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In 1889 Dr. Weeks received the honorary degree of artium magister from Bowdoin Col- lege. In 1890 he again went abroad as a dele- gate to the International Medical Congress in
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Berlin and during his stay in Europe spent three months in German hospitals and also in hospitals in Paris and London. He is a mem- ber of the American Medical Association, member and ex-president of the Maine State Medical Society, a fellow of the American Surgical Association, and fellow of the Ameri- can Academy of Medicine. For many years he has been a valuable contributor to the literature of his profession, his papers and ar- ticles treating almost wholly on subjects per- taining to surgery. His addresses and mono- graphs are published in the Transactions of the American Medical Association, the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, the Transac- tions of the American Surgical Association, the Transactions of the Ninth International Med- ical Congress, Washington, D. C., 1887, and the Transactions of the Tenth International Medical Congress, Berlin, 1890. He is a mem- ber of the Society of Colonial Wars. In 1905 he received the degree of LL. D. from Am- herst College. In the winter of 1906 he spent some time in Egypt, where he had an oppor- tunity to study tropical diseases in the hos- pitals of Alexandria and Cairo. In 1882, when Robert Koch discovered the tuberclo bacilli, he became deeply interested in the subject of tuberculosis and since then has been an earnest worker in the campaign against the terrible scourge. He is a member of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, was a mem- ber of the Sixth Triennial International Con- gress on Tuberculosis, and presented a paper on tuberculosis of the hip-joint to the surgi- cal and orthopedic sections of the Congress. He is one of the trustees of the Maine Sani- torium Association. He was one of the cor- porators of the Maine Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis organ- ized in 1908 and was its first president. He has been for many years a member of State Street Congregational Church in Portland, Maine.
Dr. Weeks married, in March, 1864, Mary A., daughter of the Rev. Paul C. Richmond, of Fryeburg, Maine. One child, Marion Rich- mond Weeks, born in Portland, 1870.
Without doubt the following
WEEKS line is descended from Leonard Weeks, who settled in Green- land, New Hampshire, in 1656, and is the an- cestor of most of the name in that part of the country. The connecting links, however, can- not be supplied.
(I) William Weeks was born about 1745,
and died at Gorham, Maine, in 1790-91. He probably came to Gorham from Cape Eliza- beth, where his wife's people lived. It has been impossible to find out much about this man with certainty, for the name of William Weeks was quite common along the coast about this time. He may have been the Will- iam Weeks, of Kittery, who served in the revolution, but this is doubtful. About 1770 William Weeks married Dorcas Dyer, daugh- ter of John and Mary (Strout) Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth. John Dyer, about 1760, inherited from the estate of his wife's father, Christo- pher Strout, a hundred and thirty acres of land in Gorham. This tract he subsequently divided among his children, giving to William Weeks, who had married his daughter Dorcas, a lot of twenty-four acres. Two children were born to William and Dorcas (Dyer) Weeks: Benjamin, whose sketch follows; and Mary, born in Gorham, September 30, 1774, married Joseph Burnell, January 7, 1790. Mrs. Dorcas (Dyer) Weeks married her sec- ond husband, George Meserve, of Scarbor- ough, December 8, 1791.
(II) Benjamin, only son of William and Dorcas (Dyer) Weeks, was born at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, March 17, 1771, and died at Durham, November 25, 1850. He lived for some years at Gorham, and moved to Dur- ham in 1818, settling near the stone mill. The seven children, with the exception of the eld- est, who was born at Scarboro, were all born in Gorham. On June 20, 1790, Benjamin Weeks married Sarah or Sally Libby, daugh- ter of Nathaniel and Mary Libby, of Scar- boro. She died June 1, 1858, lacking but fifteen days of ninety years. The children of Benjamin and Sarah (Libby) Weeks were : William, born October 25, 1790, married Sophia Knight; Dorothy, February 25, 1793, died unmarried; Lavinia, June 27, 1797, mar- ried John Nason; Benjamin, November I, 1799, married Charlotte M. Knight, of West- brook; Joseph married (first) Esther Libby, (second) Maria Plummer, (third) Margaret M. Nichols; Louisa, married Elisha Turner ; Howe, whose sketch follows.
