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BUCK Thurston10 (James-Orison9, Silas8, Isaac7, Isaac6, Isaac5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Roger2, William1), son of James-Orison and Azubah (Smith) Buck, born in Sterling, Mass., Nov. 14, 1851. He began work with his father in the manufacture of chair stock, was afterwards in partnership with him and later on his own account and with his brother Eugene R., in his father's mill in the manufacture of ladders. In 1880 they bought the Old Wilder Mill and made chairs and chair stock. In June, 1883, the mill was destroyed by fire with all its contents, but was rebuilt and the manufacture of chairs continued on a much larger scale by the brothers, under the firm name of
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T. and E. R. Buck. Thurston married Feb. 24, 1874, Olive A. Shepard, b. April 15, 1858, daughter of Jeremiah and Adalia (Newton) Shepard of W. Boylston, she died March 26, 1910, ae. 51. He married (2d) Nov. 6, 1912, Lilla F. Clapp. Children of Thurston and Olive A. were:
i. HARRY-THURSTON, b. April 22, 1876, m. Corinne E. Clapp of Princeton, Nov. 26, 1902. Children: (I) RUTH-ANGELINE, b. Sept. 14, 1903, (II) ETHEL-MARION, b. Nov. 28, 1906, (III) HARRY-THURSTON, JR., b. Sept. 7, 1910.
ii. LILA-OLIVE, b. Dec. 23, 1879, m. at Princeton, Oct. 18, 1901, Charles Herbert Mansur, son of Jeremiah and Delia (Shepard) Mansur of Oakdale, Mass. Children: (I) CLYDE-NELSON- MANSUR, b. Feb. 26, 1903, (II) PAUL-BUCK-MANSUR, b. Jany. 21, 1908.
iii. ETHEL-MARIA, b. Feb. 6, 1882, d. Nov. 7, 1904, m. April 15, 1903, Ernest A. Mortimer of Sterling. Child: (I) PHILIP-BUCK- MORTIMER, b. Oct. 26, 1904, d. April 28, 1905.
iv. HELEN-AZUBAH, b. Sept. 14, 1887, at Sterling, Mass., m. April 4, 1909, Sumner A. Davis, son of S. D. Davis, M.D., and Laura Ellen (Wilson) Davis, b. at Jermyn, Lackawana Co., Pennsyl- vania, Jany. 28, 1885, res. Athens, Alabama. One son: (1) SUMNER-DANFORTH DAVIS, 2nd, b. August 13, 1910, in Scott Township Pa. (at Lake Chapman).
BUCK Eugene-Richardson10 (James-Orison9, Silas8, Isaac7, Isaac6, Isaac5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Roger2, William1), son of James- Orison9 and Azubah (Smith) Buck, born June 30, 1853. Married at West Boylston, Dec. 23, 1873, Ellen A. Reed, daughter of Merrick and Mary R. (Maynard) Reed, b. Dec. 25, 1859, Sterling, Mass. Children:
i. ANNIE-MABEL, b. March 30, 1877, d. May 13, 1877.
ii. GRACE-LLOYD, b. Sept. 10, 1880, m. July 10, 1905, Roland S. Moore. Children: (I) ELLEN MOORE, b. June 9, 1906, (II) MARION MOORE, b. Aug. 10, 1908, (III) NORMAN MOORE, b. July 12, 19II.
iii. WARREN-EUGENE, b. Feb. 16, 1883, m. June 29, 1911, Maude Roberts Lloyd of Philadelphia, Pa. He died March 10, 1913. iv. JAMES-MERRICK, b. Oct. 14, 1891, m. Nov. 19, 1913, Ida Marion Haynes of Worcester, Mass.
v. NORMAN-ARTHUR, b. Nov. 14, 1893.
vi. RAYMOND-THURSTON, b. Aug. 7, 1895.
vii. ALTA-CHRISTINE, b. March 29, 1898.
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BULLARD.
There is a tradition that eight brothers of the name, came early and about the same time to America, and it is certain that there were three early settlers of Watertown of the name of Bullard, viz .: Robert, Benjamin and George. The genealogy of the Princeton families starts with ROBERT1, who was in Water- town, as early as 1637. Benjamin2 the only son of Robert and Anna, was probably born about the year 1630.
