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Dr. EBENEZER WRIGHT, b. Nov. 2. 1761 ; d. Mar. 16. 1829 : m. Nov. 22. 1490, Betsey (Nichols), wid. of James Bates. * She m. (3d) Phillips Sweetser, of Marl- boro, who d. Sept. 6, 1834. She d. in F. Feb. 10, 1846, a. 82 y. Dr. W. settled on L 16 R & ab. the time of his m., and lived there till 1811. A brief sketch of his life is given on pp. 429-30.
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I. Betsey. b. Dec. 11, 1791 ; d. Apr. 15, 1814 ; m. Col. Daniel W. Farrar, q.2.
II. Phineas Gardner, b. Dec. 21, 1793 : d. Dec. S. 1:95. III. Phineas, b. Dec. 24, 1796; d. Oct. 6. 1849 : m. Mar. 4, 1822, Sarah S. May, of Wood-
1 * JAMES BATES. m. Betsey Nichols : she m. (2d) Dr. Ebenezer Wright. as above. She was sister of Sally Nichols, who m. Thomas Goldsmith, and a relative of Rebecca Nichols, who m. Samuel Tower. Ch. of James and Betsey rec. in F. as b. I .- It. in Springfield, Vt .. I. in Claremont, N. II.
2 1. Jonathan. b. Aug. 25, 1780.
3 II. Sally, b. June 5, 1783 ; m. Nov. 4. 1802, Daniel Babcock, Jr., of Wethers- field. Vt.
1 III. Nancy, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; m. Sept. 9, 1807, Jonathan Locke, q.v.
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1. Betsey May, b. May 26, 1823 ; m. Abner Lee ; res. Putnam, Ct.
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2. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 25, 1826 ; m. Lizzie Simpson : res. Niantic, Ct.
3. Phineas Gardner, b. Apr. 3, 1829; res. P.
4. Sarah I., b. June 14, 1835 ; d. July 26, 1857, nnm.
IV. Belinda, b. July 15, 1:09 ; d. Nov. 29, 1799.
Col. LYMAN WRIGHT, b. Mar. 8, 1793 ; d. Dec. 1, 1886 ; m. Apr. 16, 1817, Betsey, b. Aug. 29, 1794 ; d. June 21, 1880, dau. of Charles and Beulah (Stone) Bowker, q.v .; res. Troy.
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I. Harriet Mellen, b. June 8, 1821; d. Feb. 2, 1861 ; m. Nov. 2, 1843, Edwin Ilill ; res. Gardner, Mass.
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II. Faustina Miles, b. Feb. 12, 1823 ; m. Nov. 5, 1841, Leonard W. Gilmore. He d. May 30, 1844, a. 25 y., and she m. (2d) Lorenzo V. Munroe ; res. G.
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III. Melancia Bowker, b. Apr. 6, 1828 ; m. Feb. 17. 1855, Lemnel C. Pratt ; res Mich.
Kalamazoo,
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IV. Leonard, b. June 28, 1832 : m. Oct. 23, 1855, Mary Jane, b. Apr. 9, 1835, dau. of Calvin and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis. (See Brewer, No. 11.) Res. Keene, N. H.
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1. Frank H., b. Oct. 10, 1858, in Troy ; m. June 18, 1885, Mary E., b. Jan. 27, 1860, in Marlboro, dau. of Eli and Caroline (Cummings) Dort ; res. K.
1. Bertha C., b. Aug. 1, 1886.
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Capt. AARON WRIGHT was b. Dec. 9. 1766, in Ster- ling, Mass .; d. Nov. 26, 1866 : came to F. in 1787 and bought L 18 R 9. A few y. later he built a house on the lot, which is still standing and occupied by his descend- ants. He m. Lucy Bigelow, of Princeton, Mass., who d. Oct. 22, 1799. (She was sister of Joseph Bigelow. See Bigelow Register, No. 32.) M. (2d) Jan. 15, 1801, Tabitha, b. Sept. 3, 1:80 ; d. Oct. 11, 1805. dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brigham, q. v .; m. (3d) Dec. 29, 1807, Polly, b. June 30, 1779, in Rehoboth, Mass .; d. May 21, 1869, in F., dau. of Shubael and Roxalana
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stock, Ct .; rem. from F. to W. ab. 1830. Ch. b. 1-3 at F., 4 at W.
