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S. Caleb, son of Ebenezer, m. Elizabeth Cleaveland, 1760. Chil- dren: (1) Jonathan, b. 1761; d. 1761. (2) Paul, b. 1762; m. Abigail Kent, and rem. to Stoddard. (3) Hannah, b. 1768; d. 1769. (4) Elizabeth, b. 1771.
9. Henry, son of Henry, and b. 1732; m. Sarah Spalding, 1753. Children: (1) Mary, b. 1753. (2) Thankful, b. 1754. (3) Stephen, b. 1758; rem. to Littleton. (4) Bridget, b. 1760. (5) Esther, b. 1762; m. Jonathan Johnson, Jr. (?), 1783. (6) Rebecca, b. 1763. (7) Sarah, b. 1765. (8) Henry, b. 1767. (9) Hannah, b. 1768. (10) Abel, b. 1770. (11) Elijah, b. 1771, "and was the first child baptized in the new meeting house"; rem to Ashby.
10. Jacob, son of Jacob, and b. 1732; m. Lucy; daughter of William and Bathsheba Butterfield, 1755. Children: (1) Lucy, b. 1756; m. Stephen
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Mead, 1780. (2) Jacob, b. 1758; settled in Washington, N. H., where he d. at the age of 85; was known as Col. Wright. (3) Abraham Butterfield, b. 1760; settled in Ashby, but rem. to Mason, N. H., where he d., aged 72. (4) Olive, b. 1762; m. Mr. Lowell, of Washington, N. H. (5) Lavisa, b. 1764; d. 1777. (6) Naomi, b. 1766; m. - - Read, and rem. to Gard- ner, Mass. (7) Ziba, b. 1770; settled in Littleton, N. H., and d. there. (8) William, b. 1771, after his father's decease. Jacob, the father, "was accidentally cut with a scythe, while mowing, and died from hemor- rhage of the wound at the age of 45; a very pious, good man."
11. Joseph, son of Jacob, and b. 1736; m., 1st, Dorothy Heald, b. in Groton, daughter of Thomas and Sarah. Children: (1) Joseph, b. 1758; d. at White Plains, 1777, aged 19. (2) Dorothy, b. 1761. (3) Reu- ben, b. 1763. (4) Asa, b, 1767. (5) Abel, b. 1770. (6) Phebe, b. 1773. He m., 2nd, Hannah Kemp, 1774. (7) Hannah, b, 1776. (8) Joseph, b. 1778; d. 1781. (9) Ruth, b. 1781. (10) Joel, b. 1783. (11) Jacob, b. 1786.
12. Pelatiah, son of Jacob, and b. 1734; m. Alice Powers, 1761. Children: (1) Rebecca, b. 1764. (2) Bridget, b. 1765. (3) Esther, b. 1768. (4) Benjamin, b. 1770. (5) Lydia Powers, b. 1772. (6) Susanna, b. 1774. (7) Alice, b. 1778. (8) Abijah, b. 1780.
13. John, son of Jacob, and b. 1723; m., in Dunstable, Sarah Children: (1) Sarah, b. in Dunstable, 1755. (2) Mary, b. in Dunstable, 1757. (3) Oliver, b. 1759. (4) Deborah, b. 1762. (5) John, b. 1764. (6) Ele- azer, b. 1765. (7) Rachel, b. 1767. (8) Isaac, b. 1770. (9) Anna, b. 1772. (10) Elizabeth. b. 1773. (11) Ebenezer, b. 1777.
14. John, m. Mary Kendall, of Dunstable. Children: (1) John, b 1748. (2) Zebedee, b. 1749. (3) Benjamin, b. 1751. (4) Isaac, b. 1754. These are recorded. Mr. Hall baptized the following: (5) Nehemiah, bap. 1756. (6) Oliver, bap. 1758. (7) Sarah, bap. 1762.
15. Ephraim, son of Jacob, and b. 1725-26; m. Abigail Whitte- more, of Dunstable, 1751. Children: (1) Abraham, b. 1752; d. 1752. (2) Abigail, b. 1753. (3) Ruth, b. 1755. (4) Sarah, b. 1757; d. 1762. (5) Ephraim, b. 1761; rem. to Littleton. (6) Nathan, b. 1763. (7) Lydia, b. 1765; m. Andrew Fletcher, 1784. (S) Jotham, b. 1767. (9) Hannah, b. 1770; d. 1775. (10) Jacob, b. 1772.
