The history of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, from 1752-1887, Part 49

Author: Norton, John F. (John Foote), 1809-1892; Whittemore, Joel
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York : Burr Printing House
Number of Pages: 1016


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the list, were b. and rec. in F. VIII. Bebe, b. Dec. 16. 1418 : d. 1854 ; m. (1st) Joel Mellen. g.r .; (d) Russell Ballou, s. of James and Tamasın (Cook) Ballon. of Rich- mond : his 2d w .; he was b. July 11. 1763, in Cumber- land. R. I .; d. Nov. 10, 1847, in Swanzey. IX. Polly, b. Jan. 16, 1781 ; m. Mar. 16, 1802, Laban Starkey, s. of Peter. Also rec. in' F. infant of Isaac Jackson, d. June 29, 1789 : dan. d. Oct. 16, 1793. A careful ex- amination of the tax-lists, the rec. of m., b., and d. to 1820 fails to show any Fisher with w. Ency living in F. I. Heury, m. Abby, dau. of William Bruce. and moved to Vt. +.


Il. Isaac, m. Mary, dan. of Henry Tolman, and moved to the West ; left town ab. 1799.


III. John, m. Lucretia Millin, of Westminster, and settled in Swanzey.


IV. Amos, moved to Vermont. V. Samuel. VI. Anna. VII. Sarah.


VIII. Phebe. m. Joel Millin, of S.


IX. Polly, m. Laban Starkey.


X. Lucy, m. - Fisher and settled in F.


HENRY JACKSON was taxed in F. from 1193% to 1815. Lived in the north part of the town, which became a part of Troy. In the rec. of the m. of his dan. Susanna she is called of T. By w. Sally he had ch. rec. in F.


I. Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1793. II. Silas Whitcomb, b. Aug. 22, 1495.


III. Susanna. b. Sept. 10, 1797 ; m. Herman Fisher, 9.2. IV. Samuel, b. June 13. 1799.


v. Sally, b. Dec. 24, 1800.


Rev. ABRAHAM JENKINS, b. Mar. 14, 1811, in Barre. Mass .; d. in F. Aug. 4, 1861, s. of Abraham and Mary (Lord) : m. June 7, 1845, Helen Maria, b. Jan. 15, 1820 ; d. May. 22, 1851, dau. of Daniel W. and Betsey (Griffin) Farrar, of Troy, N. H .; m. (2d) Jan. 1, 1852, Eliza, b. Jan. 25, 1830, dau. of Dexter and Betsey (Wright) Whittemore, q.v. (See p. 203.) After Mr. J. was dismissed from the pastorate of the chh. in F. he preached in varions places, as his health would allow, till the spring of 1857, when he rem. to Wendell, Mass. He preached in W. till the fall of 1859, when he re- turned to F., where he res. till his d.


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I. Edward Hitchcock, b. Oct. 12, 1853 ; d. July 8, 1855.


II. Thomas Dexter, b. July 7, 1855 ; m. May 22, 1879, Carrie Gertrude, b. Oct. 13, 1853, in Worthington, Mass., dan. of Sydney D. and Mari (Freeland) Brewster ; res. Fitchburg, Mass.


1. Helen Whittemore, b. Feb. 18, 1883. IH. William Lord, b. Apr. 16, 1858 ; d. Apr. 6, 1882.


IV. Helen Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1859 ; d. Dec. 23, 1860.


HENRY JEWETT came to F. ab. 1794, and after living here four or five y., rem. to parts unknown. By w. Patty he had ch. rec. in F.


I. Sally Howe, bapt. July 22, 1798.


ASA JOHNSON came to F. before 1780 from Holliston, Mass., and settled on L 17 R 8 on the old military road north of Gen. Reed. He m. Hannah, b. Mar. 5, 1751, dan. of Daniel and Hannah (Adams) Mellen, q.v. Mr. and Mrs. J. were adm. to ehh. in F. Nov. 17, 1782, and Dec. 22, 1799 were dis. to chh. in Hartland, Vt., from whence they rem. to Attica, N. Y. The family prob. left town in 1792 or 1793 *. Ch. ree. in F.


I. Ithamer, b. Jan. 19, 1780.


II. Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1781.


