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the old Mason Village road. He inherited very fully his father's musical ability, which further descended to his chil- dren, as was clearly evidenced by the entertainments of the "Clark Troupe," composed of him and his brother Peter H., with members of their families. Children :
8. i. JOHN ROCKWOOD, b. May 25, 1840; d. May 28, 1840.
9. ii. JOHN EMERSON, b. June 29, 1842; d. Feb. 7, 1889; he was a tin worker in Fitchburg, Worcester and Lancaster in Massa- chusetts.
10. iii. MARY ELLEN, b. Sept. 14, 1844; d. Aug. 14, 1878, unm. She was a professional musician in Boston.
11. iv. WILLIAM WILLIS, b. Mar. 3, 1846. He is a musical instructor in Boston and vicinity.
12. v. ABBIE ROCKWOOD, b. Nov. 13, 1848; d. Aug. 31, 1903; m. (1) Charles R. Ford [b. Dec. 22, 1848; d. Sept. 23, 1886]; (2) Charles E. Berthoff. She was a professional musician of Boston, both as a teacher and as a member of leading concert companies.
13. vi. FRANK BURTON, b. Sept. 24, 1850. He was a fruit raiser in Emmett, Colo.
14. vii. CHARLES HERBERT, b. Feb. 14, 1852; m. Jan. 10, 1884, Jeanie M. Herrick. He is a music teacher in New York City.
15. viii. HENRIETTA, b. Feb. 9, 1854; d. Aug. 14, 1868.
16. ix. LIZZIE R., b. May 2, 1856; m. Albert F. Crowell, a bookkeeper in Boston. Children : i. Clarence Albert Crowell, b. Mar. 2, 1876; d. Nov. 14, 1908. ii. Marian Follett Crowell, b. Jan. 27, 1880; d. Oct. 10, 1898. iii. Herbert Clark Crowell, b. Nov. 6, 1882; m. Oct. 4, 1904, Mabelle Aer of Boston. He is a salesman in Boston. Two children.
6. PETER HOBART7 (John6, Peter5, Peter4, Peter3, Uriah2, Hugh1), b. Dec. 11, 1816; d. Aug. 26, 1891; m. June 1, 1843, Sarah Barnes, dau. of Jesse and Lydia (Barnes) Patten of Temple [b. Jan. 18, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1892]. He passed his life in New Ipswich, living for many years in the house pre- viously his father's. He was, first of all, a musician, and around him, as bandmaster and both vocal and instrumental instructor, the music of the town centered. His wife also was for a long time a teacher in connection with the Academy, and each member of his family had place in the "Clark Troupe" mentioned above. He held an appointment as deputy sheriff, and was also for ten or more years proprietor of Clark's Hotel at the old stand on the turnpike next east from the corner store, which under his care was a popular summer resort. Children :
17. i. MARGARET BARNES, b. Mar. 12, 1847; d. May 26, 1867.
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18. ii. HARRIET PATTEN, b. Nov. 27, 1850; m. (1) Mar., 1870, George L. Gates of Ashby, Mass .; (2) Jan. 31, 1878, William George Mckown of Boston [d. June 28, 1884]. Children : i. Ethel Mckown, b. Feb. 19, 1879; m. Oct. 28, 1896, Ralph E. Parker of Boston (N. 14). ii. Annie Mckown, b. Aug. 23, 1880; d. June 16, 1881.
19. iii. ANNIE, b. Sept. 3, 1853; d. Mar. 16, 1860.
7. JAMES RAND7 (John®, Peter5, Peter4, Peter3, Uriah2, Hugh1), b. Nov. 27, 1823; d. Nov. 13, 1888; m. 1854, Elizabeth Perkins. He was a dealer in sewing machines at Biddeford, Me., of which city he was mayor for a time. Later he was proprietor of a livery stable in Boston. Children :
20. i. EDMUND ROBERT, b. Dec. 18, 1854; d. Nov., 1905; m. Mrs. Cora Betts. A salesman in Boston.