16. Silas, son of Ebenezer, and b. 1742; m. Mary Craft, 1764. Children: (1) Joel, b. 1765. (2) Silas, b. 1767. (3) Benjamin, b. 1769. (4) Samuel, b. 1770.
17. Amos, son of Ebenezer, and b. 1743-44; m. Dorcas Wright, daughter of Simeon, 1767. Children: (1) Levi, b. 1768. (2) Amos, b. 1771; d. 1775. (3) Zaccheus, b. 1774. (4) Hannah, b. 1776. (5) Ruth, b. 1783; m. (6) John, b. 1785. (7) Phinehas, b. 1788. (8) Ebenezer, b. 1791; d. 1795.
18. Samuel, son of Simeon, and b. 1745; m. Esther Minot, 1771. Children: (1) Abel, b. 1771, "and the 2nd child christened in the new meeting house." (2) Luther, b. 1773; m. Priscilla Emery, of Hollis, N. H. (3) Joseph Minot, b. 1778; d. 1779. (4) Betty, b. 1779; m. Levi Parker, 1803. (5) Joanna, b. 1781; d. 1812. (6) Samuel, b. 1784; m. Martha Parker, 1808; he kept a store and tavern at the Centre; rem. to Orono, Me. (7) Esther, b. 1786; m. Ens. Thomas Pearson, 1810. (8) Hannah, b. 1789. (9) Sally, b. 1792; m. Joel Taylor.
19. Oliver, son of John, and b. 1759; m. Dorothy Prescott, widow of Ezra, 1797. Children: (1) Oliver, b. 1798; d. (2) Sarah, b. 1799; m. Bela Wright, 1825. (3) Jesse, b. 1800, at Groton.
20. Nathan, son of Ephraim, and b. 1763; m. Betsey Trowbridge, 1788. Children: (1) Nathan, b. 1789. (2) Parker, b. 1791. (3) Jotham Bruce, b. 1792; grad. at Harvard. (4) Edmond, b. 1794; d. young. (5) Edmond, b. 1796; d. young. (6) John, b. 1797. (7) Walter, b. 1800. (8) Martin, b. 1806. (9) George Sumner, b. 1810.
21. Abel, son of Joseph, and b. 1770; m. Lefe Trowbridge, of Groton, 1795. Children: (1) Bela, b. 1796. (2) Phinehas, b. 1798. (3) Lefe, b. 1800. (4) George, b. 1802. (5) Jeptha, b. 1804. (6) Abel, b. 1808.
22. Joel, son of Joseph, and b. 1783; m. Sally 1808. Chil- dren: (1) Roxana, b. 1809. (2) Sophia, b. 1811. (3) Relief T., b. '1813.
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(4) Joel A., b. 1815. (5) William O., b. 1816. (6) Sarah M., b. 1818. (7) Zebedee E., b. 1820. (8) Ezra W., b. 1822. (9) Clarissa J., b. 1823. (10) Julian E., b. 1825. (11) Zilpah A., b. 1827; d. 1840. (12) Pelatiah J., b. 1829. (13) Martha E., b. 1832.
23. Reuben, son of Joseph, b. 1763; m. Sarah Read, daughter of Thomas and Susanna, 1787. Children: (1) Reuben, b. 1788. (2) Thomas Read, b. 1790. (3) Philinda, b. 1792; m. Thomas Richardson. (4) Newell, b. 1795. (5) Lucinda, b. 1797; m. Thomas Cummings, 1815. (6) Calvin Blanchard, b. 1800; m. Almira Tenney, 1827. (7) Sally, b. 1803; m. Calvin Spalding. (8) Almira, b. 1805; m. Jacob Blodgett, 1826. (9) James M., b. 1809; m. Sarah Gould, 1833.
24. Abijah, son of Pelatiah, and b. 1780; m. Polly Fletcher, 1800. Children: (1) b. 1801. (2) Archibald, b. 1803; m. Elvira Chapman. (3) Erastus, b. 1806. (4) Benjamin Loring, b. 1808. (5) Warren, b. 1812; m. Sarah Farwell; rem. to Sycamore, Ill. (6) Laura Ann, b. 1815; m. Joel Ingalls, of Tyngsborough.
