History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876, including Grafton until 1735, Millbury until 1813 and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn, Part 57

Author: Benedict, William Addison; Tracy, Hiram Averill
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Worcester : Pub. for the town by Sanford and Co.
Number of Pages: 878


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Ch .- 1, Judith, b. Dec. 16, 1737; m. 1st, Silas Hazeltine, June 5, 1758; m. 2d, Eli Whitney, July 15, 1759; 2, Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1740; 3, Francis, b. Sept. 30, 1742; 4, Abigail, b. Mar. 29, 1745; m. Isaac Dodge, jr., Mar. 19, 1771; 5, Hannah, 6, Susanna, twins, b. May 29, 1747; Hannah m. Joseph Bullen, jr., Feb. 11, 1774; Susanna d. young; 7, Ezekiel, b. Sept. 12, 1749; 8, John, b. July 31, 1752.


Benjamin5 (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, Anthony1), m. Mrs. Mary Barnard, Nov. 27, 1760. Ch .- 1, Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1762; 2, Benjamin, b. Mar. 10, 1763; 3, Abel, b. Feb. 11, 1765; 4, Samuel, b. Sept. 9, 1766; 5, Susanna, b. Oct. 29, 1769; 6, Barnard, b. Nov. 6, 1777.


Benjamin6 (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, Anthony1), m. Elizabeth -; she d. June 20, 1815. Ch .- 1, Lefe, b. Nov. 25, 1788; 2, Late, m. Nov. 25, 1791; 3, Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1795.


Ezekiel5 (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, Anthony1), m. Mary Tyler, Feb. 18, 1785. Ch .- 1, Polly Tyler, b. Apr. 29, 1787; m. Septimus Huntington, Feb. 7, 1810; 2, Royal Tyler, b. Aug. 12, 1790; 3, Nabby Dudley, b. Mar. 5, 1793; 4, Benj., b. Feb. 5, 1796.


Moody4 (Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. May 7, 1741, Hannah Carleton, who was brought up in the family of Nathaniel Fry of Andover; he d. Aug. 14, 1805. Ch .- 1, Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1742; m. Lot Hutchinson, Sept. 25, 1764; 2, Moody, b. July 7, 1746; 3, Molly, b. July 25, 1748; m. John Dudley, Oct. 13, 1768; 4, Nathaniel Fry, b. Dec. 6, 1750; d. in 1828; 5, Caleb, b. July 26, 1753; 6, Martha, b. Apr. 14, 1756; m. Daniel Tenney, jr., Jan. 29, 1779 ; 7, Joshua, b. July 9, 1759; 8, Susanna, b. Apr. 21, 1761; d. unmarried; 9, David, b. June 17, 1765.


Moody5 (Moody4, Anthony3, Joshua2, Anthony1), m: Abigail Leland, Mar. 31, 1774. Ch .- 1, Sally, b. Feb. 1775; d. Mar. 16, 1788; 2, Jonathan, b. Apr. 22, 1777; 3, Molly, b. Apr. 3, 1779; m. Levi Ball; 4, Moses Leland, b. May 19, 1781; 5, Prudence, b. June 12, 1783; m. Maj. Josiah Willard ; 6, Charles, b. Oct. 27, 1785; m. Sally Butterfield; 7, Silence, b. Mar. 15, 1788.


Moses L.6 (Moody5, Moody4, Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. Huldah Sibley, Dec. 10, 1804. Ch .- 1, Charles Willard, b. Dec. 27, 1805; 2, Ruth Sibley, b. May 15, 1822; m. Aug. 25, 1844, Rev. Charles F. Allen, D. D., who is now president of the Maine Agricultural college, Orono. They have four children : Mary Elizabeth, Isabel Sibley, William Albert and Charles Morse.


Charles W.7 (Moses L.6, Moody5, Moody4, Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. 1st, Hannah Dascomb Russell, June 16, 1832; she d. Mar. 3, 1860; m. 2d,


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Mrs. Rebekah True Cobb, May 8, 1861. Ch .- 1, Abby Caroline, b. Aug. 16, 1833; 2, Joseph Leland, b. Mar. 23, 1835; d. Apr. 17, 1836; 3, Joseph Leland, b. May 4, 1837; 4, Mary Russell, b. Dec. 20, 1839; d. June 2, 1853.


Joseph L.8 (Charles W.7, Moses L.6, Moodyõ, Moody4, Anthony3, Joshua2, Anthony1), graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1859. Pro- fessor of languages at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female College at Kent's Hill, Maine, since 1862; joined Maine Conference, M. E. church, 1861; m. Emily J. Leavitt, Oct. 5, 1861. Ch .- 1, Mary Susan, b. Sept. 21, 1862; 2, Isabell Russell, b. May 22, 1866; 3, Charles Leavitt, b. Aug. 23, 1867; 4, Albert Augustus, b. July 21, 1870; 5, Harriet Leland, b. June 16, 1874.


