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The children were : BENONI, b. June 30, 17440, d. June 30, 1740. JOSEPH [8], b. Aug. 28, 1741. PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 3, 1743, m. Simon Hill, d. Oct. 8, 1807. ELIZA- BETH, b. July 31, 1746, m. Abel Clark, d. Sept. 24, 1777.
[7] NATHANIEL+ LOVELL (HOPESTILL3, NATHANIEL2, ALEXANDER1), son of Hopestill Lovell, was born in 1747. He married Mrs. Mary Knowlton, nee Barber, daughter of George+ and Elizabeth (Clark) Barber, and widow of Ebenezer Knowlton. She was born Oct. IS, 1745, in East Medway. Mr. Lovell died June 29, 1829. Mrs. Mary Lovell died Nov. 14, IS32.
The children were : HOPESTILL, m. Prudence Clark, res. in Medfield. MICHAEL [9], b. July 15, 1779. ZACHARIAH [10], b. Nov. 2, 1783. NATHANIEL, d. May 21, IS17. [8] JOSEPH+ LOVELL ( JOSEPH3, ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1), son of Joseph [6] and Prudence (Clark] Lovell, was born Aug. 28, 1741, in East Medway. He mar- ried, Sept. 27, 1764, 1Jemima Adams, daughter of Henry and Jemima (Morse) Adams. She was born April 11, 1740, in Medfield, Mass. They resided in East Medway. Mrs. Jemima Lovell died Oct. 27, 1814. Captain Lovell married, June 11, 1817, 2Mrs. Elizabeth (Wheeler) Leland, nee Partridge, daughter of Joshua3 Partridge, vid. Captain Lovell died Oct. 2, 1827. Mrs. Elizabeth Lovell died April 13, IS33.
The children were : JOSEPH, b. Dec. 23, 1765, d. March 31, 1766. JEMIMA, b. June
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5, 1767, m. 1786, Ezra Richardson, vid .; d. Oct. 3, 1S26. ELIZABETH, b. June 17, 1769, m. the Rev. Stephen Baxter, d. Oct. 11, 1852. SARAH, b. May 29, 1772, d. April 27, 1775. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 20, 1775, m. the Rev. John Pierce, d. July 2, 1800. KEZIAH, b. March 2, 1778, d. May 7, 1797. SARAH, b. Oct. 31, 1783, d. Sept. 10, 17S6.
[9] MICHAELS LOVELL (NATHANIEL4, HOPESTILL3, NATHANIEL2, ALEX- ANDER1), son of Nathaniel [7] and Mrs. Mary Knowlton, nee Barber, was born July 15, 1779, in East Medway. He married, April 27, ISOS, Caty Daniels, daughter of Moses5 and Abigail (Adams) Daniels. She was born Oct. 30, 1784, in East Medway, where they resided. Mrs. Lovell died Sept. 25, 1857.
The children were : LYDIA DANIELS, b. Feb. 27, ISIO, m. Dec. S, IS28, William H. Cary, vid. ; d. Sept. 11, 1853. CATHARINE, b. Dec. S, 1813, m. Jan. 1, 1839, Gilman Cary, res. in Medfield, Mass. ELIZABETHI, b. Jan. 7, IS16, m. July 3, 1843, Eleazar5 Daniels, vid. ; d. Oct. 6, ISS3. ABIGAIL ADAMS, b. Oct. 25, ISIS, m. Jan. 1, 1839, 1George Crosby ; m. Dec. 19, 1861, 2Theodore Harding, d. Dec. 23, 1870. LAVINA, b. Dec. 14, 1820, m. Jan. 28, 1847, Willard Battelle, res. in Taunton. MARY BARBER, b. Oct. 22, 1824, res. in Medfield.
[10] ZACHARIAH5 LOVELL (NATHANIEL4, HOPESTILL3, NATHANIEL2, ALEXANDER1), son of Nathaniel [7] and Mrs. Mary (Knowlton) Lovell, née Barber, was born Nov. 2, 1783, in East Medway. He married 1Sibbel Plimpton, daughter of Capt. Ezekiel and Esther Piimpton. Mrs. Sibbel Lovell died Jan. 20, IS28. Mr. Lovell married, Jan. 1, 1829, 2 Mrs. Abigail Thayer, nee Richardson, daughter of Dr. Abijah and Mercy (Daniels) Richardson, and widow of Asa Thayer. Mrs. Abigail Lovell died July 22, 1864. Mr. Lovell died Feb. 24, IS75.
