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173-I. Caroline, b. May 28, 1S04. (56) VII.
174 -- 2. Livonia, b. May 18, 1806. (57) VII.
175-3. Cassandra, b. June 24, 18og. (58) VII.
176-4. Moses Kimball, b. July 7, IS12. (59) VII.
(33) VI. ISAAC FITZ SAWYER, (69-2) son of Moses, (5) was b. at Southampton, N. H., March 9, 1778. When a child he went to Salisbury, where as a farmer he passed his subsequent life upon his paternal farm. He married, Ist, Rebecca Pettengill, dau. of Capt. David Pettengill, who died March 9, 1834. Children :
177-1. Hannah, (7) b. Jan. 1, ISO1. (60) VII.
17S -- 2. Fanny, (7) b. May 1, 1803. (61) VII.
179-3. David. (7), b. in January, 1So6; d. at Concord, April 27, 1827, unm.
ISO -- 4. Amanda Malvina, (7) b. in February, ISog. (62) VII.
ISI-5. Isaac Newton, (7) b. April 5, ISTI. (63) VII.
IS2-6. Moses, (7) b. Sept. 14, 1813; d. suddenly of heart disease Nov. 4, 1841, and was a young man of much promise ; unm.
IS3-7. Nathaniel, (7) b. Sept. 14, 1815. (64) VII.
184-8. Daniel Fitz, (7) b. Feb. 29, 1820. (65) VII.
IS 5 -- 9. Francis Brown, (7) b. April 2, IS23. (66) VII.
Mr. Sawyer m. 2d, Mehitable Colby, of Bradford, N. H., who d. April 23, 1847, aged 55 years. He was a man of
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great industry, sound judgment and high integrity. He discharged from time to time various public trusts, with great fidelity. Died Feb. 1, 1846.
(34) VI. POLLY SAWYER, (70-3) dau. of Moses, (5) was born at Salisbury, May 30, 1780. She married Lieut. David Pettengill, son of Capt. David Pettengill, of Salisbury, who d. Dec. 29, 1829. He was a farmer and lived in the three-storied brick house in Centre Road Village. She died Nov. 1, 1856. Children :
186-1. Betsey, (7) b. in November, 1799. (67) VII.
187-2. Malinda, (7) b. in August, 1801 ; d. Feb. 2, 1874. She married Ist, Elder Hiram Stevens; 2d, Capt. Daniel Miller, of Salisbury.
188~3. Polly, (7) b. in September, 1803. (68) VII.
IS9 -- 4. John Milton, (7) b. in June, 1806. (69) VII.
(35) VI. NATHANIEL SAWYIER, (72-5) the fourth son of Dea. Moses and Ann Fitz Sawyer, was born in Salisbury, April 10, 1784, at the family homestead, now in possession of the heirs of Dea. Nathaniel Sawyer. His daughter, Mrs. Henry O. Hotch- kiss, of New Haven, Conn., says of him :
"In the years succeeding the revolution women were formed in sterner mould than at the present day, and the mother of that family was a notable example of energy and ability. The rugged soil of the farm required constant labor to render it pro- ductive, and it was from this source that the wants of a grow- ing family were to be met. Order, industry and economy ruled in this household, and, while training her children in these respects, Mrs. Sawyer also brought them up in the fear and admonition of the Lord, thus sowing early the seeds of useful- ness and power. The educational advantages of Salisbury were mostly limited to the schools kept in winter, but generally closed in summer. The eldest son, Moses, and the youngest, Nathaniel, the subject of this sketch, early developing a taste for study, were placed at different times under the care of Rev. Dr. Samuel Wood, an eminent Congregational clergyman, of Boscawen, who received boys into his family and fitted them for Dartmouth College. Aside from the mental training there
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received, the pupils were instructed in the first principles of New England theology.
"While under the care of Dr. Wood, Mr. Sawyier's religious impressions were developed and the fervent piety that pervaded his after life and character may be traced back to this period. His habit of daily reading and studying the scriptures, his strict observance of the Sabbath, his lofty integrity and strictness of morals, were due in a great measure to the teachings of this worthy divine.
"Mr. Sawyier graduated at Dartmouth College in 1805, and commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Samuel Green, of Concord, and completed the course two years after in the office of Joseph Story, of Salem, Mass. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar March II, ISII, and to practice in the Circuit Court of the United States Oct. 15, 1812. He first located in Newburyport, but removed soon after to Boston. In 1813 he left with two or three others for Lexington, Kentucky, where they remained. He settled at Frankfort in the same state, and there continued his professional labors for eight years.
