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XI. SUSANNA, b. November 22, 1763. She married Ebenezer Pratt, Jr., in Lunenburg, November 28, 1782 and d. November 24, 1849. Lived in Hancock and Alstead, N. H.
XII. EUNICE, b. December 18, 1764. Probably died early.
XIII. AMos, b. in Reading 176 -. He died early.
BROOKS
JAMES BROOKS, "taverner from Concord," later of Shirley, was born in Concord, August 6, 1723. Captain Thomas Brooks, of Concord, who came from London with his wife, Grace, was his earliest ancestor in this country. Thomas Brooks's son Gershom married in Concord Hannah Eccles, and their son Joseph, born on September 16, 1671, was the father of
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James. Joseph married, first, Abigail -, and second, Rebecca Blodgett, on June 26, 1706.
James Brooks married Elizabeth Bathrick of Arlington, on December 26, 1745. The birth of two of his children is recorded in Lincoln, and one in Harvard. Two Brooks girls, who may have belonged to this family, were married in Littleton at a time when James was living in Shirley. They are included tentatively. James Brooks was in Shirley as late as 1789, and probably longer. James Parker mentions the male Brookses, who were probably James's sons, at a later date. Children:
I. PRUDENCE, bapt. June 1, 1750, in Lincoln. Parker mentions her in 1781, when she was still unmarried.
II. ABRAHAM, bapt. August 25, 1751, in Lincoln. Abraham helped Parker with his father's steers in 1772.
III. MOSES, mentioned in 1770, by Parker, as a shoemaker. 1826, "Moses Brooks carted dung." J. P.
IV. PHEBE (?), m. Ebenezer Wood, Jr., of Littleton, December 2, 1775.
V. REBECCA (?), m. Samuel Wood, Jr., of Littleton, August 13, 1771; d. October, 1836.
VI. AARON, called of Lunenburg during the Revolution, or sometimes Leominster. He is mentioned by Parker as late as 1798. He married Hannah Burrage of Lunenburg, May 1, 1783.
VII. ,son, b. in Harvard in 1764. He died October 2, 1766, aged 17 months.
VIII. JOEL, b. about 1766. He died January 15, 1828, aged 62, and lies buried in Shirley. 1826, March 22, "Joel Brooks went off to Ashby. I paid him." J. P.
1828, "this first day J. [Joel] Brooks went off to Wm. Little. Said Brooks died the 15 day of Jany at Wm. Little's. 16 he was buried I was there Mr. Robins attended."
Jan. 16. "I at Brooks funeral at Wm. Little's." J. P.
BROWN
The Reverend HOPE BROWN, first minister of the Orthodox Church at Shirley Centre, was born at Concord, Mass., February 16, 1798, the son of Elijah and Rhoda (Wheeler) Brown of Plainfield, Connecticut. He graduated at Amherst College in 1828, afterwards spent two years at Princeton Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach August 4, 1829. He married Mary P., daughter of Benjamin Fuller of Fitchburg, April 12, 1831. He lived in the parsonage on Parker Road, and there his five children were born. After leaving Shirley, he ministered to some other parishes, but finally settled in Rockford, Illinois. He died at Beloit, Wisconsin, February 20, 1883, leaving four daughters.
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Children:
I. CATHERINE FULLER, b. August 23, 1832, * in Shirley.
II. HELEN EURYDICE, b. April 9, 1834, in Shirley.
III. HENRY LYMAN, b. February 17, 1836, in Shirley.
IV. MARY OLIVIA, b. August 27, 1838, in Shirley.
V. EMILY MIRANDA, b. June 30, 1840.
BURKMAR
THOMAS BURKMAR, born about 1742, is first mentioned in Shirley, on July 8, 1773. In September of that year he applied for a "license to sell Tee." He enlisted in the Revolution, and was drummer, cornet, lieuten- ant and captain. He lived in what was called the "Mansion house," on Clapp Road. He sold many other things besides "Tee," for James Par- ker bought watches, guns, molasses and rum of him at various times.
