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82. i. PRESTON ADAMS, b. Feb. 23, 1841; d. Aug. 11, 1864. He served in the Civil War, after a short term in the Rifle Battalion re-enlisting in the 25th Mass. Regiment, in which he was a sergeant. He was taken prisoner and confined at Belle Isle, Americus, and Andersonville, in which last prison he perished of starvation.
83. ii. SAMUEL GOODRICH, b. Jan. 8, 1843; d. Oct. 19, 1864. He also was a soldier in the 25th Mass. Regiment, served his full time, but contracted yellow fever and died in quarantine before reaching his home.
84. iii. SUSAN MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 16, 1846; m. M. Goodrich of Fitchburg, Mass.
85. iv. EBEN FREMONT, b. Sept. 7, 1850.
38. LEWIS CLARK? (Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Dan- iel3, Daniel2, Richard1), b. May 19, 1819; m. Apr. 18, 1846, Mary E. Ball [b. Holden, Mass., Apr. 15, 1824]. He learned the watchmaker and jewelry trade of his brother Samuel, and followed that occupation at Troy, N. Y., during most of his life, although he was at Boston for a few years about 1860,
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and entered upon the manufacture of daguerreotypes for a brief period in the earliest days of that industry. Children :
86. i. MARY ADELLA, b. Mar. 9, 1847.
87. ii. ELIZABETH ELLA, b. July 4, 1849.
88. iii. JULIUS W., b. Jan. 4, 1851; d. Jan. 5, 1855.
89. iv. EMMA, b. Feb. 27, 1853.
90. v. FRANCES J., b. Jan. 8, 1856.
91. vi. RICHARD L., b. June 19, 1859; d. June 19, 1859.
92. vii. HARVEY YOUNG, b. Apr. 20, 1860; d. June 22, 1860.
45. EDWIN GRAVES® (George M.7, Benjamin6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1), b. Aug. 24, 1842; m. July 21, 1880, Martha Ann (Wilson) Capron. Children :
93. i. MARGARET, b. Aug., 1882.
94. ii. GEORGE, b. Oct., 1884.
53. JONAS A.8 (Jonas7, Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1), b. Leominster, Mass., Nov. 24, 1831; m. Jan., 1851, Koralia E. Haskel of Montague, Mass. He served in the Civil War, being a captain in the 21st Mass. Regiment, with which he served through its entire campaign, and returned with the rank of major. He was in nearly every battle between Richmond and Petersburg, and was once wounded. Soon after his return home he was elected to rep- resent the town of Adams, Mass., in the Legislature. Chil- dren :
95. i. JANE E., b. Lee, Mass., Nov. 22, 1860.
96. ii. JONAS A., b. South Adams, Mass., Oct. 8, 1862.
55. FRED W.8 (Jonas C.7, Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1), b. Hancock, Mass., Aug. 25, 1833; m. Nov. 3, 1859, Almira J. Hayle of Tolborton, Ga. He was in Georgia in 1860, and voted the Bell and Everett ticket. At the beginning of the war he was forced to leave the state and narrowly escaped with his life. He engaged in gunboat ser- vice as a chief engineer, and had a part in the capture of New Orleans by Gen. Butler. Later he served as a lieutenant. Children :
97. i. HARRIET B., b. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 17, 1860. 98. ii. MARY L. A., b. South Adams, Mass., Aug. 30, 1865.
58. LEWIS C.8 (Jonas C.7, Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1), b. Hancock, Mass., Dec. 2, 1839 ; d. City Point, Va., June 20, 1864; m. Oct. 2, 1862, Kate A. Lyons of Constable, N. Y. He served in the Civil War as a corporal in the 12th Mass. Regiment, and after passing safely
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through eight battles and numerous skirmishes was fatally wounded at Petersburg, Va. Child :
99. i. LEWIS H., b. South Adams, Mass., July 20, 1863; d. Sept. 30, 1863.