"His practice was largely confined to land suits and claims, and he was often employed by soldiers to obtain patents and warrants from the government. At that early day it was cus- tomary for lawyers to receive portions of the lands for fees, upon the adjustment of the claims or the location and survey of the lands. In this way Mr. Sawyier became the owner of large tracts in what was known as the Virginia Military Dis- trict of Ohio, lying between the Scioto and Miami rivers.
"On the 12th of September, 1821, Mr. Sawyier was married to Mrs. Pamela Anderson Bacon, widow of Col. Edward Bacon, an officer in the war of 1812. The following October he re- moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, which was his residence until 1839. These last eighteen years cover a period of active, laborious, professional life. At its expiration the successful results of this care and diligence enabled him to retire from the active duties of his profession. Desiring the advantages of a city life, he removed to Cincinnati, where he ever after resided, and
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died, after a protracted illness, on the third day of October, 1853.
"In politics Mr. Sawyier was a whig ; and, later on, an ardent free soiler. His hatred of human slavery dated from the time of his residence in Kentucky, and he stood by his convictions with the steadfastness of his Puritan ancestry. He was a sin- cere friend and supporter of Daniel Webster. Connected by blood on the mother's side, playmates in boyhood and compan- ions in college, although not classmates, they continued their friendship by personal intercourse and by correspondence until Mr. Webster died .*
*DANIEL WEBSTER'S AUNT RUTH.
[Taken in substance from the recollections of Mrs. Betsey Webster, who died at Palmyra, N. Y., in. 1880, aged 87 years.]
Daniel Webster was the son of Ebenezer Webster by his second wife, Abigail Eastman. This second wooing came about on this wise. For a long time Capt. Ebenezer Webster, the bereaved husband, took upon himself the double respon- sibility which the death of his first wife had imposed. But between the labors- of a frontier farm and the oversight of his family, matters went from bad to worse. One day everything about the house seemed to rush to a climax of confusion. The children frollicked and rollicked; the quick-witted Joe tapped the cask of me- theglin in the cellar, and his young brain was fired-"'twas destruction before and sorrow behind." Capt. Webster had calmly and boldly confronted the enemy at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, at White Plains and Bennington. But now he was baffled, conquered. With his minute-men he had guarded Gen. Washington's per- son and camp on Dorchester Heights and at West Point. But his own camp he could neither guard nor regulate.
The distracted father silently removed his hat from the peg, walked out the door and took the cross-road southward to the house of his brother, William Web- ster, whose farm joined his own. It was situated one-third of the way up the east- ern slope of Searles Hill, the highest eminence save Kearsarge in the town of Salis- bury, New Hampshire. Capt. Webster had often been cheered by the sympathy and advice of "Aunt Ruth," as the children called her, his brother William's wife. She was to him a true sister. He entered the door, the picture of despondency. The worthy matron sat bolt upright spinning flax. At the sight of that dejected. face, she shoved aside the little wheel and placed a high-backed kitchen chair for her brother. Her first salutation was, "Eben, what is the trouble?" He prefaced a graphic recital of the horrors of his domestic condition with these words : " Everything, Ruth is going heads and hauls at home. I can't stand it any longer."
Pity marked the lines of her face as she listened. When he had finished she did not at once reply, but gazed solemnly with a far away look out of the south
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"Mr. Sawyier was also a staunch advocate of education. In the early settlement of Ohio, he felt that the first step in the laying out of a town, after the location of the church, was to establish that of the schoolhouse. He not only gave land for this purpose, but he used his influence to bring teachers from his loved New England.
window. Who shall say that her thoughts at that moment were not directed by a divine wisdom? Suddenly a light kindled in her eye which shot a ray of hope into his. She drew nearer to him, laid her hand upon his arm, and with a face glowing with earnestness and inspiration, said, " Eben, have you never heard of Nabby Eastman? Her mother was Jerusha Fitz, and she is a cousin of Deacon Moses Sawyer's wife, who was Anna Fitz. She is a tailoress by trade, and knows what life is. In every respect she is a most excellent person. She is up from down below, visiting her relatives here." Then with emphasis she added, “ Eben, it's my opinion that Nabby Eastman will make you a good wife, and your children a good mother. Go home, put on your Sunday suit, and ride over and see Nabby."
