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Mariah (6).
Children of Lochada Davis, (6) and Francis Dana, daughter, (7) m -- Murcks, and lives in Baltimore, Md.
George Augusta Dana, (7) lives in Newton, and is clerk in store in Boston.
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Abigail Davis, (5) m Joel Gay, a leather dresser. Her second husband was Moses Whiting, of Ded- ham. The children of Abigail Davis, (5) and Joel Gay, were :- Joel Gay, (6) blacksmith.
Abigail Gay, (6) m Whitney, went to Montpelier, Vt. Nancy Gay, (6) b Jan. 19, 1775, m Thomas Cole, No. 28, Chestnut street, Salem, Mass. See let- ter from D. W. C. Farrington, Lowell, Mass. See letter from Nancy D. Cole, April 16, 1884. Mary W. Gay (6) m Leonard Farrington, far- mer, and went to Walden, Vt.
George (6) blacksmith, went to Walden, Vt. Joel Gay (6) left one son (7) who lives at New-
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port, R. I.
Jacob Davis (5) m Elizabeth Davenport. Their
children are :-
(1) Anthony G. Davis (6) d in 1883 at Mapelton, Aroostock County, Me.
(2) Jacob Eldridge Davis (6) lives at Gardner, Me., and is carrying on the fur business at his father's old stand, (corner store Davis' Block).
(3) Sarah Ann E. Davis (6).
(4) Carolina Adelia Davis (6).
(VI) Carolina Adelia (6) m Rev. Edward Dowse, a Congregational clergyman, residing in Sher- borne, Mass., who has been chaplain of Mass. Senate in 1884.
Sarah Ann E. (6) m -- Swan, d about 1878.
Child of Sarah Ann E. Davis and - Swan. (VII) Caroline Davenport Swan (7) Gardner, Me.
(v) John Davis (5) son of Jacob, b July 22, 1781, 111 Thankful Reed of Boston.
Children,-
(1) Geo. B. Davis (6) b Jan. 13, 1805, m his cousin, daughter of Lochada.
(2) Edward Reed Davis (6) d in South America.
(3) Joel Gay Davis (6) lives in Brighton, Mass.
(4) John Davis (6) lives in Acton, Mass.
(5) Elizabeth (6) d at home.
(VI) Geo. B. (6) m
Children of Geo. B. (6) and - Davis,-
(1) George Francis Davis (7) merchant.
(2) Charles Amory Davis (7) went to war, is 1
deputy collector.
(3) Edward Reed Davis (7) died.
(4) Helen Maria Davis (7) died.
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Mary W. Gay (6) m Leonard Farrington, a far- mer, who lived in Walden Vt., and d in Low- ell. Mass., aged 62 years. Mary W., d in Cabot,
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Their children were :--
(1) Davis Gay Farrington (7) b April 12, 1819. See letter from D. W. C. Farrington, Apr. 14, 1884. (2) De Witt Clinton Farrington (7) b April 1, 1825, lives at Lowell, Mass.
(3) George Gay Farrington (7) b Aug., 1827, d 1862. (II) Ichabod Davis (2) m Mary Seaver. See letter from Nancy Davis Cole.
(III) Jacob Davis.
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His daughter, Mary Davis (3) m John McKown, her first husband, and Abijah Willard, of Lan- caster, Mass., for her second husband. Mary Davis was b at Roxbury, Mass., April 16, 1729, d at Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 16, 1807, aged 79. Of Jacob Davis' (4) children : --
Stephen Davis (5) b March 20, 1765, d March 22, 1821, aged 56 years, m July 1, 1787, Martha Tileston of Dorchester, Mass., who was b Aug. 29, 1768, and who d Nov. 14, 1825, aged 57 years. Stephen Davis was a leather dresser, had his place of business on what is now Washington street, Roxbury, Mass. Neither Stephen Davis nor his wife was a church member, but they at- tended the Congregational church, of which Rev. Dr. Porter was pastor. He was one of the found- ers of Washington Lodge, F. & A. Masons, in- stituted at Roxbury, March 14, 1796, and was for many years Master of this lodge. He was commissioned Adjt. of the Battalion of Artillery in the Ist Regt., Ist Div. of Mass. Militia, by Moses Gill, Lt. Gov. and Commander-in-Chief. His commission bears date June 12, 1799, "to take rank from 27 April, 1799, when elected". He held the position until March 1, 1804, when on resignation, he was honorably discharged. He was a tall, slim man, light compléction, and
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of moderate circumstances as to property. He died of pulmonary consumption, and is buried in the old cemetery at Roxbury.
