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(6.) Joseph Wait, b. at Charlestown, Dec. 5, 1818, left home at early manhood, and has not been heard from since 1840, when he was at Fort Gibson, Ark.
(7.) George Henry, b. at Shirley, Feb. 27, 1821, d. July 30, 1822.
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3. PETER, b. at Shirley, March 5, 1779, d. young.
4. PHILEMON, b. at Shirley, Dec. 28, 1780, m. at Bangor, Me., and had a family, d. 1846.
5. BETSEY, b. at Shirley, Dec. 7, 1781, m. John Ivory of Shirley, Feb. 6, 1802, and removed to western New York ; d. Jan. 31, 1809.
6. ASA, b. at Shirley, Feb. 25, 1783, m. and had a family.
7. DENNIS HOLDEN, b. March 27, 1784, m. Sarah Jennerson of Shirley, July 11, 1807, and d. at Shirley, May 4, 1851. He had nine children :
(1.) Sarah Ann, b. Nov. 3, 1808, m. Charles D. Bond of Brim- field, Jan. 23, 1834. She d. Feb. 9, 1870. She had three children : I. "Caroline A.," b. Oct. 21, 1834, d. Feb. 19, 1838 ; 2. "Ellen Maria," b. March 30, 1839, d. May 19, 1843 ; 3. "Charles Henry," b. Nov. 21, 1844, d. Feb. 15, 1845.
(2.) Miriam, b. Sept. 24, 1811, m. Thomas Lawton, March 31, 1834, d. at Pepperell, June 17, 1879.
(3.) Hannah, b. March 17, 1814, m. Edmund Harris of Lunen- burg, March 31, 1842 ; he d. Oct. 14, 1861. She is a widow, r. Clinton (1883). She has had four children : I. "Charles B.," b. Sept. 10, 1843, m. Sarah S. Chase of Holyoke, d. March 12, 1878; 2. "George W.," b. Oct. 6, 1844, m. Kate S. Gould of Nashua, N. H .; 3. "Edwin R.," b. March II, 1846, m. Annie J. Piper of Dixmont, Me., Jan. 3, 1876 ; 4. "Lilla J.," b. Feb. 29, 1856.
(4.) Dennis, b. at Boston, July 8, 1816, m. Harriet N. Shattuck of Pepperell, Sept. 9, 1847, d. at Shirley, March 19, 1869. He had four children : 1. "Charles F.," b. at Pepperell, Nov. 3, 1848, m. Netty S. Blanchard, Sept. 6, 1877, r. Boston (1879) ; 2. "Helen Josephine," b. at Boston, Dec. 4, 1851, m. Henry J. Vinal, Nov. 17, 1874; 3. "Edward W.," b. at Shirley, May 8, 1855, d. May 13, 1856 ; 4. "Annie L.," b. at Shirley, Feb. 27, 1858, m. Waldo L. Lancaster, Oct. 25, 1874. (5.) George, b. Oct. 19, 1818, m. Abigail Gibson of Shirley, Oct. 18, 1842, d. at Shirley, March 11, 1881. He had three chil- dren : I. "Walter Bowman," b. at Shirley, April 18, 1843, m. Lucy Bancroft of Pepperell, pub. Aug. 23, 1865, r. Pepperell . (1883) ; 2. "Julia Maria," b. at Shirley, Aug. 12, 1844, m. Thomas L. Hazen of Shirley, Nov. 17, 1867, r. Shirley (1883) ; 3. "Clara E.," b. at Shirley, Dec. 3, 1852, d. March 3, 1875. (6.) Harriet N., b. April 9, 1821, m. Sullivan Davis, Dec. 1, 1842, r. Pepperell (1883).
(7.) Mary M., b. Aug. 10, 1825, m. Leonard C. Grovener, June 3, 1855, r. Boston (1883).
(8.) Abigail Jane, b. Feb. 6, 1827, m. James D. Chapman, May 14, 1851, d. June 8, 1855. She had two children : I. "Flora Ella," b. July 30, 1853, m. Eaton W. Vinal, Nov. 11, 1872 ;
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she has had one child : 1. Ella J., b. May 22, 1876. 2. "Elizabeth Jane," b. June, 1855, m. Juline C. Crosby of Litchfield, Minn., March 20, 1873 ; she has had three chil- dren, all b. at Litchfield : I. Everett, b. June 22, 1874; 2. Mande, b. May 28, 1876 ; 3. Roy, b. May 13, 1879.
