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at that time. He next m. Bathsheba -, and had Ivory, b. in Marlboro', in 1739; Park, b. here, Aug. 7, 1742, and d. Sept. 13, 1745 ; Esther, March 7, 1745; Park, April 15, 1748, and d. Jan. 20, 1750; Luther, May 29, 1750; Park, Nov. 19, 1752. He removed to Petersham, with his family, before 1765, having lived in the N. P.
HOLLAND, EPHRAIM m. Thankful Howe of Worcester, Dec. 11, 1739. Chil. Surah, b. March 5, 1740, and m. Luke Knowlton, in 1760 ; Tabitha, April 23, 1742, and m. Benjamin Hinds, in 1766; Eunice, Sept. 24, 1744, and, sup., m. Abel Osgood of Rutland, Feb. 13, 1766; Joseph, Oct. 19, 1746, and, sup., m. Elizabeth Gleason of Worcester, in 1772; Thankful, Oct. 24, 1743, and m. Josiah Randall of Newfane, Vt., in 1774; Abraham, who m. Abigail, D. of Henry Baldwin, June 2, 1784, and removed to Walpole, N. H. He was long a distinguished physician there, and d. March, 1847, aged 96. Levinah, 14, 1753, and m. Joshua Morse, in 1773; Ephraim, Oct. 22, 1755, and m. Eunice, D. of Marshall Newton, Feb. 1782, and removed to Newfane ; James, June 5, 1758 ; Nathaniel, May 11, 1761, and d. July 27, 1784.
HOLLAND, SAMUEL m. Sarah (D., sup., of Daniel) Hastings, May 9, 1745. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1746, and m. Francis Temple, Dec. 18, 1766 ; John, Oct. 5, 1747 ; Abi- gail, March 13, 1750, and m. Nathan Pike, May 10, 1769; Jonah, April 9, 1752, d. Sept. 6, 1759 ; Sarah, Jan. 16, 1754, and perhaps m. Hugh Moore, of Lancaster, in 1775 ; Reuben, Nov. 29, 1755; Joab, Jan. 9, 1758 ; Jonah, Dec. 17, 1759; Paul, April 13, 1761; Mary, Oct. 6, 1764, and, sup. m. John White, in 1785. Samuel, the father of these children, d. April 24, 1764, aged (age not on record,) sup. about 43. His wid. Sarah, m. Samuel Richardson, of Newfane, Feb. 6, 1774.
HOLLAND, REUBEN (s. of Ephraim) m. Esther, D. of Gideon Howe, April 12, 1784. Child, Martha, bap. Dec. 31, 1786, and m. Benjamin Goddard, Jr. in 1805.
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HARRIS, DANIEL, whose wife was Jerusha, had Abigail, b. July 1, 1756 ; Daniel, July 7, 1758 ; Martha, Oct. 5, 1760 ; John, April 9, 1763 ; Sarah, April 8, 1766.
HARRIS, ASA, whose wife was Abigail, lived in the Leg., and had Abijah, b. June 3, 1759, and d. infant ; Mary, Aug. 7, 1760; Luke, Feb. 6, 1763; Paul, Nov. 23, 1765 ; Asa, Oct 1, 1767.
HARRIS, DANIEL (s. of Daniel) m. Abigail, D. of Ger- shom Wheelock, Jr., Feb. 14, 1788. Child, Alice, bap. Sept. 27, 1789. He removed to Wardsboro', Vt., where he d. Jan. 1846, a pensioner, aged 88.
HARRIS, WILLIAM, the name of whose wife is not on re cord here, had Oliver, bap. Jan. 4, 1730. He may have been the father of Daniel and Asa, and also of Noah, who m. Phebe Butler, Feb. 22, 1757.
HOYT, BENJAMIN, whose wife was Joanna, had Joanna, b. July 5, 1743; John, Feb. 16, 1744; Wyman, April 26, 1745 Sarah, Jan. 25, 1751. His 2d wife was Susannah -. Chil. Robert, b. May 6, 1753 ; Reuben, Sept. 15, 1755.
