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114. iv. HERBERT FRENCH, b. Aug. 11, 1882. He graduated from Har- vard College in 1905, has studied at Munich, Germany, and is now a teacher at Newport, R. I.
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WILLIAM1 PRICHARD, d. Aug. 3, 1675; m. Hannah -. He was of Lynn, Mass., in 1645, of Ipswich in 1648, and it probably was there that he was "clerk of the writs." About 1660 he seems to have removed to Topsfield, and later he was one of the earliest settlers at Brookfield, where he was sergeant of the militia. He and his son Samuel were killed by the Indians the same day.
JOHN2 (William1), b. 1650; d. Feb. 7, 1731; m. Mar. 1, 1681, Mary Towne [d. Mar. 5, 1730/1]. He was a farmer at Topsfield, where he seems to have had a considerable extent of land, and for a time he was at Ipswich.
JOHN3 (John2, William1), b. Ipswich, Mar. 28, 1681; d. 1731 or later; m. Sally [d. Apr. 28, 1729]. He was in Boston in 1711, and there mortgaged one-half of his father's holdings. In 1719, he had a ferry at Portland, Me., but in 1730 he had returned to Ipswich, where he was a "yeoman and joiner."
1. PAUL4 (John3, John2, William1), b. Sept. 5, 1721 ; d. Sept. 29, 1785 ; m. Feb. 1, 1748/9, Hannah, dau. of Amos and Mar- garet (Cogswell) Perley [b. Jan. 8, 1730; d. Dec. 13, 1810]. He lived in Boxford, Mass., where he was sometimes entitled "house wright," and sometimes "gentleman," until 1772, when he came to New Ipswich, settled near the Mason (now Green-
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ville) line on 18, N. D., and quickly became a leading citizen of the town, serving on the Committee of Safety and other important committees, and also as selectman and representa- tive. His wife was noted as a doctress and had no small prac- tice in New Ipswich and the neighboring towns, to which she travelled, often on snowshoes, in the severest weather. Chil- dren-all except youngest b. in Boxford :
2. i. SARAH, b. 1750; d. 1755.
3. ii. AMOS, b. Aug. 25, 1752, or perhaps Sept. 7, 1751.+
4. iii. JEREMIAH, b. Sept. 24, 1754.+
5. iv. PERLEY, b. June 11, 1757; d. Apr. 2, 1775.
6. v. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 19, 1759,+
7. vi. SARAH, b. Apr. 17, 1762; d. June 22, 1787 ; m. Nehemiah Strat- ton (3).
8. vii. HANNAH, b. Mar. 8, 1764; m. Nov. 28, 1786, David Sherwin. Res. Rindge, Jaffrey, Westmoreland, Temple, and New Ips- wich. Thomas Sherwin, long known as the able master of Boston English High School, was her son.
9. viii. JOHN, b. Mar. 25, 1766.+
10. ix. BENJAMIN, b. 1769.+
11. x. STEPHEN, b. 1772.+
3. AMos5 (Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Aug. 25, 1752; d. Nov. 23, 1782; m. Mar. 14, 1776, Anna, dau. of Joshua and Hannah (Wood) Andrews of Boxford, Mass. [b. Mar. 13, 1748; d. Jan. 1, 1798]. He was a farmer upon the next lot north of that of his father, (19, N. D.,) and also a carpenter and builder. Children :
12. i. ANNA, b. Dec. 12, 1776; d. July 31, 1838; m. Silas Cragin (5).
13. ii. PERLEY, b. July 13, 1778; m. Mrs. - Stone. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1799, taught in Billerica, Mass., entered business in Baltimore, Md., started upon a voyage to the West Indies, and is supposed to have been lost at sea. One son.
14. iii. HANNAH, b. Feb. 11, 1780; m. Feb. 19, 1801, Reuben Holden (4).
