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Though his name is not on that part of the family record which is preserved, James Dunbar was without doubt brother of Benson and Benjamin Dunbar.
On April 21, 1778, he purchased of Aaron Crawford one hundred and fifteen acres in the northerly part of Lot No. 21, the William Preshoe farm. This farm he sold soon after to Benjamin and Benson Dunbar, and the three Dunbars lived together in the house on this farm.
Oakham T. R., i, 187, 215. M. S. R., v, 29 (I). Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxxi, 474, 475, 476.
George Dunn.
Enlisted May 10, 1775, for the term of eight months in Capt. Seth Washburn's Co., Col. Jonathan Ward's Regt.
He was a cordwainer. In 1761 he bought, for £48 6s., of Alexander Bothwell, eighty acres, ninety rods, "the gore of land
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that joynes southerly on Spencer line, bounded by the County Road and Five Mile River," the farm now owned and occupied by Herbert Dwelly.
January 31, 1754, he was married to Rachel Harper, daughter of William Harper. Children, born in Oakham: William Harper; Alexander, September 19, 1761; Rachel, March 14, 1763.
Oakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., v, 23 (1) [Dun]. Oakham V. R., 23. Rutland V. R., 133 [Dun]. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, Oct. 31, 1774 [William Harper]. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, liv, 203.
William Harper Dunn.
Son of George and Rachel (Harper) Dunn, and named for his grandfather, William Harper, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham.
William Harper Dunn was a Private in the company of min- utemen who marched from Oakham, April 19, 1775, on the Lexington alarm. He reënlisted while still in service, on April 27, 1775, for eight months at Roxbury in Capt. Hazeltine's company. In 1777 he enlisted for a term of three years in the Continental Army, and joined Capt. Goodale's Co., Col. Putnam's Regt.
William Harper dictated in his will, dated September 7, 1774: "A three year old colt, and my saddle, I give and bequeath to my grandson William Dunn, also my gun."
Oakham T. R., i, 168, 171. M. S. R., v, 60 (7) [William Dunn], 61 (3). Worc. Co. Prob. Records, Oct. 31, 1774 [William Harper].
Joseph Dwelly.
Engaged March 3, 1781, for a term of three years in the Con- tinental Army for the town of Worcester; occupation farmer, age 17, stature 5 feet 8, complexion light. He was in the company of Capt. Mason Wattles in the 6th Mass. Regt., then commanded by Col. Calvin Smith.
In 1818 he was living in West Boylston, Mass., from which place he removed to Oakham and purchased, May 27, 1822, of
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John Glazier, the house in the southerly part of Oakham in which William Parmenter was then living, and with it fifty-eight acres of land. September 5, 1831, he bought of David F. Tenney, for $200, a piece of land containing fifty rods, with the buildings thereon, where he lived for the remainder of his life. This was the first residence south of the East Hill schoolhouse.
Joseph Dwelly was probably son of Joseph and Mary Dwelly. He was married in West Boylston May 25, 1815, to Triphosa Parmenter of Oakham. Children: Mary, born August 17, 1816; William, born December 8, 1818; Thomas Miles, born July 12, 1822; Joseph Benjamin, born December 21, 1833.
Mr. Dwelly was a Revolutionary pensioner. He died in Oak- ham, April 27, 1839, aged seventy-five years.
M. S. R., v, 105 (9) [Dwelle]. Oakham V. R., 23, 69, 118. West Boylston V. R., 129. Pension Application, Apr. II, 1818. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, ccxxxi, 230, cclxxxviii, 68.
Joseph Eager.
Marched with Capt. Crawford in response to the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1775. While still in service as a minuteman, he reënlisted April 27, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine's Co., Col. Fellows' Regt., and was made Corporal. On October 7, 1775, he was reported sick at Marlboro. He was entitled to a bounty coat or its equivalent in money, as by order dated Dorchester, November 27, 1775.
In 1776 Joseph Eager sold forty acres, being the southeasterly part of Lot No. 16, to Robert Forbes. This land was west of land owned by James Bell, Jr., and south of Edward Partridge, 2d's land.
His wife's name was Hannah. They had a daughter named Sarah Wood, born in Oakham, February 3, 1772. A Joseph Eager was living in Boylston in 1790.