The children were : MARY, b. Feb. 24, IScS, m. Charles Cheever, res. in Cincin- nati, O .; d. Jan. 2, 1883. ASAHIEL PLIMPTON [II], b. Feb. 4. ISII. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 28, 1813, res. in Quincy, Wis. EDWARD, b. March 4, 1816, res. in Savannah, Ga. MARIA, b. July 31, IS17, m. Alfred Baker, res. in West Dedham, Mass. NATHAN- IEL, b. March 19, 1820, m. Hopestill Neale, res. in Savannah, Ga. ESTHIER P., b. Jan. 28, 1825, d. Nov. 22, 1844. ELLEN SIBBEL, b. Jan. 13, 1828, m. Sept. 7, 1853, Thad- deus M. Daniels, vid. ; d. Sept. 12, 1879. FRANCIS ALEXANDER, b. June 5, 1830, m. Laura A. Twing, res. in Holliston, Mass.
[II] ASAHEL PLIMPTON® LOVELL (ZACHARIAH5, NATHANIEL4, HOPE- STILL3, NATHANIEL2, ALEXANDER1), son of Zachariah [10] and Sibbel (Plimpton) Lovell, was born Feb. 4, ISII. He married, Dec. 15, 1831, Eliza Stedman, daughter of John and Mercy (Richardson) Stedman. They resided in East Medway. Mrs. Lovell died April 12, 1875.
The children were : SIBBEL PLIMPTON, b. Oct. 6, 1832, m. June 19, 1853, Daniel G. Stevens. ABBY RICHARDSON, b. Aug. 26, 1834, m. Nov. 21, 1861, Willard P.7 Clark, vid. ASAHEL FRANCIS [12], b. Dec. 28, 1836.
[12] ASAHEL FRANCIS? LOVELL (ASAHEL PLIMPTON®, ZACHARIAH5, NATHANIEL4, HOPESTILL3, NATHANIEL2, ALEXANDER1), son of Asahel P. [11] and Eliza (Stedman) Lovell, was born Dec. 28, 1836, in East Medway. He married, June 9, 1861, Olive A. Hartshorn, daughter of Edmund and Susan M. (Ware) Harts- horn. She was born July 16, 1839, in Franklin, Mass.
The children were : EDMUND FRANCIS, b. Dec. 25, 1862. MARY ELIZA, b. March 1, 1864, m. June 7, ISS3, Putnam Clark, vid. WINNIFRED JENETTE, b. April 14, 186S. WALLACE DEAN, b. April 14, 1868, d. Sept. 14, 1869. SUSAN WARE, b. Feb. 10, 1873. FREDDIE STEDMAN, b. July 1, 1877, d. July 24, 1877.
ALBERT' MANN (VARNUM+, THEODORE3, SAMUEL2, WILLIAM1), son of Varnum Mann, was born in Medway. He married Susan Pond.
The children were : ALBERT. WATSON. LOWELL ABIJAH, m. Sept. 4, 1872, 2 Louisa Maria Holbrook. FRANK VARNUM. HORACE WALDO.
Memoranda. William1 Mann, immigrant, was born 1607, in the county of Kent, England. He came to America and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Ilis only son, the Rev. Samuel Mann, born in 1647, was the first settled minister in Wrentham, Mass.
ROBERT MASON, who settled in Roxbury about 1633, and died there in 1667, was the ancestor of the Medway Masons. Thomas Mason, son of Robert, came from England with his father and was one of the original settlers of Medfield, and was killed by the Indians in the attack on that town in 1675. Ebenezer Mason, son of
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Thomas, succeeded his father, and died in 1754. Ebenezer Mason, son of Ebenezer, succeeded to the paternal homestead, and died in 1787. About 177S, Abner Mason, son of Ebenezer, Jr., came across the river and settled in East Medway.