15. iv. SALLY, b. Aug. 13, 1781; d. Feb. 14, 1863; m. Nov. 15, 1801, Nathaniel G. Duren (Gould 16).
16. v. AMOS, b. May 19, 1783.+
4. JEREMIAH5 (Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Sept. 24, 1754; d. Aug. 10, 1813; m. 1784, Elizabeth Smith of Hollis. He had just reached manhood at the beginning of the Revo- lutionary contest, and he served in Capt. Towne's company at Bunker Hill. The following year he was commissioned as lieutenant in the 1st New Hampshire Continental Regiment, in which he served until 1780, receiving a wound at White
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Plains for which he was given a pension. After the war he lived for a time in Hollis, but soon returned to New Ipswich and established the tanning industry long carried on near the foot of Meeting-house Hill, also building for his home the neighboring house on the north side of School street long oc- cupied by John P. Clark and his family. He afterward re- moved to V : 4, S. R., and built the house afterward the home of Dr. Stillman Gibson at the four corners, and about 1800 returned to the Center Village, where he had his home in the house nearest to the Barrett mansion on the south. He was active in town matters, being elected six to eight times to each of the offices of town clerk, selectman, and representative. Through his efforts a company of cavalry was formed in New Ipswich and neighboring towns, and he was its first com- mander. Children :
17. i. JEREMIAH, b. Mar. 30, 1786.+
18. ii. MOSES, b. Mar. 18, 1789.+
19. iii. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Dec. 4, 1792.+
20. iv. GILMAN, b. Nov. 23, 1795; d. 1831. He was a merchant in Boston.
6. WILLIAM5 (Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Sept. 19, 1759; d. July 25, 1836; m. Deidamia Cummings (16). He did service in the Revolution, being in the company in which his brother Jeremiah was a lieutenant. After his return from the army he occupied the farm previously that of his brother Amos, whose death was about at that date, twenty-five years or more. But on the death of his brother-in-law, Charles Cum- mings, who had conducted the saw and grist mills formerly of John Chandler, he changed his occupation and carried on the business of the mills, as needed by the town, until the "Souhegan" cotton mill secured the waterpower. He was cap- tain of the cavalry company which his brother had formed and commanded. He lost his life by accident, being thrown from his chaise. His wife also met with a sudden death caused by her clothing taking fire. Children :
21. i. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 19, 1792.+
22. ii. AsA, b. Sept. 20, 1793.+
23. iii. BERNARD, b. Aug. 8, 1795; d. 1846.
24. iv. DEIDAMIA, b. Mar. 18, 1797; d. Mar. 11, 1849; m. Feb. 5, 1824, William Johnson of Boston.
25. v. CHARLES CUMMINGS, b. Dec. 4, 1799; d. Oct. 29, 1800.
26. vi. CHARLES CUMMINGS, b. July 28, 1801.+
27. vii. FRANCIS PERLEY, b. Mar. 26, 1803; d. Jan. 3, 1807.
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28. viii. CAROLINE, b. Feb. 4, 1805; d. Dec. 4, 1806.
29. ix. ADALINE, b. Mar. 30, 1807.
30. x. SARAH, b. July 23, 1809.
31. xi. HARTWELL P., b. Jan. 8, 1812; d. Oct. 18, 1831.
9. JOHN5 (Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Mar. 25, 1766; d. Jan. 17, 1843; m. Lovice, dau. of Josiah Wilkins [b. Apr. 24, 1779; d. Sept. 9, 1850]. He was a carpenter and builder, and being unusually large and strong, was especially efficient in the heavy work required. He lived for some years in a house since destroyed by fire, in VIII : 3, S. R., on the south- west side of the road from Walker's turning-shop to Hodgkins' corner, and afterward in the Center Village. A few years were passed in Rindge and two of his children, the ninth and tenth, were born there. Children :
32. i. JOHN, b. Feb. 11, 1800.+
33. ii. JOSIAH, b. Dec. 7, 1801; d. in early manhood, unm.
