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5. i. SAMUEL-PEARCE (Rev.), b. Jany. 26, 1826.
ii. JOSHUA-TITUS, b. Sept. 8, 1827, d. Nov. 27, 1846.
iii. LUCINDA-ELIZABETH, b. July 23, 1829, d. July 5, 1853, m. April 9, 1849, Whitman Fiske Higgins of Hardwick, Mass.
iv. MARY-JANE, b. Sept. 1, 1832, d. July 2, 1834.
v. GEORGE-BOARDMAN, b. June 28, 1835, d. March 30, 1836.
vi. WILLIAM-STILLMAN, b. Nov. 8, 1837, d. Mar. - , 1881 in Iowa.
5. EVERETT Rev. Samuel-Pearce8 (Rev. Samuel7, Joshua6, Lieut. Joshua5, Dea. Joshua4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), son of Rev. Samuel7 and Lucinda (Keyes) Everett, born Jany. 26, 1826, at Milford, N. H. He became a clergyman in middle life and held pastorates at Whitingham, Vt., Coleraine, Ayer
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and Bernardston, Mass., and at South Hampton and Mere- dith, N. H. He was twice a member of the Mass. Legislature 1866 and 1872. He married April 9, 1848, Nancy Alcesta Goodnow, at Leverett, Mass., daughter of Holand and Pris- cilla (Mann) Goodnow, born June 25, 1829, at Montague, Mass. Children:
i. JENNIE-MAY, b. March 17, 1850, Worcester, Mass.
ii. EDWARD-SAMUEL, b. Nov. 13, 1853, Worcester, Mass.
iii. ELLA-ALCESTA, b. May 31, 1858, Rowe, Mass.
iv. WALTER-GOODNOW, b. Aug. 21, 1860, Rowe, Mass., prepared for college at Hitchcock High School, Brimfield, Mass., graduated from Brown University in 1885 with the highest honors of his class, after acting as tutor to the sons of Sir James Coats of Scotland, was called to Brown University as instructor in Greek and Latin. Studied in Berlin and Strassburg Univer- sity, Germany, and was appointed Professor of Philosophy in 1900. During the years 1912-13, he was acting President of Brown University.
v. SAMUEL-ANDREW, b. Feb. 14, 1866, Rowe, Mass.
6. EVERETT Israel7 (Joshua6, Lieut. Joshua5, Dea. Joshua4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), son of Joshua6 and Ruth (Wood) Everett, married Nov. 19, 1822, Persis Fosgate, born July 6, 1801 at Berlin Mass., died Feb. 4, 1852 at Princeton. He was a farmer and lived at Everettville. He afterwards bought the Abijah Harrington place, rem. later to Milbury where he died May 6, 1888. He was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature 1843-4. Children born in Princeton:
i. SALLY-ANN, b. Nov. 5, 1823, d. May 12, 1899.
ii. PAMELA-HOWE, b. March 29, 1826, m. June 8, 1848, William Howe, s. of William and Eunice (Robbins) Howe, b. Oct. 14, 1819 at Princeton, d. May 18, 1906, 4 chn. b. in Millbury, I son GEORGE W. HOWE, b. in Princeton, June 14, 1849.
iii. GEORGE, b. Aug. 12, 1827, d. Oct. 2, 1847.
iv. ABRAM, b. Nov. 4, 1829, m. Rebecca W. Grimes at Fitchburg, Mass., Nov. 28, 1860, dau. by adoption of her grandparents, Thaddeus and Rebecca (Whitcomb) Grimes. She was b. Dec. 4, 1831, at Littleton, Mass., d. Jan. 13, 19II. Their chn. were: (I) HENRY-L., b. Apr. 19, 1863, at Princeton, (II) GRACE- REBECCA, b. May 5, 1865, in E. Princeton, m. Jan. 30, 1897, in Worcester, Mass., Arthur G. Lewis.
