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i. MARY ISABELLA JAMES, b. Burlington, N. J., Sept. 19, 1852; m. Feb. 4, 1885, Silvio M. de Gozaldi of Denno, Tyrol, Austria. She lived in Europe until 1898, and since that time in Cambridge, where she succeeded to her father's home. Four children.
ii. MONTGOMERY JAMES, b. Philadelphia Dec. 20, 1853; d. Phila- delphia Dec. 24, 1895, unm. He graduated from Harvard College in 1876, receiving the degree of S. B. He was a civil engineer in Mexico and in South Africa, served in the British army during the Zulu war, and was afterward in the employ of King Leopold of Belgium in the Congo State.
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iii. CLARENCE GRAY JAMES, b. June 30, 1856; d. Mar. 13, 1892, unm. He pursued special work in chemistry at Harvard College, and was afterward a manufacturing chemist in Philadelphia.
iv. FRANCES BATCHELDER JAMES, b. Sept. 26, 1859; m. John Rose- Troup, son of Gen. Sir Colin Troup. She resides at Ottery- St. Mary, Devon, England. One son.
67. EUGENE7 (Samuel6, Samuel5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, John1), b. Nov. 13, 1822; d. Oct. 8, 1878; m. June 16, 1864, Caroline Augusta Deshon [d. Sept., 1904]. He studied at Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1845. He lived at Dover, Mass. He was greatly devoted to English, French, and German literature, and had the poet's place at the centennial celebration of his native town. A very con- siderable number of poems were published. Child:
78. i. MAUDE AUGUSTA, b. Apr. 28, 1872; m. Apr. 14, 1909, Charles Peter Vosburgh of New York City. She studied at Rad- cliffe College, and follows on practically the lines of her father's literary pursuits.
68. FRANCIS LOWELL7 (Samuel6, Samuel5, Jonathan4, Jona- than3, John2, John1), b. Lowell, Apr. 2, 1825; d. Feb. 9, 1858; m. Dec. 2, 1851, Susan Cabot, dau. of Charles Chauncy Foster [d. Apr., 1900]. He prepared for college at Saco, Me., studied at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1844 and LL. B. in 1848. He practised law in Boston for some years, having his home at Cambridge, until failing health caused him to seek a milder climate at Hibernia, Fla., where he died. Children :
79. i. AMY, b. Sept. 9, 1852; d. July 5, 1881, unm.
80. ii. CHARLES FOSTER, b. July 15, 1856; m. Laura P., dau. of Lin- coln R. Stone of Newton. He prepared for college at Cambridge high school, and graduated from Harvard Col- lege with the degree A. B. in 1878. He devoted himself to ornithology, and for many years was president of the National Ornithological Society. He has four sons: Philip Stone, Francis Lowell, Charles Foster, and Lawrence.
69. SAMUEL7 (Samuel6, Samuel5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, John1), b. Jan. 9, 1830; d. Apr. 24, 1888; m. June 20, 1867, Marianne Giles, dau. of Gov. Emory Washburn [b. Wor- cester, Nov. 24, 1831]. He was a lawyer in Boston. Children : 81. i. EMORY WASHBURN, b. Apr. 4, 1868; d. Aug. 20, 1869.
82. ii. SAMUEL FRANCIS, b. Mar. 10, 1870. He graduated from Har- vard College and Law School, A. B. 1893, LL. D. 1898. He is a lawyer in Boston, and is also engaged in historical and literary pursuits.
83. iii. MARY EMORY, b. Mar. 25, 1873.
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BATEMAN.
THOMAS1 BATEMAN, d. Feb. 6, 1669; m. (1) Martha - [d. Aug. 3, 1665]; (2) Jan. 27, 1668, Margaret Knight [m. (2) Feb. 7, 1670, Nathaniel Ball; d. Apr. 18, 1709]. According to tradition he came from England in 1630 and settled in Concord, Mass., in 1635, and there is little doubt that he was the man to whom the Concord records given above relate. The record of his children is apparently incomplete, but circumstantial evidence strongly supports the following line of descent.
THOMAS2 (Thomas1), m. Apr. 25, 1672, Abigail, dau. of George and Susanna Meriam [b. (probably) July 15, 1647; d. July 14, 1684]. He lived in Concord, where he was known as "Sergeant Bateman."