34. iii. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 17, 1804; d. 1808.
35. iv. SUMNER, b. May 16, 1805; d. 1808.
36. v. FRANCIS PERLEY, b. May 8, 1807.+
37. vi. SUMNER, b. July 18, 1809.++
38. vii. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 23, 1811.+
39. viii. JEREMIAH, b. Feb. 18, 1814.+
40. ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Mar. 18, 1816 .- +
41. x. NANCY JEWETT, b. June 24, 1819; d. July 15, 1856; m. Aug. 24, 1844, Stephen D. Wheeler (137).
42. xi. MARY ALMIRA, b. Aug. 7, 1821; m. June 25, 1843, John A. Wheeler of Ashby, Mass. Children: i. Mary L. Wheeler, b. Sept. 13, 1844; m. June 13, 1872, James A. Goodfellow ; two children. ii. John P. Wheeler, b. Oct. 28, 1845; d. Nov. 16, 1880; m. Nov., 1874, Marie L. Couroy; one daugh- ter. iii. William A. Wheeler, b. Nov. 15, 1846; d. Sept. 30, 1847. iv. William A. Wheeler, b. Feb. 20, 1848; m. (1) May 13, 1879, Mary A. Emerson of Lowell [d. Sept. 12, 1888] ; (2) Dec. 13, 1892, Lavinia Johnston of Nova Scotia; three children. v. Nancy A. Wheeler, b. Apr. 22, 1850; m. Apr. 22, 1873, Herbert E. Carter of Swanzey; one son. vi. Nellie F. Wheeler, b. Aug. 30, 1851; m. James F. Haywood of Hancock; five children. vii. Abbie J. Wheeler, b. Feb. 4, 1853; m. Apr. 29, 1876, John L. Adams of Dublin; three children. viii. George S. Wheeler, b. Dec. 15, 1856; m. (1) Nov., 1880, Nettie E. Hastings; (2) Jan. 13, 1887, Flora J. Ellinwood; (3) May 9, 1891, Florence N. Goss; four chil- dren.
10. BENJAMIN5 (Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. 1769; m. Oct. 4, 1789, Patty Sherwin of Townsend, Mass. He was a carpenter, but did not confine himself to that occupation, as he built and used the first saw and grist mills at Gibson Village,
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and also a small cotton factory. He afterward removed to IX : 2, S. R., building the house on the south side of the road occupied by William Bucknam. He removed to Bedford, N. H. Children :
43. i. ALANSON, b. July 8, 1792; drowned at Mason Village, 1808.
44. ii. BERNICE (a son), b. Mar. 9, 1794; m. at Bedford, and had children : i. Martha A. ii. Asenath. iii. Eunice. iv. Clara.
45. iii. CYRENE.
46. iv. DEXTER.
47. v. BENJAMIN.
48. vi. SILVA.
11. STEPHEN5 (Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. 1772; d. 1802; m. Apr. 19, 1798, Mary Start (10). She m. (2) Jonah Howe, and removed to Camden, Me., taking her children with her. During his short married life he occupied the Dix tavern- house on the spot since occupied by the house of Rev. Mr. Lee, but probably he did not keep a tavern there. Children :
49. i. WILLIAM START, b. Oct. 7, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1862; m. Eliza Clark. Res. Bangor, Me. Children: i. William H. ii. Mary A. iii. Artemas H. iv. Eliza A. v. Hattie K. vi. George A. vii. Nathan C. viii. Clara W.
50. ii. MARY, b. July 4, 1803; d. June 12, 1884.
There were two other children of whom no record is found.
16. AMOS6 (Amos5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. May 19, 1783; d. Jan. 30, 1847 ; m. Janet, dau. of Eliphalet and Janet (McCullum) Dustin [b. Feb. 8, 1783] and great-granddaughter of Hannah Dustin, the heroine of the familiar Indian adven- ture. He lived in West Brookfield, Mass. Children :
51. i. CAROLINE DUSTIN, b. June 1, 1812; d. May 5, 1866; m. Charles A. Mirick. Nine children.
