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CROSBY, WALTER (s. of Elisha) settled in Boston ; m. Elizabeth Orcutt of Kingston, Oct. 1, 1797. She d. 1825, and he removed to Ct. Chil. Henrietta, who m. Nathaniel Ewer; Elizabeth, who m. Lewis Gardner ; Walter and Adaline, twins ; the first m. Mary P. Watson of Dover, N. H. ; Belvidera, who m. Wm. C. Munroe ; Emeline and Caroline, twins ; the former m. Thomas Trueman ; Otis.
CROSBY, PHILIP and his wife, Esther Brown, m. here, 1793, were both from Rehoboth ; she d. Feb. 14, 1802, aged 29. Chil. Isaiah, b. June 17, 1795; Samuel, Sept. 17, 1797, and d. April 2, 1820 ; Ransom, Aug. 4, 1799; Esther Brown, Feb. 8, 1802, and d. 1803. He next m. Grace, D. of Jasper Stone, Nov. 27, 1808, and d. Oct. 12, 1817, aged 49. His wid., Grace, d. Aug. 6, 1828, aged 58. Chil. Philip, bap. Oct. 19, 1806, and m. Elvira, D. of Stephen Stearns, 1825; Asa Stone, bap. Oct. 2, 1814; Grace Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 17, 1816.
CROSBY, ZACHEUS (bro. of Philip) and his wife, Mary, were from Northboro'. Chil. Ariel, b. April 14, 1803; Isaac, March 11, 1805; Caleb, April 23, 1807; Hezekiah Higgins, Sept. 2, 1809; all at Northboro', and recorded here. He lived in town but a few years, and removed about 1820.
CROSBY, ISAIAH (s. of Philip) m. Elizabeth Sawyer of Bolton, 1823. Chil. Samuel Brown, b. Sept. 25, 1824; Albert Thomas, Dec. 27, 1826; Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 4, 1831; George Otis, Dec. 3, 1834.
CUTTING, JONAS and his wife, Dinah, perhaps from Lancaster, lived, sup. in the North Parish. Chil. Salmon, bap. July 13, 1735, " on account of his [the father] having owned the covenant in another chh." Hence, it may be supposed he came here with a family of children ; some of them are, proba- bly, those who are hereafter named.) Eliphalet, b. July 12, 1738, and m. Mary Hayden, March 24, 1760. Dinah Cutting, probably his D. or wid., m. Micah Pratt, May 18, 1752.
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CUTTING, JONATHAN and his wife, Sarah, had Jona- than, b. Dec. 19, 1746 ; Abigail, July 20, 1748, sup. m. John Willington, 1782; Sarah, May 5, 1750; John, April 1, 1753; Silas, Dec. 11, 1755 ; Ebenezer, June 19, 1759, and m. Eliza- beth Dunton of Sturbridge, 1784 ; Alpheus, May 29, 1767.
CUTTING, ZACHARIAH and his wife, Elizabeth, had Lydia, b. Oct. 15, 1744, and Jonas, June 1, 1746.
CUTTING, JOSIAH and his wife, Orpah, had Persis, b. Feb. 11, 1753, and m. David Bennett, 1773, and Philip Brans- comb in 1779; a D. [record torn] June 28, 1754; Ephraim, July 1, 1757; a s., April 6, 1759, and another D., Prudence Cutting, m. Isaac Smith of Westmoreland, 1783.
CUTTING, FRANCIS and his wife, Thankful Warren, m. May 11, 1750 ; had Jonas, b. Jan. 14, 1751 ; Zebulon, Dec. 1, 1752, and Sarah, Dec. 16. 1753.
CUTTING, DAVID m. Mary Keyes, Nov. 10, 1767. Chil. David, b. June 20, 1768; Hannah, June 9, 1770 ; Mary, May 10, 1773; Thaniel, July 16, 1774.