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Oakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., v, 136 (7). Oakham V. R., 24 [Eger]. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 214. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxxi, 526.
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Nathan Edson.
Came from Bridgewater. He was the eldest son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Packard) Edson, and was born in Bridgewater in 1753.
He was one of Capt. Crawford's company of minutemen that marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. In the summer of 1776 he enlisted for two months' service with Lieut. Asa French, at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle. He also served in the Oakham company on the Providence alarm of July 23, 1777, and in the company raised in Hardwick, Oakham and New Braintree for the Stillwater campaign of the same year.
In 1778 he married Susanna, daughter of Ephraim Allen, and went to Rehoboth.
Oakham T. R., i, 187, 188. M. S. R., v, 230 (1). Mitchell, Hist. of Bridgewater, 155. Pay Roll, Capt. How's Co., 1776.
Spencer Field.
Born in Northfield, Mass., September 26, 1754, son of Deacon Paul and Christian (Hubbard) Field, and descendant in the fifth generation of Zechariah Field who arrived in Boston in 1629, and settled in Dorchester.
On January 23, 1776, Spencer Field was chosen, by the House of Representatives with the concurrence of the Council, Sur- geon's Mate in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. This was one of the six Worcester County regiments raised to serve before Boston till April 1, 1776.
Spencer Field studied medicine and practiced in Rutland and Oakham. He came to Oakham not later than 1778, and lived in a house on a private road leading from the Old Turnpike, a few rods east of the North Four Corners. This house was standing and in good repair in 1900. He was a celebrated physi- cian, highly esteemed in this and neighboring towns. He was Town Clerk in 1778 and 1800, Moderator in 1786, served the town three times as Assessor and four times as Selectman, and was chosen Representative to the General Court in 1801.
September 28, 1776, he was married to Betsey, daughter of Dr. John Frink of Rutland. Children: John, born November 3,
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1777; Betsey, baptized February 6, 1780; Isabella, baptized December 9, 1781.
John studied medicine with his father, married Rhoda Bowman of New Braintree, August II, 1799, and removed to New Braintree some time after 1800, when he was Collector of Taxes in Oakham. He was drowned November 27, 1815, in Cedar Swamp [Demond's] Pond, Rutland.
Betsey married Rev. Daniel Beard, October 5, 1798. Among her descendants may be mentioned Rev. Augustus Field Beard, Corresponding Secretary of the American Missionary Associa- tion, and Member of the Corporation of Yale University; Dr. George Miller Beard, specialist in nervous diseases in New York City ; and Rev. William Spencer Beard of Bridgeport, Conn.
Dr. Spencer Field died November 1I, 1801, from injuries received in the early evening of October 5, on the road near where the house of the Misses Eunice and Louisa Ayres now stands. The road here ran then, for some distance, through a dense forest. While he was riding on horseback to visit a patient in the southwest part of the town, two men, returning from a muster in New Braintree and riding at great speed, ran against him and threw him from his horse upon a rock by the roadside. A monument was erected on the spot where the accident occurred, on which were these verses, written by Nathaniel Bolton :
STOP PASSENGERS BEHOLD THIS FATAL ROCK. HERE FROM THE WOUND THE CRIMSON BLOOD DID FLOW HERE DR. FIELD REC'D HIS FATAL SHOCK THAT HASTENED DEATH AND PROVED HIS OVERTHROW.
A poem on the Death of Dr. Field, written by Nathaniel Bolton, is preserved in the Fobes Memorial Library.
M. S. R., v, 655 (5). Oakham V. R., 25, 71, 119. Rutland V. R., 225 [Nov. 27, 1815=Aug. 28]. New Braintree V. R., 81 [Aug. 11, 1799= (Aug.) 22]. Field Genealogy, i, 56, 97, 116, 141, 225-226, 313-318, 466- 467. Note of Dea. Jesse Allen. Spy, Dec. 16, 1801. Nathaniel Bolton's Poem.
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The Forbes Family.
Arthur Forbes came from Rutland and purchased in 1757, for £IIO 13s. 4d., two hundred and fifty acres, the whole of Lot No. 28. This was the lot in which the Perley Ayres farm was situated. The Forbes house was on the south side of the lot, at the corner where the Perley Ayres road joins the Bell road ; the cellar hole is still to be seen. The name is spelled on the town records and on the muster rolls Forbes, Forbs, Forbus, Forbush, Furbush.
