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BIGELOW, SAMUEL, Jr. (s. of Samuel) m. Phebe, D. of Daniel Rand, July 1, 1755; she d. June 10, 1770, aged 37. Chil. Levinah, Feb. 1, 1756, and m. James Wheeler, of Graf- ton ; Mary, April 13, 1757; Vashti, May 19, 1758 ; Lucretia, June 1, 1760, and m. Adam Harrington, Aug. 1781, and Capt. Martin Newton, 1794; Humphrey, Sept. 4, 1761; Serena, March 16, 1765, and m. Benjamin Jennings, Jr. of Brookfield, 1786. He m. Anna Winchester, of Grafton, 1770, and had John b. Dec. 11, 1771.
BIGELOW, SOLOMON (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Sarah, D. of Elisha Newton, March 4, 1761. Chil. Barna, b. Sept. 11, 1762; (said to have d. in Brookfield, Vt. aged 78. His D. Lydia m. Noyes Tucker, 1805) Silas, Dec. 1, 1764, and d. infant ; Silas, Dec. 24, 1766. This family settled in Fitz- william.
BIGELOW, HUMPHREY (s. of Samuel, Jr.) m. Mary, D. of Phineas Underwood of Westford, Dec. 20, 1786. She d. Oct. 6, 1789, aged 22, leaving John, b. Aug. 12, 1787, and d. in Sutton, aged 23. He next m. Hannah Whipple, of Graf-
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ton, 1791. Chil. Samuel, b. July 2, 1793, and m. D. of Jon- athan Forbush, of Grafton, and removed to Ohio; Catharine, Aug. 12, 1795 ; Hannah, Oct. 2, 1797, and m. - Richard- son, of Sutton, next, Pardon Aldrich, of Grafton ; Mary, Aug. 4, 1799, and d. unm. ; Silas, Ang. 10, 1801 ; Moses, July 23, 1803. He removed to Sutton with his family, (where he had Susan W., who m. Owen W. Allen ; and John, who m. Mary, D. of John W. Slocomb of Sutton,) and d. there, 1842, aged 80.
BIGELOW, Dea. AMARIAH (s. of Samuel of Marlboro') and his wife, Lydia, D. of Thomas Brigham, were both from Marlboro', and m. there April 14, 1747; settled in the N. P. - deacon there, selectman, &c. She d. March 17, 1748. Leav- ing Lydia, b. on the first of that mo. His second wife was Sa- rah Eveleth of Stow, m. 1752. Chil. Francis, b. Aug. 20, 1753, and m. Levinah, D. of Ezra Beaman, Esq., Oct. 29, 1778 ; Abel, Jan. 27, 1755, and m. Martha, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr., 1778 ; Amariah, March 23, 1757; Sarah, Aug. 13, 1759, and sup. m. Rev. Eleazer Fairbank of the N. Parish, Oct. 3, 1781 ; Levi, March 31, 1762, and d. 1764; Levi, Aug. 27, 1765; Elnathan, Sept. 9, 1767. Dea. B. d. March 8, 1780, aged 58.
BIGELOW, Dr. AMARIAH, Jr. (s. of Dea.) m. Persis, D. of Ezra Beaman, Esq., 1781. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1781, and d. infant ; Ezra, Nov. 27, 1782; Persis, Jnly 17, 1785.
BIGELOW, BENJAMIN (s. of John of Marlboro') and his wife, Levinalı, D. of William Thomas, of Marlboro', had chil. Levinah, b. April 24, 1747; William Thomas, April 4, 1749 ; Edmund, Feb. 27, 1751.
Jabez Bigelow m. Deborah Knowlton, Oct. 5, 1761.
Miriam Bigelow m. Archelaus Anderson of Chester, May 30, 1765.
Mary Bigelow pub. to John Bixbee of Princeton, Feb. 3, 1769.
Sophia Bigelow m. Joseph Morse, May 4, 1780.
Amelia Bigelow m. George Witherby, New Braintree, 1783. A wid. Mary Bigelow d. here May 14, 1752.