[1] ABNER5 MASON (EBENEZER4, EBENEZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), young- est son of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Morse) Mason, was born Feb. 26, 1741, in Med- field, Mass. He married Phebe Harding, daughter of Simon Harding. She was born July 23, 1746, in East Medway, where they resided. Mrs. Mason died April 3, ISIO. Mr. Mason died Nov. 7, IS25.
The children were : ALPHEUS [2], b. Nov. 27, 1772. SIMON HARDING [3], b. July 25, 1774. OLIVE, b. Dec., 25, 1776. RUTH, b. March 17, 1779. JOSEPH DANIELS, b. May 29, 17So. WALTER, b. Nov. 6, 17SI, d. March 7, 1844. HORATIO, b. Jan. 4, 17S4. ABNER, b. April 24, 1786, res. in Medfield, d. March 7, IS25.
[2] ALPHEUS MASON (ABNER5, EBENEZER4, EBENEZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Abner [1] and Phebe (Harding) Mason, was born Nov. 27, 1772, in East Medway. He married Judith Leland, daughter of Adam and Prudence (Leland) Leland. She was born, 1775, in Sherborn, Mass. They resided in East Medway. Mrs. Mason died in IS48.
The children were : OLIVE, b. 1797, d. IS24. ORION [4], b. 1799.
[3] SIMON HARDING MASON (ABNER5, EBENEZER4, EBENEZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Abner [1] and Phebe (Harding) Mason, was born July 25, 1774, in East Medway. He married, May 4, 1797, Betsey Leland, daughter of Moses and Mercy (Twitchell) Leland. She was born May 17, 1777, in Sherborn, Mass. They resided in East Medway. Mr. Mason died Oct. 7, 1S60. Mrs. Mason died July S, IS65.
The children were : HORATIO [5], b. Feb. 28, 1798. LARKIN, b. March 11, 1800, d. Oct. 2, 1803. MATILDA, b. Aug. 3, 1So2, d. May 1, ISOS. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 11, 1805, m. Nov. S, IS24. JOSEPH ADAMS, vid. EMELINE, b. July 20, 1So9, m. Dec. 15, 1828, John Batchelder, res. in Holliston, Mass., d. July 7, 1SS3. MATILDA GOULDING, b. Aug. 9, 1S13, m. April 29, 1869, Simeon Fisher, vid.
[4] ORION' MASON (ALPHEUS6, ABNER5, EBENEZER4, EBENEZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Alpheus [2] and Judith (Leland) Mason, was born, 1799, in East Medway. He married, April 27, 1S24, 1Elmira Walker, daughter of Comfort and Tamar (Clark) Walker. She was born Oct. 27, 1803, in Medway, where they resided. Mrs. Elmira Mason died. Mr. Mason married, Aug. 7, 1S2S, 2Tamar Walker, an older sister of his first wife. She was born Dec. 13, 1797, in Medway. Mr. Mason died July, IS65.
The children were : ORION A. [7], b. April 5, 1825. OLIVE, b. June 1, IS27, d. Sept. 28, 1827. HENRY, b. Aug. 27, IS29, d. Aug. 13, 1831. HENRY E. [S], b. May 27, 1833. WILLIAM F., b. Aug. 1, 1835, d. Dec. 11, 1837. ELMIRA L., b. Jan. 26, IS40, m. Dec. 4, 1862, John W. Richardson, of Franklin ; d. May IS, IS75. MARIA J., b. Sept. 7, 1841, d. Oct. 11, IS41.
Memoranda. Mr. Orion Mason, in IS15, became an apprentice to George Barber, clothier, whose mill is now used as McGinnis' boot shop. Here he remained until he was. of age, and continued to follow the trade for several years. He afterwards en- gaged in cotton manufacturing. He was one of the founders of the Village Congrega- tional Society, and was for two years on the board of selectmen of the town.
[5] HORATIO7 MASON (SIMON HARDING6, ABNER5, EBENEZER+, EBENEZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Simon Harding [3] and Betsey (Leland) Mason, was born Feb. 2S, 179S, in East Medway. He married, Dec. 6, 1S21, 1Julia Adams, daugh- ter of Jasper and Amy (Rounds) Adams. She was born Dec. 30, ISoo, in Medway. They resided on the old homestead of his grandfather, Abner Mason, in East Medway. Mrs. Mason died July 22, IS4S. Mr. Mason married, Dec. 16, 1850, 2 Almira F. Coo- lidge, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Frost) Coolidge. She was born in Marlbor- ough, N. H. Mr. Mason died May 11, IS6S. Mrs. Almira Mason removed to Fram- ingham, Mass.