He was Treasurer of Oakham in 1762 and 1764, Collector in 1760, and Warden in 1765.
June 30, 1749, he was married to Ruth Lamond of Leicester. The following are names of eight children of Arthur Forbes, with the probable years of birth: John, 1750; Robert, 1751; Charles, 1753; Martha, 1754; Archibald, 1757; Margaret, 1758; Arthur, Jr., 1759; James, 1762.
Arthur Forbes died before 1773, when his wife was called the Widow Forbush. In 1773 guardians were appointed for his younger children.
Leicester V. R., 152 [Forbus]. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxxix, 483, xcv, 448.
Archibald Forbes.
Born in Oakham in 1757, fourth son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) Forbes.
He enlisted in Capt. Dexter's company, which was raised in Hardwick, New Braintree and Oakham and which went into camp at Roxbury May 19, 1775. He also served two months at Roxbury in the early part of 1776, and receipted February 16 for ammunition to Capt. Barnabas Sears. September 1, 1777, he enlisted in Capt. Earll's company for service at Providence, from which he was discharged January 4, 1778. Soon after his return from Rhode Island he was detailed, for a term of six months, as guard at Rutland. He enlisted also in the Continental Army in 1780 for a term of six months; age 24, stature 5 feet 10,
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complexion dark. He marched from Oakham July 6, 1780, and was discharged November 16, 1780.
In 1781 he married Sarah Moore. Children, born in Oakham: Archibald, Jr., May 7, 1782; William, February 29, 1784.
Oakham T. R., i, 168, 188, 214, 251. M. S. R., v, 845 (11), 849 (12) [Forbs], vi, 203 (12) [Furbush]. Oakham V. R., 26, 72. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.].
Arthur Forbes, Jr.
Born in Oakham in 1759, fifth son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) Forbes.
He was enrolled in Capt. Crawford's Co., May 26, 1778; age 19, complexion dark, residence Oakham.
M. S. R., vi, 203 (13) [Arthur Furbush], =205 (2) [James Furbush]. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.].
Charles Forbes.
Born in Rutland in 1753, third son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) Forbes.
He enlisted July 2, 1777, aged twenty-four years, for six months' service in Providence and joined Capt. Earll's Co., Col. Keyes's Regt., from which he was discharged, January 4, 1778. Charles, James, and John Forbes probably did not join Capt. Earll's Co. till late in July, as they marched on July 23, 1777, on the Rhode Island alarm.
In 1773, when he was twenty years of age, Charles Forbes had James Bell for his guardian.
Oakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., v, 846 (2), (4). Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.].
James Forbes.
Born in Oakham in 1762, sixth son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) Forbes.
In the summer of 1776, he enlisted for two months, at the age of fourteen, with Lieut. Asa French, at Dobbs Ferry, Tarry-
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town and North Castle, and again May 5, 1777, for two months in Rhode Island, in Capt. Hodges's Co., Col. Whitney's Regt. July 2, 1777, he reënlisted for six months in Capt. Earll's Co., Col. Keyes's Regt., and was discharged January 4, 1778. August 27, 1781, he enlisted for three months in the Continental Army, in Capt. Cutler's Co., Col. Luke Drury's Regt., at West Point; descriptive list; age 19, stature 5 feet 6, complexion dark. He was discharged December 3, 1781. James Forbes also marched on the Rhode Island alarm in 1777.
In 1773, after the death of his father, Ruth Forbes was ap- pointed guardian of her son James, then eleven years of age.
James Forbes was married in New Braintree to Eleanor Brown of Oakham, September 12, 1782. Children, born in Oakham: Benjamin, February 15, 1783, married (1) Keziah Green of Barre in 1804, (2) Widow Huldah Prouty, January 31, 1821 ; Polly, February II, 1785; Jonas, January 23, 1787; James, Jr., January 18, 1789, died October 16, 1846, aged fifty-eight; Lam- mond, September 1, 1790; Hannah, October 6, 1792; Jacob, April 4, 1794; Susey, February 26, 1796.
October 3, 1797, Eleanor Forbes was administratrix of the estate of James Forbes, late of Oakham, deceased. She had $12.09, so small a sum that the Judge of Probate said: "It would answer no valuable purpose if divided among the numerous creditors," and it was given to the widow to provide necessaries to support life. Mrs. Forbes died in Oakham in May, 1830.
Oakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 280. M. S. R., v, 847 (1), (2), 850 (8), (9), (10) [Forbs]. Oakham V. R., 26, 72, 119. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.], Oct. 3, 1797 [James Forbes]. Pay Roll, Capt. How's Co., 1776.
John Forbes.
Born in Rutland in 1750, eldest son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) Forbes.
He marched with Capt. Crawford's company of minutemen, April 19, 1775, and with Lieut. Asa French in the summer of 1776 for service of two months at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle. July 9, 1777, he enlisted in Capt. Earll's Co., Col.
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Keyes's Regt., for service in Rhode Island, from which he was discharged December 31, 1777. He was also detailed by Capt. Crawford to serve in Capt. Houghton's company from November 3 to November 19, 1778, to reinforce guards at the barracks in Rutland, and to escort General Burgoyne's captured troops from Rutland to Enfield, Conn. In July, 1780, he was sent, for a term of four months, as guard at Rutland. He was Sergeant in Capt. Earll's Co. in 1777. Before joining this company he went, on July 23, as Corporal on the Rhode Island alarm.
November 22, 1774, he was married in Brookfield to Catherine Harper, who was born August 20, 1754, daughter of George and Katharen Harper.
John Forbes died in Oakham, January 3, 1836, aged eighty- six years.
Oakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188. M. S. R., v, 847 (10), (11), 851 (4) [Forbs], vi, 205 (II) [Furbush]. Oakham V. R., 30, 72 [Forbush], 119. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.]. Pay Roll, Capt. How's Co., 1776.
Jonathan Forbes.
Served as guard at Rutland for a term of eight months begin- ning April 20, 1780.
He was married in Oakham to Jane Dunn, October 1, 1789. He was living in Oakham in 1801.
Oakham T. R., i, 255, ii, 431. M. S. R., v, 853 (5) [Forbush]. Oakham V. R., 72. Rev. D. Tomlinson's Notes. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230.
Robert Forbes.
Born in Rutland in 1751, second son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) Forbes.
He was a Private in Capt. Joseph Cutler's company of volun- teers, raised in Western (now Warren) and Oakham, which marched September 24, 1777, to join the army under General Gates. He has credit also on the town records for a term of two months in Rhode Island in 1777.
In 1776 he bought, for £15, forty acres of land in Oakham, in the southerly part of Lot No. 16.
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March 2, 1775, he married Agnes, daughter of James and Martha (Crawford) Bell, and had three children, Arthur, Aaron, and Christian.
He died in Oakham, March 4, 1793, aged forty-two years. His will was filed in 1799. Some years after his death, his widow and children removed to the state of New York.
Oakham T. R., i, 187, 189. M. S. R., v, 848 (6). Oakham V. R., 72, 119. Crawford Family of Oakham, 9. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.], 1799 [Robert Forbes]. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxxi, 526.
Benjamin Foster.
Served as Private, August 3, 1776, to February 17, 1777, in Capt. Nathan Hamilton's Co., Col. Samuel Brewer's Regt., at Ticonderoga Mills, and as Corporal in Capt. Crawford's com- pany on the Rhode Island and Bennington alarms. From Sep- tember 7 to November 29, 1777, he was Corporal in Capt. Crawford's Co., Col. Job Cushing's Regt., in the army that conquered General Burgoyne.
June 15, 1774, he bought of John Waldo of Boston, for £IIO, a farm containing ninety-two acres in Lot T, which included the farm owned by the late Elbridge Mullett.
Benjamin Foster was probably a brother of Ebenezer and Skelton Foster. He was married in Rutland April 8, 1779, to Mrs. Deborah Fitts of Oakham.
Oakham T. R., i, 171, 188. M. S. R., v, 890 (4). Mass. Archives- Various Service, xviii, 25. Oakham V. R., 72. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxvii, 155.
Ebenezer Foster.
Born in 1733, in Salem, probably in the Middle Precinct, now South Danvers. He was son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Felton) Foster, and great-grandson of John Foster of Salem.
