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GENEALOGICAL

SKETCHES OF THE DESCENDANTS

Jolju binton of £gnn,
1648:
AND OF
SEVERAL ALLIED FAMILIES,
NAMELY,
THOSE BEARING THE NAMES OF
ALDEN, ADAMS, ALLEN, BOYLSTON, FAXON, FRENCl^, HAYDEN, HOL-
BROOK, MILLS, NILES, PENNIMAN, THAYER, WHITE,
RICHARDSON, BALDWIN, AND GREEN.
INTERSPERSED WITH NOTICES OF OTHER ANCIENT' FAMILIES.

AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING A" HISTOEY OP THE BEAINTEEB lEON WORKS, AND
OTHER HISTORICAL MATTER.

BY JOHN ADAMS VINTON.

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY S. K. WHIPPLE AND COMPANY
161 Washington Street.
1858.

Entered according to Act of Congresa, in the year 1858, by
JOHN ADAMS VINTON,
In the Clerk's OfHce of the District Conrt of the District of Massachusettl.

YALE

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BOSTON:
BBHRT W. DnTTON AND BON, PBINTERS,
Transcript Building.

PREFACE.

" The sacred tie of Family, reaching bickward and forward, binds the generations of men together,
and draws out the plaintive music of our being from the solemn alternation of cradle and grave."—
Edward Everett.
Among all the motives which operate on the human mind, few
exert more influence than those drawn from history. If the intel
lectual, social and moral condition of nations rich in historical recol
lections be compared with that of a people chiefly or wholly destitute
of them, the difference will be found to be vast and striking. The
strength of England and the United States is fed continually by mem
ories of Cressy and Agincourt — of Bunker Hill and Saratoga ; while
long centuries of darkness and of bondage have enfeebled the Chinese
and the Irish.
What is thus true of nations, is true also oi families. There is not
an intelligent, public-spirited, virtuous man, anywhere to be found,
who can safely deny that his motives to virtue and patriotism are
strongly reinforced by the consideration — if such were the fact — that
his ancestors were brave and upright men. We believe with Webster,
that " there is a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors,
which elevates the character, and improves the heart." Burke truly
said, " Those only deserve to be remembered by posterity, who treasure
up the history of their ancestors." A distinguished American clergy
man, now living, has observed, " There are riches of moral power in
such an ancestry as ours."
The history of a nation being nothing else than the collective his
tory of the families that compose that nation, it is easy to see that
sufiicient reasons exist why families should have their histories written.
They are thus connected with the great transactions of the past, and
posterity are enabled to discover what their ancestors had to do with
the successive portions of the nation's history.
Considerations such as these induced the present writer, some years
ago, to ascertain and gather up, with a view to preservatioi), what
particulars he could touching those from whom he is descended. From
childhood I have desired to know who my ancestors were, and what

IV PREFACE.
they did. I felt it to be an infelicity, and almost a disgrace, to know
so little on the subject. I wanted to connect myself with the earliest
and purest days of New England, and to know as definitely as I could
what part those from whose loins I sprung had in colonizing these
western shores. But where to obtain the information I knew not.
During many years, I supposed it impossible to obtain it. By my
aged grandfather, and his still more aged sister, I was conducted back
to the early part of the last century ; but all beyond was darkness and
uncertainty. About six years ago I was unexpectedly, I may say
providentially, directed to authentic sources of information, which gave
me, not indeed all the facts I wanted, but far more than I had dared to
hope. I was enabled to connect myself with the first white settlers
of this country, and to bind together in one nearly all who bear the
Vinton name. Since that time my leisure hours have been given
chiefly to the elucidation of this subject. I have spared no toil, or
effort, or expense, in my power. I have made thorough and careful
examination of all public and private records that promised to afford
light on this matter, and have held correspondence with a great num
ber of individuals in different and distant parts of the country.
The result I here offer to my kindred, and to all who may feel an
interest in researches of this nature. I undertook this investigation at
first solely for my own satisfaction ; to supply a personal want long
felt, without knowing how it could be met, — a want which I now sup
pose to be common to men of thoughtful and inquisitive minds. But
finding myself successful beyond my expectation, and rapidly becom
ing acquainted with different branches of the family previously un
known ; finding myself in a field of inquiry continually extending,
and observing also that many others were interested in the same sub
ject, — I was led to believe it my duty to proceed with the investigation,
to collect all the facts within my reach, and to place them in the pos
session of such as might desire the information. The reader will
understand, therefore, that this volume was undertaken, and has been
carried forward, amidst many difficulties, to its completion,under a solemn
conviction of duty, both to the dead and to the living. To the Com
piler, it did not seem right that the memory of the dead should perish
in their graves ; and that they who had done and suffered so much for
their posterity, should be forgotten on the earth. On the other hand,
it did not seem right to withhold the information, obtained with so much
pains-taking, from their surviving descendants.
The writer is aware that some persons do not highly appreciate

PREFACE. V
researches of this nature. This want of appreciation may arise from
some early prejudice. It may arise from a misconception of the whole
matter. It may arise from too intense a contact of the mind with the
Present, excluding almost wholly the influence of the Past, and even
of the Future. It is surely no credit to any man to be reckless of
that Past, from whose womb the Present has sprung, and without which
the Present cannot be interpreted.*
To exhibit the design of the present volume in the light in which it
has been contemplated by the author, he begs leave to offer the follow
ing considerations.
The Reformation from Popery in the sixteenth century was, next to
the propagation of Christianity in the apostolic age, the most remark
able movement ever witnessed in our world. The human mind was
stirred to its inmost depths ; ideas and habits, apparently the most
firmly fixed, underwent a tota! revolution, and the whole face of society
was changed. Of this great movement, the settlement of New Eng
land by English Puritans was a direct and necessary result. Finding,
after many years of trial and suffering, that they could not, in their
native land, carry out the principles of the Reformation to their true
issues, they came to the determination to transplant themselves, with
all their interests and hopes, to the New World. They saw the
Reformation, in fact, going backward, and the nation, under the sway
of the weak and perfidious Stuarts, rapidly hastening towards Rome.
The Puritans felt that all that was dear to them in their hope of salva
tion, as well as all that was desirable in free civil institutions, was in
the utmost peril, and that their duty to God, to themselves and to pos
terity alike, called them to" go into the American wilderness. Here,
on this virgin soil, they would have a fair field — a field almost illimit
able — for the dissemination and growth of those great ideas which they
had gathered from the word of God, and which they believed to be
essential to the welfare of man, here and hereafter. Every successive
age, every revolving year, has made more and more apparent the wise
forethought, and the heaven-inspired piety, which guided them in these
counsels. More and more evident, also, has it become, that the
Supreme Ruler had great designs to accomplish by the colonization
* The Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D., Professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton,
N. J., — a name held in the highest respect for wisdom, piely. learning and usefulness, — thus
expressed his opinion, in a letter lo the compiler of the Foote Genealogy, dated Feb. 4,
1848, the writer being then in his 81st year : " I am ashamed, my dear sir, that the business
of genealogy has, in times past, engaged so little of my attention ; and thai now, when I
see so mucn of its real value, a great deal, truly inlereslmg to me, has irrecoverably gone."
What multitudes have had occasion for a similar acknowledgment !

VI PREFACE.
of New England, — designs commensurate with the entire globe, and
far-reaching as eternity.
The eyes of the world are now turned, with an eager, anxious look,
and an interest altogether without parallel, to these western shores.
While other nations are ruled by a stern despotism or an oppressive
oligarchy, crushed under a heavy weight of taxation, and trembling
with apprehensions of the future ; their resources wasted, their power
declining, their population discontented, their governinsnts tottering,
and some degree of civil order maintained only by the constant pres
ence of a large armed force, — here is a people with a cheap yet
efficient government, with a civil constitution in whose support all
parties are unanimous, and advancing in population, in wealth, and in
influence beyond all former example. The world is inquiring after
the cause. The cause, under God, is to be found, unquestionably, in
the personal character of the men and women who settled on this coast
a little more than two hundred years ago. They were a people of
singular wisdom and worth. Their character was formed, their institu-
tions were founded, their policy proceeded, on the Bible. Theirs
were an elevation of aim, a purity of purpose, a steadiness of resolve,
a fortitude under trial, and, crowning all, a sense of responsibility to
God, never — no, never — seen before. They left the green fields and
pleasant towns of old England, not to improve their temporal condition,
but to found on these then inhospitable shores an asylum for civil and
religious liberty. They struggled with difficulties and dangers, they
endured hardships and sufferings, of which the present generation have
no adequate conception. Their character was formed in the school of
adversity, and thus were they prepared, in the providence of God, for
that noblest of all merely human achievements — the founding of a
Christian Republic. To such an ancestry we owe, under God, all
that is valuable iu the character, the institutions, and the destiny of the
American people.
The time is approaching, if it has not already come, when to be
descended from the Puritan settlers of New England will be regarded
as a truer nobility ihan has ever been derived from all the charters of
Norman or of Gothic kings.* It is a nobility founded on virtue, — on
virtue subjected to the severest trial, and never found wanting. We
* John Quincy Adams said he would rather have one drop of Puritan blood in his veins
than all the blood Ihat ever flowed in Ihe veins of kings and princes.
" Sons and daughters of the I'llgrlms '." — we count it a loftier boast than to wear the bless
ing of a hundred coats of arms, Who would not rather bear a name carved on one of
those old grey stones, than the brightest on the scrolls of Norman heraldry ?

PREFACE. vii
have no need to prosecute fatiguing and expensive researches among
the parchment rolls and parish registers of old England. In the words
of an eminent living scholar,* " the only antiquity with which the sons
of the Pilgrims can truly sympathize, begins with the emigration of the
Puritans  Our eariy history, though modern in date, has all the
claims to our veneration that human virtue or divine favor can bestow."
" The emigration of the first settlers of New England, contemplated
in its causes, its circumstances, and its results, is the noblest and most
touching incident in all history."
To connect, then, the present age, as far as may be, with the gener
ation that peopled New England, with what may truly be called its
heroic age, is the design of this book. It will appear, as the reader
proceeds in the volume, that the aim is far more extensive than to give
a history of the Vinton family alone. The book is almost equally the
history of nearly twenty other families, who have at different times
allied themselves with the family of the writer.J
The writer has a strong impression that the descendants of William
Vinton,^ born at Lynn, 1652, son of John Vinton,' the original emi
grant, may yet be found somewhere in the country. He has heard,
once in a great while, a distant echo, which led him to think there might
be such people ; but his efforts to find them have not been successful,
at least not amounting to a certainty ; albeit he presumes the descend
ants of David Vinton [314] to be of that branch of the original stock.
If so, there may be others.
The " Genealogical Sketches of Allied Families," do not
profess to give a complete history of the families to which they
severally relate. They are, as the name denotes, mere outlines ; and
the main design is to enable many descendants of John Vinton, who
are also descended from the families whom the " Sketches " embrace,
to trace their pedigree in those families up to the settlement of the
country. Their aim and scope is to be illustrative of the Vinton
Genealogy and of each other. In the earlier generations, they are
tolerably complete, so far as the means at the writer's command
enabled him to make them ; and they may afford desirable aid to any
who may hereafter undertake a history of those families.

the first generation of New England people: — John Vinton of Lynn; John Alden of Dux-
bury ; Henry Adams, Samuel Allen, William Ames, Samuel Bass, Gregory Baxter, John
Hayden, William Savil, Richard Thayer, Rev. William Tompson, all of Bramtree ; Thomas
Holbrook, and Ephraim Hunt of Weymouth ; George Alcock of Roxbury ; Thomas Gardner
and John White of Brookline ; Edward Shepard of Cambridge; Thomas Boylslon of Wa-
tertown ; William Paddy of Boston ; Joseph Hills and Thomas Gieen of Maiden. On his
mother's side are the names of Giles, Bishop, Higginson, Jcnnison, Lindall, Marshall,
Palfrey, Savage, Sheffield, Stearns, Symmes, Veren.

Vlll PREFACE.
More than one hundred pages of the "Vinton Memorial" (large
size) had been printed, and the types distributed, when some gentle
men, who were acquainted with the design of the writer and had seen
proof sheets of the work, strongly advised to the issuing of a larger
edition than had been contemplated and contracted for. This had now
become impossible, without the renewed type-setting of the seven
sheets already struck off. The only course which remained, if the
advice were followed, was to make a concise abridgment of the first
288 pages of the book ; neglecting all the descendants of John Vin
ton,' bearing other family names. Such an abridgment appears in
the present volume, extending to the twentieth page and including
Appendix F. on page 204. Though exceedingly condensed, it gives
the quintessence of the larger work, but of course is deficient in the
matter of detail and in the female branches. The first Index of this
volume contains the Christian Names of 579 Vintons. The corre
sponding Index of the larger volume contains 747 names. The excess
(168 names) is made up for the most part of such names, borne by
the younger members of the seventh and eighth generations, as it was
not found convenient to exhibit in the abridgment. The " Sketches of
Allied Families " are nearly identical in both volumes. The " History
of the Braintree Iron Works," and several other articles contained in
the Appendix of the larger work, are also contained in this volume.
This department of composition, Family History, has within a few
years become of sufficient importance to acquire a position and a value
among the issues of the press, which it is not likely to lose. Since the
writer turned his attention this way, several volumes of great intere.st
to the antiquary, and even to the student of history, have made their
appearance. Among these it is sufficient to refer to Dr. Bond's admi
rable History of Watertown, as a work not to be soon surpassed, or even
equalled, for comprehensiveness of plan, extent of research, thorough
ness of investigation, or satisfaction obtained by the reader. Many
other volumes of great value have made their appearance ; and others
are expected to follow.*
In this species of writing, there is no room for the graces of style,
or the coruscations of genius ; but ample opportunity for the exercise

* The Genealogical Register of Oct. 1867 contains a Catalogue of 124 Ameiican Geneal
ogies, most of them printed within the last ten years; of which forty contain more than one
hundred pages each; fifteen have more than two hundred pages each ; and six have four hun
dred pages or more. In addition to these, is a List of 212 " Collections of Genealogies,"
/if which one. Dr. Bond's History of Watertown, conlains over one thousand pages, large
Svo., with several superb engravings.

PREFACE. IX
of diligence, patience, and a sound judgment. Such works are ex
ceedingly difficult of preparation, and meet with a slender reward.
The unpractised can have no idea of the labor and the time which
are required in works of this nature. The Compiler has devoted nearly
all his leisure during the last six years, to the business of collect
ing, arranging, and preparing the materials for this volume ; in writing
it out in full, and in conducting it through the press. More than a year
immediately preceding the present writing, has been chiefly devoted
to this employment. The entire work has been written over three
times. More than six hundred letters have been written and received
in reference to the matters found on these pages. The records of twenty-
five Towns and of several Churches have been carefully examined ;
also the Probate Records and Registry of Deeds of at least five Coun
ties. The Massachuseits Archives, and Muster Rolls of the Revolution,
contained in more than thiee hundred ponderous folios, have been dili
gently scrutinized. Recourse has been had to some of these sources of
information in many repeated instances ; perhaps even to the tenth or
twentieth time. A still greater number of Family Records have been
examined, copied, and compared with other sources of information.
A very large number of Town, Church, and Family Histories, existing
in print, have been consulted. In many cases, it has not been easy
to read, or understand, the Record. In regard to some points, there
has been much obscurity, requiring no small amount of pains and of
patience to elucidate. The materials were often scanty ; often too,
being drawn from different sources, they needed much care in the
arrangement. The work has been prosecuted under the inconvenience
of weak eyes, imperfect health, and a purse almost empty ; with many
interruptions, with little encouragement from others, and no expectation
of pecuniary recompense. With very slender pecuniary resources, the
writer has borne the whole burden of this work, and instead of gaining,
expects to lose money by the printing, besides abandoning all claims
for a compensation of his labor. He has denied himself and his family
many comforts, that he might have the means of printing this book.
¦" Inserviens aliis consumer,"* has been his daily experience, almost
through his whole life.
It would have been clearly impracticable to have fortified every
statement made in this volume with the authority by which it is sus
tained. Many statements are made from a comparison of authorities,
and to have quoted every voucher at every step, would have been tire-
* " I destroy myself by my services to others." The supposed language of a candle.

X PREFACE.
some and perplexing. The writer must therefore beg his readers to
believe that in every case he has used his best care and judgment to
arrive at the truth. In many cases, however, he has referred to
chapter and verse of the original Record ; so that the reader may verify
the statement, if he chooses, and has the opportunity.
Genealogists often proceed on probabilities; and base their state
ments on inferences. The present writer has aimed to do so, only,
where the inference was unavoidable. Where there was room to
doubt, and the fact did not seem certain, he has usually, if not always,
intimated that there was only a probability in the case. The writer
has endeavored to state everything as it was ; and has aimed at making
his statements as plain, clear, and free from ambiguity and error, as
possible. Yet with the utmost care and pains-taking, a work of this
nature and as extensive as this, will inevitably contain some mistakes.
The number had assuredly been far less if the writer's calls for infor
mation had been more carefully regarded.
This work has been delayed much beyond the period assigned for
its completion, by the preparation and insertion of the sketches of the
Allied Families, particularly that of the descendants ofTHOMAS
Green' of Maiden. In the last named Sketch the present writer was
a co-laborer, through the whole extent, with his valued friend, Professor
S. S. Greene of Providence.

After most of the following pages had been printed, the author was
led to make further inquiries into the origin of the name Vinton, and,
by consequence, of the Vinton family. The ensuing quotations may
throw some light on the subject.
In the great "Collection de documents inedits sur I'histoire de
France," is a work entitled "Archives administratives de la ville de
Reims," 9 vols. 4°. In Vol. IL, part I., page 475, appear these words :
" Reunion des chanoines de I'eglise de Reims en chapitre general, a
Poccasion des griefs que le chapitre avait centre I'archeveque."* A
note remarks — " Les difierents recommencerent bientot apres I'accord
de decembre 1326."|: A long list follows of the " chanoines " who
* " Meeting of the canons of the church of Rheims in general chapter, on account of the
grievances which the chapter had against the archbishop.''
t " The disagreements recommenced soon after the reconciliation of Dec. 13i!6."

PREFACE. XI
were cited, among whom was " Petrus de Vintonne." The note ob
serves, or rather the author quoted in the note — "On voit par tons ces
noms que les chanoines de Reims etoient pour lors tons princes et
grands seigneurs."* The author of the " Archives " is Pierre Varin.
The following quotation is made from " Memoires sur la langue
celtique," Vol. I. p. 386, of a work whose general title is " Dictionnaire
de la langue celtique, par M. Bullet [Jean-Baptiste] professeur royal de
Theologie." Besanjon, MDCCL. 3 vols.folio.f
" Vinchester est I'ancienne Vintonia, grande ville situee dans une
Isle formee par un partage de Pitching. Fw, riviere, Tonn, partage."§
" The Winton Domesday" is a survey of the lands belonging to
King Edward the Confessor in Winchester, made on the oath of eighty-
six burgesses in the time of Henry I. It consists of two parts or rec
ords, both written on vellum. The first is entitled " A book of the
King's lands, in Winchester, rendering Land-gable as they were used
to render in the time of King Edward." The second record is " The
Inquisition of the lands of Winchester, taken by command of Bishop
Henry, 1148." It now belongs to the Society of Antiquaries, London.
In Leland's Itinerary (written in the reign of Henry VIII.), Vol. VII.,
part II., 63 a, is this passage : " There is an anncient place of the
Levels hard by the Churche [of Mynster village, near Oxford] : Mastar
Vinton of Wadeley by Farington bathe it of the Kynge in Ferme."
" The manor of Fenton-Gimps, or Venton-Gimps, belonged to an
ancient family of that name, long ago extinct." This is in Cornwall,
where also is a village called " Venton." [Lysons' Brittania, III. 301.
Nicolson's History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmoreland
and Cumberland, says of the " manor of Winton," " Winton probably
had its name from some remarkable battle fought there ; for win in the
Saxon signifies battle, and to win is still in use to denote victory." We
think, however, that the word is not derived from the Saxon.
In Drake's (Francis) Eboracum, p. 566, it is said, that in anno 1250
Robert de Winton was Precentor of the Cathedral of York. Bridges'
History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, I., 454, says, " Robert
de Winton was Prior of this house [St. Andrew's Priory] about 1255."
In Hodgson's (John) History of Northumberland, Part III., Vol. II., p.
* " We see, by all these names, that the canons of Rheims were for that period all princes
and great lords."
|; bullet was born at Besancon in 1699: d. 1775. He was author of " De apostolica
Eeclesiae Gallicanae origine;" Besan9on, 1752, 12mo. "Histoire de I'etablissement du
Christianisme," " L'existence de Dieu demontree par la metveilles de nature ; " Paris,
17()8, 2 vols. 12mo.
§ " Winchester is the ancient Vintonia, a large city situated on an island formed by ^,
division [or branching] of the Itching. Fin, river, ITonn, division."

xu PREFACE.
107, among the " Hujus autem rei testes" [" appropriatio ecclesise de
Stamfordham priori et conventui de Hextildesham," dated anno gratise
1^45] are the names of " Roger de Wynton, capellanus," and " Thomas
de Wyndon."
Rev. Owen Manning's History and Antiquities of the County of Sur
rey, mentions. Vol. III., 217, among the Abbots of Certesy, A. D. 1272,
" Bartholomew de Winton." Also, p. 566, " in 1304, Rogerus de
Wynton was Sub-prior of the Priory of St. Mary, in Southwark." In
the same work, II. , 744, Nicholas de Wynton is mentioned.
Thomas Wright, in his History and Antiquities of the County of Es
sex, Vol. II., 301, says, " Talefrius de Wynton, or Winchester, died
in 1332, holding a third part of the advowson of the church."
In Hasted's History, &c. of Kent, Vol. I., 399, Queen Mary granted
to Richard Sackville and Thomas Winton, among other premises, "all
the manor of Cowden, at the extremity of this County, adjoining to
Sussex." Same work, II., 205, mentions "Andrew' de Winton, Rector
cf the Church of Ryersse."
In Robert Cluttcrbuck's History and Antiquities of the County of
Hertford, Vol. L, 190, "Ann Whitfield married John Winton, 23d
September, 1722."
In the " Magnus Rotulus Scaccarii," or Great Roll of the Exchequer,
made in the 31st year of King Henry I. (ut videtur) mention is made
twelve times of " Em' et Ansfr' ; Hug' ; Juliana fil' Ric' ; Rober-
tus prior ;" all " de Winton " ; and these are distinct from the bishop,
abbot, and abbess, who are many times mentioned.
In the " Rotulus Cancellarii, de tertio anno regni regis Johannis,"
mention occurs of " Gilebertus, Hugo, de Winton," etc., separately
from all official persons.
In Vol. V. of the Rotuli Scotise, mention is made of " Ricardus de
'Wynton." Numerous other Wintons occur in other Rotuli, or Rolls.
The whole mass of English books, comprised in the Bates donation,
in the Boston City Library, so far as they have been received, have
passed under our notice for the purpose already named ; including a
rich collection of local histories, and publications of the Record Com
mission, amounting to one hundred and fifty folios. In nearly every
volume of this collection the name Winton occurs; the name Vinton,
almost never. But as Winton and Vinton are certainly convertible
names, — for proof of which, if proof were wanting, see the quotation
from Bullet's Dictionary on a preceding page, — the frequent occur
rence of Winton in these volumes is equally to our purpose.

