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I. POLLY, born 1774; married Hugh Thompson; died in Maine.
II. BETSEY, born 1777; married, Oct. 7, 1800, George Starkey of Swanzey; died Sept. 13, 1813.
III. DANIEL, born 1779; married, Nov. 25, 1802, Lucy Moore; removed to Albany, N. Y.
IV. Lucy, born 1781; married, July 29, 1802, Cyrus Coolidge. JOHN, born Feb. 2, 1784.
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JOHN LAWRENCE, son of Daniel, born Feb. 2, 1784; married, 1st, March 4, 1806, Irena, daughter of Jacob Newell, Jr., and settled on the home farm. Mrs. Lawrence died 1849, and he married, 2d, Mrs. Eliza Hayden, who died Aug. 18, 1863; he died Jan. 16, 1864.
I. LOUISA, born 1806; died at an early age.
II. ANNA, born 1807; removed to Attleborough, Mass.
III. CLARISSA, born 1809; died aged 13 months.
IV. IRENA, born 1810; died 1842. SIMON, born 1812; married Eliza Buffum; removed to Fitchburg.
BETSEY, born 1814; married A. B. Harrington.
VII. JouN, born 1816; married Adaline Goodenow of Win- chendon.
JOHN LAWRENCE.
VII. IFOUGHTON, born 1818; mar- ried, Feb. 2, 1868, Mrs. Betsey L. Hubbard; died April 10, 1884.
IX. CYNTHIA, born 1820; died 1840.
.Y. SARAH, born 1822; died 1849.
XI. HARVEY, born 1823; removed to Illinois.
XII. ALMIRA, born 1826; removed to Illinois.
JONATHAN LAWRENCE, a brother of Daniel, born Feb. 1, 1750; married, 1773, Luey Moore of Sudbury, Mass.
1. JONATHAN.
II. SAMUEL.
III. CYRUS, died in Massachusetts.
IV. Lucy, removed to Vermont.
V. ISAAC, removed to Vermont ; married Polly Lebourveau of Keene.
VI. WILLIAM.
VII. ABIGAIL, married - Newton.
VIII. SARAH L., born June 4, 1787; married Daniel Cutting; died April 30, 1847.
IX. EUNICE, removed to Vermont.
x. BETSEY, married - Rice.
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JONATHAN LAWRENCE, son of Jonathan, married, 1798, Dorothy, born Aug. 26, 1774; died Feb. 21, 1860, daughter of Moses Cutting. He lived some years on the Forbes place in the south part of Marlborough. About 1804, he purchased of Hugh Thompson the farm afterwards owned by Sidney A. Butler, where he lived till near the close of his life, when he went to live with his brother William. He died October, 1841.
I. ALFRED, born June 2, 1799; died April, 1848.
II. BELINDA, born July 12, 1802; married James Downing of Dedham, Mass. ; died Nov. 25, 1873. Children: 1. James Lafayette Down- ing, born Oct. 2, 1824; died April 13, 1826; 2. Marietta Ange- line Downing, born April 22, 1841; died Aug. 14, 1842; 3. Be- linda L. Downing, born Feb. 25, 1826; died Dec. 1, 1873; 4. Alfred Downing, born April 29, 1829; 5. John H. Downing, born Dee. 7, 1838.
III. SOPHIRONIA, born Jan. 29, 1804; died Dec. 8, 1885; unmarried.
IV. HORATIO, born May 11, 1807; married Mary, daughter of Renben and Polly (Wheeler) Newell; died in Londonderry, Vt., Dec. 8, 1893; Mrs. Lawrence died July 31, 1897. Children: 1. Mary Jane, born Nov. 28, 1839; 2. Eliza Ann, born May 29, 1841; married Horace Hayward; Children: Lizzie L. Hayward, born Jan. 14, 1863; married Charles W. Whitney, Jr .; Charles Hay- ward, born July 10, 1865; Gertrude Hayward, born Feb. 25, 1877; 3. Horatio L., Jr., born June 16, 1844.
V. AUSTIN, born Dec. 25, 1809; died in Arkansas, January, 1877. Had four children, John, Milton, Mollie, George.
VI. DOROTHY, born Nov. 26, 1812; married Easman Alexander; died Aug. 19, 1890.
VII. GREGORY, born Feb. 23, 1816.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE, son of Jonathan, married Anna Pratt, and lived a few years in Royalston, Mass. He came here in 1807. Was drowned in the Branch in the winter of 1810. His widow married Aaron Willard, March 11, 1813. She was born in Royalston, March 3, 1777, and died Aug. 21, 1871.
