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September 10, child of Thomas Prescott.
Edy Hildreth.
September 21, Asa Bixby.
September 22, Joanna Spalding.
September 25, Samuel Conant.
September 25, " Widder " Patience Proctor.
October 1, Mrs. Adams.
October 1, Mr. Pierce.
October 2, child of Isaac Chamberlin.
October 3, Moses Carroll.
October 8, child of Mr. Harward.
October 9, Mrs. Needham.
November, child of Dr. Osgood.
November, child of Mrs. Windal. - Total, 27.
1820. February 1, David Stephens. March 1, Mrs. Eben Prescott. April 17, Mr. Cogswell. April 20, Issachar Keyes.
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1820. Mrs. Willard Fletcher. Mrs. Joel Taylor. Mrs. Herrick. September 1, child of Eben Prescott. September 2' Jonas Prescott.
October 2, Benjamin Hildreth.
October 4, child of Andrew Fletcher.
October 8, Benjamin Hildreth, Jr. October 11, daughter of Amaziah Hildreth. October 26, Mrs. Griffin. Mrs. Wood. - Total, 15.
1821. January 2, Theodore Peabody. January 24, Wid. Oliver (?) Fletcher. February, child of Col. Timothy Cummings. March 26, Mrs. Abbot. March 29, Caleb Symmes.
April 14, Mr. Simon Hunt. May 5, sister of Captain Prescott. May 6, daughter of Mr. Dexter. May 8, son of Mr. Gardner. Mr. Walker. Son of Andrew Fletcher. Eleazer Wright. June 9, child of Charles Hildreth.
June 18, son of Dr. Osgood. August 8, Mr. Stoddard. Son of Mr. Gardner.
Oliver Hildreth.
Harry Wilson. December 20, Mr. Snow. December 27, daughter of Mr. Mears. December 29, Mrs. S. Wright. - Total, 22.
1822. March, [Jacob] Osgood Parker. April 3, Liberty Cutter. April 5, Wid. Ephraim Hildreth. May, Fletcher Read. May, child of Avery Prescott.
July 12, child of Abner Fisher. August 29, Daniel Hayward, aged 29 years.
1823. December 29, Capt. Aaron Parker, aged 61.
1824. January 12, Miss Dutton. February 15, Mrs. Buckley Prescott. March 13, J. Patch. March 16, Mr. Kidder. May 30, Mr. Farwell. May 30, Reuben Leighton, Jr. June 30, Elisha Kent. August 15, Mrs. Thomas Fletcher. September 15, Mrs. Snow.
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HISTORY OF WESTFORD.
1824. September 16, child of Seth Fletcher. September 17, child of Asa Prescott. Child of Mr. Mead. December 9, Col. Benjamin Osgood, aged 70.
1825. January 16, Levi Hildreth, aged 49. Child of Mr. Snow. Asa Blood. March 11, Ann Peabody, aged 18 years. Child of Jacob Osgood. March 19, Amos Wright, aged 81 years.
RECORDED BY REV. LEONARD LUCE.
1828. October 17, Jesse Minot, Esq. November 23, Abijah Richardson. December 3, Mrs. John Dudley.
1829. January 5, Ruth Hildreth. January 17, child of Luther Read. January 18, child of Jeremy B. Read.
January 29, child of Daniel Patch, Jr. February 15, Mary Ann Blodgett.
February 18, Benjamin Cummings. February 20, Mrs. Abel Hildreth. February 20, Betsey Parker. March 1, Mrs. Benjamin Hall.
March 2, Ebenezer Shedd. April 23, Jacob Osgood, Jr. April 24, Jonas Wright.
. May 29, Joseph Cummings.
June 6, Abel Corey. June 13, Dr. Horace Parker.
July 8, Abram Boynton. July 13, child of Jacob Blodgett.
July 16, Mrs. Ephraim Abbot.
July 16, George Read. July 28, John Hunt.
September 1, Susanna Bradstreet.
September 12, child of George Leighton.
