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153. iv. HENRY, b. Feb. 25, 1830; m. Feb. 26, 1852, Sarah O. Jaquith. Two children.
154. v. EMILY PINGREE, b. Aug. 30, 1835; m. Dec. 14, 1854, George Greenwood. Res. at South Gardner, Mass.
155. vi. MARIA HOUGHTON, b. Nov. 7, 1837 ; d. Oct. 24, 1854.
104. GEORGE FISK7 (Nathan B.6, James5, James4, Andrew3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Aug. 4, 1822; m. Oct. 6, 1844, Joanna M., dau. of Samuel Small of Alton. He was engaged in journalism, having been connected with the Boston Traveller for more than forty years, and afterward with the Boston Globe. Children :
156. i. MARY ANN LOUISA, b. July 7, 1845; d. Mar. 14, 1846.
157. ii. CHARLES HANSON, b. Apr. 4, 1849; m. May 17, 1885, Emma G. Redding. He was also a journalist in the service of both of the papers with which his father had been connected.
158. iii. LAURA ANN, b. Feb. 19, 1852; m. Dec. 10, 1873, Samuel S. Holton.
159. iv. CLARA ELLA, b. Oct. 16, 1853; d. Oct. 8, 1854.
160. v. GEORGE ALBERT, b. Feb. 14, 1855; m. Sept. 23, 1891, Caroline Symmes. He has been connected with the Boston Post. One child.
161. vi. FRANK BRIGHAM, b. Dec. 28, 1856; m. Dec. 1, 1886, Anne L. Howard. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1881. He became proprietor of a teacher's agency in Boston. Two children.
106. WILLIAM SAFFORD7 (Isaac6, James5, James4, Andrew8, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Mar. 4, 1809; d. July, 1884; m. Dec. 2, 1841, Harriet B. Nettleton of Montpelier, Vt. He gradu- ated from Marietta College in 1839, and after teaching several years was ordained as an evangelist. He preached and taught in various places in Ohio for ten years, and then returned to the East. Children :
162. i. WILLIAM ABIEL, b. Oct. 12, 1842; d. Apr. 9, 1845.
163. ii. HARRIET LOANDA, b. June 6, 1844; m. Isaac A. Allen.
164. iii. WILLIAM ABIEL, b. Mar. 2, 1846; d. Jan. 10, 1884; m. July 29, 1870, Georgia Davidson. He entered Dartmouth College but did not complete the course of study before entering Bangor Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1870. He was for two years a missionary in Western Turkey, and later had pastorates in Maine and Massachu- setts. He had two children, who died in infancy.
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107. JOSIAH WORCESTER7 (Isaac6, James5, James4, Andrew3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Nov. 14, 1810; m. Nov. 29, 1832, Eve- line Wright [b. Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 24, 1810]. He resided in Pepperell, Mass., and removed thence to Ancora, N. J. Children :
165. i. CAROLINE ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 11, 1833; m. Feb. 22, 1853, Henry Wood.
166. ii. ELLEN MARIA, b. Aug. 16, 1835; d. Aug. 16, 1885; m. June 11, 1861, Josiah T. Wilson of Brighton, Mass.
167. iii. HARRIET ANNETTE, b. May 7, 1838; m. Dec., 1855, David B. Shattuck.
168. iv. ANN FRANCES, b. Nov., 1839.
169. v. SARAH BROWN, b. Jan. 10, 1843.
170. vi. MARY HARRIET, b. Jan. 16, 1849.
108. PHINEAS BROWN7 (Isaac6, James5, James4, Andrew3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Oct. 14, 1815; d. Beloit, Wis., Nov. 1, 1864; m. Lydia Gould Fisk. He was a furniture dealer in Boston and removed thence to Byron, Ill., and Beloit, Wis. Children :
171. i. ALFRED FOSTER, b. Sept. 28, 1849; m. Sept. 28, 1874, Stella E. Perry. Res. Beloit, Wis.
172. ii. CHARLES WASHBURN, b. Aug. 12, 1851; m. Dec. 27, 1876, Jen- nie B. Maxwell; d. Jan. 3, 1896. Res. Chicago, Il1.
173. iii. ANN ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 25, 1855; m. Ernest E. Evans. Res. Byron, Il1.
