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PATERSON Andrew, prob. son of James and Lydia, born April 4, 1742, married in Sudbury, Jany. 26, 1773, Anna Russell, daughter of Samuel and Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1747. He bought
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land in Princeton, as early as 1770, and later sold to A. Gale, and Uriah Moore. Children of Andrew and Anna were:
i. JAMES, b. June 16, 1774.
ii. Jane, b. May II, 1776.
iii. DANIEL, b. Dec. 9, 1777, d. Dec. 23, 178I.
iv. ANNA, b. June 20, 1779, d. Jany. 5, 1782.
v. JEREMIAH, ( b. July 25, 1781.
vi. DANIEL, 2d
TWINS ( b. July 25, 1781.
vii. SALLY, b. Nov. 22, 1782.
PERRY.
JOHN1 PERRY, came to New England in 1632, in the ship Lyon, settled in Roxbury, and from thence removed to Medfield, his son John2, born 1674, married Bethiah Morse, and had Samuel3: Samuel3 married Joanna Lovet, and had John4. The latter by wife Mercy, had in Sherburn, Joanna, Mary, Betty, Enoch, John, Jr., and Aaron5.
PERRY Aaron5 (John4, Samuel3, John2, John1), son of John4 and Mercy, was born in Sherburn, April 17, 1733, married in Mendon, March 4, 1761, Mary French of Mendon. In 1757, he removed to Princeton, and lived on the John P. Rice place, where he died, Nov. 24, 1820. Their children were:
i. JOANNA, b. Oct. 19, 1761, m. March 12, 1787, William Nichols, Jr. of Holden.
ii. SARAH, b. May 30, 1763, d. May 30, 1763.
iii. ABIJAH, b. Aug. 3, 1764, m. Feb. 22, 1789, Experience Gray, the family say in Princeton, had six children in Leicester, he d. about 1848.
iv. AARON, b. Jany. 27, 1766, m. (int.) at Leicester, Vt., m. Levinah Howe, Feb. 23, 1804, at the house of Lt. Adonijah Howe, Prince- ton, he d. Moira, N. Y.
1. V. NATHAN, b. Aug. 29, 1767, m. Anna Gale.
[b. April 19, 1769, pub. Feb. 4, 1792, Lois Jones. He vii. MOLLY,
vi. SILAS, TWINS d. at Moira, N. Y. b. April 19, 1769, d. July 15, 1781.
viii. ASAPH, b. Feby. 19, 1771, d. Milton, Vt.
ix. ANNA, b. Oct. 15, 1773.
x. DAVID, b. Sept. 13, 1775, d. Lowville, N. Y.
xi. ICHABOD, b. March 9, 1779.
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1. PERRY Nathan6 (Aaron5, John4, Samuel3, John2, John1), son of Aaron5 and Mary (French) Perry, born August 29, 1767, married Oct. 7, 1792, Anna Gale, he was in 1794, Lieut. 2ª Battalion, 7th Division, Mass. Militia, and "had aged parents." Appears to have lived in Princeton, until 1799, or 1800, thence removed to Leicester, Vt., and back to Princeton again, about 1804. He died at Worcester, May 2, 1833, and she in Wor- cester, Feb. 1, 1845. Their children were:
i. CHARLES, b. April 3, 1793, d. Aug. 4, 1794.
ii. NATHAN-FRENCH, b. Nov. 30, 1794, m. Elizabeth, who d. April 29, 1823. He was a ship carpenter, in Boston, no children.
iii. SALLY-JONES, b. Nov. 3, 1796, m. - , 1818, Benjamin Wilson, and d. 1882, a dau. Mrs. B. Derby.
iv. ELISHA-GALE b. Dec. 5, 1798. A Baptist Minister at Cape Cod, d. July 5, 1854, at Fishkill, on the Hudson.
v. LUCY, b. April 13, 1801, d. June 16, 1801.
vi. LUCY, (2d) b. May 5, 1802, d. Sept. 17, 1802.
vii. DAVID, b. Nov. 28, 1803, lived in Worcester, prob. d. New Bedford, a son Edward.
viii. CATHARINE-MOORE, b. April 8, 1806, m. Luther Alden, of Temple- ton, d. in Templeton.
ix. CHARLES-COLESWORTH-PINCKNEY, b. June 24, 1808, m. Sept. 22, 1831, Delia S. Mills, in Berkshire, N. Y., 9 children, d. in Lenox, Mass.
