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The children were : LEWIS E., b. Sept. 9, 1859, m. June 2, 1885, Ada Presby, res. in Cambridge, Mass. GEORGE M., b. Aug. 24, 1861, m. May 13, 1885, Jessie F. Cate, res. in Somerville, Mass. FLORA ETTA, b. Jan. 11, 1864. SARAH J., b. Jan. 7, 1866. CORA MARIA, b. May 4, 1872.
[67] GEORGE ALFRED® DANIELS (ALFRED7, JEREMIAH®, ISAIAH5, JERE-
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MIAH4, EBENEZER3, JOSEPH2, ROBERT1), son of Alfred [54] and Daty (Nickerson) Daniels, was born April 23, 1826, in Medway. He married Amy A. Jefferson, daugh- ter of Joseph and Susan (Congdon) Jefferson. She was born in Uxbridge, Mass. They resided in Medway. Mr. Daniels died July 11, 1857.
The children were : EDWIN ALFRED [69]. ELLEN, died in infancy.
[68] FRANCIS HAMMOND9 DANIELS (WILLIAM DAMON8, JASPER7, LEM- UEL®, JOSEPHS, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, JOSEPH2, ROBERT1), son of William Damon [58] and Abigail ( Jones) Daniels, was born June 7, 1844, in Medway. He married, Dec. 23, 1874, Lizzie J. Hill, daughter of James N. and Jane (Whitney) Hill. She was born Nov. 5, 1848, in Sherborn, Mass. They reside in Medway.
The only child was : JENNIE WHITNEY, b. Feb. 21, 1877.
Memoranda. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels reside in an old homestead being the fifth generation. Joshua Partridge, the first settler, cleared the land in 1740. He was a great hunter. There are in the house to-day, deer's horns which belonged to the deer which Joshua Partridge shot on the place when he was clearing the lands. There is also a huge bear's trap preserved in the attic.
[69] EDWIN ALFRED9 DANIELS (GEORGE ALFRED8, ALFRED", JEREMIAH6, ISAIAH5, JEREMIAH4, EBENEZER3, JOSEPH2, ROBERT1), son of George Alfred [67] and Amy A. ( Jefferson) Daniels, was born in Medway. He married, June 15, 1880, Caroline Thompson LeFavor, daughter of Richard and Edna Jane (Sanford) LeFavor. She was born in Boston, Mass. They reside in Medway.
The only child was : RICHARD HOLBROOK, b. June 8, 1881.
[1] ASA DARLING (SAMUEL), son of Samuel and Sarah (Burr) Darling, was born July 18, 1783, in Bellingham, Mass. He married, June 10, 1810, Julia Thayer, daughter of Nathaniel and Susan Thayer. She was born Aug. 7, 1786, in Franklin, Mass. They resided in East Medway. Mr. Darling died July 16, 1819. Mrs. Darling died March 24, 1879, in the ninety-third year of her age, in the house where she had resided for sixty-six years.
The children were : COLLINS COURTNEY [2], b. Feb. 18, 1811. ASA THAYER, b. Jan. 24, 1813, m. Dec. 3, 1838, Sylvia L. Leland, d. April 10, 1876. FRANCIS DAVIS, b. Aug. 3, 1818, m. Oct. 14, 1844, Caroline C. Choate, res. in Boston, Mass.
Memoranda. Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Darling had three children : Caroline Louisa, b. 1846, d. Sept. 9, 1878. Mary Greenleaf, b. 1847. Herbert Choate, b. 1852, d. 1877.
[2] COLLINS COURTNEY DARLING (ASA, SAMUEL), was born Feb. 18, 1811, in East Medway. He married, May 29, 1845, Miriam P. Thayer. She was born, in Bellingham, Mass. They resided in East Medway.
The children were : EMMA M., b. May 27, 1846. WILLIAM R., b. Oct. 18, 1852, d. Oct. 24, 1852. JULIA E., b. Dec. 19, 1854, d. Nov. 12, 1884. JENNIE A., b. Jan. 9, 1860.
