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(Shattuck, L .: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck," pp. 92-119.)
(V) Elizabeth Shattuck, daughter of Jona- than and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Shattuck, was born January 12, 1722, at Groton, Massa- chusetts. She died July 25, 1782, in Pepperell, Massachusetts. She married, January 17, 1745, Jedediah Jewett. (Jewett V.)
(Reference as before, p. 115.)
(The Blood Line).
Many derivations have been suggested to account for the rather unusual surname Blood. One would have it a contraction of "ap Lloyd," or the son of Lloyd, Lloyd being a common Welsh personal name. Another makes it one of a class of surnames derived from war, while still another finds in it the old Norse word blandr, meaning bashful or timid. Again, it is said to come from the ordinary word blood, used as an oath or nickname, as in the phrase, "a young blood." No one of these explanations has been completely established, but all may have contributed to the develop- ment of the name.
There is a tradition that James Blood, the American immigrant, was a brother of Colonel Thomas Blood, of Lancashire, England, who for a daring exploit forfeited his estates in Ireland in County Clare, but was pardoned by King Charles II on August 8, 1671. Probably they were not brothers, but they may have been dis- tantly related. The exploits of Colonel Thomas Blood are celebrated in Scott's "Peveril of the Peak."
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Sur- names"; Lower: "Patronymica Brittanica"; Harrison: "Surnames of the United Kingdom"; H. Blood: "History of Temple, New Hampshire," pp. 203-204; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. LIII, pp. 322-24; American Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 6.)
Blood Arms-Gules a knife argent haft or.
(Burke: "General Armory.")
(I) James Blood was born probably in Eng- land and died in Concord, Massachusetts, November 17, 1683. He is variously said to have come from Cheshire, Nottinghamshire, and Northamptonshire, and his family was reputed
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to be wealthy. He came to Concord about 1638, remaining there for the rest of his life. James Blood married Ellen, who died in Con- cord, August 1, 1674. Children: 1. James, Jr., died in Concord, November 26, 1692; married (first), October 26, 1657, Hannah Purchis, died in 1677, daughter of Oliver Purchis, of Lynn, Massachusetts; (second), November 19, 1679, Isabel (Farmer) Wyman, daughter of John Farmer, of Concord, and widow of David Wy- man. 2. Richard, of whom further. 3. John, died in Concord, October 30, 1692, unmarried. 4. Robert, died in Concord, October 27, 1701; married, April 8, 1653, Elizabeth Willard. 5. Mary, born in Concord, July 12, 1640; married, December 12, 1660, Lieutenant Simon Davis.
(L. Shattuck: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck," p. 368; C. Potter: "Genealogies of Families of Concord, Massachusetts," p. 6.)
(II) Richard Blood, son of James and Ellen Blood, died in 1683. He was the largest pro- prietor among the early petitioners of Groton, Massachusetts, owning a sixty-acre right near Hollingsworth's paper mills. He was a select- man several years and town clerk in 1668. He married Isabel. Children, list probably incom- plete: 1. Mary, died April 19, 1662. James, of whom further. 3. Nathaniel, died in Groton, Massachusetts; married, June 13, 1670, Hannah Parker, daughter of Captain James Parker. 4. Elizabeth, married, December 1, 1686, Thomas Tarbell. 5. Joseph.
(L. Shattuck: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck," pp. 368-69; Vital Records of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, Vol. II, p. 203.)
(III) James Blood, son of Richard and Isa- bel Blood, died September 13, 1692. He was the first victim of the renewed atrocities of the In- dians after Groton, Massachusetts, was forti- fied in 1691. In 1694 his property was divided between his widow and his two daughters of the first marriage. The other children were placed under the guardianship of their uncle, Jonathan Kemp. James Blood married (first), September 7, 1669, Elizabeth Longley, who died in December, 1676, daughter of William Long-
ley, of Lynn, Massachusetts; (second), Decem- ber 20, 1686. in Watertown, Abigail Kemp, o. Groton. Children of first marriage: 1. Richard, born May 29, 1670, died July 8, 1670. 2. Mary, born September 1, 1672; married, before 1709, John Shattuck (Shattuck III.) 3. Elizabeth, born April 27, 1675, died October 20, 1759; married Samuel Shattuck. 4. Hannah (?), died January 6, 1676. Children of second marriage: 5. James, born August 12, 1687; married Catherine. 6. John, of whom further. 7. Martha, born October 20, 1692.