21. ii. WALTER HENRY, b. Jan. 14, 1861; d. young.
22. iii. EUGENE LESTER, b. Jan. 14, 1861; d. June 11, 1907 ; m. Elenora Gleason of Boston. He succeeded to his father's stable business. Child: i. Elizabeth J., b. Aug. 13, 1899.
COLLINS.
1. JOSEPH1 COLLINS, b. about 1749; d. Jan. 10, 1836; m. Lydia - [b. about 1744; d. Dec. 14, 1835]. He had a small farm upon the road from Smith Village to the Breed farms, and built his house on the west side of that road just north of the brook crossing it, (60, N. L. O.) The cellar is still plainly visible.
2. NATHAN2 (Joseph1), b. Aug. 4, 1785; d. Sept. 4, 1867; m. Lucy D. Preast [b. Oct. 28, 1786; d. Dec. 28, 1863]. He passed most of his life upon the same lot, his house, still oc- cupied, being upon the east side of the road a quarter-mile farther north than that of his father. Children :
3. i. JOHN AUGUSTUS, b. Jan. 8, 1814; d. Apr. 16, 1814.
4. ii. NANCY WOODBURY, b. Jan. 3, 1816; m. John Pike.
CONANT.
ROGER1 CONANT, son of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant, b. East Budleigh, County Devon, England, bapt. Apr. 9, 1592; d. Nov. 19, 1679; m. Nov. 11, 1618, Sarah Horton. He came to Plymouth in 1623. He did not settle permanently there, but removed to Nantasket (Hull) in 1624, was at the Cape Ann settlement on what is now the west shore of Gloucester Harbor in 1625, and in 1626 was apparently the head of the colony at Naumkeag (Salem). He lived in the section which became Beverly, and was a leader in the formation of that town.
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LOT2 (Roger1), b. about 1624; d. Sept. 29, 1674; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Walton, who survived him, and married Andrew Mansfield of Lynn. He lived for a time in Salem, but removed to Beverly.
JOHN3 (Lot2, Roger1), b. Mar. 10, 1652; d. Sept. 30, 1724; m. May 7, 1678, Bithiah, dau. of Andrew and Bithiah Mansfield of Lynn. He was a farmer and a weaver in Beverly, and did service in King Philip's war.
ROGER3 (Lot2, Roger1), b. Mar. 10, 1668/9; d. 1745; m. Apr. 25, 1698, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Mary Raymond. About 1720 he re- moved from Beverly to that part of Concord which is now Acton. He was a weaver.
LOT4 (John3, Lot2, Roger1), bapt. June 1, 1679; d. Sept. 20, 1767; m. (1) May 15, 1698, Martha Cleaves [b. about 1681; d. Feb. 15, 1725] ; (2) Susannah Clark; (3) Mary -. He removed from Beverly to Concord about 1716.
JOSIAH4 (Roger3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Dec. 12, 1711; m. Feb. 9, 1745/6, Catherine, dau. of Peter Emerson of Reading [b. Dec. 20, 1718; d. Aug. 2, 1809; m. (2) Dec. 18, 1777, Moses Thurston]. He settled while a young man in West Dunstable (now Hollis), where he was a selectman.
ANDREW5 (Lot+, John3, Lot2, Roger1), bapt. Beverly, Jan. 25, 1702/3; m. (1) Charlestown, May 2, 1723, Elizabeth Taylor [b. about 1704; d. Sept. 10, 1758]; (2) Concord, June 6, 1759, Mrs. Mary Hubbard [b. about 1703; d. Nov. 30, 1763]; (3) Danvers, Mass., July 19, 1764, Anna, widow of Daniel Gardner. He was a farmer in Concord, his farm adjoining that of his father.