September 14, Isaiah Leighton, Esq.
September 17, Polly Mears.
September 24, child of Abram Wright.
October 21, Levi Felton.
November 4, Eliza Green.
November 19, Thomas Smith, aged 91 years.
December 9, Mrs. Joseph Souther. - Total, 29.
1830. February 27, John Wright.
· March 22, Thomas Brown. March 25, Mrs. John Leighton. June 9, child of Jacob Wright.
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1830. June 15, Mrs. Jeremy B. Read. July 5, Charles L. Hildreth. July 11, Timothy Read. August 15, Lucy Wilson. August 21, George Leighton. September 22, child of Abel Jones. September 23, widow of Dr. Charles Proctor.
September 23, Avery Prescott, Jr.
September 29, Mrs. Joel Glover. September 29, child of Jesse Wright. December 3, Mrs. Walter Wright. - Total, 15.
1831. January 4, Augustus Parker, aged 18 years. January 5, Ephraim Spalding (pauper). January 14, Mrs. Adams (pauper). February 10, child of Abijah Hildreth. May 29, Mrs. Farwell (pauper). May 30, Lucy Hildreth, aged 18 years.
June 6, Mrs. Flint, aged 69 years.
June 20, Mrs. Abigail Wright, aged 55 years.
June 27, Elizabeth Trowbridge, aged 86 years. August 18, Jane Day, aged 3 years.
August 26, child of John Hutchins.
August 30, Homer Sawtell.
September 10, Abigail Read (by suicide), aged 19 years.
October 7, Mrs. Benjamin Osgood.
October 20, child of Robert Wiley.
October 29, Abby Maria Abbot.
November 5, Priscilla Wright.
1832.
December 29, Ebenezer Parker, aged 83 years. - Total, 18. January 1, Amaziah Hildreth (pauper). January 4, Peter C. Edwards. February 5, Martha Tufts. May 5, Mrs. Tibbetts. June 14, Albert Patch.
June 21, Mrs. Wright, aged 84 years.
June 27, Mrs. Spalding (pauper).
July 18, Mrs. Dexter. July 20, Eleazer Blood (pauper), aged 87 years.
July 30, Nathan Dexter, aged 90 years.
August 16, child of Asa Prescott.
August 29, child of Timothy Smith, aged 4} years.
September 17, William Mears, aged 71 years.
October 12, Timothy Cummings, aged 81 years. November 12, John Raymond. - Total, 16.
1833. January 2, Leonard Gibson, aged 30 years. April 4, Mrs. Reuben Wright. May 7, child of Charles Wright. May 18, Horatio Clark. June 11, Esther Goodhue, aged 91 years.
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1833. July 12, Charles Blodgett, aged 9 years. July 22, - Banister.
August 17, child of Asa Hildreth.
August 18, child of Asia Nutting.
August 28, Lydia Blood (pauper).
August 29, Sally Wood.
August 31, child of Imlah Keyes.
September 5, Cephas Drew.
September 5, child of Mr. Woods.
September 13, child of Charles Wright.
September 20, child of Thomas Fletcher.
September 25, child of Jedediah Robbins.
September 18, Amos Prescott (pauper).
October 6, Charlotte Lucretia Flint, aged 4 years.
October 1, Cynthia Puffer.
November 20, Ruth Hildreth.
Mrs. Wright (pauper).
Child of P. Kidder.
December 12, Lucy Prescott, aged 24 years.
December 22, William Pool (pauper).
Child of Parker Woodward. - Total, 26.
1834. January, child of Knowlton.
Child of Samuel Temple. Child of Mr. Phillips.
Child of Mr. Cushing.
Augustus Dane, aged 11 years.
Child of Abel Corey, aged 3 years.
Widow Sampson Prescott.
Phinehas Trowbridge.
Child of Artemas Parker, Jr.
Eli Green.
Oliver Wright.
Child of John Fletcher.
Lydia Parker.
David Parker.
IIelena Durant.
Eliza Osgood.
Joel Wright.