CUTTING, JOSIAH m. Persis, D. of Joseph Glazier, 1769. Chil. Joel, b. May 5, 1770; Sarah and Susanna, Jan. 16, 1773 ; the latter m. Peter Cary, 1814; Eunice, Feb. 2, 1775; Mary, Aug. 27, 1777; Persis, Jan. 24, 1780; and John, March 11, 1782.
CUTTING, SILAS (s. of Jonathan) m. Lucy Cutting, 1779. Chil. Abigail, b. June 19, 1780, and John, Oct. 6, 1781.
Most, if not all, of the Cutting families lived in the N. Parish. Their ancestors were early settlers in Watertown.
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CUTLER, EBENEZER * m. Abigail Felch of Reading, April 27, 1726. He was then of Shrewsbury ; and, in 1729, was living on house lot, No. 6. Chil. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 23, 1729, and m. Miriam Bennett, Nov. 28, 1764; Abigail, May 28, 1731 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 7, 1732; Thomas, 1735, and d. 1736; Jonathan. May 1, 1736 ; David, Sept. 7, 1737 ; Moses, Feb. 16, 1739 ; Mary, April 25, 1740. Ebenezer Cutler, with his farm, was set off to Grafton in 1741. He is sup. to have m. Abigail Whitney, a widow, of Grafton, April 19, 1779.
CUTLER, JOHN and his wife, Susanna, were from Lex- ington about 1753. Chil. John, b. Aug. 25, 1750; Joseph, May 13, 1752 ; both at Lexington ; Moses, b. here, May 28, 1754, and d. Oct. 6, 1756; Benjamin, June 8, 1756 ; Susanna, Jan. 5, 1759 ; David, bap. Oct. 30, 1762 ; Rachel, bap. March 17, 1765 ; Sarah, bap. Feb. 8, 1767.
CUTLER, JONATHAN (s. of Ebenezer) m. Deliverance Hathorn, in Marlboro', March 1, 1764, and lived in the N. part of the town, where he d. Aug. 28, 1809, aged 73 ; and his wid. Deliverance, Oct. 16, 1818, aged 83. Chil. Nathaniel, b. April 2, 1765, and d. Oct. 7, 1833; Elizabeth, April 21, 1767, and d. unm. June 17, 1830; Thomas, Aug. 6, 1769 ; Sarah, Sept. 30, 1771, and m. Patrick Delany, 1795; Lydia, Jan. 4, 1774; Joel, Sept. 28, 1776; Mary, Dec. 15, 1780.
CUTLER, JOEL (s. of Jonathan) m. Mary Keith of Easton, 1802. Chil. Caroline, b. Oct. 16, 1802 ; Sidney, Jan. 31, 1804; Gilbert, June 2, 1805; William, Jan. 15, 1807; Amelia, Jan. 20, 1809; Mary Ann, Oct. 22, 1811 ; Asaph, Nov. 6, 1812. He, with his family, removed to Vt.
" Timothy Cutler, with a family, was in Charlestown, 1674.
Nathaniel Cutler, with a family, was there, 1675.
John Cutler m. Martha Wiswall, in Charlestown, 23, 2, 1675.
James Cutler, and his wife, Lydia, in Cambridge, 1666, and had a large family of children.
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CUTLER, EBENEZER and his wife, Milly from Grafion, had Aaron Goodale, b. Sept. 21, 1826 ; Oliver Blake, Dec. 13, 1827; Ann Jane, March 23, 1830; Albert Josiah, Oct. 24, 1835 ; Eleanor, Feb. 17, 1840.
