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A part of the building he fitted up for a store. For a few years he was associated in business with Jonas B. Allen under the firm name of Blake & Allen. In 1841 he removed to Boston where he died January 7, 1862.
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April 18, 1826, Mr. Blake married Sally Dana daughter of Cap- tain John and Lucinda (Mirick) Dana of Princeton. She died in Boston, May 28, 1848.
While living in Princeton Mr. Blake was prominent in town affairs. He was a strong advocate of temperance and believing the use of liquor injurious, he discontinued its sale at his store at a time when the use of spirits was universal throughout New England and a staple commodity in every grocery.
He was also a very active member of the Baptist Church and especially interested in the building of its new meeting house, which now forms a part of the Princeton Inn. Upon Mr. Blake's removal from town his house and store were taken by Mr. David H. Gregory, who had served him as clerk and the business, many times enlarged, is still carried on under the name of The D. H. Gregory Company, Inc., the present head of the company being Mr. Josiah D. Gregory son of the original proprietor.
The six children of Pynson and Sally (Dana) Blake, all born in Princeton were:
i. JAMES-ERVING, b. June 29, 1828, d. Boston, Aug. 9, 1843.
ii. HENRY-PYNSON, b. Dec. 20, 1830, d. Sept. 18, 1843.
iii. LUCINDA-DANA, b. Feb. II, 1833, d. May 3, 1873 in Attleboro.
iv. SARAH-SOPHIA, b. Nov. 18, 1836, m. Thomas S. Nye in Attleboro, Mass., June 8, 1881. He d. July 3, 1908. She still resides in Attleboro.
1. v. FRANCIS-EVERETT b. Aug. 3, 1839, m. Elizabeth Caro- Twins line Richardson. b. Aug. 3, 1839.
2. vi. FREDERIC-DANA -
1. BLAKE Francis-Everett8 (Pynson7, James6, James5, James4, James3, James2, William1), Author of this Genealogy, and History of Princeton; History of South Baptist Church, Bos- ton; Increase Blake, His Ancestors and his descendants; Early Days in Worcester, two pamphlets; Rutland and the Indian Troubles, 1727-1730; Dorchester Neck, Early Inhabitants of; Lucy Keyes, The lost child of Wachusett, etc. Son of Pynson and Sally (Dana) Blake born Aug. 3, 1839, married in Boston, Sept. 27, 1866, Elizabeth Caroline Richardson. In 1856 he entered the employ of the Wheelright Paper Co. in Boston as office boy and was associated with that concern in various capacities for fifty years the latter part of the time as Treas- urer of the company. He has been connected with various
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religious and philanthropic organizations, was secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Donations for Educa- tion in Liberia,* and a member of the building committee of the Ford Memorial Building, Boston. Is a member of the American Historical Association; The New England Historic Genealogical Society; and The Worcester Society of Antiquity.
2. BLAKE-Frederic-Dana8 (Pynson7, James6, James5, James4, James3, James2, William1), twin brother of the above Francis- Everett8 born Aug. 3, 1839, graduated from Waterville College (now Colby) 1861. A.M. 1864. Newton Theological Institution 1864. Ordained as a Baptist clergyman at Gardiner, Me., Aug. 3, 1864. He has since been settled over churches in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He is at present Superintendent of Schools in North Kings- town, R. I., residence Wickford, R. I.
BOWMAN.
The early families of this name in Princeton were descendants of NATHANIEL1 of Watertown born in England in 1608, who applied to be admitted freeman Oct. 19, 1630. His name is not on the list of those admitted but it is on the earliest list of pro- prietors (Feb., 1636-7) "then inhabiting Watertown." He moved in 1649 to Cambridge Farms (Lexington). Here he located permanently and built the Bowman Homestead in East Lexing- ton, which has until lately been occupied by his descendants.
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The Bowman family have in the meantime held the leading positions in society, as well as highest offices in the town. His wife Anna the mother of his children, probably died first, as she is not mentioned in his will. He died Jany. 26, 1681-2. Francis2 the oldest son of Nathaniel and Anne, born in 1630, married Sept. 26, 1661, Martha Sherman. Joseph3 son of Francis2 and Martha, born May 18, 1674 by his wife Phebe had a son Thad- deus4 born Sept. 2, 1712, who married (Ist) Sarah Loring, Dec. 2, 1736, (2nd) Feb. 8, 1753 Mrs. Sybil (Roper) Woolson of Lexington, widow of Isaac Woolson of Weston.
