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10. i. WILLIAM, b. July 29, 1798; d. Ashburnham, Mass., Sept. 7, 1837; m. Mar. 8, 1829, Jane W., dau. of Caleb and Louisa Wilder of Ashburnham.
11. ii. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 18, 1804; m. Oct. 18, 1827, Elizabeth W., dau. of Capt. John and Deborah Willard. He was a shoemaker at Ashburnham, Ashby, and South Reading, Mass., succes- sively.
WILLIAM5 (William4, James3, James2, William1), b. Feb. 7, 1778; d. May 20, 1857; m. Feb. 7, 1804, Mary, dau. of Capt. Joshua6 and Mary (Whitmore) Walker of Rindge [b. Burlington, Mass., Jan. 29, 1779; d. Sept. 14, 1851]. They lived and died in Fitzwilliam.
12. WILLIAM DANA6 (William5, William4, James3, James2, William1), b. Fitzwilliam, Oct. 5, 1807; d. Mar. 29, 1886; m. Dec. 11, 1833, Marinda Adams (82). He was a farmer during the early years of his married life in Ashburnham, Mass., and in New Ipswich, then for fourteen years in his native town, and after 1855 upon the home of his wife's childhood, (61, N. D.) He was deeply interested in the religious and educa- tional interests of the town, and was superintendent of its schools for years, and his pen gave broader flow to his views on other cherished subjects as often as other duties permitted. His wife was a typical sunshine Christian. The leading thought of the home was a Christian education for their chil- dren and resulting Christian activity. All their children save one who died in infancy have been teachers, and their later work is shown below. Children :
13. i. SARAH DEBORAH, b. Ashburnham, May 23, 1836; m. Apr. 7, 1868, Rev. John Murdock, son of Ephraim and Sally (Good- speed) Stow [b. Hubbardston, Mass., Sept. 7, 1824; d. May 7, 1877]. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1859 and remained in that institution as a teacher until her marriage. Mr. Stow graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1854, was pastor in Walpole and in Sullivan, and during most of the period after his marriage was in charge of the church in his native town, where he died. She lives in Ashburnham, Mass.
14. ii. WILLIAM EDWIN, b. New Ipswich, Aug. 14, 1837.+
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15. iii. WARREN PAYSON, b. New Ipswich, Nov. 14, 1838; d. June 3, 1864. He enlisted Nov. 15, 1861, in the 32d Massachusetts Regiment and served nearly his full term of enlistment be- fore he met his death at the battle of Bethesda Church, near Richmond.
16. iv. ISAAC NEWTON, b. Fitzwilliam, May 25, 1841; d. Severy, Kan., Jan. 2, 1882; m. Oct. 21, 1872, Mary Annie, dau. of Thomas W. and Amanda M. (Sawyer) Wilson of Salisbury, N. H. [b. Dec. 7, 1837]. He early purposed to enter the ministry, but a weakness of the eyes forced a suspension of his studies before the completion of his preparation for college. For three years, however, he was connected with Lookout Mountain Institute, near Chattanooga, Tenn., as teacher and foreman of outside work, and he then preempted a farm in Kansas. His useful activities in religious work, however, were so appreciated that he was solicited to give his time to home missionary work; and after a brief course of study he was licensed to preach, was soon ordained, and served the Congregational Home Missionary Society for three years before his death.
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ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. Fitzwilliam, Oct. 8, 1843; m. Sept. 15, 1868, Perley Elijah, son of Hiram and Maria (Stone) Col- lings [b. Marlboro, Feb. 22, 1844]. She graduated from New Ipswich Appleton Academy in 1864, and her life be- fore 1880 was largely devoted to teaching in New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Illinois, and Kansas, but since that time she has been engaged in the work of the New West Education Society and the Congregational Education Society in New Mexico, having been stationed in Albuquerque Academy and at the Cubero Mission. Child: i. Laura Whittemore Collings, b. Aug. 20, 1869; she entered Mt. Holyoke College in 1888, but was unable to remain to complete her course. She has since been engaged in the same missionary activi- ties as her mother.
18. vi. MARY CAROLINE, b. Fitzwilliam, Aug. 10, 1846; d. May 17, 1903; m. June 11, 1883, Amos Franklin Shattuck (185).
19. vii. EMMA AUGUSTA, b. Fitzwilliam, Sept. 20, 1848; m. Sept. 3, 1889, Joseph Elliot, son of Levi and Abigail (Pratt) Clark [b. Ashburnham, Mass., July 18, 1826]. Res. in Ashburn- ham.
