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HISTORY or THE
TOW]^ OF SHEEWSBfmy ,
MASSACHUSETTS,
FROM ITS SETTLEMENT IN 1717 TO 1829,
AA^ITH OTHER MATTER RELATING THERETO NOT BEFORE PUBLISHED*
INCLUDING AN EXTENSIVE.
FAMILY EEGISTEE.

BY ANDREW H. WARBy
Member of tlie New England Historic and Genealogical Society.

'• He, who forgets not the place of his birth, and the trees whose fruit he plucked,
and'ander whose shade he gamboled'in the days of his youth, is not a stranger to
the sweetest impressions cf the human heart."

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL G. DRAKE, 56 CORNHILL.
J. HOWE, PRINTER, 39 MERCHANTS ROW.
1847.

CORRECTION OE ERROKS.
Page 13, 11th line from top, for Southard, read Southeast
" 14, 6th line from bottom, for in June, read is June.
" 23, in the last line, for Abial, read Abiel.
" 57, I2th line from bottom, for 1824, read I82I.
" 251, 5th line from bottom, for Deering, read Dewing.
" 2.54, 6th line from bottom, for 1802, read 1824.
" 302, 15th line from bottom, for David Fay, read Adam Fay.
" 306, in the note, 6th line from top, for his children saw, read his children's
children saw.
" 435, Sth line from top, for sister of the Rev. Job Cushing, read sister of the
vSife of the Rev. Job Cushing.
" 453, 10th line from bottom, for July 2, ]814, read July 22. 1814.
" 468, 10th line from top, for Whedlocr, read Wheelock.
The reader is desired to make the above corrections with his pen on the pages
designated. Alexander W. Bellows is not the son of John Bellows, Jun., as stated on p. 245.

The number of copies of this work ordered from the press was so limited that
before it was finished, it was thought the demand for them would exceed the supply.
A few copies, consisting only of the Family Register, have therefore been stricken
off to supply those, who naturally would feel more interested in that portion of tho
work.

INTRODUCTION.
This work is entitled a History of the Town, but is rather a
History of its People, with some parliculars relating to its set
tlement and progress, to 1829, and other matters from sundry re-
cords, desirable to be known in connection with the families and
individuals of whom some account will be found in the Family
Register. Very little, if any thing contained in a sketch of the town,
which I furnished and was published in the Worcester Magazine '
in 1S26, will be found here; that sketch was hastily prepared,
and was imperfect, if nothing more, inasmuch as it was destitute
of genealogical information.
To furnish a Family Register of the inhabitants of the town,
from its settlement to a recent period, was the chief, if not the
sole, cause of this undertaking; in preparing which it became de
sirable to learn the ancestry of the early settlers ; that I have been
enabled to do (of many families, and to an early period in the
settlement of the country, and more diffusely than will appear
here) by means of copies of records of the towns embraced in
Middlesex County ; some of these records extend back to 1630,
and others, to remote periods as the settlements progressed.
They are voluminous, and have been procurred at great expense ;
in addition to them some were obtained of other towns, whereby
the field for research was enlarged,, and the labor of searching
out ancestry not a little increased ; for that labor 1 have been com
pensated in obtaining to a considerable extent, the information
desired, and in acquiring a knowledge of the fact, that much can
be gathered from them to gratify those, who are seeking a knowl
edge of their ancestry, whether in the line through which they
descended, or of the collateral branches of the respective genera
tions. Some information of the ancestry of the early settlers will

4 INTRODUCTION.
be found in notes under the respective family heads, and in which
all will feel an interest, more particularly their descendants, and
those, who have become connected with them. In tracing them
¦before their settlement here, I have, for the most part, confined
my account of them to their line direct to the remotest ancestor
in this country of whom I could obtain a knowledge in the little
time devoted to it, without speaking of the collateral branches of
the different generations to the extent I could have done, as the
-object of this work did not require it, and its limits would not ad
mit of so wide a range.
In pursuing the inquiry, my information has been extended,
and my curiosity gratified.
By the records of olden time, I have been introduced not only
to the ancient dead, whose works live in history, and whose deeds
are related in story, but made acquainted with numerous family
lines of subsequent generations and their wide spread connections.
In this compilation I introduce them to the reader, with an ac
count of some of their descendants, their families, &c., and of
others, whose remote ancestry I could not, or had not time to
trace. What reflections have not arisen in my mind, while pre
paring it ! What will not be produced in his, who reads it ! The
aged will meditate upon it, and recall to mind many things they
had forgotten, if they ever knew them ; while the young, with
more buoyant feelings, perusing it for information, will find it an
instructive compendium of genealogy, and some of the historical
matter entertaining, when drawn around the evening fireside,
where more frequently occur an interchange of thoughts and a
participation in feelings, that give a zest to amusement.
Such is the subject matter of it, and drawn from records to
minuteness of detail, that as time passes the interest taken in it
will increase and extend to distant parts, where relatives and de
scendants, having left the place of their birth, have taken up their
abode with little knowledge of their ancestry, and destitute of the
means of acquiring it ; to such particularly, and their children
and their children's children, the Family Register will be a valu
able source of information, while all will find in it some things
they never knew before.

INTRODUCTION. 5
'Who has not a desire to know something of the people of a
'iown, as well as of its location, its ponds, hills and natural advan
tages ? Who they were, and who their ancestors, that were here
Ijefore us, and have long since departed? Who they were, that
iaid the foundations, i-eligious, political and social, on which we
are raising superstructures ? Who they were, that commenced,
-under great privations and dangers, what we are now enjoying in
abundance and without molestation ? Is there not a spirit in man
that yearns, as the babe for the mother's breast, to know who, and
what his family, that lived of old on the place he himself now oc
cupies? who subdued the forests, ploughed the fields and sowed
where he himself now reaps? whence he came, with whom he
was connected in the tenderest ties of family relation, when he died,
and whom he left to uphold his name? perhaps his aticestor!
There is such a spirit in man, and we rejoice in the belief, that
it is waking out of sleep and seeking a knowledge of them that
have passed away. Under the influence of feelings, that natur
ally give rise to such inquiries, 1 copied from the records of the
town before 1 removed, but merely for my own curiosity, without
expecting or intending to make the use of them I now have, ail
the marriages, births and deaths, from its settlement to 1829, that
could be found thereon, including some other' matter, and a list of
-the town officers as exhibited herein, from 1727 to 1829, both
years inclusive. Since which time, and recently, to aid in mak
ing the Register more full and complete, I have copied the records
of the church from its organization in 172.3 to 1824, which con
tain the admissions to, and dismissions from it, and the baptisms in
it during that period, with other ecclesiastical matter on record.
There I found the names and a record of the baptisms of many
•children, whose births had not been put on the town record ; hence
i have been able to preserve the names and give an account of
some children, that otherwise must have been omitted in the Reg
ister, and of whom, in little time, all knowledge would be lost^
and consequently their origin unknown. They will be found under
the parental head, with tthe time of baptism, which in early times
was the next Sabbath after birth — and in several instances, as ap-
jpears of record, both happened on the same day. More children

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were baptized formerly than of late years, and earlier in life.
Herein will be found an account of all the families that have lived
in town previous to 1S29, so far as a knowledge of them can be
had by a record of a birth or death in any one of them, including
those whose children were baptized, but had not their births re-
Corded. While omitting none, I have gone into a detail with all,
so far as records would enable me to do ; nothing short of a detail
of particulars will or ought to satisfy the reader in tracing his an
cestry and family connection. Where dates are given, they are
taken from the records, but the records themselves are not always
correct. Errors must be expected in a work like this ; some have
been discovered and noted in an errata ; others no doubt will be
found, some of them arising on my part, and some from erroneous
information. The belief that such would be the case, and that
errors innumerable would creep in, came near discouraging me,
and more than once, when this work was half completed, I thought
to abandon it altogether; but considering that, if every one should
fold up his arms and attempt nothing, because he might make mis
takes, not any thing would be done, and that he who labors for good,
and aims to be correct, will, even if he fails in it, have the credit
of trying, I persevered, and the result is before the public.
Two years have elapsed since it was commenced ; other avo
cations have occupied most of my time by day, and prevented its
earlier appearance ; it has been prepared at intervals, and much
of it when others were asleep. Of the Family Register, it is not
known, that one on this plan, so full and minute, in family detail,
has before been attempted. In some instances it is brought down
later than to 1829 of those who were there before that time ; of
those who have moved into town since that period, I know so lit
tle, I could say nothing that would be satisfactory to them or my
self. In most of what I have read of genealogy I have found
the females to have been neglected ; they have not received that
attention to which they were and are entiiled, they have often
been not so much as named ; it will not be found so here. What
are the lords of creation without the beauty of it !

PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &e.

We have been told, that this town was settled by people
mostly from Marlboro' — that the tract of land, which afterwards
comprised the township, was granted by the General Court to
sundry persons, who had petitioned the Court therefor. To
most of those now on the stage but little more is known of the
incipient steps towards its settlement, than the above brief and
traditionary account.
From a desire to know more particularly how that was, and
to learn who were the petitioners, their names, &c,, and to learn
their reasons and motives, as expressed in their own language for
requesting the grant, I examined the records in the Secretary's
oflSce, hoping to find the original petition or a copy of it, but
could find neither of them — It was probably destroyed in 1760)
when the State House with numerous files of valuable papers
were burnt, whereby much interesting information relating to the
early settlements in Massachusetts has been lost.
Nothing more appears on the records there, than the proceed
ings of the General Court upon their petition — there is some
evidence to show the petition bore date of 1716. Upon the re
ception and hearing of the petition, the Court ordered a viewing
Committee — their report (noted on the margin of the record,
"Report on the petition of Marlboro' men,") was as follows:
" Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly at their session
in May last, we, the subscribers, have been upon the land
petitioned to be a township by John Brigham and thirty others ;
have viewed the situation and the quality of the same, and
informed ourselves of the circumstances of the petitioners, that

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desire the grant of the land for a township, and are of opinion,
that they, and such as join with them, are a competent number,
and such as are likely by themselves or their Dependants to make
a good and speedy setllement thereon. And that, if this Hon
ourable Court allow to the Westerly part of Marlboro' a line to
be continued from the Westerly line of Lt. Rice's farm, until it
meets with Fay's farm, and then to bound by said Fay's farm
according to the line thereof, until it meet with Sutton line on
the Southward and from the North West corner of said Rice's land
to run upon a strait line to a heap of stones, called Warner's
corner, which is the most Easterly corner of Haynes' farm by
the Country Road, and from tfience by a Hne running North 20
degrees East by the needle, till it meet with Lancaster line on
the North, it will not so disadvantage the land petitioned for a
township, but that it may be very accommodable and entertain a
suitable number of persons to make a good town.
Samttel Thaxtek,
John Chandler,
Jonathan Remington.
Marlboro', Jane 19, 1717."
It also appears from the Records of the Court appointing the
viewing Committee on the petition of John Brigham and thirty
others, that the petitioners prayed for a grant of the land to be
given or sold to them lying between Marlboro' and Worcester,
Lancaster, Sutton and Hassanamisco, now Grafton. Westboro'
and Northboro' were then a part of Marlboro' ; and in 1717 the
Inhabitants living in the Westerly part of Marlboro' petitioned to
be set off from Marlboro' and made a township by themselves
this petition and that of John Brigham and others were both
pending at the same time, after both were reported upon by
viewing Committees, the Westerly part of Marlboro' was set off
and incorporated as a town, by the name of Westboro' and ex
tending farther West than the original Westerly line of Marlboro',
included a strip of that tract prayed for by John Brigham and
others. In both cases before the grants were made, surveys and
plans of each township were ordered to be made and returned for the

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better understanding of the Court ; the persons composing the
viewing Committee were, if I mistake not, the same in both cases.
The foregoing report having been made to the Court, it was
at their session on the 31st of October and 2d November, 1717,
" Ordered, that the tract of land protracted and described, with
the farms heretofore granted to particular persons contained in
the plot be made a township, excepting so much thereof, as the
report of Samuel Thaxter, John Chandler and Jonathan Reming
ton, Esqrs., dated 19th of June 1717, doth propose to be taken
off and added to the Westerly part of Marlboro' ; and that
Jonathan Remington, Samuel Thaxter and Francis Fullam, Esqrs.
be a committee fully empowered to grant and lay out the whole
of said lands (except what has been heretofore granted) to such
persons as they in dieir wisdom shall think most likely to advance
the settlement of the place ; they paying the said Committee for
the use of the Province, not exceeding twelve pence per acre
for said lands, and the charge of the Committee for laying out
the same, which is to be done in as convenient and defensible a
manner as the circumstances of the plan will admit of, provided
they have there at least forty families settled there with an
Orthodox minister within the space of three years, and that a
lot and other accommodations, as large and convenient as may
be to the place will admit of in the judgment of said Committee,
be laid out to the first settled minister, also a lot for the ministry,
and another for the use of the school. Sent up for concurrence.
Read and concurred. Consented to,
Samuel Shute."
PUOCEEDINGS OF THE LaYING OuT COMMITTEE.
We the Subscribers, whose names are under written, a Com
mittee appointed and fully empowered by the Great and General
Court or Assembly of his Majesties Province of Massachusetts
Bay, in New England, held at Boston, Oct. 5-3, 1717, lo grant
and lay out the whole of the lands described in a plot exhibited
and prayed for by John Brigham and thirty others, agreeable to
the order of said Court, passed thereon upon the report q(

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Samuel Thaxter, John Chandler and Jonathan Remington, Esqrs.
Oct. 31 and Nov. 2d, 1717, lying Eastward of and contiguous
to the town of Worcester, made a township by said Court.
Pursuant to the power and directions to us given in and by the
order of the General Court, having due regard to the savings
and exceptions therein made.
Have granted to the several petitioners and farmers, whose
names are underwritten, and on the other side, and to their heirs
forever, the several House Lots in said lands, in nomber and
quantity, as set down against each Grantees' name, respectively,
upon and with the following conditions and provisos, and not
otherwise. 1. That each and every person, to whom a Lot is, or shall
be granted, shall by himself or other meet person, soch as the
Committee shall accept and approve of, effectually settle such
Lot to the acceptance and satisfaction of the Committee, as to
manner and. time, and so as to conform to the order of said
General Court, dated as above said ; and
2. Shall also pay to the Committee for the use of this
Province the sum of £3,12,0, each person in current money or
Bills of Public Credit, at or before the first day of June, Anno
1725, and do also satisfy the Committee for their time. Sic.
3. That each and every petitioner named and distinguished
as farmers, as set down on the other side of this leaf, to v.hom a
House Lot is granted, shall (over and above the fulfilling all the
conditions above mentioned,) effectually, and to the satisfaction
of the Committee, within the space of six years from the date
of the above said order of Court, settle at least one family upon
each of their farms respectively, lying within said town, distinct
from the settlement on the new Lot granted them, or else shall
/Drfeit to the Country the Lots granted thero.
Lot No. 3, to Joseph Buckminster, Esq., sixty-three acres, 63
No. 2, to Lt. John Houghton, seventy acres, ...... 70
No. 2.5, to George Brown, for his son Josiah Brown,
seventy acres,  -jq
No. 42, to John Keyes, Sen., sixty-six acres,  66

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No. 23, to Jotham Brigham, admitted in the room of
Asa Bowker,  70
No. 28, to John Wheeler, sixty acres,  60
No. 31, to James Keyes, seventy acres,  70
No. 16, to John Keyes, Jr. fifty-three acres,  53
No. 45, to Thomas Keyes, seventy acres,  70
No. 43, to Eleazer Taylor, sixty-nine acres,  69
No. 24, to Thomas Hall, seventy acres,  70
No. 33, to Jacob Hinds, sixty acres,  60
No. 26, to Samuel Crosby admitted in the room of Jer,
Holman,  73
No. 29, to John Gates, seventy acres,  70
No. 6, to John Upham, seventy-two acres,  72
No. ] 1, to Daniel Rand, sixty-two acres, ...,.,... 62
No. 37, to Richard Temple, seventy acres,  70
No. 18, to John Shattuck, fifty-eight aares,  58
No. 4, to Joseph Baker, sixty-seven acres, ....... 67
No. 39, to John Wheeler, sixty acres,  60
No. 36, to Samuel Brigham, admitted in the room of
Gershom Wheelock,  70
No. 10, to John Sherman, seventy-two acres and three
quarters,  72f
No. 44, to William Johnson, sixty-seven acres,  67
No. 27, to Thomas Gleazon, admitted in room of
Ephraim Curtice,  70
No. 21, to Peter Smith, sixty-nine acres and an half, €9|-
No. 38, to Abiah Bush, sixty-one acres,  61
No. 7, to William Ward, admitted in room of Benj.
Bellows,  69
The farmers to whom House Lots are granted by the Com
mittee upon the conditions written on the other side.
Lot No. 14, to John Brigham, seventy acres,  70
No. 1 , to Peter Hains, sixty-eight acres,  68
No. 40, to Capt Joshua Hains, sixty-six acres,  66
No. 34, to Lt, David Haines, seventy acres,  70
No. 17, to Moses Newton, fifty-one acres and an half, 51 J
No. 13, to John Crosby, admitted in room of Daniel
How,    62

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Lot No. 5, to Jonathan Witt, sixty-one acres,  • • 61
No. 15, to Thomas Hapgood, sixty-two and an half acres, 62J
No. 32, to James Gleazon, in room of William Taylor, 70
No. 41, to Caleb Rice, in room of Samuel Wheelock,
Sen., sixty acres,  60
No. 19, to Elias Keyes, sixty-five acres,  65
No. 12, to Jonathan Loring, sixty-seven acres,  67
No. 8, to Nahum Ward, fifty-eight acres,  53
No. 9, to Capt. Edward Goddard, sixty-nine acres, . 69
No. 35, to Gershom Keyes, admitted in room of Capt.
Brown,  52
And the true intent and meaning of the Committee is, that
every Grantee before mentioned, (as also the Public Lots,) that
shall fulfill the conditions before expressed, shall be entided to
all after divisions of land in said township, and that all the land
now lying in common and undivided be shared among them,
part and part alike, or otherwise remain in common, as they shall
agree, and the Grantees have liberty to divide the same in whole
or in part, when they see good. And that every of the before
named Grantees shall be and is hereby obliged to pay the said
sum of three pounds and twelve shillings before mentioned,
at six equal payments — twelve shillings each for the use of
the Province, the first at or before the first day of June, 1720,
and so yearly and every year, until each particular Grantee
have fully paid to the Committee or such other as the Court
appoints to receive the same, the full sum of £3,12,0 each, which
will amount in the whole to the sum of one hundred fifty-one
pounds and four shillings.
Jonathan Remington, )
Samuel Thaxter, ^ Committee.
Francis Fullam. S
Dec. 18, 1718."
Some years after, the Proprietors, with a view to know to
whom the several house lots were granted, Dec. 30, 1718, and
the quantity of meadow ground alloted to each and where
situated, and how bounded. Sic, and the respective names of
the persons in possession of the several lots, required an account

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of the same to be made out and entered on their Book, of which
the following is a copy.
The grants, so far as the Courts' Committee were concerned,
were made on the ISth Dfec. 1718 — perhaps the grants on the
30ih were made merely to show the Proprietors' acceptance of
the doings of the Committee.
" Lot No. 1, Granted to Peter Haines, Dec. 30, 1718.
This first Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 68 acres, and is
situate at the South East corner of said tovvn, and is bounded
Easterly and Southerly by the town line — ^Westerly by the 2d
Lot, and otherways by Common land — the Southard angle is a
white oak, &c.
It hath, for a division of meadow in snid town, the 2d LiOt in
Wild Cat meadow, six acres ; and is bounded Southerly by the
meadow lot of Col. Joseph Buckminster, which is No. 1 ; and
partly by the great Island in said meadow — Westerly by upland.
Northerly by the meadow Lot of John Houghton, which is No.
3. This Lot (68 acres) hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, in
the common or undivided land, and is, 24 Dec. 1728, in the
possession of Eleazer Pratt.
Lot No. 9, Granted to John Houghton, Dec. 30, 1718.
This second Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it seventy acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, in the undivided land in
Shrewsbury, and lyeth near the South East angle of the town,
bounded Southerly by the town line. Easterly by the first Lot,
Westerly by the third Lot, Northerly by common land — and
hath for a division of meadow six acres, the 3d Lot in Wild Cat
meadow, bounded Southerly by the meadow Lot of Peter Hains
which is No. 29, Northerly by the meadow Lot of William
Ward, which is No. 4, Easterly partly by the meadow of John
Sherman; this Lot (70 acres,) is, Jan. 11, 1728, in the possession
of David Goodnow.
Lot No. 3 was Granted to Col. Joseph Buckminster, Dec. 30,
1718. This third Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 63J acres, and
hath a 50 acre right belonging to it in the common and undivid
ed land in Shrewsbury, and is situated near the South East corner

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of the town, bounded Easterly by the 2d Lot, Southerly by the
town line. Westerly by the 4th Lot, Notherly by common land,
and hath for a division of meadow the first Lot in Wild Cat
meadow, and lyeth for six acres on both sides of an Island,
bounded Southerly on the town line, Northerly by Peter Haines'
meadow Lot No. 2, and is divided into two pieces by the Island ;
this Lot (63^ acres) is in the possession of Wm. Nurse and
Ebenezer Nurse, Jan. 13, 1729.
Lot No. 4, Granted to Joseph Baker, Dec. 30, 1718.
This fourth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains sixty-seven
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, in the undivided
land in Shrewsbury, bounded Easterly by the 3d House Lot,
Southerly by the town line, otherways by common land — hath
for a division of meadow, 5 acres adjoining the West side of his
Lot, called Great Pisket ; this Lot (67 acres) is in the posses
sion of Reuben Maynard, Jan. 18, 1729.
Lot No. 5, Granted to Jonathan Witt, Dec. 30, 1718.
This fifth House Lot in Shrewsbury contains -in it sixty-one
acres, and a 60 acre right, Sic. The swamp land within the
bounds of it is esteemed as six acres of meadow, lyeth joining to
the Westerly end of Fay's farm, and is bounded Easterly, partly
by said farm, every way else by common land, the length of
lines and degrees as they were set forth by William Ward, in
the town platt, &,c. This Lot is Jan. 23, 1729, in the pos
session of William Croutch.
Lot No. 6, Granted to John Upham, Dec. 30, 1718.
This sixth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 72 acres
and bath a 50 acre right, Sic, and lyeth near the South line of
the town, and Easterly from Great Bummit. The meadow and
swamp land within it, is esteemed for his six acres of valuable
meadow, bounded every way by undivided land ; this Lot (72
acres) in June 2, 1730, in the possession of Ebenezer Cutler.
Lot No. 7, Granted to William Ward, admitted in room of
Benj. Bellows, Dec. 30, 1718.
This seventh House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 69
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it. Sic, and lyeth at
the South East part of Robbins' farm, bounded Notherly by said

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farm, and by part of the 8th Lot, Easterly by the 9th Lot, and
otherways by undivided land, length of lines and degrees, as they
were set forth by Wm. Ward, in the platt of the town of Shrews
bury, he hath for a division of meadow, the fourth Lot in Wild
Cat meadow, and lies for six acres, be it more or less; this 7lh
Lot is now Jan. 24, 1729, in the possession of Samuel Miles.
Lot No. 8, Granted to Nahum Ward, Dec, 30, 1718.
This Eighth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 58^
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it. Sic, and lyeth
joining to the end of Robbins' farm, and is bounded Westerly by
said farm, and Southerly by part of the 7th and part of the 9th
Lots, and Easterly by the 10th Lot, Northerly by undivided
land, the length of lines and degrees as they are set forth by
William Ward, in the platt of the town of Shrewsbury, he hath
for a division of meadow, six acres of meadow and swamp, and
lyes in several pieces, one piece lyes joining to the North end of
Golding meadow — measured for 4 acres and 100 rods, bounded
South by the. town line, otherways by common land, except
where it joins to the 6th House Lot, another piece of swamp
lying four rods East from the meadow, and lyeth for 60 rods,
bounded South by the tevrn line, otherways by undivided land ;
another piece esteemed as one acre higher up the hill (!) East
from the former, and bounded South by the line ; this Lot
(58^ acres,) is now Jan. 27, 1729, in possession of Samuel
Crosby. Lot No. 9, Granted to Capt. Edward Goddard, Dec. 30, 1718.
This ninth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 69 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and is bounded
Northerly by the Sth and 10th Lots, Southerly by Fay's farm.
Westerly partly by the 7th Lot, and partly by common land,
Easterly by common land, it hath for a division of meadow,
the fifth Lot in Wild Cat meadow ; this Lot (No. 9) is now, Jan.
27, 1729, in possession of Jacob Green.
Lot No. 10, Granted to John Sherman, Dec. 30, 1718.
This tenth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 72J acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c.,; the meadow
within it esteemed as 2 J acres of valuable meadow, and is situated

16 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &,c.
on Boston Hill, and bounded Southerly by the 9ih Lot, Westerly
by the Sth Lot, otherways by common laud, for tiie remainder
of his meadow, two pieces, one piece of 3 acres called little
Pisket meadow, which lyeth joining to part of Wild Cat meadow,
and a little piece of swamp at the North corner of the meadow,
10 qualify the meadow ; also J acre more at the North end of hts
House Lot, also one acre esteemed i an acre of meadow, at the
North West comer. This Lot (No. 10,) is now in the possession
of Daniel Garfield, Jan. 27, 1729.
Lot No. II, Granted to Daniel Rand, Dec. 30, 1718.
This eleventh House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 62
acres and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &.C., and is situated
on the West of Great Bummit meadow, bounded Northerly on
Bobbins' farm, otherways by common land, except where it
touches said Bummit ; he hath for a division of meadow six
acres called Nipnap meadow, bounded Westerly by South Brook,
allowance given to the value of one acre and 120 rods, to
qualify the meadow. This Lot, No. U is now,.Jan. 28, 1729,
in the possession of Daniel Rand.
Lot No. 12, Granted to Jonathan Loring, Dec. 30, 1718.
This twelfth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 67 acres,
and has a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and is situated near
to where Warner formerly improved, bounded Northerly by
Hains' old farm. Easterly by the 16th House Lot, otherways by
undivided land, he hath for a division of meadow, the 4th Lot of
meadow in South Brook meadow, in 2 pieces. This (12th)
Lot is now Jan. 28, 1729, in the possession of the heirs of
Wm. Blair.
Lot No. 13, Granted to John Crosby, admitted in the room
of Daniel How, Dec. 30, 1718.
This thirteenth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 62
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and is situat
ed on the North end of Boston Hill, bounded Easterly by the
town line ; he hath for a division of meadow, swamp land and
meadow land, esteemed equal to 6 acres of good meadow, and
lyeth joining to his House Lot at the Southerly end in two parts,
one part lies on both sides of the brook that runs out of Little

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Bummit, bounded Southerly by said Bummit meadow, Easterly
by his House Lot, the other part bounded Northerly by said
Lot and every way else by upland and stakes in a little pondy
Swamp, at the South end. This (13) Lot is now, Jan. 29,
1729, in the possession of John Crosby.
Lot No. 14, Granted to John Brigham, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 14th House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a fifty acre right belonging to it, 8ic., and lyeth North
erly from the 13ih House Lot, and is bounded Northerly by the
15th House Lot, Westerly by Hains' old farm, otherways by un
divided land. It hath for a division of meadow, the first Lot in
Southbrook meadow, and lies for 5 acres 133 rods, bounded
Northerly partly by Hains' old farm. Southerly in part by an isl
and. The other 27 rods is swamp land joining to the South side
of his House Lot, which makes up 6 acres of valuable meadow.
This lot (14) is now, Jan. 30, 1729, in the possession of
Simon Maynard.
Lot No. 15, Granted to Thomas Hapgood, Dec. 30, 1713.
This fifteenth House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 62^
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and is bound
ed Westeriy by Hains' old farm. Easterly by the town line.
Southerly partly by the 14th Lot and pardy by common land,
Northerly by common land. It hath fbr a division of meadow
the 2d Lot in Southbrook meadow, 5 acres, 55 rods, bounded in
part on a little island, and in part on a long island. Also, 105
rods of swamp land on the North side the House Lot on both
sides the brook, that runs out of said lot, to make up six acres.
This Lot (16) is now in the possession of Gershom Keyes, Jan.
30, 1729.
Lot No. 16, Granted to John Keyes, Jr., Dec. 30, 17] 8.
This 16th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 53 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and is bounded
Easterly by the town line. Northerly by Hains' old farm, West
erly by the 12th House Lot, and partly by undivided land. South
erly by common land, and lyeth where Mr. Warner formerly im
proved. He hath for a division of meadow, the third lot in
Southbrook meadow, lying in two pieces, one piece 3 acres 45
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18 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c.
rods, bounded Westeriy by an island and the brook. The most
Northeriy corner of the other piece, 2 acres 115 rods, is where
the horse path goes over the brook.
This lot (No. 16) is now, Jan. 31, 1729, in the possession
of Daniel Barns,
Lot No. 17, Granted to Moses Newton, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 17th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 59 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &;c., and is situated East
from Ashans hill, and is bounded Easterly by the town line,
Westeriy by the 18th House Lot, Southerly and Northerly by
undivided land. The swamp within the Lot is esteemed as 2J
acres of valuable meadow. He hath to make up his division of
meadow, 3| acres of meadow and swamp near the South East
part of Rocky Pond. This Lot (17) is now, Jan. 31, 1729, in
the possession of Aaron Newton.
Lot No. 18, Granted lo John Shattuck, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 18th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 58 acres>
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and is situate at the East
side of Ashans Hill, bounded Easterly by the 17th lot, every other
way by undivided land. The swamp land within the Lot esteemed
sufiicient for his division of meadow, six acres. This Lot (18)
is now, Feb. 3, 1729, in pos.session of Joseph Biglow.
Lot No. 19, Granted to James Keyes, Sen., admitted in the
room of Elias Keyes, Dec. 31, 1718.
This I9th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 65 acres,
and hadi a 50 acre right belonging to it, he, and is bounded
every way by undivided land, and lies East of Mr. Rawson's
farm on both sides of the brook, that runs out of said farm. He
hath for a division of meadow six acres, as it lyeth in three pieces ¦
one piece betwixt said Lot and Rawson's farm, 3 acres 154 rods
another piece on the East side the gulf, 1 acre; the other piece,
1 acre and C rods, lyeth near South brook meadow, at the upper
end of a susmp, that runs down to some part of said brook mead
ow. This Lot (19) is now, Feb. 3, 1730, in the possession of
James Keyes, Jr.
Lot No. 20, Granted for a School Lot in Shrewsbury, Dec.
30,1718.

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This 20th Lot, at first laying out, was numbered forty-three,
but by order of the Courts Committee is No. 20, which contains
n it 69^ acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c.
This 20th Lot lyeth at Rockie Pond, and is every way bounded
by undivided land; its division of meadow is, wrtliin the Lot, 6
acres. Lot 21, Granted to Peter Smith, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 21st House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 69|- acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., bounded Northerly
by Mr. Rawson's farm. Westerly by the Minister's Lot, (No. 22,)
otherways by undivided land. The swamp within the Lot is es
teemed sufficient for his meadow, 6 acres. This (21) Lot is
now, Feb. 4, 1729, in the possession of Peter Smith.
Lot No. 22, Granted to the first settled minister in Shrewsbury,
Dec. 30, 1718.
This 22d Lot has a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c. ; this Lot
was ordered to be made up to the full of 90 acres, and it is be
twixt Haynes' old farm and Rawson's farm, bounded Southeriy
by Haynes' farm. Easterly partly by the common and partly by
the 21st House Lot, JNortherly by or near said Rawson's farm;
Westerly by the 23d House Lot. The whole of this Lot con
tains 83 acres, as was surveyed^ Sept. 18, 1729, by order of the
Proprietors. Mr. Cushing had for a division of meadow, so
much as was deemed equivalent to -6 acres of valuable meadow ;
it lyeth in 2 pieces, one piece at the West end of Pine Swamp,
bounded Southerly by meadow or Rawson's farm, every other
way by common land, 5 acres; the other piece lyeth near the
North West corner of Rawson's farm, and is called Boe meadow,
bounded every way by common land, except at the Northerly
«nd, where the water runs out of said meadow. This 22d Lot
is now, April 17, 1730, in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Job
Cushing, the first settled minister in Shrewsbury.
Lot No. 23, Granted to Jotham Brigham, admitted in the room
of Asa Bowker, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 23d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70^ acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, Sec, bounded Easterly by
the Minister's Lot, (No. 22,) otherways by undivided land.

20 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c.
The lines begin at Rawson's farm line, then South 1 58 rods,
thence South 73° W. 80 rods, then N. 10° W. 71 rods, thence
N. 39° E. 142 rods to Rawson's farm, where it began, at a heap
of stones. He hath for a division of meadow, 6 acres at the
South end of the Pine Swamp, called Mallagasco Swamp.*
This 23d Lot is (4th Feb. 1729) in the possession of Thomas
Hall. Lot No. 24, Granted to Thomas Hall, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 24th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and a 50 acre right belongs to it, &c., bounded Westerly by
Judge Sewell's farm, otherways by undivided land. The swamp
within the Lot esteemed sufiicient for his division of meadow, 6
acres. This 24th Lot is now, Feb. 8, 1729, in the possession
of Eleazer Rice.
Lot No. 25, Granted to George Brown, for his son Josiah
Brown, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 25th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and a 50 acre right belongs to it, 8ic., and lyeth on both sides of
the West point of Brigham's farm, bounded Southerly by the
38th House Lot, and otherways by said farm and common land.
For division of meadow he hath one acre allowed him in his
House Lot, 2 acres more in a little swamp, a litde distance from
the South side of his House Lot, 3 acres toward the Southerly
end of the meadow, known by the name of Muddy Meadow.
This 25th Lot is, Feb. 13, 1729, in the possession of Elisha
Mainard. Lot No. 26, Granted to Samuel Crosby, in room of Jeremiah
Holeman, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 26th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 73 acres,
and a 50 acre right belongs to it, &.c., and lyeth near the West
bounds of Hains' old farm, bounded every way by undivided land,
except where it joins to the 44th House Lot. The meadow and
swamp within the Lot is sufficient for his division of meadow^, 6
acres. This 26th Lot is now, Feb. 10, 1729, in the possession
of Samuel Wheelock, Sen.
* Lies Easterly of Boylston meeting house.

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Lot No. 27, Granted to Thomas Gleason, admitted in the room
of Ephraim Curtice, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 27th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and has a 50 acre right belonging to it, and lyeth at the South
end of the Hill, known by the name of Smith Hill, bounded
Westerly by the town line, otherways by undivided land. This
Lot (27) is, Feb. 11, 1729, in the possession of Isaac Millar.
Lot No. 28, Granted to John Wheeler, Sen. Dec. 30, 1718.
This 28th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres,
and hath a 50 acre Lot belonging to it, &c., and is the Southerly
Lot at Spring Garden,* and bounded North Easterly by the 35th
House Lot, otherways by undivided land. He hath for division
of meadow three pieces ; one piece, 3 acres, 57 rods, lyeth East
from his Lot ; another piece, joining to the East side of his Lot,
and is a long strip of swamp, bounded Westerly by said Lot,
every way else by rocks and upland ; another lyeth at the South
West corner of his Lot, and is bounded mosdy by rocks. This
Lot, No. 28, is now in the possession of Thomas Keyes, Feb.
11, 1729.
Lot No. 29, Granted to John Gates, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 29th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth joining to
Mr. Davenport's 50 acres, bounded Northeriy pardy by said 50
acres and partly by undivided land. Westerly by Worcester line,
Southerly bycommon land, Easterly by the 30th House Lot.
This Lot, No. 29, is now, Dec. 2, 1734, in the possession of
Hezekiah Gates.
Lot No. 30, Granted to the ministry in Shrewsbury, Dec. 30,
1718. This 30th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and is one of the most
Northerly Lots; bounded. Westerly by the 29th House Lot,
Northerly by part of Davenport's 50 acres, every way else by
undivided land. There is set out for this 30th Lot entervale and
swamp land equivalent to 6 acres of meadow. It lyeth near the
North end of Davenport's farm.
* In Boylston, near the brook that crosses the road leading from Shrewsbury to
Boylston, soBietimes called Spring Garden Brook.

22 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c.
This Lot was entered on the record, Feb. 2, 1730, J. Keyes,
P. Clerk.
Lot No. 31, Granted to Eleazer Rice, admitted in the room
of James Keyes, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 31st House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging thereto, and lyeth on the
North side of Rutland first road, bounded Northerly by the 32d
House Lot, otherways by undivided land, and the pretended
Maiden farm.* In his Lot are 4 acres of valuable meadow. For
the remainder of his division of meadow, he hath 2 acres in the
meadow, known by the name of Muddy Meadow, and bounded
by George Brown's meadow Lot, and by the meadow Lot of
Richard Temple. This Lot, No. 31, is now, Feb. 2, 1730, in
the possession of Eleazer Rice.
Lot No. 32, Granted to James Gleazen, admitted in the room
of Wm. Taylor, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 32d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth at the
North West angle of the pretended Maiden farm, bounded East
erly partly by said pretended farm, and partly by common land,
Southerly by the 31st House Lot, pardy, and otherways by un
divided land. He hath, for his division of meadow, the 7th and
last Lot in Muddy Meadow, and lies for 6 acres, be it more or
less. This 32d Lot is now, Feb. 12, 1729, in the possession of the
heirs of Daniel Child.
Lot No. 33, Granted to Jacob Hinds, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 33d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth near the
South East angle of the ministerial Lot, and is bounded every
way by undivided land. He hath for his division of meadow the
sixth Lot in Muddy Meadow. This Lot, No. 33, is now, Feb.
12, 1729, in the possession of Jacob Hinds.
* The Maiden farm consisted of 900 acres, granted by the General Court, in
1665, to the Church in Maiden, and was situated in the North West part of Shrews
bury, and the South West part of Boylston. The Proprietors disputed the Maiden
title for many years, it is believed unsuccessfully, but how it was settled is not
known.

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Lot No. 34, Granted to David Hains, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 34th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeih at the
North East corner of the pretended Maiden farm, and bounded
Westeriy by said farm, otherways by undivided land. For a di
vision of meadow, he hath 3 acres allowed within said Lot. The
other 3 acres lie joining die North West angle of said Lot. This
Lot, No. 34, is now, Feb. 17, 1729, in the possession of Isaac
Temple. Lot No. 35, Granted to Gershom Keyes, in the room of Capt.
Hopestill Brown, Dec. 30, 1718.
The 35lh House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 52 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &,c., and is the 2d Lot
at Spring Garden, bounded South Westeriy by the 28th House
Lot, North Easteriy by the 45th House Lot, otherways by un
divided land. He hath for a division of meadow the Southeriy
part of a liule pine swamp, esteemed equivalent to 6 acres of
meadow. This Lot, No. 35, is now, Feb. 17, 1729, in the
possession of Thomas Keyes.
Lot No. 36, Granted to Sam'l Brigham, admitted in the room
of Gershom Wheelock, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 36th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
2 acres whereof is allowed for so much for his division of mead
ow, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth on
both sides of Mallagasco brook, bounded every way by undivided
land. He hath for the remainder of his division of meadow, 4
acres of meadow lying in the South West corner of Mallagasco
swamp, by meadow Lot of Jotham Brigham. This Lot, No.
36, is now, Feb. 19, 1729, in the possession of Gershom Flagg.
Lot No. 37, Granted to Richard Temple, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 37th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,'
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth on the
East of Muddy Meadow, and bounded every way by undivided
land. His division of meadow is the Sth Lot in Muddy Meadow,
6 acres. This Lot, No. 37, is now, Feb. 19, 1729, in the pos
session of Richard Temple.
Lot No. 38, Granted to Abial Bush, Dec. 30, 1718.

24 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c.
This 38th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and is bounded West
erly by the 43d Lot, Northerly partly by the 25th Lot, every
way else by undivided land. He hath for a division of meadow,
6 acres, one acre thereof lies within his House Lot, the other
five is the 2d Lot in Muddy Meadow. This Lot, No. 38, is
now, Feb. 19, 1729, in the possession of John Bush, the son of
the said Abial.
Lot No. 39, Granted to John Wheeler, Jr., Dec. 30, 1718.
This 39th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in h 60 acres,
with a division meadow, 6 acres, within said Lot, and hath a 50
acre right belonging to it, he, and lyeth adjoining to the South
line of Mr. Davenport's farm, bounded Northeriy by said farm
and Lancaster town line. This Lot, No. 39, is now, Feb. 20,
1729, in the possession of Simon Stone.
Lot No. 40, Granted to Capt. Joshua Hains, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 40th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 66 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., six acres within
said Lot. He hath for a division of meadow, 6 acres. This
Lot lyes North Westeriy from Brigham's farm, and bounded
every way by undivided land. This Lot, No. 40, is in posses
sion, Feb 20, 1729, of Sarah Taylor.
Lot No. 41, Granted to Caleb Rice, admitted in room of Sam'l
Wheelock, Sen., Dec. 30, 1718.
This 4Ist House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and is bounded
every way by undivided land. He hath for his division of
meadow swamp, some part of it in his House Lot, to the value of
an acre and a half, another piece joining to the South end of his
Lot, valued at 8^ acres, which piece runs Southerly betwixt the
ledges of rocks, another piece of 2 acres, a litde distance West
erly from his House Lot, is to make up his division, 6 acres.
This Lot, No. 41, is now, Feb. 21, 1729, in the possession of
Dai.iel Hastings.
Lot No. 42, Granted to John Keyes, Sen. Dec. 30, 1718.
This 42d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 66 acres
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and lyeth joining to the'

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South line of Brigham's farm, and bounded every other way by
undivided land. He hath for a division of meadow, swamp and
meadow to the value of six acres, lying North Easteriy from his
House Lot, and is a crooked piece, bounded mostly by upland,
as may be seen where the brook runs out of the meadow. T his
Lot, No. 42, is now, Feb. 28, 1729, in the possession of John
Keyes, Sen. ,
Lot No. 43, Granted to Eleazer Taylor, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 43d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 53 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it. Sic, and joins to the.
Westerly end of the 38th House Lot, bounded every way by
common land. He hath for a division of meadow ten acres of
swamp land in the North part of Mallagasco Swamp, esteemed
equal to 6 acres of meadow. This Lot, No. 43, is now, 28 Feb.i
1729, in the possession of Eleazer Taylor.
Lot No. 44, Granted to William Johnson, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 44th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 67 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and lyeth in two pieces,
the greater part lyeth joining to the West side of the 26th House
Lot, and is bounded Easterly by said Lot, and by common land
every way else. This 44th Lot is now in possession of Jonathan
Foster and Ephr. Pratt.
Lot No. 45, Granted to Thomas Keyes, Dec. 30, 1718.
This 45th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres,
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, he., the swamp land and
nieadow within the Lot, and about half an acre without the Lot,
joining to said Lot at the North corner, is esteemed sufficient for
his division of meadow. This 45th Lot lyeth adjoining to the
North line of the 35th House Lot, bounded all other ways by
common land. This Lot, No. 45, is now in possession of Henry
Keyes, Feb. 28, 1729.
" The Committee's Farm," so called, was a grant made by
the Proprietors, as a compensation to the Committee, viz: Jona
than Remington, Samuel Thaxter, and Francis Fullam, appoint
ed by the General Court, " to settle the town of Shrewsbury."
The grant was made at a Proprietor's meeting, holden on the
28th of March, 1722, and contained in it 1500 acres, described
4

26 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c.
and bounded, as appears of record, as follows, beginning at the
Northern most end of the township of said Shrewsbury, at a heap
of stones laid by the edge of the river, thence running by marks
34° West, 30'' South, to a heap of stones on Worcester town
line, from thence turning and running upon North and by West
line upon Worcester line, to a white oak tree marked, which is
the bound corner to [of] Worcester, to [of] Rutland, and to [of]
Shrewsbury ; from thence running upon North point, 56° East,
by a line of marked trees to Nashua river, to an ash tree, 380
rods; thence, turning and running Southerly, and bounding on
said river, to the heap of stones first mentioned.
The undivided lands were disposed of at subsequent periods by
the Proprietors, and called second, third, fourth, and fifth division
lands, with the exception of some small parcels taken up by in
dividuals, and afterwards confirmed to them.
Lands were laid out at divers times, to sundry persons, in right
of the several House Lots, &c. I extract the following, relating
thereto, omitting, in most instances, for want of room, the quan
tity, description, and bounds of the land.

LANDS LAID OUT, &c. &c.
1721 . " To William Taylor, 5 acres, 24 rods of land in Shrews-
bury, on the Pine Plain, Westeriy of the farm, called
Haines, and begins Southerly of and adjoining the
County road. This was granted to William Taylor for
satisfaction for 15 acres of land which the said Taylor
has alienated to the Proprietors of Shrewsbury, for to
build a meeting house upon."
1723. To Solomon Johnson, in right of 34th House Lot
1724. To Dea. Caleb Rice, " « 4ist «
1725. Granted to Thomas Hall, seven acres of land lying North-
Westeriy from his house, for money due him for sweep
ing the meeting house in Shrewsbury, for a year and a

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half last past, being the sum of one pound eight
shillings. [It is said his house was where the late Henry Snow,
Esq. lived.]
1728. To. Elnathan Allen, in right of 9th House Lot.
There was a saw mill below the 40th House Lot, then
in the possession of widow Sarah Taylor. Isaac Temple
and Eleazer Taylor claimed each of them a piece of land
laid out between the House Lot and the Mill. The Pro
prietors adjudged it to Isaac Temple.
Joseph Bigelow on petition had the road by his house
altered, so to go outside of his fence.
The clay ground, laid out for the use of the Proprie
tors, was a litde Southerly of the saw mill, at the North
part of the town.
1729. Eleazer Rice's saw mill meadow was about being divided.
Also, common land, on Smith hill.
Law suit about Maiden farm, so called.
1730. To John Sherman, in right of 10th House Lot, 3 acres
South of his own land.
" To Reuben Maynard, in right of 4th Lot, land by Croutch's.
" To John Fay, Jr., in right of 2d Lot, land by William Nurse.
" To Asa Bouker, in right of 28th Lot.
" To Gershom Brigham, in right of 26th Lot.
" To Ephraim Pratt, in right of 44th Lot.
1732. To Peter Smith, in right of 2Ist Lot.
" To John Crosby, in right of 44th Lot.
1736. To Cyprian Keyes, in right of 14th and 6th Lots.
" To Zebadiah Johnson, in right of 36th Lot.
" Thomas Hapgood and Solo. Johnson both pitch on one
platt, at Goose pond.
" Voted, May 24th, 25 shillings tax on each House Lot,
to defray Court charges, in defending the Proprietors
against Maiden men.
Voted, 35 shillings to Isaac Temple, 25 do. to John
Bush, for services done in attending the Inferior Court,
about Maiden farm.
1737. To Eh Keyes, in right of 44th House Lot.

28 LANDS LAID OUT, &c.
1743. To Daniel Garfield, in right of 10th House Lot.
1744. To Aaron Newton, in right of 17th House Lot.
" To John Bouker, in right of 32d House Lot.
1744. To Cyprian Keyes, in right of 45th House Lot.
1745. To Ephraim Smith, in right of 19th House Lot.
1747. To Elijah Rice, in right of 14th House Lot.
" To Dea. Samuel Miles, in right of 7th Lot.
He was of Concord, 1746.
" To Daniel Howe, in right of 13th House Lot.
J748. To the heirs of Simeon Stone, in right of 39th HouseLot.
" John Crawford, saying he is an inhabitant of the town,
and living near Rocky pond, petitions to have the boggy
land, at the Southeriy end of the pond, granted to him ;
whereupon the Proprietors grant him, his heirs, Sic, all
the bogs and quagglings round the pond, called Rocky
pond, in the 2d precinct, which have not been laid out to
any other person, with all the bottom they can gain by
draining said pond without damnifying Owners of the lands
joining to said pond.
1748. Moses Hastings asks for half an acre of land where his
barn stands, (afterwards Rev. Dr. Sumners, and stood
South side the County road.)
1749. Daniel Howe, chosen to manage in the law against
Maiden.
1750. To Timothy Whitney, in right of 20th House Lot.
1754. To Elijah Rice, in right of 44th House Lot.
1763. To Bezaleet Maynard, in right of 25th House Lot.
1764. To Josiah Rice, in right of 41st House Lot.
1765. To Dea. Cyprian Keyes, in right of 45th House Lot.
" To Dea. Jona. Keyes, in right of 45th House Lot.
To Eli Keyes, Jr., in right of 1 7th and 42d do.
" To Elisha Newton, in right of 17th Hotjse Lot, next hia
own land.
1766. To David Taylor, in right of 9th House Lot.
" Dea. Jona. Livermore assisted, as Surveyor, in looking,
up the bounds of the meeting house lands.
1768. To Jonathan Green, in right of 20th House Lot.

IN SHREWSBURY. 29
1765. Oct. 25. Jonas Holland writes from Petersham to the
Propnetors, saying he had land laid out to him in right
of the 32d Lot, years ago ; that the right belonged to
1765. Eleazer Taylor, of which he was to have had a deed,
but before he got it, Taylor died, and as he had not
paid any thing for the right or land laid out, it remained
the property of Taylor's he'irs.
1769. To Jona. Green, in right of 20th House Lot.
" To John Hastings, in right of 14th' House Lot.
1770. David Child disclaims on 10th and 15th Lots.
1772. Reuben Maynard, in right of 4th Lot.
1*89. Capt. Jos. Bigelow, Moderator, and many years follow
ing — the last time, 1801.
1792. To Jonathan Child, in right of 3d Lot.
1795. To Oliver Glazeir, in right of 17th Lot.
" To Daniel and Moses Nurse, in right of 3d Lot, and to
same, 1798, 3d Lot.
1796. Voted, To procure a new book, that the old one may be
drafted.
1797. Voted, 44 dollars, for to defray the charges of the new
book and drafting.
But little business seems to have been transacted at the Pro
prietors' meetings, for many years prior to 1797. They held
their last meeting on the 27th of May, 1811. Agreeably to an
eariy vote, that, when they should cease to hold meetings, their
book of records should be deposited with the Town Clerk, the
original book has been recendy obtained and depo.sited in the
office of the Clerk of the Town of Shrewsbury. The copy, if
there is one, is in other hands.
John Keyes, Sen., who had for a long series of years (I be
lieve from the beginning) been Proprietors' Clerk, ceased to be
such, after the 17th May, 1749, probably, by death, of which
there is no mention on the town records.
Cyprian Keyes was chosen Clerk, 17th May, 1749, and died
in 1753. Artemas Ward chosen, 1753. Job Cushing, in 1779,
and thanks voted to Artemas W^ard, for services as Clerk. CoL

so

REMARKS.

Cushing died in 1808, and Col. Jotham Bush, of Boylston, suc
ceeded him in that office. He was the last Clerk, and the Rev.
Dr. Sumner the last Moderator.
To many, the foregoing details may not be interesting, but not
so to all. They call to mind the names of the founders of the
town, of whom, and of many incidents of that period, our fathers
have so often told us. •
They exhibit particulars (few and brief, to be sure, and neces
sarily so here) of their public transactions, at diffijrent periods,
for neariy one hundred years. It is on these that the town was
built, and it is on them the foundation of its history in all coming
time must rest.
We see what is around us, and naturally desire to see both
ends of what we look at. Thus should we mentally look upon a
village or a town. Each of them had a beginning, and that he-
ginning is one of the ends, the other end is with us, day by day,
while we live.
If we reflect upon the circumstances of beginning a new set
tlement, the hardships and privations of its founders, we shall
better appreciate the fruits of their labor, while we enjoy them,
and feel a stronger inducement to increase their number and value,
and pass them on to generations yet to come.

HISTORICAL EXTRACTS

AITD

MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA.
The Township was incorporated by the name of Shrewsbury,
with all the powers, privileges and immunities of other towns, on
the 15th of December, 1727 ; ten years after it was granted as a
township. The inhabitants, in their petidon for incorporation, did not ask
for a name, and on v^'hat account, and under what circumstances,
it took its name, does not appear of record. Probably it was so
called by the Proprietors, soon after the grant, from a town of
that name in England, whence some of their ancestors came,
when they left their native land.
In their petidon to the General Court for corporate powers and
privileges, they call themselves " inhabitants of Shrewsbury ; "
as such they were recognized by the General Court, and their
petition granted. Clippings and parings from the original town,
have been made at sundry times.
In 1741, Ebenezer Cutler, Obadiah Newton, Noah Brooks,
and David Reed, were set off, with their farms, and annexed to
Grafton. In 1768, William Whitney, Zachariah Eager, Jona
than Foster, Zachariah Harvey, Edward Newton, Samuel New
ton, Ezekiel Newton, and Daniel Wheelock, with others, and all
the lands in the North part of the town, lying on the North side
of Quinepoxit river, and between the towns of Lancaster and
Holden, were set off from this town, and annexed to Lancaster ;

32 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
that tract was then known by the name of " the Leg," and
has since become a part of Steriing.
In 1762, William Nurse, and others,* living in the South East
corner of the town, known as " ihe Shoe," and " Nurse's corner,"
were set off, with their estates, and annexed to Westboro'. Where
the foot was, does not now appear, nor how the shoe came to be
so far from the leg.
In 1786, the North part of the town, then the Second Parish,
or Precinct, was set off, and incorporated, by the name of
Boylston. In 1793, Elijah Whitney, and his farm, were set off and an
nexed to Westboro'; and in 1826, Tarrant Merriam, with his
farm, was set off to Grafton.
Daniel Wheelock, of this town, of whose family, if he had
any, there is no account of birth or death, nor of his own, on the
town record, appears to have died previous to 1759, as in that
year Ebenezer Keyes was acting as his administrator.
Land near the school house, in the " Leg," was, prior to
1760, devoted to a burying place. Daniel Bixby, Ephraim
Boyenton, and Jonathan Foster lived in that neighborhood.
In 1760 a road was laid out from the county road by Ephraim
Wheeler's house to George Bush's house, through land of widow
Sarah Eager, and widow Sarah Maynard. Sarah Eager was the
widow of Capt. Benjamin Eager, who lived and died, where
Mr. Joseph Nurse now lives, and whose remains, it is said, were
removed from the house through a window, taken out for that
purpose. So great was his corpulency, his coffin could not be
passed through the door-way. He died June 21, 1759, aged 44.
Sarah Maynard was the widow of Samuel, who was the father of
the late Daniel Maynard. He died May 28, 1755, aged 28.
Highway Surveyors, 1760. — "Isaac Miller above the pond,"
(North of the road leading to Worcester, and above the pond,
might be seen, a few years since, the vestiges of his cellar,)
" Simon Maynard, Nathaniel Ball, for Nurse's corner, Eleazer
* Eleazer Pratt, widow Sarah Smith, Daniel Nurse, and the heirs of Reuben May
nard, deceased. Also, the land of Benjamin Fay and Moses Nurse, (of Westboro',)
lying in the Shoe in Shrewsbury.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 33
Rice, John Drury, Edward Newton, Aaron Newton, Samuel
Holland, and Daniel Whitney." Eleazer Rice, to repair the
road leading from Samuel Whitney's, by Capt.- Mixer's and Enos
Goodale's, to Samuel Bigelow's ; and the road from said Bige-
low's to Grafton line, and the road leading from his own house to
Mr. Potter's.
John Drury to repair the road from his own house to the old
Meeting House, and the road from the 2d Parish by Capt. Whee-
lock's to said Meeting House, and all the roads East of the road
leading from the 2d Parish, and North of the county road in the
First Parish.
Aaron Newton was to repair roads by Nathaniel Davenport's,
Daniel Child's, Lt. Bigelow's and Amariah Bigelow's.
Samuel Holland to repair roads by Jotham Bush's, Jonathan
Cutting's and Jonas Ward's."
Daniel Whitney's District was in the 2d Parish, towards
Lancaster. I have extracted the above reladng to the highway surveyors
for two reasons : first, it shows in what part of the town some of
them and other inhabitants then lived ; and secondly, because
the record shows, that all those, named as highway surveyors, were
living in 1760 — yet the death of no one of them is to be found
on the town record. Extraordinary, as this may seem, it is but
a specimen of the neglect, that prevailed more or less from the
first setdement of the town to a late period, to cause deaths to be
entered on the town record.
In 1828 ray attention was drawn to the fact, that, in the early
records, the deaths of several people were to be found intermixed
with the record of town proceedings, and no where else ; and
that the record itself was very deficient, as regarded deaths, many
of which were within ray recollection ; I went to the Burying
place and, with the record by me, examined every monument
there erected to the memory of the dead on which there was an
inscription, and took an account of all not on record ; but many
of the dead having no monuments then erected, and, knowing of
some, of whom I could find no account there, I was induced to
make inquiry in several families on that subject, whereby I ob-
5

34 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
tained an account of the deaths and ages of many others, and
having first copied them all, including those on record, entered them
in alphabetical order in a book provided for that purpose, together
with all the pubhshments, marriages and births, that were pre
viously on record, some of them scattered through many books,
and the record so mutilated that some of the names could not be
made out — while some others were ascertained with much diffi
culty. The whole number of deaths thus added to the record
was 188, that occurred previous to 1821 — the whole number
previously on record was only 475, and of these 8 are recorded
as having taken place before the incorporation of the town in
1727 ; leaving 467 as having occurred in the 93 succeeding years,
averaging but 5 per year — which in all probability, was double
that number during that period — nor was the duty of having
births entered upon the town record better regarded.
How many have come into the world, raised up families, and
performed the part allotted them, and then departed without there
being a record made of their having gone, or even come I less
than that is not done for the beasts of the field, so far as it regards
the dme of their coming and going — instances have occurred,
where more has been done for them in this respect, than for the
family of the owner, as has appeared by the interleaved almanacks
of some, who have kept a record of the one, while the records
of the town furnish no evidence of the other.
So prevalent has become the neglect of procuring births and
deaths to be recorded, that it seems to have given birth to another.
Many Clergymen have neglected for years, and still neglect to
make a return of the marriages they have solemnized I thus strik
ing at the foundation of society and exposing innocent persons to
severe punishment — the record is evidence of the marriage  but
the clergyman, solemnizing the marriage, makes no return, though
by law, required to do it — he is dismissed, and perhaps removes
no one knows where ; taking with him his records, if he keeps
any, or dies, and then they pass into other hands and are lost.
Some one, to gratify a malevolent disposition complains to the
public authorides, that A. B. and C. D. are living as man and
wife, without having been married — the accused are arrested,

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.

35

no evidence of marriage can be found, for the officiating clergy
man is sometimes the only witness — what are they to do ? what
can they do ? if nothing worse, they must at least endure suffer
ing and shame for his neglect ; what might be the consequences
to their children, needs not be stated here — this is not altogether
an imaginary case — perhaps some magistrates have been equally
culpable of neglect in this particular.
If heavy penakies aie necessary to enforce obedience in the
discharge of a pubhc duty, let them be applied, and the commu
nity will say, Amen.
1761, Bezalael Eager and Jacob Rice, Selectmen of West-
borough, and Cyprian Keyes and Daniel Hastings, Selectmen of
Shrewsbury, renewed town bounds.
Capt. Nathaniel Allen was refunded in 1761 what he paid for
his Poll Tax in 1757.
Also in 1761, the town refunded what the following persons
were taxed too much for their money at interest, in 1758 and 9.

Taxed in

1768.

Hefunded.

Taxed in 1759

Refunded.

£.

g.

d.

£.

s. d.

,£.

s.

d.

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s. d.

Capt Nathaniel Allen,

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4

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Samuel Bigelow, Jr.,

0

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6

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0

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11

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Jabez Dodge,

1

16

8

0

7 4

2

4

0

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9 2

Moses Garfield,

0

0

0

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0 0

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Joseph Knowlton, Jr.,

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Abraham Knowlton,

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William Brewer, Jr.,

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Thomas Baker,

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Jotham Howe,

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Daniel Rand,

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Isaac Stone,

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Paul Wheelock,

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Jotham Flagg,

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Aaron Newton,

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Abial Stone,

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Ezra Beaman,

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Jotham Bush,

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Sarah Goodale,

0

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9

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Cyprian Keyes, Jr.

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Mioah Hathan,

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Edward Raymond,

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36 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
To the Selectmen, I took into my house, Oct. 1, 1761, Sally
Howe, 16 years of age — last from Princeton — her mother is
dead — I think her father will take good care of her — she is
lame, and cannot walk without crutches — what her porUon of
dower will be, I am unable to determine at present. CypKiAN Keyes.
He must have been a wizzard, if he could, inasmuch as she
had never been married.
1762, laid out a road by land in possession of Silas Witherbee,
on the North line of the 45th House Lot, now in possession of
Joshua Townsend, and runs by the Rev. Mr. Morse's and John
Keyes' land.
1764. John Crawford, Antipass Bowker, Asa Harris, Phillip
Munroe, Joseph Bigelow, Stephen Hastings, Levi Goodenow,
Charles Bigelow, William Crawford, Jonathan Wheelock and
Elijah Rice peddon to draw the money they pay for a school,
to provide one for themselves. They lived in and near " the
Leg." 1766. This year the 2d Meeting House in the First Parish
was built, and at a town meedng to make preparations for raising
it, " Voted, To send to Boston for a barrel of rum !"
1774. At a town meeting in September,
Voted, To purchase an iron field piece and ammunition for
the same at the expense, and for the use of the town — it was
speedily procured, and if never used against an enemy, it served
by its thunders to rouse the people and rally them for the coming
conflict. That being over and ended, it was brought out occasionally to
announce festivities and give a zest to public rejoicings.
At length, on a public occasion, it was required to speak the
enthusiasm of the bystanders in a more audible voice than it was
wont to do. To produce so gratifying a result, it was generously
crammed with powder, and wadded with green grass, most thor
oughly rammed in, until it could take no more ; and thus, with an
overloaded stomach, required to spealc. It manifested no dispo-

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 37
position to disappoint its audience, already irapatient for bellowing
oratory, but rather to gratify them again, as it oft had done of
old, for the honor conferred by being made their speaker — it ac
cordingly made an effort and went off  at the other end !
I have met with an epitaph, said to have been written on the
occasion, of which the following is a copy.
" Alas ! poor Gun !
That all for fun,
We l)id thee speak.
When loaded to the muzzle.
Obedient, but weak, ^
Thou did'st thy best.
And for the rest.
Left us without a puzzle ! "
Meaning, we suppose, that they were at no loss to account for
what had happened.
1774, at the tovvn meeting last above mentioned,
" Voted, To have two companies of militia, or training soldiers
in the South Parish — accordingly the inhabitants present, having
divided into two parts, chose the following persons as officers to
each company.
First company, Mr. Job Cushing, Captain, Nathan Howe and
Jasper Stone, Lieutenants, Isaac Drury, Ensign — for the second
company were chosen Mr. Asa Brigham, Captain, Isaac Harring
ton and Nathaniel Munroe, Lieutenants, and Samuel Noyes, En
sign. The 2d Parish had previously chosen their officers — viz.
Ezra Beaman, Captain, Ephraim Beaman and Jonathan Fassett,
Lieutenants, and Solomon Bigelow, Ensign."
This was the commencement of there being two companies of
militia in the territory now comprising the town. There con
tinued to be two companies for about 50 years, when the South
company was disbanded for the reason, that a Rifle company, or
ganized in the town, had by enlistments so diminished the stand
ing companies as to make it expedient, there should be but one.
The officers of the two companies were chosen by the people
in conformity to a recommendation of the Provincial Congress —
previously all military officers were appointed and commissioned
by the Governor, and their commissions revoked at his pleasure.

88 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
But the day of Freedom had began to dawn. The people took
the appointing power into their own hands. The Provincial Con
gress recommended the formation of companies, and the division
of extensive Regiments, whose officers were to be chosen by
company officers, as has ever since been the practice regulated
by law.
1774, Dec. 27, "Voted unanimously to adopt the association
(reladve to non-importation and non-consumption of Bridsh goods)
recommended by the Condnenlal Congress, and the recommenda
tions of the Provincial Congress of the 5th of Dec, 1774 ; and
in order to see the same carried into vigorous execudon, the fol
lowing persons are chosen a Committee of inspection : viz, Phin-
eas Heywood, Job Cushing, Isaac Temple, Ross Wyman, Cyp
rian Keyes, Ezra Beaman, Daniel Hemenway, Asa Brigham,
Isaac Harrington, Amariah Bigelow, Samuel Crosby, Thomas
Symms, John Hastings, David Taylor, and Jonas Stone — five to
make a quorum."
" Voted, That the Collectors of taxes be prohibited from pay
ing the outstanding monies in their hands to Harrison Gray, Esq.,
Treasurer, hut that they pay the same to Henry Gardner, Esq. of
Stow — then,
" Voted, To indemnify the Collectors for so doing."
Voted, To indemnify the assessors of this town for not asses
sing the Province tax, and for neglecting to return a cerdficate
thereof to Harrison Gray, as by law required."
Granted to the Hon. Artemas Ward £ll 10 0, to pay him for
his services in attending the Provincial Congress at Concord and
Cambridge in 1774.
At a town meedng May 23, 1775, Phineas Heywood was
chosen a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, lo be holden at
Watertown Meeting House the 31st inst. He was excused at
his own request, and Daniel Hemenway chosen in his stead.
Voted, That each Parish raise as many men as they can, to
hold themselves in readiness to reinforce our army near Boston
if needed, with such officers as the companies shall think proper.
Voted, That Phineas Heywood, Isaac Temple, Edward Flint,
Ross Wyman, and Isaac Harrington, be a committee to examine

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 39
the Rev. Ebenezer Morse, William Crawford, Jotham Bush,
Benjamin Fiske, and Timothy Ross, as being suspected of
Toryism. Adjourned one week. Then met, and the said Com
mittee brought in the following report, viz :
To us, the subscribers, by the best inquiries and the tesd-
mony of what we have had, it appears, that the Rev. Ebenezer
Morse has in sundry instances, appeared not to be so friendly to
the common cause, as we could wish ; but rather, in some instan
ces, unfriendly. That William Crawford appears to be wholly
unfriendly to the present opposition of the people to Parliamen
tary power, and inclines rather to take up arms in defence of
the King and Pariiament than of the people.
In regard to Jotham Bush, Benjamin Fiske, and Timothy
Ross, we have admitted them to sign the associadon, and recom
mend to the town to receive them, upon their faithfully promis
ing to do their full and complete propordon of duty to resist and
repel the King's troops, &;c. The town then
Voted, That the Committee of correspondence forthwith take
from said Morse, his arms, ammuniuon and warlike implements
of all kinds, to remain in said Committee's hands for the present ;
and that the said Morse do not pass over the lines of the 2d Par
ish in Shrewsbury, on any occasion whatever, whhout a permit
from two or more of the Committee of said precinct.
Voted, That the Committee of correspondence do forthwith
take from William Crawford, his arms, ammunition and warlike
implements of all kinds, to be lodged in the hands of said Com
mittee for the present ; and further.
Voted, That said Crawford shall remain within the bounds of
his own land, except on Sabbath days, and then not go out of
the Parish in which he lives, unless on those and other days, the
Committee give him a permit ; this to continue until the town
shall further liberate him.
Voted, To accept the acknowledgment of Jotham Bush, Ben
jamin Fiske, and Timothy Ross, and receive them again into
favor. Soon after the peace of 1763, coming events began to cast
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40 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
through the gloom was seen naught, but impending strife. Our
fathers, from their political watch towers, ere its approach, saw
the coming tempest, and at once, manfully resolved to seize and
guide the elements, rather than shelter themselves from their fury.
The crisis soon found them assembled in Provincial Congress,
deliberaring on the state of the Province, and adopting measures
for its defence and safety. There they laid the foundation of
those future measures, that led to the downfall of arbitrary power,
and resulted in the freedom of the States. Yet but litde is pub
licly known, especially by the younger portion of the community,
of the preliminary transactions, how they were brought about,
the dme and place, when and where they were matured, with the
attendant circumstances, that led to the emancipadon of our
country ; all of which are yet, and always will be, interesdng ;
and were better known through the community in the lifetime of
those, who pardcipated in the work ; for with them it was a pleas
ing and prevailing theme of fireside discourse to their listening
children. But, our Fathers ! where are they ? Gone. And with
thera, much of the knowledge, which they, and only they pos
sessed. Even they oudived much of the record of their proceed
ings. A portion of their journal kept at the dme, has been pre
served, which, with copies of some of their proceedings, that
afterwards found their way into the public prints, with gleanings
from old manuscript documents, and other interesdng historical
matter, reladng to the early period of tlie Revolution, was collated
into one volume, and in 1838, 1500 copies printed by order of
the Legislature, and distributed among the members of the Court,
the Execudve and Council, to each of the numerous public offices
several copies, and one to each town. So far, well. But it is,
to the great body of the people, a sealed book — not within their
reach, and, its existence, in all probability, not within the knowl
edge of one in fifty of the voters.
Hence, I have thought a brief account of the three Provincial
Congresses, and of some of their proceedings, with some nonce
of the County Conventions would be interesdng to many, and
have subjoined the following.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 41
On the first day of September, 1774, Gov. Gage issued
precepts to the several towns, requiring them to choose, and return
Representatives to the General Court, to be convened at Salem,
on the fifth day of October then next ; but on the 28th of Sep
tember, issued a proclamation, declaring his intention not to meet
the Legislature at Salem on the fifth of October, on account of
the tumults and disorders that had recently taken place, and the
extraordinary resolves, that had been passed in several of the
County Convendons, and the instrucdons given to their Represen
tatives by many of the towns ; and therein excused and discharged
all persons that had been, or might be elected Representatives to
serve al that Court from giving their attendance.
Nevertheless, 90 of the Representatives, who did not choose
to be thus discharged, assembled at Salem Court House at the
time appointed. Having waited through the day for the Gover
nor to attend and administer the customary oaths (more from
courtesy than any expectation of his appearance,) they, on the
next, formed themselves into a Convendon, of which John Han
cock was made Chairman, and Benjamin Lincoln, Clerk.
A Committee was then raised to consider the proclamation, and
consult on the measures proper to be adopted. The Committee
reported on Friday, the 7th, and resoludons with a preamble were
adopted, in which the Governor's proclamation and conduct were
reviewed, and severely censured. They then resolved them
selves into a Provincial Congress, to be joined by such other per
sons as had been, or might be chosen for that purpose ; and
adjourned to meet at the Court House in Concord, on the Tues
day following at 10 of the clock in the forenoon. Previous to
this the County Conventions had appointed the 2d Tuesday of
October, as the dme, and Concord, as the place, for holding a
Provincial Congress, and delegates thereto had already been
chosen in several of the towns, and the elecdon of a full delega
tion speedily followed.
At the time and place appointed, those who had been elected
Representadves, and those elected Delegates, assembled to the
number of 293, or rather that was the number deputed, as ap
pears from the roll of their names and the towns they represented.
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42 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
Those from this town, were Artemas Ward, Representative to the
Court, to have been holden at Salem, and Phineas Heywood cho
sen Delegate to act in conjunction with the Representative.
The next day they adjourned to the Meeting House in Con
cord, and reconsidered the vote passed at Salem, appointing a
Chairman, and voted to choose a President by written votes.
Whereupon, John Hancock was thus chosen President, unani
mously. And Benjamin Lincoln appointed Secretary.
On Thursday, the I3th, a Committee on the state of the Prov
ince, reported an address to the Governor, which was read, ac
cepted and signed by the President, and a Committee of 21
appointed to wait upon the Governor eariy the next morning, and
present the same.
On the 14th they adjourned to meet at the Court House in
Cambridge, on Monday next, (17th) at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Where having met according to adjournment, an answer was re
ceived from the Governor to the message to him of the 13th.
On the 18th," Ordered, that the galleries be now cleared, and the
doors of the house be kept shut, during the debates of Congress,
until the further order thereof"
On the 20th, Committees were appointed on various subjects,
one consisdng of 13 members, " to consider what is necessary to
be now done for the defence and safety of the Province."
A resolve was reported, and accepted on the 14th, " advising
the Constables and Collectors of taxes throughout the Province,
as to any monies in their hands collected on Province assessment,
or any County monies then in their hands, or that might come to
them, not to pay the same or any part thereof, to Harrison Gray,
Esq., (Treasurer,) but that they take and observe such orders re
specting the same as shall be given them by their several towns."
Friday, 2lst of October. A preamble, recidng the names of
several Counsellors and others, who had acted in obedience to
the late act of Pariiament, for altering the civil constitution of
the Province, was, with several accompanying resolves, read and
accepted, and ordered to be printed in all the Boston Newspapers.
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" Resolved, That the persons aforesaid, who shall not give sat-
isfacdon to this injured Province and Condnent, within ten days
from the publicadon of this resolve, by causing to be published
in all the Boston newspapers, acknowledgements of their former
misconduct and renunciadons of the commissions and authority
mentioned, ought to be considered as infamous betrayers of
their country ; and that a Committee of Congress be ordered to
cause their names to be published repeatedly, that the inhabitants
of this Province, by having them entered on the records of each
town, as rebels against the state, may send them down to poster
ity with the infamy they deserve ; and that other parts of Amer
ica may have an opportunity of stigmatizing them in such way, as
shall effectually answer a similar purpose."
By another resolve those who complied with the forgoing re-
quisidons were recommended to favor.
A non-consumption agreement relative to Bridsh and India
goods, was reported, and accepted — Recommending the total
disuse of India teas in this Province ; and to the several towns
to choose Committees to post up in some public place, the names
of all such in their respective towns, who shall sell or consume so
extravagant and unnecessary an article of luxury.
23d. A Committee was appointed "to consider and report
the most proper time for this Province to provide a stock of pow
der, ordnance, and ordnance stores, and that they sit forthwith."
The Committee quickly reported, "that, in their opinion, now
is the proper time for the Province to procure a stock of powder,
ordnance, and ordnance stores."
The next day, a schedule was reported of what they consid
ered necessary to be procured, with an estimate of the expenses.
To which was added 5000 arms and bayonets. The estimated
cost of the whole was nearly twenty-one thousand pounds.
All matters coming under the consideration of Congress, were
to be kept secret, and not be disclosed to any but the members
thereof, undl furUier order.
The most important Committee in regard to matters to be con
sidered and reported upon, was that appointed reladve to the de
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members. A number made memorable then for the feariessness
and ability displayed in their report, and subsequendy more so, as
being the number of the States that achieved our nadonal
Independence. The Report of that Committee, consisting of a lengthy pream
ble, which contains a recital of the grievances under which the
Province was suffering, and the dangers to which the liberdes and
lives of the people were exposed, was accompanied with several
resolves, too lengthy for inserdon here. Their " report was read,
and accepted almost unanimously."
As therein recommended, a Committee of safety was cho
sen, consisting of nine, three from Boston and six from the
Country, by ballot, " Whose business it shall be, most care
fully and diligendy to inspect and observe all and every such per
son and persons as shall at any time attempt or enterprise the
destruction, invasion, detriment or annoyance of this Province,"
he. " The said Committee shall have power, and they are here
by directed, any five of them (only one of the five to be from
Boston,) whenever they shall judge it necessary, for the safety
and defence of the inhabitants of this Province, or their property,
against such person or persons, to alarm, muster, and cause to be
assembled with the utmost expedition, and completely armed,
accoutred and supplied with provisions sufficient for their support
in their march to the place of rendezvous, such and so many of
the milida of this Province as they shall judge necessary for the
ends aforesaid ; and at such place or places, as they shall judge
proper, and them to discharge as soon as the safety of the Prov
ince shall permit."
" And this body do most earnestly recommend to all the offi
cers and soldiers of the militia in this Province, who shall, from
time to time, during the commission of the said Committee of
Safety, receive any and all orders from the said Committee, to
pay the strictest obedience thereto, as they regard the liberties
and lives of themselves and the people of this Province."
A Committee of supplies was also raised, " whose duty it was,
upon the assembling of the milida as aforesaid, to procure and
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monies in the Province Treasury ; provide so many cannon and
carriages for the same, small arms, and such quantities of ammu-
nidon and ordnance stores as they shall judge necessary, not
exceeding the value of twenty thousand, eight hundred and thirty
seven pounds, and to he deposited in such secure places as the
said Committee of Safety shall direct. And that [ ] be,
and they hereby are appointed officers to command, lead 8ic.,
such of the milida as shall be mustered, &c., by order of the
said Committee of Safety, so long as they shall be retained by
said Committee ; and no longer. Who shall while in the service
command in the order they are named." The above blank was
filled the next day, with the names of Jedediah Preble, Artemas
Ward, and Seth Pomroy, severally elected by ballot. The for
mer did not accept the appointment, or if he did, never appeared
to take upon himself the command.
Provision was likewise made for paying the milida, if called
out. It was "recommended to the several companies of militia,
who have not chosen and appointed officers, that they meei forth
with, and elect officers to command their respective companies,
and that the officers so chosen, assemble as soon as may be, and
where they shall judge the limits of the present regiments too
extensive, that they divide them, determine their limits, and pro
ceed to elect field officers to command the respective regiments,
and that the field officers forthwith endeavor to enlist one quarter
at least, of the respective companies, who shall equip, and hold
themselves in readiness, on the shortest notice from the said Com
mittee of Safety, to march he. Each and every company to
choose a Captain and two Lieutenants, to command them," &.c.
Henry Gardner of Stow, was elected Receiver General, —
whose duty it was, " to receive all such monies, as should be of
fered to be paid into his hands, to the use of the Province, by the
several Constables and Collectors, or other persons, by order of
the several towns, and give his receipt for the same."
On the 29th of October, the Congress adjourned to the 23d
of November, then to meet at the same place, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon ; when they again assembled, and continued in ses
sion until the 10th day of December following. When the Con
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46 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
The second Congress was chosen, as recommended by the first,
and assembled at Cambridge, Feb. 1st, 1775. They recom
mended to the Committees of correspondence of the several
towns, to inquire into the principles and conduct of suspected
persons, and cause to be disarmed all such as did not give full
and ample assurances of their readiness to join their countrymen
on all occasions in defence of the rights and liberdes of America.
A commission was prepared, read and accepted, on the 19th of
May ; and on the 20th, presented by the President to General
Artemas Ward, constitudng him " Commander in chief of all the
forces raised by the Congress aforesaid, for the defence of this
and the other American Colonies."
This Congress condnued in session undl May 29, 1775, when
it was dissolved.
Two days after, viz, on the 3 1st of May, 1775, the third
Provincial Congress convened at the Meeting House in Water-
town, and continued in session undl the 19th day of July, 1775,
when it was dissolved.
A standing Committee of Safety, with whom was lodged cer
tain powers in the absence of any Congress, co-operated with,
and held their meedngs, as did also a Committee of Supplies,
near the several Congresses, and kept up a constant communica
tion with them, and from time to time received their instructions.
Their powers and dudes were strictly defined ; their dudes were
arduous in the extreme, and in their fulfilment, required a vigi
lance, that admitted of no rest day or night.
Possessing litde or nothing lo do with, but stout hearts, they
were suddenly called to provide ways and means to raise, clothe,
feed, and equip an army of 13,000 men, and prepare them for
immediate action.
Town meedngs led to County Convendons, and these to the
formarion of Provincial Congresses.
The first County Convendon was that held at Stockbridge on
the 6th day of July, 1774. The others in the following order.
Worcester, at Worcester, August 9th, and condnued by adjourn
ment, to the 31st of that month. Middlesex, at Concord, August
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September 6th. Cumberiand, at Falmouth, September 21st.
Hampshire, at Northampton, September 22d. ; and Plymouth, at
Plympton, September 26tb.
The Convention at Worcester, among other things, " recom
mended to the several towns to give it in charge to their Consta
bles and Collectors, on their peril, not to pay any public monies
to Harrison Gray, Esq., Treasurer of die Province ; and that
they indemnify them for paying, where the towns should order
them to pay." " And that the assessors do not return any lists
of assessment to said Gray ; " and required the field officers to
res".gn their commissions, and publish their resignations in the Bos
ton newspapers. And,
At an adjournment, chose a Committee to go to the field offi
cers of the County, to know the reason, why they had not
resigned their commissions to the Governor, and published their
resignations in the Boston newspapers agreeably to a vote of the
Convention at a forrtier meeting, and demand a categorical an
swer, whether they would comply or not, and make report."
" Recommended to the towns to choose Committees of Inspec
tion, to carry into effect the resolves of the Continental Congress,"
(that convened at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774,) saying, " we
are determined, firmly and religiously, to support and maintain
our rights, even to the loss of our lives and fortunes, before we
will dastardly and impiously give up and submit to an arbitrary
power." The Convention divided the County into 7 Regiments, speci
fying the towns, that should compose each, and which underwent
but litde alterations for 50 years. Southboro', Westboro', North
boro', Shrewsbury, and Grafton, composed the 6th Regiment.
They recommended to the towns to choose as many military
officers as were necessary for each town, and those officers then
to convene and choose field officers. They also recommended to
the towns to indemnify their Constables for neglecdng to return
to the Court, lists of persons for Jurors.
Under an expectadon, that Governor Gage would send troops
to Worcester to compel obedience to the Justices of the Supreme
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discharge of their duties, the Convention invited the people of the
County to be present, to resist them. The troops did not make
their appearance, yet the people assembled to the number of six
thousand ; and the Convention, being in session, " Voted, That
the body of the people of this County, now in town, assemble on
the common." The companies of the several towns were under
officers of their own choosing, and marched in military order.
They formed in two lines on the common ; and the Royal
ist Justices, and officers were made to attend, and compelled to
pass through the ranks, baking occasionally, to read their declara
tions of submission to the public will.
On the 21st of September, 1774, a Convention of the Black
smiths of the County was held at Worcester, and their patriotic
proceedings, signed by forty three members, were printed, and dis
tributed through the County. Ross Wyman of Shrewsbury,
Chairman. They resolved, that they would not, nor either of
them do any blacksmith work for the tories, nor for any one in
their employ, nor for any one, who had not signed the non-con
sumption agreement agreed upon, and signed by the Congress at
Philadelphia ; and requested all denominations of artificers to call
meetings of their craftsmen, and adopt like measures. The pro
ceedings of the several convendons were communicated to, and
read in the Provincial Congress, which gave free utterance to
the combined will of the people, so consonant to their own.
Their recommendations ?^tiA resolves were received as laws duly
enacted, and were enforced with a prompdtude and zeal, that
nothing could withstand.
This brief and imperfect account shows the then state of pub
lic opinion, and with what diligence and energy the master spirits
labored to put the Province in a condition to repel aggression ;
nor was the great body of the people a whit behind them. They
seconded their efforts with a zeal and unanimity never known be
fore nor since.
In this Province, legislation under the Crown had ceased, and,
as subsequent events proved, had ceased /ore«cr.
All power, civil and military, was assumed by the people, and
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of cautious, foreseeing men, distinguished for their intelligence
and inflexible patriotismj yet composing a single body, without a
co-ordinate branch to check imprudent measures, which as a bal
ance wheel, if ever necessary, seemed to be the more so then, as
Under the influence of feelings highly incensed at their country's
wrongs^ and impelled to acdon by an e"xasperated constituency,
they were in eminent danger of being harried into the adopdon
of rash and ill judged proceedings. This they foresaw. In
the meantime, their enemies predicted, that whatever they might
do, the mass of the people would desert them on the first shock,
and leave them to take care of themselves.
But, under the smiles of a benignant Providence, they weighed
well the matters committed to their charge, and, in all their pro
ceedings, exercised that cautious prudence, that was equalled only
by their determination, neither to surrender their chartered rights,
nor suffer them to be wrested out of their hands.
The Provincial Congress deemed it expedient to invite the
Stockbridge Indians to take part with them in the contest ; and
apphed to their chief, Solomon Uhhaunnouv?aumet, for his and
their services. They sent him a talk, which they dressed up in
Indian style. His reply was truly indicadve of a son of the for
est, and shews that nature^ and not art, held the precedence in
clothing ideas with words. It was as follows :
" Brothers !' we have heard you speak by your letter. We
thank you for it. We now make answer."
"Brothers ! you remember, when you first came over the great
waters, I was great, and you was little, very small. I then took
you in for a friend, and kept you under my arms, so that no one
might injure you. Since that time, we have ever been true
friends ; there has never been any quarrel between us.
But now our conditions are changed. You have become great-
and tall. You reach to the clouds. You are seen all round the
tvorld ; and I am become small, very little. I am not so high as
your heel. Now you take care of me and I look to you for
protection." " Brothers ! 1 am sorry to hear of this great quarrel between
you and Old England. It appears that blood must soon be shed
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to end this quarrel. We never till this day understood th& foun
dation of this quarrel between you and the country you came
from." "Brothers! whenever I see your blood running, you
will find me about you to revenge ray brother's blood. Although
I am low and very small, I will gripe hold of your enemy's heel,
that he cannot run so fast and so light, as if he had nothing at his
heels." " Brothers ! you know I am not so wise as you are, therefore
I ask your advice in what I am now going to say. I have been
thinking, before yon come to action, to take a run to the west
ward, and feel the mind of my Indian brethren, the Six NationSj.
and know how they stand ; whether they are on your side, or for
your enemies. If I find they are against you, I will try to turn
their minds. I think they will listen to me, for they have always
looked this way for advice concerning all important news that
comes from the rising of the sun. If they hearken to me, you
ivill not be afraid of any danger from behind you.
However their minds are affected, you shall know by me.
Now I think, I can do you more service in this way, than by
marching off immediately to Boston, and staying there; it may
be a great while before blood runs. Now, as 1 said, you are wiser
than I, I leave this for your consideration, whether I come down
immediately or wait till I hear some blood is spilled."
" Brothers J I would not have you think by this, that we are
falling back from our engagements. We are ready to do any
thing for your relief, and shall be guided by your counsel."
" Brothers ! one thing I ask of you, if you send for me to
fight, that you will let me fight in my own Indian way. I am
not used to fight English fashion. Therefore you must not expect
1 can train like your men. Only pointout to me where your en
emies keep, and that is all I shall want to know."
When the troops assembled at Cambridge, their number far ex
ceeded the means of arming and equipping them.
Many of them were volunteers in various dresses, without arms,
ammuniuon, clothing or provisions. The Selectmen of the sev
eral towns were exhorted to purchase, and all, who had them to
sell, such arms, fcc, as could be spared. The number of arms

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 5^
apportioned to the County of Worcester to be thus furnished,
was S14. Of which Shrewsbury, by its Selectmen, was required
to furnish 22. Persons were specially appointed to receive them
of tlie Selectmen of the towns ; and wagons and teams em
ployed to convey them, with powder and other warlike imple
ments, drawn from the several towns' stock of military stores, to
the camp at Cambridge, with the utmost despatch. Every thing
that would pass for a gun, was put in requisition. Many of them
of course, were without bayonets. So speedy was the formation
of the array, so various the materiel of which it was composed,
that, in a military view, their discipline and dress were on a par
with each other. Not even the General officers had so much as a
badge to distinguish them from the privates in the ranks.
Hence, they were often stopped by the Sentinels, when going
the rounds to make discoveries, and see whether those on duty
were vigilant and at their posts-
This led to an order from the commanding General, that for
the prevention of the hke in future, officers of the highest grade
should wear a red ribbon over the right shoulder and under the
left arm. The next in rank, a red ribbon over the left shoulder
and under the right arm. The next a blue r'thhon over the right
shoulder and under the left arm. And so on in this manner, the
different grades of officers were distinguished and knewn by the
color of their ribbon and the manner of wearing it.
Behold, several thousand men, with their officers, all thus ac
coutred and dressed in garments of every cut, and of as many
colors as were contained in Joseph's coat, drawn up for review ! I
speak not this by way of ridicule. Far from it. But rather to
shew the necessities of the times, and the disadvantages .in which,
on their part, our fathers began the contest.
These were temporary privations ; they possessed what more
than counterbalanced them. Resolute hearts and unyielding pa
triotism. One spirit animated the whole army, and by degrees
improvements followed, that rendered their appearance more in
unison with their valor.
Many of the field officers, though serving, were not commis
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received his commission in less than one month previous to that
event. The detachment, sent, the evening before that batde, to
fortify Bunker Hill, mistook their orders, or, from some other
cause, were induced to proceed to Breed's Hill, another eminence,
nearer the enemy's works and heavy shipping.
Thus, while more in danger of an immediate attempt by the
British to dislodge them, they were ipore remote from head
quarters; and, what of itself alone was of no small consequence,
they were at an increased distance from Charlestown neclt, over
which they must return in their retreat, if repulsed, exposed to
the near and raking fire of the British shipping on either side,
and which would naturally take their position there for that pur
pose, as -speedily as possible, to cut them off, as well as to pre
vent reinforcements coming to their aid.
Nevertheless their ardor and resolution impelled them onward;
they sought to beard the British lion in his den, and they did itt
leaving chances to what might follow.
They took possession of Breed's Hill, and in the course of the
night threw up a fortification. The morning light disclosed to the
British this near and bold approach, so suddenly and unexpectedly
made within the reach not only of their shipping in the back bay,
adjoining Chariestown, but of their batteries erected on Copps'
Hill, Boston, all of which soon opened their fire upon them, and
in the mean time a portion of the troops in Boston were put
under marching orders to the water side, to be passed in boats to
Charlestown, to drive them from the hill.
In a few hours after succeeded that eventful batde, the partic
ulars of which have so often been written in late years, as to make
it unnecessary to give the details here.
Yet I may say, had it been done at an eariier period, much
interesting, and, in a historical point of view, important informa-
tion, now lost, might have been preserved, and not a litde of that
ink-shed and controversy, whether Col. Putnam was or was not
in that batde, have been prevented, and justice done to all in
their life time.
If there had been any, at an earlier period, disposed to ques
tion facts, or cast imputations upon those concerned there at that

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dme, the living would have defended themselves, and the means
to do it would have been at hand. Insinuations and partial
statements reflecting upon the honorable dead, which no man
lisped in their life time, can proceed only from such as seek to
obtain notoriety for the discovery of what nobody ever knew be
fore ; and it is worse than ingratitude in those, who, in subsequent
times and while enjoying the fruits for which they never toiled,
to detract from the merits and well earned fame of their bene
factor after the earth has closed over him.
Although the battie was fought on Breed's Hill, it ever has
been and no doubt always will be called Bunker Hill batde.
This may have happened from the fact that the detachment was
ordered to proceed to Bunker Hill and fortify it.
Some things connected with that event I well remember to
have heard my grandfather. General Ward, then commanding at
Cambridge, relate, in conversation with his neighbors and others,
in the latter part of his life. On such occasions, revolutionary
events were often brought up to view and talked over with an
absorbing interest; and many interesting details related, then
seemingly well understood. Of one particular, 1 feel it no less
an act of justice than of duty to give some account, inasmuch as
at this day some appear to be at a loss to account for the reason,
that General Ward did not, when repeatedly pressed for that
purpose, and while the batde was raging, send reinforcements
from Cambridge to their relief, and which they think, or seem to
think, had he prompdy done, might have, and for ought we know,
would have enabled the Provincials to retain possession of the
field. Had he done so, what might have been the consequence
can never be told. But one thing is certdn, could they have
done it, no permanent advantage would have resulted from it.
At the conversations alluded to, there was no occasion for ex
planations. The recitals were not to satisfy doubts, but merely
historical of the circumstances connected with what took place on
that day, and the precautions that were adopted to guard against
being circumvented by the enemy.
He said, " the detachment ordered to Bunker Hill had impru-
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54 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
themselves in proceeding so far." As some of the Committee of
Safety accompanied the detachment, they might have ordered it
to Breed's Hill, before or after arriving at Bunker's, for reasons
good and sufficient in their opinion. The commanding General
and all military movements were, by the Provincial Congress,
made subject to the orders of that Committee. " That when he
learnt they were attacked by a detachment of British troops, who
had passed over in boats from Boston, he considered it a feint on
the part of the British to draw the main army from head quarters
at Cambridge to the battle ground, and then, the larger portion of
their troops being still in Boston, to push them across the river,
land them at Leechmere's Point, and proceed directiy to Cam
bridge, destroy the magazines there and close the avenue at
Charlestown Neck, whereby the Provincials would be inclosed
within the Peninsula of Charlestown, where, by reason of small
supplies of amunition and subsistence, they could not long hold
out ; that by proceeding to Breed's Hill, the attack upon them
was sooner than he expected, and before they could be provided
for as was intended ; that a vigilant look out was kept up towards
Boston and opposite Leechmere's Point, from an expectation that
a sudden embarkation would take place there for head quarters at
Cambridge, and the main batde be fought there ; that he always
considered theattack on the hill intended as a jTeiW, and the princi pal
reason, why an embarkation for Cambridge did not take place,
arose from the repeated repulses of the first body of troops sent
over to Charlestown, and which being seen from Boston, occa
sioned so large a reinforcement to be sent to their relief, that the
main object was thereby defeated."
Those brave men fighting on the hill stood in need of succor,
and no doubt would have received it could it have been given
without risking too ranch.
The first shock had come ; caution was as necessary as valor;
stratagem is the well known concomitant of war. Had the
greater portion of the army been drawn within the Peninsula of
Charlestown, there is reason to think the second detachment of
the British troops, instead of going to the relief of the first, would
have been sent in another direction, and have accomplished their
object before the Provincials, by that dme at the Eastern ex-

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tremity of Charlestown, could have returned to prevent it ; their
attempt to do so would have been checked by pursuers, and, in
all probability, before they could have recrossed the neck, they
would have met the other detachment flushed with success ; thus
hemmed in, their situation would have been deplorable, but what
was of greater consequence, with the overthrow of the army, and
that too in the outset and first encounter, hope itself would have
fled, the country would have been paralyzed, the great struggle
for freedom would have ended, when it began, while the gibbet
for some, and slavery for the rest, would have closed the scene.
When it was ascertained that a reinforcement of British troops
had been sent over to Charlestown, and their disposable force in
Boston thereby so reduced as to make an attack upon head
quarters improbable, reinfarcements were ordered from Cam
bridge. Col. Jonathan Ward, then stationed at No. 4, was di
rected, as appears by, the General's Orderly Book, to march his
regiment with the utmost despatch, by the way of Leechmere's
Point* to Charlestown, keeping a strict look out towards Boston,
while on his march. It is known that this regiment did not reach
its place of destination.
Col. Ward, with his regiment, having nearly reached Charles
town Neck, there met a gendeman (said to have been Dr. .Ben
jamin Church, one of the Committee of Safety, and who after
wards proved himself a traitor) coming from Charlestown on
horseback, who inquired of Col. Ward to what point he was
marching his regiment. To the hill, was the answer. " Have
you not had counter orders? " "I have not." "You will have
soon. Halt here." The regiment advanced no further. Some
few found means to leave it and cross the neck, but soon met the
Provincials retreating. Capt. Aaron Smith, of this town, who
was in that batde, and died at the age of 89, in 1825, related the
foregoing to me, about a year before his death, and which he said
was told him by one who said he was an eye and ear whness to
what passed and took place between Col. Ward and the person
on horseback. Smith was in the service most of the revolutionary
* it was here the detachment of British troops, sent to destroy the Provincial
military stores atConeoid, landed in the nighttime from the Boston side.

56 HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.
war, and bad been a soldier in the French war. Those times
furnished themes on which it was his delight to dwell. Being
intelligent, and a close observer of men and things, his relation of
the battles in which he had been engaged, where and under what
circumstances fought, and the exciting scenes through which he
passed while in the service, never failed to interest the listening
ear. On one occasion, when reladng the manner in which he
passed the sentry on Chariestown Neck, and reached the en
campment eariy in the morning ; how he fought at the rail fence
behind a breast work of fresh mown grass, and of a man at his
side, a negro, so crippled by a shot in the leg that he could
not rise up to discharge his gun, but could load and re-load, which
be condnued to do, both Smith's and his own, and then hand
them to Smith to fire, until their ammunition was expended, when
he undertook to carry the negro off the field on his back, but was
obliged to leave him to his fate, and in the retreat had his gun-
stock, while in his hands shattered by a ball. Having related
this much and more, I inquired of him, with a view to ascertain
his understanding of the matter, why reinforcements were not
sent from Cambridge ? He replied, " It was expected the enemy
would come over from Boston, and landing at the point, make an
attack upon head quarters."
That was the first and among the most sanguinary batdes fought
during the Revolution. Every thing relating to it, however
trifling, is matter of interest.
All entrusted with public dudes relating to the field were held
responsible for the fulfilment of their duty, and though great aN
lowances were probably made on account of existing circum
stances, yet officers of high rank were cashiered for misconduct
on that day. What public policy seemed to require, public
opinion was sure to enforce, and such as failed in their duty were
called to an account regardless of rank, favor or affection. '
The Continental Congress, having been applied to by the
Provincial Congress for advice on account of the embarrassments
attending the want of an established government in this province,
recommended to the Provincial Congress to request the several
towns to choose Representatives to a General Court and the
representatives, when assembled to choose counsellors as undef

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY. 57
the charter — the Assembly and Counsellors lo exercise the
powers of Government. This was immediately complied with,
and representatives from the several towns assembled at Water-
town, on the 19th day of July, 1775, and organized a Govern
ment, as recommended, by choosing Counsellors, who exercised
the Executive power — they made appointments, civil and mili
tary, and issued commissions, signed by a majority of their Board
— the Provincial Congress was dissolved on the same day.
A House of Representadves was thereafter chosen annually,
and annually chose a Council, until the year 1779, when a Con
vention, chosen for that purpose, framed the present Constitution
of this State.
Those who care to know something of the debt of gratitude
they owe to a superintending Providence, and to the memory of
the Patriots of the Revolution, for the privileges they now enjoy,
should think on these things. DELEGATES.
m u c n •-,/-, ¦,..,-,. < Hon. Artemas Ward,
lo the first Provincial Congress, 1774, j „, . ,, ,
° t Phineas Hayward.
To the second " " 1775, Hon. Artemas Ward.
To the third " " 1775, Daniel Hemenway.
To Convention to frame Constitution of ) p. • 1 u
Massachusetts, 1779, 3 '^"'^ m n y.
To Convention 1789, at adoption of Con- ? Capt. Isaac Harring-
stitution of United States, J ton.
To do. 1824, to revise do, of Mass,, Nathan Pratt.
A direct tax of two millions of dollars was laid by an act of
Congress, in 1798, and apportioned as follows, viz :

Dolls. Cts. M.
New Hampshire, 77,705 36 2
Massachusetts, 260,435 31 2
Rhode Island, 37,502 08 0
Connecticutt, 129,767 00 2
Vermont, 46,864 18 7
New York, 181,680 70 7
New Jersey, 98,387 25 3
Pennsylvania, 237,177 72 7
8

Dolls. Cts. M.
Delaware, 30,430 79 2
Maryland, 152,599 95 4
Virginia, 345,488 m 5
Kentucky, 37,643 99 7
North Carohna, 193,697 96 5
Tennesee, 18,806 33 3
South Carolina, 112,997 73 9
Georgia, 33,814 87 5

58 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.
For the valuation, assessment and collection of her part of the
tax, Massachusetts was by that Act allotted into nine divisions, of
which the County of Worcester comprised the seventh.
A Commissioner for each division was appointed by the Presi
dent — the nine Commissioners constituted a Board for the
transaction of business, and were empowered to divide the State
into a suitable and convenient number of assessment Di'Stricts, and
within each District to appoint one Principal Assessor and such
number of Assistant Assessors as in their opinion necessary.
Of the number of assessment Districts in the seventh Division,
the towns of Shrewsbury, Northboro' and Boylston, constituted the
seventeenth assessment District, of which Thomas W. Ward was
appointed Principal Assessor; Jonah Howe, Antipass Brigham,
of Northboro', and Aaron Sawyer, of Boylston, Assistant Asses
sors. The act required them to value and enumerate the dwelling
houses, lands, &,c., in their respective Districts ; authorized them
to require lists of the same, to be furnished to them by the per
sons owning or possessing them, and the names of such persons,
[the lists to specify, in respect to dwelling houses, their situation,
their dimensions or area, their number of stories, the number and
dimensions of their windows, the materials of which they were
built, &c.,] and on failure of the owners and occupants to furnish
such lists, the Assessors diemselves were to make them out, or
in other words to doom the delinquents — all to be taken as on the
first day of October, 1798. So much as is included in brackets was
repealed soon after the passage of the act.
They were then to assess the same, and transmit tlreir proceed
ings to the Commissioners — property exempted by the law of
the State from taxation, not to be assessed, nor dwelling houses,
the valuation of which did not exceed one hundred dollars.
Clergymen and their property being exempted from taxation by
the laws of Massachusetts, were not assessed for their dwelling
houses or lands — nevertheless, their houses and lands were enu
merated and valued as those of others.
From the Assessors' return to the Commissioners of their pro
ceedings under the authority and by virtue of ibe above mentioned

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

69

act, I extract the following, which relates to this town, and, as
showing the number of houses and the names of the owners and
occupants at that time, will be interesting to many, and affords
matter for reflection to all.

Names of Occup-4.nts op Houses

Names of Reputed Owners of

IN Shrewsbury, Oct. I, 1798.

Houses, Oct. 1,1798.

Jonathan Adams, 1

Jonathan Adams,

Silas Allen, 1

Silas Allen,

.Elnathan Allen, 1

Elnathan Allen,

John Bragg, 1

John Bragg,

Reuben Baker, 1

Reuben Baker,

John Baker, 1

John Baker,

David Brigham, 1

David Brigham,

Samuel Brigham, 1

Samuel Brigham,

George Brown, 1

George Brown,

John Bellows, 1

John Bellows,

Humphrey Bigelow, 1

Humphrey Bigelow,

Phillip Crosby, 1

Beriah Brastor,

Col. Job Cushing, 1

Col. Job Cushing,

Jonathan Cuder, 1

Jonathan Cuder,

Daniel Cook, 1

Daniel Cook,

Jonathan Dean, 1

Jonathan Dean,

Caleb Drury and Joel Drury, 1

Caleb Drury and Joel Drury,

Abijah Drury, 1

Abijah Drury,

Benjamin Eddy, 1

Benjamin Eddy,

Lewis Eager, I

Lewis Eager,

Edward Flint, 1

Edward Flint,

Charies Fay, 1

Charies Fay,

Benjamin Goddard, 1

Benjamin Goddard,

Daniel Goddard and Luther

Daniel Goddard and Luther

Goddard, 1

Goddard,

Uriah Hunt, 1

Luther Goddard,

Abel Goulding, 1

Abel Goulding,

John Green, 1

John Green,

Nathaniel Green, 1

Nathaniel Green,

Joshua Henshaw, Esq., 1

Joshua Henshaw, Esq.,

Martin Smith, 1

Joshua Henshaw, Esq.,

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.

Amasa Holden,
Daniel Holden,
Timothy Howard,
Nathan Howe,
Gideon Howe,
Jonah Howe,
Joab Hapgood,
Silas Hemenway,
Jonas Hemenway,
Thomas Harrington and Danie
Harrington,
Isaac Harrington,
Elijah Harrington,
Joseph Hastings,
Jonas Hastings,
Nathaniel Heywood,
Thomas Hariow,
Sarah Henshaw,
Dennis Howe,
Daniel Johnson,
Stephen Johnson,
Phillip Johnson arid David John
son,
Joseph B. Jennison and Samue'
Jennison,
Joseph Knowlton,
Paul Knowlton,
Abraham Knowlton,
Thomas Knowlton,
William Knowlton,
Ebenezer Kingsbury,
Isaac Drury,
Thomas Miles,
Nathaniel Munroe,
Aaron Munroe,
Asa Mixer,
Daniel Maynard,
Seth Maynard,

Amasa Holden,
Daniel Holden,
Timothy Howard,
Nathan Howe,
Gideon Howe,
Jonah Howe,
Joab Hapgood,
Silas Hemenway,
Jonas Hemenway,
Thomas Harrington and Daniel
Harrington,
Isaac Harrington,
Elijah Harrington,
Joseph Hastings,
Jonas Hastings,
Nathaniel Heywood,
Thomas Harlow,
Sarah Henshaw,
Dennis Howe,
Daniel Johnson,
Stephen Johnson,
Phillip Johnson and David John
son,
Joseph B. Jennison and Samuel
Jennison,
Joseph Knowlton,
Paul Knowlton,
Abraham Knowlton,
Thomas Knowlton,
William Knowlton,
Ebenezer Kingsbury,
Elisha Keyes,
Thomas Miles,
Nathaniel Munroe,
Aaron Munroe,
Asa Mixer,
Daniel Maynard,
Seth Maynard,

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61

Benjamin Maynard,

1

Benjamin Maynard,

Simon Maynard,

1 Simon Maynard,

John Mason,

1 John Mason,

Abraham Munroe,

1 Abraham Munroe,

Daniel Noyes,

1 Daniel Noyes,

Samuel Noyes,

1

Samuel Noyes,

David Nelson,

1

David Nelson,

Maj. Calvin Newton,

1

Joseph Nurse,

Solomon Newton,

1

Solomon Newton,

Asa Newton,

1

Asa Newton,

Seth Pratt,

1

Seth Pratt,

Elnathan Pratt,

1

Elnathan Pratl,

John Peirks,

1

John Peirks,

John Peirks, Jr.,

1

John Peirks, Jr.,

Hollis Parker,

1

Hollis Parker,

Ithamar Parker,

1

Ithamar Parker,

Jonathan Plympton,

1

Jonathan Plympton,

Elzaphan Plympton,

1 Elzaphan Plympton,

Levi Pease,

1 Levi Pease,

Jonathan Bruce,

1 Seth Pratt,

John Rice,

1 John Rice,

John Rice, Jr.,

1 John Rice,

Col. Asa Rice,

1

Col. Asa Rice,

Elisha Keyes

1

Elijah Rice,

Solomon Rand and Jasper

Solomon Rand and Jasper

Rand,

1

Rand,

Gideon Rider,

1

Gideon Rider,

Aaron Smith and Ashbel

Smith,

1

Aaron Smith and Ashbel Smith,

Samuel Smith,

1

Samuel Smith,

Lewis Smith,

1

Lewis Smith,

Dea. Jonas Stone,

1

Dea. Jonas Stone,

Jonathan Stone and Jonas

Jonathan Stone and Jonas
Stone, Jr.,
1 \ Stone, Jr.,
Daniel Stone,
1 Daniel Stone,
Josiah Stone,
1 Josiah Stone,
Joseph Stone,
1 Joseph Stone,
Daniel Smith,
1
i Daniel Smith,
62

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.

Daniel Smith, Jr.,
Jasper Stone,
George Slocomb,
Rev. Joseph Sumner,
William Jennison,
Harvey Maynard,
Jedediah Tucker,
Joseph S. Temple,
James Alexander,
Timothy Underwood,
Hon. Artemas Ward and
Thomas W. Ward,
George Parker,
Gershom Wheelock,
Timothy Wheelock,
Thomas Whitney,
Jason Ware,
Artemas Wheeler,
Aaron Wheeler,
Ross Wyman,
Seth Wyman,

Daniel Smith, Jr.,
Jasper Stone,
George Slocomb,
Rev. Joseph Sumner,
Samuel Sumner,
Joseph Stone
Jedediah Tucker,
Joseph S. Temple,
William Thompson, Boston,
Timothy Underwood,
Hon. Artemas Ward,
Hon. Artemas Ward,
Gershom Wheelock,
Timothy Wheelock,
Thomas Whitney,
Jason Ware,
Artemas Wheeler,
Aaron Wheeler,
Ross Wyman,
Ross Wyman.

120;

Names op reputed Owners of Houses of value less than one
HUNDRED dollars, OcT. 1, 1798.
Daniel Baker,
Benjamin Bush,
Joseph Davis,
Ebenezer Garfield,

$60 s Ephraim Lyon,
50 Ebenezer Mann, 40
20 Daniel Mixer, 70
60 Jonathan Newton, 60
75 Shephard Pratt, 70
75 Silas Wheelock, 60
50 Ezra Wheelock, 20
40 Joshua Wheelock, 20
77 \ Ross Wyman, 40
All slaves were assessed 50 cents each, who were above 12 and
under 50 years of age, except such, as from fixed infirmity or
bodily disability, were incapable of labor.
The effect of this upon the slave-holding States was greatly to
enhance the amount of their proportion of the two million tax.

Mary Garfield,
Jonathan Harrington,
Arunah Harlow,
Martin Newton,

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.

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The following Table shows who have been chosen Moderators, Town Clerks, Selectmen, Assessors, and Town
Treasurers at the Annual March Meetings, and Representatives to the General Court, from the time of the incorporation
of Shrewsbury, in 1727, to and including 1829. The town was incorporated on the I5th of December, 1727, with
authority " for the choosing of Town Officers to stand until the next Annual Election, according to Law ; " by virtue
whereof the first Town Meeting was held, and Tovvn Officers chosen, on the 27th of December, to stand until the
Annual Election in March followinfr.

Moderatoks.

Town Clerics.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

Dec. 29, 1727.
Lt. Nahum Ward,

1728,
Lt. Nahum Ward.

John Keyes, Sen.

Lt. Nahum Ward,
Capt. John Keyes,
John Keyes, Sen.
Dea. Sam'l Wheelock,
Isaac Stone.

Selectmen.

Ens. Daniel Howe.

Lt. Nahum Ward.

Lt. Nahum Ward,
Simon Maynard,
John Crosby,
Gershom Fiag'g',
Ens. Daniel Howe.

John Keyes, Sen.
Lt. Nahum Ward,
Gershom Flagg.

Ens. Daniel Howe.

1729.
Oapt. John Keyes.

Lt. Nahum Ward.

Capt. John Keyes,
Lt. Nahum Ward,
Isaac Stone,
Dea. John Keyes,
William Taylor.

Dea. John Keyes,
Isaac Stone,
John Bush.

Ens. Daniel Howe.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

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Moderators. Town Clerks.

1730.
Capt. John Keyes.

Dea. John Keyes.

1731.
Nahum Ward, Esq.

1732.
Simon Maynard.

Isaac Stone.

Isaac Stone.

]73a
John Wheeler.

1734.
Thomas Hapgood,

Isaac Stone.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers

Representatites.

Isaac Stone.

Capt, John Keyes,
Gershom Wheelock,
Ens, Daniel Howe,
Isaac Stone,
Asa Bouker,

Nahum Ward,
Capt. Johd Keyes,
Dea. Sam'l Wheelock,
Elnathan Allen,
Edward Goddard.

Dea. John Keyes,
Nahum Ward,
Asa Bouker,

Nahum Ward.

John Keyes, Sen,
Isaac Stone,
Ebenezer Bragg,

Dea. Sam'l Wheelock,|
Thomas Hapgood,
William Taylor,
Ebenezer Bragg,
Nahum Ward, Esq.

John Keyes, Sen.
Abraham Eager,
John Wheeler.

Nahum Ward, Esq.

Nahum Ward, Esq;

Isaac Stone,
Dea. John Keyes,
Simon Maynard,
Nahum Ward, Esq.
Elnathan Allen.

Dea. John Keyes,
Thomas Hapgood,
Cyprian Keyes,
Daniel Hubbard,
Lt. Daniel Howe.

Dea. John Keyes,
Abraham Eager,
Jolm Wheeler.

Dea. John Keyes,
Isaac Stone,
Cyprian Keyes.

Nahum Ward, Esq.

Asa Bouker

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65

Moderators.

TowH Clerks.

1735.
Nahum Ward, Esq.

Isaac Stone*

173C.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Isaac Stone.

1737.
Col. Nahum Ward.

1738.
Col. Nahum Ward.

1739.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Cyprian Keyes.

Cyprian Keyes.

Cyprian Keyes.

Selectmen.

AsBESaORS.

William Taylor,
Nalium Ward, Esq.
Isaac Stone,
Samuel Crosby,
Isaac Temple.

Dea. John Keyes,
Nahum Ward, Esq.
Asa Bouker.

TRKasuRIers.

Asa Bouker.

Beprebehtatives,

Nahum Ward, Esq.

John Keyes, Esq
LtGersh'm Wheelock,
Isaac Stone,
Nahum Ward, Esq.
Dea. Cyprian Keyes.

Dea. John Keyes,
Ens. John Wheeler,
8S,mUel Crbsby.

t^prian Keyes,
Nahum Ward, Esq.
Asa Bouker,
Lt. Isaac Stone,
Samuel Crosby.

Nahum Ward, Esq.
Cyprian Keyes,
Lt. Isaac Stone,
Thomas Hapgo'dd,
Isaac Temple.

Thomas Hapgood.

Dea. John Keyes,
Cyprian Keyes,
Lt Isaac Stbne.

Thomas Hapgood.

Nahum Ward, Esq.

Dea. John Keyes,
Simon Maynard,
John Bush.

Thomas Hapgood.

Nahum Ward, Esq,
Cyprian Keyes,
Lt, Isaac Stone,
Lt. Thomas Hapgood,
Isaac Temple,

Dea, Jphn Keyes,
Simon Maynard,
Asa Bouker,

Thomas. Hapgood.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

66

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Trkabhrers.

Representatives.

1740.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Cyprian Keyes.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Lt Isaac Stone,
William Taylor,
Capt. Tho's Hapgood.

Dea. John Keyes,
Simon Maynard,
Ens. John Wheeler.

Capt Tho's Hapgood.

Col. Nahum Ward.

1741.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Simon Goddard.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Simon Goddard,
Isaac Stone,
Thomas Hapgood.

Dea. John Keyes,
Isaac Stone,
Simon Goddard.

Thomas Hapgood.

Caleb Johnson.

1742.
Col. Nahum Ward,

Simon Goddard.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Caleb Johnson,
Capt. Daniel Howe,
Simon Goddard.

Dea. Cyprian Keyes,
Luke Rice,
Sam'l Crosby.

Thomas Hapgood.

Col. Nahum Ward,

1743.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Cyprian Keyes.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Thomas Hapgood,
Isaac Temp e,
Luke Rice.

Simon Goddard,
Lulie Rice,
Dea. John Keyes.

Capt Tho's Hapgood.

Caleb Johnson,

1744.
Col. Nalium Ward.

Simon Goddard.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Jonathan Keyes,
Daniel Hastings,
Daniel Johnson,
Luke Rice.

Simon Goddard,
Luke Rice,
Dea. Cyprian Keyes.

Capt Tho's Hapgood.

Col. Nahum Ward,

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67

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

1745,
Col, Nahum Ward,

1746.
Col. Nahum Ward,

1747.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Cyprian Keyes.

Luke Rice.

Luke Rice.

1748.
Col. Nahum Ward.

1749.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Luke Rice.

Dr. Joshua Smith.

Selectmen.

Col. Nahnm Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Luke Rice,
Dea. Ezek'l Knowlton,
Isaac Temple.

Joshua Smith,
Cyprian Keyes,
Luke Rice.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Luke Rice,
Cyprian Keyes,
Simon Maynard,
Daniel Hastings.

Col, Nahum Ward,
Luke Rice,
Cyprian Keyes,
Capt. Daniel Howe,
Isaac Temple.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives,

Luke Rice,
Cyprian Keyes,
Joshua SmiUi.

Luke Rice,
Cyprian Keyes,
Joshua Smith.

Col, Nahum Ward,
Luke Rice,
Cyprian Keyes,
Phineas Heywood,
Capt Joseph Bigelow

Dr, Joshua Smith,
Phineas Heywood,
Isaac Temple,
Dea. Ezek'l Knowlton,
Daniel Hastings

Luke Rice,
Cyprian Keyes,
Joshua Smith.

Dr. Joshua Smith,
Isaac Temple,
Daniel Hemenway.

Capt Tho's Hapgood.

Luke Rice.

Luke Rice.

Luke Rice.

Luke Rice.

John Keyes, Esq.

Isaac Temple.

Col. Nahum Ward,

Isaac Temple.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

68

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1750,
Col. Nalium Ward.

Dr. Joshua Smith.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Dr. Joshua Smith,
Isaac Temple,
Phineas Heywood,
Daniel Hastings.
Dr. Joshua Smith,
Isaac Temple,
Phineas Heywood,
David Child,
Daniel Johnson.

Dr, Joshua Smith,
Isaac Temple,
Daniel Hemenway.

Luke Rice.

1751.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Dr. Joshua Smith.

Dr. Joshua Smith,
Artemas Ward,
Isaac Temple.

Simon Maynard.

Col. Nahura Ward.

1753,
Col. Nahum Ward.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

Col. Nahum Ward,
Isaac Temple,
Phineas Heywood,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
David Child.

Artemas Ward, Esq.
Cyprian Keyes,
Phineas Heywood.

Simon Maynard.

Phineas Heywood.

1753.
Col. Nahum Ward.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

Phineas Heywood,
Daniel Johnson,
Isaac Temple,
Jabez Beaman,
Simon Maynard.

Dr. Joshua Smith,
Artemas Wa,rd, Esq.
Ens. John Bush.

Simon Maynard.

Phineas Heywood.

1754.
Phineas Heywood.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

Phineas Heywood,
Isaac Temple,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
Jabez Beaman,
Simon Maynard.

Artemas Ward, Esq.
Phineas Heywood,
Ens. John Bush.

Simon Maynard.

Phineas Heywood.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

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Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1755,
Phineas Heywood,

Artemas Ward, Esq.

Phineas Heywood,
Isaac Temple,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
David Child,
Capt Benjamin Eager.

Phineas Heywood,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
John Bush.

Simon Maynard.

Phineas Heywood.

1756.
Phineas Heywood.

Cyprian Keyes.

Phineas Heywood,
Isaac Temple,
Daniel Johnson,
Cyprian Keyes,
Benjamin Eager.

Daniel Hemenway,
Cyprian Keyes,
Job Cushing.

Simon Maynard.

Isaac Temple.

1757.
Phineas Heywood.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

Phineas Heywood,
Jabez Beaman,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
Jonathan Keyes,
Benjamin Eager.

Simon Goddard,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
Zachariah Harvey.

Simon Maynard.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

1758.
Phineas Heywood.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

Isaac Stone,
Daniel Hastings,
Artemas Ward, Esq.
Jonathan Keyes,
Phineas Heywood.

Artemas Ward, Esq.
Cyprian Keyes,
Simon Goddard.

Simon Maynard.

Isaac Temple.

1759.
Phineas Heywood.

Isaac Stone.

Isaac Stone,
Isaac Temple,
Daniel Johnson,
Nath'l Davenport,
Daniel Hemenway.

Daniel Hemenway,
Isaac Temple,
Job Cushing.

Simon Maynard.

Artemas Ward, Esq.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.

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Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1760.
Isaac Temple,

Isaac Stone.

Isaac Stone,
Dea. Cyprian Keyes,
Col. Artemas Ward,
Amaiiah Bigelow,
Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Amariah Bigelow,
Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Col. Artemas Ward.

17G1.
Col. Artemas Ward.

Isaac Stone.

Phineas Heywood,
Col. Artemas Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Daniel Hastings,
Isaac Stone.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Daniel Hemenway.

Col. Artemas Ward.

176.2.
Phineas Heywood.

Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Phineas Heywood,
Edward Raymond,
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Dr, Samuel Crosby,

Col. Artemas Ward.

1763,
Phineas Heywood.

Col, Artemas Ward,

Col, Artemas Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Isaac Stone,
Edward Raymond,
Dr, Samuel Crosby,

Col. Artemas Ward,
Cyprian Keyes,
Dr. Samuel Crosby,

Col. Artemas Ward. Col. Artemas Ward,

1764.
Ebenezer Keyes.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Phineas Heywood,
Cyprian Keyes,
Col. Artemas Ward,
Amariah Bigelow,
Job Cushing.

III. ArtPiiins Ward,
Amariah Bigelow,
Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Col. Artemas Ward.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY.

71

Moderators. Town Clerks.

1765.
Phineas Heywood.

David Taylor.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Daniel Hemenway,
Isaac Temple,
Silas Witherby,
Joseph Smith,
Ezekiel Knowlton.

Daniel Hemenway,
Isaac Temple,
Marshall Newton.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

Col. Artemas Ward.

1766.
Phineas Heywood.

Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Ezra Beaman,
Job Cushing.
Capt Jos. Bigelow, Jr.
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Amariah Bigelow,
Job Cushing,

Col, Artemas Ward,

Col, Artemas Ward,

1767,
Col, Artemas Ward.

David Taylor.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Joseph Smith,
Job Cushing,
Amariah Bigelow,
Asa Brigham.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Amariah Bigelow,
Asa Brigham.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Col. Artemas Ward.

1768.
Col. Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint

Col. Artemas Ward,
Lt. Amariah Bigelow,
Dea. Jonas Stone,
Stephen Flagg,
Dr. Edward Flint

Job Cushing,
Stephen Flagg,
Dr, Samnel Crosby.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Col, Artemas Ward.

1769.
Col. Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint,

Col, Artemas Ward,
Joseph Smith,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Ezra Beaman,
Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Stephen Flagg,
Dr. Edward Flint

Col. Artemas Ward.

Col. Artemas Ward.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

72

Moderators. Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers. Representatives.

1770.
Col. Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Joseph Smith,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Ezra Beaman,
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Stephen Flagg,
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Col. Artemas Ward.

1771.
Col. Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Joseph Smith,
Ezra Beaman,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward,
Joshua Townsend,
Job Cushing.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Phineas Heywood.

1772.
Col. Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint

Col. Artemas Ward,
Ezra Beaman,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Joseph Smith,
Asa Brigham.

Col. Artemas Ward,
David Taylor,
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Col. Artemas Ward.

Phineas Heywood.

1773.
Job Cushing.

Dr. Edward Flint

Hon. Artemas Ward,
Ezra Beaman,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Joseph Smith,
Asa Brigham.

Hon. Artemas Ward,
Samuel Crosby,
David Taylor.

Hon. Artemas Ward.

Phineas Heywood.

1774.
Daniel Hemenway.

Dr. Edward Flint

Hon. Artemas Ward,
Robert Andrews,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Amariah Bigelow,
Joab Hapgood.

Hon. Artemas Ward,
David Taylor,
Dr. Samuel Crosby.

Hon. Artemas Ward.

Phineas Heywood.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY,

73

Moderators. Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

1775.
^ Hon. Artemas Ward.
O

Dr. Edward Flint

Hon. Artemas Ward,
Robert Andrews,
Dr. Edward Flint,
Jonas Temple,
Lt. Isaac Harrington.

Hon. Artemas Ward,
David Taylor,
Daniel Hemenway.

Hon. Artemas Ward.

Representatives.

Dea. Jonas Stone.

1776.
Phineas Heywood.

Dr. Edward Flint

Dr. Edw..rcl Flint,
Roberl Andrews,
Capt. Job Cushing,
Oiipt. Ezra Boaman,
Lt. Isaac Harrington,
Jonaa Temple,
Danit-I Nemenwav.

Daniel Hemenway,
David Taylor,
Capt. Job Cushing.

Capt Job Cushing.

Dea. Jonas Stone.

1777.
Daniel Hemenway.

Dr. Edward Flint

Dr. Edward Flint,
Jonas Temple,
Daniel Hemenway,
David Taylor,
Charles Bouker.

Daniel Hemenway,
Dea.Amariah Bigelow,
Maj. Job Cushing.

Maj. Job Cushing.

Dea. Jonas Stone.

1778.
Maj. Job Cushing.

Amariah Bigelow.

Maj. Job Cushing,
Dea.Amariah Bigelow,
Jonas Temple,
Daniel Hemenway,
Charles Bouker.

Samuel Crosby, Esq.
Joshua Townsend,
Maj. Job Cushing.

Maj. Job Cushing.

Charles Bouker.

1779.
Dea. Jonas Stone.

Dr. Edward Flint

Dr. Edward Flint,
Robert Andrews,
Dea. Jonas Stone,
Maj. Ezra Beaman,
Lt. John Maynard.

Samuel Crosby, Esq,
Capt, Eben'r Inglesby,
Lt. John Maynard.

Maj. Job Cushing.

Capt John Maynardi

History of Shrewsbury.

74

Moderatohs.

Town Clerks. Selectmen.

Assessors.

Tre.4Sureks.

Representatives.

1780.
Samuel Crosby, Esq.

Maj. Job Cushing.

Dea. Jonas Stone,
Capt. Jos. Bigelow, Jr.
Capt. Nathan Howe,
Robert Andrews, Jr.
Jasper Stone.

Samuel Crosby, Esq.
Stephen Flagg,
Capt John Maynard.

Maj. Job Cushing.

Ephraim Beaman.

1781.
Col. Joseph Henshaw.

Dr. Edward Flint.

Dea. Jonas Stone,
Dea. Jonathan Bond,
Capt.Isaac Harrington,
Lt Jonathan Fassett,
Lt. Daniel Noyes.

Daniel Hemenway,
Lt Jonas Temple,
Lt Jonah Howe.

Maj. Job Cushing.

Capt John Maynard.

1782.
Gen, Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint

Dea. Jonas Stone,
Ephraim Beaman,
Maj. Asa Rice,
Oliver Dakin,
John Rice.

Col. Job Cushing,
Lt Jonas Temple,
Capt Jonah Howe.

Col. Job Cushing.

Gen. Artemas Ward.

1783.
Col. Job Cushing.

Dr. Edward Flint

Jonas Stone,
Jonas Temple,
Maj. Asa Rice,
Ephraim Beaman,
John Rice.

Col. Job Cushing,
Jonas Temple,
Capt Jonah Howe.

Jasper Stone.

Jonas Temple.

1784.
Gen. Artemas Ward.

Dr. Edward Flint

Col. Job Cushing,
Maj. Ezra Beaman,
Asa Rice,
Jonas Temple,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton.

Capt Jonah Howe,
Ephraim Beaman,
Capt Thos. Knowlton.

Jasper Stone.

Gen. Artemas Ward.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY,

75

Moderators.

1785.
Gen. Artemas Ward.

1786.
Col, Job Cushing,

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

Dr, Edward Flint

Dr. Edward Flint

Col. Job Cushing,
Maj. Ezra Beaman,
Maj. Asa Rice,
Timothy Whitney,
Dea. Wm. Knowlton.

Capt Jonah Howe,
Maj. Ephraim Beaman,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,

Col. Job Cushing,
Maj. Asa Rice,
John Bragg.

Capt Jonah Howe,
Lt. Nath'l Heywood,
Thomas W. Ward.

Jasper Stone.

Jasper Stone.

Gen. Artemas Ward.

Gen. Artemas Ward.

1787.
Maj. Asa Rice.

Capt. Thos. Knowlton.

Captlsaac Harrington,
Dea. Wm. Knowlton,
Dea. Jonas Stone,
John Rice,
Lt. Daniel Noyes.

"The town re
considered the vote
choosing these for
selectmen."

Then chose

Dea. Jonas Stone,
John Rice,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Paul Knowlton.

Capt. Thos. Knowlton.
John Rice,
Lt Silas Hemenway.

Henry Baldwin, Jr.

Then chose
Maj. Asa Rice.

Dea. Jonas Stone,
John Rice,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Paul Knowlton,
Isaac Drury,

Capt. Jonah Howe,
John Rice,
Lt Daniel Noyes.

Jasper Stone,

" All these officers ac
cept their trusts, and in
a few days all resign
' tliem — also the clerk "
This turmoil grew out of
what is called Shay's in
surrection.

Captlsaac Harrington.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY,

76

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

1788,
Captlsaac Harrington.

Capt Thos. Knowlton.

1789,
Gen. Artemas Ward.

Capt Thos. Knowlton.

Captlsaac Harrington,
John Rice,
Paul Knowlton,
Joab Hapgood,
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Captlsaac Harrington,
John Rice,
Paul Knowlton,
Joab Hapgood,
Capt Thos. Knowlton.

Lt Daniel Noyes,
Lt. Silas Hemenway,
Capt H, Baldwin, Jr,

Lt Daniel Noyes,
Lt Silas Hemenway,
Nathan Pratt

Jasper Stone,

Jasper Stone.

Representatives.

Capt.Isaac Harrington.

Capt.Isaac Harrington.

1790.
Gen. Artemas Ward.

Capt Thos, Knowlton.

Capt.Isaac Harrington,
John Rice,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Jonathan Plympton.

Lt. Silas Hemenway,
John Rice,
Nathan Pratt.

Jasper Stone.

1791.
Gen. Artemas Ward.

Capt. Thos. Knowlton,

Captlsaac Harrington,
John Rice,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Jonathan Plympton,
Aaron Smitli.

John Rice,
Lt. Silas Hemenway,
Lt. Daniel Noyes.

Jasper Stone.

1792,
Captlsaac Harrington.

Capt Thos. Knowlton.

Maj. Asa Rice,
Maj. Jonah Howe,
Lt Daniel Noyes,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Dea. John Bragg.

John Rice,
Lt Silas Hemenway,
Maj. Jonah Howe.

Capt.Isaac Harrington.

Dea. Jasper Stone.

Capt.Isaac Harrington.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

77

Moderators.

Town Clerks..

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representativ es.

1793.
Thomas W. Ward.

Capt Thos. Knowlton,

1794.
Lt. Thomas W. Ward,

Capt Thos. Knowlton.

Captlsaac Harrington,
John Rice,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Jonathan Plympton,
Aaron Smith.
Asa Rice,
Maj. Jonah Howe,
Lt Daniel Noyes,
Dea. John Bragg,
Lt. Nath'l Heywood.

John Rice,
Lt Silas Hemenway,
Nathan Pratt

Paul Knowlton.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Calvin Newton.

Lt Thomas W. Waid

Maj. Jonah Howe.

Maj, Jonah Howe,

1795,
Col, Asa Rice,

Capt Thos. Knowlton,

1796,
Maj, Jonah Howe,

Capt Thos. Knowlton,

1797,
Col, Asa Rice.

Maj, Calvin Newton,

Col, Asa Rice,
Maj, Jonah Howe,
Lt, Daniel Noyes,
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Dea. John Bragg.
Col, Asa Rice,
Maj, Jonah Howe,
Lt, Daniel Noyes,
Capt, Thos, Knowlton,
Dea, John Bragg.

Col. Asa Rice.
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Maj. Jonah Howe,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Maj. Calvin Newton.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Calvin Newton.

Lt Thomas W. Ward,

Maj. Jonah Howe.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Calvin Newton.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Vashni Hemenway.

Lt. Thos. W. Ward.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

Lt Thos. W. Ward.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

78

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1798.
John Rice.

1799.
Capt. Thos. Knowlton.

Calvin Newton.

Vashni Hemenway.

Col. Asa Rice,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Maj. Jonah Howe,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Vashni Hemenway.

Col. Asa Rice,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Maj. Jonah Howe,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Calvin Newton.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Vashni Hemenway.

Lt. Thos. W. Ward.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
John Rice,
FortunatusHarrington,

Lt. Thomas W. Ward,

Maj. Jonah Howe.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

1800.
Capt. Thos. Knowlton.

Vashni Hemenway.

Col. Asa Rice,
Capt.Thos.Harrington,Vashni Hemenway,
Lt. Thos. Witherby,
Capt. Nathan Howe.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
FortunatusHarrington.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

1801.
Capt. Natlian Howe.

Vashni Hemenway.

Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Capt.Thos.Harrington,
Lt Silas Hemenway,
Vashni Hemenway,
Capt. Nathan Howe.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
FortunatusHarrington.

1802.
Capt Nathan Howe.

Vashni Hemenway.

Col. Asa Rice,
Lt Daniel Noyes,
Capt Nathan Howe,
Vashni Hemenway,
Lt Thos. Witherby.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq. Maj. Jonah Howe.

Thos. W. Wai-d, Esq.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

79

MouERATOiis. Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1803.
Col. Asa Rice.

Vashni Hemenway.

Co], Asa Rice,
Maj, Jonah Howe,
Capt Thos. Knowlton
CaptThos.Harrington,
Vashni Hemenway.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
FortunatusHarrington.

Thos. W, Ward, Esq,

Maj. Jonah Howe.

1804. *
Capt. Nathan Howe.

Vashni Hemenway.

Col. Asa Rice,
Maj. Jonah Howe,
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Capt Nathan Howe,
Vashni Hemenway.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Nathan Pratt,
Lt. Thos. Witherby.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

1805.
Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

Maj. Jonali Howe,
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Capt.Thos.Harrington,
Vashni Hemenway,
Nathan Pratt

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Shepard Pratt,
Lt Poi-t Harrington.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Maj, Jonah Howe.

1806.
Thos. W. Ward, Esq,

Vashni Hemenway.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Capt Thos. Knowlton,
Capt. Nathan Howe,
Vashni Hemenway,
Gershom Wheelock,

Maj, Jonah Howe,
Vashni Hemenway,
Gershom Wheelock,

Thos. W. Waid, Esq,

Maj, Jonali Howe.

1807.
Capt Nathan Howe.

Vashni Hemenway,

Maj, Jonah Howe,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Lt. Daniel Noyes,
Capt, Nathan Howe,
Gershom Wheelock.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Shepard Pratt,
Ebenezer Drury.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Maj. Jonah Howe.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

80

Moderators. Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers. Representatives.

1808.
Maj. Jonah Howe.

Vashni Hemenway.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Lt. Fort. Hamngton,
Samuel Haven,
Gershom Wheelock.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Vashni Hemenway,
Gershom Wheelock.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

1809.
Capt Nathan Howe.

1610.
Capt. Nathan Howe,

Vashni Hemenway.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Gershom Wheelock,
Samuel Haven,
Capt. Charles Pay.