- Thi Brinkman
He was an intimate friend of James Parker's and often took dinner with him. January 9, 1779, Parker writes, "Burkmar was at my house, we Drunk some flip." About 1785, he and his wife, Mary, sold land on Flat Hill in Lunenburg, and moved to the northern part of Ducktrap, Maine. He owned a farm of between two and three hundred acres, and was very prominent in the town which was set off as Northport through the peti- tion of himself, two of his sons and others in 1795.
He died at Northport in May, 1826, at the age of eighty four, a Revo- lutionary pensioner. His wife died April 26, 1832, at the age of ninety six. Their descendants are still living in the adjoining town of Belfast, Maine.
Children:
I. JOSEPH, b. about 1764; enlisted December 2, 1780, being then sixteen, four feet nine inches in height, hair, eyes and complexion dark. "Capt. Burkmar sent his son Joseph for his oxen." Parker's diary, April 7, 1782. He had a farm of 100 acres in Northport.
II. THOMAS, signed the Northport petition in 1795.
III. GEORGE, b. 1771; a soldier in the War of 1812; m. July 19, 1801, Patty Brown, both being of Northport. He died at Belfast, Jan- uary 17, 1862, aged ninety one years. She died January 10, 1865, aged eighty seven years.
* The births are as given in Dr. Hartwell's records. Sometimes when the child was born about midnight the date of the day before is given.
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IV. JOHN, under sixteen in 1790. Signed the Northport petition in 1795.
V. DAVID, under sixteen in 1790. In 1791 "David Burkmar run from Benj" Egerton." J. P.
VI. NANCY, m. January 10, 1799, Samuel Prescott of Northport.
VII. SAMUEL, b. 1784; carpenter in Belfast, Maine. He died there Feb- ruary 18, 1858, aged seventy four years.
BUTTERFIELD
JOHN BUTTERFIELD, of Shirley, was born in Westford in 1728, the son of Benjamin and Keziah Butterfield. Benjamin was the great grand- son of Benjamin Butterfield who came from England to Charlestown in 1638. He was of Chelmsford in 1654. John Butterfield was a house- wright by trade, and it is perhaps a sign that he was a careful one from the fact that he recorded with great accuracy the births of all his children in Shirley. He married Martha Trull of Littleton, October 2, 1750, and with her brother, David, lived in the house now owned by Mrs. James P. Tolman. David married in Needham Mrs. Jemima Hawes, November 9, 1763. Practically nothing is known about the Butterfields after they left Shirley. James Parker mentions "Butterfield" twice, once as an ap- praiser of the Campbell farm, March 19, 1798, and once as an auctioneer. As he never gives the first name it is impossible to tell which of the Butter- fields remained in town so long.
Children:
I. BENJAMIN, b. March 27, 1751, in Westford.
II. JOHN, b. July 28, 1753, in Westford.
"Then
III. ABEL, b. February 5, 1756, in Templeton, Mass. 1771: Abel Butterfield son of John & Martha Butterfield had his right arm torn off in a cider mill." Town Records of Shirley.
