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54. iii. SARAH MARINDA, b. Nov. 15, 1835; d .. Dec. 3, 1835.
55. iv. MARINDA, b. Oct. 10, 1836; m. Nov. 3, 1865, John L. Combs. Res. Geneseo, Il1.
56. v. HARRIET WILSON, b. Aug. 9, 1838; d. Sept. 5, 1839.
57. vi. AUGUSTUS BAXTER, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. May 31, 1863, while serving in the Civil War.
58. vii. GEORGE HENRY, b. May 28, 1844; m. Caroline A. Albro of Providence, R. I. Res. Geneseo, Ill.
The readiness of the members of this family for Revolutionary service suggests mention of the fact that Ebenezer Breed, the owner of the larger part of Breed's Hill, upon which the battle of "Bunker Hill" was fought, was a kinsman of the New Ipswich family, his lineage as follows : Allen1, John2, Ebenezer3, John4, Ebenezer5.
The early disappearance of this family from the town, probably largely due to the tendency of its members to consumption, the wide dispersion of the descendants of the residents in New Ipswich, and also the prevalence of two or three given names causing an exceptional un- certainty in the interpretation of records, have together made entire accuracy hard to attain. It is hoped, however, that the resulting errors are not very great.
BRIANT.
ABRAHAM BRIANT1, m. (1) 1664, Mary, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall of Reading, Mass. [d. 1688]; (2) Ruth, widow of Samuel Frothingham of Charlestown, Mass. [d. 1693]. He was a blacksmith in Reading. Dea. Kendall had no sons living to adult age, but each of his eight daughters married and had a son named Kendall.
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KENDALL2 (Abraham1), b. Sept. 8, 1680; m. 1704, Elizabeth, dau. of Maj. Jeremiah and Mary (Smith) Swain. He followed his father's occupation as a blacksmith.
1. KENDALL3 (Kendall2, Abraham1), b. Mar. 7, 1709; m. Oct. 5, 1736, Mary Parker. He followed the family trade of a blacksmith in his native town until middle life. In 1754 he and his wife were dismissed to the church in Concord, Mass., but his residence there must have been brief, as his name does not appear upon the Vital Records of that town, and he came to New Ipswich as early as 1763, apparently from Pepperell. He purchased a small farm from Col. Reuben Kidder, (46, N. D.) The probable location of his house may still be seen on the eastern side of the old "country road" about midway between the Kidder cellar and the house nearer the Center Village which has been developed by additions from the ancient smaller dwelling of Col. Kidder's negro slave, Cæsar. Near the Briant house was his blacksmithy. No list of children of this family has been found.
2. EDMOND4 (Kendall3, Kendall2, Abraham1), b. June 3, 1744; d. Sept. 28, 1786; m. (1) Abigail Fletcher (7); (2) Dec. 30, 1778, Hannah Sprague [b. about 1748; d. Sept. 7, 1830]. He continued the family calling in his father's shop and later in Smith Village. He served three times during the Revo- lution, first in response to the Concord alarm, second as lieu- tenant in the company of Capt. Josiah Brown in 1777, and third, later in the same year, as captain of another New Ips- wich company. It is characteristic of the enlistments in the earlier years of the war that these three terms of service to- gether covered a period of only about six weeks. Children :
3. i. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 25, 1765.+
4. ii. EDMOND, b. May 20, 1768; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Nabby Fox (3).
5. iii. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 6, 1775.
6. iv. AARON, b. 1783.
3. JOSEPH5 (Edmond4, Kendall3, Kendall2, Abraham1), b. Sept. 25, 1785 ; m. Anna -. Children :
7. i. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 8, 1786.
8. ii. JOHN, b. Apr. 25, 1788.
9. iii. ANNA, b. June 13, 1790.
10. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 20, 1792.
The New Ipswich tax lists bear also the names of Amos, Edward, James, John, and Nathan Briant, who were perhaps residents for a year or two at about the time of the arrival of Kendall Briant, and were probably his kinsmen. But no record of such relationship has appeared.
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BROOKS.
This name has been borne by citizens of New Ipswich descended from two immigrant ancestors, Thomas and Henry Brooks; but as ac- cording to reliable tradition these ancestors were brothers, their de- scendants are here presented together.
