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1Wonder-Working Providence, chapter VI.
2History of Plymouth Plantation, page 425.
3New-England's Memorial, page 116.
4Letter from Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, dated July 28, 1637, in New-England's Memorial.
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boggy that some of the soldiers stuck fast and were repeatedly shot at by the Indians. Lieutenant Davenport and two others were dangerously wounded.1 Lieutenant Davenport was shot about the shoulder, and another soldier in the head. They fainted and were in great danger of being taken captive by the Indians, but were rescued. The Indians then desired a conference, and were told by the interpreter of the English that if they would come out and yield themselves, those who had not shed English blood would have their lives saved. Whereupon the sachem of the place came forth with an old man or two and their wives and children, and parleyed for two hours, until it was night, and then retired. The interpreter was later sent to call the Indians, and the Indians shot at him so fast that he came near being killed. The soldiers then trimmed the shrubs in a part of the swamp with their swords, and concentrated the Indians so they could more easily dispatch them in the thickets. The soldiers continued all night, standing about twelve feet apart, and the Indians came close to them and shot their arrows. The hat brims and sleeves and stockings and other parts of the clothing of the soldiers were pierced, but none of them was wounded that night. When it was nearly daybreak the darkness became intense, and many of the Indians escaped, though the soldiers were so near each other. Some were discerned and killed. The swamp was searched next morning and the bodies of nine Indians were found and others had been buried in the mire. Probably less than twenty of the Indians escaped ; the bodies of some of them were found in the course of their flight, having died of wounds.2
The prisoners taken at this time were divided between the settlers at the river and the people in the Bay colony. The boys were sent to Bermuda by Capt. William Pierce, and the women and girls were scattered in the settlements.1 Winthrop says that fifteen boys and two women were taken by Captain Peirse to Bermuda in the summer of 1637.3 He commanded the Desire, which had been built at Marblehead the previous summer. These Indians were apparently sold or exchanged for negroes. Hugh Peter, at that time, wrote to John Winthrop as follows: "Wee haue heard of a dividence of women and children in the bay and would bee glad of a share viz : a young woman or girle and a boy if you thinke good. I wrote to you for some boys for Bermudas which I thinke is considerable. Besides wee are bold to impart our thoughts about the corne at Pequoit which wee wish were all
'Winthrop's Journal, volume I, page 233.
"Letter of Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, dated July 28, 1637, in New-England's Memorial.
3Winthrop's Journal, volume I, pages 233 and 234.
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cut down, or left to the Naragansicks rather than for vs to take it, for wee feare it will proue a snare thus to hunt after their goods whilst wee come forth pretending only the doing of justice, and we beleeve it would strike more terror into the Indeans so to do : It will quit cost to vs to keepe it."
The general court, Aug. 1, 1637, solicited "the magistrates to treat wth the elders about a day of thanksgiving vpon the returne of the souldiers, & the souldiers to bee feasted by their townes." The court agreed that the soldiers be called home from this ex- pedition against the Pequots; and they arrived August 26th, having killed seven hundred of the Indians and dispersed the rest. By appointment of the general court, October 8th was "kept a day of publike thanksgiveing to God for his great mcies in subdewing the Pecoits, bringing the soldiers in safety, the successe of the conference, & good news from Germany." The day of thanks- giving was kept in all the churches. After the sermon, the magistrates and elders accompanied the captains and soldiers who had been in the service to the door of the house where a feast was prepared for them.1
A treaty was made with the Narragansetts November Ist. The Indians in all sections were terrified.2 The Pequots were wholly subdued and their country taken from them. The Pequot survivors whom the English had taken were apportioned among the Narragansetts and the Mohegans. The Narragansetts were dissatisfied, however, because they believed that they ought to have had all the captives; and they became very cool toward the English.3
Several of the military company under Ensign Davenport in the expedition against the Pequots went to view Quinepiack (New Haven,- also called Quilipiack) in August, 1637, with the in- tention of beginning a plantation there. They had many offers of locations in both Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, and they viewed several places, but none were satisfactory to them.
This is the story of the tragedy from the standpoint of the Englishmen ; what it might have appeared from the other side, had the aborigines possessed a written language it is easy to imagine. They had their home in the same locality as had their ancestors for untold generations, an agricultural people, planting their fields, hunting in their own forests, fishing in their own waters, contented and happy in their simple lives. They had a
1Winthrop's Journal, volume I, page 243.