III. Abigail, b. Apr. 14, 1783.


IV. Daniel, b. June 15, 1784 ; d. May 1, 1787. v. Asa, b. Apr. 14, 1786.


VI. Daniel, b. May 29, 1788.


VII. Joseph, bapt. July 11, 1790.


VIII. Luther, bapt. July 15, 1792.


JOSEPH JOHNSON, d. June 19, 1790, killed instantly by fall of a tree. He was bro. of Asa.


REBECCA JOHNSON, wid. of James and mother of Mrs. Rufus Foster, d. Jan. 14, 1851, a. 87 y. James Johnson was a consin of Joseph.


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EUNICE JOHNSON and Benjamin Angier m. Dee. 27, 1795.


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DANIEL JOSLIN and w. Mary were in town in 1778 or earlier, and prob. settled on L 1 R 1. They were adm. to chh. in F. Oct. 18, 1778, and dis. to chh. in Win- chendon, Apr. S, 1787. A part or all of the lot of land


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described was taxed to Peter Joslin, of W., from 1788 to 1814 ; the whole lot in the earlier y. In some of the early y. it is noted " or son," and it seems prob. that Daniel was s. of Peter. The name is generally Joysiin in the earlier rec. Ch. rec. in F.


I. Daniel, bapt. Oct. 28, 1778 ; d. July 26, 1780.


II. Polly, bapt. Mar. 26, 1780.


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III. Levi, bapt. June 30. 1782 ; d. Dec. 27, 1783.


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IV. Peter, bapt. Aug. 15, 1784.


v. Lucy, bapt. Sept. 17, 1786.


EDWARD KELLEY was taxed on L 5 R 7 in Propri- etors' tax-list of 1488, and in the Road or penny tax- list of 1789. Also in Town tax-lists 1793-6. Rem. to Windsor, Vt., prob. ab. 1797 ; m. July 28, 1791, Betsey, b. Dee. 22, 1770, dan. of Samuel and Jernsha (Harris) Patrick, or Kilpatrick. The name is spelled Kelley in the rec. of m., but, in the Town tax rec. and in the Hist. of Jaffrey it is Calley. Ch. ree. in.F.


1. Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1791.


KENDALL.


TIMOTHY KENDALL (prob. s. of Samuel), with w. Esther, rem. from Woburn, Mass., and settled in Leo- minster, Mass., in 1740. Ch. b. in L.


I. Timothy, b. 1741.


II. Edward, b. 1743 ; m. Prudence Hartwell and settled in F., prob. early in 1769. His name does not appear in the rec. of a Proprietors' meeting held in Oet., 1768, but at a meeting held in Nov., 1769, he was chosen to three official positions. He settled on L 15 R 5, which he bought of James Reed for £30 by deed dated May 22, 1766 ; ret. to L. ab. 174, and d. there in 1776. Ch. ree. in F.


1. Joanna, bapt. Jan. 10, 1:73.


2. Tabitha, bapt. Nov. 14, 1773. III. Samuel, b. 1748+.


IV. Asa, b. 1753 ; m. Persis Fuller. They are said to have lived in F., but it must have been at an early date, and for a short time only, as his name does not appear in any of the rec .; rem. to Westminster, Mass., where he d. 1821.


v. Luke, b. 1756 ; d. 1758.


SAMUEL KENDALL, Esq., b. 1748 ; d. July 30, 1816 ; m. Betsey Wetherbee, who d. Jan. 23, 1823, a 69 y .;


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prob. came to F. in 1722, as his name first appears in the rec. of a Proprietors' meeting held Oct. 7, 1772. At this meeting he was chosen a member of three differ- ent committees on the meeting-house. He was prob. the third Justice of the Peace commissioned in town, James Reed being the first and John Mellen the second. He settled on L 14 R 2, where Charles Perry now lives. Ch. all b. in F.


I. Betsey, b. Jan. 31, 1774; m. Dec. 28, 1794, Benjamin Elwell, and settled in Langdon, N. H., where both d. the same day and were buried in the same grave. They had ch.


1. Samuel Elwell.


2. Betsey m. Sartwell.


3. Nancy m. - Glover.


4. Robert 66 res. in L. and was a prom- inent man in the town and county.


II. Luke, b. Dec. 7, 1776+.


III. Samuel, b. July 12, 1780 ; d. Feb. 13, 1785.


IV. Timothy, b. Aug. 25, 1782+.


v. Salome, b. Sept. 4, 1786.


