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1. Arvilla, md. - Blodgett; reside in Chel- sea, Mass.
2. Son, d. young.
v. Cynthia, b. in Chelmsford, June 14, 1809; md. Lucius M. Converse, son of Joshua Converse, Esq., g. v.
VI. Sherebiah Fletcher, b. -; md. Sarah Wood- bury; he d. in Gardner, Mass., Nov. 8, 1845. Their two children d. in infancy. She md. (2d) L. H. Bradford, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass., where they now reside.
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VII. Augustus W., b. June 10, 1813; md. May 25, 1839, Orris M. Butterfield; d. in Warren, Mass., Nov. 21, 1846.
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1. Adelaide L., b. April 22, 1840; d. Sept. 5, 1843.
2. Harriet A., b. Sept. 20, 1842; md. Oct. 20, 1862, C. H. Baker, of Warren, Mass.
3. Martha P., b. Aug. 20, 1844; md. June 1, 1870, Henry L. Merritt, of Warren.
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VIII. Alonzo, b. Oct. 11, 1815; md. Mary Ann Davis, b. Nov. 25, 1821, dau. of. Jonas and Hepsibah (Cut- ter) Davis, of Temple, N. H. Removed to Gardner, Mass., and soon after to Minneapolis, Minn., where he now resides.
Ix. Obadiah, b. May 11, 1817 ; md. May 1, 1842, Sarah F. Jennison, who d. June 1, 1850 ; md. (2d) Dec. 2, 1862, Clarissa E. Rand. He has resided in New York and in Texas; now lives in Mani- towoc, Wis.
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1. Oscar O., b. March 24, 1845; d. Sept. 10, 1845.
2. Sarah Olive, b. June 26, 1847 ; md. Sept. 24, 1870, David H. Spear, b. in Templeton, . Mass., 1846, son of David W. Spear. They reside in Lowell, Mass.
Children of second wife :-
3. Calvin C., b. Nov. 14, 1863.
4. Charles S., b. Aug. 26, 1865.
5. Fannie Maud, b. Sept. 1, 1869.
6. Minerva R., b. April 15, 1871.
7. Edith R., b. Nov. 29, 1872 ; d. Oct. 6, 1873.
x. Solomon, b. Jan. 29, 1821; md. Mary Ann Carpen- ter, of Stafford Springs, Conn .; removed to Warren, Mass., where he d. Feb. 29, 1852.
XI. Rachel Eliza, b. April 20, 1824; d., unmd., Oct. 13, 1852.
AARON SAWTELL, son of Joseph and Hannah (Kemp) Sawtell, and a grandson of Joseph and Lydia (Jenkins) Sawtell, of Groton, was b. in that place, 1791. He be- longed to the same family of Sawtells, but was not of near kinship to any of the foregoing. He came to Rindge 1812 or 1813, and md. Sept. 22, 1814, Ruth Metcalf, dau. of Timothy and Ruth (Chaplin) Metcalf, q. v. He d. Nov. 9, 1870.
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I. Sylvester, b. July 8, 1816; d. Nov. 6, 1820.
II. Ruth S., md. Timothy Cudworth, q. v.
III. Aaron S., b. March 10, 1823; md. April 29, 1847, Almira J. Blake, dau. of Dea. Eleazer Blake, g. v. She d. Sept. 12, 1869; md. (2d) Nov. 15, 1870, Caroline W. Keyes, dau. of Samuel Keyes, of Ashburnham. He is a manufacturer of wooden-ware in West Rindge.
1. Albert H., b. July 20, 1849; md. Nov. 18, 1869, Abbie A. McClenathan. Reside in Troy, N. H.
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2. Charles O., b. Oct. 16, 1853.
3. Elsie H., b. May 6, 1859; d. Aug. 16, 1859.
IV. Joseph, b. Sept. 15, 1829; d. May 27, 1831.
v. Warren F., b. Sept. 30, 1832; md. Nov. 1, 1853, Christina Eveleth, dau. of Gilman Eveleth, of Dublin, N. H. He resides in West Rindge, where he is engaged in the manufacture of wooden-ware.
