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(IV) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) and Eliza- beth (Peabody) Andrew, was born September 28, 1704, at Danvers (or Salem Village, as it was then called), and died March 31, 1743. He married, September 20, 1730, Ginger Hutchinson, born 1707,
daughter of Israel and Sarah (Putnam) Porter, and widow of Elisha Hutchinson. She married (third) December 15, 1756, Josiah Herrick, of Wen- ham. By hier first marriage she was the mother of one child, Colonel Israel Hutchinson, a very prom- inent citizen of Danvers, and greatly distinguished in the Revolutionary war. The children of Daniel (3) and Ginger Andrew were: Sarah, Daniel, John, Nathan and Samuel, born 1731-1741.
(V) Samuel, youngest son of Daniel (3) and Ginger (Porter) Andrew, was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, April II, 1741, and died in Sutton, New Hampshire, March 7, 1796, aged fifty-five. He was a tailor, was lame, and tradition has it that his lameness came from injuries received in the French and Indian war. He settled in Sutton, where he was taxed in 1779, and was appointed one of a con- mittee to locate the meeting house in 1786. The orchard and the site of the house where he resided are now pointed out on the old road that leads from Long pond to Sutton Centre. He was the first tailor in Sutton, was also a farmer, and a very kind neighbor. His offspring are numerous, many of them possessing superior intelligence, enterprise and business capacity, and some occupying high positions in the nation. He married, March 3, 1763, Mary Dodge, who died in Sutton, April 19, 1809, in her sixty-fifth year. Their children were: Daniel, Mary, Nathan, Samuel, John, Israel, Sarah, Hannah, Percy and Betsey.
(VI) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and Mary (Dodge) Andrew, was born January 17, 1770, and died March 1, 1837. He was a good substantial farmer, and a devout Christian. He married, July 4, 1791, Sally Peaslee, born 1771, died January 21, 1839. Slie was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Bean) Peaslee, and the first white female child born in Perrystown. They had a large and useful family, the first four being born in Bridgewater, and those younger in Sutton. They were: Mary P., Sally P., Samuel, Ebenezer, Dolly, Simeon D., Joshua D., Reuben G., Nancy D. and Benjamin R.
(VII) Reuben Gile, son of Samuel (2) and Sally (Peaslee) Andrew, was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, July 13, 1806, and was educated in the public schools. He resided in Newbury, and spent his life in farming, in which he was successful. In politics he was a Democrat, and took more than ordinary interest in political matters; was select- man in Wilmot two terms, and represented the towns of Newbury and Wilmot in the state legis- lature. He was not a member of any religious or- ganization, but was a man of strict morality and rectitude of character, and one to whom his neigh- bors often went for counsel. His death occurred September 27, 1868. He married Lydia Bailey, daughter of Dudley and Sarah (Woodman) Bailey, who was born November II, 1812, and died May 3, 1905. Their children were: Emery B., died in California. Dudley B., lives at Wilmot Flat. Byron G., lives at Franconia. Helen A., married P. Z. Taylor, and resides in Denver, Colorado. Charles R., lives in Lawrence, Kansas. Frank P., mentioned
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below. Minerva S., lives in Boulder, Colorado. Lydia J., lives in Andover.
(VIII) Frank Pierce Andrews, son of Reuben Gile and Lydia (Bailey) Andrew, was born in Newbury, New Hampshire, June 30, 1848. His education was obtained in the common schools of Wilmot, and at Colby Academy. He remained with his parents and worked on his father's farm until about twenty years of age, and then entered upon a business life for himself. After residing about four years on the homestead farm, during which time he taught music extensively in Conway, Mar- low, and Wilmot, he entered the employ of the Merrimack County Savings Bank, of Concord, in September, 1872, and has been with that institution ever since. He is assistant treasurer and a trustee of this bank, and is a member of its investing com- mittee; is a director and clerk of the Concord Light and Power Company; director in Mount Washing- ton Railway Company; director, treasurer and clerk of the Board of Trade Building Company; director and clerk of Prescott Piano Company; director in the Concord Cattle Company; and director in the State Dwelling-House Insurance Company.