VI. Mersylvia, b. Sept. 14, 178 ; d. Jan. 6, 1838. VII. Caroline, b. July 31, 1796 : d. Dec. 14, 1796.


VIII. Milton, b. Dec. 16, 1798 ; d. Sept. 23, 1799.


LUKE KENDALL, b. Dec. 1, 1176 ; d. July 22, 1845 ; m. May 9, 1802, Sally Dadmun, d. Mar. 8, 1870, a. 90 y. Ch. all b. at F.


I. Milton, b. 1804 : d. Sept. 19, 1805.


II. Dorinda, b. Feb. 28, 1805 ; d. Mar. 9, 1847. unm.


III. Luke Milton, b. Dec. 8, 1807.


IV. Leonard, b. Nov. 17, 1809.


v. Betsey Wetherbee, b. Nov. 21, 1811 ; d. Jan. 4, 1837, unm.


VI. William, b. Aug. 30, 1814.


VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 25, 1816 ; m. June 16, 1847. Mary Atherton, b. May 25, 1816, dau. of Daniel and Fanny (Bowker), of Northboro. Mass. Ch. b. at F.


1. Edward Atherton, b. Dec. 19, 1855 ; d. Apr. 19, 1883. VIII. Franklin, b. Mar. 16, 1822 ; d. Nov. 10, 1856 : m. Sept. 14, 1847, Eliza Ann Blodgett, b. July 1, 1826, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Chase), q.v. Ch. b. 1 in Peterboro, 2 in Jaffrey, 3 in F.


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1. Charles Lucius, b. Dec. 22, 1849 ; d. June 5, 1850.


2. Addie Frances, b. June 23, 1853 ; m. Feb. 17, 1879, Waldo B. Sykes. s. of Ira and Amelia, of Dorset, Vt .; res. D.


3. Annah Maria, b. Oet. 19, 1856.


TIMOTHY KENDALL, b. Aug. 25, 1782 ; d. Feb. 14, 1851 ; m. Sept. 26, 1804, Anna, b. Apr. 26, 1782 ; d. Apr. 1, 1860, dan. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brig- ham, q.v. Rem. to Troy in 1815 and returned to F. in 1845. Ch. b. I .- Iv. in F., VI .- IX. in T.


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I. Lyman, b. July 9, 1805 ; d. May 5, 1828.


II. Caroline, b. June 22, 1807 ; d. Nov. 11, 1812.


III. Clarissa, b. Sept. 29, 1809 ; d. Mar. 15, 1812.


IV. Timothy B., b. Dec. 14, 1811 ; d. Oct. 24, 1812.


v. Timothy, b. Oct. 9, 1813 ; d. Dec. 16, 1855 : m. May 10, 1839, Catherine, b. June 22, 1816, dan. of Stephen and Polly (Wright) Wheeler, of T.


1. Charles B., b. Aug. 15, 1842. 2. Imey Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1844. VI. Caroline, b. Jan. 30, 1816 ; d. Ang. 24, 1836. VII. Parkman, b. Sept. 13, 1818 ; d. Mar. 24, 1850. VIII. Charles, b. Jan. 10, 1821 ; d. Feb. 9, 1837.


IX. George, b. Oct. 24, 1824 ; d. Sept. 14, 1854.


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BEZALEEL KENDALL and w. Elizabeth, said to have been from Kennebec (Kennebunk). Me., settled on L 3 R 3. He was taxed 1795-1803. His name is Barzela or Barzillai in a few places. The Cheshire Railroad passes over the site of his house. Not known to be any connection of the preceding family. Ch. rec. in F.


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I. Joseph, b. May 15, 1795.


II. Abigail, b. Feb. 15, 1798. III. Child, d. July 22, 1795, prob. older than Joseph.


JOSHUA KENDALL was taxed 1793 to 1797. Had ch. rec. in F.


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bapt. Nov. 7, 1792.


ALPHEUS KENDALL and w. Roxana had 1 ch. rec. in F.