(III) Howe, fourth and youngest son of Benjamin and Sarah (Libby) Weeks, was born at Gorham, Maine, April 28, 1812, and died at Auburn, that state, March 1, 1895. At the age of six years he moved with his people to Durham, where he served an apprentice- ship with John A. Briggs, a contractor for dams and bridges. Howe Weeks helped build the old toll bridge between Lewiston and Au- burn, also the first log dam on the Andro-
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scoggin at Lewiston, and the Lincoln Mill. From 18440 to 18446 he was in partnership with Daniel Wood in a general store on lower Main street, Lewiston. In 1858 he moved to Auburn, and was for several years engaged in the manufacture of shoes with A. C. Pray. Mr. Weeks served on the board of selectmen at Lewiston, and was tax collector in Auburn for several years. He was clerk of the toll bridge corporation, was a director of the Lew- iston Falls Bank, and one of the promoters of the Lewiston and Auburn railroad, connecting with the Grand Trunk. Mr. Weeks was a lifelong Democrat, and never missed casting his ballot at election till the one preceding his death. He was an attendant of the Universal- ist church. In 1839 Howe Weeks married his first wife, Sarah Daggett. who died No- vember 5, 1847, leaving no children. In May, 1850, he married his second wife, Pamela Haskell Stetson, daughter of Elisha (2) and Laura (Bradford) Stetson, who was born at Auburn, February 19, 1826, died April 5, 1904. The children of Howe and Pamela (Stetson) Weeks were Flora L., born April 4, 1852, died February 27, 1869; and William H .. whose sketch follows.
(IV) William Howard, only son of Howe and Pamela Haskell (Stetson) Weeks, was born at Lewiston, Maine, August 19, 1858, and educated in the public schools of Auburn. While attending school he obtained a hand press and began printing cards for his friends. At the age of sixteen he left his studies and began the foundation of his present large printing business. This undertaking grad- ually developed from a hand press to a shop employing about a dozen hands and printing everything from posters to illustrated maga- zines. Mr. Weeks is a Democrat in politics, an attendant of the Universalist church, a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Grange, and both the Auburn and Lewiston boards of trade. On September 20, 1881, William Howard Weeks married Ellula E. Merrow, daughter of George F. and Louisa (Bryant) Merrow. They have one child, Amy Louise, born January 29, 1891, now (1908) a student at the Edward Little high school.
John Howard, immigrant an- HOWARD cestor, came to New England when he was about fifteen years old, with his brother George. He spelled his name Haward, as did his descendants until after 1700. He lived in the family of Cap- tain Myles Standish. He settled in Duxbury and was among those able to bear arms there
in 1643. He soon removed to Bridgewater, and was one of the original settlers and pro- prietors of that town. In 1645 his name ap- pears as one of the fifty-four original pro- prictors of Bridgewater. In 1656 he was highway surveyor and in 1657 was admitted a freeman. His allotment of land was in the casterly part of the grant. He was one of the first military officers and was appointed ensign September 27, 1664. In May, 1676, during King Philip's war, he with twenty others fought with some Indians and took seventeen of them alive with much plunder, and all returned without serious injury. In 1678 he was deputy to the general court and also selectman. In 1683 he was deputy for the second time. On October 2, 1689, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was a carpenter by trade. There is a letter still preserved by the family from Mary Hayward to her sons, John and George, in New Eng- land, and was no doubt written to this John. His house was built near the first meeting house, directly north of the house where B. B. Howard now or lately resided, on the corner of Howard and River streets. It was the first public house in Bridgewater, John Haward being licensed to keep an ordinary in 1670 at this place. An inn has been kept there by his descendants up to within a few years, be- ing owned and managed by the family for a period of one hundred and fifty-one years. The house was taken down in 1838. He died in 1700, intestate. He married Martha, daugh- ter of Thomas Haward, who came over on the ship "Hercules" in 1635, and was an orig- inal proprietor of Bridgewater. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. James. 3. Jon- athan. 4. Elizabeth. married Edward Fobes. 5. Sarah, married Zacheus Packard. 6. Be- thiah, married Henry Kingman. 7. Ephraim, born 1667.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Haward, settled first at Joppa or East Bridgewater, and lived on the spot where Deacon Keene after- ward resided. At the death of his father he inherited the homestead, and went back to West Bridgewater to live on the homestead, selling his property at East Bridgewater to his uncle, Edward Mitchell, in 1703. He con- ducted the tavern until 1726. He married, in 1678, Sarah Latham, daughter of Robert and Susanna (Winslow) Latham; Susannah was daughter of John Winslow, who was son of Kenelm Winslow, of Droitwich, England. Children : I. Susanna, married, December 2, 1702, Captain Nathaniel Ames; died January II, 1767. 2. Edward, born 1687. 3. Robert,
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1689. mentioned below. 4. Martha, married David Perkins : died July 14, 1735. 5. Sarah, married. May 4. 1721, Rev. David Turner, of Rehoboth. 6. Bethia, married (first) August 12, 1712, Jonathan Randall; (second) John Haves.