66. JOHN HOLLAND8 (Ebenezer7, Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1), b. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 8, 1836; m. 1857, Elizabeth R. Heald of Carlisle, Mass. He enlisted in the Andrew Sharpshooters and served for two years in the Civil War, having part in the battles at South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. He was honorably discharged on account of disease. Children :
100. i. ADRIANA ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 11, 1858.
101. ii. ANNA BELLE, b. Sept. 17, 1860.
73. OSCAR BRADFORD8 (Julius B.7, Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Solomon4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Richard1,) b. Black Rock, N. Y., May 30, 1837; m. Aug. 23, 1863, Julia Cushman of Duxbury, Mass. He volunteered at the time of the first call for soldiers in the Civil War and served for two years in the 20th Illinois Regiment, his service being terminated by a severe wound re- ceived at Pittsburg Landing, necessitating his discharge. Child :
102. i. SARAH CUSHMAN, b. Mar. 4, 1865.
CHANDLER.
This name has been represented in New Ipswich by descendants from at least two emigrant ancestors, not known to be fellow-kinsmen, William of Roxbury, Mass., and Roger of Concord, Mass., whose families will be presented separately.
CHANDLER (ROGER).
ROGER1 CHANDLER, b. about 1637; d. Concord, Mass., Jan. 11, 1716/7; m. Apr. 25, 1671, Mary Simonds, probably dau. of William and Judith (Phippen) Simonds [b. Woburn, Mass., Dec. 9, 1647; d. Concord, Aug. 29, 1728]. It is believed that he was the son of Roger Chandler of Dux- bury, Mass., who m. at Leyden, Holland, July 27, 1615, Isabella, dau. of James Chilton of the Mayflower, but this is not absolutely proven. He came from Plymouth Colony to Concord in 1658, and resided there until his death. He was a builder and general mechanic, and a house built by him for Dolor Davis, ancestor of the Concord Davis family, was de- stroyed by fire only a few years ago.
SAMUEL2 (Roger1), b. Mar. 5, 1673/4; d. Apr. 27, 1743; m. Dec. 11, 1695, Dorcas, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jones) Buss of Concord [b. Jan. 26, 1672; d. Jan. 13, 1757]. He succeeded to his father's farm, and was a prominent citizen of Concord, being town treasurer, selectman
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and representative, each for several years, and was largely interested in the founding of Lunenburg, Grafton, and Templeton.
JAMES3 (Samuel2, Roger1), b. Aug. 28, 1714; d. Dec. 8, 1792; m. (1) 1737, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright of Concord [b. Apr. 9, 1720; d. May 4, 1746]; (2) July 2, 1747, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Tompkins) Flagg of Concord [b. Jan. 21, 1716/17; d. May 22, 1753]; (3) Apr. 14, 1756, Mary, probably dau. of David and Mercy (Hunt) Whittaker of Concord [b. May 16, 1716; d. Dec. 2, 1791]. He succeeded to the ancestral farm. He was selectman for several years, and despite his advanced years served in the Revolutionary force. He was also a member of the Committee of Correspondence.
1. JAMES4 (James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Dec. 24, 1740; d. May 10, 1824; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1765, Mary Melvin (4) ; (2) about 1808, Deliverance (Blanchard), widow of Col. Thomas Heald. He came to New Ipswich at about the age of twenty-one, and settled upon Page Hill, (XIII: 2, N. L. O.,) where he lived more than forty years, removing after his second mar- riage to the home of his wife. He was a useful and respected citizen, being deacon, selectman, and a member of the Com- mittee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety. Children :
2. i. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 23, 1767; d. 1799, at Norwich, Conn., whither he had removed soon after reaching his majority. Unm.
3. ii. JAMES, b. Jan. 7, 1769.+
4. iii. ROGER, b. Aug. 7, 1770.+
5. iv. MARY, b. May 19, 1772; d. 1811; m. Thomas Kenworthy. Res. in Mason. Child: i. Thomas Chandler Kenworthy, b. Dec. 21, 1810; d. Wheatland, Mich., 1861. He graduated from Illinois College in 1840, and became a preacher and colporteur.