I. WILLIAM, born Feb. 23, 1800; married Sarah E. Hiscock ; died Jan. 8, 1852.
II. ALMON, born 1802; married, 1st, Eliza Lawrence, who died 1835; and he married, 2d, Mary Bamfiekl; removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
DANFORTH, born 1804; married Mary Newman ; settled in Medford.
IV. JONAS, born 1806; married Lydia Coburn; settled in Hillsborough.
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GREGORY LAWRENCE, son of Jonathan, Jr., born Feb. 23, 1816; married, June 15, 1845, Emily, daughter of Lemuel Brown, and located on the Silas Wheeler farm.
GREGORY LAWRENCE.
He has been a very industrious man, a successful farmer, and a person who has attended strictly to his own business.
I. ALFRED G., born April 24, 1849; married, March 14, 1872, Sarah F., daughter of Reuben and Melinda (Lane) Morse, who died Aug. 3, 1878. One child, Frank G., born April 28, 1877.
II. HARRIET ROSE, born April 6, 1855; married Carlos M. Barnard.
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WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Jonathan, married, 1st, Nov. 15, 1804, Patty, daughter of Joseph Haskell, and settled on the homestead. Mrs. Haskell died Jan. 5, 1840, and he married, 2d, April 5, 1842, Mrs. Temperance Fuller. He lived on the homestead until about 1856, when he moved with his son, Joseph E., to the place purchased of A. B. Gates. He died Nov. 25, 1861.
1. CALVIN, born April 10, 1805; married, Nov. 8, 1838, Mary Ann, daughter of Simeon Merrifield; died Nov. 22, 1866. Mrs. Law- rence died September, 1892. Children: 1. Frederick A., born 1841; married Jane Fisk; died Jan. 25, 1863. One child, Mary R., born WILLIAM LAWRENCE. Feb. 14, 1861; 2. Helen, married Henry C. Allen; 3. Louise, married Asa B. Fisk.
II. MARY, born Aug. 14, 1806; married, 1st, E. Perkins, who died; married, 2d, Asa Boyden of Rhode Island ; died June, 1873.
III. JOSEPH, born Dec. 22, 1809; died Dec. 25, 1820.
IV. FANNY, born Sept. 25, 1812; married Jonas Bemis; died April 26, 1869.
V. WILLIAM H., born Sept. 29, 1815; died Jan. 10, 1817.
VI. WILLIAM, born July 15, 1817.
VII. LUKE, born July 2, 1819; married Mary Boyden; died at Ports- month, R. I., Jan. 17, 1890.
VIII. MARTIIA ANN, born Nov. 24, 1829; married Benjamin F. Forristall ; died Oct. 8, 1890.
IX. JOSEPH E., born Dec. 9, 1829; married, Nov. 12, 1851, Harriet E., daughter of Isaac and Temperance (Hinckley) Fuller. One child, Harriet Era, born Sept. 18, 1865; married Charles W. Corey.
x. ALFRED, born Jan. 24, 1834; married Caroline M. Streeter; died June 19, 1864. One child, Nellie, born July 21, 1859.
CHRISTOPHER F. LAWSON, born in Denmark, Jan. 10, 1836; married, 1st, Adaliza Fox. Mrs. Lawson died and he
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married, 2d, November 15, 1874, Mrs. Caroline A. Sutton.
I. JAMES ALFRED.
II. CHARLES E., born Nov. 27, 1865; died April 8, 1867.
III. BENJAMIN F., born Jan. 5, 1869.
IV. LORA ELSIE, born Oct. 28, 1875.
JOHN HERRICK, born Oct. 24, 1878.
