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120. i. GEORGE H., b. Sept. 30, 1836; m. (1) June 11, 1861, Maria Louise Brown [d. July 9, 1876]; (2) Oct. 9, 1879, Ella Parsons. He was a hardwood lumber dealer in Boston.
121. ii. ALBERT Low, b. June 8, 1838; d. Dec. 7, 1847.
122. iii. ELIZABETH FRENCH, b. Nov. 18, 1848; m. Feb. 8, 1877, A. D. W. French of Boston.
123. iv. EDWARD WINDSOR, b. June 10, 1856; m. Jan. 26, 1881, Carrie L. Esbach of Boston. 1
71. HORACE H.7 (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. May 20, 1817 ; m. June 3, 1857, Sarah S., dau. of Asa and Rhoda Maynard of Marlboro. Res. at Salem, Mass. He was a travelling salesman and also engaged in other busi- ness. Child :
124. i. FANNIE M., b. Sept. 18, 1872.
73. CHARLES S.7 (Jonathan®, Jonathan5, Thomas4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. May 28, 1821 ; m. (1) Aug. 28, 1845, Betsey R., dau. of Lubin and Lydia (Burton) Rockwood of Wilton [b. about 1826; d. Boston, Apr. 13, 1857] ; (2) June 14, 1860, Frances O., dau. of Richard and Mary W. Sykes of Newton, Mass. He was employed in the store of Johnson & Clark at
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Bank Village for a time, and later was similarly engaged in East Jaffrey. He was then successively a partner of his brother James in Hancock, a member of the firm of Davis & Heywood in New Ipswich, for more than twenty years asso- ciated with his brother George in Boston, and finally a mem- ber of the firm of Billings, Clapp & Co., manufacturers of chemicals in Boston. He resided in Newton, Mass. Children :
125. i. HENRIETTA R., b. Aug. 28, 1846; d. Sept. 10, 1846.
126. ii. CHARLES ALLEN, b. Apr. 7, 1848; m. Agnes Nichols of Wash- ington, D. C. He is a physician in Washington.
127. iii. WALTER ROCKWOOD, b. Nov. 9, 1849; d. Apr., 1908; m. (1) Nellie Loring of Newton, Mass .; (2) Susan Loring of Newton, a cousin of his first wife. Children: i. Alice, (by first marriage,) m. William T. Coppins of Newton. ii. Robert, (by second marriage).
128. iv. An infant son, d. Mar. 26, 1857.
129. v. IDA, m. William Z. Ripley. He is a professor in Harvard University. Four children.
87. ELIJAH F.7 (Elijah6, Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Nov. 29, 1813; d. Mar. 16, 1886; m. Hannah Ball, dau. of Sampson and Ruth (Ball) Spaulding [d. July 18, 1889]. He was a resident in the family region in Mason during the greater part of his life, but for a few years seems to have been a citizen of New Ipswich and resident in its southeastern part. Child :
130. i. ABBY JANE, b. July 7, 1841; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1862, Charles Robbins [b. Nov. 26, 1837; d. Aug. 24, 1901]; (2) Charles B. Samson [d. Mar. 8, 1907]. Child: i. Addie A. Robbins, b. Dec. 12, 1867.
88. ELISHA F.7 (Elijah6, Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Nov. 29, 1812; m. May 16, 1839, Roxanna, dau. of Daniel Jefts (6). He was for several years a farmer upon 186, A. D. His house, since destroyed by fire, stood forty or fifty rods south from the turnpike, upon the road extending, not far from the town line, from the "Wheeler tavern" to the "Pierce farm." The work of his hands is perpetuated by the sturdy willows set by him, while a young man in the employ of Dr. Stillman Gibson, beside the road from the Gibson cor- ners to Bank Village, near the point of crossing the North Branch of the Souhegan River. He removed to Luzerne, N. Y., about 1850. Children :
131. i. FRANKLIN, b. Apr. 10, 1840; d. July 20, 1840.
132. ii. HORACE EUGENE, b. July, 1841; unm. Res. at Westminster, Mass.