Nathaniel T.5 (Moody4, Anthony3, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. Hannah Gibbs, May 18, 1774; she d. Oct. 22, 1805; m. 2d, Rebekah Hall Putnam in 1810; she d. Jan. 28, 1819. Ch .- 1, Joseph, b. Nov. 11, 1774; d. at the age of twenty-two months; 2, Lucy, b. Oct. 2, 1776; 3, Susanna, b. Oct. 24, 1778; d. at thirteen; 4, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1780; m. Tarrant King, July 20, 1803; 5, Sylvester, b. Jan. 18, 1783; d. Nov. 7, 1820; 6, Vandalinda, b. Apr. 28, 1785; m. Simon Hutchinson, Nov. 28, 1806; 7, John, b. Aug. 8, 1787; 8, Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1789; d. at two years of age; 9, Nathaniel, b. Nov. 27, 1792; d. un- married; 10, Polly, b. Mar. 1, 1795; 11, Arethusa, b. Aug. 30, 1797; m. Ithran Harris, Dec. 19, 1820.


Sylvester6 (Nathaniel F.5, Moody4, Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. 1st, Lucy Hutchinson, Nov. 28, 1803; m. 2d, Abigail Leland, May 20, 1815. Ch .- 1, Sylvester, b. Sept. 24, 1816; 2, Lucy Hutchinson, b. Aug. 22, 1818; 3, Edward W., b. Sept. 17, 1820.


John6 (Nathaniel5, Moody4, Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1). m. Polly Hath- away, Nov. 15, 1805. Ch .- 1, Susanna, b. Feb. 14, 1811; 2, Leander, b. Aug. 15, 1812; drowned July 21, 1814; 3, Mary Gibbs, b. Jan. 29, 1815; 4, Harriet Newell, b. Mar. 29, 1817; 5, John Hathaway, b. July 21, 1819; 6, Catherine Brown, b. Apr. 22, 1822; d. in New Orleans; 7, David Wilkinson, b. Feb. 16, 1825; 8, Jane Wellington (according to Dea. Leland).


John H.7 (John6, Nathaniel5, Moody4, Anthony3, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. 1st, Panthea Armsby of Sutton, Mar. 3, 1841; she d. Nov. 18, 1844; m. 2d, Mary P. Barrows, Jan. 1, 1861. Ch .- 1, John Grant, b. July 11, 1863; 2, George Barrows, b. Aug. 8, 1868; 3, Horace Armsby, b. Mar. 27, 1873.


David W.7 (John6, Nathaniel5, Moody4, Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. 1st, -; m. 2d, Anne S. Crist, Mar. 28, 1865. Ch .- 1, Ella P., b. Sept. 1, 1849; 2, John H., b. Sept. 22, 1851; 3, Annie, b. Nov. 4, 1859; 4, Willy C., b. Feb. 3, 1866; 5, Bessie, b. Oct. 30, 1867.


Caleb5 (Moody4, Anthony3, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. Lucy Ward, 1777. Ch .- 1, Joseph Ward, b. Nov. 8, 1778; m. Susan Elliot of Leicester; 2, Oliver, b. Feb. 7, 1781; m. Laurinda Prouty of Spencer; 3, Mindwell, b. Mar. 9, 1783; m. Major Prouty of Spencer; 4, Nancy, b. July 4, 1785; m. Eleazer Prouty of Spencer; 5, Caleb Moody, b. Feb. 27, 1788; m. Polly Bemis; 6, Lucy, m. Rev. - Hitchcock; 7, George Washington.


Joshua5 (Moody4, Anthony3, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. Caroline Matilda Hathaway, May 9, 1782. Ch .- 1, Caroline Matilda, b. Feb. 6, 1783; 2, Char- lotte, b. Sept. 15, 1785; 3, Patty, b. Mar. 26, 1789; 4, Otis, b. Nov. 30, 1790; m. Sarah Putnam, Dec. 26, 1813; 5, Hannah; 6, Julia Ann.


David5 (Moody4, Anthony8, Joshua2, Anthony1), m. Dolly Rice, Oct. 6, 1789. Ch .- 1, Sally, b. Sept. 8, 1790; m. David Haynes of Brookfield.


Simeon Morse (ancestry unknown), m. Azubah Wheeler, Dec. 15, 1785.


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Ch .- 1, Anna, b. Oct. 1, 1786; 2, Jason, b. Apr. 11, 1788; 3, Mary, b. Apr. 16, 1790; 4, Azubah, b. Feb. 27, 1792; m. James Putnam, Apr. 28, 1811; 5, Simeon, b. Feb. 21, 1794; 6, David, b. Apr. 11, 1796.


