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I. JEREMIAH, born Sept. 7, 1747.
II. REBECCA, born Sept. 14, 1749.
III. SAMUEL, born Feb. 28, 1752. He joined the Shakers at an early period of their career, and continued in their communion until his death, which occurred Sept. 1, 1835.
IV. LOIS, born July 4, 1755.
.V. JONATHAN, born Oct. 13, 1757.
VI. SUSANNA, born 1762, married Jonathan Warner. Subse- quently she united with the Shakers, and died in the faith of that order of believers, Feb. 11, 1847.
VII. SALOME, born 1770. She, also, became a Shaker, and remained so from childhood to death. She died Dec. 1, 1832.
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GENEALOGY .- BARTLETT.
BARTLETT.
There was a family of this name in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1668, according to Page's History of Cambridge, and a family of the same name, from Cambridge, was settled in Shirley previous to 1749. Probably the last descended from the first, though the fact is not found in the very brief genealogy of Mr. Page. This we know, how- ever, that
Bartlett, William, came from Cambridge, at the time above stated, and settled on a farm contiguous to that owned by Sydney W. Benjamin, and made it his life home. The same farm is at present owned by George Davis, Esq. His wife was Silence Twing, of Cambridge ; and he died at Shirley, Aug. 23, 1785. His widow died Oct. 15, 1810. They had seven children :
I. MARY, born at Cambridge, Nov. 28, 1741, died at Shirley, Dec. 20, 1800, unmarried.
II. ELEAZER, born at Cambridge, Nov. 29, 1742, married Eliza- beth Scott, and after the birth of three children, removed from Shirley to some part of the state of Maine. He was a volunteer to Cambridge after the battle of Lexington. His children were
1. ISAAC, born at Shirley, June 11, 1768.
2. ELEAZER, born at Shirley, Oct. 19, 1770.
3. JOHN, born at Shirley, Nov. 28, 1781.
III. SILENCE, born at Cambridge, Feb. 6, 1744.
IV. LUCY, born at Cambridge, Sept. 22, 1746, married Lemuel Holden, Jr., of Shirley, published June 2, 1780.
V. JOANNA, born at Cambridge, Feb. 17, 1748. She was twice married, (first) to. Jonathan Warren of Weston, Mass., published Dec. 5, 1773, and (second) to Abel Chase of Shirley, published Jan. 9, 1779, and removed with him to Chesterfield, N. H., where she probably died.
VI. WILLIAM, born at Shirley, Feb. 13, 1751. He marched to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and afterward enlisted into the continental service for three years. He married Lois Cook in 1785, and died Feb. 13, 1831. His widow died Dec. 17, 1845. He had five children :
1. NABBY, born at Shirley, Sept. 16, 1785, married Seth Davis of Townsend, Feb. 25, 1807. She had six children, born in Shirley ; died Sept. 2, 1821. Her children were
(I.) William Bartlett, born June 12, 1807.
(2.) Nabby, born Oct. 4, 1808.
3.) Seth, born July 29, 1810.
(4.) Sullivan, born April 28, 1816, married Harriet Page of Shirley, Dec. 1, 1842, resides in Pepperell, Mass. (1882.)
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He has had one child : 1. "Ellen Augusta," born at Pepperell, Dec. 15, 1846, married George F. Winch of Pepperell, Oct. 15, 1867, and died June 19, 1868.
(5.) Luther, born April 2, 1817.
(6.) James, born April 13, 1819.
2. MARY, born Oct. 14, 1789, married Luther Longley of Shirley, published Nov. 26, 1807 ; she died July 21, 1813.
3. Lucy, born April 5, 1793, married Joseph Barrett of Lancaster, Mass., April 20, 1816, died in 1850 ; she left one child : ( I.) Lydia, born at Lancaster, June 22, 1817.
