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(4.) Samuel, b. June 1, 1837, m. Margaret A., daughter of Abel and Jane P. (Livermore) Longley of Shirley, April 14, 1859, r. Ayer (1882), has two children : I. "Frederic Arthur," b. at Ayer, Nov. 17, 1865 ; 2. "Hubert Longley," b. at Ayer, Sept. 14, 1874.
(5.) Sophia, b. Oct. 11, 1840, m. John W. Kendall of Haver- hill, Feb. 14, 1859.
(6.) Charles, b. March 17, 1844, d. April 10, 1847.
5. BETSEY, b. April 19, 1807, m. Melzar Vinal, of Concord, Jan. 10, 1827 ; she was left a widow April 9, 1876; r. Waltham (1882). She has had five children :
I.) George F., b. at Concord, Sept. 5, 1828, d. Oct. 29, 1828.
2.) Emeline A., b. May 9, 1830, d. Feb. 11, 1833.
(3.) Elizabeth A., b. June 2, 1834, d. June 9, 1835.
(4.) Sarah E., b. Oct. 14, 1837, m. J. Rockwell Hartwell of Lit- tleton, July 4, 1858. She has had two children : I. "Emeline A.," b. at Waltham, May 30, 1879 ; 2. "Hiram Britton," b. at Watertown, June 30, 1873.
(5.) George Farnsworth; b. at Waltham, Feb. II, 1841, m. 'Mary Proctor of Carlisle, Nov. 10, 1869, has had two children : I. "Winifred May," b. June 12, 1871 ; 2. "Robert Clifford," b. Sept. 9, 1872.
6. SALLY, b. Nov. 27, 1810, m. Ephraim Carr of Concord, Oct. 26, 1828, r. Groton (1882). She has had eleven children :
(I.) Charles F., b. at Concord, March 6, 1832, m. Irene Jud- kins of Franklin, N. H .; had one child : I. "Ira F.," b. March II, 1862.
(2.) Eliza H., b. at Concord, Sept. 18, 1834, m. Samuel Hem- menway of Groton, Nov. 27, 1856. She has had three children : I. "Ida May," b. at Groton, Dec. 18, 1859, d. Feb. 24, 1865 ; 2. " George," b. at Groton, March 30, 1861 ; 3. "Frank," b. at Groton, Oct. 26, 1863.
(3.) Abbie M., b. at Concord, March 22, 1836, m. George Aldrich of Framingham, Feb. 1, 1859, had three children : I. "Eva," b. at Groton, July 31, 18 -; 2. "Frank H.," b. at Marlboro', Oct. 3, 1862, d. July 24, 1864 ; 3. "Frank A.,' b. at Marlboro', Feb. 24, 1866, d. Oct. 9, 1867.
(4.) Martha H., b. at Concord, March 20, 1838, d. Aug. 25, 1840.
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(5.) Sarah E., b. at Lexington, June 14, 1840, m. Charles W. Whitcomb of Brookline, N. H., Aug. 3, 1859. He was a lieutenant in the federal army at the war of the Rebellion, and was slain in battle May 8, 1864.
(6.) Harriet S., b. at Groton, April 20, 1842, has been twice m., (first) to Charles E. Moore of Ayer, who d. Dec. 12, 1868, m. (second) George O. Hill of Westford, Oct. 9, 1872, who d. Jan. 12, 1876.
(7.) Martha A., b. at Groton, April 3, 1844, d. July 2, 1846.
(8.) George H., b. at Groton, Aug. 17, 1845, d. Aug. 1, 1850.
(9.) Mary F., b. at Groton, Feb. 13, 1848, d. Aug. 16, 1850.
IO.) Ellen F., b. at Groton, Sept. 8, 1850, d. Sept. 5, 1852.
II.) William H., b. at Groton, March 6, 1854, d. Nov. 3, 1860.
7. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 28, 1814, m. Sarah Carkin, April 1, 1838, r. Shirley (1882). He has had four children :
(I.) George, b. at Shirley, Feb. 12, 1839, m. Harriet Waters of Shirley, Oct. 23, 1861, r. Shirley (1882), has had four children, all b. at Shirley : 1. "Ella Frances Augusta," b. Aug. 28, 1863 ; 2. "Lewis Henry," b. Feb. 11, 1866 ; 3. "Herbert F.," b. June 4, 1872, d. Dec. 9, 1872 ; 4. "Esther Janette," b. Oct. 19, 1873.