115. ISAAC7 (Isaac6, Samuel5, Henry4, Henry3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1796; d. May 14, 1876; m. May 1, 1828, Lucy, dau. of Nathan Kendall of Amherst [b. Dec. 13, 1796]. The home of his youth was in Wilton, whither his parents had removed about 1800, but at the age of seven- teen he went to Amherst and began his mercantile life as a clerk in a country store. He removed to Nashua in 1826 and became not only an eminently successful merchant, but for twenty-five years was deeply interested in railroad matters. He held many responsible positions in business circles, in- cluding the presidency of the Nashua Bank and of the Concord Railroad. He was a selectman of the town, and later an al- derman of the city, and he represented Nashua in the Legisla- ture and Constitutional Convention. He also had a seat in the Governor's Council. He accumulated an estate approach- ing one million dollars, and at the time of his death was said to be the most wealthy man in the state. The benevolent bequests in his will exceeded $50,000, including school funds
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of $10,000 each to New Ipswich, Wilton, and Amherst, the three towns of his residence before establishing himself in Nashua, and he also remembered the Academy of New Ips- wich with a gift of $5,000. Children :
174. i. EDWARD FRANCIS, b. May 5, 1831; d. Aug. 30, 1837.
175. ii. ISAAC HENRY, b. Mar. 13, 1840; d. Aug. 30, 1844.
116. MOSES7 (Isaac6, Samuel5, Henry4, Henry3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. New Ipswich, Mar. 10, 1797; d. 1879; m. May 29, 1823, Anna Hunt, dau. of John Kimball of Wilton [b. Aug. 4, 1800; d. May 16, 1864]. He was a tanner, living upon the paternal home in Wilton. Children :
176. i. EDWARD HENRY, b. Mar. 12, 1825.+
177. ii. ISAAC KIMBALL, b. July 21, 1826.
178. iii. WILLIAM RITTER, b. Apr. 8, 1828.+
179. iv. JOHN AUGUSTINE, b. May 29, 1837.+
117. CHARLES7 (Isaac6, Samuel5, Henry4, Henry3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Nov. 4, 1798; d. Feb. 15, 1880; m. Dec. 25, 1827, Lydia J., dau. of Samuel Burns of Milford [b. Jan. 13, 1806; d. Mar. 23, 1861]. He was a trader in Wilton. Children :
180. i. HARRIET BURNS, b. Feb. 18, 1829; d. Feb. 8, 1887; m. Nov. 27, 1856, Corydon D. Keyes of Hancock [d. Apr., 1863, in the army].
181. ii. ABBY FRANCES, b. Aug. 28, 1834; m. Nov. 27, 1856, Charles H. White. Res. in Wilton. Four children.
182. iii. ELIAS HERRICK, b. July 5, 1836; d. Feb. 2, 1889, unm.
183. iv. CHARLES CARROLL, b. May 4, 1838; m. May 7, 1868, Emma
C. Parkhurst of Wilton. He served during the Civil War in the 45th Massachusetts Regiment. Two children.
184. v. LUCY KIMBALL, b. Mar. 12, 1840; m. Mar. 21, 1860, Gardner Blanchard. Res. at Wilton.
185. vi. MARY RITTER, b. Jan. 3, 1842; m. Feb. 1, 1866, Asa Blanchard of Lyndeboro. Three children.
176. EDWARD HENRY8 (Moses7, Isaac6, Samuel5, Henry4, Henry8, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Mar. 12, 1825; m. (1) Apr. 5, 1849, Lucy Ann Fletcher [b. Nov. 11, 1826; d. Feb. 13, 1859]; (2) Aug. 20, 1860, Anna Holt of Lyndeboro [b. about 1838; d. Dec. 2, 1860] ; (3) Dec. 6, 1861, Harriet S. Holmes of Londonderry [b. about 1838; d. May 22, 1866]; (4) Jan. 27, 1873, Judith C. Walker of Fryeburg, Me. [b. July 29, 1834; d. Sept. 28, 1895]. Res. in Nashua, where he was engaged in banking and railroad interests. After retiring from such ac- tivities he was occupied in collecting New Hampshire histori- cal documents. Children :
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186. i. GEORGE EDWARD, b. Mar. 26, 1850; d. Nov. 30, 1860.
187. ii. LUCY ANN, b. Dec. 7, 1851; d. Dec. 8, 1860.
188. iii. HENRY MOSES, b. May 15, 1854; m. Mrs. Eleanor (Lindsay) Keller.
189. iv. WALDO RITTER, b. Dec. 12, 1856; d. Dec. 4, 1860.
