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151. F. W. Pope.
152. James Gerrish.
153. Thomas Hazen.
154. No name given.
155. W. W. Edgarton.
156. Mrs. T. Hazen.
I57 L. Crossman.
158. Norman C. Munson.
159. L. Longley.
160 John K. Going.
161. I. Longley [Israel?]
162. Mrs. P. Ames.
163. Darius Emery.
164. Mrs. B. Hastings.
172. Moses T. Gardner. (H. O. Peaslee, 1914.)
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173. A. E. Lawrence.
174. E. Pierce. (Frank P. Rugg, 1914.)
175. B. Shop.
176. Shoe Shop.
177. Stable office.
178. Morris & Warner Tinware Mfg.
179. J. K. Going. (Oliver Balcom, 1914.)
180. C. Balch.
181. J. W. Holbrook.
182. E. Wilkins.
183. 184.
Elihu Longley. (Barney Bodah, 1914.)
C. Saunderson. (Jeremiah O'Neil, 1914.)
185. Paint Shop.
O. Barrett.
186. 187. Daniel Porter. Daniel Porter. O. Longley. J. Kellerher. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192. 193. Worcester & Longley. 194. 195. 196. D. Chandler. 197. J. L. Parker. (John E. L. Hazen, 1914.) 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. B. Shop. 204. B. Priest. (Willie Dadman, 1914.) 205. 206. I. Longley. 207. 209. No name. J. C. Parsons. 210. 21I. O. Whitcomb. (Henry Brockleman, 1914.)
Store. O. Longley & G. E. Gates. (Conant Bros., 1914.) Willard Worcester. (Frank Brockleman & Charles Stebbins, 1914.)
M. T. Gardner & Co. (H. O. Peaslee's Store, 1914.) Store. (Brockelman Bros' Store, 1914.) William Sawtell.
212. E. W. Coffin. (George Balch, 1914.)
213. B. W. Hurt. (Crossman.)
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316 214. J. Gardner, Jr. (Mrs. John H. Nickless, 1914.) G. W. Sanderson. (Michael Gionet & Michael Bulger, 1914.)
215.
216. A. R. Graves. (Harry H. Lynch, 1914.)
217. Samuel Hazen.
218. Abishai Crossman. (The Misses Hunter, 1914.)
219. Captain John Henry. (John Sprague, 1914.)
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GENEALOGIES
These scattered genealogies are added to supplement those which Mr. Chandler so carefully prepared for his History of Shirley. Mr. Chandler included in his regis- ter no family which did not have a representative in town before 1801; nor was he able, because of the inac- cessibility of the records at the time, to deal adequately with certain families whose names he merely mentions. Many of the family records herein given are fragmentary, because of the undue amount of research required to trace a too migratory family.
ADAMS
ASAHEL ADAMS, son of Edward of Lunenburg and brother of Joel Adams, was born in Shirley, February 5, 1794. After living for several years in Boston he bought the house where Jonathan "Nutting now lives" in 1830. It was on Squannacook Road, just east of Joel's. He soon moved to Chelsea and was an insurance agent at the time of his death of old age, March 30, 1879, aged eighty five years, one month and twenty five days. He married Hannah Crosby Jones.
Children:
I. MARY ANN JONES, b. August 12, 1817, in Boston; d. April 10, 1831, aged thirteen years, and eight months. The death was noticed in the Boston Advertiser for April 23, 1831.
II. HANNAH CROSBY, b. January 21, 1819 in Boston.
III. NANCY, b. December 13, 1821 in Boston.
IV. HENRY JONES, b. August 6, 1832 in Shirley. Living at Alleghany, Pennsylvania, in 1879.
V. ABIGAIL R., of Boston, in 1879, unmarried.
JOEL ADAMS, of Shirley, the son of Edward Adams * of Lunenburg was born in February, 1799. He and his brother Asahel came to Shirley
* Edward's brother, Jonathan Adams, Jr., of Lunenburg, was the grandfather of Mr. Albert Adams of Shirley Centre, and great-grandfather of Mr. Asa Ardie Adams and Mrs. Norman R. Graves.
