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LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
CHASE
Ann Chase m. about 1730 Joseph Worster.
Abigail Chase m. about 1727 Simon Tuttle Jr.
Rebecca Chase m. 1734-5 Thomas Warren.
COBLEIGH
John Cobleigh of Swanzey and wife Mary had s. John b. Jan. 5 (1672 or) 1673, m. Hannah Ward or Hannah Taylor who was b. 1676, dau. Eleazer.
Children of John and Hannah Cobleigh were probably :
John.
Dan.
Jonathan.
Eleazer (see pp. 7, 20).
Eleanor.
and others.
Nathaniel Cobleigh m. 1756 Rachel, dau. Ephraim Whitcomb. Children : (for more see pp. 72, 124, 125)
Rachel m. Oct 24 1793 Jona Cutter, s. Nathan Cutter who m. 1759 Hannah Davis. Rachel m. 2ª 1802 Jo8 Prescott. She d. 1846. John probably m. 1794 Hannah Wetherbee, who m. 2ª 1814 Isaac Patch.
Eri Cobleigh m. Apr 15 1834 Hannah Whitcomb.
Children of John and Hannah (Wetherbee) Cobleigh: (see p. 324) John.
Daniel.
Hannah m. Jewett (see p. 262).
Eleanor Cobleigh m. 1739 P. Healy of Groton.
CUMMINGS
John Cummings Jr. m. 1736 Sarah Lawrence of Littleton. Children were all b. in Groton, probably moved to Littleton. They
were:
John b. 1736-7, m. 1761 Rebecca Reed, perhaps dau. Peter Jr. b. 1743.
Eleanor.
431
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
CUMMINGS
Sarah m. 1761 John Gilbert Jr.
Peter.
Mitty.
Reuben. Sybel b. 1760.
Eleazer Cummings of Hollis, s. John, m. 1764 Sarah Reed of Littleton.
Children of John Robbins Jr. and Phebe (Cummings) :
dau. probably m. James McDaniels or McDonald and had dau. Mary Ann (idiot, d. on p. 107).
Conn m. Grace, his dau. Jane m. Edmund Farnsworth.
Jerry Call of Boston m. Dec 11 1811 Jane, dau. Edmund Farnsworth, had children, Jane, Susan and others.
CHAMBERLIN
Sam1 Chamberlin m. Mar. 7 1710-11 Sarah Gilson of Groton.
Thomas Chamberlin m. sister of N. Hammond & m. Bridget. She d. about 1731.
DAVIS
Dolar Davis was in Cambridge 1634, went to Concord about 1659, d. 1673. He m. Margery b. about 1602, sister of Maj. Simon Willard.
Children :
Ruth m. Stephen Hall. John.
Simon m. 1660 Mary, dau. James Blood. He d. 1713.
Children of Simon and Mary (Blood) Davis : Simon. Mary. Sarah. James. Ellen. Ebenezer m. Dinah. Hannah.
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LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
DAVIS
Children of Ebenezer and Dinah Davis :
Ebenezer m. Sarah.
Josiah.
and others.
Children of Ebenezer and Sarah Davis :
probably Zadoc.
Deliverance b. 1735, m. pub. 1763 Dorothy Wood, dau. Bennett and Sarah Wood (see p. 268).
Children of Deliverance and Dorothy (Wood) Davis: (for more see p. 77)
Oliver T. b. 1763, m. Wife d. 1848.
Zadoc.
Deliverance.
Children of Oliver T. Davis :
Eli m. Aseneth Jewett, came to Littleton about 1817. (Children on pp. 203, 296, 313, 329, 330, 332, 374).
Oliver.
dau. m. Sawyer.
One Zadoc Davis of Harvard m. at the age of 80, in 1757, Hannah Wheeler, b. 1733, dau. Edward.
Samuel and Mary Davis of Groton had the following children b. before 1675 : (He d. Dec 28 1699.)
John, Samuel, Barnabas, 3 daughters.
Samuel Davis and Anna probably came from Groton. He d. 1730. Children :
Samuel b. 1694.
Anna b. May 26 1697.
Mary b. 1699.
Barnabas b. Dec 19 1700, m. 1726 Hannah Powers.
Simon b. Nov 1 1702, m. Jane. Children on pp. 10, 20, 52, 360 .* Amos b. Oct 15 1705.
