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When Mr. Harris became a resident of Shirley, his family consisted of his wife, Susanna, and two daughters. He died in 1792, was buried in what is now the old cemetery, but through the great omis- sion of somebody, no monument marks the place where his remains have been laid. Mr. Harris had nine children :
I. SUSANNA, b. at Watertown, Sept. 16, 1744, was twice m., (first) to Jonathan Moors of Shirley, who d. July 18, 1765, m. (second) John Dwight of Shirley, and d. Sept. 6, 1816.
II. SARAH, b. at Watertown, Nov. 20, 1747, d. at Shirley, Oct. 4, 1756.
III. PRISCILLA, b. at Shirley, March 6, 1749, m. James Dicker- son of Harvard, d. at Shirley, Dec. 17, 1842.
IV. FRANCIS, b. at Shirley, May 20, 1752, d. Oct. 11, 1756.
V. ASA, b. at Lunenburg, Oct. 27, 1754. He was one of the vol- . unteers on the Shirley muster roll on the alarm, April 19, 1775. He was twice m., (first) to Esther Williams of Lancaster, pub. March 16, 1776 ; m. (second) Patience Aldrich of Cumberland, pub. May 3, 1788 ; had three children :
1. LucY, b. at Lunenburg, June 20, 1780.
2. DANIEL, b. at Lunenburg, May 24, 1782.
3. THEOPHILUS, b. at Lunenburg, June 25, 1785.
VI. SARAH, b. at Shirley, May 2, 1757, m. David Bennett, Oct. 14, 1779, d. Nov. 24, 1806.
VII. ABIGAIL, b. at Shirley, Aug. 9, 1759, m. William Williams of Shirley, pub. Aug. 9, 1777, d. March 13, 1830.
VIII. HANNAH, b. at Shirley, March 14, 1762, m. Solomon Pratt, pub. Aug. 1, 1782, d. Sept. 6, 1838.
IX. FRANCIS, b. June 21, 1764, m. Eunice Holden of Shirley, Jan. 11, 1789, had six children, and d. at Shirley, Feb. 16, 1837.
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1. POLLY, b. at Shirley, Dec. 16, 1789.
2. EUNICE, b. at Shirley, March 2, 1792.
3. SUSANNA, b. at Shirley, Sept. 21, 1794.
4. BRADLEY, b. at Shirley, June 24, 1797.
5. FRANCIS, b. at Shirley, May 23, 1801, m. Elizabeth Page of Shirley, Nov. 18, 1833, had eight children, d. May 21, 1860.
(I.) Mary L., b. July 30, 1835, m. Amos W. Farrar, April 10, 1857, had three children, r. Shirley (1882). I. "John Wood," b. May 30, 1858 ; 2. "Henry Waters," b. Oct. 23, 1859 ; 3. "George," b. Nov. 4, 1862.
(2.) Susan C., b. Aug. 21, 1837, m. Gilman F. Moor, r. Leom- inster (1876).
(3.) Priscilla L., b. Sept. 4, 1839, m. Charles H. Cowdrey of Lunenburg, June 19, 1858, had four children, r. Fitchburg (1882). I. "Elmous H.," b. Nov. 12, 1859, m. Eldora E. Haven of Lunenburg, Nov. 1, 1882, r. Fitchburg ; 2. "Addie O.," b. Aug. 27, 1861, d. Dec. 19, 1862 ; 3. "Flora J.," b. June 25, 1865 ; 4. "Charles F.," b. May 1, 1870.
(4.) Sophia L., b. Sept. 26, 1841, m. George Spencer of Burke, N. Y., r. Constable, N. Y.
(5.) Francis William, b. July 25, 1843, has been twice m., (first) to Emma Wyman of Townsend, Dec., 1873; m. (second) Lizzie Gibbert, Dec. 28, 1875, r. Jersey City, N. J. (1876.)
(6.) Lydia Caroline, b. May 26, 1846, m. Henry H. Wyman of Townsend, June 13, 1864, had two children : I. "Essa E.," b. July 3, 1867 ; 2. "William H.," b. June 20, 1870.
(7.) Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 9, 1848, d. Jan. 16, 1849.
(8.) George G., b. July 7, 1850, d. at Lunenburg, 1860.
