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8. i. DOLLIE SIVONA, b. Feb. 19, 1886.
9. ii. MILO WARREN, b. May 9, 1888.
10. iii. HOLLIS PROCTOR, b. May 7, 1890.
JEFTS.
HENRY1 JEFTS, b. about 1606; d. Mar. 24, 1700; m. (1) Sept. 13, 1647, Ann Stowers; (2) Hannah Bieths [d. Sept. 15, 1662]; (3) Oct. 3, 1666, Mary, widow of Simon Bird [d. Apr. 1, 1679]; (4) May 5, 1681, widow Mary Baker of Concord, Mass. He was one of the first settlers in Billerica, Mass., coming thither from Concord.
HENRY2 (Henry1), b. Mar. 21, 1658; m. Hannah Hill.
HENRY3 (Henry2, Henry1), b. 1705; m. Mary Gerry of Stoneham, Mass. Res. for a time in Mason.
JOHN4 (Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. Oct. 2, 1739; d. Dec. 10, 1809; m. Lois Lawrence. He had eleven children, three of whom, or their descendants, appear on New Ipswich records.
JONATHAN5 (John4, Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. June 1, 1767; d. Dec. 25, 1841; m. Nancy Richardson of Alstead [d. Dec. 29, 1854]. His home was probably in Stoddard.
1. DANIEL5 (John4, Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. Dec. 17, 1778; d. Aug. 16, 1863; m. Aug. 30, 1802, Susanna Willard of Harvard, Mass. [b. about 1782; d. June 27, 1852]. He lived in Harvard, Mass., until about 1813, when he came to New Ipswich, and passed his remaining years as a farmer on the
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"Prichard farm," (18, N. D.) He was selectman for several years. Children :
4. i. MARY PRESCOTT, b. Sept. 3, 1803; d. Dec. 20, 1893; m. (1) May 20, 1827, Jacob Blodgett [b. Apr. 21, 1805; d. Aug. 18, 1840]; (2) Sewell O. Chandler (W. 19). Children: i. Mary Abigail Blodgett, b. May 9, 1828; m. George Chicker- ing (12). ii. Maria Clarissa Blodgett, b. June 26, 1830; m. July 11, 1853, (1) Addison Manning [d. Aug. 13, 1873]; (2) Stephen Barnes; three sons. iii. George Anson Blodgett, b. Aug. 31, 1833; m. Feb., 1870, Mary E. Wilson. iv. Melvina Amanda Blodgett, b. Apr. 30, 1836; m. Nov. 13, 1860, Stephen Cummins Ketchum of Winchendon, Mass. v. Roxana Jefts Blodgett, b. Apr. 6, 1839; d. June 29, 1911; m. Sept. 21, 1862, Cyrus A.7 (Gilbert®, Jonathan5) Jefts of Ashburnham, Mass .; four children.
5. ii. ANSON, b. Jan. 26, 1806; d. Quincy, Ill., June 27, 1831, unm.
6. iii. ROXANA, b. Aug. 3, 1808; m. Elisha F. Davis (88).
7. iv. JOHN PRESCOTT, b. Aug. 6, 1810; d. Sept. 9, 1834.
8. v. CLARISSA, b. Dec. 31, 1813; d. Nov. 19, 1830.
9. vi. BOYNTON, b. Mar. 3, 1818; m. Ellen O'Flaherty [d. Mar. 6, 1859]. He removed to Greenville. Child: i. Nellie, b. Aug., 1858; d. Mar. 6, 1859.
10. vii. ELMIRA, b. May 1, 1824; d. May, 1883; m. Willard Jefts (15). 11. viii. ELVIRA, b. May 1, 1824; d. Apr. 28, 1847; m. Gates Chapman (3).
2. WILLARD5 (John4, Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. May 8, 1787; d. Apr. 28, 1858; m. Jan. 20, 1820, Lucy, dau. of Hezekiah and Lucy (Townsend) Corey of Ashburnham, Mass. [b. Nov. 20, 1791; d. Oct. 20, 1871]. He came to New Ipswich soon after his marriage, and being a carpenter, built his home, the second house southerly from the Barrett mansion, afterward owned successively by Oliver Boyden and his son, and by Dea. Charles Taylor. There he lived until 1843, when he re- moved to Ashby, Mass. Children :
12. i. A son, b. and d. Mar. 26, 1821.
