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2. i. JOHN, b. Aug. 6, 1820 in Boston, m. Sarah L. Hartwell.
ii. ALICE-BRAZIER, b. Oct. 8, 1822, m. June 2, 1848, Greenleaf D. Norris of Milwaukee, Wis. She d. Jany. 9, 1914.
iii. HENRY, b. - , 1826, drowned Aug. 8, 1834.
2. BROOKS John7 (John6, David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of the above John6 and Sarah (Brazier) Brooks, b. Aug. 6, 1820, married Jany. 15, 1851, Sarah L. Hartwell. Mr. Brooks in early life was a merchant in Boston but reasons
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of health and taste led him back to the Ancestral farm in Princeton. The estate known as the "Hillside Farm " in the center of the town which had been owned and occupied by his father and grandfather successively each for a full generation. Like his father before him he was prominently connected with the Worcester Agricultural Society and deeply interested in New England Agriculture, taking special inter- est in breeding and raising Jersey Cattle. He died Feb. 3, 1890. Children :
i. ALICE-B., b. Feb. 28, 1852, m. Oct. 30, 1877, George M. Kendall of Lowell.
ii. SARAH-L., b. Sept. 19, 1862, m. June 17, 1903, Frank W. God- dard of Worcester.
3. BROOKS David6 (David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of David and Patience (White) Brooks, born in Princeton, Mass., May 20, 1793, went to Ohio in 1817 where he married Dec. 19, 1822, Keziah Hamlin daughter of Nathaniel Hamlin, born Oct. 16, 1804, the first white child born in what is now Columbus, Ohio. After locating in Columbus, Mr. Brooks several times returned to Princeton though at that time the Journey was long and filled with danger. The trip had to be made overland by horseback or horse and buck-board through the then almost-unsettled country. He was owner of the White Horse Tavern, a famous hostelry of that day in Columbus, Ohio. The name afterwards changed to Eagle Hotel, situated on the National road. He died July 9, 1848; she died Feb. 4, 1875.
Their children were:
4. i. DAVID-W., b. Feb. 22, 1828, m. Anna Maria Simpkins.
ii. SARAH BOYLSTON, b. Feb. 24, 1830, d. Aug. 24, 1831. iii. SARAH BOYLSTON, b. Dec. 4, 1833, d. Sept. 23, 1834.
7. iv. HENRY BOYLSTON, b. Aug. 18, 1835, m. Josephine Rickley. v. ANNA HOWE, b. Jany. 24, 1839, d. May 13, 1842.
vi. EMILY, b. May 13, 1842, m. March 30, 1870, David Evans. He served four years in Co. A, 95th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Children: (I) HERBERT ARTHUR EVANS, b. in Columbus, April 7, 1874, m. June 13, 1900, Fern dau. of Rev. J. C. Arbuckle, one child, Elizabeth Louise Evans, b. March 3, 1901, (II) MARY LYNAS EVANS, b. Nov. 21, 1876, (III) EUGENE BROOKS EVANS, b. Aug. 25, 1884.
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vii. MARY, b. March 20, 1844, m. July 3, 1866, Stephen T. Douthirt, chn .: (I) WALSTEIN-FAILING DOUTHIRT, b. Sept. 25, 1867, m. Louise daughter of D. S. Gray of Columbus, residence Phila- delphia, Pa. (II) EUGENE BROOKS DOUTHIRT, b. April 19, 1872, d. Dec. 28, 1901.
viii. JOHN, b. Feb. 23, 1848, d. Dec. 22, 1902.
4. BROOKS David7-W. (David6, David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of David6 and Keziah (Hamlin) Brooks, born in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1828, married Sept. 21, 1850, Anna Maria Simpkins, born Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 10, 1828. She died March 19, 1866; he married (2ª) Emma L., daughter of Amos J. and Sarah (Fay) Brooks. She died Feb. 17, 1889; he died Feb. 5, 1890. David W. Brooks was prom- inent in state and municipal affairs, holding many responsible positions. He was a merchant and banker, and at his death left quite an estate. Ex-Governor Geo. K. Nash was the Adminis- trator. [For extended notice of David W. Brooks, see The Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. VII; also III Vol. pages 628 to 642 White Family History, descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster.] Children:
i. GARRARD-SMITH, b. July 22, 1851, d. Sept. 9, 1875.