(2.) Sarah, b. at Shirley, Jan. 1, 1842, m. Parker Sidney Fuller of Groton, Jan. 1, 1865, r. Groton (1882), has had one child : I. "Nelly Maria," b. at Groton, June 15, 1867.
(3.) Melzar Vinal, b. at Shirley, Feb. 13, 1846, m. Emma F. Lothrop of Boston, April 19, 1871, has had three children : I. "Angelina L.," b. at Shirley, June 18, 1872 ; 2. "Charles Lewis," b. June 24, 1874 ; 3. "Mary F.," b. at Shirley, Oct. 9, 1876.
(4.) Lewis J., b. at Shirley, June 24, 1854, m. Georgianna H. Brown of Lunenburg, July 4, 1878, r. Shirley (1882).
8. SOPHIA, b. Aug. 8, 1816, m. John Lawton of Shirley, April 6, 1842, r. Lunenburg (1882).
9. CALVIN, b. Oct. 19, 1820, m. Sarah Stuart, Jan. 18, 1855, has had three children, all b. in Shirley.
I Sarah Maria, b. Aug. 19. 1856, d. May 11, 1858.
2. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1858, d. March 20, 1871.
3.) John L., b. April 27, 1861.
VII. EUNICE, m. Elisha Dodge of Shirley, May 11, 1794.
VIII. NANCY.
FARR.
This is not a common name in New England, and Mr. Savage says that it has been supposed by some that it is the same as Farrar ; and yet distinct families of the names may be traced back to their immigration to the American Colonies, who even present no claim to
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earlier identification. The first of the name that appears upon the records of Shirley is
Farr, William, who with his wife, Lucy, and his two daughters, Sally and Molly, came from Harvard and settled in town May 11, 1785. They probably remained in town but a short time, and left no traditional notoriety.
Farr, Thomas, came to Groton, as Mr. Butler says, from "Burgoyne's army," with Mary, his wife, probably soon after the de- feat at Saratoga, as they had a son b. there March 9, 1779, William by name. The family removed to Shirley, Dec. 4, 1780, but the selectmen refused them citizenship, and nothing further is known of them.
FARRAR.
Farrar, Zebediah, his wife, Catharine, and their children, Josiah, Eliab and Mercy, removed from Sudbury and became resi- dents of Shirley, May 4, 1776. No additional notice of them is found upon the town records.
FARWELL.
Henry Farwell was one of the first settlers at Concord, Mass., which town was incorporated as early as 1635. It cannot here be stated from what port or in what ship he emigrated, but it is sup- posed by Shattuck, the Concord historian, that he is the "common ancestor of all of the name in New England." He had five children, and eventually removed to Chelmsford, where he died.
Joseph, his second son, was b. at Concord, Feb. 20, 1642. He m.' Hannah Learned of Woburn, and settled at Dunstable, which was his home for life. He had nine children; of these, William, the eighth in the order of age, was b. Jan. 21, 1688. He settled in Groton, m. Elizabeth -, and had six children, four of whom were located upon that part of the territory of Groton now known as Shirley. Their family registers, as here recorded, were taken from the "Farwell Memorial," published by D. P. Holton, M. D., of New York. The eldest of the Shirley residents was
Farwell, William, Jr., b. at Groton, Feb. 1, 1715, (Wil- liam,3 Joseph,2 Henry,1) m. Sarah Parker of Groton, and had eight children :
I. EUNICE, b. at Groton, April 20, 1742, m. - - Conant. II. ELIZABETH, b. at Groton, April 13, 1744, m. Samuel Gould.
III. HENRY, b. at Groton, May 15, 1746, m. Damson Phillips of Lancaster, pub. July 2, 1761.
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IV. SARAH, b. at Groton, Nov. 28, 1748, m.
V. SUSANNA, b. at Groton, Jan. 28, 1751, m. John Solendine.
VI. SYBIL, b. at Shirley, Jan. 1, 1757. (This birth-place with those that follow in the family, does not imply a change of resi- dence, but the formation of a new town, which included the resi- dence.) She m. John Todd of Lancaster, pub. April 14, 1775.
VII. WILLIAM, b. at Shirley, Sept. 23, 1761.
VIII. PHINEHAS, b. at Shirley. His name appears among the recruits for the eight months' service in 1775, war of Revolution.
