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Ellen M., b. Aug. 22, 1852 ; Louisa J., b. Aug. 23, 1856, d. June 30, 1885 ; Caroline E., b. Dec. 19, 1858 ; Fannie B., b. Sept. 7, 1860 ; John R., b. May 6, 1862 ; F. Sumner, b. Oct. 27, 1863.
SOLON C. HOWE, son of John Howe, Sr., m. Matil- da Chase. He died Jan. 9, 1885. Children :
One son who died young ; Marcia M., m. Nahum S. Newton ; Lucy A., m. Wm. H. Harrington.
HOLLIS HALL HOWE, b. Oct. 19, 1802, brother of Solon C. above, m. Nov. 29, 1827, Fannie Brown, daughter of Elijah Brown. Had children :
Harriet B., b. Nov. 3, 1832 ; Ellen F., b. July 26, 1838, m. William H. Clark.
GEORGE BUCKLEY HOWE, a brother of Hollis H.,. m. Had a son :
George C., who lived and died at Oakdale, leaving a widow and daughters, but no son.
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SAMUEL HUBBARD HOWE, b. - , m. Dec. 30, 1819, Elizabeth H. Moore, d. -. Had son :
Andrew Jackson Howe, b. April 14, 1825.
ANDREW JACKSON HOWE, m. Georgiana Lakin, Feb. 2, 1858. Have no children. They reside in Cin- cinnati, O.
THE MAYNARDS AND PARKHURSTS.
Adam Maynard, who died here in 1786, and William, who died in 1787, are supposed to be sons of Hezekiah Maynard of Marlboro, who was the grandson of the original John Maynard of Sudbury, who came over in 1638.
MOSES MAYNARD, b. 1782-3, m. Sarah Maynard, Dec. 2, 1802. He died Feb. 12, 1857. She d. June 2, 1846. They had children :
Benjamin, b. Nov. 18, 1803 ; Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1805 ; Dolly, b. Oct. 6, 1807 ; Dorinda, b. June 15, 1809 ; Su- san, b. Dec. 6, 1812.
BENJAMIN MAYNARD, m. Oct. 30, 1834, Ruth Rice, b. July 5, 1809. He died Dec. 19, 1879. She died Aug. 23, 1878. They had children :
Moses, b. Aug. 25, 1835 ; Solomon Rice, b. Dec. 15, 1837, d. Newport News, March 2, 1863 ; Ruth, b. March 16, 1846, d. May 9, 1848 ; Benjamin, b. Nov. 18, 1847, d. May 9, 1851 ; George, b. June 16, 1850, unmarried.
MOSES MAYNARD, m. Martha A. Stearns. April 2, 1857. She died Oct. 2, 1876. They had chil- dren :
Benjamin L., b. Feb. 20, 1858 ; Charles Whitman, b. Sept. 13, 1859 ; William Edwin, b. Nov. 14, 1860 ; Joseph Henry, b. Dec. 25, 1861 ; Sarah Adaline, b.
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Aug. 17, 1863 ; Ruth Rice, b. May 20, 1866; Clara Ella, b. Feb. 10, 1869 ; Arthur Clyde, b. June 9, 1876, died young.
BENJAMIN L. MAYNARD, m. Aug. 20, 1880, Susie P. Parkhurst, and had one child, Alice Adelle, b. Sept. 20, 1882. Mrs. Maynard is the daughter of Nathan- iel L. Parkhurst, who was the son of Moses Park- hurst, who came from Petersham and m. Pliebe Earle, April 7, 1819, daughter of Marmaduke Earle, and settled at the home of his father-in-law. Moses Parkhurst had children :
Nathaniel L., Varonus P., Mary E., Caroline Earle, Hiram N., and Moses B.
Benjamin L. Maynard lives in Nebraska, and has one child, Alice Adelle.
THE METCALFS.
EBENEZER METCALF came from Wrentham and lived in Rutland, (now Paxton). He had son :
SETH METCALF, who married Hannah -, and lived where Merriam now lives. He died aged 92. He had children :
Amos, b. Feb. 14, 1785 ; Hannah, b. May 9, 1787, d. Nov. 24, 1795 : Seth, Jr., b. April 21, 1789, d. Dec. 10, 1795 ; Timothy, b. - , d. Nov. 21, 1795 ; Anios, b. - , d. Nov. 29, 1795 ; John P., b. April 21, 1791, d. - , 1884.