5. ii. HERBERT, b. Dec. 16, 1853, m. Clara-B. Tate.
iii. HENRY-BOYLSTON, b. July 10, 1856, d. Sept. 10, 1857.
iv. JEANETTE, b. Oct. 9, 1859, d. Nov. 4, 1860.
v. DAVID-WARD, b. Sept. 2, 1861, d. July 26, 1863.
6. vi. THOMAS-SPARROW, b. Sept. 23, 1863, m. Alice Morton. Children by 2nd wife, Emma L .:
vii. DAVID-WALKER, b. Sept. 27, 1870, unmarried, graduate of Ohio State University, Civil Engineering Course, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Manager of Specialty Department of The Concrete Steel Company of New York. His office, 32 Broadway, New York City.
viii. FAITH, b. Feb. 23, 1879, m. Oct. 17, 1906, John Franklin Miller, live in Detroit, Michigan.
5. BROOKS Herbert8 (David-W.7, David6, David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of David-W.7 and Anna Maria (Simpkins) Brooks, born in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1853, married January 2, 1884, Clara B., daughter of John H. and Emma (Holt) Tate of Rockville, Ind. (See History of the Holt Family.)
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Mr. Brooks is a banker and manufacturer, Vice-President of the Old North-West Genealogical Society, Director and Treasurer of the Ohio Building and Loan Company and one of its founders; Member of the Society of the Pilgrims and of the Sons of the American Revolution. Children:
i. LOUISE, b. Jany. 8, 1885, m. March 29, 1905, James Gulick West- water, they reside in Columbus, Ohio, where he is practicing law. Children: (I) DAVID BROOKS WESTWATER, b. June 23, 1906, (II) JANET WESTWATER, b. Nov. 4, 19II.
ii. CLARA, b. May 3, 1886, m. July 2, 1910, James Burgess Newcomb, res. Ripley, Ohio. Mr. Newcomb is a journalist.
iii. PHILLIPS, b. May 23, 1892, m. May 26, 1912, Mabel Lape, res. Columbus, Ohio.
iv. HERBERT, JR., b. Nov. 7, 1894.
6. BROOKS Thomas-Sparrow8 (David-W.,7 David6, David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), brother of the above Herbert, born in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1863, married June I, 1887, Alice, daughter of John S. Morton of Columbus. Mr. Brooks is active in some of the large business concerns of the city, notably The Casparis Stone Company one of the largest corporations of its kind in the West. He is Vice- President and Treasurer of same, also Vice-President and Director of the Ohio Building and Loan Co. Children:
i. MARION-MORTON, b. April 5, 1888.
ii. KATHARINE-ALLEIN, b. Feb. 6, 1891. m. Sept. 27, 1913, Thomas Hoyt Jones, Attorney at Law res. Cleveland, Ohio.
7. BROOKS Henry-Boylston7 (David6, David5, Nathaniel4, Jabez3, John2, Henry1), son of David6 and Keziah (Hamlin) Brooks, born Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1835, m. Oct. 24, 1867, Josephine Rickley. Was a railroad official at the time of his death. They lived in Columbus, he died March 9, 1875. Children:
i. HORTENSE-HAMLIN, b. Mar. 21, 1869.
ii. ALICIA-BOYLSTON, b. Dec. 3, 1871, d. Dec. 27, 1874.
iii. HENRY-DENMAN, b. Feb. 25, 1874, m. April 26, 1903, Mabel Lee Streight. He is Superintendant of Mail, U. S. Government building, Columbus, Ohio. One daughter: (I) KATHARINE, b. June 21, 1908.