I. Daniel, b. Oct. 4, 1805.


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SAMUEL KILBURN came to F. prob. in 1799 ; m. Apr. 6, 1802, Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1780 ; d. June 30, 1825, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Harris) Potter, q.v. He d. in Keene, Mar. 6, 1835, a. 60 y. He built the brick honse where Capt. J. S. Adams now lives ab. 1810, and occu- pied it till within a y. or two of his d.


1. Harvey, b. June 11, 1805.


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II. Milton, b. Jan. 17, 1811; d. Feb. 16, 1863 : m., 1835, Adaline, b. Sept. 15, 1815, dau. of Asa and Fanny (Jewett) Parker, of Jaffrey ; res. Rockford, Ill. Ch. all b. there. 1. John Wood ; 2. Sarah Frances ; 3. George : 4. Henry ; 5. Adda ; 6. Clara A .; 7. Charles : 8. Asa.


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III. Samuel Baxter Cook, b. Aug. 25, 1817 ; d. Apr. 2, 1818.


IV. Samuel Baxter Cook, b. Feb. 6, 1820 ; d. June 20, 1821.


v. Sarah Potter, b. Sept. 2, 1822 ; d. June ", 1828.


KILPATRICK. (See PATRICK.)


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JOHN KIMBALL, b. Dec. 17, 1798 : d. May 7, 1866, s. of Isaac and Sally (Cutter), of Temple, N. H. Set- tled in F. ab. 1824 ; m. June 2, 1825, Abigail Jones, b. Apr. 7, 1804 ; d. Sept. 9, 1829, dau. of Rev. Ebenezer and Abigail ( [Jones] Stearns) HIill, of Mason, N. H .; m. (2d) Jan. 24, 1831, Jane Sophronia, b. Nov. 21, 1802, dan. of Dr. Thomas and Jane (Brown) Richard- son, q.v.


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I. Maria Frances, b. Aug. 29, 1826 ; m. Charles Whittemore, q.v.


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II. John Edward, b. Jan. 9, 1829 ; d. Sept. 25, 1829.


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III. John Richardson, b. Nov. 24, 1831 ; m. Oct. 3, 1855, Catherine Otis, b. Nov. 11, 1833, dau. of David and Catherine L. (Otis) Fullam, q.v. Ch. b. 1-4 in F., 5 in Chicago, Ill.


1. James Fullam, b. June 29, 1856 ; d. Aug. 19, 1856.


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2. Alice Richardson, b. May 16, 1858 ; d. June 2, 1860, at New York.


3. Frances Mellen, b. Mar. 3, 1862; d. Feb. 27, 1865.


4. Kate Lyman, b. Apr. 17, 1866.


5. Maud Otis, b. Mar. 4, 1870.


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Iv. Charles Edward, b. Apr. 26, 1834; m. Oct. 9, 1867, Annie Dunn Lenox, of Plainfield, N. J., b. Feb. 8, 1844, in P. Ch. b. 1-2 in New York. 3-4 in Brooklyn, N. Y.


1. Louise Maria, b. Ang. 7, 1869.


2. Edward Lenox, b. Nov. 11, 1871.


3. Florence, b. Dec. 17, 1880. 4. George Richardson, b. May 30, 1883. v. Abigail Hill, b. Jan. 10, 1838 ; m. John M. Parker, q.r.


VI. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 11, 1839.


AMOS KNIGHT came to F. from Lancaster, Mass., in 1:71 or 142. He bought of Sampson Stoddard, July 1, 1461, L 19 R 5 for £16, and Jan. 1, 1:71, L 12 R 4 for £30 ; left town before 1788 ; in the Proprietors' tax- list of 1788 the L 19 R 5 is set to Elisha and Samuel Davis, and L 17 R 4 is set to William Withington ; m. Susanna, b. Oct. 22, 1:48, dan. of Joseph and Abigail (Jennings) Maynard, of Framingham. Ch. b. in F.


I. Son, d. June 7, 1772, a. 2 mos.


II. Joseph. bapt. July 30, 1:25. In Jan. 26, 1801, and then called of Shrewsbury, Vt., he m. Sally, bapt. June 24, 1481, dan. of David and Molly (Livingston) Saunders, q.v.


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III. Thomas, bapt. Jan. 18, 1778.


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IV. Needham, bapt. May 21, 1480. V. Susa, bapt. Mar. 16, 1783.


