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JONES, JONAS, from Weston, m. Abigail Hartwell, of Lin- coln, in 1763 ; she was ad. to chh. here 1779. Chil. Lucy, b. Oct. 14, 1764 ; Jonas and Ephraim, Nov. 29, 1765 ; Richard Hall, Oct. 1, 1767 ; Stephen, Sept. 11, 1769, and d. infant ; Hepzibah, Dec. 22, 1770 ; Stephen, Nov. 26, 1775 ; Henry, July 5, 1777 ; Isaac, March 25, 1780.
He purchased of - Holland, and resided on the farm, &c. where Col. J. Henshaw afterwards lived, and sold to Lewis Al- len, whose heirs sold to Henshaw. Jones and his family remov- ed from town.
JONES, SOLOMON, from Charlton, m. Joanna Drury, in 1782. Chil. Leonard and Caroline, b. June 3, 1783.
JONES, LEMUEL, from Waltham, with a family, resided here several years, and d. March 8, 1823, aged 43, leaving a wife and chil., none of whose names are on record.
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JOYSLYN, PETER, whose wife was Elizabeth, probably from Westboro', was s. of Joseph and Catharine. This name is written Joslin, Josselyn in the records of some towns, but in those of this town, Joyslin. Chil. Mary, b. June 5, 1755, and m. John Peirks, Jr., in 1788 ; Alice, Oct. 27, 1757 ; Peter, Oct. 12, 1759 ; Persis, Feb. 26, 1762; Dorothy and Anna, - Feb. 12, 1764 : Samuel, Aug. 2, 1766.
A Peter Joslyn, son of Nathaniel and Sarah, was b. in Lancas- ter, in 1665. Joseph, sup. a descendant of Peter, settled in Westboro' before 1726, whose wife was Catharine.
JENNISON, SAMUEL,* m. Mary, D. of Phineas Hey- wood, April 10, 1755, and lived in the house, and on the farm next W. of the house of Joseph Nurse, where he d. May 18, 1804, aged 81 ; and his wid., Mary, Sept. 8, 1820, aged 87. Chil. Joseph Brooks, b. Jan. 5, 1756 ; Catharine, July 20, 1757, and d. Sept. 5, 1760; Mary, April 30, 1759, and d. April 17, 1775; John, July 21, 1761 ; Levi, July 20, 1763 ; Samuel, Aug. 7, 1765, and m. Sarah Drury, of Grafton, Dec. 10, 1789 ; Catha- rine, Aug. 2, 1767, and m. - Newton, in 1784 ; and per- haps Rebecca, who m. Solomon Howe, in 1784.
JENNISON, JOSEPH BROOKS (s. of Samuel) m. Da- maris, D. of Gideon Howe, June 24. 1792, and lived on the homestead. Chil. Mary, b. March 2, 1793 ; Oliver, July 5, 1794 ; Henry, March 25, 1796 ; James, Jan. 21, 1798, and sup. m. Mary Lamb, Feb. 22, 1820, and went to Southbridge ; Levi, Sept. 20, 1799, and sup. m. Lucy Smith, of Holden, in 1830; Eunice, Aug. 15, 1801, and m. Stephen Keyes, of
* Robert Jennison, and his wife Grace, were in Watertown, in 1638, and had Samuel (I find no other son.) b. in 1642, whose wife was Judith ; they had three sons, and six daughters b. in Watertown, betwen 1666 and 1689 The sons were Samuel, b. in 1673, (his name in the record of births is written Jennings, as was Jennison, in other instances, about that period,) Peter, in 1681, and Robert, in 1684. Samuel, who settled in Shrewsbury, b. about 1723, was probably the son of one of these three brothers. Jane Jennison, of Sudbury, m. Joseph Brooks, of Weston, in 1725, and undoubtedly was a relative of Samuel, who settled here; hence the name of his oldest son.