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v. RUTH-ELIZA, b. Sept. 28, 1833, d. Aug. 19, 1867 at Mt. Pleasant, S. C., m. Holland N. Batcheller of Macon, Ga., b. Sept. 28, at Grafton, Mass., d. Aug. 18, 1867 at Mt. Pleasant. He served during the Civil War as captain in the 35th Regt. U. S. Colored troops.
vi. MENDALL-GILBERT, b. Sept. 14, 1836. Member Co. K., 53 regt. recruited in Princeton and Sterling for 9 months. Served I yr. 5 da., died later as a result of his service, m. Joanna Allen of Maine who d. Nov., 1887. Their chn. were: (I) EDWARD-A., (II) HERBERT-MENDALL. Both died young.
7. EVERETT Dea .- Joshua-Titus7 (Joshua6, Lieut. Joshua5, Dea. Joshua4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), son of Joshua6 and Ruth (Wood) Everett, born Jany. 6, 1806, died Feb. 10, 1897 at Westminster, married (Ist) May 15, 1828, Sally Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown, born May 1, 1810 at Westminster, died Jany. 22, 1848 at Princeton, married (2d) Sept. 15, 1853, Mary Ann Baird, daughter of George W. Baird, born Aug. 30, 1820 at Grafton, Vt.
He was a native of Princeton in which town almost his entire life was spent, was widely known in Worcester County and elsewhere for his active interest in agriculture, and the various moral and social reforms of his time. He became an early convert to the Anti-slavery cause and was a personal friend of Garrison, Phillips, May, Douglass, and other champ- ions of freedom, many of whom he entertained at his home, and otherwise aided and encouraged in their work. His house was always open to the fugitive slave. For many years he held the office of President of the Worcester North Anti- Slavery Society, and was an occasional contributor to " the Liberator." He was Selectman and Assessor in Princeton in 1834 and '35, and a member of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1833, '34 and '35. At the time of his death at the age of 91, he was the oldest living ex-member of the General Court. Children born in Princeton:
i. SARAH-MEIRIAM, b. July 7, 1829, m. Jany. 1, 1851, Moses Hobbs Mirick, b. Nov. 17, 1823.
ii. LUCY-ADELIA, b. Nov. 28, 1831, m. Nov. 19, 1853, John L. Hey- wood of Milford, Mass.
iii. FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS, b. May 2, 1835.
iv. ALICE-BROWN, b. April 24, 1839, m. Nov. 15, 1873 at Leominster, Mass., Robert Kelley.
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v. EMMA-ELIZA, b. Feb. 19, 1843, d. - , at San Francisco, Cal; m. Nov. 22, 1862, Edward H. Howe of San Francisco. Ch. of second wife:
vi. GEORGE-TITUS, b. Aug. 31, 1861, res. Fitchburg, Mass.
8. EVERETT Erastus7, L.L.D. (Joshua6, Lieut .- Joshua5, Dea. Joshua4, Richard3, John2, Richard1), son of Joshua6 and Ruth (Wood) Everett, born Aug. 3, 1813, at Princeton, married Sept. 16, 1848, Rosa Denham, Brooklyn, N. Y. She was a daughter of Andrew and Mary (Gelston) Denham, b. in Bel- fast, Ireland, Aug. 22, 1821. He was graduated at Dartmouth College 1836, was professor of English History at Jefferson College, La., was for several years president of the New Orleans High School; taught a select school in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was professor of Greek and Latin in Rutgers Female College, 1875-9. On the occasion of Princeton's Centennial Celebration he was the poet; his poem entitled " Progress," set forth in verse the principal events of the town's history during the hundred years of its existence. He also made a short speech on that eventful day, and closed by repeating two poems: " The Bacchanals Ode " and " The Bacchanals Palinode," both being of his own composition. He received the honorary degree of L.L.D. from Dartmouth College 1876. He died May 4, 1900. Children :
i. LOUISA, b. July 3, 1849, New Orleans, La.
ii. ERASTUS JR., b. Oct. 27, 1851, New Orleans, La.
iii. MINNA, b. Oct. 26, 1853, New Orleans, La., res. Brooklyn, N. Y.
iv. ELISHA-TAYLOR, b. Jany. 25, 1858, Brooklyn, N. Y.
v. JESSIE-WATSON-JERVIS, b. Feb. 14, 1860, Brooklyn, N. Y.