JOHN3 (Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Apr. 12, 1679; m. Elizabeth -- [d. Nov. 20, 1715]. He lived in Concord.
JOHN4 (John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Oct. 18, 1706; m. Feb. 10, 1731/2, Anna, dau. of Timothy3 and Lydia3 Wheeler [b. Nov. 26, 1713]. He also passed his life in Concord.
JONAS® (John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 17, 1735; m. Jan. 27, 1757, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Fletcher [b. Sept. 20, 1736]. He continued the family in Concord.
JONAS® (Jonas5, John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 21, 1769; d. Oct. 17, 1824; m. 1791, Lydia Buttrick [b. 1763; d. Mar. 9, 1845]. He removed from Concord after the birth of his first child and settled in Chelmsford, Mass.
1. CHARLES7 (Jonas6, Jonas5, John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. about 1793; d. May 7, 1861; m. 1817, Czarina Thompson of Swanzey [b. about 1800; d. May 17, 1853]. He came from Harvard, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1823, and passed his life in the town as blacksmith, for many years in the shop at the west end of the Village Green, under the wil- low near the Jo Kidder Brook, and later in other places in the Center Village. His first home was in the old tavern building of Jonathan Dix, and after its destruction by fire in 1826 he built upon its site the present house long the home of Rev. Samuel Lee. He was a selectman in 1843. Children : 3. i. LUCY WILLIAMS, b. Swanzey July 10, 1819; d. July 3, 1890; m. May 16, 1847, George E. Nutting, who for a time was a butcher on the Woolson farm, IV: 2, S. R., but later re- moved to Jersey City, N. J. She had two daughters while resident in New Ipswich, both of whom died young.
4. ii. AMANDA MALVINA, b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 5, 1820; d. Apr. 3, 1902; m. Mar. 25, 1852, Charles Boardman. Res. in Bos- ton, where he was in the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad.
5. iii. ANN MARIA, b. Harvard, Mass., Dec. 10, 1821; d. May 6, 1893; m. Mar. 8, 1849, Isaiah W. Barnum of New York city.
6. iv. ARABELLA SEMIRA, b. July 20, 1823; d. Jan. 2, 1824.
7. v. JOSEPHINE ANGELIA, b. Nov. 27, 1824; d. Aug. 2, 1825.
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8. vi. ARABELLA AUGUSTA, b. Mar. 14, 1826; m. (1) May 16, 1847,
Samuel S. Brown (J. 1) ; (2) John Warner.
9. vii. CHARLES THOMPSON, b. July 17, 1828; d. Sept. 27, 1828.
10. viii. CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. Aug. 20, 1830.+
11. ix. ALFREDA THOMPSON, b. Sept. 21, 1831; m. Mar. 16, 1854, James R. Elliot of Mason. He was a publisher in Boston. Res.
in Everett, Mass. Children: i. James Elliot, d. aged 2 days. ii. Arthur Elliot, d. aged 4 years. iii. Grace Elliot, b. May 28, 1860. Supervisor of public schools of Everett. SEMIRA JANE, b. Apr. 13, 1833; d. Sept. 23, 1861. She had a large tailoring establishment in Boston.
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13. xi. GEORGE FREDERIC, b. about 1835.+
14. xii. ANDREW PLUMMER, b. Mar. 10, 1837.+-
15. xiii. HARRIET JOSEPHINE, b. Dec. 1, 1838; m. Sept. 21, 1865, George H., son of Charles Bullard. Res. Dorchester, Mass. Chil- dren: i. George Arthur Bullard, b. July 14, 1866; unm .; he has an advertising agency in Boston. ii. William Osgood Bullard, b. May 30, 1868; unm .; he is in the employ of a boot and shoe house in Boston. iii. Clarence Paul Bullard, b. Sept. 11, 1872; d. Feb., 1874. Three other children who died young are not borne upon the record.
2. JOHN7 (Jonas6, Jonas5, John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1). He came to New Ipswich a few years later than his brother, and worked with him several years, afterward removing to Ohio.