25. Horatio, son of Abijah, and b. 1801; m. Anna Gass. Chil- dren: (1) Stuart Park, b. 1827; m. Eliza S. Cutter, 1850. (2) Horatio Gass, b. 1829. (3) Alpheus Fletcher, b. 1833. (4) Francis Ballard, b. 1837; m. Maria Wright, 1861.
26. Parker, son of Nathan, and b. 1791; m. Mary Gage, 1818. Children: (1) Lydia, b. 1819; m. Samuel Folsom, of Lowell. (2) Nathan, b. 1822. (3) Mary Elizabeth, b. 1823. (4) William Artemas, b. 1825; res. in Lowell.
27. Phinehas, son of Amos, and b. 1788; m. Betsey Whitcomb, 1814. Children: (1) Maverick Wyman, b. 1815; m. Jane Heywood, and lives in Tremont, Ill. (2) Laura Maria, b. 1817; m. Elbridge Dutton, of Chelmsford. (3) Eliza Thompson, b. 1819; m. George A. Griffin. (4) Edwin, b. 1822. Phinehas, the father, d. at Albany, N. Y.
28. Levi, son of Amos, and b. 1768; m. Rhoda Hildreth, 1794. Children: (1) Amos, b. 1795; d. unmarried. (2) Sophronia, b. 1796; d. unmarried, 1864. (3) Hosea, b. 1797; m. Lucinda Minot, 1824, and had one child named Leonora. (4) Washington, b. 1799; m. Mary Wright, 1825; had five children; d. near Tremont, Ill. (5) Lydia, b. 1803; m. George W. Aldrich. (6) Rhoda, b. 1805; d. unmarried. (7) Levi, b. 1807; d. 1808. (8) Rebecca. b. 1811; m., 1st, Augustus H. Searles, 1831, and had one son; she m., 2nd, Jed Mayo, 1842. (9) Levi, b. 1813; m. Hannah Blanchard, of Brookfield, Ohio, and had four children.
29. Zaccheus, son of Amos, and b. 1774; m. Abigail Hildreth, 1802. Children: (1) Mary. b. 1803; m. Washington Wright. (2) Rachel, b. 1805; m. -- Hawley, of Chicago. (3) Lucy Susan, b. 1807. (4) Ezekiel, b. 1808; d. (5) Zaccheus, b. 1809; d. 1809.
30. Jonas, son of Thomas, and b. 1759; m. Rebecca Fletcher, widow of Benjamin Fletcher, and daughter of Nathaniel Boynton, 1783. Children: (1) Ralph, b. 1784. (2) Rebecca, b. 1786; m. Aaron Wood, of Mason, N. H. (3) Sally, b. 1788; m. Jonas Adams, of Mason. (4) William, b. 1790; rem. to Mason. (5) Luther, b. 1793; went to the Sand- wich Islands; m. and d. there. (6) John Boynton, b. 1797.
31. Asa, son of Joseph, and b. 1767; m. Betsey Patch, 1787. Chil- dren: (1) Betsey, b. 1787. (2) Joseph, b. 1789; did he rem. to Dedham? (3) Huldah, b. 1791. (4) Salathiel, b. 1794. (5) Rhoda, b. 1796. (6) Asa, b. 1798. (7) Sophronia, b. 1802.
32. Asa, son of Asa, and b. 1798; m. Bathsheba Dadmun, 1820. Children: (1) Ede P., b. 1821; m. Simeon Stevens, Jr. (2) Jefferson, b. 1825; rem. to Utah. (3) Esther B., b. 1827; m. Francis Fletcher, 1839. (4) Kendall Asa, b. 1831. (5) Arthur, b. 1837. (6) Emily Augusta, b. 1841. 33. Reuben, son of Reuben, and b. 1788; m. Esther Woodward, of Tyngsborough, 1809. Children: (1) Esther, b. 1810; m. William Tenney. (2) Reuben, b. 1811; m. Flint; lives at Tyngsborough. (3) Mary Ann, b. 1814; m. Samuel Spalding, of Tyngsborough. (4) John Wood- ward, b. 1817; m. Bond, of Nashua, N. H. (S) Sally Read, b. 1819; m. Charles Fellows, Lowell. (6) Almira, b. 1822. (7) Horace
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H. W., b. 1826. (8) George Newton, b. 1828. (9 Margia Ann, b. 1830. (10) Isaac Sumner, b. 1833. These all lived until the youngest was 35 years old.
