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I. MARY, born May 13, 1805; died in 1885; married Russell Waters; resided in Fitchburg: he died Oet., 1890. Children: 1. Silas Wat- ers, married Eveline Sawyer; resides in Leicester, Mass .; 2. Sarah Il'aters, married William Baldwin; resides in Fitchburg; 3. Rus- sell R. Waters, resides in Fitchburg.
II. ELIZABETH, born Dec. 20, 1808; died March 8, 1830.
III. ELINOR, born July 25, 1810; died Feb. 21, 1838.
IV. ANNIS, born June 12, 1812; died March 12, 1834.
T. HANNAH, born July 10, 1814: died Dec. 22, 1833.
VI. Lucy, born April 12, 1817; married, April 15, 1842, Levi Whitte- more, Jr., of Troy; died Ang. 10, 1843.
VII. EASMAN, born Sept. 5, 1819.
VIII. JOHN C., born March 17, 1822.
IX. ABIGAIL, born Feb. 26, 1824; married, Dec. 31, 1846, Luther Whit- temore; died May 20, 1890.
x. SARAHI L., born Oct. 4, 1825; married, Oct. 10, 1848, Levi Merri- field; died March 4, 1863.
EASMAN ALEXANDER, son of Easman, born Sept. 5, 1819; married, 1st, June 9, 1842, Dorothy Ann, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Cutting) Lawrence; resides in Gardner, Mass., where he was engaged in the under- taking business for many years; Mrs. Alexander died Aug. 25, 1890; married, 2d, Jan. 2, 1894, Mrs. L. Sleeper of Annapolis, N. S.
1. LUCY Axx, born Aug. 18, 1843; married Walter E. Stuart; resides in Worcester, ' Mass.
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II. CLINTON H., born May 1, 1846; married Florence Johnson, who died in 1886.
III. ALFRED L., born March 3, 1848; married Nellie Allen of Fitchburg.
IV. AUSTIN F., born May 6, 1849; married Carrie Studley; resides in Natick, Mass.
FRANK E., born May 12, 1853; married Almeda Converse of Stock- holin, N. Y .; resides in Gardner.
VI. ARTHUR, born April 12, 1855; died Nov., 1888.
JOHN C. ALEXANDER, son of Easman, born March 17, 1822; married, Dec. 28, 1852, Laura E., daughter of Artemas and Polly Beard of Fitzwilliam; died Nov. 17, 1862.
I. GEORGE II., born July 18, 1844; married, June 20, 1888, Lucy F., daughter of Lorenzo and Sarah H. (Garfield) Dexter. One child, Ralph Irwin, born July 31, 1890.
II. M. ABBIE, born Jan. 19, 1867; married, Ang. 12, 1881, Edward W. Tolman. Children: 1. Adelaide H. Tolman, born Feb. 16, 1883; 2. Easter Lillian Tolman, born April 5, 1885; 3. Laura Frances Tolman, born April 19, 1889.
III. JOHN H., born Jan. 12, 1859.
IV. LAURA E., born Dee. 1, 1860; died Nov. 8, 1862.
v. CLIFFORD, born Oct. 4, 1862.
JOSIAH AMADON, born Aug. 9, 1787; died July 6, 1847; married, 1st, April 1, 1810, Lydia, born May 8, 1788; died Jan. 15, 1827, daughter of David and Esther (Bruce) White of Fitzwilliam; he married, 2d, May 29, 1839, Mary White, sister of his former wife, born Oct. 12, 1794. Mr. Amadon came into what is now Troy, in 1809, and worked at shoemaking, where all his children, which were by his first wife, were born. He removed to Fitzwilliam about 1827.
I. MARY, born Oet. 29, 1810; married, Oct. 14, 1832, Gideon Bemis of Westminster, Vt., son of David and Lydia (Stiles). Children born at Westminster: 1. Lydia Bemis, born Ang. 4, 1833; 2. Ruth Bemis, born March 5, 1836; 3. Josiah Bemis, born Nov. 11, 1841; 4. Phebe Bemis, born Nov. 11, 1841; 5. Mary Bemis, born Nov. 13, 1843.
II. JouN, born Nov. 12, 1812.
III. LEANDER, born Ang. 9, 1814; died Dee. 12, 1878; married, May 14, 1847, Sarah H. Randall, born March 18, 1822, daughter of Eleazer and Clarissa (Wheeler) of Chesterfield. Children born at Bellows Falls, Vt .: 1. Clara, born Feb. 18, 1850; 2. Frederick, born Feb. 25, 1852; 3. Alice, born Sept. 25, 1856; 4. Henry, born July 31, 1858.