* Francis E. Blake, of Boston, has received the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Liberia College, Monrovia, West Africa. He has been a friend and benefactor of the College for many years.
" The Watchman," March 13, 1913.
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BOWMAN Thaddeus5 (Thaddeus4, Joseph3, Francis2, Nathaniel1), son of Thaddeus4 and Sarah (Loring) Bowman born in Lexing- ton, Mass., Feb. 10, 1743. He died April 14, 1815 at Weath- ersfield, Windsor Co., Vt. He married Nov. 7, 1764, Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Swain) Law- rence, b. Dec. 13, 1741. In Oct. 1767, he bought land in Princeton, but he appears to have gone to Lexington before 1775, as he was then of Capt. Parker's Co. and was the mes- senger who brought the first reliable intelligence of the near approach of the British on the morning of the 19th of April, 1775, also taking part in the conflict on the Green. In 1776 he " with wife dismissed to Winchendon " (CH.R.) He left Winchendon in 1792. They may have returned to Princeton for a while as records have "Thaddeus Bowman Esquire, wife, and dau. Lucy from Lexington, June, 1780." Children :
i. THADDEUS, b. June 25, 1766.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. March 15, 1768.
iii. SYBIL, b. April 5, 1770.
iv. LUCY, b. July 11, 1772.
BOYLES.
BOYLES Capt. Henry, son of Henry and - (Roper) Boyles, born in Weston, Mass., and died in Princeton, April 26, 1863, ae. 61 y. 2 m. 5 d. The destruction of records in the town of Weston, where Capt. Henry Boyles was born, renders it impossible to get complete and exact data and Mr. Boyles' old family Bible contains no records whatever. His parents died when he was quite young, and at the age of eight years he came to live in Princeton with Captain Benjamin Harrington, who afterwards took Nathan Danforth from Boston and brought the two boys up, with the understanding that they were to have his estate, "share and share alike." After Captain Harrington's death, his widow was cared for by Mr. Boyles for many years. She outlived him by about a year. He was a deacon of the Congregational church for some twenty years. Dec. 1, 1831, he married Louisa, daughter of Joshua and Catherine (Mirick) Eveleth, b. in Princeton, April 4, 1805, died in Sterling, June, 1887. Their children were:
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i. HENRY-CLAY, b. Dec. 5, 1832, in Princeton, m. Susan Noyes of Gardner, Mass., 1857, d. in Gardner, Aug., 1905. Children: (I) HELEN S., b. in Gardner, 1858, (II) . -, d. young. ii. ELIZA-ANN-HARRINGTON, b. June 12, 1834, d. in early infancy.
iii. CHARLES-EDWIN, b. Aug. 27, 1835. Served in the 25th Mass. Reg. Inf. Band, in Civil War. Discharged Aug. 31, 1862, d. in Worcester, Sept. 7, 1911. m. Josephine, dau. of Moses and Mary (Bridges) Wood. Children: (I) MABEL-LOUISE, b. June 10, 1868, in Sterling, (II) SUSIE-WOOD, b. Oct. 27, 1869.
iv. FREDERICK-W., b. 1839 in Princeton, served as a private in Co. K. 53rd Mass. Inf. in Civil War, d. of Typhoid Fever at New Orleans, La., April 7, 1863.
v. ABBY-MARIA, b. March 20, 1845, d. March 30, 1890.
vi. HEZEKIAH-ELDRIDGE, b. July 20, 1849, d. Nov. 17, 1885, in Boston.
BOYLSTON.
HENRY1 BOYLSTON of Litchfield, Staffordshire, England about 1575 is the progenitor of this Princeton family. The records of England were examined many years ago by members of the family on a visit to the old country and the pedigree carefully deduced and is now preserved by the descendants of the family in Princeton. Thomas2 son of Henry1 died in England in 1648. His son Thomas3 at the age of 20 came to America from London in 1635, and settled in Watertown, where he died in 1653. His widow Sara married (2ª) May 12, 1655, John Chenery. She died Sept. 14, 1704. Thomas4, born in Watertown, Jany. 26, 1644-5, married Dec. 13, 1665, Mary Gardner. "He was a chirurgeon of Muddy River " (Brookline) and had twelve children. His son Thomas5 of Boston, " saddler and shopkeeper, married, May 4, 1715, Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Morecock and died 1739. Their daughter Mary, born Feb. 19, 1722, married June 13, 1746, Benjamin Hallowell. Of fourteen chil- dren their son, Ward Hallowell, born in Boston, Nov. 22, 1747, assumed in 1770 the name of Ward Nicholas Boylston. A sister of Mary (Rebecca), born Dec. 7, 1727, married Moses Gill, Aug. 13, 1773.