CHARLES HENRY DEANS (SAMUEL, ELIJAH), son of Samuel and Hannah Le Baron (Wheaton) Deans, was born May 2, 1832, in Easton, Mass. He married, Nov. 21, 1861, Mary M. Harris, daughter of Rufus and Elvira G. (Goss) Harris. She was born Dec. 1, 1834, in Westboro, Mass. They resided in West Medway.
The children were : HARRIS WHEATON, b. Oct. 29, 1862. ANNA LE BARON, b. March 21, 1865. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 27, 1869. GERTRUDE AGNES, b. Nov. I, 1871. MARY ELVIRA, b. July 16, 1877-
[1] JOHN ELLICE, the first of the name to settle west of the Charles River, lived on the old Mendon Road or Village Street, near where it is crossed by Pleasant Street. He married, April 7, 1698, Mary Hill, of Sherborn, Mass. Mr. Ellice died Nov. 14, 1716. Mrs. Ellice died March 3, 1729.
The children were : JOSEPH [2]. SAMUEL [3]. JOHN [4]. TIMOTHY [5].
[2] JOSEPH ELLIS (JOHN), son of John [1] and Mary (Hill) Ellice, was born in Medfield. He married, 1Elizabeth - . They resided in Medway. Mrs. Eliza- beth Ellis died Jan. 14, 1718. Mr. Ellis married, June 16, 1719, 2Thamezin Adams, daughter of Jonathan3 and Thamezin (Sheffield) Adams. She was born in 1699.
The children were : JOSEPII, b. Jan. 5, 1718. BENONI, b. July 29, 1720, d. July 29, 1720. WILLIAM, b. June 14, 1722. THAMEZIN, b. April IS, 1725. ELISHA, b. April 22, 1729. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 27, 1731. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 1, 1732. LYDIA, b. Feb. 19, 1734. HENRY, b. Nov. 10, 1737. HANNAH, b. June 13, 1741.
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[3] SAMUEL ELLIS (JOHN), son of John [1] and Mary (Hill) Ellice, was born in Medfield. He married Dorothy She was born in 1700. They resided in Medway. Mr. Ellis died Aug. 14, 1769. Mrs. Dorothy Ellis died May 13, 1790.
The children were : DOROTHY, b. June 27. 1721, m. Job Harding. JOHN [6], b. Oct. 28, 1723. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 15, 1726. EBENEZER [7], b. July 17, 1729. MARY, b. Oct. 7, 1731. BENJAMIN, b. March 29, 1734. IIENaY [8], b. June 7, 1736. HIANNAII, b. March 31, 1740.
[4] JOHN ELLIS (JOHN), son of John [1] and Mary (Hill) Ellice, was born in Medfield. He married Mary -. They resided in Medway. Mrs. Ellis died Oct. 25, 1732. Mr. Ellis died June 27, 1745-
The children were : AsA, b. Nov. 11, 1727, d. December, 1727. LYDIA, b. Nov. 13, 1728. SETH, b. Sept. 28, 1731, m. Phebe - , d. Dec. 27, 1806. Mrs. Phebe Ellis d. Nov. 27, 1815. MARY, b. Dec. 20, 1739.
[5] TIMOTHY ELLIS (JOHN), son of John [1] and Mary (IIill) Ellice, was born in Medfield. He married, Jan. 1, 1730, 1Hannah Adams, daughter of John3 and Susanna (Breck) Adams. She was born in 1707. They resided in West Medway. Mr. Ellis died. Mrs. Hannah Ellis married, May 21, 1739, 2 William Richardson, vid.
The children were : HANNAH, b. Sept. 28, 1731, mn. Moses5 Rockwood. MARY, b. Sept. 29, 1733. TIMOTHY, b. June 4, 1735. LYDIA, b. Nov. 29, 1736, m. Moses5 Rockwood.
[6] JOHN ELLIS (SAMUEL, JOHN), son of Samuel [3] and Dorothy Ellis, was born in East Medway. He married Sarah Harding. They resided in East Medway.