(9.) Walter B., b. at Shirley, Oct. 12, 1829, d. Dec. 3, 1839. 8. MARIA, b. Aug. 10, 1785, d. young.
9. JAMES, b. Nov. 11, 1786, m. Mrs. Rebecca Whitney. Of the time of his marriage no record has been found. He d. April 13, 1849. He had three children :
(1.) Elizabeth, b. at Shirley, and d. at Fitchburg.
(2.) Thomas, b. at Lunenburg, Jan. 10, 1827, m. Charlotte A. Allen, Nov. 14, 1850, r. Lunenburg (1880). He has had three children : I. "Alice," b. at Lunenburg, June 22, 1856, d. June 23, 1858 ; 2. "Annie T.," b. at Lunenburg, Nov. 17, 1860; 3. "Lottie E.," b. Oct. 17, 1863.
(3.) James, b. at Lunenburg, Jan. 10, 1827. He has been thrice m., (first) to Emily Jewett, Nov. 27, 1853 ; she d. Oct. 24, 1856 ; m. (second) Amelia M. Jewett, a sister of his former wife, May 6, 1858 ; she d. March 1, 1859 ; m. (third) Emily Warren, Nov. 27, 1862 ; she d. May 8, 1880. He has had four children : I. "Miriam A.," b. Aug. 28, 1864 ; 2. "Emily G.," b. March 6, 1866, d. June 6, 1866 ; 3. " Mabel V.," b. March 25, 1871; 4. "Homer James," b. May 1, 1880, d. May 9, 1881.
10. MARIA, b. Jan. 21, 1788, m. David Sill, d. March 26, 1853.
11. ELEANOR, b. Dec. 12, 1790, d. at Groton, unm., Oct. II, I866.
12. PETER, b. April 3, 1792, was strangled by a bean which had entered the trachea and could not be ejected, 1794.
13. CELINDA, b. May 21, 1793, m. Moses Kezar, Dec. 12, 1812, d. Oct. 23, 1845.
14. EDY HOLDEN, b. Sept. 21, 1794, m. Abraham Stone of Groton, pub. Oct. 26, 1823, d. at Groton, June 10, 1826.
15. HANNAH, b. May 1, 1796, d. Aug. 30, 1806.
16. LYDIA WHITNEY, b. Feb. 27, 1798, m. Abraham Stone, Jan. 8, 1828 ; she d. at Groton, March 26, 1853. She had one child :
(1.) Valancourt, b. at Groton, Oct. 5, 1829, m. Ellen A. Mason of "Quincy, Dec. 25, 1854. He has had three children : I. "Lizzie E.," b. Jan. 13, 1857; 2. "George Valancourt," b. Dec. 24, 1861 ; 3. "Arthur P.," b. Jan. 16, 1870.
VI. BETTY, b. May 22, 1752, d. at Shirley, Jan. 19, 1776, unm.
VII. HANNAH, b. March 24, 1757, m. Abel Walker of Shirley, Feb. 22, 1783, and removed to Langdon, N. H., where she died July 20, 1841, aged 84. She had ten children. (See Walker family.)
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VIII. ABEL, b. Aug. 15, 1759, m. Lydia Cook, daughter of Enoch Cook of Groton, pub. Jan. 28, 1786. He d. at Lunenburg, Dec. 7, 1804 .* He had four children :
1. ENOCH COOK, b. Jan. 5, 1787. He was four times m., (first) to Betsey Dunsmore of Lunenburg, Aug. 31, 1808 ; she d. June 6, 1811, aged 22 ; he m. (second) Hannah Dunsmore, 1811 ; she d. Jan 2, 1828 ; he m. (third) Sarah Allen of Groton, Oct., 1829 ; she d. Dec. 2, 1863 ; m. (fourth) Mrs. Mary Gibson of Lunen- burg, July 18, 1865. He d. in Lunenburg, Jan. 12, 1874. He had six children :
(1.) John, b. at Groton, June 5, 1810 ;- he learned the printing business of Edmund Cushing of Lunenburg ; in 1830 he com- menced printing in Fitchburg, and, in connection with J. E. Whitcomb, started the first newspaper ever printed in the town -called the Fitchburg Gazette. He soon left the place, and spent a large portion of his life in New York city, where he was married, and where he died, Oct. 1856.