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133. iii. GEORGE HENRY, b. Nov. 18, 1842; m. Sarah Sherman of Cor- inth, N. Y. Child : i. Bertha E.
134. iv. HARRIET AUGUSTA, b. June, 1844; d. Sept., 1907; m. James Burritt. Res. at Corinth, N. Y. One child.
135. v. ELVIRA WILLARD, b. Sept., 1853; m. Loren Merritt of Corinth, N. Y. Six children.
89. SAMUEL7 (Elijah6, Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Apr. 7, 1818; d. Mar. 22, 1907; m. Oct. 31, 1847, Mary Jane Haskell of Brattleboro, Vt. [b. Aug. 5, 1822]. He was a farmer in Mason until about 1864, when he came to New Ipswich and held the Josiah Davis farm, (2, N. L. O.,) afterwards known as the Lewis Robbins farm, until his death. Several of his children settled in the immediate neighborhood, and to the present time hold a wide expanse of land showing exceptionally faithful culture in that part of the town. Chil- dren :
136. i. ELBRIDGE FORDICE, b. Nov. 10, 1848; unm. Res. in Greenville.
137. ii. VIOLA M., b. Apr. 21, 1850; m. Sept. 26, 1898, Henry W. Wilson.
138. iii. MARCIA, b. July 14, 1852; m. Orren French.
139. iv. GARDNER GAY, b. June 14, 1854.+
140. v. SAMUEL HENRY, b. May 20, 1857.+
141. vi. LEANDER JOSEPH, b. Aug. 4, 1859.+
142. vii. EDWARD HILDRETH, b. Aug. 8, 1862.+
143. viii. IDA BELLE, b. Jan. 19, 1866; m. Dec. 1, 1894, Lewis, son of Eben and Lucinda (Cutting) Damon of Ashby, Mass., where he is a carpenter. Child: i. Etta May Damon, b. and d. Feb., 1907.
144. ix. ELIZA J., b. Dec. 3, 1868; m. Charles Lysander Russell.
91. KENDALL7 (Joseph6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Dec. 5, 1803; m. Apr. 14, 1831, Jane Ann, dau. of Isaac and Lydia (Keyes) Patten [b. Westford, Mass., May 22, 1807; d. Athol, Mass., Apr. 4, 1898]. He was a physician in Reading, Mass., and Athol, Mass. Children :
145. i. MILTON KENDALL, b. 1834; d. 1840.
146. ii. CORNELIA, b. 1836; d. 1840.
147. iii. ALICE JANE, b. Aug. 31, 1838; m. Nov., 1867, Dr. Albert S. Tobin. Child: i. Arthur Patten Davis Tobin, b. Aug. 23, 1869.
148. iv. LOIS ANN, b. Feb. 28, 1840; d. Jan., 1898; m. Nov., 1866, Stephen E. Bugbee. Children : i. Alice Bugbee, b. Oct., 1867. ii. Mary Bugbee, b. July, 1869.
149. v. LUCY KENDALL, b. Mar. 26, 1842; m. Nov., 1867, Alvin N. Bugbee. Children: i. Alvin Bugbee, b. 1875; m. Jean Wat- son; three children. ii. Newton Kendall Bugbec, b. 1877; m. Florence Toms; two children. iii. Lucy Bugbee, b. Oct., 1887. iv. Benjamin Harrison Bugbee, b. 1889.
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95. GEORGE7 (Joseph6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Oct. 16, 1817; m. Mary Ann Parker of Reading, Mass. He was a cabinet maker. He died at Longmont, Colo., as did also his wife. Children :
150. i. SAMUEL. He was an organist and music-teacher in Long- mont, Colo., where he died.
151. ii. LEILA, d. in Colorado.
152. iii. MARY, m. in Colorado.
153. iv. CHARLES. Res. in Colorado.