4. Lors, born Nov. 24, 1794, married Joseph Barrett of Lancaster, in 1851, resides in Lancaster (1877). *
5. LYDIA, born July 16, 1797, died Aug. 9, 1813.
6. SALLY, married Abel Butler of Lancaster, published April 7, 1825.
VII. PATIENCE, born at Shirley, Oct. 13, 1766, married Thomas Peabody of Shirley, published March 21, 1785.
Bartlett, Nicholas, probably a son of Nicholas Bartlett of Groton, who, with his wife, Abigail, lived in Shirley as early as the incorporation of the town, and owned the farm since known as the Asa Longley place, and now the property of Samuel Longley, Esq., a grandson of Asa. The house stood a few rods in the rear of the present dwelling, where the usual marks of a New England cottage having passed away are yet to be seen. Mr. Bartlett remained in town until his death; the estate then passed from the family to other owners. He had one child :
I. SARAH, born at Shirley, Nov. 3, 1753.
Bartlett, Samuel, a son of Nicholas Bartlett of Groton, and supposed to be a brother of Nicholas of Shirley, was born at Groton, July 24, 1740. As he has the birth-dates of two children on the records of Shirley, he must have lived here at one time ; and as two persons bearing the same name with him and his wife had, subsequently, the births of two children entered upon the records of Groton, according to Butler, the presumption is that it is one and the same family, and that they had a season of residence in each place. The records are as follows :
I. SAMUEL, a son of Samuel and Anne Bartlett, born at Shirley, May 22, 1762, and
II. ANNE, born at Shirley, Feb. 5, 1764.
Then, at Groton the record is :
III. LUCY, born at Groton, March 29, 1776.
IV. BENJAMIN, born at Groton, June 29, 1778. Children of Samuel and Anne Bartlett.
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Bartlett, Caleb, was a resident of Shirley before its incor- poration as a town, as his name is among the petitioners to secure that change ; yet this is all the record that has been found in relation to him.
BENNETT.
Bennett, Moses, was born at Groton, Aug. 15, 1726. He was a son of Moses and Anna ( Blanchard ) Bennett. He mar- ried Sarah Blood of Groton, Feb. 17, 1746. He settled upon a farm in a northerly section of the town, probably at the time of his mar- riage, as it was in the year immediately following that his name appears as one of the petitioners for a separate municipality. He had six children, but no record of his death has been discovered.
I. STEPHEN, born at Groton, April 22, 1747, married Elizabeth Wilson of Shirley, published Oct. 5, 1774. He had two children :
1. JOHN, born at Groton, Feb. 25, 1775.
2. STEPHEN, born at Shirley, Feb. 3, 1777.
II. MOSES, born at Groton, March 13, 1748.
III. JOHN, born at Groton, July 1, 175 1.
IV. SARAH, born at Groton, Nov. 17, 1752.
V. SUSANNA, born at Shirley, March 16, 1754.
VI. SYBIL, born at Shirley, Sept. 17, 1755, married Timothy Bolton of Shirley, May 14, 1778, died at Shirley, March 20, 1807.
Bennett, David, a son of Moses of Groton, and a brother of Moses of Shirley, was born at Groton, May 15, 1729, married Elizabeth Wait of Groton, Jan. 3, 1754, died at Shirley, Dec. 8, 1760.
Tradition saith that he became an inhabitant of Shirley in early married life, and that he owned and lived upon a farm in the north part of the town, near the well-known Peter Tarbell place, and had the honor of being an ensign. He had three children, all of whom were born at Shirley :
I. DAVID, born Nov. 17, 1754. He was a carpenter by trade, and was twice married, (first) to Sarah Harris ,of Shirley, Aug. 14, 1779 ; she died Nov. 24, 1806 ; married (second) Sarah Atherton, June 6, 18,09 ; she died at Lunenburg, Sept. 19, 1858. He had sixteen children, all born at Shirley. He died Dec. 5, 1821.
G 1. SALLY, born July 16, 1780, according to the family record ; born March 9, 1780, according to the town record ; married John Hill of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb. 7, 1807, and died July 31, 1810. She had three children :
(I.) Moses, born July 16, 1807 ; he was twice married, (first) to
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Olive Day, May 18, 1831 ; she died May 23, 1841 ; married (second) Armorellah Ide, Oct. 1, 1841.
(2.) Arabella, born Jan. 8, 1809, married Jubal Harrington, Dec. 21, 1828.
(3.) John C., born July 30, 1810, died Sept. 2, 1810.
2. DAVID, born Feb. 4, 1781, married Mary Eaton of Boston, March 23, 1806, died April 28, 1837. His widow was born Aug. 8, 1787, and died Nov. 4, 1854. He had twelve children : (1.) Mary, born May 31, 1807.
