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RUSSELL John4 (John3, Capt. John2, David1), son of John3 and Abigail Hildreth, born Oct. 29, 1762, in Littleton; married
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Eunice Whitman of Stow, daughter of Dr. Charles Whitman, born Nov. 30, 1762. He died May 28, 1799. She married (2d) Martin Howe, M.D. of Barre, who was born Sept. 2, 1770, and died in Boston, Nov. 1, 1805. Children of John and Eunice (Whitman) Russell were:
i. ANNA, b. April 13, 1786, in Stow, m. in Princeton, April 28, 1808, Col. Samuel Stevenson, d. Feb. 20, 1815. Children: (I) SAM- UEL-GARDNER STEVENSON, b. Sept. 8, 1808, (II) SALLY-RUSSELL STEVENSON, b. Jany. 4, 1811, (III) EUNICE-SYLVIA STEVENSON, b. June 21, 1813.
ii. THOMAS, b. Jany. 8, 1788, d. Jany. 26, 1788.
iii. EPHRAIM, b. Jany. 17, 1789.
iv. SALLY, b. March 10, 1791.
1. v. CHARLES, b. March 4, 1793, m. Persis Hastings.
1. RUSSELL Charles5 (John4, John3, Capt. John2, David1), son of John4 and Eunice (Whitman) Russell, born in Princeton March 4, 1793, married June 14, 1815, Persis Hastings, daughter of Samuel Hastings Jr., born in Princeton, Nov. 27, 1793, died in Boston, Dec. 2, 1885. He died Dec. 31, 1882, in Boston. Mr. Russell kept a store in Princeton for many years, served as Town Clerk, Postmaster, Representative and Senator. He also served on the Governor's Council. His children were:
2. i. CHARLES-THEODORE, b. Nov. 20, 1815, m. Sarah-E. Ballister.
3. ii. THOMAS-HASTINGS, b. Oct. 12, 1820, m. Maria-Louisa Wiswell. iii. SARAH-ANN, b. March 27, 1822, d. April 13, 1837.
2. RUSSELL Charles-Theodore6 (Charles5, John4, John3, Capt. John2, David1), son of Charles5 and Persis (Hastings) Russell, born in Princeton, Nov. 20, 1815, married June 1, 1840, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Ballister a leading Merchant of Boston. He was a graduate of Harvard College, 1836; ad- mitted to the Suffolk Bar in 1839; was eminently successful as a lawyer, and filled many offices of responsibility and trust. He was author of a History of Princeton, published in 1838. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jany. 16, 1896. His widow died Oct. 7, 1897. Their children were:
i. SARAH-ANN, b. Jany. 27, 1841, d. Sept. 7, 1841.
ii. ELIZABETH-BALLISTER, b. Dec. II, 1842, m. George H. Bates, who served as Samoan Commissioner and afterwards special commissioner to Germany.
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iii. SARAH-ANN, b. Jany. 13, 1844, d. June 18, 1845.
iv. JOSEPHINE-EMMA, b. Nov. 5, 1846, m. Ferdinand Le M. Gilpin, son of the Chief Justice of Delaware.
v. SARAH-LOUISE, b. Aug. 25, 1848, m. the Rev. Daniel M. Bates of Clifton Heights.
vi. CHARLES-THEODORE, JR., b. April 21, 1851, practiced law in the office of his father, was an able attorney, and was for some years chairman of the Civil Service commission of the State. He died unmarried Feb. 16, 1903.
vii. JOSEPH-BALLISTER, b. Oct. 24, 1852, a prominent business man of Boston. Treas. of the Boston Wharf Company.
viii. HENRY-EDWARDS, b. Aug. 1, 1855, popularly known as "Col. Harry."
ix. WILLIAM-EUSTIS, b. Jan. 6, 1857, m. 1885, Margaret-Manning Swan, dau. of Rev. Joshua Swan. He was Mayor of Cambridge and Governor of Massachusetts. Died July 16, 1896.
x. CLARA-SUMNER, b. Dec. 15, 1860, d. Feb. 21, 1861.