Jemima Hoyt m. Samuel Stearns, of Grafton, Aug. 19, 1752.
HEDGE, ELISHA, m. Martha, D. of Daniel Johnson, of Marlboro', Dec. 30, 1728, ad. to the chh. here in 1736, from the New North chh. in Boston. (Dorothy, the mother of his wife, long and strenuously, but unsuccessfully, opposed his admis- sion to this chh. ; she was then a widow ; the records of the chh. here, show her hostility to him, but not the cause of it ; she was the mother, also, of Daniel and Zebediah, who settled here.) Chil. Josiah, bap. July 12, 1730, and d. in 1733; Samuel, bap. May 14, 1732 ; Lemuel, bap. July 7, 1734. He was, at his request, dismissed to the chh. in Worcester, in 1740. He ap- pears from a very interesting address by Lucius R. Paige, at a
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centenial celebration in Hardwick, in 1838, to have been one of the " Continental soldiers" from that town. Supposing him 10 have been, but twenty-one years of age, when he m. he was at least 68 years old, in 1775. He probably had a 2d wife, wid. Elizabeth Stratton, of Marlboro', whom he m. Dec. 3, 1766 ; he may have been a descendant of John Hedge, who was in Lynn, in 1634.
HEDGE, LEMUEL (s. of Elisha) grad. H. U., 1759, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. David White, of Hardwick, and settled in the ministry in Warwick, where he d. in Oct. 1777, aged 43. Chil. Lemuel, grad. H. U., 1784 ; Abraham, a Physician, and Sam- uel, both of whom settled in Windsor, Vt .; Levi, grad. H. U., 1792, and d. in Cambridge, in 1814 ; having been tutor 15, and professor, 17 years in the University there.
HARVEY, Dr. ZACHARIAH,* whose wife was Ann, had Daniel, who d. Jan. 13, 1748; Rachel, b. May 31, 1750; Daniel, Sept. 24, 1752, and d. in 1756 ; Darius, Dec. 9, 1754 ; Isaiah, May 8, 1753, " near Wachusett, but not in any town- ship."
HOLDEN, DANIEL m. Jemima, D. of Jedediah Tucker, Aug. 20, 1766 ; he was then called of Worcester ; settled here and lived on the place afterwards purchased and occupied by John Mason, Jr. His wife, Jemima, ad. to the chh. in 1780, d. Jan. 23, 1786. Chil. Daniel, b. July 4, 1769, and d. in 1770 ;
* He was one of those, who, living in the leg, were, with their lands, voted off by the town in 1752, to be annexed to Lancaster; the annexation did not take place until 1768. He gave by deed a lot of land to " the inhabitants of Shrewsbu- ry leg," for a burying place and school house lot ; as his son, Isaiah, was born " near Wachusett," in 1758, he had probably removed there before that time. He was among the first settlers of Princeton, and the first practising physician there. It was called the District of Princeton, not having been incorporated, as a town, until 1771. In 176I, he appears to have been made all things to all men ; besides being their physician, he was, at their District meeting, in March of that year, chosen Moderator, Clerk, Selectman, Assessor, and Agent to the General Court.
The Harvey apple, so highly esteemed, and of which there were, years ago, a few trees in this town, is said to have been introduced into this vicinity by him.
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Jonah, Nov. 16, 1770; Daniel, who m. Margaret, D. of Capt. Seth Pratt, and settled in N. Y. ; Amasa, who m. Abigail Pratt, sister of Margaret, July 13, 1797, and removed to Johnstown, N. Y .; Life, June 23, 1783, went to sea, and sup. d. at, say, Baltimore, in 1844 ; probably he had been master of a vessel ; in the paper announcing his death, he was called " Capt. Life Holden.".
