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Nathaniel, son of Jacob, m. Margaret Hale, b. May 29, 1784. Children :
1. Nathaniel W., b. March 21, 1807, m. Sarah Guy ; 2. Merritt, b. Oct. 1, 1809 ; m. Harriet Johnson : 3. Albert, b. Oct. 11, 1811, m. Harriet Brown : 4. Julia A. b. June 17, 1813. m. Wm. Wilder : 5. Sal- ly M., b. July 12, 1818. m. John Fitts ; 6. Nancy, b. March 27, 1820. Nathaniel d. Oct. 11, 1857, aged 85.
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Daniel, son of Jacob, left a daughter, now Mrs. Frank Pricst.
Amos Hale, brother of Moses, b. May 25, 1752, m. Sally Day ; came to W. in 1770. Children :
1. Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1780; 2. Mary, b. Feb. 19, 1782; 3. Amos, b. May 9, 1784 ; 4. Nathan, b. June 23, 1786; 5. Obed, b. Oct. 23, 1788; 6. Edward, b. Oct. 29, 1790; 7. Salmon, b. March 10, 1793 ; 8. Laura, b. June 3, 1795 ; 9. Justus, b. Apr. 27, 1797.
HALL.
Benjamin Hall m. Sally, dau. of Rer. Joseph Brown. Children :
1. Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1796; 2. Betsey, b. Jan. 23, 1799.
HANCOCK.
Timothy Hancock and Lucy Stoddard his wife had children :
1. Lot, b. Feb. 12, 1792; 2. Persis, b. July 8, 1794; 3. Bill, b. Fch. 1, 1796 ; 4. Zenas, b. Jan. 20, 1798; 5. Orras, b. Apr. 19, 1800 ; 6. Benjamin H. b. Apr. 10, 1802 ; 7. Lucy A., b. Aug. 21, 1804 ; 8. James A., b. Aug. 7. 1806; 9. Cirisman, b. July 12, 1808 ; 10. Lucy A., b. Apr. 2, 1811.
Rufus Hancock, son of Hezekiah, of Wrentham, b. in Winchendon, Aug. 21, 1780, m. Sally Bacon. Children :
1. Benjamin F., b. Nov. 25, 1803; 2. William M., b. March 16, 1806 : 3. Artemas H., b. Aug. 13, 1809; 4. Ozro, b. Jan. 10, 1812.
Bill Hancock, son of Samuel, of Wrentham, died suddenly in 1792.
HAPGOOD.
John and Betsey Hapgood, had children :
1. George, d. young; 2. Charles, b. Feb. 27, 1806; 3. Willard ; 4. Sally ; 5. Sally ; 6. Dana ; 7. Abigail ; 8. Mary ; 9. Rhoanna ; 10. Jane, b. June 4, 1821, m. Bethuel Ellis, Esq. ; 11. Otis W.
HENSIIAW.
Daniel Henshaw and Deborah B. his wife had children :
1. Frances E., b. July 25, 1824; 2. Daniel H., b. Sept. 25, 1827.
HEYWOOD.
Dea. Amos Heywood, m. the widow of Richard Parsons, born, Keziah Bix- by, sister of Levi Bixby. Children :
1. Susan, b. March 27, 1786 ; m. Thomas Knowlton ; 2. Sally, b. July 4, 1789, m. Mr. Carter.
His second wife was widow Elizabeth Cogswell, mother of Mrs. Richard Whitney.
Daniel Heywood, brother of Amos, m. Hannah Fairbanks. Children :
1. Betsey, b. Nov. 24, 1783 ; 2. Hannah, b. Apr. 24, 1785; 3. Bet- scy, b. Aug. 17, 1787 ; 4. Daniel, b. Oct. 7, 1790 ; 5. Alpha, b. Sept. 15, 1792 ; 6. Miriam, b. June 2, 1794 ; 7. Alpheus, b. Apr. 11, 1797 ; 8. Ira, b. Apr. 6, 1799, d. May 25, 1799 ; 9. Eliel, b. Feb. 9, 1801 ; 10. Soly- man, b. Jan. 5. 1805.
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Lieut. Levi Heywood, br. of Amos and Daniel, lived at the Ephraim Flint place. He m. Beulah Buttrick. He d. June 21, 1799. Children :
1. Amos ; 2. Levi; 3. Beulah ; 4. Mary ; 5. Cyrus.
Capt. Lemuel Heywood, cousin of the above, also lived on the E. Flint place, m. Lucy Heywood, a cousin, and had children :
1. Rufus, b. Oct. 12, 1782; 2. Reuben, b. Dec. 27, 1783 ; 3. Luke, b. Dec. 9, 1785; 4. George, b. Nov. 30, 1787 ; 5. Rial, b. Feb. 25, 1790; 6, Lucy, b. March 23, 1792, m. Simeon Stearns ; 7. Samuel, b. July 4, 1794; 8. Hepzibah S., b. Oct. 1, 1796, m. Phinehas Parks, Jr. ; 9. Eliza, b. May 8, 1799.