X. POLLY-MESERVEY, b. May 16, 1810, m. Dexter Carr, d. in Worcester.
xi. NANCY-HARRINGTON, b. Aug. 25, 1812, m. John Forbes, d. in Worcester.
xii. THOMAS, b. July 3, 1813, d. same day.
xiii. FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS, b. July 17, 1814, Roxbury, Mass., no chil- dren.
xiv. HARRIET, b. Dec. 25, 1816, d. Nov. 17, 1821.
PERRY Joseph-Norman, married at Port Maitland, N. S., Dec. 1, 1866, Henrietta Roberts, who died March 28, 1873. Children :
i. IDELLA-MAY, b. March 8, 1868, m. E. Wilson Baker, Nov. 20, 1913.
ii. HENRIETTA-ROBERTS, b. May 5, 1870.
iii. OSCAR-R., b. March 21, 1873.
PERRY, Joseph-N., married at Deerfield, Yarmouth Co., N. S., May 3, 1874, Lucy Jane Porter. Children :
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i. GERTRUDE-VIOLA, b. April 18, 1876, m. Asa P. Crowell, 1902.
ii. GEORGE-RODOLPH, b. Nov. 18, 1878, d. July 28, 1897.
iii. LESLIE-ARNOLD, b. July 28, 1880.
iv. JOSEPHINE-MANSFIELD, b. Feb. 28, 1883, d. Aug. 1883.
v. MARY-ALICE, b. Oct. 26, 1885, m. Benjamin F. Stuart, Aug. 26, I9I2.
vi. WADE-ARTHUR-S., b. Jany. 7, 1887.
vii. ELLSWORTH-JOSEPH, b. Oct. 10, 1888.
viii. WILLIAM HAZADIAH, b. Nov. 9, 1889, d. March 20, 1909.
ix. ADELAIDE-LEE, b. Nov. 28, 1890.
x. BREWER-SLOCUM, b. May 5, 1896.
PHELPS.
PHELPS Joseph, with his wife Elizabeth, and four children, came from Pomfret, Conn., in 1768 or 9, and had three children in Princeton, removing afterwards to Lancaster. Children in Princeton were:
i. TRYPHENA. b. Sept. 28, 1769.
ii. ELISHA, b. Oct. 10, 177I.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 8, 1773.
POND.
POND Preston, from Hubbardston, married April 7, 1801, Hannah Rice, daughter of David and Abigail (Reed) Rice, afterwards lived in Westboro and Hubbardston, had two children born in Princeton, and six others later. Children in Princeton:
i. BETSEY, b. Feb. 5, 1802.
ii. STILLMAN, b. Nov. 26, 1803.
POWERS.
The family of this name in Princeton, are descended from WALTER1 POWERS, who married at Malden, in 1660, when 20 years of age, Trial Shepard, daughter of Dea. Ralph and Thankful Shepard. Their son Daniel2 married Elizabeth Whitcomb, and lived in Littleton, where Jonathan3 was born, the latter removed to Lancaster, and by wife Hannah Savage had Amos4.
POWERS Amos4 (Jonathan3, Daniel2, Walter1), son of Jonathan and Hannah, born Feb. 25, 1733, in Lancaster, he was a pro-
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prietor of East Wing, 1758, received land from his father, 1762, and was of Princeton, 1762, but, married from Lan- caster, (Ist) Sibyl Gibbs, and had in Lancaster (Thankful). He married (2ª) Jany. 21, 1766, Molly Parmenter, and later went to Bethel, Me. Child of Amos and Sybil:
i. THANKFUL, b. Nov. 10, 1758, in Lancaster.
Children of Amos and Molly :
ii. LUCRECIA, b. Nov. 29, 1772, at Princeton.
iii. SIBYL-GIBBS, b. Oct. 27, 17-, at Princeton.
iv. BATHSHEBA, b. Feb. 21, 1776.
v. MANASSEH, b. - , 1787.