6. v. JOHN, b. May 14, 1774.+
7. vi. SALLY, b. Sept. 7, 1776; d. Sept. 15, 1844; m. May 14, 1795, Ephraim Fairbank (1).
8. vii. REBECCA, b. July 3, 1779; d. July 2, 1870; m. May 2, 1804, Stilman Gibson (1).
9. viii. LYDIA, b. Nov. 15, 1781; d. Feb. 5, 1844; m. Benjamin Safford (7).
10. ix. DANIEL, b. Jan. 2, 1784.+
11. x. HANNAH, b. Mar. 24, 1789; d. Apr. 16, 1807. She was a devoted Christian, an unusual fact in those days for one so young.
3. JAMES5 (James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Jan. 7, 1769; d. Gibson, Pa., Mar. 30, 1839; m. Lebanon, Conn., Jan. 1, 1799, Huldah Payne [b. Oct. 17, 1774; d. Jan. 30, 1830]. He removed to Connecticut in early manhood, and was a clothier in the towns of Lebanon and Columbia for several years. He then removed to that part of Susquehanna County, Pa.,
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known as Kentuckyville, near the present town of Gibson, where he took up wild land and passed the last thirty years of his life as a farmer. Children :
12. i. CHARLES, b. Sept. 24, 1799.+
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13. ii. HARRIET, b. Mar. 3, 1801; d. July 14, 1865; m. Mar. 10, 1846, Zachariah S. Neely, a farmer at Dallas, Pa., where she died.
MARY MELVIN, b. Nov. 10, 1802; d. Oct. 31, 1886; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1823, Charles Edwards [b. Nov. 19, 1797; d. May 8, 1852]; (2) 1854, John Wesley Carpenter [d. 1869]. Nine children of first marriage.
15. iv. STEPHEN PAYNE, b. June 12, 1804.+-
16. v. HULDAH, b. Apr. 23, 1806; m. Oct. 25, 1841, Amasa Lewis Hyde.
17. vi. JAMES, b. Apr. 28, 1808; d. Jan. 25, 1810.
18. vii. JAMES, b. May 9, 1810.+
19. viii. MARTHA, b. Mar., 1812; d. Mar., 1812.
20. ix. JOSHUA TRACY, b. Sept. 9, 1813; d. Feb. 7, 1814.
21. x. SARAH ADELIA, b. July 30, 1815; d. Berwick, Pa., about 1891; m. Oct. 14, 1833, Dr. Clark Dickerman [d. Harford, Pa., about 1853].
4. ROGER5 (James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Aug. 7, 1770; d. New Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1845; m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Hunt) Marshall of Chelmsford, Mass. [b. Dec. 19, 1774; d. Shirley, Mass., July 10, 1868]. He passed most of his life in his native town, although in early man- hood he was a contractor in the construction of the Middle- sex Canal from the present site of Lowell through Billerica and onwards. Afterward he bought a part of his father's farm and built the house long occupied by his descendants, and now owned by Herbert W. Chandler (122). He did not, however, devote a large part of his time to the farm, but was interested in the first cotton factory of the town, and later in similar undertaking at Ashburnham, Mass. He was asso- ciated with Charles Barrett in the store at the foot of Meeting- house Hill, and for a few years carried on a store under the same ownership at Keene. Children :
22. i. JAMES, b. May 16, 1796.+
23. ii. THOMAS MARSHALL, b. Aug. 15, 1798.+
24. iii. JOHN, b. Nov. 25, 1800; d. May 9, 1853. He was a machinist at Waltham and Lowell, Mass., until about 1839, when he had a paralytic shock, and afterward lived with his mother and brother Daniel Lyman in Shirley, Mass., where he died.
25. iv. LYDIA MARIA, b. Dec. 2, 1806; d. Sept. 16, 1826, unm.
26. v. SETH, b. Dec. 2, 1806; d. Oct. 4, 1889; m. Aug. 19, 1831, Arvilla Tenney (13). He was a machinist at Waltham and Lowell in early life, but entered the Universalist
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ministry in 1831, and after a short pastorate at Oxford, Mass., became pastor of the Unitarian church at Shirley, Mass., which was his home until his death fifty-five years later, although his active pastorate closed ten years earlier. He was for twenty-five years a member of the school board, and was also town treasurer and historian of his adopted home.
