Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III, Part 72

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 818


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1845, daughter of Captain Abner Turner and Sarah Elizabeth (Ayer) Wade. (See Wade VII.) Children: I. Ralph Wade, mentioned below. 2. Ethel Bess, April 5, 1870, educated in the Foxcroft public schools and at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston ; now bookkeeper in her father's office. 3. Jo- sephine, December 30, 1872, educated in the public schools of Foxcroft and at Bradford Academy; now living in Haverhill, Massa- chusetts. 4. Sarah Eleanor, September 29, 1882, educated in the public schools of Fox- croft and at Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Massachusetts ; now living at home.


(V) Ralph Wade, son of John Franklin Hughes, was born in Foxcroft, Maine, June 30, 1868. He attended the public schools of Foxcroft and the Eastman Business College of Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was graduated in 1886. He went into his father's piano factory and learned the art of making pianos and studied the business carefully. He was admitted to partnership by his father in 1896, and when the business was incorporated as the Hughes & Son Piano Manufacturing Company he became the treasurer, a position he has held since then. He is a prominent Free Mason, past master of Mosaic Lodge of Foxcroft; member of Piscataquis Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Commandery, Knights Templar, Bangor. He is a member of the Foxcroft Board of Trade and trustee of the Building and Loan Association of that town. He married, December, 1891, Maude Merrill, of Dexter, Maine, born December 1, 1869, daughter of Ithamar and Mary (Toward) Merrill. Children : I. Donald Scott, born November 14, 1892. 2. Mary Wade, August 30, 1907.


Thomas Paine, the progenitor of PAINE this branch of the family in America, is supposed to be the Thomas Payne who settled in Yarmouth, Mas- sachusetts, and was the first deputy to the general court from that place in June, 1639. He was admitted a freeman June 4, 1639, and was on the list of those able to bear arms in 1843. He resided there as late as 1650. Traditions vary as to the place from which he came, and no positive information may be had on that point. He had a son Thomas, mentioned below.


(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Paine, came to New England, according to tradition, when a lad about ten years old, with his father. It is said that he lost the sight of


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one of his eyes by an arrow. He settled in Eastham, and was a prominent man. In 1653 he was constable of Eastham, and was on a list of townsmen in 1655. He was admitted a freeman June 1, 1658. He was surveyor of highways in 1662 and in 1664 was deputy to the general court and on the jury. He re- ceived a grant of land in 1667, and two years later purchased land at Namskaket, now Mid- dleborough, adjoining that of John Alden. In 1670 he was appointed an inspector of ordi- naries in the town, to see that there was no excessive drinking. In 1670 he purchased land in Truro, which he sold later to his son Thom- . as. For many years he served as "bayley by land and water" to receive certain prescribed sums from the fishermen, and to enforce the rules concerning the care of the shore by them. He was deputy to the general court in 1671-72-73-76-78-80-81-90. He was selectman of Eastham in 1671 and several years there- after. In 1676 he was one of a committee to collect a debt from Sandwich, and also to build the meeting-house. He was treasurer of the town from 1674 to 1694. In 1677 he and three others hired the fishing-privileges and profits at the head of Cape Cod for a period of seven years, paying yearly the sum of thirty pounds. At some time previous to 1695 he re- moved to Boston, and purchased the home- stead of Thomas Stableford, situated at the South End. In 1697 he sold it to Eleazer Darby, and the same year sold his share of land in Showamet, Bristol county. He was a cooper by trade, and was also skilled at mill- building, being employed in erecting mills in various places. He built two grist-mills in Eastham. He was a fine penman, and wrote a clear hand when he was far advanced in years. He died at an advanced age, August 16, 1706. His will was dated May 12, 1706, and proved October 2, 1706. He married Mary Snow, daughter of Nicholas and Constance Snow. Her father came over in the ship "Ann" in 1623. She died April 28, 1704. Children : I. Mary, married (first) James Rogers, Jan- uary II, 1670; (second) April 24, 1679, Israel Cole. 2. Samuel. 3. Thomas, mentioned be- low. 4. Eliezar, born March 10, 1658. 5- Elisha. 6. John, born March 14, 1660-61. 7. Nicholas. 8. James, born July 6, 1665. 9. Joseph. 10. Dorcas, married Benjamin Vick- erie ; died October 30, 1707.