CUTLER, ISAAC from Grafton, m. Ruth, D. of Paul Knowlton, April 8, 1823, and d. March 22, 1839, aged 49.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM and his wife, Margaret, said to have come from Ireland, had John, b. May 10, 1726 ; Eliza- beth, Feb. 8, 1728; William, Aug. 12, 1730 ; Margaret, June 1, 1734, and m. Jonathan Gale, March 10, 1757; Sarah, Feb. 2, 1737; Robert, Feb. 3, 1740 ; Joseph, Aug. 2, 1742 ; David, Feb. 8, 1745. The parents were admitted to chh. here in 1738. The mother d. Jan. 20, 1745; and, in 1748, the father was dis- missed, Szc., to the church in Worcester.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, Jr. (s. of William) m. Mary Dinsmore of Lancaster, Feb. 26, 1758. Disarmed, &c. on account of his toryism, in 1775. Chil. John, b. Sept. 17, 1758, and d. 1760; a s., (rec. torn) April 11, 1760; Eleanor, April 14, 1762, sup. m. Joseph Peirce, 1782; John, Sept. 13, 1764, af- terwards Col. John, who settled and d. in Northboro'; James, Oct. 27, 1766 ; Jane, April 7, 1768; Levi, Sept. 17, 1770; Lewis, Feb. 7, 1775.
CRAWFORD, JOHN and his wife, Elizabeth, had Marga- ret, b. Feb. 12, 1737, and John, May 25, 1739. The father m. Margaret Henderson of Lancaster, in 1743, and, in 1748, was living near " Rocky Pond."
CALHOONE, SAMUEL and his wife, whose name no where appears of record, had Alexander, bap. at his house, Oct. 30, 1726, on her account ; the child being dangerously sick .- Many instances of this kind appear on the chh. records. Sam-
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uel, bap. Nov. 27, 1726; James, bap. July 18, 1731 ; Mary, bap. June 17, 1736, removed to Petersham.
Jane Calhoone of this town m. John Shaw of Hassanamisco, (Grafton) June 5, 1735. This name is Cahoone, in the town, and Calhoone in the chh. records.
CROUTCH, WILLIAM, living on house lot, No. 5, in 1729, and his wife, Hannah, had Aaron, b. Jan. 31, 1732; Phebe, May 19, 1734; Phineas, bap. Nov. 23, 1735.
Thomas Croutch, perhaps a brother of William, m. Sarah Grover, March 26, 1734; both called of Shrewsbury, and, says Rev. Mr. Cushing's records, m. " gratis."
CHOAT, STEPHEN m. Bathsheba Newton, March 27, 1754. Chil. Patience, b. Jan. 16, 1755; William, Feb. 15, 1757; Bathsheba, May 27, 1761, and Rebecca, Nov. 20, 1763. A family by the name of Choate was in Ipswich as early as 1650.
CLUES, THOMAS (the name does not appear on record, except as giving name to a road in the S. part of the town on which he lived) had sons Thomas and Hiram.
CROSSMAN, JAMES, Jr. m. Susannah Farrar, 1766, both of Shrewsbury.
CARY, JOSIAH and his wife, Bulah Warren, m. Dec. 27, 1765, were both from Weston. Chil., on record here, Silus, b. Nov. 6, 1776 ; Joel, bap. May 2, 1779; Lewis, bap. Oct. 7, 1781 ; Susannah, bap. Oct. 24, 1784; Abigail, bap. Sept. 16, 1787.
CARY, PETER, (bro. of Josiah) a soldier of the Revo. ; taken prisoner at the "Cedars," thence to Quebec, exchanged at Halifax, and arrived at Boston, and m. Bulah, D. of Elnathan Pratt. Chil. (perhaps not in this order ; not one of their births was on record in 1829) Ebenezer ; Nathaniel ; John; Thad-
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deus, who m. Sarah, D. of Samuel Smith, Sept. 25, 1808, and settled in Providence, R. I .; Henry ; Joseph Pratt ; Relief, who m. Joseph J. Peirks, 1813; Harriet, who m. Jason Blake, Jr., Dec. 12, 1822. Peter Cary m. Susannah, D. of Josiah Cutting of Boylston, Feb. 17, 1814, and d. April 23, 1832, aged 72.