(2.) Sophronia, born April 2, 1809, married Jonas Meriam, Aug. 22, 1833, died Aug. 14, 1851.
(3.) Arthur B., born Nov. 1, 1811, married Elsy Austin, Oct. 31, 1834.
(4.) Ithiel, born March 7, 1814.
(5.) Charlotte E., born Aug. 15, 1815, married Henry Wilson, May 1, 1837.
(6.) Harriet G., born Aug. 13, 1817, married Charles E. Parker, Aug. 15, 1841.
(7.) David E., born Sept. 7, 1820, married Maria Shed, Nov. 30, 1843.
(8.) James, born Oct. 3, 1823, died the same year.
(9.) Elizabeth, born Feb. 28, 1825, died the same year.
(10.) Lorinda, born Oct. 31, 1826, died Nov. 4, 1826.
II.) Allaseba M., born Jan. 26, 1829, died March 6, 1829.
(12.) Francis, born Nov. 4, 1831.
3. Lucy, born Oct. 10, 1783, married John Hill of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Dec. 5, 1811, and had three children :
(I.) Lowry, born Oct. 5, 1814, and was twice married, (first) to Fanny Gage, June 22, 1834, who died March 5, 1845 ; mar- ried (second) Emily Lowell, March 5, 1847. He had three children :
(2.) Cephas, born Nov. 30, 1817, married Mary M. Gregor, Oct. 14, 1842.
(3.) Lowell, born Jan. 23, 1819, died Sept. 18, 1819.
4. ALLASEBA, born Aug. 31, 1784, married William Edgerton of Shirley in 1804, died at Madison, N. Y., July 5, 1860.
5. BETSEY, born March 4, 1786, married Leonard C. Parker, May 16, 18II, resides at Rockville, N. Y. (1858.) She has had ten children :
(I.) James H., born July 19, 1812, died April 17, 1818.
(2.) Matilda J., born March 21, 1814, died Sept. 3, 1825.
(3.) Elizabeth M., born Aug. 16, 1815, married George A. Taylor, Feb. 22, 1836.
(4.) Rowland M., born Mar. 21, 1817.
(5.) William J., born Dec. 13, 1818, married Rachel A. Kings- bury, Dec. 26, 1854, resides Rockville, N. Y. (1858.)
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(6.) Sophia A., born Jan. 29, 1821, married Marcus Washburn, Nov. 16, 1842, resides Rockville, N. Y. (1858).
(7.) Caroline H., born Aug. 29, 1822, married Elias Baker, Dec. 19, 1849, resides Rockville (1858).
(8.) James H., born Aug. 10, 1824, married Renette D. Phelps, Nov. 30, 1844, resides Rockville (1858).
(9.) Sarah J., born Oct. 31, 1826, died July 2, 1838.
(10.) Allaseba H., born April 12, 1828, married Daniel For- ward, April 23, 1850, resides Rockville (1858).
6. JAMES, born May 4, 1788, married Lois Gates of Eaton, N. Y., in 1809. He resided in what was then called Holland Pur- chase, where he died Dec. 8, 1855. He had ten children :
(1.) James, born Oct. 31, 1809, married Emily C. Baker, resides Fredonia, N. Y.
(2.) Gates Abiathar, born Dec. 13, 1810, married Caroline Stare of Mayville, N. Y., May 8, 1834. He has had seven children : 1. "Maria," born May 31, 1837 ; 2. "Mary Alla- seba," born May 31, 1838 ; 3. "Harriet Lois," born Aug. 2, 1840; 4. "James Abiathar," born Dec. 31, 1842 ; 5. "George Lewis," born Oct. 8, 1845, died Nov. 13, 1850 ; 6. "Persis Elizabeth," born Oct. 1, 1848 ; 7. "Walter Gates," born Oct. 10, 1851.
(3.) Sumpter Peora, born July 19, 1812, died Feb. 20, 1814.
(4.) Porter Rivola, born July 19, 1814, married Rodama Dor- otha, resides Warren, Penn. (1858).
(5.) Elon A., born July 17, 1817. He has been twice mar- ried, (first) to Cornelia Agnes, of Erie, Penn .; she died ; he married (second) Laura Haynes of Forestville, N. Y., resides Milwaukie, Wis. (1857).
