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The Indian War of 1675-76- or Philip's War, as it is more commonly called - was the first service into which our soldiers were ordered. Rowley was ordered to furnish twelve men, and fit them out with "warm, thick clothing, and arms." One of these men was Joseph Bixby of the Village. They were impressed into service in November, 1675, in the company of Capt. Samuel Brocklebank, whose melancholy fate, with most of his company, may be found in the history of the attack, near Sudbury, on the morning of April 21, 1676. Who were drafted from the Topsfield company has not come to our knowledge. Capt. Brockle- bank's company probably entered service at Narragansett, first of January, 1676 ; returned home shortly after, and, at the end of a week's stay, was sent out again, and stationed at Marlborough ; and when Capt. Brocklebank and most of his company went toward Sudbury to assist in making an
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attack upon the savages, Joseph Bixby and a few others remained behind to guard the garrison-house at Marlbor- ough, and thus escaped the terrible fate of their comrades. Eight out of the twelve who were drafted from the Rowley company, including Joseph Bixby, arrived home safe, and lived for many years to relate to their posterity the terrible incidents connected with the War of King Philip .*
In the spring of 1676 the Indians made some depreda- tions at Andover and vicinity ; and it seemed, for a time, that the Village would be included in the dire list of assaulted settlements.
Though the Village people attended church and trained at Topsfield, they had to attend town-meetings at Rowley. Tax-collectors were appointed by Rowley specially for the Village ; of which, in 1675, we had no less than three, - William Foster, Joseph Peabody, and John Kimball. In 1677 two were appointed, - Abraham Redington and John
* King Philip, who was at first friendly to the whites, soon proved to be their most deadly foe. No doubt he had good reasons for becoming their enemy ; for the English, in their dealings with the Indians, had not always treated them justly. Bancroft says that Philip was "hurried into his rebel- lion."
Before this, the whites had had no serious trouble with the Indians since the Pequot tribe were completely annihilated in 1638. We will not enter into detail, and therefore will only say that Philip, in 1674, got up a "national" conspiracy to destroy the English at one decisive blow. The English were informed of the plot by an Indian preacher, for which he was murdered by some Indians, who were arrested, tried, condemned, and exe- cuted. This enraged Philip more than ever; and he, with the assistance of some of the neighboring tribes, immediately commenced his work of burning, murdering, and other cruelties. After the attacks on the towns of Swanzey and Mendon, the spirit of the English was fully aroused. The Indians were becoming bolder and more savage in their depredations; and every settle- ment was in danger of becoming the scene of a bloody battle, and a prey to the murderous hands of the savages.
The scenes during the fall of 1675 were mostly confined to the limits of Worcester County. The people were harvesting their crops, and every hour of time and every sheaf of grain were needed for the long winter close at hand. This period is thus described by the historian : "The laborer in the
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Peabody. Tithing-men, or men to see that the sabbath was well kept, were also chosen by the town, agreeable to an Act of the General Court, passed May 23, 1677. In that year two tithing-men were appointed for the Village, - John Peabody and William Foster; in 1680, two, - Joseph Bixby and William Foster. In 1680 a list of the families in the Village was made out, viz .: "Goodman Black, Moses Tiler, Old Goodman Tiler, Robert Ames, Goodman Perry, John Kimball, Joseph Bigsbee, William Foster, John Peabody, Goodman Stiles, Goodman Bossell, Goodman Redington, Daniel Wood, Joseph Pebody, Josiah Bridges, Daniel Black, John Vinton, Samuel Simons, Widow Andrews, Thomas Andrews, Robert Smith, Zach- eus Curtvout, sen., Zacheus Curtvout, jun., John Ramsdell, and After Carry." In this list the families number twenty- five ; and by the petition sent to the General Court in 1673, signed by Robert Smith and others, we learn that there
field, the reapers as they went forth to harvest, men as they went to mill, the shepherd-boy among the sheep, were shot down by the skulking foes, whose approach was invisible. The mother, if left alone in the house, feared the tomahawk for herself and children. On the sudden attack, the father would fly with one child, the mother with another, and perhaps only one escape. The village cavalcade on its way to meeting on Sundays, in files on horseback, the farmer holding the bridle in one hand and a child in the other, his wife seated upon a pillion behind him -it may be, with a child in her lap, -as was the custom of those days, could not proceed safely - bul- lets would come whizzing by them. The Indians hung upon the skirts of the English villages like the lightning upon the edge of the clouds."
