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9. EDWARD F., b. Feb. 7, 1850, d. Feb. 4, 1851.
10. LUCY R. P., b. Jan. 5, 1853.
11. MARIA FREEMAN, b. Jan. 26, 1858.
IX. LYDIA L., b. May 24, 1813, d. at Cambridge, March, 1814.
X. CHARLES H., b. May 14, 1814, d. at Cambridge, Aug. 10, 1814.
RUSSELL.
The Russell settlers in New England have been so numerous, and their families have been so distinct, that it has been found very diffi- cult to trace the pedigree of obscure wanderers back to the original home of their lineage. One of these,
Russell, John, found his way to the territory of Groton in early manhood, and settled in the forest, on an estate that afterwards came within the limits of Shirley. He was a petitioner that the terri- tory be divided, and that an act of incorporation for a new town be obtained. He lived in a remote part of the town, north-east from the centre, and far away from any road. The ruins of a cellar, still distant from any settlement, mark the locality of the forest home of these early settlers. He married Mary Cranson of Groton, Nov. 5, 1746, and, for aught we have been able to learn, they continued in Shirley through their lives, though all traces of the family have long since disappeared. They had four children, all but one of whom were b. before the organization of the town :
I. SUSANNA, b. Nov. 15, 1747.
II. ROBERT, b. Aug. 28, 1748.
III. AZDILL, b. March 24, 1752.
IV. HANNAH, b. Oct. 24, 1754.
Russell, Solomon, was a son of Ephraim and Miriam Russell of Groton ; was b. there, Jan. 29, 1750, m. Beulah , and eventually became a resident of Shirley, where he had the births of three children recorded :
I. THADDEUS BANCROFT, b. Dec. 25, 1787.
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II. SALLY HEALD, b. April 24, 1791.
III. SUKEY WHEELER, b. April 25, 1793.
"William Russell, and Lucy, his wife, and their six children, viz., Lucy, William, Lydia, Hannah, Peter and Richard, came from Little- ton to reside in the district of Shirley, in September, 1772. Entered by order of the Selectmen. Obadiah Sawtell, Town Clerk."-Town Records, vol. I, page 152.
SAMPSON.
Sampson, dalilliam, is the name of a man who resided in Shirley during the latter half of the last century. We do not know that he had a family, but his name is on the roll of the eighty called out by the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775. He also enlisted in Capt. Robert Longley's company, April 26, 1775, for a service of eight months.
SAWTELL.
This name has been spelled and pronounced in different ways ; indeed, the variation has been so great that some have believed that they could not all have descended from the same family. Mr. Butler, the Groton historian, says that two independent families, from England, were among the early settlers of Groton, and that the dis- tinctive orthography of name has been preserved unto the present day by their descendants. Nathaniel Sartell came from England and settled in Groton, near the beginning of the last century ; one of his sons was a munificent donor to the town and church of Groton.
Mr. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, includes all under the name Sawtell, though different branches of the family have spelled their names Sartell, Sattell, Sautell ; and Mr. Sawtelle, the historian of Townsend, adds to the variety given by Mr. Savage, the names Sartwell and Sortwell. They, however, have both inferred that all have descended from the same original family, and that changes have been made through accident, or have come out from the notion, the taste or caprice of individuals.
According to Bond's History of Watertown, Richard Sawtell, (the ancestor of most of those who bear the name in New England,) was a proprietor of Watertown as early as 1636; and he subsequently became a proprietor of Groton. Mr. Butler says that Richard Saw- tell and his two sons, Jonathan and Zachariah, were among the original settlers of Groton, and were proprietors. Richard was clerk of the town the first three years that records were made. His chil- dren were probably all b. at Watertown, though the births of all have not been recorded; and he returned to Watertown to die. His
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death occurred Aug. 21, 1694. Mr. Bond adds, "At what time he returned to Watertown, or how long he resided at Groton, has not been ascertained. Probably he was driven back by. Indian hostilities about the year 1675 or 1676."