JONAS KNIGHT was prob. a bro. of Amos. He was in town as early as 1773, and settled on L 20 R 5 ; d. Oct. 6, 1821, a. 72 y .; m. Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 1751 ; d. Jan. 28, 1811, dan. of Joseph and Abigail (Jennings) Maynard, of Framingham. (See preceding rec. ) Ch. b. in F.


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I. John, b. Nov. 10, 1764 ; d. Apr. 1, 1843, in Templeton ; interred in F .; m. Oct. 23, 1798, Lucy Pushee ; d. June 5. 1833, a. 59 y. She was, perhaps, sister of David, q.r. Mr. K. lived on L 16 R 5 ; left town ab. 1837. No b. of ch. rec. to them, but the following may have been their ch.


1. Rufns, first taxed in 1823. 2. Samuel, " 66 1830. 3. William, " 66 " 1831. 4. Wheeler, " " 1834.


II. Abigail, b. Aug. 26, 1776 ; m. Jedidiah Putney, q.v.


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III. Jonas, b. Feb. 13, 1778 ; m. June 23, 1803, Bridget, dau. of Joseph French, of Marlboro. She d. Oct. 13, 1804 ; they had one ch.


1. Abigail Bridget.


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IV. Sally, b. Oct. 6, 1779.


v. Sukey, b. Jan. 26, 1782 ; adm. to chh. Mar., 1817 ; d. July, 1818, in Cambridge, Mass .; interred in F.


VI. Joseph Maynard, b. Feb. 22, 1784 ; d. Oct. 17, 1802.


VII. Polly, b. June 14, 1786 ; m. Martin Rockwood, g.v. VIII. Nancy, b. May 12, 1788 ; m. John Sargent, Jr., 9.2.


IX. Manasseh, b. Mar. 12, 1790 ; res. Boston. X. Nathan, b. May 12, 1792; d. Nov. 25, 1819 ; m. Mehetabel -, who d. June ", 1820, a. 42 y. 1. Sukey, b. Jan. 6, 1813. 2. Sylvester Nathan, d. Jan. 15, 1820, a. 3 y.


XI. Mehetabel, b. May 29, 1793 ; d. June 18, 1802. XII. Infant, d. Sept. 11, 1795.


WILLIAM KNIGHT, b. May 10, 1761, in Stoneham, Mass .; d. May 17, 1826, in F .; m. Lydia, b. June 6, 1769 ; d. Jan. 31, 1852, in Marlboro, dau. of Dr. John Cleverly, of Concord, Mass. The date that the family came to F. is fixed by the rec. of the m. of the dau. HIannah. The rec. says of the parties, "both of Win- chendon when published, but she of Fitzwilliam when married." Lived in the Gen. Reed house on L 16 R 8. This was the second house built in town. and the first frame house. Ch. b. I .- VIII. Harvard, Mass., IX. Leo- minster, x .- XI. Winchendon, XII. F.


I. Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1786 : m. Jan. 8, 1807, Abel Jones, of W., where she d. Dec. 27, 1869. II. Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1789 ; m. Dec. 23, 1810, Daniel Buttrick, b. Jan. 23, 1783, s. of Daniel and Eunice, of W .; res. in W., Marlboro, and Troy, where he d. Mar. 31, 1860. d. Oct. 7, 1879. His wid.


III. Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1791 ; m. Thomas Richard- son, Jr., q.v.


IV. Marcia, b. Ang. 4, 1793 ; d. Mar. 15, 1839, in Medway, Mass.


v. Huldah, VI. Rachel, b. 1795 ; d. in infancy.


VII. Nancy,


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35 VIII. Nancy. b. Ang. 4, 1199 ; d. 1858, at Keeseville, N. Y .: m. Jan. 31, 1821, Jesse Potter, of Parishville, N. Y., b. Sept. 14, 197, s. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Harris), of F. IX. Lydia, b. Apr. 20, 1802: m. Jan. 27. 1824, Allen Woodward, of Marlboro. b. Nov. 9, 1796 : d. Feb. 2, 1862, s. of Daniel and Dinah (Converse).


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X. Eceline, b. Apr. 20, 1805 : m. Mar. 13, 1825. John IL. Hastings, of Keene. She d. Jan. 12, 1867, at Delmar. Pa. XI. Rachel C., b. Oct. 13, 1806 ; d. Ang. 26, 1882, in Fitchburg, Mass .: interred in F .; unm. XII. Eliza R., b. Sept. 25. 1813; res. Norton (Mass. ? ).