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(Sheldon) Blanding, then of Royalston, and wid. of Seth Kendall, of Athol.
I. Charles Bigelow, b. Oct. 4, 1:94 ; d. Oct. 15, 1805.
II. Ephraim, b. Jan. 2, 1796 ; m. Charity Nourse, of Keene.
III. Seraph, b. Sept. 12, 1797 ; d. Oct. 18, 1805.
IV. Lucy, b. Oct. 14, 1:99 ; m. Perley Eveleth, of K. v. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 18, 1801 ; d. Sept. 28, 1805. VI. Tabitha Sophronia, b. Oct. 22, 1803 ; d. Oct. 2, 1805.
VII. Tabitha, b. Oet. 3, 1805 ; m. Henry H. Wheeler, 9.2.
JEREMIAH YULEN came to F. ab. 1800, and after liv- ing a few y. on L 2 R 1 rem. to Packersfield (Nelson), N. H., ab. 1804. No b. rec. in town, but during his res. here he had 2 ch. d., who were buried on the lot east of the barn. The following were perhaps his older ch.
I. Andrew was taxed in 1802.
II. Sally, m. Jan. 8, 1807, Abner Stone, Jr., q.r. The m. was in F., but in the rec. she is called " of Packersfield."
ADDITIONAL.
BURBANK, continned from p. 499.
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Rev. LYSANDER TOWER BURBANK, b. Nov. 24, 1828 ; m. May 16, 1860, Sarah Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 1838, dan. of Abraham Kipp and Catherine Frederica (Bartholo- mew) Van Vleck, of New York City. For some ac- count of Mr. B. see p. 444. Ch. b. I .- v. in Bitlis, Turkey : VI .- VII. in Herndon, Va .: VIII. in George- town, Neb. Res. in G.
I. Frederick Lysander, b. Dec. 24, 1861. II. John Henry, b. June 28, 1863 ; d. Jan., 1864.
III. Frank Van Vleck, b. Dec. 25. 1864. IV. Mary Susanna, b. May 26, 1866.
V. Hannah Catherine, b. May 15, 1869.
VI. Durbin, b. June 28, 1843 ; d. July, 1874.
VII. Abraham Julian, b. Sept. 26, 1876.
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Rev. JOHN STILLMAN BROWN was b. in New Ipswich, N. II., April 26, 1806. He was the s. of Aaron Brown, who was the s. of Josiah Brown, who was the s. of John Brown, who was the s. of Thomas Brown, who was the s. of Boaz Brown, who was the s. of Thomas Brown, the emigrant ancestor, who came from England and settled in Coneord, Mass., ab. 1640.
Mr. B. obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm till the age of eighteen. In the fall of 1824 he went to Boston, and was employed for some time as a salesman in a dry-goods store. When he became of age he entered Phillips's Exeter Academy, and pursued his studies there for ab. two y. In 1829-30 he taught the Grammar School in Haverhill, Mass., for one y. In 1830 he entered the Sophomore Class at Dartmouth College. In 1831-2 he taught school a y. in C. In 1832 he entered the Junior Class at Union College, Schenec- tady, N. Y., and gradnated there in 1834 with the highest honors of his class. After graduation he taught for two y. the High School in Brattleboro, Vt.