(III) Robert, son of John (2) Howard, was born in 1689 and died in Bridgewater, now Brockton, about 1780. He married, April 25, 1725, Abigail, daughter of Joseph, who was the son of the Rev. James Keith from Aberdeen, and Elizabeth (Fobes) Keith. Children: I. John, born December 20, 1726. 2. Martha, October 27, 1729, married, No- vember 27, 1754. William Edson. 3. Keziah, June 4, 1732, died September 1, 1749. 4. Robert, June 29, 1735. 5. Adam, March 18, 1737. 6. Abigail, September 9, 1740, died December 9, 1747. 7. Betty, December I, 1744, married Abijah Thayer, March 16, 1779. 8. Daniel, mentioned below.
(IV) Daniel, son of Robert Howard, was born at Brockton, January 6, 1750. He was town clerk and treasurer of the north parish from 1782 to 1785. He married, June 29, 1773, Vesta Howard, born October 4, 1755, daughter of Barnabas and Mehitable (Pack- ard) Howard. He died April 21, 1821. Children : I. Darius. born December I3, 1773-74. 2. Daniel, February 6, 1775, men- tioned below. 3. Ambrose, July 30, 1776. 4. . Polly, January 25, 1778, died May 11, 1784. 5. Ziphion, December 15. 1779. 6. Vesta, November 12, 1781, married, April 8, 1804, Robert Swan Holbrook. 7. Damaris, March IO, 1784, married Jabez Woodman. 8. Cyrus, October 7, 1785, died July 19, 1787. 9. Sid- ney, October 7, 1785 (twin). died August 30, 1787. 10. Cyrus, July 22, 1788. II. Sidney, June 12, 1790. 12. Polly, April 20, 1792. 13. Lewis, July 10, 1794.
(V) Daniel, son of Daniel Howard, was born February 6, 1775, died at Vassalborough, Maine, April 30, 1864. He graduated from Harvard College in 1797 and studied law with Judge Nahum Mitchell, of East Bridgewater. He commenced to practice his profession at Turner, Maine. He removed to Buckfield, Maine, thence to New Gloucester, Maine, from there to Jay, and then to Vassalborough, about 1832. He married (first) November 4, 1802, Susanna Kingman, born 1784, died March 14, 1806, daughter of Ezra and Susan- na (Whitman) Kingman, of East Bridge- water, where she is buried. He married (second) June 9, 1809, Mary (Hall) Emer- son, widow, died January 4, 1854, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Goff) Hall, of New-
castle, Maine. Children of first wife: I. Sid- ney Kingman, born 1803. 2. Susan Whiting, 1805, married Eustis, and settled in Jay, Maine. Children of second wife: 3. Mary Emerson, married Daniel Marshall. 4. Eliza Ann, married White. 5. Vesta Jane, died August 22, 1831. 6. Daniel Mose- ly, mentioned below. 7. Harriet Newhall, married (first) - - Taylor; (second) Will- iam Tarbell.
