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1. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 11, 1775 ; 2. Susanna, b. Oct. 11, 1778 ; 3. Eliel, b. Apr. 21, 1780; 4. Lucy, b. Nov. 1, 1781 ; 5. Patty, b. May 5, 1783 ; 6. Nancy, b. June 5, 1785 ; 7. Alvina, b. March 8, 1787 ; 8. Robert, b. Dec. 23, 1790 ; 9. Arba, b. Nov. 7, 1791; 10. Ivory, b. Sept. 18, 1793 ; 11. Samuel, b. Apr. 26, 1796; 12. Sarah. b. Nov. 3, 1797; 13. Hiram, b. July 4, 1800.
Ebenezer Sherwin, son of Ebenezer, and Sarah his wife had children :
1. Francis, b. July 9, 1770 ; 2. Azarias, b. May 2, 1773.
Eliel Sherwin, son of Ebenezer, Sen., and Dolly his wife had children : 1. Dolly B., b. March 12, 1804; 2. Alathine, b. Jan. 12, 1806; 3. Lucy, b. May 5, 1807 ; 4. Joanna, b. June 11, 1809 ; 5. John Melanc- thon Wells, b. Jan. 26, 1811 ; 6. Elvira, b. Feb. 19. 1813 ; 7. Eliel, b. Nov. 3, 1814; 8. Harriet, b. Feb. 27, 1817 ; 9. Maria, b. March 20, 1819 ; 10. Jonas B., b. Jan. 30, 1821; 11 and 12. John Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus, and Mozart, b. July 21, 1822; 13. Elvira, b. Nov. 20, 1825; 14. Dolly, b. Feb. 18, 1828; 15. Lyman Harrington, b. Oct. 29, 1829.
Ahimaaz Sherwin and Ruth his wife had children :
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1. Ruth, b. July 9, 1770 ; 2. Asa, b. Dec. 27, 1782; 3. Ruth, b. Oct. 11, 1785.
SIMONDS.
Elder Samuel Simonds and Sally his wife had children :
1. James L. ; 2. George W .; 3. Albert G .; 4. Lucius Bolles; 5. James M .; 6. Frederick A.
SMITH.
John Smith and Sarah his wife had children :
1. Sally, b. Sept. 7, 1782; 2. Esther, b. March 25, 1787.
Ebenezer and Anna Smith had children :
1. Joel; 2. Ezra ; 3. Enos, all born between 1773 and 1781.
Reuben Smith and - Burnam his wife, had :
Abraham, b. Dec. 30, 1765.
Ely Smith and Elenor his wife had children :
1. Elenor, b. Oct. 20, 1769 ; 2. Ely, b. May 15, 1771 ; 3. Ruth, b. Apr. 22, 1773 ; 4. Lucy, b. Nov. 27, 1774 ; 5. Jonas, b. Apr. 20, 1776 ; 6. Lyd- ia, b. July, 1777; 7. An infant that died soon ; 8. Abijah, b. July 20, 1784.
Jonathan Smith and Mary his wife had children :
1. David, b. Sept. 5, 1779; 2. Jonathan, b. Aug. 23, 1781; 3. John, b. Aug. 24, 1786 ; 4. Nabbe, b. July 10, 1788 ; 5. Polly, b. Apr. 9, 1790; 6. George, b. Dec. 30, 1791.
Dea. Joshua Smith and Eunice his wife had children :
1. Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1811; 2. Joshua, b. Aug. 8, 1814; 3. Eunice, b. Jan. 7, 1818 ; 4. Reuben T., b. July 6, 1825 ; 5. Melzar D .. b. Oct. 27, 1827 ; 6. Moses (not David, ) lost a hand in the battle of Princeton. He is referred to on p. 105.
STEARNS.
Bartholomew Stearns, b. Aug. 15, 1740, m. Mary Raymond, b. May 10, 1745, in March, 1768.
His son Amos, m. Deborah Hunt, Dec. 31, 1803. Children :
1. Levi, b. Aug. 15, 1804 ; 2. Mary, b. June 14, 1806 ; 3. Dolly H., b. May 2, 1808; 4. Bartholomew F., b. March 5. 1811; 5. William, b. June 15, 1812 ; 6. Amos E., b. Jan. 15, 1814 ; 7. Eli, b. May 16, 1815. Wife died Feb. 7, 1817. Hem. widow Sarah Maynard, born Miller, Dec. 25, 1817. Children : 8. Miriam E., b. Oct. 13, 1818 ; 9. Isaac M., b. June 4, 1821 ; 10. Deborah H., b. June 5, 1823 ; 11. Nancy M., b. Dec. 5, 1825 ; 12. Harriet M., b. Nov. 2, 1829; 13. Lavina H., b. Nov. 14, 1835.