FAY.
The immigrant ancestor of the families of this name in Prince- ton is supposed to be DAVID1 of Marlboro. It appears that his son John Fay2 when eight years of age, with two other boys, Thomas Barnes and Shadrach Hapgood, sailed on ship Speed- well, May 30, 1656, from Gravesend, arriving at Boston in June. They settled in Sudbury, Mass., where they had friends and relatives. It is probable that his father and other members of his family had already come to America. John served in the King Phillips War, lived in Marlboro and Watertown, and re- turned to Marlboro where he died Dec. 5, 1690. Gershom3
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son of John2 and Susannah had a son Silas4, who was father of Silas5 of Princeton.
FAY Silas5 (Silas4, Gershom3, John2, Daniel1), son of Silas4, born in Northboro, about 1750, removed to Princeton, where he married, May 7, 1776, Anna Gleason, daughter of Thomas and Hannah. He lived on a farm owned by Warren Kendall, 1757, and afterwards in the west part of the town where Amasa Welch lived. About 1816 (probably before 1809), he removed to Camden, Me., was dismissed by the Church to Camden, 1816, and died there. No record obtainable in Camden. Children :
1. i. SILAS, b. June -, 1777, m. Susannah Brooks.
ii. THOMAS, b. - , m. April 18, 1802, Sally Hooker, 4 chn.
iii. NANCY, m. Feb. 3, 1803, Capt. Nath'l Hosmer of Camden. IO chn.
iv. JESSE, b. April 24, 1783, m. Lucy Brooks, Jany. 19, 1809. 9 chn. in Camden.
v. MARY, b. - , m. Col. Arthur Pendleton, 5 chn.
vi. TIMOTHY, b. April 2, 1790, m. Nancy Cobb, Oct. 13, 1816. 5 chn. d. Camden.
vii. JOHN, -, m. Sophia Newton of Royalston.
viii. ACHSAH, -, m. 1812, John G. Davis of Princeton, she d. Brat- tleboro, Vt., ae. 92. 3 chn.
ix. SILAS-GLEASON, b. Feb. 26, 1815, d. March 1I, 1860, in Rock- port, Me.
1. Fay Silas6 (Silas5, Silas4, Gershom3, John2, David"), son of Silas5 and Anna (Gleason) Fay, m. Oct. 9, 1804, in Princeton Susanna Brooks, dau. David. She b. Aug. 18, 1781, d. Sept. 5, 1866. He d. Jan. 26, 1847, ae. 69. Children:
i. SUSANNA, b. Jany. 4, 1805, m. April 14, 1831, Francis Smith of Princeton. 6 chn.
ii. MARY-ANN, b. Oct. 17, 1807, m. Dec. 13, 1827, Nathaniel Eaton of Sterling, d. March 17, 1845, at Worcester. 4 chn.
iii. LOUISA, b. Oct. 23, 1809, m. William Tyler, d. Columbus, O., 4 chn. iv. HARRIET, b. Jany. 23, 1812, m. William Chapell, Prov. R.I. 4 chn. v. SARAH, b. Feb. 14, 1814, m. Sept. 19, 1838. Amos J. Brooks, d. Jan. 3 or 5, 1857, in Worcester.
2. vi. JOHN-BROOKS, b. March 19, 1815 (T.R. 1816), m. Sarah A. Hubbard. vii. MARIA-M., b. Oct. 23, 1817, m. Nov. 29, 1843, Samuel F. Gates, Worcester. 3 chn.
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viii. SOPHIA-N., b. Feb. 14, 1820, m. Oct. 13, 1847, Benj. C. Marsh, d. Jany. 3, 1853, I ch.
ix. LUCINDA-H., b. March 8, 1829, m. Oct. 14, 1846, David Scott, Worcester. 3 chn.
