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NEWHALL The numerous family of Newhall, variously spelled Newhall, Newall and New- ell, is descended from two brothers registered as early settlers of Lynn, Massachusetts, in the year 1630. They were grantees of lots in a division of lands there in 1638. Not one of a large number of wills examined in London appears to furnish a clue to trace their Eng- lish origin. The earliest references to the name was found in the will of one Thomas Newhall, written in Latin in 1498. Printed history mentions the building of a new hall upon a baronial estate in Norfolk by a man who by so doing obtained the name of Jo- hannis de Nova Aula, otherwise John de Newe-hall. This indicates the probable origin of the surname. The names of the two pro- genitors of the Lynn family were the brothers, Thomas Newhall and Anthony Newhall.
(I) Thomas Newhall, of Lynn, Massachu- setts, died there, May 25, 1674. Wife Mary died September 25, 1665. His will was dated April 1, 1668, and probated June 30, 1674. He bequeathed lands to his sons Thomas and John, and money to his sons-in-law, Richard Haven's children and Thomas Browne's chil- dren, and sundry articles to his two daughters, Susanna Haven and Mary Browne. In his inventory are mentioned an old dwelling-house and an old barn, six acres of upland and twelve acres of meadow, besides other estate. Chil- dren: I. Susanna, born about 1624, died in Lynn, February 7, 1682, married Richard Haven, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas,
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born about 1630, see forward. 3. John, died before 1718, married (first) 3, 12 mo. (Feb- ruary), 1657, Elizabeth Laighton, who died October 22, 1677, and married (second) July 17, 1679, Sarah Flanders, of Salisbury, Mas- sachusetts. 4. Mary, born about 1637, married Thomas Browne, of Lynn, Massachusetts.
(II) Ensign Thomas, son of Thomas New- hall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, died there and was buried April 1, 1678. Mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Alice Potter, of Salem, Massachusetts; she was buried at Lynn, February 22, 1686-87. He was the first white child born in Lynn. He left an inventory of date 1687, of which he was possessed of property valued at nearly seven hundred pounds. He was an ensign and his homestead was near the center of the town near George Keser's tannery in 1665. In 1679 he purchased sixty acres near the dividing line between Salem and Lynn for a farm with which to portion off his sons. From the fact that among his buildings was a malt-house, it is conjectured that it once formed a part of the farm of the first Thomas Newhall, his father having an estate contain- ing with other buildings a malt-house. Chil- dren : I. Thomas, born 18, 9 mo., 1653, died July 3, 1728, at Malden, Massachusetts ; mar- ried, November, 1764, Rebecca Green, of Mal- den, who died May 25, 1726. 2. John, 14, 12 mo., 1655, died January 20, 1738, married, June 18, 1677, Esther Bartram, of Lynn, who died September 28, 1728. 3. Joseph, Sep- tember 22, 1658, see forward. 4. Nathaniel, March 17, 1660, died December 23, 1695, mar- ried Elizabeth , who married (second) intention dated January 8, 1696-97, John In- gersoll. 5. Elizabeth, March 21, 1662, drowned in April, 1665. 6. Elisha, November 3, 1665, buried last of February, 1686-87. 7. Eliza- beth, October 22, 1667. 8. Mary, February 18, 1669. 9. Samuel, January 19, 1672, died before January 2, 1718-19; married Abigail Lyndsey, of Lynn. 10. Rebecca, July 17, 1675, married, May 22, 1697, Ebenezer Parker, of Reading, Massachusetts.