The broad-shouldered, dark-eyed man, as he left the house saw not the valley of the Merrimack, stretching away in its loveliness for miles to the north and the south. With quickened step he walked around the high ledge and followed the road shaded by the tall, primeval pines, that seemed to whisper to him of a new love and the joys of a restored home. He obeyed to the letter the directions given him by the sibyl. Like Boaz of old, he did not long rest, but reasoned that "if it were well done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly." There was no undue precipitation, but before many moons had waxed and waned, the manly, military figure of Capt. Webster could have been seen on his horse with Miss Eastman seated on a pillion behind him on their way to the minister's to be mar- ried. The residence of the parson was hard by the meeting-house, near the summit of Searles Hill - for in those days " the mountain of the Lord's house was estab- lished in the top of the mountains, and was exalted above the hills, and all the peo- ple flowed unto it."
The ceremony over, "down from the mountain crown," where a ladder would have been an improvement, they safely wended their way to the home where they were to begin anew their journey and their life. As they arrived at the lowly house, the little ones were playing around "the banking." The tender father introduced the new mother in these simple words, so much like the style of his gifted son- " These, Nabby, are my children."
Aunt Ruth made no mistake in her counsel to her widowed brother in his per- plexity. " The children " of Ebenezer Webster's first wife "arose up and called her blessed ; her husband also, and he praised her." Her features wore the expression of strength rather than beauty. The heavy, shaggy eyebrows of her youngest son, Daniel, were the transcript of the mother. Her mind was strong, her faith strong. At the close of life, her peace in believing was so deep and unruffled that it forbade ecstasy. She survived her husband ten years, and died at the residence of her son, Ezekiel Webster, in Boscawen, N. H., in 1816, aged seventy-six years .- N. Y. Evan" gelist, March 1, 1883.
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"One of his marked characteristics was his firm adherence to what in his judgment was right. In his love for civil and religious liberty he was a worthy descendant of his Puritan ancestors, whose memory he venerated. At the meetings of the New England Society, at Cincinnati, he would picture with glowing words the lives and deeds of those who, for conscience sake, braved the dangers of the sea, the perils and privations of the wilderness, and laid deep and strong the foundations of our liberties.
"He was a man of marked presence, commanding figure, and possessed of regular features, a fair, florid complexion and blue eyes. His abundant brown hair became silvery white in his later life and enhanced the dignity of his appearance. Mrs. Sawyier lived, in the full enjoyment of all her faculties, until March, 1888, and died at the advanced age of ninety-six years."
His children, all born in Chillicothe, are :
190-I. Mary Ann Fitz, (7) b. Dec. 27, 1822. (70) VII.
191-2. De Witt Clinton, (7) b. July 25, IS25. (71) VII.
192-3. Sally Frances, (7) b. Dec. 29, 1829. (72) VII.
193-4. Nathaniel Isaac, (7) b. Oct. 29, 1832. (73) VII.
(36) VI. ANN SAWYER, (73-6) dau. of Moses, (5) was b. June 21, 1786. She was educated at Salisbury Academy and was for several years a teacher. She was married, March 22, 1820, by Rev. Ebenezer Price, to Capt. Joseph Walker, of Concord, where she died Dec. 25, 1824. Her children :
194-1. Joseph Burbeen, (7) b. June 12, IS22. (74) VII.
195-2. Anna Burbeen, (7) b. Dec. 24, 1824 ; d. Jan. 5, 1825.
(37) VI. SARAH SAWYER, (74-7) daughter of Moses, (5) born June 5, 1789 ; m. Sewell Fifield, of Salisbury, a cabinet maker.
(38) VI. BETSEY SAWYER, (75-8) dau. of Moses, (5) was b. May 17, 1793. She m. Nov. 1, 1815, Nathaniel Webster, a merchant, of Boscawen Plain, who was b. Feb. 15, 1781, and died Aug. 8, 1828. Children :
196-1. Betsey Sawyer, (7) b. Feb. 20, 1817; d. Sept. 8, 1825.
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197-2. Nathaniel Sawyer, (7) b. May 11, ISIS. (75) VII.
198-3. William, (7) b. Feb. 20, 1821 ; d. Aug. 8, 1826.
199-4. Ann Ruth, (7) b. Nov. 26, 1823. (76) VII.
