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24. i. HARVEY A., b. Oct. 22, 1827.+
25. ii. ABRAM W., b. Oct. 3, 1829.+
26. iii. AMOS J., b. June 10, 1831.+
27. iv. HOSEA, b. Dec. 8, 1832.++
29. v. STEPHEN W., b. Oct. 29, 1834.+-
30. vi. TIMOTHY, b. Apr. 4, 1838; d. Dec. 20, 1860, unm.
31. vii. IRA H., b. Aug. 31, 1840.+
32. viii. SUSAN M., b. Mar. 14, 1842; d. Aug. 3, 1876, unm.
23. ROMEO7 (Oliver6, Oliver5, Oliver4, Peter3, Peter2, Rob- ert1), b. Shoreham, Vt., Sept. 3, 1816; m. Aug. 27, 1851, Mari- etta Perkins [b. Dec. 20, 1828]. Res. Fairhaven, Vt. Chil- dren :
33. i. EUGENE R., b. July 8, 1852.+
34. ii. RALPH J., b. Sept. 19, 1863; d. 1883.
35. iii. J. ADA, b. Apr: 23, 1866; d. 1893.
24. HARVEY A.7 (John6, Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Oct. 22, 1827; d. Feb. 25, 1867; m. Mar. 15, 1848, Lucia Avery of Peterboro. He lived for a time in Dublin, and during the last ten years of his life in New Ips- wich, at first in a house formerly standing on the old country road a short distance southward from the Reuben Kidder house of early days, and later in the Center Village. Children :
36. i. CLARA A., b. about 1851; m. June 13, 1867, Thomas W. Blanchard.
37. ii. HENRY.
38. iii. FLORA E., b. about 1857; m. June 24, 1874, John E. Leighton.
25. ABRAM W.7 (John6, Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Oct. 3, 1829; d. Jaffrey, Oct. 5, 1867; m. Jan. 25, 1849, Mary Lowe of Charlestown, Mass. Children :
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39. i. JOSEPHINE, m. (1) Frank Smith of Peterboro; (2) - Holt of Nelson.
40. ii. FRANK.
41. iii. LILLA, m. - Towne. Res. at East Sullivan.
26. AMOS J.7 (John6, Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. June 10, 1831; m. (1) Nov. 28, 1850, Margaret E. Livingston [d. Dec. 20, 1871] ; (2) Oct. 12, 1876, his sister- in-law, Maria (Messenger) Proctor [d. July 17, 1881]; (3) July 4, 1885, Ella Baldwin [d. July 13, 1893]; (4) June 10, 1896, Mrs. Augusta M. Smith. He lived for seven years of his married life in Canada, but about 1860 he came to New Ipswich, and for twenty years or more held the "Phineas Pratt farm," (XIV : 2, S. R.) Children :
42. i. GEORGE A., b. July 9, 1851; m. Feb. 1, 1877, Ada Adams. Res. Boston and York Beach, Me.
43. ii. IRA J., b. Feb. 14, 1854; m. twice. Res. Boston. Merchant.
44. iii. MARIA M., b. Mar. 8, 1856; m. - Wiederbusch. Res. Cin-
cinnati, O.
45. iv. WILLIAM ELLERY C., b. Aug. 22, 1858; m. Dec. 14, 1891, Nettie E. Berry.
46. v. LOUVIE, b. July 1, 1861; d. Aug. 29, 1889; m. Alton Finney.
47. vi. MARY A., b. May 17, 1863; m. Sept. 18, 1892, Edward M. Messenger. Res. Winchendon.
48. vii. JOHN F., b. Aug. 4, 1866; m. Nov. 23, 1889, Ada M. Marshall. Res. Roslindale.
49. viii. RANSOM, b. May 7, 1868.
50. ix. MABEL F., b. June 16, 1878; m. - Erkhart. Res. E. Jaffrey.
51. x. ERNEST M., b. Mar. 10, 1881. Engineer. Res. Philadelphia.
27. HOSEA7 (John6, Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Dec. 8, 1832; d. Stoddard, July 8, 1880; m. (1) Oct. 11, 1856, Anna Buzzell of Acworth; (2) Nancy Davis of Acworth; (3) Mary Lewis of Marlboro. Children :
52. i. HERBERT.