(2.) Enoch, b. at Lunenburg, May 4, 1813 ; m. Mrs. Frances Hall of Boston, May 21, 1835 ; r. Fitchburg (1883).
(3.) Hannah, b. at Lunenburg, Feb. 2, 1816 ; m. May 7, 1840, Samuel Dean Chase, (b. in Newbury, May 13, 1817,) has had six children, all born in Methuen : I. " Alonzo Page," b. July 15, 1841, m. Harriet A. Merrill of Salem, N. H., Aug. 1862, and died in Methuen, Nov. 7, 1880, leaving a widow and one daughter : 1. Lillian P., b. in Peoria, Ill., Dec. 19, 1870 ; 2. " Mary E.," b. Feb. 10, 1843, d. at Methuen, Aug. 26, 1846 ; 3. " Alphonzo D.," b. Oct. 2, 1844, d. Nov. 14, 1844 ; 4. "Albert G.," b. August 2, 1847, d. Sept. 17, 1849 ; 5. " Eugene S.," b. Dec. 5, 1851, m. Lizzie M. Tewksbury of Methuen, Nov. 28, 1880, r. Methuen (1883) ; 6. " George C.," b. May 18, 1857, d. at Methuen, March 20, 1879.
(4.) George, b. at Lunenburg, July 22, 1818 ; has been twice m., first to Sarah Gilchrest of Lunenburg, by whom he had four children : 1. " Maria," m. Flint, and had one child ; her husband d. in the Union army during the rebellion. She m. second John Stearns, and r. (1883) at Peterborough, N. H .; 2. " Nancy," m. Charles Hayward of Winchendon, and has children ; 3. "George Harlan," m. Mary Smith, and r. Bangor, N. Y. ; he has two sons : I. Frank Enoch ; 2. George Burton ; 4. " Elizabeth," m. John J. Bonnell of Worcester ; she has had three children : 1. a daughter, died ; 2. Rosa, b. April, 1877 ; 3. Ralph, d. aged two years.
(5.) Edmund, b. at Lunenburg, Sept. 22, 1820 ; m. Abbie Smith, daughter of Samuel D. Smith of Fitchburg ; he died at Leom- inster, July 16, 1866 ; he had one daughter : I. ".Ella," m. George Briscoe, and had four sons.
*By a record found among the descendants of Abel Page it appears that Simon Page, senior,-ancestor of this branch of the Page family,-was born in Groton, Jan. 23, 1722 ; and that the supposition expressed on page 566 (that he was a son of Jonathan Page) is correct.
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(6.) Elizabeth, b. at Lunenburg, March 19, 1823 ; m. Myrick Felton of Berlin, and had five children : 1. " Martha Emma," b. Oct. 14, 1852, m .; 2. "Abbott L.," b. Aug. 14, 1855, m. Alice I. Brown of Fitchburg, April 8, 1882 ; 3. " Marion An- netta," b. Aug. 31, 1858 ; 4. " Truman P.," b. Jan. 25, 1861 ; 5. " Lucinda Elizabeth," b. Oct. 10, 1864. Mrs. Elizabeth (Page) Felton d. Sept. 30, 1871.
2. POLLY, b. Jan. 5, 1789, m. Timothy Stone, 1810; had four children :
(1.) Sophia, b. at Groton, Feb. 9, 1811, m. Daniel N. Bardeen, March 27, 1832.
(2.) Abel, b. Nov. 25, 1812, m. Sally Ann Park, pub. April 9, 1837, d. at Ayer, 1876.
(3.) Sherman, b. at Groton, Dec. 2, 1814.
(4.) Amelia, b. at Groton, April 4, 1817, d. March, 1819.
3. ABEL, b. at Shirley, June 10, 1791, m. Zena Pierce. He had five children, all b. at Harvard :
I.) Abel Augustus, b. 1837.