His second wife was Abigail or Nabby Parsons, dau. of Richard Parsons. Children :
10. Richard P., b. Dec. 1, 1801, d. Sept. 26, 1825 ; 11. Nabbe B., b. Feb. 28, 1803 ; 12. Bushrod V., b. July 29, 1804, d. Sept. 28, 1805; 13. Sally R., b. Jan. 19, 1806 ; 14. Caroline C., b. Nov. 6, 1807, m. Levi Parks ; 15. Horatio N., b. Apr. 2, 1809; 16. Adaline B., b, May 5, 1812; 17. Lemuel A., b. Apr. 3, 1814.
HOLMAN.
Capt. Nathaniel Holman, b. at Bolton, July 5, 1767, m. Charlotte Bruce, b. at Berlin, Jan. 31, 1783. Children :
1. Charlotte B., b. Apr. 22, 1806 ; 2. Betsey T., b. Dec. 19, 1807 ; 3. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 10, 1809.
HOUGHTON.
Robert Houghton and Sarah his wife had children :
1. John, b. Feb. 2, 1791; 2. Asaph, b. Oct. 8. 1792; 3. Ephraim, b. Feb. 18, 1795 ; 4. Sally, b. March 22, 1797 ; 5. William, b. Oct. 26, 1798 ; 6. Cyrus, b. Apr. 19, 1799; 7. Lucy, b. March 17, 1801; 8. Cyrus, b. March 17, 1803 ; 9. Abigail J., b. Dec. 12, 1805 ; 10. Susan F., b. Oct. 4. 1811.
HOWE.
Ebenezer Howe and Elisabeth his wife had :
1. Tamesin, b. Aug. 31, 1770 ; 2. Parley, b. Nov. 7, 1773 ; 3. Ezekiel, b. March 20, 1775 ; 4. Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1777.
HYDE.
Ezra Hyde, son of Job and Prudence Hyde, of Newton, b. Nov. 1749 ; m.Elizabeth Whiting, Dec. 1773, moved to W, 1774 ; he d. 1837, aged 88; she was b. in Sherborn, in Aug., 1851, d. in 1840, aged 88. Children :
1. Ezra Jr., the historian, b. Sept. 1774, d. Oct., 1849, aged 75 ; 2. Asa, b. 1776, d. July, 1858, aged 82; 3. John, b. Feb. 1779, d. March, 1826, aged 47; 4. Elizabeth, b. 1781, d. 1817, aged 36; 5. Prudence, b. 1783, d. 1787; 6. Sally, b. 1785, d. 1786 ; 7. Prudence, b. 1788, m. Levi Priest ; 8. Sally, b. 1791, d. 1825, aged 34; 9. Job, b. 1794,.d. 1821.
Ezra, Jr. m. Betsey Perley, Sept. 1806. Children :
1. Ezra, b. Aug., 1807 ; 2. daughter, b. 1811, d. soon. He married Polly,
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dau. of James Raymond, in June, 1813, and had children : 3. Maria H., b. Apr., 1814, m. - Howe, of Gardner, in 1854; 4. James R., b. Feb. 1816; 5. Daniel H., b. Oct. 1818; 6. Alfred, b. Sept. 1820; 7. Warren, b. Nov. 1822; 8. John M., b. May, 1825; 9. Susan E., b. May, 1831.
Asa Hyde, son of the first Ezra, m. Betsey Hyde. Children :
1. Levi, b. Oct. 5, 1808, d. Jan. 15, 1811 ; 2. Levi, b. Jan. 15, 1811 ; 3. Phebe, b. Sept. 6, 1816; 4. Ward, b. Nov. 1, 1818.
John Hyde, son of Ezra, m. Abigail, dau. of Job and Elizabeth Hyde, in Nov. 1803. Their children were :
1. John, b. Sept., 1804; 2. Elisha, b. Oct. 1805 ; 3. Abigail, b. 1806 d, March, 1818; 4. Nancy, b. March, 1809, m. - Wetherbee, May; 1831, d. Sept. 1849; 5. Eliza, b. 1812; d. July, 1820; 6. Mary, b. 1818, d. 1825.