Maj. Jonah Howe,
Capt. Nathan Howe,
Capt. Jona. Nelson.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

Vashni Hemenway.

Jonah Howe, Esq.
Capt. Thos. Knowlton,
Gershom Wheelock,
Samuel Haven,
Capt Charles Fay.

Jonah Howe, Esq.
Capt. Nathan Howe,
Shepard Pratt

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

181L
Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

Jonah Howe, Esq.
Vashni Hemenway,
Samuel Haven,
Capt. Charles Pay,
Shepard Pratt

Nathan Pratt,
Capt. Nathan Howe,
Shepard Pratt.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq,

Vashni Hemenway.

1812.
Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

Jonah Howe, Esq.
Vashni Hemenway,
Samuel Haven,
Capt. Charles Pay,
Shepard Pratt

Natlran Pratt,
Capt Nathan Howe,
Prescott Brigham.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

81

MODERAfORS.

Town Clerks.

) 1813.
^ Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemenway.

selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers. Representatives.

Jonah Howe, Esq.
Samuel Haven,
Capt. Charles Fay,
Joseph Stone,
Capt. Seth Hemenway.

Capt Nathan Howe,
Shepard Pratt,
Nymphas Pratt

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Vashni Hemmenway.

1814.
Capt. Nathan Howe.

Vashni Hemenway.

Vashni Hemenway,
Nathan Pratt,
Shepard Pratt,
Col. Seth Wyman,
Capt G. Wheelock,2d.

Capt. Nathan Howe,
Nymphas Pratt,
Liberty Allen.

Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

Jonah Howe, Esq.

1815.
Thos. W. Ward, Esq.

V. Hemenway, Esq.

V. Hemenway, Esq.
Samuel Haven,
Capt Ashbel Smith,
Capt. G. Wheelock, 2d.
Joel Nurse.

Capt Nathan Howe,
Nymphas Pratt,
Josiah Stone.

Samuel Haven, Jr.

Samuel Haven.

1816.
Capt Nathan Howe.

V. Hemenway, Esq.

Capt. Nathan Howe,
Shepard Pratt,
Samuel Haven,
Jonas Hastings,
Ebenezer Drury.

Jonah Howe, Esq.
Nymphas Pratt,
Lyman Hastings.

Capt Ashbel Smith.

Samuel Haven.

1817.
Capt Nathan Howe.

V. Hemenway, Esq.

Capt Nathan Howe,
Samuel Haven, Esq.
Ephraim Hapgood,
Ebenezer Drury,
George Slocomb, Jr.

Balch Dean,
Jacob Rice,
Capt.T. Harrington, Jr,

Josiah Stone.

Samuel Haven, Esq.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY,

82

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Repkesentatives.

1818.
Capt Nathan Howe.

1819.
Capt Nathan Howe.

V. Hemenway, Esq,

Capt Nathan Howe,
Capt, Charles Fay,
Ebenezer Drury,
Ephraim Hapgood,
CaptT. Harrington, Jr,

Nymphas Pratt,
Balch Dean,
Capt Jacob Rice.

V. Hemenway, Esq.

Capt Nathan Howe,
Ebenezer Drury,
Lt Fort. Harrington,
Shepard Pratt,
Balch Dean,

Col. Nymphas Pratt,
CaptT. Harrington, Jr.
Capt. Jacob Rice,

Josiah Stone,

Josiah Stone,

Capt. Nathan Howe.

1820.
Nathan Pratt

1821,
Thos, W. Ward, Esq,

V, Hemenway, Esq,

Andrew H, Ward, Esq-

Nathan Pratt,
Lt. Port. Harrington,
Samuel Haven, Esq,
Ephraim Hapgood,
CaptT. Harrington, Jr
Nathan Howe, Esq.
Lt Port. Harrington,
Balch Dean,
Capt.T. Ha,rrington,Jr.
Col, Nymphas Pratt

V, Hemenway, Esq.
Capt. Jacob Rice,
Dr. Seth Knowlton,

John Mason, Jr,

Nathan Pratt,
Col, Jacob Rice,
Benja, Maynard, Jr.

John Mason, Jr.

Delegate to Convention to a-
mend the Constitution.

Natlian Pratt.

1822.
Nathan Howe, Esq.

Andrew H.Ward, Esq.

Lt Fort. Harrington,
CaptT. Harrington, Jr.
Balch Dean,
Col. Nymphas Pratt,
John Mason, Jr.

Col. Jacob Rice,
Benja. Maynard, Jr.
Capt. John Bragg.

Ebenezer Drury.

Lt Fort Harrington.

HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY.

83

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1823.
Nathan Howe, Esq.

Andrew H.Ward, Esq.

Balch Dean,
Col. Nymphas Pratt,
John Mason, Jr.
Shepard Pratt,
Thomas Witherby, Jr.

Nathan Howe, Esq.
Benja. Maynard, Jr.
Capt John Bragg.

Ebenezer Drury.

1824.
Col. Nymphas Pratt.

Andrew H.Ward, Esq.

Balch Dean,
Lt. Fort Harrington,
John Mason, Jr.
Capt.T. Harrington, Jr.
Capt. John Bragg.

Col. Jacob Rice,
Joel Nurse,
Adam Harrington.

1825.
Col. Nymphas Pratt

1826. '
Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

1827.
Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Andrew H. Ward, Esq.

Andrew H. Ward, Esq.

Andrew H. Ward, Esq.

Balch Dean,
Lt Fort . Harrington,
Capt T. Harrington,Jr.
John Mason, Jr.
Col. Jacob Rice.

Col. Jacob Rice,
CaptT. Harrington,Jr.
Benja. Maynard, Jr.

Balch Dean.
Fort Harrington, Esq,
Capt T. Harrington,Jr.
John Mason, Jr.
Andrew H. Ward, Esq.

Col. Jacob Rice,
Benja. Maynard, Jr.
Capt T. Harrington,Jr.

Balch Dean,
CaptT. Harrington, Jr.
Ephraim Hapgood,
Andrew H. Ward, Esq.
Edw'd H. Hemenway.

Col. Jacob Rice,
Benja. Maynard, Jr.
CaptT. Harrington, Jr.

Col. Nymphas Pratt

Col. Nymphas Pratt.

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Balch Dean,

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.
Col. Jacob Rice.

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY,

84

Moderators. Town Clerics.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1828.
Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Andrew H. Ward, Esq.

Balch Dean,
CaptT. Harrington, Jr.
Ephraim Hapgood,
Andrew H.Ward, Esq.
Edw'd H. Hemenway,

CaptT. Harrington,Jr.
Benja. Maynard, Jr.
Calvin R. Stone,

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

1829,
Nymphas Pratt, Esq,

Henry Snow,

Balch Dean, Esq,
Capt.T. Harrington,Jr.
Ephraim Hapgood,
Prescott Brigham,
Henry Snow,

CaptT. Harrington, Jr.
Benja. Maynard, Jr.
Adam Harrington,

Nymphas Pratt, Esq,

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY,. §5
In the early stage of the Revolution, the Provincial Congres
ses, by urgent recommendations, enjoined upon the several towns
not only unusual duties, but the exercise of extraordinary power,
even the Judicial power within their own limits. Their votes
were laws, and the Selectmen and Committees of Correspond
ence enforced them promptly and effectually.
Although distinct in their official capacity, the latter were
composed in part, not unfrequently, of the former ; as Commit
tees of Correspondence, they, under the direction of the town,
entered the dwellings of their townsmen, if Tories, (and who
were Tories each town was sole judge for itself,) and took from
them their arms, ammunition and other warlike stores, confined
them to their farms, parish or town limits, and even in jail, as di
rected by the town, and from its decision there was no appeal.
Hence the duties devolving on the town authorities, at this period,
were arduous and complicated, requiring of them in their per
formance constant service and unyielding firmness. As Select
men, they were required, in behalf of the town, to provide and
equip, from time to time, the town's quota of men, and furnish
supplies of clothing and provisions for the army, and also for the
support of the families of those who had gone to fight the bat
tles of their country. And nobly, and to the extent of their
power, did they perform that duty. At length, as demands for
men and means increased, supplies decreased, until they were in
a condition not unlike the Israelites of old, when required to make
brick without straiv, yet like thera, they and their constituents
persevered, trusting in God, and the righteousness of their cause,
and triumphed at last ; unlike- them, however, in this, that in
stead of leaving the Egyptians behind them, they drove them out
of the country.
The office of Selectman then was one of great labor, and,
while the knowledge of the extent of that labor is fast passing
away, a recurring thought to those trying times may serve to keep
in remembrance the names and services of those to whom pos
terity is so much indebted.
With the exception of two years, the number of Selectmen
in this town has been five; in 1776 there were seven, but as re-

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sponsibiiity thereby became weakened, and a quorum for the
transaction of business less easily obtained in an emergency, five
were thought to be better than more.
The North Parish, having been incorporated into a town, by
the name of Boylston, on the first day of March, 1786, only three
Selectmen were chosen that year. For many years, and until
the division of the town, three of the Selectmen were of the
South and two of the North Parish ; the first, and generally the
tbird and fifth belonging to the former, and the second and fourth
to the latter ; of the three Assessors, the second was of the
North Parish.
At the March meeting in 1787, a violent contest came on,
and great was the strife exhibited in the choice of town officers-
One day was spent in choosing a Moderator, Clerk, and Select
men. At the adjourned meeting, the town voted to reconsider
choosing those for Selectmen, and proceeded to choose another
Board, which having done, they again adjourned, and at the next
adjourned meeting all the Selectmen last chosen and the Clerk
resigned their offices, and another Board, with all the usual town
officers, was then chosen.
The probable cause of this difficulty was, that votes had been
cast by some, who had been, by a then recent act of the Legis
lature, disqualified from voting, on account of their participation
in the rebellion, which broke out in August, 1786, headed by
Daniel Shays.
A large majority of the towns in this county and a majority
of the voters in this town favored his views and not a few of them
took up arms to compel the Government to redress their
grievances. This town was appointed the place of rendezvous for the in
surgents, and here they assembled in large bodies, under arms,
from various parts of the county. The town wore the appear
ance of a military camp ; drilling of men, marching and coun
termarching up and down the principal streets in the town, ac
companied by martial music and the rattling of arms, produced
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The town magazine was broken open, and a portion of the
town's stock of ammunition carried away ; a massive body of
lead belonging to the town, and in the custody ol Col. Job
Cushing, and by him used as a weight in drawing water from a
well, was stolen and secreted for a short time in Daniel Holden's
barn, when he, with another person, fearful of a discovery if it
remained there, took it in a sleigh, in the night time, to Long
Pond, and sunk it through a hole cut in the ice. This circum
stance, known then to but few, has not probably been generally
known to this day. No discovery was made of the offenders,
notwithstanding the town offered a reward for that purpose.
Some years after, Holden, from being a partizan in that cause,
exerted himself against his old friends, and was said to have put
more than one vote into the ballot box for the choice of Repre
sentative at the May meeting, in 1 792, whereby the result of the
election was conformable to his endeavors and wishes ; of this al
leged fraud he was accused on the spot in town meeting, by
some of those against whom he acted. They afterwards com
plained of him to the Grand Jury, and procured hira to be in
dited therefor. He was acquitted on trial, but whether guilty or
not has been matter of doubt, for he had been strongly suspected
of having done the like when acting in concert with his accusers.
From that period animosity gradually subsided in town; the fire,
that once blazed so fearfully, was in a short time nearly extin
guished, and at length, by common consent, the brands being
raked together and the ashes carefully drawn over them, peace
and quietness returned.
By the lapse of time the events of that period have become
so remote as to be generally known only as matter of historv ; as
such, though a delicate subject, they should not be passed over in
silence, in giving a faithful, though brief, account of the rise and
growth of the town, and the events in which it has shared its
part in common with others.
Of the twenty-three citizens of this county, who were indicted
for treason, only one was from this town. He immediately left
the State, and did not return until an act of amnesty was granted
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indicted for treasonable practices, of whom there were none be
longing here.
The late William Lincoln, Esquire, of Worcester, in his his
tory of that town, has furnished an authentic and interesting ac
count of the origin, progress and termination of that rebellion ;
the particulars of which should be known to all. They consti
tute an interesting, though painful, portion of Massachusetts his
tory. A knowledge of the past is essential to the well being of
the future.
I therefore trust I shall be pardoned by the reader for intro
ducing hira shortly to that collection of facts erahodied by Mr.
Lincoln, relating to the rebellion, and which he will find on the
following pages.
In that way, while I hope to extend information important to
be known, I shall relieve myself of the unenviable task of treat
ing at length on a matter of great delicacy.
The Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1789,
on the part of this State, by Delegates assembled in Convention.
The majority for adopting it was fourteen. This town, by its
Delegate, voted in the negative on that question.
A large majority of the Delegates from the towns in Worces
ter, Hampshire and Berkshire County voted against its adoption,
but the question being carried in the affirmative, and certain
amendments having been agreed upon to be recommended to be
made a part of that instrument, a good degree of harmony pre
vailed to give it a fair trial.
Nevertheless, so great was the disagreement on this question,
both in and out of the Convention, that two political parties soon
grew out of it. Those in favor of the Constitution were denom
inated Federalists, and those opposed to it. Anti-federalists.
Hence the origin of political parties in this country, and which,
whatever phases they have undergone, and by whatever names
they have been designated, now, as then, differ in their construc
tion of the extent of power granted in that instrument. Vary
ing constructions have produced varying measures, as the differ
ent parties have had the ascendancy. And such, in all proba
bility, will ever be the case. That the basis of disagreement

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will rest on the construction that should and ought to be given to
the Constitution.
Parties, merely as such, are not injurious to the public weal ;
they are, in the calm exercise of their rights, a public benefit — a
blessing to any country. By gentle agitation they as much pre
serve the body politic from stagnation, as do the gentle breezes of
the heavens prevent our ponds, by agitating their surfaces, from
becoming living masses of putrefaction and corruption. Parties
serve to purify the political atmosphere, as the winds do the air
we breathe.
Without winds the trees would be short lived and of stinted
growth; exercise is essential to their existence; nor without
thera would vessels be wafted to their destined ports. Would it
be wise in us then to dispense with thera, if in our power, merely
because they sometimes, in their fury, endanger our property,
and even our lives? The elements will have their freaks, and
who shall say to party spirit, thus far thou may go, but no
farther ?
Without parties, no human government could long endure. It
is only when party spirit is lashed into a frenzy, that it becomes
dangerous by reason of its ungovernable fury.

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FROM LINCOLN'S HISTORY OF WORCESTEB.

The struggles of the Revolution had scarce terminated, before
disturbances arose among the people, which, in their progress,
brought the Commonwealth to the very verge of ruin.
Could the existence of insurrection and rebellion be effaced
from memory ,^ it would be' wanton outrage to recall from oblivion
the tale of misfortune and dishonor. But those events cannot be
forgotten ^ they have floated down in tradition : they are recount
ed by the winter fire-side, in the homes of New England : they
are inscribed on roll and record in the archives and annals of the
State. History, the mirror of the past, reflects, with painfol
fidelity, the dark as well as the bright objects from departed years,
and although we may wish to contemplate only the glowing pic
ture of patriotism and prosperity, the gloomy image of civil
commotion is still full in our sight, shadowing the back ground
with its solemn admonition.
The investigation of the causes of the unhappy tumults of
1786, does not belong to the narrative of their local effects on
one of the principal scenes of action. But it would be great in
justice to omit the statement, that circumstances existed, which
palliate, though they do not justify, the conduct of those who
took up arms against the government of their own establishment.
After eight years of war, Massachusetts stood, with the splendor
of triumph, in republican poverty, bankrupt in resources, with no
revenue but of an expiring currency, and no metal in her treas-
nry more precious than the continental copper, bearing the de
vices of union and freedom. The country had been drained by
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Most limit of its means ; public credit was extinct, manners had
become relaxed, trade deeay^ed, manufactures languishing, paper
money depreciated to worthlessnfess, claims on the nation accu
mulated by the commutation of the pay of officers for securities,
and a heavy and increasing pressure of debt rested oh Common
wealth, corporations, and citizens. Tlie first reviving efforts of
commerce overstocked the markets with foreign luxuries and su
perfluities, sold to those who trusted to the future to supply the
ability of payment. The temporary act of 1782, making prop
erty a tender in discharge of pecuniary contracts, instead of the
designed remedial effect, enhanced the evils of general insolven
cy, by postponing collections. The outstanding demands of the
royalist refugees, who had been driven from large estates and
extensive business, enforced with no lenient forbearance, came in
to increase the embarrassments of the deferred pay day. At
length, a flood of suits broke out. In 1784, more than: 2000
actions were entered in the County of Worcester, then having a
population less than 50,000, and in 1785, about 1700,. Lands
and goods were seized and sacrificed on sale, ¦when the general
difficulties drove away purchasers. Amid the universal distress,
artful and designing persons discerned prospect for advancement,
and fomented the discontent by inflammatory publications and se
ditious appeals to every excitable passion and .prejudice. The
Constitution was misrepresented as defective, the administration
as corrupt, the laws as unequal and unjust. The celebrated pa
pers of Honestus directed jealousy towards the judicial tribunals,
and thundered anathemas against the lawyers, unfortunately for
them, the immediate agents and ministers of creditors. Driven
to despair by the actual evil of enormous debt, and irritated to
madness by the increasing clamor about supposed grievances, it
is scarcely surprising that a suffering and deluded people should
have attempted relief, without considering that the misery they
endured, was the neoessary result from the confusion of years of
warfare.* * Could we roll back the tide of time, till its retiring wave left bare the rocks on
Jwhich the Commonwealth was so nearly wrecked, it is not improbable, we should
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Before the close of the revolutionary contest, whose pressure
had united all by the tie of common danger, indications of dis
content had been manifested. The acts of the legislature had
excited temporary and local uneasiness in former years, as the
operation of laws conflicted with the views of expediency or in
terest entertained by the village politicians. But in 1782, com
plaints arose of grievances, springing from the policy and admin
istration of government, of more general character. On the 14th
of April, of that year, the delegates of twenty-six towns of the
county assembled in convention, and attributing the prevailing
dissatisfaction of the people to want of confidence in the dis
bursement of the great sums of money annually assessed, re
commended instructions to the representatives, to require imme
diate settlement with all public officers entrusted with the funds
of the Commonwealth; and if the adjustment was delayed or
refused, to withdraw from the General Court, and return to their
constituents ; to reduce the compensation of the members of the
House, and the fees of lawyers ; to procure sessions of the Court
of Probate in different places in the county ; the revival of con
fessions of debt; enlargement of the jurisdiction of justices of the
peace to £20 : contribution to the support of the continental
army in specific articles instead of money : and the settlement of ac
counts between the Commonwealth and Congress. At an ad
journed session. May 14, they further recbmmended, that ac
count of the public expenditures should be annually rendered to
the towns ; the removal of the General Court from Boston ; sep
aration of the business of the Common Pleas and Sessions, and
inquiry into the grants of lands in Maine, in favor of Alexander
Shepherd and others. Worcester was represented in these as
semblies, and in the instructions to Samuel Curtis, Esq., framed
nnhaUowed purposes, urged on and sustained tha men who were pushed into the
front rank of rebellion, than came from the limited capacity of their own minds.
We might find that the accredited leaders of 1786, were only humble instruments
of stronger spirits, waiting, in eoncealment, the results of the tempest they had
roused. Fortunately, the energy of government, gave to rising revolution the
harmless character of crushed insurrection, saved to after years the inquiry for the
Catalines of the young republic, and left to us the happy privilege of receiving the
coin, impressed with the mark of patriotism, at its stamped v.ilue, without testing
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in accordance with their resolutions, on the 8th of June, the
town represented as additional grievances, that the Treasurer
held the office of Justice of the Common Pleas in Middlesex,
interfering with the discharge of his general duties; and the
proposition for the allowance of half pay for life to the officer
deranged on the new organization of the army, and not in ser
vice. Some of the complaints were quieted by legal provisions,
and when the convention was appointed to be again held by ad
journment, in August, the few discontented persons in attendance
dispersed without transacting business.*
The murmurs of the coming storm were first heard here, eariy
in 1784. On the invitation of Sutton to each town of the coun
ty, the capital sent delegates to a convention, held in March, of
that year, of which Ebenezer Davis, Esq. was President. Al
though assembled for the professed purpose of considering the
expediency of an excise duty alone, the inquiries of this body
were more extensive in pursuit of existing evils. When the re
sult of its deliberations was communicated to the inhabitants of
Worcester, they adopted for themselves the petition prepared for
general acceptance; representing, as grievances, the grant to Con
gress of an impost for twenty-five years to discharge the interest
accruing on State securities ; the payment from the treasury of
the expenses of festive days of rejoicing ; large compensation to
officers of the continental array ; neglect to redeem the paper
currency; the want of a circulating medium; and the impaired
state of credit. The representative of the town was instructed
to endeavor to procure the removal of the General Court from
Boston to some country town, where it would be secure from im
proper influences; and to cause an account of the debts, reve
nues and charges of government to be published annually.
These complaints, unnoticed by the Legislature, seemed to be
hushed and quieted by the very neglect they experienced.
'"While the great body of the people desired only escape from impending
suits, without premeditated malice against the Commonwealth or its institutions,
every trivial cause was magnified and perverted to increase the existing irritation,
till, under the influence of delusion, a deadly blow was struck at both." MSS.
Centennial Address of Hon. John Davis.

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But the spirit of discontent, though stilled, was not extinct.
It spread wider and deeper, and grew stronger in the minds of
men, and its voice was again heard. In May, 1786, another in
vitation from Sutton, for a general meeting, was circulated, and
passed over here without attention. The delegates of 17 towns,
however, form3d a convention at Leicester, and elected Willis
Hall, of Sutton, its President. As the attendance was thin,
letters were addressed to Worcester, and the other towns of the
county, unrepresented, requesting their participation, and an ad
journment took place to the 15th of August following. Our in
habitants, at a meeting held on this application, determined, by a
great majority, not to comply ; on the grounds, that the body
from which it emanated was not recognized by the Constitution,
and that its session was unnecessary and illegal. Thirty-seven
towns appeared, by their representatives, when the convention
was reorganized at Leicester. It is not uninteresting to notice
the gradual increase of alleged evils in its doings. In 1784 the
list was brief. In 1786, without essential change in policy or
condition, it had swelled to voluminous extent. In addition to
the grievances already stated, they enumerated among the sources
of uneasiness, abuses in the practice of the law; exorbitance of
the items in the fee bill ; the existence and administration of the
Courts of Common Pleas and Sessions ; the number and salaries
of public officers ; grants to the Attorney General ; and to Con
gress, while the State accounts remained unliquidated. A com
mittee was instructed to report a memorial, at another session, to
be had, by adjournment, in Paxton, on the last Tuesday of Sep
tember. Thus far, redress had been sought by the constitutional appeal
of the citizen to the Legislature. The recorded proceedings of
the convention are of a pacific character, expressing disapproba
tion of combinations, mobs and riots : yet it is probable, that
during the period of its consultations, the bold design was origi
nated, by the most violent of its members, of resisting the exe
cution of the laws and suspending the operation of courts. Soon
after the first meeting, it was stated, in the paper of the town,
printed by Mr. Thomas, that apprehensions existed of obstruc-

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tion to the Common Pleas, in June. The first open act of in
surrection followed close upon the adjournment of the conven
tion, in August.
Although warning of danger had been given, confiding in the
loyalty of the people, their love of order, and respect for the
laws, the officers of government had made no preparations to
support the court, to be held in Worcester, in September, 1786.
On Monday night, of the first week in that month, a body of
eighty armed men, under Capt. Adam Wheeler, of Hubbards
ton, entered the town and took possession of the Court House.
Early the next morning, their numbers were augmented to nearly
one hundred, and as many more collected without fire arms.
The Judges of the Common Pleas had assembled at the house
of the Hon. Joseph Allen. At the usual hour, with the Justices
of the Sessions, and the members of the bar, attended by the
clerk and sheriff, they moved towards the Court House. Chief
Justice Artemas Ward, a general of the Revolution, united in
trepid firmness with prudent moderation. His resolute and manly
bearing, on that day of difficulty and embarrassment, sustained
the dignity of the office he bore, and commanded the respect
even of his opponents. On him devolved the responsibility of
an occasion affecting deeply the future peace of the community,
and it was supported well and ably.
On the verge of the crowd thronging the hill, a sentinel was
pacing on his round, who challenged the procession as it approached
his post. Gen. Ward sternly ordered the soldier, formeriy a sub
altern of his own particular regiment, to recover his levelled
musket. The man, awed by the voice he had been accustomed
to obey, instantly complied, and presented his piece, in military
salute, to his old commander. The Court, having received the
honors of war, from hira who was planted to oppose their ad
vance, went on. The multitude, receding to the right and left,
made way in sullen silence, till the judicial officers reached the
Court House. On the steps was stationed a file of men with
fixed bayonets : on the front, stood Captain Wheeler, with his
drawn sword. The crier was directed to open the doors, and
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with their guns levelled, as if ready to fire. Judge Ward then
advanced, and the bayonets were turned against his breast. He
demanded, repeatedly, who commanded the people there; by
what authority, and for what purpose, they had met in hostile ar
ray. Wheeler at length replied : after disclaiming the rank of
leader, he stated, that they had come to relieve the distresses of
the country, by preventing the sittings of courts until they could
obtain redress of grievances. The Chief Justice answered, that
he would satisfy thera their complaints were without just founda
tion. He was told by Capt. Smith, of Barre, that any commu
nication he had to make must be reduced to writing. Judge
Ward indignantly refused to do this: he said, he "did not value
their bayonets : they might plunge them to his heart: but while
that heart beat he would do his duty : when opposed to it, his
life was of little consequence : if. they would take away their
bayonets and give him some position where he could be heard by
his fellow citizens, and not by the leaders alone, who had de
ceived and deluded them, he would speak, but not otherwise,"
The insurgent officers, fearful of the effect of his determined
manner on the minds of their followers, interrupted. They did
not come there, they said, to listen to long speeches, but to resist
oppression : they had the power to compel submission : and they
deinanded, an adjournment without day. Judge Ward perem-
torily refused to answer any proposition, unless it was accompanied
by the name of him by whom it was made. They then desired
him to fall back : the drum was beat, and the guard ordered to
charge. The soldiers advanced, until the points of their bay
onets pressed hard upon the breast of the Chief Justice, who
stood as immoveable as a statue, without stirring a limb, or yield
ing an inch, although the steel, in the hands of desperate men,
penetrated his dress. Struck with admiration by his intrepidity,
and shrinking from the sacrifice of life, the guns were removed,
and Judge Ward, ascending the steps, addressed the assembly.
In a style of clear and forcible argument, he examined their
supposed grievances; exposed their fallacy ; explained the dan
gerous tendency of their rash measures ; admonished them that
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suiferings of years, plunging the country in civil war, and involving
themselves and their families in misery : that the measures they
had taken must defeat their own wishes ; for the government
would never yield that to force, which would be readily accorded
to respectful representations : and warned them that the majesty
of the laws would be vindicated, and their resistance of its power
avenged. He spoke neariy two hours, not without frequent in
terruption. But admonition and argument were unavailing : the
insurgents declared they would maintain their ground until satis
faction was obtained. Judge Ward, addressing himself to Wheeler,
advised him to suffer the troops to disperse : " they were waging
war, which was treason, and its end would be," he added, after a
momentary pause, " the gallows." The judges then retired, un
molested, through armed files. Soon after, the Court was opened
at the United States Arms Tavern,* and immediately adjourned
to the next day. Orders were despatched to the colonels in the
brigade to call out their regiments, and march, without a mo
ment's delay, to sustain the judicial tribunals : but that right arm
on which the government rests for defence was paralyzed : in this
hour of its utmost need, the militia shared in the disaffection, and
the officers reported, that it was out of their power to muster
their companies, because they generally favored those movements
of the people directed against the highest civil institutions of the
State, and tending to the subversion of social order.
In the afternoon of Tuesday, a petition was presented from
Athol, requesting that no judgments should be rendered in civil
actions, except where debts would be lost by delay, and no trials
had unless with the consent of the parties; a course correspond
ing with the views entertained by the Court. Soon after, Capt.
Smith, of Barre, unceremoniously introduced himself to the
judges, with his sword drawn, and offered a paper purporting to
be the petition of " the body of people now collected for their
own good and that of the Commonwealth," requiring an adjourn
ment of the Courts without day. He demanded, in a threaten
ing manner, an answer in half an hour. Judge Ward, with great
* On the Bite of the Exchange Coflee House, 1236.
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dignity, replied, that no answer would be given, and the intrudes
retired. An interview was sclicited, during the evening, by. a
committee, who were informed that the officers of government
would make no promises to men in hostile array : an intimation
was given that the request of the people of Athol was consid
ered reasonable: and the conference terminated. A report of
the result was made to the insurgents, who voted it ,was unsatis
factory, and resolved to remain until the following day.
During the night, the Court House was guarded in martial
form : sentinels were posted along the front of the building, and
along Main Street : the men not on duty, bivouaced in the haU
of justice, or sought shelter with their friends. In the first light
of morning, the whole force paraded on the hill, and was har-
rangued by the leaders. In the forenoon, a new deputation waited
on the Court, with a repetition of the foi-mer demand, and re
ceived a similar reply. The justices assured the committee, if
the body dispersed, the people of the county would have no jusi
cause of complaint with the course the Court would adopt. The
insurgents, reinforced with about two hundred from Holden and
Ward, now mustered, four hundred strong, half with fire arms,
and the remainder furnished with sticks. They formed in col-
min», and marched through Main Stseet, with their mu.';ic, inviting
all who sought relief from oppression to join their ranks, but re-
eeiving no accessions of recruits from our citizens, they returned
to the Court House. Sprigs of evergreen had been disttibutjed,
and mounted as the distinctive badge of rebellion, and a young
pine tree was elevated at their post as the standard of revolt.
The Court, at length, finding that no reliance could be plaped
on- military support, and no hope entertained of being permitted
to proceed with business, adjourned, continuing all causes to the
next term. Proclamation was made by the sheriff to the people,
and a copy of the record communicated. After this, about twQ
bbndped men, with sticks only, paraded before the house of Mr.
Allen, where the justices had reiired, and baited neariy an hour,
as if meditating some act of violence. The main body theq
marched down, and passing through the other party, whose open
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tHfey displayed into line, and sent another committee to the
Court. The sessions, considering their deliberations <Sontrolled by the
mob, deemed it expedient to follow the example of the supe
rior tribunal, by an adjournment to t^he 2i«t of Navember.
When the insurgent adjutant presented a paper, requiring it should
be without fixed day. Judge Ward replied, tlie business was fin
ished and could not be changed. . '
Before night closed down, the Regulators, as they styled
thennselves, dispersed ; and thus terminated the first interfer'ehce
of the citizens inarms with the course of justice. Whatever
fears might have been entertained of future disastrous conse
quences, their visit brought with it no terror, and no apprehen
sion for personal safety to their opposers. Both parties, indeed,
seemed more inclined to hear than strike. The conduct of Judge
Ward was dignified and spirited, in a situation of great embar
rassment. His own deprecation, that the siin might not shine on
the day when the Constitution was trampled on with impunityi,
seemed to. be realized. Clouds, darkness and storm brooded
over themeeting of the insurgents, and rested on their tumultuary
assemblies in the county at subsequent periods. •
The state of feeling here, was unfavorably influenced by the
success of the insurgents. At a meeting of the inhabitants, on
the 25th pf September, delegates were elected to the county
convention at Paxton, with instructions to report their doings to
the town. The list nf grievances received some slight additions
from this assembly. The delay and expense of Courts of Pro-
.bate, the manner of recording deeds in one general office of
registry, instead of entering them on the books of the town
.where the land was situated, and the right of absentees to sue for
.the collection of debts, were the subjects of complaint in a peti
tion, concluding with the request that precepts might be issueii
•for meetings, to express public seniiment in relation to a revisioB
of the Constitution, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters were
in favor of amendment, that a State Convention might be called.
The existence of this body was continued by an adjournment to
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Genera! Court. A copy was subsequently submitted to the
town, at a meeting held October 2, for the purpose of receiving
a report from the delegates. It was then voted, " That Mr.
Daniel Baird be requested to inform the town whether this peti
tion was according to his mind, and he informed the town it was :
but that he did not approve of its being sent to the General
Court before it had been laid before the town." The petition
was read paragraph by paragraph, rejected, and the delegates
dismissed. On the 16th of October, in compliance with the request of 34
freeholders, another town meeting was called: after long and
warm debate, the former delegates were reelected, to attend the
convention, at its adjourned session. A petition had been offered,
praying consideration of the measures proper in the alarming sit
uation of the country, and for instructions to the representative
to inquire into the expenditure of public money, the salaries of
cfiicers, the means of increasing manufactures, encouraging agri
culture, introducing economy, and removing every grievance.
Directions were given to endeavor to procure the removal of the
Legislature from the metropolis to the interior ; the annihilation
of the Inferior Courts ; the substitution of a cheaper and more
expeditious administration of justice; the immediate repeal of the
supplementary fund granted to Congress ; the appropriation of
the revenue, arising from impost and excise, to the payment of
the foreign debt ; and the withholding all supplies from Congress
until settlement of accounts between the Commonwealth and
Continent. Resolutions, introduced by the supporters of govern
ment, expressing disapprobation of unconstitutional assemblies,
armed combinations, and riotous movements, and pointing to the
Legislature as the only legitimate source of redress, were rejected.
The convention party was triumphant by a small majority.
While the discussion was urged, a considerate citizen inquired of
one of the most zealous of the discontented, what grievances he
suffered, and what were the principal evils among them?
" There are grievances enough, thank God ! " was the hasty re
ply, " and they are all principal ones."

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The jurisdiction of the sessions was principally over criminal
offences, and its powers were exercised for the preservation of
social order. No opposition had been anticipated to its session,
on the 21st of November, and no defensive preparations were
made. On that day, about sixty armed men, under Abraham
Gale, of Princeton, entered the north part of the town. During
the evening, and on Wednesday morning, about one hundred
more arrived, from Hubbardston, Shrewsbury, and some adjacent
towns. A committee presented a petition to the Court, at the
United States Arms Tavern, for their adjournment, until a new
choice of representatives, which was not received. The insur
gents then took possession of the ground around the Court House.
When the Justices approached, the armed rnen made way, and
they passed through the opening ranks to the steps. There, triple
rows of bayonets presented to their breasts, opposed farther ad
vance. The Sheriff, Col. William Greenleaf, of Lancaster, ad
dressed the assembled crowd, stating the danger to themselves
and the public from their lawless measures. Reasoning and
warning were ineffectual, and the proclamation in the riot act was
read for their dispersion. Amid the grave solemnity of the
scene, some incidents were interposed of lighter character. Col.
Greenleaf remarked with great severity on the conduct of the
armed party around him. One of the leaders replied, they
sought relief from grievances : that among the most intolerable of
them was the sheriff himself: and next to his person, were his
fees, which were exorbitant and excessive, particularly on crimi
nal executions. " If you consider fees for executions oppressive,"
-replied the sheriff, irritated by the attack, " you need not wait
long for redress ; for I will hang you all, gentlemen, for nothing,
with the greatest pleasure." Some hand among the crowd, which
pressed close, placed a pine branch on his hat, and the county
officer retired, with the justices, decorated with the evergreen
badge of rebellion. The clerk entered on his records, that the
court was prevented from being held by an armed force, the only
notice contained on their pages that our soil has ever been dis
honored by resistance of the laws.

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To this period, the indulgence of government had dealt with
its revolted subjects as misguided citizens, seduced to acts of vio
lence from misconception of the sources of their distress. Con
ciliatory policy had applied remedial statutes wherever practica
ble, and proffered full pardon and indemnity for past misconduct.
Reasonable hopes were entertained that disaffection, quieted by
lenient measures, would lay down the arms assumed under strong
excitement, and that reviving order would rise from the confu
sion. But the insurgents, animated by temporary success, and
mistaking the mildness of forbearance for weakness or fear, had
extended their designs from present relief to permanent change.
Their eariy movements were without further object than to stay
that flood of executions which wasted their property and made
their homes desolate. That portion of the community, who
condemned the violence of the actors in the scenes we have des
cribed, sympathized in their sufferings, and were disposed to con
sider the offences venial, while the professed purpose of their
commission was merely to obtain the delay necessary for seeking
constitutional redress. All implicated, stood on safe and honor
able ground, until the renewal, on the 21st of November, of the
opposition to the administration of justice. Defiance of- the au
thority of the State could no longer be tolerated without the pros
tration of its institutions. The crisis had arrived, when govern
ment, driven to the utmost limit of concession, must appeal, to the
sword for preservation, even though. its destroying edge, turned on
the citizen, might be crimsoned with civil slaughter. Information was
communicated to the executive of extensive levies of troops for
the suppression of the Judiciary, and the coercion of the Legis
lature, Great exertions were making to prevent the approaching
session of the Court of Common Pleas, in Worcester, in the first
week of December. Gov.. Bowdoin and the council, resolved to
adopt vigorous measures to overawe the insurgents. Orders were
issued to Major General Warner, to call out the mili'tia of his di
vision, and five regiments were directed to hold themselves in
instant readiness to march. Doubts, however, arose, how far re
liance could be placed on the troops of an infected district. The
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The first instructions were therefore countermanded, a plan having
been settled to raise an army whose power miaht effectually crush
resistance, and the judges were advised to adjourn to the 23d of
January fol!owing,whon the contemplated arriingements could be
matiired to terminate the unhappy troubles.
The insurgents, unapprised of the change of operations, be
gan to concentrate their whole strength to interrupt the courts at
Worcester and Concord. They had fixed on Shrewsbury, as the
place of rendezvous.. On the 29t!i of November, a party of
forty, from Barre, Spencer and Leicester, joined Capt. Wheeler,
who bad established his head quarters in that town during the
preceding week, and succeeded in enlisting about thirty men.
Daniel Shays, the reputed commander-in-chief, and nominal head
of the rebellion, made his first public appearance in the county
soon after, with troops from Hampshire. Reinforcements came
in, till the- number at the post exceeded four hundred. Sentinels
stopped and examined traveller, and patrols were sent out
towards Concord, Cambridge and Worcester. On Thursday?
November 30, information was received, that the Light Horse,
under Col. Hilchborn, had captured Shattuck, Parker and Paige,
and that a detachment of cavalry was marchii^ against them
selves. This intelligence disconcerted their arrangements for an
expedition into Middlesex, and they retreated, in great alarm, to
Holden. On Friday, Wheeler was in a house passed by the
horsemen, and only escaped from being captured by accident.
Another person, supposed to be commander, was pursued, and
received a sabre cut in the hand. The blow was slight, but af
forded, sufficient foundation for raising the cry that blood had beei*
shed, and rousing passion to. vengeance. The wounded insur
gent was exhibited and bewailed as the martyr of their cause.
As the Light Horse retired; it was discovered they did not ex
ceed twenty. About a hundred of Shays^s men rallied, and re
turned to Shrewsbury, following a foe whose celerity of move-
ment'left'no cause to fear they could be brought to an encounter.
Search was made for the town stock of powder, removed by ther
vigilance of one of the selectmen. Col. Cushing, whose house
they surrounded,- and whose person they endeavored to seize, bu«

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he escaped. Consultation was held on the expediency of
marching directly lo Worcester, and encamping before the Court
House. Without clothing to protect them from cold, without
money, or food to supply the wants of hunger, it was considered
impracticable to maintain themselves there, and on Saturday, they
marched to Grafton, and went into quarters with their friends.
The party left at Holden, found one object of their meeting,
the junction with the insurgents at Concord, frustrated. Those
who belonged to the neighboring towns were therefore dismissed,
with orders to assemble in Worcester on Monday following.
Shays retired to the barracks in Rutland, and sent messengers to
hasten on the parties from Berkshire and Hampshire, in anticipa
tion of meeting the militia of government at Worcester.
On Sunday evening, the detachment from Grafton entered the
town, under the command of Abraham Gale, of Princeton, Ad
am Wheeler, of Hubbardston, Simeon Hazeltine, of Hardwick,
and John Williams, reputed' to be a deserter from the British
army, and once a serjeant of the continental line. They halted
before the Court House, and having obtained the keys, placed a
strong guard around the building, and posted sentinels on all the
streets and avenues of the town to prevent surprise. Those who
were off duty, rolling themselves in their blankets, rested on their
arms, on the floor of the Court room.
However the fidelity of Worcester might have wavered, its
citizens had now become aware of the peril of their rights, when
the mustering power of rebellion was attempting to upheave the
foundations of government. The whole military strength of the
town rallied to its support. Two full companies of our militia,
enrolling one hundred and seventy, rank and file, paraded on
Monday, at the South Meeting House, under the senior captain,
Joel Howe. In the afternoon, they formed in column, and
marched down Main Street. On approaching the United States
Arms tavern, the head quarters of the insurgents, the drums beat
to arms, and their lines were formed across the road. Capt.
Howe, advancing in slow time, sent forward an adjutant to de
mand by what authority the highways were obstructed. A con
temptuous answer was returned, that he might come and see.

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Another officer was detached, to order them to remove, as the
militia intended to pass over the ground they occupied : the re
ply was, they might pass if they could. Capt. Howe then halted,
and addressed his men in an animating tone, expressing his de
termination to proceed, and his reliance on their intrepidity.
The bayonets were fixed and the company then advanced : in a
few paces they came to the position for a charge. The front
rank of the insurgents stood in readiness to use their muskets,
while the band of Captain Howe moved steadily down upon their
line. For a moment, civil war seemed about to drench our
streets in blood. Veterans of the revolution were arrayed on
both sides, who had been too often amid the shot of battle, to
shrink from danger in any form. Fortunately, the insurgents
were not prepared to stain their cause by the slaughter of their
brethren. Their line wavered, and breaking, by a rapid wheel,
gained a new position on the hill. The militia went by their
post, to the Hancock Arms,* beyond the North Square. It is
doing no injustice to their gallantry to believe, their congratula
tions were sincere on the innocent result of appearances so men
acing. After brief rest, they returned, and were dismissed, until
the next morning, with merited commendations. Their spirited
conduct was productive of salutary effects. It ascertained, that
their opponents were too apprehensive of consequences to sup
port their demands by force, and the dread their formidable array
might have inspired, was changed to contempt and derision of
their pretensions.
As the evening closed in, one of the most furious snow storms
of a severe winter commenced. One division of the insurgents
occupied the Court House : another sought shelter at the
Hancock Arms. The sentinels, chilled by the tempest, and im
agining themselves secured by its violence from attack, joined
their comrades around the fire of the guard room. The young
men of the town, in the spirit of sportive mischief, contrived to
carry away their muskets', incautiously stacked in the entry-way,
and having secreted thera at a distance, raised the alarm that the
* This building was afterwards the Brown & Qutman Tavern, and destroyed by
fire, Dec. 24, isat. 14

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Light Horse were upon them. The party sallied out in confu
sion, and panic struck at the silent disappearance of their arms,
fled through the fast falling snow to the Court House, where
their associates had paraded. The guns were discovered, at
length, and the whole force remained, ready for action, several
hours, frequently distuibed by the fresh outcries of Uieii vexatious
persecutors. The increasing fury of the stDrm, and the almost impassable
condition of the roads, did not prevent the arrival of many from
Holden and the vicinity, on Tuesday, swelling the numerical
force of nmlcontents to five hundred. The Court was opened at
the Sun Tavern,* and in conformity with the instructions of the
Governor, adjourned to the 23d of January, without attempting
to transact business. Petitions from committees of Sutton and
Douglass, that the next session might be postponed to March, were
disregarded. Worcester assumed the appearanceof a garrisoned town. The
citizens answered to the frequent challenges of military guards :
the traveller was admonished to stay his steps by the voice and
bayonet of the soldier. Sentries paced before the house of Mr.
Allen, the cleik, where Judge Ward resided, and the former
gentleman was threatened with violence on his own threshold.
Mr. Justice Washburn, of Leicester, was opposed on his way,
and two of his friends, who seized the gun presented to his breast,
were arrested and detained in custody. Justice Baker, on his
return homeward, was apprehended in the road, and some of his
captors suggested the propriety of sending him to prison, lo ex
perience the corrective discipline, to which, as a magistrate, he
had subjected others.
On Tuesday evening, a council of war was convened, and it
was seriously determined to march to Boston, and effect the lib
eration of the State prisoners, as soon as sufficient strength could
be collected. In anticipation of attack, the Governor gathered
the means of defence around the metropolis. Guards were
mounted at the prison, and at the entrances of the city : alarm
* Uoited States Hotel, 1836.

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posts were assigned; and Major General Brooks held the militia
of Middlesex contiguous to the road, in readiness for action, and
watched the force at Worcester.
During the evening of Tuesday, an alarm broke out, more ter
rific to the party quartered at the Hancock Arms, than that which
had disturbed the repose of the preceding night. Soon after par
taking the refreshment which was sometimes used by the military,
before the institution of temperance societies, several of the men
were seized with violent sickness, and a rumor spread, that poi
son had been mingled with the fountain which supplied their
water. Dr. Samuel Stearns of Paxton, astrologer, almanac man
ufacturer, and quack by profession, detected in the sediment of
the cups they had drained, a substance, which he unhesitatingly
pronounced to be a compound of arsenic and antimony, so dele
terious, that a single grain would extinguish the lives of a thous
and. The numbers of the afflicted increased with frightful
rapidity, and the symptoms grew more fearful. It was suddenly
recollected that the sugar used in their beverage had been pur
chased from a respectable merchant of the town,* whose at
tachment to government was well known, and the sickness
around was deemed proof conclusive that it had been adulterated
for their destruction. A file of soldiers seized the seller, and
brought him to answer for the supposed attempt to murder the
levies of rebellion. As he entered the house, the cry of indig
nation rose strong. Fortunately for his safety, Dr. Green, of
Ward, an intelligent practitioner of medicine, arrived, and theex-
ecution of vengeance was deferred until his opinion of its pro
priety could be obtained. After careful inspection of the sus
pected substance, and subjecting it to the test of different senses,
he declared, that to the best of his knowledge, it was genuine,
yellow, Scotch snuff. The reputed dying raised their heads
from the floor: the slightly affected recovered : the o;loom which
had settled heavily on the supposed victims of mortal disease
was dispelled, and the illness soon vanished. Strict inquiry fur
nished a reasonable explanation : a clerk in the store of the
* The Jite Daniel Waldo, (Sen.) Esq.

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merchant had opened a package of the fragrant commodity, in
the vicinity of the sugar barrel, and a portion of the odoriferous
leaf, had. inadvertently, been scattered from the counter into its
uncovered head. A keg of spirit was accepted in full satisfac
tion for the panic occasioned by the decoction of tobacco so in
nocently administered.
Bodies of militia, anxious to testify their reviving zeal, were
toiling through the deep snow drifts. Gen. Warner, finding that
no benefit could be derived from their presence, sent orders for
their return to their homes, and the insurgents enjoyed the tri
umph of holding undisputed possession of the town.
On Wednesday, December 6, they went out to meet Shays,
who arrived from Rutland, with 350 men. As they re-entered
the street, the appearance of the column of 800 was highly im
posing. The companies included many who had learned their
tactics from Steuben, and served an apprenticeship of discipline
in the ranks of the revolution : war worn veterans, who in a good
cause, would have been invincible. The pine tuft suppfied the
place of plume in their hats. Shays, with his aid, mounted on
white horses, led on the van. They displayed into line before
the Court House, where they were reviewed and inspected. The
men were then billeted on the inhabitants. No compulsion was
used: where admittance was peremptorily rel'used, they quietly
retired, and sought food and shelter elsewhere. Provision having
been made for the soldiers. Shays joined the other leaders in
council. At night, he was attended to his quarters, at the house
of the late Col. Samuel Flagg, by a strong guard, preceded by
the music of the army, with something of the state assumed by
a general officer. Precautions against surprise were redoubled.
Chains of sentinels were stretched along the streets, planted in
every avenue of approach, and on the neighboring hills, exam
ining all who passed. The cry of " all's well," rose on the
watches of the night, from those whose presence brought danger
to the Commonwealth.
Committees from some of the neighboring towns, and many of
the prominent members of the conventions, assembled with the
military leaders, on Thursday, the 6th of December. Their de-

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liberations were perplexed and discordant. The inclemency of
the weather had prevented the arrival of the large force expect
ed. The impossibility of retaining the men who had assembled,
without munitions, subsistence, or stores, compelled them to
abandon the meditated attack on Boston, then put in a posture of
defence, and more pacific measures were finally adopted. A pe
tition was prepared for circulation, remonstrating against the sus
pension of the habeas corpus writ ; asking for the pardon and
release of the prisoners ; a new act of amnesty ; the adjourn
ment of courts until the session of the new Legislature in May ;
and expressing their readiness to lay down their arms on compli
ance with these demands. In the afternoon, Shays's men and
part of Wheeler's, to the number of 500, began their march
for Paxton, on their way to the barracks in Rutland. About a
hundred more retired to the north part of the tovvn.
Friday was spent in consultation. Aware that public senti
ment was setting against them with strong reaction, the mercy
which had been rejected was now supplicated. Letters were ad
dressed to each town of the county, inviting the inhabitants to
unite in their petitions. Shays himself, in a private conference
with an acquaintance, made use of these expressions : " For
God's sake, have matters settled peaceably ; it was against my
inclinations I undertook this business; importunity was used
which I could not withstand ; but I heartily wish it was well
over." In the evening, the Court House was abandoned, but sentries
were posted at almost every door of the outside and interior of
the public house, where the leaders remained in consultation.
Another snow storm commenced on Saturday morning. Luke
Day, with 150 men from Hampshire, reached Leicester, but was
unable to proceed in the tempest. About noon, all the insur
gents in Worcester paraded before their head quarters, and were
dismissed. The companies of Ward, Holden, Spencer, Rut
land, Barre, and Petersham, after moving Slowly through Main
Street, in distinct bodies, took up the line of march for their re
spective homes, through roads choked with drifts.

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The condition of these deluded men during their stay here,
was such as to excite compassion rather than fear. Destitute of
almost every necessary of life, in an inclement season, without
money to purchase the food which their friends could not supply,
unwelcome guests in the quarters they occupied, pride restrained
the exposure of their wants. Many must have endured the
gnawings of hunger in our streets : yet, standing with arms in
their hands, enduring privations in the midst of plenty, they took
nothing by force, and trespassed on no man's rights by violence:
some declared they had not tasted bread for twenty-four hours ;
all who made known their situation, were relieved by our citizens
with liberal charity.
The forlorn condition of the insurgents was deepened by the
distresses of their retreat. Their course was amid the wildest
revelry of storm and wind, in a night of intense cold. Some
were frozen to death by the way : others, exhausted with strug
gling through the deep and drifted snow, sunk down, and would
have perished but for the aid of their stouter comrades : when
relief was sought among the farm houses, every door was opened
at the call of misery, and the wrongs done by the rebel were for
gotten in the sufferings of him who claimed hospitality as a
stranger. The whole number assembled at Worcester never exceeded a
thousand. The spirit animating the first movements had grown
cold, and Shays expressed to an acquaintance here, the impres
sion that the cause had become gloomy and hopeless. In con
versation with an officer of government, he disclaimed being at
the head of the rebellion ; declared he had come to the resolu
tion to have nothing more to do with stopping courts : that if he
could not obtain pardon, he would gather the whole force he
could command, and fight to the last extremity, rather than be
hanged. When asked if he would accept pardon were it offered,
and abandon the insurgents, he replied, " Yes, in a moment." *
* The retreat of Shays not only afforded the friends of order occasion for tri
umph, but sport for wit. An Epigram, from one of the prints, affords a specimen
of the poetry and jest of the time. The name of the common carriage, the chaise,
and that of tho insurgent leader, had then the same spelling as well as sound.

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The delay of government, while it afforded lime to circulate
correct information among the people, left the insurgents at lib
erty to pursue their measures. The Court at Springfield, on the
26th of December, was resisted, and intelligence was received of
active exertions to prevent the session of the Common Pleas, at
Worcester, on the 23d of January. Longer forbearance would
have been weakness, and vigorous measures were adopted for
sustaining the Judiciary. An army of 4400 men was raised
from the Counties of Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Hampshire and
Worcester, for thirty days service. General Benjamin Lincoln,
whose prudence, and military skill peculiariy qualified him for the
important trust, received the command. Voluntary loans were
made by individuals for the armament, pay, and subsistence of the
troops. On the 21st of January, the army took up the line of march
from Roxbury. The inclemency of the weather, and the con
dition of the roads rendered a halt necessary at Marlborough.
The next day the troops reached Worcester, notwithstanding the
effects of sudden thaw on the deep snow, and were quartered on
the inhabitants, the houses being thrown open for their shelter
and comfort. Here they were joined by the regiments of the
county. The town contributed its quota liberally. In the com
pany under Capt. Joel Howe, were twenty-seven non-commis
sioned officers and privates. In the artillery, under Capt. Wil-.
liam Treadwell, were enrolled forty-three of our citizens. Nine
teen served under Capt. Phinehas Jones. Seven dragoons were
embodied in a legionary corps. Lt. Daniel Goulding was at the
head of a troop of cavalry. The late Judge Edward Ban^^s,
Timothy Bigelow, afterwards Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives of Massachusetts, and Theophilus Wheeler, Esq.,
served as volunteers.
Detachments of insurgents collected at Rutland, New Brain-
" Says sober Will, well Shays has fled,
And peace returns to bless our days.
Indeed! cries JNed, I always said.
He'd prove at last a/aiJ back Shays;
And those turned over and undone.
Call him a worthless Shays to run."

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tree, Princeton, Steriing and Sutton, but, intimidated by the mili
tary, hovered at a distance, while the Courts proceeded. On the
25th of January, Gen. Lincoln hastened westward for the relief
of Shepard, and of the arsenal at Springfield, invested by Shays
and Day.
Major General Warner was left in command at Worcester,
with a regiment of infantry, a corps of artillery, including Capt.
Treadwell's company, two field pieces, and a party from the
legionary battalion of volunteer cavalry. Information having been
given that a body of about two hundred insurgents had assembled
at New Braintree, intercepting travellers and insulting the friends
of government, twenty horsemen, supported by about 150 in
fantry in sleighs, were sent out on the night of the 2d of Febru
ary, to capture or disperse the disaffected. Upon approaching
the place of their destination, the cavalry were ordered to ad
vance at full speed to surprise the enemy. The insurgents, ap
prised of the expedition, had abandoned their quarters at the
house of Moses Hamilton, and taken post behind the walls of the
road side, and having fired a volley of musketry upon the de
tachment, fled to the woods : Mr. Jonathan Rice of Worcester,
a deputy sheriff, was shot through the arm and hand : Doct.
David Young was severely v;ounded in the knee :* the bridle rein
of Theophilus Wheeler, Esq., was cut by a ball. Without halt
ing, the soldiers rapidly pursued their way to the deserted head
quarters, where they liberated Messrs. Samuel Flagg and John
Stanton of Worcester, who had been seized the day previous,
while transacting private business at Leicester. Having dis
persed those who occupied the barracks at Rutland, the next day,
the companies returned with four prisoners.
The career of Shays was fast drawing to its close. Driven
from post to post, he suddenly retired from Pelham to Peters
ham, where he expected to concentrate the forces of expiring
rebellion, and make his final stand. Intelligence of this change
of position reached Gen. Lincoln at Hadley, February 3d, and
* Dr. Young afterwards recovered £1000, in a civil action, against those by whom
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he determined, by prompt and decisive action, to terminate the
warfare. When the troops took up the line of march, at 8 o'clock,
the evening was bright and mild. Before morning the cold be
came intense : the dry and light snow, whirled before a violent
north wind, filled the paths and rendered them almost impassable.
The seventy of the cold prevented any halt for rest or refresh
ment. At a distance from shelter, without defence against the
inclemency of the weather, it became necessary to press on,
without pausing, to the camp occupied by men possessing all
martial advantages, except courage and a good cause. The
heavy sufferings of the night were terminated by the arrival of
the troops in the very centre of Petersham. The followers of
Shays, trusting to the violence of the storra and the obstruction
of the highways, rested in careless security. The first warning
of danger was frora the appearance of the advanced guard of the
forces of government, after a journey of thirty miles, in the
midst of their cantonment. Had an army dropped from the
clouds upon the hill, the consternation could not have been greater.
Panic struck, the insurgents fled, without firing a gun, or offering
resistance to soldiers exhausted by fatigue, with frozen limbs, and
almost sinking under the privations and hardships of the severe
service. Thirty of the citizens of Worcester were in this expedition,
and shared in the movement, called by Minot "one of the most
indefatigable marches that ever was performed in America."
Gen, Lincoln writes from Petersham,, Feb. 4, "We arrived here
about nine o'clock, exceedingly fatigued by a march of thirty
miles, part of it in a deep snow, and in a most violent storm.
When this abated, the cold increased, and a great part of our
men were frozen in some part or other; but I hope none of them
dangerously so, and that most of them will be able to march
again in a short time." The insurgents never again collected in
force ; independent parties appeared in different parts of the
western counties ; buf they were soon compelled to seek safety
by submission, or flight into the neighboring States. Two or three
only, of our townsmen, bore arms with Shays.
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The rebellion being terminated, the infliction of some punish
ment for the highest political crime was deemed expedient.
Some of those who had been in arms against the laws, were
brought to trial, convicted of treason, and sentenced to death.
Henry Gale, of Princeton, was the only insurgent found guilty of
capital offence, in this county.* On the 23d day of June, at the
hour fixed for his execution, by the warrant, he was led out to
the gallows, erected on the common, with all the solemn cere
mony of such exhibitions, A reprieve was there read to him,
and afterwards full pardon was given.f Proceedings for seditious
practices, pending against several prisoners, were suspended.
The mercy of government was finally extended to all who had
been involved in the difficulties and disorders of the time, upon
taking the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth, after some
temporary civil disqualifications. J
*The Court assigned as his counsel, Levi Lincoln, Sen., and James Snllivan.
The warm support of government by the former had rendered him obnoxious to the
insurgents. During their occupation of the town, they sent parties to seize his
person, who surrounded and searched his house. Seasonably informed of their in
tentions, he was able to disappoint them.
t Six were convicted of treason in the county of Berkshire, six in Hampshire,
one in Worcester, and one in Middlesex, all of whom received sentence of death,
but were subsequently pardoned. The only public punishment actually inflicted,
except limited disqualification from civil or military office, was on a member of
the House of Representatives, guilty of seditious words and practices, who was
sentenced to sit on the gallows with a rope about his neck, pay a fine of £50, and
to be bound to keep the peace and be of good behavior for five years.
X The facts stated in the foregoing chapter have been derived from the Worcester
Magazine, published by Isaiah Thomas, 1786, 1787, Independent Chronicle, Co
lumbian Centinel, Minot's History of the Insurrection, Files in the office of the
Secretary of State, Correspondence of Levi Lincoln, Sen., American Antiquarian
Society's MSS.

NOTICE OF DANIEL SHAYS.
FROM THE SAME.

This individual acquired an unenviable notariety, which im
parts some degree of interest to the incidents of his life. He
was born in Hopkinton, in 1747 ; the son of parents not in af
fluent circumstances, he worked with Mr. Brinley, a respectable
farmer of Framingham. The activity and energy of his youth
promised at maturity more desirable elevation than he attained.
That his education was neglected, is apparent from his official
letters, bidding defiance alike to government, grammar and good
spelling. Just before the revolution, he removed to one of the
towns beyond Connecticut River, and afterwards resided in Pel
ham. When the war commenced, he entered the army, at the
age of twenty-eight, with the rank of Ensign, in Capt. Dickin
son's company, in Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regi
ment. His ambition, activity, and the plausible manners covering
the want of acquirements, joined with personal intrepidity, ob
tained promotion, and in 1776, he was apppinted lieutenant, in
Col. Varnum's regiment. At a time when the line peculiariy
needed reinforcement, he was detached on the recruiting service,
with the promise of some suitable reward for the enlistment of
twenty men. For this purpose he visited his native state, and his
unwearied exertions were crowned with ample success. When
the complement assigned to him was filled, a plan suggested itself
for grasping honor and pay at once. Finding the pulse of patri
otism beat high, and the young men of New England were ready

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to devote themselves for their country, he continued his enlist
ments. Insinuating address and bold representations, produced
impressions of his ability and influence, easily turned to his own
advantage, and by holding out expectations of indulgence to those
who should serve under his command, a company was raised, on
the condition that he should be their captain. ^V^ith these men
he returned to the camp, where they were mustered. When the
inspector was about to distribute them to different corps. Shays
produced the enlistment papers ; pointed to the condition which
held them to serve under himself alone ; and requested the ap
pointment of Captain. The necessity of the times prevented
the sacrifice of so many recruits, and after indignant remon
strances, it was deemed expedient to yield to his demands. The
commission was promised, and issued after long delay, in Sept.
1779, to relate back to Jan. 1, 1777. Such is the account tra
dition gives of his military rank. The honors, ill won, were not
long worn. He was discharged Oct. 14, 1780, at Newark, in
New Jersey, from Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment.
The deficiency of honorable sentiment in his mental constitu
tion, may be inferred from a characteristic incident. Lafayette
had presented, in 1780, to each of the American officers under
his immediate command, an elegant sword. Such pledge of re
gard from the patriot chief, a soldier with a spark of generous
feeling, would have cherished as his dearest possession, and trans
mitted to his posterity as an heirloom of inestimable value. Shays
sold the gift of his commander for a few dollars.
After being disbanded, he retired to Pelham, and lived in ob
scurity. Bankrupt in fortune and in fame. Shays was ready to
embark on the flood of any desperate adventure. Without the
energetic decision or enlarged conceptions, the strong spirit or the
bold daring, which befit a leader, by some accident, he was ele
vated to the command of the insurgents. Of capacity too hum
ble to direct the movements of an army in those moments when
the force of talent makes itself felt by triumphant results, and
turns even obstructions into encouragements, he was weak, vacil
lating and irresolute. It was providential that the physical power
of the arm of rebellion had so feeble a head to direct its blow.

DANIEL SHAYS. II7
With the first shade of adversity, he made indirect overtures
to the agents of government, to abandon his comrades to their
fate, on assurance of personal safety : and when his base propo
sitions were rejected, and promises of indemnity and pardon
were offered to his followers, his persuasions induced them to re
ject the proffered mercy and retain the arms of hopeless contro
versy, to purchase by their sacrifice security for himself.
When the insurrection was crushed, he retired to Vermont.
After the lapse of a few years, the general of the rebellion
passed through the streets of Worcester, which he once entered
at the head of an army, and received assistance from those whose
homes he had threatened with desolation.
At length he removed to Sparta, in New York. As a pen
sioner of the United States, he derived his daily bread from the
government whose forces he had encountered in arms. Declara
tions filed in the department of war, by himself, show that his
family consisted of an aged wife, and that he lived in extreme
poverty. He died, Sept. 29, 1825, aged 84.*
However much the honor and integrity of Daniel Shays were
questioned, his courage was never disputed. He was in the bat
tle of Bunker's Hill, at the capture of Burgoyne, and at the
storming of Stony Point : was under Lafayette, and did good
service in many bloody encounters. A severe wound, received
during the revolution, was honorary testimonial of intrepidity.
* He married Kancy Haven, a widow. The schedule of his property in 1820,
filed in the pension office, exhibits a condition of almost utter destitution. It is as
follows :
1 mare, $25 : 1 old saddle, ,J2,50 : 1 bridle, 50 cts. : I old cutter, $5 : 1 old axe,
62icts. : Ihoe, 62i cts.: 1 table, $3; 3 chairs, ^1,124; 1 old scythe and snath,
Sl,ni: 1 old pail, 124 cts. : 1 large Bible, gl : amounting to ,?40,624.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

The Proprietors, having erected a meeting house " on Rocky
Plain, near the Pines," proceeded, in the month of April, 1723,
to select a person to be their minister. Of the 38 votes cast, Mr.
Job Cushing, of Hingham, (a graduate of Harvard University,
1714,) had 18,
At an adjourned meeting, holden on the ISth May, Mr. Cush
ing was chosen, " by a full vote." His ordination took place on
Ithe 4th of December, 1723. The church records give no par
ticulars respecting this interesting event. They do not inform us
what churches were represented by their pastors and delegates
on that occasion, or by whom the ordination sermon was preached.
They begin with " the names of the persons embodied into a church
¦state at Shrewsbury, at the time of their ordination, Dec. 4, 1723."
They adopted a covenant, a copy of which follows, and sev
erally signed it in the order their names here appear.
" A COPY or THE CHURCH COVENANT."
We, whose names are subscribed, inhabitants of the Town of
Shrewsbury, being sensible of the inconstancy of our hearts with
the Lord, and proneness of spirit to go astray from him, for
which we desire to be unfeignedly humbled in the sight of God
— and now, desiring to be joined forever unto the Lord Jesus, as
members of him, our blessed Head, and to cleave unto him in
spiritual love and communion, according to his blessed institutions,
that so we might enjoy more of himself, in his own holy and
blessed appointments, and might walk more close with the Lord,
and not give way to the sinful liberty of our own hearts,
We do, therefore, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the
help of his all-sufficient grace, before all his people here assem
bled, enter into covenant with the Lord.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 1 1 g
1st. To take and choose the Lord to be our God; and
therefore to love, fear and serve him with all our hearts and
might and strength, and also to give up ourselves unto the Lord
to be his people, to be at his disposal, to be guided and directed
by his own good Spirit, in all the ways of his revealed will
through Jesus Christ — [whom we believe to be God, equal with
the Father and the Holy Ghost.]
2d. We also bind ourselves, by his gracious assistance, to
bring up our children and servants in the knowledge and fear of
the Lord, by catechism and holy instruction, according to our
best abilities ; that so the true religion and knowledge of God
may be maintained in our families, and a seed may serve him of
such who do survive when we are dead and gone.
3d. And we do further promise, by his help, to keep close
to the truth of Christ, which he revealeth to us by his holy
word, and therefore to endeavor the keeping of it alive in our
hearts, and to defend it against all opposers of it, when God calls
us so to do by his providence at any time, and that we may so
do, we resolve to make the blessed Scriptures our platform,
whereby we may discern the blessed mind of Christ, and not the
new framed inventions of men — [and yet we are of the judg
ment, that the whole of the well known Westminster Catechism,
as explained by Calvinistic divines, contains a just summary of
Christian doctrines, as revealed in God's holy Word.]
4thly.' We engage ourselves, through his blessed presence
with us, to have a careful inspection over our own hearts, viz.,
to endeavor the mortification of all our sinful passions and cor
rupt distempers, by the virtue of the blood and death of Christ,
together with all worldly frames and disorderiy affections, whereby
our hearts may be withdrawn from the living God.
5thly. We are resolved, through his grace, to observe the
Lord in all his blessed institutions, which he hath appointed in his
church ; as to give reverent attention unto the word of God ; to
pray with God's saints j to sing his praise; to attend the blessed
seals with submission to the holy discipline God hath appointed
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Lastly. We promise to obey such who rule over us in the
Lord, and to walk in love one to another, and unto mutual edifi
cation ; visiting, comforting, exhorting and warning any brother
or sister that offendeth, with much love and tenderness ; not di
vulging private offences irregularly, but first going to the party
ourselves alone, and if he will not hear, to take one or two more,
and then to bring it to the church, if need be, according to the
rules of Christ, willingly forgiving all such who give satifaction.
And now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead
our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good
work to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in
his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and
ever. Amen.
"JOB CUSHING,
SAMUEL BENNETT,
JOHN KEYES, Sen.,
SAMUEL WHEELOCK,
JOHN KEYES,
THOMAS HALL,
NAHUM WARD,
PETER SMITH,
EDWARD GODDARD,
SIMON MAYNARD,
DANIEL RAND,
SAMUEL CROSBY,
JOSEPH SHERMAN,
JOHN CROSBY,
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
ELIAS KEYES." [16]
Note.— After the decease of the Rev. Mr. Cushing, and be
fore the settlement of his successor, viz: "on the 13th day of
April, 1761, the church voted an addition to the first and tliird
articles of the foregoing covenant, which additions are now in
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brethren," say the records, " that were present, voted for the ad
ditions aforesaid, save Daniel Hemenway, Joseph Sherman and
Job Cushing."
The next year, 1724, were admitted to the church, —
Merct, the wife of Peter Smith, ^ j^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^
Sabah, the wife of Simon Maynard, \ in Westboro'.
Mary, the wife of Capt. John Keyes, )
In 1725, Abigail, wife of Thomas Hall,
Bathsheba, wife of John Crosby.
In 1727, Mary, wife of Rev. Job Cushing,
Martha, wife of Nahum Ward,
Mary, wife of Daniel Rand.
In 172S, Hepzibah, wife of Edward Goddard.
In 1733, Dorothy, wife of Samuel Crosby.
These ten were wives of the first founders of the church.
In 1731, a question arose respecting the expediency in church
government of having Ruling Elders in the church.
This question, and matters growing out of it, engaged the at
tention of the church ten years or more.
Church meetings were frequent, many Committees chosen, and
a voluminous correspondence carried on between this church and
that of Framingham, of which the Rev. John Swift was Pastor,
and which disclosed a controversy with the latter church and that
of Hopkinton, of which the Rev. Samuel Barrett was Pastor.
The Rev. Mr. Cushing's records, in relation to this matter,
occupy at least fifty pages — in which he says, under date of
1734, " The church of Shrewsbury enjoyed great peace and
unanimity, as to outward appearances, from its first gathering and
founding of it, till about this time, some things were controverted,
at least among some of them, as the following narrative will
show," — yet it appears by his records that the difficulty began in
1731 — probably it was not until 1734, that the consequences of
it assumed a serious aspect.
This "narrative" of more than fifty manuscript pages, consists
of copies of letters, church proceeding;, reports of Committees,
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results of Councils, &c., and, although interesting, is too lengthy
for insertion here — a summary of it is this.
"In or near the year 1731, Simon Goddard removed hrs
habitation from Framingham to Shrewsbury, and, after some
time, he delivered me a letter superscribed after this manner.''
" To the Rev. Mr. Cushing, Pastor of the Church of Christ
in Shrewsbury — to be communicated to said Church ; and this
is the form of the letter."
"Rev. and Beloved,
I am, by reading and considering the Platform of church
Government composed by the Synod in this country, and com
paring the same with the Scriptures, persuaded the form of
Government therein prescribed is very agreeable therewith, and
am accordingly desirous of a dismission from the church of
Framingham, to a church, who acknowledge the said Platform as
the rule of their discipline — And whereas the Divine Providence
has now fixed my habitation in this place, I am also desirous of
an admission into this (rather than to any other) church in case I
may therein be subject to that (Platform) and no other discipline,
01 at least no further or otherwise subject to any other discipline,
than my judgment shall be enlightened from the holy scriptures,
I apprehend, that much of the benefit and comfort of church
fellowship and communion depends on harmony in judgment
among those of the same communion ; and that in order to such
harmony, the principles of Government must be known and
mutually consented to ; and that I may act with the greater
clearness and certainty in this affair, 1 humbly desire to be plainly
informed, whether 1 may join myself with this church under the
condition above expressed.
If you shall please to condesend to afford me such information
it will greatly oblige, Rev. and beloved.
Your brother and humble servant,
SIMON GODDARD."
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I have thought it proper to insert Mr. Goddard's letter entire ;
since, as it was the origin of all the subsequent proceedings, his
views ought to appear as he stated them, and at full length in
his own words.
"Upon receiving this letter (says Mr. Cushing,) I asked said
Goddard, whether he was free, that I should privately show it
to some of the church, observing to him, that if they were
apprized of it beforehand, they might be the better prepared to
make answer ; and he said he was. I then desired as he had
opportunity, he himself v/ould also speak of it to others — when
I showed the letter to some of the church, they said they had
nothing against my offering it to the church. But yet I found,
that when I showed it to some judicious persons out of town,
they observed it was very odd for this person to set up an inquisi
tion upon the church of Shrewsbury, and although, when I put
it to them, whether they thought I had best offer it, although
some dissuaded, yet others did not care to do that — but as things
appeared to me, I thought I had best offer it to the church."
He did so — " whereupon some of the brethren observed there
was a passage in it unintelligible, and desired that it might be
explained by him, that offered it — but one, if not more pleaded,
that they apprehended said Goddard meant no more, than to be
subject to the Platform ; but were answered, that it was our busi
ness to consider well what we did ; for we knew not, but that
long after, this business might be examined by us, or others —
one or more signified their esteem for the Platform, and that they
thought it proper or necessary, that the church should be subject
to some human composure, and manifested their desire, that the
church should either accept of the Platform as the rule of their
discipline, or say how far they would conform to it; others observ
ing it was probable some had not read the Platform, or were not
acquainted with it, and thought it might be proper for the brethren
of the church to read it — whereupon I observed, that it would
take some considerable time for such a number to read the book
referred to, and that, if the meeting were adjourned for a long
space of time, it was likely it would be forgotten — I therefore
dissolved the meeting. But in the run of a little time, the said

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Goddard brought me another letter — and this is a copy of his
letter : — April 8, 1732.
Rev. and Beloved,
Having had no answer to my request of Dec. 1 5, last, and
understanding that some seem to be at a loss about the meaning
of those words therein, wherein my desire to be subject to no
other government, than that of the Platforra is expressed, or least
no further or otherwise than my judgment shall he enlightened
from, the holy scriptures — these are to signify, that my intention
was, and is, only this, that if there be any particular point or par
agraph in the Platform, that yourselves judge not to be rights
[upon conviction from the scriptures I would readily fall in with
the others of the church] — thus humbly praying answer frora,
Rev. and Beloved, Your Brother and humble servant,
SIMON GODDARD.
Upon receiving this, I warned the church to come together —
but the morning before they met, said Goddard was at my house
and I informed him, that his explanatory letter was so worded,
that I questioned, whether it would be agreeable to the brethren.
Then said Goddard desired, that I would be assisting in answer
ing what was objected against his first letter; but I told him it
was not proper for me to meddle with it — and as I was going
to the meeting, I had another letter delivered to me, to be offered
instead of the last mentioned — thus ; — "April 8, 1732.
Rev. and Beloved,
Having had no answer to my request of December 15, last,"
(he,, word for word as his last previous letter, except what I have
there included in brackets and in this omitted,) he then adds, " that
if, I knew what they were and could from the scriptures be of the
same opinion with yourselves, I should gladly get a dismission to
this church. Thus praying an answer, 8ic. he.
SIMON GODDARD."
Mr. Goddard underscored in his last letter, but not in the
Ssrmer, what there apjiears in italics.

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May 4j 1732, the church met to consider the explanatory let
ter from Mr. Goddard " — adjourned to the 25th inst. — then
met "and it was put to the church, whether they were ready to
give Simon Goddard an answer to the writings he had laid before
them — they answered in the affirmative. I offered the meeting
present to propose the form of a vote and none attempting it, I
proposed this, and submitted it to their cosideration — viz: If it
be your minds to accept of the writings our brother Simon God
dard hath offered to us, or to admit him a member of this church
by virtue of his writings presented to us, it is desired you would
manifest your minds by your usual vote of lifting up your hands —
one brother apprehended the vote not properiy worded — I then
observed, I knew not how to word a vote without referring to his
writings, and desired hira to, if he pleased, to propose the form of
a vote ; but he not atterapting it, it was desired the form of the
vote, I had offered, might be read again, which was done, and,
upon due consideration, was urged by a brother, to be put to a
vote — and it clearly passed in the negative. I think only the
brethren of Simon Goddard voted in the affirmative.
After this, for reasons rendered, I thus applied myself to the
church — I humbly conceive it is your mind, that our brother
Goddard should be treated with due respect on all accounts, and
that you are desirous, that he should be sensible of it — therefore
proposed this as the form of another vote, viz : If it be your
minds, that our brother Simon Goddard should be admitted to full
church fellowship and privileges upon the same terms and condi
tion that others have, at all times, been admitted, you will mani
fest it by the usual sign of voting. And when it was offered to
trial, the vote very fully passed in the affirmative," and the meet
ing was dissolved.
The narative then proceeds to state, " Simon Goddard not
obtaining admission into the church of Shrewsbury 6y virtue of
his writings before mentioned, he, in conjunction with four others,
all members of Framingham church, removed their relation from
Framingham church without their leave, and were admitted into
the chufch of Hopkinton in January, 1732 — and soon after this
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enjoy occasional communion with the church in Shrewsbury, and
desired 1 would lay his desire before the church — I soon told
some brethren of his desire, who answered, they were not at
present satisfied about his leaving Framingham church in the
manner he did. Whereupon I delayed making his request public,
but, he continuing in his motion of having his case brought before
the church, I again spoke to those, that 1 had privately talked
with, and one or more answered, for their part they were not free
the church should come together on that business, for they feared
it would make division and trouble. But the said Goddard con
tinuing unwearied in his request, and faulted me, as Pastor, for
not laying his case before the church. — I told him that some had
manifested their mind to the contrary, which kept me from making
his request public — but at length, at his importunity, I signified
to hira, that if as many, or more, should move for a meeting, than
had on the other side shown unwillingness, I knew not but that
I might call a meeting ; but withal gave him to understand, that
if any desired the church to meet on that affair, I chose their
desire should be offered in writing. Soon after this I received a
letter, thus — "March 14, 1735.
Whereas we understand by our neighbor and brother Simon
Goddard, who is an inhabitant in town, and is, so far as we have
seen or heard, a man of sober and religious conversation, that
the reason why he doth not hold occasional and transient com
munion with us at the Lord's table, though a member in full
communion of a neighboring church, is not want of charity on
his part towards this or any other churches of Christ in the vicinity,
who hold the Head, though they may differ from the form of
government formerly agreed upon by the synod in the land, and
to which he professes his adherence, but that he has manifested
to yourself long ago his desire to commune with us, but has been
delayed to know, first what is the mind of the church, these are,
therefore, humbly to request that there may be a church meeting
called as soon as may be, and therein due consideration had on
this matter, and that, unless his principles or practices appear to
the church to be such as justly to exclude him from the catholic

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coraraunion professed in these churches, or expose him to public
censure, be may be encouraged to sit down with us at the Lord's
table. In hope that our request thus offered will not be denied
nor delayed, we rest, Rev. sir, your brethren and humble
servants.
SAMUEL CROSBY,
JOHN CROSBY,
ISAAC STONE,
EBENEZER BRAGG,
JOHN PARKER,
AMOS PRATT,
EDWARD GODDARD, •> Brethren of said
BENJAMIN GODDARD, 5 Simon Goddard."
"This letter was laid before the church, April 24, 1735, and
after some debate the church was pleased to appoint a commit
tee, viz., Ebenezer Bragg, Samuel Crosby and Jonathan Keyes,
to carry a letter from the church to the churches of Framingham
and Hopkinton, to see what light they could gain and offer to the
church relating to the matter before us."
" June 28, 1735. The church met. A number of writings
were read, that were directed to the church from the church in
Hopkinton, and from the Rev. Mr. Swift, of Framingham, and
they are here transcribed, but before they were read, the letter
sent from the church of Shrewsbury to the churches of Fra
mingham and Hopkinton was read. It was directed and sent to
be communicated to both of those churches," thus
"Shrewsbury, May 16, 1735.
Rev. and Beloved in our Lord Jesus Christ,
An important affair (as we thought) was brought before our
church on the 24th day of April last, signed by eight of the
brethren, and after some debate on the matter, the church was
pleased to appoint a committee, viz., Bragg, Crosby and Keyes,
to go to Framingham and Hopkinton, to see what light they
could gain and offer to the church relative to the matter lying
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thought it most proper to send the whole of what was brought
before our church, for you to judge and report upon, which is as
follows " — (then follows a copy of the letter signed by eight
members of the Shrewsbury church to Rev. Mr. Cushing, with
this addition by Mr. Cushing) — " the request is very reasonable,
if no reason can be alleged against it; and apprehending the
churches, to whom we send, to know the said Goddard's character
and circumstances better than we do, we desire that you would
favor us with an answer in writing, and that you would please to
answer the committee to any reasonable questions relating to the
said affair. JOB CUSHING,
Pastor of and at the desire of the church of Shrewsbury."
" The church of Christ in Hopkinton to the church of Christ
in Shrewsbury wisheth grace, mercy and peace in our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Rev. and Beloved,
We hereby signify to you that we received your letter and
messengers very friendly, by which, and by whom, we under
stand that you desire to be acquainted with the grounds upon
which our brother Simon Goddard was received into full com
munion with this church, he being before a member of the
church of Christ in Framingham, and not dismissed from them
to us —
Be it known unto you, therefore, beloved brethren, that upon
the Congregational principles, as we apprehend, we received him
into our communion, as may appear by the impartial consideration
of the letter directed to us by him, together with several others
of the brethren of Framingham church, wherein in the grounds
of their desire of entering into this special relation to us are ex
pressed, as also our letter directed to the church of Christ in
Framingham, and Mr. Swift's letter, directed to the pastor of this
church, a copy of all which we herein enclose. As for the
character of our well beloved brother, Simon Goddard, we sub
scribe to your description of it, and can heartily recommend hira
to your holy communion, and for our verbal answer to your com-

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mittee's questions, we refer you to the committee themselves for
satisfaction in this matter.
Brethren pray for us, your brethren in the faith and fellowship
of the Gospel. Hopkinton, June IS, 1735. In the name and
consent of the church. SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor.
JOSEPH ]ikYEN,-i Ruling
JOSEPH BIXBEE, 5 Elders.
"Copy of a letter inclosed in the above written letter."
Fraraingham, Aug. 29, 1732.
Rev. and Beloved,
Whereas you have asserted the Congregational cause, and set
tled a presbytery of Elders in your church, according to the
Platform composed by a Synod of Churches in this country in
our primitive times, we the subscribers, members of the church
in Framinghara, being very desirous of a relation to a ehurch of
those principles, hurably offer our desire to be received into your
church fellowship and coraraunion, and though we have not ob
tained a dismission from the church in Framingham, yet we are
persuaded you will not judge the want thereof a bar to our re
ception, when the reasons inducing us to lay this, our desire, be
fore you, have been duly considered, which reasons are as fol
lows, viz :
1st. Having, according to our abilities, searched the holy
Scriptures and consulted not only our own reason, but also the
judgments of many great and learned divines of divers persua
sions, with respect to church government, we are fully persuaded,
that the form of church government specified in said Platform,
and which you have embodied, is a very safe and regular gov
ernment, and is consonant to and warranted by both scripture
and sound reason, and that the kingly office of Christ and our
own peace, comfort and edification are greatly concerned in our
bearing testimony to, and searching an interest in the benefits of
such a wise and good constitution.
2dly. The Rev. pastor of the church of Framingham, being
of the opinion, if we understood him, that neither that, nor any
other Platform of human composure, but the Scriptures only,
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ought to be received as the rule of government, and those gifts
or qualifications for rule and government in the churches, are so
connected with gifts and qualifications for public teaching, that the
former cannot be without the latter, we cannot but be of a differ*
ent opinion, and are wholly at a loss as to what form of govern
ment we must be subject to, whilst we remain members of that
church, since all Christian Protestants allow the Scriptures to be
the only standard, and yet do vastly differ as to the meaning of
them with respect to church order and government, and though
we would not willingly grieve or offend, much less judge or cen
sure, such as differ in opinion from us, yet we do and must say,
that we cannot be easy under a government, wherein a single
elder has the whole power as to the proper acts of rule and gov-
ernraent, and is under no restriction in the exercise of that power
by any Platforms.
3dly. We labor under the grievous inconvenience, in the
church of Framingham, that whereas, though sense of duty
sometimes obliges us to speak and act in church affairs, yet we
cannot do it without being exceeding liable to be accounted
offenders, and represented as disturbers of the peace of the
church. This inconvenience, together with all the occasions, or jars and
contentions, in the management of church discipline, which
naturally arise from diversity of opinions in the church, about the
mode of government, would cease, if such of us, as are of Con-
gragetional principles were admitted into a church of our own
persuasion, and this may be done, as we humbly conceive, with
out any great prejudice to the church of Framingham, or the
Rev. pastor, for we shall be no less obliged to the support of the
ministry in Framingham, by virtue of the Province Laws, nor
will it prevent our still remaining auditors in the congregation
there, except on some few Sabbaths in the year, nor can we see
any reason, why it should break Christian charity, or hinder our
occasional communion with them at the Lord's table, or mutual
watchfulness over each other for edification.
4thly. It has been our earnest desire to have had the consent
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munion, and we have requested of the Rev. pastor to lay our
desires before the church, that either we might enjoy a Congrega
tional discipline in FraminghaiM, according to the Platform, or be
dismissed to your church ; but are left, after long waiting, to des
pair of ever prevailing to have a meeting of the church for either
of these ends ; and have, therefore, no other remedy but this, of
asserting our right to liberty of conscience, and offering our pleas,
without the consent of the church of Framingham, to your com
munion, which we now do, begging an interest in your prayers to
God for us, that, by his grace enabling us, we may so order our
conversation as.to give no offence to the godly, but on all occa
sions manifest our hearty love and esteem for all such, especially
our brethren of the church of Framingham, notwithstanding dif
ferent persuasions concerning church government ; and that we
express meekness and patience under the censures of the rash
and uncharitable, and enjoy peace with God and peace with all
men, especially with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sin
cerity, of what denomination soever.
And heartily wishing to yourselves an increase of temporal
andisplritual blessings, we rest and subscribe. Rev. and beloved,
Your brethren and humble servants,
THOMAS MELLEN,
EDWARD GODDARD,
BENJAMIN WHITNEY,
SIMON MELLEN,
SIMON GODDARD.
To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Barrett, Pastor, and Mr. Joseph
Bixbee and Mr. Joseph Haven, Ruling Elders in the church of
Hopkinton, to be communicated to the said church."
" Copy of another letter inclosed in the above-said letter."
" The ehurch of Christ in Hopkinton, to the church of Christ
in Framingham, wisheth grace, mercy and peace in our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Rev. and Beloved,
Whereas several of the brethren of your communion, viz.,
Thomas Mellen, Edward Goddard,* Benjamin Whitney, Simon
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Mellen and Simon Goddard, have offered their desires to be re
ceived into this church, solemnly declaring, that the reason in
ducing thera hereto, is their belief, that the Congregational prin
ciples respecting church government, as they are set forth in the
Platform, composed by the Synod of churches in this country,
are agreeable to the holy Scriptures, which principles, we, the
church of Christ in Hopkinton have embodied, and having met
together to consider of the motion made to us by your above
named brethren, have thought it consistent with Christian pru
dence and charity to acquaint you with the same, that we might
have your approbation and consent in the matter ; or otherwise,
that you will offer such objections to us, that may justify our de
nying them admission with us, wishing an increase of all grace
and good to you, and begging an interest in your prayers for us,
your brethren in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel.
In the name and at the desire of the church,
SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor.
JOSEPH BIXBEE, | Ruling
JOSEPH HAVEN, > Elders.
P. S. The church of Christ in Hopkinton have appointed th^
second Wednesday in January next, to consider what may be
offered by the church of Christ in Framingham respecting the
admission of the above named members of that church,
Hopkinton, Dec. 8, 1732."
"Copy of the Rev. Mr. Swift's letter to the pastor of the
church in Hopkinton." " Framingham, Jan, 5, 1733,
Rev. Sir,
Respecting the dismission of church members to remote
churches, where they do not cohabit, we never had any such
custom in our church, nor yet in the churches of Christ in New
England, that I can learn ; and I wonder that you should lead in
such an affair, seeing that, at our last association at your house,
you declared that you could not take Capt. Goddard under your
pastoral watch and care, and that you saw no reason for it while
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However, if you, or the church of Christ in Hopkinton, or
our brethren that you mention, shall obtain the result of a proper
council of churches or elders, I shall, I hope, show ^11 due re
gard to any light that they shall offer. In the mean time, I shall
be glad, if you, or some other hand, would reply to the inclosed,*
which hath not been answered by any argument in any pamphlet
before or since, in the judgment of the learned and judicious,
that I have had opportunity to converse with. I fear, lest you
bring to pass, what I formerly told you was my fear. Wishing
you divine conduct in all your affairs,
I am, sir, your brother in Christ and humble servant,
JOHN SWIFT."
" P. S. Rev. Sir, — I desire you to communicate my mind,
and that if 1 may have the result of a proper council, I shall then
communicate it to our church. But I decline any motion towards
bringing in any way such innovation (as that you write about)
among our churches without proper advice.
Idem, JOHN SWIFT."
Jan. 9, 1733.
" At the same meeting, itnmediately upon reading of the
aforesaid letters, many were read, sent from the Rev. Mr. Swift.
The first, thus superscribed," —
"To the Rev. Mr. Job Cushing, Pastor of Shrewsbury."
"Framingham, June 9, 1735.
Rev. Sir,
According to my promise to your brother Bragg, cum aliis,
when they were at my house, I send you the inclosed, which are
copies taken from their originals, and I think are without any
material difference, if my records fail me not. As for my own
part, I was always very loth to bring any thing before our church,
which I knew had a direct tendency to break the peace thereof,
especially if what is moved for is contrary to the practice of the
churches of Christ in New England in general.
As to Capt, Goddard, and the rest of our deserting brethren,
who are joined to Hopkinton church, I never was satisfied that
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their motion proceeded from a good conscience, but I think I am
able to prove the impossibility of it. If your neighbor, Simon
Goddard, had moved for a dismission to your church, I should
have promoted it.
But, if I am rightly informed, a council is, in a litde time, to
sit at Hopkinton, from whom perhaps we may gain some light ;
and I wonder that transient communion should be desired by or
granted to fugitive brethren, especially if such communion en
dangered the peace of the church. I pray God to direct you
and maintain peace among you. Desiring your prayers for my
distressed family,
I am your afflicted and humble servant,
JOHN SWIFT."
" Copy of another letter from Mr. Swift."
"Framingham, May 10, 1735.
The awful circumstances of my family at present, I think may
well excuse me from acting, or doing any thing about what you
propose or desire, in your epistle dated April 29, 1735, But, if
you, or your church, or any of the brethren, that you write
about, shall call a proper, unexceptionable council of churches, in
a proper time and season, I shall, as I have always stood ready
to do, yield all due regard to what hght they shall afford me, I
have much to object against the motion of our brethren to join
your church, which, in a proper time, may be brought forth ;
and I wonder that you can countenance any thing so disorderly
and schismatical, the sad effects whereof, if I am not misinformed,
or mistaken, you may have discovered in your own church by
what hath formerly been done among you. You may remember
what I wrote to you, when Capt, Goddard, with others, acted as
they did. Said letter bears date, Jan. 8, 1733.
I pray that wisdom and judgment may be the stability df the
pastor and church of Christ in Hopkinton, and that their zeal
may be according to knowledge, and do earnestly call upon and
advise you to study to be quiet, and to pursue those things which
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not without some hopes of your hearing my advice, because in
your beginning or founding you were ready to hear the counsel of
Your humble servant, for Christ's sake,
JOHN SWIFT."
"P. S. If I am not mistaken, my administrations in time
past have been justified by as many Councils, as the Platform
you wrote of hath been by Synods, and I am not afraid of that
case wherein I have always sought for, depended upon, and I
hope, that I have had divine direction.
As to my sorrowful circumstances, I presume the bearer is
enough to Inform you. I have sent to seven of my Rev. breth
ren to be at my house on the next Wednesday, to seek God by
prayer for us, and we have great need of the prayers of all who
have any interest at the throne of grace.
Idem, JOHN SWIFT.
To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Barrett, Pastor of the Church of
Christ in Hopkinton, to be communicated to said church."
" All these writings were offered (to the church in Shrewsbury)
on the 26th of June, 1735, but "about half the church being
together, and with a view to hear the result of a council sitting,
or soon to sit at Hopkinton, the meeting was adjourned." " Be
fore we left the meeting house, Benjamin Goddard said he was
of the same principles with his brother, Simon Goddard, and de
sired that he might be dismissed to Hopkinton Church," and de
sired an answer at the next meeting.
"Aug. 27, 1735, at the adjournment, all the preceding letters
were again read, and as the council did not sit at Hopkinton at
the first time appointed, the meeting was again adjourned to and
met on the 6th of October, 1735, when all the foregoing papers,
&c., relating to Simon and Benjamin Goddard's cases, were read,
also the result of Hopkinton, which (says Mr. Cushing") I shall
not transcribe, by reason of the exceeding length, and it being in
print. Deacon John Keyes then offered a paper of objections, relating,
to pcRons withdrawing from the church, &c. Adjourned to 20tb
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" Benjamin Goddard first asked a dismission by word of niouth,"
— having given no reasons therefor, they were requested of him;
whereupon he offered to Rev. Mr. Cushing a letter to be com
municated to the church, from which 1 extract the following :
" I am informed, that several of the brethren did not under
stand that I gave any reasons, why I desired a dismission from
this church to the church of Hopkinton" — he then, after some
other things, goes on to say, " I offer my reasons, which are, that
I was fully persuaded the government contained in the Platform
is very agreeable to the holy Scriptures, and, particulariy, that
Ruling Elders are of divine institution, and that the church of
Hopkinton do acknowledge the Platform for their rule of disci
pline, and are furnished with Ruling Elders — for these reasons,
and your supposition, that the Rev. pastor, as well as most of the
brethren of this church, are not of my persuasion in point of dis
cipline, though I am in charity with this church, I still continue
my desires, that I may, with your free consent, be received into
a church who are ol the same principles with me as to church
order, &c. BENJAMIN GODDARD."
Here follows " Deacon Keyes objections against persons sepa
rating frora the church whereof they are members, by their own
covenanting, pleading, they are fully persuaded, that Ruling
Elders are of divine institution."
"First. It appears to me to be contrary to the holy Scrip
tures, especially to ] Corinthians, 14 : 40, particulariy applied
by the apostle to good order in the church, says. Let all things
be done decently and in order. Now it appears to me an inde
cent and disorderly thing for any to separate from their own
church, if the covenant has not been broken on their part. And
the 33d verse of that chapter, God is not the author of confu
sion, but of peace ; and it seems manifestly to tend to confusion,
that should be avoided,. and subversive of peace, that should be
maintained, for any to separate, without the church has broke in
upon that good order that was adhered to when they covenanted
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2dly. It appears to me to be abundantly contrary to the
Platform, which establishes Ruling Elders in the churches. The
13th chapter, treating particulariy of church members, their re
moval from one church to another, says, that church members
may not remove or depart from the church, and so one from
another, as they please, nor without just and weighty cause, al
lowing withal, the good reason in the world, that with just and
weighty cause, they may ; but is there such cause i when no de
fect is charged upon or proved against the church, or upon sup
position of such an office in the church, which, allowed or disal
lowed, was never made a term of communion, as I know of, even
in discipline ; and in the 2d section of that chapter, they who
are joined with consent should not depart without consent, until
forced thereto.
Now if any person's voluntary and irregular withdrawal be a
force, it must be a force upon a good conscience, as far as I can
see. Again, I see not how such a withdrawal can be fortified by
any of the just reasons laid down in that chapter ; for a member's
removal of himself from the church seems to be such a withdrawal
as is there styled unlawful and sinful, if it be from public com
munion, in word, or seats, or censures. Sec. 5th. Nay, this
excellent composure don't allow any members to be incorporated
with the church where they don't cohabit, if there be a church
where they dwell, and renders weighty reasons for it. Sec. 6.
3dly. It is contrary to the church covenant, most solemnly
and formally entered into, wherein they give up themselves unto
the Lord, and to the observing the ordinances and institutions of
Christ together in the same church; particulariy the discipline of
it, so that such as withdraw, (without just and weighty cause,
proved to be so,) violate their covenant, if they don't withdraw
frora public communion, in words or seals, but only in censures.
4thly. It is contrary to the custom of Congregational
churches, if not all the churches of Christendom, to withdraw
without greater reason.
Objections against the church's dismissing any members to re
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First. It seems they incapacitate themselves, who withdraw^
for the benefit of church relation, both on the churches and their
own part. 30th chapter of Platform, sec. 6.
Secondly. Not meeting together, destroys the notion of a
Congregational church.
Thirdly. How can they that withdraw from their own
church, enjoy communion therewith ?
Fourthly. Discipline is thereby rendered too difficult, if not
impracticable. See the 62d, 70th and 80th page of that sitting
of the Synod. All will grant it to be most orderiy and regular,
that every Christian be a member in some particular church, and
in that particular church where his regular habitation is.
These reasons, though not all that might be offered, are sufii
cient with me to restrain me from acting in any thing that appears
to me to be so disorderiy; but yet, if they are not sufficient to
satisfy any other person or persons that desire to leave their
church upon the abovesaid plea, or any thing that is not greater,
I stand ready to consult with any proper judges, for light in this
article. JOHN KEYES."
" The foregoing was offered to the church Oct. 6, 1735."
Then follows, in Mr. Cushing's journal, a letter of earlier date,
from Simon Goddard, to the church committee, and by them, at
his request, given to Mr. Cushing to be read to the church, and
which, it appears of record, " was read to the church, immediately
after the writings from the Rev. Mr. Swift, and the church of
Hopkinton, on the 26th day of June, 1735."
" The letter thus superscribed."
" To Mr. Samuel Crosby, Ebenezer Bragg, Jonathan Keyes,
Committee of the Church in Shrewsbury." "Shrewsbury, May 16, 1735.
Gentlemen, Whereas yourselves are, as I understand, desired and appoint
ed by the church of Christ in Shrewsbury to obtain the clearest
account you can relating to the ground of my proceeding, to join
myself to the church of Hopkinton, without a dismission frora the
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churches ; I think it ray duty, for your satisfaction, and more
especially for the satisfaction of the church in Shrewsbury, to
whom you are to make report, to offer the following account,
viz :
That about six years ago, a very grievous controversy arose in
the church of Framinghara, which occasioned me, more than ever
I had done, to consider the nature and ends of church govern
ment and discipline, and in the long series of troubles, wherein
that church was involved, I had opportunity to discover, as I
thought, a great inconveniency in having all the power of rule
and government in a single breast ; some instances whereof, I am
obliged, in my own vindication, to mention ; as first, an exception
was taken against some words said to be spoken by my father at
a church meeting, (in Framingham,) which were very wrongly
represented. My father desired, that, if what he had spoken were accounted
an offence, the words should be made certain, and that he might
have a copy of what was alledged against him, and a time set him
to make answer. The Rev. pastor dismissed the church, nothing
of this being done.
About six months after, when my father was serving at the
General Court, at Salem, and had no knowledge of the meeting
of the church, that matter was brought forward, and, after many
aggravating circumstances alledged by the pastor, I perceived the
matter was coming forward for a vote ; and thereupon desired
that nothing might be acted respecting my father, when he was
not present.
Several others of the brethren also backed what I had said.
Notwithstanding which, the vote was put, viz.: whether those ex
pressions were jiot censurable evils; and though the vote passed
very clear in the negative, yet I could not but think, that such ae
attempt was a plain discovery of the necessity of some remedy
against such proceedings ; and, by perusing the Platform, and
comparing it with the Scriptures, and weighing, as well as I could,
the arguments for and against the same, I was persuaded,, that it
contained a very scriptural and rational forra of church govern
ment ; and it is very probable, that had there been a plurality of

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elders, as provided for in the Platform, they would not have
agreed to have brought forward such a vote in such a manner.
I was and am fully persuaded, that the office of a ruling elder,
distinct from the teaching elder, is of divine iustitution, and ap
pointed, by the wisdom of Christ, for the comfort, safety and ed
ification of his church.
Secondly. I did, in conjunction with many others, members
of the church of Framingham, use my utmost endeavors to ob
tain a reformation of what we thought wrong in the discipline of
that church. After sundry of the church had divers times de
sired a meeting of the church, to try to accommodate the differ
ences that had arisen, but were denied a meeting, twelve of the
brethren, of which I was one, manifested our desires, that the
church might meet to choose ruling elders, and some months
after, renewed our requests, but were denied a meeting; and, the
proposal appearing to be very disagreeable to the pastor, in Feb
ruary 16, 1731, sixteen of the brethren drew up sundry propo
sals for accommodation, desiring that they might be considered in
a church meeting, but could not obtain it ; and I, being removed
to this place, and perceiving that the Platform was not acknowl
edged as a rule of government in this church, I desired the Rev.
pastor of the church of Framingham to propose to that church
that I might be dismissed to the church in Hopkinton ; not be
cause 1 was out of charity with the church of Framingham, or
the church of Shrewsbury, but because I thought it my duty to
join to a church, whose government and discipline was, in my
opinion, most agreeable to the holy Scriptures; and that I might
obtain an orderly dismission into Hopkinton church, I attended to
the only rule, which I send, contained in the Platform, viz : by
endeavoring to consult with the church whereof I was a member,
about the removal of my relation, as aforesaid, according to
chapter 13, seition 21, but found the door of the church shut
against any consultation; the pastor refusing to call a church
meeting for that end.
I could find no direction in the Platform nor Scripture for call
ing a council of churches ; on the other hand, I found that the
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They justify the gathering of churches out of churches.
They hold it not necessary that the members ol a church be all
of the same town or parish, but declare, on the contrary, that
civil cohabitation is neither a formal cause nor a proper adjunct of
church relation. They approve the judgment of Dr. Ames, viz :
that if any, wronged with unjust vexation, or providing for his
own edification, or in testimony against sin, depart from a church,
where sorae evils are tolerated, and join himself to another, more
pure, yet without condemning the church he leaveth, he is not,
therefore, to be held as a schismatic, or as guilty of any other
sin. And though they say, (Platform, chapter 13, section 21,) that
church members may not remove, or depart from the church, as
they please, &c., and (sec. 2) they that are joined with consent,
should not depart without, yet the limitations there used, plainly
imply, that if there be just and weighty cause, and they are forced
to go without consent, they are at liberty to depart, though the
consent of the church be not obtained.
I conceive, that difference in opinion about the modes of
church government ought not to be made a term of communion,
and accordingly I never designed to withdraw from the com
munion, but only from the government of churches who are not
of my opinion with respect to the Platform.'
I apprehend, that I had just right to place myself under such a
church government as appears to me to be most regular, and con
ducive to my comfort and satisfaction of mind ; and that no pre
ceding act of my own does forfeit the right, or forbid the exercise
of it, and this I take to be the right and privilege of every Chris
tian, and an essential principle of the Reformation.
And, accordingly, on August 29, 1732, several of the mem
bers, of whom I was one, raade application to the church of
Hopkinton, to be received into that church. The church of
Hopkinton thereupon wrote to the church of Fraraingham on
that head, but the pastor did not comraunicate it to the church ;
whereupon, January 20th, I was, with others, received into that
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To conclude, if the church of Shrewsbury, or any others, are
of a contrary persuasion, and think me to be in an error, I shall
account myself greatly obliged, if they will endeavor to enlighten
me, and do sincerely promise, whatever arguments they shall lay
before me for my conviction, shall have, so far as I am capable,
a due consideration. So I remain yours to serve,
SIMON GODDARD."
It appears, by the record, that when the foregoing letter was
laid before the church, they expressed their willingness to hear it
read ; after it was communicated, " many declared it to be beside
the business before us."
This letter was not without effect, as will appear by church
proceedings after Mr. Cushing's decease, and before the settle
ment of his successor.
" At a meeting of the church, October 20, at 9 in the morn
ing, all the papers that had been lodged with us relating to Simon
and Benjamin Goddard, were read again ; and, after reading the
result of Hopkinton, and some debates, it was observed, by Col.
Ward, that Simon Goddard's case was first to be considered, and
seeing he had asked for privilege only by the mouth of others,
he was sent for to hear his request from himself; and he person
ally before the church declared, that he desired occasional or
transient communion. And, after he was withdrawn, the church,
at my motion, declared, that they were ready for a vote ; there
fore this vote was propounded to them, viz : If it be your minds,
or the minds of any of you, to admit Simon Goddard to occa
sional or transient communion, under his present circumstances,
having removed his relation from the church of Framinghara,
where he was a member, without their leave, and joined himself
to the church of Hopkinton, you are requested to manifest it by
moving into the seats on the other side of the meeting house.
And the vote passed in the negative, three to one, or more.
After disposing of that, Benjamin Goddard's case was called.
It was proposed to him, to see if he and others could gain fur
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meeting was adjourned to the 15th December, at 9 in the
morning." "October 24, 1735. Ebenezer Bragg came to me, and de
sired to hear read the proceedings of the church at the meeting
on the 20th, as abovesaid. After reading it, he desired a copy of
the vote. I gave him one. He then desired I would enter his
dissent to that vote. I requested him to tarry till the church
meeting, and offer his dissatisfaction to the church, but he still
pressed to have- it entered now, forthwith."
" December 15th. The church met upon their adjournment,
when I observed to the church, that we were met on the case of
Benjamin Goddard, that for some time had been before us. Then
Benjamin Goddard desired, that a writing signed by him, his
brother, Edward Goddard, and John Parker, might be read.
Whereupon I observed to the church, that, some time before,
the said persons had delivered a paper to me, in which they de
clared their dissatisfaction with the church vote relating to their
brother, Simon Goddard; but one of the brethren said, that the
business of the meeting ought to be attended to, but Benjamin
Goddard urged that the said paper might be read first. It ac
cordingly was. A true copy of it now follows."
" To the Rev. Job Cushing, Pastor of the Church in Shrews
bury, to be communicated to the said church."
" Shrewsbury, Nov. 1735.
Rev. and Beloved,
Whereas this church, by their vote of October last, have de
nied communion unto our brother, Simon Goddard, a member in
full communion with the church of Christ in Hopkinton, merely,
as we conceive, because of his opinion in point of church order
and government, and his asserting and practising upon such prin
ciples relating thereto, which he verily believes, as other good
men also do, to be agreeable to the principles of the Reforma
tion, the comraon rights of mankind, and to the holy Scriptures
themselves. We, therefore, think it a duty lying upon us, before we par
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declare our dissatisfaction with that vote, and our dissent there
from ; which, accordingly, we now offer for the following reasons,
viz :
1. Because we esteem it an unwarrantable imposition^ upon
conscience to require of any person, in order to his enjoying
Christian coraraunion, subjection to a form of government under
which his conscience cannot rest satisfied ; and hereto, as we
think, agrees that of the apostle, 1 Cor. 10 : 29, 30, Why is ray
liberty judged of another man's conscience ; and why am I evil
spoken of for that which I give thanks?
2. Because denying communion with our said brother upon
such grounds, on which, as we conceive, that vote must be
founded, does, in our opinion, include in it a too uncharitable
and unchristian reflection upon the church of Hopkinton.
For, upon supposition that his offering to join himself with that
church was criminal, their act in receiving him must be no less so,
and yet, though almost three years are passed since their so do
ing, no means have been used, as we have ever heard of, to con
vince him or them of any blame, by this or any other church ;
but, on the contrary, their proceedings have been justified by a
late venerable council of churches upon the spot.*
3. Because if this church apprehend that our said brother's
translation from Framingham to Hopkinton church was disorderiy,
which we think is all the pretence on which that vote was found
ed, yet, since the end of all ecclesiastical censures is the reforma
tion of offenders, and even a man that is a heretic is not to be
rejected till after the first and second admonition, communion
ought not to be denied to a church, or any of its members, till
suitably reproved and admonished in an ecclesiastical way.
We conclude, earnestly desiring, that this church will recon
sider the said vote, not doubting, but that, upon a due and im
partial review of the matter, they will see abundant reason to re
tract the same, and express that catholic spirit so ornamental to
the Christian profession, which, where it prevails, disposes to
maintain communion with all, where there is grounds of hope,
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there is the truth of grace, though not of this or that particular
sect or party. Referring the whole to your serious consideration,
we rest your brethren in the faith.
EDWARD GODDARD,
BENJAMIN GODDARD,
JOHN PARKER."
"This writing being read, Ebenezer Bragg offered a paper to
be read, showing dissatisfaction with the church vote."
It is dated Dec. 15, 1735. It is of considerable length, and
for the most part, of like tenor with the last preceding letter.
The following extract frora it contains one of the reasons,
araong many others, for his dissent frora that vote.
" If I remember right, the church of Hopkinton inform us, by
their letter, that they received hira (Simon Goddard) upon the
Congregational principles ; and, except the contrary were made
to appear, I cannot see, but that, in denying coraraunion with
him, we deny the Congregational principles themselves."
The narrative proceeds : " After reading this, all the writings,
that we had lying before us, relating to said Goddard's case,
were read ; then Edward and Benjamin Goddard pleaded the
strangeness and irregularity of the vote the church had passed,
relating to their brother, Simon Goddard ; others answered, that
they had acted their judgment in the case. Major Keyes mani
fested, that, for his part, he was free to call a council to advise
with under these difficulties, if the dissatisfied desired it. Then
I moved it to' Benjamin Goddard to know, whether the motion
suited him, but he, not accepting the motion, signified he chose
the church should give hira an answer. They readily answered,
that they were ready.
Then it was proposed to the church, after what manner they
chose to vote. They signified it suited them to vote by separa
tion. Accordingly, when they were all drawn to the west side
of the meeting house, this form of a vote was offered to them,
and read two or three times : If it be your mind, or the mind of
any of you, to dismiss our brother, Benjamin Goddard, to the
church in Hopkinton, while his habitation is in Shrewsbury, upon
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this plea, that he is persuaded Ruling Elders are of divine insti
tution, and that churches ought to be furnished with them, or
by virtue of his writing he laid before us, in which he asks a
dismission, you are desired to manifest it by moving into t|ie
seats in the other end of the meeting house. The vote passed
in the negative ; only Ebenezer Bragg and Edward Goddard
voted in the affirmative."
"The vote being passed, Benjamin Goddard desired a reason
for their voting as they did. He was answered by several, that
they acted their judgment, and they thought they ought to do so."
The answers did not satisfy him, but he vehemently requested, if
not demanded, the church would give an answer in writing.
Whereupon I observed to him, I supposed that Deacon Keyes'
objections, that had been offered, were answer enough. Then
Edward Goddard asked, whether these objections were acknowl
edged or swayed with any, but the deacon himself, and, as I re
member, all present but four or five, answered, yes."
"I then wrote the answer for the church, that the objections
that had been offered by Deacon Keyes, in their opinion, were of
weight, and had not been answered."
At the close of this meeting, there appeared a willingness to
seek light and direction of a council. " Adjourned to the 25th
December, immediately after lecture — the lecture to begin at
ten of the clock."
" Dec. 25, 1735. The church met upon adjournment. I
observed upon what account we were met. Samuel Crosby then
desired the church might know, whether Edward and Benjamin
Goddard desired a council, and they answered, they desired one,
if the church did." " One or more attending this meeting, butnot
present at the previous one, desired that what was offered in
writing at that time might be read. Some objected, that it was
improper by reason it was not what we met upon ; but upon the
importunity of B. Goddard, if not some others, the paper read at
the last meeting, signed by Edward and Benjamin Goddard, and
John Parker, and one offered by E. Bragg, at his importunity,
was read" — "then the discourse of calling a council was brought
forward — The form of a vote was offered,"  « If it be

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your minds to join with several of the brethren of the church,
who are uneasy with some late church votes and managements^
in calling an ecclesiastical council, to advise us in our present dif
ficulties, please to manifest it. " But Edward Goddard, and
especially Benjamin Goddard, objected against the method of the
vote, asserting that, if the church did not desire a council on their
own account, then they should not desire one ; but if the church
would call one, then they would join with them.
The brethren observed to them, that it was on the account of
their uneasiness at the church votes that they offered to join with
them in calling a council, but the said Goddard would by no
means agree to the calling of a council in this manner; and the
church left it to them to forra a vote, which they worded thus, —
If it be your minds to call an ecclesiastical council, to consider
of and advise us upon two votes passed by the church, the one
on the 20th of October, the other on the 15th of December,
1735, at which sundry persons are uneasy, you are desired to
manifest it. After two or three readings, it was tried, and passed
in the negative."
" The aggrieved still manifested great uneasiness at the vote,
whereby Simon Goddard was denied occasional communion, and
desired it might be mended thus, that they denied him till they
received further light, but they refused to do any thing by way of
amendment; assuring the aggrieved that they did not deny their
brother on account of principles, but on the account of what they
specified in the vote relating to hira. I then observed we had
done what we met upon, and if they were ready, I should put an
end to the meeting. One or more moved for it, but the aggrieved
remaining so very uneasy, it was proposed to the church, whether
it suited them to choose a coraraittee out of the church ; and
they determined by vote that they would choose one, to consider
what method they thought it advisable for the church to pursue
with respect to their difficulties ; and also to treat with the said
Goddards, and see if they could any ways remove their uneasi
ness, and to make return to the church, on the first Monday in
February, at one of the clock, to which time the meeting was
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Stone, Samuel Crosby, Simon Maynard, Ebenezer Keyes and
Joseph Knowlton."
Feb. 2, 1735. Mr. Cushing being desired to attend the
funeral of Madam Parkman, at Westboro', this day, the meeting
of the church was further adjourned to the 9th inst. When, the
church having met, "I observed to them, that the occasion of the
meeting was to receive the report and return of the coraraittee
we had chosen at a former meeting. Then read, over and over
again, their return." It was as follows:
" Pursuant to a vote of the church of Christ in Shrewsbury,
at a meeting on the 25th of December, 1735, we have discoursed
with the aggrieved brethren ; and having duly considered the
grounds of their uneasiness, viz : the vote of the church by
which Simon Goddard was excluded from communion with this
church, and that by which Benjamin Goddard was denied a
dismission ;
We apprehend that it may induce to the peace and safety of
this church, in the first place, for the church to retract their vote,
by which Simon Goddard was excluded from communion, and
pass such a vote as follows, viz : That they will not debar the said
Goddard from occasional and transient communion with them
until some censurable evil be made to appear against him ; or,
secondly, that the church retract the aforesaid vote, and vote as
follows, viz : That they desire Simon Goddard not to offer him
self to communion with them in holy ordinances until a clearer
light and satisfaction, in the proper use of means, may be gained,
referring to his translation of his membership from Framingham
to Hopkinton church.
Thirdly. As to the vote by which Benjamin Goddard was
denied a dismission, we refer you to the consideration of our
church Platform, chapter 13, section 3.
ISAAC STONE,
SAMUEL CROSBY,
EBENEZER KEYES."
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"This being read. Col. Ward observed, he thought it proper
to examine the return of the Committee in the several parts and
paragraphs distinctly. Accordingly that part of it was first read,"
"That it might induce," (&c., to retract their vote excluding
Simon Goddard frora coraraunion. See the report.) "And when
they had chosen to vote by separation, it was proposed to them,
that if it were their minds to accept that part of the Committee's
return, they would manifest it by removing into the east end of
the house, and the vote passed in the negative. Then that part
was read, "and pass such a vote, he., that will not debar said
Goddard from occasional communion," &;c., and passed in the
negative. Then that part was read, that the church retract the
aforesaid vote relating to Simon Goddard. This also passed in the
negative. Then some brethren showed uneasiness at the last vote,
and said it never was intended that should be voted without an
nexing to it what followed. This the Committee observed.
Then it was put to vote thus ; Or, secondly, that the church re
tract the aforesaid vote, and vote as follows, viz : That they de
sire said Goddard not to offer himself to communion with them
in holy ordinances until a clearer light and satisfaction in the use
of proper means may be gained, referring to the translation of his
membership from Framingham to Hopkinton church. This be
ing tried, it passed in the affirmative, very fully.
Then tried by vote the last article, (in Committee's report,) as
to the vote by which Benjamin Goddard was denied dismission,
we refer you to the consideration of our church Platform, chap
ter 13, section 3. And this passed in the affirmative, viz: That
we would consider the matter. Then it was observed, we were
bound to he in the use of proper means. Then it was proposed,
whether they would send a Committee to the church of Fra
mingham, again to report to them what we had heard frora them,
and to desire them to send us an account, how, or on what ac
count, said Goddard left thera, and send an answer to some of
his accusations we should lay before them. But when we came
to vote for a Committee, one, and I think, Edward Goddard,
pleaded it was the best and fairest way to choose by written votes.
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Col. Ward and Daniel Garfield ; and the direction given them
by the church, was to take Simon Goddard's complaint against
Mr. Swift and Framingham church ; and also to request that they
would make return to us. Then it was thought proper to send
in writing to the church of Framingham, and I was desired to
write to them ; but 1 observed these troubles fell heavily upon
me, and I desired that the Committee might prepare something;
if they would, I would sign it. However, the meeting was ad
journed 10 February 26, 1736, that the church might see what
was prepared to send lo Framingham church."
"February 26. The church met upon their adjournment, and
I read what was prepared to send to Framingham, I observed,
that if Simon Goddard had prepared any thing to send to that
church, I thought it was proper that what we sent should refer
to it. The reason of this was, at the former meeting it >i:i'- pro
posed that Simon Goddard should send his grievance himself.
His brother answered, he did not doubt but that he would do it;
but it was observed by sorae, that Simon Goddard had said, that
what he had before delivered to the church was sufficient, and
that he would not send any thing now, I proposed to the
church, that myself, m conjunction with the Committee chosen to
carry the message to Framingham, might take what we thought
meet out of what I had prepared, and insert in it what of change
was found in the letter Simon Goddard had before delivered to
the church ; and nobody objecting, a vote was called for, and
passed in the afBrinative, Adjourned to April 29, 1736."
" Then the church met on their adjournment ; 1 read to thera
a letter I had received from John Green, ol Brookfield, whose
house and two of his children had been consumed by fire, request
ing a contribution from them. I then desired them, some special
reason moving me thereunto, to let me know their minds relating
to the offering of confessions by persons that have offended,
whether they should be before the church only, or before the
whole congregation ; and by what was said, I took it that it suited
them that they should he offered before the congregation.
I then observed on what account the adjournment of our meet
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had received no return — Major Keyes, one of the Committee,
having been hindered by sickness in his family. John Crosby
observed to the church, that he was dissatisfied with a paper of
objections, that had been offered by Edward Goddard, Benjamin
Goddard and John Parker, very much faulting a church vote of
October last, saying, that, in his opinion, it greatly reflected on
the church, and on himself in particular, not being at the meeting
when that vote passed. Col. Ward said, that in his opinion
nothing should be brought before the church but what was in
writing, Crosby said he only mentioned it now, and would give
his objections in writing at the next meeting. Some asked, why
something had not been done before this time, and said Crosby
answered, he had talked with Benjamin Goddard once and again,
but had received no satisfaction. Upon agitating these things,
Edward Goddard said he was offended with said Crosby. Then
his brother spoke to the same purpose, and said they thought the
sacrament had best be delayed. [This meeting was holden after
lecture preparatory to communion.] Others answered, they saw
no reason for it. Then the Committee chosen to treat with said
Goddards, and see if they could in any measure remove their
difficulty, said, they had promised, or given them encouragement,
that they would do something with respect to an alteration in their
paper of objections. Others replied, the Committee had told
thera this before. Then it was proposed to try a vote, and see
what nuraber could not corae to the communion on the ensuins
Sabbath, and upon trying, by separation, there was only Edward
and Benjamin Goddard, and Ebenezer Bragg that declined
coming. Then Col. Ward inquired, who they were offended
with ? The Goddards said they were offended with John Crosby.
Bragg answered, he was not out of charity with any, but uneasy
and dissatisfied because of the difference between the others.
Then they were advised to see if they could not remove the dif
ficulty among them so far, as that it might not be a bar to com
municating together.
Adjourned to Sabbath day ; and the church desired, that if the
distance between these brethren were removed, I would let them
know it before the communion. Immediately upon thisi the said

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Goddards and Crosby repaired to my house, and soon removed
their difficulty so far as it related to a separation, and informed
me I might tell the church. Accordingly, before the communion,
I observed to the church, that the difficulty that had been among
these brethren was removed, so as not to hinder their communion.
At the church meeting, Edward Goddard said he was out of
charity with Peter Smith ; but Smith repaired to my house, with
those other brethren, and I took it that what of uneasiness had
arose between them was removed. Then adjourned to 14th
June, at 9 of the clock, in the morning."
"June I4th. The church met, upon adjournment, and I ob
served, that we adjourned to receive an answer from Fraraingham
church, and that nothing had been delivered to me to communi
cate. Then the Committee, chosen to carry our message to
Framingham church, was requested to give an account; and they
declared, that Mr. Swift told them, that in order to his bringing
that matter before the church, he needed some writings, that had
been brought before a council, that sat at Framingham some years
past; and the writings were lodged, as he apprehended, with Mr.
Stoddard, of Chelmsford, who was clerk to the said council; and
seeiiii!, the time, that he had been applied to before our meeting,
was so short, desired that the meeting might be adjourned; but
Benjamin Goddard opposed ; but it was thought proper to try a
vote as to adjournment, and it clearly passed in the affirmative to
adjourn to the last Monday in August. Then one of the breth
ren observed, that at the last meeting there was objection offered
against a paper of objections, that three of ihe brethren had of
fered to the church, after some debate, and a discovery made,
that about fourteen of the brethren had signed a paper that they
had ready to offer, it was proposed to them [the fourteen] to say,
what they would accept of, in a general'way, and not offer their
paper." The matter was briefly this — the fourteen thought, that the
three had, "in their paper" of objections, charged the church with
false and unfair dealing; and when it was offered to the fourteen
to know, whether if the three " could say, they had not thus
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fewSred in the affirmative. I then asked the other party, whethei-
they could comply to offer this ? They readily answered in the
affirmative ; and Edward and Benjamin Goddard and John Par
ker declared, in open chtirch meeting, that they had nb intent, in
their paper of objections against the chUrch vote, relating to theii-
brother Simon Goddard, to charge the church with falsehood, ol-
ibtimate that they had been gUilty of false or deceitful dealing."
[This was freely offered on the one part, and as freely accepted
on the other, as satisfactory.] " This matter being finished, B.
Goddard, by Word of mouth, renewed his request for a dismis
sion. Some observed, that he had done that before, and that th6
chuich had given him an answer ; therefore we had best dismiss
it." " At length, it was voted to give him an answer at the next
meeting." " Then I advised those that had beeti objecting against the paptst-
above referred Unto, and those that had signed it, to be very
careful and watchful ; that they might lay aside debates about that
matter, that no more difficulty might arise about it."
"Aug. 30, 1736. The church met, &c. I opened the meeU
ing, observing to the brethren, that our meeting was adjourned 16
receive an answer from Framinghara church, and it was desired
that I should read our letter to the church of Framingham before
the answer sent to it. Accordingly it was read." ThuS'^
"To the Rev. Mr. John Swift, Pastor, &c., Framingham, to
be communicated to said church — sent by delegates.'*
"Shrewsbury, May 21, 1736.
Rev. and Beloved,
We address you at this time for light and satisfaction with re-=
spect to that good order and government, that ought to be ob
served in all the churches of our Lord Jesus Christ, and which
We desire might flourish with us. The particular occasion of our
needing it at this time is the request of Simon Goddard, and sun
dry of our brethren on his behdlf, that he miglit enjoy occasional
or transient communion with us in special ordinances. We need
not tell you, for information, that he is now an inhabitant tvith us,
and not long since was with you, and a brother of your ChUrch*
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But would observe to you, that he has laid before us two reasons
for his removing his church relation from you to the church of
Hopkinton. The one is, that he chose to stand related to a church of the
Congregational principles. As to this plea or reason, we need
not trouble you to inform us in order to our passing judgment.
The other reason is, abusive and unbecoming treatment.
That is what we desire light in, especially. We shall refer you
to his own words and sayings, particularly in two letters j the one
directed to Hopkinton church, wherein they desire to be received
into their fellowship and communion. As for his complaint
against you, or the grounds of his uneasiness with the pastor, or
church of Fraraingham, or both, we shall refer you to his other
letter, under his own hand, directed to the church of Shrews
bury. We desire a return from your church relating to these thkigs ;
that so we might know what the accused, as well as accusing
party, has to say ; and be clear of that just imputation that all are
chargeable with, that answer a matter before they hear it. Thus
having represented our case, we earnestly desire you would
please seasonably to return us an answer. Sic.
JOB CUSHING, Pastor,
In the name, at the desire, and by the assistance of the
church in Shrewsbury."
Copy of Rev. Mr. Swift's reply. "Framingham, June 29, 1736,
Rev. Sir,
My domestic troubles being so great and heavy, I hope you
will excuse my not writing to you sooner, as I think they might
from my not writing at all.
Respecting my not being Congregational, according to the
I^atform, I must say, that the Congregational principles, rightly
understood, were- the first that I imbibed, and have, I think,
always professed, adhered to, and practised. I suppose both my
self and church [to practise them] as much as any Congregational
pastors and churches hath in New England, even according to the
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Respecting the Hopkintonian scheme about lay or ruling elders,
(if I have beard right about it,) I look upon it to be as dissonant
from the Platform, as darkness is contrary to light ; and am
afraid that it will prove the procuring cause of the ruin and over
throw of that once flourishing church.
I do not remember that there hath ever been any process
against Squire Goddard, (as he is commonly called, I mean the
father of Simon,) in the church of Christ in Framingham —
only I remember that some of the brethren of the church took
offence at some reflections, which the said Squire Goddard had
cast upon me at a certain church meeting ; and that was laid be
fore the church at two or three church meetings. At length —
whether the said Squire was absent or present I do not remem
ber — I asked the brethren whether they thought, that those re
flections were censurable evils, and it passed in the negative, and
so the matter dropped.
If they had voted in the affirmative, the said Squire should
have been cited and heard fairly. But if 1 remember, and I
think I do, that, and many other things, were under the cogni
zance of a venerable council of churches, that were on the spot,
I think. Anno 1730. And for a single church afterward to haul
that matter over, the council being satisfied, looks to me to retro
grade a motion, and I cannot account for it. What I now send
you, is according to the best of my remembrance ; my papers,
which are many, being lodged with the Rev. Mr. Stoddard, pas
tor of the Chelmsford church, who was clerk of the said council.
If any of you will he at the cost and pains to bring me authentic
copies of those papers attested by the said clerk, I shall be able
to giye you a more full account of those things.
As to the admission of fugitive or separating brethren to tran
sient coraraunion, when they have left a stated [church] of their
own choosing, I think cannot with wisdom be granted, especially
if it tend to any disturbance in the church where it is desired,
and I wonder why such transient' coraraunion "should be desired
by them, unless the sarae spirit moves them as caused their sep
aration ; and, if I remember right, there was no discipline in mo
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any ways endangered, when they began their first motion about
Ruling Elders, &c. I do not think, and I have been justified in
It, that any pastor is obliged to lay before his church every ad^
dress, or paper, that is directed accordingly to be communicated.
I wish and pray, that wisdom and sound judgment, peace and
good order may be the stability of the church of Christ in
Shrewsbury, and of all the churches ; and that no root of bitter
ness may ever arise among them, whereby any shall be offended,
Asking your prayers for me and mine, I am, according to my
ability, in all Gospel services. Sic.
JOHN SWIFT.
To the Rev. Job Cushing, communicandura."
" I observed to thera, before the above was read, that the re
turn we had was only frora the Rev. Mr. Swift, and not frora
Framingham church ; the Goddards, and some others, pleaded
that it might not be read ; others chose it should be read ; I tried
a vote, and it passed in the affirmative."
" This letter being read over and over, and after much debate,
I signified, that, in my opinion, our present managements de
pended on a former vote of the church, viz : Or, secondly, that
the church retract the aforesaid vote, and vote that they desire
Simon Goddard not to offer himself to communion, &c., until a
clearer light, &tc., may be obtained ; referring to the translation of
his membership from Framingham to Hopkinton church." "I
then tried the vote, thus. If you have gained such light and sat
isfaction with respect to Simon Goddard's removing his member
ship from Framingham to Hopkinton church, as to admit him to
communion with you, you will manifest it ? This was done by
separation, and the vote passed in the negative."
"I observed to thebrethren, that Benjamin Goddard renewed
his request at the last meeting, and read to them the record of it,
and their reply to him."
"¦ B. Goddard admitted there was weight in some of the objeC'
tions offered by Deacon Keyes, but contended, that Ruling El^
ders, as well as Teaching Elders, are of divine appointment.
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ought not to be placed in a single elder." " That, as there is a
bench of judges in a court, there ought to be a bench of elders
in a church, in order that justice be impartially administered be
tween brother and brother, in causes coming before the church."
" He entreated they would consider his case, and remember what
a hard thing it was to retain his relation, where he could not be
easy; pleaded how he was conscience-bound, and was censured
by one of the brethren — that they ought lo be as tender of their
own consciences as of his." " Deacon Keyes said he durst not
do it, by reason, he thought, it would tend to destroy the church."
Some were disposed to have the meeting adjourned, inasmuch as
"some thought it not only improper to grant his request, but
especially to Hopkinton church. Some discourse was moved of
granting him a dismission to another church of the same princi
ples, as his phrase was, particulariy to Mr. Webb's church, in
Boston." " But it was observed, we could not adjourn on any
such account, considering our answer to hira at the last meeting
we had best give him an answer now. I tried it by a vote, and
it passed in the affirmative." Then " I proposed this form of a
vote : If it be your minds to dismiss Benjamin Goddard to Hop
kinton church, while his habitation is in Shrewsbury, upon re
newing of his request to you, and his reasons before offered to
you, you are desired to manifest it? This being read over and
over again, and approved, the brethren were desired to gather
themselves into the seats at the west end of the meeting house ;
then the vote was read again with this addition, by moving into
the seats in the east end of the meeting house ; and the vote
abundantly passed in the negative. It was allowed, we had fin
ished the business we met upon, and I declared the meeting dis
solved." "Nov. 3, 1736. Edward Goddard and Ebenezer Bragg pre
sented, at a church meeting, a paper, desiring a dismission to
Hopkinton church ; some desired it might be read ; others de
sired it might not be read." " I thought it the clearest way to
try their minds by a vote, and it passed in the negative."
"Nov. 11, 1736. After the annual thanksgiving service, I
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copy of what was done at the previous meeting. But at this
time, their request for a dismission was read."
"' Addressed to the pastor, with a request that it may be com
municated to the church." Thus, " Shrewsbury, Oct. 29, 1736.
Rev. and Beloved,
We think it is evident, both from Scripture and experience,
that two cannot walk together, except they be agreed ; and inas
much as there are at least two points, referring to the discipline
appointed by Christ in his church, wherein we are constrained
to differ from the opinion and judgment of this church ; and those
points so essential in the practice of church order and discipline,
that we cannot act in faith in the discharge of the duties, nor ex
pect to share in the privileges of a church relation with this
church respecting its discipline ; we desire, that you grant us a
dismission to a church of the same principles with ourselves, and
where we may, notwithstanding its remoteness, at sorae times and
on some occasions, bear a part in the duties, and share in the
privileges of church discipline. We, therefore, desire your
charitable dismission of us to the church of Christ in Hopkinton ;
first, because that church is furnished with a presbytery, which
we account necessary. Secondly, because we esteem it a decent
and Christian respect to be paid to a church, to desire and en
deavor to obtain its consent in the removal of a church relation.
EDWARD GODDARD,
EBENEZER BRAGG."
No action was had at this time on their request.
Jan. 20, 1737. A letter from the church in Hopkinton, to the
church in Shrewsbury, was read to the brethren by the Rev. Mr.
Cushing. Thus,
" Rev. and Beloved,
These are to inform you, that one of your brethren, Benjamin
Goddard, hath offered his desire to join in full coraraunion with
this church. The ground of his desire is," &c. [This I omit.
It being the same on which he asked a dismission from the church
in Shrewsbury.] " It is our earnest desire, therefore, that you
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letters of dismission and recommendation to us, or by laying be
fore us such objections as may be a sufficient bar to our recep
tion of him into full communion with us.
We also acquaint you, that the wife of Benjamin Goddard
stands pubhcly propounded for full coraraunion with us — that, if
there be any objections against her being received, this church
may have seasonable notice thereof, which we desire may be by
the first of February next ; at which time this church is to meet
and act what we think proper, respecting the admission or non-
admission of the said Benjamin Goddard into our fellowship and
communion. Thus commending you to the grace of God, &.c.
SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor,
JOSEPH HAVEN, ^ Ruling
JOSEPH BIXBEE, J Elders.
In the name and with the consent of the church.
Hopkinton, Dec. 17, 1736.
We have appointed our brother, Siraon Goddard, to wait upon
you for an answer."
Answer sent to the church of Hopkinton.
" To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Barrett, Pastor of, Sic, to be
comraunicated. Shrewsbury, Jan. 26, 1737.
Rev, and Beloved,
You have, in your writing, directed to us, inforraed us, that
you earnestly desire," &c., &c. [Same as in the letter from
Hopkinton.] " Now these may certify you, that he asked a dismission from
us to you, and that his request was under consideration more than
a year, and at a great nuraber of church meetings. And what
was transacted in thera relating to this affair, would be very
costly, as to tirae and other ways, to relate. But we would ob'-
serve to you, that soon after his request was laid before the
church, with respect to disraissing him in the manner he re
quested, and although he attempted to answer those objections,-
[raised against his dis.mission,] yet, when the church came to give
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why they voted as they did — they agreed in giving of hira this
answer, that, in their judgment, the objections that had been of
fered, were of weight, and had not been answered ; and some of
these objections, we have, since the first offering of them, found
to be great and weighty, by what hath occurred among us — the
principal heads of those objections are these — as
] . It seems to be contrary to the holy Scriptures.
2. To be abundantly contrary to the Platform.
3. To the church covenant.
4. To be contrary to the practice of Congregational churches^
if not to the practice of all the churches in Christendom, to with
draw without greater reason.
A copy of thsee objections, with what was offered under
them, the said Goddard soon had.
So that our answer to him, we apprehend, is as full for you as
for him — and what weight there is in the objections, we leav^
you to judge of
As for what you request, with respect to the wife of Benjamin
Goddard, viz ; if we have any objections to make against her
being received into full communion with you, we would do it.
Now, if by your sending to us with respect to her, you desired,
that she should be propounded with us according to our usual
manner, the time you gave us was so short, that it could not be
done, if the bearer of your letter did his verbal message accord--
ing to order.
Thus we have, after our manner, answered your requests, and
wishing you the best of blessings, &c. JOB CUSHING, Pastor.
In the name, at the desire, and by vote of the church."
Then follows, in the narrative, a note by Mr. Cushing, thus ;•
"The reason of my saying, if the bearer of their letter did
bis message according to order, was, that he told me, by word of
rnouth, and desired me to tell ihe church, that said Goddard's
wife was to be admitted the next Sabbath, sevennight, so that, as
1 said, there was not lime for her being propounded with as,, it
that was what they aimed at."