10. CHARLES AUGUSTUS8 (Charles7, Jonas6, Jonas5, John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 20, 1830; d. Oct., 1906; m. Aug. 20, 1854, Elizabeth Miller of Fitchburg, Mass. He was a hardware dealer in Charlestown, Mass. Children:
16. i. HARRIET, d. aged 4 years.
17. ii. FREDERIC, d. in infancy.
18. iii. LEON HERBERT, d. aged 26 years. He entered Tufts College, afterward studied law and had begun practice in Boston. 19. iv. FRANK ELLIOT. He graduated from Tufts College in 1887, from Harvard Medical School in 1894, and is in practice at Somerville, Mass.
20. v. ERNEST, d. aged 17 years, while a student in Tufts College.
13. GEORGE FREDERIC8 (Charles7, Jonas6, Jonas5, John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. about 1835; d. in Colorado. He went westward in early manhood, settled in Colorado, and "grew up with the state," living in different places, but finally becoming a dealer in tin and hardware at Salida. Children :
21. i. SEMIRA, d. young.
22. ii. ALFREDA, d. in infancy.
23. iii. FREDERIC. He succeeded to his father's business.
24. iv. WALTER. He is also in the family business.
25. v. JOSEPHINE, m. and has a family. Res. in Salida.
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14. ANDREW PLUMMER8 (Charles7, Jonas6, Jonas5, John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Mar. 10, 1837; d. June, 1906; m. Mary Page of Westminster, Mass. He was a dealer in tin and hardware at Winchendon, Mass. Children :
26. i. JENNIE LOUISE, b. 1858; m. Frank W. Puffer of Fitchburg, Mass. One daughter.
27. ii. MYRA, b. 1860; d. Nov. 8, 1907; m. Gilman Fogg of Charles- town, Mass.
28. iii. HARRY OSGOOD, b. Nov. 24, 1879. Five children. He suc- ceeded to his father's business.
29. iv. HATTIE, b. 1872; d. aged 4 years.
30. v. CLARA, b. 1875; m. Frank R. Smith of Grand Junction, Colo.
31. vi. GERTRUDE, b. about 1882; m. Alvin E. Donnie of Bellows Falls, Vt.
BATES.
JOHN1 BATES, b. about 1642; d. about 1720; m. Mary -. He was a cooper and yeoman at Chelmsford, Mass.
JOHN2 (John1), d. about 1722; m. Deborah -. Res. at Chelmsford. EDWARD3 (John2, John1), b. about 1696; m. Mary, dau. of John Snow of Nottingham, Mass. Res. in that part of Chelmsford which is now Westford.
1. JOSEPH4 (Edward3, John2, John1), b. Nov. 3, 1726; m. (1) Phebe -; (2) Dec. 12, 1781, Mary Davis. He came from Westford, Mass., to New Ipswich in 1751 and bought of Abi- jah Foster the lot upon which he had built the first house of the town, 33, N. D., including most of the land now occupied by the Center Village north of the Village Green, now marked by the soldiers' monument. He perhaps had a store earlier than that of Jonathan Dix, who has generally been considered the first trader in the town. If so, it probably was on the site of the present Appleton House, and was sold with the farm to David Hills about 1772. He was a very energetic chairman of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection in 1775, and he gave military service in the Revolution at least on the occasion of the Concord alarm. He is said to have been a lieutenant and to have been present at the capture of Bur- goyne, but his name does not appear on the State Revolu- tionary Rolls of that time. He removed to Jaffrey about 1778, and was a member of the Committee of Safety in that town for that year, and later held important town offices. About 1801 he removed to the northern part of the state of New York. Children :
2. i. JOSEPH, b. May 29, 1757; m. Apr. 7, 1795, Lucy, dau. of Job Dodge of Jaffrey. He gave Revolutionary service. Child : i. John, m. Susan Kidder; res. Potsdam, N. Y.
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3. ii. HANNAH, b. Sept. 10, 1759; d. May 14, 1762.
4. iii. PHILIP, b. July 8, 1763; d. Dec. 4, 1764.
5. iv. HANNAH, b. Oct. 26, 1765; m. Lieut. Daniel Emery of Jaffrey.