CARY, HENRY (s. of Peter) m. Lucretia, D. of Adam Harrington, 1811. Chil. Adam Harrington, b. Feb. 21, 1812, and m. Mehitable, D. of Salmon Smith ; Theodore Chauncy, Aug. 23, 1813, and m. Maria W. Freeman, of R. I. She d. Jan. 28, 1842, aged 21. Isaac Harrington, May 3, 1825.
CARY, JOSEPH P. (s. of Peter) m. Abigail, D. of Wil- liam Sawyer, March 9, 1817. She d. Nov. 15, 1828, aged 30. Chil. John Flint, b. June 16, 1817; Joseph William, Jan. 22, 1819, and m. Sarah Maria, D. of John Bliss ; Abigail Andrews, Oct. 29, 1820; Caroline Elizabeth, June 30, 1822 ; Harriet Augusta, May 19, 1824 ; Lucy Ann, July 18, 1826 ; Henry, Oct. 9, 1828. He next m. Harriet Sawyer, (sister of Abigail, his late wife) 1829. Chil. George Edward, b. Sept. 30, 1829 ; Nancy Stiles, Sept. 30, 1831; Susan M., Aug. 24, 1833; Caroline E., Oct. 29, 1838 ; Albert Waters, July 2, 1840 ; Andrew Walter, Feb. 16, 1844.
CURTIS, JOSEPH, from Worcester, (a descendant of Ephraim Curtis, who was the first settler there, and was from Sudbury) m. Eleoner, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Aug. 1, 1774. Chil. Eleoner, b. Dec. 15, 1774; Catharine, Aug. 28, 1776, and d. 1777 ; William, Jan. 23, 1779; Mary, July 23, 1781 ; Catharine, Sept. 19, 1783. He removed to Leicester about 1784; where he had Maria and Sarah, both bap. here, Oct. 31, 1790, and Austin, who was bap. here, Feb. 26, 1792. Of these, Maria m. Benjamin Maynard, Jr., Nov. 3, 1808.
CLOYES, JOSEPH, from Framingham, m. Eunice, D. of Gideon Howe, Sept. 24, 1797. Chil. Elijah, b. Dec. 8, 1797;
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Damaris Howe, Jan. 19, 1799. She was admitted to the chh. here, Nov. 24, 1799, and on the first day of Dec. next follow- ing, the before named chil. were bap. here, being called the chil. of the widow Eunice Cloyes. There is no record here of whe or where he d.
CHAPIN, PERRY, from Worcester, m. Mary, D. of Capt. Levi Pease, Nov. 1, 1807. Child, Charles Perry, b. July 2, 1808. He returned to Worcester, where she d. Sept. 2, 1816 aged 37 ; but buried here with her brother, Levi, on the same day, and both in one grave.
CUMMINGS, JOHN B. and his wife, who was Martha Knowlton of Hamilton, came here from Topsfield in 1807. (His father was Thomas, of Topsfield, and his g. father, Capt. Joseph, of Ipswich, where, in 1638, was Isaac, and the name then spelt Comings.) Chil. Joseph, b. at Topsfield, Feb. 19, 1806; Susanna Fellows, Dec. 4, 1807 ; Rebecca Balch, July 10, 1809 ; Martha Knowlton, July 24, 1811; George, Oct. 31, 1814; Caroline Boardman, Jan. 30, 1817; John, Sept. 29, 1819; Jonas, Dec. 21, 1825.
CUMMINGS, SAMUEL, whose wife was Sarah, buried a child in July, 1813, aged 2 years; and two others in May, 1816, the eldest aged 3 years ; and had Joseph, b. May 8, 1817. His wife, Sarah, d. Nov. 14, 1817, aged 29. He left town soon after.
CHICKERING, OLIVER, from Rutland, m. Sarah, D. of Jedediah Tucker, Jr., April 28, 1799, and d. 1846, aged 74. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1799, and m. in Worcester ; Mary, Feb. 20, 1801 ; Silas, Nov. 13, 1802, and m. - Champney of Southboro'; Horace, Feb. 5, 1804; Cromwell, Oct. 4, 1805 ; John, July 16, 1808; Lucy, March 4, 1811; Daniel, May 4, 1813 ; Obed, July 18, 1815, and m. Hannah, D. of Ezra Phil- lips; Charles, June 10, 1818.
