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1. SYBIL, b. Jan. 31, 1774.
2. BETSEY, b. July 31, 1776.
3. ABIGAIL, b. July 22, 1779.
4. ARTEMAS, b. April 7, 1781, d. at Otter Creek, Vt.
5. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 25, 1783, d. 1832.
6. ANNA WILLARD, b. March 5, 1785.
7. ALEXANDER, b. May 15, 1787, d. at sea, unm.
III. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 25, 1751, became a resident of Boston, and was there engaged in the trade of a carpenter.
IV. JAMES, b. May 8, 1754. He removed to Fitchburg, where he was apprenticed to John Gaffold or Garfield, a tanner, with whom he formed a partnership when he came to a lawful age. Here he was m. to Miriam Hovey, Oct. 19, 1778. Soon after, he closed up his business in Fitchburg, removed to Lunenburg, kept a public house in the centre of the town, and also a country store. He was a captain of the town militia, owned the first ox-wagon and the second chaise that ever had a proprietorship in Lunenburg. At the time of the Shays rebellion he marched his company to Spring- field to assist in its suppression. He arrived there in that severe snow storm, (to which allusion has already been made in this his- tory,) late at night ; and as all the buildings in town were previously occupied, he and his men were forced to pass the residue of the night without shelter. He thus received a severe cold, which ter- minated in consumption and death. He had great energy of character and great goodness of heart, giving him a name and standing among his fellows. He d. at Lunenburg, 1787.
The following anecdote exhibits his dispatch in business matters. On the 8th of March, 1782, having previously sent two teams to Medford for goods, he mounted his "brown mare," which was
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celebrated for fleetness, and rode to Medford to superintend the loading of the teams ; and having done this, returned to Lunen- burg within twenty-four hours, having performed a journey of eighty miles. Arriving home on the morning of the 9th, he found that during his absence his wife had given birth to his first and only son.
On one occasion, when riding the "brown mare," he was sud- denly stopped by some one calling to him. This proved to be Dea. Foster, an officer in the church of which he was a member ; and wishing to know what the deacon desired, received for reply, "If you are as earnest for the kingdom of heaven, as you are for this world's goods, you will take it by violence."
When James became of age he received a patrimony of £50. With this he bought a wig, a watch, and a horse. Thus equipped he sued for the heart and hand of Miriam Hovey, who was a fine , vocalist and a lady of great personal beauty. Her father rejected his suit because he thought that Patterson had adopted an improvi- dent mode of starting in life. Immediately the horse and watch were sold, and not long after the young man joined the church, and in due time attained the woman of his choice. His joining the church, however, proved to have been more from principle than from motives of policy, for his subsequent life, though short, bore the fruits of righteousness to a degree that made him con- spicuous among his fellows. Subsequent to his death his widow m. Dr. Absolom Haskell of Lunenburg, and d. May 12, 1804. The children of James Patterson were :
1. LOVISA, b. at Lunenburg, July 4, 1779, m. Luther Coolidge of Natick, April 11, 1802. She d. April 29, 1816. She had six children :
(1.) James Patterson, b. at Boston, April 28, 1803, r. North Brookfield (1880).
(2.) Elizabeth, b. at Boston, Oct. 4, 1804, m. E. Newell Hunt- ing of Charlestown, r. Charlestown (1880).
(3.) Susan, b. at Boston, Sept. 29, 1806. She was twice m., (first) to Isaiah Lowe, March 26, 1829. He d. March 9, 1834 ; she m. (second) Charles Lincoln, who was for many years the efficient and popular warden of the state prison, and who was murdered by one of the convicts (Rogers) June 15, 1843.
(4.) George, b. at Boston, July 3, 1808, mariner, d. unm., June I, 1846.
(5.) Sarah, b. at Boston, June 4, 1810, m. Zophar Wetherbee, Dec. 25, 1832. She r. for many years at Harvard, and her husband was proprietor of the hotel in that town.
(6.) Lovisa Barton, b. at Boston, Feb. 22, 1812. She was twice m., (first) to David Taylor of Fitchburg, Sept. 12, 1829. He d. Sept. 1, 1844; she m. (second) Jeremiah Stewart, March 16, 1848.