PRATT.
THOMAS1 PRATT, of Watertown, the progenitor of the family of this name in Princeton, probably came from London. He was not admitted a freeman, but took the oath of fidelity in 1652. By wife Susannah, he had a son Ebenezer2 who removed to Sherburn and died in 1692. His grandson Gershom3, was born, 1702, his great-grandson Jacob4 was born 1735, his great- great-grandson Henry5, born Aug. 3, 1764, married Asenath Holbrook,
PRATT Moses6 ( Henry5, Jacob4, Gershom3, Ebenezer2, Thomas1), son of Henry5 and Asenath (Holbrook) Pratt, born in Sher- burn, July 13, 1798, married March 20, 1823, Elizabeth Ellis, daughter of Eleazer and Sarah, born at Providence, R. I., Jany. 3, 1801 and died Oct. 23, 1881. He removed to Prince- ton in April, 1826. He died Nov. 4, 1853 in Princeton. Their children were:
i. CHARLES-N., b. Sept. 1, 1824, in Wrentham. He died Sept. 28, 1848, while a student at Yale University, before completing his studies there.
1. ii. GEORGE-ELLIS, b. Jany. 30, 1827, d. May 28, 1894.
iii. SARAH-E., b. Nov. 25, 1829, m. Isaac Franklin Thompson, Oct. 23, 1872. He was born in Princeton, Aug. 2, 1823 and d. Aug. 3, 1900.
iv. MARTHA-A., b. Sept. 5, 1831, d. April 23, 1855.
1. PRATT George-Ellis7 (Moses6, Henry5, Jacob4, Gershom3, Eben- ezer2, Thomas1), son of Moses6 and Elizabeth (Ellis) Pratt, b. Jany. 30, 1837, in Princeton, m. June 9, 1859, Lucy J. Wilkins
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of Middleton, Mass., dau. of James and Betsey Wilkins, born Oct. 24, 1825. He died May 28, 1894. Children:
i. CHARLES-H., b. March 30, 1861, m. Nov. 17, 1898.
ii. GEORGE-F., b. June 28, 1863, m. Jany. II, 1889.
iii. MARY-A., b. April 26, 1865, d. Aug. 31, 1876.
iv. LIZZIE-J., b. March 23, 1867.
v. IRVING-E., b. June 21, 1869.
PRATT Eli6 ( Henry5, Jacob4, Gershom3, Ebenezer2, Thomas1), brother of Moses6, born June 1, 1795, married Nov. 11, 1821, Roxanna Wilber and removed to Walpole in 1849, where both died. Their children were:
i. ADDISON-WILBER, b. May 26, 1823, in East Medway.
ii. ALVIN-HOLBROOK, b. Jany. 24, 1829, in Princeton.
PRATT Edward-A., son of Joseph and Martha of Shrewsbury, born Oct. 19, 1802, married April 2, 1827, Maryanna Stratton, daughter of Samuel and Martha and lived in the west part of the town. She died in Princeton, June 15, 1868, ae. 63 and he Sept. 22, 1882, ae. 79, in Shrewsbury. Their children were:
i. CALVIN-E., b. Jany. 23, 1828, m. Nov. 8, 1860, Susan S. Ruggles. Elected Judge of the Supreme Court, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1869.
ii. HENRY-G., b. Dec. 31, 1829.
iii. ELIZA-A., b. March 31, 1835, d. April 29, 1856, ae. 21.
iv. ALBERT-H., b. Sept. 28, 1841, d. Nov. 9, 1859, ae. 18.
v. JENNIE-M., b. Oct. II, 1847 in Northbridge, m. (Ist) Sept. 5, 1872, Joel O. Martin of Indianapolis, Ind., (2ª) Jany. 8, 1879, Dr. F. H. Kelley, Worcester, Mass.
PRENTISS.
HENRY1 PRENTISS, the progenitor of this family, was in Cam- bridge as early as 1640, and probably was born in England. He owned lands in Sudbury, and was one of its early proprie- tors, in 1650. He was made a freeman in Cambridge, May 22, 1653, was twice married, and died in Cambridge, June 9, 1654.