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DAVENPORT, WILLIAM, from Bridgewater, (s. of Rich- ard and g. s. of Richard, " Commander," &c .* ) whose wife, says Mitchell, in his history of Bridgewater, was " Sarah Rich- ards, whom he m. in 1730, and had Abigail, b. 1730; Anna, 1732 ; and Elizabeth, 1735," had William b. June 23, 1737; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1739, the births of the two last are all that appear on the records of this town.
DAVENPORT, NATHANIEL (brother of William) m. Lucy Wyman, 1729; she was ad. to chh. Sept. 1730, and d. Oct. 23, 1730. Child, Lucy, b. Oct. 7, 1730. His second wife was Elizabeth. They had Nathaniel, who d. May 9, 1742; John, b. Dec. 7, 1733, and d. Jan. 6, 1753 ; Elizabeth,
* " Rev. John Davenport from Coventry, England, b. 1597, came to N. E., June 26, 1637, and, in 1638, settled in New Haven. Removed to Boston, and was installed successor of Rev. John Wilson, Dec. 9, 1638, and d. March, 1670, aged 73 .- Farmer. " Richard Davenport, (according to Farmer) b. 1606, arrived in Salem, with Gov. Endicot, in Sept. 1628; was Rep. from Salem, in 1637, and resided there until 1642 ; he was afterwards commander of Castle Island. in Boston Harbor, many years, and was killed (there) by lightning, July 15, 1665, aged 59." Some have supposed, that the Rev. John Davenport was the ancestor of those of that name who settled in Shrewsbury, and that Richard, their father, was his son ; both suppo- sitions are erroneous.
In 1659, the Great and General Court granted to him (Richard) 650 acres of land within the limits of what was afterwards granted, in 1717, to the proprietors of Shrewsbury, as a township; and lies partly in Boylston and partly in West Boyl- ston, where, and on some part of which, his descendants now live. It was called by the proprietors, in their earliest records, " The Davenport Farm." Perhaps bis family was in Weymouth at the time of his death.
" Richard Davenport (says Mitchell, in his History of Bridgewater) removed from Weymouth to Bridgewater about the year 1700, and that he appears to have been at Shrewsbury in 1731." He was, beyond doubt, the son of Richard, the " Commander; " according to Mitchell, his children were William, Abigail, Na- thaniel and Elizabeth. If the father were here in 1731, it was probably with a view to the future settlement of his sons ; two of whom, William and Nathaniel, came here from Bridgewater, in 1736, and settled on the land granted to his father, in 1659. There is nothing on the town record to show that the father was here at all, but by the chh. records he was here in 1736; in that year, although it does not appear that he was a member of or in covenant with the church here, he entered a com- plaint against one of the brethren. That is all the evidence 1 can find on record here that he ever resided in this town. He appears to have had no wife here, nor are any of his children, designated as such, named on the town record. His sons here had families at that time, and probably he, then advanced in life, spent the remainder of his days with them.
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Nov. 7, 1736, and m. Thomas Willard of Lancaster, Jan. 11, 1759; Elijah, May 4, 1741, and d. Sept. 27, 1745; Nathaniel, Dec. 22, 1743, and d. Sept. 23, 1745; Matthew, April 23, 1745, and m. Patience Goodenow, 1778; Catharine, Aug. 12, 1747, and in. Timothy Whitney, Dec. 8, 1768; Mary, May 6, 1749, and m. Jonas Goodenow, of Princeton, Jan. 29, 1767; Nathaniel, Ang. 30, 1751. He next m. Tamar Moore, or Morse, of Princeton, Feb. 23, 1761; Moore in the marriage, and Morse in the publishment, record. Chil. Tamar, b. Nov. 22, 1764; Dorcas, June 5, 1766 ; John, Feb. 25, 1773.