2. LYDIA, b. at Lunenburg, Feb. 6, 1781, d. March 19, 1781.
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3. JAMES, b. at Lunenburg, Mar. 9, 1782. When he was twenty-one years old he went to reside in Nashua, N. H. He subsequently removed to Dunbarton, N. H., where he lived several years ; he afterward lived in Lunenburg, whence he finally removed to Clinton, where he d. June 30, 1865. In Nashua, where he was an early settler, he erected a building where he conducted for a long period an extensive bindery ; and later in his life he estab- lished, at Clinton, a manufactory for roll-covering and belting, with which he supplied the mills at that place. He was an earnest advocate of temperance, and a devoted member of the church of Christ. He m. Sarah Stearns, Dec., 1805, who d. at Lunenburg, March 17, 1843. James Patterson had seven children :
(1.) James, b. Nov. 8, 1807. He resided several years in the city of New York, a merchant. Afterward he was abroad in Europe for some years, living chiefly in London and Paris. When he returned he established himself in Boston, where he organized and superintended the penny-post department of the Boston post-office. He m. Isabella Graham Bates of New York, Nov. 20, 1833, and d. at Longwood, Oct. 17, 1875. (2.) Susan, b. at Nashua, and d. at the age of six years.
(3.) Mary Stearns, b. March 3, 1811. She was at one time principal of the female department of Cortland Academy, Homer, N. Y., and was teacher of belles-lettres at New Hamp- ton (N. H.) Female Seminary, 1856; r. Lawrence, unm. (1880.)
(4.) Stearns, b. Jan. 2, 1814. He was a clerk in his brother's store at New York ; afterwards he studied divinity at Andover · and New Haven, and was for several years an active clergy- man of the Methodist Episcopal church, in Delaware and Pennsylvania ; and later, professor of language in the female college at Wilmington, Del. Failing health induced him to retire to a farm in Stroudsburg, Penn., where he was acciden- tally killed, while plowing, by a kick from one of his horses, May 19, 1871. He was buried in Mt. Moriah cemetery, Philadelphia.
At the eighth anniversary of the Alumni Association of the Wesleyan Female College, the following eulogy was pro- nounced :
"The spring-time has been clouded with still another loss, in the death of one who, for a series of years, was an honored member of the college faculty.
" Life went out, as sinks beneath the hill
The glory of a setting star,-clear, suddenly and still.
"Rev. Stearns Patterson, Professor of Mental Philosophy and the Classics, is remembered by all with respect, and by some of us as one of the purest types of a faithful Christian teacher. He entered upon his duties here in the autumn of 1854, and remained until his health demanded a change. His individu- ality was marked, his scholarship unquestioned. He was a
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thorough classical linguist, and possessed the gift of reducing to the simplest form, the often complex rule. Punctual, me- thodical, cultured, abounding in goodness of heart and the grace of the Spirit, he has finished his work. He was no false light. With a strong, deep and undemonstrative nature, he combined a kindness, a tenderness, that was almost child- like in its simplicity. . His name is honored, his memory cherished, his work immortal."
Rev. Stearns Patterson m. Anna Sargent, March 24, 1851. She d. Dec. 10, 1877, leaving two sons : I. "Howard," who received the degree of M. D., at Jefferson Medical College, and is now a practising physician in Philadelphia ; 2. "Homer," a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, now a practitioner in Philadelphia.
(5.) Lucius, resided for a time at Nashua, and was engaged there in harness-making. He removed from there to Charles- town, where he was for over twenty-five years an officer in the state-prison, till his death, May 19, 1866. He was twice m., (first) to Hannah J. Marshall of Nashua ; she d. Dec. II, 1852 ; he m. (second) Emily Fernald of Ossipee, N. H .; she d. July 23, 1871. He had four children : I. "Sarah M.," b. Sept. 23, 1845 ; she was for a time a teacher in a public school at Everett, is now m., and r. at West Windham, N. H. (1880.) 2. "Susan Lincoln," b. March 27, 1848, d. Aug. 19, 1850; 3. "Mary ;" 4. "Frank," r. Haverhill.