LOWE. David Lowe was born in Lunenburg, Mass., July 17, 1785, and died in Amherst, N. H., Jan. 9, 1867. His wife was Betsey Damon, born in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 11, 1789, and died in Amherst, Nov. 24, 1881. He settled in Fitzwilliam, on the place now owned by Ethan Blodgett, in 1821, where he lived for about seventeen years, when he sold out and removed to Amherst. Previous to this he lived in Fitchburg, where five of his seven chil- dren were born. 1. George, born Feb. 7, 1812; 2. Abi- gail Sweetzer, born July 20, 1814, who married Luke C. Clark; 3. David P .; 4. Cyrus, born Oct. 18, 1818; 5. Sumner, born April 21, 1821; died June 15, 1821; 6. Newton, born Aug. 21, 1823; 7. Mary Elizabeth, born Feb. 13, 1826.
DAVID PERKINS LOWE, the second son of David, was born March 31, 1816; married, 1st, Oct. 12, 1843, Lucy Ann Damon of Amherst, N. H., who was born June 1, 1818, and died June 14, 1853; married, 2d, June 14, 1855, Susan Upham of Amherst, born April 14, 1832. He died July 20, 1894. Mr. Lowe was a carpenter by trade and followed the business previous to coming here. He came to Troy, in April, 1861, and located 011 the Levi Whittemore place which he had previously purchased of Luke C. Clark. He tore down the house then on the premises and erected the present house.
I. WILLIAM P., born May 25, 1845.
II. ALPHONSO D., born Sept. 3, 1849; died Aug. 22, 1850.
HI. AMBRY DELIA, born Aug. 21, 1857.
IV. DAVID BRAINARD, born April 16, 1861 ; married, April 9, 1890, Fjor- ence Belle Burnham of Roxbury, Mass., born Sept. 5, 1864. One child, Florence Crystal Brainard, born May 27, 1891; resides in Somerville, Mass.
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V. JASPER, born March 20, 1869; died same day.
VI. SUSAN PAULINE, born Feb. 21, 1873.
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DAVID P. LOWE.
GEORGE F. MADDOX was born in Ellsworth, Me., June 4, 1858 ; married, Oet. 13, 18SS, Ida E., daughter of Oliver W., and Hannah (Harris) Smith, born Dee. 17, 1869.
I. LESSIE IDA, born July 23, 1889.
II. ETHEL AUGUSTA, born Feb. 3, 1891.
III. RENA FLORENCE, born July 12, 1892.
IV. CARL FULTON, born June 30, 1894.
V. BERTHA LAURA, born Aug. 4, 1895; died Sept. 10, 1895.
ANDREW S. MAHON, born in Mt. Holly, Vt., Feb. 14, 1853; married, Oct. 31, 1876, Flora C. Pratt; died June 17, 1892.
I. JESSIE E., born Jan. 10, 1879.
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HENRY C. MAHON, born in Mt. Holly, Vt., March 28, 1855; married, June 24, 1882, Myra L. Hale of Win- chendon, Mass., born Nov. 2, 1861.
I. MYRTINA ELIZABETH, born May 8, 1883.
II. GRACE REBECCA, born Jan. 7, 1892.
ELIAS MANN, son of Theodore, married, Jan. 1, 1811, Bet- sey, daughter of Joseph and Parna (Temple) Butler, and although he frequently changed locations, spent a large portion of his life in Troy. He died in Jaffrey, March 11, 1858.
I. LAUREN A., born July 15, 1813; died aged 8 months.
II. ELIAS W., born Oct. 15, 1815; died Oct. 20, 1829.
III. EDWARD, born Feb. 16, 1817; died Oct. 15, 1819.
IV. LAUREN, 2d, born Jan. 15, 1819; died Feb. 5, 1819.
V. EDWIN, born Sept. 20, 1821; died April 29, 1856.
VI. ALMON, born Sept. 15, 1823.
VII. ELIZA, born July 15, 1825; died June 27, 1826.
VIII. L. JASON, born July 1, 1827; died Jan. 1, 1831.
EX. JOHN W., born Dec. 8, 1830.
WILLIAM C. MASON, son of Clark, born Dec. 8, 1817; married, Oet. 19, 1841, Susan W., daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Warren) Page. He became a citizen of Troy in August, 1854, and resided here until 1865, when he returned to Marlborough. He descended from Nehemiah Mason, who was born in Watertown, Mass., June 14, 1721, and married, 1st, Elizabeth Stone, in 1754, who died April 24, 1755; married, 2d, Martha Clark in 1756. They had born to them, Dec. 23, 1758, a son, Hugh, who became a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war, after which he married Elizabeth Clark, and settled in Watertown, where he resided till 1794, when he moved to Marlborough. His wife, Elizabeth, died Feb. 26, 1819, and he married, 2d, Jan. 19, 1820, Lydia Moore, and lived in Marlborough, until his death, Aug. 25, 1838. Clark Mason, son of Hugh, was born April 16, 1794; married Eunice Adams, Jan. 1, 1817, and moved to Richland, Oswego County, N. Y., where their son was born. Mr. Mason died -; his widow died --.