Jason2 (Simeon1), m. Abigail -. Ch .- 1, Harriet Waters, b. May 5, 1816 ; 2, Jason Augustus, b. Aug. 20, 1817; 3, Mason W., b. Mar. 2, 1823; 4, Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 7, 1827.


Mason W.3 (Jason2, Simeon1), m. Frances M. Sprague, Nov. 14, 1850. Ch .- 1, Scotto, b. Nov. 16, 1853.


NICHOLS.


Isaac Nichols (ancestry unknown), m. Sarah Wilkins of Boxford, Feb. 1, 172- (record illegible). Ch .- 1, Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1730; 2, Henry, b. Mar. 17, 1732; 3, Sarah, b. Sept. 13, 1734; 4, Isaac, b. May 13, 1737; 5, William, b. Nov. 1, 1739; 6, Joanne, b. Mar. 21, 1742; m. Jas. Stranahan, jr., Nov. 27, 1760; 7, Abigail, b. May 12, 1744; 8, Anne, b. - 31, 1747; 9, Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1750.


Henry2 (Isaac1), m. Elizabeth Town, Sept. 22, 1757. Ch .- 1, Anne, b. May 28, 1759; 2, Isaac, b. Nov. 12, 1760; 3, Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1762; 4, David, 5, Jonathan, twins, b. Mar. 28, 1764; 6, Henry, b. Apr. 8, 1768.


Isaac2 (Isaac1), m. Dorcas Sibley, Apr. 20, 1758. Ch .- 1, Sampson, b. Apr. 26, 1759; 2, John, b. Oct. 2, 1761; 3, Sarah, b. Mar. 30, 1764.


John3 (Isaac2, Isaac1), m. Hannah -. Ch .- 1, John, b. Feb. 5, 1783.


William2 (Isaac1), m. Kezia Fitts, Aug. 18, 1760. Ch .- 1, Solomon, b. Sept. 24, 1761; 2, Molly, b. Mar. 23, 1763; 3, Kezia, b. Oct. 30, 1764; 4, Sarah, b. Dec. 1, 1766; 5, Solomon, b. Sept. 23, 1768; 6, William, b. Apr. 25, 1771.


Benjamin2 (Isaac1), m. Lucy Fitts, Feb. 28, 1772. Ch .- 1, Phebe, b. Aug. 28, 1772; m. Daniel Buckman, July 1, 1771; 2, Lucy, b. Jan. 3, 1774; 3, Ben- jamin, b. May 15, 1775; 4, Ruth, b. Nov. 16, 1776.


Jonathan (ancestry unknown), m. Mary -. Ch .- 1, Lucy, b. July 13, 1733; 2, Huldah, b. June 19, 1736; m. Jona. White, Feb. 28, 1760.


PEIRCE.


John Peirce, the ancestor of the Sutton branch of the Pierce family, lived in Woburn. He represented the town in the general court in 1689. He had a son, John, who had a son, Ebenezer, the father of Dr. Ebenezer Pierce, who came to Sutton about 1740. He was born Sept. 11, 1711 ; died March 2, 1805. He married Mary Stowe, Feb. 25, 1742. She was born 1719; died Aug. 7, 1801.


Dr. P. settled in that part of Sutton, now Millbury, on or near Grass Hill.


Dea. Leland speaks of him as a man of "unexceptionable character," and as active in every good work. He was a deacon of the north parish church.


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Ch .- 1, Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1744; m. Capt. Abijah Burbank, Feb. 21, 1788; 2, Ebenezer, b. June 9, 1745; m. Eunice Loomis; 3, Sarah, b. July 18, 1747 ; d. Sept. 9, 1769; 4, Ruth, b. Feb. 27, 1749; d. Sept. 30, 1750; 5, Ruth, b. Nov. 25, 1750; d. unm., Oct. 21, 1782; 6, Deborah, b. Oct. 28, 1752; m. Samuel Small, July 5, 1786; 7, John, b. Apr. 20, 1754; 8, Lydia, b. Feb. 19, 1756; m. Jedediah Barton, Mar. 23, 1774; 9, Jonathan, b. Sept. 17, 1757; 10, David, b. Aug. 12, 1760; m. Sarah Bridges; 11, Aaron, b. Apr. 16, 1762.


