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HERBERT CHENEV, DANIEL CUMMINGS, died April 28, 1862,
JOHN A. CUMMINGS,
EVERETT W. CONANT,
WALLACE S. CHASE,
WILLIAM P. DAVIS,
OTIS DAMON, re-enlisted,
GEORGE W. DODD, Commissioned as Lieut. ALANSON H. DODGE, AMBROSE EAMES,
ORWELL J. GOODNOW,
ALWIN S. GRATON,
CHARLES E. GRATON,*
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JAMES HOLMES, MICHAEL KERRIGAN, SYLVESTER LARRABEE, NATHAN A. MUNROE, died in Tenn., Aug. 8, 1862,
SOLOMON R. MAYNARD, died at Newport News, March 2, 1863.
EDWARD E. MUNROE, died while a prisoner, FRANK W. MULLIGAN,
JOHN S. MILLS, died at Washington, April 15, 1865.
ALVIN S. NICHOLS, died in Tenn.
SAMUEL A. NEWTON,
NAHUM S. NEWTON,
ERASTUS W. NEWTON,
CHARLES H. NEWTON,
CYPRUS OSLAND, died May 4, 1862.
EDWARD F. PRATT,
DAVID W. PRATT, died at Andersonville, 1864.
JOHN S. PRATT,
ALBERT PRATT,
GEORGE O. PEIRCE, died at Harrison Land- ing, Va., July, 1862. JOHN D. PEIRCE, killed at Petersburg, Va.
HOLLIS H. HOWE, died at Yorktown in 1862. CHARLES A. HARRINGTON, died at Annapolis, Jan. 8, 1862. WARD HARRIS,
SAMUEL HARRINGTON,
GEORGE M. HARRIS,
JOHN HOLMES, Jr.
GEORGE R. HUBBARD, killed in the trenches at Petersburg,
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WILLIAM E. KEEP, served two enlistments. WILLIAM F. PIKE,
HIRAM N. PARKHURST, died at Newbern, Sept. 1864.
CHARLES H. PARKER,
WALTER SHAW, died at Washington in 1862.
SAMUEL STRATTON,* died Sept. 6, 1864.
ISAAC R. SAVAGE, JOHN W. SMITH,
WILLIAM WARE,
HENRY C. WARD,
WILLIAM M. WARREN,
BENJAMIN F. WARE,*
JOHN K. DAVIS,
WILLIAM GIBSON, (colored,)
drafted men.
HENRY EVANS, substitute.
BARNEY HASTINGS, and one other enlisted by the State were credited on our quota. Of this number 25 are reported as born in Paxton. Those marked thus * enlisted elsewhere.
List of Names upon the Soldiers' Monument.
Henry A. Browning, Daniel Cummings, Solomon R. Maynard, John S. Mills, Alvin S. Nichols,
Hiram N. Parkhurst,
John S. Pratt, David W. Pratt,
Nathan A. Munroe,
Edward E. Munroe,
Samuel G. Osland, George O. Peirce,
James D. Butler,
John D. Peirce,
George R. Hubbard,
Hollis H. Howe,
Samuel W. Stratton,
George W. Brown,
Charles A. Harrington, Walter Shaw,
Hezekiah Sargent.
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This monument is a plain granite shaft, situated near the centre of the " Common." It was erected about eighteen years ago at a cost of eight hundred dollars. Of this sum the town granted five hundred, and the other three hundred dollars was by private subscription. The Ladies' Social Union caused the iron fence to be placed around the mound and shaft. This was done at an expense of about three hundred dollars. The four large cannon were procured from the general government through the assistance of Hon. W. W. Rice, on the petition of the writer and others. The whole effect of this simple shaft is in keeping with its surroundings, and is a fitting memo- rial of those who fell in the conflict of 1861.
Here we bring this brief history to a close, trusting that it may at least serve as a foundation for a more extended work in the future.
SUPPLEMENT.
The genealogy of some of the first settlers of the town and their descendants is given here. Other fam- ilies would have been published had we had time to have gathered the necessary data or had it been fur- nished to us.
The genealogies of the Harrington, Peirce and Brown families are largely given in the preceding pages.
THE ABBOTTS.
ABIJAH ABBOTT, b. April 14, 1756, d. April 10, 1810. Rachel his wife, b. Dec. 18, 1759. They had children : AARON, b. Sept. 20, 1780, d. Jan. 1832.