The children were : JOHN [9], b. 1754. ABEL, res. in Sutton, Mass. ABIJAH, res. in Hopkinton, Mass. ELI. SARAH, m. 1773, Elisha Richardson, vid. ; d. Jan. 31, 1843. [7] EBENEZER ELLIS (SAMUEL, JOHN), son of Samuel [3] and Dorothy Ellis, was born July 17, 1729, in Medway. He married Sarah Richardson. They resided in Medway. Mrs. Sarah Ellis died Nov. 17, 1800. Mr. Ellis died Aug. 28, 1819. The children were: CATY, b. 1751, d. Dec. 1, 1828. HANNAH, m. Joseph Abbe. OLIVE. SARAH, b. 1760, d. Nov. 1, 1824.
[8] HENRY ELLIS (SAMUEL, JOHN), son of Samuel [3] and Dorothy Ellis, was born June 7, 1736, in Medway. He married Lydia Daniels, daughter of Jeremiah4 and Mercy (Clark) Daniels. They resided in East Medway. Mr. Ellis died Oct. 3, 1822. Mrs. Ellis died July S, 1836.
The children were : SAMUEL, m. Mary Smith. HENRY [10].
[9] JOHN ELLIS (JOHN, SAMUEL, JOHN), son of John [6] and Sarah (Hard- ing) Ellis, was born 1754, in Medway. He married Rhoda Partridge, daughter of Joshua3 and Elizabeth (Kingsbury) Partridge. She was born Feb. 3, 1759, in Med- way, where they resided.
The children were : FERDINAND [11], b. June 16, 1780. MOSES [12], b. November, 1782. ALEXANDER. RHODA, m. ]MOSES HARDING, vid. ; m. 2Orion Ellis.
Memoranda. Col. John Ellis was in the Revolutionary army and six years a Sen- ator in the General Court of Massachusetts.
[I] HENRY ELLIS (HENRY, SAMUEL, JOHN), son of Henry [8] and Lydia (Daniels) Ellis, was born 1776 in Medway. He married Azubah Kingsbury. She was born 1775, in Foxboro, Mass. They resided in Medway. Captain Ellis died March 26, 1832. Mrs. Ellis died March 22, 1858.
The children were : LYDIA, m. James Fisher. HENRY, m. Dec. 4, 1822, Jane Thayer. ORION, m. Mrs. Rhoda Harding, née Ellis. CHARLES, m. Oct. 5, 1826, Maria Holbrook. WILLARD K. [13], b. April 3, 1808. CoaDELIA, b. September, 1809, m. Dec. 1, 1831, Jaazaniah B.8 Daniels, vid. ANGELINA, d. at the age of thirteen years.
[II] FERDINAND ELLIS (JOHN, JOHN, SAMUEL, JOHN), son of John [9] and Rhoda (Partridge) Ellis, was born June 16, 1780, in Medway, Mass. He married Lydia Whitmarsh. She was born in Providence, R. I. They resided in Exeter, N. H. Mrs. Ellis died Feb. 22, 1838. The Rev. Mr. Ellis died March 15, 1858.
The children were : FERDINAND. CHARLOTTE. LYDIA. ELIZA, m .- - Knight. JAMES. SARAH, m. Flagg. RHODA, res. in Exeter, N. H. ANNA, m. Dr. Ordiorne. JOSEPH W., res. in Mt. Vernon, Mo.
[12] MOSES ELLIS (JOHN, JOHN, SAMUEL, JOHN), son of John [6] and Sarah
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(Harding) Ellis, was born Nov. 17, 1782, in Medway. He married, Jan. 18, 1816, Almera Woodward. She was born Oct. 15, 1784, in Franklin, Mass. They resided in Medway. Mrs. Ellis died June 18, 1843. Mr. Ellis died Nov. 25, 1860.
The children were : RHODA, b. April 6, 1820, m. April 29, 1840, Elisha Adams Jones, vid .; d. Sept. 27, 1873. MOSES H., b. Jan. 30, 1821, d. March 28, 1822. JAMES HARVEY [14], b. Sept. 12, 1823. JOHN PRESTON, b. March 8, 1828, d. Feb. 8, 1845.
[13] WILLARD K. ELLIS (HENRY, HENRY, SAMUEL, JOHN), son of Henry [10] and Azubah (Kingsbury) Ellis, was born April 3, 1808, in Medway. He mar- ried, April 24, 1831, Amy Smith, daughter of Enos and Amy (Plimpton) Smith. She was born Sept. 25, 1809, in Medfield, Mass. They resided in Medway. Mr. Ellis died November, 1878.