DAVENPORT, SAMUEL was admitted to the chh. here in 1735 ; what connection, if any, of Richard, does not appear ; nor is there any thing further on the records here respecting him.
DRURY, THOMAS,* the name of whose wife is unknown, had Sa. ah, bap. here, June 24, 1724; Abigail, bap. Apii 24, 1725; Rachel, bap. Oct. 20, 1728; Tha kfu , bap. Jan. 10, 1731.
Thomas Drury, who m. Huldah, D. of Eleazer Tylor, April 29, 1755, and removed to Narraganset, No. 6, nos Templeton, was probably son of the above Thomas, and b. before his parents came here, and of whom nothing more appears on record.
DRURY, JOHN (perhaps a brother of Thomas) and Anna Gleason, both of Framingham, were m. Nov. 22, 1733; and were admitted to the chh. I ere from that in Natick in 1758. It is said, he had chil. John. and Ma tha, and perhaps others, and b. before their parents came here. Martha Drury, D. sup. of John, d. here, Oct. 13, 1775, aged 27.
* John Drury, Mass., freeman in 1654, I suppose to have been father of Thomas Drury, who m. Rachel Rice, in Sudbury, Dec. 15. 1687, and there had Caleb, b. Oct. 5, 1688, and Thomas, above mentioned, Aug. 29, 1690, by Ruth a second wife.
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DRURY, DANIEL, (brother, sup. of John) of Framing- ham, m. Sarah Flagg of Sudbury, July 14, 1729, and soon after settled in this town ; she was admitted to the chb. bere from that in Sudbury in 1732, and d. Nov. 29, 1775, aged 70. He be- came a member of the chh. here in 1742. Chil. Caleb, b. 1730; Isaac, Dec. 25, 1731 ; Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 17, 1733; Sibbillah, b. April 17, 1736, and m. Gershom Drury, in 1760; Sarah and Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1738, and both d. in 1740; Daniel, bap. Aug. 10, 1740, and m. Sarah Knowlton, D. sup. of Abra- ham, May 28, 1765; Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1743, and m. Daniel Warren, Jr. of Westboro', May 18, 1775. Daniel Drury was pub. to the wid. Elizabeth Chamberlain of Holliston, in May, 1776, and m. the wid. Mary Stacey of Northboro', Sept. 5, 1776. He d. June 5, 1786, and his wid. Mary. Dec. 7, 1791 ; their ages unknown. A Martha Drury m. Reuben Goss of Westboro', Sept. 10, 1764.
DRURY, CALEB (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah Goodale, D. sup. of Edward, Dec. 7, 1756 ; both ad. to chh. 1794; he d. Dec. 20, 1804, aged 73; and his wid., Sarah, Jan. 21, 1806, aged 70. Chil. Caleb, b. June 8, 1757 ; Ann, July 1, 1759; Joel, March 9, 1763; Lucy, June 17, 1765, and sup. m. Wil- liam Drury in 1782 ; Abijah. Feb. 15, 1769 ; Lewis, Nov. 30, 1772; Anna, Feb. 10, 1775, and m. Daniel Bannister of Boylston, in 1798.
DRURY, ISAAC (s. of Daniel) m. Lois Muzzy, Dec. 5, 1754, and d. May 12, 1810, aged 79; his wife, Lois, d. Feb. 4, 1785, aged 49; they became chh. members here in 1783. They had no chil.
DRURY, EBENEZER (s. of Daniel) m. Hannah, D. of Ebenezer Keyes, Oct. 21, 1761. They became members of this chh. in 1776. Child, Esther, b. Nov. 25, 1762. The parents removed to Temple, N. H., where they bad Ebenezer, and perhaps others. In 1768, he, called of Temple, N. H., m. Miriam, D. of Enos Goodale, Dec. 1. Chil. bap. here, Abel,
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May 24, 1772; Hannah, April 10, 1774, and Lois, Dec. 8, 1776. He removed to Pittsford, Vt., and was a magistrate there.