LOIS. DANIEL.
ABIJAH, JR.
PATTY, m. Charles Lamb.
SUSIE, m. Mr. MacLane.
AARON ABBOTT, m. Betsey Howe, she was born Nov. 28, 1785, d. Aug. 13, 1865. They had children :
BETSEY SOPHIA, b. April 13, 1807.
CHARLES ADDISON, b. July 4, 1809, d. July 31, 18II.
CHARLES BUCKLEY, b. Sept. 22, 1811. LUCY HUBBARD, b. Nov. 13, 1813.
SAMUEL JENNINGS, b. Dec. 23, 1816, d. Sept. 29, I821.
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ABIGAIL MARIETTA, b. Dec. 27, 1818. CLARISA HOWE, b. Oct. 24, 1820. NANCY CLARK, b. Sept. 29, 1822. SIMON CHENEY, b. Feb. 28, 1825.
THE BOYNTONS.
EBENEZER BOYNTON, b. 1742, came from Sudbury, married PERSIS FAY of Holden. He died July 26, 1815. She died Dec. 4, 1817. They had children : PERSIS, b. Feb. 21, 1769. EBENEZER, JR., b. Nov. 10, 1770.
SILAS, b. May 17, 1772.
JEREMIAH, b. June 22, 1774.
ALPHEUS, b. Dec. 17, 1775.
PHEBE, b. Sept. 15, 1778.
LEVI, h. Oct. 18, 1779.
HANNAH, b. Nov. 20, 1781.
ASA, b. April 20, 1783.
DAVID, b. Dec. II, 1784.
EZRA, b. Oct. 18, 1786.
WILLIAM, b. June 18, 1789.
REUBEN, b. July 4, 1791.
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 15, 1793.
EZRA BOYNTON, b. - , m. Phebe Davis, the daughter of Col. John Davis and Phebe Stearns. They had children :
CHARLES DAVIS, b. July 25, 1812.
HANNAH GATES, b. Jan. 31, 1819.
PHEBE STEARNS, b. June 20, 1822, PERSIS FAY, b. Nov. 16, 1828.
DAVID BOYNTON, b. - m. Lucy B. Johnson of Worcester. They had a large family, viz :
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LUCY P., b. March 14, 1814.
MARY ANN, b. March 3, 1816.
DARWIN RUSSELL, b. March 4, 1818. ALONZO, b. May 2, 1822. ALONA, b. Jan. 13, 1824.
DAVID, b. Dec. 14, 1825.
NATHAN S., b. Sept. 20, 1827.
GEORGE D., b. Oct. 1, 1829.
LEWIS J., b. Dec. 28, 1831.
EDWIN NELSON, b. Dec. 8, 1833.
CLARISSA M., b. Feb. 6, 1836. AUSTIN, b. Jan. 27, 1838. ELLEN J., b. Jan. 28, 1841.
CHARLES DAVIS BOYNTON, m. Mary A. Towne of Charlton, on Dec. 22, 1841. They have no children.
HANNAH GATES BOYNTON, m. Tyler S. Penniman, and have children :
GEORGE DAVIS.
ELLEN ELIZABETH.
FRANK HENRY.
PERSIS FAY BOYNTON, m. 1st, Sumner Lincoln, 2nd, Tyler Clough of Brookfield.
DARWIN R. BOYNTON, m. Ist, Nancy Stowe, April, 1846 ; m. 2nd, Mary Ann Gould. No chidren.
THE BIGELOW FAMILY.
REV. SILAS BIGELOW, b. 1739, and came from Con- cord and Shrewsbury, it is supposed, and was or- dained in Paxton, Oct. 21, 1767. He died Nov. 16, 1769, aged thirty years. His wife was Mrs. Sarah Hall of Sutton. Intentions of marriage were published Sept. 22, 1769.
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ITHAMAR BIGELOW, b. 1746, m. Persis Barrett, daughter of Dea. Timothy Barrett. He was a brother of the Rev. Silas Bigelow. Died March 16, 1807. He lived on Asnebumskit. Had children :
TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 4. 1770, m. Anna Earle 1797. SILAS, b. - , d. April 2, 1783.
SILAS, b. Jan. 24, 1772, d. April 10, 1829.
ITHAMAR, JR., b. Nov. 21, 1773.
PERSIS, b. Nov. 15, 1775, m. Joel Smith in 1796. LUCY, b. April 25, 1778.