98. HORACE7 (Joseph6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. June 6, 1825 ; d. Nov. 12, 1887; m. (1) Apr. 4, 1850, Maria Blanchard (43); (2) He was a contractor and builder in Boston and vicinity. Child :
154. i. CHARLES HORACE, b. Feb. 7, 1859; m. Aug. 18, 1886, Bertha May Mott, dau. of Alvin Melrose and Abigail May (Smith) Bridgman of Provincetown, Mass. [b. June 25, 1865]. His mother dying upon the day of his birth, he was taken into the family of William D. Locke and reared as a son with- out change of name. He studied dentistry in the University of Pennsylvania and received the degree of D. D. S. in 1886. He is a successful dentist in Worcester, Mass., also an inventor of dental instruments. Child: i. Stanley Bridg- man, b. Mar. 20, 1888.
102. JAMES PUTNAM7 (James6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Dec. 27, 1829; m. (1) Oct. 25, 1855, Ann Elizabeth Prichard Houghton (7); (2) Sept., 1859, Jane Elizabeth, dau. of Herman Lake [b. July 21, 1826; d. Dec. 7, 1908]. He was a carpenter. Children :
155. i. ANNA, b. Oct., 1857; d. Mar. 4, 1858.
156. ii. WILLIAM ELIOT, b. Oct. 27, 1864; m. Mar. 17, 1886, Florence Josephine Bliss [b. Elmira, N. Y., May 21, 1862]. He was a theatrical manager and actor, but since 1904 has been a farmer in Davis Village.
157. iii. MARY WINGATE.
103. PERLEY BACON? (James6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Apr. 26, 1832; m. Feb. 12, 1862, Mary Frances Vining of Holbrook, Mass. He was educated at New Ipswich Appleton Academy, in which he was an assistant teacher for four years, during two of which, the first two after the attainment of his majority, he was elected superintendent of the public schools. He graduated from Andover Theo- logical Seminary in 1861 and has passed his life as a pastor in Massachusetts churches, five years at Sharon, twenty-five at Hyde Park, and seven at Dorchester. He resides in West Roxbury, Mass. Children :
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158. i. ALBERT PUTNAM, b. Jan. 5, 1866. He graduated from Am- herst College in 1887 and from Yale Divinity School in 1894, having been a professor in Lincoln University before entering upon his professional study. He was for ten 159. ii. years pastor at Wakefield, Mass., and later at Pomona, Cal. ARTHUR VINING, b. May 30, 1867. He graduated from Am- herst College in 1888. He resides in Pittsburg, Penn., where he is president of the Aluminum Company of America.
160. iii. PERLEY EDWARDS, b. Aug. 2, 1869; d. July 21, 1870.
161. iv. FLORENCE WADLEIGH, b. July 10, 1871. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1894.
162. v. EDWARD KIRK, b. Feb. 19, 1880. He graduated from Harvard College in 1903. He is connected with the Aluminum Company of America at Pittsburg, Penn.
107. RICHARD HALL? (Thomas6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Aug. 24, 1823; d. May 2, 1907; m. June 5, 1844, Asenath Blanchard (36). He came from his native town, Enosburg, Vt., to New Ipswich in early manhood, and passed practically his entire later life as a wheelwright in Smith Village, his shop being the nearest building to the bridge upon the southeastern side. Children:
163. i. LAURA ANN, b. Mar. 26, 1845; m. Jan., 1872, Clifford Prutz- man of Three Rivers, Mich. Child : i. Ernest Richard Prutzman, b. Mar. 9, 1873.
164. ii. MARY JEANNETTE, b. Feb. 22, 1855; m. Dec. 25, 1893, Frank H., son of Charles O. and Frances (Holden) Whittemore. Res. in Smith Village.