He was. m. Ang. 16, 1836, to Mary Ripley, of Green- field, Mass., and settled in Buffalo, N. Y., where for six y. he was a popular and successful teacher, at first in a private school for girls and afterward in the public schools of the city. In 1842 he rem. with his family to Brook Farm, Roxbury, Mass .; in 1844 he was appro- bated by the Connecticut River Unitarian Association as a preacher ; the same y. he came to F. and was ordained as minister over the First Congregational (Unitarian) Society. A brief reference to his labors here is made at p. 200. In 1855 he rem. to Ashby, Mass., and was installed pastor over the First Congre- gational Church, where he remained abont three y. In the winter of 1857-8 he rem. to Kansas and settled in Lawrence, where he still res. In the spring of 1860 he commenced preaching in the Unitarian Church in Law- rence, and for five y. regularly supplied the pulpit. In 1865 he established the Kansas Farmer, which by his tact and ability became a popular and influential paper. After three years' connection with the paper he was induced by a good offer to sell out his interest in it.
Mr. B. served for three terms of two y. each as Super- intendent of the Public Schools in Douglas County, for one y. as Superintendent of the Public Schools in L., and for two y. as City Clerk. Though now more than fourscore years old, he enjoys good health, and is earnestly engaged in the post-office mission work of the
John &. Brown.
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Unitarian denomination. Mr. B. has had 4 ch., 3 b. in B. and 1 b. in F. Mrs. B. and the younger s. d. some y. since.
I. Sarah A.
II. William Ripley is a lawyer by profession : res. in Larned, Kan. He has snecessively held the offices of District Judge. Representative in Congress, and Register of the United States Land Office at L. Some further account is given of him at p. 436.
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IV. Mary Whiton, m. Alfred Whitman ; has 5 ch.
DAMON. continued from p. 532.
Among the early settlers in New England were John Damon, who settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1628; Dea. John Damon, of Lynn and Reading, and Thomas Damon, who settled in Sudbury at a later date. The family of this name, of which some account is given in pp. 529- 532, was descended from Thomas of S. The family here rec. was de- scended from Dea. John Damon. It is believed that Thomas of S. was a younger bro. of Dea. John.
62 Dea. JOHN DAMON1 was a s. of John Damon, of Reading, the shire town of Berks County, England, and was bapt. in R. June 25, 1620, as appears in the register of the parish chh. He came to this country at an early age and settled in Lynn, Mass. In 1644, when a part of L. was set off to form another town, his homestead fell within the limits of the new town, which received the name of R. in memory of the early home of many of the inhabitants. He was a Selectman for several y., and a deacon of the chh. He m. Abigail, dan. of Richard and Elizabeth Sher- man, of Boston. IIc d. Apr. 8, 1708, a. ab. 88 y .; she d. 1713. Their s ..
63 SAMUEL2, b. July 23, 1656 ; res. in R. ; was a soldier in the Narra- gansett War ; was one of the grantees of the township called Narragan- sett, No. 2, which was afterward incorporated as Westminster, Mass. : m. Mary Davis, who d. Nov. 29, 1727, a. 71 y. ; he was killed by a fall from his horse, June 12, 1724 ; they had 9 ch., one of whom was
64 Jour3, b. 1697 ; d. 1755 ; res. in R .; m. 1722, Rebecca, b. 1698, dau. of John and Sarah (Batchelder) Pratt ; their s.,
65 TIMOTHY4 was b. 1739 ; served in the French War, and subsc- quently settled in W. in 1762 or 1763 ; m. Abigail - ; their s.,
66 JOINS, b. June 15, 1768, in W .; m. Apr. 19, 1791, Lncy, b. Sept. 3, 1772, dau. of Samuel and Martha (Miller) Sawin, of W. He was a farmer in W., and late in life had a home with his s. John in F., where he d. Dec. 12, 1848 ; his wid. d. Sept. 22, 1851. They had 11 ch., 4 of whom d. y. Of their other ch., 3 lived in F. I. John, b Nov. 22, 1802, 67; 11. Lucy, b. Feb. 9, 1810; d. Apr 22, 1856, unm .; 11. ('harles, b. Oct. 9, 1814, 84.