LEWIS, b. Sept. 1, 1780, d. Sept. 28, 1807.
ITHAMAR BIGELOW, JR., m. Sophia Earle, daughter of Clark Earle, May 31, 1801. The Rev. Daniel Gros- venor, their pastor, officiating. He died March 27, 1861. She was born June 15, 1777, d. March 20, 1848. They had children :
WALTER RALEIGH, b. April 30, 1802, d.
RALPH EARLE, b. June 14, 180- d. July 4, 1873. LEWIS, b. Aug. 31, 1808, d.
WALTER R. BIGELOW, b. April 30, 1802, m. Eliza Mowar, (b. Dec. 25, 1808, d. May 22, 1869.) They had children :
GEORGE CURTIS, b. April 9, 1830, d. May 12, 1859. He married Ist, June 16, 1853, Mary W. Whitte- more. Had children : MARY ELIZA, b. July 22, 1854, d. Aug. 6, 1855, m. 2nd, Ellen M. Clifford, Nov. 10, 1857.
SAMUEL THOMAS, b. May 10, 1834, d. June 29, 1879. He married May 20, 1861, Mrs. Ellen M C. Bigelow. Had children : GEORGE CLIF- FORD, b. Dec. 18, 1862, d. Dec. 31, 1881. GRACE MOWAR, b. July 7, IS71. ALICE MURDOCK, b. March 14, 1877.
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RALPH EARLE BIGELOW, b. June 14, 1804, d. July 4, 1873, m. Ist, Tryphena Lakin, 2nd, Malona Chaffin. Had children :
HENRY, b. Oct. 27, 1829.
CAROLINE H., b. Jan. 17, 1831, m. George W. April 3, 1850.
EMELINE E., b. April 9, 1833, m. Henry C. Ward.
JOHN C., b. Sept. 15, 1838. Children by Malona Chaffin. She died Aug. 12, 1869.
JOHN C. BIGELOW, m. Sarah M. Parker, Nov. 14, 1861. Had children :
FRED. ANDREW, b. Jan. 31, 1868. BERTHA LEE, b. Dec. 11, 1871.
LEWIS BIGELOW, m. on April 1, 1833, Ist, Phebe T. Davis, daughter of David Davis, Jr., 2nd, Mrs. Hannah Howard. Had children :
EDWARD D., b. Nov. 16, 1835. CHARLES G., b. Aug. 18, 1839. HENRY G., b. Oct. 22, 1842. GEORGE LEWIS, b. July 11, 1844.
ELMINA SOPHIA, one year old, d. Feb. 9, 1848. PHEBE M., b. Feb. 24, 1850.
ELIZA M., b. June 14, 1852.
SILAS BIGELOW, b. in Paxton Feb. 6, 1786, son of Ithamar and Persis (Barrett) Bigelow, m. Ist, Sophia Lamb, June 19, 1816. He died April 10, 1829. Had children by first wife (Sophia Lamb) :
JOHN FLAVEL, b. April 25, 1818. ARTEMAS EDWIN, b. Sept. 3, 1819, unmarried. ADELINE EULALIA, b. April 27, 1821.
GEORGE NORMAN, b. Jan. 14, 1823, m. Nov. 25, 1856, Ist, Frances Louisa Babcock, 2nd, Dec. 6, 1866, Fannie Whitcomb.
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NANCY JUDSON, b. Oct. 11, 1824, d. Aug. 25, 1878. He married for his second wife Adeline Buxton, June 11, 1826. They had no children.
JOHN FLAVEL BIGELOW, m. Sophronia Nye Lovell, Aug. 17, 1847. He died June 20, 1884. Had children : MARY ELIZA, b. Dec. 14, 1856, d. Sept. 7, 1859.
DERWENT, b. March 29, 1864, m. Mary Platte, and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
ADELINE EULALIA BIGELOW, m. Ralph Earle, May 15, 1839. Had children :
SOPHIA ROGERS, b. April 12, 1842.
SOPHRONIA ADELINE, b. June 5, 1845.
GEORGE NORMAN BIGELOW, m. Ist, Frances Louisa Babcock, Nov. 25, 1856. They had children :
EULALIA FRANCES, b. Nov. 20, 1857, d. Aug. 17, 1863.
GEORGE NORMAN, JR., b. Aug. 5, 1861, d. Aug: 18, 1863.