Farwell, Oliver, b. at Groton, Jan. 13, 1722, (William,3 Joseph,2 Henry,1) m. Rejoice Preston of Groton, July 22, 1742, had ten children :
I. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 12, 1744.
II. ISAAC, b. Dec. 8, 1746.
III. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 25, 1748, m. Priscilla Smith of Groton, Aug. 26, 1771, d. Jan. 18, 1819.
IV. ABIGAIL. V. OLIVE. VI. BENJAMIN. VII. LEVI. VIII. NANCY. IX. ELIZABETH. X. CALVIN.
Farmell, Henry, b. at Groton, July 21, 1724, (William,3 Joseph,2 Henry,1) he was twice m., (first) to Lydia Tarbell, Dec. 6, 1749, m. (second) Sarah Taylor of Westford, June 3, 1761, had seven children, and d. Jan. 9, 1804. His children were
I. ANNA, b. at Groton, Oct. 17, 1750, d. Feb. 20, 1754.
II. SAMUEL, b. at Groton, May 21, 1752, d. in infancy.
III. WILLIAM, b. at Groton, Feb. 16, 1754.
IV. LYDIA, b. at Groton, Oct. 25, 1762, d. Dec. 11, 1763.
V. SARAH, b. at Groton, Dec. 7, 1763, m. James Brazer of Charlestown, d. 1810.
VI. LYDIA, b. at Groton, Oct. 14, 1765, m. John White, Dec. 25, I 788.
VII. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 6, 1767, m. Sybil, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Bennett) Sawtell, Jan. 25, 1801, d. April, 1845. His wife d. March 26, 1839. At the time of their death, their home was in Milford, N. H.
" Henry Farwell was a soldier in the French wars, and was" captain of one of the companies of minute men in Groton at the commence- ment of the Revolutionary war. He marched with his company on
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the 19th of April, 1775, to Cambridge ; was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was severely wounded. A musket ball passed through his body, lodging near the spine, whence it was extracted in the evening after the battle. He was a man of small stature, but very strong and athletic, and of undaunted courage."-Butler's History of Groton.
All this seems to prove that Mr. Farwell was an inhabitant of Groton at the time of the Revolutionary war, yet it is proven that his home was within the present bounds of Shirley in 1747, as he was a petitioner for a separation of the towns at that date, as were his three brothers, William, Oliver and Josiah.
Farwell, Josiah, b. at Groton, though (probably through mistake) his birth-date has not been entered upon its records, m. Lydia --.. , and was probably settled within the present limits of Shirley at the time of his marriage; whether he remained there through life or returned to Groton cannot here be stated. He had four children :
I. LYDIA, b. Oct. 23, 1751.
II. HANNAH, b. July 31, 1753, d. Sept. 1, 1753.
III. JOSIAH, b. Sept. 1, 1754.
IV. MARY, b. Nov. 8, 1756.
Some of the early members of the Farwell family distinguished themselves as Indian hunters. As has been said, Joseph,2 (Henry,1) lived in Dunstable during a large portion of his manhood life, and died there ; this was, at the time, a frontier town of the white settle- ments, and Mr. Farwell and his family, for a large portion of the time, were obliged to occupy a garrisoned house. One of the name was second in command at Lovell's fight at Pickwaket, May 8, 1725, and was one of the nine that were found unhurt, forty-seven having gone into the engagement. See Belknap's History of New Hamp- shire.
FISK.
The following entry may be found on the town records of Shirley :
Fisk, Simeon, of Shirley, and Elizabeth Wasson of Amherst, N. H., intend marriage, Oct. 3, 1784.
FLAGG.
Flagg, Levi, of Shirley, and Ruth Austin of Lunenburg, intend marriage, Oct. ye 9, 1791.
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FLETCHER.
In 1871, Edward H. Fletcher, of New York city, published a genealogy of the Fletchers of this country, tracing them down mainly from one ancestor, Robert Fletcher, who immigrated to America and settled at Concord in 1635, the same year it was incorporated.