The children were : ANTOINETTE L., b. Ang. 27, 1833, m. Nov. 24, 1853, Horatio Jones, vid. WILLARD SMITH, b. Jan. 2, 1837, d. March 1, 1837. CATHARINE ELIZA- BETH, b. June 28, 1841, m. Oct. 24, 1883, Lewis Wheeler, res. in West Roxbury, Mass. ELLEN M., b. Feb. 11, 1848, d. July 12, 1865.
[14] JAMES H. ELLIS (MOSES, JOHN, JOHN, SAMUEL, JOHN), son of Moses [12] and Almera (Woodward) Ellis, was born Sept. 12, 1823, in Medway. He mar- ried, Nov. 18, 1843, Laura Ann Harding, daughter of Nathan" and Keziah (Adams) Harding. She was born Oct. 25, 1825, in East Medway, where they resided. Mr. Ellis died Nov. 15, 1875.
The children were: ALMERA FRANCES, b. Sept. 19, 1844, d. Nov. 25, 1861. GEORGE A., b. July 25, 1849, m. Nov. 20, 1872, Maria M. Keep, res. in Franklin, Mass. ESTELLA A., b. April 26, 1852, m. Jason M. Hawkes, res. in Valley Falls, R. I. ED- WARD HARVEY, b. Feb. 6, 1856, m. 1879, Hattie Harding Bullard. LAURA, b. July 27, 1859, m. Sept. 1, 1876, Charles Fiske, res. in Chelsea, Mass. RHODA E., b. June 27, 1864, m. Nov. 19, 1882, Arthur Waite.
THOMAS ELLIS, of Medfield, received a grant of land in West Medway, which he conveyed to his son, Samuel Ellis, who deeded it to his son, Timothy Ellis, Aug. 18, 1725. In 1792 Timothy Ellis deeded it to his son, Oliver Ellis, who, in 1832, deeded it to his son, Simeon Ellis, and Simeon Ellis conveyed it, in 1862, to his youngest son, David G. Ellis.
[1] TIMOTHY ELLIS (SAMUEL, THOMAS), was born in Medway.
The children were : OLIVER [2]. PAUL. SARAH. RACHEL.
[2] OLIVER ELLIS (TIMOTHY, SAMUEL, THOMAS), son of Timothy [1] Ellis, was born in Medway.
The children were : SIMEON [3]. SYLVIA, m. Luther Henderson.
Memoranda. Oliver Ellis was one who shouldered his musket and marched to put down the Shay Rebellion.
[3] SIMEON ELLIS (OLIVER, TIMOTHY, SAMUEL, THOMAS), son of Oliver [2] Ellis, was born in Medway. He married Mercy A. Grover, daughter of David Grover. She was born April, 1788, in Mansfield, Mass.
The children were ; CHESTER [4]. MARTHA B. DAVID G.
Memoranda. Simeon Ellis served in the War of 1812, and was stationed at Fort Warren. For this service he drew a pension.
[4] CHESTER ELLIS (SIMEON, OLIVER, TIMOTHY, SAMUEL, THOMAS), son of Simeon [3] and Mercy A. (Grover) Ellis, was born March 27, 1816, in Medway. He married, Feb. 18, 1841, Clarissa Richardson, daughter of Artemas and Deborah (Johnson) Richardson. She was born in Medway, where they resided.
The children were : ALVIRA R., b. Sept. 2, 1844. ANNIE C., b. June 26, 1848, m. Dec. 27, 1865, George E. Pond, vid.
WILLIAM EVERETT (JOEL, ISAAC), son of Joel and Catherine (Smith) Everett, was born Jan. 3, 1817, in West Dedham, Mass. He married, Nov. 14, 1839, 1 Abby D. Wiggin. They resided in West Medway. Mrs. Abby D. Everett died March 10, 1854. Mr. Everett married, Jan. 3, 1855, 2Mary P. Blake. Mrs. Mary P. Everett died Sept. 3, 1856. Mr. Everett married, Nov. 26, 1857, 3 Betsey Goodale. Mr. Everett died Oct. 31, 1882.
