Burpee of Sterling Sept. 28, 1835, she d. June 22, 1865, ae. 48. He d. in Worcester, Jan. 6, 1882.
v. ABIGAIL (NABBY), b. July 16, 1818, m. William E. Goodnow of East Jaffrey, N. H., April 21, 1836.
vi. EUNICE, b. July 14, 1820, m. Paul M. Mirick, Dec. 26, 1839, d. Worcester, Dec. 31, 1881.
vii. GAMALIEL-S., b. June 4, 1823, m. May 15, 1845 Augusta Keyes of Princeton and settled in Worcester.
viii. JOANNA-B., b. March 12, 1825, m. April 18, 1844 Solomon J. Bur- pee of Sterling, 2 chn: (1) SARAH MARIA BURPEE, b. April 27, 1846, and (II) ALBERT EUGENE BURPEE, b. June 18, 1848, both died in infancy.
BEAMAN Gamaliel-Sawyer6 (Gideon5, Phineas4, Gamaliel3, John2, Gamaliel1), son of Gideon5 and Dolly (Wilder) Beaman, born in Sterling Dec. 8, 1808, married Phebe Diana Gates of Westminster. Children:
i. LAURA-M., b. March 13, 1839, m. Feb. 14, 1856, Charles L. Knowl- ton, Leominster, Mass. Children: (I) GEORGE E. W. KNOWLTON and (II) ESTHER MARION KNOWLTON.
ii. PHINEAS-WILDER, b. Jany. 22, 1842, died from burns Sept. 16, 1845. iii. GAMALIEL-WALDO, b. Sept. 4, 1852, m. (Ist) Oct. 22, 1885, Mary Priest Stearns of Northfield, Mass., m. (2ª) June, 1894, Mrs. Eileen Marie Sherman of North Adams. Mr. Beaman is an artist. Children of Gamaliel-Waldo and Mary Priest (Stearns) Beaman: (I) MADELINE, b. at Cambridge, Mass., July 16, 1886, grad. Northfield Seminary, June 12, 1906. (II) HELEN LOUISE, b. Aug. 25, 1891, d. Oct. 15, 1891.
BELLOWS.
BELLOWS Capt. Elijah and wife Martha came from Southboro, Mass., in May, 1782. He died in Princeton, March II, 1798, leaving property by will to his "wife Martha and then to Joseph Tuttle (in 43d year of age), who is now married and lives with me."
BIGELOW.
The first notice of the immigrant head of the Bigelows in America is in the early records of Watertown. "JOHN BIGULOH and Mary Warin Joyned in Mariag before Mr. Nowell."
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Joshua2, s. of John1 and Mary (Warren) Bigelow had a son Eliezer3. Through his son Daniel3 he Joshua2 was grandfather of Col. Timothy Bigelow of Revolutionary fame.
Jabez4 son of Eliezer3, married Deborah Knowlton.
BIGELOW Abraham5 (Jabez4, Eliezer3, Joshua2, John1), son of Jabez4 and Deborah (Knowlton) Bigelow of Westminster, born Dec. 21, 1768, married (Ist) Syrena Richardson of Ster- ling. He died in Princeton, Dec. 8, 1802. She married (2ª) John Moore (int. March 5, 1810 and died Jany. 8, 1862). Children of Abraham and Syrena were:
i. ABIGAIL, b. - -- , m. - - Whitcomb.
ii. MARY, b.
1 iii. ABRAHAM-GILBERT, b. Sept. 2, 1798, m. Rebecca B. Howe.
iv. REBECCA-BOWMAN, b. April 23, 1803, m. April 1, 1828, Isaac Bryant of Rutland. Seven children.