13. ii. JAMES MERRILL JACKSON, b. Sept. 10, 1826.+
3. JONATHAN6 (Jonathan5, John4, Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. 1798; m. May 10, 1820, Almira Richardson. He lived for a few years soon after his marriage on the Edmund Towne place in the extreme northeastern corner of New Ipswich, (16, N. D.) Children :
14. i. MARY, b. June 13, 1822.
15. ii. WILLARD, b. Sept. 13, 1824.+
16. iii. FREEMAN W., b. Nov. 24, 1825.
13. JAMES M. J.6 (Willard5, John4, Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. Sept. 10, 1826; d. Dec. 24, 1886; m. May 15, 1853,
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Betsey, dau. of Benjamin and Betsey (Eaton) Foster of Ashby, Mass. [b. July 18, 1832; d. Feb., 1907; m. (2) Nov. 5, 1889, Jonathan A. Hubbard of Ashby]. He passed his life in Ashby. Children :
17. i. MELVIN WILLARD, b. July 18, 1855; m. June 5, 1879, Ella Urania, dau. of John P. and Urania (Stearns) Whitney of Ashby [b. Oct. 29, 1857]. One adopted daughter.
18. ii. DORA MERILLA, b. June 27, 1860; d. May 7, 1863.
19. iii. LIZZIE EMMA, b. Sept. 19, 1862; m. Dec. 31, 1883, John, son of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Cutting) Damon of Ashby [b. Apr. 12, 1859]. Child: i. Ralph Corey Damon, b. July 20, 1886.
20. iv. CHARLES MERRILL, b. Feb. 19, 1868; m. Feb. 25, 1891, Annie Marie, dau. of William J. and Mary Ann (Bartlett) Walker of Fitchburg, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1866]. Res. in Brockton, Mass. Child: i. Mildred Walker, b. June 30, 1896.
15. WILLARD? (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, John4, Henry3, Henry2, Henry1), b. Sept. 13, 1824; m. Apr. 18, 1848, Elmira Jefts (10). He was a mechanic in Bank Village during sev- eral years of his early manhood, and later in Greenville. Children :
21. i. JULIA ELMIRA, b. Feb., 1849; d. July 27, 1854.
22. ii. CLARA MARIA, b. about May, 1850; d. June 30, 1854.
23. iii. LUCIUS WILLARD, b. about Jan., 1853; d. May 12, 1854.
24. iv. CARRIE AMANDA, b. about Aug., 1855; d. Aug. 20, 1856.
25. v. NELLIE MELVINA, b. about June, 1856; d. Sept. 7, 1856.
26. vi. KATIE.
27. vii. HATTIE.
28. viii. LIZZIE.
JONES.
The number of New Ipswich residents bearing this familiar surname has never been large, but the blood of the emigrant ancestor of that family named below has mingled with that of a considerable number of families of the town, as is here shown.
JOHN1 JONES, d. Concord, Mass., June 22, 1673; m. Dorcas - [d. Concord, Nov. 22, 1709]. He came from England about 1635 and set- tled in Cambridge, but removed to Concord about 1650 and there made his home. His widow m. Dec. 24, 1674, William Buss. Res. in Concord.
SAMUEL2 (John1), b. Cambridge, Oct. 8, 1648; d. 1717; m. Jan. 16, 1672, Elizabeth, dau. of Luke and Mary (Edmunds) Potter [b. 1652; d. Feb. 14, 1694/5]. Res. in Concord.
JOHN2 (John1), b. Concord, July 6, 1656; d. May 16, 1726; m. May 5, 1681, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Wheeler) Farwell [b. May 2, 1662]. Res. in Concord.
SAMUEL3 (Samuel2, John1), b. Sept. 5, 1674; d. Nov. 5, 1755; m. Nov. 10, 1698, Ruth, dau. of Thomas and Ruth (Jones) Brown [b. Oct. 12, 1678; d. Mar. 22, 1764]. Res. in Concord.
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NATHANIEL3 (Samuel2, John1), b. 1676; d. Mar. 22, 1745; m. 1696, Mary Reddit [b. 1675; d. Jan. 17, 1749]. Res. in Concord.
EPHRAIM3 (Samuel2, John1), b. Apr. 30, 1679; d. Oct. 7, 1710; m. Apr. 15, 1701, Hephzibah, dau. of Roger1 Chandler (R.). Res. in Concord.