Of the descendants of Richard Sawtell, five were settled at Shirley, all, probably, previous to or near the time of its incorporation. They were, as near as can be determined from imperfect records, of the fifth generation from Richard. Their locations cannot here be pre- cisely defined, in each case, but their homes were, with one excep- tion, north of the Mulpus, on farms made up of forest grants made to Richard and his sons, and probably nearly contiguous one with the other.
Sawtell, Drackiah), was the first in the order of age. He was a son of Hezekiah and Joanna (Wilson) Sawtell, and was b. at Groton, Dec. 11, 1725. He was a resident of Shirley as early as 1747, as his name appears among the petitioners of that date for a separate township. He was then twenty-two years old, and probably had been one year in possession of his patrimonial estate. His house stood in the neighborhood of the present residence of George Adams. He made himself an active public servant of the new mu- nicipality,-was a selectman in 1765, 1766 and 1767, and was appointed a deacon of the church at its organization ;- and in his life proved himself a worthy professor of religion and church officer. The genealogy of his family, which here follows, is confined to one generation, owing to the paucity of records and tradition relating to it. He m. Margaret , and d. where he had lived, and his remains, with those of his wife, were interred in the old cemetery, without a stone to mark their resting place or record the time of their departure. They had twelve children, all b. in the same house, but one of them a year before the town received its act of incorporation.
I. HANNAH, b. July 17, 1752, m. John Moors of Shirley, pub. March 31, 1770.
II. SYBIL, b. Sept. 11, 1754, d. at Shirley, June 9, 1765.
III. THANKFUL, b. Aug. 24, 1756.
IV. EUNICE, b. Nov. 11, 1757, d. at Shirley, Oct. 2, 1765.
V. PHEBE, b. Dec. 11, 1759.
VI. ESTHER, b. July 30, 1761.
VII. SARAH, b. Sept. 26, 1762, d. March 23, 1764.
VIII. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 22, 1765.
IX. DORCAS, b. April 15, 1766, m. Asa Holden, Jr., of Shirley.
X. SUSANNA, b. Nov. 14, 1767.
XI. HEZEKIAH, b. June, 1769.
XII. JOHN, b. Oct. 23, 1770.
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Sawtell, Elnathan, son of Hezekiah of Groton, and brother of Hezekiah of Shirley, was b. at Groton, Oct. 21, 1728, m. Mary Stone of Groton, pub. March 5, 1752, and settled in Shirley near the time of its incorporation,-and probably on a farm near that of his elder brother. We find no record of his death, and know not whether he lived. in town through life. He had three children b. in Shirley :
I. ELNATHAN, b. Sept. 14, 1753.
II. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 22, 1755.
III. MOLLY, b. Sept. 13, 1757.
Samtell, Obadiah, son of Hezekiah of Groton, and brother of Hezekiah and Elnathan of Shirley. He was b. at Groton, Oct. II, 1732, and was among the early settlers and active men of the newly organized town. He owned and occupied the farm known as the Barrett place, now (1883) the home of Rev. Charles A. Whitney, and there kept a public house. How extensively persons appeared from outside the town for hotel accommodations, tradition does not inform us ; but it was the general resort of the Shirleyites on their gala days,-such seasons as the election of his majesty's council, trainings, town-meetings, shooting-matches, and other festive occa- sions ;- when ball-playing, wrestling, and sometimes boxing, made up the out-of-door entertainments, and when the veterans of the late French war would entertain their friends inside with a relation of their feats of valor in the service of his gracious majesty, King George the III. against the Indians and French. The landlord had little else to do than bear the noise, and supply his customers with their required potations of alcoholic drink.