JOHN P. METCALF, m. Lydia Spring of Holden, about 1825. Had children :
Hannah B., b. March 31, 1827, m. William Brown ; Seth, b. Nov. 28, 1828, d. young ; John R., b. Jan-, 1833, m .-
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HANNAH BANCROFT METCALF, m. William Brown, Nov. 24, 1852. Had son, Wesley E.
PARTRIDGE FAMILY.
TIMOTHY PARTRIDGE, m .- Lived in Medway. Had son :
Samuel, b. March 18, 1756.
SAMUEL PARTRIDGE, settled at the place now owned by Morris Kane. He married Elizabeth Mac- Intire. She was born Oct. II, 1759. He died March, 29, 1832. She died Jan. 12, 1830. They had chil- dren :
Nabby, b. Nov. 14, 1782 ; Silence, b. Oct. 2, 1784 ; Zillah, b. March 27, 1786 ; Polly, b. May 11, 1789 ; Betsey, b. Nov. 1I, 1791 ; David, b. March 30, 1795 ; John, b. June 1, 1797 ; Sally, b. Jan. 9, 1801.
JOHN PARTRIDGE, m. - Peirce, daughter of Job Peirce of Paxton. They had children :
George W., and several daughters.
THE MOORE FAMILY.
MARY MOORE, mother of Captain Phineas Moore, d. May 9, 1786, aged 89.
CAPT. PHINEAS MOORE, b. March -, 1729, m. Anna Rice, June 14, 1753, and died Dec. 15, 1807. His wife d. Jan. 12, 1814. The children of Phineas and Anna Moore were :
Beulah, b. May 17, 1755, d. Sept. 17, 1756 ; Relief, b. March 20, 1757 ; d. May 12, 1830 ; Pliny, b. July 15, 1759 -; Beulah, b. July 29, 1761, d. June 14, 1781 ; Adonijah, b. Oct. 13, 1763, d. July 27, 1815 ; Persis, b. Aug. 29, 1766, d. Sept. 4, 1827 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 6,
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1768, d. April 4, 1810 ; Peter, b. June 15, 1770, d. Aug. 6, 1773; Lucinda, b. July 12, 1772; Peter and Phineas, b. May 3, 1775, Peter d. June 6, 1775, Phineas d. June 17, 1775.
CAPTAIN PLINY MOORE, b. about 1760, d. April 26, 1823. He married Hannah Knight, 1781. She died Nov. 9, 1809, aged 48.
MAJ. WILLARD MOORE, b. April 1743, m. March 18, 1762, to Elizabeth Hubbard ; he was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1776.
THE SLADE FAMILY.
HENRY SLADE, m. Naomi -, came from Somerset to Paxton, and had children :
John, b. Dec. 23, 1782 ; Anthony, b. Oct. 18, 1779 ; Ruth, b. March 17, 1790; Mary, b. April 2, 1792 ; Henry, Jr., b. July 31, 1786; Samuel, b. Aug. 28, 1794. The latter settled on what is now known as Dodd's Hill, formerly Slade's Hill, a half mile this side of the Worcester town line. He had children : Mercy, and others.
JOHN SLADE, son of Henry, m. Lucretia -, set- tled in the northerly portion of the town near the Rutland road and had children, Henry and John. The former lives near his father's place, and m. Ist, Anna Howard, May 30, 1849, and 2d, m. to Mrs. Caroline Earle Woodbury, Jan. 16, 1889, a native of this town and the daughter of Moses Parkhurst, who came from Petersham and settled in Paxton on the. old Marmaduke Earle place on the Barre road. He married Phebe Earle, daughter of Marmaduke Earle. They had children :
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Nathaniel L., Varonus P., Moses B., Hiram N. and Caroline Earle.
JOHN SLADE, JR., b. Feb. 3, 1827, m. Jane E. Wheeler, of Royalston, Nov. 28, 1856, and has two children :
Edgar P. Slade, b. Dec. 9, 1857, m. Mary J. Brown, Nov .- , 1886 ; Ada Idelle, b. June -, 1860.
THE SNOW FAMILY.
JOHN SNOW, b. - m. Sybil Mathews. Hed. March 6, 1801, aged 72. She d. June 20, 1802, aged 69. Had children :
Daniel, m. Annie Tierney, March 31, 1787 ; James, m. Persis Warren, May 17, 1785 ; Nathan, m. Betsey Dyer, Sept. 23, 1802 ; Willard, b .-; John, b. April 27, 1772 ; Lemuel -.
