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The festive Cinel Fearadhaigh
Constantly noble are their genealogies A clan without disgrace from their arms And the warlike Clan Cathmhaoil
The two eastern septs are of every tribe In the high Cinel Fearadhaigh.
Cinel-Fearadhaigh or Cinel-Farry, now the barony of Clogher, Tyrone county, the patri- mony of Mac Cawells or Mac Cathmhaoil The Mac Cawells who were Brehons (judges of the Brehon laws) in Cinel Owen Tyrone) are fa- mous in Irish history for their learning and the many dignitaries they supplied to the church. In Cinel Owen about this time. A.D., 1300, the Mac Cawells were the hereditary advisers of the king. The standard of the king of Ailench that day (Battle of Leitherbe, 1. I) .. (36, who was of the sept of the Mac Cawells (( ine !- Fearadhaigh), is stated to have been black and red. The king was Suibhne Meann, who was not only king of Aileach, but also monarch of Ireland (Ard-Righ), at that time. In this battle Suibnhe Meann was overthrown.
The name McQuade instead of Mac Cathm- haoil seems to have been adopted by the fam- ily as an English name abont 1000. \ D. Peter McQuade, who died October 18, 1855, who spoke Gaelic as well as English in speaking to his grandchildren. McQuade. frequently called them by their ancient Gaelic name Mac Cawell (Mae Cathmhaoil). The natives when speaking the Irish language always pronounce the name Mac Cawell.
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The Irish annals show that the family Mac Cathmhaoil occupied the territory named above from the time of the assumption of family names A. D., and under the name Cinel- Fearadhaigh from the time of Niall of the Nine Hostages, A. D. Irish authors, annalists, say that a chief of this family, converted by St. Patrick, proceeded to the Isle of Man and converted the people of that island to Chris- tianity. His name was Maughold and a town of Man is called by his name and was the seat of his bishopric. The name Mac-Cathmhaoil (signifying "Son of the Hero in Battle") has existed in Man from very early times and still continues there under the form of Cowell, like all Gaelic Manxnames having dropped the pre- fix Mac, meaning son. The head of the Irish militia, Fionn Mac Cuill, tradition says, was of this family. Fionn Mac Cuill is the great hero of legendary history, claimed alike by Ireland and also by Scotland under the name of Fingal. Ossian, the son of Fionn, has been immortalized by the researches of the Gaelic . authors, prompted by the partial fabrications of Mac Pher-on.
The great Scotch family of Campbell is said to be a branch of the Mac Cathmhaoil, and Trish genealogists say that the Campbell arms, the gyronny of eight, is the common property of the Mac Cathmhaoils.
Ancient maps showing the possessions of the clans of Ireland before the confi-cation of Ulster by the English, place the Mac Cathm- haoils in the southern part of Tyrone and the northern part of Fermanagh. This confiscation deprived them as well as the other Irish clans of their ancestral possessions and they became tenants where formerly they were masters. The Patent Rolls, James I., of England, from 1607 and after, show numerous pardons
to Mac Cawells and McQuades, for their rebellion, but few if any restorations of land. In these the variety in spelling the names shows that the English clerks were sorely put to straits when it came to spelling Irish names. Among these varieties are, McQuoyd, MeQuod, Mc Coade. Mc Quaide, Mc Quoad, and Mc Cooade. Mac Cathmhaoil is generally spelled MeCawell or MeCaghwell, sometimes MeCuill, McCooell, or Mc Cowell.
( Extracts from "Annals of Ulster").
A. D. 1185, Gilchreest Mac Cawell, chief of Kinel-Farry and the Clans, viz .: Clan- Aengus, Clan Duibhenreacht, Clan-Fogarty, Hy-Ken- noda, and Clan-Colla in Fermanagh, and who was chief advisor of all the north of Ireland, was slain by ()'Heghny and Muinter-Keenan, who carried away his head, which however was recovered from them in a month afterward. (There were no wounded or prisoners after conflict in those times, those vanquished for- feited their head, which were taken home by the victors as tokens of triumph.)
\ D. 1215. Murrough Mac Cawell, chief of Kinel larry, was slain by his kinsmen.