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In the index to Vol. I. of Camden's Britannia are the words—" Vin-
toner," and " Vintons, what .?" 124. On page 124, are these words,
referring to the Isle of Wight : " The whole island is divided into
eleven parts, each having its Centoner or commander of one hundred
men, and its Vintoner or commander of twenty ; as also great guns,
scouts placed at the beacons on high grounds, and light horse or cou
riers which give notice to the governor of everything that passes."
This possible explanation of the name is introduced, because it comes
from so great an authority as " Camden, most reverend head." [Ben
Jonson.] " The British Strabo." [Gibbon.] Of course it derives the
name from the French word vingt, twenty.
The reader may be glad to have the following notice of Winton of
Scotland : —
" Wynton, or Winton, an ancient Scottish historical poet, was born
probably during the reign of King David II., and died about 1420.
His work is entitled " De Orygynale Chronykil of Scotland, be Andrew
of Wyntown, Priour of Sanct Serfis Ynche in Loch Levyn ; now first
published, with notes and a glossary, by David Macpherson." London,
1795, 2 vols. 8vo. Highly valuable as a history, it throws great light
on Scottish transactions, such as is to be found nowhere else. As a
poem, the versification is easy, and the style often animated ; and it
has the further advantage of being written in the pure language of the
country." [Watts' Bibliotheea Britannica.
These several quotations establish the fact that the name Vinton is
an ancient and an honored name. We find the name in France more
than five hundred years ago, borne by a nobleman, who was also a
canon of the church at Rheims, the place where, to give them greater
dignity, the French kings were crowned.* We find the name in Scot
land, not far from the same time, borne by a distinguished ecclesiastic
and historical poet, as well as by a layman of distinction. We find the
name also in England both as a family name, and a title of office ; and
it appears to have an unquestionable connection with the ancient Vin-
tonn, [Vintonia, latinized] or Winchester, for many centuries the
metropolis of South Britain.^ In the last case, it seems plainly to have
been derived from the ancient Celtic, or rather Keltic, the speech of
the primitive possessors of Britain and Gaul. And the issue to which
this investigation leads does not essentially differ from that to which we
had previously been brought. The name is not of Norman, or Anglo-
* When and only when, after performing prodigies of manly valor, Joan of Arc had pro
cured the coronation of Charles VH., at Rheims. she thought her mission ended.
^ On some ancient maps this city appears as Vetita Belgarum.

XIV PREFACE.
Saxon, or Teutonic origin, but comes down to us in all probability from
the race which, long previous to the conquest of Gaul and the invasion
of Britain by Julius Cassar, possessed the western countries of Europe.
This race, — which spread themselves from the Atlantic Ocean to the
sources of the Danube, and from the Mediterranean to the northern
extremity of Scotland, — the ancient Gauls or Kelts, in the third
and fourth centuries before Christ, overran Italy, Greece and Asia
Minor, and sacked Rome and Delphi.* They were, indeed, after a
brave resistance, subdued by the Romans, and in after-times by the
Teutonic nations ; but were by no means wholly exterminated. They
survived many ages of hard bondage and oppression, and at length,
under the ameliorating influence of Christianity, became amalgamated
with their conquerors and rose to an equality with them. The Keltic
language and race yet survive in Ireland, Wales and Cornwall, in the
Highlands of Scotland, and in the west of France ; and that Vinton is
a Keltic word cannot well be doubted, by any one who considers the
quotation from Bullet's Dictionary, already given. The Compiler,
when preparing for college, thirty-five years ago, was struck with the
fact that the ancient name of the British Winchester is identical with his
own, and this fact is abundantly corroborated by recent researches.
" Surnames," observes Du Chesne, " were unknown in France before
A. D. 987, when the lords began to assume the names of their de
mesnes." Camden relates that " they were first taken up in England
a little before the Norman conquest, under king Edward the Confes
sor," i. e. about 1060. " But," he adds, " they were never fully estab
lished among the common people till the time of Edward II.," 1307-
1327. For the manner in which they originated, see p. 27, note.
In the second method there indicated, our family name may have been
assumed. " Petrus de Vintonne," " Andrew of Wyntoun," &c.
To the individuals, whose kind and efficient aid the Compiler has
received in collecting the information embodied in this volume, he
would take this opportunity to render his sincere and hearty acknowl
edgments. Among these, he feels bound to mention Hon. Samuel F.
Vinton of Washington City, Dea. David Vinton of Willington, Ct.,
George A. Vinton, Esq., of Southbridge, Jonathan D. Vinton of Ches
terfield, Joshua and Ruth Vinton of Dudley, Mrs. Rachel R. Conklin

* A body of this people settled in the heart of Asia Minor, and were the ancestors of those
Galatians 10 whom Paul addressed one of his epistles. We have the great authority of
Dr. Arnold for saying, that Kettce and Gatalce are only forms of the same name.

PREFACE. XV
of Lanesboro', Pa., Miss Rhoda M. Laraberton of Cornish, N. H., Miss
Mary H. Tyrrell of Webster, N. Y.
The Compiler would also express his thanks to the printers,
Messrs. Henry W. Dutton & Son, and their intelligent foreman,
Mr. H. R. Danforth, for the accurate, faithful, and tasteful manner in
which the mechanical execution of the work has been accomplished.
Reverence for one's ancestors is not only a natural instinct, but has
ever been regarded as essential to a sound and virtuous character.
The ancient Romans preserved with great care the effigies of their
progenitors, and carried them in their funeral processions. With what
power does Cicero appeal to this cherished sentiment in his most im
passioned orations !
The historian Sallust informs us that the most illustrious men in the
republic were excited to noble deeds by contemplating the achieve
ments of their sires. [Bell. Jug, c. 4.
The labors of the genealogist may be slighted by men intent mainly
on the acquisition of wealth or the pursuit of pleasure ; but if George
Washington, in the midst of his duties as President of the United
States, in 1792, found time to collect and write out the Genealogy of
his family ; if Benjaimin Franklin, when in England, undertook a jour
ney for the express purpose of ascertaining his lineage and connections ;
if both the elder and the younger Adams thought it worth while to
trace back the history of their family even in the minutest particulars ; —
the Compiler of the present volume may deem himself justified in the
labor he has now brought to a close.
He will be obliged to individuals who will supply any additional
information, or correct any errors into which he has fallen.
JOHN A. VINTON.
South Bostojj, Feb. 5, 1858.

xn EXPLANATIONS.

EXPLANATIONS.

The plan of this Book is simple. The families are arranged in the order of seniority
in Iheir several generations, the original emigrant, himself, being considered the first. The
generation of an individual is indicated by Ihe exponent or superior number above and at
the end of his name. Thus, Hannah Green,^ middle of page 2, is shown by Ihe small
fijjure 3 to belong lo the Ihird generation. This notation is used throughout the " Genea
logical Sketches of Allied Families;" and the Compiler regrets that it was not used through
out the volume.
Previous to the year 1752, two methods of reckoning lime existed in Great Britain and
her Colonies. According lo one of these methods the year began on the 25lh of March,
February being the Iwellih monlh ; this was the civil or leg-al year. According to the other
method the year began on the 1st of January, December being the twelfth month ; this was
the historical year. In old records these two methods were frequently combined. Thus,
Jan. 13, 1725-6 ; which means (hat the year was 1726 of the civil, but 1726 of the historical
year. When in dales between January I and March 25 only one reckoning is used, a year
is for Ihe most part to be added, to make the record conform to our present usages. In the
following pages both of these methods are used; a practice which is called "double dating."
This has been done lo prevent mistake; and with this explanation, it will be perfectly clear.
The writer is of opinron thai whenever extracts are made from records previous lo 1752,
containing dates between Jan. 1 and March 25, the " double date" should appear. Let the
following fact be taken as an instance of the evil of omitting it. Artemas Simonds, Esq.,
the late accomplished and accurate City Registrar of Boston, informed a friend of the
Compiler, thai in all the instances in Farmer's Genealogical Register of dales between Jan. 1
and March 25, taken from the Boston Records previous to 1752, tli£ year is printed two years
in advance.' Mr. Simonds accounted for it in the following way. Mr. Farmer, being in
very feeble health, employed persons to copy records for his work: the copyist added a
year to the original date lo make it confoim to the New Slyle; and Mr. Farmer, not
knowing this, added another year !
In the ensuing sketches there is a consecutive numbering from the original emigrant
through the entire series of his recorded descendants. This numbering is on the left nand
of the page, and stands before the name of each individual in the genealogical series.
This mark f, following a consecutive number, and immediately before a person's name,
denotes that the person will be subsequently noticed, and a further account of him given, in
a distinct and subsequent paragraph. The place where this is done will be found by looking
for Ihe consecutive number when it afterwards occurs in heavy type, like this [30], in the
middle of a line, and occupying a line by itself See middle of page 6.
When figures occur in brackets after a person's name, thus, b.zra Vinton [69], those
figures enable the reader to find the individual in his place in the series as indicated by the
consecutive numbering.
When a woman's name occurs in this fashion, Mary (Hunt) Allen, middle of page 6,
the reader will understand the name in parenthesis to be her original or maiden name, and
ihe name following to be the name acquired by marriage.
When deeds or probate records are referred to, thus, " Midd. Deeds, 16 : 595," the figures
before the colon [:] denote the book, and the figures after the colon denote the /olio, where
the deed or other instrument quoted may be found on record.
Midd. stands for Middlesex ; Suff., Suffolk ; Wore, Worcester, &c.
a. means "aged," and signifies thai such a year of a person's life had been completed.
SS. means " in the year of one's life," [aetatis,] and signifies that the year of his life
had not been completed at the person's death. E. g., Be. 74, in his 7-ilh year.
b. signifies born; bap. baptized; m. married; d. died.
dau. denotes daughter; unm. unmarried; ord. ordained.
(?) indicates uncertainly in what immediately precedes.
H. C. 1752, means that ihe person graduated at Harvard College in such a year.
When a town is named without any specification of Slate, Massachusetts is to be under
stood, unless the place be universally known, as Philadelphia or Providence.
To find an individual recorded in this volume: Suppose it to be John Vinlon, who
married Hannah Ripley. There are nearly forty John Vintons recorded in this book.
This John was born in 1765. Find the name John among Ihe Christian names of the
Vintons in Index I., preceded by 1765, the year of his birth, and followed by 120, his
consecutive number. The number 120 will at once direct to page 8, where, line 13
from top, his name is found. By a similar process may his « ife be found by consulling
Index II. You perceive that John Vinlon" [120] was the son of Capt. John Vinton,*
above whoso name, at the beginning of that paragraph, (page 7) in the middle of the line,
you find 43 in heavy type. This directs lo 42 in the consecutive numbering on the left
hand of page 4, where you find that John Vinlon* was the son of Capl. Samuel Vinlon,' [15]
b. in Maiden 1695 (page 2), who, you will see, was the son of John Vinlon' [3], son of the
original emigrant. In like manner you may trace any one to the original emigrant.

GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.

%\t f ititoE Jfamilg.

The Vinton Family, there is much reason to think, came originally from
France. From the nature of the case, positive proof of the fact was not to be
expected ; but the evidence from tradition is clear and unequivocal.
The compiler has always understood the origin of the family to be as has
now been suggested. The compiler's grandfather, Josiah Vinton of Braintree,
who was born in 1755, and was a man of intelligence and integrity, stated this
as a fact to him, perhaps forty years ago, certainly as long since as June,
1823 ; at which date the statement was distinctly made, and recorded in the
writer's Diary. He also made the statement to others, as they have since
assured the writer. Mrs. Mehitable Clark, also, his sister, who was born in 1736
and lived till 1822, often made the same statement. She was more than twenty
years contemporary with her grandfather Thomas Vinton ; and living-, in the
same town, and seeing him almost daily during that whole time, must have
derived the tradition from him ; and he, being the grandson of the original emi
grant, whom he might perhaps remember, could not have made the statement
on insufficient grounds.
John Vinton of Lynn, the first of the name in this country, had a son Blaise,
born, 1654. This is, unquestionably and distinctly, a French name. No
Englishman would ever give this name to his child. The father of Blaise
Vinton must have been a Frenchman.
The tradition referred to receives striking corroboration from a similar
tradition which, since I began to collect materials for this volume, I have found
to exist in England. In May, 1 852, 1 addressed a letter of inquiry to Mr. James
Vinton, Engraver, of London, whose name 1 found in a London Directory for
1851. Without informing him of the tradition already quoted, I requested of
him any information he might have of the origin, history, and present state, of
the Vinton Family in England. In his reply, dated Sept. 27, 1852, he informed
me that he had received it from his father, that " his great-grandfather had
said that the Family had fled from France in the evil hour of persecution. I
always understood," he adds, " that the Family was naturalized in England
about two centuries since ; and I think there can be no doubt that it is purely
a French name."
The Vinton Family must have left France long before the Revocation of the
Edict of Nantes, 1685, which is the era of the principal French emigration to
these shores; for John Vinton was already settled at Lynn, in 1648. The
probability is that the Family fled from that fine country about the time of the
siege of Rochelle, 1625, or perhaps not long after the Massacre of St. Barthol
omew, 1572. They doubtless took refuge on the eastern shores of England,
long enough to become familiar with the English language and customs ; and
part of the family remained in that island, while John Vinton went forth with
a body of English colonists to seek a habitation in the New World.
1

GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JOHN VINTON was the ancestor of the Vinton Family in America. Our
information respecting him is very limited. When or where he was born ;
when or where he died ; what was his occupation, and position in society ;
have not been, and probably never can be ascertained. As he was a young
man in 1648, he may have been born not far from 1620. He probably came
to this country some time previous to 1640, probably unmarried, and in a
dependent condition. He was of Lynn, 1648-1662, and doubtless some years
before and after. There is probable evidence that his family were not at Lynn
after 1676 ; for soon after we find at least two of his children, John and Sarah,
in the neighboring town of Maiden. The children of John Vinton, and of
Ann his wife, all b. in Lynn, were —
2. Eleanor, b. May, 1648 ; m. Isaac Eamsdell of Lynn, July 12, 1666.
3. tJohn, b. March 2, 1650 ; m. Hannah Green of Maiden, Aug. 26, 1677-
4. William, b. last of April, 1652.
5. Blaise, b. April 22, 1654. A soldier in "Philip's War,'' 1675-6. Was
stationed at Quaboag [Brookfield,] Jan., 1675-6. Probably did not
outlive that sanguinary struggle.
6. Ann, b. April 4, 1656.
7. Elizabeth, b. Jan., 1657-8.
8. Sarah, b. Sept. 16, 1662; unm. in 1681.

SECOND GENERATION. 3.
JOHN VINTON, son of John Vinton of Lynn, b. March 2, 1650 ; m. Aug.
26, 1677, Hannah Green,^ b. Feb. 24, 1659-60, dau of Thomas^ and Rebecca
(Hills) Green of Maiden. Thomas,^ her father, was son of Thomas Green,'
sen., b. in England, (prob. in Leicester) as early as 1608 ; was of Maiden,
1653 ; selectman, 1658 ; d. Dec. 19, 1667. Rebecca Hills, mother of Hannah,
was one of the eldest children of Joseph Hills, who was b. in England, 1602 ;
from Maiden in Essex ; of Maiden, near Boston, from its incorporation in 1649,
(and probably ten years previous) till about 1664; then of Newbury, where he
d. Feb. 5, 1687-8, ffi. 86. See Appendix.
John Vinton was a "forgeman" or blacksmith; resided in Maiden from
1676 till 1695, when he purchased 644 acres of land in the E. part of Woburn,
near Stoneham line ; and 15 acres in Stoneham. From that time he resided
in Woburn, with the exception of a short residence in Braintree, about 1709,
till his death, which occurred, Nov. 13, 1727, a. 77. His widow Hannah sur
vived him fourteen years ; resided in Braintree ; where she d. 1741, te. 82.
Their children, all b. in Maiden, except the youngest, were —
9. tJohn, b. about 1680; m. 1, Abigail Richardson. 2, Abigail Converse. 3,
Hannali Baldwin.
10. Hannah, b. Jan. 26, 1681-2; m. 1, Thomas Green,^ of Maiden, 2d son of
Samuel,^ who was 5th son of Thomas Green,' senr. 2,  Pool.
11. Rebecca, b. March 26, 1683 ; m. WiUiam Richardson of Woburn, Sept. 15
1703. fS. RiCHAKDSON, 39.] ' '
12. tThomas, b. Jan. 31, 1686-7; m. Hannah Thayer of Braintree, Aug. 10
1708. [Thatek, 33.]
13. Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1689 ; d. in infancy.
14. Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1692-3; m. John French of Braintree, Feb. 19, 1711-12.
[Feenoh, 18.]
15. tSamuel, b. May 3, 1695 ; m. Elizabeth French, sister of said John, March
22, 1720-1. [Fkench, 22.]
16. tAbiathar, b. in Woburn, May 10, 1700; m. Lydia Green of Maiden, April
30, 1723.

THE VINTON FAMILY.

THIRD GENERATION.

JOHN VINTON, Esq., eldest son of John Vinton of Woburn, b. in Maiden
about 1678 or 1680; m. 1, March 9, 1702-3, Abigail RicHARnsoN,^ b. Nov.
14, 1683, [S. Richardson, 42.] She d. June 21, 1720. 2, Nov. 29, 1720,
Abigail Converse,* b. 1705, dau. of John and gr. dau. of Maj. James Con
verse of Woburn, an officer of distinguished reputation in the Indian wars. 3,
1752, Hannah (Richardson) Baldwin, b. May 6, 1689, widow of Timothy
Baldwin of Stoneham, and dau. of Nathaniel Richardson of Woburn. [E.
Richardson, 29.] She was living in Stoneham, 1766.
John Vinton, Esq., was a man of great ability, energy, and activity. He
settled at first in Woburn ; we find him in Reading, 1705-6, but very near Wo
burn line ; in 1709, again in Wob. ; then in Stoneham, from 1710 to 1738 ; and
finally in Dudley, in the Co. of Worcester, from 1738 till his death in 1 760. He
was the principal character in Stoneham ; and had a chief hand in its incorpora
tion in 1725. Lieut, 1720 ; Captain, 1723 ; Justice of Peace, 1734 ; Selectman
of Stoneham, 1726, and five following years ; Representative, 1734 ; the only
representative the town had till 1806. Often moderator of town meetings ;
often on important committees. Admitted to the church, March 24, 1734.
Nov. 20, 1738, he sold his farm in Stoneham, containing 270 acres, situated
on the east side of Spot Pond, near its outlet, to James Allen, merchant, of
Boston, and two days after, puriihased of the same James Allen, a tract of
land in Dudley, " containing 800 or 900 acres, more or less." The pur
chase was in the western part of Dudley, and is now mostly included in the
town of Southbridge. John Vinton, Esq., was selectman of Dudley, 1749.
He d. 1760. His children were, by first wife —
17. Abigail, b. Dec. 28, 1704.
18. tJohn, b. June 26, 1706 ; m. Mary Parker of Reading, Sept. 14, 1731.
19. Hannah, b. March 9, 1707-8 ; m. Noah Eaton of Framingham, July 29, 1730.
20. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1709.
21. Melatiah, b. Oct. 29, 1711 ; m. Sarah Upton of Stoneham, Dec. 14, 1732.
He probably d. 1734, having had only Surah, bapt. Dec. 16, 1733.
22. tJoseph, b. July 24, 1714 ; m. Hannah Baldwinof Stoneham, Feb. 19, 1733-4.
23. Rebecca, b. March 15, 1716 ; m. Elijah Gore of Dudley, 1740.
24. tThomas, b.  , 1717; m. Hannah Green of Stoneham, March 31, 1742,
25. tBenoni, b. June 12, 1720 ; m. Mary Green, her sister, April 29, 1742.
Children by second wife —
26. tJoshua, b. Jan. 5, 1722-3; m. 1, Mary Pollev. 2, Mehitable Edmunds.
27. Phebe, b. May 24, 1724. 12.
THOMAS VINTON, son of John Vinton of Woburn, b. Jan. 31, 1686-7;
m. Aug. 10, 1708, Han.nah Thatkr,* b. Feb. 17, 1685-6, dau. of Nathaniel
and Hannah (Hayden) Thayer of Braintree." [Thater, 33.]
He rose from small beginnings to the possession of a considerable estate.
Was a blacksmith, or " bloomer," by occupation; settled in Braintree in 1708 ;
purchased the famous " Iron Works," Oct. 12, 1720, of Nathaniel Hubbard, son
and heir of John Hubbard, merchant of Boston, who had owned them from
] 682 till his death in 1710. He carried on the manufacture of iron at the Iron
Works till the dam was demolished in pursuance of a vote of the Town in
1736. From 1734, till his death, he owned more than two hundred acres of
land in Braintree, of which seventy-five acres were in the "Iron Works"
neighborhood. This land he left to his sons Thomas and Nathaniel at his
death. He was received to full communion in the church, Oct. 17, 1714.
He d. Jan. 18, 1757, ie. 70. His wife Hannah d. Nov. 14, 1762, se. 77.
Their children, all b. in the present town of Braintree, were —
28. Hannah, b. Oct. 25, 1709 ; m. Benjamin Thayer, Nov. 8, 1728. [Thateb, 50.|
29. Dorcas, b. Jan. 7, 1711-12; m. Dea. Jam,es Penniman, 1728. [Penni-
MAN, 57.]

4: GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
30. tThomas, j twins, b. Aug. I m. 1, Mehitable Allen. 2, Mary (Hunt) Allen.
31. Rachel, ( 22,1714; (m.Nehemiah Hayden, Aug. 3, 1732. [Hayden,
32. tNathaniel, b. April 14, 1716 ; m. Anne Green. 64.]
33. Anna, b. Sept. 7, 1718; m. John Burrell of Weymouth, May 15, 1740.
34. John, b. Nov. 19, 1720; d. of throat-ail, Feb. 5, 1737-8.
35. William, b. June 16, 1723 ; d. o{ throat-ail, Jan. 7, 1737-8.
15.
Capt. SAMUEL VINTON, third son of John Vinton of Woburn, b. in Mai
den, May 3, 1695 ; m. March 22, 1720-1, Elizabeth French,=* b. March 4,
1698-9. [French, 22.]
He was a " bloomer," or blacksmith, though his principal employment was
agriculture. He settled at first in Woburn, and bought most of his father's
estate, April 14, 1720 ; but sold it to Jonathan Lawrence of Charlestown, in
May, 1729, and in the summer of that year removed to the South Precinct of
Braintree, now the town of Randolph. He lived there till his death, July 15,
1756, a. 61. His widow Elizabeth, d. March 31, 1770, a. 71.
Their children were —
36. Samuel, b. in Woburn, Feb. 1, 1721-2 ; ran away when 17 years of age.
37. Elizabeth, b. in Wob., Dec. 8, 1723 ; m. 1, Peter Niles. 2, Joseph Mann.
38. tDavid, b. in Wob., March 17, 1725-6 ; m. Ruth Dorman, Nov. 19, 1747.
39. Rebecca, b. iu Wob., July 11, 1728 ; d. same day.
40. Rebecca, b. in Braintree, Aug. 15, 1729 ; m. Col. Seth Tnmer,Dec. 6, 1750.
41. Hannah, b. in Br., June 12, 1732; m. David Linfield, Aug. 24, 1749.
42. tJohn, b. in Br., Feb. 11, 1734-5; m. Hephzibah French, 1755. [French,
43. William, b. in iSr., 1737 ; d. in infancy. 62.]
44. William, b. in Br., Jan. 22, 1738-9 ; d. Feb. 6, 1741.
45. William, b. in Br.,  ; d. Feb. 7, 1747.
16.
ABIATHAR VINTON, youngest child of John Vinton of Woburn, b.
there, May 10, 1700; m. April 30, 1723, Ltdia Green,* dau. of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Upham) Green of Maiden, afterwards of Leicester, and qne of the
founders and principal men of the last-named town. Her father Samuel
Green,3 was youngest son of Thomas Green," Jr., by his wife Rebecca, eldest
dau. of Joseph Hills of Maiden and Newbury, and grandson of Thomas Green,'
Sen., of Maiden, b. in England, about 1608. Therefore, Abiathar and wife
were first cousins. Abiathar Vinton lived in Braintree a year or two ; had a
child born there ; and then removed to Leicester, to which town his father-in-
law and many other Maiden people had already removed. We find him in
Leicester, 1726; he resided there till 1740, when he died intestate. His
widow, Lydia, m. Samuel Stower of Leicester, Jan. 15, 1746.
Children of Abiathar and Lydia Vinton —
46. Lydia, b. in Braintree, March 29, 1724 ; m. James Wilson of Leicester,
March 15, 1748.
47. Hannah, b. in Leicester, May 2, 1726.
48. Taraar, b. do.. May 16, 1728; m. James Baldwin of Leicester, Jan. 22, 1756.
49. Elizabeth, b. in do.. May 31, 1730; m. 1, Seth Babbit of Leicester. 2,
James Howard of Bridgewater.
50. tAbiathar, b. in do., Sept. 18, 1732; m. 1, Rhoda Wheelock. 2, Rachel
Caswell. 3, Sarah Smith.
51. John, b. in do.. May 3, 1735.
52. Samuel, b. in do., about 1737 ; m. 1, Abigail Smith. 2, Sybil (Miller)
Brewer. No children. Practising physician iu South Hadley ; d. May
30, 1801.