JOHN3 (John2, John1), b. Jan. 6, 1690; d. Mar. 12, 1762; m. July 25, 1716, Anna, dau. of Daniel and Anna (Merriam) Brooks [b. Feb. 21, 1695/6; d. June 9, 1753]. Res. in Concord.
THOMAS4 (Samuel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Nov. 30, 1702; d. Aug. 3, 1774; m. July 20, 1727, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Prescott) Miles [b. Concord, Oct. 18, 1709; d. Sept. 26, 1782]. Res. in Concord. He was a captain.
ELNATHAN4 (Nathaniel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Mar. 29, 1697; d. May 6, 1739; m. (1) Sept. 22, 1721, Hannah Pierce of Concord [b. 1701; d. Sept. 19, 1730]; (2) Jan. 13, 1731/2, Rebeckah, dau. of Joseph3 and Re- beckah (Minot) Barrett (Humphrey2, Humphrey1) [b. July 12, 1710; d. Feb. 8, 1733]; (3) Hannah Brown [d. 1779]. Res. in Concord.
EBENEZER4 (Nathaniel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Feb. 5, 1706; m. Priscilla Res. in Concord.
EPHRAIM4 (Ephraim3, Samuel2, John1), b. Sept. 20, 1706; d. Concord, Nov. 29, 1756; m. Sept. 12, 1728, Mary, dau. of Simeon and Rebecca (Hartwell) Hayward [b. Dec. 6, 1708; d. July 30, 1803]. Res. in Concord, where he held the office of captain. He served at the siege of Louisburg.
EBENEZER4 (John3, John2, John1), b. Dec. 8, 1726; d. 1799; m. Jan. 22, 1750, Mary Wheeler [d. about 1784]. He removed from Concord to Bed- ford, Mass., and thence to Princeton, Mass., about 1750. He was a prominent citizen in that town.
JOHN5 (Thomas4, Samuel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Dec. 7, 1730; d. Ashby, Mass., Dec. 18, 1811; m. Oct. 24, 1754, Phebe, dau. of Daniel and Phebe (Locke) Brewer [b. Weston, Mass., July 21, 1734]. In 1762 he removed from Concord to the west part of Townsend, Mass., which five years later was included in the new town of Ashby, where he passed his re- maining life. He held the office of captain.
1. ELNATHAN5 (Elnathan4, Nathaniel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Dec. 13, 1737; d. Feb. 27, 1793; m. Mary --. The births of four children, 1780-88, are recorded in Concord, and he prob- ably was the Elnathan Jones who was in New Ipswich for three years before, but nothing further has been found con- cerning him.
2. EBENEZER5 (Ebenezer4, Nathaniel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Apr. 8, 1749; d. Aug., 1784; m. (1) Oct. 22, 1767, Hannah Fay of Lincoln; (2) May 27, 1769, Sarah Fay of Concord [b. about 1747; d. Sept. 29, 1821]. His two eldest children were born in Concord, and the others seem to have been born in Wakefield, Mass., but his name appears on the New Ipswich records of a few of the last years of his life, and he probably lived in Smith Village in one of the houses formerly standing
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on the east side of the road as it begins to ascend the hill back of the dwelling and store owned for many years by Col. Jere- miah Smith. Children :
5. i. ELNATHAN, b. Sept. 2, 1770.
6. ii. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 29, 1772; d. Oct. 10, 1829; m. Lois Alley.
7. iii. HANNAH, b. 1775; m. Dec. 29, 1796, Abijah Smith (A. 2).
8. iv. SIMON, b. Jan. 1, 1780; d. 1833; m. Rebecca Pool [d. 1865].
9. v. SARAH, b. Aug. 17, 1784; d. Oct. 12, 1862, unm. She passed the last twenty-five years of her life in the family of her nephew, Col. Smith.
3. JONAS5 (Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Samuel2, John1), b. July 10, 1736; d. July 15, 1817; m. Sept. 6, 1763, Abigail, dau. of Ephraim4 and Elizabeth (Heywood) Hartwell [b. June 5, 1744; d. Mar. 8, 1809]. He was a tanner at Shrewsbury, Mass., until about 1790, when he came to New Ipswich, living first on the "Benjamin Knowlton place," the westerly part of 22, N. D., and later on 51, N. D., afterward on the farm of Earl Boynton. He had rendered much service in the French wars, having accompanied his father to the siege of Louis- burg when only ten years of age, and afterward served at Crown Point and in later expeditions, in one of which he would have lost his life had not the rind of the pork which had been served out for food been sufficiently firm to forbid the passage of a bullet. His death, at the age of 81, was caused by a fall from his horse. Children :
10. i. LUCY, b. Oct. 14, 1764; d. June 2, 1851; m. Feb. 21, 1788, Gregory Stone, a farmer of Lincoln, Mass. Nine children.