2. FAY John-Brooks7 (DEA.) (Silas6, Silas5, Silas4, Gershom3, John2, David1), son of Silas6 and Susanna (Brooks) Fay, born March 19, 1815-(16), married Sept. II, 1841, Sarah-Alona Hubbard of Holden, born March 2, 1820, daughter of Silas M. and Abigail A. Hubbard. Dea. Fay was a member of the Cong'l Church 55 years, serving as deacon 28 years. He was also for many years the leading tenor in the church choir. He died July 2, 1887. She died March 10, 1897. Children:
i. HARRIET-LOUISA, b. March 3, 1843, m. at Malden, March 14, 1866, William H. H. Howe, son of Solomon A. and Ruth B. Howe, b. Jany. 17, 1841, at Orange, Mass. She died in Cam- bridge, Mass., April 30, 1903. Children: (I) ANNA-M., b. June 15, 1867, (II) HENRY-A., b. Sept. 2, 1870, m. Elizabeth Margaret Isaminger, May 19, 1896. Their children were: (i) Margaret Louise, b. Sept. 23, 1897, (ii) William-Donald, b. June 26, 1899, (iii) Helen-Agnes, b. Nov. 10, 1905, (iv) Henry- Gaylord, b. March 6, 1909. (III) RUTH-LAURETTA, b. Aug. 18, 1882, m. Edward K. Thurlow of West Newburyport, Mass., July 17, 1912, and accompanied him to China, under Episcopal Mission.
ii. MYRON-HOLLY, b. Jany. 7, 1845, enlisted as a private in Co. G. 36th Mass. Regt., Aug. 26, 1862, d. Aug. 9, 1863, on board Steamer "Hiawatha," buried at New Madrid, Mo.
iii. LAURA-L., b. May 12, 1846, d. Dec. 20, 1864, in Brookline, Mass. iv. ELLEN-MARIA, b. Jany. 3, 1848, m. William S. Brooks (for family, see Brooks Genealogy).
v. ABBIE-SUSANNA, b. Nov. 16, 1850. Matron at State Hospital, Worcester, Mass.
vi. SILAS-HERBERT, b. Sept. 13, 1852, m. Nov. 29, 1877, Clara S. Davis. Their son CHESTER H., b. June 2, 1881 in Gardner, Mass., m. Dec. 21, 1908, Lulu E. Cather of Worcester, res. Worcester.
3. vii. Arthur-Edgerton, b. July 17, 1854, m. Annah Charlotte Harthan. viii. SOPHIA-ALICIA, b. May 19, 1860, m. Oct. 11, 1887, William Gates, Worcester, Mass., son of Larkin-Newton and Mary Lewis (Crocker) Gates, b. May 4, 1857, in Worcester, Mass. Chn. (I) HELEN-FAY, b. July 20, 1889, (II) MILDRED-CROCKER, b. Feb. 22, 1892, (III) ALICIA-WILHELMINA, b. Sept. 26, 1893. (IV) WILLIAM-HERBERT JR., b. Jany. 13, 1898. (v) OLIVE, b. Nov. 3, 1900.
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ix. LAURETTA, b. Feb. 5, 1865, m. Oct. II, 1887, Henry-Brayton Howard, son of Nelson Stephen and Sarah Maria (Howe) How- ard. Lauretta (Fay) Howard died at Leicester, Mass., April 19. 1905. Chn .: (I) HAROLD-BRAYTON, b. April 13, 1889. (II) CLIFTON-PEVEY, b. Sept. 18, 1891. (III) LAWRENCE-FAY, b. July 17, 1893. (IV) PHILIP-ADAMS, b. Jany. 1, 1895. (v) DOROTHY-LAURETTA, b. Aug. 13, 1896. (VI) RICHMOND-HOWE, b. May II, 1898. (VII) RALPH-WARD, b. Jany. 22, 1901, in Leicester, Mass. All in Worcester, Mass., with exception of Harold B., who is in California.