6. SOPHIA. b. Sept. 27, 1804.
Darris, Nathaniel, a brother of Francis, Sen., son of Nathaniel, (Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Daniel,2 Robert,1) b. at Water- town, 1727, m. Anna Mead of Watertown, June 2, 1748, lived in Shirley at the time of the town organization, 1753, and was at that time appointed one of the selectmen. He returned to Watertown, however, where he remained until 1762, when he went to Medford, but resided at Newton in 1765. He had three children :
I. FULLAM, b. at Groton (afterwards Shirley) May 4, 1750.
II. JANE, b. at Groton (Shirley) Jan. 1, 1752.
III. NATHANIEL, b. at Shirley, bap. at Watertown, June 25, 1 758.
Darris, John, m. Beulah Corey, Oct. 19, 1750, had one child :
I. EMMA, b. July 22, 1757.
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Early in the last century there were several families of this name located in Groton ; whence they came does not appear in Mr. Butler's history. Mr. Savage dates the earliest settler of this name in the country at 1636 ;- William Hartwell, a resident of Concord, (now Lincoln,) tradition says, emigrated from Kent; and he is probably the ancestor of the Groton settlers alluded to. One of the eldest of these was
Dartmell, games, who must have been one of the earliest residents of that part of Groton now known as Shirley. He lived in an easterly section of the town, on a farm now owned by a descendant of the fourth generation-Sumner Stuart. He occupied the soil on which he lived and died, long before the town had a corporate existence, yet his name does not appear on the list of petitioners for an independent organization. He m. Jemima Frost of Groton, Feb. 22, 1737, had seven children, all b. at Groton, afterward Shirley.
I. JEMIMA, b. March 27, 1741. She was never married, but had two illegitimate children, namely, Henry Farwell and Simeon Fisk. The first of these married and had a large family of children, all of whom, with father and mother, were inmates of the Shirley alms- house for several years. Jemima lived a wandering and· scan- dalous life, until in old age she became a town pauper, and d. March 1, 1819.
II. MOLLY, b. March 19, 1743.
III. AMASA, b. Feb. 28, 1745, m. Lydia Moors of Groton, had seven children :
1. LYDIA, b. Jan. 28, 1774, m. Abner Pierce, March 19, 1794, had five children :
(1.) Asenath, b. Oct. 7, 1794, m. Abel Page of Harvard.
(2.) Lydia, b. July 31, 1797, m. Samuel Payson of Roxbury, d. Dec. 26, 1842.
(3.) Rhoda, b. March 12, 1800, m. John Balcom, pub. July 20, 1820.
(4.) Mary, b. July 8, 1804, m. Reuben Hartwell, pub. March 25, 1829.
(5.) Lucinda, m. Lewis Tainter, had four children, r. Methuen (1858).
2. ABEL, b. Feb. 9, 1776, m. Eliza, sometimes called Betsey, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Hall of Shirley, Feb. 6, 1801, had two children, and d. Jan. 17, 1836.
(1.) Eliza, b. Oct. 12, 1810, m. Levi Priest of Groton, Nov. 29, 1832.
(2.) Maria, d. May 8, 1835.
3. EMMA, b. Feb. 16, 1778, m. John Williams, May 29, 1800, d. March 21, 1818.
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4. LUCY, b. April 5, 1780, m. Jeremiah Stuart, June 18, 1807. She d. at Newport, R. I., Jan. 9, 1859, had nine children :
(1.) Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1808, m. Harvey Prescott, Feb. 14, 1832, r. West Boylston (1876), had two children : I. "Mary Jane," b. Sept. 13, 1834 ; 2. "Julia Mandana," b. Nov. 27, 1842.
(2.) Eliza, b. March 30, 1809, m. Philemon Holden, April 5, 1832, d. July 30, 1862.
(3.) Asenath, b. Feb., 1810, m. William Sargent of Shrewsbury, Dec. 18, 1849, d. Nov. 6, 1863.
(4.) Jeremiah, b. Jan. 1, 1811, m. Electa D. Williams of Winch- endon, Nov. 7, 1860, d. at Lunenburg, March 8, 1882, had three children : 1. "Mary Francis," b. at Lunenburg, Oct. 9, 1861 ; 2. "Flora M.," b. at Lunenburg, Aug. 24, 1865, d. Oct. 10, 1865 ; 3. "Charles S.," b. at Lunenburg, Oct. 3, 1866, d. Nov. 8, 1866.