3. RUSSELL Thomas Hastings6 (Charles5, John4, John3, Capt. John2, David1), son of Charles5 and Persis (Hastings) Russell, born in Princeton, Oct. 12, 1820, d. Feb. 24, 1911, married Maria Louisa Wiswell, born Jany. 13, 1829, died March 18, 1892. He graduated from Harvard College in 1843, was ad- mitted to the Suffolk Bar in 1845 and became associated with his brother Charles Theodore in the law firm of C. T. & T. H. Russell, Boston. In addition to the original partners the firm afterwards included the two sons of Charles T. - Charles T. Jr. and William E. and Arthur H., son of Thomas H. - The children of Thomas-Hastings and Maria Louise (Wiswell) Russell were:
i. CHARLES-FREDERICK, b. June 12, 1849, d. May 21, 1884, m. Mary Sanford Baxter of Boston, b. Sept. 15, 1851. Chn .: (I) THOMAS- HASTINGS, b. Aug. 31, 1874, (II) JOHN-ALBERT, b. April 3, 1876, m. Florence Wood of Brookline, (III) CHARLES-FREDERICK, b. Nov. 10, 1877, d. May 29, 1898.
ii. ANNIE-LOUISE, b. Nov. 18, 1851, d. Jany. 9, 1913, m. Arthur G. Stanwood, b. Oct. 5, 1849, d. Dec. 30, 1907. Their children were: (I) RUSSELL STANWOOD, b. Dec. 8, 1877, d. Dec. 10, 1877, (II) ARTHUR-WEBSTER STANWOOD, b. Nov. 22, 1880, d. March 23, 1881, (III) MARGARET STANWOOD, b. Jan. 2, 1882, d. Jany. 27, 1882, (IV) PHILIP-CALDWELL STANWOOD, b. Dec. 20, 1882, m. Marian H. Calhoun of Chicago. Their children were: (i) Marian-Harmon Stanwood, b. Nov. 30, 1907, (ii) Sylvia Stan-
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wood, b. Aug. 30, 1909, (iii) Constance Stanwood, b. May 19, 1913. (v) RICHARD-RUSSELL STANWOOD, b. Dec. 5, 1884, (VI) MARY STANWOOD, b. Dec. 23, 1888, d. Dec. 24, 1888.
iii. MARY-LOUISE, b. April 8, 1855, m. Edward Walley, b. June 6, 1852. Children were: (I) SAMUEL-HURD WALLEY, b. Oct. 3, 1876, m. Bess Tapley of Fitchburg, (II) MIRRIAM-PHILLIPS WALLEY, b. Dec. 30, 1877, (III) ANNIE-LOUISE WALLEY, b. Aug. 2, 1881, m. Edward Dana Densmore of Brookline, Mass. Their children were: (i) Mary Densmore, b. Apr. 13, 1908, d. Apr. 16, 1908, (ii) Edward-Dana Densmore, b. May 6, 1909, (iii) Caroline Densmore, b. July 27, 1910, (iv) Anne Densmore, b. May 9, 1912. (IV) THERESA-BATES WALLEY, b. May 31, 1884, m. Walter Richardson of St. Paul, Minn., (v) LOUISE-RUSSELL WALLEY, b. Mar. 30, 1886, d. Dec. 26, 1887, (VI) MARY-RUSSELL WALLEY, b. Jan. 16, 1889, m. Ivory Littlefield of Providence, R. I. One child: (i) Bancroft Littlefield, b. Sept. 12, 1913. iv. ALICE-WISWELL, b. Oct. 5, 1851, m. Henry Porter Peck, b. Oct. 20, 1853. Their children were: (I) HENRY-NORTH PECK, b. Apr. 13, 1883, d. Sept. 26, 1911, m. Juliet Murdock of Crown Point, N. Y. Their children were: (i) Persis-Hastings Peck, b. Apr. 3, 1909, (ii) John-Russell Peck, b. Sept. 14, 1910. (II) RUSSELL-HASTINGS PECK, b. Mar. 5, 1885, m. Ruth Weaver of Palmerston, (III) MARION-LOUISE PECK, b. May 20, 1886, d. May 5, 1887, (IV) CHARLES-RUSSELL PECK, b. Feb. 21, 1889. v. ARTHUR-HASTINGS, b. Dec. 1, 1859, m. Fanny Estelle Hunt of Amherst, Mass., b. Mar. 18, 1860. Their children were: (1) HELEN-RUSSELL, b. Sept. 23, 1886, m. Wilbur Claflin of Boston. Their child was: (i) Helen Claflin, b. Feb. 6, 1912. (II) MARIE-LOUISE RUSSELL, b. Dec. 15, 1888, m. Frank Baker of Boston. Their child was: (i) Irving-Russell Baker, b. Dec. 15, 1912. (III) GERTRUDE RUSSELL, b. Aug. 4, 1891, m. Edwin Doubleday of Springfield.