Job Hyde, brother of the first Ezra, and son of Job and Prudence Hyde, of Newton, b. March, 1752, m. Elizabeth Ward, Dec. 1779, moved to W. in 1796 ; he d. in 1824, aged 72; she d. in 1804, aged 45. Children, born in Newton :
1. Abigail, b. Nov. 1782; m. in 1803 ; d. May, 1859, aged 76; 2. Eliz- abeth, b. Sept., 1784, m. Oct. 1806; d. Jan., 1825, aged 41; 3. Job, b. Noy., 1786 ; m. Elizabeth Tolman, Nov., 1817 ; 4. George W., b. July, 1790. d. Oct. 1810 ; 5. Reuben, b. Oct. 1793, m. Sarah Wood, Dec. 1830 ; 6. Lucretia, b. Feb. 1798, m. Artemas Edmands, Dec., 1830, d. Feb. 1855 ; 7. Joel, b. March, 1800, d. Oct., 1810.
Job, son of Job and Elizabeth, had children :
1. Sarah T., b. Aug., 1818 ; 2. Joel, b. Oct., 1819 ; m. Eliza De- witt, Oct. 1849, and Katharine W. Dole, Dec., 1861, d. 1866.
JONES.
Capt. Abel Jones, Sen., m. Lucinda Heywood. Children :
Abel Jones, m. Hannah Knight. Children :
1. Harriet B., b. Sept. 23, 1807 ; 2. William R., both born in Fitz- william; 3. Lucinda; 4. Elizabeth K .; 5. Mary S .; 6. Sarah K. ; 7. Evelina.
JOSLIN OR JOSELYN.
Peter Joslin and Sally his wife had children :
1. Sally, b. Mar. 24, 1787; 2. Betsey, b. Jan. 1, 1789; 3. Peter, b. Nov. 24, 1790; 4. John, b. Sept. 24, 1792; 5. Polly, b. Aug. 10, 1794 ; G. Persis, b. Sept. 23, 1798.
KEITII.
Apollos Keith came hither from Easton in 1799. Hc m. Mary Drake. Children :
1. Jason, b. in 1797; 2. Joshua, b in 1803.
Joshua Keith, brother of Apollos, came about 1810. He m. Grace Un- derwood. Children :
1. Josephine ; 2. died young ; 3. Henry
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KENDALL.
Caleb Kendall and Lucy his wife had Samuel, b. Oct. 11, 1792.
KIDDER.
John Kidder and Dorothy his wife had children :
1. Samuel, b. May 5, 1785; 2. Sukey, b. Jan. 17, 1788.
Heywood Kidder m. Zilpah Phelps, and had children :
1. Levi, b. Jan. 19, 1798 ; 2. Almira, b. Oct. 12, 1800; 3. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1803 ; 4. Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1804.
KNIGHT.
Matthew Knight lived here, but no trace of his family has been found in the Records.
Nathan Knight and Susannah his wife had children :
1. Aaron, b. Apr. 17, 1775; 2. Nathan, b. Jan. 12, 1778; 3. Luke, b. Sept. 4, 1782; 4. Levi, b. Apr. 24, 1786.
Aaron Knight m. Susan Putnam.
Aaron Knight m. Betsey Wilder. . Children :
1. Levi, b. Sept. 16, 1808 ; 2. Philenus ; 3. Luke L .; 4. Elam C .; 5 Eliza Ann; 6. Abel Wilder, b. Dec. 30, 1831.
Luke Knight and Rachel his wife had children :
1. Horatio L .; 2. Harriet ; 3. Nathan ; 4. Almira.
KNOWLTON.
Thomas Knowlton m. Susan or Sukey, dau. of Dea. Heywood. Children :
1. Mary H., b. Aug. 31, 1807; 2. Elizabeth S., b July 8, 1809; 3. Lucy C., b. April 20, 1811; 4. Thomas S., b. May 20, 1813; 5. Amos, b. May 27, 1815 ; 6. Susannah A., b. June 22, 1821 ; 7. Charles G., b. Dec. 20, 1824, d. 1828 ; 8. Charles Henry, b. June 4, 1830.
LORD.
Bemsley Lord m. Sarah Stimpson. Children :
1. Eunice, b. March 3, 1786, d. in 1868; 2. Sally, b. July 17, 1789 ; 3. Bemsley, b. July 16, 1789; 4. Luke, b. Nov. 18, 1792.
LITCH.