(5.) Sumner, b. Oct. 18, 1814, m. Harriet Knowles of New- port, R. I., r. Newport (1877), had three children.
(6.) Lucy, b. Nov. 28, 1815, m. William Sargent of Shrewsbury, Aug. 8, 1839, d. June 17, 1849.
(7.) Emma, b. Oct. 20, 1817, d. July 3, 1846.
(8.) Sarah, b. Feb. 18, 1821, m. Calvin Farnsworth of Shirley, Jan. 13, 1855, r. Shirley (1882).
(9.) Edson, b. April 14, 1822.
5. AMASA, b. March 26, 178-, m. Abigail Blood of Shirley, April I, 1802. In his early married life he owned a farm in an easterly section of the town, which proved a comfortable home, had. his habits allowed him to retain it; but intemperance, joined with thriftlessness, claimed him as their victim, so that his latter were his worst days. On the night of Sept. 21, 1848, he fell from a carriage in which he was riding, and his neck was broken. He had eight children :
(1.) Timothy Moors, b. July 15, 1802, m. Mary Dudley of Harvard, Jan. 4, 1822, d. at Rome, N. Y., 1840; his widow d. at Stephenswell, Wis., June 15, 1873.
(2.) David, b. July 18, 1805, a deaf mute, twice m., (first) to Phebe Lawton of Shirley, April 20, 1834 ; she d. Sept. 22, 1853 ; m., (second) Phebe Ann Bailey of Lancaster, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1856, r. Shirley (1882), had six children : I. "Maria Amanda," b. July 11, 1837, d. May 28, 1853; 2. “Sarah Abigail," b. June 1, 1839, d. May 26, 1857; 3. "Albert Lawton," b. Nov. 30, 1841 ; 4. "George E.," b. May 9, 1845 ; 5. "Samuel Barrett," b. May 13, 1847, d. Dec. 20, 1856 ; 6. "Stillman Franklin," b. Feb. 23, 1850, d. March 17, 1851.
(3.) Amasa, b. Jan. 29, 1807, m. Mary P. Patch of Hollis, N. H., Dec. 9, 1830, r. Pepperell (1877), had four children : I. "Henry," b. May 1, 1832, m. Lizzie Reed, Oct. 13, 1861 ; 2. "George G.," b. May 7, 1833, m. Mary J. Dow, Feb. 10, 1858 ; 3. "William B.," b. Sept. 5, 1834, m. Anna M. Vose,
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April 18, 1857; 4. "Albert," b. Dec. 12, 1840, twice m., (first) to Isabel F. Wardwell, 1862, m. (second) Helen Cum- mings.
(4.) Lowell, b. July 13, 1809, twice m., (first) to Harriet Worces- ter of Lancaster, Oct. 5, 1835, m. (second) Jane Wyman of Townsend, d. Oct. 17, 1856.
(5.) Thomas, b. July 13, 1811, d. April 10, 1868.
(6.) Abigail, b. Sept. 21, 1813, d. Jan. 3, 1824.
(7.) Otis, b. Dec. 3, 1814, d. Feb. 5, 1850.
(8.) James, b. May 22, 1817, was twice m., (first) to Mary Ann Bolton, July 2, 1839, who d. Aug. 11, 1871 ; m. (second) Elvira E. Clark of Clinton, Nov. 21, 1871, r. Groton (1882), had eleven children : I. "James Adams," b. at Shirley, Jan. 17, 1841, m. Hannah Holden of Shirley, Aug. 20, 1862, d. in the army at the war of the Rebellion ; 2. "Emeline F.," b. at Groton, June 22, 1843, twice m., (first) to Amos L. Ames of Groton, May 11, 1861, m. (second) Charles C. Duren of Groton, June 21, 1871 ; 3. "Lucy Ann," b. at Groton, Nov. 8, 1845, m. Elbridge Gerry White of Shirley, June 26, 1861 ; 4. "Susan W.," b. Dec. 8, 1847, d. 1876 ; 5. "Thomas E.," b. at Groton, Aug. 25, 1849, m. Mary M. Coggswell of Con- cord, May 2, 1870, d. at Clinton, 1876 ; 6. "Abbot A.," b. at Groton, July 13, 1853 ; 7. "Hannah Augusta," b. at Groton, June 6, 1854, m. George S. Joseph of Fitchburg, July 17, 1872 ; 8. "George Henry," b. at Groton, Feb. 14, 1856, m. Josephine M. Nutting of Groton, Sept. 8, 1875 ; 9. "Charles F.," b. at Groton, March 9, 1859 ; 10. "Sarah Elizabeth," b. at Groton, July 15, 1861 ; II. "Frank Elmer," b. at Groton, April 21, 1869.