52. ii. JANE SOPHIA, b. July 10, 1814; d. Jan. 24, 1844; m. Samuel Clark.
53. iii. GEORGE AUGUSTUS, b. Dec. 12, 1815; m. (1) Hannah Colby of Boston; (2) Sally R. Farren.
54. iv. SARAH ANN, b. Feb. 28, 1817; d. Mar. 24, 1818.
55. v. SARAH ANN, b. May 27, 1818; m. Joseph B. Grout. Two children.
56. vi. FRANCES MARIA, b. July 10, 1823; d. Mar. 15, 1870; m. Edwin B. Taintor. Two children.
57. vii. AMOS ALEXANDER, b. Feb. 26, 1826; d. Jan. 23, 1830.
17. JEREMIAH® (Jeremiah5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Mar. 30, 1786; d. Jan. 30, 1866; m. Nancy Barr (3). He remained at his boyhood's home for several years after his father's death, and carried on the tanyard, but when about thirty years of age he removed to Concord, N. H., and after-
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ward to Boston, but returned to New Ipswich after an absence of about sixteen years. After his return he lived a consider- able time on the "Gould farm," (43, N. D.) He was a select- man for three years during his first period of residence in the town. Like several others of his family, he was captain of the cavalry company. Children :
58. i. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 2, 1809; d. Apr. 10, 1842; m. Rev. Reuben Bates of Ashby, Mass.
59. ii. GEORGE B., b. Nov. 28, 1810. Removed to Illinois.
60. iii. MARY ANN, b. Sept. 29, 1812; m. Dr. Thomas H. Cochran [b. June 15, 1812; d. Nov. 12, 1882]. Two sons.
61. iv. JEREMIAH, b. Dec. 20, 1814; m. Helen Vila. He was a mer- chant in Boston.
62. v. HENRY ADDISON, b. Apr. 10, 1816. Res. Newton, Mass.
63. vi. GILMAN, b. Aug. 10, 1817; d. Sept. 8, 1818.
64. vii. EMILY D., b. about 1818; d. Oct. 24, 1847.
65. viii. CHARLES C.
66. ix. WILLIAM WALLACE.
67. x. MARTHA JANE, m. Jackson Burr.
68. xi. JAMES B., b. about 1826; d. Dec. 30, 1850. 69. xii. NANCY.
18. MOSES6 (Jeremiah5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Mar. 18, 1789; m. [int. Dec. 18, 1813] Jane Tompson Hallett. He was a trader in Concord, Mass., and for a long period sheriff of Middlesex county. Children :
70. i. WILLIAM MACKAY, b. Oct. 23, 1814.
71. ii. FRANCES JANE HALLETT, b. Aug. 30, 1816.
72. iii. MOSES BARNARD, b. Sept. 4, 1818.
73. iv. HENRY GILMAN, b. Jan. 7, 1821.
74. v. ELIZABETH HALLETT, b. Jan. 17, 1822.
75. vi. AMELIA MACKAY, b. Nov. 1, 1824.
19. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 (Jeremiah5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Dec. 4, 1792; d. Aug. 8, 1867; m. (1) Mar. 16, 1817, Elizabeth Pearsons of Bradford, Vt. [d. Mar. 5, 1853] ; (2) Feb. 7, 1854, Mary P., dau. of Rev. David Sutherland of Bath. He settled in Bradford in 1812, and there passed his life as an honored citizen, being justice for 30 years, town treasurer 37 years, and also selectman and representative for shorter periods. He held also the military title of colonel. Children :
76. i. ADELINE, b. Dec. 22, 1817; m. Rev. B. B. Newton of Chelsea, Vt.