IV. HENRY, b. March 14, 1759, at Groton.
V. KEZIAH, b. August 28, 1761, at Harvard.
VI. MARTHA, b. April 14, 1764, at Shirley; "baptized Sept"; ye 9."
VII. ABRAHAM, b. 1766 in Shirley.
VIII. RUTH, b. 1769, in Shirley.
CAMPBELL
JAMES CAMPBELL came to Shirley in 1779, and lived on the farm now the property of Mr. Amos L. Parker. He and his brother John, who bought much land in Shirley in common, are called of Lunenburg, but the records of that town are silent concerning them. The brothers came from Tewksbury; they left behind a brother William and sisters Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Butterfield, and Jane, wife of Robert Richardson. There had
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been a younger sister, Mary, who had died of fever in 1756. James Parker mentions them in his diary. In 1783, James Campbell and "his two boys" worked for him. James and his wife were alive in 1798, but he probably died in 1799, as Parker records on October 14, 1799, "Nicholas Campbell & mother moved off out of Shirley bag & baggage." In 1800, a sheriff's writ against James Parker was issued by Nicholas Campbell of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York, for two hundred and twenty-six dollars on a note made out by James Parker to James Campbell and transferred by him to Nicholas in June, 1779. James Campbell married Elizabeth Nickles, on July 12, 1764, in Tewksbury. They lived in Tewskbury until they moved to Shirley and there their children were born. On November 8, 1779, the neighbors went to help James Campbell "draw his house" in Shirley. Children:
I. MARY, bapt. October 6, 1765; perhaps died'early.
II. JAMES, bapt. July 20, 1766; m. July 11, 1793, Sophia Fletcher. Children:
I. Washburn, bapt. August 3, 1794, in Shirley.
2. Sophia, b. December 9, 1795, in Lancaster.
III. HANNAH, bapt. February 26, 17 -; m. Elijah Butterfield, in Lancas- ter, January 31, 1793. Later of Kingsbury, N. Y.
IV. NICHOLAS, left Shirley in 1799 for Kingsbury, N. Y.
V. POLLY, m. Phinehas Fletcher, November 25, 1790.
JOHN CAMPBELL, brother of James Campbell, married Hannah Nickless December 6, 1769. He came to Shirley with one small child two years earlier than his brother. He married Martha Ivory, November 27, 1788. In 1791, he deeded to his brother James his share of the Shirley estate, and in 1799, his two sons, John and Rogers, deeded their portion to Elijah Butterfield, one of James's heirs. The deed speaks of John as "deceasd." He died before December, 1796, leaving a will providing for his widow and their young children.
Children:
I. JOHN, m. Nancy Rugg in Lancaster, December 12, 1795. He lived in Lancaster, just south of the Shirley line.
Children:
I. Hervey, bapt. May 15, 1795.
2. Nancy, bapt. September 20, 1795.
3. - , daughter, d. November 29, 1796, aged 10 weeks, of fits.
4. Patty, bapt. October 23, 1796.
5. Anna, bapt. January 21, 1798.
II. ROGERS, bapt. July 15, 1777, in Shirley. He lived with his brother in 1798, on the farm in North Lancaster.
WILLIAM CONANT'S HOUSE, HAZEN ROAD
Whom
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III. ELIZABETH, bapt. August 15, 1779, in Shirley.
IV. JOSEPH, bapt. October 21, 1781.
V. ELIZABETH, bapt. November 16, 1783.
VI. MARY - VII. THOMAS Under 16 in 1796 VIII. SALLY
IX. JOB
CARTER
JAMES CARTER, of Shirley, was the son of James Carter and Priscilla Whitney. James Carter, the elder, was born in Woburn, March 14, 1724, and married there on November 28, 1754. Beside his son James he had daughters Lois, Margery and Ruth. The Widow Priscilla (Whitney) Carter died about 1820, and at that time James Carter of Shirley, deeded land in Sudbury, her dower, to his two sisters, Ruth and Margaret, then unmarried.
James Carter was born in Sudbury on September 6, 1760. He married Olive Davis on August 29, 1784, and died in Shirley, March 16, 1834.
Children :
I. OLIVE, b. November 27, 1784.
II. ELIZABETH, b. October 26, 1785.
III. ANNA, b. November 3, 1786.
IV. RACHEL, b. January 11, 1791.
V. SARAH HAPGROVE, b. October 16, 1794.
VI. LYDIA, b. October 10, 1799.
For further information see the Carter Genealogy, 1909, page 237.