6. BETSEY, b. at Shirley, Jan. 1, 1788, m. Reuben Balcom of Sudbury, Nov. 27, 1806 ; she d. at Shirley, July 5, 1864 ; had eleven children :
(1.) Amasa Hartwell, b. Feb. 1, 1808, m. Margaret B. Chap- man of Tewksbury, May 8, 1826, d. Jan. 7, 1847, had ten children : I." Charles Hartwell," b. Dec., 1827, m. Margaret Moses of Lancaster ; 2. "Henry Thaddeus," b. May 27, 1830, m. Sarah Farmer of Shirley, pub. July 4, 1853, r. Shirley (1882) ; 3. "Margaret Ann," b. May 20, 1834, m. Joseph Abel Farnsworth of Shirley, June 13, 1851, r. Shirley (1882); 4. "A child," b. Aug., 1835, d. same day; 5. " Horace Adams," b. Sept. 7, 1836 ; 6. "Prudence Jane," b. Oct. 5, 1837, d. Aug. 22, 1859 ; 7. "Mary Maria," b. Aug. 16, 1840; 8. "Oliver Flint," b. Sept. 30, 1842 ; 9. " Eliza," b. March 20, 1844; 10. "Perley," b. Jan. 3, 1847.
(2.) Adaline, b. 1809, m. John Chapman of Tewksbury, had three children : 1. "John M.," b. at Groton, May 25, 1843, d. at Tewksbury, Dec. 1, 1875; 2. "Charles Henry," b. at Groton, July 27, 1846, m. Minerva Kittridge of Dracut, May 30, 1866 ; 3. "George Franklin," b. at Shirley, Dec. 5, 1849, m. Mary E. Jewett of Dracut, April 27, 1870.
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(3.) Thaddeus, b. Nov. 4, 1811, thrice m., (first) to Rebecca Frothingham, Jan., 1835 ; she d. May 14, 1845 ; m. (second) Mrs. Eliza G. Puffer of Tewksbury, May 14, 1846; she d. July 14, 1857 ; m. (third) Harriet Sawtell, of Shirley, Nov. 28, 1858, r. Shirley (1882), has had four children : I. "Re- becca Jane," b. at Shirley, Nov. 21, 1835, twice m., (first) to Eli Whitney of Upton, March 24, 1858, divorced Nov. 7, 1872, m. (second) Charles H. Sargent of Boxboro', Dec. 10, 1874, has had one child, Willie, b. Feb. 5, 1859 ; 2. "Eliza Ann," b. April 10, 18-, twice m., (first) to William Sawtell of Shirley, May, 17, 1863, he d. a soldier of the Federal army, March 30, 1865, m. (second) Charles W. Lawrence, Nov. 28, 1867, r. Shirley (1882) ; 3. "A son," b. Dec. 20, 1844, d. Jan. 10, 1845 ; 4. "Charles T.," b. Sept. 24, 1847, d. Nov. 14, 1849.
(4.) Reuben, b. Jan. 13, 1813, m. Hannah Hunt of Hingham.
(5.) Horace Longley, b. Jan. 23, 1815, m. Lucy A. Kibling of Ashburnham.
(6.) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1816, m. Alvin Holden of Shirley, Jan. 1, 1842.
(7.) John, b. May 16, 1818, m. Sarah Kemp of Groton.