BOYLSTON Ward-Nicholas (Mary6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Thom- as3, Thomas2, Henry1), son of Benjamin Hallowell and his wife Mary (Boylston) Hallowell (name changed from Hallowell), married (Ist) Mary -, (2ª) Alicia Darrow of Yarmouth, England. He lived in London, Roxbury and Princeton.
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Merchant " Donor in his own right of considerable wealth." He died in Roxbury, Jany., 1828, ae. 78. His widow Alicia died 1843, ae. 80. See Biographical sketch of Ward Nicholas Boylston in Vol. I. Their children were:
i. NICHOLAS, b. -.
ii. THOMAS, b. - , 1785, d. - , 1812, ae. 27.
1. iii. JOHN-LANE, b. - , 1789, m. Sally (Sarah) Brooks.
1. BOYLSTON John-Lane® (Ward- Nicholas7, Mary6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Henry1), son of Ward Nicholas? and Alicia (Darrow) Boylston, was born in London, 1789, mar- ried July 1, 1813, Sally (Sarah) Brooks, daughter of David and Patience (White) Brooks. He died Sept. 6, 1847, ae. 58 and she Feb. 8, 1881, ae. 87. Their children were:
i. WARD-NICHOLAS, b. Aug. 10, 1815, d. Feb. 10, 1870.
ii. ALICIA (Ist), b. May 10, 1817, d. Oct. 23, 1820.
2. iii. THOMAS, b. Oct. 1, 1819, m. Caroline Towle.
iv. ALICIA (2d), b. Nov. 17, 1821, d. Nov. 23, 1867.
v. MARY-HALLOWELL, b. Nov. 22, 1824, m. Oct. II, 1853, Dr. Charles W. Parsons, son of Usher and Mary of Providence, R. I. She d. at Providence, Dec. 31, 1887, and he Sept. 2, 1893, ae. 69.
vi. LOUISE-CATHARINE-ADAMS, b. Jany. 10, 1827, d. March 19, 1895, m. Edwin J. Nightingale of Providence, R. I., s. of Samuel and Eliza Nightingale, Oct. 1I, 1853. The marriage of the two sisters was at the home of their parents and was an important social event, the Princeton Brass Band furnishing music for the double wedding.
2. BOYLSTON Thomas9 (John-Lane®, Ward-Nicholas7, Mary6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Henry1), son of John- Lane and Sally (Brooks) Boylston, born in Princeton, Sept. I, 1819, married Caroline Towle of Boston, Mass. He died in Franklin, Maine, Aug. 8, 1882, she died Dec. 8, 1908. Children :
3. i. THOMAS, b. Oct., 1845, m. Florence Randall.
ii. JOHN-LANE, b. - and d. young.
3. BOYLSTON Thomas10 (Thomas9, John-Lane8, Ward Nicho- las7, Mary6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Henry1), son of Thomas9 and Caroline Towle, born Oct. 3, 1845, married Florence Randall of Quincy, Mass., b. July 12, 1851. They
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lived in Princeton and at Jamaica Plain, Mass., where he died May, 1880, ae. 34 ys. 7 mos. She died March 3, 1892. Children :
i. WARD-NICHOLAS, b. Dec. 17, 1871 at Jamaica Plain, Mass., m. (Ist) Aug. 25, 1895, Ellen Eayrs, one son (I) WARD-NICHOLAS JR., b. July 22, 1896, in Princeton, m. (2ª) Alice Meehan, Feb. 14, 1901. Children: (II) CAROLYN-ALICE, b. March 2, 1902 at Jamaica Plain, d. Sept. 14, 1902, (III) BARBARA-HALLOWELL, b. Jany. II, 1913, at Leesburg, Florida.
ii. CHARLES-PARSONS, b. - and d. young.
