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45. i. SARAH EUNICE, b. Aug., 1827; d. Mar. 18, 1867. She was a successful teacher for several years in Buffalo, N. Y., and for shorter periods in New Ipswich Appleton Academy and elsewhere.
19. TIMOTHY® (Timothy5, Samuel4, George3, Jacob2, Jacob1), b. Mar. 17, 1788; d. Oct. 27, 1874; m. Sept. 14, 1817, Sarah Adams of Portsmouth, N. H. [b. May 22, 1789; d. June 30, 1875]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1807, studied law in the office of Daniel Webster, was admitted to the bar in 1810, and commenced the practice of his profession in New Ipswich, where he remained only about three years before he removed to Portsmouth and became a partner of Mr. Webster for an equal length of time. He remained in practice at Ports- mouth until 1822, and this was followed by a few years' ser- vice as secretary and treasurer of Dartmouth College and by nine years upon the bench of the Court of Common Pleas. The remainder of his life was devoted to his legal practice and various business relations, the latter including the work of eight years as cashier of a bank in Exeter, N. H. His home after 1844 was in Boston, from which city he was sent as rep- resentative to the General Court. Perhaps, however, his work which will be longest remembered is his "Manual of the Con- stitution," which he wrote after attaining the full age of three- score years and ten with the purpose of counteracting in some degree the perversions of the intent of that instrument at that period in the interests of slavery, and which at once received the fullest recognition in legal circles. Like his father, he re- ceived the degree of LL. D. from his Alma Mater. Children :
46. i. ANNA BANCROFT, b. May 20, 1819; d. Nov. 3, 1909; m. Jan. 25, 1842, Edward Crane. Res. in Boston. Children: i. Timothy Farrar Crane, b. Feb. 8, 1843. ii. Mary Orpah Crane, b. Oct. 27, 1844; m. George S. Jackson. iii. Edward Barrows Crane, b. May 8, 1849; d. May 4, 1911.
47. ii. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 15, 1820; m. May 16, 1848, Wil- liam Burke, a physician of New York city. Children: i. William Craige Burke, b. Oct. 18, 1851. ii. Timothy Farrar Burke, b. Feb. 27, 1855. iii. Anna Burke, b. Dec. 28, 1857. iv. Frederick White Burke, b. Sept. 13, 1862.
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23. MARK7 (Isaac6, Isaac5, Joseph4, George3, Jacob2, Ja- cob1), b. Feb. 15, 1804; d. May 8, 1888; m. May 16, 1839, Ann (27) Wilson. He came from Hillsboro to New Ipswich in 1839, and was a farmer living at the corner of the Temple and old Greenville roads, (26, N. D.,) until about 1865, when he removed to Grafton, Mass. Children :
48. i. CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. May 24, 1840; d. Sept. 20, 1855.
49. ii. HARRIET ADELINE, b. Dec. 6, 1843; m. Nov. 20, 1866, George Augustus Fay, a farmer of Grafton, Mass. Four children.
50. iii. ANNA MARIA, b. Dec. 22, 1849; m. June 2, 1872, Jefferson A. Dea of Shrewsbury, Mass. Two children.
FARWELL.
DANIEL1 FARWELL, m. Mary Parker.
EDMUND2 (Daniel1), b. Groton, Mass., July 13, 1750; d. Mar., 1843; m. July 8, 1775, Mary Russell [b. Sept. 19, 1753; d. Dec. 14, 1833].
1. DANIEL3 (Edmund2, Daniel1), b. New Ipswich, May 6, 1780; d. July 19, 1825 ; m. at Harvard, Mass., 1807, Susan, dau. of Joel Estabrooks [b. 1786; d. Sept. 14, 1853]. Children :
2. i. MARY, b. Dec. 25, 1807; d. Aug. 2, 1887; m. Apr. 15, 1828, Bezaleel Keith. Five children.