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1. Elsie A., b. April 3, 1855.
2. Calvin W., b. Dec. 16, 1857; d. June, 1858.
3. Oren F., b. May 27, 1860.
4. Grace, b. Dec. 9, 1870.
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ABNER SAWYER settled upon the Dea. Goddard farm in 1797, but was not taxed after 1809. Perhaps he was above seventy years of age, and continued a residence here after that date. There may have been children not named below.
I. Betsey, md. Thomas Cowdin, q. v.
II. Sophia, a teacher and a missionary; she conducted a mission school in Arkansas, where she d., unmd. III. Asenath, b. Sept. 4, 1789; d. June 3, 1815. IV. Sarah.
v. Susan, md. Horatio Hale, son of David Hale, g. v. Not a dau. of Francis Sawyer, as stated in the Hale Register.
FRANCIS SAWYER was from Canterbury, N. H. He resided in the north-east part of the town 1812-1826.
I. Lovina, b. June 14, 1811.
II. Lydia, b. April 5, 1813.
III. Francis, b. July 21, 1815.
IV. Lois, b. Jan. 6, 1818.
v. Charles, b. Dec. 27, 1819.
VI. Timothy, b. Aug. 20, 1822.
VII. Martha, b. Oct. 25, 1825.
EZRA SCOLLAY, son of Grover Scollay, b. in Ashburn- ham March 8, 1786; md. Dec. 31, 1807, Mersilvia Jewett, dau. of Dea. Edward Jewett, q. v., a lady of most excel- lent character and intellectual gifts. She d. June 2, 1855. He md. (2d) Oct. 14, 1856, Polly Hale, dau. of David Hale, q. v., who d. Dec. 17, 1866; and he md. (3d) Sept. 19, 1867, Mrs. Mary P. Moore, of New Ipswich. He d. Nov. 10, 1874, having resided in New Ipswich since his last marriage.
ABEL SHEDD was b. in Groton (now Pepperell) March 9, 1743. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Barron)
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Shedd, who were md. April 13, 1722. He md. Ruth Haskell, and settled in Rindge previous to, or in the year, 1780, where he d. Sept. 21, 1819; his widow survived him several years, and d. in Windsor, Vt.
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II. Samuel, md. Sally Patch, and settled in Windsor, Vt., where he d., leaving three children.
III. John, md. Susan White, and d. 1819, in Jaffrey ; and his widow md. (2d) Dea. Kendall, of New Ipswich.
1. Alvin, removed to Vermont.
2. Henry, a clergyman, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
3. Susan, md. Charles Adams, of New Ips- wich, and subsequently removed to Den- mark, Iowa.
4. John, resided in Boston.
IV. Henry, md., 1799, Sarah Bickford, of Salem, Mass., where he continued to reside until his death, in 1802.
1. Deborah, an only child, had a home with her relatives in Rindge. She md. Dea. Ezra C. Chamberlain, of Peacham, Vt., where they now reside.
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v. Josiah, b. in Rindge Nov. 1, 1781; md. Lydia Chamberlain, and practiced medicine in Peach- am, Vt., until his death, Sept. 4, 1851. He was an able and liberal-minded man. Their only dau. md. Dr. Noah Worcester, of Ohio.
VI. Timothy, b. in Rindge about 1783, was twice md., and left several children. In 1808 he settled at Wells River, Vt., where he was highly respected, and d. deeply lamented.
VII. Ebenezer, removed to Weathersfield, Vt. He was prominent in municipal and religious affairs, and for many years was a deacon of the church in that place. He md. Fanny Bannister. He d. at nearly ninety years of age. His aged widow resides in Weathersfield.