John3 a son of Benjamin2 born 1678 in Medway, married Abigail Leland. Their son Henry4 born Oct. I, 1723, and died April 30, 1799, married Jemima Pond. Henry5 born at Medway April 29, 1749, married Rebecca Richardson, and had three children in Sherborn, Henry, Rebecca and Moses6.
BULLARD Moses6 (Henry5, Henry4, John3, Benj.2, Robert1,), son of Henry5 and Rebecca (Richardson) Bullard, born at Holliston, Sept. 20, 1779. Married (Ist) Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Samuel Jr. and Elizabeth Clark of Sherborn. She died March 18, 1852 (g. s. March 4), ae. 69. He married (2ª) (int.) Jany. 18, 1853, Mrs. Nancy Wilson Barrett of Holden, dau. of Edward and Abigail (Baily) Wilson of Sudbury, born in Sterling, died Princeton Jany. 4, 1861, ae. 72. They went to Princeton to live about 1816. By his first marriage there were eleven children, five were born in Holliston and six in Princeton. He died in Princeton, July 17, 1861. Their children were:
i. CALVIN7, b. March or May 17, 1805, m. Mary A. F. Gleason. Children born in Princeton, (I) HARRIET-E. Aug. 28, 1831, (II) CHARLES-HENRY, b. May 4, 1833.
ii. CAROLINE, b. Aug. 31, 1807, m. Erasmus D. Goodnow, Dec. I, 183I.
iii. CHARLES, b. Nov. 9, 1809, m. Elizabeth C. Gleason, 3 chn., res. Orange, Mass., d. Jan. 7, 1847.
iv. HARRIET, b. April 7, 1812, m. Dr. Chandler Smith of Worcester, Dec. 16, 1836.
v. Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1814, m. Aaron Wright of Medway, April 19, 1837.
vi. REBECCA, b. Aug. 26, 1816, m. Daniel Howe Nov. 28, 1844, and d. Oct. 7, 1882.
vii. JOANNA-WHITNEY, b. Oct. 20, 1818, m. Thomas Gordon Oct. 24, 1849, and d. - , 1862.
viii. MARY, b. Aug. 9, 1821, d. May 25, 1844.
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ix. EMILY, b. July 7, 1823, m. Aug. 21, 1844, Seallum Gates, and d. in Hubbardston, Oct. 9, 1846.
x. SAMUEL-C., b. Feb. 15, 1826, d. Aug. 14, 1887.
xi. MOSES-HENRY, b. Jany. 31, 1829, d. Feb. 21, 1895, m. Anna M. Ruggles. Chn .: (I) AGNES-LOUISE, b. Nov. 18, 1863, d. Feb. 21, 1895, m. George M. Faulkner, Oct. 12, 1887, one child: (i) Dorothy; (II) HELEN-CLARK, b. Sept. 29, 1867, (III) ELIZA- BETH-TAFT, b. Feb. 9, 1869. In partnership with his brother Samuel-C., Moses Henry owned and conducted the Mountain House at the foot of Mt. Wachusett.
BULLOCK.
BULLOCK Calvin, son of Hugh and Rebecca of Royalston probably from Rehobeth, great uncle of A. George Bullock of Worcester. He kept a store near the Methodist Church and was known as Capt. Calvin. He married (int.) Oct. 31, 1813 Harriet Newton of Boylston. She died Feb. 18, 1816 and he June 5, 1819 (G.S.R. June 6). Their children were:
i. HARRIET, b. Sept. 16, 1814, d. Dec. 1819.
ii. CALVIN-N., b. Dec. 25, 1815.
BURNS.
BURNS William-Edward, son of Lawrence and Ellen (Mahar) Burns, born Aug. 10, 1870, at Marlboro, Mass., married Oct. 23, 1901, Bridgetta Agnes McGowan, of Fitchburg, Mass., daughter of John and Mary (Gallagher) McGowan, b. July 28, 1876, in County Leitrim, Ireland. Children:
i. MILDRED-FRANCES, b. Feb. 27, 1903, in Fitchburg, Mass.
ii. EVELYN-MAY, b. Oct. 1, 1906, in Princeton.
iii. GERTRUDE-ELEANOR, b. July 9, 1908, in Princeton.
iv. WILLIAM-LAWRENCE, b. Jany. 22, 1910, in Princeton.