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IV. JOSIAHI, born Feb. 20, 1816; died July 18, 1849; unmarried.
SARAH A., born Sept. 7, 1821; married Jared D. Perkins; resides in Bellows Falls.
ESTHER, born Oct. 9, 1823; married, Aug. 8, 1844, Elbridge Al- drich, son of Luke and Mary (Martin) Aklrich of Richmond; died Dec. 4, 1879, at Worcester, Mass.
VII. HANNAH, born Aug. 26, 1825; married, April 13, 1847, David Da- mon of Fitzwilliam; died Aug. 2, 1875.
JOHN AMADON, son of Josiah, born Nov. 4, 1813; married, Oct. 20, 1840, Betsey B. Putney of Chesterfield, born July 3, 1814; died at Hatteras Inlet, Jan. 15, 1862. He resided in Fitzwilliam, Richmond, Marlborough and Troy, working at his trade as a blacksmith. Mr. Amadon was a member of Co. F, 6th Regt., N. H. Vols. Mrs. Amadon died Dec. 18, 1896.
I. SARAH ELIZABETH, born July 1, 1841 ; married Joseph F. Capron.
II. JAMES ORLANDO, born Sept. 10, 1842; married, March 2, 1871, Susie Bryant. Children: 1. Robert S., born Aug. 24, 1872; 2. Luey M., born Sept. 10, 1874; 3. Henry H., born Ang. 13, 1876; 4. Annie K., born Feb. 11, 1878; 5. James G., born Jan. 18, 1881; 6. Fred P., born Nov. 17, 1882.
III. HENRY JOSIAH, born March 18, 1844; he enlisted in the same com- pany with his father, served three years, and was in twenty-three battles; he was one of the number who survived the wreck of the ill-fated steamer "West Point," which was sunk in the Poto- mac river. At the end of his term of enlistment he received an honorable discharge, returned home, and died of disease con- tracted in the army, July 27, 1867.
IV. FRANCIS EDWARD, born July 30, 1846; married, Nov. 4, 1872, Sarah A. Wright. One child, Howard John, born May 24, 1880. CHARLES HERBERT, born March 3, 1848; is a sailor.
VI. ELLA MARIA, born Oct. 2, 1854; married, Jan. 1, 1874, Julius E. Bemis; resides in Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Son, born Dee. 20, 1875; died young; 2. Henry Whitcomb Bemis, born Feb. 2, 1885; 3. Chester Luke Bemis, born Ang. 14, 1886.
VII. GEORGE FREDERICK, born May 11, 1857; married, June 12, 1879, Clara C. Webber. Children: 1. Paul H., born March 31, 1881; 2. Frederick 1['., born July 21, 1883; 3. Helen L., born March 25, 1887; 4. I. Harold, born May 9, 1889; 5. F. Philip, born Oct. 21, 1894.
BAKER. John Baker and Elizabeth, his wife, were in Concord, Mass., in 1729. Of his ancestry we have 110 knowledge; but he was probably born in England and emigrated to this country when a young man, and settled
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in Concord where four of his children were born. He is supposed to have returned to England where he remained some three years, when he again emigrated to this conn- try and settled in Waltham, where he resided five or six years and then with a part of his family moved to Kill- ingly, Conn. Richard, son of John and Elizabeth, was born in Concord, April 8, 1729. When twenty-nine years of age he purchased a tract of wild land in Westminster, Mass., intending to take up his abode there, but was pressed into the British service in the French and Indian War for one year. At the expiration of his time of service the English officers refused to give him and his company their discharge and retained them against their consent. They prepared themselves with snow shoes and the whole company, consisting of about sixty men, left the camp at Albany at midnight, intending to cross the Green Moun- tains to Massachusetts. They got lost, wandered several days among the mountains, but finally found the Deerfield river, which they followed to Colerain, where they found inhabitants, after having been out nine days without pro- visions except a small dog which they killed the fifth day, and having the snow, which was some four feet deep, for their bed. Mr. Baker reached home in safety, and soon married Mary Sawyer of Lancaster, settled in Westmin- ster, raised up a numerous family of children, and died Dec. 13, 1808.