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Princeton, Nov. 26, 1821 ; Relief, Feb 16, 1804; Samuel, Jan. 25, 1806 ; Andrew, Aug. 22, 1808. After 1818, he re- ceived a pension for revolutionary services, and removed to - before 1830.
JENNISON, JOHN (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Feb. 26, 1799, and removed to Petersham.
JENNISON, LEVI (s of Samuel). m. Ruth, D. of Silas Hemenway, March 28, 1789. Chil. Ethan, b. here July 6, 1789 ; the parents removed to Vt., where they had Levi Hem- enway, who was, several years, Governor of that State.
JENNISON, WILLIAM (from Worcester) m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Joseph Sumner, Oct. 30, 1788. Chil. Elizabeth Stowell ; Joseph Sumner ; Nahum Eager ; Charles Horrace, b. at Southboro', March 2, 1796 ; William Danielson, Sept. 10, 1798 ; Israel ; Sarah Sumner ; Erastus Sumner. The three last were, probably, b. at Swanton, Vt., to which place he had removed, and where his wid. Sarah, d. in 1831, aged about 67.
JESEPH, JOSEPH (from Worcester) m. Jemima Bosworth, July 10, 1770. Chil. Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1770; Elizabeth, Oct. 15, 1772.
JEFFREY, WILLIAM and his wife Hannah Reynolds, of Wenham, came from Salem, but last from Northboro' to this town, about IS01 ; and were both ad. to the chh. here in 1806. She d. Jan. 27, 1816, aged 42. Chil. Rebecca, b. May 29, 1801, and m. Dr. Joseph Whipple, of Boylston, July 4, 1819, and re- moved to Ohio ; George Cleaveland, Sept. 2, 1803; Nancy Townsend, Sept. 25, 1805, and d. in Ohio ; Stephen Williams, Dec. 5, 1807, and m. Sophia Bartlett, of Northboro', in 1832, and d. Aug 27, 1845, aged 38 ; his wife, Sophia, d. March 23, 1835, aged 29 ; William Arthur, Feb. 15, 1811.
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KEYES, Dea. JOHN,* whose wife was Sarah, was one of the founders of this chh., a strong pillar therein, and its first dea- con. He lived in the N. P., at "Spring Garden," and in 1729 was living on house lot, No. 42 ; where from unknown. I do not find his name, nor any thing of an individual of his family in all the records I have seen, other than those of this town and chh., and very little is to be found here relative to his family. Not any of his children appear to have been b. here. Phebe Keyes was ad. to this chh. in 1728, and then called the D. of Dea. John Keyes ; she d. Sept. 16, 1748 ; "Huldah, D. of Dea. John Keyes and Sarah, his wife," d. Dec. 19, 1726, in her 13th year ; " Sarah Keyes, neice of Dea. John," was ad. to this chh. from that in Lancaster, in 1724 ; perhaps a D. of James, who was Rep. there in 1733 ; he also had John, who, with his fam- ily, will be noticed towards the close of this family name. Sarah, who m. Peter Butler, may have been his " neice," and not his D. Neither his, nor his wife's death is on record here ; he is supposed to have been b. in 1664, and to have d. about 1748 or 9 ; if so, his age was not far from 84.