Martha Gibson, aged 2 years.
Son of James Spalding, aged 14 years.
August 27, Deidamia Rogers, aged 59 years.
Child of Capt. Trowbridge.
Nahum Wight, aged 80 years.
Abijah Wright. Samuel Read.
A child from Lowell, name not known.
Child of John Cummings. Child of Mr. Fisher. Child of George Fletcher.
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1834. Child of Othiel Fletcher. November 12, Lucretia Atherton, aged 63 years. December 20, Lowell Atherton, aged 21 years. Mary Alzina Wright, aged 1 year. Lucy Miranda Nichols.
1835.
[The dates, with few exceptions, are not given for this year.] January 14, Luther Warren Read, aged 3 years. January 24, Sarah Jewett, aged 22 years. January 25, Amos B. Abbot, aged 1 year. Feburary 2, Charles Read.
February 2, Otis Wright, aged 11 years.
February 7, child of Mr. Bruce. February 9, Elvira Melvina Read. April 17, Caroline Green.
May 17, Sarah F. Kneeland, aged 15 years. July 7, son of Theodore Woodward, aged 11 years. July 13, Relief Wright.
July 16, Mrs. Nathan Wright.
Levi Snow, aged 79 years.
August 24, William Nichols, aged SS years.
September 6, Franklin Wright (drowned), aged 21 years.
September 20, Mrs. Chandler (pauper). Isaac Cummings, aged 34 years. Reuben Wright. Molly Smitlı.
1836. January, Joseph Keyes. Alzina Read (pauper). Francis Heywood, aged 3 years. Hannah Richardson (pauper). Mrs. Abel Fletcher.
Julian T. Abbot, aged 4 months.
April 11, Daniel Nutting, aged 80 years.
May 16, Addison Parker, aged 43 years. Child of Peter Read (pauper).
Anna Boynton. Mrs. Nancy Carroll. Mrs. Johnson.
Child of Benjamin Prescott.
Child of John Bicknell.
Child of Peter Read.
Child of Proctor Kidder.
Child of Mr. Marble.
Mrs. William Adams. Child of William Adams.
September 2, Sally Peabody, aged 52 years. Child of Samuel Nichols. Mrs. Mary Green. Isaac Patten, aged 75 years. Child of Mr. Gilson.
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HISTORY OF WESTFORD.
1837. January 5, child of Luther Read. January, Mrs. Dea. Andrew Fletcher. January, Benjamin Robbins, aged 78 years. January, Miss Hannah Richardson. January, Mrs Matilda Horne.
February 12, child of Levi T. Fletcher. April, Miss Lucy Day.
July, Mrs. Hannah Hamlin, aged 90 years. July, Miss Abigail Hildreth, aged 45 years.
Child of Peter Read, aged 1 year, 8 months. Child of Peter Read, aged 10 months.
Mr. Farmer, died at Mr. Edwards'.
September 22, Susan Read, aged 5 years.
Child of Benjamin Wright.
Child of Benjamin Prescott.
Miss Sarah Haywood.
Two children of Asa Prescott, aged 5 and 3 years.
Grandchild of Mr. Vose.
Child of Dr. Osgood.
December 13, Samuel Richardson, aged 81 years.
George Osgood, aged 19 years.
Ann Parker, aged 45 years.
Lydia Hunt aged 78 years.
Rufus Hildreth, aged 19 years. - Total, 25.
1838. January 8, Lydia Chandler (pauper), aged 70 years. Elizabeth Daisey, died in Grafton, aged 25 years.
Child of Rev. L. Wilson, aged 3 years.
Lydia Patten, aged 73 years.
Child of J. Robbins, aged 2 years, 6 months.
Widow of Benjamin Hildreth (pauper).
Child of Peter Reed.
Mary Webber, aged 23 years.
Mrs. Thomas Hutchins.
Child of Samuel Nichols.
May, Doct. Asaph Byam.
George S. Flagg, aged 5 years. Killed by accidental discharge of a gun.