He had five children, all sons, three of whom were born in England. He d. at Concord, April 3, 1677. Descended from him, of the sixth generation, was
Fletcher, Oliver, who came to Shirley about 1768. He was a son of David and Mary (Butterfield) Fletcher of Westford, (Oliver,6 David," Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Robert,1) b. Sept. 25, 1743, m. Sarah Fletcher of Westford, Sept. 22, 1768. His farm in Shirley was located near the estates of Joseph Hazen, Samuel Longley, and Sidney Benjamin, yet now has no special identification. He had seven children, all b. at Shirley. The writer of the Fletcher Gene- alogy has them born at Westford, which is a mistake. Where Oliver Fletcher died, and when, cannot here be stated. His children were
I. OLIVER, b. Nov. 28, 1768, according to Shirley town records, but according to the Fletcher genealogy, was b. Nov. 28, 1769; was killed in battle near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., in the last war with England.
II. SARAH, b. April 27, 1770, according to Shirley record, April 29, 1771, according to the Fletcher genealogy, d. 1797, unm.
III. JOANNA, b. June 12, 1772, according to Shirley record, 1773 according to Fletcher genealogy, m. Ira Spaulding of Chelmsford, had eight children :
1. SOPHRONIA. 2. MARY. 3. BENJAMIN. 4. IRA.
5. CHARLES. 6. SARAH. 7. ANNA. 8. PARMELIA.
IV. OLIVE, b. Feb. 28, 1775, m. Jesse Hildreth of Westford, March 24, 1801, had ten children :
1. SOPHIA, m. George Worcester.
2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
3. OLIVE, d. unm. 4. JESSE, m. - Ingalls.
5. MEHITABLE, d. unm. 6. BETSEY. 7. LUCY, d. unm.
8. MARY ANN. 9. JAMES. 10. HARRIET.
V. LUCY, b. July 2, 1776, m. John Gray, r. Lowell (1871), had three children :
1. JOHN, d. young. 2. JESSE. 3. LUCY.
VI. BETSEY, b. Feb. 5, 1779, m. Stephen Spaulding of Chelms- ford, had four children :
1. ELIZA. 2. STEPHEN. 3. ASA. 4. ELBRIDGE G.
VII. MILLY, or PARMELIA, b. May 12, 1784, m. Cyrus Ken- dall of Billerica, Aug. 12, 1827.
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FLOOD.
Savage makes the first immigrant of this name to have come in the ship Ann, in 1623, but he insinuates that the name has been so fre- quently confounded with Floyd that happy is he who can, in all instances, discriminate them, one from the other.
Without being able to trace his pedigree from the original settler, it has been found that the first removed to the territory of Groton -afterward Shirley-came from Andover about the year 1743, and the only one of the name who ever lived in the town.
Flood, Samuel, m. Tryphena, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy Powers, Dec. 8, 1743, had seven children, and d. at Shirley ; his wife d. Aug. 3, 1758. He lived in a southern section of the town, and his name does not appear among the petitioners, in 1747, for an independent municipality. His children were
I. MARY, b. at Groton, Oct. 15, 1744.
II. MARTHA, b. at Groton, Feb. 18, 1746.
III. SAMUEL, b. at Groton, April 21, 1749.
IV. TIMOTHY, b. at Groton, July 21, 1751.
V. PHILIP, b. at Shirley, Oct. 14, 1753.
VI. DANIEL, b. at Shirley, Jan., 1756.
VII. WILLIAM, b. at Shirley, Aug. 2, 1758.
FOSTER.
Foster, Jonathan, of Mason, N. H., m. Miriam, daughter of Simon and Sarah Holden, pub. Jan. 18, 1781. He became a resident of Shirley, and had two children born here.
I. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 5, 1782.
II. MIRIAM, b. June 12, 1785.
FROST.
This is a very common New England name of persons who descended from different immigrant families, but who can all, prob- ably, claim the same English origin. The original settler of the name in Shirley is
Frost, Abijah, whose pedigree cannot here be given, but who is supposed to have been born in Groton, and kindred of the Frost families of that town noticed in Butler's history. He m. Sarah Law- ton of Groton, and in 1748 bought forty acres of land in what is now
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Shirley, of Thomas Tarbell, for £50, which land is situated on both sides of the Catacunemaug river, and is bounded on the east by the Nashua river. It lies near the Phoenix mills, still bears the name of " Frost place," and is owned (1882) by the heirs of the late Samuel Hazen. Abijah Frost had six children, all of whom were b. at Shirley, and he d. there in May, 1790. His widow d. June 16, 1816. His children were
I. SCRIPTURE, b. Nov. 4, 1758, who was thrice m., (first) to Hannah Harris of Shirley, pub. April 15, 1780, m. (second) Clar- issa Putnam of Lunenburg, pub. Aug. 23, 1789 ; she d. May II, 1794 ; m. (third) Sally Sprague of Harvard, Sept. 15, 1795. He resided at Harvard, a farmer, in good standing, and d. there, July 24, 1824. His widow d. also at Harvard, March 22, 1844. He had eight children :
1. NANCY, b. at Shirley, Sept. 25, 1790, m. Jonas Abbot of East Sudbury (now Wayland). She had two children, and d. at Boston, June 5, 1865. Her children were
(I.) Onesimus, b. 1813, d. unm.