The children were : GEORGE L., b. Ang. 21, 1840. MARY F., b. Sept. 5, 1842, m. Edwin A. Mann. CHARLES H., b. Nov. 18, 1844, d. May 25, 1865. ELLEN A., b. July 6, 1847, m. Edward Belcher. ABBY M., b. June 26, 1850, m. James Mott. WILLIE W.,
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b. Feb. 9, 1854, died Jan. 9, 1879. He was killed by the Indians. DAVID E., b. July 25, 1856, d. Oct. 14, 1856.
Memoranda. Mr. Everett's early life was one of trials, and his opportunities for an education were very limited. He was a self-made man, and under the favoring control of a Divine Providence which he recognized, he won his way to prominence as a citizen, and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of Selectmen of the town. Vid. The Dedham Transcript for Dec. 2, 1882.
[1] GEORGE FAIRBANKS, the first settler, came with his wife and five chil- dren about 1657 from Dedham, Mass. He married, Aug. 26, 1646, Mary Adams. Mr. Fairbanks died Jan. 10, 1682. Mrs. Fairbanks died about 1703.
The children were : MARY, b. Sept. 10, 1647, m. Nov. 16, 1665, Joseph Daniell, vid. ; d. June 9, 1682. GEORGE [2], b. March 26, 1650. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 28, 1652, d. Nov. 20, 1676. ELEAZAR, b. April 8, 1665, m. Martha Bullard, and settled in Sher- born, Mass. JONAS, b. Dec. 23, 1656, d. Nov. 28, 1676. JONATHAN, b. May 1, 1662, m. Sarah -, res. in Sherborn, Mass. MARGARET, b. June 27, 1664.
[2] GEORGE? FAIRBANKS (GEORGE1), son of George [1] and Mary Fair- banks, was born March 26, 1650. He married 1Rachel They resided in the homestead. Mrs. Rachel Fairbanks died May 12, 1678. Mr. Fairbanks married 2Su- sanna - Mrs. Susanna Fairbanks died. Mr. Fairbanks married $Sarah - Captain Fairbanks died May 5, 1737.
The children were : RACHEL, b. Sept. 29, 1672. MARIE, b. Jan. 5, 1675. SUSANNA, b. March 24, 16So. SUSANNA, b. March 17, 1682, m. Whitney. DOROTHY, b. Nov. 6, 1683, m. Ebenezer Thompson. MARGARET, b. Jan. 5, 1685. JONAS, b. Feb. 15, 1687-8, d. Nov. 10, 1690. SARAHI, b. Nov. 16, 1690. GEORGE [3], b. Oct. 2, 1694. JOHN, b. Oct. 9, 1697. HANNAH, m. Joseph Curtis.
[3] GEORGE' FAIRBANKS (GEORGE2, GEORGE1), son of George and Sarah Fairbanks, was born Oct. 2, 1694, in Medfield, afterward Medway. He married Sarah Harding, daughter of Abraham2 and Sarah Harding. They resided in Medway.
The children were : JOHN, d. Dec. 14, 1714. PHEBE, b. May 16, 1716, m. 1759, Abraham Cousins. JOHN, b. Feb. 5, 1719, d. May 3, 1719. JONAS [4], b. Oct. 20, 1720. GEORGE [5], b. Dec. 12, 1722. BATHSHEBA, b. Oct. 7, 1724, m. May 20, 1752, Asa Daniels, vid. SILENCE, b. Feb. 26, 1727, m. Elisha Barber. ELIJAH, b. April 29, 1729, d. Oct. 1, 1746. DAVID, b. July 10, 1731, d. Oct. 8, 1746. JOHN, b. Oct. 27, 1733 . JOSEPH, b. Dec. 8, 1735, m. Abigail Coolidge. SARAH, b. April 4, 1738. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 29, 1740, d. Aug. 20, 1744.
[4] JONAS+ FAIRBANKS (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1), son of George [3] and Sarah Fairbanks, was born Oct. 20, 1720. He married, 1745, Experience Leland, daughter of Hopestill and Mary (Bullard) Leland. She was born June 21, 1725, in Sherborn, Mass. They resided in Medway.