2Letter of Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, dated July 28, 1637, in New-England's Memorial, by Nathaniel Morton, page 12I.
New-England's Memorial.
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good government and laws, an excellent religion and were ex- ceptionally hospitable and possessed of sentiment and taste.
The English desired, nay coveted, the fertile lands, the great forests, the beautiful furs and the excellent fish within the domains of the red men. In attempting to obtain possession of these things, naturally they were opposed. The greater the attempt, the stronger was the opposition. At length, it seemed that only force would stop the incursions of the white settlers. The Indians burned some of the cabins of the planters and killed a few of the men who carried guns to enforce their unwarranted occupation. The ancient race had to fight for their lands, their safety, for life itself. They were as human as their oppressors, and as spirited and tenacious as to their rights. The hopelessness of the con- ditions became more and more apparent and impressive as the red men were driven farther and farther into the forest and forced to yield to the guns of the planters.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE NOTORIOUS VENNER.
OR the furtherance of fishing and trading and to avoid the inconveniences found in granting land for fisher- men to plant, the town, at its meeting Jan. 2, 1636-7, voted "That none Inhabiting at Marble Head shall have any other accomodation of land, other than such as is vsuallie giuen by the Towne to fishermen viz. a howse lott & a garden lott or grownd for the placing of their flakes: according to the company belonging to their families, to the greatest family not aboue 2 acres : & the comon of the woods neere adioyning for their goates & their cattle." Mr. Hewlett, Mr. Vincent and two others of Saugus requested accommodations of land at Marble- head, at this meeting, but under this order were refused.
William Knight1 was received for an inhabitant at this meet- ing, and a ten-acre lot appropriated to him and common for grass and hay for his cattle. John Abbie2 was also received as an in- habitant and given a "one acre lott for a house next beyond the Gun smiths, and 3 acres of plant- ing ground where the Towne hath ap- John Mayo pointed beyond Castle hill." The latter was among the "maids lotts" and was on condition that the maids "shall giue way beyond Castle hill." Lots had been granted to unmarried women, and were found to
1William Knight removed to Lynn in 1638; married, first, -; second, Elizabeth -; died March 5, 1656; children: I. John; 2. Ann; 3. Francis; 4. Hannah; 5. Jacob; 6. Daniel; 7. Elizabeth; 8. Mary.
2John Abbe lived in that part of Salem which was incorporated as Wenham in 1643; married, first, Mary - -, who died in Wenham Sept. 9, 1672; he married, second, Mary Goldsmith (probably widow of Richard Goldsmith) Nov. 25, 1674; died in Wenham about 1689; children: 1. John;2 yeoman ; lived in Wenham until 1696, when he settled in Windham, Conn .; married, first, ; second, Hannah -; died Dec. II, 1700; she married, secondly, Jonathan Jennings of Windham; 2. Samuel;2 3. Sarah;2 4. Marah;2 5. Rebecca ;2 married Richard Kimball May 13, 1667; 6. Oba-
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be "evil" in effect.1 An attempt was now made to remedy the "evil." This was the reason, probably, that an order was made refusing to grant land to Deborah Pennington. A few days later, Deborah Holmes was refused a grant of land, "being a maid," as it "would be a bad president to keep hous alone." Instead, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Stileman, John Woodbury and Mr. Verrin gave her a bushel of corn apiece.
Ralph Fogg was granted five acres of land of the eight long before "appointed"; and for his "pains" for several years five of his ten acres "beyond Castle hill neere the South riuer."
Jan. 16, 1636-7, the town instructed Jacob Barney to go to Mr. Francis Johnson and notify him not to build at. Brooksbee or any other place in the town's liberties without its consent.
Edward Beauchamp2 was received as an inhabitant, and was given four acres of land. He is said to have been a French Huguenot. Robert Wheat- on (Wheadon) was re- fused as an inhabitant at this meeting, and yet was granted ten acres of land Nov. 26, 1638, and twenty acres near the marsh at Mr. Bishop's farm April 1, 1644, upon condition
diah;2 lived in Enfield, Conn .; married Sarah (Tibbals), widow of Joseph Warriner ; died in 1732; 7. Thomas;2 lived in Enfield; married Sarah Fair- field of Wenham Dec. 17, 1683; died in 1728.