The second wife of Daniel Holden was Dorothy, D. of Daniel Johnson, whom he m. Dec. 25, 1788. Child, Rufus Johnson, b. June 23, 1789. The father removed to Charlton, and d. there about 1835 ; his wid. Dorothy, is yet living here, March 1847, at the age of 95 years.
HUBBARD, DANIEL, whose wife was Dorothy, had Per- sis, b. May 13, 1735, Lucretia, April 28, 1737 ; Jonas, bap. May 27, 1739.
Dorothy Hubbard m. Ebenezer Harwood, of Littleton, Nov. 27, 1737.
Jonathan Hubbard m. Vashti, D. of Nathan Howe, Oct. 25, 1775.
HOLT, ABEL, m. Eunice Keyes, D., probably, of Henry, Oct. 21, 1765, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Lois, b. May 11, 1767 ; Amasa, April 21, 1772; Asa, Jan. 11, 1775 ; Abel, June 26, 1776 ; Jonas, Oct. 22, 1779.
Jonas Holt, the name of whose wife is not on record, had Ivory, bap. here, May 25, 1740.
Barzillai Holt, pub. to Lucy Williams, Nov. 1770.
HILL, NATHAN, m. Mary Whipple, of Westboro', July 11, 1772; he lived, it is said, on the place, afterwards, of Gid- eon Rider. Chil. Oliver, b. May 24, 1780 ; Mary, Aug. 21, 1781 ; Chloe, Jan. 13, 1783.
HAGAR, ABRAHAM (from Waltham, s. of Benjamin) m. Dolly, D. of Charles Newton, in 1781 ; she d. Feb. 11, 1786,
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aged 20, an early marriage and an early death ; she was b. in 1766. Chil. William, b. Dec. 28, 1782, and d. in 1783; Azu- bah, March 22, 1784 ; Dolly, Feb. 3, and d. on the 4th, 1786. He next m. Thankful, D. of Elisha Newton, Dec. 26, 1786, so is the town record ; the chih. record is " Abraham Hager and Thankful, his wife, were admitted members," &c., " Oct. 7, 1786." Child, Sarah, bap. Oct. 7, 1787. Removed to Princeton.
Hannah Hagar m. James Alexander, Sept. 12, 1786.
Elizabeth Hagar m. Andrew Grimes, of Lancaster, Oct. 26, 1775.
Abigail Hagar m. Silas Rice, of Hubbardston, Nov. 7, 1775.
Sarah Hagar m. Timothy Fay, Jr., of Northboro', July 27, 1777.
Eunice Hagar m. Zachariah Sawtle, of Northboro', in 1781, and removed to Gerry.
Mary Hagar m. Moses Fay, of Bennington, Vt., in 1785.
HENSHAW, Col. JOSEPH,* grad. H. U. 1748, m. his cousin Sarah, D. of Joshua Henshaw, Esq., of Boston, May 25,
* Thomas Henshaw, of Derby, in the County Palatine, of Lancaster, died in Toxter Park, near Liverpool, England, about 1601. His son William was killed at the taking of Liverpool, during the civil wars, in 16+4. Joshua, son of William, was about 14 months old at the time of his father's death, and, when eight years old, was sent to New England, and lived in Dorchester; where he m. Elizabeth, D. of William Sumner. Their son Joshua, b in 1672, m. Mary Webster, of Boston, in 1700, and had Daniel. b. in 1701, who m. Elizabeth Bass, of Boston, in 1724, and was one of the proprietors of Leicester, to which town he removed, and d. there in 1781, aged 80. Col. Joseph, above mentioned, b. in 1727; William, afterwards Col., b. in 1735, and David, b. in 1744, were sons of Daniel. The two last settled in Leicester, and d. there ; Col. William, in 1820, aged 84, and David, in 1808, aged 64. Their brother, Joseph, resided there a short time ; being engaged in naviga- tion, he was, during most of early life, in foreign parts. They were all of them in military commission in the Revolutionary war, and distinguished for their patriot- ism and love of country. All of them were afterwards, and through life, officiating magistrates.