COL. WILLARD SNOW, b. - , d. July 13, 1846, m. 1st, Polly Harrington, daughter of Dea. Samuel Harring- ton, m. 2d, Sarah Davis, sister of "Honest John Davis." Children by 1st wife were :
Polly ; Lucy, b. March 23, 1805 ; Sophronia, b. Jan. 7. 1808 ; Sybil, b. May 13, 1818 ; Carlo Homer, b. Nov. 11, -; d. about 1830 ; John, b. Oct. 30, 1801, d. Jan. 15, 1828; Willard, b. -; Henry, by 2d wife. He lives near Newton.
CARLO HOMER SNOW, m. Delia Newton, daughter of Windsor Newton. Had children :
Windsor Newton, b. March 24, 1824 ; Carlo Homer, b. -.
DR. WINDSOR N. SNOW, m. Julia F. Wright of Grafton, May 10, 1854. He resides in Worcester and has children :
Ida, Florence, Homer, Wallace. Miss Florence is
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a graduate of Smith's College, and Wallace is at Har- vard University.
CARLO HOMER SNOW, m. Lucretia Eddy. They had Nelson H., who is living at Mineral Point, Wis.
WILLARD SNOW, 2d, m. Mary Peirce, Oct. 28, 1818.
The Snow family were among the most prominent of the early settlers. They were men of fine pres- ence, tall and portly. Col. Willard Snow was over six feet in height, and towards the last of his life, weighed over three hundred pounds. He built 28 houses in Paxton. All of his male descendants are distinguished looking men. His mother was sitting in the doorway one morning when suddenly a bear and two cubs passed through the yard and into the woods.
THE WARREN FAMILY.
JOHN WARREN, 1 came to Watertown in 1630, at the age of 45. He d. Dec. 13. 1667. Had one son, viz : JOHN WARREN, JR., 2 b. 1622, and died in 1703.
JOHN WARREN, 3 3d., b. May 21, 1678, d. 1726 at Weston. Had son.
JOHN WARREN, 4 b. April 3, 1701, settled in Marl. boro ; d. Dec. 27, 1783. Had son.
JOHN WARREN, 4 b. June 19, 1739. He d. May 1, 1812, aged 73, m. Rachel -. She died Feb. 23, 1709, aged 69. He died aged 94 years and 8 months. Had children :
Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1766 ; Rachel, b. Jan. 27, 1 772 ; Lydia, b. March 15, 1774 ; Lavinia, b. Sept. 4, 1778.
WILLIAM WARREN, 5 b. in Marlboro, May 13, 1769, m. Amey Eddy, 1791, d. Jan. 13, 1864. Had children :
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Abigail, b. July 12, 1792 ; Phebe, b. May 14, 1794 ; John, b. March 18, 1797.
JOHN WARREN, 6 b. March 18, 1797, m. March 24, 1824, Lucretia Mirick, b. Jan. 25, 1803. Had chil- dren ;
Mary Ann Condy, b. July 30, 1825, m. Sept. 12, 1843, Jonathan Hapgood ; Sewell Mirick, b. Nov. 28, 1826, d. Nov. 21, 1828 ; Anna Eddy, b. Dec. 12, 1828 ; William Mirick, b. Sept. 17, 1832 ; Persis Graves, b. Dec. 10, 1834 ; Bezaleel Mirick, b. Dec. 28, 1836, d. Feb. 19, 1837; Phebe Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1837 ; George Harrison, b. March 28, 1840 ; Ellen Lu- cretia, b. April 4, 1842 ; Harriet Maria, b. Dec. 24, 1844, d. Oct. 1, 1844.
ANNA E. WARREN, 7 m. John S. Chase, Oct. 9, 1845. They had children :
Wallace S., b. June 28, 1847 ; Charles E., b. Nov. 14, 1849, d. Aug. 26, 1870 ; Emmons W., b. Feb. 17, 1854 ; Carrie E., b. Aug. 25, 1856 ; Emma, b. Oct. 18, 1859, d. Feb. 9, 1877 ; George Harrison, b. Aug. 2, 1865, d. March 21, 1866.
WILLIAM M. WARREN, 8 son of John Warren above, m. 1st, Mary Hale Bowen, June 11, 1856. Had children :
Anna Lucretia, b. Aug. 29, 1860, d. Sept. 4, 1864 ; Anna Maria, b. April 18, 1865, d. March 17, 1884; Arthur Luther, b. June 27, 1866, d. Sept. 15, 1867. Mrs. Mary H. Warren, d. April 18, 1874.
He married 2d, Susan Catharine Woodbury, Feb. 9, 1876. Had :
John Lovell, b. Jan. 19, 1882, d. March 28, 1886.
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