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225. iv. EPHRAIM D.
226. v. WILLIAM F.
227. vi. AMANDA M.
228. vii. CHARLES.
229. viii. MARY R.
230. ix. ELLEN M.
231. x. HARRIS R.
110. FRANCIS PARKER? (Joshua6, Francis5, Francis4, Jo- seph3, Francis2, Robert1), b. June 13, 1808; m. (1) Apr. 19, 1831, Pamelia Frost [d. June 25, 1834]; (2) Aug. 23, 1835, Joanna Thompson. Res. at Lempster. Children :
232. i. FRANCIS.
233. ii. HARRIET P., b. Oct. 22, 1838; d. 1857; m. 1855.
234. iii. GEORGE S., b. Oct. 22, 1838; d. Nov. 21, 1867. He served during the Civil War, and was severely wounded at Fair Oaks and at Fredericksburg.
235. iv. PHINEAS D., b. Sept. 28, 1841; m. Apr. 2, 1864. He served during the Civil War in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment.
236. v. ELIZA A., b. Feb. 25, 1846.
112. GILMAN7 (Joshua6, Francis5, Francis4, Joseph3, Fran- cis2, Robert1), b. Oct. 22, 1812; d. June 7, 1852, while on the way to California ; m. Mary W. Pratt. Children :
237. i. GEORGE, b. 1842; d. 1842.
238. ii. GEORGIANA, m. Dec. 23, 1863, Edward M. Hayden.
239. iii. CHARLES G., b. Mar. 7, 1847; m. May 19, 1875, Adelaide A. Wilmarth. Child: i. Charles F., b. June 16, 1877.
240. iv. HERBERT S., b. Feb. 7, 1850. Res. Auburndale, Mass.
241. v. FRANK B., b. Aug. 22, 1852. Res. Auburndale, Mass.
114. SAMUEL7 (Francis6, Francis5, Francis4, Joseph3, Fran- cis2, Robert1), b. 1802; m. Hannah Bicknell. A farmer in Bel- mont, Me. Children :
242. i. AUGUSTUS A., m. Helen Knowlton of Northport, Me. He graduated from Waterville College. Child: i. Elizabeth.
243. ii. ALONZO E., m. Malvina Knowlton. Res. Northport, Me. Children : i. Anna. ii. Helen.
244. iii. SARAH E., b. 1836; d. 1859; m. Alonzo Wilson. One son.
245. iv. HELEN A., b. 1841; m. S. Y. Jordan of Belmont, Me. Two children.
246. v. HARRIET, b. 1843; d. 1863, unm.
247. vi. FRANCIS, b. 1845. A farmer. Children: i. Edward. ii. Henry.
248. vii. ARINALDO, b. 1847. A farmer.
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119. EPHRAIM7 (Francis®, Francis5, Francis4, Joseph3, Fran- cis2, Robert1), b. 1812; m. Julia Philbrick. A farmer in Lin- colnville, Me. Children :
249. i. EDWARD F., b. Dec. 9, 1838; d. Apr. 20, 1865. He served in the Civil War, and his death was caused by that service.
250. ii. JOHN M., a physician at Belfast, Me.
251. iii. SARAH J., b. 1851; d. Oct. 20, 1871; m. Oscar Hurry. Res. Jacksonville, Fla.
252. iv. ABBIE ELLEN, b. 1853.
253. v. HARRIET E., b. 1857. A music teacher.
122. SAMUEL7 (Jeremiah6, Francis5, Francis4, Joseph3, Fran- cis2, Robert1), b. Feb. 1, 1812; m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Rev. Nathan Ames [d. 1852]; (2) Rachel B. Fletcher (133). A farmer in his native town, Washington. Children :
254. i. EDWIN S., m. 1864, Elizabeth A. Stewart of Westminster, Mass. A merchant in Manchester.
255. ii. NATHAN AMES.
256. iii. GEORGE HOWARD, b. Mar. 6, 1844; m. July 8, 1866, Luthera Barney of Washington. He was in the Civil War, serving in the 10th New Hampshire Regiment.
