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To his own family he was kind, judicious, and exemplary. He maintained order, decorum, and piety throughout his household,
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securing from each member that respect and love which are the result of a mild yet firm parental government.
He was also "given to hospitality." He extended to the stranger and wayfarer a welcome to those comforts they might need and which he could impart. As a neighbor and townsman none could receive a higher regard or more implicit confidence. To be as good as Deacon Brown was a point of merit beyond which few thought of aspiring. He never was an office-seeker, nor in any way allowed himself to parade his pretentions to official ability before his fellow- townsmen ; and yet, he did not decline official service when to assume it was clearly his pathway of duty. He was the treasurer of the town for fifteen successive years, and to no hands could funds be more safely confided.
Deacon Brown enjoyed a green old age. Only eleven days before his death, he engaged, with all the ardor of youth, in a Sunday-school celebration, held in a beautiful grove on the banks of the Nashua. On the Sunday previous to the brief illness that terminated his earthly career, he attended church, and as it was the day of com- munion, he bore the memorials of his Savior's sufferings to his fellow- communicants. From there he passed to the home that his presence had so long dignified, to lay down his earthly covering and enter the higher communion "with the church of the first-born in heaven."
Deacon Brown was twice married. He married (first) Mary Longley of Shirley, Nov. 24, 1773. She died April 27, 1790; he married (second) Esther Longley, Nov. 17, 1791 ; she died Feb. 22, 1838. He had ten children, all of whom were born at Shirley.
I. MARY, born March 19, 1775. She was twice married. She married (first) John Phelps of Shirley, March 13, 1794 ; married (second) Richard Firmin of South Wilbraham, Mass., March 5, 1829, died April 4, 1851.
II. JOSEPH, born May 16, 1777, married Sally Dwight of Shirley, Nov. 3, 1802. He removed to Westmoreland, N. H., where he died May 10, 1843. He had four children, all of whom were born at Westmoreland.
1. JOHN DWIGHT, born Feb. 12, 1804, died Sept. 2, 1871. He had six children :
(I.) Frances Ellen, born Aug. 4, 1834, died Aug. 3, 1835.
(2.) Daniel Webster, born March 23, 1836. He was for a time a sentinel at the state prison of California ; died 1867.
(3.) Henry Clay, born Dec. 12, 1837, married Lizzie A. Boyn- ton of Cambridge, Mass. He is a musician at Boston, and has had one child : I. "Cary Langdon," born at East Cam- bridge, Oct. 28, 1864.
(4.) Lizzie Victoria, born Oct. 29, 1842, was a teacher of music, and died at Westmoreland, July 29, 1873.
(5.) John Madison, born Dec. 5, 1844, m. Mary Emeline Shelly of Westmoreland, Dec. 5, 1872, r. Chicago, has one child : I. "Ferdinand Kirk," b. Nov. 9, 1873.
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(6.) William, b. March 8, 1847, r. Westmoreland (1877).
2. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 11, 1806, m. Almina Smith of Boston, May 13, 1829. He was a physician, and d. Jan., 1874.
3. MARY LONGLEY, b. Feb. 16, 1808, m. Levi Woodbury Hodge of New Ipswich, N. H., Oct. 14, 1833. He d. June 28, 1850. She r. at Nashua, N. H., and has had seven children.
(1.) Marietta, b. Sept. 14, 1834, m. Caleb B. White of Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1860. , She has two children: I. "Mary Josephine," b. Nov. 23, 1861 ; 2. "Nathaniel Ruggles," b. May 6, 1868.
(2.) Frederic William, b. April 15, 1836, d. Sept. 26, 1838.
(3.) Frances Ellen, b. May 15, 1839, r. Nashua, unm.
(4.) Maria Josephine, b. Feb. 24, 1842, m. Nathaniel Ruggles, M. D., of Marion, Mass. She has one child : I. "Maria Violetta," b. Mar. 24, 1870.
(5.) Luretta Sophia, b. July 23, 1844.
(6.) William Henry, b. May 19, 1847, d. June 28, 1850.
(7.) Ella Brown, b. May 7, 1849, d. Sept. 21, 1851.