(6.) Oliver Stearns, r. in Nashua for a time, was an excellent musician. He went to Geneva, N. Y., studied medicine, and received his degree from Geneva Medical College. He established himself in Waterloo, and had an extensive prac- tice in that town and vicinity. He d. at Waterloo, Dec. 25, 1869, from the effects of a fall from his carriage. He .m. Caroline Fatzinger of Waterloo, N. Y., and had three children : I. "Sarah," b. Oct. 9, 1844, m. Dr. George Yost of Ypsilanti, Mich .; 2. "Thomas F.," b. Feb. 8, 1847, r. Boston ; in the office of Mudge, Sawyer & Co. (1880) ; 3. "Anna C.," b. Sept. 10, 1849, m. Joseph Kampman, r. Boston (1880.)
(7.) Sarah Stearns, b. March 15, 1821, m. John Rodman Rol- lins of Newburyport. Mr. Rollins is now (1883) cashier of the Lawrence National Bank. He was, at a former period, preceptor of the Lunenburg Academy, and is remembered there with the most lively gratitude by many of his former pupils. He had filled other important stations before being called to his present responsible trust. They have two chil- dren : 'I. "Elizabeth Stearns," b. Nov. 1, 1848, r. Lawrence (1880), unm .; 2. "John James," b. March 14, 1851, d. June 28, 1851 ; 3. "William Hobart," b. June 19, 1852, graduate of the Harvard Dental and Medical schools, now (1880) a practical dentist, Beacon street, Boston.
4. DRUSILLA, b. at Lunenburg, June, 1784. She has been twice 75
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m., (first) to Stephen Pierce of Lunenburg ; (second) to Dr. John Pierce, brother of Stephen. She had five children :
(1.) James Patterson. (2.) Susan.
(3.) John, b. 1814, was a Universalist clergyman, but d. in early manhood.
(4.) Sarah, m. Samuel Wilbur of Boston.
(5.) Frances, m. Horace Wilbur.
5. SUSANNA, b. at Lunenburg, March 14, 1786, m. Oct. 12, 1806, Josiah Locke, b. Oct. 1, 1780, son of William and Mary (Fowle) Locke of Lancaster. She d. in Bloomfield, Me., May 27, 1819, by suicide while in a state of mental derangement. Mr. Locke died March 28, 1826. He was an enterprising merchant and man of business in Bloomfield, was frequently elected to offices of trust in the town, and d. highly esteemed for his integrity .- (Book of the Lockes, p. 101.) His children, b. in Canaan, now Bloomfield, were
(1.) Mary S. W., born Aug. 8, 1807, m. March 20, 1835, Rev. George W. Hathaway, who was b. in Freetown, Dec. 11, 1807, grad. at Williams College, 1827, and at Andover Theological Institution, 1830 ; was ordained over the Congregational church in Bloomfield, March 20, 1833. Mrs. Hathaway d. March 14, 1849. Children : 1. " Josiah Locke," b. March 20, 1836 ; 2. " Philo," b. Aug. 28, 1837 ; 3. " Emily Ballard," b. March 30, 1839, died July 6, 1840 ; 4. "Sarah Crosswell," b. Feb. 22, 1841 ; 5. " Margaret Winslow," b. Feb. 1, 1843 ; 6. " Susan Patterson," b. Mar. 22, 1845 ; 7. " Martha Nichols," b. Dec. 31, 1846 ; 8. " Mary," b. Feb. 17, 1849.
(2.) Ann L., b. Jan. 11, 1811, m. [1850 or '51] the widower of her sister, Rev. George W. Hathaway, of Bloomfield.
(3.) Samuel W., b. Jan. 17, 1813, drowned at Bloomfield, Me., Jan. 28, 1820.
(4.) James P., b. July 25, 1818, d. Oct. 6, 1818.