SAMUEL ABBE;2 lived in Wenham until 1682, when he removed to Salem Village, but returned to Wenham in 1697; husbandman; married Mary Knowlton Oct. 12, 1672; died in 1698; she married, secondly, Abraham Mitchell; children: I. Mary,3 born about 1673; probably died unmarried; 2. Samuel,3 born about 1675; probably married Hannah Silsbee of Lynn March 15, 1710; 3. Thomas,3 born about 1678; married Sarah - ; 4. Elizabeth,3 born about 1680; married William Slate; 5. Ebeneser,3 born July 31, 1683; 6. Mercy,3 born March I, 1684-5; married Jonathan Ormsby of Windham; 7. Sarah,3 born July 4, 1686; married John Fowler of Leba- non; 8. Hepzibah,3 born Feb. 14, 1688-9; married Samuel Palmer ; 9. Abi- gail,3 born Nov. 19, 1690; probably married Joseph Ormsby; 10. John,3 born June 4, 1692; died in 1790; II. Benjamin,3 born June 4, 1694; lived in Glastenbury ; married Mary Tryon Jan. 4, 1716; 12. Jonathan,3 born about 1696; lived in Willington; died in 1760.
EBENEZER ABBE;3 lived in Norwich and Mansfield, Conn .; married Mary Allen; child: I. Ebenezer;4 lived in Mansfield; married Abigail Goodale Feb. 7, 1729-30.
1In the language of Governor Endecott. Salem Town Records, volume I, page 28 (printed).
2Edward Beauchamp (Beachem and Burcham) lived in Salem, except 1645-1661, when he lived in Lynn; married, first, Mary - she died March -, 1667-8; married, second, Elizabeth Metcalf Nov. 8, 1670; died about 1682; she died Jan. 16, 1686; children: 1. Samuel, baptized Oct. 31, I641; died Nov. 20, 1661; 2. Mary, baptized Sept. 10, 1643; died young ; 3. Mary, baptized June 27, 1646; died March -, 1667-8; 4. Elizabeth, bap- tized July 9, 1648; married Zachariah Goodale.
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that if he leave the town before he should improve it he would forfeit it to the town.1
Jan. 23, 1636-7, Matthew Waller“ was received for an in- habitant, a certificate being received from Mr. Atherton Haugh. February 20th following, the town granted to him five acres of land upon the North neck.
John Leech,3 brother of Lawrence Leech, William Hackford and Richard Lambert, a joiner, were admitted inhabitants, but were not granted land.
At this meeting, Elder Samuel Sharp was given a farm of three hundred acres southward' of Mr. Skelton's farm and ad- joining the head of North River. This grant is shown on the plan on page 289. Mr. Francis Johnson relinquished his farm at Brooksbie, upon the town's request, and was given six acres of meadow land and fourteen acres of other ground at Brooksby, at his cow house, and one hundred and eighty acres more near Cedar Pond, upwards of a mile from the other.
Mr. Gervas Garford built a cow house upon the town com- mon near his dwelling house and impaled a portion of the land under and adjoining it, and as it was a fit place for a dwelling house and might hinder it from being used for that purpose, and it was an act done against the town's order and warning, it was agreed that he pay twenty shillings fine and an annual rent of ten shillings, so long as the cow house and impaling remained.6
Jan. 27, 1636-7, the town "ordered That John woodbury & Capt. Trask & John Balch shall lay out 200 acres of land for M' Endecott next adioyning to the land weh was formerly granted him."7 This tract of land was subsequently known as the "Governor's plain," and is shown on the plan on page 289.
1Governor Endecott added to this record, in shorthand, "we have made a show of receiving him for an inhabitant."
2Matthew Waller was living in Salem in 1636 and in Providence, R. I., in 1655 and 1674. Savage says that he had two daughters, Rebecca and Sarah, who were probably born after 1637.
"The wife of John Leech never came over from England; and when he died, in the spring of 1659, he gave his property to his grandnephew John Leach.
4Richard Lambert had a wife in 1647, and they had a daughter Sarah, who was a town charge from 1657 to 1679. He was convicted of drunken- ness and theft several times, and died in the spring of 1659. Sarah had a child, which was supported by the town from 1667 to 1679.
5Northward.
"Salem Town Records, volume I, page 34 (printed).
"With the record of this grant is recorded, as a "president," a copy of the "surveiors warrant," as follows :-
"Whereas The towne hath granted to m' Endicott twoe hundred acres of Land to lye next adioyneing to the 300 acres formerly granted vnto him & confirmed by a generall Court.