34. Jacob, son of Joseph, by his second wife, Hannah, m. Sally Children: (1) Miriam, b. 1806. (2) Sally, b. 1808. (3) Jacob Austin. b. 1811. (4) Hannah, b. 1813; m. John Day, 1834. (5) Anna, b. 1816. (6) Phebe, b. 1818; m. J. J. Carter, 1856. (7) George Porter, b. 1821; m. Adeline Moore. (8) Joseph Eldredge, b. 1823; m. Harriet A. Reed, 1844.
35. Ephraim, son of Ephraim, and b. 1761; m. Mary Blodgett. Children: (1) Abigail, b. 1786; m. Elisha Fletcher, of Littleton. (2) Mary, b. 1788; d. unmarried, 1814. (3) Sarah B., b. 1791; m. Jacob Har- rington, of Shirley. (4) Ephraim, b. 1793. (5) Abram, b. 1797; m. Maria Hildreth, and d. 1827. (6) Imlah, b. 1799, rem. to Antrim, N. H. (7) Jesse, b. 1802; m., for a second wife, Mrs. Mehitable Davis. (8) James Mansur, b. 1807; d. 1824.
36. Ephraim, son of Ephraim, and b. 1793; m. Asenath Fletcher, 1820. Children: (1) Mary Fletcher, b. 1821; d. 1826. (2) Henry Otis, b. 1824; d. 1835. (3) Abram, b. 1828; res. in Clinton. (4) George Fletcher, b. 1831; res. in Clinton. (5) Mary Alzina, b. 1833; d. 1834. (6) Martha Asenath, b. 1835. (7) Sarah Peabody, b. 1838; m. Artemas W. Cum- mings.
37. Stephen, son of Henry, Jr., and b. 1758; m. Sarah Prescott, 1787. Children: (1) Stephen, b. 1787; m. Zebiah Richardson, of Westford, and settled in Ludlow, Vt. (2) Sally, b. 1791; m. Nathan Wright, of Shelburne. (3) Lucy, b. 1795; m. Jacob P. Kellogg, of Shelburne. These three b. in Ashby. (4) Ezekiel Conant, b. 1797. (5) Lydia, b. 1799; d. un- married, 1817. (6) Mary, b. 1801; m. Gilbert Farmer. (7) Rebecca, b. 1803; d. unmarried, 1817. (8) Timothy Prescott, b. 1806. (9) Elizabeth, b. 1809; m. Nathan Childs, Wilton, N. H.
38. Ezekiel Conant, son of Stephen, and b. 1797; m. Susan Stevens, of Chelmsford, 1821. Children: (1) Susan Emily Hester, b. 1822; m. George W. Wood, of Littleton, 1852. (2) Ezekiel Atwood, b. 1824. (3) Sarah Maria, b. 1826. (4) Atwell Freeman, b, 1829. (5) Nahum Har- wood, b. 1831, (6) Stephen Eugene, b. 1834. (7) Merrill Stevens, b. 1837. (8) Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1841; m. George F. Wright, 1860.
39. Timothy Prescott, son of Stephen, and b. 1806; m. Elnora Prescott, 1832. Children: (1) Gilbert T., b. 1833; d. 1838. (2) Elnora G., b. 1834; m. Elihu Smead, of Shelburne, 1861. (3) Mary, b. 1836; d. 1839. (4) Gilbert T., b. 1838. (4) Edward P., b. 1840. (5) Alfred O., b. 1847.
40. Jesse, son of Oliver, and b. 1800; m. Sybil Stevens, of Chelms- ford, 1828. Children: (1) Gilman Jesse, b. 1829; m. Harriet H. Hales, 1871. (2) Andrew Stevens, b. 1833; m. Abby Garvin. (3) Harriet Maria, b. 1836; d.
