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December
1, 1784.
205
FAMILY REGISTERS.
Hannah, born May 31, 1788.
Enoch, October
19, 1790.
Ephraim, February 2, 1793.
Jesse, February 17, 1796.
Abraham Merriam, Jr., and Mary Lawrence, married January 19, 1804. Of Mary, John, born September 25, 1804.
Lydia, daughter of Abraham Merriam, Jr., and Hannah, died October 15, 1781.
SILAS MERRIAM and MARY.
Silas, born February 14, 1785.
Polly,
March 8,1787.
Cheney,
April 13, 1789.
Rebecca,
October 16, 1791.
Asa,
July 28, 1794.
EZRA MERRIAM and SUSANNA [ELLIOT].
Susanna, * born
August 16, 1786.
Ezra, May
17, 1788.
Josiah,
April
19, 1790.
Zadock,
April 16, 1792.
Samuel,
March 31, 1794.
Sally,t
November 5, 1796.
Nabby,
December 28, 1798.
Benjamin, May 13, 1801.
Susanna, April
3,1803.
Patty,
May
5, 1805.
* Died Sept. 9, 1798. t Died June 6, 1799.
WILLIAM MILES and SARAH.
William, born March 2, 1770.
Sarah,
May
21, 1771.
Nancy, March 24, 1773.
Polly, August 23, 1775.
Betsey, August 27, 1777.
Oliver,*
December 1,1779.
Patty,
April
12, 1782.
* Died June 25, 1783.
LIEUT. OBADIAH PARKER was born in [Groton], April 11, 1731; Ruth, his wife, was born in -, January 5, 1732.
Hannah, born July 18, 1754.
Phinehas, May 11, 1756.
Obadiah, *
December 17, 1758.
Grace, f August 19, 1761.
Sam Stevens,
October 17, 1763.
Sibbel,
February
20, 1784.
Sally, May 18, 1788.
Ward,
July 20, 1790.
Lucy,
May 20, 1792.
Charles, May 26, 1794.
Oliver,
October
10, 1796.
* Died July 20, 1783.
OLIVER SCRIPTURE and JANE.
Betty, born August 7,1777.
Sarah,
October 5, 1779.
Jane,
June 23, 1781,
Stephen,
June 2,1785.
4, 1795.
JASON RUSSELL and ELIZABETH.
Jason, born June 2, 1763.
Jonathan,
February 8, 1765.
Josiah,
January 13, 1767.
Elizabeth, July
2,1769.
Samuel, April 4, 1772.
Benjamin,
August 2, 1775.
Thomas,*
October 2, 1777.
William, October
6, 1779.
David,
March
6,1782.
[Thomas.]
[* Died February 8, 1785.]
HUBBERT RUSSELL and SARAH [WAR- RENJ.
Nehemiah, born September 24, 1775.
Sarah,
June 13, 1777.
Abigail,
July
30, 1779.
Hubbert,
August
1, 1781.
Isaac, *
July 11, 1783,
Polly,
June 19, 1784.
Isaac,
February
17, 1787.
Lucy, February
28, 1789.
Micah, April 26,1791.
Moses,
December 2, 1793.
Hannah,
April 14, 1796.
Betsy Warren,
June
16, 1798.
* Died August 3, 1783.
EPHRAIM SARTELL and ABIGAIL.
Ede, born May
18, 1778.
SAMUEL SCRIPTURE and MARY [GREEN].
[Sarah,] born
Samuel,
December 9, 1760.
Hannah, June 3, 1763.
John, September 18, 1765.
[See page 197.]
JAMES SCRIPTURE and SIBBEL [SHEP- LEY].
Polly,
born
February 28, 1776.
James, November 10, 1777.
Sibbel,*
January 12, 1779.
Betsey, February 10, 1782.
Ruth, September 8, 1765.
Sampson, October
11, 1767.
Grace,
June 2, 1770.
Obadiah, February 18, 1772.
Joel,
July
11, 1775.
* Died Jan. 27, 1763. ¡ Died Sept. 5, 1761.
THOMAS ROBENS and HITTE.
Thomas, born November 29, 1774. February 20,1777.