CONANT
JONATHAN CONANT, of Shirley, was born in Concord, February 3, 1723. He was the eldest son of Israel Conant of Acton (Roger3, of Bev- erly, Lot2 of Marblehead, Roger1 of Salem), and his wife, Martha Lamson. He was one of the expedition to Nova Scotia in 1745. He married Eunice Farwell of Shirley, whose father's farm lay along Patterson, Clarke and Hazen roads, and out of which four of our modern farms were made. About 1770, after a residence in Ashburnham, he came to Shirley, and settled in the house lately occupied by Leander S. P. Marsh, on Hazen Road. This was the northwest corner of William Farwell's farm. Mr. Chandler erroneously gives the name of the settler as William, but the deeds prove it to have been Jonathan. In 1790, he was of Reading, Vt.
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Children:
I. WILLIAM, b. August 17, 1765, in Ashburnham. He m. Sarah Phelps of Shirley, November 17, 1796, and lived in Shirley in his father's house. He committed suicide August 5, 1846. Children:
I. William, b. May 2, 1797.
2. Sally, b. December 3, 1798; m. Luke Woodbury of Bolton, Mass .; died December 30, 1832. She had issue.
3. Lucinda, b. December 30, 1800, in Shirley; d. July 23, 1847.
4. Eunice, b. March 20, 1802; m. I, John Farnsworth; m. 2, Luke Woodbury of Bolton, May 21, 1840; d. November 27, 1843, in Bolton.
5. Lavinia, b. July 3, 1803; m. I, George Spaulding, October 3, 1830; m. 2, John Clement of Townsend, December 25, 1856; m. 3, Jonas Parker, of Townsend, May 5, 1868. 6. Jefferson.
II. JONATHAN, b. January 14, 1767; m. November 6, 1794, Hannah Shaw, of Reading, Vt. He lived in Reading, and had five children. (See Conant Family.)
III. ISRAEL, b. October 3, 1768.
IV. HENRY (?) who died about 1850.
DARLING
JOHN DARLING came to Shirley from Lunenburg, and lived in the Hazen house which stands on the right-hand side of Lancaster Road going toward Lancaster. He can have been the son of John and Ruth Darling or of Timothy and Joanna Darling of Lunenburg. He published his intent to marry Lydia Atherton, daughter of Amos of Shirley, on July 20, 1780. Neither Mr. Chandler nor the town records give them any children, but according to the census of 1790, they had two boys under sixteen and a daughter. The Darlings were still living in the same house in 1830. Children :
I. MARGARET (?), m. in Lancaster, Nathan Burdett, April 20, 1810.
II. JAMES, who occupied the house on Lancaster Road in 1830. He married Olive Read of Lunenburg, October 8, 1801.
III. A son, under 16 in 1790.
DEPUTRON
WILLIAM DEPUTRON, of Shirley, was born in Lancaster, June 27, 1758, the son of William and Sarah (Rice) Deputron. The elder William was taken by the British, August 27, 1776, at the battle of Long Island, and after a year's imprisonment enlisted in the British Army to save his life. He was sent to Canada by way of Halifax, and after four years
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of service, escaped, and on November 4, 1781, warned the Americans of the British approach upon the fortifications on the Mohawk River. He was allowed £24 by the General Court for his services (Mass. Archives, Vol. 187, p. 329). He died in Lancaster, November 23, 1806, at the age of eighty three, "in a fit"; his widow died December 3, 1820, aged ninety three, of "old age."
William Deputron, of Shirley, married Mary Wyman of Lancaster, February 5, 1784, and had the children mentioned below. He married, second, Prudence Richards of Lunenburg, intention published April 18, 1818, and came to live in the first Centre Schoolhouse, then moved to the Little Turnpike. His wife died there November 4, 1826. She was best known in Shirley as "Prudy Deputrin" and her reputation was not of the best. The house was long known as the "Putrin House." He prob- ably married, third, Rebecca -- , who died in Fitchburg, July 2, 1856, aged eighty two. She left a daughter, Sarah, who had married, first, Battles, and, second, - Kempton, but who may not have been a daughter of William Deputron.
Children:
I. JONAS, of Athens, Vermont. He married Christina Children:
I. Maranda, m. Booth Bottomly, int. November 8, 1835. She was of Worcester, but she was published in Leicester, and there her seven children were born.