67 JOHN® DAMON. b. Nov. 22. 1802 : d. Nov. 29. 1852 : m. (1st) Ruth, b. Sept. 6, 1803 ; d. Nov. 11, 1839, dan. 51
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of Sullivan and Mary (Heywood) Sawin, of Gardner : m. (2d) Sept. 20, 1840, Selina, b. July 5, 1799, dan. of Hon. Nahum and Mary (Decth) Parker, g.v. She lives in F. village. Mr. D. engaged in the manufacture of pails in G. until 1831, when, having bonght 200 acres of heavy timber lands in the S. W. part of Rindge, he came to F. and rented the Jefferson Streeter mill for 5 y. During this time he built a dwelling-house in F. and a new mill in R., both near the dividing line between the two towns. For a few y. Reuben H. Sawin was connected with him in the business, after which he conducted it alone until his d. He was a good citizen and much respected by his fellow-men. Ch. b. in G.
I. Catherine7, b. 1822 ; d. July 2, 1842.
II. George, b. Aug. 23, 1827+.
III. Jonas, b. Jan. 21, 1830+.
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GEORGE' DAMON, b. Aug. 23, 1827; m. Rosanna Proctor, of Sullivan, N. H. The two bro's succeeded their father in business, the partnership continuing until 1863, when George sold his interest to his bro. and rem. to Fitchburg, Mass., where he now resides.
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I. Franklin®, b. July 5, 1853 ; m. Apr. 24, 1879, Mary J. Wheeler, of Leominster, Mass.
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II. Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1855.
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III. Adaline, b. Jan. 5, 1857.
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IV. John, b. Oct. 5, 1859 ; m. Jan. 1, 1885, Jean- nette Bowker, of Ashby, Mass.
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JONAS' DAMON, b. Jan. 21, 1830 ; m. Jan. 24, 1862, Ellen M., b. Dec. 15, 1839 ; d. Ang. 16, 1885, dau. of Phineas and Eliza (Hapgood) Parks, of Winchendon. (Mr. and Mrs. P. both d. in F .; Mr. P. Mar. 1, 1886, a. 90 y. 2 mos. 9 d., and Mrs. P. May 10, 1887, a. 84 y. 4 mos. 27 d.) Mr. D. res. on the homestead, and is successfully engaged in the manufacture of pails and wooden ware. A few y. after he bought his brother's interest in their father's estate he bought the Streeter mill in F., which he still occupies in connection with the original mill in Rindge. The various town offices which have been held by him are rec. in the proper places. Ch. b. I. in W., II .- IX. in F.
75 I. Walter Sawin®, b. Apr. 30, 1863.
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II. Frederick Lincoln, b. Mar. 28, 1865.
III. Elmer Parks, b. July 14, 1867.
78 IV. Minnie M., b. Dec. 29, 1869 ; d. Apr. 13, 1870.
79 v. Lillian Luella, b. Apr. 9, 1872.
Jonas Damon
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VI. Isaac Morse Murdock, b. Nov. 14. 1814. VII. Clarence 31., b. Apr. 17, 1877. VIII. Justin J., b. Nov. 29, ISSO. IX. Harrison C., b. May 17, 1884.
CHARLES6 DAMON (s. of 66 John5), b. Oct. 9. 1814 : d. July 25. 1860 : m. Nov. 29, 1838, Cynthia. b. Aug. 8. 1820 : d. Oct. 28, 1841, dau. of John and Irena (Newell) Lawrence, of Troy ; m. (d) July 16, 1845. Chloe. d. Apr. 15, 1843, dau. of Harvey Taft, of Royals- ton ; came to F. ab. 1835 and res. on L 1 R 1.
I. Theodore", b. Dec. 29, 1841 ; enlisted in Co. D., 36th Mass. Vols .; d. in hospital at Washing- ton, D. C., Nov. 29, 1862. II. Cynthia L., b. Mar. 15, 1847 ; d. Feb. 26, 1866.
LORING JUSTIN PEASE, b. 1853, in Keene, N. H., s. of Justin and Maria (Smith) Pease ; m. Jan. 31, 18:4, Sarah Emeline, b. Dec. 9, 1849, dau. of Barton and Sarah E. (Ballou) Grant and wid. of Albert W. Wilson. both q.r.