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"June 26,. 1737. After Sabbath exercise, I read to the
church a letter from Hopkinton, which I received three or four
days before."
It was addressed to the pastor, to he communicated.
" Rev. and Beloved,
Whereas Edward Goddard, Jr. and Ebenezer Bragg, both
members in full communion with you, have offered their desires
to be received into full communion with us." [Dismission was
desired in their behalf. If there were objections, they requested
they might be offered.] " Brother Simon Goddard is appointed
to convey these lines to you, and wait upon you for answer.
SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor.
JOSEPH HAVEN, ¦) Ruling
JOSEPH BIXBEE, 5 Elders."
Hopkinton, June 18, 1737.
"After reading this letter, I observed to the brethren, that
there was one or two things respecting the writing, that they
could not know, but by my means — as that the letter was not
signed by the elders in the name and with the consent of the
church, as the other letter we had from them was. I also ob
served, that the Ruhng Elders^ names, in both their letters they
had directed to us, were not written by the same persons; and,
that, if they apprehended it a material thing for thera to sign in
their office, then it was not sufficient for another to supply their
naraes. One of the brethren said, that, if the letter did not come in
the church's name, he apprehended it improper for us to answer
it ; for, says he, in times past, letters have been rejected or ob
jected against for not being sent from the church. Another re
plied, if the matter were so, he did not like it any better than he
did. No one moving any thing, the matter rested and we de
parted." "Oct. 2, 1737, viz: Sabbath day, I informed the church, that
Ebenezer Bragg informed me, that the church of Hopkinton bad
admitted him a member of their church ; and that he desired oc
casional communion with the church in Shrewsbury, and I referred
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it to the church, to give him an answer on the next Thursday
after lecture."
" Oct. 6. After lecture, I told the brethren, if it suited them,
Ebenezer Bragg might deliver his message himself." He did so,
and, " by word of mouth, told them the church of Hopkinton had
received him under their government; and, that notwithstanding,
he desired occasional communion with them. After some de
bate, and for some reasons — it being reported, he had said, we
had not used means with him, — the church deferred giving him
an answer until next lecture day ; and chose Ebenezer Keyes,
John Crosby and Dea. Cyprian Keyes, to treat with said Bragg."
" Dec. 5, 1737. The church met. The Committee chosen
to treat with Ebenezer Bragg, reported, that he manifested a dis
like of a vote passed on the 3d of November, 1736, by which
they denied reading a writing preferred unto them by Edward
Goddard and Ebenezer Bragg, to dismiss them to Hopkinton
church — whereupon it was moved to retract that vote."
"After some debate, a vote was tried, whether ihey would nul
lify the vote passed on the 3d of November, though not at a for
mal church meeting, and that their request may be read at this
meeting, and passed in the affirmative."
" Then proceeded to read the abovesaid request. Then tried
a vote, whether they would dismiss said Bragg and Goddard to
Hopkinton church, upon what they had offered, and it passed in
the negative." "The church agreed, for some reasons, to defer
Ebenezer Bragg's request until next lecture day."
" Feb. 2, 1738, the church met, and what was done at the
previous meeting was read. After considerable tirae, it was urged
to adjourn the meeting for a considerable time, that we might
well consider the affairs before us. At length, tried a vote to ad
journ to the first Thursday in September next, at 3 of the clock,
and that the case of our brother, Ebenezer Bragg, and the case
of our brother, Benja. Goddard, be referred to that meeting, for
further consideration, and that each of them be desired to refrain
offering themselves to communion with this church, until this
church has determined on their cases, and that the pastor should
give each of them a copy of this vote, and it passed in the affirm
ative."

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'¦ Sept. 7, 1 738. The church met — more than half the breth
ren being absent, they agreed to adjourn. Mr. Stone [Isaac]
pleaded abundantly, that the church would send in writing to Mr.
Bragg, what divine rule he had broken, or what they objected
against him. I observed, I was free and desirous, that the dissat
isfied would make it their business, in a private way, to see if they
could satisfy themselves, or Mr. Bragg, by a friendly conference.
But I declared, that I could not, and should not, be promoting the
church's sending ; for the reason, he had already been treated
with in this way by the church. Also, I had been blamed by
some, in time past, in promoting an adjournment, when the ag
grieved had been borne with as long as was thought reasonable,
and it made way for many meetings ; and that such a message,
sent by the church, would make way for another meeting, if not
many. A vote was offered and passed, after they had mended it as
long as they pleased, to adjourn to the 31st of October, in order
to the church's being better agreed, and to their using further
means with E. Bragg, and to adjourn B. Goddard's case, for want
of time to determine now. This meeting held a pretty while by
candle-light." "Oct. 31, 1738. Met and tried a vote, whether they were
ready to give E. Bragg an answer. Passed in the affirmative.
After much debate about wording it, it was tried in this way. If
you are so dissatisfied with our brother E. Bragg's leaving this
church and joining himself to the church of Hopkinton, in the
manner he has done, as to withdraw communion from him, please
to signify it ? The vote cleariy passed in the affirmative.
Immediately upon passing this vote, Isaac Stone, Samuel
Crosby, Ebenezer Bragg, and Ebenezer Keyes desired to have
their dissent to this vote entered. They and one more [had]
voted in the negative ; and the reason I.saac Stone rendered was,
that he apprehended, it was the privilege every one should enjoy
to be under the discipline of a church, which he, in his conscience,
thought most scriptural.
Then proceeded to consider B. Goddard's case, and the an
swer he had sent to the church in writing, which was now read,
and worded thus;"

164 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. "Jan. 26, 1738.
Rev. and Beloved,
I received a message, with a copy of a vote of the church of
December last, acquainting me, that the said church is dissatisfied
with my long neglecting the communion of said church, and not
informing them why, or on what account 1 did so. Therefore,
although I thought the said church had been sufficiently apprised
of the reasons thereof, by the requests I had divers times offered
for a dismission to the chuich of Hopkinton, and the letter of the
church of Hopkinton acquainting the church of Shrewsbury with
my desire of admission into the said church of Hopkinton, and
also by the particular information that was given to the Rev. Mr.
Cushing, by ray brother Simon, of my being admitted into that
church — yet, to remove all uneasiness, as far as I may, out of
the mind of the Rev. pastor, or any of the brethren of this
church, I now further add, that agreeably to the Christian liberty,
which I firmly believe to be allowed, not only by our Platform,
but also by the holy Scriptures, and pursuant also to the advice,
in like case, of a venerable council, convened at Hopkinton,
Sept. 19, 1735, I was orderiy and regularly admitted into the
church of Hopkinton, where I have constantly attended the com
munion. And though I am obliged to dissent from yourselves in
point of church order, yet I am far from allowing in myself such
a schismatic or uncharitable spirit, as to deny or absent myself
from communion with this or any other of the faithful churches
of Christ, in any special ordinances, though differing from my
opinion respecting church government, and therefore have not on
any such account absented myself from your coraraunion, but,
understanding that yourselves have not the same apprehensions
that I have of the nature of the case, and knowing that you have
denied communion to one of Hopkinton church, on account of
his going off from the church of Fraraingham to the church of
Hopkinton, I have not offdied to commune here since I laid my
desire before the church of Hopkinton, to be admitted into that
church. So wishing for yourselves, and desiring your prayers for me,
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wisdom and spiritual understanding, and every grace of the Holy
Spirit, I rest yours in the common faith.
BENJAMIN GODDARD."
" After some debate, and reasoning on this answer, this form
of a vote was offered. If you are satisfied with the answer our
brother B. Goddard sent us, respecting the church's message to
him, for his neglecting the communion of this church, please to
manifest it. It cleariy passed in the negative."
Edward Goddard, to a like message, sent a similar answer;
and a vote in the same form as the preceding, tried and passed
in the negative.
" Mr. Stone pleaded that he could not be easy, until the
church proceeded to admonish the brethren to whom they had
denied communion. Some replied to him, if they should pro
ceed to an admonition, they would not regard it." Then ad
journed to 6th February next, " to do something further respect
ing E. Goddard, B. Goddard and E. Bragg's leaving this church
in the manner they did."
Mr. Cushing, in a note, observes that " at the opening of the
last meeting, I signified to the brethren, it was probable it might
be the last meeting we should have on such account. This 1 did
to quicken the brethren to attend the meeting, yet 1 was no ways
resolved they should not have as many meetings as appeared
necessary — and as there were not half the brethren at the for
mer meeting, so neither at this. Moreover, I observed to the
brethren, that it was upwards of twenty meetings I had attended
on these accounts ; and that it evidently appeared the church was
more divided in opinion about the occasions of the meetings, than
they were some years past; and that things had so borne upon
me, that I had frequently of late thought of asking a dismission."
Feb. 6, 1739. The church met. "I read to the brethren
the whole of what was done at the last meeting, and, several
times, how the adjournment was worded ; and after some debate,
whether we should look forward or backward in the affair before
us — at length agreed to try the form of a vote, viz :

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To retract the vote that passed at our last church meeting,
whereby the church declared, they were so dissatisfied with E.
Bragg's leaving this church and joining himself to the church of
Hopkinton in the manner hj hath done it, as to withdraw com
munion from him — and it passed in the affirmadve."
"This being done, it was observed, that we were obliged, by a
former vote, to give said Bragg an answer to his request, that had
been some time lying before them." " Some thought something
should he done by way of admonition." "Then the form of a
vote was proposed, viz : To send an admonition in writing to our
brethren, E. Bragg, E. Goddard, and B. Goddard, for their with
drawing from the discipline of this church in the manner they all
did. Passed in the affirmative."
" Deacon Cyprian Keyes and Daniel Garfield were deputed to
read the following letter of admonition to the persons above-
named : "
" To Ebenezer Bragg, Edward Goddard, and Benjamin God
dard, who have informed us, that they have withdrawn them
selves from the discipline of the church of Christ in Shrewsbury,
which they voluntarily subjected themselves unto in time past,
and joined themselves to the church in Hopkinton, while your
cohabitation is in Shrewsbury — therefore we think it proper to
signify to you, that we now think of your case as we did before,
viz : That this action of yours was not grounded on a well regu
lated conscience. This, we apprehend, was sufficiently signified
to you, in those seasonable objections, that were offered against
persons taking the course you did. We further apprehend, that
you are not to be justified in this action of yours, seeing this
church offered to join with you in calling an ecclesiastical council,
to advise and direct us under our difficulties, after you had greatly
blamed the church for some votes they had passed respecting this
affair. We also signify to you, that, in our apprehension, you
have violated the church covenant, most solemnly and formally
entered into, and not walked agreeable to the solemn obligations
you laid yourselves under amongst us, in tirae past, and although
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church, and we know not but that the other two may request the
sarae thing, we let you understand, that the very request seems to
us improper, seeing you have left the stated communion of this
church in such a manner as we find many Christians, as well as
ourselves, cannot account for ; and considering what has person
ally been done and is now offered by this church, we hope you
will receive it as our Christian monitor, [admonition,] and that it
may influence you to rectify what we have declared to be offen
sive unto us, and to return to us, and subject yourselves to our
church covenant again.
Moreover we would put yon in mind, that plead so much for
conscience, to consider how incumbent it is on you to be very
careful of grieving the consciences of others, seeing so many
araong us have declared that they cannot act in faith in commu
ning with you under your present circumstances ; or, at least,
to refrain offering yourselves, until you are certain this church is
well agreed in such a thing. And wishing that you and we may
have divine guidance in this day of trouble, that so remarkably
calls for it, we subscribe ourselves your aggrieved brethren.
JOB CUSHING, Pastor.
In the name and at the desire of the church.
Shrewsbury, Feb. 6, 1739."
" At the desire of the church, I have read the within written
to the persons to whom it was directed.
CYPRIAN KEYES."
Feb. 9, 1 739.
" I signified to the brethren," says Mr. Cushing, " before the
last meeting was dissolved, that if there should be dissatisfaction
with any, at what the church had done, and division be like to
increase, I advised they would seasonably call a council."
April 24, 1740. Mr. Cushing informed the brethren of the
church, that he had received a reply to what was read to those
that had withdrawn.
Also a writing from E. Goddard's wife, requesting a dismis
sion to Hopkinton church. A church meeting was then appointed
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"May 19th, the church met, and chose a Committee, consist
ing of the Pastor, Dea. Cyprian Keyes, Ebenezer Keyes, Isaac
Stone, and Samuel Crosby, to offer something to the church at
their next meeting, relating to the affair before us."
"June 16, 1740. The church met, and after many debates
on matters before us," [nothing is said of a report being made,]
" a vote was tried 'to adjourn this meeting to the 25th of Aug
ust,' [then] to choose a council to advise, &c., respecting all
votes and managements relating to E. Bragg, E. Goddard, and
B. Goddard's removing their church relation to Hopkinton church,
and all other matters relating thereunto, and that these persons,
mentioned by name, be served with a copy of this vote, by the
hands of William Taylor and Ebenezer Keyes, and desired to
meet us at our adjournment, to join with us in calling an ecclesi
astical council on the affairs mentioned ; unless the church, at
their adjournment, should so far remove their difficulties as to
render the calling of a council needless."
" Passed in the affirmative."
" Aug. 25, 1740. The church met, and after reading a writing
directed to us, by E. Goddard, E. Bragg, and B. Goddard, and
some writings the committee before mentioned had drawn up, that
were read at the last meeting, and manifold debates, this form
of a vote was tried ; To retract and make void your votes, by
which you have debarred those brethren the coraraunion of this
church, who have deserted from this church on account of differ
ent principles relating to church government in such a manner as
to withdraw from the discipline of this church, and allow them
communion in all the ordinances of the Gospel."* "Passed in
the affirmative. Nine voted in the affirmative, and eight on the
other side. Daniel Garfield and Abraham Knowlton desired
their dissent to be entered to said vote."
" Voted, That Dea. C. Keyes serve those that are separated
from us, viz., in church discipline, with a copy of the church vote,
and inform E. Goddard's wife that her plea for leaving this church,

* It was voted, subsequently, that this was not to extend to them the right of
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is so much taken off, that the church think it not proper to vote
upon it, until they hear further from her." Meeting dissolved.
" Oct. 27, 1740. The church met to consider the desire of
sundry of the brethren, that means might be used with them to
satisfy them respecting what had been done relating to the ad
mission of those that had separated from the discipline of the
church, and in case they could not, to join with them in calling a
council. After sundry debates, voted to adjourn to Dec. 1, to
know whether the means proposed to be used have removed the
uneasiness of the dissatisfied ; and if they have not, to join with
them in calling a council to advise," &c.
"Dec. 1, 1740, the church met, and after some excuse made
for not using means to satisfy the dissatisfied brethren so season
ably as was proposed, and after long debating things with the dis
satisfied brethren, and trying their minds by separation, it ap
peared three or four could not come to the coraraunion, if those
that had separated from the discipline of this church should not
corae. Night coraing on, and it being very stormy, adjourned to
the 8th December, to complete the business before us."
Dec. 8, 1740, the church met, and some papers, together with
the records of past meetings were read. " After this, it appeared,
by conference, sorae were dissatisfied that the brethren should
corae to the coraraunion of the church, that had deserted from
the communion of the church in disciphne, until they had oppor
tunity to speak with thera, and I discovered that I was of this
mind. Then adjourned for half an hour to discourse the persons
mentioned. After which, I made return, that my uneasiness was
in sorae measure removed. Two others made return that they
were satisfied ; two, that some dissatisfaction remained with thera.
By reason the uneasiness araong thera was in a great measure
removed, the meeting was dissolved."
June 7, 1742, the church "retracted their vote whereby they
prevented Simon Goddard enjoying occasional communion with
them in special ordinances, and admitted him to them as fully as
he had enjoyed them at any time before."
Although the question of having Ruling Elders in the church,
and the uneasiness that had so long agitated the church on ihe
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subject of church discipline, had now so far subsided, as to be
spoken of in the "narrative," no more, yet the heart burnings
that had arisen from the votes of the church and the speeches of
individual members, in their discussions, in this long protracted
controversy, induced several of the members in the latter period
of it to withdraw from the coraraunion ; and although unwearied
pains seeras to have been taken to reconcile them to return, they
were, in most instances, unavailing.
Zebediah Johnson, who had been admitted to full church
privilege, in 1743, sent to the church a letter, of which this is a
copy : — Shrewsbury, April 25, 1744.
To the first church in said town.*
Whereas you have been pleased to send to me, by sundry of
the brethren, to know for what reason I withdraw from the public
worship here, on Sabbath day, and also from communion with
you in the ordinance of the supper ; to which requests I an
swer ; for this reason, because I look upon it, that the word of
God is not preached in truth as it is in Jesns, and because the
most of those belonging to this church, that I have talked with,
profess to receive it as the word of God in truth.
ZEBEDIAH JOHNSON.
The church merely voted, that his answers were not satisfac
tory ; probably " by reason the said Johnson had discovered great
concern about religion of late." Other messages were subse
quently sent to him of which he took no notice. His wife Esther,
for the like cause, received notice to send, in writing, the reason
of her absenting herself, &c. She readily complied, thus —
"Shrewsbury, June 27, 1*49.
To the First Church of Shrewsbury, greeting.
Whereas you are pleased to send some to know my reason for
not attending with you on the word preached, gic, they are as
followeth : I. I was, as 1 believe, called out from you by God's
" The Second Church, now Boylston, was gathered in 1743, of which hereafter.

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words — especially by those words, having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof, from such lurn away.
As I conceive, by the word of God, neither the doctrine that
has been preached, nor yet the church, is built upon a living
Christ by a living faith; but I rather look upon it to [as] a dead
faith upon which it is built. And so remain your hearty well
wisher, and would entreat every one of you seasonably to exam
ine the foundation on which you are built.
ESTHER JOHNSON."
I believe these are the only instances recorded in the "narra
tive," wherein ill temper is manifested on the part of those who
withdrew. Certain it is, the church, in their written communi
cations to them, were studious to avoid giving offence, and de
sirous to know the reason of their non-attendance merely that, if
possible, they might remove it.
I have copied more copiously from the " narrative " than I
contemplated when I began, but not more so, I think, than I
ought, in justice to the parties concerned in those transactions, as
well as to the reader. For to have given only a few extracts
from it would have been unsatisfactory to all ; and to have passed
it over in silence would have been unpardonable. I have con
sidered it a duty to state things truly as I find them, leaving the
reader to make his own comments. Yet I may be permitted to
say, the question of having Ruling Elders in the church, and that
of church discipline, was, while under consideration here, agi
tating the churches around us, and although it was, in this place,
a novel question, when started by Simon Goddard, it soon be-
' came one of great importance, and occupied much of our fore
fathers' time.
The Goddards were men of good education for that day, of
strong minds, independent, and given to investigation. The cor
respondence, as carried on, was ably conducted on their part, and
the " retractions," afterwards made by the church, conclusively
prove, that liberty of conscience, and the religious rights of man,
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The quaintness of the style, the proceedings of the then infant
church — the parent stock and fathers of the present brotherhood,
and of all such as shall unite with thera in coraing tirae — to
gether with the deep and mighty working of the human mind,
in search of light and truth, so important to its future welfare,
and the tenacity with which it holds on to favorite opinions, will
all, as herein illustrated, serve lo interest the reader, and cause
no one, I trust, to regret that so much space has been devoted
to this subject.
A few more extracts frora Mr. Cushing's records will bring us
to the close of his ministry.
On account of differences araong several of the brethren,
mostly growing out of the proceedings related in the narrative,
as is inferred ; for the records do not specify what they were, the
church voted to call a council of churches. Col. Ward to en
tertain the council. Eight churches were sent to, as follows:
Church of Cambridge, whereof Rev. Mr. Appleion was Pastor.
" " Weston, " " Williams "
" " Boston, " " Sewell and Prince "
" " Bradford, " " Balch "
" " Hingham, " " Gay "
" " Westboro', " " Eben'r Parkman "
" " Southboro', " " "
" " Sudbury, " " Loring "
" Six of the churches [the record does not name them] met on
the 11th of October, 1749, and on the evening of the 13th gave
a result and read it to the brethren. It was left with thera, and,
on the 30ih of October, the church, by a vote, accepted it."
Nothing further respecting the proceedings of this council can he
gleaned frora the record.
1750. " A committee of ministers was chosen by the church,
viz : Dorr, of Mendon, Martyn, of Westboro', and Harrington,
of Lancaster, to discourse with Dr. [Joshua] Smith, on the con-
tiDversy subsisting between Isaac Stone and said Smith, and to
discourse with all the dissatisfied in the church, in order to restore
peace, and to examine the conduct of the church in said affair,"

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 173
The case was this: "Isaac Stone [had] complained to the
brethren, that one of them was defective in a fundamental arti
cle." It afterwards appeared that he meant Dr. Smith. Con
siderable correspondence had passed between them, some of
which Mr. Stone read to the church in support of his complaint.
None of it, though lodged with the pastor, appears on record.
It may yet be in existence. Sorae portion of it was since the year
1800. The ground of controversy was doctrinal. It related to
original sin, Mr. Stone contending for, and Dr. Sraith against
the doctrine. " The coraraittee of ministers met on the 1 1th of
October, 1750, and left with the pastor the advic* they had pre
pared to be read to the church." What that was, does not ap
pear. " It was accepted by the church."
"Sept. 17, 1759, The church, after hearing some writings
read frora Jasper Stone and his wife, and debate on thera, voted,
to request the Rev. Mr. Parkraan and Martyn, both of West
boro', and Mr. Stone, of Southboro', to give their opinion, whether
there should be any alteration in the church covenant of Shrews
bury, which was desired by the said Stone and wife. Col. Ar-
teraas Ward, and Dr. Samuel Crosby were chosen to notify these
ministers, and report the views requested of them, and then I
promised to lay before them the advice that might he given."
This is the last record made by Mr. Cushing relative to church
proceedings. He died Aug. 6, 1760.
Extracts from the church records, kept after his decease, show
the views of the church on the subject with which his record
closes. It no where appears what " advice these ministers "
gave, if any, in this case.
The church having chosen Artemas Ward, moderator in the
church meetings, until they had a pastor settled over thera, their
records are in his hand writing to the tirae of the settlement of
Dr. Sumner, in June, 1762.
"Oct. 12, 1760. The church voted, aiid kept Wednesday,
29th, current, a day of fasting and prayer, lo implore Almighty
God to give thera a pastor after bis own heart, and, in the mean
time, to keep his church and congregation in this place frora all
discord." The Rev. Mr. Parkman and Martyn, of Westboro',

174 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
the Rev. Mr. Stone, of Southboro', and the Rev. Mr. Morse, of
Shrewsbury, by invitation, carried on the services. After which,
" their advice was asked relative to a candidate for settlement
with them."
"Jan. 12, 1761. The church proceeded to the choice of a
person to settle with them in the work of the ministry, notwith
standing the objection made in the writing aforesaid." At the
opening of this meeting, "a writing, signed by about twenty, four
of whom are members of this church, was presented, purporting
that they never had above one person preaching with them on
probation." Then, " voted, the moderator should set down the names of
Peter Thacher Sraith and Joshua Paine, which persons had been
preaching with us on probation ; and that each member should
tell the moderator, which of the two person's names he would
have his name set under; which being done, on counting up the
names of the brethren of the church, that voted, it appeared
there were 18 for Mr. Joshua Paine ; being the whole nuraber
that voted, out of 23 members present."
The parish having concurred, "a committee waited on Mr.
Paine, with the call, and reported, that he was constrained to
give thera an answer in the negative."
April 13, 1761. The church voted alterations in iheir cove
nant, as mentioned at the close of page 120.
March 2, 1762. The church held a meeting to give a person
a call, to settle in this place, in the work of the Gospel ministry.
" After some discourse upon the head of church government, the
following question was put, viz : whether this church was willing
to settle any person as a minister, and give him power to negative
the votes of the church, unless he would previously produce
scripture sufficient to bottom so great a power as that upon ?
And it passed in the negative unanimously." * " Then the
church made choice of Mr. Joseph Sumner, lo settle in this
place, as aforesaid." "Ezekiel Knowlton, Isaac Stone, and Eb-

* Thus was laid the foundation of that peace, which so eminently prevailed during
the long period of Dr. Sumner's ministry.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 175
enezer Keyes were chosen a committee to inform Mr. Sumner
of the votes the church hath this day passed."
"March 16, 1762. The church met upon adjourntnent, and
the committee chosen to inform Mr. Sumner of the votes of the
church, reported, that as to the vote relative lo the pastor's nega
tiving the votes of the church, the committee informed the church
that Mr. Sumner was not against being settled, taking the Cam
bridge Platform for a rule of church discipline; and, that he was
willing, that those articles in said Platform, that admit of dispute,
should be setded by him and the church where he should settle
as pastor." This being satisfactory to the church, "Isaac Stone,
Ezekiel Knowlton and Artemas Ward were chosen to present a
call to Mr. Sumner, and pray his acceptance of the same."
Having performed that service, "they reported, that said Sumner
having taken said call into serious and deliberate consideration,
and it appearing to be his duty to accept it, he gave his answer
in the affirmative, on the I9th day of April, 1762."
" May 19, 1762. The church having met, by appointment,
voted, an acceptance of the following articles ; and all the church
that were present, with the pastor elect, signed said articles, ex
cept Dea. Miles, John Brigham, and the moderator."
" Some articles of agreement concerning church discipline,
agreed upon by and between the First Church of Christ in
Shrewsbury, and Mr. Joseph Sumner, the elect pastor of said
church, on the I9ih day of May, 1762.
1st. The pastor is not to proceed to any act of discipline,
without the voice of the church — nor to negative the vote or
votes of the church — hut is obliged to own and record all voles
of the church, as votes of that particular body and church of
Christ, lo which he is obliged to consent as far as he can see
the mind of Christ in them, and no farther. But if he sees not
the mind of Christ in them, and so is bound in judgment and
conscience to enter his dissent against them, with his reasons for
the same, this he has a full right to do ; by which the adminis
tration or execution of such sentence is suspended frora iraraediate
execution, for want of light ; which they, viz : the pastor and
brethren, are to seek, either among themselves or by the assistance
of others, as the matter may require.

176 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
We, therefore, conclude, from the premises, that no church
act can be consummated, or nullified, without the consent of both
church and pastor.
2dly. The pastor is not to refuse a church meeting, when the
major part of the church shall desire it.
3dly. The pastor is not to withhold the letters missive from
the church, nor refuse to act in the affair therein contained, if
the major part of the brethren desire him lo act. And these ar
ticles, or any matter or clause in them contained, are not to be
understood as to divest this church of, or to seclude any of that
power or privilege given them in the sixth section of the tenth
chapter of our church Platform; and we judge, diat those words
contained in the parenthesis, in said section, ought to be account
ed as part of said section.
The foregoing articles of agreement are considered by us,
whose names are hereunto subscribed, as a preventive of any
misunderstanding that might hereafter arise on these points, in the
regular exercise of church discipline, according to God's word.
JOSEPH SUMNER, Pastor elect.
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
SIMON MAYNARD,
DANIEL RAND,
EBENEZER KEYES,
ABRAHAM KNOWLTON,
SAMUEL BIGELOW,
ISAAC STONE,
DANIEL DRURY,
SAMUEL WHITNEY,
BENJAMIN MAYNARD,
JONAS STONE,
SAMUEL CROSBY,
GERSHOM WHEELOCK,
JASPER STONE,
JONATHAN WHEELOCK,
EZEKIEL KNOWLTON,
ASA BRIGHAM,
DANIEL HOWE."

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 177
" Voted, To have the ordination on Wednesday, the 23d day
of June next.
Voted, To have the day observed as a fast, rather than a feast.
Voted, To have the ordaining council consist of seven pastors
and their delegates.
The church made choice of the Rev. Aaron Putnam and Da
vid Ripley, of Pomfret, the Rev. Ebenezer Parkman and John
Martyn, of Westboro', the Rev. David Hall, of Sutton, the Rev.
Thaddeus Maccarty, of Worcester, and the Rev. Elisha Fisk, of
Upton. At a subsequent meeting, voted, to add two pastors more, with
delegates, to the council. Then chose the Rev. Jacob Cushing,
of Waltham, and the Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, of Grafton."
The ordination took place on the day appointed. The meet
ing house being old, and considered unsafe, as well as too small,
to accommodate a large assemblage, the exercises were conducted
in the open air, on a platform erected by the side of the meeting
house. The record gives no account of the performances, or
who took part in them. The present meeting house was erected
in 1766. The alterations it has undergone within and without,
and its change of location, need not he related here.
"Aug. 18, 1762. Joseph Sherman and Job Cushing, in a
writing, by them signed and presented, desire the church to de
clare, by a vote, whether they and others, who have not signed
the late church covenant, that has been signed by a number, are
esteemed proper members of the church, and entitled to the
privileges of the same." Whereupon the following preamble and
vote was passed unanimously by the church.
" Whereas, it has been suggested, that the design of this
church, in making the alteration in our covenant, was to exclude
some of its members, viz : those that did not choose to sign said
covenant ; and sorae of those brethren that did not sign, appre
hending, that the church did not look upon them as members — ¦
therefore Voted, That we did look, and still look upon them as mem
bers, although they did not sign the covenant."
"Whereas, it has been reported, by some evil-minded person,
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178 ECCLESL4.STICAL HISTORY.
as though the First Church in Shrewsbury designed to injure and
withdraw communion from the second church in said town, and
their pastor, in passing by them at our late ordination ;
We hereby declare said report to be groundless, and very in
jurious to said church and pastor, and also to this church — for
we passed by said church only in the exercise of Christian liberty
and privilege ; for we are and were in charity with them."
" Dec. 1765. The church chose Jonathan Wheelock and
Jedediah Tucker to set the psalm, in the public worship."
" Sept. 1770. The church of Christ, in this place, voted, to
set apart Tuesday, the 11th instant, for a day of humiliation and
prayer, on account of the throat distemper prevailing in this
place. Out of eleven that have had it, nine have died."
" 1771. After some conversation, the church passed the fol
lowing vote, viz : That those may not be admitted to the priv
ilege of baptism for their children, concerning whom it is evident,
that they do not practise praying in their families. This vote
was unanimous."
"1777. The church chose two more to assist in setting the
psalm, viz : Thomas Knowlton and Nathan Eager."
"Oct. 1777. Voted the sum of sixty pounds, to furnish the
communion table the ensuing year, to be proportioned upon the
several members." *
" May 15, 1785. This being fast day, I desired the brethren
to tarry after divine service; and I then informed them that there
was a clause in the third article of our church covenant, that was
excepted against by some, and offered as an objection against
joining with this church ; and that some others objected against
relations being required at the time of admission. These things
I desired the brethren to take into their serious consideration."
"May 19, 1783. Voted, To discontinue the practice of re
quiring relations of candidates for church membership at the time
of admission."
" Voted, That the last clause in the third article, viz : " And
yet we are of the judgment, that the whole of the well known
* Contioental money had become almost worthtess.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 179
Westminster Catechism, as explained by Calvinistic divines, con
tains a just suraraary of Christian doctrine, as revealed in God's
holy word," should be erased from the church covenant."
" The church voted to have the psalm read line by line at the
communion table."
" 1790. The church chose Mr. John Stow and Mr. Vashni
Hemenway to assist in leading the singers in performing that part
-of divine service in the congregation."
Feb. 1791. After some conversation on the subject,
¦" Voted, To begin to sing Dr. Watts' version of the Psalms,
with his Hymns, the first Sabbath in March next, provided there
be no objections lodged with the pastor, from the congregation,
before that time," and " sorae conversation had about the expe
diency of having a bass viol in the congregation."
" July 31, 1795. Being lecture-day, the church were desired
to tarry, when this question was proposed to them by the pastor,
viz : whether any clause could be added to the covenant, that
might supersede the necessity of reading public confessions for
¦crimes committed before the persons come into covenant with
the church ? " Conversation had, and a committee chosen, to
consider the matter, and report.
At a subsequent meeting, " the committee reported, that the
following words be prefixed to the covenant, viz : " Conscious of
our offences, and asking forgiveness of God, of this church, and
of all whom we have offended." "To give all an opportunity
to attend unto the matter, they voted not to act upon the report
at that tirae." At a raeeting in October following,
"Voted, To accept said report, and that this should supersede
¦the necessity of reading public confessions," &c., as above.
" Dec. 1796. Being lecture-day, the brethren were desired
to tarry after divine service ; when the pastor presented them two
pieces of plate, as a donation from the Hon. Artemas Ward."
"Voted their acceptance of the same, and that the thanks of
the church be presented," fee*
*Peter Smith, who died in 1748, bequeathed " £50, old tenor," to the church in
*he South Parish ; equivalent to $n Federal currency. It was mostly expended
in procuring a silver cup for the use of the church, with hia name engraved upon it.

180 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
1793. "Capt. Thomas Knowlton, who had served for many
years as chorister, desired some others might be chosen to lead in
the singing."
"The church voted to proceed to choose sorae for that pur
pose, on tl>e 21st of June, at a special lecture ; and appointed a
corainiltee from their body, to confer with the singers upon the
¦subject ; and voted, that the congregation and the singers, in par
ticular, he invited to attend, and join in the choice of sorae suit
able persons to lead in singing."
At the rime appointed, " Dr. Paul Dean, Messrs. Shepard
Pratt, and Ebenezer Drury were severally chosen by the church
and congregation." *
So harmonious was the church during Dr. Sumner's ministry,
that his records contain but little to interest the general reader.
"At a church meeting, Jan. 11, 1820, voted, to adjourn to
the ISth. Then to proceed to the choice of another pastor, if
the church appear to be ready."
Dr. Sumner had, previous to this time, repeatedly suggested,
in public, lo the church and congregation, the expediency of
choosing another pastor, on account of his advanced age, and
frora a belief that the services of a younger man would be more
efficient in promoting their spiritual welfare.
"On the 18th, church made choice of Samuel B. Ingersoll,
for a •colleague pastor of this church, he having every vote."
"April 9, 1820. At a church meeting, voted.
Whereas, the church of Christ in Shrewsbury have been in
the practice of admitting some to the privilege of baptism, that
did not come lo the other sacrament ; hut finding, that in sorae
instances, a wrong use is made of such indulgence, it has of late
years been going out of use, and we are willing it should be
At this late day, when our currency, as established by law, is reckoned in dollars
.and cents, it sounds antiquated to hear articles priced in shillings and pence, and
¦conveys the idea that the articles may be as stale as that currency. The practice
^should be discontinued.
*This;Rppears to be the first instance, wherein the congregation were invited to
participate with the church in the choice of choristers. It was an act worthy of
'prkise ; inasmuch as it was a voluntary and virtual acknowledgment of the right of
(the ooD^egation to have a voice in what so ne^arly concerned them.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. igl
wholly laid aside, but shall continue to keep our covenant en
gagements with those vsho have been admitted upon that cove
nant, and to consider them under the care and watch of this
church." This was called the half-way covenant.
The pari.sli having concurred in the choice of Mr. Ingersoll,
as colleague pastor, he was ordained June 14, 1820. "The fol
lowing churches were applied unto for assistance on the occasion,
viz ; the two churches in Beverly, the first and third church in
Salem, the church in Marblehead, of which the Rev. Samuel
Dana is pastor, the church in Framingham, the church in Yale
College, and the first church in New Haven, the first and second
church in Worcester, the church in Grafton, in Westboro', in
Northboro', in Boylston and West Boylston." The record is
silent as to the officiating clergymen. " The Rev. S. B. Inger
soll preached to this people, of which he had become colleague
pastor, the next Sabbath after his ordination, but was never able
to preach afterward. He remained here about four weeks, then
went to Beveriy, and there languished and died, of a painful
disorder, Nov. 14, 1820.*
His funeral was the 16ih. The travelling was such I could
not attend, but we assembled the same day and the same hour.
The Rev. Mr. Bancroft and the Rev. Mr. Cotton attended.
Other neighboring ministers were sent to, but could not attend.
Dr. B. and Mr. C. prayed. I preached frora these words, 'Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth.' John II : 11."
"Attest, JOS, SUMNER, Surviving Pastor."
Thus far since the year 1786, when the North Parish was
made a town, by the name of Boylston, the parochial business
had been conducted in the name of the town. The parish was
re-organized March 26, 1821, and the necessary parish officers
chosen, since which it has transacted its concerns as a distinct
body, and in its own narae.
"At a church meeting, June 25, 1821, after some conversa
tion, this question was proposed, ' Are you now ready to proceed
to the choice of another pastor? ' And it was answered unani
mously in the affirmative." * At the age of thirty-three years.

182 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
" They were then desired to bring in their votes for a pastor,
when it appeared the Rev. Edwards Whipple was unanimously
chosen colleague pastor of this church."
The parish concurred, and he was installed Sept. 20, 1821.
"The following churches were applied to, viz: the church in
New Braintree, in North Brookfield, in the South Parish in
Brookfield, in Leicester, first and second in Worcester, in Graf
ton, in Westboro', in Northboro', in Boylston and West Boyl
ston." The record gives no account of the performances.
"Sept. 17, 1822. This day, after a short sickness of seven
days, of a putrid fever, the Rev. Edwards Whipple departed this
life, much lamented," at the age of 44 years. The Rev. John
Nelson, of Leicester, preached his funeral sermon. Text, John
xiii. 7 — " What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt
know hereafter."
In this sermon, which was printed by request, the talented
preacher did justice to the meraory of him who had long been
his intimate friend and co-laborer in the vineyard of Christ.
" A church meeting being agreed upon the day preceding, they
met on the 11th day of August, 1S23 — when, after looking to
God for direction — first.
Voted, That they were ready to proceed to the choice of a
colleague pastor.
2dly. Made choice of Mr. George Allen for their pastor."
The parish having concurred, " the following churches were ap
plied to, viz : the church in Holden, in Leicester, in Rutland, the
first and second in Worcester, in Grafton, in Westborough, in
Northborough, in Boylston and in West Boylston." This is
probably the last record made by Dr. Sumner. He died Dec.
9, 1824, in the 63d year of his ministry, and S5th of his ao-e.*
Here ends the book from which all the preceding extracts re
lating to ecclesiastical affairs have been taken, and all of which,
* Mr. Ingersol preached but one Sabbath, and Mr. Whipple failed one of com
pleting a year. Thus, while the united labors of Dr. Sumner's two first colleagues
completed just one year, his, with Mr. Cushing's, completed almost a century.
Mr. Cushing's ministry, 36 years, 8 months, Dr. Sumner's, 62 years 5j months — S9
years, U months.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 183
with the exception of a few pages, in the interval between the
decease of the Rev. Mr. Cushing and the ordination of Dr.
Sumner, is in their hand writing.
Mr. Allen's ordination took place on the 19th November, 1823.
What further records have been kept has not come to my
knowledge. And, as it is not safe to speak without hook, nor
always prudent, with it in hand, the ecclesiastical history of this
parish is here brought to a close.
SUCCESSION OF DEACONS.
When Chosen. Died. Age.

John Keyes, Sen.

1723

Samuel Wheelock,

1723

1756

(I)

Isaac Stone,

1735

1776 79

(2)

Cyprian Keyes,

1735

1802 96

(3)

Samuel Miles,

1743

(3)
Ezekiel Knowlton,
1743
1774 67
(4)
Jonas Stone,
1765
1809 84
(4)
Benjamin Maynard,
1765 betw
een 1784 and
1787 about 68
(5)
William Knowlton,
1784
1620 79
(5)
Benjamin Goddard,
1784
1834 93
(6)
John Bragg,
1789
1819 74
0)
Gershom Wheelock,
1818
1841 80
(7)* Thomas Hariow,
1818
Jonas M. Miles, ^ Since 1829, and are the present offici-
Sarauel De Witt, ) ating Deacons.
(I) In the room of Deacon Wheelock, " distracted."
(2) In the room of Isaac Stone, who declined serving.
(3) In the room of Deacons John and Cyprian Keyes, set ofl' with, and living in
the IMorth Parish.
(4) On account of the age and infirmities of their predecessors.
(5) In addition to those in oITice.
(6) His predecessors requested aid in their office.
(1) Their predecessors also requested aid.
•Living. All before him have gone to their long home. Having, in my history
of the town, published in 1826, spoken of the deceased clergymen in terms of de
served commendation, it is unnecessary to repeat what is there said of them, and
want of room compels me to omit additional notice of their merits in these pages.
Although dead, they yet speak. They rest from their labors, but the fruits thereof
remain, and entitle their memories to a long and respectful remembrance.
MISCELLANEOUS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE
SENTATIVES.
"Dec. 19, 1738. David Crosby, of Shrewsbury, says he
had been sued, &c., by the Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Maiden,
for trespass, breaking into his close, house, he,, in Shrewsbury,
and judgment rendered against him, prays for a new trial, that he
may, as he can, show that it is not Emerson's land. Petition
dismissed." " 1740. June 12. John Keyes and sundry other inhabitants
of Shrewsbury showing that the church of Maiden hath laid
claim to nine hundred acres of land in Shrewsbury, part of a
farm granted to said church by the Great and General Court —
the plan of which describes no monuments at the southeast and
southwest corners thereof; only points of compass and number
of rods, as by the records of this court may more fully appear;
that the said church refuse to settle the bounds with the proprie
tors, according to the plan ; praying this court would give speedy
order that said bounds may be stated according to the said plan,
and monuments set up at those corners where there are none.
Read. Question — Shall the petition be sustained ? Passed in
the negative. Ordered that the petition be dismissed."
" 1740. June 20. A petition of David Crosby in behalf of
the town of Shrewsbury, praying a petition of several of the
inhabitants of said Shrewsbury, concerning the monuments be
tween their lands and, a farm belonging to the church of Maiden
may be revived — read and ordered that the petition be revived;
that the petitioners serve the adverse party, the Rev. Mr. Joseph
Emerson, of Maiden, with a copy of this petition ; that he show
cause, if any he have, on Friday, the 27th inst., why the prayer
ishould not be granted. Sent up for concurrence."

MISCELLANEOUS. 185
" June 27, 1740,, concurred. Read again, together with Rev-
Mr. Emerson's answer, and the matter being fully considered —
Question, whether the petition be granted ? Passed in the neg
ative and the petition dismissed. Sent down for concurrence.
July 3, 1740. In the House, read, and the parties being in
the House, were fully heard by counsel learned in the law, both
for and against the prayer of the petition, when they withdrew.
The vote of council read again, and non-concurred. Ordered,
That William Pynchon, Jr. and Ebenezer Pomroy, Esqrs., with
such as may be joined by the Honorable Board, be a Committee
to ascertain the southern bounds of said farm, agreeable to the
plan thereof returned to the General Court, fey Mr. Noyes, Sur
veyor, Anno 1665. Sent up for concurrence.
July 9, 1740. Came down, non-concurred. Ordered, That
the petition and papers accorapanying the same, be referred tiU
the next atting of this Court."
" 1740. Dec. 5. Daniel Howe and five others, of Shrews
bury, pray the Court to set a valuation on a tract of upland and
meadow, in said township, and that they may be admitted to pur
chase the same.
Read in both branches, and ordered, that the petitioners serve
the towns of Worcester and Maiden with copies of this petition.
Jan. 5, 1741. The aforesaid petition, and Rev. Mr. Emer
son's answer, read and considered. Petition dismissed."
A portion of this farm was within the limits of the grant of
the town of Worcester, in that part now Holden.
Indians. — They once resided among our fathers,, and around
them on all our then colony border.
The horrid barbarities they committed upon ' defencefless
women and children, constitute a portion of the history of many
towns in this Commonwealth. Treacherous by nature, implaca
ble in their resentments, they were cruel in their treatment of
captive foes.
As new settlements sprung up, the older ones were less ex
posed to their incursions. But the former experienced in their
turn the same unsparing ferocity. Prowling bands of savages
were on iheir confines, and in their midnight assaults made the
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186 MISCELLANEOUS.
hills and the valleys to echo with their terrific yells ; and, un
heeding the cries of innocent, helpless children, and the shrieks
of frantic mothers, wielded the tomahawk and scalping knife in
the work of destruction, lighting up the heavens with the blaze
of their dwellings, and that often in the severity of winter, and
carrying into captivity such as their glutted vengeance had spared
in the onset, for future suffering and torture.
It is natural that sympathy for them, once the lords of the
land, should increase as the danger from their proximity to us
decreases — hut those who are in safety will remember there are
those who are not ; and what may seem to them as harsh treat
ment towards the Indians, although less so than they received
from our fathers, has never been more so than self-preservation
required. The race, humbled to be sure, is now what it was at the be
ginning, so far as it regards their nature and disposition. Once
an Indian always an Indian. He cannot be civilized. The at
tempt has been repeatedly made and as often failed. He is sure
to die in the operation. The white man can (the cases are nu
merous where he has) become an Indian, not only in habit and
conduct, but even in nature. On the other hand, civilization is
death to the Indian. If he could be civilized, he would, when
it were done, be an Indian no longer, and when he ceases to be
an Indian, he ceases to live.
As late as June, 1755, the Legislature of Massachusetts
" granted a bounty of three dollars to he given to each soldier
that may enlist and find his own gun ; and, that the following
bounty, over and above the encouragement aforesaid, be allowed
and paid out of the public treasury, for every male Indian scalp,
above the age of twelve years, brought in as evidence of their
being killed, forty pounds ; and for every male or female, under
twelve years of age, brought in as evidence of their being killed,
twenty pounds ! "
And in 1756, " Resolved, That there be allowed and paid
out of the public treasury to any, who shall be disposed to go in
quest of the Indian enemy, and not in the pay of the govern
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chief military officers of that part of the province, with their
names, the following, viz : for every Indian enemy they shall kill,
and produce the scalp to the governor and council, in evidence,
the sum of three hundred pounds I "
In the earlier settlement of the country, an order was passed,
forbidding any one to fire off a gun, unless it was at a wild beast
or an Indian !
1756. " A petition of Nathan Howe, of Shrewsbury, Ensign,
also of William Howe and Ephraim Smith, of said town, on ac
count of his son, Aaron, soldiers in the late Crown Point expe
dition, who returned from the array sick, praying an allowance of
their accounts exhibited ; also Sarah Smith, Executrix of Joshua
Smith, physician, who administered to sundry sick soldiers on
their return home. Granted to Nathan Howe, £5, 16s. 9^d. ;
William Howe, £6, Os. 6d. ; Ephrai.m Smith, £3, 4s. 4d. ;
Sarah Sraith, Executrix, £1, 14s. 8d."
Same year, " Zebediah Johnson, of Shrewsbury, represents,
that he had a gun impressed for the use of a soldier, valued at
30 shillings, of which he had received two dollars ; that the
soldier had run away, and he was like to lose the balance, and
prays relief. Granted to him twenty shillings, in full, for his
gun." 1 758. " Asa Hill, of Shrewsbury, represents, that sorae tirae
ago he had the misfortune to lose his house and most of his fur
niture by fire, twice in the space of two years, thereby is reduced
lo great difficulties ; and the last year, being in the service at
the westward, he had all his clothes stolen from him, except what
he had on — so lost neariy all his substance, and has no way to
maintain himself and large family ; therefore prays for a grant of
sorae land in the Green Woods, so called." Neither his narae
nor any of his faraily, known to be such, appears on the town
records. 1765. The House of Representatives " grant Watchuset
Hill, in Princeton, to Robert Keyes and Eliphalet Howe, in
equal halves, the easteriy half to Keyes, and the westeriy half
to Howe, they to return a plan thereof to the Court, within
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of a tax of two pence per acre, for three years, laid by the Gen
eral Court in January, 1762, upon the unimproved lands in the
District of Princeton. Sent up for concurrence."
"In Council, unanimously nore-concurred." —
A Resolve passed the House of Representatives, in 1762,
stating that " there are sundry tracts of land belonging to the
Province, lying in the County of Worcester, viz : about 1430
acres, lying partly in Princeton, commonly called the Potash
Farm ; also about 500 acres, lying in Princeton, commonly
called Great Watchuset Hill ; also about SO acres, lying west of
said Potash Farm, — therefore, voted, that John Murray and
Timothy Paine, Esquires, with such as the Honorable Board
may join, be a Committee, in the name and behalf of this Pro
vince, to make sale of said lands, and execute a good deed or
deeds thereof lo such person or persons as shall e,ive most for the
same ; the sale to be in the town of Boston, at the next session
of the General Court, after due publication made, by inserting
the same in the Boston newspapers. The Potash Farm to be
set up at £500, the purchaser to pay £I0 earnest; Watchuset
at £50, the purchaser to pay £5 earnest; the 80 acres at £lO,
the purchaser to pay £3 earnest. The purchaser of any of said
lands shall have one year to pay the same into the treasury, upon
good security, without interest."
We may suppose there was no sale of " Watchuset Hill," as
contemplated, inasmuch as three years afterwards, the House, on
their part, granted that lofty eminence to Robert Keyes and
Eliphalet Howe, in equal halves, for a trifling consideration.
I have noticed this, because of the little value at which the
" Hill " was estimated, and mol^ especially because Robert
Keyes, above named, with his wife, Martha Bouker, and a large
family of children, removed from this town in 175 1, and settled
" at Watchuset, but not in any township." He resided on the
east side of that hill, and was the first, or one of the first settlers
in Princeton.
Soon after he settled there, a young daughter of his lost her
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raade for several days and nights by a great nuraber of persons
from the surrounding towns, no trace of her could be found.
This affliction laid heavily upon the parents to the close of
life. Years after this bereavement, and more than once, their
aching hearts were nearly broken by rumors, probably unfound
ed, that their daughter had been seen in Canada with the Indians.
It was the practice in many towns, and in some to a recent
period, " to seat the meeting house." This was usually done
once a year by a Committee chosen for that purpose.
Individuals were not pew or seat owners ; the house belonged
to the town ; the Coraraittee adopted rules for their government,
and in performance of their duty, directed in what seats or pews
certain persons should sit when attending public worship, and, in
some instances, affixed penalties if any sat in other seats than
those allotted to them. It does not appear of record that that
practice ever existed here. Children did not generally sit with
their parents in church, but on low side seats in the isles as
near them as convenience would admit.
Some staid and vigilant person was also chosen to have inspec
tion of the audience during ihe public exercises. His frequent
rounds kept the liille urchins in order ; the badge of his office
was a pole with a knob on the one end, and a tuft of feathers at
the other; with the one he rapped the men's heads, and with the
other he brushed the ladies' faces, when he caught them napping.
It is said an officer of this kind was once rebuked for rapping
the head of a nodding man, whose face he did not see, under a
belief, that he was drowsing, when, in fact, he was only nodding
assent to the preacher's doctrine 1
All towns were by law required to be provided with stocks and
a whipping-post. These were so lately appendages of a meet
ing-house, as to be within the recollection of many now living.
The stocks were a wooden frame of small timber, that could
be opened and shut, wherein persons, disorderly in Sabbath or
town meetings, were wont to be confined during meeting, as a
punishment for misbehavior.
Tradition says, the person who made the stocks for this town,
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for them in the remittance of a fine, that accrued to the town for
his offence.
From the same source is the following : A person addicted to
profane swearing, an offence more frequently followed by punish
ment formerly, than at the present day, was guilty of that offence
in the presence of a magistrate, who caused the offender to be
arrested and brought before him without delay, and sentenced
him to pay a fine for that offence ; which he as promptly paid
down ; at the sarae time asking the magistrate, " to whom is the
fine to go ? " The reply was " one-half to the complainant and
the other half to the poor of the town ; " whereupon he ex
claimed, uttering another oath, " Then you will get the whole of
it I " For this second offence, he was sentenced to pay another
fine. Finding it a money loosing business, he paid it in silence,
and departed, muttering, no doubt, inaudible oaths not cogniza
ble by civil authority.
By an ancient colonial law, a penalty of forty shillings, at
tached to every town, by way of fine, that was two months at one
time not provided with a drum. Drums were employed before
bells came into use for the purpose of drumming people out to
meeting on the Sabbath, no less than to alarm and rally them at
all times on the appearance of the savage foe. Careful manage
ment on the part of him, who beat it, was necessary on the Sab
bath, that the people might not mistake the drum ecclesiastic for
the drum military.
Tobacco was early cultivated by our ancestors, and considered
by them essential to their health and comfort.
Many can yet remember, when every farmer had his tobacco
yard, as well as his cornfield ; the former received quite as much
of his attention as the latter. It was to him physic in sickness,
and food and comfort at all times. Tobacco, no less than other,
rations, were drawn by soldiers in the public service.
Nevertheless, it seems the use of it was eariy abused ; for in
1640, it was enacted, "that if any persons take tobacco, whilst
they are empannelled upon a jury, to forfeit five shillings for every
default, except they have given their verdict, or are not to give
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great abuse in taking of tobacco, in very uncivil raanner, in the
streets, if any person or persons shall be found or seen hereafter
taking tobacco publicly in the open streets of any town, unless it
be soldiers in time of their training, every such person or per
sons so offending, shall forfeit and pay to the town's use, for the
first default, twelve pence ; for the second, two shillings ; and for
every such default afterwards, two shillings. And it shall be
lawful for the constable of every township, without further
warrant, upon sight or information thereof, to distrain his or their
goods for it, as do refuse to pay it upon his demand."
This law, like all others of a sumptuary kind, it would seem,
was but little regarded ; for in 1669, it was " enacted by the
Court, that any person or persons who shall be found smoking
tobacco, on the Lord's day, going to or coraing from the meet
ings, within two miles of the meeting-house, shall pay twelve
pence for such default, to the colony's use." " Soldiers, while
in arms, are dispensed with to smoke in the field."
That our forefathers were great chewers and smokers of to
bacco is beyond dispute. I do not find any act prohibiting
smoking in meeting on the Sabbath. That they did smoke in
time of meeting has been stated publicly in print. That the
loud snapping of their tobacco boxes, after loading their pipes,
and the clinking of the flint and steel was soon followed by curl
ing wreaths of the delicious comforter, which, rising from differ
ent quarters, soon pervaded the house. All enjoyed the per
fume, although all did not join in making it.
So far as regarded damage to the meeting-house, in case of
fire, caused by smoking in it, the following enactment would reach
them. The danger, however, was small, and the number of
smokers large, the amount of damage in such a case would,
therefore, be individually but a trifle. It is this — "If damage
did accme unto any by careless smoking of tobacco in places of
danger, it should be repaired by him who was the occasion of it,
or he shall be made to serve it out."

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Religious intolerance is said to have induced our ancestors to
leave the old world for the new, that they might here worship
God according to the dictates of their own conscience.
That they were hard pressed and cruelly persecuted for opinion
sake, and for boldly asserting the truth of their favorite doctrine,
is matter of history. They were in a minority, and a small mi
nority too, when there ; on arriving here, the case was reversed ;
they became the majority, in fact, no less than all in all, inasmuch
as, for a time, there was no minority. When more emigrants
arrived, a minority sprung up. It claimed the same privileges
for itself, as the majority had contended for at home. The boon
was denied, and as the now majority did then, so now the minority
insisted upon having their rights. For this the majority perse
cuted them as they themselves had been persecuted for the like
cause. There they suffered death by fire and faggots ; here they in
flicted death by public executions on the gallows ; banishing
some, and imprisoning, whipping, and selling others out of the
country. It is worthy of note, that, before persecution and bloodshed
here had extended far and wide, the persecutors were stopped in
their career by a royal mandate from home, that merciless coun
try they had just left, because they suffered persecution there.
They had their virtues as well as their faults. They were
men, and have left to posterity a striking illustration of what is
in man ; of his nature, and of his disposition to lord it over his
fellow man, in matters purely spiritual and religious, to say
nothing in regard to other things.
Hence large majorities of any one sect or denomination in re
ligion endanger the public peace. There is more danger when
there is but one denomination, than when there are many, so long
as each keeps within its own sphere and intermeddles not with
others. Should any one of them depart from duty in this re
spect, and become restive and overbearing, the others will com
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Our free schools and civil institutions are a sure guarantee for
the preservation of that religious freedom we so highly value,
and which no other nation enjoys.
Some extracts from the colony laws are here introduced, in
confirmation of the truth of the foregoing remarks in relation to
persecutions by our forefathers.
1657. " In reference to the coraing or bringing into this ju
risdiction, any of that cursed sect of the Quakers, it is ordered,
that whoever shall, from henceforth, bring or cause lo be brought,
direcdy or indirectly, any known Quaker or Quakers, or other
blasphemous hereiics intothis jurisdiction, every such person shall
forfeit one hundred pounds ; and he that shall entertain a Quaker,
knowing him so to be, shall forfeit forty shillings for every hour's
entertainment " !
And if any Quaker shall presume, after he has suffered what
the law requireth, [whipping and banishment,] to come into this
jurisdiction, every such male Quaker shall, for the first offence,
have one of his ears cut off, and for the second, shall have the
other ear cut off; and for every Quaker, he or she, [the females
in the preceding cases saved their ears but were severely whipt,]
that shall a third tirae herein offend, shall have their tongues
bored through with a hot iron, and every Quaker arising from
amongst ourselves, shall suffer the sarae punishment."
1658. " That Quakers and such accursed heretics may be
dealt withall according to their deserts, and that their pestilent
errors and practices may speedily be prevented, it is ordered, in
addition to the former law against Quakers, every such person
professing any of their pernicious waj^s, by speaking or writing,
[perhaps thee and thou,] or by meeting on the Lord's days, or at
any other dme, to strengthen themselves or to seduce others to
their diabolical doctrine, shall incur the penalty ensuing ; every
person so meeting shall pay for every time, ten shillings, and
every one speaking in such raeeting shall pay five pounds apiece,
and, if they had previously been scourged or whipt, to be kept
at work in the house of correction," &.c.
" No Quaker, Ranter, or any such corrupt person, shall be
adraitted a freeman of this corporation."
25,

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" Ordeied, That the Quakers in prison at Ipswich be forth'
with sent for. Having been brought in, the Court, after much
endeavor to convince and reform them, ordered, that Samuel
Shattuck, Lawrence Southwick, Cassandra, his wife, Nicholas
Phelps, Joshua Bivffam, and Josiah Southwick be enjoined, at
their peril, to depart out of this jurisdiction, before the first day
of the Court election next, under the pain of death" !
"Whereas Daniel and Provided Southwick, son and daughter
of Lawrence Southwick, have been fined by the County Courts
at Salem and' Ipswich, and pretending that they have no estates;
in answering the question, what course should be taken for the
satisfaction of the fines? the Court resolve, that as many such
cases were likely to arise, the treasurers of the several counties
are hereby empowered to sell said persons to any of the English
nation at Virginia and Barbadoes " I
" Whereas there is a pernicious sect called Quakers, lately
arisen, who, by word and writing, have published and maintained
many dangerous and horrfd tenets, and do take upon them to alter
the received laudable customs of our nation, in giving civil re
spect to equal's or reverence to superiors, [in not taking off their
hats, &c.,] this Court doth order, that every person of the cursed
sect of the Quakers, not an inhabitant of, but found within this
jurisdiction, shall, by constable or selectman, be apprehended
and imprisoned without bail, &-c., and that every inhabitant of
this jurisdiction, being convicted of being of the aforesaid sect,
denying civil respect and reverence to equals and superiors, with
drawing from church assemblies, and frequenting private meet
ings of their own, in opposition to church order, and to the ortho
dox received opinions of the godly, &c., shall suffer imprison
ment one month, and then to depart this jurisdiction, or give
bond for appearance at the next Court ; when, if refusing to re
tract and reform, he shall be sentenced lo banishment on pain of
death." 1759. " William Robinson, Marmaduke Stevenson and Mary
Dyer, banished by the last Court, on pain of death, being com
mitted by order of the General Court, were brought to the bar^
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¦a full hearing of what the prisoners could say for themselves, it
was put to the question, whether William Robinson, Marmaduke
Stevenson and Mary Dyer, who have been convicted for Qua
kers, and banished on pain of death, should be put to death, as
the law provided in that case ?
The Court resolve in the a^rmative. And the governor, in
open Court, declared the sentence, viz : William Robinson, you
shall go from hence to the place frora whence you came, and
from thence to the place of execution, and there hang till you be
dead. And the like sentence upon the others, one after the
other, in the same words."
Mary Dyer was respited upon the petition of her son,, William,
and leave given her to depart after forty-eight hours ; but, if
found in this jurisdiction again, to be executed forthwith. Con
nected with her respite, was an order, .that " she shall be carried
to the place of execution, and there stand on the gallows, with a
rope about her neck, till the rest be executed."
"The Marshall General, with the aid of Capt. James Oliver
and one hundred soldiers taken by his order proportionably out
of each company in Boston, completely armed with pike and
musketeers, with powder and ball, was directed to execute the
sentence passed upon the prisoners ; " and Robinson and Ste
venson were hanged accordingly.
1661. "Peter Peirson and Judah Brown, Quakers, being
indicted, stood mute." The Court ordered, "that they shall by
the Constable of Boston be forthwith taken out of prison, and
stripped frora the girdle upwards, by the executioner, and lied to
the cart's tail, and whipped through the town with twenty stripes ;
and then carried to Roxbury and delivered to the constable
there, who is also to tie them to the cart's tail and again whip
them through the town with ten stripes ; and then carried to
Dedham, and delivered to the constable there, who is again in
like manner to cause them lo be lied lo the cart's tail and whipt
with ten stripes through that town ; and from thence they are im
mediately to depart this jurisdiction at their peril." — Hazard's
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Much more of a like nature could be added, if more were
needed. The majority, considering themselves the only true
worshippers, caused the Baptists also to feel the weight of their
indignation, as manifest opposers of the true worship of God."
Other denominations were then unknown here, or did not choose
to make themselves known under existing circumstances.
1668. "It is enacted, by the Court, that all the King's high
ways within this government shall be forty foot, at the least, in
breadth." The old post road from Boston through this tovvn towards
Springfield was the King's highway, and was laid out without
bounds or points of compass, while the greater part of the terri
tory, now the County of Worcester, belonged lo the County of
Middlesex. The records concerning it, are in the latter county.
The former was incorporated in 1731.
1675. " Whoever shall shoot off any gun, on any unneces
sary occasion, or at any game whatsoever, except at an Indian
or a wolf, shall forfeit five shillings for every such shot, till further
liberty shall be given."
" The public officers' wages shall be paid in corn ; and that
Indian corn, for defraying public charge, and paying all public
officers, be at two shillings and sixpence per bushel."
"Whosoever of the freemen do not appear at election in per
son or by proxy, shall be, for such neglect, amerced to the treas
ury, ten shillings." For several years, the elections were held
in Boston.Hartford, Windsor and Weathersfield were the first places set
tled in Connecticut. The first was, at the beginning, called
Newtown, the second, Dorchester, and the third, Watertown, from
the towns in Massachusetts whence the first settlers principally
emigrated. Their eariy laws and orders were of the Massachu
setts stamp.
Passing over those, for the breach of which the penally was
death, I select a few of another class, which the reader will find
to be curious, and, in almanac language, " useful and entertain
ing ; " useful, so far as a knowledge of the past will better enable
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" No one shall hold any office, who is not sound in the faith ;
and whoever gives a vote to such a person shall pay a fine of one
pound." " No one shall run on the Sabbath-day, or walk in his garden,
or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting."
" No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house,
cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath-day."
" The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Saturday."
" No woman shall kiss her child, wife her husband, or husband
his wife, on the Sabbath or fasting day."
" No minister shall keep a' school."
" A debtor in prison, swearing he has no estate, shall be let
out and sold to make satisfaction."
" No one shall read comraon prayer, keep Christmas or saints'
days, make mince pies, dance, play cards, or play on any instru
ment of music, except the drum, trumpet and jewsharp."
" No gospel minister shall join people in marriage. The mag
istrates only shall join in marriage, as they may do it with less
scandal to Christ's church." [Prohibition taken off 1694.]
" A wife shall be deemed good evidence against her husband."
"Married persons must live together or be imprisoned."
" Every male shall have his hair cut round according to a
cap." *
"All capital causes, concerning life or banishment, if there is
no express law, shall he judged, according to the word and law
of God, by the General Court."
Such were some of the blue laws of Connecticut. They are
taken frora Peters' and also Barber's compilation of them, and
re-published at Hartford in 1838.
Another was this, but not vouched for by any (cnown authority
— " Beer is forbidden to he made on Saturday, because it will
work on Sunday."
*" A cap to go round the head was used, drawn close to the head, and the hair
then cut by the cap. A pumpkin, severed in the middle, and placed on the head,
was used as a substitute for the cap, in the season of thera."

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As an offset to these, that compilation, consisting of more than
300 pages, contains some of the " blue laws " of the other
colonies. The following are from the Virginia code.
1662. "Every person who refuses to have his child baptized
by a lawful minister, shall be amerced 2000 lbs. of tobacco, half
to the parish, and half to the informer. Tobacco was the cur
rency of Virginia, and corn of Massachusetts.
" He that brings home a hog or hogs without their ears, shall
be adjudged a hog-stealer."
" In actions of slander, occasioned by a man's wife, after judg
ment for past damages, then the woman to have a ducking ; if
they are above 500 lbs. of tobacco, then the woman to have a
ducking for every 500 lbs., if the husband refuse to pay."
" It has been reported as true, that in the early settlement of
Virginia, squirrels were so numerous, they injured and often des
troyed the fields of corn, and the outside rows were often entirely
destroyed ; to prevent which the General Court soberly set them
selves to work to remedy the evil, and ordered, that thereafter
no planter should have or plant any outside row in his cornfield ! "
" There was an ancient law of Massachusetts, directing that
ladies' dresses should be made so long as to hide their shoe-
buckles, prohibiting short sleeves — and, in 1653, I. Fairbanks
was tried for wearing great hoots, and acquitted."
Previous to the Revolution, it was customary to give rings and
gloves at funerals, to the clergyman, pall holders and bearers.
In the interior, however, rings were rarely given. The num
ber of pairs of gloves bestowed on such occasions depended in
some degree upon the circumstances of the deceased and his
family. They were of leather, and white, in the earlier period ;
afterwards of a dark purple color.
The Probate offices in the older counties of the Common
wealth contain abundant evidence of the customs and practices
on such occasions.
The funeral expenses of Samuel Blanchard, of Andover, who
died in 1707, were in part as follows :

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6 galls, wine,  £0]5s. Od.
20 prs. gloves,  110 0
Rum, sugar and allspice,  0 9 3
Half bbl. cider,  0 5 0
Robert Ward, a cooper by trade, died in Chariestown, 1736.
The inventory of his personal estate was £71 I7s. 3d.
Real estate, " 170 0 0
Funeral expenses, in part, 17 prs. of gloves, £5 10s. 6d.
Wine,  0 18 0
1 pint stomach water,  0 1 8
Paid the porters,  1 10 0
Use of the pall,  0 10 0
Tolling the bell,  0 3 0
Mourning scarfs for 3 heirs,  30 0 0
Funeral expenses of Rev. Thomas Cobbett, some lime minis
ter of Lynn, afterwards of Ipswich, who died in 1685.
1 barrel wine,  £6 8s. Od.
2 do. cider,  Oil 0
82 lbs. sugar,  2 I 0
i cord wood,  0 4 0
4 doz. prs. gloves for men and women, 5 4 0
And some spice and ginger for the cider.
Until the time of the Revolution, burial service was regulated
by law, so far, that it could not be performed on the Sabbath
without a permit from a magistrate, and then only after sunset.
Copy of a permit granted in Boston, 1771.
" Whereas it has been represented to me, by the relatives of
William Lowder, who died on Thursday last, that he cannot be
conveniently kept at this season, and have desired leave that he
may be buried- this evening, liberty is hereby granted for his be
ing buried, notwithstanding it is Lord's day, they conforming to
the law, in that case, as to the time ; and to take care, that the
corpse be not carried to the grave, until one hour after sunset.
Given under my hand, this 22d day of September, 1771.
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Neighbors returned from the grave with the mourners, and
were provided with a supper.
Such was the practice until the time of the Revolution, when,
all the resources of the country being required for its defence, it
was voted, in public assemblies, "to encourage economy and
frugality, and, on the death of near relatives, to wear no other
mourning dress than a black ribbon or crape on the arm or hat
for men, and a black ribbon around the neck for women."
This was carried into practice, whereby unnecessary expenses
were diminished, and the poorer classes relieved from spending
their all lo avoid the appearance of not mourning the loss of their
friends. The heart, and that alone, knows its own sorrows.
Grief is invisible, and when its possessor seeks to soothe it by
extravagance in external things, it is no longer grief, but pride.
As if mourning were not enough, we not unfrequently hear of
half and full mourning. How this, on first hearing it, strikes the
mind, may be judged by the question of a child, whose mother,
having lost an aunt, remarked to some friends, that she should
put on Aa// mourning; whereupon the child, in the simplicity of
her heart, asked her mother if only half of her were her aunt?
Although admonished to bring these details to a close, I cannot
refrain frora copying the following " beautiful picture of the en
during affections of a mother," by the Rev. Thomas Cobbett, in
a discourse on the duties of children, which, with his funeral ex
penses, before mentioned, is taken from the History of Lynn,
by Alonzo Lewis.
"Despise not thy mother when she is old. When she was
young, yea, when she was middle-aged, thou prizedst and re-
spectedst and didst reverence and obey her ; do it as well when
she is old ; hold on doing of it to the last.
Age may wear and waste a' mother's beauty, strength, parts,
limbs, senses and estate ; but her relation of a mother is, as the
sun when he goeth forth in his might, for the ever of this life,
that is always in its meridian and knoweth no evening. The
person may be grey-headed, but her molheriy relation is ever in
its flourish ; it may be autumn, yea, winter, with the woman, but
with the mother, as a mother, it is always spring."

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201

The following is a list of Revolutionary Pensioners belonging
to the town, including those who went into the service from it,
but afterwards settled in other places, and drew their pensions
there. Furnished by Nathan Howe, Esq.

Calvin Sawyer,
Peter Cary,
George Filmore,
Iiharaar Newton,
Marshall Newton,
Jonathan Harrington,
Ebenezer Mann,
Ashur Smith,
Benjamin Pratt,
Nathan Pratt,
Jonah Howe,
Nathan Howe,
John Peirks,
Jasper Rand,
Lewis Smith,
Elijah Southgate,
Jonas Hastings,
Ephraim Holland,
Jonah Holland,
Asa Wheelock,

John Bragg,
Daniel Holden,
Humphrey Bigelow,
Thomas Harrington,
Daniel Harrington,
Samuel Smith,
Lewis Smith, 2d,
Nathaniel Hapgood,
Joseph S. Temple,
Benjamin Maynard,
Jonas Stone,
Austin Flint,
Solomon Howe,
Gardner Howe,
Stephen Smith,
Stephen Pratt,
Calvin Newton,
Daniel Williams,
William Dexter,
Jos. B. Jennison.

NORTH PARISH.
What here follows, relating to the North Parish, was omitted to
be inserted at the close of the Ecclesiastical History of the First
Parish, where it properly belongs.
Some extracts in relation to it, from a historical sketch of the
town of Boylston, by Matthew Davenport, Esquire, published in
1831, will precede what I have to say of it — viz :
" The church was gathered the 6th day of December, 1743."
" On the 26ih day of the same month. Rev. Ebenezer Morse
was ordained the first pastor."
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" The same year, they purchased the ' burying ground of
Eleazer Taylor, and built a meeting-house."
" The connection betwixt the Rev. Mr. Morse and his people
appears to have been harmonious, and the parish at peace among.
themselves, till about the year 1770." " Soon after this, it was
discovered by the parish, that their minister was a Loyalist.
From this time till his dismission the connection between them
was any thing but harmonious. Mr. Morse, with a little policy,
might probably not have been particulariy obnoxious on this ac
count; but his independent and unyielding spirit disdained any
prevarication or concealment. And in his pubhc addresses lo
the throne of mercy, he would pray for the " king, queen, and
royal family, the lords spiritual and temporal," with more fervor
than his rebellious parishioners could bear.
In the beginning of the year 1771, things appear to have been
approaching a crisis, and in June, a meeting was called, "to lake
into consideration the difficulties subsisting betwixt Rev. Eben
ezer Morse and the church and people of this place ; and more
especially vv^hat the chuich had drawn up as reasons for their dis
missing Mr. Morse, which are as follows, viz ;
Rev. Mr. Morse appearing so unfriendly to the comraon cause
of liberty, which America so much contends for at the present,
gave occasion for the town of Shrewsbury to call him to an ac-
eount by a Committee of Inquiry ; and the said Mr. Morse,
when upon examination before said Committee and before the
tovvn, after the said Committee gave in their report, did so con
duct and word himself, that the town, as well as the Committee,
did view him as unfriendly lo the common cause, and in conse-
q,Hence thereof did vote, that the said Morse be disarmed and
kid under other disadvantages, in consequence of which, together
with other difficulties subsisting, we cannot see how we can, in
conscience, be contented with him as our pastor, and are of opin
ion, that we shall expose ourselves to the displeasure of the
Congresses, and all others that are friends and well wishers to
the rights and liberties of America, if we should suffer him to
continue any bnger as our pastor."

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The vote was then put whether Rev. Ebenezer Morse's pas
toral office should be dissolved, and passed in the affirmative, by
a division of thirty-seven yeas to twelve nays. A Committee
was then chosen, consisting of Daniel Whitney, Nathaniel Da-
Yenport, Jonas Temple, Frederic Albert, and Silas Howe, " to
inform Mr. Morse that he is dismissed, and that it is expected he
do not attempt to enter the desk any more, as a minister in this
place, and that the Committee see that he do not," which latter
part of their duty, it is said, they literally performed.
The 25th day of September following, a precinct meeting was
•called, upon the petition of Dea. Cyprian Keyes and others, " to
see if the parish will join with the church, in inviting some sister
churches to assist in a day of fasting and prayer, Sz.c. ; and
agreed to send letters missive to Holden, Shrewsbury and Wor
cester churches. These churches failed to attend, as slated in
the records, and -another day was appointed ; and voted to send
to the churches in Shrewsbury, second in Mendon, second in
Medway, second in Wrentham and in Holden. These churches
met by their pastors and delegates, and advised lo make an ad
dition to the council, by sending to the church in Dedham, and
to the church in Abington, which was agreed to, and adjourned
to Noveraber 8ih.
The council met at that time, and " after prayer by Rev.
Samuel Niles, and vote put, after proceedings read, whether the
precinct would rescind the vote passed on the 1 5ih day of June
last, dismissing Mr. Morse, and passed in the affirmative. Ques
tion then put, to dismiss Mr. Morse, agreeably to the advice of
the council, and passed in ihe affirmative." Thus ended this un
pleasant altercation betwixt Mr. Morse and the precinct.
Jan. 22, 1776. A meeting was called to see if the precinct
would concur in the choice the church had made of Mr. Jesse
Read to settle with them in the pastoral office, and passed in the
affirmative, and voted bim &Q6, J 3s. 4d. annual salary, and
£133, 6s. 8d. settlement." To the above votes was a written
protest, for reasons assigned.
" We, the subscribers, inhabitants of Shrewsbury, do protest
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The proceedings are founded upon the result of an ex parte
council, against which Mr. Morse has taken sufficient excep
tions, and supported them undeniably in the public prints.
2d. Because it is extravagant lo vote large sums of money to
candidates while they know not that [whether] they are dis
charged from paying Mr. Morse's salary, especially considering
the amazing expenses of the public at the present time.
3d. Because said money is to be paid in part by those, who
cannot consistently with gospel rule, hear said candidate.
Signed, John Crawford, Benjamin Fiske, Joseph Biglo, Charies
Biglo, Jotham Bush, Solomon Houghton, and William Craw
ford. These, it will be recollected, were all political friends of
Mr. Morse, except Joseph and Charles Biglo.
It is remarkable, that there is no further account of Mr. Read
on record. On the 18th November, 1776, the precinct voted
to invite Mr. Eleazer Fairbank to settle with them in the minis
try, and voted him the same salary and setllement which they
had voted to Mr. Read. Mr. Fairbank was ordained 26th
March, 1777, and dismissed, at his own request, April 23, 1793.
March 12, 1794, Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, was or
dained over the church and society in this place, and died in
December, 1795.*
Ward Cotton of Plymouth, Grad. H. U., 1793, succeeded
Mr. Read, and was ordained June 7, 1797, and at his request
dismissed in 1825." Thus much from Mr. Davenport's sketch,
with the exception of the subjoined note.
To the foregoing, I add some things of an early date, relating
to ihe founding of that church, and some of its subsequent tran
sactions touched upon in the foregoing account, and in which
there are sorae errors as to dales. These I shall point out, as it
is iraportant they should be given correcdy. "Mistakes will
happen in the best of families," and the press, especially in the
use of figures, but adds to the number.
* Grad. H. U., 1789, son of Hezekiah Hooper, who married Elizabeth Leonard,
1758, who was son of John Hooper, who m.irried Elizabeth Packard, 1722, who was
son of John Hooper, who married Sarah Harden, and settled, then having a family,
in Bridgewater, before 1703.

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The north part of the town was made a parish 1 7th Decem
ber, 1742, and called the North Precinct, until March 1, 1786,
when it became a town, by the name of Boylston. Neither the
parish nor the town obtained incorporating acts, until after long
and repeated trials, especially the town. To 1786, as a compo
nent part of Shrewsbury, its history belongs to the latter town.
It was one in territory. Its inhabitants assembled in one place
for the transaction of business. Their intermarriages were fre
quent, and the church in the North was gathered out of that in
the South Parish. They were of us, and, although gone frora
us, there remain ties of a local, social, and ecclesiastical nature,
comraon to both, and cherished by each. Here, in common with
the rest, are recorded, but less perfectly than they should have
been, the marriages, births and deaths, to 1 786, that occurred in
that part of the town. They will appear in the geneological
table, &.C.
I shall speak only of its ecclesiastical history, and that mosily
in extracts frora the records of Rev. Mr. Cushing and Rev. Dr.
Sumner. "The Second Church in Shrewsbury (says Mr. Cushing in
his records) was gathered October 6, 1743. The two deacons
chosen to accompany me when this church was embodied." Mr.
Davenport has it December 6, 1743.
" Copy of a letter directed to me, (Cushing,) to be communi
cated to the church in Shrewsbury."
" To the church in Shrewsbury.
A nuraber of the members of the same, and dwelling in the
North Precinct, in said town, wisheth grace, mercy and peace.
Reverend, Honored and Beloved,
Whereas we, the subscribers, together with others of said pre
cinct, and covenanting with us, are, as we trust, in God's provi
dence, called to incorporate into a particular church unity of our
Lord — these are, therefore, humbly to request your leave there
for ; and, that you grant us a dismission frora you, and an interest

206 MISCELLANEOUS.
in your prayers, that God would not only settle the gospel ordi
nances and institutions among us, but also grant, that pure religion
might in this place flourish and abound, we subscribe your breth
ren in faith and fellowship.
JOHN KEYES, Deacon.
ELEAZER TAYLOR,
OLIVER KEYES,
JONATHAN KEYES,
CYPRIAN KEYES, Deacon.
EBENEZER TAYLOR,
JOSIAH BENNET,
ELISHA MAYNARD,
PHINEAS HOWE,
JONATHAN BENNET,
JOHN KEYES, Je.
DANIEL BIXBY,
NATHANIEL BIXBY."
North Precinct in Shrewsbury, Sept. 1, 1743.
"Sept. 11, 1743. This request was offered to the church to
which it was directed, and they voted, the persons here signing,
their request. Attest, JOB CUSHING, Pastor."
"Deacon Miles and Deacon Knowlton, chosen at the request
of the brethren in the north end of the town, to accompany me
in assisting to gather a church among them, October [not Dec]
6, 1743, and on the 26th, the Rev. Ebenezer Morse was or
dained their pastor." Mr. Cushing and the deacons assisting on
the occasion.
On the 1 2th of August, next following, 16 females were dis
missed from Mr. Cushing's church, at their request, and recom
mended to the North Church, most of them the wives of the
brethren there. Their request bears date July 16, 1744, and
was signed by them in the order following.

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207

To their names I have appended their husbands, as explanatory
of their families. SARAH KEYES, wife of Dea. John.
MARTHA BENNET, " Jonathan.
REBECCA KEYES, " Oliver.
SARAH HASTINGS, " David.
RUTH KEYES, " Henry.
PATIENCE KEYES, " Jonathan.
HEPZIBAH KEYES, " Dea.Cyprian.
HANNAH TAYLOR, " Eleazer.
ABIGAIL HOWE, « Phineas.
SARAH SMITH, " Bezaleel.
SARAH GOODALE, " Edward.
HANNAH BENNET, " Josiah.
HULDAH MAYNARD, " Elisha.
"PHEBE KEYES, D. of Dea. John,
ABIGAIL KEYES, wife of John, Jr.
BULAH TAYLOR, " Ebenezer.
" Oct. 15, 1775. (Rev. Dr. Sumner's records.) I comrau
nicated a letter frora the Second Church and Precinct in this
town, desiring us to join with them in a fast, and to join with
other churches in a council to advise, in their present broken
state." The pastor and two delegates attended.
" March 25, 1777. The former council convened again at
the North Precinct. 26th. The council for the ordination of
Mr. Fairbank convened. The day was spent in hearing Mr.
Morse's objections, &:c. The 27th, Mr. Fairbank was ordained."^
Mr. Davenport says his ordination took place March 26th.
The church records furnish nothing more on this subject.
Mr. Davenport says, "in the beginning of the year I77I
things appear to have been approaching a crisis, and in June a
meeting was called," he., reasons submitted to it for dismissing
Mr. Morse, as drawn up by the church ; one of thera was, that
he was unfriendly to the coramon cause, &c. ; that the tovvn of
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" he did so conduct and word himself, that the town did vote
the said Morse be disarmed," &c. Now Mr. Morse's people
did not proceed against him, certainly the town did not, until
May, 1775. It was then the town voted to disarm Mr. Morse.
(See page 39.) His conduct and speech, when under examina
tion, and before the assembled town, and, that too, after the
Coraraittee had reported so leniently respecting him, as not to
recomraend any measures to be taken against him, as conclusively
show his temper and disposition, as " his independent and un
yielding spirit."
And although his church did not specify what that conduct
and speech were, yet their declaration respecting him in that
particular is important in forming an opinion of the proceedings
of the church and town against hira. The sentence passed upon
him by the town seemed uncalled for, inasmuch as the Commit
tee did not recomraend any thing of the kind, but merely ex
pressed their opinion of his political sentiments. The fact is now
disclosed. He was offensive in town meeting, and his independ
ent spirit procured for him on die spot a sentence frora which
there was no appeal, and privations, which he was compelled
to undergo, with the bare consolation, that he was serving his
royal master, and little good in the end did that do him.
Independent and unyielding spirits, lacking prudence, are sure
to involve themselves in trouble. Mr. Morse was a combatant,
and with the temper but not the skill of one, he look sides against
the land of his birth. His country was invaded, her chartered
rights assailed, and her citizens slaughtered for asserting their
rights to what God and Mr. Morse's king had given them. The
fate of his parishioners, his townsmen, his countrymen, all were
involved in the momentous struggle. It was a contest for liberty
at the risk of life. His townsmen had long hung out their ban
ner, " We will die freevien. We will maintain our rights or
fall with them." Such too was the voice of the whole land.
All this and more was well known by Mr. Morse. Yet having
more zeal than knowledge, his independent and unyielding spirit
rose in opposition to public sentiment in the same ratio that grew
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He could not brook the idea, that others should manifest an
independent spirit, no matter their number or the cause, if they
were not for submission to king and parliament ; he coukl not, or
would not be politically quiet, consequently he raised the town
and parish storm in which he perished. " He sowed to the wind,
and reaped the whirlwind," and, in his fall, added one more to
the nuraber of those, who were, in that day, crushed by the om
nipotence of the public will.
Before his settlement, he read law in Worcester, a year or
more, in the office of John Chandler, a Gamaliel Royalist of the
slraitest sect, and with whom we may suppose an intimacy, a
strengthening of hands and encouraging of hearts,, existed at this
period. Congenial spirits, alike independent and unyielding, and
alike destitute of foresight, to say nothing of their want of pa
triotism. But yield they did ; yield they had to; there was no
alternative. Both teacher and pupil lived to see their error, and
each other's downfall ; and the latier lo know the former was
compelled to relinquish his office, and with uncovered head to
walk between files of armed freemen, and read aloud his recan
tation and regret for opposing the people, while contending for
their rights.
That Mr. Morse had a perfect right to enjoy his opinions, no
one will deny ; but it was the use he made of them that gave
offence. He did not consider himself unsettled by the parish
proceedings against him, although ihey were backed up by
advice of an ecclesiastical council, and the settlement of another
pastor in his stead — for in a certificate of his having solemnized
a marriage some year's after his dismission, he signed his name,
&c., thus : " Ebenezer Morse, SETTLED minister of God's
word in Boylston."
He was a man of more than ordinary talents, and a skilful
physician ; in which calling he practised until near the close of
his life.
He was published for marriage Jan. 1, 1790, to Rebecca
Symms, of Shrewsbury, widow of Thomas Symms, an officer in
the Commissary Department, who died in Shrewsbury during
the war of the Revolution. The match was broken off by her*.
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210 MISCELLANEOUS.
self or her friends, of whom she had many. For the widow of
a patriot to be yoked with Mr. Morse was more than revolution
ary blood could bear. It had not then cooled sufficiently for
such an event to be looked upon with indifference.
Of the other religious societies in Shrewsbury, the Baptist and
Restoration, I am not possessed of later or other information than
what appeared in the history published in 1826.
The " Platform," spoken of in the Ecclesiastical History of
the South Parish, was a publication of 40 pages, entitled, " A
PLATFORM of Church Discipline; Gathered out of the
WORD of GOD, and agreed upon by the ELDERS and
MESSENGERS of the Churches, assembled in the Synod at
Cambridge, in N. E. Anno, 1648." "That Synod was com
posed of many Great, Learned and Pious Persons from the
Four famous Colonies in New England.
" At a Synod, at Boston, New England, Sept. 10, 1679,"
"It was put to vote, whether the Assembly did approve of the Platform
of Chtirch Discipline ? And both Elders and Brethren did unanimously
lift up their hands in the affimative, not one appearing, when the vote was
propounded, in the negative ; but it jointly passed in these words : " "A
Synod of the Churches, in the Colony of Massachusetts, being called by
the Honored Gen. Court, to convene at Boston, the 10th of Sept., 1679.
Having read and considered the Platform of Church Discipline, agreed
upon by the Synod assembled at Cambridge, 1648, do unanimously ap
prove of the said Platform, for the substance of it, desiring that the
churches may continue stedfast in the order of the Gospel, according to
what is therein declared from the Word of GOD."
" The Gen. Court, May 19, 1680, having taken into serious consideration
the request, that had been presented by several of the Reverend Elders,
in the name of the late Synod, do approve thereof, and order the Confes
sion of Faith, agreed upon at their second session, and the Platform of
Discipline, consented unto by the Synod at Cambridge, Anno, 1648, to be
printed, for the benefit of these churches in present and after times."
That work, reprinted in Boston, 1717, has become very scarce. It was
recommendatory only. Many churches adopted it in whole, in faith and
in practice ; others but in part, especially the Platform of Church Disci
pline was not, in some of its details, recognized in all the churches ; some
of which had, and others never had. Ruling Elders distinct from the
Pastor and Deacons.

FAMILY REGISTER
AND
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.

The people of New England, for many years after its first
settlement, called the days of the week by numbers, and not by
the names we have for them ; beginning with the Sabbath, which
they called the first, the next day the second, and Saturday the
seventh. They used no names for the months. These also were called
by numbers, beginning with March, which was the first month,
and February, the twelfth and last in the year ; " because (says
Lechford) they would avoid all memory of heathenish and idol's
names." The manner of computing tirae by the Julian Calendar was in
use frora the year 325 to 1751. By that Calendar, every fourth
year was a leap year of 366 days, and, at length, was found to
be erroneous; as the spring equinox, which h&ppened on the
twenty-first of March, 325, happened on the ninth of March, in
1751 ; when, by Stat. Geo. II., for regulating the commence
ment of the year, &c., the style was changed, the year to begin
on the first day of January, 1752, and the third day in Septem
ber, 1752, to be called the fourteenth ; and every fourth year to
be leap year of 366 days, excepting each hundredth year.
Eleven days were thus omitted, and a leap year being omitted
in 1800, one day is to be added, making 12 days, the difference
now between old and new style.
Pope Gregory XIII. corrected the Julian Calendar in 1 582.
The Catholic countries immediately adopted the correction ; and,
to conform to it, England and her colonies adopted double dating,
until 1752.

212 FAMILY REGISTER.
Previous to that Stat., the year was considered as beginning on
the 25th of March, and, according to ancient reckoning, March
was the first and February the last month in the year. Thus,
for instance, what we write 22d Feb. 1732, was then written,
22, 12, 1731-2. In this compilation, where the dates occur be
tween Jan. 1, and March 25, the z/ear conforms to the new
style, while the days of the months remain unaltered.
ABBREVIATIONS.
D. for daughter, b. born, m. married, d. died, s. son, w. wife,
grad. graduate, H. U. Harvard University, D. C. Dartmouth Col
lege, B. U. Brown University, bap. baptized, chh. church, sup.
supposed, chil. children, pub. published for marriage, and others
which will be understood by the reader. Names of children are
in italic.
ADAMS, JONATHAN, sup. frora Dracut, m. Hepzibah Ba
ker, of Westboro', 1755, lived near Northboro' town line, on the
old post road, d. April 22, 1802, aged 80, his wid. Hepzibah, May
19, aged 1802,79. Chil. Afary, b. March 9, 1756, and d. June
9, 1759; Jonathan, Feb. 13, 1758; Mary, Sept. 12, 1761, and
m. Timothy Underwood, 1791 ; Sarah, May 23, 1763, and m.
Jasper Rand, May 15, 1803, his second w. ; Hepzibah, April 7)
1768. Daniel Adams, brother of Jonathan, Sen. m. Abigail
Hardy, of Westboro', May 21, 1752, and settled there.
ADAMS, JONATHAN, Jr. (s. of Jona.) m. Dorothy, D.
ofDr. Edward Flint, Feb. 16, 1790. ChM,Andrew,h. Jan.24,
1791 and d. 7 days old. They removed to Barre, where she
was recently living at the age of 85 years.
Mary Adams, called of Worcester, sister of Jona. Sen. m.
Lewis Allen, 1770.
ALEXANDER, JAMES,* m. Deborah Thompson, of Bos
ton ; she d. March 7, 1786. Chil. William Thompson, b. Sept.'
• Scotchman, naturalized by Mass. Legislature, March 5, 1786, a private soldier
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5, 1780; Ruth Thompson, Dec. 21, 1782, and ra. in Boston.
He next ra. Hannah Hager, of S. Sept. 12, 1786. (Her D.
Lovisa Howe, b. previous to her mother's marriage, m. Benjamin
Morse, of Boylston, March 30, 1807.) Chil. James, b. June
19, 1787; David, July 28, 1788; Warren, Feb. 20, 1790, and
d. unmarried. May 9, 1836 ; Abraham, Jan. 5, 1792 ; Elisha,
May 3, 1793; John, who d. June 2, 1794, 6 mo. ; Hannah,
Nov. 4, 1797, and m. Cyrus Drake, Sept. 22, 1819. His wid.
Hannah, d. Dec. 19, 1818, aged 62. He ra. wid. Elizabeth
Floyd, of Southboro', Sept. 14, 1819. She d. May 25, 1834,
aged 76. He d. May IS, 1841, aged 87.
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM THOMPSON, (s. of Jaraes,)
went to Worcester, there m. Anna, lived there some years and
then returned ; their D.Eliza, b. June 30, 1807, and Charlotte,
who d. Oct. 21, 1821, aged 16. He m. Lucy, D. of Asa Par
ker, April 2, 1822, and removed from town.
ALEXANDER, JAMES, Jr. (s. of James,) went to Graf
ton, there m. Sarah Leland, and had a family of children, lived
some years in Southboro', returned and d. here Sept. 29, 1838,
aged 51.
ALEXANDER, DAVID, (s. of James,) ra. Harriet, D. of
FortunatusNichols, of Westboro'. Chil. David Hartley Phipps,
b. Nov. 8, 1814; Cincinnatus Nichols, May 20, 1811 ; Harriet
Kemble, Sept. 18, 1820, and d. Oct. 14, 1821 ; Mary Sophia,
Jan. 9, 1810; Harriet Kemble, Nov. 29, 1822. His w., Har
riet, d. Oct: 4, 1830, aged 38.

as prisoners, he strolled away, and was found by the Rev. Mr. Sumner, early in the
morning, in his barn, on the haymow. Mr. Sumner took him into his house, where,
being relieved of hia hunger, and appearing intelligent, and desirous of employ
ment, a cordwainer by trade, he remained for some time, working at his trade.
Before the close of the war, to so low an ebb had paper money fallen, Mr. Sumner,
having a large family, proposed to give him the amount of his salary in continental
xaoaej, if he would keep his family well shod. He was a great reader ; well versed
.in ancient history, and a member of the church 55 years.

214 FAMILY REGISTER.
ALEXANDER, ABRAHAM, (s. of James,) m.  ,
lived here a short time, and removed. Their D. Nancy, d. here
in 1822, aged 18 months.
ARNOLD, REBECCA, m. Unity Brown, of Dorchester,
Canada, now Ashburnham, Aug. 16, 1759.
ABBOT. Families of this name had arrived and settled in
Massachusetts, as early as 1630 ; some of them from Yorkshire,
England. ABBOT, EBENEZER, from Andover, whose w. was Mar
tha, lived on the road leading frora the post road towards Siraon
Maynard's. His house stood on the hill, northerly of the brook ;
he was a miller. The remains of his mill-dam, &.C., on the
brook, are yet visible. Chil. Susanna, b. Oct. 13, 1759, and d.
Aug. 31, 1770; Sarah, Sept. 10, 1763, and d. Sept. 3, 1770;
Moody, June 29, 1765, and d. Sept. 4, 1770; Johii, Sept. 22,
1767, and d. Nov. 22, 1770; Lewis, Sept. 26, 1769; John
Moody, March 2, 1771 ; Isaac, who d. Nov. 5, 1773; Isaac,
Dec. 9, 1773. Their chil. d. of the dysentery, which prevailed
in the town to an alarming degree in 1770. The father survived
these repeated shocks but a short tirae. He d. July 21, 1775,
aged 54. His wid. Martha, m. Henry Baldwin, Sen. 1778.
ABBOT, SAMUEL. What connection of Ebenezer, if
any, is unknown. He m. Bathsheba Dustin, of Andover, 1758.
Chil. Olive, b. March 30, 1760; Ebenezer, Feb. S, 1762;
Molly, June 3, 1764; Lucinda and Eusebia, twins, April 20,
1766; Asa, Nov. 20, 1768; Ward, April 15, I77I.
ABBOT MARTHA, m. Nymphas Stacy, 1781.
ALLEN, SILAS,* (s. of Noah,) came from Medfield with
a family, and lived on the Elijah Rawson farm, so called. His
* Ancient records have the name, Allyne, Allyn, Alline and Allen ; probably all
oae, originally.

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wife was Priscilla Plympton. She d. Feb. 26, 1824, aged 71 ;
and he, April 6, 1834, aged 84. Chil. who came to S. Asahel,
Noah, Silas and Elizabeth Cunningham, who m. Ephraim Hap
good, 1796.
ALLEN, ASAHEL, (s. of Silas,) m. Lucy, D. of Jonas
Hemenway, May 8, 1800. She d. Feb. 24, 1801, aged 23.
He next m. Mary Jennison Harrington, wid. of Josiah, and D.
of Hollis Parker, April 9, 1805. Chil. by last w., Asahel,
Plympton,h, 1806; Lucy Hemenway, Feb. 15, 1809; Daniel
Waldo, May 17, 1811 ; Elizabeth Waldo, Aug. 17, 1SI3. He
with his family removed to New Hampshire.
ALLEN, Capt. NOAH, (s. of Silas,) ra. Irene, D. of Jonas
Heraenway, Jan. 1, 1804, and d. Jan. 4, 1845, aged 65 J.
Ch\l. Lucy, h, Oct. 23, 1804, and m. Uriah Bartlett; Jonas
Hemenway, Jan. 14, 1807; Hannah Almira, inly, 1811, and
m. John Baxter Plympton, Sept. 4, 1732 ; Asa Henry, Nov.
22, 1815, and m. Catharine Black, of Holden. Chil. Eliza
Lamb, Marion E. and Cyrus Bullard.
ALLEN, JONAS FI. (s. of Capt. Noah,) m. Clarinda, D.
of Lyman Howe, Dec. 4, 1831. Chil. Charles L. b. March
12, 1834; Jonas H. Aug. 21, 1836.
ALLEN, Capt. SILAS, Jr. (s. of Silas,) m. Elizabeth Lamb,
of Spencer, and lives on the homestead. Chil. on record, Cyrus
Bullard, b. Jan. 31, 1807, and d. unmarried in Philadelphia,
some years since, of small pox ; Arnold Lamb, March 25, 1808 ;
Simon Hapgood, Nov. 8, 181 1.
ALLEN, ARNOLD L. (s. of Silas, Jr.) m. Caroline Maria,
D. of Erastus Suinner, Feb. 26, 1833, and removed to St. Louis,
Missouri. ALLEN, SIMON H. (s. of Silas, Jr.) m. Abigail, D. of
Nymphas Pratt, Esq. July 7, 1833. Their D. Mary E. b.
Nov. 10, 1833, d. Feb. 27, 1840. They removed to St. Louis.

216 FAMILY REGISTER.
ALLEN, Capt. NATHANIEL, of sea-faring life, from Bos
ton, settled here as eariy as 1757, on the place where Col. Jos.
Henshaw afterwards lived and died. He d. Nov. 1, 1770, aged
71. His wid. (her name does not appear on the town records,)
removed soon after his decease, to Leicester, and d. there. He
left sons, but none of their names are on record. Lewis is the
only one whose name has come to my knowledge.
ALLEN, LEWIS, (s. of Nathaniel,) m. Mary Adams, of
Worcester, sister of Jonathan, Sen. of S. 1770. He was a rank
tory in the early part of the Revolution, but, the place growing
too hot for him, he removed to Leicester, and d. there.
ALLEN, EPHRAIM, from Rutland, m. Huldah Chesnut,
July 12, 1757. Chil. Ephraim, b. April 9, 1763; Elisha,
March 7, 1765. Huldah was probably the wid. of William
Chesnut, and D. of Elisha Maynard.
ALLEN, SIMEON, m. Candace, D. of Capt. Nathan Howe,
Sen. 1772, and had John b. July 20, 1772. Removed to
Princeton, and there had Candace and others. Candace m. Jo
nah Howe, Esq.
ALLEN, ELNATHAN,* admitted to the church here from
that in Hopkinton, Oct. II, 1730, and d. in 1734, as mentioned
* In a letter, of which I have had the perusal, from Madam Allen, widow of the
late Rev. Wilkes Alien, deceased, it is said, " Matthew Allen came with Hooker's
company, 1632, and settled at Mount Wollaston — thence to JNewtown, now Cam
bridge " — that " Elnathan Allen, with his brother, Obadiah, removed from Hopkin
ton to Shrewsbury. That they were admitted to the chh. in S. from that in H.,
1730, and that Elnathan died, 1734, by falling from aloadof hay;" "and that El
nathan had one son, Israel, and five daughters," &c. Hence, it may be inferred,
that Matthevv Allen was considered by the Rev. Wilkes Allen, (for what of geneal
ogy is in the letter, purports to have been taken from his papers,) the ancestor of
the family that came from Hopkinton to Shrewsbury. After a long and extensive
search, I have come to the conclusion, and 1 think correctly, that Elnathan was the
grandson of Matthew, and son of Daniel and Mary Allen, who had David b. July
1, 1659, and Rebecca, Jan. 15, 1661, in Charlestown; Samuel, April 17, 1664, and
Elnathan, Feb. 11, 1666, in Lancaster, and Ebenezer, Dec. 26, 1674, in Watertown,
whither they may have retired for safety, aa did many families, to that and other
towns, from Lancaster, before and at the time of its destruction by the Indians.

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ill note below. His wife's name was Mary, but, as it does not
appear on church or town record, she had probably deceased
before he came to Shrewsbury. His children appear, all of them,
to have been of adult age at that time ; although not on the town
record, I have the births of some of them. They were, Obediah,
Israel, b. Dec. 20, 1705 ; Elizabeth, who m. Edward Newton ;
Anna, who in. Amos Pratt, 1722, grandfather of "Master"
Nathan Pratt; Mary, b. July 14, 1711, and d. unmarried;
Thankful, Dec. 9, 1713, and m. Daniel Whitney, whose D.
Sarah, m. Nathan Bannister.
ALLEN, OBEDIAH, (s. of Elnathan,) and his wife, Su
sanna, came here with a family of children, chh. 1730. His
wife, Susanna, d. Feb. 16, 1740. Chil. as on town and church
rec. ; perhaps not all of them h.here; Daniel, h. April 8, 1721 ;
Obediah, May 6, 1723 ; Jonathan, June 10, 1725 ; Lucy, Aug.
4, 1728; Miriam, Nov. 4, 1730; Persis, Aug. 4, 1735. He
What was Elnathan's age, who d. in 1734, does not appear ; if he was the son of
Daniel, as 1 suppose, his age was 68.
There is a record in Boston, of George and Susannah Allen having a son, Elna
than, b. Dec. 26, 1653, and, had he died in 1734, Would then have been 81 ; an age,
that renders it improbable, that he would be on a load of hay at that time of life.
These two are the only Aliens, born out of this town, that 1 have found in all the
records 1 have seen and examined, running through a period of 175 years, who
were called £!na(Aa)i. That the Elnathan who came to Shrewsbury, was the son
of Daniel, and he, of Matthew, does not militate with any known opinion enter
tained by any of their descendants, real or supposed. That Elnathan was the
father, and not the brother, of Obediah, can hardly admit of a doubt. The church
record, without designating the relation they stood in to each other, says, " Elna
than and Obediah Allen were admitted, &c., to full church privilege, Oct. 11, 1730,
by virtue of a letter of recommendation from the church of Christ in Hopkinton."
Elnathan had sqns, Obediah and Israel, and Obediah, in 1736, after the death of
their father, makes a conveyance, in which he calls himself of Shrewsbury, and
says, " 1 acquit and discharge my brother, Israel Allen, of the same town, of all
dues, legacies," &.c., " or land, which was formerly my Hon. father's, Elnathan
Allen,izte of Shrewsbury, deceased, and now in the possession of the said Israel."
That farm has been in the possession of Israel's decendant's to this day. Obediah
lived on the farm now owned by Henry Cary. On the first organization of the
town militia, he was one of the foar first appointed sergeants. The others were
William Taylor, Simon Maynard, and Gershom Wheelock. Their first names gave
place to their military title, and they were afterwards known and called through
life, Sergeant Allen, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Maynard and Sergeant Wheelock ;
a title of more regardin that period, than that of Colonel at the present day,
28

218 FAMILY REGISTER.
m. Jemima, D. of Isaac Tomlin, of Westboro', May 19, 1741.
She was admitted from the chh. in Mariboro', 1746. Chil.
Silas, March 11, 1742; Israel, April 21, 1745; Susanna,May
20, 1747, and d. April 25, 1752. It is said, he d. here at an
advanced age.
ALLEN, DANIEL, (s. of Obediah,) m. Lydia Cutting,
Feb. 4, 1747. Chil. Henry, b. March 30, 1748; Lydia, Aug.
23, 1749; Daniel, April 20, 1753, and m. Martha Maynard, of
Northboro', 1775, and removed to New Mariboro'. (Their child,
" Vicey, bap. here, Feb. 8, 1778, while the parents were here
on a visit.") Solomon, or Salmon, June 9, 1757, and, perhaps,
Simeon, who rn. Candace Howe, 1772.
ALLEN, ISRAEL, (s. of Obediah,) called Jun. on the
record, instead of 2d, (his uncle Israel then living,) m. Thankful
Greenwood, of Framingham, 1768. He was a soldier of the
Revolution, and fought bravely in the battle of Bunker Hill. He
removed to Spencer, 1783, where his wife. Thankful, d. Oct. 5,
IS05, aged 60. He m. wid. Sarah Bennet, 1807. She d.
1818, and be, July 17, 1833, aged 88. The births of his chil
dren, recorded here, are, Silas, b. Dec. 24, 1768 ; Ivory, Dec.
25, 1770; Jemima, May 22, 1773; Junius, Aug. 24, 1775;
Ashbel, July 30, 1778, and m. Nelly Mixer, 1799; Oshea, so
called in the toivn, but Otis, in the chh. record, b. Jan. 21, 1781,
and bap. May 25, 1781.
ALLEN, ISRAEL, (s. of Elnathan,) m. Elizabeth, D. of
Dea. Samuel Wheelock, Feb. 14, 1728. Chil. Elnathan, b.
Nov. 18, 1728; Lois, Nov. 21, 1732, and m. Isaac Tomlin, of
Westboro', June 7, 1757, and went to Spencer. He m. Catha
rine Joslin, of Westboro', May 3, 1764. She was living in
1771 ; admitted to the chh. in that year. Neither bis own, nor
the death of either of his wives is on record.
ALLEN, ELNATHAN, (s. of Israel,) m. Thankful Has
tings, of Waltham, May 31, 1753, and d. Oct. 2, 1805, aged 77 ;

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his wid. Thankful, March 29, 1807, aged 71. Chil. Elnathan,
b. May 13, 1754; Israel, Aug. 6, 1756; Rhoda, Feb. 22,
1759, and m. Jonathan Peirks,* ,1780, and d. 1789 ; Silas, Jan.
24, 1762; Elizabeth, JMarch 13, 1765, and m. Russell Under
wood, Jan. 1, 1789, and went to Vt.; Arunah, Aug. IS, 1767 ;
JLu^Aer, Dec. 26, 1770; 2d Luther, Sept. 18, 1772; Wilkes,
July 10, 1775; Liberty, Nov. 30, n77.t
ALLEN, ELNATHAN, Jr. (s. of Elnathan) m. Lydia, D.
of Alpheus Pratt, Nov. 24, 1773. Chil. Sarah, bap. Jan. '22,
1775 ; Phebe, bap. Oct. 20, 1776. His wife, Lydia, d., and he
m. Lydia Roberts, Nov. 19, 1778. He lived a short time on
the farm, now of Joseph Nurse, and removed to Brattleboro', Vt.
and d. June, 1830, aged 76.
ALLEN, ISRAEL, (s. of Elnathan,) never m. He was a
physician; setded in Sterling, 1786, where he d. 1817, aged 61.
On his grave stone is represented a tree, prostrate, with this in
scription underneath, " As the tree lalleth, so it lieth."
ALLEN, SILAS, (s. of Elnathan,) a physician, m. Susan
Thurston, and settled in Leominster, where she d. Sept. 13,
1824, aged 55. He d. there Aug. 13, 1840, aged 78. Chil.
Julia, Henry, Susan, who d. 1 799 ; Mira, Silas and fVilliam
T, who d. in 1842.
ALLEN, ARUNAH, (s. of Elnathan,) m. Mary Richard
son, Dec. 16, 1788, and has been a Baptist clergyman more than
60 years in Vt. Chil. rec. here, John Jarvis, h. Oct. 24, 1789;
Rhoda, April 14, 1791; Jubal Eldridge, March 20, 1793j
Levinah Johnson, July 15, 1797.
* Some of the younger branches of this family now spell the name. Parks.
Park is the correct spelling, but every man has a right to spell hia own name .as ba
pleases. t The names of" Wilket and Liberty " are eminenUy significant of the J-ather's
patriotispi.

220 FAMILY REGISTER.
ALLEN," LUTHER, (s. of Elnathan,) a physician, succeed
ed his brother, Israel, in that profession, in Sterling, and there m.
Sarah Brown, 1804, and d. 1837, aged 65. Chil. Charles,
Caroline and James.
ALLEN, Rev. WILKES, (s. of Elnathan,) grad. H. U.
1801 ; ordained min. of Chelmsford, Nov. 16, 1803, and dis. at
his own request, Oct. 21, 1832; d. in Andover, Dec. 2, 1845,
aged 70. His wife was Mary, D. of Dea. James Morrill, of
Boston, m, Nov. 13, 1805. Chil. James Morrill, b. Oct. 5,
1806; Charles Hastings, March 11,1809; Wilkes, Dec. 30,
1810 ; John Clarke, Nov. 15, 1812, grad. H. U. 1833, and d.
June 24, 1834; Nathaniel Glover, Jan. 22, 1816; grad. H. U,
1842; and three others, who d. infants.
ALLEN, LIBERTY, (s. of Elnathan,) m. Mary Ammidon,
of Fitzwilliam, N. H. 1801 ; lives on the homestead of his first
ancestor here. Chil. Owen Warland, b. Sept. 2, 1801 ; Lucius
Shumway, Aug. 29, 1802 ; Augustus Ammidon, Aug. 15, 1804;
Thankful Hortenlia, Dec. 6, 1S05, and m. Artemas Perrin, of
Millbury, 1831, and removed to Stockton, N. Y. Chil. Henry
and Horace; Eunice Sophronia, b. March 21, 1807, and m,
Leander lawyer. Chil. Everet Leander, Marion Sophronia,
Appleton Lokrstan, Caroline Paulina, and Henry Adolphus.
Mary Eliza, b. Aug. 8, 1809, m. John W. Barton. Chil. Mary
Eliza, d. ; William, d. ; and Ann Maria Eliza. Keziah Cleora,
b. Jan. 9, 181 1, m. Timothy Ellis, reside in Fitzwilliam, N. H,
Chil. 3. Flora Rosline, b. Jan. 22, 1813, m. Augustus F. May
nard. Chil. Ellen Maria, d.; Caroline Allen, and Mary Eliza^-
beth, d. Caroline Cynthia, b. July 31, 1815, and ni. Thomas
Rice, of Northboro' ; Liberty Gilman, Nov. 24, 1817; James
Appleton, June 12, 1819; Henry Edwards Whipple, Sept. 12
1822, and ra. Cynthia Whitney.
ALLEN, OWEN WARLAND, (s. of Liberty,) m. Susan
W., D. of Humphrey Bigelow, Chil. Charles Owen, h. Dec.
25, 1827; Caroline Susan, Sept, 9, 1833; Henry Lucius,
]\jErcb P, 1839; ^arriuel ffigelow, d?

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ALLEN, LUCIUS S. (s. of Liberty,) m. Persis, D. of Ab
ner Harlow. Child, George Lucius, b. March 28, 1830.
ALLEN, AUGUSTUS A. (s. of Liberty,) m. Paulina
Dean, of Sutton, 1331. Chil. James Edward, b. Sept. 22,
1830, d.; Henry Augustus, July 20, 1833, d.; Harriet Au
gusta, July 25, 1835 ; Lucius Franklin, Aug. 9, 1837, d.
ALLEN, ROBERT, and his wife, SEDINAH, had chil. b.
as follows: David, May 11, 1724, bap. here, Sept. 11, 1726;
Mary and Ann, twins, bap. Oct. 29, 1727.
ALLEN, Rev. GEORGE, (s. of Hon. Joseph, of Worces
ter,) grad. y. C. was ordained here, colleague pastor of Rev.
Dr. Sumner, Nov. 19, 1823; his wife, Eliza Pitkin, was from
Ct. (Her mother, wid. Elizabeth Alden, d. here, March 19,
1816, aged 68.) Chil. Geor^e,'who ra. Elizabeth Denny, D.
of Rev. John Miles; Charles, who d. Nov. 16, 1838, aged IT 5
Ann Maria, who d. July 16, 1830, aged 16. No births of any
chil. on the town rec.
ANGIER, BENJAMIN, from Ashburnham, m.Anna, D,
of Daniel Baker, Jan. 27, 1801, and d. April 1, 1839, aged 64,
Azubah, their only child, d. July 21, 1826, aged 20.
ANDREWS, ROBERT,* from Boxford, (where his parents
resided,) ra. Lucy Bradstreet, of Topsfield, a descendant of Gov,
Bradstreet, and removed to Brookfield, and soon after to this
town, and setded in the North Parish ; captain, selectman, &,c.,
and d. Nov. 11, 1789, aged 67. His wid. Lucy, b. Oct. 24,
17-24, d. Dec. 22, 1815, aged 91. Chil. Robert, b. Jan. 8,

* Robert Andrews was in Ipswich, 1635, John, in 1633, and Richard, in 1643, and
said to have been brothers ; and that another brother w«nt to Hingham, perhaps,
Thomas, who was in Hingham, 1635, and d. there. Of these, Robert, whose wife
was Grace, had John, whose wife was Sarah; their son, Robert, whose wife was
Peborah, had Jaffles, Nathaji and Robert, pr?t above mentioned, and who was bor^
^OT, 3, )7??.

222 FAMILY REGISTER.
1748; Samuel, Sept. 14, 1750; Daniel, July 22, 1752; Eliz
abeth, Feb. 17, 1755, and d. Sept. 29, 1757; JoAn, March 29,
1757; Lucy, who ra. Jonathan Bond, Jr. ; Asa, May II, 1762;
Jotham, Dec. 18, 1766, and d. infant.
ANDREWS, ROBERT, (s. of Robert,) m. Dorothy
Goodenow, of Princeton, 1770, and d. July 13, IS35, aged 87.
His wife, Dorothy, h. 1751, d. Oct. 2, 1822, aged 71. Chil.
Jotham, b. July 25, 1771; Robert, Sept. 15, 1776; Dolly,^
Oct. 1, 1778, and m. Emery Temple; * Asa, March I, 1782 ;
Dudley, July 29, 1784 ; Dennis, April II, 1787 ; John, March
3, 1793, a physician.
ANDREWS, SAMUEL, (s. of Robert, Sen.) m. Judith, D.
of Stephen Flagg, July 10, 1777. Chil. Lucy Ann, b. May 2,
1778, d. Sept. 1797 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 20, 1781 ; Judith, May
8, 1783, d. His second wife was Annis, D. of Rev. Ebenezer
Morse. Chil. Samuel, h. July II, 1801; Mary Morse, April
22, 1803, and both d.
ANDREWS, Dea. DANIEL, (s. of Robert, Sen.) m. Di
nah, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr. 1781, and d. March 12, 1826,
aged 74; killed by an unruly bull, his wid. Dinah, Nov. 15,
1834, aged 79. Chil. Mary, b. Aug. 15, I7S2, m. Silas Has
tings, Jr. 1800;-|- Sarah, Dec. 1, 1785, m. Jaraes Davenport,
May 27, 1803; j Asaph, April 22, 1788; Edmund, Aug. 13,
1791, and d. July 24, 1844 ; Eunice, Oct. 16, 1793, and m. Seth
White, and d. Dec. 1846; Daniel, June 2-2, 1*97, and d. 1821.
*Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1798, d. Sept. 5, 1800; Dorothy, Nov. 21, 1800',
Thayer, May 14, 1802; Elizabeth, May 10, 1805; Lydia, Jan. 7, 1807. The mother
of these chil. d. Oct. 16, 1815, aged 37.
+ Chil. George and Mary, the former d.
{ Chil. James Henderson Elliot, b. Oct. 29, 1804, d. April 16, 1833 ; Sarah, Nov.
0, 1806, and d. Dec. 27,1825; Amelia Ann, June 7, 1809; Edward Andrews, Dec.
9, 1811, and d. June 3, 1822; Charlotte Bigelow, March 29, 1814; John Addington,
Sept. J2, 1816; George Matthew, Jan. 1, 1819; Nancy Judson, Dec. 24, 1819; Car
oline Searl, March 12,1822; Augusta, Dec. 2, 1824, and d. infant; Edward A.
April .8, 1827 J Richard Bush, Dec. 21, 1830.

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ANDREWS, JOHN, (s. of Robert, Sen.) m. Margaret
Parker, of Holden, Dec. 4, 1794, and d. Feb. 13, 1822, aged
65. Chil. Mary Parker,- b. June 26, 1795, m. Jonathan Flagg,
March 27, 1817;* Robert, March 22, 1797, and d. 1798;
^i//arrf, Oct. 6, 1798; Lucy Bradstreet, March 6, 1800, d.
1801 ; John, March 2, 1802 ; Robert, Jan. 2, 1805; Thomas
Denny, Sept. 29, 1806, and d. Oct. 1, 1833,
ANDREWS, ASA, Esq. (s. of Robert, Sen.) grad. H. U.
1783; reraoved to Ipswich; in 1796, appointed, by President
Washington, Collector of the Port and District of Ipswich,
which office he held more than 30 years; m. Oct. 12, 1788,
Joanna, D. of Hon. John Heard, of Ipswich. She d. July 12,
1797. Chil. Elizabeth Ann, who m. Hon. Sidney Willard,
Professor in H. U. and d. July, 1817 ; John Dudley, grad. H. U.
1810, commenced the practice of law, and d. 1817; Edward,
also a grad. H. U. 1810, Episcopal clergyman, Binghampton,
N. Y. and D. D. by the college of Geneva. His second wife
was Hannah Fariey, ra. Oct. 25, 179S. She d. Jan. 9, 1807,
aged 36. Chil. Theodore and Charlotte, His third wife is
Sarah Farley, m. July 3, 1807. They are both living in Ips
wich, and from hira is this account of his faraily.
ANDREWS, JOTHAM, (s. of Robert and Dorothy,) m.
Nancy Chil. Jotham, who d. infant; Nancy,
May 15, 1801, and d. ; Charles, March 30, 1803, d.
ANDREWS, ROBERT, (s. of R. and D,) m. Lucy Holt.
Chil. Justin, h. Dec. 26, 1797, d. ; Lucy, April 13, 1800;
Clarissa, Oct. 20, 1802; Thaddeus Chenery, May 21, 1805;
Mary Williams, April 25, 1809; Dolly Goodenow, March 2,
1811; Robert, April 26, 1813; James, Aug. 21, 1815; Lucy
Ann, Dec. 1, 1817.
• Chil. Mary M. b. Jan. 24, 1818, d. 1825; Caroline, Sept. 12, 1820; John T.
Ang. 6, 1823; William, Aug. 13, 1826; Solon G. May 16, 1829; Mary M. July 22,
1834; Charles A. Dec. 13, 1833.

224 FAMILY REGISTER.
ANDREWS, ASA, (s. of R. and D.) m. Mary
Chil. Eliza, h. Aug. 10, 1802, d. ; Lyman, March 19, 1803;
Isabella, May 13, 1805; Dudly Bradstreet, Aug. 8, 1809;
Catharine, April 13, 1813; Dolly Temple and Mary Seaver,
Jan. 1, 1816; Sabra, Sept. 5, 1818. His second wife was
Elizabeth Chil. Frederic W. b. Sept. 6, 1839, d.
Edward, The father of these children d. Aug. 16, 1844,
aged 62.
ANDREWS, DUDLY, (s. of R. and D.) m. Hepzibah
and d. May, 1832, aged 48. Chil. Dudly, Rob'
ert Henry, Wright Smith, William, Hepza Dana, and Mary.
ANDREWS, DENNIS, (s. of R. and D.) m. Tamar
Chil. Stephen, Abigail, Caroline, afid Henry, all d. young.
Their father d. June 11, 1820, aged 33.
ANDREWS, JOHN, (s. of R. and D.) m. Cynthia
ChiL Edwin, b. July 25, 1821, d. ; Laura Ann, Oct.
21, 1823; John Dudly, Dec. 2, 1825; Mary Russell, Feb.
27, 1828; Nahum Houghton, Jan. 14, 1830; Cynthia, Jan. 3,
1832; Alfred, March 15, 1834.
ANDREWS, ASAPH, (s. of Dea. Daniel,) m. Mary Fair-
bank, of Harvard, Dec. 22, 1831, removed to this town from
Boylston soon after.* Chil. Mary E. b. Dec. 22, 1832
Asaph E. Sept. 4, 1835; Daniel Miller, Nov. 26, 1836
Hannah Maria, Dec, 18,1838; Ellen Loisa, Nov. 7, 1841
Henry F. May 1845, and d. Sept. 19, 1846.
ANDREWS, WILLARD, (s. of John and Margaret,) m.
Dolly Houghton, June 18, 1829. Chil. Albert^ b. July 13,
1831; Theodore, Jan. 11, 1833; Julia A. May 30, 1835;
Ferdinand, Dec. 13, 1838; William, Nov. 20, 1840, and d.
1841 ; Emma E. March 13, 1846.
* From him is much of the foregoing account of the Andrews' family.

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ANDREWS, JOHN (brother of Willard) m. Mary E.
Dustin, Nov. 3, 1831. Chil. Mary M,,h. Nov. 10, 1832;
John T, Jan. 14, 1835, and d. Nov. 1836 ; Elizabeth A., Sept.
29, 1836 ; John T, March 4, 1838; Margaret, Aug. 1, 1842 ;
Charles T, Sept. 16, 1844.
ANDREWS, ROBERT (bro. of preceding) m. Caroline
Wilder, 1834. Chil. Charles, b. July, 1835 ; Caroline L.,
Aug. 1838.
ANDREWS, THOMAS (cousin of the first Robert that
came here) ra. Margaret Bradstreet, sister of Robert's wife,
Lucy, and removed to this town frora Boxford, and d. in Boyls
ton. His wid. Margaret, survived him, and d. in Newfane, Vt.
Chil. David ; Jonathan, who d. unm., and Elizabeth, who m.
John Morse, 1769, and removed to Newfane.
ANDREWS, DAVID (s. of Thomas) m. Abigail Nixon,
of Sudbury, 1764. Chil. Mary, h. iMarch 29, 1768 ; Elizabeth,
Jan. 14, 1770. One of these daughters, it is said, m. 
Cook, of Lancaster, and d. leaving no children.
BOUKER, JOHN* and his wife, who was Freedom,f D. of
John Bigelow, of Mariboro', came here from Westboro', 1741.
Chil. Silas, b. May 29, 1733; Elizabeth, Feb. 9, 1735, and
m. Nathan Eager, of Lancaster, 1754; John, Oct. 26, 1736 ;
Sarah, Aug. 5, 1738, and d. Aug. 6, 1742; Benjamin, Dec.
26, 1740, and d. 1742; all b. in Westboro'; the two last d.
here; Solomon, b. March 25, 1743. There is no further record
of the faraily on the town books.
" Asa, Ezekiel and Edmund were probably his brothers, and sons of John and
Mary Howe, who were m. there, Feb. 8, 1678. This name, anciently, had various
spellings — Boucher, Bowker, &c. ; Swedish origin.
t Her father, who had been taken and carried into captivity by the Indians, Oct.
1705, returned after long detention in Canada, and, says the Rev. Mr. Allen, in his
history of Northboro', " in token of his gratitude for his remarkable deliverance
from captivity, called his daughter, born soon after his return, Freedom; and a
second, born some time afterwards. Comfort, as expressive of his happiness," &c.
According to the Marlboro' records, his chil. were Jerusha,' b. 1696; Thankful,
1699; Joseph, 1703; John, 1704; Comfort, 1707; Freedom, 1710; Anna, 1712;;
Gershom, 1714; Jotham, 1717; Benjamin, 1720, and Sarah, 1724.
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226 FAMILY REGISTER.
BOUKER, ASA (sup. bio. of preceding John) ra. Martha
Eager in Mariboro', Feb. 28, 1718, and settled here as eariy as
1729. He lived in the east part of the town, a few rods north
eriy of the house of Elisha Davis. His wife, Martha, d. March
6, 1747, aged 54^. Chil. Hazadiah, b. Jan. 25, 1719; Mar
tha, Jan, 21, 1722, and m. Robert Keyes, 1740; Mary, Feb.
27, 1723, and m. Simon Parker, 1742; Charles, Aug. 17, 1725 ;
all b. in Marlboro'; SibbiUah, bap. here Sept. 28, 1729, and m.
Ebenezer Bragg, Jr. 1751 ; Lucy, b, Dec. 30, 1731 ; Lydia,
Dec. 6, 1733, and m, Seth Hapgood, 1757 ; Thankful, June
25, 1736, and m. Solomon Goddard of Marlboro', Oct. 30,
1758. He next m. Hannah, D. of David Crosby, Oct. 3, 1752.
She d. Feb. 28, 1762. He d. Nov. 2, 1763, aged 73.
A Mary Bouker m. George Earie, of Leicester, April 26,
1757, and a Mary Bouker d. here March 29, 1766, aged 20.
Her parents not named on the record.
BOUKER, Lt. CHARLES (s. of Asa) ra. Eunice, D. of
Isaac Stone, May 2, 1748. Lived near where his father did.
No house now marks the spot where either of them resided.
Rep. in 1778, and d. of a cancer, March 11, 1781, aged 56.
His wid. Eunice, Oct. 31, 1782, aged 59. Chil. Ezra, b, Sept.
9, 1743, and d. unm. Jan. 4, 1782; Noyes,Yeb. 18, 1750, and d.
Oct. 26, 1764 ; Prudence, Sept. 25, 1751, and ra. Jonah Howe,
1771 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1753, and m. Dr. Wm. Dexter of
Mariboro', 1775, and next, Edward Lowe of Leominster, 1795,
where she was recently living, in her 93d year ; Jane, May 26,
1761. BOUKER, ANTIPASS h. Oct. 3, 1733, (s. of Josiah Bou
ker, and his wife, Hassadiah Eager, in. March 29, 1733) came
here from Westboro', with his wife, Esther Rice, of Marlboro',
m. Oct. 6, 1757. Chil. Antipass, b. Oct. 28, I75S ; Gideon,
March 9, 1760, both in Westboro'; Esther, Nov. 3, 1761 ; So
phronia, Oct. 24, 1763; Lucena and Sefina, June 15, 1766.

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BRAGG, EBENEZER, a native of Ipswich, (where was
Edward Bragg in 1648) but came here from Mariboro'; admit
ted to chh. here, Feb. 6, 1726, from rlili. there. He was work
ing at his trade here in 1723 ; * m. Zeruiah Brigham, in Mari
boro', March 16, 1724. He was admitted here from chh. there,
in 1726. She d. July I, 1736, a,a;ed 38. CI il. Ebenezer, b.
March 7, 1725, and m. Sibbillah, D. of Asa Bouker, Oct. 5,
1751 ; Zeruiah, June 29, 1727, and d. infani ; Lydia,ian. 27,
1729; Abiel, June 25, 173) ; Elizcbeth, Jan. 10, 1732; Mo
ses, Aug. 19, 1733 ; Mary, Jan. 4, 1735 ; Zeruiah and Thank
ful, June 22, 1736; the fcrmer lived two months, the latter d.
April 7, 1756. His second wife was Sarah. He d. Sept. 4,
1766, aged 67. Chil. Benjamin, b. Nov. 24, 1738, and d. "in
the king's service," Sept. 10, 1760; Zeruiah, March 1, 1740,
and ra. William Johnson, of Southboro', Jan. 1, 1767; John,
April 26, 1741, and d. Oct. 31, 1745; JVaHAaniW, March 1.3,
1743, d. Nov. 12, 1745 ; Timothy, Oct. 3, 1744, and d. Nov.
6, 1745; John, March 9, 1746; Nathaniel, June 18, 1747;
Sarah, Dec, 15, 1748, d. June 7, 1751; T«mo^Ai/, June 20,
1751 ; Sarah, April 3, 1753, ^nd d. unm. April 23, 1832;
Martha, Jan. 15, 1758, and ra. Daniel Johnson, 1778.
BRAGG, ABIEL (s. of Ebenezer) m. Abigail Wilson,
Jan. 29, 1753. Chil. io»wa, bap. July 7, 1754; Elizaheth,
bap. March 14, 1756,

* He was then 24 years of age, a carpenter by trade ; and, in August, of that year,
was building a house for Capt. John Keyes, on tlip ground wher« the house of
Lucius S. Allen now stands. In the night of the 7th of that month, the house, be
ing nearly finished, was burnt, as was another, standing ne.Tr it. Of the six persons
sleeping in the new house, Mr. Bragg was the only one who escaped from the de
vouring element. He threw himself out of the chamber window, and luckily came
to the ground on his feet. Of those who perished, were his brother, Abiel, aged
17 years, and William O.ikes, 16, his apprentices ; Solomon, of 20, John of 13, and
Stephen, of 6 years of age, sons of Capt. Keyes. It is remarkable that the toWin
records do not contain any notice of this event, nor the death of anjr one of those
who perished in that terrible conflagratio;!.

228 FAMILY REGISTER.
BRAGG, NATHANIEL (s. of Ebenezer) m. Sarah Wil
son of Northboro', 1770. Chil. Benjamin, h. March 27, 1772 ;
Sarah, Feb. 27, 1774.
BRAGG, TIMOTHY (s. of Ebenezer) m. Mary Taylor
of Worcester, 1792. Chil. Sarah, March 24, 1793; Mary,
May 25, 1795 ; Lois, Oct. 7, 1796. He removed to Worcester,
and d. Feb. 19, 1797, aged 46.
BRAGG, Dea. JOHN (s. of Ebenezer) m. Lydia Angier
of Southboro', Dec. 19, 1782, and lived on the place, now of
the Rev. John Miles. He was ad. to chh. 1784. She d. Jan.
24, 1808. He, a revo. pen. Sept. 24, 1819, aged 74. Chil.
John, b. Dec. 16, 1783; Ebenezer, April 26, 1785; Anna,
May 26, 1787, and m. Joseph Maynard, 1807; Mary, March
15, 1789, d. Dec. after; Nahum, June 2, 1793; Lydia and
Elizabeth, May 16, 1795, and both d. 1796.
BRAGG, Capt. JOHN, Jr. (s. of Dea. John) m. Eunice
Cooper of New Haven, Ct. Chil. John Cooper, b. Feb. I,
1808, and d. 1809; John Cooper, Jan. 31, 1809, and hved 3
months; Harriet Clark, April 9, 1810; Lydia Angier, Nov.
16, 1811; John, May 5, 1813; Timothy Dwight, Jan. 7,
1817; Abigail, Nov. 21, 1818, and d. Sept. 25, 1821 ; Hora
tio, July 12, 1820, and d. Sept. 28, I82I. He removed with
his family to Lancaster, 1825, afterwards to New Haven.
BRAGG, EBENEZER (s. of Dea. John) m. Martha
Wilder, of Lancaster, I8I0. Chil. William Wilder, b. Sept.
20, 1811. He removed to Lancaster, where he had Ebenezer,
1815; Charles, 1818; Martha, 1820, m. Williara Carter, and
d. 1844; William Wilder, his son, m. Ann Ayres. Child,
William, b. 1837.
BRAGG, NAHUM (s. of Dea. John) m. wid. Hannah B.
Hall, of Boston, and removed to Dorchester, and d. there, 1S37,
aged 46; no issue.

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BARBER, MATHEW, from Weston, m. Mary Blair, Jan.
31, 1727. Chil. Mary, b. March 9, 1728 ; Robert, bap. Sept.
21, 1729; Sarah, bap. June 6, 1731 ; Lydia, bap. March 4,
1733.

BENNET, SAMUEL (probably from Lancaster) lived in
N. Parish, (perhaps s. of Samuel, who signed the chh. covenant
next after Rev. Mr. Cushing.) His wife's name does not ap
pear on the town or chh. records. He d. Dec. 5, 1762, aged
72. Chil. Mary, bap. July 27, 1729 ; Abigail, Aug. 20, 1732 ;
Mamar, bap. Feb. 23,1735; Thankful, bap. July 8, 1739.
Josiah and Jonathan may have been brothers of Samuel. James
Bennet, of Concord, had Thomas, b. 1642. George and Lydia
Bennet had Samuel, in Lancaster, 1665, whom I sup. to be the
one who was here in 1723, and who, out of regard to age, then
68, took precedence of all but Mr. Cushing, in signing the chh.
covenant. Josiah and Jonathan may have been his sons.
BENNET, JOSIAH (sup. s. of Samuel) m. Hannah Ross,
of Lancaster, Nov. 27, 17-28, chh. 1731, and d. before 1751.
Chil. Josiah, b, Dec. 18, 1730 ; Miriam, Dec. 23, 1732, and
m. Ebenezer Cutler, Jr. of Grafton, Nov. 28, 1764; Asa, April
26, 1735, and ra. Sybil Barnes of Mariboro'. June, 1784; Ex
perience, March 26, 1739; Jonas, March 11, 1*41, and d. in
fant; Lydia, Oct. 9, 1747; Jonas, Feb. 11, 1749, and m.
Mary Williams, July 10, 1773.
BENNET, JONATHAN (sup. s. of Samuel) m. Martha
Harris of Lancaster, April 14,1736. She d. 1808, aged 91.
Chil. Dinah, b. July 15, 1737, and ra. Oliver Barns of North
boro', Dec. 24, 1770; Relief, March 26, 1739, and m. Jacob
Eills, Feb. 10, 1769; Lucy, bap. Nov. 19, 1741, and m.
Charies Bigelow, Dec. 23, 1760; Persis, May 21, 1744; Jon
athan, Dec. 10, 1746, and m. Catharine Willis, of Sudbury,
1770 ; David, Oct. 21, 1749.