Immediately after her marriage Mrs. Webster removed to Boscawen, where she lived until 1862, when she went to Palmyra, N. Y., to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Horace Eaton. She was a woman of commanding pres- ence, of marked mental vigor and of great intelligence. Her broad common sense never forsook her, and when, at the age of thirty-five, by the death of her husband, the sole care of her family and estate devolved upon her, she assumed unhesitatingly her new duties and discharged them with signal ability. She lived and died a firm be- liever in the old Puritan doctrines in which she had been reared. She never lacked the courage of her convictions and would have firmly walked to the stake had duty called her there. Her pastor, Rev. Warren H. Landon, said of her at her funeral : "She was a type of the New England woman of the past. Where can another such countenance as that be found ? It often seemed to me as I looked into .her grand old face as if she were one who had lived in the far past and had been saved to show us the good of the past and to teach us to live as well as our fathers." She died Oct. 20, ISSo, aged S7 years. How appropriate the words of one who appre- ciated her excellencies :
" How fit that such a life, so full, So rounded, so complete, should close When Autumn crowns the fruitful year, And burdened nature seeks repose."
SEVENTH GENERATION.
(39) VII. DAVID SAWYER, (S3-1) married Deborah Knowles, of Northwood. Children :
200-1. Gilman, (S).
201-2. Emeline, (S).
202-3. Perry, (S).
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(40) VII. JOSIAH SAWYER, (84-2) married Joanna Sanborn, of Kingston, N. H. Children :
203-1. Angeline, (S).
204-2. Almira, (8) m. Edward Bartlett, of Lee, N. H.
205-3. Frank, (S) lives in Lee, N. H.
(41) VII. JOHN SAWYER, (85-3) b. March 16, 1801 ; married Clarissa Chesley, dau. of Thomas Chesley, of Durham, April 19, 1826, and settled near the base of Saddleback mountain, where B. D. Smith resides. Children :
206-1. Hannah S., (S) b. April 4, 1827 ; m. Francis G. Beane, June 25, 1846; lives in Manchester, N. H., and has one child, Emma F., (9) b. Oct. 23, 1848. 207-2. Ezra A. J. Sawyer, (S) b. Nov. 3, IS28. (77) VIII.
(42) VII. JEFFERSON SAWYER, (88-6) m. Jane Knowles, dau. of Jonathan Knowles, of Northwood, N. H. Lives in Lee, N. H., near Wadleigh's Falls. Children :
208-I. Francena J., (S) m. John P. Eaton and lives in Nebraska.
209-2. Arabelle, (S).
210-3. Hattie Beecher, (S).
211-4. Charles, (S).
(43) VII. JOHN SAWYER PALMER, (98-2) son of Jemima Saw- yer Palmer, m. Ist, Sophia Magoon. Child :
212-I. Sophia S., (S).
Married, 2d, Miriam French. Children :
213-2. Miriam, (S) m. Stephen Courier.
214-3. Betsey, (S) m. Jacob Pillsbury.
215-4. Jacob, (S) died young.
216-5. Louisa, (S) m. - Davis.
217-6. Sarah, (S) m. - Leavitt. Children : Ist, Almira, (9) 2d, George, (9) 3d. John, (9) 4th, James, (9) 5th, Lydia, (9) 6th, Sarah, (9).
(44) VII. SARAH SAWYER, (120 -5) dau. of Jeremiah Sawyer, (6) m. Rev. William Douglas, of Providence, R. I. Children :
2IS-I. Sarah A., (S).
219-2. Francis Wayland, (8).
220-3. Ann A. Ives, (S).
221-4. Charles, (S).
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(45) VII. JOHN COURIER, (122-1) son of Hannah Sawyer Courier, b. 1796, d. Jan. 29, 1852 ; m. Ist, Mary Ann Colby, b. 1798, d. March 3, 1850. Children :
222-I. Charles Edson, (S) b. in 1822; m. Lucinda Graves. Children : Ist, George, (9) 2d, Charles M., (9).
223-2. Almira, (S) b. in April, 1824, unm.
224-3. Almond, (S) b. in August, 182-, unm.
(46) VII. HANNAH COURIER, (123-2) b. 1798; married Moses Paine, farmer, of Hardwick, Vt. Child :
225 -- I. Prin, (S) b. in November, 1820; m. Abigail Colby, of Orange, Vt., b. in 1795, d. March 3, 1850. Children : Ist, Helen A., (9) 2d, Plant Sawyer, (9) b. in May, 1822. m. Sarah S. Townsend, 3d, Lydia, (9) b. in 1826, 4th, Eliza A., (9) b. in 1832, 5th, Emily, (9) b. in I838.