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BROOKS Charles5 (John4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas!), son of John4 and Lydia, born April 6, 1732 in Concord, Mass. Mar- ried Nov. 24, 1757, Mary Hapgood, born June 4, 1740, daughter of John and Abigail (Morse) Hapgood of Marlboro, Mass. The emigrant ancestor of this family Thomas1 Brooks, supposed to be a brother of Henry1, came over from London in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, as early as 1631, and settled in Watertown, was admitted a freeman Dec. 7, 1636. He moved to Concord in 1638, where he was in public life, serving as a Constable or Deputy for eight years. He had by his wife Grace, four children all probably born in England. The eldest, Joshua2, known as Dea. Joshua, a tanner, lived in Concord now Lincoln. He married Hannah Mason and had eleven children, the fourth Daniel3, born March 5, 1663, married Anne Merriam. Their son John4, the sixth of their eleven children, lived in Concord and Acton where he was a selectman and deacon. He died March 6, 1777, his widow Lydia, June 3, 1802. Charles5 was the third of their eleven children. He moved into Princeton from Marlboro, Mass., with his family in 1764. He was in Lieu- tenant Maynard's Company of Marlboro at Fort William Henry in 1757, when Montcalm with his nine thousand French and Indian troops beseiged it and after six days fighting compelled them to surrender which was done under stipula- tion that the twenty-five hundred Americans in the fort should be given safe transit to Fort Edward. After being disarmed and started on their way, Montcalm's Indian allies fell upon them and slaughtered eighteen hundred of them. Charles Brooks was one of the few who escaped. He died in Princeton, March 8, 1798 and his widow Aug. 16, 1808. Their children were:
i. LYDIA, b. Sept. 1, 1759, m. Luther Parmenter, Dec. 3, 1783.
ii. PERSIS, b. Jany. 4, 1762, m. Peabody Keyes, Jany. 12, 1789.
iii. MARY (POLLY), b. Nov. 13, 1764, m. Jany. 15, 1783, John P. Davis, res. Hubbardston, Princeton and Norwich, N. Y., where he died 1860. Children: (I) CALVIN, (II) JOHN, (III) DAVIDSON, (IV) BETSEY, (v) HANNAH and others.
iv. LOUISA, b. Oct. 3, 1768, m. Samuel Haynes of Princeton, Feb. 9, 1788, rem. to Norwich, N. Y.
8. v. JONAS, b. Dec. 16, 1770, m. Lydia Temple.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 2, 1773, m. Joshua Temple of Boylston, Sept. 19, I793.
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vii. CHARLES, b. July 2, 1776, m. (Ist) Anna Bartlett, (2ª) Nancy Bartlett. Children: (I) FREEMAN, b. Aug. 31, 1806, clergyman, d. Batavia, N. Y., (II) LEONARD, b. Jany. 28, 1810, d. unmarried. (III) NANCY, b. Sept. 30, 18II, (IV) JOHN HASTINGS, b. Oct. 13, 1815, d. 1820, (v) HARRIET N., b. Dec. 17, 1819, unmarried. 10. viii. JOHN-HAPGOOD, b. May 13, 1779, m. Tabitha Lovell.
ix. CALVIN, b. April 9, 1782, m. Elizabeth Bartlett of Rutland (int.) May 3, 1806, moved to near Norwich, N. Y., and had children: (I) LUTHER, (II) MARY, (III) CALVIN, (IV) JOHN, (v) LUCY, (VI) ARTEMAS, (VII) PRENTICE and (VIII) CHARLES.
x. LUCY, b. Dec. 15, 1785, m. Joshua Temple, March 29, 1808. xi. SAMUEL, b. May 22, 1790.
8. BROOKS Jonas6 (Charles5, John4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of Charles5 and Mary (Hapgood) Brooks, born in Prince- ton, Dec. 16, 1770, married (Ist) Oct. 30, 1794, Lydia Temple of Boylston, daughter of Aaron, born Feb. 6, 1775, died, Oct. 29 (g.s. 28), 1819. He married (2ª) Nancy Davis, daughter of Samuel and Catherine of Oakham (int.) May 25, 1822. She died Sept. 14, 1868, a. 86 (T.R. Sept. 12). He died Oct. 7, 1865. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, contributing liberally to its support and to the build- ing of the Meeting House, also paying two hundred dollars towards the purchase of a bell. His widow, "Nabby " Brooks, left a fund of six hundred dollars the interest of which was to go to public Worship.