I. Lottie May, b. July 26, 1875.
II. Herbert, b. 1877.
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FROM HON. CHARLES HUDSON'S HISTORY OF MARLBORO, MASS.
" WHILE I have endeavored to be accurate, I have not the vanity to sup- pose that I have escaped all errors, Every one who has had any experience in such labors knows that errors are unavoidable. The negligence of the most careful parents in having the births, deaths, and marriages in their respectivo families recorded renders it impossible from the town records to give accurate lists of the families. A person of no experience in these matters is not aware of the defects and omissions in the records. In all such doubtful cases I have, as far as practicable, sought other evidence, and in most cases have been enabled to arrive at reasonable certainty."
" I mention these embarrassments because it is the fate of every genealogist to be censured and pronounced unreliable, especially by those who know little or nothing of the labor required and the difficulties to be encountered. You may trace a family from the first emigrant down to the present day ; yon may give them a vast amount of information concerning their ancestors and descent, of which they knew nothing before ; but if you happen to omit one darling child, solely in consequence of the neglect of the parents in not having the birth recorded, your labors will be condemned and your accuracy called in question. Or you may copy accurately from the public record, and if the date does not correspond with the family record or the date on the gravestone, you may expect to be held personally responsible for the discrepancy. All that the genealogist can expect is to bo censured by the many he has labored to serve, and to be made the scapegoat to bear away the carelessness of the clerk and the neglect of the parents and friends."
" If, under the circumstances, I have made some forced or unnatural mar- riages, the parties or their friends may console themselves with the reflec- tion that they can separate without the trouble or delicacy of a divorce ; and if I have prematurely consigned some to the shadles, they are at liberty to live on as though nothing had happened."
APPENDIX.
THE NAME OF THE TOWN.
Farmer's New Hampshire Gazetteer states that the town " was named from the Earl of Fitzwilliam."
The Fitzwilliam Family may be traced up to Sir William Fitz-Godric, a cousin to King Edward the Confessor. His son, Sir William Fitz-William, being ambassador at the Court of Normandy, attended the future Conqueror of England upon his expedition against Saxon England in 1066, and so distin- guished himself by his bravery at the battle of Hastings that the Duke honored him with a scarf from his own arm.
The line of descent is as follows :
1. Sir William Fitz-Godric : his s.,
2. Sir William Fitzwilliam, in. Emma, dau. and heir of a Norman Knight named De Solabis : their s.,
3. Sir William Fitzwilliam, Kt., m. Eleanor, dau. and heir of Sir John Elmley : their s.,
4. Sir William Fitzwilliam of Elmley and Sprotburg, was living in 1117 : his s.,
5. Sir William Fitzwilliam, d. 1148 ; m. Ella, dau. of Will- iam de Warren, Earl of Surrey : their s.,
6. Sir William Fitzwilliam, d. 1184; m. Albreda, dau. of Robert de Lisoures and wid. of Robert Fitz-Eustace : their s.,
7. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Ella, dan. of Hameline Plan- tagenet, Earl of Surrey : their s.,
8. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, m. Agnes, dau. of Roger Ber- tram : their s.,
9. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Agnes, dau. of Richard, Lord Grey : their s.,
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10. Sir William Fitzwilliam, lived in reign of Edward III., m. Mand, dan. of Edward, Lord D'Eyncourt : their s.,
11. Sir John Fitzwilliam, founded in 1372 the chantry of St. Edward ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William, Lord Clinton : their s.,
12. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Maud Cromwell : their s.,