3. ii. LUCINDA, b. Sept. 12, 1809; d. June 10, 1813.
4. iii. RUSSELL, b. June 10, 1813.++
5. iv. SOPHIA, b. Aug. 11, 1815.+
6. v. DANIEL, b. Feb. 27, 1820.+
7. vi. ROYAL ESTABROOKS, b. Oct. 1, 1824.+
4. RUSSELL4 (Daniel3, Edmund2, Daniel1), b. June 10, 1813; d. Jan. 28, 1899 ; m. Aug. 2, 1837, Lucy, dau. of Zebedee Tay- lor. Children :
8. i. EMILY, b. Jan. 19, 1839; d. Jan. 27, 1895.
9. ii. ALMEDA, b. Jan. 23, 1845; m. Oct. 1, 1899, Levi E. Ferrin [b. 1836; d. Nov. 30, 1904].
5. SOPHIA4 (Daniel3, Edmund2, Daniel1), b. Aug. 11, 1815; d. May 22, 1891 ; m. May 10, 1837, Jonathan Russell. Children :
i. JAMES RUSSELL, b. May 21, 1838.
ii. JASON RUSSELL, b. Feb. 20, 1840.
iii. SAMUEL HOWARD RUSSELL, b. May 23, 1842; d. Nov. 28, 1880.
6. DANIEL4 (Daniel3, Edmund2, Daniel1), b. Feb. 27, 1820; d. Feb. 4, 1892; m. Nov. 21, 1844, Lucinda Giles (12). Chil- dren :
10. i. JAMES HILDRETH, b. May 16, 1847; d. Feb. 18, 1909; m. Oct. 8, 1874, Emma A. Barrett of Zumbrota. Children : i. Albert B., b. Feb. 10, 1881. ii. Edith L., b. Oct. 10, 1884.
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11. ii. JOHN BARTLETT, b. July 29, 1848; m. Mar. 31, 1878, Annie C. Coleman [d. Oct. 26, 1908]. Children : i. Irving Edgar, b. Sept. 10, 1879. ii. Edna Marden, b. Oct. 31, 1886.
12. iii. LUCY ANN, b. Mar. 16, 1852; m. Sept. 17, 1878, Milo Phelps. One child.
7. ROYAL E.4 (Daniel3, Edmund2, Daniel1), b. Oct. 1, 1824 ; d. July 4, 1908; m. (1) Sept., 1846, Sarah, dau. of John and Rebecca (Newhall) Walcott of Pepperell, Mass. [d. Oct. 11, 1861]; (2) Dec. 25, 1862, Martha (Walcott) Stoddard, sister of the first wife. Children :
13. i. ELIZABETH J., b. Jan. 7, 1852; d. Mar. 10, 1907; m. 1875, John H. Peabody.
14. ii. HATTIE, b. Jan. 22, 1854; d. Oct. 22, 1857.
15. iii. MARY W., b. Dec. 18, 1859; m. Charles F. Willey.
16. iv. EDWIN, b. Aug. 21, 1861; m. Oct. 7, 1885, Mildred Bent. Five children.
FELT.
GEORGE1 FELT, b. 1601; d. 1693; m. Elizabeth, dau. of widow Prudence Wilkinson [d. 1694]. He came from England to Salem in 1628, the fol- lowing year removed to Charlestown, then only a year old, and a little after 1640 to North Yarmouth, Me., where he lived for forty years, then returning to his former home in that part of Charlestown which is now Malden, where he died.
MOSES2 (George1), b. about 1651; m. Lydia - probably. He lived in the region of North Yarmouth, Me., for fifty years, but passed the later part of his life in "Rumney Marsh," which is now Chelsea, Mass.
AARON® (Moses2, George1), d. about 1769; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1739, Mary Wyatt of Lynn, Mass .; (2) Jan. 22, 1765, Hannah Atwell [d. about 1769]. He was a husbandman and cooper at Lynn the greater part of his life.