In political faith a Republican, he has nevertheless found no time for politics or public office holding. He is a member of the South Congregational So- ciety, of Concord, and was its treasurer fifteen years. His life has been devoted to the interests entrusted to his care, a mere enumeration of which is sufficient to demonstrate the faith of the public in his ability and integrity. He is a member of the Wonolancet and the Snowshoe clubs.
ANDREWS (I) William Andrews, of Hamps- worth, England, carpenter, was a passenger on the ship "James," William Cooper, master, which sailed from Hamp- ton on or about April 6, 1635, and landed in Boston, where he was shortly afterwards admitted a free- man. He subsequently settled in New Haven, Con- necticut, where he plied his calling, and erected the first meeting-house there in 1644. He died at East Haven, March 4, 1676. The maiden name of his first wife, who accompanied him from the mother country, is unknown. His second marriage, which took place December 7, 1665, was with Anna Gib- bands, daughter of William Gibbands, who was colonial secretary in 1657, and her death occurred in 1701. He reared three sons, namely : William, Samuel and Nathan, all of whom were born in Eng- land. He also had one daughter, whose name does not appear in the records, and is supposed to have had two others.
(11) Samuel, second son of William Andrews, was born in England, 1632. He took the oath of fidelity, May 2, 1654, in New Haven, and in 1670 settled in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he died October 6, 1704. His will, which dated April 17, 1703, disposed of property valued in the inventory at three hundred and thirty-one pounds, two shil- ings and six pence. He married Elizabeth Peck, daughter of Deacon William Peck, of New Haven,
and was the father of William, died young; Samuel, died in infancy ; another Samuel, another William, John, Nathaniel, twins, who died unnamed; Eliza- beth, Mary, Joseph, Margery and Dinah.
(III) Samuel (2), third son and child of Sam- nel and Elizabeth (Peck) Andrews, was born in New Haven, April 30, 1663. He resided in Walling- ford, and Angust 27, 1686, was married to Anna or Hannah Hall. She bore him eight children, namely : Thomas, John, died in infancy; John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Elisha, William and Anna.
(IV) Samuel (3), fourth son and fifth child of Samuel and Anna ( Hall) Andrews, was born at Wallingford, in 1697. He married Abigail Tyler, daughter of John and Abigail Tyler, and both lived to a ripe old age, his death having occurred October 5. 1784, at eighty-seven, and hers February 13, 1786, at eighty-nine. They were buried in Mere- dith, Connecticut. Their children were: Jacob, Elon, Nicholas, Laban, Dennison, Moses and Aaron (twins), and Daniel.
(V) Dennison, fifth son and child of Samuel and Abigail (Tyler) Andrews, was born in Walling- ford, August 27, 1730. He married, May II, 1757, Abigail Whiting; who died October 1, 1796, aged sixty years, and his death occurred at Meriden, in June, 1807, at the age of seventy-seven years. The twelve children of this union were: Sarah, died young ; Abner, Abigail, Whiting A., Samuel, Aaron, Dennison, Oliver, Royal, Harvey, Sarah and Phil- omelia.
(VI) Whiting A., second son and fourth child of Dennison and Abigail ( Whiting) Andrews was born in Meriden, Connecticut, November 7, 1762. In early manhood he settled in Claremont, New Hamp- shire, and became a prosperous farmer. lle died December 18, 1817, aged fifty-five years. His wife was before marriage Lucy Curtis, who was born in Meriden, Connecticut, February 14, 1764, perhaps a distant relative, and died October 30, 1844, aged eighty years. She bore him children, namely : Alban, Sabrina, Samuel W., Abigail, Curtis B., Hervey and Abner.
(\11) Abner, son of Whiting A. and Lucy (Curtis) Andrews, was born in Claremont, July 30, 1805. When nineteen years old he settled in Nashua, and followed the carpenter's trade for the remainder of his life, which terminated August 30, 1880. At his majority he united with the Whig party, and participated quite actively in public af- fairs, representing Nashua in the lower house of the state legislature in 1842, was a member of Nashua city government, and overseer of the poor, and with the greater part of his political associates he joined the Republican party at its formation. He married Martha Richards, daughter of Joseph Richards. Children : Abner, Mary Helen, Henry Laurens, Frank Curtis, died young; Charles O., who will be again referred to; and George Il., who enlisted in Company E. Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil war, and died from the effects of malaria, contracted in the army.