1238. Flaherty Mac Cawell, Chief of Kinel larry and Clan Congail (Connell) and of Hy- Kennoda in Fermanagh, the most illustrious in Tyrime for feat- of arms and hospitality, was tren Kerously slain by Donough Ma . Cawell, his own kinsman.
1251, Donough Mac Cawell, Chief of Kinel- Farry, was slain by the people of Oriel.
1252, Conchobar (Conor) Mac Cawell, Chief of Kinel-Farry and many other territories, and
peacemaker of Tir-Connell, Tir-Owen, and Oriel, was slain by the people of Brian O'Neill while defending his wards O'Kane and O'Gormley, against them.
1261. A victory won by O'Donnell over Niall Culanagh O'Neill. Many of the chiefs of Kinel- Owen (Tyrone), under the conduct (leadership) of Mac Cawell, Chief of Kinel-Farry, were killed or taken prisoners.
1262, Donslevey MacCawell, Chief of Kinel-Farry, was slain by Hugh Buidha O'Neill. (Yellow Hugh O'Neill. )
1346, Cu-Uladh Mac Cawell, Chief of Kincl-Farry, was slain by Donnell Mac Cawell. ( Cu-Uladh means Warrior of Ulster.)
1356. Brien Mac Cawell, Bishop of Oriel (Clogh- er), died.
1365, Rory, the son of Donnell O'Neill, was slain by the shot of an arrow by Melaghlin ( Malachy), Mac an Ghirr Mac Cawell of Tyrone.
1368, Cu-U'ladh Mac an Ghirr Mac Cawell, chief of his own tribe and a son of his, who was a learned and illustrious professor of Sciences, died in England.
1370, Gillapatrick Mac Cawell, Chief of Kine]- Farry, Cu-L'ladh, his son and his wife, the daughter of Manus Mac Mahon, were treacher- ously slain by the sons (clan) of Hugh Mac Cawell. Murrough, his (Gillapatrick's) brother then became Chieftain of Kinel-Farry.
1379. Richard Mac Cawell was slain by Philip McGuire and Donnell O'Neill.
1403. Cu-Uladh, son of Gillapatrick Mac Cawell, was treacherously slain by his own people at an assembly.
1404. Donough Mac Cawell, Chief of the two Kinel-Farry's, was killed by Mac Guire.
1432, Art Mc Cawell, Bishop of Clogher, died.
1434. Mac Cawell, Hugh Mac an Easpuig Mac Cawell and many others were slain the day after Michaelmas, in an encounter with the Eng- lish.
1444. Ducoolagh, daughter of Thomas Mac Gnire, Lord of Fermanagh and wife of Owen Mac Cawell, a humane, charitable and truly hos- pitable woman, died.
1461. A.D., Mac Cawell, i.e., Brien, Lord of Kinel Farry died; and Owen Mac Cawell was made Lord.
146;, Owen Mac Cawell died.
1474. Don Roe, the son of Cu-Connacht Mac Guire, was slain by Richard Mac Cawell.
1480, O'Donnell accompanied by the sons of Art ()'Neill and the sons of Phelim ('Neill, committed great depredations on Mac Cawell in Kinel-Farry, and slew Brian, son of Turlough, son of llenry ('Neill, and the son of Mac Cawell, i. e., James.
1481. In a war between O'Neill and John, Buidhe ('Neill, a son of Gillapatrick Mac Cawell, was slain.
1492, Gillapatrick Mac Cawell, taken prisoner and Mac Cawell, that is, Edmond, slain by the sons of Redmond Mac Mahon.
1493. Donough Mac Cawell taken prisoner in a battle between the two O'Neills, Donnell and Oge. the sons of Henry, son of Owen ()'Neill. 1498. Gillapatrick Mac Cawell slain at Cav- eny's Cross.
1508, William Oge, the son of Art Mac Cawell, dean of Clogher, died. Ile was brother of Owen, Bishop of Clogher. This is the prelate called Eugene (Eoghan or Owen) Mac Camaeil in Harris's edition of Warc's Bishops, page 187. He succeeded in 1508 and died in 1515.
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1515, Owen (son of Art, son of John, son of Art Mac Cawell), Bishop of Clogher, died.
1518, Mac Cawell (Donough, the son of Ed- mond), was wounded in a battle between the O'Neills and many of the Kinel-Farry (Mac Cawells) were slain. Mac Cawell died of his wounds afterwards.