41. Archibald, son of Abijah, b. 1803; m. Elvira Chapman. Children: (1) Henry C., b. 1832, at Lexington. (2) Elvira Angela, b. 1836, at Boston. (3) Laura A., b. 1840, at Westford.
42. Benjamin L., son of Abijah, and b. 1808; m. Elizabeth Wright. Children: (1) Loring, b. 1835; d. 1835. (2) Oscar, b. 1837; d. 1837. (3) Oscar, b. 1838; d. 1853. (4) Hannibal H., b. 1839. (5) Malvina E., b. 1841. (6) Morton G., b. 1843. (7) Rosilla, b. -. (8) Augustus A., b. 1854.
43. Erastus, son of Abijah, and b. 1806; m. Elizabeth M. Carr, of Charlestown, 1831. Children: (1) Everett E., b. 1832. (2) Josiah Os- good, b. 1834. (3) Wilbur Fisk, b. 1837. (4) Elizabeth, b. 1839. (5) Gilman Fessenden, b. 1841. (6) Albion LeForest, b. 1842. (7) Almaette L., b. 1845; d. 1865. (8) Eugene H., b. 1850.
44. Martin, son of Nathan, and b. 1806; m., 1st, Abigail Jones, 1830. Children: (1) Abigail R., b. 1831; m. Charles W. Brooks, of Lowell. (2) Ellen W., b. 1832; m. Joseph C. Healey, of Lowell. (3) Lovey M., b. 1834; m. Charles S. Coburn, of Tyngsborough. He m., 2nd, Eliza Ingalls, of Tyngsborough. (4) Eliza Ann, b. 1838; m. Joseph C. Healey, of Lowell.
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45. Bela, son of Abel; m. Sarah Wright, and rem. to Nelson, N. H., where he res. until after the birth of his third child, when he returned. Children: (1) Sarah Ann, b. 1826. (2) Jeptha, b. 1828. (3) George, b. 1830. (4) Varnum, b. 1833. (5) Maria b. 1841; m. Francis B. Wright, 1861.
46. James Madison, son of Reuben, and b. 1809; m. Sarah Gould, 1833. Children: (1) Sarah Jane, b. 1833; m. Hezekiah Cummings. (2) Mary M., b. 1835; d. 1838. (3) Susan Elmira, b. 1837; m. Kendall A: Wright. (4) Mary M., b. 1840; d. 1853. (5) Philinda Ellen, b. 1842; m Israel S. Worcester.
47. Jacob Austin, son of Jacob, and b. 1811; m. Harriet Leigh- ton, 1837. Children: (1) Albert Austin, b. 1838; (2) George Henry, b. 1840. (3) Edwin Elliot, b. 1841; (4) Emory Augustus, b. 1844; m. Emily Curtis.
48. George Porter, son of Jacob, and b. 1821; m. Adeline Moore. Children: (1) Charles Alvah, b. 1854; m. Celia J. Smith, 1872. (2) Willey Merton, b. 1857; m. Addie S. Hosmer, 1878.
49. Joseph Eldridge, son of Jacob, b. 1823; m. Harriet A. Reed, 1844. Children: (1) Sidney E., b. 1845; d. young. (2) Sidney B., b. 1856. (3) Charles Henry, b. 1858. (4) Frank C., b. 1860.
50. Levi, son of Levi, and b. 1813; m. Hannah Blanchard. Cliil- dren: (1) Horace Washington, b. 1837, in Brookfield, Ohio. (2) Sophronia, b. 1838, in Brookfield. (3) Louisa, b. 1840.
51. John, son of Amos, and b. 1785; m. Betsey Haywood, of Chelmsford. Child: John Franklin, b. 1821.
52. John F., son of John, b. 1821; m. Lavinia Frye, of Dracut. Children: (1) Marion L., b. 1845. (2) Lucius F., b. 1848; d. 1880. (3) Albert J., b. 1852; d. 1882. (4) Gilbert F., b. 1857.