Martha Tileston, his wife, was the daughter of Nathaniel Tileston, of Dorchester, Mass. He was a farmer, and owned a gristmill, and lived at "Dorchester Point". She had brothers :-
(1) Euclid Tileston, who about 1860, was carrying on a gristmill at the old place. It was a tide-mill. He m Hannah Badlam in 1791, and Jane With- ington in 1804.
(2) One of the sisters m : Whitney, of Dedham, Mass., a farmer.
(3) Jonathan Williams m Nancy Tileston, in 1802. From this marriage were born :--
Tileston Williams, Samuel Williams, and Elsie Williams, who resided with S. A. Dix, in Boston, for many years. . Lemuel Shepard m Sarah Tileston. He was a wheelwright, and lived in Dorchester.
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(5) One of the daughters m - Dunbar, teamster for the Custom House, and a man of some wealth.
Brothers and sisters of Stephen Davis :-
(v) John Davis, currier, lived in Roxbury, Mass.
(v) Jacob Davis, was b Oct. 14, 1779, at Roxbury, Mass. He removed to Gardiner, Me., and en- gaged in the business of a hatter, and for many years conducted a large and successful business at that place. Asa Davis served an apprentice- ship of seven years with him, and learned all the details of the business of manufacturing hats as then carried on, Jacob Davis became a cap- tain and did faithful service for his country in the war of 1812. In the year 1819, he was Rep- resentative from the Province of Maine, to the General Court of Mass., and in the same year
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he was elected a delegate to the convention which arranged and prepared the way for Maine becoming a State in the Union. Captain Jacob Davis died in the year 1870, at his home in Gardiner, Maine, at the ripe age of over 91 years, respected and honored by all who knew him. His religious faith was that of an Episco- palian.
His sons and daughters :-
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Anthony Davis, in 1878, living at Gardiner, Maine, was connected with the publication of a news- paper at Augusta, Maine.
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Elbridge Davis, kept hatters' furnishing goods.
(VI) Mary Davis, m - Swan.
Children of Stephen Davis (5).
(a) Stephen (6) b Dec. 22, 1787, was a circus rider, d in Portland, Me., m a lady in Portland,
. Blanchard, and they had a daughter ..
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Asa (6) b Aug. 22, 1789.
(c) Artemas (6) b Oct. 26, 1791, m Sarah Gardner Tuck, March 8, 1822, and resided on the island of Nantucket, Mass. At the time of the war of 1812, he lived in Salem, and was a private in a Volunteer Infantry Company, named the Essex Guards, under the command of Capt. Williams. This company was called out by authority, for the protection of the coast, and served a number of weeks, and received pay from the State of Mass. for that duty. Artemas, early in life, en- tered the office of Tucker, a lawyer at Salem, Mass., as a student at law. He abandon- ed this, and went to Baltimore, and became a commission merchant, and there was married to Sarah Tuck. Afterwards he came to Boston, and went into the paint and oil business on Broad Street, under the style of Tuck & Davis. Subsequently he returned to the island of Nan-
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tucket, and for many years, was an accountant. Children of Artemas Davis : -
Sarah Elizabeth, (7) b Dec. 10, 1822, d April, 1826, at Boston.
Mary Susan, (7) b Aug. 6, 1824, d Aug. 18, 1829, at Boston.