165. iii. ALICE M., b. Aug., 1859; m. Mar. 4, 1886, Elwin L., son of James E. and Emily E. Edson. Res. in Leominster, Mass. Children : i. Florence Edson, b. Jan. 24, 1891. ii. Dwight Edson, b. Oct., 1895. 1
109. JAMES BENJAMIN7 (Thomas6, Silas5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2 Dolor1), b. Dec. 23, 1832; m. June 3, 1859, Helen M. Bailey [d. Aug. 14, 1912]. He was a farmer with his father upon the "Campbell farm," (7, N. L. O.,) but after the father's death he built a house opposite the northern corner of the central burying-ground which was his home until 1913, when he removed to San Diego, Cal. Children :
166. i. MINNIE BELLE, b. Oct. 7, 1863; d. Nov. 7, 1863.
167. ii. FLORENCE G., b. June 5, 1865; m. Henry L. Kingsbury, a furni- ture dealer in Fitchburg, Mass., who removed to San Diego, Cal., in 1913. Children: i. Esther Almira Kingsbury, b. Aug. 17, 1890. ii. Alberta Gertrude Kingsbury, b. July, 1900.
139. GARDNER G.8 (Samuel7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. June 14, 1854; m. (1) Sept. 25,
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1877, Ann E., dau. of George H. and Sarah Ramsdell [b. 1858; d. Apr. 15, 1893]; (2) 1900, Mrs. Emma F. (Ward) Chute, dau. of John and Sarah J. Ward of Portland, Me. [b. Sept. 27, 1862]. He is a farmer on the Benjamin Wilson farm, (69, A. D.) Children :
168. i. EVA MARION, b. Aug. 16, 1878; m. June 10, 1902, William E. Preston (103).
169. ii. ETTA, b. Aug. 16, 1882; d. Mar. 2, 1883.
170. iii. EFFIE MAY, b. Oct. 1, 1884.
171. iv. SARAH BELLE, b. Sept. 7, 1887.
172. v. HATTIE ANN, b. July 14, 1889; m. Sept. 17, 1910, Kenneth Allen. Res. in Somerville, Mass.
173. vi. MARION FRANCES, b. July 4, 1901.
140. SAMUEL HENRY8 (Samuel7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. May 20, 1857; m. Sept. 30, 1886, Sarah E., dau. of Isaac B. and Mary H. (Smith) Heywood of Temple [b. Dec. 14, 1867]. He is a farmer upon the Russell farm, (44, N. L. O.) Children :
174. i. ERNEST HENRY, b. Sept. 2, 1894.
175. ii. PHILIP HEYWOOD, b. July 18, 1901.
141. LEANDER J.8 (Samuel7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Joseph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Aug. 4, 1859; m. May 1, 1884, Alice M. Davis of Ashby, Mass. [b. Jan. 11, 1866]. He also is a farmer on the Russell farm, (44, N. L. O.) Children :
176. i. WILBUR JOSEPH, b. Mar. 25, 1891; d. Aug. 19, 1891.
177. ii. BERNICE MAY, b. Jan. 4, 1896.
178. iii. BERTHA HAZEL, b. Apr. 1, 1900.
142. EDWARD HILDRETH8 (Samuel7, Elijah6, Elijah5, Jo- seph4, James3, Simon2, Dolor1), b. Aug. 8, 1862; m. Oct. 13, 1897, Eliza Annie, dau. of Uriah and Sarah J. (Hadley) Law- rence of Rindge [b. July 27, 1874]. He has succeeded to his father's farm. Children :
179. i. RALPH CHESTER, b. and d. Nov. 23, 1901.
180. ii. EDWARD LAWRENCE, b. Sept. 22, 1903.
DAVIS (JOB).
There is a tradition that Job Davis was the son of Jonathan5, but there is no satisfactory proof of the lineage.
1. JOB1, b. about 1776; d. Apr. 6, 1850; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1805, Mary, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Crosby) Stearns (I. 4) [b. Feb. 19, 1783; d. July 1, 1846]; (2) Nov. 26, 1846, Sarah A., sister of first wife (I. 6) [b. Feb. 4, 1786; d. May 13, 1862].
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He lived in Ashby, Mass., but came to New Ipswich about 1843, and made the home of his later days on the Thomas Heald farm, (187, N. L. O.) Children :
2. i. ISAAC STEARNS, b. July 11, 1806; d. Feb. 13, 1882; m. July 10, 1833, Lydia Davies, dau. of Daniel and Betsey Blood [b. Apr. 26, 1807]. He settled in Holden, Mass. Seven children.
