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i. ELMIRA, b. May 17, 1814, m. George Gurney. Their children were: (I) GEORGE (GURNEY), res. Chelsea and (II) NETTIE or ANTOINETTE (GURNEY), m. - Prouty, res. Chelsea.
ii. GEORGE, b. June 26, 1816, married and had a family. Names not obtainable. Was a merchant in Maumee, Ohio, afterwards res. Buffalo, N. Y.
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iii. REBECCA, b. Sept. 24, 1818, married George Forsyth, res. Chelsea. Children: HARRIET FORSYTH, m. - Adams, WALTER FORSYTH and JAMES FORSYTH.
3. RICHARDSON Peter7 (Samuel6, Col. William5, James4, James3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), brother of the above Samuel7, born Feb. 13, 1798, married Hitty (Mehitable) (Spencer) Prentiss, Dec. 19, 1820, at Hubbardston. He kept a store for a number of years in Princeton; also in Worcester, and in Boston, to which later city he and his family moved in 1839. The Richardson Memorial refers to him as " a man of activity, integrity and enterprise. He was one of the pioneers in the opening to commerce of the New States of Arkansas and Texas. He was employed by the Boston Board of Trade in the regu- lation and adjustment of freights, etc., of the great routes of trade between the East and the West, at the opening of the railroads between those portions of the Union." He died in Brookline, Mass., March 15, 1878, ae. 80. All of their sons then living served in Massachusetts Regiments during the Civil War. Their children were:
i. HARRIET-BULLOCK, b. Sept. 8, 1822, m. Russell Hallett of the firm of Hallett, Cumston & Co., Pianoforte Makers, Boston, res. Brookline, 2 sons and I daughter.
ii. HENRY-PRENTISS, b. Jany. 22, 1824, d. Sept. 8, 1848, in San Francisco, Cal.
iii. WILLIAM-EVERETT, b. Feb. 21, 1825, m. Vesta Hodsdon of Great Falls, N. H., was Treas. Central Wharf Corporation, Boston, d. in Boston, Oct. 7, 1878, 2 sons.
iv. JAMES-MIRICK, b. Aug. 5, 1826, m. Anna Cartwright, Boston, 2 sons and I daughter.
v. THOMAS-EMMET, b. Aug. 21, 1829, unmarried, lived in the West.
vi. GEORGE-PRENTISS, b. June 15, 1831, m. Julia Wright of Hubbards- ton, res. Boston, in employ of Pepperell and Laconia Mfg. Companies, I son and 3 daughters.
vii. SPENCER-WELLS, b. April, 1834.
viii. SAMUEL-P., b. June 12, 1836, died in infancy.
ix. EDWARD-BANGS, b. May 20, 1838, had a position in the Boston Custom House.
x. CHARLES-ALBERT, b. Feb. 9, 1840, d. June 10, 1846 in Boston.
ROBERTS.
ROBERTS John, wife Tabitha (Leland) Roberts, and two children, came from Grafton, Mass., in May 1783. The
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parents were married in Grafton, July 6, 1780, they returned to Grafton, probably about 1785, where he died, Aug. 30, 1830, and she July 14, 1843. Their children were:
i. ELIZABETH, b. - , in Grafton.
ii. HANNAH, b. - , 1782, in Grafton, m. Wm. Stearnes.
iii. MOSES, b. Sept. 7, 1784, in Princeton, m. Susannah Ellis.
iv. TABITHA, b. - , 1788, in Grafton, m. Isaac Southwick.
v. LUCY-L. b. - , 1789, in Grafton, m. Charles Smith.
ROGERS.