When the 4th Worcester County Regiment met for choice of officers at Brookfield, May 14, 1776, Lieut. Ebenezer Foster was recommended for Adjutant of the regiment. By official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, June 5, 1776, he
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was chosen Adjutant. This action was concurred in by the Council the same day. His commission was dated June 4, 1776. The whole regiment was not at any time ordered into active serv- ice, but detachments from it were sent on the different cam- paigns, and the services of the field officers were indispensable in filling the quotas required of the several towns from which this regiment was made up.
He came with his father to Rutland in 1744; served as a soldier under Col. John Murray in the expedition to Crown Point in 1755; removed from Rutland to Oakham, and on March 26, 1756, purchased of Sheers Berry, for £85, one hundred acres, being the southern part of Lot No. 8. He was Moderator of the Precinct meetings in 1759 and 1761, and Moderator of the town meetings in 1780, 1781 and 1785, Clerk of the Precinct in 1759, and Selectman of the town for fifteen years. He kept the Foster tavern from 1761 or earlier to 1809. This was situated on the county road from Rutland to Hadley, later the Sixth Massachusetts Turnpike, at the place long occupied by David Nye and his son, William A. Nye.
Ebenezer Foster was married, December 1, 1757, to Hannah Parlin of Concord, who died February 22, 1808. Children, born in Oakham: Hannah, August 28, 1759, died March 9, 1761 ; Lydia, February 3, 1760; Joseph, March 25, 1762; Alpheus, May 23, 1764; Zadock, February 1, 1767; Ebenezer, August 12, 1769; William, March 8, 1774; Benjamin, August 14, 1776; Molly, January 4, 1779; Spencer, May 26, 1781.
William removed to New Braintree and later to New York State. His son Charles, who removed to Ohio, was father of Charles Foster, born near Tiffin, Ohio, April 12, 1828, Member of Congress from Ohio from 1870 to 1876, and Governor of Ohio from 1880 to 1884.
Ebenezer Foster died in New Braintree, March 19, 1811, aged seventy-nine years.
M. S. R., v, 895 (10). Oakham V. R., 26, 27, 119, 120. New Braintree V. R., 23, 83. Morris, Ancestry of Lydia Foster, 5, 7, 8, 9 [Feb. 28, 1808, should be Feb. 22. March 9, 1760, should be 1761]. Records, Worc. Co. Court of Sessions, 1761-1809. Who's Who in America (1901-02), 393 [1888 should be 1828]. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxxix, 73.
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Skelton Foster.
Born in Salem, son of Ebenezer Foster, who married, December II, 1731, Lydia, daughter of Skelton and Hepsibah (Sheldon) Felton, and brother of Ebenezer Foster, the innholder of Oakham.
He marched with the Oakham company on the Bennington alarm, August 20, 1777.
In 1774 he owned land east of the Tomlinson farm. In 1777 he purchased of Daniel Henderson of Oakham one hundred and eight acres. He married Hannah Hinds of Rutland in 1766.
Oakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., v, 931 (4). Morris, Ancestry of Lydia Foster, 7, 8. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xcii, 510, ci, 59.
Stephen Foster.
Enlisted from Oakham, May 2, 1775, as a Private in Capt. Hazeltine's Co., Col. Fellows' Regt., for a term of eight months.
Oakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., v, 931 (8).
Asa French.
Born in Berkley, Mass., October 28, 1740, son of John French who died in Oakham, August 5, 1794, aged ninety-five years, and brother of John French, 2d, who married Hayden Shaw of Middleboro July 24, 1764, and came to Oakham after 1790. He served in the French and Indian War at Fort Henry in 1757 as a Private in Capt. Benjamin Pratt's Co., which was raised in Middleboro.
He was elected Second Lieutenant when the 4th Worcester County Regiment was organized at Brookfield, May 14, 1776; commission dated May 31, 1776. He was sent with ten men from the Oakham company in 1776, and served with them in Col. James Converse's regiment for two months at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle, N. Y. On account of the illness of Capt. How and Lieut. Packard, the command of the company devolved upon Lieut. French. In September, 1777, he served as Sergeant under Lieut. Alexander Bothwell, in Capt. Cutler's Co. at the Northward.
Asa French came to Oakham from Middleboro. September 6, 1768, he purchased of Jonathan Bullard, for £60, one hundred and forty-three acres in the northerly part of Lot No. 19, on
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which he lived till his death; this was the Charles Clark place. Mr. French taught in the schools of Oakham, and was Selectman of the town five years.