KEYES, Maj. JOHN (sup. s. of Elias, of Sud.) m. in Marlboro', March 11, 1696, Mary, D. of Gershom Eames, (who
* Probably g. s. of Robert Keyes, who was in Watertown in 1633, and whose wife was Sarah ; he d. there July 16, 1647; they had Sarah, b. there, 26, 3 1633 ; Rebecca, 17. 1. 1638 ; Mary, 17. 4. 1639 ; Elias, 20. 3. 1643 ; and perhaps other sons, one or more of whom probably went to Chelmsford and vicinity. Elias settled in Sudbury, where he m. Sarah Blanford, Sept. 11, 1665, and had Elias, b. Nov. 15, 1666; James, Sept. 13, 1670; Sarah, April 11, 1673; and Thomas, Feb. 8, 1674 ; and perhaps John, afterwards, Major John. Peter Keyes and his wife, Elizabeth,
were also in Sudbury, and had Esther, b. there Feb. 12, 1667; Deacon John, may have been his son. In a record there, but not an official one, I saw, ainong the names and births of sundry early settlers, the name, &c., of John Keyes; it was simply this, "John Keyes, b. 1664." He may have been the Dea. John, who set- tled in Shrewsbury, yet, and if so, it furnishes no clue to his parentage ; and that of Maj. John is unknown. yet not resting in so much uncertainty ; he was not far from ten years younger than Dea. John, and, according to his age, at the time of his death, b. about 1675. It is not improbable he was the son of Elias, whose sons, Elias, James and Thomas, b. in Sudbury, next appear in Marlboro', and also Maj. John, all of them having families there between 1696 and 1702. Thomas, and Maj. John, with their families, came here, and were among the first settlers ; sons of the other two brothers accompanied them, or followed soon after.
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d. early in life, and in Watertown, Nov. 25, 1676 ; she was b. four months after her father's decease ; her mother, originally Hannah Johnson, was then under twenty years of age, and, by a 2d marriage, was the mother of Col. Nahum Ward.) It may be, that it was to him, house lot No. 16 was granted, in 1718, in the record of which he is called Jun. ; he was Junior of the other John, afterwards Deacon, only in years. Neither of them lad, probably, at that time, a title, whereby to be distinguished, one rom the other. The elder John, in the early records made by hin as Clerk, styled himself John Keyes, Sen., and the other John, John Keyes, Jun. ; a mode of discrimination, not uncom- mon in that day, and since, as appears by the town records, when there were two of the same name in town, although not father and son.
JOHN KEYES, afterwards Major, was living here in Aug. 1723, and was one of the founders of the chh. It was in Aug. of that year, that his new and old house were burnt, and three of his sons perished in the flames ; (see Bragg, Ebenezer,) they were sleeping in the new house ; their names and ages were given by Rev. Mr. Breck, of Marlboro', in his published account of that grievous and awful dispensation, in which, among other things, he remarked, that "Capt. Keyes and his wife, and four daugh- ters, lodged in the old one, which was also burnt, but the people were saved." The names of his four daughters, who were sav- ed, were, probably, not until recently known to any one, now liv- ing. Here the reader will find them, and, perhaps, have his sympathies awakened, even now, in behalf of those, who have long since gone to their rest. His children were Gershom, b. in 1698 ; Mary, in 1700, and m. Daniel Rand, in 1720 ; Solomon, in 1703 ; Hannah, in 1706, and m. Gershom Flagg, in 1725 ; Thankful, in 1709, and m. Jonas Keyes, in 1728 ; John, in 1712; Sarah, in 1715, and m. Joshua Wilder, Dec. 21, 1731, and removed to Princeton, of which they were the first settlers ; Stephen, in 1718. They were all born in Marlboro', and their births recorded there. The three last named sons were those who perished in the burning of the new house.
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Maj. Keyes was highly esteemed, and extensively known ; a man of note in liis day ; and when spoken of after his death, was called " the famous Maj. Jolin Keyes." He d. here, March 31, 1768, aged 93 years and 7 mos. ; his wid. Mary, April 6, 1772, aged 95 years and 1 mo. ; they lived to a remarkable age, and with each other in the marriage state, upwards of 72 years ; the longest period of the like that is to be found on record.
KEYES, GERSHOM (s. of Maj. Jolin) whose wife was Sarah, was living on house lot No. 15, in 1729 ; his wife was ad. to the chh. here in 1727. Chil. none on record here. The fol- lowing are at Marlboro', viz : Francis, b. in 1719; Humphrey, in 1721 ; Lucretia, in 1723 ; Lerinah, in 1726; Elizabeth, in 1728. He removed to Boston and became a wealthy and dis- tinguished merchant.