Henry5 of Princeton, descended from Henry1 of Cambridge, and 2nd wife Joan, through Solomon2 and Hepzibeh Dunn (or Dunster), Henry3 and Elizabeth Rand, Nathan4 and Me- hitable Spencer of Berwick, Me.
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PRENTISS Henry5 ( Nathan4, Henry3, Solomon2, Henry1), son of Nathan4 and Mehitable Spencer, b. July 25, 1767, married Elizabeth (Betsy) Gill, dau. John and Hannah (Foster) Gill, March 6, 1801. She was born in Princeton, March 24, 1780. He practised law in Princeton from 1787, to April 7, 1819, when he removed to Hubbardston. There he served as select- man, representative, etc. He died in Hubbardston, March 6, 1843. His widow died Jany. 7, 1860.
i. HITTY-(MEHITABLE)-SPENCER, b. April 17, 1801, m. Dec. 19, 1820, Peter Richardson.
ii. HENRY, b. July 18, 1802, m. Nov. 12, 1829, Adeline Wright, d. Nov. 2, 1872.
iii. GEORGE-W., b. July 18, 1804, d. Oct. 15, 1805.
iv. REBECCA, (Ist) b. March 1, 1806, d. Sept. 13, 1812.
v. GEORGE, b. May 21, 1808, d. June 19, 1830.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. March 28, 1810, m. Samuel G. Nichols.
vii. AUGUSTA, b. July 7, 1812, m. (Ist) Joseph Clark, (2nd) Stillman Morse.
viii. REBECCA (2nd), b. May 28, 1814, m. Aaron Greenwood of Gardner, Sept. 8, 1841, one child CHARLOTTE, who m. Geo. H. Rice of Worcester.
ix. SPENCER, b. Feb. 6, 1818, m. June 4, 1844, Sarah Stone.
x. MARY-D., b. March 2, 1820, m. April 30, 1840, George B. Coleman of Hubbardston, 2 children: (I) GEO. S., and (II) ELIZABETH, twins, lived in Worcester, Mr. Coleman died Sept., 1875.
xi. SARAH-PRINCE, b. April 24, 1822, named for Moses Gill's first wife, who was a daughter of Thomas Prince, m. Jacob Farns- worth of Nashua, N. H., and had four children: (I) JAMES, (II) DILLY, (III) EDWARD and (IV) FLORENCE.
xii. EMILY, b. March 23, 1824, res. Worcester.
RANDALL.
RANDALL Samuel, born in Rutland, -, 1790, married March 23, 1815, Lucy Copeland, daughter of Eliphaz, she died Oct .- , 1828. He married (2ª) July 19, 1829, Mrs. Hailey Rice, widow of Moses Rice, and sister of his first wife, she died Dec. 6, 1858. He lived in Shrewsbury, previous to his mar- raige, but died in Princeton, Feb. 18, 1879, ae. 88-6. His children were:
i. HAILEY-WHEELER, b. April 12, 1816, m. Oct. 16, 1834, Leonard M. Homer of West Boylston, and d. Nov. 27, 1835.
ii. SARAH, b. Sept. 21, 1817, d. Oct. 2, 1826.
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iii. LUCY, b. Nov. 14, 1819.
iv. JULIA-ANN, b. Feb. 14, 1822, d. Sept. 18, 1826.
v. ABIGAIL, b. April 8, 1823, d. Oct. 3, 1826.
vi. MARY, b. May 28, 1825, d. May 3, 1849.
vii. JOSEPH, b. - , 1831, d. Feb. II, 1864, ae. 31.
RAY.
RAY Abel. The record of this family appears very much mixed. Abel of Marlboro in 1757 bought fifty acres of land in Prince- ton. He joined the church in Princeton in 1764. By his first wife Hannah (Ammidon), daughter of Ephraim Ammidon of Oxford, Mass., he had (I) MARY, in 1722, (II) AMOS, in 1725, (III) EUNICE, in 1728, and by his second wife Thankful, (IV) FRANCES, (v) REUBEN, (VI) LEVINA, (VII) ABEL, and (VIII) THANKFUL. He was warned Nov. 3, 1769, with wife Thankful and six children removing to Chesterfield, N. H., in 1770, and appears to have been in Hinsdale, Vt., about 1790. He is on record as a soldier in the French War. The Chester- field historian quotes the expression " clumsy as Abel Ray," a common expression in that part of the town; intimating that Mr. Ray was not noted for his agility; whether father or son acquired the title is uncertain.