He lived in a house built by him and afterwards owned by the Boston, Barre and Gardner R.R. Company, which has since been used as a depot called " Brooks Station." Chil- dren of Jonas and Lydia were:
i. BETSEY, b. July 10, 1795, d. May 9, 1798.
ii. AARON, b. Dec. 3, 1796, d. May 4, 182I.
iii. JONAS, JR., b. June 4, 1799, m. (Ist) Lucy Mason, m. (2ª), widow Catharine (Davis) Rice. He was a deacon in the Congrega- tional Church, d. Aug. 14, 1887, in Rutland. Children: (I) AARON, (II) CALVIN-M., b. April 9, 1823 and lived near the Amos Ball house.
iv. MOSES (1), b. Feb. 8, 1801, d. Sept. 6, 1803.
v. BETSEY, b. Feb. 16, 1803, m. Stephen Lincoln of Oakham, Feb. 6, 1823, d. Oct. 15, 1827.
vi. LYDIA, b. Feb. 6, 1806, m. Moses W. Ferguson, Oct. 27, 1828, at Belfast, Me., where she d. in 1800, ae. 94. The oldest woman resident of that city.
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9. vii. MOSES (2), b. July 19, 1808, m. Sophronia Greenwood.
viii. LUCY-TEMPLE, b. March 3, 1810, m. 1833, Henry W. Piper of Rockport, Me., d. April 20, 1879.
ix. ABIGAIL-HOWE, b. Nov. 10, 1813, d. April 1, 1821.
x. SALLY-S .- D., b. Jany. 15, 1819, d. June 21, 1828.
9. BROOKS Moses7 (Jonas6, Charles5, John4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of Jonas6 and Lydia Temple Brooks, born July 19, 1808, married Jany. 19, 1832, Sophronia Greenwood of Hubbardston, born June 18, 1810. They lived in Prince- ton, then in Rutland and removed again to Princeton in 1851, to Oxford, N. Y., in 1856, and from thence to Rockdale, N. Y., in 1862. Children:
i. CHARLES-A., b. March II, 1833, in Princeton, d. Aug. 18, 1835. ii. JONAS, b. March 9, 1835, in Princeton, d. Jany. 10, 1843.
iii. EDWARD, b. May 19, 1837, in Rutland, grad. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1862, entered U. S. Army as Assistant Surgeon and died in the service, April 19, 1866.
iv. SARAH-SOPHRONIA, b. Nov. 4, 1839, m. Edwin R. Barnes, d. Feb. 1, 1877 at Norwich, N. Y.
v. MOSES-WALTER, b. Nov. 4, 1841, m. Abigail Peet of Hunter, N. Y. Grad. Medical Dep. University of Vt., 1879, res. N. Y.
vi. JONAS-HAPGOOD, b. Jany. 5, 1848, Cashier National Exchange Bank, Albany, N. Y.
vii. CHARLES-GREENWOOD, b. Dec. 23, 1849, res. Rockdale, N. Y.
10. BROOKS John-Hapgood6 (Charles5, John4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of Charles5 and Mary (Hapgood) Brooks, born in Princeton May 13, 1779, married (int.) April II, 1802, Tabitha Lovell of Holden, daughter of Asa and Betsey of West Boylston. She died Sept. 26, 1863, ae. 83. He was a blacksmith and farmer, settled on his father's homestead and died Oct. 18, 1867. Children :
i. ABIGAIL, b. 1804, d. Oct. 22, 18II.
ii. LOVELL, b. Oct. 25, 1806, d. Feb. 13, 1834.
11. iii. JOHN-HAPGOOD, b. Jany. 3, 1809, m. (Ist) Olive E. Morse, (2d) Lydia Eveline Keyes.
iv. ROXA, b. May 26, 1811, m. Wilkes Roper, Jany. 3, 1833.
v. JAMES-TOWNSEND, b. Feb. 9, 1814, d. Sept. 20, 1826 (g.s. 1825).
vi. TABITHA, b. April 5, 1818, m. (int.) April 23, 1842, Stedman Wright of Hubbardston.