1519. In a war between the O'Neills, Mac Cawell (Cu-L'ladh the son of Edmond), Thomas the son of Edmond, and Edmond the son of Gillapatrick Mac Cawell, were slain.
(English Patent Rolls, James I.).
February 23, 1609. Pardon among others to Donogh Oge MC Cooell, gentleman, of Dun- gannon, Tyrone county.
October 20, 1600. Pardon among others to Edmond Duffe Mc Cawell (Black Edmond), James Rowe Mc Cawell ( Red James), Edmond Brier Mc Cawell.
July 21, 1610. Pardon among others to Patrick Oge Mc Cawell (young Patrick).
July 22. 1610. Pardon among others to Gill- Patrick Mc Cuill, Shane Me Cuill (John).
July 6, 1710. Pardon among others to Engene Mc Cahill, John Me Cahill, Connor Crone Mc Quod, Brian Dorlogh Mc Quoyd. Patrick Oge Mac Cawell (young Patrick), all of Tyrone county.
June 18, 1612. Pardon among others to Tir- lagh Grome Mac Cawell, yeoman (yellow Tir- lagh), Brien Glasse McOwen McCawell ( Brien, son of Owen Mc Cawell).
May 25, 1613. Pardon among others to Brien Derry Mc Cawell, Donnell Carragh Mc Cawell, yeomen of Tyrone county.
March 7. 1614. Pardon among others to Tir- lagh Mc Manus Boy Mc Cawell (Turlough, son of Yellow Manns Mc Cawell , of Killetragh, Tyrone county.
February 15. 1613. Pardon among others to Conchobar Mc Shane Mc Quade (Connor, son of John Mc Quaide).
Professor Patrick H. McQuade (Gaelic, Mac Cathmhaoil, pronounced Mac Cawell). traces under the name McQuade four gener- ations to Raymond McQuade, a farmer of Tyrone, who married Sarah, widow of Ed- ward McKeough.
( II) Anthony, son of Raymond and Sarah ( MeKeough ) McQuade, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, where he lived and died, a farmer. Ile married Catherine McNabb. He died suddenly in middle life, leaving isstie.
(III ) Peter, son of Anthony and Catherine (McNabb ) McQuade, was born in Dromore, county Tyrone, Ireland, 1778. Ile removed to county Fermanagh, parish of Clarnagh, where his children were born and grew to manhood. After the sons had emigrated and settled in the United States, Peter and his wife joined them in Albany, New York, where he died October 18, 1855. He married Susan, born 1770, daughter of John and Mary (McGhirr) McDermott. She died in Albany, October 6, 1868. Both were devoted members of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
(IV) Anthony (2), son of Peter and Susan (MeDermott ) McQuade, was born in Clar-
nagh, Fermanagh county, Ireland, January 27. 1805, died at Albany, New York, Se tem- ber 8, 1864. He came to the United States in 1833, joining an uncle in Albany. He became a street contractor, and graded. curbed and paved many miles of Albany streets, Including State street, from Eagle to Washington Park; the streets south of State to Elm an lall cross streets from Eagle to the Park. At thet time these were only roads, and a great deal of filling and grading was necessary. Later he became a manufacturing brewer, in which business he continued until death. Hle mar- ried in his native town, February 7. 1830, Eleanor McKeough, born there February 7. 1805, died in Albany, New York, April 6, 1887 ; she was a great-granddaughter of Ed- ward MeKeough, whose widow Sarah mar- ried Anthony (1) McQuade. Edward 021. son of Edward (1) and Sarah MeKeough, married Margaret Kelly. Their son Pat- rick, born 1768, died November 12. 1831; married Ann MeMullen, born 1761, die 1 1847. Their daughter, Eleanor MeKeough, marrie 1 Anthony (2) McQuade. They were both members of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
(V) Patrick H., son of Anthony (2) and Eleanor (McKeough) McQuade, was born in Albany, New York, August 29, 1844. He at- tended the public schools and Albany Boys' Academy, being graduated from the latter in- stitution in 1862. at the head of his class, re- ceiving in addition to his diploma the Gannon Philosophical Medal for proficiency in the natural sciences. After completing his course at the academy, he entered the employ of his father as bookkeeper, continuing until the death of the latter in 1864. From that date his life has been devotell to the cause of edu- cation in Albany, a period covering nearly half a century, 1864-1911. lle was arminted May 12, 1865, principal of public school No. 1, where he remained until September, 1877, in which year and month he was appointed prin- cipal of school No. 13. In September, 2886, he was appointed principal of school No. 21, which position he now fills (1911). In addi- tion to his daily labors, Professor McQuade has for eleven years been principal of the Al- bany evening high school, receiving hi- ap- pointment in September, 1900. lle stands high as an educator and is well known he- yond the confines of his own city. In 1880, in collaboration with Professor Josiah Gilbert, he published "Number Lessons in Arithmetic." that was adopted by the schools of Any and came into quite general use Ile has also written much on various subjects. Prier to the passage of the law placing the American
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flag on all school houses, the schools of Al- bany had a "Flag Raising," for which occa- sion Professor McQuade composed a "Song to the Flag," which came into universal use and may be found in Eleanor Smith's "Musi- cal Series," among the patriotic songs. He is a member of the Albany Academy Alumni Association, and worships at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, of which he is a com- municant (as were his parents and grand- parents ), serving also in the church committee.