ROGERS Eliphalet, son of Benjamin, cordwainer, was in Princeton as early as 1771, in 1782, he bought a place on the Sterling road, opposite A. C. Howes', he married in Lancaster, Aug. 14, 1771, Eunice Bennet, who died July 20, 1774, ae. 32. He married (2ª) March 9, 1775, Mary Jones, (3d) Mary Easter- brook, March 12, 1778, and (4th) Eunice Skinner (int.) July 20, 1781, removing to Royalston, probably about 1800, where he died, May 4, 1815. The dates of births of children are con- siderably mixed, but are so recorded :
i. ABIJAH, b. Aug. 26, 1772.
ii. NABBY-JONES, b. March 6, 1776.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. March 21, 1779.
iv. MOLLY-HOLLIDAY, b. Dec. 8, 1781, recorded as child of third wife.
v. BENJAMIN-CHACE, b. Sept. 16, 1782.
vi. ELIPHALET, b. Sept. 28, 1784.
vii. MOSES, b. June 2, 1786.
viii. EUNICE, b. -.
ix. SUKEY, b. Oct. 4, 1786.
x. LEONARD, b. April 29, 1802, in Royalston.
xi. ELIJAH, b. Oct. 4, 1803, in Royalston.
ROLPH
ROLPH Stephen, of Mendon, a cooper by trade, came to Prince- ton about 1759, he had resided in Grafton, from 1745, and in Mendon 1747, to 1759. He died Nov. 22, 1792, ae. 73, and his widow Susannah Oct. 24, 1805, ae. 80. Their children were:
i. SUSANNAH, b. Feb. 22, 1745, in Grafton, m. David Everett, Oct. 29, 1767.
ii. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 3, 1747, in Mendon, prob. m. twice and had a son Stephen.
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1. iii. SOLOMON, b. June 1I, 1749, m. Sarah Walker.
iv. JOHN (REV.), b. Dec. 14, 1752. The "Columbian Sentinel" Feb. 22, 1792, records ordination of "Rev. John Ralph at Worcester, Schenevases Creek, sermon by Rev. John Camp."
v. MARY, b. Nov. 4, 1754.
vi. LUCY, b. Nov. 12, 1756, pub. Nov. 27, 1781, Thomas Mitchell, of Hubbardston.
vii. RACHEL, b. March 31, 1759, in Mendon, pub. July 14, 1783, Na- than Smith of Rutland.
viii. PATIENCE, b. Aug. 1, 1761, pub. Oct. 19, 1793, Capt. Jacob Monroe. ix. THOMAS, b. Nov. 5, 1763.
x. SILENCE, b. Oct. 6, 1766, m. Aug. 10, 1791, Aaron Garfield of Warwick.
xi. EDWARD, b. Nov. 27, 1769, m. July 19, 1789, Molly Davis.
1. ROLPH Solomon, son of the above Stephen, and Susannah, born in Mendon, June II, 1749, married Oct. 11, 1775, Sarah Walker, he lived in Hubbardston, 1782, and in Princeton 1797, on the north side of the road leading from Princeton to Hub- bardston. He died Feb. 22, 1810, and she prob. Aug. 25, 1827. Their children were:
i. JOHN, b .- , in Hubbardston, m. pub. Dec. 13, 1812, Mary Moore, daughter of Humphrey. He d. Sept. 20, 1850, ae. 74, and she Sept. 13, 1860, ae. 86. No children.
ii. HEZEKIAH.
2. iii. SOLOMON, b. - , m. Anne Baker, and had a son Moses.
iv. SALLY, b. - -, d. in Princeton, Jany. 22, 1858, aged 75.
v. SUSANNAH, § b. March 28, 1791, in Hubbardston.
vi. LUCINDA, TWINS (b. March 28, 1791, in Hubbardston.
vii. Lucy, b. July 17, 1797, in Princeton, pub. 1825, James Viner of Templeton.
ROPER.
