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the arrow. The motto, "Craygnez honte Aymez loyante."
(I) Roger Haskell, brother of the immi- grant William, was born about 1613, died in 1667. He was a resident of Salem, Massachu- setts, in 1637, and was of Beverly after the incorporation of that town. Ile married Eliza- beth, daughter of John Hardy, and had John, William, Mark and Elizabeth.
(II) Mark, son of Roger and Elizabeth (Hardy) Haskell, died May 17, 1699. He married Mary Smith.
(III) Roger (2), son of Mark and Mary (Smith) Haskell, was born October 17, 1680, and married, January 25, 1708, Joanna Swift.
(IV) Ephraim, son of Roger (2) and Jo- anna (Swift) Haskell, was born February 9, 17II, died February 25, 1774. His wife's bap- tismal name was Mehitable.
(V) Elias, son of Ephraim and Mehitable Haskell, was born July 14, 1751, died October IO, 1824. The revolutionary records of Mas- sachusetts state that Elias Haskel (probably) , of Rochester, was a corporal in Captain Earl Clap's company of minute-men, Colonel The- ophilus Cotton's regiment, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; serv- ice seven days : also Captain Joseph Parker's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment ; entered service September 20, 1776; service two months, at Rhode Island. Elias Haskell, Rochester, corporal, Captain Joseph Parker's company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment ; service, fifteen days ; mileage out home (sev- enty miles) allowed; company marched to "foglon ferry." Rhode Island, under command of Second Lieutenant John Doty on the alarm of December 8, 1776. Elias Haskell married Mary Tillson, born January 14, 1757, died De- cember 18, 1822. Children : Elias, John, Will- iam, Mercy. Perez and Ira.
(VI) John, second son of Elias and Mary (Tillson) Haskell, resided in Thomaston, Maine, and married Sarah D. Sampson and had : Charles, Susan, Martha, John, Mary S., Sarah and Elias.
(VII) Mary S., fifth child of John and Sarah D. (Sampson) Haskell, married Ed- mund Wilson (see Wilson, III).
BENNETT Anthony Bennett, immigrant ancestor, was the nephew of Richard Bennett, of Salem. There is a tradition that the family was or- iginally Welsh. Richard Bennett was in Salem as early as 1635; removed to Boston, where his wife Sybil died September 13, 1653, and he married (second) Margaret Gurgefield,
widow. His will, dated June 21 and July 6, was proved September 8, 1677, bequeathing to wife Margaret, son Jonas Clark and Susanna his wife; grandchildren Susanna, daughter of his son Peter ; cousin (i. e. nephew) Anthony Bennett "of Bass River"; frees his negro man Jethro and gives him a house lot. His son Peter was a legatee in the will of his mother's brother, Major Ralph Hooker, of Barbadoes, March 14, 1663, proved April 15, 1664. An- thony Bennett settled in Goose cove, Glou- cester, and as early as 1679 owned six acres of land. He also owned land on the east side of Mill river, Gloucester. He owned a sawmill near the outlet of Cape Pond brook, where his son John succeeded him in the mill busi- ness, the site at Cape Pond brook being still known as Bennett's Mills. He died by acci- dent in 1714 and his inventory amounted to one hundred and three pounds.
The will of Richard Windowe (Dindoe, Windor or Winde), of Gloucester, indicates that the father of Anthony was dead and his mother was the second wife of Windowe. Richard Window, or Windowe, was in Glou- cester in 1647 or earlier; was charged with living apart from his wife, but he showed that he sent for her and she would not come. He was a town officer in 1654. He married, March 30, 1659, Bridget Travis, widow of Henry Travis. Window's will was dated May 2, 1665, proved June 7, 1665, bequeathed to his wife Bridget and her son James Travis; daughter Ann; son-in-law (used for step-son always) Anthony, committing him to the care of his uncle Bennett (his Uncle Richard prob- ably) ; to "daughter-in-law Elizabeth Bennett a Bible that was her father's." (She was evidently a sister of Anthony Bennett and step-daughter of Window; her mother dy- ing before the third marriage to Widow Travis) ; also to Richard Goding. At the date of the will Anthony was probably a minor. It is conjectured that the name Win- throp is a modification of the name Window and perhaps the correct spelling of the sur- name. Winthrop is used as a christian name in several generations of the family. Anthony Bennett married Abigail - -, who died Oc- tober 26, 1733. Children: I. Anthony, born at Gloucester, November 12, 1679, mentioned below. 2. John, April 11, 1686, married Eliza- beth , and had sons Anthony and Jon- athan, born February 14, 1714, who removed to New Gloucester, Maine. 3. Abigail, Sep- tember 7, 1688. 4. Peter, married, February, 1704, Hannah Eveluth. 5. Andrew, had a grant of land in 1706 adjoining Anthony's
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farm ; married Rebecca Townsend, of Charles- town, and had Jonathan, Bethia and Lydia; died January 15, 1718.