190. v. ISAAC, b. Feb. 3, 1859; d. Dec. 22, 1860.
191. vi. ELIZABETH COMBS, b. Dec. 12, 1862; m. Sept. 28, 1887, Charles R. Buddy. Res. at Dallas, Tex.
192. vii. HARRIET RITTER, b. Mar. 26, 1866.
178. WILLIAM RITTER8 (Moses7, Isaac6, Samuel5, Henry4, Henry3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Apr. 8, 1828; d. Dec. 29, 1891 ; m. Aug. 1, 1850, Mary A. Ham [b. Rochester, Aug. 4, 1831]. He was a merchant in Lawrence, Mass., and also treasurer of the Lawrence Savings Bank, director of the Pemberton Bank, and director of the Concord Railroad. Children :
193. i. WILLIAM RITTER, b. Dec. 29, 1853; m. Nov. 13, 1878, Etta L. Leach. Three children.
194. ii. ANNA ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 8, 1856; m. May 28, 1887, Dr. E. F. McQuesten of Nashua. Three children.
195. iii. ABBIE KIMBALL, b. Sept. 14, 1858; d. Dec. 14, 1888; m. June 11, 1885, Elmer W. Eaton of Nashua.
196. iv. MARY RITTER, b. May 13, 1861.
197. v. CHARLES EDWARD, b. Mar. 8, 1863; m. Mar. 15, 1888, Ida L. Dawson.
198. vi. JOSEPHINE MABEL, b. Aug. 31, 1872.
179. JOHN AUGUSTINE8 (Moses7, Isaac6, Samuel5, Henry4, Henry3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. May 29, 1837; m. (1) Oct. 13, 1859, Josephine E. Eastman; (2) Nov. 24, 1878, Anna M. Learned. Res. in Nashua, where he was a trader and after- ward a banker, and also a leading citizen in public life, holding the offices of mayor, representative, senator, and Presidential elector. Children :
199. i. WILLIAM EDWARD, b. Dec. 30, 1860; m. May 29, 1889, Forest Dexter. He is a bank cashier in Nashua. Two children.
200. ii. HARRY EASTMAN, b. June 11, 1862; d. Sept. 6, 1862.
SPEAR.
1. WILLIAM1 SPEAR, b. about 1727; d. 1805; m. (1) Mar- garet Boyd, probably dau. of Samuel and Margaret Boyd [b. Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 22, 1725]; (2) Letti - -. He came to New Ipswich about 1762, and settled less than a quarter- mile south from the spot later to be occupied by the "Pepper- mint tavern," (61, N. D.) The road past his dwelling from the home of Ephraim Adams, built at about the same time on
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the extreme southern end of the same lot, has long disap- peared. Children :
2. i. SAMUEL, b. May 14, 1755.+
3. ii. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 11, 1759; d. 1787.
4. iii. MARGARET, b. June 25, 1762; m. - Blodgett.
5. iv. HANNAH, b. Dec. 29, 1765; m. Nov. 26, 1789, Ephraim Hall.
6. v. LYDIA, b. Apr. 25, 1768; m. June 2, 1795, Richard Pratt.
7. vi. MARY, b. Nov. 1, 1770; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Joel Hildreth.
8. vii. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 2, 1775.+
2. SAMUEL2 (William1), b. May 14, 1755; d. Cavendish, Vt., Mar. 10, 1813; m. Lydia Walker [b. Sept., 1763]. He was the only child of the first wife, who died when he was an infant, and from an early age until after the Revolution his home was with her relatives at Londonderry. He enlisted in 1776, and a second time afterward; his entire military service apparently covered nearly three years. He made his home in New Ipswich from 1780 to 1790, but the location of his abode is uncertain. He died at Cavendish, Vt. Children :
9. i. LYDIA, b. Oct. 15, 1783; d. Nov. 5, 1783.
10. ii. DOROTHY, b. May 29, 1785.
11. iii. SAMUEL BOYD, b. Mar. 26, 1787.
12. iv. SELENE, b. and d. 1789.
13. v. EBEN, b. Sept. 27, 1790; d. 1791.
14. vi. EBEN, b. and d. 1792.
15. vii. ALVA, b. 1793; m. Sarah W. Bullard.
16. viii. SALLY, b. and d. 1796.
17. ix. CHARLOTTE, b. 1797.
18. x. EBEN, b. 1799.
19. xi. OTIS, b. 1802.