WILLIAM LEBOURVEAU, s. of George W. and Betsey (Kneeland), was b. July 4. 1813. He m. Mary G. Putney. of Keene, N. H., and in 1836 came to F .: rem, to Jaffrey 1844; returned to F. in 1863 and has since res. here. Mrs. L. d. Oct. 29. 1856, and he m. (2d) Mar. 185%. Mary J -. She d. Feb. 10, 1866, a. 37 v. 6 mos .. and he m. (3d) Nov. 29, 1866, Caroline, b. Dec. 21. 1820. dan. of Nathan and Sarah (Whitcomb) Hale. of Rindge, and wid. of George F. Holman and Benjamin Fay, both g.v. The Lebourvean family is of French Huguenot ancestry. Ch. b. I .- III. in F. Iv .- v. in Jaffrey.


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I. Mary J., b. Ang. 24, 1837 ; m. James Holman, 9.2. II. Sarah M., b. Jan. 15, 1839 : d. Aug. 23, 1864 ; m. Henry Kidder.


4 III. Martha A., b. Dec. 31, 1841 : m. June, 1862, Liberty M .. b. Nov. 9, 1836, s. of Dexter and Mary (Mower) Jewell, of Rindge ; res. R. 5 IV. William, b. Aug. 8, 1847 : m. Apr. 21, 1869. Addie F., b. Jan. 16, 1846, dau. of Francis and Mary A. (Farrington) Stone, q.c. ; res. Boston, Mass. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-3 in B.


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V. Emma L., b. Apr. 13, 1849 ; m. Mar. 2, 1871, John G. Dunley, s. of Henry P. and Lovina ; res. Fitchburg, Mass.


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res. on the lot now owned by the heirs of Dexter Whitte- more, the dwelling-house occupied by him forming the rear part of the present house ; m. Mary, b. Ang. 1, 1:76, dan. of Joseph and Sarah Thorndike, of Jaffrey. There is a tradition that his dau. was burned to death, but all the evidence is against the occurrence of any such accident in F. Ch. rec. in F.


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LOCKE.


{ Dea. WILLIAM1 LOCKE. b. Dec. 13, 1628, in London, England ; came to this country in 1634, in the family of his uncle, who settled in that part of Charlestown, Mass., afterward set off as Woburn. He m. Dee. 27, 1655, Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1640, dan. of William and Margery Clark. Mr. L. d. June 16, 1720 ; Mrs. L. d. July 18, 1715. They had 9 ch., of whom


2 JAMES", b. Nov. 14, 1677; d. Dec. 11, 1745 ; m. Dee, 5, 1700, Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1673, dau, of Richard Cutter. Their s.,


3 JAMES3, b. June 17, 1703; d. Sept. 1, 1782 ; in. Jan. 11, 1727, Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1708 ; d. Nov. 25, 1785, dan. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Newhall) Burnap ; res. Hopkinton and Ashby, Mass. Ch. all b. in II. I. Elizabeth ; II. James ; III. Sarah ; IV. John, b. Dec. 16, 1733, 4; v. Rebecca ; VI. Jonathan, b. Dec. %, 1737+; VII. David ; VIII. Ebenezer : IX. Martha, b. -; m. William Withington, q.v .; x. William, b. Apr. 12, 1748+. Four of the ch. were early settlers in F., but only one res. here through life.


4 Dea. JOHN LOCKE, b. Dec. 16, 1:33; m. 1265, Beulah Newton, of Southboro, Mass., b. Aug. 17, 1:45. In 1722 Mr. L. came to F., where he lived till ab. 1805 ; res. on L 16 R 4. He was chosen deacon of the chh. in F. July 3, 1773, in which position he officiated ab. 25 y., and also held many town and proprietary offices ; rem. to Sullivan, N. II., ab. 1810, where Mr. L. d. Feb. 16, 1823. Mrs. L. d. Aug. 13, 1813. Ch. b. I. in Southboro, II .- IV. Ashby, V .- X. F.