(II) Anthony (2), son of Anthony (I) Bennett, was born in Gloucester, November 12, 1679. He married, July 13, 1704, Rebecca Late in life his son John became his guardian, appointed February 9, 1735. Chil- dren: I. John, mentioned below. 2. David, died aged nineteen. 3. Moses. 4. Peter. 5. Stephen. 6. Nathaniel. 7. Jonathan, died aged six. 8. Job. 9. James.
(III) John, son of Anthony (2) Bennett, was born at Gloucester about 1705, and mar- ried there, February II, 1732. Children, born at Gloucester : John, mentioned below ; David, Jonathan, Patience, Experience, Elizabeth, Job.
(IV) John (2), son of John (I) Bennett, was born in Gloucester about 1735. He seems to have settled in Portsmouth and Gilmanton, New Hampshire. He married Betsey The census of 1790 shows that John Bennett Sr. and John Jr. and family were living in Gilmanton. Some of his children: I. John, had son John, probably born in New Durham in 1787, died at Portsmouth, August 10, 1872; son of John and Lydia (William P. Bennett, born 1820, died at Portsmouth, son of John and Jane Bennett). 2. Winthrop, mentioned below. 3. Andrew, married and had a family at Gilmanton.
(V) Winthrop, son of John (2) Bennett, was born about 1760, died March 25, 1840. He was living in Portsmouth in 1790 and mar- ried Elizabeth who died March 12, 1819. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, a private in the field artillery under Cap- tain George Turner and in the same company later under Captain Hall Jackson, of Ports- mouth, in 1776. He probably moved to Gil- manton later. Children: I. Andrew (Will- iam J. Bennett, son of Andrew, died at Lon- donderry, New Hampshire, December 8, 1893, aged sixty-seven years, seven months; mother was Mary (Hall) Bennett). 2. John. 3. Jo- seph. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Jere- miah. 6. Deborah. 7. Nancy. 8. Mary. 9. Richard. 10. Gilman. II. Polly. (Winthrop Bennett, related to this family, died March 31, 1875, at Moultonborough, New Hampshire, aged eighty-two, and another Winthrop died there December 12, 1876, aged forty-eight, probably his son.)
(VI) William, son of Winthrop Bennett, was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and settled in Bridgton, Maine, where he cleared a
farm in the wilderness and lived upon it the remainder of his days. He married Lois Flint at Sweden, Maine. Children: Lois, Gilman, Nathaniel, William, Joseph, John, Reuben.
(VII) Joseph, son of William Bennett, was born in Bridgton, Maine, in 1810 and died in 1890. He was educated in the common schools, and during his youth helped his father on the farm. He learned the trade of cooper, and in connection with farming split staves and made shook. It was the custom in New Eng- lang for farmers to follow some trade in win- ter. Many were shoemakers, others were coop- ers, hatters, etc. He bought part of the home- stead and had a milk route in Bridgton, in connection with his farm, and until shortly before his death continued active in his busi- ness. At the age of seventy-eight he drove his own milk-cart on the delivery route. He was a member of the American (Know Noth- ing) party when a young man, later a Repub- lican. He was a faithful member of the Bap- tist church. He married, in 1833, Dolly Chap- lin, born in Waterford in 1804, died 1882. Children: I. William Marshall, lives on the homestead, formerly his father's. 2. Joseph Louville, mentioned below. 3. Daniel C., died in infancy.