(6.) Lucy Fidelia, born Dec. 28, 1818, married Elisha C. Far- num of Forestville, resides Forestville (1857).
(7.) Lois Amelia, born Nov. 12, 1820, married Frye Farnum, resides Forestville (1857).
(8.) Helen Marion, born Aug. 28, 1822, married John R. M. Roland in 1840, resides Wilmot, Wis. (1857).
. (9.) Jerome Perry, born May 26, 1824, married Catharine Holt of Warren, Penn., who lived one year. He died Feb. 15, 1852.
(10.) Dorinda Caroline, born Dec. 7, 1832, resides Milwau- kie, Wis., unmarried (1857).
7. FRANCES HARRIS, born June 16, 1790, died Dec. 4, 1807.
8. POLLY, born Sept. 15, 1792, married Hon. William Jackson of Newton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1815. She had twelve children, all of whom were born at Newton. She died at Newton, Nov. 15, 1867. Mr. Jackson, a true philanthropist and devoted Christian, died at Newton, Feb. 27, 1855. Children were
(1.) Louisa, born July 11, 1816, married Lewis Hall of Cam- bridge, Mass., Oct. 3, 1840, died June 11, 1853. She had
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four children : 1. "Mary Lizzie," born May 18, 1841, mar- ried Charles R. Fillibrown, 1873 ; 2. "Lewis Augustus," born Jan. 28, 1843, m. Emma Hurd, 1865 ; 3. "Sarah Wiswell," born June 11, 1847, died July 19, 1849 ; 4. "Caroline Jack- son," born Jan. 6, 1850, m. David Humphrey, 1873.
(2.) William, born Oct. 15, 1817, died same day.
(3.) Caroline Bennett, born March 1, 1819, unm.
(4.) Adeline Baldwin, born Sept. 2, 1820, died Jan. 30, 1821.
(5.) William Ward, born Nov. 10, 1821, died May 24, 1822.
(6.) Mary Bennett, born May 4, 1823, m. Charles A. Curtis of Newton, May 7, 1847.
She has had two children : I. "Charles Edward," b. June 28, 1849, d. April 22, 1863 ; 2. "William Jackson," b. April, 1852, m. Clara Wallis, Oct. 29, 1874.
(7.) Ellen Dorinda, b. April 26, 1825, r. Newton, unm.
(8.) Edward, b. June 14, 1827, m. Nancy O'Brian of Washing- ton, D. C., Nov. 1, 1857. He has had five children : I. "Fanny," b. May 1, 1858, died Aug. 7, 1859. 2. "Mary Bennett," born July 12, 1860, died Sept., 1875 ; 3. "Edward Russell," b. March 3, 1863, d. March 8, 1864 ; 4. "Annette," b. Sept. 25, 1867 ; 5. "William," b. Jan. 10, 1870.
(9.) Frances Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1829, m. Edwin A. Small- wood of Newton, 1853, d. June 4, 1868. She had five children : r. "Louisa Jackson," b. Sept. 19, 1854 ; 2. "Edwin Thomas," b. June 5, 1857, d. Sept. 6, 1858; 3. "Mary Lavina," b. June 6, 1861; 4. "Fanny Lincoln," b. April 6, 1865 ; 5. "Edwin Francis," b. Jan. 25, 1867.
(10.) William Ward, b. Aug. 9, 1831, m. Adelaide Garfield of Newton, May 22, 1861. He had three children : I. "Walter Montgomery," b. Sept. 10, 1863 ; 2. "Anna Adelaide," b. July 1, 1865 ; 3. "Isabella Varrick," b. Nov. 13, 1867.
II.) Stephen Winchester Dana, born April 7, 1834.
(12.) Cornelia Wiswell, born May 21, 1836, r. Newton, unm.
9. RICHARD S., born Sept. 26, 1794, married Polly Ramsdell of Lunenburg, Dec. 18, 1819, died April 17, 1843. He had seven children :
(1.) Caroline E., b. at Lunenburg, Dec. 6, 1820; m. John Smith of Lunenburg, Oct. 20, 1864, r. Lunenburg (1882).