FRANCES EULALIA, b. May 21, 1863.
He married 2nd, Fannie Whitcomb of Keene, N. H., Dec. 6, 1866. He died Aug. 28, 1887.
THE EARLE FAMILY.
RALPH ' EARLE came from England, lived for a time at Newport, but died at Portsmouth, R. I., in 1678. He married Joan -. Had children :
RALPH, m. Dorcas Sprague.
WILLIAM, m. Ist, Mary Walker, 2nd, Prudence
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MARY, m. William Corey.
MARTHA, m. William Wood. SARAH, m. Thomas Cornell.
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WILLIAM 2 EARLE, b. -- , m. Ist, Mary Walker, 2nd, Prudence -. He died June 15, 1715. He lived in Portsmouth and Dartmouth. His will was executed Nov. 13, 1713. By this will he gave away several slaves to his children. He was a Quaker, as was his father and descendants to a comparatively late date. His children were :
MARY, b. 1655, m. John Borden.
WILLIAM, m. Elizabeth -.
RALPH, b. 1660, m. Mary Hicks. THOMAS, m. Mary Taber. - -
CALEB, m. Mary -.
PRUDENCE, m. Benjamin Durfee.
RALPH 3 EARLE, son of William 2 m. Mrs. Mary Hicks, daughter of Robert Carr of Newport, R. I. He died 1757, in Leicester, to which place he moved from Dartmouth. He was obliged to use an Indian guide a part of the way, there being no direct path. He bought the tract known as Mulbury Grove, in Leicester. He was a devout Quaker, and once visited Wm. Penn, who became attached to him. He made his will and gave freedom papers to a slave called "Sharp," and gave him thirty acres of land on the South-East face of Asnebumskit. Had children :
WILLIAM, b. Nov. 12, 1690, m. Anna Howard. JOHN, b. April 24, 1692, m. Mrs. Sarah Borden. MARY, b. Oct. 24, 1693.
ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 24, 1696, m. Robert Lawton. SARAH, b. Jan. 18, 1698, m. Stephen Manchester. MARTHA, b. Dec. 21, 1700.
PATIENCE, b. Nov. 24, 1703, m. Benjamin Richard- son.
RALPH, b. March 14, 1704.
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ROBERT, b. March 2, 1706, m. Ist, Mary Newhall, 2nd, Hepzibah Johnson.
MARY, b. March 13, 1708, m. Jotham Rice.
BENJAMIN, b. March 14, 1711, m. Ist, Abigail New- hall, 2nd, Mrs. Deborah Slade.
ROBERT 4 EARLE, son of Ralph, 2 who was the son of William, 2 who was the son of Ralph. 1 Robert had children :
MARTHA, b. Nov. 3, 1726.
NATHAN, b. May 12, 1728.
MARY, b. Aug. 10, 1730.
ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 18, 1732.
GEORGE, b. March 3, 1735.
THOMAS, b. Aug. 27, 1737, m. Hannah Wait.
EZEK, b. Feb. 10, 1741.
ROBERT, b. Oct. 10, 1743-
LYDIA, b. Aug. 15, 1746.
MARMADUKE, b. March 8, 1749, m. Elizabeth New- ton.
PHEBE, b. Dec. 22, 1756.
TIMOTHY, b. March 13, 1759. He died in U. S. Army, Nov. 3, 1777.
MARMADUKE& EARLE, b. in Leicester, March 8, 1749, m. Elizabeth Newton Aug. 14, 1772, daughter of Jonas Newton of Paxton. He died May 29, 1839. He was a Quaker. Was buried in Leicester. Had chil- dren :
LUCRETIA, b. Feb. 25, 1773, m. Samuel Brown, 2nd.
CATHERINE, b. March 3, 1775, m. Francis Wash- burn.
WINTHROP, b. May 5, 1777, d. Jan. 15, 1836.
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DELIVERANCE, b. Nov. 10, 1779, m. Jonathan Cun- ningham.
SAMUEL, b. Dec. 26, 1781, d. June 21, 1787. AMASA, b. March II, 1784, m. Lucy Howe. PHILIP, b. April II, 1786, m. Patty Barton. REBECCA, b. July 21, 1788, m. James Thompson. EMORY, b. Sept. 10, 1790, m. Eunice Smith. CANDACE, b. Nov. 3, 1792, m. William Boynton. PERSIS, b. Nov. 18, 1794, m. Wm. H. Scott. PHEBE, b. June 22, 1797, m. Moses Parkhurst. ELMER, b. Jan. 6, 1800, m. Sally Bellows. Homer, b. May 6, 1802, d. Aug. 30, 1804.