8. JOSEPH2 (William1), b. Oct. 2, 1775; d. Aug. 14, 1818; m. June 21, 1801, Elizabeth Adams (29). He succeeded to the paternal farm. Children :
20. i. BETSEY, b. Apr. 22, 1802; d. May 6, 1885; m. Apr. 16, 1829, Jeremiah Smith (A. 18).
21. ii. LYMAN, b. Jan. 30, 1804.+
22. iii. LUCINDA, b. Mar. 6, 1806; d. May 7, 1891; m. July 2, 1829, Ebenezer P. Edwards (1).
23. iv. JOSEPH A., b. Feb. 6, 1808.+
21. LYMAN3 (Joseph2, William1), b. Jan. 30, 1804; d. July 30, 1874; m. Apr. 22, 1830, Almerine, dau. of Joel and Olive Kingsbury of Keene [b. about Sept., 1808; d. Apr. 6, 1869]. His home after his marriage was the dwelling-house now standing at the foot of the Meeting-house Hill, on the north- ern side of the short street leading westward to the buildings long used as a slaughter-house. Children :
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24. i. JOSEPH THURSTON, b. Sept. 14, 1833; d. Aug. 23, 1872; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1861, Melissa Phelps Clark of Russell, Mass. [d. about 1885; m. (2) Walter Burns of Boston]. He served in the Civil War, first for nine months as lieutenant in the 46th Massachusetts Regiment, and later for a hundred days holding the same rank.
25. ii. EMILY PIERCE, b. Mar. 29, 1837; d. Nov. 20, 1907; m. Apr. 25, 1877, Horace Atwell of Grafton [d. May, 1888]. One child who died in infancy.
26. iii. MARY KINGSBURY, b. Nov. 17, 1839; m. Jan. 6, 1861, Henry P. Wells of Bristol [b. July 24, 1837]. He was a farmer in South Wentworth for more than forty years, and removed thence to West Rumney in 1908. Children: i. Mary Etta Wells, b. Jan. 26, 1863; m. Nov. 20, 1882, Joshua Colburn of Wentworth; four children. ii. Amy Estelle Wells, b. Sept. 16, 1865; m. Dec. 20, 1888, Albert Duncklee of Groton; four children. iii. Fred Stephen Wells, b. Oct. 6, 1869; m. Nov. 3, 1897, Myrtie Ena Hills of Boynton, P. Q .; two children. iv. Lettie Grace Wells, b. Dec. 2, 1874; m. Aug. 14, 1894, Job Colburn of Wentworth; three children. v. Alice Al- merine Wells, b. June 22, 1878; m. Dec., 1903, Eugene Cyrus Downing of Wentworth; two children.
27. iv. HENRY ADAMS, b. Oct. 1, 1849.+
23. JOSEPH A.3 (Joseph2, William1), b. Feb. 6, 1808; d. Jan. 11, 1848; m. Emily Pierce of Temple [b. about 1811; d. Mar. 30, 1837]. His brief married life was passed in Center Village. Children :
28. i. JOSEPH AUGUSTINE, b. about 1836. Soldier in Civil War in Co. D, 8th Regt. N. H. Vol.
29. ii. EDWARD HENRY, b. Mar., 1837.
27. HENRY ADAMS4 (Lyman3, Joseph2, William1), b. Oct. 1, 1849; d. Feb. 25, 1906; m. (1) Jan. 3, 1871, Susan Eliza Bailey of Wiscasset, Me. [d. about 1895]; (2) July, 1897, Mrs. Emma J. (Wood) Curless. He was a locomotive engineer on the Fitchburg Railroad for twenty-three years, and during his later years of labor a stationary engineer. Res. Greenville, Ayer, Mass., Charlestown, Mass., and finally Everett, Mass. Children :
30. i. MAUDE, b. Oct. 25, 1873; d. June 6, 1888.
31. ii. GEORGE HENRY, b. Feb. 10, 1876; m. Janet Neil. Res. Malden, Mass. Three children.
32. iii. JOSEPH BAILEY, b. Jan. 21, 1881; m. Leta Burden. Res. Mal- den, Mass.
33. iv. ANNIE BLINN, b. Jan. 29, 1884; m. June 3, 1908.
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WILLIAM1 START, d. Nov. 26, 1754; m. (1) Oct. 14, 1717, Mercy Figg [d. July 8, 1725]; (2) Feb., 1726, Deborah Loud [d. Jan. 24, 1758]. He was a mariner residing at Ipswich, Mass.