John,
James,
April 22, 1779.
Oliver, June 16, 1783.
Joseph Brown,
June
Lucinda,
July 24, 1785.
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206
HISTORY OF MASON.
SAMUEL SCRIPTURE, Jr., and BETSY.
Samuel, born February 8, 1784.
Betsy,
March
27,1786.
JONATIIAN SEARLE and HANNAII.
Judith, born January 31, 1773.
Hannah, May 16, 1774.
Jonathan, [well, November 4, 1775.
Nathaniel Coggs- July 4, 1778.
Betsey,
October 19,1782.
Samuel, April 17, 1784.
Deborah, September 27, 1788.
Polly,
August
27, 1793.
ABEL SHED and RUTII.
Abel,
born August 25, 1769.
John H.,
March
1,1771.
Samuel,
August 5, 1773.
Ebenezer,
November 6, 1776.
Henry,
June
16, 1779.
WILLIAM SHED and ELIZABETII.
Silas, born June 18, 1773.
Hannah, March
23, 1777.
Simeon, March 2, 1779.
Abel, March 8, 1780.
Elizabeth,
October 24, 1781.
John,
October
16, 1783.
William Parker, April
25, 1787.
SAMUEL SMITH and ELIZABETH.
Frederick, born April
12, 1770.
Abigail Harrington, May 19, 1784.
LEMUEL SPAULDING and SARAH,
Lemuel, *
born March 12, 1766.
Thomas, *
Esther, March 9, 1767.
Sarah, April 3, 1768.
Hepzibath, t January 4, 1771.
Jerusha, December 19, 1772.
Lemuel, January
28, 1774.
Elizabeth,¿ May
16, 1776.
* Died March 24, 1766. t Died February 11, 1772. į Died August 25, 1776.
SILAS SPAULDING and HANNAH.
(At Ashburnham.)
Mary, born February 22, 1779.
JOHN SWALLOW and SARAH [LAWRENCE], MARY [HALL].
John, born January 3,1757.
Sarah,
October 2,1758.
Lydia, October 31, 1760.
Deborah, November 15, 1762.
Sarah, wife of John Swallow, died December 28, 1763. Of Mary,
Molly,
born December 14, 1766. | Rebecca,
Abel,
born May 31, 1768.
May 14, 1770.
Sibbel,
April 6, 1772.
Eunice,
July
3, 1774.
Eunice,
Daniel,
July
3, 1778.
Azubalı,
August 17,1780.
Rhoda,
June 17, 1783.
Betsey, February
18, 1786.
Dorcas,
July
2, 1788.
* Died December 3, 1774.
JOIIN SWALLOW, Jr., and REBECCA [DUN- STER].
John, «
born March 1, 1783.
John,
February 3, 1785,
Isaiah,
March 29,1787.
Abel,
November 3, 1789.
Nehemiah,
May 22, 1792.
Ezra, December 22, 1794.
Rebecca.
May
3, 1799.
* Died March 13, 1783.
EDWARD TARBELL and RACHEL [HIL- DRETH].
Betsey,
born May 8, 1787.
Dolly,
February 12, 1792.
James,
Joseph, May 31, 1793.
Rachel,
February 10, 1795.
Eda, November 25, 1796.
NATHANIEL TARBELL and RUTH.
Ruth,
born February 14, 1772.
Elizabeth,
January 7, 1775.
Nathaniel, December 19, 1776.
JOHN TARBELL and SARAH.
John,
born January 1, 1775.
Abigail,
January 29, 1778.
Azubah,
October 9, 1780.
Sarah, December :2,1782.
William,
February
7,1786.
TIIOMAS TARBELL and SARAH [BARRETT].
Sally,
born November 6, 1778.
Esther,
August 11, 1780.
Thomas,*
August 17, 1782.
Reuben,
July 19, 1784.
Lemuel,
October 19, 1788.
Thomas,
April 24, 1791.
Joel,
July 9,1793.
Lydia,
March 21, 1797.
* Died January, 1785.
SAMUEL TARBELL and ANNA.
Samuel, born October 10, 1784.
Nancy,
June 4, 1786.
July 23, 1788.
Joel,
February 14, 1786.