Simeon Stearns and Lydia his wife had children :
1. Simeon A .; 2. Daniel Bailey, b. Apr. 10, 1818; 3. Mary E., 4. Lucy ; 5. Benjamin F. ; G. Lydia.
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STEEL.
Samuel Steel and Rachel his wife had children :
1. William, b. April 20, 1777 ; 2. James, b. May 11, 1779 ; 3. Sally, b. Fb. 25, 1781 ; 4. Samuel, b. July 14, 1785 ; 5. Rachel, b. March 4, 1788 ; 6. Nabbe, b. Aug. 17, 1790.
James Steel and Susanna his wife had children :
1. Susanna; 2. Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1789 ; 3. Levi, b. Oct. 29, 1791. STIMPSON.
Rev. Daniel Stimpson m. his cousin, Beulah Stimpson. Children :
1. Luther ; 2. Sarah or Sally ; 3 and 4. Twin sons, b. March 22, 1763. Both died within a day. His wife died in 1767, and himself in 1768.
Luther m. Sally McElwain. Children :
1. Daniel, b. June 9, 1789 ; 2. James, b. June 12, 1791 ; 3. Luther, b. Aug. 19, 1794 ; 4. Levi, b. July 15, 1796 ; 5. Sally, b. Nov. 24, 1798.
Sarah m. Bemsley Lord and had four children. One was :
Eunice, who died the present year.
Jonathan Stimpson and Esther his wife had children :
Jonathan, b. 'Aug. 8, 1762; 2. Joel, b. Nov. 16, 1763. Both born in Weston. The following in Winchendon : 3. John, b. Jan. 30, 1766 ; 4. Jonathan, b. March 5, 1768 ; 5. Ephraim, b. Jan. 15, 1770 ; 6. Esther, b. Sept. 9, 1771; 7. Daniel, b. March, 2, 1773. The Stimpsons were so nu- merous that outsiders sometimes called Winchendon by the name of " Stimp- son Town."
STODDARD.
David Stoddard m. Sybil Leavitt. Children :
David, b. in 1743, m. Lydia Brown ; found dead in his bed, July 18, 1818.
Joshua Stoddard, b. Jan. 16, 1778, m. Lois Balcom, b. June 6, 1775. Children :
Seven who died young ; four of them in the terrible sickness of 1810. 8. James M., b. March 30, 1816 ; 9. Pamela, b. Aug. 28, 1819.
STONE
Samuel Stone and Martha his wife had children :
1. Eunice, b. March 17, 1778 ; 2. Samuel, b. June 30, 1779 ; 3. Jo- seph, b. June 8, 1781; 4. Josiah, b. Apr. 22, 1783.
STUART.
Jeremiah Stuart and Hannah his wife had children :
1. Paul, b. June 8, 1762 ; 2. Jeremiah, b. July 6, 1767 ; 3. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1769 ; 4. Hannah, b. Nov. 4, 1774 ; 5. John, b. Jan. 21, 1778 ; 6. Richard, b. March 25, 1780.
Paul Stewart m. Hannah Robbins and had children :
1. Enoch, b. May 17, 1791; 2. Keziah, b. July 2, 1794 ; 3. Joseph B., b. Nov. 19, 1797.
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SWEETLAND.
Thomas and Abigail Sweetland had children :
1. Benjamin, b. July 30, 1763 ; 2. Betty, b. Nov. 7, 1765. SWEETZER. Philips Sweetzer and Persis his wife had children :
1. Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1786.
SYLVESTER.
Nathaniel Sylvester and Lucy Clapp his wife had :
Lucy, b. in 1783 ; Evelina, b. March 7, 1800.
TAYLOR.