13. Sir John Fitzwilliam, m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir Henry Green : their youngest and only surviving s.,
14. John Fitzwilliam, Esq., d. 1534; m. Eleanor, dau. of William Villers, Esq. : their s.,
15. Sir William Fitzwilliam, was Sheriff of London in 1506 ; m. (1st) Anne, dau. of Sir John Hawes, Kt. ; (2d) Mil- dred, dau. of Richard Sackville : his s.,
16. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Anne, dan. of Sir Richard Shapcote : their s.,
17. Sir William Fitzwilliam, was Lord Justice of Ireland 1560-1594, and d. 1599 ; m. Agnes, dau. of Sir William Sidney : their s.,
18. Sir William Fitzwilliam, d. 1618 ; m. Winifred, dau. of Sir Walter Mildmay : their eldest s.,
19. William Fitzwilliam, was elevated to the peerage of Ire- land Dec. 1, 1620, with the title Lord Fitzwilliam of Litford ; m. Catherine, dau. of William Hyde, Esq. : their s.,
20. William Fitzwilliam (2d Lord), d. 1648 ; m. Jane, dau. and co-heir of Hugh Perry, Esq. : their 2d s. and oldest surviving,
21. William Fitzwilliam (3d Lord), made Earl Fitzwilliam of Ireland July 21, 1716 ; d. 1719 ; m. Anne, dau. and sole heir of Edward Cremor : their 3d and eldest surviving s.,
22. John Fitzwilliam (2d Ear!), d. 1728 ; m. Anne, dau. and sole heir of John Stringer, Esq. : their s.,
23. William Fitzwilliam (3d Earl), raised to the peerage of England Apr. 19, 1742, as Lord Fitzwilliam, and created Earl Sept. 6, 1746 ; m. 1744 Lady Anne Watson-Went- worth, eldest dan of Thomas, 1st Marquis of Rockingham, and sister and co-heir of Charles, 2d Marquis, who, dying without issue, the peerage became extinct : their s.,
Earl FITZWILLIAM (4th Earl ]
LADY ALICE FITZWILLIAM
Ean FITZWIL- AM (6th Ear )
THE COUNTESS FITZWILLIAM
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24. William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (4th Irish and 2d English Earl), b. 1748 ; d. 1833 ; succeeded to the estates of his unele, the 2d Marquis of Rockingham, and prefixed to his surname the name of Wentworth ; m. Lady Charlotte Ponsonby, dau. of William, 2d Earl of Bessborough : their s.,
25. Charles- William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (5th Irish and 3d English Earl), b. 1786 ; d. 1857; m. Mary, dan. of Thomas, Ist Lord Dundas : their 2d and eldest surviving 26. s., William-Thomas-Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (6th Irish and 4th English Earl), b. 1815 ; m. 1838 Lady Frances Douglas, eldest dan. of Sholto, 18th Earl of Morton, and has had issue 8 s. : 1. William ; 2. Will- iam-Henry ; 3. William-Thomas ; 4. William-Charles : 5. William-John ; 6. William-George ; 7. William-Hugh- Spencer ; 8. William-Reginald ; and 6 dans. : 1 Frances- Mary ; 2. Margaret-Mary ; 3. Mary ; 4. Alice-Mary ; 5. Albreda-Mary ; 6. Charlotte-Mary : his eldest s.,
27. William, b. 1839 ; d. 1877 ; m. 1867 Laura Maria The- resa, dau. of Lord Charles Beauclerk, and had issue 3 dans. and 1 s.,
28. William-Charles-de-Mure, b. July 25, 1872.
It is seen from the foregoing that William, the 3d Irish and 1st English Earl Fitzwilliam, m. Lady Anne Watson-Went- worth. The Lady Anne represented the elder branch of the family, while the Wentworth Family, of New Hampshire, de- scended from a younger branch. The Wentworth Family is of Saxon origin, and the pedigree of the family is traced back to Rynold or Reginald de Wynterwade, whose name is found recorded in Domesday Book. The Lady Anne was the 27th in descent from Reginald through Sir William the 12th, who was the eldest son of William the 11th. Elder William Went- worth, the emigrant ancestor in New England, was the 21st from Reginald through John the 12th, who was a younger son of William the 11th.
John Wentworth, b. 1671, grandson of Elder William, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire 1717, and held the office till his d., 1730.
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Benning Wentworth, b. 1696, eldest son of Lient .- Gov. John, was appointed Governor of the Province 1741, and re- signed 1766, though he continued to perform the duties of the office for another year.