77. ii. GEORGE, b. Nov. 19, 1819; m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Brooks of Worcester, Mass. One daughter.
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78. iii. MOSES SMITH, b. Apr. 8, 1822; m. Betsey Ann True of Janes- ville, Wis. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1841. Res. in Janesville, Wis.
79. iv. EDWARD, b. Nov. 29, 1824; d. Nov. 28, 1870; m. about 1850, Anne Merrill of Pittsfield. Ten children.
80. v. AMOS, b. May 28, 1827; m. Augusta Dearborn. He graduated from the University of Vermont. Res. in Janesville. Three children.
81. vi. ARTHUR, b. Apr. 27, 1835; d. Mar. 6, 1856. Removed to Ripon, Wis.
82. vii. JOHN BROOKS WHEELER, b. Sept. 26, 1839; m. Orissa George. Two children.
21. WILLIAM6 (William5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Sept. 19, 1792; d. Apr. 19, 1857; m. (1) Eliza, dau. of John and Betsey (68) (Wheeler) Butman [d. Oct. 20, 1835]; (2) May 8, 1837, Sarah Dane. During the years of early man- hood he lived with or near his father, and was probably en- gaged in the business of the mills; but in 1822 he removed to Antrim, where he remained several years. He is said to have returned to New Ipswich in 1827, but no town records referring to him have been found. Children :
83. i. WILLIAM H., b. about 1820; d. 1822.
84. ii. ELIZA M., b. about 1821; d. young.
85. iii. EMILY WHEELER, b. Oct. 22, 1821; m. 1847, Sumner Chamber- lain.
86. iv. WILLIAM BARNARD, b. July 30, 1825; m. Lydia E. Templeton.
87. v. JOHN WALLACE, b. Feb. 4, 1829; d. Aug. 24, 1854; m. Fannie
C. Benjamin. He was a freight conductor on the Fitchburg railroad, and was killed in an accident.
88. vi. GEORGE H., b. June 17, 1830. Res. Hillsboro Bridge.
89. vii. CHARLES H., b. Mar. 5, 1832; d. 1895. Res. Fitchburg, Mass.
90. viii. EDWARD M., b. Jan. 28, 1834; m. Annis E. Rathburn.
91. ix. AUGUSTUS DANE, b. Apr. 11, 1839.
22. ASA® (William5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Sept. 20, 1793 ; d. Aug. 31, 1858; m. Caroline Matilda Barr (7). He lived most of his life in the family home, the last house on the right of one leaving the factory village by the river road to Greenville. He for a time commanded the cavalry com- pany. Children :
92. i. MARTHA ELLEN, b. 1831; d. 1890, unm. She was a teacher.
93. ii. ANDREW W., b. 1835; d. 1836.
94. iii. GEORGE M., b. 1837; d. 1839.
26. CHARLES CUMMINGS6 (William5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. July 28, 1801; d. 1846; m. Sybil Howe. Child :
95. i. DEIDAMIA, b. Mar. 13, 1845; d. July 16, 1884, unm. 576
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32. JOHN6 (John5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Feb. 11, 1800; d. Sept. 16, 1879; m. 1818, Nancy Hall of Pepperell, Mass. [b. about 1803; d. Oct. 2, 1885]. He removed to Fitch- burg, Mass., when about 24 years old and lived on the street which was given his family name. He was a carpenter, and built the first house on the street which bears his name. Child :
96. i. JOHN, b. June 7, 1837; d. Jan. 16, 1865. He rendered service in the Civil War in the 15th Massachusetts Regiment and the 2d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, was captured, and died in Andersonville prison.
36. FRANCIS PERLEY6 (John5, Paul4, John3, John2, Wil- liam1), b. May 8, 1807; d. Nov. 4, 1850; m. May 8, 1833, Lucy Wood [d. Aug. 22, 1854]. He was a carpenter, living on the southerly road connecting the two factory villages, in the first house on the north side after passing the former Methodist church and the site of Brown's mills. Children :
97. i. WILLIAM PERLEY, b. Apr. 5, 1835; d. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 23, 1873.