He married, in Albany, New York, May 12, 1872, Julia Ransom, daughter of Justus Has- well, for four years surrogate of Albany county, 1860-64, who married Nancy L. Ran- som. Through her mother, Mrs. McQuade traces to many of the oldest families of New England : to Robert Ransom, of Plymouth, Massachusetts ; to Samuel Chapin, of Spring- field, Massachusetts; to Rev. John Sherman, of Watertown, Massachusetts: Philip Sher- man, first secretary of the Colony of Rhode Island (from whom Vice-President Sherman also descends) ; to Richard Smith, one of the first settlers of Rhode Island; to Thomas Bliss, of Hartford, Connecticut, whose widow, Margaret, moved to Springfield, where Mar- garet and Bliss streets are named for her ; to James Comstock, whose name is found on the montrent at Groton Heights, Connecticut, erected in memory of those who fell there during the revolution ; to Thomas Stanton, the Indian interpreter, and many others of the early settlers. Through her father, Justus Haswell, she descends from John and Mary (Halliday) Haswell, of Stainmore, Westmore- land, England, who came to America about 1775, settling in the town of Bethlehem (Watervliet ), Albany county, New York. Their son, Edward, married Anna Russell, descendant of William Russell, the early Mas- sachusetts settler. Their son, Justus, married Nancy L. Ransom as stated. Children of Pro- fessor Patrick H. and Julia Ransom (Has- well) McQuade: 1. John D., born in Albany, New York, 1872; educated in the public and high school, now an accountant with the Gen- eral Electric Company at Schenectady, New York ; unmarried. 2. Eleanor Haswell, edu- cated in the public and high school, now a teacher in the Albany public schools.
David Du Four, immigrant an- DEVOE cestor, whose posterity spell the name Devoor, Devoe, etc., was a native of Mons, in Hainault, and when this place was threatened by the successes of the French in the Walloon districts, he retired with others of the family to Sedan, and after- wards to Amsterdam, where Du Four, though
fitted by education for a better position, be- came a hopperman, or drayman. Left by the death of his wife, Mary Boulen, with a young child, Jean or John, born during their stay in Sedan, he married (second) Jeanne Frances, aged thirty-two, from Queivrain, a little east of Mons, July 10, 1657. In the same year, with wife and son, he came to New York. After their arrival he settled in Harlem, where he obtained some ten morgens of land in 1662, and he was living there in 1674, when Nicho- las de Vaux arrived. It is believed that the change in spelling was due to the similarity, perhaps the identity of the name with that of the new neighbor. In 1677 David and his son obtained a grant of sixty acres of land near Turtle bay on the East river, where he re- sided until his death, about 1698. Children mentioned in his will: John, mentioned be- low, David, Peter, Claude, Adrien.
(II) Jolin Devoor, son of David Du Four, was born about 1655. He married (first) Jannetje Van Isselteyn in 1676; (second) Mary Van Woglum, of Albany. In his will he bequeaths to wife, children and some of his grandchildren. Children by first wife: Mary, John, Margaret, David, Peter, men- tioned below, Rachel, Arientie (Harriet), Jannetje, Elizabeth, Teunis, William and Abraham.