SARGENT.
WILLIAM1 SARGENT, son of Roger and grandson of Hugh Sargent, came from England in 1638, settled in Malden, after- wards removed to Barnstable, where he spent the remainder of his life. His son John2, had a son Joseph3, of Malden, who had Samuel4 of Stow.
SARGENT Col .- Joseph5 (Samuel4, Joseph3, John2, William1), son of Samuel4, was born Oct. 6, 1732, married June 17, 1755, Elizabeth Wheeler, born 1729, died March I, 1814, ae. 85. He with his wife and children, Amos, Elizabeth and Betty
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came to Princeton from Bolton in May, 1765, and kept a tavern on the Abijah Moore place, afterwards the Joseph A. Reed and now the Walley Place. He died March 22, 1797, ae. 65. Children:
1. i. AMos, b. - , 1756, m. Dec. II, 1773, Betsey Livermore.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. March 13, 1758, m. Feb. 5, 1789, Ebenezer B. Davis and d. July 19, 1837.
iii. BETTY, b. -
iv. JOSEPH, b. - , 1765, m. Feb. 6, 1799, Elizabeth Gleason, b. -, 1778, and d. Oct. 17, 1800. He d. May 23, 1815, a daugh- ter HANNAH, b. Nov. 9, 1799, m. - Stevens.
1. SARGENT Amos6 (Col. Joseph5, Samuel4, Joseph3, John2, William1), son of Col. Joseph5 and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Sar- gent, born 1756, married Dec. II, 1783, Betsey Livermore, born 1765, died August 22, 1809. He died in Princeton, Jany. 8, 1829. Nine children. The first four recorded in Princeton.
i. SALLY, b. July 18, 1785, d. 1826.
ii. LUCY, b. May 13, 1787, m. Nov. 19, 1811, Abner Allen.
iii. NANCY, b. June 25, 1789, m. (int.) Nov. 2, 1811, Luke Heywood of Acton.
iv. BETSEY, b. Dec. 16, 1791, m. Levi Willard.
v. LORETTA, b. - , 1793, m. 1817, David Reed of Sterling.
vi. SALLY, b. - , 1795, m. Joel Burpee of Sterling, m. (int.) May 18, 18II.
vii. LYDIA, b. - , 1797, d. 1801.
viii. ABIGAIL, b. - , 1801, m. Caleb Whitney of Sterling.
ix. HARRIET, b. - , 1805, m. Horace Piper of Clinton.
SARGENT Daniel6 (Joseph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, William1), son of Joseph5, born Sept. 9, 1750, married Mary Lycett, born 1755, died April 28, 1842. They had three children before going to Princeton, four in Princeton and one after. He died in Worcester, May 17, 1838. Their children were:
i. JOHN, b. Sept. 7, 1780, unmarried, d. Aug., 1818.
ii. FRAZIER, b. Nov. 23, 1782, m. March 10, 1808.
iii. MARY, b. Nov. 27, 1784, m. June 10, 1810, Abraham Wheeler and d. Nov., 1814.
iv. GEORGE, b. June 6, 1787, m. 1813, Zilpah Maynard, dau. Elisha, b. Jan. 23, 1793.
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v. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 24, 1789, m. 1816, res. Kentucky, d. April, 1831. vi. CHARLES, b. May 27, 1792, m. - , 1820, Sarah Smith.
vii. HANNAH, b. Dec. 1, 1794, m. Sept. 17, 1820, William Eaton, Jr. viii. ELECTA, b. July 27, 1797, m. April, 1820, Russell Eaton.
SARGENT Thomas4 (John3, Thomas2, Samuel1), son of John3, born Aug. 3, 1784, married Sept. 12, 1804, Polly Goodnow. They came from Paxton, March 25, 1806, and were " taken in by Silas Mason." She died May 2, 1844. He d. Sept., 1856; no further record obtainable.
SARGENT John4, a brother of the above Thomas4, with wife Huldah and children (1) WILLIAM and (II) ISAAC, came from Rutland Oct. 7, 1805.