4. WILLIAM ARNOLD, b. March 20, 1811, d. March 22, 1829.
III. BENJAMIN, b. June 10, 1779, d. Nov. 12, 1779.
IV. BENJAMIN, b. July 31, 1781, m. Sally Orn of Edgecomb, Me., April 16, 1812, d. at Boothbay, very suddenly, June 22, 1822. He had six children :
1. MARY L., b. Aug. 8, 1813.
2. LYDIA, b. Oct. 25, 1815.
3. REBECCA, b. July 17, 1817.
4. SARAH, b. Feb. 22, 1820.
5. BENJAMIN, b. June 24, 1822.
6. CAROLINE, b. June 24, 1822.
V. CYNTHIA, b. Oct. 9, according to the town record, and Oct. 10, 1783, according to the family record, m. Stephen Hildreth, April 1, 1800, d. at Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1823. She had four children :
1. CALVIN, b. at Shirley, April 1, 1803, m. S. Eliza Maxon, Dec. 20, 1830, r. Marietta, Ohio (1877). He has had two children : (1.) Stephen B., b. Oct. 19, 1831, m. Ollie S. Hill of Salem, Ohio, Oct. 21, 1857.
(2.) Cynthia M., b. Nov. 1, 1835, d. Nov. 21, 1835.
2. MARY B., b. at Bath, Me., Feb. 10, 1805, m. E. D. Buel of Athalia, Ohio, May 16, 1834, d. at Marietta, Aug. 3, 1839. She had two children :
(I.) Julius B., b. July 16, 1835, d. November, 1862.
(2.) Timothy, b. June 12, 1837, m. Laura Thomielly of Mari- etta. He was a soldier for three years, in the Union army, in the war of the Rebellion.
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3. REBECCA, b. at Charlestown, Mass., Aug. 29, 1808, m. Isaac Maxon of Marietta, Dec. 19, 1830, r. Marietta (1876). She has had two children :
(I.) Frances A., b. at Athens, Ohio, July 15, 1836, m. Charles Campbell Smith, March 23, 1859. He was a captain in the Union army during the Rebellion.
(2.) Mary L., b. Oct. 11, 1839, d. April 21, 1840.
4. LOUISA, b. at Shirley, Aug. 4, 1811, m. Lewis Andrews of Marietta, April 16, 1832, d. at Athalia, Feb. 18, 1851. She had four children :
(1.) Mary A., b. July 22, 1836.
(2.) Emily, b. Feb. 10, 1839, m. Daniel F. Sayre, March 2, 1859.
(3.) Julius, b. Jan. 10, 1842.
(4.) Edwin S., b. Jan. 15, 1844, m. Lizzie Smith of Phila- delphia, Pa., March 21, 1866. He was a soldier in the Union army, in the war of the Rebellion.
VI. JOHN, b. May 16, 1786, d. March 13, 1795.
VII. REBECCA, b. May 13, 1789, d. at. Ayer, Mass., March 14, 1870, unm.
VIII. ESTHER, b. Sept. 30, 1792, m. James Tolman of New Ipswich, N. H., Sept. 30, 1819, d. at Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1852. She had three children :
(1.) Joseph, b. 1824, m. Jane Hitchcock of Palmer, Mass.
(2.) Charles, b. 1828, d. 1834.
(3.) Mary Esther, b. Aug., 1834.
IX. ZENAS, b. May 9, 1794, mn. Lydia King of Shirley, Sept. 22, 1825, d. at Ayer, Oct. 10, 1875. His wife, Lydia, d. at Shirley, April 8, 1863. The private character and public citizenship of Zenas Brown demand for him a respectful recognition on the pages of this record. He was born in Shirley, and continued an inhab- itant of his native town until a few years preceding his death. He was possessed of one of the best farms in the vicinity, and pursued the genial employment of an agriculturist with a true love for his calling. He was satisfied with small gains, grateful that his labors were rewarded by a gradual thrift, which enabled him, under all the vicissitudes of fortune, to properly minister to the mental and physical wants of his dependents. He was a man of action and a man of trust. He cultivated his grounds with care, sowing his seed in hope, and patiently waiting for that rain and sunshine which give an increase to labor. His household was ordered in wisdom and his mandates were kindly received and submissively regarded.