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BRIARD, NICHOLAS and his wife, Lydia had chil. Mi- rah, bap. (also, Nicholas, the father,) Oct. 31, 1736 ; Moses and Miriam, twins, bap. Aug. 13, 1738; 2d Moses, bap. March 22, 1741 ; Aaron, b. 1743.
BALL, PHINEAS and his wife Martha had a child, Daniel, bap. June 6, 1742; the father was bap. at the same time.
BALL, DANIEL m. Lucy Newton, Oct. 25, 1749, lived in N. Parish, and d. 1813, aged 93. Chil. Ithamar, b. Sept. 10, 1750, and d. infant ; Moses, Oct. 7, 1751; Lucy, Feb. 4, 1758; Sarah, May 1, 1760 ; Nathan, Aug. 5, 1762 ; Thank- ful, March 9, 1765. Daniel Ball, perhaps the above, m. Lydia Smith, Sept. 18, 1778.
BALL, ELIJAH, from Boylston, m. Olive, D. of Elzaphan Plympton, Dec. 1, 1818. She d. May 28, 1821, aged 25. Chil. George Whitney, b. July 8, 1819. He next m. Nancy, sis. of his late wife, Feb. 12, 1824. She d. Nov. 19, 1835, aged 35. He next m. Elizabeth, wid. of Lyman Plympton, bro. of his former wives, Jan. 16, 1836. He removed to North- boro', and there had a fourth wife.
BALL, NAHUM m. Clarinda, D. of David Dudly, Jan. 16, 1822.
JOHN BRIGHAM* (s. of John of Marlboro') and his wife, Susanna, were both admitted to the chli. here in 1737.
* Thomas Brigham and his wife, said to have been Mercie Hurd, were from England, and settled in Cambridge, then having a son, Thomas. There they had John, b. 1644, and Samuel in 1652. The father d. there Jan. 8, 1653. The widow, with her children next appear in Sudbury, where she m. Edmund Rice, March 1, 1655. He d. in Marlboro', May, 1663. She there next m. William Hunt, in 1664. He d. there, Oct. 1667, and she d. his widow, Dec. 23, 1693. John, whose wife was Sarah, had John, b. in Marlboro', 1680, who probably was the head petitioner for this township, and the same to whom was granted house lot, No. 14, in 1718. The records furnish no evidence of his residing here.
Samuel m. Elizabeth Howe in Marlboro', Nov. 1684.
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She d. Feb. 12, 1761, aged 53. His death does not appear on record. Chil. Deborah, b. Dec. 11, 1737, and d. unm. Oct. 22, 1816, aged 79; John, July 25, 1739; Samuel, July 1, 1741 ; Susanna, July 15, 1745, and m. David Nelson, Sen., 1785.
BRIGHAM, JOHN, Jr. (s. of John and Susanna,) m. Ze- ruiah, D. of Eleazer Rice of Westboro', 1762. Chil. Miriam, Dec. 1762; Eunice, March 20, 1766; John, Dec. 26, 1767. This family is said to have removed to Gerry, now Phillipston.
BRIGHAM, SAMUEL (s. of John, Sen.) m. Rachel, D. of Phineas Underwood, of Westford, 1774, and d. Feb. 28, 1836, in his 95th year ; his wife, Rachel, d. Dec. 21, 1810, aged 64. Child, John, b. March 22, 1788. The parents were admitted to the chh. in 1780.
BRIGHAM, JOHN (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah Fay of North- boro', Aug. 14, 1808. Chil. Samuel Augustus, b. Feb. 18, 1809, and m. Daphne Legget, and d. Oct. 1846 ; Abraham Fay, March 3, 1810; Abigail Martyn, Feb. 4. 1812, and in. James S. Green of Millbury ; John, June 29, 1818, and d. Nov. 1838; Charles Taylor, Oct. 14, 1826.