53. ii. EDWARD C.
54. iii. WILLIAM. Res. at Hillsboro Bridge.
55. iv. CLARA.
29. STEPHEN W.7 (John6, Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Oct. 29, 1834; d. Aug. 4, 1862; m. (1) July 1, 1857, Juliette C. Wooster [b. about 1830; d. Dec. 16, 1858] ; (2) Addie Everett. He lived on the old country road in the house still standing on the "Reuben Kidder farm," (46, N. D.,) a little southward from the site of the house before mentioned as the home of his brother Harvey at the same time.
31. IRA H.7 (John6, Joseph5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Robert1), b. Aug. 31, 1840; d. Aug. 24, 1872; m. Mar. 7, 1866,
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Maria Messenger. He also lived upon the old country road, near his brothers Harvey and Stephen. Children:
56. i. ELTON.
57. ii. CLARENCE. Res. at Hillsboro Bridge.
58. iii. LEON H.
33. EUGENE R.8 (Romeo7, Oliver6, Oliver5, Oliver4, Peter3, Peter2, Robert1), b. July 8, 1852; m. 1874, Carrie L. Foster of West Haven, Vt. [b. Whitehall, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1856]. He is a farmer upon the William Wheeler farm, (64, N. L. O.) Children :
59. i. ELSIE M., b. May 28, 1875; m. July 15, 1896, Clinton W. Max- well.
60. ii. ARCHIE R., b. Dec. 1, 1876.
61. iii. LENA A., b. Aug. 12, 1878; m. Apr. 26, 1898, Norman V. Tilton.
62. iv. EDWARD R., b. Feb. 17, 1882.
63. v. ALICE L., b. Oct. 1, 1886; m. Aug. 9, 1902, Bert A. Robbins.
64. vi. MARTHA U., b. Nov. 14, 1888.
65. vii. CHARLES E., b. Oct. 5, 1893.
RAMSDELL.
1. AMOS1 RAMSDELL, b. Oct. 18, 1768; d. Dec. 17, 1852; m. Boston, Aug. 4, 1799, Phebe, dau. of George and Relief (Brad- street) Henry of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. June 10, 1775; d. Oct. 23, 1861]. He came to New Ipswich about 1809 and settled upon the Samuel Whittemore farm, just north from Whitte- more Hill, (1, N. L. O.,) which was his home for forty years. His later days were spent with his sons in Rindge. Children :
2. i. AMos, b. June 18, 1801.+
3. ii. GEORGE, b. May 7, 1803.+
4. iii. DANIEL, b. Aug. 4, 1805.+
5. iv. JAMES, b. June 26, 1807.+
6. v. REUBEN, b. Aug. 11, 1811.+
7. vi. PHEBE H., b. May 12, 1816; d. Apr. 16, 1838.
2. AMOS2 (Amos1), b. June 18, 1801; d. Mar. 5, 1862; m. Sept. 10, 1830, Harriet, dau. of Liberty and Betsey Wright of Pepperell, Mass. [b. Sept. 4, 1804; d. Oct. 5, 1874]. Soon after his marriage he removed to Rindge, where he was a lum- ber dealer and a manufacturer of woodenware. Children:
8. i. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 16, 1837; m. Nov. 30, 1854, Joel Wellington of Rindge.
9. ii. CHARLES HENRY, b. Oct. 12, 1841; d. Feb. 22, 1864.
3. GEORGE2 (Amos1), b. May 7, 1803; d. Oct. 1, 1890; m. Lucy Preston (32). He was a farmer in the south part of the
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town, at first on the farm afterward long owned by Benjamin Lovett, now at the end of a short road leading eastward from the Ashburnham road, and later for many years at the end of the road on the eastern side of Whittemore Hill. He was a captain in the militia, and held the office of selectman for a few years. Children :
10. i. GEORGE HENRY, b. 1825.+
11. ii. MARY JANE, b. 1832; m. May 5, 1861, Rufus Putnam.
12. iii. LUCIA MARIA, b. 1845; m. May 31, 1864, Charles W. Currier.