98. ii. SARAH LOVISA, b. June 11, 1839; d. Aug. 21, 1840.
99. iii. LUCY ANNA, b. Aug. 31, 1842; m. Dec. 16, 1868, George K. Montgomery. Children : i. Lucy Anna Montgomery. ii. Florence Prichard Montgomery.
100. iv. SARAH LOVISA, b. Nov. 26, 1845.
101. v. ELIZABETH FRANCES, b. Aug. 21, 1846; d. Sept. 7, 1847.
102. vi. MARY FRANCES, b. June 29, 1850; d. Jan. 18, 1889; m. - Keeney. Child: i. Perley Rockwell Keeney.
37. SUMNER6 (John5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. July 18, 1809 ; d. Feb. 27, 1855; m. Sept. 28, 1834, Mary Mun- roe [b. Stoddard, June 28, 1814; d. Oct. 15, 1862]. He was an exceptionally skilful carpenter. He lived in the building which had previously been the starch factory on lot 37, N. D. Children :
103. i. ROMANZO SUMNER, b. Feb. 28, 1836; m. July 15, 1863, Mrs. Elizabeth Shattuck.
104. ii. MARY JANE, b. July 28, 1837; d. Oct. 23, 1893; m. June 8, 1870, John Burbank [b. July 18, 1825; d. Dec. 30, 1890]. Children : i. Sumner Burbank, b. Aug. 20, 1871. ii. Emma Burbank, b. Feb. 16, 1875. iii. Avis Burbank, b. Sept. 24, 1877.
105. iii. ARVILLA JOSEPHINE, b. Feb. 16, 1839; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1858, Charles H. Goulding; (2) Nov. 12, 1864, Eugene Cady.
106. iv. MARIA ADELAIDE, b. Apr. 3, 1841; m. Sept. 1, 1862, Webster
M. Towne [b. Aug. 30, 1839]. Res. Fitzwilliam Depot. Child : i. Lillian Towne, b. Feb. 10, 1865; m. Lyman Bland- ing
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107. v. ADELIA ANN, b. Dec. 14, 1844; m. Nov. 27, 1862, Lyman Bland- ing.
38. WILLIAM6 (John5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Nov. 23, 1811 ; d. Jan. 7, 1873 ; m. Apr. 26, 1838, Lucinda Dut- ton of Temple [d. Nov. 9, 1881]. He lived on the "Judge Champney farm," (VI: 1, S. R.,) in the last house now stand- ing on the right of one passing from the Bank Village toward the Congregational church. He was a farmer. He held the office of selectman. Children :
108. i. FRANCIS WILLIAM, b. Feb. 14, 1851.+
109. ii. MARIA LUCINDA, b. Aug. 22, 1856; m. Jan. 12, 1875, Stephen Willard, son of Willard and Jane (Ware) Mansfield [b. Alstead, Aug. 17, 1850].
39. JEREMIAH6 (John5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Feb. 18, 1814; m. Dec. 26, 1839, Elmira Page [b. June 21, 1816]. He was a carpenter at Peterboro during the greater part of his life. Children :
110. i. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Oct. 29, 1840; d. Nov. 28, 1904.
111. ii. NETTIE, b. May 18, 1843; m. Dec. 23, 1869, Erastus Dickinson. Children : i. Lee Dickinson. ii. May Dickinson.
40. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 (John5, Paul4, John3, John2, Wil- liam1), b. Mar. 18, 1816; d. Nov. 1, 1879; m. Jan. 10, 1839, Lydia Ann Carter of Peterboro [d. Nov. 1, 1879]. Res. in Fitchburg and Townsend, Mass. Children :
112. i. ARABELLE A., b. Oct. 11, 1842; d. Mar. 22, 1907; m. Apr. 9, 1862, James H. Tenney. Children : i. James E. Tenney, b. Apr. 2, 1863; d. Jan. 6, 1890. ii. Florence M. Tenney, b. Dec. 31, 1869; d. Mar. 15, 1871. iii. Grace E. Tenney, b. May 10, 1873; m. Oct. 6, 1897, Charles E. Harrison of Massillon, O. iv. Blanche M. Tenney, b. Sept. 26, 1876; m. Mar. 23, 1898, Frank Boutelle of Cincinnati, O. v. Ethel P. Tenney, b. Dec. 18, 1879; d. Jan. 6, 1884.
113. ii. ABBIE ANN, b. July 12, 1845; m. Aug. 25, 1869, Charles H. Simonds. Children : i. Minnie B. Simonds, b. July 30, 1870. ii. Alice M. Simonds, b. Dec. 23, 1873. iii. Charles H. Simonds, b. Jan. 25, 1881.
114. iii. DOROTHY C., b. May 24, 1849; unm.
115. iv. GEORGE MORTIMER, b. June 14, 1858.
116. v. HATTIE V., b. Feb. 14, 1862; unm.
108. FRANCIS WILLIAM7 (William6, John5, Paul4, John3, John2, William1), b. Feb. 14, 1851; d. Sept. 10, 1899; m. Nov. 25, 1875, Laura Louise Blaisdell of Chelmsford, Mass. He succeeded to his father's farm, and was an enthusiastic and successful farmer. But although he was thus earnest in his
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vocation, his life was much broader than his farm, and in recognition of his character he was called to nearly every offi- cial activity of the town. He was moderator, selectman, rep- sentative, delegate to Constitutional Convention, tax collector, road agent, and member of the school board, most of them several times. He was a leader in the Grange and a trustee of the Savings Bank, and in all these positions his undoubted integrity, his genial character, his quick perception of the wise course to take, and his firmness in following it through diffi- culties, these and other traits of character, made true of the last New Ipswich citizen of the family what was said of its first ancestor in the town, that "he was one of the most sub- stantial and influential citizens of his day, and his death in the midst of his social and official activities caused a frequent expression of the feeling of that the town had lost that citizen whom it was hardest to spare." Children :
117. i. EFFIE MAY, b. Apr. 21, 1885.
118. ii. LENA FRANCES, b. Jan. 7, 1887.
PROCTOR.
ROBERT1 PROCTOR, d. Chelmsford, Mass., Apr. 28, 1697; m. Dec. 31, 1645, Jane, dau. of Richard1 Hildreth. He was made freeman at Concord, Mass., in 1643, and was one of the original settlers of Chelmsford, Mass., in 1654.
PETER2 (Robert1), b. 1652; d. Aug. 1, 1730; m. Jan. 30, 1689, Mary, dau. of James and Rebecca (Stevenson) Patterson [b. Aug. 22, 1666; d. Aug. 12, 1724]. Res. Chelmsford.
JOHN2 (Robert1), b. Aug. 17, 1663; m. 1692, Miriam -. Res. Chelmsford.
SAMUEL2 (Robert1), b. Sept. 16, 1665; d. Apr. 12, 1740; m. Sarah -. He was an ancestor of Hon. Redfield® Proctor, U. S. Senator from Ver- mont, by the line Jabez5, Leonard4, Thomas3.
PETER3 (Peter', Robert1), b. Aug. 14, 1694; d. Feb. 20, 1772; m. 1720, Hannah Harwood. He settled as a farmer in Littleton, Mass.
BENJAMIN3 (John2, Robert1), b. Oct. 20, 1704; d. Aug. 3, 1794; m. Lydia Chamberlain.