Joshua, b. in 1703, brother of Daniel, was several years, and in the early part of the Revolution, one of the Selectmen of Boston, and, in 1768, chosen a member of the Executive Council ; the Royal Governor, already scorched in his seat by the flame of liberty, negatived, or in the language of the present day, vetoed, the choice. His son, Joshua, several years Register of Deeds for the County of Suf- folk, was burnt out at the " great fire" in Boston, in 1787, and removed to Shrews- bury, about 1792, and is the one mentioned in the text.
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1758, and, after some years, removed to Leicester, and thence to this town, about the year 1781, and lived on the hill, a short distance West of where Thomas W. Ward, Esq., now lives. He d. there March 19, 1794, aged 67 ; his wid. Sarah, died Jan. 4, 1822, aged 86. They had no children.
HENSHAW, JOSHUA, Esq., grad. H. U. 1763, and bro. of the wife of Col. Joseph, m. Catharine, D. of Col. Henry Hill, of Boston, March 16, 1769, and after being burnt out as men- tioned in note preceding, removed to this town, and lived in the house next West of where Nymphas Pratt, Esq., now lives ; he d. May 27, 1823, aged 78; his wife, Catharine, d. Sept. 7, 1822, aged 76. They had no children. They were, and also Col. Joseph Henshaw's wife, members of the New South chh. in Boston, when they came here, but did not remove their relation- ship from that chh.
Margaret Fife, a maiden lady, who came here with them, and resided in the family, d. here April 10, 1810, aged 91.
HARLOW, ARUNAH (from Duxbury, s. of Gideon, and g. s. of Dr. Eleazer, of Duxbury,) m. Sarah, D. of Nathan Bannister, of Boylston, in 1799 ; she d. Sept. 14, 1841, aged 63. Chil. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1800, and m. Nathan Pratt, Jr., in 1824; Eliza, March 26, 1802, and m. Samuel A. Knox, May 4, 1826 ; Patience, March 11, 1804, and m. John Barns, March 18, 1834 ; Nancy, Aug. 7, 1806 ; Nathan Bannister, Sept. 2, 1808, and m. Louisa D. Kendall ; Clarissa, May 2, 1811, and m. Christopher C. Doty ; Arunah, April 17, 1813 ; Cleora Ea- ger, Aug. 15, 1815 ; John Thomas, May 29, 1818; George Henry, June 18, 1820.
HARLOW, Dea. THOMAS (bro. of Arunah) m. Thank- ful, D. of Nathan Bannister, of Boylston, in 1798 ; they were ad. to the chh. in 1807. Chil. Gideon, b. Feb. 17, 1799 ; Nancy, bap. Aug. 1, 1802, and deceased ; Almira, April 22, 1805 ; Abigail, bap. June 17, 1810, and in. Micah 'T. Reed, of North Brookfield, Sept. 16, 1834.
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HARLOW, ABNER (bro. of the preceding) m. Persis B. Oakman, of Marshfield, and came here with a family ; his wife, Persis B., d. March 14, 1814, aged 36. He was ad. to the chh. in 1818. Chil. (no record here of any births,) Abner, who d. Aug. 21, 1842, aged 33 ; Persis, who m. Lucius S. Allen, in 1828 ; Harriet, who m. Noah K. Merriam, of Grafton, Nov. 11, 1834 ; Patience Ford, who m. Levi Houghton, of Berlin, in Oct. 1835 ; and Amos Rogers. His 2d wife was Sarah McFar- land, of Worcester, whom he m. in 1819; she was ad. to the chh., from the chh. there, in 1824, and d. Dec. 9, 1845, aged 67. Child, Sarah Elizabeth, bap. July 29, 1821, and d. March 4, 1823.
HARLOW, GIDEON (s. of Dea. Thomas) m. Harriet, D. of Nathan Howe, Esq., Jan. 1, 1828. Chil. William Taylor, b. Oct. 3, 1828 ; Thomas, Aug. 18, 1830; Henry, Oct. 13, 1833; Hiram, Nov. 27, 1839 ; Harriet Ann, Dec. 4, 1841.