FOURTH GENERATION. 18.
JOHN VINTON, eldest son of John Vinton, Esq., of Stoneham, b. June 26,
1706; m. Sept. 14, 1731, Mart Parker, dau. of Ebenezer Parker of Reading.

THE VINTON FAMILY. 5
He was taxed in Stoneham, 1726, 1727, and so on till his death. Sept. 27,
1730, he "owned the covenant, and was baptized." He d. intestate, June 14,
1733, a. 27. His widow Mary afterwards m.  Brown. We find her
living, 1751. The only child of John and Mary Vinton was —
53. tJohn, b. Aug. 9, 1732 ; m. 1, Sarah Swain, 1755. 2, Lydia Nichols, 1758.
22
JOSEPH VINTON, son of John Vinton, Esq., of Stoneham, b. there July
24, 1714; m. Feb. 19, 1733-4, Hannah Baldwin, b. Sept. 4, 1715, dau. of
Timothy and Hannah (Richardson) Baldwin of Stoneham. [E. Richardson,
54.] Joseph Vinton's father [9] and his wife's mother were married in 17.52.
He resided in Stoneham till 1736 ; for he was chosen fence-viewer in Stone
ham, March 1, 1735-6. Not long after, (perhaps 1738,) he removed to Dud
ley, where he d. in 1795. His children, all but Hannah, b. in Dudley, were —
54. Hannah, b. in Stoneham, July 15, 1734 ; m. Consider Jones of Dudley, 1758.
55. tPelatiah, b. in Dudley, Oct. 27, 1738 ; m. Zipporah Jackson of Dudley.
56. tRalph, b. Oct. 17, 1740; m. Phebe Holmes.
57. tJohn, b. Feb. 14, 1742 ; m. Dorothy Holmes of Woodstock, Ct., 1770.
58. Abigail, b. March 15, 1744 ; m. Jonathan Streeter of Chariton, May 4, 1761.
59. Sarah, b. June 27, 1745 ; seems to have d. young.
60. tTimothy, b.Feb. 14, 1749; m. Dolly Shumway of Thompson, Ct.
61. Jemima, b. Dec. 10, 1753 ; seems to have d. young.
62. Elizabeth, b. March 8, 1756 ; m. James Haskell of Dudley, June 3, 1784.
63. tJoseph, b. March 2, 1758 ; m. Mary AUard.
64. fWilliam, b. Aug. 5, 1760 ; m. 1, Thankful Coombs. 2, Dolly Sabin.
24.
THOMAS VINTON, son of John Vinton, Esq., of Stoneham, b. there
 , 1717 ; m. March 31, 1742, Hannah Green, b. March 22, 1725, dau. of
Isaac and Mary (Pratt) Green of Stoneham, and formerly of Maiden. Her
father, Isaac Green, b. May 20, 1690, was son of Samuel and Mary Green of
Maiden. Isaac was of Stoneham, 1735; selectman 1745, 1753, 1758; he d.
Aug. 25, 1765; his wife Mary d. Aug. 6, 1760.
Thomas Vinton, after a residence of perhaps a year or two in Dudley, (abt.
1742-3,) took up his abode in the east part of Stoneham, near Maiden line.
His farm is now included in the town of Melrose. He d. March 22, 1763, se.
46. His widow Hannah survived him more than forty years ; and d. April 1,
1804, a. 79. Their children were —
65. tThomas, b. Sept. 17, 1742 ; m. Mary Green of Leicester, March 21, 1771.
66. Timothy, b. Dec. 3, 1744; never m. ; d. Dec. 29, 1836, a. 92.
67. Hannah, b. Sept. 5, 1747 ; m. Micah Waitt of Maiden, May 28, 1771.
68. Phebe, b. April 2, 1751 ; m. Israel Cook of Boston, April 8, 1773.
69. tEzra, b. Jan. 3, 1754 ; m. Sarah Green of Stoneham, 1777.
70. Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1757 ; m. William Emersbn of Maiden, Nov. 3, 1785,
71. Martha, b. Jan. 17, 1761 ; m. John Pratt of Maiden, March 21, 1782.
25.
BENONI VINTON, son of John Vinton, Esq., of Stoneham, b. there, June
12, 1720; m. April 29, 1742, Mart Green, b. in Maiden, Sept. 12, 1721, dau.
of Isaac and Mary Green of that place, and sister of Hannah Green, in the
preceding paragraph.
Ilis birth appears on Woburn town records as the birth of £en;amira Vinton ;
but he was married, transacted business, lived and died, under the name of
Benoni. He seems to have accompanied his father to Dudley in 1738, and
dwelt there some years ; perhaps till 1745 ; then returned and took up his
residence in Maiden, near Stoneham ; now Melrose. He d. intestate, Oct. 10,
1760, a. 40.
His widow Mary m. for second husband, April 29, 1762, Ezra Green,* Esq.,
b. 1714, fourth son of Samuel^ and Martha Green of Maiden. Samuel,' b.
1679, was only son of John," and grandson of James Green,' who came from

b GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
England; freeman, 1647. Ezra Green, d. April 28, 1768. His widow m. 3,
Dec 12, 1777, Samuel Wyman,* Esq., of Woburn, who d. June 14, 1787.
Her fourth husband, m. 1792, was Joseph Lynde of Maiden, who d. July 4,
1798. Mrs. Mary Lynde, relict of Joseph, d. Dec. 21, 1806, a. 85.
The children of Benoni and Mary Vinton were —
72. Mary, bapt. Feb. 6, 1743.
73. tJohn, b.  , 1752; m. Mary Traill, Jan. 30, 1772.
74. Benoni, b.  , 1754; m. Rebecca Dix, April 27, 1779. Removed to
Frankfort, near XJtica, N. Y., about 1785.
26.
JOSHUA VINTON, sixth and youngest son of John Vinton, Esq., of Stone
ham, b. there Jan. 5, 1722-3 ; m. 1, Mart Pollet of Dudley : published April
6, 1751. 2, widow Mehitable Edmonds of Dudley, April 23, 1702.
He accompanied his father to Dudley in 1738, and d. there, 1772, intestate.
His widow Mehitable d. 1788. Children by first marriage —
75. Mary, b. Dec. 29, 1751 ; m. Jacob Chamberlain, Nov. 22, 1774.
76. Joshua, b. Sept. 5, 1753 ; d. Oct. 13, 1772.
77. Abigail, b. Oct. 13, 1755 ; m. Timothy Corbin, Oct. 20, 1774.
Children by second marriage —
78. Jabez, b. Jan. 3. 1763 ; m. Ruth Putney, Dec. 22, 1784. They lived and d.
in Sturbridge, and had Abigail, b. March 23, 1786 ; m. Calvin Marcy of
Union, Ct. ; Lucretia, b. March 3, 1787, m. Timothy Vinton, [177.]
79. Susanna, b. Aug. 23, 1764.
80. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 3, 1766.
81. Patience, b. Sept. 27, 1767; m. Stephen Corbin, Sept. 26, 1786.
82. Lucretia, b.  ; d. Nov. 27, 1772. 30.
THOMAS VINTON, son of Thomas and Hannah Vinton of Braintree, b.
there Aug. 22, 1714; m. 1. Jan. 15, 1735-6, Mehitable Allen, b. May 30,
1717, dau. of Joseph' and Abigail (Savil) Allen of Braintree. [Allen, 33.]
She d. about 1760, a;. 44. 2, Sept. 18, 1762, Mart (Hunt) Allen, b. Aug. 16,
1717, widow of Capt. Thomas Allen, and dau. of Col. William Hunt of Brain
tree. [Allen, 46. Holbrook, 47.] Her father and first husband were
both prominent men in the town, and deacons in the church in the Middle
Precinct. Thomas Vinton was a blacksmith, and possessed a good property ; having
over one hundred acres of land left him by his father. He was admitted to
the church, Oct. 31, 1756; and d. intestate, Feb. 28, 1776, se. 62.
His widow Mary m. her third husband, Jan. 1, 1784, Hobart Clark of Brain
tree, who d. April 4, 1808, a;. 87. She d. 1789, m. 72.
The children of Thomas and Mehitable Vinton, b. in Braintree, were —
83. Mehitable, b. Nov. 29, 1736 ; m. John Clark of Randolph, 1774.
84 tThomas, b. June 2, 1739; m. Jemima Mills, May 28, 1761. [Mills, 49.]
85. Rhoda, b. Feb. 15, 1741-2 ; d. unm., 1780.
86. I John, b. March 1, 1743-4; m. Sarah Thayer, Oct. 19, 1765. [Thater, 84.]
87. Abigail, b. Feb. 18, 1745-6 ; m. June 15, 1765, Thomas Russell, b. 1724, a
native of Scotland. They lived in East Bridgewater.
88. tWilliam, b. July 13, 1748 ; m. 1774, Susanna Robinson.
89. Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1751 ; m. July 30, 1774, Ann Hill, b. 1747, of Bridge-
water. They resided in Bridgewater a while ; then removed to Chester
field, where he d. Feb. 9, 1826, a. 74. Had two daus. and one son ; the
latter d. young, unm.
90. Josiah, b. Oct. 13, 1753; d. Oct. 22, 1753.
91. tJosiah, b. April 25, 1755 ; m. Anne Adams, Oct. 24, 1776. [Adams, 85.]
92. Betsey, b. Nov. 17, 1757 ; d. Oct. 8, 1762.
32
NATHANIEL VINTON, eon of Thomas and Hannah Vinton of Braintree,
b. there April 14, 1716; m. Anne Green. Names and residence of her
parents unknown, perhaps of Weymouth.

THE VINTON FAMILY. 7
He was a blacksmith ; resided in Braintree till after 1760 ; resided in Wey
mouth a short time ; was there 1765 ; removed about 1765, to New Braintree ;
in 1777, removed to Chesterfield, the part since incorporated as Goshen. He
d. in Chesterfield, Jan., 1804, a. 88. His children, all b. in Braintree, were—
93. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 24, 1739-40; d. May 17, 1741.
94. Hannah, b. Jan. 17, 1743-4 ; m. 1766, Asa Shaw, a native of Weymouth.
They lived in Chesterfield and have had a numerous posterity.
95. Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1747 ; m., 1766, Ezekiel White, a native of Weymouth.
They lived in Westhampton, and have a numerous posterity.
96. Mary, b. about 1749; d. young.
97. Rachel, b. about 1751 ; d. young.
98. Anne, b. about 1753 ; m. Dan'l Corthrell, from Bridgewater, March 3, 1770.
99. Nathaniel, b. about 1755 ; m. 1781, Huldah Hecox of New Braintree. He
d. a few months after, without issue. Served 3i yrs. in Continen'l Army.
100. , Samuel, b. about 1757 ; d. unm., 1779.
101. tAbiathar, b. Oct. 11, 1758 ; m. 1784, Sarah Paine of Westhampton.
102. tLevi, b. June 5, 1760; m. Jerusha Fenton.
103. Mary, b. about 1763; m. 1790, Charles Beswick of Chesterfield. Removed
tb Western New York. She d. Sept. 9, 1822j He d. April 22, 1825.
38
DAVID VINTON, son of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth Vinton of Braintree,
b. in Woburn, March 17, 1725-6; m. Nov. 19, 1747, Ruth Dorman, b. 1726,
dau. of Seth and Sarah (Thayer) Dorman. [Thater, 160.]
He resided in Braintree, S. P., (now Randolph), till 1752, when he removed
to Stoughton, an adjoining town. He was admitted to the Third church in
Braintree, now First in Randolph, April 24, 1768. About 1780, he removed
from Stoughton to Willington, Ct., where he and his wife spent the evening
of their days. David Vinton d. 1791, a. 65. Ruth, his widow, d. about I8I0,
a. 84. Their children were —
104. Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1748; m. John Hayward of Braintree, April 18, 1767.
105. Samuel, b. Oct. 9, 1750 ; d. Dec. 14, 1751.
106. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 27, 1752 ; m. James Niles, Aug. 23, 1771. [NilesJ 37.]
The preceding b. in Braintree. The following in Stoughton —
107. tSamuel, b. Sept. 7, 1754; m. Hannah Allen, 1777.
108. tSeth, b. June 6, 1756; m. 1, Ruth Hatch. 2, Dorcas Rider. 3, Polly
Rider.
109. tDavid, b. March 18, 1759 ; m. Persis Newton, March 10, 1778.
110. Ruth, b. Sept. 21, 1761 ; m. Oct. 18, 1779, Shadrach Thayer,« b. May 18,
1759, son of Noah,^ (b. Dec. 30, 1727), and Margaret Thayer, and
grandson of Shadrach'' and Rachel (White) Thayer. [Thayer, 165.]
Settled in Monson.
111. Sarah, b. July 6, 1763 ; m. Stephen Cross, and settled in Monson.
112. Naomi, b. March 17,1765; m. 1, Simeon Cumming.s, 1786. 2, Nathan
Lillie, Oct. 20, 1808. Resided in Mansfield, Ct. She d. Aug. 1848.
113. William, b. Jan. 21, 1767; d. young, unm.
114. Azubah, b. April 1, 1 769 ; m. John Fuller, April 10, 1794. They lived in
Willington, Ct. She d. in 1846.
115. Phebe, b. Feb. 3, 1772 ; m. Josiah Root, and removed to Ohio.
42.
Capt. JOHN VINTON, son of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth Vinton of
Braintree, b. there, Feb. 11, 1734-5; m. about 1755, Hephzibah French,* b.
1734, dau. of Benjamin and Hephzibah (White) French of Braintree.
[French, 62.]
Capt. Vinton was a man of much note in the town where he lived. He was
a shrewd, capable, energetic man, and exerted much influence. He resided
in what is now called South Braintree, near Randolph line. Though not a
lawyer, he was often consulted in legal affairs. He was much employed in the
settlement of estates, and as guardian of fatherless children. He was an
efficient magistrate and public officer.

8 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
He was Deputy Sheriflf in 1774. When hostilities with the mother country
commenced in 1775, he took a decided stand against the British ministry. He
commanded a company of "minute men," that marched upon the "Lexington
Alarm." He raised among his townsmen a company of Light Infantry, con
sisting of sixty-two men, who nearly all enlisted in one day, marched, at their
head to Roxbury, and served till the close of the year.
He d. much respected, Dec. 6, 1803, se. 69. His wife Hephzibah d. Feb.
17, 1809, a. 75. Their chddren, all b. in Braintree, were —
116. Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1755 ; m. Moses Arnold, Dec. 12, 1773.
117. Rhoda, b. Feb. 28, 1757 ; ra. 1774, James Holbrook. [Holbrook, 100.]
118. Hephzibah, b. Sept. 20, 1758; m. Jacob Allen, March 27, 1777. [Allen, 81.]
119. Elizabeth, b. April 27, 1761 ; m. 1780, Jacob Hayden. [Hatden, 103.]
120. tJohn, b. Jan. 6, 1765 ; m. Hannah Ripley, 1784.
121. Rebecca, b. May 4, 1767; m. Jonathan Bowditch, Feb. 28, 1793.
122. Samuel, b. May 18, 1769 ; d. Dec. 8, 1786.
123. Eunice, b. May 14, 1771 ; m. Dec. 9, 1790, Moses French. [French, 83.]
They were the parents of Hon. Benjamin Vinton French of Braintree.
124. Hannah, b. June 12, 1773 ; d. July 9, 1773.
125. Benjamin, b. Oct. 14, 1774; m. Sarah Webb of Quincy, May, 1802. He
grad. H. C, 1795; studied medicine under Dr. Ephraim Wales of
Randolph, [Faxon, 31,] ; surgeon's mate one year in the U. S. frigate
Boston, during the quasi war with France, 1799 ; practising physician in
Quincy, from 1801 till his death, May 11, 1813. Left two daughters,
who d. unm., of consumption. 50.
ABIATHAR VINTON, son of Abiathar and Lydia Vinton, b. in Leicester,
Sept. 18, 1732 ; m. 1, Apr. 14, 1757, Rhoda Wheelock, of the " County Gore,"
i. e. of Charlton. 2, Rachel Caswell, b. about 1745, at Easton, or per
another account, at Bridgewater. 3, in 1788, wid. Sarah Smith of Granby.
He resided in Charlton several years ; his first four children were born there.
About 1772, he removed to Granby. He was living in 1900.
His children, all by second wife, were —
126. tAbiathar, b. May 20, 1764; m. Sarah Day, Dec. 22, 1791.
127. Tamar, b. July 30, 1766 ; m. 1, Asa Newton. 2, Jonas Belknap.
128. Simeon, b. Nov. 17, 1768; d. young.
129. Hannah, b. Jan. 25, 1771 ; m. Ichabod Damon, a native of Scituate.
Feb. 7,1797. They resided in Chesterfield.
The preceding were b. in Charlton. The following in Granby —
130. tSamuel, b. May 17, 1773 ; m. Florinda Hinckley, Jan. 27, 1811.
131. John, b.  ; m. Emma Wares of Hartford, Ct. He resided in Plymouth,
Wayne Co., Mich., and d. March, 1851.
132. Simeon, b. Feb. 25, 1776; m. Roxana Church, about 1801.
133. Rhoda, b. Sept. 4, 1778; m. Joseph Dickinson, April 7, 1803. They re
sided iu Granby or S. Hadley. He d. Nov. 8, 1851. She is living.

FIFTH GENERATION. 63.
JOHN VINTON, only child of John and Mary (Parker) Vinton of Stone
ham, b. Aug. 9, 17.32 ; m. 1, Sarah Swain of Woburn. April 10, 1755. 2,
Ltdia Nichols of S. Reading, May 10, 1758. He lived in South Reading-
was an innholder; and d. near the close of 1800. Children 
134. Lydia, ( twins, b. March ) m. Thaddeus Richardson, Nov. 2, 1780. [S
135. Mary, ] 15, 1759 ; ) m. Wm. Wilson, S. Reading. [Rich'n, 127.1
136. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1761 ; m. Joseph Brooks of Woburn, Sept. 7, 1780.
137. tJohn,b. July 17, 1763; m. Mary Green, June 30, 1785.
138. tTimothy, b. Nov. 22, 1765 ; m. Brucy McLeod.

THE VINTON FAMILY. 9
139. Rebecca, b. March 26, 1769 ; d. young.
140. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 4, 1772; d. young.
141. Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1774 ; m. Samuel Wiley of South Reading, 1794.
142. Hannah, b. Nov. 1, 1777; m. Samuel Stacey, formerly of Townsend.
55
PELATIAH VINTON, eldest son of Joseph and Hannah Vinton of Dud
ley, b. Oct. 27, 1738 ; m. Zipporah Jackson of Dudley. Settled in Monson,
and d. there, Dec. 25, 1798, a. 60. Children—
143. Polly, b. Aug. 21, 1760 ; m. Seth Shaw of Monson. Rem'd to Homer, N.Y.
144. Hannah, b. abt. 1762 ; m. Paul Blodget of Stafford, Ct., March, 1788. Re
moved to Homer, N. Y.
145. Caleb, b. about 1764; m. Marcia Men'ick of Monson. He d. 1802.
Children — Earl Dane, Almus Merrick, Marquis Munn, Roswell, Hirrace,
Caleb, Rebecca.
146. Sarah, b. about 1766; m. Titus Stebbins, Sept. 16, 1790; removed to
Homer, N. Y.
147. Calvin, b. Jan. 4, 1771 ; m. Rebecca Moulton of Monson. He d. April,
1816. Children — Maria, Hiram, William Henry, Betsey, Lucia, Sabra,
Martha, Mary Ann. 56.
' RALPH VINTON, son of Joseph and Hannah Vinton of Dudley, b. Oct.
17,1740; m. Phebe Holmes. A wealthy farmer in Dudley, where he d.
April 14, 1832, a. 92. Phebe, his wife, d. Feb. 6, 1828, a. 84. Children, all
b. in Dudley —
148. Phebe, b. Oct. 30, 1766; m. Elijah Sabin, Feb. 6, 1794; removed to
Hardwick, Vt.
149. Chloe, b. May 22, 1769; m. Joseph Barrett. Children — Nancy, m. Charles
Bacon ; Rebecca, m. Capt. John Haskell ; Elmira, m. Joshua Corbin.
150. Bathsheba, b. June 15, 1791 ; m. Abram Haven. Children — Nancy, m. Asa,
Warden; James, m. Sybil Bates; Betsey, m. Djer Davis.
151. Jemima, b. May 10, 1774; m. 1, Eleazar Putney. 2, Ezekiel Bobbins.
152. Polly, b. July 13, 1778; m. Winthrop Dyer ; they live in N. Blenheim, N.Y.
153. tCalvin, b. Sept. 22, 1782; m. 1, Sarah Corbin. 2, wid. Lydia Joslyn.
154. Rebecca, b. Feb. 22, 1785 ; m. Corbin Lyon, March 20, 1809.
57.
JOHN VINTON, son of Joseph and Hannah Vinton of Dudley, b. Feb.
14, 1742; m. 1770, Dorotht Holmes of Woodstock, Ct. Resided in Dud
ley, his native town, till after 1776 ; how much longer is unknown ; was a
large landholder in Charlton, where he d. July, 1814, a. 72. Dorothy, his
widow, d. Dec, 1834, a. 91. Children —
155. tJohri,* b. Feb., 1760; m. Susanna Manning, Jan., 1784.
156. Patty, b. about 1771 ; m. Jona. Prince, "Feb. 31, 1792 ;" remo. tovPenn.
157. Lyman, b. about 1773; m. Lois Leach of Sturbidge, 1794. He d. Aug.,
1841, a. 68. Chil. — Sybil, Cjnthia, Caroline, Francis, Clementine, Louisa.
158. tJoshua, b.  , 1774 ; m. Sally Dyer of Sturbridge, about 1794.
159. Huldah, b.  ; m. Spalding Wheeler; removed to Western New York.
160. Phebe, b.  ; d. young.
161. Susanna, b.  , 1787 ; d. unm., Sept. 29, 1851, a. 64.
60.
TIMOTHY VINTON, son of Joseph and Hannah Vinton of Dudley, b.
Feb. 14, 1740; m. Dollt Shumwat of Thompson, Ct. Resided in Wood
stock, Ct. Children —
162. Waldo, d. when about 23 vears of age.
163. Hosea, m. 1, Clementine Vinton, [157.] She d. Sept. 1, 1840. 2, Matilda
Ammidon of Ashford, Ct. Children by first wife — Emetine, Nancy,
Caroline, Addison. By second wife — John.
164. Lucy, m. Jephtha Bacon of Dudley.
* By another mother, Mary Sabin.