John5, (Ebenezer4, Ebenezer8, John2, John1), m. 1st, Lucy Snow, Oct. 5, 1775; m. 2d, Esther (Willington) Gale. Ch .- 1, John, b. July 12, 1776; d. Aug. 20, 1796; 2, Betty, b. Oct. 29, 1777; m. Elias Lovell, Dec. 1, 1802; 3, Lucy, b. May 25, 1779; m. Andrus Waters, Aug. 19, 1801; 4, Luther, b. Oct. 14, 1781; 5, Calvin, b. Dec. 12, 1784; 6, Harvey, b. Oct. 24, 1790; d. Sept. 20, 1796; 7, Polly, b. Mar. 7, 1792; m. Jared Brainerd, June 23, 1811; 8, Harvey, b. Mar. 26, 1797; 9, John Wyman, b. May 20, 1801; d. Aug. 1, 1803.


Aaron5 (Ebenezer4, Ebenezer8, John2, John1), m. Hannah Greenwood, Sept. 8, 1790. Ch .- 1, Sally, b. June 10, 1791; m. Paul C. Chase; 2, Lydia, b. Sept. 9, 1792; m. Daniel Gordon; 3, Leonard, b. Dec. 8, 1793; d. Sept. 20, 1796; 4, Hannah, b. July 9, 1796; m. Thomas Eaton; 5, Leonard, b. Jan. 11, 1798; 6, Aaron, b. Aug. 8, 1802; d. Sept. 29, 1878, in New York City.


Leonard6 (Aaron5, Ebenezer1, Ebenezer3, John2, John1), studied medicine, . practiced successfully for a time in Sutton; then removed to Canton, Ill., where he died Aug. 30, 1843. He married Mary Le Baron, daughter of Capt. Israel Putnam, Nov. 15, 1831. Ch .- 1, Mary Frances, b. May 18, 1834; 2, Ellen Douglas, b. Aug. 22, 1836.


Jonathan, son of William of Hopkinton (ancestry unknown), b. June 10, 1736; m. Mary Goodale, Feb. 2, 1764; d. Jan. 22, 1800; she d. Nov. 17, 1808. Ch .- 1, Jonathan, b. Jan. 10, 1765; m. Phebe Chamberlain; 2, Eunice, b. Jan. 21, 1766; m. Reuben Walker; 3, Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1768; m. 1st, Joseph Park; m. 2d, Daniel Harback; 4, Amos, b. Oct. 13, 1770; d. Sept. 12, 1822; 5, Ebenezer, b. July 6, 1772; d. at eighteen years; 6, William, b. June 10, 1774; m. Lydia Lincoln; 7, Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1775; 8, John, b. Aug. 31, 1777; d. Jan. 9, 1827; 9, David, b. May 12, 1779; 10, Joel, b. Mar. 31, 1781 ; 11, Jacob, b. Feb. 27, 1783; m. Azubah Glazier; 12, Lydia, b. Oct. 12, 1785; m. Lewis Slocomb; 13, Ezekiel, b. Nov. 1, 1787; m. Ruth Perry.


Amos8 (Jonathan2, William1), m. Anna Hicks, Mar. 6, 1800; she d. Apr. 13, 1851. Ch .- 1, Amos, b. Mar. 29, 1801; 2, Silence, b. Feb. 6, 1803; m. Silas Bigelow; 3, Lewis, b. Nov. 23, 1804; 4, Eliza, b. 1809; 5, Charles A., b. Dec. 25, 1812; m. Anna E. Sibley, Oct. 10, 1839; 6, John A., b. 1815; 7, Silas A., b. Sept. 10, 1818; m. Maria Smith, Oct. 18, 1849.


Lewis4 (Amos8, Jonathan2, William1), m. Merinda Benson. Ch .- 1, Geo .; 2, Sarah ; 3, Charles.


John3 (Jonathan2, William1), m. Lucy Carriel; she d. Apr. 7, 1851. Ch .- 1, Lucy, b. May 10, 1803; m. David Prescott; 2, Jonathan, b. Apr. 28, 1805; 3, Olive, b. Apr. 27, 1807; m. B. F. Howell; 4, Solomon, b. Aug. 1809; 5, John Walter, b. July 14, 1811; 6, Mary C., b. July 4, 1813; 7, Sarah D .; 8, Asa H., b. Aug. 27. 1817; 9, Elizabeth S., b. Aug. 11, 1819; 10, Emily J., b. Aug. 29, 1821; 11, William N., b. Nov. 9, 1824; 12, Seth W., b. Aug. 17, 1826.


Jonathan4 (John3, Jonathan2, William1), m. Fidelia Beaman, Oct. 28, 1830. Ch .- 1, Charles Irving, b. Nov. 11, 1831; 2, Walter Whitman, b. Dec. 12, 1831; d. June 13, 1861.