257. iv. MARGARET R., b. Oct. 14, 1848; m. Apr. 20, 1866, George Mel- len of Washington.
258. v.
IDA FLORENCE, b. June 26, 1859.
259. vi. NELLIE ELMORE, b. May 25, 1864; d. Dec. 9, 1865.
125. FRANCIS PARKER7 (Jeremiah6, Francis5, Francis4, Jo- seph3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Aug. 25, 1820; m. about 1845, Pauline C. Ingalls. He succeeded to the paternal homestead. He served in the Civil War as a member of the 10th New Hampshire Regiment. Children :
260. i. MANDANA P., b. 1849; m. 1865, Alvin Ritter.
261. ii. FRANCIS G., b. 1854.
262. iii. CHARLES W., b. 1856.
263. iv. HERMAN P., b. 1858.
138. THOMAS GILMAN8 (Peter7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. June 14, 1801; d. Oct. 7, 1839; m. (1) Almira Barnes of Berlin, Conn. [d. 1835] ; (2) 1848, L. A. Jenks. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1824, studied law, and had a successful practice in New York city. Children :
264. i. FRANK HOPKINS, b. Mar. 31, 1831; m. Nov. 3, 1863, Helen, dau. of Alfred Clapp of St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1858, studied law, and practiced in Laporte, Ind., until the Civil War, when he entered service in the paymaster's department, and was brevetted lieutenant-
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colonel. Children: i. Anna Wendell, b. Mar. 5, 1868; d. Aug. 14, 1868. ii. Jennie Clapp.
265. ii. CHARLES STEWART, d. young.
266. iii. ALICE CUNNINGHAM.
140. JOHN ADAMS8 (Peter7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Apr. 2, 1806; m. (1) Feb. 1, 1829, Emily Kent of Alstead [d. 1834]; (2) Aug. 5, 1835, Eliza Newkirk. He res. successively in Keene, Parishville, N. Y., Laporte, Ind., Rock Prairie and Johnstown, Wis., and Calmar, Iowa, and was engaged in farming, carriage-making, hotel- keeping, and lumbering business. He was a deacon. Chil- dren :
267. i. LUCIUS LYONS, b. July 24, 1837; m. Dec. 9, 1860, Maria Dodge of Fort Atkinson, Wis. A farmer in Johnstown, Wis. Children : i. Arthur, d. infancy. ii. Ivan, b. Nov. 24, 1864. iii. John, b. Oct., 1870.
268. ii. JAMES S., b. July 19, 1839; m. Sept. 2, 1868, Cornelia M. Moore of Laporte, Ind. [d. July 5, 1879]. Child: i. John, b. Mar., 1873.
269. iii. GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. July 28, 1842; m. Dec. 28, 1868, Anna Butz of Milton Junction, Wis. A grain dealer at Clear Lake, Wis. Child: i. John, b. Aug. 20, 1877.
270. iv. HENRY CLAY, b. Jan. 5, 1845; m. Dec. 30, 1873, Delia Camp. A grain dealer at Clear Lake, Wis. Child: i. Nellie Camp, b. June 11, 1876.
271. v. EMILY ELIZA, b. Dec. 5, 1851; m. Mar. 10, 1874, Herbert Palmeter of Clear Lake, Wis. Two children.
147. HIRAM ADAMS8 (Ebenezer7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Dec. 14, 1806; d. Lancaster, Jan. 30, 1879; m. May, 1834, Persis E. Hunking of Lancaster [d. July, 1878]. He was a successful lawyer in his native town, Springfield, Vt., and afterwards in Lancaster. Children :
272. i. ALMIRA BARNES, b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. July 5, 1860, William S. Ladd, afterward a judge of Supreme Court of New Hamp- shire. Three children.
273. ii. EMILY ELIZA, b. Dec. 27, 1838; d. Jan. 1, 1851.
274. iii. RICHARD, b. May, 1840; d. Aug. 15, 1845.