The children were : MIRIAM, b. March 9, 1745-6, d. Oct. 21, 1779. DEBORAH, b. June 2, 1747, m. Nov. 29, 1769, Job Partridge, res. in Bellingham, Mass. SARAH, b. Jan. 4, 1748-9. MARY, b. June 4, 1751. ELIJAH, b. March 21, 1753. EXPERIENCE, b. April 19, 1755, m. Jabez Whitney. HOPESTILL, b. March 4, 1757. RUFUS, b. Dec. 8, 1758. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 22, 1761, m. Mary Metcalf, res. in Bellingham, Mass. ; d. Jan. 5, 1835.
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[5] GEORGE+ FAIRBANKS (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1), son of George [3] and Sarah Fairbanks, was born Dec. 12, 1722, in Medway. He married Jerusha They resided in Medway. Mr. Fairbanks died Sept. 29, 1795. Mrs. Fair- banks died Jan. 9, 1796.
The children were : ABIJAH, b. Jan. 21, 1745-6, m. Mary Clark. JOEL, b. Jan. 26, 1747, m. Mary -, res. in Oxford, Mass. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 11, 1749. GEORGE, b. July 12, 1751, m. Cally Boyden, res. in Wrentham, Mass. SILAS [6], b. Sept. 29, 1753. JOTHAM [7], b. April 6, 1757. ASAHEL, b. June 2, 1761. ADAM, b. Dec. 1, 1763. [6] SILAS FAIRBANKS (GEORGE4, GEORGE3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1), son of George [5] and Jerusha Fairbanks, was born Sept. 29, 1753, in Medway. He married Mary Day. They resided in the old homestead. Mr. Fairbanks died June 11, 1823. Mrs. Fairbanks died June 21, 1827.
The children were : POLLY, b. March 14, 1785, m. Feb. 8, 1807, Moses Pond, vid.
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CHARLES, b. Sept. 30, 1787. SILAS, m. Mille Plimpton. JAMES. BETSEY, m. Baruch Perry. NANCY, b. 1796, m. 1 - Bullard; m. 2 Moses Pond, vid. CHARLOTTE.
[7] JOTHAM FAIRBANKS, son of George [5] and Jerusha Fairbanks, was born April 6, 1756, in Medway. He married, May 6, 1778, Beulah Daniels, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Keith) Daniels. She was born May 7, 1760, in Medway, where they resided. Mr. Fairbanks died May 24, 1834. Mrs. Fairbanks died May 29, 1853.
The children were : JOTHAM, b. Oct. 19, 1778. LEONARD, m. Nov. 30, 1823, 1 Abi- gail Harding ; m. 2Keziah Harding; m. 3Lydia Abbe, d. May 21, 1874.
OTIS FAIRBANKS married Sylvia Fuller, daughter of Asa and Melatiah (Met- calf) Fuller. She was born Oct. 9, 1791, in Medway, where they resided. Mrs. Fair- banks died July 4, 1835.
The children were : GEORGE OTIS, b. Feb. 14, 1815, res. in Fall River, Mass. MELATIAH. CATHARINE. HARRIET. ELIZA. MARY ANN. HEPHZIBAH. ABIGAIL M. ELEANOR M.
THOMAS FISHER, of Winston, Suffolk County, England, was the first man of this name who came to New England in the great Puritan immigration of 1630. He, with his wife Elizabeth, and their children, Samuel, Thomas, and Con- stance, settled in Cambridge, in 1634, and removed to Dedham in 1637. In that year ten more of the same name came to Dedham from Syleham, and in 1640 two more, making seventeen immigrants of the same kindred. The English ancestor of those who came in 1637 and 1640 was Anthony Fisher; This family group consisted of Anthony, Jr., wife Mary, children, Anthony, Cornelius, Nathaniel, Daniel, and Lydia. With them came two nephews of An- thony, sons of Amos, named John and Daniel, and another nephew, Joshua, son of Joshua, who, with his second wife, Mary Luson, joined their son Joshua and their other kinsfolk at Dedham in 1640. These twelve men and five women soon gave their name to a large posterity which gradually, and quite early, spread through the county, especially THE FISHER COAT OF ARMS. in Dedham, Wrentham, Franklin, and Medfield. Nearly all who bear the name in the Northern, Eastern, and Western States, trace their ancestry to those seventeen pioneers in Dedham, Mass.