The depredations of the savages during the winter of 1675 and the spring of 1676 were almost innumerable. Many were the towns that had experi- enced more or less the effects of this disastrous period ; and Drake says : " Few there were who were not in mourning for some near kindred."
After the battle at Sudbury, the spirits of the hostile Indians began to decline, and they were considered as nearly subdued ; and the death of their famous chief, King Philip, who was shot at Mount Hope, in Bristol, R.I., Aug. 12, 1676, clearly decided their fate ; doubts were no longer entertained of their appearing formidable. The war continued for a time in the province of Maine, but at length it ceased. The chiefs came and submitted them- selves to the English, and a permanent treaty was established.
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were sixteen families in the Village that year, which shows an increase of nine families in the seven intermediate years.
About this time several new settlers came, viz. :-
JOSEPH PEABODY, brother of Capt. John Peabody who had already settled here, was born in 1644, and settled on Fish Brook about 1671. His house stood near the resi- dence of the late Mr. Daniel Andrews. The land on which he settled was his father's (Lieut. Francis Pea- body), it being a part of the twelve hundred acres laid out to six of the early settlers. He was made a freeman October, 1690. After serving the town as selectman for several years, he died in 1721, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife was Bethiah, daughter of Edmund Bridges, whom he married Oct. 26, 1668. Their children were: I. Joseph,2 b. 16 April, 1671. 2. Jonathan.2 3. Sarah,2 b. 4 Sept., 1676; m. Benjamin Smith, 22 May, 1700. 4. Samuel,2 b. 8 April, 1678; settled in Andover. 5. Bethiah,2 b. 8 April, 1681. 6. Lydia,2 b. 4 Feb., 1683 ; m. Jacob Perley, 9 May, 1709. 7. Alice,2 b. 4 Jan., 1685 ; m. Thomas Holt of Andover. Joseph 2 m. Mary -- , was several years a selectman, and died in 1715, leaving eight children : three of his sons settled in Middleton, and one - Joseph - in Boxford. Jonathan 2 also lived in Box- ford, where his posterity resided for several generations. Among the descendants of this settler we would especially mention Andrew Preston Peabody, who graduated at Har- vard College, 1826; a noted minister in Portsmouth, N.H .; editor of The North-American Review from 1853 to 1863 ; Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, and Preacher to Harvard University, 1860; and LL. D. at Rochester Uni- versity, 1863.
JOHN RAMSDELL was undoubtedly from Lynn. He married Elizabeth Perkins of Topsfield, 31 May, 1671, about which time he first appears in the Village. He was perhaps interested in the iron-works, and came from Lynn
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with Henry Leonard, to assist him in carrying the works on. His daughter Mary was of Boxford, 1694; but of the parents and the rest of the family nothing further is known to the writer. A John Ramsdell was taxed here in 171I, and a Timothy Ramsdell from 1711 to 1723. The children of this settler were: I. Elizabeth,2 b. 4 Oct., 1672. 2. Mary,2 b. 27 Jan., 1674; m. Ephraim, son of Robert Smith of Boxford, 6 Sept., 1694. 3. Priscilla,2 b. 20 Aug., 1677. 4. John,2 b. 19 Jan., 1679.
EDMUND BRIDGES was living here in 1673. Whether this was the emigrant, or his son, we do not know.
JOSIAH BRIDGES, son of Edmund Bridges, the emigrant from England, was born about 1650, and married, Ist, Elizabeth Norton, 13 Nov., 1676; and, 2d, Ruth Greenslip, 19 Sept., 1677. He lived first in Ipswich, and before 1680 removed to Boxford. He was living here as late as 1704, and a Josiah Bridges was taxed here in 1711. He was a surveyor in 1695, a juror of trials in 1699, and selectman 1700,. 1704. His children were: I. Josiah,2 b. 29 May, 1680. 2. Anne,2 b. 14 April, 1684. 3. Edmund.2 4. Mercy.2 5. Hepzibah.2 Edmund 2 m. Esther Wheeler of Beverly, 28 Dec., 1710; resided in Boxford, and had three children. He was living here in 1716, and was the last resident of the name.