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(VIII) Charles Oscar, only surviving son of Abner and Martha (Richards) Andrews, was born in Nashua, August 15, 1839. After concluding his attendance at the public schools, he gave his at- tention to the study of instrumental music with the special intention of becoming an organist .. Al- though music is not his exclusive occupation, he has, for many years, devoted much time to that art, and is an organist of recognized ability, having officiated in that capacity at the Unitarian Church, Nashua, for a period of twenty-seven years.
In politics Mr. Andrews is a Republican, and has long been prominently identified with the public affairs of the city. He represented Nashua in the state legislature in 1877-78, has been chairman of the board of inspectors of the check-list for eight years, and for the past twelve years has been a mem- ber of the board of assessors and re-elected fall of 1906 for a term of four years, and for a long period has occupied the responsible position of clerk of the board of assessors, and is still holding the same in 1907.
Mr. Andrews married, June 17, 1862, Abby Clif- ford Morrill, daughter of Abel Morrill. of Frank- lin, this state. Mrs. Andrews is one of the most active members of the Unitarian Church, is a lead- ing spirit in benevolent circles, and takes an interest in the Protestant Orphanage, of which she is a mem- ber of the board of directors.
The Sissons of Yorkshire belong to SISSON that sturdy, industrial class which con- stitute the backbone of the British commerce and manufacturers, and although Cameron Sisson, of Franklin, is a late comer. the name was transplanted in New England considerably more than two hundred years ago by immigrants of the Puritan denomination.
(I) William Sisson, who resided in Yorkshire, England, and was a tailor by trade, married Sarah Thowler, and had a family of thirteen children, six of whom grew to maturity: George, Cameron, Mark. Celia, Mary Ann, Rose.
(11) Cameron, son of William and Sarah (Thowler) Sisson, was born in Yorkshire, England, March 5, 1847. He was educated in the common schools, and entering a textile mill at an early age he acquired proficiency as a wool-spinner. Emi- grating to the United States when eighteen years old, he was first employed in a woollen mill in Ver- mont, later in Littleton, New Hampshire, and still later in Thompsonville. Connecticut. He went to Franklin for the first time in 1873, and remained there about two years, but at the expiration of that time went back to Connecticut and continued to follow his trade there for a number of years. In 1895 he again located in Franklin, and, establishing himself in the livery business, has carried it on con- tinuously to the present time. He also conducts quite an extensive business as a dealer in firewood. In politics Mr. Sisson acts with the Republican party. In 1882 he was united in marriage with Mary Helen Crowther, of Methuen, Massachusetts,
Mr. and Mrs. Sisson have one daughter, Sarah Frances, who was born in Franklin, January 14. 1886.
FRYE The sources from which names are de- rived and the circumstances which dic- tated the taking of them are so numer- ous and varied as to be beyond all knowledge, yet careful study and prolonged search have discovered the origin of a multitude of them. Writers have classified surnames from their origins as baptismal, local, official, occupative and sobriquet. Not a few names of both ancient and modern times are ex- pressive of the condition of the persons who bore them. Among primitive and uncivilized nations slavery has generally been a recognized institution. Our Saxon ancestors cherished it, and the last slave was not liberated in Britain until after surnames were adopted. In the twelfth and thirteenth cen- turies, when men had but one name, and a nick- name was added to designate more closely the per- son referred to. a slave might be mentioned as "Ive Le Bond," or "Richard le Bond." while a man who had been born free, though of humble circum- stances, would be anxious to preserve himself from a doubtful or suspected position by such a name as "Walter le Free," or "John le Freeman." In our "Fryes," a sobriquet that has acquired much honor of late years and represented in the mediaeval rolls by such entries as "Thomas le Frye," or "Walter le Frie," we have but an absolute rendering of "free."
Among the early New England families of English origin this has been more conspicuously identified with the state of Maine than with its original home in Massachusetts. It has furnished one of the most distinguished members of the United States senate, and many useful and worthy citizens in various localities. Its origin is directly traced to England, and its establishment in New England was early.