275. iv. RICHARD, b. May 16, 1844. Res. Green Bay, Wis. He served during the Civil War in the 5th New Hampshire Regiment.
276. v. EVERETT, b. Dec. 21, 1848. A lawyer at Lancaster.
277. vi. LUCY ELLEN, b. Jan. 28, 1855.
148. KIMBALL BACHELLER8 (Ebenezer7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Sept. 13, 1810; m. (1) Sarah E. Cummings; (2) 1843, Mrs. Mary Copp [d. Sept. 9, 1864]; (3) 1865, Mary M. Freeman. Children :
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278. i. EPHRAIM SUMNER, b. Oct. 24, 1834; m. Nov., 1865, Cynthia Hamilton. He served during the Civil War in the 2d and 23d Wisconsin Regiments, and was promoted from private to captain. Res. Duluth, Minn.
279. ii. CHARLES WARREN, b. June 30, 1837; m. Carrie E. Moore. He served during the Civil War in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment. A lumber dealer in Charles City, Iowa. Chil- dren : i. Jessie M., b. Dec. 25, 1865. ii. Ralph Moore, b. May 11, 1873.
280. iii. FREDERIC GOODHUE, b. Dec. 26, 1842; m. Abby Kimball. A merchant in Burlington, Vt.
281. iv. KIMBALL B., b. Nov. 27, 1849. A machinist in Lancaster.
282. v. MARY, b. Dec. 4, 1855; d. Sept. 26, 1864.
151. OLIVER L.8 (David?, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Oct. 15, 1795; m. 1823, Mary Gould. A farmer. Children :
283. i. MARY A., b. 1825.
284. ii. DAVID, b. 1827; d. Lancaster, Mass., 1849.
285. iii. DEAN, b. 1830. A shoemaker.
286. iv. HARRIET E., b. 1835.
152. ADAMS8 (David7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Feb. 9, 1797 ; m. 1824, Sylvia Martin of Essex, N. Y. A wheelwright. Child :
287. i. DEAN A., b. June 10, 1831; m. Martha Mager of Tennessee. A lawyer at Lyons, Iowa.
153. FRINK8 (David7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Dec. 13, 1799; m. 1836, Esther Olcott. A farmer in Springfield. Children :
288. i. CHARLES, b. 1838.
289. ii. HENRY, b. 1840.
154. JEHIEL8 (David7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Jan. 23, 1801; m. 1827, Verando Misser of Westminster, Vt. Res. Keeseville, N. Y. Children :
290. i. NANCY EMILY, b. May 7, 1829.
291. ii. HENRY S., b. Mar. 19, 1832.
292. iii. AUGUSTA E., b. Dec. 30, 1833; d. May 1, 1855.
293. iv. MARIA A., b. Apr. 26, 1836.
155. DAVID8 (David?, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Nov. 2, 1802; d. Nov., 1879; m. (1) Maria Bosworth; (2) 1846, Ruth Butler. A carpenter in Es- sex, N. Y., for many years. Children :
294. i. DAVID BOSWORTH, b. Jan. 9, 1839; m. May 5, 1864, Agnes Robinson of New York city. A merchant in Brooklyn, N. Y. He served during the Civil War in the 48th New
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York Regiment, and was promoted from private to captain.
He was held for a time in Libby prison. Children : i. William Harvey, b. Feb. 28, 1866. ii. Mary Agnes, b. July 7, 1868. iii. Grace Isabel, b. Aug. 16, 1870. iv. Henry Robinson, b. Sept. 9, 1872.
295. ii. JAMES HARVEY, b. May 22, 1843; m. Mar. 20, 1872, Mary P. Robinson of Brooklyn, N. Y. Child: i. Nellie P., b. June 30, 1873.
296. iii. MARIA ELIZABETH, b. 1848; m. Daniel Armstrong.
157. LYMAN8 (David7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Sept. 17, 1807; m. Sept., 1837, Rhoda Pond of Keeseville, N. Y. A farmer at Chesterfield, N. Y. Children :
297. i. JEHIEL, b. Sept., 1839.