HARLOW, ARUNAH, Jr. (s. of Arunah) m. Maria C. Adams. Chil. Helen Maria, b. at Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1840 ; Manilla Eliza, Dec. 1, 1842.
HAVEN, SAMUEL, Esq .* m. Hannah Wood, of Grafton, Oct. 11, 1770 ; having purchased the farm and tavern stand pre- viously owned by Col. Job Cushing, removed here, about 1800, from Hopkinton, with most of his children, all of whom were b. there. The parents were ad. to the chh. here in 1802. His wife, Hannah, d. in 1807. Chil. (for an account of their births and his ancestry, as in note below, I am indebted to a compila- tion of the Haven genealogy, by Josiah Adams, Esq., of Fra- mingham, a veteran in digging out geneological roots.) Samuel,
* He was b. Dec. 9, 1751, s. of Dea. Moses, of Hopkinton, who was b. in 1732, and m. in 1750; who was s. of Joseph, b. in 1689, and was ruling Elder in Hopkin- ton, in 1731, and afterwards ; whose father was Moses, a Deac. in Hopkinton, but b. in Lynn, in 1667, whose father was Richard, who came from England and settled in Lynn, in 1645, where, in 1692, he then living, it was "voted, that Sergeant Haven should sit in the Pulpit."
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b. May 20, 1773 ; Lawson, May 14, 1775, and d. here unm. soon after his parents came to town ; his death is not on record, nor his mother's ; Joseph, Dec. 27, 1776 ; Mary, Sept. 19, 1778, and here m. Harvey Nolen, of Boston, Feb. 12, 1804 ; Fanny, Sept. 1780, and m. Col. Joseph Valentine, of Hopkin- ton, in 1799, and d. in 1841 ; she never resided here ; Moses, July 7, 1782 ; Nancy, bap. May 2, 1786, and here m. Caleb Leland, (originally from Sherburne,) Nov. 9, 1805, and removed to Templeton, where he soon after d. ; she returned, and d. bere in 1810, aged 24, leaving no issue ; Hannah, bap. Jan. 18, 1789, and here m. James Hamilton, of Brookfield, Oct. 27, 1805 ; Gilbert Wood, bap. Nov. 29, 1795 ; Thomas Bucklin, bap. here in 1803. His 2d wife was Sarah Brigham, a wid., of North- boro', originally Sarah Martyn, whom he m. in 1809, and d. April 8, 1830, aged 78; his wid. Sarah, d. Feb. 22, 1835, aged 69 ; she was ad. to the chh. in 1809.
HAVEN, SAMUEL, Jr. (s. of Samuel) m. Pamelia, D. of Col. Gilbert Dench, of Hopkinton, and settled here about the time his father did. She was added to the chh. here in 1807. He d. July 17, 1815, aged 42, and his wid. Pamelia, Sept. 6, 1816, aged 46. Chil. (some of them b. in Hop., but all recorded here) Montgomery, b. Oct. 24, 1797, m. Sophia Parker, of Hopkinton, Dec. 4, 1817, and d. Feb. 5, 1827, aged 29 ; Lorenzo Gilbert, July 4, 1801, and d. April 14, 1828 ; Caroline Pamelia, July 10, 1802, and m. George M. Merriam, and next George J. Webb, of Boston ; Samuel Augustus, Jan. 28, 1806, and d. April 2, 1829.
" Mary Haven, of Boston, wife of Joseph Haven, (bro. of the preceding,) was admitted to the church of Christ, Sept. 20, 1805, in the presence of some of the brethren of this church. She died the next day, and the church was informed the next Lord's day of what was done."-Chh. Records.