Although such meetings would now be considered nuisances, which ought to be abated, they were not wholly without their uses in those times. Patriotic discussions relating to the "stamp act," the " Boston port bill," the "duty on tea," and its destruction in Boston harbor, engaged the attention of thoughtful minds, even at their seasons of merry-making. These discussions produced resolution and action when the news of the scenes of Lexington and Concord was received ; and the movements of central statesmen in relation to public grievances were seconded by these humble patriots, who en- tered into the incipient measures of their leaders, looking toward revolution and independence.
Among the patriots of Shirley, Obadiah Sawtell was found in the front rank. He was distinguished by the people as "the landlord," and by children he was reverently styled "the old landlord ;" and either because he could give entertainments, or, what is far better, because he had intrinsic merit, he was much respected by his fellow- citizens, and was frequently set apart to official positions of high character. He was for ten years the clerk of the town, though his chirography and orthography were hardly adequate, even at that period. He likewise filled the office of a selectman for eight years. When the clouds of the Revolution began to hover over the land,
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Mr. Sawtell was singled out as the town's delegate to a Provincial Congress ; he was the first representative which the town sent to the General Court under the constitution, and was a delegate to the con- vention that adopted the constitution of the United States. He had numerous appointments to smaller trusts, all of which goes to prove that the landlord or the man had the confidence and the votes of his peers. He remained in the service of the public during the largest part of his active life.
Mr. Sawtell was twice m., (first) to Mary Gould of Shirley, pub. May 26, 1756; she d. Feb. 14, 1773; he m. (second) Mrs. Sarah Fletcher of Chelmsford, 1774. He had nine children :
I. OBADIAH, b. at Groton, Nov. 29, 1757. He was one of the eighty Shirley volunteers, called out by the alarm of the 19th of April. He also enlisted May 7, 1775, for a service of eight months.
II. LYDIA, b. at Shirley, May 15, 1760, m. John Tarbell, removed to Albany, N. Y., where she died.
III. SOLOMON, b. at Shirley, Feb. 23, 1762. He removed to Rindge, N. H., about the year 1796, where he passed the remain- der of his life ; he died there Aug. 11, 1834. He was an honest man and a highly respected citizen. He ,m. Olive Converse of Rindge, Nov. 19, 1801 ; she died Aug. 10, 1843. They had eleven children, all but one born at Rindge.
1. MARY, b. Sept. 4, 1802, d. Oct. 11, 1805.
2. ARVILLA, b. June 4, 1804, d. Oct. 29, 1805.
3. MARY, b. June 3, 1806, d. young.
4. ARVILLA, b. July 24, 1807, m. Ezra Hudson of Templeton. She had two children :
Arvilla, m. - Blodgett.
A Son, d. in infancy.
5. CYNTHIA, b. at Chelmsford, June 14, 1809, m. Lucius Converse of Rindge.
6. SHEREBIAH FLETCHER, m. Sarah Woodbury, removed to Gardner, where he d. Nov. 8, 1845. Had two children that d. in infancy.
7. AUGUSTUS W., b. June 10, 1813, m. Orris M. Butterfield, removed to Warren, where he d. Nov. 21, 1846. He had three children b. at Warren.
(1.) Adelaide L., b. April 22, 1840.
(2.) Harriet A., b. Sept. 20, 1842, m. C. H. Baker of Warren, Oct. 20, 1862.
(3). Martha P., b. Aug. 20, 1844, m. Henry L. Merritt of War- ren, June 1, 1872.
8. ALONZO, b. Oct. 11, 1815, m. Mary Ann Davis, b. Nov. 25, 1821, daughter of Jonas and Hepsibah Davis of Temple, N. H., removed to Gardner, Mass., and soon after to Minneapolis, Minn.
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9. OBADIAH, b. May II, 1817, was twice m., (first) to Sarah F. Jennison, May 1, 1842 ; she d. June 1, 1850 ; he m. (second) Clarissa Rand. He has resided in New York, and in Texas ; now lives in Manitowoc, Wis., (1875). He has had seven children :
(I.) Oscar, b. March 24, 1845, d. Sept. 10, 1845.