3. FAY Arthur-Edgerton8 (Dea-John-Brooks7, Silas6, Silas5, Silas4, Gershom3, John2, David1), son of John Brooks7 and Sarah Alona (Hubbard) Fay, b. July 17, 1854, d. Dec. 31, 1895; m. Feb. 6, 1879, Annah Charlotte Harthan dau. Silas-Smith Harthan and Mary Ann (Ross) Harthan of Sterling, b. July 29, 1853, Guilford, Conn. (The Harthans lived in Princeton about seven years, afterwards removing to West Boylston, Mr. Harthan's native place. Children of Arthur E. and Annah C:
i. JOHN-HASTINGS-FAY, b. Aug. 19, 1880, Teacher.
ii. ARTHUR-CARLTON, b. Feb. II, 1882, d. Sept. 6, 1882.
iii. LOIS-REBECCA, b. Mar. 11, 1883.
iv. GARDNER-BROOKS, b. Sept. 4, 1884.
v. ARTHUR-SMITH, b. Sept. 30, 1886, Printer.
vi. MARY-ABBIE, b. May 6, 1890.
vii. ANNA-HARTHAN, b. Mar. II, 1892.
viii. PATIENCE-WHITE, Jan. 13, 1894.
ix. PEACE, b. Oct. 29, 1895.
With the exception of John, all these children with their mother established a printing office after the death of their father, and from about 1900, in connection with their farm, printed a local news sheet, "The Laborer's Friend," and a monthly magazine, "Our Commonwealth."
FELTON.
FELTON Jacob came to Princeton about 1815, from Marlboro, Mass., thence in 1827, to Feltonville, died at Berlin, Mass., Aug. 23, 1883. Married Lucinda Wilkins. Children:
i. HENRY-O., b. Dec. 12, 1814, in Marlboro, m. Charlotte Phelps.
ii. SYLVESTER, b. Sept. 6, 1818, d. Berlin, Sept. 27, 1851, unmarried.
iii. MERRICK, b. Aug. 31, 1823, m. Elizabeth Page.
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FISHER.
1. FISHER Ichabod, son of Joseph and Mary, born in Dedham, Sept. 22, 1747. Married Dec. 6, 1770, Sibbel Fisher (Sibbel in int.) of Dedham. The stories of Ichabod Fisher were of his great agility, he had been a sailor and would climb a rope feet first with ease. He was a revolutionary soldier, and his family resided in Princeton from 1770 to 1805. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fisher were dismissed, Oct. 14, 1810, from Princeton to church at " Hanover Soc. Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y." Their children were:
i. ICHABOD, b. Jany. 28, 1772.
ii. JOHN, b. Feb. 25, 1774, m. Dec. 30, 1795, Sally Barber.
iii. SUBMIT, b. March 27, 1776, d. Jan. 13, 1796.
iv. SALLY, b. Feb. 22, 1778.
v. LUCY, b. April 20, 1780.
vi. JABEZ, b. March 14, 1782, m. March 7, 1805, Sally Fessenden.
vii. JOEL, b. March II, 1784, m. Sept. 22, 1803, Lydia Mathies.
viii. ANNA, b. March 12, 1786.
ix. Betsey, b. Jany. 26, 1790, m. Feb. 11, 1808, John Russell of Hub- bardston.
x. Asa, b. June 22, 1796, d. Oct. 2, 1796.
FISHER Jesse, a revolutionary soldier, perhaps a son of Benj. and Sarah. Born in Dedham July 7, 1751, married (Ist) March 5, 1777, Hannah Battle. In 1778 he advertised his farm for sale, 2} miles from N. H., but he was in town in 1793. Mrs. Fisher died Sept. 4, 1790, P. R. He m. (2ª) Aug. 8, 1791, Polly Skinner. Children of first wife, Hannah:
i. JESSE, b. April 24, 1778.
ii. HANNAH, b. Jany. 15, 1780.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. April 19, 1782.
iv. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 2, 1783.
v. POLLY, b. March 4, 1788.
vi. SARAH, b. May 28, 1790. Children of second wife Polly:
vii. BETSEY, b. Oct. 21, 1792.
viii. JOHN, b. March 1, 1793. (Error in record.)