Thomas, the elder of the three brothers, m. Mary -, (the record is, " Thomas Brigham and Mary, his wife, were married Dec. 27, 1665,") and had Nathan b. 1671, who m. Dinah Rice, Dec. 1717; Jonathan, b. 1674; David, in 1678, and Elna- than, in 1683.
David, whose first wife was Deborah -, had John, b. 1704, whom I suppose to be the John above mentioned, but, of whose marriage with Susanna, I can find no account. David m. Mary Newton, his second wife, Oct. 21, 1709, (so is the Marl- boro' rec. I had supposed his second wife was Mary Leonard,) and had Silas b. 1710, who m. Mindwell Grout in 1735. They were the parents of the late David Brigham of this town. David also had Levi (Col.) b. 1717, whose wife was Susanna Grout, m. June 6, 1745. They were the parents of the late Judge Elijah Brigham of Westboro', whose third wife was Sarah, D. of Gen. Artemas Ward, and of the late Winslow Brigham, of Northboro', who m. Alice, D. of Col. Job Cushing, 1781.
Judge Brigham d. at Washington, a mem. of Congress, Feb. 22, 1816, aged 64 ; his wid. Sarah, at Westboro', Feb. 3, 1838, aged 81. Winslow Brigham d. in North- boro', Sept. 4, 1837, aged 81, and his wid., Alice, Feb. 7, 1847, aged 90. Asa Brig- ham, who settled in this town, was a son of David and brother of Silas. He was b. Dec. 2, 1721. The first Thomas is supposed to have been the progenitor of all the Brighams in New England.
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BRIGHAM, Capt. ASA (s. of David, of Westboro') m. Mary Newton of Westboro', Oct., 1744, and both admitted to the chh. here in 1747. He was the first Capt. of the South Militia Company in this town, (See page 37,) and removed about 1775, it is said, to Fitzwilliam. Chil. Alpheus, b. April 30, 1746, and m. Lydia Green, of Westboro', 1764; Mary, March 10, 1748; Leonard, May 7, 1750, and m. Mary, D. of Capt. Silas Witherby, 1774; Levinah, Feb. 21, 1752, and m. Antipass Harrington of Grafton, 1774; Stephen, May 13, 1754 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 26, 1756; Asa, Sept. 10, 1758 ; Thankful, June 13, 1760; Lyman, Nov. 19, 1762; Josiah Newton, March 30, 1765.
BRIGHAM, STEPHEN (from Westboro') and his wife, Jemima Snow, m. 1764, had chil. Martha, b. Sept. 9, 1766, and d. May 23, 1784; Edmund, Sept. 29, 1769; Sarah, Feb. 21, 1772; Jabez, Aug. 28, 1775 ; Dolly, July 10, 1777, and d. 1782 ; Stephen, Sept. 21, 1779; Dolly, Dec. 20, 1783.
BRIGHAM, DAVID (s. of Silas of Westboro') m. Mercy, D. of Dea. Benjamin Maynard, March 21, 1765. She, with her infant, d. Nov. 10, 1766, aged 22. He m. Martha Cham- berlain of Westboro', Oct. 13, 1768; both ad. to chh. 1801. She d. Aug. 9, 1807, aged 59. Chil. Nathaniel, b. July 27, 1769; Edmund Trobridge, March 9, 1771; Mercy, June 10, 1773, and d. Aug. 28, 1776; Prescott, June 24, 1775, and d. Sept. 22, 1776 ; David, Aug. 6, 1777, and d. Aug. 26, 1780; Prescott, bap. April 16, 1780; Martha, b. March 6, 1782, and m. Balch Dean, Nov. 20, 1800 ; Mercy, March 21, 1784, and m. John Rider, 1806; David, Aug. 15, 1786, H. U. 1810. Counsellor at law, Greenfield, where he m. a D. of David Rip- ley ; removed to this town; thence to Fitchburg; thence to Iowa, and d. there, say, 1843; Ebenezer, April 28, 1789; Luther, bap. June 10, 1791, and d. Aug. 29, 1793. He next m. Hannah Marcy of Brooklyn, Ct., 1809, and d. Sept. 27, 1824, aged 80. Mary Brigham, perhaps his sister, m. Jonathan Prescott, Jr. of Lancaster, Dec. 12, 1776. In the marriage
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record, she is called of Shrewsbury, as was also Mindwell Brig- ham, who m. Nathaniel Lamson of Westboro', 1777, father of Silas Lamson, whose scythe snaiths and singularities have given him some notoriety. Jemima Brigham, b. in Westboro', 1737, sup. sister of David, and called of this town, m. Constantine Hardy, of Westboro', Jan. 25, 1763.