4. DANIEL2 (Amos1), b. Aug. 4, 1805; d. Nov. 11, 1877 ; m. (1) Mary Ann Symonds of Milford [b. May 22, 1807; d. June 16, 1865]; (2) Aug. 12, 1868, Mrs. Helen W. Hale. He was a carpenter and also a farmer, passing his life upon the home farm except a few years, 1837-50, when he had the eastern of the two Breed farms, (80, A. D.) Children :
13. i. DANIEL PERLEY, b. Mar. 12, 1830; d. 1913; m. (1) Sarah J. Ames (13) ; (2) Margaret Hays.
14. ii. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 30, 1838; d. Feb. 8, 1842.
15. iii. ANN ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 24, 1843; d. May 20, 1856.
16. iv. WILLIAM H., b. Apr. 23, 1845; d. Dec. 3, 1907.
5. JAMES2 (Amos1), b. June 26, 1807 ; d. Sept. 20, 1873; m. Nov. 16, 1837, Lucy, dau. of Abijah and Sophia (Waters) Rice [b. June 7, 1818]. He removed to Rindge while a young man and entered into business with his brother Amos. He held a lieutenant-colonel's commission in the militia. Children :
17. i. JAMES GARDNER, b. July 7, 1841; d. 1913; m. Sept. 30, 1863, Julia Alice Carter. Res. in Philadelphia.
18. ii. CASSIUS G., b. Oct. 30, 1845; d. 1913. Res. in San Francisco, Cal.
19. iii. EVA JOSEPHINE, b. Apr. 14, 1854; m. June 17, 1874, D. W. White of Boston.
20. iv. LUCY F., b. Feb. 13, 1856; d. Mar. 16, 1856.
6. REUBEN2 (Amos1), b. Aug. 11, 1811; m. Dec. 24, 1835, Lavina Piper, dau. of Joshua and Polly Piper Converse [b. May 21, 1820]. He became a manufacturer of woodenware at Converse Village in Rindge. Children :
21. i. HENRIETTA LAVINA, b. Nov. 3, 1836; d. Feb. 14, 1842.
22. ii. PHEBE AMANDA, b. Dec. 19, 1839; m. Dec. 21, 1855, Edward, son of Stephen and Hannah (Barber) Jewett. Seven chil- dren.
10. GEORGE HENRY3 (George2, Amos1), b. 1825; d. 1906; m. Nov. 15, 1848, Sarah A. Conant (26). Children :
23. i. HELEN.
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24. ii. ADA L., m. George Clark.
25. iii. ANN E., m. Gardner E. Davis.
26. iv. JAMES B., m. July 19, 1879, Lizzie A. Roberts.
27. v. WILLIS.
28. vi. MARIETTA F., b. 1855; d. 1881.
READ-REED.
OLIVER1 READ at Westford, Mass., "bought a place as an old deed shows together with three negroe servants, Dinah, Phyllis and Leah."
OLIVER2 (Oliver1), lived at Westford, Mass.
1. JAMES OLIVER3 (Oliver2, Oliver1), b. at Townsend, Mass .; d. at Mason, May 1, 1905 ; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Caroline R., dau. of Ephraim and Matilda (Hodgman) Hildreth; was a merchant at Bank Village and later at High Bridge, 1850-1872. Children :
2. i. JAMES OLIVER, JR.4 (James Oliver3, Oliver?, Oliver1), b. Mar. 11, 1858. Res. in Mason; has been selectman and held other offices of trust.
3. ii. HARRIET C., b. Mar. 3, 1861; m. George E. Strout. One daughter.
RHOADS.
HENRY1 RHOADS, b. 1608. Res. at Lynn, Mass.
ELEAZER2 (Henry1), b. Lynn, Feb. 6, 1641.
ELEAZER3 (Eleazer2, Henry1), m. Lynn, Nov. 21, 1710, Jemima Prebble. ELEAZER4 (Eleazer3, Eleazer2, Henry1), b. Lynn, Jan. 16, 1715; d. Dedham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1784.
ELEAZER® (Eleazer4, Eleazer3, Eleazer2, Henry1), bapt. Dedham, Aug. 16, 1747; d. Feb. 24, 1821; m. Nov. 12, 1769, Abigail Graves [b. about 1749; d. Oct. 12, 1802].