JOHN! ROPER the progenitor of this family born in England about 1588, came to New England in the summer of 1637, settled in Dedham, Mass., in August of that year and there died soon after, 1664. His son John2 also born in England about 16II, came to America with his wife Alice and two daughters, was made a freeman at Dedham, June 2, 1641. Afterwards resided in Charlestown and later in Lancaster, where he was massacred by lurking Indians, March 26, 1676. His son Eph- raim3 had a wife Priscilla and a daughter Priscilla. The two
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Priscillas, mother and daughter, were killed by the Indians in the first massacre, Feb. 10, 1676. He married (2ª), Nov. 20, 1677, Mrs. Hannah Gable of Concord, Mass. Both were killed in the Second Lancaster Massacre, Sept. 1I, 1697, also their daughter Elizabeth. Their son Ephraim4, the only one to escape alive, was held captive by the Indians in Canada for two years, when he was ransomed. He lived in Sudbury, Mass., until about 1720, he then removed to Worcester where he was employed by the Colonial government as a " sentinel to keep garrison or range the woods." He was a famous guide and it was in the woods that he accidentally met his death, Feb. 16, 1730, and he was the first person buried on the " Common." Ephraim5, son of Ephraim4 and Sybellah (Moore) Roper, mar- ried April 8, 1748, Michal Houghton, daughter of Benjamin and Zeruiah (Moore) Houghton of Lancaster. He died Dec. 5, 1793, ae. 78, and she, Dec. 31, 1816. Their children were Benjamin, Manasseh, Asa, John and seven others, ten sons and one daughter. The ten sons all served in the Revolutionary war, and many annalists of the Revolution have referred to the services rendered their country by these famous " ten brothers."
ROPER Benjamin6 (Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), one of the ten sons of Ephraim5 and Michal (Hough- ton) Roper, born in Sterling, Jany. 7, 1750, married 1774, Azubah Willard, born in Sterling, Aug. 15, 1753. In 1790 Benjamin purchased a farm in Princeton, near that of his nephew Jonas Ropers, in the vicinity of West Sterling. The site of the Benjamin Roper house is still visible. Here his first wife, Azubah died, Sept. 2, 1824, and on May 21, 1826, he married (2ª) Mrs. Anna Parmenter, who survived him. He died Nov. 1, 1826, ae. 70. Their children were:
i. SARAH, b. Feb. 15 and d. April 15, 1775.
ii. SALLY, b. April 13, 1776, m. - Roper, lived in Cambridge and d. in Lowell.
iii. KATHARINE (Cate), b. Aug. 15, 1778, m. Job Spofford, Ludlow, Vt.
1. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 24, 1780, m. Lucy Stratton.
v. JOEL, b. April 5, 1783, m. Nancy Ellis of Brighton, Mass., seven children.
vi. AZUBAH, b. June 24, 1785, m. Nov. 21, 1808, Josiah Rider of Holden, d. in Townsend, Mass.
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vii. MICHAL, b. Feb. 15, 1788, d. May 10, 1816.
viii. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 8, 1790, m. Eunice Houghton, Dec. 28, 1816. Children: (I) FOSTER, b. Jany. 21, 1817, (II) LYDIA-A., b. Dec. 4, 1820, m. Nathaniel Sargent, (III) ALICE, m. Samuel Newhall.
ix. SYBILAH, b. Nov. 24, 1792, d. Sept. 24, 1795.
X. HOUGHTON, b. Nov. 5, 1797, m. Esther-Mary Willard, d. June 28, 1870. A son, GEORGE H., d. Aug. 29, 1876, ae. 37.
1. ROPER Benjamin7 (Benjamin6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Eph- raim3, John2, John1), son of Benjamin6 and Azubah (Willard) Roper, born in Sterling, Nov. 24, 1780, married in Princeton, Oct. 13, 1812, Lucy, daughter of Samuel and Martha Stratton. He died July 3, 1841, she married (2d) int. Richard C. Ball, and died Nov. 7, 1872. Children:
i. SYLVIA, b. Dec. 29, 1813, in Princeton, m. Jotham Stone.
ii. CHARLES, b. Jany. 16, 1815, in Princeton, m. (Ist) Charlotte Nara- more, (2ª) Charlotte Nichols, (3ª) Emeline L. Webber.