10 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
165. Harriet, m. John Phillips of Woodstock, Ct. Chil.— Mary Ann, William.
166. OtTin, b. March 16, 1804; m. Prudence HaSkell. Children— ^nn Eliza,
Benjamin, Clarissa.
167. Elonci'a, d. when 16 years old.
168. Ira, m. Mary West, dau. of Charles West of Southbridge.
169. Lucretia, m. Prosper Bundy of Woodstock, Ct.
170. Larkin, d. at 8 years of age. 63.
JOSEPH VINTON, son of Joseph and Hannah Vinton of Dudley, b. March
2, 1758 ; m. Mart Allard He was a prosperous farmer in Dudley, where
he d. May 19, 1839. Children—
171. Abel, b. Aug. 30, 1784; m. Betsey Merrick of Monson. Lived in Monson ;
moved to Ohio.
172. Polly,-b. Nov. 5, 1785 ; m. Abner Bacon, May 13, 1805.
173. Joseph, b. April 9, 1787 ; m. Polly Putney of Dudley, Dee. 6, 1810.
Children— Z)am'd, b. 1811; Julia, h. 1814; Calista, b. 1817; Henry,]).
1820; Dwight, b. 1824 ; Abiel, b. 1826 ; Damon, b. 1829.
174. Fanny, b. Dec. 20, 1788; m. Zelotes Bowers of Dudley, April 8, 1807.
175. Nancy, b. June 10, 1790 ; m, Henry Haskell of Dudley, March 25, 1830.
Children— Man/ A., b. Jan. 12, 1831 ; Lucretia,h. May 10, 1833 ; Elizor
beth, b. March 25, 1837.
176. Lothrop, b. Dec. 12, 1791 ; m. Bathsheba Putney of Dudley, April 24,
1814. Children— Mrom, b. 1814; Caroline, h. 1816; Marcus, b. 1818;
Fanny, h. 1820, d. 1821 ; Catharine, b. 1822; Louisa, b. 1824; Harriet,
b. 1826 I Chhe, b. 1828; Seth Lothrop, b. 1829 ; George Edwin, b. 1831.
177. Timothy, b.'Oct. 10, 1793; m. Lucretia Vinton, 1820. ' [78.] He d. June
27, 1823, without issue.
178. Uriah, b. March 28, 1795 ; killed in a bam with a hay-knife, about 1809.
179. Baldwin, b. April 12, 1798 ; m. 1824, Lucretia Curtis of Dudley, b. Aug.
10, 1802. Reside in Woodstock, Ct. Children — Frederic Baldwin, b.
1825; Edward Channing, b. 1842.
180. Horace, b.  ; lives, it is said, in Lowell.
181. Sally, b.  ¦; m. Jefferson Putney, sou of Eleazar and Jemima. [151.]
64.
WILLIAM VINTON, youngest son of Joseph and Hannah Vinton of Dud
ley, b. Aug. 5, 1760 ; m. 1, Thankful Coombs of Dudley, May 31, 1781. 2,
DoLLT Sabin. They lived in Dudley. Children by first marriage —
182. Tryphena, b. Aug. 6, 1782 ; unm. ; d. July 28, 1844, a. 62.
183. Thankful, b. May 23, 1786 ; m. Zebina Day of Sutton. No children.
184. William, b. Aug. 23, 1788 ; m. Tammy Putney of Dudley, Oct. 16, 1811.
Resided in Dudley. Children — Hannah, b. 1812; Chestef, b. April 16,
1816 ; m. Mary B. Sayles ; Davis, b. July 22, 1820; m. Nancy Butter-
worth ; Christopher, b. Oct. 4, 1827 ; m. Harriet Vinton, [176.]
185. Ezra, b. Feb. 23, 1791 ; m. Sally Sayles of Dudley, Jan. 25, 1816, who d.
March 12, 1823. He d. May 11, 1840. Children— Jfe)-ct/, deceased;
Silas; Sarah, m. Eli Nelson.
186. Ithamar, b. April 25, 1793 ; m. 1, Lucretia Webster. 2, Ann Twiss.
Children by first wife — Mary, Lydia, dec'd. ; Philenia, Irene, deceased ;
Willard; Jane.
187. Leonard, b. July 15, 1795 ; m. Adeline Sisson of Warwick, R. I.
Children by second Aiarriage —
188. Rhoda, b. Oct. 16, 1799 ; m. Daniel Sayles of Dudley, Jan. 19, 1820.
189. Charles, b. March 16, 1802; m. Aurelia Morse. He d. in Dudley, Nov.
24, 1838. Children— i^rancjs M., b. June 20, 1831 ; m. Lucretia Haskell,
[175.] Henry, b. Dec. 29, 1832 ; Sarah Ellen, b. Sept. 9, 1835 ; d. 1838.
190. Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1805 ; d. young.
191. David, b. — , 1813; m. Mary Bacon of Dudley, 1834; d. without issue, 1848.
65.
THOMAS VINTON, son of Thomas and Hannah Vinton of Stoneham, b.
Sept. 17, 1742; m. March 21, 1771, Mart Green," b. 1748, dau. of Israel

THE VINTON FAMILY. 11
Green of Leicester, the part now Spencer. Israel,^ was son of William
Green,* one of the first settlers of Leicester. William,* was the eldest son of
Williams and Elizabeth (Hills) Green of Maiden ; (Elizabeth Hills being dau.
of Joseph Hills, Jr., 1 and grandson of Capt. William,^ third son of Thomas
Green,' Sen., the original emigrant from England.
Thomas Vinton d. in Stoneham, Feb. 16, 1828, a. 85. His wife Mary d.
June 16, 1832, a. 84. Children—
192. Thomas, b. Jan. 6, 1772 ; never manied; d. Dec. 31, 1841, a. 70.
193. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1773 ; never married; d. Feb. 15, 1791, n. 17.
69.
EZRA VINTON, son of Thomas and Hannah Vinton of Stoneham, b. Jan.
3, 1754; m. 1777, Sarah Green, b. July 6, 1760, dau. of Capt. Josiah and
Elizabeth Green of Stoneham. Josiah, b. March 5, 1735, was son of Josiah
and Esther Green. Elizabeth his wife, b. April 17, 1734, was dau. of John
and Sarah Green ; all of Stoneham.
Ezra Vinton was a respectable farmer in the east part of Stoneham ; a sec
tion now included in Melrose. He d. Nov. 11, 18I7, a. 63. His wid. Sarah d.
Aug. 31, 1829, a. 69. Their children were— •
194. Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1780 ; m. Reuben Richardson, Oct. 22, 1801.
195. Betsey, b. Nov. 5, 1781 ; m. Josiah.Richardson, May 24, 1801.
196. Mary, b. Oct. 6, 1783; m. Elijah Richardson, Nov. 13, 1804.
197. Ezra, b. March 17, 1786; m. 1, Hannah Ridgway. 2, Mary Briggs. 3,
Sophia Chapman. He was a cooper in Charlestown from 1812 to 1834.
Then removed to Lunenburg, and finally to Townsend, where he now
resides. Children — Mary R., b. Nov. 15, 1807; m. John Larrabee;
Ezra, and Hannah, d. young; Frances L., b. Nov. 12, 1813; m. Benja
min B. Day; Daniel Hay, d. youiig; William, b. Nov. 22, 1821 ; m.
Nancy Lamear, now in Illinois; George W. L., b. Dec. 25, 1823; m.
Elizabeth Sales ; farmer in Illinois ; l/arriei Rebecca, b. 1826 ; Charles
Henry, b. 1827; John, b. 1831 ; Sophia, b. 1834; d. young.
198. Isaac, b. Sept. 24, 1788; m. Mary Simonds, April 5, 1812. Resides in
Melrose. Children — Isaac, b. April 4, 1813 ; m. Fanny A. Downing ;
salesman in N. Y. ; Nathan A., b. June 2, 1816 ; m. Mary G. Brown ;
shoemaker, in Melrose; Charles Austin, b. April 17, 1820; m. Eliza
Badger; piano mak. Boston ; J/ary, b. July21, 1826; m. Jonas G.Brown.
199. Phebe, b. March 7, 1791 ; m. Joseph Lynde, April 28, 1814.
200. Hannah, b. July 17, 1793; m. David Curamings, Oct. 20, 1814.
201. John, b. Aug. 17, 1795 ; m. 1, Harriet Cox of Maiden. 2, Ann M. Marstou
of Saco. He lived in Maiden ; removed to Saco, where he d. Jan. 6,
1854. Children by first vrik—John, b. 1818 ; m. Charlotte Pierce, 1840 ;
lives in Maiden; James, b. 1820; Phebe Ann, b. 1824; Adeline, b. 1828.
By second wife — Ernest Edward Marston, b. 1849 ; Cora Ellen, b. and
d. 1851 ; Cora Allen, b. 1852.
202. Aaron, b. July 30, 1798; m. 1, 1819, Ruth Sprague of Maiden. 2, 1849,
Charlotte Sprague of Stoneham. Children — Mary, b. 1823 ; Aaron, b.
1826; George Gray, b. 1829; Charlotte Adelaide, b. 1842.
203. Joseph, b. Oct. 13, 1801; m. 1821, Sukey Lynde of Stoneham, dau. of
Stephen and Hannah. Children — Joseph Warren, b. 1822 ; Elbridge, b.
1824; Darius Stevens, b. 1826. This family removed to Indiana, 1845.
73.
Lieut. JOHN VINTON, son of Benoni and Mary Vinton of Maiden, b. abt.
1752; m. Jan. 30, 1772, Mart Traill, dau. of John Traill, merchant, of Bos
ton, and of Mary his wife. John Vinton was a lieutenant in the second Mass.
Regiment of Continental troops in 1777. He d. at Maiden, Sept. 24, 1781, a.
29. His widow Mary lived till after 1830. Children—
204. Samuel Sprague, b. Dec. 2, .1772 ; d, Aug. 17, 1775.
205. John, b. Oct. 8, 1774; m. 1, Rebecca Cartwright. 2, Mary Connig, Nov.
16, 1809. 3, wid. Emily Whitmore, from Worcester, Jan. 22, 1829.
He d. at Melrose, March 28, 1850. Children by first wife — Rebecca;
John, b. 1799 ; m. Eusebia H. Fowle, and d. at Woburn, Nov. 13, 1848.

12 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
George, m. 1825, Eliza Carter; resides at Neponset. Children by second
wife — Edward, salesman in Boston; Charles Augustus, b. 1823, confec
tioner in Boston.
206. Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1777 ; m. William Putnam, April 2, 1797.
207. Nancy, b. March 24, 1780; d. young.
208. Betsey, b. Nov. 12, 1781 ; m. John Larrabee, Sept. 1801.
84.
THOMAS VINTON, eldest son of Thomas and Mehitable Vmton of
Braintree, b. June 2, 17.39; m. May 28, 1761, Jemima Mills, b. June 16,
1743, dau. of Rev. Jonathan and Jemima (Hayward) Mills. [Mills, 49.] He
was a blacksmith ; lived in the " Iron Works" Neighborhood, Braintree. He
d. Aug. 9, 1798, a. 59. His wid. Jemima d. in Boston, Nov. 18, 1816, a. 73.
Their children were —
209. Thomas, b. Sept. 14, 1761 ; went privateering; d. unm. about 1787.
210. Jemima, b. Aug. 11, 1763; d. young.
211. Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1765 ; d. young.
212. Oliver Mills, b. May 25, 1769 ; d. young.
213. Sarah Mills, b. Nov. 20, 1770; d. young.
214. Olivet* Mills, b. Nov. 1, 1772; m. 1, 1796, Betsey Wild of Randolph. 2,
Nancy Legge of Pawtucket, R. I. 3, Cynthia A. Hall of Plymouth. 4,
Mary Fales of Walpole. Children by first wife — Betsey, b. 1797; m.
Charles Spear; Thomas Xefferson, b. March 5, 1799, formerly confec
tioner in Boston; George Washington, b. July 16, 1801, now confectioner
in Boston ; Mary Jane, d. young ; Lemuel, d. young.
Children by second wife — Oliver Mills, b. May 8, 1811, confectioner in
Bangor ; WiUiam Henry, confectioner in Bangor ; Mary .Tane, m. James
M. Adams dec'd ; Caroline Frances, m. Nath'l. Budd ; Nancy, d. young.
Children by fourth wife — Ann Maria, b. 1832; Charles S., b. 1834;
Harriet A., b. 1837 ; d. young.
215. Lemuel, b. Oct, 31, 1774; m. 1, in Boston, 1798, Elizabeth Wilton, who d.
without issue. 2, in Providence, R. I., Dec, 1807, Marcy Owen Ma
son, dau. of Aaron of Providence. Children by second marriage —
Lemuel, b. 1808 ; m. Kezia Arnold ; lives in Providence ; Albert, b. 1810 ;
d. at sea, 1834 ; Eliza Mason, b. 1812 ; m. 1835, Henry D. Sheldon, who
d. 1837; Emmeline Owen, b. 1815, teacher in Boston; Amanda Sanford,
b. 1817 ; m. James G. Thompson, 1852 ; William Sturgis, b. 1820 ; unm.
in Providence ; Charlotte Stani ford, b 1822; m. Jeremiah A.Reynolds,
1848 ; Marcy Ann. b. 1824; d. 1830; Anna Parkman, b. 1827 ; m. Wm.
A. Rea, 1852.
216. Edward, b. Sept. 11, 1776; d. young.
217. Jemima, b. Sept. 2, 1778 ; m. April 24, 1800, Gideon Thayer. [Tha'k, 29.]
218. Elizabeth, b. April 2, 1781 ; m. May 23, 1799, Obadiah Thayer. [Tha'r, 98.1
219. Edward Mills, b. July 3, 1783 ; m. Jan. 25, 1802, Thankful Joy of Cohas-
set. He d. March 19, 1844. His wid. Thankful d. autumn, 1856.
Children — Maria Joy, b. 1803; m. 1, Dexter L. Pierce. 2, David A.
Holbrook; Edward Mills, b. 1804; m. Eliz. D. Kendall of Ashby ; d.
1829; Iram, b. Doc. 9, 1806; m. Theodora H. Penniman; lives in
Braintree; Clarintha, b. 1809; m. Jona. Hunt; Adeline, b. 1811; m.
Jos. H. Melius; Susan Joy, b. 1813; m. Elbridge G. Hunt; Thomas
Jefferson, b. 1816, d. 1817; Thomas Jefferson, b. 1818; unm. 1853;
Albert Smith,b. 1820; unm. 1853; Emdine Eliz., b. 1822; m. Henry B.
Cowing ; Anna Frances, b. 1824 ; m. I. P. Fuller ; Sarah Eliz., b. 1826 ;
m. Jona. Thayer; Mary, b. and d. 1828 ; Edw. Milk, b. 1830, unm.
220. Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1786; m. Isaac Thomas, 1803 ; remov'd to Greene, Me.
86.
JOHN VINTON, son of Thomas and Mehitable Vinton of Braintree, b.
March 1, 1743-4; m. Oct. 19, 1765, Sarah Thater, b. Sept. 14, 1744.
[Thater, 84.] He was a blacksmith, and lived in the north precinct of
Braintree, now Quincy. He d. of small-pox, June 18, 1778, a. 34. His
widow, who is said to have taught the alphabet to John Quincy Adams, d.
Oct. 15, 1807, a. 63. Their children were—
221. Blisha,b. Mar. 19, 1767 ; d. of black vomit, Nassau, N.P., Sept., 1793, a. 26.

THE VINTON FAMILY. 13
222. John, b. May 22, 1769 ; m. Elizabeth (Fessenden) Nichols of Boston. He
was a mason in Boston, where he d. April 15, 1812. Children— /oAn, d.
unm. Nov. 1825, a. 26; Benjamin Fessenden, num.; Mary Ann, m. 1834,
Dexter Dana of Roxbury ; Sarah Barbara, m. Chas. F. Jones, coal
dealer in Boston; Elisha, d. Dec, 1818, a. 11.
223. Josiah, b. Feb. 3, 1771 ; m. Elizabeth Horton, in N. C. Drowned in
Chowan River, N. C, Sept., 1797; leaving one dau. Batlisheba; m.
Bryant Overton.
224. Sarah, b. Oct. 1, 1772 ; m. John Ashton of Boston, 1792.
225. Susanna, b. Dec. 27, 1774 ; m. 1, Paul Thayer. 2, Amasa Clark.
226. Lois, b. April 15, 1777 ; d. in infancy.
227. Lois, b. July 28, 1778 ; m. Nedabiah Bent of Quincy, May 2, 1802.
88.
WILLIAM VINTON, son of Thomas and Mehitable Vinton of Braintree,
b. July 1.3, 1748 ; m. 1774, Susanna Robinson, b. Jan. 24, 1753, dau. of
Joseph and Abigail (Keith) Robinson of East Bridgewater. He was by trade
a tailor; settled in East Bridgewater, 1773 ; d. May 13, 1796. His wife, a gr.
dau. of Gain Robinson, who came from Ireland about 1720, also gr. gr. gr. dau.
of Rev. James Keith, a native of Scotland, and first minister of Bridgewater ;
died Oct. 7, 1831, a. 69. Children—
228. William, b. Dec. 31, 1774 ; m. 1, 1797, Mary Alden, b. 1776, dau. of Na
than Alden, Esq., of E. Bridgewater, by his first wife, Sarah Barrell.
[Alden, 96.] 2, 1803, Abigail Otis, b. 1781 ; d. 1816, dau. of Dr.
Josiah Otis,* of Bridgewater, a descendant from John Otis,' b. in Barn
staple, Eng., 1581 ; freeman of Mass. Colony, 1636. 3, 1817, Clarissa Otis,
a sister of second wife. Capt. Wm. Vinton d. Aug. 15, 1841, a. 66. His
children were — Mary Alden, b. 1799 ; m. Ebenezer W. Tolman of
Stoughton, 1820. Three infants, deceased. Clarissa Otis,b. 1807; m.
Bailey Allen, 1827 ; Susanna, h. 1810 ; d. unm. 1836 ; Elizabeth, b. 1812 ;
m. James S. Daggett; she d. 1850; William, b. 1818; unm. 1857 ; Jo
siah, b. 1820 ; unm. 1857 ; both living at E. B. ; Alice, b. 1821 ; m.
Alexis C. Miller, 1848; Joseph, b. 1823; m. Jane A. Keith, 1850.
229. Joseph, b. April 16, 1777 ; accidentally burned to death, 1778, 18 mo. old.
230. Edward, b. July 14, 1779 ; m. Feb. 1820, Lydia Porter, dau. of Ebenezer of
Abington. Children — Lydia Loring, b. 1821 ; m. Theodore Trask of
Quincy, 1840; Lucia, b. 1822; m. Charles H. Hardwick of Quincy,
1846; Abigail, b. 1826; unm. 1857; Edward, h. 1828; d. young; Caro
line Augusta, b. 1832 ; m. Wm. Henry Chamberlain of E. Bridgewater;
Susan Elizabeth, b. 1834 ; m. Wm. H. Chamberlain ; d. 1854 ; George
Warren, b. 1836.
231. Abigail, b. March 1, 1783 ; m. Oct. 20, 1798, Ezra Alden, b. July 31, 1774,
son of Jonathan Alden of E. Bridgewater. [Alden, 74.] Children —
Edward Vinton, b. 1799; d. uum. 1822; WiUiam Vinton, b. 1809; m.
Nancy A. Vinton, [363.] 91.
JOSIAH VINTON, youngest son of Thomas and Mehitable Vinton of
Braintree, b. April 25, 1755; m. Oct. 24, 1776, Anne Adams,^ b. Feb. 24,
1757. [Adams, 85.] He was by trade a gold and sdver smith ; afterwards
engaged in traffic, and in agriculture. Selectman of Braintree about 1810.
He d. Dec. 27, 1843, a. 88 years, 8 mos. His wife Anne, d. Dec. 18, 1851, m.
95. They lived together 67 years. Their children, all b. in Braintree, were —
232. tJosiah, b. July 27, 1777 ; m. 1, Betsey Snow Giles. 2, Lucy (How) Dennet.
233. tBoylston, b. Dec. 10, 1779 ; m. Lydia Thayer. [Thayee, 172.]
234. Thomas, b. Sept. 5, 1781 ; m. April 9, 1809, Elizabeth Kemble Oliver, b.
in Boston, Aug. 3, 1 793, dau. of Rev. Daniel Oliver, formerly of Beverly.
He was a merchant in Boston ; also in Philad., after 1817; removed to
Marietta, Ohio, 1831, where he now resides. His wife d. March 25, 1835.
Children — Sarah Oliver, b. Nov., 1810; m. Daniel P. Bosworth, 1833;
d. Dec. 10, 1835; EUen Adams, b. Oct., 1816; d. Oct., 1819; Elizabeth
Kemble, b. Nov., 1822; m. Rev. Joseph Dunn, Dec, 1850; Thomas
Adams, b. June, 1824 ; m. Harriet Toothaker ; resides in Gallipolis.
235. Abel, b. Jan. 1, 1784 ; m. Aug. 17, 1806, Susan Cox, b. Nov. 8, 1785, dan.