Thomas Litch, b. in Ireland, came to this country when four years old, m. Jane Kennedy. Children :
1. Samuel; 2. Betsey ; 3. Samuel.
Samuel Litch, son of Thomas, and Betsey his wife, had children :
1. Samuel, b. in Lunenburg, July 9, 1779; 2. Betsey, b. in Lunen- burg, March 10, 1781 ; 3. Thomas, b. July 1, 1785. The first Samuel was the Shays man.
The body of Thomas, Sen., was kept three weeks after death because the depth of snow stopped all travel. This was in Feb. 1802.
LOVEJOY.
Oliver Lovejoy m. Nancy Ingalls. Children :
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MURDOCK.
James Murdock, grandson of Robert of Roxbury, was born in Newton, March 15. 1738. He m., Oct. 9, 1765, Deborah Williams, (gr. gr. grand- daughter of Robert Williams of Roxbury, "the common ancestor of very many distinguished men who have honored their country,") and moved to W. in 1766. He d. Oct. 26, 1813 ; wife d. Aug. 15, 1809. Children :
1. James, b. Aug. 24, 1766; 2. Deborah, b. Oct. 4, 1768 ; 3. Patty, b. June 11, 1770 ; 4. Ephraim, b. Jan. 26, 1772; 5. Hannah ; 6. Dor- cas ; 7. Abel.
James, son of James, m. Polly Chaplin, Dec. 2, 1792. Children:
1. Chloe Thursting, b. Sept. 7, 1793; m. James Wilson, Feb. 25, 1819; 2. Sheboinith Reed, b. June 10, 1795, d. March, 1801 ; 3. Ed- ward Newton, b. Apr. 22, 1797 ; m. Philinda Walker ; 4. Tabitha Moore, b. Feb., 1800, m. Aaron L. Phelps ; 5. James, b. June 29, 1802; m. Silence Nutting ; 6. Daphne Pratt, b. March 25, 1806, m. Paul Pierce; d. Sept. 22, 1852 ; 7. Mary Hovey, b. May 21, 1809, d. Aug. 11, 1811 , 8. John Hovey, b. Dec. 16, 1811, d. March 14, 1812 ; 9. Mary Parker, b. March 15, 1816, m. Asa P. Rand, Oct. 23, 1838.
James Murdock died Sept. 25, 1859; his wife, April 9, 1849. .
Deborah, m., in 1790, Jewett Boynton Darling. Children :
1. Ruth, b. Apr. 2, 1791, m. James King, July 25, 1808 ; 2. Nancy, b. Feb. 1, 1794 ; m. B. Darling, Feb. 19, 1822.
Patty, married a Mr. Deeth.
Ephraim, m. Zibiah Bixby, Feb. 4, 1798. He d. Feb. 21, 1853 ; first wife d. July 20, 1824 ; second wife now lives in Wabasha, Minn. Chil- dren :
1. Lucy, b. Dec. 16, 1798, m. Mark Whitcomb, March 13, 1821 ; 2. Ephraim, b. Aug. 17, 1800, m. Sophia Morse, Nov. 24, 1825 ; 3. Eli- sha, b. Aug. 27, 1802, m. Rhoanna Morse, Nov. 29, 1832 ; 4. William, b. Oct. 9, 1804, m. Mary G. Whitney, July 8, 1841 ; 5. George, b. Nov. 2, 1806, d. Dec. 24, 1838 ; 6. Charles, b. Apr. 24, 1809, m. Fidelia Prouty, May 21, 1837, moved to Baltimore, and died there, Oct. 12, 1863 ; 7. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1811, m. Amasa Whitney, July 24, 1834. The above are the children of the first wife. He married widow Abigail W. Wood- bury, dau. of Capt. Jacob Wales, March 30, 1826, and had children ; 8: Emily, b. March 19, 1827, m. Albert O. Tyler, Nov. 2, 1845, and resides in Cincinnati ; 9. Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1829, m. Louisa King, Nov. 15, 1853, and Mary Baldwin, Dec. 24, 1857, d. in 1858, July 12, much la- mented ; 10. Nelson, b. Sept. 23, 1831, m. Cynthia Baldwin, Sept. 18, 1855, and is a lawyer in Wabasha, Minn.
Hannah, m. Jewett Boynton Darling, Dec. 12, 1809. Children :
1. Sally C., m., in 1835, to Ebenezer H. Converse ; 2. Hannah, m. in 1833, to John D. Stearns ; 3. Mary.
NOURSE.
Dea. Nourse, of the New Boston Baptist Church, had a family, but the rec. ord has eluded search
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NOYES.
Isaac Noyes and his wife Sally had these children :
1. Levi, b. Apr. 8, 1792 ; 2. b. Aug. 21, 1793; 3. Isaac, b. Feb 24, 1796; 4. Henry, b. Oct. 9, 1797 ; 5. Jane, b. Sept, 17, 1799.