Isaac Taylor, b. in Stow, Jan. 25, 1765, d. Dec. 25, 1848 ; m. Betsey Whitney of Watertown, b. March 7, 1769, d. June 18, 1844. Children :
1. Edward L., b. May 20, 1790; 2. Isaac, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1794, d. Feb. 3, 1837 ; 3. Lois, b. Aug. 19, 1796; 4. Betsey, b. May 5, 1798 ; 5. Abel, b. Apr. 3, 1800, d. in 1820; 6. Cynthia, b. Feb. 17, 1802 ; 7. Nancy. b, Apr. 15, 1804, d. in infancy ; 8 and 9. Abraham and Jacob, b. July 15, 1805 ; Jacob d. Jan. 11, 1864; 10. William. b. May 2, 1808; 11. Addison, b. July 17, 1810, d. March 4, 1837, in Columbus, Texas ; 12. Nelson, b. June 16, 1813.
TITUS.
Samuel and Anna Titus had children :
1. John, b. Aug. 1, 1761; 2. Eleazar, b. Apr. 5, 1763 ; 3. Samuel, b. March 2, 1765.
TOLMAN.
Dea. Desire Tolman, b. in Dorchester, m. Elizabeth Howe, resided on the Col. Berry place. Children :
1. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1789; 2. John, b. July 12, 1791 ; 3. James, b. Dec. 24, 1793 ; 4. Sally, b. Apr. 2, 1793,.d. Apr. 22, 1793 ; 5. Joseph, b. March 7, 1796, d. July 13, 1796 ; 6. Samuel H. ; 7. William ; 8. Ste- phen ; 9. Charles.
William, son of Desire, m. Mercy Brown. Children :
1. Eliza, b. Apr. 12, 1804; 2. William M., b. May 3, 1806 ; 3. Har- riet, b. July 6, 1808 ; 4. Stephen, b. July 16, 1811.
TOWNE.
Absalom Towne m. Judith Hale. Children :
1. Judith, b. Aug. 7, 1768; 2. Phinehas, b. Sept. 11, 1770; 3. David, b. Oct. 13, 1772; 4. Abel, b. May 13, 1775 ;* 5. Amos, b. June 4, 1777 ; 6. Hitty. b. Oct. 29, 1779; 7. Asa, b. Apr. 25, 1782; 8 and 9. Silas and Sally, b. Jan. 21, 1786; 10. Betsey, b. Sept. 1. 1788 ; 11. Levina, b. Sept. 9, 1792. The family moved to Central N. Y.
TUCKER.
Seth Tucker, b. Jan. 18, 1760, d. in 1865, aged 98; m. on the 31st of. Nor. 1791, to Jane Payson, b. March 11, 1761, d. 1813, aged 42. Chil- dren :
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1. Nathaniel ; 2. Elliot P. ; 3. Same name ; 4. Betsey P. ; 5. Joshua ; 6. Jane; 7. Seth; 8. Elisha; 9. Same name; 10. Samuel; 11. Same name ; 12. Susanna.
Elisha Tucker, br. of Seth, m. Sarah Preston. Children :
1. Mary S., b. Oct. 17, 1793 ; 2. Sarah P., b. July 17, 1795 ; 3. Eli- sha, b. July 24, 1797 ; 4. Joanna How, b. June 24, 1799 ; 5. Abigail E., b. Apr. 23, 1803.
TUTTLE.
Jedidiah Tuttle m. Lucy Smith. Children :
1. James, b. Aug. 10, 1780 ; 2. David, b. Dec. 3, 1782; 3. Jedidiab, b, April 18, 1785 ; 4. Frances, b. March 9, 1788 ; 5. Clarissa, b. Nov. 2,. 1790; 6. Electus, b. Feb. 8, 1793 ; 7. Silas, b. Nov. 8, 1795, 8. Eli, b. July 5, 1797; 9. Ainsworth, b. Jan. 1, 1799 ; 10. Sarah S., b. Jan. 5, 1802.
Simon Tuttle, Sen., m. Phebe -. Children :
Simon, b. Jan. 15, 1791 ; Phebe; John; Lucy ; John ; Jewett ; Joseph ; Daniel ; Mary ; Stillman ; Phebe ; and 12. Anna, b. Nov. 12, 1811.
VOBE.
Reuben Vose, Sen., had :
Reuben, Jr., who m. Hannah -. Children :
1. Abigail, b. Apr. 24, 1807 ; 2. Charles ; 3. Mary Ann ; 4. Son, d. early ; 5. Jerusha ; 6. Reuben, b. Dec. 24, 1824.
WALES.
Capt. Jacob Wales m. Phebe Howard. Children :
1. Jacob ; 2. Abigail, m. Levi Woodbury and Ephraim Murdock.
WALKER.