1. ELEAZER6 (Eleazer5, Eleazer4, Eleazer3, Eleazer2, Hen- ry1), b. Dedham, Sept. 11, 1770; d. Amherst, June 27, 1855; m. (1) 1794, Elizabeth Bullard [b. about 1772; d. May 2, 1836] ; (2) Nov. 29, 1837, Rebecca Putnam [b. about 1791; d. Dec. 16, 1849]. He removed from his native town to Lyndeboro about 1800, and came thence to New Ipswich about 1814, making his home in the most southerly house of Gibson Vil- lage, long the dwelling of Joseph A. Gibson. He remained, however, only about seven years, then removed to Amherst, where he passed his remaining life, occupied with the varying activities of innkeeper, farmer, and brickmaker. While in New Ipswich he was one of the many who entered the enter- prise, then in its infancy, of cotton manufactures, and he joined with Loammi Chamberlain of Mason Village, (now
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Greenville,) in the establishment of a small factory in the building built a few years before as a saw and grist mill and using the waterpower near at hand. His experience in that industry probably did not differ greatly from that of the greater part of the small factories established prior to the larger factories then about to appear. Children :
2. i. CLARISSA, b. Apr. 2, 1795; m. Benjamin Leavitt.
3. ii. CATHERINE, b. Sept. 28, 1797 ; d. Nov. 23, 1814.
4. iii. LUCY, b. Apr. 19, 1801; d. June 9, 1878; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1834, Joshua Horne of Boston [b. about 1802; d. Aug. 1, 1850] ; (2) Luther W. Nichols of Amherst; (3) Nov., 1872, James Chandler (R. 22).
5. iv. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 3, 1804; d. Sept. 9, 1871; m. (1) June 17, 1832, James Newhall (19) ; (2) June 27, 1854, James Chand- ler (R. 22).
6. v. MOSES, b. June 30, 1806; d. Mar. 13, 1807.
7. vi. WARREN, b. Feb. 17, 1808.+
8. vii. CHARLES, b. June 26, 1810; d. Nov. 1, 1872; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1835, Jane Taylor [b. Jan., 1814; d. July 30, 1836]; (2) Jane Wiley [d. May 4, 1870]. He was a painter in Amherst. 9. viii. BETSEY, b. Oct. 9, 1811; d. young.
10. ix. HARRIET, b. May 5, 1813; d. Oct. 28, 1885; m. Feb. 25, 1836, Henry Tolman. Removed to Wisconsin, 1854, and thence to Eldora, Iowa, where she died. Children: i. Charles Tolman. ii. Henry Tolman. iii. Josephine Tolman. iv. Sarah Tolman.
11. x. ALFRED, b. Dec. 24, 1818; d. May 19, 1848, unm.
7. WARREN7 (Eleazer6, Eleazer5, Eleazer4, Eleazer3, Elea- zer2, Henry1), b. Feb. 17, 1808; d. Sept. 23, 1885; m. June 16, 1837, Elizabeth Roach [d. Apr. 9, 1887]. He succeeded to his father's farm in Amherst. Children :
12. i. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 24, 1839.+
13. ii. SARAH CATHERINE, b. Apr. 5, 1840; d. Sept. 23, 1858.
14. iii. DAVID HENRY, b. Dec. 24, 1845; m. Aug. 17, 1879, Annie Loud [d. Dec. 30, 1902].
15. iv. ALBERT, b. Jan. 1, 1848; d. July 10, 1903.
12. WILLIAM8 (Warren7, Eleazer6, Eleazer5, Eleazer4, Elea- zer3, Eleazer2, Henry1), b. Mar. 24, 1839; d. May 18, 1909; m. (1) June 29, 1864, Susan J. Weld [d. Feb. 1, 1884]; (2) Apr. 9, 1886, Clara J. Eustis [d. Apr. 9, 1891]. He succeeded to the family farm. Children :
16. i. LIZZIE ALMY, b. Dec. 3, 1865; m. Mar. 2, 1893, Charles A. Ford. Res. Concord, N. H.
17. ii. ADA MAY, b. Aug. 24, 1873; m. June 30, 1896, Fred E. Cooley. Res. Milford, where he is manager of Milford Machine Works. Child: i. Earl Eleazer Cooley, b. Sept. 5, 1898.