V. JANE, b. at Shirley, June 23, 1756, m. Oliver Scripture of New Ipswich, N. H. She had twelve children, d. April 22, 1837. Her husband d. July 29, 1821. Her children were :
1. BETSEY, b. at New Ipswich, Aug. 5, 1777, d. Feb. 24, 1795.
2. SALLY, b. at New Ipswich, Oct. 7, 1779, m. Supply Wilson of New Ipswich, Sept. 19, 1802 ; she d. July 3, 1837 ; she had twelve children, all b. at New Ipswich.
(I.) Supply Franklin, b. July 8, 1803, m. Camelia Clute of Waterford, N. Y., 1836, settled somewhere in that state, a merchant.
(2.) Sally, b. Sept. 22, 1804, m. Jason Bigelow Perry of Rindge, N. H., Nov. 11, 1828. She was happy in her husband, he being a useful citizen, as well as a thoughtful and affectionate father. She had nine children : 1. "Mary," b. Mar. 18, 1830, m. Dana S. Walker ; 2. "Eliza," b. Aug. 3, 1831, m. Julius A. Hale ; 3. "Susan," b. April 11, 1833, m. Washington Whit- temore ; 4. "John Wilson," b. April 17, 1835, m. Mary Vose
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Cutter, Feb. 15, 1860 ; 5. "James Bigelow," b. Aug. 13, 1837, m. Arlette Tuttle, r. McHenry, Ill. (1880) ; 6. "Harriet," b. Sept. 22, 1839, m. Walter Morse Flanders of Warner, N. H., d. at Warner, June 18, 1863 ; 7. "Sarah," b. Sept. 12, 1842, m. Walter Morse Flanders, the widower of her elder sister, June 2, 1864, r. Warner (1880) ; 8. "Jason Stanley," b. Jan. 8, 1847, m. Elsie Augusta Page, daughter of Joel and Sarah (Pierce) Page of Fitchburg ; 9. "Jane Sophrona," b. Jan. 8, 1847.
(3.) Matthias Spaulding, b. April 22, 1806, m. Laura Morgan of Wilton, N. H., 1833, d. at New Ipswich, March, 1880.
(4.) Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1808, m. Joseph Baxter Breed of Rindge, N. H., June 6, 1833 ; she d. at Geneseo, Ill., Aug. 23, 1869. She had seven children : I. "Mary Elizabeth," b. June 8, 1834, m. John C. Spencer, Jan. 12, 1860, r. Geneseo, Ill .; 2. " Martha Jane," b. June 8, 1834, d. same day ; 3. “Sarah Marinda," b. Nov. 15, 1835, d. Dec. 3, 1835 ; 4. "Marind," b. Oct. 10, 1836, m. John L. Combs, Nov. 3, 1865, r. Geneseo ; 5. " Harriet Wilson," b. Aug. 9, 1838, d. Sept. 5, 1839 ; 6. "Augustus Baxter," b. Sept. 12, 1840, d. in the service of his country, May 31, 1863 ; 7. "George Henry," b. May 28, 1844, m. Caroline A. Albro of Providence, R. I., r. Geneseo.
(5.) James, b. Nov. 22, 1809, d. unm., 1840.
(6.) Susan, b. Oct. 14, 1811, m. Nathan Kendall of Amherst, 1839.
(7.) Abigail, b. July 25, 1813. She went west and became a teacher.
(8.) Harriet, b. July 15, m. H. J. Taylor, r. Iowa.
(9.) Sophronia, b. Feb. 15, 1818, d. March 25, 1819.
(10.) Jane C., b. Jan. 18, 1820, m. Rev. William Ireland, 1848. He was a missionary stationed at Ifumi, South Africa, among the Zulus. She was educated at the New Ipswich Academy, and was five years a teacher before she went abroad.
(II.) Augustus, b. Jan. 13, 1822, d. June 21, 1832.
(12.) Sophronia, b. Feb. 6, 1824, m. Rev. of Jaffrey, N. H.
3. JANE, b. June 23, 1781, d. April 8, 1819.
4. OLIVER, b. June 16, 1783. He was a physician, and commenced the practice of his profession in Chelmsford, 1807, removed to Hollis, N. H., May, 1818, m. Eliza Farrar of New Ipswich.
5. LUCINDA, b. July 24, 1785, d. Dec. 28, 1800.
6. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 9, 1787.