(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Paine, was born in 1656 or 1657, and died June 23, 1721. A slate stone marks his grave in the old burying-ground in the church-yard at Truro. He was admitted a freeman June


6, 1684, and settled at Truro, on land bought from his father. The site of his house may still be seen on the north side of Little Pamet river. He was clerk of the proprietors and of the town for many years. He was selectman of Truro six years and deputy to the gen- eral court five years. He was clerk, selectman and representative of Eastham before the in- corporation of Truro. He was captain of the militia and justice of the peace. He was ap- pointed special justice for the court of com- mon pleas, July 6, 1713, and held the office continuously until his death. He married (first) August 5, 1678, Hannah Shaw, died July 24, 1713, in her fifty-second year, daugh- ter of Jonathan Shaw. He married ( second) March 8, 1714-15, Elizabeth Eairs, widow, of Boston. She survived him and died at an ad- vanced age in Bellingham. His will was dated April 6, 1720, and proved July 4, 1721. Chil- dren : I. Hannah, born April 6, 1679, died November 17, 1681. 2. Hugh, July 5, 1680, died November 29, 1681. 3. Thomas, Febru- ary 28, 1881-82. 4. Hannah, March 12, 1684, married, May 5, 1704, John Binney ; died Jan- uary 14, 1757. 5. Jonathan, February 1, 1685- 86, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, March 4, 1687, died January 25, 1688. 7. Abigail, No- vember 5, 1689, married, November 8, 171I, Ebenezer White ; died July 15, 1731. 8. Phebe, March 14, 1691, died January 21, 1695-96. 9. Elkanah, February 1, 1692-93. 10. Moses, September 28, 1695. II. Joshua, August 28, 1697. 12. Phebe, February II, 1698-99, mar- ried, February 28, 1729, Paul Knowles ; died June 3, 1748. 13. Lydia, December 4, 1700, married, March 2, 1719-20, Josiah Hinckley. 14. Barnabas, November 13, 1705.


(IV) Jonathan, son of Thomas (3) Paine, was born February 1, 1685-86, and settled in Truro. He died May 23, 1752. He served the town many years as selectman and was deputy to the general court three years. His will was dated January 28, 1752, and proved June 23, 1752. He married (first) October 7, 1709, Sarah Mayo, died February II, 1718- 19, daughter of Daniel Mayo, of Eastham. He married (second) June 29, 1719, Mary . Pur- rington, of Truro, who died May 17, 1760, aged seventy-eight years. All are buried in the old graveyard at Truro. Children of first wife: I. John, born September 3, 1710, died September 15, 1710. 2. Jonathan, September 20, I7II, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, June 17, 1714, married, March 2, 1731-32, An- thony Snow. 4. Daniel, May 12, 1716. 5. Elizabeth, December 14, 1718, married, Feb- ruary 16, 1741-42, Thomas Smith Jr. Chil-


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dren of second wife: 6. Hannah, February 9, 1721-22, married, January 14, 1743-44, Isaac Crowell. 7. Phebe, December 2, 1724, mar- ried, December 1, 1743, Constant Hopkins.


(V) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (1) Paine, was born September 20, 1711, and died April 5, 1761. He resided in Truro, where he was a citizen of influence. He owned slaves and it is said that one of them, Pompey, "taken from the coast of Guinea by some whalemen and sold to Mr. Paine," when a boy, hung himself near his master's house after a few years in his service, expecting by the act to see again the home of his childhood. Mr. Paine was a strict Puritan and a kind master. His will was dated March 13, 1761, and proved February 2, 1762. He married, March 6, 1739- 40, Hannah Lombard, of Truro, who died in 1805, aged eighty-five years. Children: I. Jedediah, born December 9, 1740, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, July 28, 1744, married, May 28, 1765, Rebecca Dyer. 3. Hannah, Au- gust 9, 1747, died unmarried, June 22, 1801. 4. John, August 20, 1749, married Anna Pike and settled in Gorham, Maine. 5. Ebenezer, June 5, 1752, married, February 21, 1782, Abigail Paine. 6. Solomon, November 23, 1754, died unmarried. 7. Richard, October 30, 1756, died unmarried.