6. v. SARAH, b. Jan. 1, 1767; d. Dec. 18, 1787; m. Alexander Emes
of Dublin. Child: i. Sally Emes, d. Sept. 12, 1838; m. Farnum Fisk; res. at Potsdam, N. Y.
7. vi. PETER, b. Mar. 21, 1770; m. Elizabeth Milliken of Sharon. Removed to Potsdam, N. Y., 1808. Eight children.
ANNA, b. Aug. 13, 1775.
8. vii. [Here the New Ipswich record of births ceases, but the History of Jaffrey gives additional names without dates of birth.]
9. viii. SAMUEL, d. Oct. 14, 1838; m. June 21, 1810, Jenny, dau. of Moses Cutter of Jaffrey. Res. Bradford.
10. ix. NANCY, m. Apr. 21, 1803, Alexander Milliken of Sharon.
11. x. ISAAC, m. Oct. 14, 1796, Charlotte Bryant. Removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and thence to Springfield, Ill., in 1831. Children : i. James, b. Mar. 2, 1803; res. Potsdam, N. Y., and Springfield, Ill. ii. Oliver; res. Potsdam, N. Y .; four children.
Six more children of Isaac were born in Potsdam.
BELLOWS.
JOHN1 BELLOWS. b. about 1623; d. 1683; m. May 9, 1655, Mary, dau. of John and Mary Wood of Concord and Marlboro, Mass. [d. Sept. 16, 1707]. He is believed to have come to New England at the age of 12, in the "Hopewell," but with whom he came at that early age is unknown. His name first appears in the Concord records in 1645, and his life was passed in that town and in Marlboro, which last-named town was the place of his death and that of his wife.
BENJAMIN2 (John1), b. Concord, Jan. 18, 1676/7; m. Jan. 5, 1703/4, Dorcas (Cutler), widow of Henry Willard [d. Sept. 8, 1747]. He lived in Lancaster, Mass., whence he removed about 1728 to Lunenburg, Mass., where he and his wife died.
BENJAMIN3 (Benjamin2, John1), b. May 26, 1712; d. July 10, 1777; m. (1) Oct. 7, 1735, Abigail4 Stearns of Watertown (John3, Samuel2, Isaac1), [b. June, 1708; d. Nov. 9, 1757]; (2) Apr. 21, 1758, Mary (Hub- bard), widow of John Jennison of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. Groton, Mass., Apr. 12, 1725; d. Feb. 21, 1794]. He went with his parents to Lunenburg, Mass., in 1728, and remained there until the age of forty, being a leading citizen and elected to all the important town offices. But in 1752 he removed to Walpole, N. H., incorporated in that year, and in this new enterprise he held so prominent a place that he was termed the founder of the town. The neighboring Bellows Falls perpetuate his name. In the necessary contests with the Indians he was brave and skilful, and held the positions of major and colonel. Henry W. Bellows, D. D., the Uni- tarian divine and president of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War, was descended from Benjamin3 by the line of Joseph+, John5, Henry W.6.
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BENJAMIN4 (Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), b. Sept. 25, 1740; d. June 4, 1802; m. Nov. 4, 1766, Phebe, dau. of Lieut. Caleb and Phebe (Lyman) Strong and sister of Governor and Senator Caleb Strong of Massachusetts [b. Jan. 2, 1740; d. Jan. 15, 1817]. He succeeded to his father's place as leading citizen of Walpole, and in addition to town honors he was a member of the state council, and also as Presidential elector voted for George Washington, and later for John Adams. His service in the field during the Revolution was long, and he rose to the position of general.
CALEB® (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), b. July 29, 1767; d. Apr. 17, 1822; m. Mar. 6, 1791, Mary Hartwell (2). Like his father and grandfather he passed his life in Walpole, which, however, had then become too large to allow any man so pronounced leadership as they had exercised. He, however, held important town offices and was a colonel in the militia. He was a farmer and owned a very large amount of land. He had twelve children, of whom four may be claimed by New Ipswich.
1. EPHRAIM HARTWELL, b. Jan. 29, 1792.+
2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 22, 1795; d. Dec. 24, 1818. Little is recorded concerning this member of the family, who died in early manhood, but apparently he was a resident in New Ipswich for several years, as his admission to the church six years before his death is a matter of record.