20. viii. LAURA WHITTEMORE, b. Fitzwilliam, Aug. 15, 1854; d. Mar. 30, 1855.
14. WILLIAM EDWIN7 (William Dana6, William5, William4, James3, James2, William1), b. Aug. 14, 1837 ; m. Mar. 15, 1868, Zoe Ann Marinda, dau. of Augustus and Persis (Stone) Noyes [b. Westmoreland, Dec. 11, 1833]. He was educated in Apple- ton Academy and Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1864, and after graduation from Union Theological Sem- inary in 1867 he entered upon his chosen work as a missionary
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of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Bulgaria, where he served during a quarter-century, resign- ing his commission in 1893. He was pastor at Alstead for several years after his resignation. His home is now at Wel- lesley, Mass. Children :
21. i. ADELAIDE IMOGEN, b. Philippopolis, Bulgaria, Mar. 14, 1869. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1892, from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1895, received the degree of B. S. T. after a year of graduate study, and has since been a member of the faculty of Wellesley College, since 1900 associate professor of Biblical History.
22. ii. MARINDA ADAMS, b. Samokov, Bulgaria, Jan. 1, 1871. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1893, and after a brief period as a teacher entered upon preparation for the duties of a professional nurse, graduating from McLean Hospital, Waverly, Mass., and working for another year in the Massachusetts General Hospital, since which time she has been engaged in the duties of her profession, her home being at Wellesley, Mass.
23. iii. MABEL ELIZABETH, b. Samokov, Bulgaria, Oct. 21, 1874; m. Nov. 30, 1899, Fred Landale, son of George L. and Sarah Minerva (Burke) Tucker [b. Greenwich, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1876]. She lived in Newark, N. J., some years, but is now settled upon a farm at Baldwinville, Mass. Children: i. Beatrice Tucker, b. Apr. 2, 1902. ii. Edwin Locke Tucker, b. Jan. 25, 1904. iii. Eleanor Blanche Tucker, b. Apr. 27, 1906.
LOVETT.
JOHN1 LOVETT, b. 1610; d. Nov. 8, 1686; m. Mary - [b. 1605; d. June, 1695]. With his wife and one or more children, he came from England in 1639, landed at Salem, and settled in the location which after- ward was Beverly, Mass.
JOHN2 (John1), b. 1636; d. Sept. 10, 1727; m. Bethia, dau. of Josiah and Susanna Coates [bapt. Sept. 24, 1648; d. Oct. 26, 1714]. He res. at Beverly.
BENJAMIN3 (John2, John1), b. Mar. 7, 1680; d. June 10, 1740; m. Anna He continued in Beverly.
BENJAMIN4 (Benjamin3, John2, John1), b. Sept. 26, 1702; d. June 6, 1782; m. about 1728, Eleanor, dau. of John and Mercy Ellen Cleves [b. June 8, 1709; d. June 9, 1788]. The family still remained in Beverly.
WILLIAM5 (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), b. June 15, 1739; m. Nov. 1, 1778, Elizabeth Lufkin. He continued residence in the an- cestral town.
1. BENJAMIN6 (William5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), b. Beverly, Mass., Dec. 6, 1791 ; d. Sept., 1866; m. Apr., 1820, Mary Penn [b. Boston, Nov. 11, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1870]. He went to Boston when a young man and followed the busi-
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ness of a mason until about 1837, when he came to New Ips- wich and became a farmer, having the farm at the end of the road next westward from the point where the river enters the town of Ashby, (76, A. D.) Children :
2. i. MARY JANE, b. July 15, 1821; d. Mar. 18, 1900; m. Nov. 6, 1853, Aaron S. McIntosh. Children: i. Jennie McIntosh, b. June 15, 1858. ii. Aaron McIntosh, b. July 18, 1860; d. Aug., 1869.
3. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 17, 1823; d. 1871; m. Dec. 16, 1852, Augus- tus Gill. Child: i. Annie Curry Gill, b. Dec., 1853.
4. iii. HANNAH AUGUSTA, b. Jan. 2, 1825; d. Jan. 17, 1828.
5. iv. CAROLINE SOPHIA, b. Mar. 17, 1827; d. Mar., 1830.
6. v. HANNAH AUGUSTA, b. July 4, 1831; d. Apr., 1903.