BOYLSTON Ann (Nancy), daughter of Richard and Mary (Abrahams) Boylston, born (baptised) April 23, 1753. Mar- ried Ebenezer Jones, April 15, 1788, and had 2 children (1) REBECCA B. JONES, and (II) FRANCES ANN JONES. His wife Ann died July 7, 1801, ae. 48. He married (2d) Abigal Calder, Oct. 28, 1804.
BRAINARD.
BRAINARD Dr .- James-H. was a practicing physician in Prince- ton as early as 1819. He married Susan Richardson, Nov. 2, 1820, and had one child recorded in Princeton. It is supposed they removed to China, Me., where she died Nov. 23, 1830. Their children were:
i. JAMES-HAZELTON-SPENCER, b. April 30, 1821, d. March 15, 1822.
ii. SUSAN, b. - , m. March 22, 1842, Harrison O. Clark of Hubbardston. Res. in " Slab City" so called, in a brick house north of the mill pond.
BRANNON.
BRANNON-John was born 1830 in County Galway, Ireland. When fourteen years of age he ran away from home. In 1849 he married Margaret E. Lavin and about 1852 emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, Mrs. Brannon came a year or so later and the family in 1857 removed to Princeton. Their children:
i. HENRY, b. in Nottingham, County of Notts, England, March 7, 1850. At the age of sixteen he went to Worcester, Mass., where he found employment as a wood worker. January, 1874, he started in business for himself as a cabinet maker and has con- tinued in the same business for forty years at the same place. He married Feb., 1878, Gertrude Goddard, who was born in Worcester, Mass., March 20, 1856. Their children were: (I)
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ALICE-M., b. Feb., 1879, a High School teacher. (II) MILDRED-I., b. Dec. 28, 1880, m. Frank-S. Calhoun, November, 1910, res. Bridgeport, Conn. One child: (i) Gertrude-Eleanor, b. March, 1912. (III) OLIVE-G., b. Feb. 3, 1883, m. George H. Williams, June, 1907, res. Salt Lake City, Utah. Children: (i) Harold-G., b. April, 1908, (ii) Carolyn-M., b. March, 1912. (IV) HENRY- G., b. Nov. 7, 1888. In the wood working business with his father. (v) ROGER-W., b. Feb. 4, 1893. In the wood working business with his father. (VI) DOROTHY-W., b. Sept. 24, 1895. (VII) EDNA-L., b. Feb. 8, 1897.
ii. MARGARET-ELLEN, b. July 28, 1856, in Boston, went to California in 1884, m. Dec., 1887, Edward Sheehan from New York State. Later became interested in religious work called the Forward Movement and made it her life work. Present res. San Fran- cisco, Cal. One child: ANNIE-PAULINE, b. Dec., 1891, in Pasadena, Cal.
iii. JAMES-HERBERT, b. in Princeton in 1858. He went to South Dakota about 1880 where he is engaged in the Livery and Real Estate business. He m. in 1883, Mary Preston of South Dakota whose family went west from Unionville, Conn., when she was a child. Their children were: (I) EDITH, a teacher, b. 1887, (II) Rov-J., b. 1891, (III) IRENE-G., b. 1894, (IV) GLADYS, b. 1896.
iv. WILLIAM-E., b. 1860 in Sterling, Mass., d. in Princeton, 1907. v. KATIE-M., b. 1861 in Princeton, d. 1872.
vi. CHARLES-F., b. 1863, went west in 1881. He was seen in Cali- fornia about 1892 and has not been heard from since.
vii. SARAH-B., b. in Princeton, Feb., 1865. She went to Worcester in 1879; was a successful saleswoman there and in Providence, R. I., Boston and New York, m. in 1903, George A. Haskett, a merchant tailor of New York City.
viii. ANNA-GERTRUDE, b. in Princeton, Sept., 1867. She went to California about 1885, m. 1913, Grant A. Brown of Pasadena, Cal., who owns and runs a ranch in Arizona, res. El Monte, Cal. Children: (1) ALBERT-JOHN, b. June, 1892, (II) GLADYS, b. Sept., 1893.
BRIGGS.