Samuel Noyes had children :
1. Susanna, b. Feb. 27, 1771; 2. Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1774 ; 3. Samuel, b. June 26, 1778 ; 4. Nancy, b. Sept. 7, 1783. Elizabeth was mother of the first child ; Hannah, his wife, of the remainder.
James Noyes and Elizabeth his wife had children :
1. James, b. Nov. 17, 1771; 2. Ward, b. April 21, 1774.
NUTTING.
Benjamin and Silence Nutting had children :
1. Silence J., b. Sept. 29, 1797; 2. Lucy W. b. March 8, 1800; 3. Betsey G., b, Sept. 19, 1802 ; 4. David G., b. March 29, 1805; 5. Jonas G., b. Apr. 25, 1807 ; G. Anna H., b. Oct. 4, 1809 ; ". Anna T., b. May 25, 1813; 8. Susanna T., b. July 5, 1819.
OAK.
Seth Oak and Elizabeth his wife had children :
1. Salloma, b. May 25, 1764; 2. John, b. July 31, 1766; 3. Thomas, b. July 6, 1768 ; 4. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 12, 1771.
William Oak and Releaf his wife had children :
1. Joel, b. Sept. 1, 1767; 2. Abraham, b. Aug. 15, 1770; 3. Ephraim, b. March 9, 1773.
PARKS.
Eleazar, Samuel and William Parks were brothers. Elcazar m. Elizabeth Whitney, but had no children. The tradition is that he was an excellent man. Samuel moved hence, and was the father of Elisha and Luther Parks of Bos- ton, and of Mrs. Whitman, the mother of the late Calvin R. Whitman and of the late MIrs. Webster Whitney.
William lived on the old place near Frank Priest's. Children :
1. Elizabeth. b. May 8, 1758, d. Sept. 10, 1843 ; 2. Mchitable, b. Aug. 17, 1760, d. March 1, 1853, aged 92; 3. Jacob, b. Jan. 31, 1763 ; d. Oct. 22, 1850 ; 4. Lydia, b. June 11, 1765, d. Feb. 2, 1854 ; 5. William, b. Feb. 28, 1768 ; G. Phinchas, b. July 28, 1770, d. Oct. 28, 1857 ; 7. Elisha, b. June 6, 1773, d. Jan. 27, 1858 ; 8. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 15, 1777, d. Oct. 23, 1855 ; 9. Patty, b. Nov. 11, 1780, d. May 10, 1866 ; 10. Pol- Jy, b. Nov. 11, 1780, d. April 23, 1866. The last two were twins, and died within seventeen days of the same time. Not one of the ten lived less than 78 years. The sum of the ages of nine is 782 years, and the average age about 87 years.
Jacob, m. Hannah Chaplin. Children :
1. Polverates, h. Jan. 10, 1796 ; 2. Thomas Graton, b. Jan. 6, 1708 ; 3 Sophronia, b. Sept. 5, 1799.
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Phinehas, m. Betsey Stewart. Their children were :
1. Luke, b. in 1793; 2. Phinehas, b. in 1795; 3. Elizabeth, b. in 1798; 4. Levi, b. in 1803 ; 5. Lucy, b. in 1806.
Eliphalet m. Abigail, dau. of Paul Boynton. Children :
Eliphalet, b. July 24, 1802, m. Rebekah Prentiss.
PARMENTER.
John Parmenter and Lydia his wife had :
1. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1767 ; 2. Lydia, b. Sept. 21, 1769 ; 3. Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1771.
PARSONS.
Bartholomew Parsons, or Person, or Pearson, father of Richard, died March 20, 1766.
Richard Parsons m, Keziah -. Children :
1. Relief, b. Apr. 6, 1769; 2. Nabbe, b. Apr. 22, 1771 ; 3. Oliver,
b. May 15, 1773 ; 4. Hitty, b. June 5, 1775 ; 5. Sarah, b. May 14, 1777. Oliver Parsons m. Lois Priest. Children :
1. Louisa D., b. Apr. 7, 1802; 2. Mary B., b. June 30, 1803 ; 3. Oliver S., b. April 11, 1805 ; 4. Mary B., b. Nov. 22, 1806.
PAYSON.