230 FAMILY REGISTER.
BENNET, JOSIAH (s. of Josiah) m. Abial Graves of
Sudbury, Aug. 13, 1751. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 10, 1753,
sup. ra. Luther Rice, of Lancaster, 1780 ; John, June 23, 1755 ;
Dorcas, April 2, 1758, and m. Oliver Hale of iMariboro', 1778.
BENNET,D AVID (s. of Jonathan) m. Persis, D. of Jo
siah Cutting, Feb. 14, 1773. Chil. Persis, b. July 4, 1774;
Ephraim, Nov. 7, 1776, and d. next mo. The father probably
d. before 1779, as in that year the wid, Persis Bennet, m. Phillip
Branscora. BENNET, JOHN (s. of Josiah and Abial) m. Lucretia
Rice of Lancaster, 1778. Chil. Judah Alden, b. Nov. 9,
1778, and d. infant; Nan:y, Jan. 7, 1780; Lucy Curtis, Dec.
13, 1731.
BENNET, PHINEAS m. Mary French, Jan. 9, 1741.
Chil. Phineas, bap. Aug. 2, 1741.
BENNET, BEZALEEL m. Rachel Barns of Hingham,
1774. ChW, Rachel, b. Feb. 26, 1775; Bezaleel, Sept. II,
1776; Hannah, July 6, 1778; David, Aug. I, 1780; Briggs,
July 29, 1782. The two last at Jaffrey, N. H. whither he had
probably removed.
BENNET, EPHRAIM m. Priscilla Willington, Jan. 1785.
It is believed all the Bennet families lived in the N. Parish.
Samuel Bennet, a carpenter, was in Lynn, 1637. Samuel Ben
net, (s. of George Bennet and Lydia Kibbey, his wife, m. 3, 4,
1658) b. in Lancaster, 22, 5, 1665.
BIGELOW, Capt. JOSEPH * from Mariboro', (s. of John,
of Marlboro') where he m. Martha, D. of Gershom Brigham,
Feb. 22, 1725, and was here, on house lot. No. 18, in 1729,
* This name is written Biggely, Bigulah and Bigloh, in the ancient records of
Watertown; also, in the early records of Middlesex County; afterwards, Biglo,
then Biglow, and, generally, of late, Bigelow. The name of Flagg was once fleg,
flax vraaflex, and chair was chier, and so written and pronounced. Samuel Bigulah
&nd Mary fleg were married in Watertown, June 3, 1674, and had John, b. 1676;

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selectman in 1748, and probably d. that year. Chil. Joseph, b,
Nov. 9, 1726 ; Martha, May 3, 1728, d. infant ; Charles, April
22, 1729 ; Martha, March 10, 1733, d. July 13, 1742 ; Stephen,
Jan. 10, 1735, and d. 1756 ; Anna, Jan. 14, 1737, and m.
Samuel Hastings, Oct. 26, 1757; Mehitable, Sept, 14, 1739,
and d. 1746 ; Solomon, Oct. 13, 1746, m. Mary Demmon, April
6, 1769 ; Mary, Sept. 18, 1748, and m. Isaac Moor of Bolton,
June 2, 1763. Wid. Martha Bigelow (probably of Capt. Jo
seph) m. Ezekiel Brigham, nf Mariboro', Dec. 14, 1749. She
was admitted to the chh. here in 1727.
BIGELOW, Capt. JOSEPH, Jr. (s. of Capt. Joseph) m.
Olive Chil. Relief, b. June 10, 1751. and ra. Thomas
Richardson, 1775; Martha, May 14, 1753; sup. m. Abel Big
elow, 1778; Dinah, July 28, 1755, and m. Daniel Andrews,
1781 ; Olive, Oct. 30, 1757 ; Stephen, June I, 1760; Ascah,
Sept. 8,1762; Abigail, Nov. 21, 1764; Eunice, Feb, 14,
1772; Miriam, Aug. 12, 1774.
BIGELOW, CHARLES (s. of Joseph, Sen.) m. Lucy,
D. of Jonathan Bennet, Dec. 23, 1760. Chil. Lucretia, b.
April 3, 1762, and m. Josiah Peirce, 1780; Andrew, April 24,
1764, and m. Sarah, D. of Jonathan Fassett, (Fawcet) 17S5 ;
Joseph, April 15, 1766; Charles, Jan. 1, 1768; Asahel, Nov.
27, 1769; Lucy, Jan. 13, 1772; Solomon, Sept. 16, 1774;
Mary, July 15, 1779; John, Aug. 24, 1781.
BIGELOW, ABEL m. Martha, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr.,
1778. Chil. Dennis, b. July 15, 1779; Artemas, Jan. 21,
1781, and d. Nov. 25, 1781 ; Martha, May 27, 1784 ; Abel,
July 19, 1735.
Samuel, 1679, and Thomas, 1633. These three brothers settled in Marlboro', and
each of them had a large family of children.
Of the children of John, Joseph, (afterwards Capt. Joseph,) b. 1703, and Benja
min, b. 1720, settled in Shrewsbury. Treedom, the wife of John Bouker, was their
sister. Of the children of S.tmuel, Samnel, b. 1707, and Amariah (afterwards Dea. Am
ariah) b. 1722, of a second wife, settled in this town. The former in the South,
the latter in the North Parish.

232 FAMILY REGISTER.
BIGELOW, SAMUEL, from Westboro', (s. of Samuel, of
Mariboro') m. Jedidah Hathorn, of Mariboro', Nov. 28, 1729 ;
lived in S. part of the town, on the Grafton road. She was then
a mein. of Mariboro' chh. They were both admitted here in
1731. Chil. Samuel, b. June 24, 1731 ; Jedidah, March 21,
1733, and ra. John Wheeler, Jr. 1760 ; Dorcas, July 6, 1735,
and ra. Seth Swan of Paxton, 1768; Solomon, July 25, 1737,
and d. Oct. 1742 ; Silas, Oct. 10, 1739, H. U. 1765, ord. min
ister of Paxton, Oct. 21, 1767, and d. Nov. 16, 1769, leaving a
family; Solomon, Nov. 3, 1742; Ithamar, July 30, 1745;
Sarah, Sept. 10, 1747, and m. Ephraim Smith of Grafton,
June 8, 1767. He next m. Abigail, wid. of Mo.ses Hasungs,
and D. of Wm. Taylor, May 7, 1770. There is no record of
his death, nor of the death of either of his wives, on the town
book. BIGELOW, SAMUEL, Jr. (s. of Samuel) m. Phebe, D.
of Daniel Rand, July 1, 1755 ; she d. June 10, 1770, aged 37.
Chil. Levinah, Feb.^ I, 1756, and m. James Wheeler, of Graf
ton ; Mary, April 13, 1757; Vashii, May 19, 1758; Lucretia,
June 1, 1760, and ra. Adam Harrington, Aug. 1781, and Capt.
Martin Newton, 1794; Humphrey, Sept. 4, 1761; Serena,
March 16, 1765, and m. Benjamin Jennings, Jr. of Brookfield,
1786. He m. Anna Winchester, of Grafton, 1770, and had
Johnb. Dec. 11, 1771.
BIGELOW, SOLOMON (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Sarah,
D. of Elisha Newton, March 4, I76I. Chil. Barna, b. Sept.
11, 1762: (said to have d. in Brookfield, Vt. aged 78. His D.
Lydia m. Noyes Tucker, 1805) Silas, Dec. 1, 1764, and d.
infant; Silas, Dec. 24, 1766. This family settled in Fitz
william. BIGELOW, HUMPHREY (s. of Samuel, Jr.) m. Mary,
D. of Phineas Underwood of Wesifoid, Dec. 20, 1786. She
d. Oct. 6, 1789, aged 22, leaving John, b. Aug. 12, 1787, and
d. in Sutton, aged 23. He next m. Hannah Whipple, of Graf-

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ton, 1791. Chil. Samuel, b. July 2, 1793, and m, D. of Jon
athan Forbush, of Grafton, and removed to Ohio; Catharine,
Aug. 12, 1795 ; Hannah, Oct. 2, 1797, and ra.  Richard
son, of Sutton, next. Pardon Aldrich, of Grafton ; Mary, Aug.
4, 1799, and d. unm. ; Silas, Ang. 10, 1801 ; Moses, July 23,
1803. He removed to Sutton with his family, (where he had
Susan W., who m. Owen W. Allen ; and John, who m. Mary,
D. of John W. Slocomb of Sutton,) and d. there, 1842, aged 80.
BIGELOW, Dea. AMARIAH (s. of Samuel of Mariboro')
and his wife, Lydia, D. of Thomas Brigham, were both from
Mariboro', and ra. there April 14, 1747 ; settled in the N. P. —
deacon there, selectraan, &c. She d. March 17, 1748. Leav
ing Lydia, b. on the first of that mo. His second wife was Sa
rah Eveleth of Stow, ra. 1752. Chil. Francis, h. Aug. 20,
1753, and m. Levinah, D. of Ezra Beaman, Esq., Oct. 29, 1778 ;
Abel, Jan. 27, 1755, and m. Martha, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr.,
1778 ; Amariah, March 23, 1757; Sarah, Aug. 13, 1759, and
sup. m. Rev. Eleazer Fairbank of the N. Parish, Oct. 3, 1781 ;
Levi, March 31, 1762, and d. 1764; Levi, Aug. 27, 1765 1^
Elnathan, Sept. 9, 1767. Dea. B. d. March 8, 1780, aged 58.
BIGELOW, Dr. AMARIAH, Jr. (s. of Dea.) m. Persis,
D. of Ezra Beaman, Esq., 1781. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22,
1781, and d. infant; Ezra, Nov. 27, 1782; Perns, Jnly 17,
1785. BIGELOW, BENJAMIN (s. of John of Marlboro') and
his wife, Levinah, D. of William Thomas, of Mariboro', had
chil. Levinah, b. April 24, 1747; William Thomas, April 4,
1749 ; Edmund, Feb. 27, 1751.
Jabez Bigelow m. Deborah Knowlton, Oct. 5, 1761.
Miriam Bigelow m. Archelaus Anderson of Chester, May 30,
1765. Mary Bigelow pub. to John Bixbee of Princeton, Feb. 3, 1769.
Sophia Bigelow m. Joseph Morse, May 4, 1780.
Amelia Bigelow m. George Witherby, New Braintree, 1788-.
A wid. Mary Bigelow d. here May 14, 1762,
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234 FAMILY REGISTER.
BRIARD, NICHOLAS and his wife, Lydia had chil. Mi-
rah, bap. (also, Nicholas, the father,) Oct. 31 , 1736 ; Moses
and Miriam, twins, bap. Aug. 13, 1738; 2d Moses, bap. March
22, 1741; Aaron, h. 1743.
BALL, PHINEAS and his wife Martha had a child, Daniel,
bap. June 6, 1742; the father was bap. at the same time.
BALL, DANIEL m. Lucy Newton, Oct. 25, 1749, lived
in N. Parish, and d. 1813, aged 93. Chil. Ithamar, b, Sept.
10, 1750, and d. infant ; Moses, Oct. 7, 1751 ; Lucy, Feb. 4'
1753; Sarah, May 1, 1760; Nathan, Aug. 5, 1762; Thank
ful, March 9, 1765. Daniel Ball, perhaps the above, m. Lydia
Smith, Sept. 18, 1778.
BALL, ELIJAH, from Boylston, ra. Olive, D. of Elzaphan
Plympton, Dec. 1, 1818. She d. May 28, 1821, aged 25.
Chil. George Whitney, b. July 8, 1819. He next m. Nancy,
sis. of his late wife, Feb. 12, 1824. She d. Nov. 19, 1835,
aged 35. He next m. Elizabeth, wid. of Lyman Plympton,
bro. of his former wives, Jan. 16, 1836. He removed to North
boro', and there had a fourth wife.
BALL, NAHUM m. Clarinda, D. of David Dudly, Jan.
16, 1822.
JOHN BRIGHAM* (s. of John of Marlboro') and his
wife, Susanna, were both admitted to the chh. here in 1737.

* Thomas Brigham and his wife, said to have been Mercie Hurd, were from
England, and settled in Cambridge, then having a son, Thomas. There they had
John, b. 1644, and Samuel in 1632. The father d. there Jan. 8, 1663. The widow,
with her children next appear in Sudbury, where she m. Edmund Rice, March 1,
1655. He d. in Marlboro', May, 1663. She there next m. William Hunt, in 1664.
He d. there, Oct. 1667, and she d. his widow, Dec. 23, 1693. John, whose wife was
Sarah, had John, b. in Marlboro', 1680, who probably was the head petitioner for
this township, and the same to whom was granted house lot, J\o. 14, in 1718. The
records furnish no evidence of his residing here.
Samuel m. Elizabeth Howe in Marlboro', JNov. 1684.

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She d. Feb. 12, 1761, aged 53. Hjs death does not appear on
record. Chil. Deborah, b. Dec. 1 1, 1737, and d. unm. Oct.
22, 1816, aged 79; John, July 25, 1739; Samuel, July 1,
1741 ; Susanna, July 15, 1745, and ra, David Nelson, Sen.,
1785. BRIGHAM, JOHN, Jr. (s. of John and Susanna,) m. Ze
ruiah, D. of Eleazer Rice of Westboro', 1762. Chil. Miriam,
Dec. 1762; Eunice, March 20, 1766; John, Dec. 26, 1767.
This family is said to have removed to Gerry, now Phillipston.
BRIGHAM, SAMUEL (s. of John, Sen.) m. Rachel, D.
of Phineas Underwood, of Westford, 1774, and d. Feb. 28,
1836, in his 95th year; his wife, Rachel, d. Dec. 21, 1810,
aged 64. Child, John, b. March 22, 1788. The parents wene
adraitted to the chh. in 1780.
BRIGHAM, JOHN (s. of Sarauel) m. Sarah Fay of North
boro', Aug. 14, 1808. Chil. Samuel Augustus, b, Feb. 18,
1809, and m. Daphne Legget, and d. Oct. 1846 ; Abraham Fay,
March 3, 1810; Abigail Martyn, Feb. 4, 1812, and m. James
S. Green of Millbury ; John, June 29, 1818, and d. Nov. 1838;
Charles Taylor, Oct. 14, 1826.
Thomas, the elder of the three brothers, m. Mary  , (the record is, " Thomas
Brigham and Mary, his wife, were married Dec. 27, 1665,") and had Nathan b.
1571, who m. Dinah Rice, Dec. 1717; Jonathan, b, 1674; David, in 1678, and Elna
than, in 1683.
David, whose first wife was Deborah  , had John, b. 1704, whom I suppose to
be the John above mentionedj but, of whose marriage with Susanna, I can find no
account. David m. Mary Newton, his second wife, Oct. 21, 1709, (so is the Marl
boro' rec. 1 had supposed his second wife was Mary Leonard,) and had Silas b.
1710, who m. Mindwell Grout in 1735. They were th« parents of the late David
Brigham of this town. David also had Levi (Col.) b. 1717, whose wife was Susanna
t3rout, m. June 6, 1745. They were the parents of the late Judge Elijah Brigham
of Westboro', whose third wife was Sarah, D. of Gen. Artemas Ward, and of the
late Winslow Brigham, of Northboro', who m. Alice, D. of Col. Job Cushing, 1781.
Judge Brigham d. at Washington, ii mem. of Congress, Feb. 22, 1816, aged 64;
his wid. Sarah, at Westboro', Feb. 3, 1838, aged 81. Winslow Brigham d. in North
boro', Sept. 4, 1837., aged 81, and his wid., Alice, Feb. 7, 1847, aged 90. Asa Brig
ham, who settled in this town, was a son of David and brother of Silas. He was
b. Dec. 2, 1721. The first Thomas is supposed to have been the progenitor of all
the Brighams in New England,

236 FAMILY REGISTER,
BRIGHAM, Capt. ASA (s. of David, of Westboro') m.
Mary Newton of Westboro', Oct., 1 744, and both admitted to
the chh. here in 1747. He was the first Capt. of the South
Militia Company in this town, (See page 37,) and removed
about 1775, it is said, to Fitzwilliam. Chil. Alpheus, b. April
30, 1746, and m. Lydia Green, of Westboro', 1764 ; Mary,
March 10, 1748; Leonard, May 7, 1750, and m. Mary, D. of
Capt. Silas Witherby, 1774; Levinah, Feb. 21, 1752, and m.
Antipass Harrington of Grafton, 1774; Stephen, May 13, 1754 ;
Elizabeth, Sept. 26, 1756 ; Asa, Sept. 10, 1758 ; Thankful,
June 13, 1760; Lyman, Nov. 19, 1762; Josiah Newton,
March 30, 1765.
BRIGHAM, STEPHEN (from Westboro') and his wife,
Jemima Snow, ra. 1764, had chil. Martha, b, Sept. 9, 1766,
and d. May 23, 17S4; Edmund, Sept. 29, 1769; Sarah, Feb.
21, 1772; Jabez, Aug. 28, 1775; Dolly, July 10, 1777, and
d. 1782; Stephen, Sept. 21, 1779; Dolly, Dec. 20, 1783.
BRIGHAM, DAVID (s. of Silas of Westboro') m. Mercy,
D. of Dea. Benjamin Maynard, March 21, 1765. She, with
her infant, d. Nov. 10, 1766, aged 22. He m. Martha Cham
berlain of Westboro', Oct. 13, 1763; both ad. to chh. 1801.
She d. Aug. 9, 1807, aged 59. Chil. Nathaniel, b. July 27,
1769; Edmund Trobridge, March 9, 1771 ; Mercy, June 10,
1773, and d. Aug. 28, 1776; Prescott, June 24, 1775, and d.
Sept. 22, 1776 ; David, Aug. 6, 1777, and d. Aug. 26, 1780 ;
Prescott, bap. April 16, 1780; Martha, b. March 6, 1782, and
m. Balch Dean, Nov. 20, 1800 ; Mercy, March 21, 1784, and
m. John Rider, 1806; David, Aug. 15, 1786, H. U. 1810.
Counsellor at law, Greenfield, where he ra. a D. of David Rip
ley ; reraoved to this town ; thence to Fitchburg ; thence to
Iowa, and d. there, say, 1843; Ebenezer, April 28, 1789;
Luther, bap. June 10, 1791, and d. Aug. 29, 1793. He next
m. Hannah Marcy of Brooklyn, Ct., 1809, and d. Sept. 27,
1824, aged 80. Mary Brighara, perhaps his sister, m. Jonathan
Prescott, Jr. of Lancaster, Dec. 12, 1776. In the marriage

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record, she is called of Shrewsbury, as was also Mindwell Brig
ham, who m. Nathaniel Lamson of Westboro', 1777, father of
Silas Lamson, whose scythe snaiths and singularities have given
him some notoriety. Jerairaa Brighara, b. in Westboro', 1737,
sup. sister of David, and called of this town, m. Constantino
Hardy, of Westboro', Jan. 25, 1763.
BRIGHAM, NATHANIEL (s. of David) ra. Sarah, D. of
John Mason, Sen. Nov. 21, 1799. Chil. Luther, b. Oct. 10,
1800; Calvin, May 23, 1802; he reraoved with his family to
West Boylston, and d. there, May 20, 1846, aged 77.
BRIGHAM, EDMUND T. (s. of David) m. Lucy Davis
of Ware. Chil. Elijah Augustus, h. in Westboro', June 20,
1804 ; David Trobridge, here, Aug. 5, 1806, and m. Ann Peck
of Worcester, and removed there, and thence to the West ;
Elijah Augustus m. Elizabeth, D. of Thomas Witherby, Jr.,
May 17, 1825. Child, Susan Elizabeth, July 26, 1826 ; he re
moved to Philadelphia.
BRIGHAM, PRESCOTT (s. of David) ra. Hannah, D. of
Gideon Rider, April 6, 1814. Chil. Ebenezer Prescott, b.
Sept. 8, 18\8 ; Martha Chamberlain, Dec. 16, 1823. Re
moved to Wisconsin.
BRIGHAM, BENJAMIN, from Westboro', (s. of Dr. Ger
shom and Esther, who was s. of Gershom and Mary) with his
wife, Lucy Hardy, ra. 1803, lived here a few years, and d. Jan.
31, 1831, aged 51. Chil. Z«onw§-, b. 1804, and Susan Lee,
1806, in Westboro'; no record of any here. Susan Lee Brig
ham m. Wilham H. Knowlton, 1823. Joseph Brigham, twin
brother of Benjamin, b May 28, 1780, and his wife, Hannah
Hardy, ra. 1807, sis. of his bro. Benjarain's wife, also lived here
a few years, and d. Feb. 29, 1836, aged 56. Chil. Joseph
Darwin, 1807, and William Belknap, 1809, in Westboro'; none
on rec. here.

238 FAMILY REGISTER.
BRIGHAM, Dr. ADOLPHUS frora Southboro', m. Eliza
Ann Parker of Southboro', 1328 ; next, Rebecca Whiting, D.
of Thoraas Knowlton, Jr.. 1832. Chil. Frederic Adolphus,
April 1, 1835; Franklin Whiting, Sept. 13, 1841.
BURNS, OLIVER, from Ireland; wife, Margaret, had
Elizaheth, b. Sept. 14, 1708, in Ardstraw, in the County of
Tyron in Ireland ; such is the town rec. What became of thera,
or when here, is unknown.
BAKER, MARSHALL, and his wife, Thankful, D. of
Obediah Ward, Jr. of Mariboro', m. March 21, 1734, were from
Mariboro'. The birth of their s. Sheruhiah, b. March 18, 1747,
is all that denotes their having lived here ; removed to Peters
ham or vicinity.
BAKER, JOHN, Jr. m. Persis, D. of John Wheeler, June
II, 1754. Chil. Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1754; Thomas, Nov. 2,
1757 ; Hepzibah, July 29, 1759.
BAKER, THOMAS, and his wife, Azubah were
from Westboro'; where they had Mary, b. March 13, 1738, sup.
m. George Earl of Leicester, April 26, 1757 ; Catharine, bap.
here. May 21, 1740, and m. Elisha Keyes, July 19, 1757 ; his
wife, Azubah, d. March 25, 1742. He next m. Eunice
Chil. Daniel, b. 1751 ; Asa, May 25, 1754 ; Reuben, bap.
March 14, 1756. He next m. Mary, D. of Elisha Newton,
Sen., Feb. 22, 1768; and, in 1774, she m. Ezra Pond of Hub
bardston. BAKER, DANIEL (s. of Thomas) m. Deborah, D. of
Solomon Rand, July 19, 1774, and d. Dec. 12, 1821, aged 70.
Chil. Ashbel, b. Aug. 4, 1775, and m. Mary Wilson, April 22,
1802; Anna, Aug. 17, 1778, and ra. Benjamin Angier, Jan.
27, 1801; Azubah, July 31, 1780, and m. John Wesson of
Grafton, Dec. 16, 1805 ; Artemas Dodge, Jan. 20, 1783; Ab
ner, Aug. 28, 1785; Asa, June 11, 1788; Jasper Rand,
March 25, 1792, and m. Elizabeth W. Howard of Worcester,
1814.

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BAKER, REUBEN (s. of Thomas) m. Miriam Smith,
Oct. 15, 1778; and Chariotte, D. of Gideon Howe, Jan. 4,
1781. Chil. Eunice, b. June 27, 1781, and m. Elijah Hap
good, 1802; Luke, June 27, 1784; Charlotte Howe, Dec. 2,
1786. He ra. Elizabeth Maynard of Harvard, 1789. Chil.
Miriam, Feb. 3, 1791; Jesse, June 21, 1794; Edith, April
16, 1798. Elizabeth Baker, sup. wid. of Reuben, m. Lot For-
bush of Westboro', Feb. 5, 1812.
BAKER, ARTEMAS D. (s. of Daniel) ra. Prudence
Howard of Worcester, 1813. ChW, Artenms Dodge, b. Dec.
27, 1813; Deborah Rand, April 16, 1815, d. Oct. 6, 1819;
Anna Angier, Aug. 16, 1816; Josiah W,, April 18, 1826.
BAKER, ASA (s. of Daniel) m. Lucy Child,
Lucy Elliott, b. June 8, 1817.
BAKER, BENJAMIN (g. s. of Joseph of Mariboro') m.
Elizabeth Fames of Framingham, 1767. Chil. John, b. Dec.
29, 1768; Lydia, Nov, 24, 1770; Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1772,
and ni. Roswell Temple, 1792 ; Winslow, bap. June 25, 1775.
He m. Rebecca, May 14, 1777, wid. of Sarauel Wesson, of
Worcester Gore, who went from Maine through the woods with
Arnold to Quebec, in 1775, and d. there of small pox. Chil.
Benjamin, bap. March 1, 1778 ; Sarah, Dec. 13, 1779, and m.
Jed. Tucker, Jr. 1797; 2d Benjamin, Feb. 3, 1782; Hannah,
Aug. 18, 1783.
BAKER, JOHN (s. of Benjamin) m. Lydia, D. of Abel
Goulding, Dec. 12, 1793, and d. Dec. 17, 1811, aged 43. His
wid. Lydia, d. Sept. 27, 1818, aged 46. Chil. Lucy, Aug. 8,
1794, and m. Seth Wyraan, Jr., Nov. 28, 1816; Elizabeth,
July 6, 1797, and ra. Nahum Nurse, Jan. 1, 1818; Nancy,
May 3, 1803, and ra. Joseph T. Turner of Worcester, May 21,
1826.

240 FAMILY REGISTER.
BAKER, JOSEPH, b. 1742, (s. of Robert, who had a
twin brother, Benjamin, b. 17 13, sons of Joseph of Mariboro',)
m. Dinah, D. of Eleazer Rice of Westboro', Aug. 18, 1760,
Chil. Winslow, b. April 10, 1761 ; Joel, June 13, 1162; Amos,
Jan. 26, 1764; Mary, bap. Oct. 13, 1765.
BAKER, CORNELIUS and his wife, Esther, had Mary, b.
May 22, 1766; Esther, Dec. 26, 1767.
BLAIR, WILLIAM, (probably one of the heirs of Wil
liam, who were on house lot, No. 12, in 1729,) wife, Mary.
Chil. a D. b. March 10, 1743; a s., June 19, 1745; and an
other D. — record torn and names lost.
BARBER, MATHEW, from Weston, m. Mary Blair, Jan.
21,1727. ChiL Mary, bap. March 17, 1728; Robert, bap.
Sept. 21, 1729; Sarah, bap. June 6, 1731; Lydia, bap.
March 4, 1733.
BROWN, GEORGE and his wife, Eunice were
from Waltham ; lived on the road to Grafton, half a raile south
of the turnpike road. His dwelling house burnt there, Aug.
1774. He d. 1807. His wid. Eunice, d. Nov. 10, 1824, aged
90. Chil, George, b. at Wahham, Dec. 27, 1765; Elizabeth,
here, March 7, 1768, and m. Ebenezer Cutler of Grafton ; Eu
nice, June I, 1771, and in. Gould ; Gershom,
May 16, 1774.
BROWN, GEORGE, Jr. (s. of George) m. Lois Whitney
of Grafton, 1790, and d. Sept., 1845, aged 80. Chil. Lois, b.
Aug. 5, 1792, and m. John Maynard, 1813; Luke, Sept. 20,
1793; JoAw, Jan. 12, 1795; £rmnia, June 17, 1796 ; George,
at Warwick, Jan. 5, 1801; Abigail, at Springfield, Feb. 10,
1804; Eunice, at Longmeadow, July 6, 1306, and m.
Ball ; Elizabeth, here, March 4, 1809, and m.
Cheney ; Alexander, July 2, 1811; Otis, Aug. 19,
1814, and d. 1816; Edwin Otis, Jan. 15, 1817.

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BROWN, GERSHOM (s. of George) ra. Edith Wyraan
of Roxbury. She d. Aug. 23, 1839, aged 76. Chil. Edith,
b. Dec. 29, 1802; Sarah Doubt, March 30, 1807, and m.
Edward Newton, 1830; and next, Harvey Carpenter.
BIXBY, NATHANIEL (sup. from Lancaster) m. Jerusha
Houghton of Lancaster, 1742; chh. here, 1742. Chil. Levi,
b, Aug. 17, 1743; Elizabeth and Jerusha, Aug. 14, 1746;
Zeruiah, May 25, 1749 ; Lois, May 5, 1751 ; Adonijah, May
23, 1753; Abigail, Sept. 5, 1755; Nathaniel, July 30, 1758 5
Eunice, May 30, 1762.
BIXBY, DANIEL and his wife, Tabitha, had chil. Eunice,
b. April 30, 1743; Jonathan, Dec. 15, 1744, and m. Esther
Gale of Weston, June 1, 1768, and went to Winchendon ; Han
nah, Feb. 7, 1747; Aaron, May 21, 1749; Da7iiel, Feb. 2,
1751 ; Sarah, Feb. 8, 1753 ; and, perhaps, Manassah, who m.
Elizabeth Dinsmore of Lancaster, 1765.
BIXBY, JOHN ra. Elizabeth Floyd of Princeton, 1769.
Chil. William, b. Feb. 5, 1770; Tryphena, Jan. 7, 1772 j
Mary, Aug. 4, 1774; John, Feb. 3, 1777.
BIXBY, JOSEPH ra. Miriam Bryant of Lancaster, July
13, 1769. Chil. Aaron, b. Oct. 16, 1774; Miriam, Jan. 24,.
1776. He is sup. to have ra. Elizaheth Hadley of Sterling,
1784. A Mary Bixby m. Joseph French, Jan. 2, 1746. The Bixby
families lived in the N. Parish.
BUTLER, PETER and his wife, Sarah, D. of Dea. John
Keyes, were from Mariboro'. Chil. Mary, b, there, and bap,
here, Nov, II, 1736, "No minister there;" " ofFered by the
mother, the father having turned Quaker." Ann, bap. May 17,
1741, They then came here, and lived, it is said, on the place
now of Capt. Isaiah Munroe. Hannah, b, April 12, 1742, and
m. Moses Watkins of Winchester, N.. H., 1761; Experience,,
31

242 FAMILY REGISTER,
Feb. 20, 1744; Lydia, April 30, 1746; Peter, 1748; Eben
ezer, Nov. 3, 1749; Mary, their eldest D. m. Israel Stowell of
Winchester, 1764.
BUTLER, JOHN m. Susanna Oak of Westboro', 1754.
Chil. John, b. Sept. 24, 1754 ; Andrew, June 13, 1756 ; Elijah,
April 17, 1758, and d. 1759; Susanna, March 15, 1760;
Elijah, July 24, 1762; Sylvia, hap. Aug. 1764, reraoved to
Winchester, N. H., 1766.
BUSH, JOHN, b. July 8, 1699, (s. of Abiel, who m. Grace
Barrett, both of Mariboro', June 27, 1688) was on house lot.
No. 38, in 1729 ; wife, Martha Temple of Marlboro', m. April
24, 1723. He d. July 14, 1757, aged 58. Chil. John, b.
Dec. 24, 1723, and A, infant; Martha, Nov. 2, 1724, and d.
Aug. 26, 1736; Persis, bap. May 28, 1727, and m. Rev. Eb
enezer Morse, 1745; Jotham, May 23, 1729; Martha, Jaw. 13,
1738, and m. Cyprian Keyes, Jr., May 27, 1756.
BUSH, JOTHAM (s. of John) m. Hepzibah, D. of Dea,
Cyprian Keyes, March 24, 1750, Chil. Hepzibah, b, Nov. 20,
1751, and m. Joseph Moor, Jr. of Lancaster, 1769 ; David,
Aug. 19, 1753; Jotham and John, July 4, 1755 ; former d. in
fant; Jotham, April 8, 1757; Persis, March 8, 1759; Lucy,
March 27, 1761, and m. Moses Fiske, 1781 ; Levi, March 26,
1763; Jonathan, Feb. 24, 1767, and d. 1771; MaHha,Mavch
1, 1772. His wid. Hepzibah m. Edward Raymond, 1779.
BUSH, Col. JOTHAM (s. of Jotham) m. Mary, D. of John
Taylor of Northboro', June 28, 1781, and d. 1837, aged 80.
Chil. Mary, who m. Elijah Brighara, Jr. of Westboro'; Jemima,
who m. Thomas Bond ; Clarinda, who m. Alexander Lovell ;
Lucy, who m. Augustine Holcomb, next. Rev. Bancroft Fow
ler ; Harriet, who ra. Oliver Sawyer, next, Ignatius Goulding;
Martha, who ra. Baxter Dickinson; Jotham, who m. Hannah
Fisher; John William, who m. Lucy Delano.
Levi, brother of Col. Jotham, went to New York, had a fam
ily, and afterwards lived in Worcester. His D. Cornelia there
m. Elnathan Pratt, and survived him.

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BUSH, GEORGE, (colored) his wife, name not on rec,
from S. America, lived in the "Gulf." He d. Feb. 24, 1767
possessed of some property in lands, aged 80. Chil. George,
sup. killed at Lake George, Sept. 25, 1755 ; « Susannah, bap.
1741, then 19 ; Ruth, hap. 1741, then 17 ; Joseph, bap. 1742,
then 17; John, bap. 1743, then 17 years of age; each upon
their own profession of religion ; " Hannah, who d. Sept. 29,
1781; Sarah and Benjamin; none of them, it is said, ever
married.

BARNS, DANIEL, (s. of John, and g. s. of Richard, who
was in Mariboro', 1660) chh. here, from chh. there, 1727; on
house lot. No. 16, in 1729; wife, Zeruiah Eager, m. May 23,
1723, in Mariboro'. Chil. Daniel; Lucy, bap. Jan. 1726;
Frederic, bap. Nov. 1727 ; Zeruiah, Nov. 1729, and d. 1730 ;
David,* bap. June, 1731. The faraily returned to Marlboro',
1733.

*Grad. H. U. 1762; ord. minister of the Gospel in Scituate, Mass., Nov. 27,
1754; m. Rachel, 1756, D. of Hon. George Leonard of Norton; D. D., H. V., 1788,
and d. April 26, 1811, in the S7th year of his ministry, having completed 80 years.
His wife, Rachel, d. 1805, aged 78.
'¦'Tolerant without religious indifference; candid, yet severe against folly and
vice ; connecting maxims of frugality, temperance and industry with his ideas of
religion, he was popular with those capable of appreciating ' words so fitly spoken,
as to resemble apples of gold in pictures of silver,' and his ministry quiet almost
to the last. He was remarkable for his meekness in ' instructing those that opposed,'
and by parables, rather than by direct argument, he was accustomed to converse
with such. A neighbor, who was a Calvinist of the straitest sect, having frequently
spent long sittings in arguing with Dr. Barns, was finally answered by the following
parable :
' You, sir, are a gentleman, to whom the public feels and acknowledges much
obligation for your mechanical skill and inventions. Now, we will suppose, that
your powers should be so far increased, that you could make intelligent beings, and
that you should produce thousands each day, formed with all the endowments of
the human race. Then suppose that your neighbors should inquire what destina
tion you proposed for these beings ; and you should reply, that you had also pre
pared a place of torment to which you proposed to condemn the greater part, not
for any personal offence against yon, but, because you had made them for that end,
— and that the remaining few you had destined, in the same arbitrary manner, to
another place of perfect happiness, which you had also prepared. Now, sir, sup
pose your neighbors were furnished with the common sense of mankind, concern
ing justice and goodness in the administration of one being, who has a controlling

244 FAMILY REGISTER.
BELLOWS, JOHN, Jr.* of Southboro', (s. of John) m.
Susannah, D. of Samuel Whitney, Oct. 4, 1768; and lived in
Southboro' until about the year 1784, when he settled here on
the place that was [her father's. She d. there Feb. 1, 1805,
aged 57; and he, March 6, 1826, aged 81. Chil. The birth
of but one on rec. here. The others h. in Southboro', and per
haps not in the order here placed. Martha, who m. Nahum
Newton, 1792; Chloe, who m. Pelatiah Allen of Holden, June
11, 1800; Lucy, who ra. Oliver Torrey of Killingsly,Ct., March
15, 1809 ; Anna, who m. Dr. Jacob Kittridge of Spencer, June
12, 1799, (and survived hira; bed. 1807, and she returned here
with two sons, Justus and Otis) Moses, Ly scorn, John, b. Feb.
21, 1735.
BELLOWS, MOSES (s. of John) m. Relief, D. of Jona
than Newton, 1804, and d. Dec. 22, 1831, aged 52, and his
wid. Relief, April 5, 1835, aged 60. Chil. Roxa, b. June 26,
1804; jRAorffl, March 26, 1806; Robert, Nov. 14, 1807, and
d. Feb. 21, 1834, aged 26 ; Rinda, Sept. 10, 1809; Rena,
Sept. 1, 1815, and d. Oct. 22, 1821 ; Rilla, Aug. 15, 1817.

power over other beings, would they not knock your shop down, and say that such
a wicked trade should not go on ? '
" His discourses were clusters of maxims," "The writer of this (Deane) can
never forget the charge given by the venerable Doctor to him, when ordained his
colleague. It was full of pointed sayings like the following: 'In attempting to
instruct your people, be careful not to preach what they will not understand, and
especially careful not to preach what you don't understand yourself.' "
" Solomon, a brother of Dr. Barns, deceased in Marlboro', Dec. 1830, being 90
years of age, on the 20th of June, 1830." History of Scituate, by Rev, Samuel
Deane. * John Bellows and Mary Wood of Concord, were m . 9, 3, 1656. They removed
to Marlboro', where he d. in 1683, and his wid. Mary, in 1707. They had John b.
in Marlboro', 1666, whose wife was Hannah. She d. in 1719. He probably m.
Mary Wheeler of Concord, Dec. 1721. He was living in Southboro', in 1749, and
in that year, having previously provided for his son, John, b. 1698, he conveyed all
his real estate to his sons, Joseph, b. 1711, and Moses, 1713, " in equal halves," but
"undivided." "A descendant of one of these settled in Walpole, N. H., and left the family
name perpetuated there in what has long been known as ' Bellows' Falls.' " The
latter John m. Elizabeth Allen of Hopkinton, in 1723, and probably was the father
of John, who settled in this town, and who, in the record of his marriag-e here, was
called John Bellows, Jr. of Southboro'.

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BELLOWS, LYSCOM (s. of John) m. Lydia Gardner, D.
of Jacob Albertson, 1805, and reraoved to R. I.
BELLOWS, JOHN, Jr.- (s. of John) m. Eunice Willard of
Worcester, 1806, and d. here, Sept. 18, 1817, aged 32. Chil.
John Willard, b. April 6, 1807, sup. afterwards changed to Al
exander Yiillard ; Samuel Austin, May 4, 1809; Luther and
Lucretia, Dec. 3, 1810. She m. Ephraim Wesson, s. of Abel,
May 2, 1829; Leonard Henry, Feb. 8, 1 813; James Newell,
Feb. 19, 1815.
BELLOWS, ALEXANDER W. (s. of John, Jr.) m.
Elizabeth G. Pond of Franklin, 1831. Child, Elizaheth G., b.
May 22, 1833.
BELLOWS, STEPHEN, from Southboro', m. Abigail P.,
D. of Nathan Muzzy, (deceased) Jan. 14, 1817. Chil. No
births on rec. Henry, who d. Oct. 1, 1821, aged 4 years;
Mary, who d. the next day, aged 2 years ; 2d Mary, d. July II,
1826, aged 4 years.
BROOKS, NOAH (set off with his farm to Grafton, 1741)
whose wife was Sarah, had Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1737.
BREWER, WILLIAM, from Waltham, m. Elizabeth Ball
of Watertown, Feb. 3, 1731, and came here about 1743, with
a family. Chil. Elizabeth and William. He next m. Abigail
Garfield of Watertown,- April 10, 1735. Chil. Abigail; Sarah,
b. June 7, 1744 ; Benjamin, April 15, 1747; Isaac, Sept. 8,
1749 ; Abigail and Jonas, Dec, 4, 1751 ; Elizabeth, June 6,
1754, and ra, Joseph Garfield of Warwick, 1778, The two
last daughters were named for the two first, who were drowned
on the 22d day of Oct,, 1751, at Lancaster, " in a saw mill
pond," says the chh, record; the eldest 19, and the other 16
years of age. The parents did not remove their chh. relation
ship to this place until 1771, and then from Waltham, yet all the
children b. after 1743, were bap. here soon after their respective
births.

246 FAMILY REGISTER.
BREWER, WILLIAM, Jr. (s. of William) m. Mary, D. of
Edward Goodale, Nov. 22, 1764. He, and perhaps his father,
lived on the place now of Daniel Noyes. Child, Libbeus, bap.
June 25, 1775 ; reraoved, sup. to Royalston.
BALDWIN, HENRY and his wife, Abigail Butler, were
frora Pelhara, N. H., where his father, Henry, previously of Wo
burn, d. 1753, leaving a wid. Mary, formerly Mary Richardson.*
They came here with a faraily about 1756, and settled on the
place now of Jason Bullard, where he kept a public house.
Both adraitted to chh. here in 1773; his wife from the chh. in
Nottingham West, N. H. His mother, having m. a second hus
band. Col. John Jones of Hopkinton, and survived hira, carae
here, and resided with her son. She d. here, Oct. 25, 1798, in
her 105th year. When 100 years old, the Rev. Dr. Sumner
took her to a sleigh ride.
Abigail, the wife of Henry Baldwin, d. May 23, 1777, aged
57. Chil. Mary, who ra. Elisha Ward, April 7, 1763, and d.
in Petershara, 1811, aged 68; Zeruiah, who ra. Jonathan Hey
wood, Jr. of Concord, Nov. 7, 1771 ; Abigail, who m. Dr.
Abraham Holland, s. of James, June 2, 1784, and reraoved to
Walpole, N. H. ; Relief, who ra. Capt. William Hammond of
Newton, Nov. 12, 1778, and removed to Bangor in 1808;
Henry ; Lucretia, b. Nov. 12, 1756, m. Jonas Stone of Leices
ter, (now of this town, and both living, Jan. 1847) June 1, 1784;
Thaddeus, Dec. 7, 1758; Life, April 25, 1763; Tilly, Aug.
10, 1770, and d. Aug. 1775. The second wife of Henry Bald
win was Martha, wid. of Ebenezer Abbott. He survived her,
and d. Nov. 17, 1-89, aged 72.
*They had an only D., Mary, who m. April 3, 1745, Rev. Abner Bayley, (s. of
Joshua of Newbury, Mass.) grad. H. U. 1736, and ord. first minister of Salem,
(N. H.) 1740. She d. Feb. 18, 1789 ; he d., in the ministry, March 10, 1798. Their
chil. were, 1. Mary, wife of William White of Plaistow, (N. H.) and, afterwards, of
Dea. Webster of Haverhill, Mass.; 2. Elizabeth, wife of Henry Little of Salem,
(N. H.) 3. Lavinia, wife of Rev. William Kelley of Warner, (N. H.) 4. Sarah.
N. H. Historical Collections.
Henry, father of Henry, who d. in 1753, was son of Henry of Woburn, who m.
Phebe Richardson, Dec. 1 , 1649, and had seven children, whose births are recorded
there. The name of Baldwin is very ancient, and may be traced back to the 7tb
century, when it was Baldwinus.

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247

BALDWIN, Capt. HENRY, Jr. (s. of Henry) ra. Azubah,
D. of Elisha Keyes, Nov. 5, 1786, and d. Dec. 28, 1789, aged
36. Chil. Mary, h. July 2, 1787, and ra. Moses Gill of Prince
ton, 1810; Henry, Oct. 5, 1788; Nathan, Sept. 24, 1790.—
His wid. Azubah m. Capt. Ashbel Smith, April 23, 1805.
BALDWIN, THADDEUS (s. of Henry, Sen.) m. Abigail,
D. of Col. Asa Rice, March 2, 1784. Chil. Tilly, b. Aug. 3,
1784; Loammi, Aug. 1, 1786. He removed with his family to
Gerry, now Phillipston.
BALDWIN, LIFE (s, of Henry, Sen,) m, Mary Holland
of Petersham, and settled, it is said, in Townsend,
BALDWIN, HENRY (s, of Capt. Henry) m. Mary, D, of
Capt. Luther Goddard, Oct. II, 1812. Chil. Mary Elizabeth,
b. March 13, 1813, and d. unm. 1846 ; Harriet Azubah, May
30, 1816; Angeline Augusta, April 26, 1819, and m. Oliver
B.Sawyer of Beriin; Charles Henry, Jan. 8, 1823, and m.
Harriet H. Grosvenor, 1846 ; Catharine Maria, Feb. 20, 1825.
BALDWIN, Capt. NATHAN (s. of Capt. Henry) m.
Elizabeth Denny, D. of Thomas W. Ward, Esq., May 26, 1817.
Chil. Catharine Maria Ward, b. Jan. 6, 1818, and ra. Thomas
Lyon of Northboro', May I, 1828; Henry Walter, Jan. 5,
1820; Charles Snith, March 22, 1823, and d. 1824; James.
BANNISTER, NATHAN (s. of Joseph of Brookfield, who
was s. of Christopher of Marlboro', and he the s. of Nathan, Jr.,
whose parents, Nathan and Mary, were in Charlestown, 1669.
Christopher d. in 1678) ra. Sarah, D. of Daniel Whitney, Dec.
17, 1769, and lived upon the place in the S. W. part of now
Boylston, that was previously her father Whitney's, where he d.
Aug. 1825, aged 78. His wife, Sarah, d. June, 1817, aged 68.
Chil. Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1770, and m. Elizabeth Stone of Fra
mingham, and d. in N. J., about 1817; Thankful, March 28,
1773, and m. Thomas Harlow, 1793; Nathan, Jan. 7, 1775;

248 FAMILY REGISTER.
Daniel, Feb. 13, 1777, and m. Anna, D. of Caleb Drury, July
2, 1798, and reraoved to Gardner; Sarah, Nov. 20, 1778, and
m. Arunah Harlow, 1799; Seth, Nov. 3, 1780, and ra. Mary
Hastings, whose chil. were Mary, Eli and Lucy ; John, Sept. 23,
1783, and ra. Lucy, D. of Nathan Howe, Esq., and d. May 5,
1822, aged 40; Luke, March 16, 1786, and d. 1802; Mary,
Sept. 29, 1788, and m. Nathan R. Tilton ; Emery, Sept. 29,
1791, and m. Lucy, D. of Joel Drury, 1821. She d. Dec. 29,
1834 aged 43. His second wife was Melinda, D. of Abijah
Drury. BANNISTER, NATHAN (s. of Nathan) went to South
boro', and m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Champney, s. of Maj.
Jonathan, where he d. Sept. 5, 1846, aged 72. His wife, Sarah,
d. Sept. 23, 1840, aged 60. Chil. George S., Samuel, Charles,
Ann, Emery, Selucas, Nancy H. and Maynard ; all b. in South
boro', between 1801 and 1821.
BEAMAN, EZRA, Esq. (s, of Capt. Jabez, who was one
of the selectmen, 1753 and 4; and d. here, 1757, aged 53 ; sup.
from Lancaster*) m. Persis, D. of Dea. Cyprian Keyes, June
1, 1758. Chil. Levinah, b. Dec. 3, 1759, and m. Francis
Bigelow of Boston, 1778; Persis, April 1, 1762, sup. m. Dr.
Amariah Bigelow, 1781; Jabez, Dec. I, 1764; Elizabeth,
June 12, 1767 ; Ezra, Dec. 27, 1770.
BEAMAN, EPHRAIM (sup. brother of Ezra) ra. Tamar
Howe of Lancaster, 1764. Chil. &7as, b. April 7, 1765. Ezra
and Ephraim held town offices here before and at the time the

* Gamaliel Beaman, whose wife was Sarah, had Noah, b. in Lancaster, 3, 2 mo.,
1661, and Thankful, April 18, 1663; and John, whose wife was Priscilla. They had
Sarah, b. in Lancaster, Jan. 25, 1681, and Gamaliel, Feb. 29, 1684.
Thomas Beaman, whose wife was Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 1679 ; Eleazer,
1683; Sarah, 1685; and Abriiham, 1692; all in Marlboro'. Abraham Beaman, last
named, whose wife was Mary, had several chil., among them, Noah, b. 1730, in
Marlboro'; who may have ireen the following, with a different spelling of the name.
Noah Beamont m. Lydia IJowe in Marlboro', 1765, and had eight chil. b. there
previous to 1770. Of his sons, were Abraham, Noah, Aaron and Samuel.

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town was divided. They lived in the W. part of the North
Parish. There was an Ephraim Beaman living in Northboro'
prior to 1744.
BOYNTON, EPHRAIM, Jr. and his wife, Abigail, had
David Emery, b. Sept. 24, 1757 ; Sarah, July 22, 1759.
BOYNTON, JOHN, pub. to, and perhaps m,, Elizabeth
Jewett of Lancaster, June, 1761. She probably d. soon after,
for be ra. Elizabeth Bearaan of Lancaster, Dec. 1762. Chil,
Jewett, h. Sept. 4, 1763; Ephraim, Nov. 30, 1764; Beaman,
Sept. 4, 1767.
BACHELLER, JONATHAN and his wife, Elizabeth,
frora Upton, had Hannah, b. Nov. 29, 1777. Returned (o
Upton. BRITTON, SAMUEL, Jr. (from Southboro') m. Roth, D.
of Stephen Parker, Oct. 8, 1768. Chil. Mary, b. June 18,
1769, and m. Calvin Sawyer, 1793; Levinah, April 19, 1771 ;
Phebe, Jan. 25, 1773 ; Luther, July 11, 1775; Ruth, Aug. 28,
1777. He deserted his wife, children and country ; went to the
enemy, and was heard of no more. His wid. or wife ra. Aaron
Wheeler, Nov. 14, 1784.
A John Britton of Northboro', m. Esther,^ D. of Edward
Newton, April 14, 1762; and William Britton of Rutland, m.
Lydia, D. of Sarauel Whitney, Nov. 3, 1767. The three may
have been brothers.
BALCOM, HENRY, from Sudbury, and his wife,. Keziah
had Relief, bap. April 8, 1770.
" The mother ad. to chh. here, 1773," " and dis. 1774, with
Luke Knowlton and Sarah, his wife, John Wheeler and Jedi
dah, his wife, and Hezekiah Taylor, at their request, and recom
mended to the covenanting brethren in Newfane; in order to be
formed into a chh. state there, where the said Mr. Taylor is pas
tor elect." Taylor, grad. H. U. 1770; d. in the ministry at
Newfane, 1814. He is said to have come from Grafton.
32

250 FAMILY REGISTER,
BRUCE, SIMEON m. Esther, D. of Thomas Harrington,
Oct. 21, 1776. 'Chil. Abigail, bap. Jan. 4, 1778 ; Esther, bap.
Oct. 21, 1787. He removed to Templeton or vicinity, and was
killed in Rudand, 30 years or more since, by falling from his
wagun, the wheels of which passed over hira. A monument by
the way side, once, perhaps yet, marks the spot.
BRUCE, JONATHAN and his wife, Anna Gibson of Hop
kinton, came here, without children, from Northboro', a few
years before his death, which occurred, Oct. 5, 1803; his age
was 52. His wid. Anna, d. March 16, 1823, aged 77.
BOND, JONATHAN, Jr. m. Lucy, D. of Robert Andrews,
Sen., 1734 ; lived in North Parish. Dea. and Rep.; he d. Sept.
3, 1321 ; his wife, Lucy, Oct. 14, 1817. Chil. Joseph, (the
only one now, 1846, living) b. Nov. 20, 1784; Lucy, Dec. 3,
1786; Lucinda, May 5, 1790; Joanna Hurd, Jan. 11, 1792;
Eli, May 28, 1794; Eliott, June 29, 1797 ; Ruth Tyler, Nov.
10, 1801.
BOND, CHAUNCY, from Brookfield, m. Frances Rhoda,
D. of Sarauel Bullard, April 5, 1830, and d. April 29, 1833,
aged 31 ; and his wid.. May 7, 1835, aged 30; both of con
sumption. There is not, on the town record, the birth or death
of any one of the name of Bond, except this family, prior to
1840. The account of the one preceding it was obtained from
another source.
BROCAS, JOHN (a foreigner) ra. Ruth, D. of Joseph
Hasting.s, April 18, 1784. Chil. Martha Symms, b. May 21,
1785, and m. Isaiah Fairbank, Jr. of Grafton, 1802; Mary
Kneeland, Dec. 13, 1786; John Hastings, April 30, 1789.
BILLINGS, SYLVANUS, (s. of Thomas, of Northboro')
with a family of adult chil., came frora that town to this, and re
sided here a few years, on the farra he purchased of the late Jo
nah Howe, Esq. The house, then standing a few rods east of

FAMILY REGISTER,
the house, now of Elisha Davis, has long since been remfl^^^^ \K-^ |
Of his chil., Sylvanus ra. Sarah, D. of Col. Seth Wyman, a7)!(k*^ ^ ^'' ''
removed to N. H., and Catharine ra. Caleb Tucker, 1797, The
family left town soon after the year 1800.
BULLARD, SAiMUEL, with his wife, Abigail, and family,
came here from Lancaster, about 1802, and purchased of Aaron
Smith the Baldwin Place, so called, and d. Sept. 1, 1830, from
an injury received in overturning of his wagon, aged 64. Chil.
The three first b. in Lancaster ; Amy, b, June 18, 1787, and m.
John G. Monse of Boylston, 1813; Dolly, Feb. 13, 1794, and
ra. Joseph Morse, Jr. of West Boylston, May 29, 1822; Jason,
July 11, 1797; Frances Rhoda, Oct. 9, 1805, and m. Chauncy
Bond, April 5, 1830.
BULLARD, JASON (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah, D. of Jonas
Stone, (deceased) June 3, 1823. She d. July 10, 1844, aged
45. Chil. (No births on record) George, Charles, John, Sarah
Maria, Samuel, Elizabeth and Harriet Ellen.
BOYD, BETHUEL, from Medway, about 1824, purchased
of Dea. Braggs' heirs, the place where the Rev. John Miles now
lives, and to whora he sold it. He afterwards bought and lived
on the Lewis Eager farra, where he d. May 26, 1836, aged 70.
Chil. (hut perhaps not in this order) Mary, who m. Benjamin
Maynard, Jr., 1828 ; Susan ; John, who d. unm. Oct. 30, 1844,
aged 45 ; Hannah, who m. Capt. Leander Fales, 1829 ; and
Sarah. BLISS, JOHN m. Lydia, D. of Abijah Garfield, July 18,
1816. Chil. Margaret Aurelia, b. April 18, 1817, and ra. G.
B. Deering of North Brookfield, June 28, 1839, and have Anna
Maria, Sarauel Edmands and Henry Bliss ; Augustine Burke,
Oct. 8, 1818; Sarah Maria, Sept. 17, 1820, and d. I82I ;
Sarah Maria, Feb. 7, 1823, and m. Joseph W. Cary, June 13,
1843.

262 FAMILY REGISTER.
BLAKE, JASON, from Worcester, with a family, resided
here a few years and left; while here, his D. Hannah ra. Hosea
Stoddard of Watertown, Nov. 22,1819; and his s. Jason m.
Harriet, D. of Peter Gary, Dec. 12, 1822.
BRANCH, ELDER NICHOLAS (Baptist Clergyman)
lived here a short period of time, in which he lost two children,
viz.- Sarah, Sept. 6, 1821, aged 2 years, and an infant in Opt,
following. BARTLETT, JOTHAM, with his w., Catharine Rice, and
a family, carae here frora Northboro', about 1325. He d. May
14, 1835, aged 53. Chil. Lucy, who ra. Stephen H. Gleason
of Rutland; Abigail, who m. Stillman Sraith; Benjamin;
William, who ra. Charlotte L., D. of Isaac Harrington, (and
have Clarendon Augustus and Nancy Maria) Elizabeth Smith,
b. April 23, 1816; Solomon, Aug. 10, 1820; Henry, Feb. 19,
1823 ; Albert, Sept. 2, 1828; Harriet, Oct. 9, 1830.
BAIRD, LEWIS (from Worcester, with a family, and living
in the S. W. part of the town) was killed by the falling of a
tree, Dec, 28, 1831, aged 49. He had been here but a short
time. CUSHING, Rev. JOB,* b. at Hingham, July 19, 1694;
grad. H. U., 1714 ; ord. here, first minister of Shrewsbury, Dec.
4j 1723; m. Mary, D. of Rev. John Prenticp f of Lancaster,
* Third son of Matthew Cushing, Jr., who m. Jael, D. of Capt. John Jacobs of
Hingham, Dec. 31, 1683, and d. June 23, 1715. His wife, Jael, d. Dec. 1708.
Matthew was the second son of Matthew Cushing, who m. Nazareth Pitcher, in
Norfolk, England, and arrived at Boston, with his wife and five children, in the
iihip The Diligent, John Martin, of Ipswich, master, on the 10th of Aug., 1638,
and settled in Hingham, where he d. Sept. 30, 1660; and his wid., Nazareth, Jan. 6,
1681, aged 96. Matthew, last named, was son of Peter Cushing.
Family Record of Thomas P. Cushing, Esq. of Boston.
t This name is spelt Prentice and Prentiss. The latter mode is adhered toby
njany of the name ; an4, anjong them, by the Hon. Prentiss Mellen, late Chief
ilnstice of the S. J. C, Me., a relative of Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster. There
is reason to suppose it was originally Prentiss, and that it has undergone ^ change

FAMILY REGISTER. 253
March 16, 1727, and lived on house lot, No. 22, "granted to
the first raini.ster," which, with other grants made to him, con
tained some of the best land in the town. He d. Aug. 6, 1760,
aged 66. His wid., Mary, d. May 24, 1798, aged 90. Chil.
Job, b. Jan. 1, 1728; Jacob, Feb. 17, 1730; iWary, Jan. 25,
1731, and d, April 1, 1740; Bridget, Dec. 4, 1734, and d.
April 6, 1740; John, Sept. 10, 1737, and d. April I, 1740;
Mary, March 24, 1741, and ra. Rev. Nathan Stone of Yar
mouth, now Dennis, Cape Cod, Oct. 17, 1765. (Their chil.
were Nathan, b. Aug. 1766, who had three sons, who were lost
between Cape Cod and Boston, in 1814; Mary, Job Cushing,
and Nathaniel, minister of Windham, Me.) John, Aug. 22,
1744; Bridget, Sept. 12, 1746, and d. June 26, 1769.
CUSHING, Col. JOB (s. of Rev. Job) ra. Lucy, D. of
Isaac Stone of Framinghara, Feb. 20, 1752 ; both adraitted to
chh. here, 1753; she d. March 25, 1790, aged 64. Chil.
Lydia, b. Feb. 12, 1753, and ra. Nathaniel Stearns of Paxton,
Dec. 15, 1774, and next, Jonas Larab, and d. in Newfane, 1835,
aged 82; Lucy, Jan. 5, 1755, and ra. Jonas Stone, then of
Charlton, (now, 1847, of this town) 1781; Alice, Feb. 23,
1757, and ra. Winslow Brigham of Northboro', Oct. 25, 1781 ;
Emery, Sept. 13, 1759, and d. July 21, 1775; jEZmer, June 27,
1762; Job, March I, 1765; Bridget, May 16, 1769, and m.
Josiah Stone, 1791. He next ra. Sarah, wid. of Col. Goulding
of Grafton, May 17, 1792, and d. April 16, 1808, aged 80.

by lopping off the first syllable of apprentice ; a clipping not uncommon in speaking
that word at the present day. Ancient records show, that our ancestors spelt other
men's names, if not their own, by the rule of pronunciation. Hence, names have
multiplied by variation, and the wants of the community are likely to be supplied
in that way for time to come, to distinguish the rapidly increasing families that are
spreading over the land.
The wife of the Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster was Mary, wid. of the Rev.
John Gardner, his predecessor in the ministry, in Lancaster, who was shot, in the
night of the 26th October, 1704, being mistaken for one of the Indian enemy, and
d. at the age of 30. I have said predecessor, for although he had not been ordained,
he had preached there, says Whitney, severijl jfears, and was, at the t'lpe of his
4eatb, the pastor elect.

254 FAMILY REGISTER,
CUSHING, ELMER (s. of Col. Job) m, Lydia, D, of Jo
seph Hastings, June 5, 1783, Chil, John Prentiss, b. Oct. 23,
1783; Artemas, Jan, 31, 1786, He removed, with his faraily,
lo Canada, and d. in Stanstead,
CUSHING, JOB, Jr, (s. of Col, Job) ra. Sarah, D. of Col.
Asa Rice, Sept. 2, 1790. Chil. Lucy, b. Jan. 14, 1791 ; Hez
ekiah Rice, May 13, 1792; Elizaheth, March 18, 1794;
JSmerj/, Nov. 2 1 , 1796. He also reraoved to Canada with his
family, and d. in Montreal, Jan. 2, 1821, aged 56.
CUSHING, Rev. JACOB (s. of Rev. Job) grad. H. U.,
1748; ord. Minister of the Gospel in Waltham, 1752; D. D.,
H. U., 1807; m. Anna, D. of Rev. Warehara Williams of
Wahham, Nov. 8, 1753, and d. there, Jan. 1809, aged 79.
Chil. Wareham, b. 1754, and d. in Waltham, 1806; Williams,
1755; Prentiss, 1757, and d. at Demarara; Anna, 1759; Ab
igail, 1761, and m. Col. Russell of Stow; Leonard, 1763, and
d. young ; Bridget, 1770, and d. unra., 1846 ; Leonard.
CUSHING, Rev. JOHN (s. of Rev. Job) grad. H. U., 1764 ;
ord. Minister of the Gospel in Ashburnham, Nov. 2, 1768;
D. D., H. U., 1822, m. Sarah, D. of Rev, Ebenezer Parkman
of Westboro', Sept, 28, 1769, and d, April 27, 1323, aged 79.
His wid,, Sarah, d, March 12, 1825, aged 82. Chil. John, b,
Aug, 17, 1771, and ra, Julia Keith of Bridgewater, and d, in
Boston, May 17, 1806; George Augustus, 1773, and m,
Hannah B, Keith, and d,, Aug, 8, 1810; Henry, 1774, and d,,
1839; Mary, 1732, and m, Elisha Coolidge, and next, Rev.
Asa Rand ; Thomas Parkman, Oct. 7, 1737, and m, Sarah B.
Sigourney, 1302; she d. 1325; he next ra, Martha Ann Sig-
ourney, D, of Hon, John Cargill of Virginia, 1331, She d, in
Boston, 1840. He next ra. Sarah Thompson, D, of Rev,
Francis Wayland of Saratoga Springs, N, Y, ; lives in Boston,
and furnished much of this inforraation respecting his uncle Ja
cob's family, his father's, and his own.

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CHILD, DAVID (chh, 1727; perhaps one of " the heirs
of Daniel Child," * who were on house lot. No. 32, in 1729)
m. Grace Brown of Watertown, Oct. 26, 1737. Chil. Bulah,
h. June 4, 1739, and m. Samuel Lee of Rutland, Feb. 27, 1766 ;
Susanna, June 1, 1741 ; David, Jan. 30, 1745. His next wife
was Mehitable Richardson of Worcester, ra. Nov. 29, 1759.
Chil. Zachariah, b. Nov. 19, 1763, and m. Lydia Bigelow of
Worcester, 1784; Amos, Aug. 27, 1765.
CHESNUT, WILLIAM ra. Huldah, D. of Elisha Maynard,
Nov. 4, 1754. Child, Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1755. His wid. m.
Ephraim Allen of Rutland, July 12, 1757.
CROSBY, JOHN, frora Billerica ; one of the founders of
the chh. here in 1723, (s. of Samuel, and g. s. of Simon and
Anna, who were in Cambridge in 1637, and were among the
first setders of Billerica, about 1653) m. Bathsheba Newton, in
Mariboro', Jan. 23, 1721. Lived on house lot, No. 13, in 1729,
and d. here, Dec. 5, 1738, aged 43, and 8 raos. They had no
children. Perhaps it was his wid., Bathsheba, who ra. Jonathan
Foster, Aug. 2, 1741 .
CROSBY, SAMUEL, also frora Billerica, (bro. of John)
and one of the founders of this chh. ; m. Dorothy Brown of
Billerica, 1729, and lived on house lot. No. 8, in 1729; he d-
Jan. 23, 1749, aged 50. Chil. Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1732; Sa
rah, April- 21, 1734, and m. Robert Cook of Westboro', Feb.
6, 1750; Jabez, h, Feb. 7, 1736 ; (and went to Brookfield, and
there had Jabez; Oliver, afterwards Col. and Senator; and
Amos) Elisha, h. Jan. 10, 1738; Silas, Dec. 9, 1740, and m.
Rebecca Forbes of Westboro', July 8, 1763, and went to Wil
mington, Vt., and d. since 1320; Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1742;
Aaron, b. Nov. 27, 1744; Hannah, Aug. 29, 1747, and m.
 Spring of Uxbridge, and next. Col. Fletcher of North-
bridge. Dorothy, wid. of Sarauel Crosby, m. Jonathan Wood
*Son of John, of Watertown.

256 FAMILY REGISTER.
of Upton, and removed to Spencer, and d. there, 1781, and
Jonathan Wood in 1796, aged 94.
CROSBY, Dr. SAMUEL (s. of Samuel) m. Azubah, D.
of James Howe of Westboro', 1753; chh. 1754; Surgeon in
the Array of the Revolution, Magistrate, &c. ; lived in S. E.
part of the town, on " Boston Hill." Chil. Sarah, b. Sept. 24,
1754, and m. Stephen Bailey of Bolton, Feb. 8, 1779, and d.
there, 1812, aged 58; Samuel, Sept. 12, 1756, grad. H. U.,
1777; chh. 1779 ; setded in Chariestown, N. H., and d. 1802;
Simon, Sept. 13, 1758, and ra. ; had a family in Winchendon ;
removed to Cambridge, N. Y., and d. there, 1818; Dorothy,
b. Aug. 26, 1760, and m. Dr. Israel Whiton of Winchendon,
Oct. 28, 1784, and d., his wid. in Antrim, N. H., 1826 ; *
John, b. Oct. 1, 1762, and d. infant; Eusebia, Aug. 23, 1763,
and ra. Dr. Royal Humphrey of Athol, and d. 1833 ; Otis, b.
Jan. 15, 1766; grad. D. C, 1791 ; invited to a pastoral charge
at New Gloucester, Me., but d. before ordination, and unm.,
1795; John, h. Oct. 18, 1767, and settled in Montpelier, Vt.,
and d. there about 1822; Arethusa, bap. April 25, 1773, and
m. Thomas Wilder of Winchendon, removed to Dixmont, Me.,
and d. there, 1841 ; Sophia, bap. July 9, 1775, and m. Daniel
Spooner of Hardand, Vt., and d. about 1830.
Dr. Crosby removed from this town to Winchendon in 1781 ;
thence, in 131 1, to Montpelier, Vt., and d. there, Dec. II, 1814,
aged 83; his wid., Azubah, d. there, Oct. 14, 1818, aged 85.
CROSBY, ELISHA (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Tabitha Har
rington of Worcester, and removed to Petersham ; returned here
about 1779, and lived on the place that his brother, Dr. Samuel
Crosby, left ; where he and his wife d. of small pox, 1792 ; his
age 54. Chil. Frederick, b. April 8,1764; Thomas, Sept.,
1765, and went to New London, thence to Lyme, Ct., where he

* where her son, the Rev. John M. Whiton, is settled in the ministry ; to whom,
and to Elisha Crosby of Ashburnham, I am indebted for some particulars of the
Crosby family after they removed from this town.

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d., leaving a family ; Lucy, b. July 28, 1767, and m. Moses
Coolidge of Beriin, 1795, and d. there, 1344, aged 77 ; Mary,
Aug. 10, 1769, and m. Moses Pollard of Beriin, 1793, and re
moved to Albany; Leonard, July 10, 1771, and m. twice, and
d. at his son's, in the N. part of Ohio; Walter, b. Sept. 30,
1773; Gardner, Aug. 28, 1775, and ra., and lived in Boston a
few years, and d. at the South ; Fanny, Aug. 3, 1779, and m.,
and d. in Woodstock, Vt. ; Henrietta, Sept. 6, 1781, and m.
Joseph Anthony of Sherburne, Vt.
CROSBY, AARON, (s. of Samuel, Sen.) chh. 1764;
grad. H, U., 1770, ra, Mary Taylor of Grafton, Aug. 22, 1774.
He was a raissionary to the Indians, and afterwards settled in the
ministry, in Duramerston, Vt,, where he d,, 1824, aged 80,
CROSBY, FREDERICK (s, of Elisha) m, Martha, D, of
John Maynard, March 31, 1785, Chil, Henry, b, 1735, grad.
D, C. 1811, is living in Maryland; John, b. 1787, and lives in
Winchendon, to which place the parents reraoved frora here, in
1790; eleven other children were b. to thera after they left
here, and, in 1819, the thirteen were all living; their father,
Frederic Crosby, removed to Ashburnham in 1796, and d, there,
in 1840, aged 76,
CROSBY, DAVID (sup, from Billerica) and his w, Sarah,
lived in the N, Parish. The births of their chil. are not, any of
them, on the town record; they were bap. here, as follows:
Hannah, Jan. 7, 1733, and sup. m. Adonijah Rice of West
boro', July 3, 1751 ; Solomon, Dec. 29, 1734; Persis, Nov.
14, 1736, and ra. Daniel Forbush, Jr. of Westboro', Dec. 31
1759; Mary, March 4, 1739; John, March 8, 1741 ; Bulah,
Nov. 7, 1742; Relief, April 27, 1746; Prudence, Aug. 17,
1748; Rachel, Sept. 15, 1751. Hannah, the first of these
chil., was bap., says the chh. record, " by virtue of her (the
mother) having enjoyed that privilege at Billerica, where she
lived." His wife, Sarah, was admitted to the chh. here in 1734,
and he, in 1741 ; and, in 1743, he was dismissed to the chh. in
the N. Parish. 33

258 FAMILY REGISTER,
CROSBY, WALTER (s. of Elisha) settled in Boston ; m.
Elizaheth Orcuti of Kingston, Oct. 1, 1797. She d. 1825, and
he reraoved to Ct. Chil. Henrietta, ^ho m. Nathaniel Ewer;
Elizabeth, who m. Lewis Gardner ; Walter and Adaline, twins ;
the first ra. Mary P. Watson of Dover, N. H. ; Belvidera, who
m. Wm, C, Munroe; Emetine and Caroline, twins; the .former
m, Thomas Trueman ; Otis.
CROSBY, PHILIP and his wife, Esther Brown, m. here,
1793, were both from Rehoboth ; she d, Feb, 14, 1802, aged
29, Chil, Isaiah, b. June 17, 1795; Samuel, Sept, 17, 1797,
and d, April 2, 1820; Ransom, Aug, 4, 1799; Esther Brown,
Feb. 8, 1802, and d, 1303, He next m, Grace, D. of Jasper
Stone, Nov, 27, 1808, and d. Oct. 12, 1817, aged 49. His
wid., Grace, d. Aug. 6, 1828, aged 53. Chil. Philip, bap. Oct.
19, 1806, and m. Elvira, D. of Stephen Stearns, 1825; Asa
Stone, bap. Oct, 2, 1314; Grace Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 17,
1816. CROSBY, ZACHEUS (bro. of Philip) and his wife, Mary,
were from Northboro'. Chil. Ariel, b. April 14, 1803; Isaac,
March 11, 1805; Ca/e6, April 23, 1807; Hezekiah Higgins,
Sept. 2, 1809; all at Northboro', and recorded here. He lived
in town but a few years, and removed about 1820.
CROSBY, ISAIAH (s. of Philip) m. Elizabeth Sawyer of
Bolton, 1823. Chil. Samuel Brown, b. Sept. 25, 1824; Albert
Thomas, Dec. 27, 1826; Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 4, 1831;
George Otis, Dec. 3, 1834.
CUTTING, JONAS and his wife, Dinah, perhaps from
Lancaster, lived, sup. in the North Parish. Chil. Salmon, bap.
July 13, 1735, "on account of his [the father] having owned
the covenant in another chh." Hence, it may be supposed he
came here with a family of children ; sorae of thera are, proba
bly, those who are hereafter naraed.) Eliphalet, b. July 12,
1738, and ra. Mary Hayden, March 24, 1760. Dinah Cutting,
probably his D. or wid., m. Micah Pratt, May 18, 1752.

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CUTTING, JONATHAN and his wife, Sarah, had Jona
than, b. Dec. 19, 1746 ; Abigail, July 20, 1743, sup. m. John
Willington, 1782; Sarah, May 5, 1750; John, April 1, 1753;
Silas, Dec. 11, 1755 ; Ebenezer, June 19, 1759, and m. Eliza
beth Dunton of Sturbridge, 1784 ; Alpheus, May 29, 1767.
CUTTING, ZACHARIAH and his wife, Elizabeth, had
Lydia, b. Oct, 15, 1744, and Jonas, June 1, 1746,
CUTTING, JOSIAH and his wife, Orpah, had Persis, b.
Feb. II, 1753, and ra, David Bennett, 1773, and Phihp Brans-
comb in 1779; a D, [record torn] June 28, 1754; Ephraim,
July 1, 1757; a s,, April 6, 1759, and another D,, Prudence
Cutting, m. Isaac Smith of Westmoreland, 1783.
CUTTING, FRANCIS and his wife. Thankful Warren, m.
May 11,1750; had Jonas, b. Jan. 14,1751; Zebulon,Dec.
1, 1752, and Sarah, Dec. 16. 1753.
CUTTING, DAVID m. Mary Keyes, Nov. 10, 1767,
Chil. David, b. June 20, 1768 ; Hannah, June 9, 1770 ; Mary,
May 10, 1773; Thaniel, July 16, 1774.
CUTTING, JOSIAH m. Persis, D. of Joseph Glazier,
1769. Chil. Joel, b. May 5, 1770; Sarah and Susanna, Jan.
16, 1773; the latter m. Peter Cary, 1814; Eunice, Feb. 2,
1775; Mary, Aug. 27, 1777; Persis, Jan. 24, 1780; and
John, March 11, 1782.
CUTTING, SILAS (s. of Jonathan) m. Lucy Cutting,
1779. Chil. Abigail, b. June 19, 1780, and John, Oct. 6,
1781. Most, if not all, of the Cutting faraili^s lived In the N. Parish,
Their ancestors were eariy settlers in Watertown.

260 FAMILY REGISTER.
CUTLER, EBENEZER * m. Abigail Felch of Reading,
April 27, 1726, Hewas then of Shrewsbury; and, in 1729,
was living on house lot, No, 6. Chil. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 23,
1729, and m. Miriam Bennett, Nov. 28, 1764 ; Abigail, May
28, 1731; Elizabeth, Oct. 7, 1732; Thomas, 1735, and d.
1736; Jonathan, May 1, 1736 ; David, Sept. 7, 1737; Moses,
Feb. 16, 1739; Mary, April 25, 1740. Ebenezer Cutler, wuh
his farra, was set off to Grafton in 1741. He is sup. to have ra.
Abigail Whitney, a widow, of Grafton, April 19, 1779,
CUTLER, JOHN and his wife, Susanna, were frora Lex
ington about 1753. Chil, John,b. Aug. 25, 1750; Joseph,
May 13, 1752; both at Lexington; Moses, b. here. May 28,
1754, and d. Oct. 6, 1756; Benjamin, Jane 8, 1756; Susanna,
Jan. 5, 1759 ; David, bap. Oct. 30, 1762 ; Rachel, bap. March
17, 1765 ; Sarah, bap. Feb. 8, 1767.
CUTLER, JONATHAN (s. of Ebenezer) m. Deliverance
Hathorn, in Marlboro', March 1, 1764, and lived in the N. part
of the town, where he d. Aug, 23, 1809, aged 73 ; and his wid.
Deliverance, Oct. 16, 1818, aged 83. Chil. Nathaniel, h.
April 2, 1765, and d. Oct. 7, 1833; Elizabeth, April 21, 1767,
and d. unm. June 17, 1830; Thomas, Aug. 6, 1769; Sarah,
Sept. 30, 1771, and ra. Patrick Delany, 1795; Lydia, Jan. 4,
1774; Joel, Sept. 28, 1776; Mary, Dec. 15, 1780.
CUTLER, JOEL (s. of Jonathan) ra. Mary Keith of
Easton, 1802. Chil. Caroline, b, Oct. 16, 1302; Sidney, Jan.
31, 1804; Gilbert, June 2, 1805; William, Jan. 15, 1307;
Amelia, Jan. 20, 1809; Mary Ann, Oct. 22, 1811; Asaph,
Nov. 6, 1812. He, with his family, removed to Vt.
' Timothy Cutler, with; a family, was in Charlestown, 1674.
Nathaniel Cutler, with a family, was there, 167S.
John Cutler m. Martha Wiswall, in Charlestown, 23, 2, 1675.
James Cutler, and his wife, Lydia, in Cambridge, 1666, and had a large family of
cbildreD.

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CUTLER, EBENEZER and his wife, Milly
from Grafton, had Aaron Goodale, b. Sept. 21, 1826 ; Oliver
Blake, Dec. 13, 1827; Ann Jane, March 23, 1830; Albert
Josiah, Oct. 24, 1835; Eleanor, Feb. 17, 1840.
CUTLER, ISAAC from Grafton, ra. Ruth, D. of Paul
Knowlton, April 8, 1823, and d. March 22, 1839, aged 49.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM and his wife, Margaret, said to
have come from Ireland, had John, b. May 10, 1726; Eliza
beth, Feb. 8, 1723; William, Aug. 12, 1730 ; Margaret, June
1, 1734, and m. Jonathan Gale, March 10, 1757; Sarah, Feb.
2, 1737 ; Robert, Feb. 3, 1740 ; Joseph, Aug. 2, 1742 ; David,
Feb. 8, 1745. The parents were admitted to chh. here in 1738.
The mother d. Jan. 20, 1745 ; and, in 1748, the father was dis
missed. Sic, to the church in Worcester.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, Jr. (s. of William) ra. Mary
Dinsraoreof Lancaster, Feb. 26, 1758. Disarraed, &c. on account
of his toryism, in 1775. Chil. John, b. Sept. 17, 1758, and d.
1760; a s., (rec. torn) April 11, 1760; Eleanor, April 14,
1762, sup. ra. Joseph Peirce, 1782; John, Sept. 13, 1764, af
terwards Col. John, who settled and d. in Northboro'; James,
Oct. 27, 1766; Jane, April 7, 1768; Levi, Sept. 17, 1770;
Lewis, Feb. 7, 1775.
CRAWFORD, JOHN and his wife, Elizabeth, had Marga
ret, b. Feb. 12, 1737, and John, May 25, 1739. The father ra.
Margaret Henderson of Lancaster, in 1743, and, in 1748, was
living near " Rocky Pontj."
CALHOONE, SAMUEL and his wife, whose narae no
where appears of record, had Alexander, bap. at his house, Oct.
30, 1726, on her account ; the child being dangerously sick. —
Many instances of this kind appear on the chh. records. Sam-

262 FAMILY REGISTER,
uel, bap. Nov. 27, 1726; James, bap, July 18, 1731; Mary,
bap, June 17, 1736, removed to Petersham.
Jane Calhoone of this town ra. John Shaw of Hassanaraisco,
(Grafton) June 5, 1735, This name is Cahoone, in the town,
and Calhoone in the chh, records.
CROUTCH, WILLIAM, living on house lot, No, 5, in
1729, and his wife, Hannah, had Aaron, b. Jan, 31, 1732;
Phebe, May 19, 1734; Phineas, bap, Nov, 23, 1735.
Thoraas Croutch, perhaps a brother of William, m, Sarah
Grover, March 26, 1734 ; both called of Shrewsbury, and, says
Rev, Mr, Cushing's records, m, "gratis,"
CHOAT, STEPHEN ra, Bathsheba Newton, March 27,
1754, C\\il. Patience, b. Jan, 16, 1755; William, Feb. \5,
1757 ; Bathsheba, May 27, 1761, and Rebecca, Nov, 20, 1763,
A family by the name of Choate was in Ipswich as early as
1650. CLUES, THOMAS (the name does not appear on record,
except as giving name to a road in the S, part of the town on
which he lived) had sons Thomas and Hiram.
GROSSMAN, JAMES, Jr, m, Susannah Farrar, 1766, both
of Shrewsbury,
CARY, JOSIAH and his wife, Bulah Warren, m, Dec, 27,
1765, were both from Weston, Chil,, on record here, Silas,
b, Nov, 6, 1776; Joel, bap, iMay 2, 1779; Lewis, bap. Oct, 7,
1781 ; Susannah, bap, Oct, 24, 1784; Abigail, bap. Sept, 16,
1787, CARY, PETER, (bro, of Josiah) a soldier of the Revo, ;
taken prisoner at the " Cedars," thence to Quebec, exchanged at
Halifax, and arrived at Boston, and m, Bulah, D, of Elnathan
Pratt, Chil, (perhaps not in this order ; not' one of their births
was on record in 1829) Ebenezer; Nathaniel; John; Thad-

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dem, who m, Sarah, D. of Samuel Smith, Sept. 25, 1808, and
setded in Providence, R, I, ; Henry ; Joseph Pratt ; Relief,
who m, Joseph J, Peirks, 1813; Harriet, who ra, Jason Blake,
Jr,, Dec. 12, 1822, Peter Cary m, Susannah, D, of Josiah
Cutting of Boylston, Feb, 17, 1814, and d, April 23, 1832,
aged 72,
CARY, HENRY (s. of Peter) m, Lucretia, D, of Adam
Harrington, 1811. Chil. Adam Harrington, b. Feb. 21, 1812,
and ra. Mehitable, D. of Salmon Smith ; Theodore Chauncy,
Aug. 23, 1813, and ra. Maria W. Freeraan, of R. I. She d.
Jan. 28, 1842, aged 21. Isaac Harrington, May 3, 1825.
CARY, JOSEPH P. (s. of Peter) ra. Abigail, D. of Wil
liam Sawyer, March 9, 1817. She d. Nov. 15, 1328, aged 30.
Chil. John Flint, b. June 16, 1817; Joseph William, Jan. 22,
1819, and m. Sarah Maria, D. of John Bliss; Abigail Andrews,
Oct. 29, 1820; Caroline Elizabeth, June 30, 1822; Harriet
Augusta, iMay 19, 1824 ; Lucy Ann, July 18, 1826; Henry,
Oct. 9, 1828. He next m. 'Harriet Sawyer, (sister of Abigail,
his late wife) 1829. Chil. George Edward, b. Sept. 30, 1329 ;
Nancy Stiles, Sept. 30, 1831; Susan M., Aug. 24, 1833;
Caroline E., Oct. 29, 1838; Albert Waters, July 2, 1840;
Andrew Walter, Feb. 16, 1844.
CURTIS, JOSEPH, from Worcester, (a descendant of
Ephraim Curtis, who was the first settler there, and was from
Sudbury) m. Eleoner, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Aug. 1, 1774.
Chil. Eleoner, h. Dec. 15, 1774; Catharine, Aug. 23, 1776,
and d. 1777 ; William, Jan. 23, 1779; Mary, July 23, 1781 ;
Catharine, Sept. 19, 1783. He removed to Leicester about
1784 ; where he had Maria and Sarah, both hap. here, Oct. 31,
1790, and Austin, who was bap. here, Feb. 26, 1792. Of
these, Maria m. Benjamin Maynard, Jr., Nov. 3, 1808.
CLOYES, JOSEPH, from Framinghara, m. Eunice, D, of
Gideon Howe, Sept. 24, 1797. Chil. Elijah, b. Dec. 8, 1 797 ;

264 FAMILY REGISTER.
Damaris Howe, Jan. 19, 1799. She was admitted to the chh.
here, Nov. 24, 1799, and on the first day of Dec. next follow
ing, the before naraed chil. were bap. here, being called the chil.
of the widow Eunice Cloyes. There is no record here of whe
or where he d.
CHAPIN, PERRY, from Worcester, m. Mary, D. of Capt.
Levi Pease, Nov. 1, 1807. Child, Charles Perry, b. July 2,
1808. He returned to Worcester, where she d. Sept. 2, 1816
aged 37 ; but buried here with her brother, Levi, on the sarae
day, and both in one grave.
CUMxMINGS, JOHN B. and his wife, who was Martha
Knowlton of Hamilton, came here from Topsfield in 1807.
(His father was Thoraas, of Topsfield, and his g. father, Capt.
Joseph, of Ipswich, where, in 1638, was Isaac, and the name
then spelt Comings^ Chil. Joseph, b. at Topsfield, Feb. 19,
1806 ; Susanna Fellows, Dec. 4, 1807 ; Rebecca Balch, July
10, 1809 ; Martha Knowlton, July 24, 1811; George, Oct. 31,
1814; Caroline Boardman, Jan. 30, 1817; John, Sept. 29,
1819; Jonas, Dec. 21, 1825.
CUMMINGS, SAMUEL, whose wife was Sarah, buried a
child in July, 1813, aged 2 years; and two others in May, 1816,
the eldest aged 3 years; and had Joseph, b. May 8, 1817. His
wife, Sarah, d. Nov. 14, I8I7, aged 29. He left town soon
after. CHICKERING, OLIVER, from Rutland, m. Sarah, D. of
Jedediah Tucker, Jr., April 28, 1799, and d. 1846, aged 74.
Chil. Elizabeth, b. Sept. II, 1799, and ra. in Worcester; Mary,
Feb. 20, 1801 ; Silas, Nov. 13, 1802, and m.  Charapney
of Southboro'; Horace, Feb. 5, 1804 ; Cromwell, Oct. 4, 1805 ;
John, July 16, 1808; Lucy, March 4, 1811 ; Daniel, May 4,
1813 ; Obed, July 18, 1815, and m. Hannah, D. of Ezra Phil-
lips; Charles, June 10, 1818,

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DAVENPORT, WILLIAM, from Bridgewater, (s.of Rich
ard and g. s. of Richard, " Commander," Sic.*) whose wife,
says Mitchell) in his history of Bridgewater, was " Sarah Rich
ards, whom he m. in 1730, and had Abigail, b. 1730; Anna,
1732 ; and Elizabeth, 1735," had William b. June 23, 1737 ;
Sarah, Oct. 1, 1739, the births of the two last are all that appear
on the records of this town.
DAVENPORT, NATHANIEL (brother of Williara) m.
Lucy Wyman, 1729 ; she was ad. to chh. Sept. 1730, and d.
Oct. 23, 1730. CKild, Lucy, h. Oct. 7, 1730. His second
wife was Elizabeth. They had Nathaniel, who d. May 9,
1742; John, b. Dec. 7, 1733, and d. Jan. 6, 1753 ; Elizaheth,

*" Rev. John Davenport from Coventry, England.b. 1597, came to N.E., June 26,
1637, and, in 1638, settled in New Haven. Removed to Boston, and was installed
Bucceasor of Rev. John Wilson, Dec. 9, 1638, and d. March, 1670, aged 73. — Farmer,
" Richard Davenport, (according to Farmer) b. 1606, arrived in Salem, with Gov.
Endicot, in Sept. 1628 ; was Rep. from Salem, in 1637, and resided there until
1642 ; he was afterwards commander of Castle Island, in Boston Harbor, many
years, and was killed (there) by lightning, July 15, 1665, aged 59." Some have
supposed, that the Rev. John Davenport was the ancestor of those of that name
who settled in Shrewsbury, and that Richard, their father, was his son ; both suppo.
sitions are erroneous.
In 1659, the Great and General Court granted to him (Richard) 650 acres of land
within the limits of what was afterwards granted, in 1717, to the proprietors of
Shrewsbury, as a township; and lies partly in Boylston and partly in West Boyl
ston, where, and on some part of which, his descendants now live. It was called
by the proprietors, in their earliest records, " The Davenport Farm," Perhaps
his family was in Weymouth at the time of his death.
" Richard Davenport ( says Mitchell, in his History of Bridgewater) removed
from Weymouth to Bridgewater about the year 1700, and that he appears to have
been at Shrewsbury in 1731 ." He was, beyond doubt, the son of Richard, the
" Commander; " according to Mitchell, his children were William, Abigail, Na
thaniel and Elizabeth. If the father were here in 1731, it was probably with a view
to the future settlement of his sons ; two of whom, William and Nathaniel, came
here from Bridgewater, in 1736, and settled on the land granted to his father, in
1659. There is nothing on the town record to show that the father was here at all,
but by the chh. records he was here in 1736; in that year, although it does not appear
that he was a member of or in covenant with the church here, he entered a com"
plaint against one of the brethren. That is all the evidence I can find on record
here that he ever resided in this town. He appears to have had no wife here, nor
are any of his children, designated as such, named on the town record. His sons
here had families at that time, and probably he, then advanced in life, spent the
remainder of his days with them.
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266 FAMILY REGISTER.
Nov. 7, 1736, and ra. Thomas Willard of Lancaster, Jan. 11,
1759 ; Elijah, iVlay 4, 1741, and d. Sept. 27, 1745 ; Nathaniel,
Dec. 22, 1743, and d. Sept. 23, 1745; Matthew, April 23,
1745, and ra. Patience Goodenow, 1778; Catharine, Aug. 12,
1747, and m. Timothy Whitney, Dec. 8, 1768 ; Mary May 6,
1749, and ra. Jonas Goodenow, of Princeton, Jan. 29, 1767 }
Nathaniel, Aug. 30, 1751. He next m. Tamar Moore, or
Morse, of Princeton, Feb. 23, 1764 ; Moore in the marriage,
and Morse in the publishment, record. Chil. Tamar, b. Nov.
22, 1764; Dorcas, June 5, 1766; John, Feb. 25, 1773.
DAVENPORT, SAMUEL was admitted to the chh. here
in 1735 ; what connection, if any, of Richard, does not appear;
nor is there any thing further on the records here respecting him.
DRURY, THOMAS,* the name of whose wife is unknown,
had Sarah, bap. here, June 24, 1724 ; Abigail, bap. April 24,
1728; Rachel, bap. Oct. 20, 1728; Thankful, bap. Jan. 10,
1731. Thomas Drury, who ra. Huldah, D. of Eleazer Taylor, AprH
29, 1755, and removed to Narraganset, No. 6, now Tenpletnn,
was probably son of the above Thomas, and b. before his
parents carae here, and of whom nothing raore appears oi»
record. DRURY, JOHN (perhaps a brother of Thomas) and Anna
Gleason, both of Framingham, were ra. Nov. 22, 1733; and
were admitted to the chh. here from that in Natick in 1758. It
is said, he had chil. John, and Martha, and perhaps others, and
b. before their parents came here. Martha Drury, D. sup. of
John, d. here, Oct. 13, 1775, aged 27.

•John Drury, Mass., freeman in 1654, 1 suppose to have been father of Thomas
Drury, who m. Rachel Rice, in Sudbury, Dec. 15, 1687, and there had Caleb, b.
Oct. 6, 1688, and Thomas, above mentioned, Aug. 29, 1690, by Ruth a second wife.

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DRURY, DANIEL, (brother, sup. of John) of Fraraing-
hara, ra. Sarah Flagg of Sudbury, July 14, 1729, and soon after
setded in this town ; she was admitted to the chh. here from that
in Sudbury in 1732, and d. Nov. 29, 1775, aged 70. He be
came a member of the chh. here in 1742. Chil. Caleb, b.
1730; Isaac, Dec. 25, 1731 ; Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 17, 1733;
Sibbillah, b. April 17, 1736, and m. Gershom Drury, in 1760;
Sarah and Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1738, and both d. in 1740; Daniel,
bap. Aug. 10, 1740, and m. Sarah Knowlton, D. sup. of Abra
ham, May 28, 1765; Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1743, and m. Daniei
Warren, Jr. of Westboro', May 18, 1775. Daniel Drury was
pub. to the wid. Elizabeth Chamberlain of Holliston, in May,
1776, and m. the wid. Mary Stacey of Northboro', Sept. 5,
1776. He d. June 5, 1786, and his wid. Mary, Dec. 7, 1791 ;
their ages unknown. A Martha Drury m. Reuben Goss of
Westboro', Sept. 10, 1764.
DRURY, CALEB (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah Goodale, D,
sup. of Edward, Dec. 7, 1756 ; both ad. to chh. 1794 ; he d.
Dec. 20, 1804, aged 73; and , his wid., Sarah, Jan. 21, 1806,
aged 70. Chil. Caleb, b, Jtine 8, 1757 ; Ann, July 1, 1759;
Joel, March 9, 1763; Lucy, Jone 17, 1765, and sup. m. Wil
liam Drury in 1782; Abijah, Feb. 15, 1769; Lewis, Nov. 3®,
1772; Anna, Feb. 10, 1775, and m. Daniel Bannister of
Boylston, in 1798.
DRURY, ISAAC (s. of Daniel) m. Lois Muzzy, Dec. 5,
1754, and d. May 12, 1810, aged 79; his wife, Lois, d. F^b.
4, 1785, aged 49; they became chh. members here in 1783.
They had no chil.
DRURY, EBENEZER (s. of Daniel) m. Hannah, D. of
Ebenezer Keyes, Oct. 21,1761. They became members of
this chh. in 1776. Child, Esther, b. Nov. 25, 1762. The
parents removed to Temple, N. H., where they had Ebenezer,
and perhaps others. In 1768, he, called of Temple, N. H., m.
Miriam, D. of Enos Goodale, Dec, 1. Chil, bap. here, Abel,

268 FAMILY REGISTER,
May 24, 1772 ; Hannah, April 10, 1774, and Lois, Dec, .8,
1776. He removed to Pittsford, Vt,, and was a magistrate
there. DRURY, JOHN, Jr, (s, of John) whose wife was Martha
Buckminster, was from Framinghara, Chil, Joanna, b. July 9,
1760, and ra. Solomon Jones of Chariton, May 2, 1782 ; Caro
line, March 10, 1764; Lawson, Feb. 7, 1770 ; Martha, bap,
April 4, 1773; Buckminster, h. Nov. 16, 1775; John, Nov.
15, 1779. It is said he was an officer in the array of the Revo.,
and that he removed to Franconia, N. H.
Abigail, wife of John Drury, was admitted to the chh. here in
1772, from that in Concord. I am unable to reconcile this with
any records here relating to- the Drury families.
DRURY, WILLIAM (perhaps a brother of John Jr.) m.
Elizabeth Drury in 1763, and both then called of Shrewsbury.
He may have been the same who next follows, then having a
second wife ; or the following may have been a son of the pre
ceding, by a former wife.
DRURY, WILLIAM m. Lucy Drury, D. sup. of Caleb,
April 18, 1782. Chil. Ephraim, b. June 3, 1783 ; and iMke,
Oct. 11, 1785. This family probably removed to Grafton.
DRURY, GERSHOM, frora Hollis, N. H., m. Sibbillah, D.
of Daniel Drury, in 1760, and had David, b. Nov. 7, 1763.
DRURY, EBENEZER, Jr. (s. of Ebenezer) m. Lucy,
D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Jan. 1793, and both adraitted to the
chh. in that year. Chil. Isaac, b. April 29, 1793, and d. unm..
May 18, 1828; Edward Flint, Feb. 18, 1795, and d. unm.,
Jan. 16, 1826; Hannah Keyes, July 19, 1796, and ra. Oliver
Wyman, 1819; Lois Muzzy, June 12, 1798, and d, in 1800;
John, Dec. 2, 1799; Lois Muzzy, Nov. 2, 1801, and m.
Thomas H. Witherbee, 1824 ; Sarah Flint, Aug. 30, 1804, and
m. Isaac Reed Noyes, Sept, 16, 1828; Ebenezer, Jan. 4, 1806,

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DRURY, JOEL (s, of Caleb) m. Mary, D. of Joseph
.Sherman, Jr., June 8, 1788. She d. Oct. 31, 1828, aged 66.
Chil. Lois, b. March 14, 1789; Lucy, Oct. 19, 1791, and m.
Emery Bannister of Boylston, in 1821 ; Luther, March 16,
1794 ; Mary, bap. May 12, 1805.
DRURY, ABIJAH (s. of Caleb) ra. Resinah Wheelock,
Feb. 22, 1792. She d. April 21 , 1834, aged 63. Chil. Sarah,
h. July 30, 1792, and m. Alexander Rice, in 1811 ; Melinda,
Nov. 10, 1795, and m. Eraery Bannister, his second wife;
Luke, Aug. 15, 1799, and d. May 14, 1836; Phebe Rand,
Nov. 6, 1804, and m. Ebenezer Felton of Boylston, Feb. 1,
1827; Laura, Nov. 11, 1810, and d. Sept, 15, 1833,
DRURY, LUTHER (s. of Joel) m. Martha C. Gale of
West Boylston, May 5, 1822, Chil. William Sherman, b. Sept.
•23, 1823; Dolly Lincoln, June 16, 1826.
DODGE, JABEZ, from Ipswich, with a family, settled in
this town, how long before 1740, is unknown. He was living
here in 1761, I cannot find any thing respecting him after that
period on the records. It does not appear that he had chil. b.
here. Of those that came with him, were Deborah, who ra,
Solomon Rand, in 1741 ; Amee, who m, Ebenezer Maynard of
Westboro', Feb. 15, 1743, and d. there, Oct, 14, 1754; and
Ezekiel, who was admitted to the chh, here in 1742; grad,
H, U,, 1749; ord. to the ministry in Abington, Mass,, May 23,
1750; m, Mary Goddard of Sutton, and d, suddenly of apo
plexy, June 15, 1770, aged 48 ; another son, it is believed,
served his time with Marshall Nev?ton, at the blacksmith trade,
and afterwards settled in Brookfield, thence to Great Barrington.
DEAN, Capt, EBENEZER (s, of Ebenezer of Franklin,
and g. s, of Ebenezer of Dedham) came here with a faraily
about the year 1790, In May, 1791, he was, with his wife,
Abigail, adraitted to the chh, here from that in Franklin. He
settled on the place, where Balch Dean, Esq. now lives.. In

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1792, his dwelling house was opened as one of the small pox
hospitals, of which there were several in the town in that year;
the innoculation for that distemper being general throughout the
town. He had brothers, Nathaniel and Jonathan ; not any of
his children were b. here. Of those that came with him were
Ebenezer, who, it is said, m. Mary Brown of Rehoboth, and d.
in Norfolk, Va. ; Paul, a physician, who practised here some
years, and went South and d. there ; Cyrus, who m, and settled
in Brookfield ; Julia, who m. Timothy. Blake of Franklin, May
4, 1794; his D,, Irene, had ra, Samuel Fisher, of Westboro',
before the father came to this town. He removed from here
about 1798,
DEAN, JONATHAN, (s, of Ebenezer of Dedham) carae
here in 1798, with his second wife, Elizabeth, frora Dedham, 2d D,
of the Rev, Thomas Balch of the 2d Parish in that town, and
settled on the place that was previously Ebenezer Dean's, His
first wife was the D. of Capt, Samuel Holmes of Dedham.
Ebenezer and Balch, his sons by the second wife, came here,
with their parents, who, after a few years returned, as also did
Ebenezer, to Dedham, leaving their youngest son, Balch, sole
proprietor of the farra on which he now lives.
DEAN, BALCH, Esq., before raentioned, b. March 7, 1775,
m. Martha, D. of David Brigham, Nov. 20, 1300. Child,
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1801, and m. James Harvey Gerauld of
Keene, N. H., (previously of Wrentham) June 6, 1827.
DEAN, FRANCIS (bro. of Balch) resided on the Eddy
Place a few years, and then removed to Fitchburg. He had,
while here, Francis, bap. July 7, 1805, and Charles Pinkney,
bap. April 26, 1807.
DEAN, NATHANIEL (s. of Nathaniel, and g. s. of Eben
ezer, of Dedham) with his wife, Rebecca, wid. of Fisher Whiiing
of Dedham, formeriy Rebecca Fairbank, came here in Oct.,
1800, with two of her chil., viz : Rebecca Whiting, b. Dec. 8,

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1790. and here ra. Thomas Knowlton, Jr., in 1809; and Calvin
Whiting, b. Oct. 8, 1794. He lived on the place formeriy be
longing to the Crosbys, afterwards to Timothy Underwood, and
now to Samuel Whitney, where he d. March 15, 1822, aged 62.
His wid., Rebecca, d. in Boston, Feb. 10, 1329, aged 70.
DAVIS, Capt. SILAS, from Holden, ra. Sarah Nurse of
Framingham, in 1300, and lived on the place, now of Elisha
Davis. Chil. Joel, b. May 8, 1802 ; Addison, Aug. 27, 1803 ;
Esther, July 8, 1805; Nathan Nurse, Aug. 10, 1807; Sarak,
Dec. 7, 1809; Rebecca Estabrook, March 3, 1812. Here-
moved frora town about 1814.
DAVIS, ELISHA m. Sarah Drake, Sept. 29, 1816. Chil.
Orin Elisha, b. Dec. 28, 1817; .SaimMeZ iWem//, March 25,
1820; Benjamin Edwards Whipple, March 10, 1322; Amos
Harrison, March 14, 1825; Juliet Maranda, Nov. 6, 1828.
DELANY, PATRICK (an Irishman) m, Sarah, D, of Jon
athan Cuder, May 4, 1795, and, after a few years, left town.
Chil. Nancy, h, Feb, 21, 1798; Sarah, April 27, 1803; Wil
liam, Sept. 7, 1806; Cyrus, March 21, 1809,
DAY, WILLARD and his wife, Olive, carae here from
Wrenthara about 1823, and resided a few years on the place
where Silas Maynard now lives, and then returned to Wrentham.
Chil, b, here, George Hiram, Sept, 23, 1824; Mary Ann Mi
nerva, June 24, 1827,
DRAKE, JONATHAN H, (s, sup. of Francis, who m.
Sarah Hayden in Bridgewater, in 1775, and d. here, Jan. 17,
1817, aged 67) came here, with his wife, Abigail, about 1814.
Chil. Diana Emeline, h. Sept, 1, 1815; Sarah Hayden, July
23, 1817; Jonathan Charles, July 23, 1819, He m, Anna
Bruce, D, of Daniel Stone, Jan, 1, 1824, and had Albert Stone,
b, March, 1826, The father d, in 1844. His brother, Cyrus,
m, Hannah, D, of James Alexander, Sept, 22, 1819,

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DUDLEY, GERRY (s. of David and g. s. of Abel, whose
wid., Sarah, sup. a sister of Francis Drake, d. here, Feb. 10,
1817, aged 72) ra. Elizabeth Bellows, Nov. 18, 1327, and d.
Jan. 25, 1835, aged 31. Chil. Harriet Louisa, b. April 15,
1828; Abigail Frances, June 2, 1829; Mary Ann, Aug. 16,
1831. EAGER, ABRAHAM (s, of Williara, who m. Ruth Hill in
Maiden, in 1659) m. Lydia Woods, or Wood, in Mariboro',
March 22, 1692; and there had sons, Abraham, b. Sept. 14,
1709; Bezaleel, Dec. 22, 1713, and Benjamin, May 17, 1716.
Bezaleel settled in Westboro', in that part, now Northboro',
where his son, Francis, and his g. s., the late Col. William Eager,
formerly lived. The other two sons settled in this town.
Their parents both d. here. He d. Oct. 25, 1734, and his
wid., Lydia, Jan. 7, 1739 ; their ages unknown. His age, if 21,
when m., was about 63. He was several years Town Clerk of
Mariboro'; the last was in 1730. He is styled Capt., on the
record of deaths.
EAGER, ABRAHAM (s. of the above) m. Dinah, D. of
Luke Rice, April 25, 1739; she was ad. to this chh. in 1742;
his death is not on record. His wid., "relict," d. Aug. 13, 1788,
aged 69. Chil. Paul, b. April 13, 1740 ; sup. settled in Prince
ton, and m. Jane Forbus* of Rutland, in 1768; Azubah, Sept.
16, 1742, and m. Ephraim Wheeler, Nov. 4, 1761; Noah,
June 3, 1745, and d. Oct. 19, 1781 ; Sarah, June 25, 1749,
and m. James Curtis of Worcester, May 24, 1770 ; Lewis,
April 10, 1752; Benjamin, Sept. 19, 1755; Leonard, Dec. 6,
1757. EAGER, Capt. BENJAMIN (bro. of the above) m. Abigail
Johnson of Worcester, Aug. 18, 1737. She was ad. to this chh.
in 1742, and d. Sept. 12, 1747, aged 32. Chil. Lucretia, b.
April 27, 1738 ; Lydia, Jan. 20, 1740, and m. Matthew Nobles
of Westfield, May 21, 1759; Dorothy, Jan. 24, 1742; Winsor,
March 15, 1744; Ashbel, May 25, 1746. He next m. Sarah
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¦  of Westfield, 1749, and d, June 21, 1759, aged'' 44. His
wid,, Sarah, sup, m, Capt. John Heuston, or Huston, of Nova
Scotia, in 1761.
EAGER, Capt. LEWIS (s. of Abraham) m. Sarah Stacey
of Framinghara, Sept. 22, 1779, and d. Jan. 5, 1822, aged 70.
His wid. Sarah, ad. to chh. here, 1802, d, Feb, 21, 1841, aged
84. Chil, Abraham, b, July 6, 1780, lived in Troy, N, Y.
sorae years, where he m,, and returned here, and d, June 27,
1817, aged 37; Hannah, Feb. 15, 1782, and d. unm, about
1803; John, Sept, 30, 1783; Lucy, March 13, 178.5, and m.
Jonathan Dudley of Sutton, May 4, 1829; Welcome, (now Wil
liam) Nov. 1, 1786, and m.  Bruce of Grafton; Sarah,
March 28, 1788, and d. 1793; Austin, Dec. 1, 1789, and d.
1795; Lewis, Sept. 5, 1791; Sarah, Jan, 18, 1794, and ra.
George Slocurab, Jr,, in 1817 ; Cleora, July 5, 1795, and d, July
31, 1819; Charles, Sept. 13, 1798, and d, Aug, 14, 1814.
EAGER, JOHN (s. of Capt. Lewis) ra, Martha, D, of Na
than Howe, Esq,, Feb, 13, 1808, and removed to Camden, Me,,
Dep, Sheriff and Post Master there, and d. Sept, 11, 1837, aged
50. Chil. Fidelia, who d-, say, 1827 ; Mary S., who m. 
Codraan; William, who d. in Texas, 1847; John; Charles
Austin; Martha Ann, who ra.  Woodbury; Sarah Eliza
beth, who m.  Morse; Lucy and George.
EAGER, ZACHARIAH, b. 1716 (s. of Zachariah, of
Marlboro') ra. wid. Abigail Moor, April 12, 1760, and lived in
the "Leg." Chil. Lovisa, b. Nov. 11, 1760; Benjamin, Oct.
7, 1762 ; and Jonathan, Jan. 1765. This family and others,
with their lands, were set off to Lancaster, in 1768.
EAGER NATHAN, b. 1731, (s. of Uriah, and g. s. of
Zerubbabel, of Mariboro', who was brother of Abraham, first
mentioned) m. Sarah Goodenow in Mariboro', Feb. 5, 1755, and
had JVathan, whom I sup. to have been the following, and, that
be, with his wife, came here from Lancaster,
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274 FAMILY REGISTER.
EAGEJr, NATHAN and his wife, Dinah, were ad. to the
chh. here, in 17''7, but not from any other. He was one of
those chosen by the chh. in that year, "to assist in setting the
psalm." Chil. Ephronand Alvan, bap. June 1, 1777. Ephron,
I sup,, settled in Northboro'.
EAGER, NAHUM (from Providence, s, of Ephron, of
Northboro') m. Elizabeth, D. of Capt. Jonathan Nelson, Aug.
27, 1820, and kept a public house in this town, a short time, on
the Worcester turnpike. Child, Edwards Whipple, h. Oct, 22,
18-22, He reraoved to Leicester soon after and d.j bis wid,,
Elizabeth, m.  Parker,
One or more families of the name of Eager, not before men
tioned, were living in the North Parish before it became a town,
but there is nothing to show that fact on the records here.
EAGER, JOSEPH and his wife, Elizabeth Green, both
from Northboro', lived in the North Parish, and had, besides
other chil,, Miriam, who m, Dea, Gershom Wheelock, in 181 L
EDDY, Capt, BENJAMIN,* whose wife was Martha Brond-
son of Boston, came here with a family, as mentioned in the
* Samuel and John Eddy, sons of Rev. William Eddy of Crainbrook, in the
County of Kent, in England, came to America in the ship Handmaid, Capt. Grant,
master, and arrived at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630, where Samuel settled and had
Caleb, b. in 1643, who d. at the age of 70. His son, Caleb, b. in 1672. m. Hannafe
Brown and d. in Boston, 1747. His son Caleb, b. in 1721, m. Martha Marks, and d.
in Boston, 1752. His son, Benjamin, b. Feb. 19, 1743; is the above mentioned.
Capt. Benjamin Eddy was early inured to the hardships of a sea-faring life. At
the commencement of the Revolution, he was taken prisoner by a British man of
war, and, with his vessel, carried into Halifax; whence, after some months, be
escaped from prison, and travelled through the wilderness to Boston.
His wife and children had left Boston and retired to Worcester, for a season,
where he joined them a short time before he came to Shrewsbury. He removed
to this town, with his family, in 1776, having, in Nov. of that year, porchased of
Dennis Smith, the place on which he afterwards settled, and now belonging, to
Capt. JNathan Baldwin.
After the war had closed, he was, for several years, in command of vessels oat of
Boston, in the London trade, which afforded him facilities for furnishing his stors
herewiUi a greater variety of fancy articles than were usually to be foBnd in a
country town at thai period.

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note below. Chil. Martha, b. July 24, 1764, and m. Dr.
Zephaniah Jennings of Hardwick, Nov. 23, 1799 ; Mary, July
26, 1766, and m. Eliakim Morse, Sept. 22, 1786, and d. in
Boston, April 26, 1800; Hannah, July II, 1768, and m. Luke
Bemis of Watertown, July 9, 1797, and d. March 31, 1837 ;
Sarah, Aug. 11, 1770, and d. here, Sept. II, 1773; Robert
Rand, March 18, 1774, and d. here, Sept. 13, 1778. All the
above named chil. were b. in Boston. Eunice, b. Oct. 11,
1776, in Worcester, and d. here, July 20, 1796; Sarah, May
17, 1779, and m. William Cotting of West Cambridge, Jan. 21,
1810 ; Robert Rand, Aug. 25, 1781, and d. June 17, 1796 ;
Caleb, May 27, 1784.
Capt. Eddy removed to Waltham in 1804, and, in 1813, to
West Cambridge, where he d. Aug. II, 1817, aged 74.
EDDY, CALEB (s. of Benjamin) ra. and resides in Boston.
Chil. Robert Henry; Mary Caroline; Benjamin; Thomas
Melville; Benjamin; and Albert Melville. The first and two
last are living.
EARL STEPHEN, from Boxford, m. Mary, D. of Heze
kiah Rice, May 11, 1730, Chil, Henry, bap, Aug, 28, 1780 ;
John, bap, March 31, 1782, The parents removed to Gerry,
now Phillipston; where they had Hezekiah; Lydia; Sophia;
Mary; Lucy and Stephen. The father d, in Boston, June,
1825, aged 72. His wife, Mary, d. ten or twelve years previous,
EARL RALPH and his wife, Phebe, had Ralph, b. May
11, 1751.
FLINT, Dr. EDWARD * (frora Concord) m. Mary, D, of
•Hon. Thomas Flint came from Matlock, in Derbyshire, (England) to Concord,
in 1638, possessed of wealth, talents and a Christian character. He d. Oct. 8,
1653. His son, John, m. Mary, D. of Urian Oaks, President of H. U., in 1667, and
d. in 1687. Their son, Thomas, m. Mary Brown, They were the parents of Dr.
Edward, above mentioned, and of Thomas, who settled in Rutland, father of Dea.
Tilly Flint of that town.
I am indebted for much of this information to Mr. Shattuck's History of Con.-
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276 FAMILY REGISTER,
Daniel Howe, Jan, 8, 1758, They were adraitted to the chh.
here, in I80I. He d, Nov, 13, 1818, aged 85, His wife,
Mary, d, Feb. 11, 1817, aged 78. Chil. Eleanor, h. Feb. 22,
1758, and m. Joseph Curtis of Worcester, in 1774 ; Austin,
Jan. 4, 1760; Josiah, Dec. 12, 1761, and d. Jan. 1, 1770;
Dorothy, March 30, 1764, and m. Jonathan Adaras, Jr., in
1790; Edward, Feb. 7, 1766, and d. June 8, 1788; Mary,
Jan. 3, 1768, and m. Zenas Stone, in 1790 ; Lucy, Nov. 22,
1769, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Jr., in 1793; Lydia, Oct. 29,
1771, and m. Oliver Munroe of Northboro', in 1794; Sarah,
Aug. 30, 1773, and m. John Jennison, in 1799; Josiah, Dec.
15, 1775; John, Jan. 18, 1779.
FLINT, Dr. AUSTIN (s. of Dr. Edward) removed to
Leicester, and there m. Elizabeth, D. of Col. Williara Henshaw,
June 7, 1785. She d. Aug. 1, 1827, aged 63. He (in 1847)
still lives in ripe old age. Chil. Joseph Henshaw, who was a
practising physician in this town a few years, and, about 1811,
removed to Petersham, thence to Northampton, thence to Spring
field, and d. in Leicester, in 1846. Sarah; Edward; Eliza
heth; Waldo; and Laura.
FLINT, Dr. JOHN (s. of Dr. Edward) m, Abigail, D, of
Capt, Abraham Munroe of Northboro', in 1801, and, soon after,
reraoved to Petersham, where he d. of spotted fever, in 1809,
leaving a son, John, now (1847) a skilful physician in Boston,
His wid, Abigail, m. Col, William Eager of Northboro'.
FLINT, Maj, JOSIAH (s, of Dr. Edward) ra. Nancy, D.
of Luther Stone of Southboro', in 1801, and lives on the home-

settled here soon after the decease of Dr. Joshua Smith, in 1756. He was chief
¦chirurgeon in Col. Ruggles' regiment, in 1758, in an expedition against Canada.
He was not long in that service. Having just previously taken to himself a wifo,
he soon returned. He was many years Town Clerk, one of the Selectmen, a staunch
Whig in the time of the Revolution, and Surgeon in the Army at Cambridge, in
1775. His practice was extensive and abundant. Cheerful and humorous, he gave
efficacy to his medicine by administering it with anecdotes and queer stories, that
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stead. She d. Aug. 16, 1816, aged 34. Chil. Mary Eleanor,
b. Oct. 16, 1802, the only one on the town record, and d. Sept.
6, 1803 ; Mary, bap. Aug. 10, 1806, and m. Eli Walcutt of
Worcester, Dec. 26, 1828; Charles, bap. and d. in 1809;
Nancy, bap. July 7, 1812, and m. Joseph W. Mason ; Edward,
bap. March 31, 1816, and killed by a cart wheel passing over
him, Oct. 13, 1320. His second wife, Mary, was sister of his
first wife, and m. in 1317. She d. Jan. 13, 1844, aged 58.
Chil. Lydia Maria, bap. Sept. 27, 1318; Laura, bap. Sept.
10, 1820, and Jane, bap. Dec. 15, 1822.
FRISSOL, (FRIZZOL) SAMUEL, both ways on the
records, ra. Prudence Flagg of Watertown, Feb, I, 1727, He
was then called of Framinghara, Their chil, here were Samuel,
b. April 5, 1729; John, Sept, 20, 1730; Prudence, May 20,
1732; Abigail, Jan, 21, 1734, and m, Jason Parraenter of
Nashua, March 7, 1753; Mary, Jan, 29, 1736; Susanna,Sept.
29, 1739. His wife, Prudence, was undoubtedly a relative,
perhaps sister, of Gershom Flagg, of whom hereafter.
FRENCH, JONATHAN and his wife, whose name does
not appear on record, had James, bap. May 11, 1735; William,
bap. June 26, 1737.
FRENCH, JOSEPH m. Mary Bixbee, Jan. 2, 1746, and
had Desire, b. Aug. 31, 1746, on the town record called a son,
probably a mistake. Martha French m. Jonathan Ball of West
boro', April 4, 1739. Famihes of this name (French) were in
Cambridge, in 1637.
FOSTER, JONATHAN, on house lot, No. 44, in 1729;
ad. to chh. here in 1727; wife's name, Mary, and ad. to chh.,
1735. Their chil., as recorded here, were Jonathan, b. June
6, 1719, and ad. to chh. here in 1743 ; Mary, Nov. 24, 1721 ;
Benjamin, March I, 1724, bap. at his father's house in 1727,
and d. sarae year, say the church records ; Thomas, h. Sept. 2,
1726; Hezekiah, Aug. 28, 1728; Bulah, Feb. 13, 1731 ; Je-

978 FAMILY REGISTER.
mima, bap, July 8, 1733 ; Kezia, bap, June 4, 1736. There
is no death on the town record of the narae of Foster.
Jonathan Foster, probably the first above mentioned, m. Bath
sheba, the wid,, I sup,, of John Crosby, in 1741.
FOSTER, HEZEKIAH and his wife, Hannah, were from
Haverhill, where they had, say the town records, Hannah, b.
May 6, 1747,
FLAGG, GERSHOM * (sup, from Watertown) m, Hannah,
D, sup, of Capt, John Keyes, Jan, 6, 1725 ; and was on house
lot. No, 36, in 1729, She was ad, to chh, here in 1727, and
he, in 1732, Chil, Persis, b. June 8, 1726 ; Stephen, July 22,
1728; Jotham, July 25, 1730; Solomon, March 6, 1733;
Gershom, Jan. 1, 1735 ; Thankful, Jan, 21, 1739, His wid,,
Hannah, is sup, to have ra, Eleazer Taylor in 1744.
FLAGG, STEPHEN (s, of Gershora) m. Judith, D, of
Eleazer Taylor, Dec, 6, 1750, Chil, John, b, Oct, 4, 1751,
and d, 1756; Solomon, Aug, 13, 1753, and d, 1756; Stephen,
March 23, 1755, and d, 1758; Judith, March 6, 1757, and m,
Samuel Andrews in 1777 ; Stephen, June 8, 1759; John, Dec.
21, 1760, and d, Jan, 30, 1785; Solomon, April 1, 1764, and m.
Rebecca Dakin, Oct, 1789 ; Benjamin, May 25, 1766 ; Jotham,
Jan, 8, 1767 ; Lucretia, Jane 2, 1763; Gershom,Sept.21, 1770.
FLAGG, JOTHAM (s, of Gershom) m, Rebecca Kendall,
Aug, 15, 1765, Chil. Jotham, h, Jan. 8, 1767; Rebecca, Oct.
22,1768; Solomon, Oct. 21, 1770; Samuel, Sept. 8, 1772;
Thankful, Feb. 28, 1774 ; Pliny, April 8, 1776.
FLAGG, JOEL and his wife, Mary, from Boylston, had
Mary Elizabeth, b. here, Jan, 4, 1821.
* Gershom "fleg," Mass., freeman, 1674, was probably the Gershom fleg, who,
with his wife, Hannah, was in Woburn in 1683, and had a son, Benoni, b. there in
that year. Lt, Gershom fleg, d. in Woburn, 1690. Thomas "fleg," whose wife
was Mary  , was in Watertown, 1643, when and where he had John, and, in
1662, Benjamin. John^cg-, and his wife, Mary, had Sarah, b, there in 1675, and
John, in 1677. "fleg;" see note page 2S0.

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FARR, DANIEL, (perhaps a descendant of George, who,
with his wife, Elizabeth, was in Lynn in 1630, and d, 1661,
leaving sons, John ; Lazarus ; Benjamin ; and Joseph ;) whose
wife was Mary, had Patience, b, March 29, 1760 ; Sarah, March
28, 1762 } Samuel, March 3, 1764 ; Mary, Aug, 23, 1766,
and m. John Bailey of Hollis, N, H,, in 1784,
FISKE, JACOB and his wife, whose name is not on the
records here, were from Wenham ; being a mem, of the chh.
there, had his son, Jonathan, bap, here. May 22, 1748,
Daniel Fiske m, Elizabeth Goddard, Nov. 2, 1743.
Rachel Fiske m. Isaac Stone, Jr., of Lancaster, 1765.
Moses Fiske m. Lucy Bush, 1781.
FURNIS, BENJAMIN (Furness, Irish extraction) m. Abi
gail Taylor of Sturbridge, in 1766 ; it does not appear that he
had any more- family while here, which was as late as 1774,
when he was licensed to keep a public house, where Joseph
Nurse now lives.*
FARRAR, Maj. JOHN f and his wife, who was Hannah
Brown, carae here, settled on the place, and kept a public house,
where the late Capt. Levi Pease afterwards lived. He d. there,
* It was there the late Aaron Smith, as he informed me, first saw a potatoe. He,
3 lad, and his brother, Moses, being there in planting time, saw Furness placing
some small things in a row upon the grass land and covering them with sods; they
' inquired of him what they were; Furness replied, paratocs, and asked the boys if
they never saw any before ? They said. No ; what are they good for 1 He told'
them, and gave them a few to carry home, with directions how to cook them, roast
or boil. They roasted and ate them in the evening. Soon after, Moses was taken
sick, and attributing the cause to the paratoes,d^i not eat another until several'
' years afterwards.
t John and Jacob Farrar were Proprietors of Lancaster in 1663. Jacob, son of
John or Jacob, m. Hannah, D. of John Houghton, Esq. in 1668, and was killed by
the Indians, Ang. 22, WtS, His sons, Jacob, George, Joseph, and John, removed
to Concord. George m. Mary How, in 1692, settled in Concord, and d. 1760, aged
89. His youngest son, Samuel, m. Lydia Barrett in 1732, and d. 1783, aged 75. —
Shattuclc. They were the parents, as I suppose, of Maj. John, who was b. about, 1741.
A John Farrar m.MarthaSwiftof Framingham, Oct. 13, 1740. — Mid. Co. Records,

280 FAMILY REGISTER.
Jan. 15, 1793, aged 52. Chil. Ephraim, b. Oct. 22, 1765, at
Cambridge ; Martha, March 10, 1767, and d. in 2 mos. ; she
was bap. here, in 1767, " the parents being in covenant with the
chh. in Concord ; " Martha, Aug. 26, 1769, and m.  Brons-
don of Milton; John, May 10, 1768, and d. in 1770; Lucy,
Dec. 13, 1770, and d. in 1771 ; Lucy, Feb. 2, 1773, and d. in
2 mos.; Mary, April 3, 1774, and d. in 2 mos.; Hannah, Aug.
25, 1775, and d. in 1778; Relief, Oct. 20, 1777, and d. in 6
mos. ; Hannah, Nov. 26, 1779, and m.  Read, and next,
Eastabrook of Royalston. Ephraim (whose name was, in his
adnit age, altered to John) lived a few years in Worcester ; went
to the West, m. and d. there. Hannah, the wid. of Maj. Farrar,
ra. Rev. Joseph Lee of Royalston, May 21, 1795.
FASSETT, JONATHAN (Fassett on early and late records ;
it is probably a corruption from Fawcett) came to this town with
his wife, Sarah, from Bedford, (sup. Sarah Davis, and ra. there,
Oct. 27, 1761) and settled in the N. P. He was one of the
Selectmen, in 1781. Chil., whose births are recorded here,
Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1767 ; Amittia, (perhaps Amelia) b. March
2, 1771, and m. Abel Moore Goodenow, April 15, 1790; Eliz
abeth, Nov. 26, 1773 ; Rebecca, Feb. 17, 1777 ; Lucy, Sept.
12, 1779, and m. Ephraim Lyon, Jr., in 1799; Abigail, Dec.
27, I7S1, and m. Asahel Noyes, in 1802; Jo^epA, May 17,
1784. Probably it was his D. Sarah, (h. before the family re
moved here,) that m. Andrew Bigelow, in 1785.
FORBES, ELISHA and his wife, Hannah, had a D. Eliza
heth, bap. here, Nov. 10, 1771 ; the mother was then a raem.of
the chh. in Upton.
FAIRBANK, Rev. ELEAZER, (frora Preston, Ct.) ord. to
the rainistry in the N. P., March 27, 1777,ra. Sarah, D. of Dea,
Amariah Bigelow, Oct. 3, I7SI, and was dismissed, at his own
request, April 23, 1793. Chil. Melthina, b. June 26, \182;
Perley, Feb. 29, 1784. He was installed over the chh. in Wil
mington, Vt., in Sept. 1793, dismissed soon after, and d., it is said,
at Palmyra, N. Y.,in 1821.

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FAIRBANK, ISAIAH, Jr, (sup, from Grafton) m. Martha
Syrams Brocas, Nov. 11, 1802. Child, John, b. Aug, 28, 1803.
They removed from town soon after.
FAY, Capt. CHARLES, (s., and 12th of 13 children of
Capt. Benjamin Fay of Westboro', who m. Martha Miles of
Concord, Dec. 27, 1739. They had 11 chil. ; Martha, d. July
9, 1761. His second wife was Elizabeth Stow of Grafton, whom
he ra. Oct. 28, 1765) b. July 12, 1766, and m. Deborah, D, of
Capt. Ephraim Lyon, Sen,, then of Grafton, afterwards of this
town. She d, Nov, 15, 1815, aged 49. He d. Sept. 7, 1818,
aged 52. Chil, Charles Taylor, b. June 2, 1789; Joel, May
24, 1791, and m. Catharine Bigelow ; Deborah, Aug. 3, 1794,
and ra, Lewis Witherby, in I8I8; David, August 4, 1799;
Jonathan Prescott, Nov, 29, 1801 ; the two last went to Ohio,
unm,; Elizabeth Lyon, April 1, 1807,
FAY, CHARLES TAYLOR (s, of Capt. Charles) m. Re
lief, D. of Abel Goulding, March 22, 1812. Chil. No births
on record. Their s., Charles Henry, d. May 13, 1818, aged 6
years. FAY, JOHN, (s. sup. of John and Mehitable, of Westboro',)
b. April 19, 1784, ra. Elizabeth, D. of Daniel Noyes, March
13, 1808. Both are said to have d. young, of consumption.
FAY, SOLOMON T., (s. of Capt. Solomon and Susanna,
of Westboro') b. Aug. 21, 1803, carae here from Westboro', say
in 1826, with his wife, Ascah, and lived a few years on the Jen
nison Place, a short distance west of where Joseph Nurse lives,
and then returned. Chil., whose births are recorded here, Henry
Clinton, b. March 4, 1827; George Ellis, Jan. 13, 1829;
Abbe Ann, Nov. 28, 1330, and Solomon Dexter, Jan. 15, 1834.
FALES, Capt. DANIEL, originally from Wrentham, carae
here from Newton, with his wife, Sarah Pra'tt, about 1802, ard
settied on the place previously owned by Joseph Hastings. Chil,
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Leander, h. Dec. 15, 1798; Mary Ann, Dec. 21, 1800, and
m. John Parker, Jr., of Terapleton, Sept. 4, 1823 ; Almira Lu
cretia, Jan. 4, 1803, and m. Calvin Lincoln of Holliston, Jan. 1,
1322; John Mann, Aug. 25, 1805; Charles, June 2, 1807;
Martha Southgate, March 5, 1809; Sarah Eliza, May 17,
1811 ; Daniel Henry, June 30, 1813.
FALES, Capt. LEANDER (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Han
nah, D. of Bethuel Boyd, May 19, 1829. She d. Dec, 28,
1843, aged 41. Chil. Susan Caroline, b. July 25, 1830;
John Boyd, Aug. 19, 1332; Edward Leander, Feb. 28, 1835;
John Edward, Nov. 24, 1837; Charles Henry, Oct. 27, 1839.
His second wife was Cherry Maria, wid. of Almon Allen of
Princeton, and D. of Nathaniel Green.
FITCH, CHARLES H. and his wife, who was Susan Orne,
came here from Salem, about 1803, and lived on the farm north
erly from the raeeting house, known as the Goddard Place.
They had two daughters, whose births are not on record here,
viz : Susan, who m. Calvin R. Stone, in 1812, and Mariann B.t
who m. Hirara A. Morse, Nov. 7, 1827.
FESSENDEN, WYMAN, (s. of John, who m. Elizabeth,
D. of Ross Wyraan, in 1769) b. in 1772, came here, with a
family, about 1827, and lived some years on the Pease Place.
Of his children were two sons, Seth Wyman and John Stillman.
FESSENDEN, SETH WYMAN (s. of Wyman) m. Mary
Ann, D. of Simon Maynard, Jan. 1, 1829. She d. Sept. 2,
1836, aged 37. Chil. Charles Otis, b. Sept. 16, 1830; Julia
Ann, Dec. 20, 1731 ; Elizabeth Dean, March 4, 1833.
FESSENDEN, JOHN STILLMAN (s. of Wyman) m.
Lucy Shaw of Palmer, in 1831, and d. Aug. 29, 1843, aged 44.
Child, Henry Gardner, b. Oct. 14, 1832,

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FILMORE, GEORGE, said to have been an Englishman
born, came here from Worcester, in 1774. He enlisted into the
Continental Army for three years, and served as private soldier
during most of the war. He was honorably discharged, and, in
his old age, enjoyed a pension from the government. He m»
Sarah, D, of William Norcross, Dec, 9, 1779, and d. Sept, 29,
1832, aged 90; his wid,, Sarah, d. Sept. 17, 1840, aged 94.
A filial daughter has caused handsome monuraents to be erected
to their meraory. Chil,, whose births are recorded here, Mary,
b. Nov. 20, 1785 ; Joel, March 4, 1790; William, April 29,
1792; John, Feb, 10, 1795; Persis, Dec. 15, 1796; Francis,
June 7, 1799 ; Samuel Smith, Jan. 7, 1805.
GODDARD, EDWARD (s. of Edward * of Framingham)
m. Hepzibah Hapgood, and was among the first settlers of this
town, and one of the founders of the chh. She was ad. in
1728, and d. July 19, 1763, aged 60. He lived on the place of
the late Charies H, Fitch, Chil. Hepzibah, b. Feb, 11, 1723,
and d, unra. Oct, 7, 1781 ; Nathan, Jan, 18, 1725 ; Elizabeth,
Sept, 4, 1726 ; Robert, Aug. 13, 1728 ; David, Sept. 26, 1730 5
Hezekiah, Aug. 13, 1732, and d, in 1734; DanieZ, Feb, 7,
1734; Ebenezer, Nov, 25; 1735, and d, infant; Ebenezer,
Dec, 28, 1736, and d. Sept, 29, 1738; Rhoda, Feb. 26, 1740,
and ra., Aug. 14, 1765, Rev. William Goddard, (s, of Rev.
David Goddard f of Leicester) grad, H. U., 1761, first min. of
Westmoreland, N. H., ordained Nov. 14, 1765. Her second
husband was Nathaniel Stone, of this town, m. 1793, removed
to Vt., and d. there, in Pittsfield, Dec. 7, 1820, aged 80; Mir
iam, April 30, 1742, and d. Nov, 8, 1755; Edward, 'M.arch
* Edward Goddard, b. in Watertown, March 24, 1675, m. Susanna Stone of
Newton, and d. in Framingham, in 1754. He was one of several sons of Edward
Goddard and his wife, Elizabeth Miles, who came from England, and settled in
Watertown before 1667. Of the children of Edward and Susanna, Edward, Simon
and Benjamin were early settlers here, and all born in Watertown; Edward in
1697, Simon in 1702, and Benjamin in 1704; as appears by their several ages, whe«
they deceased.
tHem. Mary Stone of Watertown, July 16, 1736; ord. minister of Leicestet,
June 30, 1736, and d. Jan. 19, 1764, aged 48. He was a son of Edward, of Framing'
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284 FAMILY REGISTER.
12, 1745. He next m. Eunice Walker, in 1764; she was then
called of Sutton, and admitted to the chh. here from that in Ux
bridge, in 1771. He d. Oct. 13, 1777, aged 80.
GODDARD, NATHAN (s. of Edward) m. Dorothy Ste
vens of Petersham, and settied in Orange. He d. Feb. 12, 1806,
aged 81, and his wid., Dorothy, March 30, 1808, aged 88.
Chil, Hepzibah, Nathan, Ebenezer, Dolly, Asa, Eunice and
Lois. GODDARD, ROBERT (s, of Edward) m, Hannah Stone
of Watertown, Jan, 8, 1752, and settied in Petersham. Chil.
Hannah and Sarah. His second wife was Elizabeth, D, of
Benjamin and Mary Goddard of Grafton, He d,in June, 1807,
aged 79; and his wid,, Elizabeth, in April, 1820, Nahum God
dard of Petershara, son of Robert, m, Sarah Richardson of
Shrewsbury, Feb. 1, 1801,
GODDARD, DAVID (s, of Edward) m, Margaret Stone
of Watertown, Oct, 9, 1753, and removed to Orange,
GODDARD, DANIEL (s, of Edward) r£i, Mary Willard of
Grafton, Nov, 17, 1756, and lived on the homestead; his wife,
Mary, d, Jan, 13, 1796, aged 65, Chil. Miriam, b. Sept, 8,
1757, and d. unm. Dec. 8, 1792; Daniel, Jan. 15, 1759, and
d. infant ; Martha, March 4, 1760, and d. infant ; Luther, Feb.
23,1762; Hepzibah, Feb. 2, 1764, and d. infant; Daniel,
Aug. 23, 1165; Calvin, bap. May 27, 1767, and d. infant;
Calvin, July 17, 1763; Martha, Sept. 1, 1770, and d. young;
Hezekiah, Aug. 29, 1771 . He next m., in 1796, (pub. in Oct.)
Huldah Harwood, a widow, of Windsor, Ct., and d. in 1807,
aged 74.
GODDARD, Rev. EDWARD, Jr., (s. of Edward) grad.
H. U., 1764, m. Lois, D. of Nathan Howe, Sen., Nov. 1, 1769;
ord. to the rainistry in Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 27, 1769 ; honor
ably disraissed, July 5, 1798, and d. Oct. 13, 1811, aged 66.
Chil. Edward, Hepzibah, Nathan Howe, Hapgood, Eunice,
Lois, and others.