Eunice,
October 25, 1790.
December 1, 1775.
207
FAMILY REGISTERS.
Nabby,
born March 26, 1791.
Polly,
February 9, 1793.
Dolly,
May 3, 1795.
Asher,
January 23, 1797.
Lucinda,
December 12, 1798.
EDMUNDTARBELL and MARY [1]ILDRETH].
Polly,
born February 19, 1772.
Dolly, December 29, 1773.
Sibbel,
March
6, 1775.
Edmund, } March 25, 1777.
Sarah,
Lucy, November 21, 1780.
Hannah,
March 19, 1782.
Oliver,
February 2, 1785.
Mary, wife of Edmund Tarbell, died February 9, 1785.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND and HANNAH [LAW- RENCE].
[Children born at Northborough.]
Hannah, born August 8, 1770.
Polly,
September 4, 1771.
Joshua,
November 7,1773.
Mercy, September 1,1775.
Sarah,
September 1, 1777.
Lydia,
June 30, 1780.
[Children born in Mason ]
Persis,
August 28, 1782.
Samuel,
February 9, 1784.
Zilpah,
October 28,1785.
Madamoisella,
May 8, 1787.
Betsey,
February 27,1789.
Madamoisella,
March
19, 1794.
HINKSMAN WARREN and ESTHER [TAY- LOR].
[Jonathan, born in Townsend.]
Sarah,
Elizabeth, S
May 27, 1786.
John, June 12, 1794.
JOTHAM WEBBER and ELIZABETH [RUS- SELL].
Jotham, born December 24, 1778.
Jason, September 24, 1780.
William, July 18, 1782.
John,* January 13, 1785.
* Died April 20, 1786.
ROGERS WESTON and DEBORAH [LAW- RENCE].
Samuel, born October 4, 1785.
Sally, April 3,1787.
Rogers, April 11, 1789.
Jeremiah, November 19, 1791.
James, February 24,1793.
Lawrence, November 19, 1795.
JOSIAH WHEELER and LUCY.
Lucy, born January 16, 1765.
Josiah, ₹
born January 6, 1768.
Mary, 5
Elizabeth, *
August 29, 1779.
Eleanor, April 22, 1761.
Elizabeth,
July 19, 1773.
Mr. Josiah Wheeler died October 17, 1774. * Died March 22, 1772.
AARON WHEELER and LUCY.
John* born August 2, 1767.
Aaron,
July 9, 1768.
John Brooks, March 11, 1770.
Nathan,
December 4, 1771.
Daniel, April 3, 1774.
Lucy,
February 16, 1776.
Benjamin, January 14, 1778.
Rebecca, October 25, 1779.
Patty, August 4, 1781.
Alice, t
April 20, 1783.
George,¿
June
11, 1784.
Jotham, April
19, 1786.
Alice,§
April 15, 1789.
Prescott,
June
3, 1794.
* Died August 10, 1767.1 Died June 18, 1783. į Died Nov. 1, 1786. § Died April 16, 1789.
TIMOTHY WHEELER and SARAH [HUB- BARD].
Sally,
born March 27, 1777.
Betsey,
January 5,1779.
Polly,
March
14, 1781.
Timothy, January 16, 1783.
Lucy, December -, 1784.
Nancy,
April 14, 1787.
Hannah,
May 7, 1789.
Ebenezer, July 19, 1791.
Amy, September 18, 1793.
Rebecca,
December
6, 1796.
NATHAN WHIPPLE and ABIGAIL.
Dorcas, born May 19, 1767.
Sally,
May
28, 1770.
Hannah, March 1,1772.
Nathan, September 16, 1774.
JOHN WHITAKER and THANKFUL [PIERCE].
William, * born
April
12, 1774.
Susannah,t
August
16, 1776.
* Died October 2, 1775. t Died Sept. 29, 177 -.
WHITE and -
Hannah,
born March
28, 1769.
JONATHAN WILLIAMS and RUTH.
Ruth, *
born
October
14, 1767.
Elizabeth,
September 25, 1768.
Jonathant
August
11, 1770.
Ruth,
June
5, 1772.