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CAPT. ABEL SHEDD resided in Jaffrey from 1793 until 1800, when he returned to Rindge, and continued a resi- dent until his death. He md. Oct. 22, 1793, Priscilla French, dau. of John French, of Jaffrey. She d. Sept. 27, 1799, and he md. (2d) Jan. 20, 1802, Rebecca Adams, b. July 27, 1767, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (Kinsman) Adams, of New Ipswich, and a sister of Prof. Ebenezer Adams, of Dartmouth College. Capt. Shedd was a man of good natural abilities and unexceptionable character. He d. Sept. 17, 1819; his widow d. Sept. 11, 1823.
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I. Ruthy, b. Aug. 15, 1794 ; md. William Kimball, q. v. II. Sally, twin, b. Aug. 15, 1794; mnd. Feb. 12, 1819, Cummings French, of Jaffrey. She d. Nov. 2, 1862.
III. Abel, b. May 11, 1797; md. June 16, 1825, Mary Jewett, of Jaffrey, where they resided.
Children of second wife :-
IV. Charles, b. Oct. 21, 1802 (vide p. 360). He md. Elizabeth Rowell, dau. of Rev. J. Rowell, of Cornish, N. H.
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v. James Adams, b. Feb. 25, 1804; md. Augusta Adams, dau. of Major Benjamin and Olivia (Everett) Adams, of New Ipswich. For several years he practiced law in Detroit, Mich., and in Dayton, Ohio, and subsequently settled, a farmer, in Denmark, Iowa, where he now resides. His wife d. in Dayton, and he md. (2d) Carrie Brown. VI. Curtis, b. Feb. 2, 1809; md. Sophronia Taylor, of New Ipswich, and resided in New Ipswich until about 1840, when he removed to Denmark, Iowa. VII. George, b. May 13, 1810 (vide p. 360). Resides in Denmark, Iowa, where he md. Abby Houston, a native of Lowell, Mass. He is a physician.
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SHERWIN.
The Sherwins were early in this town, and the four families that came hither were closely related, being two brothers, cousins to two brothers. Ebenezer Sherwin and wife Susannah were residents of Boxford, Mass., previous to 1700; but of the earlier generations of this family I am not informed. Jonathan Sherwin, son of Ebenezer, was b. in Boxford Jan. 8, 1704; md. Nov. 26, 1728, Mary Lurvey, and had seven children, b. in Boxford 1730-1744. Of these, Samuel and Asa came to Rindge, and are named hereafter, and Elizabeth was the wife of James Carlton, of this town, and her record appears in the register of that family. Ebenezer, another son of Ebenezer and Susannah Sherwin, was b. Jan. 5, 1706; md. Sept. 21, 1726, Hepsibah Cole, and in Boxford had eight children, b. 1728-1746. Of these Jonathan and John settled in this town, and their record is found in the following register. Ebenezer Sherwin, another son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah (Cole) Sherwin, md., 1748, Sarah Hovey, and they and their son Ebenezer, b. in Boxford Oct. 16, 1752, removed to Winchendon in 1769, where not a few of their descendants have resided.
1 SAMUEL SHERWIN, son of Jonathan and Mary (Lurvey) Sherwin, was b. in Boxford, Dec. 16, 1738; he md. in Andover, June 1, 1762, Mary Stanley, probably a dau. of Jonathan Stanley, q. v. Their eldest child was b. in
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Andover. In 1766 or 1767 he removed to this town, and in 1768 a road was laid from the meeting-house, northerly by his barn, and thence to Josiah Ingalls' house near Grassy Pond. He was frequently elected to office, and was residing in Rindge in 1781, but no record of his death or removal has been discovered. The date of birth of five children is preserved upon the records.
I. Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1763.
II. Jonathan, b. May 22, 1766.
III. Sarah, b. March 4; d. March 11, 1769.
IV. Charlotte, b. June 25, 1774.
v. Isaac, b. April 28, 1778.