Samuel Stephen, (7) b Nov. 25, 1835, m Avis Swift, daughter of Alexander S. Swift, who d Aug. 10, 1878. Samuel S. now resides at Brook- lyn, N. Y.
Sarah Emeline, (7) b Jan. 2, 1829, d Sept. 5, 1829, at Brookline.
Martha (6) b March 1, 1793, m Wm. Seaver of Rox- bury, Mass., a grocer. They had three children living.
William, a tea broker, in Philadelphia.
Martha and Sarah, daughters, unmarried, resided in Baltimore, Md.
Wm. Seaver, Sr., went to Baltimore, and went into the grocery business. Then went to Wash- ington, and became a member of the firm of Seaver & Bulfinch, Grocers, Wines, &c., on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mr. Seaver was a great judge of liquors, teas, &c. In 1820 he was mur- dered between Washington and Alexandria. He had been to Alexandria to buy goods from foreign vessels, and, missing the stage and boat, was found near the bridge crossing the Potomac. The murder was thought to have been for the purpose of robbery. His widow subsequently kept a millinery establishment, including dress and mantau making, employing some 25 girls. She had the patronage of the best families in Washington. Her store was on · Penna Avenue, and she amassed quite a proper- ty. She d at her home in Baltimore, Md.
Ebenezer (6) b June 11, 1794, d June 5, 1810. (e)
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(f) Jacob Davis (6) b March 13, 1796, m, went to Charleston, S. C., and went into the firm of Rind & Co., as a book-keeper. This firm dealt in paints and oils. Then he went into the business of portrait, house, and sign painting. He d in Charlestown, S. C .. Sept. 7, 1832. He m and they had several children, Jacob, Mary, and others.
(g) Cecelia (6) b Dec. 22, 1798, m Stephen A. Dix, dealer in paints and oils, State St., Boston, Mass. They had three children :-
Stephen A. (7), Sarah Anna (7), Francis Henry (7). Nancy Anna Davis, (6) b April 7, 1801, m Wilcox, manufacturer of coffins, and undertaker, So. Boston, or Hingham. They had one daugh- ter, Nancy, d ---. ·
(h) Nathaniel Tileston, (6) b Oct. 11, 1802.
When about 10 years old, he went to Gardiner, Me., and lived with "Uncle Jacob" two or three years. He was then carrying on the business of making and selling hats. Then returned to Roxbury, Mass., and went to school, and when about 13 years old, went by the brig "Rice Plant" from Boston to Charleston, S. C., to learn the painters trade of his brother. The voy- age was about 10 days. Was with Jacob three or four years, then returned to Boston, and when about 17 years old went to sea in the ship "Inde- pendence" about 800 tons burden, a merchant ship, Capt. Wm. Flasket. Ship cleared from N. Y., went on a trading voyage, was "ship keeper", Started in spring ; sailed southeast- erly round Cape of Good Hope ; touched West- ern Island to get provisions ; touched at Botany Bay; then a penal settlement and delivered let- ters from some New York firms. Then went to Coast of New Zealand, landing at different
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places, trading for "beach lamar", a worm about the size of one's wrist, which grows on the bottom of the sea and the natives procure by diving, making payments in powder, iron hoop, knives, glass beads. Could buy a bag contain- ing 100 lbs., for one blue bead. Then traded in South Pacific, at many islands, Ladrone, Sandwich, Feejee. Discovered an island, named it "Independence". No vessel or white man had ever been there before. The natives were very timid. Captured first an old woman, made presents to her, and let her go; then the others came down to the boat and supplied them with fresh and dried fish, and cocoanut, the only products of the Isle, so far as they knew. After wandering among the South Sea Islands for about three years, the ship doubled Cape Horn, touched first at Pernambuco, then at Rio Janie- ro, Brazil, then at Cape Hatteras, and home again to New York, having been gone four years and four months.