(III) Ensign Joseph, son of Ensign Thom- as Newhall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, September 22, 1658, died January 29, 1705- 06. Married Susanna, born March 26, 1659, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar, of Lynn, Massachusetts; she married (second), intention dated September 26, 1713, Benja- min Simonds, of Woburn. His name appeared often upon the records of holding some po- sitions of honor or trust. He served as repre- sentative at the general court in 1705-06. He
"perished in a snowstorm, January 29, 1705- 06," Boston News Letter No. 95, while he was on the road from Boston to Lynn during his term at the general court. Administration on his estate was granted July 10, 1706, in which are named his widow Susanna, his sons Thomas and Joseph, Elisha, Ephraim, Daniel, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Samuel, and daughters Jemima, Susanna and Sarah. Like his father, he was called Ensign. His homestead, a farm of thirty-four acres, was situated in the north- erly part of Lynn, on the Salem (now Pea- body) line. He had also another farm of one hundred and seventy acres in the pres- ent town of Lynnfield and called the Pond farm. Children: I. Jemima, born December 31, 1678, married, June 9, 1698, Benjamin Very, of Salem, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas, January 6, 1680, died November 30, 1738, married (first) December 9, 1707, Mary New- hall of Lynn; married ( second) December 12, 1717, Elizabeth Bancroft, of Lynn. 3. Joseph, February 6, 1683-84, died April 27, 1742; married, November 26, 1713, Elizabeth Potter. 4. Elisha, November 20, 1686, died in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, March 19, 1773; married, February 27, 1710-II, Jane Breed, of Lynn, who died March 22, 1773. 5. Ephraim, February 20, 1688-89, married, December 12, 1716, Abigail Denmark, of Lynn. 6. Daniel, February 5, 1690-91, died Novem- ber, 1752; married, intention dated November 20, 1713, Mary Breed, of Lynn, who died January I, 1775. 7. Ebenezer, June 3, 1693, died June 22, 1766; married, intention dated November 8, 1718, Elizabeth Breed, who died at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, February 7, 1770. 8. Susanna, December 19, 1695, married, July 16, 1717, Josepli Breed, of Lynn. 9. Benja- min, April 5, 1698, died June 5, 1763; mar- ried, January 1, 1721, Elizabeth Fowle, of Woburn, Massachusetts, who died at Lynn, January 28, 1760. IO. Samuel, March 9, 1700-OI, see forward. II. Sarah, July II, 1704, married, January 3, 1722-23, Thomas Burrage, of Lynn.
(IV) Samuel, son of Ensign Joseph New- hall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, March 9, 1700-01, died there, August, 1770. Mar- ried, December 8, 1724, Kezia Breed, who died October 9, 1748, Lynn Records, October 9, 1749, Quaker Records, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Hood) Breed, of Lynn, Massa- chusetts. He was adopted in his youth by an uncle named Thomas Farrar, who in his will bequeathed the bulk of his estate to him and another kinsman named Richard Hood. The will of Samuel, dated July 28, 1768, and
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proved October 1, 1770, mentions his three sons, Pharoah, Abijah and Daniel, daughters Anna Estes, Elizabeth Newhall, Sarah New- hall, Lydia Johnson, Abigail Purinton, Re- becca Chase, and Ruth Newhall, and also his brother, Elisha Newhall. Children: I. Anna, born October 27, 1725, married, September 16, 1746, Matthew Estes. 2. Elizabeth, March 7, 1727-28. 3. Sarah, August 20, 1730. 4. Ly- dia, January 14, 1732-33, married, October 15, 1753, Nehemiah Johnson. 5. Pharaoh, Feb- ruary 15, 1733-34, died September 15, 1821 ; married, April 24, 1764, Theodate Breed, of Lynn, who died at Lynn, September 10, 1810. 6. Abijah, February 15, 1736-37, see forward. 7. Abigail, March 4, 1738-39, married, Jan- uary 15, 1760, Samuel Purinton, of Danvers, Massachusetts. 8. Daniel, February 4, 1740- 41, died November 15, 1793; married (first) April 25, 1769, Hannah Estes, who died No- vember 27, 1781 ; married ( second) May 20, 1789, Elizabeth Dodge, of Boston, Massachu- setts, who died his widow at Lynn, February, 1822. 9. Rebecca, October 28, 1743, married, April 24, 1764, Abner Chase, of Salem, Massa- chusetts. 10. Ruth, October 12, 1746, mar- ried, October 14, 1772, John Bassett, of Lynn, Massachusetts.