(L. Shattuck: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck," pp. 369-70, 83; C. Butler: "His- tory of Groton, Massachusetts," p. 387.)
(IV) John Blood, son of James and Abigail (Kemp) Blood, was born March 16, 1689. He resided in Groton, Massachusetts. He married, July 13, 1712, Joanna Nutting. Children: 1. John, of whom further. 2. Elizabeth, born March 19, 1716; married, November 25, 1735, Ebenezer Proctor, of Dunstable. 3. David, born September 28, 1718; married, May 1, 1740, Abigail Farnsworth. 4. Lydia, born September 28, 1720; married, August 29, 1738, Nehemiah Jewett. (Jewett IV.) 5. William, born De- cember 9, 1722; married (first), February 11, 1736, Martha Lawrence; (second), January 5, 1748, Lucy Fletcher. 6. Moses, born November 25, 1724; married January 27, 1745, Elizabeth Stone. 7. Hannah, born July 7, 1727. 8. Oliver, born July 9, 1729; married, November 8, 1751, Sarah Darling. 9. Caleb, born November 23, 1734.
(L. Shattuck: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck," pp. 370-71.)
(V) John Blood, Jr., son of John and Joanna (Nutting) Blood, was born February 18, 1714. He removed from Groton to Pepperell, Massa- chusetts. He married, December 8, 1741, Abi- gail Parker. Children: 1. John, born Septem- ber 25, 1742. 2. Abigail, born February 3, 1744, probably died young. 3. Abigail, born Oc- tober 2. 1745; married, October 11, 1764, Jona- than Sheple. 4. Nehemiah, born November 18, 1747. 5. Eunice, born May 4, 1753; married,
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June 7, 1770, James Mosher. 6. Sarah, born August 7, 1758. 7. John, of whom further. 8. Edmund, born July 5 or 26, 1764, died No- vember 16, 1843; married Lucy Taylor.
(Ibid., p. 370; Vital Records of Groton, Massachu- setts, p. 31.)
(VI) John (3) Blood, son of John and Abigail (Parker) Blood, was born April 15, 1761, and died April 27, 1833. He married Olive Ball. Child: 1. Rebecca, of whom further.
(L. Shattuck: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck," p. 370.)
(VII) Rebecca Blood, daughter of John and Olive (Ball) Blood, was born in 1793 and died in 1874. She married, in 1820, Deacon Henry Jewett (Jewett VII.)
(F. C. Jewett: "History and Genealogy of the Jewetts in America," Vol. I, p. 312.)
(The Loring Line).
The ancient name of Loring or Lorin is undoubtedly of French origin and is de- rived from the phrase "of Lorraine"-the French province. Such a phrase following a proper name showed the owner of the name came from Lorraine, but through usage the preposition was dropped and only "Lorraine" kept. Time also had its way with Lorraine, and Loring was the final result. Loring is a name rich in historical and literary associations. The family of Loring figures as early as the thirteenth century in England when Robert Loring, poet, mathematician and architect, built the Cathedral of Hereford. He was made bishop of that see in 1279. In the reign of Henry III another Loring brought fame to the family. This was Sir Pers (Piers or Petrus) knighted by his king and from whom came the famous Sir Neell (Nele, Neale, or Nigel) Loring, who is the hero of Sir Conan Doyle's historic novels, "The White Company" and "Sir Nigel." Sir Nigel was one of twenty-six Knights of the Order of the Garter that was founded by Edward III in 1348. The plate belonging to Sir Nigel is in the twentieth stall on the north side of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The
family of Sir Nigel Loring were seated in Bed- fordshire, England, and from their line came the Lorings of Gloucestershire. The father of Sir Nigel was Roger Lorynge of Chalgrave in Bed- fordshire.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Sur- names," p. 495. Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," pp. 11-14.)
Loring Arms-Quarterly argent and gules a bend engrailed sable.
Crest-Out of a bowl or, five quills erect argent. Motto "Faire sans dire."