(VI) Daniel Mosely, son of Daniel How- ard, was born March 5, 1816, died December 27, 1895. He resided in Bangor, Maine, where he was actively engaged in business until his death. He married, November 14, 1839, Eliza Anne, born at Clinton, Maine, February 16, 1819, died at Bangor, April 20, 1879, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Hall) Hudson, of Bangor. Children : I. George Frederic, born December 7, 1840, died unmar- ried February 13, 1899. 2. Edward Taylor, May 27, 1842, died unmarried September 9, 1863. 3. Blanche Willis, July 21, 1847, mar- ried Dr. Julius Von Teuffel, court physician in Germany ; was a writer of distinction; died October 8, 1898. 4. Marion Louise, May 8, 1849, married (first) Benjamin Fuller Smith ( see Smith family ) : married ( second) Henry Mellen Prentiss (see Prentiss family).
EMERSON The Emerson family origi- nated in England, and the first to use the name there was Johannes Emeryson, of Brancepeth par- ish, county Durham, England, who was born before 1300. From him the various branches of the English family are descended, though the line cannot be traced perfectly.
(I) Thomas Emerson, the English ancestor, was born before 1540 and was a resident of Great Dunmow, county Essex, where his three children are registered. He was probably son of Ralf of Foxton, who received arms in 1535. Children : I. Robert. baptized October 25, 1561. 2. Joan, baptized 1562. 3. John, baptized 1565.
(II) Robert, son of Thomas Emerson, was born in Great Dunmow and baptized there October 25, 1561. He may be identical with Robert Emerson of Bishops Stortford who married there, November 24, 1578, Susan Crabb, who was buried there November 20, 1626, aged seventy years. Robert was buried at Bishops Stortford, January 6, 1620. Chil- dren : I. Alice, baptized November 22, 1579. 2. Margaret. baptized February 21, 1581-82. 3, Thomas, mentioned below. 4. Anne. 5. Robert, baptized April 12, 1596. 6. John.
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(III) Thomas (2), son of Robert Emerson, was baptized at Bishops Stortford, July 26, 1584, and died at Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 1, 1666. In the church warden's book of St. Michaels he is recorded as a collector for the poor in 1636. He was the immigrant ancestor and according to family tradition came to New England in the ship "Elizabeth Ann," in 1635. He settled in Ipswich and had a grant of land there in 1638. He married, July 1, 1611, at Bishops Stortford, Elizabeth Brewster. The genealogist of the English Emersons suggests that she was the daughter of the postmaster of Scrooby and the elder of the colony at Ply- mouth. Children, as recorded at the baptismal registry of St. Michaels, Bishops Stortford, England: 1. Robert, baptized May 24, 1612. 2. Benjamin, October 2, 1614. 3. Ralfe, Oc- tober 19, 1615, killed by the falling of a tree in June, 1626. 4. James, February 16., 1617. 5. Joseph, June 25, 1620, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, June 14, 1623. 7. John, Feb- ruary 26, 1625, settled in Gloucester, Massa- chusetts. 8. Thomas. 9. Nathaniel, July 18, 1630, settled at Ipswich. 10. Susan, March 17, 1633, may have died on the voyage. II. Sarah, died August 12, 1640.
(IV) Joseph, son of Thomas (2) Emerson, was born in England and baptized at Bishops Stortford. June 25, 1620. He died at Con- cord, Massachusetts, January 3, 1680. Through his son Joseph he was the ancestor of that most illustrious American, Ralph Wal- do Emerson. The line is: Ralph Waldo (8), William (7), Joseph (6), Edward (5). Joseph (4). He married, in 1646, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Margaret Woodmansey, school- master of Boston. They resided at Ipswich, Massachusetts, York, Maine, and Milton, Massachusetts. Joseph Emerson was a Puri- tan minister said to have been educated in England. He may have studied at Harvard. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638; was ad- mitted a freeman there December 19, 1648; preached at York, Maine, the same year. In 1653 he was a resident of Wells and took the freemen's oath there July 4. 1653. He signed a petition to Cromwell, while of Wells, asking the protector to confirm the jurisdiction of Massachusetts over the inhabitants of Wells. About 1664 he left Wells, where he seemed to have a turbulent lot of parishioners, and where the church, after he left, had to dis- band. About 1664 he became minister at Milton, Massachusetts. December 1, 1660, he settled in Mendon, Massachusetts, where he remained until the town was destroyed by the Indians, when he retired to Concord, where
he died. He married (second) December 7, 1665, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, of Concord, granddaughter of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, first minister of Concord. She was born in 1638 and died September 4, 1693, having married Captain John Brown, of Read- ing. Children of first wife: 1. Joseph. 2. Mary. Children of second wife: 3. Lucian, born October 2, 1667, married, May 15, 1683, Thomas Damon. 4. Edward, April 26, 1670, married Rebecca Waldo. 5. Peter, mentioned below. 6. Ebenezer. 7. Daniel, married, May 19, 1709, Jane Armitage.