(VI) Jedediah, son of Jonathan (2) Paine, was born in Truro, December 9, 1740, and died October 10, 1784. He married, April 12, 1760, Hannah Paine, of Truro, who died June 19, 1796, aged fifty. Children: I. Sarah, bap- tized November II, 1764. 2. Jedediah, died at sea August 21, 1790, aged twenty-four. 3. Hezekiah, baptized June 18, 1769, mentioned below. 4. Eliakim, lost at sea in 1794, aged twenty-two. Perhaps others.


(VII) Hezekiah, son of Jedediah Paine, was born at Truro and baptized June 18, 1769. He married Elizabeth who died January 16, 1816, aged forty-five years. Children, born at Truro: I. Jedediah, baptized Decem- ber 8, 1793. 2. Hannah, born September 23, 1796, married John Hughes. (See Hughes II.)


WADE Nicholas Wade, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England, prob- ably in 1616, but on account of religious persecution left England and came to Scituate, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, about 1631. He took the oath of fidelity and allegiance in 1638. His house was on the west side of Brushy Hill, northeast of the road where Shadrach Wade resided a genera- tion ago. In 1657 he was licensed to keep


an ordinary or tavern in Scituate. He died in 1683, at an advanced age. Jonathan and Richard Wade, pioneers to Massachusetts, were probably his brothers. Children, born in Scituate or England: 1. John. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Elizabeth, married Marmaduke Stevens and was divorced in 1679 because Stevens already had two wives. 5. Joseph, was killed in the Rehoboth battle in King Philip's war. 6. Hannah. 7. Nicholas. 8. Jacob, lived in Scituate, left no family.


(II) Thomas, son of Nicholas Wade, was born in Scituate about 1650. He settled in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1680, and some of his children were born there. He bought the farm of Samuel Staples at Bridgewater, near Nippemicket Pond, in 1693. He mar- ried, in 1672, Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis. He died in 1726. Children, born at Scituate: I. Jacob, 1673, settled in Scituate. 2. Joseph, 1675, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, 1678. 4. Thomas, 1680, resided in Bridgewater. Born at Bridgewater : 5. Han- nah, 1682, married Edward Lathrop. 6. Icha- bod, 1685, resided at Bridgewater. 7. Moses, 1689, resided at Bridgewater. 8. Deborah, 1691, married Jonathan Phinney, of Middle- borough. 9. Rachel, 1692, married, 1731, Israel Alger,


(III) Joseph, son of Thomas Wade, was born in Scituate, Massachuetts, in 1675. He settled in his native town. He married there in 1705 Ruth Gannett. Children, born at Scituate : I. Ruth, 1706. 2. Elizabeth, 1708. 3. Joseph, 1710, mentioned below. 4. Jacob, 1712, married, 1734, Rachel Turner. 5. Issa- char, 1714, married, 1750, Thankful Merritt. 6. Zebulon, 1716, married, 1744, Mercy Nor- ton. 7. Sarah, 1719. 8. Simeon, 1722, mar- ried, 1750, Eunice Studley.


(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Wade, was born in Scituate in 1710. He married Rachel Turner and among their children was Abner, mentioned below.


(V) Abner, son of Joseph (2) Wade, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, November 14, 1746. He served eight years and eight months in the revolutionary army, attaining the rank of captain. He was nearly if not quite all the time under the immediate command of Gen- eral Washington. He married Widow Hope- still Bradford, and among their children was Turner, mentioned below.