THOMAS1 BROOKS, b. County Suffolk, England; d. Concord, Mass., May 21, 1667; m. Grace, dau. of Capt. Timothy Wheeler of Concord [d. May 12, 1664]. He was a preacher in London and came to America in 1634, remaining at Watertown, Mass., for a time, but soon removing to Concord, settled in that part which is now Carlisle. He was a deacon, and represented the town in the General Court for several years.
HENRY1 BROOKS, d. Apr. 12, 1683; m. (1) Susanna - [d. Sept. 15, 1681]; (2) July 12, 1682, Annis Jaquith. He is believed to have come to America with his brother Thomas, and to have removed to Concord a little later than Thomas. But he resided there only a few years, as the birth of only one child, in 1641, is recorded there. He was a proprietor of Woburn, Mass., in 1652 and apparently resided there.
JOSHUA2 (Thomas1), b. England, 1625; d. Concord, Mass., Oct. 10, 1698; m. Oct. 17, 1653, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Hugh Mason. Res. Con- cord, Mass.
JOHN2 (Henry1), b. England, Jan. 1, 1624; m. Nov. 1, 1649, Eunice, dau. of Dea. John and Joanna Monsal.
NOAH3 (Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Concord, 1657; d. Feb. 1, 1738-9; m. Dorothy Wright of Sudbury, Mass. [b. about 1663; d. Mar. 15, 1752]. Res. Concord.
JOHN3 (John2, Henry1), b. March 1, 1664; d. Aug. 7, 1733; m. Feb. 25, 1684, Mary Richardson.
THOMAS4 (Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. May 28, 1701; d. Dec. 22, 1790; m. June 24, 1725, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy (Wooster) Dakin [b. Oct. 23, 1704; d. July 3, 1784]. Res. Lincoln, Mass.
NATHAN4 (John3, John2, Henry1), b. Nov. 1, 1706; d. Jan. 6, 1751; m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Fowle) Wyman. Res. Woburn.
AARON5 (Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Concord, Aug. 24, 1727; d. Feb. 23, 1811; m. Jan. 2, 1755, Mary Stone.
WILLIAM5 (Nathan4, John3, John2, Henry1), b. Mar. 3, 1737; d. Oct. 11, 1804; m. Mar. 29, 1759, Abigail Kemp. On attaining his majority or earlier he removed to Hollis, of which he was one of the proprietors. In the Revolution he gave two terms of service, once as lieutenant; he enlisted a third time as captain, but was not called upon to leave the state; later he removed to Lyndeboro.
1. STEPHEN6 (Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Lincoln, Mass., Mar. 22, 1759; d. Jan. 30, 1848; m. June 7, 1791, Rachel Taylor (20). In early manhood he settled in Rindge near the New Ipswich line where the road over Binney Hill enters the Rindge turnpike, but in 1798 he exchanged farms with his brother Aaron and removed a half mile east- ward to the farm for many years owned by his descendants, (97, A. D.,) where he passed an honorable life; his house
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was the western one of the two houses now standing. He rendered service at least three times, 1775, 1777, 1780, before leaving Massachusetts. Children :
3. i. RACHEL, b. July 6, 1792; d. Feb. 20, 1795.
4. ii. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 31, 1794; d. Mar. 24, 1795.
5. iii. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 27, 1796.+
6. iv. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 31, 1798.+
7. v. WALTON, b. Sept. 4, 1800.++
8. vi. RACHEL, b. Dec. 29, 1802; m. Feb. 11, 1847, Joseph Davis, son of Ebenezer B. and Huldah (Lawrence) Davis of Rindge. She was his third wife.
9. vii. HARVEY, b. May 30, 1805.+
10. viii. OLIVER, b. May 14, 1810; d. Feb. 25, 1895; m. Eliza C. Farrar [b. Oct., 1811; d. Nov. 28, 1892]. He passed his life in Denmark, Iowa, of which he was one of the first settlers and where he was a deacon.
11. ix. NEWTON, b. March 13, 1812.+
2. AARON6 (Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Lincoln, Mass., Jan. 10, 1765; d. Aug. 4, 1823; m. Mary Taylor (23). He came to New Ipswich about 1790 and set- tled on the farm next south of that of Thaddeus Taylor, (97, A. D.,) where he lived for a few years and then exchanged with his brother Stephen as before stated and lived in Rindge until his death.