SARGENT Patty4 a sister of Thomas4 and John4, born Sept. 6, 1788, married May 27, 1812, Silas Gates.
SAVAGE.
The immigrant ancestor of this family EDWARD1 SAVAGE was of Huguenot parentage. Edward and his twin brothers, John and Abraham, were the children of Abraham Savage, a French Huguenot, a native of France who was driven from thence and took refuge in Ireland, where he died. His widow became the second wife of Arthur Hamilton, whose first wife had died, leaving three daughters, Eleanor, Betsey and Martha Hamilton. They with the six children, emigrated to Massachusetts in 1717, settling in Rutland. In 1728 Edward Savage and wife Mary united with the church in Rutland.
SAVAGE Edward3 " the portrait painter," son of Seth and Lydia (Craige) Savage and grandson of Edward1 of Rutland, born Nov. 26, 1761, married Oct. 13, 1794, Sarah Seaver, born Sept. 8, 1765, died Jany. 27, 1861 in Lancaster, Mass. He died in Princeton, July 6, 1817. Children:
i. EDWARD, b. Aug. 25, 1795, in Boston, d. April 28, 1858.
ii. CHARLOTTE-B., b. Dec. 7, 1796, at Philadelphia, Pa., d. Andover, Mass., unmarried.
iii. LYDIA, b. May 25, 1798, at Burlington, New Jersey, d. at Lancaster, Mass., May 16, 1852, unmarried.
iv. GEORGE, b. April 3, 1800, m. -- , d. July 10, 1854, in Boston.
v. EBENEZER-SEAVER, b. March 31, 1802, in New York City. He went to South America and was never heard from.
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vi. SARAH-SEAVER, b. Aug. 22, 1805, in Princeton, m. Solon Whiting of Lancaster, Mass., d. in Andover, Mass., May 15, 1878.
vii. ELIZABETH-SEAVER, b. Jany. 12, 1807, m. (Ist) Henry Hinckens of Lancaster, Mass., m. (2nd) Henry Wilder, d. in Lancaster, Dec., 1878.
viii. STEPHEN-BAXTER, b. Jany. 29, 1810, d. Oct. 27, 1857, in Lan- caster, Mass.
SAWIN.
The immigrant ancestor of this family was JOHN1 SAWIN, a cordwainer, in Watertown, 1642. He was the son of Robert Sawin of Boxford, Suffolk Co., England. He married Abigail Manning, and had Thomas2, born Sept. 27, 1657, who with his wife Deborah (Rice) Sawin, lived in Sherborn. Their son John3, born in 1689, by wife - Lyons, had in Natick, John4, born 1721, who married Abigail Babcock, and probably came to Princeton, in 1771.
SAWIN Ezekiel5 (John4, John3, Thomas2, John1), son of John4 and Abigail (Babcock) Sawin of Natick, born 1752, married in Needham, Mary Parker of Newton, July 16, 1778, and came to Princeton, to live. He was in the Revolutionary Army, and at Bunker Hill; was an active member of the Baptist denomination. He died July 21, 1817, and she July 25, 1833. Their children were:
1. i. TIMOTHY, b. Dec. 25, 1778, m. Levina Hayden.
2. ii. LEVI, b. March 28, 1780, m. (Ist) Polly Smith, (2ª) Kezamah Smith.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. Jany. 9, 1782, m. Benj. Glazier Feb. 6, 1805.
3. iv. JOEL, b. July 22, 1783, m. Zilpah Jones.
v. POLLY, b. Aug. 6, 1785, d. April 5, 1786.
vi. EBENEZER, b. March II, 1787, m.
vii. EZEKIEL, b. Jany. 4, 1790, d. 1843, unmarried, at Hancock, N. H.
viii. ZENAS, b. March 17, 1792, a Soldier and Sailor, unmarried.
ix. MARY, b. Aug. 15, 1794, m. Daniel Bemis, res. Chesterfield, N. H., d. 1845.
x. BETTY, b. March 30, 1797.
xi. JOHN, b. Sept. 21, 1799, unmarried, d. in Princeton, Aug. 31, 1865.
TWINS
4. xii. JACOB,
b. Sept. 21, 1799, m. (Ist) Sally Reed, (2d) Mrs. Hannah (Pond) Miller.