(2.) Sarah Olive, b. June 26, 1847, m. David H. Spear of Tem- pleton, Sept. 24, 1870, r. Lowell (1875).
(3.) Calvin C., b. Nov. 14, 1863.
(4.) Charles S., b. Aug. 26, 1865.
(5.) Fanny Maud, b. Sept. 1, 1869.
(6.) Minerva R., b. April 15, 1871.
(7.) Edith R., b. Nov. 29, 1872, d. Oct. 6, 1873.
10. SOLOMON, b. Jan. 29, 1821, m. Mary Ann Carpenter of Staf- ford Springs, Conn., removed to Warren, Mass., where he d. Feb. 29, 1852.
11. RACHEL ELIZA, b. April 20, 1824, d. Oct. 13, 1852, unm.
IV. SARAH, b. at Shirley, April 2, 1764, m. Jesse Farnsworth of Lunenburg, pub. Feb. 1, 1789, d. at Shirley, May 12, 1845.
V. DANIEL, b. at Shirley, July 18, 1766.
VI. REBECCA, b. at Shirley, June 3, 1 768.
VII. ZECHARIAH, b. at Shirley, March II, 1770, d. Feb. 12, I77I.
VIII. EDE, b. June 17, 1772, d. Aug. 4, 1772.
IX. MARY, b. at Shirley, Sept. 6, 1778.
Sawtell, Richard, son of Hezekiah Sawtell of Groton, and a brother of Hezekiah, Elnathan and Obadiah, of Shirley. He was b. at Groton, June 21, 1737, m. Elizabeth Bennett of Lunenburg. He d. Oct. 16, 1815. His wife d. May 14, 1786. They had six children :
I. SYBIL, b. at Shirley, Dec. 6, 1763, m. Jonathan Farewell, Jan. 25, 1801, removed to Milford, Mass., where she d. March 20, 1839
II. SALLY, b. at Shirley, Nov. 3, 1765. She was twice m., (first) to Edmund Tarbell of Groton, Jan. 1, 1795 ; he d. Jan. 20, 1796 ; she m. (second) Israel Longley of Shirley, June 6, 1799 ; she d. April 1I, 1826. She had three children, two of whom were of her second husband, and were registered under his name (See page 525). Her first born,
1. SALLY, b. at Shirley, Sept. 25, 1797, m. Jerome Gardner of Harvard, May 23, 1819. She is now a widow, r. Shirley ( 1883). She has had eleven children, all of whom were b. at Harvard : (1.) Moses Tarbell, b. Jan. 23, 1820, m. Martha Fessenden Bil- lings of Lancaster, June 20, 1844. He has had five children, 78
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r. Shirley (1883). I. "Jerome Tarbell," b. at Shirley, Aug. 9, 1845, d. in infancy ; 2. "Martha Ellen," b. at Shirley, May 19, 1847, d. July 19, 1853 ; 3. "Clara Billings," b. at Shirley, Nov. 4, 1850; 4. "Fred Tarbell," b. at Shirley, July 26, 1854, d. Jan. 16, 1862.
(2.) Jerome, b. April 27, 1821, m. Ann Maria, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Longley) Hazen of Shirley, Oct. 24, 1850, r. Shirley (1883). He has had three children : I. "Elfie," b. at Shirley, March 18, 1853, m. James H. Ross, Oct. 24, 1882 ; 2. "George Herbert," b. at Shirley, Sept. 5, 1855, m. S. Anna Ross of Providence, R. I., May 30, 1879 ; she d. May 29, 1880 ; 3. "Jerome Tarbell," b. at Shirley, April 9, 1860, d. Aug. 28, 1876.
(3.) Walter L., b. Feb. 27, 1823, d. Oct. 18, 1830.