DRURY, JOHN, Jr. (s. of John) whose wife was Martha Buckminster, was from Framingham. Chil. Joanna, b. July 9, 1760, and m. Solomon Jones of Charlton, May 2, 1782; Caro- line, March 10, 1764; Lawson, Feb. 7, 1770 ; Martha, bap. April 4, 1773; Buckminster, b. Nov. 16, 1775; John, Nov. 15, 1779. It is said he was an officer in the army of the Revo., and that he removed to Franconia, N. H.
Abigail, wife of John Drury, was admitted to the chh. here in 1772, from that in Concord. I am unable to reconcile this with any records here relating to the Drury families.
DRURY, WILLIAM (perhaps a brother of John Jr.) m. Elizabeth Drury in 1768, and both then called of Shrewsbury. He may have been the same who next follows, then having a second wife; or the following may have been a son of the pre- ceding, by a former wife.
DRURY, WILLIAM m. Lucy Drury, D. sup. of Caleb, April 18, 1782. Chil. Ephraim, b. June 3, 1783 ; and Luke, Oct. 11, 1785. This family probably removed to Grafton.
DRURY, GERSHOM, from Hollis, N. H., m. Sibbillah, D. of Daniel Drury, in 1760, and had David, b. Nov. 7, 1763.
DRURY, EBENEZER, Jr. (s. of Ebenezer) m. Lucy, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Jan. 1793, and both admitted to the chh. in that year. Chil. Isaac, b. April 29, 1793, and d. unm., May 18, 1828; Edward Flint, Feb. 18, 1795, and d. unm., Jan. 16, 1826 ; Hannah Keyes, July 19, 1796, and m. Oliver Wyman, 1819; Lois Muzzy, June 12, 1798, and d. in 1800; John, Dec. 2, 1799; Lois Muzzy, Nov. 2, 1801, and m. Thomas H. Witherbee, 1824 ; Sarah Flint, Aug. 30, 1804, and m. Isaac Reed Noyes, Sept. 16, 1828; Ebenezer, Jan. 4, 1806.
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DRURY, JOEL (s. of Caleb) m. Mary, D. of Joseph Sherman, Jr., June 8, 1788. She d. Oct. 31, 1828, aged 66. Chil. Lois, b. March 14, 1789; Lucy, Oct. 19, 1791, and m. Emery Bannister of Boylston, in 1821; Luther, March 16, 1794 ; Mary, bap. May 12, 1805.
DRURY, ABIJAH (s. of Caleb) m. Resinah Wheelock, Feb. 22, 1792. She d. April 21, 1834, aged 63. Chil. Sarah, b. July 30, 1792, and m. Alexander Rice, in 1S11 ; Melinda, Nov. 10, 1795, and m. Emery Bannister, his second wife; Luke, Aug. 15, 1799, and d. May 14, 1836; Phebe Rand, Nov. 6, 1804, and m. Ebenezer Felton of Boylston, Feb. 1, 1827; Laura, Nov. 11, 1810, and d. Sept. 15, 1833.
DRURY, LUTHER (s. of Joel) m. Martha C. Gale of West Boylston, May 5, 1822. Chil. William Sherman, b. Sept. 28, 1823; Dolly Lincoln, June 16, 1826.
DODGE, JABEZ, from Ipswich, with a family, settled in this town, how long before 1740, is unknown. He was living here in 1761. I cannot find any thing respecting him after that period on the records. It does not appear that he had chil. b. here. Of those that came with him, were Deborah, who m. Solomon Rand, in 1741; Amee, who m. Ebenezer Maynard of Westboro', Feb. 15, 1743, and d. there, Oct. 14, 1754; and Ezekiel, who was admitted to the chb. here in 1742; grad. H. U., 1749; ord. to the ministry in Abington, Mass., May 23, 1750; m. Mary Goddard of Sutton, and d. suddenly of apo- plexy, June 15, 1770, aged 48; another son, it is believed, served his time with Marshall Newton, at the blacksmith trade, and afterwards settled in Brookfield, thence to Great Barrington.