ABEL5 (Josiah4, Roger3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Oct. 3, 1755; d. May 2, 1844; m. (1) Nov. 20, 1681, Margaret, dau. of James and Margaret Jewett of Hollis [b. Oct. 18, 1758; d. July 25, 1788]; (2) Lydia Thurston. He resided in Hollis until 1813 and then removed to Hardwick, Vt. He served several times in the Revolution and was at Bunker Hill. He was a deacon in Hollis.
ANDREW6 (Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Aug. 22, 1725; d. Sept. 17, 1805; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1748, Ruth Brooks [b. about 1729; d. Feb. 3, 1770]; (2) Mary - - [b. about 1734; d. June 20, 1818]. He passed his life in Concord. He was a captain.
SILAS® (Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Aug. 15, 1740; d. Apr. 3, 1803; m. Dec. 30, 1762, Lois, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Potter [b. May 2, 1744; d. Nov. 12, 1815]. He was a farmer in Concord, Mass. 1. ABEL6 (Abel5, Josiah4, Roger3, Lot2, Roger1), b. June 1, 1784; d. Apr. 12, 1875; m. May, 1822, Harriet Hubbard (4). He studied law in Townsend and New Ipswich, in the latter place with Benjamin Champney. He was admitted to the bar in 1813. He practiced at Townsend and afterward from 1819 to 1826 in New Ipswich. In 1834 he removed to Lowell, Mass., where he studied chemistry and mechanics and made some useful inventions. He is said to have made a parlor organ, a hollow auger nearly as now used, the mortise door lock, and certain improved means for causing bread to rise. Children :
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4. i. JOHN, b. Apr. 3, 1823; d. Dec. 29, 1876; m. 1851, Frances, dau. of Peter and Hannah Crowell, a well-known spiritual- ist medium. Res. in Boston.
5. ii. HARRIET MARIA, b. May 20, 1825.
6. iii.
7. iv. HORACE J., b. Sept. 17, 1827.
SARAH ISABELLA, b. Jan. 14, 1829.
8. v. JAMES EDWIN, b. Feb. 3, 1831; d. Oct. 1, 1886; m. (1) Feb. 9, 1854, Susan Amelia Rutherford; (2) Sallie Lee. He served in the U. S. Interior Dept. and in the War Dept., and for many years engaged in the business of railroad construction in the South and West.
2. ZEBULON? (Andrew6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Oct. 29, 1749; m. Mary Wright [b. Feb., 1752]. He lived in Winchendon, Mass., at the time of the Revolu- tion, and went to Cambridge in Capt. Wilder's company at the time of the Lexington alarm. He removed to New Ips- wich in 1783 or earlier, and was a farmer upon 85, A. D., or perhaps the next lot to the west of it. His name disappears from the town records before 1820. Children :
9. i. RUTH, b. May 2, 1772; m. Nov. 3, 1795, James Adams (12).
10. ii. MARY, b. Feb. 13, 1774; m. May 1, 1794, Jacob S. Clary of Leominster, Mass.
11. iii. ZEBULON, b. May 11, 1776; d. July 8, 1803; m. Mary Wright. He was drowned.
12. iv. HANNAH, b. May 4, 1779; d. 1802; m. Oct. 8, 1801, Jonas Amsden.
13. v. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 31, 1781.+
14. vi. REBECCA, b. July 31, 1783; m. Nov. 3, 1809, John W. Spaulding of Franklin, Vt.
15. vii. BETSY, b. Sept. 13, 1785; m. Mar. 25, 1813, Lovander F. Fuller of Grafton, Vt.
16. viii. NATHAN, b. Feb. 9, 1788; d. Oct. 3, 1843.
17. ix. KEZIAH, b. June 19, 1789; m. Sanders.
18. x. NANCY, b. Aug. 10, 1793; m. Jan. 23, 1810, Joseph® Wetherbee.