HAVEN, MOSES (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Dolly, D. of Col. Asa Rice, June 14, 1801, and d. May 20, 1818, aged 36. Chil. Miriam Rice, b. Nov. 3, 1801, and m. John L. Valentine ;
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Theodore Sedgwick, Aug. 2, 1803, went to South Hadley, and has a family ; Mary Wells, April 9, 1806, and d. in 1809 ; Han- nah Wood, Jan 4, 1808 ; Jane, March 22, 1810; Hiram Or- lando, Nov. 5, 1812. His wid. Dolly, m. Daniel Newton, April 17, 1825.
HAVEN, GILBERT WOOD (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Laura Brigham, D. of his father's 2d wife, in 1813. Chil. Nan- cy, b. July 30, 1813, and d. Sept. 22, 1821 ; George Henry, March 14, 1815, who, having a wife and one child, was killed at Westboro', Feb. 22, 1847, while employed on the rail road, by the snow plow overturning upon him.
HAVEN, THOMAS BUCKLIN (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Clarissa Cloyes, of Framingham, in 1815, and d. April 21, 1823, aged 28. Chil. Maria Antoinette, who m. James Brewer, of Boston ; and Caroline Augusta, who m. Albert C. Cole, of Worcester. His wid. Clarissa, m. Rufus Porter, of Worcester, Feb. 25, 1825.
HAMILTON, JAMES, afterwards Col., m. Hannah, D. of Samuel Haven, Oct. 27, 1805. Chil. no record of them, Alex- ander James, and Samuel. He removed to Concord, tlience to Framingham, thence to Boston, thence to New York, where his wife, Hannah, d. about 1842.
HOWARD, TIMOTHY m. Anna, D. of Maj. Joseph Mixer, Jan. 24, 1759 ; she was ad. to chh. here in 1756. He lived near the present dwelling house of Nathan Howe, Esq. Chil. (no record of their births,) Lucy, bap. Sept. 16, 1759 ; Mary, bap. July 11, 1762, and m. Lewis Smith, in 1783 ; Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 10, 1765 ; Timothy, bap. Oct. 25, 1768, m. Abigail Temple, of Boylston, and removed to Northboro' ; Abigail, bap. May 1, 1774 ; and Ezra, who d. Dec. 6, 1842, aged 65.
His 2d wife was Dorcas Green, of Berlin, whom he m. in 1795; she d. in 1809, and he, March 20, 1819, aged 85 ; his house and fennel garden, soon after, passed away.
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HAMLIN, NATHANIEL, whose wife was Sarah, had Lewis, bap. here July 4, 1773; Sarah, bap. Oct. 29, 1775; and Perez, bap. Nov. 16, 1777 ; "the parents being in a cove- nant relation to the church in Wellfleet."-Chh. Records .*
HADLEY, SAMUEL, whose wife was Elizabeth, came here about 1825, and had Samuel Dexter, b. Aug. 27, 1826 ; Sarah Ann, April 29, 1827, and d. infant ; Thomas Richard, Aug. 4, 1828.
IDE, SAMUEL, from Rehoboth, m. Sarah, D. of Dea. Jas- per Stone, Nov. 24, 1793 ; they were ad. to the chh. here in 1795. Child, Simeon, bap. April 5, 1795. The parents left town soon after. His s. William B. Ide, of Windsor, Vt., m. here, in 1820, Susan G., D. of Caleb Haskell, of Bellows Falls, N. H. Their mothers were daughters of Dea. Jasper Stone.
IDE, SIMEON, from Rehoboth, had probably m. before he came here ; the name of his wife was Hannah. She d. April 18, 1792, aged 22 ; he d. before 1795, leaving a child, Abigail, b. April 10, 1789, in the care of his bro. Simeon ; who adopted and presented it for baptism on the same day with his own son, Simeon. Daniel, b. Dec. 19, 1791.