1. GEORGE2 (William1), b. Aug. 24, 1718; d. about 1783; m. May 15, 1744, Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Wilds of Tops- field, Mass. He was a tailor at Boxford, Mass., but removed to Topsfield in 1750 and came to New Ipswich about 1763, settling upon 18, N. D., probably. The length of his residence in New Ipswich is uncertain, as the identity of his name and that of one of his sons makes the evidence of town records indefinite, but apparently he removed to Temple before 1775, and was selectman there in 1776. Children :
2. i. SARAH, b. July 4, 1745; d. July 1, 1784; m. Daniel Stratton (1).
3. ii. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 24, 1747.+
4. iii. GEORGE, b. Dec. 16, 1748.+
5. iv. JOHN, b. Feb. 12, 1751.+
3. WILLIAM3 (George2, William1), b. Mar. 24, 1747 ; d. Feb. 11, 1781; m. Keziah Bullard (4). He came to New Ipswich at about the same time as his father, and occupied 26, N. D., till his death. He responded to the Concord alarm in 1775, and was a sergeant in the company of Capt. Briant in 1777. Children :
6. i. SARAH, b. Aug. 28, 1769; d. 1784.
7. ii. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 29, 1771; d. Aug. 17, 1789.
8. iii. LUCY, b. Aug. 4, 1773; d. July 23, 1780.
9. iv. GEORGE, b. Feb. 5, 1776; d. Dec. 11, 1842; m. Dec. 23, 1802, Susan Wood of Pepperell, Mass. He removed to Camden, Me. Twelve children.
10. v. MARY, b. Mar. 28, 1778; d. Sept. 20, 1851; m. (1) Apr. 19, 1798, Stephen Prichard (11); (2) Jonah Howe, with whom she removed to Camden, Me. Eleven children.
11. vi. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 29, 1780; d. Feb. 22, 1846; m. Nov. 20, 1802, Betsey Mansfield [d. Nov. 7, 1844]. Removed to Camden, Me., where he was a farmer. He was a deacon. Eight children.
4. GEORGE3 (George2, William1), b. Dec. 16, 1748; d. about 1824 ; m. Mary Tucker (11). He was a farmer upon 35, N. D., during the greater part of his life, but a few years after 1800 he removed to Bakersfield, Vt., and some years later to Ly- sander, N. Y., where he died. Children :
12. i. MOSES, b. 1770; d. about 1854; m. Jan. 1, 1795, Peggy Gould of Temple. Removed about 1802 to Bakersfield, Vt. Nine children.
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13. ii. MARY, b. May 1, 1771; d. Sept. 23, 1834; m. July 21, 1796, Robert Nicholas. Nine children.
14. iii. SARAH, b. 1775; d. Dec. 24, 1873; m. Nov. 11, 1802, Peter Powers of Temple, in which town she lived until about 15. iv. 1818, when they removed to Bakersfield, Vt., where she died. AMOS, b. 1777; d. in War of 1812.
16. v. LUCY, d. in infancy.
17. vi. RELIEF, b. May 1, 1783; d. 1844; m. Samuel P. Hull of Fair- field, Vt. Five children.
18. vii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 1, 1785; m. Anne Spaulding. Removed to Vermont, where they lived at Bakersfield, Fairfield, and Sheldon, in which last town she died. Four or more chil- dren.
19. viii. GEORGE, b. Feb. 25, 1787; d. Oct., 1853, at Lysander, N. Y., where he had lived. Three children.
20. ix. JOHN, b. Mar. 8, 1790; d. 1861; m. 1812, Martha Taggard. He was a blacksmith in Baldwinsville, N. Y., and in Burr Oak, Mich., in which last place he died. Six children.
21. x. ISAIAH, b. Aug. 19, 1792; d. 1872; m. 1831, Sarah Ervine. He was a farmer in Baldwinsville, N. Y.
5. JOHN3 (George2, William1), b. Feb. 12, 1751; m. about 1778, Jane, dau. of Daniel Emery of Jaffrey [d. before 1824]. He remained in New Ipswich but a short time after reaching manhood, but removed to Temple and there passed his life, serving, however, during the Revolution with his earlier friends in the companies of Capts. Towne and Briant. Chil- dren :
22. i. JOHN, b. 1779; d. Aug. 1, 1850. Res. Norfolk, N. Y. Six children.