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1. SAWIN Timothy6 (Ezekiel5, John4, John3, Thomas2, John1), son of Ezekiel5 and Mary (Parker) Sawin, born Dec. 25, 1778, married April 26, 1802, Levina Hayden, both then of Marl- boro, Mass. She died June 25, 1819, ae. 48, and he Dec. 4, 1854. Their children all born in Princeton, were:
i. TRUEMAN, b. Sept. 5, 1802.
ii. MARTIN, b. March 15, 1804.
iii. PHEBE, b. Nov. 7, 1806, d. Feb. 1810.
.b. May 14, 1808, d. Oct. 20, 1863, unmarried.
v. MARY,
iv. CHARLES, TWINS (b. May 14, 1808, d. June -, 1809.
vi. EDWARD, b. Aug. 5, 1810, d. May 9, 1869, ae. 58-9-4, unmarried. vii. WM .- TIMOTHY, b. April 16, 1813, m. 1838, Lucy A. Barnes, and had 6 children.
2. SAWIN Levi6 (Ezekiel5, John4, John3, Thomas2, John1), son of Ezekiel and Mary (Parker) Sawin, born March 28, 1780, married (int.) Nov. 12, 1807, Polly Smith of Marlboro, Mass. She died Nov. 20, 1825, he went to Northfield, Vt. in 1828, and married (2ª) Kezamah Smith. Children:
i. LEVI-S., b. Jany. 29, 1808, m. Nov. 13, 1831, Sarah Swett, and d. in Northfield, 1848.
ii. HARRIET, b. June 3, 1810, m. Jonas Hanscomb, d. Lexington, 1846.
iii. MARIA, b. - , 1818, d. July 15, 1822.
iv. BENJ .- F., b. -- , 1830, at Hancock, N. H., d. at Grinnell, Iowa.
v. MARY-MARIA, b. - , m. Mason Knapp, Jany. 9, 1782.
3. SAWIN Joel6 (Ezekiel John4, John3, Thomas2, John1), son of Ezekiel and Mary (Parker) Sawin, born July 22, 1783, married Zilpah Jones. He died in Princeton, Dec. 20, 1836, and she Dec. 19, 1869, ae. 84. Their children were:
i. ELBRIDGE-G., b. April 9, 1810, m. Nov. 21, 1838, Lydia Reed, b. Chesterfield, N. H., and d. in Princeton, Sept. 28, 1866, ae. 58. Chn .: (I) HENRY-HARRISON, b. Aug. 6, 1841, d. Sept. 26, 1841, (II) ELIZA-MELISSA, b. Aug. 14, 1842, m. in 1860, Lyman R. Campbell, (III) LAURA-AUGUSTA, b. July 26, 1844, (IV) ALICE- ADELIA, b. Nov. 16, 1847.
ii. MARTHA, b. Oct. II, 18II.
iii. PHEBE, b. April 2, 1813, m. Ira Bruce of West Boylston.
iv. MARTHA-WILLARD, b. Oct. 16, 1815, m. Henry Perkins.
v. GEORGE-WASHINGTON, b. Sept. 11, 1817, in Haverhill.
vi. ELI, b. March 14, 1820, in Haverhill.
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vii. WILLIAM-HARRISON, b. Dec. 12, 1821.
viii. BETSEY-MARIA, b. Dec. 1, 1823, m. Abel White, Aug. 27, 1846.
ix. SAMUEL-FRANCIS, b. April 23, 1826.
x. CHARLES-FOSTER, b. March II, 1827.
4. SAWIN Jacob6 (Ezekiel5, John4, John3, Thomas2, John1), son of Ezekiel5 and Mary (Parker) Sawin, born Sept. 21, 1799, married (Ist) Sally Reed, and (2ª) Mrs. Hannah (Pond) Miller, daughter of Preston Pond, and Hannah (Rice) Pond of Westminster. His first wife Sally (Reed) Parker, died March 9, 1864. Their Children were:
i. JACOB-P.
ii. MARIA, b. - , 1823, m. Edward Wright of Princeton (int.) Aug. 17, 1849.
iii. LUCY or MARY, b. -.
iv. JOHN-H., b. - -.
v. SARAH-MINERVA, b. March 18, 1844.
vi. GEORGE-W., b. - , d. May 30, 1852.