PHILIP 6 DARL, (son of Marmaduke,) b. April 10, 1786, in Paxton, m. June 18, 1807, Patty U. Barton of Leicester. He died in Paxton Jan. 7, 1869. He was a scythe maker. Had children :
ELIZA J., b. April 18, 1808, (m. Samuel Peirce, who died Nov. 8, 1876). She died Oct. 4, 1863. They had Hannah, b. March 30, 1833, who m. T. C. Prouty of Spencer .- Hannah died Feb. 4, 1875 or '6.
WILLIAM BARTON, b. Aug. 28, 1810, m. 1st, Han- nah Humes, 2nd, Nancy A. Horton.
SARAH G., b. Sept. 27, 1817, m. D. Gates Davis.
WILLIAM 4 Earle, b. Nov. 12, 1690, m. Anna How. . ard of R. I. He built a grist mill in Leicester and was one of the earliest members of the Quaker So- ciety in the place. Had children :
WILLIAM, JR., b. April 27, 1714, m. Mary Cutting. ELIZABETH, b. May 12, 1716, m. John Potter. MARY, b. Feb. 28, 1719, m. James Lawton, Jr. DAVID, b. Aug. 16, 1721, m. Martha Earle. JUDITH, b. Aug. 11, 1723, m. George Cutting.
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RALPH, b. Nov. 13, 1726, m. Ist, Phebe Whitte- more, July 19, 1750, 2nd, Mrs. Naomi Kinni- cutt.
JOHN, b. March 1, 1729.
RALPH 5 EARLE, son of William, 4 b. Nov. 13, 1726, m. Ist, Phebe Whittemore, July 19, 1750, 2nd, Mrs. Naomie Kinnicutt of R. I. He owned the place where Tyler S. Penniman now lives. He died about 1808. He was a very prominent man, and Gov. Hutchinson commissioned him as Captain in the British army in 1776. He declined to accept and was subsequently commissioned by General Washington, as Captain, this he accepted and took an active part in the Revo- lutionary War. Had children :
RALPH b. May 14, 1751, m. Sarah Gates.
CLARK, b. April 17, 1753, m.
ARTEMAS, b. Nov. 28, 1754, d. March 19, 1755.
JAMES, b. May 1, 1761, m. Mrs. C. Smith. DEXTER, b. Dec. 10; 1776, in Paxton.
CLARK 6 EARLE, son of Ralph 5 and Phebe (Whit- temore) Earle, m. Ist, Hepzibah Howard, 2nd, Mrs. Matilda Whittemore Chace, in 1800. They had chil- dren :
SOPHIA, b. June 15, 1777. BETSEY, b. Dec. 4, 1780.
RALPH, b. Jan. 11, 1783.
DEXTER, b. Nov. 7, 1786.
BETSEY HEPZIBAH, b. Dec. 4, ISO1. CAROLINE,-
DEXTER 7 Earle, b. Nov. 7, 1786, d. Nov. 9, 1855, mn. Susanna Eaton and had children :
RALPH, b. Nov. 13, 18II.
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SOPHIA B. E., b. Oct. 11, 1813, m. Dea. William B. Rogers.
LAVINNIA, b. Sept. 8, 1816, d. -.
MARY S., b. May 8, 1818.
CLARK. JAMES C. GEORGE, d. Jan. 14, 1864.
LEWIS BIGELOW, b. April 1830, d. Aug. 16, 1860. .
RALPH 8 EARLE, b. Nov. 13, 1811, m. Adeline Eu- lalia Bigelow, (b. April 27, 1821,) daughter of Silas Bigelow, May 15, 1839. Had children :
SOPHIA ROGERS, b. April 12, 1842.
SOPHRONIA ADELINE, b. June 5, 1845.
SOPHIE R. Earle, m. at No .- President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., Ledyard Bill, son of Gurdon and Lucy (Yerrington) Bill, of Ledyard, Conn., June 12, 1872. They have children :
FREDERIC LEDYARD, b. June 13, 1873.
BERTHA EARLE, b. June 5, 1875. LUCY SOPHIE, b. Oct. 28, 1882.
THE DAVIS FAMILY.