(V) Peter, son of Rev. Joseph Emerson, was born in Mendon in 1673, died in 1749. He married, November 1I, 1696, Anna, born in Reading, 1678, daughter of Captain John and Anna (Fiske) Brown. Captain John Brown had married Peter Emerson's mother. They resided in the first parish of Reading, now South Reading, on the farm inherited from Captain Brown. Children : I. Anna, born July 6, 1697, died August 11, 1697. 2. Elizabeth, February 20, 1699. 3. Anna, March 9, 1701. 4. Brown, April 16, 1704. 5. Lucy, 1706. 6. Sarah, November 8, 1708. 7. Jane, March II, III. 8. Mary, December 20, 1713. 9. Daniel, May 20, 1716, mentioned below. 10. Catherine, December 2, 1718.
(VI) Rev. Daniel, son of Peter Emerson, was born at Reading, May 20, 1716, died at Hollis, New Hampshire, September 30, 1801. He married, November 7, 1744, Hannah, born at Malden, December 3, 1722, died at Hollis, February 28, 1812, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Moody) Emerson, of Malden. They resided at Hollis. Daniel Emerson was graduated at Harvard College in 1739 and immediately prepared himself for work in the ministry. In 1741 he was called to be the first minister of Hollis, New Hampshire, then the west precinct of Dunstable, Massachusetts. He continued minister until November 27, 1793, when Rev. Eli Smith, who married his granddaughter, was elected as his colleague. In 1755, during the old French war, he was chaplain to the famous rangers of which Rob- ert Rogers and John Stark were the officers. He was considered the ranking officer because of his family arms, bearing three lions. He kept a journal during his service and it has been preserved. He was chaplain again in 1758 in Colonel Hart's regiment. One of his letters to his wife, dated at Crown Point in 1755. was brought to Hollis by his dog, which he had trained for the purpose. He taught school and fitted his students for college. He gave the land on which the meeting house
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was built. He was one of the ablest advocates of the New Light doctrine and for many years was the leading and most influential minister in his section of the country. Professor Churchill said of him: "He was a kind of Congregational Bishop in his region." His dwelling house, built and occupied while he was a minister at Hollis, is in good repair and habitable. Children: 1. Hannah, born Sep- tember 30, 1745, married Manasseh Smith (see Smith family elsewhere). 2. Daniel, De- cember 15, 1746. 3. Mary, September 19, 1748. 4. Peter, November 19, 1749. 5. Lucy, October 29, 1751. 6. Mary, November
14, 1753. 7. Elizabeth, May 5, 1755. 8. Ebenezer, August 14, 1757. 9. Joseph, Sep- tember 28, 1759, graduate of Harvard 1779. IO. Ralph, March 4, 1761. II. Rebecca, July 8, 1762. 12. Samuel, September 6, 1764. 13. William, December 11, 1765.
GRANT Numerous writers have stated that the Grant family is de- scended from the Scotch clan of Grant. It is true that there are several fam- ilies of Scotch descent, and in one branch there is a clear tradition that they are of English origin. The only known use of arms was by Samuel Grant in 1739, in witnessing a will. The seal used bears arms as follows: On a chevron between three fleur-de-lis five ermine spots. There is no record of arms like these in Burke's Heraldry borne by the name of Grant.