7. vi. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 14, 1832; unm. Res. in San Francisco, Cal.
8. vii. WILLIAM PENN, b. Oct. 31, 1834; d. Nov., 1893; m. Mary Jane Newell of Providence, R. I.
9. viii. HARRIET A., b. Mar. 21, 1837; m. Nov. 18, 1871, William Keith. Children: i. William Keith, b. Oct., 1872; d. 1900. ii. Benjamin Lovett Keith, b. 1874.
10. ix. CAROLINE A., b. Feb. 21, 1840; d. Aug., 1908; m. Apr. 30, 1867, Howard Gannett. Children: i. Bertha Gannett. ii. Howe- ard Gannett. iii. Edwin Lovett Gannett. iv. Caroline Belle Gannett. v. Gordon Hague Gannett.
11. x. SARAH JOSEPHINE, b. Jan. 17, 1843; m. Feb. 7, 1867, Sewall Stearns Lane. Child: i. Arthur Clarence Lane, b. Nov. 20, 1871; m. Dec., 1888, Elizabeth Gertrude Walmsley of Dover. Children: i. Marion Lovett Lane, b. Oct. 8, 1900. ii. Dorothy Hall Lane, b. Sept. 13, 1902.
LOWE.
THOMAS1 LOWE, d. Sept. 8, 1677; m. Susannah -- [b. about 1598; d. Aug. 19, 1684]. He is believed to have been the son of John Low, vice-admiral of the fleet that brought Gov. Winthrop's colony to New England in 1630. He was born in England, but as early as 1641 he was resident in that part of Ipswich, Mass., which was then called Chebacco, but is now included in the town of Essex.
THOMAS2 (Thomas1), b. in England, 1632; d. Ipswich, Mass., Apr. 12, 1712; m. (1) July 4, 1660, Martha, dau. of Thomas and Margaret Bor- man of Ipswich; (2) Mary Brown. He was an influential citizen and held the office of deacon.
JONATHAN3 (Thomas2, Thomas1), b. July 7, 1665; d. Feb. 8, 1750; m. Mar. 8, 1692, Mary Thomson.
JONATHAN4 (Jonathan3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 14, 1708; m. Nov. 18, 1731, Sarah, dau. of Abraham and Abigail (Dodger) Perkins [b. Ipswich, 1711]. He removed to Lunenburg, Mass., probably the part that is now Fitchburg, in 1763.
JONATHAN5 (Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 13, 1748; m. 1776, Sarah Perkins.
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ASA® (Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. 1795; d. 1862; m. 1825, Elizabeth Frances Goodwin [b. 1803; d. 1858].
1. GEORGE NORTON7 (Asa6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Jona- than3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Westmoreland, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1831 ; m. Nov. 3, 1853, Julia Ann Chickering (22). His parents came to Fitchburg, Mass., while he was a boy, and at the age of eighteen he came to New Ipswich, learned the trade of a cigar-maker, and has passed his life in that industry. Chil- dren :
2. i. JULIA FRANCES, b. Oct. 16, 1854; m. Oct. 27, 1881, Horace M. Nash, a physician in Lancaster, Mass., where she lived until his death in 1895.
3. ii. GEORGE FREDERIC, b. Mar. 10, 1856; d. Apr. 15, 1905; m. Lizzie Baxter of Cambridge, Mass. Res. at Milford. Children : Myrta B., Catherine, Gertrude, Helen, of whom only the oldest is living.
4. iii. ABBY ELLEN, b. Sept. 21, 1857; m. Feb. 22, 1876, Robert L. Cumnock of Mason. Res. at Anderson, S. C. Six children.
5. v. CHARLES HENRY, b. Feb. 7, 1859; d. Aug. 16, 1859.
6. vi. HERBERT NORTON, b. Dec. 9, 1870; d. Aug. 11, 1871.
7. vii. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 1, 1873. She is a teacher at Newton, Mass.
MANSFIELD.
The family came from Lynn and the earlier generations were as here given.
ROBERT1 MANSFIELD of Norfolk County, England, came to Lynn in 1640. He d. Dec. 16, 1666, and his widow Elizabeth (Townsend) d. Sept. 8, 1673, aged 87.
ANDREW2 (Robert1), d. Nov., 1683; m. Sarah Breed.
DANIEL3 (Andrew2, Robert1), b. in Lynn, June 9, 1669; d. June 11, 1728; m. Hannah Townsend [d. Sept. 6, 1714].