Experience b. 1707.
In another place Mr. Smith makes this statement: "Simon Davis went to Greenwich 1759."
* Mr. Smith adds : " he prob[ably] m. 2d Mary and had Abigail b 1746 Elias 1748". The editor doubts this statement, rather inferring from the town and church records that Mary was the wife, and Abigail and Elias were the children, of Simon Davis Jr. who was b. in 1724. See pp. 29, 61, 316.
433
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
DAVIS
Jonathan, s. Barnabas and Hannah (Powers) Davis, and Hannah (Preston) had child Hannah b. 1755 (see p. 68).
Barnabas Davis Jr. m. 1756 Ruth Gilson at Groton.
Nathaniel and Rose Davis had 6 daughters and 5 sons :
Nathaniel Jr. (6th child) b. 1714.
Zachariah b. 1716.
Ezekiel b. 1723.
Isaac b. 1727.
Eleazer b. 1729 at Groton.
Benjamin and Sarah Davis resided on the Cooper place, Harvard, or
in Groton, had 11 children, 8 sons: (for more see pp. 13, 52) Joseph d. (recorded in Littleton, the rest are recorded in Groton). Joshua b. 1748.
David b. 1751, had s. David who resided in Acton and whose dau. Lucy m. N. Johnson (see p. 282).
James b. 1756.
Henry b. 1758.
Eleazer b. 1763.
Joseph b. 1765.
Thomas Davis (s. Josiah or Eleazer) m. Mary Gates, resided on the poor farm, Harvard.
Child : Mary G. b. 1798, m. 1821 Luther Willard.
Isaiah, s. Zadoc Davis probably grandson of Zadoc, resided in Harvard, m. Sally Hamlin. Isaiah d., she m. 2ª F. Kidder. Children of Isaiah and Sally (Hamlin) Davis :
Zimri. Hamlin.
[Sally] m. May 25 1825 Alvah Brown.
Eleazer Davis m. 1732 Sarah, b. 1715, dau. Joseph and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Willard, and sister of Deacon Lemuel Willard who m. Hannah Haskell, Harvard.
Children of William Davis (d.1823) and Rebecca, dau. Sampson Tuttle : William.
dau. m. Fuller.
dau. m. 1st Whitney, m. 2ª Jesse Wright, and had dau. who m. Phineas Nutting Jr. and who had children : Phineas and others.
434
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
DAVIS
Abel Davis, s. Abel of Boxboro, m. Betsy Dadmun.
Jonathan Davis m. Olive Abbot.
Children of John and Huldah Davis : (for more see p. 76) Cornelius b. 1760.
DUTTON
James Dutton, probably s. Samuel, m. 1750 Rebecca Hildreth at * Westford. He came to Littleton with his family. Children : Lucy b. Nov 17 1752, m. 1779 Dea. Daniel Kimball.
Rebeckah b. May 3, 1755, m. Dea. Samuel Hoar.
James. Jesse. Samuel.
Esther m. 1780 Wm. S. Lawrence.
Hildreth.
DIX
Ralph Dix m. Esther, d. in Reading Sept. 24 1688.
John Dix, s. Ralph, b. Dec. 13 1659, m. Lydia, m. 2ª 1700 Anna Fitch, d. 1745.
Jon® Dix, s. John, b. 1710, m. Sept. 30 1739 Sarah Shattuck, b. 1719, dau. Rev. Benja Shattuck. Sarah d. 1775, Jonathan d. Dec 24 1804 in Hollis. Children : (for more see p. 52) Jonathan m. 1767 Anna Kimball, d. in Nova Scotia. No issue. Timothy d. Apr. 13 1793 a. 49, m. 1769 Rachel Burbank, m. 2ª widow Brown, m. 3ª widow Cunningham. Children on p. 128.
Mary b. Feb 10 1751. Samuel d. 1768 aged 12-7-25.
Lucy d. 1762.
Elizebeth m. Jacob Wheeler of Hollis.
Benjamin m. Apr 7 1792 Sarah Russell.
Children of Benjamin and Sarah (Russell) Dix : (for more see pp. 173, 322, 348)
Benja P. b. Aug. 26 1793, m. Dec 30 1830.