3. LAURA LIVERMORE, b. Sept. 17, 1804; d. Jan. 9, 1878; m. Apr. 21, 1824, Dr. James Barr (2).
4. CHARLES COTESWORTH, b. May 6, 1813.+
1. EPHRAIM HARTWELL6 (Caleb5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), b. Jan. 29, 1792; d. Jan. 5, 1861; m. Nov. 24, 1818, Sarah, dau. of Roger and Mary (Hartwell) Brown, a cousin of her mother-in-law [b. Oct. 15, 1786; d. Feb. 15, 1866]. He was adopted by his grandfather, Ephraim Hart- well, at the age of two years, New Ipswich became his home, and in due time he attended the Academy. He removed to Concord, Mass., where he was a manufacturer of cotton cloth. That heredity had its place in forming his character is in- dicated by his captaincy of a military company in Concord. Children :
5. i. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 9, 1819; d. Feb. 27, 1823.
6. ii. MARY BROWN, b. Nov. 14, 1821; d. June 19, 1837.
7. iii. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 6, 1823; d. Oct. 28, 1909.
8. iv. EPHRAIM HARTWELL, b. Jan. 10, 1825; d. Dec. 16, 1825.
9. v. EPHRAIM HARTWELL, b. Aug. 18, 1826; d. Apr. 22, 1905; m. Apr. 30, 1848, Jane L. Read [d. July 30, 1849]. Res. in Cuba for twenty years; later after 1880 in Salem, Mass. An inventor and manufacturer.
10. vi. GEORGE LYMAN, b. Apr. 6, 1828; d. Nov. 26, 1863, unm. He was in business at Boston for some years, and later at Chicago. He served in the Civil War, entering as captain in the 51st Illinois Regt., and was promoted to major. He was killed at the battle of Missionary Ridge.
11. vii. FRANCES MARIA, b. Feb. 18, 1831; d. Jan. 15, 1835.
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4. CHARLES COTESWORTH6 (Caleb5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), b. May 6, 1813; d. Sept. 7, 1872; m. Oct. 7, 1838, Abby Parker Champney (40). He followed mercan- tile pursuits in Dubuque, Iowa, Toledo, O., and Buffalo, N. Y., and was also occupied with useful inventions. He was en- gaged in the work of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. All of these activities forbade for a large part of the time his permanent residence with his family, which for many years occupied the house built by Rev. Stephen Farrar a little northwest from the old meeting-house on the hill. Children :
12. i. MARY NARCISSA, b. Feb. 1, 1841; d. July 15, 1842.
13. ii. RICHARD MOTT, b. July 6, 1843; drowned July 18, 1857.
14. iii. MARY ABBY, b. May 10, 1845; d. July 27, 1914; m. Nov. 23, 1867, Dr. Francis N. Gibson (1).
15. iv. CHARLES PARKER, b. Apr. 27, 1848; d. Oct. 1, 1863.
16. v. ELLEN PHEBE, b. Nov. 13, 1851; d. Mar. 8, 1864.
BENT.
JOHN1 BENT, b. Penton-Grafton, County Essex, England, 1596; d. Sept. 27, 1672; m. about 1624, Martha -; [d. May 15, 1679]. He came to America in 1638, and settled in Sudbury, Mass., where he died.
JOHN2 (John1), b. Jan., 1636; d. Sept., 1717; m. (1) Hannah, dau. of John and Anne Stone of Cambridge, Mass. [b. June 6, 1640]; (2) Martha, dau. of Matthew Rice [b. Aug. 17, 1657]. He lived in Framingham, his name being the first upon the petition for its formation.
DAVID3 (John2, John1), b. Framingham about 1691; d. Framingham, Feb. 15, 1730; m. Jan. 1, 1713, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas Drury.
DAVID4 (David3, John2, John1), b. Mar. 30, 1730; d. Rutland, Mass., Jan. 15, 1798; m. (1) Apr. 3, 1751, Lucy, dau. of Peter Moore of Rut- land; (2) Oct. 2, 1783, Martha, dau. of James and Elizabeth Browning of Rutland [b. Nov. 21, 1744; d. July 9, 1817]. He was a blacksmith and farmer in Rutland. He served as a captain in the Revolution.