(Crozier: "General Armory.")
(The Family in America).
(I) Deacon Thomas Loring was evidently a warden of his native parish, Axminster, Devon- shire, England, who came to New England through no quarrel with the mother church as did so many of his time. On December 23, 1634, Thomas Loring joined the church colony at Hingham, Massachusetts. This colony had come from Hingham, Norfolkshire, England, under the leadership of the Rev. Robert Peck, an independent minister. On March 3, 1635-36, Thomas Loring was admitted freeman. He had already acquired land to which property he added at a later date. He was a farmer. To- gether with his neighbors he first set weirs along the shore to catch fish in 1637. That stream is now known as "Weir River." Besides farm- ing, Deacon Loring turned his attention to inn- keeping. He obtained one of the first licenses granted by the General Court in March, 1637. His home in Hingham was burned on March 15, 1645-46, but he did not rebuild, and having purchased property in Hull he removed to that settlement, and became prominent in the affairs of the town. He possessed much land in vari- ous sections of that neighborhood at the time of his death on April 4, 1661, in Hull, Massachu- setts. He married Jane Newton, of England. Children, two baptized at Axminster, Devon- shire, England; three baptized at Hingham, Massachusetts: 1. Thomas, baptized at Ax- minster, Devonshire, England, on March 5, 1625-26, died at Hull, Massachusetts, in 1678; married, December 16, 1657, at Hingham, Mass-
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achusetts, Hannah Jacob, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob, of Hingham, England; she married (second) Captain Stephen French. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Isaac, baptized at Hingham, Massachusetts, January 20, 1639-40, died February 9, 1639-40. 4. Isaac, baptized at Hingham, Massachusetts, January 9, 1641-42, died March 2, 1644-45. 5. Josiah, baptized Jan- uary 9, 1641-42, at Hingham, Massachusetts, died February 14, 1712-13; married, about 1662, Elizabeth Prince, of Hull, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of John Prince. 6. Benjamin, baptized No- vember 24, 1644, at Hingham, Massachusetts, died March 10, 1715-16; married, December 8, 1670, Mary Hawke, daughter of Matthew and Margaret Hawke, of Hingham, Massachusetts.
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," pp. 1-20.)
(II) John Loring, son of Deacon Thomas and Jane (Newton) Loring, was born December 22, 1630. He was baptized December 27, 1630, at Axminster, Devonshire, England. He died at Hull, Massachusetts, September 19, 1714. John Loring lived at Hull, where he held the office of town clerk for seventeen years, and in 1692 he was made a representative. His son Israel, a minister, wrote an obituary upon him which is preserved in the archives of the Massa- chusetts Historical Society. John Loring was a very devout man and one who directed his attention, evidently, to the religious education of his family. He married, December 16 1657, Mary Baker, only child of Nathaniel and Sarah Baker, of Hingham, Massachusetts. She was baptized in August, 1639, at Hingham, and died July 13, 1679. He married (second), September 22, 1679, Mrs. Rachel (Wheatley) Buckland, daughter of John Wheatley, of Braintree, Mass- achusetts, and the widow of Benjamin Buck- land, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. She died September 20, 1713, aged seventy.
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," pp. 13-14.)