7. SYBIL, b. Sept. 2, 1789.
8. NANCY, b. Dec. 9, 1791.
9. JAMES PATTERSON, b. March 13, 1794, d. July 3, 1804.
10. BETSEY, b. June 13, 1796.
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11. CALVIN, b. March 19, 1799.
12. ISAAC, b. Nov. 9, 1801.
VI. THOMAS, b. at Shirley, May 25, 1759.
Patterson, John, son of James of Dunstable and Groton, and brother of James, whose family register precedes this. He was b. at Dunstable [in 1723], became a resident of Shirley in early man- hood, and owned a farm (as tradition saith) near that of his brother, on the east road from the centre of the town to the South Village. He m. Jane Parker of Groton, pub. Jan. 4, 1758. He d. June 18, 1797. He had six children :
I. LEMUEL, b. at Shirley, Jan. 8, 1759, m. Susanna Longley, pub. April 19, 1782, became a resident of Harvard, and had six chil- dren, all b. at Harvard :
1. LEMUEL, b. Sept. 9, 1783.
2. JAMES, b. April 23, 1785.
3. ASA, b. May 29, 1788.
4. JOHN, b. Sept. 14, 1790.
5. EXION, b. Jan. 15, 1798, m. Josiah Bigelow of Leominster.
6. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 5, 1800.
II. SARAH, b. at Shirley, March 19, 1761, d. March 21, 1764.
III. JOHN, b. at Shirley, Dec. 8, 1762. He r. for a time at Lunen- burg, where he was proprietor of the well-known store and tavern in the centre of that town. He also passed several years of his active life at Shirley, varying from one town to the other. He finally removed with his family into the vicinity of Troy, N. Y., where he remained through the rest of his life. He m. Lucy Putnam of Lunenburg, who d. in that town, Aug. 3, 1807. He had nine children :
1. SOPHIA, b. at Lunenburg, March 18, 1785, d. Oct. 25, 1800.
2. Lucy, b. at Shirley, March 9, 1787, m. Jacob P. Carter of Lunenburg, and d. at Lunenburg, March 14, 1812. She had , one child :
(1.) Lucy, who m. Edward Barry of Boston.
3. AGNES, b. at Shirley, July 30, 1789. She was twice m., (first) to Lothrop, m. (second) to Smith of Boston ; removed to Indiana.
4. JOHN, b. at Shirley, Feb. 22, 1792, removed to Troy, N. Y., · where he d.
5. PUTNAM, b. at Shirley, June 27, 1794, went to Troy.
6. HARRIET, b. at Shirley, Dec. 22, 1796, d. Jan. 5, 1797.
7. HARRIET, b. at Lunenburg, Dec. 3, 1797, m. - Bates, removed into the State of Connecticut, and had eight children.
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8. CHRISTIANA, b. at Lunenburg, May 4, 1800, m. John Rockwood of Groton, d. at Groton, April 14, 1867.
9. SOPHIA, b. at Lunenburg, March 16, 1806, m. James Barry, Jr., of Boston, pub. Sept. 29, 1821. She had seven children :
(1.) James Patterson, b. at Boston, Aug. 27, 1823. (2. Theodore A., b. April 29, 1825.
(3.) George Edward, b. Feb. 2, 1827.
(4.) Sophia Patterson, b. May 28, 1831, d. 1832.
(5.) Daniel Webster, b. Nov. 4, 1835.
(6.) John Rockwood, b. Dec. 12, 1837.
Agnes Sophia, b. March 19, 1839.
IV. SAMUEL, b. at Shirley, Oct. 3, 1764. He was a cooper by trade, and resided with Capt. James Patterson, at Lunenburg, till the death of the latter in 1787, after which he conducted the farm " at halves," and continued to keep the tavern there until 1796. Eventually he removed to the vicinity of Troy, N. Y. He was never married.