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vii. WILLIAM-GOODALE, b. Jany. 31, 1823, m. Eliza Ann Gill, March 25, 1847, she d. Dec. 21, 1877, ae. 53. One child; ANNA AMELIA b. March 20, 1848.
viii. JAMES OLIVER, b. March 26, 1827 (V.R. 1829).
11. BROOKS John-Hapgood7 (John- Hapgood6, Charles5, John4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of John-Hapgood6 and Tabitha (Lovell) Brooks, born in Princeton Jany. 3, 1809. Married (int.) (Ist) April 9, 1837, Olive E. Morse, daughter of Lewis and Nabby (Fisher) Morse of Dedham. She died Nov. 18, 1871. He married (2ª) Lydia Eveline Keyes, daughter of Jonathan Keyes of West Boylston. Children:
i. MARY-CAROLINE, b. March 29, 1838, in Worcester, m. Emerson Paine Knight of W. Boylston. Children: (I) HARRY-BROOKS KNIGHT, (II) FRANK-EMERSON KNIGHT, (III) MARY KNIGHT.
ii. LEWIS-MORSE, b. Dec. 2, 1841, enlisted in Co. C., 36th Mass. Volunteers and died in the Service of disease at Cincinnati, Ohio. iii. JOHN-ELLIOT, b. Feb. 27, 1844, in Worcester, d. Oct. 19, 1846. iv. ABBY FRANCIS, b. July 17, 1847, in Worcester, d. Sept. 6, 1848.
v. JOHN-HAPGOOD, b. May 9, 1849, m. Ella Danelia Ball of Holden, Oct. 2, 1872. Children: (I) HERBERT WILLIAMS, b. April 26, 1873, d. Feb. 19, 1875, (II) OLIVE MARION, b. Oct. 1I, 1875, (III) JOHN-HAPGOOD, b. Feb. II, 1878, m. Mary Jewett of Worcester and had (i) Alice Warren, b. Aug. 24, 1879, (ii) Ida Louise, b. May 5, 1881, (iii) Lewis Manning, b. Dec. 7, 1882, m. Ava Murphy, Worcester, (iv) Arthur-Lovell, b. March 26, 1885, d. April 2, 1885, (v) Hazel-Newton, b. Jany. 15, 1887, (vi) Roger- Emerson, b. March 12, 1891.
BROOKS Enoch5 (Lieut.) (Samuel4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of Samuel4 and Elizabeth (Garfield) Brooks, born in Concord, Mass., bought in Princeton in 1756, married July 4, 1771, Hannah Jones of Dedham, daughter of John and Hannah, born July 20, 1748, died Dec. 10, 1834. Children:
i. ELISHA, b. April 9, 1772, d. at sea.
ii. JOHN, b. May 12, 1774, m. Rachel Savage, March 11, 1800, re- moved to Stoddard, N. H. A son, (1) ELISHA B., b. in Stoddard, d. Feb. 27, 1866, ae. 66.
iii. EZRA, born Oct. 25, 1776, married Sally Gregory.
iv. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 2, 1779, m. Nabby Beaman.
v. HANNAH, b. July 1, 1781, m. George Moore of Worcester.
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vi. ENOCH, b. May 1, 1785, m. Polly Gregory, dau. of Phineas, Jan. 17, 1816, d. Dec. 19, 1859. Their children were: (I) JOHN, b. May 2, 1817, drowned May 29, 1850 in the river Chagres (Panama), on his way to California and buried on the bank of the river by Charles Mason Guild of Boston, (II) HANNAH-E. b. July 15, 1835, m. Joseph E. Merriam.
vii. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 23, 1787, m. Elizabeth Barber of Worcester.
BROOKS Ezra6 (Enoch5, Samuel4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of Enoch5 and Hannah (Jones) Brooks, born Oct. 25, 1776, married Sally Gregory, Nov. 28, 1807. She was the daughter of Phineas. She died March 2, 1881, ae. 95. He died Jan. 18, 1854. Their children were:
i. ELMIRA, b. April 29, 1809, m. (Ist) Nov. 22, 1848, Silas Bailey, m. (2ª) Stephen P. Patch. She d. Apr. 30, 1870.
ii. AMOS-JONES, b. Sept. 6, 18II.
iii. ARTEMAS-JONES, b. Sept. 6, 18II.
iv. SALLY, b. Sept. 3, 1813, m. Apr. 20, 1842 Moses Leland of Tem- pleton, d. Jan. 12, 1858.