James Payson m. widow Robbins. He d. Aug. 21, 1811, aged 81. Eliot Payson m. Ruth Hale, and had children :
1. Lucy H., b. Oct. 4, 1799; 2. Mary C., b. Sept. 13, 1801; 3. James P., b. Sept. 7, 1802; 4. Mary C., b. Oct. 16, 1804; 5. Edward L., b. Oct. 3, 1806; 6. Eliot, b. Aug. 12, 1808 ; 7. Clarissa, b. Aug. 17, 1810 ; 8. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 24, 1814; 9. Evelina L., b. Apr. 6, 1818, at Leb- anon, Madison Co., N. Y., whither the family had moved. Eliot became a minister in the Presbyterian Church.
PERLEY.
Lieut. Dudley Perley, or Parley, came from Boxford. He m. Hannah Hale of B., Dec. 3, 1767. He d. Dec. 16, 1810, aged 72. She d. Aug. 1806, aged 63. Children :
1. John, b. Oct. 2, 1768, m. Mary Spaulding ; 2. Dudley, b. Aug. 26, 1770 ; 3. Asa, b. July 9. 1772, m. Mary Hunt, of Westminster, Jan., 1803; d. March 10, 1847 ; 4. Betsey, b. Feb. 22, 1776, m. Ezra Hyde, the his- torian. She d. June 2, 1812; 5. Hannah, b. Dec. 8, 1777 ; 6. Mehitable, b. Aug. 17. 1779, m. Jeremiah Spaulding, Aug. 1799; 7. Thomas, b. June 1, 1783, d. Jan. 22, 1803 ; 8. Henry, b. July 2. 1785.
Asa, son of Dudley, lived a few rods northeast of the Gill place. Among his children was Henry, school teacher and committee man ; now a farmer in Illinois, Prairie City. He m. Emeline Smith, Oct. 25, 1854.
PILLSBURY OR PILSBERRY.
Rev. Levi Pillsbury and Sarah Pickard, his wife had children :
1. Eliza, b. Sept. 25, 1802; 2. Sally D., b. May 1, 1804 ; 3. John C., 29 1-2
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b. Feb. 27, 1806 ; 4. Dolly W., b. Apr. 4, 1807 ; 5. Joshua P., b. July 12, 1809 ; C. John M .. b. Dec. 3, 1812; 7. Mary, b. March 13, 1815; 8. Levi, b. Apr. 2, 1817 ; 9. Abigail, b. July 3, 1819.
POLAND.
William Poland, b. in Hamilton, Apr. 6, 1757, moved to W. in 1788, d. in 1843 ; m. Betsey Brown of Ipswich, b. June 6, 1763, d. in 1849. Chil- dren born in Hamilton :
1. Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1782, d. July 16, 1803 ; 2. Wm. Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1784, m. Eunice Crane of Fitzwilliam, d. June 19, 1859; 3. Nancy, a twin, m. Barzillai Martin, d. Sept. 12, 1859; 4. David, b. Sept. 12, 1786, m. Lucy Marble of Orange, d. March 15, 1846. Those born in Winchen- don are : 5. Susan, b. Nov. 2, 1788, m. John Crane ; 6. Samuel, b. Nov. 29, 1790, m. Thankful Smith and widow Simonds; 7. Sally, a twin, m. Smyrna Greaton. d. 1868; 8. Lucy, b. Oct. 29, 1792, m. Smyrna Greaton, d. 1846 ; 9. Polly, b. May 9, 1795, m. David Smith; 10. Olive, b. Feb. 25, 1797, m. Phinehas Ball ; 11. Simeon B., b. June 1, 1802, m. Betsey Wheeler.
POLLARD.
Francis Pollard and Eleanor his wife had children :
1. Francis, b. July 20, 1775 ; 2. Rufus, b. May 6, 1782.
Jonathan Pollard.
Levi Pollard and Rhoda his wife had cleven children : one of them is the Rev. Andrew Pollard, D. D., of Taunton.
POOR. Lt. David Poor, Sen., m. Jane Martin.
Daniel Poor m. Polly Martin. Children :
1. Joseph, b. Dec. 15, 1799; 2. Mary, b. Fch. 1, 1801; 3. Daniel, b. Nov. 13, 1803; 4. Phebe, b. Jan. 16, 1806; 5. Patience, b. Apr. 24, 1807; 6. Hosca, b. June 4, 1809 ; 7. Ira, b. Nov. 21, 1811 ; 8. Sally, b Sept. 10, 1815.
PORTER.
John Porter and Jane his wife had children :
1. Jane, b. July 12, 1773 ; 2. John, b. May 12, 1778.
PRENTISS.