19. xi. ANDREW, b. Feb. 12, 1796.+
3. JAMES7 (Silas6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. May 26, 1788; d. Oct. 26, 1836; m. 1810, Seba, dau. of Jesse Davis [b. Acton, Mass., June 23, 1789; d. July 5, 1875]. He was a carpenter in Acton, Mass., from which town he gave service in the War of 1812. He came to New Ipswich about 1825 and remained eight years, living on the Tenney farm on the Greenville road, (19, N. D.) Children :
20. i. LUSEBA WRIGHT, b. Apr. 14, 1811; d. Feb. 2, 1859; m. Dec. 9, 1836, Josiah Webber (1).
21. ii. LOUISA J., b. Sept. 26, 1812; d. Oct. 16, 1892; m. (1) May 9, 1839, Jonathan L., son of William and Rebecca (Lovejoy) Cogswell of Rindge; (2) Emerson Howe (J. 1).
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22. iii. JAMES FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 23, 1814.+
23. iv. JESSE DAVIS, b. Oct. 22, 1818; m. Rachel Golopen. He re- moved to the West.
24. v. MARY F., b. July 20, 1820; m. (1) Apr. 5, 1845, Walter Davis; (2) James Comee of Fitchburg, Mass.
25. vi.
ANDREW, b. Nov. 13, 1822.+-
26. vii. SARAH ANN, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1825; m. Nov. 15, 1848, George Henry Ramsdell (10).
27. viii. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 11, 1827; m. May 28, 1850, Diana P., dau. of Paul and Hannah R. (Hannaford) Boyce (3). Res. Peterboro.
28. ix. SYLVIA MARIA, b. Nov. 17, 1829; m. Oct. 3, 1848, David Thomas of Woodstock, Vt. Some years later he was pro- prietor of a restaurant beneath Union Hall.
29. x. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. Mason, Apr. 5, 1834; m. July 2, 1857, Horace Eugene Evans. Res. in Townsend, Mass.
13. JOSEPH8 (Zebulon7, Andrew6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Concord, Mar. 31, 1781; m. (1) Sept. 18, 1806, Patience Sawyer of Bolton, Mass. [b. May 10, 1782; d. May 20, 1845]; (2) Dec. 25, 1845, Nancy (Simonds) Puffer. He went to Bolton, but soon removed to Leominster, Mass., where he was a shoe manufacturer. He had eight children.
19. ANDREW8 (Zebulon7, Andrew6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Feb. 12, 1796; m. Emily Farnsworth [b. July, 1799]. He succeeded to his father's farm, remaining upon it until about 1840, when he removed to Lunenburg, Mass. He was selectman the last two years before his removal. Chil- dren :
30. i. LOVANDER WRIGHT, b. 1820; d. about 1901; m. Adeline Hey- wood of Lunenburg, Mass., where he kept a country store. Two children.
31. ii. CHARLES FARNSWORTH, b. 1821.+-
32. iii. ANDREW PHILANDER, b. May 8, 1823.+-
33. iv. SAMUEL STILLMAN, b. Mar., 1825; d. about 1902.
34. v. SUSAN E., b. 1827; m. Edward Crossman of Fitchburg, Mass.
35. vi. LUCY HALE, b. 1829; m. George P. Kingsbury of Leominster, Mass.
36. vii. ADONIRAM JUDSON, b. Apr. 30, 1831.+
37. viii. EMILY HAZELTON, b. 1833; m. George Searles of Leominster, Mass.
38. ix. JAMES QUINCY, b. Apr. 13, 1835.+-
39. x. MARY ANN, b. 1837; m. J. A. Marshall of Leominster, Mass.
40. xi. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 1839. Lived in North Leominster, Mass. Two children.
41. xii. ELLEN ELIZABETH, b. 1843; d. young.