SAMUEL BUSWELL, from Salisbury, was born in 1628 ; m. Sarah Keies, 8 July, 1656, and had the following chil- dren born in Salisbury : Isaac, b. 6 : 6 : 1657. John, b. 7 : 8 : 1659. Samuel, b. 25 : 3 : 1662 ; lived in Boxford. Wil- liam, b. 5 : 6 : 1664 ; d. 21 June, 1699. Robert, b. 8 : 12 : 1666; m. Hannah Tyler, 9 Dec., 1697; lived in Andover. James, b. 20 : I : 1668-69. Between the last-mentioned date and 1674 he must have removed to the Village, as he had a son Joseph born here 20 Aug., 1674. A daughter Mary was also born here I June, 1677. After 1686, when a highway was laid out from his house to the main-road
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that led to Topsfield, his name is not found on the records. His son John was a fence-viewer and surveyor in 1689. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Stiles of the Village, and had three children born here. One of these was a son John, who was born in 1703-04, married, lived, and had two children born, in Boxford. This was the last family of the name that resided here : the name has been extinct for a century.
DANIEL WOOD, probably son of Thomas Wood of Row- ley, married and settled in the Village about 1675, his first child being born here that year. At different times he purchased several tracts of land situated on both sides of the highway in the vicinity of the Stetson place. It is sup- posed that the house that occupied the site of the present Stetson house was built by Mr. Wood, and by him and his descendants occupied until 1815, when, in the terrific gale in September of that year, it was blown down. The place was sold to Seth Stetson from Hanover, Mass., who, in 1818, erected the present dwelling. Mr. Wood was made a freeman October, 1690. This settler stands at the head of a long, worthy, and interesting line of descendants, many of whom resided here, and some are with us even now, still retaining the mental vigor, virtue, and position . of their fathers. Mr. Wood was a deacon of the First Church, and was living as late as 1718, but the date of his death is not recorded. He married, about 1674, Sarah Andrews, -daughter of Robert Andrews of the Village, then deceased, - who died 27 Sept., 1714, aged fifty-seven years. Her remains, and his also probably, lie in the old cemetery in the East Parish. Her gravestone is the oldest remaining. one in the town. Their children were: I. Dan- iel,2 b. 17 July, { 1675 ; d. I June, 1697. 2. David,2* b. 18 / 15 Aug., S
* The following is the line of descent of the present Wood residents of Boxford from Daniel's son David : -
David? was a doctor and a justice of the peace. He m. Mary -,
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Feb., 1677. 3. John,2 b. 25 March, 1680. 4. Abigail,2 b. 3 Oct., 1684; d. 25 July, 168 -. 5. Huldah 2 (or Mary), b. 23 May, 1687. 6. Mercy,2 b. 21 Sept., 1689. 7. Jacob,2 b. 22 Aug., 1691. 8. Sarah,2 b. 16 April, 1698. John 2 married Ruth, daughter of Capt. John Peabody of the Village, and lived to be seventy-eight years old. His wife died at the age of seventy-four years. Among their children was Hon. Aaron Wood, a man of no little conse- quence in the history of the town. David,2 of whom we shall speak hereafter, was a doctor, a cider-manufacturer, and extensive farmer, and probably settled on the old place. Jacob 2 had numerous descendants, most of whom were citizens of Boxford.
ARTHUR CARY was living here before 1677. Nothing is known of his previous history. By his wife Sarah, who was from Ipswich, he had several children, of whom the following births are recorded on the town records, viz .: I. nah (dau.),2 b. 8 Jan., 1702-03. 2. John,2 b. 5 Oct., I705. 3. Keziah,2 b. 7 April, 17 -. 4. Stephen,2 b. 6 Oct., 171 -. Elizabeth Cary, another child, probably, of this settler, was baptized in the First Church, 19 July, 1703. Elizabeth Cary, probably the same person of whom . we have just spoken, married Samuel Stiles of Boxford, 2 May, 170 -. "Goodwife Cary" was baptized in the First Church, 31 March, 1706. In 1691 the town voted not to tax him. In 1703 his wife asked alms of the selectmen, who immediately warned her "to depart out of the town,
about 1701 ; and died 30 Aug., 1744. Ch. : I. Mary,3 b. 23 Sept., 1702; d. II May, 1712. 2. Daniel,3 b. 22 Jan., 1705-06. 3. Sarah,3 b. 10 Oct., 1707. 4. David,3 b. 19.Nov., 1709; d. 5 March, 1785. 5. Hannah,3 b. 21 Nov., 17II ; m. Joshua Andrews, 2 Dec., 1731. 6. Jonathan,3 b. 6 Dec., 1713. 7. Sam- uel,3 b. 4 June, 1724 ; removed to Union, Conn., previous to 1750.