BUSH.
BUSH Abial, son of Joseph and Mary, born June 1, 1731, in Marlboro, Mass. Came to Princeton in April or May, 1765, "having tarried a while in Rutland." No record of this family after leaving Princeton is obtainable. Children:
i. TRYPHOSA, bap. April 15, 1759.
ii. PRISCILLA, bap. May 4, 1760.
iii. ZIBA, bap. May 23, 1762.
iv. HEZEKIAH, bap. Sept. 23, 1764.
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BUSS.
BUSS Fortunatus, from Sterling, married (int.) March 3, 1827, Elizabeth Goddard of Orange, Mass., had one child born in Princeton, probably others born in Sterling. Child:
i. ANN-SAWYER, b. Feb. 17, 1828.
BUTTRICK.
The family of this name in Princeton descended from WILLIAM1 and Sarah (Bateman) Buttrick of Concord who came over from Kingston, Surry, England, 1635. Tilly5 of Princeton being a lineal descendant through Samuel2 and Elizabeth (Blud), Jonathan3 and Elizabeth (Wooley) and Joseph4 and Sarah (Brown) Buttrick.
BUTTRICK Tilly5 (Joseph4, Jonathan3, Samuel2, William1), son of Joseph4 and Sarah (Brown) Buttrick, born at Concord April 26, 1754, rem. to Watertown and thence to Princeton with his wife and seven children, Nov. 8, 1794, locating on what was known as windmill hill where Mr. Seth Nichols now lives. Here he built and operated a windmill combining the business of a miller with that of farming. He afterwards returned to Concord where he was a jail keeper and died there. Their children were:
i. SUSANNAH, m. (int.) Col. Moses Gill Jr., Dec. 30, 1796.
ii. SALLY, m. (int.) Dr. Micah Eldridge, Oct. 1, 1797.
iii. TILLY, m. (int.) Elizabeth Dix of Waltham, April 25, 1802, m. (2d) Hannah E. Bliss, Concord, Mass., July 10, 18II.
iv. ELIZABETH-HALE, -.
v. MIRIAM, m. Feb. 4, 1810, Moses Gill.
vi. HANNAH-BALCH, m. June 30, 1816, Charles Cobb, Concord, Mass. vii. MARY-LITTLE, -.
CHACE.
CHACE Josiah, son of Seth and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Chace, born in Sutton, Feb. 20, 1748, married May 28, 1772, Hannah Goddard of Grafton. He removed to Princeton in 1784, locating in the westerly part of the town. Children in Sutton:
i. SARAH, b. March 22, 1773.
ii. ASA, b. Jany. 21, 1775.
iii. JOSIAH, b. Jany. 30, 1777.
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iv. JOHN, b. June 3, 1779.
v. SETH, b. April 1, 1781.
vi. BENJAMIN, b. May 30, 1784.
Children in Princeton.
vii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 9, 1785.
viii. REUBEN, b. Jan. 19, 1788.
CHAFFIN.
CHAFFIN Leonard, son of David Chaffin, born Oct. 19, 1779.
Married Nov. 28, 1805, Elizabeth (Betsy) Rice, born Aug. 23, 1783 daughter of Solomon and Mary (Binney) Rice (and sister of John P.), she died Sept. 28, 1826. He died at Stow, May 30, 1859. Recorded Chapin. Children:
i. LEONARD, b. Dec. 3, 1806, m. wid. Sarah M. Mayfield in Illinois.
ii. MOSES-ALBERT, b. June 20, 1809, d. in Princeton, Oct. 22, 1848.
iii. DARWIN, b. June 13, 1811, d. Boston, July 17, 1844.
iv. EDWIN, b. Sept. 18, 1813, m. June 4, 1844, Caroline A. Gove at St. Louis, Missouri.
v. MARY, b. Jany. 18, 1816, m. George W. West, res. Boonsville, Mo. vi. ADELIA, b. June 4, 1818, res. Boonsville, Mo.
vii. DORCAS-MARIA, b. Oct. 18, 1820.
viii. JOHN-C., b. April 17, 1823, m. Aug. 20, 1847, Mary E. Cole of Watertown.
ix. ELIZABETH, b. March 2, 1826.