Though he was much attached to the duties of his rural engage- ments, he did not shut himself out from the fellowship and mutual requirements of society. He represented the town in the state legislature of 1835 and 1836. On three different occasions he
Autoglyph Print, W. P. ALLEN, Gardner, Mass,
CAPT. ZENAS BROWN.
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served his fellow townsmen as a selectman, and for twenty suc- cessive years he was clerk of the town. In every official calling he proved himself an honest and faithful incumbent,-one who sought not his own good exclusively, but also the good of those he served. He was faithful in life and submissive at death, and all who knew him were ready to say, " Requiescat in pace." He had five children :
1. LYDIA E., b. at Shirley, March 1, 1826, d. in the lunatic hos- pital at Worcester, Mass., July 3, 1875, unm.
2. ESTHER, b. June 21, 1827, r. Ayer, Mass., unm. (1882.)
3. CAROLINE L., b. at Shirley, Sept. 22, 1829, m. Moses Woods of Shirley, March 1, 1849. She adopted a daughter whom she called Clara Frances, who was b. Dec. 5, 1859. She has had three children :
(1.) George Warren, b. at Ayer, Aug. 23, 1862, d. at Ayer, Aug. 30, 1864.
(2.) Helen Augusta, b. at Ayer, June 14, 1865.
(3.) Charles Warren, b. at Ayer, Oct. 20, 1870, d. at Ayer, March 8, 1872.
4. CHARLES, b. at Shirley, Sept. 7, 1835. He was twice married. He m. (first) Lucinda L. Bennett of Lunenburg, May 1, 1860 ; she d. at Shirley, Aug. 4, 1865 ; m. (second) Mrs. Sarah Frances King of Ayer, Oct. 27, 1869.
Few young men have been started in the career of business life under more favorable auspices than the subject of this notice. He had physical health, kind friends abroad, and a home circle entirely devoted to his interests and comfort .. But in his business transactions he did not succeed according to his own expectations, nor were the hopes of his friends realized. Still, under all his changes he sustained an unbending integrity, and was largely trusted as a public functionary and as a private citizen. In his native town, he was early called to the honor- able position of one of the school-committee, and was for two years the town-clerk. His services were sought for similar duties in Ayer. He carried to the grave the characteristics of a true man and Christian, and left behind interested friends to mourn his early departure.
Mr. Brown d. at Ayer, Jan. 6, 1881. He had two children :
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I Lilla May, b. at Shirley, June 6, 1861, d. in early infancy.
2 Lillian Esther, b. at Ayer, Feb. 4, 1872.
X. RHODA, b. Sept. 19, 1796, d. at Ayer, Jan. 8, 1873, unm. She was born and lived in that seclusion that would have caused her name to be soon forgotten, and her passage to the grave to pass without special notice, were it not for the celestial fact that she was a practical Christian, proving it in all her movements, in her domestic relations, and in her social intercourse. The poor and the rejected, the sick and afflicted ever found in her a helper and comforter. She lived respected and died regretted.
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BURT.
Burt, Phinchas, became a settler of that section of Groton now known as Shirley, as early as 1 734, and was one of the petitioners for an act of incorporation in 1747. He m. Sarah Bush, Jan. 2, 1735, and had seven children :
I. SARAH, b. at Groton, Aug. 1, 1737, m. John Coolidge, Aug. 10, 1 800.
II. PHINEHAS, b. at Groton, Jan. 30, 1738.
III. JOHN, b. at Groton, Feb. 20, 1740.
IV. ELIZABETH, b. at Groton, Jan. 20, 1743.
V. MARY, b. at Groton, June 20, 1746.
VI. SIMEON, b. at Groton, Feb. 5, 1748.
VII. LEVI, b. at Shirley, April 23, 1757.
William Burt, an illegitimate son of Abigail Biglow, b. Oct. 23, I770.
BUTTERFIELD.