(V) Abijah, son of Samuel Newhall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, February 15, 1736-37, died there August 30, 1819. Mar- ried (first) April 29, 1760, Abigail, born Sep- tember 13, 1737, died July 9, 1792, daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Hood) Bassett, of Lynn, Massachusetts ; married ( second), Alice -; she died his widow, January 7, 1820. He was a member of the Society of Friends. His will, dated March 18, 1809, calls him a cordwainer, and mentions wife Alice and chil- dren Daniel, Abijah, Lydia, Content, Keziah and Alice, and his son-in-law, Pelatiah Purin- ton. The will was proved February 15, 1820. His homestead appears to have been in that part of Lynn called Wood End. In 1771 he bought another lot of five acres, a portion of which, with a house on it, was sold after his death by his heirs. Children: I. Daniel, born August 3, 1761, married, March 24, 1790, Mary Shillaber, and removed to Henniker, New Hampshire. 2. Lydia, February 10, 1763, died December 3, 1840; married, September 21, 1791, Enoch Mower, of Lynn, Massachu- setts. 3. Keziah, August 8, 1865, married, September 17, 1794, Pelatiah Purinton, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 4. Content, September 2, 1767, married Abel Houghton; they were of Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1820. 5. Rebecca, August 7, 1769, married, October 10, 1774,
Stephen Nichols, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 6. Alice, February 15, 1772, married (first) July 20, 1796, Thomas Butman; married ( second) Nathan G. Chase. 7. Abigail, February 20, 1776. 8. Abijah, see forward. 9. Stephen, April 21, 1780, died August 16, 1781.
(VI) Abijah (2), son of Abijah (1) New- hall, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, Jan- uary I, 1779, died at Vassalborough, Maine, October 6, 1860. Married, September 25, 1804, Lucy, born at Vassalborough, Maine, October 8, 1785, died September 24, 1863, daughter of Remington and Anstrus ( Gardi- ner) Hobby. He located early in life at Vas- salborough, Kennebec county, Maine, and was a farmer and a tanner. Children: 1. Cynthia Hobby, born July 17, 1805, married, October 16, 1827, Captain Jabez Lewis, of Vassal- borough, Maine. 2. Daniel, October 3, 1809, married, January 31, 1838, Clara Hoyt. 3. Henry Chase, February 6, 1814, see forward.
(VII) Henry Chase, son of Abijah (2) Newhall, was born at Vassalborough, Maine, February 6, 1814, died at Portland, Maine, February 18, 1877. Married, February 6, 1837, Lydia Howland, born at Vassalborough, Maine, April 25, 1817, died at Fairfield, Maine, May 31, 1898, daughter of George and
(Howland) Getchell. He was first a tanner, second he was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness, and thirdly in the lumber industry. Chil- dren : 1. George Henry, born March 18, 1838, see forward. 2. Charles Edward, March 18, 1842, died May 28, 1844. 3. Lucy Howland, October 6, 1843, died July 7, 1868 ; married, June 28, 1866, William Bodfish Dickey.
(VIII) George Henry, son of Henry Chase Newhall, was born at Canaan, Somerset county, Maine, March 18, 1838, died at Fair- field, Maine, May 2, 1890. Married (first) August 7, 1860, Mary A. Tobey, who died January 9, 1873 ; married (second) March 30, 1874, Louise E., daughter of Eben S. and Melinda B. (Lawrence) Page. He came to Fairfield in 1851, when his parents removed there from Canaan. He received a common- school education and devoted his energies to business. He was associated for some time with his father, in the employ of the firm of Newhall & Gibson. After his father's death he became a member of the firm of Lawrence, Phillips & Company, lumber manufacturers, and continued so to the end of his life. He was a Universalist in religious faith. A Demo- crat in politics. Not ambitious for official honors, but public spirited and interested in the general welfare. He was highly respected as a citizen and successful as a business man.
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Child by first wife: 1. Edward F., born Octo- ber 5, 1861, died August 9, 1868. Children by second wife: 2. Mary L., born at Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1876, is a graduate of Co- burn Classical Institute, at Waterville, Maine, and of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massa- chusetts, in 1899. 3. Henry C., born at Fair- field, Maine, February 14, 1882; after receiv- ing his education in the common schools of Fairfield, and at the Phillips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, New Hampshire, he entered the employ of his father in the lumber business, at Shawmut, Maine. In company with Mr. G. Hume, he is extensively engaged as a lumber manufacturer in the town of Fairfield. He is a member of Siloam Chapter, St. Omar Com- mandery, and Kora Temple, Mystic Shrine.