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RICHARDSON.
The early residents in New Ipswich bearing this name seem to have descended from two brothers who, with a third brother and four others, took a leading part in the settlement of Woburn, Mass.
EZEKIEL1 RICHARDSON, b. about 1602; d. Oct. 21, 1647; m. Susanna [m. (2) Henry Brooks of Woburn; d. Sept. 15, 1681]. He came from England in 1630 and after a brief sojourn in Charlestown settled in Woburn, where he was one of the first board of selectmen.
THOMAS1 RICHARDSON, a younger brother of Ezekiel, d. Aug. 28, 1651; m. Mary - [m. (2) Michael Bacon, d. May 19, 1640]. He had a part with his brother in the founding of Woburn.
JOSIAH2 (Ezekiel1), b. about Nov. 7, 1635; d. June 22, 1695; m. June 6, 1659, Remembrance, dau. of William and Sarah Underwood of Con- cord, Mass. [b. Feb. 22, 1639/40]. In the year of his marriage he re- moved to Chelmsford, Mass., where he was selectman for many years, also town clerk and captain.
THOMAS2 (Thomas1), b. Oct. 4, 1645; d. Feb. 25, 1720/1; m. (1) Jan. 5, 1669/70, Mary Stimpson [d. June 7, 1690]; (2) Dec. 29, 1690, Sarah, widow of Thomas Patten of Billerica [d. Jan. 16, 1689/90]. He removed from Woburn to Billerica about 1667. He served in a futile military expedition to Canada by way of Albany in 1690. He was delegate to the General Court.
JOHN3 (Josiah2, Ezekiel1), b. Feb. 14, 1669/70; d. Sept. 13, 1746; m. Jan. 31, 1693/4, Elizabeth Farwell of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. May 9, 1722]. Res. in Chelmsford.
JONATHAN3 (Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Feb. 14, 1682/3; d. Aug. 13, 1720; m. 1713, Hannah, dau. of John French of Billerica. Res. in Billerica.
JOHN4 (John3, Josiah2, Ezekiel1), b. Nov. 16, 1711; d. Aug. 28, 1764; m. 1733, Esther -. Res. in Chelmsford.
THOMAS4 (Jonathan3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 5, 1718; m. 1739, Abigail, dau. of Henry and Abigail (Parker) Merrow of Woburn [b. 1718]. Res. in Reading, Mass.
1. SILAS5 (John4, John3, Josiah2, Ezekiel1), b. Aug. 2, 1734; d. Mar. 25, 1775; m. Dec. 28, 1769, Lydia, dau. of William4 Fletcher of Chelmsford. He came to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage and passed the few remaining years of his life at the foot of Kidder Mountain, upon lot 55, N. D., previously owned by Archibald White. Children :
4. i. LYDIA, b. Oct. 7, 1770; m. Dec. 12, 1790, Ebenezer Parker (S. 6).
5. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 14, 1773.
2. JOHN5 (John4, John3, Josiah2, Ezekiel1), b. Apr. 8, 1748; d. before Jan. 12, 1785. He came to New Ipswich at the age of twenty-one in the same year as his older brother Silas, with whom he probably lived, but his name has place on the tax- lists for only two years. He is said to have been a joiner.
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3. EBENEZER5 (Thomas4, Jonathan3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Apr. 14, 1754; d. Mar. 18, 1827 ; m. Jan. 15, 1777, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah Parker [b. about 1750; d. Dec. 10, 1836]. He lived for some years in Reading, Mass., whence he came to New Ipswich about 1790. He succeeded to the own- ership of the Ezra Towne farm, (23, N. D.) Children :
6. i. SARAH, b. Nov. 3, 1780; m. Eliphalet Bailey.
7. ii. LUCY, b. Aug. 10, 1782; m. May 30, 1833, John Robbins of Mason.
8. iii. JONATHAN, b. July 28, 1784; m. Nov. 26, 1807, Sarah Mans- field.
9. iv. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 6, 1788.
10. v. THOMAS, b. Oct. 20, 1797. He succeeded to his father's farm, and later for some years occupied the farm at the corner formed by the Temple and old Wilton roads, afterward the home of Mark Farrar, (26, N. D.)