53. Eleazer, son of John, b. 1765; m. Elizabeth Nutting, daughter of Ebenezer, of Pepperell, 1793. Children: (1) Joel, b. 1794, rem. to Charlestown; m. Elmira Hosmer, of Concord. (2) Ebenezer, b. 1796; m. Sarah Holman, rem. to Lowell. (3) Betsey, b. 1797; m. Charles Shepard, Bedford, N. H. (4) Benjamin, b. 1799; m. Althea Gilson, 1831. (5) Sophia, b. 1801; m. True Richards, of Goffstown, N. H. (6) George, b. 1803; m. Mary Ann Prescott; d. 1882. (7) Mary, b. 1805; d. young. (8) Martha, b. 1805. (9) Walter, b. 1811; m. Hannah Webber, and had one son, George W., b. 1841; he, Walter, d. 1842. (10) Franklin, b. 1813; drowned in Forge Pond 1835, aged 22.
54. Col. Samuel, son of Samuel, and b .-; m. Martha Parker, 1808. Children: (1) Rufus Samuel, b. 1810. (2) Martha Ann, b. 1811. (3) Lucy Parker, b. 1819.
ADDITIONS.
CHANDLER. 11. William, son of William, 6, and b. 1791; m. Rhoda, daughter of Gershom Procter, of Dunstable, 1816. Children: (1) Amos Newton, b. 1818; m. Jane Cabot, Hartland, Vt. (2) William Proc- ter, b. 1820; d. 1844. (3) Mary Ann, b. 1821; m. Asaph B. Cutter, 1849. (4) John Murray, b. 1823; m. Mary Pike, of Maine, 1856. (5) Jerome, b, 1825; m. Charlotte Cooper, 1855; res. in Iowa. (6) George Washington, b. 1826; m. Abbey Ness, 1857. (7) Augustus Hiram, b. 1828; m. Mary Carkin. He d. 1880. (8) Eliza Jane, b. 1830; m. Alfred Perham, Tyngsboro', 1864. (9) Caroline Maria, h. 1832; m. James Miller, Peterboro', N. H., 1866. (10) Charles Edwin, b. 1833; rem. to Nevada. (11) Emily Melissa, b. 1835; m. John B. Fletcher, 1869. (12) Warren, b. 1836; m. Frances Ingalls, 1870. (13) Marcus Morton, b. 1839; m. Jenny Pattison. (14) Henry Harrison, b. 1840.
PARKER. 2. Aaron. (p. 463.) .... (3) Dorothy, b. 1742; (add) m. Salmon Dutton, who was b. in Westford, 1744. (See p. 164.)
18. Isaiah, son of Aaron 2; m. Sybil Willard, 1773. Children: (1) Rachel Willard, b. 1773; d. young. (2) Isaiah, b. 1774; d. 1802. (3) Samuel Stillman, b. 1776. He was a physician; (See p. 331.) m. Rebecca Thomas,
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and d. at River Raisin, Michigan, 1811. (4) Sally, b. 1778; m. Joseph Bullard; d. in New York City, 1840. (5) Luther, b. 1781; m., 1st, Sophia Hartwell; m., 2d, Sarah Hull, and d. in Michigan. (6) Sewall, b. 1783; m. Sally Willard; d. in New York City, 1845. (7) Miranda, b. 1785; m. Maj. Joseph Edgarton, and d. 1808. (8) Rowland, b. 1787; drowned in Concord River, 1806. (9) Orsamus, b. 1789; m. - , and d. in Otsego, N. Y., 1820. (10) Isaac Senter, b. 1791; m. Louisa McClure; d. in Cooperstown, N. Y.,
1875. (11) Rosalinda, b. 1793; m., 1st, Calvin Whitney; m., 2d,- Town- send, of Lancaster, Mass .; d. 1876. (12) Augustus Granville, b. 1796; m. Marian Hazen. He was a physician in Shirley, Mass., where he d. 1843. He m., 2nd, Betsey Whitcomb. (13) Betsey Miranda, b. 1823; m. Samuel L. Adams, of Cavendish, and rem. to St. Charles, III. (14) Isaiah Whit- comb, b. 1832; m., 1st, Mary Thompson, of Whitehall, N. Y .; m., 2nd, Lucia E. Barton, of Ludlow, Vt .; d. 1864.