22. JAMES FRANKLIN8 (James7, Silas6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Nov. 23, 1814; d. July 16, 1880; m. Nelson,
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Nov. 5, 1839, Lucy, dau. of Isaac and Susanna (Cobb) Follett [b. Nov. 26, 1804; d. July 15, 1872]. He came to New Ipswich with his parents, and on reaching the age of manhood he settled in Stoneham, Mass. He was a shoemaker. Children :
42. i. CALVIN HARRISON, b. Aug. 29, 1841.
43. ii. LUCY ANN SEBA, b. Nov. 27, 1845; m. - Jaquith. Res. in Reading, Mass.
25. ANDREW8 (James7, Silas6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Nov. 13, 1822; m. Brattleboro, Vt., July 3, 1846, Margaret Annie, dau. of Edward and Martha Chadwell [b. Mar. 12, 1831]. He came to New Ipswich with his parents and in early manhood settled in Nashua. He was a cigar maker. Children :
44. i. EDWARD ANDREW, b. New Ipswich, July 31, 1851.
45. ii. NELLIE FRANCES, b. Nashua, Aug. 30, 1861; d. June 22, 1863.
31. CHARLES F.9 (Andrew8, Zebulon7, Andrew6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. 1821; m. Ora Burt, dau. of Lyman Bruce. He was in the employ of a large company for the manufacture of carriages in Leominster, Mass. Chil- dren :
46. i. CHARLES EDWARD, b. Mar. 27, 1849.
47. ii. HENRY LYMAN, b. Aug. 10, 1852.
32. ANDREW P.9 (Andrew8, Zebulon7, Andrew6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. May 8, 1823; m. (1) name un- known; (2) Aug. 14, 1854, Elizabeth Adelina, dau. of John and Mary Littlefield of Norridgewock, Me. He owned a sawmill at Leominster, Mass., for a time, and then removed to Terre Haute, Ind., where he had a flour mill and was also proprietor of a mineral spring. Children :
48. i. AUSTIN.
49. ii. ELLA.
50. iii. MARTHA ELLA COBLEIGH.
51. iv. OLLIE ADELINA, b. May 29, 1857.
52. v. OSSIAN ACONDA CROMWELL, b. Dec. 14, 1862.
53. vi. ARIEL HUGO, b. Dec. 29, 1864; d. young.
36. ADONIRAM9 (Andrew8, Zebulon7, Andrew6, Andrew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Apr. 30, 1831 ; m. Feb. 11, 1864, Roxanna, dau. of John Cromwell of Norridgewock, Me. He removed with his parents to Leominster, Mass., and thence to Kuttawa, Ky., where he was a miller. He there married a second and third time. Child :
54. i. ADA, b. June 2, 1869.
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38. JAMES QUINCY9 (Andrew8, Zebulon7, Andrew6, An- drew5, Lot4, John3, Lot2, Roger1), b. Apr. 13, 1835; m. Apr. 30, 1861, Clara Ann, dau. of Oliver and Clarissa D. (Stone) Hall [b. Worcester, Mass., Mar. 31, 1841]. He was a grocer and later a railroad station agent at Mason Village (now Greenville), and is now a merchant at Leominster, Mass. Children :
55. i. MINNIE BARBARA, b. Nov. 14, 1862; d. Dec. 25, 1873.
56. ii. ALICE CORNELIA, b. Oct. 31, 1864; m. Howard E. Mead, a piano maker at Leominster, Mass. Two children.
57. iii. GERTRUDE CLARA, b. Feb. 22, 1871; d. Jan. 12, 1874.
58. iv. LILLIAN ADELINE, b. Sept. 12, 1873.
COOKE.
AARON1 COOKE, b. about 1610; d. Sept. 5, 1690; m. (1) a dau. of Thomas Ford; (2) Joan, dau. of Nicholas Denslow [d. 1676]; (3) Eliza, dau. of John Nash of New Haven, Ct .; (4) Rebecca, dau. of Nathaniel Foot and widow of Philip Smith of Hadley, Mass. He came from Eng- land about 1630 and settled in Dorchester, Mass., removing to Windsor, Ct., about seven years later, and thence in 1660 to Northampton, Mass., where he passed his remaining years except about ten years in Westfield, Mass. He was a farmer in Westfield and also an inn-keeper, and in all places an influential man. He rose from private to major, was select- man and representative, and an associate justice.