1. WARREN W., born July 5, 1845; married Ella Parks of Winehendon.
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ORA C. MASON, son of Amos A., born in Marlborough, June 13, 1860; married, Sept. 30, 1880, Carrie Louisa, born March 15, 1859, daughter of George and Eliza- beth V. (Hartshorn) Lovering. Children born, Fand III, in Marlborough, II, in Northfield, Mass., IV, in Troy.
1. HARRY WILBUR, born Aug. 10, 1881.
II. CHARLES RICHARD, born Feb. 23, 1883.
III. CLIFFORD LOVERING, born July 30, 1885.
IV. CARL ADAMS, born Aug. 30, 1891.
SAMUEL A. MASON, son of Amos A., born Feb. 6, 1856; married, Aug. 25, 1884, Myra S. Howe of Dublin.
I. ELWIN H., born Oct. 26, 1886.
II. INEZ E., born May 23, 1889.
III. Lucy A., born May 6, 1893.
WARREN C. MASON, son of Elijah W., born in Dublin, Jan. 17, 1851; married in 1872, Azubah M. Whitney of Keene. He is at present time assistant superintendent of the Troy Blanket Mills.
I. WALDO J., born March 25, 1877; died Nov. 19, 1877.
II. EDITH M., born Nov. 7, 1878; died May 6, 1879.
III. £ EDITH, adopted daughter.
GEORGE W. MASON, born in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1852; married, July 14, 1879, Lizzie M. Howard of Gilsum, born June 7, 1857.
1. INA MABEL, born Nov. 3, 1882.
II. MARY, born Sept. 2, 1884; died Dec. 27, 1892.
III. LEE HOWARD, born April 22, 1890.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, was the son of William and Anna (Harrington) Marshall; married, Sept. 23, 1834, Louisa, daughter of Isaac Aldrich, and located on the premises before occupied by his father, now known as the "Marshall house." He was a shoemaker and worked at his trade in the shop now owned by Mrs. Sarah E. Capron, until his death, April 11, 1855.
I. EMELINE LOUISA, born June 19, 1837; married Milton Pntney.
II. ABBY ANN, born March 29, 1840; married Lyman Putney.
HERBERT A. MARSHALL, son of Addison A., born in Fitz- william, May 12, 1856; married, Jan. 13, 1880, Edna M., born Aug. 28, 1860, daughter of James and Mary J. (Lebourveau) Holman.
1. ORRIE LOUISE, born Aug. 31, 1890.
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SIMEON MERRIFIELD, came from Newfane, Vt., settled in Fitzwilliam, about 1811. He was born Aug. 21, 1783, and died Nov. 9, 1869, in New Salem, Mass., where he was living with a daughter; married, 1st, Maria Con- nor, who died, and he married, 2d, Lois, born Sept. 26, 1787; died Sept. 29, 1859, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Haven) Stone. Children, I, by 1st mar- riage; II to XIII, by 2d marriage; all by 2d marriage born in Fitzwilliam.
I. JAMES ALLEN, died in Jaffrey, Nov. 17, 1886.
II. MARIA F., baptized May 24, 1812; married, 1st, March 29, 1845, Benjamin F. Merrill; married, 2d, Lewis Wyman; died May, 1897. III. WILLARD, baptized Sept. 5, 1813.
IV. ELIZABETH, baptized April 9, 1815; married William Parkhurst ; resides in New Salem, Mass.
V. SUBMIT, baptized April 20, 1817; died about 1870; married, 1st, Solomon Tupper; married, 2d, B. Quimby; married, 3d, Reuben Gibson.
VI. MARY ANN, baptized Oct. 11, 1818; married Calvin Lawrence.
VII. ABIGAIL STONE, born May 3, 1821; married, May 3, 1840, Amos Wallingford; died Feb. 12, 1885.
VIII. LOIS HAVEN, born Aug. 17, 1822; married Erastus Tupper; died Aug. 21, 1887.
IX. SIMEON, born March 29, 1825.
x. LEVI, born Dec. 28, 1826.