(VI) Turner, son of Abner Wade, was born in Woolwich, Maine, September 23, 1789. He lived at Woolwich, Maine. Married Hannah Carlton Farnham, of Woolwich; children : Jane Farnham, Abner Turner, Abigail Ever-


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son, Joshua Farnham, Eben Delano, Hannah Carlton and Hannah Farnham.


(VII) Captain Abner Turner, son of Tur- ner Wade, was born November 1, 1817. He followed the sea; for many years was captain of large sailing vessels going from Bath, Maine, to Europe. He was not a church mem- ber, but prominent in church work. He was a Democrat; served two terms in the legisla- ture. He was a member of the Masonic or- der. He married Sarah Elizabeth Ayer, born June 20, 1820, daughter of Moses and Lydia (Hale) Ayer, of Sangerville, Maine. She was born in Norway, Maine, and later, until her marriage resided in Bangor, Maine. Chil- dren, born in Sangerville, Maine: I. Sarah Sophia, July 26, 1844. 2. Josephine Matilda, June 29, 1845, married John Franklin Hughes (see Hughes IV). 3. Abner Russell, March 12, 1847. 4. Charles Calvin, May 22, 1852. 5. Jennie Farnham, July 4, 1855. 6. Anne Hale, January 3, 1857, married I. A. Sutherland; children : Clarence Hale, Margaret Ayer and Elizabeth Wade Sutherland. 7. Bertha Alice, July 15, 1859.


HASKELL The name is given as of Welsh origin in Arthur's "Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names," and it is com- monly spelled Hascal, Hascall, Hascol, Has- coll, Haskol, Haskall, Haskel, Haskil, Haskill, Haskal, Haskall, Haskul, Haaskull, Hasghal, Haschall, Haskill and Haskell. The deriva- tion of this name is from "hasg," a place of rushes, in a low sedgy place, and "hall," or "hayle," a marsh or moor giving the name the signification ; a place of rushes in the marsh or "the sedgy place," and no doubt this name was first given to a family or tribe dwelling in a marshy place.


"It would be difficult," says Ulysses G. Has- kell, a genealogical writer, "to find among the early settlers of New England a single family whose genealogy would interest more persons than that of the Haskell family, and as yet there has been but little attempt made to pre- serve- any information relating thereto. The first settlers of the name in America appear to have been the three brothers, Roger, Will- iam and Mark, the patriarch heads of the family in this country. Roger was the eldest and Mark the youngest of the two who prob- ably came to New England together from Bristol, England, as early as 1637, for they are all three found to have been very early settlers in that part of Salem which is now Beverly." * * "The second brother, William


Haskell, is the ancestor of most of the Has- kells in this country. His posterity is believed to be much more numerous than that of any other of the early settlers of Gloucester, where he permanently resided. A large number are still to be found in that place and large num- bers are scattered abroad over the country. From this prolific stock emigrants have gone forth who, whether they braved the dangers and hardships of pioneer life in the forests of Maine, or sought a kinder soil than their own more settled regions, or engaged in handicraft and trades in the marts of business, have gen- erally sustained the character of usefulness and respectability which the family has always borne in its more ancient seat."


(I) "Willam Haskell, the first of the name to settle in Gloucester, then called Cape Ann, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1617, came to New England about 1637 with his brothers Roger and Mark, with whom he at first settled in the part of Salem, now Beverly, then known as Cape Ann Side, and subse- quently became a permanent resident of Gloucester, where he died August 20, 1693, leaving an estate valued at £548, 02s. He first appears in Gloucester in 1643, and in 1645 mention is made of the land at Planters Neck where he probably resided for a few years following the latter date, but the information obtained from the recorded births of his chil- dren affords room for the conjecture that he was not a permanent resident from that time. If, however, he left town for a season, he had returned in 1656, and settled on the westerly side of Annisquam, where he had several pieces of land, among which was a lot of ten acres with a house and barn thereon bought of Richard Window, situated on the westerly side of Walker's Creek. His two sons took up land on both sides of this creek which is still occupied by his descendants. He was a mariner, and was engaged in the fishing business, and was known as captain and lieu- tenant. The public offices to which he was chosen afford sufficient proof that he was a prominent and useful citizen. He was select- man several years and a representative to the general court six times in the course of twenty years. In 1661 he was appointed by the gen- eral court lieutenant of the 'trayned band' of which he was afterwards captain. It is stated that in 1688 'some feeble but magnanimous efforts of expiring freedom were exhibited in the refusal of several towns to assess the taxes which the governor, Sir Edmond An- dros, as Council of New England, had levied upon them. One of these towns was Glouces-