1. BIGELOW Abraham-G.6 (Abraham5, Jabez4, Eliezer3, Joshua2, John1), son of Abraham5 and Syrena (Richardson) Bigelow, born Sept. 2, 1798, married (int.) Dec. 4, 1822, Rebecca B. Howe. He died Jany. 27, 1836. She married (2ª) Jany. 25, 1838, William Bartlett of Hubbardston and lived in Bolton. Children of Abraham-G. and Rebecca-B. were:
i. DR-WINDSOR-HOWE, b. Princeton, March 25, 1823, m. Letitia Bell, dau. James Bell of Haverhill, N. H. Grad. Dartmouth took up practice of Medicine and became a very successful physician in Bolton, Mass., where he died in 1875. He enlisted as Assistant Surgeon in the 32d Reg. Mass. Vols., July 31, 1863. Their children were: (I) JAMES-GILBERT, b. Jany. 10, 1853, d. in Boston, Oct. 31, 1872 while studying to be a physician, (II) MARY-ALICE, b. Nov. 24, 1858, (III) WALTER-MCPHERSON, b. May 19, 1860, d. July 21, 1860 and (IV) WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. May 19, 1860, d. Sept. 11, 1860 (twins).
ii. ABRAM-GILBERT, b. Aug. 29, 1826, m. Nov. 27, 1850 Delicea A. Wheeler, b. Berlin, Mass., July 12, 1828. Enlisted as private in Co. G. 36th Mass. Infantry, re-enlisted in 7th Battery Light Artillery, discharged July 18, 1865, d. June II, 1898. Children: (I) CELIA-ABBIE, b. Berlin, May 30, 1852, m. Aug. 12, 1874, Alfred S. Sawin, b. Ashburnham, May II, 1850. She d. June 9, 1879, (II) GILBERT-ABRAM, b. Prince- ton, July 20, 1854, postmaster at Princeton Depot, m. Nellie W. Weeks, dau. Rev. Joseph and Susan M. (Plaisted) Weeks, Dec. 25, 1884, b. July 10, 1862, at Ashland, N. H. Children: (i) Abram-G., b. June 18, 1886, (ii) Gladys-A., b. Aug. 4, 1888,
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d. June 12, 1889, (iii) Leon-E., b. May 18, 1890, d. March 2, 1913, (iv) Hazel-R., b. Nov. 2, 1896. (III) JOHN-ELBERT, b. Gardner, Mass., Feb., 1857, m. Aug. 24, 1884, Margie Donleavy at Boston, Mass. Children: (i) Windsor, H., b. Jan. 26, 1886, (ii) Ethel M., b. Oct. 4, 1889. (IV) MINNIE-EMROSE, b. in Brookline, N. H., March 1, 1859.
iii. BENJAMIN-HEYWOOD, b. Nov. 18, 1829, m. Rebecca Kendall. Enlisted in 7th Battery of Artillery M.V.M., died in the service at N. Orleans, July 8, 1864. Their children were: (I) EDSON HEYWOOD, (II) ADA-MARIA, (III) FLORA LUCY.
iv. ABIGAIL-C., b. April 1, 1832, m. David Joel Reed, s. of David and Polly (Smith) Reed, March 16, 1850. She d. July 7, 1907. Children: (I) LUELLEN-MARY-ABBIE REED, b. Sept., 1852, d. June 1, 1867, (II) SOLON-ALLEN REED, b. Sept. 14, 1854, in Gardner, Mass., m. Julia Emma Kelley of Jonesport, Me., Oct. 27, 1875, (III) ELIZABETH-ABBIE, b. Sept. 23, 1876, m. Dec. 18, 1895, Ben Russell Mirick of Worcester, Mass.
v. MARY-R., b. Dec. 28, 1834, m. Abram Sawin of Gardner, Sept. 2, 1885. She d. March 9, 1910.
BIXBY.
BIXBY Samuel5 (Samuel4, Mephibosheth3, Daniel2, Joseph1), son of Samuel4 and Mary of Shrewsbury, was born at Andover, Mass., Aug. 31, 1716. He was a g.s. of Mephiposheth3 g.g.s. of Daniel2 and g.g.g.s. of JOSEPH1, the immigrant head of the family.