The ship made harbor at Canton, and there made exchange of the ivory, 'beach lamar', and furs, for silks, ribbons, jute, &c., and took this cargo to New York. The cargo was one of the most valuable up to this time ever brought to New York City. After making a visit of a couple of months to his mother at Roxbury, Mass., he went to Charleston, S. C., where he remained about six months, when he went to Washing- ton, into Wm. Seaver's store, where he remain- ed until Mr. Seaver was murdered. Then he was in the store of Eaton & Galloway, dealers in all kinds of liquors. Was there about a year, had yellow fever, was very sick, and returned to Boston, and was there at Mr. Dix's about six months to recover from this sickness. Then
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went to Washington and went into the store of the successors of Seaver & Bulfinch. Then went to work painting on the Capitol about two years. Then returned to Boston. and carried on the business of painting, sign, ornamental, house, and ship work. In prosecution of this business, he went to Wellfleet, on Cape Cod, to grain and paint a church inside. He there mar- ried Mrs. Hannah Kemp, widow of Capt. Na- than Kemp, a sea captain. She had three chil- dren, Hannah, aged about six, Robert, a small boy, now doing business at No. - - Tremont St., retail dealer in boots and shoes, and organ- izer of the "Father Kemp Old Folks' Concert". Another son, Henry, died. The widow Kemp was keeping a retail store at Wellfleet, and Mr. Davis stepped in and took the business and went along with it, adding to it, the manufac- ture of paints and sale of oil, and manufactured salt. He stayed there four to six years and then removed to Malden, Mass., and bought the Capt. John Oakes farm of 75 acres. Lived here seven or eight years. Built a large two- story house. He sold this farm and went to Boston, and had a retail dry goods store on Hanover street, for about ten years. Here his wife died and he was married to Sophronia Lane, widow of Dr. Alfred Lane, who had re- sided the next door to Mr. Davis' store. Mrs. Lane had only one child living at the time of this marriage, Augusta, who became the wife of Simon Butler, of No. 144 Washington street, Somerville, Mass., and is in the hide and leather business. He subsequently bought a place of about one acre in South Reading, -- now Wakefield,-Mass., where he lived three to five years, and then removed to No. 80 Mid-
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dlesex street, Chelsea, Mass., and engaged in the business of painting so long as his health would permit. Visited Chester and Felchville summer of 1878.
(i) Sally (6) b April 2, 1804, m Charles Lowrey, a printer at Charleston. S. C. They moved to Washington, D. C., and had one son who went into the Union Army. Sarah died -
(j) Abigail (6) b May 8, 1806, d Sept. 5, 1806.
(k) Elizabeth Dorothy (6) b April 15, 1809, d February 14, 1818.
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Children of Wm. Seaver and Martha Davis (6)- The son, Wm. R. Seaver, removed to New York City, and was successful in business. He never married. He was a devoted, generous and self-sacrificing brother. His sisters loved him and had entire confidence in his judgment. At the time of his death, intestate, in 1896, he resided at Newark, N. J.
Sarah A. C. Seaver was his sole heir, Martha Seaver having died in 1889.
Sarah died at Baltimore, Md., June 27, 1900, unmarried, in the 84th year of her age. She owned, and at the time of her death, resided at No. 13 No. Calhoun street.
A controversy arose over an instrument pur- porting to be her last will and testament, writ- ten and executed Dec. 5, 1898, in which she had entirely ignored and disinherited her heirs-at- law, and cousins, Charles L. Davis, Gilbert A. Davis, Samuel S. Davis, Sarah A. Gordon, and Martha T. Miller, and these cousins filed a caveat, and contested the allowance of said in- strument. Miss Seaver had made three wills previous to this, in each of which she had re- cognized her cousins and devised to them the balance of her estate. The last of these wills
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was executed on May 27, 1898. The Orphans' Court of Baltimore City, after a protracted hear- ing Aug. 30, 1891, by a majority decision sus- tained the instrument of Dec. 5, 1898 as her last will. The cousins at once appealed to the Court of Errors and Appeals, and that Court by unanimous opinion of the Judges reversed the order of the Orphans' Court, set aside the instrument of Dec. 5, 1898, and established the will of May 27, 1898. O'Brien, J., in giving the dissenting opinion in the Orphans' Court, used this language :-
"Miss Seaver had all through her life been rec- "ognised by her friends and acquaintances as "a woman of culture and refinement, and in her "later years as a bright, intelligent, and courte- "ous person. affable and kind to her friends, "and very capable in transacting business "affairs".