(I) John Frye, born 1601, was a resident of Basing, Hants, England. In May, 1638, he sailed from Southampton in the ship "Bevis" of Hampton, commanded by Robert Baton, and was an early set- tler in Newbury, Massachusetts. In 1645 he re- moved thence to Andover, Massachusetts, where he was a very active citizen up to the end of his life, and where he died November 9, 1693, at the age of ninety-two years and seven months. His wife, Ann, died at Andover, October 22, 1680. Their children were: John, Benjamin, Samuel, James, Elizabeth and Susan.
(II) Samuel, third son and child of John and Ann Frye, was born about 1650. in Andover, Massa- chusetts, where he passed his life and died May 9, 1725, in his seventy-sixth ycar. He married, No- vember 20, 1671, Mary, daughter of John Aslett (or Asledee). She survived her husband about twelve years, dying in 1747. John Aslett, or Asledee, of Newbury and Andover, was born about 1614, and died June 6, 1771. He married, October 8, 1648, Rebecca Ayer, daughter of John Ayer. Their chil- dren were: John, Samuel, Mary, Phoebe, Hannah.
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Ebenezer, Nathan, Deborah, Samuel and Benjamin. Their third child and daughter, Mary, became the wife of Samuel , was born April 24. 1654, and died August 12, 1747.
(III) John (2), eldest child of Samuel and Mary ( Aslett or Asledee) Frye, was born Septem- ber 16, 1672, in Andover, and died in that town, April 7, 1737, in his sixty-fifth year. He married. November 1, 1694, Tabitha, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farnum, who died May 17, 1775, in her seventy-fifth year. Their children were: John (died young), Isaac, Joshua. Abiel, Mehitabel, Anne (died young), Joseph, Samuel, Anne, John, Tabitha and Hannah. (Mention of Joseph and descendants appears in this article).
(IV) Captain Abiel, son of Lieutenant John (2) and Tabitha (Farnum) Frye, was born in Andover, May 30. 1703, and died May 22, 1757. He married, February 10, 1732, Abigail Emery, and they had six children : Abigail (died young), Abiel, Simon, Abigail, Saralı, and Isaac. whose sketch follows.
(V) Major Isaac Frye, youngest child of Captain Abiel and Abigail (Emery) Frye, was born February 6, 1748. He moved from Andover, Mass- achusetts, to Wilton. New Hampshire. in 1770 or 1771, and bought and settled on a farm previously occupied by Benjamin Thompson, being a part of the grant made October 1, 1749, of the township of Wilton by the Masonian proprietors. This farm is now (1907) owned by Harvey W. and Charles E. Frye, whose father bought it in 1872. Isaac Frye was in the Revolution. He was engaged in setting ont an apple orchard when the news came of the battle of Lexington. He immediately left the field, went to his home, saying to his family, "The enemy are here." saddled his horse and proceeded on his way to the war. Within a few days afterward he, with thirty-two others from Wilton, was enrolled in the Third New Hampshire Regiment. Colonel Reed commanding. He held the rank of quarter- master of his company at the battle of Bunker Hill. On February 26, 1776, he was appointed by the com- mittee of safety a captain in Colonel Scammel's regiment. March 4, 1776, he was ordered to raise a company in Colonel Scammel's regiment, and re- ceived £300 out of the treasury to pay bounties. He was appointed by congress a captain in the Third New York Regiment, to take rank as such from January 1, 1776. his commission being signed by John Jay, president of the congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia, June 16, 1779. April 5, 1782, he was appointed muster mas- ter at Amherst. Captain Frye was also brevetted major by act of congress, November 27. 1783. and his commission was signed by Thomas Mifflin. This commission, with an order signed by Major General Sullivan, dated January 5, 1776. for Stark's. Poor's, Reed's and Patterson's regiments to guard Morris- town, New Jersey, together with other Revolution- ary documents including copies of muster rolls of New Hampshire companies and a discharge paper signed by George Washington, is now in the hands
of a great-grandson of Major Isaac Fryc. Major Isaac Frye was a nepnew of Major General Joseph Frye. The hardships and privations of his Revolu- tionary service were such that he died comparatively young. He departed this life November 3. 1791, in the forty-third year of his age, and was buried in the North cemetery in Wilton. Isaac Frye married. June 1. 1769. at North Andover, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Holt, born November 25. 1748, daughter of Captain Timothy and Elizabeth (Holt) Holt, and a descendant in the fourth generation from Nicholas Holt, the immigrant (see Holt I and III). Eleven children were born to Major Isaac and Elizabeth (Holt) Frye: Isaac, Abiel, Timothy (died young), John. Timothy, Holt, Joshua. Betsey, Hannah, Alfred and Sally.