2. iii. SAMUEL, b. Jany. 13, 1816, in Princeton, m. Eunice-Adaline Marshall.
iv. HENRY, b. Feb. 7, 1817, in Princeton, d. 1821.
v. ALFRED, b. Sept. 12, 1818, in Princeton, m. Sophronia Webber. vi. ELIZA, b. Dec. 17, 1820, in Princeton, m. Augustus Houghton. vii. LUCY A., b. July 21, 1822, in Princeton, m. James C. Henry.
viii. BENJAMIN-H., b. Nov. 9, 1823, in Princeton, m. Betsey S. Whiting. ix. ELVIRA, b. Feb. 26, 1826, in Holden, m. Henry S. Houghton.
x. FRANKLIN, b. March 7, 1827, in Princeton, m. Adaline D. Whipple. xi. ALICIA-B., b. Sept. 12, 1828, in Princeton, m. Cambridge P. Moulton.
xii. ALPHONSO, b. Feb. 9, 1830, in Princeton, m. -.
xiii. CALVIN, b. May 7, 1831, in Sterling, m. Roby Hopkins.
xiv. CORDELIA-S., b. June 7, 1833, in Holden, m. Charles E. Pollock. XV. JULIA, b. Dec. 13, 1835, in Holden, m. John B. White.
xvi. GEORGE-W., b. June 2, 1837, in Holden, m. Lucy Williams.
2. ROPER Samuel8 (Benjamin7, Benjamin6, Ephraim5, Eph- raim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), son of Benjamin7 and Lucy Stratton Roper, born in Princeton, Jany. 13, 1816, m. April 19, 1837, Eunice Adaline Marshall, born in Holden, April 19, 1837. In 1856 he bought a saw and grist mill situated on a branch of the Ware River in the westerly part of Princeton. Three generations of Ropers have owned and operated this mill. He took his two sons, John and William, into business turning out lumber and chair stock. He died Nov. 19, 1890 and his wife, March 20, 1897. Children:
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i. CHARLES-WILLIAM, b. June 6, 1838, d. Aug. 19, 1839.
ii. ABEL-MARSHALL, b. Nov. 3, 1839, d. Sept. 6, 1846.
iii. LUCY-ELVIRA, b. Sept. 10, 1841, m. George Carlisle of Attleboro, Mass.
iv. MARY-ELIZA, b. March 12, 1844, d. Sept. 18, 1845.
V. ELIZABETH-EUDORA, b. July 7, 1846, d. Dec. 15, 1847.
3. vi. WILLIAM-MARSHALL, b. Aug. 27, 1848, m. Mary Abbie Davis. vii. JOHN-SMITH, b. Dec. 11, 1850, m. (Ist) Louise Howard, (2ª) Martha Eva Brigham of Barre, Mass. He d. Oct. 31, 1887. viii. SYLVIA-ADELINE, b. March 27, 1854, m. George F. Wetherbee of Princeton, d. Oct. 7, 1887.
ix. CHARLES-FREMONT, b. April 13, 1857, m. Bertha Robertson of Richebucto, N. B. He grad. Andover Theological Seminary, 1885, ordained to ministry at West Concord, N. H., 1885, remained pastor until 1894, since then has preached at West Lebanon, N. H., Winchester, N. H., and is now, 1913, installed at River Point, R. I. He is President of the Roper Association of the United States.
ROPER William-Marshall9 (Samuel8, Benjamin7, Benjamin6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), son of Samuel8 and Adaline Marshall Roper, born in Holden, Aug. 27, 1848, married in Worcester, Nov. 18, 1869, Mary Abbie Davis, daughter of John and Matilda W. (Jones) Davis, born June 4, 1849, in Holden, Mass. After his marriage, operated a mill with his father at New Boston, turning out chair stock, then moved to West Princeton where he went into business with his father and brother, later on buying them out. His two sons William M. and Eugene D. have been taken into the business under the firm name of Roper Lumber and Box Co. Mr. Roper has been a member of the Republican Town Com- mittee a number of years and selectman for the years 1910- 19II and 1913. Children:
4. i. WILLIAM-MARSHALL, b. Jany. 31, 1871, m. Julia A. Bennett.
ii. KITTY-ADELINE, b. Sept. 5, 1873, d. Oct. 28, 1875.