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about 1825 and settled on adjoining farms on Squannacook Road. Joel Adams married Mary Marrett of Lexington, April 1, 1827. They had five children, and then Mary died, August 14, 1847, aged forty six years. He married, second, Ann Maria Lewis of Townsend, who was the mother of George Henry Adams. Joel Adams died at Shirley, November 16, 1879. Children:
I. JOHN MARRETT, b. February 4, 1828; m. July 6, 1854, Mary Jane Lawrence of Manchester, Vt. She d. May 11, 1908. He has been the town highway surveyor.
Children:
1. George Amos, b. May 28, 1856; m. Carrie Lucy Tedford, June 3, 1888.
Children:
i. John Edward, b. August 3, 1889.
ii. Grace Marion, b. June 13, 1892; m. Lawrence Bur- leigh Smith, October 15, 1913.
iii. Hattie, b. March 17, 1899.
2. John Franklin, b. March 7, 1861; d. September 19, 1862.
3. Willie Albert, b. November 11, 1869; d. September 17, 1870.
II. CHARLES OTIS, b. August 26, 1829; m. I, Elvira Spaulding; d. Sep- tember 26, 1857, aged twenty years, three months, and thirteen days; m. 2, Hannah C. Neat; d. July 25, 1860, aged twenty five years, seven months, four days. Child:
I. Charles H., b. September 15, 1857; d. September 27, 1857. III. ALBERT, b. April 21, 1832; killed in West Chelmsford in 1852, unm. IV. - , son, b. August 27, 1833; d. e.
V. MARY ANN, b. October 5, 1837; m. Dana Spaulding. Lived in Brookline, N. H., and Leominster. Issue.
VI. GEORGE HENRY, b. October 5, 1853; m. I, Clara Marilla Smith; m. 2, Josephine Frances Haskell of Peterborough, N. H., who d. May 8, 1913. Living in Shirley in 1914.
ANDREWS
ELEAZER CRAFT ANDREWS, of Shirley, was baptized at Chebacco Church, Ipswich, January 5, 1777, the son of Joshua and Lucy (Low) Andrews. Joshua had died March 28, 1776, leaving a widow and two children, Eleazer and Lucy. They had been married but two years. Eleazer Andrews married, at Wenham, Mary Dodge, October 14, 1800. He bought, between 1806 and 1810, the old Simonds-Going farm on the Townsend Road, under the shadow of Davis's Hunting Hill. His mother, Lucy Low Andrews, spent the last years of her life in Shirley, and died there June 10, 1815, aged eighty years. Mary Dodge Andrews died before
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September 9, 1854, aged eighty three. Eleazer died April 16, 1855, and his will was probated on May I.
Children:
I. PETER, b. September 5, 1801; m. Sarah B. McMaster, daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Badger) McMaster of Lyndeboro, N. H., int. March 27, 1831; d. November 2, 1864.
Children:
I. Orsamus Willard, b. January 16, 1832; d. unm. January 12, 1910.
2. Mary Elizabeth, b. September 30, 1833; m. Alpheus Adams of Chester, Vt .; d. June 27, 1899.
3. George Brown, b. August 7, 1835; m. Delia Harrington of Worcester; d. August 23, 1912.
4. Martha Waters, b. September 10, 1837; m. Almond M. Holden; d. February 5, 1892. See Chandler's History.
5. Daniel Waters, b. November 20, 1839; d. unm. January 9, 1913.
6. Charles Henry, b. February 5, 1843; m. Anna L., daughter of Stewart Phelps.
Child:
i. Jennie Frances, b. January 19, 1877; m. William P. Sargent and had Marguerite, Francis W., and Edith.
7. John Humphrey, b. October 2, 1847; resides in California, unmarried.
II. MARY L., b. June 21, 1806; d. unm. January 19, 1865.
III. MARTHA D., b. March 10, 1811; m. Daniel G. Waters, January 4, 1837, by Rev. Hope Brown, and had issue.
IV. ELIZABETH, b. February 23, 1814; d. January 25, 1821.
BAILEY
WARD BAILEY. Came from Rowley before 1770, and settled in Shirley. On January 22, 1770, Parker records in his diary "I bought £5 worth of flax from Ward Baley." It seems probable that he died very soon after, because on June 19, 1772, his widow Mehitable and her daughter were warned from Shirley. She removed very soon after to some place at present unknown.