LIEUT. SIMON DAVIS came from Concord with his wife Dorothy, to Rutland, as early as 1720, the re- cords say. They had children :
Joseph, Israel, Eleazar, Simon, Martha, Oliver, Mary and Azubah. He died in Holden at the house of his son Eleazar.
SIMON DAVIS, JR., settled in that part of Rutland, now Paxton, where C. A. Streeter lives. He married Hannah Gates, of Rutland, Sept. 10, 1733. They had children :
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Elizabeth, b. Jan .- 1735 ; Hannah, b. March, 1736; Miram, b. June, 1738 ; David, b. June, 1739 ; Elizabeth, b. June, 1742 ; Simon, b. April, 1744 ; Mercy, b. June, 1745; Simon, b. Aug., 1747; Isaac, b. Feb., 1749 ; Samuel, b. June, 1751 ; John, b. Sept., 1752. ยท He died April 9, 1754, in Holden.
ISAAC DAVIS, son of Simon Davis, Jr., married a Miss - Brigham, and had John Davis. Isaac Davis died April 27, 1826, in Northboro, where he lived.
JOHN DAVIS, son of Simon, Jr., m. Relief Howe. Had children :
Clarissa, Sophronia, Horatio Gates.
DAVID DAVIS, b. in 1739. Died Feb. 11, IS24, married Ist, Lucy Buckman, 2d, Abigal Brown. He lived near Streeters. Had children :
Simon, b. Sept. 2, 1765 ; Phebe, b. Feb. 2, 1768 ; Samuel, b. March 18, 1776 ; Martha, b. Feb. 10, 1771 ; David, Jr., b. Sept. 17, 1773 ; Elias, b. - ; Abigal, b. April 1, 178r.
DAVID DAVIS, JR., married Patty Howe, Nov. 18, 1795. He died Aug. 5, 1852. Had children : (list incomplete).
Abigal Brown, b. April 24, 1799; Lucy Buckman, b. Aug. - , 1801 : Sarah Newton, b. May 29, 1804, d. Dec. 23, 1806 ; David Gates, b. Feb. 21, 1815.
DAVID GATES DAVIS, married Sarah G. Earle, June 11, 1839. She was b. Sept. 27, 1817, daughter of Philip Earle. Had children :
William Philip, b. Jan. 6, 1844, m. M. Jennett Stott, March 30, 1865 ; Eliza Abigal, b. Dec. 21, 1846 ; David Davis, b. July 24, 1852 ; Elias Wyman, b. Aug. 23, 1854 ; Gilbert Gates, b. Jan. 27, 1859.
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THE ESTABROOKS.
JONAH ESTABROOK, came from -, and settled in Rutland, where he died in -. He had children : Daniel. .
DANIEL ESTABROOK, b .- m .- and had children : George D., b.
GEORGE D. ESTABROOK, married Dec. 12, 1861, Fannie E. Stratton.
THADDEUS ESTABROOK, b. in 1747, d. in 1818. He married -. Had children :
John, Tyler and Dwight.
DWIGHT ESTABROOK, b. Jan. 9, 1803, d. Sept. 1842. He married Oct. 5, 1824, Abi Brown, daughter of Elijah Brown. She was born Nov. 2, 1802. They had children :
Dwight, Jr., b. July 6, 1825 ; Marie Antoinette, b .- she married Luther Goddard and lives in Worcester ; Fannie Brown, b .- m. George Brown of Leicester, and now reside in Philadelphia ; Daniel Franklin, b .- m .-; Dennis Francis, b .- m .-
DWIGHT ESTABROOK, JR., m. Miss Mary B. Rog- ers, daughter of Nathan Rogers of Holden, on Aug. 13, 1846. They had children :
Alphonso D., b. Jan. 13, 1847 ; Arthur F., b. May 6, 1848 ; Sylvester Brown, b. Nov. 1, 1849 ; Edison F., b. Nov. 7, 1851 ; Nathan W., b. Aug. 3, 1853, d. March 5, 1854 ; Abbie Smith, b. Jan. 5, 1857.
THE FLINTS.
JOHN FLINT, m. Phebe Smith of Paxton, and had son, Frederick, born in Oakham.