2.3 George, b. at Boston, June 19, 1815, r. Boston (1882), has been thrice m., and had three children ; m. (first) Martha H. Brown of Newburyport, June 15, 1841 ; she d. at Columbia, S. C., March 24, 1850 ; he m. (second) Hannah H. Knowles of Boston, Sept. 24, 1850 ; she d. May 14, 1864 ; m. (third) Carrie Elizabeth Haskell of Boston, March 30, 1865. His children were I. "George Washington," b. at Boston, April 18, 1842, d. at Boston, Nov. 27, 1870, unm .; 2. "Caroline Wallace," b. at Boston, Nov. 12, 1843, r. Boston (1878) ; 3. "Martha Eudora," b. at Boston, Jan. 26, 1847, d. at Boston, Dec. 11, 1861, unm.
2. LUCY, b. at Shirley, Sept. 25, 1792, m. George Bonnor of Boston, March 5, 1820, who d. at New York, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1840 ; she had four children, and d. at Harvard, Sept. 28, 1873.
3. THOMAS SPRAGUE, b. Oct. 17, 1797, m. Mercy Sawyer of Har- vard, Nov. 28, 1822 ; she d. at Harvard, Sept. 11, 1876 ; he r. in Harvard (1878), had eight children :
(1.) Manassah Sawyer, b. at Harvard, Nov. 29, 1823, d. Jan. 3, I825.
(2.) Thomas Otis, b. Dec. 24, 1825, m. Emily Elizabeth Mar- shall of Belchertown, Jan. 1, 1851, r. Worcester (1878), has had five children : I. "Frank Eugene," b. at Harvard, June 27, 1858 ; 2. " Herbert Everett," b. at Harvard, July 3, 1860 ; 3. "Stella Maria," b. at Harvard, Jan. 3, 1862, d. May 24, 1864; 4. "Walter Marshall," b. at Millbury, Jan. 20, 1867 ; 5. "Harry Perry," b. at Worcester, Jan. 13, 1876.
(3.) Augusta Eliza, b. Nov. 24, 1827, m. William Thomas Barber of Worcester, Oct. 4, 1853, r. Worcester (1878), has two children : I. "Josephine Augusta," b. at Worcester, July 24, 1854 ; m. Gardner Erastus Adams of Worcester, Nov. 14,
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1872, r. Worcester, has one child, Walter Gardner, b. Jan. 12, 1874; 2. "Fred Wallace," b. July 27, 1858.
(4.) Marcia Sanger, b. June 5, 1830, d. Oct. 12, 1830.
(5.) Manassah Sawyer, b. Sept. 10, 1831, d. Sept 18, 1833.
(6.) Laura Ann, b. Dec. 14, 1834, d. Feb. 27, 1835.
(7.) Ann Maria, b. Sept. 4, 1836, r. Worcester with her father, unm. (1878.)
(8.) Sarah Marcia Sawyer, b. Nov. 24, 1837, m. George Luther Sawyer of Harvard, June 2, 1861, r. Harvard (1878), had three children : I. "Elmer Jabez," b. at Harvard, Jan. 25, 1862, d. May 28, 1868 ; 2. " Alice Frost," b. at Harvard, July 4, 1871 ; 3. "Lucy Farwell," b. Aug. 8, 1875.
4. SCRIPTURE, JR., b. Oct. 17, 1797, m. Nancy Henry of Shirley, Jan. 27, 1824, d. at Boston, Nov. 16, 1835 ; his widow d. June II, 1879 ; he had two children :
(I.) Francis Louis, b. at Shirley, Nov. 20, 1825, m. Agnes of Newark, N. J., d. at Newark, June 16, 1872, had one child : 1. "George Francis," b. Feb. 22, 1871 ; his widow r. Newark (1878).