3. ii. ORPAH S., b. May 4, 1809; d. Aug., 1868; m. Samuel Esta- brook. Res. in Ashby, Mass. Two children.
4. iii. JOHN U., b. Feb. 7, 1811.+
5. iv. SUSAN H., b. Feb. 2, 1814; d. Apr. 13, 1889; m. Sept. 13, 1837, William Swift Bennett. Res. in Ashby, Mass. Four chil- dren.
6. v. MARY A., b. 1816; d. Apr. 10, 1842.
7. vi. ONSLOW P., b. Apr. 24, 1818; d. Oct. 27, 1884; m. Sept. 16, 1847, Susan M. Raymond of Gardner, Mass. Res. in Gard- ner, Mass. Two children.
8. vii. PHILO, b. 1820; d. Nov. 26, 1841.
9. viii. JONAS B., b. Dec. 14, 1821; d. 1868; m. Aug. 4, 1856, Louisa Horton. He was a teacher in Brooklyn, N. Y. Four children.
10. ix. JOB, b. Jan. 28, 1823; d. Mar. 18, 1866; m. Jan. 1, 1851, Mary E. Bedell. He was a physician in Brooklyn, N. Y. Four children.
11. x. LUCINDA M., b. Aug., 1825; d. Apr. 8, 1885; m. 1849, Silas Raymond of Winchendon, Mass. One son.
4. JOHN U.2 (Job1), b. Feb. 7, 1811; d. May 14, 1885; m. (1) Nov. 7, 1834, Mary Taylor [d. Mar. 2, 1844]; (2) 1846, Sarah E. Estabrook [d. Dec. 25, 1891]. He lived upon the farm previously his father's, (187, N. L. O.,) nearly twenty years from the time of his father's death, and held a prominent position in the activities of the town. He was selectman for several years, and twice represented the town in the Legisla- ture. In 1869 he removed to Ashby, Mass. Children :
12. i. EDWARD E., b. Jan. 4, 1836; d. Aug. 15, 1862. He enlisted early in the Civil War in the 1st Minnesota Regiment and was captured, after receiving a fatal wound, at the battle of Fair Oaks.
13. ii. ALBERT H., b. July 6, 1837; d. Dec. 13, 1862. He also lost his life in the Civil War, while a member of the 6th New Hampshire Regiment.
14. iii. ABBIE L., b. July 12, 1839; m. Dec. 25, 1858, Joel A. Hayward of Ashby, Mass. He was a soldier of the Civil War in the 53d Massachusetts Regiment. Six children.
15. iv. CHARLES E., b. Sept. 12, 1847; m. July 12, 1876, Delia Willis [d. June, 1883]. Res. in New York city. Child: i. Fred Earle, b. Dec. 29, 1877.
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16. v. SAMUEL A., b. Sept. 18, 1849; d. in New Zealand while yet a young man.
17. vi. EMILIE KATE, b. Apr. 21, 1854; m. June 6, 1876, John A. Piper of Ashby, Mass. Four children.
DIX.
ANTHONY1 DIX came to Plymouth, 1623; d. Dec. 15, 1636; m. Tabitha He was a sea-captain. He moved to Salem in 1632. He was wrecked on Cape Cod, and there lost his life. His widow m. Nathan Pitman of Salem.
RALPH2 (Anthony1), d. Sept. 24, 1688; m. Esther -. He was a fisherman and a planter of Ipswich, Mass. Removed to Reading, Mass., 1661.
JOHN3 (Ralph2, Anthony1), b. Ipswich, Mar. 12, 1658; d. Reading, May 12, 1745; m. (1) June 30, 1692, Lydia - [d. June 9, 1699]; (2) May 28, 1700, widow Anna Fitch. He was a farmer at Reading.