CHANDLER.
This family is descended from WILLIAM1 CHANDLER, who with his wife and children were in Roxbury, Mass., in 1637. The youngest child Sarah is the only one recorded in this country. For lack of evidence to the contrary it would seem probable that he was born in England and came over to this country with other early English emigrants. His second son William2 had by (2d) wife Mary Dane, a son Joseph3, born at Andover, Mass., July 17, 1682, married Mehitable Russell, Andover, and died April 23, 1734. Their son John4 born at Andover, Mass., Jany. 15, 1722, married Hannah (Phelps) Abbott.
CHANDLER John5 (John4, Joseph3, William2, William1), son of John4 and Hannah (Phelps) Abbot, born Andover, Mass., July 18, 1750, married (Ist) Katherine Holman in Lancaster, Feb. 29, 1776. She died Feb. 18, 1781 ae. 28. He m. (2d)
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Jany., 1782, Mary Jackson, moved from New Braintree to Princeton about 1788, having lived a while in Sterling. He built or lived in a log house near the spot where his g.g.s. now lives. He died in Princeton, March 26, 1832 ae. 81. His widow died Jany. 26, 1836 ae. 80. Their children were:
i. JOHN, b. May 22, 1777 in Sterling, m. in Chelsea, Mary Wyman and set. in Peru, Vt., 10 chn.
ii. JOSEPH, b. March 20, 1780, m. (int.) in Charlestown, Dec. 17, 1809, Sally Bennett, set. Hartland Vt.
1. iii. EPHRAIM, b. June 9, 1783, m. Mary (Polly) Powers.
iv. POLLY, b. May 31, 1795, m. Silas Holman of Sterling.
1. CHANDLER Ephraim6 (John5, John4, Joseph3, William2, William1), son of John5 and Mary (Jackson) Chandler, born in New Braintree, married April 19, 1810, Mary Powers of Princeton, daughter of John Powers, born Dec. 3, 1790, died June 16, 1854. He died Oct. 22, 1856 ae. 73. He was a farmer, came to Princeton with his parents in 1788 and remained on the homestead and settled his three sons around him. Their children were:
2. i. CHARLES, b. May 30, 1811, m. (I) Sarah E. Nichols, m. (2d) Mary Ann Hubbard, m. (3) Hannah Nichols Grover.
ii. NANCY-ANN, b. July 23, 1814, m. Nov. 12, 1834, Capt. Ephraim Osgood of Princeton, 2 chn., MARY and MYRON.
3. iii. LEONARD, b. March 3, 1817, m. Oct. 12, 1842, Sarah Blanchard.
4. iv. EPHRAIM-HARTWELL, b. May 15, 1823, m. Oct. 19, 1852, Mary Keyes Swallow.
v. SARAH-JANE, b. March 30, 1831, m. Dec. 31, 1857, Willard Smith of Shrewsbury, Vt., s. of Nathan and Nancy Smith. Farmer, their chn. were: MATTIE, MINNIE-WILLIAMS, SARAH-JANE and CHARLOTTE.
2. CHANDLER Charles7 (Ephraim6, John5, John4, Joseph3, William2, William1), first son of Ephraim and Mary (Powers) Chandler, married (Ist) Dec. 6, 1840, Sarah E. Nichols of Princeton. She died July 15, 1845, ae. 24, leaving one child. He married (2d) May 21, 1846, Mary Ann Hubbard of Holden, who died Jany. 25, 1848, ae. 23, leaving no issue. He married (3d) Hannah Nichols, sister of his first wife and widow of Mr. Isaac Grover of Springfield, Mass. Farmer; removed to Sterling. Three children:
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i. SARAH-ELIZABETH, b. June 23, 1845, m. Nov. 15, 1866, James Billings Mirick, b. in Princeton April 6, 1842, s. of Sewall G. and Lydia Meriam (Beaman) Mirick, res. Worcester.
ii. MARY-ANN, b. July 9, 1851, m. Sept. - , 1872, Charles Smith of Fitchburg.
iii. CHARLES-HERBERT, b. Oct. 25, 1854, m. Nov. - , 1879 May New- ton; farming on the homestead.