* Died Nov. 4. 1767 or 9. | Died Aug. 1, 1771.
208
HISTORY OF MASON.
Rachel, born January 13, 1775.
Polly,
May
11, 1777.
NATHANIEL WILLIAMS and HANNAH.
Molly, born September 4, 1787.
Samuel,
September 6. 1789.
Joel,
August 26, 1791.
John, died April 16, 1790.
JONATHAN WINSHIP and ELIZABETIL.
Edmund, born
October
2, 1765.
Isabel,
September 2, 1769.
NOAH WINSHIP and DEBORAH [SWAL-
LOW].
Noah, born June 22, 1785.
Deborah,
February 9,1787.
Sarah,
February
7, 1793.
[John].
JAMES WITHEE and SARAH.
Danicl,* born September 30, 1760.
James,
January 18, 1763.
Nathaniel, October 5, 1765.
John, t
February 2,1768.
William Parker, July 2, 1770.
Sarah, September 24, 1772.
John, September 4, 1774.
Daniel, August 13, 1779.
* Died Jan. 6, 1779. Į Died May 6, 1762.
[ELISHA WITHINGTON, son of William With- ington and Sarah Locke, his wife, was born in Stow, April 1, 1746, married MARY PREN- TICE, daughter of Stephen Prentice and Es- ther, his wife, born in Grafton, September 15, 1748]. Their children were,
Elisha, born May, 11, 1769.
William, March 8, 1771.
Stephen, February 1, 1773.
Mather, October 28, 1775.
Jolın, March 9, 1779.
Samuel, * October 6, 1782.
[Samuel, December 8, 1785.
Ebenezer, March 1, 1789.]
Died July 16, 1783.
SAMUEL WOODS and SARAHI.
Rebecca, born December 6,1774.
Rhoda,
July 19, 1776.
Sarah*
February 22, 1778.
Ebenezer, t
August 21, 1779.
Josiah .¿
August 4, 1780.
Ebenezer,
July 3, 1782.
Isaac,
September 9, 1784.
Dinah,
September 25, 1786.
Jonas Brooks, July 31, 1788.
James, §
October 23,1793.
* Died Sept. 16, 1778. t Died October 2, 1779.
¿ Died Feb. 9, 178 -. § Died Feb. 1, 1794.
JOSEPH WOODS and MARY [WAUGHI].
Joseph,
born October 27, 1782.
Sewall,
October 6, 1784.
Polly,* May 27,1787.
Sally, April 19, 1790.
Polly,
March 7, 1792.
Betsey, April
19, 1798.
* Died August 23, 1789.
JAMES WOOD and ELIZABETH [BUSS].
James,
born
September 29, 1783.
John, *
October 14, 1785.
Betsey, September 19, 1787.
Polly, October 21, 1789.
Artemas, August 9,1791.
Amy,
July 1, 1793.
Nathan,
April [1795].
John,
[Lydia. t
April 1,1797. 1801.]
Ensign John Wood died Dec. 19, 1785, aged 69 years ; Elizabeth, his wife,¿ died Dec. 1, 1789, aged 75 years.
* Died Feb. 16, 1797. t Died March 15, 1819.
# The word wife, in this entry, should be sister, and the age 79 years. Elizabeth, his widow, died November 13, 1794, aged 71 years, as ap- pears by the tombstones. These errors appear on page 178, and should be corrected.
In the foregoing tables of Family Registers are included all such found in the records before the year 1790. They are copied from the record with no change but the correction of manifest errors in orthography. Apparent errors in figures, are left as found. All additions made to the original record are included in brackets. None are made except upon evi- dence deemed reliable. The family of Samuel Squire, entered in Mason records, from a copy certified by the town clerk of Westford, is not inserted-none of the children having been born in Mason, or permanently resident there.
209
FAMILY REGISTERS.
Family register of the family of Edward Wilson, taken from his family bible, in possession of his son, Capt. Thomas Wilson, of Mason :
Edward Wilson, born at West Cambridge, July 6, 1734; Lucy Francis, born at Medford, March 21, 1739, married No- vember, 1757; removed to Mason with his family, in 1780, and to Troy, New York, in 1804. Edward Wilson died, at Troy, June 17, 1816, aged 82 years; Lucy, his widow, died at Mason, December 8, 1835, aged 97 years. Their children, born at West Cambridge, were :
Joseph,
born October 9, 1759. 12, 1761, died December 23, 1819.