298. ii. LAURA, b. May, 1846.
299. iii. EMILY, b. June 26, 1850.
159. PETER EMERSON8 (David7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Aug. 16, 1810; m. Apr. 14, 1842, Sarah A. Messinger. A carriage manufacturer at La- porte, Ind. Children :
300. i. CHARLES D., b. 1844; d. 1844.
301. ii. GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. July 23, 1845.
302. iii. JULIA M., b. Aug. 20, 1847; m. Oct. 22, 1873, Frederic A. Trumbull of Defiance, O.
303. iv. SARAH J., b. Feb. 26, 1852; m. Apr. 28, 1874, Otto C. Sey- mour of Laporte, Ind. One son.
164. HORACE RICE8 (James7, Peter6, Ephraim5, Joshua4, Joshua3, William2, Robert1), b. Mar. 11, 1814; m. (1) Nov. 15, 1838, Olive Jane Hunt [d. Dec. 24, 1865]; (2) Mar. 7, 1867, Frances M. Getty of Geneseo, Ill. A builder and real estate dealer in Brooklyn, N. Y. Children :
304. i. FRANK ELLIOT, b. Apr. 17, 1841; d. Nov. 23, 1859.
305. ii. GEORGE HORACE ELLIOT, b. Apr. 21, 1845; d. June 18, 1879. He was a lawyer.
306. iii. LUELLA JANE, b. Mar. 25, 1847; m. 1868, J. L. Bigelow. Res. Lockport, N. Y.
307. iv. FLORENCE GALE, b. July 27, 1855.
308. v. MINNIE ELLIOT, b. Oct. 27, 1859; d. Feb. 6, 1860.
309. vi. HORACE ELLIOT GETTY, b. Sept. 22, 1869.
173. BENJAMIN S.8 (Ebenezer7, Ebenezer6, John5, Timothy4, Samuel3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Nov. 30, 1809. He was a car- penter at Cornish. Children :
310. i. EDWIN N., m. Elizabeth A. Fletcher. Res. New York. Chil- dren : i. Caroline L. ii. Charles W. iii. Nettie J.
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311. ii. HANNAH A., b. Mar. 2, 1835. Res. Cornish.
312. iii. DAVID S., b. Aug. 5, 1838; d. July 6, 1862.
313. iv. ISABEL M., b. Aug. 2, 1841; d. July 28, 1870.
314. v. CAROLINE L., b. Oct. 20, 1846.
183. SAMUEL C.8 (Cummings7, Ebenezer6, John5, Timothy4, Samuel3, Francis2, Robert1), b. 1805; m. Oct. 9, 1831, M. E. Barnum. He was a farmer in Enosburg, Vt., whence he re- moved to Ashburnham, Mass. Children :
315. i. LYMAN B. Res. at Kane, Penn. Children: i. Frank S. ii. Elmer H.
316. ii. BARTLETT M. Res. at Coldwater, Mich. Child: i. Nelson P.
317. iii. SARAH E.
318. iv. HOMER C., d. Nov. 18, 1862, at Alexandria, Va., while serv- ing in the 13th Vermont Regiment.
188. JOHN BARTLETT8 (Cummings7, Ebenezer6, John5, Tim- othy4, Samuel3, Francis2, Robert1), b. Feb. 5, 1824; m. (1) Sept. 3, 1843, Louisa B. Williams (19) ; (2) Apr. 21, 1863, Susan Appleby of Oberlin, O. Superintendent of National Car Co., at St. Albans, Vt. Children :
319. i. LUCY C., b. Jan. 18, 1845; m. June 5, 1865, E. B. Huntington of St. Albans. One daughter.
320. ii. MARTHA L., b. July 15, 1848; m. Oct. 4, 1871, Cromwell Bowen, a lawyer at Des Moines, Iowa. Three children.
321. iii. NELLIE M., b. Oct. 28, 1853; m. William B. Hatch of St. Albans. One son.