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I. Bezaleel, b. Dec. 8, 1766 ; d. July 24, 1824 ; m. Oct. 13, 1796, Catherine, dau. of Thomas Learned, of West Cambridge. Mass.


6 II. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1768 : d. Jan. 13, 1799 ; m. July 13, 1794, Samuel Ward Bowker, b. Dec. 16, 1460 ; d. May 29, 1835, at Ashby, s. of Silas, of Petershanı, Mass.


III. Ward, b. Apr. 11, 1720.


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Iv. Charlotte, b. Dec. 17, 1771. After the d. of her sister she m., 1803, Samuel Ward Bowker. (See above.) John Bowker, of F. and Keene,


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who m. Selecta II. Stuart. is s. of Samnel Ward Bowker.


v. John. b. Nov. 30, 1473 ; went to the West ab. 1800.


VI. Amos, b. Feb. 11. 1226 ; d. May 16, 1850 : m. Feb. 24, 1499. Polly, dau. of David and Molly (Livingston) Saunders, of F.


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VII. Moses. b. Nov. 23. 1422 ; d. Mar. 2, 1843, at Parma, N. Y .; m. Abigail H. Skinner, of Rensselaerville, N. Y.


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VIII. Ebenezer. b. Nov. 1. 129 : d. in Northern New York ; supposed to have been murdered ; a. ab. 22.


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IX. Hannah, b. Ang. 21. 1:82 : d. Nov. 17. 1843 : m. Dec. 29, 1808, Daniel Howard, Jr .. of Ashby. x. Sumuel, b. Sept. 20, 1785 ; m. Apr. 15, 1810. Lydia. b. Sept. 11. 1183 : d. Aug. 25, 1830, dan. of Capt. John and Lucy (Brigham) Fay, of F .; m. (ed) Mrs. Judith (Taylor) Fifield. dan. of Jonathan Taylor, of Danbury. N. H .; res. Sullivan.


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JONATHAN LOCKE, b. Dec. ", 1:37; d. in Ashby, Mass .; m. Oct. 2. 1461. Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1430 ; d. Jan. 15, 1804. dan. of Joseph Haven, of Framingham, and wid. of John Nichols. of Upton, Mass .; m. (2d) Feb., 1802, Betsey, dau. of Dr. John Frink, and wid. of Dr. John Field. of Rutland, Mass. Mr. L., known as " "Squire Locke" all the latter part of his life, rem. in 1469 from Hopkinton to Fram., and from thence, in June, 1420. to F. The next v. he built the house known as the Reed house, having been owned by three generations of that name- Phineas, Charles, and Daniel II .; now ocenpied by Moses B. Felch and his sister, Mrs. Milne. The family rem. to Ashby in 1722. Joseph was the only ch. b. or rec. in F.


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I. Samuel, b. July 11, 1762 ; d. unm., Nov. 1, 1184. in North Carolina.


II. John, b. Feb. 19, 1764; m. Mav 25, 1799, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel and Molly (Jack- son) Goodwin, of Plymouth, Mass .; res. Ashby ; was Rep. in Congress.


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III. Sally, b. Apr. 9, 1466 ; d. Oct. 26, 1836; m. Dec., 1813, John Manning, of 1.


IV. Mehitabel, b. June 3, 1768 : d. Feb. 10, 1848 ; m. Oct., 1793, Dr. John Crosby, then of New


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Ipswich. He d. Oct. 25, 1821, at Montpelier, Vt., a. 54 y.


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v. Betsey, b. Mar. 5, 1770 ; d. Mav, 1843, at New Ipswich ; m. (1st) Thomas Heald ; (2d) Elijah Newhall.


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VI. Joseph, b. Apr. 8, 1772; m. Nov. 15, 1803, Lydia Goodwin. b. Ang. 1, 1779 ; d. Nov. 9, 1846, sister of Hannah above ; res. Billerica and Lowell, Mass .; State Senator and Coun- sellor, Police Judge of L., and Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions.


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VII. Ann (Nancy), b. Feb. 21, 1774 ; m. June 29, 1802, Imla Goodhue, of Westford, Mass.


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WILLIAM4 LOCKE, b. Apr. 12, 1748 ; m. Feb. 2, 1773. Rebecca Barrett, b. Dec. 26, 1744; d. Dec. 15, 1831, sister of Jonathan Barrett, of Ashby. Mr. L. bought a farm in F., L 11 R 2, Oct. 22, 1770, to which he rem. soon after his m., and where he d., Mar. 30, 1829.