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GODDARD, SIMON (brother of Edward) ra. Susanna
Cloyes of Framinghara, Nov. 2, 1727, He was a mem, of
Hopkinton chh, when he settied here, and it does not appear
that he changed that relationship. He settled here about 1731,
and lived S, W. frora the raeeting house, and near where the
Baptist meeting house once stood. An old cellar and a grape
vine were all that remained, some years since, to mark the spot.
He d. here, Nov. 3, 1753, aged 56. Chil. Edward, who d,
Sept. 19, 1742, aged 13; Susanna, b. July 28, 1731, (bap. here
in Aug. next following ; there is no record of any other of his
chil. being bap. here) and d. Aug. 8, 1740 j Simon, March 11,
1734, and d. in 1735; Martha, Dec. 29, 1735; and d. 1740;
Simon, June 4, 1738, and d. 1740 ; Elizabeth, May 27, 1740,
and ra. Jaraes Goddard of Athol, June 24, 1767, and d. May
30, 1807 ; Simon, March 29, 1742 ; Edward, March 15, 1744 ;
Josiah, Dec. 25, 1745; Susanna, Jan. 18, 1748, and d., unra.,.
in Athol.
GODDARD, SIMON (s. of Simon) ra. Mary Eaton of
Framingham, settied in Gerry, now Phillipston, and was a magis
trate there. He had eight children, all of whom d. of con
sumption ; some of them in early life, the others on arriving at
adult age ; he followed thera all, and three wives, to the grave.
GODDARD, EDWARD (s. of Siraon, Sen.) m. Margaret
Howe of Hopkinton, May 23, 1771, and d. here. May 20, 1782,
aged 38; his wife, Margaret, d, Oct, 27, 1781, Chil, Martha,
b. June 13, 1772 ; Abigail, May 10, 1774 ; Mary, March 17,
1776; Sarah, Jan, 20, 1778, and d, infant; Sarah, April 1,
1779. GODDARD, JOSIAH (s, of Simon, Sen.) m, Ruth Ray
mond, Nov. 8, 1774, and settied in Athol, Rep, and Magistrate,
d, Oct, 23, 1801, aged 56,

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GODDARD, BENJAMIN (bro, of Simon, Sen,) m, Grace,
D, of Dea, Nathan Fiske of Watertown, Sept, 25, 1733, He

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lived on the farm, a part of which is where his grandson, Samuel
Goddard, now lives. He was admitted to this chh. in 1730,
and d. Jan. 28, 1754, aged 50; his wid., Grace, ad. to this chh, in
1772, from that in Hopkinton, d, here, Oct. 28, 1803, aged 90,
It was soon after he came to town, that the chh. began to be
agitated on the subject of chh. government. Ruling Elders, &.C.,
as may be seen in extracts from the Rev. Mr. Cushing's " Nar
rative," under the Ecclesiastical head. Chil. Grace, b. Jan. 1,
1736, and ra. Jasper Stone, in 1755 ; Benjamin, Feb. 19, 1738,
and d. 1740 ; Sarah, Jan. 8, 1740, and ra. Joseph Nichols, Jan.
1762; Benjamin, March 29, 1742; Susanna, Aug. 4, 1744,
and ra. Rev. Isaac Stone of Douglass, in 1773 ; Nathan, Aug.
4, 1746; Lydia, Aug. 2, 1748, and d., unm., Feb. 26, 1825,
aged 77 ; Hannah, Oct, 10, 1750, and ra. Silas Heywood of
Royalston, Nov. II, 1779; Submit, Aug. 4, 1754, and m.
Jaraes Puffer of Sudbury, Feb. 14, 1792.
GODDARD, Dea. BENJAMIN (s. of Benjamin) m. Han
nah Williaras of Porafret, Ct., in 1769 ; she was then called of
Chariton ; both ad. to chh. here in 1771 ; she d. Oct. 8, 1797,
aged 47. His dwelling house, large and commodious, was burnt
on the Sabbath, Feb. 24, 1799, with most of its contents, while
nearly all the faraily were absent, attending public worship.
Chil. Samuel, h. Aug. 2, 1772; Benjamin, Oct. 11, 1778;
Sarah, April 13, 1781, and d., unra., April 3, 1842; Grace,
Feb, 14, 1784, and m. Mansfield Bruce of Mariboro', Vt., Sept.
24, 1805; Elizabeth, Sept. 16, 1786; sup. m. David Hill of
Mariboro', Vt., Oct. 12, 1809 ; George Sumner, April 8, 1789;
Lydia, June 26, 1791, and ra. Levi Howe, Jan. 3, 1815 ; Na
than Fiske, June 30, 1793; Artemas, Oct. 18, 1795. He
next ra., in 1799, Lucy Chase of Sutton. She d. March 2, 1822,
aged 81. His third wife was Elizabeth Russell, a widow, of
Marlboro', ra. in 1823. He d. Dec. 27, 1834, aged 92; and
his wid., Elizaheth, April 18, 1845, aged 80.
GODDARD, NATHAN, Esq. (s. of Benjamin, Sen.) grad.
H. U., 1770, m. Martha Nichols of Framingham, Dec. 15, 1772.

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He was ad. to the chh. here in 1771, and his wife, in 1773.
Chil. Nichols, b. Oct. 4, 1773 ; Grace, April 12, 1775 ; Nathan,
Dec. 15, 1777. The parents were " disraissed from the chh.
here to that in Newbury, Vt., in 1784; altered to Framinghara
in 1789;" where he d. July 24, 1795, aged 49. His wid.,
Martha, was the second wife of Siraon Goddard, Esq. of Phil
lipston. GODDARD, Capt, LUTHER (s, of Daniel) ra, Elizabeth
Dakin, in 1784, and both ad, to the chh, here in 1786 ; he
withdrew himself frora it in 1808, joined the Baptists, and be-
carae a preacher and elder in that denomination of Christians.
Chil, Elizaheth, b. March 28, 1785, and d, infant; Perly, Jan.
3, 1787 ; Martha, July 1, 1789, and m, Elijah Rice, Jr,, Nov.
26, 1807; Mary, Feb. 20, 1792, and m. Henry Baldwin, Oct.
11, 1812; Elizabeth, April 3, 1794, and d. May 18, 1805;
Daniel, Feb. 11, 1796 ; Levinah, June 28, 1798, and m. Leo
nard W. Stowell of Worcester ; Clarissa, May 1 , 1 800, and d.
April 13, 1826, at Worcester, where also his wife, Elizabeth, d.
Jan. 19, 1828, aged 61. He had, a few years previous, reraoved
with his family to Worcester. His second wife was Lucretia
Story of Norwich, Ct.
GODDARD, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of Daniel) ra. Mercy Puffer
of Sudbury, in 1790; both ad. to the chh. here in 1791. He
d. Oct. 3, 1795, aged 31. Chil. James Puffer, h. Feb. 2, 1791,
and d, infant; Mary Willard, March 26, 1792; Harriet Mir
iam, Aug. 23, 1794, His wid,, Mercy, m,  Conant of
Sterling, GODDARD, Hon. CALVIN, (s, of Daniel, Sen.) grad.
D. C, 1786, settied in Plainfield, Ct., and removed thence to
Norwich; Mem. Con. several years, and resigned in 1805;
Judge of the Supreme Court, &;c., m. Alice Hart of Plainfield,
Ct. Chil. Charles, George, James, Hart, Alice, and Julia.
GODDARD, HEZEKIAH (s. of Daniel, Sen.) settled in
New London, and m. Phebe Halsey, Feb. 8, 1795. Chil, Jer-

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emiah Halsey, Paulina, and George. His wife, Phebe, d. in
1803. He m. Sarah Ayres Halsey in 1805. Child, Hezekiah
IF.— -His wife, Sarah, d. in 1808 ; and, in 1810, he m. Eunice
Rathbone. Chil. Eunice R., John Calvin, James Edward,
Julia, George W., and Sarah Wells,
GODDARD, PERLY (s. of Luther) m. Sarah Crosby of
Brookfield, Sept. 3, 1815. Chil. Charles Crosby, b. Aug. I,
1816, and d. April 30, 1824; Maria E., Nov. 20, 1818, and
d. Oct. 6, I82I ; Samuel B. Ingersoll, Sept. .5, 1821 ; George
Otis, April 8, 1823, and d. Feb. 17, 1824; Maria E,, May
13, 1825, and d. in 1831 ; Sarah Clarissa, Oct. II, 1826, and
d. in 1827; Sarah Crosby, Aug. 4, 1829; Charles Otis, and
Eliza Jane. Removed to Worcester about 1825.
GODDARD, DANIEL (s. of Luther) settied in Worcester,
and ra. Sarah Whitney in 1820. Chil. Caroline E., Sarah M.,
Luther D., Lucy A,, and Charles A.
GODDARD, SAMUEL (s. of Dea. Benjarain) m. Rebecca
Davis of Holden, in 1804. Chil. John Davis, b. March 6,
1805; Rebecca Hubbard, Aug. 6, 1307, and d. Sept. 8, 1310;
Rebecca Brigham, March 3, 1812, and d. Nov. 12, 1829;
Grace Fiske.
GODDARD, BENJAMIN, Jr. (s. of Dea. Benjarain) m.
Martha, D. of Reuben Holland, Jan. 6, 1805. Chil. Hannah
Williams, b. Nov. 26, 1805; Asa Holland, Feb. 9, 1807;
Esther, Aprils, 1809; Lucy Chase, Oct. 26, 1811; George,
Aug. 24, 1814 ; Sarah, Nov. 27, 1816. He removed, with his
family, to Holden.
GODDARD, GEORGE SUMNER (s. of Dea. Benjamin)
settled in Boston; ra. Sarah Pond, and d. Dec. 21, 1831, aged
42. Chil. Benjamin, Frances Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, Harriet
S., George S., Henry Augustus, Lucy Maria, and Edward.

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GODDARD, ARTEMAS (s. of Dea. Benjamin) m. Cyn
thia R. Newton, June 17, 1827. Chil. Catharine Larmira, h,
Oct. 19, 1827; Caroline Maria, April 19, 1829; Benjamin
Fiske, July 26, 1831 ; Sarah Elizabeth, Aug. 29, 1836.
GODDARD, JOHN D, (s. of Samuel) ra. Sarah Johnson
of Westboro', in 1830, She d, iMarch 14, 1833, aged 25.
Child, Zeruiah Johnson, b. May 18, 1831, His second wife
was Zeruiah, sister of his first wife, and d, Jan, 20, 1842, aged
33. Chil, Luther Maynard, b, Feb. 26, 1335 ; Sarah Rebecca,
Nov. 17, 1836; Mary Parker, May 8, 1838; Henry Lyman,
June 9, 1840. His third wife was Louisa Bullard, a widow, of
Westboro'. Child, Caroline Grace, b. Aug. 29, 1843.
GODDARD, WILLIAM (s. of Edward, of Fraraingham)
appears to have resided here before any of bis brothers except
Edward ; he and his wife, Keziah, made a profession of religion
here, and had Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1728, and bap. here in March
of that year, who, while living with her uncle Edward, m., March
15, 17"4, Benjarain Kiraball of Brookfield; and, in a few years
afterwards, Daniel Gilbert of Brookfield. Nothing more is known
of this faraily.
GODDARD, JOHN and his wife, Lucy, had Olive, b. Feb.
18, 1778.
GODDARD, GARDNER m. Sarah, D. of Joshua Wheel
ock, in 1 809. Chil. Samuel Warren, b. Oct. 1 5, 1 8 1 0 ; Charles,
May 30, 1812; Sophia, Nov. 1, 1813; Asenath, April 4, 1816;
Sarah, xMay 4, 1818; Samuel Gardner, Sept. 29, 1820; Abi
gail Williams, Feb. 17, 1824; Lucretia, Sept. 18, 1825;
Frederick Oscar and Francis Orrison, Dec. 23:, 1 8-27.
GARFIELD, JOHN m. Ruth Pratt of Westboro', Sept. 21,"
1738 ; whether she was his first wife, and when he settled here,
does not appear ; her age was 37, when married ; he d., it is
said, April 30, 1780, and had no children. His wid., Ruth, d.
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290 FAMILY REGISTER.
May 1, 1806, aged 105 years and 2 months, being the oWesJ
person that has d. in this town. Her age was about 80 at the
time of her husband's death, which makes it probable he was
past that age when h^ d.
GARFIELD, DANIEH^ (perhaps a bro. of John) whose
wife was Mary, was ad. to chh. here in 1728, and was living om
house lotj No. 10, in 1729. He probably came here with a
family, Chil. Elizaheth, who was admitted to this chh. in 1738,
and d. Feb. 5, 1740 ; her birth not on record here ; the follow
ing are, viz; Daniel, b. April 16, 1722; jE6e»jc2;er, June 23,
1724; Mary, April 13, 1727, ad. to chh. 1742 > Moses, April
4, 1729; Aaron, Oct. 22, 1736.
Daniel Garfield, d. July 15, 1757, aged 69; and his wid.,
Mary, Jan. 10, 1767, aged 76. Hence it appears he wash.
about 1688, and his wife, 1691.
GARFIELD, DANIEL (s, sup. of Daniel) m. Anna New
ton, called then of this town, Dec. 25, 1743. Daniel Garfield,
Jr., ad. to chh. here in 1742, Chil, Artemas, b. Feb. 7, 1746,
and d. infant; Elizaheth, Feb. 27, 1747, d. the next year;
Elizabeth, April 7, 1749, d. 1750; Anna, (her birth not on
record here, but at Westboro') Dec. 15, 1751.
GARFIELD, EBENEZER (s. of Daniel, Sen.) m. Mary
Graves, Sept, 17, 1745, and d. May 12, 1799, aged 77; and
his wid., iMary, Sept. 26, 1799, aged 73. Chil, Miriam, (not
recorded here, but at Westboro') b. April 13, 1747, and d, here,
Nov, 23, 1750 ; Mary, here, Nov, 28, 1748, bap, here in Jan,
1749, and d,, unm,, June 20, 1825, aged 77; Deborah, Oct.
16, 1750; Phebe, Sept. 25, 1751; Ebenezer, bap. Nov. 26,
1752; Abijah,b. May I, 1754; Daniel, May 2, 1756; Ra
chel, July 20, \1 58, and m. Ezra Hastings, April 29, 1779;
Esther, Sept. 28, 1760, and m. Isaac Peirce of Sutton, June 17,
1779.

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GARFIELD, MOSES (s. of Daniel, Sen.) m. Sarah Writ-
ford, Jan. 19, 1749. Chil, Joshua, h. Dec. 23, 1751 ; Eliza
beth, Feb. 10, 1754; JosepA, June 10, 1756; went to Warwick,
and, in 1778, was pub. to Elizabeth Brewer, of this townj John,
Aug, 14, 1759.
GARFIELD, AARON, (s. of Daniel, Sen,) whose wife was
Mary, had Deborah, b. March 16, 1761 ; Ruth, March 10, 176-.
GARFIELD, ABIJAH, (s, of Ebenezer) m, Lydia Carruth
of Northboro' in 1779 ; he d, April 24, 1843, aged 87 ; his
wife, Lydia, Jan 12, 1831, aged 73, Chil, Ebenezer, b, March
29, 1780, and d, July 16, 1833; Abijah, Nov, 16, 1781, and
d,, unm,, Oct, 6, 1806; William, Nov, 27, 1783; Joel, Jane
19, 1786; Russell, Oct, 19, 1788; Mary, (so called on the
town, but Sarah, on the chh, records, the latter probably an «rror)
April 3, I79I ; Lydia, Aug- 25, 1793, and m. John Bliss mi
1816; Esther, Dec, 20, 1795, and d. Nov, 6, 1843; Nathan^
Oct, 11, 1797; Jonas, Dec. 18, 1799,
GARFIELD, DANIEL, (s, of Ebenezer) whose wife was
Elizabeth, (said to have been Elizabeth Brewer ; it may have
been so ; there raay have been two of this name ; the record isi
that Joseph Garfield was pub, to Elizabeth Brewer, in 1778)
had Daniel, b, March 4, 1780; and Elizabeth, Feb. 3, 1782.
It is said he went to Charleston, and entered the service of the
U, S. as surgeon's mate,
GARFIELD, WILLIAM (s, of Abyah) m- Mary, D. of
John Cary, Nov. 30, 1815, and d. Oct. 1, 1842, aged 59. Chil.
Caroline Esther, b. Nov, 24, 1816, and m. Henry Slade; Wil
liam Henry, July 23, 1821,
GARFIELD, JOEL (s. of Abijah) m, Louisa Stimson.
Chil, Lydia O., b, Nov, 14, 1815, and m. Anson Bangs; Eb
enezer Mvmin.g, March J, 1^18; Fanny Sophia, A^ug. 24,

292 FAMILY REGISTER,
1820; Sarah Maria, 1822, and d. in 1825; James William,
July 22, 1826; Frederick Henry, Nov, 8, 1828,
GARFIELD, RUSSELL (s, of Abijah) ra, Abigail, D, of
Elzaphan Plympton, Jan, 14, 1814; she d. June 7, 1835, aged
46, Chil, Elvira, b. Jan, 6, 1815; Abigail Plympton, Feb.
5, 1819; Nancy A., June 5, 1821 ; Susan M., Aug, 10, 1823,
GARFIELD, NATHAN (s, of Abijah) m. Emily, D, of
Caleb Chase of Sutton, and d, June 28, 1831, aged 34. Chil,
Emily Ardelia, h. Dec, 3, 1826, and m, Addison Eaton of Sut
ton ; Salina Ann, Aug. 2, 1827. His wid., Emily, ra. Nahum
Roland Hapgood.
GARFIELD, JONAS, (s.of Abijah) whose wife was Rhoda,
had Lydia Orilia, b. Feb. 12, 1834, and Nathan Baldwin,
Jan. 12, 1836.
This name is sometimes written Gaffield,
It seems to be understoiid by some, but whether from records or tradition 1 do
not learn, that John and Ebenezer Garfield were brothers and sons of Ebenezer,
from England. Neither the town nor chh. records here furnish any evidence of an
Ebenezer Garfield having been here prior to Ebenezer, son of Daniel. It is said,
those of that name, who first settled here, came from Watertown. I cannot find
one of the name of Ebenezer, in the records of any town in Middlesex Co., and
I have copies of them, froni 1630 to a late period, in 41 towns. It appears certain
that Ebenezer, who d. here in 1799, aged 77, was son of Daniel, who was here as
soon, at least, as 1728, and b. in 1688, probably in Watertown. Daniel may have
been the sonjof Benjamin, by his second wile, Elizabeth Bridge, whom he there m.
Jan, 17, 1677. Their chil. were, Elizabeth, b. in 1679; Thomas, in 1680; Anna, in
J683, a»d Mehiiable, in 1687. This does not reiich Daniel, but it comes near to
the period of his birth. He may have been their next child, but I do not find his
birth. At that time, Samuel and Joseph Garfield were in Watertown, having fam*
ilies; probably brothers of Benjamin. Samuel, whose wife was Mary, had Eliza
beth, b. in 1658; John, in 1664; Ruth, in 1666; Lydia, in 1668; Daniel, in 1670,
who d. in 1683; Mary, in 1673, and Elizabeth, in 1676. The father of these chil.
dren d. in 1684. Joseph, (brother of Samuel) whose wife was Sarah, had Edward,
b. in 1664; Sarah, in 1673; Jerusha, in 1677; Rebecca, in 1683; and Grace, in
1688. Benjamin, Samuel and Joseph were probably sons of Edward, of Water-
town, who was made freeman in 1635, and whose wife was Rebecca. She d. in
1661,aged55. They were from England. Their D., Rebecca, b. March 18, 1640,
m. Isaac Mixer, in Watertown, Jan. 10, 1660, some of whose descendants settled
iiexa.

FAMILY REGISTER. 293
GOODENOW, DAVID was living on house lot, No. 2, in
1728. Chil. Timothy, b. Aug. 7, 1728; Sarah, iMay II,
1730, and Dinah, March 14, 1732. The narae of his wife is
not on the records of births, but believed to have been Dorothy,
a second wife.*
GOODENOW, THOMAS, (sup. came from Westboro', and
to have been h. in 1733, and s. of Thomas, whose wife was
Persis Rice. The latter Thomas was son of Samuel and Sarah,
and b. in Marlboro', in 1709) whose wife was Abigail, had Thomas,
b. Oct. 21, 1770; Perly, bap. April 28, 1776, and d. infant;
Perly, bap. April 12, 1778.
GOODENOW, LEVI (sup. from Westboro', and to have
been b. in 1737, and s. of Jonathan and Lydia) m. Meliscent,
D. of Jaraes Keyes, June 8, 1762. Chil. Elmer, b. Jan. 27,
1764, It appears by the record of his baptism, that the parents
were, in 1765, in covenant relation with the chh, in Marlboro';
James Keyes, bap, April 19, 1767 ; Jonas, bap, Oct. 25, 1768.
GOODENOW, JONAS, afterwards Deacon, and s. of Peter,
m. Miiiy, D. of Nathaniel Davenport, Jan. 29, 1767. Chil.
Elijah, who d. in N. H. ; Abel Moore, b. May 28, 1769, and
m. Amelia (Auiitia, on the record) Fassett, April 5, 1790 ; Na
thaniel Nov. 20, 1771 ; Mary, Oct. 9, 1773, and d. in N. H. ;
Jonas, Jan. 6, 1776, and d. Jan. 27, 1783; Dorothy, Feb. 24,
1778; Jedediah, May 6, 1780, and d. in Pennsylvania; Lucy,
Jan. 3, 1783, and d. in Ohio; Jonas, Feb. 11, 1785 ; Tamar,
who was recentiy living in Ohio, and Joseph, sup- murdered in
Illinois.

* His first wife is sup. to have been Dinah Fay of Westboro', whom he m. Nov.
8, 1722, and had Samuel b. in Marlboro', in 1723; if so, he was the son of Samuel,
and~b. in 1678. His father (b. in Sudbury in 1645, of Thomas and Jane) d. Aug. 2,
1723, aged 79. There were several families of this name, who were early uettlera
in Marlboro', from Sudbury.

294 FAMILY REGISTER.
GOODENOW, RUFUS E. (from Boylston) m. Mary Al
mira, D. of Eddy Tucker. Chil, Martha Missouri, b. June 30,
1838; Marcus Morton, Feb. 5, 1840,
Jaraes Goodenow ra, Elizabeth Crossett, July 4, 1763.
Jonathan Goodenow m. Eunice Hastings of Lancaster, May
6, 1761.
Mitte Goodenow ra. King Howe, in 1785.
GOODALE, EDWARD (s. of Benjarain, of Mariboro') b.
1715, and whose wife was Sarah, d, in 1760, Chil, Moses, b.
Sept, 9, 1739; Elizabeth, March 13, 1741, and m, Robert
Smith of Worcester, Dec, 16, 1767; Peter, Feb. 1, 1745, and
d, infant; Paul, March 9, 1747; Peter, Dec, 12, I75I,
The name of Goodale, many years since, was written Good-
all, and, sometimes, Goodell,
GOODALE, ENOS m. Mary Angier, in Mariboro', Nov.
16, 1736, and came here from Marlboro', where the births of
his three first children are recorded, viz : Sarah, b, in 1737;
Ebenezer, in 1739, and Mary, in 1741, and ra, William Brewer,
Jr., Nov. 22, 1764. The following are recorded here, viz:
Ezekiel, b. Sept. 8, 1743; Enos, March 28, 1746; Miriam,
March 3, 1748, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Jr. of Temple, N. H ,
in 1768 ; Persis, June 19, 1750; Elijah, Oct. 20, 1753, and
who, it is said, with some others of the family, removed with their
father to N. H.
GOODALE, AARON m. Eunice Marshall of Holden, in
1767. Chil. Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 1769; Lois, Nov. 8, 1770 ;
Edward, Jane 22, 1772; Sarah, Dec. 30, 1773; Elizabeth,
Aug. 18, 1775; Lucy, June II, 1777 ; Aaron, May 8, 1781 ;
Hannah, Oct. 18, 1782; Abel, Jan, 1, 1785,
GOODALE, DAVID, (sup. s, of Nathan, and g, s. of John,
of Mariboro') b, 1749, and whose wife was Dorothy, had David,
b. Sept, 10, 1775; Dorothy, Sept, 10, 1777; Ezekiel, Sept,
24, 1780; Azubah Newton, Oct. 16, 1782.

FAMILY REGISTER. 295
GOODALE, PETER (s. of Edward) m. Abigail, D. of
Benjamin Hinds, March 9, 1775; Child, Elizabeth,.h, Dec. 23,
1775.

GREEN, THOMAS, (perhaps from Maiden) whose wife
was Mary, was an eariy settler in this township ; she was ad. to
the chh. here in 1728, In what part of the town he lived is
unknown, Chil,, whose births are on record here, William, b,
Feb. 16, 1722; Thrnias, March 10, 1724, and bap. here in
1725; John, March 2, 1726; Hannah, July 8, 1728; Sarah,
Jan, 31, 1731. He probably removed to Hardwick, as, in 1753,
his wife, Mary, was dismissed from here to the chh. there,
GREEN, JACOB (probably a bro, of Thoraas) was also
among the first settiers here, and living on house lot. No, 9) in
1729; his wife was Elizabeth; he came here, no doubt, with a
family, Chil, William, h. May 11, 1716; Elizabeth, Sept, 6,
1718; Mary, July 26, 1720; Samuel, March 1, 1723; David,
March 2, 1725, arid bap, 1726; Abigail, b. July 11, 1727;
Benjamin, July 6, 1729; Jonathan, Dec, 25, 1730,
Abigail Green, perhaps sister of Jacob, was ad, to this chh, in
1727, GREEN, JONATHAN, whose wife was Sybil, had JNathan,
b, Feb. 15, 1745, and Elizabeth, July 16, 1747.
GREEN, JONATHAN, (whether the sarae as above, having
a second wife, is not known) whose wife was Dorcas, had Dor
cas, b. May 15, 1768. Perhaps he was the s. of Jacob.
GREEN, JOHN ra. Abigail Barns, (called of this town)
April 29, 1798 ; she was ad. to the chh. here in 1798. Chil,
John Adams, bap. July 7, 1799; William, bap. April 5, 1801.
He probably reraoved to Wrenthara, as his wife was dismissed
from this chh. to the chh. there, in 1803,

296 FAMILY REGISTER.
GREEN, NATHANIEL (from Pepperell) m. Lucy, D. of
Jonathan Stone, in 1792. Chil. Nathaniel, the only one, whose
birth was on the town record in 1846, b. Aug. 31, 1792, went
to Maine, and ra. there ; Emerson, who was killed in Wisconsin,
by the Indians, in the Black Hawk war ; Luther Dexter, who
m. Susan Goddard of Worcester, in 1821 ; Lucy, who m. Jo
seph H. Whitney, Jan. 5, 1317; Hannah; Levi; William
Adams, who ra. Adaline Whipple of Boylston ; she d. Nov. 23,
1840, aged 32 ; his second wife was  Goodenow of Boyls
ton ; Cherry Maria, who ra. Almon Allen of Princeton, and
next, Capt. Leander Fales ; Charles Otis. Perhaps all are not
naraed here, and, it may be, these are not in their order.
GREEN, LEVI (s. of Nathaniel) ra. Mary, D. of Shepard
Pratt, May 11, 1825. Chil. (only one on record in 1840) Em
erson V,, b. Feb. 9, 1826.
GREEN, CHARLES OTIS (s. of Nathaniel) ra. Caroline
Knowlton of Holden. Chil. Charles Otis, b. May 18, 1841 ;
Maria Allen, b. Sept. 24, 1842.
GREEN, SAMUEL (s. of Dr. Green of Concord, N. H.)
m. Fanny Harwood, D. of the second wife of Daniel Goddard,
Sen., in 1803. Chil. Mary Eddy, b. Dec. 4, 1803 ; Samuel
Ayres, Nov. 21, 1805; William Henry, Aug. 31, 1808;
Charles Thomas, bap. Sept. 15, 1811. Reraoved to N. Y.
about 1813.
GLAZIER, JOSEPH ra. Eunice Newton, in the N. P.,
Oct. 15, 1744. Chil. Eunice, b. Aug. 18, 1745, and d. in
1746; Persis, April 7, 1141 ; Aaron, Nov. 3, 1748, and d. in
1749; JEiiwVe, March 13, 17.50; Levinah, M ay 9,11 b2; Olive,
Oct, 18, 1754; Aaron, Aug. 4, 1756; Calvin, March 18,
1759; Sophia, Sept. 26, 1761 ; Candace, May 29, 1764; Eli
akim, Dec, 1766.

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GLAZIER, JOHN, whose wife was Sarah, D. of Isaac
Temple, and m, Oct, 21, 1765, had Smyrna, b, March 5, 1767.
GLAZIER, CALVIN (s, of Joseph) m, Lydia Peirce of
Worcester, in 1780, Chil, Sewell, b. July 1, 1782, and Emery,
April 28, 1783,
Jacob Glazier ra, Mary Whitcomb of Sterling, in 1782,
Oliver Glazier was pub, to Rachel, D, of Stephen Hastings,
March 11, 1785.
The Glazier families lived in the N. P.
GALE, JONATHAN ra. Margaret, D. of William Craw
ford, March 10, 1757. Chil. Abigail, b. Feb. 9, 1758, and m.
Joshua Stiles of Princeton, in 1 78! ; Eli, June 3, 1760 ; Jonas,
Sept. 26, 1762; Rhoda, Nov, 26, 1764 ; John and Elizaheth,
July 31, 1767.
GALE, ABRAHAM m, Abigail Rice of Worcester, in
1769. Chil, jMary, Feb, 7, 1773, and 7o/m, April 6,1774.
Removed, probably, to Princeton.
GOULDING, ABEL, probably from Worcester,* m, Kezia
Johnson of Southboro', May 9, 1769, Such is the Middlesex
Co. record. Perhaps an error in transcribing, and should be
1767. He lived on the south side of the old post road, near
the entrance of the road to Holden. When he came here is un
certain, but probably with a family, as the births of his children,
except the last, appear to have been entered on the record here,
at one and the same tirae, and are as follows, viz: Abigail, b.
Jan. 9, 1169; Palmer, April 10, 1770; Lydia, April 10, 1772,
and m. John Baker, in 1793; Li.cy, Ja . 13, 1714, and m.
John Miller of Westminster, June 12, 1799; Martha, March
11, 1777, and m. William Rice of Worcester, in 1799; Zilpah,
" Where was Peter Goulding in 1684, and Palmer Goulding in 1718. William
Golding W3a in Boston in 1646. Perhaps Goulding was originally Golding; if so,
how u came there is matter for conjecture.
38

298 FAMILY REGISTER.
March 11, 1780; Palmer, Oct. 26, 1784; Viclaty, June 11,
1787; Relief Jan. 16, 1789, and m. Charles Taybr Fay, in
1812 ; John, Dec. 22, 1791. His wife, Kezia, it is said, d. in
1805, aged about 56. In 1 806, he m. Elizabeth Foster, a widow,
of Beriin, and d. Dec. 6, 1817, aged 79. His is the only death
in the faraily that is found on record. His wid., Elizabeth, m.
Jed, Tucker, March 9, 1824.
GATES, HEZEKIAH, who was on house lot. No. 29, in
1734, probably removed to Lancaster. There is nothing on re
cord here relating (o a single individual of his family.
GOSS, REUBEN,- from Westboro', m, Martha Drury, here,
Sept. 10, 1764, and lived, probably, in the N. P. Chil. Calvin,
b. Dec. 31, 1764; Mary, Oct 3. 1766; William, Oct. 21,
1768 ; Lois, O.t. 30, 1770 ; Ohio, Jan. 22, 1774 ; John, Jan.
29, 1779; Lucy, Oct. 4, 1781 ; Anna,May 9, 1784.
William Goss m, Elizabeth Pike, Nov. 8, 1759, both called
of this town.
GLEASON, THOMAS, the name of his wife not on record,
had Susanna and isaac bap. here, April 18, 1725. The parents
owned the covenant at that time. Nothing more is known of
him. GLEASON, ISAAC, whose wife was Mary, had Elizaheth,
b. at Cambridge, Oct. 20, 1757 ; Eliab, here, Nov. 19, 1759;
Winsor, Feb. 18, 1762, Removed, sop,, to Worcester.
GRIMES, ANDREW, who was of Lancaster, m. Elizabeth
Hagar, Oct, 26, 1775, Chil. Joseph, b. March I, 1776; An
drew, Oct. \, Mil; James, Feb, 12, 1779; John, May &,
1780; .4*0, Sept, 26, J 781.
GRAVES, CRISPUS m. Sarah. D, of Joseph Muzzy, Dec.
8, 1790, Child, Zachariah, bap, June 30, 1793.

FAMILY REGISTER. ggg
Sarah Graves m. Amos Rice of Northboro', May 8, 1766.
He was father of Asaph Rice, of that lown.
Catharine (Jraves was pub. to Daniel Tombs, both called of
this town, Aug, 21, 1773 j n. g. ; she forbade the banns, saying,
what had been done was without her consent or knowledge.
GODFREY, DANIEL (Goodfrey on the record, name of
his wife unknown) had Daniel, bap. Jan. 6, 1782; Anna, bap.
May 25, 1783,
GRAY, SAMUEL, who ra, Lucy, D. of Stephen Johnson,
April 13, 1815; came herefrom Westboro', about 182L She
d. Feb. 20, 1822, aged 26. His second wife was Mary M. Da
venport, a widow, of West Boylston, wliom he m, Feb. 9, 1824.
She d, July 2, 1 825, aged 38. His third wife was Martha R.
Erwin, a wid,, whom he m. Oct. 16, 1S26.
HEYWOOD, PHINEAS * (s, of Deacon John) was b, in
Concord, July 18, 1707, and came here with a family about
1739 ; his wife was Elizabeth. He lived in the N. W.. part of
the town, where his descendants yet reside. He d, March 20,
1776, aged 69, and his wid., Elizabeth, June 2, 1797, aged 86.
Chil, Mary, who ra, Sarauel Jennison in 1755; Seth; Timothy,
the first recorded here, b, Feb. 12, 1740; Keziah, April 30,

* He was Selectman. Rep., tec, and one of fifteen Grand Jurors, who, in April,
1774, refused, and, in a writing by them signed and presented to the Associate Jus
tices of the S. J. Court at Worcester, protested against being empamlled, if
Chief Justice Oliver should be present on the bench ; " because (said they) we ap
prehend it would be highly injurious to subject a fellow countryman to a trial at a
bar, where one of the Judges is convicted, in the minds of the people, of a crime,
more heinous, in all probability, than any that might come before him." The pro
test was publicly read by the Clerk ; the Court (four Juilges then on the bench)
deliberated, and, at length, informed the jury, that it was not probable that the
Chief Justice would attend to take his seat. They retired and consulted, and. after
some delay, returned and were empannelled. The Chief Justice did not appear
at Court. His " crime" was political; he carried matters with a high hand, and
for a short time, bulfetted the tempest he had helped to raise. The other Judges,
in the meantime, were conciliatory.
He was also one of the town's Committee of Correspondence in 1774 and 1776,
but lived only to enter upon that perilous contest that soon after followed.

800 FAMILY REGISTER,
1742, and m, Bezaleel Howe of Mariboro', in 1774 ; Phineas,
July 29, 1744; Benjamin, Oct, 25, 1746; Nathaniel, bap.
Nov, 13, 1748 ; John, hap. May 5, 1751, and d, in 1756 ; Levi,
b. May 12, 1753, and settled in Gardner, where he had Levi,
afterwards Counsellor at Law in Worcester, who there m, Nancy
Healey, HEYWOOD, SETH (s. sup, of Phineas) m. Martha, D, of
Isaac Temple, Aug, 24, 1762, Chil. Elizabeth, b. Nov, 27,
1762; John, Dec, 8, 1764,
Deborah Heywood m, David Bigelow of Worcester in 1763,
HEYWOOD, PHINEAS, Jr, (s, of Phineas) ra. Kezia, D.
of Jabez Snow of Westboro', May 19, 1772. She d, Feb. 20,
1775, Child, iTe^ia, b, Sept. 21, 1773. He next m, Persis,
D, of Bezaleel Eager of Northboro', and G, D, of Col, Nahum
Ward, March 18, 1777.
HEYWOOD, Hon, BENJAMIN (s, of Phineas, Sen,)
H. U., 1775 ; in 1776, appointed Captain, and served through
the war ; was at the capture of Burgoyne, &tc. ; settied in Wor
cester, and, from 1802 to 181 1 , a Judge of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, He m, Mehitable, D, of Elisha Goddard of Sutton,
and d. in Worcester, Dec, 6, 1816, aged 70, Chil, Mehitable;
Nathaniel Moore, b, in 1788, ra, Caroline Sumner of Boston, in
1816, and d, at Richmond, Va.; Elizabeth; Benjamin Frank
lin, who m. Nancy, D. of Dr. John Green of Worcester; Jo
seph, Lucy, and Nancy.
HEYWOOD, N-ATHANIEL (s, of Phineas, Sen,) m,
Hannah Curtis of Worcester, and lived on the homestead, where
his wife, H mnah d. March 25, 1792, aged 35, Chil. Levi, h.
Sept. 22, 1777, and d. Sept. 17, 1804; Nathanvl, Feb. 6,
1780, and d. Oct. 7, 1836; Benjamin, March 29, 1782; John,
Aug, 24, 1784; Phineas, May 4, 1788; Daniel, Nov. 17,
1790, and d. Dec. 20, 1802, His second wife was Mary

FAMILY REGISTER. 301
Chamberlain of Worcester, whom he m. July 1, 1793; she d.
Nov. 21, 1802, aged 39, and he, Nov. 18, 1834, aged 86.
Chil. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1794; Daniel, March 9, 1796 ; Ma
rietta, March 9, 1802, and m. Elijah Stow of Grafton, Jan. I,
1828. HEYWOOD, PHINEAS (s. of Nathaniel) m. Alice, D. of
Capt. Seth Pratt; she d. in 1812, aged 21.
HEYWOOD, DANIEL (s. of Nathaniel) m. Maria Brooks
of Princeton, in 1824. Chil. John Brooks, b. Aug. 8, 1825;
George Chamberlain, June 18, 1327, and d. young ; Charles
Leland, Oct. 21, 1828; George C, June 17, 1832; Edwin C,
Sept. 27, 1836; Henry Adams, June 23, 1342.
HASTINGS, DANIEL,* frora Watertown, where he ra.
Sarah Ball, Aug. 5, 1724, was on house lot No. 41, in 1729;
she was ad. to chh. here in 1736. He d. July 4, 1777 ; age
unknown. Chil. Hannah, b. July 26, 1729, and d. Nov. 15,

• "John Hastings (says Farmer) from England, with two sons, Walter and Samuel,
b. there, was in Braintree, freeman, 1645; where two others, John and Seaborn,
were bap., and removed to Cambridge in 1656." Probably he is the one who d. in
Cam. in 1657, and may have been bro. of Thomas, of Watertown — Walter m. Sarah
Meen in 1655, and had John in 1660, and Jonathan in 1673, and others, who d.
young. Samuel m. Mary Meen in 1661, and had Mary, b. in 1662; John, 1664 ;
Samuel, 1668; Stephen, 1669; Nathaniel, 1673; Daniel, 1675, and d. 1676; Caleb,
1677.' Stephen, above named, d. in Cam. Sept. 24, 1726, aged 59.
John, 3d son, m. Hannah Moore in Cam. in 1666, and had John,b. 1667; the
mother d. that year ; his 2d wife was Lydia Champney, whom he m. there in 1668,
and had Joseph, b. in 1669, and Daniel, in 1677; the mother d. in 1691, aged 48;
John, his son, d. in 1691, aged 25.
"Thomas Hastings, (says Farmer) freeman, 1635, was Deacon of the chh. in
Watertown." I'he first 1 find of the name in Mid. Co. Rec. as being in Water-
town, is Thomas, whose wife was Margaret; they had Joseph b. there in 1657;
Benjamin, in 1659; Nathaniel, 1661 ; Samuel, in 1665 ; and perhaps others. Ruth,
the first wife of his son Joseph, d. there in 1682, who there m. Martha Shepard,
in 1684.
The following were no doubt descendants of John or Thomas ; the ancestors of
those, who settled in Shrewsbury. John, who m. Abigail Hammond in Newton, in
1679. Thomas, who m. Abigail Tarbell, in Watertown, in 1693. John, who m.
Mercy or Mary Ward in Newton, in 1725. Benjamin, who m. Abigail Sawtel in
Watertown, in 1743.

302 FAMILY REGISTER.
1736; Daniel, July 5, 1732; Elizaheth, bap. in 1734, and d.
in 1736; John, Nov. 3, 1735, and d. Oct. 11, 1736; Eliza
beth, Nov. 11, 1736; /oA«, Aug. 27, 1737; Daiid, Jan. 19
1740 ; Hannah, April 14, 1742, and m. Solomon Newton, in
1762; and probably Stephen and Sarah, b. before the parents
came here ; the latter m. Sarauel Holland, May 9, 1745.
HASTINGS, STEPHEN (s. sup. of Daniel) m. Martha
Walker, June 16, 1757. Chil. Rachel, b. Aug. 21, 1764, and
m. Oliver Glazier, in 1785 ; Timothy, May 1, 1773, and d. in
fant ; Sarah, Sept. — , 1775; Martha, April 9, 1778.
HASTINGS, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of Daniel) ra. Priscilla, D.
of Henry Keyes, Aug. 16, 1753. Child, Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1754 ;
reraoved, sup. to JPetershani.
HASTINGS, JOHN (.s. of Daniel) rn. Elizabeth Howe of
Lancaster, May 25, 1762 ; lived in the N. P. and d., it is said,
in Boylston. Chil. Eliakim, b. Feb. 7, 1763 ; Elizabeth, April
19, 1765, and m. David Fay ; John, May 3, 1768; Stephen,
Sept. 21, 1771 ; Alice, July 29, 1776 ; Reuben, Jan. 15, 1784.
HASTINGS, DAVID (s. of Daniel) m. Dinah Williaras in
1765, and d. in Boylston. Chil. Abigail, b. May 20, 1766;
Benjamin, May 9, 1768; David, July 9, 1770, and m. Eliza
beth, D. of Joseph Eager ; Susanna, Nov. 3, 1772 ; Nathan,
May 1, 1776, and d. infant; Nathan, March 24, 1778 ; Lucy,
Feb. 21, 1783.
HASTINGS, ELIAKIM (s. of John) m. Patience Moore,
or Morse, in 1782. Chil. Patience, b. Oct. 31, 1782; Elia
kim, Sept. 21, 1784.
Of the six next following heads of families of this name I
know not whose sons they were,
HASTINGS, NATHANIEL, the name of whose wife is not
on record, had Jonathan, bap. here, Oct, 28, 1744.

FAMILY REGISTER. 303
HASTINGS, SAMUEL, m. Anna, D. of Capt. Jos. Bige
low, Oct, 26, 1757, Child, Stephen, b, Jan, 5, 1758,
HASTINGS, NATHAN, m. Lois Rice of Worcester, in
1767. Chil. Mary, b. Dec, 12, 1768 ; Benjamin, bap, Sept.
1, 1770.
HASTINGS, NATHANIEL, whose wife's narae is not on
record, had Mary, bap, Jan. 29, 1769 ; the parents at that time
owned the covenant,
HASTINGS, MOSES, said to have been of Brookfield, m,
Abigail, D, of William Taylor, April 25, 1739 ; she was ad. to
the chh. in 1742, He sold his farm to Col, Nahum Ward about
1745, who, in 1751, conveyed it to his son, Artemas, who sold it
to the Rev, Mr. Sumner, who resided there through life, Chil.
Rebecca, b, Dec, 20, 1739 ; Catharine, Jan. 10, 1741 ; Bulah,
Jan. 17, 1747 ; Neverson, April 19, 1749. The father d. June
10, 1767, aged 52; his wid, Abigail, ra, Samuel Bigelow, May
7, 1770.
HASTINGS, JOSEPH, of Waltham, ra. Hannah Hastings
of Watertown, July 10, 1744; when he settled here does not
appear. She was ad, to the chh. here, frora that in Watertown,
in 1772 ; and he frora the chh. in Walthara, in 1775. Sorae of
their first chil. have not their births recorded here, viz. Hannah,
who m. Williara Knowlton in 1764; and Joseph. The follow
ing are on record here: Isaac, b. April 5, 1751, and sup. went
to Gerry, now Phillipston ; Martha, April 10, 1753, and m.
Elijah Southgate of Leicester, Jan. 19, 1774 ; Jonas, Sept. 23,
1755; Ezra, bap, Dec, 1759, and ra, Rachel Garfield, April
29, 1779 ; Ruth, bap, March 20, 1763, and ra, John Brocas, in
1784 ; Lydia, bap. March 20, 1763, and ra, Elmer Cushing, in
1783, This family resided where Capt, Daniel Fales now lives.
Joseph Hastings, the father, in the latter part of his life, was very
deaf; when at meeting, on the Sabbath, he sat in the pulpit,

304 FAMILY REGISTER.
using an ear trumpet, that extended near to the preacher's mouth.
He d, Feb. 1, 1805, aged 83, and his wid. Hannah, March 25,
1808, aged 84,
HASTINGS, JONATHAN, (s, of Nathaniel) m, Mary
Fay of Northboro', lived in Boylston, and had chil,, Fay, Jon
athan, Luther, John and Mary.
HASTINGS, JOSEPH, Jr, (s, of Joseph) m, Catharine
Joslin of Westboro', Nov, 15, 1770 ; both ad, to the chh, here
1733, No names of children on record. He d, July 13, 1796,
aged 47 ; his wid, Catharine, ra, Joseph Whipple of Grafton,
Oct. 15, 1797, survived hira, and d. here Dec. 29, 1840, aged 91.
HASTINGS, JONAS (s.of Joseph) ra. Lucy, D. of Daniel
Johnson, May 24, 1731, and d. Sept. 1346, aged 91 ; his wife,
Lucy, d. May 4, 1826, aged 72. Chil. Rufus, b. March 8,
1782, and d. unra. in Charlton ; John Holland, May 11, 1784,
and d. May 5, 1799; Lyman, May 1, 1786, and d. unra. Nov.
20, 1822 ; Jonas, Aug. II, 1788, and d. unra. Dec. 23, 1828 ;
Lucy, April 11, 1791 ; Ruth, Nov. 17, 1793, and d. Sept. 2,
1796 ; Joseph Southgate, June 8, 1796, and m. Joanna New
ton, of Westboro' ; John Holland, May 5, 1799, and d. young,
HALL, THOMAS, whose wife was Abigail, came here from
Marlboro' ; he had previously lived in Concord. It appears by
the records in Mariboro', that he had a family of children when
he left there, viz : Abigail, b. in 171 1, at Concord ; John, in
1714; Thomas, in 1716, and David, in 1718, in Mariboro'.
He was one of the founders of the chh. here, and was living on
house lot No. 23, in 1729. His chil. b. here were Jonathan,
May 12, 1721 ; Benajah, March 10, 1724, and Elizabeth, Nov.
12, 1727. The parents were dismissed to the chh. in Dudley,
in 1735.
HALL, JAMES, ra. Silence, D. of Hollis Parker, Oct. II,
181 1 ; she d. April 20, 1832, aged 45. About the year 1828,

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he fell from near the top of the spire upon the roof of a meet
ing house he was building in Sutton, and so indented it, by break
ing one of the rafters, as to obtain a lodgment there, until reUeved ;
he was not sensibly injured, but soon went about his work. It is
said he fell some years after from another building and broke his
neck. Chil. Sarah Z., b, Oct.- 2, 1313; Louisa Augusta, June
28, 1815 ; James Munroe, July 22, 1817 ; Anna Parker, Nov.
13, 1819; Mary Jane, Dec . 8, 1821 ; William Eustis, April
26, 1824; Silence Maria, April 16, 1832.
HALL, JOSIAH, whose wife's name is not on record, had
Isaac, bap. May 14, 1780.
HINDS, JACOB, with a family, was from Mariboro', where
he ra. Grace Morse, Dec. 6, 1716. This narae is written Hins
in the records there ; he was living on house lot No. 33, in 1729 ;
his wife was ad. to the chh. here in 1728. Their chil. in Marl
boro' were Tabitha, b. in 1718, and d. infant; Sarah, in I7I9;
Abigail, in 1720, and pub. to Josiah Broad, of Holden, Dec.
9, 1743 ; Daniel, in Shrewsbury, in 1722, and d, here, June 2,
1740 ; Joseph, in 1724. Those on record here, were Benja
min, b. July 1, 1125 ; Mary, Aug. 18,1726; Tabitha, Nov.
14, 1727; Jason, Dec. 8, 1728, and d. before 1751; David
Child was his Administrator, Elizabeth, Jan, 22, 1730, and m.
Ephraim Temple, May 25, 1752 ; Jacob, Jan. 22, 1731,
HINDS, BENJAMIN (s, of Jacob) m. Elizabeth, D, of
Isaac Temple, Oct. 18, 1747. Chil. Elizabeth, b. March 9,
1748 ; Daniel, April 27, 1749; Abner, Oct, 14, 1750 ; Abi
gail, July 14, 1752, and m. Peter Goodale, in 1774 ; Benjamin,
Aug. 29, 1754 ; Jason, Feb. 14, 1756 ; Nimrod, Jan. 22, 1758 ;
Ashur, Sept. 11, 1759; Martha, Sept. 29, 1760; and, sup. m,
Oliver Sawyer, in 1785 ; Tabitha, March 2, 1762.
HINDS, BENJAMIN, m. Tabitha, D. of Ephraim Holland,
Jidy 1,1766; probably the preceding Benjarain, and Tabitha,
his 2d wife, Chil. Jacob, b, July 21, 1767 ; Justin, March 28,
1770; Joseph, July 4, 1772 ; Tabitha, April 14, 1776.
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306 FAMILY REGISTER.
HAPGOOD, Capt. THOMAS (s. of Thoraas,* of Mari
boro') m. Damaris Hutchins, in Mariboro', Aug. 1-2, 1724 ; he
was then called of Shrewsbury. She was ad. to the chh. bei-e
in 1728 ; her death is not on record. He d. Oct. 5, 1745, aged
43. Chil. Ephraim, h. April 28, 1725, and d. Sept. 1, 1739 ;
Solomon, Sept. 20, 1726, and d. July 20, 1740 ; Asa, Dec. 6,
1728 ; Elijah, Jan. 16, 1731, and d. Oct. 5, 1745 ; Seth, Oct.
20, 1732; Joab, Jan. 21, 1735; Damaris, March 12, 1737,
and m. Gideon Howe, in 17.56; John, Sept. 12, 1739; David,
Feb. 2, 1742, and d. Oct. 20, 1745; Eunice, Aug. 17, 1744,
and m. Ebenezer Hartshorne, of Athol, April 20, 1767.
HAPGOOD, ASA (s. of Thomas) m. Anna, D. of Asa
Bouker, Dec. 6, 1750. Chil. Levinah, b. Feb. 5, 1752;
Thomas, March 22, \lb^ ; Elizabtth,May 6, Mb4. Here-
moved lo Reading, Vt., thence to Halifax, in that State.
HAPGOOD, SETH (s. of Thoraas) m. Lydia, D. of Asa
Bouker, in 1757, and settled in Petersham. He was the father
of the late Hutchins Hapgood, Esq., of that tovvn, who was sev
eral years its Representative in the General Court.
HAPGOOD, JOAB (s. of Thomas) m. Abigail, D. of Isaac
Stone, June 20, 1765, and d. March 21, 1803, aged 68, His

»He was b. Feb. 1, 1669; and, according to Marlboro' records, d. Oct. 4, 1754,
having past his 95th year.
Extract from an English publication of that period — "Died at Marlboro', in
New England, in the 94th year of his age, Mr. Thomas H.ipgood. His posterity
were very numerous ; viz. 9 children ; 92 grand children ; 208 great grand children,
.ind 4 great great grand children; in all, 313. His children saw their grandchil
dren, and their grandfather, at the eame time."
His wife was Judith, who d. Aug. 15, 1759; their "9 children" were Mary, b. in
1594; Sarab, in 1695; Elizabeth, in 1697; Thomas, 1702; Hepzibah, 1704; John,
1707; Huldah, 1709; and Joseph, in 1714. His brother, Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth,
D. of Samuel Ward, of Marlboro', 14, 6, 1695, and lived in Stow. They were
tlio sons of Shydrack Hapgood, who came from England, and m. Elizabeth Tread-
way, of Sudftury. Oct. 21, 1564. He, and four others of a troop of about 20 men,
from Concord and its vicinity, accompanying Capt. Hutchinson to treat with Ihe
Indians at Quaboag, ( Brookfield) were there suddenly shot down by the treacherous
enemy, lurking in ambnsh, and killed on the spot, Aug. 2, 167Sl

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wid, Abigail, d. Nov, 28, 1804, aged 69. Chil. Lucy, b. June
25, 1766, living (1847) and unm.; Ephraim-, March 1, 1768;
UaotV, Nov. 25, 1769, and d. unm. Sept. 18, 1829; Nahum,
Dec, 7, 1771, and d. Oct. 9, 17S9; Elijah, Nov. 10, 1773;
Stephen, Dec. 14, 1775, and d. Aug. 19, 1778; Martha,MaTch
1 , 1778, and d. infant,
HAPGOOD, EPHRAIM (s, of Capt. Joab) m. Elizabeth
Cunningham, D. of Silas Allen, Feb. 28, 1796, and d. Dec. 17,
1843, aged 76, Chil. Martha, b. May 15, 1793, and ra. Ben
jamin Flagg of Boylston ; they live on a portion of the farm on
which her great grandfather, Thoraas, first settled ; Simon Allen,
Aug. 5, 1802, and d. Oct. 5, 1803 ; Lucy, April 27, 1805, and
m. Washington Hill of Spencer, Jan. 23, 1834.
HAPGOOD, ELIJAH (s. of Joab) m, Eunice, D. of Reu
ben Baker, Sept. 26, 1802. She d. Nov. 14, 1841, aged 60.
Chil. Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1803, and ra. John Roper, Jr. of
Princeton, Dec. 14, 1824, and d. there; Joab, Sept. 6, 1804;
Lemuel Bemis, Oct. 12, 1805 ; Charlotte, Aug. 30, 1807 ; Na
hum Roland, March 6, 1809, and ra. Emily C, wid. of Nathan
Garfield ; David Thomas, Jan. 19, 1813, and d. Aug. 9, 1843 ;
Lorenzo, Nov. 9, 1815; Reuben Leander, July 10, 1817;
Ephraim Augustine, Nov. 22, 1823, and m. Nancy Holmes of
Grafton. HAPGOOD, JOAB (s. of Elijah) m. Elizaheth Eager of
Northboro', in 1828. Chil. Abigail Marion, b. Aug. 27, 1829 ;
Charles Edward, Dec. 11, 1830; Susan Maria, Oct. 24, 1332 ;
Lucy Elizabeth, July 22, 1835; Walter Joab, June 25, 1839;
Mary Susan, July 15, 1841.
HAPGOOD, LEMUEL BEMIS (s. of Elijah) m. Ama
zonia, D. of George Flagg of Holden. Chil. Martha Amanda,
b. May 22, 1836; Qeorge Elijah, Jan. 22, 1838.

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HEMENWAY, DANIEL,* sup, originally from Framing
ham, ra, Ruth Bigelow, (sister of Sarauel Bigelow, Sen,) June
7, 1743, Both ad, to the chh, here frora that in Mariboro', in
1750, She d. May 4, 1768, aged 49, Chil, Silas, b. April 6,
1744, not recorded here, but in Marlboro'; the following are on
the town record here, viz: Daniel, June 24, 1742, (so is the
record, perhaps it should be 1748) m, Mary Carryl, Aug, 1,
1770, and settled in Barre; Susanna, April 16, 1746, and m,
Daniel Rand, Jr, in 1767 ; Asa, Sept, 8, 17,50, and settled in
Bridport, Vt, ; Jacob, March 5, 1753, m, Chloe Barrett, in
1780, and, probably, Sarah Saddler of Grafton, Jan. 29, 1789,
and removed to Shoreham, Vt. ; Samuel, Feb. 23, 1756 ; Jonas,
Dec. 13, 1758; Vashni, Oct. 13, 1761.
He next ra. Elizabeth, D. of Zebediah Johnson, Dec. 1, 1768 ;
she d. Oct. 23, 1782, aged 39J. Child, Philip, b. June 9,
1776. He next ra. in 1783, Abigail, wid. of Nahor Wheelock,
and d, Nov. 15, 1794, aged 75.
HEMENWAY, SILAS ,(s. of Daniel) m. Mary, D, of
Zachariah Sraith, in 1766, and d, Aug, 12, 1830, aged 86 ; and
his wife, Mary, April 17, 1819, aged 70, Chil, Susa7ina, b.
May 10, 1767, and m, Joseph Straiten Temple, in 1736; Ruth,
Dec. 10, 1769, and m, Levi Jennison, in 1780; Mary, April
* He framed the present meeting house in this town, the south one in Worces
ter, and that in Northboro', in which the Rev. Mr. Whitney long oiSciated, and
many other public buildings; a warm patriot in the time of the Revolution; one
of the strong men of the town, and its Delegate in the Convention, that framed the
Constitution of this Commonwealth.
Ralph Hemenway, Roxbury, freeman, 1634, d. in 1699; had sons, John, b. 1641 ;
Joshua, in 1643. Farmer,
The next 1 find of the name, is Ralph, in Framingham, who there m. Sarah Ha
ven, Feb. 2, 1727. From Ralph, in Roxbury, no doubt, descended Daniel, who set
tled in Shrewsbury. Some of the following may have been his brothers.
Samuel and Hannah Hemenway were m. March 24, 1736.
Ebenezer Hemenway and Tamasin Nurse were m. Feb. 22, 1737.
Jonathan Hemenway and Mary Foster were m. April 24, 1744.
Joseph Hemenway and Mary Adams were m. July 4, 1743.
Sylvanus Hemenw.iy and Hepzibah Frost were m. March 22, 1750.
John Hemenway and Mary Ran were m. Nov. 26, 1751.
Isaac Hemenway and Elizabeth Haven were m. Kov. 28, 1754,
All, with tibeir wives, were of Framingham.

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7, 1772, and m. Benjamin Miner of Bridport, Vt., Feb. 27,
1793; Virtue, Jan. 23, 1775, and ra. Jonathan Witherby, in
1796; Seth, March 8, 1779; Ethan, Nov. 19, 1783, and d.
Nov. 16, 1785.
HEMENWAY, SAMUEL (s. of Daniel) ra. Martha Sal
mon of Boston, in 1779. Chil. Thomas Symms, b. Nov. 14,
1779; Rebecca, Nov. 26, 1781; Francis Salmon, Jan. 23,
1784; Hannah Salter, June 4, 1786 ; Vashni, Nov. 28, 1788 ;
Sarah, Jan. 23, 1791. He, with his family, removed to
Shoreham, Vt.
HEMENWAY, JONAS (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah, D. of
Thomas Whitney, Feb. 28, 1780, and d. March 12, 18-27, aged
63; his wid. Sarah, Sept. 8, 1827, aged 71. Chil. Lucy, b.
May 8, 1780, and ra. Asahel Allen, May 8, 1800; Irene, July
23, 1784, and m. Noah Allen, Jan. 1, 1804.
HEMENWAY, VASHNI, Esq. (s. of Daniel) ra. Sarah
Heard, Feb. 4, 1792 ; she was then called of Lancaster, and ad.
to the chh. here in 1797. He was much employed in town af
fairs, several years Rep., &c., and d. Jan. 19, 1821, in his 60th
year. His wid. Sarah, d. at Worcester, Feb. 14, 1847, aged 81.
(Her father was Edmund, who m. Sarah Willington of Waltham ;
who was the son of Edmund, of Ipswich, who m. Priscilla Has
kell, and was afterwards, 1762, settled in Holden.) Chil. Rob
ert Eddy, b. Aug. 15, 1796; Edward Hawley, March 13,
1798 ; Sarah Paine, Oct. 14, 1805, and m. Dr. Williara Work
man, Sept. 16, 1828, and removed to Worcester.
HEMENWAY, ROBERT EDDY (s. of Vashni, Esq.)
went to Providence, R. I., and there m. Eliza Jackson; they
boUi deceased soon after, leaving one child, Elizabeth.
HEMENWAY, PHILIP (s. of Daniel) ra. Eunice, D. of
Joseph Stone, June 22, 1802. Chil. Lewis Stone, bap. Dec.
7, 1804; Eunice, bap, July 21, 1805; Henry Hulbert, bap.
Jan. 31, 1808. He removed with his family to Orwell, Vt,

310 FAMILY REGISTER,
HEMENWAY, Capt, SETH (s. of Sila.s) m. Martha, D, of
Nathan Pratt, May 27, 1800; she d. Sept, 24, 1831, aged 51.
Chil. Silas, h. Aug. 2, 1800; Lucy, June 19, 1803, and d. in
fant ; Levi Jennison, July 1, 1805 ; Lucy, May 22, 1807, and
m. Stillman Smith, in 1826 ; Anna, Oct. 2, 1809, and m. John
Fessenden of Rutland, in 1331 ; Adaline, Dec. 15, 1813, and
m. Silas Smith ; Levi Jennison, 1815.
His second wife was Sarah Packard of Oakham. Child, Dexter.
HEMENWAY, SILAS, (s. of Seth) whose wife was Susan
of Framinghara, had Susan Adaline Augusta, b. June 21,

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1828; and Silas Alonzo Augustus, Sept. 6, 1829; reraoved to
Providence, R. I.
HEMENWAY, LEVI J. (s. of Seth) m. Maria, D. of
Capt. Thomas Harrington, Jr. Child, Frederick Augustus, b.
Dec. 13, 1340.
HEMENWAY, JOSIAH, from Framingham, whose wife
was Nancy, had Adaline Keyes, b. Dec. 16, 1815 ; Julia Au
gusta, Oct. 18, 1817; and Eliza Ann, Sept, 29, 1820.
HOWE, PHINEAS,* b, 1707, (s, of Josiah, and g. s, of
John, first settler of Mariboro') m, Abigail Bennett, both then

* The e final, in this name, is not found in the old records, but as it is in general
use now, I shall supply it to all of the name in the text of whom 1 have occasion
to speak. There were several persons of the name of How, in different parts of the
colony, very soon after its settlement commenced. Who of them was the ancestor
of Phineas and Daniel, who settled in Shrewsbury, I sup. to have been John ; who
was in Sudbury as early as 1633. Farmer says, "John (How). Watertown, free
man, 1640. John, Sudbury, freeman, 1640, and had sons, John, b. 1640; Samuel,
b. 1642. When John first went, and where from, to Sudbury, is unknown ; he was
one of 47, who shared in the division of Sudbury Meadows in 1638. His wife was
Mary ; other sons, Isaac, Josiah, Thomas, b. 1656, Daniel in 1668, and d. in Marl
boro', in 1661 ; all b. in Sudbury, as appears of record ; he had others in Marlboro';
for the grant of which township, he was, in 1655, one of the petitioners, to which
place he removed from Sudbury, where he had been one of the Selectmen for sev
eral years, and d. 28, 3, 1680; in the record of his death, he is called, "John How,
Sen." It has beensaid,that John, of Marlboro', came there from Watertown. If he
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called of Shrewsbury, March 22, 1732, and both ad. to chh.
here in that year; he lived in the N. P. Chil., not one on the
tovvn record ; Phineas, bap. March 17, 1733 ; Bezaleel, bap.
Feb. 24, 1735, and sup. m. Sarah Bigelow of Marlboro', Oct.
8, 1759; Silas, bap. Feb. 13, 1737 ; Abigail, bap. March 4,
1739; Elizabeth, bap. April 13, 1740.
HOWE, SILAS, perhaps s. of Gershora, and his wife, Han
nah Bouker of Marlboro'; if so, he was b. in 1727. He m.
Bulah Leland of Mariboro', Nov. 22, 1749, and lived in the
N. P. Chil. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1750 ; and Isaac, Feb. 28,
1753. Hannah Howe ra. Eli Keyes in 1762.
King Howe ra. Mitte Goodenow in 1785.
Abigail Howe m. Manassah Fairbank of Beriin in 1785.
Elizabeth Howe m. Aaron Goddard of Bridport, Vt. in 1795,
son of Rev. Williara Goddard of Westmoreland, N. H.
HOWE, SILAS, (perhaps s. of Silas) whose wife was Abi
gail, lived in the N. P., and had Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1782 ;
the only one on record here; others said to be, Silas, Ephraim,

some years. I have not yet been able to find a John How of or ever belonging to
Watertown; and therefore infer, that John, who, according to Farmer, was in:
Watertown, freeman, 1640, is the same,'whowas in Sudbury, freeman, 1640.
I leave it, however, for others to settle ; this is not the place, if I had the time,^
to investigate the subject. Edward How was in Watertown, in 1634, and may have
been a brother of John. John How, Jr., whose wife was Elizabeth, m. Jan. 22,
1652, was killed by the Indians at Sudbury, 20, 2, 1575. Josiah, m. Mary Haynes
of Sudbury, May 18, 1571. Marlboro' soon became the hive of the Hows; their
chil. were numerous, and, as many of them had the sarae Christian name, and were
b. about the same time, it is not an easy matter at this period to trace them with
accuracy through their several generations. 1 have the names and births of the
children of 25 families of that name in Marlboro', averaging nine in a family.
Phineas, above mentioned, I snp. was son of Josiah, who m. Sarah Biglo, 14, 10,
1706, who was son of Josiah, who m. Mary Haynes in 1571; if so, he was b. in
1707. Capt. Daniel How, who settled in Shrewsbury, 1 sup. to have been the son
of Josiah How and Mary Haynes ; if so, he was b. 5, 3, 1581 ; and this corresponde
very nearly with his age at the time of his death.
Having thus laid the foundation, I proceed with the superstructure contained ia
the text.

312 FAMILY REGISTER.
John, Levi, Abigail, Persis and Tamar. Siraeon, or Siraon
Howe, pub. to Sarah Rice of Steriing, Sept. 6, 1784.
As the above Howe families lived in the N. P., there is no
record of them here after 1786, when that parish was incorpo
rated into a town, by the name of Boylston.
HOWE, Capt. Daniel, (sup. son of Josiah) b. in 1681, m.
Esther Cloyes, June 17, 1725. They were then both called of
this town ; she was probably from Framingham. She d. July
27, 1759, aged 58 ; he was ad. to the chh. July 16, 1758, be
ing (say die records) " more than 70 years old ;" he d. Nov. 22,
1768, aged, 37J. Chil. Daniel, bap. April 16, 1727 ; Jotham,
b. Oct. 29, 1723; Nathan, June, 17, 1730; Gideon, March
15, 1732 ; Lucy, May 6, 1736, and m. Daniel Smith, in 1753 ;
Mary, Dec. II, 1738, and m. Dr. Edward Flint, in 1758;
William, Feb. 14, 1734, a soldier in the revolu. and d. unm.
March 23, 1813, aged 79.
HOWE, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of Capt. Daniel,) m. Eunice, D.
of William Taylor, June 10, 1748, and d. July 5, 1750, aged
23 ; child, Jonah, b. Jan. 2, 1749. His wid., Eunice, m. Mar
shall Newton, in 1751.
HOWE, JOTHAM (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Priscilla, D. of
Luke Rice, Jan. 3, 1753. She was ad. to chh. in 1759. Their
deaths are not on record here; perhaps they removed from town.
Chil. Alvan, b. Nov. 4, 1753; Lucy, Sept. 8, 1757, ra. Lewis
Smith in 17S2, and settled in Wardsboro', Vt.; Gardner, Nov.
20, 1759, and m. Abigail, D. of Joseph Sherman, Jr., in 1789;
Francis, June 15, 1762 ; Priscilla, Aug. 25, 1764, and m. Jo
seph Knowlton, Jr., in 1734; Walter, April 9, 1767; Jenney,
Nov. II, 1769, and ra. Aaron Smith, Jr., in 1794,
HOWE, ALVAN (s, of Jotham) m, Mary Willington of
Worcester, in 1779, Ch\l. Lucinda, b. Dec, 7, 1779; Luke
Rice, Dec, 12, 1781 ; Martin, March 23, 1784; Isaiah, Feb.
3, 1786; Leonard, Oct, 21, 1788; Ralph, bap. Nov. 29,
1789; Elizabeth, bap. June 26, 1791. He removed toSpea-
cer, with his faraily.

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HOWE, Capt. NATHAN (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Hepzi
bah, D. of Williara Taylor, Nov. 10, 1748. He was an officer
in the service at Lake George, in the French war, and aided in
building fort Williara Henry; in 1776, he comraanded a com
pany in throwing up works on Dorchester heights, during the
night ; from an illness taken there he never recovered. His wife,
Hepzibah, d. June, 1770, aged 36. Chil. Lois, b. March 2,
1749, and m. Rev. Edward Goddard of Swansey, N. H., Nov.
4, 1769; Daniel, Feb. 6, 1752; Candace, Dec. 8, 1754, and
m. Simeon Allen of Princeton, July 20, 1772 ; Vashti, Jan. 13,
1757, and ra. Jonathan Hubbard, in 1775; Nathan, Oct. 12,
1762; Amasa, Nov, 24, 1766, and m, Sarah Peirce, Sept, 4,
1786, The second wife of Capt, Nathan Howe was Zillah, D.
of Eleazer Taylor, whom he m, in 1771, and d, March 21,
1781, aged 59, 9 mos, Chil. Hiram, b. July 16, 1775, m. a
Z). of David Hathan, of Boylston, and d. about 1830; Joel,
Jan. 19, 1779, and m.  Peirce of Boylston, and d. in 1843,
aged 63. Zillah, the wid. of Capt. Nathan, m. Jonas Temple
of Boylston, March 1, 1789.
HOWE, GIDEON (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Damaris, D. of
Capt. Thomas Hapgood, Feb. 12, 1756, and lived on the place,
now improved for the support of the town's poor. He d. Feb.
8, 1815, aged 83 ; his wife's death is not on record. Chil. Lu
cretia, b. June 10, 1756, and ra. Artemas Wheeler, in 1777 ;
Solomon, Oct. 21, 1758, and m. Rebecca Jennison, in 1784;
Esther, Sept. I, 1760, and ra. Reuben Holland, in 1784 ;
Charlotte, May 6, 1762, and m. Reuben Baker, in 1781 ; John
Hapgood, Oct. 8, 1764; Damaris, Nov. I, 1765, and m. Jo
seph B. Jennison, in 1792; Daniel, March 13, 1769; Alvan,
May 12, 1772; Eunice, Nov. 15, 1774, and m. Joseph Cloyes,
Sept, 24, 1797; Lyman, June 1, 1777; Relief, April 14,
1784, and ra, Dr, Seth Knowlton, in 1302,
HOWE, JONAH, Esq. (s. of Daniel, Jr.) ra. Prudence.. D.
of Asa Bouker, July 4, 1771. He probably did more town
business, and was employed a greater number of years in the
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314 FAMILY REGISTER.
town's service, than any other individual, to the present day.
He was Representative 17 years, 16 of them in succession, and
a magistrate. In early life, he lived in the E. part of the town,
between the houses of Elisha Davis and Silas Maynard, where
most, if not all, of his chil. were b. ; the house has been re
moved many years since. He purchased, of Ebenezer Kings
bury, a place, a short distance west of the meeting house, and
resided there until death. His wife, Prudence, d. May 14,
1795, aged 44. Chil. Eunice, b. Oct. 4, 1771, and ra. Lewis
Hartshorne, May 27, 1790; Dennis, July 15, 1773; Charles,
Aug. 14, 1774; Daniel, Oct. 15, 1775, and d. infant; William,
Jan. 13, 1777, and d. at Deraarara, before the year 1300;
James, April 23, 1779, and d. at Staten Island, N. Y,, in 1800;
Eleanor, a twin with James, d. May 4, 1796; Daniel Newton,
March 21, 1731, and d, Feb, 1795; Submit,hap.0ct,6, 1782,
and m. Edward Kingsbury of Brookfield, April 14, 1801; Asa
Bouker, b, 1784; and Benjamin Lincoln, April, 1787.
He next m. Candace, D. of Simeon Allen of Princeton, June
24, 1319, (her mother was D. of Nathan and Hepzibah Howe)
and d, July 2, 1826, aged 77J. His wid. Candace, m. Ezra
Newton of Princeton, Dec. 20, 1826.
HOWE, NATHAN, Esq. (s. of Capt. Nathan) m. Mary,
D. of Simon Parker, Feb. 13, 1783. Rep. and many years
one of the Selectmen. His wife, Mary, d. Aug. 24, 1843, aged
80; he survives, Chil. Lucy, b. Dec. 12, 1783, and m. John
Bannister of Boylston ; Martha, Sept, 15, 1785, and m. John
Eager, Feb. 28, 1808; William Taylor, Aug. 24, 1787, went
to Ohio and m. there; Calvin, May 14, 1789 ; Mary, Sept. 29,
1791, and m. March 17, 1816, Col. Joseph Hall of Camden,
Me., Member of Congress, and now. Navy Agent for the District
of Boston and Chariestown. She d. at Camden, July 23, 1325,
a^ed 34. (Their chil. were Mary Amelia H., who m. Jonathan
Huse, Jr. in 1839 ; Frederick F. ; Harriet M. A ., who ra. Joshua
G. Norwood, in 1839; Williara H.; Eugene A. M., who m.
Nathaniel G. Parker, in 1842 ; Stephen A.) Amasa, Feb. 6,
1794; Henry, March 12, 1796; Samuel Parker, Feb. 13,

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1798, and d. Inlant; Harriet, Aug. 18, 1799, and ra. Gideon
Hariow, Jan. 1, 1828 ; Samuel Parker, Feb. 5, 1802, and d.
infant; Sophronia, Nov. 20, 1805.
HOWE, DANIEL (s. of Gideon) ra. Hannah Hall, in New
fane, Vt., and d. here, Jan. 10, 1806, aged 37 ; his wid. Hannah^
d. March 15, 1840, aged 73. Chil. Edward Flint, b. Dec. 25,
1789, and d. unra. in 1827 ; Levi, Jan. 21, 1792 ; Jubal, Dec.
27, 1793 ; Clark, April 26, 1796 ; Damaris, July 8, 1798, and
m. Asa Knowlton, Jr. ; Lyman, Nov. 21, 1800, and m. Catha
rine Johnson of Worcester; Joseph Hall, Sept. 5, 1802, and
settled in Lockport, N. Y. ; Hannah,Sept. 11, 1805, and m.
John B. Siramons of Dighton.
HOWE, LEVI (s. of Daniel) ra. Lydia, D. of Dea. Ben
jarain Goddard, Jan. 3, 1815; she d. April 10, 1841, aged 50.
Chil. Daniel, b. July 3, 1816, and d. infant. He reraoved to
Worcester, and had Eliza, b. in 1818, who ra. Timothy L.
Stearns of Framingham, in 1838 ; Eunice, Jan. 1820, who m.
Siraeon N. Story of Norwich, Ct., in 1838; Harriet, b, in
1822, who ra. George S. Howe of Worcester, in 1842 ; Frances
Ann, b. 1324, who m. William S. Walker of Oakham, in 1846;
Daniel, b. in 1826, and George, in 1829. His second wife was
Harriet Fales, a wid. of Oakham, whom he m. in 1845,
HOWE, CLARK (s, of Daniel) ra. and setded at Fort
Ann, Wash, Co., N. Y. Chil. Appleton, Emily, Elizabeth,
Clark, Damaris, Ann, Celestia, Daniel W., Jubal and Soprana.
HOWE, JOHN HAPGOOD (s. of Gideon) ra. Sarah, D.
of Aaron Smith, Sept. 3, 1787; she d. March 12, 1814, aged
50 ; he d. Jan. 3, 1839, aged 74. Chil. Charlotte, b. May 13,
1788, and m. Asa B. Howe, in 1807; Miriam, May 6, 1790,
and m. Dr. Benjamin L. Howe, in 1810 ; Dolly, Aug. 6, 1792,
and m. Leonard Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1821. Aaron, Oct. 14,
1794, and m. Harriet, D. of John Richardson, in 1816, and had
Appleton, who d. July 9, 1823, aged 4 years; Sarah, May 9,
1807.

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HOWE, LYMAN (s. of Gideon) m. Sylvia, D. of George
Slocumb, March 25, 1802. Chil. Joseph Cloyes, b. July 17,
1802; Hammond, Sept, 14, 1S04; Lewis, Oct. 8, 1806, and
d. at New Orieans, unm.; Louisa, Nov. 20, 1808, ra. William
Lewis of Bolton ; Almira, Jan. 31, 1811, and m.  Morse
of Medfield ; Clarinda, Feb. 5, 1813, and ra. Jonas H. Allen,
Dec. 9, 1331; Sylvester, March 22, 1815; Jerub Slocumb,
Dec. 16, 1817; and m.  Howe of Haverhill; Harritt
Maria, July 24, 1820, and m. Henry H. Mason.
HOWE, DENNIS (s. of Jonah) m. Elisabeth Bigelow of
Worcester, (D. of the second wife of Ezekiel Howe) Jan. 7,
1795, and d. June 4, 1807, aged 34. Chil. Prudence Bouker,
b. May 16, 1795, and m. Oliver K. Freeman, in Alabama;
(Child, George Oliver, b. Aug. 29, 1836) Williara, Nov. 13,
1796; Jonah, Jan. 2^, 1798, practising physician in Rutland,
and drowned there, July 5, 1825, unm. ; Sarah, b. Feb. 12,
1300; Eleanor, Oct. 27, 1801, and d. March 20, 1805 ; Eliza,
March 24, 1303, and d. March 22, 1805; Seraphim, who m.
Joel W. Upham, and d. in Millbury, Oct. 29, 1839 ; Elizabeth,
Aug. 29, 1807, and d. unm. Aug. 8, 1832,
HOWE, CHARLES (s, of Jonah) m. Sarah, D. of Dr.
Stephen Ball, Sen. of Northboro'. Child, Sarah. His wid.,
Sarah, m. Gershom Fay.
HOWE, ASA BOUKER (s. of Jonah) m. Chariotte, D. of
John H. Howe, Sept. 28, 1807, and d. Aug. 27, 1816, aged 31.
Chil. John, b. Oct. 8, 1808; Laura, Sept. 28, 1810, ra. WiUiam
Maynard, and d. Oct. 1843. Miriam, April 10, 1813, and m.
John Rice of Northboro'.
HOWE, Dr. BENJAMIN L. (s. of Jonah) m. Miriam, D.
of John H. Howe, in 1810. She d. Oct. 4, 1821, aged 31.
Chil. Caroline Augusta, James Aaron, Benjamin Lincoln, and
Edward Kingsbury, He next m. Mary Hitchcock, a widow of
Brookfield, in 1822, and d. in Aug. 1825, aged 38.

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HOWE, CALVIN (s. of Nathan, Esq.) ra. Mary, D. of
Col. Seth Wyraan, Nov. 26, 1815. Chil. William Henry, b.
Feb. 4, 1816; Benjamin Edward, Aug. 24, 1817; Seth Wy
man, April 7, 1819; Samuel Ingersoll, Feb. 8, 1822; 31ary
Eliza, May 11, 1824 ; John Calvin, Feb. 10, 1823.
HOWE, AMASA (s. of Nathan, Esq.) ra. Elizabeth Allen
of Princeton. Chil. Lorenzo, b. Aug. 12, 1819; Harriet Em-
eZine, May 19, 1821 ; Abigail Augusta, Oct. 17, 1826; Na
than, Jan. 20, 1829 ; Artemas, March 5, 1831 ; Sarah Eliza
beth, Dec. 30, 1837.
HOWE, EZEKIEL and his wife, Sarah, previously wid.
Sarah Bigelow of Worcester, came from there to this town, ad
vanced in life, with two of her chil., viz : Elizaheth Bigelow,
who m. Dennis Howe, in 1795 ; and Sarah Bigelow, who ra.
John Ward. He was brother of Hepzibah, wife of Dea. Cyprian
Keyes, and originally from Sudbury ; lived on the place, now of
Mr. Nathan Pratt, and d. Oct. 7, 1800, aged SI. His wid. Sa
rah, April 5, 1806, aged 74.
HOWE, WINSOR, whose wife was Abigail, had Richard
Baxter, b. here, Aug. 15, 1811, and soon moved away.
HOWE, LEWIS (from Marlboro') m. Ruth, D. of Ephraim
Sever, in 1826. Chil. George Lewis, b. Feb. 5, 1826; Julia
Ann, Dec. II, 1827.
HATHAN, MICAH, (sup. from Mariboro') in sorae instances
written Hathorn, and lived probably in the N. P., m. Sarah
Jones of Mariboro', Nov. 26, 1761. No further record of him
or his, nor is there here any record of any family of that name.
HARRINGTON, ISAAC * (s. of Daniel, of Mariboro') m.
Miriam, D, of Zerubbabel Eager and Hannah Kerley, of Marl-
• Robert and Susanna Harrington had Daniel, b. in Watertown, 1, 9, 1657; who
there m. Sarah Whitney, Oct. 18, 1681 ; and had Daniel, b. Feb. 24, 1683, who set-

318 FAMILY REGISTER.
boro', Feb. 16, 1730, and settled in Grafton ; in advanced life,
they came to this town, and resided with their son, Isaac. He
d. here, June I, 1782, aged 73, and his wid., Miriam, Feb. 12,
1801, aged 88. She was a twin child with Moses, her brother,
and b. in 1712. Her parents were m. March 23, 1698, Her
father, the s, of William Agur, and her mother, the D, of Henry
Kerley, HARRINGTON, Capt. ISAAC (s. of Isaac) ra. Hannah,
D. of Jacob Whipple of Grafton. He lived on the farm, after
wards, of his grandson, the late Isaac Harrington. Selectman
and Rep. many years; also a member of the State Convention,
that adopted the Constitution of the United States. He d. July
8, 1805, aged 70, and his wife, Hannah, Jan. 25, 1804, aged 66.
Chil. Adam, h. in 1759; Fortunatus, April 22, 1764; Jubah
Oct. 28, 1769, and d. in Boston, unm., Oct. 20, 1802, aged 33.
HARRINGTON, ADAM (s. of Capt. Isaac) m. Lucretia,
D. of Samuel Bigelow, Jr., Aug. 14, 1781, and d. of small pox,
Nov. 12, 1792, aged 33. Chil. Hannah, b. April 26, 1782,
and ra. Dr. Silas Wheelock, in 1800; Zillah, Aug. 23, 1784,
and m. Col. Daniel Harrington, in 1808 ; Isaac, May 18, 1790;
Lucretia, March 13, 1793, and m. Henry Cary, in 1811. His
wid. Lucretia, ra. Capt. Martin Newton, in 1794.

tied in Marlboro', and whose wife was Elizabeth; they there had Daniel, b. ia
1707, and Isaac, above mentioned, b. May 6, 1709. Samuel, brother of Isaac, and
b. in 1714, settled in Crafton, and may have been the Samuel Harrington who m.
Lydia Ball, in Watertown, May 28, 1737.
Robert and Susanna Harrington had Thomas, b. April 10, 1665, who m. Rebecca
White, in Watertown, April 1,1686; and had Ebenezer, b. there, June 27, 1687,
and, probably, Thomas, whose wife, Abigail, d. in Cambridge, March, 1717, aged
30, and whose son, Thomas, b. in 1713, settled in this town. All the Harrincrton
families in this town, who are noticed in the text, with the exception of the four
last, are descendants of Isaac and Thomas; and all of them, probably, have the
same common ancestor in this country.
Robert may have been a son of Richard and Elizabeth Harrington, (Richard is
the first 1 find of the name) who had Elizabeth, b. in Charlestown, 15, 3, 1643; if
so, he was older than Elizabeth, and, probably, b. before his parents came, te-
America.

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HARRINGTON, FORTUNATUS, Esq. (s. of Capt. Isaac)
tn. Anna, D. of Sarauel Harrington and Anna Brigham of Graf
ton, and d. Jan. 24, 1841, aged 77 ; his wife, Anna, Jan. 23)
1332, aged 63. Chil. Anna, who m. Gardner Wheelock of
Worcester, Dec. 31, 1818; Adam, b. Jan. 13, 1799; Mary,
Jan. 7, 1801, and m. Lewis Thayer of Northbridge, April 29,
1823, and d. in Worcester, Oct. 14, 1340, aged 39; Jubal,
Feb. 7, 1803, grad. B. U., 1825, ra. Lucretia Keyes, of Prince
ton, and reraoved to Worcester ; Oliver, June 30, 1805, and m.
Eliza, D. of Dr. Silas Wheelock, April 4, 1828, and settled in
Worcester. HARRINGTON, ADAM, Esq. (s. of the preceding) ra.
Eraily, D. of Nathaniel Lakin, Esq. of Paxton, in 1829. Child,
Ellen Tryphosa, b. Feb. 14, 1830.
HARRINGTON, ISAAC (s. of Adam) m. Rhoda, D. of
Sarauel Sraith, in 1809, and d. Feb. 23, 1843, aged 53. Chil.
Samuel Smith, b. April 25, 1810; Elbridge Gerry, Jan. 3,
1812, and m. Susan, D. of Martin Harrington ; Isaac Sylvester,
Dec. 17, 1813; Nancy Eliza, Dec. 18, 1815, and m. Daniel
Harrington; Charlotte Lucretia, May 22, 1318, and m. William
BarUett; Adam Lorenzo, Dec. 20,1320; Clarendon Augustus,
May 8, 1822.
HARRINGTON, THOMAS and his wife, Grace Warren,
both of Watertown, were ra. there, Aug. 27' 1737, (see note)
and soon after settled here, where he d. April 15, 1791, aged
78. No record of her death. Chil. Thomas, b. Dec, 23, 1737,
and d. Sept, 10, 1745; Jonathan, Jan, 16, 1741, and d, infant;
Jonathan, Feb, 11, 1742, and d, Sept. 11, 1745 ; Elijah, Jan.
27,1745; Grace, April 11, 1747, and ra. Moses Newton, in
1780; Abigail, Dec. 16, 1749; Esther, Jan. 1, 1753, and m,
Simeon Bruce, in 1776; Thomas, March 23, 1756; Jonathan,
May 18, 1759; Daniel, Sept. 3, 1761.

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HARRINGTON, ELIJAH (s. of Thomas) m. Mary War
ren of Upton, in 1780, and d. March 8, 1818, aged 73; his
wid. Mary, sup. in 1828, aged 80. Chil. Lydia, b. Nov. 8,
1781, and d. unra. June 12,1810; Warren, Oct. 15, 1783;
Elijah, April 7, 1786 ; Mary, Jan. 4, 1789 ; Susanna, Jan. 18,
1791 ; Timothy, April 15, 1794, and d. infant; Henrietta, bap.
Jan. 22, 1797.
HARRINGTON, WARREN (s. of Elijah) m. Martha, D.
of Lewis Sraith, Aug. 14, 1808, and d. April 25, 1832, aged
49. C\iil,Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1809; Eunice, April 16, 1812;
Nathan Smith, Jan. 29, 1815.
HARRINGTON, ELIJAH (s. of Elijah) m, Elizabeth, D,
of Silas Wheelock, Jan, 17, 1810, Chil, Samuel, b. April 30,
1810 ; Lucy, March 7, 1812 ; Jane, March 30, 1816,
HARRINGTON, Capt, THOMAS (s, of Thomas) m,
Hannah, D. of Dea, William Knowlton, Oct, 14, 1734, and d,
Dec, 20, 1834, aged 78; his wife, Hannah, d, March 8, 1793,
aged 26. Chil. Thomas, b. March 13, 1785; Hannah,^May 2,
1786, and m. Lewis Pratt, in 1802; G'race, Sept. 18,1789,
and ra, Asa Mixer, Jr, in 1804,
HARRINGTON, Capt. THOMAS (s. of the preceding)
m. Rehef, D. of Asa Mixer, in 1805. She d. Feb. 3, 1816,
aged 27. Chil. Thomas, b, June 1, 1805, and d. Oct. 7, 1817;
Sarah Nelson, March II, 1807, and m. Darwin Knowlton, in
1828; Charles, Dec. 11, 1808; Hannah, Aug. 11, 181 1, and
m. Williara S. Knowlton, Feb. 23, 1832; Daniel, Dec. 21,
1813, and m. Nancy Eliza, D. of Isaac Harrington. He next
m. Abigail, D. of Jonathan Harrington, in 1817. Chil. Eli, b.
May4, 1817, and m. Sarah, D. of Abner Stow of Grafton;
Maria, Jan. 2, 1820, and m. Levi Jennison Heraenway.
HARRINGTON, CHARLES (s. of the above) ra. Selena,
D. of Abel Wesson of Grafton, Aug. 19, 1829. Chil. Charles

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Albert, b. May 21, 1830; Thomas Frederick, Oct. 20, \8^Z,
and d, in 1834; Daniel Frederic, March 5, 1835, and d. in
fant; Sarah Amelia, March 15, 1836; Thomas, Feb. 6, 1839.
HARRINGTON, JONATHAN (s. of Thomas) m. Sarab,^
D. of Elnathan Pratt, in 1783 ; she d. Feb, 16, 1813, aged 49.'
Chil, Martin, b. Jan. 3, 1784; Daniel, Nov. 2, 1785; Luke,
Feb. 17, 1788 ; Abigail, Dec. 7, 1789, and m. Capt. Thomas
Harrington, Jr, in 1817; Emery, Oct, 18, 1791; .^rfam, Oct.
20, 1793, and d, Nov. 12, 1811 ; Schuy'er, April 17, 1796;
Jesse, Jan. 16, 1801, and went to Pittsfield; Relief, Feb. 8,
1803, and ra. Dexter Harrington, in 1827; Calvin, Oct, 24,
1808, m, Anna, D, of Abraham Munroe, Dec, 9, 1830, and d.
at St. Lewis, in 1842, He next m, Susanna Penniman, a wid.
of Chariton, in 1814; she d, Nov, 17, 1825, aged 51; he,
April 6, 1842, aged 83, Chil, Salem,h, Aug, 19, 181.5, and
m.  Parker; Jackson, Dec. 10, 1816, and ra. 
Carpenter. HARRINGTON, MARTIN (s. of Jonathan) ra. Lucinda,
D. of Joseph S. Temple, in 1808. Chil. Harriet Rebecca, b.
Sept. 1 1, 1809; James Henry, April 19, 1812; Susan, who mv
Elbridge Gerry Harrington; Walter, July 16, 1816; Lucinda;
March 2, 1819. Reraoved, with his family, to Grafton.
HARRINGTON, Col. DANIEL (s. of Jonathan) m. Zil
lah, D. of Adam Harrington, in 1308, and d. in Illinois, in 1844.
Chil. Adam, b. Jan. I, IS09; Henry Henderson, Oct. 24,
181 1, rn. Cornelia, D. of Rufus Wesson of Worcester; Miriam,
Jan. 24, 1819, and ra. Rufus Wesson, Jr. of Worcester; Han
nah Rozan, May 9, 1822, and ra. Luther H, Teraple.
HARRINGTON, LUKE (s. of Jonathan) m, Sarah, D, of
Daniel Smith, May 6, 1815, Child, Caroline, b. Sept, 15, 1815,
HARRINGTON, EMERY (s. of Jonathan) m. Fanny, D.
of Timothy Townsend, in 1813; she d. April 18, 1819, aged
41

323 FAMILY REGISTER.
26. Chil. A'anson Townsend, b. Oct. 13, 1813; William
Harrison, Dec. "26, 1814; Nathaniel M.,Ju\y 21, 1816; John,
Jan. 4, 1818. He next m, Lucy Bartlett, D, of Abraham
Munroe, Nov. 24, 1825; she d, in Grafton, to which place he
had removed, where he next ra, Elizabeth Robinson, April 6,
1830. Child, Andrew Jackson.
HARRINGTON, SCHUYLER (s. of Jonathan) ra. Sophia,
D. of Stephen Johnson, Nov. 22, 1318. Chil. Catharine So
phia, h. Feb. 15, 1819; the only one on record; Stephen
Johnson, who d. Oct. 9, 1821 , aged one year.
HARRINGTON, ADAM, 2d (s. of Col, Daniel) m. Nancy,
D. of Abel Wesson of Grafton, May 16, 1830. Chil. JVanc?/
Rosillahjb. Ooi. 17, 1831 ; Harriet Maria, April 24, 1835 j
Georgianna Amelia, Feb. 16, 1837.
HARRINGTON, DANIEL (s. of Thomas) m. Relief, D.
of Aaron Smith, Dec. 22, 1783, and d. here, Feb, 2,1823,
aged 6\i; his wid. Relief, d, Feb! 15, 1844, aged 77, Chil,
Hulluway, b. May 8, 1789; Henry April 18, 1791, and d, in
fant; Elizabeth, ^ov. 16, 1793; Henry, Sept. 10, 1796; Re
lief, Oct, 4. 1798; Daniel, Feb, 23, 1802; and Dexter, prob
ably b. in Chariion, (where his father lived a few years and re
turned) who m. Relief, D, of Jonathan Harrington, in 1827,
and d, March 18, 1828, aged 22.
HARRINGTON, HOLLOWAY (s. of the above) m.
Chariotte Merritt of Charlton. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Nov, 17
1318; Barnard M., Dec. 14, 1820; Holloway, June 10, 1823
Prentiss W, April 29, 1826; Charlotte, March 5, 1831
Francena, Sept. 9, 1835; Pamelia, Oct. 21, 1839.
HARRINGTON, DANIEL (bro. of the above) m. Mercy,
D. of Daniel Smith, April 21, 1825. ChW. Angeline A,, b.
March 13, 1327; Daniel S., Jan. 3, 1831 ; Aaron G., May
23, 1836.

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HARRINGTON, JONATHAN, of Watertown, m. Grace
Hagar of Waltham, Dec. 20, 1764, and settled here; shed.
Oct. 1, 1778. Chil. Susanna, b. Jan. 22, 1769; Anna, Sept.
1770; Sarah, Aug. 28, 1772, and d. Aug. 1, 1775. He next
ra. Catharine, D. of Ross Wyman, March 10, 1779. Chil.
Jonathan, b, March 10, 1780; Sarah, Feb. 15, 1782; Wyman,
Feb. II, 1734. He returned with his family to Watertown,
and d. soon after by reason of working in Charles River in the
cold season.
HARRINGTON, NOAH (from Worcester) ra. Lois, D. of
Enoch Kingsley, July 27, 1784. Chil. Lydia, bap. March 6,
1785; William, bap. Oct. 28, 1737; HanwaA, bap. Sept. 23,
1792. HARRINGTON, ELIJAH (s. of Elijah, of Worcester) m.
Hannah, D. of Benjarain Baker. Chil. Draper, who d. Jan.
15, 1833, aged 34 ; Rebecca H,, Oct. 3, 1808 ; John B , Nov.
21, 1812; Leona?-rf, Jan. 3, 1816; Samuel P., April 9, 1818*
George A., July 5, 1824; Lydia M,, Oct. 19, 1826.
HARRINGTON, JOSIAH (the same, probably, who was
taken, when a lad, by John Rice, Sen. into his family, of which
he gave the Selectmen written notice, saying, he was last from
Worcester) m. Mary Jennison, D. of Hollis Parker, Jan. 26,
1803, and d, soon after. Child, Josiah, b. Sept. 15, 1803. His
wid. m. Asahel Allen, Jan. 9, 1805.
HOLLAND, JONAS* m. Sarah Bannister, in Mariboro',
Nov. 23, 1733 ; she was ad. to the chh. here in  , and d.
here, March 25, 1738. Child, Jonas, bap. here, May 4, 1735,
and d. here, Feb. 28, 1756. As they were then destitute of a
minister in Marlboro', the parents may not have been settled here

'Jonas, Ephraim and Samuel Holland were, probably, brothers, and from Marl
boro', where Samuel was b. in 1721 ; his parents were John anci Elizabeth. John
m., in 1726, a second wife, Elizabeth Angier of Watertown. He was the son of
Samuel, who m. Mary CoUer, 9, 11, 1695, in Marlboro', and settled there.

324 FAMILY REGISTER.
at that time. He next ra. Bathsheba  , and had Ivory, h. in
Mariboro', in 1739; Park, b. here, Aug. 7, 1742, and d. Sept.
13, 1745; Esther, March 7, 1745; Park, April 15, 1748, and
d. Jan. 20, 1750; Luther, May 29, 1750; Park, Nov. 19,
1752. He removed to Petersham, with his family, before 1765,
having lived in the N. P.
HOLLAND, EPHRAIM m. Thankful Howe of Worcester,
Dec. 11, 1739. Chil. Sarah, b. March 5, 1740, and m. Luke
Knowlton, in 1760 ; Tabitha, April 23, 1742, and m. Benjarain
Hinds, in 1766; Eunice, Sept. 24, 1744, and, sup., m. Abel
Osgood of Rutland, Feb. 13, 1766 ; Joseph, Oct. 19, 1746, and,
sup., m. Elizabeth Gleason of Worcester, in 1772; Thankful,
Oct. 24, 1743, and m. Josiah Randall of Newfane, Vt., in 1774;
Abraham, who ra. Abigail, D. of Henry Baldwin, June 2, 1784,
and reraoved to Walpole, N. H. He was long a disiinguished
physician there, and d. March, 1847, aged 96. Levinah, 14,
1753, and ra. Joshua Morse, in 1773; Ephraim, Oct. 22,
1755, and m. Eunice, D. of Marshall Newton, Feb. 1782, and
removed to Newfane; James, June 5, 1758; Nathaniel, May
11, 1761, and d. July 27, 1784.
HOLLAND, SAMUEL m. Sarah (D., sup,, of Daniel)
Hastings, May 9, 1745, Chil, E'izabeth, b, Feb, 7, 1746, and
m. Francis Temple, Dec. 18, 1766 ; John, Oct. 5, 1747; Abi
gail, March 13, 1750, and m. Nathan Pike, May 10, 1769;
Jonah, April 9, 17.52, d. Sept, 6, 1759; Sarah, Jan, 16, 1754,
and perhaps ra, Hugh Moore, of Lancaster, 'n 1775; Reuben,
Nov, 29, 1755; Joab, Jan. 9, 1758; Jonah, Dec, 17, 1759;
Paul, April 13, 1761 ; Mary, Oct, 6, 1764, and, sup. m. John
White, in 1785. Samuel, the father of these children, d. April
24, 1764, aged (age not on record,) sup. about 43. His wid.
Sarah, m. Samuel Richardson, of Newfane, Feb, 6, 1774,
HOLLAND, REUBEN (s, of Ephraim) m, Esther, D, of
Gideon Howe, April 12, 1784, Child, Martha, bap, Dec, 31,
1786, and m. Benjarain Goddard, Jr, in 1805,

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HARRIS, DANIEL, whose wife was Jerusha, had Abigail,
b. July I, 1756 ; Daniel, July 7, 1758 ; Martha, Oct, 5, 1760 ;
John, April 9, 1763 ; Sarah, April 3, 1766,
HARRIS, ASA, whose wife was Abigail, lived in the Leg,,
and had Abijah, b. June 3, 1759, and d. infant ; Mary, Aug. 7,
1760 ; Luke, Feb. 6, 1763 ; Paul, Nov. 23, 1765 ; Asa, Oct
I, 1767.
HARRIS, DANIEL (s, of Daniel) m, Abigail, D, of Ger
shom Wheelock, Jr,, Feb, 34, 1788. Child, Alice, bap. Sept,
27, 1789, He removed to Wardsboro', Vt,, where he d, Jan,
1846, a pensioner, aged 83.
HARRIS, WILLIAM, the name of whose wife is not on re
cord here, had Oliver, bap, Jan, 4, 1730, He may have been
the father of Daniel and Asa, and also of Noah, who m, Phebe
Buder, Feb, 22, 1757,
HOYT, BENJAMIN, whose wife was Joanna, had Joanna,
b, July 5, 1743; JoAn, Feb, 16, 1744; Wyman, April 26,
1745 ^araA, Jan, 25, 1751, His 2d wife was Susannah  ,
Chil. Robert, b. May 6, 1753 ; Reuben, Sept, 15,^1755,
Jemima Hoyt m, Sarauel Stearns, of Grafton, Aug, 19, 1752.
HEDGE, ELISHA, m, Martha, D, of Daniel Johnson, of
Mariboro', Dec, 30, 1728, ad, to the chh, here in 1736, frora
the New North chh, in Boston, (Dorothy, the mother of his
wife, long and strenuously, but unsuccessfully, opposed his admis
sion to this chh, ; she was then a widow ; the records of the chh,
here, show her hostility to him, but not the cause of it ; she was
the mother, also, of Daniel and Zebediah, who settled here,)
Chil. Josiah, bap. July 12, 1730, and d. in 1733; Samuel, bap.
May 14, 1732 ; Lemuel, bap. July 7, 1734. He was, at his
request, dismissed to the chh, in Worcester, in 1740, He ap
pears from a very interesting address by Lucius R, Paige, at a

326 FAMILY REGISTER.
centenial celebration in Hardwick, in 1838, to have been one of
tie "Continental soldiers" from that town. Supposing him to
have been, but twenty-one years of age, when he m. he was at
least 68 years old, in 1775. He probably had a 2d wife, wid.
Elizabeth Stratton, of Mariboro', whom he ra. Dec. 3, 1766 >
he raay have been a descendant of John Hedge, who was in
Lynn, in 1634,
HEDGE, LEMUEL (s, of Elisha) grad, H U., 1759, m,
Sarah, D. of Rev. David White, of Hardwick, and settled in the
ministry in Warwick, where he d. in Oct. 1777, aged 43. Chil.
Lemuel, grad. H. U., 1784 ; Abraham, a Physician, and Sam
uel, both of whora settled in Windsor, Vt. ; Levi, grad. H. U.,
1792, and d. in Cambridge, in 1844 ; having been tutor 15, and
professor, 17 years in the University there.
HARVEY, Dr. ZACHARIAH,* whose wife was Ann, had
Daniel, who d. Jan. 13, 1748; Rachel, b. May 31, 1750 ;
Daniel, Sept. 24, 1752, and d. in 1756 ; Darius, Dec. 9, 1754 ;
Isaiah, May 8, 1758, " near Wachusett, but not in any town
ship." HOLDEN, DANIEL m. Jemima, D. of Jedediah Tucker,
Aug. 20, 1766 ; he was then called of Worcester ; setded here
and lived on the place afterwards purchased and occupied by
John Mason, Jr. His wife, Jemima, ad. to the chh. in 1780, d.
Jan. 23, 1786. Chil. Daniel, b. July 4, 1769, and d. in 1770 ;

* He was one of those, who, living in the leg, were, with their lands, voted off
by the town in 1752, to be annexed to Lancaster; the aniie.^ation did not take
place until 1768. He gave by deed a lot of land to " the inhabitants of Shrewsbu
ry leg" for a burying place and school house lot j as his son, Isaiah, was born '* near
Wachusett," in 1753, he had probably removed there before that time. He was
among the first settlers of Princeton, and the first practising physician there. It
was called the District of Princeton, not having been incorporated, as a town, until
J771. In 1761, he appears to have been made all things to all men ; besides being
their physician, he was, at their District meeting, in March of that year, chosen
Moderator, Clerk, Selectman, Assessor, and Agent to the General Court.
The Harvey apple, so highly esteemed, and of which there were, years ago, a
few trees in this town, is said to have been introduced into this vicinity by him.

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Jonah, Nov. 16, 1770; Daniel, who ra. Margaret, D. of Capt.
Seth Pratt, and settled in N. Y. ; Amasa, who ra. Abigail Pratt,
sister of Margaret, July 13, 1797, and reraoved to Johnstown,
N. Y. ; Life, June 23, 1783, went to sea, and sup. d. at, say,
Baltiraore, in 1844 ; probably he had been raaster of a vessel ;
in the paper announcing his death, he was called " Capt. Life
Holden.". The second wife of Daniel Holden was Dorothy, D. of Daniel
Johnson, whora he m. Dec. 25, 1733. Child, Rufus Johnson,
b. June 23, 1789. The father removed to Charlton, and d.
there about 1835 ; his wid. Dorothy, is yet living here, March
1847, at the age of 95 years.
HUBBARD, DANIEL, whose wife was Dorothy, had Per
sis, b. May 13, 1735, Lucretia, April 28, 1737; Jonas, bap.
May 27, 1739.
Dorothy Hubbard m. Ebenezer Harwood, of Littleton, Nov.
27, 1737.
Jonathan Hubbard m, Vashti, D. of Nathan Howe, Oct,
25, 1775,
HOLT, ABEL, ra, Eunice Keyes, D., probably, of Henry,
Oct, 21, 1765, and lived in the N. P, Chil, Lois, b. May 11,
1767; Amasa, April 24, 1772; Asa, Jan, II, 1775; Abel,
June 26, 1776 ; Jonas, Oct, 22, 1779,
Jonas Holt, the name of whose wife is not on record, had Ivory,
bap, here, May 25, 1740,
Barzillai Holt, pub, to Lucy Williams, Nov, 1770,
HILL, NATHAN, m. Mary Whipple, of Westboro', July
11, 1772; he lived, it is said, on the place, afterwards, of Gid
eon Rider. Chil, Oliver, b. May 24, 1780; Mary, Aug, 21,
1781 ; Chloe, Jan, 13, 1783.
HAGAR, ABRAHAM (frora Waltham, s. of Benjamin) m.
Dolly, D. of Charles Newton, In 1781 ; she d. Feb. II, 1786,

328 FAMILY REGISTER.
aged 20, an early marriage and an early death ; she was b. in
1766. Chil. William, h. Dec. 28, 1732, and d,in 1783 ; Azu
bah, March 22, 1784 ; Dolly, Feb, 3, and d, on the 4th, 1786,
He next ra. Thankful, D, of Elisha Newton, Dec, 26, 1786, so
is the lown record; the chh. record is "Abraham Hager and
Thankful, his wife, were admitted members," Sic, " Oct, 7,
1736," Child, Sarah, bap, Oct, 7, 1787, Removed to
Princeton. Hannah Hagar ra. James Alexander, Sept. 12, 1786.
Elizabeth Hagar ra. Andrew Grimes, of Lancaster, Oct. 26,
1775. Abigail Hagar m. Silas Rice, of Hubbardston, Nov. 7, 1775.
Sarah Hagar ra. Timothy Fay, Jr., of Northboro', July 27,
1777. Eunice Hagar m. Zachariah Sawtle, of Northboro', in 1781,
and removed to Gerry.
Mary Hagar m. Moses Fay, of Bennington, Vt., in 1785.
HENSHAW, Col. JOSEPH,* grad. H. U. 1748, m. his
cousin Sarah, D. of Joshua Henshaw, Esq., of Boston, May 25,
* Thomas Henshaw, of Derby, in the County Palatine, of Lancaster, died in
Toxter Park, near Liverpool, England, about 1601. His son William was killed at
the taking of Liverpool, during the civil wars, in 1614. Joshua, son of VVilliam,
was about 14 months old at the time of his father's death, and, when eight years
old, was sent to [\ew England, and lived in Dorchester; where he m. Elizabeth, D.
of William Sumner. Their son Joshua, b in 1672. m. Mary Websier, of Boston,
in 1700, and had Daniel, b. in 1701, who m. Elizabeth Basa, of Boston, in 1724, and
was one of the proprietors of Leicester, to which town he removed, and d. there
in 1781, aged SO. Col. Joseph, above mentioned, b. in 1727; William, afterwards
Col., b. in 1735, and David, b. in nw, were sons of Daniel. The two last settled in
Leicester, and d. there ; Col. William, in 1820, aged 84, and David, in 1808, aged
64. Their brother, Joseph, resided there a short time ; being engaged in naviga
tion, he was, during most of early life, in foreign parts. They were all of them in
military commission in the Revolutionary war, and distinguished for theii patriot
ism and love of country. All of them were afterwards, and through lite, officiating
magistrates. Joshua, b. in 1703, brother of Daniel, was sever.il years, and in the early p.art of
the Revolution, one of the Selectmen of Boston, and, in 1768, chosen a member of
the Executive Council ; the Royal Governor, already scorched in his seat by the
flame of liberty, negatived, or in the language of the present day, vetoed, the
choice. His son, Joshua, several years Register of Deeds for the County of Suf
folk, was burnt out ijt the " great fire" in Boston, in 1787, and removed to Shrews
bury, about 1792, and is the one mentioned in the text.

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1758, and, after sorae years, reraoved to Leicester, and thence
lo this town, about the year 1781, and lived on the hill, a short
distance West of where Thomas W. Ward, Esq., now hves.
He d. there March 19, 1794, aged 67 ; his wid. Sarah, died Jan.
4, 1822, aged 86. They had no children.
HENSHAW, JOSHUA, Esq., grad. H. U. 1763, and bro.
of the wife of Col. Joseph, ra. Catharine, D. of Col. Henry Hill,
of Boston, March 16, 1769, and after being burnt out as raen
tioned in note preceding, reraoved to this town, and hved in the
house next West of where Nymphas Pratt, Esq., now lives ; he
d. May 27, 1323, aged 78 ; his wife, Catharine, d. Sept. 7,
1822, aged 76. They had no children. They were, and also
Col. Joseph Henshaw's wife, members of the New South chh. in
Boston, when they carae here, but did not remove their relation
ship from that chh.
Margaret Fife, a raaiden lady, who came here with them, and
resided in the family, d. here April 10, 1810, aged 91.
HARLOW, ARUNAH (from Duxbury, s. of Gideon, and
g. s. of Dr. Eleazer, of Duxbury,) m," Sarah, D, of Nathan
Bannister, of Boylston, in 1799 ; she d. Sept, 14, 1841, aged 63,
Chil, Sarah, b. Sept, 20, 1800, and ra. Nathan Pratt, Jr., in
1824 ; Eliza, March 26, 1602, and ra. Sarauel A. Knox, May
4, 1826 ; Patience, March 1 1, 1804, and ra. John Barns, March
18, 1834 ; Nancy, Aug. 7, 1806 ; Nathan Bannister, Sept. 2,
1808, and ra. Louisa D. Kendall ; Clarissa, May 2, 1811, and'
m. Christopher C. Doty ; Arunah, April 17, 1813 ; Cleora Ea
ger, Aug. 15, 1815; John Thomas, May 29, 1318; George
Henry, June 18, 1820.
HARLOW, Dea. THOMAS (bro. of Arunah) ra. Thank
ful, D. of Nathan Bannister, of Boylston, in 1798 ; they were
ad. to the chh. in 1807. Chil. Gideon, b. Feb. 17, 1799;^
Nancy, bap. Aug. 1,1802, and deceased; Almira, April 22',
1805 ; Abigail, bap. June 17, 1810, and ra. Micah T. Reed, of
North Brookfield, Sept. 16, 1834.
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830 FAMILY REGISTER.
HARLOW, ABNER (bro. of the preceding) m. Persis B.
Oakman, of Marshfield, and came here with a family ; his wife,
Persis B., d. March 14, 1814, aged 36. He was ad. to the chh.
in 1818. Chil. (no record here of any births,) Abner, who d.
Aug. 21, 1842, aged 33; Perns, who m, Lucius S. Allen, in
1828 ; Harriet, who m. Noah K. Merriam, of Grafton, Nov. 11,
1834 ; Patience Ford, who ra. Levi Houghton, of Beriin, in
Oct. 1835 ; and Amos Rogers. His 2d wife was Sarah McFar-
land, of Worcester, whom he m. in 1819; she was ad. to the
chh., from the chh. there, in 1824, and d. Dec. 9, 1845, aged
67. Child, Sarah Elizabeth, bap, July 29, 1821, and d.
March 4, 1823.
HARLOW, GIDEON (s. of Dea. Thoraas) m. Harriet, D.
of Nathan Howe, Esq., Jan. 1, 1828. Chil. William Taylor,
b. Oct. 3,1828; Thomas, Aug. 18, 1830; Henry, Oct. IS,
1833; Hiram, Nov. 27, 1839 ; Harriet Ann, Dec. 4, 1841.
HARLOW, ARUNAH, Jr. (s. of Arunah) ra. Maria C.
Adaras. Chil. Helen Maria, b. at Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1840;
Manilla Eliza, Dec. 1, 1842.
HAVEN, SAMUEL, Esq.* ra. Hannah Wood, of Grafton,
Oct. 11, 1770 ; having purchased the farra and tavern stand pre
viously owned by Col. Job Cushing, reraoved here, about 1800,
from Hopkinton, with most of his children, all of whora were b.
there. The parents were ad. to the chh. here in 1802. His
wife, Hannah, d. in 1807, Chil, (for an account of their births
and his ancestry, as in note below, I ara indebted to a corapila-
tion of the Haven genealogy, by Josiah Adaras, Esq,, of Fra
mingham, a veteran in digging out geneological roots,) Samuel,

* He was b. Dec. 9, 1751, s. of Dea. Moses, of Hopkinton, who was b. in 1732,
and m. in 1750; who was s. of Joseph, b. in 1689, and was ruling Elder in Hopkin
ton, in 1731, and afterwards ; whose father was Moses, a Deac. in Hopkinton, but
b. in Lynn, in 1667, whose father was Richard, who came from England and settled
in Lynn, in 1645, where, in 1692, he then living, it was "voted, that Sergeant
Haven should sit in the Pulpit,"

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b. May 20, 1773 ; Lawson, May 14, 1775, and d. here unm.
soon after his parents came to town ; his death is not on record,
nor his mother's ; Joseph, Dec. 27, 1776 ; Mary, Sept. 19,
1778, and here ra. Harvey Nolen, of Boston, Feb. 12, 1304 ;
Fanny, Sept. 1780, and m. Col. Joseph Valentine, of Hopkin
ton, in 1799, and d. in 1841 ; she never resided here ; Moses,
July 7, 1782 ; Naiicy, bap. May 2, 1786, and here ra. Caleb
Leland, (originally from Sherburne,) Nov. 9, 1805, and reraoved
to Terapleton, where he soon after d. ; she returned, and d. here
in 1810, aged 24, leaving no issue ; Hannah, bap. Jan. 18, 1789,
and here m. James Hamilton, of Brookfield, Oct. 27, 1805 ;
Gilbert Wood, bap. Nov. 29, 1795 ; Thomas Bucklin, bap.
here in 1803. His 2d wife was Sarah Brigham, a wid., of North
boro', originally Sarah Martyn, whom he ra. In 1809, and d. April
8, 1830, aged 78 ; his wid. Sarah, d. Feb. 22, 1835, aged 69 ;
she was ad, to the chh, in 1809.
HAVEN, SAMUEL, Jr. (s. of Samuel) m. Pamelia, D. of
Col. Gilbert Dench, of Hopkinton, and setded here about the time
his father did. She was added to the chh. here in 1807. He d.
July 17, 1815, aged 42, and his wid. Pamelia, Sept. 6, 1816,
aged 46. Chil. (some of thera b. in Hop., but all recorded here)
Montgomery, b. Oct. 24, 1797, m. Sophia Parker, of Hopkinton,
Dec. 4, 1817, and d, Feb. 5, 1827, aged 29; Lorenzo Gilbert,
July 4, 1801, and d, April 14, 1828 ; Caroline Pamelia, July
10, 1802, and ra. George M. Merriam, and next George J. Webb,
of Boston ; Samuel Augustus, Jan. 28, 1806, and d. April
2, 1829.
" Mary Haven, of Boston, wife of Joseph Haven, (bro. of the
preceding,) was adraitted to the church of Christ, Sept. 20,
1805, in the presence of sorae of the brethren of this church.
She died the next day, and the church was Informed the next
Lord's day of what was done." — Chh. Records.
HAVEN, MOSES (s. of Samuel, Sen.) ra. Dolly, D. of
Col. Asa Rice, June 14, I80I, and d. May 20, 1818, aged 36.
Chil. Miriam Rice, b. Nov. 3, 1801, and m, John L. Valentine ;

332 FAMILY REGISTER.
Theodore Sedgwick, Aug. 2, 1803, went to South Hadley, and
has a family ; Mary Wells, April 9, 1806, and d. in 1809 ; Han
nah Wood, Jan 4, 1808 ; Jane, March 22, 1810; Hiram Or
lando, Nov. 5, 1812. His wid. Dolly, m. Daniel Newton, April
17, 1825.
HAVEN, GILBERT WOOD (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m.
Laura Brighara, D. of his father's 2d wife, in 1813. Chil. Nan
cy, b. July 30, 1813, and d. Sept. 22, 1821 ; George Henry,
March 14, 1815, who, having a wife and one child, was killed at
Westboro', Feb. 22, 1847, while eraployed on the rail road, by
the snow plow overturning upon hira.
HAVEN, THOMAS BUCKLIN (s. of Sarauel, Sen.) ra.
Clarissa Cloyes, of Framingham, in 1815, and d. April 21, 1323,
aged 28. Chil. Maria Antoinette, who m. Jaraes Brewer, of
Boston ; and Caroline Augusta, who m. Albert C. Cole, of
Worcester. His wid. Clarissa, ra. Rufus Porter, ol Worcester,
Feb. 25, 1825.
HAMILTON, JAMES, afterwards Col., ra. Hannah, D. of
Sarauel Haven, Oct. 27, 1305. Chil. no record of thera, Alex
ander James, and Samuel, He removed to Concord, thence to
Framinghara, thence to Boston, thence to New York, where his
wife, Hannah, d. about 1842.
HOWARD, TIMOTHY ra. Anna, D. of Maj. Joseph Mixer,
Jan. 24, 1759; she was ad. to chh. here in 1756. He lived
near the present dwelling house of Nathan Howe, Esq. Chil.
(no record of their births,) Lucy, bap. Sept. 16, 1759; Mary,
bap. July II, 1762, and m. Lewis Smith, in 1783; Elizabeth,
bap. Feb. 10, 1765 ; Timothy, bap. Oct. 25, 1768, m. Abigail
Teraple, of Boylston, and removed to Northboro' ; Abigail, bap.
May I, 1774 ; and Ezra, who d. Dec. 6, 1842, aged 65.
His 2d wife was Dorcas Green, of Beriin, whom he m. in
1795 ; she d. in 1809, and he, March 20, 1819, aged 85 ; his
house and fennel garden, soon after, passed away.

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833

HAMLIN, NATHANIEL, whose wife was Sarah, had
iems, bap. here July 4, 1773; Sarah, bap, Oct. 29, 1775;
and Perez, bap. Nov, 16, 1777 ; "the parents being in a cove
nant relation to the church in Wellfleet," — Chh. Records.*
HADLEY, SAMUEL, whose wife was Elizabeth, carae here
about 1825, and had Samuel Dexter, b, Aug, 27, 1826 ; Sarah
Ann, April 29, 1827, and d, infant ; Thomas Richard, Aug,
4, 1828,
IDE, SAMUEL, frora Rehoboth, m, Sarah, D, of Dea, Jas
per Stone, Nov, 24, 1793 ; they were ad, to the chh, here in
1795, Child, Simeon, bap. April 5, 1795. The parents le(t
town soon after. His s. William B, Ide, of Windsor, Vt., m.
here, in 1820, Susan G., D. of Caleb Haskell, of Bellows Falls,
N. H. Their mothers were daughters of Dea. Jasper Stone.
IDE, SIMEON, frora Rehoboth, had probably m. before he
came here ; the narae of his wife was Hannah. She d. April
1 8, 1792, aged 22 ; he d. before 1795, leaving a child, Abigail,
b. April 10, 1789, in the care of his bro. Siraeon ; who adopted
and presented it for baptisra on the same day with his own son,
Siraeon. Daniel, b. Dec. 19, 1791.
INGALSBY, EBENEZER, whose wife was Susanna, lived
in the N. P. Chil. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 25, 1752, and ra. Phebe
Estabrook, Nov. 20, 1779; John, May 15, 1753; Joseph,
March 22, 1755, and d. infant ; Joseph, Feb. 9, 1757 ; Anna,
Feb. 14, 1758, and ra. Nathan Lovell, of Holden, in 1781 ;
Mary, Dec. 28, 1759 ; Eunice, Jan. 11, 1762 ; Susannah, Oct.
1, 1763 ; Aaron Newton, June 10, 1765 ; Eber, May 14, 1767
Lydia, April 29, 1769, and d. Oct. 1, 1775 ; Levi, July 23,
1771, and d. Infant; Levi, Aug. 22, 1773; Asa, March 19, 1775.
* In the record of the baptism of the first child, his name is written Hamlit, and
jn that of the others, Hamlin. Jacob Hamlett was early in Billerica; he there m.
Hannah Parker, in 1668 ; she d. 26. 4. 1669; he next m. Mary Dutton, 21. 10. 1669,
who d. of small pox,'in 1678. Nathaniel may have been a descendant of Jacob,

334 FAMILY REGISTER,
INGERSOLL, Rev. SAMUEL B., from Beverly, grad. Y.
C, ord. here, June 14, 1820, colleague Pastor of Rev. Dr. Sum
ner, preached the first Sabbath after his ordination for the last
tirae ; he d. at Beveriy, Nov. 15, 1820, aged 33 — see page 181.
His wife was Hannah Whittlesey, of New Haven, Ct., and now
the wife of Williara T. Eustis, of Boston.
JOHNSON, ZEBEDIAH* (s.of Daniel,) b. in Marlboro',
in 1706, m. Esther Richardson, of Leicester, Nov. 18, 1731,
and lived on the place afterwards belonging to his s. Philip, and
now in the possession of Levi Howe ; he d. there Sept. 6, 1793,
aged 37, and his wid. Esther, May 5, 1796, aged 82, and were
both burled on the farm, as were some of his chil., on the S.
side of the road, nearly opposite his dwelling house.
The parents were ad. to chh. here in 1743. Chil. Zebediah,
bap. April 1, 1733 ; Esther, b. June 23, 1734, and d. in 1736 ;
Seth, Feb. 15, 1736; IsraeZ, Sept. 11,1737; Solomon, Oct.
13, 1739 ; Esther, July 30, 1741, and d. unm. March 18, 1809,
aged 68 ; Elizabeth, April 11, 1743, andra. Daniel Heraenway,
in 1768 ; Phebe, Oct. 2, 1744, and d. unm. Oct. 14, 1835, aged
91 ; Thomas, July 2, 1746, m. Elizabeth, D. of Ephraira Smith,
Sept. 21, 1771, and removed to Barre ; John, March 19, 1748,
and d. in West Indies ; Philip, Oct. 19, 1749, and d. unm. Feb.
27, 1823, aged 73 ; Isachar, Jan. 7, 1751, ra. Dolly Barrett, of
Killingsley, Ct., in 1777, and removed to Alstead, N. H. ; Lem
uel, April 7, 1752; Jonah, Dec. 22, 1754, and d. in 1760;
David, Feb. 16, 1756, and d. unra. March 25, 1820, aged 64.
* Solomon Johnson, whose wife was Elinor, shared in a division of Sudbury
meadows, in 1638 ; where, according to Boston Records, he had Joseph (Farmer
says, Joshua,) and Nathaniel, b. 3. 12. 1639; Solomon, in 1645, and Caleb, in 1646.
He probably came to this country with a family of children, of whom John may
have been one, and went to Sudbury with his father. Through John came Zebe
diah and Daniel, who settled in Shrewsbury. John Johnson m. Deborah, D. of Wil
liam Ward, in Sudbury, Nov. 19, 1657, and removed to Marlboro', where they had
(besides children b. in Sudbury,) Daniel, b. in 1676, who m. Dorothy Lamb, of Fra
mingham, in 1697 — Daniel and Dorothy had Martha, b. in 1702, who m. Elisha
Hedge ; Zebediah, b. in 1706, and Daniel, b. in 1709. It appears by the chh. re
cords, that Dorothy was residing here in 1736, and was then a widow. 1 find no
record here or in Marlboro', of her death, or of her husband's. Their son, Daniel,
appears to have been their youngest child.

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335

JOHNSON, DANIEL (bro. of Zeb.) b. in 1709, ra. Sarah
Holland, March 24, 1736. He d. here, June 2, 1763, aged 56,
9 raos., according to the town record. This does not correspond
with his birth ; the error raay be in mistaking the figure 7 for 9,
In the Marl, records as the year of his birth. His wid. survived
him a number of years, and was ad. to the chh. in 1767 ; her
death is not on record. Chil. Zeruiah, b. May 19, 1737, and
ra. Jaraes Maynard, of Westboro', in 1755 ; Levinah, Feb. 20,
1739, and d. infant ; Rufus, May 16, 1741, and d. infant ; Levi
nah, Dec. 11, 1743, and ra. Jaraes Richardson, of Spencer, June
19, 1764 ; Rufus, Jan. 25, 1746, and d. infant ; Daniel, March
2, 1748 ; Stephen, March 7, 1750; Dorothy, March 12, 1752,
and ra. Daniel Holden, in 1788; Lucy, Aug. 25, 1754, and m,
Jonas Hastings, in 1781 ; Sophia, bap. April 26, 1756 ; Lucre
tia, bap. Oct. 21, 1759.
JOHNSON, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of the preceding) ra. Martha,
D. of Ebenezer Bragg, Feb. 3, 1773, and d. Jan. 1, 1812, aged
64; and his wid. Martha, March 20, 1829, aged 71. Chil.
Sarah, b. May 9, 1778, and m. WiUiam Smith, Jan. 15, 1799 ;
Abner, Oct. 25, 1779, and d. May 3, 1800; his skull was frac
tured in being thrown frora a horse ; Lucretia, Feb. 17, 1781,
and d. unm. Oct. 23, 1816; Daniel, Oct. 31, 1782, and d.
unm. May 23, 1823 ; Newell, March 20, 1784, and d, in 1786 ;
Relief, Dec, 31, 1785, and d, unm,; Martha, Nov, 30, 1737,
and m, Elijah Rawson, in 1820; Timothy, Dec. 16, 1789, and
d, unm, March 3, I8I5; Elizabeth, Jan. 13, 1792, and ra.
John Sherman, of Grafton, April 12, 1815 ; Newell, Aug.
14, 1795.
JOHNSON, STEPHEN (bro, of Daniel, Jr,) m, Catha
rine, D, of Daniel Sraith, Nov, 28, 1793, and d, Oct, 3, 1807,
aged 57; his wid. Catharine, Jan, 30, 1838, aged 73, Chil,
John, b. Jan, 24, 1794; Lucy, May 21, 1796, and ra, Samuel
Gray, of Westboro', in 1315 ; Catharine, twin with Lucy, m,
Ethan Temple, In 1821 ; Sophia, March 20, 1799, and ra,
Schuyler Harrington, in 1818.

336 FAMILY REGISTER.
JOHNSON, JOHN (s. of Stephen) m. Jemima, D. of Abel
Wesson, of Grafton, in 1816, hved on the homestead, and d.
Aug. 25, 1331, aged 37|. Chil. Harriet Maria, b. Oct. 23,
1816 ; Sarah Elizabeth, Nov. 26, 1813 ; Emily Lucretia, Sept.
13, 1820; John Wesson, June 21, 1822 ; Lucy Augusta,March
1, 1325; Samuel Henry, Dec. 14, 1826.
JOHNSON, CALEB, whose wife was Dorothy, appears to
have been here in 1741. In that year his wife and three sons d.
here ; the record does not contain the age of any of thera, nor
is there a record here of a birth or baptism of any of his chil.
He was Rep. in 1741 and '43, and, in June of the latter year,
was pub. to Elizabeth Briant, of Sudbury. His wife, Dorothy,
d. Jan. 25, 1741 ; his sons d. Joel, Feb. 7, 1741 ; Ashbel, Feb.
22, 1741 ; and Caleb, March 16, 1741. He may have been
the Caleb b. in Sudbury, Sept. 18, 1687, whose parents were
Caleb and Dorothy, having a wife of the same Christian name,
that his father had ; hut of this there is much uncertainty. Caleb
Johnson, perhaps the foregoing, was ad. to the chh. here in 1763.
JONES, JONAS, from Weston, m. Abigail Hartwell, of Lin
coln, in 1763 ; she was ad. to chh. here 1779. Chil. Lucy, b.
Oct. 14, 1764 ; Jonas and Ephraim, Nov. 29, 1765 ; Richard
Hall, Oct. 1, 1767 ; Stephen, Sept. II, 1769, and d. Infant;
Hepzibah, Dec. 22, 1770 ; Stephen, Nov. 26, 1775 ; Henry,
July 5, 1777 ; Isaac, March 25, 1780.
He purchased of  Holland, and resided on the farm, &lc.
where Col. J. Henshaw afterwards lived, and sold to Lewis Al
len, whose heirs sold to Henshaw. Jones and his family remov
ed frora town.
JONES, SOLOMON, frora Chariton, m. Joanna Drury, in
1782. Chil. Leonard and Caroline, b. June 3, 1783.
JONES, LEMUEL, from Waltham, with a family, resided
here several years, and d. March 8, 1323, aged 43, leaving a
wife and chil., none of whose naraes are on record.

FAMILY REGISTER, 337
JOYSLYN, PETER, whose wife was Elizabeth, probably
from Westboro', was s. of Joseph and Catharine, This name is
written Joslin, Josselyn in the records of some towns, but in
those of this town, Joyslin. Chil. Mary, b. June 5, 1755, and
m, John Peirks, Jr,, in 1788 ; Alice, Oct, 27, 1757 ; Peter,
Oct, 12, 1759; Persis, Feb, 26, 1762; Dorothy and Anna,
Feb. 12, 1764 : Samuel, Aug. 2, 1766.
A Peter Joslyn, son of Nathaniel and Sarah, was b. In Lancas
ter, in 1665. Joseph, sup. a descendant of Peter, setded in
Westboro' before 1726, whose wife was Catharine,
JENNISON, SAMUEL,* ra, Mary, D, of Phineas Hey
wood, April 10, 1755, and lived in the house, and on the farra next
W,of the house of Joseph Nurse, where bed. May 18, 1804, aged
81 ; and his wid., Mary, Sept. 8, 1 820, aged 87. Chil. Joseph
Brooks, b. Jan. 5, 1756; Catharine, July 20, 1757, and d.
Sept. 5, 1760; Mary, April 30, 17,59, and d. April 17, 1775;
John, July 21, 1761 ; Levi, July 20, 1763 ; Samuel, Aug. 7,
1765, and ra. Sarah Drury, of Grafton, Dec. 10, 1789 ; Catha
rine, Aug. 2, 1767, and ra.  Newton, in 1734 ; and per
haps Rebecca, who ra. Soloraon Howe, in 1784.
JENNISON, JOSEPH BROOKS (s. of Sarauel) m. Da
maris, D. of Gideon Howe, June 24, 1792, and lived on the
homestead, Chil, Mary, b, March 2, 1793 ; Oliver, July 5,
1794 ; Henry, March 25, 1796 ; James, Jan. 21 , 1798, and sup.
m. Mary Lamb, Feb. 22, 1820, and went to Southbridge ;.
Levi, Sept. 20, 1799, and sup. m. Lucy Smith, of Holden, in
1830; Eunice, Aug. 15, 1801, and ra. Stephen Keyes, of

* Robert Jennison, and his wife Grace, were in Watertown, in 1638, and had
Samuel (1 find no other son,) b. in 1642, whose wife was Judith ; they had three
sons, and six daughters b. in Watertown, betwen 1666 and 1689 The sons were
Samuel, b. in 1673, (his name in the record of births is written Jennings, as was
Jennison, in other instances, about that period,) Peter, in 1681, and Robert, in 1684.
Samuel, who settled in Shrewsbury, b. about 1723, was probably the son of one of
these three brothers. Jane Jennison, of Sudbury, m. Joseph Brooks, of Weston,
in 1725, and undoubtedly was » relative of Samuel, who settled here; hence the
name of his oldest eon. 43

338 FAMILY REGISTER.
Princeton, Nov. 26, 1821; Relief, Feb 16,1804; Samuel,
Jan. 25, 1806 ; Andrew, Aug. 22, 1808. After 1818, he re
ceived a pension for revolutionary services, and reraoved to 
before 1830.
JENNISON, JOHN (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah, D. of Dr.
Edward Flint, Feb. 26, 1799, and removed to Petersham.
JENNISON, LEVI (s. of Samuel) m. Ruth, D. of Silas
Hemenway, March 28, 1789. Chil. Ethan, b. here July 6,
1789 ; the parents removed to Vt., where they had Levi Hem
enway, who was, several years. Governor of that State.
JENNISON, WILLIAM (from Worcester) m. Sarah, D.
of Rev. Joseph Suraner, Oct. 30, 1788. Chil. Elizaheth
Stowell ; Joseph Sumner ; Nahum Eager ; Charles Horrace,
b. at Southboro', March 2, 1796; William Danielson, Sept.
10, 1798; Israel; Sarah Sumner; Erastus Sumner. The
three last were, probably, b. at Swanton, Vt., to which place
he had removed, and where his wid. Sarah, d. In 1831, aged
about 67.
JESEPH, JOSEPH (frora Worcester) ra. Jerairaa Bosworth,
July 10, 1770. Chil. Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1770; Elizabeth,
Oct. 15, 1772.
JEFFREY, WILLIAM and his wife Hannah Reynolds, of
Wenham, carae frora Salem, but last from Northboro' to this town,
about 1801 ; and were both ad. to the chh. here in 1806. She
d. Jan. 27, 1816, aged 42. Chil. Rebecca, h. May 29, 1801,
and m. Dr. Joseph Whipple, of Boylston, July 4, 1819, and re
moved to Ohio ; George Cleaveland, Sept. 2, 1803 ; Nancy
Townsend, Sept. 25, 1805, and d. In Ohio; Stephen Williams,
Dec. 5, 1807, and m. Sophia Bartlett, of Northboro', in 1832,
and d. Aug 27, 1845, aged 38 ; his wife, Sophia, d. March 23,
1835, aged 29 ; William Arthur, Feb. 15, 1811.