SAMUEL BROWNING5 (David4, David3, John2, John1), b. Nov. 27, 1784; d. Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 4, 1858; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1807, Hannah, dau. of Oliver Watson, Jr. [b. Feb. 13, 1786; d. Sept. 7, 1813]; (2) Mar. 13, 1816, Catherine, dau. of Rev. Joseph Avery of Holden, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1788; d. Oct. 3, 1865]. He was a manufacturer of machine cards in Middle- bury, Vt.
1. SAMUEL WATSON6 (Samuel Browning5, David4, David3, John2, John1), b. Rutland, Oct. 27, 1811; d. Feb. 6, 1861; m. Aug. 3, 1836, Mary Narcissa, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Apple- ton) Barrett (11). He passed his boyhood in Middlebury ; about 1827 he went to Boston, and five years later commenced business as a dry goods merchant. He went to California in
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1849, and soon after his return in 1851 he removed to New Ipswich and located upon the farm of his father-in-law, Joseph Barrett, to the management of which he gave careful attention during the rest of his life. Children :
2. i. SAMUEL ARTHUR, b. July 1, 1841.+
3. ii. JOSEPH APPLETON, b. Feb. 22, 1843; d. Aug. 12, 1869. He graduated from Yale in 1865 with honorable record, and entered upon the study of law in Columbia Law School; his failure in health forbade the completion of his course of study.
2. SAMUEL ARTHUR7 (Samuel Watson6, Samuel Browning5, David4, David3, John2, John1), b. July 1, 1841 ; m. Aug. 30, 1890, Mary Edna Thompson of Bridgewater, Mass. He graduated from Yale in 1861, and from Harvard Law School in 1865. He practiced in Boston for some years, and was at that time an active member of the school board of the city. He was in Europe from 1870 to 1878, and after his return for a few years was superintendent of the schools of Nashua and afterwards of Clinton, Mass. During those and later years he has been especially devoted to literary pursuits, a considerable amount of his work having been published. Child :
4. i. MILDRED, b. Nov. 6, 1891.
BIGELOW.
JOHN1 BIGELOW, b. about 1617; d. July 14, 1703; m. (1) Oct. 8, 1642, Mary, dau. of John and Margaret Warren [d. Oct. 19, 1691]; (2) Oct. 2, 1694, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Bemis. He was an early resident at Water- town, Mass., his marriage being the first recorded, the record being as follows : "1642-30-8 John Bigulah and Mary Warin joyned in mariag." He was chosen selectman several times. Inventory of his estate, £627, 12s.
JOSHUA2 (John1), b. Nov. 5, 1655; d. Feb. 1, 1745; m. Oct. 20, 1676, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Mary Flagg [b. Mar. 22, 1657; d. Aug. 9, 1729]. He lived in Watertown during most of his life, but d. in West- minster, Mass., whither his youngest son had removed. He was wounded in King Philip's war, for which he had a grant of land in Westminster.
JOSHUA3 (Joshua2, John1), b. Nov. 25, 1677; d. May 9, 1728; m. Oct. 7, 1701, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Fiske. He lived in that part of Water- town which is now in Weston.
1. JOHN4 (Joshua3, Joshua2, John1), b. June 24, 1715; d. 1787 ; m. Nov. 29, 1739, Grace Allen. He lived successively in Weston, Stow, Acton, and Westford, Mass., and in the last year of his life he came to New Ipswich, whither his son had come the preceding year, and he is said to have remained un- til his death.
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2. SILAS5 (John4, Joshua3, Joshua2, John1), b. Stow, Mass., Mar. 17, 1750; d. May 17, 1797 ; m. Rachel Pitts of Townsend, Mass. [b. Dec. 25, 1755; d. Jan. 4, 1829]. He had lived in Westford, Lunenburg, and Ashburnham, Mass., before coming to New Ipswich. He bought the house of Samuel Whitte- more on lot 1, N. L. O., enlarged it and became an innholder there. It is uncertain whether the old "Bigelow tavern" build- ing is still included in the ruined house yet standing a little eastward from the "Gibson schoolhouse." Children :
3. i. SILAS, b. Jan. 9, 1775; d. Aug. 31, 1801.