(2.) Caroline Lucinda, b. at Harvard, March 29, 1830, m. (first) Joseph B. Brown of Boston, Sept. 15, 1852, divorced in 1861, m. (second) William Sullivan Blake of Boston, Aug. 6, 1861 ; he d. Aug. 24, 1871 ; she had one child : I. " Blanche Lil- lian," b. at Boston, June 16, 1854, r. Boston (1878).
5. MARTHA, b. April 23, 1799, m. Charles Willard of Harvard, Feb. 15, 1821, had four children, and d. at Harvard, March 16, 1851. Her children were
(I.) Martha Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1822, m. Barzilla Lawrence of Harvard, April 25, 1843, r. West Acton (1878), had two children : 1. " Martha Malvina," b. Oct. 2, 1852, m. Alvin Lincoln Whitcomb, Nov. 21, 1870, has two children : I. Fred Lincoln, b. May 5, 1871 ; 2. Charles Ernest, b. April 25, 1873 ; 2. "Austin Edmund," b. March 28, 1859.
(2.) Charles Austin, b. May 30, 1823, m. Ellen Sprague, May 30, 185-, had one child : I. "Myra Ellen," b. April 4, 1859. (3.) Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1827, d. at Harvard, Sept. 9, 1831.
(4.) Clarissa Malvina, b. June 30, 1838, d. at Harvard, Jan. 17, 1846.
6. ARTEMAS, b. Feb. 23, 1803, m. Mary Ann Hemmenway of Boston, Sept. 28, 1830, d. at Harvard, Nov. 19, 1846, had two children :
(1.) A daughter, b. and d. Sept. 2, 1838, at Harvard.
(2.) Ann Rebecca, b. Sept. 2, 1838, m. William Maynard of Hyde Park, Aug. 10, 1871, r. Hyde Park; her widowed mother r. in her family.
7. SARAH, b. May 5, 1808, m. Oliver Taylor, r. Stow (1878).
8. CLARISSA, b. Sept. 27, 1809, has been twice m., (first) to George Simons, m. (second) Phinehas Weatherbee, r. West Acton (1878).
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Scripture Frost, the ancestor of the foregoing long record of names was a soldier from Shirley, in the Continental service, in the company under command of Capt. Robert Longley of Bolton, 1775.
II. TRIPHENA, b. March 26, 1761, m. David Jenkins of Stod- dard, N. H., pub. Oct. 26, 1780.
III. SARAH, b. June 10, 1765, m. Paul Hale of Peterboro,' N. H.
IV. MARY, b. Feb. 10, 1767.
V. HANNAH, b. March 14, 1770.
VI. ELIZABETH, b. April, 1773.
FROTHINGHAM.
Frothingham, William, Jr., and Miss Mary Leathers, both of Shirley, intend marriage, Nov. ye 19, 1775.
The above publishment contains two names of residents of Shirley, not found in any other record, and concerning whom tradition is silent.
GOING.
Mr. Savage speaks of four persons or families of this name that settled in Massachusetts, in the early history of that colony : Robert, in Dedham, 1644 ; Simon, in Rowley, 1675 ; John, at Lynn, in 1682, and Nathaniel, at Reading, in 1691. But that the early settler in Shirley, of this name, descended from either of these families has not been ascertained ; indeed, no extended genealogy of the name has been published, if compiled.
Going is probably the true orthography of the name, though it has at times been written Gowing, Gowen, and Goen.
Going, Ebenezer, m. Abigail Symonds, April 27, 1757. He lived in the north part of Shirley, on the farm now owned by Mr. Charles Andrews. There his children were born, and there he remained until led into retirement by advancing years, when he re- moved with his wife, to some town in the now state of Maine. There, in the family of one of their children, they passed the residue of their lives. He was one of the Shirley volunteers at the alarm of April 19, 1775, and was the second lieutenant of the company. They had twelve children :
I. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 25, 1757, d. Sept. 2, 1776.
II. EBENEZER, b. March 10, 1761, d. Oct. 10, 1761.
III. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 29, 1762, m. Sarah, daughter of Eben- ezer and Hannah Smith of Shirley, pub. April 16, 1785.
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IV. EZEKIEL, b. March 2, 1764, m. Lucy Douglas, d. at Shirley, Nov. 24, 1847. His widow d. there Feb. 12, 1856. He had six children :
1. SALLY, b. April 27, 1786, m. John Bailey of Lunenburg, pub. 1809, r. Lunenburg (1877), has had nine children :
(I.) Caroline, b. Dec. 3, 1810.