RAYMORE.
1. RAYMORE Thomas, came from Dorchester, May 19, 1768, with wife Mary, and their eight children, and lived in the easterly part of the town. No record of the two older chil- dren. The others are copied from loose sheets, V.R.
i. THOMAS, b. Jany. 10, 1760.
ii. JANE, b. Sept. 23, 1761.
iii. JAMES, b. March 2, 1763.
iv. JOHN, b. Sept. 2, 1764.
v. EDWARD, b. Sept. 13, 1766, m. Hepzibah -, lived in Sterling, rem. to Greenwich, Mass.
vi. DAVID, b. Feb. 13, 1768, m. (int.) Lydia Dyer, April 9, 1796, and d. June 15, 1843. She d. Feb. 19, 1843, ae. 69.
vii. MOLLY, b. Feb. 17, 1770.
viii. STIMPSON, b. Jany. 10, 1773, m. Mehitabel Dresser, daughter of John, she d. Sept. 14, 1843, and he June 5, 1861, ae. 86-11-16, a dau. Sally d. July 16, 1841, ae. 48.
ix. JOSEPH, b. July 2, 1776.
X. REBECCA, b. July 28, 1778.
xi. ABEL, b. Feb. 17, 1782.
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REED.
REED Maj .- Joseph-A., son of Nathan and Hannah (Brooks) Reed, of Sterling, born 1792, married (int.) Feb. 12, 1821, (Ist) Mary B. Rice of Worcester, who died July 28, 1822, ae. 25, and an infant child two days later. He married Dec. 30, 1826, Mrs. Tamer (Beaman) Ball, daughter of Silas and Persis, who died April 10, 1846, ae. 50. He died March 3, 1867, ae. 75. Children of Maj .- Joseph and Tamer, were:
i. NATHAN-B., b. June 17, 1827.
ii. JOSEPH-P., b. March 12, 1829, m. May 18, 1854, Ann E. Eames, enlisted in 22d Reg. Inf. Band, Oct. 5, 1861-Aug. II, 1862, d. Oct. 28, 1870.
iii. MINERVA-E., b. Oct. 29, 1831, m. A. P. Forbush, d. May 28, 1885.
REED Jabez-G., brother of the above Maj .- Joseph-A., born in Sterling, 1797, married (int.) April 17, 1831, Levina B. Rice, of Worcester, he died Jany. 28, 1849, ae. 52. Their children were:
i. MARY LETITIA, b. March 20, 1832, d. Jany. 12, 1852.
ii. HENRY JEROME, b. July 3, 1834, in Worcester.
iii. JULIA-ANN, b. Aug. 11, 1837.
iv. SILAS-HARRISON, b. Dec. 20, 1839, in Worcester.
v. HARRIET-LEONARD, b. Nov. 30, 1842.
vi. JABEZ-EUGENE, b. Jany. 19, 1845, d. March 14, 1845.
vii. JABEZ-EUGENE, b. Oct. 5, 1848.
REED Joel, son of Joel and Abigail (Newton) Reed, born in Rutland, Dec. 5, 1760, married 1804, Anna Maxey (or Max- well) of Attleboro, and lived in the Littlejohn house, “ next below the Russell house." Their children were:
i. ANNA-MAXEY, b. June 4, 1805.
ii. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 24, 1807.
iii. JOSEPH-MAXEY, b. April 3, 1810.
RICE.
The head of this family in America, EDMUND1 RICE, born about 1594, came from Berkhamstead, England, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1639. Subsequently he removed to Marlboro, and died there, May 3, 1663. His son Edward2, by wife Anna, had a son John3, who resided in Sudbury, now
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Wayland, and married Tabitha Stone, daughter of John and Anna Stone of Sudbury. Edward4, son of John, married Rachel Elgit, and removed to Rutland, of which township he was a proprietor, no record of their children has been found, but the names of six have been obtained from descendants, one of these John5, married Sarah Martin, and was the father of Asa6.