2. Marilla, m. Joseph Reed of Andover, July 30, 1843. She was then of Ware.
3. Calvin W., a carpenter, of Athens, Vermont; he married Lorinda Children:
i. Ida M., b. July 18, 1856, in Fitchburg; d. 1865. ii. Frederick E., b. May 12, 1862, in Lawrence.
4. Martha A., m. David Parker of Fitchburg, July 22, 1848.
5. Mary Jane, b. 1833; m. Clark M. Parker, November 20, 1849, at Oakham.
6. James, b. 1836; d. March 7, 1841, at Leicester.
7. Henry, of Athens, Vermont. A soldier in the 3rd Regiment, 1861-1864.
II. REBECCA (?). Mentioned as occupying a house east of Fort Pond in 1879, in Marvin's History of Lancaster.
III. DOLLY (?). Had a child, Bradford Harris, b. March 21, 1825.
DIGGINS
JAMES DIGGINS, of Shirley, came from Lancaster in 1773 with two children. He was doubtless a member of the family in Windsor, Conn.
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He married Lydia Hale of Leominster, the daughter of Ezra and Lydia (Frost) Hale, on June 1, 1769. James Diggins died before 1782, for on Janu- ary 28 of that year Parker says "then I went to Amasa Hartwells for the Widow Digons for a nurse." She married Moses Ritter, of Shirley, De- cember 8, 1791. Mr. Chandler substitutes Elizabeth Hartwell, sister of Amasa, for Lydia Hale, but the records of Lancaster, Leominster, and Shirley all agree upon Lydia Hale. It is hard to determine why she was at Amasa Hartwell's, as she was not there in an official capacity, and was not a relative. The widow married, third, Ezra Clapp. Mr. Clapp was buried December 24, 1812.
Children:
I. SALLY.
II. MOLLY, d. 1789.
III. POLLY HALE, m. John Samson, pub. September 15, 1799, in Leo- minster.
DUNN
EDWARD DUNN, of Shirley, was born in Ireland, probably near Belfast, since in his will he mentions, beside his wife Elizabeth, his "sis- ter Mary's son William Mattear of Belfast, Ireland," and his "sister Mar- garet Jordan in Ireland." He bought, in 1788, the farm in Shirley, now owned by Mrs. James P. Tolman. He died soon after coming to Shirley, and was buried June 8, 1796. His widow Elizabeth remained in Shirley until her death, January 12, 1820. James Parker's diary mentions her quite often, and twice he took her to Court at Concord or Boston for some reason.
Children:
I. MARY, m. - - Grey.
II. NANCY, m. - Bell.
III. ALEXANDER, under sixteen in 1790.
IV. ANDREW, under sixteen in 1790. He married Mary Lawrence of Shirley on December 19, 1799. In 1802, he was a schoolmaster in Shirley. He lived on his father's farm but does not seem to have been able to retain it. In 1804, Parker's diary records "I at Dunn Vendue of his farm Sold off IIII Dollars." Again the next year, December 6, 1805 "I at Andrew Dunn's Vendue." Later than 1805 there is no record of him in Shirley, for he moved Rockingham, Vermont. "May II, 1806, Andrew Dun & Mary his wife preferred a Certificate from the Pastor that they were Members of the Church in Shirley Massachusetts & in Regular Standing." Andrew bought a pew in 1815 in the first church in Rockingham.
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Children:
I. Mary Ann Eliza, baptized August 30, 1801 ; m. perhaps Jonas Parker, April 4, 1819.
2. Clarissa, baptized May 22, 1802.
3. , b. April 2, 1803.
4. , daughter, b. September 15, 1805.
5. Andrew, baptized February 4, 1809, in Rockingham, Vermont.
6. , baptized September 9, 1810.