Sarah m. June 25 1829 Dr. Frost, who d. Nov 1838.
435
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
DODGE
Nehemiah Dodge, b. Jan 17 1698, s. John and Ruth. His intention of marriage with Sarah Dennis was published Oct 26 1724. He came to Littleton from Wenham. He had sons : Job m. 1759 Ruth Frost. Josiah.
and was perhaps father or brother of Newell Dodge.
Children of Job and Ruth (Frost) Dodge: (for more see p. 140)
Elisha, blacksmith in Shirley, m. Eunice Farnsworth, m. 2ª Susanna Dwight. See Shirley Records.
One Nehemiah Dodge of Littleton m. or m. pub. in Acton 1748 to Jerusha Edwards.
DOLE
Dea. Enoch Dole, m. Nov 13 1729 Rachel Jewett, probably came from Rowley. Children : (for more see pp. 59, 60, 130, 131) Joseph d. in Acton Sept 4 1801. Children on pp. 79, 113. Amos m. May 29 1755 Molly Page b. Nov 5 1734.
Parker m. 1761 Abigail, b. July 26 1745, dau. Dea. Jona Lawrence.
Children of Amos and Molly (Page) Dole: (for more see p. 71) Benja killed at Bunker Hill. Amos b. Sept 1759.
The family removed to Shirley.
Lemuel Dole b. 1779, m. Apr 15 1806 Ruth Barker. He d. 1835.
DURANT
Henry Durant m. 2ª 1786 Mary Cory. She d. 1831.
Children of Henry Durant and (1) Susanna (Preston) and (2) Mary (Corey) : (for more see pp. 77, 114)
Henry resided in Acton, m. 1799 Lucy Hunt. His dau. m. L. Brooks.
Thomas m. Osgood of Lancaster. She m. 2ª P. Nutting. Nathan resided in Lynn.
436
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
GOLDSMITH
Zacheus Goldsmith made freeman 1685, resided in Wenham.
One Richard Goldsmith was killed by lightning Sun. May 13 1763 at Wenham.
Richard Goldsmith m. pub. June 23 1725 Hannah, probably dau. Nehemiah Dodge of Wenham. Richard resided and d. in Littleton. Children :
Hannah (m. p. 87). Abigail (m. p. 86).
Lucy (m. p. 84).
Richard (m. p. 224).
Josiah (m. pp. 100, 226).
Jeremiah m. 1768 Hepsibah Hall (see p. 226).
Richard and Sarah (Dix) Goldsmith had 10 children. John the 10th child had John b. May 26 1795 who m. Seba Kimball and had John, Jr., Daniel, Lucy and Sophia.
EDWARDS
Children of John and Sarah Edwards: (for more see p. 35) Lemuel b. Mar. 28 1728.
Samuel Edwards of Littleton m. May 9 1743 Ruth Lee.
GRIMES
Wm Grimes of Lexington m. Mary, had son William b. 1706, who m. Bethia and d. Dec. 3 1766. She d. 1772 a. 49.
William, b. 1744, oldest s. William and Bethia Grimes, m. Abigail, dau. Wm and Sarah Reed, and was dismissed from the church at Lexington to the church at Littleton in 1793.
Children : (for more see p. 390) William b. at Lexington.
Nabby b. “
Nathan b. "
Thadeus m. 2ª Whitcomb, dau. Abraham (see p. 280)
Abigail Grimes m. Brown (see p. 265), resided in Princeton, had dau. who m. Col. Upton and resided in Fitchburg.
437
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
FLAGG
1 Thomas Flagg settled in Watertown as early as 1643, d. Feb 6 1697-8. His wife Mary b. 1619, her will dated 1702 and proved Apr 21 1703. They had 11 children.
2 Michael, the 5th child, b. Mar. 23 1650-51, m. June 3 1674 Mary Bigelow, who d. Sept. 3 1704. He m. 2ª Dec. 27 1704 Mary Earle. He d. Oct. 16 1711. Had 6 children.
3 Bazaleel b. Mar. 23 1710-11, d. Jan. 21 1749, resided in Waltham, m. Jan. 14 1729-30 Susanna Warren, who d. Dec 12 1745. He m. 2ª Mar 12 1746-7 Sarah Bemis. Had 7 children.