11. ii. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 29, 1765.+
12. iii. JONAS, b. Nov. 29, 1765; d. Nov. 20, 1815; m. May 17, 1807, Sally Manning of Medford, Mass., where he res.
13. iv.
14. v. RICHARD HALL, b. Oct. 1, 1767; d. Cleveland, O., July 13, 1813.
STEPHEN, b. Sept. 11, 1869; d. young.
15. vi. HEPZIBAH, b. Dec. 22, 1770; d. Oct. 21, 1853; m. Nov. 16, 1798, Isaiah Kidder (18).
16. vii. STEPHEN, b. Nov. 26, 1775.++
17. viii. HENRY, b. July 5, 1777.+
18. ix.
ISAAC, b. Mar. 2, 1780; d. Jan. 16, 1806.
19. x.
PETER, b. Feb. 18, 1783; d. Mar. 12, 1824.
NATHAN5 (Ebenezer4, John3, John2, John1), b. Bedford, Mass., Apr. 21, 1753; d. Apr. 8, 1827; m. Oct. 4, 1774, Mercy Parmenter of Rutland, Mass. [b. July 27, 1753; d. Dec. 27, 1835]. He lived in Princeton, Mass., until 1794, and then removed to Ashburnham, Mass.
4. ELISHA® (John5, Thomas4, Samuel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Ashby, Mass., Apr. 15, 1770; d. Nov. 21, 1809; m. 1793, Persis (or Pershia), dau. of Abraham Taylor, probably of Townsend,
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Mass. He was a blacksmith in Smith Village, 1797-1804, on the land afterward owned by Col. Smith, probably a little northwestwardly from the site of the dwelling and store, and he lived in Ashby both before and after his residence in New Ipswich. Children :
21. i. PERSIS, b. Nov. 16, 1793; m. 1812, Isaac, son of Josiah Wilder of Gardner, Mass. [b. 1784]. Six children.
22. ii. ELISHA, b. Jan. 28, 1796; m. Sept. 10, 1818, Kalinda Watkins of Kentucky, whither he had before removed.
23. iii. HOMER, b. Dec. 24, 1797; d. May 18, 1813.
24. iv. REBECCA, b. Apr. 9, 1800; m. July 17, 1822, Andrew Hall of Boston and Charlestown, Mass.
25. v. JOHN TAYLOR, b. July 16, 1802; d. Bangkok, Siam, Sept. 13, 1851; m. (1) July 14, 1830, Eliza, dau. of Rev. Henry Grew of Hartford, Conn. [d. Bangkok, Mar., 1838]; (2) Nov., 1840, Judith Leavitt of Meredith Village, N. H. [d. on home- ward passage from Siam, 1846]; (3) Sarah Sleeper of Guildford, N. H. He was a student at Brown University for one year, but transferred to Amherst College, where he graduated in 1825. He studied theology at Andover and Newton Seminaries, and spent his later life as a missionary in Burmah and Siam. He received the degree of D. D. from Columbia University.
26. vi. ABEL, b. May 12, 1804; d. Ohio, July 12, 1837; m. Oct. 11, 1829, Lydia Ann Campbell. He was probably identical with Marcus A. Jones, who was a roommate of John Taylor Jones in Andover Seminary, but that is not certain.
27. vii. SARAH, b. Feb. 15, 1807; d. Ashby, Mass., 1838; m. July 19, 1833, Jonas H., son of Dea. Jonas and Susan (Taylor) Barrett of Ashby [d. Dec. 28, 1853; m. (2) Laura E. Gates]. 28. viii. LYDIA, b. Mar. 14, 1809; m. Feb. 5, 1832, Hobart Spencer of Ashby.
11. EPHRAIM6 (Jonas5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Samuel2, John1), b. Nov. 29, 1765; d. Jan. 25, 1839; m. (1) Oct. 3, 1793, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Rachel Crosby [b. Quincy, Mass., Mar. 4, 1720; d. Mar. 30, 1806]; (2) Oct. 19, 1806, Martha, dau. of Jonathan and Martha Fessenden [b. Quincy, Mass., June 30, 1760; d. Oct. 25, 1826]; (3) Dec. 6, 1827, Keziah, dau. of James and Delia Adams [b. Lincoln, Mass., Feb. 19, 1773]. He res. in Boston, where he was a distiller, but abandoned the business in 1820 under the influence of the temperance movement. Children :
29. i. EPHRAIM, b. July 12, 1794; d. July 28, 1794.