Daniel3 m. Sarah Peabody, 8 March, 1730-31 ; and d. 31 March, 1746. Ch .: 1. Sarah,4 b. 29 Jan., 1731-32 ; d. 19 April, 1788. 2. Joseph,4 b. 29 March, 1734; d. 7 May, 1801. 3. Deborah,4 b. 12 Nov., 1736; d. 1767. 4. Daniel,4 b. 13 July, 1739; d. 27 June, 1819. 5. Lemuel,4 b. 25 Oct., 1741.
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. .. to the place of her former residence [Ipswich], the selectmen not allowing her to reside in our town." Moses Tyler, the constable at the time, 22 Oct., 1703, warned her to leave the town ; but it seems she still remained here for some years after. Perhaps Ipswich assisted her where she was. In the warrants she is called " a poor body." Any thing further concerning this family is unknown to the writer.
GEORGE BLAKE - or Black, as it is frequently written on the old records - came from Gloucester to Boxford about 1675. He was born in 1611, made a freeman 1651, and died Feb. 17, 1698, aged eighty-seven years. His wife Dorothy survived him till Dec. 12, 1702, when she died. He was at first well-off ; but became so poor that the town
6. Rebecca,4 b. 26 Feb., 1743-44. 7. Frances,4 b. 2 July, 1746; d. 27 March, 1790.
Jonathan 3 m. Sarah Redington ; and d. 19 June, 1781. She d. 11 Sept., 1775, aged 50 years. Ch. : I. David,4 b. 13 Nov., 1748. 2. Jonathan,4 b. 14 Sept., 1751. 3. Eliphalet,4 b. 4 June, 1754. 4. Sarah,4 b. 27 Aug., 1757. 5. Enoch,4 b. 21 Oct., 1759. 6. Abner,4 b. 12 Dec., 1761. 7. Mary,4 b. 29 Sept., 1764; d. I Feb., 1795. 8. Lucy,4 b. 30 May, 1766.
Lemuel 4 m. Frances Tyler, 21 March, 1782 ; and d. I July, 1819. Ch. : I. Lemuel,5 b. 29 April, 1783. 2. Fanny Tyler,5 b. 10 Dec., 1784. 3. Char- lotte,5 b. 25 Dec., 1786. 4. Mary Chadwick,5 b. 22 July, 1789. 5. Aaron,5 b. 2 Jan., 1791 ; d. 24 Oct., 1794. 6. Daniel,5 b. 10 Feb., 1793. 7. Aaron,5 b. 27 Oct., 1797.
Deacon Jonathan 4 m. Abigail Hale of Brookfield, I Feb., 1787; and d. 3 Jan., 1797. Ch. : 1. William Hale,5 b. 27 Feb., 1789. 2. Abigail,5 b. 20 June, 1790 ; m. Samuel, father of Judge Samuel Peabody. 3. Sarah Red- ington,5 b. 12 Sept., 1792; m. Col. Charles Peabody. 4. David 5 and 5. Jonathan 5 (twins), b. 9 Aug., 1794 ; David 5 d. 3 Dec., 1873. 6. Enoch,5 b. 20 Jan., 1797.
Daniel5 m. Ist, Maria Barker, 12 Oct., 1820. He m. 2d, Abigail Tyler, who d. 27 April, 1879. Lives in the West Parish, at the age of eighty-six years. Ch .: I. William Hale.6
Enoch 6 m. Mehitable, dau. of John Tyler of Boxford, 25 Sept., 1828. A sea-captain from Salem port in early life. Lives in the West Parish, at the age of eighty-two years. Ch. : I. Rebecca Tyler,6 b. 26 Jan., 1830. 2. John Tyler,6 b. 21 April, 1831. 3. Enoch Franklin,6 b. 17 Oct., 1832 ; a teacher in the Quincy City-School, Boston.