Several other residents of the town, probably of this family but not certainly identified, are named upon the tax-list for very brief periods.
ROBBINS.
TRUE1 ROBBINS, b. Apr. 14, 1789; m. Mar. 24, 1811, Rebecca Hodgman [b. Mar. 6, 1792].
1. WILLIAM PARKER2 (True1), b. Aug. 14, 1812; m. Nancy Bucknam [d. about 1890]. Children :
4. i. CHARLES L., b. Nov. 26, 1837.+
5. ii. HARRIET, m. Aaron Winship.
6. iii. WILLIAM OTIS, m. Martha J. Barrett.
7. iv. ABBIE, m. Herbert Willard of Ashby, Mass.
8. v. EMILY ANNA, m. Frank Foster of Somerville, Mass.
2. TRUE2 (True1), b. Dec. 26, 1814; m. (1) Sarah A. Pike ; (2) Louisa Ames. Children :
9. i. MARCELLUS.+
10. ii. HATTIE.
11. iii. MARTIN.
12. iv. MARTHA.
13. v. HENRY.
14. vi. FRANK.
3. LEWIS2 (True1), b. Aug. 10, 1819; m. Emily Winship. Children :
15. i. LEWIS HARLAN, b. May 10, 1844.+
16. ii. GEORGE C., b. July 26, 1847 ; m. Elma Hodgman.
17. iii. FRED E., b. Sept. 22, 1850; m. Julie Fletcher.
18. iv. LIZZIE E., b. May 10, 1853; m. George A. Kimball, chief engineer of Boston Elevated [d. Dec., 1912].
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19. v. ABBIE L., b. Sept. 20, 1854; m. O. D. Prescott of Greenville.
20. vi. ADDIE F., b. Mar. 25, 1857; m. E. C. Sargent.
4. CHARLES3 (William P.2, True1), b. Nov. 26, 1837; d. Aug. 24, 1901 ; m. Apr. 10, 1862, Abbie J. Davis. Child :
21. i. ADDIE A., b. at Townsend, Mass., Dec. 12, 1867; m. (1) 1885, F. H. Arnold, Jr .; (2) July 19, 1895, Lauriston M. P. Hardy.
9. MARCELLUS T.3 (True2, True1), d. Nov. 20, 1909; m. (1) Lizzie Peckins of Ashburnham; (2) Nov. 6, 1875, Viola Florence Fish. Child :
22. i. IDA W., m. Sept. 18, 1901, Edward R. Wheeler (173).
15. LEWIS HARLAN3 (Lewis2, True1), b. May 10, 1844; d. Feb. 3, 1907; m. (1) Dec. 17, 1867, Abbie E. Wheeler (181) ; (2) Georgianna M. Hayward. Children :
23. i. MELVILLE, b. Oct. 31, 1868.
24. ii. EDITH, b. July 28, 1878.
ROGER.
DAVID1 ROGER, d. 1879; m. Janet Bone [d. 1881]. He was a gardener in Ayrshire, Scotland. He came to America in 1874 and resided in Miller- town, N. Y.
1. JAMES2 (David1), b. Aug. 18, 1841, Kirkmichael, Ayr- shire, Scotland; m. June, 1867, Margaret Neil [d. June 10, 1913]. He was a clerk in Birmingham, England, and entered the railway service in 1866, being station master at Rosslyn Castle near Edinburgh for thirty-one years. He was ordained an elder in the Established Church (Presbyterian) of Scot- land in 1878 and elected a member of the General Assembly in 1896. He came to America in 1897 and has since resided in New Ipswich, where he has a duck farm and has given faithful service as a member of the school board and a super- intendent of the Congregational Sunday School and a deacon. Children :
2. i. MARY RAMSAY, b. Apr. 3, 1868; d. Mar., 1906; m. Alex Mair.
3. ii. JESSIE, b. Oct. 28, 1870; m. John Borland.
4. iii. DAVID, b. Jan. 10, 1873. Res. in New Ipswich.
5. iv. ALICE ISABEL, b. June 10, 1875; m. John C. Cochrane.