WILLIAM6 (William5, Nathan4, John3, John2, Henry1), b. Hollis, May 1, 1760; d. Greenfield, Sept. 5, 1843; m. (1) Deborah Parker of Groton, Mass .; (2) Hepzibah Draper.
5. STEPHEN7 (Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. Apr. 2, 1876; m. May 22, 1823, Narcissa Tweed Pratt (John, 7). Res. Ashby. Children :
12. i. AMELIA ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 2, 1826; d. July 7, 1864; m. Dec. 19, 1861, Franklin Wyman of Westminster, Mass. She attended the academies at New Ipswich and Groton, Mass., and taught for several years before her marriage. Res. Westminster. Child: i. Alfred Aurelius Wyman, b. Oct. 26, 1863; d. Nov. 9, 1907; m. Flora Wright of Fitchburg, in which city he was a successful business man. Six sons.
13. ii. MYRON DWIGHT, b. Aug. 26, 1828; d. Jan. 29, 1832.
14. iii. ELLEN MARIAH, b. May 16, 1831; d. Jan. 26, 1832.
15. iv. LOUISA LANGDON, b. June 25, 1833. She attended New Ips- wich Academy, graduated from the Westfield (Mass.) Nor- mal School, and has passed her life as a teacher and reader. Res. Boston.
16. v. HORACE STEPHEN, b. July 22, 1835.+
17. vi. MYRON DWIGHT, b. May 9, 1838.+
18. vii. HENRY WINSLOW, b. May 17, 1845.++
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6. JOSEPH7 (Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 31, 1798; m. May 5, 1825, Emily Taylor (46). He was a farmer in Rindge. Children :
19. i. WARREN TAYLOR, b. Sept. 21, 1827; d. Oct. 2, 1827.
20. ii. EMILY TAYLOR, b. Mar. 25, 1829; d. June 24, 1852; m. Apr. 25, 1850, Samuel W.8, son of Walter7 (Lyman6, Joshua5, Jo- seph4, Joshua®, William2, Robert1) Fletcher of Westford, Mass. He is a merchant in West Rindge. One son.
21. iii. CALISTA A., b. Aug. 19, 1831; m. Pliny F. Towne (39).
22. iv. CAROLINE M., b. Sept. 28, 1834; m. Nov. 9, 1852, her brother- in-law Samuel W. Fletcher. Four children.
23. v. CHARLES B., b. Nov. 2, 1841; d. Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 18, 1871. He served in the Civil War in the 9th N. H. Regt.
7. WALTON" (Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Sept. 4, 1800; d. May 5, 1881; m. Mar. 28, 1822, Arethusa, dau. of Thomas Piper [b. April 19, 1803; d. Apr. 30, 1895]. He succeeded to his father's farm, living in the eastern of the dwelling-houses upon it. Children :
24. i. NANCY PIPER, b. Aug. 20, 1823; d. Feb. 23, 1898; m. Sept. 23, 1841, George W. Stearns.
25. ii. EVELINE JEWETT, b. Sept. 14, 1825; d. May 6, 1901; m. June 17, 1846, Joshua Chadwick Towne of Rindge [d. Feb. 3, 1893].
26. iii. HARRIET TAYLOR, b. Sept. 14, 1828; d. Nov. 3, 1831.
27. iv. IVERS HARVEY, b. Apr. 27, 1831.+
28. v. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 21, 1833; m. (1) Oct. 2, 1851, George Raymond Thomas [d. May 20, 1873]; (2) Oct. 1, 1884, George G. Williams (16). Res. Rindge. Five children.
29. vi. ALBERT NEWTON, b. June 6, 1836.+
9. HARVEY7 (Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. May 30, 1805; d. Jan. 20, 1899; m. Lois Burgess of Ashburnham, Mass. [d. Jan. 19, 1892]. Res. Gardner, Mass. Children :
30. i. HARVEY P.
31. ii. EUCLID L.
32. iii. NEWTON.
33. iv. LUELLA.