Mary (Sawyer) Baker's grandfather, Thomas Sawyer, was one of the first settlers of Lancaster, Mass. He built a house, surrounding it by a fort, and a sawmill, to which the inhabitants resorted in case of Indian hostilities, which were very common from 1670 to 1710. At one time, sup- posed to be between 1675 and 1680, his garrison was attacked by the Indians, and all were killed except Mr. Sawyer and two women. Night came on, the women
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loaded the guns and Mr. Sawyer continued to fire from the port holes till nearly midnight, at which time the Indians withdrew from the place. Mr. Sawyer then caught his horse, and after setting fire to his house which con- tained shocks of grain, the women mounted the horse, and he walked by their side until they reached a place of safety.
On the 15th of October, 1705, Mr. Sawyer with his son Elias and John Bigelow were taken captives by the Indians at his sawmill a little after daylight, whither he had gone to commence the labors of the day, and the savages imme- diately set out with their prisoners for Canada. On the journey they treated Mr. Sawyer with great cruelty, and on arriving at Montreal, he remarked to the governor, whose residence was at that place, that there was a good site for mills on the river Chambler, and that he would build him a sawmill on condition that he would procure his, his son's and Bigelow's redemption. The governor readily closed in with the proposal, as at that time there was not a sawmill in all Canada, nor an artificer capable of building one. He accordingly applied to the Indians and very readily procured the ransom of young Sawyer and Bigelow, but no sum would procure Mr. Sawyer's redemption ; him-being distinguished for his bravery, which had proved fatal to a number of their brethren - they were determined to immolate. The victim was accordingly led forth and fastened to the stake, environed with materials so disposed as to produce a lingering death. The savages surrounding the unfortunate prisoner, began to anticipate the horrid pleasures of beholding their victim writhing in torture amid the rising flames, and rending the air with their dismal yells. Suddenly a friar appeared and with great solemnity held forth what he declared to be the key to the gate of Purgatory, and told them that
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unless they released their prisoner he would instantly unlock that gate and send them headlong thereinto. Super- stition prevailed and wrought the deliverance of Mr. Sawyer; for they at once unbound him and gave him up to the governor.
In one year from that time he completed the sawmill, when he and Bigelow were discharged. They detained his son Elias one year longer, to instruct them in the art of sawing and keeping the mill in order. He was then amply rewarded and sent home to his friends, and both he and his father lived to an advanced age and were gathered to their graves in peace.
BEZALEEL BAKER, fourth son of Richard and Mary (Sawyer) Baker, was born in Westminster, Mass., Jan. 4, 1768. At fifteen years of age the care of his father's brick vard and farm devolved upon him and two younger brothers, his father being confined to the house by sick- ness for many years. He came to Marlborough in Decem- ber, 1787, working at shoemaking and other business during the winter, and returning to Westminster in the spring, which he continued to do until Nov. 16, 1789, when he purchased a tract of wild land, and married, Sept. 17, 1793, Abigail, daughter of Dea. Nathan and Rebecca (Haynes) Wood of Westminster. Mr. Baker was a strictly temperate man when every one else thought it did them good to drink; yet his neighbors said they never knew him to drink spirits but once, and that was at a wolf hunt, where one was killed and the bounty paid in rum, and while the rain fell in torrents he drank with the others. The influence of his temperate habits was very salutary on his family, for none of them ever made exces- sive use of ardent spirits.
The Deacon Nathan Wood above referred to was a descendant of William Wood, who came to this country
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in 1638 and settled in Concord, Mass. Married, May 2, 1750, Rebecca, daughter of Abijah Haynes of Sudbury, Mass., born Feb. 14, 1731. Mr. Wood removed to West- minster in 1756. He was active in opposing those measures of the British government which led to the Rev- olution and the struggle for independence; was a member of the first Congress which met in Cambridge, and encour- aged resistance to the arbitrary acts of the English crown. But he died June 19, 1777, and his fifteen children followed him to the grave. His posterity have since settled in almost every state in the Union, and among them have been several clergymen.
Mr. Baker died Oct. 1, 1849, and his wife died April 10, 1862. He had eight children of whom three married and lived in Troy.
1. REBECCA, born July 14, 1795; married Etheel Parmenter ; died Nov. 10, 1841.
II. ABEL, born April 8, 1797.
III. EZRA, born Feb. 27, 1799; married Caroline Adams; lived in Jaffrey.
IV. MARY, born June 27, 1801; married Luke Moors.
As, born Feb. 24, 1803; married Hannah Moors of Sharon ; died Oct. 12, 1869.