322. iv. WILLIAM B., b. Jan. 7, 1862. He graduated from U. S. Naval Academy in 1882, and is now a captain in the U. S. Navy. 323. v. ARTHUR G., b. Oct. 5, 1868.
324. vi. JOSEPHINE B., b. Oct. 16, 1871.
213. WILLIAM OTIS8 (Thomas7, Thomas6, Thomas5, Fran- cis4, Joseph3, Francis2, Robert1), b. July 22, 1818; d. Dec. 20, 1876; m. May 4, 1841, Persis Ann Clark [b. 1814; d. Feb. 21, 1854]. He was a banker and merchant in Westfield, Mass., also state senator and holder of various positions of trust. Children :
325. i. ELLEN MARIA, b. May, 1842; d. 1874; m. Sept. 9, 1861, Frank Merriman.
326. ii. WILLIAM THOMAS, d. young.
327. iii. HARRIET FRANCES, b. Sept. 5, 1846; m. E. W. Dickerman. Res. Westfield, Mass. Two children.
FOSKETT.
1. ISAAC B. FOSKETT, b. Stafford, Ct., May 4, 1824; d. Sept. 31, 1899; m. 1845, Roxa Almira Ladd [b. Sturbridge, Mass.,
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1825 ; d. Oct., 1866]. He came from Worcester, Mass., to New Ipswich in 1860, and soon settled upon the eastern Whittemore farm, (12, N. L. O.,) where he lived about twenty years. Chil- dren :
2. i LUCINDA JANE, b. about 1846; m. Oct. 27, 1864, John Stillman Gibson (21).
3. ii. LOUISA ROXA, b. Apr. 30, 1848; d. June 29, 1907; m. Dec. 15, 1875, Franklin L. Mansfield (31).
4. iii. GEORGE PARLEY, b. Mar. 30, 1855.+
5. iv. JOHN ERNEST, b. Mar. 8, 1857.+
6. v. ALBERT GEORGE.
7. vi. ALMIRA.
8. vii. NELLIE ELDORA, m. Oct. 17, 1874, Levi W. Newell. Res. on the Isaac Stearns place, (76, A. D.) Children : i. Waldo Newell. ii. Ernest Newell. iii. Mabel Newell. iv. Grace Newell.
9. viii. ETTIE ELLA, m. George Powers of Greenville. Child : i. Leonard S. Powers, b. May 10, 1880.
4. GEORGE PARLEY2 (Isaac B.1), b. Mar. 30, 1855; m. (1) 1876, Orie Emma Adams of Townsend, Mass. [b. Dec. 8, 1857; d. Feb. 18, 1881]; (2) Jan. 18, 1887, Mattie A. Lake of Pembroke, N. H. [b. July 21, 1857]. He is a machinist at Reeds Ferry. Children :
10. i. CLARENCE NEWTON, b. July 29, 1879; m. June 26, 1907, Eliza- beth A. Hudner of Mill River, Mass.
11. ii. CARRIE ADELIA, b. June 20, 1880. She is a nurse.
12. iii. FLORENCE ROWELL, b. Aug. 10, 1888; m. Oct. 21, 1911, Charles F. Rogers.
13. iv. LEON MOSES, b. June 8, 1890; d. Dec. 25, 1891.
14. v. EARL LAKE, b. Dec. 17, 1893.
5. JOHN ERNEST2 (Isaac B.1), b. Mar. 8, 1857; m. Leone He has been a teacher in Arizona, a bookkeeper at Perry, O., and is now in Chicago, Ill. Children :
15. i. LLOYD.
16. ii. VERNETT, b. Jan. 3, 1890.
17. iii. ARLO.
FOSTER (JOHN).
JOHN1 FOSTER, b. at Reading, Mass .; d. Ashby, Mass., May 4, 1825; m. Dolly Jukins [b. Wilmington, Mass.].