There were a few persons who bore the name of Fisher in the early settlements at Jamestown, Va., and in Pennsylvania. Some of the latter were Quakers.
The English coat of arms of this family appears to be the same with the Dauphin of France, but how the coincidence happened is not known. The name being that of a common employment, is found in nearly all nations. In German it is Fischer, in French it is Pecheur. The German name is common in New York and in Brooklyn, N. Y. Vid. The History of Franklin, Mass.
The Fisher coat of arms, doubtless of French origin, used in this country by Joshua Fisher, Sen., of Medfield, and Capt. Ebenezer Fisher, of Dedham, is the same as is described in The History of Norfolk County, England, with notices of Richard and Edward Fisher "Gentlemen," "Richard Fisher, Chaplain 1442, John Fyshere, 1449, burgess of Thetford, the Rev. William Fisher, a Public Benefactor," and of Mrs. Mary Fisher, "who died and went to Heaven in a hurricane."
Joseph Fisher married Susa Fisher, daughter of the Hon. Jabez Fisher, of Frank- lin, Mass. Their son, Willis Fisher, married Caroline Fairbanks, of Franklin, Mass. These were the parents of the Hon. M. M. Fisher, of Medway, among whose ancestry are the names of Fairbanks, Metcalf, Haven, Coburn, Adams, Ellis, Snow, Heaton, Faxon, and Fiske. In England the Fishers intermarried with the Briggs, Bucking- ham, and Locke families. The celebrated John Locke was of this kindred.
[1] MILTON METCALF& FISHER (WILLIS", JOSEPH®, BENJAMIN5, COR-
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NELIUS+, CORNELIUS3, ANTHONY2, ANTHONY1), son of Willis and Caroline (Fair- banks) Fisher, was born Jan. 30, 1811, in Franklin, Mass. He married, Ang. 22, 1836, Eleanor Metcalf, daughter of the Hon. Luther and Lydia (Jenks) Metcalf. She was born Sept. 1, 1813, in Medway, Mass. They resided in Westboro and in Medway. Mrs. Fisher died March 13, 1885.
The children were : THEODORE WILLIS, b. May 29, 1837, m. Nov. 10, 1858, 1 Maria C. Brown, who died July 28, 1860; m. Dec. 18, 1873, 2Ella G. Richardson, res. in Bos- ton, Mass. CHARLES HAVEN, b. July 20, 1839, d. July 20, 1839. LYDIA CAROLINE, b. May 29, 1841, d. Oct. 9, 1846. MARY ELEANOR, b. Dec 5, 1844. ELLENA METCALF, b. April 2, 1843, d. Oct. 7, 1843. SARAHI FAIRBANKS, b. April 13, 1846, d. Sept. 16, 1846. FREDERICK LUTHER [2], b. Jan. 12, 1853. HELEN FRANCES, b. May 12, 1854, m. Oct. 26, 1876, Walter V. Hawkes, res. in Saugus, Mass. MILTON ARTHUR, b. May 10, 1856, d. Nov. 26, 1856.
[2] FREDERICK LUTHER9 FISHER (MILTON METCALF8, WILLIS", Jo- SEPH8, BENJAMINS, CORNELIUS4, CORNELIUSS, ANTHONY2, ANTHONY1), son of Milton M. [1] and Eleanor (Metcalf ) Fisher, was born Jan. 12, 1853, in Medway, Mass. He married, May 23, 1876, Caroline Pamelia Lyon, daughter of George and Sally Barber (Nichols) Lyon, of Boston, Mass. She was born Aug. 22, 1851, in Boston, Mass.
The only child was : HARRIET LYON FISHER, b. Aug. 23, 18So.
Memoranda. Frederick L. Fisher graduated in 1873 from the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, in the department of civil engineering. He was an agent for insurance in Medway and Boston, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1878.
[1] LEWIS FISHER, son of Simeon Fisher, was born Feb. 15, 1771, in Med- way. He married, Oct. 5. 1797, Hannah Thayer, daughter of Capt. Elias and Hannah (Ellis) Thayer. She was born Nov. 11, 1775, in Bellingham, Mass. They lived in Medway.