FARNHAM The name Farnham is among the earliest in Massachusetts and has been conspicuous in the settlement and development of New Eng- land, especially at Concord and vicinity, in New Hampshire and at Rumford, in Maine. While most of its bearers have been tillers of the soil, they have ever been identified with the work of the church and other moral agen- cies, and still adhere to the standards of their Puritan ancestors. Many of those in Maine spell the name Farnham, but the New Hamp- shire branch uses the spelling Farnum. It is found in various forms among the New Eng- land records.
(I) Ralph Farnham was born in 1603, and sailed from Southampton, England, with his wife Alice, in the brig "James," arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, June 5, 1635, after a voyage of fifty-eight days. He was among the proprietors of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1635. His wife was born about 1606, and they brought with them four children, a daughter being born of them here. Their names were as follows: Mary, born 1626; Thomas, 1631; Ralph, 1633; Ephraim and Sarah.
(II) Ralph (2), born 1633, son of Ralph (I) and Alice Farnham, is said by tradition (which is open to question) to have been a native of Wales. He settled in Andover, Mas- sachusetts, where he was a grand juryman in 1679, and was the ancestor of a numerous posterity. He was married October 26, 1658, to Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Holt, an- other pioneer of Andover. She was born March 30, 1636, in Newbury, Massachusetts. He died January 8, 1692, in Andover. His children were: Sarah, Ralph, John, Henry, Hannah, Thomas, Ephraim and James.
(III) John, son of Ralph (2) and Eliza- beth (Holt) Farnham, was born April 16, 1664, in Andover, where he resided and died in 1729, having survived his wife about twelve years. By occupation he was a wheelwright, and he was a deacon of the church. He was married April 10, 1684, to Elizabeth Barker, born January 20, 1663, a daughter of Nathan and Mary Barker. One of his daughters was involved in a witchcraft excitement.
(IV) John (2), son of John (I) and Eliza- beth (Barker) Farnham, born February 13, 1684, died in 1762. He was a farmer and a wheelwright, residing all his life in Andover, where he was, like his father, a deacon in the church. He was married February 26, 1710, to Joanna Barker, born July 17, 1687, a daughter of Captain John and Mary Stevens Barker. She survived her husband about twenty-three years, dying in 1785.
(V) Captain John (3), son of John (2) and Joanna ( Barker ) Farnham, born April 1, 1711, died October 21, 1786, in Andover. He was married in 1738 to Sarah Frye, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Osgood) Frye. She was born March 25, 1720, and died in 1816. They were the parents of twelve sons and one daughter, namely: Nathan, John, Daniel, Isaac, Jedediah ( died young ), Samuel, James, Peter, Sarah, Simeon, Nathaniel and Enoch. The daughter became the wife of Brooks Emery and they were the founders of a dis- tinguished family.
(VI) Simeon, tenth son of Captain John (3) and Sarah (Frye) Farnham, was born October 9, 1756, in Andover, Massachusetts, and settled in Gorham, Maine, as early as 1786. He was a tanner by trade, and owned a lot of land subsequently occupied by what is known as the Hinckley tan-yard. About 1805 he built on the westerly end of his lot a large, three-story brick house, which was des- troyed by fire in 1871, being used at that time as a hotel. His last days were spent in New- burg, Maine. He served as a soldier of the revolution, and resided in Andover until his removal to Gorham. He was married May 26. 1787, to Elizabeth Johnson, of Andover, and they were the parents of Simeon, John, Eliza- beth, Roxana, Charles, Henry B., Frederick and Edward. A descendant of his, Captain John Farnum, was in quite recent years post- master at Gorham.