BRIGHAM, NATHANIEL (s. of David) m. Sarah, D. of John Mason, Sen. Nov. 21, 1799. Chil. Luther, b. Oct. 10, 1800; Calvin, May 23, 1802; he removed with his family to West Boylston, and d. there, May 20, 1846, aged 77.
BRIGHAM, EDMUND T. (s. of David) m. Lucy Davis of Ware. Chil. Elijah Augustus, b. in Westboro', June 20, 1804 ; David Trobridge, here, Aug. 5, 1806, and m. Ann Peck of Worcester, and removed there, and thence to the West ; Elijah Augustus m. Elizabeth, D. of Thomas Witherby, Jr., May 17, 1825. Child, Susan Elizabeth, July 26, 1826; he re- moved to Philadelphia.
BRIGHAM, PRESCOTT (s. of David) m. Hannah, D. of Gideon Rider, April 6, 1814. Chil. Ebenezer Prescott, b. Sept. 8, 1818 ; Martha Chamberlain, Dec. 16, 1823. Re- moved to Wisconsin.
BRIGHAM, BENJAMIN, from Westboro', (s. of Dr. Ger- shom and Esther, who was s. of Gershom and Mary) with his wife, Lucy Hardy, m. 1803, lived here a few years, and d. Jan. 31, 1831, aged 51. Chil. Loring, b. 1804, and Susan Lee, 1806, in Westboro'; no record of any here. Susan Lee Brig- ham m. William H. Knowlton, 1828. Joseph Brigham, twin brother of Benjamin, b May 28, 1780, and his wife, Hannah Hardy, m. 1807, sis. of his bro. Benjamin's wife, also lived here a few years, and d. Feb. 29, 1836, aged 56. Chil. Joseph Darwin, 1807, and William Belknap, 1809, in Westboro'; none on rec. here.
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BRIGHAM, Dr. ADOLPHUS from Southboro', m. Eliza Ann Parker of Southboro', 1828; next, Rebecca Whiting, D. of Thomas Knowlton, Jr .. 1832. Chil. Frederic Adolphus, April 1, 1835 ; Franklin Whiting, Sept. 13, 1841.
BURNS, OLIVER, from Ireland ; wife, Margaret, had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1708, in Ardstraw, in the County of Tyron in Ireland ; such is the town rec., What became of them, or when here, is unknown.
BAKER, MARSHALL, and his wife, Thankful, D. of Obediah Ward, Jr. of Marlboro', m. March 21, 1734, were from Marlboro'. The birth of their s. Sherubiah, b. March 18, 1747, is all that denotes their having lived here ; removed to Peters- ham or vicinity.
BAKER, JOHN, Jr. m. Persis, D. of John Wheeler, June 11, 1754. Chil. Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1754; Thomas, Nov. 2, 1757 ; Hepzibah, July 29, 1759.
BAKER, THOMAS, and his wife, Azubah were from Westboro'; where they had Mary, b. March 13, 1738, sup. m. George Earl of Leicester, April 26, 1757; Catharine, bap. here, May 21, 1740, and m. Elisha Keyes, July 19, 1757 ; his wife, Azubah, d. March 25, 1742. He next m. Eunice Chil. Daniel, b. 1751 ; Asa, May 25, 1754 ; Reuben, bap. March 14, 1756. He next m. Mary, D. of Elisha Newton, Sen., Feb. 22, 1768; and, in 1774, she m. Ezra Pond of Hub- bardston.