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ter, seven of whose citizens, namely : William Haskell, Sen., James Stevens, Thomas Riggs, Sen., Thomas Millett, Jeffrey Parsons, Timo- thy Somers and William Sargent, Sen., were fined by the Superior Court at Salem for the non-compliance of the town with a warrant for the assessment of those 'odious taxes' in 1688. The first five were selectmen and Som- ers was constable. All but Somers were fined forty shillings, with three pounds and a shil- ling added as fees. Somers was let off on payment of fees only. In 1681 he was one of the petitioners to the King, praying for the Crown's interposition to prevent the dis- turbance of titles to real estate at Gloucester by Robert Mason, who had made claim's there- to. At the General Court 1685 one Grace Dutch was appointed administrator of her husband Osmond Dutch 'with the advice and assistance Lieutenant William Haskell.'" He was also one of the firm of two of whom we have any knowledge, who were deacons of the first church at Gloucester. He married, No- vember 16, 1643, Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot who died four days before her hus- band, by whom he had the following children : William, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Ruth, Mark, Sarah, Elinor and Mary. Generations after the death of William Haskell various of his descendants settled in the then wilderness of the province of Maine, and from them have sprung most of those in this state of the name of Haskell.


(II) Jabez Haskell, probably a descendant of William Haskell, the immigrant, was a citi- zen of New Gloucester, an enterprising man, who carried on a successful business as farmer and miller. Politically he was a Democrat, and both he and his wife were liberal in their religious belief. He married Nancy Chipman, of Poland, who died August 29, 1848. They had five children.


(III) Captain Moses M., third son of Jabez and Nancy (Chipman) Haskell, born 1804, died June 22, 1849. He succeeded to his father's occupations, which he carried on throughout his life in New Gloucester. He was liberal in religious faith, in politics an excellent Democrat, and was for years a cap- tain in the militia. He married (first) Sarah Merrill, of New Gloucester, daughter of Will- iam Merrill. She died, leaving one child, Mary A. He married (second) Polenah S. McIntyre, born June, 1809, died April 12, 1877. By his wife Polenah S. he had two children : Charles A. and Sydney H.


(IV) Charles Augustine, son of Moses M. and Polenah S. (McIntyre) Haskell, was


born in New Gloucester, May 13, 1836. After leaving the district schools where he acquired his education, he learned the trade of horse- shoer and followed that calling six years in New Gloucester. In 1866 he bought a farm of one hundred and forty acres, in Windham, where he has since resided. Forty acres of this he has put in a high state of cultivation, and is successfully engaged in general farm- ing. His specialty has been dairying and but- ter-making, all his butter being taken by spe- cial customers in Portland. In religious faith and political views he has followed his pa- ternal ancestors. As a Democrat he has been staunch and influential in his town, and was elected to the board of selectmen in 1874-75, serving as chairman the latter year, and again in 1901-02-03. In 1876 he was nominated as a candidate for representative of the state legislature, but was defeated by seven votes. In 1891 he served as collector of the town of Windham. Charles A. Haskell married, April 14, 1863, Hannah Allen Libby, born March 29, 1838, daughter of Elias and Eliza- beth (Hawkes) Libby, of Windham. ( See Libby VII. ) They are the parents of four children: I. Frederick Lincoln, born New Gloucester, September 12, 1865, married, No- vember 19, 1887, Jessie A. Le Grow, of Wind- ham; they have two children : Walter Everett, born Windham, January 15, 1889, and Wini- fred Hannah, Cumberland, August 2, 1895. 2. Ella Florence, born Windham, October 30, 1867, is wife of Eugene Brooks Lamb, of Naples ; they have one child, Luella May, born Windham, May 29, 1894. 3. Frank H., has extended mention below. 4. Alta Gertrude, born Windham, March 1, 1875, married Will- iam Jordon Cooke, of Casco, and lives in Casco; they have two children: Alice Ger- trude, born in Casco, May 22, 1900, and Helen Elizabeth, born in Poland, March 23, 1903.