July, Nabby Richardson (pauper). Horace Adams.
Sarah Pierce.
William Whiting. .
William Sanborn, of Vermont.
August 1, Augusta M. E. Kneeland; died in New York; buried in Westford.
August 18, Mary H. P. Hall; died in Boston; buried in Westford. August 26, Dea. Samuel Fletcher, aged 86 years.
August 27, Isaiah Prescott; died in Concord; buried in Westford. Benjamin Green.
August 30, wife of Thomas Richardson, aged 48 years.
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1838. Edwin Read; died at sea; aged 24 years. September 5, child of Abel Corey, aged 2 years. Mrs. Betsey D. Whiting; died at Groton; buried in Westford; aged 26 years. Asa Day, aged 30 years. Mrs. Goodhue (pauper), aged 53 years. Mrs. Mary Nutting, aged 79 years. Mr. Wheeler, aged 30 years. Joseph Proctor, aged 59 years. Child of John Davis. Ephraim Read. - Total, 53.
1839. January 6, Mary M. Wright, aged 2 years. January 13, T. Gilbert Wright, aged 5 years. Mrs. Levi Heywood, aged 50 years. Maria Heywood, aged 15 years. Mrs. Cook, aged 87 years. Mrs. Henry A. Prescott, aged 26 years. Child of Mr. Barker.
Mrs. Timothy Cummings, aged 58 years.
Wid. Dilla Hildreth, aged 65 years.
May 7, Levi Prescott, aged 67 years.
May, Mrs. Hunter; died in Tyngsborough. May 23, Mary A. Nelson, aged 15 years.
Child of Mr. Blodgett.
Child of James M. Wright.
Mrs. R. Raymond. Mrs. Dadmun. Wid. Reuben Wright.
Mrs. Hutchins. Calvin Wright.
Thomas Cummings. Nehemiah Cummings.
Laurinda Keyes, aged 28 years.
Catherine Johnson, aged 61 years.
Child of John Davis.
Child of Charles Osgood. Mr. Appleby. Miss Appleby. Mr. Johnson. Mrs. Mary Davis. Silas Chandler. Capt. Reuben Foster.
1840. Mrs. Mary Ditson (Boston), aged 49 years. Mr. Tileston. Mrs. Wiley Richardson. Mrs. Banister (pauper). John Green (pauper). Mrs. Othiel Fletcher. Mrs. Brown.
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1840. Mrs. Davis. Phinehas Chamberlin. Bill W. Stevens. April 22, Jesse Hildreth, aged 67 years.
April 25, Andrew Leland, aged 37 years. Mrs. Ruth Nichols, aged 88 years. Samuel E. Fletcher, aged 12 years. Child of George Frederick, aged 2 years. Zilpha Wright, aged 13 years. Elihu Read (pauper).
Three children of Samson Stevens. Benjamin Prescott. Nancy Pierce (pauper). Child of Peter Read (pauper). Mr. Gilson. Lucy Jones; died in Lowell.
Mrs. Low. (?)
George Prescott. Mrs. Frost.
Child of Joseph Leland. William Hildreth.
Child of W. Hildreth.
Varnum Fletcher; died in Illinois.
Calvin Green; died in Chelmsford. Lois Reed. Jack Wilson.
1841. Ebenezer Prescott. Mrs. Boynton.
Mrs. Proctor Kidder.
Jackson Prescott, aged 22 years.
Lydia Read (pauper), aged 92 years.
April 4, Mrs. Betsey H. Herrick, aged 29 years.
Ephraim E. P. Abbot, aged 6 years. George Frederick, aged 49 years. Child of Erastus Wright. Charles Groce, aged 21 years.
Lorenzo Tidd, aged 6 years. Mrs. Tidd, aged 50 years. Patty Keyes, aged 75 years.
Abel Wright, aged 70 years.
Rachel Prescott, aged 83 years.
James Bunce, aged 11 years; killed by discharge of a gun. Child of Amos Day. Child of Mr. Whitney. Child of J. A. Wright.