Child:
I. MEHITABLE.
THADDEUS BAILEY, son of Josiah Bailey, Jr. of Lunenburg, and Sarah Carter his wife, was born April 30, 1779 in Lunenburg. He was also a resident of Shirley for a short time. Dr. Hartwell records the birth of a daughter, April 23, 1803.
"July 4, 1801. Great Independence Groton, Thad Bailey hurt." J. P. "Jan. 19, 1803. I bought a watch of Thad Bailey." J. P.
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BARRETT
STEPHEN BARRETT, of Shirley, was born in Concord, April 30, 1776, the son of Stephen and Sarah (Barrett) Barrett. He was the grandson of Colonel James4 Barrett (Benjamin, Humphrey,2 Humphrey1), the de- fender of the bridge at Concord, and later famous in the Revolution.
Stephen Barrett was a tanner like his father, and so when he moved to Shirley in 1801, he established his tan vats along Mulpus Brook. He bought and remodelled the old Sawtell Tavern on the Great Road. Before he came to Shirley, he married in Concord, Sarah Barrett, the daughter of Samuel Barrett of Concord, on November 3, 1799. His mother came to Shirley also, and died there October 19, 1825, at the age of seventy three. Children:
I. SALLY, b. April 19, 1801, in Concord; m. Thomas Whitney, October 10, 1822; d. May 4, 1868.
II. VARNUM, b. December 10, 1801, in Shirley; m. Susan Willard Long- ley, November 12, 1827; d. February 14, 1875. Farmer. He was an influential citizen.
Children:
I. George Varnum, b. in Boston, June 10, 1837; m. Nellie A. Johnson of Lunenburg, August 5, 1876. He d. Novem- ber 4, 1912; she d. November 18, 1896. Deputy sheriff and Capt. M. V. M.
2. Mary E., b. November 12, 1840; m. Orin M. Bennett, Novem- ber 18, 1858; d. August 30, 1869.
3. Josephine, b. July 2, 1843; d. July 9, 1876, unmarried.
III. STEPHEN, b. January 14, 1804; m. Catherine Hodgkin, October 25, 1835. Farmer in Ayer.
Children:
I. Charles Stephen, b. February 5, 1837; m. October 18, 1866, Nancy Maria Farmer. Living in Ayer, 1914. Carpenter. His son Charles Albert has two sons in Boston, Stephen and Edgar, and one in Ayer, Elliott.
2. Samuel, b. August 26, 1847. Living in Ayer, unmarried, 1914. Wood worker, with the Ames Plow Co.
IV. EMERSON, b. April 1, 1806; d. February 7, 1852, unmarried. Tanner. V. REBECCA, b. January 2, 1808; d. February 5, 1837, unmarried.
VI. SAMUEL, b. June 5, 1810; m. Susan Treadwell of Ipswich, April 26, 1838; d. October 13, 1849.
Children :
I. -, daughter, b. December 28, 1840. (Dr. Benjamin Hartwell's records.)
VII. HARRIET, b. June 20, 1812; m. John K. Going, Jr., May 29, 1837.
VIII. GEORGE, b. - , 1815; d. January 31, 1852, unmarried.
IX. ELIZABETH, b. January 21, 1818; m. Artemas Longley, May 18, 1845.
X. PHEBE, b. January 10, 1823; m. E. Dana Bancroft; no issue; d. October 27, 1861.
XI. CHARLES, b. August 25, 1825; d. September 30, 1851.
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BARTLETT
NICHOLAS BARTLETT, of Shirley, was the brother of William Bart- lett, and Caleb Bartlett, sons of John of Newton, who all came to Shirley early in the eighteenth century and settled on adjoining farms. Caleb's farm was the eastern part of the farm now owned by Mr. C. K. Bolton; William's, adjoining it to the south, is now the western part of the farm owned by Mr. C. F. Edgerton and Mr. F. H. S. Hyde; Nicholas settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Boutilier. The house stood southwest of the present house. Nicholas married first Mary Cooke, April 17, 1733, and second Elizabeth -. He died in Shirley about 1762, and his widow married, second James Patterson, and third Samuel Nichols. Nicholas Bartlett's estate was administered by his son John of Boston, who sold it to his sister's husband, James Dougherty.