5. iii. EUGENE-DAVIS, b. April 25, 1876, m. Mary True Leighton.
iv. BERTHA-MAY, b. June 7, 1878, m. Roy Winthrop Hatch of Marl- boro, Mass., Aug. 23, 1906. She was a teacher in Hubbardston. Mr. Hatch is a graduate of Dartmouth College, 1902, and has taught in the High Schools of Hubbardston, Hingham, Lexing- ton and Somerville. Children: (I) WINSLOW ROPER HATCH, b. Lexington, Mass., March 1, 1908, (II) DAVIS-LINCOLN HATCH, b. Belmont, Oct. 2, 1910.
v. EDITH-BELLE, b. Sept. 22, 1880.
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4. ROPER William-Marshall10 (William-Marshall9, Samuel8, Benjamin7, Benjamin6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), son of William-M. and Mary Abbie (Davis) Roper, born in Rutland, Jany. 31, 1871, married in Burlington, Oct. 8, 1901, Julia Alice Bennett of that town. She was a teacher in Princeton. Mr. Roper is associated with his father and brother in the lumber and box business. Children:
i. MARY-ALICE, b. March 7, 1904.
ii. JULIA-ADELINE, b. June 24, 1905.
iii. WILBERT-BENNETT, b. Sept. 10, 1907, d. Jany. 14, 1909.
iv. BARBARA-AVERY, b. July 29, 1912.
5. ROPER Eugene-Davis10 (William9, Samuel8, Benjamin7, Benjamin6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), brother of the above William-Marshall, born in Princeton, April 25, 1876, married at Yarmouth, Me., Oct. 10, 1901, Mary True Leighton of that town. She was a teacher in Hubbardston. He is one of the firm of Roper Lumber and Box Company. Children:
i. DOROTHY-LEIGHTON, b. Sept. 30, 1904.
ii. MARGARET-DAVIS, b. Aug. 4, 1907.
ROPER Manasseh6 (Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), son of Ephraim5 and Michal (Houghton) Roper, born, in Sterling, May 26, 1752, married at Princeton, Nov. 25, 1790, Lucy Livermore. He was a farmer and lived at the Old Homestead where he died June 16, 1831. He served in the Revolutionary War, in the Expedition to Bennington, Vt. His children were:
i. MYRA, b. Oct. 5, 1791, m. Newton Burpee.
ii. NANCY, b. March 8, 1793, m. Solomon Stewart.
iii. POLLY, b. May 22, 1795, m. David Nelson.
iv. LUCY, b. Oct. 9, 1797, m. John Carter.
v. EPHRAIM, b. Sept. 17, 1799, m. Eunice Swan Richardson, July Io, 1821. The greater part of their married life was spent in Tem- pleton, Mass., she died in Templeton, Sept. 26, 1880. His death occurred suddenly Aug. 2, 1881, at the summer residence of his daughter, MRS. MARY A. TAFT, Pigeon Cove, Mass. Another daughter ELLA E. ROPER, several years principal of the Edgeworth Street School in Worcester, prepared the "Roper Book" published under the auspices of the Roper Association,
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Much of this material is taken by permission from the "Roper Book."
vi. LUCIAN, b. Dec. 1, 1802, m. Betsey (Reed) Roper.
vii. EUNICE, b. Feb. 8, 1807, m. Cephas Nelson.
ROPER Jonas7 (Asa6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), son of Asa6 and Polly (King) Roper and grandson of Ephraim5 and Michal (Houghton) Roper, born in Sterling, Oct. 8, 1787, married Polly Edson, daughter of Elijah and Sarah Edson of Pelham, and resided in Princeton near West Sterling, where he died Sept. 1, 1859, ae. 71. She died May 5, 1879, ae. 83. Their children were:
i. CYNTHIA, b. July -, 1815, d. Oct. 24, 1901.
ii. ASA, b. Oct. 5, 1817, d. April 13, 1826.
iii. CLARISSA-MARY, b. Sept. 27, 1819, d. Aug. 27, 1873.
iv. JONAS-EDSON, b. Feb. 14, 1822, d. Sept. 15, 1881, m. (Ist) Rosa- lina E. Rawson, (2ª) June 1, 1856, Eliza Sumner. He d. Sept. 15, 1881. Children: (I) OSMER-W., b. May 22, 1852, (II) ROSA-SUMNER, b. July 7, 1860.