CAPT. ASA SHERWIN, a brother of Samuel, was b. in Boxford Dec. 11, 1744; he md. Mehitable Porter, who d., probably about 1770. He removed to Rindge in 1768, and md. (2d) Mercy Kimball, dau. of Lieut. Richard Kimball, q. v. He was a man of ability and resolution, and was much employed in public service. In 1777 he was lieu- tenant in Capt. Brown's company, and after the following year he was styled captain, probably on account of a com- mission in the companies of the training band or the alarm lists. He was selectman in 1785 and '86, and was very frequently chosen on committees. For several years preceding his death he was an invalid, and d. of spotted fever, May 11, 1812; his wife d. Feb. 6, 1812, aged 58.
I. Nathan, b. Oct. 17, 1764; md. July 5, 1785, Mar- gery Flagg, of New Ipswich.
II. David, b. Dec., 1767 ; d. young.
III. Mehitable, b. 1770; d. unmd., and probably in childhood.
IV. Betty Kimball, b. Feb. 26, 1772; md. Dec. 23, 1790, Israel Chapman, and removed to Stowe, Vt. They had six children.
v. David, b. Feb. 20, 1774.
VI. Mercy, b. June 1, 1776; md. March 19, 1809, Sam- uel Adams.
VII. Asa, b. June 6, 1778.
VIII. Irene, b. March 12, 1781.
IX. Jonathan, b. Aug. 20, 1783; md. Sarah Barker, dau. of Benjamin, g. v. They settled in Con- way, Mass., and had sons Azro, Payson, and Thomas.
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x. Richard, b. July 16, 1785; a most worthy man. He was a printer in Boston, and was very popu- lar among his associates; md. Eunice Choate. XI. John, b. Nov. 27, 1787.
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XII. Enos, b. Sept. 23, 1790; md. Olive Gibson, of Fitchburg. After his marriage he resided a few years in Jaffrey, and the birth of two children is recorded in that town.
1. Reuben Gibson, b. June 27, 1814.
2. Jonathan French, b. Nov. 20, 1815.
XIII. Seth Payson, b. April 18, 1793; md. Mary Robin- son, of Stowe, Vt., where he resided many years. He d. in Morristown, Vt., about 1860.
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JONATHAN SHERWIN, son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah (Cole) Sherwin, was b. in Boxford Sept. 6, 1729; md. Feb. 15, 1756, Mary Crumbie, b. in Methuen, March 28, 1735, by tradition a sister of Lieut. James Crumbie, of Rindge. He settled, in 1767, upon the Sherwin farm, in the north part of Rindge. He was selectman 1769, '70, '73, and '76; and his frequent election to other positions of trust is evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his townsmen. Few men possessed an equal influence, or were wiser or better counsellors in public affairs. His wife d. May 25, 1784; and he md. (2d) June 26, 1787, Content (Barker) Lapham, widow of Captain Benjamin Lapham, and dau. of Barnabas Barker. Mr. Sherwin d. Feb. 23, 1804; and his widow d. April 25, 1821, aged 74.
I. Deborah, b. Dec. 5, 1756; md. Aug. 8, 1782, Jona- than Ingalls, q. v.
II. Thomas, b. Feb. 28, 1759; d. from injuries received by a fall from a horse Sept. 12, 1780.
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IV. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1763; d. Jan. 17, 1765.
v. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1765; d. Nov. 15, 1785.
VI. William, b. Jan. 14, 1768. +
VII. Sarah, b. April 11, 1770; d. April 6, 1787.
VIII. Jonathan, b. Aug. 5, 1772; d. Feb. 11, 1773.
IX. Molley, b. Dec. 28, 1773; d. of consumption at the age of 16.
x. Anna, b. Dec. 31, 1778; md. Samuel Locke Wilder, Esq., g. v.
DAVID SHERWIN, son of Jonathan, md. in New Ipswich Nov. 28, 1786, Hannah Prichard, b. March 28, 1764, dau. of Paul and Hannah (Perley) Prichard, from Boxford, then of New Ipswich. Mr. Sherwin resided in Rindge until 1790, and two of his children were b. in this town. He subsequently lived several years in Jaffrey, owning and occupying the mills at Squantum, and later in West- moreland, New Ipswich, and Temple. While a resident of this town he was selectman 1787, and town clerk the
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same year. The records transcribed by him, in well chosen language, are enduring evidence of his ability. He served in Stark's Brigade, and was at the battle of Ben- nington. Mrs. Sherwin d. in Temple Oct. 1, 1806.