4 William Flagg b. July 12 1739, m. Oct 26 1758 Lydia Child, settled in Ashby, had 11 children.
5 Daniel Flagg, the 8th child, m. pub. Sept. 10 1798 Phebe Stevens of Needham, resided in Littleton, had 11 children : (for more see pp. 183, 184, 351)
Francis m. June 28, 1838 Eliza Pierce.
Isaac m. Maria Wesson.
Abel m. Sept 26 1839 Eliza Lapham, m. 2ª Elizabeth Brown.
FARWELL
Joseph Farwell resided in the northerly part of Lancaster. His son Jonathan m. Pond, resided in Littleton probably about 1812 (see pp. 186, 351).
George Farwell resided and d. in Marlborough.
FARNSWORTH
1 Matthias and Mary Farnsworth had 7 children.
2 Jonathan, the 6th child, b. 1765,* m. Ruth, had 14 children.
3 Jonathan, the 2ª, b. Mar 17 1701, m. Mary, had 9 children.
4 Betty or Betsy, the 3d, b. Oct. 13 1729, m. Jona Reed, Harvard.
5 Lydia Reed b. July 22 1755, m. Apr 19 1780 Simon Cooper, who was b. July 22 1741 and d. Feb 22 1814, s. Jonathan and Sarah (Prentice) Cooper of Cambridge. She d. Feb 28 1832. Simon Cooper had a brother Solomon.
* Should this be 1665 ?
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LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
FARNSWORTH
6 Jona Cooper b. May 10 1781, a grandson of Jonª and Sarah (Prentice). She was b. Mar 11 1715, d. in Cambridge about 1801, aged 85. Jonathan m. 1st Sally Edson who d. Oct 20 1822, m. 2ª pub. Jan 12 1824 Mary Jefferds who was b. July 18 1794.
Matthias Farnsworth m. Mary 7 children.
Matthias Farnsworth Jr. m. Sarah 5 children.
Ebenezar Farnsworth m. Elizebeth Whitney Apr 17 1707, 8 children.
Matthias b. Sept 20 1709, m. Feb 24 1728-9 Abigail Shed, had 9 children.
Matthias Jr. b. Dec 25 1732, m. resided in Littleton. Edmund probably m. Jane Conn, and eloped with S. White.
1 Matthias Farnsworth & Mary, 7 children.
2 Matthias Farnsworth Jr. and Sarah, 5 children.
3 Josiah m. Mary Pierce 1719 10 children.
4 Ebenezer b. Mar 22 1726, m. 1755 Mary Nichols, 3 children.
5 Edmund b. Aug 15 1760.
PIPER
Nathaniel Piper was early in Ipswich, d. 1674, had 9 children.
Jonathan, 9th child, m. Sarah who d. 1700, m. 2ª Alice who d. in Concord 1758. He d. May 11 1752, had 8 children.
Joseph Piper, 8th child, b. 1718, m. Esther, dau. Henry Wright, sister of Huldah who m. Sampson Warren. Esther d. Apr 7 1810 a. 85. Silas Piper, 11th child, b. Apr 25 1767, d. aged 71.
FLETCHER
Robert Fletcher b. in England 1592, settled in Concord 1630. He then had 3 sons, Luke, William and Samuel, and afterwards Francis and Cary. Children :
Luke.
William b. in England 1622, came with his father to Concord aged 8 years, m. Oct 7 1645 * Lydia Bates at Concord, and in 1653 removed to Chelmsford.
* Concord Births, Marriages, and Deaths, p. 6 says : "7th (9) mo. 1645."
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LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
FLETCHER
Samuel settled in the part of Chelmsford now Westford, m. Oct 14 1659 Margaret Hailston.
Francis b. in Concord 1636, m. Aug 1 1656 Elizebeth Wheeler, dau. Geo. and Katherine Wheeler. Cary m. Kibby, the father of Sherabiah Kibby who settled in Littleton.
Children of William and Lydia (Bates) Fletcher :
Lydia.
Joshua, annexed to Littleton in 1717.
Mary.
Paul.
Sarah.
William b. Feb 21 1657, m. Sept 6 16- Sarah Richardson.
Esther.
Samuel m. 2d Sarah Ball, m. 3ª Elizabeth Proctor.
Children of Samuel and Margaret (Hailston) Fletcher :
Samuel.