30. ii. ELIZA, b. Sept. 13, 1796; d. Sept. 11, 1826.
31. iii. EPHRAIM, b. Apr. 10, 1799; d. Bedford, Mass., Nov. 27, 1861; m. Rebecca Brown. Child : i. Charles Henry, b. Apr. 7, 1845; m. Anna Low.
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32. iv. HENRY HARTWELL, b. Mar. 15, 1802; d. Mar. 10, 1876; m. (1) Buenos Ayres, S. A., May 19, 1835, Caroline Allen [b. Townsend, Mass., July 3, 1806; d. Dec. 29, 1836]; (2) June 18, 1839, Mary Stone [b. Lincoln, Mass., 1800; d. May 9, 1875]. Children: i. Henry Stone, b. June 6, 1841; m. Anna Maria Snow. ii. Mary Caroline, b. July 12, 1846; m. Daniel A. Cony.
16. STEPHEN6 (Jonas5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Samuel2, John1), b. Nov. 26, 1775; d. Ashby, Mass., Apr., 1842; m. Lydia Kidder (22). He lived for a time upon the "Knowlton farm," formerly occupied by his father, but removed to Ashby, Mass., about 1810. Children :
33. i. ISAAC, b. Feb. 3, 1809; d. Sept. 29, 1876; m. June 2, 1834, Rebecca, dau. of Amos Wellington of Ashby. He was for a few years a mason at Walpole, N. H., but during most of his life he was employed in iron works at South Boston. He was a member of the city council, and also of the Legislature. Children: i. Charles E., b. Apr. 23, 1835; m. 1860, Exie, dau. of Capt. Judah Baker; res. in Boston; two children. ii. Harriet A., b. Apr. 28, 1837; m. Dec. 16, 1868, Williams Smith; res. in California; one child.
34. ii. CHARLES, b. June 4, 1810; m. (1) Feb. 22, 1837, Lucy, dau. of Nathan Estabrooks; (2) Sept. 30, 1851, Mary E. Heard of Bedford, Mass. Children: i. Francis, d. young. ii. George F., b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1842; m. Sept. 17, 1868, Susanna P. Damon of Lexington, where he res .; he served during the Civil War in the 44th Massachusetts Regiment. 35. iii. ANDREW, b. Feb. 22, 1814; d. May 30, 1880; m. Apr. 16, 1840, Sarah Elizabeth Wright. Res. in East Cambridge, Mass., where he followed the trade of a mason.
36. iv. HARRIET, b. Sept. 15, 1816; m. H. W. Seamans of New Lon- don, N. H. Res. at Boston and at Lexington, Mass.
37. v. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 29, 1818; d. about 1878; m. May 1, 1849, Sidney Boggs. He was a doctor in Ohio and Indiana. Children: i. Edgar T., b. Mar. 7, 1850. ii. Sallie M., b. Mar. 18, 1851; m. J. U. Webster. iii. Evan, b. May 24, 1853. iv. Lydia, b. May 25, 1857. v. Charlie, b. Nov. 13, 1859.
38. vi. FRANCIS, b. July 4, 1823; m. 1851, Julia A., dau. of Rev. Horace Fletcher of Townshend, Vt. He went to Boston in youth, and passed his life in the fruit-jobbing business. Children: i. Grace, b. Oct. 13, 1860. ii. Francis, b. Aug. 27, 1865.
17. HENRY6 (Jonas5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Samuel2, John1), b. July 5, 1777 ; d. Feb. 22, 1822; m. Apr. 15, 1804, Mary, dau. of Joshua and Mary Winship of Brookline, N. H. [m. (2) Oct. 15, 1829, John Daggett of Buxton, Me.]. Res. in Port- land, Me. Children :
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39. i. MARY C., b. Feb. 9, 1806; m. Oct. 17, 1826, John D., son of William and Mary Pearson of Boston. Res. at Boston.
40. ii. FRANCES C., b. Jan. 29, 1809; d. Dec. 5, 1811.