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Feb. 6, 1636-7, Thomas Tayler was received for an inhabitant and permitted to have planting ground and to purchase his ac- commodation.
John Pickering
On the next day, John Picker- ing.1 aged twenty-two, a carpenter, who, as Savage says, had come from Ipswich, was admitted an in- habitant. He became the ancestor
"It is now ordered by vs whose names are hearvnder written That Capt. Trask John woodbury Roger Connant Jeffery Massie & John Balch or any three of them shall Lay out and bound the said 200 acres granted aforesaid. And this is for their sufficient warrant.
"p me Raph ffogg"
1JOHN PICKERING1 was born about 1615; married Elizabeth about 1636; died about 1657; she married, secondly, - -, and died Aug. 30, 1662; children: I. John,2 born in 1637; 2. Jonathan,2 born Feb. 10, 1642-3: 3. Elizabeth,“ baptized March 3, 1643-4; died in infancy; 4. Elizabeth,“ born Aug. 17, 1645.
LT. JOHN PICKERING;" yeoman; married Alice (Flint), widow of Henry Bullock in 1657; died May 5, 1694; she died in 1713; children : I. John,3 born Sept. 10, 1658; 2. Jonathan," born Sept. 27, 1660; probably died young; 3. Joseph," born Sept. 9, 1663; probably died young ; 4. Ben- jamin,3 born Jan. 15, 1665-6; 5. Sarah,3 born Sept. 7, 1668; married John Buttolph; 6. William, born Jan. II, 1670-1; 7. Elisabeth,3 born Sept. 7, 1674; married, first, Samuel Nichols; second, James Brown; 8. Hannah," born July 2, 1677; married, first, Daniel King March 29, 1695; second, Nathaniel Beadle; third, Richard Palmer. JONATHAN PICKERING;2 ship- wright; married Jane Cromwell March 14, 1665; died in 1729; she died in the winter of 1750-1; children: I. Jane,3 born Nov. 27, 1667; 2. Elizabeth,3 born June 2, 1669; married Nathaniel Silsby; 3. Mary,3 born Dec. 1, 1670; died young ; 4. Ann,3 born Aug. 25, 1672; 5. Jonathan,3 born May II, 1674; lived in Boston; married Elizabeth Snow of Boston (published March 8, 17II-2) ; 6. Sarah,3 born Jan. 25, 1675-6; unmarried in 1715: 7. John," baptized May 19, 1678; 8. Hannah,3 baptized May 28, 1682; married Na- thaniel Silsbee; 9. Samuel," baptized Aug. 3, 1684; 10. Mary,3 born about 1687; married Benjamin Smith April 22, 1713.
JOHN PICKERING;3 yeoman; married Sarah Burrill of Lynn June 14, I683; died June 9, 1722; she was his widow in 1739; children: I. Lois,4 born May 1, 1684; married Timothy Orne; 2. Sarah,4 born July 25, 1686; married Joseph Hardy; 3. John,4 born Oct. 28, 1688; shipmaster ; died Sept. 10, 1712; 4. Mary, born May II, 1691; died July 8, 1702; 5. Ruth,4 born Oct. 10, 1693; died July 27, 1702; 6. Joseph,4 born Nov. 29, 1695; died July 22, 1702; 7. Lydia,4 born March 17, 1697-8; drowned in a well Oct. 14, 1702; 8. Theophilus,4 born Sept. 28, 17.00; H. C., 1719; clergyman in Chebacco parish (Essex), Ipswich; died Sept. 19, 1747; 9. Timothy,4 born Feb. 10, 1702-3; IO. Eunice,+ baptized Nov. - , 1705; married, first, Joseph Neal; second, William Pickering. BENJAMIN PICKERING;3 shipwright and mariner ; married Jane Hobby April 27, 1693; died in 1718; she died in 1750 ; children : I. Benjamin,4 born April 10, 1699; died before 1725; 2. Edward,“ born Nov. 18, 1701; 3. Alice,4 born Nov. 19, 1703; married Jonathan Gas- kill; 4. Jane,4 born Dec. 10, 1704; married Samuel Aborne: 5. William ;' 6. Joseph,4 born in 17II; 7. Mary;4 married William Reeves. CAPT. WILLIAM PICKERING;3 shipmaster ; married Hannah Browne June 19, 1695 :
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of a numerous family, distinguished for the public services and prominence of many of its members.