(47) VII. NANCY COURIER, (125-4) dau. of Hannah Sawyer Courier, (6) b. Aug. 31, 1801 ; m. Lynds Luther, farmer, of Corinth, Vt. Children :
226 -- 1. Saloma, (S) b. Feb. 12, IS23, unm.
227-2. Benjamin, (S) b. Sept. 30, 1824; m. Jerusha Richardson.
228-3. Lucy Ann, (S) b. Dec. 28, 1831.
(48) VII. RICHARD SAWYER COURIER, (126-5) farmer, b. June 22, -; m. Fanny R. Pratt, b. Oct. 20, 1809. Children :
229-1. Fidelia R., (S) b. Dec. 23, 1833, unm.
230 -- 2. Charles, (S) b. Aug. 25, 1836.
231-3. Fanny E. L., (S) b. Oct. 30, IS47.
232-4. Ella Victoria, (S) b. Oct. 2, 1851.
(49) VII. LUCINDA COURIER, (127-6) b. March 17, 1805, d. in November, 1843 : m. Anson Wood, of Topsham, Vt., b. in 1805. Children :
233 -- 1. Cynthia, (S) died young.
234-2. Sylvanus G., (S) b. in March, 1830.
235-3. Lucy A., (S) b. in May, IS32.
236-4. Luther J., (S) b. in August, 1834.
237 -- 5. Lucetta T., (S) b. in IS35.
238-6. Lucinda W., (S) died young.
(50) VII. SABIN COURIER, (128-7) farmer, b. March 29, 1807 ; m. Almyra Richardson, Feb. 4, 18- Children :
239-1. Mary Jane, (S) b. Aug. 31, 1833.
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240-2. Rosilla, (8) b. April 28, 1837; d. March 11, 1839.
241 -- 3. Pascal W., (8) b. Feb. 27, 1842.
(51) VII. SUSAN COURIER, (129-8) b. in January, 1809 ; m. Samuel Richardson, farmer, of Barre, Vt., born in 1805. Children :
242-I. Fidelia, (S).
243-2. Luther, (S).
244 -- 3. Almira, (8).
245-4. Caroline, (8).
246-5. Betsey, (8).
247-6. Warren F., (S).
(52) VII. JAMES MUNROE COURIER, (132-1I) b. July 28, 1817 ; m. Olive Hutchinson. Children :
248 -- 1. Marietta C., (S).
249 -- 2. Harriet, (8).
250 -- 3. Oramel, (S).
251 -- 4. Dana, (8).
252 .- 5. Sarah, (8).
(53) VII. OTIS SAWYER, (145-3) b. Feb. 17, 1813; m. Ist, Mary Ann Bickford, b. in February, 1813, d. in October, 1842. Children :
253-1. Ira, (8).
254 -- 2. Dana, (S).
2d, married Caroline Rowe. Child :
255 -- 3. Clara, (S).
(54) VII. ALMIRA SAWYER, (148-6) born Sept. 13, 1817 ; m. Daniel Fitz, farmer, Washington, Vt. Children :
256-1. Mary Jane, (S).
257 -- 2. Julia Ann, (8).
258 -- 3. Lucia, (S).
259-4. Monroe, (8).
260 -- 5. Emeline, (8).
(55) VII. WILLIAM SAWYER, (163-2) married Betsey Courier. Children :
261 -- 1. Mary, (8).
262 -- 2. Arthur, (S). 263-3. Clarinda, (8).
264 -* 4. Oliver, (8).
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(56.) VII. CAROLINE SAWYER, (173-1) the oldest daughter of Rev. Moses Sawyer, was born at Henniker, N. H., May 28, 1804, and married Sept. 5, 1826, to Rev. Daniel Fitz, D. D., of Ipswich, Mass. Children :
265-1. Sarah Adams, (S) b. June 30, 1827. (74) VII.
266-2. George Currier, (S) b. April 14, 1830. (78) VIII.
267-3. Louise Adams, (S) b. May 17, 1833; died Oct. 17, 1847.
268-4. Caroline Frances, (S) b. Aug. 14, 1837. (79) VIII.
269-5. Daniel Francis, (S) b. Aug. 14, 1837. (So) VIII.