Mrs. Lawrence; died in Groton; buried in Westford. Mrs. Corey, aged 86 years. Mrs. Mary Davis, aged 86 years.
George Richardson, aged 32 years.
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1841. Child of George Kidder. John Robinson, aged 72 years. Child of Mr. Tower. Elizabeth Cummings. Child of George Farwell. - Total, 26.
1842. Mrs. Chandler, aged 86 years. John Goodhue, aged 74 years. Mrs. Mary Leighton. Mr. Hildreth (pauper). Othiel Fletcher.
June 12, Alfred Ellery Luce, aged 9 years. June 14, Nancy Reed, aged 11 years. Mrs. Betsey Howard. Child of Samuel Temple.
Two children of Mr. Gates.
Samuel H. Nichols, aged 41 years.
Andrews Breed Davis, aged 1 year.
Mrs. Bicknell. Stephen Hutchins, aged 35 years.
Mrs. Fletcher, aged 96 years.
Seth Fletcher.
Abel Hildreth.
Luther Hildreth, aged 24 years.
Walter Wright, aged 31 years.
Mrs. Charlotte Dunn, aged 45 years.
Thomas Day, aged 33 years.
Stephen Keyes, aged 35 years.
Child of Mr. Wiley.
Betsey Boynton (pauper).
Mrs. Charles (pauper).
Child of Mr. Lawrence. Sarah A. Leighton.
Peter Hadley (pauper). Mrs. Lemuel Hildreth.
Child of Luther Prescott.
Child of Isaac Day, Jr. Mrs. Otis Farwell.
1843. Joseph Fletcher, aged 73 years. Caroline A. Heywood, aged 20 years. Mrs. Mary Cummings, aged 86 years. Child of Mr. Lawrence. Lucy Ann Day. Pelatiah Osgood, aged 31 years.
George Fletcher, aged 12 years. Warren Leighton, aged 7 years. Maria Wright, aged 7 years. Sarah Jane Farmer, aged 5 years. Mr. Dudley (pauper). Child of David Whitney.
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1843. Sally Keyes, aged 40 years. Mrs. Thaddeus Blodgett, aged 42 years. Child of Thomas Hutchins. Child of Mr. Marble. Albert M. Longley, aged 3 years. Sophia Abbot, aged 2 years. Dea. Andrew Fletcher, aged 85 years. Jonas Leland. Emily H. Shaw. Othiel Fletcher, aged 11 years. Avery Prescott, aged 62 years. Hannah Cummings; died in Boston.
Mary Adams; died in Carlisle. Mrs. Lawrence.
1844. John A. Davis, aged 18 years. Child of Mr. Bunce. Child of Samuel Temple. Mrs. Sarah D. H. Richardson, aged 23 years.
Andrew Edes, aged 15 years.
Abijah Reed, aged 90 years.
Child of Isaac Minot. Mrs. Sophia M. Keyes, aged 40 years.
Child of R. Patten. Mrs. Susan Hamlin, aged 62 years; died in Groton. Child of Mr. Pressey.
Jonathan Fletcher; died in Pepperell.
Mrs. Mary Byam Saville, aged 26 years; died in Boston. Child of George Wright.
Mrs. Mary Perry, aged 92 years.
September 9, Dea. Reuben Leighton, aged 82 years.
Catherine B. Keyes, aged 16 years.
Mrs. Benjamin Parker, aged 81 years.
Trueworthy Heywood, aged 24 years.
Isabella Phelps, aged 16 years.
George Fletcher; died in Georgetown.
Mary Jane Reed, aged 17 years.
Mrs. Nancy Nichols, aged 36 years.
Susan F. Hildreth.
Alden Woodward, aged 9 years.
William Chandler, Jr., aged 25 years.
Deaths in town, 22; burials, 26.
1845. Samuel Fletcher, aged 20 years; died in Groton. Ann Woods, aged 38 years. Mrs. Oliver Woodward. Thomas Richardson (pauper).