The children were : MERCY ADAMS, b. Feb. 18, IS23, m. Jan. 21, IS44, the Rev. Horace Dean Walker, vid .; res. in Palatine, N. Y. LARKIN LELAND, b. Dec. 6, IS25, d. Jan. 3, IS29. SIMON LEPRELETTE, b. Nov. 25, 1829, m. IS53, Lizzie N. Shute, res. in Boston, Mass. GEORGE E. [9], b. Oct. 23, 1837. ANNIE MATILDA, b. Oct. 11, 1857, res. in Framingham, Mass.
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[6] ORION A.& MASON (ORION7, ALPHEUS®, ABNER5, EBENEZER4, EBENEZER', THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Orion and Elmira (Walker) Mason, was born April 5, 1825, in Medway. He married, Dec. 31, 1857, Mari Graves. She was born in Aga- wam, Mass. They resided in Medway. There were no children.
Memoranda. Orion A. Mason, Esq., was much identified with the mercantile busi- ness of the town for many years, being in trade with his brother, Henry E. Mason, Esq. Mr. Mason has been treasurer of the Medway Savings Bank from its incorpora- tion, in 1871. He has been the clerk and treasurer of the town for many years.
[7] HENRY E.8 MASON (ORION7, ALPHEUS", ABNER5, EBENEZER+, EBEN- EZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Orion [4] and Tamar (Walker) Mason, was born May 27, 1833, in Medway. He married, March 11, 1858, Sarah M. Thomas. She was born in Winthrop, Me. They resided in Medway.
The children were : ORION THOMAS, b. April 4, 1865. MARY S., b. Jan. 22, 1869. Memoranda. Henry E. Mason, Esq., has been postmaster since 1874.
[8] GEORGE E. & MASON (HORATIO7, SIMON HARDING 6, ABNER5, EBENEZER4, EBENEZER3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1), son of Horatio [5] and Julia (Adams) Mason, was born Oct. 23, 1837, in East Medway. He married, Nov. 1, 1857, Elizabeth M. Foster, daughter of Appleton Eames and Louise Antoinette (Bannister) Foster. She was born March 24, 1835, in East Medway, where they resided.
The only child was : IDA LOUISE, b. Nov. 8, 1858, m. May 29, 1879, Henry Axtell Crane, vid. ; res. in Sherborn, Mass.
GRANVILLE McCOLLUM was born June 6, 1806, in Glasgow, Scotland. He immigrated to this country in IS30, and took up his residence in Pawtucket, R. I. ; afterward removed to Medway. He married Agres Davidson.
The children were : ALICE, m. E. B. Drake. ELIZA, m. James H. Welch. GILBERT, b. Jan. 1, 1840, d. March 11, 1865.
GEORGE McINTOSH was born March 6, 1838, in Medfield, Mass. He married, Nov. 29, 1866, Abbie M. Morse, daughter of Josiah E. and Salome (Manley) Morse. She was born Sept. 30, 1848, in Medway, where they resided.
The children were : LILLIE S., b. Jan. 31, 1869. ABBIE R., b. Aug. 26, 1870. JOSIAH C., b. May 24, 1875. MARY B., b. Aug. 17, 1877.
METCALF is a name derived from the following traditional exploit, which, it is said, occurred in 1312, in Chelmsford, County of Essex, England. "On a certain day his Majesty, Edward II., with many lords and gentlemen were in his Majesty's park, where was a wild bull that they feared to encounter, but when he encountered with Mr. John Armstrong he was killed with his fist, and when Armstrong came to his Majesty, says he to Mr. Armstrong, 'Have you seen the mad bull?' 'And please your Majesty,' (says he), ' I met a calfe and knocked him down and killed him with my fist,' which, when it was known to be the bull, Mr. Armstrong was honored with many and great honors. And in token of this notable exploit he was made a Knight, and his name was changed to Metcalfe." Vid. The History of Milford, Mass.