Children of first marriage, probably all born at Hull, Massachusetts: 1. John, born Sep- tember 19, 1658, died January 2, 1677-78. 2. Jo- seph, of whom further. 3. Thomas, born March
1, 1661-62, died October 3, 1738; was a saddler; married, January 10, 1686-87, Leah Buckland, daughter of Benjamin Buckland. 4. Sarah, born January 1, 1663-64, died December 16, 1678. 5. Isaac, born January 22, 1665, died December 3, 1702; lived in Boston, Massachusetts, mem- ber of Old South Church, Boston; married, August 5, 1691, Sarah Young. 6. Mary, born February 4, 1667-68, died May 13, 1757; married Thomas Jones, of Hull, Massachusetts. 7. Nathaniel, born March 5, 1669-70, died Decem- ber 16, 1744; was captain of a "coaster"; mar- ried, December 13, 1699, in Boston, Susanna Butler. 8. Daniel, born February 8, 1671-72, died in 1742; brewer; was member of Old South Church, Boston; married (first), February 2, 1698, Priscilla Mann; (second), November 17, 1717, Susanna Breckminster or Buckminster, of Dorchester. 9. Rachel, born "February 29," 1673-74, died March 8, 1706-07. 10. Jacob, born April 21, 1676, died December 5, 1751; married (first), February 9, 1708-09, Sarah Lewis; (sec- ond), May 8, 1728, Hannah Jacob. 11. Israel, born March 29, 1678, died December 31, 1678. Children of second marriage, born at Hull, Massachusetts: 12. John, born June 28, 1680, died February 26, 1719-20; married, December 2, 1703, Jane Baker, daughter of Nicholas and Experience (Collier) Baker. 13. Rev. Israel, born April 15, 1682, died March 9, 1772, aged ninety; married, May 25, 1709, Mary Hayman, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Allen) Hay- man, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. 14. Sarah, born June 6, 1684, died before 1714. 15. Caleb, born January 2, 1688-89, died September 15, 1756; married (first), June 24, 1714, Elizabeth Baker, who died September 9, 1715, aged twenty- three; (second), January 15, 1718-19, Susanna Cocks (also written Cox and Cocke), daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Cocks, of Boston, Massa- chusetts, who died April 8, 1723, aged thirty; (third), January 6, 1731-32, Rebecca Lobdell, daughter of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth Lob- dell.
(Reference as before, pp. 19-33.)
(III) Joseph Loring, son of John and Mary
Bos.i-8
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(Baker) Loring, was born March 10, 1659-60, at Hull, Massachusetts. He died at Hingham, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1691-92. He mar- ried, at Hingham, October 25, 1683, Hannah Leavitt, daughter of John and Sarah (Gilman) Leavitt, who married a · second time in 1693, Joseph Easterbrook. She died at Lexington in 1728. Joseph Loring's wife and her second husband were appointed guardians of her chil- dren in settling Mr. Loring's estate.
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," p. 24.)
Children, born probably at Hingham, Massa- chusetts: 1. Joseph, of whom further. 2. Nehemiah, born June 17, 1686, died in 1730; lived at Stratford, Connecticut; was a cord- wainer; married (first), May 5, 1709, Elizabeth Cunningham, of Boston, Massachusetts; (sec- ond), October 29, 1727, Deborah (Jeanes) Wat- kins, daughter of William Jeanes, and widow of Samuel Watkins, of Stratford, Connecticut. 3. Joshua, born September 21, 1688, died in De- cember, 1721; was a tanner; married (intentions published), January 21, 1711, at Boston, to Han- nah Jackson, daughter of Edward Jackson, of Newtown, Massachusetts. 4. Submit, born Au- gust 11, 1691; married, July 8, 1713, Joseph Esta- brook, Jr.
(Reference as before, pp. 24-45.)
(IV) Joseph (2) Loring, son of Joseph and Hannah (Leavitt) Loring, was born September 28, 1684, at Hingham, Massachusetts. He died July 4, 1746. Joseph Loring was a housewright by trade. He lived in that part of Cambridge known as "The Farms," which later was in- corporated as Lexington, Massachusetts. At various times he held town offices and he was a deacon of the church. He married Lydia Fisk, daughter of David and Sarah (Day) Fisk, of Lexington, Massachusetts, who was born May 14, 1685, and who died October 4, 1758.
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," p. 43.)
Children: 1. Lydia, born January 17, 1711, died February 18, 1791; married, June 17, 1731, Deacon John Mason. 2. Joseph, of whom further. 3. Sarah, baptized July 17, 1715, died
January 12, 1771; married, December 2, 1736, Captain Thaddeus Bowman. 4. John, baptized August 11, 1717, died December 13, 1717. 5. Hannah, baptized September 20, 1719, died Jan- uary 12, 1771; married, May 22, 1735, Samuel Winship, Jr. 6. Abigail (twin), baptized Jan- uary 7, 1722, died November 30, 1811; married Jedediah Munroe. 7. Mary (twin), baptized January 7, 1722; married, June 30, 1751, Samuel Allen.
(Reference as before, p. 44.)