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voted, in 1691, not to tax him. See Babson's History of Gloucester. Their children were: I. Rebecca, b. in 1641 ; m. Robert Eames. 2. Deborah. 3. Prudence, b. 1647 ; m. Moses Tyler. 4. Elizabeth, b. 1650; m. Matthew Perry. 5. Mary, b. 1652; m. Zaccheus Curtis. 6. Thomas, b. 9 June, 1658; d. 25 June, 1658. 7. Ruth, b. 3 Sept., 1659. He had no descendants of his name.
THOMAS PERLEY, born in 1641, was son of Allan and Susanna (Bokeson) Perley, emigrants from England. He first appears in Boxford about 1684, having removed from Rowley. He probably settled where the late residence of Mr. Isaac Hale, deceased, now stands. Most of the land in that vicinity was in his possession, and a portion of it is still owned by lineal descendants. He was an influ- ential man, filling most of the town offices with credit, and was chosen as one of the early representatives to the General Court. He was made a freeman 23 May, 1677. He married Lydia Peabody - sister of Capt. John Pea- body of the Village-8 July, 1667 ; and died Sept. 24, 1709. Their children were: I. Thomas,2 * b. 1668. 2.
The following is the line of descent of the present Perley residents of Boxford from Thomas' son Thomas : -
Thomas2 m. Ist, Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Osgood of Andover, 1695, who d. 23 Sept., 1724. He m. 2d, Elizabeth, mother of Gen. Israel Putnam, 15 May, 1727. Gen. Putnam was at this time about eight years of age : he probably spent some of the years of his minority in his step-father's home at the Hale place. Capt. Thomas Perley died in 1745. Ch. : I. Lydia,3 b. 21 June, 1696. 2. Mary,3 b. 16 May, 1697 ; m. John Baker, Esq., of Ipswich. 3. Hepzibah,3 b. 14 Aug., 1699; m. Thomas Redington of Boxford. 4. Moses,3 b. 11 Dec., 1701 ; d. 9 Nov., 1702. 5. Sarah,3 b. 2 Oct., 1703 ; m. Dean Robinson of Andover. 6. Thomas,3 b. 22 Feb., 1704-05. 7. Mehita- ble,3 b. 26 June, 1708 ; d. 14 Oct., 1723. 8. Rebecca,3 b. 28 Oct., 1710 ; m. David Putnam of Salem. 9. Allen,3 b. 14 April, 1714. 10. Asa,3 b. 10 Oct., 1716. 11. Margaret,3 b. 23 Nov., 1719.
Thomas 3 m. Eunice Putnam -sister of Gen. Israel Putnam - 20 Sept., 1731, who d. 2 Feb., 1787, aged seventy-six years. He d. 28 Sept., 1795. Ch .: I. Huldah,4 b. 13 Feb., 1731-32; m. Joshua Cleaves of Beverly. 2. Rebecca,4 b. 12 Jan., 1733-34 ; d. unm., 22 Aug., 1813. 3. Israel,4 b. 2 July, 1738; m. Elizabeth Moores ; settled on the St. John River N.B. 4. Mary, 4
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Jacob,2 * b. 1670. 3. Lydia,2 b. 1672. 5. Mary.2 5. Hepzibah.2 This settler is the ancestor of the majority of the Perley family. His descendants have been prominently
b. 4 June, 1741 ; m. John Peabody of Boxford. 5. Oliver,4 b. 30 July, 1743; settled on the St. John River, N.B. 6. Thomas,4 b. 19 June, 1746; m. Sarah Wood of Boxford ; d. 20 April, 1831 ; no issue : he was a distin- guished man in the town, and erected and resided in the house of the late William E. Killam. 7. Enoch, 4 b. 19 May, 1749 ; m. Anna Flint of Middle- ton ; was one of the first settlers of Bridgton, Me. 8. Aaron,4 b. 18 Sept., 1755.