THE METCALFS OF MEDWAY descended from the Rev. Leonard Metcalf, born in 1545, and Rector of Tatterford, Norfolk County, England. Michael Metcalf, his son, came to this country and was admitted freeman July 14, 1637, in Dedham, Mass.
[1] LUTHER® METCALF (JOSEPHS, MICHAEL+, ELEAZAR3, MICHAEL2, MICHAEL1), son of Dr. Joseph and Hannah (Havens) Metcalf, was born. Sept. 7, 1756, in Wrentham, now Franklin. He married, April 5, 1781, Mercy Whiting, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Partridge) Whiting. She was born March 14, 1763, in Med- way where they resided. Mrs. Mercy Metcalf died Oct. 31, 1825. Major Metcalf married, Sept. 28, 1826, 2Mrs Hannah Fisher, nee Hill, daughter of James and Grace (Jones) Hill, and widow of John Fisher. She was born April 28, 1774, in Sher- born, Mass. Mr. Metcalf died Jan. 27, 1838. Mrs. Hannah Metcalf died Sept. 24, 1863.
The children were : CLARISSA, died in infancy. CLARA. b. Feb. 7, 1784, m. June 3, 1807, Joel Hunt, vid .; d. Dec. 3, 1852. LUTHER [3], b. May 2, 1788.
[2] DANIEL' METCALF (PHILIPS, BARNABAS5, MICHAEL4, ELEAZAR3, MICHAEL2, MICHAEL1), son of Philip and Anna (Knowlton) Metcalf, was born March 4, 1791, in Framingham. He married, Sept. 26, 1816, Clarissa Twitchell, daughter of John and Catherine Twitchell. She was born Oct. 5, 1792, in Medway. They resided
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in Medway, now Millis, Mass. Mrs. Metcalf died April 15, 1855. Mr. Metcalf died Oct. 27, 1855.
The children were : EDWIN [4], b. Sept. 21, 1817. DANIEL, b. June 13, IS19, m. April, 1845, Eliza Houghton. JouN, b. Jan. 8, 1821, m. May 20, 1847, Mary Bullard. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 4, 1822, m. Ellen Johnson. SARAII P., b. Sept. 10, IS24, mn. Aug. 18, 1848, Albert Wiley, res. in Medfield, Mass. CATHERINE, b. Oct. 15, 1826, d. April 20, IS45. ELLEN E., b. November, IS33. GEORGE, b. July, 1836, m. Lydia Boyden.
[3] LUTHER 7 METCALF (LUTHER", JOSEPH5, MICHAEL+, ELEAZAR3, MICHAEL2, MICHAEL1), son of Luther [1] and Mercy (Whiting) Metcalf, was born May 2, 17SS, in Medway. He married, May 12, 1812, 1Lydia Jenks, daughter of Ste- phen Jenks. She was born May 13, 1793, in Pawtucket, R. I. They resided in Med- way. Mrs. Lydia Metcalf died Dec. 16, 1826. Mr. Metcalf married, Jan. 14, IS28, 2 Sarah B. Phipps, daughter of Sylvanus and Anna (Winch) Phipps. She was born Nov. 25,. 1803, in Framingham, Mass. The Hon. Luther Metcalf died Feb. 16, 1879.
The children were : ELEANOR, b. Sept. 1, 1813, m. Aug. 22, 1836, Milton M. Fisher, vid. STEPHEN JENKS [5], b. April 9, 1816. NATHANIEL WHITING, b. Aug. 24, 1819, m. July 10, 1850, Caroline Henshaw, d. Oct. 16, IS71. LUTHER HAVEN, b. Oct. 26, 1826, m. Sept. 5, 1850; Sarah C. Smith, of Potsdam, N. Y., d. March 17, 1878. SARAH LYDIA, b. Aug. 3, 1829, m. June 27, 1848, the Rev. Samuel J. Spalding, d. Sept. 1, 1849. GEORGE PHIPPS, b. May 17, 1834, m. May 6, 1858, Elizabeth Daniels. res. in Framingham, Mass.