I. Sally, b. in Rindge Nov. 20, 1787; md. Aug. 8, 1822, Abram Mead, and d. in Littleton, Mass., March 30, 1860.
II. Rebecca, b in Rindge Nov. 16, 1789; d. in infancy. III. Mary, b. in Jaffrey Aug. 25, 1791; md. Christo- pher P. Farley, and d. in Hollis, N. H., Nov. 23, 1813.
IV. Hannah, b. in Jaffrey May 21, 1795; d. in New Ipswich Sept 21, 1819.
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VI. Betsey, b. in Westmoreland April 16, 1801; d. unmd.
VII. Anna, b. in New Ipswich Nov. 5, 1803. Now living.
WILLIAM SHERWIN, son of Jonathan, md. Mary Baxter, dau. of Joseph Baxter, of Princeton, Mass. Her parents d. in this town. He resided upon the homestead farm, and was a highly respected and useful citizen. He was one of the school-teachers in this town, and served several years upon the committee of supervision; was selectman 1801, "2, '3, and represented the town in the Legis- lature 1811. He d. Sept. 16, 1834; she d. Aug. 15, 1851, aged 84.
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I. William Augustus, b. Nov. 9, 1801; md. Mrs. Mary (Goodridge) Eddy (vide Eddy Register). He is a farmer, and resides in Rindge Centre. II. Julius Celario, b. March 20, 1803; md. June 4, 1839, Silence Jones Adams, dau. of David Adams, q. v. He was a farmer in Rindge until a short time previous to his death, when he removed to New Ipswich, where he d. Nov. 27, 1871.
1. George H., b. Nov. 25, 1840; d. Sept. 26, 1867.
2. Mary M., b. Oct. 11, 1844; a teacher in the public schools of Roxbury, Mass.
3. Ellen A., b. March 5, 1847; teacher.
4. Kate A., b. March 26, 1849; teacher.
5. Annie M., b. Aug. 2, 1851; md. Dec. 25, 1872, C. M. Cummings, a merchant of Keene, N. H.
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III. Stephen Baxter, b. Feb. 13, 1805 (vide page 378) ;
md. April 16, 1835, Mersilvia Wilder, dau. of Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., q. v .; d. very suddenly Dec. 14, 1861.
1. William Ferdinand, b. Feb. 12, 1836; md. Oct. 19, 1859, Castella E. Eddy, and a great-granddau. of Lieut. Benjamin Fos- ter (vide Foster register, No. 11).
2. Ellen Augusta, b. Oct. 7, 1838; d. July 1, 1847.
3. Henry Hamilton, b. Sept. 2, 1840; md. April, 1869, Helen L. Silk; he d. Jan. 1, 1873.
4. Emma Mersilvia, b. Feb. 24, 1844.
5. Marshall Pinckney Wilder, b. Jan. 7, 1848; resides in Fitchburg, Mass.
6. Edward Baxter, b. March 26, 1851.
7. Josiah Wilder, b. July 29, 1853.
8. Samuel Locke, b. June 2, 1856.
IV. George Edwin, md., 1833, Caroline Kimball, dau. of Ebenezer and Polly (Aiken) Kimball, of Hill, N. H. He resided in Mobile, Ala., and d. in Mississippi Feb. 5, 1861.
1. George Donald, a graduate of Harvard Uni- versity ; is a suceessful lawyer in Louis- ville, Ky.
THOMAS SHERWIN, at an early age, and after the death of his mother, went to reside with Dr. James Crombie, of Temple, and remained in his family until fourteen years of age, attending, meanwhile, the short terms of the public schools, and for a season, the instruction of Rev. Noah Miles, and of his son, Solomon P. Miles, then a student at Dartmouth. In 1813 he was apprenticed to the clothiers' trade at Groton, Mass., and remained at this employment six years. During the winter of 1819 he taught a district school in Harvard, Mass., and in the spring entered the academy in Groton, but soon after he went to the acad- emy in New Ipswich, and there , remained under the instruction of Amasa Edes until he entered Harvard University in 1821. While an undergraduate he taught one winter in Groton and one in Leominster, Mass. He graduated with honor, in 1825, in a class with Hon.