3. CHANDLER Leonard7 (Ephraim6, John5, John4, Joseph3, William2, William1), second son of Ephraim6 and Mary (Powers) Chandler, married Oct. 12, 1842, Sarah Blanchard, born in Boxboro, daughter of Simon Blanchard. Children of Leonard and Sarah were:
i. SARAH-FRANCES, b. Sept. 30, 1843, m. June 10, 1863, Henry Hobbs s. of Micah and Elizabeth Prentiss Hobbs, 6 chn.
ii. ELLA-JANE, b. Nov. 21, 1846, m. William Flannagan.
iii. MARTHA-CAROLINE, b. June 7, 1849, d. April 9, 1865.
iv. LEONARD-BLANCHARD, b. Aug. 29, 1851, m. Oct. 1875, Hattie B. Stewart of Charlestown, Mass., 4 chn.
v. JOHN, b. April 16, 1853.
vi. WILLARD-S., d. April 13, 1865, ae. 3.
4. CHANDLER Ephraim-Hartwell7 (Ephraim6, John5, John4, Joseph3, William2, William1), third son of Ephraim6 and Mary (Powers) Chandler, married Oct. 19, 1852, Mary Keyes Swallow, daughter of Kendall Swallow of Dunstable, by his wife Martha-K. He was a farmer on the homestead, later removed to Sterling. Their children were:
i. LILLIE-ELNORA, b. Aug. 25, 1859, d. May 27, 1865.
ii. ROSCOE-LINCOLN, b. Dec. 8, 1860.
iii. WILLIAM-HARTWELL, b. Nov. 21, 1866.
iv. CORA, b. -- , d. - , 1878.
CHAPMAN.
CHAPMAN Adams, died felo de se. By his wife Betsey (Rice) Chapman, had one son.
i. LORENZO-ADAMS, b. April 19, (29 P.R.), 1824.
CHEEVER.
The families of this name in Princeton are all traceable to a common ancestor. Their record on the Princeton books is
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quite imperfect but omissions have been supplied from outside sources which complete the record of this branch of the family.
In 1637, BARTHOLOMEW CHEEVER came over from Canterbury, England, and settled in Boston.
Having no children of his own he proposed adopting one of his brother Daniel's children. Accordingly RICHARD1, the youngest, then seven years of age was sent over from his home in Canterbury and was educated and brought up by his uncle, who had by that time " with what he brought and by industry and frugality saved a handsome estate for the then times."
At the age of 20 he married and by his wife Abigail had several children, born in Boston. The eldest he named Bartholomew after his uncle who had sent for and educated him, another son Daniel2, born Aug. 6, 1696, married Mary Downes, Nov. I, 1777. Their son Richard3, married Rebecca Bigelow.
CHEEVER Richard3 (Daniel2, Richard1), son of Daniel2 and Mary (Downes) Cheever, born in Boston, Oct. 30, 1724, married in Holden, Jany. 2, 1750, Rebecca Bigelow. His uncle Bartholomew, conveyed to him in 1747 certain lands in Rutland. He was in Princeton as early as Aug. 7, 1762. In a deed of that date he styles himself of Princeton District, Worcester County, husbandman. In 1769, he is recorded as being " presented " for not attending meeting for three months He died May 6, 1789, ae. 66, and she, Nov. 20, 1797, ae. 72. Their children were:
i. RICHARD, b. March 23, 1753, m. (int.) Mary Toazer, Sept. 12, 1772. Heirs Polly, Sally, James and Patty, of Barre the sum of 5s. to be equally divided (given by Richard1), d. May 6, 1789.
1. ii. BARTHOLOMEW, b. Jany. 9, 1754, m. Susanna Farmer.
iii. RACHEL, b. March 3, 1756, m. Aaron Ball. Rachel Cheever said to have been the first white child b. in Princeton.