INGALSBY, EBENEZER, whose wife was Susanna, lived in the N. P. Chil. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 25, 1752, and m. Phebe Estabrook, Nov. 20, 1779 ; John, May 15, 1753; Joseph, March 22, 1755. and d. infant ; Joseph, Feb. 9, 1757 ; Anna, Feb. 14, 1758, and m. Nathan Lovell, of Holden, in 1781 ; Mary, Dec. 28, 1759 ; Eunice, Jan. 11, 1762 ; Susannah, Oct. 1, 1763 ; Aaron Newton, June 10, 1765 ; Eber, May 14, 1767 Lydia, April 29, 1769, and d. Oct. 1, 1775 ; Levi, July 23, 1771, and d. infant; Levi, Aug. 22, 1773; Asa, March 19, 1775.
* In the record of the baptism of the first child, his name is written Hamlit, and in that of the others, Hamlin. Jacob Hamlett was early in Billerica ; he there m. Hannah Parker, in 1668 ; she d. 26. 4. 1669 ; he next m. Mary Dutton, 21. 10. 1669, who d. of small pox, in 1678. Nathaniel may have been a descendant of Jacob.
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INGERSOLL, Rev. SAMUEL B., from Beverly, grad. Y. C., ord. here, June 14, 1820, colleague Pastor of Rev. Dr. Sum- ner, preached the first Sabbath after his ordination for the last time ; he d. at Beverly, Nov. 15, 1820, aged 33-see page 181. His wife was Hannah Whittlesey, of New Haven, Ct., and now the wife of William T. Eustis, of Boston.
JOHNSON, ZEBEDIAH * (s. of Daniel,) b. in Marlboro', in 1706, m. Esther Richardson, of Leicester, Nov. 18, 1731, and lived on the place afterwards belonging to his s. Philip, and now in the possession of Levi Howe ; he d. there Sept. 6, 1793, aged 87, and his wid. Esther, May 5, 1796, aged 82, and were both buried on the farm, as were some of his chil., on the S. side of the road, nearly opposite his dwelling house.
The parents were ad. to chh. here in 1743. Chil. Zebediah, bap. April 1, 1733 ; Esther, b. June 23, 1734, and d. in 1736 ; Seth, Feb. 15, 1736; Israel, Sept. 11, 1737; Solomon, Oct. 13, 1739 ; Esther, July 30, 1741, and d. unm. March 18, 1809, aged 68 ; Elizabeth, April 11, 1743, and m. Daniel Hemenway, in 1768 ; Phebe, Oct. 2, 1744, and d. unm. Oct. 14, 1835, aged 91; Thomas, July 2, 1746, m. Elizabeth, D. of Ephraim Smith, Sept. 21, 1771, and removed to Barre ; John, March 19, 1748, and d. in West Indies ; Philip, Oct. 19, 1749, and d. unm. Feb. 27, 1823, aged 73; Isachar, Jan. 7, 1751, m. Dolly Barrett, of Killingsley, Ct., in 1777, and removed to Alstead, N. H .; Lem- uel, April 7, 1752; Jonah, Dec. 22, 1754, and d. in 1760 ; David, Feb. 16, 1756, and d. unm. March 25, 1820, aged 64.
*Solomon Johnson, whose wife was Elinor. shared in a division of Sudbury meadows, in 1633 ; where, according to Boston Records, he had Joseph (Farmer says, Joshua,) and Nathaniel, b. 3. 12. 1639; Solomon, in 1645, and Caleb, in 1646. He probably came to this country with a family of children, of whom John may have been one, and went to Sudbury with his father. Through John came Zebe- diah and Daniel, who settled in Shrewsbury. John Johnson m. Deborah, D. of Wil- liam Ward, in Sudbury, Nov. 19, 1657, and removed to Marlboro', where they had (besides children b. in Sudbury,) Daniel, b. in 1675, who m. Dorothy Lamb, of Fra- mingham, in 1697-Daniel and Dorothy had Martha, b. in 1702, who m. Elisha Hedge ; Zebediah, b. in 1706, and Daniel, b. in 1709. It appears by the chh. re- cords, that Dorothy was residing here in 1736, and was then a widow. 1 find no record here or in Marlboro', of her death, or of her husband's. Their son, Daniel, appears to have been their youngest child.