(V) Frank Herbert, second son of Charles A. and Hannah A. (Libby) Haskell, was born in Windham, July 1, 1871, was educated in the common schools, at Bridgton Academy, from which he graduated in 1890; and at Bowdoin College, where he took the degree of A. B. in 1895. In 1897 he entered upon the study of law in the office of Isaac L. Elder, in Portland, and was admitted to the bar at the completion of his studies, 1899. In April of that year he opened an office in Portland, and from that time to the present has devoted himself to his profession with a degree of dili- gence that has placed his name among those of the young lawyers whose future seems as- sured with more than the ordinary measure of


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success. In 1895 he was elected a member of the school board for two years; from 1896 to 1900 he was collector of taxes, and in 1901-02 was representative of Windham in the state legislature. In political affiliation he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Square Universalist Church. He was made a Mason in Presum- scot Lodge, No. 127, in Windham, April 25, 1896, and is now a past master. He is also a member of Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. I, Port- land Council, No. 1, and Deering Chapter, No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star. Also of Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias, Woodfords. His club membership includes the Portland, the Deering and the Congress Square Men's Club. Frank H. Haskell married, in Fryeburg, April 27, 1901, Martha Whiting Howe, born in Fryeburg, January 4, 1871, daughter of William Johnston and Annie Paulina ( Withan) Howe. Mr. Howe was the son of Ebenezer and Dolly (Irish) Howe, the former of Standish, later of Fryeburg, the lat- ter of Gorham, being a granddaughter of Mary Gorham Phinny, the first white child born in that town.


(For first generation see William Haskell I.) (II) William (2), eldest son


HASKELL of William (1) Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, August 26, 1644. He owned and carried on the business of a grist and sawmill located in that part of the town, now the town of Rockport. In the division of his estate, which was inventoried at £666 and consisted of lands, mills, home buildings and farm stock and his extensive grist and saw- mills, became the share of the eldest son, Will- iam. He was married July 3, 1667, to Mary, daughter of William and Mary Brown, and her mother marrying as her second husband Henry Walker, she took the name of her step- father and was known as Mary Walker. Will- iam Haskell Jr. died in Gloucester, June 5, 1708, and his widow, Mary (Walker) Haskell, November 12, 1715, she being at the time of her death sixty-six years of age. The chil- dren of William and Mary (Walker) Haskell, all born in Gloucester, were: I. Mary, born April 29, 1668, married (first) September 14, 1687, Jacob Davis; (second) April 15, 1719, Ezekiel Woodward. 2. William, November 6, 1670. 3. Joseph, April 20, 1673. 4. Abigail, March 2, 1675, married (first) Nathaniel Par- sons, December 27, 1697 ; (second) Isaac Eve- leth, December 20, 1722. 5. Henry, April 2, 1678. 6. Andrew, July 27, 1680, died Au-


gust 14, 1680. 7. Lydia, September 4, 1681, probably married Ebenezer Parsons, February 3, 1734, and was the mother of the Rev. Moses Parsons, whose son, Theophilus Parsons, was chief justice of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, 1806-13. 8. Sarah, Febru- ary 26, 1684, died February 20, 1691. 9. Elizabeth, April 5, 1686, married Thomas Sar- gent, September 27, 1710, and James Godfrey. 10. Hannah, October 30, 1688, died February 15, 1691. II. Jacob (q. v.). 12. Sarah, Sep- tember II, 1692, married her cousin Daniel, son of Joseph and Mary (Graves) Haskell, born December 16, 1688, the marriage taking place December 30, 1716, and she died July 10, 1773.




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