ELLENWOOD
BENJAMIN ELLENWOOD bought land in the northerly part of town and lived here for a short time. He probably belonged to the Beverly fam- ily of that name. His wife's name does not appear on our records. Child:
I. DANIEL, bapt. September 7, 1783.
HALE
PAUL HALE, of Shirley, the son of Oliver and Sarah Hale, was born in Stow (Leominster Records), February 12, 1742. He came quite early to Shirley and married there Mary Little, the daughter of Thomas and Jean (Wallis) Little. He settled on land north of the Catacoonemug. Children :
I. PAUL (?), m. I, Sarah Frost of Shirley; m. 2, Sarah Cunningham. Lived in Peterboro, N. H.
II. OLIVER, bapt. February 9, 1766, in Shirley.
III. THOMAS WALTER, bapt. July 3, 1768.
IV. MARTHA, bapt. May 3, 1773.
V. MOLLY, b. January, 1775, according to Mr. Chandler; bapt. October 23, 1775, in Concord; d. March 22, 1778, in Shirley.
HAMMOND
THOMAS HAMMOND, of Shirley, was descended from William Hammond of Lavenham, England, and Watertown, Mass. William married in England, June 9, 1605, Elizabeth Paine. Their son Thomas Hammond, born in Lavenham, September 17, 1618, married Hannah Cross in Ipswich, England. Again their son Thomas, who was born in Watertown, July II, 1656, carried the line down. He married two wives, Elizabeth Noyes and Sarah Pickard. Thomas Hammond, his son, was born in Watertown in 1685, but became a resident of Waltham after he had married Mary Harrington, March 8, 1709. Their son Thomas, the fourth in succession, was born July 22, 1710, in Watertown. His wife was 23
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Ruth Converse, whom he married March 29, 1732. Their son David, breaking the line of Thomases for one generation, was baptized in Wal- tham, January 23, 1737. He married Mary -, and left the family homestead.
Thomas Hammond, of Shirley, son of David and Mary Hammond, was born in Harvard, August '19, 1766, and was baptized in Rindge, N. H., later in the same year. He returned to Harvard where he married Betsy Hap- good, May 26, 1795. She died of consumption, June 22, 1797, at the age of twenty five, leaving one little boy, David, under a year old.
Thomas Hammond then married Polly Laughton, May 9, 1799, in Har- vard, and had five children. He moved to Shirley, and lived in the house afterward remodelled for Miss Jenny Little, on Parker Road. He died on November 15, 1818, and his wife, Polly, or Martha, on September 22, 182I, aged 52 years. Both are buried in the Centre Cemetery. His executor was William Jones of Lunenburg.
Children of Thomas and Betsy:
I. DAVID, b. October 17, 1796, in Harvard.
Children of Thomas and Patty:
II. BETSY, b. January 20, 1800; m. William Little, November 23, 1820; d. March 6, 1883.
III. MARY, b. August 14, 1801; d. unm., October 22, 1828.
IV. EPHRAIM, b. August 6, 1803; d. November 2, 1869.
V. SUSAN, b. April 30, 1805; m. I, Calvin B. Hartwell, in Townsend, December 18, 1827; m. 2, Robert Fowle Shepard; d. January II, 1881.
VI. MARTHA, b. June 17, 1808; m. Wallis Little, Jr., of Townsend, May 27, 1823; d. June 16, 1832.
HARROD
CAPTAIN NOAH HARROD lived for some time as tenant of the Rev- erend Phinehas Whitney, in his small house on Whitney Road. He was perhaps the son of Noah Harrod and Mary Sawbridge who were married in Boston, July 22, 1763. He was born in 1764. He married in Lunen- burg, Eusebia Kendall, April 6, 1786. He died in Lunenburg, April 8, 1820, aged fifty six.
Children:
I. POLLY, b. June 24, 1786.
II. SALLY, b. June 19, 1788.
III. NOAH, b. August 18, 1790.
IV. WILLIAM, b. December 29, 1792.
V. BETSY, b. August 4, 1795.
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VI. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, b. January 27, 1798; m. Jane Turner of Lunen- burg, February 6, 1823, being then of Boston.