(4.) Sarah Tarbell, b. Dec. 17, 1824, m. Samuel Fletcher Whit- ney of Harvard, Oct. 26, 1848, r. Harvard (1883). She has had eight children, all b. at Harvard : 1. "Estella," b. Dec. II, 1851, m. Albert Scattergood of Albany, N. Y., May 12, 1875 ; 2. "Harry Fletcher," b. May 5, 1853, m. Hattie God- dard of Harvard, daughter of Rev. Daniel F. Goddard, Aug. 22, 1877, r. Harvard ; 3. "Jerome Gardner," b. Jan. 13, 1855 ; 4. "Clara Sophia," b. June 7, 1856; 5. "Samuel Willie," b. Feb. 23, 1859 ; 6. "Gertrude Gardner," b. June 2, 1861 ; 7. "Ruth," b. Jan. 1, 1863, d. Dec. 18, 1864; 8. "Evelyne," b. Sept. 25, 1866.
(5.) Clarissa Simons, b. Feb. 7, 1827, r. Shirley (1883).
(6.) Margaret Blanchard, b. Dec. 2, 1828, m. Daniel Hartwell Fairbanks of Harvard, Sept. 19, 1850, d. June 15, 1874. She had one child : 1. "Margaret Eugenie," b. at Harvard, March 30, 1853, m. Charles F. Wyman of Worcester, Sept. 10, 1878, d. Sept. 23, 1879.
(7.) Sophia, Longley, b. Jan. 16, 1831, m. Franklin Wyman of Westminster, Dec. 8, 1865, r. Worcester (1883). She has had one child : 1. "Evelyne," b. at Westminster, Dec. 10, 1871.
(8.) Walter Longley, b. Dec. 31, 1832.
(9.) George, b. Nov. 16, 1834, m. Violetta Frances Hosmer of Harvard, Nov. 18, 1856. He has had six children, all b. at Acton : 1. "Arthur," b. Jan. 24, 1858 ; 2. "Alice Gertrude," b. Feb. 28, 1864, d. Feb., 1870 ; 3. "Ada Violetta," b. Dec. 2, 1866, d. in infancy ; 4. "Walter Clifton," b. Jan. 30, 1869 ; 5. "Bertha Louisa," b. Feb. 3, 1871 ; 6. "Myra Adelia," b. April 21, 1875, d. in infancy.
(10.) Alfred Wilder, b. Aug. 21, 1836.
(II.) Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1838, m. Charles F. Lamb of Fitchburg, Oct. 26, 1862.
III. RICHARD, b. at Shirley, Feb. 6, 1768, removed to Norridge- wock, Me., where he married, passed his life and died.
IV. MARIA, b. at Shirley, Aug. 13, 1770, d. April 21, 1808.
V. PHINEHAS, b. at Shirley, Jan. 22, 1773, d. Sept. 20, 1775.
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VI. NABBY, b. at Shirley, July 1, 1779, m. - Abbott, removed to Malden.
Samtell, Moses, son of David Sawtell of Groton, b. at Groton, Jan. 24, 1731, m. Elizabeth He lived in Groton until after the birth of his first child, when he removed to Shirley, where five more children were born. It is probable that Mr. Sawtell and his wife d. at Shirley, though of this we are not certain, as no " descendants of the family remain in town.
I. NATHAN, b. at Groton, Feb. 24, 1758.
II. DAVID, b. Oct. 17, 1763.
III. REUBEN, b. Feb. 26, 1766.
IV. RHODA, b. Jan. 12, 1768.
V. AMAZIAH, b. Jan. 20, 1770.
VI. TABITHA, b. May 25, 1772.
SHAW.
Shaw, datilliam, lived in Shirley near the close of the last century, and m. Thirsa Stimpson of Shirley, pub. Nov. 10, 1799.
SIMONDS.
The natural inference would be that the names Simonds and Symonds are different spellings of the same name ; but never having seen this confirmed by any genealogy that has passed under our observation, we are led to suppose that they must designate different families, independent of relationship.