Samuel Walker m. Betsey Wyman. Children :
1. Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1796; 2. Joanna; 3. Demas ; 4. Samuel ; 5. Patty ; 6. Sally ; 7. Lovell; 8. Leonard ; 9. Seth, b. June 1, 1824.
WHITCOMB.
Israel Whitcomb m. Eunice Wilson. Children :
1. Rufus, b. May 8, 1784; 2. Caty, b. Nov. 4, 1786, d. Sept. 19, 1789 ; 3. Caty, b. July 21, 1790 ; 4. Mark, b. Nov. 10, 1792, m. Lucy Murdock.
WHITNEY.
Silas Whitney was in W. as early as 1764. In that year he was chosen church warden, and surveyor of boards and shingles. He kept the tavern at the Centre for a time.
Jacob Whitney lived during several years in a house northeast of the John Crosby place ; perhaps half way down towards the Monomonauk ; and three- quarters of a mile north of Spring Village. He afterwards lived on the Hub- bard place, where his son Elias, the surveyor, lived and died. Besides Elias, he had a daughter Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1794, d. July 26, 1797.
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William Whitney, not nearly related to the William Whitney whose family follows next below, kept the tavern at the Centre, and afterwards left the place.
William Whitney settled in Winchendon, about 1774. He was the eldest child of William Whitney and his wife, Hannah Harrington, and great-great- grandson of John Whitney, Jr., of Watertown, who came from England " in the ship Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper, Master," in 1635, at the age of eleven years, with his father, mother and four younger brothers. William Whitney was born in Weston, April 10, 1736. He was married, June 14, 1762, to Mary Mansfield of Weston, by Rev. Samuel Woodward. Children :
1. William ; 2. Phinehas ; 3. Mary ; 4. Joseph ; 5. Amasa ; 6. Sally ; 7. Luke. He d. July 10, 1817 ; wife d. Dec. 17, 1815.
William, son of William, born in 1765, m. Ann Heywood of Gardner, January 13, 1791. He moved to Gardner, and died there in 1846; his wife died a few days after, and both were buried at the same time. Mr. Washington Whitney, and Mrs. Betsey Weller of this town are his grand- children.
Phinehas, son of William, Sen., b. April 1, 1766, m. Phebe Stearns, Jan. 17, 1793, and had :
1. Phinehas, b. in 1794, d. July 12, 1804. His wife Phebe died Apr. 7, 1794, aged 20. He married Bethiah Barrett of Barre, Feb. 15, 1796, and had children : 2. Phebe ; 3. Lucy, b. June 4, 1797, m. Rev. Ben- jamin Rice of South Deerfield ; 4. William Barrett, b. Jan. 14, 1801 ; 5. Mary, b. March 17, 1803, m. Dr. Alvah Godding ; 6 and 7. Phinebas and Nelson, who died young; 8. Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1809, m. Josiah Brown and C. W. Bigelow ; 9. Louisa, b. May 30, 1812, m. Rev. Giles H. Lyman. He died May 10, 1831 ; his wife d. Aug. 2, 1849.
Mary, dau. of William, Sen., b. April 10, 1773, m. in 1799, Benjamin Heywood, son of Seth Heywood of Gardner, gr. of Phinehas, and great- gr. of Dea. John Heywood of Concord. Children :
1. Levi ; 2. Benjamin F. ; 3. Walter ; 4. William ; 5. Seth ; 6. Charles. Joseph, son of William, Sen., b. May 20, 1775, m., in 1799, Hannah, dau. of Dudley Perley. Children :
1. Joseph, b. Oct. 10, 1800, m. Abigail Flint ; 2. Dudley, b. July 12, 1802, m. Mary S. Shore ; 3. Seba, b. Feb. 21, 1805, m. Geo. Cummings ; 4. Thomas, b. March, 1807 ; 5. Hannah, b. Aug. 6, 1809, m. Joseph Adams, and Horace Whitcomb ; 6. Cynthia, b. Jan. 25, 1812; 7. Will- iam, b. July 29, 1814, m. Mary Glines ; 8. Grover S., b. July 10, 1816, m. Laura Robey ; 9. Betsey E., b. May 21, 1825, m. Almon H. Poland.