(III) Peter Devoe, son of Jolin Devoor, was born in 1685. He married Annatje Bis- set, at or near Albany. He became a boat- man and was captain of a sloop carrying freight and passengers between New York and Albany. Children: George, mentioned below, Anna, Michael, Roelof, Marguerite, born 1721, Jacob, born 1723, Jolm.
(IV) George, son of Peter Devoe, was born in 1713. He married, in 1735, Catharine Keller. Children: George, mentioned below, Danicl, Jannette, died young.
(V) George (2), son of George (I) De- voe, was born in 1736. He was a soldier in the revolution and engaged in various battles, but escaped without wounds. A mirror which, according to family tradition, was brought from France with the family was buried by him at the beginning of the war and dug up afterward. He left it to his youngest daugh- ter and it has been handed down to the young- est in each generation to the present. He settled in Rensselaer county, New York. He married (first) Anna Kelder, who died in 1764; (second) Elizabeth Dunning. Children of first wife: John, settled in Kinderhook, New York, at the age of fifteen was in the revolution ; Anthony, mentioned below. Chil- dren of second wife: Elizabeth, born 1768; Maria, 1771.
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(VI) Anthony, son of George (2) Devoe, was born March 11, 1762. He was a soldier in the revolution at the age of eighteen and settled afterward at Schaghticoke with his father and brother John. He married, in 1783. Helen (Helena) Vanderburg or Van- denburg. He removed to Andrustown in 1798, and died January 12, 1844, aged nearly eighty- two. He was a man of undoubted integrity. Children : George: Cornelius, mentioned be- low : John, lived at Warren : Wynant, of War- ren : Mrs. Maria Osterhout : Elizabeth Jewell : Hannah Springer; Sarah Brown and one other.
(VII) Cornelius, son of Anthony Devoe, was born April 30, 1797. He was a farmer all his active life at Warren, Herkimer county. New York, where he died in December, 1888. He married Ann Deyoe, of Pilestown, Rens- selaer county, in 1819; children: Wallace G., married Emma Mattison and lived at Warren ; Julia A., married Joseph Ludden and lived in Columbia : Daniel Anthony, mentioned below ; Julia Groddis; Sarah, married David Wal- lace.
(VIII) Daniel Anthony, son of Cornelius Devoe. was born in Warren, Herkimer county, New York. April 19. 1820, died De- cember 27, 1898. He was educated in Spring- field high school and academy. He assisted his father on the farm in summer and taught school in winter. When twenty-seven years old he married Maria Snell, of Fords Bush. Herkimer county, New York. He leased a farm, May 6, 1847, bought it in 1851. and lived in his native place until 1863. when he moved to town of Canajoharie, New York, where he bought a two-hundred-acre farm, on which he lived until he died. He was a pros- perous farmer and a prominent citizen. Ile was school trustee for a number of years, a member of the local lodge of Free and Ac- cepted Masons. He was deacon of the Uni- versalist church for many years at Fort Plain. Children : 1. Nelson, died aged four years. 2. Margaret Ann, married Schuyler Duryee, of Everett, Washington; children: i. Leverick Duryee. married Alice McFarland and has son Schuyler Duryee ; ii. Albert Duryee, mar- ried Alice Gardner : iii. Daniel A. Duryee, married Clotilda Robinson: iv. Korekiyo Tackahash Duryee, married Louise Thomp- son : v. Agnes Duryee. 3. Charlotte N., mar- ried Dr. Alvero Zoller, of West Union. Iowa ; children: Leslie A. and Maud A. Zoller. 4. Daniel Isaac, mentioned below. 5. Ida. died young. 6. Demetra Estelle, married Frank WV. Bauder.