He Samuel5 married in Lancaster, March 4, 1762, Hannah Powers and removed to Guilford, Vt., where he was prominent in the dispute over the boundary line between the states of New York and Vermont. He went in 1789 with the " Ver- mont Sufferers " to Jericho, N. Y., which was incorporated as Bainbridge in 1814. Dismissed to Church in Jerico, N. Y., Samuel and Hannah Feb. 7, 1804. Their children were:
i. HANNAH, b. Dec. 13, 1762.
ii. SYBEL, b. Oct. 1, 1765.
iii. PRISCILLA, b. Dec. 29, 1767.
BLACK.
BLACK William-James, son of Adam and Susan (Conley) Black of Westboro, b. Aug. 3, 1853, m. Dec. 12, 1878, Luna Josephine, dau. of Lansford and Almira R. (Everett) Harrington. Resided in Princeton removing later to Westminster. Children:
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Î. CARLTON-LANSFORD, b. Sept. 14, 1882, in Princeton.
ii. HARRY-WILLIAM, b. Aug. 30, 1885, in Westminster.
iii. SUSIE-MAY, b. Jan. 5, 1888.
iv. EVERETT-H., b. Aug. 4, 1890.
BLAKE.
Notwithstanding many researches have been made in England to determine the ancestry of WILLIAM1 BLAKE the early settler of Dorchester in New England, nothing has been satisfactorily established beyond the fact, that he was baptized in Pitminster a village four miles south of Taunton in Somersetshire, that he was married and four of his children were baptized in the same parish. All this we know, beyond this all at present is con- jecture.
In the absence of positive evidence it is reasonably certain that he came to New England in the fall of 1635 or the early months of 1636 and not in " 1630 in the ship Mary and John " as has been sometimes stated.
In March, 1637/8 he shared in the division of the lands at Dorchester " Neck " (now South Boston), where for more than two hundred and fifty years some of his descendants were owners and where his son James built a house as early as 1680.
Mr. Blake was made a freeman of the Colony March 14, 1638/9 at which time, to comply with the order of the General Court, he must have been a member of the church. There can be no doubt that he was a man of integrity and above the average intelligence of his neighbors. He served the town in various important capacities, as Constable, selectman, and in many other ways. Soon after his decease Aug. 25, 1663, his widow Agnes (Band) Blake removed to Boston to live with her son John or her only daughter Anne Leager. She died in Dorchester July 22, 1678.
James2 son of William1 bapt. April 27, 1624, came to New England with his father and married about 1651, Elizabeth Clap, daughter of Deacon Edward and Prudence (Clap) Clap. She died Jany. 16, 1693/4, in the 6Ist year of her age.
He married (2ª) Sept. 17, 1695 Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt, widow of Peter Hunt and daughter of Henry and Judith Smith from County Norfolk, England.
James3 son of James2 married (Ist) Hannah Macey daughter of George and Susanna Macey of Taunton who died June 1, 1683.
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He married (2ª) July 8, 1684, Ruth Bachellor daughter of Nath- aniel and Deborah (Smith) Bachellor of Hampton, N. H. She died in Dorchester Jany. 11, 1752 ae. 90 years. He died Oct. 22, 1732 ae. 80. His son James4 born April 29, 1688, best known as the Author of " Blake's Annals " of Dorchester, married Wait Simpson and died Dec. 4, 1750. Their son James5 born Oct. 15, 1716, married May 1, 1739, Mary Pinson daughter of William and Sarah (Dows) Pinson. He died Jany. 5, 1803. His son James6 born Feb. 15, 1740, married (Ist) Elizabeth McDaniel and (2ª) Lydia Dana (from whom is descended Francis E. Blake the writer of this volume).
AN OLD VIEW OF PRINCETON CENTER (From Barber's Historical collection of Massachusetts, published in 1839.)
BLAKE Pynson7 (James6, James5, James4, James3, James2, William1), son of James6 and Lydia (Dana) Blake, born in Boston Oct. 16, 1796. When a young man Mr. Blake went to Orange, Mass., where he carried on business for a few years. In 1824 he removed to Princeton and opened a store in a building at the easterly end of the common. This building was taken down in 1828, and Mr. Blake bought the house formerly occupied by Rev. James Murdock and moved it back from the street twenty feet. He afterwards regretted that he had not moved it fifty feet, as all acknowledged should have been done.
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