(2.) Freedom R., b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 26, 1823, m. Sarah Lane of Lunenburg, May 9, 1854, r. Lunenburg (1882). He has had three children : I. "Abbie Frances," b. at Lunen- burg, April 28, 1856, m. Frederic C. Wyman of Lunenburg, May 3, 1874; 2. "Arthur F.," b. at Lunenburg, Jan. 26, 1864; 3. "Harry C.," b. at Lunenburg, July 12, 1867.
(3.) Mary, b. at Lunenburg, March 16, 1826, m. Asa Augustine Jenkins of Shirley, April 15, 1848 ; she is a widow, r. Clinton, Mass.
(4.) Orrin Mc Clure, b. at Lunenburg, April 21, 1831. He has been twice inarried, (first) to Mary E. Barrett of Lunenburg,
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Nov. 18, 1858 ; she died at Shirley, Aug. 30, 1869. He mar- ried (second) Charlotte Houghton of Lunenburg, Feb. I, 1871, r. Shirley (1882). He has had three children: I. "Minnie Augusta," b. at Ashburnham, June 10, 1861; 2. "Alice Maria," b. at Ashburnham, Sept. 27, 1864, d. at Shirley, July 24, 1876 ; 3. "Charles Alvin," b. at Shirley, Sept. 17, 1866, d. at Shirley, April 17, 1870.
(5.) Abigail K., b. at Lunenburg, Oct. 11, 1835, d. at Lunen- burg, Feb. 12, 1854.
(6.) Luseba T., born at Lunenburg, Nov. 15, 1838, m. Alvin Lawton of Shirley, April 28, 1857, r. Shirley ( 1882).
(7.) Lucinda L., b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 15, 1838, m. Charles Brown of Shirley, May 1, 1860, d. at Shirley, Aug. 4, 1865.
10. CAROLINE, born March 1, 1797, married Lewis Frank Ed- wards, died at Broomfield, Indiana, 1845.
11. DORINDA, born March 1, 1797, married Orrin McClure of Fredonia, N. Y., resides Fredonia (1862). She has had seven children.
12. ARABELLA, born Oct. 7, 1799, married Robert Shankland of Sullivan, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1824, died in 1855. She had eight children :
(1.) Thomas Erskine, born Jan. 24, 1826, m. Delilah Moore, July 4, 1856.
(2.) Caroline Matilda, b. July 13, 1827, m. Ira Root, Jan. 24, 1848.
(3.) William Henry, b. Dec. 21, 1828, m. Martha Moore, Nov. 2, 1854.
(4.) Arabella, b. Oct. 4, 1830, m: David Botsford, Jan. 1, 1852.
(5.) James Mowry, b. Dec. 16, 1832.
(6.) Robert Andrew Jackson, b. Jan. 25, 1835.
(7.) Veeder La Grange, b. March 24, 1837.
(8.) Margaret Allaseba, b. Aug. 22, 1839.
13. ILVY, born Dec. 7, 1801, married Levi Love of Black Rock, N. Y. He was a lieutenant in the war of 1812, and died July 8, 1851. Her residence (1862) Black Rock. She has had six children :
I.) George Clinton, b. Aug. 18, 1829, r. California (1857).
(2.) Marjorie Ella, b. June 8, 1831, m. in 1848, r. Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
(3.) Mary Elizabeth, born Oct. 13, 1835.
(4.) Thomas Cutting, b. July 19, 1839.
(5.) Lucy Caroline, b. May 23, 1842.
(6.) John Herbert, b. Aug. 11, 1846, d. Aug. 13, 1850.
14. FRANCIS LYMAN, born at Lunenburg, July 15, 1810, resides at Lunenburg (1882), unmarried.
15. DRUSILLA, born at Lunenburg, Jan. 5, 1813, died at Lunen- burg, Oct. 17, 1814.
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16. SARAH JACKSON, born at Lunenburg, Oct. 24, 1815, resides in Shirley, unmarried (1882).