Isaiah, the father, was a physician. He commenced practice in Harvard, Mass., 1772; he also preached, first as a Baptist, and afterwards as a Universalist; was a volunteer surgeon in the Revolution; published a political newspaper in Boston; rem. 1806, to Cavendish, Vt., where he spent the rest of his life, which reached almost to a century. Hed. 1848 aged 96. His children by the first marriage were born in Harvard. (Fletcher Genealogy, p. 501.)
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INDEX OF TOPICS.
Andrew, the Indian 3
Allotments, earliest .
7
Additional Territory from Groton
24
Brookside .
235
Buffalo
236
Agreeing to the Articles of Associa- tion Drawn Up by the Continental Congress 103
Advice to Representative 114
Articles of Confederation
119
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Allowance to Soldiers ·
119
Applicants for Pensions
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136
Alphabetical List of Soldiers in the War of the Revolution 137-9 Acceptance of the First Article of the Declaration of Rights . 141-2 Amendment of the Third Article 143 Action in Regard to Shay's Rebellion . 149 . Annual Reckoning 182
Action of the Town in Regard to the Civil War 189
Alphabetical List of Soldiers in the Civil War
193
Annulling the School District System . Advent Corner
221 236
Agricultural Products 239
Abbot Worsted Mills, Enlargement of, by Purchase of Water Power and Buildings at Forge Village . 245
Answer of William Hall to the Call of the Church 253 Acceptance to Call by Matthew Scrib- ner 272 Action of Board of Trustees of Meth- odist Society . 305
Academy 312-13
Academy, Town Subscribes 20 Shares to Fund of, and Gives Liberty to Build a House on the Common for 313
Assistant Teachers of Acadeiny . 320
Agricultural Library 351
Brief History of the Precinct 17
Brookside 12
Boundary Line Disputed 25
Bounty on Squirrels 70
Bounty on Wolves 72
Bates', Captain, Company 107
Bunker Hill 110
Bank Proposed .
Bounty 120
Beef, Committee to Provide 121
Brown's, Captain, Company . 126 Casualties to Soldiers
Butterfield's, Captain, Company .
Brooks', Colonel, Regiment; and Bal- lard's, Captain, Company . 128-31 Belfry .
Burning of the Second Meeting House 151 Bounty to Soldiers 153 Burning of Joshua Read, Jr.'s, House 154 Coopering .
Barn at the Poor Farm
184
Boundaries
231
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Brick-Making
242
Beginning of Sabbath School Library 284
Building of Methodist Church 304
Biographical Sketches .- Rev. Phineas Wright, Samuel Chamberlin, Col. Jolın Robinson, Rev. Jonathan Os- good, Charles Proctor, M. D., Hon. Joseplı Read, Hon. Willard Hall, Rev. James Blodgett, and James M. Stone 333-45
Charter of the Town
21
Copying Records
79
Civil Action
80
Cowdry Estate
85
Committee of Inspection 103
104
Committee of Correspondence Concord Bridge 106 110
'Congress, Provincial, Delegate to.
Cæsar Bason
113
Census. 1776
115
Campaigns .
116
Committee of Correspondence, 1780
120
Classes. Town Divided into Five; Heads of . 121
Committee of Correspondence. 1781 122 Companies of Capt. Fletcher and Capt. Wright 125
Companies of Captains Fletcher, Ford, Brown and Minot . 126
Companies of Capt. Butterfield and Capt. Parker 127 Companies of Captains Cole, Jewett and Ballard 128 Companies of Captains Woods, Hunt, Lawrence and Nutting 132 Companies of Captains Porter, Barnes and Sargent . 133
Committee to Consider the New Form of Government 139
County House
147
Convention at Boston
150
County Road
154
Copying Records
179
Common Land
, 181
Celebration at Acton
. 183
Career of the Sixteenth Regiment
201
210
224
Celebration at Concord, 1875 .
225
226 Centennial Exposition, 1876 Completion of 150 Years . 227
151 Central Village . 234
Chamberlin's Corner
236
· 242
Bills of Credit
118
119
Copying Record of Marriages
183
127
Citizens' Meeting
Assassination of President Lincoln .
220
488
HISTORY OF WESTFORD.
Carpet-Weaving 242
Chauncey Mills for Making Shaker Socks 246
Call to Mr. Thaxter .
268
.
Call to Mr. Jesse Read 269
.