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Charles Irving5 (Jonathan4, John3, Jonathan2, William1), m. Lucy Ann Waterman, Nov. 25, 1857. Ch .- 1, Cora Waterman, b. May 27, 1860; 2, Sara Bond, b. Jan. 24, 1863; 3, Charles Walter, b. Nov. 20, 1865; 4, Fred. Bea- man, b. Dec. 17, 1868; 5, Harry Lincoln, b. Nov. 1, 1870.


William N.4 (John3, Jonathan2, William1), m. Mary Ann Dickinson. Ch .- 1, Julia Ann, b. June 20, 1852; d. June 23, 1852; 2, Hellen E., b. Nov. 10, 1853; d. Sept. 22, 1855; 3, Willie Dickinson, b. July 4, 1856; d. June 9, 1872 ; 4, Walter Newell, b. July 30, 1858; d. Sept. 4, 1860; 5, George, b. May 13, 1861; d. May 16, 1861; 6, Emily Jane, b. May 13, 1861; d. Aug. 27, 1863; 7, Annie Carroll, b. Apr. 21, 1864.


Joel8 (Jonathan2, William1), m. Reconcile Crossman, Oct. 9, 1805. Ch .- 1, Dexter, b. Mar. 6, 1806; m. Anne Fiske; 2, Candice, b. Dec. 10, 1808; 3, Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1811; 4, Harrison, b. Dec. 23, 1813; 5, Chauncy; 6, Geo. Washington; 7, Winfield Scott; 8, Helen Mar, b. May 10, 1833.


Joseph Pierce (ancestry unknown), m. Abigail Carriel, Oct. 10, 1765. Ch .- 1, Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1766; 2, Joseph, b. Dec. 1, 1767; 3, Lydia, b. Nov. 6, 1769; 4, John, b. Oct. 14, 1771; 5, Caty, b. Mar. 9, 1774.


Isaac Pierce (line of descent unknown), m. Martha -. Ch .- 1, Eunice, b. Feb. 24, 1754; 2, Isaac, b. Oct. 10, 1757; m. Esther Garfield, June 17, 1779; 3, Amos, b. Aug. 8, 1761; 4, Jesse, b. Mar. 4, 1764; m. Lydia Gale, Mar. 6, 1784; 5, Joshua, b. Nov. 3, 1765; 6, Abraham, b. Mar. 4, 1769.


PRINCE.


David Prince (ancestry unknown), m. Phebe -. Ch .- 1, David, b. Oct. 23, 1725; 2, Sarah, b. Apr. 28, 1727; 3, Stephen, b. Oct. 4, 1730; 4, John, b. Nov. 27, 1733.


Stephen2 (David1), m. Abigail Perkins, Sept. 16, 1756. Ch .- 1, Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1756; 2, Phebe, b. July 25, 1757; m. Daniel Sibley, Apr. 14, 1779; 3, Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1758; m. Henry Harback, July 20, 1780; 4, Hannab, b. May 18, 1760; m. Eleazar Putney, Apr. 5, 1781; 5, Molly, b. Ang. 30, 1763; m. Joseph Carriel, Apr. 6, 1788; 6, Huldah, b. Oct. 25, 1765; m. Billy Brown, Oct. 20, 1785; 7, Miriam, b. May 17, 1767; 8, Jonathan, b. Feb. 1, 1769; 9, David, b. Jan. 1, 1771; 10, Stephen, b. Nov. 4, 1772; 11, Ruth, b. Feb. 8, 1775; 12, Lydia, b. Mar. 8, 1777; 13, Naomi, b. May 8, 1781.


PUTNAM. BY ALVAN W. PUTNAM.


In the history of the early settlers of Sutton are found the names of seven persons of the name of Putnam, whose immediate relationship cannot be traced; but it is believed that they all descended from John Putnam, who came from Buckinghamshire, England, in the year 1634, and settled in Salem. He was admitted freeman in 1647, and died in 1663. Three sons came with him, viz : Thomas, Nathaniel, John.


Thomas (2), John (1), married August 17, 1643, Pru- dence Holyoke from Tamworth (on the border of Warwick-


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shire), England. She was probably a daughter of Edward Holyoke, who came from Tamworth in 1630, and settled in Lynn, and ancestor of President Holyoke and the late Dr. Edward Holyoke, who died in Salem, March 1829, aged one hundred years.


From this family the Putnams in Sutton had the names Edward and Holyoke. He was admitted freeman in 1642, and to the church in Salem, April 3, 1643.


Thomas and Prudence had three sons and five daughters. The daughters' names are not given. The names of the sons are : Thomas, Edward, Joseph.


Thomas8 (Thomas2, John1), m. Ann Carr, Sept. 25, 1678. They had one son and four daughters, whose names are not given.