BROOKS Artemas-Jones7 (Ezra6, Enoch5, Samuel4, Daniel3, Joshua2, Thomas1), son of Ezra6 and Sally (Gregory) Brooks, born Sept. 6, 1811, married Sarah Smith, Oct. 12, 1844. She died Jany. 4, 1904. He died Apr. 13, 1888. One child:
i. WILLIAM-SMITH, b. May 26, 1846, m. (Ist) Oct. 17, 1867, Ella M. Fay, dau. of John B. and Sarah A. (Hubbard) Fay, she d. Apr. 20, 1882. Hem. (2ª) Martie E. Hubbard in 1900. The children were: (I) MARY-ELLA, b. Dec. 28, 1870, m. Aug. 31, 1897, Dr. J. Hayden Stimson. Chn. (i) Frederick-Hayden Stimson, b. April 25, 1899, (ii) William-Brooks-Stimson, b. Nov. 7, 1900, (iii) Elenor-Hunt Stimson, b. Sept. 14, 1902, (iv) Richard Alex- ander Stimson, b. April 23, 1909. (II) FRANK-HOWE, b. June 7, 1872, m. (Ist) Hattie A. Monroe, June 27, 1895. One dau. Ella Bernice, b. Sept. 10, 1896, m. (2d) Helen G. Packard, Dec. 14, 1910, (III) WENDELL-A., b. April 17, 1882, m. June 6, 1905, Jennie B. H. Chase. Children: (i) Dorothy-M., b. Jany. 5, 1910, (ii) Mary-C., b. May 22, 1913.
BROOKS Dr .- Alphonso, son of Caleb and Abigail Bailey (Wil- lard) Brooks, born Jany. 30, 1800, at Enfield, then Greenwich, Mass., married March 18, 1830, Caroline Whitney, daughter of Andrew and Lucy Miles Whitney, born July 8, 1808, in
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Princeton. Dr. Brooks served on the School Committee and was active in the Baptist Church. His shoe factory and house (now known as the Pratt's Cottage) was in the West Village. He was postmaster from the 15th of Feb. 1859 to 19th of Dec. 1862 and from 7th of March 1865 to 27th of Sept. 1866. He died in Boston, Sept. 30, 1889. She died Sept. II, 1872, in Boston. Children:
i. CHARLES-DANA, b. Jany. 20, 1831, d. June 24, 1832.
ii. LUCY-WHITNEY, b. Sept. 16, 1832, d. Feb. 2, 1837.
iii. JULIA-AUGUSTA, b. June 7, 1835, d. Feb. 9, 1837.
iv. SARAH-GROSVENOR, b. Nov. 30, 1837, married Asa W. Fay of Barre, June 6, 1861, d. May 22, 1862.
V. twin sister, b. Nov. 30, 1837, d. Nov. 30, 1837.
vi. ABBIE-MELISSA, b. Dec. 30, 1839, has been many years engaged in Boston in religious and philanthropic work. Was the first President of the Woman's Baptist Social Union of Boston.
vii. ORVILLE-CUNNINGHAM, b. Feb. 3, 1842, d. June 1, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming.
viii. CAROLINE-ANN, b. April 23, 1844, d. Sept. 29, 1866.
ix. WILLIAM-ANDREW, b. June 5, 1845, d. Nov. 18, 1877, was in the printing business in Boston.
x. ELLA-MARIA, b. Aug. 28, 1847, d. May 18, 1864.
BROWN.
It appears that there were quite a number of immigrants of this name who came from across the sea, within fifty years of the settlement of Plymouth, whose descendants are scattered throughout the country, becoming the heads of distinct lines. Owing to the difficulty of tracing their ancestry the record of the Browns of Princeton begins with the first permanent settler of the name, in town.