(VIII) Joseph Louville, son of Joseph Ben- nett, was born in Bridgton, August 6, 1842. He attended the public schools of his native town and entered Bowdoin College in 1861. He left his studies to fight for his country in the civil war, enlisting, September 10, 1862, in Company B, Twenty-third Maine Regiment from Bridgton under Colonel William W. Virgin and served most of the time of his nine months' enlistment in the vicinity of Washing- ton and along the Potomac river. Discharged on account of disability, March 23, 1863, at Edwards Ferry, Maryland, with rank of cor- poral. At the end of his term of enlistment he returned to college, but in 1864 he again en- tered the service, enlisting in the Seventh Maine Battery and took part in the battle of Petersburg and in the final engagement of the war in front of Richmond. He did not return to college, but was honored with the degree of A. B. by Bowdoin College, in 1904. He studied medicine at the Medical School of Maine, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1869. He began the practice of his profes- sion in Fryeburg, Maine, directly after gradu- ating, and continued for a period of five years. After practicing a year in Massachusetts he located at Hiram, Maine, remaining nine years. In 1887-88 he was located at Peabody, Massachusetts, and since 1889 in Bridgton,
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Maine. He has been in general practice and is an honored and successful member of his profession, and is member of Maine Medical, also the American Medical associations. Dr. Bennett is a Republican in politics and has been especially useful in the towns in which he has lived on account of his interest in public education and his service on the school com- mittees and as superintendent of schools. He is a member of Oriental Lodge, Free Masons, of Bridgton ; Oriental Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, of Bridgton; Oriental Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bridgton; Norway Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, of Norway, Maine ; charter member of Hiram Lodge, No. 39, Knights of Pythias, of Hiram, Maine. He belongs to Farragut Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgton, and is an attendant of tlie Congregational church. He married, No- vember 20, 1886, Rosalia Larrabee, born at South Columbia, New Hampshire, daughter of Joshua and Grace Ann (Stevens) Larrabee, of South Columbia, New Hampshire. Chil- dren : I. Dolly Chaplin, born in Alfred, Maine, October 31, 1887, graduate of Bridgton high school, now a member of the class of 1910, Smith College. 2. Emma Louville, born in Bridgton, September 9, 1896.
(For first generation see Anthony Bennett I.)
BENNETT (II) Peter, son of Anthony Bennett, was born in Glou- cester about 1680; married, February, 1704, Hannah Eveluth: He re- moved to York county, Maine. He sold by deed dated June 26, 1728, rights as a proprietor in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine. He lived in Falmouth and York. He sold a lot in Georgetown, April 13, 1717, to John Cookson. His brother John sold land east of Spruce creek to Benjamin Weeks, April 17, 1732. His brother Anthony and his wife sold land they bought of Sarah Jamison in Falmouth to John Smith, March 7, 1721-22; Sarah was
the daughter of William Jamison. Anthony Ben- nett (2) married Rebecca
(III) Dr. David, son or nephew of Peter Bennett, was born about 1705, died in 1745. He lived in York, and though one of the original and first four grantees of the town of Sanford, Maine, did not remove thither. On one of his four house-lots he built the first "proper" ( frame) house built in Sanford, Maine, and in company with others was owner of the first mill erected in the town. In 1743 his house was occupied by Samuel Staples. He fenced lots 26, 127, 28 in 1742, about the same time that he built the house. The fact
that one Staples, one Howard and others lived in it is proved by three depositions of persons whose memory extended back to a time earlier than 1743. His widow Alice married Joseph Simpson. She gave her lands to William and Nathaniel Bennett, her sons, by deed and will. Children: 1 William, sold half of lot 27 to his son William Jr. in 1790. 2. Hannah. 3. David. 4. Lieutenant Nathaniel, mentioned below. 5. John.
(IV) Lieutenant Nathaniel, son of Dr. David Bennett, born in 1741 at York, died at Sanford, Maine, January 23, 1804, in his sixty- third year. He came to Sanford about 1770 and settled in South Sanford and became one of the leading citizens of that village. He was a lieutenant in the revolution in Captain Dan- iel Butterfield's company, Colonel John Frost's regiment, in the ยท Rhode Island campaign in 1776. He was ensign in Captain Morgan Lewis's company on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. These were the minute-men of Sanford and New Gloucester. He was ser- geant later in 1775 in Captain Moses Merrill's company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's regi- ment (First), and later commissioned lieuten- ant in Captain Edward Harmon's company (Ninth of Sanford), Colonel Ebenezer Saw- yer's regiment (First York). He was in Cap- tain Samuel Nasson's company at one time also. He was a charter member of the Con- gregational church at Sanford; was selectman in 1780-81. All the Bennett families of South Sanford are descended from him. Among his children were: I. Rufus, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, born February II, 1786, died August, 1846; married Abigail Batchelder, born April 4, 1792, died 1875 ; removed to Hiram, March 18, 1824, and thence to Denmark in December, 1825.