Aronette Reed (pauper), aged 29 years. Blodgett, aged 15 years. Jonathan Keyes. Mrs. Whiting, aged 80 years.
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1845. Mrs. Luther Prescott, aged 30 years.
Child of T. Hutchins.
Child of Massena Erskine; died in Chelmsford. Mrs. J. J. Carter.
Mrs. Ebenezer Prescott, aged 95 years; died in Dracut. Mr. Drake.
Eliza Reed; died in Boston.
Mrs. Chamberlin; died in Cambridge.
Child of Mr. Chamberlin.
Mrs. Jeremiah Hildreth, aged 72 years.
Mr. Proctor.
Mrs. Francis Leighton.
Abram Prescott; died in Utica, N. Y.
Martha S. Keyes.
1846. Wiley Richardson, aged 92 years. Josiah Vose, aged 62 years.
Miss Knight.
Mrs. Asa Wright (pauper), aged 84 years. Sidney E. Wright.
Nathan Wright; died in Lowell.
Mr. Sherwin; died in Lincoln.
Samuel B. Law; died in Lowell.
Child of G. Griffin; died in Lowell.
Nathan Wright, Jr.
Alvah Prescott. Mrs. Snow.
Child of Joseph Ingalls.
Levi B. Heywood.
Child of James Flint.
John Keyes (pauper).
Mr. Edes; died in Lowell.
Mrs. Andrew Fletcher.
Mrs. Joseph Gould.
Samuel Reed; died in Boston.
Child of Tilly Flint.
Thomas Symmes; lost in the " Atlantic," on Long Island Sound, Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1846; interred in this town, January 10, 1847.
1847. Charles Wiley. Sarah Reed. Elizabeth Fletcher.
Mrs. Isaiah Prescott (pauper).
Mrs. Jacob Clatter (pauper), aged 94 years.
Mrs. Spalding; died in Tyngsborough. Chester H. Osgood.
Mr. Kemp; died in Littleton. Betsey Reed. Mrs. Martha Lincoln. Nancy M. Day. Lucy E. Day.
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1847. Augusta V. Patten. Child of Amos Hildreth. Deborah Wright (pauper). Bill Richardson (pauper). An Irishman (pauper). Name not known. Child of Mrs. Comey. Thomas Hutchins. May 11, Rev. Caleb Blake, aged 86 years. Martha Heywood. Mrs. Zaccheus Read. Child of C. Nutting.
Mr. Fletcher, aged 26 years. Calvin Cummings. Child of William Taylor. Whole number of those who died in town, 22.
1848. Mrs. Huldah Robbins.
Child of Mr. Bruce, from Boston.
Joseph Richardson, aged 49 years. Sally Stevens; died in Littleton.
John Bruce, aged 20 years; brought from Boston. Mrs. Sylvester Hildreth, aged 47 years.
Mrs. Isaiah Leighton; died in Tyngsborough. Mrs. Clark, aged 98 years.
Mr. Parmenter, aged 84 years.
Mrs. George Griffin; died in Lowell.
Mr. Spalding, aged 22 years.
Benjamin Parker, aged 81 years.
Child of Sampson Stevens, Jr.
Child of Mr. Sprague.
Child of George Farwell; died in Concord.
Child of Eli Tower, aged 2 years.
Child of Augustus Hildreth.
Child of Mr. Walker, from Peterborough.
Mrs. Cyrus Fletcher, aged 42 years.
Isaac Durant, from Boston, aged 80 years. .
Mrs. Richie, aged 33 years.
An Irishman.
Child of Newton Chandler, Charlestown. Mrs. Lowell.
Daughter of Edward Symmes.
Son of Mr. Symmes; both buried in the same grave.
Miss Green; brought from Lowell.
Levi Heywood, aged 49 years.
Patty Cummings, aged 40 years.
Child of Mr. Rouillard.
Mrs. Andrew Fletcher. Mr. Gage. Mrs. Tenney. Mrs. Ephraim A. Harwood, aged 26 years. Patty Dutton (pauper).