John Wentworth, b. (1736 ?), grandson of Lieut. - Gov. John, was appointed Governor of New Hampshire 1766, in place of his uncle, Gov. Benning, resigned. He held the office till the opening of the Revolutionary War, when he was compelled to leave the country on account of his loyalty to the royal cause.
Mark Hunking Wentworth, 9th child of Lieut. - Gov. John, was b. 1709 ; lived in Portsmouth, N. H. ; was one of the most extensive merchants and one of the wealthiest men in New England. Ilis son, John (afterward Governor), was early associated with him in the mercantile business.
The son, John, went to England before 1765, perhaps as early as 1762. As the nephew of one royal Governor and the grandson of another, he was admitted to the best English so- ciety, and made the acquaintance of Earl Fitzwilliam and other persons of rank both within and outside of the Wentworth Family. In later years, during his administration as Governor, he remembered his English friends and acquaintances by giv- ing their names to many towns and counties in the province. In this way Fitzwilliam received its name.
Since the Fitzwilliam Family prefixed the Wentworth name to their own they have carried the Arms of both Families, an engraving of which is given opposite the title-page of this book.
Description-Quarterly : 1st and 4th, Lozengy argent and gules ; 2d and 3d, sable a chevron between three leopards' faces or.
Crests -1st out of a ducal coronet or, a triple plume of ostrich feathers argent ; 2d, a griffin passant argent.
Supporters-Two savage men wreathed about the head and loins with leaves and in their exterior hands a tree, eradicated, the top broken, all proper.
The 2d and 3d quarters and the 2d crest, as above described, are for Wentworth.
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WENTWORTH-WOODHOUSE
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It may not be known to all our citizens that Mrs. Kate (). (Fullam) Kimball took a lively interest in the History of the Town. Shortly after her arrival in England, some tive or six years since, she sent to Earl Fitzwilliam several photographs of views in our town and village. The Earl replied by send- ing to her for our Town Library a number of photographs and engravings, including portraits of several members of the family, various views of his country seats, the parish church. exterior and interior, and other subjects of interest. These pictures have just been received, and copies of a few of them are here shown.
The Town was named for the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam. The other portraits are of the present Earl, his Countess, and one of their daughters.
Wentworth House is the principal country seat of Earl Fitzwilliam, and is surrounded by a park of fifteen hundred acres. The buildings have two grand fronts. the principal one of which is here shown. It consists of a centre and two wings extending in a line of more than six hundred feet.
Mrs. Kimball died June 3d, 1584, at St. Helier, in the island of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, belonging to Great Britain but near the coast of France.
INDEX OF FAMILIES
that are arranged under other names in the Genealogical Register. The first column gives the male head of the family ; the succeeding columns give name and marginal number and page where the name in the first column is to be found.
The records of a few families were received too late to go in at the proper places, and are inserted at the end of the Register. These are included in the Index.
Adams, Oliver
Stone, 74 730
Aldrich, Isaac. .
Everett, 6.
548
Ayers, William F Damon, 44. 531
Bailey, Capt. Edward
Hayden, 22. 601
Bailey, Edward H. .(Cutter) Hayden, 25. 601
Bailey, Frederick W (Perkins) Hayden, 23. 601
Baker, Jonadab. Wilson, 27. 787
Baldwin, James C Wilson, 59.
789
Ballou, Amasa.
Forristall, 39
572
Ballon, Silas.
Saunders, 18.
709
Ballou, Willard
Forristall, 57
572
Barden, Abner S
Bigelow, 64.
Bates, James . m. Betsey Nichols. .note,
797
Beals, Luke.
Willard, 10.
785
Bemis, Calvin.
Brewer, 8.
489
Bemis, Gideon.
.Amadon, 15.
465
Blanchard, William H. Bigelow, 72
Bolster, Artemas. Cutting, 11 528
Bowen, Edwin N
Smith, 59
718
Bowen, Nathan
Whipple, 7.
760
Bowman, Alfred H
(Cloney) Blodgett, 19 480
Boyce, Denzel.
White, 61.
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