AARON4 (Aaron3, Moses2, George1), b. Sept. 1, 1742; d. July, 1801; m. (1) Reading, Mass., May 21, 1766, Tabitha, dau. of William and Lydia Upton [b. Mar. 20, 1745; d. 1769]; (2) Jan. 21, 1791, Azubah Weston of Townsend, Mass. [d. Aug. 18, 1837]. On attaining his majority he re- moved to Temple, and there passed his life as a farmer and tavern- keeper. He was a selectman. He had thirteen children.
PETER4 (Aaron3, Moses2, George1), b. Nov. 3, 1745; d. Jan. 2, 1817; m. (1) Nov. 8, 1769, Lucy, dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy Andrews of Ips- wich, Mass. [b. Nov. 24, 1748; d. Mar. 26, 1805]; (2) Mar. 21, 1809, Mrs. Polly Gilmore of Jaffrey. About 1763 he settled in Temple, and there remained until his death. He was a shoemaker, gave service in the Revolutionary war, and had seventeen children.
1. DANIEL5 (Aaron4, Aaron3, Moses2, George1), b. Sept. 26, 1799; d. Sept. 22, 1882; m. Apr. 18, 1826, Eliza, dau. of Josiah Taylor of Temple [b. Harvard, Mass., June 27, 1806; d. Mar. 4, 1876]. At the time of his marriage he settled in New Ips-
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wich on the "Cutter farm," (28, N. D.,) and there his four oldest children were born, but about 1833 he returned to his native town, where he was a farmer. He was a selectman, and also represented Temple in the Legislature. Children :
4. i. CHARLES WALKER, b. Mar. 24, 1828; d. May 18, 1891; m. Feb. 13, 1855, Harriet Angeline, dau. of Augustus and Judith (Hyde) Harris. He was a traveling dealer in Yankee notions for some years, and later a wholesale dealer in flour at Boston. Eight children :
5. ii. EMILY MARIA BARRETT, b. Apr. 17, 1830. A teacher at Platte- ville, Wis.
6. iii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 26, 1832; d. Dec. 13, 1845.
7. iv. GEORGE DANIEL, b. May 15, 1835; d. Nov. 6, 1862. He enlisted
in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment and was fatally wounded in the second battle of Bull Run.
8. v. SARAH ADELINE, b. Nov. 24, 1837. Res. Beloit, Wis.
9. vi. EDWARD AUGUSTUS, b. Sept. 15, 1840; d. Dec. 30, 1840.
10. vii. EDWARD WILSON, b. Dec. 1, 1841; d. Feb. 8, 1863. He enlisted in the 10th New Hampshire Regiment and died of disease while in service.
11. viii. LOUIS WEBSTER, b. Dec. 31, 1844; m. Mar. 9, 1871, Frances Rebecca, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Mouton) Odion. He succeeded to the home farm in Temple. Two children.
12. ix. ELIZABETH TAYLOR, b. May 18, 1847; m. May 13, 1869, Rev. Sullivan French Gale. Res. in Georgia and Florida. Five children.
13. x. MARY FRANCES, b. Aug. 29, 1850. Res. Ravenswood, Ill.
2. PETER5 (Peter4, Aaron3, Moses2, George1), b. Dec. 1, 1784; d. Quincy, Ill., July 31, 1866; m. (1) June 5, 1807, Polly Fletcher (66) ; (2) Jan. 7, 1841, Alice (Morey) Towne [d. Oct. 11, 1882]. He lived in Smith Village from 1806 to 1830, and had his store at the foot of the hill, his dwelling being the house now gone but then standing a short distance up the hill and across the street. He was an energetic man, and had an interest in the cotton factory established on the waterpower since utilized by the Walker furniture and turning industries. He was a trustee of the Academy and held the office of select- man for several years. He removed to Quincy, Ill., and twenty years later to Columbus in the same state. Children :
14. i. MARY, b. Feb. 21, 1808; m. Nov. 26, 1829, Rev. Seth, son of Seth H. and Fanny (Carver) Keeler of Brandon, Vt., who was pastor in various places in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Seven children.