FOLGER.
FOLGER Capt .- Charles, of Camden, Me., born in Waldoborough, Me., Jany., 1780. Married Oct. 26, 1809, Bitha Parker, daughter of Dea. Ebenezer and Dorcas (Monroe) Parker, born
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in Princeton, July 26, 1786. They lived at Camden for several years, Capt. Folger following his occupation as a sea captain. Removing to Princeton they settled first upon the homestead place, then upon the farm previously occupied by Benjamin and Betsey (Parker) Gould, now the Brennan place (in the east part of the town). They resided there until he died, Oct. 27, 1857, at the age of 78. She removed to Marlborough and died there, Nov. 2, 1871. Children:
i. CHARLES-AUGUSTUS, born Jany. 16, 1811 in Camden, Me., married in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1860, Louisa Baker, born in London, England, Nov. 13, 1839. He was a merchant in Lockport, N. Y., died Nov. 28, 1873. Their children were: (I) CHARLES EDWARD FOLGER, b. Dec. 18, 1860. (II) EMMA LOUISE FOLGER, b. Feb. 23, 1863. (III) HATTIE ELIZABETH FOLGER, b. Sept. 6, 1866.
ii. JOHN-WALTER, b. Feb. 8, 1813 in Camden, Me.
iii. GEORGE-FRANCIS, b. July 15, 1815 in Camden, Me., m. Jany. 28, 1850, Eliza A. Hartwell, b. Sept. 14, 1825, dau. of Isaac and Susan (Davis) Hartwell of Princeton. He kept store at Russell's Corner and was Postmaster, 1849. He died March 14, 1881.
iv. HENRY-EDWARD, b. May 23, 1820, m. Susan Louise, dau. Stillman and Susan (Beaman) Everett of Princeton, Feb. 16, 1854.
v. LUCY-JANE, b. Aug. 23, 1825, m. May 12, 1843, Phineas Ross, b. Sterling, Sept. 20, 1817, s. of Amos and Hepzibeth (Bennett) Ross. He d. in Princeton, Oct 18, 1867. Their children were: (I) ELLEN JANE Ross b. April 20, 1844, m. March 12, 1868, Staysia, b. Aug. 25, 1843, son of Charles and Mary J. (Seaver) Harrington. They resided on the old Jonas Smith place, Princeton. (II) THEODORE AUSTIN Ross, b. Feb. 17, 1849, d. Aug. 8, 1859. (III) CHARLES THURSTON Ross, b. May 12, 1854, was an Organ builder in Worcester.
vi. CATHARINE-LONG, b. Oct. 10, 1828 in Princeton, m. Jany. 29, 1851, Erastus Dart, s. of James and Ruthalia (Carter) Dart of Moncton, Vt. Their daughter (I) ALICE JOSEPHINE DART, died young. Mr. Dart was a mail carrier. He died in Marlborough, Mass., Oct. 28, 1872. She resided with her sister in Worcester.
FROST.
FROST John5 (John4, James3, James2, Dea. Edmond1), son of John4 and Hannah (Cornell) Frost, born Nov. 19, 1737, married June 2, 1757, Susannah Wilson, daughter of Edward Wilson of Shrewsbury. He owned the Kneeland farm in Everettville, afterwards known as the Israel Everett place.
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He died 1789, and his estate was administered by Benjamin Wilson probably a brother of Mrs. Frost, whose death pre- vious to that of her husband is not recorded. Their children were:
i. SAMUEL, the eldest (non compus mentis), who murdered his father in 1789 and ten years later killed his guardian, Captain Elisha Allen, was acquitted of the former offense but was tried, con- victed and sentenced to death for the latter, and was publicly executed at Worcester on Frosts' Hill, Summer Street, which was afterwards selected as the site of the Worcester Lunatic Asylum.
ii. ABRAHAM, the second son, upon the death of his father received his entire estate, upon payment of 75£ to Capt. Elisha Allen, guardian of Samuel, and 37£ Ios. to Francis Whipple, guardian of Stephen.
iii. STEPHEN, the third son, not recorded excepting as above men- tioned in the settlement of his father's estate.