vi. DORCAS, b. Sept. 5, 1824, d. Aug. 8, 1840.
vii. DENNY-W., b. - , m. Elizabeth-Anna Roper, dau. Houghton and Esther (Willard) Roper. A son, CHARLES, b. about 1870. viii. FRANCIS, son of Samuel Littlefield of Sterling was legally adopted by Mrs. Polly Roper and his name changed to Francis Roper. ROPER John6 (Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, John2, John1), son of Ephraim5 and Michal (Houghton) Roper, born in Sterling (no date recorded), married May 10, 1792, Dorcas Kilburn, daughter of Joseph (or Jacob) and Mary (Sawyer) Kilburn. In 1791 he purchased land on the northerly slope of Wachusett and built probably in anticipation of his marriage in 1792, the homestead, since known as the John Roper place. This typical old fashioned New England farm-house, made famous by Whittier's poem " Monadnock from Wachusett," is still standing, although the old well-sweep and the " bucket splashing in the cool, sweet well " have long since disappeared. It was in the 60's that Whittier came to Princeton to visit a Quaker friend, Miss Howells, who took him to the Roper farm where he was inspired to write this poem, and it was Miss Howells, of whom Whittier wrote:
"I would I were a painter, for the sake Of a sweet picture, and of her who led A fitting guide, with reverential tread, Into that mountain mystery."
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and it was John Roper Junior, with whom John G. Whittier talked, the one who " loved it for his good old mother's sake who lived and died here in the peace of God." The homestead is thus pictured by Whittier:
" The great woods climbed the mountain at our back; And on their skirts where yet the lingering day On the shorn greenness of the clearing lay The brown old farm-house like a bird's nest hung."
In Mrs. Dwinnell's poem "Outing Inn " we have another glimpse of this same old farm-house and its surroundings.
" And on we go, and upward still, For harder, steeper grows the hill, To where - stone walls the ways divide, - A dainty farm-house stands, one side, And where the doors swing open wide, - Just halfway up Wachusett."
There is a record of three terms of service during the Revolu- tionary War to the credit of John Roper, first at Bennington, Vt., second at Newport, R. I., and the third as a member of the invalid corps sent for guard over Burgoyne's captured troops at Rutland, Mass., which would indicate he had been wounded in the service. He died in Princeton, April 10, 1833, and his widow, Dorcas, March 6, 1844, ae. 75. The children of John and Dorcas (Kilburn) Roper were:
i. RUTH, b. July 29, 1793, m. July 12, 1821, Calvin B. Davis, May 10, 1848.
ii. DORCAS, b. May 10, 1795, m. Ezra Hoar, March 11, 1819, names of children changed to Heywood.
iii. MARY, b. Aug. 10, 1797, m. Ephraim Beaman, Nov. 15, 1821, 2 children: (I) REBECCA BEAMAN, b. Nov. 15, 1822, m. J. L. Sweet, M.D., (II) MARY ANN BEAMAN, b. Feb. 28, 1825, m. Rev. Henry Cummings.
iv. JOHN, b. May 21, 1799, m. (Ist) (int.) Nov. 13, 1824, Abigail Hapgood of Shrewsbury, she d. Oct. 18, 1825, ae. 22. He m. (2ª) Mira Palmer of Sterling (int.) Oct. 13, 1832, and (3ª) int. Lucy Bond of Westminster, July 18, 1835, she d. March 27, 1869, ae. 65. He in Westminster, June 5, 1873. Children: (I) ABIGAIL-H., b. Sept. 27, 1825, (II) REBECCA-P., (III) JOHN- PAYSON, b. Nov. 10, 1836, (IV) EDWARD-R., b. Jany. 20, 1839, d. Dec. 10, 1862, Jamaica, N. Y., (v) SARAH, b. Dec. 21, 1842, m. (Ist) William A. Watson, March 26, 1865, m. (2ª) Henry
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Greeley, July 23, 1875, d. June 15, 1903, (VI) SUSAN BOND, b. Aug. 26, 1844, d. Jany. 16, 1863, (VII) HARRIET-A., b. July 16, 1849, m. April 23, 1866, Alvin E. Estabrook.