(8.) Lydia, b. June 26, 1820, thrice m., (first) to Albert S. Kemp of Groton, who d. Feb. 4, 1849 ; m. (second) Charles Sherman, Jan. 14, 1852 ; he d. at Shirley, Sept. 12, 1868 ; m. (third) Franklin Chapman, r. Shirley (1876). She had three children : 1. "Helen," b. at Groton, Nov. 19, 1842, m. George Hammond of West Union, Fayette county, Iowa, Oct. 7, 1865 ; 2. "Mary E.," b. at Groton, Nov. 19, 1842, d. at Groton, Jan. 13, 1847 ; 3. "Albert," b. at East Troy, Wal- worth county, Wis., Sept. 26, 1854, m. Harriet L. Kittridge of Leominster, Nov. 27, 1873.
(9.) Abel, b. Dec. 1, 1825, m. Sarah E. Stevens, Dec., 1848, r. Gardner (1860).
(10.) Hannah Maria, b. Dec. 20, 1830, m. Nahum Hersom, Sept. 13, 1852, r. Shirley (1882), had three children : I. "Ellen Maria," b. Aug. 8, 1854; 2. "Mary Ann," b. Dec. 3, 1856, d. Aug. 7, 1859 ; 3. "Arthur Nahum," March 27, 1859. (II.) Mary Ann, b. Oct. 22, 1833, d. Sept. 27, 1847.
7. PHILA, b. Sept. 27, 1794, m. William Williams, Nov. 13, 1817, d. Sept. 21, 1847.
IV. SUSANNA, b. April 15, 1748, m. David Pratt of Groton, pub. Dec. 28, 1771.
V. JONATHAN, b. April 20, 1750, m. Polly Boynton of Lunen- burg, pub. April 6, 1775, d. Jan. 26, 1814 ; his widow (Polly) d. Sept. 30, 1835 ; he had ten children :
1. POLLY, b. Oct. 25, 1776, m. John Proctor of Townsend, had two children, and d. Jan. 17, 1855.
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2. JONATHAN, b. July 30, 1778, twice m., (first) to Esther Warren of Townsend ; she d. ; m. (second) Mrs. Mary Blood ; d. Feb. 21, 1844.
3. THOMAS, b. May 28, 1780.
4. JEREMIAH, b. Nov. 2, 1782, d. March 19, 1854.
5. EDMUND, b. Jan. 11, 1784, m. Olive Lovell of West Boylston.
6. LEVI, b. 1789.
7. LUTHER, b. Jan. 14, 1791, twice m., (first) to Sarah Cushing of Townsend, May 16, 1811 ; she d .; m. (second) Mrs. Delilah Holden of Shirley, Sept. 10, 1840 ; had eleven children, and. d. Oct. 15, 1867.
(1.) Mary Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1811, m. Richard Pierce of Towns- end, Jan. 8, 1831, r. Pepperell (1882).
(2.) Almira Woods, b. July 10, 1813, m. Lewis Blood of Groton, Sept., 1834 ; she has had six children : I. "Charles," b. Sept. 8, 1835 ; 2. "Mary Jane," b. May, 1837 ; 3. "Har- riet Augusta," b. March 20, 1839 ; 4. "Eldora Francis," b. Feb. 19, 1845 ; 5. "Clara Elizabeth," b. Sept. 20, 1847 ; 6. "Sarah Adelaide," b. March 21, 1850.
(3.) Luther, b. Oct. 21, 1815, m. Roxanna Farnsworth of Groton, Oct. 9, 1836, had two children, and d. at Pepperell, suddenly, of small pox, Jan. 5, 1840. I. "Sarah Maria," b. March 7, 1838, m. Rev. F. F. Emerson, June 9, 1869, settled in Amherst (1882) ; 2. "Hattie Andrews," b. Dec. 9, 1839, m. John H. Taylor, M. D., of Holly, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1870, r. Holly (1882).
(4.) Horace G., b. April 26, 1817, m. Emeline Lord of Pep- perell, 1855, r. Pepperell (1876).
(5.) Calvin, b. April, 1819, r. Pittsburg, Pa. (1860.)
(6.) Sally, b. May 25, 1821, d. Sept. 16, 1825.
(7.) Almond, b. June 30, 1823, d. Sept. 11, 1825.
(8.) Alfred, b. June 30, 1823, r. Worcester (1860).
(9.) Thomas Jefferson, b. Sept. 28, 1825.