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FREDERICK FLINT, b. May 24, 1782, m. by Nathaniel Crocker, Esq., to Polly Smith, sister of Mrs. John Howe, Jr., March 10, 1806. He died Dec. 1, 1860. Had children :
Phebe, b. April 3, 1807, m. M. R. Williams, March 15, 1843, d. Feb. 24, 1873 ; Mary Ann, b. Sept. 24, 1812, m. Levi Jotham, Dec. 1, 1840, d. Nov. 16, 1846 ; Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1823, d. March 26, 1845 ; Aus- tin, b. Aug. 12, 1826, d. March 9, 1858 ; Charles S., b. Oct. 10. 1817, m .- d. Feb. 19, 1884.
AUSTIN FLINT, m. Hattie Garfield. Had children : Emma L., Fred. A.
CHARLES S. FLINT, m. Mary M. Williams, Oct. 7, 1845. Had children :
Mary Jane, b. June 22, 1849, d. May 22, 1855 ; Chas. F., b. April 18, 1857, m. Susie E. Wakeford, Jan. 9, 1889.
THE GROSVENORS.
REV. DANIEL GROSVENOR, (the grandson of John Grosvenor, who came to Roxbury at an early date), was born in Pomfret, Conn., about 1751. He married Deborah Hall, daughter of Dr. David Hall of Sutton. They had children :
Daniel Buckley, b. about 1777; David Hall, b. Nov. 31, 1779 ; Jonathan Prescott, b. Nov. 31, 1779-twins ; Deborah Newton, b. about 1781 ; Ebenezer Oliver, b. about 1783 ; Lucy Williston, b. about 1785 ; Ira Rufus, b .- died young ; Elizabeth Sophia, b. 1789; Cyrus Pitt, b. 1790 ; Moses Gill, b. 1792.
JONATHAN PRESCOTT GROSVENOR, m. Bethia Avery in 1804. She was daughter of Rev. Joseph Avery of
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Holden, and a grand-neice of Gov. Samuel Adams of Boston. He died Sept. 11, 1854. They had children :
Daniel Prescott, b. June 23, 1805 ; Mary Avery, b. June, 1806; Joseph Avery, b. Aug. - 1808; Lucy Bethia, b. March 10, 1810 ; Samuel Avery, b. Dec .- 1815, d. in 1850; Harriet Newell, b. May 5, 1818; Elizabeth Hall, b. June 1820; Jonathan Buckley, b. April - 1822 ; Sarah Thaxter, b. Dec. - 1824 ; Chas. William, b. Feb. 14, 1827.
DANIEL PRESCOTT GROSVENOR, m. Harriet Peirce of Paxton, daughter of Job Peirce. They had chil- dren :
Martha Peirce, b. in 1829 ; Edward Peirce, b .-; Harriet Elizabeth, b .- ; Daniel Prescott, Jr., b .-.
CYRUS PITT GROSVENOR, graduated from Dart- mouth about 1815. He married Mrs. Sarah Warner of New York. They had children :
Sarah Caroline ; Emma, d. young ; Cyrus Pitt, Jr., d. young.
He was a distinguished clergyman and preached in Utica, N. Y., and in Georgetown, S. C., then in Bos- ton and Salem. In his house in Salem was formed the first Anti-Slavery Society in New England. He was sent as delegate to London in 1840, to attend a great convention there in favor of universal freedom.
MOSES GILL GROSVENOR, m. Sophia Grout of Peters- ham. Had no children. He was a Congregational minister and preached in Haverhill, and in Keene, N .. H. He died in Worcester.
LUCY BETHIA GROSVENOR, m. David Manning, a boot manufacturer in Paxton, on May 17, 1838. They reside in Worcester at this time. They had children :
Bertha Grosvenor, b. Aug. 16, 1840, m. Col. Jos. A.
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Titus ; George Gilman, b. Oct. - 1842 ; Theodore, b. Oct. 1844 ; David, Jr. b. Aug. 29, 1846, m. Miss - Bige- low; Charles Walter, b. Aug. 1848 ; Joseph Avery, b. Feb. 1851.
CHARLES W. GROSVENOR, m. Nancy Clapp of Hol- den. He resides in Leicester. They had children :
Samuel Avery, Jonathan Prescott, Clarence Willie, David Clapp, Ella Elizabeth, Addie Maria.
JONATHAN BUCKLEY GROSVENOR, m. Sarah Jane Lattimer of Hartford, Conn. They had children : Mary Avery, Grace G.