23. ii. WILLIAM, b. 1782; d. Waterford, N. Y., 1837; m. about 1808 Elizabeth Stratton (13). He removed from Temple to Londonderry in 1830. Ten children.
24. iii. SALLY, b. 1784; d. 1841; m. Oliver Shattuck. Nine children.
25. iv. NOAH, b. 1785; d. 1860; m. (1) 1814, Sarah Jaquith; (2) 1830, Clara Barker. Seven children.
26. v. LUCY, b. 1788; d. Jericho, Vt., 1831; m. 1810, Nathan Hale. Seven children.
27. vi. DANIEL S., b. 1793; d. Feb. 25, 1855; m. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1824, Lucy Buss [d. 1872]. He was a farmer and merchant at Troy and Brunswick, N. Y., in which last town he and his wife died. Three children.
28. vii. GEORGE, b. 1795; d. about 1803.
29. viii. ELIZABETH, b. 1798; m. 1819, Prentice Farnsworth. Three children.
STEARNS.
Members of two families bearing this name have been residents in New Ipswich, and the relationship between these families is not known.
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Isaac, the founder of one family, made a bequest of ten pounds to "my kinsman, Charles Stearns," the founder of the other New Ipswich family. The "three brothers" tradition is familiar in these families, their names being given as Isaac, Daniel, and Shubael, the Charles above named and Nathaniel (the head of a third family) being considered sons of Shubael. But this is uncertain, and the two New Ipswich families are considered separately.
STEARNS (ISAAC).
ISAAC1 STEARNS, birth not known; d. June 19, 1671; m. 1622, Mary, dau. of John and Margaret Barker of Stoke, Nayland, Suffolk, England [d. Apr. 2, 1677]. He came to Salem, Mass., in company with Gov. Winthrop and many others, in 1630, and soon settled in Watertown, where he was one of the first settlers and was admitted freeman in 1631. He was selectman for several years.
JOHN2 (Isaac1), b. perhaps in England, 1623, and perhaps in Water- town, 1631; d. Mar. 5, 1668; m. (1) 1653, Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Sarah Mixer of Watertown [d. June 14, 1656]; (2) Dec. 20, 1656, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Learned) Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass. [b. Oct. 4, 1640; m. (2) Capt. William French of Billerica]. He was one of the first settlers at Billerica.
JOHN3 (John2, Isaac1), b. Billerica, May, 1654; d. Oct. 26, 1728; m. (1) Sept. 6, 1676, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary (Warren) Bigelow [b. June 1, 1657; d. Apr. 19, 1694]; (2) Apr. 22, 1696, Joanna, widow of Jacob Parker and dau. of Thomas, Jr., and Joanna (Shepherdson) Call [d. Dec. 4, 1737].
JOHN4 (John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Billerica, Nov. 16, 1686; d. Aug. 2, 1776; m. 1715, Esther, dau. of Capt. Edward Johnson of Woburn, Mass. [d. Apr. 13, 1786].
ISAAC5 (John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. June 16, 1722; d. Apr. 23, 1808; m. Feb. 11, 1748, Sarah, dau. of Obed and Elizabeth Abbot of Bedford, Mass. [b. Apr. 22, 1729; d. Jan. 9, 1815]. He was a highly respected citizen of Billerica, served as a soldier in the French war, and was elected to the Legislature as representative and as senator, and was otherwise prominent in church, town, and colonial matters. His son was father of Onslow Stearns, governor of New Hampshire 1869-70.
ISAAC® (Isaac", John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. June 13, 1750; d. Apr. 29, 1807; m. Dec. 18, 1777, Mary, dau. of Jessaniah5 (William4, Joseph3, Simon2, Simon1) and Mary (Hosley) Crosby of Billerica [b. May 16, 1754; d. Oct. 24, 1839]. He removed to Ashburnham in 1778 and there made his home until his death. He was a Revolutionary soldier, respond- ing to the Concord alarm and having a part in the siege of Boston, the battle of Bunker Hill, and the capture of Ticonderoga accomplished under Ethan Allen. Children :
1. i. BETSEY, b. Aug. 31, 1778; d. New Ipswich, Nov. 6, 1854, unm.
2. ii. ISAAC, b. Mar. 12, 1780; d. June 16, 1781.
3. iii. ISAAC, b. Oct. 28, 1781.+
4. iv. MARY, b. Feb. 19, 1783; m. Apr. 29, 1805, Job Davis (J. 1).