41. iii. FRANCES C., b. May 27, 1812; m. Paul Alden of Boston. One son.
42. iv. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 24, 1814; d. Sept. 13, 1833; m. July 10, 1833, Samuel B. Dyer of Boston.
43. v. RICHARD HALL, b. May 18, 1818.
44. vi. GEORGE, b. July 24, 1820.
20. JOHN6 (Nathan5, Ebenezer4, John3, John2, John1), b. Princeton, Mass., Nov. 24, 1783; d. May 3, 1849; m. Dec. 17, 1809, Lucy, dau. of Francis and Hepsibah (Coolidge) Lane [b. July 6, 1783; d. Mar. 24, 1873]. He was lieutenant in the War of 1812, and afterward captain in the militia.
45. FREDERICK7 (John6, Nathan5, Ebenezer4, John3, John2, John1), b. July 20, 1813; d. July 6, 1892; m. Feb. 20, 1845, Caroline Frances Gibson (9). He was a graduate of Harvard University, 1835, a teacher in Georgia and South Carolina two years, and also in the Philadelphia Blind Asylum. He was a proficient student in German literature and translated from the German Rotteck's History of the World, consisting of four large volumes, which was published during his resi- dence in Philadelphia. Occasionally he translated from the German for general publication. He attended medical lectures in Philadelphia and New York city, and received the degrees of A. M. and M. D. from Dartmouth College. Dr. Jones practiced a short time in Ashburnham, Mass., previous to lo- cating in New Ipswich, where he successfully engaged in his professional duties. For nearly fifty years he occupied a prominent position in his vocation and was often summoned to the adjoining towns. Although such a practice necessarily required most of his mental energies, he did not allow himself to be so confined within professional limits as to cause his scholarly habits of mind to fail, or to injure his interest in all worthy activities of his adopted town, an interest witnessed by his service on the superintending school committee, as a trustee of New Ipswich Appleton Academy, as a trustee of New Ipswich Savings Bank from its incorporation, and as a representative of the town in the Legislature. He concen- trated his efforts upon history, medicine, and science. Chil- dren :
60. i. FREDERIC WILLIAM, b. Jan. 9, 1848.+
61. ii. FRANCES REBECCA, b. June 1, 1852.+
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60. FREDERIC WILLIAM, b. Jan. 9, 1848; m. (1) May 31, 1881, Harriet A. Perry ; (2) July 30, 1902, Mabel Maud, dau. of Col. George A. and Susan (Converse) Whitney, of Wa- dena, Minn. [b. June 14, 1873, Rindge, N. H.]. She was a graduate of Wadena high school, attended two years' course at University of Minnesota, obtaining a teacher's certificate, and was instructor. He was graduated from New Ipswich Appleton Academy, 1865; from Dartmouth College, 1869; at- tended Harvard Medical School one year; was interne in Bos- ton Lunatic Hospital and House of Correction; was a teacher in New Ipswich Appleton Academy six years ; received degree of M. D. from Medical University of New York city, 1881. He has served a number of years on the school board of New Ipswich. He secured a license as pharmacist from the State Board of Pharmacy of New Hampshire in 1882; has been a newspaper correspondent for years and member of Boston Associated Press. He served one term as representative in the Legislature of New Hampshire, session of 1903. He is a member of the N. H. Medical Society, County Medical Soci- ety, and American Medical Association; also first vice- president of Mason Village Savings Bank.
61. FRANCES REBECCA, b. June 1, 1852; m. Jan. 16, 1893, George D. Burton (2). Her education was secured in the pub- lic school and at New Ipswich Appleton Academy. She de- voted her attention for some years to art and won a gold medal for superior skill in flower painting, while a student in Graves Art Studio in Boston. She also studied in Cowles Art School of Boston. Many works copied from nature en- rich her large collection, consisting of sketches, crayons, paint- ings in oil and water colors, also needlework and china designs.
KIDDER.
JAMES1 KIDDER, b. 1626; d. Apr. 16, 1676; m. probably in 1649, Anna, dau. of Elder Francis Moore. He was son of James Kidder of East Grinstead, County Sussex, England, and came to America in early man- hood, being at Cambridge, where he married, not later than 1650. He removed to Billerica as early as 1656, and the family became closely identified with that town in both civil and military capacities, he being selectman for several years, and commanding the small garrison estab- lished there at the time of King Philip's War.