14 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
of Josiah Cox of Portland. He was a merchant in Portland, Boston,
and Philad., iu company with his brother Thomas, 27 years. Removed
to Waterford, 0., near Mari:!tta, where his wifed. Sept. 22, 1854, se. 69.
Now lives at Wayne, Henry Co., Iowa. Chil. — Charles Adams, b. May,
1807 ; lives in Philad. ; Henry, b. July, 1809 ; lives Buffalo ; Francis, b.
July, 1811 ; lives Waterford, O. ; Frederic, b. Jan. 1815 ; d. soon ; Wil
liam, b. Aug., 1816; Susan Greenleaf b. May, 1818 ; Sarah Greenleaf, b.
July, 1820; Edwin, b. June, 1822; John Cox, b. Sept., 1827.
236. Nancy Adams, b. March 26, 1786 ; d. unm. Feb. 26, 1806.
237. Mehitable, b. July 12, 1788; d. Jan. 26, 1796.
238. Henry, b. June 26, 1790; d. Aug. 12, 1790.
239. Betsey, b. Sept. 4, 1791 ; m. Edward Pray, Oct. 14, 1827. Of Weymouth.
240. Elisha, b. March 8, 1794; m. 1, Caroline Cox, 1818; 2,Mary Gardner, 1835.
Of Boston. Ch. by 1st w. — Emily Caroline, b. and d. 1819 ; Caroline Ann,
b. 1820, unm. ; Elizabeth Harrod, b. 1823; d. 1838; Josiah Cox, b. 1825.
241. Mehitable, b. May 27, 1796 ; m. Rev. John C. Welsh, March 25, 1824.
242. Henry, b. July 2, 1798; d. May 13, 1799.
243. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1800 ; resides at Braintree, itnm.
101.
ABIATHAR VINTON, son of Nathaniel and Anne Vinton, b. in Brain
tree, Oct. 11, 1758; removed with his father, 1765, to New Braintree; then
in 1777, to Goshen, at that time a part of Chesterfield ; served in the " State
troops" fifteen months from Nov. 1, 1777, to Feb. 9, 1779 ; m. in Goshen,
1784, Sarah Paine of Westhampton ; in 1836, being aged, went to reside
with his son Lathrop in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he d. Jan.
22, 1850, ffi. 92. His wife Sarah d. about 1854. Children—
244. Cotton, b. April 19, 1786 ; m. Content Witherell of Chesterfield.
245. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 11, 1788 ; m. Asenath Knapp of Northampton.
246. William, b. Oct. 17, 1789 ; m. Anna Hawkins of Chesterfield, July 22, 1813.
247. Abiathar, b. Jan. 10, 1792 ; unm. ; d. at Chesterfield, Aug. 14, 1833, a. 41.
248. Lathrop, b. July 27, 1794; m. Achsah White, Dec. 11, 1816.
249. Jonathan, b. March 22, 1796 ; m. Caroline Stebbins of Chesterfield, Dec. 2,
1830. He d. July 28, 1834; leaving Jonathan Dwight, b. Aug., 1831;
Ann Jane, b. Dec, 1832.
250. Harvey, b. Jan. 29, 1798 ; uum. ; d. 1820, iu Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y.
251. Sarah, b. March 21, 1800 ; m. Joel White of Chesterfield.
252. Relief, b. March 1, 1802; m. Joshua A. Barton of Northampton, 1820.
253. Doriis, b. Feb. 19, 1804 ; m. Priscilla Collier of Chesterfield, May 25, 1825.
They removed to Ellicottville, N. Y., where he d. May 11, 1844, a. 40.
102.
LEVI VINTON, son of Nathaniel and Anne Vinton, b. in Braintree,
June 5, 1760; m. in Goshen, Jerusha Fenton, a native of Braintree. He
served in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment of " Continentals" three years, from
Oct. I, 1777. Resided in Goshen till 1817, forty years ; then removed to
Hartland, Niagara Co. N. Y., where he d. Sept. 20, 1820, a. 60. His wife
Jerusha d. one week previous. Their children were —
254. Samuel, b. Feb. 22, 1788; m. Eliza Cornwell. Resided Hartland, N. Y ¦
d. Aug. 15, 1826.
255. Martha, b. Sept. 20, 1789; m. William Miller, of Huntington, Ms. • she
d. Jan. 19, 1818.
256. Electa, b. Sept. 8, 1791 ; m. 1812, Jas. Shaw ; both living in Hartland, N.Y.
257. Lucinda,b. Feb. 22,1793; m. 1814, Arvin Nash, of PlaiDfield,Ms. ; d. Sept.
258. Laura, b. Sept. 23, 1797; unm. Resides in Huntington, Ms. [30,1835.
259. Orpha, b. Nov. 14, 1799 ; ra. Samuel Cole. Now in Lenawee Co., Mich.
260. Eunice, b. April 23, 1802; m. 1, Timothy F. Upton. 2, Dr. Hor.ario Co-
nant, Maumee City, Ohio.
261, Jerusha, b. Oct. 11,1804; m. Seth Shaw, brother of James. Somerset, N.Y.
262. Hannah, b. Aug. 5, 1807 ; m.  Harrington. Resides in Michigan.
263. Levi A., b. Oct. 10, 1810 ; unm. Was in California 1854.
107.
SAMUEL VINTON, son of David and Ruth Vinton, b. in Stoughton, Sept.

THE VINTON FAMILY. 15
7, 1754; m. 1777, Hannah Allen of Stoughton, b. Aug. 7, 1757. They
went to Connecticut in 1782 ; settled in Stafford, Ct. ; afterwards removed to
Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he d. After removing to N. Y. State, he m. a
second wife, whose name is unknown. Children-
264. Ruth, ( twins, b. Mar. I m. Aaron L. Darrow of Boston. She is living in
265. Hannah, I 7,1779; j m.  , somewhere in N.Y. State [Boston.
266. Samuel, b. July 7, 1781 ; m. Betsey Dodd of New Haven, 1805.
267. John, b. Nov. 1, 1783; m.  ; removed to N.Y. State, and d. abt. 1812.
268. Relief, b. Dec 5, 1785 ; m. OUver Hyde of Stafford, Ct. Site d. Oct. 1, 1853.
269. Sarah, b. April 9, 1788 ; m. Orlando Fuller. She is a wid. in Wesleyville,
270. Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1790 ; d. young. [Pa
271. Daniel, b. Nov. 9, 1791 ; m. 1,  . 2,  . In Onondaga Co., N.
Y., d. 1848.
108.
SETH VINTON, son of David and Ruth Vinton, b. in Stoughton, June 6,
1756; m. 1, May 10, 1781, Ruth Hatch, who d. Dec. 25, 1783. 2, Dorcas
Rider, Dec. 9, 1784; she d. Jan. 14, 1800. 3, Pollt Rider, July 2, 1801 ;
she d. April 12, 1853, a. 83. About I78I, he settled in Willington, Ct. He
d. at the house of his son Horace, in Rockville, town of Vernon, Ct., May 25,
1848, a. 92. Children, by first wife—
272. Hosea, b. Oct. 10, 1782; m. Elizabeth Weston, Oct., 1804. They are the
parents of Rev. Justus Hatch Vinton, b. Feb. 17, 1806 ; m. Calista Hol-
man, April 9, 1834 ; missionary lo Burmah ; and of Miranda, his sister,
b. April 18, 1819 ; m. Rev. Norman Harris, also missionary to Burmah.
By second wife —
273. William, b. Sept. 30, 1785 ; m. 1, May 5, 1819, Elizabeth Collins, who d.
Sept. 24, 1820, without issue. 2, April 11, 1822, Esther Craudall of
Tolland, Ct. He was killed Dec. 25, 1847, by a loaded cart passing over
him. Children by second wife — WiUiam, b. Jan. 12, 1823; m. Eliz. A.
Barber, Nov. 29, 1849; <Se«/i, b. July 7, 1824; unm. ; Chelsea C, b. June
19, 1826; m. Fidelia Loorais ; Samuel, b. May 13, 1828; m. Elizabeth
Belding ; Esther E., b. March 14, 1830 ; m. Horatio W. Little ; Clarissa,
b. May 4, 1832 ; m. Levi F. Willson ; Mary C, b. Feb. 3, 1834, m. Henry
A. Page ; John Randolph, b. June 9, 1836 ; uum.
274. Seth, b. May 10, 1789 ; m. Maria Sumner, Jan. 6, 1824. Children— Palmer
Sumner, b. 1825 ; Seth, b. 1827 ; d. 1828 ; Joseph, b. 1829 ; Haniet Maria,
b. 1831.
275. Mary, b. March 15, 1791 ; m. Wm. Holt, 1812. Reside in Webster, N.Y.
276. David, b. March 24, 1793 ; m. his cousin Eunice Cummings. He resides iu
Willington, Ct., and is deacon of the Baptist Church there. Children —
Mary Holt, b. June 14, 1819; m. Samuel Stone; Simeon Oscar, b. Nov.
1, 1824; m. Lucretia M. Coggeshall; Olive Marillda, b. Feb. 16, 1827;
m. Solomon Washburn ; Geo. Washington, b. May 29, 1830 ; unm. 1852.
277. Joseph, b. May 23, 1 795 ; m. Mary Curtis, 1820. Res. in Ironduquoit, N.Y.
278. Zerah, b. Apr.6, 1797; m. Polly Davis, 1820; d.in Webster, N.Y., Nov. 1831.
279. Ruth, b. April 14, 1799 ; m. Joseph Tyrrell, 1820 ; lives in Webster, N.Y.
By third wife —
280. Dorcas, b. May 19, 1802; m. Solomon Noble of Willington, Ct. ; d. 1837.
281. Lydia, b. Dec. 14, 1803 ; unm. ; d. at South Coventry, Ct., Sept. 5, 1830.
282. Joel, b. Dec. 21, 1805 ; m. 1, Laura A. Loomis. 2, Mary Morgan.
283. Horace, b. Aug. 24, 1809 ; m. Lucretia Johns. In Rockford, 111.
109.
DAVID VINTON, son of David and Ruth Vinton, b. in Stoughton, March
18, 1759; m. Persis Newton, March 10, 1778. About 1781, he settled in
Staffijrd, Ct. Afterwards he removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he d.,
not far from 1820. Children—
284. Betsey, b. Dec. 1, 1780 ; m.  Johnson, in Chautauque Co., N. Y.
285. Persis, b. Nov. 1, 1782.
286. Howard, b. Mar. 5, 1785; m. Dec. 4, 1808, Betsey Bryant of East Hartford,
Ct. i'hev resided in Vernon and E. Hartford, Ct. ; also in Vernon, Oneida
Co., N. Y. He d. abt. 1833, inPenfield, now Webster, Monroe Co., N.Y.

16 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
287. David, b. March 29, 1787.
288. Mary, b.  .
289. Porter, b.  ; m. Zilpah  ; settled in Stafford, Ct. ; had son Joseph
290. John, b.  . [iJ., b. 1829.
291. Ruth, b.  ; m.  Pease, in Madison Co., N. Y.
120.
JOHN VINTON, son of Capt. John and Hephzibah Vinton of Braintree, b.
Jan. 6, 1765; m. 1784, Hannah Riplet of Weymouth. He was a " yeoman."
He resided in Braintree, Mass., till April, 1809, when he removed to Brain
tree, Vermont. He d. Nov. 17, 1826, se. 62. His wid. Hannah, d. July 23,
1828, a. 63. Children—
292. Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1785 ; m. her cous. Sam'l Holbrook, son of James, [117.]
293. Hephzibah, b.  , 1791 ; m. 1, Zachariah Bicknell. 2, Orin Amidown.
294. John, b. Sept. 2, 1793 ; m. Charlotte Lamb, Sept. 2, 1816. Lives in Gran
ville, Vt. [1843.
295. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 11, 1795; m. 1, Eliphalet Flint, 1816. 2, Eli Chm-ch,
296. Nancy, b. Nov. 23, 1798; m. Dea. Augustus Flint, Oct. 29, 1813. She d.
April 13, 1847. [1826.
297. Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1799 ; m. Martha Flint, Sept. 7, 1820. He d. Feb. 25,
298. Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1802 ; m. Eliza Grinnell, Dec 4, 1828. Of Bristol, Vt.
126.
ABIATHAR VINTON, eldest son of Abiathar and Rachel (Caswell) Vin
ton, b. in Charlton, May 20, 1764 ; m. Dec. 22, 1791, Sarah Dat,^ b. June 7,
1771, dau. of Ezras and Hannah (Kendall) Day of South Hadley. He was a
substantial farmer in South Hadley. His last years were spent in Amherst,
where he d. July, 1833. Children—
299. Samuel Finley, b. Sept. 25, 1792 ; m. Romaine Madelaine Bureau of Galli
polis, Ohio, whose parents, emigrants from France, settled there about
1792. Mr. Vinton was an eminent and successful lawyer in Gallipolis;
member of Congress, from 1822 to 1837, and 1843-9. Now resides in
Washington, D. C. Mrs. Vinton d. May, 1831. He remains a widower.
300. Abigail Smith, b. Feb. 5, 1794; m. Giles Chapin, 1815; d. Milan, Ohio,
Nov., 1852.
301. Medad, b. Dec. 4, 1795; m. 1, Eliza Franklin. 2, Mary (White) Johnson.
302. Plin, b. June 14, 1799; m. Lydia P. Wilmarth; res. Port Washington, O.
303. Sarah Eliza, b. April 2, 1801 ; m. 1, Rev. Abner Towne, May, 1825. 2,
Dr. Robert Satford, May, 1831, who d. July, 1854.
304. Clarissa, b. Sept. 17, 1803; m. Augustus Eastman of Granby. She d.
March, 1840.
305. Alvin, b. Aug. 23, 1807 ; m. Fanny S. Heydon. Of New Philad., Ohio.
130.
SAMUEL VINTON, son of Abiathar and Rachel Vinton,!), in Granby,
May 17, 1773 ; m. Jan. 27, 1811, Florinda Hincklet, b. Dec. 13, 1791, dau.
of Elkanah Hinckley of Southeast, Dutchess Co., N. Y. He resides in South
Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N. Y. Children —
306. John Hinckley, b. April 29, 1812 ; m. Eliza Ann Loop, Oct. 2, 1834. Of
Bainbridge.
307. Almira, b. April 5, 1815; m. Richard S. Stowell, March 21,1838. Of
Bainbridge.
308. Bathsheba Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1817 ; m. Austin Morse, 1839. Coventry, N.Y.
309. Elkanah Gage, b. Jan. 5, 1821 ; d. unm. at S. Bainbridge, July 23, 1853.
310. Rachel Rosette, b. May 2, 1823; m. Wm. P. Conklin, 1845. Of Lanes
boro', Pa.
311. Sarah Esther, b. Nov. 25, 1826 ; m. Jason S. Kelly, 1848. Of Bainbridge.
312. Rhoda Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1829 ; m. Jones Taylor, 1855. Lanesboro', Pa.
313. Samuel Finley, b. Mar. 1, 1832 ; unm. Resides Como, Whiteside Co., 111.

We find DAVID VINTON, b. 1746, living in Medford, near Boston, from
1769 to 1778. We know not who his father was. Tradition says he was
born in Sutton ; but the Records of that town, and of Oxford, an adjoining

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town, have been carefully searched without finding any Vinton ; and those of
Charlton, without finding David Vinton.
On a Gore, or unincorporated strip of territory, lying between Sutton, Leices
ter, Sturbridge, and Dudley, a Robert Vinton was living in 1731 ; or rather,
he purchased a lot of land there at that time, and the presumption is that he
resided upon it. Nothing further is known of this Robert Vinton ; but the
tradition that David Vinton of Medford was b. in Sutton seems to point to said
" Gore" as his birth-place, and to Robert Vinton as his father.
Robert Vinton may have been grandson of William, second son of John
Vinton of Lynn, the original emigrant. The compiler has been unable to con
nect him with any other branch of the family. He commends this matter to
future research, hoping that light may yet be shed upon it.
David Vinton m. 1773, Mart Gowen, dau. of Hammond Gowen, Esq., of
Charlestown. She d. Sept. 29, 1775, a. 20. Her husband d. Dec. 3. 1778. a.
32. Children—
314. tDavid, b. Jan. 6, 1774 ; m. Mary Atwell, May 17, 1797.
314i John, b. last of July, 1775 ; d. Sept. 7, 1775.

SIXTH GENERATION. 137.
JOHN VINTON, son of John and Lydia Vinton of South Reading, b. July
17, 1763 ; m. June 30, 1785, Mart Green of Maiden, the part now Melrose.
Resided in S. Reading. He d. Aug. 22, I82I, a. 58. She d. Aug. 1, 1834, a.
69. Children—
315. Mary, b. June 21, 1787; d. Oct. 16, 1803.
316. John, b. Oct. 6, 1789 ; unm. ; d. May 21, 1851, a;. 62.
317. Sarah, b. June 6, 1792 ; m. Peter B. Emerson of S. Reading. No children.
318. Eliza, b. Feb. 1, 1796; m. Frederic B. Eaton of S. Reading, 1815.
319. Joseph Wan-en, b. April 27, 1799; m. 1, Charlotte Emerson. 2, Jane K.
Danforth. Shoe manufacturer in South Reading.
320. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 3, 1802 ; m. Mary Barnard of Harvard; d. Nov. 1§, 1852.
321. James Green, b. Aug., 1804; unm. 1852. Living in Stoneham, 1856.
138
TIMOTHY VINTON, son of John and Lydia Vinton of South Reading,
b. Nov. 22, 1765 ; m. Bruct McLeod, b. in Shirley, March 10, 1778, dau. of
David, and gr. dau. of David McLeod, who came from Scotland about 1735,
and d. in Boston, March 13, 1773, a. 68. Timothy Vinton d. 1803. Brucy,
his wid., d. in Fitchburg, Aug., 1840. Children—
322. Timothy, b. Feb. 22, 1801 ; d. June 16, 1802.
323. Timothy, b. Jan. 5, 1803 ; m. Nov. 1828, Caroline Wo'odcock, b. in Newton,
April 2, 1804. He is a manufacturer of paper in Brattleboro'.
153.
CALVIN VINTON, only son of Ralph and Phebe Vinton of Dudley, b.
Sept. 22, 1782; m. 1, May 30, 1809, Sarah Corbin of Dudley, who d. Aug.,
1829. 2, Widow Lydia (Jacobs) Joslin, who d. May, 1843. Mr. Vinton
spent his life in Dudley, and d. Dec. 15, 1842. Children by first marriage—
324. Joshua, b. June 1, 1810; m. Ruth E. Goodell, April 25, 1843. Of Dudley.
325. Rhoda; b. Nov. 1, 1811 ; m. Luther Warren, 1828. Rem. to Ontario, N.Y.
326. Phebe, b. April 25, 1815; m. Jacob Warren, his brother, and removed to
Ontario, N. Y.
327. Calvin, b. April 5, 1817 ; m. Rachel R. Butterworth of Sturbridge. In
Newark, Wis.
328. Sally Ann, b. Dec 17, 1818 ; unm. ; d. Sept. 11, 1843, se. 25.
329. Salem, b. Sept. 16, 1826 ; resides in Thompson, Ct., 1853.
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18 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
By second marriage —
330. Emetine, b. March 29, 1830; m. Allen M, Robinson of Thompson, Ct.
331. Jerome, b. Oct. 23, 1832; resides in Thompson, Ct., 1853.
155
Maj. JOHN VINTON, son of John Vinton of Dudley, b. Feb., 1760; m.
Jan., 1784, Susanna Manning of Woodstock, Ct. He settled in Cornish, N.
H., Feb., 1787. Was a blacksmith by trade ; a prosperous farmer ; a man of
note; deputy sheriff; and of extraordinary corpulence. He d. March 19,
1838. Children—
332. Alice, b. June 6. 1784 ; m. Thomas Gustin of Cornish, 1806.
333. Daniel H., b.  , 1785 ; m. Huldah Smith of Cornish, 1808.
334. Dorothy C., b. June, 1787 ; unm. ; resides in Cornish, 1853.
335. Hannah, b. June, 1789 ; m. -Joseph Lamberton, 1825. Of Cornish.
336. Betsey, b. Jan., 1791 ; m. Bela W. Jenks of Newport, N. H., 1826.
337. Nancy, b. Feb. 29, 1792; m. Chester Stone of Sturbridge, 1818.
338. John, b. Dec, 1793; m. Phebe Wallace of Pownal, Vt. ; d. 1829, s. p.
339. Danford, b. Oct., 1795 ; m. Rebecca Bryant, 1831. Of Grantham, N. H.
340. James, b. Dec, 1797 ; d. Jan., 1798.
341 . Susan M. b. Jan., 1 799 ; m. Cranston Gates. Of Wilna, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
.342. Harvey, b. Oct. 4, 1800; unm.; physician; d. Portsmouth, N.H., Aug., '49.
343. Mary Susan, b. March 23, 1802 ; m. Stephen Newell of Southbridge, 1829.
344. Maria Theresa, b. Jan. 16, 1804 ; m. Oliver Mason of Southbridge, 1831.
345. Henry, b. March, 1806; d. Oct., 1807.
346. Julia, b. July, 1808 ; m. diaries Kimball. Of Wilna, Jeff'erson Co., N. Y.
158.
Dea. JOSHUA VINTON, son of John Vinton of Dudley, b. 1774 ; m.
Sally Dyer of Sturbridge. Was a large landholder of Southbridge, which
was taken in part from Dudley in 1816; selectman, 1817, and several other
years. He, his wife, and daughters, were members of the Baptist Church.
He d. Sept. 10, 1842, a. 68. Children—
347. Dolly, b. July 13, 1794 ; m. James Reynolds of Charlton.
348. Polly, b. Nov. 10, 1796; d. when 18 years old.
349. Sally Maria, b. Oct. 7, 1798 ; m. Adolphus Ammidown of Southbridge.
350. John Elliot, b. Nov. 7, 1800 ; m, Jane Haskell of Woodstock, Ct.
351. Harriet, b. April 5, 1802 ; m. 1, Oliver Ammidown. 2, Emory Barnard.
352. Charles Winthrop, b. April 1, 1804 ; m. Harriet Healcy of Dudley.
353. Joshua, b. Oct. 11, 1807 ; m. Eveline Green of Spencer.
354. Julius M., b. July 23, 1810 ; d. in childhood.
355. Melita, b. May 6, 1812; m. Wm. Augustus Cady of Brooklyn, Ct. She d.
356. Emily Esther, b. March 6, 1814 ; d. a year and a half old. [1851.
357. George Angeli, b. Sept. 11, 1816; m. 1, Marcia Cobum. 2, Mary A.
Burnham.
358. Emily Dyer, b. Sept. 11, 1819; m. George Lyon of Ashford, Ct.
359. Otis Fay, b. June 29, 1822 ; m. Sarah W. Raymond. Of Westboro'.
232
Dea. JOSIAH VINTON, eldest son of Josiah and Anne (Adams) Vinton of
Braintree, b. July 27, 1777; m. 1, April 7, 1800, Betsey Snow Giles, b. in
Boston, March 29, 1781, and d. Aug. 9, 1849, a. 68. She was dau. of Thomas
Giles, who was in the military and naval service of his country nearly the
whole of the Revo!. War; five years in the army, and three in the navy. 2,
Dec. 2, 1851, Lucy (How) Dennet, b. Sept., 1785, widow of Capt. Ephraim
Dennet, of Portsmouth, N. H., and dau. of Dr. James How, physician, of
Rochester, N. H. He has been a merchant in Boston. Now resides in South
Boston. Chddren — all, save Mary, b. in Boston —
360. John Adams, b. Fob. 5, 1801 ; ra. 1, June 6, 1832, Orinda Haskell of
Hanover, N. H., who d. Aug., 1838, je. 34. 2, Feb. 24, 1840, Laurinda
Richardson, dau. of Dea. Reuben and Sarah (Vinton) Richardson of
Stoneham, [194.] Compiler of this volume. A clergyman, retired by
reason of ill health. Resides at South Boston.