JOHN2 (John1), b. Apr. 29, 1778; d. Ashby, Mass., Feb. 29, 1868; m. Sept. 29, 1800, Dorcas Upton [b. Temple, May, 1779; d. Nov. 28, 1854].
1. ELI3 (John2, John1), b. Ashby, Mar. 19, 1811; d. New Ipswich, Oct. 9, 1880; m. Lucy Sawyer [b. Nelson, Oct. 8, 1811 ; d. Waltham, Mass., Mar. 2, 1884]. Farmer and dyer.
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2. JOHN4 (Eli3, John2, John1), b. Marlboro, 1840; d. New Ipswich, Dec. 31, 1902; m. May 15, 1866, Nellie Webster [b. Royalston, Mass., Oct. 22, 1844; d. Waltham, Nov. 13, 1898]. Railroad conductor. Children :
3. i. LENA F., b. Waltham, Apr. 28, 1868; m. Oct. 17, 1901, Gleason Wood.
4. ii. ETHEL D., b. Waltham, Sept. 2, 1875; m. June 16, 1896, Gard- ner Muzzey.
5. iii. JOHN HAROLD, b. Waltham, Apr. 15, 1880; professor of Forestry at New Hampshire State College.
FOSTER (REGINALD).
REGINALD1 FOSTER, b. about 1595; d. 1681; m. (1) Judith -
[d. Oct., 1664]; (2) Sept., 1665, widow Sarah Martin of Ipswich, Mass. He came from England with wife and seven children about 1638, and was one of the earliest settlers at Ipswich, Mass., where he resided until his death.
ISAAC2 (Reginald1), b. 1630; d. Feb. 8, 1691; m. (1) May 5, 1658, Mary Jackson; (2) Hannah Downing; (3) Martha Hale. He resided in Ipswich near the Topsfield line. He had eleven children of the first marriage and three of the second.
ELEAZER3 (Isaac2, Reginald1), a son of the second marriage, b. Apr., 1684; d. Nov. 15, 1771; m. Elizabeth Fiske [b. Oct. 9, 1679; d. Feb. 19, 1758]. He resided in Ipswich and was a weaver.
1. ABIJAH4 (Eleazer3, Isaac2, Reginald1), bapt. Jan., 1707/8; d. 1759; m. Dec. 13, 1733, Mary Knowlton of Ipswich. He was the first settler in New Ipswich. The date of his coming is not certain, but it is believed to have been in the spring of 1738. As was to be expected, he made his home upon the old "country road," then hardly more than a trail and formally accepted less than a year before. His first house stood near the site of the former bank building north of Union Hall, a little way above it on the hill and perhaps a little to the south. His well higher on the hill still remains, and has been the source of an aqueduct pipe to the Esquire Preston house with- in a recent period. It is in the road running east of the school- house and of course is now covered over and not visible.
Here was the home of the earliest settler until after the assignment of lands under the Masonian grant, in which one of his eighty-acre lots was 33, N. D., extending from his home northward across the Saw Mill Brook. Immediately after this, however, he sold his farm and removed to 45, N. D., building again, probably at the south end of the lot, and perhaps where
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the foundations of a house may be traced just south of the present road from the Center Village to Davis Village, upon the old road now hardly to be traced, but formerly furnishing a perfectly straight way running due east to the meeting-house upon the hill. The pioneer spirit, however, was too strong to be content with the new home more than five years, and in 1755 the family was established for a third time just across the road from the present home of Walter S. Thayer, long occupied by Caleb Campbell, upon the road to Smith Village, which was the home of "Widow Foster" as long as she remained in town. Mr. Foster, however, remained there but a short time, as in 1758 or 1759 he enlisted in the military service against the French and Indians, and while encamped at Crown Point per- ished of smallpox. Children-all probably born in New Ips- wich except the eldest :
2. i MARY, b. Ipswich, Mass., Aug., 1736.
3. ii. EBENEZER, b. about 1739; d. 1759. He enlisted with his father in the French and Indian War, and like him, died of small- pox at Crown Point.