(VII) Henry Bowman, fourth son of Si- meon and Elizabeth (Johnson) Farnham, born April 1, 1798, in Gorham, died Novem- ber 30, 1879, in Bangor, Maine. For some years he was a merchant in Winthrop, Maine ;
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was for a short period engaged in the lumber business at Scituate and removed to Bangor in 1832. He served as city Marshall of Bangor, and was a deputy sheriff of Penobscot county. He was among the early opponents of the spread of slavery in this country, and acted during its existence with the Free Soil party, later joining the Republican party. He was married June 11, 1823, to Harriett May, born April 25, 1805, in Winthrop, daughter of the Rev. John and Esther (Tupper) May, who came from Massachusetts; Rev. John May was a Congregational minister. Harriett ( May) Farnham died September 28, 1894, in Buffalo, New York. Three of their children died in infancy. The others were: 1. William H., born March 24, 1826, died July 27, 1872. 2. Harriett, became the wife of Henry M. Kent, of Buffalo, New York. 3. Elizabeth T., became the wife of John Wilder May, who was a judge of the courts in Boston. 4. Au- gustus B., see forward. 5. Laura M., became the wife of Mayor Sidney W. Thaxter, of Portland.
(VIII) Augustus B., second son of Henry B. and Harriett (May) Farnham, was born March 10, 1839, in Bangor. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. His first active occupation was that of bookkeeper, being employed by Stetson & Company, deal- ers in lumber and navigators, with head- quarters in Bangor. He was thus engaged when the civil war broke out, and he enlisted in Company H, Second Regiment, Maine Vol- unteer Infantry, going out as first lieutenant. He was subsequently promoted to captain of the same company. This was a short-term organization and participated in the first battle of Bull Run. Soon after that Captain Farn- ham organized a company which became a part of the Sixteenth Maine Regiment, and was mustered in August 14, 1862. He became major of this regiment, and was afterward promoted to lieutenant-colonel and participated in the following campaigns and battles: The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg and . Military Academy, of Michigan, now a jour-
Five Forks. At the last engagement, just be- fore the surrender of General Lee, Colonel Farnham was wounded in the left lung, April I, 1865. For meritorious conduct on the field he was brevetted colonel and was mustered out in 1865, returning to Bangor. He was soon appointed deputy collector of customs, in which capacity he served several years, and served ten years as postmaster of Bangor ; ap- pointed February 27, 1871, under Grant ; Feb- ruary 27, 1875, under Grant; February 27, 1879, under Hayes; 1883, under Arthur ; July
29, 1890, under Harrison. Following this, he was engaged in the wholesale grocery busi- ness, in partnership with J. A. Boardman. This connection continued seven years, at the end of which period the business was sold out. At this time Augustus B. Farnham was elected president of the Kenduskeag National Bank, of Bangor, which position he held until the bank went out of business, being reorgan- ized as a trust company. In December, 1901, he was appointed adjutant-general of the state, and has continuously held that office until the present time, retaining his residence at Bangor, with office in the state-house at Augusta. Mr. Farnham is an active and valued member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty-third degree, and has affiliated with Saint Andrew's Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Mount Moriah Chapter, Royal Ancient Masters; Saint John's Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bangor, and with the Maine Consistory. He is a past grand master of the State Grand Lodge; past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of the state ; past commander of the State Commandery, Grand Army of the Republic, and president of the Melitia Club, of Bangor.
Mr. Farnham married (first) January 12, 1871, Ardelia B. Clark, born December 8, 1846, daughter of Edwin and Mary (McRuer) Clark, of Bangor. By this union there were two children: I. Mary McRuer, born July 5, 1872, married William Lincoln Smith, of Con- cord, Massachusetts, and has two children : Philip Loring, born March 13, 1906, and Elizabeth Farnham. 2. Ardelia Clark, born June 25, 1874, died August 14, 1874. Mrs. Farnham died July 18, 1874. Mr. Farnham married (second) March 27, 1878, Laura Wood, born April 24, 1864, daughter of Henry A. and Mary M. (Horton) Wood, of Providence, Rhode Island. By this union one child, Henry A., born December 30, 1878, edu- cated in the public schools and Orchard Lake nalist, connected with the New York World.