THE VINTON FAMILY. 19
361. George, b. Aug. 13, 1803 ; m. 1, Chariotte W. Callender. 2, Mary Callen-
der, sisters. Formerly merchant in Boston ; now in South Hadley.
362. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 31, 1806 ; unm. ; resides with her father.
363. Nancy Adams, b. Oct. 26, 1807; m. Wm. V. Alden, son of Ezra and
Abigail (Vinton) Alden, [231.] He is a merchant in Boston.
364. Mary Marshall, b. in Braintree, March 30, 1809 ; d. Oct. 31, 1821.
365. Alfred, b. Dec 28, 1815 ; m. Sarah Martin of Lancaster, Pa., Feb., 1839.
Merchant in St. Louis, Mo. No children.
366. Frederic, b. Oct. 9, 1817 ; m. 1, Phebe W. Clisby of Nantucket, Sept. 13,
1843. 2, Mary B, Curry, June 1, 1857. Teacher. Resides in South
Boston.
367. HaiTiet Newell, b. March 8, 1819 ; unm. ; resides with her father.
233
BOYLSTON VINTON, son of Josiah and Anne Vinton of Braintree, b.
Dec. 10, 1779; m. Aug., 1815, Lydia Thayer,^ dau. of James Thayer.s
[Thayer, 172.] He was a farmer ; settled in Holden, I8I5, where he now
lives. Children —
368. Lydia Thayer, b. Jan. 9, 1817 ; d. unm., April 6, 1833.
369. Thomas Boylston, b. Dec. 9, 1818 ; m. Sophia Nash, 1843. Trader and
Postmaster. In North Braintree.
370. Louisa, b. Jan. 29, 1821 ; m. Lyman Peirce, March, 1846. In West
Boylston.
371. Man- Ann, b. March 6, 1823 ; m. Lucius D. Tompkins, April 6, 1853. In
Orange, N. J.
372. John Quincy Adams, b. Nov. 29, 1824; d. unm., Oct. 27, 1845.
373. Martin Luther, b. Dec. 16, 1826; unm.
374. Olive Vining, b. Jan. 11, 1829; m. John S. Mayo, Dec. 10, 1851. In
Worcester. 253
DORUS VINTON, son of Abiathar 'and Sarah Vinton of Chesterfield, b.
Feb. 19, 1804; m. Priscilla Collier, who d. March 27, 1846. Children—
375. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 27, 1825 ; unm. ; resides in North Adams, 1856.
376. Mariette, b. Dec. 14, 1827 ; m. Edwin Davis, Nov. 30, 1848.
377. Sylvester A., b. Jan. 10, 1832 ; m. Caroline More, Oct. 31, 1852.
378. Jonathan C, b. April 27, 1835 ; m. Ellen Beach, July 4, 1855.
379. Edwin F., b. April 4, 1843. 294.
JOHN VINTON, son of John and Hannah Vinton, b. in Braintree, Mass.,
Sept. 2, 1793; removed with his father to Braintree, Vt., in AprU, 1809 ; m.
Sept. 2, 1816, Charlotte Lamb, b. in Spencer, Mass., Aug. 26, 1792, eldest
child of William Lamb. A farmer ; resides in Granville, Vt. Children —
380. Charles L., b. June 30, 1817 ; m. Sarah Flint, Jan. 26, 1843.
381. William Lamb, b. Sept. 25, 1818.
382. Hannah E., b. July 25, 1820; m. Albert H. Flint, Sept. 12, 1842.
383. Leonora L., b. Dec 4, 1822; m. Lyman E. Jewett, May 1, 1851.
384. Chariotte Jane, b. May 1, 1825 ; m. Francis B. Dimick, Sept. 28, 1845.
385. John Allen, b. March 8, 1827 ; m. Julia B. Flint, Jan. 25, 1853.
386. Augustus Flint, b. March 5, 1829; m. Sarah E. Russell, June 9, 1855.
The foregoing b. in Braintree, Vt. ; the remainder in Granville, Vt. —
387. George W., b. Dec. 3, 1832.
388. Henry C, b. Jan. 27, 1835.
389. Albert F., b. May 27, 1839. 297
SAMUEL VINTON, son of John and' Hannah Vinton, b. in Braintree, Ms.,
Sept. 30, 1799 ; m. Sept. 7, 1820, Martha Flint, b. in Hampton, Ct., Feb. 1,
1801, dau. of William, who was son of Nathaniel Flint. He lived in Brain
tree, Vt., and d. there, Feb. 25, 1826. Children—
390. Samuel, b. in Braintree, Vt., March 5, 1821 ; d. May 13, 1832.
391. Zophar, b. in do., July 5, 1822 ; m. Melissa Isabel Harding, June 27, 1847.
Resides in East Bethel, Vt.

20 GENEALOGICAL, SKETCHES.
392. Harvey Lyon, b. in Braintree, Vt., Sept. 13, 1823 ; m. June 13, 1850, Clara
Fox Stevens of West Springfield, Mass. Painter, at Newton Corner,
near Boston.
393. Althera Martha, b. in Bristol, Vt., Nov. 9, 1824; m. Oct. 13, 1846, Phi
lander Chase House. Resides in East Bethel, Vt.
314.
DAVID VINTON, son of David and Mary (Gowen) Vinton of Medford, b.
there, Jan. 6, 1774 ; m. at Providence, R. I., May 17, 1797, Mary At well, b.
May 10, 1773, dau. of Amos and Betty (Searle) Atwell of Providence.
When under the age of five, he was bereft of both his parents by death, and
was left in the care of his mother's brother, William Gowen. The place of
his father's birth being remote, and none of his father's kindred living near, it
happened that he never had knowledge of his father's family. He was a gold
smith by trade ; went to Providence just at the completion of his minority, to
set up for himself; m. as above ; afterwards engaged in traffic, and d. about
1830. His wife, a lady of uncommon force of character, procured for three of
her sons appointments as cadets in the U. S. Military Academy at West Point
All three went through the Academy with honor to themselves, and received
commissions in the army ; the only instance in the history of the Institution
where three brothers of one family received appointments of this kind. All
the children, who came to mature years, rose to desirable positions in society,
and some of them achieved a high reputation and exerted a commanding influ
ence. Their children, all b. in Providence, were —
394. Amos Maine, b. Oct. 30, 1798; m. Oct. 25, 1824, Frances Jones Dyer,
dau. of Elisha Dyer, Esq., a wealthy man of Providence. Mr. Vinton
was a merchant in Providence, and d. July 12, 1837.
395. John Rogers, b. June 16, 1801 ; m. Sept. 29, 1829, Lucretia Dutton Parker,
only dau. of Ebenezer Parker, merchant, of Boston. She d. Sept. 12,
1838. He was educated at West Point; received a commission as
Second Lieut, in the U. S. Army, in 181 7, at sixteen years of age ; Brevet
Captain, 1829; Brevet Major, 1846. Was killed by a shell at the siege
of Vera Cruz, March 22, 1847, being at the time commanding ofiicer in
the trenches. Gen. Scott, while announcing the event, characterized
him as " one of the most talented, accomplished, and effective members
of the army, and who highly distinguished himself in the brilliant opera
tions at Monterey."
396. David Hammond, b. May 4, 1803 ; m. 1, July 14, 1829, Pamela Brown,
dau. of Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, General-in-Chief of IJ. S. Army. She
d. at Sackett's Harbor, March 20, 1845. 2, Nov. 2, 1848, Eliza Arethusa
Arnold, b. March 29, 1827, dau. of Daniel H. Arnold, merchant, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was educated at West Point ; commissioned
Second Lieut, of Artillery, 1822; Captain, 1838; Major and Quarter
master, 1847. Now stationed at San Antonio, Texas.
397. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1805; m. July 14, 1828, Lieut. George Sears Greene,
of the U. S. Army. She d. at Fort Sullivan, Eastport, Me., Dec. 26,
1832.
398. Alexander Hamilton, b. May 2, 1807; m. Oct. 15, 1835, Eleanor Stock-
bridge Thompson, dau.^ of Ebenezer Thompson, Esq., of Providence,
B. I. He was practising physician three years at Pomfret, Ct. After a
suitable preparation, took orders in the Protestant Episcopal church,
1835. Rector of St. Paul's Church, Boston, since 1842. Received de
gree of D.D. from N. Y. Univ., 1842, and from Harv. Univ., 1853.
399. Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1809 ; m, 1, Oct. 8, 1838, Maria Bowen Whipple, dau.
of John Wliipple, Esq., of Providence, R. I. She d. June 6, 1840, a. 26.
2, Nov. 3, 1841, Elizabeth Mason Perry, dau. of Com. Oliver H. Perry,
the hero of Lake Erie. He was educated at West Point ; Second Lieut.
of Artillery, 1 830 ; took orders, after duo preparation, in the Protestant
Episcopal church, 1836. Rector of Grace Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1848.
Assistant minister of Trinity Chm-ch, New York, 1855. Received
degree of D.D. from Columbia College, New York, 1849.
400. Ruth Paget Olney, b. Jan. 24, 1812 ; d. May 20, 1812.

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GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OP ALLIED FAMILIES.

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The following sketch is compiled partly from "Thayer's Family Memorial,"
partly from Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, and partly from other sources.
My valued friend, Ebenezer Alden, M. D., of Randolph, whose qualifications
for the undertaking none can doubt, has collected a large amount of informa
tion relative to this numerous and highly respectable family; which, it is
fervently hoped, he will one day permit to see the light. He has furnished
some materials for the ensuing sketch, and also information respecting some of
the Aldens found in the "Vinton Memorial."

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JOHN ALDEN,' b. in England about 1599, is the ancestor of all who bear
this widely-extended name in this country. He came to Plymouth in the far-
famed " Mayflower," in 1620. He was not, however, as has heretofore been
supposed, one of the Leyden Church, nor did he embark in the Speedwell at
Delft-haven, July 22, 1620, O. S.,* with those who then and there received
the parting blessing of the Rev. John Robinson. That vessel stopped at
Southampton to meet the Mayflower from London, and to take in provisions
for the voyage. There the pilgrims, it would appear, first made the acquaint
ance of John Alden. "John Alden was hired for a cooper at Southampton,
wher the ship victuled ; and being a hopful yong man, was much desired, but
left to his owne liking to go or stay when he came here ; but he stayed and
maryed here.'" This is quoted from Governor Bradford's " History of Plimouth
Plantation," printed for the first time by the Mass. Hist. Society in 1856.
Bradford also says that John Alden and Priscilla. his wife had eleven chddren,
but does not give their names.
He was one, and probably the youngest, of those who signed the immortal
compact of civil government in the cabin of the Mayflower, at anchor in the
harbor of Provincetown, Nov. 15, 1620.
President John Adams, one of his descendants, claims for him the honor of
being the first who leaped upon the Rock of Plymouth.]: During a few years,
he lived at Plymouth, and then settled in Duxbury, on a farm which has ever
since remained in possession of his descendants. "Through a long life, he was
almost continually in some public employment. He was Assistant [equivalent
to senator] to all the Governors of the Old Colony, except the first. For thirty-
six years, without interruption, he was elected to this office. He represented
the town of Duxbury from 1641 to 1649. In 1653, and several succeeding
years, he was one of the Council of War, appointed in view of danger appre
hended from the Indians. He was distinguished for a holy life and conversa
tion ; a man of great integrity and worth ; and held in great honor by the men
* Answering to August 1, new style.
I This honor is also claimed for Mary Chilton, after whom Chiltonville, a section of Ply
mouth, formerly called " Eel River," has recently been named.
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22 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
of his time, as he has been by all succeeding generations. He was blessed with
a competence, and with a goodly number of children, all of whom delighted in
the ordinances of God.
He was unmarried when he came to these shores ; but soon after m. Pris
cilla MuLLiNs, dau. of William Mullins. A romantic story of his courtship
has come down to us, and may be found in Thayer's " Family Memorial." He
d. Sept. 12, 1687, a. 88. His children were—
2. John, went from Duxbury to Boston as early as 1659; m. 1, Elizabeth
 . 2, Elizabeth Everill, a widow. He lived on what is now Alden
Street, Boston. Capt. of several armed vessels of the colony. He d.
March 14, 1702.*
3. tJoseph, m. Mary Simmons, Settled in Bridgewater.
4. David, Selectman and Rep. of Duxbury several years. Assistant, 1690.
Had Benjamin, Samuel and Alice.
5. Jonathan, of Duxbury; Captain; m. Abigail Hallet,t Dec. 10, 1672. In
herited and occupied the paternal estate ; d. Feb., 1697, a. about 70. She
d. Aug. 17, 1725, a. 81.
6. Elizabeth, m. William Paybody of Duxbury ; d. May 31, 1717, se. 93.
7. Sarah, m. Alexander Standish,^ son of Capt. Miles Standish.'
8. tRuth, m. John Bass," of Braintree.
9. Mary, m. Thomas Delano,'^ son of Philip de la Noye,' a French Protestant,
who came to Plymouth in the Fortune, Nov. 9, 1621. They lived in
Duxbury.

SECOND GENERATION. 3.
JOSEPH ALDEN,2 son of John and Priscilla, b. about 1624; m. Mary
Simmons. He was one of the original settlers of Bridgewater in 1654. His
father, the Pilgrim, was one of the original proprietors of that town. His
posterity are very numerous there. He d. Feb. 8, 1697, a. abt. 73. Children —
10. tisaac, b.  ; m. Mehitable Allen of Bridgewater.
11. tJoseph, b. 1668; m. Hannah Dunham of Plymouth.
12. tJohn, b.  ; m. Hannah White of Weymouth.
8.
RUTH ALDEN," dau. of John and Priscilla, m. by her father, Feb. 3,
1657-8, to John Bass," of Braintree, who was prob. b. in Roxbury, abt. 1632.
He was son of Dea. Samuel Bass.§ Ruth Bass d. Oct. 12, 1674. Her hus
band d. Sept. 12, 1716, te. 84. Their children were —
13. John, b. Nov. 26, 1658 ; m. 1, Abigail Adams. [Adams, 13.1 2,.Rebecca
Savil, May 17, 1698.
14. Samuel, b. March 25, 1660; m. Mary (Adams) Webb, dau. of Joseph
Adams. [Adams, 17.] Deacon of second church. This was Samuel
Bass, " cooper," commonly so called. His son, Dea. Samuel,* Deacon
of third church (now first in Randolph) ; b. July 26, 1700 ; m. Hannah
White, dau. of Dea. Samuel. [White, 53.]
15. Ruth, b. Jan. 28, 1662 ; m.  Walsbey.
16. Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1665; m. 1, Jitne 5, 1688, Mary Belcher, dau. of Moses,
and gr. dau. of Gregory and Catharine Belcher of Braintree. 2, Lois
Rogers, Feb. 23, 1708.
17. fHannah, b. June 22, 1667 ; m. Joseph Adams. [Adams, 12.]
18. Mary, b.Feb. 11, 1669-70; m. 1, May 24, 1686, Christopher Webb, Jr. He
d. of small-pox, March, 1690. 2, William Copeland, April 13, 1694.
Their son William, m. Mary Thayer. [Thatek, 25.]
19. tSarah, b. March 29, 1672; m. Ephraim Thayer. [Thater, 142.]
» Capt. John Alden,^ of Boston, m. 1660, Elizabeth Everill, widow of Abiel Everill of
Boston, and dau. of Maj. William Phillips of Saco.
t Not Ralat, as on Duxbury Records and in Thayer's Fam. Mem. Andrew Hallet's (of
Yarmouth) Will, dated June 4, 1684, names Abigail, wife of Jonathan Alden.
{ SAMUEL BASS,' with his wife Anna, came from England about'1630; admitted free
man. May 14, 1634 ; settled first at Roxbury ; removed to Brain, (the part now Quincy) abt.

THE ALDEN FAMILY. 23

THIRD GENERATION. 10.
ISAAC ALDEN,3 son of Joseph and Mary Alden of Bridgewater, m. 1685,
Mehitabel Allen,3 b. 1665, dau. of Dea. Samuel Allen of Bridgewater, who
was son of Samuel Allen,' of Braintree. [Allen, 10.] They resided in East
Bridgewater. Their children were —
20. Mehetabel, b. 1687 ; m. Benjamin Richards, 1711.
21. Sarah, b.- 1688; m. 1, Seth jirett, 1712. 2, Dea. Recompense Gary, 1727.
22. Mary, b. 1691 ; m. John Webb of Braintree, 1720. She d. a widow, 1772.
23. Isaac, b. 1692 ; a bachelor ; lived to old age ; and left a large landed estate.
24. tEbenezer, b. 1693; m. 1717, Anna Keith, dau. of Joseph Keith.
25. tJohn, b. 1694 ; m. 1, Hannah Kingman, 1727. 2, Rebecca Nightingale, 1745.
26. Mercy, b. 1696 ; m. Zaccheus Packard, 1725.
27. Abigail, b. 1699.
28. Jemima, b. 1702; m. Dea. Thomas Whitman, 1727.
11.
Dea. JOSEPH ALDEN,3 son of Joseph and Mary Alden of Bridgewater, b.
1668 ; m. 1690, Hannah Donham, dau. of Daniel Dunham of Plymouth, a
native of Middleboro'. He lived in South Bridgewater and d. Dec. 22, 1747,
te. 80. His wife d. satne year, a. 78. Children —
29. tDaniel, b. 1690; m. Abigail Shaw.
30. Joseph, b. 1693; d. young.
31. tEleazar, b. 1694; m. 1720, Martha Shaw, sister of the preceding.
32. Hannah, b. 1696 ; m. 1722, Mark Lothrop of Easton. She d. aitatis 81.
33. Mary, b. 1699 ; m. 1719, Timothy Edson of Stafford, Ct. She d. a. 80.
34. Joseph, b. 1700; d. young.
35. Jonathan, b. 1703; d. young.
36. tSamuel, b. 1705; m. 1, Abiah Edson. 2, Rebecca Washburn.
37. Mehitable, b. 1707 ; m. Barnabas Eaton of Middleboro'. She d. a 30.
38. Seth, b. 1710. Inherited his father's farm ; Captain; m. 1, 1740, Mehitabel
Carver, dau. of Eleazar. 2, 1758, Wid. Jael Hayward. He d. Sep. 6, 1784,
a. 75. Had Oliver, b. 1740 ; Seth, b. 1741 ; Caleb, b. 1744 ; Joseph, b. 1747.
12.
JOHN ALDEN,3 son of Joseph and Mary ; m. Hannah White,^ b. May 5,
1681, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer White," of Weymouth, and gr. dau. of Thomas,'
[White, 38.] Had his father's homestead in West Bridgewater, and sold it to
Isaac Johnson about 1700, and removed to Titicut in Middleboro'. Children —
40. David, m. Judith Paddleford. Had Solomon. Settled in Middleboro'.
41. Priscilla, m. Abraham Borden.
42. Thankful, m. Francis Baton.
43. Hannah, m. Thomas Wood.
44. Lydia, m. 1, Samuel Eddy, son of Samuel. They lived in Middleboro'. 2,
John Fuller. She lived to the age of 93 years.
1640. He was first deacon of the church in Braintree ; an office which he sustained above
fifty years. In 1641, and for twelve years after, he represented the town in the General
Court. He was one of Ihe leading men in the town many years. His wife Anna d. Sept.
5, 1693, a, 93. He d. Dec. 30, 1694. " He was the father, grandfather, and greatgrand-
father of one hundred and sixty-two children before he died; the youngest whereof was
Benjamin Bass, son of Joseph and Mary, born eleven days before his death." [Braintree
Records.] The children were —
1. Samuel,^ m. Mary Howard. Their son Samuel,^ m., 1678, Rebecca Faxon ^ [Fax 6.]
2. Hannah,' m. Nov. 15, 1651, Stephen Paine," of Braintree. She lived to a great age.
3. Mary," m. 1647, Capt. John Capen of Dorchester
4. John," b. about 1632, m. Ruth Alden, dau. of John, the Pilgrim, of Duxbury.
See text.
5. Thomas," of Braintree; deacon; m. 1, Sarah Wood of Medfield, Oct. 4, 1660. 2,
1680, wid. Susanna (Bates) Blanchard. See [Faxon, 13.]
6. Joseph,' m. Mary  . He d. about Jan. 16, 1714.
7. Sarah," m. 1, Dea. John Stone of Walertown, by whom she had ^arak, b. Oct. 1,1663.
He d. early in 1691. 2, Dea. Joseph Penniman of Braintree. [Penniman, 5.]

24 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
45. Mary, m. Noah Thomas. 46. Abigail, m. Nathan Thomas.
47. Joseph, m. Hannah Hall ; settled in Middleboro'.
48. John, b. 1719; m. 1, Lydia Lazell. 2, Rebecca Weston. He lived in Mid
dleboro' ; had nineteen children, sixty -two grand children, one hundred
and thirty-four gr. gr. children, and seven of the fifth generation ; of
whom one hundred and seventy-two were living at the time of his death.
Had been a church member 78 years ; prob. the oldest (in chh. standing)
in the United States. Died in Middleboro', April, 1821/ setatis 103.
49. Ebenezer, m. 1, Anna Whitaker. 2, Rebecca Smith. At the age of 20
went to Cuba, was taken prisoner, and suffered hardships for ten years.
Settled in Ashfield.
50. Samuel, d. young. 51. Nathan, d. young.
52. Noah, b. May 31, 1725 ; Baptist minister, ordained at Stafford, Ct., June 5,
1755; dismissed Aug. 28, 1765. Installed at Bellingham, Nov. 12,
1766; member of Convention for forming Constitution of Mass., 1780;
also, for ratifying Constitution of U. S., 1788 ; d. at Bellingham, May 5,
1797, a. 72 ; m. Joanna Vaughan ; had three sons and several daughters.

FOURTH GENERATION. 24.
Capt. EBENEZER ALDEN,^ son of Isaac and Mehetabel, b. 1693; m.
1717, Anna Keith,^ b. 1695, dau. of Joseph," and gr. dau. of Rev. James Keith,'
the first minister of Bridgewater. Lived in East Bridgewater. At the time
of his death, 1776, a. 83, he was the'last of the original members of the church
in East Bridgewater, gathered 1724. Mrs. Alden d. 1775, a. 79. Children —
53. Anna, b. 1718 ; m. Eleazar Washburn, Nov. 22, 1738. J All three couples
54. Susanna, b. 1719 ; m. Ephraim Cary, Nov. 22, 1738. > m. at the same
55. Abigail, b. 1721 ; m. Ebenezer Byram, Jr., Nov. 22, 1738. ) time.
56. tNathan, b. 1727 ; m. 1, Mary Hudson, 1750. 2, Lydia Richards, 1757.
57. tEzra, b. 1732 ; m. Rebecca Keith of Easton, 1756.
25.
JOHN ALDEN,* son of Isaac and Mehetabel, b. 1694 ; m. 1, Hannah
Kingman, dau. of Henry Kingman, 1727. She d. 1744. 2, Rebecca Night
ingale, 1745. He lived in East Bridgewater, and d. 1762, a. about 67.
Children by first wife —
58. John, ( twins, b. )
59. James,! 1729; ) d. young.
60. Isaac, b. 1731 ; m. Martha Packard.
61. Jonathan, b. 1733. See below. 64. An infant son, b. 1740 ; d. soon.
62. Hannah, b. 1 736. 65. Abigail, b. 1742; d. young.
63. Adam, b. 1738; d. young. 66. Keziah, b. 1743.
Children by second wife —
67. Rebecca, b. 1745; m. John Sprague.
68. John, b. 1747 ; went to AVarwick.
69. Esther, b. 1749; d. young.
70. James, b. 1751 ; went to Claremout, N. H.
71. Adam, b. 1754; went to Claremout, N. H.
72. Joseph, b. 1755 ; went to Claremont, N. H.
63. Benjamin, b. 1757; went to Claremont, N. H.
Of the above children, Jonathan, b. 1733, [61,] m. 1766, Experience Wash
burn, dau. of Cornelius. He d. 1825, a. 93. They were parents of—
74, Ezra, b. July 31, 1774; m. Abigail Vinton,' Oct. 20, 1798. [Vinton, 231.]
29
DANIEL ALDEN,* Esq., son of Dea. Joseph and Hannah, b. 1690; m.
1717, Abigail Shaw, b. about 1694, dau. of Joseph Shaw ; she d. 1755.
Resided until 1750, or later, in Bridgewater ; then removed to StaflTord, Ct.,
where he d. 1767. Children —
75. Joseph, b. 1718 ; m. 1742, Susanna Packard, dau. of Solomon of Bridgewa'r.