Hannah.
Lydia.
William b. Jan 1 1671, d. about 1743.
Children of William, s. Samuel and Margaret (Hailston) Fletcher : William b. 1702, m. Elizabeth Remington, m. 2d widow of Zachariah Fletcher, had 11 children, some of whom settled in Templeton. Jonª, 2ª child, b. Mar 23 1733, m. Sarah and had children : Sarah b. 1762, Jonathan and Joanna, twins, b. Apr 19 1764. Joanna m. Capt. Aaron Parker. Jona resided near Littleton and d. Aug 9 1844 insane and unmarried.
Samuel b. about 1707, m. Sept 17 1729 Mary Lawrence of Littleton, b. about 1710, dau. Maj. Eleazer and Mary Lawrence. She d. Dec 4 1780 aged 70, he d. Mar 11 1780.
Oliver. Thomas. Robert. Benjamin. Mary. Lydia.
440
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
FLETCHER
Children of Samuel and Mary (Lawrence) Fletcher : Samuel b. Sept 8 173-, d. Oct 30 1749.
Eleazer b. Mar. 31 1731-2, m. Jan 16 1755 Mary Fletcher, dau. Capt. Josiah, granddau. Joshua. He settled in Littleton. Children on p. 71.
Peter b. Oct. 31 1733, settled in Littleton, m. Martha Dix Nov 25 1762.
Abel b. Apr. 18 1737, settled in Littleton on territory afterwards part of Boxboro, m. 1768 Abigail Hildreth. He d. May 10 1820.
Oliver.
Mary.
Ezekiel.
Phebe.
Margaret.
Sarah.
Rebecca.
Samuel b. 1754.
Sampson b. 1758.
Children of Eleazer and Mary Fletcher : (for more see p. 71)
Joseph m. Lucy Tuttle, dau. Simon Tuttle 3ª and Rebecca (Holden), m. 2ª Sally (Barker) Cole.
Children of Joseph and Lucy (Tuttle) Fletcher : (for more see pp. 168, 326, 353, 375, 376)
Patty m. Ithamar Wright. She d. June 13, 1840.
Sophia m. Othel Fletcher. She d. Mar 4 1840, he d. 1842.
Children of Eleazer and Rhoda (Tenney) Fletcher : (for more see pp. 167, 322? 323, 321)
Nathan m. Lucy Wood.
Huldah m. John Fletcher.
Maria m. Sam1 Wetherbee.
Children of Peter and Martha (Dix) Fletcher: (for more see pp. 80, 81, 125)
Peter m. Lucy, dau. Dea. John Wood.
Jonathan m. Hannah White of Phillipston, he d. 1836. Martha m. J. Knight.
441
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
FLETCHER
Children of Jonathan and Hannah (White) Fletcher : (for more see pp. 129, 322? 324, 327, 351) Jonathan m. Lydia Hammond. Jepthah.
Children of Abel and Abigail (Hildreth) Fletcher : (for more see p. 121)
Rev. Nathaniel H., m. 1801 Sarah, dau. John Storer of Wells, Maine. He d. Sept 4 1834, she d. 1833 or '34.
Ezekiel buried Jan 28 1833.
Children of Nathaniel H. and Sarah (Storer) Fletcher : Rev. Abel b. 1802.
Abigail b. 1803, m. 1831 Elbridge Fletcher.
Hannah b. 1811, m. Jos. R. Whitney. Mary b. 1813. John L. b. 1815. Charles.
FARR
John Farr m. 1703 Hannah Applin.
Children : (for more see pp. 8, 9, 20) Rachel.
Hannah, dau. Richard Whitney, m. Farr.
GILBERT
John Gilbert m. 1761 Sarah Cummings, who was b. 1741, dau. John and Sarah (Lawrence) Cummings of Littleton.
John and Sarah (Lawrence) Cummings were m. Jan 2 1735-6. Jude or Judah Gilbert m. 1771 Abigail, dau. John Bridges. Children : (for more see pp. 143, 144, 361)
Thirza b. Apr 1 1777, m. March 30 1806 Daniel McClenning.
Children of Daniel and Thirza (Gilbert) McClenning : (for more see p. 142) Nancy. Daniel. William.