5. v. JESSE, b. Aug. 29, 1784.+
6. vi. SARAH, b. Feb. 4, 1786; m. Dec., 1846, Job Davis (J. 1).
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7. vii. MARTHA, b. Oct. 19, 1787; m. Apr. 8, 1818, Capt. Sewall Fiske of Weston, Mass., son of Nathan and Mary (Stearns) Fiske, and grandson of Isaac® and Sarah (Abbot) Stearns. 8. viii. ORPAH, b. May 19, 1789; d. Mar. 9, 1866; m. 1827, Joel Davis (24).
9. ix. JOHN, b. Mar. 11, 1791; d. Sept. 10, 1824, unm.
10. x. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 31, 1793; d. Apr. 14, 1853; m. June 5, 1818, Chauncey Perry (1).
11. xi. ALICE, b. July 11, 1796; d. May 24, 1822.
3. ISAAC7 (Isaac6, Isaac5, John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Oct. 28, 1781; d. Dec. 30, 1863; m. Nov. 7, 1822, Belinda, dau. of Stephen and Sarah Bedlow. He lived in Rindge for fifteen years after his marriage and then removed to New Ipswich, which was the home of his remaining years. He lived upon 76, A. D. Children :
12. i. SARAH, b. Sept. 27, 1823; d. Feb. 12, 1824.
13. ii. ISAAC, b. Sept. 24, 1825; m. Oct. 21, 1852, Elizabeth C. Duryea. He was principal of public schools at Hempstead, N. Y., for many years, retiring from teaching in 1895 and making his home in New York city. Three children.
14. iii. SARAH WHITNEY, b. Dec. 24, 1827; d. Aug. 7, 1874, unm.
15. iv. ALBERT, b. Dec. 20, 1833.+
5. JESSE7 (Isaac6, Isaac5, John4, John3, John2, Isaac1), b. Aug. 29, 1784; d. Nov. 18, 1866; m. June 6, 1811, Lucinda Davis (26). He was a successful school teacher for more than twenty years, thus coming to be usually designated as "Master Jesse." He was acquainted with the methods of the land surveyor of early days, when the entire professional outfit consisted merely of a compass and chain, a pair of dividers and a Gunter's scale, and performed such service of that kind as the region required. For a long period he was a farmer upon lot 7, N. L. O., upon which he built a barn in which he took great satisfaction as being the largest barn in the town, that of his neighbor, Dr. Stillman Gibson, which had previously held that honor, but has since been destroyed by fire, being just one hundred feet in length, which measure- ment the new structure exceeded by five feet. He passed the later years of his life in the house on the road to Smith Vil- lage situated opposite the site of the First Baptist church, since occupied as a summer home by his grandson, John W. Cummings. Two of his four sons entered the ministerial pro- fession, and three daughters married ministers, two of them serving in the foreign missionary field. Children :
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16. i. JESSE GEORGE DAVIS, b. Feb. 24, 1812; d. Nov. 1, 1882; m. June 27, 1843, Lucy Murdock of Rutland, Mass. He grad- uated from Amherst College in 1836, was a tutor in that college for a brief period, and then entered the Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1842, and entered upon a pastoral service of thirty-three years, included in two pastorates, one of twenty-four years at Billerica, Mass., and the other of nine years at Clearwater, Minn. He had official oversight of the schools of Billerica for a considerable time and was also chosen to represent the town in the Legislature. The closing years of his life were passed in Zumbrota, Minn.
17. ii. EVELINE LUCINDA, b. Feb. 16, 1814; d. Mar. 27, 1850; m. Nov. 14, 1835, Rev. Samuel S. Tappan [b. 1809; d. 1890]. Two children.
18. iii. JOSIAH MILTON, b. June 17, 1818.+
19. iv. ISAAC CROSBY, b. Feb. 28, 1820.+
20. v. ABIGAIL MARY, b. July 24, 1822; d. Nov. 16, 1895; m. Oct. 28, 1847, Rev. Seneca Cummings. She was educated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary and was then a teacher until her mar- riage, after which she was in the missionary service in China for eight years. Her feeble health compelled her return to America and, her husband dying soon after, she passed her remaining years an invalid in New Ipswich. Three children.
21. vi. LUCY ESTABROOK, b. Apr. 16, 1826; d. July 10, 1883; m. Sept. 6, 1852, Rev. Charles Hartwell. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1849, and her life after marriage was spent in missionary service at Foochow, China, where she died. Seven children.
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