(V) Rufus, son of Lieutenant Nathaniel Bennett, was born about 1780 at South San- ford, Maine. He was a farmer at South San- ford. He married Annie Batchelder. Chil- dren, born there: I. Horace, mentioned be- low. 2. Mary. 3. Nahum, mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel. 5. Son lost at sea when a young man, unmarried.
(VI) Horace, son of Rufus Bennett, born in South Sanford, 1806, died in 1880. He mar- ried Sally C. Haslem, born in Waltham, Mas- sachusetts, 1814, died in 1900. Children born at South Sanford: Nelson A., Walter E., Horace S., Ellen M., Mercy A., Bradford, mentioned below.
(VII) Bradford, son of Horace Bennett, born in South Sanford, 1844, died there in 1880. He married, in Sanford, 1868, Flor-
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ence M. Emory, born at South Sanford in 1852. Bradford Bennett was educated in the public schools of Sanford. 1. He learned the trade of shoemaking, which he followed all his active life. He was a Democrat in politics, a well known and useful citizen of his native town. Their only child, Elmer Dana, men- tioned below.
(VIII) Elmer Dana, son of Bradford Ben- nett, was born in South Sanford, February 12, 1869, and was educated there in the common schools. He began to work in the mills of the Sanford Manufacturing Company as a loom fixer, and afterward learned the trade of block-printer. In 1891 he left the mills to en- gage in the plumbing business, and for six- teen years has had charge of this line of work for the Sanford Water Company. In politics Mr. Bennett is a Republican. He belongs to Company F, First Regiment, Maine Volun- teer Militia, enlisting May 23, 1903. He is a member of Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pyth- ias, of Sanford. He married (first), in 1889, Mary A., daughter of F. J. Cousins, of Old Orchard, Maine. He married (second), No- vember, 1902, Georgie E., daughter of George H. Clifford, of North Conway, New Hamp- shire. Child of first wife : Lena, born in May, 1890. Child of second wife: Elmer, born August 12, 1906.
(VI) Nahum, son of Rufus Bennett, born in South Sanford, May 4, 1811, died February 7, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of blacksmith. At one time he worked at Quincy, Massachusetts, in the granite quarries, and ac- quired the trade of stone-cutter. He worked at blacksmithing for a time at Springvale, Maine. He conducted a farm during much of his active life. In politics he was a Democrat, a man highly esteemed and enjoying the fullest confidence of all men. He married Nancy Hanson, born in Waterborough, Maine, 1814, died in 1889. Children : Mary A., Benjamin, Frances, Justus B., Harriet N., Sarah W., Julia A., mentioned below.
(VII) Julia A., daughter of Nahum Ben- nett, was born in South Sanford, January 28, 1855. She married Frederick Amos Garnsey, born in Richmond, New Hampshire, January 14, 1857, died May 29, 1899, son of Amos Garnsey. (See Garnsey family herewith).
The surname Garnsey, Garn- GARNSEY sy, or Guernsey, as it was spelled interchangeably in the early records, is taken from the name of the isle, and the family undoubtedly originated in
the Isle of Guernsey. Henry Garnsey settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1655, and was admitted a freeman in 1690. John . and Joseph Garnsey settled in Milford, Con- necticut, about 1639. Both seem to have had sons Joseph. Joseph Garnsey removed to New Haven, where he was living in 1647, and finally to Stamford, where he and his descend- ants lived for many years. He or his son Joseph married, May II, 1659, at Stamford, Rose Waterbury, and had Joseph, born June 30, 1662, settled at Stamford. John, born May 23, 1697, resided in Waterbury.