He was married (1) October 24, 1765, to Anne Smith of Middleboro, who died April 6, 1802; (2) in 1803, to Widow Thankful (Bangs) Thrasher of New Braintree, who died Feb- ruary 18, 1806; (3) in 1806, to Abigail Stone of Oakham, who died July 4, 1825, aged seventy-three years. Children: Samuel, born October 3, 1766, removed to Craftsbury, Vt., in 1795; Susannah, born February 22, 1769, married Samuel Brewer of Spencer ; John, 3d, born December 16, 1771; Bathsheba, born February 17, 1774, married (I) Philo Sanford of Medway in 1835, (2) Daniel Moulton of Spencer; Asa, Jr., born March 17, 1777.
John French, 3d, son of Asa, married his cousin Betsy French, April 25, 1804. Children, born in Oakham: Ann, April 22, 1806; Erastus S., January 7, 1808; Mary, May 4, 1810; Anson H., August 6, 1813. He removed to North Brookfield in 1833.
Asa French, Jr., married Hannah Brimhall in 1801, and had four children, born at Oakham: Freman, June 5, 1805; Eliza, May 1, 1807; Cyrus, October 15, 1809, died August 12, 1844, at Brookfield; and one child, September 1, 1812, who died young.
Lieut. Asa French died in Oakham December 3, 1832, aged ninety-two years.
Oakham T. R., i, 168, 189, 228, 229. M. S. R., vi, 26 (5) [Freanch], 60 (13) [- French], 63 (2). Oakham V. R., 27, 73, 120. Spencer V. R., 157. Brookfield V. R., 485. Middleboro Town Clerk's Records. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lviii, 511. Weston, Hist. of Middleboro, 92, 93, 98. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 87. John Robinson's Notes. Gravestone Record in Pine Grove Cemetery. Rev. D. Tomlinson's Notes. Temple, Hist. of No. Brookfield, 593. Spy, Sept. 10, 1794. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 173 [John French]. French Family Records in possession of Miss Mary A. French of North Brookfield, Mass. Pay Roll, Capt. How's Co., 1776. Affidavit of John Forbes. See John Crawford, p. 70.
Jabez Fuller.
Enlisted for the term of three years in the Continental Army on or before March 14, 1777, and joined Capt. Holden's Co.,
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Col. Nixon's Regt. He died October 16, 1777, probably as the result of wounds received in the battle of Saratoga.
He was one of the signers of the petition of June 23, 1773, for the organization of a Congregational church in Oakham.
Jabez, Thomas, and Elisabeth, children of Jabez and Ruth Fuller, were baptized in Oakham, August 8, 1773.
Oakham T. R., i, 171. M. S. R., vi, 163 (8). Oakham Church Records, i, I. Rev. J. Dana's Notes.
Elijah Gilbert.
Marched in the Oakham Co. as a Private with Capt. John Crawford, August 20, 1777, on the Bennington alarm.
M. S. R., vi, 405 (7) [Gilbart].
Moses Gilbert.
Served two months at Roxbury for the town of Oakham, and receipted, February 15, 1776, for ammunition to Capt. Barnabas Sears.
In 1773, he bought of Alexander Wilson, for £34, thirty-three acres and one hundred rods in Lot No. 18.
Moses Gilbert was son of David Gilbert of New Braintree, and was by occupation a housewright. September 4, 1774, he and his wife owned the baptismal covenant and their son James was baptized. A daughter Molly was baptized August 13, 1775.
June 22, 1786, when a citizen of Putney, Vt., he was married for a second time in Rutland to Anna Hayden, sister of Joel Hayden, formerly of Oakham but then living in Rutland.
Oakham T. R., i, 168. M. S. R., vi, 416 (1). Oakham V. R., 74 [June 22, 1786]=Rutland V. R., 143 [Jan. 22, 1786]. Rev. J. Dana's Notes. Rev. D. Tomlinson's Notes. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ivii, 258, 1xxviii, 212. See Joel Hayden, p. 97.
Thomas Gill.
Born in Oakham, March 8, 1756, probably the son of Thomas Gill of Leicester, who married Janet McIntyre of Rutland in 1746, and in 1750 bought of Alexander McFarland, for £48 6s., eighty and one-half acres in Lot No. 10.
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