442
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
GILBERT
Children of Samuel and Elizebeth (Robbins) Gilbert : (for more see
p. 131)
Sarah m. Davis.
Elizebeth m.
Clapp.
Mary m.
Tufts.
Olive m. Amos Tenny.
Elizabeth (Robbins) Gilbert d. March 29 1781 a. 34, buried in Westford.
Joseph Harwood Jr. m. Gilbert.
Children : (for more see p. 325)
Joseph G. m. Fletcher dau. Ezra.
Mary m. Stedman Willard.
FOX
Children of John and Sarah Fox : (for more see pp. 45, 46, 367) Daniel b. Dec 9 1732. Samuel b. Mar 27 1738.
FITCH
Lot Fitch is said to have come from Acton. He m. Aug. 28 1792 Pamelia, dau. Oliver Hoar, m. 2ª Rhoda dau. Robert Powers, Jr. Children on pp. 155, 156.
FOSTER
Reginald Foster came from England 1638, and lived to extreme old age. He had 5 sons and 2 daughters, viz. Abraham, Reginald, William, Isaac, Jacob, a dau. who m. Peabody, a dau. who m. Story.
2 Abraham settled in Ipswich.
3 Abraham or Andrew of Andover.
4 Samuel of Reading m. Sarah Roberts.
5 Abraham b. 1702 in Reading, m. Susanna Hartshorne 1733. He d. 1753 a. 48. Children :
Susanna b. 1734. Abraham b. 1735.
443
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
FOSTER
Daniel b. 1740.
Sarah b. 1743. David b. 1745.
Edmund b. 1752, m. Oct 30 1783 Phoebe Lawrence, b. Jan 2 1762, dau. Rev. Wm Lawrence of Lincoln, and of the 6th generation from John Lawrence of Groton.
Elizebeth.
Children of Edmund and Phoebe (Lawrence) Foster: (for more see pp. 159, 389)
Edmund b. Oct 30 1783.
Sophia m. Dustin who d. Jan. 1837.
HARWOOD
James Harwood and Lydia, dau. John Barrett, m. Apr 11 1678 at Chelmsford, and had several children born in Chelmsford.
Abigail d. Sept 1 1695 at Chelmsford.
Nathaniel Harwood and Mary Barron at Concord in 1667 had children :
Nathaniel.
Peter.
John. Mary.
"one had Rachel b 1703 Sarah b. 1707 Jona b 1710 Susan .. 1713 at Chelmsford
"he was one of the Proprietors of lands in Chelmsford " *
Peter Harwood m. Nov 7 1700 Mary Fox, came to Littleton from Concord probably with his son Joseph. He d. 1740 aged 69. His wife d. Feb. 17 1742 a. 70. Children born in Concord : Nathaniel. John. Benjamin.
* These two lines in quotation marks follow the record of Nathaniel Harwood and Mary Barron's children just as here given. Being in doubt as to their exact meaning, the editor leaves them as they stand in Mr. Smith's notes.
For children of Nathaniel Harwood in Concord see " Concord Births, Marriages, and Deaths " per the index.
444
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
HARWOOD
Joseph b. Feb. 20 * 1707-8, m. Apr 14 1731 Lydia Brooks at Concord. She was b. about 1707, d. 1787 a. 80.
Ebenezer.
Mary.
Hannah.
Capt. Joseph Harwood Jr. b. Feb. 2 1742, m. 1st 1768 Mary Tuttle, perhaps dau. Sam1 & Martha (Shattuck) Tuttle, m. 2ª Oct. 21 1773 Thankful Stone b. Oct. 10 1754, the 12th and youngest child of Joseph and Mary (Prescott) Stone of Groton, and probably a descendant of Dea. Simon Stone of Groton and also of Dea. Simon Stone of Watertown. Children: (for more see pp. 164, 387)
Joseph probably m. Gilbert.
Lydia m. 1828 Joel Whitcomb.
TABLE OF DESCENT.
George Wheeler m. Katherine.
John Wheeler m. Sarah Larkin.
Thankful Wheeler m. Jonas Prescott.
Mary Prescott m. Joseph Stone.
Thankful Stone m. J. Harwood.
Among the passengers for Virginia 1635 were Augustin a. 25, Thomas a. 26, Robert a. 17.