II. ELIZABETH, born Oct. 5, 1756.
III. MOLLY, born Nov. 23, 1759.
Bennett, Jonathan, a son of Moses of Groton, and a brother of Moses and David of Shirley, was born at Groton, May 17, 1733, married Mary - -, and had three children. He probably lived in the north part of Shirley, on lands contiguous to the estates of his brothers, and made his home there on entering the married state. No record of his death has been discovered. His children were
I. OLIVE, born at Shirley, Sept. 1, 1757.
II. JONATHAN, born at Shirley, April 24, 1760.
III. JAMES, born at Shirley, Sept. 25, 1764.
Bennett, Aaron, supposed to have been born at Groton, and a relative of those who bore that name, both in Groton and Shirley, though the records do not declare it. The first part of his married life was passed at Groton, but he must have lived in Shirley as early as 1774. He was a volunteer in the party that went to Cambridge on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, and was a corporal in the company. He married Katharine , and had four children :
I. EDMUND, born at Groton, April 5, 1771.
II. HEZEKIAH, born at Groton, Oct. 28, 1772.
III. LUCINDA, born at Shirley, Oct. 29, 1774.
IV. OBADIAH, born at Shirley, Jan. 14, 1777.
BICKNELL.
Bicknell, Lemuel and David, lived in Shirley a few years. They were brothers, and came from Weymouth. Lemuel, and his wife, Ruth, had two children born at Shirley :
I. JAMES, born June 24, 1782.
II. PHANEY, born May 11, 1785.
BIGELOW.
Bigelow, Jonathan, was a citizen of Shirley at the time of its organization, and was moderator of the first town meeting ; noth- ing further is known of him,
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BLOOD.
Blood, Sewall, born [at Pepperell, Mass.,] May 24, 1765, married Molly Kendall of Shirley, published April 9, 1786. Lived in the north part of the town, on the farm now owned by Thomas Gerry. He had three children :
I. SEWALL, born at Mason, N. H., Nov. 16, 1786.
II. NATHANIEL, born at Shirley, Aug. 17, 1788.
III. LUCAS, born at Shirley, June 27, 1790.
BOLTON.
Bolton, William, became an inhabitant of Shirley, May 28, 1773. His former residence was Reading. He owned the farm usually styled the "Peter Tarbell place," which remained his home for life. His family consisted of two sons and four daughters, all of whom were born previous to the settlement of the family at Shirley. His children were
I. WILLIAM. He was one of the volunteers to Cambridge at the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, and was the drummer of the band. He married Abigail -, and died May 7, 1780. He had four children :
1. WILLIAM, JR., born Oct. 14, 1771, married Sally Farnsworth of Groton, Oct. 14, [1791,] died April 30, 1804. He lived in Reading for several years, but eventually came to Shirley, where he remained for the residue of his life. He had three children :
(I.) David, born at Reading, March 2, 1791.
(2.) William, born at Reading, March 13, 1792.
(3.) Aaron, born at Shirley, June 16, 1795.
2. JOHN, born at Shirley, Oct. 24, 1773.
3. THOMAS, born at Shirley, Aug. 22, 1775.
4. NELLY, born at Shirley, Aug. 12, 1777, died Feb. 1, [1780.]
II. SARAH.
III. LOIS, born 1757.
IV. TIMOTHY, born 1759, married Sybil Bennett of Shirley, May 14, 1778. He inherited and wasted his father's estate, and removed from town some years previous to his death. He was one of the Cambridge volunteers on the alarm of the 19th of April, and was one of the eight months men enlisted in 1775. The births of nine children were entered upon the records of Shirley, and probably comprise his entire family.
1. MARY, born Feb. 1, 1778, died unmarried.
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2. EDWARD, born Feb. 5, 1780, married April 17, 1800, Elizabeth Sanderson of Harvard, who was born July 21, 1778. He died 1834. Had six children :
(I.) Leonard, born Nov. 28, 1800.
(2.) Edward Bennett, born Nov. 28, 1802. He was adopted by the Shakers when a child of four years, and remained with them until his death, March 10, 1882.
(3.) Mary, born March 15, 1805.
(4.) William, born March 17, 1807.
(5.) Elye, born April 17, 1809.
(6.) Elizabeth, born Nov. 19, 1819, was twice married, (first) to Wentworth Sanderson of Harvard, March, 1838; he died at Goffstown, N. H., Feb., 1856. She married (second) Eli Stone of Groton, Nov., 1866, resides in Ayer (1882).