Lucy,
Edward,
January April 4, 1762,
died March 7, 1843, at Milton, N. Y.
Ebenezer, August 18, 1763, died July, 1825.
Rachel, February 13, 1765,
m. Jona. Chandler, died Oct. 16, 1846.
Samuel,
September 16, 1766, died July 31, 1854.
Nathaniel, February
10, 1768,
died August 19, 1854.
William, October 25, 1769.
Aaron, March 10, 1771.
Andrew,
January
1, 1777, died April 23, 1841.
Thomas,
October 23, 1778.
Edward, Jr., and Samuel, removed to Troy, N. Y., about the year 1800, and were, for many years, actively engaged in business there. The following notice of the death of the latter, is taken from the New England Historical and Genea- logical Register, vol. 8, p. 277:
"Samuel Wilson died at Troy, N. Y., July 31, 1844, aged 88 years. It was from him that the United States derived the name of Uncle Sam. It was in this way. He was a con- tractor for supplying the army in the war of 1812, with a large amount of beef and pork. He had been long familiarly known by the name of Uncle Sam, so called to distinguish him from his brother Edward, who was, by every body, called Uncle Ned. The brand upon his barrels for the army was of course U. S. The transition from the United States to Uncle Sam was so easy, that it was at once made, and the name of the packer of the United States provisions was im- mediately transferred to the government, and became famil- iar, not only throughout the army but the whole country."
210
HISTORY OF MASON.
Genealogy of the families of Nathaniel and William Hos- mer, furnished for this work, by the Rev. Edwin R. Hodg man, of Lynnfield, Mass .; and family register of the family of William Hosmer, from the record in the family bible of his son, Oliver Hosmer :
1 James Hosmer, emigrated from Hockhurst, county of Kent, England, took the freeman's oath in 1637, settled at Concord, and died there, February 7, 1685.
2 Stephen, his son, born in 1642, married Abigail Wood; May 24, 1667.
3 John, their son, born August 1671, married Mary Billings, May 12, 1699.
4 Nathaniel, their son, (marriage not recorded at Concord.)
5 Nathaniel, his son, born November 29, 1731, married Eliz- abeth Heald, July 1, 1756. Removed to Mason. For regis- ter of his family, see page 203. Nathaniel died at Camden, Me., August 6, 1814, aged 83 years ; Elizabeth, his wife, died August 23, 1810, aged 77 years.
Tabitha married John Sartell, died March 4, 1841, at Rock- land, Me., aged 84 years.
Anna married Job Hodgman, January 1, 1789, died August 3, 1839, at Camden, Me., aged 79 years.
Eunice married Samuel Russell, March 15, 1787, died De- cember, 1833, aged 71 years.
Nathaniel married (1) Mary Wheeler, January 1, 1789, (2) Nancy Fay, February 3, 1803, died June 3, 1846, aged 81 years.
Asa married Nancy Eaton, October 2, 1795, ( ? ) died Sep- tember 9, 1854, aged 85 years.
William, son of Nathaniel,4 born October 19, 1729, married Anna Heald, (born 1733,) June 19, 1753, at Concord, by Rev. Daniel Bliss, removed to Mason, died March 26, 1802, aged 74 years ; Anna, his wife, died July 7, 1818, aged 85 years. Their children were :
Elizabeth, born 1755, married John Stimpson, died at Cam- den, Me., December 18, 1848, aged 93 years.
211
FAMILY REGISTERS.
William, born 1758, died at Chester, Vt., March 20, 1813. Amos, born 1760, died January 18, 1831.
Oliver, born 1764, married (1) Martha Lawrence, January 1, 1793; Martha died February 4, 1829, aged 60 years ; married (2) Mrs. Eunice Brown, died at Mason, October 15, 1852, s. p., aged 88 years.
Polly, born 1766, married (1) Ebenezer Boutwell, (2) William Hemenway, died 1845, aged 79 years.