RICE Asa6 (John5, Edward4, John3, Edward2, Edmund1), son of John5 and Sarah (Martin) Rice, born in Rutland, Aug. 6, 1757, married Mary or Polly, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Stearns, April 13, 1781. He was taxed in 1785, in Newton's district. She died Oct. 6, 1807, in Princeton, and he Dec. 23, 1845, ae. 89. Their children were:
i. THOMAS, b. May 20, 1781, in Rutland, m. widow Sally (Stearns) Skelton, d. 1812, in Ellsworth, Me.
ii. BENJAMIN-S., b. Nov. 20, 1783, in Lancaster.
iii. POLLY (or MARY-S.), b. June 9, 1786, in Princeton, m. April 8, 1819, Jesse Perkins.
iv. JONAS, b. Oct. 25, 1792, m. Dec. 5, 1819, Nancy Hill of Fitchburg, 6 children in Westminster.
RICE Samuel6 of Northboro (Seth5, Seth4, Edmund3, Samuel2, Edmund1), son of Seth5 and Rachel (Coolidge) Rice, born April II, 1762, descended from Edmund1, through Samuel2 and Elizabeth King, Edmund3 and Ruth Parker, Seth4 and Dorothy Robinson. He married in Northboro, Oct. 17, 1784, Rispah Wilson, and lived in Northboro, and Grafton, she died Oct. - , 1806, and he married Oct. 6, 1813, Azubah Cobb, who died in Princeton, in 1836. He had nine children by first wife, and one in Princeton, by the second. He died Jany. 14, 1832. His children were:
i. RELIEF, b. Feb. 25, 1785, m. Seth Robbins:
ii. BENJAMIN, b. March 30, 1787, m. Lucy Fay.
iii. BARNABUS, b. June 13, 1789, m. Betsey Lawrence.
iv. RACHEL, b. July 7, 1792.
v. SETH, b. May 8, 1794, m. Persis Bartlett.
vi. PERSIS, b. July 27, 1796.
1. vii. SAMUEL, b. about 1798, m. Eliza M. Shepard. viii. RISPAH, b. March 26, 1801.
ix. JAMES-A-BAYARD, b. Dec. 27, 1802, m. Sarah W. Dexter.
x. LUCY, b. June 25, 1814, m. Elijah Packard of Worcester.
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1. RICE Samuel7 (Samuel6, Seth5, Seth4, Edmund3, Samuel2, Edmund1), son of the above Samuel6, and Rispah Wilson Rice, married Eliza Maria Shepard, of Worcester, April 27, 1824, and died May II, 1848. Only child.
i. ELIZA-JANE, who married Gen. Augustus B. R. Sprague of Worcester.
RICE David6 (David5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Edward2, Edmund1), son of David5 and Love (Moore) Rice of Rutland, born Feb. 18, 1757, married Abigail Reed, June 8, 1785, a widow of that town, settled in Princeton and lived on the Simeon Clark place. He was a magistrate and representative to General Court. He died in Princeton, Sept. 2, 1825, and she May 6, 1850, ae. 89-7. Children:
i. HANNAH, b. May 13, 1787, m. April 7, 1802, Preston Pond, lived in Westboro and Hubbardston and had eight children. She d. July 27, 1855.
ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 21, 1788, settled in Guilford, N. Y., m. Nancy Gibbs, 1817.
iii. DAVID, b. Oct. 24, 1791, m. Oct. 9, 1822, Nancy Davis, dau. Solo- mon and Dorcas of Holden. She d. May 22, 1771, ae. 76, and he July 14, 1825, children: (I) DAVID, b. July 9, 1824, d. Sept. 18, 1856, (II) IRA DAVIS, b. Oct. 8, 1825.