XI. ANSTRISS, born Oet. 8, 1832; died Marchi 2, 1886, unmarried.
XII. SARAN S., born April 3, 1833; married, Sept. 17, 1850, Emerson E. Bissell; resides in Keene.
XIII. SOPHRONIA, horn April 3, 1833, twin, died in infancy.
SIMEON MERRIFIELD, son of Simeon, born March 29, 1825; married, 1st, April 1, 1850, Susannah, daughter of Elijah and Luey (Butler) Bemis. She died Oet. 1, 1853, and he married, 2d, April 4, 1855, Nancy M., daughter of Erastus and Mehitable Tupper. Children born, I, in Fitzwilliam, by 1st marriage; II to x, in Troy, by 2d marriage. Mrs. Merrifield died May 17, 1882.
I. FRANCIS, born May 2, 1851; died April 16, 1853.
II. SUSANNAII, born May 2, 1856; died Oet. 20, 1876.
III. WALTER S., born Nov. 2, 1857; died March 24, 1881.
IV. ELLA, born Sept. 2, 1859; died Dec. 13, 1877.
V. ETTA J, born Jan. 18, 1862; married, July 1, 1890, Herbert C. Moulton, born October, 1862, in Pawtucket, R. I. One child, Walter Simeon Moulton, born in Keene, April 21, 1891.
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VI. IDA L., born Ang. 8, 1866; died Oct. 28, 1876.
VII. ROSA M., born Dee. 9, 1870; died March 28, 1886.
VIII. LULU A., born June 16, 1874; married Henry J. Brown; died May 22, 1895.
IX. LENA S., born Sept. 17, 1876.
x. ANNIE, born Sept. 6, 1878; died Jan. 4, 1879.
LEVI MERRIFIELD, son of Simeon, born Dec. 28, 1826; married, 1st, Oct. 10, 1848, Sarah S., daughter of Easman and Lucy (Garfield) Alexander. She died March 4, 1863, and he married, 2d, Feb. 3, 1864, Caroline L., daughter of Joseph and Prudence (Bowen) Alexander. Children born, I, in Fitzwilliam, II to VI, in Troy.
I. CHARLES C., born June 19, 1852; married Belle Gibson, died Aug. 29, 1877.
Il. FLORA E., born April 6, 1858.
III. ELMER U., born July 21, 1867.
IV. ELWIN D., born Oct. 6, 1868.
V. KATIE E., born April 18, 1872.
VI. EFFIE L., born Sept. 28, 1874.
LEONARD H. MERRIFIELD, son of Horace, was born in Rich- mond, Oct. 12, 1856; married, July 24, 1876, Mary A. Coulter, born in Leominster, Jan. 27, 1860.
I. JAMES, born Dec. 21, 1877.
II. CLARA L., born July 24, 1880.
III. ANNA MARIA, born June 16, 1882.
IV. MARY JANE, born April 7, 1884.
V. ALICE ELIZABETH, born Dec. 17, 1885.
VI. LENA DELIA, born May 23, 1889.
VII. LAURA DYLLA, (twin), born May 23, 1889.
VIII. ELLEN FRANCES, born Jan. 12, 1893.
IX. BESSIE ELMIRA, born Oct. 8, 1894.
x. EVA LYDIA, born March 15, 1897.
LUKE MILLER, born in Peterborough; married Abby Ann Lovell.
I. LUKE.
11. ABBY JANE.
REUBEN MORSE, son of Reuben and Betsey (Hayward) Morse, was born in Sullivan, March 23, 1805. His great-grandfather, Thomas Morse, was born in Sher- born, Dec. 5, 1709; married Mary Treadway of Fram- ingham. He moved to Dublin about 1762, and was
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the first permanent settler in that town. Reuben Morse married and settled in Sullivan. His wife died and he married, 2d, Nov. 24, 1840, Melinda A., born Dec. 16, 1815, daughter of Capt. John and Mary (Livingstone) Lane, and after residing a short time in Sullivan, removed to Marlborough, and later came to Troy. He died March 18, 1881 ; his widow still resides in Troy.