27. vi. GEORGE, b. May 14, 1810; d. Apr. 6, 1891; m. (1) Dec. 9, 1835, Clarissa Elizabeth Wright [b. about 1812; d. Nov. 27, 1851]; (2) Apr. 20, 1852, Susan (Treadwell) Barrett [b. about 1812; d. Aug. 11, 1886]. He left New Ipswich at the age of sixteen, and learned at Lowell, Mass., the mason's trade, which industry he followed some years. In 1840 he became a farmer in Shirley, Mass., where he lived during twenty years. The later part of his life was passed in East Acton, Mass.
28. vii. CHARLES, b. May 14, 1810.+
29. viii. DANIEL LYMAN, b. June 13, 1814; d. May 5, 1892, unm. The early years of his manhood were spent on the family farm in New Ipswich; after this he became a successful farmer and fruit-raiser in Shirley, Mass., which town he repre- sented in the Legislature and where he was selectman. In 1854 he removed to Chicago, Ill., and thence two years later to Kansas, then in the most disturbed years of its history and its strife with the "border ruffians." On the outbreak of the Civil War he at once entered service, despite his age, and passed four years as hospital steward, at first' of the 10th Kansas Regiment, and later of the 3d Cherokee Regiment, in which on account of the lack of surgeons he necessarily assumed their duties, and on his return to Kansas he continued his medical practice thus acquired until the closing years of his life. He was mayor of Ogden, Kan., for a long time, and was also a member of the Kansas Legislature.
30. ix. ABIGAIL ANN, b. Aug. 15, 1817; d. Oct. 9, 1825.
31. x. HENRY PULASKI, b. June 18, 1821.+
6. JOHN5 (James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. May 13, 1774; d. Nov. 9, 1858; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1802, Betsey, dau. of Oliver and Elizabeth (Shed) Richardson of Billerica, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1780; d. Nov. 17, 1805]; (2) Apr. 10, 1814, Anna, dau. of Jeremiah and Anna (Chapman) Kittredge of Tewks- bury [b. Apr. 22, 1794; d. Nov. 14, 1874]. In early manhood he removed to Tewksbury, Mass., and there passed his life as a farmer. Children :
32. i. JOHN, b. Sept. 1, 1803; d. Mar. 17, 1836.
33. ii. BETSEY RICHARDSON, b. May 17, 1815; d. Feb. 5, 1888; m. June 10, 1840, Moses C. Lang [b. Aug. 15, 1816; d. Mar. 3, 1877]. He lived in New Ipswich from 1855 to 1860, be- ing associated with George C. Gibson in conducting the
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lumber mills at Gibson Village. Later during the Civil War he was a dealer in naval stores at South Boston, Mass. His widow left some very considerable bequests to various missionary and benevolent purposes. One son d. young.
34. iii. PAMELIA KITTREDGE, b. Nov. 11, 1816; d. May 11, 1890; m. Oct. 3, 1837, John C. Jacques. He was also a dealer in naval stores of the same firm as his brother-in-law. Six children.
35. iv. JAMES MELVIN, b. Nov. 14, 1818.+
36. v. HANNAH JANE, b. Nov. 7, 1820; d. Feb. 4, 1903; m. Nov. 13, 1845, Darkin Trull [b. Apr. 30, 1819; d. Feb. 14, 1903]. He was a "gentleman farmer" of Tewksbury. One daughter.
37. vi. JEREMIAH, b. Oct. 2, 1822.++
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JOSEPH, b. Oct. 29, 1824; d. Nov. 5, 1824.
39. viii. MARIA FRANCES, b. Mar. 5, 1826; d. Apr. 3, 1905; m. Sept. 22, 1847, Hiram A. Stevens [b. Oct. 18, 1823; d. Jan. 10, 1888]. He was also a member of the same firm with his brothers-in-law, dealers in naval stores. He was an alder- man of Boston, and also served in the Legislature, both as representative and as senator. Seven children.