Major Asa 3 m. Ist, Susannah Low of Essex, 31 Jan., 1737-38, who d. 15 Jan., 1762. He m. 2d, Apphia Porter of Danvers, 12 Aug., 1762, who d. 28 Dec., 1780. He m. 3d, Ruth Kimball, who d. 24 April, 1806. Major Asa Perley was a member of the Provincial Congress. He d. 10 April, 1806. Lived at the residence of the late Mr. Isaac Hale. Ch. : I. Dudley,4 b. 23 Nov., 1738 ; m. Hannah Hale of Boxford; lived in Winchendon, Mass. 2. Asa,4 b. 13 Dec., 1740 ; settled in N.B. 3. Eliphalet,4 b. 27 Aug., 1742; d. young. 4. Susannah,4 b. 13 June, 1744; m. Asa Peabody of Londonderry. 5. Allen,4 b. 11 May, 1746; d. young. 6. Eliphalet,4 b. 22 Nov., 1747 ; m. Anna Porter. 7. Allen,4 b. 9 June, 1750 ; m. Judith Case. 8. Daniel,4 b. 24 Sept., 1752 ; m. Rebecca Porter of Boxford. 9. Henry,4 b. 17 Feb., 1755. IO. Samuel,4 b. 15 Sept., 1757; m. Phebe Dresser of Rowley : father of Hon. Ira Perley. II. Solomon,4 b. 25 Feb., 1760 ; settled in N.B.
Aaron 4 m. Mehitable, dau. of Thomas and Margaret (Perkins) Wood of Boxford, 27 June, 1786, who d. 15 March, 1853, aged ninety-one years. He d. 10 Dec., 1831. Ch. : I. Mary,5 b. 10 Oct., 1786; m. Artemas Peabody of Boxford. 2. John,5 b. 26 May, 1788; m. Ist, Sally Kimball ; 2d, widow of his brother Israel. 3. Israel,5 b. 27 March, 1790; m. Asenath Gould of Boxford. 4. Enoch,5 b. 1792 ; d. 20 Feb., 1795. 5. Asa,5 b. 27 June, 1793 ; d. unm., in insane-hospital, Charlestown, 12 Sept., 1845. 6. Enoch,5 b. 4 Feb., 1795; d. 24 May, 1814. 7. Thomas,5 b. 29 Feb., 1797; d. unm., 18 Jan., 1856. 8. Rebecca,5 b. 21 April, 1799; lives in Boxford, unm. 9.
* The following is the line of descent of the present Perley residents of Boxford from Thomas' son Jacob : -
Jacob2 m. Ist; Lydia, dau. of Capt. John Peabody of Boxford, 3 Dec., 1696. He m. 2d, Lydia, dau. of Joseph Peabody of Boxford, 9 May, 1709, who d. 30 April, 1732. He m. 3d, widow Mehitable Brown of Rowley, (pub.) 24 June, 1733. Ch .: I. Lydia,3 b. 5 Oct., 1697 ; m. Peter Ayers of Haverhill. 2. Jacob,3 b. 19 Sept., 1700; m. Sarah Morse of Newbury. 3. Nathan,3 b. 17 Nov., 1703 ; m. Lydia Hale of Boxford. 4. Francis,3 b. 28 Jan., 1705-06; m. Huldah, sister of Gen. Israel Putnam : father of Capt. William Perley. 5. Moses,3 b. 1709. 6. Isaac,3 b. 14 Feb., 1711-12. 7. Hannah,3 b. 28 Oct., 1716; m. Stephen Kimball of Bradford.
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before the world, holding most offices of trust and honor ; teachers of morals, religion, and science; practitioners of the law, &c. Among them we would mention Hon. Ira Harriet,5 b. 14 May, 1803; m. William N. Cleaveland, Esq .; d. 23 Jan., 1879. 10. Huldah,5 b. 22 May, 1805; d. 1843.