15. ii. ALBERT, b. Apr. 15, 1810; d. Quincy, Ill., Nov. 17, 1874; m. (1) Jan. 2, 1835, Sarah, dau. of Cyrus Field [d. Nov. 9, 1865]; (2) Aug. 13, 1868, Mrs. Carrie B. Sartel [d. Oct. 13, 1872]. Res. Quincy, Ill. Eight children.
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16. iii. ADALINE, b. Sept. 15, 1812; d. Mar. 17, 1880; m. Mar. 28, 1833, Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Polly Sumner Turner, a farmer near Quincy, Ill. Nine children.
17. iv. JEREMIAH ANDREWS, b. June 17, 1814; d. July 23, 1816.
18. v. JEREMIAH ANDREWS, b. May 2, 1817; m. Dec. 5, 1839, Adriana, dau. of Matthias and Lydia (Chandler) Leach, a farmer in Quincy and Galesburg, Ill. Nine children.
19. vi. CHARLES MILTON, b. Oct. 11, 1819; m. Oct. 15, 1840, Britannia, dau. of Sylvester and Rebecca (Hoyt) Hecox, a farmer at Galesburg, Ill. Twelve children.
20. vii. CAROLINE AUGUSTA, b. June 14, 1823; d. Nov. 23, 1828.
21. viii. GEORGE, b. Oct. 28, 1825; d. Nov. 14, 1828.
22. ix. EDWARD AURELIUS, b. May 14, 1828.
23. x. PETER FRANCIS, b. Aug. 24, 1843; m. May 12, 1864, Mary Louisa, dau. of Charles D. and Elizabeth (Payne) Seaton of Columbus, Ill. He served during the Civil War in the 38th and 137th Illinois Regiments, was captured and held prisoner several months. He was a dealer in furniture and agricultural implements at Laclede, Mo. Eight children.
3. THOMAS5 (Peter4, Aaron3, Moses2, George1), b. Aug. 10, 1791; d. Newburyport, Mass., Nov., 1842; m. Sybil Jefts of Mason. He lived for several years in the southeast part of the town, probably between the mills and Mason line. Children :
24. i. LUCIUS GALVAN, b. in Temple, Aug. 16, 1815.
25. ii. ALNEY ORVILLE, b. Apr. 24, 1818.
26. iii. PARNAL CROMBIE, b. Apr. 30, 1820.
27. iv. ALONZO MONTGOMERY, b. June 10, 1823.
28. v. GILBERT HAMBLEDON, b. Oct. 30, 1825.
The tax-lists of the town present the names of several other citizens bearing the name of Felt, and probably members of this family, the large families of the two brothers Aaron and Peter settling at an early date in Temple presenting names which may well be believed to denote these unlocated residents of New Ipswich, but a correct line of relation- ship is not easily determined in respect to those residents, of whom little is known except their names.
FISKE.
NATHAN1 FISKE, b. Weybred, Suffolk, England, about 1615; d. June 21, 1676; m. Susanna - He came to Watertown, Mass., in 1642, and there lived. He was a selectman.
NATHAN2 (Nathan1), b. Watertown, Oct. 17, 1642; d. May 15, 1696; m. Elizabeth Fry. He was a selectman at Watertown several years, and also a lieutenant.
NATHAN3 (Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Jan. 3, 1672; d. Jan. 26, 1741; m. (1) Oct. 14, 1696, Sarah, dau. of Ensign John Coolidge [d. Nov. 27, 1723]; (2) Hannah, dau. of Simon Coolidge and widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. [b. Dec. 7, 1671; d. Oct. 4, 1750]. He was a selectman at Watertown for several years, also town clerk, town treasurer, and representative. He was a deacon.