Children :
I. MARY, b. September 13, 1734; m. in Boston, September 22, 1758, James Dogharty or Dougherty.
II. JOHN, b. June 15, 1736; m. perhaps on January 18, 1759, in Boston, Tabitha Kidder, of Cambridge.
III. SAMUEL, b. November 17, 1737; d. December 10, 1737.
IV. ELIZABETH, b. October 6, 1738; m. Edward Scott of Fitchburg.
V. SAMUEL, b. July 24, 1740; m. Anna -. In 1766 Samuel Bart- lett, his wife and three children were warned from Groton, being then of Shirley.
Children:
I. Samuel, b. May 22, 1762, in Shirley.
2. Anna, b. February 5, 1764, in Shirley.
3. Sarah.
4. Lucy, b. March 29, 1776, in Groton.
5. Benjamin, b. June 29, 1778.
VI. THOMAS, b. March 22, 1742.
VII. SARAH, b. September 14, 1743.
BICKNELL
DAVID BICKNELL, of Shirley, was born July II, 1734, in Wey- mouth. He was the son of Zachariah Bicknell of Weymouth, and Bath- sheba Whitmarsh, whom he married October 10, 1720. Zachariah was the grandson of John, and great-grandson of Zachary Bicknell, the pioneer ancestor of the family. Zachary, at the age of forty five, came to this country from Weymouth, England, with his wife, Agnes, and son, John, then aged eleven. He settled in Weymouth, Mass., before March 20, 1635, and died before March 9, 1637.
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David Bicknell, of Shirley, married Jerusha Vinson, November 19, 1755. He moved to Shirley, where he lived and where, according to James Par- ker's dairy, he was buried April 29, 1790. His will is on file among the Probate Records at East Cambridge, Number 983, old series. David Bicknell lived in the house which had been built by David Bennett (No. 14). According to David's will, his wife at the time of his death was Ruth. Children:
I. SAMUEL, b. October 14, 1757; d. e.
II. LEVI, b. April 27, 1759, in Weymouth. His father's will, 1790, calls him of Boston; m. in Lunenburg and had issue.
III. BATHSHEBA, b. June 1, 1760, in Weymouth. She married Farnsworth.
IV. JANE, b. August 25, [1761] at Weymouth, was unmarried in 1790.
V. JERUSHA, b. February 28, 1763; m. - Gill, before 1790.
VI. DAVID, baptized August 19, 1764, in Weymouth.
VII. HANNAH, baptized August 28, 1774. Not mentioned in her father's will in 1790.
VIII. ELIAS or ELIJAH, baptized "Elias" August 31, 1777. Given as "Elijah," "of Boston," in his father's will in 1790. He married, in Boston, Sally Moor on September 6, 1801.
IX. SAMUEL, baptized March 4, 1782. He was of Shirley in 1790. He married, perhaps, in Boston, Deborah Dunham, November 22, 1807.
LEMUEL BICKNELL, of Shirley, son of Zachariah, and brother of David, was born in Weymouth, June 25, 1739. He married, September 4, 1760, Ruth Vining. After his death, on February 24, 1788, the widow Ruth married John Hildreth (q. v.). James Parker mentions him in 1786, and also mentions a William Bicknell's marriage in 1789, as taking place in Shirley. No mention of this marriage occurs in the Town Records, and the girl's name is not given by Parker. Lemuel Bicknell lived in Green Lane in house No. 72.
Children:
I. SARAH, b. April 16, 1761, in Weymouth; m. Jonathan Eager.
II. DEBORAH, b. September 7, 1762, in Weymouth; m. Micah Pratt.
III. ABNER, b. March 7, 1764, in Weymouth.
IV. LYDIA, b. May 4, 1765, in Weymouth; m. Oliver Parker of Needham; int. March 2, 1786, recorded in Shirley.
V. LEMUEL, b. January 24, 1770, in Weymouth.
VI. RUTH, b. October 6, 1776, in Weymouth; m. Phinehas Wait, Jr., of Groton, November 17, 1796.
VII. JOHN, b. May 7, 1779, in Weymouth. Of Shirley in 1804.
VIII. JAMES, b. June 24, 1782 in Shirley. Of Shirley in 1804.
IX. FANNY, spelled "Phaney," b. May 11, 1785, in Shirley.
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BLOOD
MOSES BLOOD, of Shirley, was born in Groton, November 25, 1724. He was the son of John Blood, of Groton, who married, July 13, 1712, Joanna, daughter of James and Lydia Nutting. John's father, James Blood, married in Groton, September 7, 1669, Elizabeth Longley, and second, Abigail -, whose son John was. Richard Blood, the father of James, was the first settler of the name in Groton. His wife's name was Isabel.
Moses Blood married Elizabeth Stone in Groton, June 27, 1745. He lived in Pepperell until 1770, and then removed to Shirley. He bought his farm in Shirley in 1772, and held it until 1792, when he deeded it to his son Sewall.
Children:
I. ELIZABETH, b. July 6, 1746, in Pepperell.
II. SARAH, b. March 16, 1748, in Pepperell; m. Elijah Ames, August 23, 1768.
III. MOSES, b. April 29, 1750, in Pepperell. He married and had issue in Pepperell.
IV. ABEL, b. September 17, 1752, in Pepperell. He was in the Revolu- tion, credited to Dunstable in 1775, and to Pepperell in 1780. He married at some time and place unknown. The birth of one child is recorded in Shirley.
Child:
1. Abigail Prescott, baptized June 16, 1793, in Shirley.
V. ANNA, b. April 7, 1755. d. e.
VI. RACHEL, b. November 11, 1757.
VII. ANNA, b. September 15, 1760.
VIII. NATHANIEL, b. August 21, 1762.
IX. SEWALL, b. May 24, 1765, in Pepperell. He was in the latter part of the Revolutionary war, credited to Shirley in 1786. At that time he is described as a boy of sixteen, with light hair and complexion, light eyes, five feet nine inches in height. He is called a farmer. He enlisted for three years. His marriage in- tentions with Molly Randall or Kendall were published in 1786, on April 9. The intentions are given in both ways, but the Ken- dall is probably right as Molly K. Blood died in Windsor, Vt., in 1813. Her husband died in the same town in 1814.
Children:
I. Sewall, b. November 16, 1786, at Mason, N. H.
2. Nathaniel, b. August 17, 1788, in Shirley. He died in 1874 in Windsor, Vt.
3. Lucas, b. June 27, 1790.
X. MARY, b. April 4, 1770.
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WILLIAM BOLTON, of Shirley, was born in the North Parish of Read- ing, October 25, 1721, the son of William Bolton who married Elizabeth White of Andover on January 5, 1720. The elder William Bolton, called Scotch-Irish, had come as an emigrant from the Bann Valley, near Cole- raine, in the north of Ireland in 1718, though the family was originally from Lancashire. After a year and a half of married life in Andover, he moved to Reading where two sons, William, mentioned above, and John (a soldier killed at Cape Breton in 1746), were born, and where he died September 10, 1725. The widow returned to Andover, and it was in that town that the younger William passed his boyhood. She married Timothy Dorman of Boxford. After the death of her second husband, the widow returned to Reading. Her son, William Bolton, married about 1743, but beyond the fact that his wife's name was Mary nothing further is known of the marriage. They lived in Reading until 1773, when William and his family followed the family of his eldest son to Shirley. The attractive house which he left behind in Reading still stands in the corner of the Lynnfield line and the highway, near two famous chestnut trees. While there he frequently held the office of tithingman. Mary Bolton died soon after the removal to Shirley, and William married Mrs. Sarah Farnsworth of Groton, May 16, 1776. William Bolton died April 30, 1804. His widow died in Groton June 24, 1822, aged ninety nine years and ten months.
Children:
I. WILLIAM, b. January 21, 1744, in Reading, He married in Reading March 28, 1765, Abigail, daughter of William and Abigail (Going) Sheldon; and two years later they moved to Shirley and bought the house which had served as the first tavern in town. He died in Shirley, May 7, 1780. The widow married Ezra Smith, and continued to live on the widow's dower, which happily iucluded the house. She died March 7, 1790. It was this William Bolton who arrested Captain Parker and Captain Hazen. He served as tithingman, fire warden, surveyor of highways, and was a Revo- lutionary officer.