6. v. MARIAN TRAVER, b. July 30, 1879; m. Berkley T. Larrabee.
7. vi. JAMES, b. July 30, 1884.
RUMRILL.
Very few records relating to this family in New Ipswich have been found, and the earlier records are not all complete. It is believed, how- ever, that the brief statement which follows is practically correct.
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SIMON1 RUMRILL, b. about 1663; d. Apr. 13, 1705; m. Feb. 3, 1690, Sarah Fairman. He was an early settler in Enfield, Conn., where he died.
SIMON2 (Simon1), b. July 26, 1696; d. before 1732. He removed to Westford, Mass., and bought land there in 1727. He was one of a com- pany of "snowshoe-men" serving against the Indians, and one of the relief party sent after Lovewell's fight in 1725.
1. DAVID3 (Simon2, Simon1), d. about 1803. He came to New Ipswich about 1763 and settled on the John Knowlton farm on the Ashburnham road, (76, A. D.,) where he made his permanent home. He served in the company of Capt. Stephen Parker in the Stillwater campaign of 1777. The name of his wife has not been found. He is said to have had fifteen chil- dren, but the names of only five of them have been found and of only one of that number is the date of birth accurately known. Children :
2. i. SIMON, b. July 1, 1767; m. (1) Jan., 1790, Joanna Kemp; (2) 1801, Hannah Perry. He removed to Charlestown soon after his first marriage, and there had eight children.
3. ii. JOSEPH. He removed to Townsend, Mass.
4. iii. DAVID, b. probably about 1774; d. Sept. 2, 1861; m. (1) prob. Lydia - [b. about 1780; d. Sept. 1, 1820]; (2) [b. about 1773; d. Oct. 27, 1857]. He passed his life after arriving at maturity as a farmer near the Rindge line, a mile south from the northwestern corner of the town, (138, A. D.)
5. iv. DANIEL, b. probably about 1776. His name is on the tax-list of 1798, but no longer.
6. v. BENJAMIN, b. probably about 1778. He was taxed in 1799 and 1800.
SAFFORD.
THOMAS1 SAFFORD, d. Feb. 20, 1666/7; m. Elizabeth - [d. Mar. 4, 1670/1]. He was a landowner in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1641.
JOSEPH2 (Thomas1), b. about 1631; d. Aug. 29, 1701; m. Mar. 6, 1660, Mary Baker. Res. in Ipswich.
SAMUEL3 (Joseph2, Thomas1), b. July, 1678; m. Hannah -. Res. in Ipswich.
1. BENJAMIN4 (Samuel3, Joseph2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 3, 1718; d. Apr. 25, 1810; m. Oct. 9, 1754, Prudence Melvin of Carlisle, Mass. [b. about 1718; d. Sept. 8, 1784]. He came to New Ipswich before 1754 and settled upon VII : 2, S. R., per- haps thirty rods south from the site of the present Congrega- tional church and a little west from the present road to the Souhegan river. He was a worthy man whose daily life tes- tified to the reality of his religious convictions, perhaps more
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clearly than his constant attendance at church, noticeable even in those early days, and still maintained when in later years his eyesight had failed and he groped his way along Safford lane and the old country road, to the meeting-house upon the hill. Children :
2. i. HANNAH, b. Oct. 31, 1755; m. Apr. 3, 1806, Abijah Spafford.
3. ii. LYDIA, b. Apr. 28, 1757.
4. iii. BETSEY, b. Jan. 31, 1759; m. Daniel Severance (3).
5. iv. LUCY, b. Sept. 22, 1760.
6. v. PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 9, 1763; d. Apr. 1, 1848; m. Dec. 11, 1783, Zebedee Whittemore of Hancock [b. 1755; d. Feb. 26, 1825]. Res. at Marlow.
7. vi. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 21, 1764.+
8. vii. REUBEN, b. Oct. 28, 1767.