Edward8 (Thomas2, John1), m. Mary Hale, June 14, 1681. Ch .- 1, Edward, b. Apr. 29, 1682; 2, Holyoke, b. Sept. 18, 1683; killed by the Indians; 3, Elisha, b. Nov. 3, 1685; settled in Sutton ; 4, Joseph, b. Nov. 1, 1687; 5, Nehe- miah, b. Dec. 29, 1694; 6, Ezra, b. Apr. 29, 1696; 7, Isaac, b. Mar. 14, 1698; settled in Sutton.


Edward4 (Edward8, Thomas2, John1), m. -. Ch .- 1, Holyoke, b. 1705; settled in Sutton; 2, Edward, b. 1711; d. Feb. 17, 1800; 3, Miles, b. 1725.


Holyoke5 (Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. 1st, Eunice -; m. 2d, Esther Lovell, May 4, 1742. Ch .- 1, Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1735; m. Eleazar Bate- man, Nov. 8, 1757; 2, Ebenezer, b. Sept. 7, 1738; m. Hannah Dike, Jan. 16, 1766; 3, Hannah, b. Apr. 26, 1741; 4, Martha, b. Apr. 27, 1743; 5, Eunice, b. Feb. 10, 1745; 6, Susanna, b. Aug. 16, 1747; 7, Joseph, b. Apr. 19, 1749; 8, Ezra, b. Nov. 2, 1751; 9, Thomas, b. July 1, 1754; 10, Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1758.


Ezra6 (Holyoke5, Edward4, Edward8, Thomas2, John1), mn. Rebekah Dike, Dec. 14, 1780. Ch .- 1, Daniel, b. Apr. 18, 1781; 2, Charlotte, b. June 12, 1783.


Edward5 (Edward4, Edwards, Thomas2, John1), m. Ruth Fuller of Middle- ton. He came to Sutton in 1737 and lived and died where Peter H. Putnam now lives. Ch .- 1, John, b. at Middleton, Aug. 25, 1735; d. June 13, 1809; 2, Stephen, b. Apr. 20, 1739; d. in the French and Indian war; 3, Ruth, b. June 6, 1741; m. Samuel Rich, jr., Mar. 18, 1761; 4, Archelaus, b. Feb. 16, 1743; d. Jan. 14, 1809; 5, Phoebe, b. Nov. 2, 1745; m. Nath'l, son of Elisha Rich, Sept. 25, 1766; 6, Sarah, b. Mar. 12, 1747; m. Paul, son of Jona. Sibley, Dec. 2, 1766; 7, Molly, bapt. Apr. 22, 1750; m. Bartholomew Putnam; 8, David, b. July 19, 1752; m. Phebe Woodbury, July 3, 1776; 9, Caleb, b. Oct. 27, 1754; m. Judith Sibley, Aug. 21, 1776; 10, Peter, b. May 29, 1757; 11, Lucy, b. June 2, 1760; m. Henry Phelps, jr., Aug. 19, 1777; 12, Asa, b. Apr. 30, 1763.


John6 (Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), mn. Mary, dau. of Rev. David Hall, D. D., Apr. 13, 1758. He was a captain in the revolutionary war and a colonel in the militia. Ch .- 1, Joseph, b. Dec. 25, 1758; d. in the rev. war in 1776; 2, Stephen, b. Apr. 5, 1761; removed to Whitingham, Vt .; 3, Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1763; m. Thomas Eddy, May 25, 1784; 4, John, b. June 27, 1766; was a physician; settled at Upton; 5, Charles, b. Nov. 10,


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1768; 6, Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1771; m. Aaron Putnam, May 18, 1790; 7, Deborah, b. May 3, 1773; d. about 1789 or '90; 8, Rebekah Hall, bapt. July 4, 1776; d. young; 9, Sarah, bapt. May 17, 1778; m. Rufus Marble, Apr. 14, 1798; 10, Joseph Hall, b. Apr. 5, 1780; 11, Rebekah Prescott, b. Apr. 16, 1783; m. Sol- omon Putnam, Sept. 20, 1805.


Charles7 (John6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Rhoda Stone, June 1, 1794. Ch .- 1, Polly, b. Sept. 12, 1794; m. Capt. Chas. Chase, May 1, 1814; 2, Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1796; 3, Matilda, b. Nov. 8, 1798; 4, Rhoda, b. Mar. 15, 1801; d. May 30, 1801; 5, Betsey, b. May 15, 1802; m. Otis Pratt, June 26, 1828; 6, Charles Prescott, b. Apr. 13, 1804; m. Mary E. Marble, Oct. 11, 1843; 7, Sumner, 8, Solomon, twins, b. June 26, 1807.