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JOSIAH4 (Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Oct. 10, 1704; d. Oct. 27, 1778; m. Sarah, dau. of John and Anne (Tarbell) Lawrence of Lexing- ton, Mass. [b. June 20, 1708; d. 1798]. Res. Watertown, Waltham, Gro- ton, and Pepperell. He was town clerk at Groton and Pepperell.
JOSIAH5 (Josiah4, Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Waltham, Feb. 12, 1733; d. Apr. 14, 1766; m. Sarah Colburn of Dracut, Mass. [b. 1737; d. 1825; m. (2) Levi Blood of Groton, Mass.]. Res. Groton.
JOSIAH® (Josiah5, Josiah+, Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Sept. 3, 1755; d. May 29, 1832; m. Nov. 25, 1779, Mary Caldwell of Cambridge, Mass., [b. Apr. 20, 1755; d. Dec. 25, 1834]. He served in the Revolution. In 1784 he removed from Pepperell to Temple. Four of his children lived in New Ipswich.
1. JOSIAH7 (Josiah6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Pepperell, Nov. 14, 1781; d. July 19, 1817; m. Betsey Kimball of Temple [b. about 1786; d. June 21, 1866]. He lived in Temple until 1808, when he removed to Andover, Vt., but returned in about five years, and passed the last four years of his life in New Ipswich, for a part of the time on the Briant place, southward from Col. Reuben Kidder's home, (46, N. D.,) but before that apparently a little farther to the east. He lost his life at Medford, Mass., where he was acci- dentally drowned. Children :
5. i. ELIZA, b. Nov. 2, 1802; m. Benjamin F. Stevens of Mason. Removed to Osage, Iowa. Five children.
6. ii. MARY, b. July 20, 1804; m. Simon Farrar of Temple. Re- moved to New York city. Three children.
7. iii. JEREMIAH, b. Jan. 4, 1807; d. Jan. 28, 1830, unm.
8. iv. PRESCOTT, b. Dec. 22, 1808; m. Elizabeth F. Vickery of He- bron, N. H. Res. Boston. Two children.
9. v. ALONZO, b. June 24, 1811; m. Rebecca Locke of Boston. Two children.
10. vi. GEORGE KIMBALL, b. Aug. 28, 1813; d. Oct. 10, 1849, unm.
11. vii. ABIGAIL RAYMOND, b. July 21, 1816; m. Isaac D. Brower of New York city. Four children.
2. SALLY7 (Josiah6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Feb. 25, 1788; d. Sept. 27, 1863; m. Nov., 1808, Earl Boynton (4).
3. ARTEMAS7 (Josiah6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Sept. 11, 1792; d. Mar. 26, 1829; m. Apr. 6, 1819, Lucy Jones of Templeton, Mass. [b. June 29, 1799; d. Jan. 20, 1884]. He came to New Ipswich in early manhood and was a farmer on the Archibald White farm, (55, N. D.) Children : 12. i. CHARLES ADAMS, b. Oct. 29, 1820; m. Dec. 30, 1841, Sylvia C. Fuller of Summit, Pa. Res. Hayfield, Pa. A carpenter and farmer. Children: i. Charles Anthony, b. Oct. 1, 1849; m.
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Ella A. Morse. ii. Royal Alonzo, b. Sept. 7, 1851; m. Ida Satterlee. iii. Benjamin Wooster, b. Aug. 5, 1853; m. Oris McGalrey.
13. ii. LUCY, b. June 15, 1822; d. Nov. 24, 1889; m. Oct. 19, 1843, James A. Tyler of Conneautville, Pa. Two children.