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Charles Francis Adams, Dr. Augustus A. Gould, Judge Ames, and Rev. Drs. Hedge and Lothrop. After teaching a year in the academy in Lexington, Mass., the college government gave proof of the high estimation in which he was held, by appointing him, in 1827, a tutor of mathe- matics. Though urged to retain it, he relinquished the position after an efficient service of one year. Subse- quently a few months' labor as civil engineer was termi- nated by a severe attack of sickness. In December, 1828, he opened a private school for boys, which he successfully continued one year, and at the expiration of this time he was elected sub-master of the English High School in Boston.
The fruit of these years of study and of labor, of strug- gle and of triumph, was the preparation with which he approached his life work; and through forty years of faith- ful and devoted labor he gave proof of ability disciplined by study, and that he fully realized the dignity and honor of his profession. Upon the resignation of Mr. Miles, his former instructor, in 1837, Mr. Sherwin, was unanimously elected master, and in this position he continued a most successful career, which only closed with his life. The eminent character of the English High School, and the exalted reputation of its principal, growing brighter with the increasing years, were widely known and acknowl- edged. The testimony of Mr. Fraser, an English gentle- man appointed to report to Parliament on the condition of the schools of the United States, is in conformity with the public verdict : "Taking it for all in all, and as accom- plishing the end at which it professes to aim, the English High School at Boston struck me as the model school of the United States. I wish," he emphatically. adds, "we had a hundred such in England."
But his influence and his labor were not limited to the school-room. His breadth of view and of purpose en- gaged him in every possible duty that would promote the cause of truth and sound learning. To diffuse light, to benefit others, and to bring all available force to the accomplishment of laudable purposes, was his apparent mission. He was one of the originators, in 1830, of the American Institute of Instruction, and its president in 1853 and '54; the first vice-president, and the third presi- dent, and one of the leading minds of the Massachusetts State Teachers' Association; since 1836 an active and influential member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and for ten years a director of the Institute of Technology. In 1868 he was elected a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. In addi- tion to able addresses and communications read and
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printed through successive years, including many deliv- ered before the societies of which he was a member, he published two valuable works on Algebra which have been extensively used in the schools of the United States.
In the strictest use of the terms, Mr. Sherwin was a man of the purest, loftiest character, at all times guided by a deep-rooted love of the right, the true, and the good. By his pupils he was equally revered for his wisdom, and loved for his goodness. At the announce- ment of his sudden decease, a multitude of personal friends and pupils, recalling the warmth of his affection and the wisdom of his instruction, expressed their grief in unfeigned sorrow. Long will his deeds be read in the mirror of his own fame, and the reflected image will be scarcely less striking than the original.
Mr. Sherwin md. June 10, 1836, Mary King Gibbens, dau. of Col. Daniel and Mary (King) Gibbens, of Boston, and a sister of Samuel H. Gibbens, Esq., who md. Cather- ine Brewer Priest, dau. of John Fox Priest, q. v. He d. July 23, 1869, leaving three sons : -
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I. Henry, b. April 25, 1837. He is a wholesale dealer in coal, New York city. He was a clerk in the navy during the War of the Rebellion.
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II. Thomas, b. July 11, 1839; md. Jan. 18, 1870, Isabel Fiske Edwards, dau. of Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene, N. H. Gen. Sherwin served three years with distinction in the army of the Potomac. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 22d Mass. Vols., and was subsequently breveted brigadier-general. He is now city collector, Boston.
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III. Edward, b. Nov. 6, 1842. He was a paymaster in the navy during the war, and is now an agent of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co., office in Boston.