Simonds, William, lived in what was afterward the town of Shirley, as early as 1747, and signed the petition that led to its being made a separate town. The farm owned by Charles Andrews, in a northern section of the town, was the home of the Simonds family, but no genealogical information concerning them can be found on the records of the town.
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SLOAN.
Sloan, David, resided in Shirley before the war of the Revo- lution, with his family. He had a son, David Sloan, Jr., who was m. here to Rachel Gould of Shirley, pub. Oct. 17, 1774. David Sloan
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was one of the 19th of April patriots, and both father and son were among the eight months recruits, under Captain Robert Longley. They enlisted April 29, 1775. David Sloan enlisted for a term of three years, Dec. 2, 1777, in Captain Sylvanus Smith's company.
SMITH.
At an early period in the history of Shirley,-long before the terri- tory of which it was formed had a distinct existence as a town,-
Smith, Nathan, with his wife, Rebecca, and their family, became settlers, and were located upon a farm in the vicinity of the present residence of Abram Fairbanks. It cannot here be told whence he came, nor from what branch of the original settlers of this name he was descended. He occupied but a humble position in the settlement, and his name does not appear among the petitioners for a division of the territory of Groton and the incorporation of a sepa- rate town.
His wife, Rebecca, died in Shirley, Feb. 12, 1784, and her remains lie interred in the old cemetery of the town. He m. (second) Mrs. Mary Jupp, widow of John Jupp, pub. April 23, 1785. She died his widow, Dec. 14, 1826. He is presumed to have died at Shirley, but no record of his death has been preserved. He had seven children, of whom the eldest three were born before he came to Shirley.
I. NATHAN, b. 1738, m. Ruth Moors of Boylston, July 1, 1762, and d. at Shirley, Nov. 1834, aged ninety-six years. He had no children. Mr. Smith was a soldier in the American army during the Revolu- tion. He was a rough, unlearned man,-of dauntless courage and determined, patriotism. Ready at all times to risk his own life for the liberty of his country, he doubtless would have been equally ready to have sacrificed the life of a tory, had one been so unfor- tunate as to have fallen into his hands. He made himself conspicu- ous as a leader in the Shays rebellion ;- and it may safely be said that, had Nathan Smith been in the place of Daniel Shays, there would have been no cowardly retreat into Canada, but instead-(a result sure to have been deplored by every true friend of law and order)-more courts would have been suspended, and desperate and bloody resistance would have attended the capture of the leader. Though brave and patriotic, he was coarse in habit and undisciplined in temper. His qualities as a soldier in time of war equally fitted him to play the pugilist in time of peace. In the exercise of his prowess in this direction, it may be added, he lost an eye in a rencounter with one of his neighbors.
II. SYLVANUS, m. Agnes Moors of Boylston, had seven children, and d. at Shirley in 1831. He went through the war of the Revo- lution. He began his career of military duty as a volunteer in the company of eighty men called out by the alarm of April 19th, I 775, and was first lieutenant in the command. He was also first
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lieutenant under Captain Robert Longley, during the eight months service. He commanded a company during the residue of the war, and was in the Fifteenth Continental regiment, under the com- mand of Col. Timothy Bigelow of Worcester. Few men saw more service, during the seven years struggle, than Captain Sylvanus Smith. He was a member of the society of Cincinnati, established by the officers of the American army in 1783. From the funds of this society his descendants have received a small annual income unto the present time. Mr. Smith was a carpenter by trade, and builded the first dam across the Nashua river, at what has been called the Page mills. He was never the proprietor of a home, but lived at different places in town on hire, and resided, at the time of his death, at the Whitney parsonage, near the residence of Mr. Thomas K. Fisk. His children were :
1. SYLVANUS, b. at Shirley, Oct. 11, 1766, m. Abigail Farley of Groton, April 9, 1797. He removed to Milford, N. H., at the time of his marriage, and remained there through life. He d. Feb. 20, 1847. His wife d. Aug. 19, 1830. He had three children :
(I.) Abbot, b. at Milford, Dec. 22, 1798, m. Betsey Gray of Wilton, N. H., Sept. 25, 1827. He had two children, and d. Dec. 28, 1852. His widow d. Oct. 6, 1869. His children were : I. "Handel Abbot," b. at Milford, Feb. 1, 1830, m. Marinda Burns, June 6, 1855 ; 2. "Ona G.," b. at Milford, May 19, 1835, d. Feb. 11, 1837.