(2.) Asher, b. March 5, 1812.
(3. Lovina, b. Aug. 8, 1814.
(4.) Dorcas M., b. Feb. 15, 1816.
(5.) Samuel H., b. Sept. 21, 1818.
(6.) Mary B., b. June 10, 1821.
(7.) Eli, b. July 16, 1826.
8.) Eliza, b. July 16, 1826.
(9.) Sarah A., b. July 7, 1829.
2. LUCY, b. May 18, 1791, m. Benjamin Bailey of Lunenburg, pub. 1809, d. at Lunenburg, Jan. 9, 1868, had seven children :
(I.) Martha, b. at Lunenburg, Jan. 20, 1810.
(2.) Lucy, b. at Lunenburg, March 6, 1812.
(3.) Samuel B., b. at Lunenburg, Sept. 13, 1814.
(4.) Luther H., b. at Lunenburg, June 8, 1817.
(5.) Benjamin, b. at Lunenburg, June 23, 1819.
(6.) Ezekiel, b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 27, 1822.
(7.) Charlotte D., b. at Lunenburg, March 18, 1829.
3. ASHER, d. in infancy.
4. ABIGAIL, b. June 27, 1799, was twice m., (first) to Joseph Adams of Lunenburg, m. (second) Amos Robbins of Mason, N. H., r. Mason (1868). She has had three children.
5. BATHSHEBA, b. Sept. 17, 1803, m. George Lancey of Brookline, N. H., May 29, 1827, d. at Clinton. She has had six children : I.) Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 27, 1827, r. Clinton, unm. (1882.)
(2.) Abigail Augusta, b. Sept. I, 1829, d. at Clinton, Sept. 8, 1866.
(3.) Eli Sawtell, b. Oct. 8, 1831, m. Sylvia Adams of Lunen- burg, March 29, 1853, d. Oct. 18, 1865, had six children : I. "Wilbur A.," b. at Lunenburg, May 30, 1853, m. Emma Cook of Lunenburg, Nov. 25, 1873 ; 2. "Myrtilla L.," b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 4, 1855, m. William Dickson, April 18, 1872 ; 3. "Abby A.," b. at Lunenburg, Dec. 27, 1857; 4. "Roswell," b. May 26, 1860 ; 5. "Eli F.," b. July 26, 1862 ; 6. "Elbridge S.," b. Oct. 15, 1863.
(4.) Martha R., b. Sept. 6, 1833, m. Samuel A. Baker of Clinton, Oct. 20, 1852, r. Clinton (1882).
(5.) George Albert, m. Hattie A. Wyeth of Lunenburg, May 18, 1859, has had nine children : 1. "Freddie," b. at Lunenburg, June 4, 1860 ; 2. "George Mcclellan," b. at Lunenburg, May 7, 1862 ; 3. "Elmer E.," b. at Lunenburg, April 9, 1865 ; 4. "Samuel A.," b. at Lunenburg, Feb. 28, 1866 ; 5. "Henry A.," b. at Lunenburg, Oct. 14, 1867 ; 6. "Gertrude
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S.," b. at Lunenburg, June 28, 1869; 7. "Mattie C.," b. at Lunenburg, Dec. 23, 1871; 8. "Ellery E.," b. at Lancaster, Feb. 4, 1874 ; 9. "Fannie E.," b. at Lancaster, June 19, 1875, d. Aug. 30, 1875.
(6.) Luther Augustus, b. May 22, 1837, unm. (1882.)
6. ELI, b. Oct. 17, 1805.
V. WILLIAM, b. at Shirley, Jan. 4, 1767, was four times m., (first) to Lucy, daughter of Dea. John and Rachel (Tuttle) Heald of Shirley, pub. Jan. 8, 1789 ; m. (second) Abigail Sawyer ; m. (third) Nancy Flagg of Lunenburg, who d. July 10, 1836; m. (fourth) Mrs. Lucretia Holbrook, and Mr. Going was her fourth husband ; he d. Oct. 26, 1847, had seven children :
1. RHODA, m. Joshua Stevens of Boston.
2. LUCY, b. 1791, m. Robert Hosea of Boston, 1809, had one child :
(1.) Robert, b. 1811, m.
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