KEYES, THOMAS, b. in 1674 (s. of Elias, of Sud.) whose wife was Elizabeth, came here with a family from Marlboro', and was living on house lot No. 28, in 1729. Chil. Jonathan, b. in 1702; Cyprian, in 1706; Dinah, in 1710 ; and Thomas, in 1713, all in Marlboro'.
KEYES, JONATHAN, Deacon in the N. P. (s. of Thornas) m. Patience Morse, of Marlboro', Nov. 11, 1727 ; they were ad. to this chh. in 1728; he d. June 25, 1778, aged 76, and his wife, Patience, May 1, 1776, aged 71. Chil. Jonathan, b. Jan. 21, 1728 ; Miriam, Oct. 7, 1729, and d. young ; Dinah, Aug. 22, 1731, and d. in 1733 ; Timothy, bap. Nov. 4, 1733, and m. Prudence Wilder, May 1, 1755, and removed to the Northerly part of Rutland ; Miriam, Dec. 14, 1735, and sup. m. Artemas Maynard, of Princeton, May 27, 1762; Thomas, Dec. 24, 1737, perhaps the Thomas Keyes who m. Mary Temple, April 25, 1765, and then called of Westminster ; Benjamin, Jan. 29, 1740; Asa, bap. July 4, 1742, and d. in 1745 ; Catharine and Dinah, Aug. 15, 1744 ; the former d. infant, the latter, in 1752; Catharine, Oct. 9, 1747, and sup. m. Jonathan Warren Smith, in 1774.
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KEYES, CYPRIAN, Deacon in both parishes (s. of Thom- as,) m. Hepzibah Howe, in Sudbury, Dec. 15, 1729; (she was sis. of Ezekiel Howe, who d. here in 1800, and of Eliphalet, who settled in the N. part of Rutland,) he was ad. to this chh. in 1728, and his wife, in 1736, from Sud. chh. He d. in Boyls- ton, June 18, 1802, aged 95, 9 mos., and his wife, Hepzibah, April 15, 1792, aged 86. Chil. on record here, Hepzibah, b. Nov. 9, 1730, and m. Jotham Bush, in 1750 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 17, 1732, and sup. m. Oliver Dakin, of Sud. Nov. 16, 1749 ; Cyprian, Jan. 9, 1735 ; Levinah, Feb. 2, 1737, and d. in 1756 ; Persis, Jan. 22, 1739, and m. Ezra Beaman, in 1758 ; David, bap. Aug. 30, 1741, and d. in 1745.
KEYES, HENRY (perhaps a bro. of Dea. Cyprian) was here no doubt before 1728, as his wife, whose name was Ruth, was ad. to this chh. in 1728; he was living on house lot No. 45, in 1729 ; and d. before Jan. 1757, soon after his return from camp. Isaac Temple and Cyprian Keyes, his Executors, receiv- ed from the public Treasury, £0.16.6, to reimburse his expenses borne by himself in returning from camp. Chil. Ruth, b. July 24, 1728 ; Reuben, Feb. 19, 1730 ; Priscilla, Aug. 25, 1731, and m. Daniel Hastings, Jr., in 1753; Mary, Feb. 12, 1734 ; Elizabeth, March 27, 1736, and sup. m. Bezaleel Maynard, in 1754; Olive, May 17, 1738, and m. Jonas Temple, in 1756 ; Simeon, bap. March 30, 1740 ; a son (record torn) b. Nov. 16, 1743 ; Eunice, April 19, 1745, and sup. m. Abel Holt, Oct. 21, 1765.
KEYES, OLIVER (son of - unknown) m. here, Re- becca Patterson, Nov. 13, 1727 ; both ad. to chh. in 1728, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Lydia, b. Feb. 25, 1729 ; Titus, Jan. 24, 1731 ; Joanna, April, 16, 1733 ; Oren, Sept. 14, 1735, and d. infant ; Stephen, Feb. S, 1738 ; Sarah, April 6, 1740, and d. in 1745; Elizabeth, May 16, 1742, and d. in 1745; Esther, March 29, 1745, and d. infant ; Abijah, Sept. 17, 1746.