DEAN, Capt. EBENEZER (s. of Ebenezer of Franklin, and g. s. of Ebenezer of Dedham) came here with a family about the year 1790. In May, 1791, he was, with his wife, Abigail, admitted to the chh. here from that in Franklin. He settled on the place, where Balch Dean, Esq. now lives. In
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1792, his dwelling house was opened as one of the small pox hospitals, of which there were several in the town in that year ; the innoculation for that distemper being general throughout the town. He had brothers, Nathaniel and Jonathan ; not any of his children were b. here. Of those that came with him were Ebenezer, who, it is said, m. Mary Brown of Rehoboth, and d. in Norfolk, Va .; Paul, a physician, who practised here some years, and went South and d. there ; Cyrus, who m. and settled in Brookfield ; Julia, who m. Timothy Blake of Franklin, May 4, 1794 ; his D., Irene, had m. Samuel Fisher, of Westboro', before the father came to this town. He removed from here about 1798.
DEAN, JONATHAN, (s. of Ebenezer of Dedham) came here in 1798, with his second wife, Elizabeth, from Dedham, 2d D. of the Rev. Thomas Balch of the 2d Parish in that town, and settled on the place that was previously Ebenezer Dean's. His first wife was the D. of Capt. Samuel Holmes of Dedham. Ebenezer and Balch, his sons by the second wife, came here, with their parents, who, after a few years returned, as also did Ebenezer, to Dedham, leaving their youngest son, Balch, sole proprietor of the farm on which he now lives.
DEAN, BALCH, Esq., before mentioned, b. March 7, 1775, m. Martha, D. of David Brigham, Nov. 20, 1800. Child, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1801, and m. James Harvey Gerauld of Keene, N. H., (previously of Wrentham) June 6, 1827.
DEAN, FRANCIS (bro. of Balch) resided on the Eddy Place a few years, and then removed to Fitchburg. He had, while here, Francis, bap. July 7, 1805, and Charles Pinkney, bap. April 26, 1807.
DEAN, NATHANIEL (s. of Nathaniel, and g. s. of Eben- ezer, of Dedham) with his wife, Rebecca, wid. of Fisher Whiting of Dedham, formerly Rebecca Fairbank, came here in Oct., 1800, with two of her chil., viz: Rebecca Whiting, b. Dec. 8,
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1790, and here m. Thomas Knowlton, Jr., in 1809; and Calvin Whiting, b. Oct. 8, 1794. He lived on the place formerly be- longing to the Crosbys, afterwards to Timothy Underwood, and now to Samuel Whitney, where he d. March 15, 1822, aged 62. His wid., Rebecca, d. in Boston, Feb. 10, 1829, aged 70.
DAVIS, Capt. SILAS, from Holden, m. Sarah Nurse of Framingham, in 1800, and lived on the place, now of Elisha Davis. Chil. Joel, b. May 8, 1802 ; Addison, Aug. 27, 1803; Esther, July 8, 1805; Nathan Nurse, Aug. 10, 1807; Sarah, Dec. 7, 1809; Rebecca Estabrook, March 3, 1812. He re- moved from town about 1814.
DAVIS, ELISHA m. Sarah Drake, Sept. 29, 1816. Chil. Orin Elisha, b. Dec. 28, 1817 ; Samuel Merrill, March 25, 1820; Benjamin Edwards Whipple, March 10, 1822; Amos Harrison, March 14, 1825 ; Juliet Maranda, Nov. 6, 1828.
DELANY, PATRICK (an Irishman) m. Sarah, D. of Jon- athan Cutler, May 4, 1795, and, after a few years, left town. Chil. Nancy, b. Feb. 21, 1798; Sarah, April 27, 1803; Wil- liam, Sept. 7, 1805; Cyrus, March 21, 1809.
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