JONATHAN4 (John3, Ralph2, Anthony1), b. Reading, Apr. 11, 1710; d. Boscawen, N. H., Dec. 24, 1804; m. June 28, 1739, Sarah, dau. of Rev. Benjamin and Martha (Sherman) Shattuck [d. Sept. 30, 1775]; (2) Mar. 17, 1779, Miriam Kneeland of Harvard, Mass. [d. Jan. 7, 1829]. Res. Hollis, where his thirteen children were born.
1. JONATHAN5 (Jonathan4, John3, Ralph2, Anthony1), b. Apr. 3, 1742; d. in Nova Scotia; m. (1) Anna Kimball of Fitchburg; (2) Joanna Foss of Portsmouth. He came to New Ipswich in 1764, and remained until 1771. He established the first store in town upon the south side of the old "country road" where the house long owned by Rev. Samuel Lee now stands. The building also did duty as a tavern. In 1767 he was on the committee chosen to "settle with the selectmen," the town officer now known as auditor then apparently being in process of evolution. As the dissatisfaction with British rule preceding the Revolutionary War developed he remained loyal to the king, and for some reason this sentiment was not judged so leniently by his fellow townsmen as the like senti- ments held by a few other prominent citizens. When a de- serter from the British troops in Boston was captured in the northern part of the town and brought to the tavern and confined before the return to Boston, and the popular indigna- tion was manifested by hanging the inn-keeper in effigy, hang- ing a dead dog to his door, and other equally offensive tokens of the popular purpose, it doubtless seemed to him best to leave the town, and in fact the entire rebellious region, for a residence in Nova Scotia. He was named in the proscribing act of 1778, and his property confiscated. Only two children are known :
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2. i. JONATHAN, d. 1796 in West Indies, unm.
3. ii. An infant.
EATON.
JOHN1 EATON, d. Nov. 17, 1658; m. Abigail Damon. He came with wife from London, England, in 1635, and was admitted freeman at Water- town in 1636. The following year he removed to Dedham, which was his home until his death.
JOHN2 (John1), b. about 1636; m. Alice -. He resided at Dedham. WILLIAM3 (John2, John1), b. 1677; d. 1718; m. 1704, Mary Starr. He res. at Dedham.
JOSIAH4 (William3, John2, John1), b. 1711; d. 1802; m. 1736, Sarah Day. He removed from Dedham to Needham, where he died.
JOHN5 (Josiah4, William3, John2, John1), d. Nov. 24, 1827; m. May 17, 1779, Mary Larkin of Lancaster, Mass. [d. Sept. 22, 1817]. He removed to Winchendon, Mass., before his marriage and settled in that part which was afterward detached in the formation of Gardner, in which town he died. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
JOSIAH® (John5, Josiah4, William3, John2, John1), b. June 13, 1787; d. Dec. 7, 1862; m. 1811, Mary, dau. of Jonas and Rhoda (Johnson) Reed of Ashburnham, Mass. [d. Aug. 12, 1872]. At about 1816 he removed from Gardner to Ashburnham, which was afterward his home.
1. MERRICK7 (Josiah6, John5, Josiah4, William3, John2, John1), b. Sept. 30, 1811; d. Feb. 16, 1875; m. (1) Elizabeth A. Gates of Gardner ; (2) June 14, 1860, Rebecca Clarissa, dau. of Francis and Susanna (Foster) Lane of Ashburnham [b. Jan. 29, 1827]. He resided in Smith Village from 1840 to 1851, occupying the last house in the village upon the road to Gibson Village, and then returned to Ashburnham. Children :
5. i. HARRIET, b. May 11, 1839; m. Noah Hardy of Hollis, N. H.
6. ii. ALBERT, d. young.
7. iii. MARY JANE, b. Sept. 10, 1845; m. Apr. 15, 1864, William H. Cruse. Res. in South Ashburnham. Three children.
8. iv. ELLEN, d. young.