Ralph Harwood came to America 1635, a. 23.
Joseph Harkwood came to America 1635, a. 20.
Thos Harwood m. 7. 5. 1654 widow Rachel Woodward, Boston.
Geo. and Jane Harwood had John b. 4-5m 1639, Joanna b. 1642 at Boston.
John Harwood d. Oct. 2 1697 at Chelmsford.
One John Harwood and Martha Barton m. Nov 20 1679 a Chelmsford. Nathaniel Harwood and Rachel Pearce m. May 6 1784. Geo. Harwood d. in Boston 1640.
* " Concord Births, Marriages, and Deaths " says " February ye 26th ". .
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LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
HASTINGS
Kezia Hastings m. Benjamin Blanchard who was b. 1726.
COGSWELL
John Cogswell and wife Elizebeth came to Ipswich 1635. He d. Nov 29 1669 a. 58, she d. June 2 1676. Children : William.
John.
Edward.
Mary.
Hannah m. C. Waldo.
Abigail m. T. Clark.
Sarah m. Simon Tuttle.
Jeremiah Cogswell m. 1771 Sarah, dau. Capt. Sam1 Fletcher.
HILDRETH
Joseph Hildreth annexed to Littleton Parish 1717.
Children of Ephraim Hildreth of Westford : (for more see page 381) Abigail m. July (8) 18, 1749 John Russell Jr. perhaps Rebecca m. 1750 James Dutton.
HUNT
Capt. Samuel Hunt m. Nov. 14 1716 Dorothy Bulkley who was b. Jan 1699 and d. 1737. He came from Concord. Children : (for more see pp. 10, 22, 106)
Dorothy m. 1744 John Edwards Jr. Samuel m. 1751 Jane Scott b. May 10 1726.
Peter m. 1761 Sarah Leighton (children on p. 79). He went to Rindge. Two daughters d. in Leominster, one of whom, Dolly, was unmarried. She had resided in Boylston.
Dinah m. 1740 Benja Shattuck Jr.
Ellen m. Jonathan Parker, went to Rindge. Abel m. 1759 Rebecca Davis (perhaps Davison). Elizabeth m. 1756 Jeremiah Learned.
446
LITTLETON TOWN RECORDS.
JEWETT
Maximilion and Joseph Jewett came early to America.
One Joseph Jewett of Rowley m. Jan 1 1707 Jane Hazen b. Oct 11 1685.
Joseph and Rebecca Jewett had children :
Aquilla b. Sept 14 1684.
Priscilla b. 1687.
Aquilla Jewett of Rowley m. Oct 23 1704 Ann Tenny, who d. Mar 6 1723. They had 13 children, 3 or 4 of whom settled early in Littleton, viz. :
William, eldest, b. July 15 1705, m. June 8 1727 Hannah Pickard, who d. Feb 15 1771 a. 65.
Abel, 7th child, b. Apr 10 1717, m. Jan. 24 1739 Mary Pingry.
Ezra b. Oct 14 1710, m. 1734 Mary Herrick.
Children of William and Hannah (Pickard) Jewett: (for more see pp. 10, 23, 51, 368)
Aquilla m. 1763 Eunice Houghton of Lancaster.
Anne perhaps m. 1756 Stephen Pingrey, Sr.
Children of Aquila and Eunice (Houghton) Jewett : (for more see pp. 79, 110, 111)
Benjamin m. May 6 1802 Betsey Wood of Harvard (children on pp. 127, 181, 351).
Children of Abel and Mary (Pingrey) Jewett: (for more see pp. 49, 130) Aaron m. Mary Cooper, b. Dec. 20 1739, dau. Saml. & Mary (Rowley) Cooper.
Children . of Ezra and Mary (Herrick) Jewett : (for more see pp. 43, 133)
Joseph probably m. published Oct 2 1763 Rebecca Abbot of Westford.
Ezra m. 1767 Lucy Spaulding of Westford.
Children of Ezra and Lucy (Spaulding) Jewett : (for more see p. 127) Moses m. 1801 Lydia Shattuck b. 1774, d. in Littleton Nov 10 1846. He d. Sept 8 1840.
Children of Moses and Lydia (Shattuck) Jewett ;
Lucy b. 1802, m. Dec 3 1835 G. W. Ramsdell.