(VI) Joshua, sixth child of Major Isaac and Elizabeth (Holt) Frye, was born at Wilton, Decem- ber 21, 1779, and died June 20, 1864. He married and resided in Brookline. Vermont. and was en- gaged in contracting in Vermont and eastern New York for some years. His wife died, and in 1816 or 1817 he returned to Wilton and lived on the homestead. He was a person of ability and good judgment. He married (first) Lois Farrington, born at Hubbardston. Massachusetts, March 4, 1784, and died at Athens, Vermont, Angust 27, 1815. He married (second) Lucy Jones. of Wilton, born at Hillsborough, and died at Wilton, December 17, 1875. in the eighty-ninth year of her age. His chil- dren. all by the first wife: Abiel, Betsey, and Har- vey F., the subject of the next paragraph.
(VII) Harvey Farrington Frye, youngest child of Joshua and Lois (Farrington) Frye, was born at Athens. Vermont, July 16, 1814, and died in Wilton, January 12, 1896, and was buried in the South cemetery. When about a year old he was taken to Wilton, New Hampshire, by his parents on their removal to that place, and there he resided the remainder of his life. He was engaged for years of his early business life in hauling goods and produce between Wilton and Boston, and inter- mediate points. He continued in this business until the completion of the railroad from Boston to East Wilton. He was one of the "old line" teamsters, so called, always having an attractive team in which he took great pride, and their excellent appearance indicated the care and humane treatment which they received. When the advent of railroads put him out of business he turned his attention to his farm in Wilton. which is a part of the old homestead. This he cultivated with his usual industry, made many valuable improvements, and added to his possessions until he acquired the whole of the original homestead and other lands which he used for fruit growing and for the keep of a herd of dairy cows, whose milk he sold in the Boston mar- ket. He was connected with the militia. being a member of the Miller Guards, a company belonging to the Twenty-seventh Regiment. He was an at- tendant at the Unitarian Church, and in politics a lifelong Democrat. He was held in the highest es- teem by his townsmen, and his integrity and honor-
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able business dealings merited the confidence which was reposed in him.
He married (first) Lovisa A. Tupper, of Bar- nard, Vermont, who died August 30. 1848, aged twenty-five, leaving no children. He married (sec- ond), September 24, 1850, at Lowell, Massachusetts, Jane Emeline Drury, born at Weybridge, Vermont, October 23, 1825, and died at Wilton, New Hamp- shire, November 4, 1906, aged eighty-one years and twelve days. She was the youngest child of David and Martha (Haven) Drury. She was buried in the family lot at the South cemetery, Wilton. The seven children by this marriage are: Joshua F., Elson D., died March 12, 1907; Lois Lovisa, Harvey W., Charles E., George E. and Martha Jane. I. Joshua F. was born in Wilton, August 12, 1851, and resides in Wilton, where he is a large owner of real estate, a dealer in wood and lumber, director of Wilton Savings Bank for several years. one of the incorporators of the Wilton Telephone Company, some time director of the same, member of Laurel Lodge, No. 78, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, selectman three years, supervisor four years, and one of the town auditors several years. 2. Elson Drury, born June 29, 1853, married in Wilton, October 26, 1881, Etta Louisa Parker, of Milford, born in Milford, April 24, 1862. died Sep- tember 1, 1907, it Wilton, New Hampshire, daugh- ter of George F. and Sarah Elizabeth (Lawrence) Parker. There are four children by this marriage: George Harvey, born December 31, 1882; Mabel Etta, December 31. 1886, died December 22, 1904; Lois Emeline, August 28, 1893; and Lester Elson, November 24, 1895, a carpenter, has lived in Wilton all his life, except during a brief time spent in the south. He is a past grand of Laurel Lodge, No. 78, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. of Wilton. These children were born in Wilton. 