BRIGGS Rev .- William-Thomas, born at Scituate, Mass., Dec. 1, 1815. Educated, Oneida, N. Y., Inst. and Theological de- partment. Ordained Nov. 4, 1846. Pastor at N. Andover, 1846-55. Installed at Princeton in 1856. Dismissed at his request in 1863 and was for a short time Hospital Chaplain at Washington, D. C., and assistant Supt. of freedmen at
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Newburn, N. C., 1864-5. In 1866 he was installed pastor of the 2ª Congl. Ch., E. Douglas, Mass. Resigned in 1887 and was Pastor Emeritus until his death, Sept. 24, 1898. Married (Ist) in Scituate, Mass., Oct. 20, 1846, Harriet S. Dana of Woodstock, Vt., and had one child who died in infancy. Mar- ried (2ª) Nov. 10, 1852, Abbie L. Davis, of Oxford, Mass, who died in East Douglas, Nov. 16, 1912, ae. 80. Their children were:
i. - b. Dec. 8, 1853, d. Dec. 13, 1853.
ii. WILLIAM-HARRISON, b. March 10, 1855, grad. Law School, Cam- bridge, 1875, admitted to bar, 1876, practiced in Worcester Mass., Grinnell, Iowa, and Minneapolis, Min.
iii. HELEN-LE-RoY, b. Sept. 5, 1858, in Princeton, m. Sept. 22, 1885, Rev. Carlton P. Mills, of Williamstown, Mass., an Episcopal Rector in Waltham, at Newton Highlands and Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. Mills died in the latter place, Dec. 3, 1889. Children (i) Margaret, b. Aug. 31, 1886 and (ii) Dorothy, b. Aug. 23, 1888, both graduates of Wellesley and teachers in private schools in Boston, Margaret, at Noble and Greenough School, Beacon St., and Dorothy in Quincy Mansion Boarding School.
iv. ANNA-ISABELLA, b. Sept. 27, 1861, in Princeton, d. July 17, 1866, in E. Douglas.
BRIGHAM.
The immigrant ancestor of this family, THOMAS1 BRIGHAM, came over from London, April 18, 1635, in the Susan and Ellen. He married Mercy Hurd, and had five children, the youngest Capt. Samuel2, born Dec. II, 1652 had eleven children one of whom Jedediah3 born June 8, 1693 settled in Marlboro and married May 18, 1720, Bethiah Howe. Their sixth child was Stephen4.
BRIGHAM Stephen4 (Jedediah3, Capt. Samuel2, Thomas1), son of Jedediah3 and Bethiah (Howe) Brigham, born Nov. 2 (or Feb. II), 1732. He came from Marlboro, bought land and located in Princeton. He was a farmer and tanner.
He married Jany. 4, 1758, Betty Weeks daughter of John and Dinah (Keyes) Weeks, born Jany. 26, 1736. She died Sept. 6, 1787. He died in Princeton April 17, 1821, ae. 89. Their children were:
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i. JOHN, b. Aug. 8, 1758, m. Jany. 24, 1788 Lydia Howe. He was a revolutionary soldier from Princeton.
ii. BETTY, b. Feb. 5, 1760, m. March 22, 1789, Jonathan Newton of Alstead, N. H., and had four children.
iii. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 9, 1762, m. Feb. 13, 1791, Levisa (Louisa) How, b. May 24, 1769, d. Alstead, N. H., July 9, 1830. He died Alstead, July 16, 1839. They had seven children born in Gilsum.
1. iv. ABNER, b. May 31, 1764, m. Elizabeth Childs.
3. v. AsA, b. June 2, 1767, m. Betsy Marean.
vi. DAVID, b. April 8, 1771, about 1795 rem. to Mohawk Flats, m. Sarah Veeder.
vii. Lucy, b. Jan. 9, 1774, m. Saml. Russell of E. Sudbury, Nov. 19, 1806.
viii. SILAS, b. Aug. 12, 1776, m. Rhoda Morey and set. in Brownington, Vt., 9 chn.
ix. AARON, b. March 13, 1781, m. Jany 3, 1808, Charlotte Read, d. Nashua, N.H. July 3, 1840, 9 chn.