The Seaver family are interred in lot 129, in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Delia I. (Bolles) Davis' Ancestry and Descendants.
(I) Joseph Bolles, 1608-1678.
(II) Samuel Bolles, b March 12, 1646, d 17 -.
(III) Jonathan Bolles.
Children of Jonathan and Mary Bolles,-
(IV)
2. Mary Bolles, b Dec. II, 1723.
(IV) 3. Hannah Bolles, b Dec. 25, 1725.
(IV) 4. John Bolles, b Oct. 29, 1727.
(IV) 5. Jonathan Bolles, Jr. b Dec. 19, 1728, m Eliz- abeth Randall, 1758, and removed to Richmond, N. H., whence he removed to Rockingham, Vt., and d 1824. He had 12 children, viz :-
(v) I. Solomon Bolles. He had five children. (1) Timothy, (vI) b Aug. 7, 1780, (2) Elijah, (VI) b Aug. 1, 1782, (3) Abigail, (v1) b Oct. 18, 1786, (4) Isaac, (VI) b June 2, 1788, (5) Samuel, (VI) b May 21, 1793.
(v) 2. Mary Bolles, 2nd.
(v) 3. Thankful Bolles, m her cousin, Rev. Nath'l Bolles, d Nov. 19, 1849.
(v) 4. John Bolles, 1769, b in Vt., moved to Oswego, N. V., 1818, m Deborah Ingals, d Oct. 21, 1856. He had five children, to wit :--
(VI) I. Esther, m first Elisha Jones, and had six chil- dren. Hed and she then m Hiram Lewis, the widower of her sister Harriet ;
(VI) 2. Mary, m Porter Stockwell, had three children, d. Mr. Stockwell lives in Oswego, N. Y .;
(VI) 3. Harriet m Hiram Lewis, of Schenectady, had four children and d. Mr. Lewis lived at Apol- acan, Little Meadows, Pa .;
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(VI) 4. Alexander H. m Mahala Harden of Exeter, Pa., resided at Meshoppan, Pa., Wyoming Co., has had six children.
(VI) 5. Silas Bolles, Rev., b at Williamstown, Vt., Sept. 5, 1810, lived in St. Paul, Minn., m Ist. Helen Seeley, of Sodus, N. Y .; 2nd, Charlotte Huckins, has had four children :-
(I)Helen, (2) John. (3) Edmond, (4) Minnesota.
(v) 5. William Bolles, son of Johnathan, Jr., insane, never m.
(v) 6. Sarah.
(v) 7. Jonathan.
(v) 8. Rest, d 1860.
(v) 9. Nicholas Bolles, son of Jonathan, Jr., d in Rockingham, Vt., Nov. 19, 1775, m Sarah E. House, of Rockingham, had seven children, and d Dec. 28, 1850. His wife d Dec. 19, 1826. His children were, viz :-
(1) Salome Bolles (VI) b Dec. 10, 1802, single, lived in Maine Village, N. Y.
(2) Caroline Bolles, (v1) b June 10, 1805, m Ste- phen Parker, and d in Watertown. N. Y., about 1827 ; she had one child named Jason Parker.
(3) Jason R. Bolles, (v1) b April 30, 1807, m Caroline E. Holden, April 10, 1844, lived in Maine Village, N. Y. They have had chil- dren, viz :-
Wallis B. Bolles, b April 16, 1845, Jerome, b July 7, 1846, Columbus C., b April 11, 1848, Lafayette, b Nov. 16, 1850, Isabel, b March 21, 1852, Elvira, b May 6. 1859.