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JOHN SHERWIN, brother of Jonathan, and cousin of Samuel and Capt. Asa, was b. May 15, 1732. He md. Mary Gould, and in 1768 removed to Rindge. His house was not far from the present residence of Albert H. Thomas. He was residing in this town in 1781, but his name soon after fades from the records.
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I. Ruth, b. in Boxford 1765.
II. Mary, b. in Rindge Nov. 23, 1768.
III. Susanna, b. in Rindge Feb. 26, 1773.
IV. Dolley, b. in Rindge Jan. 21, 1775.
v. Phebe, b. in Rindge March 19, 1777.
VI. Sally, b. in Rindge Jan. 28, 1781.
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JOHN SIMONDS was an early inhabitant of this town. He came from Lunenburg and remained several years, when he removed to Charlestown, N. H., and in 1776 returned to Rindge. He served in Col. Wyman's and in Col. Enoch Hale's regiments (vide pp. 126 and 164), and was residing here in 1780, but removed soon after. He md. March 13, 1755, Mercy Page, dau. of Lieut. Na- thaniel, q. v.
I. John, bap. in Lunenburg Aug. 6, 1758.
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VI. Sarah,
SHURTLEFF.
WILLIAM SHURTLEFF, the ancestor of all the families in New Eng- land bearing this name, was an early emigrant, and was indentured as an apprentice, in 1634, to Thomas Clark, a carpenter or housewright, of Plymouth. In 1643 he was an inhabitant of that town, and enrolled as of age to perform military duty, and there he continued to reside until 1660, when he removed to Marshfield. In 1666, his dwelling-house being burned, he was residing in the house of his neighbor, John Phillips, and June 23 of that year he was killed by lightning while in the house. He md. Oct. 18, 1655, Elizabeth Lettice, dau. of Thomas and Anna Lettice, who md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1669, Jacob Cook, son of Francis and Esther Cook. Mr. Cook d. 1676, and she md. (3d) Jan. 1, 1688-9, Hugh Cole, of Swanzey, Mass. There were three children of Willliam and Elizabeth (Lettice) Shurtleff. William, the eldest, was b. in Plymouth, 1657. He was selectman of Plymouth several years, captain of the train-band, del- egate to the Provincial Assembly in 1694, and treasurer of the town 1695-1704. By the incorporation of Plympton, which was severed from Plymouth, he became an inhabitant of the new town, of which he was clerk, selectman, and prominent in all its affairs. He md. in Oct., 1683, Susannah Lothrop, dau. of Hon. Barnabas Lothrop, and granddau. of Rev. John Lothrop; she d. 1726, aged 62; he d. Feb. 4, 1729-30, aged 71. John Shurtleff, their fifth child, was b. in Plymouth, in June, 1693; md. in Plympton, March 23, 1726-7, Sarah (Lucas) Carver, widow of John Carver, and dau. of Benoni Lucas. In 1740 they removed to Hebron, Conn., and eight years later to Bolton, Conn., and subsequently to East- bury, where he d., about 1783. Among their children were William and Benoni, twins, b. April 7, 1730. Of these William md., 1755, Hannah Cady, b. July 9, 1732. They commenced their married life in Tolland, but in 1757 they removed to Ellington, Conn., and in 1787 to Chester- field, N. H., where he d. Dec. 25, 1801; she d. soon after. One of their children was Rev. Prof. Roswell Shurtleff, of Dartmouth College, and another was Asahel, b. in Ellington May 25, 1757; md. Sarah Dewey, of Lebanon, Conn. ; she was b. May 13, 1759, and d. in Rindge May 24, 1837 ; he d. March 24, 1830. Five of their seven children became resi- dents of this town; Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1786, resides, unmd., in Rindge ; Asahel Dewey, b. Sept. 8, 1789, named below; Sophia, b. May 17, 1792, md. Thomas Ingalls, q. v .; Miranda, b. Nov. 6, 1794, d., unmd., in Rindge Oct. 9, 1873; and Maria, b. June 4, 1800, md. Joel Raymond, q. v.
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