BROWN James, born in Wenham. With wife Abigail and sons, James and Gilson came from Sterling 1791, was taxed 1790 in Princeton. He died Feb. 2, 1839, ae. 79. Children of James and Abigail were:
i. JAMES, b. March 19, 1787, m. Betsey Carter, d. in Princeton, Aug. 1, 1862. She d. Oct. 9, 1877. Children: (I) JOSIAH- CARTER, m. Dec. 24, 1835, Mary K. Whitcomb, dau. Abraham and Rebecca (Shattuck) Whitcomb, at Stow, Mass. Their children were: (i) Josiah-S., b. April 7, 1837, d. May 20, 1837, (ii) Mary, b. July 2, 1839, m. Samson Bartlett, June 17, 1857 (for family see Bartlett), (iii) Jerome-W., b. Jany. 29, 1841, m.
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Lizzie Wilder, Jany., 1862, d. 1899, (iv) Melissa-Rebecca, b. June 30, 1848, m. Henry L. Shaw, Nov. 16, 1875; (II) WILLIAM- H., b. - , 1821, d. Aug. 23, 1908, m. Nancy J. Barnes, June 6, 1850. Children: (i) Walter-A., b. April 27, 1851, (ii) Arthur-H., b. June 19, 1853.
ii. GILSON, b. -, m. Sally Holman of Sterling (int.), March I, 18II.
iii. THOMAS, b. -, m. Sally Flint Stone of Rindge, N. H., Jany. 8, 1825. Children: (I) ZENAS-FLINT-STONE, b. May 3, 1826, d. March 14, 1827, (II) ABIGAIL-BEAMAN, b. Oct. 6, 1829, (III) MARY-FLINT, b. April 22, 1833, in Hartford, Ct., (IV) SARAH- ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 18, 1837, (v) ISABELLA-HAMILTON, b. Dec. 17, 1840.
BROWN Stillman3 (Gilson2, James1) nephew of James2, born in Sterling-1802. Married Nov. 7, 1826, Betsey Sanderson, daughter of James and Susan, born in Dublin, N. H., died Aug. 8, 1880, ae. 76. He died in Gardner, Mass. Dec. 30, 1884, ae. 82. Children:
i. APPLETON-WILLIAM, b. July 9, 1827, d. Nov. 13, 1827.
ii. MOSES-WARREN, b. Aug. 7, 1828.
iii. ALVIN-BOND, b. March 6, 1831.
iv. CHARLES-THOMAS, b. April 30, 1832.
v. JULIA-ANN, b. July 23, 1833.
vi. ABIGAIL-SOPHIA, b. April 1I, 1836.
vii. SUSAN-REBECCA, b. July 22, 1838.
viii. HENRY-HARDING, b. Dec. 31, 1840.
ix. SARAH-ALICE, b. June 21, 1843.
1. x. HERVEY-MILTON, b. April 16, 1848. m. Hattie Ann Crittenden.
I. BROWN Hervey-Milton4 (Stillman3, Gilson2, James1), son of Stillman3 and Betsey (Sanderson) Brown, born April 16, 1848, married Dec. 1872, Hattie Ann Crittenden of Worcester, daughter of Eben and Margaret (Hunt) Crittenden, born in Nova Scotia, July 28, 1854. He died May 18, 1909. Their children were:
i. FREDERICK-ARTHUR, b. July 18, 1874, in Troy, N. H.
ii. IDA-LOUISE, b. Dec. 16, 1876, in Worcester, m. Frank O. Percivall.
iii. HATTIE-ALMIRA, b. Nov. 1, 1879, in Worcester, m. George W. Gray.
iv. WILLIAM-MOSES, b. Aug. II, 1882, in Princeton.
v. CHARLES-MILTON, b. July 12, 1887, in Princeton.
vi. HAZEL-ONA-BELL, b. Aug. 23, 1895, in Princeton.
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BROWN Jesse, taxed 1789. Married (int.) Aug. 16, 1794, Lydia Brooks of Westminster. Children :
i. SALLY, b. Nov. 2, 1795.
ii. JOHN, b. Aug. 22, 1797.
iii. EUNICE, b. Feb. 1I, 1802.
BROWN Thomas and wife Hannah, came to Princeton soon after 1800. She was one of the Grafton Indians and the Trustees in 1801, bought for her nine acres of land on the northeast side of Qunnepoxit, near Holden.