(4) Charles H. Bolles, (v1) b May 12, 1809, m Abigail Rollins of Union, N. Y., April 22, 1836, lived in Philadelphia ; a physician ; has had two children, viz :-
Charles R., b Oct. 13, 1838, d April 8, 1845 ;
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and Abigail A., b Nov. 11, 1843, m C. G. Adams, Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1860.
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Freeman Bolles, (v1) b Sept. 20, 1814, m, lived in Maine Village, N. Y., has had four children, viz .- (1) Sarah, b Oct. 2, 1839 ; (2) Caroline, b March 6, 1841 ; (3) Cynthia, b May 3, 1843 ; (4) Martha, b July 23, 1846.
(6) Mary Ann Bolles (v1) b March 22, 1818, d Oct. 8, 1819.
(7) Ira Bolles (v1) b Jan. 19, 1820 d May 25, 1839.
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IO. Lemuel Bolles, son of Jonathan Bolles, Jr., b in Richmond, N. H., July 20, 1777, m Mary Chamberlain of Keene, N. H., and had seven children. He d in Rockingham, Vt., Aug. 26, 1827. Mary Chamberlain was b May 8, 1778, and d Jan. 5, 1837. Their children were as follows, namely :-
I. Lemuel Bolles, Jr., (v1) b June 1. 1808, m Mary A. Weaver, lived in Cambridgeport, V.t., and d there May 28, 1849. He had three children, Delia, I. (VII) Esek C., (VII) Charles Edwin, (VII) Esek Constantine Bolles b Oct. 5, 1842, at Grafton, Vt., was a member of Co. K., 13th Il1. Vol. ; was a R. R. Conductor, and was accidentally killed at Momence, Ind., Aug. 24, 1865.
Charles Edwin Bolles b at Grafton, Vt., Oct. 14, 1844, was a member of Co. K., 13th Regt., Ill. Vols., and now resides at Oak Park, Ill. : He is President of the Avenue State Bank, and is of the firm of Bolles & Rogers, 142 Kenzie St., Chicago, Ill., deal- ers in Hides, Wool &c.
Mary Bolles, after the death of her first hus- band, was m to George J. Atcherson, at Graf- ton, Vt., and they immediately removed to
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Illinois, and resided for a long time at Tur- ner Junction.
2. Ithamar Bolles, (v1) b Feb. 28, 1811, m Martha S. Wood, 1839, was for many years a Justice of the Peace ; he lived and died in Cambridgeport, Vt., and they had two chil- dren, viz :-
Francis A. b 1844, now an Attorney at Law, at Bellows Falls, Vt., and another who d in infancy. Mrs. B. d Nov. 27, 1859. He subsequently m Rebecca Farr, of Athens, Vt., by whom one son was b, Fred Bolles. 3. Nelson Bolles, (v1) b April 7, 1817, m Eme- line Putnam, was a farmer, lived in Cam- bridgeport, and Newfane, Vt., and d April 17, 1883 ; they had five children, viz :- Esther, Lemuel, Mary, Ella, (who d aged two years) and George.
4. Hannah Bolles, (v1) b May 7, 1806, m Pros- per Merrill, of Felchville, Vt., and d Nov. 1, 1898. They had one child, viz :- John Bissell Merrill.
5. Nancy Bolles, (VI) b Oct. 19, 1804, mı Peleg Winslow, and lived in Townsend, Vt., d Oct. 31, 1893, and they had five children, viz :- George, Nelson, Samuel, Rhoda, and Lemuel, all of whom are dead.
6. Delia Augusta Bolles, (v1) b Feb. 15, 1821, m Samuel B. Wells, and lived many years in Athens, and Brattleboro. Vt., and she d Nov. 23, 1884. They had four children, viz :-- Lucian, May, Cora, and Samuel.
7. Mary Bolles, (v1) b Sept. 8, 1813, d March 1829.
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II. Phineas, son of Jonathan Bolles, Jr., moved from Rockingham to Woodford, Vt. His sons were Lyman. Calvin, and Lewis, his
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daughters were Lydia and Martha.