iv. AARON, b. July 30, 1793, m. Susan Davis, sister of the above Nancy, Dec. 4, 1821, she d. in Princeton, March 26, 1862, ae. 62. He d. in Westminster, March 24, 1884, children all b. in Princeton were: (I) SUSAN HARRINGTON, b. May 23, 1822, (II) JOEL-REED, b. Dec. 20, 1823, (III) JOHN ADAMS, b. Aug. 15, 1825, (IV) ABIGAIL BROOKS, b. June 10, 1827, d. July 25, 1829, (v) ABIGAIL, b. May 15, 1829, d. Sept. 10. 1829, (VI) AARON CLARK, b. May 17, 1832, (VII) MARTIN-DAVIS, b. June 7, 1834, d. Sept. 10, 1841, (VIII) ALMETA, b. April 18, 1836, (IX) SARAH DAVIS, b. Jany. 30, 1839, (x) HENRY HARRISON, b. July 15, 1841, (XI) ALBERT, b. June 2, 1843.
v. BETSEY, b. Oct. 2, 1796, d. Nov. 8, 1799.
vi. REUBEN-WALKER, b. March 7, 1798, m. Mary Gibbs, d. Guilford, N. Y.
vii. NATHAN, b. Oct. 3, 1800, m. Cynthia Derby int. March 17, 1827, res. Hubbardston and d. there Sept. 3, 1854. She d. April 3, 1877. Record of children born in Princeton: (I) SIDNEY REUBEN, b. Nov. 30, 1844, (II) FLAVEL NATHAN, b. Nov. 20, 1846.
RICE Solomon5 (Gersham4, Jacob3, Edward2, Edmund1), son of Gersham4 and Lydia (Barrett) Rice of Marlboro, married
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Mary Binney, came to Princeton, 1782, and lived in Brig- ham's district. He died Sept. 25, 1794, his widow married Dea. Ebnezer Parker, April 30, 1799, and died March 22, 1816. The children of Solomon and Mary (Binney) Rice were:
i. BETSEY or ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 23, 1783, m. Nov. 28, 1805, Leonard Chaffin, and d. Sept. 28, 1826.
ii. JOHN (PARKER), b. Sept. 24, 1786, d. in Princeton, Sept. 20, 1875, ae. 88-11-26, m. Nov. 18, 1816, Sally Crowningshield, b. June 22, 1784, in Boston, lived in Dedham, d. in Boston, Feb. 5, 1847. One child, SARAH C., b. Philadelphia, Feb. 6, 1818, m. Charles B. Sherman.
RICE Ebenezer6 (Ebenezer5, Elijah4, Elisha3, Thomas2, Edmund1), son of Ebenezer5 and Huldah Keyes of Shrewsbury, married Sept. 20, 1780, Sarah Tainter, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Brigham) Tainter, of Shrewsbury. His second wife was Ruth Eveleth, of Stow. Record of one child born in Princeton :
i. ROLLAND, b. Dec. 12, 1781.
RICE Elijah5 (William4, Edmund3, Edward2, Edward1), son of William4 and Martha Rice, with his wife Elizabeth Rice, and five children, came to Princeton, from Bolton, in 1781, and lived in "Old Potash." They were of Sudbury, married March 26, 1751, and had seven children there. Their children were:
i. ELIJAH (i), b. April 18, 1753, died young.
ii. MARTHA, b. Aug. 18, 1755, m. Dec. 13, 1881, Joshua Maynard of Sudbury.
iii. HANNAH, b. May 15, 1757, m. - Walker and res. Westminster. iv. TIMOTHY, b. May 28, 1759.
v. OLIVE.
vi. ELIJAH, (2ª) b. June 4, 1763, m. Experience Lawrence, she died at No. Town, 1819, d. April 19, 1839, in Wayland, 8 children. vii. LUCY, b. May 28, 1765.
viii. JASON, b. Oct. 26, 1768.
RICHARDS.
RICHARDS Belcher, son of Col. Joseph and Mary (Belcher) Richards of Dedham, born Sept. 3, 1738, came from Dedham, Oct. or Nov., 1764, and bought of Muzzy in the south part
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No. 29, married Dec. - , 1774, Abigail Robbins of Rutland. He died Aug. 16, 1780 and she married (int.) Joseph Gibbs, Nov. 24, 1781. Children of Belcher and Abigail, were:
i. MARY, b. July 13, 1775, d. young.
ii. MARY (2d), b. May 2, 1777, m. Aug. - , 1793, Rev. Hezekiah Goodrich of Rutland. He d. Feb. 7, 1812.
iii. MOSES, b. Dec. 20, 1778.
iv. SARAH, b. March 12, 1780.