(2.) Charles Hamlin, b. 1838.
(3.) Silas N., b. 1839.
(4.) Sarah Jane, b. 1842.
(5.) Catherine Park, b. 1849.
4. LYDIA, b. at Shirley, Sept. 14, 1794, m. Nathaniel Stone of Groton, May 7, 1816, r. Ayer (1880). She has had six chil- dren, all b. at Groton :
(1.) Mary Ann, b. June 28, 1817, m. R. Sawyer Hoar, May 22, 1839, r. Littleton (1880).
(2.) Nathaniel M., b. Aug. 16, 1820, d. Sept. 20, 1820.
(3.) Lydia Frances, b. June 16, 1824, m. Jeremiah A. Tuttle, Feb. 3, 1846, r. Littleton (1880).
(4.) Andrew N., b. Nov. 12, 1829, d. Oct. 1, 1866.
(5.) Charles F., b. Oct. 17, 1831. He has been twice m., (first) to Amanda Warner, Dec. 14, 1863 ; she d. Dec. 5, 1871 ; m. (second) Abbie Barnard, Aug. 20, 1874, r. Littleton (1880).
(6.) Abbie A., b. Nov. 2, 1837, m. Augustus S. Tuttle of Groton, April 18, 1858. She is now a widow, and r. at Ayer (1880).
IX. PETER, b. Sept. 9, 1761, d. July 8, 1773, drowned in the Nashua river. The following notice of the accident appeared in the Massachusetts Gazette, July 22, 1773: "We heard in Shirley that on the 8th inst., six lads, the oldest of them not nineteen years of age, went into a river there to bathe themselves. They all, un- expectedly, got into deep water ; one of them, viz., a son of Mr. Simon Page, was drowned ; the others, as none of them were swimmers, very narrowly escaped from sharing the same fate."
X. EUNICE, b. July 24, 1763, d. April 30, 1767.
IX. BETSEY, b. April 27, 1765, d. June 16, 1776.
XII. OLIVER, b. April 17, 1767. He inherited the family home- stead, situated in the easterly part of the town, and bounded on
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the east by the Nashua river. He was a thriving agriculturist, and left, at his death, a well cultivated and well furnished farm. He was twice m., (first) to Esther Kemp of Groton, 1791; she d. Nov. 26, 1826; m. (second) Rebecca Sawyer of Groton, pub. Sept. 23, 1827 ; he d. Dec. 14, 1827. He had ten children, all b. at Shirley :
1. LAVINA, b. Nov. 11, 1792, m. Thomas Farnsworth of Groton, June 12, 1812 ; he d. at Groton, May 1, 1831 ; she remained a widow unto her death. Her last years were passed at the "Old Ladies' Home," in Boston, where she d., Oct. 3, 1879. She had six children, all b. at Groton.
(I.) Thomas Spencer, b. Oct. 1, 1813, m. Harriet H. Lawton of Concord, Dec. 3, 1835, r. Clinton (1879).
(2.) Jonas, b. Oct. 2, 1815, d. Feb. 2, 1816.
(3.) Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 20, 1817, m. Harriet N. Joslin of Boston, Jan., 1844, d. at -, N. Y., July 2, 1867.
(4.) Calvin Page, b. April 24, 1819, m. Elvira D. Betton of Windham, N. H. ; he d. May 28, 1866. He had three chil- dren : I. "Mary Stacy," b. Dec. 5, 1846; 2. "Emily Frances," b. Dec. 25, 1851 ; she was adopted by A. N. Swain of Bellows Falls, Vt., and m. Henry Clinton Johnson ; 3. "George Calvin," b. May 3, 1853.
(5.) Jonas, b. June 3, 1823, m. Hannah C. - of Freedom, N. H., r. at Freedom [1879.]
(6.) Lavina Page, b. May 11, 1825, m. Robert M. Cooper, pub. Aug. 22, 1843, d. at Groton, Aug. 18, 1860.
2. OLIVER, b. June 2, 1795, m. Sally Dodge of Groton, Dec. 17, 1821, d. Nov. 26, 1846. He had one child :
(I.) Maria, b. at Groton, Oct. 2, 1833, d. Aug. 30, 1849.