(V) Joseph (3) Loring, son of Joseph (2) and Lydia (Fisk) Loring, was born August 21, 1713, at Lexington, Massachusetts. He lived at Lex- ington. On November 20, 1764, he bought a farm at Lancaster, Massachusetts, which later became a part of Sterling. This farm he deeded to his son John. In 1774 Joseph Loring was a member of the Middlesex County Convention. He was also deacon of the church and select- man. His account of his property destroyed by the British on April 19, 1775, gives an idea of a commodious and well-appointed dwelling house and some farm buildings. Joseph Loring totaled the loss at £720. He died September 13, 1787. He married, January 1, 1735, Kezia Gove, daughter of Jonathan Gove, of Weston, Massachusetts. Children, born at Lexington, Massachusetts : 1. A child, died April 4, 1737. 2. A child, died May 24, 1739. 3. Submit, bap- tized January 4, died January 6, 1740. 4. John, born January 28, 1742-43, died August 17, 1824, at Sterling, Massachusetts; married, January 8, 1764, Elizabeth Howe, daughter of Israel and Elizabeth Howe, of Concord, Massachusetts. 5. Lydia, born August 27, 1745, died at the age of one hundred years; married (first), Sep- tember 26, 1776, Captain William Chambers, of Mason, New Hampshire; (second) Mr. Russell, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 6. Joseph, of whom further. 7. Jonathan, born February 7, 1749; figures in history as one of the three young men interviewed by British scouts on the night of April 18, 1775; settled at Mason, New Hamp- shire; married (first), January 7, 1782, Rhoda Hoar, daughter of John Hoar; she died October 22, 1809; (second), February 13, 1812, Hannah
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(Reed) Danforth, daughter of William Reed, and widow of James Danforth. 8. Sarah, born February 27, 1755; married, October 21, 1776, Obadiah Johnson, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. 9. Kezia, baptized April 27, 1760; married Whit- comb Powers and settled at Jaffrey, New Hamp- shire.
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," pp. 75-136.)
(VI) Joseph (4) Loring, son of Joseph (3) and Kezia (Gove) Loring, was born December 27, 1747, at Lexington, Massachusetts. He died in 1839. Joseph Loring was a member of the famous company of militia that withstood an at- tack of the British on April 19, 1775. In 1776 he served in Captain Ede's company under Colonel Mansfield. He was in a regiment of artillery. Joseph Loring was also a corporal of marines on the ship "Boston" which, under the command of Commodore Tucker, captured several prizes in 1779. When the "Boston" was run into port by the British in 1780, he was im- prisoned with some others and finally they were allowed to find their way home on foot. His claim for services in the war was granted in 1780. In 1786 he was in the Lexington com- pany that took part in the suppression of Shays' rebellion. In 1823 he was pensioned. He mar- ried, November 26, 1772, Elizabeth (Betty) Pollard, daughter of Walter and Dorothy (Dan- forth) Pollard, of Bedford, Massachusetts.
(Reference as before, p. 135.)
Children, probably all born in Lexington, Massachusetts: 1. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1774; married, November 8, 1796, Abel Smith, of Rindge, New Hampshire. 2. John Hancock, of whom further. 3. Lydia, born February 8, 1779; married Colonel Peter Harrington, of Marble- head, Massachusetts. 4. Thomas, born Febru- ary 15, 1782, died unmarried. 5. Susan, born June 30, 1784; married, in 1804, Nathan Mun- roe, of Concord, Massachusetts. 6. Polly, bap- tized November 22, 1789. 7. Joseph, bap- tized .August 12, 1792, died in 1833; married Elizabeth Olçutt and settled at Jackson, New York.
(Reference as before, p. 224.)
(VII) John Hancock Loring, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Betty) (Pollard) Loring, was born November 24, 1777, according to the Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts (Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," p. 224, gives 1775 as the year he was born). He died June 5, 1866. He settled at Groton, Massachusetts. Here, John Hancock Loring kept the "Ridge Hill Tavern," and his son, Jefferson, carried on his father's work. For two years John Hancock Loring was a selectman. He married, in 1800, Sarah (Polly) Penny, the daughter of David and Sarah Penny. She was born February 12 or 14, 1780, at Lexington, Massachusetts. She died November 26, 1885.
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," p. 224; Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, Vol. I, p. 148.)