ANDREW4 (Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. April 24, 1692; d. in Lynn- field, Aug. 28, 1730; m. Sarah Breed.
DANIEL5 (Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. Nov. 24, 1717; d. Apr. 2, 1797; m. (1) 1738, Lydia, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Hawkes) Norwood; (2) 1777, Ruth Newhall.
1. LYDIA6 (Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel8, Andrew2, Robert1), b. Sept. 16, 1739; d. Aug. 1, 1828; m. Jan. 15, 1767, Allen Breed (4).
2. DANIEL6 (Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. Dec. 27, 1741 ; d. Mar. 29, 1816; m. Nov. 5, 1765, Lydia, dau. of Elisha and Jane (Breed) Newhall. Res. New Ipswich. Children :
5. i. JACOB, b. Oct. 24, 1766.
6. ii. DANIEL, b. Mar. 3, 1768.
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7. iii. LYDIA, b. June 9, 1769; d. Dec. 11, 1826; m. Feb. 25, 1796, Ebenezer Brown (J. 2).
8. iv. JOEL, b. July 22, 1771.
9. v. POLLY, b. May 7, 1773.
10. vi.
THOMAS, b. Sept. 8, 1775.
11. vii. DAVID, b. Sept. 7, 1777; d. Nov. 22, 1777.
12. viii. BETSY, b. May 26, 1779.
13. ix. ISRAEL, b. Mar. 11, 1781.+
14. x. NEWEL, b. Jan. 11, 1784.
15. xi. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 23, 1786.
16. xii. SALLY, b. Aug. 11, 1788.
3. EZRA6 (Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. June 8, 1745; d. Feb. 5, 1838; m. Feb. 21, 1769, Rebecca Kenney. Lived in New Ipswich, Jaffrey, and Alstead. Chil- dren :
17. i. EZRA, b. Oct. 10, 1770.
18. ii. REBECKAH, b. Mar. 14, 1772.
19. iii. AZUBAH, b. Dec. 3, 1773.
20. iv. AARON, b. Apr. 1, 1782.
21. v. ELIJAH, b. Mar. 18, 1784.
22. vi. BARUCH, b. Sept. 19, 1786.
23. vii. ASA, b. May 17, 1788.
4. ELIJAH6 (Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. June 22, 1746; d. May 18, 1778; m. May 18, 1769, Rebecca Blanchard. Children :
24. i. REBECCA, b. Jan. 1, 1771.
25. ii. PATTY, b. July 19, 1773.
WILLIAM6 (Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. May 20, 1749; d. Sept. 28, 1809; m. May 31, 1770, Betty Townsend.
13. ISRAEL7 (Daniel6, Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. Mar. 11, 1781 ; d. Apr. 20, 1825; m. Nov. 8, 1804, Susanna, dau. of Supply and Susanna Wilson (4). Children :
26. i. ISRAEL NORWOOD, b. July 23, 1805.
27. ii. FREDERICK, b. July 29, 1807.
28. iii. ADDISON, b. June 11, 1809.
29. iv. EDWARD, b. June 20, 1811.
30. v. SUPPLY W., b. 1813; d. Mar. 8, 1889.
LEVI™ (William®, Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. Dec. 18, 1780.
LEONARD8 (Levi7, William6, Daniel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Rob- ert1), b. 1825; m. Mary S., dau. of Nathaniel Manly [d. Dec. 2, 1898].
31. FRANKLIN LEONARD9 (Leonard8, Levi7, William6, Dan- iel5, Andrew4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robert1), b. in Rindge, Dec. 17, 1852; d. Mar. 18, 1905; m. Dec. 15, 1875, Louisa Roxa Foskett (3). Res. in New Ipswich. Children :
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32. i. ALBERT FRANKLIN, b. Sept. 12, 1877; m. Elsie A. Woodward [d. May 19, 1907]. One child, Arlene Antoinette, b. Apr. 10, 1906.
33. ii. MARY LOUISA, b. Oct. 18, 1879; m. Albro L. Balch (5).
34. iii. GEORGE ERNEST, b. Sept. 24, 1882; d. June 28, 1890.
35. iv. NELLIE A., b. Oct. 8, 1884; m. Sept. 28, 1904, Charles H. Clark. One dau., d. Aug. 14, 1906.
36. v. FREDERIC L., b. Feb. 22, 1887; m. Jan. 5, 1910, Ruth Edna, dau. of Aaron F. Whitney of Ashby, Mass.