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KEYES, ELIAS, b. 1694 (s. of James and Hannah, of Marlboro', and g. s. of Elias, of Sud.) m. Kezia Brigham, in Marlboro', Dec. 13, 1718, and was one of the 16 founders of the chh. here ; his wife was ad. to it in 1724. Chil. Elias, b. July 22, 1719 ; Mary, April 13, 1721, and d. in 1724 ; David, Sept. 20, 1722; Robert, April 18, 1725; Mary, Dec. 12, 1726 ; Charles, April 29, 1728; Keziah, Feb. 13, 1730; Paul, Sept. 16, 1731 ; Zenas, March 9, 1733, and d. in 1740 ; Martha, June 27, 1736 ; Thaddeus, June 17, 1738 ; and Deliv- erance, March 14, 1740. " The parents were dismissed from this chh. in 1744, to the chh. in a new town, at Housatonic, call- ed No. 2 ;" now New Marlboro'.
KEYES, ELIAS, Jr. (s. of Elias) whose wife was Sarah, was ad. to this chh. in 1742, and dismissed at the same time and to the same chh. his father was. Child, Zenas, b. May 20, 1742.
KEYES, EBENEZER (s. of - unknown) m. Tamar , D. of Dea. Samuel Wheelock, July 31, 1726, lived in the N. P., and was ad. to this chh. in 1735. Chil. Huldah, b. April 19, 1727, and m. Elijah Rice, about 1748; Elisha, Feb. 15, 1729; Tamar and Tryphena, Jan. 5, 1731 ; the former m. Jonathan Knight, of Worcester, Oct. 20, 1756 ; the latter m. Jacob Hinds, in 1756 ; Ebenezer, Nov. 4, 1733 ; Hepzibah, June 2, 1736, and m. Bezaleel Gleason, of Worcester, Dec. 6, 1758 ; Hannah, April 17, 1742, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Oct. 29, 1761.
KEYES, ELI (s. of -) m. Mary, D. of Dea. Samuel Wheelock, Oct. 28, 1734, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Eli, b. March 24, 1738 ; Nathaniel, Sept. 6, 1739 ; Ebenezer, July 25, 1741 ; Mary, Oct. 24, 1743, and sup. m. David Cutting, in 1767; Ezra, Jan. 24, 1750.
KEYES, ROBERT (s. of --- ) m. Martha, D. of Asa Bouker, Dec. 24, 1740, and was ad. to the chh. here in 1742,
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and his wife in 1745. Chil. as recorded here, Stephen, b. Jan. 19, 1742, and d. in 1748 ; Jonas, Dec. 24, 1743 ; Martha, Dec. 6, 1745 ; Anna, June 21, 1748 ; Lucy, Aug. 15, 1750 ; Phebe, July 31, 1752 ; Abraham, March 10, 1755 ; Mary, " at Wachusett, but not in any township," July 19, 1757 ; Solomon, June 28, 1762. " The parents were dismissed from this chh. in 1764, to one about to be at Princeton."
It is said Robert Keyes d. in Princeton, March 1, 1795, aged 84-if so, he was b. about 1711, and was 11 years older than Martha at the time of her marriage. It could hardly be Robert of Elias, who m. Martha Bouker, and I can find no other Rob- ert ; he was not 16 years old in 1740, when she was m., and she, herself, was then 21.
KEYES, JAMES, b. in 1696 (s. of James and Hannah, of Marl.) was living on house lot No. 19, in 1730. His s. Jonas, d. in 1735 ; his wife, whose name is not on record here, d. be- fore 1739, as on the 4th of Jan, in that year, he m. Abigail Rugg, of Sudbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1742, from that in Sud- bury. Chil. Jonas, b. Oct, 2, 1739 ; Meliscent, June 2, 1741, and m. Levi Goodnow, of Marlboro', June 8, 1762 ; Submit, bap. April 24, 1743.