VI. THIRZA, born Dee. 7, 1804; married, Nov. 26, 1828, Joel Holt; died in Troy, June, 1862.
VII. CALEB, born Feb. 27, 1807; died Jan. 16, 1837, unmarried.
VIII. MAHALA, born April 3, 1810; married, Nov. 5, 1839, Erastus Spaulding; died in Troy, Nov. 18, 1847; was fatally burned by the firing of a kettle of varnish that was upon the stove in the room where she was sitting.
Abel Baker descended from an honorable ancestry and it was found the blood had not been contaminated in passing through his veins. He came from Marlborough in 1821, and located on the Whitcomb place, afterwards owned by Amasa Aldrich. He resided there for some eight years, then bought the Perry farm, formerly owned by Dea. Silas Fife, now owned by Oliver P. Whitcomb, where he lived several years when he moved to the village.
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on a farm, and accustomed to almost all kinds of manual labor. He possessed a good constitution, was athletic and energetic, and seldom failed to accomplish the object of his desire. His educational advantages were limited and were mainly those of the common schools of the time, which were much less efficient than those of the present day. These advantages however were well improved, and he became one of the best and most advanced scholars in the district.
Having mastered the branches taught in the district schools, he was sent to an academy in New Salem, Mass., where he studied one term and then commenced teach- ing. For several years, he taught school in the winter and assisted his father on the farm in the summer. As a teacher he was very successful and his services were sought by the best and most desirable school districts. Hemarried, April 18, 1821, and coming to Troy, devoted his time and attention to agriculture. His admirable qualities of head and heart were soon recognized by his fellow citi- ABEL BAKER. zens and he became one of the leading men of the town. His sound judgment, prac- tical wisdom, and general intelligence fitted him for any position in the community; and he was consequently elected at different times, to almost all the civil offices in the town. He served the town as selectman some sixteen
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years and most of the time as chairman of the board, and represented the town in the legislature in the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. In all the public positions he was called to fill, he was faithful and honest, and none of his constit- uents ever had reason to feel that they had misplaced their confidence.
He did a large amount of business in the settlement of estates. His ability and familiarity with the law fitted him for the transaction of this kind of business, and for many years his services in this line were in constant demand.
The crowning excellence of Deacon Baker's life, however, is to be found in his devotion to the services of his Divine Master and in his noble Christian character. He experi- enced religion in early life and united with the Congrega- tional church of which he was ever afterwards a worthy, active and honored member. Through the trying period in the early history of the church in this town, he was one of the few who remained steadfast in the Congrega- tional faith; and through his and his colaborers' efforts, under the Divine blessing, the church lived and prospered. Soon after he became a member of the church he was chosen one of the deacons, and held and honored the office for thirty-six years, or during the remainder of his life. As an officer in the church he was vigilant and faithful, watching over its members and laboring to promote their spiritual welfare. He was honored by all classes, and looked up to as a faithful friend, a wise counselor, and exemplary Christian. His intimacy with the people and matters of the town had made him well acquainted with its history, and previous to his death had commenced collecting material for the purpose of continuing the same. After a long and useful life, he died Sept. 26, 1878, calmly and in the full assurance of a glorious immortality.
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ABEL BAKER, second son of Bezaleel, born April 8, 1797; married, 1st, April 18, 1821, Cordelia, daughter of Caleb and Deborah (Fairbanks) Perry; she died Aug. 4, 1839, and he married, 2d, Nov. 16, 1840, Mrs. Sarah (Crosby) Bush, daughter of Alpheus Crosby of Jaffrey; she died March 27, 1872, and he married, 3d, April 29, 1875, Martha, daughter of Elijah and Prudence (Newell) Harrington; he died Sept. 26, 1878; she died March 6, 1884. Children all by first wife.
I. ORRISSA, born Aug. 28, 1822; died Sept. 6, 1823.
1I. CORDELIA, born Dec. 27, 1823; married, Dec. 1, 1845, John F. Humphreys of Athol, Mass .; died April 29, 1892. Had one son George F. Humphreys, who is a elergyman in New York.
III. ABEL W., born April 28, 1825.
IV. CAROLINE B., born Jan. 5, 1827; married, June 6, 1848, F. S. Parmenter of Athol, Mass., who died Dec. 7, 1881; his widow now resides in Boston. Two children, Frank S. and William H. MYRA A., born Feb. 24, 1832; married John U. Beers; died Dec. 3, 1874.
V1. MARY W., born May 21, 1836; married Rev. J. A. Bateheller; he died in Exeter, N. H., Dec. 27, 1884.