[4] EDWINS METCALF (DANIEL7, PHILIPS, BARNABAS5, MICHAEL4, ELEA- ZAR', MICHAEL2, MICHAEL1), son of Daniel [2] and Clarissa (Twitchell) Metcalf, was born Sept. 21, IS17, in Sherborn, Mass. He married, April 29, 1841, Martha Daniels, daughter of Amos and Sally (Pierce) Daniels. They resided in East Med- way. Mr. Metcalf died July 6, ISS5.
The children were : EDWIN W., b. Dec. 26, 1848, d. Sept. 24, 1874. SARAH JENNIE, b. Nov. 18, 1852, m. Jan. 12, 1876, Appleton Phipps, res. in Hopkinton, Mass., d. Feb. IS, 18SO. GEORGE H., b, July 17, 1859.
Memoranda. Mr. and Mrs. Phipps had one child, Harry J., b. Feb. 18, ISSO.
[5] STEPHEN JENKS& METCALF (LUTHER7, LUTHIER6, JOSEPH5, MICHAEL4, ELEAZAR3, MICHAEL2, MICHAEL1), son of the Hon. Luther [3] and Lydia (Jenks) Metcalf, was born April 9, IS16, in Medway. He married, May 21, IS40, M. Caroline Child, daughter of John Weld and Sally (Richards) Child. She was born Jan. 15, ISIS, in Roxbury, Mass. They resided in Medway. Mrs. M. Caroline Metcalf died July 26, 1840. Mr. Metcalf married, Feb. 10, 1842, 1Esther M. Child, daughter of John Weld and Sally (Richards) Child. She was born May 12, IS19, in Roxbury, Mass.
The children were : M. CAROLINE, b. Nov. 23, 1842, m. Oct. 29, 1868, Daniel W. Newell. STEPHEN C., b. Feb. 8, IS4S, d. Jan. 7, 1856. MARY C., b. March 3, 1852, m. June 30, ISSI, Leonard E. Taylor.
LANSING MILLIS, son of William and Sally (Holt) Millis, was born Sept. 3, 1823, in Lansingburg, N. Y. He married, April 27, 1843, Harriet P. Lavender, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Burt) Lavender. She was born in Sandhurst, County of Kent, England. They resided in Lansingburg, N. Y., Concord, N. H., Boston, Mass., and came to East Medway in ISSo. Mr. Millis died April 6, 1SS5.
The children were : HATTIE E. b. Oct. 3, 1846, m. April 27, IS68, Frederick C. Dow, Esq., res. in Manchester, N. H. HELEN E., b. Sept. 25, 184S, m. June 2, 1869, Livingston B. Van Kleeck, res. in New York City. CHARLES W., b. Nov. 26, 1851, d. Feb. 4, 1852. HENRY LANSING, b. Jan. 2, 1855, m. Dec. 15, ISSo, Annie C. Russ, res. in Millis, Mass.
Memoranda. Mr. and Mrs. Dow have two children, viz. : Irving F., born April 2, 1871. Lansing M., born March 13, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Van Kleeck have one (adopted) son, viz. : Walter B., born Sept. 10, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Millis have two children : Violet B., born July IS. 1883. Lansing, born April 24, ISS6.
[1] ALEXANDER LE BARON MONROE (STEPHEN, NATHANIEL), son of Dr. Stephen and Susanna (Le Baron) Monroe, was born May 3, 1So7, in Sutton, Mass. He married, Oct. 2, 1834, 1 Louisa W. Barber, daughter of George and Lois (Whiting) Barber. She was born Nov. 21, IS13, in Medway, where they resided. Mrs. Louisa W. Monroe died June 2, 1836. Dr. Monroe married, Nov. 30, 1837, 2Mrs. Miriani II.
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Hawes, née Clark. They resided in Chicopee and Granby, Mass., and returned to Medway in 1852, where they continued to reside. Dr. Monroe died Feb. 19, 1879. Mrs. Miriam H. Monroe died Nov. 20, ISSt.
The children were : FRANCIS LE BARON [2], b. March 20, 1836. ALEXANDER, d. 1842. SARAH LOUISA, In. Wm. C. Huntington, Esq.