11. NEWTON7 (Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Mar. 13, 1812; d. Feb. 28, 1898; m. June 2, 1841, Harriet A. Campbell (6). He left New Ipswich a few years after attaining his majority and was in Boston or its vicinity for about ten years, returning to his native town in 1846 and purchasing for his home the house built by John Crosby at about the close of the preceding century, standing next to the
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Barrett mansion on the south. This was his home for about thirty-five years until, after the death of his wife, he left the town, passing his later years with his son in Chicago. He was a man of artistic temperament and for a considerable time was occupied in the production of oil portraits. After the development of the daguerreotype, however, he turned his attention in that direction, and at a very early date made use of the gallery upon wheels for offering the later forms of that line of work to the public. He was a trustee of the Academy for a considerable period. Child :
34. i. NEWTON VINELLE, b. Aug. 3, 1845; m. (1) Mary J. Reynolds [d. May 3, 1892] ; (2) Mar. 23, 1896, Mary Partridge Frank. Res. in Chicago. One son.
JAMES HOSLEY7 (William6, William5, Nathan4, John3, John2, Henry1), d. in Greenfield, Dec. 30, 1885; m. Sabrina H. Ferson of Francestown.
GARDNER TOWNE7 (William6, William5, Nathan4, John3, John2, Henry1), b. Hancock, May 18, 1794; d. Fitchburg, Mass., June 3, 1841; m. Mina Gove [b. about 1794; d. Oct. 31, 1879].
16. HORACE STEPHEN8 (Stephen7, Stephen6, Aaron‘, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. July 22, 1835; m. Ashby, Mass., Sarah Elisabeth Rice. Res. in Springfield, Mass., and is a farmer in Ashby. Has been a teacher and member of the Legislature. Children :
38. i. FREDERIC PRATT, b. Springfield; m. Dec. 18, 1906, Ada Comer Waterman. He graduated from Boston School of Phar- macy and has been successful in business. Res. Norwood, Mass.
39. ii. MABEL RICE, b. Sept. 1, 1868. She graduated from Worcester, Mass., Normal School and is a teacher in Worcester.
40. iii. LUCY HUBBARD, b. Ashby, Mass., Feb. 8, 1880. She graduated from Worcester Normal School and is a teacher.
17. MYRON DWIGHT8 (Stephen7, Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. May 9, 1838; m. in Boston, May 28, 1867, Susan Ann Field. He has been a busi- ness man in Boston, Florida, and Georgia. Child :
41. i. AMY LOUISE C., b. May 12, 1870; m. June 12, 1899, Dr. Fred- eric S. Snow. One daughter.
18. HENRY WINSLOW8 (Stephen7, Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. May 17, 1845; m. (1) June 11, 1868, Jeannette Wilson Wright [d. Dec. 20, 1877] ; (2) Feb. 23, 1880, Lucy Reade Wright [d. Oct. 26, 1905]. Res. in Chicago, where his children were born. Children :
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42. i. MAUDE WRIGHT, b. Apr. 10, 1869; d. New York, Feb., 1896. Graduated from Normal School in Philadelphia and was a teacher.
43. ii. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, b. Nov. 6, 1872; d. Johnstown, Penn., Jan. 27, 1897 ; m. Oct., 1896, Margaret Donnegan. He was a civil engineer.
44. iii. HENRY WINSLOW, b. Dec. 20, 1877; m. Mar. 23, 1911, Lucy Bennet Claxton. He graduated from a business college in New York city, where he had entered upon a business life.
27. IVERS HARVEY8 (Walton7, Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. Apr. 27, 1831; m. (1) Nov. 11, 1852, Nancy R. Bancroft (4); (2) Jan. 1, 1908, E. Urania Wright. He has been a farmer in Rindge and in Ashby, Mass., and has held the office of deacon. Children :
45. i. ANCIL W., b. April 2, 1855; m. Nettie M. Frost of Ashby, Mass. Three children.
46. ii. MARY EVELINE, b. Sept. 14, 1858; m. Howard P. Lamb of Rindge. Four children.
47. iii. JAMES WILLIAM, b. Apr. 17, 1861; m. M. Emma Walker of Fitchburg, Mass. Four children.
48. iv. JENNIE HARRIET, b. Sept. 19, 1863; m. Edward R. Wilder of Fitchburg. Four children.
49. v. HELEN, b. June 13, 1866; d. Sept. 25, 1890; m. Charles J. Hubbard of Ashby, Mass. Two children.
50. vi. FREDERICK EUGENE, b. Nov. 7, 1867; m. Nellie E. Whitney of Ashby. Three children.