Children:
I. Abigail, b. February 16, 1766, in Reading; m. October 24, 1782, Joseph Chaplin of Lunenburg, in Groton.
2. Nelly, b. December 29, 1769, in Shirley. She d. February I, I770.
3. William, b. October 14, 1771, in Shirley; he married Sarah Lewis in Reading, September 18, 1788. He lived in Reading, Shirley and Fitchburg, and died on April 4, 1827, leaving three sons, David, William and Aaron.
4. John, b. October 24, 1773, in Shirley. He married Betsy Tilton, in 1798, in Wells River, Vt. He married, 2,
MOSES BENNETT BOLTON
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Cynthia Chamberlain and 3, Abigail Wesson. He had twelve children and died March 28, 1843. Issue.
5. Thomas, b. August 22, 1775. He died at sea in 1806.
6. Nelly, b. August 12, 1777, in Shirley.
II. ELIZABETH, b. probably in 1745 or 1746; mentioned in the North Parish church records, Reading.
III. DANIEL, b. July 1, 1747. Named for Rev. Daniel Putnam. Prob- ably died early.
IV. EBENEZER, b. January 12, 1749, in Reading. He married February 20, 1771, Elizabeth, daughter of David and Esther (Going) Damon, and lived in Westminster, Mass. He married, 2, Mrs. Hannah (Savage) Barnes. Said to have fought at Bunker Hill. Died in 1835.
Children:
I. Betsy, b. August 9, 1772, in Reading; m. Nathan Taft of Gardner and moved to Packersfield, N. H. They had four children.
2. Esther, b. December 18, 1773, in Westminster; m. Joseph Baker, and lived in Gardner.
3. Jerusha, b. October 17, 1775, in Westminster; m. June 2, 1796, Silas Holt, and had two children.
4. Abram \ twins, d. e.
5. Asa
6. Ebenezer, b. February 14, 1778, in Westminster. He m. Linda Leland of Gardner, and had four children.
V. EDWARD, b. May 25, 1751. Probably died early.
VI. AARON, b. February 12, 1753, in Reading. He married, April 12, 1774, Dorcas, daughter of Jonas and Mary Winship of West- minster and died there April 29, 1837. He was a Revolutionary soldier, captain of militia and selectman.
Children:
I. Dorcas, b. February 1, 1775; d. September 4, 1778.
2. Dorcas, b. September 25, 1778. She married Samuel Clark in Boston, September 11, 1805. Issue.
3. Moses, b. 1781 in Westminster; d. September 9, 1785.
4. Hannah, b. June 26, 1783, at Westminster; m. December 12, 1806, Moses Thurston and moved to Cambridge, Vt .; six children.
5. Eunice, b. August 9, 1786, at Westminster; m. int. November 6, 1808, Joseph Jackson. Lived at Templeton, Mass. Issue.
6. Nancy, b. July 31, 1788. She married at Westminister June 23, 1812, Josiah Jackson, 2d. Issue.
7. Mary, b. May 21, 1791; m. January 3, 1809, Hon. Ohio Whitney of Ashburnham, a cousin of Rev. Phinehas Whitney of Shirley. Issue.
8. Louise, b. January 8, 1794, in Westminster; m. March 16, 1813, Caleb Wilder, 3d, of Ashburnham and lived in Fitchburg. Issue.
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9. Matilda, b. November 21, 1796; m. at Gardner, December 26, 1815, Nehemiah Shumway; m. second, - Townsend. Issue.
IO. Aaron, b. October 9, 1800; d. January 22, 1803.
VII. SARAH, b. 1755, in Reading; m. int. February 4, 1780 to David Wilson of Shirley, a near neighbor of her father. She died before 1784.