Joseph Hall7 (John6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. 1st, Nancy Blandon, Nov. 20, 1805; m. 2d, Waity Black. Ch .- 1, Brooksey, b. Aug. 2, 1806; 2, Sullivan, b. May 23, 1808; 3, Sumner, b. Dec. 2, 1809; d. May 21, 1876; 4, Pearley, b. Nov. 10, 1815; 5, Nancy, b. Oct. 6, 1824; m. Joseph Jones, Sept. 20, 1846; 6, Emeline, b. June 8, 1828; m. Joshua Lackey.


Sullivan8 (Joseph H.7, John6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward8, Thomas2, John1), m. Millia R. Draper. Ch .- 1, Alfred A., b. Mar. 22, 1842; m. Abbie M. Put- nam, Dec. 3, 1867; 2, Joseph Hall, b. Feb. 8, 1849.


Joseph Hall9 (Sullivan8, Joseph H.7, John6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Amanda L. Whipple. Ch .- 1, Millia, b. June 30, 1874; d. Sept. 23, 1874.


Sumner8 (Joseph H.7, John6, Edward5, Edward+, Edward8, Thomas2, John1,) m. Susan Dudley, July 1, 1840. Ch .- 1, Louise, b. Aug. 2, 1846; m. E. Ever- ett Burdon, Oct. 9, 1867; d. Aug. 5, 1869; 2, Joseph Edward, b. Dec. 19, 1848; d. June 7, 1862.


Pearley8 (Joseph H.7, John6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward8, Thomas2, John1,) m. Julia A. Walker, Feb. 3, 1841. Ch .- 1, Clarence D., b. Jan. 27, 1846; d. Oct. 10, 1849; 2, infant daughter, b. July 22, 1850; d. Sept. 13, 1850; 3, Mary E. W., b. Aug. 13, 1860; m. Lovell W. Putnam, Oct. 9, 1878.


Archelaus6 (Edward5, Edward4, Edwards, Thomas2, John1), m. Sarah Put- nam, Oct. 10, 1765. Ch .- 1, Aaron, b. July 13, 1766; 2, Archelaus, b. Aug. 17, 1768; d. Feb. 9, 1854; 3, Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1770; m. Isaac King, Nov. 27, 1788; 4, Andrew, b. Sept. 24, 1773; 5, Ruth, b. Mar. 22, 1776; m. Adonijah Bartlett; 8, Amy, b. Oct. 7, 1779; m. Abner Putnam, Mar. 13, 1799; 7, Bet- sey, b. Sept. 14, 1781; m. Capt. Cyrus Carpenter.


Aaron7 (Archelaus6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Mary Putnam, May 18, 1790. Ch .- 1, Polly, b. Aug. 20, 1790; m. Jason Morse, Sept. 6, 1812; 2, Caleb, b. Oct. 18, 1792; d. unmarried; 3, Charles, b. Dec. 12, 1794; 4, Willard, b. Mar. 29, 1798; 5, Rebekah, b. Oct. 13, 1802; m. Samuel Waters; 6, Betsey, b. Aug. 15, 1804; 7, Jason, b. Sept. 4, 1807; 8, Palmer, b. Oct. 10, 1814.


Archelaus7 (Archelaus6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward8, Thomas2, John1), m. Phoebe Hicks, Mar. 14, 1792. Ch .- 1, Silence, b, May 22, 1793; 2, Tyler, b. Nov. 8, 1795: d. Sept. 9, 1849; 3, Julia, b. May 30, 1798; m. John Leland, Apr. 7, 1821; 4, Nancy, b. Feb. 17, 1805; m. 1st, Simon Tenney, Feb. 6, 1828; m. 2d, Dr. David Hall.


Tyler8 (Archelaus7, Archelaus6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Phœbe Woodbury, Nov. 23, 1820. Ch .- 1, Mary Ann, b. Nov. 17, 1821, m. Andreas W. Pierce; 2, Alvan W., b. Oct. 18, 1824; 3, John E., b. Nov. 10, 1826; m, Nancy A. Merriam; removed to Big Lake, Minn .; 4, Julia


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L., b. Sept. 3, 1828; d. Mar. 26, 1851; 5, Emily Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1830; m. John B. Pratt of Oxford; 6, Henry Tyler, b. Nov. 18, 1832; m. Caroline P. Newton; 7, Susan E., b. Oct. 8, 1834; d. Apr. 6, 1836.