KEYES, JONAS (s. of -) m. Thankful, D. of Maj. John Keyes, Aug. 20, 1731. Chil. Olive or Alice, bap. May 27, 1733 ; Rachel, April 17, 1735, and sup. m. Thomas Miles, in 1767.
A Rachel Keyes was pub. to Jonathan Barnard, of Sutton, April 3, 1756. The above Jonas is sup. to have m. Olive Tem- ple, Nov. 22, 1756.
KEYES, JONATHAN, Jun. (son of Dea. Jonathan) m. Sarah Taylor, Jan. 23, 1752, perhaps D. of Ebenezer, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Solomon, b. June 25, 1753; Dinah, Jan. 23, 1755, and d. in 1756 ; Sarah, Dec. 21, 1756 ; Ebenezer, Oct. 24, 1760 ; Salma, Sept. 6, 1762 ; Francis, Oct. 13, 1765.
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KEYES, THOMAS (s. sup. of Dea. Jonathan) m. Mary, D. of Isaac Temple, April 15, 1765 ; he was then called of Westminster ; he lived in the N. P. Chil. Lucy, who d. here, April 4, 1776, aged 10 and 8 mos. ; Asa, b. Sept. 21, 1768 ; Francis, April 15, 1771 ; Luther, Sept. 20, 1772, and d. in- fant ; Lucy, July 27, 1778 ; Luther, May 8, 1781.
KEYES, CYPRIAN, Jr. (s. of Dea. Cyprian) m. Martha, D. of John Bush, May 27, 1756, and lived in the N. P. Chil. David, b. July 13, 1757, and d. Nov. 23, 1775 ; his parents are called of Princeton, in the record of his death ; Cyprian, Jan. 31, 1759 ; Israel, July 20, 1760, and m. Dolly or Dorothy Tem- ple, in 1782; Patty, according to one record, another says Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1762 ; Peabody, Nov. 1, 1763 ; Levinah, March 25, 1765; Persis, April 5, 1767 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 1768; Lucy, May 13, 1770.
KEYES, TITUS (s. of Oliver) m. Esther Perham, of Up- ton, in 1757. Child, Oren, b. March 23, 1758.
KEYES, ELISHA (s. of Ebenezer) m. Catharine Baker, D. sup. of Thomas Baker, July 19, 1757, and lived in the S. W. part of the town ; he d. here Feb. 18, 1811, aged 82, and his wife, Catharine, Nov. 9, 1797, aged 60. Chil. Eber, b. Aug. 29, 1758 ; Azubah, May 13, 1760, and m. Henry Bald- win, Jr., in 1786 ; Ashley, May 3, 1762, and d. in 1763 ; Eliz- abeth, Oct. 31, 1763, and m. Calvin Newton, in 1787 ; Ashley, Nov. 29, 1765, and m. Anna Willard, Oct. 20, 1788 ; Lewis, July 31, 1768 ; Mary, June 16, 1773, and d. Oct. 26, 1784 ; Nahum, Dec. 15, 1776.
KEYES, ELI, Jr. (s. of Eli) m. Hannah Howe, April 1, 1762. Chil. Ezra, b. Jan. 27, 1763 ; Daniel, Nov. 17, 1764 ; Azubah, June 5, 1767.
KEYES, SIMEON, (son of Henry) m. Lucy, D. of Isaac Temple, Dec. 5, 1765, and lived in the N. P., and d. Jan. 21,
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1782, aged 42, and his wife, Lucy, Oct. 9, 1779, aged 35. Chil. Reuben, b. Sept. 15, 1766 ; Henry, Aug. 22, 1768 ; Ruth, July 12, 1770 ; Elizabeth, March 21, 1773 ; Tabitha, March 15, 1775; Isaac, May 13, 1777 ; Simeon, Aug. 26, 1779. Sim- eon Keyes, perhaps the father of the above chil. was pub. to Abigail Ward, of Sutton, Nov. 9, 1781.