Memoranda. Susanna Le Baron was the daughter of Lazarus and Susanna (Johonnot) Le Baron. She was born Dec. 17, 1767, in Sutton, Mass. Her ancestry is traced back to Dr. Francis Le Baron, who was born in Rochelle, France, in 166S. The Monroes came from Scotland. Nathaniel Monroe, Dr. Monroe's grandfather, was born in 1712, and resided in Bristol, R. I.
[2] FRANCIS LE BARON MONROE (ALEXANDER LE B., STEPHEN, NA- THANIEL), son of Dr. Alexander Le Baron and Louisa (Barber) Monroe, was born March 20, IS36, in Medway. He married, Jan. 7, 1873, Tamson Lavinia Barrows, daughter of John J. and Lydia C. (Smith) Barrows. She was born Nov. 29, 1845, in Vineyard Haven, Mass, They resided in Medway, and removed to Chicago, Ill.
The children were : ALEXANDER LE BARON, b. Jan. 19, 1875, d. Jan. 21, IS75. MIRIAM CLARK, b. Nov. 2S, ISSI.
Memoranda. Francis Le Baron Monroe, M. D., entered Yale College, Conn., in 1853, and graduated, 1857, from Williams College, Mass. He pursued his medical studies at Bowdoin and Harvard Medical Schools, and graduated in 1861, from the latter. He was a Surgeon in the army during the War for the Union, and until 1876, when he resigned his commission and engaged in the drug business in Chicago, IlI.
[1] JOSEPH MORSE, who led the early patriot settlers of Sherborn and Medfield against the Indians, was the son of Joseph Morse, of Medfield, and a nephew of Colonel Morse, of Oliver Cromwell's army. He married, Oct. 17, 1671, 1Mehitable Wood, daughter of Nicholas and Anna (Babcock) Wood. She was born July 22, 1655, in Sherborn, Mass., being the first white child born in that town. Mrs. Mehitable Morse died Nov. 12, 16SI. Captain Morse married, April 11, 1683, 2 Hannah Babcock. She was born in Milton, Mass. Mrs. Hannah Morse died Nov. 9, 1711. Captain Morse married, May 17, 1730, 3Mrs. Hannah Dyer, the widow of Capt. Joseph Dyer, of Weymouth, Mass. Capt. Joseph Morse died Feb. 19, 1718, and lies buried in the Morse Lot, Holliston Cemetery, Mass. Mrs. Hannah Morse died Sept. 4, 1727.
The children were : MEHITABLE, b. April 25, 1673, d. in early life. JOSEPH, b. April 3, 1676, d. June 12, 1676. ELISHA, b. Dec. 12, 1677, d. young. JOSEPH [2], b. March 25, 1679. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 2, 16SI, m. John Breck, res. in Sherborn, Mass. JAMES, b. July 1, 1686, m. Ruth Swain, res. in Sherborn, Mass., d. June 5, 1725. HANNAH, b. April 5, 1689, m. Isaac Coolidge, Esq., res. in Sherborn, Mass., d. Dec. II, 1774. SARAH, b. April 12, 1692, m. William Barrows, res. in Sherborn, Mass. DAVID, b. Dec. 31, 1694, m. Sarah Dyer, res. in Natick, Mass., d. Jan. 7, 1773. ISAAC, b. Sept. 14, 1637, m. Elizabeth Drury, res. in Worcester, Mass., d. 1750. KEZIAH, b. June 30, 1700, m. Sept. 4, 1718, Samuel Holbrook, res. in Sherborn, Mass., d. Feb. 18, 1754. ASA, b. Aug. 24, 1703, m. Mary Rider, res. in Natick, Mass., d. Oct. 7, 1770.
[2] JOSEPH MORSE (JOSEPH1), son of Capt. Joseph [1 ] and Mehitable (Wood) - Morse, was born March 25, 1679, in Sherborn, Mass. Hle married Prudence Adams, daughter of Henry and Prudence (Frary) Adams. She was born April 10, 1683, in Medfield, Mass. They resided in Sherborn, Mass. Mr. Morse died April 18, 1754. Mrs. Morse died Feb. 23, 1772.