VIII. LoIs, b. February 28, 1757. Living after the Revolution.
IX. TIMOTHY, b. May 5, 1759, in Reading. He was in the alarm of April 19, 1775, and later served in the campaigns at Saratoga and on Long Island, and spent a winter at Valley Forge under Washington. On his return in 1778 he married Sybil Bennett, whose mother, Mrs. Farnsworth, had married his father. Tim- othy and Sybil Bolton lived on his father's farm as "joint ten- ants" with him. After his wife's death, on March 20, 1807, Timothy Bolton moved to Jamaica, Vt., where he died in 1826. "Timothy & Cybell" owned the covenant in 1779.
Children:
I. Mary, b. February 1, 1779 in Shirley; m. Captain Torrance.
2. Edward, b. February 5, 1780; m. Elizabeth Sanderson, of Harvard, April 17, 1800. He was killed by a rock in 1834. His children were all born in Shirley.
Children:
i. Leonard, b. November 28, 1800; m. Mary Ann Bennett of Lancaster July 4, 1826. Lived in Boston.
ii. Edward Bennett, b. November 28, 1802, a Shaker; d. March 10, 1882.
iii. Mary, b. March 15, 1805.
iv. William, b. March 17, 1807; m. Sybil Kezar, October 31, 1830. Left issue in Enosburg, Vt.
v. Eli, b. April 17, 1809; m. I, Rebecca Nichols in Read- ing, April, 1831; m. 2, in Westbrook, Me., Mrs. Eleanor (Toby) Wilson, October 22, 1835. Issue.
vi. son, b. August 26, 18II.
vii. daughter, b. February 20, 1814.
viii. , b. December 31, 1816; d. January 1, 1817.
ix. , son, b. April 9, 1818.
x. Elizabeth, b. November 19, 1819; m. I, Wentworth Sanderson; m. 2, Eli Stone of Groton.
3. Olive, b. October 19, 1781, in Shirley; m. John Darby, June 7, 1801.
4. Oliver or Olvin, b. August 9, 1783. Issue in Rockingham, Vt.
5. Eunice, b. May 13, 1786, in Shirley; m. Isaac Sanderson of Harvard, pub. December 1, 1805; d. Boylston, December 8, 1860.
6. Moses Bennett, b. August 26, 1788, in Shirley; m. Sarah Rox- anna Bliss, August 14, 1811, in Wilbraham. He died June 2, 1878 in South Hadley Falls.
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Children:
i. James King, b. March 31, 1813, in Wilbraham; m. Marilla Ingram of Amherst, October 24, 1837. Lived on present Bolton Street in South Hadley Falls; d. March 21, 1897. Descendants of his son Charles E. Bolton, M.A., Mayor of East Cleveland, are living in Shirley, 1914.
ii. Henry Elliot, b. May 9, 1815, in Palmer; m. Catherine Moody. Died in Bondsville, July 5, 1897.
iii. George Washington, b. February 22, 1817, in Wil- braham; m. Ruth Gilbert. Lived in Michigan.
iv. Obed Bliss, b. November 24, 1818; m. Caroline J. Snow. Issue in Brooklyn, N. Y.
v. Francis, b. November 20, 1820; m. Sarah Stebbins. Issue.
vi. Eliza Bliss, b. June 19, 1822; m. Edwin Patterson.
vii. Lucy Bartlett, b. September 3, 1824; m. I, C. Beck- with, Jr .; m. 2, G. G. Moody; m. 3, Asa S. Wolcott.
viii. Mary Ann, b. September 12, 1826, d. e.
ix. Moses Bliss, b. June 1, 1828, at Wilbraham; m. I, Lucinda O. Vinton; m. 2, Mrs. Mary (Gray) Wells. Issue.
x. Samuel Slater, b. June 10, 1832, at Sodom, Mass .; m. I, Lucy D. Cudworth; m. 2, Mrs. Phebe (Sher- wood) Niddery. Issue in Michigan.
7. Lucinda, b. July 1, 1791, in Shirley; m. Erastus Glover of Wilbraham.
8. Eliab, b. February 23, 1794; d. September 11, 1796, in Shir- ley
9. Eliab Going, b. December 19, 1797. He married Dorcas R. Farwell of Groton in 1821. His seven children were all born in Groton. He died in Vermont, February 18, 1876.
X. MARY, b. February II, 1761, in Reading. She married Asa Gage of Hubbardston on March 8, 1781. They moved to Jamaica, Vt., where in his later years her brother Timothy joined them.
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