Reuben.
Lucy, mn. Benannel Pratt, died at Chester, Vt., March, 1819. Anna, married - Stickney, died at Andover, Vt.
Josiah Flagg, born in Worcester, December 24, 1750, mar- ried (1) Eunice Barber, born in Worcester, 1758, (2) Esther Weatherbee, born in Lunenburg, December 3, 1763. Josiah Flagg died May 30, 1824, aged 73 years, 5 months, 6 days ; Eunice, his wife, died December 13, 1785; Esther, his widow, died August 6, 1832. Children of Josiah and Eunice, were : Elizabeth, born January 29, 1780; Eunice, born October 14, 1781 ; Mary Ann, born January 14, 1784; Josiah, born De- cember, 1785, all in Worcester.
The above from the record in the family bible of Mrs. Eunice Hosmer, daughter of Josiah Flagg.
Of Josiah and Esther : Hannah; Sally, married Isaac Brown, December 30, 1818; Esther, born 1795; Polly, born June, 1799.
Jason Dunster, of Mason, was a lineal descendant of Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard College. The line of descent is as follows: 1 Henry, the president, 2 Jonathan, 3 Henry, 4 Jason, 5 Jason, of Mason. His children were : Ruth, married Joseph Blood, killed in Bunker Hill battle; Henry ; Rebecca, married John Swallow, Jr .; Martha, mar- ried Oliver Wright, of Nelson; Isaiah, married - Davis, of Roxbury ; Jason, married Polly Merriam, of Mason; Sam- uel, married (1) Hannah Townsend, removed to Ashburnham and married (2) - Townsend.
212
HISTORY OF MASON.
List of marriages at Mason, from the records of the Rev. Joseph B. Hill, not received in season for insertion in their proper place. The parties were resident in Mason, unless otherwise stated :
1840.
Dec. 17.
Samuel E. Butler,
.. 24. Timothy Amsden.
Lorinda Ames. Martha C. Hill.
1841.
Oliver H. Pratt.
Catharine Warner, at Groton, Ms.
Feb. 9.
April 10. William Davis,
Betsey Green. Julia Ann Russell.
Sept. 22.
Henry H. Sawin,
Ephraim Forbes, Westboro', Ms., Harriet Childs.
Nov. 1843. April 26. Abel F. Adams, Townsend, Ms., Lydia M. Newhall.
June
James Davis, Azubah F. Withington.
July
Jonas Morse, [Mass., Mary Ann Sawtell.
Oct. 1814.
George G. Amsden, Springfield, Eliza Ann Kimball.
May 21. Anson Barrett, Townsend, Mass., Nancy Morse.
Aug. 14. Merrill A. Elliott,
Martha E. Sawtell.
Sept. 19. Walter Atherton, Towns'd, Mass., Dian K. Felt.
19. Otis Childs,
Mary Joan Bachelder.
Nov. 14. Leonard Farwell,
Deborah B. Barrett.
1845.
Jan. 9. Samuel H. Wheeler,
Mary Ames. Emily M. Felt,
Feb. 13. Lowell Howe, Nashua,
Elizabeth Swallow.
Nov. 6. Samuel Weston, [Mass., Hephzibah Fletcher.
13. Harrison O. Lampson, Brookfield, Harriet E. Warren.
Ann Maria Harding.
Dec. 25. Calvin Fitch, Pepperell, Mass.
Harriet Warner, Pepperell, Mass.
1846. Jan. 7.
Isaac Windship, Henniker,
Mary March.
Mar. 1. Charles Robbins,
Eunice Windship.
July 12. Sumner J. Weston,
Sarah A. Morse.
Ang.
Otis F. Larkin, Berlin, Mass.
Charlott Pierce.
30.
Earle S. Smith, New Ipswich,
Mary P. Farwell.
Oct
Geo. E. Sparrow, Colchester, Ct., Martha A. Cragin.
1847.
Feb. 11.
John .P French,
Mary Weston.
Mar. 7. Albert Hodgman,
Rosantha L. Rockwood. [trim.