40. ix. SUSAN ROGERS, b. Apr. 24, 1828; m. Mar. 4, 1852, John T. Foster [b. Mar. 20, 1827; d. Oct. 14, 1881]. He was a farmer in Tewksbury. Five children.
41. x. MARTHA ANN, b. May 26, 1830; m. Oct. 18, 1849, Daniel A. Gregory [b. May 22, 1826; d. July 28, 1901]. He was a successful merchant in Boston. Two children.
42. xi. JEFFERSON, b. Aug., 1832; d. Oct. 3, 1832.
43. xii. JOHN, b. May, 1836; d. July 14, 1837.
10. DANIEL5 (James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Jan. 2, 1784; d. Nov. 2, 1846; m. Jan. 11, 1811, Asenath Wheeler (73). Immediately after his marriage he removed to Waldoboro, Me., where he had a paper mill, and where he served as cap- tain in the War of 1812. He removed to eastern Pennsylvania about 1814, and thence in a few years to New York. During most of his remaining life he resided in different parts of that state, although he passed three years in Ohio, and died near Fort Wayne, Ind., whither he had gone and entered upon wild land. His industries were varied, including paper mak- ing, lumbering, and farming, and at the time of his death he was engaged in teaching. His changes of residence were frequent, as is shown by the birthplaces of his children. Chil- dren :
44. i. ISAAC MONROE, b. Waldoboro, Me., Oct. 12, 1811; d. Hinsdale, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1831.
45. ii. ASENATH MARIA, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 26, 1813; d. Elling- ton, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1908; m. Apr. 19, 1835, Adnah B. Kinsman [b. May 9, 1805; d. Feb. 13, 1892]. He was a farmer at Ellington, N. Y. Eight children.
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46. iii. EMILY MONROE, b. Harford, Pa., May 7, 1815; d. Tyrone, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1840; m. Thomas P. Paulding. One son d. young.
47. iv. SETH WHEELER, b. Tunkhannock, Pa., June 1, 1817.+
48. v. HARRIET HULDAH, b. Wayne, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1819; d. Olean, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1820.
49. vi. ELIZA BUTMAN, b. Olean, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1821; d. Great Valley, N. Y., July 1, 1824.
50. vii. JAMES MOSES, b. Great Valley, N. Y., May 30, 1824.+
51. viii. DAVID SILAS, b. Olean, N. Y., June 1, 1826; d. Howard Springs, Tenn., 1896; m. Ellington, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1861, Julia M. Slater [b. Nov. 18, 1829; d. Feb. 9, 1872]. He was a public school teacher in New York, Canada, and Tennessee, commencing at the age of fourteen, and striv- ing to keep pace with changing methods by taking a course of normal study in Antioch College when sixty years of age. He was also a printer in Buffalo, N. Y., for several years, and a fruit-raiser in Pomona, Tenn., for some time. During the last years of his life he was blind.
52. ix. DANIEL HENRY, b. Hinsdale, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1829.++
53. x. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Hinsdale, N. Y., May 14, 1830; d. Hins- dale, Oct. 5, 1830.
12. CHARLES6 (James5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Columbia, Ct., Sept. 24, 1799; d. Apr. 23, 1840; m. Nov. 8, 1832, Eveline Trowbridge of Great Bend, Pa. He was a farmer and prominent citizen of Lenox, Pa. He was sheriff of the county, and at the time of his death was at Harrisburg as a member of the Legislature. Children :
54. i. MARY ASENATH, b. Mar. 9, 1834; m. 1856, John Carlisle.
55. ii. JAMES AUGUSTUS, b. Jan. 27, 1837.+
15. STEPHEN PAYNE6 (James5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Columbia, Ct., June 12, 1804; d. Oct., 1885; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1834, Sarah Caroline Packer [d. about 1867]; (2) about 1870, Mrs. Mary Stevens. He was a farmer in the town of Gibson, Pa., and postmaster at Kentuckyville post- office in that town, where he was a leading citizen, holding various local offices. For a time he lived in the neighboring town of Nicholson. Children :
56. i. EVELINE H., b. 1835; m. Horace E. Bennett, a bookseller in West Pittson, Pa. Four children.