Amasa, son of William, Sen., b. June 16, 1777 ; m., Dec., 1802, Ma- ry, dau. of Daniel Goodridge, b. March 20, 1779. He d. Feb. 2, 1852; she d. Jan. 11, 1855. Children :
1. Webster, b. Oct. 6, 1803, m., March 16, 1828, Eliza Parks Whit- man, who d. March 4, 1867 ; 2. Amasa, b. Apr. 24, 1806, m., July 24, 1834, Mary Murdock ; 3. Harriet, b. Jan. 27, 1811, m. C. C. Pierce, Nov. 13, 1833, d. Nov. 18, 1867 ; 4. Wm. Lowe, b. March 24, 1815, d. July 13, 1832; 5. Baxter D., b. June 28, 1817, m. March 1, 1846,
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Sarah Jane Whitney ; 6. Mary Goodridge, b. Aug. 2, 1819, m. July 8, 1841, Wm. Murdock ; 7. John Milton, b. Dec. 18, 1823, d. Sept. 20, 1825.
Sally; dau. of William, Sen., b. Sept. 3, 1779, m. Jan. 12, 1802, Smyr- na Bancroft of Gardner. Her children are :
Dea. Smyrna Bancroft, Amasa Bancroft, President of Gardner Bank, and Mrs. Smith.
Luke, son of William, Sen., lived in Gardner.
Hananiah Whitney, Sen., m. Azubah - -. Children :
1. Moses, b. Nov. 29, 1789; 2. Hananiah, b. May 29, 1792 ; 3. Alphe- us, b. March 8, 1794 ; 4. Azubah, b. Aug. 25, 1796 ; 5. Artemas, b. Sept. 5,1798; 6. Stacey ; 7. Barsina, b. Feb. 4, 1801; 8. Esther, b. Jan. 13, 1803; 9. Silas S., b. June 27, 1805; 10. Levi P., b. Aug. 19, 1807 ; 11. Samuel A., b. Nov. 10, 1809; 12. Abigail F., b. Dec. 27, 1812.
Hananiah Whitney, Jr., m. Mary Leavitt, dau. of Stowers Beals. Chil- dren :
1. George Leavitt. He then m. Sarah Beaman. 2. John M .; 3. Ma- ry ; 4. William ; 5. Henry M .; 6. Sarah ; 7. Elizabeth ; 8. Abigail ; 9. Harriet ; 10. Charles.
Silas Whitney, mentioned above, and his wife Jane had children :
1. Love, b. Dec. 8, 1758 ; 2. David, b. Aug. 31, 1760 ; 3. Silas, b. June 12, 1762, (all born in Princeton) ; 4. Oliver, b. Sept. 16, 1764; 5. Bar- tholomew, b. June 30, 1766 ; 6. Jane, h. June 6, 1768 ; 7. Phebe, b. Feb. 1, 1770.
WHITON.
Dr. Israel Whiton b. Sept. 3, 1754, at Ashford, Conn. His father intend- ed that he should be educated at Yale, but he was not, on account of an im- pediment in his speech. He studied medicine with Dr. Huntington of West- ford, Conn., in 1773. Otis m. Dorothy Crosby, dau. of Samuel Crosby, Esq. Children :
1. John M., b. in Winchendon, Aug. 1, 1785; 2. Dorothy, b. Apr. 6, 1788, d. in 1812; 3. Israel, b. May 30, 1791, d. in 1815; 4. Otis C., b. Sept. 27, 1794. He was twice married, but left no children.
John M., son of Israel Whiton, m. Abigail Morris, b. at Litchfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1783. Children :
1. James Morris, b. Nov. 9, 1809; 2. Elizabeth D., b. March 7, 1811; 3. Helen D., b. July 8, 1814; 4. Abigail, b. May 31, 1817; 5. Mary C., b. Feb. 20, 1819 ; 6. John Milton, b. March 7, 1821. James M., the eldest son of Rev. Dr. Whiton, was a man of great energy of character, and was a noble pioneer in Christian abolitionism. His son, Rev. James M. Whiton, is pastor of the First Congregational Church in Lynn.
WILDER
Hon. Abel Wilder m. Anna Butler, June 27, 1764: Children :
1. Eurice, b. Apr. 22, 1765, m Eli Bruce ; 2. Maryanna, b. Oct. 13, 1766, m. Mr. Burr ; 3. Abel, b. March 15, 1768 ; 4. Thomas, b. March 1,
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1770; 5. Grace, b. Dec. 8, 1771, m. Levi Divoll ; 6. Susanna, b. Nov. 17, 1773, m. Luke Prentiss ; 7. David b. Oct. 10, 1775, d. May 10, 1785 ; 8. Martha, b. Jan. 21, 1780, m. Asaph Brown ; 9. Betsey, b. Aug. 4, 1782. m. Aaron Knights ; 10. David, b. Dec. 5, 1785.