V. SARAH, b. at Shirley, Feb. 3, 1767.
VI. JAMES, b. at Shirley, July 26, 1769.
Patterson, Dezekiah, a son of James of Groton, a brother of James and John of Shirley, and was settled near them, on the east road leading from Shirley Centre to the South Village. He was b., probably, at Dunstable, m. Mary Pierce of Groton, Nov. 18, 1762, and had six children :
I. JONATHAN, b. at Shirley, May 9, 1763, d. Sept. 16, 1765.
II. HEZEKIAH, b. at Shirley, Aug. 26, 1765, m. Jane, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Little) Hazen of Shirley, pub. Nov. 20, 1791. He had no children, and d. Sept. 3, 1825. His widow d. April 10, 1851.
III. SUSANNA, b. at Shirley, Feb. 26, 1768, m. Thomas Hubbard of Groton, June 16, 1796. She d. Oct. 30, 1804. She had two children :
1. ELIZA, b. Aug. 26, 1796, d. Feb. 8, 1817.
2. CALVIN, b. Oct. 1, 1797, m. Sally Ames, Oct. 15, 1823, d. March 16, 1837. He had two children :
(I.) Eliza, b. April 6, 1824.
2 Calvin Patterson, b. Jan. 29, 1826.
IV. MARY, b. at Shirley, Sept. 7, 1770, m. Thomas Hubbard, the widower of her older sister. She d. Feb. 3, 1852. She had two children, both b. at Groton :
1. CHARLES, b. July 29, 1810.
2. ANDREW, b. Sept. 16, 1812.
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V. ESTHER, b. at Shirley, Oct. 5, 1773, m. Sylvester Phelps of Lancaster, Sept. 21, 1795. She d. at Lancaster. She had ten children, all b. at Lancaster :
1. HENRY, b. Jan. 13, 1796, m. Mary Thurston of Lancaster, d. Aug. 6, 1826. He had one child :
(1.) Elizabeth.
2. HEZEKIAH PATTERSON, b. Sept. 19, 1797, d. April, 1834.
3. ELIZA, b. April 6, 1799, m. Thomas Clark of Shirley, April 26, 1827, d. at Shirley, Jan. 24, 1876.
4. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 1, 1801, d. Feb., 1832.
5. KATHARINE, b. Sept. 30, 1803, m. Daniel Carter of Lowell, May 10, 1827. She had five children :
(1.) Henry Phelps, b. at Lowell, June 1, 1828, m. Mary Abby Dennis, has had one child : I. "Harry Dennis," b. April 24, I 866.
(2.) Leroy W., b. Aug. 6, 1830, d. Aug., 1835.
(3.) Katharine, b. Jan. 12, 1835, m. Francis H. Chandler, March 10, 1860, r. Lowell (1883).
(4.) Herbert W., b. Dec. 10, 1837, d. April 30, 1843.
(5.) John Townsend, b. April 8, 1841. He has been twice m., (first) to Elizabeth Gowdy, Oct. 12, 1862; m. (second) Eleanor D. M. Crelis, Aug., 1870. Has two children : I. "Frank Henry," b. Oct. 30, 1870; 2. "Rose M.," b. June 12, 1876.
6. CAROLINE, b. Sept. 30, 1803, m. John Townsend of Lancaster, May 28, 1835, d. March 5, 1840.
7. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 26, 1806, d. May 8, 1839.
8. MARY PIERCE, b. May 6, 1808, d. May 24, 1808.
9. JOEL WRIGHT, b. March 27, 1810, m. Lorinda Davis of Lancas- ter, d. Feb. 23, 1879. He had seven children, all b. at Lancaster :
I.) Henrietta Eliza, b. July 9, 1837, r. Lancaster (1883), unm.
2.) Mary Ann, b. Sept. 25, 1839, d. Jan. 8, 1855.
(3.) Julia Lorinda, b. Sept. 5, 1844, d. March 11, 1846.
(4.) Emma Adelia, b. Sept. 29, 1847, r. Lancaster (1880).
(5.) Austin Joel, b. June 26, 1850, m. Fanny B. Wilder of Lancaster, Jan. 15, 1874. He has had two children : I. " Henry Gardner," b. June 21, 1875 ; 2. "Lena Gertrude," b. Aug. 18, 1877.
(6.) Clara Gardner, b. July 2, 1853.