AARON2 (Aaron1), bapt. Feb. 21, 1640; d. Sept. 16, 1716; m. May 30, 1661, Sarah, dau. of William Westwood [b. 1644; d. Mar. 24, 1730]. He res. in Hadley, Mass., which town he represented in the Legislature. He was selectman many years and also held the office of captain.
WESTWOOD3 (Aaron2, Aaron1), b. Mar. 29, 1670/1; d. June 3, 1744; m. 1692, Sarah Colman [d. after Feb., 1756]. He was selectman and also lieutenant.
NOAH4 (Westwood3, Aaron2, Aaron1), b. Apr. 5, 1694; d. June 17, 1760; m. (1) 1716, Sarah Marsh [d. Sept., 1746]; (2) 1747, Esther Chapin.
NOAH5 (Noah4, Westwood3, Aaron2, Aaron1), b. Feb. 12, 1730; d. Apr. 8, 1796; m. Oct. 23, 1748, Kezia Parsons of Northampton, Mass. He was a lieutenant. Res. at Hadley.
1. NOAH6 (Noah5, Noah4, Westwood3, Aaron2, Aaron1), b. Oct. 8, 1749; d. Oct. 15, 1829; m. Jan. 11, 1784, Mary Rock- wood [b. about 1746; d. Oct. 21, 1801]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1769, afterward studied divinity and was licensed to preach in 1771. He was a chaplain in the Revo- lutionary army for five years, retiring from that position in 1780 and soon commencing the study of law. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1784 and practiced in this town until 1791, when he removed to Keene and there passed the rest of his
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life. He built for his New Ipswich home the house on the north side of the old country road, and near the meeting- house on the hill, which was long occupied by Stephen F. Preston and his son Edward F. Children :
2. i. NOAH, b. Sept. 16, 1785; d. Oct. 2, 1791.
3. ii. JOSIAH PARSONS, b. Feb. 15, 1787.+
4. iii. POLLY, b. Aug. 13, 1788.
5. iv. NOAH ROCKWOOD, b. June 17, 1792; d. July 21, 1872; m. Mar. 12, 1850, Maria Louisa L. Mead of Walpole.
3. JOSIAH PARSONS7 (Noah6, Noah5, Noah4, Westwood3, Aaron2, Aaron1), b. Feb. 15, 1787 ; m. Dec. 7, 1826, Mary, dau. of John Pratt of Boston. He graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1807, studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar at Boston in 1810, and passed his life in that city as a successful member of the legal profession.
6. JOSIAH PARSONS8 (Josiah Parsons7, Noah6, Noah5, Noah4, Westwood3, Aaron2, Aaron1), b. Oct. 12, 1827; d. Sept. 3, 1894. He graduated from Harvard College in 1848, was a tutor there in 1849, and was appointed professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy the following year. In 1851 he established what is believed to have been the first chemical laboratory for undergraduate work instituted in any American college, in which Charles W. Eliot, afterward president of Harvard, was one of his earliest students. He lived to see the number of desks provided for that work, which seven years later num- bered only forty-six, increased to four hundred and sixty, and he is credited with giving to chemistry its true place as an exact and disciplinary study. He was popular as a lecturer, and his scientific publications were recognized as authori- tative.
CRAGIN.
JOHN1 CRAGIN, b. about 1634; d. Jan. 27, 1708; m. Nov. 4, 1661, Sarah Dawes [b. England, Dec. 23, 1625]. He was born in southern Scotland, and was sent to America as a prisoner of war by Cromwell in 1652. He had smallpox on the passage and would have been thrown overboard but for the intercession of the young English woman whom he afterward married. Res. in Woburn, Mass.