3. PETER, b. Sept. 24, 1797, m. Hannah W. Hardy of Newbury- port, April 17, 1828, d. at Shirley, Feb. 27, 1840. He had seven children, all b. at Shirley :
(I.) Peter, b. May 3, 1829. He has been twice m., (first) to Mrs. Susan E. Burnham (her maiden name was Larogue) of Gloucester, Nov. 23, 1850. She d. at Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 11, 1878 ; m. (second) Monica Hanlon, r. Amesbury (1880). He has had six children : I. "Mary F.," b. at Gloucester, May 5, 1851 ; she m. Forest J. Tafton ; 2. "Lucy S.," b. at Gloucester, Dec. 16, 1852, d. Jan. 25, 1854; 3. "Lucy E.," b. at Gloucester, Oct. 28, 1854, d. Oct. 2, 1855 ; 4. "Charles H.," b. at Gloucester, May 8, 1856 ; 5. "Willie," b. at Gloucester, Aug. 8, 1857 ; 6. "Howard B.," b. at Ports- mouth, July 8, 1860.
(2.) Emily. b. Oct. 22, 1830, d. Dec. 1, 1839.
(3.) Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 2, 1832, m. Henry O. Seaver of Townsend, March 25, 1856, r. at Townsend (1883) ; she has had three children, b. at Townsend : I. "Charles Henry," b. Oct. 12, 1857 ; 2. "Daniel Eddy," b. Feb. 17, 1861, d. May 16, 1862 ; 3. "Irving A. W.," b. Oct. 23, 1870.
(4.) Amanda M., b. July 4, 1834, m. James L. Kemp of Groton, Oct. 3, 1854, d. May 29, 1876. She had six children : I.
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"Frank E.," b. March 17, 1857 ; 2. "Hattie A.," b. April 7, 1859 ; 3. "Lilla," b. Jan. 9, 1862, d. 1880 ; 4. "Harry E.," b. June 22, 1863 ; 5. "Flora W.," b. Nov. 11, 1866; 6. " Luella Jane," b. Oct. 22, 1871, d. May 30, 1876.
(5.) Daniel Wesson, b. Nov. 30, 1836, m. Mercy R. Chadbourn of Sanford, Me., May 17, 1862, r. East Boston (1880). He has had five children : I. "Edgar W.," b. at Boston, April 14, 1863, d. Sept. 9, 1863 ; 2. " Weston R.," b. at Boston, July 14, 1864 ; 3. "Joseph C.," b. at Natick, May 15, 1866 ; 4. "Mercy A.," b. Jan. 22, 1870 ; 5. "Hannah E.," b. May I, 1873.
(6.) George Edward, b. Jan. 15, 1839, m. Mary -- , r. Ash- uelot, N. H.
(7.) Charles Dudley, b. Nov. 14, 1840, m. Emily Ann Litch- field of Lunenburg, May 29, 1862, r. Leominster [1880]. He has had five children, and all b. at Leominster : I. "Anna Eveline," b. Oct. 4, 1866 ; 2. "Howard Litchfield," b. Nov. 12, 1869 ; 3. "Alice Louisa," b. Sept. 8, 1873; 4. "Charlie Ivan," b. Sept. 8, 1873, d. Sept. 8, 1873 ; 5. "Robert Lorin," b. May 18, 1878.
4. LUTHER, b. Oct. 11, 1799, m. Hannah W. Murray of Hill, N. H., April 2, 1833, d. at Woburn, Feb. 1, 1869. They had five children, all b. at Groton :
(I.) Luther Malcomb, b. Jan. 11, 1834, d. Feb. 14, 1835.
(2.) Hannah Augusta, b. April 3, 1836, d. Sept. 29, 1837.
(3.) Luther. Tidd, b. Oct. 7, 1838, m. Elizabeth Shattuck of Pepperell, Nov. 18, 1863, d. at Pepperell, Aug. 5, 1879. He had three children, all b. at Pepperell : 1. "Frank Getchel," b. May 2, 1864, d. April 30, 1877 ; 2. "Lizzie Florence," b. Nov. 12, 1868 ; 3. " Katie Brigham," b. Nov. 2, 1871.