(7.) Amelia H., b. March 3, 1857.
10. MARY ANN PIERCE, b. March 26, 1813, d. May, 1833.
VI. BETSEY, b. at Shirley, March 27, 1776, m. Philemon Atherton of Harvard, Nov. 24, 1803, d. Oct. 30, 1854.
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The Pattersons of Shirley were useful and substantial citizens, and were the progenitors of a worthy race of men and women. Their general business was agriculture ; and the yearly improvement of their farms, and the thrift that attended their labors, proved the wisdom and industry of their lives. Though their thought and care were mainly devoted to their private interests, they by no means forgot or ignored their public responsibilities, but accepted and fulfilled the trusts to which they were from time to time called, with honor to themselves and to the general advantage of the community. Their remains sleep beneath the turf of the old cemetery, but it is to be regretted that only a few of their graves have monuments to mark their locality.
PEABODY.
This name has been traced back to a period of great antiquity, and has been borne by many distinguished families of Great Britain. The first, and so far as the compiler of this record knows, the only one that ever immigrated to New England, and who, of course, is the ancestor of the several families of the name scattered through the Eastern States, was Lieut. Francis Peabody. He was b. at St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, England, in 1614, emigrated in ship Planter, (Nicholas Travice, master,) in 1635, and was one of the original settlers of Hampton, Norfolk county. He went there in the summer of 1638. He was one of the most prominent men in that town, both in prop- erty and enterprise, m. Mary Foster, and d. Feb. 19, 1697 .- See New England Genealogical Register, Vol. II.
To which branch of his numerous descendants the humble family of this name belonged that settled in Shirley cannot here be stated ; but it is certain that, when quite a young man,
Peabody, Thomas, found a home here and passed a long, though a somewhat obscure, life amid the wild scenes where his lot was cast,-and went down to his grave an old man. He was pro- prietor of a small farm situated on the banks of the Nashua river, half a mile above the Mitchel mills, in a rural valley, and far removed from any public road. Here, in a house made of logs, the large family registered in these pages was bred and reared. The farm is now connected with other farms, and the buildings have been removed or demolished. Mr. Peabody was one of Capt. Haskell's company of volunteers raised by the alarm, April 19, 1775. He was twice children, and d. Feb. 3, 1 784. He m. (second) Patience Bartlett of She had twelve children, making him He d. Sept. 2, 1827. His children
m., (first) to Elizabeth Longley, pub. Nov. 24, 1770. She had seven Shirley, pub. March 21, 1785. the father of nineteen children. were, all but one, b. at Shirley.
I. RUTH, b. Feb. 18, 1772, m. Carroll of Boston. She lived and d. in that city.
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II. ELIZABETH, b. at Townsend, Jan. 27, 1774.
III. OLIVE, b. Feb. 22, 1776, lived in Boston with her sister Ruth, until the death of the latter, when she m. Mr. Carroll, her sister's widower.
IV. POLLY, b. April 22, 1778.
V. LUTHER, b. April 9, 1780.
VI. CALVIN, b. April, 21, 1782.
VII. SALLY, b. Jan. 31, 1784, r. and d. at Boston.
VIII. THOMAS, b. Nov. 14, 1785, m. Mrs. Leah Page of Shirley, May 15, 1848, d. Oct. 12, 1861.
IX. WILLIAM BARTLETT, b. Feb. 21, 1787.
X. SILENCE BARTLETT, b. Sept. 9, 1788, r. Nashua, N. H., unm. (1872.)
XI. EDMUND LONGLEY, b. March 9, 1790, d. at Nashua.
XII. JAMES, b. May 18, 1791, became a resident of Boston, m. Mrs. Lillie Dellingham of that city, and d. there.
XIII. ISAAC, b. Jan. 21, 1793.
XIV. JOHN AMORY, b. Sept. 15, 1794.
XV. REBECCA, b. June 8, 1796.
XVI. LUCY, b. April 13, 1798, r. Boston, unm. (1865.)
XVII. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. April 3, 1800, d. young.
XVIII. NABBY, b. Oct. 25, 1801, m. William Budlong of Warwick, .
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