Conference
272
Church Book of Records Held by Mr. Hall . 273
Confession of Faith and Covenant 274-6
Complaint of Mr. Hall 263
Conclusion of Mr. Scribner's Ministry. His Removal . 280 Flowers
Candidates .
281
Call to Mr. Eber Carpenter .
284
Call to Mr. Ephraim Randall 287
Covenant, 1847 291
Call and Ordination of Mr. John B.
Willard
292
Council to Organize Union Church 298
Church Edifice Built by Union Society.
299
First Pastor of
304
College Graduates Born in Westford .
329
Second Pastor
305
Citizenship
.
356
Deer-Killing 69
Deeds of Charity
79
.
Delegate to Provincial Congress 110
Declaration of Independence to be
Recorded
115
Declaration of Rights Considered
141
Substitute for the Third Article Pro- posed 143
Death of an Indian :
150
.
Death of George Washington .
155
Disposition of Surplus Revenue
181
Draft
208
.
Teachers of
309
Destination of Articles for the Soldiers 215 Disorders 263
Difficulties with Mr. Scribner .
278
Deacons of First Church
295
Deacons of Union Church
301
Division into School Districts 328 Deed of Land to the Academy .
314
Date of Incorporation of Academy
314
Homesteads
. 8-10
Hildreth Row
9
Early Settlers
4
Extension
5
Early Homesteads
8-10
Expedition Against Cuba 54
Extracts from Town Records 67
Early Burying Grounds .
80
Even Ray
120
Effect of the War of the Revolution upon the People of the Town 146
Extract from Minott's History of the
Insurrections .
146
Enrollment and Apportionment 208
Elsewhere 236
Ecclesiastical History
252
Ecclesiastical Council at Haverhill,
Mass.
262
Effort to Unite the People in Support of a Minister . 286
Educational History
306
Early Friends of the Academy
316
From the Settlement to the Incorpora- tion 1
Frances Hill, Origin of the Name 8
First Mill 11
Fulling Mill 12
Families Annexed to the Parish of Lit- tleton 15
First Meeting House 17
First Town Meeting
22
·
French Neutrals
.
French Family, Removal of . 60
Fishways 69
First Bell-Ringer
79
91
124
Field Officers of Middlesex Regiments
Formation of State Government .
139
First Vote for State Officers . 144
Fire Arms . 149
Fencing the Common, Subscription for the Purpose of 182 First Martyr for Westford in the Civil War . 202
Funding the Town Debt:
227
.
.
First Fulling Mill
241
First Church Covenant
255
First Deacons of Mr. Hall's Church 257
First Congregational Society
288
Formation of Union Congregational
Society and List of Members
295
Formation of Methodist Society
302-4
First Meeting of Trustees and First
Preceptor of Academy
.
And First Preceptress
322
First School Committee
·
328
Forge Village. Recollections of
·
351
Framingham & Lowell Railroad .
.
346
Grist Mill at Brookside
12
Garrison House, First
12
Gloves at Funerals .
79
Graniteville
235
Geology
236
Grammar School
308
Grant of Land to Academy 316
Graduates of Academy. 1872-1882 .
325
Good Influence of Academy .
328
354
Graniteville, Recollections of
.
.
Genealogy of Early Families, (part
second) .
.
.
435
Hunting Ground of Indians
2
Highway from Clielmsford to Groton .
12
Highway to Salem
13
Homesteads in 1730, with Map
27-33
Horse Stables, Proprietors of
Hills
231
154
Hyde's Hole
236
Half-Way Covenant Set Aside
268
History of Westford, (part second)
.
435
Indian Haunts
3
Industry, Vote to Encourage
90
Independence. Nothing Short of .
·
114
Independence Secured
.
Instructions to Francis Leighton, Rep-
resentative
122
Instructions to Representative
150
Items front Town Records 178
Idleness and Intemperance, Efforts to
Suppress .
180
Inauguration of the Conflict : 189
Invitation to Concord. 1875
224
Industries and Manufactures
241
Invitation to Mr. Hall
252
Inscription upon Monument of Rev.
W. Hall .
266
Ice Business at Forge Village
346
Land Bank
69
List of Prices for Labor and Articles
of Common Necessity .
117
First Tax List
25
List of Rates
121
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