(IX) Daniel Isaac, son of Daniel Anthony Devoe, was born in Warren, January 19,
1860. He attended the district schools and Clinton Liberal Institute, from which he was graduated in 1878. lle then took a course in the Rochester Commercial College. In 1879 he became a clerk in the drug store of Petit & Read of Fort Plain. After three years there he went to Canajoharie and engaged in business as a druggist, in partnership with John N. Snell, under the firm name of Snell & Devoe. Mr. Snell sold his interests after- ward to Thomas E. Dygert, and the firm name became Devoe & Dygert. In 1885 Mr. Devoe sold ont and formed a partnership with W. F. Shumway, under the title of Devne & Shum- way, as wholesale and retail druggists. Fort Plain. After having conducted a successful business. Mr. Devoe, in 1893, sold his interest in the drug business to his partner and started manufacturing knit underwear. The business was incorporated in 1902 as the Fort Plain Knitting Company, and Mr. Devoe is treas urer and general manager. He is a member of Fort Plain Lodge, No. 433, Free and Ac- cepted Masons. Hiram Union Chapter, No. 53. Royal Arch Masons ; Commandery, No. 26, Knights Templar, of Little Falls : Ziyara Tem- ple. Mystic Shrine, of Utica. He was master of his lodge for four years. Ile is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Fort Plain Chib. In politics he is a Repub- lican. and was county treasurer of Montgomery county for three years. Ile is a prominent member of the Universalist church at Fort Plain and has been for the past twenty-four years a trustee. Ile married, May 24. 1882, Agnes E. Shumway, born August 19, 1860 (see Shumway VII). They have one child, Ethel, born September 24, 1884, a school teacher ; graduate of Dean Academy and of Dr. Savage's Normal College of Physical Education ; teaching at present at Kenwood, Albany, and has private classes.
(The Shumway Line).
Peter Shumway, immigrant ancestor, was of French Huguenot ancestry. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, when many Huguenots sought refuge in America, he came, before 1675, to Massachusetts and lo- cated in Topsfield. The name was originally spelled Chamois or Charmois. We are told that the home of the family in France was in the neighborhood of St. Maixent in the old province of Poitou. Peter Shumway came to this country before the time that Peter Fan- euil and other French Huguenots came, and he was not with the settlement at Oxford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, where his son, a few years later, was a settler. Peter Shumway lived for a time at Salem Village,
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now Danvers. Massachusetts; was a soldier in King Philip's war, and on account of that service his son years afterwards petitioned for a grant of land. March 23, 1749-50, stating that his father was at the taking of the In- dian fort. Judging from his time of coming here, the fact that he did not speak or write French apparently and associated only with English settlers, it is hardly to be doubted that he came from some part of England thither and that his parents or earlier ances- tors went, like many others, for refuge to England. He was born in 1635. He was evidently frequently in the military service, for his son Peter says he was "a long time in the service of his country." He resided at Topsfield, according to his son's statement, and his wife attended church there and their children were baptized there. He was a hog- reeve in 1681-82 in Topsfield. His will was dated April 10, 1695, and his estate appraised June 10 of that year. In the will his resi- clence is given as Boxford. His wife Frances made her will April 3. 1714, and gives her home as Topsfield. These towns were ad- joining and the families intimately associated, the boundary indistinct. Her will was proved August 2, 1714. Children: 1. Peter. men- tioned below. 2. Samuel, born at Topsfield. November 2, 1681, probably lost at sea ; un- married; estate settled in 1715 by brother Jolın. 3. Dorcas, born October 16, 1683; married Valentine Butler and Henry Withing- ham. 4. Joseph, born October 13, 1686, died unmarried, 1715.
(II) Peter (2), son of Peter (1) Shum- way, was born at Topsfield, June 6, 1678. Being the only son having sons, he is ancestor of all bearing the name of Shumway in this country. He removed from Topsfield to Ox- ford, Massachusetts, in the "Nipmuck Coun- try." He was granted the right of Joshua Chandler. He was one of the carly settlers of Oxford in 1713. the original settlement by the thirty Huguenot families having been abandoned on account of Indian massacres and hostilities in 1606. None of the French returned. Peter Shumway spent the re- mainder of his days there. His will was dated May 12, 1741, and bequeaths to his wife and children. Ilis home lot in Oxford embraced that now or lately-owned by Josiah Russell (H. 185). His family was one of the best- known and most-respected in the town of Ox- ford. Ile married ( first ) February 11, 1701, Maria Smith, who died January 17, 1739. It is said that her father built the third house having a cellar in the town of Boston. He married (second) February 28, 1740, Mary Dana, who is mentioned in his will. Children
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