THE ALDEN FAMILY. 25
76. tDaniel, b. 1720; m. 1747, Jane Turner of Wevmouth.
7 6i. Abigail, b. 1722; m. 1742, Dea. Eleazar Whitman, son of Nicholas of
Bridgewater.
77. Zephaniah, b. 1724; m. 1748, Hopestill Wade, dau. of Thomas of Bridge-
water ; d. at Stafford, Ct., a. 80.
77i. Hannah, b. 1726; d. in infancy.
78. Hannah, b. 1727 ; m. Joshua i?lodget, at Stafford, Ct., and d. there, a. 70.
78i. Mehitabel, b. 1729.
79. Barnabas, b. 1732 ; d. at Ashfield, a. 60.
80. Ebenezer, b. 1734 ; d. at Stafford, Ct., a. 21.
81. Mary, b. 1737; m. 1764, Isaac FuUer of Bridgewater.
31.
ELEAZAR ALDEN,* son of Dea. Joseph and Hannah Alden, b. 1694 ; m.
1720, Martha Shaw, dau. of Joseph, and a sister of Rev. John Shaw. They
lived in South Bridgewater. She d. 1769, a. 69. He d. 1773, a. 79. Their
children were —
82. Jonathan, b. June 22, 1721 ; ra. Experience Howard, dau. of Nathaniel of
South Bridgewater. They settled in Greenwich, Mass. He d. 1805, a.
84. She d. Dec, 1809, a. 90.
83. Eleazar, b. Aug. 30, 1723 ; m. Sarah Whitman of East Bridgewater. He d.
a. 80. Shed. a. 91.
84. Abraham, b. 1725 ; d. a. 2 years.
85. David, b. June 18, 1727; m. Lucy Thomas, dau. of Noah of Middleboro'.
He went to Ashfield, and there d. a. 80.
86. Joshua, b. April 19, 1729; m. Mary (Carver) Alden, wid. of Seth Alden.
He d. a. 80.
87. Caleb, b. 1731 ; d. a. 2 years.
88. Ezra, b. June 22, 1734; m. 1, Miriam Richardson of Stafford. 2, Sarah
Harwood of Hardwick. A deacon in Greenwich, Ms. ; d. there, a. 84.
89. Timothy, b. Nov. 24, 1736; H. C, 1762; m. Saruh Weld, dau. of Rev.
Habijah Weld of Attleborough. She d. 1796, a. 58. Ordained pastor,
Yarmouth, Mass., Dec, 13, 1769 ; d. Nov. 13, 1828, a. 92, having been
pastor 59 years. He was the father of
Rev. Timothy,^ b. Aug. 28, 1771 ; H. C, 1794; ord. colleague with Rev.
Samuel Haven, D.D., Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 20, 1799 ; dismissed
July 31, 1805 ; inaugurated President of Alleghany Coll., Meadville,
Pa., July 28, 1817 ; resigned Nov. 11, 1831. The second Timothy had
brothers — Isaiah, Martin, and Oliver ; sisters, Sarah Weld and
Martha Shaw (Alden), b. Jan. 8, 1778; m. Capt. Jeremiah Taylor, a
retired ship-master; settled in Hawley, Mass. They were parents of
Rev. Oliver Alden Taylor, of Manchester, Mass. ; d. 1851 ; and Rev.
Timothy Alden Taylor of Slatersville, R. I., and Rev. Jeremiah Taylor,
late of Wenham, now of Wethersfield, Ct.
36.
SAMUEL ALDEN,* son of Dea. Joseph and Hannah Alden ; b. 1705 ; ra.
1, 1728, Abiah Edson, dau. of Capt. Josiah Edson of Bridgewater. 2, 1752,
Rebecca Washburn, dau. of Josiah Washburn. Settled at Titicut, in Mid
dleboro' ; d. 1785, a. 80. Children—
90. Abiah, b. 1729 ; m. 1751, Seth Harris.
91. Mehitable, b. 1732; m. 1755, Joshua Packard.
91i. Sarah, b. 1734.
92. tSamuel, b. 1736; m.  Williams.
93. Josiah, b. 1738; m. 1761, Bathsheba Jones of Raynham. Kud Elijah, 176Z ;
Hazad, Josiah.
94. tSimeon, b. 1740; m. 1763, Mary Packard.
95. Silas, b.  ; d. a 21.

FIFTH GENERATION. 56.
Dea. NATHAN ALDEN,' son of Capt. Ebenezer and Anna Alden, b.
1727 ; m. 1, 1750, Mart Hudson, dau. of Daniel Hudson. She d. 1755. 2,

26 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
1757, his cousin Ltdia Richards, b. 1733, dau of Benjamin and Mehitable
(Alden) Richards, [20.] She d. 1823, a. 90 yrs. 7 mos. Dea. Alden d. 1807,
a. 80. His children were —
96. Nathan, Esq., (by first wife) b. 1751 ; m. 1, 1776, Sarah Barrell, b. 1754 ;
d. 1816, a. 61, dau. of William, and sister of Maj. James Barrell, who
m. Betsey Russell, dau. of Thos. and Abigail. [Vint., 87.] Children —
97. Marcus, 1782. 98. Isaac, 1786.
99. XwciHS, 1796; grad. Brown Univ., 1821 ; clergyman; studied Divinity
at Andover ; missionary to Western States several years ; installed
pastor at East Abington, Dec. 5, 1832, now at Newcastle, N. H.
Also, Mary, 1776, m. Capt. Wm. Vinton. [Vinton, 228.] Lydia,
1779 ; Sarah, 1792. Sarah, the wife of Nathan Alden, Esq., d. 1816,
and he m. 2, widow Joanna Soule, 1819.
100. Isaac, (by second wife) b. 1758; d. young.
57.
EZRA ALDEN,5 son of Capt. Ebenezer and Anna (Keith) Alden, b. 1732 ;
m. 1756, Rebecca Keith, dau. of Josiah Keith of Easton. After his death,
she m. 1771, John Bisbee of Plainfield, and d. 1777, a. 41. Children —
101. An infant son, b. 1757.
102. Abigail, b. 1759; d. young.
103. Abigail, b. 1761; m. George Vining, 1778.
104. Isaac, b. 1763; m. 1781, Mary Russell, dau. of Thomas and Abigail.
[Vinton, 529.]
105. Susanna, b. 1766 ; m. 1784, Jacob Allen. Settled iu Plainfield.
76.
Dea. DANIEL ALDEN,= son of Daniel,* Esq., b. in Bridgewater, 1720 ;
ni. 1747, Jane Turner, b. in Weymouth, March 30, 1725, dau. of Seth and
Sarah (Shaw) Turner of Weymouth, and sister of Col. Seth Turner, who m.
Rebecca Vinton. [Vinton, 40.] She d. at Lebanon, N. H., 1817, se. 93. He
spent his days chiefly in Stafford, Ct. ; was a magistrate ; deacon in the chh.,
&.C. ; d. at Lebanon, 1790, a. 70. They had twelve children, of whom only the
following arrived at adult age —
106. Sarah,^ b.  ; m. Noah Davis ; lived iu Stafford, Ct. ; had 3 children.
107. Hannah,^ ( twins, b. I m. Moses Hibbard ; in Lebanon, N. H. ; had 2 chil.
108. Abigail,^ ( 1750; jm. 1, Jude Converse, 1772 ; had 8 children. 2, Aa
ron Eaton, 1790; had 3 children. She d. 1814.
109. Daniel,* b.  ; m. Sarah Alden, dau. of Dea. Ezra Alden, [88.] Had
12 children. Resided in Lebanon, N. H.
110. Ebenezer,* b. July 4, 1755; m. 1787, Sarah Bass, b. Jan 24, 1759, only
dau. of Col. Jonathan and Susanna Bass of Randolph. [White, 117.]
She d. 1832. He settled in Randolph, 1781 ; a good citizen, distinguish
ed physician and eminent Christian; d. Oct. 16, 1806, a. 51, greatly
lamented. Sarah, his widow, d. Dec. 2, 1833, a. 74. Children —
111. Ebenezer,'' b. March 17, 1788; grad. H. C., 1808; studied medicine
at Hanover, N. H., and Philad., where he received the degree of M. D., in
1812; since then an eminent physician and distinguished philanthropist
in Randolph.
112. Henry,'' b. June 7, 1791 ; grad. H. C, 1812; resided at Randolph;
unm. ; d. suddenly, June 24, 1851.
113. Susanna,'' b.  ; unra.; resides in Randolph.
114. Jesse,* b. 1762; m. Sarah Rice; had nine children; resided in Cornish,
N. H. ; d. of spotted fever, 1813.
115. Samuel,* b.  ; grad. Dart Coll., 1795 ; m. Abigail Willard, dau. of Rev.
Jolm Willard, minister of Stafford, Ct., 1757-1807 ; sister of Rev. Mr.
Willard of Lancaster, N. H., who d. 1827 ; had dau. Abigail. Druggist,
Hanover, N. H.
116. Isaac,* b. 1770; m. Hannah Rice ; had six children; physician, Plainfield,
N. H. ; d. 1845. 92.
SAMUEL ALDEN,5 son of Samuel Alden,* of Titicut, b. 1735 ; m. 
Williams. Lived in Abingt'n, on the confines of N. Bridgew. He d. 1816, a. 8) .

THE ADAMS FAMILY. 27
Children —
117. Daniel, m. 1786, Sarah Cary. 121. Williams, m.  Linfield.
118. Silas, settled in Jay, Me. 122. Seth,m.l802,Harmony Southworth.
119. Joseph, " " 123. Hosea, m. 1817, Milly Edson.
120. Samuel, m. 1799, Sally Eord. 124. Hannah, m. 1798, James Cary.
94.
SIMEON ALDEN,5 son of Samuel,* of Titicut, b. 1740; m. 1763, Mart
Packard, b. 1739, dau. of Seth Packard of Bridgewater. Children—
134. Simeon, b. 1764; m. Rachel French.
135. Alpheus, b. 1765.
136. Silas, b. 1766; m. 1, Polly French, b. 1764, dau. of Thomas and Silence.
[French, 75.] 2, Charlotte (French) Thayer, wid. of Ezra Thayer.
137. Solomon, b. 1767, m. Hannah Stone of Reading. He d. about 1814; had
Hannah, m. 1, John Mansfield of Saugus ; 2, Joseph G. Goldthwait, form
erly of Saugus, now of Boston. Joseph, formerly of Louisville, now
Chicago; Betsey, ra. Dr. Solon Richardson of Reading; Solomon, of
Boston, m. Betsey Wiley of S. Reading. David, m. 1, Lucinda Ken
dall of Medford ; 2, Laura P. Daggett of Boston. Salesman in Boston.
John, m. Betsey Fernald, a native of Kittery, Me. ; Grocer in Salem St.,
Boston.
138. Mary, b. 1769. 140. Jonathan, b. 1775. 142. Lot, b. 1781.
139. David, b. 1771. 141. Isaac, b. 1777.
All of the above had families.

Cljf %tim\B Jfmtlg of Jraintrtt
In the Genealogical Sketch which follows, every person in the series may
be considered as a native or resident of Braintree, unless the contrary be
afBrmed or implied.
It must not be supposed that Henry Adams is the ancestor of all who bear
the name in this country. This is very far from being the fact. There was
a John Adams at Plymouth in 1621, a Jeremy Adams at Cambridge in 1632, a
WUliam Adams at Cambridge in 1635, a Ferdinando Adams at Dedham iii
1639, a Nathaniel Adams at Weymouth 1640, a Richard Adams at Weymouth
1642, Alexander Adams of Boston in 1648, Robert Adams of Newbury 1649,
a Nathaniel Adams of Boston 1647, Charles Adams of Dover 1665, and nearly
as many more in other places ; none of whom have left any trace of kindred
with Henry or his eight sons. As late as 1680, persons of the name came
over from England, who were not of this family. The name is very common
in England, being found in every county in the kingdom. It is also very
common in the United States.
The name Adams is an abbreviation of AdanCs son ; as, Peters for
Peter's son, Roberts for Robert's son, Richards for Richard's son, &c. This was
a very common way of forming surnames.*
It is now known that the famdy of Henry Adams of Braintree orginated in
Wales, about six hundred years ago. The primitive name was Ap Adam,
equivalent to Adam's son, or simply Adams, for which the Welch name was
exchanged about 1450. Sir John Ap Adam was summoned to Parliament as
* There were four principal methods in which surnames originated. 1. From some an
cestor, as, John Johnson, &.C., so of old, " David the son of Jesse." 2. From the place of
one's birth, residence or achievements, as Godfrey of Bouillon, Simon of Montfort, John
of Gaunt, and so anciently, Scipio Africanus, &c. This was peculiar to persons of dis
tinction and quality. 3. From one's trade or profession, as, ^miih. Carpenter, Farmer,
Webster, &c. 4. From some personal attribute, as, hong. Short, Rich, Poor, Brown,
White, &e.

28 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
a Baron of the Realm, from 1296 to 1307. See N. E. Geneal. Reg., Vol.
vii., p. 39, (Jan. 1853.)
I have freely borrowed from Thayer's " Family Memorial" where it suited
my purpose ; but have availed myself of many other sources of information.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
HENRY ADAMS came from England to this country in 1634. The in
scription on the granite column erected to his memory by his descendant.
President John Adams, states, that he came from Devonshire; What authority
there was for this statement does not appear. President John Quincy Adams
said, in 1846, to the present writer, that there was " very strong reason to
believe that Henry Adams came from Braintree, in Essex ; and not from
Devonshire, as had been stated by [the speaker's] father." The latter suppo
sition [the Braintree origin] has, in the writer's opinion, the superior probability.
There can be little doubt that some of the settlers of Braintree were from
Braintree in Essex, and that the name was given to the settlement at Mount
Wollaston out of respect to them. See Rev. Dr. Lunt's Centennial Discourses,
delivered, Sept. 29, 1839.
Forty acres of land at Mount Wollaston were granted by the Town of Bos
ton, Feb. 24, 1639-40, to Henry Adams, for the ten persons in his family.
Henry Adams d. at Braintree, Oct. 6, 1646, and was buried Oct. 8. In his
will, proved June 8, 1647, he mentions his sons Samuel, Peter, John, Joseph,
Edward, and dau. Ursula. Joseph and Edward are twice named, and in this
order; whence it would appear that Edward was younger than Joseph;
although Thayer's " Memorial" names Joseph last. Henry Adams's wife is
mentioned in the will as living, but her name is not given. See abstract of
will in Geneal. Reg., vol. vii., p. 35. There were other children of Henry
Adams, and they may be arranged in the following order : all b. in England —
2. Henry, b. 1604; m. Elizabeth Paine, Nov. 17, 1643, dau. of Moses Paine.
In 1650, he removed to Medfield, where he was town clerk, (as he had
been in Braintree), and Representative, 1659, 1665, 1674, 1675. He was
a Lieut, in "Philip's War," and was killed at his own door by the
Indians, Feb. 21, 1675-6, a. 72. His wife was shot in Rev. Mr. Wilson's
house the same night by the accidental discharge of a musket by one of
our own people; of which injury she d. Feb. 29, 1675-6. Their sixth
son was Henry f b. in Medfield, Nov. 19, 1657; m. April 15, 1684,
Lydia Whitney. They had Thomas,* b. 1688, who was father of
Thomas,^ b. 1725 ; d. July 13, 1811, a. 86, father of Hannah Adams,*
the authoress of a " History of New England," and a " History of the
Jews ;" and the first person interred iu Mount Auburn Cemetery.
3. Thomas, b. 1612; m. Mary  . He was a Lieut; accompanied his
brother Samuel to Concord and Chelmsford, where he lived till his
death, Jtily 20, 1688, a. 76. He and his brotlier built mills on the
present site of the city of Lowell. He was town clerk of Chelmsford,
and Representative, 1673. His will is recorded Midd. Prob. 7: 101.
He had seven children, of whom Jonatlian,^ Pdatiah,^ and Timothy,^ m.
and had families.
4. Samuel, b. 1617 ; m. 1, Rebecca Graves of Charlestown; she d. Oct. 1664.
2, Esther Sparhawk of Cambridge, May 7, 1668. Ho was a captain ;
freeman, 1643 ; lived a while iu Charlestown and Concord, but removed
to Chelmsford, 1654, where he d. Jan. 24, 1688-9, se. 72. He had four
teen children, several of whom d. young. Tliomas,^ his son, mariner,
prob. sea captain ; d. in Barbadoes, March 19, 1686, a. 32. See his will,
dated Feb. 28, 1683-4. [Suff. Prob,, 11: 2.
5. Jonathan, b. 1619 ; m. 1, Elizabeth  . 2. Mary  . He settbd in
Medfield, where he d. abt. 1691, a. 71. Inventory, Feb. 15, 1691-2.
[lb. 8: 216.

THE ADAMS FAMILY. 29
6. Peter, b. 1622 ; m. Rachel  . Settled in Medfield, whore he d. intestate,
about 1690, a. 68. See Inventory (£234 2s. 6d.) taken Oct. 23, 1690.
[Suff. Prob., 8 : 179.] His son Peter,^ b. July 20, 1653 ; lived in Med-
way; was a physician. His son Samuel,^ b. April 2, 1671, was of Med
field, a deacon. He had seven other children of whom four wore daus.
7. John, b. 1624; m. Ann  . Some have supposed that he returned to
England ; but of this there appears no evidence ; while there is evidence
that he went from Braintree, (where he certainly was at the date of his
father's will, 1646,j to Concord about 1650, where he and his brothers
Thomas and Samuel bought lands. While there, they petitioned for a
new town, which they obtained and called Chelmsford. They sold out
their lands in Concord, 1654, to Samuel Stratton ; and while Thomas
and Samuel Adams removed and settled on the present site of Lowell,
John Adams, a millwright, went to that part of Cambridge, now known
as West Cambridge, where he built a mill on the small stream which
runs from Lexington to West Cambridge, and empties into Mystic
Pond ; and there he spent tlie remainder of his life. His will is dated
June 1, 1706. His children were Rebecca,^ Mary,^ b. Oct. 25, 1652;
John,^ b. May 1, 1654, d. soon; John,^ b. 1655; Joseph,^ m. Margaret
Eames, Feb. 21, 1687-8 ; and 3 others d. young. Joseph,^ was father of
Capt. Daniel Adams,* of Lincoln, b. Jan. 3, 1690 ; m. Elizabeth Minot,
April 23, 1715. He d. Feb. 9, 1780, a. 90. Their eldest son, Capt.
Daniel,^ b. Oct. 15, 1720, was grandfather to Dr. Daniel Adams,' of
Mont Vernon, N. H., the author of a valuable Arithmetic and other
school books.*
8. tJoseph, b. 1626 ; m. Abigail Baxter, Nov. 26, 1650. Settled in Braintree.
9. Edward, b. 1630; m. Lydia  . She d. March 3, 1675-6. Lived in
Medfield; d. about 1715. His will, dated May 19, 1715, is recorded
Suff. Prob., 19 : 225. He had fourteen children ; of whom eight became
heads of families.
10. Ursula, named in father's will ; it does not appear whether she was married.
The descendants of this family are exceedingly numerous.

SECOND GENERATION. 8.
JOSEPH ADAMS,^ seventh son of Henry Adams,i is stated on the column
erected to the memory of the latter, to have been the only son of the family who
remained in Braintree. He was b. in England, 1626, as appears from his
grave stone, still in being, which informs us that he d. Dec. 6, 1694, a. 68.
He was admitted freeman, 1653. It is also stated on the aforesaid coltiinn,
that he was " an original proprietor in the township of Braintree." This is
scarcely probable. He was a maltster, as was his father. Of Braintree, he
was selectman for several years. His wife; m. Nov. 26, 1650, was Abigail
Baxter, dau. of Gregory Baxter,]: by his wife Margaret Paddy, sister of Dea.
William Paddy of Plymouth and Boston. She d. Aug. 27, 1692, a. 58. The
will of Joseph Adams is recorded Suff. Prob. 13 : 264. Their children were—
11 tHannah,3 b. Nov. 13, 1652 ; m. April 10, 1672, Samuel Savill.
12 tJoseph 3 b. Dec 24, 1654 ; m. 1, Mary Chapin. 2, Hannah Bass. 3, Eli-
124. John,3 b. Jan. 12, 1655-6; d. Jan. 27, 1655-6. [zabeth  .
13 Abio-ail,3 b. Feb. 27, 1658-9 ; m. John Bass.'
14 tJohn 3 ( twins, b. Dec. ) Boston; m. 1, Hannah Webb. 2, Han. Checkley.
15' Bethiah,3 \ 3, 166I ; ) m. John Webb of Braintree, May, 1680. He was
a " miller," and occupied, perhaps owned the gristmill near the Cart
Bridge and E. Braintree Railroad Depot. See Hayden, 11^ 
•For the facts given in relation 10 the eight sons of Henry Adiims of Braintree, I am in
great part indebte.l to Lemuel Shatmck, jfsq., of Boston ; and wholly mdebled to him for
aie account which is here given of his ancestor John Adams of West Cambridge.
1 It was Greffory Baxter-not John Baxter, as stated by Thayer. Gregory Baxter, the
aniestor of, um^erous families, in his will, dated June 2, 165? (he d. Jan, 21, 'Sf -60,) .uen-
iions his SOI. Joseph Adams, and wife, '¦ my dau." His wife IWargaret, d . Feb. 13, 1662-3

30 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
15i. Mary ,3 b. Oct. 9, 1663 ; supposed to have d. young.
16. Samuol,3b. Sept. 6, 1665 ; supposed to have d. young.
17. Mary,3 b. Feb. 25, 1667-8; m. 1, Samuel Webb. 2, Dea. Samuel Bass,'
often called "cooper," son of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass. [Alden,
14.] Shed. March 9, 1706,
18, tPeter,3 b. Feb. 7, 1669-70 ; m. Mary Webb, Feb. 12, 1695.
19. Jonathan,3b. Jan. 31, 1670-1.
20. Mehitable,3 bapt. Nov. 23, 1678; m. July 21, 1697, Thos. White.' [White.
28.]
John Webb, Samuel Webb, Hannah Webb, and Mary Webb, who m. children of
this family, were children of Christopher Webb of Braintree. Christopher Webb's
will, dated April 14, 1694, proved June 28, 1694, is recorded Suff. Prob., 13 : 220.
Hannah, John, and Samuel Bass, were children of John and Ruth Bass. [Alden,
13, 14, 17.]