Butterfield, John, with Martha, his wife, became residents of Shirley previous to the year 1764, and left upon its records the following names and birth-dates of their children :
I. BENJAMIN, b. at Westford, Mass., March 29, 175 I.
II. JOHN, b. at Westford, July 28, 1753.
III. ABEL, b. at Naraganset No. 6, Feb. 5, 1756. He had his right arm torn from his body by a cider mill, in 1771.
IV. HENRY, b. at Groton, March 14, 1759.
V. KEZIAH, b. at Harvard, Aug. 28, 1761.
VI. MARTHA, b. at Shirley, April 14, 1764.
CAMPBELL.
Campbell, James, lived in the south part of Shirley, on the farm now owned by the heirs of the late David Parker. He was of foreign birth, and had three children, all of whom were born before he became an inhabitant of Shirley.
I. JAMES, m. Sophia Fletcher of Lancaster, Mass., pub. June 16, 1793.
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II. JOHN, m. Martha Ivory of Shirley, Nov. 27, 1788.
III. WILLIAM.
The Campbells left the town in a body, and located in some new settlement outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CHANDLER.
Chandler, Denry, was born at Westford, Mass., March 4, 1768. He was a son of Isaac and Betty (Proctor) Chandler. He married Polly Proctor of Westford, April 13, 1796. In a few years he removed to Shirley, and became proprietor of the estate vacated by Campbell, and continued in its ownership until early in the present century, when it passed into the possession of Capt. James Parker, and from him to his brother, David Parker, its late owner. Mr. Chandler was a cooper by trade, as well as a farmer, and left town in 1810, (though his real estate had previously passed into other hands,) and went to Reading, Vt., where, according to the records of that town, he was forbidden citizenship by the selectmen. He was also put under guardianship, his estate appraised and an inventory made, which amounted to $172.43. In a few years he removed to Bran- don, Vt., and, as is supposed, shook off his legal disabilities, as it is recorded that he mortgaged his property to secure each of his children $50. He lived in a village of Brandon on the west side of the Otter creek, near where the " frozen well" has since been dug. This well has been described, by one who has seen it and tested its qualities, on this wise : "It was dug in loose gravel, about forty feet deep. The last few feet of it, when dug, was through frozen earth ; and soon after it was stoned up a rim of ice formed on the stones just above the water, which is said to have remained ever since. When this well was visited in September, 1861, it had been dug some ten years. As a lighted candle was let down by a boy-who came out from the nearest house-through this rim of ice, about thirty feet from the top of the well the ice was plainly seen. It was about fifteen inches thick, leaving an opening for the bucket of about fifteen inches, to the water, which, on being drawn up, tasted as cold as iced water, yet far more sparkling. The water in the well has stood about five feet deep."
Mr. Chandler had three children, all of whom were born at Shirley, and he died at Brandon, Dec. 16, 1835.
I. SOPHIA, b. Sept. 30, 1802.
II. ORSON, b. March 19, 1805.
III. MARY,' born April, 1808.
CHAPLIN.
Chaplin, Jeremiah, was born at Rowley, Mass., and married Sarah Hazen of that town. He was a brother of Rev. Daniel
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Chaplin, D. D., of Groton, and they were sons of Jonathan and Mary (Boynton) Chaplin. They were grandsons of Hugh Chaplin, who came over from England eight years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, a young man, and settled in. Rowley.
Jeremiah Chaplin removed to Ipswich, Mass., at the time of or soon after his marriage, where all of his children-nine in number- were born. In 1781 he came to Shirley and purchased a tract of land in a westerly section of the town, upon which he erected buildings, and which remained his home for life. This estate descended to his heirs, and has ever borne the name of the "Chaplin farm." He maintained, in his social relations, the character of an honest man and a thriving farmer. His wife died Oct. 12, 1810, while he remained until Oct. 6, 1819. His children and descendants were
I. ASA, b. at Ipswich, d. young.
II. POLLY, b. at Ipswich, d. in infancy.
III. JEREMIAH, b. 1765, m. Lydia Ames of Groton, Mass. Had four children :
1. LYDIA, b. Oct. 26, 1797, d. Feb. 4, 1848, unm.
2. Lucy, b. June 14, 1798, m. S. B. Richards of Charlestown, Mass., 1819. She had four children :
(1.) Henry Augustus, b. June, 1820, d. Oct. 3, 1840.