4. DAVID7 (Josiah6, Josiah5, Josiah4, Nathan3, Nathan2, Nathan1), b. Jan. 12, 1797; d. Nov. 26, 1880; m. Milly Sheldon [b. Jan. 5, 1798; d. Mar. 10, 1884]. He was a farmer in New Ipswich on the farm at the corner of the Temple and the North Greenville roads for several years after attaining his majority, and then removed to Oxford, N. Y. Children :
14. i. HORACE, b. July 23, 1829; m. Oct. 30, 1850, Martha Padgett [b. 1831; d. May 15, 1872]. A farmer at Oxford, N. Y. Children : i. Sheldon W., b. Dec. 6, 1851; m. Feb. 22, 1877, Sarah R. Jones; res. Oxford and De Ruyter, N. Y. ii. Charles H., b. May 30, 1853; m. Nov. 10, 1874, Alice Sweet ; res. Oxford, N. Y. iii. James V., b. Dec. 16, 1855; d. Sept. 14, 1879.
15. ii. EMILY, b. Feb. 25, 1833; m. Dec. 31, 1857, Joseph Esterbrook, a blacksmith at Oxford, N. Y. Five children.
16. iii. LUCY ANN, b. Feb. 3, 1823; m. June 9, 1853, Charles E. Pea- cock. Res. Norwich, N. Y. Three children.
17. iv. LYDIA P., b. 1827; d. Feb. 12, 1868; m. Dec., 1854, Chauncey H. Barstow. Five children.
FLETCHER.
ROBERT1 FLETCHER, b. 1592; d. Apr. 13, 1677. With his wife, whose name is not known, and three children, he came from England, it is be- lieved from Wiltshire, in 1630, and settled in Concord, Mass., probably in the part which is now Acton, where he became a wealthy and influential citizen.
WILLIAM2 (Robert1), b. England, 1622; d. Nov. 6, 1677; m. Oct. 7, 1645, Lydia Bates [d. Oct. 12, 1704]. He settled in Chelmsford, where he was a large landowner, possessing much of the present site of Lowell. His farm near the Chelmsford meeting-house remained in the possession of his descendants and was recently owned by a member of the eighth generation.
SAMUEL2 (Robert1), b. 1632; d. Dec. 9, 1697; m. Oct. 14, 1659, Marga- ret Hailston. He lived in that part of Chelmsford which is now Westford.
FRANCIS2 (Robert1), b. 1636; m. Aug. 1, 1656, Elizabeth, dau. of George and Katherine Wheeler [d. June 14, 1704]. He remained with his father in Concord, where he held much land.
JOSHUA3 (William2, Robert1), b. Mar. 30, 1648; d. Nov. 21, 1713; m. (1) May 4, 1668, Grissles Jewell [d. Jan. 16, 1682]; (2) July 18, 1682, Sarah Willy. He lived in Chelmsford.
PAUL3 (William2, Robert1), d. Jan. 8, 1736; m. Apr. 12, 1705, Deliver- ance Stevens. Res. in Chelmsford, where he was a deacon.
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SAMUEL3 (William2, Robert1), b. July 23, 1664; m. (1) Hannah [d. Dec. 11, 1697]; (2) June 7, 1699, Sarah Bale of Concord [d. Apr. 29, 1703]; (3) Dec. 20, 1708, Elizabeth Proctor of Chelmsford.
WILLIAM3 (Samuel2, Robert1), b. Chelmsford, Jan. 1, 1671; d. about 1743; m. Dec. 10, 1701, Mary -. His home was in Chelmsford.
SAMUEL3 (Francis2, Robert1), b. Aug. 6, 1657; d. Oct. 23, 1714; m. Apr. 15, 1682, Elizabeth Wheeler [d. Oct. 26, 1734]. He was a respected citizen of Concord, being a selectman during several years and town clerk for a considerable period.
JOSEPH3 (Francis2, Robert1), b. Apr. 15, 1661; m. June 17, 1688, Mary Dudley [d. Apr. 27, 1705].