BRYANT.
BRYANT Isaac2 of Rutland, son of John1 and Esther (Stone) Bryant, born January 6, 1762, was taxed in Princeton as early as 1785. He married Betty (Betsey) Howe, daughter of Abner, (int.) April II, 1788, died at Rutland, June 4, 1836, ae. 74. One child:
i. JOHN, b. Feb. 14, 1799, m. (Ist) Betsey Parmenter, (2ª) Melissa Pierce.
BRYANT John (Isaac2, John1), son of the above Isaac2, born in Rutland, Feb. 14, 1799, married (Ist) March 28, 1833, Betsey Parmenter, daughter of Luther and Elizabeth (Thompson) Parmenter, born Nov. 28, 1810, died Sept. 28, 1840. He married (2nd) Melissa Pierce of Hubbardston, March 31, 1842, daughter of Moses H. and Anna (Rice) Pierce, born Nov. 29, 18II. They lived in Rutland until 1834, then in Princeton, where he died Sept. 30, 1865. Children of first wife:
i. ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE, b. Jany. 5, 1834, m. (Ist) Joseph K. Rawson, May 15, 1862, m. (2nd) Freeman R. Doane of North Brookfield, Nov. 1, 1869 (no children).
ii. GEORGE, b. Jany. 21, 1837, m. Sylvia Stone, Nov. 29, 1866, res. North Brookfield, served as a private in Co. K., 53ª Regt. Mass. Inf. in Civil War. Children: (I) EDITH, (II) ORLO, (III) MABEL, (IV) MYRA and (v) GLADYS.
iii. JOHN-WINSLOW, b. Oct. 25, 1839, d. Sept. 30, 1908.
Children of second wife:
iv. LOUISA-MELISSA, b. Jany. 13, 1843, m. Martin V. B. Ball, April 25, 186I at Princeton. Children: (I) JENNIE-L. BALL, (II) NORA- M. BALL, (III) HARRY-M. BALL, all born in Princeton.
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v. WARREN-HERVEY, b. Feb. 23, 1845, m. Etta D. Scott of Water- town, Feb. 28, 1871, at Rutland. Children: (I) FREDERIC- WARREN, b. Dec. 26, 1871, m. April 18, 1893, Henrietta-Porter- Frost, b. June 17, 1869, Argyle, N. Y. Children: (i) Marion Louise, b. July 1, 1894, (ii) Mildred-Etta, b. April 26, 1897, (iii) Hazel, b. April 2, 1901, d. Feb. 9, 1902, (iv) Warren-Frederick, b. June 9, 1904. (II) FLORENCE-ETTA, b. Oct. 1I, 1880, (III) HARLAN SCOTT, b. July 5, 1888.
vi. MYRA,
Twins < [b. Nov. 16, 1847, d. ae. 5 months, 2 days.
vii. MYRON, (b. Nov. 16, 1847, d. April 19, 1848 (Apr. 18, g.s.)
viii. MYRA-A., b. Nov. 16, 1848, d. Feb. 8, 1875.
BUCK.
The immigrant ancestor of this family WILLIAM BUCK', was born in England in 1585. He came to New England in 1635, at the age of fifty, in ship Increase and settled in Cam- bridge, Mass. He died Jany. 24, 1657-8. We have no record of his wife or children other than his son Roger2, who filed the inventory of his father's estate, April 3, 1658. He succeeded to his fathers estate and followed his fathers trade of plow- wright. In 1685 he removed to Woburn, where he died Nov. 10, 1693. His son Ephraim3, married Sarah Brooks, Jany. 1, 1670. Ephraim4 married Esther Waget, Dec. 1, 1696. Isaac5 married Ruth Graves, Isaac6 married Mary Richards and resided in Southboro, Mass. Isaac7 married in 1780, Patty Phillips, both of Lancaster. Their son Silas8, born in Sterling, was a carpenter and millwright, married Deborah Beaman of Sterling. James Orison9, born at Sterling, May 9, 1818, married Azubah Smith of New York State. Their children were: Thurston10, Eugene- Richardson10 and Frank-Herbert10.
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