1. BRIGHAM Abner5 (Stephen4, Jedediah3, Capt. Samuel2, Thomas1), son of Stephen4 and Betty (Weeks) Brigham born in Princeton, married Elizabeth Childs, settled in Vermont and in 1795 returned to Princeton. He died Jan. 12 (13), 1823 ae. 58. She died about 1879 in Marietta, O. Their children were:
i. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 23, 1789.
ii. BETSEY, b. Feb. 28, 1792, m. Luther Whittaker, April 25, 1813, she d. Aug. 12, 1825, 6 chn.
iii. NANCY, b. July 8, 1794-6, m. Joseph Hardy, res. Worcester.
2. iv. LUCIUS CAPT., b. Dec. 2, 1797, m. twice (Ist) Caroline P. Goodnow, (2ª) Julia Roper.
v. SOPHIA, b. Feb. 27, 1800, m. Leicester Converse, d. Waterford, O., Nov. 8, 1834.
vi. Lucy, b. June 12, 1802, res. Marietta, O.
vii. LOUISA, b. Aug. 17, 1804, res. Leominster.
viii. ASA, b. March 24, 1807, res. Mason City.
ix. MARIA, b. Aug. 15, 1809, d. Aug. 10, 1839, Marietta, O.
x. CHARLES (-C.), b. Nov. 19, 18II, m. and res. Beverly, O., 2 chn.
2. BRIGHAM Lucius Capt.6 (Abner5, Stephen4, Jedediah3, Capt. Samuel2, Thomas1), s. of Abner5 and Elizabeth (Childs) Brig- ham, b. Dec. 2, 1797, m. (1) Oct. 3, 1832, Caroline P. Good- now, m. (2) Julia Roper, Oct. 23, 1848. Children of first wife:
i. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 18, 1833, res. Lafayette, Ind.
ii. CARRIE-E., b. June 27, 1835, res. Marietta, O.
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iii. ALONZO-P., b. March 2, 1837, res. Worcester.
iv. EDwd .- G., b. June 21, 1839, res. Marietta, O.
v. SAM'L-B., b. Sept. 24, 1841, d. Sept. 9, 1842. Child of second wife:
vi. JULIA-L., b. Oct. 2, 1849.
3. BRIGHAM Asa5 (Stephen4, Jedediah3, Capt .- Samuel2, Thomas1), son of Stephen and (Betty) Weeks Brigham, was called Lieut. and lived on the homestead with his father. Married in Hubbardston May 23 1791, Betsey Marean, born Aug. 23, 1770 dau. of Major William and Sybil (Parker) Mareau. He died Oct. 29, 1794. She married (2d) Ezra Holden. The children of Asa and Betsey were:
i. JOHN, b. Nov. 24, 1791, m. Mary Morse in Acworth, N. H., and rem. to Keesville, N. Y., 8 chn.
ii. BETSEY, b. May 18, 1793, m. James Browning July 4, 1811 in Hubbardston.
iii. SALLY
iv. ASA Twins - b. April 4, 1795, d. July 21, 1814.
b. April 4, 1795, d. Jan. 20, 1817.
BRITTON.
BRITTON William, born 1783, married Eunice W.
They came from Leominster and lived in the Daniel Parker (small) house. She d. April 24, 1852 ae. 67. Their children were:
i. DOLLY, b. April 26, 1806, m. June 6, 1833, Daniel Cheever.
ii. SEWALL-WRIGHT, b. July 9, 1808.
iii. ROXANA, b. June II, 1810, m. Alexander B. Gibson April 15, 1834.
iv. WILLIAM-WHITNEY, b. Feb. 22, 1814, d. March 23, 1814.
v. ANCEL-NEWTON, b. April 3, 1816.
vi. EUNICE, b. Nov. 20, 1818, d. March 28, 1819.
BROOKS.
The families of this name in Princeton are traceable either to HENRY1 of Concord and Woburn, who was made a freeman, March 14, 1638-9 or to his brother THOMAS1 of Watertown and Concord, who was made a freeman Dec. 7, 1636. Thomas purchased in 1660, with his son-in-law, Timothy Wheeler, 400 acres of land in Medford which was a part of Governor Cradock's farm which was later occupied by his son Caleb2. Henry1, by his first wife, name unknown, had a son John2 who married (Ist) Eunice Mousall and (2ª) Mrs. Mary (Champney) Richardson.
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His son Jabez3, born July 17, 1673, married (Ist) Rachel Buck and (2ª) Hepzibah Cutter. Nathaniel4, son of Jabez3 and (2ª wife) Hepzibah Cutter, born Aug. 17, 1703, married Submit Poulter. (See " Brooks Genealogy in New England Historic Genelogical Register, 1904, Vol. 58, pp. 48-51, 126, 129, 130.)