(10.) Harrison Jerome, b. Nov. 16, 1828, m. Harriet Gerrish of Townsend, Nov. 25, 1852, r. Philadelphia, Pa. (1877.)
(II.) Sarah Jane, b. June 22, 1831, m. Joseph Billings of Lun- enburg, Dec. 14, 1852, has had one child : I. "Nelly A.," b. Dec. 8, 1853, m. Leonard A. Buck of Ayer, r. at Ayer (1882).
8. ELIAB, b. 1793, d. Aug. 24, 1826.
9. LEONARD, b. Aug, 2, 1795, m. Abigail Pierce of Lunenburg, Oct. 8, 1818, had ten children, and d. at Berlin, June 11, 1870. (I.) Henrietta M., b. Dec. 1, 1819, m. Marshall Farraday, April 5, 1839.
(2.) Chauncy P., b. May 20, 1821, m. Mary A. Carter, June 4, 1844.
(3.) Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1822, m. Daniel Carter, April 8, 1841.
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(4.) George Emerson, b. March 24, 1824, m. Eliza Closkey, April 22, 1849.
(5.) Louiza Abigail, b. July 2, 1827, m. Edward Green, March 5, 1848, d. Feb. 2, 1870.
(6.) Emily Pollard, b. at Lancaster, June 27, 1829, m. Edwin Sawyer, Jan. 23, 1848.
(7.) Charles Henry, b. at Berlin, Jan. 28, 1831, m. Elizabeth Fuller, April 10, 1853.
(8.) Mary Jane, b. at Berlin, June 15, 1833, m. Pliny B. Southwick, Oct., 1850, d. April 4, 1867.
(9.) Daniel Pollard, b. at Berlin, May 13, 1835, twice m., (first) to Susan K. Moors, Nov. 1, 1854 ; she d. ; m. (second) Ellen Wheeler, March 31, 1864.
(10.) Betsey, m. Lewis Styles, r. Amherst, N. H.
VI. ELIZABETH, b. at Shirley, April 3, 1753, twice m., (first) to Diggins ; m. (second) Moses Ritter, Dec. 8, 1791.
VII. SARAH, b. Nov. 21, 1756, m. Thomas Killicute of Groton, pub. Jan. 17, 1778.
Dartwell, Benjamin, became a resident of Shirley about the year 1781, m. Marial Nichols of Leominster, his native town, in 1782. He purchased a farm about one-fourth of a mile south of the meeting-house of the First Parish, which he made his home for life. He had ten children, and d. March 17, 1844. His widow d. Sept. 23, 1851.
I. SOPHIA, b. Jan. 16, 1783, m. Dr. Luther Parker of Harvard, Dec. 26, 1804, d. Dec. 27, 1804.
II. ABI, b. Oct. 9, 1785, m. Dr. Joseph Mansfield of Groton, Jan., 1805, d. Feb. 8, 1871.
III. DESIRE, b. March 3, 1788, twice m., (first) to Artemas Longley, pub. Jan. 5, 1815 ; he d. July 10, 1824; m. (second) Moses Lawrence of Ashburnham, April 2, 1835 ; d. May 9, 1871.
IV. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 15, 1788, m. Benjamin Washburn Edgarton, Dec. 9, 1814, r. Amherst (1877).
V. MARIA, b. Nov. 7, 1792, d. Jan. 7, 1797.
VI. JEPHTHA, b. Feb. 14, 1794, m. Betsey Boynton of Groton, Dec. 22, 1819, d. Jan. 3, 1862 ; his widow d. Oct. 30, 1872 ; they had eight children :
1. ELIZABETH, b. at Groton, Oct. 17, 1820, m. Thomas C. Day of Salem, Dec. 3, 1844 ; he d. Sept. 19, 1872.
2. MARTHA, b. at Groton, Feb. 23, 1822, m. William DeWitt of Ware, May 26, 1846.
3. CLARISSA ANN, b. April 12, 1824, d. Aug. 25, 1825.
4. A CHILD, b. Oct. 25, 1827, d. Dec. 9, 1827.
5. WILLIAM SUMNER, b. March 13, 1830, d. March, 1834.
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6. MARY M., b. May 7, 1834, m. Richard P. Joy, Oct. 31, 1860. He d. April 24, 1876. She had three children :
(1.) Mary P., b. Sept. 20, 1861.