FAMILY REGISTER. 339
KEYES, Dea. JOHN,* whose wife was Sarah, was one of
the founders of this chh., a strong pillar therein, and its first dea
con. He lived in the N. P., at "Spring Garden," and in 1729
was living on house lot. No. 42 ; where from unknown. I do
not find his name, nor any thing of an individual of his family In
all the records I have seen, other than those of this town and
chh., and very little is to be found here relative to his family.
Not any of his children appear to have been b. here. Phebe
Keyes was ad. to this chh. in 1723, and then called the D. of
Dea. John Keyes ; she d. Sept. 16, 1748 ; "Huldah, D. of Dea.
John Keyes and Sarah, his wife," d. Dec. 19, 1726, in her 13th
year; " Sarah Keyes, nelce of Dea. John," was ad, to this chh,
from that in Lancaster, In 1724 ; perhaps a D, of Jaraes, who
was Rep, there in 1733 ; he also had John, who, with his fam
ily, will fee noticed towards the close of this faraily narae, Sarah,
who m, Peter Buder, raay have been his " neice," and not bis
D, Neither his, nor his wife's death Is on record here; he is
supposed to have been b, in 1664, and to have d. aboat 1748 or
9 ; if so, his age was not far from 84.
KEYES, Maj. JOHN (sup. s. of Elias, of Sad.) ra. I«
Marlboro', March 11, 1696, Mary, D. of Gershora Fames, (who

* Probably g. s. of Robert Keyes, who was in Watertown in 1633, and whose
wife was Sarah ; he d. there July 16, 1647 ; they had Sarah, b. Ihere, 26, 3. 1633 ;
Rebecca, 17. 1. 1638; Mary, 17. 4. 1639; Elias, 20. 3. 1643; and perhaps other sons,
one or more of whom probably went to Chelmsford and vicinity. Elias settled in
Sudbury, where he m. Sarah Blanford, Sept. !1, 1665, and had Elias, b. Nov. 15,
1666; James, Sept. 13, 1670; Sarah, April 11, 1673; and Thomas, Feb. S, 1674:;
and perhaps John, afterwards, Major John. Peter Keyes and his wife, Klizabeth,
were also in Sudbury, and had Esther, b. there "Feb. 12, 1667; Deacon John, may
have been his son. In a record there, but not an official one, I saw, among the
names and births of sundry early settlers, the name, &c., of John Keyes; it was
simply this, "John Keyes, b. 1664." He may have been the Dea. John, who set
tled in Shrewsbury, yei;, and if so, it furnishes no clue to his parentage ; and that
of Maj. John is unknown, yet not resting in so much uncertainty ; he was nntftr
from ten years younger than Dea. John, and, according to his age, at the time of
his death, b. about 1673. It is not improbable he was the son of Elias, whose sons,
Biias, James and Thomas, b. in Sudbury, next appear in Marlboro', and also Maj.
John, all jof them having families there between 1696 and 1702. Thomas, and
Maj. Jphn, with their families, came here, and were among the first settlers ; sons
of the other two brothers accompanied them, or followed soon after.

340 FAMILY REGISTER.
d. eariy in life, and in Watertown, Nov. 25, 1676 ; she was b.
four months after her father's decease ; her raother, originally
Hannah Johnson, was then under twenty years of age, and, by a
2d raarriage, was the raother of Col. Nahura Ward.) It may
be, that it was to hira, house lot No. 16 was granted, in 1718,
in the record of which he is called Jun. ; he was Junior of the
other John, afterwards Deacon, only in years. Neither of them
had, probably, at that time, a title, whereby to be distinguished,
one from the other. The elder John, in the eariy records made
by hira as Clerk, styled hiraself John Keyes, Sen,, and the other
John, John Keyes, Jun, ; a mode of discrimination, not uncom-
raon in that day, and since, as appears by the town records, when
there were two of the same name in town, although not father
and son.
JOHN KEYES, afterwards Major, was living here in Aug.
1723, and was one of the founders of the chh. It was in Aug,
of that year, that his new and old house were burnt, and three
of his sons perished in the flaraes ; (see Bragg, Ebenezer,) they
were sleeping in the new house ; their names and ages were given
by Rev, Mr. Breck, of Mariboro', in his published account of
that grievous and awful dispensation. In which, araong other things,
he remarked, that " Capt. Keyes and his wife, and four daugh
ters, lodged in the old one, which was also burnt, but the people
were saved." The naraes of his four daughters, who were sav
ed, were, probably, not until recently known to any one, now liv
ing. Here the reader will find them, and, perhaps, have his
sympathies awakened, even now, in behalf of those, who have
long since gone to their rest. His children were Gershom, b. in
1698 ; Mary, in 1700, and ra. Daniel Rand, in 1720 ; Solomon,
in 1703 ; Hannah, In 1706, and ra. Gershora Flagg, In 1725 ;
Thankful, in 1709, and m. Jonas Keyes, in 1728; John,in
17l!i; Sarah, In 1715, and ra. Joshua Wilder, Dec. 21, 1731,
and reraoved to Princeton, of which they were the first settlers ;
Stephen, in 1718. They were all born in Mariboro', and their
births recorded there. The three last naraed sons were those
who perished in the burning of the new house.

FAMILY REGISTER. 341
Maj. Keyes was highly esteeraed, and extensively known ; a
raan of note in his day; and when spoken of after his death,
was called " the famous Maj. John Keyes." He d. here, March
31, 1768, aged 93 years and 7 raos. ; his wid. Mary, April 6,
1772, aged 95 years and 1 mo. ; they lived to a remarkable age,
and with each other In the raarriage state, upwards of 72 years ;
the longest period of the hke that is to be found on record.
KEYES, GERSHOM (s. of Maj. John) whose wife was
Sarah, was living on house lot No. 15, in 1729 ; his wife was ad,
to the chh. here in 1727. Chil. none on record here. The fol
lowing are at Mariboro', viz : Francis, b. in 1719 ; Humphrey,
in 1721 ; Lucretia, in 1723 ; Levinah, in 1726; Elizabeth, in
1728. He reraoved to Boston and became a wealthy and dis
tinguished raerchant.
KEYES, THOMAS, b. in 1674 (s.of Ellas, of Sud.) who.se
wife was Elizabeth, came here with a family from Marlboro', and
was living on house lot No. 28, in 1729. Chil. Jonathan, b. in
1702; Cyprian, in 1706; Dinah, In 1710; and Thomas, in
1713, all in Mariboro'.
KEYES, JONATHAN, Deacon in the N. P. (s. of Thoraas)
ra. Patience Morse, of Mariboro', Nov. II, 1727 ; diey were ad.
to this chh. in 1728 ; he d. June 25, 1778, aged 76, and his
wife, Patience, May 1, 1776, aged 71. Chil. Jonathan, b, Jan.
21, 1728 ; Miriam, Oct. 7, 1729, and d. young ; Dinah, Aug.
22, 1731, and d. in 1733 ; Timothy, bap. Nov. 4, 1733, and m.
Prudence Wilder, May I, 1755, and removed to the Northeriy
part of Rudand ; Miriam, Dec. 14, 1735, and sup. m. Artemas
Maynard, of Princeton, May 27, 1762 ; Thomas, Dec. 24,
1737, perhaps the Thoraas Keyes who ra. Mary Temple, April
25, 1765, and then called of Westminster ; Benjamin, Jan. 29,
1740; Asa, bap. July 4, 1742, and d. in 1745 ; Catharine and
Dinah, Aug. 15, 1744 ; the former d. inlant, the latter, in 1752 ;
Catharine, Oct. 9, 1747, and sup. ra. Jonathan Warren Smith,
in 1774.

349 FAMILY REGISTER.
KEYES, CYPRIAN, Deacon in both parishes (s. of Thora
as,) ra. Hepzibah Howe, in Sudbury, Dec. 15, 1729; (she was
sis. of Ezekiel Howe, who d. here in 1800, and of Ehphalet,
who settled in the N. part of Rutland,) he was ad. to this chh.
in 1728, and his wife, in 1736, from Sud. chh. He d. in Boyls
ton, June 18, 1802, aged 9.5, 9 mos., and his wife, Hepzibah,
April 15, 1792, aged 86. Chil. on record here, Hepzibah, b,
Nov. 9, 1730, and ra. Jotham Bush, in 1750 ; Elizabeth, Aug.
17, 1732, and sup. m. Oliver Dakin, of Sud. Nov. 16, 1749;
Cyprian, Jan. 9, 1735 ; Levinah, Feb. 2, 1737, and d. in 1756 ;
Persis, Jan. 22, 1739, and m. Ezra Bearaan, in 1758 ; David,
bap. Aug. 30, 1741, and d. in 1745.
KEYES, HENRY (perhaps a bro. of Dea. Cyprian) was
here no doubt before 1728, as his wife, whose narae was Ruth,
was ad. to this chh. In 1 728 ; he was living on house lot No. 45,
In 1729 ; and d. before Jan. 1757, soon after his return frora
camp. Isaac Temple and Cyprian Keyes, his Executors, receiv
ed from the public Treasury, £0.16.6, to reimburse his expenses
borne by hiraself in returning from camp. Chil. Ruth, h. July
24, 1728; Reuben, Feb. 19, 1730; Priscilla, Aug. 25, 1731,
and m. Daniel Hast'ngs, Jr., in 1753; Mary, Feb. 12, 1734;
Elizabeth, March 27, 1736, and sup. m. Bezaleel Maynard, in
1754 ; Olive, May 17, 1738, and m. Jonas Temple, in 1756 ;
Simeon, bap. March 30, 1740 ; a .son (record torn) b. Nov. 16,
1743 ; Eunice, April 19, 1745, and sup. ai, Abel Holt, Oct.
21, 1765.
KEYES, OLIVER (son of  unknown) ra. here, Re
becca Patterson, Nov. 13, 1727 ; both ad. to chh. in 1728, and
lived in the N. P. Chil. Lydia, b, Feb. 25, 1729 ; Titus, Jan.
24, 1731; Joanna, April, 16, 1733; Or^n, Sept. 14, 1735,
and d. infant; Stephen, Feb. 8,1738; /Sara A, April 6, 1740,
and d. in 1745; Elizabeth, May 16, 1742, and d. in 1745;
Esther, March 29, 1745, and d. infant; Abijah, Sept- 17,
1746.

FAMILY REGISTER, 343
KEYES, ELIAS, b, 1694 (s, of Jaraes and Hannah, of
Marlboro', and g, s, of Elias, of Sud.) m. Kezia Brigham, in
Mariboro', Dec. 13, 1718, and was one of the 16 founders of
the chh. here ; his wife was ad. to It in 1724. Chil. Elias, b.
July 22, 1719 ; Mary, April 13, 1721, and d. in 1724 ; David,
Sept. 20, 1722 ; Robert, April 18, 1725 ; Mary, Dec. 12,
1726; Charles, April 29, 1723; Keziah, Feb. 13, 1730;
Paul, Sept. 16, 1731 ; Zenas, March 9, 1733, and d. In 1740 ;
Martha, June 27, 1736 ; Thaddeus, June 17, 1738 ; and Deliv
erance, March 14, 1740. " The parents were dismissed from
this chh. in 1744, to the chh. in a new town, at Housatonic, call
ed No. 2 ;" now New Mariboro'.
KEYES, ELIAS, Jr. (s. of Elias) whose wife was Sarah,
was ad. to this chh. in 1742, and dismissed at the same time
and to the sarae chh. his father was. Child, Zenas, h. May
20, 1742,
KEYES, EBENEZER (s. of  unknown) ra, Tamar,
D, of Dea. Samuel Wheelock, July 31, 1726, lived in the N.'
P,, and was ad, to this chh. in 1735. Chil. Huldah, b. April
19, 1727, and m. Elijah Rice, about 1748; Elisha, Feb. 15,
1729; Tamar and Tryphena, Jan. 5, 1731 ; the former m.
Jonathan Knight, of Worcester, Oct. 20, 1756 ; the latter m.
Jacob Hinds, in 1756 ; Ebenezer, Nov. 4, 1733 ; Hepzibah,
June 2, 1736, and m. Bezaleel Gleason, of Worcester, Dec. 6,
1758; Hannah, April 17, 1742, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Oct.
29, 1761.
KEYES, ELI (s. of  ) m. Mary, D. of Dea. Samuel
Wheelock, OcJ. 28, 1734, and lived in the "N. P. Chil. Eli, h.
March 24, 1738 ; Nathaniel, Sept. 6, 1739 ; Ebenezer, July
25, 1741 ; Mary, Oct. 24, 1743, and sup, m, David Cutting, in
1767 ; Ezra, Jan, 24, 1750.
KEYES, ROBERT (s. of  ) m, Martha, D, of Asa
Bouker, Dec. 24, 1740, and was ad. to the chh. here in 1742,

344 FAMILY REGISTER,
and his wife in 1745, Chil. as recorded here, Stephen, b. Jan.
19, 1742, and d. in 1748; Jonas, Dec. 24, 1743; Martha,
Dec. 6, 1745 ; Anna, June 21, 1743 ; Lucy, Aug. 15, 1750 ;
Phebe, July 31, 1752; Abraham, March 10, 1755 ; Mary, " at
Wachusett, but not in any township," July 19, 1757 ; Solomon,
June 28, 1762. " The parents were disraissed from this chh. in
1764, to one about to be at Princeton."
It is said Robert Keyes d. in Princeton, March 1, 1795, aged
84 — if so, he was b. about 1711, and was II years older than
Martha at the tirae of her raarriage. It could hardly be Robert
of Elias, who m. Martha Bouker, and I can find no other Rob
ert ; he was not 16 years old in 1740, when she was ra., and
she, herself, was then 21 .
KEYES, JAMES, b. in 1696 (s. of James and Hannah, of
Mari.) was living on house lot No. 19, In 1730. His s. Jonas,
d. in 1735 ; his wife, whose name is not on record here, d. be
fore 1739, as on the 4th of Jan, in that year, he ra. Abigail Rugg,
ol Sudbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1742, frora that in Sud
bury. Chil, Jonas, h. Oct, 2, 1739 ; Meliscent, June 2, 1741,
and m, Levi Goodnow, of Marlboro', June 8, 1762; Submit,
bap, April 24, 1743,
KEYES, JONAS (s. of  ) ra. Thankful, D, of Maj.
John Keyes, Aug, 20, 1731, Chil, Olive or Alice, bap. May
27, 1733; Rachel, April 17, 1735, and sup, m, Thoraas Miles,
in 1767,
A Rachel Keyes was pub, to Jonathan Barnard, of Sutton,
April 3, 1756, The above Jonas is sup. to have m, Olive Tera
ple, Nov, 22, 1 756,
KEYES, JONATHAN, Jun, (son of Dea, Jonathan) m.
Sarah Taylor, Jan, 23, 1752, perhaps D, of Ebenezer, and lived
in the N, P. Chil, Solomon, b. June 25, 1753 ; Dinah, Jan, 23,
1755, and d, in 1756 ; Sarah, Dec. 21, 1756 ; Ebenezer, Oct.
24, 1760; Salma, Sept. 6, 1762; Francis, Oct, 13, 1765.

FAMILY REGISTER, 345
KEYES, THOMAS (s, sup, of Dea, Jonathan) ra. Mary,
D, of Isaac Teraple, April 15, 1765 ; he was then called of
Westminster ; he lived in the N. P, Chil, Lucy, who d, here,
April 4, 1776, aged 10 and 8 mos, ; Asa, b. Sept, 21, 1768;
Francis, April 15, 1771; Luther, Sept, 20, 1772, and d, in
fant ; Lucy, July 27, 1778 ; Luther, May 8, 1781,
KEYES, CYPRIAN, Jr, (s. of Dea. Cyprian) m. Martha,
D. of John Bush, May 27, 1756, and lived in the N. P. Chil.
David, b. July 13, 1757, and d. Nov. 23, 1775 ; his parents are
called of Princeton, in the record of his death ; Cyprian, Jan.
31, 1759 ; Israel, July 20, 1760, and m. Dolly or Dorothy Tera
ple, In 1782 ; Patty, according to one record, another says Mary,
b. Feb. 4, 1762 ; Peabody, Nov. 1 , 1763 ; Levinah, March 25,
1765; Persis, April 5, 1767; Elizabeth, Jan. 1768; Lucy,
May 13, 1770.
KEYES, TITUS (s. of Oliver) m. Esther Perham, of Up
ton, In 1757. Child, Oren, b. March 23, 1758.
KEYES, ELISHA (s. of Ebenezer) m. Catharine Bakery
D. sup. of Thoraas Baker, July 19, 1757, and lived lathe S,
W. part of the town; he d. here Feb. 18, 181 1, aged 82,
and his wife, Catharine, Nov. 9, 1797, aged 60. Chil. Eber, b.
Aug. 29, 1758 ; Azubah, May 13, 1760, and ra. Henry Bald
win, Jr., in 1786 ; Ashley, May 3, 1762, and d. in 1763 ; Eliz
aheth, Oct. 31, 1763, and m. Calvin Newton, in 1787 ; Ashley,
Nov. 29, 1765, and ra. Anna Willard, Oct. 20, 1738 ; Lewi&,
July 31, 1768 ; Mary, June 16, 1773, and d, Oct, 26, 1784 ;
Nahum, Dec. 15, 1776.
KEYES, ELI, Jr. (s. of Eli) ra. Hannah Howe, April 1,
1762. Chil. Ezra, b. Jan. 27, 1763 ; Daniel, Nov. 17, 1764 ;
Azubah, June 5, 1767.
KEYES, SIMEON, (son of Henry) m. Lucy, D. of Isaac
Temple, Dec. 5, 1765, and lived In the N. P., and d. Jan. 21,
44

346 FAMILY REGISTER.
1782, aged 42, and his wife, Lucy, Oct. 9, 1779, aged 35. Chil.
Reuben, b. Sept. 15, 1766 ; Henry, Aug. 22, 1768 ; Ruth, July
12, 1770; Elizabeth, March 21,1773; Tati^Aa, March 15,
1775 ; Isaac, May 13, 1777 ; Simeon, Aug. 26, 1779. Sira
eon Keyes, perhaps the father of the above chil. was pub. to
Abigail Ward, of Sutton, Nov. 9, 1781.
KEYES, BENJAMIN (s. of Dea. Jonathan,) ra. Lucy Mer
riam, of Oxford, in 1767, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Ben
jamin, b. Feb. 23, 1768 ; Joel, July 9, 1770 ; Amasa, Dec.
16, 1773.
KEYES, SOLOMON, b. 1727 (s. of Soloraon, of Maribo
ro',) whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1756.
KEYES, STEPHEN, (s. of Oliver,) whose wife was Eliza
beth, had Levinah, b, July 6, 1760; Elizabeth, Oct. 3, 1762;
Gerrish, July 2, 1767.
KEYES, JOHN (s. of Dea. John, and the only one of all
the foregoing, that appears to he so of record,) m. Abigail, D.
of Dea. Jonathan Livermore, Nov. 26, 1741 ; she was then
called of Westboro' ; they lived in the N. P., and were both ad.
to this chh. in 1742. The chh. record is thus : " John Keyes
admitted to full chh. privilege, Dec. 5, 1742 — the son of Dea.
John Keyes." "Abigail, the wife of John Keyes, ad. &,c., Dec.
5, 1742." It seems reraarkable that Dea. John, then probably
76 years old, should have a son, entering into family state, appa
rently for the first time, so late as 1741. Huldah, D. of Dea.
John, according to her age at the time of her decease, was b. in
1713. His son John, is said to have d. in Boylston ; his age un
known. Chil. Simon, b. Oct. 6, 1742, and settled in Wilton,
N. H. ; Abigail, Dec. 20, 1743, and ra. Williara Hawkins, of
Northboro', in 1766; Elizabeth, April 6, 1746, and ra. Joshua
Blanchard, of Wilton, N. H., Feb. 6, 1770 ; John, Aug. 7,
1753, and m. Lucy Hale, of Winchendon, Sept. 4, 1777, and
went to Wilton, thence to Princeton, and d. there ; Thomas,

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July 8, 1755, m.  Atherton, and lived in Northboro' : his
2d wife was Eunice Knight, of Bolton ; Silas, Aug. 7, 1757 ;
Rhoda, March 31, 1759, and m. William Bales, of Wilton;
Ephraim, March 14, 1761, and ra. Sarah Gerry; Phebe,
who ra. Stephen Buss, of Wilton, in 1771 ; Lydia, who m.
Uriah Sraith, of Wilton, In 1771 ; Sarah, vvho m. . 
Hall, and next,  Jewett ; Submit, who ra. Israel Howe,
of Princeton.

KEYES, SILAS (s. of the preceding) ra. Sarah Lovejoy,
of Methuen, and d. Aug. 18, 1840, aged 83, and his wife, Sarah,
June 19, 1830, aged 71. Chil. Sarah, b. at AVilton, N. H.,
May 1, 1782, and d. unm. ; Jemima, at Princeton, Feb. 16,
1784, and ra. Nathaniel Howard, of Wilton, July 4, 1820; Si
las, Dec. 29, 1785, and m. Rebecca Pratt, of Temple, N. H.,
Sept. 18, 1832; Phebe, Aug. 17, 1787, and m. Moses Tyler,
of Boston ; Ephraim, March — , 1789, and went to N. Y. ;
Jonathan, March 6, 1791, and m. Miriara Tyler, of Wilton,
Sept. 30, 1819 ; Joanna, at Northboro', Nov. 7, 1793, and m.
Hubbard C. Currier, of Bow, N. H., Jan. 13, 1828; Persis,
Feb. 13, 1795, and m. Azor Maynard, of Northboro' ; Abigail,
May 7, 1797, and m. William Rand Stacy ; Warren, June 23,
1799, and m. Lucy Wheeler Curaralngs, of Temple, Nov.
6, 1823.
KEYES, LEWIS (s. of Elisha) ra. Sarah, D. of Joseph
Stone, Oct. 30, 1793, and d. March 25, 1798, aged 29, and his
wid. Sarah, June 16, 1799, aged 26. Chil. Emerson, b. Oct. 5,
1794, and d. Dec. 2, 1816; Lewis, March 6, 1796, and d.
young. Most of the Keyes farailles lived in the North Parish, and were
no longer of this town, after It becarae Boylston. In the death
of Eraerson ICeyes, s. of Lewis, the name of Keyes became ex
tinct here, and so remains. It is said, that for raany years past,
there has not been, a faraily of that narae in Boylston.

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KNOWLTON, JOSEPH* (s. of Thomas and Margery)
and his wife, Abigail, were ad. to this chh.. from that in Ipswich,
in March, 1733; she d. July 3, 1748; his death not on record.
Chil. b. before the parents came, and not on record here, Mar
gery, who d. here Feb. 5, 1740 ; Joseph ; Thomas, who was
killed by the French and Indians at Hoosac Fort, Aug. 17, 1745 ;
and perhaps others. Nathan, b. here, Jan. 28, 1733; Samuel
and Nathaniel, Jan. 21, 1737 ; Israel, Jan. 28, 1740.
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Joseph) ra. Mary,
D. of Deac, Ezeziel Knowlton, Sept. 21, 1749 ; he was ad. to
this chh. in 1774, at which time his wife, Mary was, probably,
not living ; he was disraissed to the chh. in Ward, in 1790. Chil.
on record here; Abigail, h, June 29, 1750; ^sa, Sept. 21,
1752 ; Anna, Oct. 7, 1754 ; Grace, July 23, 1756, and m.
Jonah Goulding, of Grafton, in 1777 ; Nathan, May 16, 1760 ;
Joseph, May 4, 1761 ; Mary, Aug. 23, 1763, and ra, Joseph
Boyden, of Ward, Dec. 15,1783; Rachel, March 15, 1765,
and m. Jasper Rand, in 1783 ; Samuel, July 6, 1769 ; Asahel,
Nov. 23, 1773.
KNOWLTON, NATHAN (bro. of the preceding) the narae
of whose wife is not on record, had James, bap. July, 1774, and
Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1773.
KNOWLTON, NATHAN (s. sup. of Joseph, Jun.) m.
Abigail, D. of Deac. Benjamin Maynard, Jan. 8, 1782. Chil.

* William, John and Thomas Knowlton were in Ipswich, in 1642. John d. in
1654, leaving John, Abraham and Elizabeth. Thomas, bro. of John, was a Deac.
there in 1648, and d. April 3, 1692. — Farmer. Felt's History of Ipswich,
He may have been the Thomas, or father of the Thomas Knowlton, who m. Han
nah Green, 24. 9. 1668, I think, in Roxbury. Thomas Knowlton and Margery
Goodhue, "both of Ipswich," were m. in Watertown, Dec. 2, 1692. She was the
D. of Deac. William Goodhue, who was in Ipswich in 1635, and whose' wife was
Margery Watson. They were probably from England.
Joseph .ind Ezekiel Knowlton, said by the descend.-ints of the latter, who was b.
about 1707, to have been brothers, both of whom settled here, were sons of Thomas
and Margery. In some old records, this name is Nolton,

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Benjamin, bap. Oct. 6, 1732 ; and Sarah, bap. July 20, 1783.
The parents removed to Newfane, Vt. Benjarain raay have been
the Benjamin Knowlton, who d. here Oct. 21, 1838, aged 57.
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH (s. of Joseph, Jun.) ra. Priscilla,
D. of Jothara Howe, March 11, 1784, and resided where Abner
Harlow now lives, and owned the mills there. Chil. Relief, b.
March 17, 1785 ; Mary, June 11, 1787 ; Samuel, May 1, 1791,
and d. infant; Hollis, June 18, 1793 ; Sarah, Aug. 26, 1795 ;
Samuel, Jan. 14, 1798 ; Walter Howe, Aug. 10, 1800 ; Caro
line, April 20, 1803 ; William, July 1, 1805. This family re
moved to Ohio.
KNOWLTON, Deac. EZEKIEL (bro. of Joseph first
mentioned) ra. Susanna, D. of Capt. Morgan and his wife,
Susanna Pitts, frora England. (Capt. Morgan d. on the voyage
hither, and his wid. Susanna, ra.  Clark.) They probably
carae here from Manchester, as they were dis. frora the chh.
there, and ad. to this in 1731. He d. March 14, 1774, in his
67th year, and his wid. Susanna, March 17, 1794, aged 86.
Chil. Mary, b. May 16, 1731, and ra. her cousin, Joseph Knowl
ton, Jun., in 1749; Susanna, April 19, 1733, and ra. Gershom
Wheelock, Jun., in 1757 ; Deborah, Dec. 23, 1734, ad. to chh.
in 1757, and ra. Jabez Bigelow, of Westminster, Oct. 5, 1761 ;
Ezekiel, May 1, 1736, and m. Anna, D. of Joseph Miles, Oct.
4, 1759, and settled In Westminster; Luke, Oct. 24, 1738;
William, April 29, 1741 ; Sarah, Jan. 28, 1745, and m. Jaraes
Syraonds, of Templeton, May 19, 1766; Margery, June 1,
1747, and m. Joshua Bigelow, of Westrainster, April 11, 1764 ;
Thomas, April 27, 1750.
KNOWLTON, LUKE, (s. of Deac. Ezekiel) m. Sarah, D.
sup. of Ephraira Holland, July 29, 1760, and both ad. to this
chh. in 1765. Chil. Calvin, b. Jan. 22, 1761, and ra. Sophia
Willard, of Petershara, Feb. 3, 1793 ; he was then of Newfane ;
Martha, Dec. 5, 1762; Silas, Dec. 19, 1764 ; Sarah, May 2,
1767 ; Alice, July 22, 1769 ; Lucinda, Aug. 8, 1771, and m.

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SamuelWillard, of Petersham, in 1791 ; she was then of Newfane.
These children's births are all recorded here, probably they were
not all h. here. " The father was in covenant relation with the
chh. at New Rudand," in 1762, when his D. Martha was bap.
here. " The parents were dis. frora this chh. to the covenanting
brethren in Newfane, in 1774, in order to be forraed into a chh.
state there," of which Hezekiah Taylor, dis. frora here at the
sarae tirae, was Pastor elect.
KNOWLTON, Deac. WILLIAM (s. of Deac. Ezekiel)
m. Hannah, D. of Joseph Hastings, Oct. 22, 1764, and is sup.
to have lived some years in Templeton, where several of his first
chil. were h., and whose births are not recorded here, viz : Han
nah, whora. Capt. Thoraas Harrington, in 1784 ; Asa; Susan
na, who ra. John Sraith Whitney, of Westboro', May 4, 1 799 ;
Artemas; and perhaps others. The parents were ad. to this
•chh. from that in Terapleton, in June, 1778 ; chil. on record
here, William, b. June 20, 1777; Seth, May II, 1781; and
Joseph Hastings, March 22, 1785. Deac. W. Knowlton d.
here Sept. 13, 1820, aged 79, and his wid. Hannah, Oct. 25,
1832, aged 87.
KNOWLTON, Capt. THOMAS (s. of Deac. Ezekiel) m.
Elizabeth Bacheller, of Grafton, in April, 1771. His two story
dwelling house was burnt in 1776. Chil. Susanna, b. March 22,
1772, and d. in 1776 ; Cynthia, July 9, 1773, and d. in 1776 ;
Elizabeth, Sept. 26, 1775 ; Ezekiel, April 28, 1777 ; Susanna,
May 2, 1779, and m. Thomas Witherby, Jun., in 1800 ; Luke,
July 30, 1782; Thomas, Nov. 17, 1784; Amasa, March 10,
1787; Cynthia, March 19, 1789; Mark Bacheller, Oct. 9,
1791 ; Hannah Ward, Feb. 10, 1795, and ra. Daniel Gilbert
Noyes, in 1817. The parents were ad. to chh. in 1809. Capt.
Knowlton d. Aug. 22, 1829, aged 79 ; and his wid. Elizabeth,
Jan. 7, 1833, aged 83.
KNOWLTON, ASA (s.of Deac. William) m. Olive Waite,
Feb. 2, 1789. Chil. (no births recorded here) William, who

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went to Illinois ; and Asa. The father's death not on record
here ; his wid. Olive, ra. Lewis Sraith, in 1826.

KNOWLTON, WILLIAM (s.of Deac. William) m. Clara,
D. of Sarauel Smith, May 4, 1799, and settled in Holden. Chil.
Martha, who ra. Seth Follet, of Grafton, April 2, 1826, and
Julia, who m. Jesse Peirks, in 1821.
KNOWLTON, ARTEMAS (s. of Deac. William) m. Hul
dah Lyon, In 1798. Chil. Seth, b. Aug. 29, 1799, and Debo
rah, Feb. 25, 1804. He removed to Charlton, hut d. here. May
16, 1834, aged 63.
KNOWLTON, Dr. SETH (s. of Deac. Williara) m. Relief,
D. of Gideon Howe, in 1802, and d. April 12, 13-32. aged 51.
Chil. Darwin, b. Aug, 8, 1802 ; Charles, at Lancaster, Nov, 4,
1803, and drowned In Qulnslgaraond pond, Dec, 26, 1822; Eu
nice, in Boylston, April 7, 1806, and d. In 1808; Artemas, in
do,, Feb, 19, 1809; William Seth, b. here, Sept. 28, I8IO ;
£Mntce, Jan. 6, 1813, and m, Elbridge G, Putnara, in April,
1831; (their chil, Anna Elizabeth ; Williara Henry, deceased;
Williara Henry, and Francis,) Nancy, Nov, 23, 1814, and m.
Horrace Stow, and next Edward B, Rice, Jan, 3, 1843 ; Calvin,
Jan, 2, 1817 ; Dolly, Dec, 2, 1818, and ra, Joseph P. Leland,
in April, 1337, and had Nancy Hellen,
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH H, (s, of Deac, William) m,
Chloe Forbush, of Westboro', In 1806, A Deacon in the Re
storation Society, and lives on the homestead, Chil, William
Hastings, b, March 8, 1807; Hannah Ward, Sept, 16, 1808;
Mary Ann Bacheller, May 12, 1810, and m, Jabez Newton, of
Westboro', in 1832; Joseph Forbush, Aug, 20, 1811 ; Susan
Witherby, Feb, 20, 1814 ; Relief Maria, Feb, 7, 18I6 ; Loren
zo Clark, April 23, 1818; Caroline Elizabeth Amelia, Sept,
3, 1320 ; Frances Augusta, June 26, 1823,

352 FAMILY REGISTER.
KNOWLTON, ASA, Jun. (s. of Asa) m. Damaris, D. of
Daniel Howe. Chil. Adaline, b. June 2, 1820, and ra. Simeon
Newton, of Westboro', and d. in 1846 ; Charles, July 4, 1822.
KNOWLTON, DARWIN (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Sarah Nel
son, D. of Capt. T. Harrington, Jun., April 30, 1828. Chil.
Charles Thomas, b. Jan. 7, 1829 ; Relief Mixer, Jan. 21, 1831 ;
Hannah Hastings, Oct. 11, 1832; Daniel Harrington, June
25, 1835.
KNOWLTON, ARTEMAS (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Eveline
Smith, in Nov. 1835. She d. Nov. 2, 1837, aged 21 ; and, in
May, 1841, he ra. Mary Hill.
KNOWLTON, WILLIAM S. (s. of Dr. Seth) ra. Hannah,
D. of Capt. T. Harrington, Jun., Feb. 23, 1832. She d. Nov.
10, 1833, aged 22 ; and, in Aug. 1837, he m. Miriara Dresser.
Child, Julius, b. Nov. 28, 1838.
KNOWLTON, CALVIN (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Mary C.
Warren, in Jan. 1838. Chil. Henry C. and Edward B.
KNOWLTON, WILLIAM H. (s. of Deac. Joseph H.) ra.
Susan Lee, D. of Benjamin Brigham, March 31, 1828. Chil.
Susan Ellen, b. Dec. 26, 1823 ; Adelaide Mary and Mary
Adelaide, May 19, 1831 ; Everett William, Sept. 26, 1832;
Lucy Maria, May 21, 1835 ; William Everett, Sept. 26, 1836.
KNOWLTON, JOSEPH F. (s. of Deac. Joseph H.) m.
Huldah Newton, of Westboro', June 2, 1833. She d. May 2,
1839, aged 27. Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1835 ; Su
san Maria, March 27, 1837 ; Joseph Henry, April 25, 1839.
KNOWLTON, EZEKIEL (s. of Capt. Thomas) ra. Nelly
Brown, of Fitchburg, and d. here, Nov. 29, : 1823, aged 52.
Chil. Lincoln Brown, b. Dec. 15, 1805; William Albert,
April, 1809.

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KNOWLTON, LUKE (s. of Capt. Thoraas) ra. Hitty, D.
of Jasjier Rand, Sept. 3, 1804, reraoved to Bridport, Vt., and d.
Sept. 20, 1809, aged 27. Child, Charles Luke, b. Feb. 1809,
and m. Alony Ann, D. of Samuel Daraan, Esq. of Holden.
KNOWLTON, THOMAS, Jun. (s. of Capt. Thoraas,) m.
Rebecca, D. of Fisher Whiting, of Dedham, Nov. 1, 1809.
She d. May 17, 1812, aged 22 ; and he, in Detroit, in August,
1832, aged 48. Chil. Rebecca Whiting, b. Oct. 9, 1810, and
m. Dr. Adolphus Brigham, in 1832; Nancy Fisher, April 13,
1812, and m. Asa Davis, Nov. 11, 1836, who d. at Chauraont,
Jef. Co., N. Y,, May 1, 1839, aged 30,
KNOWLTON, AMASA (s, of Capt, Thomas) m, Sarab
Peirks, a widow, originally Bacheller, of Royalston, in 1816.
Chil, Sarah Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1817 ; Catharine Angeline,
March 18, 1819 ; Asa Bacheller, April 7, 1825.
KNOWLTON, MARK B. (s. of Capt- Thomas) ra, Eliz
abeth, D, of Jonathan R, Smith, June 5, 1823, and lives on the
homestead. Chil. Sarah Ann Janette, and Caroline Antoinette,
b. Feb. 15, 1824 ; Thomas Henry, Aug. 28, 1833, and Nancy
Maria, Oct. 29, 1836.
KNOWLTON, ABRAHAM (said by the descendants of
Ezekiel to have been s. of Thoraas, and half bro. of Joseph and
Ezekiel, first mentioned) ra. Martha Larason, probably of Ips
wich. They were ad. to this chh. in 1735 ; he, frora the chh,
in Marlboro', she, frora the chh. in Ipswich. He. d. here, Nov.
3, 1768, aged 65, 5 raos. and 22 days ; * her death is not on
record. Chil. Paul, b. April, 17, 1736 ; Silas, Sept. 9, 1737 ;
Sarah, March 6, 1740, and d. in 1742; Abraham, bap. Sept.
19, 1742, and d. in 1743 ; Robert, b. March 16, 1741, and d.
in 1743 ; Robert, bap. March 13, 1744, and d. Infant; Sarah,

* Hence it appears he was b. in 1703. As Thomas and Margery (see last note,)
were ni. in 1692, he may have been their son ; but Ezekiel, b, about 1707, if a half
bro. of Abraham, was the s. of Thomas, by a %d uiift,
45

354 FAMILY REGISTER.
h. June 24, 1746, and m. Daniel Drury, Jun. in 1765 ; Martha,
July 24, 1748, and m, Thomas Drury, of Teraple, N. H., in
1769; Abraham, Nov. 25, 1750.
KNOWLTON, PAUL (s. of Abrahara) m. Lucy Forbush,
of Hardwick, in 1769, and d. here, June 27, 1799, in his 64th
year. His wid. Lucy, ad. to this chh. in 1800, d. May 8, 1837,
aged 85, Chil, Paul, b. Oct, 23, 1770, and settled in Hoosic,
now Florida ; Lucy, Feb, 28, 1772, and m. Elijah Hall, of Graf
ton, Feb. 14, 1799 ; Robert, Dec. 7, 1773, and m. Lydia Thurs
ton, of Westboro', in 1807 ; Daniel, Dec. 9, 1775 ; Sarah, Nov.
11, 1777, and sup. m. Sarauel Thurston, Jun., of Westboro',
June 24, 1802 ; John, Jan. 5, 1730 ; Margery, Oct, 25, 1781,
and sup, m, Zavan Perkins, of Wethersfield, Vt,, Feb, 18, 1810 ;
Joel, Nov, 1, 1783; Bulah, Sept. 25, 1785, and m. Jonas
Baker, of Boylston ; Ruth, Jan. 15, 1783, and m. Isaac Cuder,
in 1823 ; Anna, Sept. 9, 1789, and ra. Jonathan Newton, Feb.
22, 1815 ; Jacob, May 17, 1791 ; Levi, June 9, 1797, and sup.
m. Louisa Divoll, ol Leominster, in 1323.
KNOWLTON, ABRAHAM (s. of Abraham) m. Lydia
Bacheller, of Upton, in 1772; his wife, Lydia, d. Sept. 28,
1803, aged 55|. Chil. Silas, b, June 3, 1773; Martha, June
1, 1775, and ra. Nathan Munroe, in 1805; Sarah, July 24,
1777, and m. John White, of Northboro', in 1798, and d. June
20, 1818, leaving Asa, John, and Moses Adaras ; David, b. at
Upton, Nov. 14, 1779; Lydia, at do., Oct. 21, 17SI, and d.
unra. June 26, 1308 ; Abraham, Aug. 4, 1784; Thankful, Oct.
25, 1789. He next m. Lucy Whitney, of Upton, in 1805, and
d. here April 12, 1807, aged 56^.
KNOWLTON, DANIEL, (s. of Paul) m. Mary Hemen
way, of Grafton, in 1804. Chil. on rec. here ; Mary, b. July
5, 1804 ; Pamelia, Nov. 9, 1305 ; perhaps he removed to West
boro', where Daniel and Mary Knowlton had Adaline, b. Sept.
22, 1809; Daniel, Sept. 2, 1811, and Hepzibah, Sept. 27,
1813. He is said to have removed to Batavia, N. Y,

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KNOWLTON, JOEL (s. of Paul) m. Mary Brooks, of
Grafton, Chil. Ruel Farrar and Laura Brooks, b. Jan. 10,
1810-; John Chandler,Dec 26, 1812; Elijah Brooks, Jan. 31,
1815 ; Daniel Harris, July 31, 1817. Removed to Grafton.
KNOWLTON, SILAS (s. of Abraham and Lydia) m. Mer
cy Wakefield, of Sutton. Chil. Irene, b, June 20, 1799; Per
rin, Aug. 22, ISOl ; Neioell, April 27, 1803 ; Dexter, Feb. 22,
iS05; Lydia Bacheller and Mary Davenport, May 7, 1807;
Calvin Fletcher, Feb. 11, 1310. This family removed to Ohio,
KNOWLTON, DAVID (bro. of Silas) m. Lucy Brigham,
of Northboro', in 1800. Chil. Julia Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1800;
Mi, Oct. 28, 1802; Artemas Brigham, Sept. 15, 1804; El
bridge Gerry, Oct. 4, 1806; Abraham, Dec. 8, 1808; Lucy
Caroline, Sept. 3, 1811. He reraoved to N. Y., where he had
David Bacheller, Marietta and Harriet., and d. Sept. 6, 182^,
aged 44.
KNOWLTON, ABRAHAM (bro. of the precedifig) m.
Lucy Faulkner, of Upton, and had Mary Eleanor, b, Dec. 18,
1808, and m. Lewis Brown, of Worcester, April 29, 1829;
James Franklin, Nov. 1, 1810; Nancy Faulkner, Aug. 19,
1812; Sarah White, March 15, 1815; and Thankful Emily,
Jan. 9, 1817. He reraoved with his family to Brownsville, Ind.,
in 1838, and d. in Oct, 1843, aged 59.
KINGSLEY, ENOCK (from Windsor, Ct.) m. Sarah, wid.
of Samuel Maynard, in 1760. No record here of the death of
either of them ; it is said she d. Dec. 15, 1812, aged 84. Chil.
Sarah, b. May 21, 1761, and m, Araos Sraith, of Worcester,
July 26, 1785 ; Mary, Dec. 6, 1762, and ra. Daniel Rayraond,
of Worcester, March 17, 1785 ; and perhaps Lois, who m. Noah
Harrington, of Worcester Gore, July 27, 1784.
KENDALL, CALEB ra. Priscilla, D. of Joshua Townsend,
Dec. 8, 1773. Chil. Priscilla, h. Jan. 20, 1777 ; and Caleb,
Jan. 25, 1779.

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KIMBALL, EPHRAIM of Shrewsbury, and Mrs. Sarah
Tutde, of Littleton, were ra. Nov. 28, 1765. So say Mid. Co.
Records. His name does not appear on the town records^ per
haps went to Grafton.
KINGSBURY, EBENEZER m. Sarah, D. of Jeremiah
Whittemore, of Spencer, May 9, 1797. They were ad. to this
chh. in 1798, and dis. to that In Spencer, In 1801. He built
and resided where Jonah Howe last lived. Child, Jeremiah
Whittemore, b. July 1, 1798.
KEMBLE, THOMAS HENRY (from Boston) m. Hannah,
D. of Capt. Levi Pease, Feb. 9, 1796, and d. here March 4,
1800, aged 28 ; his wid. Hannah, May 26, 1800, aged 36. Chil.
Thomas, who d. April 4, 1799 ; Abigail, who d. Feb. 13, 1321,
aged 23 ; all of consumption at the residence of Capt. Pease.
KNIGHT, JOSIAH ra, Sarah, wid, of Jonas Stone, Sept,
24, 1305 ; and d, July 25, 1819, aged 47 and 8 mos. Child,
Edwin Wallace, b. April I, 1811,
KNEELAND, SOLOMON (from Boston) d, here Dec, 23,
1775, aged 80,
KITTREDGE, JUSTUS (s, of Dr, Jacob, and g, s, of John
Bellows) ra. Maranda E, Taylor, of West Boylston, In 1830,
Chil, Austin Whitney, h. May 15, 1833 ; Lucius Wright, Dec,
9, 1834; Francis Ellery, Aug. 23, 1836; Albert Taylor,
March 21, 1838 ; and Lucy Ann, Aug. 3, I84I.
ICITTREDGE, OTIS (bro. of the preceding) m. Prudence
M. Hathern, of West Boylston, in 1831. No births of chil. on
record, in 1841.
LEATHE, ROBERT and his wife, Eunice, carae here, sup.
frora Reading. They were ad. to this chh. from the first chh.
there, in 1741. The name is Leathe on the record here, but has

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probably been modernized to Lathe. They were dis. to the chh.
in Grafton, in 1745. Chil. on record here ; Asa, b. March 23,
1733 ; there may be an error in the record ; if not, that son, Asa,
deceased before June 9, 1741, when they had a son b. called
Asa, ^nd who was bap. the 14th of that mo. ; Rhoda, bap. June
26, 1743.
LYON, JOSIAH, and his wife, Deborah, had John, b. Oct.
30, 1751 ; perhaps it should be John Fisher ; and others, of
whora, Ephraim Is sup. to have been one. He is sup. to have
reraoved to Grafton soon after 1751.
LYON, JOHN FISHER (s. sup. of Josiah) ra. Sarah, D.
of Sarauel Whitney, in 1777 ; he was then of Grafton, and, after
living here a few years, reraoved to Harvard and d, there. Chil.
b. here, Lydia, April 9, 1778 ; and John, Oct. 17, 1780.
LYON, Capt. EPHRAIM (s. sup. of Josiah) carae here
about 1800, with his wife and s. Ephraira, and lived near North
boro' line, on the post road ; where he d. Feb. 24, 1820, aged
84, and his wife, whose narae is not on record here, Nov. 1 5,
1815, aged 76. Of their chil., all probably b. in Grafton, were
Deborah, who ra. Capt. Charles Fay ; Mary, who m. Ebenezer
Leland of Grafton ; Ephraim ; and, perhaps, Lydia, who m,
Daniel Gregory, in 1790.
Huldah Lyon m. Artemas Knowlton, in 1798.
LYON, Capt. EPHRAIM, Jun. (s. of Ephraira) m, Lucy,
D, of Deac, Jonathan Fassett, (Fawcett) of Boylston, Nov, 17,
1799 ; and d, Nov, 14, 1835, aged 56. Chil. Hannah, b. April
20, 1800, and ra. Ebenezer H. Bowen, Sept. 9, 1822 ; they re
raoved to Worcester, and she d. there ; Chandler, Aug. 9 1801 ;
Louisa, March 14, 1303, and d. Jan. 5, 1806 ; Harriet, Jan. 2,
1808, and m. Haliburton Lane, of Fitchburg, July, 1828 ; Lucy,
June 2, 1809, and m. — — Bearaan, of Fitchburg ; Abigail
Fawcett, Feb. 27, 181 1, and ra. Warren C. Sturtevant, of Bath,
N. H., Oct. 8, 1833 ; Ephraim Fisher, Feb. 9, 1813, and d.

358 FAMILY REGISTER.
Sept. 2, 1829; George Sherman, Feb. 11, 1815; Elixaheth
Louisa, March 30, 1817, and m.  Goodenow, of Boylston.
LIVERMORE, ELISHA m. Lucy Maynard, of Westboro',
in 1780, and lived on the place recently of Henry Snow, Esq.
Chil. Levi, b. Dec. 15, 1781 ; Emery, Oct. 10, 1783; Lucy
and Anna, bap. Nov. 6, 1785 ; Martha, bap. Aug. 3, 1788, and
d. young ; Solomon, bap. May 5, 1790 ; Harvey, bap. Oct. 7,
1792 ; Jubal, bap. June 14, 1795 ; and Martha, bap. Feb. 4,
1798. LIVERMORE, JASON, whose wife was Mary, had Mar
tha, bap. here Sept. 8, 1782. Moses Livermore and Lydia Har
rington, " both of Waltham," were m. here Sept. 17, 1783.
The three may have been brothers.
LOTHROP, OR VILE m. Sarah Fitch, of Leoralnster; she
d. Aug. 30, 1823, the year of her marriage, aged 23. He
next m. Lucy Johnson, of Hardwick, Jan. 30, 1825, a g. d. of
Zebediah, an early settler in this town. Chil. Philip, b. Oct.
23, 1825.
MAYNARD, SIMON,* known as Sergeant Maynard, (s. of
Simon,) of Marlboro', b. in 1695, ra. Sarah Church, there, Nov.
18, 1718, and was living on house lot No. 14, in 1729. He was

* John Maynard (the first 1 find of the name,) was one of the 47, who shared in
the division of Sudbury meadows, in 1638, where he was Selectman, and one of
the petitioners for the grant of Marlboro', in 1656 ; he removed thera, and d. in
1711 ; his wife was Mary ; they had John, b. in 1661 j Simon, in 1666 j and Zacha
riah, in 1672, all in Marlboro'.
Simon, whose wife was Hannah, had 8 chil.; among them were Simon, b. in
1695 ; Elisha, in 1703, both of whom settled in Shrewsbury.
John, (bro. of Simon and Elisha) whose wife was Lydia Ward, of Sudbury, was
the father of James Maynard, b. in 1694, whose s. James settled here, and of Reu
ben, b. in 1698, who also settled here.
"Ensign John Maynard d. (in Marlboro',) May 15, 1731." Lydia, his wid. d.
there, Jan. 10, 1740 ; she was the D. of Richard Ward, and b. March 3. 1665.
Simon Maynard d. in Marlboro', Jan. 19, 1747, and his wid., Hannah, April
5, 1748.

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one of the founders of this chh. to which his wife, Sarah, was ad.
in 1724, from the chk Id Mariboro'. It Is said he d. In 1786,
aged 90, which is probably correct, as that was about his age in
1786, but when b. was not known to my informant ; his wife,
Sarah, is said to have d. in 1781, aged 91. Chil. Mary, b. at
Marlboro', in 1719, recorded there, and m. Williara Parker, in
1739 ; Benjamin, here, Sept. 15, 1721 ; Simon, Jan. 26, 1723 ;
Abner, Aug. 25, 1726; Seth, April 21,1731; Sarah,bap.
Sept. ^5, 1733. I find no further account of these chil., ex
cepting the two first.
MAYNARD, Deac. BENJAMIN (s. of Simon) m. Submit
Lee, March 7, 1744. They were ad. to this chh., he in March,
and she in May, 1742. Child, Mercy, h. Jan. 15, 1745, and
m. David Brigham, in \165>. The mother d. at the birth of this
child, but of whose death there is no record. He next m. Abi
gail, D. of Luke Rise, Dec. 29, 1746. She was ad. to this chh..
in April previous to her marriage. There Is no record of the
death of either of them.. It is said be d. about 1789 ; if so, his-
age was not far from 68. ChiL Seth, b. Oct. 29, 1747, rn.
Sarah Morse, of Westboro', Jt>ne I, 1785, ai>d d. here without
issue, Jan. 8, 1808, aged 60 ; Submit, May 8, 1749, and m.
Thaddeus Pollard, March 24, 1767, who setded in Harvard f.
Sarah, Sept. 9, 1751, and ra. Capt. Philip Rutter, of Newfane,
Vt., June 10, 1787 ; Abner, Nov. 27, 1753, in the army in-
1775, returned sick, and d. unra. ; Joneth, Dec. 27, 1755, and
d. Infant ; Jonah, July 1, 1757, went to Bolton, ra.and d. there,
young ; Benjamin, Jan. 18, 1760 ; Abigail, June 7, 1762, and
m. Nathan Knowlton, in 1782 ; Lucy, June 14, 1764, and m.
Asa Wheelock, of Wardsboro', Vt., in 1788 j Simon, Aug. 25,
1767. MAYNARD, BENJAMIN (s. of Deac. Benjamin) ra. Mar
tha Earie, of Boxford, in 1783. They were ad. to this chh. in
1813 ; he d. here, Jan. 18, 1834, aged 74, and his wid. Mar
tha, in Aug. 1846, aged 84. Chil. Joseph and Benjamin, b.

360 FAMILY REGISTER.
Jan. 4, 1785 ; Oliver, July 14, 1787 ; Abner, Feb. II, 1790?
and Martha, (a twin with Abner,) who m. Dr. Joseph Stone,
In 1816.
MAYNARD, SIMON (s. of Deac. Benjarain) m. Abigail
Williams, of New Ipswich, in 1792. He was ad. to this chh.
in 1810, and his wife, in 1822, frora that of New Ipswich. She
d. Feb. 1, 1847, aged 77 ; he survives. Chil. Julia, b. June
15, 1794, and d. in 1309; Mary Ann, Aug. 1, 1799, andra.
Seth Wyman Fessenden, In 1329 ; Nancy, Oct. 10, 1806, and
d. in Sept. 1808 ; Harrison Otis, July II, 1309, and m. Sarah
M. Davis, of Grafton, in 1332, and had Harrison, b. Oct. 19,
1833. MAYNARD, JOSEPH (s. of Benjamin) m. Anna, D. of
Deac. John Bragg, Oct, 28, 1807, and removed to Lancaster,
where he had Charles Angier, b. July 31, 1808, who m. Sarah
A. Hall of Dorchester; Joseph, April, 1810, who ra. in Box
ford; Lydia, in 1812, who in. Josephus Wilder, of Lancaster,
and d. in 1835 ; Abigail, who d. in 1826 ; Martha, in 1816 ;
Susan, in 1818, and m. Josiah Wilder, of Sterling ; Caroline,.
who d. in 1826 ; John Bragg, in 1823, and George, in 1826.
MAYNARD, BENJAMIN, (bro. of Joseph) ra. Maria, D.
of Joseph Curtis, Nov. 3, 1808. Shed. Feb. 6, 1827, aged 41.
Chil. Henry, h. April 22, 1809; Eleanor, Oct. 17, 1810, and
m. Benjamin Kilburn ; they, with her bro., Henry, reraoved to
Illinois. Leander, Dec. 3, 1812, and ra. Harriet M. Hastings,
of Boylston; Nancy Maria, May 17, 1815, and d. Dec. 1,
1842; Louisa, May 18, 1817 ; Mary Scott, March 1, 1819,
and d. Nov. 27, 1838 ; Benjamin Austin, Dec. 2, 1822 ; Aus
tin, June 16, 1824. He next m. Mary, D. of Bethuel Boyd,
April 4, 1828. Chil. Sarah Boyd, b. Jan. 12, 1829 ; Emilyi
Dwight, Dec. 16, 1833; Alden Whipple, May II, 1834.
MAYNARD, OLIVER (bro. of preceding) m. Phebe, D.
of Joseph Stone, May 14, 1815,andd. Feb,2l, 1 835, aged 47|.,

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Chil. William Brewster, b. Oct. 26, 1815, and ra. Mary C.
Mann, of Holden ; Eliza Field, May 28, 1819 ; Joseph Stone,
Oct. 26, 1822; Phebe Maria, Aug. 27, 1827 ; Henry Oliver,
Nov. 23, 1833.
His wid. Phebe, m. John Baird.
MAYNARD, ABNER (bro. of preceding) ra. Hannah Hall,
of Sutton, and d. in Northboro', about 1836. Chil. Augustus
Ferdinand, b. Dec. 20, 1815 ; Lorenzo, June 16, 1819, and d.
in 1821 ; Harriet, Sept. 13, 1320, and d. in 1321 ; Harriet
Ward, Dec. 26, 1821, and m. Daniel C. Chamberlain ; Fayette,
Feb. 29, 1824; Lorenzo Abner, Dec. 25, 1825.
MAYNARD, AUGUSTUS F. (s.of Abner) m. Flora Ros
line, D. of Liberty Allen, and had Ellen Maria, b, July 28,
1339; Caroline Allen, May, 14, 1841 ; and Mary Elizabeth.
MAYNARD, ELISHA (bro. of Simon, first mentioned) ra.
Huldah Bannister, of Mariboro', July 18, 1727 ; he was then
called of Shrewsbury, and in 1829, v i In ing on house lot. No.
25. She was ad. to this chh. in Jan., and he in July, 1728.
There is no record here, of his or her death. Chil, Huldah, b.
April 27, 1723, and d, young ; Artemas, July 7, 1729, and d,
in 1731 ; Bezaleel, July 23, 1731 ; Huldah, July 2L 1733,
and m. Williara Chesnut, in Oct., 1754; Artemas, Oct. 31,
1734; Francis, Feb. 20, 1738, sup. settled in Rutland, and ra.
Ruth, D. of Ephraim Hubbard, in 1767 ; John, Feb. 28, 1740 ,-
Tabitha, June 5, 1742, and ra. Simon Phelps of Rutland, June
24, 1767; Gardner, May 3, 1744, and d. in 1745 ; Gardner,
(Garner, in both Instances on the record,) Feb. 14, 1746 ; Eli
sha, April 14, 1748.
Huldah Maynard, perhaps, wid. of Elisha, m. Jacob Wheeler,
of Petersham, March 5, 1778.
MAYNARD, BEZALEEL (s. of Elisha) ra. Elizabeth
Keyes, D. sup. of Henry Keyes, Feb. 28, 1754 ; and sup. lived
j" the N. p. There are no deaths of any of this family record-
46

362 FAMILY REGISTER.
ed here. Chil. Elizaheth, b. Aug. 9, 1754 ; Ruth, Sept. 5,
1756; Louisa, April 19, 1758; Levinah, March 23,1760;
Bannister, April 5, 1761 ; Francis, Nov. 7, 1763 ; Lucy, Oct-
25, 1765 ; and perhaps is the Lucy Maynard, who m. Elisha
Liverraore, in 1780 ; she was then called of Worcester.
MAYNARD, ARTEMAS (s. of Elisha) m. Miriam, D. of
Deac. Jonathan Keyes, May 27, 1762, and was then called of
Princeton. Chil. on record here ; Tliomas, b, Dec. 18, 1764,
andd. infant; Asa, Nov. 23, 1766; Thomas, May 13, 1773;
Levi and Lewis, Jan. 21, 1775.
MAYNARD, REUBEN ra. Dorothy Williams, of West
boro', May 22, 1745, and was probably the s. of Reuben, who
was living on house lot No. 4, In 1729, of whom I find nothing
on record after that period, nor any thing of his faraily. Reuben,
who was here in 1729, was s. of John and Lydia, of Mariboro',
and born in 1698. Chil. of Reuben and Dorothy, viz : Reuben,
b. July 16, 1746; Dorothy, Oct. 3, 1748 ; Abigail, Sept. 16,
1750 ; Bethiath, July 25, 1753, and d. in 1756 ; Sarah, Dec.
14, 1755, and d. in 1756; Timothy, Nov. 20, 1757.
Reuben Maynard had deceased before 1762, as his " heirs ^^
and his farm were set off In that year to Westboro.
MAYNARD, JOTHAM, b. in 1714, (s. of David, of West
boro', who was bro. of Simon and Elisha) whose wife was
Abiah, had Jotham, b. March 14, 1741 ; and Antipass, April
12, 1743.
MAYNARD, JAMES, b. in 1723, (s. of Jaraes, of West-
hero', and g. s. of John, of Marlboro') m, Zeruiah, D, of Daniel
Johnsop, Nov, 6, 1755, Chil, Spencer, b. April 8, 1756 ;
Winslow, Sept, 23, 1757, and d, infaht; John, Jan. 18, 1759 ;
Winslow, July 26, 1761 ; Ashley, July 29, 1763, and d, April
7, 1826, an idiot, and town charge from his infancy ; Trobridge,
June 30, 1767, also an idiot, and d, young.

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In 1772, the town voted to build a house, 14 by 16, near the
wid, Sarah Johnson's as raay be, for the accommodation of the
wife and children of James Maynard, Jun., and granted £13.6.8,
for that purpose.
Hence it appears that Sarah, the wid. of Daniel Johnson, was
living In 1772 ; his house, &c., was where the late Jonas Hast
ings lived. Whether Jaraes Maynard, Jun. was then living, does
not appear. His s., Ashley, for nearly, or quite sixty years, was
a town charge ; the amount of which, so far as it could be ascer
tained, was calculated at the dme of his death, and, with com
pound interest, found to exceed ten thousand dollars.
MAYNARD, Capt. JOHN b. in 1743 (s. of Stephen, of
Westboro', and g. s. of Capt. John, and g. g. s. of John and
Lydia, of Marlboro') m. Martha Brigham, of, and in Westboro',
Jan. 19, 1763, and settled here, in 1771, on the place now of
Balch Dean, Esq. She was ad. to this chh. in 1775. He was
Rep., &c., in 1781 ; after which, his name does not appear again
on the town records. Chil. Martha, b. in Westboro', Nov. 23,
1769, and ra. Frederick Crosby, In 1785; Josiah,Sept. 18,
1771, and d. In Barnard, Vt., about 1796 ; John, Oct. 5, 1773,
went to Bakersfield, Vt., ra. and d. there in 1816 ; Edward,
April 25, 1775, and settled in Bakersfield, Vt. ; Antipass, April
6, 1777, settled and is living In Waltham ; Hepzibah, March 12,
1779, and m. Elijah Hardy, of Westboro', and d. in Walthara,
in 1823 ; William, Sept. 20, 1781.
MAYNARD, SAMUEL, b. In 1726 (s. of Moses, of Sud
bury, who m. Lois Stone, of Framingham, March 13, 1724, and
was probably a descendant of John Maynard, who was in Sudbu-
ly, in 1638) m. Sarah Noyes, of Sudbury, Feb. 22, 1750, re
moved to this town, settled on the pllace where his son, the late
Daniel Maynard lived, and d. May 29, 1755, aged 28. Chil.
Daniel, b. Oct. 25, bap. 28, 1750 ; previous to which the pa
rents "owned the covenant." Samuel, March 8, 1752 ; Sarah,
April 29, 1754, and d. Oct. 12, 1756.
His wid. Sarah, m. Enock Kingsley, of Windsor, Ct. in 1760.

364 FAMILY REGISTER.
MAYNARD, SAMUEL (s. of Sarauel) ra. Sarah Noyes,
of Sudbury, in 1775, and d. of small pox, at Ticonderoga, dur-
i ig the revolutionary war, and before May 5, 1776, as on that
day, " Samuel, son of Sarauel Maynard, deceased, and Sarah, his
relict, was bap." here.
MAYNARD, DANIEL (s. of Samuel, and g. s. of Moses)
m. Hannah, D. of Samuel Harrington, of Worcester, in 1776,
and perhaps lived there a few years. They were here in 1779 ;
on the 5th of Sept. in that year, they owned the covenant, and
his wife, Hannah, was bap. here at that time, as were their two
oldest chil,, of whose births there is no record here. He lived
and d. on ihe homestead, Feb. 7, 1834, aged 83J, and his wid.
Hannah, April 1, 1838, aged 81. Chil. Lucy, who m. Daniel
Newton, in 1803; Nathaniel; iJe/ie/", bap. Sept. 14, 1783, and
d. infant ; Relief, bap. Oct. 2, 1785, and m. Philo Slocomb, in
1806; Samuel, b. M^y 29, 1787; Daniel, May 29,1739;
John, April 10, 1791 ; Josiah, July 18, 1794 ; Luther, June
II, 1793, d. April 23, 1832 ; and Hannah, (of whose birth or
baptism, I find no record,) who m. Matthias Rice, of Grafton,
April 6, 1825, and d. Nov. 28, 1834, aged 34.
MAYNARD, NATHANIEL (s. of Daniel) m. Martha
Davis, of Grafton, March 22, 1801. Chil. Mary Harrington,
b. April 22, 1802; Hannah Joslin, Feb. 21, 1803. The pa
rents removed to Heath, but both d., it is said, in Fitchburg ; he,
June 20, 1833, aged 54, and his wid. Martha, in 1838. Other
chil. are said to have been, Joseph ; Daniel; Luther ; Henry ;
Harriet, and Charles.
MAYNARD, SAMUEL (s. of Daniel) m. Clarissa, D. of
Joseph Stone, Aug. 17, 1312. She d. Nov. 29, 1819, aged 25.
Chil. Clarissa, who ra. Alexander Kissam, of N. Y., and d. In
1843 ; Louisa Maria, h. Oct. 3, 1813, and ra. Kissam, the hus
band of her deceased sister.
The 2d wife of Samuel Maynard was Frances Jackson, of
Plymouth. He removed to N. Y.

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MAYNARD, DANIEL, Jun. (s. of Daniel) m. Zelinda,
D. of Samuel Allen, of Northboro', Nov., 1809. Chil. Lewis
Allen, b. Dec. 24, 1810 ; Henry, IVIay 6, 1813, and d. infant ;
Harriet Newell, Dec. 24, 1810, and m. Chester Vernon New
ton ; Caroline Elizabeth, Sept. 4, 1817 ; Edward Flint, Nov.
1, 1820, and m. Maria M. Russell, of Boston ; Susan Maria,
Sept. 16, 1823, and m. Charles C. Coleman, of Worcester;
Henry Noyes, May 11, 1826 ; Sarah Abigail, Jan. 26, 1829 ;
Charles Franklin, Feb. 27, 1830; Charlotte Ann, Nov. 1,
1833 ; Daniel Wallace, April 7, 1837.
MAYNARD, JOHN (s. of Daniel) ra. Lois, D. of George
Brown, Dec. 7, 1813. No chil. on record. He removed to
New York.
MAYNARD, JOSIAH (s. of Daniel) ra. Lydia, D, of Sara
uel Allen, of Northboro', in 1823, Child, Wilbur, b. May 31,
1834, MAYNARD, ETHAN, b, in 1783, (s, of Nathan, Jun,, of
Westboro', whose father, Nathan, was s, of David, who d, there,
Oct. 2, 1757,) whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah Melinda, b.
here, Dec, 7, 1806, Alvan Maynard, b, 1781, (bro of Ethan)
m, Ehzabeth, D, sup, of Thoraas Miles, Nov, 20, 1803,
Maynard, eber, (bro. of Ethan) frora Westboro', b.
1789, m. Dorothy Gleason, of Worcester, and had Caroline Au
gusta, h. July 20, 1824 ; Fanny Maria, Sept. 21, 1826 ; Mi-
nerva Lucinda, May 25, 1832.
MAYNARD, SILAS, who ra. Hannah Forbes, In Westboro',
May 24, 1819, he was then called of Grafton, may be the Silas
Maynard, who was from Westboro', and settled in the East part
of the town, near to Northboro', about 1827. No record here of
births in this family.

366 FAMILY REGISTER,
MIXER, Maj, JOSEPH,* ra, Mary Ball, in Watertown,
May 4, 1726, He was here hiraself—" Dec, 3, 1727, and own
ed the covenant in order to have his child baptized at Water-
town," His wife, Mary, was ad. to this chh, in 1732 ; no record
here of the death of either of thera, Chil, Mary, b. Nov, 21,
1727, probably at Watertown, but recorded here, and ra. Daniel
Siraonds, of Westboro', Nov. 2, 1749, and reraoved to Chelsea ;
Abigail, April 28, 1730, and m. Elnathan Pratt, in 1748 ; Jo
seph, bap. Feb. 27, 1732 ; Lydia, b. Oct. 16, 1734, and ra.
Alpheus Pratt, in 1753 ; Anna, April 27, 1737, and ra. Tiraothy
Howard, in 1759; Lucy, Oct, 26, 1739, and m. Jedediah
Tucker, Jun., in 1763 ; Daniel, bap. March 18, 1742 ; Asa, b.
April 5, 1746 ; Timothy, July 17, 1748, ra. Mary Earaes, of
Framingham, In 1769, and removed to N. H., where she proba
bly deceased before 1782, as in that year Timothy Mixer, called
of Ipswich, N. H., ra. Abigail, wid. of Joseph Sherman, Jun., of
this town.
MIXER, JOSEPH (s. of Maj. Joseph,) ra. Elizabeth, D. of
Samuel Whitney, April 24, 1754. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21,
1754, and d. in 1756 ; Joseph, Feb. 22, 1756 ; Samuel, Jan.
13, 1758; Moses, Sept. 10, 1760; Daniel, Aug. 25, 1763;
Elizabeth, Feb. 27, 1766.
He removed with his family to Athol, and d. there.

* Isaac Mixer, Watertown, was admitted freeman, in 1633. — Farmer.
Isaac Mixer, whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah, b. in Watertown, 29. 9. 1667.
This is the first I find of his family ; probably he had chil. older than Sarah ; his
wife Sarah, d. there, March 2, 1660, and, on the 10th of January following, he m.
Rebecca, D. of Edward Garfield, by whom he had 11 chil. Of whom were sons,
John, b. in 1668; George, in 1670; Joseph, in 1674; Daniel, in 1675; and Benja
min, in 1679.
Isaac Mixer, of Watertown, and Mary French, of Billerica, were m. June 29,
1687. From Isaac, no doubt, descended Joseph, who settled in Shrewsbury. It
has been said, that the wife of Maj. Joseph Mixer, was Abigail Hardy, of Waltham ;
if so, she was his 2d wife, and not the mother of his children. The nine chil.
above named, are called, on the town and chh. records, the children of Joseph
Mixer, (sometimes giving him a military title,) and Mary, his wife.
Maj. Joseph Mixer was pub. to Elizabeth Ball, a widow, of Northboro', in Aug.
1777, and probably m. her; as it is said he removed to that town, and d. there.

FAMILY REGISTER. 357
MIXER, ASA (s. of Maj. Joseph) m. Mercy, D. of Elisha
Newton, Nov. 26, 1765. Chil. Daniel, b. May 20, 1766 ;
Sarah, May 14, 1769, and m. Abijah Nelson, in 1790 ; Mercy
and Mary, Oct. 5, 1771 ; the former ra. Daniel Sraith, Jun., in
1793 ; the latter, Lerauel Harris, of Worcester, in 1791 ; Eliz
abeth, May 18, 1774, and ra. Daniel Baird, Jun., of Worcester,
April 25, '1793 ; Nelly and Alice, Nov. 25, 1776 ; the forraer,
m. Ashbel Allen, In 1799 ; the latter, Daniel Smith, of Worces
ter, In 1797 ; Joseph, Nov. 13, 1779; Dana, bap. Feb. 16,
1783 ; Asa, bap. Sept. 4, 1785 ; and Relief, who m. Thomas
Harrington, Jun., In 1805. There is no record of the death of
bis wife, Mercy. His 2d wife was Ruth Murray, of Worcester,
whora he ra. Dec. 24, 1793. He removed from town after 1798,
and was recently living in Oxford, or vicinity, having passed his
hundredth year.
MIXER, DANIEL, (s. of Asa) m. Lydia, D. of Sarauel
Wesson, of the Gore, in 1783. Chil. Levinah, July 1,J784,
and ra, Araasa Nelson, in 1805 ; Samuel, Nov, 6, 1786 ; Re
becca, June 8, 1190, and d. March 30, 1810; Julia, June 6,
1759, and ra. Harvey Ruggles, of Upton, June 30, 1819; Dan
iel, April 16, 1805, and settled in Auburn. There is no record
here of their father's death.
His wid. Lydia, m. Sarauel Sraith, In 1818.
MIXER, DANA (s. of Asa) ra. Ruth  , and d. here,
Sept. 27, 1835, aged 54, and his wife, Ruth, Feb. 16, 1822,
aged 38. Chil. Elizabeth Wilder, b. April 26, 1803 ; Mahala
Angeline, July 8, 1804; Roxia Eleanor, Nov. 6, 1806.
MIXER, ASA, Jun. (s. of Asa) ra. Grace, D. of Capt.
Thoraas Harrington, Sen., Oct. 21, 1804. Child, Nancy. He
removed to Charlton, and d. there.
MIXER, BENJAMIN, whose wife was Sarah, had Benja
min, bap. Feb. 19, 1741. " The parents in covenant relation
with the chh. in Southboro."

368 FAMILY REGISTER.
MIXER, DAVID * and his wife, Hannah, had Ezra, b.
here, Aug. 11, 1754.
MILES, Deac. SAMUEL, f whose wife was Keziah, was
living on house lot, No. 7, in 1729, and came here from Con
cord, or that vicinity. They were ad. to this chh. in 1732.
There is no record here of his death, or of that of his wife. Chil.
Mary, b. May 31, 1730, and perhaps m. Phineas Byam, of
Templeton, Oct. 7, 1765; &raA, Jan. 29. 1732 ; Elizabeth,
July 25, 1734, and d. in 1739 ; Samuel,'"May 10, 1737, and d.
Oct. II, 1756; Keziah, May 23, 1739, andd. in 1740; Thom
as, Jan. 1, 1743; Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1746; Job,Mayl, 1749,
and d. in 1756.
MILES, THOMAS (s. of Deac. Samuel) m. Rachel, D.
of Jonas Keyes, Oct. 22, 1767. They were ad. to this chh. in
1769. His wife, Rachel, d. Sept. 5, 1303, aged 69. Chil.
Jonas Keyes, b. Jan. 3, 1769 ; Virtue, April 13, 1770, and m.
Joseph Hunt, of Sudbury, Feb. 5, 1802; Alfred, May 24,
1772; Elizabeth, Jan, 31, 1774, and ra. Alvan Maynard, of
Westboro', Nov. 30, 1303 ; Sophia, Sept. 28, 1776.
He ra. Daraaris Uphara, of Spencer, in 1808, and d. Jan. 27,
1820, aged 77.

* Benjamin and David Mixer, sup. to have been brothers, and sons of Benjamin
and Rebecca, of Marlboro', who had Phineas, b. in 1712; Benjamin, in 1715 ;
Isaac, in 1716; David, in 1719; and Joseph, in 1724. Their mother was Rebecca
JNewton, and m. 27. 9. 1711.
t John Miles, (in old records JMj/ks,^ was in Concord, in 1637; and, by a 2d
wife, Susannah Rediat, whom he m. in Marlboro', in 1679, had John, b. in 1680,
and Samuel, in 1682. Samuel m. Sarah Foster, of Littleton, in 1706, and had Sam
uel, b. March 20, 1707 ; and Joseph, Aug. 8, 1709; both of whom settled in this
town. John, b. in 1680, m. Mary Prescott, of Concord, in 1702, and had John, b. in
1704, who ra. Elizabeth Brooks, of Concord, say, in 1726. Their son, John, b. in
1727, m. Martha Warren, a wid., and D. of Deac. Russell, of Littleton, and set
tled in Westminster, and were the parents of the Rev. John Miles, b. in 1765, who
removed to this town from Grafton, in 1826.— JMilcs' Genealogy, by Rev. Henry
Adolphus Miles, of Lowell.

FAMILY REGISTER. 369
MILES, JONAS KEYES, (s. of Thoraas) m. Mary, D. of
Nathan Maynard, of Westboro', in 1798. They were ad. to the
chh. in 1801. He d. May 11, 1843, aged 74. Chil. Jonas
Maynard, b. June 7, 1799 ; Mary 'Williams, April 29, 1807,
and m. Sarauel Austin Newton, of Millbury ; Lucy Keyes, June
I, 1810, and d. unra., Jan. 10, 1834.

MILES, ALFRED (s. of Thomas) ra. Anna Grout, of
Worcester, in 1807, and d. Nov. 1, 1845, aged 73. No issue.
MILES, Deac. JONAS M. (s. of Jonas K.) m. Anstiss
Kendall, of Royalston, Nov. 2, 1823. Chil. Lowell Milton, b.
June 8, 1824; Eugene Temple,. Aug. 26, 1826.
MILES, JOSEPH (bro. of Deac. Sarauel) whose wife was
Jerairaa, was ad. to this chh. in 1734, and his wife. In 1747.
He d. March 31, 1766, aged 58. Chil. Joseph, b. Oct. 26,
1738, and d. in 1746 ; Anna, Sept. 4, 1740, and ra. Ezekiel
Knowlton, In 1759 ; Esther, March 2, 1743 ; Abner, Jan. 12,
1745 ; Henry, Oct. II, 1746 ; Jemima, Oct. 30, 1748, and ra.
Jonathan Peirce, in 1768; Meliscent, Nov. 15, 1750, and ra.
Abijah Kendall of Templeton, March 26, 1771 ; Kezia, Nov.
9, 1753.
MILES, ABNER (s. of Joseph) ra. Deborah, D. of Phin
eas Underwood, of ^Westford, June 24, 1773, Chil. Joel,
b. July 3, 1774; Sarah, Nov. 5, 1775; Rachel, April 17,
1777; Jemima, April 5, 1779; Deborah, Aug. 3, 1781 ; the
two last, at Putney, Vt., to which place their parents had re
moved. MILES, HENRY (s. of Joseph) m. Susannah Wilson, of
Rutland, in 1770. Chil. Joseph, b. May 13, 1770; Susan
nah, March 10, 1772.
He removed with his family to N. H.
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370 FAMILY REGISTER.
MILES, Rev. JOHN, grad, B, U., 1794, ord. minister of
Grafton, Oct. 12, 1796, m. Mary, D. of Col. Samuel Denny,*
of Leicester, May 1, 1798. Having been honorably, and by
mutual consent, dismissed from his pastoral charge, he reraoved
to this town, in 1826, and setded on the plage formerly belong
ing to Deac. John Bragg. Chil. Mary Denny, b. June 25, 1799,
m. Rev. Seth Alden of Marlboro', June 4, 1822, and d. July
31, 1825 ; John Russell, Sept. 23, 1801, and d. Dec. 17, 1819 ;
Samuel Denny, Sept. 5, 1803, and d. 1804; Samuel Dexter,
June 19, 1805, and d. infant ; Martha Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1808,
and d. infant; Henry Adolphus, May 30, 1309, grad. B. U.,
1829, m. Augusta H. Moore of Cambridge, May 28, 1833, and
is setded in the ministry, in Lowell ; Sarah Henshaw, April 27,
181 1, and m. John C. Mason, in 1833; Charles Edward, June 11 ,
1813; Elizaheth Denny, April 30, 1315, ra. George Allen, and
d. in 1841 ; Augusta Sophia, Feb. 12, 1819.
MILES, CHARLES EDWARD (s. of Rev. John) m.
Catharine, D. of William Denny of Leicester, May 1, 1833.
Chil. Mary Elizaheth, b. Jan. 15, 1834 ; Catharine Augusta;
Charles Denny, b. Oct. 26, 1839.
MILLER, ISAAC, whose wife was Sarah, had Vespasian,
b. June, 1740. " Isaac Miller, above the pond," was highway
surveyor, in 1760, and hving on house lot, No. 27, in 1728.
MILLER, ALEXANDER, probably frora Grafton, m. Mary,
D. of Daniel Sraith, Nov. 28, 1797. Chil. Clarissa, b. Feb.

* He was b. in 1731, and m. Elizabeth, D. of Daniel Henshaw, and sister of Col.
Joseph, of this town, and of William and David, of Leicester, and d. Dec. II,
1817, aged 86. His father was Daniel, one of the earliest settlers in Leicester, (s.
of Thomas,) and came from Coombs, Suffolk Co., England, and m. " Rebecca
Jones, of Worcester," in Watertown, Feb. 14, 1722; in the record of their mar
riage, he is called " Daniel Dinny, of Leicester." His sister, Deborah, was the
wife of the Rev. Thomas Prince, of Boston, the distinguished Chronologist; their
D., Sarah Prince, m. Moses Gill, afterwards Lt. Governor. Her mother opposed
her union with Prince, when he was in England — they therefore parted there, but
by concert to meet and be united here.—" Love laughs at Locksmiths."

FAMILY REGISTER. 37 1
1 1, 1798 ; Anson, June 14, 1800. He, with his family, reraov
ed to Barre.
MILLER, DAVID from Westboro', whose wife was Lucy,
and d. here, Oct. 11, 1838, aged 48. Chil. Lacy Lucinda, b..
Feb. 18, 1825 ; Clarinda Maria, Nov. 12, 1827.
MORSE, JONATHAN, frora Grafton, (perhaps originally
from Medfield, once a part of Dedham ; where his ancestry and
that of Rev. Ebenezer Morse, can be traced back to 1635,) m.
Phebe Keyes, Dec. 5, 1739. She was ad. to this chh. in 1743.
His dwelling house, standing near where the late Elijah South-
gate lived, was burnt in 1750. There is no record here of his or
her death. Chil. Mary, b. Jan, 13, 1740, and sup, m, Stephen
Parker, Jun,, in 1760 ; Hezekiah, June 27, 1741, and d, AprU
28, 1757 ; Thankful, Sept. 22, 1742, and m. Nathaniel Stone,
in 1760 ; Louisa, April 22, 1743 ; Jonathan, Feb, 16, 1745.,
and d, in 1752 ; Lucretia, July 29, 1746, and d. in 1753; Sa
rah, Aug, 16, 1749, and d. In 1753; Elijah., July 8, l75l |
Lucretia, April 8, 1753 ; the two last, perhaps, d, very young.;
there is a record of the baptism of the others, but not of these ,;
Sarah, Nov. 25, 1754.
MORSE, Rev, EBENEZER, a native of Medfield, <grad.
H, U., 1737, ord, minister of the N. P., In this town. Dee. 26.,
1743, ra. Persis, D. of John Bush, Nov. 27, 1745, disraissed in
a suraraary manner by his parishioners in June, 1775, and ex
cluded frora the pulpit on account of his toryism, and that with
out the intervention of an ecclesiastical council, confined to and
within the limits of his parish by a vote of the town, and re-
dismissed by advice of an ecclesiastical council, in Nov. next
following, practised for several years afterwards, as physician,
and was pub. for marriage, Jan. 1, 1790, to Rebecca, wid. of
Thomas Syrames of this town, a patriot, who d. in the revolu
tionary war. It is now said that was done without her consent —
he took nothing by his motion, and d. in 1802, in his 84th year.
Chil. John, b. July 15, 1746 ; Mary, Dec. 24, 1747; Eliakim,

372 FAMILY REGISTER,
April 7, 1750, and d, in 1758 ; Joshua, March 8, 1752; Eben
ezer, June II, 1754, and d. Infant; Ebenezer, July 10, 1755 ;
Joseph, Jan, — , 1757, and ra. Sophia Bigelow, May 4, 1730 ;
Eliakim, Feb. 10, 1759; Amherst, Nov. 11, 1760; Annis,
May 19, 1764, and ra, Sarauel Andrews ; Mary, Aug, 12, 1767,
and sup, m, Jason Abbott.
MORSE, JOHN (s, of Rev, Ebenezer) m, Elizabeth, D. of
Thomas Andrews, May 11, 1769. Child, JoAm, b. Jan. 15,
1773. Removed to Newfane, Vt.
MORSE, JOSHUA (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Levinah, D.
of Ephraira Holland, April 29, 1773. Child, Tabitha, b. Sept.
8, 1773.
MORSE, Dr. ELIAKIM, (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) ra. Mary,
D. of Capt. Benjarain Eddy, Sept. 22, 1786 ; she d. April 26,
1800. Chil. Benjamin, John, and perhaps others. Benjarain
and John entered H. U., In 1808, and left on account of ill
health before they had finished their collegiate course, and d. soon
after. His 2d wife was Mary, D. of Williara Hunt of Water-
town, whom he ra. in 1801. He yet lives, (May 1, 1847.)
MORSE, Lt. JOSEPH, (where from, unknown,) whose
wife was Mary, had Alpheus, b, Oct. 27, 1751 ; Sophia, May
6, 1754 ; Joseph, Oct. 3, 1756, and sup. to have d. in West
Boylston, in 1825, aged 63; William, Sept. 28, 1767.
Lt. Joseph Morse d. here. May 27, 1814, aged 80 ; probably
not the above Lt. Joseph, as, according to his age at death, he
was but about 17, when Alpheus was born.
Hannah Morse was pub. to Odoardo Thoraas, in April, 1757.
Rachel Morse ra. Jaraes Saddler, (both called of this town,)
April 24, 1764.
Mary Morse ra. Rev. Asaph Rice, of Westminster, Dec.
26, 1765.

FAMILY REGISTER, 373
MUZZY, BENJAMIN * sup. from Sudbury, and his wife,
Hannah, were ad. to this chh. in July, 1753. Chil. (no births
recorded,) Benjamin and Hannah, " a pair of twin children,"
bap. Aug. 15, 1753 ; James, bap. Jan. 2, 1757 ; Seth, bap.
Oct. 8, 1758 ; Benoni, bap. April 26, 1760 ; before which time
the father had d. ; probably in the army. His wid., Hannah,
was Administratrix of his estate, in 1760, and sup. to have m.
Ebenezer Perry of Worcester, in 1761.
MUZZY, JOSEPH, Jun. (sup. frora Sud. and s. of Joseph)
m. Hannah Merriam of Grafton, in 1763. Chil. Jonathan, b.
Nov. 2, 1764; Nathan, Sept. 15, 1766; Miriam, April 1,
1768 ; Hannah, Jan. 18, 1770 ; Sarah, Dec. 29, 1771, and m.
Crispus Graves, in 1790 ; Annis, May 16, 1774, and m. Samuel
Peirks, In 1793; Joseph, Jan. 28, 1776 ; the chh. records say
" he was b. after the decease of his father, Joseph Muzzy."
No record here of the father's death.
MUZZY, JONATHAN (s. of Joseph, Jun.) m. Miletlah
Clark of Medfield, in 1783. Chil. Jacob, b. April 14, 1788 ;
Hannah, Feb. 12, 1790.
MUZZY, NATHAN (bro. of preceding) m. Mary, D. of
John Peirks, March 30, 1790, and d. Oct. 6, 1809, aged 43.
Chil. Robert, b. May 4, 1791, and d. unra. May 24, 1817 ;
Thomas Hammond, Jan. 14, 1793 ; Abigail Peirks, Feb. 4,
1795, and m. Stephen Bellows in 1317 ; Joseph Hastings, Jan.
21, 1797 ; also the following, whose births are not on record ;

"Robert Muzzy, who was in Ipswich in 1635, had Joseph, who m. Esther Jack-
man, Feb. 9, 1671, and d. in 1680. Joseph and Esther had Joseph b. Dec. 21, 1677
and Benjamin, Aug. 17, 1680. Joseph m. Joanna Pettingill in 1700, and had Joseph,
b. in 1703. A Joseph Muzzy m. Patience Rice, both of Sudbury, March 24, 1721.
His son, Joseph, is f)robably the Joseph who settled here and is called Jun,, on the
chh. and town records. Whether Benjamin who settled here was his brother, is
unknown. A Benjamin Muzzy in Sudbury, m. Elisather Witherbee of Stow, July
30, 1761, and Hannah Bennet, perhaps a 2d wife, Deo. 25, 1765. A Benjamin Muz
zy, whose wife was Sarah, perhaps he was a son of Robert, had Benjamin, b. in
Cambridge, Feb. 20, 1689.

374 FAMILY REGISTER.
they were all bap. on the 22d day of May, 1807, viz : Jona
than, Nathan, Charles, and John Peirks.
MUZZY, JOSEPH H. (s. of Nathan) went frora town,
perhaps to Grafton, ra., and after some years returned with a
family. No births recorded here. He d. Nov. 21, 1843, aged
47, and his wife, Abigail, Jan. 23, 1836, aged 32.
Lois Muzzy ra. Isaac Drury, in 1754.
Abigail Muzzy ra. Joseph Sherraan, Jun., Feb. 4, 1766.
MUNROE, PHILIP (perhaps a s. of Nathan of Lexington,
whom. Mercy Benjarain of Watertown, Nov. 23, 1738) had
chil. Abraham, bap., also Abigail, Sept. 4, 1763 ; " the parents
being in covenant relation with the chh. in Lexington r" Sarah,
bap. Oct. 14, 1764. Their births are not on record, nor the
narae of their mother.
MUNROE, Capt. NATHANIEL, from Cariisle, or vicinity,
(perhaps a bro. of Philip) ra. Lucy, D. of Jotham Bardett of
Northboro', and d. here, Aug. 28, 1814, aged 73 ; and his wid.
Lucy, Aug. 5, 1828, aged 82. Chil. Abraham, b. Oct. 4,
1765 ; Jonas, Jan. 1, 1768, and d. unra. Dec. 14, 1794 ; iMcy,
bap. March 25, 1770, and d. young ; Nathan, bap. June 30,
1771, m. Martha, D. of Abrahara Knowlton, March 31, 1803,
and settled In Spencer; Reuben, bap. July 18, 1773, and d.
young; Solomon, b. Oct. 31, 1778 ; Reuben, June 24, 1781,
m. and setded in Worcester ; a few years before his death, he re
turned here with a faraily, none of whose names are on record
here, and d. Sept. 21, 1841, aged 60; Dana, b. Nov. 30, 1783 ;
Isaiah, Dec. 20, 1786, ra. Mary, D. of Joseph S. Teraple, Jan.
1, 1811, and lives on the homestead ; Edmund, Aug. 22, 1790,
and d. unm. Aug. 24, 1833.
MUNROE, ABRAHAM (s. of Capt. Nathaniel,) m. Sarah
Knight of Worcester, In 1797, and d, here, June 24, 1831, aged
66, and his wid. Sarah, Nov. 6, 1834, aged 65. Chil. Jotham,

FAMILY REGISTER, 375
b. Aug. 31, 1797, and d. in 1793 ; Mary Jeffs, May 24, 1799 ;
Sarah, Aug. 8, 1800, and m. John Bartlett of Northboro', April
9, 1828 ; Jonas, Aug. 9, 1802, went to Wrenthara and m. there ;
Lucy Bartlett, April 12, 1804, and m. Emery Harrington, in
1825; Anna, Oct. 23, 1807, and m. Calvin Harrington, In
1830; Dennis, Oct. 13, 1809.
MUNROE, SOLOMON (s.of Capt Nathaniel) m. Thank
ful, D. of Benjamin Newton of Worcester, Jan. 1, 1810. Child,
flamed, b. Oct. 5, 1810. He removed to Grafton, and died
there. MUNROE, DANA, (s. of Capt. Nathaniel) ra. Pamelia, D.
of Timothy Townsend, June 26, 1814. She d. May 24, 1324,
aged 35. Chil. Hannah, b. Oct. 31 , 1814, and m. Abel Blake
of Keene, N. H.; Maria, Dec. 23, 1815 ; Pamelia Jane, April
15, 1817 ; James Edmund, Dec. 8, 1818, and ra. Emeline, D.
of Philo Slocomb ; John Henry, April 1 5, 1820 ; Edwards
Whipple, in 1821. The two last d. infants.
MUNROE, AARON (bro. of Capt. Nathaniel, who had a
bro. Jonathan, that settled In Spencer) m. Lydia Munroe, a wid.
of Woburn, originally Carapbell, and lived several years, in this
town, on the place now of Eber Maynard. They had no chil.
They reraoved to Fitchburg or vicinity, where it is said he d.
His wid. returned and d. here-, in Feb. 1846. Her D., Eliz
abeth Wilson Munroe, m. Jason Prouty, Feb. 12, 1812, and
went to Lancaster.
MUNROE, OLIVER (s. of Capt. Abraham of Northboro')
ra. Lydia, D. of Dr, Edward Flint, Feb, 2, 1794. She d.
March 9, 1800, aged 28. Chil, on rec, here, Charles, b. July
17, 1795 ; Lewis, March 19, 1796 ; Oliver, Feb, 27, 1798.
He returned to Northboro', ra. a D. of John Wyman, and d.
there.

376 FAMILY REGISTER,
MAYHEW JOHN ra. Hannah Rugg of Fraraingham, Feb.'
21, 1744 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury. Child, Hannah,
b. Oct. 14, 1745.
MAHONY, JAMES (probably, Mahan now) m. Jerairaa,
D. of Benjarain Teraple, Feb, 10, 1766. Child, Hannah, b.
March 17, 1766.
MAHAN, SOLOMON (s, of David of Northboro', whose
wife was Mary Bixby) m. Mary, D, of Dr, Sarauel Brighara of
Boylston, and settled in the Northeasterly part of this town,
Chil, George Henry, b. Dec. 19, 1824; Mary Ann, July 22,
1826; Harriet Elizabeth, May 1, 1830 ; John Davis, Feb. 8,
1835; Sarah Jane, Sept. 10, 1836.
MACK WATER, JOHN and his wife Jane, were from Lynn,
and had chil. bap. here, " by virtue of their enjoying such priv
ilege with the chh. at Lynn ;" viz. Mary, bap. Oct. 28, 1739 ;
Martha, bap. July II, 1742; James, bap, March 24, 1745, and
d, infant ; James, bap, June 5, 1748,
MANSFIELD, DANIEL, the name of whose wife is not on
record here, had Elizabeth, bap, Jan, 16, 1763, " by virtue of
the parents being in covenant, &c., with the chh, in Walthara,"
McDowell, Alexander and Levinah Oak, both
called of this town, were m, Nov. 1, 1764, and had John, bap.
July 15, 1765.
MASON, JONAS and his wife, Submit, had Ruhamah, b.
here, Jan. 7, 1763.
MASON, JOHN and his wife, Mercy Penniman, came here
about 1796, from Medfield ; he d, Sept. 15, 1829, aged 91, and
his wife, Mercy, Jan, 31, 1829, aged 88, Three chil,, of adult
age, Gregory, John, and Sarah, who ra, Nathaniel Brigham,
Nov. 21, 1799, came with their parents.

FAMILY REGISTER, 377
MASON, GREGORY (s, of John) ra, Susanna, D, of
George Slocorab, Nov, 16, 1797, lived on the homestead, and d.
May 21, 1846, aged 72, Chil, Charles, b. March 7, 1798, ra.
Nancy, D, of Samuel Harrington of Grafton, and went to Mich
igan ; Vesty, Feb, 5, 1800, and m, Christopher Wright of North
ampton, April 20, 1831; Margaret, July 15, 1802; Horrace,
Dec, 16, 1804 ; James Penniman, June 7, 1807, and killed, by
the accidental discharge of his gun. May 31 , I82I ; Henry Hard
ing, Jan, 11, 1815, and m, Harriet M., D, of Lyman Howe ;
Albert Augustus, July 29, 1820, altered to James Penniman,
after the decease of his bro,, and d, Nov, 16, 1825.
MASON, JOHN, Jun. (s. of John) ra, Elizabeth Ware of
Sherburne, In 1797, and lived on the place formeriy of Daniel
Holden, and in the latter part of life, where Dr, Williams had
previously hved. He d, Aug. 21, 1843, aged 63. Chil. Hen
ry Harding, b, April 29, 1801, and d. April 10, 1812 ; Joseph
Ware, April 21, 1803, and d. April 24, 1806 ; Martha Ware,
May 30, 1805, and ra. William W. Pratt; Emeline, Sept. 7,
1807, and m. Joel Nurse, Jun., in 1328; John Coolidge and
Joseph Ware, May 27, 1810. The former ra. Sarah Henshaw,
D. of Rev. John Miles, In 1833 ; the latter, Nancy, D. of Maj.
Josiah Flint, in 1838.
MANN, EBENEZER was ad. to this chh., frora that in
Wrenthara, in 1813 — he had then been here raany years, and
lived in the extreme North part of the town adjoining Boylston.
" Wid. Mary Mann," (probably his mother) was ad. to this chh.
from that in Wrentham, in 1733. His sisters were ad., Lucretia,
in 1779, and Martha, in 1785. They composed his family, and
are sup. all to have d. here, but of their deaths there is no re
cord. He m. Mary Foster, a wid. of Boylston, in 1828, and d.
May 18, 1840, aged 87, and his wid. Mary, Aug. 14, 1843,
aged 64. There is no birth of that family name on the town
records. "Mrs. Sarah Mann, sister of Capt. Nathaniel Allen, deceased,
Sept. 10, 1766, aged 70."
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378 FAMILY REGISTER.
MARSHALL, WILLIAM B. and his wife, Abigail Smhb,
carae here from Providence, R. I., about 1804. Chil. Elmira
b. Feb. 20, 1801, at Providence ; Sarah, Sept. 9, 1303; Wil
liam, Dec. 27, 1805 ; Elizabeth Smith, Feb. 24, 1808 ; Ethel-
hurt Augustus, May 15, 1810 ; Caroline Maria, July 3, 1812 ;
Caleb Strong, Oct. 4, 1814; Catharine Henshaw, Jan. 3,
1317. He removed to Providence, about 1826.
MELLEN, ABNER, from Oxford, m. Asenath, D. of Mo
ses Sever, Aug. 24, 1800. Chil. Henry Bainbridge; Amos
Willard ; Relief Fedelia ; Isaac Merritt ; Samuel Stillman ;
Otis Sever; and Charlotte Sophia.
MERRIAM, TARRANT (s. of Deac. Joseph, of Grafton)
m. Anna. D. of Noah Kimball of Grafton, came here with a
family and settled on the farm previously belonging to Jasper
Rand, where he resided a few years prior to his farm being set off
to Grafton, which occurred in 1826. Chil. Noah Kimball, who
m. Harriet, D. of Abner Hariow, in 1834 ; Mary Ann, who m.
John Leland of Grafton ; Elizabeth, who ra. Samuel Flagg of
Worcester ; Sarah, who ra.  Morton of R. I. ; Caroline,
who m.  Sibley of Grafton ; Hannah Maria, h. June 5,
1822, and ra. W. H. Thompson of Vt. ; Joseph Augustus, b.
Dec. 23, 1823 ; and John Quincy Adams.
McGLAUTHLIN, Capt. JOHN and his wife, Pamelia, were
from Duxbury. He lived here but a few years, and d. Nov. 17,
1831 , aged 42. Chil. John, b. here, April 5, 1827, and d. in
fant ; Cornelia Ann, March 31, 1329.
MIRICK, EDMUND m. Pamelia, D. of William Sraith,
May 24, 1821. Child, Sarah Lucretia, b, Oct. 31, 1822.
McGREGORY, Rev. ELIAS, Bap. clergyman, m. Levi
nah Nolen of Sutton, in 1820, lived in town a short period.
Child, Lucy Hapgood, b. March 1, 1821.

FAMILY REGISTER. 379
NURSE, WILLIAM * ra. Rebecca Fay of Westboro', Dec.
12, 1723, and was living on house lot No. 3, in 1729, and in
1741, was set off with his farm to Westboro', where he d. April
15, 1779, and his wife, Rebecca, June 22, 1776 ; ages unknown.
Chil. on record bere, Mary, b, Sept. 14, 1724, and perhaps ra.
Eleazer Williams in Westboro', in 1742 ; Samuel, May 30, 1725,
and d. Infant; Lydia, June 23, 1727 ; Daniel, May 11, 1729,
and m. Sarah Ball of Grafton, in 1758 ; Benjamin, July 1, 1731,
and m. Lucy Ball of Grafton, in 1759 ; Abraham, March 23,
1733; Rebecca, July 2, 1734 ; Priscilla, Oct. 18, 1736 ; Ze
ruiah, Oct. 1!, 1739, and d. Sept. 29, 1775.
Daniel Nurse and Sarah Ball were the parents of eleven chil.
h, in Westboro ; two of whom, Joseph, b. May 9, 1766, and
Joel, b. April 13, 1774, settled here. Their father d. May 24,
1805. NURSE, JOSEPH (s. of Daniel of Westboro') m, Hannab
Davis of Grafton, In 1790, and came here about 1300, and set
tled on the place where he now lives. His wife Hannah, was ad.
to this chh. in 1800, and d. Nov. 5, 1820, aged 62 ; he was ad.
in 1811. Chil. Abijah, b. July 3, 1791, and m. Mindwell
Grout of Westboro', Dec. 6, 1821 ; Nahum, Aug. 25, 1794;
Joseph, Jan. 9, 1797, and m. Elizabeth Fiske of Worcester, in
1823 ; Hannah, Oct. 7, 1799 ; all in Westboro'. Hannah m.
John Carter of Leominster, April 25, 1824 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 4,
1801, and ra. Edward Knight of Dover, N. H., Feb. 5, 1823 ;
Sarah, Oct. 14, 1804, and ra. John Fiske of Worcester, April
II, 1827 ; Harriet, Feb. 16, 1807, andd. Feb. 4, 1833 ; Mary,
March 19, 1809, and d. infant.

*FranciiNurse, Salem Village, had chil. John, Sarah, Rebecca, Samuel, Francis,
Mary, Elizabeth and Benjamin. Their mother was hung in the witchcraft delusion,
July 19, 1692.— Farmer.
Francis Nurse, whether the son of Francis of Salem Village, is unknown, was in
Sherburne, *vhOse wife was Sarah, and had Benjamin b. there, Jan. 28, 1689, and
was, as sup. the father of William, who settled here. The marriage of William
and Rebecca was the first that was solemnized in this township.
Ebenezer Nurse, bro. sup. of William, had a son, Moses, bap. here, July 25,
1726. This name, originally Nourse, is still so written by many families.

380 FAMILY REGISTER.
His 2d wife was Lucy Fay of Westboro', whom he m. Jan. 1,
1822. She was ad. to this chh. from that in Westboro', in Oct.
following.

NURSE, NAHUM (s, of Joseph) ra, Elizabeth, D, of John
Baker, Jan, 1, 1818, Chil, Lydia Baker, b. Nov. 8, 1818;
Laura Maria, Aug, 12, 1820, and d, in 1821 ; Laura Maria,
Aug. 22, 1822.
NURSE, JOEL (s. of Daniel of Westboro') m. Anna, D.
of Hananiah Parker of Southboro', (whose wife was Abigail, D.
of Hezekiah Ward) in 1796, lived in Royalston a few years,
came here, in 1803, with his faraily, and d. Nov. 16, 1830, aged
56, and his wid. Anna, May 6, 1831, aged 62. Chil. Gilbert,
b. July 31, 1798; Franklin, Dec. 3, 1800; Joel, Jan. 19,
1 803 ; all in Royalston, but recorded here ; Mary Ann Parker,
Oct. 13, 1805, and d. July 15, 1825.
NURSE, GILBERT (s. of Joel) ra. Maria S., D. of Ed
ward Hall of Boston, Oct. 31, 1824. Chil. Mary Ann Parker,
b. Jan. 16, 1826; Gilbert Davis, Sept. 22, 1828; Sarah Gore,
Aug. 15, 1833; Maria Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1836, all in Boston.
The latter d. in St. Louis, In 1839 ; Walter Willey, March 17,
1840, at St. Louis.
NURSE, FRANKLIN (s. of Joel) ra. Sylvia, D. of Gil
bert Taylor of Southboro'. May 3, 1826, and reraoved to Phil
adelphia. NURSE, JOEL (s. of Joel) ra, Eraeline, D. of John Ma
son, Jun., in June, 1828. She d. in Aug. 1842, aged 35. Child,
Henry Mason, b. Sept. 21, 1831. His 2d wife was Elizabeth,
D. of Lewis Bullard of Boston, whom he m. in 1844. Child,
Harriet.

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NEWTON, EDWARD * (s. of Edward of Mariboro') b.
1701, m. Elizabeth, D. of Elnathan and Mary Allen, they were
ad. to this chh. in 1736, lived in the N. P., and were dis, in
1744, " to lay the foundation of a chh, in the West part of Lan
caster." Chil, Samuel, b, Nov. 5, 1727, and d. Sept. 28, 1756;
Mary, bap. Oct. 26, 1729; Martha, bap. June 11,1732;
Esther, b. Sept. 8, 1734, and ra. John Britton, of Northboro',
April 14, 1762 ; Edward, Jan. 18, 1733.
NEWTON, SAMUEL, (perhaps s. of Edward, whose s.
Samuel d. in 1756, and in the record of his death called son of
Samuel and Elizabeth Newton,) ra. Sarah  . Chil. Sam
uel, b. Aug. 2, 1 752 ; and Elijah, (perhaps Elisha,) March
13, 1754.
NEWTON, EDWARD, Jun. (s. of Edward,) ra. Sarah
Winch, Feb. 7, 1759, and had Kezia, b. Feb. 25, 1759 ; Itha
mar, Sept. 25, 1760 ; Naomi, May 13, 1761 ; Elizaheth, Feb.
21, 1764; Asa, Aug.2\, 1765.
NEWTON, AARON (s. of Moses, and g. s. of Moses and
Joanna of Marlboro') m. Eunice Newton, of Mariboro', Jan. 28,
1729, and was living here, on house lot No. 17, in that year.
Chil. Eunice, b. Feb. 25, 1730 ; Lucy, May 28, 1731, and ra.
Daniel Ball, Oct. 25, 1749 ; Persis, July 1, 1733.
He was living In the N. P. In 1760, and d. before 1769.

'Richard Newton, whose wife was Anna, d. in Marlboro', Aug. 24>, 1701, " al
most a hundred years old." He had John, b. in Sudbury, 20. 8. 1641 ; Moses, 26.
1. 1646, and Daniel, Dec. 21, 1652, besides daughters.
John, m. Elizabeth  , in Marlboro', in 1566, and d. in 1723. Thomas, s. of
John, b. in 1674, m. Record Ward of Marlboro', in 1698 ; they both d. in West
boro', in 1746.
Thomas, s. of Thomas and Record, b. in 1700, and his bro. Obediah, b. in 1702,
settled in this town.
Moses, 3. of Richard, m. Joanna Larkin, June 6, 1667, and had Edward, b. in
1676, who m. Mary Lennardson, in 1700, whose s. Edward, b. 1701, settled here.
Daniel, o. of Richard, m. Susanna Moss, (Morse) in 1679, and had Ephraim, b.
in 1691, who m. Christian Ripley, in 1711, and were the parents of Nahum, b. in
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382 FAMILY REGISTER.
The three previously raentioned families, and, perhaps, that of
Aaron, were set off to Lancaster, in 1768.
NEWTON, ELISHA (s. of Moses, Jun. of Marlboro') b.
1701, ra. Sarah Tomlin of Westboro', Dec. 26, 1728 ; he was
then called of Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1734.
Their deaths are not on record, but each are said to have lived to
be about 90 ; if so, he d. not far from 1791. Chil. Elisha, b.
Feb. 7, 1730 ; Ezekiel, May 9, 1733 ; Sarah, Aug. 25, 1734 ;
Mercy, Nov. 6, 1735, and ra. Asa Mixer, in 1765; Timothy,
May 17, 1737 ; Ithamar, April 14, 1739, and d. at Cape Bre
ton, Aug. 22, 1758 ; Solomon, June 25, 1741 ; Charles, Aug.
28, 1742 ; Sarah, May 7, 1744, and sup. m. Soloraon Bigelow,
in 1761 ; Persis, July 5, 1746, and d. in 1751 ; Mary, Sept.
24, 1747, and ra. Thomas Baker, Feb. 22, 1768 ; Moses, March
8,1751. NEWTON, ELISHA, Jun. (s. of Elisha) ra. Sarah Miles
of Concord, sister of Deac. Sarauel, who setded here. She d.
July 27, 1766. Chil. Sarah, b. May 15, 1751 ; Persis, Oct.
5, 1752; perhaps she, and not Ezekiel's D. Persis, ra. Jonas
Cook ; Keziah, Nov. 2, 1754, and d. in 1756 ; Lucretia, Feb.
4, 1756, and sup. m. Stephen Wheelock, in 1774; Samuel Miles,
Sept. 14, 1757; Thankful, Oct, 13, 1762, and m. Abrahara
Hager, in 1786 ; ALsa, Feb. 24, 1764; Edward, Feb. 16, 1767.
NEWTON, EZEKIEL (s. sup of Elisha) ra. Persis, D. of
Samuel Wheelock, Nov. 24, 1755. Chil. Azubah, b. Jan. 10,
1758 ; Persis, March 22, 1759, and sup. m. Jonas Cook of
Newfane, in 1775 ; Ezekiel, May 22, 1757 ; Edward, Feb.
18, 1764.
NEWTON, TIMOTHY (s. of Elisha) ra. Huldah, D. of
Samuel Wheelock, Jun., in 1762, and had Relief, b. Feb. 14,
1764, and removed to Vt. or N. H.
NEWTON, SOLOMON (s. of Elisha,) ra. Hannah, D. of
Daniel Hastings, May IS, 1762 ; they were ad. to this chh. in

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1783. She d. Nov. 9, 1781 , according to the record ; if so, her
age was about 39. Chil. Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1765, and m. Mar
shall Newton, in 1786 ; Solomon, March 12, 1768, and d. in
fant ; Dame/ and Sarah, April 13, 1776, she ra. Luther Gould
ing of Worcester, April 13, 1800 ; Abigail, Oct. 6, 1779, and
m. Rufus Newell of Holden, Sept. 25, 1799.
He next m. Lydia Heraenway, a wid. of Worcester, in 1782,
and d. May 28, 1 822, aged 82, and his wid. Lydia, March 3,
1826, aged 79. Chil. Solomon, b. Aug. 2, 1783 ; Calvin and
Dennis, Aug. 14, 1792.
NEWTON, CHARLES (s. of Elisha) m. Tabitha, D. of
Ephraim Bouker of Westboro', in 1765, and had Dolly, b. Aug.
7, 1766, and ra. Abraham Hager, in 1781 ; Azubah, April 27,
1767, and sup. m. John Davis of Northboro', in 1802 ; Ezra,
Nov. 22, 1774, and probably setded in Princeton ; Mary, bap.
March 31, 1777 ; Tabitha, July 25, 1781.
NEWTON, MOSES (s. of Elisha) ra. Grace, D. of Thom
as Harrington, May 25, 1780 ; they were ad. to chh. here, in
1792. He d. Dec. 5, 1799, aged<48 ; and his wid. Grace, Dec.
13, 1817, aged 70. Chil. Dana, b. June 14, 1782, and Grace,
July 28, 1787, ra. Thoraas B. Eaton of Worcester, Sept. 17,
1812, and d. here, Jan. 14, 1813.
NEWTON, ASA (s. of Elisha, Jun.) ra. Catharine, D. of
Samuel Jennison, in 1784. She d. Aug. 5, 1828, aged 61.
Chil. Mary, b. July 1, 1785, and d. Infant ; Mary Jennison,
Jan. 18, 1787, and ra. Shepley Caswell, Dec. 2, 1819 ; Edward,
Nov. 4, 1789, m. Sarah Doubt, D. of Gershora Brown, Sept.
28, 1830, and d. Aug. 3, 1839; Elizaheth, May 19, 1792;
Sarah, Aug. 17, 1794, and ra. Daniel McClure of Mendon, in
1827 ; Eunice, March 31, 1797, and d. in 1807 ; Levi, July I,
1799, and m. Thankful S., D. of William Newton, in 1330;
Samuel, April 7, 1801 ; Charles, April 14, 1805 ; Joseph, Jane
10, 1818.

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He next m. Lydia Cooper, a wid. of Northbridge, Jan. 12,
1832, and d. Oct. 19, 1836, aged 73.
NEWTON, DANIEL (s. of Solomon) m. Lucy, D. of
Daniel Maynard, Jan. 31, 1803, and removed from town. She
d. Oct. 19, 1818, and he returned with his chil., Daniel, Eunice,
Philo Slocomb, John, Lucy Maynard, and Hannah, and ra.
Dolly, wid. of Moses Haven, April 17, 1825, and d. March 6,
1827, aged 51.
NEWTON, SOLOMON, Jun. (s. of Solomon) ra. Patience,
D. of Eliakim Hastings of Boylston, in 1805. She was ad. to
chh. here, in 1806. Chil. Emery, b. May 5, 1803; Elizabeth
Hastings, June 17, 1808 ; Louisa, July 3, 1810; Ruth, Oct.
22, 1812 ; Henry, June 5, 1816, and d. infant; Dennis, July
21, 1817. This family removed to Ohio.
NEWTON, DENNIS (s. of Solomon) ra. Sarah Heywood
of Worcester, in 1820, and had Leonard, b. Dec. 7, 1821 ; Sa
rah Elizaheth, June 20, 1828 ; Louisa, Jan. 9, 1831 ; Lydia
Maria, March 22, 1834.
NEWTON, CALVIN (s. of Solomon) m. Martha, D. of
Capt. John Rice, March 24, 1812, and had William Bucklin,
b. Dec. 6, 1812; Joseph, Dec. 2, 1816; Martha, Nov. 21,
1818; Abigail,Feb. 8, 1820; John Calvin, Jan. 13, 1823;
Susan, Jan. 31, 1825 ; Charles Henry, Sept. 13, 1827; George
Albert, Jan. 8, 1833.
NEWTON, THOMAS (s. of Thoraas and Record of Marl
boro') b. in 1703, m. Anna Wilson of Lancaster, March 29,
1727. He was then called of Shrewsbury ; she was ad. to this
chh. in 1742. He lived In N. P., near to Lancaster, and had
Levi, b. Feb. 17, 1728 ; -^mariaA, April 24, 1729; Anna, May
13, 1730; Solomon, Feb. 3, 1732; Mary, Oct. 18, 1735 ;
Sarah, May 4, 1738.

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NEWTON, OBEDIAH (bro. of the preceding) b. In 1702,
whose wife was Abigail, had Phineas, b. Feb. 5, 1726, and Abi
gail, June 20, 1727, both in Marlboro', and recorded there ;
Marshall, here, Aug. 23, 1729 ; Ruth, April 5, 1733, and m.
Phineas Park of Sutton, Oct. 25, 1750; Jonas, Aug. 5, 1737;
JoAn, July 11, 1739.
NEWTON, MARSHALL (s. of Obediah) m. Eunice, wid.
of Daniel Howe, and D. of William Taylor, Aug. 13, 1761.
He was a Lieutenant in Col. Williams' Reg., in the French war
of 1756. Chil. Daniel, b. March 13, 1752 ; Eunice, March
13, 1754, and m. Ephraim Holland, Jun., Feb. 17, 17S3 ; Mar
shall, Jan. 13, 1757, ra. Lydia, D. of Soloraon Newton, Dec.
28, 1786, and setded in Vt. Eunice, wife of Marshall Newton,
d. July 1, 1759, aged 30.
He next m. Hannah Roberts of Marlboro', July 30, 1761,
and d. May 5, 1783, aged 54, and his wid. Hannah, May 26,
1794. Chil. Calvin, b. March 8, 1762, and Liberty, May 8,
1766. NEWTON, Maj. CALVIN (s. of Marshall) m. Elizabeth,
D. of Elisha Keyes, Jan. 16, 1787 ; both ad. to chh. In 1790,
Chil. Moses Roberts, h. Oct, 29, 1787 ; Azubah, Feb. 9, 1789 ;
Calvin, July 6, 1791 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 18, 1793, and d. in
1796 ; Eunice, June 9, 1795 ; Lewis Keyes, Nov. 14, 1797.
He removed with his family to Shoreham, Vt., about 1799,
and d. at the Falls of Lake George, in 1830, aged 68.
NEWTON, DANA, (s. of Moses) m. Hannah Cheney of
Ward, now Auburn, in 1808; she d. April 15, 1833, aged 45.
Chil. Charles Harrington, b. Aug. 23, 1808; Simeon Bruce,
Oct. 24, 1810 ; Moses Dana, April 29, 1813, and killed by fall
ing from the beams upon a cart stake, which pierced his body
July 30, 1827; Asa Cheney, Jan. 4, 1816; Leonard W.]
Feb. 10, 1818; Grace, Oct. 28, 1820, and d. in 1828; Har
riet N. 49

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His 2d wife was Elizabeth, wid. of  , and D. of Jacob
Hinds, sup. of West Boylston.
NEWTON, NAHUM (s. of Ephraira, and g. s. of Daniel
of Marlboro') b. in 1715, m. Thankful Stow, in Mariboro', Jan.
23, 1736, and had Jonathan, b. there, in 1738; probably his
only child. No record here of any chil., nor of his death.
Thankful survived him, and d. his wid. March 18, 1769, aged
60. He lived in quite the South part of the town.
NEWTON, JONATHAN (s. of Nahum) m. Sibbillah, D.
of Isaac Harrington of Grafton, and sister of Capt. Isaac of this
town, Sept. 25, 1765, lived on the homestead, and d. June 24,
1803, aged 70, and his wid. Sibbillah, March 14, 1827, aged 81.
Chil. Nahum, b. June 14, 1766 ; Relief, April 25, 1763, and
d. infant; Martin, Dec. 21, 1770; Antipass, Feb. 19, 1773,
and d. in 1790 ; Relief, April 25, 1775, and ra. Moses Bellows,
In 1804 ; Jhankful, Jan. 4, 1773, and m. Joel Wesson, Jun.
of Grafton Gore, in 1796 ; Isaac, April 6, 1780 ; Dana, Aug.
— , 1782 ; Adam, May 26, 1787 ; Jonathan, Feb. 20, 1789.
NEWTON, NAHUM (s. of Jonathan) m. Martha, D. of
John Bellows, in 1792, and d. Feb. 27, 1829, aged 63, and his
wid. xMartha, Dec. 23, 1839, aged 69. Chil. (no births on re
cord,) John Leland, Antipass, who settled in Ct. ; Martha,
who ra. Loring Brigham- of Southboro' ; Nahum, who ra. Ada-
line Johnson of Worcester, and removed to Ohio ; Samuel W.,
who ra. a D. of Jonas Baker of Boylston; and next, Abigail,
wid. of Stillman Sraith; and Laura, who ra. in Boylston.
NEWTON, Capt. MARTIN (s. of Jonathan) ra. Lucretia,
wid. of Adam Harrington in 1794. Chil. Melinda, b. Aug. 5,
1796, and m. William Bates of Millbury, in 1828 ; Nancy, in
1800, and ra. James Buswell, June 24, 1319, and wentto N. Y.,
and Miriam, in 1802, and d. young.

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NEWTON, ISAAC (s. of Jonathan) m. Sarah, D. of Da
vid Nelson, Dee. 25, 1806, lived on the homestead, and d. In
Aug. 1846, aged 66, and his wife, Sarah, Sept. 13, 1831, aged
48. Chil. Charles Austin, b. Nov. 24, 1807 ; Melissa, April
29, 1809; Chester Vernon, April 2, 1812; Susanna, March 5,
1814; Adam Henry, March 13, 1816; David Nelson, Aug.
25, 1823.
NEWTON, DANA (s. of Jonathan) m. Miriara, D. of Mo-
ses Sraith of Barre, in 1802, and d. Oct. 31, 1835, aged 53,
Chil, (no births on record) iIa?TM0M, who went to Barre ; Court-
land, who ra, Paraelia B, Hinds of Millbury, in 1832 ; Moses
Smith, Lysander, Oliver, and Miriam.
NEWTON, JONATHAN (s, of Jonathan) ra, Anna, D, of
Paul Knowlton, Feb, 22, 1815, lived on the homestead and d,,
say, 1830; if so, aged 41, Chil, Andrew Jackson, b. Oct, 9,
1815; Alexander Jacob, July 21,1319; Ann Jerusha, Nov.
12, 1821.
NEWTON, CHARLES A. (s, of Isaac) m. Mary Ann,
D. of Stephen Stearns, In 1823, and had Sarah Elizabeth, b.
May 10, 1834, and Susan Elvira, Dec. 26, 1841.
NEWTON, CHESTER V. (s. of Isaac) ra. Harriet New
ell, D. of Daniel Maynard, and lives on the homestead of his
first ancester, here.
NEWTON, EZEKIEL (sup. s. of Daniel, or Moses, Jun.,
of Marlboro') whose wife was Dorothy, had Dorothy, b. March
28, 1750; Ephraim, Nov. 10, 1752; and Elizabeth, Jan. 20,
1761. NEWTON, WILLIAM (from Framinghara) whose wife
was Abigail, D. of Benjarain Newton of Worcester, had Thank
ful S., who m. Levi Newton, in 1330 ; William, George Hoi-

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brook, Elizabeth, who m. In Lancaster ; Melinda, Benjamin,
Daniel, Charles M., Martin, Luther, and Sarah C.
NORCROSS, WILLIAM m.Lydia Wheeler, Nov. 6,1741.
Chil. William, b. March 18, 1742, and d. infant ; Daniel, May
9, 1745; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1746, and d. infant ; William, Sept.
20, 1748 ; Sarah, June 3, 1759, and in. George Filmore, in
1779. NORCROSS, JOSIAH had John, who ra. Mary Bigelow of
Boylston, in 1818 ; Josiah, who m. Sarah Wakefield, in 1320 ;
Fanny, who ra. Simon Allen of Princeton ; Sarah, who ra.
Jarvis Smith, in 1826, and perhaps others, who carae here with
hira ; the name of their mother unknown ; she had probably de
ceased before he reraoved here. He ra. Sarah Rand of Prince
ton, in 1309. She d. March 25, 1825, aged 34. Chil. (no
births on record) Elvira, who d. Jan. 6, 1821, aged 11 years ;
Abigail, Thomas R, Edwin, and altered to Henry William, who
m. Eunice, D. of Abner Stow of Grafton.
He next m. Elizabeth, D. of Zenas Stone.
NOYES, SAMUEL* (from Sudbury) ra. Rachel, D. sup.
of Hezekiah Pratt of Westboro', June 7, 1757. He was then
called of Shrewsbury. Child, Rachel, b. March 22, 1758, and
ra. Daniel Tucker, in 1777. " The mother d. suddenly, in a
fit, when the child was about a fortnight old." — Chh. record.

* Peter and Thomas Noyes, (on old records, iVoj/ce, iVoice,J shared in the di
vision of Sudbury meadows, in 1638, and may have been brothers. Deac. Peter
Noyes d. there in 1657, and Thomas Noyes, in 1666. Peter Noyes, probably a son
of Peter or Thomas, m. Elizabeth D.irrell there, Nov. 30, 1654, and had Elizabeth,
b. in 1655, and Peter in 1656.
A Joseph Noyes and Mary Darrell were m. there, in 1662, and had 8 chil. b.
there, between 1662 and 1676 3 of them were Joseph, b. in 1663; James, 1664; Mo
ses, 1667; and John, 1674. Their mother d. in 1677, and their father m. Mary, wid.
of Maj. Siraon Willard, in 1680. His s. Joseph, m. Ruth Haynes of Sudbury, Dec.
20, 1693. Joseph, of Sudbury, sup. s. of Joseph and Ruth, m. Elizabeth Gilbert,
Nov. 13, 1734, and were the parents of Daniel, who settled here.
Samuel, abovementioned, was a relative of Daniel, and s. (it is said) of Peter,
of Sudbury. I cannot now trace his immediate ancestry.

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He next m. Anna, D. of Araos Pratt of Westboro', April 9,
1759 ; both ad. to chh. in 1810. He d. Nov. 25, 1826, aged
94, and his wife, Anna, without issue, Nov. 2, 1826, aged 89.
Their laraps went out for want of oil.
NOYES, DANIEL (s. of Joseph of Sudbury) m. Ruth
Reed there, Nov. 1, 1764. She d. here Dec. 2, 1812, aged 63.
Chil. Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1766, and d. Sept. 14, 1787 ; Relief,
Oct. 19, 1769, and d. Nov. 12, 1778; Sarah, April 2, 1774,
and ra. Jonathan R. Sraith, in 1793 ; Luther, May 22, 1776, m.
Azubah, D. of Samuel Smith, April 14, 1799, and settled in
Oakham ; Asahel, July 8, 1780 ; Daniel Gilbert, June 22,
1734, and d. in 1786 ; Daniel Gilbert, Dec. 5, 1786 ; Eliza
beth, Feb. 5, 1789, and m. John Fay of Westboro', March
13, 1808.
He next ra. Abigail, (Lynde) wid. of Lerauel Rice of Worces
ter, in 1816. They were ad. to this chh. In 1817, she, frora
that in Worcester. He d. Feb. 3, 1824, aged 83, and his wid.
Abigail, April 6, 1837, aged 90.
NOYES, ASAHEL (s. of Daniel) ra. Abigail, D. of Deac.
Jonathan Fasset of Boylston, in 1802. She was ad. to chh.
March, 1811, and d. the 29th of May following, aged 30 ; and
he, Oct. 7, 1812, aged 32 ; both of consuraption. Chil. Isaac
Reed, b. Jan. 29, 1803, ra. Sarah Flint, D. of Ebenezer Drury,
Sept. 16, 1828, and removed to N. Y. ; Benjamin, Aug. 4,
1805, and went to the South ; Asahel, bap. May 17, 1811, and
d. infant.
NOYES, DANIEL G. (s. of Daniel) m. Hannah W., D.
of Capt. Thomas Knowlton, May 27, 1817. Chil. Cynthia
Elizabeth, b. April 21, 1818; Sarah Maria, July 12, 1820 5
Calvin Witherby, Nov. 13, 1827.
NOYES, RICHARD PRATT (from Sudbury) and his wife,
Elizabeth Brown, had Samuel, b. March 14, 1815; Mary Ann,

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Feb. 18, 1817; Elizabeth, Dec. 5, 1319 ; Sarah Brown, Jan.
29, 1822; Samuel Brown, Dec. 29, 1823; James Richard,
July 12, 1826.
NOYES, DANIEL (bro. of the preceding) and his wife,
Martha, from Sudbury, about 1829, purchased and setded upon
what was once the Brewer farm, and had chil., not all b. here,
but on record, as follows, Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1826 ;
George Franklin, Oct. 4, 1828 ; William Addison, July 23,
1830; Weltha Maria, April 29, 1333 ; EllenLouisa, Jan. 13,
1836 ; Martha Ann, July 23, 1838.
NELSON, DAVID * (s. of Deac. Jonathan of Upton, a
native of Rowley) m. Susanna Bacheller, and came here from
Upton, in 1760, with a family of children, viz : Abijah, who ra.
Sarah, D. of Asa Mixer, in 1790, hved In Leicester sorae years,
and d. here, March 15, 1734, aged 72 ; no issue ; David ; Sol
omon, who m. Elizabeth Dunn of Northbridge, and reraoved to
Ohio ; Daniel, who ra. Sarah Sraith of Orange, Vt., and with a
faraily of chil. (no births on record here,) reraoved to Ohio ;
Susanna, who m. Capt. Peter Salter, in 1784, reraoved to the
Western part of N. Y., and had Isaac Harrington, Susanna Nel
son, Thankful Newton, Adam Harrington, and David Nelson ;

•Thomas Nelson and his wife, Joan, with sons, Philip and Thomas, b. in Eng
land, were in Rowley, in 1633, where he was made freeman, the 23d of May, in
that year, and d. in England, in 1648, His s. Thomas, m. Ann Lambert, and had
Thomas, b. in 1661 ; Jonathan, in 1667; Gershom, in 1672; and Francis, in 1676.
Francis m. Mary Ray, and had Solomon, b. in 1703 ; David, in 1707 ; and Jonathan,
in 1713. — Gage's History of Rowley.
It has been supposed by the descendants of David, that Solomon Nelson came
from England, settled in Rowley, and was the father of Jonathan, afterwards of
Upton, and g. father of David, who came with his family to this town. It may
have been so ; but, it no where appears of record, that a Solomon Nelson from
England, settled in Rowley, or that a Solomon Nelson in Rowley had a s. Jonathan.
Thomas, who m. Lambert, was from England, and was father of Francis, and g-
father of Jonathan, b. in 1713, who was probably the Jonathan, who settled in Up
ton ; if so, David, b. about 1737, was a g. s. of Francis. Solomon, b. in 1703, (and
he was the only Solomon there, until a later period) besides not having come from
England, could hardly have had a g. s. born so early as 1737.

FAMILY REGISTER. 39 1
Jonathan ; Josiah ; Amasa, b. Oct. 2, 1730 ; and Sarah,
who ra. Isaac Newton, in 1806. His wife, Susanna, d. Jan.
3, 1785.
The 2d wife of David Nelson was Susanna, D. of John, and
sister of Sarauel Brighara, whom he ra. Nov. 24, 1785, and d.
May 12, 1827, aged 90, and bis wid. Susanna, March 12, 1830,
aged 85.
NELSON, DAVID, Jun. (s. of David) ra. Lucy Adams,
of Northbridge. Chil. (no births on record here) Sarah, Lucy,
Elizabeth, Melissa, Louisa, Mary, Harriet, Rinda, and Cla
rinda. NELSON, Capt. JONATHAN (s. of David) ra. Eunice,
D. of Jasper Stone, March 8, 1798, and d. here, June 1, 1827,
aged 54. Chil. Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1799, and m. Nahum
Eager, in 1820 ; and next William W. Parker, and removed to
Albany, N. Y. ; Jasper Stone, March 27, 1800, and d. Dec. 7,
1621 ; David, June 6, 1801, and went to Illinois ; Sarah, June
8, 1803, and sup. m. John Putnara, Jun., of Grafton, May 5,
1829 ; Charles Lewis, Nov. 26, 1805, m. it is said, and reraov
ed to Princeton ; Hannah Stone, Oct. 22, 1809, and wentto
Princeton ; Jonathan H., April 26, 1312, and ra. Adaline Keyes,
D. of Josiah Heraenway.
NELSON, JOSIAH (s. of David) ra. Sophi-a Goddard of
Worcester, June 28, 1812, and had Henry Harrison, b. Jan.
23, 1813, and d. Feb. 10, 1815; Luther, March 31, 1816;
Henry, Feb. 20, 1819; Jasper Stone, June 2, 1822.
NELSON, AMASA (s. of David) m. Levinah, D.of Dan
iel Mixer, Oct. 27, 1805. Chil. Louisa, b. April 20, 1806,
and d. Jan. 26, 1811 ; Amasa, Nov. 16, 1807 ; Samuel Free
man, Oct. 9, 1809; Louisa Rebecca, March 31, 1811 ; Cyn
thia Levinah, Jan. 3, 1813, and d.  ; Marietta, Leonard,
Jubal, Adam Harrington, Julia Ann, Lucy, and Eliza.

392 FAMILY REGISTER.
NICHOLS, Capt. JOSEPH (sup. from Westboro') came
here about 1804, built and lived on the place now of Silas May
nard, and removed from town about 1812. There is no record
of a birth or a death in his family while here. The births of
some of his younger chil., but not those of the older, are record
ed in Westboro' — whence it may be inferred he lived there but a
few years, before he came here. By the record there It appears
that "Joseph Nichols d. Sept. 15, 1796, and his wife, Judith,
Aug, 21, 1796." Probably they were the parents of Capt. Jo
seph, the name of whose wife is sup. to have been Thankful.
Miri-Ann, h. Aug. 24, 1796 ; Joseph, Dec. 8, 1798; Caroline,
June 3, 1801 ; and Louisa, April 25, 1803, are there called the
chil. of Capt. Joseph and Thankful Nichols. His D. Pamelia,
ra. John Meacham, Jun. of Watertown, May 7, 1809, and his s.
James, ra. Abigail Cloyes of Framinghara, in 1811, and reraoved
to Westboro', where he had Abigail, who d. here unm. March 28,
1839, aged 26, and Maria, June 24, 1839, aged 16.
OLIVER, STEPHEN (a native of Roxbury) m, Mary, D,
of Jedediah Tucker, Jun,, Dec, 2, 1798, She d, here, Nov,
26, 1342, aged 65, Chil, (no births on record here ;) the fol
lowing are, at Westboro', where he lived a few years, and carae
here about 1818; William, b. March 13, 1810; Marshall,
June 16, 1812; Stephen, April 26, 1814; and perhaps Mary
Ann, who m. Dexter Pratt,
PRATT, ELEAZER m, Ruhamah Tomlin of Westboro',
Jan. 15, 1729, and was living on house lot. No. 1, in 1728.
Chil. Hannah, b. May 1730; Ruhamah, April 16, 1732, and
sup. m. Thoraas Frost of Westboro' in 1760; Mary, Dec. II,
1734, and sup. ra. Silas Frost of Westboro', in 1761 ; Sarah,
Oct. 11, 1735, and m. Jacob Knowlton of Hardwick, in 1759 ;
Rufus, Oct. 2, 1738, ra. Hannah Ball of Westboro', May 11,
1763, and settled in Hardwick; Reuben, Sept. 7, 1741, and
sup. ra. Ruth Williams of Westboro', in 1768 ; Eleazer, Oct.
20, 1743, and ra. Mary Druce of Grafton, Sept. 26, 1776.
Eleazer Pratt was set off to Westboro', in 1762.