JOHN2 (John1), b. Sept. 19, 1677; d. Jan. 26, 1703/4; m. Apr. 13, 1700, Deborah Skelton. Res. in Woburn.
JOHN3 (John2, John1), b. Mar. 25, 1701; d. Jan. 28, 1794; m. about 1727, Judith, dau. of William and Dorothy Barker of Concord, Mass. [b. Jan. 7, 1701; d. Dec. 26, 1762]. Res. in that part of Concord which is now Acton, but after the death of his wife he removed to Temple, probably about 1769.
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JOHN4 (John3, John2, John1), b. Jan. 8, 1728/9; d. May 1, 1797; m. (1) Sept. 27, 1755, Sarah Barrett of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. May 30, 1771] ; (2) about 1780, Sarah Spaulding [b. Townsend, Mass., about 1739; d. Aug. 26, 1833]. At an early date, probably before his father, he removed to Temple, and there passed his life. He was a deacon.
BENJAMIN4 (John3, John2, John1), b. July 8, 1740; m. May 2, 1766, Mercy Robinson [d. Apr. 20, 1816]. Res. in Temple and in that part of Mason which is now Greenville.
1. FRANCIS4 (John3, John2, John1), b. Acton, Mass., Mar. 2, 1742; d. Aug. 16, 1826; m. 1766, Elizabeth Law [b. about 1743; d. about 1767] ; (2) 1773, Sibyl Piper [b. Acton, Feb. 20, 1750; d. May 16, 1809]; (3) about 1810, Rebecca, widow of Charles Barrett (1). His oldest child was born in Acton, Mass., but all the others in Temple, to which town he removed at the same time as his father, and there passed over one- third of a century, representing the town in the Legislature several years, and holding other principal town offices. He enlisted several times for service during the Revolution. He came to New Ipswich about 1804, and lived on the Ephraim Adams farm, (21, N. D.,) until his third marriage, after which his home was in the older Barrett house situated next north of the later mansion. Children :
3. i. PAUL, b. Dec. 6, 1766; d. Mar. 17, 1853; m. Oct., 1793, Polly Whittemore. Res. Greenfield.
4. ii. FRANCIS, b. Oct. 24, 1773; d. Jan. 18, 1852; m. June 27, 1795, Sarah® Cummings (Archelaus5, David4, John3, Isaac2, Isaac1) [b. about 1774; d. Mar., 1867]. Res. in Temple.
5. iii. SILAS, b. Apr. 16, 1775.+
6. iv. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 16, 1777.+-
7. v. SIBYL, b. Dec. 12, 1778; d. Feb. 18, 1781.
8. vi. ESTHER, b. Apr. 10, 1781; d. Mar. 16, 1846; m. Jan. 27, 1798, Artemas Wheeler [b. Temple, Mar. 7, 1774; d. Nov. 2, 1848]. Res. Temple, Keene, and Groton. Nine children. 9. vii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 4, 1783.+
10. viii. LEONARD, b. Aug. 29, 1785.+-
11. ix. ANNA, b. Mar. 24, 1789; d. Sept. 16, 1791.
12. x. ISAIAH, b. June 7, 1791.+
13. xi. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 24, 1794; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1817, Mary Camp- bell (4); (2) Dec. 26, 1848, widow S. H. Cooper. Res. Paper Mill Village.
JOHN5 (John4, John3, John2, John1), b. Mar. 18, 1769; d. June 21, 1853; m. Dec. 1, 1788, Ruth, dau. of Ephraim4 and Sarah (Conant) Heald (John3, John2, John1) [b. July 23, 1772; d. Jan. 17, 1833]. Res. Temple, where he was a captain in the militia.