BAKER, DANIEL (s. of Thomas) m. Deborah, D. of Solomon Rand, July 19, 1774, and d. Dec. 12, 1821, aged 70. Chil. Ashbel, b. Aug. 4, 1775, and m. Mary Wilson, April 22, 1802; Anna, Aug. 17, 1778, and m. Benjamin Angier, Jan. 27, 1801 ; Azubah, July 31, 1780, and in. John Wesson of Grafton, Dec. 16, 1805 ; Artemas Dodge, Jan. 20, 1783; Ab- ner, Aug. 28, 1785; Asa, June 11, 1788; Jasper Rand, March 25, 1792, and m. Elizabeth W. Howard of Worcester, 1814.
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BAKER, REUBEN (s. of Thomas) m. Miriam Smith, Oct. 15, 1778; and Charlotte, D. of Gideon Howe, Jan. 4, 1781. Chil. Eunice, b. June 27, 1781, and m. Elijah Hap- good, 1802; Luke, June 27, 1784; Charlotte Howe, Dec. 2, 1786. He m. Elizabeth Maynard of Harvard, 1789. Chil. Miriam, Feb. 3, 1791; Jesse, June 21, 1794 ; Edith, April 16, 1798. Elizabeth Baker, sup. wid. of Reuben, m. Lot For- bush of Westboro', Feb. 5, 1812.
BAKER, ARTEMAS D. (s. of Daniel) m. Prudence Howard of Worcester, 1813. Chil. Artemas Dodge, b. Dec. 27, 1813; Deborah Rand, April 16, 1815, d. Oct. 6, 1819; Anna Angier, Aug. 16, 1816; Josiah W., April 18, 1826.
BAKER, ASA (s. of Daniel) m. Lucy Child, Lucy Elliott, b. June 8, 1817.
BAKER, BENJAMIN (g. s. of Joseph of Marlboro') m. Elizabeth Eames of Framingham, 1767. Chil. John, b. Dec. 29, 1768 ; Lydia, Nov. 24, 1770; Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1772, and m. Roswell Temple, 1792; Winslow, bap. June 25, 1775. He m. Rebecca, May 14, 1777, wid. of Samuel Wesson, of Worcester Gore, who went from Maine through the woods with Arnold to Quebec, in 1775, and d. there of small pox. Chil. Benjamin, bap. March 1, 1778 ; Sarah, Dec. 13, 1779, and m. Jed. Tucker, Jr. 1797; 2d Benjamin, Feb. 3, 1782; Hannah, Aug. 18, 1783.
BAKER, JOHN (s. of Benjamin) m. Lydia, D. of Abel Goulding, Dec. 12, 1793, and d. Dec. 17, 1811, aged 43. His wid. Lydia, d. Sept. 27, 1818, aged 46. Chil. Lucy, Aug. 8, 1794, and m. Seth Wyman, Jr., Nov. 28, 1816 ; Elizabeth, July 6, 1797, and m. Nahum Nurse, Jan. 1, 1818; Nancy, May 3, 1803, and m. Joseph T. Turner of Worcester, May 21, 1826.
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BAKER, JOSEPH, b. 1742, (s. of Robert, who had a twin brother, Benjamin, b. 1713, sons of Joseph of Marlboro',) m. Dinah, D. of Eleazer Rice of Westboro', Aug. 18, 1760. Chil. Winslow, b. April 10, 1761 ; Joel, June 13, 1762 ; Amos, Jan. 26, 1764 ; Mary, bap. Oct. 13, 1765.
BAKER, CORNELIUS and his wife, Esther, had Mary, b. May 22, 1766 ; Esther, Dec. 26, 1767.
BLAIR, WILLIAM, (probably one of the heirs of Wil- liam, who were on house lot, No. 12, in 1729,) wife, Mary. Chil. a D. b. March 10, 1743; a s., June 19, 1745; and an- other D. - record torn and names lost.
BARBER, MATHEW, from Weston, m. Mary Blair, Jan. 21, 1727. Chil. Mary, bap. March 17, 1728; Robert, bap. Sept. 21, 1729; Sarah, bap. June 6, 1731; Lydia, bap. March 4, 1733.