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PRATT, AMOS (from Westboro', sup. bro, of the preced
ing, and, of Hezekiah, John and Isaac of Westboro',) ra, Anna,
D, of Elnathan and Mary Allen, Dec, 12, 1722. She was ad,
to this chh, in 1727 and he, in 1734, There is no record here
of the death of either of them, Chil, Elnathan, b, Dec. 8,
1723 ; Amos, Oct. 18, 1725 ; Laac, July 27, 1727 ; Alpheus,
Sept. 7, 1731 ; Mercy, Aug. 31, 1733, and sup. m. Jothara
Death, March 5, 1751 ; Anna, May 14, 1738, and m. Samuel
Noyes, in 1759 ; Mary, Oct. 19, 1742, and raay have been the
Mary Pratt, who was pub. to Soloraon Fay, July 24, 1761, both
then called of Shrewsbury.
PRATT, JOSIAH ra. Sarah Wilson, Oct. 8, 1724, and had
Joseph, b. here, Aug. 16, 1725,
Thoraas Pratt, and Sarah, his wife, of Hassanamisco, were ad,
to this chh. in 1724, and he dis, Dec, 12, 1731, in order to lay
ing the foundation of a chh, there ; his wife, Sarah, was dis, to
that chh, in March of the next year. — Chh. Records.
PRATT, ELNATHAN (s, of Amos) ra, Abigail, D, of
Maj, Joseph Mixer, April 26, 1748, She d, Sept. 10, 1808,
aged 73, and he, Jan. 20, 1813, aged 39. Chil. Abigail, b.
June 10, 1749, and d, infant; Seth, March 24, 1751 ; Joseph
and Benjamin, Marc'i •<2, 17."3; the latter d, infant; Benja
min, Aug, 1, 1755; Abigail, In 1758, and ra, Samuel Smith, in
1778; Nathan, Nov, II, 1759 ; Thankful, Oct. 6, 1761, and
m, Caleb Parker, in I78I ; Bulah, Oct, 11, 1763, and ra, Peter
Cary; Zilpah,  ; Sarah, Oct. 22, 1765, and m, Jona
than Harrington, In 1783 ; Shepard, July 28, 1773,
PRATT, ISAAC (s. of Amos) m. Hepzibah Brown, Sept,
21, 1749, They were ad. to this chh. in 1763. Chil. Amos,b.
Sept. 23, 1750; Samuel,Nov. 4, 1752; Alvan, Sept. 23, 1754;-
Scne, (Asenath) March 28, 1757, and d. infant; Sene, Oct. 1,
1759; Vienna, Feb. 17, 1762; Emerson, April 19, 1764;
Vashni, July 26, 1768, in. Joanna, D. of Daniel Tucker, Sept.
3J, 17'. 8, and settled in Marlboro', Vi. ; Annis, Oct. 8, 1771..
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394 FAMILY REGISTER.
PRATT, ALPHEUS (s. of Amos) m. Lydia, D. of Maj,
Joseph .Mixer, Jan. 23, 1753. Chil. Lydia, b. July 4, 1753,
and m. Elnathan Allen, Jan., in 1773; Stephen, April 30, 1755,
and m. Lucy, D. of Jed. Tucker, Jun., Sept. 3, 1783 ; Ebene-
ezer, Feb. 27, 1757; Anna Saphira, March '23, 1759; Mary,
June 24, 1761 ; Asa, bap. May 24, 1764; Orlin, bap. March
30, 1766; Levi, bap. July 5, 1772 ; Nathaniel, bap. Dec. 19,
1773. The parents removed to Mariboro', Vt., and d, there.
PRATT, Capt. SETH (s. of Elnathan) m. Margaret Stacey
of Hopkinton, in 1772. Chil. Joseph, b. May 26, 1774; Han
nah, Nov. .30, 1775, and m. Schuyler Fisher, March 8, 1798 ;
they went to Richfield, N. Y. ; Abigail, May 3, 1777, and m.
Amasa Holden, in 1797 ; they went to Penn Yan, N. Y. ; Elna
than, Nov. 16, 1778, ra. Cornelia, D. of Levi Bush of Worces
ter, and settled there, and d. in .\lton. III., in 1833 ; Nymphas,
Dec. 24, 1780; Margaret, Aug. 20, 1732, and m. Daniel Hol
den ; Relief, June 20, 1784, and rn. Moses H. Felton of Barre ;
Seth, April 5, 1786; Alice, Aug. 6, 1791, m. Phineas Hay
wood, and d. in 1812, aged 21.
Capt. Pratt removed to Barre, about 1806, and d. there, April
5, 1829, aged 78; and his wid. Margaret, in Sept. following,
aged S3.
PRATT, BENJAMIN (s. of Elnathan) m. Sarah, D. of
Joseph Temple, Aug. 15, 1776, and had Zilpah, bap. March
22, 1778; fiew^en, bap. Oct. 22, 1780; 31ary, bap. Feb. 5,
1732 ; John Gilbert, bap. May 15, 1735, and removed from
town. PRATT, NATHAN (s. of Elnathan) m. Dolly, D. of Ste
phen Parker, Feb. 10, 1786. They were ad. to this chh. in
1788. She d. Nov. 16, 1834, aged 72. He, extensively
known as " master Prait," and a long succession of years, an
efficient and praiseworthy school-master, d.'May II, 1847, aged
87J. Chil. Martha, b. July 22, 1780, and ra. Seth Heraenway,

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in 1800; Lewis, Oct. 19, 1783; Caleb, July 19, 1786, mate
and supercargo of a vessel, taken prisoner on the high seas bj'
the Spaniards, and carried to Si. Domingo, where he d. of yellow
fever, Oct. 22, 1S09; Thankful, May 15, 1788, and d. infant;
Thankful, April 15, 1791, and ra. Luke Knowlton Rice, In
1811 ; Samuel Austin, Aug. 9, 1794; Phebe, Jan. 18, 1797,
and d. unra. Oct. 30, 1830; Nathan, July 5, 1800; Dexter, Aug.
10, 1803, and m» Mary Ann Oliver ; and she dying, he m. again
in N. Y., went to Mexico, and d. there, at Valadolid, some years
since; Olis, May 15, 1803, m. Elizabeth Putnam of Sutton,
and settled there.
PRATT, SHEPARD (s.of Elnathan) ra. Catharine Walker
of Worcester, in 1801, and ad. to this chh. in 1822. Chil. Wil
liam Walker, b. Jan. 13, 1803 ; Mary, Feb. 9, 1804, and m-
Levi Green, in 1825 ; Joseph Harney and Henry Benjamin,
Sept. 16, 1807 ; the former m. Emily, D. of Ephraim Gould-'
ing of Grafton, and the latter, Mary P., D. of Benjamin Brig
ham, April 6, 1830 ; Leander Shepard, May 19, 1812, and ra,
Martha, D. of Deac. Albert Stone of Grafton ; Catharine,
March 19, 1814.
PRATT, JOSEPH (s. of Seth,) ra. Martha Goulding of
Grafton, D. of the 2d wife of Col. Job Cushing, Oct. 3, 1796.
She was ad, to this chh. in 1804. He d. Sept. 20, 1843, aged
69. Chil. Charles Leland, b. Jan. 2, 1797; John Goulding
and Sarah Brigham, Aug. 21, 1793; Joshua Goulding, Jan.
24, 1801, and sup. ra. Martha Arms of Deerfield, in 1825; Ed
ward Ayers, Oct. 29, 1802, and sup. m. Mary Ann Stratton of
Princeton, in 1827 ; Catharine Hill, bap. Dec. 7, 1804, and ra.
Abrahara Wheelock, in 1830. And perhaps others, but not on
record here.
PRATT, NYMPHAS, Esq. (s. of Seth) ra. Subrait, wid.
of Edward Kingsbury of Brookfield, and D. of Jonah Howe,
Esq., May 22, 1805. Chil. William, b. Jan. 30, 1806; Caro
line, Feb. 8, 1808, and m. Dr. Lawson Myrick of Brookfield,

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Jan. 29, 1829 ; Aligail, July 7, 1811, and m. Simon H. Allen,
in IS35; Allice, July 13, 1813, and d. infant ; Charlotte Maria,
Nov. 23, 181 1, and m. Dr. William Curtis of Brookfield, Jan,
1, 1840; Frances Submit, April 4, 1821.
PRATT, WILLIAM (s. of the preceding) grad, B. U,,
1825, m. Elizabeth S. Sikes of Worcester, May 27, 1830, and
settled here in the practice of the law, Chil, Henry Sikes, b.
March 2, 133 I, and d. March 10, 1837 ; Clara Caroline, March
2, 1333 ; Mary B,, Feb, 26, 1835, and d. in 1836,
He removed to Worcester, in 1835, and d, there, Feb, 2,
1839, aged 33,
PRATT, LEWIS (s. of Nathan) ra, Hannah, D, of Capt.
Thomas Harrington, Feb, 21, 1802, reraoved to Bridport, Vt.,
and d. leaving a numerous family, Nov. 1844, aged 61 ; and his
wid. Hannah, in April, 1345, aged 59.
PRATT, SAMUEL AUSTIN (s. of Nathan) m. Harriet,
D. of Joshua Cornish of Boston, Aug. 16, 1815. Chil. Caleb,
h. Dec. 25, 1815 ; Maria, June 4, 1817; Charles Henry, Jan.
2, 1819 ; Samuel Austin, Jan. 16, 1822 ; Dolly, July 30, 1825;
George Dexter, Dec. 28, 1829.
PRATT, NATHAN, Jun. (s. of Nathan) ra. Sarah, D. of
Arunah Hariow, Sept. 9, 1324. Chil. Sarah Ellen, b, June 5,
1824; Edward Henry, Nov. 4, 1826; Emeline, Dec. 19, 1828;
Abigail, Oct. 8, 1831 ; Clarissa, Aug. 3, 1835 ; Harriet Mar
tineau, June 24, 1837; George Harlow, March 12, 1839; and
Alvan Stewart, Aug. 10, 1841.
PRATT, WILLIAM W. (s. of Shepard) m. Mary, D. of
William Adams of Watertown, in 1825. She d. Feb. 2, 1345,
aged 41. Chil. Lowell Adams, h, Nov. 24, 1828; Eueline
Hannah, May 12, 1831; Eliot William, July 6, 1838; Em
mons Walker, June 6, 1841.
His 2d wife was Martha Ware, D. of John Mason, Jun.

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PRATT, EPHRAIM,* b. in 1687, (s. sup. of Ephraira
and Elizabeth of Sudbury,) m. Martha, D. of Deac. Samuel
Wheelock, July 9, 1724, and was living on house lot. No. 44, in
1729. They raade a public profession of religion in 1726, and
had 8 chil. b. and bap. here, viz: Tyrus,b, Oct. 1, 1725;
Silas, on the town, and Cyrus, on the chh. record, Dec. 28,
1726 ; Ephraim, Feb. 7, 1728 ; Noah, Jan. 19, 1729 : Micah,
April 25, 1731, and said to have d. at the age of 103, where,
unknown; Abel, July 10, 1732; Rachel, April 24, 1735;
Olive, April 15, 1739, and bap. in 1742.
He reraoved to Shutesbury, but when unknown, and d. there,
in May, 1804, aged 116.

* Joshua and Phineas Pratt came to Plymouth in 1628— the former was 30 years
of age, when he left England ; the latter m. Cnthbert Cuthbertson in Plymouth, and
removed perh.aps to Weymouth, but at last to Charlestown. The records there
contain the following ; " Phineas Pratl, Sen., one of the first planters in New Eng
land, joiner, d. April 19, 1680."
Joshua Pratt, Plymouth, 1628. His grandson, Ephraim Pratt, b. in East Sudbury,
Nov. 1687, lived to be 116 years of years, and d. in Shutesbury, Mass., in May 1804.
Michael, (this probably should be Micah,) a son of Ephraim, d. in 1326, aged
103.— Farmer.
The late Dr. Stearns of Sudbnry, in a genealogical manuscript, says Ephraim
Pratt, b. in 1687, was s. of Ephraim and Elizabeth Pratt. Thus it appears, Joshua
of Plymouth, had a son, Ephraim, who settled in Sudbury. Eleazer, Amos, Josiah,
Isaac, Thomas, and Henry Pratt, were probably relatives, perhaps some of them
brothers, of Ephraim of 16S7. Some of them may have been sons of Thomas and
Lydia Pratt, who had Daniel, b. in Sherburne, Jan. 1, 1686; Thomas of Sherburne,
I suppose to have been a son of Joshua of Plymouth, and brother of Ephraim of
Sudbury. This, whether correct or not, may aid further investigation.
Whatever relates to one of the human race, who, in latter times, lives to the re
markable age of 116 years, and what still more extraordinary, retains his mental
and bodily faculties to a degree rarely possessed by any, who have passed their
eightieth year, is of exciting interest, and induces me to subjoin an extract from
Dwight's Travels, Vol. 2d, page 358. The Rev. Dr. Dwight, President of Yale
College, visited Pratt in Shutesbury, and remarks :
" He was born at Sudbury, Mass., in 1687 ; and in one month from the date of
our arrival (Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1803,) would complete his one hundred and six
teenth year. He was of middle stature, firmly built, plump, but not encumbered
with flesh ; less withered than multitudes at seventy ; possessed of considerable
strength, as was evident from the grasp of his hand and the sound of his voice, and
without any marks of extreme age. About two months before, hie sight became
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time had been so imperfect, that he could not distinctly hear common conversation.
His memory was still vigorous, his understanding sound, and his mind sprightly in
its conceptions.
"The principal part of the time, which I was in the house, he held me by the
hand, cheerfully answered all my questions, readily gave me an account of himself
in such particulars as I wished to know ; observed to me, that my voice indicated,
that I was not less than forty-five years of age, and that he must appear very old to
me, adding, however, that some men, who had not passed their seventieth year,
probably looked almost, or quite as old as himself We were informed, partly by
himself, and partly by his host, that he had been a laborious man all his life ; and
particularly, that he had mown grass one hundred and one years successively — the
preceding summer he had been able to perform this labor. During this season
his utmost effort was a walk of half a raile ; in this walk he stumbled over a log
and fell ; immediately afterwards he began evidently to decline, and lost, in a con
siderable degree, both his sight and hearing; in the summer of 1802, he walked
without inconvenience two miles, and mowed a small quantity of grass.
" Throughout his life he had been uniformly temperate ; ardent spirits he rarely
tasted, cider he drank ,it times, but sparingly. In the vigorous periods of his life,
he had accustomed himself to eat flesh, bat much more abstemiously th.Tn most
other persons in this country. Milk, which had always been a great part, was now
the whole of his diet.
"He is naturally cheerful, and humorous; apparently unsusceptible of tender
emotions, and not much inclined to serious thinking. Accordinii to an account
which he gave his host, he made a public profession of religion nenr seventy years
before our visit to him, [it will be seen that it was seventy-eight years before] but
was not supposed by him, or by others acquainted with him to be a religious man.
He conversed easily, and was plainly gratified with the visits and conversation
of strangers.
" When he was ninety-three years old, he made a bargain with his host, who
told us the story, that he should support him, during the remainder of his life,
for £20.
" He was never sick, but once, and then with the fever and ague ; it is scarcely
necessary to observe, that n man one hundred and sixteen years old, without re
ligion, was a melancholy sight to me.
" Three or four years before this time I saw in a newspaper an advertisement
written by a person, who professed and appeared to be acquainted with him and
his concerns, in which it was said, that his descendants, some of whom were of
the fifth generation, amounted, probably, to more than 1600."
I must apologise for not omitting the last paragraph but one, in the Dr's account
of Mr. Pratt; to entertain the thought, that he was "without religion," was un
charitable ; to say so unqualifiedly -was usurping the throne of the Almighty, and
passing judgment uncalled for and without knowledge.
It is a " melancholy sight" to see to what extent, spiritual pride, want of chari
ty, and the denunciation of those, as unbelievers, and " without religion," who do
not confess and profess to the liking of some, has alienated man from his fellow
qian, and made him the persecutor of his race for religion's sake.

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PRATT, EPHRAIM, Jun. (s. of the preceding) ra. Abial
Leland, here, Oct. 10, 1752. They owned the chh. covenant
in 1754. Chil. Miriam, b. March 19, 1754; Abel, Feb. 14,
1756, and d. infant; Ephraim, Jan 19, 1757 ; Susanna, Nov.
8, 1759, and d. Nov. 18, 1780; Rachel, July 15, 1761 ; Lucy,
Oct. 8, 1763, and sup. m. John Kendrick of Warwick, in 1732 ;
Abel, March 7, 1766, and d. infant ; Moses, Aug. 12, 1763;
Aaron, Feb. 12, 1771. He is said to have removed to Gardner.
An Ezekiel Pratt was in Hardwick, before 1759 ; a Lt. in the
French war.
An Ephraim was also there, in 1779,
PRATT, EPHRAIM, Jun, (s, of Ephraim and Abial) ra,
Rebecca Goodenow of Paxton, in 1777, and had Mary, Abel
and Daniel, who was b, Feb, 7, 1782; all bap. here, Dec.
12, 1783,
He removed, it is said, to the Western part of N, Y,
PRATT, HENRY whose wife was Ann, had Mary, bap.
here, Oct, 21, 1742,
POTTER, JOHN ra, Martha Jewett, in Sudbury, March 4,
1719, and were both then called of that town. When they
came here, is unknown, probably late in life ; there is no record
here of birth, baptism or death of their chil. He vi'as living in
the S. part of the town, in 1760 ; his wife, Martha, d, here, June
2, 1761, aged 71, He was ad. to this chh. in 1763, and d.
March 22, 1771, aged 87 and 7 raos.
Daniel Poller, who, in 1745, then called of Brookfield, m.
Abigail, D. of Gershora Wheelock of this town, raay have been
his son.
PATTEN, JOHN and his wife, Elizabeth, were ad. to this
chh. frora that in Billerica, in 1754, and had Hannah, b. here,
Sept. 2, 1753.
PEARSON, JOHN, whose wife was Anna, probably lived
in the N. P. They had Sarah, h. Dec. 2, 1753 ; Josiah, June

400 FAMILY REGISTER.
24, 1756 ; Joseph, June 8, 1759 ; Anna, June 30, 1762 ; Lu
cinda and Dorinda, Jan. 22, 1765 ; Frances, July 22, 1767.
Jane Pearson, pub. to Silas Whitney of No town, near Lan
caster, March, 1758.
Phebe Pearson m. Amos Spring, Oct. II, 1759.
PRESCOTT, EBENEZER, whose wife was Jerusha, had
Patience, b. Nov. 6, 1750, d. infant ; Joseph, March 6, 1753.
PERRY, DANIEL, whose wife was Mary, had Joseph, h.
Feb. 11, 1766.
PARKER, JOHN m. Experience Cloyes of Framingham,
Feb. 13, 1731. They were ad. to this chh. in 1732. Chil.
John, b, Jan. 28, 1732; Experience, Oct. 8, 1733; Ananias,
bap. Sept. 21, 1735; Abigail, b. Dec. 1, 1736. The parents
were dis. to the chh. in Framinghara, in 1733.
PARKER, THOMAS and Bathsheba Smith, both of Sud
bury, were in. there, Feb. 20, 1733, and ad. to ibis chh. in 1741.
Chil. Kezia, h. Dec. 9, 1738, and d. Infant; Elizaheth, Dec.
24, 1739; Kezia, Sept. 16, 174 1. "The parents were dis. to
the chh. in Grafton, in 1742, where they now dwell." — Chh.
record of that date.
PARKER, WILLIAM and Mary, D. of Simon Maynard,
were ra. Oct. 23, 1739. She was ad. to this chh. in 1742.
Chil. William, b. March 18, 1740 ; Joab, April 20, 1741 ;
Nathaniel, bap. March 20, 1743.
PARKER, WILLIAM (s. of Williara) ra. Tabitha Sawyer,
Dec. 17, 1761, and d. Aug. 5, 1770, aged 30 and 5 mos. Chil.
Parnal, (a D.) July 4, 1763; Eunice, Dec. 8, 1764, and d.
Aug. 1 1, 1770; Joab, Aug. 29, 1767, and d. Aug. 11, 1770;
Joseph Sawyer, Feb. 21, 1770, and d. April 14, 1771.

FAMILY REGISTER. 40 J
PARKER, STEPHEN (said to have corae from Roxbury,
and called Jun., on the records, here, whose wife was Abigail)
was ad. to this chh. In 1741, and his wife in 1740, He lived
on the place, now of Adam Harrington, Esq, Chil, Stephen,
b. March 8, 1738; Abigail, April 20, 1740, and m, Jonas
Newton of Worcester, May 19, 1759 ; Nehemiah, bap, March
14, 1742 ; Caleb, April I, 1744, went into the service when very
young, and was killed in the French war; Mary, Aug, 6, 1746;
Ruth, Aug, 15, 1748, and ra, Sarauel Britton, Jun. of South
boro', in 1768 ; Elizabeth, May 13, I75I, and d. infant; Eliz
aheth, June 27, 1754, and ra. Moses' Dodge, of Brookfield, In
1773; Phebe, June 4, 1755, and ra. Ithamar Ward, in 1778;
Catharine, Feb. 10, 1758, and m. David Peirks, in 1778 ; Ca
leb, July 14, 1760 ; Dolly, Aug. 22, 1762, and m. Nathan Pratt,
in 1780.
There is no record here of the death of Stephen Parker, or of
his wife, Abigail.
PARKER, STEPHEN, Jun. (s. of the preceding) m. Mary,
D. of Jonathan Morse, Dec. 17, 1760. Chil. Jonathan, b. Nov.
28, 1761; Almorin, Dec. 16, 1764.
He removed with his family to N. H., and d. at Walpole.
PARKER, NEHEMIAH (s. of Stephen) grad. H. U., in
1763, m. Mary Richardson of Bolton, in 1765, was ord. to the
ministry in Hubbardston, (being the first minister setded there)
June 13, 1770; dis. June 16, 1800, and d. April 20, 1301,
aged 59.
PARKER, CALEB (s. of Stephen) b. in 1 760, ra. Thank
ful, D. of Elnathan Pratt, Aug. 14, 1781, and had Mary, who
was bap. May 4, 1733 ; and Lydia, bap. on the 26th of Oct,
next, following.
He reraoved to Stukely, Lower Canada, and d. there. His
wid. Thankful, was recently living there, at the age of 83 years.
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PARKER, SIMON* (from Groton) m. Mary, D. of Asa
Bouker, July 14, 1742. He was ad. to this chh. in 1778 ; and
d. Oct. 26, 1794, aged 75 ; and she, in 1772, and d. Aug. 21,
1800, aged 78. Chil. Solomon, bap. March 6, 1743 ; a D.,
(name illegible on the record, perhaps Martha) bap. Feb. 3,
1745 ; the age of his D. Martha, who d. unra. Jan. 17, 1820,
was 72, as appears of record ; if she was the one bap. in 1745,
her age was 75 or more, in 1320 ; Lucy, bap. March 22, 1747 ;
she is the last of his chil. whose baptism I can find on record,
and Ithamar, b. Aug. 20, 1760, is the first whose birth is record
ed ; Asa; Mary, b. May 19, 1763, and m. Nathan Howe, in
1783 ; Samuel, Dec. 9, 1766.
PARKER, SOLOMON (s. of Simon) whose wife was Han
nah, had Simon, bap. here, March 25, 1770. "These persons
are settled on Kennebec River." — Chh. Records.
PARKER, ASA (s. of Simon) m. Lydia, D. of Deac. Jonas
Stone, June 11, 1733. She was ad. to this chh. in 1733 ; and
he, in 1806. Chil. Sarah, b. May 4, 1784, and d. unm. March
27, 1803; Lydia, March 16, 1786, and ra. Ephraim Sherman,
of Westboro', in 1812; Lucy, June 24, 1738, and m. William
T. Alexander, in 1822 ; Luke, Aug. 3, 1790, and pub. to Tamar
Hastings of Boylston, July 21, 1811 ; Jonas, Oct. 24, 1792,
and vs^ent to Virginia; Simon, March 11, 1795, and d. May 12,
1319; Phebe, May 30, 1797, and deceased; Maria, April 5,
1800, and m. Nathaniel C. Warren of Springfield, Dec. 6, 1825 ;
Asa, Oct. 13, 1802; Samuel Stillman, April 20, 1807; Eben
ezer Reed, Oct. 2, 1310. The parents removed to Paxton,
about 1329.
PARKER, ITHAMAR, (s. of Simon) m. Hannah, D.of
John Rice, Feb. 4, 1790, and d. Dec. 27, 1799, aged 39J ; his

* Caprt. James Parker, one of the early settlers of Groton, and nearly forty years
a leading man in that town, and whose wife was Mary, had Samuel, b. there, Sept,
22, 1682, who m. Deborah, D. of Jonas Prescott, the ancestor of distinguished men
of that name, in that vicinity, and had Simon above mentioned, who was b. April
30, 1719.

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wid., Hannah, was ad. to this chh. in 1801 , and d. July 3, 1845,
aged 80. Chil. Seth, b. May 23, 1793 ; Rebecca, July 5, 1797,
and m. Solomon Bigelow of Boylston, Nov. 24, 1313.
PARKER, SETH (s. of Ithamar) ra. Mary Bolles, Jan.
19, 1817, and d. Oct. 3, 1828, in his 36ih year. Chil. Lovisa,
b. May 27, 1318; Emeline, Nov. 20,1820; Charles Hiram,
Dec. 29, 1824.
PARKER, AMOS and his wife, Anna Stone, were ad. to
this chh. from that in Lexington, in 1753. He d. here, Dec. 23,
1790, aged 68, and his wid. Anna, Nov. 18, 1799, aged 72.
Chil. Amos, who settled in Hubbardston; Isaac, b. July 15,
1750; Hollis, Oct. 2, 1752; Elisha, Dec. 31, 1754, went to
Terapleton, or vicinity, ra. a D., it is said, of 'Squire Baker, who
went from Westboro', and d. there; Ephraim, Oct. 4, 1757,
went to Royalston, ra. and d. there ; Anna, who ra. Deac. Jonas
Stone, In 1788, and Deac. Ebenezer Reed of Worcester, in
1810; Nahum, March 4, 1760; Frederick, May 4, 1762;
Elizabeth, May 18, 1764, and d. infant ; Elizabeth, March 28,
1769, and m. Amos Whitney of Worcester, In 1800.
We raay suppose the parents were settled here as eariy as
1750 ; their s. Isaac, was bap. here, the 22d of July in that year.
PARKER, ISAAC (s. of Araos) ra. Margery Maynard,
D. sup. of Ebenezer and Amee of Westboro', in 1770, and set
tled there, where he d. Jan. 26, 1793, aged 47J, and his wid.
Margery, April 30, 1801, aged 51, 4 raos. Chil. Joel, h. Sept.
16, 1770; Gardner, March 14,1772; Otis, April 1, 1774,
and m. Mary, D. of Daniel Nurse of Westboro', Dec. 15, 1796,
and setded in Lancaster ; Jabez Maynard, Aug. 9, 1776 ; Lucy,
Aug. 27, 1778, and d. Oct. 5, 1794; Anna, May 25, 1781,
and d. In 1795 ; Sophia, Dec. 30, 1782 ; David, May 1, 1785 ;
Lewis, March 1, 1787.
PARKER, HOLLIS (s. of Amos) m. Lovisa Bragg of
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returned here about 1790, with a family of chil. and setded on
the homestead. He d. here, Oct. 26, 1824, aged 72, and his
wid. Lovisa, Jan. 26, 1831, aged 81 . Chil. Amos, who ra> and
settled in Bolton ; physician there, and probably the oldest post
master in the Coraraonwealth ; Mary Jennison, who m. Josiah
Harrington, in 1803, and Asahel Allen, in 1805 ; Silence, who
m. Jaraes Hall, in 1811 ; Silas, who d. unra. Jan. 19, 1835,
aged 46 ; Hollis, b. (the first on record here) March 23, 1793 ;
Henry, May 10, 1795.
PARKER, HOLLIS (s. of Hollis) ra. Paraelia Ann, D. of
Levi Pease, Jun., Nov. 13, 1817, and had chil. b. here, of whom
there Is no public record. They removed frora town.
PARKER, HENRY (s. of Hollis) ra. Sarah Fuller of Phil-
hpston, July 25, 1815 ; she d. here May 4, 1819, aged 23.
PARKER, NAHUM (s. of Araos) whose wife was Mary,
had Hannah, b. here, Dec. 26, 1784. The parents were ad. to
this chh. in 1785, and dis. to that in Fitzwilhara, N. H., in 1786,
where they had Ephraim, who setded in Athol, and Amos A,,
who was sorae years Register of Probate in the County of Mer-
riraac, in that State. The father was raany years Judge of the
Court of C. Pleas, in N. H.
PARKER, FREDERICK (s.of Araos) grad. H. U., 1784,
settled in the ministry in Canterbury, N. H., and d. in the pulpit,
in 1802.
PARKER, GEORGE, a foreigner and deserter, in the eariy
part of the revolution, frotp the British service, came here before
1794, and m. Abigail Taylor, a wid., and D. of Moses Sever,
Sept. 14th of that year. He was then advanced in life, and left
town soon after the year 1800.
Ruth Parker was pub. to Araos Shuraway of Oxford, Marcl)
20, 1745.

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John Parker, called of this town, m. Olive, D. of Jonas Tem
ple, May 4, 1730.
PALMER, DAVID, whose wife was Eunice, had Catharine,
b. here, Nov. 4, 1762.
PARTRIDGE, STEPHEN, whose wife was Esther, had
Lewis, b. here, Aug. 29, 1776.
PEIRKS, JOHN and Hannah Hammond, were m. in
Walthara, and both called of that town, Nov. 28, 1748, and soon
after reraoved to this town ; he was probably a native of Newton.
In the marriage record his narae Is written Parks ; the family
here have always written it Peirks, and the town and chh. re
cords have the same spelling ; Park is the original name. They
were ad. to this chh. in 1794. He d. here, June 8, 1804, aged
84, and his wid. Hannah, March 26, 1809. Chil. Abigail,
b. June I, 1749, and d. unra. July 4, 1828, aged 79 ; Hannah,
Nov. 22, 1750, and ra. Nathan Waite of Leicester, (his 2d wife)
May 20, 1773, and d. there, his wid., in April, 1847, aged 96J;
Jonathan and David, April 12, 1753 ; the latter m. Catharine,
D. of Stephen Parker, April 27, 1778, and reraoved frora town ;
Nahum; bap. June 13, 1756 ; John, bap. July, 1759 ; Samuel,
bap. Aug. 20, 1761, and m. Annis Muzzy, Oct. 14, 1793;
Mary, bap. July 19, 1767, and ra. Nathan Muzzy, in 1790.
PEIRKS, JONATHAN (s. of John) ra. Rhoda, D. of El
nathan Allen, Dec. 7, 1780, and next Sarah, D. of Moses Liv
erraore of Spencer, April 23, 1787, and d. in North Brookfield,
March, 1847, aged 94.
PEIRKS, JOHN, Jun. (s. of John) ra. Mary Joshn, called
of this town, but sup. from Westboro', Nov. 25, 1788. They
were ad. to the chh. here in 1791. She d. Nov. 3, 1831, aged
61 ; he survives, and lives on the horaestead. Chil. Joseph Jos
lin, b. Aug. 22, 1790, ra. Relief, D. of Peter Cary, June 13,
1813, and removed to Savannah ; they both d. there ; John Sea-

406 FAMILY REGISTER.
ger, April 13, 1793, m. Charlotte, D. of Sarauel Sraith, In 1814,
and setded in Providence, R. I. ; Jesse, Jan. 7, 1795, ra. Julia,
D. of Williara Knowlton, March 30, 1821, and settled in Provi
dence ; Hannah, April 4, 1798, and d. unra. Feb. 11, 1834;
Catharine Henshaw, March 4, 1801 ; Eunice Eddy, March 20,
1304; George Sumner, bap. May 8, 1807, and m. Caroline
editing of East Sudbury, in 1830 ; Charles Freeman, bap. May
12, 181 1, and went to Wisconsin.
PIKE, JACOB (sup. from Marlboro') ra. Bulah Parraenter
of Sudbury, in 1770. Chil. Saloma, b. April 5, 1772 ; Levi,
March 20, 1774 ; and Jotham, Oct. 20, 1776.
Ebenezer Pike ra. Lydia Glazier, a wid. of Lancaster, March
21, 1758.
Nathan Pike, ra. Abigail, D. of Samuel Holland, May 10,
1769. The Pikes lived in the N. P.
PEIRCE, JONATHAN ra. Jerairaa, D. of Joseph Miles,
May 3, 1768, and had Oliver Miles, b. Oct. 17, 1769.
PEIRCE, OLIVER, whose wife was Abigail, had Dolly,
b. Jan. 12, 1777 ; James, Feb. 24, 1779 ; and Abigail, Feb.
— , 1781.
PEIRCE, ISAAC (frora Sutton,) ra. Esther, D. of Ebene
zer Garfield, June 17, 1779, and had Esther, b. May 23, 1780,
and d. unra. Sept. 14, 1813; Isaac, Dec. 28, 1781, and d. at
sea, July 8, 1805.
PIERCE, JOSIAH m. Lucretia, D. of Charles Bigelow,
March 3, 1780, and had Lucretia, b. Feb. 10, 1781.
PIERCE, JOSEPH m. Eleanor, D. of William Crawford,
Oct. 10, 1782, and had Martha, b. April 3, 1783.

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PEASE,* Capt. LEVI, with his wife, Hannah, carae here
frora Somers, Ct., with a family of adult chil. about 1794. He
purchased the farra and tavern stand, previously belonging to Maj.
John Farrar, and vi'as for raany years, as he had been before he
removed here, actively engaged in running stages, establishing
and extending stage routes, and making improvements in vehicles
for the accommodation and comfort of the traveller. His wife,
Hannah, was ad. to the chh. here, Trora that in Somers, in 1795 ;
he was ad. in 1816, and, having out-lived all his children, d. Jan.
28, 1824, aged 84, and his wid. Hannah, June 14, 1832, aged 93.
Chil. Hannah, who ra. Thoraas Henry Kemble of Boston, in
1796 ; Levi ; Lemuel, who d. here unra. Sept. 3, 1816, aged 45 ;
Lorey ; Mary, who ra. Perry Chapin of Worcester, in 1807,
and d. there, but was buried here the sarae day, and in the sarae
grave with her brother Lerauel.

*Some of the incidents of his life, as related by him, are interesting, and, aa
historical facts, some record of them should be preserved.
He served his time to the blacksmith trade, and .at the commencement of the
revolutionary war, lived in Blanford, Mass. A report reached there and was pub
licly proclaimed in the meeting house on the Sabbath, during afternoon service,
that the British troops had marched out of Boston, and were firing upon the inhab
itants and destroying their property. The meeting instantly broke up— the people
gathered in a mass upon the common — a company had been previously enrolled,
and chosen their oflicers — their Captain was present, and directed his men, of
whom Pease was one, to go to their homes, equip themselves and return there im
mediately. Every man of the company returned accoutred for the fight, and
answered to his name at roll-call ; and before night, the company was on its march
towards Boston. When they reached Springfield, they learned the report was un
founded. A like report wentto other towns, and produced similar results. It was
thought by some to have been started with a view to test the spirit of the people,
and ascertain how far they were awake to the dangers that surrounded them. This
was Pease's introduction to the public service, in which he continued to the end
of the war.
He was favorably known to Wadsworth of Hartford, who, as Commisary Gen
eral, employed Pease to purchase beeves and horses for the use of the army — he
was for some time engaged in riding post, and, where he could not ride, travel
ling on foot and boating the lakes, as the bearer of despatches to and from Gen.
Thomas, then on the Northern frontier; and was with him, when he died there of
small pox.
To avoid capture, and the loss of his papers by the tories, he traversed the lakes
in a small boat and alone, rather than trust himself and them on the routes usually
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408 FAMILY REGISTER.
night, wide from the shore, and in moon light nights lying nearly flat on his back, to
avoid being discovered, and using his hands, as paddles, in working his boat. He
was eminently successful.
Wadsworth many times gave him large packages of Continental money, where
with to make purchases, informing him of the amount, but which Pease never
counted, or receipted for ; such was Wadsworth's confidence in him, and it was
not misplaced or abused.
Ou the arrival of the French fleet and army at Newport, he was directed to pur
chase horses to drag their artillery to Yorktown, and was furnished by Wadsworth
with as much Continental money as could be crowded into a large pair of panyard
saddle bags. Pease had, on previous occasions, and at other times, paid out his
saddle bags full of that paper, and much of it after it had greatly depreciated j the
horses must be had, and that, immcdiatfiiy. Pease knew where he could procure
them, but not with Continental money ; he told Wadsworth so, and that many peo
ple would not take it at all, but if he would let him have some hard money to go
with it, perhaps he might work it oft'. Wadsworth furnished him with a small sum
in hard money, and he started for the Northerly part of Worcester County, where
was a farmer, who had several young and serviceable horses, and four fat oxen ; all
of which were for sale. Pease proposed to buy his horses and pay him in paper
money; he did not like that kind of money, nor would he sell his horses, unless
Pease would buy his oxen ; they should go together. It was to no purpose that
Pease assured him, he had no authority to purchase cattle; he then offered to give
him his price for the horses, and pay him one half in hard money; but no, the
oxen should go with the horses. At length he told Pease, if he would take the
oxen with the horses, he would take all his pay in paper money. Pease took them
and paid him — both were needed at Newport, but for quite different purposes. The
farmer saw Pease after the war was over, and told him, the next time he sold him
horses, he would take hard money in part pay, and keep his oxen; at the same time
showing Pease the Continental money he paid him, all of which he then had on
hand, and was worthless.
Pease foraged for the French army in its march to Yorktown. When they arriv
ed in Virginia, corn was in the milk, and he purchased fields of it by the acre, at
the road side, for fodder, at the price of ten bushels of meachantable corn per acre.
There was plenty of flour, but not bread enough at hand.
Some Frenchmen, by order of their officers, took hogs troughs by the way side,
{he did not say whether they washed them) filled them with flour, and having wet
it, stript ofl" shoes and stockings, kneaded it with their bare feet, and soon found
ways to bake it.
After the war, he run a stage from Hartford to Boston, and back, the first that
was run in New England. His means were few, and small; he applied to Ballard,
then the only man in Boston, who kept a hack for public accommodation, to form
company with him in running the stage. Ballard declined, saying, it was a vision
ary scheme ; that the time might come, when the public would support a stage from
Hartford to Boston, and adding, but not in your day or mine, . His friends tried to
dissuade him from the undertaking, but failing, they next besought him not to run
it, except when he had passengers, and this, because he had run it several trips
without having so many as one to ride with him. To this he replied, passengers
would come, when they found the stage could be relied upon. He persevered,
drove his own stage, and the result in a short time proved, that he judged correct
ly. He procured the first charter for a turnpike road, that was granted in Massa
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impassable with wheels, was greatly improved ; he took a large portion of the stock,
expended much time and money upon the road for many years, and at last, by a de^
preciation of the stock, lost all he put into that concern. At length he succeeded
in making a contract to carry the mail in his stage, but not until the Department
had had ample evidence of his enterprize and punctuality. For u, long period he
was the only contractor in New England, known to the Department for carrying
the mail through its various thoroughfares by stage and on horseback ; much of
which he underlet to others, the responsibility of the whole resting upon him.
Col. Sikes of Ct., afterwards of Worcester, was his boyhood acquaintance and
early friend. Their attachment for each other was strong and brotherly, death
alone dissolved it. Sikes had learned the blacksmith trade, and just set up for him
self, when Pease, having failed in other applications, requested Sikes to join him in
running a stage. He readily complied ; their views were harmonious, and their
opinions concurrent; each kept a shop and shod his own horses, and, so far as
blacksmithing was concerned, each could and did repair the stages at their separate
stations. This change of business by the son, gave much uneasiness to the father'
of young Sikes; and what he could, that he did to withdraw him from his new
calling. He was angry with Pease for having, as he said, enticed his son, who was
some years the junior of Pease, from a good trade into a wild and ruinous scheme,
that would make them both, in a short time, tenants of the jail. His fears were
groundless ; they acquired a handsome property.
Capt. Pease had many dependents, and although he died poor, he left a good
name, numerous friends, and ever will live in stage history, as the father qf the
stages.

PEASE, LEVI, Jun. (s. of Capt. Levi) ra. Mary Gill,
and setded in Northboro', where he d. June 20, 1 808, aged 40.
Chil. Hannah; Mary, who m.  Barns, and went to South-
bridge ; Pamelia Ann, who m. Hollis Parker, Jun., In 1817;
jS'ujjflw, who ra. in Southbridge ; Thomas; Levi; Rebecca; Jer
emiah, who m. Olive, D. of William Sraith, and g. D. of Daniel'
Johnson, in 1830.
PEASE, LOREY, perhaps Loring, (s. of Capt. Levi) m.^
Rebecca Bruce of Northboro', March 18, 17' 8,. and d. here, in
181 1, aged 37. Chil. (no births on lecord) Rebecca Bruce, who
ra. John Downs, April 17, 1825, and d. in 1833, aged 34 ; Han
nah, who ra. Dennis O'Brien of Boston ; Mary ; Sarah Eddy,,
who d. unra. July 26, 1841, aged 36; Eliza Scudder; and
Harriet, who m. George L. Brown, the artist..
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410 FAMILY REGISTER.
PHILLIPS, JOHN, whose wife was Hannah, had Joanna,
b. Aug. 24, 1755; Martha, Aug. 20, 1757; and Elizabeth,
June 15, 1764.
PHILLIPS, EZRA (frora Grafton) ra. Anna, D. of Silas
Wheelock, Sept, 27, 1809. Chil. Anna, b, Jan. 10, 1810, and
m. Ira Shepard of Worcester ; Sarah Hemenway, March 3,
1812, and ra. in Ohio ; Mercy, Sept. 23, 1814, and m. James
S. Flanagan ; Hannah, Jan. 25, 1817, and m. Obed Chickering ;
Ezra, Dec. 22, 1818, and ra. Maria Warren ; Silas, Feb. 28,
1821 ; Tyler, Oct. 12, 1823; Henry, Aug. 30, 1827; Har
riet, Oct. 24, 1830.
PLYMPTON, JONATHAN, whose wife was Cloe, came
here from Medfield, purchased and settled on the place, now of
John B. Curaralngs. He lived in town but a few years, and re
moved to Holden or vicinity. Chil. Jonathan, and perhaps
others, who came here with their parents ; Simon, the only one
on record here, b. Sept. 6, 1792.
PLYMPTON, ELZAPHAN of Medfield, ra. Sarah Hunt
of Sherburne, and settled here on the place, where his son, Jon
athan, now lives, and d. Sept. 17, 1817, aged 53; and his wid.
Sarah, Feb. 23, 1841, aged 76. Chil. Sarah, who. ra. Thoraas
Brewer, Jun. of Boylston, in 1812; Mary, who m. her cousin,
Joseph Plympton, in 1807 ; Abigail, b, July 15, 1793, and ra.
Russel Garfield, in 1814; Olioe, March 22, 1796, and m. Eli
jah Ball, Dec. 1, 1813 ; Lyman, March 8, 1798 ; Nancy, July
10, 1800, and m. Elijah Ball, his 2d wife, in 1824 ; Jonathan,
April 28, 1803 ; Alexander Hamilton, July 28, 1804, and m.
Harriet Foote of Sutton ; John Baxter, July 6, 1308.
PLYMPTON, LYMAN (s.of the preceding) m. Elizabeth
Gale of Boylston, in 1819, and d. June 25, 1325, aged 27.
Chil. Leander and Lorenzo, b, April 20, 1820. His wid. Eliz
abeth, ra. Elijah Ball, his 3d wife, in 1836.

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PLYMPTON, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) m.
Maria, D. of Joshua Cornish of Boston; Dec. 27, 1825. Chil.
George Lyman, b. Nov. 1, 1827; and John Hamilton, Feb.
27, 1829.

PLYMPTON, JOHN B. (bro. of the above) ra. Hannah
Elraira, D. of Capt. Noah Allen, Sept. 4, 1832. Chil. Lucy
Ann, b. May 8, 1834 ; Albert Horatio, Dec. 27, 1836 ; Noah
Allen, Sept. 11, 1841.
PLYMPTON, JOSEPH from Medfield, m. Mary, D. of
Elzaphan Plyrapton, Aug. 9, 1807. Child, Elias Mann, b.
Sept. 10, 1807. Removed to Boylston.
PHELPS, Capt. AZOR, with a 2d wife, carae bere from
Sutton, previous to 1820, and d. here, April 2, 1837, aged
75. His D., Nancy, m. William Leggate of Worcester, Aug-
31, 1828.
PHELPS, Dr. AZOR R. (s. of the preceding) m. Ann
Janette, D. of Jason Ware, in 1833, and d. Oct. 14, 1843, aged
45. Chil. Fiirg-trata i«a6e//a, b. May 15, 1835 ; Sarah Janette,
July 8, 1836 ; Robert Archer, Feb. 19, 1838; Harriet Jemima.,
Dec. 4, 1841 ; Martha Maria, July 13, 1843. The four last
naraed d. in infancy.
PRENTICE, TARTIUS and his wife from Grafton, lived
here a few years on the place, now of Schuyler Harrington, and
then reraoved to Northboro'. Chil. who came here with their
parents, Elizabeth, who d. here, Jan. 19, 1824, aged 23 ; John;
and Edwin,
PRENTISS, (so written on the record) JOHN, s. of Tar-
tlus, m. Eliza Rice of Worcester, and had Levi Rice, b. Dec.
8, 1833 ; John Frederick, Aug. 20, 1835 ; Mary Eliza, Jan.
9, 1839, ; and George Russell, Dec. 29, 1842.

413 FAMILY REGISTER.
PRENTISS, EDWIN (bro. of the preceding) whose wife
was Eunice W., had John Edwin, b. Feb. 17, 1835.
PACKARD, ASA Jun. (s. of Rev. Asa Packard* of Marl
boro', afterwards of Lancaster) ra. a D. of Jason Blake, about
1820, lived in town two or three years, and reraoved to Marlboro' ;
he had chil. b. here, but there is no record of them.
RAND,t DANIEL ra. Mary, D. of Maj. John Keyes In
Mariboro', Jan. 18, 1720. They were then both called of
Shrewsbury. He was one of the founders of this chh. to which
his wife, Mary, was ad. in 1727. House lot. No. 11, was grant
ed to him in 1718, on which he was residing in 1729. His wife,
Mary, d. March 5, 1757 ; her age (not recorded,) was 57, hav
ing been b. In 1700. Chil. Mary, b, Oct. 12, 1721, and d. in
fant ; Solomon, March 13, 1723, and bap. Dec. 15, of the sarae
year, being the first baptisra administered in this chh., after its or
ganization, and the ordination of Mr. Cushing, on the 4th of that
month. Probably he was so named, for Solomon, the oldest of
his mother's three brothers, who perished in the burning of her
father's house, in August of that year; Mary, Jan. 25, 1725;
Thankful, Dec. 6, 1727; Sarah, bap. Aug. 23, 1730, and m.
Tiraothy Wheelock, Oct. 22, 1747; Phebe, b. Jan. 1, 1733,

* This name, in old records, is written Packer, Packerd, and Peckard, but, by
the family Packard,
The Rev. Asa, according to Mitchell's His. of Bridgewater, was the fourth 8. of
Jacob Packard and Dorothy Perkins of Bridgewater, who were m. in 1742; Jacob
was the s. of Solomon Packard, who m. Sarah Lothrop, in 1716; Solomon was the
s. of Zacheus Packard and Sarah Howard ; and Zacheus, the s. of Samuel, who
came from England in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin, master, and set
tled in Hingham, in 1633 ; thence to Bridgewater, where he d. in 1684.
\ Ran, So written in former times in numerous records ; and likewise so writ
ten in the town and chh. records of Shrewsbury, for many years. Families of this
name were early settlers in New England.
Thomas Ran m. Sarah Idends in Charlestown, in 1656, and had sons, Thomas,
John, who d. in 1659, and Robert. Nathaniel Ran m. Mary Carter in Charlestown,
in 1664, and had Nathaniel, Edmund, and others, b. there. Alice Ran d. there, in
1691 , aged 98. Henry Ran m. Mary Crane in Stow, Sept. 19, 1682, and had chil. b.
there. Whether he was from Charlestown, or whether Daniel was his s. is un
certain.

FAMILY REGISTER. 413'
and m. Samuel Bigelow, Jun., in 1755 ; Rezina, bap. Aug. 10,
1735, and ra. Joel Whitteraore, April 28, 1761 ; Daniel, b. Nov.
10, 1738, and d. in 1742; Levinah, bap. Oct. 11, 1741, and d.
in 1742 ; Levinah, h. July 14, 1743, and m. John Keyes With
erby, May 3, 1768.
The second wife of Daniel Rand was Martha Bruce, whora he
ra. Nov. 1, 1760, according to the record, probably erroneous ;
1760 should be 1759, as their s. Daniel was b. July 12, 1760,
and bap. July 20, 1760. There Is no record here of the death
of Daniel Rand, or of his wife, Martha. He Is sup. to have re
moved, but when, unknown, and hved with the parents of his first
wife, to aid and assist them In their declining years. He, and his
second wife, Martha, were ra. by Major Keyes, who had then
passed his 85th year. The place once of Maj. Keyes, was, sub
sequently to his death, and that of his wife, known as the "Rand
farra ;" Col. Joseph Henshaw purchased It of Rand, or his heirs,
when, or soon after, he reraoved to this town.
RAND, SOLOMON (s. of Daniel) m. Deborah, D. of Ja
bez Dodge, Sept. 15, I74I, and lived on the homestead. She
was ad. to this chh. In 1742, and d. July 1810, aged 34 ; and
he, In 1801 , aged 78 ; neither his nor her death is to be found
on the town record. Chil. Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1742 ; Anna,
Oct. 2, 1744, and m. Col. Jonathan Wheeler of Grafton, father
of the late Jonathan Wheeler, Esq., of that town, in 1765;
Ezekiel, March 24, 1747, and sup. setded in Vt. ; Solomon,
March 5, 1750, and ra. Sarah Adaras of Grafton, June 2, 1774,
and probably settled there ; Wareham, Feb. 3, 1752 ; Jasper,
July 2, 1754, and d. in 1756 ; Deborah, Dec. 9, 1756, and m.
Daniel Baker, in 1774; Jasper, March 10, 1760; (all these
children were older than their uncle, Daniel Rand, their father's
brother;) Artemas, July 5, 1763, and is said to have d. in the
service of the U. S.
RAND, DANIEL (s. of Daniel) whose wife was Abigail,
had John, b, April 2, 1782, and Levinah, Feb. 13, 1784. He
removed frora town, perhaps to Worcester.

414 FAMILY REGISTER.
RAND, DANIEL (s. of Solomon) m. Susanna, D- of Dan
iel Hemenway, in 1767, and removed to Ringe, N. H., of which
town he was an eariy settler, rose to the rank of Col., and d.
there, in 181 1, aged 69, and his wid. Susanna, Oct. 4, 1817,
aged 71. His raother, Deborah, was the sister, and not the D.
ol the Rev. Ezekiel Dodge of Abington, Mass., as some have
suppos

sed. *

RAND, JASPER (s. of Solomon) m. Rachel, D. of Joseph
Knowlton, April 30, 1783, and lived on the homestead. They
were ad. to this chh. in 1784. She d. March 7, 1802, aged 37.
Chil. Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1784, and ra. Squire Convers of Brid
port, Vt., Feb. 20, 1310; Hitty, (Mehitable) Jan. 28, 1787,
and ra. Luke Knowlton, Sept. 23, 1804; Candace, Aug. 5,
1788, and ra. Jonathan Rice of Oxford, April 26, 1815 ; Eliz
abeth, Oct. 21, 17S9, and ra. Abisha Learned of Oxford, Feb.
27, 1816 ; Mary, June 24, 1791, and d. infant; Mary,Oct. 18,
1794 ; Wareham Dodge, June 22, 1796, and ra. Hannah, D.
of Tiraothy Underwood of Northboro' ; she d. Aug. 22, 1836,
aged 37 ; and in 1839, he reraoved to Galena, Illinois ; Jasper
Raymond, June 6, 1801, and setded in Westfield.
The second wife of Jasper Rand, was Sarah, D. of Jonathan
Adaras, whom he m. May 15, 1803. She was ad. to this chh.
in 1804. He survived her, (there is no record of her death) and

* Daniel and Susanna Rand had nine or mere chil. b. in Ringe. ^sa, their
youngest s. is the only one of whom 1 have any information. He was b. in 1783)
grad. D. C, 1806; 13 years the settled minister of Gorham, Me., and in 1822 re
signed his charge on account of ill health. In 1812, he m. Grata, D. of Rev. Seth
Payson, D.D., of Ringe; shed. in 1818; and, in 1820, he m. Clarissa, D.of Nicholas
Thorndike, Esq. of Beverly, and she dying in 1825, he m., in 1825, Mary, wid.
of Elisha Coolidge of Boston, and D. of the Rev. John Cushing, D. D. of Ashburn
ham, (who was the b. of the Rev. Job Cushing of this town,) and was recently
preaching to the Presbyterian chh. in Peterboro', Madison Co., N. Y.
Further particulars respecting Asa Rand, may be seen in page 184, No. 2, Vol. 1,
of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Rev. William Cogswell,
D. D., Editor; published by Samuel G. Drake, Boston; an interesting and valuable
publication, issued in quarterly numbers, and receiving, as it should, a liberal,
extensive and increasing patronage, and to which I am indebted for most of the
facts contained in this note.

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d. in April 1838, aged 78. Child, Artemas Tyler, b. March 2,
1804, and d. unm., at Worcester, about 1836.
RICE, LUKE (s. of Daniel* of Mariboro') b. In 1689, ra.
Rachel Stow of and in Mariboro', Dec. 14, 1715. When he
reraoved to this town is not known ; his chil. were all b. in Marl
boro', and raost of them, probably of adult age when they and
their parents came here. He setded on the farm where his g. s.,
the late Col. Asa Rice, lived, and was one of the town assessors
in 1742; he had probably been living here some years prior to
that period. He d. July 4, 1754, his age (not on record) was
about 65. His wid., Rachel, was living in 1 760, and, for several
years after ; her death is not recorded. The births of their chil.
as recorded in Marlboro', were, Azubah, b. in 1716 ; Hezekiah,
Feb. 18, 1718; Dinah, in I7I9, and m. Abraham Eager, in
1739; Rachel, In 1723, and m. Deac. Jonas Stone, in 1747;
Abigail, In 1725, and m. Deac. Benjarain Maynard, in 1746 ;
Lydia, in 1728, and d. here June 10, 1740 ; Priscilla, In 1731,
and m. Jotham Howe, In 1753; and Sarah, In 1734, and m.
Nathaniel Whittemore, in 1753.
RICE, DANIEL (sup. bro. of Luke) ra. Elizabeth Taylor
in Marlboro', Feb. 12, 1712. His chil. were all b. in Mariboro' ;
Hannah, in 1714; William, in 1715; David, in 1717; Stephen,
in 1720; Bezaleel, in 1723; Abner, in 1726; Jabez, in 1728,

?Daniel Rice, whose wife was Bethiah, had Bethiah, b. in 1682; Daniel in
1684; Luke, in 1689; Priscilla, in 1692 ; Eleazer, in 1695; Deborah, in 1697, and
Hopestill, in 1702, all in Marlboro', where his wife, Bethiah d. Dec. 8, 1721, aged
63, and he, July 14, 1737, aged 82. The parents of Daniel were Edward and Anne
Rice. Edward was a Deac. of Marlboro' chh.. and removed there from Sudbury,
where Daniel wash. Nov. 8, 1665. . His father, Edward, was the s.of Richard Rice,
who came from England and settled in Concord, in 1635, and d. in 1709, " account
ed," say the records, " more than a 100 years old." He left 8 sons, each of whom,
tradition says, lived to be over 90 years of age — four of them probably settled in
Sudbury j of whom Edward was one, and d. in Marlboro', Aug. 15, 1712, aged 93.
The late Dr. Stearns of Sudbury, in a written memoranda left by him, says,
" Rice is a name of Welsh origin, and was ancicnUy written with the prefix, Ap,
ApRice, as the late Deac. Rice of this town, informed me." In its transition from
ApRice to Rice, it was often called Fries. Hence that name.

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and perhaps others. The town records contain no evidence, that
he removed to this town ; but, it may be supposed he did, inas
much as the chh. record contains the following : " Elizabeth Rice,
wife of Daniel Rice, admitted to full chh. privilege, Nov. 28,
1731." "Hannah Rice, being adult, was bap. at her own re
quest, April 16, 1732 ; she was die D. of Daniel Rice and Eliz-
beth, his wife." His sons, Williara and David, were bap. here,
in 1735. It is probable he returned to Mariboro', upon the death
of his father, in 1737, and that his brother, Luke, took his place
here, and that his wife, Elizabeth, survived hira, and was the wid.
Elizabeth Rice, who ra. Capt. Gershora Wheelock, in 1764;
she was then called of Mariboro', but ra. here. Her D., Han
nah, before raentioned, ra. Ephraira Sraith, in 1733.
RICE, HEZEKIAH (s. of Luke) ra. Mary, D. of Williara
Taylor, Jan. 9, 1740, and d. here, Sept. 13, 1759, aged 41 J ;
his wid. Mary, ad. to this chh. in 1774, and d. April 25, 1796,
aged 74. Chil. Lemuel, b. May II, 1740; ^sa, March 12,
1742 ; Luke, Oct. 23, 1744, settled in Worcester, and d. there ;
Jonah, June 11, 1747, and d. infant ; Lydia," July 9, 1752, and
ra. Jonas Stone, in 1772; Mary, April 30, 1755, and ra. Ste
phen Earie, in 1780.
RICE, LEMUEL (s. of Hezekiah) m. Abigail Lynde, (call
ed of this town) Sept. 15, 1763, and removed to Worcester;
where he was, many years, deputy jailor. His wid., Abigail, m.
Daniel Noyes, in 1816.
RICE, Col. ASA (s. of Hezekiah) m. Miriam, D. of
Ephraim Wheeler, July 25, 1763, lived on the homestead, and
sustained raany important trusts. His father d., not having com
pleted the setdement of his father's estate; the closing of that,
and the setdement and distribution of that of his father, suddenly
and eariy in hfe, devolved upon hira ; which, with the care and
support of his mother and g. mother, for a long period, in addi
tion to a growing, and soon nuraerous family of his own, required
great exerdon and fortitude of mind. His wife, Miriam, d. Jan.

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417

1, 1797, aged 55, and he, Aug. 4, 1823, aged 81 J. Chil. Abi
gail, b. March 6, 1764, and m. Thaddeus Baldwin, In 1784 ;
Hezekiah, Oct. 10, 1765, and d. July 10, 1787; Elizabeth,
Aug. 26, 1767, and d. unm. Feb. 9, 1834 ; Abner, June 29,
1769, reraoved to Canada, and d. there ; Sarah, April 18, 1771,
and ra. Job Cushing, Jun., in 1790; Ashbel, April 14, 1773,
and reraoved from town ; Asa, July 24, 1775, and d. in 1777 ;
Asa, Oct. 1, 1777 ; Dolly, Sept. 17, 1779, and ra. Moses Ha
ven, in 1801, and Daniel Newton, In 1825 ; Martha, Aug. 26,
1781, and ra. Siraeon Dwight of Belchertown, March 3, 1802 ;
Mary, Feb. 23, 1784, and m. Col. Jones of Templeton.
RICE, ASA, Jun. (s. of Col. Asa) ra. Mary, D. of Stephen
Flagg of Boylston, in 1807. He reraoved to Oxford with' his
family about 1829, and d. there in June, 1845, aged 68. Chil.
whose births are on record here ; Martha Dwight, h. Sept. 3,
1807; Joseph Flint, Dec. 5, 1808 ; James Tilden, July 22,
1810; Mary Lorain, Jan. 26, 1312; ^6ner, Nov. 2, 1813;
George Handell, Aug. 25, 1815 ; Asa Wheeler, Feb. 17, 1817 ;
Francis Haydn, Jan. 22, 1818 ; Stephen Flagg, Sept. 14, 1820;
and Loammi Baldwin, March 8, 1823.
RICE, ELEAZER was living on house lot. No. 24, in
1829, and No. 31, in 1730. It does not appear of record, that
he had any chil., nor is the name of his wife on record here.
He was one of the highway surveyors in 1760, and lived in the
South part of the town. " Eleazer Rice's saw mill meadow was
about being divided," In 1760. Nothing further Is known of
him ; perhaps he lived on the place of the late Elijah Rice.
RICE, SAMUEL, whose wife was Mary, had Lucretia, b.
here, Oct. 7, 1754 ; and Luther, March 5, 1757.
RICE, LUTHER (s. sup. of Samuel) m. Elizabeth, D, of
Josiah Bennet, in 1780 ; and had Dorcas, b. here, Jan. 16,
1781, and removed from town.
53

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RICE, ELIJAH (s. of Charles,* whose wife was Rachel
Wheeler) b. in Westboro', in 1719, ra. Huldah, D. of Ebenezer
Keyes, about 1748, and had Elijah, b. Sept. II, 1749; Lois,
Sept. 19, 1751, and m. Edward Goodenow of Westminster, Jan.
17, 1770 ; Joseph and Tryphena, who d. infants ; Ebenezer,
March 12, 1756, and m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Taintor, and
settled in Hubbardston; Zeruiah, Aug 6, 1760, and m. Si
mon Stickney of Holden, next Thaddeus Coiburn, and reraoved
to Athens, Vt.
He reraoved from the N. P. to Holden, with his family, where
he had Lettis, (perhaps Letitia) who ra. Thomas Davis of Hol
den ; and Huldah, who m. Asa Raymond, and settled in Shutes
bury. His wife, Huldah, d. in Holden, March, 1799, aged 67 ;
and he, in 1815, aged 96.
RICE, ELIJAH, b. 1749 (s. of Elijah) m. Relief Wil
liaras of Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1772, and removed to Holden.
They returned here with several of their children, in Jan. 1799,
and were both ad. to this chh., from that in Holden, in 1801.
He d. Jan. 3, 1827, in his 7Sth year; his wid. Relief, d. in
Newton, in 1834, aged 84. Chil. (all b. in Holden) Joseph,
who ra. Mary Eldridge of Ct., and d. there, leaving a family ;
Tryphena, who ra. Rufus Holman of Sterling; Nahum, who m.
Nancy Young of Duxbury, and d. in N. Y., July 25, 1832 ;

* Charles Rico was a bro. of Adonijah, b. 1694, and of Ashur, b. 1696, who were
taken by the Indians, who suddenly rushed from the woods upon a party of the in
habitants of what is now Westboro', while haying in the meadows, Aug. 8, 1704,
and carried into captivity in Canada. They were sons of Thomas (and Anna)
Rice, who was the son of Thomas (and Mary) Rice, who was the son of Richard
of Cqncord. At the same tirae, they killed Nahor, b. 1699, son of Edmund, (whose
wife was Ruth Parker of Roxbury,) and carried into captivity Silas, b. 1696, and
Timothy, b. 1687, brothers of Nahor. Ashur, after some years, was redeemed by
his father, m. in Westboro', settled in Spencer, and d. there, in 1773, aged 78. His
brother, Adonijah, and his captive cousins, (their fathers were brothers) remained
in Canada, m. Indian wives, and lived and d. Indians.
Timothy visited his relations in Westboro', thirty-six years after his captivity,
and pointed out the place where he was taken, and related many of the circum
stances, that occurred at that time, but could not be pcrsu&ded to remain there.
He was afterwards a Chief of the Cognawaga tribe.

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Lucy, who m. Stephen Woods of Boston, Feb. 19, 1805; David,
who ra. Hannah Bangs of Boston, and resided there, but d. in
Balticaore, 1830; Martin, who m. Lucy Wheeler of Holden,
and removed from Leicester lo Canada ; Azubah, who m. Rufus
Pratt of Newton, in 1818, and, in 1845, reraoved to Fitchburg ;
Elijah ; Alexander, who ra. Sarah, D. of Abijah Drury, in
1811, and, she dying April 2, 1814, aged 21, he next ra. Lottee
Morse of Sutton ; Olive, who m. Billings Briggs of Boston ;
Abner, 'who m. Lucy Wheeler of Kingston, and removed to
Thomaston, Me. ; Lois, residing in Boston, unm., 1847.
RICE, ELIJAH (s. of Elijah and Relief) ra. Martha, D.
of Luther Goddard, Nov. 26, 1807, Chil. Luther Goddard,
h. Sept. 18, 1808; Charles WilUams, March 21, 1810; Par
ky, April 5, 1812 ; Emerson Keyes, April 29, 1813 ; Elizabeth
Goddard, May 12, 1815. He reraoved to Worcester, and had
a 2d wife,
RICE, JOHN b. Sept, 22, 1736 (s. of Jacob, b. 1707, and
(Hannah) who was s. of Jacob (and Mary) of Marlboro', who
was s. of Deac. Edward, s. of Richard of Concord) m. Re
becca, D. of Timothy Fay of Westboro', in 1763, and retnoved
to this town, about 1767 from Northboro' ; they were ad, from
the chh. there, to this, in 1771. He d. here, July 17, 1800,
aged 64 ; and his wid., Rebecca, April 19, 1811, aged 65. Chil.
Hannah, b. in Westboro', June 26, 1765, and m. Itharaar Par
ker, in 1790 ; Timothy, here, March 3, 1768, and d. April 4,
1780 ; John, Oct. 9, 1771 ; Lydia, Jan. 21, 1776, and ra. Eb
enezer Paine, thea called of Steriing, In 1804 ; Jacob, April
21, 1784,
RICE, Capt. JOHN (s. of John) m. Elizabeth, D. of Ger
shom Wheelock, Nov. 16, 1790. Chil. Luke Knowlton, b.
March 4, 1791, and m. Thankful, D. of Nathan Pratt, Jan. 6,
1811 ; Lucy, Nov. 21, 1797, and m., so said. Dr. Warren of
Wardsboro', Vt. ; Martha, who m. Calvin Newton, In 1812;
John and Henry, June 26, 1801, both said to have settled in

420 FAMILY REGISTER.
Wardsboro', and had farailies there ; Eliza, bap. Jan. 6, 1805 ;
and Gershom, perhaps after his parents removed to Vt., who d.
at the South, in 1840.
RICE, Col. JACOB (s. of John) m. Nancy Barber, June
5, 1805, and lived on the horaestead, Chil. Charles, b. July 2,
1808; Lysander Barber, April 11, 1808; Jacob, Aug. 27,
1309, and d. of a wound In the head. May 7, 1813 ; Rebecca
Fay, June 9, 1811, and ra. Caleb Maynard of Northboro', about
1830; Sophia, Oct. 12, 1816, and m. James Hall, in 1840;
Nancy Maria, April 27, 1823, and m.  Lewis of R. I.
Col. Jacob Rice reraoved to Sudbury about 1828, and d. there,
Feb. 25, 1833, aged 49, but buried here ; his wid. Nancy, d. at
Northboro', Feb. 16, 1841, aged 57J.
RICE, CHARLES (s. of Col, Jacob) setded In Boston,
and ra. Martha, D. of Benjamin Potter of Bodoinham, Me.,
May 22, 1842. Chil. Charles Carroll, b. June 25, 1844; and
Amelia Clementine, Feb. 3, 1846.
RICE, JOHN, whose wife was Esther, lived in New Brain
tree, " whence, (say the records of this town) their chil. carae
to Shrewsbury to be brought up, viz : Mehitable, b. Feb. 20,
1806 ; and Henry, Nov. 15, 1811."
RANDALL, JOSHUA m. Martha Wright of Rudand, April
17, 1767. Child, Greenfield, bap. April 24, 1768.
RANDALL, JOSIAH, called of Newfane, ra. Thankful, D,
of Ephraira Holland, in 1774. Chil. Ruth, b. Sept. 16, 1775 ;
Benjamin, Feb. 3, 1778.
RICHARDSON, JONAS whose wife was Mary, had Azu
bah, b. Sept. 5, 1772 ; Abel, Feb. 26, 1774 ; Mary, July 27,
1775 ; Elizaheth, July 12, 1777 ; Persis, Oct. 31, 1778 ; and
Catharine, Feb. 11, 1780.

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RICHARDSON, THOMAS m. Relief, D. of Joseph Bige
low, Jun., in 1775, and had Lucy, b. Sept. 2, 1779.
RICHARDSON; PETER, m. Mary Rice of Worcester, In
1771, and resided on the Grafton road, where the late Lewis
Smith lived. They were ad. to this ch, in 1772, and had Na
than, b. here. Sept, 5, 1772, who d. infant ; Arethusa, Aug. 5,
1773 ; Mary, March 31, 1775 ; and Nathan, March 21, 1777.
The parents were dis. to the chh. in Grafton, in 1778.
Samuel Richardson m. wid. Sarah Holland, Feb. 6, 1774.
Ebenezer Richardson m. Sarah Richardson, March 21, 1776.
Sarah Richardson ra. Nahura Goddard of Petershara, in 1801.
Mary Richardson ra. Arunah Allen, in 1788.
RICHARDSON, JOHN and his wife, Abigail, (sister of
Sarauel Haven, Esq.) carae here frora Grafton, about 1793. He
d, here, July 21, 1842, aged 76. Chil. John, b. at Grafton,
March 12, 1791, went to Ohio, and d. there, unra. about 1820;
Appleton, here, March 2, 1794, and d. unm. Aug. 15, 1818;
Harriet, Oct. 7, 1796, and m. Aaron Howe, in 1316; Amelia,
April 15, 1799, and ra. Ebenezer H. Bowen of Worcester, his
2d wife, Dec. 15, 1829; Adeline, March 10, 1802, and ra.
Rufus Stow of Grafton ; William Haven, Oct. 6, 1805, and d.
Jan. 19, 1844; Jane, Oct. 20, 1808 ; and Henry.
RIDER, GIDEON (of Framinghara) ra. Anna Rider of
Hopkinton, in 1782 ; when he reraoved to this town is unknown.
His wife, Anna, d. April 2, 1813, aged 49. Chil. perhaps not
in this order, (no record of their births here) Anna, who m.
Jonah Whitney of Westboro', in 1797; John; Hannah, who
m. Prescott Brighara, in 1814 ; Susan, who ra. Dennis Sawyer,
in 1820 ; Asa, who m. Hepzibah W.. Daniels, D. of his father's
2d wife, July 16, 1326 ; and perhaps others.
His 2d wife was Abigail Daniels, a wid. of Hopkinton, whom
he ra. May 25, 1817, and d. Oct. 9, 1825, aged 74.

422 FAMILY REGISTER.
RIDER, SAMUEL (probably a bro. of Gideon) whose wife
was Margaret, had Mary, bap. here, June 2, 1782 ; Gideon,
bap. July 25, 1784 ; Achsa, bap. July 23, 1786 ; John, bap.
June 10, 1792.
RIDER, JOHN (s. of Gideon) m. Mercy, D. of David
Brighara, April 20, 1806. She was ad. to this chh. in 1817.
Chil. Anna, b. July 4, 1806; Martha Brigham, June 5, 1808;
Mary Ann, Sept. 27, 1810 ; John, Feb. 28, 1813 ; Otis, Aug.
12, 1815. The parents reraoved frora town before or about
1820. Two of the above named daughters of John Rider m.
Rev. Charles Hudson of Westminster, and now a Representa
tive in Congress from this State.
RAWSON,* ELIJAH was Hving on the place, now of Capt.
Silas Allen, about 1794 ; when he carae to town, and where
from, is unknown. His chil. were then of adult age, and he re
moved frora here soon after. David, Elijah, Elisha, James,
Samuel, and Edward, are said to have been sons of Elijah Raw-
son ; and perhaps, Anna Rawson, who ra. Dennis Smith, the
school master ; Mary Rawson. who m. Thomas Stone, in 1781 ;
and Nancy Rawson, who ra. Araasa Freeman of Lancaster, in
1736, were his daughters.
Samuel Rawson ra. Lois Thurston, a wid.. May 10, 1781.
Elijah Rawson, Jun., m. Elizabeth Brinley of Ward, in 1785.
RAWSON, ABNER (from Grafton) m. Martha, D. of
Daniel Johnson, April 3, 1820, and had Daniel Johnson, b.
here, Nov. 5, 1820.

* He was probably a descendant of Edward Rawson, who came from England,
and settled in Newbury, in 1637, and was Secretary of this Colony from 1660 to
1680. His sons settled in Roxbury and Dorchester. Grindall, s. of Edward, and g.
B. of the Secretary, was ord. minister of Mendon, in 1680, and d. in 1716, leaving
sons — one of whom may have been the more immediate ancestor of Elijah, above-
mentioned, the name of whose wife is unknown; nor is there any record here of a
birth, baptism, or death, in his family.

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"Charles Robards (Roberts) of Sutton, and Martha Grout,
resident in Shrewsbury, were ra. Nov. 27, 1744 ; and the said
Charles called witness before raarriage, that he took the said
Martha without any estate belonging to her husband, deceased, or
expectation of any." — Marriage record, by Rev. Mr. Cushing.
STONE,* Lt. ISAAC (of Framinghara) m. Elizabeth Brown
of Sudbury, July 24, 1722, and was here in 1727. He was a
meraber of the first board of Selectmen chosen In this town, and
was ad. to this chh. in 1728; and his wife to the ebb. in Fra
minghara, in 1726, and to this, in 1771, without a certificate
from the chh. there ; that was in consequence of her husband
saying she was admitted there in 1726,. and the Rev. Mr. Bridge
saying in a letter from- there, that there were no records belong
ing to the Framingham chh. so ancient as 1726 ;. and she, hav
ing lived with us upwards of 40 years, whose life has been blame
less, was ad. a member of this chh. in full communion. — Chh..
records. He is sup. to have lived on the place, now of Ephraim A.
Hapgood. He d. April 22, 1776, aged 78, 8 mos., and his wid.,
Elizabeth, In 1794, aged 96. Chil. as on record here, Eunice,.

*He was a descendant of Gregory Stone; who, with his Zd wife, wid. Lydia-
Cooper, came from England, and settled in Cambridge previous to 1634; one of
the first Deacons there, and i. in 1672, aged 80. His sons were, John, Daniel, Da
vid, and Samuel.
John, whose wife was Anna, settled in Sudbury, Deac. there; and had Hannah b.
there, in 164fr; Daniel, in 1644, and Nathaniel, in 1660.
Daniel, (of Gregory) whose wife was Mary, bad Mary, b. in 1544; Sarah, in '45;
Daniel, in '46 ; Elizabeth, in '48; and Abigail, in "52; all in Cambridge.
David, (of Gregory) whose wife was Dorcas, had sons, David, Daniel, John, Sam
uel, and Nathaniel, bom in Cambridge. '
Samuel (of Gregojy) m. Sarah Sternes, in 1655, and had sons, Samuel, b. in 1656 ;
Isaac and John, b. in Cambridge ; the latter, bap. there, in 1663.
Daniel, (of John of Sudbury) m. Mary Ward in Sudbury, 1667, and had Daniel,
in 1668; five daughters, and John, in 1684, all in Sudbury.
Nathaniel (of John of Sudbury) m. Sarah Wayt in Maiden, in 1684, and had
Ebenezer, b. in Sudbury, in 1688.
Samuel, (probably of Samuel and Sarah) settled in Marlboro', his wife was
Elizabeth, and had Thankful, b. there, in 1687 ; and perhaps others, among whom
might have been Isaac, who settled in Shrewsbury ; he was b. about 1698, but his
immediate ancestor is unknown.

424 FAMILY REGISTER.
b. Nov. 21, 1722, and m. Charies Bouker, in 1748 ; (Isaac, I
do not find any record of his birth;) Jonas, Aug. 12, 1125 ¦^
Jasper, April 30, 1728; JVa^AawteZ, April II, 1732; Abigail^
Dec. 9, 1735.
STONE, ISAAC, Jun. (s. sup. of Isaac) was m. to Rachel
Fiske, In the N. P., by the Rev. Mr. Morse, May 3, 1765,
Chil. recorded here, Esther, b. May 30, 1766, and m. 
Wickraer ; (perhaps this orthography is ^not right) she was living,
it Is said, in 1846, in Boylston. Their D., Laura, m. Jonathaa
Stratton; Elizabeth, Oct. 21, 1767, and was recendy living in
Boylston, unm. ; (Isaac,) Jacob, Aug. 4, 1770 ; Annis, March
4, 1772, m.  Robinson, and d. soon after.
He removed to Lancaster, and d. there, or in Boylston, in
1816, aged 93.
STONE, ISAAC (s. of the preceding) m. Abigail Moor of
Berlin, and next, her sister, Sarah Moor, and d. In Northboro', In
1819, aged 58, leaving Silas and Abigail. Silas m. Sarah W.
Sraith of Newton, D. of Enoch, in 1841 ; Abigail m. Abel Faw
cett, s. of Jonathan, and g. s. of Deac. Jonathaa Fawcett of
Boylston. The father of Abel m. Tamar Davenport.
STONE, JACOB (bro. of the preceding) ra. Martha Barns
of Boylston ; and next, her sister, Anna. Their chil. were, Jo
seph, James, Martha, Jacob, Anna, Achsa, Oliver, Elizabeth,
Elizaheth, Tamar, and Maria. His 3d wife was Isabella, D. of
Asa Bennet.
What is contained under the three foregoing faraily heads, ex
cept the marriage of Isaac Stone, Jun., the naraes of his chil.,
and when b., and the time of his death, and his age, all of which
are matters of record, is from Inforraation obtained of Mr. Silas
Stone above raentioned, one of the descendants of Isaac Stone, Jr,
STONE, Deac. JONAS (s. of Lt.'Isaac) ra. Rachel, D. of
Luke Rice, Feb. 25, 1747. They were both ad. to this chh.
in 1742. He was an ardent friend of his country in ber revolu-

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tionary struggle ; represented the town in General Court, when
held at Watertown, May 19, 1775, and rendered long and im
portant services in town and parish affairs. His wife, Rachel, d.
April 19, 1787, aged 64. Chil. Isaac, b. March 6, 1748;
Lydia, March 11, 1750, and d. Jan. 1, 1760 ; Rachel, Oct. 24,
1754, and m. Ward Nye of Douglass, in 1784 ; Lydia, March
12, 1761, and ra. Asa Parker, In 1783.
Deac. Stone ra. Anna, D. of Araos Parker, Feb. 28, 1788,
and d. March 22, 1809, aged 83 and 7 mos. His wid. Anna,
m. Deac. Ebenezer Reed oi Worcester, Jan. 18, 1810.
STONE, Rev. ISAAC (s. of Jonas) grad. H. U. 1770 ;
ord. raioister of Douglass, Oct. 31, 1771 ; ra. Susanna, D^ of
Benjarain Goddard, Oct. 27, 1773 ; dis. from his pastoral charge
Oct. 28, 1805, and d. in 1837, aged 89.
STONE, JASPER (s, of Lt. Isaac) ra. Grace, D. of Ben
jamin Goddard, April 17, 1755. They were ad. to this chh. in
1761 ; he d. in 1802, aged 75; and his wid. Grace, Oct. 31,
1815, aged 80. Chil. Benjamin, b. Aug. 1 1, 1756 ; Asa, Jan.
23, 1758, and d. while In the continental service, at Fishkill H6s-
pital, Dec. 20, 1777; Josiah, Sept. 10, 1759 ; Nathan, May
6, 1761; Zenas, May 24, 1763; Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1765,
and ra. Caleb Haskell of Harapton Falls, N. H., Sept. 26, 1793;
Sarah, Oct. 16, 1767, and m. Lerauel Ide, Nov. 24, 1793;
Grace, March 18, 1770, and ra. Philip Crosby, in 1804 ; Su
sanna, June 2, 1772, and d. unm. Nov. 28, 1840 ; Eunice,
April 3, 1774, and ra. Jonathan Nelson, in 1798 ; Isaac, Oct.
10, 1777; Hannah, Feb. 10, 1782.
STONE, NATHANIEL (s. of Lt. Isaac) m. Thankful, D.
of Jonathan Morse, Dec. 17, 1760. Child, Abijah, b. Oct. 26,
1761. The father is sup. to have reraoved from town. He
next m. Rhoda, wid. of Rev. William Goddard of Westmore
land, N. H., Feb. 11, 1793. They removed to Pittsfield, Vt.,
where she d. Dec. 7, 1820, aged SO.
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426 FAMILY REGISTER.-
STONE, BENJAMIN (s. of Jasper) grad. H. U. 1776,
first Preceptor of Leicester Academy, and sub.sequently Preceptor
in Westford Academy, ad, to this chh. In 1779, and ra. Deborah
Fairbank, a wid, of Northboro', Dec. 3, 1799. He d. here.
May 4, 1832, aged 76. Chil. (no births on record here) Mary
E., who ra. Samuel B: Manning of Worcester, April 11, 1822 ;
and a son, non compos, who d. young.
STONE, JOSIAH (s. of Jasper) m. Bridget, D. of Col.
Job Cushing, Nov. 13, 1791, and hved on house lot No. 22,
that belonged to her grandfather; where he d. June 1, 1820,
aged 61 ; his wid. Bridget, still survives. Chil. Mary Prentice,
b, Sept. 1, 1794, and d. unm. Aug. 18,1839; Grace Fiske,
Oct. 23-, 1796, and d. Feb. 28, 1817; Job Cushing, Jan. 18,
1800; Josiah Goddard, April 15, 1808, and m. Hannah Har
rington, D. of Philo Slocomb.
STONE, ZENAS (s. of Jasper) m. Mary, D. of Dr. Ed
ward Flint, May 26, 1790. They were ad. to this chh. in 1808,
and had Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1791^ and sup. ra. Josiah Nor
cross ; Zenas Flint and Sarah Flint, who were bap. here, in
1803. The parents removed from town.
STONE, ISAAC (s. of Jasper) ra, Sarah Johnson of South
boro', July 20, 1816 ; they were ad. to this chh. in 1823. Chil.
Isaac, b. Jan. 25, 1817, and was drowned in Jordan Pond, Sept.
18, 1846, leaving a young faraily, aged 29, 8 mos.; Nathan,
May, 17, 1319, and has a family. These brothers ra. sisters.
STONE, JONATHAN (s. of Jonathan, * Jun. of Water-
town) and his wife Martha, were frora Watertown, and ad. from
the chh. there, to this, in 1769 ; when they removed to this town,
is not known. He d. here, Oct. 3, 1805, in his 8 1st year, and

* He m. Hannah Jennison of W.atertown, Feb. 20, 1725-, and was the a. of Jona
than, who was b. Dec. 26, 1677, who was the s. of Simon and Mary ; Simon was a
Deac. in Watertown, and'appeared there as early as 1636 ; was living, and Rep., in
1678 and 9.

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Ills wid. Martha, Oct. 25, 1807, aged 76, 7 mos. Chil. as on
record here, Jonathan, b. July 5, 1748; Martha, Aug. 11,
1750, -and ra. Thomas Adams of Cambridge, May 28, 1780;
Seth, Dec. 26, 1752, and settled In Bridport, Vt. ; John, March
7, 1755, and settled in Charlestown, and d. there ; Thomas,
March 27, 1757 ; Lydia, May 2, 1759, and d. here, unm. Oct.
11, 1821 ; Hanndh, April 2, 1761, and ra. William Adams of
Cambridge, June 26, 1781 ; Cherry, Nov. 19, 1764, and said
to have ra. in Cambridge ; Daniel, Jan. 27, 1766 ; Jonas, Oct.
^5, 17€7 ; Dorcas, May 20, 1770, and ra. Joseph Smith of Bol-
ito«, Nov. 11, 1785; Lucy, Oct. II, 1772, and m. Nathaniel
Green, in 1792.
STONE, JONATHAN, Jun. (s. of Jonathan,) m. Hannah
Gates of Worcester, June 7, 1769. Chil. Sibhill, bap. March
25, 1770 ; Samuel, bap. June 4, 1775, and ra. Kezia Foster of
Tewksbury, in 1798.
Jonathan, Jun., the father, went into the Continental service
and was killed, during the retreat out of New York, in 1776.
STONE, THOMAS (s. of Jonathaij) ra.Mary,D. of Elijah
Rawson, Jane 21, 1781. Chil. Mary, b. March 9, 1782 ; Jon
athan, Jan. 21, 1785. Removed to Deerfield, or vicinity.
STONE, DANIEL (s. of Jonathan) m. Anna Gibson of
Hopkinton, June 9, 1790, and d. here, Sept. 27, 1829, aged 63,
8 mos. Chil. Daniel, b. May 15, 1791, and d. March 3, 1792 ;
Daniel, April 5, 1793, and d. May 24, 1796 ; Jonathan, June
17, 1795; Anna Bruce, April 30, 1797, and m. Jonathan H.
Drake, In 1824; John, May 27, 1799; Elizabeth, May 3,
1801 ; Jonas, March 10, 1803 ; Lydia, Dec. 28, 1304 ; Thom
as, April 17, 1807 ; Independence, April 6, 1809 ; George Zeig-
ler. May 20, 1811 ; Liberty, May 15, 1313; Hannah Adams,
March 14, 1816.
STONE, JONATHAN (s. of Daniel) ra. Abigail Foster,
Dee. 3, 1818. Child, Mary Elizabeth Forbush, b. Oct. 9,
1819. Removed to Westboro'.

428 FAMILY REGISTER.
STONE, JOHN (s. of Daniel) m. Lucinda, sister of Jona
than H. Drake, March 19, 1823; she d. May 17, 1330, aged
27. Chil. Lucy Ann, b. July 12, 1323; and JoAn, May 8,
1826. His 2d wife was Charity Hastings, a wid., frora Boyls
ton, whom he ra. In Dec. 1830.
STONE, JONAS, (bro. of Daniel) ra. Sarah Toothaker of
Tewksbury, In 1792; they were ad. to this chh. in 1793. Chil.
Jonas Adams, h, Dec. 30, 1792; Timothy Allen, Aug. 18,
1794; Daniel, March 30, 1797 ; Sarah, Dec. 15, 1799, and
m. Jason Bullard, in 1823. The father's death is not on record
here ; his wid., Sarah, m. Josiah Knight, in 1805.
STONE, JONAS A. (s. of the preceding) m. Susan Fay of
Westboro', April 11, 1821, and had Jonas A.,b. Aug. 27, 1821.
STONE, ZEDEKIAH, whose wife was Martha, had David,
b. Aug. 26, 1736, and bap. here, Sept. 19, next following, " by
virtue of his being admitted to that privilege in Framingham." —
Church Records.
A wid. Sarah Stone m. Ebenezer Kent of Leicester, Sept.
19, 1772.
STONE, JOSEPH (s.of Joseph* of Brookfield) ra. Lydia,
D. of Hezekiah Rice, Nov. 18, 1772 ; they were ad. to this
chh. in 1774. She d. May 10, 1786, aged 34. Chil. Sarah,
h. Jan. 7, 1774, and ra. Lewis Keyes, in 1793 ; Luke, April
25, 1776 ; Lewis, June 16, 1778, went to Fairhaven, Vt., m.

* He was b. in Lexington ; m. Sarah Potter of and in Marlboro', Feb. 9, 1744,
and settled in Brookfield ; probably she was a D. of John Potter, afterwards of this
town. See John Potter. Their chil. were, Elizabeth, who m.  Wyman of
Wells, Vt. ; Silas, who m. Mary Welsh of Boston, and settled in Brookfield ; Arte
mas, who m. Theodosia Parsons of Goshen; Sarah, who m. John Hamilton of
Brookfield, and settled in Champlain, Clin. Co. N. Y.; Joseph; Olive, who m.
 Bigelow of Tinmouth, Vt. ; Jonaa ; and Silvanus, who m.  Lynde of
Ooihen, and settled in Williamstown.

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there, and removed to Ohio ; Eunice, Jan. 19, 1780, and m.
Philip Hemenway, in 1802 ; Relief, July 25, 1781, and m. Seth
White of Goshen, June 4, 1800 ; Lucy, Jan. 31, 1783, and m.
Silas Burgess of Goshen, Dec. 21, 1803; Joseph, who was b.,
and d. infant at the time of the mother's death.
His 2d wife was Mary Field, a wid. of Western, now Warren,
whom he m. in 1788. She was ad. from the chh. there, to this,
in 1789, and d. here. May 3, 1838, aged 80 ; and he, Nov. 19,
1825, aged 75. Chil. Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1789 ; Phebe, July
14, 1792, and m. Oliver Maynard, in 1815, and next, John
Baird ; Calvin Reed, Feb. 3, 1793 ; Clarissa, July 24, 1794,
and m. Samuel Maynard, in 1312 ; Artemas, Nov. 8, 1796, and
d. March 1% 1797 ; Artemas, Jan. 26, 1798.
Her s. Ebenezer Field, d. here, Jan. 2, 1831, aged 50, and
her D., Mary Field, July 3, 1841, aged 63 ; both unm.
STONE, LUKE (s. of Joseph) ra. the wid. of Josiah Fair-
bank of Enfield, and settled In Rochester, Vt. She d. in 1842.
Chil. Louisa, Francis, Nancy, Caroline, John and Joseph,
twin brothers.
STONE, Hon. JOSEPH (bro. of the preceding) m. Mar
tha, D. of Benjamin Maynard, in 1816, and settled in Hardwick,
physician, Rep. and Sen. Chil. Harriet, h. Jan. 22, 1817, and
m. John Paige, Oct. 23, 1845 ; Mary Field, Sept. 24, 1819,
and d. Sept. 29, 1838 ; Joseph, Sept. 29, 1821, and d. in 1822 ;
Martha, June 25, 1823; Lucretia, March 15, 1825; Louisa,
April 16, 1827.
STONE, CALVIN R.* (bro. of the above) m. Susan, D.

• He was killed at Cincinnati, by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat
Mozelle, April 25, 1838. This catastrophe happened about 6, P. M., whereby more
than 100 persons instantly lost their lives. He was standing upon the deck of the
boat, and thrown the distance of 20 rods, and, in an elevation of more than 100 feet,
upon the top of a house, the roof of which was partially broken in by his fall,
where fais lifeless body laid several hours before it was discovered ; hia watch not
atopt, but the cry«tai broken.

430 FAMILY REGISTER.
of Charies H. Fitch, Aug. 18, 1822. Chil. George C, b. Nov.
II, l822;CAarZes, Feb. 10, 1825; William, Aug. 12, 1827;
Ellen, March 21, 1830; Mary Williams, Nov. 5, 1833.
STONE, ARTEMAS (bro. of the above) ra. Eliza, D. of
Edward Kingsbury of Brookfield, and g. D. of Jonah Howe,
Esq., Dec. 2, 1824. Chil. Clarissa, b. Jan. 5, 1826; and
Elizabeth. Reraoved to Boston.
STONE, JONAS (s. of Joseph of Brookfield) m. Lucy, D.
of Col. Job Cushing, July 4, 1781 ; he was then called of Charl
ton. He next ra. Lucretia, D.of Henry Baldwin, June 1, 1784,
and settled in Leicester, Steward of the Academy there, for sev
eral years ; removed to Boston, kept the Lion Tavern, &c., and
reraoved to this town about 1821. His wife, Lucretia, d. here,
Feb. 21, 1847, aged 84, 3 mos.; he survives. Chil. Lucy Cush
ing, who m. Paul Whitney of Boston ; Henry Baldwin, who m.
Elizabeth Clapp; Lucretia; .4r<e»ia5, whora. Hannah Washburn;
Mary, who d. infant ; Jonas Emery, who ra. Anna Stocker ; Wil
liam Ward, who d. when 3 years old ; Mary Louisa, who d. at
the age of 14; and William Ward, who ra. Helen M. Scott.
SMITH, PETER, one of the founders of this chh., ra. Mer
cy Weight (Waite) in Mariboro', Dec. 18, I7I3. They were
then called of Marlboro'. He was living on house lot. No. 21,
in 1729. She was ad. to this chh., from that in Westboro',
in 1724.
He bequeathed £50, old tenor, to this chh., with which one
or more communion cups, with his name inscribed thereon, were
procured by vote of the chh., and are still in use. He d. here,
Sept. 23, 1748, aged 59. Chil. (only three births are on record
here,) Peter, b. Nov. 19, 1722, and lived 25 days ; Elizabeth,
Dec. 22, 1724, and lived 19 days ; Peter, Aug. 23, 1727, and
lived 25 days. It does not appear that he had other chil.
S.MITH, THOMAS ra. Elizabeth Tayntor in Mariboro', in
1745, and soon after removed to this town, and lived on what has

FAMILY REGISTER. 431
since been known as the " Tomlin Place," a short distance East
of where the late Asa Rice lived; the house In which he lived was
taken down nearly 30 years ago. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 8,
1746, and m. AaroA Teraple, in 1765 ; Mary, Feb. 2, 1748,
and m. Joseph Balkrd of Andover, Sept. 10, 1771; Sarah,
April 29, 1750 ; Hannah, March 11, 1753, and ra. Jonas Wy
man of LancastCF, May 27, 1772 ; Lydia, Dec. 23, 1755, and
d. March 19, 1764 ; Luceba, July 31, 1759, and ra. David Hos-
ley, or Hasley, of Lancaster, Dec, 11, 1777; Dolly, May 13,
1762 ; and Lucretia, Feb» 8, 1765. They were alV bap. here,
in a few days after their respective births. Their mother was ad.
to this chh., frora that in Marlboro', in 1771 . There is ho re
cord here of the death- of either of the. parents ;. they probably
reraoved to hve with sorae one of their raarried daughters.
SMITH, EPHRAIM carae frora Boxford,* and. bere rat
Hannah, D. of Daniel Rice, Aug. 16, 1733;. both, then called
of SJirewsbury. He probably d. here, biJt his death is not on
record. Chil. Daniel, who was b. in 1733, as appeaps by bis
age al death, was bap. here, also, his raother. May 10, 1736 ; at
which time the parents owned the chh. covenant ; Ephraim and
Aaron, b. June 22, 1736; and Aaron bap. on the 27th ;; pre
vious to which time, Ephraim had probably deceased ; Moses,

* Boxford was" once a part of Rowley, fn a history of the latter tovm, from- its
settlement, to a recent period, by Thomas Gage, 1 find what in all probability re-
Istes to the ancestry of Ephraim Smith.
" Hugh Smith was settled there in 1642, and' d. in 1655 ; his wife was Mary."
They had, says Mr. Gage, Edward", b. in 1634, and probably John; Samnel, and four
daughters-. John, whose wife was Faith Parrot,. had John and Jonathan, twins, b. in 1659,
and probably Benjamin.
Benjamin, whose wife was Martha Kilborn, had Moses, in 17.11 ;. Benjamin, in
1719 ; Jacob, in 1720, and Joseph, in 1724. These names indicate a family relation
between the Smiths there, and those who first settled here. Ephraira may have
been a son of Benjamin, and bro. of Jacob and Joseph above mentioned, who, it is
sup. also came to this town. Families of this name were early settlers in several
of the most ancient towns in New England. The name is now the most common,
probably, of any in this country, and the pedigrees of the families, therefore, the
most difficult to be traced with accuracy.

432 FAMILY REGISTER,
Jan. 25, 1739; William, Jan. 30, 1742; Asa, Oct. 5, 1744 j
Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1748, and ra. Thomas Johnson, Sept. 24,
1771 . The death of Ephraim Smith is not on record ; bis unfe
was ad. to this chh. in 1775, and, in 1790, was a wid. of 77,
and m. Jedediah Tucker, whose age was 78.
SMITH, DANIEL (s. of Ephraim) m. Lucy, D. of Capt.
Daniel Howe, Jar». 19, 1758. His wife, Lucy, d. Jaly 31,
1802, aged 66. Chil. Lewis, b, March 2, 1758 ; Ashur, Oct,
4, 1759 ; Stephen, Aug 24, 1761, setded in N. Y., and d. there,
about 1842 ; Thaddeus, Sept. 30, 1763, and d. here, Dec, 24,
1822; Catharine, Feb. 7, 1765, snd m. Stephen Johnson, io
1793 ; Daniel, Dec. 28, 1766 ; Mary, Nov. 23, 1768, and m.
Alexander Miller, in 1797 ; Lucy, Nov. 14, 1770, and m. Nath
aniel Elethorpe of Bridport, Vt., Sept. 7, 1795 ; and, probably,
Bridget, who m. Abijah Shuraway, perhaps of Oxford, Sept. 21;,
1800 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury ; and FVilliam,
Daniel Smith m. Abigail Putnara, a wid. of Sutton, in 1803^
and d. Dec. 12, 1811, aged 78.
SMITH, AARON * (bro. of the preceding) m. Dinah, D.
of Ephraim Wheeler, Aug. 4, 1757, and lived on. the place af-

* He was one of the immortals, wh&fongbt on Bunker Hilt; and was in the ser
vice during most of the war. He commanded a company in aid<of Shay's rebel--
lion,.and', when it was nearly suppressed, withdrew from- the Commonvfealth, and
returned after the passage of an act of amnesty. Even in his latter days, he spoke of
that period of his life with much pride and self-satisfactioa. He avowed good mo^
tivea, and admtWed ill-judged proceedings on his part, and those, who acted with
him, in seeking relief from the pressure of the times, adding, evtphaticalki, " there
was cause for complaint." What he said was undoubtedly true.
When Lafayette visited this country, in 1824, and was at Worcester, on theSd of
Sept., in that year, Mr..Sniith, then inh'isSSth year, walked there, a distance of four
miles, to meet his old commander, under whom he served in the Jerseys, in ther
most trying period of the Revolutionary war. He presented' Lafayette with a cane;
informing bim he had wrought it from a stick he brought home with him. from that
campaign. Immediately Lafayette recognized bim, and greeted him with such fra
ternal salutations, as excited great sensibility among a crowd of spectators. He-
anticipated the high satisfaction he should enjoy in being present at the laying of
the corner stone of Bunker Hill Monument, on the Hth of Jime foUowing -^ bufc—
it was not permitted him to see that day.

FAMILY REGISTER. 433
terwards of John Mason, Sen., next on the Baldwin Place, and
lasdy in the S. W. part of the town, where his g. s. Holloway
Harrington now lives. He d. May 9, 1825, aged 89 ; the death
of his wife, Dinah, is not on record ; she is sup. to have d. pre
vious to the year 1800. Chil. Martin, b. Jan. 1758; Aaron;
Miriam, Jan. 8, 1761, and m. Reuben Baker, in 1778 ; Ashbel,
Jan. 12, 1763, m. Azubah, wid. of Capt. Henry Baldwin, April
23, 1805, and d. without issue. May 17, 1816, aged 65, and his
wid., Azubah, June 3, 1825, aged 65 ; Sarah, March 21, 1765,
and m. John H. Howe, In 1787 ; Relief, Feb. 2, 1763, and rn.
Daniel Harrington, in 1788 ; Eunice, who ra. John Taft, in 1795.
SMITH, MOSES (bro. of Aaron) ra. Lydia, D. of Zacha
riah Sraith, April 30, 1760, removed to Templeton, and d. there.
SMITH, ASA (s. of Ephraim) m. Elizabeth, D. of Ephraim
Wheeler, July 3, 1764. Chil. William, b. Dec. 17, 1764, and
d. infant; Dolly, Sept. 17, 1766; Alice, Feb. 15, 1769, and
m. Winsor Drury of Brookfield, in 1791; Azubah, April 28,
1771, and sup. m. Jabez Knight of Leicester, in 1791; Levi
nah, May 28, 1776 ; Elizabeth, April 28, 1778. Reraoved
frora town.
SMITH, LEWIS (s. of Daniel) ra. Lucy, D. of Jotham
Howe, Dec. 22, 1782. Chil. Benjamin Jones, h. March 9,
1783 ; Hannah, Jan. 17, 1785 ; Gardner, Feb. 17, 1787 ; Em
ery, March 18, 1789, and d. in 1790 ; Moses and Aaron, April
2, 1793. The parents reraoved to Wardsboro', Vt., and d. there.
SMITH, ASHUR (s. of Daniel) ra, Anna, D. of Jedediah
Tucker, Jun., In 1791. Chil. Nahim, b, Dec. 5, 1791 ; Joan
na, May 17, 1794, and d. in 1797; Gilbert, Feb. 18, 1796,
and d. in 1798; Mary, April 18, 1798; Gilbert, Dec. 18,
1799 ; Lyman, April 14, 1801 ; Jubal, April 17, 1803 ; Amos,
May 1, 1805. The parents reraoved to New Salem, and d. diere,
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434 FAMILY REGISTER.
SMITH, DANIEL, Jun. (s. of Daniel) ra. Mercy, D. of
Asa Mixer, Oct. 11, 1793. She d. Nov. 13, 1816, aged 45.
Chil. Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1793; Jarvis, Jan. 19, 1796, and ra.
Sarah, D. of Josiah Norcross, April 12, 1826. His chil. not on
record. Relief, Nov. 30, 1797, and ra. Sarauel Wesson of Prov
idence, R. I., Nov. 5, 1820; Eliza, Nov. 15, 1799; Lucy,
July 26, 1802, and ra. Phineas Wesson of Providence, Jan. 14,
1824; John, July 15, 1804, and d. Sept. 30, 1808; Mercy,
April 13, 1806, and m. Daniel Harrington, 2d, in 1825 ; Ange
line Augusta, March 31, 1608. He next m. Olive Collier, a
wid. of Sutton, in 1822..
SMITH, WILLIAM (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah, D. of Daniel
Johnson, Jan. 15, 1799. Chil. Olive, b. Sept. 9, 1799, and
m. Jeremiah Pease, In 1830 ; Pamelia, Jan. 22, 1801, and in.
Edmund Myrick, In 1821 ; Abner Johnson, May II, 1802.
SMITH, MARTIN (s. of Aaron) ra. Mary Harrington of
Grafton, in 1794, and d, Sept. 10, 1808, aged 50, and his wife,
Mary, July 20, 1800, aged 34. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 17,
1795, and ra. Philip Wing, perhaps of Northbridge, afterwards
of Grafton ; Martin, July 29, 1798, ra. and setded in Green
field ; Anna, May 7, 1800, and d.-Feb. 13, 1813.
SMITH, AARON, Jun. (s, of Aaron) ra. Jenny, D. of
Jotham Howe, May 22, 1794. Chil. John, b. Sept. 21,1794;
Eunice, July II, 1796. The parents removed to the Western
part of New York.
SMITH, Lt. ZACHARIAH, b. 1717 (s. of Zachariah of
Watertown, who was s. of Jonathan and Jane, and b. in 1687)
m. Lydia Hastings of and in Waltham, Oct. 19, 1738. He was
called Jun., in the record of his marriage. When they carae to
this town, is unknown. He d. Jan. 28, 1793, aged 76, and his
wid., Lydia, July 18, 1796, aged 76. Chil. Joshua, b. June
14, 1739 ; Lydia, Oct. 18, 1740; and m. Moses Smith, in 1760 ;

FAMILY REGISTER. 435
Susannah, March 28, 1742 — (the first whose baptisra is on re
cord here,) and d. March 22, 1759; Mary, Aug. 4, 1743, and
ra. Silas Heraenway, in 1766; Uriah, Aug. II, 1745, m, Lydia,
D. of John Keyes of the N. P., In 1771, and removed to Wil
ton, N. H. ; Jonas, bap. Jan. II, 1747, m, Elizabeth Browning
of Rutland, in 1771, settled and d. there; Phineas, bap. Feb.
12, 1749, and setded in Newfane, Vt. ; Martha, bap. Feb. 3,
1751, ra. Artemas Bruce, and reraoved to Ct. ; Samuel, b. Sept.
24, 1752, and d. in 1756 ; Thankful, Oct. 21, 1754, and d. in
1756 ; Samuel, July 25, 1757, and Lewis, Feb. 22, 1760.
SMITH, SAMUEL (s. of Zachariah,) ra. Abigail, D. of
Elnathan Pratt, Jan. 1, 1778. 'She d. July I, 1817, aged 59.
Chil. Dana, b. April 1^ 1778; Azubah, April 14, 1780, and
m. Luther Noyes, in 1799 ; Clara, April 19, 1782, and m. Wil
liam Knowlton, in 1799 ; Franklin, Sept. 8, 1784 ; Sarah,
April 11, 1789, and m. Thaddeus Cary, in 1808 ; Rhoda, Oct.
14, 1791, and^m. Isaac Harrington, in 1809 ; Charlotte, Feb. 5,
1796, and tn. John S. Peirks, in 1814.
Samuel Smith next m. Lydia, wid. of Daniel Mixer, April 20,
1818, and d. June 9, 1841, aged 84 ; and his wife, Lydia, AprH
19, 1841, aged 73.
SMITH, LEWIS (bro. of Samuel,) m. Mary, D. of Timo
thy Howard, Oct. 6, 1783; she was ad, to this chh. in 1786,
and d. in Dec. 1824, aged 59. Chil. Salmon, b. May 9, 1784.J
Martha, March II, 1788, and m. Warren Harrington, in 1808 ;
Mary, Oct. 22, 1790, and ra. Silas Wheelock, Jun., in 1803.
The 2d wife of Lewis Sraith was Olive, wid. of Asa Knowl
ton, whora he ra. Feb. 3, 1826, and d. Feb. 21, 1838, aged 78,
•and his wife, OKve, June 4, 1837, aged 74.
SMITH, SALMON (s. of Lewis and Mary) ra. Mehitable
Stearns, in 1806. Chil. Nancy, b. June 21, 1807, and m. Israel
Arnold of Paxton ; John, April 22, 1809 ; Lewis, Aug. 27,
1811; Laura, April I, 1814, and m.  Morey of Vt.;

436 FAMILY REGISTER.
Mehitable, Aug. 27, 1816, and ra. Adara H. Cary ; Leander,
June 4, 1818; Harriet, Nov. 15, 1820.
SMITH, MOSES (s. of, and where frora, unknown) whose
wife was Phebe, had Moses, b. April 6, 1750 ; Joab, Aug. 25,
1751, who d. Sept. 16, 1757 ; Jacob, March 23, 1753 ; John,
June 14, 1756, and d. in 1757 ; Joab, March 25, 1759.
SMITH, Dr. JOSHUA (whose wife was Sarah, D. of the
Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster, and sister of the Rev. Job
Cushing, was here in 1742, and ad. to this chh. in May of that
ye r. He was a good penman, and employed in various town
offices, frora 1745, until his death, which occurred Jan. 20, 1756,
at the age of 37. Chil. Benjamin, b. May 23, 1742 ; Sarah,
June 1, 1743 ; Joshua, March 21, 1745 ; Lewis, May 4, 1747,
and lived 5 days ; John Prentice, Oct. 3, 1748 ; and Benjamin,
Jan. 22, 1752.
His wid. Sarah, m. Col. Tiraothy Brigham of Southboro',
April 12, 1759.
SMITH, BEZALEEL (of Sudbury) m. Sarah Miles of
Concord, Dec. 8, I73I. They were ad. to this chh. in 1734 ;
he d. here Oct. 20, 1756, his age not recorded. Chil. Thomas,
bap. July 4, 1734 ; Sarah, b. May 13, 1736 ; Eunice, April 13,
1738; Ezekiel, Sept. 17, 1740; Moses, Jan. 6, 1745; Samuel,
June 6, 1748 ; Hepzibah, March II, 1754; and Martha, Nov.
20, 1755.
SMITH, JACOB and his wife Kezia, were probably both
frora Weston. " He owned the chh. covenant here, in 1739 ;
she had owned it at Weston, when she dwelt there." — Chh. rec.
Chil., as on record here, Ruth, h. Sept. 16, 1739 ; Jacob, bap.
March J9, 1741 ; Joel, Aug. 19, 1743; Keziah, Nov. 10,
1745; Jonathan Warren, Feb. 26, 1748; Solomon, March 18,
1750 ; Joseph, June 0,  .
Their D. Keziah, was bap. here May 25, 1746, " the parents
then living in Worcester, destitute of a settled minister." — Chh.
records.

FAMILY REGISTER. 437
SMITH, NATHAN, whose wife was Susannah, had John,
b. April 19, 1768.
SMITH,* DENNIS, known as "master Smith," a school
teacher, and distinguished for his penmanship, was from the West
of England, and reputed to be of Scotch descent ; he ra. Anna,
D. of Elijah Rawson, perhaps before he or her father removed
to this town ; there Is no record here of their marriage, or publish
ment. Chil. Jonathan Rawson, b. April 7, 1771 ; Michael,
June 27, 1773 ; William Dennis, June 9, 1775 ; Samuel, Sept.
7, 1777; Mary, Feb. 15, 1780; Ann, July 21, 1782.
Reraoved to the Western part of N. Y.
SMITH, JONATHAN R. (s. of Dennis) m. Sarah, D. of
Daniel Noyes, Feb. 10, 1793, and had Elizaheth, who ra. Mark
B. Knowlton, in 1823, and perhaps others.
SMITH, DANA (s. of Sarauel) went to Charlton, ra. and
settled there, Chil. Stillman; Silas ; and perhaps others.
SMITH, STILLMAN (s. of Dana) ra. Lucy, D. of Capt.
Seth Hemenway, In 1826. She d. Sept. 23, 1832, aged 27.
Chil. Velina Ann, b. Feb. 5, 1827 ; and Lorenzo Gilbert, Oct.
31, 1829. He next m. Abigail H., D. of Jotham Bardett, Dec.
15, 1833, and d. May 14, 1839. Child, Lorana Ann, b. April
23, 1835.
His bro. Silas, ra. Adaline, D. of Capt. Seth Heraenway.

* While teaching a school, a Scotchman, travelling by, and desirous to make ac
quaintance with his countrymen, wherever he could find them, called, and was
invited by master Smith to take a seat by his side. A class was Ciilled out in line,
fronting the master and his friend, to read and spell. It somewhat excited his sur
prise, to see all of them clad in leather aprons. When the class was thmugh, and
had taken their seats, he inquired of master Smith, with much earnestness, and a
very broad brogue, " My good sir, are all those lods the sons o' blocksmiths?"
This eicited the mirth of the lads, as much as their leather aprons had his wonder.
He was told it was customary for all lads to wear leather aprons. A class of older
lads was next called out, and when he saw they had on not only leather aprons, but
leather breeches too, he took leave without uttering a word !

438 FAMILY REGISTER.
SHERMAN,* JOSEPH ra. Sarah Perrura, (perhaps Per-
hara) of Sutton, Dec. 25, 1728 ; he was then called of Shrews
bury. She d. March 2, 1772, aged 69; his death is not record
ed here. Their s. Joseph, was bap. here, Feb. 8, 1736, and
probably d. young ; John, b. April 8, 1737; Sarah, June 27,
1739, and ra. Thomas Grover of Grafton, In 1759 ; Joseph, hap.
Aug. 15, 1742 ; Lydia, Aug, 29, 1744, and m. Israel Rice of
Grafton, Nov. 22, 1764 ; and perhaps others.
SHERMAN, JOHN (s.of Joseph) ra. Cloe Thayer of Bel-
linghara, in 1761 ; she d. May 26, 1766, aged 25. His death
is not on record here. Chil. Caleb, b. May 14, 1762 ; John,
March 27, 1764 ; Cloe, Aug. 4, 1765.
SHERMAN, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Joseph) ra. Abigail
Muzzy, Feb. 4, 1766 ; she was then called of Shrewsbury, per
haps came here from Sudbury. Chil. Nathan, b. Dec. 6, 1767,
and m. Mary Stearns, in 1790-; Mary, Oct. 22, 1769, and sup.
m. Joel Drury, in 1788; Abigail, Oct. 22, 1771, and m. Gard
ner Howe, in 1789 ; Lydia, bap. March 26, 1775. The father
was a soldier in the Continental service, and d. at Morrlstown, N.
J., in the winter of 1777, aged 35. His wid. Abigail, ra. Tirao
thy Wheelock of New Ipswich, N. H., in 1782.
SHERMAN,! CALEB (s. of John) went to Conway, ra.
 Bacon, settled there, and had sons, Joseph, John, Orra,
William ; and a D. Cloe, and perhaps others.

*He was the s. of John and Mary Sherman, and b. in Marlboro', in 1703; his
brothers were Ephraim, b. in 1710, sup. settled in Grafton , John, 1713; and Sam
uel, 1718. His father is sup. to have been a native of Watertown, and probably a
descendant of John, who was settled there in 1637, and had sons, John and Joseph.
t He was formerly, and for many years, extensively known as a drover from the
river towns to Brighton market; and aboat the year 1812, while passing with a
drove of cattle over the bridge, that crosses Connecticut river, at Montague, was
precipitated with most of his drove, into the river, and upon the rocks, a distance
of 30 feet or more, by the breaking down of the bridge; whereby his leg was bro-
"ken, and many of his cattle killed. After amputation of his limb, he, with a wooden
leg, long continued in that employment, and is yet living, at the age of 85.

FAMILY REGISTER. 439
SHERMAN, JOHN (frora Grafton) ra. Elizabeth, D. of
Daniel Johnson, April 2, 1815, and had Benjamin, b. Oct. 8,
1815, who d. May 12, 1816. Returned to Grafton.
SUMNER, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D. (s. of Deac. Sarauel of
Porafret, Ct., b. In I7I0 ; whose father was George of Roxbury,
s. of George, 1st. Deac. of Milton chh. and b. in 1634,) was
ord. to the ministry here, June 23, 1762, and ra. Lucy Williams
of Pomfret, in 1763 ; D. D. H. U. in 1814, and about the same
time the like honorary degree was conferred upon him by Colum
bia College, S. C. He d. Dec, 9, 1824, aged 85, and his wife,
Lucy, Feb. 13, 1810, aged 71. Chil. Sarah, b. May 6, 1764,
and m. Williara Jennison of Worcester, Oct. 30, 1788 ; Samuel,
Sept. 24, 1765 ; Joseph, July 31, 1767 ; Joanna, Sept. 5, 1769,
and ra. Edward Suraner of Roxbury, June 10, 1806 ; Lucy,
Dec. 24, 1771, and m. Joseph Wheeler, Jun., of Worcester,
Jan. 13, 1793 ; Elizabeth, Dec. 15, 1773 ; Dorothy, Dec. 31,
1777, and ni. George Merriam of Worcester, Dec. 22, 1796,
and d. here, his wid., March, 1841 ; he d. In Worcest,er, in
1802 ; their s. George M., m. Caroline Pamelia, D. of Samuel
Haven, Jun. ; Erastus, Feb. 10, 1783.
SUMNER, Rev. SAMUEL (s. of Rev. Joseph) grad, D.
C, 1786, was ord. to the ministry in Southboro', June I, 1791,
and dis. Dec. 1, 1797. He ra. a wid. Williams, originally Tay
lor of Southboro', and reraoved to Bakersfield, Vt., where he set
ded in the rainistry, and d. in 1836, aged 7-1.
SUMNER, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Rev. Joseph) ra. Rebec
ca Jefirey of Salera, in 1797, and d. Oct. 4, 1825, aged 58,
and bis wife, Rebecca, March 31, 1824, aged 56. Chil. Ann
Jeffrey, b. May 20, 1799, and ra. Jubal Howe of Boston, Nov.
17, 1830; James Jeffrey, Oct. 10, 1801, and d. unra. Jan.
1, 1827.
SUMNER, ERASTUS (bro. of the preceding) ra. Lavinia
Boyd of Marlboro', Jan. 12, 1805, and lives on the homestead.

440 FAMILY REGISTER.
Chil. Caroline Maria, b, Jan. 7, 1807, and m. Arnold L. Allen,
in 1833 ; Lucy Williams, Aug. 14, 1809, and d. Jan. 1, 1827 ;
Lydia Morse, June 18, 1812; Sarah Ann, Nov. 8, 1814 j
Jane Augusta, Nov. 18, 1817 ; George, March 12, 1819, and
d. Sept. 19, 1821 ; Catharine Whipple, July 8, 1822 ; George,
July 25, 1824.
STRATTON, DAVID, called of this town, (perhaps s. of
David of Watertown, who ra. Hannah Smith of Lexington, Jan.
30, 1728) was pub. to Dinah Wheeler of Marlboro', Nov. 8,
1761. There is no further record of him here.
Eunice Stratton was dis. from this chh. to that in Hardwick,
in 1742; having been ad. here in 1731, by the name of Eunice
Kerley. She was probably from Marlboro'.
SELFRIDGE, WILLIAM and his wife Agnes, were from
Ireland. Their s. Edward, was b. Nov. 30, 1701, in Ardstraw,
in the County of Tyron, in Ireland.^
SELFRIDGE, EDWARD (s. of Williara) whose wife was
Elizabeth, had Martha, bap. here, June 20, 1731 ; Oliver, bap.
Dec. 24, 1732 ; Rebecca, b. Sept. 8, 1736. This faraily, and
perhaps the parents of Edward, reraoved to Rutland. Edward
Selfridge, (says Jonas Reed, in his History of Rudand,) m. Han
nah Miles of Concord, lived a few years in Rutland, then sold,
and setded in Hubbardston. He was probably the s. of Edward
who removed from this town to Rutland. From this family de
scended Thomas Oliver Selfridge, who' killed Charles Austin, by
a pistol shot. In State Street, Boston, in the month of Aug. 1807.
SKIDMORE, RICHARD (Skidraore In the totwi, and Sed-
more, in the chh. records) whose wife was Jemima, had Rebecca,
b. June 26, 1734, and bap. here in July following.
SYMMES, THOMAS (s. of John of Boston) forage master,
d. here, during the Revolutionary war, leaving a wid., Rebecca,
who d. May 28, 1816, aged 96. No issue.

FAMILY REGISTER. 44 1
SEAVER, NORMAN, whose wife was Sarah, probably liv
ed in the N. P., and had Joseph, b. May 13, 1761 ; Isaac, Feb.
18, 1763 ; Ethan, Sept. 24, 1765 ; Daniel, June 28, 1767 ;
Hermon, May 6, 1769, and sup. ra. Elizabeth Weeks of Marl
boro', Jan. 15, 1794; Luther, April 13, 1771.
SEVER, MOSES of Westboro', m. Lucy Johnson of Hop
kinton, Feb. 25, 1758, and lived In this town several years, near
the head of Qulnslgaraond pond ; his chil. all sup. b. in West
boro', were Abigail, b. March 8, 1761, and ra.  Taylor,
and next, George Parker, in 1794 ; Ephraim, Sept. 16, 1767 ;
Nathan,March 3, 1769 ; Edward, Dec. 16, 1770, and Asenath,
who ra. Abner Mellen, In 1800. He returned to Westboro', be
fore the year 1800, and d. there, in 1810. His wid. Lucy, df
here, July 19, 1316, aged 84.
SEVER, EPHRAIM (s.of Moses) m. Jan. 17, 1803, Sarah
Pike of Westboro', wid. sup. of Moses Pike ; (she was originally
Sarah Bigelow,) and d. here, Sept. II, 1834, aged 67. Chil.
Sarah Miller, b. Jan. II, 1805, and m. Zimri Wheelock of
Northboro', In 1826 ; and Ru-th Knowlton, May 11, 1806, who
m. Lewis Howe of Marlboro', in 1826.
STACY, NYMPHAS frora Hopkinton, (bro. of the wife of
Capt. Seth Pratt, also of the wife of Capt. Lewis Eager) ra.
Martha Abbott, April 12, 1781 ; she was then called of t lis town,
and ad. to this chh. in 1734. Chil. Martha, b. Oct. 8, 1781 5
find John, Sept. 5, 1783. Reraoved to Winchester, N. H.
Keziah Stacy, ra. Jotham Glazier of New Braintree, in 1773 ;
and Anna Stacy, John Powers of Lancaster, in 1774.
SPOFFORD, JOB probably from Rowley, m. Esther, D.
of David Taylor, Nov. 26, 1776, and had David, b. Aug, 8,
1777, who d. infant.
STILES, EDMUND, whose wife was Elizabeth, had Phin^
eas, b. March 20, 1764, and Elizabeth, Sept. 4, 1765.
56

442 FAMILY REGISTER.
STILES, JOSHUA from Princeton, (perhaps s, of the pre
ceding) ra. Abigail, D. of Jonathan Gale, in 1781, and had Abi
gail, b. Feb. 14, 1782, and Persis, Jan. 3, 1784.
SOUTHGATE, ELIJAH (from Leicester) ra. Martha, D.
of Joseph Hastings, Jan. 19, 1774, and d. here, Nov. 6, 1837,
aged 87 ; and his wife, Martha, May 26, 1837, aged 84. No
issue. STOW, JOHN m. Sarah Healy of Worcester, April 2,
1794, and lived in the house, long since taken down, where prob
ably Luke Rice lived, a short distance West of the house of the
late Asa Rice. He was a tailor by trade, and removed from
town after a few years. No record of chil. here.
STOW, ABNER (sup. frora Grafton) whose wife was Sarah,
lived near the house of Sarauel Smith, and had Abner Miles, b.
Oct. 5, 1826, and Mary Hall, July 10, 1828.
SLOCOMB, GEORGE whose wife was Tabitha, came here
about 1796, with a family of chil., from Medfield, or vicinity,
and purchased the farm and tavern stand previously belonging to
Jotham Howe, where he d. Oct. 8, 1826, aged 74, and his wid.
Tabitha, Jan. 3, 1829, aged 73. Chil. perhaps not in this or
der, (the six first named have not their births recorded here,)
Susannah, who ra. Gregory Mason, In 1797 ; Sylvia, who m.
Lyman Howe, In 1802; George; Jerub, who settled in N. Y.,
but d. here, July 27, 1834, aged 50; Vesty, who d. here, Sept.
25, 1796, aged 10 years ; Harding, who m. Maria Morgan of
Brirafield, in 1818, and removed to Homer, N. Y. ; Elizaheth,
b. May 14, 1796, and ra. Sarauel Wright of Northarapton, March
7, 1823; Calvin Newton, Feb. 10, 1799; Harriet, July 19,
1802, and d. infant ; Harriet, Dec. 22, 1804, and m. Thomas
Bond of Boylston.
John Slocorab, bro. of George, d. here, Oct. 2, 1817, aged 96.

FAMILY REGISTER. 443
SLOCOMB, GEORGE, Jun. (s. of George) m. Lucy Bond
of Boylston, in 1805. He kept a public house a few years at
Carabridgeport, then returned and settled here. His wife, Lucy.,
d. here. May 26, 1815. Chil. (not on record here) George
Bond, and Lucy Ann, who ra. Jonas Wilson of Spencer. He
next m. Sarah, D. of Capt. Lewis Eager, Oct. 13, 1817, and d.
Dec. 13, 1827, aged 47. Chil. Charles Eager, b. Aug. 10,
1 818; Sarah Cleora, Oct. 10, 1820.
SLOCOMB, CALVIN N. (bro. of the preceding) ra. Per
sis C. Warner of Holden, in 1827, and had Caroline Warner,
b. Jan. 23, 1828, and Harriet Georgiana, March 18, 1829.
Removed to Homer, N. Y.
SLOCOMB, PHILO, frora Sutton, (s. of Williara, bro. of
John and George) ra. Relief, D. of Daniel Maynard, Jan. 12,
1806. They were ad. to this chh. io 1811. CMil. Caroline Re
lief, b. Oct. 27, 1806, and d. in 1807 ; Caroline, Aug. 10,
1808, and d. March 25, 1812 ; John Maynard, Dec. 22, 1810,
and settled in Ohio; Mary, April 6, 1813, andd. Aug. 5, 1828;
Hannah Harrington, Jan. 15, I8I6, and m. Josiah G. Stone;
Emeline, Nov. 20, 1822 ; George Philo, Dec. 28, 1827 ; Har
riet Ellen, Sept. 26, 1829.
SAWYER, AARON (probably frora Lancaster*) whose wife
was Keziah, lived in the N. P. Chil. as on record here, Dolly,
b. July 11, 1782 ; Elizaheth, Jan. 17, 1784 ; Aaron, Oct. 1,
1785. Sarab Sawyer m. Benjarain Wilson of a place called " Gard
ner's Farms," July 4, 1754 ; perhaps now Gardner.

* Where was Thomas in 1647, whose wife was Mary. His sons were, Thomas,
Ephraim, Joshua, James, Caleb and Nathaniel. — Farmer.
From this stock may have been the M.irlboro' Sawyers ; of whom, Thomas and
Hannah had Hannah, b. in 1675, and William, in 1679. James and Mary had
Ephraim, b. in 1678, James, in 1686, and Benjamin, in 1698. Eohraim Sawyer, who
m. Elizabeth George, in 1700, had James, b. in 1701, Joshua, in 1702, and Jacob,
in 1706.

444 FAMILY REGISTER;
Oliver Sawyer was pub. to Martha Hinds, Feb. 23, 178S8
There is no other record here concerning any of this faraily name^
except what follows.
SAWYER, CALVIN, and his wife Relief, had Relief b.
Feb. 20, 1783; Calvin, March 2S, 1784; Sophia, Jan. 6^
1786 ; and Susannah, Feb. 3, 1788, and m. Abijah Knight^
here, in 1808; Lucy, Dec. 10, 1789; and Henry, Oct. 19,
1791, all in Sterling. His wife. Relief, probably d. there. He
next m. here, Maryj D. of Samuel Britton, Sept. 19, 1793, and
was then called of Lancaster, where he had Dennis, b, April 6^
1794, who ra. Susan, D. of Gideon Rider, June 25, 1820, and
settled in Providence; shed, here Sept. 25, 1832, aged 37;
Austin, June 4, 1796; Relief, July 15, 1798, who m. Jonas
Temple, in 1817. He settled here, with his wife, Mary, and
family, about 1804 ; the parents were ad. to this chh. in
1806. Chil. b. here, Eliza, Aug. 17, 1804; Ruth Parker,
Nov. 6, 1806, and m. Joseph Temple, in 1828; Franklin
Adams, July 11, 1809; Caroline, bap. May 24^ 1812, and ra.
Samuel Houghton, Sept. 11, 1832. The father, Calvin Sawyer,
d. here, Oct. 4, 1837, aged 74.
SAWYER, AUSTIN (s. of Calvin) m. Susannah, D. of
Joseph S. Temple, Aug. 29, 1816, and had Clarissa Relief, b.
Jan. 15, 1817. Removed to Providence.
SAWYER, WILLIAM (bro. of Calvin) with a family, re
tnoved to this town, lived here a short time and d. Sept. 19,
1824, ated 56.
Abigail Sawyer, a wid. sup. the wid. of William, d. here, Febi
22, 1839, aged 57.
Abigail Sawyer, who m. Joseph P. Cary, in I8I7, and Har
riet, his 2d wife, were daughters of William J and peirhaps, also,
Lucretia M. Sawyer, who d. here, April 12, 1839, and 18 yearsi
STEARNS, Deac. STEPHEN, of the Baptist Sbciey, m»
Martha Stratton of Holden. Chil. as on record here ; Elvira^

FAMILY REGISTER. 445
b. July 29, 1807, and m. Philip Crosby of Westminster, In
1825 ; Mary Ann, Dec. 31, 1808, and ra. Charles A. Newton,
in 1833 ; Martha L, March 22, 1810 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 21,
1812 ; Stephen, Nov. 4, 1814, and d. Sept. 8, 1821.
His 2d wife was Elizabeth Holmes, a wid. ; she d. Sept. 30,
1837, aged 51.
SNOW, HENRY, Esq. (from Dublin, N. H.,) ra. Harriet,
D. of Dr. Silas Wheelock, June 6, 1824, and d. May 23, 1844,
aged 49. Chil. Harriet Emily, b. March 26, 1825, and Marian
Parker, June 23, 1827.
SWAIN, JAMES B. (frora Concord, or vicinity) m. Eu
nice Brigham, and had Lucy Rebecca, b. Feb. 13, 1729, and
James Prescott, Sept. 18, 1832.
TAYLOR,* WILLIAM, known as Sergeant Taylor, b. 1692,
ra. Elizabeth, D. of Thoraas Hapgood of Marlboro', Nov. 28, 1717,
(she was b. in 1697, and was sister of Capt. Thomas Hapgood,

* Henry Axdell (Axtell) and Hannah, his wife, were m. June 14, 1665.
Eleazer Ward and Hannah Rice, were m. 10. 6. 1675.
Henry Axtel and Eleazer Ward, both slain by Indians, between Marlboro' and
Sudbury, upon the road, April, 1676. — Marlboro' Records,
William Taylor m. the wid. of the former, 16. 6. 1677, and Richard Taylor of
Sudbury, in the same year, m. the wid. of the latter ; she was the D. of Deac. Ca
leb Rice of Marlboro'.
A William Taylor was in Concord, where he and his wife, Mary, had Mary, b. in
1649, Samuel, in 1655, Abraham, in 1656, and Jacob, in 1662, and, probably, Wil
liam. He is sup. to have removed to Marlboro', where Mary, the wife of a William
Taylor, d. in 1672, and to have been the William Taylor,- who there m. Hannah ,
wid. of Henry Axtel, 16. o. 1677, and Sarah Larkin, in 1699, andd. there, in 1706; then
called William Taylot, Sen., his age not stated. *
WiUiam Taylor, s. sup. of William, m. Mary Johnson in Marlboro', j^oir. 25,
1671 ; according to the Marlboro' records, they had eleven chil. ; the two youngest,
Ebenezer, b. in 1702, and Elisha, in 1704. Yet the record there, says Mary, the
Wife of William T'aylor, d. in 1697; they may hate been chil. by Mary, a 2d wife •
nnd William) who d. in 1706, may have been the William Taylor, who m. Mary
Johnson, and called Sen., in isontradistinction to his b. William, who, b. in 1692,
settled in Shrewsbury, as did also Ebenezer, who was b. in 1702. Eleazer, the old
est s. of William Taylor, and Mary Johnson, b. in 1678, m. Lydia Barret of Mafl-
ibdro', in 1699) and had Eleazer, b. there, in that year, who also settled in this town.

446/ FAMILY REGISTER.
who early setded here,) they probably reraoved frora Marlboro'
to this town before the year 1720. He lived, as sup. where
Capt. Amasa Howe now does, and was one of the founders of
this chh., to which his wife, Elizabeth, was ad. in 1724. He d.
Aug. 14, 1775, aged 84, and his wife, Elizabeth, March 17,
1763, aged 66. Chil. Jonah, whose birth Is not on record here,
but, in Marlboro', b. in 1718, and d. at Cape Breton, Sept. 8,
1745, aged 28 ; Abigail, here, March 5, 1720, and m. Moses
Hasdngs, in 1742, and Sarauel Bigelow, in 1770 ; Mary, Aug.
15, 1722, and ra. Hezekiah Rice, in 1740, Elizabeth, June 3,
1725, and m. Soloraon Stow of Marlboro', Nov. 19, 1741, and
probably, Capt. Benjamin Fay of Westboro', in 1765 ; she was
then called of Grafton; Dinah, March 12, 1727, and ra. Ross
Wyraan, his 2d wife, April 10, I75I ; Eunice, March 28, 1729,
and m. Daniel Howe, June 10, 1748, and Marshall Newton, In
1751 ; Lois, May 10, 1731, and d. Oct. 15, 1745 ; Hepzibah,
March 6, 1733, and ra. Nathan Howe, Sept. 10, 1748; Bulah,
Oct. 20, 1736, and d. Oct. 28, 1745 ; Mercy, Nov. 22, 1741,
bap. the sarae day, and probably d. infant.
TAYLOR, EBENEZER (bro. of William) b. 1702, m.
Mary Bannister of Marlboro', Jan. I, 1723, he was then called
of Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1728, and he, in
1741. He hved in the N. P. His wife, Mary, d. Aug. 14,
1736, aged 36. Chil. Sarah, b. Oct. 1, 1724, and sup. m. Jon
athan Keyes, Jun., in 1752; Elisha, Dec. 3, 1726, and d. May
26, 1730 ; Fortunatus, Feb. 18, 1729 ; Mary, June 20, 1731 ;
Asa, Nov. 12, 1733; Andrew, Aug. 16, 1736, and d. March
2, 1739. His 2d wife was Bulah, and their chil. Lucy, b. June
10, 1738 ; Charles, June 19, 1740 ; Bulah, bap. Oct. 17, 1742.
TAYLOR, Lt. ELEAZER (s. of Eleazer and Lydia Tay
lor of Marlboro') h. in 1699, ra. Judith Hapgood, sister of the
wile of William Taylor, July 5, 1721. They were ad. to this
chh. in 1728, and in 1729, he was living on house lot, No. 43.
His wife, Judith, d. Nov. 8, 1742, aged about 44. Chil. Nathan,
b. Feb. 24, 1722 ; David, Sept. 17,1723; Micah, June 15,

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1726, and d. Aug. 9, 1735 ; Eleazer, Aug. 26, 1728 ; Judith,
Feb. 13, 1729, and ra. Stephen Flagg, in 1750; Hannah, Nov.
17, 1731, and d. Feb. 6, 1756 ; Huldah, Sept. 8, 1733, and ra.
Thomas Drury, in 1755 ; Submit, Nov. 26, 1735 ; Zillah,
March 15, 1738, and m. Nathan Howe, his 2d wife, in 1771,
and Jonas Teraple of Boylston, in 1789 ; Rufus, Aug. 15, 1740;
Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1742.
He next ra. Hannah, wid. of Gershora Flagg, March 26, 1744,
and d. Sept. 20, 1753, aged 54. Chil. Micah and Thankful,
b. Aug. 1, 1745; JonaA, May 17, 1747 ; Anthony, June 5,
1749 ; Mary, Aug. 7, 1752.
TAYLOR, NATHAN (s. of Eleazer) ra. Sarah Hale of
Harvard, April 10, 1744, and d. March 30, 1746, aged 24.
Chil. Isaac, b. Jan. 27, 1745, and Nathan, July 18, 1746.
TAYLOR, DAVID (s. of Eleazer,) m. Hezediah, D. of
John Wheeler, April 8, 1746. She d. Dec. 15, 1754, aged 30.
No births by this marriage on record. He next ra. Esther Jones
of Marlboro', Oct. 28, 1756, and had Esther, b. Jan. 28, 1759,
who ra. Job Spofford, Nov. 26, 1776 ; Hannah, Sept. 15, 1760 ;
Lucy, Oct. 9, 1762.
David Taylor reraoved to Berlin, and d. there.
TAYLOR, MICAH (s. of Eleazer) whose wife was Tabitha,
had Jonah, b. Aug. 27, 1771, and Joel, Nov. 2, 1772.
TAYLOR, JOHN (s. sup. of John and Martha of Marl
boro', if so, b. in 1736) ra. Jemima, b. 1737, youngest D. of
William Holloway of Westboro', in 1758, and settled here, in
the N. P. Chil. on record here, Holloway, b. Feb. 7, 1757,
and Mary, Feb. 12, 1761, and ra. Jothara Bu.sh, June 8, 1781.
He reraoved to Northboro', and settled upon the place of Wra.
Holloway, her father, (who, b. in 1689, was the s. of Adara Hol
loway, and d. in 1760,) and there had John, who was afterwards
of Northarapton.