4. iii. ELIZABETH, b. about 1741; d. Feb. 27, 1800; m. (1) 1759, John Fletcher (3); (2) William Hodgkins (1).
5. iv. SAMUEL, b. about 1742; d. 1780; m. Oct. 24, 1764, Tabitha Hodgkins. His name appears on the tax-list from the in- corporation of the town until 1776, but whether he was resident in the town all the time is uncertain. He is said to have come from Ashby in 1774 and to have built a house for his home at the south part of Smith Village on or near the spot long occupied by Jonathan Taylor, and now the home of Alfred A. Woodward. Possibly it constitutes a part of the present structure. He served in the Revolu- tion, responding to the alarm of April, 1775, enlisting for three years in 1777, and dying while in service. Children : i. Abijah. ii. Samuel. iii. Eunice. iv. Molly. v. Reform. DANIEL, date of birth unknown, was a carpenter. He built for his home the building long known as the "Obear house" just north of the central graveyard. He lived for a time on what was known in later years as the "Nicholas place," at the west end of Davis Village, and also, probably at an earlier date, at the paternal home on the Smith Village road, with his mother, who is supposed to have removed with him to Nelson in the later part of the eighteenth cen- tury. His name appears upon the tax-lists from 1773 and 1791. It also stands on the initial Revolutionary roll of April, 1775, and he enlisted three times afterward, the last time for three years. Children: i. Pamelia. He had others also of mature age while in town; no further names are known.
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7. vi. EPHRAIM, date of birth unknown, the remaining son of the pioneer, was with his brothers in Capt. Heald's company at the birth of the Revolution, and like them enlisted for three years in 1777. He was disabled by sickness in 1780, was brought home by the town, and soon after died.
8. vii. HEPZIBAH, b. 1759; d. Apr. 25, 1838; m. (1) - Twitchell; (2) June 2, 1791, Isaac Appleton (16).
The name of this earliest pioneer family seems to have disappeared from town with the removal of the widow and youngest son. But in view of the sturdy service of every man of the family in the Revolu- tionary and earlier struggles, it may not be amiss to recall that the family had descended through a long knightly line, from Alfred the Great and from King Baldwin "Iron Arm" of Flanders.
FOX.
THOMAS1 Fox of Concord, Mass., b. 1628; d. Apr. 14, 1658; m. (1) Rebecca - [d. May 11, 1647] ; (2) Dec. 13, 1647, Hannah Brooks.
ELIPHALET2 (Thomas1), d. Aug. 15, 1711; m. (1) Oct. 26, 1665, Mary, dau. of George Wheeler1 and Katherine Wheeler [b. Sept. 6, 1645; d. Feb. 24, 1679]; (2) Nov. 30, 1681, Mary, dau. of John2 (Gregory1) Stone, and widow of Isaac Hunt.
JOHN3 (Eliphalet2, Thomas1), b. Sept. 15, 1682; m. May 29, 1704, Susanna, dau. of Samuel3 (George2, William1) Merriam [b. Aug. 15, 1677]. He lived in Concord, Mass., where he held a captain's commission.
JOHN4 (John3, Eliphalet2, Thomas1), b. July 18, 1707; d. about 1755; m. Sarah Hoar. He lived in Littleton, Mass., where he was a captain.
1. TIMOTHY5 (John4, John8, Eliphalet2, Thomas1), b. about 1741; d. Feb., 1827; m. Abigail Dudley [d. 1808]. He came from Littleton, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1765, and pur- chased a place for his home a little south of the site of Davis Village, (XII: 1, S. R.,) where he built a small house, but five years later he removed a mile toward the south to XII : 3, S. R., which farm was occupied by him and his descendants for a century, but is now at the eastern limit of the land oc- cupied by the Finnish immigrants. Children :
2. i TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 11, 1764.+
3. ii. NABBY, b. Oct. 18, 1766; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Edmund Briant, Jr. (4).