v. LUCY, b. Oct. 20, 1801, d. Oct. 3, 1881, she m. Joshua Everett, July 29, 1819. Their residence was in Everettville not far from the home of her brother John.
vi. WILKES, b. April 17, 1804, m. Roxa (Roxana) Brooks, daughter of John H. and Tabitha (Lovell) Brooks of West Boylston, Jany. 3, 1833. He kept for many years a summer boarding house in the building originally the Baptist Meeting-House, now The Princeton Inn. Here both died, he July 7, 1892, ae. 88-2-20, and his wife, Nov. 29, 1891. No children.
vii. LYDIA, b. July 28, 1806, d. May II, 1815.
viii. JULIA, b. Oct. 3, 1809, m. Capt. Lucius Brigham of Marietta, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1848, one child, JULIA BRIGHAM, b. in Marietta.
ROSIER.
ROSIER Robert, was a proprietor in Princeton, 1759. He came from Sudbury with his wife Mary and five children, Nov., 1765, and was in the list of Rutland's Alarm Men, 1775. Their children were: three sons, (1) JOHN; (II) CHARLES; (III) NATHAN and a daughter (IV) MOLLY (POLLY) who married Aug. 21, 1784, Benjamin Stearns.
ROSS.
ROSS Phineas, son of Amos and Hepzebeh (Bennett) Ross, born in Sterling, Sept. 20, 1817, married May 12, 1843, Mary Jane Folger, daughter of Capt. Charles and Bitha (Parker) Folger. He was a mail carrier. He died Oct. 18, 1867, she died Nov. 6, 1892. Children:
i. ELLEN-JANE, b. April 20, 1844, m. March 12, 1868, Staysia Har- rington, son of Charles and Mary J. (Seaver) Harrington.
ii. THEODORE-AUSTIN, b. Feb. 17, 1849, d. Aug. 8, 1859.
iii. CHARLES-THURSTON, b. May 12, 1854, was an organ builder in Worcester.
Ross Asa-K., brother of the above Phineas, married Clarissa P. Wilson, who died June 13, 1890. He died March 13, 1885. Children:
i. MARY-ELIZABETH, b. June 4, 1850, m. July 4, 1868, Frank A. Taylor, of Fitchburg.
ii. ELMIRA-ISABELLA, b. Nov. 12, 1853, m. May 8, 1875, Hiram H. Hall.
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iii. GEORGE-HERBERT, b. Aug. 26, 1856, m. Aug. 26, 1874, Sarah End, dau. of John and Ellen (McCarty) End, of Clinton, Mass., b. Boston, Oct. 25, 1853. Chn .: (I) GEORGE-ASA, b. Nov. 9, 1875, in Princeton, (II) FRED-ELMER, b. May 25, 1878, in Old Boylston, (III) GEORGE-ASA, m. Oct. 11, 1899, Jeana McSheard, Philadelphia, Pa.
iv. EDGAR-SYLVESTER, b. April 22, 1858.
v. EUGENE-WESLEY, b. April 18, 1860, m. April 29, 1881, Mattie J. Heywood.
vi. ELBRIDGE-ELLSWORTH, b. Jany. 29, 1862, d. Dec. 29, 1879.
RUGG.
RUGG Wright5 (Jacob4, Isaac3, Daniel2, John1), son of Jacob4 and Polly Raymour, born June 21, 1794, married (Ist) Sept. 18, 1819, Betsey E. Raymour, daughter of David and Lydia Raymour, born 1796, died in Leominster, Mass., Dec. 22, 1867, married (2d) Aug. 7, 1871, Mrs. Melody (Creed) Burnap, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Ryder) Creed of Fitchburg, Mass. She died Feb. 27, 1881; he died May 22, 1879 at Leominster. Children:
i. GEORGE-WRIGHT, b. June 15, 1820 in Leominster, Mass., m. March 26, 1846, Lucy A. Vose, dau. Reuben and Annie (Bart- lett) Vose of Boxboro, Mass. She d. May 29, 1895; he d. Nov. 6, 1877, at Princeton. Children: (I) ELLA-L., b. Jany. 13, 1847, at East Princeton, (II) CHARLES-HENRY-RUSSELL, b. June 30, 1849, at East Princeton, m. May 8, 1875 (Ist) Lucy A. Holman, b. Nov. 3, 1854, d. Nov. 24, 1881, at East Princeton; m. (2d) Dec. 18, 1908, Mrs. Nellie J. (Bartlett) Rugg. Children: (i) Clarence-E., b. Feb. 12, 1877, (ii) George-D., b. Sept. 19, 1879, at East Princeton.