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I. Rebecca", b. Mar. 12, 1774 ; m. Jan. 18, 1798, David Colburn, and rem. to Plainfield, N. Y. II. Molly, b. Feb. 2, 1776 ; m. William S. Whitte- more, q.v.


III. William, b. Feb. 7, 1778+.


IV. Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1779 ; m. Feb. 2, 1802. Jonas Thompson, Jr., a native of Royalston, but who res. in F. from 1799 to 1804 ; rem. to Or- well, N. Y., where he d., Oct. 16, 1815, and she m. (2d) John Weed, of O.


v. Patty, b. June 24, 1482 ; m. June 16, 1811, Lebbeus Payne, of Greenwich, Mass. He d. July 28, 1844, at Montagne, Mass.


VI. Jonathan S., b. Nov. 15, 1784; m. Sept. 9, 1807, at F., Nancy, b. Aug. 25, 1785, at Springfield, Vt., dau. of James and Betsey (Nichols) Bates. (See Wright Rec.) Res. Dublin, N. H.


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VII. Sally, b. Aug. 30, 1787 ; m. Sept. 18, 1806, Asa Thompson, b. May 12, 1777, in Royalston ; res. Eaton and Orwell, N. Y. He was bro. of Jonas, who m. her sister Lucy.


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WILLIAM5 LOCKE, b. Feb. 7, 1778 ; d. May 20, 1857 ; m. Feb. 7, 1804, Polly, bapt. May 26, 1782 ; d. Sept. 14, 1851, a. 71 y., dau. of Samuel and Joanna (Rice) Walker, of Rindge ; lived on the home place with his father till ab. 1815. With the exception of six or eight


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y. his life was spent in F .; all his ch. but the youngest one were b. in F.


I. Mary LouisaG, b. Nov. 8, 1804; d. Apr. 30, 1840, unm.


II. Nancy, b. June 22. 1806 : m. Samuel Hill. q.v. III. William Dana. b. Oct. 5. 1801+.


IV. Lucy Walker. b. Dec. 14, 1809; d. Mar. 4. 1841. unm.


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v. Catherine, b. Ang. 1, 1811 : m. June 5. 1850. Parley Barton, a native of Auburn, Mass .. but then of Port Jackson, N. Y .; he d .. and she m. (d) Joseph McCloy. of Maquoketa, Ia .. where she d. Nov. 8, 1883. No ch. by either m.


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VI. Edwin. b. June 18. 1813 : m. Sept .. 1836. Martha Lanrens. b. Nov. 9. 1812, in Cornish, N. H., dau. of Rev. Joseph and Hannah Rowell. ITe was a missionary teacher at the Sandwich Islands, where he d.


1. William H.T. b. Ang. 5, 1831 ; d. (drowned) Nov. 5. 1841.


2. Lucy M., b. Dec., 1838.


3. Martha L., b. Mar. 23. 1840 : m. George M. Hubbard : res. New York City.


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WILLIAM DANAG LOCKE. b. Oct. 5, 1802 : m. Dec. 11, 1833. Miranda. b. Nov. 28, 1810. dan. of Dea. Isaac Adams, of New Ipswich ; rem. to N. I. in 1855, where Mrs. L. d. Jan. 19, 1849. and Mr. L. d. 1886. Ch. b. I. in Ashburnham, II .- III. in N. I., IV .- VIII. in F.


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I. Sarah Deborah ?. b. May 23. 1836 : grad. at Mount Holyoke Seminary, 1859 : afterward taught there ; m. Apr. 2, 1868. Rev. John MI. Stow. who grad. at Bangor Theo. Sem. 1854: ordain- ed at Walpole, N. HI., Jan. 31, 1855: preached at Walpole. 1854 to 1863 : Sullivan. N. I .. 1863 to 1810 : Hubbardston, Mass., 1870, till his d., May 9. 1812. (See page 441.)


II. Rev. William Edwin, b. Ang. 14, 1831 : m. Mar. 19, 1868. Zoe A. M. Noyes, of West- moreland, N. H. They are missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M. in Turkey, stationed at Samokov.




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