Feb. 17, 1636-7, the town agreed "That m" Hathorne may haue 200 Acres Land wher he hath built wth condicon yt he be dismist from the Church to o's att Salem." William Hathorne had come from Dorchester three years before, but his church membership had not been trans- ferred. This order probably brought it about.
On the same day, Christo- pher Yong, from Great Yar- mouth, Norfolk County, Eng- land, was received for an in-
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died in 1723; she died in 1735; children : 1. Hannah,4 born Jan. 26, 1697-8; died Feb. - , 1697-8; 2. Hannah,4 born July 6, 1699; died Sept. - , 1699; 3. William,4 born Aug. 3, 1700; 4. James,4 born Feb. 24, 1701-2; married Thankful Moor of Lynn Jan. 6, 1727-8; she married, second, Rev. Joseph Champney of Beverly; 5. Sarah,4 born Jan. 23, 1703-4; died May 3, 17II; 6. Hannah,4 born July 8, 1708; married Adoniram Collins; 7. Sarah,4 born June 4, 17II ; 8. Elizabeth,4 born Jan. 5, 1712-3; married Abraham Watson ; 9. Mary, born Dec. 18, 1715; married, first, Thomas Ellis of Beverly Aug. -, 1740; second, Warwick Palfrey; third, Jonathan Gardner.
DEA. TIMOTHY PICKERING;4 yeoman; married Mary Wingate of Hamp- ton Nov. 21, 1728; died June 7, 1778; she died Dec. 12, 1784; children : I. Sarah," born Jan. 28, 1729-30; married John Clark; he died Jan. 7, 1801 ; she died Nov. 23, 1826, aged ninety-six; 2. Mary, born -March 29, 1733; married, first, Rev. Dudley Leavitt Oct. 17, 1751; he died Feb. 7, 1762; married, second, Hon. Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent; he died Oct. - , 1791 ; she died Jan. 30, 1805; 3. Lydia, born Feb. 27, 1735-6; married George Williams; 4. Elizabeth," born Nov. 12, 1737; married John Gardner ; 5. John, born March 2, 1739-40; H. C., 1759; representative, speaker of the house; register of deeds; judge of court of common pleas; died, unmarried, Aug. 20, 1811; 6. Lois5 (twin), born April 19, 1742; married John Gooll ; 7. Eunice5 (twin), born April 19, 1742; married Rev. Paine Wingate of Hampton Falls, N. H., May 23, 1765; he died March 7, 1838; she died in Stratham, N. H., Jan. 14, 1843, at the age of one hundred; 8. Timothy,5 born July 6, 1745; 9. Lucy," born Nov. 12, 1747; married Capt. Israel Dodge. EDWARD PICKERING ;* husbandman; removed to Mendon in 1736; married Hannah Gowing of Lynn March 12, 1724; died about 1794; children : I. Benjamin," baptized March 28, 1725; 2. John, baptized May 14, 1727; 3. Hannah," baptized Dec. 21, 1729; 4. Edward, baptized Aug. 20, 1732; 5. Samuel," baptized April 6, 1735. WILLIAM PICKERING ;* cordwainer and shoreman; married Eunice (Pickering), widow of Joseph Neal April 6, 1738; died Feb. 17, 1765; she was his widow in 1782; children: I. John,5 born March 31, 1738; 2. Hannah," baptized Feb. 8, 1740-I; married, first, Joseph Foster; second, Joseph Lakeman; third, Capt. David Masury; 3. Abigail," baptized June 12, 1743; married, first, James Scollay ; second,
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habitant and was permitted to have half an acre of land with
William Baldwin; 4. Mary," baptized June 12, 1743; 5. William;5 cord- wainer; removed to Richmond, N. H., in 1780. JOSEPH PICKERING ;4 fisher- man; married, first, Sarah Symonds June 14, 1733; second, Mary, widow of John Proctor of Danvers Feb. 3, 1758; she was dead in 1790; he died March 8, 1790; children: I. William, baptized Aug. 14, 1737; fisherman ; married Elizabeth Gray (published May 18, 1780) ; died in the summer of 1802; she died March 15, 1830; 2. Joseph, baptized Aug. 14, 1737; 3. Jane,5 baptized Aug. 14, 1737; died young; 4. James; 5. Sarah,6 baptized Jan. 4, 1740-I; married Stephen Archer; 6. Benjamin,5 baptized Feb. 27, 1742-3: probably died before 1748; 7. Mary,5 baptized Jan. II, 1746-7; married James Arrington Aug. 2, 1769; 8. Benjamin, baptized March II, 1748-9; probably died before 1790; 9. Jane,“ baptized Sept. 30, 1753; married Gil- bert Tapley; 10. Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 26, 1755; married Adam Ravell.