There are strong indications LEDYARD that this family was of Welsh origin. The home of the family in Wales was Lloydyard, and, to quote one authority, "it is hardly to be questioned that they were a branch of the Llwyds (or Lloyds) who traced their ancestry to the early Britons who fought with Arthur against the Saxon Kings." The name Lidiard, of county Somerset, England, is given in Domesday
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Book. Lidigar and hamlets in England and Scotland bear the names Ledgard, Ledgiard and Ledeard. A branch was seated at Le- diard-Tregoz, county Wills, England, who bore arms said to be almost identical with those of the Welsh family. One of the Led- yard descendants who visited Willshire found a kinsman, John Ledyard Phillips, of Melk- sham, whose arms were the same as those borne in this country: Ermine on a chevron or, five mullets gules. Crest : a demi-lion ram- pant argent, holding in the dexter paw a mul- let gules. Motto: Per crucem ad stellas. These arms were seen by a grandson of the emigrant, John Ledyard, "the traveller," on a carriage in Bristol, England, and recognized as the same borne by his grandfather. It is said that there is a connection between the St. John and Ledyard families, which may be only a tradition. Henry St. John, Baron of Lidiard-Tregoz, county Wills, England, was created Lord Bolingbroke. It is stated that "he died childless in 1751"; but in the contests over the estate which followed, the attorney- general proved that St. John had a son John "who was lost," and in the opinion of some writers this "missing heir" was John Led- yard, who came to America. Certain circum- stances may tend to bear out this belief, but, on the other hand, the following statements seem to shed a surer light on the parentage of the emigrant. A merchant of Bristol, Eng- land, John Ledyard, married, in 1665, Eliza- beth Hilliard, of Bradford, county Wills, and had two sons, Ebenezer and John. The taller" married, in 1690, Sarah Windham, of Brad- ford, and their son John married Sarah Allen. Ebenezer, mentioned above, married a Miss Yarborough. A lady of this name was known as the mother of John Ledyard, the emigrant, and he was known to have written letters from Groton, Connecticut, 1739-41, to John Led- yard, of Bristol, whom he addressed as "cousin." The letters indicated familiar in- timacy and there were complaints that "after his arrival in New England no letters have reached him from his relatives in London." Lacking any further proof, it seems natural to conclude that the American ancestor John was the son of Ebenezer and his wife, Miss Yar- borough, and that he wrote the said letters to his cousin John, of Bristol (who married Sarah Allen), and was the son of his father's. brother John. It should be noted also that the emigrant perpetuated his probable father's name, Ebenezer, in his own family and that the Yarborough name appeared in the family of his noted son, Colonel William Ledyard.
(I) John Ledyard, American ancestor, was probably the son of Ebenezer and
(Yarborough) Ledyard, of Bristol, England, where he was born in 1700. The date of his arrival in this country is not given, but at an early age he was engaged as teacher of a Latin school at Southold, Long Island. In a few years, 1727-30, he moved to Groton, Con- necticut, and later to Hartford. His name was on the public records of Connecticut in 1732 and he became very active and promi- nent in the affairs of Hartford. He was rep- resentative to the general court, 1753 and. 1769, and was prominent in securing the pro- tection and education of the native Indians ; also in the movements which resulted later in. the founding of Dartmouth College. He is. described as a man of great distinction, in -ยท fluence and literary culture. He married (first) Deborah, daughter of Judge Benja- min Youngs, and great-granddaughter of Rev. John Youngs, of Southold, Long Island; she belonged to one of the most prominent families of that place. She died 1748-49, and Mr. Ledyard married (second) Mary, widow of John Ellery, and daughter of John and Mary (Stanley ) Austin. She was the grand- daughter of Nathaniel Stanley, of Hartford. John Ledyard's will was probated September 6, 1771 (Magazine of American History, Vol. 'VII., p. 188). He died in Hartford, Septem- ber 3, 1771, and was buried on the old Centre 'burial-ground. The inscription on his grave- stone reads: "Sacred to the memory of John Ledyard Esq., who departed his life on the 3rd of September A. D. 1771 aged 71 years. The memory of the just is blessed." Children of John and Deborah were: I. John (Capt.), born in Groton, 1730, died March, 1762; mar- ried Abigail, daughter of Roger Hempold, and had six children. 2. Youngs (Capt.), married Amelia Avery, of Groton, and had seven chil- dren. 3. Deborah. 4. Mary. 5. Ebenezer.
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