3. OLIVE, born Oct. 19, 1781, married John Derby of Fitchburg, June 7, 1801.
4. OLIVER, born Oct. 9, 1783.
5. EUNICE, born May 13, 1786, married Isaac Sanderson of Har- vard, published Dec. 16, 1805 ; she had sixteen children, and died at Boylston, Dec. 8, 1860. Her children were
(1.) Lucinda, born May 5, 1806, twice married, (first) Hiram Twell of Groton, Aug. 12, 1828; married (second) John Woodburn of Nashua, N. H., March 20, 1846; resides at Londonderry, N. H. (1882.)
(2.) Isaac, born May 22, 1807, died at Harvard, March 1, 1834.
(3.) William, born Sept. 27, 1808, died Oct. 19, 1809.
(4.) Henry, born Feb. 19, 1810, married Mary Hubbard of Amherst, N. H., resides at Mt. Vernon, N. H. (1882.)
(5.) Wentworth, born Jan. 20, 1812, married Elizabeth Bolton of Sterling, March, 1838, died at Goffstown, N. H., Feb. 1866.
(6.) Washington, born Aug. 21, 1813, twice married, (first) to Mary Ann Gardner of Lancaster, Sept. 13, 1840 ; she died Feb. 12, 1846; married (second) Rhoda Robinson of Lancaster.
(7.) Oliver, born March 6, 1815, married Lucinda Miller of Peterboro', N. H., June 6, 1839, resides in Lowell (1882).
(8.) Joseph, born Jan. 26, 1816, married Eunice Cozzins, resides in Nashua (1882).
(9.) William, b. Nov. 12, 1818, r. Northboro' (1882), unm.
(10.) Irinda, b. March 6, 1820, m. John W. Seaver of Boyls- ton, d. 1869.
(II.) Julia Ann, b. Jan. 26, 1822, m. Amos Fletcher of Hollis, N. H., d. at Boylston, Dec., 1848.
(12.) Mary Ann, b. April 4, 1823, m. Benjamin Melvin of Bolton, Nov. 25, 1845, r. Lyndeboro', N. H. (1882.)
(13.) James, born May 19, 1824, m. Betsy McQuestion of Litchfield, N. H., Nov. 10, 1849, r. Milford, N. H. (1882.)
(14.) Orison, born April 9, 1827, m. Hannah Barnes of Merri- mac, N. H., r. Merrimac (1882).
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GENEALOGY .- BOLTON-BROWN.
(15.) Rosilla, b. Sept. 7, 1829, m. John W. Twombly, and died at Mamaroneck, N. Y. (1864.)
(16.) Lorenzo, b. April 1, 1831, twice married, (first) to Dolly Hastings of Boylston, 1851, (second) Mary Adelaide Josselyn of Cambridge, r. Northboro' (1882).
6. MOSES BENNETT, born Aug. 26, 1788.
7. LUCINDA, born July 1791.
8. ELIAB, born Feb. 23, 1794, d. at Shirley, Sept. 11, 1796.
9. ELIAB GOING, born Dec. 19, 1797.
V. SUSANNA.
VI. EUNICE.
BOYDEN.
There was a man of this name who had a residence in Shirley + previous to the present century, according to the following entry upon the records of the town :
"There is a marriage intended between Reuben Boyden and Life Phillips, both of Shirley, Feb. 3, 1793."
BROWN.
Brown, Joseph, was a son of Benjamin Brown and Anna his wife, and was born at Charlestown, Mass., April 28, 1747. He came to Shirley near the commencement of the year 1765, and was appren- ticed a cooper to Dea. John Ivory, who lived in what is now Shirley Village, and wrought at his chosen trade for several years. Eventu- ally he purchased a farm in the center of the town, which consti- tuted his home during his long and useful life. He died July 15, 1843. His farming estate passed into the possession of his youngest son, who made a sale of the farm in 1865, and became a resident of Ayer.
The subject of this notice was elected a deacon of the church July 5, 1784, and sustained the official duties of the office until his death. If uprightness of character, purity of motive, and righteous- ness of deed constitute a fitness for those who are appointed to bear "the vessels of the sanctuary," few could present a clearer claim to the position than Deacon Brown. In his domestic relations he was all that could be expected from a model man. Towards his parents, who passed their years of age and helplessness under his care, he preserved a true filial affection, which smoothed the rough passages of decrepitude and decay, and opened for them an easy transit to their final earthly resting place.
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