4. iii. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 5, 1769.+
5. iv. PETER, b. Sept. 15, 1771; m. May 25, 1797, Submit, dau. of Joseph and Submit (Cummings) Simonds of Hancock. He removed to Peterborough in early manhood, thence to Hancock, when about thirty years of age, and to Marlow in 1812.
6. v. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 12, 1773; d. Nov. 27, 1814; m. (1) Sarah, dau. of James Duncan of Hancock; (2) Dec. 26, 1805, Thankful, dau. of Nathaniel Breed of Nelson, who is said
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to have been a son of Nathaniel of New Ipswich (2) [b. May 22, 1786; d. Oct. 22, 1869]. He removed to Hancock on attaining his majority, or earlier, and thence to Stoddard only a short time before his death.
7. vi. JOHN, b. Oct. 24, 1774; m. Nov. 13, 1803, Lavinia Wilkins.
8. vii. SARAH, b. Dec. 10, 1776; m. Mar. 12, 1807, Ellis Pitcher.
9. viii. LUCRETIA, b. Nov. 9, 1778; d. 1842; m. Jan. 25, 1816, John Binney (6).
10. ix. JEDIAH, b. Nov. 30, 1780; d. Sept. 1, 1858; m. Dec. 27, 1810, Sarah, dau. of Noah and Mary (Butterfield) Wheeler of Hancock [b. Nov. 9, 1789; d. Nov. 8, 1875]. He resided in Hancock, to which he removed in early manhood.
11. x. LUCY, b. Apr. 29, 1782; m. - Worcester of Stoddard.
JOSEPH5 (John4, John3, Eliphalet', Thomas1), b. Jan. 20, 1744; d. Feb. 18, 1823; m. Mary Tuttle of Littleton, Mass. [b. about 1745; d. Feb. 14, 1794]. He removed to Fitchburg, Mass., in early manhood, where he was at first a shoemaker and afterward became a merchant. He acquired a goodly property and was an influential citizen. He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress held at Watertown in 1775, and he represented Fitchburg in the Legislature during several years.
2. TIMOTHY6 (Timothy5, John4, John3, Eliphalet2, Thom- as1), b. Nov. 11, 1764; d. Apr. 23, 1839; m. (1) Mar. 8, 1787, Ruth Pollard (4) ; (2) May 16, 1802, Sarah Bartlett (9) ; (3) Mar. 26, 1807, Hannah Flint of Lincoln, Mass. [b. about 1778; d. 'Mar. 28, 1858]. He succeeded to his father's farm and passed his life upon it. He was captain of the South militia company of the town, and was chosen selectman thirteen times. Children :
12. i. RUTH, b. Apr., 1788; d. Oct. 10, 1813; m. Benjamin B. Williams (8).
13. ii. POLLY, b. Mar. 18, 1790; d. about 1801.
14. iii. CLARISSA, b. Nov. 15, 1791.
15. iv. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 21, 1793; d. July 6, 1815; m. Mar., 1810, John F. Hills (7).
16. v. TIMOTHY, b. Sept. 2, 1795.++
17. vi. MARINDA, b. Aug. 17, 1797; d. Jan. 18, 1798.
18. vii. ROWENA, b. Jan. 3, 1799; m. Lewis Epps.
19. viii. SALLY, b. June 13, 1801; d. June 29, 1801.
20. ix. A child, b. and d. Oct. 15, 1803.
21. x. CATHERINE, b. Feb. 1, 1808; d. Apr. 3, 1811.
22. xi. EMILY, b. Dec. 31, 1809; d. Dec. 8, 1846; m. Apr. 27, 1837, Lieut. (later Commodore) James F. Miller, U. S. N. [b. Apr. 27, 1805; d. July 11, 1868]. Children: i. Catherine E. Miller, b. May, 1838; d. Aug. 1, 1874. ii. Caroline Miller, m. Rev. George J. Prescott of Boston.
23. xii. A child, b. and d. Jan. 26, 1812.
24. xiii. A child, b. and d. Apr. 22, 1813.
25. xiv. EPHRAIM FLINT, b. Oct. 19, 1814.+
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