2. JOSIAH7 (Josiah6, John5, Josiah4, William3, John2, John1), b. May 5, 1814; d. Saratoga, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1865; m. Dec. 5, 1839, Abigail Wheeler (79). He res. in the Center Village for a few years after his marriage. Children :
9. i. FRANCIS ALBERTUS, b. Apr. 14, 1843; m. Dec. 3, 1868, Mary A. Strong.
10. ii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. July 5, 1849; married.
3. HOSEA7 (Josiah6, John5, Josiah4, William3, John2, John1), b. Mar. 10, 1820; d. Rindge, Nov. 27, 1879; m. Nov. 27, 1845, Mary Wheeler (80). He passed the greater part of his ma- ture life in New Ipswich, occupied at first as a carpenter and
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a public school teacher, but later he became largely engaged in various public duties. He presided as moderator of the town meetings for more than twenty years, represented the town in the Legislature for several years, and afterward was elected to the Senate. During the period of the draft for soldiers to serve in the Civil War he was provost marshal of the Second District of New Hampshire, and later received appointment as Collector of Customs at Boston. Child :
11. i. FREDERIC H., b. Dec. 10, 1861; d. 1885; m. July 4, 1883, Cora E. Decker.
4. OTIS W.7 (Josiah6, John5, Josiah4, William3, John2, John1), b. May 29, 1823; d. Saratoga, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1871 ; m. Dec. 22, 1842, Harriet Wheeler (81). His residence in town was brief, but the unusual marriage of three brothers to three sisters demands recognition in the town history. Children :
12. i. GEORGE P., b. June 14, 1850.
13. ii. HENRY W., b. Mar. 19, 1857.
14. iii. NELLIE A., b. Jan. 9, 1866.
EDWARDS.
EBENEZER1 EDWARDS, b. Acton, Mass., Mar. 23, 1757; d. Mar. 21, 1826; m. (1) Apr. 26, 1778, Lucy Wheeler of Lincoln, Mass. [d. Nov. 21, 1800] ; (2) May 12, 1801, Mary Flint of Lincoln, Mass. [d. Jan. 15, 1839]. He served in the Revolution, having a part in the first encounter at "The Bridge" and also later. He came to Temple before the close of the war and soon became a prominent citizen. He held all the principal town offices.
1. EBENEZER PRESCOTT2 (Ebenezer1), b. Nov. 21, 1800; d. Feb. 11, 1857; m. July 2, 1829, Lucinda Spear (22). He came to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage and passed his life in Center Village, where he was proprietor of the tavern at the stand on the turnpike just east from the corner store. He was also deputy sheriff. Children :
2. i. EMILY ELIZABETH, b. about July, 1833; d. Dec. 5, 1847.
3. ii. GEORGE FREDERIC.
EMERSON.
THOMAS1 EMERSON, b. probably in Sedgefield parish, Durham, Eng- land; d. Ipswich, Mass., May 1, 1666; m. Elizabeth He is said to have come from England in 1635 and settled in Ipswich in 1638 or earlier. JOSEPH2 (Thomas1), b. in England about 1620; d. Concord, Mass., Jan. 3, 1680; m. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of Margaret and Robert Woodmansey of
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Boston; (2) Dec. 7, 1665, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, the first minister of Concord, Mass. [b. 1638; d. Sept. 4, 1693, having m. (2) Capt. John Brown of Reading, Mass.]. He was a minister in Ipswich, York, Me., and Milton, Mass. From him diverges the ancestral line of Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
PETER3 (Joseph2, Thomas1), b. 1673; d. 1751; m. Nov. 11, 1696, Anne, dau. of Capt. John and Anne (Fiske) Brown of Reading, his step-sister. He was a farmer in that part of Reading which became South Reading.
BROWN4 (Peter3, Joseph2, Thomas1), b. Apr. 16, 1704; d. 1774; m. June 17, 1725, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah Townsend [b. Reading, 1705]. He was a leading farmer in Reading, where he was a deacon for many years, also town clerk and selectman for long periods.