BROWN, GEORGE and his wife, Eunice were from Waltham ; lived on the road to Grafton, half a mile south of the turnpike road. His dwelling house burnt there, Aug. 1774. He d. 1807. His wid. Eunice, d. Nov. 10, 1824, aged 90. Chil. George, b. at Waltham, Dec. 27, 1765; Elizabeth, here, March 7, 1768, and m. Ebenezer Cutler of Grafton ; Eu- nice, June 1, 1771, and m. Gould ; Gershom, May 16, 1774.
BROWN, GEORGE, Jr. (s. of George) m. Lois Whitney of Grafton, 1790, and d. Sept., 1845, aged 80. Chil. Lois, b. Aug. 5, 1792, and m. John Maynard, 1813; Luke, Sept. 20, 1793; John, Jan. 12, 1795; Erminia, June 17, 1796 ; George, at Warwick, Jan. 5, 1801 ; Abigail, at Springfield, Feb. 10, 1804; Eunice, at Longincadow, July 6, 1806, and m.
Ball ; Elizabeth, here, March 4, 1809, and m.
Cheney ; Alexander, July 2, 1811 ; Otis, Aug. 19, 1814, and d. 1816 ; Edwin Otis, Jan. 15, 1817. ·
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BROWN, GERSHOM (s. of George) m. Edith Wyman of Roxbury. She d. Aug. 23, 1839, aged 76. Chil. Edith, b. Dec. 29, 1802; Sarah Doubt, March 30, 1807, and m. Edward Newton, 1830; and next, Harvey Carpenter.
BIXBY, NATHANIEL (sup. from Lancaster) m. Jerusha Houghton of Lancaster, 1742; chh. here, 1742. Chil. Levi, b. Aug. 17, 1743; Elizabeth and Jerusha, Aug. 14, 1746 ; Zeruiah, May 25, 1749; Lois, May 5, 1751; Adonijah, May 23, 1753 ; Abigail, Sept. 5, 1755 ; Nathaniel, July 30, 1758 ; Eunice, May 30, 1762.
BIXBY, DANIEL and his wife, Tabitha, had chil. Eunice, b. April 30, 1743 ; Jonathan, Dec. 15, 1744, and m. Esther Gale of Weston, June 1, 1768, and went to Winchendon ; Han- nah, Feb. 7, 1747; Aaron, May 21, 1749; Daniel, Feb. 2, 1751; Sarah, Feb. 8, 1753 ; and, perhaps, Manassah, who m. Elizabeth Dinsmore of Lancaster, 1765.
BIXBY, JOHN m. Elizabeth Floyd of Princeton, 1769. Chil. William, b. Feb. 5, 1770; Tryphena, Jan. 7, 1772 ; Mary, Aug. 4, 1774; John, Feb. 3, 1777.
BIXBY, JOSEPH m. Miriam Bryant of Lancaster, July 13, 1769. Chil. Aaron, b. Oct. 16, 1774 ; Miriam, Jan. 24, 1776. He is sup. to have m. Elizabeth Hadley of Sterling, 1784.
A Mary Bixby m. Joseph French, Jan. 2, 1746. The Bixby families lived in the N. Parish.
BUTLER, PETER and his wife, Sarah, D. of Dea. John Keyes, were from Marlboro'. Chil. Mary, b. there, and bap. here, Nov. 11, 1736. "No minister there ;" "offered by the mother, the father having turned Quaker." Ann, bap. May 17, 1741. They then came here, and lived, it is said, on the place now of Capt. Isaiah Munroe. Hannah, b. April 12, 1742, and m. Moses Watkins of Winchester, N. H., 1761 ; Experience,.
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Feb. 20, 1744; Lydia, April 30, 1746 ; Peter, 1748; Eben- ezer, Nov. 3, 1749 ; Mary, their eldest D. m. Israel Stowell of Winchester, 1764.