1. OLIVER4 (Peter3, Peter2, Robert1), b. Chelmsford, Mar. 25, 1721; d. Nov. 3, 1793; m. 1744, Mary, dau. of Aaron and Abigail (Adams) Parker of Westford, Mass. [d. 1789]. He was an early settler in New Ipswich, his name first appearing in 1751, but he remained only about ten years. He had 37, N. D., his house being at the northwest corner of the site of the first academy building, (long occupied by Emerson Howe, and now by Dea. Henry Wilson). It was a central position
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among the dwellings of that time, and was often used for town meetings. Children :
3. i. OLIVER, b. Apr. 25, 1745.+
4. ii. AARON, b. Feb. 12, 1747; m. Feb. 17, 1774, Sally Jones of Milton. Removed to Rhode Island.
5. iii. MARY, b. July 15, 1749; m. May 11, 1769, Williamª Proctor (Israel3, Gershom2, Robert1).
6. iv. ISAAC, b. Jan. 23, 1751; d. 1760.
7. v. THANKFUL, b. July 18, 1752; d. young.
8. vi. RACHEL, b. Aug. 18, 1754.
9. vii. THANKFUL, b. May 10, 1757; d. young.
10. viii. SARAH, b. June 21, 1762; m. June, 1780, Ephraim Warren of Townsend. Removed to Lanesboro, Mass.
2. BENJAMIN4 (Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. June 5, 1733; d. about 1817; m. Nov. 15, 1757, Rachel Pierce [d. 1823]. He probably passed his early manhood in Chelmsford, but came to New Ipswich about 1762 and remained until 1793, being a farmer upon 27, N. D. He seems to have removed to Westford, Mass., and a year or two later to have gone to Reading, Vt., and there to have made the home of his later years. Children :
11. i. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 24, 1760.
12. ii. RACHEL, b. Oct. 10, 1761.
13. iii. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 14, 1763/4.+
14. iv. MIRIAM, b. Jan. 20, 1765.
15. v. JOHN, b. Mar. 8, 1767/8.+
16. vi. LYDIA, b. Dec. 4, 1769.
17. vii. SALLY, b. Oct. 9, 1771.
3. OLIVER5 (Oliver4, Peter3, Peter2, Robert1), b. Apr. 25, 1745; d. July 28, 1842; m. Feb. 15, 1776, Mary Manning of Billerica, Mass. [b. Aug. 6, 1748; d. Nov. 4, 1815]. Res. in Townsend, Mass. He served in the Revolution.
13. JOSEPH5 (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Mar. 14, 1763/4; d. Mason, Feb. 20, 1852; m. Sally Barrett. He entered Revolutionary service at the age of seventeen. He appears to have succeeded to his father's farm for a brief time, but not long after to have removed to Stoddard. Children:
19. i. JOHN, b. Apr. 22, 1791.++
20. ii. SALLY, b. July 9, 1793; d. Feb. 11, 1821; m. Timothy Barnes of Washington.
21. iii. REBECCA, b. Apr. 9, 1796.
22. iv. ISAAC, b. 1802.
15. JOHN5 (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Mar. 8, 1767/8; d. Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 21, 1858; m. (1) Rachel
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Shedd; (2) 1801, Betsey Snow of Lunenburg [b. about May, 1775 ; d. Dec. 28, 1858]. His name appears on the New Ips- wich tax-list only in 1789.
18. OLIVER6 (Oliver5, Oliver4, Peter3, Peter2, Robert1), b. Sept. 30, 1779; d. June 17, 1868; m. (1) Aug. 26, 1800, Sarah Drake of Lanesboro, Mass .; (2) Mar. 5, 1825, Polly Barber of Benson, Vt. He res. at Lanesboro, Mass., until about 1809, and afterward at Schroon, N. Y., and Shoreham, Vt.
19. JOHN6 (Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Apr. 22, 1791; d. Apr. 12, 1884; m. June 2, 1818, Mary Whittemore of Hancock [b. May 7, 1793; d. June 2, 1870]. Res. in Stoddard, where all his children were born. Children :
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