(2.) Moses Ames, b. June 29, 1822, drowned July 31, 1829.
(3.) Lucy Chaplin, b. 1824, d. 1825.
(4.) Sylvanus Bedlow, b. Dec., 1826, d. 1835.
3. ELIZABETH, b. March 23, 1800, m. William Beck of Boston, Aug. 23, 1821. She had eight children :
(1.) George William, b. June 2, 1822, d. Sept. 15, 1839.
(2.) Mary Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1824.
(3.) Lucy Maria, b. Feb. 8, 1826.
(4.) Lydia Amelia, b. Oct. 26, 1835, d. March 6, 1838.
(5.) Samuel John, b. Oct. 20, 1836, d. March 15, 1838. .
(6.) Lydia Amelia, b. July 6, 1839.
(7.) Susan C., b. Oct. 3, 1841, m. J. E. S. Coney, Sept. 16, I868.
(8.) Harriet Chaplin, b. Sept. 12, 1843.
4. MARY, b. Feb. 19, 1802, m. Nathaniel Lamson of Charlestown, Dec. 8, 1825, d. Sept. 14, 1849. She had three children :
(I.) Mary S., b. July 2, 1830, d. June 2, 1843. 2.) Nathaniel, b. Nov. 12, 1833.
(3.) Josephine, b. March 3, 1838, m. Horace Dudley; Sept. 12, I862.
IV. MOSES, b. April 21, 1769, m. Lucy Page of Shirley, April 7, 1801, d. Dec. 13, 1847. He commenced his married life with a very feeble pecuniary inheritance, and was solely dependent, for present sustenance for himself and numerous family, on the fruits of agricultural labor ; and all future progress must be a result of the same means. And yet, he was enabled comfortably to secure
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the great ends of living, in fair abundance, and to leave a well cultivated farm for the benefit of his posterity. Unwearied in- dustry and a consistent frugality were the qualities that effected this successful and brilliant life-work. He had eleven children :
1. MOSES, b. at Shirley, Oct. 30, 1801, m. Betsy Smith of Lunen- burg, Nov. 21, 1827, d. July 15, 1854. His wife d. May 7, 1853. He had four children :
(1.) Adolphus, b. at Shirley, Sept. 18, 1828, m. Adaliza Jewett of Pepperell, Mass., July 29, 1851, d. at Leominster, May 23, 1853.
(2.) Miranda, b. at Shirley, Sept. 10, 1830, m. John Bently.
(3.) Charles Albert, b. at Shirley, July 24, 1832, has been twice m., (first) to Lydia Hutchinson of Shirley, May 31, 1862 ; she d. April 6, 1866 ; m. (second) Sarah A. Anderson, June 22, 1867, r. Shirley (1882).
(4.) Lucy Ann, b. at Shirley, Sept. 10, 1834, d. Dec. 26, 1837.
2. ASA, b. at Shirley, Feb. 18, 1803, r. Lunenburg, unm. (1882.)
3. LUCY, b. at Shirley, June 13, 1804, d. in infancy.
4. JAMES, b. at Shirley, Nov. 8, 1805, d. at Shirley, July 28, 1834, unm.
5. MARIA, b. at Shirley, Aug. 11, 1807, r. Shirley, unm. (1882.)
6. HANNAH, b. at Shirley, Nov. 11, 1808, m. Charles Farwell of Fitchburg, Sept. 22, 1835, d. May 3, 1860. She had four children :
(I.) Charles, b. at Fitchburg, April 6, 1837, d. July 9, 1837.
(2.) Jane, b. at Fitchburg, April 13, 1839.
(3.) Ann Eliza, b. at Fitchburg, Oct. 11, 1840.
(4.) Hannah Elvira, b. at Fitchburg, Jan. 7, 1844.
7. WILLIAM, b. at Shirley, March 27, 1811, m. Sophia Lawrence of Boxborough, Mass., Dec., 1836. He was killed by a railroad accident, Feb. 15, 1867. He had nine children :
(I.) James, b. July 23, 1837.
2. Norman, b. Aug. 8, 1838, m. Linnie L. Bride, March, 1864.
(3.) William, b. April 18, 1840, m. Sarah Frances Simpson, Aug. 28, 1862.