The children were : HEPHZIBAH A., b. March 24, 1799, d. May 23, 1825. SIMEON [2], b. Jan. 6, 1801. HANNAH, b. Dec 15, 1802, d. July 3, 1826. LAURA ANN, b. Oct. 31, 1804, m. Albert Thwing, d. November, 1867. OLIVIA, b. Oct. 19, 1807, m. October, 1842, Chandler Pratt. PAULINE, b. Oct. 20, 1809, m. Robert Mowry. LEWIS [3], b. Nov. 15, 1811: ELIAS T. [4], b. March 25, 1814. EBENEZER H., b. July 21, 1816, m. Milly W. Smith, d. Dec. 15, 1851.
Memoranda. Simeon Fisher, Sen., was born in 1733, and died Sept. 10, 1818.
[2] SIMEON FISHER (LEWIS, SIMEON), son of Lewis [1] and Hannah (Thayer) Fisher, was born Jan. 6, 1801, in Holliston, Mass. He married, 1824, 1Mary Ann Rockwood. She was born Feb. 8, 1805, in Medway, where they resided. Mrs. Mary Ann Fisher died Sept. 30, 1867. Mr. Fisher married, April 29, 1869, 2Matilda G. Mason, daughter of Simon Harding and Betsey (Leland) Mason. She was born Aug. 9, 1813, in East Medway.
The children were : CAROLINE R., b. March 19, 1825, m. Oct. 17, 1843, Mellen C. Bragg, d. Sept. 12, 1849. GEORGE S., b. Sept. 13, 1828, m. Nov. 22, 1852, Mira A. Babcock. ELIAS T., b. Aug. 13, 1835, d. March 8, 1837. MILLE A., h. Nov. 24, 1837. LEWIS L., b. Aug. 19, 1839, d. July 4, 1866. IRVING A., b. March 28, 1841. WILLARD P., b. Oct. 2, 1842, m. Jan. 27, 1862, 1Mary L. Hastings, who died Jan. 21, 1868; m. 1869, 2Clara Bancroft. FANNY S., b. April 13, 1845, d. July 28, 1850.
[3] LEWIS FISHER (LEWIS, SIMEON), son of Lewis [1] and Hannah ('Thayer) Fisher, was born Nov. 15, 1811. He married, March 27, 1838, Betsey Richardson, daughter of Abijah and Olive (Pond) Richardson. She was born Sept. 13, 1818, in East Medway.
The children were : ABIJAH RICHARDSON, b. March 14, 1839, d. Jan. 22, 1841. TRYPHENA RICHARDSON, b. Jan. 17, 1841, m. Jan. 9, 1867, Edmund Newton Clark, vid. BESSIE ADELAIDE, b. Oct. 28, 1842, d. July 24, 1860. FRANK LEWIS, b. Sept. 7, 1844, m. Emeline Wheeler, res. in Rye, Col. AsA O., b. May 24, 1846, m. Mrs. Addie Steele, res. in Bismark, Dak. OLIVE MARIA, b. March 16, 1848, m. Dwight Bagley, res. in Rye, Col. IRVING AUGUSTUS, b. Feb. 15, 1850. CHARLES TIIURBER, b. Feb. 16, 1852, m. Helen Bagley, res. in Pueblo, Col. ALBERT THAYER, b. May 3, 1854, m. Emma - FANNIE L., b. Oct. 3, 1856, d. Nov. 17, 1871. MARY ABBIE, b. Nov. 16, 1858, m. William Dewey. LEWIS ROBERT, b. Nov. 5, 1862, res. in New Mexico.
[4] ELIAS THAYER FISHER (LEWIS, SIMEON), son of Lewis [1] and Han-
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nah (Thayer) Fisher, was born March 25, 1814, in Holliston, afterward Medway. He married, May 21, 1841, 1Martha B. Ellis, daughter of Simeon and Mercy (Green) Ellis. She was born Jan. 30, 1818, in West Medway, where they resided. . Mrs. Martha B. Fisher died July 19, 1852. Deacon Fisher married, June 16, 1853, 2Sarah H. Blackmer, daughter of John and Esther (Bartlett) Blackmer. She was born April 5, 1826, in Ply- month, Mass.
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