29. ALBERT NEWTON8 (Walton7, Stephen6, Aaron5, Thomas4, Noah3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. June 6, 1836; d. Sept. 25, 1881; m. Oct. 22, 1857, Clementine M. Hale of Rindge [b. Mar. 23, 1841]. He was a farmer and succeeded to the family estate. Children :
51. i. GEORGE HENRY, b. Feb. 29, 1864; m. Dec. 23, 1896, Esther Jane Green [b. Ashby, Mass., Nov. 20, 1873]. Res. Ashby. Children: i. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1904. ii. Clara Helen, b. Nov. 8, 1906.
52. ii. OLIVER NEWTON, b. Jan. 12, 1866; m. Sept. 5, 1893, Martha Bell, dau. of William and Isabel (Maxwell) Corbett [b. Apr. 18, 1877]. Res. Ashby. Children: i. Minnie Arthusa. ii. Walton Albert. iii. Laura Abbie. iv. Hazel Emma.
35. FREDERICK A.8 (James H.7, William6, William5, Na- than4, John3, John2, Henry1), b. Nashua, Mar. 20, 1836; d. Apr. 18, 1882; m. Sept. 15, 1860, Helen M. Mansur (15). He came to New Ipswich in early manhood and until his death conducted a private express to Boston, living during nearly the entire period at New Ipswich, but for a few years at other towns upon his route. Child :
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53. i. LENA A., b. July 20, 1861; m. May 11, 1891, Frederic Preston (110).
36. SQUARE GAGE8 (Gardner7, William6, William5, Nathan4, John3, John2, Henry1), b. Merrimac, April 4, 1833; d. Dec. 26, 1907 ; m. Dec. 30, 1855, Sarah L. Griggs of Roxbury. He re- sided for a short time in Bank Village. Six children, the youngest of whom, Herbert Griggs, succeeded to his father's business in Roxbury.
37. EDWARD CHASE8 (Gardner7, William6, William5, Na- than4, John3, John2, Henry1), m. March 13, 1848, Hannah Merrill, dau. of Charles Porter [b. Mar. 4, 1826; d. May 6, 1881]. Lived on the "Moses Wilkins" farm 1861-72. Chil- dren :
54. i. LIZZIE, m. Jan. 4, 1875, Thomas K. Bolton (9).
55. ii. CHARLES EDWARD, d. July 27, 1873.
56. iii. SUSAN P.
57. iv. GERTRUDE.
BROWN (ABRAHAM).
ABRAHAM1 BROWN, d. about 1650; m. Lydia - [d. Sept. 27, 1686; m. (2) Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges of Ipswich, Mass.]. He was a very early settler at Watertown and a leading citizen.
JONATHAN2 (Abraham1), b. Oct. 15, 1635; d. 1691; m. Feb. 11, 1661/2, Mary, dau. of William and Susanna Shattuck of Watertown [b. Aug. 25, 1645; d. Oct. 23, 1732].
BENJAMIN3 (Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Feb. 27, 1681/2; d. Mar. 11, 1753; m. Feb. 27, 1702/3, Anna, dau. of Capt. Benj. and Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield of Watertown [b. June 2, 1683; d. Sept. 13, 1737]. He lived in that part of Weston afterwards a part of Lincoln.
WILLIAM3 (Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Sept. 3, 1684; d. Oct. 28, 1756; m. (1) Jan. 10, 1704/5, Hannah Pease of Cambridge, Mass. [d. Mar. 10, 1717/8]; (2) Dec. 11, 1718, Sarah, dau. of Jonas and Grace (Coolidge) Bond [b. about 1699; d. June 10, 1777]. He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Waltham, Mass.
JOSEPH4 (Benjamin3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Feb., 1717/8; d. Apr. 2, 1788; m. Feb. 7, 1744/5, Abigail, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Munroe of Lexington [b. Jan. 21, 1723; d. Mar. 18, 1793]. Res. in Lincoln and Waltham.
1. ISAAC4 (William3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Dec. 5, 1711; d. Oct. 6, 1759; m. Apr., 1736, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Prentiss) Balch [b. about 1714; d. Apr. 29, 1782; m. (2) May 22, 1760, Nathan Brown of Lincoln, Mass.] He may not have been a resident in New Ipswich, but his imme- diate family is so closely identified with the town that it is here presented as though he were himself a townsman. His
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widow is said to have spent her last days with her youngest son in New Ipswich. Children :
2. i. MARY, b. Mar. 17, 1738/9; d. Nov. 18, 1740.
3. ii. ISAAC, b. Apr. 14, 1740; d. Nov. 16, 1740.