Abel, son of Abel. Sen., m. Eunice Hale. Children :
1. Abel, b. 1792, d. 1865; 2. Charles, b. in 1794, d. in 1867 ; 3. Artemas, b. in 1796, d. in 1866 ; 4. Moses Hale, b. in 1798; 5. - -, b. in 1800, d. in 1864 ; 6. Mary, b. 1805, m. Joseph Johnson, d. 1836 ; 7. David, b. 1805; 8. Albert, b. in 1809. All these had their birth in W. The family removed to Paris, N. Y., where were born : 9. Milton, b. in 1812; 10. Lucy, b. in 1814; 11. William, b. in 1816.
David Wilder and Elizabeth his wife had :
John, b. Jan. 16, 1784.
Elijah Wilder and Azubah his wife had children :
1. Oshea, b. July 16, 1784.
Capt. Joseph Wilder, (br. of Hon. Abel,) and Anna Barrett his wife had children :
1. Joseph, b. March 17, 1783; 2. Thomas O., b. July 14, 1784; 3. James, b. May 24, 1786 ; 4. Luke, b. Oct. 15, 1788; 5. Abel, b. March 19, 1793.
WITHINGTON.
Edward Withington and Emma his wife had children :
1. Ennice, b. Apr. 14, 1781; 2. Betsey T., b. May 4, 1783 ; 3. Al- pheus M., b. Aug. 13, 1785 ; 4. Edward, b. Dec. 29, 1787.
WOODBURY.
Col. Jacob B. Woodbury, b. in Ipswich, m. Hannah Roberts. He d. in 1839, aged 82; she d. in 1845, aged 85. Children :
1. Jacob, m. Eunice Rice ; 2. John, m. Lucy Dutton, and Phebe [Wash- burn] Whitney ; 3. Hannah, m. Levi Priest ; 4. David, m. Esther Wales; 5. Levi, m. Abigail Wales; 6. Sally, m. Henry Greenwood ; 7. Rowe- na, m. Reuben Harris ; 8. Silas, m. Mary Woodruff and Sarah King; 9. Nehemiah.
WYMAN.
Thomas Wyman was the gr. gr. grandson of Franeis Wyman, who came from England, though the family is said to be of German origin. Thomas was the son of Eleazar, who m. Martha Richardson, and lived in Woburn. Thomas was b. in Woburn. in 1745, m. Betsey Reed, May 25, 1773 ; moved to Templeton in 1783, and to Winchendon in 1784. Lived west of the New Boston Meeting House. Children :
1. Thomas, b. 1774; 2. Betsey, b. 1775; 3. Joshua, Apr. 10, 1778 ; 4. Patty or Martha, b. 1780. The above were b. in Woburn. 5. Jonathan, b. in Templeton, Nov. 7, 1782. The following were b. in Winchendon : 6. Samuel, b. 1784; 7. Silas, b. 1786; 8. Sally, b. Apr. 14, 1788 ; 9. Pol- Jy, b. 1791 ; 10. Isaac, b. Sept. 29, 1794; 11. Levi, b. 1796. .
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Thomas, son of Thomas, m. Lydia Bowker. Children :
1. Asa. b. Oct. 2, 1800, d. Nov. 12, 1811; 2. Lydia, b. Aug. 10, 1802, d. Sept. 10, 1820 ; 3. Olive, b. March 28, 1804, d. Nov. 10, 1811 ; 4. Franklin, b. June 17, 1806, d. Nov. 7, 1811 ; 5. Stillman, b. May 10, 1808, d. Nov. 15, 1811; 6. Harvey, b. Oct. 5. 1810; 7. Newell, b. Dec. 13, 1812, d. Sept. 15, 1813; 8. Newell, b. Feb. 6, 1814; 9. Olive, b. March 10, 1816, d. Oct. 10, 1841.
Betsey, dau. of Thomas, m. Samuel Walker, and Noah Holman. She is now living in this town, aged 93 years.
Joshua, son of Thomas, m. Nancy Noyes. Children :
I. Laura, b. July 28, 1803, d. March 22, 1804 ; 2. Enoch N., b. May 4, 1805, m. Huldah Twitchell and Mary Loveland ; 3. Gilman, b. Feb. 12, 1807, m. Hannah Taft ; 4. Sumner, b. Feb. 22, 1809, m. Sally Lew- is, and Philura Pitkin ; 5. Franklin, b. Jan. 26, 1812, d. Jan. 11, 1814 ; 6. Henry W., b. Dec. 26, 1821.