Stillman b. Dec 6 1803, m. 1834 Sarah M. Wright.
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JEWETT
Lydia b. 1807, m. T. Richardson.
Sarah b. 1809, m. Wm Bowers.
Shadrach b. Oct 6 1812, m. Harriet M. Parkhurst.
Henry P. b. Feb. 14 1815, m. Jan. 1839 Mary Damon.
One Joseph Jewett m. May 5 1785 Sarah Fletcher, probably dau. Eleazer Fletcher.
Children : (for more see pp. 158, 199)
Eleazer m. 1824 Abigail Marshall.
Joseph.
Matilda m. Thos Munroe.
Joseph Jewett m. in Row Nov. 6 1732 Mary Payson.
One Abbot Jewett m. Hannah Cobleigh.
Children of Joseph and Rebecca Jewett : (for more see pp. 79, 127, 362)
Jonathan m. Jan 22 1789 Sarah Melvin. She m. 2ª Ez. Wright. Jane Jewett m. 1737 Stephen Pengrey.
Mrs. Mary Jewett, wife of Ezra, d. Nov 25 1775.
Children of Stillman Jewett: (for more see pp. 215, 304, 305) Harriet m. Coolidge Gates.
- m. Battles.
JOHNSON
Nathaniel Johnson m. pub. Aug 6 1786, m. Jan 26 1787 Polly, dau. Peter and Ellen (Chase) Wright. Children: (for more see pp. 163, 164, 313, 321)
Nathaniel K. m. 1811 Nancy Kidder, who m. 2ª 1823 Holden.
Nathan m. pub. Nov 7 1823 Lucy, dau. David Davis of Acton, gr. dau. David, great-gr. dau. Benja of Groton.
KIDDER
Capt. Francis Kidder b. about 1752, m. 1779 Abigail Russell who d. May 12 1812, m. 2ª Dec 28 1812 Lydia Abbot of Westford, m. 3ª 1814 Widow Sally Davis. Children : (for more see pp. 174, 175, 362)
1. Mary or Polly m. 1809 Rev. Francis L. Whiting and resided in Fryburg, Me.
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3. Francis m. Jan 18 1810 Nancy, dau. Dr. Thomas Hartwell. He d. Nov. 7 1853 at Bristol, N. H.
4. Sally m. Apr. 1805 Seth Nichols.
6. Joseph m. Eliza Prentice.
7. John R. m. Delano.
8. Geo. F. m. Feb 15 1829 Clara Chandler.
10. Abigail Jane m. Geo. Kennison, resided in Quincy.
Widow Sally Kidder was formerly Sally Hamlin. She m. 1ªt Isaiah Davis of Harvard and had children :
Zimri.
Hamlin.
Sally b. 1799, m. Alvah Brown.
Thomas Kidder b. in Chelmsford about 1723, resided from 1746 to 1748 near Nagog Pond, m. 1741 Elizabeth Wheeler. Children : Reuben.
Thomas. Joseph.
KING
Children of Richard and Elizabeth King: (for more see pp. 14, 15, 23, 24)
Rogers resided in the west part of Westford where his son Rogers resided.
Maj. Rogers King, Jr. had children : Lydia and Mary (twins).
Maria m. T. Prescott. Rufus. George d. 1828.
Maj. Rogers King buried May 8 1825, Widow King buried Mar 14 1829.
KIMBALL
Richard Kimball, his wife Ursula, his brother Henry, Ursula's mother Martha Scott aged 60 and brother Thomas Scott aged 40 came to America in 1634. Richard Kimball brought with him his children : Henry a. 15, Richard a. 11, Mary a. 9, Martha a. 5, John a. 3, Thomas a. 1, to which Savage adds Benjamin, Elizabeth, Caleb, Sarah and another daughter.
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KIMBALL
Henry Kimball, s. Richard, m. Mary, dau. John and Mary Wyatt of Amesbury. She d. Aug. 12, 1672. He m. 2ª widow Elizabeth Reyner. He d. about 1676. Children : Richard b. 1642.
John b. 1644.
Caleb b. 1646.
Dorcas b. 1648.
Abigail b. 1652.
Sarah b. 1654.
Henry b. 1656, m. Dec 14 1677 Hannah Marsh, dau. Onesephorus Marsh.
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