HON. TIMOTHY PICKERING; removed to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1778, Newburg, N. Y., Erie, Pa., Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Salem again and Wenham, Mass .; secretary of state under Washington and Adams, secretary of war, postmaster general, and member of congress; married Rebecca White of Bradford April 8, 1776; she died Aug. 15, 1828; he died in Salem Jan. 29, 1829; children: 1. John, born Feb. 7, 1777, in Salem; 2. Timothy,6 born Oct. I, 1779, in Philadelphia; H. C., 1799; lived in Williamsburgh and Starucca, Pa .; married Lurana Cole of Farmington, Conn .; died at Starucca May 14, 1807; 3. Henry,6 born Oct. 8, 1781, at Newburg; merchant ; died, unmarried, in New York May 8, 1838; 4. Charles,6 born May 25, 1784, in Erie; died May 12, 1796, at Germantown; 5. William,6 born Feb. 16, 1786, in Philadelphia; died there June 16, 1814; 6. Edward,6 born Sept. 12, 1787, in Wilkesbarre; died Oct. 10, 1793; 7. George, born Aug. 7, 1789, in Wilkesbarre; lived in Salem; insane; died, unmarried, at Charlestown April 23, 1826; 8. Octavius,6 born Sept. 2, 1791, in Wilkesbarre; H. C., 1810; lawyer ; lived in Boston; married Jane Pratt; died in Boston Oct. 29, 1868; 9. Mary6 (twin), born Nov. 21, 1793, in Philadelphia; married Benjamin Ropes Nichols; 10. Elizabeth® (twin), born Nov. 21, 1793, in Philadelphia ; married Hammond Dorsey of Baltimore, Md. JOHN PICKER- ING ;6 yeoman and housewright; removed to Richmond, N. H., in 1781 ; mar- ried Hannah Ingersoll Aug. 6, 1763; she died Jan. 5, 1795; he died in Richmond Oct. 27, 1823; children : I. Hannah,6 born May 25, 1764; married Samuel Wellington Jan. 15, 1785; 2. Nathaniel,6 born Nov. 9, 1765; lived in Richmond, N. H., and subsequently in Vermont; married Olive, widow of Jedediah Buffum; died; she married, thirdly,
- Wilcox; 3. William,6 born April 6, 1767 ; probably died at sea ; 4. John," born Nov. 17, 1769; died Dec. 16, 1776; 5. Eunice,6 born Dec. I, 1772; married Ebenezer Brooks Gale of Barre, Vt .; 6. Elizabeth, born March 5, 1774; married John Ballou of Wallingford, Vt., in 1792; she died in Wallingford Oct. 22, 1831; he died May 24, 1842; 7. Theophilus,6 born April 5, 1776; carpenter; lived in Richmond, N. H., and Barre, Vt .; married Sarah Bullock of Richmond Feb. 12, 1797; died Jan. 30, 1813; she died July 2, 1841; 8. Lois,6 born June 22, 1778; married Abner Thurber of Cooperstown, N. Y .; 9. Timothy,6 born Aug. 27, 1780; carpenter and builder; lived in Richmond; married, first, Martha Kelton, who died Aug. 26, 1811; married, second, Nellie Kelton in 1812; died May 25, 1844; she died Nov. 22, 1862; 10. Jonathan Ingersoll,6 born June 27, 1782; II. Sarah, born Sept. 21, 1783, in Richmond; married. first, Rev. Nathaniel Marshall of Barre, Vt .; second, Sampson Gale; 12. Samuel," born Sept. 28, 1785, in Richmond; housewright; lived in Win- chester, N. H .; married Olive Buffum; died April 26, 1853; 13. David.“ born May 28, 1788, in Richmond; clergyman; married, first, Louisa Rice ;
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William Browne. Three days later, the town granted to him1 ten acres more on Derby Fort Side. A war- rant was also issued for laying out to Law- Christopher yorg rence Leech one hundred acres of upland and six acres of marsh over against Mrs.
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