(4.) Hannah Emily, b. Oct. 11, 1843, m. Albert A. Clemence of Weare, N. H., Aug. 21, 1873. She has had three children : I. "Louisa Page," b. Nov. 20, 1874 ; 2. "Warren Luther," b. Aug., 1876 ; 3. "George Albert," b. Nov. 3, 1878.
(5.) George Henry, b. Oct. 1I, 1843, d. Feb. 11, 1845.
5. NANCY, b. March 1I, 1802. She has been twice m., (first) to Joseph Estabrooks of West Cambridge, pub. Sept. 10, 1820; he d. Aug. 21, 1864 ; m. (second) Jonathan Kilburn of Shirley, July 4, 1869. She is now a widow, r. Ayer (1883). She has had three children, b. at Shirley :
(I.) Ann M. A., b. Dec. 23, 1820, m. Henry Hapgood of Harvard, May 8, 1839. She has had two children: I. "Charles H.," b. at Harvard, Oct. 7, 1840, r. Clinton (1880) ; 2. "Augusta A. P.," b. at Harvard, Sept. 12, 1844, r. Ayer (1883).
(2.) Angelina, b. Aug. 25, 1823, m. William P. Mills, May 24, 1849. She has had one child : I. "Chester P.," b. at Shirley, Oct. 23, 1851, r. Ayer (1883).
(3.) Henry J., b. July 22, 1825. He has been twice m., (first) to Harriet Williams of Shirley, April 25, 1854; she d. at
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Groton, Nov. 9, 1871 ; m. (second) Lavina J. Blood of Pep- perell, Dec. 11, 1873. He has had six children, all b. at Groton : 1. "Hattie P.," b. Aug. 23, 1855 ; 2. "George H.," b. Jan. 29, 1858 ; 3. "Willie H.," b. July 4, 1860 ; 4. "Isa- bel," b. Aug. 16, 1864 ; 5. "Nelly L.," b. Aug. 28, 1874 ; 6. "Newton .L.," b. Aug. 28, 1874, d. May 11, 1875.
6. ESTHER, b. April 1, 1804, m. Asa Jenkins of Shirley, April 7, 1825, d. at Shirley, March 19, 1855.
7. EUNICE, b. July 4, 1805, m. Edmund Jenkins, April 10, 1828, d. at Shirley, June 17, 1879.
8. DANIEL, b. Aug. 15, 1808, d. Dec. 23, 1835, unm.
9. WILLIAM W., b. Dec. 25, 1811, d. Dec. 10, 1834, unm.
10. MARY ANN, b. Dec. 10, 1814. She has been twice m., (first) to Isaac Jaquith of Boston, 1835 ; m. (second) John R. Teague. She d. at Boston, Nov. 17, 1876. She had one child :
(1.) Isaac, b. 1838, d. Aug. 23, 1839.
Page, Phinchas, son of John and Mary (Parker) Page, (Phinehas,5 John,4 Jonathan,3 John, Jr.,2 John.1) He was a brother of John Page, whose register precedes this in these pages. He was b. at Groton, May 24, 1745, m. Hannah Stone of Groton, Feb. 2, 1769. He lived at the place previously occupied by Daniel Page, in a westerly section of the town, and which is now owned by the heirs of the late Philemon Holden,-a farm whose thrift has been highly creditable to its several owners. Mr. Page was one of the volunteers called out by the alarm of April 19, 1775. He d. at Shirley, Dec. 31, 1833. He had eight children :
I. THEOPHILUS, b. at Shirley, Dec. 12, 1769. He m. his wife from Amherst, N. H., secured a home in Schenectady, N. Y., where he d. in 1853.
II. PHINEHAS, b. at Shirley, Nov. 5, 1771, d. May 22, 1772.
III. PHINEHAS, b. at Shirley, March 16, 1773, d. at Amherst, N. H., Dec. 19, 1805.
IV. LEVI, b. at Shirley, Aug. 18, 1775, left town at early manhood, and established a home in some town in the State of New York, where he was m., and had two children ; he d. Oct. 17, 1853.