KEYES, BENJAMIN (s. of Dea. Jonathan,) m. Lucy Mer- riam, of Oxford, in 1767, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Ben- jamin, b. Feb. 23, 1768 ; Joel, July 9, 1770 ; Amasa, Dec. 16, 1773.
KEYES, SOLOMON, b. 1727 (s. of Solomon, of Marlbo- ro',) whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1756.
KEYES, STEPHEN, (s. of Oliver,) whose wife was Eliza- beth, had Levinah, b. July 6, 1760 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 3, 1762 ; Gerrish, July 2, 1767.
KEYES, JOHN (s. of Dea. John, and the only one of all the foregoing, that appears to be so of record,) m. Abigail, D. of Dea. Jonathan Livermore, Nov. 26, 1741; she was then called of Westboro'; they lived in the N. P., and were both ad. to this chh. in 1742. 'The chh. record is thus : " John Keyes admitted to full chh. privilege, Dec. 5, 1742-the son of Dea. John Keyes." "Abigail, the wife of John Keyes, ad. &c., Dec. 5, 1742." It seems remarkable that Dea. Jolin, then probably 76 years old, should have a son, entering into family state, appa- rently for the first time, so late as 1741. Huldah, D. of Dea.
John, according to her age at the time of her decease, was b. in 1713. His son John, is said to have d. in Boylston ; his age un- known. Chil. Simon, b. Oct. 6, 1742, and settled in Wilton, N. H. ; Abigail, Dec. 20, 1743, and m. William Hawkins, of Northboro', in 1766 ; Elizabeth, April 6, 1746, and m. Joshua Blanchard, of Wilton, N. H., Feb. 6, 1770 ; John, Aug. 7, 1753, and m. Lucy Hale, of Winchendon, Sept. 4, 1777, and went to Wilton, thence to Princeton, and d. there ; Thomas,
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July 8, 1755, m. - Atherton, and lived in Northboro' ; his 2d wife was Eunice Knight, of Bolton ; Silas, Aug. 7, 1757 ; Rhoda, March 31, 1759, and m. William Bales, of Wilton ; Ephraim, March 14, 1761, and m. Sarah Gerry ; Phebe, who m. Stephen Buss, of Wilton, in 1771 ; Lydia, who m. Urialı Smith, of Wilton, in 1771; Sarah, who m. Hall, and next, - Jewett ; Submit, who m. Israel Howe, of Princeton.
KEYES, SILAS (s. of the preceding) m. Sarah Lovejoy, of Methuen, and d. Aug. 18, 1840, aged 83, and his wife, Sarah, June 19, 1830, aged 71. Chil. Sarah, b. at Wilton, N. H., May 1, 1782, and d. unm. ; Jemima, at Princeton, Feb. 16, 1784, and m. Nathaniel Howard, of Wilton, July 4, 1820; Si- las, Dec. 29, 1785, and m. Rebecca Pratt, of Temple, N. H., Sept. 18, 1832 ; Phebe, Aug. 17, 1787, and m. Moses Tyler, of Boston ; Ephraim, March -, 1789, and went to N. Y. ; Jonathan, March 6, 1791, and m. Miriam Tyler, of Wilton, Sept. 30, 1819 ; Joanna, at Northboro', Nov. 7, 1793, and m. Hubbard C. Currier, of Bow, N. H., Jan. 13, 1828; Persis, Feb. 13, 1795, and m. Azor Maynard, of Northboro'; Abigail, May 7, 1797, and m. William Rand Stacy ; Warren, June 23, 1799, and m. Lucy Wheeler Cummings, of Temple, Nov. 6, 1823.