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JOHN2 (James1), b. Cambridge, about 1656; d. Chelmsford; m. Dec. 3, 1684, Lydia, dau. of Abraham and Rose (Whitlock) Parker of Woburn. He settled in Chelmsford in early manhood and there purchased five hundred acres of land for his home.
THOMAS3 (John2, James1), b. Oct. 30, 1690; m. Dec. 31, 1716, Joanna Keyes of Chelmsford, and in that part of the town which was afterward made Westford he passed his life. He had five sons, three of whom became citizens of New Ipswich. Children :
i. THOMAS, b. Jan. 2, 1718. He is supposed to have died young.
1. ii. AARON, b. Dec. 22, 1719.+
2. iii. REUBEN, b. Jan. 1, 1723.+
3. iv. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 31, 1725.+
V. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 20, 1727/8.
Of these sons Aaron, Joseph, and Josiah served in the Indian war of 1746-48.
1. AARON4 (Thomas3, John2, James1), b. Dec. 22, 1719; d. Nov. 16, 1769; m. May 19, 1749, Rachel Bush of Marlboro, Mass. [b. about 1725; d. May 5, 1815]. He came to New Ipswich not much later than 1750, although he is not named in the Masonian Grant, but he is entitled lieutenant in 1753, and probably was the third captain of the military company. He was selectman in 1767. His home was on XV: 1, S. R. He was found dead by the wayside. Children :
4. i. THOMAS, b. Sept. 16, 1750.+
5. ii. JOANNA, b. 1752; m. Luther Heaton.
6. iii. LUCY, b. 1757; m. - Johnson.
7. iv. RACHEL, b. 1759; d. unm.
8. v. EUNICE, b. 1761; d. unm.
9. vi. AARON, b. Nov. 18, 1764.+
10. vii. LUTHER, b. June 29, 1767.+
11. viii. SUBMIT, b. Feb. 8, 1770; m. Amaziah Jacobs. Res. Water- ford, Vt.
2. REUBEN4 (Thomas3, John2, James1), b. Jan. 1, 1723; d. Sept. 20, 1793 ; m. Mar. 21, 1754, Susanna, dau. of Josiah and Susanna (Jaquith) Burge of Westford [b. Apr., 1736; d. Nov. 27, 1824]. His name appears first in the list of the Masonian grantees, and although there were two others with larger amounts of land than he received, apparently his was the lead- ing hand in dealing with the agent of the Grantors. It is not supposed that he became a permanent resident upon the grant until two or three years later, but very probably the large emigration from Chelmsford to the little settlement was to a considerable extent due to his influence. He made his home upon the "old country road," in 46, N. D., a mile southeasterly
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from the mountain which bears his name. Many things com- bined to make him the most influential man in the community. His greater wealth, his shrewd and energetic methods of hus- bandry, his successful cultivation of fruit favored by the va- ried characteristics of the land included in his farm, his offi- cial powers as "His Majesty's Justice of the Peace," and as colonel of a militia regiment, all added to his personal dignity and courtesy and probably gave him the first place in all town activities, although the almost complete absence of his name from the list of elected town officers perhaps suggests a recognition of a line of distinction between him and his fellow citizens more clearly in evidence when his relationship to the ruling powers outside the town naturally tended to make him adhere to the royal cause. Children :
12. i. SARAH, b. Sept. 24, 1758; d. Aug. 26, 1849; m. Feb. 14, 1804, Daniel Batchelder of Wilton [d. 1848].
13. ii. MIRIAM, b. Apr. 10, 1760; d. July 30, 1848; m. Samuel Dutton.
14. iii. RUTH, b. Apr. 1, 1762; m. Dec. 29, 1794, Dr. Jonas Prescott.
15. iv. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 5, 1764; d. July 16, 1855; m. July 5, 1792, John Gould (10).
16. v. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 19, 1766; d. Dec. 7, 1853, unm.
17. vi. REUBEN, b. Apr. 3, 1768.++
18. vii. ISAIAH, b. Feb. 3, 1770.+
19. viii. JOSIAH, b. July 27, 1771; d. Hampden, Me., Oct. 27, 1848.
20. ix. BETSEY, b. June 11, 1773; m. Jan. 24, 1796, Simeon Stetson. Res. Hampden, Me.
21. x. JOANNA, b. Oct. 11, 1775; d. July 3, 1796.
22. xi. LYDIA, b. Feb. 2, 1777; d. Feb. 24, 1862; m. Stephen Jones (16).
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