(4.) Mary, b. March 2, 1842, m. Hiram Haynes, June 11, 1863.
(5.) Sophia L., b. Jan. 1, 1844, m. Warren Ball, Nov. 20, 1864.
(6.) Waldo, b. Aug. 28, 1846, m. Hattie Ward of Winchester, March, 1870.
(7.) Herman, b. April 16, 1848.
(8.) Lucy, b. Aug. 9, 1850.
(9.) Rodney, b. June 9, 1854.
8. JEREMIAH, b. March 17, 1813, d. at Shirley, Oct. 6, 1814.
9. LUCY, b. at Shirley, March 31, 1815, m. James P. Longley, ' Dec. 15, 1835, d. May 15, 1882.
10. MARY ANN, b. at Shirley, Dec. 27, 1817, m. Marshall Ney
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Bruce of Littleton, Jan. 25, 1844, r. Littleton (1882). She has three children :
(I.) Harriet A., b. at Littleton, Nov. 26, 1845, m. Ferdinand A. Wyman of Boston, Sept. 8, 1875, r. Boston (1882).
(2.) Mary Jane, b. at Littleton, Dec. 26, 1851.
3.) Henrietta, b. at Littleton, Oct. 9, 1853, m. William L. Kimball, Sept. 12, 1877.
11. THOMAS, b. at Shirley, July 28, 1820, d. at Shirley, June 6, 1852.
V. MARY, b. Sept. 22, 1767, d. at Lunenburg, March 2, 1845, unm.
VI. LOIS, b. Sept. 20, 1772, m. Jacob Hartwell, of Lunenburg, March 17, 1793. She had seven children, and died at Lunen- burg, Aug. 5, 1863.
1. JANE L., b. at Lunenburg, Aug. 8, 1794, d. at Lunenburg, Dec. 10, 1880, unm.
2. SARAH H., b. at Lunenburg, Sept. 11, 1796, d. at Lunenburg, May 20, 1877, unm.
3. JOSIAH, b. at Lunenburg, Jan. 23, 1799, m. Susan Hapgood of Harvard, April 9, 1829, d. at Harvard, Sept. 27, 1851. He had three children':
(1.) George, b. at Harvard, Nov. 24, 1830, m. Ann Stockell, Sept. 11, 1856.
(2.) Sarah, b. at Harvard, Nov. 23, 1834, m. William Henry Getchell, Feb. 12, 1857. She has had one child : I. "Fred- eric," b. Jan. 18, 1858.
(3.) Ellen Cleora, b. Dec. 15, 1848.
4. ABRAHAM, b. at Lunenburg, Aug. 27, 1801, m. Eunice Fair- banks, Aug. 30, 1846. He had one child, and d. at Lunenburg, Aug. 1, 1852.
(I.) Lizsie, b. at Lunenburg, March 14, 1848.
5. JAMES, b. at Lunenburg, March 23, 1804, m. Betsy Phillips, Oct. 14, 1825. He had one child, and d. at Fitchburg, Dec. 25, 1863.
(1.) James Albert, b. Feb. 22, 1836, m. Louisa A. Thomson of Hubbardston, Mass., April 5, 1866. He has had four chil- dren : I. "James Porter," b. Oct., 1866; 2. "George Wil- liams," b. Feb. 14, 1870 ; 3. "Charles Herbert," b. Oct. 4, 1872 ; 4. "Albert Mason," b. April 7, 1874.
6. JEREMIAH CHAPLIN, b. at Lunenburg, Aug. 31, 1807. He passed the most of his active life in Shirley, and was twice m., (first) to Pamelia Parker of Shirley, Dec. 11, 1832 ; she d. April 26, 1875 ; m. (second) Lydia H. Hapgood of Harvard, Nov. 29, 1877, d. at Shirley, Oct. 14, 1878. He had two children :
(I.) Harriet P., b. at Shirley, Oct. 1, 1837, m. Charles Morgan of Shirley, March 5, 1868, d. April 22, 1877.
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(2.) Frederic, b. at Shirley, Aug. 19, 1844, d. at Shirley, Sept. 27, 1847.