448 FAMILY REGISTER.
Holloway Taylor, afterwards Col., ra. Dinah Houghton of
Sterling, and lived on the homestead, in Northboro', several years,
and removed to St. Albans, Vt., about the year 1800.
TAYLOR, DANIEL whose wife was Sarah, had Leander,
b. Oct. 4, 1808.
TEMPLE, RICHARD whose wife was Mary, was living on
house lot, No. 37, in 1729; his wife Mary, d. here, Dec, 10,
1733, aged 57. His D. Mary, was ad. to this chh. in 1728, m,
 Newton of Southboro', and was dis. to the chh. there,
in 1743. Nothing further appears on record here concerning
hira, or his.
Thoraas Teraple and Joseph Teraple were ad. to this chh. in
1728 ; the forraer was dis. to that in "Roadtown," in 1742, and
the latter to the chh. in Worcester, in 1741 ; neither of thera
appear to have had any family while here.*
TEMPLE, ISAAC (s. sup. of Isaac of Marlboro') b. in
1703, ra. Elizabeth Holland of Marlboro', June 4, 1725, and
was living on house lot. No. 34, in 1729. His wife, Elizaheth,
was ad. to this chh. in 1728. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22,
172$; Ephraim, bap. June 15, 1727; Abigail, h. March 13,
1729, and d. Aug. 31, 1733; Jonas, July 1, 1733; Francis,
Nov. 5, 1735; Aaron, Aug. 18, 1739; Martha and Mary,
Feb. 26, 1741 ; the forraer m. Seth Heywood, in 1762 ; the
latter, probably, Thomas Keyes of Westminster, in 1765 ; Lucy,

* They were probably from Concord, and grand sons of Richard and Joanna, who
had Abigail, b. in Charlestown, 15. 5. 1647, (she m. Thomas Brabrook, in 1669,)
and Isaac, in Concord, in 1657, also, as is said by Farmer, Abraham and Richard ;
Richard m. Sarah I'arling in Concord, April 24, 1688. Abraham, whose wife was
Martha, had Richard, b. in Concord, in 1674, Isaac, in 1678, John, in 1680, Joseph,
in 1688, and Benjamin, in 1690, besides daughters; their mother was Deborah Had-
lock, m. in 1673, and d. in 1743, aged 94.
Isaac, 8. of Abraham, is sup. to have settled in Marlboro' ; his wife was Martha;
they had ten chil. between 1700 apd 171S, both years inclusive; four of them, sons,
viz ; Isaac, b. 1703, and sup. settled here, in the N. P., Abraham, in 1708, John, in
1712, and Jonas, in 1716.

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Feb. 21, 1744, and ra. Siraeon Keyes, in 1765 ; Sarah, July
1, 1747, and ra. John Glazier, in 1765.
The death of Isaac Teraple is not on record ; he was Rep.,
and raany years one of the Selectmen — the last time, in 1765.
When his wife Ehzabeth, d. is unknown.
TEMPLE, EPHRAIM (s. of Isaac) m. Elizabeth, D. of
Jacob Hinds, May 25, 1752, and Mary Farrar, perhaps of Lan
caster, in 1757. Chil. Francis, b. Feb. 9, 1758 ; Isaac, March
11, 1759, and sup. m. Elizabeth Houghton of Lancaster, in
1785 ; Ephraim, May 18, 1760, and m. Sybil Ray of West
minster, and d. in Gardner ; Ezra, May 24, 1762 ; Ohio, Nov.
6, 1764, ra.  Heywood, setded and d. In Gardner; Lo
ammi, March 18, 1767.
TEMPLE, Lt. JONAS (s. of Isaac) ra. Olive, D. of Henry
Keyes, In 1756 ; she d. Dec. 31, 1781, aged 45. Chil. Olive,
b. Aug. 31, 1757, and m. John Parker, May 4, 1730 ; Damaris^
Nov. 30, 1758, and m. Asa Cummings of Sutton, in 1784 5
Dolly, July 20, 1760, and m. Israel Keyes, in 1782 ; John, J\ ly
21, 1762 ; Jonas, May 12, 1764, and d. Oct. 21, 1779 5 Lydia,
Feb. 25, 1766; Ruth, Oct. 16, 1772, and d. Nov. 19, 1779;
Abigail, Sept. 24, 1776; Jonas, Aug. 5, 1780.
His 2d wife was Keziah Howe, a wid., whora he m. in 1782,
and had Isaac, b. Jan. 1, 1784. His 3d wife was Zillah, wid. of
Nathan Howe, whom he ra. March 10, 1789.
TEMPLE, FRANCIS (s. of Isaac) ra. Anna Marsh o(
Sutton, in 1763 ; she d. April 4, 1765. He next ra. Elizabeth,
D. of Sarauel Holland, Dec. 18, 1766, and d. March 9, 1767,
aged 32. His wid., Elizabeth, ra. Ephraim Wheeler, in 1769.
TEMPLE, AARON (s. of Isaac) m. Elizabeth, D. of
Thomas Sraith, June 4, 1765. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30,
1766 ; Francis, March 4, 1767 ; Joshua, Jan. 30, 1769 ; Mary,
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450 FAMILY REGISTER.
July 28, 1772; Lydia, Feb. 6, 1775; Emery, April 16, 1777;
Jonas, Nov. 3, 1779; Lucy, Sept. 18,1782; Zebina, Dec.
6, 1784.
TEMPLE, BENJAMIN (s. sup. of Abraham, of Concord;
if so, he was b. in 1690) whose wife was Hannah, probably a
2d wife, had Richard, b, July 6, 1736, and bap. here, also his
wife, Hannah, June 26, 1737 ; Jemima, b. May 25, 1738, and
m. Jaraes Mahony, (Mahan) in 1766 ; Timothy, March 31,
1742 ; Abigail, Jan. 29, 1745 ; Solomon, July 23, 1746; Amos,
May 12, 1748, and, perhaps others, before he came here.
Benjamin Temple, the father of these chil. was probably the
Benjarain Temple of Concord, who m. Abigail Waite of Wes
ton, Sept. 18, 1718.
TEMPLE, TIMOTHY (s. of the preceding) whose wife was
Deborah, had Pamy, b. Dec. 21, 1769; Benjamin, March 21,
1772; Elizabeth, March 24, 1774; Lucy, Sept. 18, 1776 ;
Abigail, April 25, 1778 ; Amos, Sept. 17, 1784, and d. infant ;
Mary, June 17, 1780.
Most, if not all of the Temple families before mentioned, lived
in the N. P., and in that part of it, now West Boylston,
TEMPLE, JOSEPH (s. of Abrahara * and Elizabeth) m.
Mary Whitteraore, and came here Irora Grafton, but when un
known. He d. here about 1796 ; neither his death, nor that of
his wife is on record here ; his age then would have been about
64 ; his wife, Mary, survived hira several years. Chil., as on
record here, Sarah, b. Aug. 27, 1757, and ra. Benjarain Pratt,
in 1776; Mary, Sept. 10, 1760, and mi Benjamin Lyman of
Halifax, Vt., Aug. 22, L7S2 ; Joseph Stratton, June 27, 1762 ;
Aaron, Sept. 17, 1764; Anna, Oct. 19, 1766, and m. Joshua

* He was bro. of Isaac, who settled in the N. P., and b. in 1708. His wife was
Elizabeth. They had three chil. b. in Marlboro', Joseph, in 1732; Jonathan, in
1735 ; and Sarah, in 1737. The parents removed to Grafton ; where they had Ab-
cer, and perhaps other chil. b, to them.

FAMILY REGISTER. 45 1
Winchester of Marlboro', Vt., Feb. 24, 1793 ; Roswell, Aug.
15, 1769, and ra. Elizabeth, D. of Benjamin Baker, Jan. 20,
1792, and settled in New York.
TEMPLE, JOSEPH S. (s. of Joseph) ra. Susannah, D. of
Silas Hemenway, Oct. 16, 1786, and lived on the homestead.
She d, Jan. 16, 1815, aged 44. Chil. Lucinda, b. May 6,
1787, and ra. Martin Harrington, in 1808; Mary, Sept. 29,
1789, and m. Isaiah Munroe, in 1811 ; Ethan, July 13, 1792.;
Jonas, Dec. 15, 1794; Susanna, June 18, 1797, and m. Aus
tin Sawyer, In 1816 ; Clarissa, April 21, 1800, and d. Jan. 26,
1815; Joseph, May 28, 1803 ; Lucy Hemenway, Aug. 15,
1807, and m. America Wheeler of Bolton, Oct. 12, 1826.
The 2d wife of Joseph S. Teraple was Subrait Goodenow, a
wid. of Grafton, whora he m. May 3, 1817, and d. Nov. 13,
1833, aged 76, Child, Dennis Goodenow, b. June 15, 1819.,
and m. Caroline, D. of Luke Harrington.
TEMPLE, ETHAN (s. of the preceding) m. Catharine,
D. of Stephen Johnson, In 1821. Chil. Nancy Maria, b. Nov,
26, 1822; and Otis Albert, June 12, 1826.
TEMPLE, JONAS (bro. of Ethan) m. Relief, D. of Calviu
Sawyer, Dec. 4, 1817. Chil. Luther, and Eliza Ellery.
TEMPLE, JOSEPH (bro. of Ethan) m. Ruth Parker, D.
of Calvin Sawyer, April 29, 1828, and lives on the homestead.
Chil. Lucy Maria, b. June 14, 1829 ; Franklin Sawyer, June
13, 1834; Elizaheth Submit, May 31, 1838.
TEMPLE, AARON (s. of Joseph) ra. Lydia Gleason of
Holden ; where he lived a few years, and then reraoved to Gard
ner, and d. there. Chil. Lydia, who m. Maj. Cutler Pond of
Franklin ; Mary, who ra. Josiah Bardett of Southboro'; Judith,
who ra. John Haven of Hollifton ; Jason, who m. Hannah Ba
con of Framingham ; Alice, who ra. Dr. Levi Rawson of Graf-

462 FAMILY REGISTER.
ton, In 1826 ; Rebecca, who ra. Elihu Cuder of Holliston; Anna,
who m. Alden Leland of Holliston,

TAINTOR, (Tayntor,) JOHN, b. 1716, (s. of Joseph and
Thankful of Marlboro', and sup. g. s. of Benjarain and Mary,
who were living In Sudbury, in 1691, a descendant of Joseph of
Watertown, who shared in the division of Sudbury raeadows in
1638) ra. Sarah Newton, of and in Marlboro', May 20, 1741.
They were ad. to this chh. in 1742, and dis. to the chh. in Wood
stock, Ct., in 1751. Chil. as on record here, Miriam, b. March
11, 1742 ; Allbovin, on the town, and Allovin, on the chh. re
cord, a son, b. July 29, 1743 ; Joseph, Jan. 17, 1745 ; Wil
liam, Sept. 17, 1746; Jedediah, July 14, 1748.
TAYNTOR, BENJAMIN (bro. of John) b. 1733, m. Sa
rah Brigham of and in Marlboro', June 4, 1755, and had Sarah,
b. March 12, 1756, who m. Ebenezer Rice, bro. of the late
Elijah Rice of this town ; Miriam, April 28, 1758 ; Anna So
phia, June 19, 1760, who ra. Cyrus Kingsbury of Worcester,
in 1786 ; the two first were bap. here, in 1759.
TOWNSEND, JOSHUA whose wife was Mary, was prob
ably from Northboro'. He was living in the N. P., on house lot
No. 43, in 1762. Chil. Reuben, b. Aug. 23, 1758; Mary,
April 14, 1762; Zipporah, June 24, 1764; Lucy, Feb. 19,
1769; Achsah, July 27, 1772; Ruth, Oct. 28, 1774.
Priscilla Townsend m. Caleb Kendall, Dec. 8, 1773.
Hannah Townsend ra. Richard Murphy of Rutland, in 1774.
Zilpah Townsend was pub. to Jonas Rice of Ashburnham,
May 10, 1779.
TOWNSEND, TIMOTHY and his wife, her name Is not
on record here, were frora Hopkinton, and carae here about 1812,
and, a few years after, returned there. Their D. Pamelia, m.
Dana Munroe, in 1814 ; and Fanny, Emery Harrington, in 1813.

FAMILY REGISTER. 453
THOMAS, ODOARDO (s. of Williara Thomas and Lydia
Eager of Marlboro', m. June 19, 1721) b. in 1731, m. Hannah
Morse, July 21, 1757. They were both then called of this
town. Their s. John, was bap. here, July. 9, 1758 ; Lydia, bap.
Feb. 24, 1760; Eber, bap. Dec. 13, 1761; Joseph, bap.
March 20, 1763.
TOMLIN,* ISAAC '(s. of Isaac, Jun. of Westboro') b. in
1732, m. Lois, D. of Israel Allen, June 7, 1757, and had John,
b. In Westboro', March 16, 1758, and bap. here May 21 of that
year. The parents resided here a short time, and then reraoved
to Spencer.
Their s. John, as sup. m. Abigail Earaes, Jan. 31, 1782.
TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, and his wife, Joanna, were proba
bly from Dedhara, and carae here with a family of chil. about
1755. The following are sup. to have been his chil., and to
have come here with their parents : The six first naraed, have
not their births recorded here, and perhaps they were not in this
order. Jedediah; Joanna, who ra. Nathan Wait of Leicester,
April 25, 1765; Cloe, who m. Joel Green of Leicester, Sept.
24, 1761; Jemima, who m. Daniel Holden, Aug. 20, 1766;
Mary, who ra. Jacob Kent of Leicester, May 23, 1773 ; Olive,
who ra. Samuel Wakefield, Feb. 8, 1776 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 9,
and bap. here, Nov. 21, 1756. Their raother d. here, Jan. 14,
1759, aged 44.

* Isaac Tomlin of Brookfield, and Mary Wait of Marlboro', were m. in Marl
boro', Dec. 10, 1696, and had Isaac, b. there, in 1697, and Hezekiah, in 1700, who
lived on Tomlin hill, since so called, then within the limits of Westboro', and ad
joining Shrewsbury, and d. in 1749. Their father, Deac. Isaac d. in Westboro',
June 24. 1745 ; he lived on the farm of the late Deac. Isaac Davis ; his wife Mary,
is sup. to have d. Nov. 16, 1725.
Isaac Tomlin, Jun., m. Martha Newton in Marlboro', Sept. 29, 1721 ; she was
then called, of Shrewsbury; she d. in Westboro', Jan 21, 1722, aged 24. He m.
Jemima Weeks in and of Marlboro', May 19, 1730, and d. in Westboro', in 1739,
leaving sons, Isaac, b. in 1732, and John, in 1734. This name is written variously—
Tomlin, Toniblin, ani} ToBibolin.

454 FAMILY REGISTER.
He m. Elizabeth Lynde, a wid. of Worcester, in 1761 ; and
in 1767, he was ad. to this chh. frora that in Dedhara, and his
wife, Elizabeth, at the same time from the chh. in Worcester.*
She d. Aug. 5, 1790.
He next m. Hannah, wid. of Ephraira Smith, Nov. 16, 1790;
" his age, 78, her age 77." — Marriage Rec. She d. Feb. 13,
1796, aged 82.
He was published to Elizabeth Coolidge of Northboro', in
Sept. 1796, and ra. her there. " Strange, that desire should so
long outlive performance." He reraoved to Boylston, and lived
with his g. s., Jedediah, and d. there, at the age of nearly one
hundred years.
Elizabeth Tucker, who d. here, Nov. 6, 1823, aged 82, was
probably his wid.
TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, Jun. (s. of the preceding) ra.
Lucy, D. of Maj. Joseph Mixer, Oct. 4, 1763, and lived on the
homestead adjoining the place of the late Ephraim Hapgood.
Chil. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18, 1763, and sup. ra. Soloraon Fes
senden of Halifax, Vt., Jan. 17, 1786 ; Lucy, Oct. 13, 1765,
and m. Stephen Pratt, Sept. 8, 1783; Joanna, Oct. 27, 1767,
and sup. m. Ashur Smith, in 1791 ; In the marriage record she
is called Anna; there is no record of an Anna Tucker, araong
the births here; Jedediah, Dec. 17, 1769; Daniel, May 18,
1772, and pub. to Sarah Harris, of this town, Dec. 9, 1791 ;
Caleb, Oct. 15, 1774, and ra. Catharine, D. sup. of Silvanus
Billings of Northboro', in 1797 ; Mary, March 13, 1776, and
ra. Stephen Oliver, in 1798 ; Sarah, June 16, 1779, and ra.
Oliver Chickering, in 1799; Lydia,bap. May 19, 1782, and
m. John Tenny of Northboro', in 1803. The death of his wife,
Lucy, is not on record here.

*In 176S, "Jedediah Tucker and Jonathan Wheelock were chosen by the chh.
to set the psalm in public worship. First Sabbath in March, 1791, began to sing
Dr. Watts' version of Psalms and Hymns." — Chh, Record,
Tate and Brady's was reluctantly given up.

FAMILY REGISTER. 455
He m. Elizabeth Goulding, wid. of Abel, March 9, 1824.
She d. Aug. 24, 1825, aged 76, and he, Dec. 3, 1827, aged 83.
TUCKER, DANIEL (s. of Jedediah, Sen.) m. Rachel, D.
of Sarauel Noyes, March 11, 1777. She d. Sept. 28, 1834,
aged 77J. No record here of his death. Chil. Joanna, b. June
20, 1778, and m. Vashni Pratt, in 1798 ; Noyes, Feb. 27, 1781 ;
Silence, April 9, 1785, and ra. Simei Whitney of New Marl
boro', Vt. ; Eddy, Sept. 27, 1787 ; Erastus, Oct. 13, 1793, and
ra. Mary Gates of Worcester, in 1819.
TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, (s. of Jedediah, Jun.) ra. Sarah,
D. of Benjarain Baker, Feb. 19, 1797. Child, Benjamin Ba
ker, b. July 18, 1797. Removed to Boylston.
TUCKER, NOYES (s. of Daniel and Rachel) m. here,.
Lydia, D. of Barna Bigelow of Brookfiefd, Vt., May 26, 1805.
Child, Hannah, b. Jan. 10, 1806. He reraoved to Bridport,.
Vt., where he was killed by. the fall of a tree.
TUCKER, EDDY (bro. of the preceding) m. Elizabetb
Carpenter of Brattleboro'', Vt., in 1813. Tliey were ad. to this^
ebb. in 1823 ; he soon after withdrew from it, and Joined the
Baptists. Chil. Mary Elmira, b. April 3, 1817, and ra. Rufus
E. Goodenow; Dexter Mills, Aug. 24, 1819; William Otis,
Jan. 20, 1822; Benjamin Eddy, May 13, 1826.
TUCKER, BENJAMIN B, (s. of Jedediah, who setded in
Boylston) whose wife was Eliza M., had Eliza Ann, b. May
15, 1821 ; Charles S. Oct. 12, 1823 ; Alfred, May 29, 1825';
Smith, March 8, 1828 ; Martin T, April 15, 1830; all proba
bly in Boylston ; Laura, here, Feb. 6, 1835; Joseph, March. 8,
1837 ; Jane, Nov. 23, 1839 ; and John, June 9, 1841.
TOWER, JOSEPH, whose wife was Hepzibah, had Law
rana, b. June 24, 1763.
THURSTON, JONATHAN ra.Lois, D. of Cyrus Wheeler,,
May 5, 1773, and had Luther, b. Oct. 13, 1775.

456 FAMILY REGISTER.
TOMBS, DANIEL, whose wife was Lydia, had Lewis, b.
Sept. 1, 1775 ; no record here of publishraent or raarriage. He
was pub. to Catharine Graves, In 1773. See Crispus Graves.
TAFT, JOHN m. Eunice, D. of Aaron Smith, Aug. 27,
1795 ; he was then called of Northboro'. He d. here, Aug. 6,
1822, aged 51. Chil. (births not on record here) Elizabeth,
who ra. a Barber, and next, a Wilson, and d. a wid. at Lech
mere's Point, Cambridge, about 1834 ; Henry, who went to
Long Island, N. Y., ra. and setded there.
Eunice, the wid. of John Taft, soon after his death, reraoved
to Lechmere's Point, where a s. of her's d. a few years before
her death, which occurred in 1830.
TEAD, NATHANIEL, whose wife was Sarah, lived a few
years on the place, that was formerly Daniel Holden's, and where
John Mason, Jun., afterwards lived. Chil. Georgiana, b. Oct.
20, 1826; Mary Henrietta, June 29, 1829. Removed to
Worcester. UNDERWOOD,* TIMOTHY m. Mary, D. of Jonathan
Adams, in 1791, and lived a few years on the homestead with
her father, and afterwards where Samuel Whitney now lives, and
from there he removed to Northboro', where he d. about 1828,
his age not far frora 70. Chil. as on record here, Elizabeth
Noyes, b, June I, 1792, and m.  Maynard of Northboro' ;
Persis Baker, Oct 27,1793; Mary Buckly, Dec. 5, 1795;
Hannah, April 30, 1797, and d. Infant ; Hannah, Feb. 20,
1799, and ra, Warehara D. Rand.

* He was probably a descendant of William Underwood, who was in Concord in
1639, and had a D. Remembrance, b. there in that year, who m. Josiah Richardson,
in 1659. He removed to Chelmsford, probably that part now Westford, where he
had Samuel, b. in 1655, and others, and where some of his descendants were living
at a late period. The immediate ancestor of Timothy Underwood is unknown.
He may have been the s. of Timothy Underwood, who m. Susannah Bond in Sud
bury, in 1753.
In 1787, hewas paying his addresses to Elizabeth Noyes, D. of Daniel; they
were expecting soon to be married, when her health declined, and consumption

FAMILY REGISTER. 457
marked her for its own. He watched at her bed side day and night, without inter
mission; all importunities to have him seek some rest, were unavailing. She died.
A kind of lethargy, produced by long lost sleep, came upon him, and continued
through life.
He followed teaming many years to Providence, Boston, thence into N. H., as
far as Hanover — much of the time asleep, sometimes, on his load, at others, on the
pole of his wagon, behind his horses, and at other times, while walking by the side
of his team; yet it is not known, that, under these circumstances, he ever received
.iny injury. He would fall asleep while counting money, and in a few moments
rouse up and proceed from where he had seemingly left off; the larger tho amount,
the oftener this would happen ; yet he made no mistakes. His memory was remark
ably good. He will long be remembered on hia teaming route, and here, as "sleepy
Underwood;" a designation first given him by those, who knew him least, and
least of all, the cause of his lethargy.
He was a worthy and industrious man, of extensive dealing, and good bodily
health. His case was a singular one. He called his first child, Elizabeth Noyes,
and by that name it was baptized here.
VILAS, SAMUEL W., a Bap. clergyman, was here a short
time, and while residing here, in 1822, ra. Almira Fitch of
Leominster. WARD, Col. NAHUM (s. of Williara* and Hannah of

* William Ward, b. in Sudbury, in 1640, d. in Marlboro', in 1697. His wife waa
Hannah, wid. of Gershom Eames, and D. sup. of Solomon Johnson of Sudbury, and
b. in 1656. Eames d. in 1676, leaving Hannah, a wid., then 20 years of age, and
two daughters, Hannah and Mary. The latter became the wife of the "famous"
Maj. John Keyes.
The chil. of William and Hannah Ward were, WiUiam, b. in 1680, afterwards of
Southboro'; Nahum, in 1684, and settled in Shrewsbury ; Elisha, in 1686, and was
killed or carried into captivity by the Indians, Aug. 1708, while riding express from
Marlboro' to Hadley ; <?cr»Ao7n, who was Rep.in 1738, and d. in Marlboro', unm.,
in 1739; and Bethiah, who m. Elnathan, a. of Thomas Brigham of Marlboro', prior
to 1705. They removed to Mansfield, Ct., before 1739.
William Ward (father of William, b. in 1640) with a 2d wifo, Elizabeth, and sev
eral chil. that came with bim from Yorkshire, or Derbyshire, England, settled in
Sudbury, and had lands assigned to him there, on the 18, 9. 1G40 ; made freeman in
1643, and was Rep. in 1644. He, with 12 others belonging to Sudbury, petitioned
the General Court, in 1656, for a grant of the township of Marlboro'.
Sudbury then embraced within its limits, what is now Wayland, and probably
that part of Framingham, now Saxonville, and although its population in 1656 is
not known, it may safely be presumed the number of families did not exceed 75.
In that petition they say, " whereas your petitioners have lived divers years in Sud
bury, and God hath been pleased to increase our children, which are now, divers of
them grown to man's estate, and we, raany of us, grown into years, so that we should
he giad to see them settled, before the Lord take us away from hence ; also, God
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having given us some considerable cattle, so that, we are so straightened, that wa
cannot so comfortably subsist as could be desired ; and sorae of us having taken
some pains to view the country, we have found a place, which lyeth to the West
ward about eight miles from Sudbury, which we conceive might be comfortable for
sur subsistence," &c.
To us, now on the stage, it would seem they were " straightened" for want of
neighbors, more than for want of room.
Their request was granted, " provided it hinders no former grant, and there be a
town settled there with tv/enty or more families within three years," &c. In 1660,
it was incorporated by the name of Marlboro', and in that year William Ward re
moved there, from Sudbury, and was one of the first Deacons of the chh. in that
pface; the Rev. William Brimsmead from Dorchester, being settled there in the
ministry, having not long before arrived from England. Dea. William Ward d. in
Marlboro', Aug. 10, 1687, his age, as near as now can be ascertained, was 87. His
wid. Elizabeth, d. there, Dec. 9; 1700, in her 87th year.
His will is dated April 26, 1685. Chil. (no record of the births of those, that
came from England, is known to exist in this country,) John, b. about 1625, settled
in Newton, and m. Hannah, D. of Edward Jackson, about 1650, and d. there, in
1*708, aged 82 ; Joanna, b. about 1628, irr. Abraham Williams, one of the first set
tlers of Marlboro', and d. there, his wid., Dec. 8, 1718, aged 90; Hannah, viho m.
Abraham Howe, of Watertown, in 1657 ; Deborah, who m. John Johnson of Sudbu
ry, in 1657, and d. in 1697 ; Mary, who m. Daniel Stone of Sudbury, in 1667, and d.
in 1703; OftedioA, who settled in Marlboro', and d. there, in 1718 ; Richard, who m.
Mary Moore, in 1661, and was drowned in Sudbury river, in 1666, his wid. Mary,
m. Daniel Howe of Sudbury, in 1677 ; William, b. in Sudbury, in 1640, and m. Han
nah Eames, as before mentioned; Samuel, b. in 1641, settled in Marlboro'; his
wife, Sarah, d. in 1707; his 2d wife, Elizabeth, whora he m. in 1711, survived him,
he d. in 1729, aged 38 ; Elizabeth, b. ia 1543 ; Increase, b. in 1644, settled in Marl
boro' and d. there, in 1690; his wife was Record  , his s., Thomas, lived on
the place, since belonging, to Asaph Rice of and in JNorthboro'; another s., Oliver,
whose wife was Hannah Brigham, lived North of Cold Harbor meadows, in JNorth
boro' ; Hopestill, b. in 1646 ; and Eleazer, who m. Hannah, D. of Deac. Caleb Rice
of Marlboro', in 1675, and was killed by the Indians upon the road between Marl
boro' and Sudbury, in April, 1676 ; his wid., Hannah, m. Richard Taylor of Sudbu
ry, in 1677.
Of the descendants of the first William Ward, their marriages, when, and with
whom, their places of residence, deaths, children's names, &c., I have a very full
account, and, at some future day, may put it to the press ; not that it will interest
the public in general, however much its perusal may those, who have descended
from him, and are now scattered abroad throughout the landi
Marlboro') b. 1684, m. Martha, D.- of Daniel Howe and Ehza
beth Kerly of Marlboro', July 6, 1714, in Boston ; the record of
their marriage is in the latter place, and may not be correct as to
the year of their marriage. He is sup. to have lived in Boston
a short time before he settled here. He was one of the proprie
tors of this township, and had house lot No. 8, granted to him in

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1718, but was living here, as sup., before that period, and near
where Jonas Stone now lives. He was one of the 16 founders
of this chh. to which his wife Martha, was ad. in 1727. He was
the first Rep. to the General Court from this town. When he
removed to what has sioce been known as the Baldwin Plaoe, is
unknown. In 1745, he was appointed a Justice of the C. C.
Pleas, for the Co. of Worcester, in which office he d. May 7,
1754, aged 70; his wid. Martha, d. July 1, 1755, aged 68.
Chil. Nahum, b. according to the record bere, March 29, 1713,
probably in Boston, or Marlboro'' ; Benjamin, in Marlboro', April
19, 1716, so recorded there and here, and d. here, April 22,
1717; his is the earliest death on the town records ; Persis,
April 11, 1718, and m. Bezaleel Eager of Westboro', that part
since Northboro'', Feb. 22, 1735 ; he lived on tho farm after
wards belonging to his g. s. the late Col. William Eager of North
boro' ; they had Francis, b. 1738 ; Nahum, 1739 ; Eber, 1742;
Persis, 1744, d. 1746; Persis, 1747 ; Ward, 1750; Oliver,
1753, d. 1756; Martha, 1756, d. infant; Oliver, 1758. As
several of their first chil. were bap. in this chh., the parents prob-
-ably attended public worship here. Ithamar, Dec. 28, 1721,
and returning from sea, d. unm. on Governor's Island, Boston
Harbor, of snTall pox, previous to the death of his fatiier ; Mar
tha, Dec. 19, 1724, and lived raany years with her nephew,
Francis Eager of Northboro', where she d. unra. July 2, 1794, but
burled here ; Artemas, Nov. 27, 1727 ; Elisha, Aug. 30, 1733.
WARD, NAHUM (s. of Col. Nahum) ra. Lydia Stearns, in
Boston, according to 'the record there, July 29, 1731. Hisage
was but 18 at that tirae, if b.. In 1713 ; where the error is, .if
any, is past finding out. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits,
went to the Island of Jamaica, and d. there, in Nov. 1738, as
appears of record in the Probate office, in Boston, leaving in
Boston, besides his wife, Lydia, two daughters, Lydia and Lucre-
.tia. Lydia m, John Chandler of Petersham, April 11, 1766,
'father of John, late of Petersham, and of Nathaniel, of Lancas
ter ; Lucretia ra. Dr. Joshua Willard of Petershara, Jan. 1,
1757 ; they were the parents of 11 chil., of whom, Samuel m.

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Lucinda Knowlton, in 1791, and Sophia, Calvin Knowlton, Esq.
of Newfane, Vt., in 1792, chil. of Luke, s. of Deac. Ezekiel
Knowlton of this town; Elizabeth, sister of Sophia, m. Reuben
Atwater of Westminster, Vt., in 1792, and her sister, Lucy,
Maj. Samuel B. Sheldon of Vt., in 1794.
WARD, ELISHA (s.of Col. Nahum) although younger than
Artemas, is placed here, rather than break the long descending
line of Artemas, or postpone Elisha to the end of it. He m.
Mary, D. of Henry Baldwin, April 7, 1763, and removed to
Petershara, in 1764, where he d. Dec. 9, 1802, in his 70th year,
and his wid., Mary, Feb. 23, 1811, in her 68th year. Chil.
Nahum, b. June 4, 1764, m. Deborah Gleason of Petersham,
June 3, 1792, and d. Oct. 5, 1812; William, June 8, 1767;
Henry, May 12, 1770.
WARD, WILLIAM (s. of EHsha,) m. Susannah Sander
son of Petershara, and d. Dec. 10, 1827, aged 60. Chil. Mary
J., b. March 30, 1797 ; Elisha, Jan. 30, ISOl ; Lucretia, Jan.
18 1304; Harriet, Dec. 13, 1805, and d, March 9, 1836 ;
Jonathan, May 5, 1807.
WARD, HENRY, Esq. (s. of Elisha) ra. Mary Sanderson
of Petersham, in 1807. Chil. Henry Baldwin, b. May 23,
1808; John Sanderson, March 29,1810; Eliza, March 8,
1812; Susan, Jan. 15, 1814, and d. infant ; Su^an, William,
and Mary, Removed from Petersham to Montague.
WARD, ARTEMAS, Major General* (s. of Col. Nahura)
grad. H. U., 1748, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Caleb Trobridge f

* A brief biography of him may be found in the appendix, letter (A.)
+ Caleb, b. 1692, was the s. and youngest of 14 chil.. by two wives, of Deac. James
Trobridge of Newton, who removed there from Dorchester, where he first m. in
1659. Caleb m. Sarah Oliver, in 1715, and Hannah, the mother of his children, in
1717, D. of the Rev. Nehemiah Walter of Roxbury ; whose wife was Sarah, D. of
the Rev. Increase Mather, D. D. of Boston, whose wife was Maria, D. of the Rev,
John Cotton of Boston, s. of Roland Cotton, aad b.' in 1585, and came from Eng-
iand to Boston, in 1633, and d. in 1652.

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of Groton, July 31, 1750. They were ad. to this chb. in 1761 ;
he studied HO profession ; lived and kept a store In the bouse,
the first in which the Rev. Mr. Sumner lived after his settlement
here, and where most of his children were b. ; about 1763, he
removed to the place now of Thoraas W. Ward, Esq., where he
d, Oct. 27, 1800, aged 73 ; and his wife, Sarah, Dec. 13, 1788,
aged 6a. Chil. Ithamar, h. April 24, 1752; Nahum, Aug. 12,
1754, and d. a Captain in the Continental service, in Boston, unm.
March 7, 1778; Sarah, July 28, 1756, and ra. Hon. Elijah
Brigham of Westboro', Dec, 16 1792, and d. there, Feb. 3,
1838, aged Sl ; Judge Brigham d. at Washington, Mem. Con.,
Feb. 22, 1816, aged 64; [they had Ann Maria, b. July 14,
1794, and m, Ebenezer M. Phillips of Westboro', Oct. 12, 1818 ;
Sarah Sophronia, Dec. 22, 1795, and d. Dec. 3, 1810; Dana
Ward, March 9, 1797, and d. Nov. 23, 1830 ; Susanna Wal
ter, May 4, 1798, and d. Dec. 24, 1825; Catharine Martha,
Jan. 21, 1801, and m. George H.Lowe;] Thomas Walter,
Aug, 1% 1758 ; Martha, March 28, 1764, and d. unm. July 25,
1781 ; Artemas, Jan. 9, 1762 ; Maria, Dec. 12, 1764, and m.
Dr, Ebenezer Tracy of Middletown, Ct., Jan. 14, 1790, where
she d. Oct. 6, 1833 5 [their chil. were Maria Ward, Sarah, Jane,
Martha, Eliza, Henry Dana, Samnel Franklin, Julia, and Emily;]
Henry Dana, Feb. 6, 1768.
WARD, ITHAMAR, Esq, (s. of Gen, Artemas) m. Phebe,
D. of Stephen Parker, Dec. 1, 1778, and reraoved to Gerry,
now Phillipston, where his wife, Phebe, d. June 6, 1789, aged 34.
Chil. Elizabeth, b. July I2, 1779, and m. Nathaniel White, in
1800; Nahum, April 27, 1781, m. Dinah Rich, in 1807, and d.
in 1838; Walter, April 10, 1783, m. Mary Stratton, in 1810,
and removed about 1835, to Marietta, Ohio.
Ithamar Ward m. Anna Powers, in 1790 ; she d. Dec, 21,
1794. Chil. Phebe, h. Jane 27, 1791, and m. Thacher Rich,
in 1817 ; and Benjamin, Jan. 25, 1793, who settled In Rindge,
N. H., in the practice of the law, m. and d. there, Feb. 1828.
The 3d wife of Ithamar Ward was Sarah Parker, whora he m.
Jan. 27, 1796 ; he was Rep. in 1806, and d. July 2, 1828, aged

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76, and his wid., Sarah, Aug. 31, 1841, aged 77. Chil. Anna,
h. Sept. 1, 1797; Artemas, Aug. 7, 1800; Sarah, Jan. 16,
1802; and Trobridge, Sept. 4, 1806.
WARD, THOiVlAS W., Esq. (bro. of the preceding) m.
Elizabeth, b. March I, 1760, D. of Col. Sarauel Denny of
Leicester, Nov. 28, 1782 ; appointed Sheriff of the County of
Worcester, in 1805, resigned in 1824, and d. Aug. 20, 1835,
aged 77 ; ^e often expressed his great satisfaction, that in all that
time, he never had occasion to take the life of a fellow being in
execution of the laws of this Commonwealth ; a duty, that de
volved upon his successor immediately after his appointment.
His wid., Elizabeth, d. Nov. 18, 1846, in her 87th year. Chil.
Andrew Henshaw, b. May 26, 17S4 ; Nahum, Oct. 25, 1785 ;
Harriet, Oct. 6, 1787, and ra. William Williams of Porafret, Ct.
in 1817 ; Joseph, Aug. 18, 1789, and d. unra. Oct- 2, 1821 ;
Artemas, March 21, 1791, and d. unm. Dec. 31, 1816 ; Eliza
beth Denny, Sept. 25, 1793, and m. Nathan Baldwin, in 1817 ;
Henry Dana, Jan. 13, 1797 ; Thomas Walter, Nov. 27, 1798 ;
Sarah Henshaw, Nov. 3, 1800, and m. Benjamin Perkins Put
nam, Esq. of Marietta, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1824, where he d. Jan. 2,
1825, aged 25 ; Caroline, Jan. 28, 1802, and ra. Benjamin Per
kins Dix of Groton, Dec. 30, 1830; their chil. are Benjamin
Ward, Sarah Elizabeth, Henry Dana, and Alfred Perkins.
W.\RD, Hon. ARTEMAS (bro. of the preceding) grad.
H. U., 1783, ra. Catharine Maria, D. of Hon. Samuel Dexter,*
and settled in Weston, in the practice of the law, which town he
represented in the General Court. After some years, he remov
ed to Charlestown, and was several years a member of the Ex
ecutive Council ; thence to Boston, where he was elected and re
elected a member of Congress, and subsequently appointed Chief
Justice of the Circuit Court of Comraon Pleas, throughout the
State. His wife, Catharine Maria, d. in Boston, March 11,

* He was the s. of the Rev. Samuel Dexter of Dedham. who was a grad. H. U.,
1720, and ordained to the ministry there, in May, 1724, and d. Jan. 29, 17fi5.

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1818, aged 57. He yet survives. Chil. Samuel Dexter ; Cath
arine Maria, who m. Sarauel B. Barrell, Nov. IG, IS24 ; Fran
ces Fidelia, who' m. the Rev. Alvan Lamson, D. D., of Ded
ham, July 25, 1825; Henry Artemas; John and Charles
Trobridge.- WARD, Hon. HENRY D. (bro. of the preceding) grad.
H. U., 1791, settled in the practice of the law at Columbia, S.
C, and ra. Maria Eliza Sraith of Camden, July 17, 1798. He
survived a 2d wife, and d. at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 20, 1817,
aged 49, leaving one child, Henry Dana Artemas, who, a grad.
of Y. C, ra. his cousin, Eliza Tracy of Middletown, and d. ia
S. C, leaving one child, Henry Dana Artemas, recently a grad^
of Y. C.
WARD, ANDREW H., Esq. (3. of Thomas W.) grad. H,
U., 1808, m. Sarah, D. of David Henshaw, Esq. of Leicester,
in 1809, settled here, in the practice of the law, in 1811 ; they
were ad', to this chh. in 1812, and in May, 1829, reraoved
to Boston, and thence. In April, 1842, to Newton. Chil. Sarali
Ann Henshaw, b. Sept. 28, 1809, and m. Francis Sumner Car
ruth of Boston, July 7, 1831 ; [their chil. were', Francis Ward,
b. Aug. 4, 1832, and d. Aug. 6, 1833 ; Francis Ward, July 2,
1834, and d. Oct. 1835 ;. Sarah Henshaw, Nov. 12, 1836 ; An
drew, Oct. 30, 1838, and d. Feb. II, 1839; Williara Ward,
April 8, 1840; Antoinette Hale, Nov. 4, 1842 ; Eraily Frances
and Frances Emily, Feb. 28, 1845 ;] William, July 16, 1812 ;
Joseph Walter, July 2, 1814 ; John Tucker, June 4, 1816, and
d. in Boston, Nov. 2, 1840; Eliza Maria Antoinette, Feb. 8,
1818, d. Oct. 16, 1821; Frances Caroline Augusta, Feb. 2,
1820, and d. Oct. 23, ia21 j Frances Antoinette Elizabeth,
April 19, 1822, and m. Joseph Lewis Danforth of Louisvillej
Kentucky, [grad. H. U., 1839,] May 12, 1845. Child, Flor
ence Ward, b. April 26, 1846; Andrew Henshaw, Jan.- 28,
1824 ; David Henshaw, June 23, 1830.
WARD, NAHUM, Esq. (bro. of the preceding)' reraoved
to Marietta, Ohio, in 1811, since Mayor of that city, and there

464 FAMILY REGISTER.
m. Sarah Catharine, D. of William Skinner, Esq., Dee. 3, 18"IT,
She d. there, Aug. 4, 1844. Chil. Sarah Catharine, h. March
18, 1819 ; Ann Maria Skinner, Sept. 30, 1820, and d. Aog.
II, 1839, aged 19; William Skinner, Feb. 12, 1822; Mary
Elizabeth, Jan. 12, 1824; George Washington Lafayette, Sept.
29, 1825. and d. Aug. 27, 1826; Harriet Caroline,Nov. 6,
1826 ; and Henrietta Dana, March 31, 1830.
WARD, Rev. HENRY DANA (bro. of the preceding)
grad. H. U., 1816, m. in New York, Abigail Porter, D. of
Sarauel Jones, Esq. of Lebanon Springs. She d. in New York,
Dec. 23, 1837; no issue. In June, 1842, he m. in Virginia,
Charlotte, D. of Richard Golbraith, Esq. of Dublin, in Ireland,
and settled, an Episcopal clergyman, in Portsmouth, Kenhawa
Co. Va. in 1845. Chil. Henry Dana Artemas, b. March 9,
1843 ; and Charlotte Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1845.
WARD, THOMAS W. Esq. (bro. of the preceding) m.
Harriet P. Grosvenor of Pomfret, Ct., April 6, 1825, and lives
on the horaestead. Chil. Samuel Denny, b. April 3, 1826 ; Arte
mas, July 16, 1828, and d. Oct. 29, 1833 j Charles Grosvenor,
Dec. 30, 1829; Ellen Grosvenor, Jan. 18,1832; Thomas
Walter, July 6, 1834; Elisabeth, Dec. 18, 1840 j Harriet,
June 27, 1843.
WARD, AVILLIAM (s. of Andrew H.) m. Mary Leffing-
well, D. of Joshua, and g. D. of David Henshaw, Esq., of
Leicester, Sept. 10, 1838. Chil. Elizaheth, b. July 16, 1839,
and d. infant ; William, Lefingwell, June 28, 1841 ; Flor
ence, Aug. 11, 1843, and d. Dec. 20, 1844; Florence, March.
8, 1347.
WARD, JOSEPH W. (bro. of the preceding) ra. Catha
rine Mary, D. of Benjamin B. Appleton, Esq. of Boston, June 22,
1841. Chil. John Tucker, b, July 29, 1842; Catharine Ap-
pleton,May 12, 1844; Joseph Walter, May 26, 1817.

FAMILY REGISTER. 4^5
WARD, JONAS frorn Worcester, (s. sup. of Richard Ward
and Lydia Wheelock, who were m. in Sudbury, Jan. I, 1719,
and settled in Worcester. Richard was s. of Obediah, of Sud-'
bury, who ra. Joanna Harrington of Watertown, Dec. 20, 1693,
and g. s. of Richard Ward, who was drowned in Sud. river, in
1666,) b. Jan. 1, 1720, ra. Abigail, D. of John Child of New
ton, and carae here with a family before 1758, and settled in the
N. P. Chil. as recorded in Worcester, John, b. July 13, 1744,
and d. infant; John, June 10, 1746; Abigail, June 10, 1748.
In 1751, he appears to have had a 2d wife, Elizabeth, and
chil. b. there as follows : Elizabeth and Catharine, July 9,
1751 ; the former d. infant, the latter, and called of this town,
m. Thoraas Clark of Worcester, In 1774 ; Dolly, Aug. I, 1755.
His first appearance on the records here, was in 1759, with a
wife, Abigail, sup. his 3d wife. Their chil., as on record here,
were Rufus, b. Jan. 6, 1759; Thaddeus, Sept. 22, 1761 ; Lu
cretia, Aug. 16, 1764. There is no record here of the death of
bis wife, Abigail. He next ra. Sarah Draper of Worcester, in
1768. Their chil. as recorded here were, Daniel, b. Sept. 14,
1769; Sarah, June 19, 1771, and d. Infant; Sarah, March
21, 1774.
WARD, JONAS, Jun. ([ierhaps s. of the preceding) m.
Levinah, D. of Joseph Glazier, in 1770, and lived in the N. P-
Chil. Annis, b. Aug. 13, 1770; and Eunice Glazier, Sept,
8, 1772.
A John Ward, called of this town, perhaps s. of Jonas, Sen. was
pub. to Mindwell Harrington of Worcester, in 1774.
WHEELOCK, Deac. SAMUEL, whose wife was Lydia,
came here from Marlboro', before 1720; most of his chil. also
earae here with hira. He was one of the founders, and one of the
first Deacons of this chh., to which his wife, Lydia, was ad. in
1724. He was living on house lot. No. 26, in 1729. His chil. as
recorded in .Marlboro', were Samuel, b. in 1696; Martha, 1698,
and here m. Ephraira Pratt, in 1724, who d. in Shutesbury, at
59

466 FAMILY REGISTER.
the age of 116 years; Elizabeth, in 1700, and m. Israel Allen,
in 1728 ; Hannah, in 1701 ; Tamar, in 1704, and here m. Eb
enezer Keyes, in 1726 ; Mary, in 1706, and here m. Eli Keyes,
in 1734 ; Daniel, in 1708 ; Lois, in 1710, and here m. Cyrus
Wheeler, in 1746; Rachel, in 1714, and perhaps ra. Daniel
Willard of Worcester, March 2, 1743. He also had Gershom,
but, as he is not on the Marlboro' record, he raay have been b.
elsewhere, before the parents setded there.
A Sarauel Wheelock d. here, according to the record, April 8,
1756 ; his age not stated, nor is he called Deacon, The late
Deac. Gershom Wheelock, inforraed me, that "Deac. Sarauel
Wheelock attained to a good old age, and that he believed he d.
jn this town." The death of his wife, Lydia, is not on record
here. WHEELOCK,* Capt. GERSHOM, (s. of Deac. Samuel)
ra. Abigail Flagg of and in Marlboro', Jan. 1, 1719. She was
ad. to this chh. in 1728, and d. Oct. 17, 1762, aged 69. Chil.
Abigail, b, Jan. 23, 1721, and ra. Daniel Potter of Brookfield,
(previously of this town) Oct. 14, 1745, where she d. in 1805,
aged 84; Patience, Feb. 13, 1723; David, Sept. 14, 1724;
Gershom, March 8, 1725; Jonathan, Sept. 18, 1727; Gideon,
March 5, 1729, and d. young ; Grace, July 7, 1730, and sup.
d. young.

* He is said to have been the first of the family, who settled here, if not the first
settler in this town. He erected a house between where the houses now are of
Joseph Nurse and the late Daniel Maynard, and on the same side of the road.
There he made improvements and spent one winter alone. He is said to have
been of a cheerful disposition, and, that while here sol itary and alone, he slept aloft
in his log house, drawing the ladder up after him at night, and whistling a tune in
the morning before leaving his bed.
His father with his family moved there, from Marlboro', the next spring, and,
being owner of the land, he was accounted the first settler. Having been burntout
there, they removed to house lot, No. 26-; of which he received soon after a deed
of gifi from his father, bearing date in 1720.
He was one of the four first appointed sergeants in the military company when
fi..8t organized in this town. He was afterwards Ensign, Lieutenant, and in 1742,
commissioned a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nahum Ward.

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He next m. Elizabeth, the wid. of Daniel Rice, May 19, 1764,
and d. March 16, 1770, aged 77.
WHEELOCK, DAVID (s. of Capt. Gershom) whose wife
was Phebe, had Submit, b. Jan. 2, 1751, and d. infant; Gideon,
May 29, 1752; Aaron, Jan. 30, 1756, atid d. in 1758 ; Jacob.,
Nov. 21, 1757, and d. infant. Removed to Hardwick, where
he d. in 1804, aged 80.
WHEELOCK, GERSHOM, Jr. (bro. of the preceding) m.
Susannah, D. of Deac. Ezekiel Knowlton, March 15, 1757, and
lived on the homestead. They were ad. to this chh. in 1758.
He d. Jan. 1, 1806, aged 80, and bis wid. Susanna, Jan. 14,
1814, aged 78. Chil. Asa, b. June 10, 1758; Gershom, Feb.
7, 1761; Susanna, Nov. 17, 1762, and m. Bariow CarpeKter
of Wardsboro', Vt., Feb. 6, 1803 ; Abigail, Sept. 30, 1765,
and m. Daniel Harris of Wardsboro', Feb. 24, 1788 ; Elizabeth,
Feb. 6, 1769, and m. Capt. John Rice, In 1790; Martha, April
25, 1772, and d. unra. Aug. 28, 1840; Alice, June 9, 1777,
and d. in 1778.
WHEELOCK, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) m.
Anna, D. of Daniel Drury, June 20, 1753. They were ad, to
this chh. in 1757. Chil. Jmathm, b. Feb. 25, 1754; Anjum,
March 23, 1756; Zeruiah, Feb. 12, 1758; Ebenezer, June 4,
1760; Jotham, Aug. 26, 1763 ; Joseph Drury, Nov. 3, 1770;
John Gleason, Feb. 10, 1774.
The parents with their seven chil. removed to Peterboro', N.
H., in 1775, thence, after other removes, to Cavendish, Vt.,
where he d. about 1797, aged 70.
WHEELOCK, ASA (s. of Gershom, Jun.) ra. Lucy, D.
of Deac. Benjarain Maynard, June 24, 1788, and setded in
Wardsboro', Vt. She d. there. Their chil. b. there are said to
have been Henry, Erastus, and Lucy, who ra. Dr. Warren of
that town.

468 FAMILY REGISTER.
He next m,  Reed of Worcester, and d. in Wardsbo
ro', in 1843, aged 85. Chil. said to have been, Eliza, Mary,
and E.mery.
WHEELOCK, Deae. GERSHOM (bro. of the preceding)
ya, Miriam, D. of Joseph Eager of Boylston, Dec. 4, 1811.
They were ad, to this chh. in 1813. He lived on the home
stead, and d. July 10, I84I, aged 80. Chil. Luke Morgan, b.
Aug. 29, 1814, and Erastus, July 22, 1818. These sons live
on the homestead of their first ancestor, who setded In this town.
WHEDLOCR, SAMUEL, m. Huldah Rice of Westboro',
Feb. 15, 1720, and sup. carae here from Marlboro'. She was
ad. to this chh. in 1724. He may have been the Samuel, b. in
1696, s. of Deac. Samuel ; but as no relationship has been known
to be claimed or exist between this family and those of the de
scendants of Deac. Samuel, he was probably of another family ;
yet — in, absence of other considerations, it might be taken for
granted., that he was the s, of Deac. Samuel ; and it may have
been he, and not Deac. Sarauel Wheelock, who d. in 1756; If
not, his death is not on record here, nor is that of his wife, Hul
dah. Their chil. as recorded here, were, Nahor, b, Nov. 6,
1721 ; Timothy, June 24, 1724 ; Paul, June 26, 1727 ; Sam
uel, April 23, 1729, and ra. Dorcas Perry of Worcester, In 1754 ;
Persis, Sept. 19, 1732, and sup. ra. Ezekiel Newton, in 1755 ;
Hrldah, July 20, 1741, and m. Tiraothy Newton, Feb. 10,
1763. WHEELOCK, NAHOR (s. of the preceding) ra. Abigail
Williaras, Dec. 16, 1747, and lived in quite the South part of the
town, as probably did his father. Chil. Huldah, b. Nov. 9,
1748 ; Stephen, Feb. 22, 1751 ; Eliab, Aug. 26, 1753 ; Lydia,
June 17, 1756 ; Silas, May 10 1759; Ezra, Feb. 27, 1762;
Joshua, April 1, 1765 ; Abigail, Feb. 26, 1770.
The death of Nahor Wheelock is not on record here. His
iwid. Abigail m. Daniel Hemenway in 1783.

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WHEELOCK, TIMOTHY (bro. of the preceding) ra.
Sarah, D. of Daniel Rand, Oct. 22, 1747. Chil. Sarah, b.
Aug. 21, 1743; Jonas, Oct. 19, 1750, and d. April 11, 1764;
Phebe, June 18, 1753, and d. in 1758; Timothy, June 12,
1756; JoeZ, July 8, 1758; Ithamar, Feb. 28, 1761; Lewis,
Aug. 19, 1763 ; Phebe, Jan. 9, 1766.
Removed to New Ipswich, N. H., with his family, hut when,
unknown, and where his wife, Sarah, probably, deceased. He
returned here and ra. Abigail, wid, of Joseph Sherman, Jun., July
30, 1782, and lived at the now southern extremity of the town,
and on the road to Grafton, where he d. April 14, 1812, aged
88 ; his wife, Abigail, d. in 1807. Chil. Joseph and Sarah,
b. June 29, 1783; the former ra. Judith Foster of Grafton,
in 1806.
WHEELOCK, PAUL (bro. of the above) whose wife was
Thankful, had Paul, b. Oct. 6, 1750; Rhoda, May 12, 1752;
Samuel, May 6, 1755 ; Mary, Jan. 8, 1758. Removed to Sut-
ion, that part now Millbury, and lived with, and outlived his son,
Paul, and d. there, it is said, in 1824, aged 97.
WHEELOCK, STEPHEN (s. of Nahor) m. Lucretia, D.
of Elisha Newton, Jan. 18, 1774. Child, Emery, b. Nov.
30, 1775.
WHEELOCK, SILAS (s. of Nahor) m. Anna, D. of Thomas
Whitney, in 1783, and d. Feb. 24, 1842, aged 83 ; and his wife,
Anna, one day previous, aged 78. Chil. Silas, b. May 12, 1 784 ;
Thomas, July 9, 1786, and ra. Sarah Nurse Fairbank, of Graf
ton, In 1808; Elizabeth, March 12, 1789, and m. Elijah Har
rington, Jun., in 1810; Anna, June 18, 1791, and ra. Ezra
Philhps, in 1809 ; XrMcy, Nov. 15, 1793, and ra. Dr. Stephen
Cutler of Grafton ; Edward Flint, Aug. 22, 1796, and m. Han
nah Warren of Westboro', t)ec. 23, 1821 ; Zadock Putnam,
March 21, 1799, d. infant ; Mary on the record of births, [per
haps should be Martha,] Williams, May 6, 1800, and ra. Jaraes

470 FAMILY REGISTER.
Wheeler ; Hannah, May 21, 1803, and ra. John French; Rinda,
March 17, 1805, and m. Willard Warren of Grafton, Dec.
1, 1825.
WHEELOCK, EZRA (s. ol Nahor, whose wife was Vashti,
had Ezra, b, Sept. II, 1787 ; John Green, March — , 1790;
Sherman, Dec. 27, 1792 ; Vashti, Nov. 4, 1796.
His death is not on record here. His wid. Vashti, m. Daniel
Willington of Worcester, In 1801.
WHEELOCK, JOSHUA (s. of Nahor) ra. Sarah Warren,
April 5, 1790, lived on the Island, and d. Nov. 28, 1831, aged
66J, and his wid. Sarah, Dec. 1, 1831, aged 61, and both buried
at one time, and in one grave, as was his bro. Silas and his wife.
Chil. Nahor, b, July 14, 1790; Sarah, Nov. 3, 1791, and m.
Gardner Goddard, in 1809 ; Samuel Warren, Jan. 30, 1799,
went to Grafton, and m.  Fay of Southboro'.
WHEELOCK, SILAS, Jun. (s. of Silas) m. Mary, D. of
Lewis Smith, Sept. 9, 1809. She d. Sept. 1, 1819, aged 28.
Chil. Rinda, b. Sept 5, 1810, and m. John Smith of Northboro';
Nathan Smith, Feb, 27, 1814.
WHEELOCK, EZRA (s.of Ezra) whose wife was Hannah
Croxford of Worcester, d. here, Feb. 26, 1841, aged 53, having
had Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1809. No others on record.
WHEELOCK, SHERMAN (s. of Ezra) whose wife was
Nancy, had Sarah Holden,b. Dec. 26, 1815 ; and John Green,
March 31, 1818.
WHEELOCK, ABRAHAM (s. of Eliab, and g. s. of Na
hor) m. Catharine Hill, D. of Joseph Pratt, Sept. 26, 1830;
She d. Sept. 20, 1838, aged 34. Chil. Mary Elizaheth, b.
Sept. 6, 1831 ; Henry Lincoln, Jan. 14, 1833 ; Albert G.,
April 10, 1836.

FAMILY REGISTER. 47 1
WHEELOCK, Dr. SILAS (frora Northbridge) ra. Hannah,
D. of Adara Harrington, Dec. 7, 1800, and d. here, Aug. 28,
1S17, aged 48, and his wid. Hannah, in Dec. 1846, in her 65th
year. Chil. Luther, b. Jan. 16, 1802, and d. April 22, 1820 ;
Clarendon, June 2, 1804, and ra. Abigail Wilder Fairbank of
Northboro', Sept. 1828, and removed to Worcester ; Harriet,
Nov. 17, 1806, and m. Henry Snow, in 1824; Eliza, Feb. 8,
1809, and m. Oliver Harrington, In 1828.
WHEELOCK, Capt. GERSHOM, 2d, and his wife Pris
cilla, were from Medfield ; she d. here, Sept. 7, 1845, aged 67.
Chil. as on record here, Eleazer, b. Feb. 23, 1807 ; Abigail
Adams, Sept. 1, 1808, and m.  Dewing of Norwich, Ct. j
Thomas Prentice, Oct. 5, 1813, and ra. Elizabeth Allen of
Grafton; Sarah Ellis, Sept. 30, 1815; Amos Mason, April
25, 1818 ; Sarah, Sept. 3, 1820.
WHEELOCK, ZIMRI (frora Northboro') m. Sarah Miller,,
D. Ephraim Sever, In 1826, and had John Bucklin, b. Oct,
29, 1826.
WHEELER,* JOHN (s. of John and Elizabeth, of Marl-

* Thomas Wheeler was in Concord with a family, in 1640, and in 1675, accom--
panied Capt. Hutchinson, himself then a Captain, with about twenty troops, to*
Quaboag, now Brookfield, to treat with the Indians. They were there drawn into
arabusb, and suddenly fired upon as with a shower of hail, by the perfidious Indians,
and eight of their nuraber instantly killed, viz : Zachariah Phillips of Boston, Tim-'
othy Farlow of Billerica, Edward Coiburn of Chelmsford, Samuel Smedly of Con
cord, Sydrach Hapgood of Sudbury, Sergeant Eyeres, now avritten Ayres, Sergeant
Frichard, and corporal Co-y, inhabitants of Brookfield; and five others wounded j^
of these was Capt. Hutchinson, mortally, and d. soon after, Capt. Wheeler was
sorely woundedj had his horse shot under him, and, when near being dfigpatched by
the enemy, wa? rescued by bis son, Thomas, he also was wounded, who placed hie-
father upon a horse, whose rider was slain, and both succeeded by flight, in saving
their lives. Capt. Wheeler d. in Concord in 1676. His s. Thomas, whose wife
was Hannah, bad John, b. in Concord, in 1661, who there m Elizabeth Wells, 25.
4. 1684, and perhaps had chil. b. there, but soon after settled in Marlboro', where
he d. in 1721. His chil", as recorded in Marlboro', were John, b. in 1695, who set
tled in Shrewsbury ; Martha, in 1698 ; Joseph, in 1700 ; Ephraim, in 1702, and also-
settled here j and Daniel, in 1701.

472 FAMILY REGISTER.
boro') b. in 1695, m. Mary, b. In 1694, D. of Thomas Hap
good of Marlboro', (and sister of Thomas Hapgood who settled
here) Oct. 8, 1717, in Marlboro', and, as appears by the record
there, had Cyrus, h. in 1717, and Darius, in 1719, and soon
after removed to this town. His wife, Mary, was ad. lo this chh.
in 1730. Chil. as on record here, and probably b. here, Jona"
than, b. June 22, 1720, and sup. settled In Grafton ; Thomas,
Jan. 5, 1721, Lydia, March 25, 1722, ra. William Norcross,
Nov. 6, 1741; Josiah, Oct. 7, 1723; Hezediah, Feb. 16,
1725, (the first of his chil. bap. here) and m. David Taylor, In
1746 ; Martha, Oct. 2, 1726 ; Philemon, April II, 1728, and
a. in 1720 ; Persis, Oct. 6, 1729, ad. to chh. in 1748, and ra.
John, Baker, Jun., in 1754; Azubah, Sept. 3, 1731, and m.
Peter [perhaps Foster] Larkin of Lancaster, April 4, 175! ;
Damaris, Aug. 17, 1733, and m. John Barr of New Braintree,
Oct. 25, 1751 ; John, Sept. 7, 1735; Mary, Oct. 7, 1737 j
Hepzibah, July 16, 1739.
There is no record here of the death of either of the parents.
WHEELER, CYRUS (s. of John and Mary) m. Lois, D.
of Deac. Samuel Wheelock, May 1, 1746 ; they were ad. to
this chh. in 1765. He d. here, Feb. 19, 1782, aged 65. The
death of his wife is not on record here. Chil. Solomon, h. Feb.
22, 1747 ; Artemas, Dec. 5, 1748 ; Lois, April 22, 1753, and
ra. Jonathan Thurston, May 5, 1773, and Sarauel Rawson, May
10. 1781, and removed to New York.
WHEELER, JOSIAH (bro. of the preceding) m. Eliza
beth Bailey, Feb. 28, 1744. Chil. as on record here, Darius^
b. May 25, 1745 ; Hepzibah, Oct. 27, 1746.
WHEELER, JOHN Jun. (bro. of the preceding) m. Jedi
dah, D. of Samuel Bigelow, April 30, 1760. They were ad. to
this chh. in 1765. Chil. Darius, b. March 11, 1761 ; Susanna,.
Dec. 31, 1762 ; Thomas, Jan. 27, 1765 ; Mary, Oct. 12, 1767 ;.
Elizabeth, Feb. 26, 1769; Catharine, bap. Sept. 8, 1771.-
" The parents were dismissed, in 1774, lo the covenanting brelh'

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ren In Newfane, Vt., in order to be forraed into a chh. state
there." He was at Fort Williara Henry, at the time of the
meraorable and unparalleled massacre of the English and Pro
vincial troops, by the Indians, in 1757, after its surrender to Mont
calm, the French comraander.
WHEELER, SOLOMON, (s. of Cyrus) m. Zipporah Har
rington of Grafton, Aug. 26, 1771, Chil. Moses and Zipporah,
b. March 19, 1772 ; Aaron, bap. March 27, 1774. Removed,
sup. to Vermont.
WHEELER, ARTEMAS (bro. of the preceding) ra. Lu
cretia, D. of Gideon Howe, March 25, 1778. Chil. Eber, b.
Nov. 6, 1778, and drowned in Jordan pond, July 19, 1794 ;
Nathan, Oct. 24, 1781, and m. Susanna Heard of Worcester,
in 1805 ; Leonard, Aug. 27, 1783 ; Lucretia, Nov. 24, 1785 ;
Daniel, Sept. 25, 1787; Nahum, Aug. 21, 1789; Joel, Sept.
10,1791, and d. Infant; Joel, Oct. 15, 1792; Eber, June
10, 1796 ; Damaris, Aug. 22, 1798; Sarah, Dec. 30, 1801.
Reraoved to Vermont.
WHEELER, LEONARD (s. of Artemas) m. Hannah
Hemenway of and In Vt. Her death is not on record here ;
their child, Leonard Hemenway, was bap. here, June 23, 181 1,
" on the deceased raother's account ; she was a member of a chh.
in Shoreham, Vt." The father m. Dolly, D, of John H. Howe,
Jan. 29, 1821, and returned to Vt.
WHEELER, EPHRAIM (s. of John and Elizabeth of Marl-
boro') b. in 1702, m. Miriara Martin, Dec. 30, 1730; they were
then both called of this town. She was ad. to this chh. in 1734,
and d. July 9, 1756 ; and he, April 29, 1755 ; iheir ages are not
recorded ; but his, according to his birth, was about 53. Chil.
Adam, b. April 29, 1732, and sup. ra. Mercy, D. of Isaac Whee-
Jer of Rudand, an early settler there from Medfield, Nov. 17,
1763, and setded in Hubbardston, where he was a Deacon of
the chh., a Captain in the Continental army, and afterwards, in
60

474 FAMILY REGISTER.
Shay's army ; Ephraim, March 12, 1734; Daniel, bap. June
6, 1736 ; Dinah, Aug. 12, 1739, and ra. Aaron Smith, in 1-757 ;
Miriam, Sept. 1^ 1742, and ra. Asa Rice, in 1763; Elizaheth,
bap. Oct. 28, 1744, and m. Asa Smith, In 1764 ; Aaron, b.
'Oct. 10, 1747.
WHEELER, EPHRAIM (s. of Ephraim) m. Azubah, D.
of Abrahara Eager, Nov. 4, 1761. Chil. Catharine, b. June
10, 1762; Sarah, March 23, 1764; Annis, July 16, 1767.
The death of his wife, Azubah, is not on record here. He m.
Elizabeth, wid. of Francis Teraple, March 22, 1769.
WHEELER, AARON (bro. of the preceding) ra. Ruth,
wid. of Sarauel Britton, Jun., and D. of Stephen Parker, Nov.
14, 1784, and d. June 23, 1821, aged 75 ; and his wife, Ruth,
March 26, 1813, aged 65. Chil. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1785,
and ra. John Tufts, Jun. of Charlestown, in 1806 ; Miriam, Jan.
19, 1788.
WHEELER, LEMUEL and his wife Levinah, carae here
from Marlboro', about 1814. She was. ad. to this chh. in 1815.
Chil. (no births on record here,) George, bap. Oct. 20, 1816;
Lorenzo Williams, bap. Nov. 21,1819; Levinah Ann, bap.
Sept. 9, 1821. The father soon after returned to Marlboro'.
WHITNEY, SAMUEL of Weston, m. Elizabeth Hastings
of Watertown, April 7, 1735. They came here, sup. about
1743, with a family of chil. ; of whora were Samuel; Eliza
beth, who m. Joseph Mixer, Jun., in 1754; Nathaniel, who d.
here, Nov. 19, 1744; Lydia, who d. here, Oct. 3, 1745; their
ages are not recorded, nor are the births of any of thera on re
cord here. The parents were ad. to this chh.. frora that in Wes
ton, in 1761, lived oa the place afterwards belonging to the late
John Bellows, and where he d. Aug. 2, 1788, aged 77 ; no re
cord of the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Chil. as on record
here, Lucy, h, Aug. 27, 1744, and ra. Asaph Sherman of Graf
ton, July 14, 1762 ; Lydia, June 1, 1746, and m. William Brit-

FAMILY REGISTER. 475
ton of Rutland, Nov. 3, 1767 ; Susannah, Feb. 26, 1748, and
m. John Bellows, Jun. of Southboro', Oct. 4, 1768, who after
wards setded here j Nathaniel, May 30, 1749, and m. Mary
Houghton of Lancaster, Jan, 21, 1771 ; Jonas, June 14, 1751,
and m. Tamar Houghton, sister of his brother's wife, Jan. 11,
1773 ; Sarah, bap. July 15, 1753, and ra. John Fisher Lyon, in
1777 ; Eliphalet, bap. May 4, 1757, and m. Lois Houghton of
Lancaster, probably sister of his brother's wives, Aug. 12, 1776 j
Martha, bap. Aug. 5, 1759.
The three last named sons with their wives removed, it Is said,
to New Mawlboro', Vt,, and settled there.
Susanna Whitney, perhaps a sister of Sam«iel, m. John Guil
ford of 'Ldcester, June 26, 1750.
Hannah Whitney m. Joseph Bellows of Southboro', Feb. 17,
1785 ; he was bro. of John, who settled here.
WHITNEY, SAMUEL, Jun. (s. of Sarauel) m. Phebe, D.
of Isaac Harrington of Grafton, In 1762 ; she w-as sister of Capt.
Isaac, of this town. Chil. Catharine, b. May 5, 1763 ; Eliz
abeth, Aug. 26, 1164 ; Moses, Oct. 20, 1765, and d. infant j
Moses, Jan. 26, 1767 ; Guilford, Jan. 2, 1769,
He removed with his family to New Marlboro', Vl.
WHITNEY, DANIEL (sup. from Walthara or vicinity, and
perhaps bro. of Sarauel) ra. here. Thankful, D. of Elnathan and
Mary Allen, March, 1739, and lived In the N. P., on the place
of the late Nathan Bannister, deceased. Neither his, nor her
death is on record here. He was one of the highway surveyors
in 1760. Chil. Levi, b. Dec. 5, 1739, and sup. m. Lydia Rice
of Townsend, in 1780 ; Timothy, Oct. 25, 1743; Daniel, Sept.
4, 1746 ; Sarah, Sept. 9, 1749, and m. Nathan Bannister of
Brookfield, afterwards of this town, in 1769,
WHITNEY, TIMOTHY («. of Daniel) m. Catharine, D.
¦of Nathaniel Davenport, Dec. 1, 1768, and lived in the N. P.
•Chil. as on record here, Lucy, b. March 23, 1769 ; Shadrack,
Oct. 6, 1770; Levi, Aug. 9, 1772; Mary, Jan. 7, 1774;

476 FAMILY REGISTER.
Catharine, Oct. 10, 1777, and d. infant ; Catharine, Feb. 16,
1779; Timothy, June 25, 1783 ; John, April 6, 1785.
WHITNEY, DANIEL Jun. (s. of Daniel) m. Catharine
Stone of the "County Gore," in 1771, and sup. lived in the N. P.
Chil. Jonah, b. Sept. 3, 1772; Isaac, Oct. 17, 1774; Sarah,
July 21, 1776 ; Daniel, Sept. 4, 1777. This faraily is sup. to
have reraoved to Marlboro', where Daniel and Catharine Whit
ney had Luther, b. in 1781 ; John Stone, in 1783, and William,
in 1785.
WHITNEY, * THOMAS. The first I find of hira Is In
Westboro', where he was pub. to Anna Gould of that town, Feb.
24, 1753; he was then called of Shrewsbury. They were m.
and lived in " the Shoe," adjoining Westboro'. Chil. as on record
here; Timothy, b. Nov. 29, 1753 ; Sarah, Nov. 21, 1756, and
m. Jonas Hemenway, in 1780 ; Elijah, April 21, 1761 ; Anna,
May 24, 1764, and ra. Silas Wheelock, in 1783 ; John Smith,
Dec. 4, 1768; Jonah, Aug. 25,1771. Thoraas, the father,
was ad. to this chh. in 1784, and d. In Westboro', according to
the record there, April 25, 1806, and his wid., Anna, Aug. 10,
1812. Their ages not recorded.
WHITNEY, ELIJAH (s. of Thoraas) m. Mindwell Hardy
of Westboro', May 29, 1785, and had Azubah, b. Oct. 1 3, 1785.
He was set off with his farm to Westboro', in 1793, where he d.
Aug. 24, 1817, aged 56.
WHITNEY, JOHN S. (s. of Thomas) ra. Susanna, D. of
Deac. William Knowlton, in 1793. Chil. William Knowlton,
b. April 5, 1795, at Westboro', but recorded here ; Artemas
Hammond, Jan. 14, 1797 ; Joseph Hastings, Feb. 25, 1799.

"What relation existed between Thomas, and the before mentioned Samuel and
Daniel, or either of them with the other, is not known. Probably all of the name,
in N. E., have one common ancestor in this country, in John, of Watertown, who
was made freeman, in 1636, and d. in 1673, aged 84. Six of his sons had families
in Watertown. From this stock are numerous descendants ; of them was Daniel,
who had a family of chil. in Weston, before 1722, but the names of his chil. are as
yet unknown to me.

FAMILY REGISTER. 477
WHITNEY, JONAH (s. of Thomas) ra. Anna, D. of Gid
eon Rider, May 21, 1797, and was then of Westboro', where he
was killed in the removal of a building, Oct. 13, 1810, aged 39,
leaving a D. Phila ; and perhaps other children.
WHITNEY, JOSEPH H. (from Westboro', s. of John S.)
m. Lucy, D. of Nathaniel Green, Jan. 5, 1817. Chil. Lorenzo,
b. May 4, 1817; and Martha Maria, April 13, 1824.
WHITNEY, SAMUEL, and his wife Fanny Hudson, came
here from Harvard or vicinity, about 1823. She d. Oct. 10,
1826, aged '43. Chil. as recorded here; Abigail Cutler, b.
Jan. 25, 1813 ; Adaline Hudson, May 9, 1815 ; David Austin,
Aug. 1, 1816 ; William, Sept. 6, 1818 ; Fanny, June 7, 1820 ;
Robert Hudson, Aug. 23, 1822; Mary Ann, Jan. 23, 1825.
His 2d wife was Lydia Whitney, whom he m. April 1, 1828.
Chil. Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1832, and George Francis,
June 18, 1834.
WILDER, JOSHUA (probably frora Lancaster) ra. Sarah,
D. of Maj. John Keyes, Dec. 21, 1731 ; he was then called of
Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh. In 1728. Chil. Rosinah,
b. July 1, 1732 ; the only one, whose birth Is on record here;
John, bap. Dec. 4, 1748. As there Is no record here of the
baptisra of the D., It is sup. she lived but a short time, and as
there is no other record of the s., than that he was bap. here, it
is not probable he was b. in this town. Joshua Wilder was one
of the first settlers in Princeton.
WILLARD, DANIEL (sup. a descendant of the distinguish
ed Maj. Siraon Willard * of Lancaster) ra. Rachel Wheelock of
• He d. in 1676. In 1713, the Gen. Court granted, upon the petition of his sons
and grandsons, to them and their representatives and associates, 92160 acres of
land, now lying partly in Rutland. Among the proprietors having one share each,
were his sons Simon, John, Benjamin and Joseph, then living, and the heirs of Jo
siah, of the Rev. Samuel, of Henry, of Daniel, and of Jonathan, his deceased sons.
This grant was twelve miles square, and divided i nto 33 shares. It is said by Jonas
Reed, in his History of Rutland, that this grant comprised what is now Rutland,
Oakham, Barre, Hubbardston, the greatest part of Princeton, and about one half
of Paxton.

478 FAMILY REGIS^TER.
Worcester, March 2, 1743. She d. here, March 1 8, — , aged 49.
The year of her death cannot be ascertained ; but it will he seen,
that it was after 1757, and before 1764, Chil. Asahel, b. March
16, 1746; Daniel, Feb. 25, 1748; Samuel, March 26, 1749;
Ruel, Oct. 16, 1752 ; Beriah, May 25, 1755, and d. in 1756 ;
Beriah, July 9, 1757. They are all recorded as the children of
Daniel and Rachel Willard. He ra. a 2d tirae. The record
here is thus: "Ensign Daniel Willard and wid. Elizaheth Bay-
ley of Marlboro', were m. Nov, 13, 1764." After that period,
neither he nor any of his faraily appear on the records here. He
is sup. to have reraoved to Greenfield, where his sons Ruel and
Beriah are next found, and, having families there.
Justice Willard, a grad. of D. C, in 1811, and s.of Ruel, set
tled in Springfield, State Senator, Register of Probate, &c.
David, a grad. of D. C, 1809, and living in Greenfield, was
s. of Beriah.
A Daniel Willard, whose wife was Anna, had Anna, b. In Sud
bury, in 1686.
A Daniel Willard, perhaps the same, with a 2d wife, Elizabeth,
had Elizabeth, b. there, in 1688.
WILLARD, JONATHAN (perhaps a bro. of Daniel) whose
wife was Sarah, had Josiah, b. Sept. 4, 1744, and Samuel, Oct.
18, 1746.
WITHERBY,* Capt. SILAS (originally from Mariboro')
m. Thankful, probably the D. of Maj. John Keyes, and setded
first In Grafton. There is no record, here or in Mariboro', of
their publishment or raarriage. I have said under the head of
Maj. John Keyes, that his D., Thankful, ra. Jonas Keyes, Aug.
20, I73I ; that, perhaps. Is erroneous, so far as to her being his

"John Witherbye (this name is variously written in old records, Witherbee,
Witherbye, and Witherby) and his wife, Mary, had Thomas, b. in Sudbury, Jan.
5, 1678, who m. Hannah Wood of Marlboro', Feb. 20, 1699, and had Mary, b. in
1700; Hannah, in 1702 ; Thomas, in 1705; Silas, above mentioned, in 1707; and
Submit, in 1710, all in Marlboro'.

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D. There is no record here of more than one Thankful Keyes,
and as a Thankful Keyes m. Jonas Keyes at the time, before-
mentioned, as appears by the marriage records of this town, she
was taken to have been the D. of Maj. John ; but the chh. re
cords, and other evidence lead to a different conclusion, unless
she was the wid. of Jonas Keyes, when she m. Silas Witherby,
and the presumpdon is strong that such was the fact. Thankful
Keyes was ad. to this chh. in 1728, and called the D. of, then,
Capt. John Keyes ; and Thankful Witherby, formerly Keyes, was
dis. from this, to the chh. in Grafton, in 1741.
When they reraoved from Grafton to this town, is unknown,
but probably before 1780, as In that year he was ad. to this chh.
from that in Graftora. He d. here, March 10, 1783, aged 76,
and his wife. Thankful, June 17, 1782, aged, as appears of re
cord, 73 ; and consequendy b. in 1709, which agrees with Marl
boro' record respecting the birth of Thankful, D. of John and
Mary Keyes, Chil. as on record here, (but probably b. in Graf
ton, inasmuch as none of thera were bap. here) John Keyes, b.
Feb. 28, 1743 ; Levinah, March 19, 1745, and ra. Samuel
Wilson of Fitzwilliam, N. H., Feb. 1, 1780, and d. there, his
wid. as is said, in 183&; Thomas, Jan-. 1, 1747 ; Mary, Feb. 6,
1749, and m, Leonard Brigham, perhaps ol Grafton, in 1774 ;
Sarah, June 14, 1753, and m. Azariah Wilson, Nov. 6, 1783-;
he was then of Spencer, and s. of Joseph Wilson, and Grace
Harrington, and b. Oct 1, 1756. They removed to Fitzwilliam,
and had, Azariah, grad. H. U. in 1816, Chaplain of the U. S.
frigate Macedonian, Capt. Downs, and d. while ice the service, aS
Valparaiso, unm. about 1818 ; his age about 27.
WITHERBY, JOHN K. (s. of Capt. Silas) m. Levinah,
D. of Daniel Rand, May 3, 1768. Chil. Silas,, b, Feb. 20,
1769, m, Sarah Brighara of and in Westboro', June 3, 1793,
setded there, ar/d had Mary b. in 1796, Jeremiah, in 1798, Joel,
in 1800,'Jesse Brighara, In 1807, and Esther Louisa, in 1810;
Danforth, Aug. 28, 1771. The raother d. here June 23, 1775,
aged 32. The death of John K. Witherby is not on record
here. It is said he d, Feb. -5, 1811, his age then was 68.

480 FAMILY REGISTER.
WITHERBY, Lt.. THOMAS (s. of Capt. Silas) ra. Relief
Heuston of Dunstable, N. H., and setded in Fitzwilliara. He
removed to this town with his family, about 1777. He was in
covenant relation with the chh. there, when he left; his wife Re
lief was ad. to this chh. in 1783. He d. here, May 9, 1827, in
his 81st year ; her death not on record. Chil. as recorded here,
Lewis, b. Dec. 2, 1770; Jonathan, March 3, 1772; Thomas,
Feb. 13, 1774 ; Sarah, Dec. 10, 1775, and ra. Joseph Merriara,
3d, of Grafton, Aug. 28, 1794, and had Sarah, Joseph, Hannah,
John, Charies, and Charlotte. All the before mentioned chil.
were b. at Fitzwilliam ; Mary, Nov. 1 , 1777, and m. Joseph Dis-
peau of Grafton, May 1, 1796, and had Relief Heuston, John
Sanborn, and Samuel ; Silas, Jan. 7, 1784.
WITHERBY, LEWIS (s. of the preceding) ra. Huldah,
D. of Joel, s. of John Wesson of Worcester Gore. Chil. as
recorded here ; Oliver, b. July 21, 1793, and ra. Mary Har
rington of Worcester, and had Mary, Sarah, James, and others;
Lewis, Aug. 21, 1795, and ra. Deborah, D. of Capt. Charles
Fay, Nov. 17, 1818, and had Prescott, Cyrus, and Caroline;
Hannah, Oct. 2, 1799, and ra. Jaraes Bensley of Providence,
and had Jaraes and Larabert ; Dennis Franklin, March 14, 1814,
and m. in Southboro'.
WITHERBY, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) ra.
Virtue, D. of Silas Hemenway, Oct. 30, 1796. Chil. Thomas,
b. April 2, 1797, (the only one on record here) and ra. Amelia
Adams of Athol, and had Jonathan Gilman, Jane Augusta, Mary
Relief, Henrietta, Marietta, Ruth and Thomas.- The parents
removed to Brandon, Vt., and had Seth, who ra. Elizabetb, D.
of Joseph Williams of Bridport, Vt., to which town the parentg
next removed, and had Levi Jennison, who. ra. Mary, D. of
Jaraes Hamilton of Bridport, and had Charles and Eliza ; Relief,
who ra. Nathan Craft, Jun., s. of Nathan, of Jay, Me., Jan. 15,
1834 ; they live in Newton, and have Walter, b. In 1836 ; Mary
Hemenway, who ra. Chester Stevens of Terapleton. In 1831,
and d. June 3, 1 843, aged 33, leaving Henry, Charles, Bucklin,

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Sarah Hazeltine, and Mary Susanna ; Sarah Merriam, who m.
Thomas Hazeltine of Barnet, Vt., and d. April 7, 1838, aged
27 ; Silas Hemenway, who m. Sophia Goff of Monroe, N. Y. ;
Susan Temple, who ra. Luke B. Witherby of this town, in 1837.
WITHERBY, THOMAS, Jun. (bro. of the preceding) ra.
Susanna, D. of Capt. Thomas Knowlton, June 5, 1800, and
lived on the homestead. They were ad. to this chh. In 1823.
He d. Oct. 16, 1840, aged 66, 8 mos. Chil. Calvin Knowlton,
b. Dec. 9, 1800, and d. unra. July 21, 1827 ; Thomas Heuston,
June 25, 1802 ; Elizabeth, March 3, 1804, ad. to this chh. In
1823, and m. Elijah A. Brighara, in 1825 ; Luke Bucklin, Dec.
17, 1809; Jonathan Edwin, Nov. 11, 1815, and d. Dec. 23,
1836; Susan Relief, Nov. 26, 1818.
WITHERBY, SILAS (bro. of the preceding) m. Lois, D.
of Paul Wheelock, Jun. of Millbury, and had Charles Silas,
Joseph Vernon, Mary Lois, Jonathan Gardner, Charlotte So
phia, Reuben Miner, Luther Brigham, Persis Lucretia, Luciw
da Relief, and Daniel Thomas.
WITHERBY, THOMAS H. (s. of Thoraas, Jun.) ra. Lois
Muzzy, D. of Ebenezer Drury, Feb. 22, 1824. They were ad.
to this chh. in 1823, had George Franklin, b. Aug. 25, 1825,
and removed to Millbury, where she d. in 1838.,
WITHERBY, LUKE B. (bro. of the preceding) m. his
cousin, Susan Temple, D. of Jonathan Witherby, lives on the
homestead, and had George Thomas, b. May 13, 1840.
WILSON, JOHN, whose wife was Jane, had John, bap. here,
June 10, 1733, "by virtue of a certificate frora Ireland;" and
Thomas, who was bap. Aug. 18, 1734.
WILSON, EDWARD, who was ad. to this chh. in 1742^
and d. heroj Jan. 29, 1759, aged 71, is sup. to have been the
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482 FAMILY REGISTER.
Edward Wilson, whose wife, Hopestill, d. in Mariboro', Jan. — ;
1731, and who there m. Margaret Angier, April 4, 1732. There
is no record here of birth or baptism of any of his chil,, nor Is
the narae of his wife on record here.
Abigail Wilson, who m. Abiel Bragg, in 1753, and Susanna
Wilson, who ra. John Frost of Westboro', June 2, 1757, may
have been his daughters; they were of this town.
WAIT, JASON, whose wife was Mercy, had Sarah, h. May
9, 1743; and Hepzibah, Aug. 14, 1745.
WINCH, DAVID (probably frora Framingham) whose wife
Was Naomi, had Rachel, b. June 10, 1754. Sarah Winch, who
m. Edward Newton, Jun., in 1760, was, is sup. his D. as raay
have been Elizabeth, who m. Richard Stanford of Natick, in
1764 ; and also, Silence, who ra. Elbenezer Belknap of Holden,
in 1764.
John Winch was pub. to Kezia Lovell of Holden, Oct. 13,
1758 ; and Aaron Winch to Ruth Winch of Framinghara,
in 1773.
WYMAN,* ROSS (from Woburn, whose first wife was a

* He was a stout, athletic man, and, previous to the Revolution, while in Bos
ton, and in his wagon, carae near being seized and carried off by a press-gang from
a British man-of-war. He resolutely defended hiraself, and, at length, snatching
up a cod fish with both hands in the gills, beat them ofi' by slapping them in the
face with its slimy tail !
He was a blacksmith by trade, a warm friend to his country, and ever refused to
do blacksmithing, or other work for a tory. At the commencement of the Revolu
tion, Gen. Ward requested him to make him a gun and bayonet of sufficient strength
for him to pitch a man over hi-s head. He made it to order, and, of horse nail
stubs 5 it was a real king's arm, as a certain kind of musket was called at that day ;
a valuable piece, and did the country some service. How it had done before, and
in other hands, is not so well known., but some tirae after the Revolution, it was,
when in the writer's hands, many times known to do execution, at one and the
same time, both in front and rear.
John and Francis Wiman, probably brothers, were early settlers in Woburn.
From one of them, no doubt, descended Ross, who settled in Shrewsbury. As his

FAMILY REGISTER. 433
Hi-ne cannot be traced from the records in my possession, I subjoin for the informa
tion of such as may desire lo search out further particulars, so much from them, as
here follows;
John Wiman and Sarah INutt were m. in Woburn, 5. 9. 1644, and had Samuel, b.
in 1646, and d. in '46; John, in 1648; Solomon, in 1631; David, in 1654; Elizabetb,
in 1655, and 4. in 1658 ; Bathsheba, in 1658 ; Jonathan, in 1661 ; and Slary, in 1S74.
Lt. John Wimau d. in J684.
Francis Wiman and Judith Peirce were m. 30. 10. 1644, and ,had Judith, b. and
.d.i«16S2; Timothy, b. in 1661 ; Benjamin, in 1674; and Stephen, in 1676.
.It may be inferred from what follows, that one or both of them had other chil.
John Wiman and Hannah Farrar were m. in 1685, and had John,b. in 1686. She
-was probaljly the D.of Thomas Farrar, who was in Lynn, in 1650, and d. there,
in 1694. William Wiman had Francis, b. in 16S5; and Thomas, in 1687.
Timothy Wiman had Hannah, b. in 1688 ; Timothy, in 1651.
Seth Wiman and Esther Johnson were m. in 1685, and had .Seth, b. in 1686-; and
Esther, in 1688.
Jacob Wiman and Elizabeth Richardson were m. in 1687.
Jonathan Wimau and Hannah Fowle were m. July 31, 1690.
The foregoing marriages and births ate found in Middlesex County Records, as
transcribed from the records of the town of " Woebwrne;" so written in 1644, and
" Obume," in ifi76.

JefFs, and d. <here,) came here with two chil. Levi and Eliza
beth ; Levi m. in Hubbardston, and had a s., Frederick ; Eliza
beth ra. Hon. John Fessenden of Rutland, (Rep. and Sen.)
Nov. 23, 1769, and had John, in 1770;, Wyraan, in 1772;
Elizabeth, in 1775; Stephen, in 1777 ; Relief, in 1780; Thom
as, in 1783; and Sarah Wedland, in 1787. Mr. Fessenden d.
April 7, 1793, aged 64.
Ross Wyman here ra. Dinah, D. of William Taylor, April 10,
1751. She d. Nov. 15, 1759, aged 32 and 8 raos. Chil. Seth,
b. Dec. 11, 1751, and d. June 6, 1752; Sarah, June 3, 1753,
and ra. Thaddeus Estabrook of Rutland, Dec. 31, 1772, and had
Susanna and Sarah, and d. young; Catharine, Dec. 9, 1755,
and m. Jonathan Harrington from Watertown, his 2d wife, March
10, 1779 ; Seth, March 5, 1758.
The 3d wife of Ross Wyraan was Sarah Hagget, a wid. of
Bradford, whora he m. in I76I ; and d. Sept. II, 1808, aged

484 FAMILY REGISTER.
92 ; his wid., Sarab, d. Nov. 30, 1 806, aged 88. Chil. OKve,
who m. John Lake Whiting, In 1782 ; Susanna, bap. Sept. 30,
1764, and d. infant.
WYMAN, Col. SETH (s. of Ross) m. Mary Brown of Ips
wich, (probably New Ipswich, N. H.) sis. of the wife of Siraon
Maynard, in 1782, settled in Buckland, and returned here with
a faraily, about 1788. He d. here on the homestead, Dec. 29,
1827, aged 69 and 9 mos.; his wid. Mary, Jan. 15, 1829,
aged 71. Chil. as recorded here, Sarah, b. June 9, 1784, and
m. Sylvanus Billings, Jun. ; Ross, July 7, 1785, and d. here,
unra., March 2, 1834; Seth, July 23, 1787; all at Buckland.
Oliver, here, April 9, 1789 j Mary, Feb. 28, 1791, and m.
Calvin Howe, in 1815 ; Clarissa, April 1, 1793, and ra. William
Johnson of Shorehara, Vt. ; Levi, Nov. 25, 1795.
WYMAN, SETH Jun. (s. of Col. Seth) m. Nancy, D. of
John Baker, Nov. 28, 1816, and lives on the horaestead. Chil.
John Baker, h. July 12, 1817 ; Charles Dexter, Sept. 12,
1820 ; Jane Caroline, Sept. 6, 1822 ; Nancy Baker, June 28,
1824; Oliver Brown, Sept, 16, 1826; Lucy Maria, March
30, 1830 ; Seth Henry, Aug. 17, 1832; Mary Putnam, Aug.
29, 1834; Sarah Elizabeth, May 8, 1837.
WYxMAN, OLIVER (s. of Col. Seth) m. Hannah Keyes,
D. of Ebenezer Drury, April 15, 1819, and was drowned at
Whitehall, Lake Charaplaln, In the raonth of Dec. 1825, aged
36. Chil. Abigail K, and Lucy Ann, both of whora m. in
Vermont, and where his wid. m.  Sraith of Brandon.
WHITTEMORE, NATHANIEL (sup. originally from Wes
ton or vicinity) m. Sarah, D. of Luke Rice, Aug. 17, 1753 ;
He was then called of this town. Chil. Sarah, b. July 18,
1754; Nathaniel, March 9, 1756; Lydia, Feb. 15, 1758;
Paul, May 24, 1760 ; Eber, April 24, 1762. Nathaniel Whit
temore had deceased in 1765. His wid Sarah, m. George Har
rington of Brookfield, March 31, 1774.

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This family narae appears in the records of Charlestown, in
1670 ; where Nathaniel and Mary Whittemore had Nathaniel,
b. Sept. 26, in that year.
WHITTEMORE, JOEL, (perhaps a bro. of the above) was
here. In 1753, and m. Rezinah, D. of Daniel Rand, April 28,
1761. She d. here, Dec. 29, 1768, aged 34 ; he is said to have
d. young. No births of their chil. on record here.
A Joel Whittemore, called of this town, was pub. to Hannah
Allen of Westboro', in 1755, and may have been the preceding.
Whittemore, Jeremiah, who d. here, June 22, 1844, aged 78,
m. Mary Washburn of Paxton, Feb. 21, (being his birth day,)
1792. She d. here, Sept. 24, 1843, aged 78. They probably
had not resided here many years before their decease. There is
no record of there having been such a family here previous to
1829. He was b. In Spencer, Feb. 21, 1766 ; his parents, Jer-
eralah Whitteraore and Mary Carter, both of Weston, were ra.
there, June 2, 1748, and removed to Spencer.
WALKER, HEZEKIAH, whose wife was Hannah, had
Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1745.
Martha Walker, called of this town, ra. Stephen Hastings,
in 1757.
WRIGHT, JOHN m. Jane Crossett of Templeton, April
30, 1765, and had Martha, b. Dec. 23, 1765 ; and Lucy, June
23, 1767.
John Wright and Deliverance Houghton were ra. here, Sept.
26, 1781.
WRIGHT, MOODY, ra. Elizabeth B. Barrows, in 1817,
and had Joseph Moody, b. April 28, 1818, and Augustus War
ren, May 31, 1822. Reraoved to Boylston.

486 FAMILY REGISTER.
WOOD, WILLIAM whose wife was Sarah, had Ebier, h.
Feb. 23, 1787.
WHITING, JOHN LAKE (sup. from Lancaster) m. Olive,
D. of Ross Wyman, in 1782. Chil. Relief, b. July 11, 1783,
and ra. Reuben Foster Blood', Feb. 24, 1805 ; Lucy, March 13,
1785 ; John Lake, aad others, not on record.
The parents, with their chil., removed to Lancaster, where he
deceased. His wid., Olive, returned and resided here nearly or
quite 20 years, and d. his wid., April 14, 1842, aged 80.
WARE, JASON and his wife, Jemima Cowell, were frora
Wrentham. He d. here, Nov. 12, 1836, aged 71. Chil. as on
record, and probably all b. here ; Martha, b. Aug. 28, 1791 ;
Harriet Jemima, June 3, 1793, and m. Franklin Newell of
Providence, R. I., Nov. 10, 1811; Maria, Dec. 4, 1797;
Leander Merritt, Feb. 16, 1803, and settled in Providence ;
Ann Janette, who m. Dr. Azor R. Phelps, in 1833 ; Samuel.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (frora Pomfret, Ct.) ra. Harriet,
D. of Thomas W. Ward, Esq., May 13, 1817. She d. here,
Nov. 13, 1824, aged 37. Chil. Artemas, b. March 2, 1818 ;
William Gardner, Jan. 20, 1820 ; Thomas Walter, March
23, 1822.
He next ra. Maria, D. of Isaac Denny, in 1826, and had
Harriet Ward, b. June 17, 1827. Reraoved to Marietta, Ohio,
about 1833.
WILLIAMS, Dr. SAMUEL C. (bro. of the preceding) m.
Rebecca, D. of Edward Sumner of Roxbury, in 1818, and d.
here, June 14, 1832, aged 43. Chil. Francis Sumner, h. March
30, 1819, and d. Feb. 4, 1823 ; Susan Rebecca, Feb. 17,
1821 ; and d. June 26, 1823; Emeline Sumner, July 19, 1823;
Edward Henry, Nov. 1, 1825, and d. infant; Ann Rebecca,
Jan. 2, 1828. His wid. Rebecca, m. Adolphus Parraenter of
Marlboro', in 1834.

FAMILY REGISTER. 487
WHIPPLE, Rev. EDWARDS, from Charlton, where he
was ord. to the gospel ministry, Jan. 25, 1804, and dis. in 1820,
was Installed here, colleague Pastor of the Rev. Dr. Suraner,
Sept. 26, 1821, and d. Sept. 17, 1822, aged 44. His wife was
Catharine Warner, a wid., her maiden name. Hall. She d. here,
April 17, 1842, aged 70. No issue.
WESSON, ABEL (s. of Abel, of Grafton Gore, whose wife
was Sarah Drury of Grafton,) lived in this town several years,
and d. here, April 26, 1832, aged 60. His wife was Jemima
Mills of Worcester. Of his chil., they are not on record here,
Samuel, ra. Relief, D. of Daniel Sraith, Jun., in 1820 ; Phineas,
m. Lucy, D. of said Smith, In 1824; Ephraim, m. Lucretia,
D. of John Bellows, Jun., in 1829 ; Jemima, m. John Johnson,
in 1816 ; Nancy, ni. Adara Harrington, 2dj in 1830; and Selena,
m. Cliarles Harrington, in 1829.
WESSON, THOMAS D. (bro. of the preceding) m. Lu
cinda, D. of Abrahara Rogers of Stow, in 1809. Chil. as on
record here, John Rogers, b. Aug. 10, 1814 ; Lucinda, Feb,r
15,1818. Reraoved to Concord,
Silas Wesson of Grafton, afterwards of Westboro', who m^
Sarah Rogers of Newton, in 1803, and John Wesson of Grafton,-
who m. Azubah, D. of Daniel Baker, in 1805, were brothers-
of Abel and Thomas D. Wesson.
DE WITT,* Deac. SAMUEL (formerly Witt,, and altered

* John Witr was in Lynn, in 1650. His first wife was Elizabeth, the 2d Sarafr.
He d. there in 1675. Of his seven chil.two were sons, John and Thomas. John'
was one of the Selectmen of Lynn, in 1692. The next that is found of this family
name, is in Marlboro', where was John with his wife, Mary, having William, b. in
1708 ; Jonathan, who m. Lydia MattheVcs, in 1713, and had Mary, b. in 1715; and'
Samuel with his wife, Elizabeth, having Samnel, b. in 1718.
These were respectively their first chil., according to Marlboro' records. They
may have been sons of John, and were undoubtedly g. sons of John Witt, Sen., of
Lynn. Families of this name soon became numerous in Marlboro'. From the
line of Sumuel was Samuel, who m. Lucy Adams ot Acton, Oct. 30, 1787, and had-
Samue^b. in 1791.

488 FAMILY REGISTER.
by Legislature to De Witt, s. of Samuel and Lucy) came here
from Marlboro', with his wife, Sarah Eaton of Framingham, in
1825. They were soon after ad. to this chh. She d. here,
June 22, 1837, aged 43. No issue.
He next m. Asenath Eaton of Fraraingham, in 1839.
WORKMAN, Dr. WILLIAM (frora Northarapton or vicin
ity) M. D., M. M., S. S., H. U., 1825, carae to this town
about 1826, ra. Sarah Paine, D. of Vashni Heraenway,. Esq.,
Sept. 16, 1828, had Emeline, b. Dec. 24, 1829^ and soon after
reraoved to Worcester.

APPENDIX. (A.)
BIOGRAPHICAL.
GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD.
" No kind of reading affords raore entertalnraent and instruc
tion than biography." Zeno, the celebrated philosopher, when
he inquired of the Delphic Oracle what raanner of life he should
lead, received for reply, " ask the dead"
We are profited by an acquaintance with the dhatacters and
actions of the wise and good of other days. Although dead,
they yet speak. A knowledge of their actions. If public tnen,
will irabue us with a deeper sense of our indebtedness for the
privileges we enjoyj and stiraulate us to preserve and transmit
them unimpaired to generations yet unborn.
In all revolutions, a few master-spirits begin the work, and lead
the way. • In Boston^ Hancockj Otis, and the Adamses, were
araong the earliest and racst zealous supporters of the rights of
the Colonies. They had able coajutors In the interior and coun
try towns, araong whom the subject of this sketch stood conspic
uous. They were the founders, and becarae pillars in the teraple
of LIBERTY, how extended ! still extending ! under whose archj
broad as the land, the people are wont to unite, once in each
year, to coraraeraorate the virtues and valorous deeds of their
forefathers, and in grateful reraerabrance of the pastj renew ths
pledge of looking well to the future.
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490 APPENDIX.
Justice to all is a debt every man owes, and one that every
man can, and is in duty bound to pay ; to the illustrious dead, it
is one of honor and gratitude. An impartial sketch of the lives
of such men, and a faithful relation of the iraportant events, in
whicbj from a love of country and a desire to benefit mankind,
they were prominent actors, is not only due to their meraory, but
will prove an incentive among the living to noble deeds and Ira-
perishable farae ; and thus, by keeping alive the spark, enkin
dle more readily the flarae of patriotism, when occasion shall
occur. If ever, to combat for our unalienable rights, our institu
tions, and our laws.
Biographical notices by descendants of their ancestors are not
uncommon, and perhaps pardonable and justified by the public,
Inasmuch as they are supposed to be in possession, if any are, of
documentary papers illustrative of the character and services of
hira, of whom they speak. Nevertheless, the posldon before the
pubBc of a biographer of his ancestor is somewhat similar, and
the less excusable by being voluntary, to that of a witness testify
ing in a case where one of the parties is his relative. The public
In the one case, as the jury in the other, are not insensible of the
natural bias, and therefore often do, as they reasonably may,
make some allowance, and, in some instances, not a little, on
that account.
What follows is for the most part historical, and frora public
and private records. The reader will judge and form an opinion
for himself.
Artemas Ward was the son of Col. Nahum Ward, one of
the early setders in Shrewsbury, and horn there, November 27,
1727, and was graduated at Harvard University, in 1748. At
the age of twenty-five years, he was coraraissioned a Justice of
the Peace, and, in 1755, "a Major in the third Regiraent of
Militia in the Counties of Middlesex and Worcester, (and Cap
tain of the first corapany of the town of Shrewsbury) whereof
Abrahara Williaras, Esq. [of Marlboro'] was Colonel ;" in 1758,
" a Lieut. Colonel in the Regiment of foot, commanded by Col.
WiUiam Williams, raised for a general invasion of Canada."

APPENDIX. 491
Having resigned the office of Selectman, Town Clerk, and As
sessor, which he then held in his native town, he went out on that
«xpediuon. Some loose leaves of a journal kept by him while
there, yet remain ; from them It appears great Irregularity pre
vailed araong the troops, 16,000 regulars and provincials, under
Gen. Abercrorabie, while on their march frora Lake George to
Ticonderoga, with a view to wrest that fortress frora the French,
The way was woody and otherways diiSicult ; the army marched
in four columns ; the guides being unskilful,. the troops were soon
bewildered, the columns broke, marching and countermarching
became general, and, as says the journal, ^'all was confusion,
confusion." In this disorderly manner the array proceeded on its marCh,
coluran falling in upon column, and driving before them, aad
killing many of an advanced guard of the eneray. An ill con
certed attack was next made upon the fort ; after four hours
of hard fighting. Gen. Abercrorabie ordered a retreat. Nearly
2000 of the regulars were killed, wounded or taken prisoners —
of the latter the number was small:; araong ;the forraer was the
gallant Lord Howe, who had coramand of a regiraent. The fort
was defended by cannon, and manned by four to five thousand
men. Trees, in great nuraber, and to the distance of nearly one
hundred yards, were arranged before the entrenchraent, with
their branches outward, and ends sharpened — it was difficult of
approach, and rausketry was tinavailing against it. For sorae
unaccountable reason, the artillery, of which there was a forrai-
dable train, was not even brought up to aid In the attack, when
it should have coramenced It, and opened the way. It was not
uncommon at such times for the British officers to post the pro
vincials in front, thereby protecting themselves and the regulars,
in some degree, from exposure:; such was the case then.
In succeeding years he represented his native town In the
" Great and General Court," and took an active part In the strug
gles between that body and the Colonial Governors, that preced
ed the Revolution. Fearless in speech, and resolute in manner,
lie boldly denounced those Parliamentary raeasures, that encroach
ed upon the rights of the Colonies. The several Governors,, if

492 APPENDIX.
they did not recomraend thera, sought to enforce thera in lan
guage offensive, and by arbitrary raeans.
The country was roused, and trainings of the railitia were fre
quent ; some of whose officers gave political, no less than mili
tary, instruction to those under their coraraand. A knowledge of
the fact, that such was Col. Ward's practice, was the occasion of
a letter, of which the following is a copy. Boston, June 30, 1766.
To Aktemas Warp, Esq.
Sir, — I ara ordered by the Governor to signify to you, that
he has thought fit to supersede your coramission of Colonel in
the Regiment of militia, lying in part in the County of Worcester,
and partly in the County of Middlesex. And your said cora-t
mission is superseded accordingly.
I ara, Sir, your most ob't and humble serv't,
Jno, Cotton, DepHy Secretary.
This was forwarded by express. A raessenger, in full military
dress, and on a foaming steed, rode up to the door of Col. Ward's
bouse, and inquired for him. Upon being told that he was on
the coramon with others, preparing to erect a new meeting house,
be posted away, as he carae, with extraordinary speed, exciting,
by his costume and haste, ranch wonder as he passed. He soon
found the object of his inquiry, having had him pointed out to
him by the Rev. Mr, Sumner, who was present, and who, a few
years before his death, related what took place on that occasion.
The cautious messenger, approaching the Colonel, asked, If
he was Col. Ward ? Upon receiving an affirmative answer, he
added I was commanded to put this into the hand of Col. Ward
in the quickest time possible, A number of people were there,
and soon gathered round ; having opened and read the letter, he
was inquired of by the by-standers, when about folding It up, if
there was extraordinary news ? Whereupon he read it aloud,
the messenger still sitting by on his horse, as if to discover and
feport how his message was received.

APPENDIX. 499
Col. Ward then turning towards him, said, give my compli
ments to the Governor and say to him, I consider myself twice
honored, but more In being superseded, than In being corarais
sioned, and that I thank hira for this, holding up the letter, since
the motive, that dictated it, is evidence, that lam, what he is
not, a friend io my country.
In losing the confidence of the Governor, he shared raore large
ly In that of the public. In 1768, when it was deterrained by the
House of Representatives to surround the Governor with a
Council, coraposed of men proved and approved for their vigi
lance in discerning the signs of the times, and for their Inflexible
opposition to arbitrary rule, he was elected by that body to a seat
at the Council Board. The Governor disapproved and negatived
the choice. What a compliment to his patriotism !
From that period to 1775, he was a raember of the General
Court, and a Delegate to the Provincial Congresses held at Con
cord, Cambridge, &c., the fruit of whose labors was then fast
ripening for the harvest. On the 27th of October, 1774, Jede
diah Preble, Arteraas Ward and Seth Poraroy, were elected Gen
eral Officers by the first Provincial Congress, then sitting at Cam
bridge, to take rank in the order above stated, and command such
of the militia as should be called out by the Coraraittee of Safety
for the defence of the Province.
It does not appear that Mr. Preble accepted his appointraent ;
Hostilities coraraenced at Lexington and Concord, and there the
great draraa opened on the 19th of April, 1775. Gen. Ward
was at Carabridge on the 20th, and on taking the command, ap
pointed Samuel Osgood, Esq., his Aid-de-carap, and Joseph
Ward, Esq., Secretary.
The raaterial for an array, so far as nurabers would constitute
one, and araounting to many thousands, suddenly and voluntarily
asserabled at Carabridge. It is worthy of note, that the brave
Col. Stark and his gallant band had arrived there on the 22d,
being only the 3d day after the coramenceraent of hostilities.
Several General Orders were Issued on the 20th, for the appoint
ment of Regimental Staff Officers, he, and araong them one,
«' that a Captain, one Lieutenant, two Sergeants, and fifty-tvfo

494 APPENDIX.
rank-and-file, march immediately to bury the dead, and take cars
of the wounded." CoJ. Gardner was ordered to repair iraraedi-
ately to Roxbury, and bring to Carabridge, all the bread that could
be obtained there, and Col. Bond, to bring all the cannon at
Watertown, Newton and Walthara, with part of the ammunition,
to the camp, at Cambridge,
A Council of War was called on the same day, consisting of
r Ward,
Generals. < Heath,
( Whitcomb.
/ Bridge, /¦ Spadlding,
1 Frye, \ Nixon,
^ J 7 y Jas. Prescott, t^ n i r J Whitney,
Colonels. \ Txr „ Lt. Colonels. < ., '
\ Wm. Prescott, \ Mansfield,
/ Bollard, / Wheelock,
V Barrett. v Mann.
Notwithstanding the Camp was crowded, volunteers continued
to come to the aid of their brethren already assembled there to
avenge their country's wrongs, and battie in its service.
To organize such a body of men, troops they could hardly
then be called, was a work of labor and time. They were un
accustomed to military service in large masses, unused to camp
duty, and impatient under restraint ; most of them came direct
from their plough-fields and work-shops, unprovided with subsist
ence or suitable clothing, a scarcity of both was soon experienced
.in the camp ; while of arms and ammunition, there was but a
scanty supply, and that of an inferior quality. Conflicting claims
of officers respecting rank, but added to the perplexities attend
ing the coramand.
Yet improvements were made, supplies procurred, and, in a
short tirae, the camp wore the appearance of order and regulari
ty. Picquet* and main guards were established and instructed
in their duty, sentinels traversed their rounds, paroles and coun
tersigns were given out daily, and all orders obeyed with alacrity.
* Now written Picket.

APPENDIX. 496
Even at this laite period, whatever relates to the Revolution, is
sought for wuh avidity and read with interest.
Many Interesting particulars of that wonderful event are lost
beyond recovery ; of those that remain, many never found their
way to the public ; they, too, in litde tirae, unless preserved by
the aid of the press, will pass into the receptacle of things lost
upon earth. To gather them up and thus preserve them, should
not be neglected. The call is for particulars, for details, no
matter how minute ; a desire to know them increases as the time
recedes that gave them' birth. Fron^ this consideration, I am in--
duced to add something further from Gen, Ward's orderly book.
"Head Quarters, Cambridge, April 2-1, 1775. The Gen--
eral orders, that guards (one Captain, two Subalterns, and forty
rank-and-file from each regiment,) be stationed as folfows :^ Two"
companies in Charlestown road, with advance parties on the
heights — one party towards Phipps' farra^ — one at the bridge — •
one towards Menotomy, (now West Cambridge) — and one af
WInterbill ; to keep a vigilant look out, and if the enemy make'
any movement, or any discoveries are raade, to give immediate'
notice to the General."
"April 22, 1775. T'he General orders, that Col. Starfe
march to Chelsea with 300' men, to defend the inhabitants of
that town."
"April 24, 1775-. The Genferal orders,-that each Adjutants-
Sergeant Major and Orderly Sergeant be provided with orderly
books, and regulariy enter the orders for the army."
The following are selected frora the Paroles and Countersigns ;-
May- 9, 1775. Parole, Shrewsbury. Countersign, Liberty.

" 10, "

Parole, Leicester.

Countersign, Order.

« 11, "

Parole, Lancaster.

Countersign, Peace.

" 19, "

Parole, Ethan.

Countersign, Allen,

On the 19th of May next following, Gen. Ward was appoint
ed, by the second Provincial Congress, and on the 30tb, comaaiat-

496 APPENDIX.
sioned, Comraander in Chief of all the forces raised by the Pro
vincial Congress, for the defence of this and the other American
Colonies. " In Provincial Congress, May 19, l775. The form of a
Comraission for Gen. Ward was read, amended and accepted,
and is as follows."
THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF THE MAS
SACHUSETTS BAY.
To THE Hojf. ARTEMAS WARD, EaQuiBl.— ffrccfeg:.
We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your courage
and good conduct, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint
you, the said ARTEMAS WARD, to be Genebal and Com
mander in Chief of all the forces raised by the Congress afore
said for the defence of this and the other American Colonies.
You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty
of a General, in leading, ordenng and exercising the said forces
in arms, both Inferior officers and soldiers, and keep them in good
order and discipline ; and they are hereby commanded to obey
you as their General ; and you are yourself to observe and fol
low such orders and Instructions as you, from time to time, re
ceive from this or any future Congress, or House of Representa
tives of this Colony, or the Coraraittee of Safety, so far as the
said Coraraittee is empowered by their comraission to order and
instruct, for the defence of this and the other Colonies, and to
demean yourself according to the military rules and discipline es
tablished by Congress in pursuance of the trust reposed in you.
, the of A. D. 1775.
By order of Congress,* President, pro tempore.
Secretary, pro tempore.

* Of this Congress, consisting of 224 members, John Hancock Was Fresidenf,-
•nd Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary.

APPENDIX. 49^
" May 20th. The Hon. Mr. [Samuel] Dexter * having, by
order of Congress, administered the oath to Gen. Ward, his Com
mission was delivered to him by the President."
This was an honor and a trust, that such a Congress, a Con^
gress composed of the purest Patriots, delegated for their wis
dom, prudence and well known fidelity to their country, would
never have conferred upon one of doubtful courage, or untried
patriotism. He accepted the trust, and with It a fearful responsibility, even,
if siistained by the energies of the people. That a failure of
success in the mighty efforts then being made, and against great
odds, would bring his and other heads to the block, Vias a raoral
certainty. His position as Commander in Chief of an armed force i'esist-'
ing the authority of, and warring against, the sovereign power,
could not fail of subjecting him, as a traitor, to an ignominious
death. Although to hira this was apparent in the outset, he did
not hesitate; the justice of the cause in which he had engaged,
and an iraplicit confidence in the abiding patriotism of the peo
ple, led hira at once to obey the call as a raatter of duty, although
then laboring under bodily infirmity .f
"June 14. The General orders, that eadh Colotiel of a Regi
ment take and keep a roll of his raen, their naraes, when enlist
ed, place of residence, age, stature and coniplexion ; and order
the roll to be called every raorning and evening. All officers to
see that all turaults and disorders in Camp be suppressed ; that
all soldiers repair to their barracks and tents immediately after
beating the tattoo, on penalty of being confined ; and that there
be no noise In the Camp after 9 o'clock at night ; that Field
Officers of the day take special care to suppress all grog-shops,

• His election to the Couneil Board was negatived by the dovernor at the samd
lime he negatived that of Col. Ward.
t Calculus — A painful and distressing complaint, that made acting duty, and es
pecially in his case on horseback and in the field, not only inconsistent with per*
sonal comfort, but aggravated the malady. Although at times in some degree re
lieved, he suffered with il to the close of life.
63

498 APPENDIX.
and if the owners of them continue to sell liquors to the soldiers,
he is ordered to stave their liquors ; that all officers see that
their men attend upon prayers raorning and evening, also divine
service on the Lord's-day, with their arms and accoutrements,
ready to march in case of alarm ; that there be no drumraing
after the Chaplain is upon the stage, and that the soldiers attend
immediately ; that the commanding officer of each Regiraent
see that the arms and aramunition be viewed daily, and that none
be wasted ; that every Regiment keep a Quarter Guard, and that
the arms and ammunition of the Picquet Guard be strictly exam
ined, before they go upon duty, by the coraraanding officer of
the Picquet."
" June 15. The General orders, that Samuel Murray be re
moved from the Goal in Worcester to his father's horaestead
farm in Rutland ; the limits of which he is not to pass until fur
ther orders ; and all persons are herebj' forbidden to offer any
violence to said Murray, while he continues in the peace of God
within those limits."
" Officer of the day for to-morrow, Col. Nixon.
Officer of the Picquet to-night, Maj. Buttrick.
Officer of the Main Guard to-raorroW, Lt.Col. Hutchinson,
Adjutant of the day, Holden."
"June llth. The battle at Charlestown was fought this
day." The record contains no raore relating to that event.
Although a detachra'ent proceeded to Charlestown and threw
up intrenchments there in the night of the I6th, there Is no record
of an order having been issiTed for that purpose, yet no doubt one
was issued, and, perhaps for reasons of a confidential nature, not
put on record. It was a secret expedition ; its destination and
purpose may have been known only to hira who ordered, and
him who conducted it.
The event that immediately followed, and the greater vigilance
required to guard against surprise, may, in some degree, account
for the barrenness of the record ;, it was of raore importance to pro-

APPENDIX. 499
tect and defend rights, than to record the orders adopted to secure
them. The record, .besides being of secondary importance,
could be made up afterwards ; It is matter of regret that it was
not done.
The safety of the rallltary stores collected at Carabridge would
not adrait of early reinforceraents to the aid of those on the bat
de field in Charlestown. The attack upon the Provincials there
was considered by Gen. Ward as a raere feint to draw the reraain-
ing troops from Head Quarters to their relief, and then to push
over from the Boston side to Cambridge a fresh body of troops,
break up Head Quarters, destroy the stores, and by proceeding
to Charlestown neck, enclose the Provincials on the peninsula.
» If such was the design, and it had succeeded, it would probably
have proved fatal to the American cause ; that design, if con
templated, was frustrated by the valorous conduct of the Provin
cials engaged In battle. Troops, perhaps destined for another
purpose, were ordered from Boston by Gen. Gage, to the relief
of hisdiscomfitted battalions in Charlestown ; this was sodn known
at Head Quarters, and reinforcements were immediately ordered
there, and to march by the way of Lechmere's Point, keeping a
sharp look out. They did not reach the place of their destina
tion ; the amraunition there was expended and the troops on the
retreat before they could arrive. In the raean tirae an order had
been despatched to Gen. Thoraas at Roxbury, to send Immedi
ately to the Camp at Cambridge, one 18 and one 24 pounder,
with proper ordnance stores, and conductors for the same, from
Camp at Roxbury.
A Continental Congress had assembled at Philadelphia, on the
10th of May, 1775, and, on the 15th of June following, being
then in session, among other proceedings,
" Resolved, That a General be appointed to command ail
the Continental Forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of
American Liberty."
" The Congress then proceeded to the choice of a General,
by ballot, and GEORGE WASHINGTON was unanimously
elected."

^00 APPENDIX,
On the 16th, the Congress
" Resolved, That two Major Generals be appointed for the
American Array." And on the 17th, "Congress proceeded to
the choice of officers in the Army, by ballot.
Artemas Ward, Esq,, was chosen first Major General.
Charles Lee, Esq., was chosen second Major General. '
Congressional Journal.
Generals Washington and Lee arrived at Carabridge on the
first day of July, 1775, when the former took the coraraand, a
command judiciously bestowed by Congress in the exercise of a
sound judgment, no less fortunate for the country, than honorable
to him, who received it.
All have admitted, and all will continue to adrait, that he was
the only raan, who could have united all hearts; the only raan,
who could have successfully carried the country through that
desperatel struggle, and have gained for It an independent
rank araong nations. General Ward, to the close of his life
was known to have said thus rauch, and, .although never lavish
of praise, no raan held in higher esteera than he, those reraark
able qualifications possessed by that extraordinary man, or a
higher opinion of the value of the services he rendered to his
country. Gen. Washington's head quarters being established at Cam
bridge, Gen. Ward took post on the right, at Roxbury, and
Gen. Lee, on the left, on Winter Hill. Councils of War
were repeatedly held to devise raeans, and adopt measures
for driving the British troops out of Boston ; and such were
effected, that, on the 1 7th of March, they were corapelled to
evacuate the town, when the Araerican troops, led on by Gen.
Washington, imraedlately took possession. Gen. Ward was left
shortiy after in command in the Eastern Department, Gen.
Washington with a large portion of the array, having proceeded
10 New York.

APPENDIX, 501
In April following, his Infirraity Increasing, Gen. Ward repre
sented to Congress the feeble state of his health, and his unwill
ingness to continue in office and receive its emoluments, when
prevented by ill health from rendering an equivalent In the ser
vice, and respectfully requested of Congress to accept his resig
nation of the office of Major General.
Upon a repeated application, his request was granted ; yet, as
It would seem frora the following extract frora the Congressional
Journal, not without a hope that his health would be restored,
and his services retained.
"Nov. 7,1776. Whereas the late Major General Ward,
since his resignation of his trust, has continued in coraraand In
the Eastern Departraent, at the request^, of the Coraraander In
Chief, and still continues therein at the request of Congress, it
is, therefore,
" Ordered, That he receive the pay of a Major General,
coraraanding In a separate Departraent, frora the 26th day of
April last, being the time of his resignation, and until a suitable
person shall be appointed to take the command in his stead,' or It
shall be otherwise ordered by Congress."
He continued In the service until the close of that year.
In 1777, he was elected by the House of Representatives,
a meraber of the Executive Council of the Colony, and by the
Council, President of that Board, In 1779, appointed a raem
ber of the Continental Congress, but prevented by ill health
frora taking a seat in that body.
What follows renders it unnecessary to extend this notice
further. On one of the four sides of a Faraily Monument, of hewn
granite, recentiy erected in the burying ground in Shrewsbury,
Is the following inscription to his memory, containing a condens
ed account of the principal stations in which he acted his part,
in an eventful period of our country's history.

502 APPENDIX.

MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD.
(Son of Col. Nahum Ward,)
H. U, 1748. 1762, a Justice, and, 1776, Chief Justice of the
C. C. Pleas for the Co. of Worcester.
1758, a Major in the expedition against Canada.
1759, appointed Col. ; 1766, his commission, as Col., revoked,
for his inflexible opposition to arbitrary power, whereupon
he inforraed the Royal Governor, that he had been
TWICE honored.
1768, chosen one of the Executive Council, and by the Royal
Governor, and for the sarae reason, negatived and
deprived of a seat at that Board.
1775, appointed to the command of the army at Cambridge,
and, by the Continental Congress, First Major General
in the army of the Revolution.
1779, appointed a member of the Continental Congress, and,
under the Federal Government, repeatedly
elected a member.
16 years a Representative from this town in the Legislature,
and, in 1786,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
Firmness of mind and integrity of purpose were characteristic of
his whole life, so that he was never swayed by the applause
or censure of man, but ever acted under a deep
sense of duty to his country, and accountability
to his God.
Long will his memor)^ be precious araong the friends of
Liberty and Religion.
Oct. 27, ISOO, M. 73.

APPENDIX.

503

(B.)
The following list of Town Officers from 1829 to 1846 inclusive, having been furnished with a request,, that it rnay ap-.
pear in this work, is here inserted in continuation of the list ending on the 84th page.

MOBERATORS.

To\v^f Clerks.

Selectmen.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

1830.
Nymphas P-ratt, Esq.

1831,
Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Henry Snow, Esq,

Bal&h, Dean, Esq.
Capt. T. Harrington, Jr.
Ephraim Hapgood,
Prescott B.righam,
Henry Sno.w, Esq.

Senry Snow, Esq.

1832.
Nymphas. Pratt, Esq.

Henry Snow, Esq.

1838.
Capt. Artemas Stone.

Capt. Job C. Stone.

Nymphas, Pratt, Esq.
Capt. T. Harrington, Jr.
Prescott Brigham,
Henry Snow, Esq.
Capt. A. Harrington.

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.
Henry Snow, Esq.
Prescott Brigham,
Abj-aham Knowlton,
Jonas M. Miles.

Capt. T. Harriijgton,
Benjamin Maynard,
Capt. A. Harrington.

Capt, A. Harrington,
Capt. Amasa Howe,
Nathan Pratt, Jr.

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Nymphas. Pratt,*Esq,

Benjamin Maynard,
Capt. Amasa Howe,
Nathan Pratt, Jr.,

Nymphaa Pratt, Esq,

Capt. T. Harrington, Jr.

Nymphas Pratt, Esq.

Nymphas Pratt, Esq,

Balch Dean, Esq.
Capt. A. Harrington,
Calvin Howe,
Henry Baldwin,
Dr. Azor R. Phejps.

Capt. A. Harrington,
Capt. Amasa Howe,
Wm. H. Knowlton.

Capt. Nath'n Baldwin.

APPENDIX.

504

IMOIJKRATORS.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Rl',]-RESEN'rAT]VES.

1834.
Balch Dean, Esq.

1835.
Balcli Dean, Esq.

183G.
A. Harrington, Esq.

1837.
A. Harrington, Esq.

1638.
A. Harrington, Esq.

Capt. Job C. Stone.

Balch Dean, Ksq.
Capt. A. Harrington,
Calvin Howe,
Henry Baldwin,
Dr. Azor R. Phelps.

Capt. Amasa Howe,
Capt. W. n. Knowlton,
Prescott Brigham.

Capt. Nath'n Baldwin.

Dr. Azor R. Phelps.

Dr. Azor R. Phelps.

Dr. Azor R. Phelps.

Dr. Azor R. Phelps.

Balcli Dean, Esq.
Capt. A. Harrington,
Calvin Howe,
Henry Baldwin,
Prescott Brigliam.

Balch Dean, Esq.
A. Harrington, Esq.
Calvin IIowo,
Henry Baldwin,
Prescott Brigham.

A. Harrington, Esq.
Calvin Howe,
Henry Baldwin,
Ethan Temple,
Lemuel B. Hapgood.

A. Harrington, Esq.
Calvin Howe,
Henry Baldwin,
Ethan Temple,
Lemuel B, Hapgood.

Capt. Amasa Howe,
Prescott Brigham,
Calvin N. Slocorab.

Capt. T. Harrington
Capt.W.H. Knowlton,
Daniel Heywood.

Capt. Amasa Howe,
Benjamin Maynard,
Samuel De Witt.

Capt. T. Harrington,
Sam'l Woodburn, Jr.
Daniel Heywood.

Capt. Nath'n Baldwin,

Wm. W. Pratt.

Wm. W. Pratt.

Wm. W. Pratt

Adam Harrington, Esq.
Dr. Azor R. Phelps.

APPENDIX.

505

Moderators. Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

Representatives.

¦g 1839.
Calvin Howe.

Capt. Joab Hapgood.

A. Harrington, Esq.
Calvin How.e,
Ethan Temple,
Lemuel B. Hapgood,
Capt Leander Fales.

Benjamin Maynard,
Capt Amasa Howe,
Jonas W. Allen.

Lucius S, Alien.

Adam Harrington, Esq.
Dr. Azor .R. Phelps.

1840.
A. Harrington, Esq.

Capt. Joab Hapgood.

A. Harrington, Esq.
Henry Ba dwin,
Ethaji Temple,
Lemuel B. Hapgood,
Daniel Heywood.

Sanj'l Woodburn, Jr.
CaptW.H.Knowlton,Capt T. Harrington.

Lucius S. Allen,

Capt Job C. Stone.

1841,
Nymphas Pyatt, Esq.

Capt Job C. Storje.

A. Harrington, Esq.
Jonathan Nickels,
Caleb H. Warren,
Lemuel B, Hapgood,
Jonas H. Allen.

Capt. T. Harrington,
CaptW.H.Kno-ivlton,
Henry B. Pratt

Wm, W. Pratt.

Capt. Job C. Stone.

1843,
Dea. Jonas M. Miles.

Capt Job C. Stone.

Dea. Jonas M. Miles,
Jonathan Nickels,
Caleb H. Warren,
Jonas H. Allen,
Gideon Harlow.

1
Capt. Amasa Howe,
CaptWiH, Knowlton, Charles O. Greep.
Henry B. Pratt

1843.
Pea. Jonas M. Miles.

Capt Job C. Stone.

Dea. Jonas M. Miles,
Jonathan Nickels,
Caleb H. Warren,
Jonas H. Allen,
Gideon Harlow.

Capt. Amasa Howe,
Henry B. Pratt,
Benjamin Maynard.

Charles O. Green.

APPENDIX,

5oe?

Moderators.

Town Clerks.

Selectmen.

Assessors.

Treasurers.

1844.
A. Harrington, Esq.

1845.
Wm. W. Pratt

1846.
Gapt Joab Hapgood.

Capt Job C. Stone.

A. Plarrington, Esq.
Dea. Jonas M. Miles,
Thomas W. Ward,
Lemuel B. Hapgood,
Sam'l Woodburn, Jr.

Capt Job C. Stone.

Capt. Job C. Stone.

Capt Joab Hapgood,
Jonathan Nickols,
Lucius S. Allen,
Henry B. Pratt,
Charles E. Miles.

Capt. Joab Hapgood,
Lucius' S. Alien,
Charles E. Miles,
Gideon Harlow,
Henry Howe.

Capt.W. 11. Knowlton,
Nathan Pratt, Jr.
Ilcnry B. Pratt.

Capt Amasa Howe,
Benjamin Maynard,
Eli Walcutt

Capt.W. H. Knowlton,
Benjamin Maynard,
Eh Walcutt.

Charles O. Green.

Charles O. Green.

Charles O. Green.

Representatives.

Titles having been made a matter of record from the beginning to a recent period, it has been thought advisable, for
the sake of uniformity, to apply them in latter years.
Several articles had been prepared with a view to their insertion under the head of Alphabetical Letters in this
Appendix, but the extent to which this work has reached, precludes their admission.

INDEX.
PAGfi.
Bunker Hill Batde, some account of,  51
Church, names of its founders,  120
" Covenant, ^  119
" " a portion of 3d Article erased,  179
" " clause prefixed to it,  179
Council, Ecclesiastical called,  -.  172
County Conventions, time and order of  46
Congresses, Provincial, some account of,  40
Connecticut, Blue Laws of,  1 97
Direct Tax, 17981,  58
Deacons, succession of,  1 83
Drums, people called to meeting by,  189
Dead, not to be burled ¦on the Lord's-day, unless, ...... 1 99
Elections, penalty for not appearing at,  196
Funerals, expenses of,  199
Family Register,  21 1
Goddard, Simon, his reasons for having Ruling Elders in
Churches,  139
Guns, penalty for shooting off, except at an Indian or a wolf, 196
House Lots, to whom granted,  10
Houses, number of, in 1798, and names of owners and oc
cupants,  V . •  59
History, Ecclesiastical,  118
Hog Stealer, what constituted one,  198
Half Mourning, a child's idea of it,  200
Indian Chief, his reply,  49
Insurrection, Lincoln's account of it,  c . . . . 90
Intolerance,  " • 1^2
Inhabitants set off to other towns, names of,  31—2

508 INDEX.,

FAOIS,.

Johnson, Zebediah and Esther, their reasons f6r not attend
ing upon the word preached,  170'
Keyes, Deac. John, his objections against church members,
living in one town, and communing in another,  136
Lands laid out, &cc.,  26
Memoranda, miscellaneous,  31, 1 84
Militia Companies, ...»  37
March Meeting, great contest in,  86i
North Parish, church when organized there, and names of
its founders,   .  201, 206
Public Worship, sleeping in time of, heads rapped for, . . . 189
Pensioners, Revolutionary, nanjes of,  201
Paine, Joshua, chosen Pastor, declines accepting,  174.
Quakers, for what and how punished,  192
Rank, Military, how distinguished,  51
Ruling Elders, expediency of having in the church,  121
Representatives, House of, extracts from their Journal, . . . 184
Sumner, Joseph, chosen Pastor, accepts — articles of agree
ment between him, as Pastor, and the church, ...... 174
Smoking on the Lprd's-day within two miles of the Meet
ing House, penalty for,  .,  191
Smoking not prohibited In meeting,  191
Squirels, remedy for their destroying outside rows of corn, 1 98
Shays, Daniel, some account of,  115
Time, manner of compudng it,  211
Township, when petitioned for, &;c  ,. • . . 8
Taxes,, to whom refunded in 175S, he,  35
Tories disarmed and restrained,  39
Town Officers, &c., from 1727 to 1829, inclusive,  63
" " " from, 1829 to 1846, inclusive,  503
Tobacco, persons with a chew of, in their mouth, not to sit
on a Jury, . . . . <  1 90
Ward, Gen., Biography of,  '  489
Wives, when liable to have a ducking,  198
Wa,chjusett Hill, grant of by House of Representatives, . .. 1 8.1

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