(2.) Mary Ann, b. at Milford, May 1I, 1801, d. March 26, 1860, unm.
(3.) Cynthia, b. at Milford, Feb. 8, 1803, m. Peter Burns of Milford, July 11, 1833, r. Milford (1881).
2. RUTH, b. at Shirley, Jan. 28, 1768, removed from Shirley to Woodstock, Vt., where she d., unm.
3. HUGH, b. at Shirley, July 23, 1769, left town at early manhood, and went, as tradition declares, to some town in Vermont, where he m., had a family, and d.
4. Lucy, b. at Shirley, Sept. 6, 1772, m. Gowen B. Newman of Lancaster, June 2, 1792. She had four children, all b. at Lancaster :
(I.) Lucy Channing, b. Dec. 7, 1796, d. at Wayland, Sept. 27, 1861, unm. "Caroline Maria," daughter of Lucy C. Newman, b. Dec. 5, 1815, d. at Lancaster, March, 1845.
(2.) William, b. Oct. 21, 1798, m. Mary Nichols, d. May 12, 1843. He had five children, all b. at Lancaster : I. "Maria Blair," b. Oct. 21, 1825, m. Albert Carlton of Lancaster, d. in Connecticut ; 2. "Mary Ann," b. Dec., 1826, m. A. P. Burdett of Leominster, d. at Boston ; 3. "Lucy A.," b. Aug. 26, 1829, m. Charles Holman, Jan. 22, 1851, d. Aug. 22, 1881 ; 4. "James Homer," b. Aug. 19, 1833, killed by a fal- ling limb from a tree, at Paskoag, R. I .; 5. "William Nichols," b. July 17, 1838, d. June 12, 1843.
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(3.) Edward Selfridge, b. Aug. 20, 1802, d. Oct. 24, 1803.
(4.) Samuel Crittenden, b. June 8, 1807, d. March 13, 1813.
5. DANIEL, b. at Shirley, Sept. 8, 1773, left town with his brother Hugh, upon entering manhood, and chose a home, the locality of which it has baffled both tradition and correspondence to ascertain ..
6. JERUSHA, b. at Shirley, Sept. 30, 1775, d. Dec. 30, 1789.
7. AGNES, b. at Shirley, Nov. 7, 1777, m. - McCollester.
III. EPHRAIM, m. Hannah Gordon, probably the daughter of Nathaniel Gordon, who removed from Shirley to Peterborough, N. H., about the year 1780. He (Ephraim) was one of the eighty volunteers called out by the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, and was third sergeant of the command. He was second lieutenant under Captain Longley, during the eight months service, and probably, with his brothers, did military duty through the war. He had the birth of one child recorded in Shirley :
1. SARAH, b. April 15, 1765.
IV. EZRA, b. at Shirley, May 29, 1755, m. Mrs. Abigail Bolton, and had two children. He followed the example of his three elder brothers, and entered with zeal into the measures that were devised for the defence of his country against British aggression. He was one of Captain Haskell's company called out by the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, he being then twenty years of age. Eight days afterward he enlisted into Captain Longley's company for a service of eight months. At the expiration of that time he joined the fifteenth continental regiment, under the command of Colonel Timothy Bigelow, for a term of three years, and is credited on the rolls at the State House with having served the full period of his enlistment. He lived about ten years after the close of the war, and was killed at the raising of a meeting-house in Boylston, June 3, 1793. His children were :
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