FULLER.
FULLER Rev .- Timothy the first minister of Princeton, was born in Middlesex near Salem, 1738, was a graduate of Cambridge, 1760. Settled in Princeton, 1767, on the Fuller farm north of Wachusett, on the Westminster road, was dismissed and left town in 1776, but afterwards returned and spent several years on this spot. In 1788, represented the town in the convention which adopted the Federal Constitution. In 1796 he removed to a farm in Merrimac, N. H., where he died in 1805. His wife was Sarah Williams, daughter of Rev. Mr. Williams, min- ister of Sandwich. Their children were:
i. SARAH, b. Aug. 4, 1772.
ii. ANNA, b. Jan. 9, 1774, d. Sept. 10, 1776.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 13, 1775.
iv. TIMOTHY, b. July 11, 1778 in Chilmark, Mass., grad. Harvard 1801, studied law with Levi Lincoln and practiced with success in Boston, was state senator, member of Congress, speaker of the House in Massachusetts and member of the Governor's Council. Chn: (Ist) REV. ARTHUR B. FULLER whose dau. Edith D. Fuller is Librarian of the Episcopal Theological School Library, Cam- bridge, Mass. (II) RICHARD-FREDERIC FULLER a Lawyer, in Wayland, Mass., and a daughter, (III) SARAH MARGARET (FULLER) OSSOLI, distinguished as a literary character.
v. DEBORAH-ALLEN, b. March 29, 1782.
vi. ABRAHAM-WILLIAMS, b. March 28, 1784.
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vii. MARTHA-WILLIAMS, b. June 20, 1787.
viii. HENRY-HOLTEN, b. July 1, 1790.
ix. WILLIAM-WILLIAMS, b. Aug. 14, 1792.
x. ELISHA, b. Oct. 28, 1797, m. Susan Adams. Chn: (I) SARAH F. (COLBY), (II) SUSAN F. (HAWES), (III) HENRY H.
GALE.
The families of this name in Princeton were decendants of RICHARD1, of Watertown, where he and his wife Mary, were on record, as early as 1640. Their son Abraham2, and his wife Sarah, had a son Abraham3, who married Rachel Parkhurst, and had two sons, Isaac4 who married Judith and Josiah4 who married Elizabeth The latter Josiah4 came to Princeton from Sutton in 1786, and probably lived with his son Henry. Josiah5 Jr. with his wife and four children, also came from Sutton in 1787, and probably later removed to Warwick.
GALE Elisha5 (Isaac4, Abraham3, Abraham2, Richard1) son of Isaac4 and Judith of Sutton, born Nov. 26, 1743. Married April 8, 1767, Mary daughter of Hon. Amos Singletary.
When but a lad, Sept. 15, 1755, Elisha enlisted in Capt. Jonathan Baldwin's Company, and was in the Crown Point Campaign of the French and Indian War. Removing to Princeton before 1775, he joined to Capt. Moore's Company, at Lexington Alarm was 2ª Lieut in Capt. Sargent's Company, 3rd Continental Regt. and in 1779 in Col. Whitney's Regt. He removed to Barre, Vt., about 1785, where he died, Jany. 17, 1827. His widow Mary, born in Sutton, died Oct. 30, 1835, ae. 88. Their children were:
i. SAWIN, b. Nov. 21, 1767, d. Nov. 19, 1776.
ii. RHODA, b. June 4, 1769, m. - , Richardson, d. Feb. 3, 1814.
iii. MARY, b. May 31, 1771, m. - , Olds, d. March 28, 1796.
iv. JOHN, b. Aug. 5, 1773, m. Eunice Bancroft.
v. ELISHA, b. Sept. 1, 1775.
vi. AZUBAH, b. Nov. 7, 1777, d. Sept. 26, 1790.
vii. SAWIN (2d), b. Sept. 1, 1779, m. Betsey Blanchard.
viii. SUKEY TWINS
(b. Dec. 26, 178I.
ix. ANN (b. Dec. 26, 1781, d. young.