V. EDMUND, b. at Shirley, Mar. 13, 1778, m. Betsey Dwight of Shirley, Feb. 1, 1806. He became a resident of Dunstable at the time of his marriage, where he remained through life. He was engaged in 'trade, held an influential position in the town and had much to do with its municipal arrangements ; indeed, passed as the 'Squire of its little domain. In that town his children were born, and there he died in 1871. He had seven children :
1. MARY ANN, b. July 6, 1806, m. Isaac Kendall of Dunstable, 73
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May 22, 1831, d. July 5, 1870. She had three children born at Dunstable :
(I.) A Son, b. Mar. 10, 1840, d. Mar. 12, 1840.
(2.) Mary Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1841, m. Francis F. Woods of Dunstable, Feb. 4, 1865.
(3.) Harriet Elizabeth, b. Mar. 8, 1846, m. Herman L. Parker of Dunstable, Nov. 18, 1869.
2. BETSEY, b. April 3, 1809, m. James Kendall of Dunstable, Oct. 30, 1831. She had five children born at Dunstable :
(1.) James Norman, b. Sept. 18, 1832.
(2.) Alfred P., b. Dec. 19, 1833, m. Harriet A. Marsh of Hud- son, N. H., April 20, 1865.
(3.) Mary Ann, b. Nov. 5, 1835, m. Isaac Newton Cummings of Nashua, N. H., Jan. 6, 1864.
(4.) Ellen Frances, b. Sept. 11, 1845, m. Willard E. Hollis, Oct. I, 1868.
(5.) Lewis H., b. Nov. 13, 1851.
3. EDMUND D., b. Oct. 11, 1811, m. Rebecca Bancroft of Tyngs- boro', June 9, 1836. He had one child :
(1.) Frances R., b. at Nashua, Oct. 21, 1839, m. Rufus G. Sar- gent of Nashua, Feb. 25, 1865.
4. ALBERT GALLATIN, b. March 13, 1814, m. Sarah C. Swallow of Dunstable, Aug. 28, 1834. He had four children, all b. at Fitch- burg. He d. Mar. 27, 1871.
(1.) Sarah Emily, b. May 28, 1835, m. Austin Farrar of Spring- field, N. H. She has had one child : 1. " Albert Austin," b. June 19, 1856, m. Lizzie E. Shattuck of Townsend ; and d. March 27, 1880.
(2.) Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 3, 1837, m. Edward D. Atherton of Conway, N. H. ; r. Fitchburg (1883). They have one child : I. " Willis Burton," b. June 15, 1870.
(3.) Albert Willis, b. Sept. 23, 1839 ; d. March 4, 1851, at Fitchburg.
(4.) Frank Dwight, b. Feb. 9, 1855, m. Della I. Plimpton, Sept. 17, 1878 ; r. Fitchburg (1883).
5. JOHN, b. June 22, 1816, m. Sarah R. Read of Dunstable, Aug. 21, 1844. He r. Fitchburg (1883), and has had two children :
(1.) Sarah Angenette, b. at Fitchburg, May 25, 1848, m. Wesley Osborne, and has one child : 1. " Frank."
(2.) George Austin, b. June 6, 1860, d. Nov. 6, 1860.
6. NORMAN K., b. Dec. 2, 1818, m. Mary H. Leavill of Lowell, Sept. 3, 1856. He had two children, b. at Nashua, N. H .:
(1.) Charles Norman, b. July 11, 1857.
(2.) John Dwight, b. Aug. 6, 1860.
7. HARRIET, b. Oct. 19, 1822, d. Jan. 4, 1845.
VI. EDE, (as she stands in the family record, but EDITH, as her name appears upon her gravestone,) b. July 18, 1781, m. John
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Rockwood of Groton, Dec. 7, 1803, d. May 24, 1826. She had four children :
1. CALVIN, b. at Groton, Aug. 10, 1805, m. Harriet B. Cornell of Portsmouth, R. I., d. at Harvard, July 25, 1881.
2. JOHN S., b. at Groton, Dec. 18, 1806, m. Mrs. - Everts of New York, 1847, d. at New York, May, 1875.
3. HARRIET, b. at Groton, Sept. 10, 1808, m. Francis D. Stedman of Lancaster, Nov., 1826, r. Boston (1881).
4. WALTER, b. at Groton, July 12, 1810, m. Elizabeth Swett of Newburyport, 1836. He had six children, and d. at Nashville, Tenn., July 13, 1851. His widow d. at Nashville, March 26, 1853. Their children were :
(1.) William McLain, b. at Nashville, March 1, 1838, m. Tri- phena Jenkins of Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 7, 1860, d. at Vicksburg, of yellow fever, Sept. 28, 1878.