Dea. Samuel Prentiss, Sen., m. Beulah Osgood. Children :
1. John; 2. Samuel; 3. Levi; 4. Luke; 5. Thomas; 6. Prudence, m. Laban Burr.
Samuel, son of Samuel, m. Rebekah, dau. of James McElwain. He was b. July 9, 1764, d. 1828; she was b. March 19, 1772, d. 1857. Children :
1. Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1794, n. Jonas Brooks ; 2. Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1796. m. Clara Whiting: 3. John, b. Dec. 4, 1798; 4. Prudence, b. Aug. _1. 1800. 4. 1555; 5. James, b Feb. 28, 1803, d. 1856; 6. Levi, b.
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Feb. 11, 1805 ; 7. Rebekah, b. May 27, 1807, m. Eliphalet Parks ; 8. Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1810, d. 1832; 9. William, b. Aug. 9, 1812, d. 1863 ; 10. Henry, b. Apr. 20, 1815, d. same year.
Luke, son of Samuel, m. Susanna Wilder. Children :
1. Emma, b. Aug. 12, 1797 ; 2. Horace, b. June 26, 1799 ; 3. Gil- man, b. Feb. 13, 1801 ; 4. Harriet, b. Feb. 9, 1803; 5. Maryanna, b. Feb. 1, 1807; 6. Lucy Sylvester, b. March 1, 1809.
PRIEST.
Joshua Priest, frozen to death.
Joseph Priest and Patience Wilder his wife had :
Levi, b. Oct. 16, 1785, m. Hannah Woodbury. and had several children. ; among them is :
Mr. Frank Priest, father of Miss N. A. W. Priest, author of " Over the River."
Samuel Priest and Susanna his wife had children :
1. Henry, b. Feb. 5, 1783; 2. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1785
PROUTY OR PROUGHTY.
Isaac Prouty and Molly his wife had children :
1. Isaac, b. Jan. 2, 1780; 2. Molly ; 3. Asenah ; 4. Hannah ; 5. Sa- rah ; 6. Charlotte ; 7. John W ; the latter b. June 23, 1793.
PUSHIEY.
Gabriel Pushey, of Acadia, had children :
1. Nathan Pushey, first male child in town ; 2. Ruth, m. Dca. Richard Day. Probably others. Mr. Pushey lived near the spot where Dea. Cut- er's house stands. Mrs. P. was struck by lightning, but not killed.
RAYMOND.
Paul Raymond, son of Paul and Tabitha, b. at Salem, May 12, O. S., 1732; Moved to Holden, and thence to W. Died in 1817, aged 87. He m. Abi- gail Jones, dau. of James and Abigail, b. at Westown, April 6, O. S., 1734, d. 1809, aged 75. They were married in Nov. 1755. Children :
1. Eunice, b. Jan. 12, 1757, d. Sept. 29, 1759; 2. Paul, b. Aug. 13, 1759, d. July 12, 1832, aged 72; 3. James, b. Dec 9, 1761 ; 4. Joel, b. Dec. 9, 1764; 5. Abigail, b. Feb. 24, 1767, m. George Coffin ; 6. Jesse, b, May 4, 1769 ; 7. Silas, b. Oct. 15, 1771 ; 8. Liberty, b. July 7, 1774; 9. Anna, b. Nov. 7, 1776. All born in Holden.
Paul, son of Paul, m. Sarah Gale, b. in Hollen, July 29, 1759. She died in W., January 1, 1822, aged 63. Children :
1. Tyler, b. in Holden, May 28, 1781 ; 2. Paul, in Winchendon, Nov. 2, 1782, m. Afigail Brown. He was deacon of the first Ch. and d. in 1867 ; 3. John, b. Dec. 16, 1784; 4. Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1786, d. in 1796 ; 5. Sally, b. June 28, 1789; 6. Lyman, b. March 15, 1791, m. Zeruiah Adams; 7. Nancy, b. June 20, 1793, d. in 1801 ; 8. Asenath, b. Dec. 3, 1795; 9. Sumner, b. April 5, 1799; 10. George, b. June 16, 1801 ; 11. Harriet, b. Nov. 1, 1803.
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HISTORY OF WINCHENDON.
James, son of Col. Paul, m. widow Molly Gale, Jan. 11. 1789. She d. Sept. 19, 1831, and he m. widow Dolly Haven, Dec. 27, 1832. He d. Aug. 18, 1834. The children, all by first wife, were :
1. Levi, b. Aug. 17, 1789, m. Sophia Greenwood, d. in 1868; 2. Pol- ly, b. April 4, 1791, m. Ezra Hyde, d. Oct. 11, 1841 ; 3. James, b. Oct. 17, 1792; 4. Nathan, b. June 29, 1794; 5. Lucinda, b. Feb. 18, 1796 ; 6. Clark, b. Nov. 13, 1797; 7. Fidelia, b. January 13, 1800.