Patty, dau. of Thomas, m. a Mr. Stearns, and d. in New York. Jonathan, son of Thomas, m. Olive Alger. Children :
1. Nelson, b. Dec. 1, 1812, d. Oct. 6, 1826 ; 2. Vesta, b. May 10, 1815, d. Sept. 26, 1826 ; 3. Almeda, b. Jan. 10, 1818; 4. Olive, b. June 24, 1820; 5. Nathan A., b. Sept. 7, 1823, d. Jan. 3, 1827 ; 6. Vesta, b. Aug. 13, 1826; 7. Adah P., b. Dec. 13, 1828. They were m. Apr. 18, 1812, and have lived in the same house to the present time, fifty- six years. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1862.
Samuel, son of Thomas, m. Patty Wyman. Children :
1. Isaac ; 2. Levi; 3. Lewis; 4. Mary ; 5. Mary Jane ; 6. James. Silas, son of Thomas, m. a Miss Bowker, and Betsey Bingham. Sally, dau. of Thomas, m. John Lewis, and lived in Orange. Polly, dau. of Thomas, m. Joshua Clark.
Isaac, son of Thomas, m. Mercy Poor. Children :
1. Lucy ; 2. Sylva, b. Nov. 2, 1816; 3. Sarepta, b. July 9, 1820, d. July 28, 1831 ; 4. Sophronia, b. July 11, 1823, m. Luke Hale.
Levi, son of Thomas, m. Roxy Piper. Children :
1. Orsemas ; 2. Adaline.
The preceding is a full, though not a perfect transcript of the Record of Births. Of some families very little is to be found ; of others, more might be collected by minute examination ; of others still, no notice has been taken, chiefly because their names have long ceased to be familiar here. But it can be said truly, that five times as much as was intend- ed, has forced itself into this chapter. When a man plunges into a gen- ealogical quagmire, he finds it as difficult to emerge as a swimmer who is entangled and drawn under by sea-weed.
For the sake of showing how the roots of ancient families are inter-
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twisted, the following marriages, or intentions of marriage, of a date previous to 1786, are here inserted. Some were married in the place of the bride's residence ; others, here.
" January 4th, 1763. There was married Mr. Thomas Sweetland and Mrs. Abigail Pushee, boath of Ipswich Canada, in the County of Worcester, by the Rev. Mr. Daniel Stimson.
Married-Bartholomew Pearson and Lydia Randal, Nov. 3, 1763.
M .*- Aaron Hodgkins and Eunice Bixby, January 24, 1764.
M .- Henry Poore, of Royalston, and Kezire [Keziah] Foster, September 11,1764.
Int .- Simeon Burnam and Mary Warson, April 27, 1765.
Int .- Joseph Boynton and Zeruiah Wilder, Sept. 30, 1765.
M .- James Mansfield and Lowis Darling, March 4, 1766.
Int .- Isaac Stimson and Elizabeth Bixby, April 12, 1766, and married on the 26th of March, 1767.
Int .- William Moffatt and Mary Priest, June 6, 1766.
Int .- Daniel Goodridge and Hannah Lowe, July 5, 1766.
M .- Levi Bixby and Ruth Darling, Oct. 2. 1766.
Int .- Abner Hale and Abigail Goodridge, Nov. 18, 1766.
Int .- Richard Person and Kezia Bixbe, May 30, 1767, and married Ju- ly 6, 1767.
Int .- Dudley Perley and Hannah Hall, August 11, 1767.
. Int .- Jonathan Bixbe and Esther Gale, Nov. 1, 1767.
[The greater part of the above were married by Mr. Stimson.]
M .- Daniel Gould and Mary Porter, Feb. 15, 1770. M .- John Joiner, or Joyner, and Jerusha Bixby, July 10, 1770. M .- Jobn Day and Elizabeth Joslin, Jan'y 10, 1771.
M .- David Goodridge and Silena Joslin, Aug. 20, 1772. M .- Abijah Stimson and Lois Bixby, Sept. 28, 1772. M .- Ephraim Sawyer and Peggy Fisher, Dec. 3, 1772.