2. iv. DANIEL, b. - , 1757, m. Betty Keyes.
v. REBECCA, b. -,-, m. Nov. 20, 1794, Joseph Cady of Alstead, N. H.
vi. JACOB, b. June 13, 1762, m. Eunice Grant, who was b. in Alstead, N. H., May 1, 1767. They had a daughter Sally who married her cousin Jacob Cheever.
vii. JAMES, (Ist), b. - , 1766, d. Oct. 11, 1776, ae. 10.
viii. JAMES (2ª), -, m. (int.) Sept. 18, 1824, Elvira Severance of Alstead, N. H.
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1. CHEEVER Lieut .- Bartholomew4 (Richard3, Daniel2, Rich- ard1), son of Richard3 and Rebecca (Bigelow) Cheever, born Jany. 9, 1754, was taxed in Princeton 1779. Married April 16, 1781, Susanna Farmer and lived on the Gill farm. She died April 18, 1812, ae. 53. Hedied Jany. 8, 1838, ae. 84. Children :
i. WILLIAM-DOWNES, b. Feb. 2, 1783, m. (I) Sally Wilson, (int.) Feb. 4, 1802, she d. Sept. 29, 1802, ae. 16, m. (2ª) Betsey Harrington, April 12, 1804.
3. ii. MOSES-GILL, b. Aug. 3, 1794, m. Rhoda Wheeler.
3. CHEEVER Moses-Gill5 (Lieut .- Bartholomew4, Richard3, Daniel2, Richard1), son of Lieut. Bartholomew4 and Susanna (Farmer) Cheever, born in Princeton, Aug. 3, 1794, married April 8, 1816, Rhoda Wheeler, daughter of Silas and Catharine (Morse) Wheeler of Hubbardston, born Feb. 8, 1797, died Jany. 26, 1847, ae. 48. He was Postmaster 1846. He died June 26, 1851, ae. 56. Children:
i. SUSAN-F., b. Jany. 20, 1817, m. W. B. Goodnow Dec. 9, 1841.
ii. JEANETTE-C., b. June 16, 1818, d. Jany. 24, 1857.
iii. WILLIAM-DOWNES, b. April 30, 1825, res. Anoka, Minn.
2. CHEEVER Daniel4 (Richard3, Daniel2, Richard1), son of Richard and Rebecca (Bigelow) Cheever, born 1757. Taxed in Princeton 1784, married Feb. 1, 1786, Betty Keyes, born Boylston, May 30, 1766, died May 20, 1845, ae. 78-11-20. He died Sept. 9, 1822, a. 65. His estate names heirs WM. and, HEPZIBEH, JOHNSON; 4. BARTHOLOMEW-CHEEVER 2ª., POLLY; ELIJAH; MARY-DARLING; 5. DANIEL6, DAVID-K., JACOB and JAMES.
4. CHEEVER Bartholomew5 (called 2ª) (Daniel4, Richard3, Daniel2, Richard1), son of Daniel4 and Betty (Keyes) Cheever, born July 21, 1791, married on her 18th Birthday, April 25, 1816, Polly Penniman born at Gardner, Mass., April 25, 1798, died May 25, 1872, ae. 75. He died June (g.s. 15) 1846, ae. 54. Children:
i. MARY-JANE, b. July 16, 1817, m. (I) James Ellsbree. Chn .: EMERGENE and JOSEPHINE, twins, Josephine died., m. (2) - Putnam. Children: SARAH-J., and DANIEL-B., res. Jefferson- ville, d. Oct. 3, 1875.
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ii. ALONA, b. Princeton, July 16, 1819, m. Paul Garfield, Princeton. Chn .: ELLEN-MARIA, ALONA-VICTORIA and DELIA-ANNETTE (see Garfield).
iii. SUSAN, b. Oct. 27, 1820, m. John Town. Children: WILLIAM, HENRY, MARIA, CARRIE and EDMAN.
iv. ADALINE, b. Nov. 10, 1822, family record 1823, m. Reuben Stone, Thompson, Ct. Children: REUBEN and ELLA H.
v. DANIEL, b. Sept. 23, or Oct. II (v.R.), family say Oct. 11, 1824, d. Aug. 15, 1847 (no issue.)