JOSHUA4 (Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. about 1669; d. Oct. 19, 1732; m. about 1700, Dorothy Hale [b. Scotland; d. Aug. 20, 1770]. He lived in that part of Chelmsford which in 1729 was set off to form Westford, and he was the first clerk of the new town.
JOSEPH4 (Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. June 10, 1689; d. Oct. 4, 1772; m. Nov. 17, 1712, Sarah Adams of Concord [b. 1691; d. Apr. 24, 1761]. He lived in Westford, where he had the title of captain.
TIMOTHY4 (Paul3, William2, Robert1), b. Sept. 30, 1707; d. May 7, 1780; m. Mary - He was a man of varied activities, being a cooper and also a farmer, and he carried on a little store. His life was passed in Westford. He held commission as lieutenant, serving in that capacity in the French and Indian War.
WILLIAM4 (Samuel3, William2, Robert1), b. Oct. 23, 1693; d. Jan. 27, 1741/2; m. Mary - He spent his life in his native Chelmsford, although by its division his home was located in the north part of West- ford.
WILLIAM4 (William8, Samuel2, Robert1), b. 1702; d. Sept. 22, 1784; m. (1) Nov. 16, 1731, Elizabeth Remington; (2) June 22, 1762, Susanna (Fassett) Fletcher, widow of Zachariah Fletcher, son of Joshua4 [b. about 1718; d. June 30, 1763]. His home, like that of the preceding, was in Chelmsford and Westford. He had eleven children, of whom Lydia, bapt. Feb. 22, 1741, m. Dec. 28, 1769, Silas (1) Richardson of New Ipswich.
SAMUEL4 (William3, Samuel2, Robert1), b. 1707; d. Mar. 11, 1780; m. Sept. 17, 1729, Mary, dau. of Eleazer and Mary Lawrence of Littleton, Mass. [b. about 1710; d. Dec. 4, 1780]. He was a large landowner in Westford, where he lived. He had the rank of captain.
JOSEPH4 (Samuel3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Concord, Mar. 26, 1686; d. Sept. 11, 1746; m. (1) Dec. 20, 1704, Elizabeth Carter; (2) July 11, 1711, Hepzibah (Chandler) Jones, dau. of Roger1 Chandler and widow of Ephraim3 Jones. His home was in the part of Concord which was set off as Acton, and he was a deacon in the Acton church.
TIMOTHY4 (Samuel3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Concord, Aug. 28, 1704; m. Elizabeth - His home was in Concord. He was a great hunter and Indian fighter.
1. FRANCIS4 (Joseph3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Concord, Nov. 12, 1698; m. Abigail, dau. of Hugh and Abigail (Barker) Brooks of Concord [b. Mar. 15, 1703; d. New Ipswich, Sept. 28, 1778]. He passed most of his life in Concord, not coming
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to New Ipswich until he had nearly or quite attained the age of three-score and ten, two of his sons probably preceding him. No record of the time or place of his death has been found. Children :
4. i. JOSIAH, b. Nov. 11, 1726.+
5. ii. THOMAS, b. Dec. 10, 1729.+
6. iii. FRANCIS, b. Oct. 22, 1733.++
7. iv. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 12, 1739; d. Aug. 12, 1778; m. July 4, 1765, Edmund Briant (2).
GERSHOM5 (Joshua4, Joshua8, William2, Robert1), b. July 27, 1702; d. June 28, 1779; m. Lydia Townsend. He passed most of his life in his native town, Westford, but lived for a few years in Groton, Mass., and at another time in Plymouth, N. H. He had nine children, of whom Sarah, b. Apr. 14, 1744, m. Hezekiah Corey of New Ipswich.
EPHRAIM5 (Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Mar. 12, 1710; m. Hannah He lived in Westford, enlisted in the French War, was captured at Oswego in 1756 and never returned home.