BUTLER, JOHN m. Susanna Oak of Westboro', 1754. Chil. John, b. Sept. 24, 1754 ; Andrew, June 13, 1756 ; Elijah, April 17, 1758, and d. 1759; Susanna, March 15, 1760; Elijah, July 24, 1762; Sylvia, bap. Aug. 1764, removed to Winchester, N. H., 1766.
BUSH, JOHN, b. July 8, 1699, (s. of Abiel, who m. Grace Barrett, both of Marlboro', June 27, 1688) was on house lot, No. 38, in 1729 ; wife, Martha Temple of Marlboro', m. April 24, 1723. He d. July 14, 1757, aged 58. Chil. John, b. Dec. 24, 1723, and d. infant ; Martha, Nov. 2, 1724, and d. Aug. 26, 1736; Persis, bap. May 28, 1727, and m. Rev. Eb- enezer Morse, 1745; Jotham, May 23, 1729 ; Martha, Jan. 13, 1738, and m. Cyprian Keyes, Jr., May 27, 1756.
BUSH, JOTHAM (s. of John) m. Hepzibah, D. of Dea. Cyprian Keyes, March 24, 1750. Chil. Hepzibah, b. Nov. 20, 1751, and m. Joseph Moor, Jr. of Lancaster, 1769 ; David, Aug. 19, 1753; Jotham and John, July 4, 1755 ; former d. in- fant ; Jotham, April 8, 1757; Persis, March 8, 1759; Lucy, March 27, 1761, and m. Moses Fiske, 1781 ; Levi, March 26, 1763; Jonathan, Feb. 24, 1767, and d. 1771 ; Martha, March 1, 1772. His wid. Hepzibah m. Edward Raymond, 1779.
BUSH, Col. JOTHAM (s. of Jotham) m. Mary, D. of John Taylor of Northboro', June 28, 1781, and d. 1837, aged 80. Chil. Mary, who m. Elijah Brigham, Jr. of Westboro'; Jemima, who m. Thomas Bond ; Clarinda, who m. Alexander Lovell ; Lucy, who m. Augustine Holcomb, next, Rev. Bancroft Fow- ter ; Harriet, who m. Oliver Sawyer, next, Ignatius Goulding ; Martha, who m. Baxter Dickinson ; Jotham, who m. Hannah Fisher ; John William, who m. Lucy Delano.
Levi, brother of Col. Jotham, went to New York, had a fam- ily, and afterwards lived in Worcester. His D. Cornelia there m. Elnathan Pratt, and survived him.
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BUSH, GEORGE, (colored) his wife, name not on rec., from S. America, lived in the " Gulf." He d. Feb. 24, 1767, possessed of some property in lands, aged 80. Chil. George, sup. killed at Lake George, Sept. 25, 1755 ; “ Susannah, bap. 1741, then 19; Ruth, bap. 1741, then 17; Joseph, bap. 1742, then 17; John, bap. 1743, then 17 years of age ; each upon their own profession of religion ; " Hannah, who d. Sept. 29, 1781 ; Sarah and Benjamin; none of them, it is said, ever married.
BARNS, DANIEL, (s. of John, and g. s. of Richard, who was in Marlboro', 1660) chh. here, from chh. there, 1727; on house lot, No. 16, in 1729; wife, Zeruiah Eager, m. May 23, 1723, in Marlboro'. Chil. Daniel; Lucy, bap. Jan. 1726; Frederic, bap. Nov. 1727; Zeruiah, Nov. 1729, and d. 1730 ; David,* bap. June, 1731. The family returned to Marlboro', 1733.
* Grad. H. U. 1752; ord. minister of the Gospel in Scituate, Mass., Nov. 27, 1754; m. Rachel, 1756, D. of Hon. George Leonard of Norton ; D. D., H. U., 1788, and d. April 26, 1811, in the 57th year of his ministry, having completed 80 years. His wife, Rachel, d. 1805, aged 78.