(I) John Garnsey, immigrant ancestor, came from the Isle of Guernsey and settled at Milford, Connecticut, where he probably died soon after 1639.
(II) Joseph, son of John Garnsey, was born about 1640-49 ; married, at Milford, Han- nah Cooley, daughter of Samuel Cooley Sr., April 10, 1673. Children born at Milford: I. Joseph, born January 13, 1674, married Eliza- beth Disbrow, of Horseneck; and (second) Eleanor - -; removed to Woodbury, Con- necticut, where his wife died, September 15, 1753, aged seventy-seven, and he died Sep- tember 15, 1764, aged eighty; children: i. Joseph, born 1700; ii. Ebenezer, born 1703 ; iii. Jonathan, had grandsons, Amos, Jonathan, et al .; iv. Peter, born April 6, 1709; v. John (twin), born April 6, 1709; vi. Betsey, mar- ried Joshua Baldwin. 2. Hannah (also given Sarah), born March 4, 1678.
(II) John (2), probably the son of John (1) Garnsey, and certainly of this family, born about 1660, died at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, March 31, 1722. His wife Elizabeth died April II, 1714, at Rehoboth. He settled in Rehoboth, where he married ( second), August 16, 1716, Sarah Titus. Among his children were : I. John, mentioned below. 2. Eben- ezer, married, at Rehoboth, January 19, 1709- IO, Mehitable West. 3. Elizabeth, married, May 6, 1703, James Bowen, at Rehoboth. 4. Mary, married, September 13, 1713, Samuel Hicks, at Rehoboth.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Garnsey (or Garnzey, as spelled in Rehoboth records), was born about 1690. He married (first), Oc- tober 14, 1714, at Rehoboth, Judith Ormsbee, who died August 27, 1715. He married (sec- ond), at Rehoboth, June 6, 1717, Elizabeth Titus, who died April II, 1771. Child born at Rehoboth, of first wife: I. Beriah, born Sep- tember, 1715. Children of second wife : 2. John, February 7, 1718-19, died February, 1718-19. 3. John, January 4, 1719-20, men- tioned below. 4. Oliver, September 27, 1722.
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5. Elizabeth, April 23, 1725. 6. Solomon, 1727. 7. Mary, February 22, 1731. 8. Sarah, May 15, 1735.
(IV) John (4), son of John (3) Garnsey, born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, January 4, 1719-20, married, May 13, 1742, Lydia Healey. Children born at Rehoboth: 1. Amos, March 31, 1743, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, Septem- ber 25, 1745, died young. 3. Oliver, July 5, 1746, removed to Westminster, Vermont. 4. Lydia, January 12, 1747-48. 5. William, Jan- nuary II, 1749-50. 6. Hannah, December 30, 1752. 7. Ruth, June 18, 1754. 8. Esther, May 22, 1756. 9. Lois, July 5, 1758. 10. John, May 7, 1760. II. Samuel, October 3, 1762. 12. David, March 30, 1764. 13. Jesse, April 9, 1766. 14. Mary, January 8, 1768.
(V) Deacon Amos, son of John (4) Garn- sey, born in Rehoboth, March 31, 1743, died February 12, 1813, at Richmond, New Hamp- shire. He and his brothers removed to Rich- mond when young men. Although his son Amos was born in Rehoboth in 1768, Deacon Garnsey was located in Richmond in 1766, probably bringing his family to settle after 1768. His lot was described as No. 113, range II. He was a soldier in the revolution from Richmond, a private in Captain William Humphrey's company in the continental army in 1776, with brothers John and Oliver. The name was spelled Guernsey in many cases. (New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, vol. i, p. 356.) He married, at Rehoboth, November
15, 1763, Miriam Pike, who died December 12, 1814. Children born in Rehoboth: I. Cyrel, April 30, 1764. 2. Amos, April 9, 1768, mentioned below. Children born at Richmond : 3. Cyrus, February 20, 1773. 4. Lucy, No- vember 29, 1774, married Nehemiah Bennett. 5. Moses, March 25, 1781. 6. Darius, De- cember 20, 1784.
(VI) Amos (2), son of Amos (I) Garnsey, was born in Rehoboth, April 9, 1768. His uncle, Oliver Garnsey, a veteran of the revolu- tion, settled in Westminster, Vermont, and died there January 30, 1737, aged eighty-five. Amos, John Jr. and Oliver were all in the same company in the revolution. Child born at Richmond : Amos, mentioned below.