(2.) Kate Morrell, b. at Nashville, Sept. 8, 1839, m. John E. Tilton of Salem, Sept. 22, 1859.
(3.) Mary Jane Varnum, b. at Nashville, Sept. 17, 1841, m. Lee S. Daniel of Vicksburg, Dec. 22, 1860.
(4.) Sarah Swett, b. at Nashville, June 25, 1846, d. July 1, 1853.
(5.) John L., b. at Nashville, Dec. 9, 1847, m. Kate Brattle of Walpole, Nov. 24, 1870.
(6.) Walter, b. at Nashville, June 26, 1849.
5. WILLIAM, b. at Groton, Jan. 20, 1814, d. at New York, May 22, 1836.
VII. ELI, b. at Shirley, Sept. 19, 1784, m. Clarissa Harkness of Lunenburg, June 19, 1810. He was a practical man, but rarely extended his business operations beyond the circle of his home duties. These he managed with great care and thrift, and left, at death, a generous estate to a few claimants. He d. at Shirley, Dec. 19, 1862, and his remains, with those of his wife, lie in the old cemetery of the town, beneath a costly monument erected to their memory by their youngest son. Mrs. Page d. Oct. 7, 1858. Two children :
1. THOMAS H., b. Sept. 8, 1814. He was twice m., (first) to Emily Longley of Shirley, Dec. 29, 1842 ; she d. Sept. 19, 1850 ; m. (second) Mary A. Jacobs of Groton, Nov. 1, 1853. He d. at Ayer, Aug. 23, 1873. He had one child :
(1.) Mary Emily, b. at Shirley, May 18, 1847, m. Massena Heath, Dec. 5, 1878.
2. ALFRED, b. at Lunenburg, Dec. 23, 1817, m. Sally Maria Felt of Jaffrey, N. H., Dec. 29, 1862. He has had one child :
(I.) Fohn Eli, b. at Shirley, May 8, 1869, d. at Ayer, Aug. 5, 1869.
VIII. WALTER, b. Nov. 14, 1786, d. at Londonderry, Vt., July 1, 1810.
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HISTORY OF SHIRLEY.
PARK.
It has been found difficult, not to say impossible, to trace the origin of the families of this name who lived in Groton and Shirley previous to the year 1800, and all that has been here attempted, is to give some fragmentary records which have come to the notice of the compiler of this register, in the disconnected state in which they have been found.
Park, James, is supposed to have lived within the limits of what afterward became the town of Shirley, as early as 1747, for his name stands upon the petition of that date that an independent town be established. He m. Jane Riches, Oct. 11, 1739, and had one child :
I. WILLIAM, b. April 14, 1740 .- Butler's History of Groton.
MARTHA, daughter of Thomas and Rosanna Park, b. at Shirley, Nov., 1782, d. Jan. 10, 1783.
TWINS, son and daughter of Thomas and Rosanna Park, b. April 19, 1774, d. April 22, 1774 .- Gravestone records.
PARKER.
This is a very common name. It has been borne by families that have lived in almost every New England town, at some periods of its history. And there has been a respectableness and more than average ability connected with individuals of the name. Mr. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, says that forty-one of the name, in 1834, had graduated from Harvard University alone, and thirty-eight from other New England colleges.
James Parker, the common ancestor of families of the name in Groton and vicinity, appeared at Woburn as early as 1640, m. Eliza- beth, a daughter of Robert Long of Charlestown, May 23, 1643, and lived at Woburn until 1652, during which time he had six children. He then removed to Chelmsford, where he remained unto the year 1659, and had four children b. there. In 1660 he removed to Groton and made that town his life-home. He had one son, b. at Groton, by his wife Elizabeth. The date of Mrs. Parker's death has not been preserved. Mr. Parker m. a second wife in his old age, Mrs. Eunice -, who had one child, a daughter, who was thirty years younger than the last that preceded her.
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