Mrs. Fitz, who possessed high mental endowments com- bined with great sweetness of disposition and much social culture, died at Ipswich, Jan. 10, 1862, aged fifty- seven years. A fuller account of Mrs. Fitz may be found in the History of Essex County, Mass. Rev. Daniel Fitz, D. D., the son of Currier and Sarah (George) Fitz, was of the sixth generation in descent from Robert Fitz, of Ipswich, Mass., the first Anglo-American ancestor of all the Fitz families in the United States. He was born at Sandown, N. H., May 28, 1795, but in infancy removed with his parents to Derry, N. H. He graduated at Dart- mouth College in 1818, and after serving for one term as assistant teacher in Pinkerton Academy, Derry, went to Salisbury, N. H., and was for two years principal of the academy of that town. At the expiration of this period he accepted an invitation to take charge of the Academy of Marblehead, Mass., where he remained a year and a half, and left to enter Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1825. On the 26th of June of the next year he was ordained and installed colleague of Rev. Joseph Dana, D. D., and assistant pastor of the second Congregational church, of Ipswich. Dr. Dana died in 1827, and from that time onward to his resignation in 1867 Mr. Fitz was sole pastor of that church. He subsequently continued his residence in Ipswich, without clerical charge. He was married a second time to Mrs. H. B. D. Bowman, who survived him. Dr. Fitz was a good scholar and was honored by 48
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his alma mater in 1862 by its degree of D. D. Besides being an acceptable preacher, earnest, lucid, eloquent at times and always judicious, he was a devoted pastor. While holding firmly the doctrines of his denomination he entertained a broad liberality for all such as differed from him in religious views. He died Sept. 2, 1869, and was buried from the church in which he had ministered so long, the services being largely conducted by his friend, the Rev. John Pike, D. D., of Rowley, Mass.
(57) VII. LIVONIA SAWYER, (174-2) daughter of Rev. Moses Sawyer, was born at Henniker, N. H., May 18, 1806. She married Capt. C. T. Bayley, for many years a ship- master, but during the latter part of his life in business in Boston. She had one child :
270-I. Francis T., (S) b. Aug. 19, 1846. (83) VIII.
(58) VII. CASSANDRA SAWYER, (175-3) daughter of Rev. Moses Sawyer, was born at Henniker, N. H., June 4, 1809. She was educated at Ipswich Female Seminary, under Miss Grant and Miss Lyon. She professed religion at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1829, and was married at Glouces- ter, Mass., Sept. 22, 1833, to Rev. Jesse Lockwood, who was born at North Salem, Westchester county, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1802. He graduated at Williams College in 1830 and afterwards studied divinity two years at Prince- ton and one year at New Haven. Subsequently becom- ing a missionary to the Cherokee Indians, he lived at Dwight Mission, in Arkansas, where he died July II, 1834. Mrs. Lockwood returned to her father's home the next year, making the long journey first in Indian canoes, and subsequently by such slow conveyances as the time and the locality traversed afforded, reaching home April 14, 1835, having borne in her arms the long way her only child. She died June 23, 1840. During the last year of her life she was unable to speak an audible word. She had one child :
271-I. Jesse Dwight, (S) b. Aug. 18, 1834. (84) VIII.
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(59) VII. MOSES KIMBALL SAWYER, (176-4) son of Rev. Moses Sawyer, was born at Henniker, N. I.I., July 7, 1812. He married Oct. 7, 1844, Caroline Kimball, daughter of Benjamin Kimball, of Boscawen, N. H. He was a tan- ner in early life and lived for a time in Peabody, Mass. He subsequently engaged in the grocery business, living at Concord, N. H., and at Portland, Me., at the latter of which he died Jan. 7, 1875. Children :
272-1. Mary Frances, (S) b. July 23, 1845. (SI) VIII.
273-2. Louise Kimball, (S) b. Aug. 25, 1847. (S2) VIII.
(60) VII. HANNAH SAWYER, (177-1) daughter of Isaac Fitz Sawyer, was born in January, 1805, and married Feb. 28, 1827, to Royal Choate, of Choate's Hill, Boscawen, N. H. She d. July 31, 1833. Children :
274-1. David S., (S) born Nov. 28, 1827 ; died Feb. 22, 1833.
275-2. Samuel, (S) b. Feb. 24, 1830. (85) VIII.
276-3. Nancy J., (S) b. Nov. 5, 1832. (86) VIII.
(61) VII. FANNY SAWYER, (178-2) daughter of Isaac Fitz Sawyer, was married Feb. 9, 1831, to Uri Perley, of En- field, N. H., who died April 27, 1887, aged eighty-three. Children :
277-I. John Quincy, (S) b. Nov. 27, 1831. (87) VIII.
278-2. Rebecca Sawyer, (S) b. Dec. S, 1836. (SS) VIII.
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