2. AARON5 (Benjamin4, John8, John2, John1), b. Apr. 16, 1772; d. Feb. 13, 1849; m. Feb. 16, 1797, Sarah Wilkins of
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Carlisle, Mass. He removed to Rindge in 1812, came thence to New Ipswich about 1821, and seems to have lived in the Factory Village, as it was then termed, for a few years, after which he removed to New York state. Three children.
5. SILAS5 (Francis4, John3, John2, John1), b. Apr. 16, 1775; d. May 28, 1849; m. Nov. 20, 1797, Anna Prichard (12). He was a saddler and seems to have lived, for a few years after his marriage, in the "Stratton house," formerly standing just below the southeast corner of the old burying-ground on the hill, his shop being a short distance southward in a building now removed, but then the second southerly from the street crossing. After few years he removed to Billerica, Mass., and thence to Harvard, Mass., returning to New Ipswich about 1836, after which he had his home in the brick house built by Abel Shattuck, a few rods southwesterly from the Con- gregational church. Children :
15. i. LORENZO SILAS, b. Sept. 30, 1799.+
16. ii. ANN, b. Oct. 20, 1801; d. Aug. 14, 1843; m. Nov. 17, 1825, Stedman Houghton (3).
17. iii. SOPHRONIA, b. July 18, 1805; d. Apr. 5, 1894, unm. She was a milliner at Shelburne Falls, Mass.
18. iv. ELVIRA, b. Jan. 9, 1809; d. May 28, 1892, unm. She was also a milliner at Shelburne Falls, Mass.
19. v. ELIZABETH P., b. July 8, 1811; d. Mar. 26, 1850, unm.
20. vi. REBECCA BARRETT, b. Feb. 28, 1814; d. July 24, 1881; m. Jan. 25, 1843, George W. Myrick [b. Dec. 14, 1805; d. Feb. 26, 1896]. Res. at Shelburne Falls, Mass. Child: i. Stanley Cragin Myrick, b. Oct. 23, 1844; d. Nov. 23, 1855.
6. STEPHEN5 (Francis4, John3, John2, John1), b. Mar. 16, 1777 ; d. Oct. 29, 1821; m. May 30, 1799, Martha Kimball [b. Temple, Feb. 26, 1775; d. Jan. 4, 1831]. Res. Temple and Hancock. Children :
21. i. EVELINE, b. May 28, 1800; d. inf.
22. ii. CAROLINE, b. Apr. 9, 1803; d. Jan. 30, 1851; m. Samuel Fisher. Two children.
23. iii. FRANCIS KIMBALL, b. Apr. 5, 1805.+
24. iv. FRANKLIN H., b. Feb. 14, 1807; d. May 26, 1810.
25. v. STEPHEN DEXTER, b. Apr. 2, 1812; m. June 18, 1838, Sarah B. Wall. Two children.
9. JOSEPH5 (Francis4, John3, John2, John1), b. Aug. 4, 1783; d. Apr. 27, 1863; m. (1) Aug. 25, 1803, Hannah Patten [b. June 16, 1785 ; d. May 1, 1833] ; (2) May 8, 1835, widow Sarah Robinson [b. about 1787 ; d. Feb. 26, 1863]. He was a farmer
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in New Ipswich, first on the Ephraim Adams farm, (21, N. D.,) and later on the more easterly of the two Breed farms near the south line of the town, (80, A. D.) At about the time of his second marriage he removed to the former par- sonage just westward from the first Baptist church on the road to Smith Village, and here he passed his later years. Children :
26. i. HANNAH, b. Apr. 16, 1805; m. Feb. 15, 1831, Darius Welling- ton of Ashby, Mass. Res. at Memphis, Mo. Child : i.
Henry D. Wellington. Res. Memphis, Mo.
27. ii. GILMAN, b. Aug. 5, 1807; d. Feb. 12, 1808.
28. iii.
ROXANNA, b. Feb. 9, 1809; d. Nov. 7, 1812.
29. iv. DORCAS BARRETT, b. July 26, 1811; d. Apr. 19, 1910; m. (1)
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