2.) Fames R., b. Oct. 16, 1863.
(3.) Alice M., b. June 18, 1869.
7. SARAH S., b. May 7, 1834, d. 1834.
8. ADELIA, b. Jan. 17, 1838, m. David R. Steeve of Groton, Jan. 18, 1873.
VII. SALLY, b. at Shirley, Dec. 9, 1797, m. Thomas Hazen, Aug. 3, 1844, r. Shirley (1882).
VIII. BENJAMIN, b. at Shirley, July 1, 1799, m. Sarah Brooks of Lunenburg, July 28, 1824, removed to Charleston, Mich. While on a journey to New England, in September, 1854, he fell from a boat and was drowned, near Lockport.
IX. CLARISSA, b. at Shirley, Nov. 3, 1802, d. Jan. 1, 1882, unm.
X. MARIA, b. at Shirley, Feb. 20, 1805. When her family man- sion was vacated by the death of father and mother, she became sole proprietor of the former home of ten children, and lived there alone until her death, which occurred Dec. 9, 1876.
Dartwell, Reuben, a brother of Dr. Benjamin, b. at Lunen- burg, July 4, 1762, twice m., (first) to Abigail Ruggles, April 7, 1786 ; she d. Nov. 15, 1803 ; m. (second) Abigail Blanchard of Littleton, pub. May 12, 1805 ; he d. Jan. 7, 1838 ; his widow was b. July 27, 1778, d. Oct. 11, 1869. Mr. Hartwell became a resident of Shirley in 1792. He owned a farm in the north section of the town, in the center of school district No. 6, which was his home for life. He had fourteen children :
I. TABITHA, b. Feb. 17, 1787, m. Nathaniel Longley, pub. March 13, 1808, d. at Marlboro', May 25, 1862.
II. RELIEF, b. May 26, 1789, m. Peter Tarbell, Feb. 16, 1809, had nine children, and d. at Shirley, Sept. 21, 1867.
1. BETSEY, b. at Shirley, Feb. 24, 1810, d. Sept. 30, 1822.
2. LAVINA, b. Feb. 2, 1812, d. Sept. 28, 1822.
3. MARTHA, b. at Shirley, March 1, 1816, d. Sept. 22, 1822.
4. WALTER, b. at Shirley, March 1, 1816, d. March 15, 1816.
5. RELIEF, b. at Shirley, March 30, 1819, m. John Stearns of Cav- endish, Vt., June 3, 1846, r. Cavendish (1882).
6. HARRIET, b. at Shirley, July 4, 1821, d. Sept. 26, 1822.
7. PETER, b. at Shirley, Nov. 8, 1823, m. Mary D. Putnam of Fitchburg, Nov. 30, 1847, has had five children, r. Ayer (1882). (1.) Abel Putnam, b. at Shirley, Dec. 21, 1848, r. Ayer (1882). 56
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(2.) John Richard, b. at Shirley, Dec. 22, 1851, d. at Ayer, July 16, 1868.
(3.) Harriet Adams, b. at Shirley, July 4, 1855.
(4.) Mary, b. at Shirley, July 14, 1860.
(5.) Agnes Relief, b. at Shirley, July 30, 1861, d. Sept. 27, 1861.
8. WALTER, b. at Shirley, June 29, 1827, m. Martha Adams of Lunenburg, Dec., 1850, had seven children, and d. at Groton, May 28, 1869.
(1.) Martha Effie, b. Jan. 24, 1853, m. Lewis E. Williams of Shirley, July 2, 1872, r. Groton (1882).
(2.) Charley, b. at Lunenburg, March 12, 1856, d. April 8, 1857.
(3.) Walter Edgar, b. at Lunenburg, July 21, 1858.
(4.) Carrie Relief, b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 3, 1860.
(5. John Stearns, b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 8, 1862.
(6.) Kate Adams, b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 16, 1864.
(7.) H. Archibald, b. at Groton, Oct. 11, 1867.