Alvan Woodbury9 (Tyler8, Archelaus7, Archelaus6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward8, Thomas2, John1), m. Mary Lovell Knight. Ch .- 1, Elwin Tyler, b. Apr. 29, 1849; 2, Edgar Eugene, b. Mar. 6, 1852; 3, Irving Wilbur, b. Dec. 5, 1853; 4, Lovell Woodbury, b. Nov. 10, 1856; m. Mary E. W. Putnam, Oct. 9, 1878; 5, Milton Knight, b. May 20, 1859; 6, Jennie Frances, b. July 14, 1862; d. Feb. 8, 1863; 7, Elmer Julius, b. May 27, 1864; 8, Edward Pratt, 9, Edwin Pierce, twins, b. May 13, 1867; d. same date; 10, Emma Carrie, b. Nov. 14, 1868.


Andrew7 (Archelaus6, Edward5, Edward+, Edward8, Thomas2, John1), m. Tamar Carriel, Nov. 30, 1797. Ch .- 1, Salmon, b. Jan. 18, 1799; d. Sept. 13, 1800; 2, Sarah, b. Nov. 29, 1801; 3, Andrew, b. Sept. 8, 1803; 4, Tamar, b. Aug. 1, 1805; 5, Sanford, b. June 8, 1807; 6, Sumner, b. May 3, 1810; 7, John E., b. June 6, 1812; 8, Willard, b. Jan. 9, 1815; d. Sept. 29, 1818; 9, Darius, b. Oct. 30, 1819.


Peter6 (Edward5, Edward+, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Sarah Marble, Oct. 1, 1782. Ch .- 1, Sarah, b. Apr. 2, 1784; m. Moses Sibley, Dec. 16, 1801; 2, Peter, b. Mar. 22, 1788; 3, Fanny, b. June 2, 1800; m. Pearlcy Waters, May 12, 1822; 4, Persis, b. Aug. 21, 1802; m. Rufus Bacon, Dec. 11, 1823.


Peter7 (Peter", Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. 1st, Patty Putnam; she d. Apr. 26, 1822; m. 2d, Ruth E. Watson; m. 3d, Mrs. Nancy Putnam, June 15, 1836. Ch .- 1, Marble, b. Oct. 6, 1808; m. Adeline Marsh, Aug. 14, 1834; 2, Waldo, b. Oct. 8, 1810; 3, Patty Waters, b. May 18, 1812; m. Dea. Ansel Holman, May 25, 1824; 4, Peter Holland, b. Sept. 24, 1814; 5, Waters, b. Mar. 16, 1817; 6, Andrew Jackson, b. Apr. 25, 1819; m. Charlotte A. Andrews; 7, Ruth Edson, b. Aug. 25, 1823; d. Oct. 28, 1826; 8, Edwin Lombard, b. Nov. 26, 1827; 9, Solon Smith, b. June 14, 1829; 10, Ruth Elizabeth, b. July 20. 1832; m. Geo. Gibson; 11, Frances Ann, b. Apr. 20, 1837; m. Asa P. Dodge, June 22, 1857; 12, Sarah Marble, b. Feb. 15, 1840; m. John R. Humes.


Waldo8 (Peter7, Peter“, Edward5, Edward+, Edward8, Thomas2, John1), m. Mary Sibley, Dec. 1, 1835. Ch .- 1, Marcus N., b. Sept. 17, 1836; m. Almona Walker; 2, Elijah B., b. July 15, 1838; d. July 23, 1867; 3, Edward S., b. Aug. 29, 1840; d. Aug. 27, 1874; 4, Mary M., b. Oct. 22, 1842; d. Sept. 3, 1844; 5, David W., b. Sept. 30, 1844; d. Mar. 15, 1849; 6, Mary E., b. Jan. 2, 1847, d. Apr. 3, 1849; 7, Ellen E., b. Jan. 2, 1850; d. May 12, 1867; 8, Andrew J., b. Oct. 19, 1851; d. July 4, 1872; 9, Julia F., b. Oct. 2, 1854; d. Mar. 10, 1864; 10, Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1858.


Elijah B.9 (Waldo8, Peter7, Peter6, Edward5, Edward+, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Lucy M. Fuller. Ch .- 1, Mary E., b. Aug. 6, 1859; 2, Waldo J. B., b. June 1, 1866.


Edward S.9 (Waldo8, Peter7, Peters, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), In. Josephine J. Dennison. Ch .- 1, Willie E., b. Dec. 7, 1868; 2, Charles, b. Nov. 14, 1870.


Peter Holland8 (Peter7, Peter6, Edward5, Edward4, Edward3, Thomas2, John1), m. Hannah B. Putnam, Oct. 29, 1837. Ch .- 1, Abigail, b. July 29, 1838; m. Abial Newton; 2, Peter Holland, b. Oct. 19, 1840.


Peter Holland9 (Peter H.8, Peter7, Peter", Edward5, Edward4, Edwards, Thomas2, John1), m. Harriet A. Putnam, July 6, 1862. Ch .- 1, David O., b.




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