57. ii. JAMES ADELBERT, b. 1837.+
58. iii. JANE, b. about 1839; d. about 1849.
59. iv. ELLEN, b. about 1841; m. George Conrad, a farmer at Lenox- ville, Pa. Four children.
60. v. FRANCES, b. about 1843. Res. Scranton, Pa.
61. vi. HENRIETTA, b. about 1847; m. George Harding, a farmer at Lenoxville, Pa.
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18. JAMES6 (James5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Lebanon, Ct., May 9, 1810; d. Oct. 3, 1872; m. Nov. 23, 1834, Lucy Lane Carpenter [b. Attleboro, Mass., May 14, 1811]. He was a preacher in his early years of maturity, but after- ward succeeded to his father's farm and was a leading citizen of the town. Children :
62. i. LUCY ADELIA, b. July 13, 1836; d. Nov. 6, 1856, unm.
63. ii. HULDAH CAROLINE, b. Nov. 1, 1837; m. June 22, 1869, Wil-
liam Henry Davoll, who is a farmer on the farm of her father and grandfather. Four children.
64. iii. MARY EVELINE, b. Aug. 19, 1841; m. Oct., 1865, Charles O. Davoll, a farmer at Preston, Pa. Four children.
65. iv. HARRIET ABBIE, b. Nov. 17, 1843; m. May 23, 1867, John S. Davoll, a farmer at Preston, Pa. Nine children. The husbands of the three sisters are brothers.
22. JAMES6 (Roger5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. May 16, 1796; d. Jan. 30, 1879; m. (1) Nancy, dau. of David and Nancy (Drake) White [b. Easton, Mass., May 1, 1796; d. Mar. 27, 1853]; (2) June 27, 1854, Abigail Rhoads (5), widow of James Newhall (19) ; (3) Nov. 2, 1872, Lucy Rhoads (4), widow of Luther W. Nichols. He learned the machinist's trade in New Ipswich, and on attaining his majority went to Waltham, Mass., and entered the service of a company with which he remained for more than twenty years, after 1823 at the new town started in that year by his employers which became the city of Lowell, by which town he was thrice elected representative. He returned to New Ipswich about 1838 and conducted the farm previously owned by his father and grandfather for some years, but in 1850 he removed to Smithville, where the first house from the school-house on the north was his home until his death. He was selectman several years and representative three times. He was also president of the bank, and was largely occupied in the set- tlement of estates. These varied duties left no large amount of time free for mechanical labor, but he had a shop in which he attended to the repairing of guns and other articles need- ing the machinist's hand. His strict honesty and business reliability were proverbial. Children :
66. i. NANCY, b. July 18, 1821; d. Nov. 27, 1911. She was a teacher for some time, but finally devoted her life to caring for the sick or otherwise needy kinsfolk, as conditions re- quired.
67. ii. JAMES LYMAN, b. Feb. 8, 1823.+
68. iii. GEORGE WILLARD, b. July 29, 1825.+
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69. iv. LEWIS EDWARD, b. Mar. 28, 1830; d. Oct. 2, 1838.
70. v. MARSHALL WARREN, b. Dec. 15, 1831.+
71. vi. CHARLES HENRY, b. Oct. 25, 1840.+
23. THOMAS MARSHALL6 (Roger5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Aug. 15, 1798; d. Dec. 1, 1851; m. 1822, Anne Cooper [b. England about 1804; d. Aug. 16, 1851]. He was a machinist, working successively at Lowell, Mass., New Ips- wich, Somersworth, N. H., Watertown, Mass., and finally for many years in the U. S. Navy Yard at Charlestown, Mass. Children :
72. i. MARY JANE, b. New Ipswich, June 4, 1826; d. Nov. 2, 1890; m. Nov. 13, 1854, George N. Fisher, a milk dealer at Charlestown. She was a public school teacher in Charles- town and Boston from early womanhood until her mar- riage.