9. EDMUND, b. at Shirley, Jan. 25, 1831, d. May 28, 1873, unm.
III. ABIGAIL, b. July 1, 1791, m. John Stearns of Ashby, pub. Feb. 24, 1814, r. Cavendish, Vt. (1876.)
IV. ELIZA, b. at Shirley, July 18, 1793, d. Jan., 1795.
V. CATHARINE, b. at Shirley, May 9, 1795, m. Daniel Adams of Chester, Vt., d. 1846.
VI. OZIAS, b. at Shirley, m. Hannah Patch of Littleton.
VII. REUBEN, b. at Shirley, July 25, 1799, m. Mary Pierce, pub. March 25, 1829, had four children, and d. at Groton, March 27, 1879.
1. SAMUEL P., b. Feb. 15, 1830, d. Sept. 18, 1833.
2. JOHN S., b. Sept. 28, 1833, m. Mary Ann Warren, March 23, 1859.
3. NATHANIEL, b. June 14, 1836.
4. ZENAS, b. Feb. 22, 1837, d. Sept., 1847.
VIII. JULIA, b. at Shirley, March 25, 1802, d. Feb. 24, 1819.
IX. CALVIN, b. at Shirley, Jan. 5, 1806, m. Susan Hammond of Shirley, pub. Nov. 18, 1827, had one child :
1. SUSAN.
X. JAMES SULLIVAN, b. at Shirley, May 27, 1808, d. Aug. 28, 1849, unm.
XI. NATHANIEL, b. at Shirley, June 10, 1810, m. Abigail J. Ran- dall, Sept. 2, 1831, owned and lived on the farm known as the Atherton place, was an industrious and useful citizen, was a select- man of the town in the years 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1877. He d. May 10, of the last-named year. He had nine children :
1. DEXTER, b. at Lowell, June 19, 1833, m.
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2. JAMES ALBERT, b. at Lowell, Sept. 19, 1834, d. Dec. 19, 1834.
3. ABBIE ANN, b. at Shirley, Feb. 12, 1836, d. March 18, 1857, unm.
4. SARAH FRANCES, b. at Shirley, Sept. 19, 1837, d. Nov. 14, 1869, unm.
e 5. HELEN M., b. at Shirley, May 24, 1840, m. John Orr of Clinton, July 1, 1864, d. at Clinton, Feb. 7, 1866.
6. SUSAN H., b. at Shirley, June 5, 1842, d. Oct. 2, 1842.
7. SUSAN, b. at Shirley, Sept. 24, 1843, m. Henry Benton Hildreth of Townsend, Jan. 22, 1871, r. Townsend (1882).
8. MARY ANN JOSEPHINE, b. at Shirley, Oct. 11, 1847, m. John Wesley Matthews, March 6, 1866, divorced.
9. CARRIE ALMA, b. at Shirley, Sept. 14, 1854, m. Lewis Kimball of Littleton, Sept. 14, 1876.
XII. SOPHIA, b. at Shirley, Oct. 15, 1812, d. Feb. 10, 1814.
XIII. LUCY ANN, b. at Shirley, Nov. 19, 1815, m. Hezekiah Spaulding, pub. April 7, 1844, r. Shirley (1882).
XIV. SUSAN, b. at Shirley, April 23, 1817, m. Ira B. Dodge of Wenham, June 15, 1836, had children, and d. Jan. 4, 1862.
HASKELL.
The first person of this name mentioned in Savage's Dictionary, and probably the first, if not the only early immigrant to the country, is William Haskell, who was b. in 1617, and settled at Gloucester in 1642. He m. Mary Tybbot, Nov. 6, 1643. He took a distin- guished place as a citizen of Gloucester, and had a more numerous posterity than any other settler in that town. Whether all of the name in New England descended from him cannot here be stated. Persons of the name have not been numerous, nor has there ever yet appeared an extended genealogy of them.
Daskell, menry, became a resident of Shirley a short time previous to the outbreak of the war of Independence, and was thrice m., (first) to Rebecca Willard, who d. April 8, 1772; m. (second) Martha Little of Lunenburg, Dec. 1, 1772 ; she d. Sept. 28, 1778 ; m. (third) Charity Pratt of Hollis, N. H. He d. June 10, 1807.
He was an active and energetic man, and was said to have done good service in the war of the Revolution. He was captain of the eighty men who marched to Cambridge on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, which company was enrolled in the regiment of Col. Prescott. He owned and occupied a farm in the vicinity of the Shaker estates, and had ten children :
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