37. vi. WILLIS FOSKETT, b. May 5, 1890.
MANSUR.
ROBERT1 MANSUR, m. June 6, 1670, widow Elizabeth Brooks [d. June 3, 1694/5]. Res. in Charlestown, Mass. He is believed to have been the father of John, but the evidence is not quite conclusive.
JOHN2 (Robert1), m. (1) Boston, Apr. 24, 1695, Mary Mirick; (2) Woburn, Mass., June 2, 1701, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Cleveland) Henshaw [b. July 30, 1678]. Res. in Charlestown, Mass.
JOHN3 (John2, Robert1), b. Nov. 10, 1705; m. Dec. 31, 1732, Hannah Lovejoy of Andover, Mass. Res. in Andover and Dracut, Mass. He served in the French and Indian wars.
WILLIAM4 (John3, John2, Robert1), b. Dracut, Jan. 1, 1737; d. 1808; m. 1762, Isabella Harvey [b. Dracut, 1739; d. Dec. 27, 1826]. He removed before 1762 from Dracut to that part of Wilton which became Temple, being one of the first settlers in that town, and he there passed his life. His name is on the list of the fifty-six men who marched from Temple in response to the Concord alarm in 1775, and he served later in the company of Capt. Gershom Drury.
1. EZRA5 (William4, John3, John2, Robert1), b. Apr. 19, 1771 ; d. June 15, 1834; m. 1803, Susan Treadwell of Peterboro [b. about 1783; d. Nov. 27, 1835]. He succeeded to the family homestead in Temple, but passed a few of his last years in New Ipswich. Children :
2. i. MARY HAY, b. Feb., 1804; d. Nov. 3, 1850; m. Mar. 4, 1829, Peter Durant of Mt. Vernon. Res. Townsend, Mass.
3. ii. SAMUEL CROMBIE, b. Sept. 12, 1805; d. Costa Rica, Central America, 1845.
4. iii. ELIZA CUNNINGHAM, b. Oct. 28, 1807; d. 1898; m. Sept. 18, 1826, Orlando Marshall (1).
5. iv. HELEN MARIA, b. Aug. 11, 1809; m. May 1, 1834, Jonathan L. Prescott of Epsom. Res. Bristol.
6. v. WILLIAM EARLE, b. Aug. 2, 1811.+
7. vi. SUSAN, b. Oct. 17, 1813; m. Sept. 21, 1843, Ovid D. Barnes. 8. vii. NANCY, b. Feb. 17, 1816.
9. viii. JAMES MONROE, b. Aug. 12, 1818; d. Apr. 27, 1838.
10. ix. HORACE, b. Dec. 15, 1821; m. May, 1846, Abby Leighton of Dover. Res. Sacramento, Cal.
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11. x. GEORGE BRADLEY, b. Aug. 2, 1823; m. June, 1850, Mary Wheeler of Concord. Res. at Chicago, Il1.
12. xi. SARAH, b. Dec. 31, 1826; d. Dec. 22, 1852; m. June 28, 1848, Albert Brown of Springfield, Vt.
13. xii. ABBY, b. May 2, 1830; d. Aug. 16, 1858; m. July 28, 1856, George M. Cavis of Bristol.
6. WILLIAM EARLE6 (Ezra5, William4, John3, John2, Rob- ert1), b. Aug. 2, 1811; d. Sept. 25, 1862; m. Oct. 6, 1835, Lu- cinda, dau. of Dea. Parker Maynard of Jaffrey [b. June 2, 1816; d. July 27, 1897]. He came to New Ipswich in his youth, was employed for a few years in the "Waterloom" fac- tory, and later, after his marriage, for several years conducted a hotel at High Bridge. About 1850 he removed to the Center Village and was proprietor of the hotel upon the Turnpike east from the corner store until 1856. On the outbreak of the Civil War he disregarded his age of fifty years and enlisted in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment, was wounded in the sec- ond battle of Bull Run, and a month later died of the wound at Fairfax, Va. Buried in New Ipswich. Children :
14. i. JAMES PARKER, b. Apr. 17, 1837; d. Apr. 17, 1858.
15. ii. HELEN M., b. Sept. 3, 1839; m. Sept. 15, 1860, Fred A. Brooks (35).