(I) Matthew Grant, immigrant ancestor, was born October 27, 1601, and died at Wind- sor, Connecticut, December 16, 1681. On March 20, 1630, he embarked with his family on the ship "Mary and John" at Plymouth, England, reaching Boston, May 30, 1630. He settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631. In Octo- ber, 1635, he went to the Connecticut river with the party that prepared for the settle- ment of Windsor, although his family did not remove there until the next April. His house lot was in Palisade. next the town lot. This he gave to his son John. with whom he spent his declining years. It is said he was a car- penter by trade. He was the first surveyor of the town, and for many years the only one; was deacon of the First Church; town clerk from 1652 to 1677; selectman many years, frequently receiving the highest num- ber of votes. In 1654 he compiled "A Book of Records of Town Ways in Windsor." and he was also compiler of the "Old Church Record," which has furnished the basis for the
histories of most of the families of ancient Windsor. He married (first) November 16, 1625, Priscilla - who died April 27, 1644, at Windsor, aged forty-three years, two months. He married (second) May 29, 1645, Susanna (Capen or Chapin) Rockwell, born April 5, 1602, died November 14, 1666, widow of Deacon William Rockwell, and daughter probably of Bernard Capen. Children, all by first wife : I. Priscilla, born September 14, 1626, married, October 14, 1647, Michael Humphrey. 2. Samuel, November 12, 1631. 3. Tahan, born at Dorchester, February 3, 1633-34, died May 30, 1693 ; married, January 22, 1662-63, Hannah Palmer. 4. Matthew, born at Windsor, died September 10, 1639. 5. Infant, died young. 6. John, mentioned be- low.
(II) John, son of Matthew Grant, was born at Windsor, September 30, 1642, died there July 22, 1684. He resided on the homestead, which he enlarged. He was in King Philip's war and September 6, 1676, took twenty men and marched to the relief of Westfield and Springfield. He married, August 2, 1666, Mary, baptized October 8, 1648, died June 29, 1720, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Loomis) Hull. Children, born at Windsor : I. John, October 20, 1670, died young. John, August 6, 1673, died May 17, 1686. 3. Mary, April 26, 1674, died August 6, 1703; married, September 21, 1693, Alexander Allyn. 4. Elizabeth, July 10, 1675, died De- cember 5, 1724; married, November 20, 1707, Thomas Filer. 5. Abigail, January 27, 1679- 80, died September 1, 1722; married, April 13, 1704, Samuel Mather. 6. Josiah, mentioned below.
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(III) Josiah, son of John Grant, was born at Windsor, January 28, 1682, died at Litch- field, February 26, 1762. He removed in 1726 to Litchfield. He served as haywarden, grand juror, fence viewer and tythingman. In Litch- field as tythingman, assessor, sergeant of militia, surveyor, grand juror and selectman. He married (first) March 30, 1709-10, Sarah, died July 30, 1713, daughter of John and Sarah (Fiske) Cooke. He married (second) August 4, 1714, Sarah, born February 10, 1690, died February 28, 1777, daughter of Na- thaniel and Lydia Cook. Children of first wife: I. Josiah, born January 22, 1710-II. died November 15, 1789; married, December II, 1735, Sarah Baker. 2. Sarah, March II, 17II-12, married (first) January, 1730-31, Elisha Peck; (second) November 15, 1739, Lieutenant Joshua Smith. 3. Mary, July 20, 1713, married (first) April 28, 1737, Daniel
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Allen ; (second) Hosford. Children of second wife : 4. John, May 17, 1715, died September 16, 1753. 5. Increase, February 13, 1716-17, died 1793 ; married (first) Febru- ary 19, 1745-46, Ann Hosford; (second) 1786, Mindwell (Lyman) Strong, widow. 6. Eli- jah, June 22, 1719, died August 13, 1724. 7. Huldlah, May 25, 1721, married John Cranc. 8. Ebenezer, March 2, 1723-24, died 1765; married (first) November 18, 1747. Martha Hill; (second) Mindwell Hosford, widow. 9. Jerusha, January 1, 1725-26, died November 21, 1736. 10. Elijah, April 28, 1728, men- tioned below. 11. Anna, May 30, 1730.
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