May 20. John R. Gregg, Peterborough,
Sarah E. Fletcher, Antrim, at An-
Mary E. Hadley,
Sept. 14. Charles Belcher, Worcester,
Sarah C. Farwell.
Harriet E. Amsden.
ANTRIM. BY REV. JOHN M. WHITON.
1845.
Aug. 26. Rev. Joseph B. Hill, Mason,
Harriet Brown, Antrim.
May 1842. Sampson Fletcher, N. Ipswich.
Mrs. Lavinia Blood. .
Aug. 26. Seneca Lynch,
27. Timothy Wheeler Jr.,
23. Frank E. Greisinger,
16. Samuel E. Wright,
212a
RECORD OF MARRIAGES.
For a like reason, the following lists, copied from the town records, are here inserted :
MASON. BY REV. ANDREW H. REED.
1836.
Nov. 10. Samuel Hodge, Francestown,
Dec. 1. 66 9. Charles W. French,
Mrs. Elizabeth Town. Martha H. Barrett. Roxana W. Barrett.
1837.
May 28. John H. Jones, Ashby,
Martha Hildreth.
Sept. 12. Amos H. Hosmer,
Abigail Barrett. Martha Sanders.
1838. April 24. Joseph P. Felt,
Sarah Swallow.
May 30. Calvin Amsden,
Dorothy D. Horton. Almira Whitaker.
1839.
Feb. 13.
Elisha Withington,
Betsey Newell.
Sept. 11. Winslow Ames,
Harriet Wood.
1840.
Feb. 12. Josiah Cook, Whitefield,
Rozetta Sanders.
BY REV. ALFRED L. MASON.
Elijah F. Davis,
1839.
Feb. 28.
William Mansur,
Mrs. Hannah Elliott.
Mar. 31. Edmund F. Jefts,
Elizabeth Pierce.
May 16. Elisha F. Davis,
Roxana Jefts, New Ipswich.
July 9. John Felt,
Silvia Warren, Stoddard.
Sept. 26.
Samuel A. Hartshorn,
Louisa Felt.
Oct.
Lot Nicols, Sharon,
Mary Ann Fitch, Temple.
Dec. 5. Lorenzo Woods,
1840. Feb. 16.
Edwin J. Hodgman,
Mar. 22.
Charles Smith, Lowell,
Oct. 8.
Arnold Kendall,
Nov. 22. Nehemiah H. Swain, N. Reading, Elmena L. Hodgman.
1841. April 20. John Tewksbury, Warner,
Dec. 7.
Nathaniel Smith,
Oct. 17. Hezekiah Burnham,
1842.
April 7. Thomas Hays,
Lucy A. Robbins.
May 18. Solon P. Bingham, Keene,
Harriet E. Adams.
June 2. Mr. - Tinkham, Lunenburg,
Oct. 16.
Joseph Tucker,
Mrs. Emma W. Blood. Mary Campbell.
1843. Feb. 23. Edmund C. Stanley.
Hannah Mason, Wilton.
1844.
Sylvester Fitch, Providence R. I., Susan A. Hadley.
BY REV. JOHN WOODBURY.
1848.
June 27. Cyrus Blanchard, Fitchburg, Emily Robbins. Lucy E. Andrews.
May 21. Israel Putnam,
Sept. 7.
George L. Adams. Hannah H. Hartshorn,
Oct. 1. Frederick M. Greisinger, Elmira B. Darling.
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Rebecca Baily. Mary Dakin.
Levinia Foster. Emeline Hodgman. Mary Felt.
Isabella Nutting, New Ipswich. Lucy A. Baldwin. Mrs. Jane A. Kimball.
George Weston,
Hannah Spaulding.
Sept. 20. Thomas Wetherbee, Rindge,
Oct. 31. Ebenezer Nutting,
Charles Day,
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BY REV. WILLIAM OLMSTEAD.
1847.
April 12. IIorace W. Wilson,
Amanda M. Rideout.
Nov. 16. Samuel Kimball,
Adelia A. Livingston,
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29. Franklin Meed, Boxborough,
Nancy S. Morse.
BY REV. JOHN F. WHITNEY.
1856.
April 27. Joel Elliott, 2d,
May 28. Willard D. Hero,
Emily Holden.