KEYES, LEWIS (s. of Elisha) m. Sarah, D. of Joseph Stone, Oct. 30, 1793, and d. March 25, 1798, aged 29, and his wid. Sarah, June 16, 1799, aged 26. Chil. Emerson, b. Oct. 5, 1794, and d. Dec. 2, 1816 ; Lewis, March 6, 1796, and d. young.
Most of the Keyes families lived in the North Parish, and were no longer of this town, after it became Boylston. In the death of Emerson Keyes, s. of Lewis, the name of Keyes became ex- tinct here, and so remains. It is said, that for many years past, there has not been a family of that name in Boylston.
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KNOWLTON, JOSEPH* (s. of Thomas and Margery) and his wife, Abigail, were ad. to this chh., from that in Ipswich, in March, 1733; she d. July 3, 1748; his death not on record. Chil. b. before the parents came, and not on record here, Mar- gery, who d. here Feb. 5, 1740 ; Joseph ; Thomas, who was killed by the French and Indians at Hoosac Fort, Aug. 17, 1745 ; and perhaps others. Nathan, b. here, Jan. 28, 1733 ; Samuel and Nathaniel, Jan. 21, 1737 ; Israel, Jan. 28, 1740.
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Joseph) m. Mary, D. of Deac. Ezeziel Knowlton, Sept. 21, 1749 ; he was ad. to this chh. in 1774, at which time his wife, Mary was, probably, not living ; he was dismissed to the chh. in Ward, in 1790. Chil. on record here ; Abigail, b. June 29, 1750 ; Asa, Sept. 21, 1752; Anna, Oct. 7, 1754 ; Grace, July 23, 1756, and m. Jonah Goulding, of Grafton, in 1777 ; Nathan, May 16, 1760 ; Joseph, May 4, 1761 ; Mary, Aug. 23, 1763, and m. Joseph Boyden, of Ward, Dec. 15, 1785; Rachel, March 15, 1765, and m. Jasper Rand, in 1783 ; Samuel, July 6, 1769 ; Asahel, Nov. 23, 1773.
KNOWLTON, NATHAN (bro. of the preceding) the name of whose wife is not on record, had James, bap. July, 1774, and Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1778.
KNOWLTON, NATHAN (s. sup. of Joseph, Jun.) m. Abigail, D. of Deac. Benjamin Maynard, Jan. 8, 1782. Chil.
* William, John and Thomas Knowlton were in Ipswich, in 1642. John d. in 1654, leaving John, Abraham and Elizabeth. Thomas, bro. of John, was a Deac. there in 1648, and d. April 3, 1692 .- Farmer. Felt's History of Ipswich.
He may have been the Thomas, or father of the Thomas Knowlton, who m. Han- nah Green, 24. 9. 1668, I think, in Roxbury. Thomas Knowlton and Margery Goodhue, " both of Ipswich," were m. in Watertown, Dec. 2, 1692. She was the D. of Deac. William Goodhue, who was in Ipswich in 1635, and whose wife was Margery Watson. They were probably from England.
Joseph and Ezekiel Knowlton, said by the descendants of the latter, who was b. about 1707, to have been brothers, both of whom settled here, were sons of Thomas and Margery. In some old records, this name is Nolton.
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Benjamin, bap. Oct. 6, 1782 ; and Sarah, bap. July 20, 1783. The parents removed to Newfane, Vt. Benjamin may have been the Benjamin Knowlton, who d. here Oct. 21, 1838, aged 57.
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH (s. of Joseph, Jun.) m. Priscilla, D. of Jotham Howe, March 11, 1784, and resided where Abner Harlow now lives, and owned the mills there. Chil. Relief, b. March 17, 1785 ; Mary, June 11, 1787 ; Samuel, May 1, 1791, and d. infant ; Hollis, June 18, 1793 ; Sarah, Aug. 26, 1795 ; Samuel, Jan. 14, 1798 ; Walter Howe, Aug. 10, 1800; Caro- line, April 20, 1803 ; William, July 1, 1805. This family re- moved to Ohio.
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