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JOHNSON, DANIEL (bro. of Zeb.) b. in 1709, m. Sarah Holland, March 24, 1736. He d. here, June 2, 1763, aged 56, 9 mos., according to the town record. This does not correspond with his birth ; the error may be in mistaking the figure 7 for 9, in the Marl. records as the year of his birth. His wid. survived him a number of years, and was ad. to the chh. in 1767; her death is not on record. Chil. Zeruiah, b. May 19, 1737, and m. James Maynard, of Westboro', in 1755 ; Levinah, Feb. 20, 1739, and d. infant ; Rufus, May 16, 1741, and d. infant ; Levi- nah, Dec. 11, 1743, and m. James Richardson, of Spencer, June 19, 1764 ; Rufus, Jan. 25, 1746, and d. infant ; Daniel, March 2, 1748 ; Stephen, March 7, 1750; Dorothy, March 12, 1752, and m. Daniel Holden, in 1788; Lucy, Ang. 25, 1754, and m. Jonas Hastings, in 1781 ; Sophia, bap. April 26, 1756 ; Lucre- tia, bap. Oct. 21, 1759.
JOHNSON, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of the preceding) m. Martha, D. of Ebenezer Bragg, Feb. 3, 1778, and d. Jan. 1, 1812, aged 64; and his wid. Martha, March 20, 1829, aged 71. , Chil. Sarah, b. May 9, 1778, and m. William Smith, Jan. 15, 1799; Abner, Oct. 25, 1779, and d. May 3, 1800; his skull was frac- tured in being thrown from a horse ; Lucretia, Feb. 17, 1781, and d. unm. Oct. 23, 1816; Daniel, Oct. 31, 1782, and d. unm. May 23, 1823 ; Newell, March 20, 1784, and d. in 1786 ; Relief, Dec. 31, 1785, and d. unm .; Martha, Nov. 30, 1787, and m. Elijah Rawson, in 1820; Timothy, Dec. 16, 1789, and d. unm. March 3, 1815; Elizabeth, Jan. 13, 1792, and m. John Sherman, of Grafton, April 12, 1815 ; Newell, Aug. 14, 1795.
JOHNSON, STEPHEN (bro. of Daniel, Jr.) m. Catha- rine, D. of Daniel Smith, Nov. 28, 1793, and d. Oct. 3, 1807, aged 57; his wid. Catharine, Jan. 30, 1838, aged 73. Chil. John, b. Jan. 24, 1794; Lucy, May 21, 1796, and m. Samuel Gray, of Westboro', in 1815; Catharine, twin with Lucy, m. Ethan Temple, in 1821 ; Sophia, March 20, 1799, and m. Schuyler Harrington, in 1818.
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JOHNSON, JOHN (s. of Stephen) m. Jemima, D. of Abel Wesson, of Grafton, in 1816, lived on the homestead, and d. Aug. 25, 1831, aged 37}. Chil. Harriet Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1816; Sarah Elizabeth, Nov. 26, 1818 ; Emily Lucretia, Sept. 13, 1820 ; John Wesson, June 21, 1822 ; Lucy Augusta, March 1, 1825; Samuel Henry, Dec. 14, 1826.
JOHNSON, CALEB, whose wife was Dorothy, appears to have been here in 1741. In that year his wife and three sons d. here ; the record does not contain the age of any of them, nor is there a record here of a birth or baptism of any of his chil. He was Rep. in 1741 and '43, and, in June of the latter year, was pub. to Elizabeth Briant, of Sudbury. His wife, Dorothy, d. Jan. 25, 1741 ; his sons d. Joel, Feb. 7, 1741 ; Ashbel, Feb. 22, 1741 ; and Caleb, March 16, 1741. He may have been the Caleb b. in Sudbury, Sept. 18, 1687, whose parents were Caleb and Dorothy, having a wife of the same Christian name, that his father had ; but of this there is much uncertainty. Caleb Johnson, perhaps the foregoing, was ad. to the chh. here in 1763.
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