SAWIN Jesse5 (John4, John3, Thomas2, John1), son of John4 and Abigail (Babcock) Sawin, born in Natick, 1764, married Hannah Desper (Dexter) and came from Needham, to Prince- ton, in March, 1793, with his wife and three children, "and lived in the first house from Sterling, below Jewett's." She died Dec. 4, 1825, and he June 7, 1845. Their children were:
i. CALVIN, b. March 25, 1789, in Natick, m. Hannah Felch, and d. in Natick.
ii. MIRIAM, b. Oct. 4, 1790, in Natick, m. Hezekiah Broad.
iii. HANNAH, b. Nov. 18, 1792, in Needham, m. Warren Drake, and d. 1846, in Easton.
iv. FANNY, b. April 7, 1795, in Princeton, m. - Ross of Natick.
V. JOHN-DEXTER, b. July 25, 1797, in Princeton, d. Nov. 28, 1804.
vi. RELEIF, b. March 28, 1800, in Princeton, m. Levi Leland, res. Natick.
vii. ANNA, b. Feb. 17, 1803, in Princeton, m. David Sawyer of Natick. viii. SALLY, b. March 22, 1806, m. Daniel Coolidge in Sherborn.
SAWYER
SAWYER E. R. married Aug. 28, 1860, Mary A. Stewart. Chil- dren born in Princeton:
i. ERVIN-W., b. Aug. 23, 1865.
ii. NANCY-PAULINE, b. June 10, 1870.
iii. GALA-PAMELIA, b. May 3, 1872.
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SKINNER.
THOMAS1 SKINNER who was born in Chichester, England, in 1617, came to Malden about 1650 with his wife Mary and two sons, Thomas2 and Abraham. Thomas2 married Mary Pratt. They had eight children. Thomas3 and John3 removed to Norton in 1695. Thomas became the first Schoolmaster of that town. John3 married Sarah - -, their son Ezra4, born April 26, 1703, married Elizabeth Swain, June, 1724. Their son Ezra5, born Feb., 1730, married Mary Hewit of Taunton, Oct. 17, 1764.
SKINNER William-Hewit6 (Ezra5, Ezra4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), son of Ezra3 and Mary (Hewit) Skinner, married (Ist) Deborah White, married (2ª) Betsey Chickering of Sher- born, May 22, 1803. They moved to Rutland. Their chil- dren were:
1. i. HARLOW-FISHER, b. March 6, 1804.
ii. SALARIS WILLIAM, b. Sept. 28, 1805.
3. iii. CHARLES PLYMPTON, b. Oct. 8, 1807.
iv. ALFRED EDWIN, b. Oct. 20, 1811.
4. v. GEORGE OLIVER, b. Aug. 17, 1813.
vi. PHOEBE MARILLA, b. Sept. 8, 1815.
1. SKINNER Harlow-Fisher7 (William-Hewit6, Ezra5, Ezra4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), son of William Hewit and Betsey (Chickering), born in Rutland, March 6, 1804, married Oct. 22, 1829, Sarah L. Howe. He died May 10, 1878, ae. 74, his wife Sarah, July 12, 1891, age 81-4. Their children were:
i. SARAH-ANN, b. March 3, 1832.
ii. HENRY-CLAY, b. Feb. 28, 1834, d. Aug. 6, 1860.
iii. ARTEMAS-HOWE, b. Aug. 1, 1836, m. Julia C. Hubbard, May 25, 1867, 7 children.
iv. EMILY-DUPUY, b. July 10, 1845, m. Josiah D. Gregory, Oct. 15, I867.
v. LOUISA-BOYLSTON, b. Jany. I, 1848, m. Daniel Davis, May 28, 1867, one child: EMILY LOUISE, b. Oct. 19, 1869, d. Dec. 20, 1876. She died July 4, 1870.
2. vi. THOMAS-HARLOW, b. April 13, 1851, m. Willianna Whittaker.