73. ii. SARAH MARIA, b. Watertown, Mass., Dec. 1, 1829. Begin- ning at the age of sixteen she was a teacher for forty-five years in the public schools of Charlestown and Boston, ex- cept during two years of service at an academy in Missis- sippi. After retiring she resided at Ayer and Worcester, Mass.
74. iii. LYMAN MARSHALL, b. Charlestown, Dec., 1846; d. Aug. 7, 1851.
28. CHARLES6 (Roger5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. May 14, 1810; d. Apr. 12, 1889; m. Nov. 16, 1834, Esther B. Plympton [b. June 25, 1814; d. Sept. 10, 1857]. He left New Ipswich with his brother George at the age of sixteen, and learned the trade of machinist at Lowell of his brother James, with whom he worked several years. About 1844 he removed to Shirley, Mass., and conducted a private express line be- tween that town and Boston, and after retiring from business he resided there until his death. Children :
75. i. FRANCIS HENRY, b. Mar. 22, 1836; d. Feb. 20, 1910; m. Mar. 9, 1860, Kate Carter of Shirley. He followed many lines of mercantile business, but for many years was a dealer in flour, grain, produce, and fruit in Nashua, where he died.
76. ii. ELIZABETH A., b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. Dec. 29, 1842.
77. iii. ELIZABETH A., b. June 4, 1844; m. Nov. 1, 1865, Herman S., son of Joseph and Ann (Longley) Hazen [b. Shirley, Aug. 25, 1845]. He is a farmer in Shirley, and has held all the more important town offices, and has also served as rep- resentative. Child: Ethel Hazen, b. May 29, 1871; d. Apr. 15, 1882.
78. iv. CHARLES PLYMPTON, b. Feb. 16, 1847; d. Sept. 25, 1865. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 26th Massachusetts Regiment and after a year's faithful service was discharged
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with the regiment, only to die in a short time from dis- ease caused by the hardships of the service.
31. HENRY PULASKI6 (Roger5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. June 18, 1821; d. July 11, 1891; m. Feb. 13, 1842, Charlotte Silver [b. Feb. 14, 1822; d. Feb. 9, 1906]. He learned the machinist's trade of his brother James at Lowell and worked there until about 1847, when he removed to the works just begun where is now the city of Lawrence and con- tinued there, except a brief residence at Shirley, Mass., about 1857, until he retired from business with a comfortable com- petence due in no small part to his valuable inventions in the machinery used in cotton mills. He retired to East Acton, Mass., in 1882, and there passed his later years. Children :
79. i. JOHN HENRY, b. Sept. 28, 1843.++
80. ii. LYDIA MARIA, b. June 20, 1845; m. Feb. 3, 1874, Stillman P., son of Jonas and Eliza (Atherton) Holden of Shirley, Mass. [b. Nov. 10, 1840]. He was a farmer and carpenter. Res. at Shirley and Waltham, Mass. Children: i. Leon Chandler Holden, b. Nov. 23, 1874. ii. Cora Leslie Holden, b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Oct. 17, 1907, E. Thomas Charles.
81. iii. JOSEPH SHIRLEY, b. Dec. 28, 1846; d. Mar. 20, 1847.
82. iv. CHARLOTTE ABBY, b. Jan. 30, 1848; d. Nov. 30, 1859.
83. v. SUSAN OGDEN, b. Apr. 21, 1859. A successful teacher.
84. vi. JESSE L., b. Oct. 14, 1863.+
35. JAMES MELVIN6 (John5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Roger1), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Nov. 14, 1818; d. Dec. 4, 1888; m. Oct. 1, 1843, Susan J., dau. of Elijah and Susan (Simonds) Harris of South Boston, Mass. [b. May 3, 1829; d. Sept. 29, 1903]. He was a member of the firm of dealers in naval stores in which his brothers-in-law were engaged, and after his with- drawal from it about 1855, he returned to his native town, and for the rest of his life held an honored place there. Children :
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