BROOKS David5 ( Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of Nathaniel4 and Submit (Poulter) Brooks, b. Woburn, Mass., March 29, 1849, m. June 24 in Lancaster where he then lived, Patience White, b. at Lancaster, Sept. 24, 1753, dau. Capt. Joseph and Patience (Ball) White. (See Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster by Almira Larkin White, Haverhill, Mass., 3 Vols. See Vol. II, page 290.) David Brooks was a Carpenter and Builder, more particularly of Churches of which he had charge of building quite a number in western Massachusetts and southern Vermont and New Hampshire .* He is credited with a statement made in his later days that he "had built fourteen meeting-houses and had a family of fourteen children." Seven boys and seven girls. The seven girls all died widows nearly or quite ninety years of age. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. The last days of the parents were spent in the home of their son John, where he, David, died Sept. 17, 1840, and she May 24, 1844. Their children were: 1351166
i. DAVID, b. Jany. I, 1775, d. June 25, 1791.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. Princeton, Sept. 16, 1776, m. Oct., 1796, Reuben, s. of Jabez and Deborah (Knowlton) Bigelow, b. Westminister, Mass., Nov. 23, 1775. . . . She died Sept. 2, 1857.
iii. PATIENCE, b. June 22, 1778, m. Quincy Parker, Feb. 11, 1801, she d. Providence, R. I., 1864.
iv. POLLY, b. Feb. 16, 1780, m. Joseph Fairbanks, Oct. 3, 1803. He d. 1846 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. She d. 1860 at Payson City, Utah.
* History of Northborough. - " The increase of wealth and a regard for the institution of religion led the inhabitants of this town in the spring and summer of 1808 to erect a new and more spacious house for public worship. The new church is 56 feet square, and a projection of 34 feet by 15, sur- mounted by a tower and cost, including the bell, $11,408.04. The cost of bell was $510.00; its weight 1200 lbs. The meetinghouse was built by Col. Eams and Captain David Brooks, of Princeton, Mass." (Vol II, The Worcester Magazine & Historical Journal, Published Worcester, Mass. 1826. See page 176.)
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v. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 18, 1781, m. Silas Fay, Jr., Oct. 9, 1804.
vi. JOSEPH, b. Jany. 29, 1783, drowned at Menotomy, Aug. 11, 1804.
vii. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 27, 1784, d. July 7, 1822.
viii. (SARAH) LUCINDA, b. Nov. 27, 1786, m. Artemas Howe, Jany. 5, 1808, she d. 1875.
1. ix. JOHN, b. Feb. 22, 1789, m. Sarah Brazier.
X. ELIZABETH, Feb. 2, 1791, m. March 9, 1812, Aaron Clark. He d. Newport, N. H., she in Charleston, N. H., 1887.
3. xi. DAVID)
xii. SALLY f Twins [b. May 20, 1793, m. Keziah Hamlin.
lb. May 20, 1793, m. John Lane Boylston, July 1, 1813. She d. 1881.
xiii. REUBEN, b. Sept. 28, 1795, m. Louisa Hartwell, Oct. 4, 1820, d. June 28, 1881, Des Moines, Ia. Children: (I) JONAS-HART- WELL, b. July 21, 1821, d. May 27, 1834, ae. 12-10-2, (II) JOSEPH-HEYWOOD, b. Jany. 27, 1823.
xiv. AMos, b. Nov. 16, 1798, d. 1838, unmarried.
1. BROOKS John6 (David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of David and Patience (White) Brooks, born in Princeton, Feb. 22, 1789. Worked with his father as a carpenter until he was twenty-four years of age. He then went to Boston where he was in the brokers business and well known in Princeton as " Broker Brooks." He was married June 24, 1819, to Sarah Brazier daughter of John and Polly (Grubb) Brazier of Franklin Street, Boston. In 1824 he came to Princeton and took care of his father's farm and family. He served the town in its principal offices and was Representa- tive and Senator in the General Court, President of the Worcester Agricultural Society and a member of the State Board of Agriculture, also one of the founders of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester. He died May 3, 1863. She died Nov. 19, 1866, ae. 77. Children:
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