7. WILLIAM, b. at Lunenburg, June 6, 1812, d. Aug. 1, 1849, unm. VII. DANIEL, b. Jan. 26, 1775, d. Aug. 31, 1831, unm.
VIII. JESSE, b. July 8, 1777, d. at Lunenburg, April 17, 1856, unm.
IX. SARAH, b. 1780, d. June 18, 1849, unm.
CHAPMAN.
Chapman, Daniel, and his wife, Jerusha, lived in Shirley at the time of the war of the Revolution, and had one child born here :
I. LUCY, b. at Shirley, April 9, 1775.
CHASE.
Chase, George, born Feb. 17, 1701, became a resident of Shirley about the year 1760, owned and lived on the farm now owned by the heirs of the late Stephen M. Longley, near the center of the town. He had previously lived in Littleton, Mass., and was twice married, (first) to Elizabeth -, (second) to Lucy Wood, and had ten children :
I. FRANCIS, b. at Littleton, Oct. 14, 1734.
II. LUCY, b. at Littleton, July 25, 1739.
III. ABIGAIL, b. at Littleton, Sept. 9, 1741.
IV. JOSHUA, b. at Littleton, Aug. 31, 1743, m. Susanna Fitch of Lunenburg, pub. June 2, 1770, d. March 11, 1810. His widow d. July 10, 1827. He had three children :
1. JACOB, b. June 30, 1771, was twice m. (first) to Olive Wilson, 1791, m. (second) to Jenney Nelson. He had one child while he resided in Shirley :
(1.) Alden, b. at Shirley, May 12, 1792, m. Phebe W. Stearns, March 1, 1820, and had four children : I. "Orpha," b. June 16, 1821, m. James E. Underwood ; 2. "Laura M.," b. Nov. 6, 1826, m. Charles N. Briant, April, 1848 ; 3. "Seth P." b. March 17, 1829, m. Jane Parker ; 4. "Marian," b. July 20, 1838.
2. AZUBAH. 3. ALEXANDER.
V. ELIZABETH, b. at Littleton, March 30, 1745, d. Nov. 9, 1820.
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VI. CHARLES, b. at Littleton, Aug. 8, 1747. He was employed as clerk in a trading house at Lunenburg, and while drawing alco- hol from a cask in the evening, his lamp came in contact with the fluid, causing an explosion which produced death.
VII. SARAH, b. July 14, 1 749, probably at Littleton.
VIII. HANNAH, b. Aug. 5, 1751, probably at Littleton.
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IX. ABEL, b. June 13, 1754, m. Mrs. Joanna (Bartlett) Warren of Shirley, pub. Jan. 9, 1779. He remained in Shirley unto 1783 ; was a volunteer to Cambridge on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775 ; afterward he removed to some unknown home, (unknown to the friends he left behind.) The birth registry of three children appears upon the records of the town :
1. CALEB, b. at Shirley, June 6, 1779.
2. MOLLY, b. at Shirley, March 18, 1781.
3. LYDIA, b. at Shirley, April 26, 1783.
X. ABRAHAM, b. at Littleton, Jan. 24, 1756, d. at Shirley, April 10, 1764.
Tradition saith that there was also a Phebe Chase, daughter of George and Lucy Chase, and that she occupied the paternal resi- dence, after the death of her father, for some years, and then married and found a new home at Chesterfield, N. H. No record, however, has been found to sustain this tradition.
Chase, Moody, was born at Sutton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1723, and was a son of Daniel Chase, and a grandson of Aquilla Chase of Newbury, Mass., who was one of the early settlers of New England. Moody Chase married Elizabeth Hale of Sutton, Jan. 17, 1748. He was a resident of Sutton until after the births of all his children- twelve in number-when he came to Shirley, where he remained until his death, which occurred April 27, 1815. His widow died Nov. 4, 1820. He owned and occupied a farm on the eastern bank of Nashua river, near the late Mitchell mills, which farm is now within the limits of Ayer.
He was a man of commanding appearance, tall, erect, and of well proportioned stature, which physical characteristics he retained unto the close of life, notwithstanding the usual bending and decreping effects of "threescore years and ten."
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