Residence of Abiel J. Abbot.
HISTORY OF WESTFORD.
PART II.
GENEALOGY OF THE EARLY FAMILIES.
" Who counts himself as nobly born Is noble in despite of place, And honors are but brands to one Who wears them not with Nature's grace.
Then, be thou peasant, be thou peer, Count it still more thou art thine own;
Stand on a larger heraldry Than that of nation or of zone."
THE materials for the genealogy of the principal families that were here before the year 1800 have been gathered from several sources. The records of births and marriages have been copied with care, and much information has been se- cured by personal inquiry. The compiler has had access to the records of Chelmsford and of the neighboring towns, and the facts have been carefully collected and arranged. Researches have been made in various ways so as to verify everything that seemed susceptible of proof, and nothing has been admitted on mere conjecture. Doubtless errors will be found, but the utmost care has been taken to secure accuracy.
ABBOT. 1. John, son of Dea. Joshua Abbot, of Billerica, where he was b. 1713, May 5. He joined the church 1735, Dec. 5, and was chosen deacon 1762, Mar. 5. He was a school teacher, town clerk, and selectman, for many years. He lived in the centre of the town. He m. Hannah Richardson, who d. 1795, Nov. 29. He d. 1791, Oct. 22, aged 78. Children: (1) Hannah, b. 1736-37; d. 1738. (2) Rebecca, b. 1738-39;
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m. Joseph Jewett, of Littleton, 1763. (3) Hannah, b. 1740-41; d. 1783. (4) John, 2, b. 1743. (5) Joshua, b. 1750; d. 1753. (6) Martha, b. 1755.
2. John was enterprising and useful as a citizen and town officer; captain. He m., 1st, Lucy Proctor, and had (1) John, 3, b. 1777. He m., 2nd, Mary Farrar, of Concord, 1780, and had (1) Abel, 7, b. 1781. His wife, Lucy, d. 1779. He d. 1804. His widow, Mary, d. 1815.
3. John, grad. H. U., 1798; counsellor-at-law and state senator. He m. Sophia Mosely, daughter of Ebenezer Mosely, of Hampton, Conn. Children: (1) John William Pitt, 4, b. 1806. (2) A son b. and d. 1807. She d. 1821; He d. 1854.
4. John W. P., grad. H. U., 1827; attorney-at-law, Westford; state senator; judge of court for Northern Middlesex; selectman and town clerk for many years, and treasurer of the academy. He m. Catherine Abbot, daughter of Rev. Jacob Abbot, of Windham, N. H. Children: (1) John William, 3, b. 1834. (2) Julian Thayer, b. 1836; d. 1836. (3) Jul- ian, b. 1837; d. 1857; he came to his death by reason of an accident on the Boston and Lowell railroad. (4) Sophia Elizabeth, b. 1841; d. 1843. (5) George, b. 1845; grad. H. U., 1864; m. (6) Abiel Jacob, 6, b. 1850.
5. John W., m. Elizabeth R. Southwick, daughter of Philip R. Southwick, of Boston, 1857. Children: (1) Catherine Mabel, b. 1861; m. Abbot L. Kebler, of Cincinnati, O., 1881. (2) Emma Southwick, b. 1863. (3) Lucy Kebler, b. 1870. (4) John Cameron, b. 1872.
6. Abiel J., m. Mary Alice Mosely, daughter of Edward S. Mosely, of Newburyport. Child: Edward Mosely, b. 1882.
7. Abel, m. Catherine Cummings, daughter of Timothy Cum- mings, 1805. Child: Julian, b. 1806; grad. H. U., 1826; attorney-at-law, Lowell, Mass.