16. iii. ABBY L., b. Sept. 10, 1841; d. Mar. 9, 1912; m. Feb. 16, 1862, Edwin Woods [b. Mar. 13, 1834; d. July 21, 1901]. Chil- dren : i. Harry L. Woods, b. May 15, 1865; m. Jan. 29, 1891, Edith G. Putnam. Children: Fred Mansur Woods, b. Dec. 20, 1892; Arlene Putnam Woods, b. June 7, 1896. ii. Herbert Mansur Woods, b. Oct. 17, 1868; a druggist in Everett, Mass.
17. iv. MARIA E., b. Jan., 1844; d. July 25, 1845.
18. v. FRANK R., b. Feb. 29, 1848; d. Sept. 13, 1848.
MARSH.
1. JOSEPH ELLERY FOXCROFT MARSH, son of Dea. Shubael and Elizabeth (Foxcroft) Marsh, b. Aug. 23, 1816; d. Oct. 26, 1904; (seventh in descent from George who came to Charles- town, Mass., in 1635 from Hingham, England) ; m. May, 1841, Sarah C. Smith, a Quaker. He came to New Ipswich in 1875 and bought the "Silas Cragin place," where he passed the re- mainder of his life. Child :
2. i. J. ELLERY F., JR., b. Jan. 20, 1846.++
2. J. ELLERY F., JR., b. Jan. 20, 1846; m. Oct. 20, 1869, Eliza- beth, dau. of Theodore and Sarah E. (Hill) Perkins of Lynn,
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Mass. [d. June 4, 1904]. Mr. Marsh came to New Ipswich in 1877, was first clerk at the corner store; then proprietor for several years ; town clerk 13 years; postmaster ; for two terms a member of the State Legislature. In 1895 he returned to Lynn, where he resides. Child : 3. i. ELLA FRANCES.
MARSHALL.
BENJAMIN1 MARSHALL, b. at Marblehead, Mass .; d. June 18, 1795; m. Sibylla, dau. of Moses and Sibylla (Plympton) Johnson.
MOSES2 (Benjamin1), b. at Holliston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1775; m. Lucy Campbell. He was one of the early settlers of Dublin, a manufacturer of waterwheels and made the first wheel used in the Bank Village mill.
1. ORLANDO3 (Moses2, Benjamin1), b. in Dublin, Jan. 28, 1805; d. Jan. 13, 1869; m. Sept. 18, 1826, Eliza Cunningham Mansur (4). Mr. Marshall came to New Ipswich in his boy- hood and spent his life, save three years at Winchendon, Mass., in Bank Village, being master mechanic in the mill of that vil- lage. Children :
2. i. MARIA AUGUSTA, b. Mar. 20, 1829.+
3. ii. ELIZA ANN, b. June 29, 1831 .- +-
4. iii. GRANVILLE, b. Oct. 7, 1833; d. Mar. 14, 1855.
5. iv. ISABELLA M., b. Sept. 18, 1836; d. Aug. 13, 1855.
6. v. HARRIET ELLEN, b. Dec. 20, 1838.+
7. vi. MARY JANE, b. July 20, 1843; m. (1) Aug. 15, 1862, Henry Ames Blood (8); (2) Robert J. Tabraham.
8. vii. LUCY EMOGENE, b. Oct. 6, 1844; d. Apr. 25, 1911; m. May 19, 1863, Orrin Tillson.
9. viii. EDWARD ORLANDO, b. July 15, 1847. He succeeded to his father's position in the mills and keeps the family home.
2. MARIA A.4 (Orlando8, Moses2, Benjamin1), b. Mar. 20, 1829; m. Mar. 20, 1850, Stephen F. Rossiter of Claremont. Children :
1. KATE MARIA ROSSITER, b. Dec. 28, 1850; d. July 14, 1889.
11. MARSHALL S. ROSSITER, b. Oct. 3, 1852; d. Dec. 17, 1899.
111. IDA BELLE ROSSITER, b. June 28, 1854.
iv. HARRIET F. ROSSITER, b. Mar. 9, 1864; m. George F. Lewis of Naugatuck, Conn. One child.
3. ELIZA ANN4 (Orlando3, Moses2, Benjamin1), b. June 29, 1831; m. Oct. 28, 1852, Charles W. Tufts of Dunkirk, N. Y. Children :
i. ELLEN M. TUFTS, b. Sept. 3, 1857; m. (1) - White; (2) Frank H. Whiting.
ii. CARRIE TUFTS.