3. Lois Lovisa, born February 5, 1856, married, August 22, 1893, in Antrim, Ernest Churchill Osborne, of Greenfield. They have three children: Homer Earnest, born July 12. 1894; Elizabeth Frye, No- vember 19, 1897; Martha Louise, December 5, 1900. The former was born in Wilton, the two latter in Greenfield. 4. Harvey Wellington, born September 4. 1858. is entensively engaged in farming, and is also a lumber contractor. He was selectman three years. He is a member of Laurel Lodge, No. 78, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Mayflower Rebekah Lodge, No. 40; and Advance Grange, No. 20, Patrons of Husbandry. 5. Charles Edgar is the subject of the next paragraph. 6. George Erwin, born April 5, 1864. is a farmer. 7. Martha Jane, born January 17, 1868, married, in Greenfield, April 24, Edmund Ermon Boutwell, of Brookline, and has four children: Emma Edith, born at Nashua, April 25. 1896, died at Sterling, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 8, 1899; Emiline Lucy, born in Sterling, Massa- chusetts, August 10, 1900, died there June 22, 1903 : William H., born July 14, 1904; Martha, born April 4, 1907.
(VIII) Charles Edgar, fourth child and third son of Harvey F. and Jane E. (Drury) Frye, was
born in Wilton, June 9, 1861, and was educated in the public schools. He has been engaged principally in dairy and stock farming and fruit growing. In addition to his farming he is a partner in a saw- mill with his brother, Harvey W. Frye. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as supervisor four years. He attends the Unitarian Church. Since its institution he has been a member of Laurel Lodge, No. 78, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He married, in Antrim. September 13, 1893, Bertha May Osborne, born in Palmyra, Maine, April 9, 1874, daughter of Laland and Sarah Abbie (Sanborn) Osborne. They have four children: Edgar Parkman, born June 29, 1894; Alice Eme- line, July 27, 1896; Bertha Osborne, July 7, 1901 ; Charles Haven, May 28, 1906; the first three at Wil- ton, and the youngest at Nashua.
(IV) Joseph, fourth son and eighth child of Johu and Tabitha (Farnum) Frye, was born in April, 1711, in Andover, and resided in that town. where he was a very prominent citizen. He served as justice of the peace, representative in the general court and was generally active in the affairs of the town. He served in the War of 1755 and partici- pated in the seige of Louisburg. In the War of 1757 he was colonel of a regiment at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm. He was prom- ised protection by Lacorne, who had great in- fluence among the savages and whose countrymen had been humanely treated by Colonel Frye in Nova Scotia. He expressed great gratitude and pretend- ed that he desired to make returns in this way, promising that neither he nor any of the Massa- chusetts troops should receive injury from the In- dians. This promise was in nowise fulfilled, and Colonel Frye was plundered and stripped of his clothes and led into the woods by an Indian, who intended to despatch him. On arriving at a secluded spot the colonel made a desperate effort to preserve his life, and with no other arms than those which nature gave him he overpowered and killed the In- dian and by rapid flight in a thick woods eluded his captors, and after several days of suffering in the wilderness he arrived at Fort Edward. He was appointed major-general June 21. 1775, by the Provincial congress and continued a short time with the troops at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Revolutionary war. In recognition of his military service he was granted a township of land by the general court of Massachusetts, which he selected in a very fine locality in the present state of Maine, and this town is still known as Fryeburg. He was a land surveyor among other accomplishments, and was thus enabled to secure a very fine location. His descendants are still very numerous in that locality and other sections of the state of Maine. He married, March 20, 1733, Mehitabel Poore, and they were the parents of: Joseph (died young) ; Samuel ; Mehitabel (died young) ; Mehitabel (died young) ; Mehitabel; Joseph; Tabitha; Hannah ; Richard ; Nathan and Samuel.
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