RICHARDSON.
The Richardsons of Princeton descended from THOMAS1, who was probably from Norfolk, England. He was one of the seven men who united in the settlement of Woburn, Mass., and the formation of a church there in 1641, and was admitted a freeman of the colony May 2, 1638. The name of the wife of Samuel was Mary. After his death she married Michael Bacon, Senior, the ancestor of Dr. Leonard Bacon of New Haven. Nathaniel2, the youngest child of Thomas1 and Mary, was a soldier in the " King Philip's War " in Capt. Prentiss' troops of horse and was wounded in the "Great Swamp Fight," Dec. 19, 1675. He had a son James3, who married (Ist) Rebecca Eaton, (2ª) Elizabeth Arnold, and a grandson James4, who married Sarah Fowle.
RICHARDSON Col .- William5 (James4, James3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), son of James4 and Sarah (Fowle) Richardson, born in Woburn, May 6, 1731, married about 1754, Esther Joslyn, daughter of John and granddaughter of Peter Joslyn, one of the early settlers of Lancaster. With his wife and seven children, Col. William came from Lancaster about 1770. He had been a leading man in Lancaster and it was largely through his efforts that the incorporation of the town of Princeton was effected. He was for a number of years Town Clerk, Select- man, Assessor and Justice of the Peace in Princeton, and a Col. in the Militia. He combined the business of merchant, or trader, and tailor with farming. His wife Esther died Oct. 13, 18II, and he Dec. 13, 1814, and both were buried in Princeton. Their children were:
i. ESTHER, b. March 12, 1755, m. Sept. 3, 1783, Jonathan Willard. ii. WILLIAM, b. Jany. 28, 1757, pub. Oct. 22, 1779, Susanna Walker, m. Nov. 12, 1779.
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iii. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 28, 1758, pub. Oct. 28, 1781, Jesse Harrington of Weston.
1. iv. SAMUEL, b. June 27, 1760.
v. PETER, b. July 2, 1762, d. Dec. 6, 1847, unmarried.
vi. JOHN, b. April 14, 1764, d. in Princeton, 1790.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 31, 1766, d. Nov. - , 1831.
viii. JOSIAH, b. April 23, 1770, d. May 19, 1830.
ix. LEVI, b. June II, 1772.
X. CATE, b. May II, 1773, d. April 27, 1803.
1. RICHARDSON Samuel6 (Col. Williams, James4, James3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), son of the above Col. William and Esther (Joslyn) Richardson, born in what was then Lancaster, June 27, 1760, married Sept. 30, 1784, Lucy Mirick, daughter of John Mirick of Weston, born March 10, 1766. He died July 26, 1814, his widow Lucy married (2ª) William Everett of Princeton. Children of Samuel and Lucy were:
i. SALLY, b. April 8, 1785, m. May, 1806, Israel Howe, Jr.
2. ii. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 2, 1787, m. Hannah Hoar.
iii. POLLY, b. Feb. 16, 1790, m. April 3, 1811, Azor Maynard of Northboro.
iv. CATHARINE, b. May 26, 1792, m. May 26, 18II.
v. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 4, 1794, d. Nov. 7, 1874, in Dorchester.
3. vi. PETER, b. Feb. 13, 1798, m. Mehitable Spencer Prentiss. vii. SUSAN, b. Nov. 1, 180-, m. Dr. James H. Brainard and died in China, Me., Nov. 23, 1830. Their children were: JAMES, WILLIAM and SUSAN ANN BRAINARD.
viii. ABIGAIL, b. Jany. 6, 1809, m. Oct. 29, 1827, Joseph H. Benson of China, Me., d. in Dorchester, Dec. 30, 1856. Their children were: SAMUEL, SUSAN and BENSON.
2. RICHARDSON Samuel7 (Samuel6, Col. William5, James4 James3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), son of Samuel6 and Lucy (Mir- ick) Richardson, born Dec. 2, 1787. He was a trader and also a farmer. Married Feb. 28, 1813, Hannah Hoar of Westminster. He died suddenly Feb. 26, 1842, she died in Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 20, 1881, ae. 88-9-25. Their children were:
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