ELIZABETH GROSVENOR, b .- , m. Isaac D. White and live in Brookline. Had children :
Isaac D., Jr., Carrie, Grace, Frances, Mary Avery.
SAMUEL AVERY GROSVENOR, b .- , m .-. Had children :
Lewis.
HARRIET NEWELL GROSVENOR, m. Daniel W. Kent of Leicester. Had children :
Lucy, Ruth A., Prescott Grosvenor, Hattie E., Carrie E. and Daniel.
THE HOWE FAMILY.
JOHN HOWE, b. Sept. 16, 1682, d. May 19, 1754. He came from Marlboro to Paxton. He had son.
PAUL HOWE, b. June IS, 1715. He m. Elizabeth Howe of Marlboro and died in 1765. She died Feb. 5, 1807, aged 87. Had children :
John Howe, m .-; Jonah Howe, b. 1746, m. Sarah Newton and d. Nov. 10, 1832 ; Jonathan, b .- , never married and lived at the "Old Brewery " place. He d. Feb. 27, 1835.
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JOHN HOWE, 2nd, son of Paul, m. Lucy -. Had children :
Paul, 2nd, b .- ; Charles, b .-; Samuel Hubbard, b .-; Lucy, b. Dec. 16, 1782, m. Amasa Earle in 1804 ; John, Jr., b. Feb. 16, 1784 ; Betsey, b. Nov. 28, 1785, m. Aaron Abbott in 1806, Nov. 15; Delia, b. June 16, 1788 ; Dulcina, b. Aug. 10, 1800 ; Salibity, b .- ; Hollis H., b. Oct. 19, 1802 ; Nancy, b .-; Solon C., b. Nov. 9, 1804 ; George Buckley, b. Aug. 4, 1806.
JOHN HOWE, JR., b. Feb. 16, 1784, m. Lucy Smith, Jan. 1, 1807, and settled on Brigham Hill. They had children :
J. Orris, b .-; Abram ; Jarvis, b .-; Lucy ; Augusta Maria, b. Sept. 15, 1807 ; Aaron, Lucy, Maria, Solon C.
JONAH HOWE, son of Paul, Ist, b. 1746, d. Nov. 10, 1832, m. Sarah Newton, daughter of Silas Newton, and lived on Howe's Hill. Had children :
Rufus, b. Jan. 4, 1772 ; Jonah, Jr., b. April 22, 1774 ; Patty, b. March 16, 1776, m. David Davis, Jr. ; Alice, b. March 21, 1779 ; Sally, b. May 12, 1781 ; Artemas, b. Sept. 20, 1783 ; Richardson, b .-; Relief, b. July 21, 1789 ; Lavinnia, b. June 7, 1791, m. Abram Liver- more ; Clarissa, b. May 16, 1794; Catherine, b.
ARTEMAS HOWE, above, m. Roxa Moore, b. April 7, 1785, daughter of Pliny Moore. He d. Oct. 12, 1854. They lived on the Rutland road at the Moore Homestead, afterwards the town farm, near Francis Keep's place. They had children :
Phineas Moore, b. June 8, 1808, d. May 30, 1881 ; Jonah, b. Dec. 24, 1810 ; Pliny K., b. April 12, 1813 ; Artemas, Jr., b. Oct. 12, 1815 ; Hannah D., b. Jan. 27, 1819; Roxa M., b. Oct. 13, 1821 ; Z. Swift Moore, b. June 6, 1824.
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JONAH HOWE, JR., b. April 22, 1774, m. Lydia War- ren Sept .- , 1796, and lived a few rods west of his fa- ther. They had children :
Benjamin F., b. Sept. 21, 1797 ; Elbridge Gerry, b. Aug. 14, 1799 ; Willard, b. Oct. 6, 1801 ; Rachel W., b. Oct. 24, 1803 ; Tirza, b. April 30, 1805 ; Porter, b. April 30, 1807, d. June 12, 1807.
ELBRIDGE GERRY HOWE, son of Jonah, Jr., m. for his 2nd wife, Mary Soule Sturtevant. He died about 1883, at Waukegan, Ill. They had children :
Elbridge Gerry, b. Aug. 22, 1863 ; Ira Sturtevant, b. Jan. 31, 1866.
J. ORRIS HOWE, son of John Jr., b. Jan. 17, ISIo, m. Maria Elizabeth Maynard, b. Dec. 23, 1825, of Marl- boro, and lives on Brigham Hill. Had children :
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