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6. HARRIET ELLEN4 (Orlando3, Moses2, Benjamin1), b. Dec. 20, 1838 ; m. Oct. 9, 1856, G. F. Tindall of Cleveland, O. Child :
i. HARRY BROWN TINDALE, b. Mar. 26, 1859.
MELVIN.
JOHN1 MELVIN, b. in Scotland about 1653; d. Aug. 11, 1726; m. (1) Hannah, dau. of John and Mary (Brown) Lewis [b. about 1655; d. May 23, 1696]; (2) pub. Aug. 27, 1696, Margaret Shanesberg. He came to Charlestown, Mass., as early as 1676, and removed thence to Concord, Mass., soon after his second marriage.
JONATHAN2 (John1), b. May 29, 1688; d. Feb. 11, 1737; m. Feb. 28, 1714, Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Smedley) Hartwell [b. July 28, 1694]. Res. in Concord.
ELEAZER2 (John1), b. June 28, 1703; d. Oct. 18, 1754; m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel and Ruth (Meriam) Stow [d. Nov. 20, 1754]. He lived in Concord, and was a famous fighter against the Indians. He was in the company of Capt. Lovewell at the fight well known as "Lovewell's fight," and was one of the nine members who, out of the entire number of thirty-three, received no injury. An account of the contest in his hand- writing is preserved in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill. He was a lieutenant at the reduction of Louisburg. Five of his children came to New Ipswich. Probably there were several others.
1. JOSIAH3 (Jonathan2, John1), b. June 14, 1727 ; m. Mar. 3, 1757, Lydia5 Barrett (James4, Benjamin3, Humphrey2, Hum- phrey1) [b. June 6, 1738; d. 1800]. It is not quite certain that this descendant of the first marriage of the pioneer John Mel- vin was ever resident in New Ipswich ; possibly he was a non- resident landholder. But a comparison with the Concord rec- ords makes it seem possible that he came several years later than his cousins from the second marriage, and lived a few years, 1774-78, in the north part of the town, while the younger line had settled in the southern division. Tradition is silent concerning him.
2. NATHANIEL3 (Eleazer2, John1), b. Oct. 12, 1740; m. Dec. 6, 1770, Abigail Lakin of Groton, Mass. He came to New Ipswich about 1765, and settled in the southeast corner of the town on the farm long after occupied by members of the Rus- sell family, (44, N. L. O.) He gave Revolutionary service at the time of the Concord alarm, and later in the companies of Capts. Joseph Parker and Josiah Brown. His name disappears from the town records in 1786.
3. SARAH3 (Eleazer2, John1), b. Mar. 17, 1743; d. May 24, 1814 ; m. Nov. 27, 1766, Jonathan Davis (1).
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4. MARY3 (Eleazer2, John1), b. Apr. 9, 1745; d. Mar. 22, 1807 ; m. Jan. 1, 1765, James Chandler (1).
5. DAVID3 (Eleazer2, John1), b. May 31, 1747; d. Mar. 16, 1834. His name is found on record in New Ipswich for fifteen years, 1769-84; and he was among those who left the town for Cambridge on the opening day of the Revolutionary contest, and also at Bunker Hill. Still the location of his home is not evident, although it was probably in the southeastern portion of the town near his brothers. Perhaps he lived with them, having no separate home, as no mention is found of his having married. He was one of those who embraced the Shaker be- lief and petitioned to be released from payment of the tax for the support of the minister. He finally left the town and joined the community of Shakers at Harvard, Mass., and there after many years closed his life, after which he was characterized by his fellows as "a very earnest believer, but very fond of joking."
6. JOHN3 (Eleazer2, John1), b. Apr. 11, 1749; m. Lois, be- lieved to be the dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Heald) Hos- mer [b. July 24, 1746]. He also marched on the alarm of April, 1775, and he has been credited with service on Bunker Hill, but since the only official record supporting this is that name upon the roll of a company enlisted a considerable distance westward of New Ipswich, on which roll the name is marked "Dª June 17," the natural belief is that the John Melvin who was taxed in New Ipswich until 1787, and who served in Capt. Joseph Parker's company in 1776, was the one who came to town sixteen years before that date and lived on the same farm as his brother Nathaniel. He owned land in Lancaster, Mass., in 1792, and while he probably joined the Shaker community for a time, apparently his sojourn there was not permanent. A "David Melvin, 2d" who died in Lancaster at the age of fifteen may perhaps have been a son of John and Lois, or pos- sibly of David, if he had married before adopting the Shaker belief.
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