Elizabeth Peabody.
BY REV. GEORGE W. CUTTING.
1855.
Nov. 11. Charles Howard, Fitchburg,
Mary A. Sawtell.
1857.
Sept. 5. Edwin L. Nutting,
Mary A. Annis.
Nov. 22. George R. Elliott,
Eliza E. Stevens.
Dec. 17. Henry Kirk,
Sarah Gardner.
Dec. 31. Kendall N. Davis, Sharon,
Lucinda Chamberlin.
1858.
Jan. 4. Edmund Holden, Elizabeth Flagg.
BY REV. SAMUEL J. AUSTIN.
1857.
June 14. Edwin R. Farnsworth,
Abby J. Webber.
Oct. 22. Francis B. Cragin,
Ruvinia M. Richardson,
Henry A. Cragin,
Susan M. Elliott.
Margaret Lyle.
RY REV. JOSIAH L. ARMES.
1854.
Dec. 14. Philander Eddy, Foxborough,
Maria Lynch. 1855.
June 24. Jerome Davis, Mary L. Boynton.
Several marriages inserted on pages 174 and 175 have, in the above list, been re-inserted, with the name of the officiat- ing minister added.
Marriage is the key of domestic life. The far sighted policy of the Roman church, at an early period, discerned the importance of possessing this key. Hence, marriage in that church, is made a sacrament. In all countries where the Roman church is in the ascendant, no marriage is valid, unless it be contracted within the rules, and celebrated according to the forms of that church. All persons living in the state of matrimony, without the blessing of the priest, are in a state of mortal sin. Hence, the power of the priest to determine what is lawful matrimony, and to regulate the
31. Lucius A. White,
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conjugal and maternal duties of the wife, open to him the most sacred recesses of the household, and places in his hands an engine of power, the effects of which, are felt in every condition of life, from the palace to the cabin.
By the reformation in the church of England, the assump- tion that marriage is a sacrament, being without a shadow of scriptural foundation, was not recognized; but still, by the laws of England, marriage could be celebrated lawfully, only by a priest of the English church, according to the formu- laries prescribed, and in a church building, or licensed chapel of that church, except by special license. For many years, dissenters could be married in England, only according to the form of that church. Such were the laws, when our ances- tors came to New England. They fled to the wilderness, to escape from the power and tyranny of the English priesthood. Of course, the English laws and formularies, would not answer their needs. Not content with rejecting the power of the English clergy, they went farther, and would not allow their own clergy to celebrate marriages. Only the governor, deputy governor and assistants, had authority for many years, to celebrate marriages. These magistrates having exclusive power to celebrate marriages, construed that power to extend to all cases, and even presumed to marry themselves. Lt. Gov. Bellingham, was fined for mar- rying himself, so also, was Mr. Joseph Hills of Malden.
Having regulated the celebration of marriages, the court next undertook to regulate courtships by law. The act for this purpose was passed by the general court of Massachu- setts, November 11, 1647. The preamble is as follows : " Whereas, God hath committed ye care and power into ye hands of parents, for ye disposing of their children in mar- riage, so yt it is against ye rule to seek to draw away ye affec- tions of yong maydens, under pretence of purpose of mar- riage, before their parents have given way or alowance in yt respect, and whereas, it is a comon practice, in divers places, for yong men irregularly and disorderly to watch all advan-
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tages, for their evil purposes to insinuate into ye affections of yong maydes, by coming to them in places and seasons, unknown to their parents, for such ends, whereby much evil hath grown amongst us to ye dishonor of God and damage of ye parties, for ye prevention whereof, for time to come, it is ordered," &c., and making it a penal offence, "to endeavor directly or indirectly to draw ye affections of any mayden in this jurisdiction, under pretence of marriage," before liberty and allowance therefor by the parents, &c., or in the absence of such, by the court. The punishment was a fine for the first and for the second offence, for the third to be put under bonds, failing to procure which the offender was liable to be imprisoned at the pleasure of the court. Fancy the trial of an action in court ! The Commonwealth vs. Richard Roe, for seeking to draw the affections of Dolly Doe, without the consent of her parents, &c., first being had.
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