Jesse, son of Col, Paul, m. Polly Miller. Children :
1. Daughter, b. Oct. 24, 1792, d. same day ; 2. Amey. b. Nov. 6, 1794; 3. Charles, b. July 23, 1796; 4. Joel, b. June 3, 1798 ; 5. Lin- coln, b. Feb. 17, 1800 ; 6. James, b. Sept. 24, 1801 ; 7. Lucy, b. Apr. 25, 1803 ; 8. b. April 16, 1805 ; 9. Nahum Jones, b. Aug. 11, 1808.
REED.
Lincoln Reed and Betsey his wife had children :
1. Mary Ann ; 2. Nathan ; 3. Betsey ; 4. Harriet ; 5. John ; G. Mar- tha ; 7. John ; 8. Nelson ; 9. Sarah Jane.
RICE.
Capt. David Rice and Sarah his wife had the following children :
1. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 25, 1778 ; 2. Martha, b. March 30, 1,80, d. Nov. 8, 1792 ; 3. David, b. Jan. 8, 1782 ; 4. Sarah, b. Apr. 18, 1784 ; 5. Ru- fus, b. June 1, 1786 ; 6. Achsah, b. March 23, 1788 His second wife was Eunice Hosmer. Their children were : 7. Persis, b. Oct. 8, 1791 ; 8. Asa, b March 31, 1793; 9. Josiah, b. Oct. 4, 1794, d. Apr. 9, 1795 ; 10. Jed- idiab, b. June 2, 1796; 11. Tabitha, b. Apr. 8, 1800.
Lieut. Benjamin Rice came to town in 1772, and settled where his son Luke now lives, the next year. His wife was Ruth Budge. Children :
1. Amos. b. Feb. 12, 1778 ; 2. Betsey, b. April 1, 1783; 3. Katha- rine, b. May 30, 1786 ; 4. Eunice, b. Aug. 11, 1789; 5. Luke, b. May 18, 1793.
RICHARDSON.
Ebenezer Richardson m Sarah Richardson.
Ebenezer, Jr.
RODBIXS.
William Robbins, Sen., m. Nancy Leland. Children :
1. William ; 2. Joseph.
William Robbins m. Eunice Ware. Children :
Nahum, David, and sisters.
Joseph Robbins and Sarah his wife had children :
1. Alonzo W., b. Nov. 15, 1805 ; 2. Abigail E., b. Mar. 23, 1808 ; 3, Joseph A., b. Oct. 10, 1809 ; 4. Joseph, b. May 22, 1811 ; 5 and G. Su- san and Sarah, b. May 1, 1813; 7. Hervey ; 8. Frances.
ROBERTS.
David Roberts m. a sister of Col. Woodbury. Children :
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HISTORY OF WINCHENDON.
1. Betsey, b. June 4, 1798 ; 2. David, b. Aug. 13, 1800; 3. Isaac W., b. April 21, 1803.
ROSS.
Phinehas Ross and Betsey his wife had children :
1. Esther, b. Aug. 13, 1816; 2. Phinehas M. ; 3. Almeda ; 4. Robin- son ; 5. Betsey ; 6. William, and 7. Alexander Hastings, b, Apr. 28, 1831, Cong'l minister at Springfield, Ohio.
RUSSELL.
Samuel Russell and Martha (b. at Littleton, Apr. 6, 1764,) his wife had children :
1. Peter, b. at Litttleton, Aug. 7, 1786 ; 2. Stephen, b. at Littleton, Jan. 15, 1769; 3. Lydia, b. July 16, 1771; 4. Rebecca, b. Aug. 5, 1773 ; 5. Betty, b. June 15, 1775; 6. John, b. Aug. 29, 1778.
SARGENT.
Samuel Sargent, Sen., m. Mary Vryling. Children :
1. Mary, b. July 16, 1790 ; 2. Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1792; 3. Lydia, b. Feb. 11, 1794 ; 4. Noah, b. Oct. 28, 1795 ; 5. Aaron, b. Oct. 24, 1797, d. Oct. 24, 1797 ; 6. Aaron, b. Nov. 26, 1799.
SCOTT.
Jacob Scott m. Polly Maynard. They came from Harvard. Children : 1. Abigail ; 2. Israel ; 3. Daniel, died young ; 4. Daniel M .; 5. Elijah S .; 6. Jacob; 7 and 8. Abram and Mary ; 9. John M .; 10. Ruth ; 11. William.
SHERWIN.
Ebenezer Sherwin m. Lucy Curtiss. Children :
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