Henry 4 m. Ist, Eunice, dau. of John and Mary (Kimball) Hood of Tops- field, 27 Oct., 1781, who d. 11 Oct., 1790. He m. 2d, Mehitable Peabody, 30 Oct., 1799, who d. 28 Oct., 1844, aged eighty-one years. He d. 6 Feb., 1838. Ch .: 1. Eunice,5 b. 14 April, 1782; m. Daniel Dresser of Bangor, Me. 2. Henry,5 b. 14 Oct., 1784. 3. Susannah,5 b. 16 March, 1788; d. 23 Nov., 1791. 4. Samuel,5 b. 9 Oct., 1790. 5. Leonard,5 b. 2 July, 1800 ; m. Mary Wells ; lived in Boxford.
Henry 5 m. Hannah, dau. of Solomon and Phebe (Perley) Wood, -Nov., 1808, who d .- Jan., 1837, aged fifty-two years. He d. 13 Nov., 1841. Ch. : I. Albert,6 b. 11 Oct., 1809. 2. Charles,6 b. 13 April, 1811 ; m. Lizzie Jane Herrick of Boxford. 3. Harriet A.,6 b. 17 Jan., 1814; m. Dean Andrews of Boxford. 4. Phebe,6 b. 25 Feb., 1817; m. Moses Dorman, Esq., of Boxford. 5. Henry E.,6 b. 19 Feb., 1819; m. Lydia L. Gould. 6. Catherine,6 b. 26 March, IS21 ; m. Henry Long of Topsfield. 7. Osmore,6 b. 25 Dec., 1825; m. Martha -; d. 20 Feb., 1878. 8. Hannah E.,6 b. 9 Feb., 1828.
Major Samuel5 m. Nancy Peabody, 9 May, 1816, who d. 24 Aug., 1851, aged sixty years. He d. I June, 1874, aged eighty-three years. Ch. : I. George,6 b. 5 June, 1817. 2. Sarah Peabody,6 b. 13 Sept., 1819. 3. Lucy Ann,6 b. 3 Jan., 1827.
Albert6 m. Hannah Hayward, 23 Jan., 1840; and d. 21 Feb., 1876. Ch. : I. Catherine,7 b. 17 Nov., 1840; m. - Buckley. 2. Mary E.,7 b. 4 Sept., 1842; m. Asahel Todd. 3. Josephine,7 b. 28 Dec., 1843; m. A. Austin Lake. 4. Albert E.,7 b. 8 June, 1845; d. 21 April, 1877. 5. Jennie,7 b. I Sept., 1849; m. George A. Wilkins. 6. Samuel,7 b. 22 Oct., 1851 ; m. Lucy Gurley. 7. Charles 7 and 8. Henry 7 (twins), b. 16 Oct., 1854.
George 6 m. Mary P. Johnson, 4 March, 1845. Ch .: I. Mary Ellen,7 b. 24 Jan., 1846.
Moses 3 m. Hannah, dau. of Nathan and Sarah (Bridges) Frye of Andover, 7 Feb., 1740, who d. I Nov., 1793, aged seventy years. He d. 23 Oct., 1793. Ch. : 1. Lydia,4 b. 18 May, 1741 ; m. John Perley of Rowley. 2. Moses,4 b. 24 Jan., 1743 ; d. unm., in the Revolution. 3. Hannah,4 b. 14 April, 1745; m. Daniel Clark of Topsfield. 4. Stephen,4 b. 3 Dec., 1747 ; m. Elizabeth Gould of Topsfield. 5. Jeremiah,4 b. 14 Dec., 1749; m. Eunice Foster of Andover. 6. Nathan,4 b. 9 March, 1752; m. Ruth Gould of Topsfield : Jeremiah Perley of Boxford is their son. 7. Peter,4 b. 5 June, 1754; d. when "a young man." 8. Sarah,4 b. 7 July, 1756; d. young. 9. Sarah,4 b. 27 July, 1757 ; m. Roger Balch of Topsfield. 10. Betty,4 b. 6 March, 1758 ; d.
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Perley, Chief Justice of New Hampshire; Dr. Daniel Perley of Lynn ; Gen. John Perley of the Massachusetts and Maine militia; John P. Perley of the Maine Legis- lature; Dr. Thomas F. Perley ; Rev. Humphrey C. Per- ley ; Jeremiah Perley, Esq .; Col. Charles S. Perley ; Hon. William E. Perley, for more than twenty years a member of the Parliament of New Brunswick and of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada ; and Rev. William F. Perley, Meth- odist clergyman in Kingston, Canada.
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