Children, the first eight and the tenth are given in the "Loring Genealogy": 1. Jefferson, of whom further. 2. Miranda, born May 30, 1803, at Lexington, Massachusetts; married, in 1822, John B. Prescott. 3. Mary, born March 23, 1805, at Rindge, New Hampshire; married, in 1833, Adam Fisk, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. 4. Emeline Amelia, born February 27, 1809, at Jaffrey, New Hampshire; married, November 8, 1832, Joseph Mansfield. 5. Madison, born January 4, 1811 (Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records) (December, 1810, "Loring Gene- alogy"), at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, died June 29, 1887, at Natick, Massachusetts; married Sarah C. Coffin, daughter of Amos and Syrena (Dearborn) Coffin, of Derry, New Hampshire. 6. Isaac, born November 4, 1813, at Townsend, Massachusetts. 7. Sarah Augusta, born Febru- ary 14, 1816, at Pepperell; married, June 2, 1843, Isaiah L. Cragin. 8. Harriet Elizabeth, born May 15, 1818, at Townsend; married, June 29, 1843, Edmund D. Derby. 9. John Harrison, born February 4, 1821; probably died young (Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records, p. 148). 10. John Harrison, born March 15, 1822, at Groton, died May 18, 1883, at Boston, Massa- chusetts; married Susan Payson, daughter of Nathan and Mehitabel (Knight) Payson. 11. Mary Elizabeth, born February 18, 1839
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(Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records, p. 94).
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," p. 310; Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records, p. 148; Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records, p. 1839.)
(VIII) Jefferson Loring, son of John Han- cock and Sarah (Polly) (Penny) Loring, was born November 5, 1801, at Lexington, Massa- chusetts. He died at Littleton, Massachusetts. The "Loring Genealogy" gives the date of his death as June 26, 1845, but the Littleton, Massa- chusetts, Vital Records, p. 311, gives the date as June 21, 1845. Jefferson Loring was an inn- keeper, at both Littleton and Chelmsford, Mass- achusetts. He succeeded his father as host of the "Ridge Hill Tavern" at Groton, Massachu- setts. Here the roads diverged and came to- gether again at Lexington. From that point they went on as the Great Boston Road. Jeffer- son Loring married, October 8, 1830, Dexilla Fletcher; (second) Eliza R. Shipley, of Pep- perell, Massachusetts, whom he married Jan- uary 12, 1834. Children, all of whom were born at Groton, Massachusetts; the first child was born of his first marriage, the last three of his second one: 1. Dexilla Fletcher, born February 20, 1832; married, November 28, 1866, Albert Jenkins, of Townsend, Massachusetts. 2.
George Albert (twin), born November 18, 1834; married, February 15, 1860, Drusilla Searles. 3. Georgiana Shipley (twin), of whom further. 4. Mary E., born in 1839; married, January 17, 1857, at Boston, Massachusetts, Lewis Moore, who was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts.
(Pope. C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," pp. 310-60; Littleton, Massachusetts, Vital Records, pp. 148-311; Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records, Vol. I, p. 148; Vol. II, p. 113; Green, S. A .: "History of Groton, Massachusetts," Vol. I, No. 8, p. 9.)
(IX) Georgiana Shipley Loring, daughter of Jefferson and Eliza R. (Shipley) Loring, was born at Groton, Massachusetts, November 18, 1834. She married, August 26, 1855, at Pep- perell, Massachusetts, Charles Franklin Jewett. (Jewett VIII.)
(Pope, C. H .: "Loring Genealogy," p. 310; Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records, Vol. II, p. 148.)
(The Fay Line).
Fay is given, together with Fagg, Fake, Fahey, and the French forms Fage, Fège, Fêche, Faye, and Fahey, among the names de- rived from the Anglo-Saxon word foegen, from the stem fag, meaning joyful. This name is found in an innumerable variety of forms in both France and England. Faye, in Norman-French, is a beech tree, and in Normandy plantations of beech were called Faye, Fayel, and Fautlaie. It is supposed that the name was introduced into England from France, since it is more common in the former country than in the latter. One theory which has found considerable favor is that the family came from France to Eng- land during the religious wars of France, when those professing the Protestant faith suffered persecution and often fled to other countries.
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