1. JOHN5 (Brown4, Peter3, Joseph2, Thomas1), bapt. Apr. 5, 1739; d. Nov. 14, 1809 ; m. Dec. 20, 1764, Katherine, dau. of Noah and Phebe (Lilley) Eaton of Reading [b. Dec. 19, 1744; d. Jan. 21, 1809]. He was a farmer, but having by some un- fair treatment lost his property, he removed from the family home and after a few years in Ashby, Mass., came to New Ipswich about 1783 and settled in the mountain region, prob- ably on 152, A. D., near the later location of the "white school- house," No. 8, on the turnpike, whence he removed fifteen years later and passed the last ten years of his life in Han- cock. Children, of whom probably but the two youngest were born in New Ipswich :
2. i. JOHN, b. Sept. 2, 1765; d. Mar. 15, 1835; m. Prudence Cow- drey [b. Reading, Mass., 1772, and survived her husband many years]. He settled in Reading, Vt., where he was a successful farmer.
3. ii. HIRAM, b. Apr. 9, 1767; d. Mar. 5, 1849; m. (pub. Nov. 14, 1813) Mary Humber of Boston [b. Mar. 13, 1780; d. 1846]. He was a stonemason at Charlestown, Mass.
4. iii. CATHERINE, b. Apr. 30, 1769; d. Oct. 5, 1796; m. David Smith. Res. at South Reading, Mass. Six children.
5. iv. REUBEN, b. Aug. 12, 1771; d. Mar. 11, 1860; m. Apr. 1, 1800, Persis Hardy [b. Rindge, 1776; d. Oct. 12, 1846]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1798 and entered the ministry. He was pastor at Westminster, Mass., for a few years, and then at South Reading, now Wakefield, until his death after a pastorate of fifty-five years. He had five children, of whom one was a physician, one a judge in Louisiana, one a professor of music, and one a printer.
6. v. JACOB, b. June 10, 1773; d. Apr. 3, 1839; m. (1) Sept. 1, 1797, Dorcas, dau. of Enos and Dorcas (Nooning) Knight of Hancock [d. Mar. 3, 1816]; (2) 1818, Martha (Spaulding) Knight [b. Lyndeboro, Apr. 6, 1768]. He lived at Hancock until his second marriage, after which he removed to Keene. Eight children.
7. vi. NOAH, b. Aug. 28, 1775; d. Aug. 25, 1777.
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8. vii. BROWN, b. Jan. 8, 1778; d. July 25, 1872; m. Oct. 29, 1806, Mary, dau. of Rev. Daniel and Susanna (Saunders) Hop- kins [b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 25, 1778; d. Apr. 4, 1866]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1802, and received the degree of D. D. from his Alma Mater in 1835. He was settled in Salem, Mass., in 1805, and held the same pastorate until his death sixty-seven years later, surviving the entire membership of the church and society at the time of his ordination. He was absent from his pulpit but five Sundays during the first fifty years of his ministry. He had ten children, of whom nine were living five years after their father's jubilee, and with their husbands and wives gathered at the home of their childhood, and on the Sabbath twelve couples of the family, with the venerable doctor and his wife at their head, entered the church together. Of this family of children the two oldest sons should appropriately be mentioned at this place: Daniel Hopkins, b. Jan. 23, 1810; d. July 6, 1883; m. Nov. 7, 1836, Lucy Ann Page; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830, and like his father afterward received the degree of D. D. Edward Brown, b. Feb. 10, 1812; d. Jan. 17, 1888; m. May 10, 1841, Ann Lummus; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1832 and followed the work of the ministry. The changed customs of later days did not encourage so long pastorates as that of their father, and it seemed advisable that they should labor in different positions as the years passed, but the elder one served in the pulpit during forty-seven years, and one of his sons entered the ministry, while the younger gave twenty-six years of like service, followed by fifteen years as the head of a family school for boys, and two of his sons followed the family profession, continuing to make evident the statement of the former history of the town that "Piety and preaching might well be the family motto." 9. viii. PHEBE, b. June 17, 1780; d. Aug. 25, 1795.
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