The children were : HENRY [3], b. June 14, 1703. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 15, 1705, m. Experience Morse, res. in Sturbridge, Mass. SETHI, b. Sept. 12 1708, m. Abigail Battle, res. in Hopkinton, Mass. ELISHA, b. April 13, 1715, d. unin. JACOB, b. Sept. 12, 1717, m. Mary Merrifield, res. in Douglas, Mass., d. March 30, 1800. JUDITHI, b. Oct. 13, 1720, m. Capt. Caleb Leland, res. in Sherborn, d. Oct. 26, 1774. JOHN, b. Dec. 31, 1724, d. 1725.
[3] HENRY3 MORSE (JOSEPH2, JOSEPH1), son of Joseph [2] and Prudence (Adams) Morse, was born June 14, 1703, in Sherborn. He married Sarah Kibby. They resided in West Medway on land granted to his great-grandfather, John Frary, of Medfield, in 1659, southeast of Winthrop Pond. Mr. Morse died April 5, 1766.
The children were : ABIGAIL, b. April, 1726, d. Dec. 18, 1759. EZEKIEL [4], b. Oct. 1, 1727. SARAH, b. Dec. 1, 1729, m. Joseph Rider, res. in Holliston, Mass., d.
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1804. HANNAH, b. March 2, 1732, m. William Andrews, res. in Hopkinton, Mass., d. Nov. 20, 1817. HENRY, b. Dec. 2, 1734, m. Abigail Bullen, d. June 23, IS07. LYDIA, b. June 13, 1736, d. young. THANKFUL, b. June 19, 1740, m. Andrew Watkins, res. in Holliston, Mass., d. March 19, IS10. JAMES [5], b. Sept. 5, 1742. OBADIAH, b. March 9, 1745, d. young. ABNER, b. Feb. 13, 1747, d. September, 1756.
[4] EZEKIEL+ MORSE (HENRY3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH1)', son of Henry [3] and Sarah (Kibby) Morse, was born Oct. 1, 1727, in Medway. His father carried him fully five miles on foot to church for baptism when an infant of a few days. He married Rebecca Cozzens. She was born March 24, 1729, in Ashland, Mass. They resided in West Medway. Mr. Morse died March 24, 1778. Mrs. Morse died Nov. 19, 1807.
The children were : LYDIA, b. April 4, 1751, d. Oct. 1, 1756. ELIZABETHI, b. Oct. S, 1753, m. Elijah Adams, res. in Hubbardston, Mass., d. Dec. 31, IS33. WAITSTILL, b. March 6, 1755, m. Joel Partridge, vid .; d. March S, 1825. LYDIA, b. Sept. 12, 1757, d. March IS, 1773. ABNER [6], b. Oct. 11, 1759. SARAH, b. Dec. 21, 1761, m. Isaac
Cozzens, res. in Holliston, Mass., d. July 31, 1839.
ABIGAIL, b. June 16, 1765, d.
March 18, 1773. MERCY, b. Dec. 26, 1772, m. David Eames, res. in Hopkinton, Mass.
[5] JAMES4 MORSE (HENRY3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH1), son of Henry [3] and Sarah (Kibby) Morse, was born Sept. 5, 1742, in West Medway. He married Hannah Daniels. They resided in Medway. Deacon Morse died July 19, ISOS.
The children were : OBADIAH, b. 1761, d. 1766. JOHN, b. March 24, 1763, m. Feb. 4, 1793, Clarissa Sanford, res. in Otego, N. Y., d. Jan. 3, 1844. HENRY, b. April 25, 1766, res. in Paxton, Mass., d. about 1851. RUTH, b. 176S, m. Joel Howard, res. in Milford, Mass., d. Jan. 3, 1844. RHODA, b. 1768. POLLY, b. 1769, m. Daniel Elliot, res. in Sutton, Mass. CATHERINE, m. Nathaniel Fletcher, res. in Carlton, Mass.
[G] ABNER MORSE (EZEKIEL4, HENRY3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH1), son of Ezekiel [4] and Rebecca (Cozzens) Morse, was born Oct. 11, 1759, in West Medway. He mar- ried Mille Leland, daughter of Asaph and Beulah (Littlefield) Leland. She was born 1761, in Holliston, Mass. They resided in West Medway. Mr. Morse died March 11, 1821. Mrs. Morse died 1821.
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