VII. HANNAH NEWELL, b. May 13, 1800; m. Thomas Barrett, June II, 1820, in Lunenburg.
VIII. ABIAH WOOD, b. September 28, 1802.
HENRY
WILLIAM HENRY, of Topsfield, a son of John Henry, freeman in 1689, was of Stow in 1735, and later removed either to Lunenburg or Shirley, but probably to Lunenburg. He brought with him three sons and a daughter.
Children:
I. ROBERT, m. Eleanor , and settled on land in Shirley between the Little Turnpike and Whitney Road. He died in Shirley in 1759. His widow lived in the house which was hers by right of dower for some years. She was warned from Princeton in 1767. In 1765 Elizabeth Henry was warned from Worcester. This was probably Eleanor, as there was no Elizabeth of Shirley. She finally died in Enfield, Conn., November 23, 1807, aged eighty four years.
Children:
I. John, b. January 8, 1742-3 in Stow; m. Mary Gager about 1766. He lived in Lebanon, Conn. (See Henry Record, p. 40.)
2. Sarah, b. February 10, 1744 in Shirley; m. David McLeod of Shirley, q. v.
3. Anna, d. April 3, 1747, in Shirley. Died early.
4. Robert, b. April 10, 1749, in Shirley. Had issue, and lived in Bolton and Enfield, Conn.
5. Eleanor, b. May 19, 1751; m. Abiel Fuller of Lebanon, Conn., 1770-2. She was said, according to the Whalley tradition, to be the great-granddaughter of the Regicide Whalley, who went by the name of William Henry to evade recognition by officers of Charles II. It was never proved, and was probably untrue. It would be necessary to add another generation at least.
6. Silas, b. January 28, 1754 in Shirley; d. February 23, 1754.
7. Silas, b. February 13, 1755, in Shirley; m. Relief Knight in Worcester and had issue; d. August 5, 1832, aged seventy eight, in Princeton, Mass.
8. Anna, b. March 4, 1758, in Shirley; d. unm. in Lebanon, Conn.
II. GEORGE, m. Elizabeth Kennedy, February 13, 1746. She died in Lebanon, Conn., June 10, 1799.
Children:
I. William, b. January 22, 1747, in Lunenburg; he m. Mary Conn on September 17, 1770, and settled in Chesterfield, Conn.
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2. Mary, b. September 1, 1748, in Lunenburg.
3. Hugh, b. April 1, 1750; m. Elizabeth Martin, int. August 12, 1773; he was then of Worcester. They lived on Flat Hill on the "Plats Farm " which he had bought of James Gordon. He had at least seven children born in Lunenburg.
4. George, b. February 23, 1752.
5. Frances, b. February 24, 1754.
6. Elizabeth, b. March 13, 1757; m. Abel Holden of Shirley, by whom she had issue. (See Chandler's Shirley, p. 457.) 7. Samuel, b. May 6, 1759.
8. John, b. April 29, 1761 ; m. November 1, 1787, Elizabeth Hart, and moved to Shirley as early as 1789. He lived at first at "Mount Henry" in the extreme western part of town, near the Lunenburg line. At the end of the Mount Henry Road, the cellar hole may still be seen. Later he lived on Harvard Road near the cemetery, where he died in 1821.
Children:
i. Abigail Hart, b. August 13, 1788; m. Joel Travis, June 8, 1817.
ii. Betsy, b. April 5, 1790, in Shirley.
iii. William, b. May 11, 1792, in Shirley; ship master in the China trade; m. Tryphena Tufts; d. in Shirley.
iv. Jenny, b. June 15, 1794, in Shirley; m. John F. Pray. v. John, b. June 20, 1796; m. - - Boutwell; no issue. vi. Mary, b. August 26, 1798; m. Sherman Willard, int. July 13, 1833> Children, Calvin, Mary. vii. Child.
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