2. SKINNER Thomas-Harlow8 ( Harlow-Fisher7, William- Hewit6, Ezra5, Ezra4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), son of Harlow- Fisher and Sarah L. (Howe) Skinner, born April 13, 1851, m. Oct. 15, 1872, Willianna F. Whittaker. Children:
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i. EDNA-CAMPBELL, b. Aug. 1, 1873.
ii. LAVALETTE-LOUISE, b. March 25, 1876, d. Sept. 6, 1884.
iii. HENRY-HARLOW, b. April 8, 1878, m. Dora Davis of Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 1, 1913.
iv. THOMAS-STANLEY, b. May 1, 1882, m. July 17, 1912, Vera Eliza- beth Stewart, b. July 3, 1882 at Saginaw, Michigan.
v. MARGARET-EMILY-HOWE, b. Sept. 19, 1889.
3. SKINNER Charles-Plympton7 (William- Hewit6, Ezra5, Ezra4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1,) brother of the above, Harlow- Fisher, born Oct. 8, 1807, married Mary C. Cleveland of New Salem. He died Aug. 2, 1872, ae. 63. Children:
i. MARY-SOPHIA, Twins March 13, 1838.
ii. SARAH-MARIA, March 13, 1838.
iii. CHARLES-AUGUSTINE, b. Oct. 21, 1840, m. Mary Frances Smith of Boston.
iv. ABBY-AUGUSTA, b. Sept. 28, 1842.
V. ALICE-BROOKS, b. May 15, 1844, d. May 4, 1845.
vi. WILLIAM-HENRY, b. Dec. 5, 1845, m. Orietta Gibson, Worcester.
vii. EDWARD-PAYSON, b. June 3, 1848, m. Charlotte Mitchell, Maine.
4. SKINNER George-Oliver7 (William-Hewit6, Ezra5, Ezra4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), brother of the above Charles P., born in Rutland, Aug. 17, 1813, married in Princeton, Apr. 15, 1841, Caroline Merriam. He died March 24, 1901. She died Apr. II, 1901. Their children were:
i. MARY-ADELIA, b. Feb. 14, 1843, m. in Princeton June 18, 1863, Albert Van Buren Phister. She d. Nov. 4, 1913, in Detroit, Michigan. One child: ALBERT-VERNON PHISTER, b. in Prince- ton, Sept. 17, 1864, m. June 6, 1894, Jennie Wardell. Chn .: (I) Dorothy W. Phister, b. March 26, 1896, (II) George E. Phister, b. Jan. 28, 1898.
ii. LIZZIE-MARILLA, b. Sept. 18, 1845, m. Charles E. Wetherbee, June 20, 1872. She d. Apr. 7, 1874.
iii. ALFRED-EDWIN, b. Mar. 29, 1850, m. in Princeton, Nov. 18, 1873, Ellen S. Davis. He d. Apr. 15, 1894. Their children were: (I) FRANK-ALDEN, b. Sept. 25, 1879, m. Feb. 26, 1902, Lillian I. Allison, (II) ELLSWORTH DAVIS, b. Apr. 3, 1888, m. July 6, 1910, Maud M. Bennett.
iv. CARRIE-MERRIAM, b. Jan. 26, 1858, m. in Princeton July 25, 1878, Prentice C. Doolittle. Their children were: (I) MAUDE-ALICE DOOLITTLE, b. June 5, 1879, (II) GEORGE-ARNOLD DOOLITTLE,
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b. Apr. 23, 1883, m. Elinor H. West, Nov. 26, 1910. One child: (i) George-Arnold Doolittle, b. Oct. 3, 1912. (III) MARY- ELIZABETH-SKINNER DOOLITTLE, b. Aug. 3, 1890, (IV) WENT- WORTH-PRENTICE DOOLITTLE, b. Oct. 22, 1894.
SMITH.
JAMES1 the progenitor of one family of this name in Princeton came from Ireland to Rutland, about 1720. His wife's name was Margaret. They had a son George2, called Lieut., whose wife was Jane Macclenan. They had Isaac, Hugh, Mary, Agnes, George, Elizabeth, John and Andrew in Rutland. The ancestry of the other families here recorded is untraced.
SMITH Hugh3 (Lieut. George2, James1), son of Lieut. George and Jane (Macclenan) Smith, born Nov. 21, 1754, m. Patty Hooker, in Rutland, March 30, 1779, went from Rutland to Princeton, Dec., 1780 and later from Princeton to Peru, Mass., and had children there. Their children were:
1. i. CALVIN, b. -- , bapt. April 16, 1780, m. Sarah Matthews.
ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 25, 1782.
iii. WILLIAM, b. March 10, 1784.
iv. PATTY, b. Aug. 14, 1788, in Princeton.
v. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 2, 1791.
vi. JOSEPH, b. May 9, 1794, d. Feb. 5, 1807.
vii. CHANDLER, b. Feb. 2, 1797, d. Oct. 26, 1797.
viii. ISAAC, b. Dec. 25, 1798.
ix. HARRIET, b.
1. SMITH Calvin4 (Hugh3, Lieut. George2, James1), son of the above Hugh and Patty (Hooker) Smith, born in Rutland, baptized there April 16, 1780, married Sarah Matthews. Children :
2. i. CHANDLER (DR.), b. Jany. 8, 1802, m. Asenath K. Babcock, (2ª) Harriet Bullard.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1803.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 26, 1805.
iv. CAROLINE, b. June 12, 1808.
v. CHARLES-DWIGHT, b. Aug. - , 1810.
vi. ELECTA-ANGELINE, b. Dec. 4, 1812.
2. SMITH Dr .- Chandler5 (Calvin4, Hugh3, Lieut. George2, James1), son of Calvin4 and Sarah, born in Peru, Berkshire
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Co., Mass., Jany. 8, 1802, educated at Berkshire Medical School. In 1825 he was a physician in West Boylston, and for ten years practiced medicine in Princeton. He lived in the Dr. Bagg house, now the Grimes house, before Dr. Partridge. From 1836 until his death, June 28, 1843, he lived in Wor- cester and for four years of the time was town physician. He married (Ist) in Princeton, Oct. 18, 1829, Asenath K. Babcock, who died Nov. 22, 1835. He married (2ª) Dec. 16, 1836, Harriet Bullard of Princeton.
Children of first wife were:
i. ELIZA-G., b. Oct. 16, 1830, m. - , 1851, Francis E. Skinner, s. of John and Hannah (Hurd) Skinner, and d. Nov. 6, 1856.
ii. SARAH-W., b. Aug. 17, 1832, m. Sept. 18, 1855, Solon Wilder, d. April 6, 1874. A son, HARRIS H. WILDER, b. April 6, 1864.
iii. WILLIAM-C., b. Jany. 12, 1835, unmarried, res. La Fayette, Ind. Child of second wife:
iv. CHARLES-D .- B., b. July 15, 1841.
SMITH Lieut .- Jonas, son of Jonas and Thankful (Fiske) Smith, born in Waltham, Nov. 21, 1747, married in Waltham, Molly Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker of Lexington, born Dec. 25, 1758. He died May 9, 1814, ae. 66. His widow died Dec. 27, 1817, ae. 60. They had II children; 10 on Princeton Records, probably born here. Their children were:
i. SALLY, b. Dec. 13, 1775, d. July 25, 1815.
ii. ABIJAH-PARKER, b. March 6, 1777, d. Sept. 29, 1778.
iii. ABIJAH-PARKER (2ª), b. Jany. 22, 1779, m. Submit Howe, 1802. He d. July 14, 1843.
3. iv. WILLIAM, b. May 23, 1781, m. Lois Mirick.
v. JONAS (Ist), b. Aug. 3, 1783, d. Sept. 27, 1783.
vi. JONAS (2ª), b. Nov. 22, 1784, d. May 22, 1786.
4. vii. CYRUS, b. Aug. 4, 1787, m. Prudence Wilder. viii. JONAS (3ª), b. Aug. 5, 1790, m. (int.) Sept. II, 1813.
ix. AMos, b. Dec. 29, 1791 (family say 1792), m. Aug. 23, 1818, Betsey Gregory.
X. POLLY, b. Jany. 2, 1794, m. (int.) Nov. 12, 1807 to Levi Sawin, she d. Nov. 20, 1825.
5. xi. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 3, 1798, m. Anna Wilder.
3. SMITH William, born May 23, 1781, married Sept. 13, 1804, Lois Mirick. She died in New Bedford, Mass., March 31, 1843. He died July 18, 1855, in Sterling. Their children were:
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i. HARRIET, b. Jany. 20, 1805.
ii. LoIs, b. Nov. 30, 1806.
iii. MOSES M., b. May 27, 1809.
iv. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 24, 18II.
v. THOMAS-PARKER, b. Oct. 13, 1812, d. Boston.
vi. SALLY, b. June 22, 1815.
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