4. iii. MARY, b. Aug. 22, 1741; d. Oct. 7, 1742.
5. iv. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 3, 1742; d. young.
6. v. EUNICE, b. Oct. 10, 1744; d. Sept. 9, 1818; m. 1764, Rev. Stephen Farrar (1).
7. vi. ISAAC, b. June 24, 1746; d. about 1752.
8. vii. MOSES, b. Apr. 6, 1748; d. June 16, 1820; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1774, Elizabeth, dau. of Osmyn Trask of Beverly [d. July 7, 1788]; (2) May 3, 1789, Mary, dau. of Rev. Matthew and Anna (Perkins) Bridge [b. Sept. 7, 1760; d. Feb. 21, 1843]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1768. He was a merchant in Beverly, Mass., was a captain in the Revo- lutionary War, president of the Provincial Congress, mem- ber of the Legislature, and a Presidential Elector in 1808. Three children.
9. viii. MARY, b. Dec. 29, 1749; d. Nov. 30, 1824; m. June 1, 1769, Ephraim Hartwell (1).
10. ix. SARAH, b. Oct. 6, 1751.
11. x.
AARON, b. Sept. 16, 1752; d. Nov. 14, 1811; m. (1) 1774, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Whitney) Stowell of Waltham, Mass. [b. June 14, 1752; d. Aug. 4, 1797]; (2) Dec., 1799, Thesta, dau. of Hon. Stowell Dana of Brighton, Mass. He was a merchant in Boston, and is said to have removed to New Ipswich in his later life, but neither records nor tradition give further details. Nine children.
EPHRAIM5 (Joseph4, Benjamin3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Lincoln, Mass .. Aug. 30, 1756; d. Mar. 3, 1813; m. Oct., 1779, Elizabeth, dau. of Jacob Wyman of Wayland, Mass. Eleven children.
12. WILLIAM6 (Ephraim5, Joseph4, Benjamin3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Lincoln, Mass., May 22, 1807; d. Jan. 8, 1877 ; m. June 10, 1830, Lucy Taylor (45). For several years after his marriage he had a general store at what is now Smithville, succeeding Peter Felt in the house at the corner around which the road from the Center Village turns toward the "Fox place" and the present "Little Finland." Jeremiah Smith, from whom the village was later to receive its name, was asso- ciated with him for a time, but the firm was not of long dura- tion; after its dissolution Mr. Smith opened just across the street a store which was to have a longer life than any other store of that village, while Mr. Brown entered the colony of New Ipswich people then forming a settlement in Iowa, to which his wife gave its name, Denmark, and there he spent
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his remaining forty years of life, having a part in founding and shaping a New England town upon what was then al- most the extreme frontier. Children :
13. i. WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. Apr. 17, 1831.+
14. ii. CHARLES KENDALL, b. May 9, 1833.++
15. iii. EDWARD HILLS, b. May 9, 1836.+
16. iv. GEORGE STEWART, b. Feb. 16, 1838.+
17. v. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 21, 1841; d. Feb. 14, 1911; m. Feb. 7, 1870, John J. Day. Res. in Denmark, Iowa. They had no children but adopted in her infancy, Lilian Anna, b. Aug. 9, 1879; m. Feb. 5, 1902, Charles Wharton; she resides upon the family homestead in Denmark.
18. vi. HARRIET REBEKAH, b. Oct. 29, 1844; m. Feb. 7, 1870, Newton L. Mills [b. Gustavus, O., Mar. 23, 1845].
19. vii. LUCY HENRIETTA, b. Nov. 30, 1846; d. Eldon, Iowa, Aug. 21, 1907, unm.
20. viii. ELLEN SOPHRONIA, b. Mar. 14, 1853; m. Feb. 15, 1883, Rev. Dallas D. Tibbetts. Five children.
13. WILLIAM TAYLOR (William6, Ephraim5, Joseph4, Ben- jamin3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Apr. 17, 1831; d. Aug. 30, 1894; m. (1) Apr. 23, 1856, Almira Jane Dudley [d. Dec. 12, 1891]; (2) Feb. 22, 1894, Mrs. Martha Sutter. Res. in Den- mark, Iowa. Children :
21. i. OLIVE E., b. July 25, 1859; d. Aug. 2, 1909; m. J. E. Trevett.
22. ii. WALTER W., b. Aug. 20, 1862.