PELETIAH5 (Joseph4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. May 3, 1727; d. Feb. 23, 1807; m. (1) Jan. 13, 1757, Dorothy, dau. of James Hildreth [b. Aug. 26, 1736; d. June 14, 1782]; (2) Oct. 13, 1782, Betty (Hartwell) Keyes. He lived in Westford, where were born his twelve children of whom Dorothy, b. Dec. 21, 1759, d. May 12, 1858, m. Sampson® Fletcher.
2. SIMEON5 (Timothy4, Paul3, William2, Robert1), b. June 30, 1737; d. Sept. 7, 1773, being one of those who were killed by the fall of the frame of the Wilton meeting-house then be- ing raised; m. Rachel -. He came from Westford to New Ipswich about 1762, and was probably the first settler upon V : 4, S. R. Children :
9. i. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 11, 1759; d. Sept. 11, 1837; m. Isaac Preston (6).
10. ii. RACHEL, b. Dec. 24, 1764.
11. iii. JANE, b. Apr. 8, 1770; d. Jan. 21, 1849; m. William Stickney (4).
JAMES® (Timothy4, Paul3, William2, Robert1), b. Sept. 3, 1743; d. West Boxford, Mass., Sept. 27, 1806; m. Feb. 21, 1770, Rebecca, dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Sprague) Prescott of Westford. He was a farmer of Westford, and had a part in the Revolutionary contest of Lexington and Concord. He had twelve children, of whom Rebecca, b. July 3, 1776, m. Joseph Warren of New Ipswich.
REUBEN5 (William4, Samuel3, William2, Robert1), b. July 12, 1720; m. Susannah Chandler. He was a farmer at Westford, and a prominent Baptist of that town. He wrote and published in 1772 a controversial religious pamphlet.
SAMPSON® (Samuel4, William8, Samuel2, Robert1), b. Westford, Aug. 24, 1758; d. Sept. 2, 1828; m. Feb. 1, 1785, Dorothy, dau. of Peletiah5 Fletcher. He passed his life in his native town.
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3. JOHN5 (Timothy4, Samuel3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Sept. 7, 1732; d. Jan. 14, 1763; m. 1759, Elizabeth Foster (4), the first girl born in the town. He came from Concord to New Ipswich about 1758. He succeeded to the last of the three homes taken by his father-in-law, situated near Hodgkins' Corner toward the Center Village, where he built a house and planted one of the early orchards of the town. He lost his life by the falling of a tree near his home. Children :
14. i. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 5, 1761.+
15. ii. JOSEPH, b. July 19, 1762; d. 1782.
4. JOSIAH5 (Francis4, Joseph3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Con- cord, Nov. 11, 1726. The record of his life is very scanty; and it is probable that he never was a resident of New Ipswich. The list of his descendants is probably incomplete. Children :
16. i. GIDEON. He had five sons.
17. ii. DANIEL. He lived in Dunstable, Mass., and removed thence to Canterbury, N. H. He had eleven children, eight of whom joined the Shakers, but after a time two of them abandoned that community and married. They were farmers at Lou- don, N. H.
18. iii. JOSIAH.
19. iv. LEVI, m. twice, his second wife being Esther -. He lived at Groton, N. H., where he had four children.
5. THOMAS5 (Francis4, Joseph3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Dec. 10, 1729; d. Mar. 16, 1811; m. Esther Hoar [b. about 1729; d. Mar. 5, 1812]. He came to New Ipswich in 1754, and bought of Abijah Foster the second home made by that initial pioneer in the town, situated at the southerly end of 45, N. D., where he was a successful farmer, earnestly interested in town in- terests, as is indicated by his being one of the founders of the Academy and among the most liberal contributors for its early support. He was a militia captain in 1770. Children :
20. i. SARAH, b. Sept. 27, 1756.
21. ii. JOSIAH, b. June 13, 1758.+
22. iii. THOMAS, b. May 1, 1760.+
23. iv. ESTHER, b. Sept. 9, 1762; d. Mar. 19, 1783.
24. v. ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 28, 1765.
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