TWINS
x. ABRAHAM) ( b. April 22, 1784, m. Clarissa Bancroft.
xi. ISAAC (b. April 22, 1784, m. Eliza Annis.
xii. MAHALY, b. April 21, 1788, m. - , King, d. Sept. 15, 1863.
xiii. Lucy, b. Dec. 19, 1791, m. - , Claflin, d. Sept. 15, 1863.
xiv. AMOS-CURTIS, b. Nov. 26, 1793, m. Rhoda Royce.
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GALE Capt .- Abraham3 (Josiah4, Abraham3, Abraham2, Richard1), son of Josiah4 and Elizabeth (and cousin of the above Elisha), born in Sutton, July 29, 1745, married, Nov. 28, 1769, Abigail, daughter of Absalom Rice, of Worcester, born Oct. 7, 1746. He lived in Shrewsbury, but moved to Princeton about 1774. At the Lexington Alarm he was a Sargent in Capt. Moore's Co., and served in various regiments (as 2ª Lieut.) for nearly five years. He was also an officer in the militia. On Nov. 21, 1786, Abraham was Captain of a company of 60 armed“ Regu- lators " from Princeton, which marched into Worcester, closed the courthouse and compelled the court to adjourn. He sub- sequently took an active part in the Rebellion under the leadership of Daniel Shays (see Hist .- Shays Rebellion), was taxed in 1779 on £735 Real, and £230 personal property. Was an innholder in 1783, and a member of the convention of 1784 in Worcester. He removed to N. Hampshire soon after the Shay's Rebellion and probably died there. Children:
i. MARY, b. Feb. 7, 1772.
ii. JOHN, b. April 6, 1774.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 5, 1776.
iv. AZUBAH, b. June 8, 1778.
v. BETSEY, b. May 31, 1781.
vi. ABRAHAM, b. June 18, 1784.
vii. LUCY, b. Dec. 19, 1786.
GALE Capt .- Amos5 (Josiah4, Abraham3, Abraham2, Richard1), son of Josiah4 and Elizabeth and brother of the above Abra- ham5 and Henry5, born in Sutton, Mass., March 3, 1747-8. Married 1771, Hannah Maynard of Grafton. Lived in Al- stead, N. H., where 3 children were born, thence to Grafton, and in May 1781, to Princeton, where a son James was born. Amos was in the R. I. Campaign of 1777 as Capt. of Militia. His name disappears from Princeton records early. Children:
i. JOHN, b. Oct. 4, 1773, in Alstead, N. H.
ii. DELIVERANCE, b. Sept. 7, 1775, in Alstead, N. H.
iii. AMos, b. Aug. 24, 1777, in Alstead, N. H.
iv. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 4, 1780, in Grafton.
v. JAMES, b. Nov. 11, 1782, in Princeton.
GALE Capt .- Henry5 (Josiah4, Abraham3, Abraham2, Richard1), son of Josiah4 and brother of Abraham5 and Amos5, born in
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Sutton, March 22, 1752. Married Elizabeth Drury of Worces- ter, Jany. 16, 1772, and settled in New Paris, afterwards called Ward and still later changed to Auburn, Mass. He was a church going man and paid £14. for a pew in the church of that town. The records of Princeton show that Henry had as early as 1771 a good farm valued at £185. with three build- ings and a good stock of cattle and that he was a resident of Princeton from 1778 until 1790. He served in the Continental army as a private, marching to Cambridge, at the Lexington Alarm in Capt. John Crowell's Company. He served four weeks in the northern army and was at the head of one of the classes for securing the quota of Princeton.
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