ii. JOEL-WILDER, b. Nov. 22, 1821, lived in Princeton, d. in Leominster, Mass., June 14, 1899.
iii. NANCY-ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 24, 1823, in Leominster, m. Nov. 29, 1845, James Mirick Eveleth. They removed to Sturgis, Dakota. (He m. (Ist) Sept. 15, 1836, Sarah P. Nicholson, who d. April 28, 1845), children given under James M. Eveleth.
iv. MARY-JANE, b. April 1, 1824, in Leominster, Mass., m. John Hadley of Princeton. I child: JOHN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HADLEY, b. March 5, 1847, d. young.
v. ABIGAIL-REBECCA, b. July 9, 1825.
vi. ALEXANDER-HAMILTON, b. Jany. 4, 1827, in Leominster, Mass., m. May 13, 1853, Susan Burnap of Fitchburg, Mass., res. Leominster. Chn .: (I) WALTER H., b. Feb. 25, 1854, m. J.
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Blanche Beaman of Princeton. I child: Eva Josephine, b. March II, 1880, m. April 24, 1901, Barry N. Whenman of Malden, Mass., res. Leominster.
vii. SOPHRONIA-AUGUSTA, b. July 5, 1828, m. --- Shattuck.
viii. LOUISA-IRENE, b. Oct. 4, 1829.
ix. CHARLES-HENRY, b. April 10, 1831, m. Oct. 2, 1854, Phoebe Ellis. He d. March 13, 1897. Children: (I) GEORGE-E., b. Oct. 12, 1856, m. Nov. 27, 1882, Nellie J. Bartlett. He d. Aug. 19, 1899. Chn .: (i) Maude-B., b. June 2, 1880, (ii) Roy S., b. Oct. 12, 1891, (iii) Horace-J., b. June 25, 1895, (iv) Bernice, b. -. (II) JENNIE-L., b. Oct. 23, 1859, (III) MARY-E., b. April 24, 1863, (IV) ARCHIBALD, b. Dec. 28, 1868, (v) EDWARD- H., b. Feb. 11, 1871.
X. JACOB, b. Aug. 24, 1832.
xi. SARAH, b. April 4, 1834.
xii. JULIA-ANN, b. Aug. 6, 1835.
xiii. LAURA-WILDER, b. June 2, 1837.
xiv. ABBY-LAWRENCE, b. March 27, 1840.
RUSSELL.
Of the progenitor of the family of this name in Princeton, DAVID1 RUSSELL, very little is definitely known previous to 1700. He married Abigail Winter, daughter of John; they were ad- mitted to the church in Lexington, Dec. 19, 1708; he was an assessor in 1710 - the record says he may have come to Lexing- ton from Charlestown, or Woburn. (Note by Mr. Samuel Smith, he may have come from his grandfather Fiske's, for aught we know.") He was a farmer, and doubtless the David Russell who purchased four score acres of land in Washobah (now Littleton) of William Powers in 1715 - was one of the richest deacons of the church in Littleton, and ancestor of the numerous families of Russell in that town. He died not long before Oct. 29, 1744, at which time his estate was divided among his children, who then resided - David2 and John2 in Lunenburg, Abigail, Hannah, Amos, Elizabeth and Esther in Littleton, and Jason and Sarah in Harvard, Capt. John2, born Dec. 6, 1702, married Mary Clark. John3 Jr., born April 12, 1727, married Abigail Hildreth. He died Nov. 23, 1824, ae. 97 y. 7 m. II d. His son John4, born Oct. 29, 1762, removed to Princeton.
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