vi. HERVEY, b. July 26, 1826, m. (Ist) Mary D. Hersey of Ware. Children: HATTIE and CHARLES, Hem. (2) Anjinette M. Taylor. vii. PERRY, b. July 23, 1829, m. Lucy Rich, Ware, Mass.
viii. BERTHENE, b. Jany. 28, 1832, family record, 1831, m. George W. Taylor, Northampton, Mass. Children: GEORGE, CARRIE and FRANK.
ix. WILLIAM-FRANK, b. Sept. 15, 1834, m. Sept. 15, 1860, Prudence B. Hersey. Children: (1) ELIZA, b. Aug. 17, 1861, m. Knight, (II) GEORGE W., b. Feb. 13, 1866.
x. THOMAS-WALDO, b. March 7, 1837, d. Sept. 2, 1848.
xi. ALBERT-B., b. Nov.1, 1839 (1840), d. Dec. 10, 1863.
5. CHEEVER Daniel5 (Daniel4, Richard3, Daniel2, Richard1), son of Daniel4 and Betty (Keyes) Cheever, born 1793, married June 6, 1833, Dolly Brittan of Leominster, daughter of Wil- liam and Eunice (Newton) Brittan, died May 31, 1874, ae. 68. He died Aug. 19, 1870, ae. 77. One child:
i. SUSAN-ARVILLA, b. Jany. 19, 1835, d. April 20, 1854.
6. CHEEVER David-K5. (Daniel4, Richard3, Daniel2, Richard1), son of Daniel4 and Betty Keyes Cheever, born 1804, married Oct. 5, 1824, Miriam D. Norcross, daughter of Jacob and Miriam. She died at Leominster, July 12, 1859. He died Aug. 30, 1873, ae. 69. Children:
i. -, dau., b. March 22, 1825, d. March 23, 1825.
ii. EMELINE J., b. Jany. 13, 1826, d. Sept. 5, 1841.
iii. DAVID, b. July 30, 1828, d. Sept. 3, 1831.
iv. ALBERT, b. Feb. 20, 1830, d. Oct. 16, 1830.
v. WARD N., b. July 21, 1831, m. Nov. 9, 1855, in Leominster, Amanda E. Chandler, rem. So. Lyndeboro, N. H.
vi. DAVID-WORCESTER, b. Aug. 18, 1834 (3), enlisted 1861 in New York roth Cav., served during the Civil War and was Q. M. Sergt. when discharged July, 1865. m. (1) in Washington, D. C., May 4, 1865, Fanny Jones, divorced in Oct. 1873, m. (2) Dec. II, 1873, Alberta F. Brown of Oakdale, res. W. Boylston.
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vii. BETSEY-MIRIAM, b. Aug. 27, 1835, m. (I) Hiram B. Davidson, m. (2) Jerry J. Goldsmith, m. (3) Calvin Childs. Children: (I) EBEN DAVIDSON, b. Feb. 18, 1851, d. Feb. 24, 1852, (II) LIZZIE J. GOLDSMITH, b. Hudson, July 16, 1855, (III) IDELLA A. CHILDS, b. in Palmer, Mass., June 6, 1869.
viii. MARY ANN, b. June 6, 1837, m. George Hagar, 1855, res. Oregon City, Oregon, when last heard from.
ix. GEORGE, b. Aug. 5, 1839, d. Aug. 25, 1839.
x. EMELINE, b. Aug. 26, 1841, m. 1865, Francis W. Labonta, Concord, N. H.
xi. EUGENE, b. Sept. - , 1843, d. 1843.
CHENEY.
CHENEY Elisha, son of Elisha, who was son of Joseph of Newton, in the line of JOHN1 of Newbury, born May 2, 1787 in Royals- ton. Wife Isabella He was a blacksmith in Calvin Davis' shop. He d. in Holden, Feb. 18, 1845. Children :
i. GEORGE, b. Oct. 27, 1814.
ii. SARAH, b. Jany. 15, 1818.
iii. HANNAH, b. Sept. 22, 1819.
CHILDS.