4. ii. DANIEL, b. Apr. 3, 1776; m. Betsey T., dau. of Jonathan Wil- kins of Amherst. He remained in New Ipswich but a few years after reaching manhood. Ten children.
5. iii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 11, 1777; d. by drowning while engaged in lumbering at Holland Purchase, N. Y. He, too, remained in town but a few years.
6. iv. JOEL, b. Feb. 27, 1779; d. Aug. 2, 1807, unm.
7. v. JOHN, b. July 7, 1781; d. Nov., 1809, unm.
8. vi. An infant, b. and d. Aug. 1, 1783.
9 vii. JOSEPH, bapt. Nov. 13, 1785; d. June, 1786.
10. viii. BETSEY, b. Nov. 8, 1788; d. Nov. 25, 1867; m. 1804, Danforth Walker (S. 6).
11. ix. MILLY, b. Feb. 17, 1792; m. Sept. 23, 1813, David Walker (S. 8). Res. in Middlebury, Vt.
12. x. LUTHER, b. Jan. 13, 1794; d. Oct. 6, 1832. He was a doctor in Carthage, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn., in which last place he died.
BINNEY.
JOHN1 BINNEY, d. Nov. 10, 1698; m. Mercy - [d. Jan. 19, 1708/9]. He came to Hull, Mass., about 1769, probably from Worksop, Notting- hamshire, England. He is styled "fisherman" and "gentleman."
JOHN2 (John1), b. May 31, 1679; d. Hull, June 30, 1759; m. (1) May 31, 1704, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Shaw) Paine [b. about 1685; d. Jan. 14, 1757]; (2) Dec. 15, 1757, Mrs. Sarah Crosby of Boston.
JOHN3 (John2, John1), b. Hull, Apr. 23, 1705; d. Lincoln, Mass., Aug. 14, 1760; m. Oct. 21, 1726, Hannah Jones. He was a doctor. He removed from Hull to Mendon about 1730, and to Weston or Wayland about 1745.
1. JOHN4 (John3, John2, John1), b. Hull, Dec. 21, 1727; d. Jan. 23, 1784; m. (1) Dec., 1753, Elizabeth Ward of Mendon [d. Sept. 3, 1756]; (2) (pub. Oct. 21, 1757), Dinah, dau. of Gamaliel and Mary Beaman of Lancaster, Mass. [b. Sept. 20, 1728; d. Dec. 24, 1791]. He was a farmer in Weston, Lincoln, and Marlboro, Mass., before coming to New Ipswich in 1781.
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He lived upon the summit of the hill which took his name, on lot 100, N. L. O. Children :
2. i. ELIZABETH, b. June 21, 1756; d. Hillsboro, N. H., before 1802; m. Jan. 3, 1782, Elijah Fiske of Natick. Eight children.
3. ii. MARY, b. Sept. 24, 1759; m. (1) Solomon Rice; (2) Ebenezer Parker. Three children.
4. iii. MOSES, b. Sept. 19, 1761.+
5. iv. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 11, 1763; m. after her sister's death, Elijah Fiske, then a resident of Hillsboro, N. H.
6. v. JOHN, b. May 25, 1764.++
7. vi.
DAVID, b. about 1769; prob. d. young.
8. vii. THOMAS, b. Apr. 24, 1771; d. Dec. 10, 1853; m. (1) Mar. 7, 1796, Lucinda, dau. of Col. Richard Roberts [b. Dec. 4, 1776; d. Mar. 10, 1845]; (2) May 7, 1846, Hephzibah, dau. of John and Grace Davis of Whitingham, Vt. He removed from New Ipswich soon after 1800, and was a farmer in Barre, Mass .. Westminster, Vt., and Wilmington, Vt.
4. MOSES5 (John4, John3, John2, John1), b. Sept. 19, 1761 ; d. Concord, Mass., Sept. 28, 1788; m. June 8, 1786, Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth Hosmer of Concord, Mass. [b. Jan. 21, 1765 ; d. Mar. 3, 1847]. Res. Concord, Mass. Children :
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