8. Joel, b. Hollis, N. H., 1757, Dec. 4; son of Capt. Benjamin Abbot; m. Lydia Cumings, of Westford, 1786, daughter of Isaac Cum- ings, and lived on the place now occupied by Mrs. Catherine Abbot. Children: (1) Betsy, or Elizabeth, b, 1787; m. Rev. Jonathan Cogswell, D. D., professor in the theological seminary, East Windsor, Conn., and d. 1837. (2) Joel, b. 1793; captain, U. S. Navy; m. Mary Wood, of New- buryport. (3) Walter, b. 1795; lieutenant, U. S. N .; d. 1825, of a wound received on the Chesapeake. (4) Lydia, b. 1798; m. Daniel W. Lord, Kennebunkport, Me. (5) Mary Phillips, b. 1801. (6) Isaac Houghton, b. 1804. He d. 1806. His widow m. Capt. Francis Kidder, of Little- ton, and d. 1813.
9. Jacob, brother of Joel, b. Hollis, N. H., 1760; m. Polly Cum- mings, 1787, Sept., daughter of Thomas Cummings, Jr. Children: (1) Mary, b. 1788; m. Silas Merriam, 1809. (2) Cummings, b. 1790; d. 1797. (3) Betsey, b. 1792; m. Timothy Smith, of Westford, 1815. (4) Jacob Cum- mings, b. 1798; wharfinger, Boston; m. Mary Todd. (5) Nancy, b. 1804; m. Jonathan S. Hill, Westford. (6) Samuel B., b. 1812; a dentist, Lowell; m. H. Eastman, and d. 1865.
ADAMS. The Adams family of Chelmsford and Westford is descended from Henry, who was in Braintree in 1630, and who was the ancestor of two presidents of that name. Three of his sons went to Concord about 1646. Two of them, Samuel and Thomas, removed to Chelmsford in 1654, and were leading men in that town. They were both men of property and contributed much to the prosperity of the new plantation. Samuel. built the first mill in the town, on River Meadow Brook, and Thomas settled in the westerly part, near the present resi- dence of Charles Adams. From these two brothers there are two lines of descent, so involved and intricate that no investigator witliout access to private records can trace them satisfactorily. They cross each other by intermarriages, and the given names in each line are so often alike that the difficulty is greatly increased In giving the genealogy of the Westford branches it is scarcely practicable to show their connection with the one or the other of the two brothers.
1. Samuel, who was probably a descendant of Thomas and son of Timothy, of the third generation, in. Elizabeth Butterfield, of Chelms- ford, 1728. This was the first marriage recorded by Rev. Willard Hall.
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GENEALOGY.
Children: (1) Thankful, b. 1728; m. John Glene, Dunstable, 1751 (pub. March 29). (2) Samuel, 2, b. 1731. (3) Elizabeth, b. 1733. (4) Lucy, b. 1734. (5) Henry, b. 1741. (6) Ede, bap. 1746. He m. a second wife, Wid. Hannah (Craft) Spalding, 1769.
2. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Blood, 1756 (pub. Dec. 3). Child: (1) Jona- than, b. 1757.
3. Thomas, m. Mary Mead, or Meads, daughter of Doct. Thomas Mead, 1759. Children: (1) Betty, b. 1760; m. Jesse Minot, 1784. (2) Timo- thy, b. 1762; m. Lydia Robbins, daughter of Jacob Robbins, 1783. They were married at Littleton, by Jonathan Reed, Esq., and rem. to Caven- dish, Vt. (3) Mary, b. 1764. (4) Ruth, b. 1766. (5) Isaac, b. 1769.
4. Samuel is generally designated on the books as Samuel tertius, or third, "trader." (See p. 251.) He was probably the son of Samuel, who m. Esther Emerson, in 1746; and there is ground for the supposi- tion that he m. Thankful Chamberlin, about 1770. Children : (1) Samuel, b. 1773. (2) Tatty (Thankful), b. 1775; d. 1791. (3) Polly, b. 1778. (4) Lu- , cretia, b. 1782; d. 1783. (5) Sophia Charlotte, b. 1784. (6) Nancy, b. 1786. (7) Sukey, b. 1789; d. 1790. (8) Sophia, b. 1793. (9) Patty, b. 1771, in Chelmsford; d. 1773.
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