(VII) Amos (3), son of Amos (2) Garnsey, born at Richmond, New Hampshire, Septem- ber 6, 1803, died March 9, 1886. He settled in his native town on the Benjamin Hewes's place, and removed to his late home in 1845. He was a farmer and well-known citizen. He married Clarissa Randall, born in Swanzey, New Hampshire, December 7, 1806, died April 15, 1875. Children born at Richmond : I.
Amos, born December 26, 1731, mentioned be- low. 2. William, September 27, 1739. 3 Watrous, September 6, 1742.
(VIII) Amos (4), son of Amos (3) Garn- sey, born in Richmond, December 26, 1831, died in Sanford, Maine, March 9, 1898. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was seventeen years old, working be- tween terms on the farm. He learned the trade of wood-worker and blacksmith, and in 1866 went to Sanford, Maine, to become mas- ter mechanic in the Sanford Mills. He held a position of responsibility in these mills for thirty years, excepting about ten years in the Mousam River Mills, of which he was a stock- holder. He was active in public affairs and a citizen of prominence. He also worked for a few years at Troy, New Hampshire. He married, June 15, 1854, Mary Jane, born at Rochester, New York, September 2, 1835, daughter of Ezra and Irena (Damals) Martin. Her father was born in Richmond, New Hampshire. Children : I. Frederick Amos, born January 14, 1857, mentioned below. 2. Alman Ezra, married (first) Minnie Stack- pole, had daughter Alice E., born March 9, 1890. Married (second) Esther Lunt.
(IX) Frederick Amos, son of Amos (4)
Garnsey, born in Richmond, New Hampshire, January 14, 1857, died in Sanford, Maine, May 29, 1899. He was educated in the public schools of Troy, New Hampshire, the high school of Sanford, Maine, and Gray's Business College, Portland. He learned the trade of weaver in the Sanford Mills and rose to the position of boss weaver. He was taken into the counting-room and was connected with the management for a number of years. He engaged in business as superintendent for his father, and for Mr. Charles Frost, of the mills at Moultonville and later at Cordaville, Massachusetts, in the manufacture of blankets. He knew the business thoroughly and was a successful manager. Of upright character and gifted with great ability in some directions, his early death was a loss to the manufacturing world and to a large circle of friends. He had the esteem of employees as well as his associ- ates in business. In politics he was a Repub- lican. He married, December 9, 1876, Julia A., daughter of Nahum and Nancy (Hanson) Bennett. (See Bennett family herewith.) Their only child, Frederick Amos, was born in Cordaville, in the town of Southborough, Massachusetts, March 14, 1892, educated in the public schools of his native town and of Sanford, Maine, and now a student in the Sanford high school.
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GIBBS The name of Gibbs was well known in England before the emigration of the Puritans to America. Will- iam Gibbs, of Lenharn, Yorkshire, England, for signal service received a grant from the King of England, embracing a tract of land, four miles square, in the center of the town. Tradition says that he had three sons, the eldest of whom inherited the paternal estate and remained thereon; the younger sons learned the ship carpenter's trade and on ar- riving at majority received funds from their elder brother with which they came to Boston, Massachusetts, to establish themselves in life. One of these was undoubtedly Matthew Gibbs, whose descendants are treated in this article. The tradition says that one settled on the Cape and the other in Newport, Rhode Island. (I) Matthew Gibbs was a resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1650, and for four years thereafter. In 1654 he sold his house and lands and removed to Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he received a grant of land in 1659. In 1670 he purchased from Thomas Reid a farm upon which he probably resided thereafter. He married Mary, daugh- ter of Robert Bradish, of Sudbury, and their children were as follows: I. Mary, born 1652, married (first) John Goodridge, (second) Thomas Frost. 2. Hannah, 1654, married Samuel Winch. 3. Matthew, married (first) Mary Moore, (second) Elizabeth Moore, daughter of John Moore, of Sudbury. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, lived in Fram- ingham, Massachusetts. 6. Joseph. 7. Eliza- beth. 8. Jonathan. 9. Josiah, of Framing- ham.
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