ABEL WARREN BAKER, SO11 of Abel, born April 28, 1825; married, April 8, 1847, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (White) Haskell. After residing one year in Marlborough and about as long in Jaffrey, Troy, South Orange and Fitchburg, he returned to Troy and resided until about twenty years ago, when he moved to Keene.
1. GEORGE WASHINGTON, born July 4, 1848.
II. ABEL WARREN, born July 13, 1851; married Catherine Page of Worcester, Mass .; resides in Oakland, Cal. One child, Sumner Warren.
III. FRED HENRY, born June 11, 1855; married, 1st, Sarah D. Chase, who died May 9, 1890; married, 2d, Ella F. Parke of Roxbury; resides in Oakland, Cal. One child, Florence E.
IV. IDA MARY, born Dec. 10, 1857; married E. N. Cummings; resides in Fitchburg, Mass. One child, Eddie E. Cummings.
V. ABBIE A., born Aug. 10, 1865; married William E. Wilbur; resides in Fitchburg, Mass.
V1. HORATIO S., born Aug. 11, 1868.
GEORGE W. BAKER, son of Abel W., born July 4, 1848; married, 1st, June 15, 1876, Helen M., daughter of David W. and Hannah (Wheeler) Farrar; she died
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Aug. 18, 1884; married, 2d, Oct. 15, 1889, Lucy Goss of Chicago; he died Feb. 3, 1892, in Chicago.
I. ANNA LOUISA, born March 6, 1878.
II. CHARLES WARREN, born October, 1879; died Ang. 13, 1880.
III. LEILA HELEN, born June 16, 1882.
AMOS BAKER came to Troy in February, 1866, and bought the George Farrar place of Lorenzo Dexter, where he resided until a few years since when he removed to Marlborough. He was born in Hubbards- ton, Mass., July 25, 1819; married, 1st, June 14, 1843, Fannie Tenney of Weston, Vt., who was born July 24, 1825; died Nov. 8, 1884; he married, 2d, Cynthia Buttrick, born May, 1830; died Feb. 5, 1890; married, 3d, Nov. 4, 1890, Mrs. Abigail C. Sargent of Marlborough.
I. FANNY ROZELL, born May 26, 1844, in Mendon, Mass. ; married, Oet. 26, 1869, Charles D. Clark ; died July 22, 1893.
II. SARAH S., born July 13, 1846; married, July 21, 1866, Abner W. Pierce; resides in Nova Scotia.
III. SAMUEL AMos, born Feb. 20, 1853; married, Ang. 9, 1875, Aliee E. Lord. Children: 1. Elliot L., born June 25, 1875; married, Nov. 14, 1894, Junie E., daughter of Ozro J. and Lucy (Kendall) Hale; they have children: Beth Helen; Norman Harry, born March 11, 1896; Doris Eva, born June 30, 1897. 2. Fred Amos, born Jan. 7, 1877; 3. Cora Alice, born April 9, 1883.
DANIEL BALL came from Holden, Mass., in 1785, and settled in Marlborough; he came to what is now Troy, in 1812; he died Feb. 23, 1830, aged 74; his wife was Lydia Smith of Worcester; she died Oct. 13, 1840, aged 86.
I. LYDIA, married John Thurston of Marlborough.
II. BETSEY, married, March 24, 1807, Amos Stanford of Dublin.
III. RELIEF, born Oet. 15, 1781; married Liebieus Rhodes of Marl- borough; died Dec. 26, 1842.
IV. OLIVE, married, April 20, 1802, Simeon Cobb of Dublin.
V. ESTHER, married Benjamin Bosworth of Winehendon.
VI. RUTH, born March 14, 1786; married Stephen Rhodes of Marl- borough.
VII. Lucy, born Feb. 24, 1789; married Daniel Woodward of Swanzey. VIII. PATTY, born March 4, 1793; married, March, 1816, Stephen Harris; she died 1852.
IX. DANIEL, born March 16, 1795; married Hannah Bolles of Richmond. WESSON, married Lydia Walker of Royalston, Mass.
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JONATHAN BALL came from Southborough, in 1787, and built a tavern near the present residence of Capt. E. F. Adams; his wife was Anna, supposed to be a daughter of Isaac Gibbs.
1. JONATHAN.
II. REBECCA.
III. POLLY.
IV. NANCY.
NABBY, born June 19, 1786.