" Tolerant without religious indifference ; candid, yet severe against folly and vice ; connecting maxims of frugality, temperance and industry with his ideas of religion, he was popular with those capable of appreciating ' words so fitly spoken, as to resemble apples of gold in pictures of silver,' and his ministry quiet almost to the last. He was remarkable for liis meekness in 'instructing those that opposed,' and by parables, rather than by direct argument, he was accustomed to converse with such. A neighbor, who was a Calvinist of the straitest sect, having frequently spent long sittings in arguing with Dr. Barns, was finally answered by the following parable :
' You, sir, are a gentleman, to whom the public feels and acknowledges much obligation for your mechanical skill and inventions. Now, we will suppose, that your powers should be so far increased, that you could make intelligent beings, and that you should produce thousands each day, formed with all the endowments of the human race. Then suppose that your neighbors should inquire what destina- tion you proposed for these beings ; and you should reply, that you had also pre- pared a place of torment to which you proposed to condemn the greater part, not for any personal offence against you, but, because you had made them for that end, .- and that the remaining few you had destined, in the same arbitrary manner, to another place of perfect happiness, which you had also prepared. Now, sir, sup- pose your neighbors were furnished with the common sense of mankind, concern- ing justice and goodness in the administration of one being, who has a controlling
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BELLOWS, JOHN, Jr .* of Southboro', (s. of John) m. Susannah, D. of Samuel Whitney, Oct. 4, 1768; and lived in Southboro' until about the year 1784, when he settled here on the place that was her father's. She d. there Feb, 1, 1805, aged 57; and he, March 6, 1826, aged 81. Chil. The birth of but one on rec. here. The others b. in Southboro', and per- haps not in the order here placed. Martha, who m. Nahum Newton, 1792; Chloe, who m. Pelatiah Allen of Holden, June 11, 1800; Lucy, who m. Oliver Torrey of Killingsly, Ct., March 15, 1809; Anna, who m. Dr. Jacob Kittridge of Spencer, June 12, 1799, (and survived him ; hed. 1807, and she returned here with two sons, Justus and Otis) Moses, Lyscom, John, b. Feb. 21, 1785.
BELLOWS, MOSES (s. of John) m. Relief, D. of Jona- than Newton, 1804, and d. Dec. 22, 1831, aged 52, and his wid. Relief, April 5, 1835, aged 60. Chil. Roxa, b. June 26, 1804 ; Rhoda, March 26, 1806; Robert, Nov. 14, 1807, and d. Feb. 21, 1834, aged 26; Rinda, Sept. 10, 1809; Rena, Sept. 1, 1815, and d. Oct. 22, 1821 ; Rilla, Aug. 15, 1817.
power over other beings, would they not knock your shop down, and say that such a wicked trade should not go on ? '
" His discourses were clusters of maxims." "The writer of this (Deane) can never forget the charge given by the venerable Doctor to him, when ordained his colleague. It was full of pointed sayings like the following : 'In attempting to instruct your people, be careful not to preach what they will not understand, and especially careful not to preach what you don't understand yourself.' "
"Solomon, a brother of Dr. Barns, deceased in Marlboro', Dec. 1830, being 90 years of age, on the 20th of June, 1830." History of Scituate, by Rev. Samuel Deane.
* John Bellows and Mary Wood of Concord, were m. 9, 3, 1655. They removed to Marlboro', where he d. in 1683, and his wid. Mary, in 1707. They had John b. in Marlboro', 1666, whose wife was Hannah. She d. in 1719. He probably m. Mary Wheeler of Concord, Dec. 1721. He was living in Southboro', in 1749, and in that year, having previously provided for his son, John, b. 1698, he conveyed all his real estate to his sons, Joseph, b. 1711, and Moses, 1713, " in equal halves," but " undivided."
" A descendant of one of these settled in Walpole, N. H., and left the family name perpetuated there in what has long been known as ' Bellows' Falls.'" The latter John m. Elizabeth Allen of Hopkinton, in 1723, and probably was the father of John, who settled in this town, and who, in the record of his marriage here, was called John Bellows, Jr. of Southboro'.
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