23. iii. LAURA L., b. July 23, 1864; d. Feb. 26, 1897; m. Hiram Ken- nedy.
24. iv. BERTHA G., b. Feb. 10, 1866.
25. v. FRANK O., b. June, 1868; d. Oct. 20, 1868.
26. vi. LILIA, b. Oct., 1870; d. Jan., 1871.
14. CHARLES KENDALL7 (William6, Ephraim5, Joseph4, Benjamin3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. May 9, 1833 ; d. Fairhope, Ala., June 17, 1909; m. Nov. 1, 1860, Harriet N. Briggs [b. Utica, N. Y., June 11, 1836]. Children :
27. i. FRANK L., b. Dec. 26, 1861.
28. ii. NELLIE M., b. Sept. 28, 1863.
29. iii. ANNA D., b. Feb. 9, 1868.
15. EDWARD HILLS7 (William6, Ephraim5, Joseph4, Benja- min3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. May 9, 1836; d. Middletown, Iowa, July 18, 1911; m. (1) Oct. 23, 1856, Clara Ellen Dudley [b. Oct. 23, 1856; d. Oct. 31, 1888]; (2) Jan. 14, 1889, Mrs. Anna Diemer. Children :
30. i. ARTHUR ALLEN, b. Oct. 13, 1857; m. Alice Purcell. He is a farmer and veterinarian at Columbia, Mo. Four children.
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31. ii. CLARENCE EDWARD, b. May 1, 1859; m. Lesta Purcell. He is merchant, Nevada, Mo.
32. iii. ETALEA LATORIA, b. Apr. 2, 1866; m. William Taylor. Res. at Keene, Tex. Five children.
33. iv. CHARLES, b. Aug. 7, 1872; m. Clara Van Syke. He is a well driller at Rocheport, Mo. Five children.
16. GEORGE STEWART7 (William6, Ephraim5, Joseph4, Ben- jamin3, Jonathan2, Abraham1), b. Feb. 16, 1838; d. Geneseo, Ill., Feb. 19, 1888; m. Feb. 24, 1870, Sophie E. Mills of Lewis, Iowa. Children :
34. i. FRED OLIVER, b. Dec. 3, 1870.
35. ii. WILLIAM G., b. July 2, 1875.
36. iii. EDWARD F., b. July 2, 1875.
37. iv. EDITH JULIA, b. Dec. 20, 1879.
BROWN (JOHN).
JOHN1 BROWN, b. England, 1608; d. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 13, 1677; m. Mary -. He came to America in 1635, and had settled at Ipswich as early as 1640. He was a farmer and tailor.
JOHN2 (John1), b. about 1639; d. Apr. 9, 1727; m. (1) Hannah [b. about 1650]; (2) Elizabeth -; (3) Hannah - [d. Nov. 17, 1727]. Res. Ipswich.
WILLIAM3 (John2, John1), b. 1683; d. about 1753; m. Apr. 17, 1703, Dorothy, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Giddings. He was a weaver at Ipswich.
WILLIAM4 (William3, John2, John1), d. Dec. 31, 1799; m. Jan. 1, 1726, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Susanna (Dutch) Kinsman [b. Nov. 11, 1707]. Res. Ipswich (prob. 1713-76).
1. EBENEZER5 (William4, William3, John2, John1), bapt. Oct. 14, 1744; d. June 7, 1814; m. Mar. 24, 1768, Elizabeth Per- kins [b. about 1745; d. Mar. 19, 1837]. He came to New Ipswich about 1776, and settled upon lot 30, N. D., where he was a farmer and also a blacksmith. Children :
2. i. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 19, 1769.+
3. ii. ISAAC, bapt. Nov. 18, 1770.
4. iii. WILLIAM, bapt. Nov. 15, 1772.
5. iv. ELIZABETH, bapt. Apr. 11, 1775; d. Apr. 30, 1775.
6. v. ELIZABETH PERKINS, b. Apr. 21, 1776.
7. vi. ELEAZER, b. 1778.+
8. vii. LUCY.
9. viii. JAMES.
10. ix. SUSAN, b. about 1786; d. Apr. 21, 1857.
11. x. SARAH.
12. xi. ABIGAIL, b. July 1, 1790; d. Oct. 23, 1873; m. Jan. 2, 1812, Daniel Spaulding (26).
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