I. ROSE U., born Sept. 9, 1842; married, April 29, 1869, Ira W. Ellis. Children: 1. Leslie E. Ellis, born Sept. 24, 1872; 2. Edith M. Ellis, born July 7, 1874.
II. ELLEN M., born Jan. 18, 1845; married George N. Parmenter.
III. MARY L., born April 17, 1847; married, March 29, 1872, Charles P. Ellis. One child, George S. Ellis, born December, 1873.
IV. SARAH F., born May 13, 1849; married Alfred G. Lawrence ; died Aug. 3, 1878.
GEORGE R., born Dec. 31, 1851; killed by the accidental discharge of a gun, April 6, 1863.
SAMUEL MORTIMER, born in England, June 13, 1827; married, 1847, Harriet Dallimore, born Sept. 6, 1822. Came to America in 1872, and became a resident of Troy the following year, purchasing a lot of land of Calvin Allen, and building the house now owned by his son, near the residence of E. F. Adams.
I. ELLEN, born April 8, 1848; married Stephen F. Silcox.
II. FRANK, born Jan. 14, 1850.
III. Lois, born Dec. 14, 1851 ; married John Frances ; resides in England.
IV. EUNICE, born Nov. 21, 1855.
V. LYDIA, born July 13, 1859.
VI. LEAH, born Dec. 15, 1860; married, March 25, 1891, Jolm Butler. One child, Hazel Butler, born in Winchendon, Dec. 29, 1891. VII. ROLAND, born Sept. 11, 1862; died March 16, 1863.
FRANK MORTIMER, son of Samuel, born Jan. 14, 1850; married, 1st, July 13, 1879, Lizzie H. Sargent of Marl- borough, who died Sept. 14, 1879; married, 2d, July 5, 1882, Elizabeth Armitage, who died March 30, 1890.
I. Lois, born June 4, 1883.
JACOB NEWELL, came from Attleborough, Mass., about 1769, and located here. He married Hepzibeth Hart of Lynn, Mass., by whom he had six children.
I. JACOB.
II. PEARSON; died in the army.
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III. JAMES; removed to Vermont.
IV. REUBEN.
SARAH; married - Boyee; removed to the West.
VI. HEPZIBETH ; died in Troy.
JACOB NEWELL, eldest son of Jacob, married, Jan. 17, 1782, Anna Finney of Richmond. Settled in Pennsyl- vania, where he died. Children all born in Marl- borough.
I. NATHAN, born Nov. 4, 1783; married Adelia Whitcomb.
II. PEARSON, born June 29, 1785.
III. IRENA, born Aug. 28, 1786; married, March 4, 1806, John Law- rence; died 1849.
IV. MARTHA, born Ang. 18, 1788.
V. PRUDENCE, born July 29, 1790; married Elijah Harrington; died June 3, 1827.
VI. HOLTON.
REUBEN NEWELL, son of Jacob, married, 1804, Polly, daughter of Nathan Wheeler. He died in Troy, May 30, 1847.
I. STILLMAN, born March 7, 1806: married Lucy Clark; lived in Northbridge.
II. MIRANDA, born 1807; married, Feb. 18, 1841, Sampson Wheeler; died -.
III. PEARSON, born 1808; perished with cold on board the schooner "Hudson" in returning from New York in 1832.
IV. HARLOW, born 1810; married Mary E. Simmons; removed to Wisconsin.
V. MARY, born 1811; married Horatio Lawrence; died July 31, 1897.
VI. ELIZA, born 1817; married William Whitman of Troy, N. Y.
VII. SARAH, born 1822; married Sumner Taylor of Richmond.
NATHAN NEWELL, son of Jacob Newell, Jr., born Nov. 4, 1783; married Adelia, daughter of Nathan Wheeler. He resided for some time in the Warren store, but about 1815, built part of the house that was after- wards owned by E. P. Kimball. He was a blacksmith and worked in a shop which stood near where the stable of C. W. Brown's heirs now stands. In 1818, he sold his house to William Stearns and moved into the house then owned by Solomon Goddard, where he resided about one year, then moved to Richmond.
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I. AMos, married Sarah Larkin; lived in Richmond.