CHILDS Ephraim, married in Rutland, Aug. 29, 1811, Hannah Cowdin a sister of Jonas Cowdin and a cousin of Polly (Cow- din) Gregory. After his death, his widow married (2ª) Jan. 1837, Oliver Davis.
CHITTENDEN.
CHITTENDEN Nathaniel, married Desire Otis daughter of Ensign and Hannah (Barker) Otis, of Dorchester, July 15, 1749.
CHITTENDEN Isaac, son of the above Nathaniel and Desire (Otis) Chittenden, was born in 1753. With his wife Molly he moved to Princeton from Scituate in May 1783, and located on a farm, nearest to the corner of Princeton, Holden, and Sterling. He died in Princeton, June 3, 1827. Their children were:
i. DESIRE, b. April 26, 1783, d. Nov. 10, 1828 (a. 40, P.R.).
ii. POLLY (MARY), b. April 24, 1785, m. (int.) David Whittaker of Sterling, Nov. 27, 1805.
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iii. BETSEY, b. May 4, 1787, d. Sept. 8, 1851, unmarried.
iv. LUTHER, b. Sept. 22, 1789.
v. ISAAC, b. May 29, 1792.
vi. LUCY, b. Nov. 26, 1794, d. Dec. 29, 1831.
CLARK.
The name of Clark in its various forms of Clark, Clarke, Clerk, Clerke, etc., is to be often found through a long period of English History. Several families of this name (usually spelled without the final e), have resided in Princeton the descent of only one of which has been determined. It is possible, however, that some of the others came from the same ancestral stock, although the connection may not have been traced.
It is a matter of record that one HUGH1 CLARK was in Water- town as early as 1641, that he removed to Roxbury about 1660, remaining in that town or vicinity until he died, July 20, 1693, aged about 80. His oldest son, John2, born Oct. 13, 1641, married Elizabeth Norman. Their son William3 by wife Hannah Kee, had William4, born Dec. 24, 1786, who married Mary Marean of Newton.
The record begins with the descendants of Hugh1 of Water- town, before proceeding to chronicle the more broken or transi- tory families.
CLARK Norman5 (William4, William3, John2, Hugh1), son of William4 and Mary (Marean) Clark, born Dec. 12, 1743 in Newton, married (Ist) Dec. 21, 1769, Sarah Hammond, daughter of Col. Benj. and Sarah (Brown) who died Jany. 15, 1783, ae. 32. He married (2ª) Mrs. Joanna Sprague of Templeton, May 23, 1786 and she died in Princeton, Dec. 8, 1790, ae. 42. He married (3ª) Betsey Read of Sudbury, June II, 1798, (Sud. R., June 10), who died April 28 (g.s., 29), 1823, b. Sept. 10, 1762. He was a soldier in the French War at 17, Lieut. in the Provinical Army and took part in building the fort at Crown Point, was severely wounded in the battle at Harlem Heights and commanded a company at the battle of Saratoga, when Burgoyne with his whole army was captured. He changed his residence from Newton to Princeton about 1775 and subsequently to Clarksville, N. H., which was named for him. For a number of years before his death he was blind but
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retained his faculties to the last. He died May 25, 1842, at Clarksville, at the age of 98 years, 5 months, 13 days. Children by first wife:
i. NATHANIEL, b. April 21, 1770 in Newton, d. May, 1783.
ii. WILLIAM, b. March 28, 1772 (g.s., March 31), m. July 25, 1802, Hannah (Gleason) Reed wid. Abel Reed. He was a butcher in Princeton, d. felo-de-se, April 13, 1825, she d. Aug. 26, 1817, ae. 50, no record of the children in Princeton, but the following is from the Clark genealogy: (I) HARRIET, b. April 4, 1803, d. Boston, Mar. 4, 1832, (II) BENJAMIN, b. June 24, 1805, m. Oct. 2, 1833, Eliza G. Reed, d. Charleston, S. C., March 29, 1854, buried in Princeton, (III) WILLIAM-HAMMOND, b. July 18, 1807, d. May 27, 1830, (IV) SARAH-H., b. Dec. 24, 1809, (v) MARY ANN, b. Dec. 14, 1812, (VI) MARIA-F., b. Dec. 14, 1815.
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