7. BENJAMIN5 (Benjamin4, Samuel3, Joseph2, Thomas1), b. Dec. 21, 1764; d. 1834; m. (1) Oct. 14, 1788, Hannah Wheeler of Concord, Mass. [b. about 1762; d. Dec. 10, 1807] ; (2) 1808, Lydia, dau. of James and Mary (Melville) Chandler (9) [b. Nov. 15, 1781; d. Feb. 5, 1844]. He lived upon the paternal farm until 1834, when with his family he entered the tide of emigration, then flowing so strongly to Illinois, but died sud- denly while upon his way at Roscoe, O. His family settled in Quincy, Ill. Children :
Three daughters by first marriage.
9. i. STEPHEN FARRAR, b. July 7, 1809; d. Jan. 7, 1860; m. May 17, 1836, Louisa Hunt [b. Oct. 11, 1812; d. Oct. 8, 1896]. Eight children.
10. ii. JOHN W., b. 1811; d. Feb. 10, 1813.
11. iii. HANNAH CHANDLER, b. Sept. 29, 1815; d. May 15, 1894; m. May 16, 1836, Homer Brown [b. 1812; d. Sept. 29, 1876]. One child.
12. iv. ELIZABETH WINSLOW, b. May 9, 1819; d. Aug. 29, 1881; m. Rev. Aden H. Fletcher [d. Feb. 15, 1880]. Eight children.
SANDERS.
1. JOSEPH1 SANDERS, b. Aug. 17, 1764; d. Dec. 12, 1829 ; m. Betsy, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Chapman) Hall [b. Mar. 5, 1766; d. Mar. 15, 1836]. Children :
2. i. ANNIE, b. Oct. 30, 1788; d. June 12, 1877.
3. ii. DAVID, b. Feb. 9, 1791; d. June 1, 1863.
4. iii. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 13, 1792; d. Nov. 28, 1876.
5. iv. BETSY, b. Sept. 21, 1794; d. Mar. 27, 1883.
6. v. POLLY, b. July 4, 1796; d. Mar. 21, 1863.
7. vi. SALLY, b. July 15, 1798; d. Sept. 7, 1884.
8. vii. NATHAN, b. Sept. 17, 1800.+
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9. viii. GEORGE, b. Mar. 11, 1803.+
10. ix. FIDELIA, b. May 11, 1805; d. Dec., 1881.
11. x. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 2, 1807; d. Sept. 20, 1826.
8. NATHAN2 (Joseph1), b. Sept. 17, 1800; d. Dec. 4, 1887 ; m. June 19, 1826, Betsy, dau. of Silas and Polly (Williams) Shedd [b. Mar. 24, 1805; d. Dec. 6, 1887]. He was a mill- wright and later, while in New Ipswich, 1836-1866, was a tin- smith. Children :
12. i. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 26, 1827; d. June 1, 1867; m. Nov. 16, 1848, Dr. George Jewett of Fitchburg, Mass.
13. ii. CAROLINE ELMIRA, b. Oct. 19, 1829; d. at Grinnell, Iowa, Jan. 7, 1908.
14. iii. NATHAN EDWIN, b. Feb. 11, 1832; d. Oct. 21, 1849.
15. iv. SILAS LUMAN, b. Oct. 16, 1834.+
16. v. JOSEPH HOWARD, b. July 20, 1836.+
17. vi. GEORGE LUCIUS, b. June 18, 1838.+
18. vii. LORENZO PRESTON, b. Mar. 3, 1840; d. May 25, 1842.
19. viii. DAVID ALBERT, b. Feb. 9, 1842.+
20. ix. ELLEN FRANCES, b. Jan. 12, 1845; d. Mar. 23, 1853.
21. x. WILLIS, b. Mar. 9, 1847; d. Oct. 18, 1847.
9. GEORGE2 (Joseph1), b. Mar. 11, 1803; d. Nov. 3, 1867 ; m. (1) Caroline Muzzy [b. July 30, 1804; d. Feb. 8, 1849] ; (2) Mrs. Susan (Wilson) Kendall, dau. of Supply and Sally (Scrip- ture) Wilson; (3) Charlotte Clarke. Children :
22. i. CAROLINE FIDELIA, b. Aug. 9, 1827; m. Charles Hastings Allen of Boston.
23. ii. GEORGE AUGUSTUS, b. Apr. 23, 1829.+
24. iii. CLARENDON MUZZY, b. July 18, 1834; d. Aug. 14, 1896; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah and Henrietta (Ordway) Davis.
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