II. ANNA F., married Aaron Wheeler of Richmond.
III. FINNEY, married Emily Harris; removed to the West.
LUTHER NEWTON, a son of Seth Newton of South- borough, Mass., married Miriam, daughter of Ezra Newton of South- borough, and came to Marlborough in 1788. He resided for a short time on the farm now owned by the Rufus S. Frost heirs. He pur- chased land and erected a log house near what has since been known as the " Newton meadow." He soon after purchased another lot of land, DANA NEWTON. where he began to clear the forest, and built a house which is the one now known as the George Thateher place, into which he moved in 1797. He died Nov. 19, 1829; his widow died Sept. 22, 1852. They had five children. His grandmother lived to be 106, and his great-grandmother, 112 years of age.
1. ARTEMAS, born June 18, 1785.
11. CATHERINE, born Oct. 10, 1786; married Luke Blodgett.
III. CALVIN, born Feb. 1, 1791.
IV. DANA, born June 17, 1795; died at Freeport, Ills., Sept. 26, 1875. It is said that he resembled his father somewhat in looks, and his portrait is here presented for this reason, as there is no por- trait of Luther Newton in existence.
V. NANCY, born Feb. 16, 1801; died in Troy, July 7, 1887.
CALVIN NEWTON was born Feb. 1, 1791; married, 1st, Sally, daughter of Reuben Newton of Southborough, Mass .; she died May 25, 1832, and he married, 2d, Feb. 24, 1833, Lueretia Lebourveau of Keene, who died July 25, 1840; married, 3d, April 6, 1841, Sally Elmina, daughter of Benjamin and Phebe (Noreross)
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Mason of Dublin; she died March 24, 1843, and he married, 4th, Oct. 1, 1844, Sally Hart of Hancock, who died March 28, 1849; married, 5th, May 13, 1857, Sabra Worster of Swanzey. She died Oct. 16, 1871, and hesold his place in Swanzey, where he had resided for four- teen years, and came to Troy to live with his SO11. He died Dec. 16, 1873. He had five child- ren, two by his first marriage, two by his second marriage, and one by his third mar- riage. They were:
I. EMILY.
II. MARTIN L.
III. JOHN C.
IV. CHARLES.
EMILY E.
CALVIN NEWTON.
MARTIN L. NEWTON was the son of Calvin and Sally New- ton of Marlborough, where he was born July 21, 1820, where he lived until he came to Troy. His grandfather, Luther Newton, was an early settler, coming to Marl- borough, in 1788, and building a log house, settled on what afterward became known as the Newton place. He was a man of great physical endurance, and possess- ing a good mind, acted a conspicuous part in the settle- ment of the town. In selecting land for his farm he manifested wise judgment, it being rich in soil and afterwards became famous for its productiveness. A conspicuous landmark is now on the place, it being an elm tree which stands over the house, and which he brought some distance on his shoulder and set out. His son Calvin, the father of Martin, was a man of much ability and dignity of character. He was for many years one of the foremost citizens of the town, respected for his general knowledge and sound judgment,
RESIDENCE OF H. C. NEWTON AND FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE LATE M. L. NEWTON.
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and his farm became a model one for the times. He enjoyed the good opinion of his townsmen as an honest and enterprising man. The son, Martin L.,
MARTIN L. NEWTON.
inherited the old homestead and worked hard to improve its condition, and resided there until 1869. He came to Troy, in 1870, purchasing of Ira G. Starkey the place where he afterwards resided. He was much like his father in looks and methods, being straightforward, open-hearted and industrious, attending strictly to his own business. He was con- sidered a square man in his dealings and paid his honest debts, his financial motto being "Pay as you
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go." He was just what he seemed, despising hypocrisy and false pretense. While he believed in having the comforts and necessaries of life as much as possible, he
yours July
HIRAM C. NEWTON.
was opposed to extravagance, and it troubled him to see others living beyond their means for the purpose of making a show before the world. He worked upon the principle of "doing unto others as you would have others do unto you," and it is believed his record will bear no testimony of dishonesty, extravagance, duplicity or unkindness to friends or neighbors. He married, 1st, Feb. 14, 1845, Mary Ann Crombie of Hancock, and settled on the home farm in Marlborough, where
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he lived until 1870, when he came to Troy. Mrs. Newton died April 12, 1847, and he married, 2d, May 14, 1848, Sarah M., daughter of Richard and Sally Strong of Dublin, born Nov. 19, 1823; he died Dec. 26, 1895.
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