M .- Job Boynton of Monadnock No. 4, N. H., and Mary Joslin, March 18, 1773.
M .- Samuel Steele and Rachel Putnam, Nov. 4, 1773. M .- Nathan Green and Lucy Gardner, March 20, 1774.
Int .- John Porter and Jane Stuart, Sept. 28, 1771. Int .- Stephen Boynton and Tabitha Foster, Dec. 14, 1771. Int .- Samuel Mason and Sarah Whitney, May 26, 1772.
Int .- Solomon Biglow and Hannah Sanders. June 10, 1772. Int .- Francis Bridge and Eunice Brown, Dec. 10, 1772. Int .- Levi Carter and Silence Beeman, Nov. 13, 1773. M .- Jonathan Evans and Mehitabel Sherwin, July 21, 1771.
M .- Ebenezer Sherwin, Jr. and Lucy Bradish, Dec. 14, 1774.
M .- Elisha Brown and Merrill Bales, Nov. 16, 1775. M .- Jonathan Smith and Mary Barrett, May 29, 1776.
M .- Philips Rollins and Abigail Porter, April 29, 1777.
*MI. stands for married ; Int. for intentions.
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M .- Samuel Brown and Leavina Bruce, July 14, 1777.
M .- Ephraim Parmenter and Unity Darling, July 17, 1777.
M .- Daniel Joslin and Mary Nichols, Oct. 20, 1777. M .- John Bemis and Lucy Bates, April 28, 1778. M .- James Bates and Elizabeth Nichols, Oct. 12, 1778. M .- John Marble and Sarah Curtice, Nov. 5, 1778. M .- Amos Hale and Sarah Day, March 23, 1779.
M .- Abiel Boynton and Lois Raymond, March 30, 1779. M .- Levi Bixby and Tabitha Boynton, May 13, 1779 .. M .- David Foster and Elizabeth Minot, May 27, 1779. M .- Joseph Mastick and Mary Putnam, Sept. 14, 1779.
M .- Edward Putnam and Hannah Mastick, Sept. 28, 1779. M .- Amos Raymond and Alice Joslin, Dec. 9, 1779.
M .- Joseph Stimson and Elizabeth Goodenough, April 27, 1780.
M .- David Heywood and Abigail Bixby, May 11, 1780.
M .- Zebulon Stratton and Jerush Bradish, June 9, 1780.
M .- Samuel Bradish and Hannah Dunton, Nov. 29, 1780. M .- Ahimaaz Sherwin and Ruth Day, Dec. 1780.
M .- Edward Payson and Eunice Nichols, Sept. 2, 1771.
M .- Antipas Dodge and Luhy Woodward, March 8, 1772. M .- David Wilder and Elizabeth Reed, Nov. 28, 1782. M .- Nathaniel Bixby and Abigail Heywood, March 15, 1782.
M .- Nathan Stoddard and Lydia Dunton, July 1, 1784. M .- Dr. Israel Whiton and Dolly Crosby, Nov. 2 1784. M .- Phillips Sweetzer, 3d, and Persis Joslin, May 29 1785. M .- Abel Brown and Sally Stoddard, June 23, 1785.
M .- Daniel Bradish and Phebe Jones, August 4, 1785.
. M .- Capt. Allen Todd, foreigner, and Mary Millage, Boston, August 12, 1785.
M .- Beamsly Lord and Sally Stimson, Oct. 5, 1785. M .- Amos Heywood and Mrs. Kezia Person, Oct. 6, 1785.
M .- Paul Heywood and Amity Darling, Dec. 15, 1785. M .- Zephaniah Wood and Sarah Litch, Feb. 28, 1785.
Int .- John Kidder and Dolly Joslin, Jan'y 7, 1785.
Int .- Nathan Maynard and Lydia Butler, January, 1785.
Int .- Francis Whitcomb and Alice Houghton, October, 1785.
Int .- Jonathan Broadstreet and Elizabeth Handsome, February, 1785."
The above, with few exceptions, were married by Rev. Joseph Brown. Afterwards, quite a number were joined in marriage by Abel Wilder and Samuel Crosby, Esqrs. It appears that many families were numer- ous ; sometimes the children counted up to ten or twelve and even fif- teen ; in a few cases perhaps the number was still greater. The con- trast is certainly great between those times and these, when-in a cer- tain stratum of society-it takes three families to raise two children. It would seem as if female labor, in every sense of the word, was in the process of transfer, here in New England, from native-born women to
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