VI. LUCINDA, born April 25, 1789.
VII. SILAS, born March 26, 1792.
MOSES BALLOU came from Smithfield, R. I., Dec. 1, 1823, and located in the Maxey house; he was the son of Moses Ballou and was born June 2, 1781; married, Dec. 28, 1818, Martha, daughter of John Randall of North Providence, R. I., born Feb. 29, 1792; died Sept. 23, 1873, in Swanzey; Mr. Ballou died in Troy, Oct. 3, 1838.
1. DEZAI C., born March 20, 1821, in Smithfield; married Benjamin Read of Swanzey; died Nov. 10, 1882.
11. MOSES D., born Dec. 2, 1822; married, Jan. 18, 1850, Eunice F., daughter of Elijah Lane; died Nov. 27, 1867. One child, Fanny M. Ballou, born June 19, 1855; married Eugene E. Applin.
III. ALBERT R., born in Troy, Dec. 26, 1824; married, Dec. 26, 1849, Mary M., daughter of Benjamin Mason; died Nov. 20, 1865. Children: 1. Frank Albert Ballon, born March 4, 1850; died Nov. 20, 1890; 2. Emma M. Ballou, born Nov. 23, 1855; died March 28, 1856; 3. Elwin M. Ballou, born July 24, 1857; died April 28, 1859; 4. Ella M. Ballou, born Feb. 22, 1859; died Nov. 3, 1865; 5. Mary Deziah, born June 22, 1862; married Charles Eveleth of Swanzey.
WELCOME BALLOU married, June 2, 1852, Lucy, daughter of Stephen Harris and settled on the place where A. B. Harrington afterwards lived. He was a painter and had the reputation of being a very skillful workman. His health failing, he sold his farm in 1856, and went to the West, but soon returned to Troy, where he died Nov. 3, 1857.
I. FRANK W., born July 22, 1856.
WILLIAM BARKER is supposed to have been a native of Concord, Mass. He married Jane, daughter of William and Keziah (Cloyes) Goddard, born March 12, 1739;
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Mr. Barker was the first person to settle in what is now the town of Troy; he died Oct. 5, 1798, aged 62.
I. II. ABIGAIL, born Aug. 20, 1760; married James Dean.
WILLIAM, born June 5, 1762; died April 12, 1790.
III. MARY, born Dec. 18, 1763.
RUTH, born April 2, 1766; died April 7, 1790.
IV. JOHN, born Dec. 1, 1767; died 1820.
ELIZABETHII, born Feb. 5, 1770; married, March 20, 1800, Abijah Cadwell of Fair Haven, Vt.
VII. LUKE, born Oet. 12, 1771; died March 3, 1786.
VIII. NATHAN, born Sept. 28, 1773; married, Jan. 6, 1804, Luey Law- rence; settled in Vermont.
IX. PELEG, born Aug. 6, 1776; died March 1, 1786.
.Y. Lucy, born July 14, 1780; married James Wheelock.
XI. OLIVE, born Sept. 18, 1783; was scalded to death, Jan. 7, 1786.
CALVIN BARNARD came from Marlborough to Troy in 1872, and settled on the Lemuel Brown place at the North end. He was born in Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1816; married, Sept. 29, 1846, Mary Miranda Perkins, born in Unity, N. H., Aug. 28, 1823. Mr. Barnard died Nov. 24, 1891. His widow died July 17, 1895.
I. JOSEPHINE C., born in Marlow, Sept. 30, 1847; married, Jan. 2, 1872, Hudson D. Hale of Rindge. He died June 5, 1873; and she married, 2d, Sept. 27, 1876, Charles II. Stanford. Children : 1. George MI. Stanford, born Oct. 19, 1877 ; 2. Willis C., born May 10, 1881; 3. Mary A., born Sept. 16, 1883.
11. ADELAIDE M., born in Unity, N. H., Sept. 28, 1849; died Feb. 17, 1867.
III. CARLOS MELVIN, born in Unity, N. H., July 24, 1851 ; married, May 17, 1877, Harriet R., daughter of Gregory and Emily (Brown) Lawrence. Children: 1. Lumen Downing Barnard, born Jan. 18, 1884; 2. Walter Melvin Barnard, born Aug. 26, 1891.
IV. ALICE B., born in Unity, N. H., June 26, 1853; married, Jan. 4, 1882, Charles W. Brown; died July 30, 1884.
HOMER C., born in Ashby, Mass., Oct. 17, 1855; married, 1879, Addie E. Taylor. One child Jessie N., born April 25, 1881.
VI. HENRY LYMAN, born in Marlborough, Jan. 23, 1861.
VII. IDELLA FRANCES, born in Marlborough, Mareh 10, 1863.
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