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12. Hannah Bolles, twelfth child of Jonathan Bolles, Jr., of whose birth, marriage or death, I have been unable to obtain any in- formation.
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Delia I. Bolles was b at Grafton, Vt., in the village of Cambridgeport, Jan. 17, 1840. She married Gilbert A. Davis at Turner Junction, Il1., April 13, 1862, the marriage ceremony having been performed in the Methodist church, by the Rev. J. T. Hanna, then of Naperville, Il1.
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CHAPTER XV.
Family Genealogies and Biographical Sketches.
This chapter and other chapters will contain such sketches as I have been able to obtain. I wish it could have been made more complete, realizing that many items of interest will soon be lost, if not gathered and preserved in this way.
The Amsden Family, Ancestors of Abel Amsden, By Arthur H. Keyes.
Isaac Amsden came from England, first heard of in Cambridge, Mass., where he m Francis Perriman, June 8, 1654. He d in Cambridge, April 7th, 1659.
Children,-Isaac, b in Cambridge in 1655, Jacob, b in Cambridge, Nov. 7, 1657. Isaac m Jane Rutter at Cambridge, May 17, 1677. He d at Marlboro, Mass., May 3, 1727.
Children,-Elizabeth, b in Cambridge, Feb. 2. 1678, Isaac, b in Cambridge, Aug. 24, 1680, John, b in Marl- boro, Dec. 28, 1683, Thomas, b in Marlboro, Jan. 9, 1686. Jacob, b in Marlboro, Feb. 29, 1689, Abraham, b in Marlboro, Oct. 15, 1692.
Abraham m Hannah Newton. at Marlboro, Nov. 29, 1722, He d at Marlboro, March 7, 1763.
Children,-Abraham, b in Marlboro, Aug. 29, 1723, Uriah, b in Marlboro, June 10, 1725, Jacob, b in Marl- boro, May 28, 1728, Bezaleel, b in Marlboro, March 17, 1731, Francis, b in Marlboro, Dec. 24, 1734, Hannah, b in Marlboro, April 13, 1739.
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Abraham, m Hannah Whitcomb at Marlboro, in 1745 or '46.
Children,-Lucy, b in Southboro, July 11, 1747, Mollie, b in Southboro, Nov. 17, 1749, Abraham, b in Southboro, Feb. 20, 1752 ; Abel, b in Southboro, Sept. I, 1755.
Abel Amsden m Mary Fish in 1780, and Sybil Hub- bard Nov. 23, 1785, and Susan Story, May, 1813. He d July 25, 1828. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Reading, and a prominent citizen of the town for many years. An account of his life and the names of his fam- ily will be found elsewhere in this volume.
Additional facts regarding the ancestors of Abel Amsden, of Reading, Vt. (Copied from History of Marlboro, Mass).
Isaac Amsden, (A. Amsden's great grandfather) son of Isaac Amsden, Ist, of Cambridge, Mass., was the proprietor of the Ockoocangasett purchase in 1684. He was in Marlboro some years previous, and he m Jane Rutter of Sudbury, Mass. She d, his widow, Nov. 22, 1739.
Isaac Amsden, son of Isaac Amsden (2), above re- ferred to, m July 24, 1705, Jiporah Beaman.
John, another son of Isaac A. (2), m Hannah
Thomas, another son of Isaac (2), m June 18, 1712, Eunice Howe.
Jacob, another son of Isaac (2), m Oct. 28, 1719, Sarah Beaman.
Abraham, youngest son of Isaac (2), m Hannah Newton, at Marlboro, Mass., Nov. 29, 1722.
Isaac Amsden, Jr., son of Isaac (2) of Cambridge, was a citizen of some prominence, and held His Majes- ty's commission as Captain. He d May 3, 1727, aged 47 years. His house was one of the garrison houses in 1711, near Wesson Place. He was town clerk of Marlboro, 1701, 1712, 1713.
Abraham Amsden, father of Abel Amsden, was a
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