THIRD GENERATION. 11.
HANNAH ADAMS,3 eldest dau. of Joseph and Abigail Adams, b. Nov.
13, 1652 ; m. April 10, 1672, Samuel Savil, son of William.* In his will,
dated Dec. 13, 1700, (proved Jan. 16, 1700-1, recorded, Suff. Prob., 14 : 278),
he mentions wife Hannah, eldest son Samuel, (under 21 ;) other children, John
Savell, Hannah Cleverly, Abigail Savell, Bethiah, Sarah, and Mary Savell.
His brethren Benjamin Savell, and Samuel Bass, " cooper," to be Executors.
Children —
21. Hannah,* b. July 13, 1674 ; m.  Cleverly.
22. Abigail,* b. Feb. 14, 1678 ; m. Joseph Allen,' Aug. 14, 1701. [Allen, 19.]
23. William,* and Deborah,* twins, b. Feb. 19, 1680; d. young.
24. Bethiah,* b. Oct. 17, 1681 ; m. Feb. 12, 1713, John Metcalf of Dedham, b.
March 20, 1678. His second wife. His first wife m. April 29, 1701,
was Mehitable Savel, dau. of John and Mehitable Savel, and cousin to
the second wife. [See Geneal. Reg., vol. vi. pp. 175, 176.
25. Samuel,* b. about 1683 ; m. April 25, 1707, Mary French, b, 1684. [French,
17.] Chosen deacon of First Chh. in Braintree, April 21, 1727.
25a. John,* b.  .
256. Sarah,* b.  ; m. (2d. wife) Dec. 23, 1719, Josiah Hobart, b. Dec. 11,
1670, son of Caleb Hobart.
25c. Mary,* b.  . 12.
JOSEPH ADAMS,' eldest son of Joseph and Abigail Adams, b. Dec. 24,
1654; m. 1, Feb. 20, 1682, Mart Chapin, b. Aug. 27, 1662; d. June 14,
1687. 2, Hannah Bass, b. June 22, 1667, dau. of John,^ and Ruth (Alden)
Bass. [Alden, 17.] She d. Oct?. 24, 1705. 3, Elizabeth  , who died
Feb. 14, 1739-40, a. 71. He was selectman of Braintree, 1698-9, also 1715-
16-17 ; and d. Feb. 12, 1736-7. Children, by first wife—
26. Mary,* b. Feb. 6, 1682-3 ; m. Ephraim Jones of Braintree, April 1, 1714.
* WILLIAM SAVEL'S will is dated Feb. 18, 1668-9 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 6 ; 37. He
must have d. sooa after, as his widow Sarah m. Thomas Faxon, Sept. 5, 1670. He men
tions wife Sarah, sons John, Samuel, Benjamin, and William ; daughters Hannah Savil and
Sarah Savil ^ his brother Samuel Bass. William and Sarah were under 21 years of age,
and were evidently the second wife's children. Thomas Faxon, Sen., was appointed Exec
utor. His son John Savil's will is dated Nov. 8, 1687; proved Feb. 2, 1690-1; men
tions wife Mehitable, only son John and dau. Mehitable, [who m. John Meicalf, above, [24.]
Thomas Meicalf soon after m. the widow, who was Ex., and in her behalf presented John
Savil's will for Probate. [Suff. Prob., 8 : 29.]
Benjamin Savil,' another son of William,' m. Lydia — — — ; and was living at the
date of his brother Samuel's will, Dec. 13, 1700. See text.
William Savil,^ youngest son of William' above, m. 1, Deborah Faxon. [Faxon 4.]
2, Experience  . Will dated Jan. 31, 1699-1700, proved Mar. 7, 1699-1700, mentions
wife Experience, eldest son William, sons Joseph and Benjamin, daus. Deborah and Judith
all minors. [Suff. Prob., 14 : 142. '

THE ADAMS FAMILY. 31
27. Abigail,* b. Feb. 17, 1683-4; m. Seth Chapin of Mendon. Rev. Dr.
Chapin, President of Columbian Coll., Washington, D. C., was her gr,
grandson.
By second wife —
28. Joseph,* b. June, 1688 ; H. C, 1710 ; ord. pastor at Newington, N. H., Nov.
^ 16, 1715, and remained pastor there over 66 years ; John Q. Adams re
membered him as having visited his father's house ; d. May 26, 1784, se.
96. Had sons, Benjamin, Joseph, M. D., Ebenezer. Of this family is
the inventor of the famous Adams Printing Press.
29. IJohn,* b. Feb. 8, 1690-1 ; m. Susanna Boylston of Brookline.
30. tSamuel,* b. Jan. 28, 1693-4 ; m. Oct. 6, 1720, Sarah Paine of Braintree.
31. Josiah,* b. Feb. 8, 1695-6; ra. Bethiah Thompson, Nov. 20, 1718. Dis
missed to Chh. in Mendon, June 6, 1735.
32. Hannah,* b. Feb. 21, 1697-8 ; m. Benjamin Owen of Brain., Feb. 4, 1725.
33. Ruth,* b. Mar. 21, 1700 ; m. Rev. Nathan Webb of Uxbridge, Nov. 23, 1731.
34. Bethiah,* b. June 13, 1702 ; m. (his 2d. wife) Ebenezer Hunt of Weymouth,
April 28, 1737. He was son of Col. Ephraim Hunt. See Holbrook.
35. tEbenezer,* b. Dec. 30, 1704; m. Anne Boylston of Brookline.
By third wife —
36. Caleb,* b. May 2G, 1710 ; d. June 4, 1710.
14.
Capt. JOHN ADAMS,' son of Joseph and Abigail Adams, b. Dec. 3, 1661 ;
m. 1, Hannah Webb, dau. of Christopher Webb of Braintree. 2, Oct. 19,
1694, Hannah Checklet, dau. of Anthony Checkley, Esq. of Boston,* by
wife Hannah Wheelwright, dau. of Rev. John, of Exeter. He followed
the seas ; lived in Boston after 1687 ; was a merchant there ; d. intestate be
fore Jan. 20, 1713, Children, by first wife—
37. Hannah,* b. in Braintree, Jan. 24, 1685; m. Aug. 1710, Samuel Holbrook.
[Holbrook, 43.]
38. John,* b. in Braintree, Sept. 27, 1687.
39. Samuel,* b. iu Boston, May 6, 1689; m. April 21, 1713, Mary Fifleld, b.
May 8, 1694, only dau. of Richard and Mary Fifield of Boston. He
lived near the lower end of Summer St., Boston ; carried on an exten
sive business, and acquired a large estate. He sustained many public
offices ; represented Boston in the Legislature ; and was a staunch friend
of popular rights. He d. March 8, 1747-8. He had twelve children, of
whom only three lived beyond the period of infancy, two sons and a dau.
One of the sons was SAMUEL,^ b. Sept. 16, 1722; m. 1, Oct. 17, 1749,
Elizabeth Checkley, b. March 15, 1725, dau. of Rev. Samuel Checkley,j:
pastor of the New South Church, Summer St,, Boston, who d, Dec. 1,
1769, a. 74, in the 51st year of his ministry. 2, Dec 6, 1764, Elizabeth
Wells, b. Jan. 26, 1735-6, dau. of Francis Wells of Boston. Samuel
Adams,^ the son, grad. H. C, 1740 ; proscribed (with John Hancock) by
Gov. Gage, whom iu person and features, it is said, he remarkably re
sembled ; one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; Lieut.
Gov. of Mass., 1789 ; Gov., 1794-7 ; d. Oct. 2, 1803. A man of/ incor
ruptible integrity ; suffered honorable poverty in his old age.
By second wife —
40. Joseph,* ( twins, b. Dec. )
41. Mary,* ( 20,1695; )m. Samuel Jones of Boston, May 12, 1715.
*¦ Anthony was son of John Checkley of Boston, b. in England, 1609; freeman, 1648.
For Checkley family, see Geneal. Reg., vol. ii. pp. 349-354
X Rev. Samuel Checkley, (anciently Chicheley), was son of Samuel Checkley, b. in Pres
ton, Northamptonshire, Eng., Oct. 14, 1653; arrived in Boston, N. E., Aug. 3, 1670; m.
Uary Scotiow, dau. of Joshua Scottow, one of the principal founders of tne Old South
Chh. in Boston, founded 1669. Mr. Checkley, Sen., was Col. of the Boston Regiment, 1715.
He was a Deacon of the Old South Chh. Selectman of Boston several years; d. Jan. 27
1739. We do not understand that there was any relationship between Samuel and Anthony
Checkley.

32 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
42. Thomas,* b. March 29, 1701. •
43. Abijah,* b. May 11, 1702; m. Deborah Cutler, 1725; d. 1768. Clerk of
Faneuil Hall Market many vears. 18.
Capt. PETER ADAMS,' son of Joseph and Abigail Adams, b. Feb. 7,
1669-70; m. Mary Webb, Feb. 12, 1695. Was Selectman of Braintree sev
eral years. Chosen Deacon of First Church, Aug. 21, 1727. Chddren —
44. Mary,* b. Jan. 27, 1695-6.
45. Abigail,* b. Aug. 13, 1698.
46. Peter,* b. Aug. 13, 1700.
47. Hannah,* b. Oct. 12, 1702.
48. Esther,* b. Aug. 11, 1707.
49. Mehitable,* b. Nov. 25, 1708.
50. Jedidiah,* b. Jan. 21, 1711 ; H. C, 1733; ord. pastor, Stoughton, Feb. 19,
1746 ; m. May 19, 1746, Mary Marsh, dau. of Kev. Joseph Marsh, and
gr. dau. of Rev. Moses Fiske, all of Braintree; d. at Stoughton, Feb.
25, 1799, a. 88.
51. Bethiah,* b. July 3, 1713 ; d. April 22, 1715.

FOURTH GENERATION. 29.
Dea. JOHN ADAMS,* son of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams, b. Feb. 8,
1691 ; m. Nov. 23, 1734, Susannah Boylston,* dau. of Peter Boylston,' shop
keeper, of Brookline. [Botlston, II.] He was Constable, 1728; Select
man, 1734; chosen Deacon of First Church in Braintree, May 11, 1747; d.
May 25, 1761, a. 70. Mrs. Susanna Adams d. April 17, 1797, a. 88. [Grave
stones.] Their children were —
55. tJohn,5 b. Oct. 19, 1735; m. Abigail Smith of Weymouth, Feb. 24, 1764.
56. tPeter Boylston,^ b. Oct. 16, 1738; m. Mary Crosby, Aug. 20, 1768.
57. tElihu,5 b. May 29, 1741 ; m. Thankful White, Sept. 20, 1765.
30.
SAMUEL ADAMS,* son of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams, b. Jan. 28,
1694; m. Oct. 6, 1720, Sarah Paine, b. July 3, 1697, dau. of Dea. Moses
Paine, who was son of Stephen and Hannah (Bass) Paine, and grandson of
Moses, who d. June, 1643. Samuel Adams d. July 17, 1751, a. 57. Mrs.
Sarah Adams d. June 23, 1777, a. 80. [Grave-stones.] Their children were —
58. Samuel,' b. June 15, 1723; m. Submit Crane, Jan. 10, 1767.
59. Sarah,5 b. March 4, 1726.
60. Mary ,5 b. April 4, 1728 ; d. July, 5, 1730.
61. Joseph,' b, Nov. 27, 1730,
62, Moses,' b. Jan. 31, 1733 ; ra, Mary  . He d. Oct. 9, 1778, se. 46.
63. Aaron,' b. July 29, 1736 ; d. March 6, 1740.
64. Elijah,' b. March 16, 1738.
65. Nathaniel,' b. Jan. 19, 1745. 35.
Capt. EBENEZER ADAMS,* son of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams, b.
Dec. 30, 1704; m. March 21, 1728-9, Anne Boylston, dau. of Peter
Boylston of Brookline. [Boylston, 10.] He and his brother John m. sisters.
Children —
66. Peter,' b. June 11, 1730; d. July 2, 1730.
67. Anne,' b. July 24, 1731 ; m.  Hall.
68. tBoylston,' b. Feb. 28, 1734; m. Mary Allen, Sept. 28, 1754. [Allen, 70.]
69. tEbenezer,' b. "March 15, 1737 ; m. Mehitable Spear, Dec. 14, 1758.
70. Zabdiel,' b. Nov. 5, 1739 ; H. C, 1759; ord. pastor (successor of his father-
in-law), Lunenburg, Sept. 5, 1764; m. June 5, 1765, Elizabeth Stearns,
fourth dau. of Rev. David Stearns of Lunenburg. She d. Aug., 1800.
They had eleven children, a Record of whom may be found in Bond's
Hist, of Watertown, p. 547. He d. March 1, 1801, a. 62.
71. Micajah,' b. March 6, 1741 ; d. June 18, 1769.

THE ADAMS FAMILY. 33
FIFTH "GENERATION. 55.
Hon. JOHN ADAMS,' son of Dea. John and Susanna Adams, b. Oct. 19,
1735; H. C. 1755 ; m. Feb. 24, 1764, Abigail Smith, b. Nov. II, 1744, dau.
of Rev. William Smith of Weymouth. She d. 1818, a. 74.* [Botlston, 3.]
John Adams has been pronounced by eminent authority, " the very soul of
the American Revolution." Increasing evidence is from year to year arising,
that this statement is true. He was beyond doubt the guiding genius of the
tune. The appointment of Washington to the chief command of the Patriot
forces, and the adoption by Congress of the Declaration of Independence,
were each the result of his eloquent addresses. » The matchless Orator,"
says Rufus Choate, " though none of his Orations have come down to us, yet
we well know what they were." His history is that of his country. The
chief negotiator of the Treaty of 1783; first ambassador to England after the
Peace ; Vice-President of the United States under Washington ; the second
President of the Republic ; he breathed his last, July 4, 1826, while the Boom
ing cannon were celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Indepen
dence. His children were —
72. Abigail,' b, July 14, 1765 ; m. Hon, William Smith of New York. She d,
Aug, 15, 1813, Her dau, Louisa took care of the aged Ex-President in
his last years.
73. 1 John Quincy,' b. July 11,1767; m. Louisa Catharine Johnson of Md.
74. Susanna,' b. Doc. 28, 1768.
75. Charies,' b.  ; m. Sarah Smith of New York.
76. Thomas Boylston,' b. Sept. 15, 1772 ; m. Ann Harrod of Haveriiill.
56.
PETER BOYLSTON ADAMS,' son of Dea. John and Susanna (Boylston)
Adams, b. Oct. 16, 1738; m, Mary Crosby, Aug. 20, 1768. Children—
77. Mary,' b. March 4, 1769. 79. Ann,' b. April 19, 1773.
78. Boylston,' b. April 24, 1771. 80. Susanua,' b. Aug. 11, 1777.
57.
ELIHU ADAMS,' son of Dea. John and Susanna Adams, b. May 29, 1741 ;
m. Sept. 20, 1765, Thankful White, b. May 25, 1747, dau. of Joseph White.
[White, 62.] They lived in Randolph. After his death, his widow m. Aaron
Hobart, Esq., of Abington. Children of Elihu Adams —
81. John.' 82. Susanna.' 83. Elisha.'
68.
BOYLSTON ADAMS,' son of Capt. Ebenezer and Anne (Boylston) Adams,
b. Feb. 28, 1734, ; m. Sept. 28, 1754, Mart Allen, b. Sept. 12, 1737, eldest
dau. of Dea. Thomas and Mary (Hunt) Allen. [Allen, 70.] He lived within
the present town of Braintree. He and his wife " owned the covenant," or, in
the indecorous language of the Church Record, " were received half-way to
heaven," April 28, 1755 ; a record doubtless interpolated, and made since the
" Halfway Covenant" was laid aside ; probably within the last forty years.
Mr. Adams d. Dec, 1761, a. 27. [Grave-stone.] His children were —
84. Mary,' b, Feb. 9,1755; m. Feb. 10, 1772, Elkanah Thayer, b. 1746, son of
Thomas and Lydia Thayer. [Thatek, 191.] They removed to Wil-
* Her mother was Elizabeth Quincy,' b. 1722; d. Oct. 1, 1775; dau. of Col. John
QtliNCY* of Braintree, b. 1689, who was one of the most distinguished public men of that
period ; forty years Representative from Braintree in the General Court, and many years in
succession Speaker of the House. Also member of Ihe Executive Council. To the North
Precinct of Braintree, when it was set off as a distinct town in 1792, his name was given on
the recommendation of Hon. Richard Cranch, the husband of his grand-dau. Mary Smith,
sister of Mrs. Abigail Adams in the text, and who was requested to give a name to the
town. His paternal estate, on which he resided all his life, became the properly of his grt.
frandsnn Jons QoiNCV Adams,' who bore his name. Col. John Quincy' was son of
)aniel,^ who was son of Edmund Quincy ,2 b. in England, 1627, who with his father ED
MUND QUUNCY,' came from Eng. with Kev. John Cotton, in 1633, settled at Mount
Wollaston, 1635, and d. soon after, a. 33.

34 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES
liamsburg, near Northampton, wher« the compiler visited them in May,
1823. ChMren— Mary, b. Dec. 16, 1773 ; Thomas Boylston, b. Feb. 26,
1776; d. April 10, 1776 ; Thomas Boylston, b. March 18, 1777; Elkanah,
b. Sept. 6, 1781 ; Zabdiel, b. Dec. 31, 1783; Susanna, b. March 7, 1786 ;
Eunice, b. July 12, 1788. AU b. in Brain. Mr. Thayer d. of a cancer.
85. Anne,' b. Feb. 24," 1757; m. Josiah Vinton, Oct. 27, 1776. [Vinton, 91.]
86. Elizabeth,' b.Feb. 8,1759; m. 1775, Oliver Newcomb of Quincy ; shed. 1778.
69.
Dea. EBENEZER ADAMS,' son of Capt. Ebenezer and Anna Adams, b.
March 15, 1737 ; m. Mehitable Spear, Dec. 14, 1758. Children —
87. Joseph,' b. Aug. 25, 1759. 92. Alice,' b. June 10, 1770.
88. Mehitable,' b. Dec. 21, 1760. 93. Thomas,' bapt. Aug. 2, 1772.
89. Ebenezer,' b. May 9, 1762. 94. Anne Boylston,' bapt. Nov. 23, 1774.
90. Josiah,' b. Oct. 17, 1763. 95. Elihu,' bapt. Sept. 24, 1777.
91. Zabdiel,' b. Dec 9, 1767.
Zabdiel Adams,' Esq., [91,] the fifth of the above children — b. in Roxbury,
very ftear Boston line, — m. Rachel Lyon, b. March 23, 1772, an only child.
The eldest child of this marriage was —
96. Zabdiel Boylston Adams,'' M. D., grad. H. C, 1813, a distinguished physician
of Boston. He d. in Boston, Jan. 25, 1855, a. 62. During his long
medical practice of 32 years, he lost not a day by sickness.

SIXTH GENERATION. 73
Hon. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,' son of John and Abigail Adams, b. July
11, 1767; m. July 26, 1797, Louisa Catharine Johnson, b. Feb. 12, 1775,
dau. of Joshua and Catharine (Nuth) Johnson of Maryland. She d. May 15,
1852, a. 77. [Grave-stone.]
Mr. Adams accompanied his father to France, 1778, in the frigate Boston,
commanded by the bold and intrepid Capt. Tucker of Bristol, (the part now
Bremen), Maine ; H. C, 1787 ; appointed Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harv. Coll., 1806; minister to several European courts from 1794 to I8I7;
principal negotiator of the Treaty of Peace, signed Dec. 24, 1814 ; first minis
ter to England afler the peace of 1815, as his father had been after the peace
of 1783; Secretary of State under Monroe, I8I7-1824: President of the
United States, 1825-1829. He never bestowed an office on any person on the
ground of personal friendship or because the person was a partizan of his, or
had favored or was disposed to favor his election ; thus failing of re-election
to the high office he filled with so much dignity ; but exhibiting a noble con
trast to the selfish and mean tactics introduced by his successor, whose avowed
maxim was, to " reward his friends and punish his enemies" ; and the banner
of whose party bore the ominous legend — " To the victors belong the spoils;"
a menace, alas ! too faithfully accomplished. Coming centuries will do ample
justice to this illustrious statesman ; and the world will never forget his strug
gles for freedom on the floor of Congress, often against appalling odds, and
daily threatened with assassination. The very men who had labored for years
to destroy his reputation and influence, and to hinder his efforts, were foremost
to pronounce his eulogy, when the " old man eloquent" lay in the embrace of
death. He fell in the midst of public duties, and d. at Washington, Feb. 23,
1848, £6. 81. " Whenever his country called for his labors in either hemisphere,
or in any capacity, he never spared them in her cause. A son worthy of his
father ; a citizen shedding glory on his country." [Monumental Inscription at
Quincy.] His children were —
97. George Washington,'' H. C, 1821 ; a lawyer iu Boston ; Rep. Gen. Court.
98. John,' b.  ; d. Oct. 23, 1834. [1826-
99. Charles Francis,' H. C, 1825 ; studied law ; m. Abigail Brown Brooks, b-
April 25, 1808, youngest dau. of Hon. Peter Chardon Brooks of Boston ;
resides on the paternal estate in Quincy ; a firm, able, eloquent friend of
liberty ; has, among others, one son, 100. John Quincy,' appointed to
read the "Declaration" in Boston on the coming 4th of July.

THE ALLEN FAMILY. 35

%llm Jfamilg of graintnt

There were many other families of Aliens in diflferent towns, in the early
days of New England. It is not known whether they were related. There
was a William Allen of Salem, 1627; there was an Edward Allen of Ipswich,
who came from Scotland in 1636 ; Bozoun Allen came from Lynn, England,
and settled at Hingham as early as 1638 ; James Allen was of Dedham, 1639 ;
Matthew Allen was of Cambridge, 1632; Rev. Thomas Allen of Charlestown,
came to New England, 1638 ; Samuel Allen of Northampton, 1666, was the an
cestor of Rev. William Allen, D.D., late President of Bowdoin College ; and
these constitute only about one-third of the original emigrants bearing this
name. See Parmer. The ensuing sketch is mostly the result of original in
vestigation. When the contrary is not apparent, Braintree is the place of birth
or residence.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
SAMUEL ALLEN,i came from England; freeman. May 6,1635; settled
in Braintree. He m. 1, Anne  , who d. Sept. 29, 1641. 2, Margaret
 . Bought house and lands at Braintree of John Webb, April 19, 1648.
[Suff. Deeds, 1 : 90.] " Samuel Allen d. 6 mo., 1669." [Brain. Records.]
His will is dated Aug. 2, 1669; proved Sept. 16, 1669; recorded Suflf. Prob.,
6 : 27. Mentions wife Margaret, sons Samuel and James, son-in-law Josiah
Standish, son-in-law Nathaniel Greenwood, dau. Abigail, son Joseph, not m.
Wife Margaret and son Joseph, Ex'rs. Inventory dated Aug. 27, 1669 ;
amount £228. I2s. 9d., including house, land, and orchard, £150. [Stdf.
Prob., 5 : 165.] Children—
2. tSamuel,2 b.  , 1632 ; m. 1658, Sarah Partridge.
3. Mary,'^ b.  ; m. Jan. 24, 1655-6, Nathaniel Greenwood, son of Miles
Greenwood of Boston.
4. Sarah,^ b March 30, 1639 ; m. Lieut. Josiah Standish, of E. Bridgewater and
Duxbury, son of Miles Standish, a Pilgrim of the Mayflower. Josiah
Standish also had a wife Mary, who d. at Duxburyt June 30, 1665.
5. James,'' b.  . No account of him, except that he was living, 1669, at the
date of his father's will.
6. Abigail,^ b.  ; m. John Cary of Bridgewater, 1670.
7. tJoseph,2 b. May 15, 1650 ; m. 1, Ruth Leeds. 2, Rebecca  . 3, Wid.
Lydia Holbrook.

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
Deacon SAMUEL ALLEN,^ son of Samuel and Anne ; b.  , 1632 ; m.
about 1658, Sarah Partridge, b. 1639, dau. of George Partridge who was
of Duxbury, 1636. Samuel Allen settled in Bridgewater as early as 1660;
he was deacon of the church there. He was the second Town Clerk there ; he
sustained this office from 1683, to 1702; and to him, says Mitchell, we are
much indebted for the ftdness and perfection of the Records. He was Repre
sentative, 1693 ; and was in many battles with the Indians in Philip's War.
His will is dated 1703. He d. 1703, a. 71. Children—
8. Samuel,' b. 1660; m. 1685, his cousin Rebecca Cary, dau. of John Cary.
9. Essiel,' [Asahel, ?] b. 1663. See [6.J

36 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
10. tMehitabel,' b. 16C5 ; m. 1685, Isaac Alden. [Alden, 10.]
11. Sarah,' b. 1667; m. 1, Jonathan Cary, prob. her cousin, who d. about 1695.
2, 1705, Benjamin Snow,
12, Bethiah,' b. 1669 ; ra. JohnPryor,
13, Nathaniel,' b. 1672; m. 1696, Bethiah Conant.
14. Ebenezer,' b. 1674; ra. 1698, Rebecca Scate.
• 15. Josiah,' b. 1677 ; m. 1707, Mary Read.
16. Elisha,' b. 1679 ; m, 1701, Mehitabel Byram,
17, Nehemiah,' b, 1681 ; m. 1707, Sarah Wormel. Their eldest dau., 18. Alice,*
m. 1, 1733, Arthur Latham; 2, 1739, Jonathan Allen* of Braintree,
[40] her second cousin. [Mitchell's Hist, of Bridgewater.
For descendants of this branch of the family, see Geneal. Reg., vol. x. 225.
7.
Deacon JOSEPH ALLEN,' youngest son of Samuel,i b. at Braintree, May
15, 1650 ; m. 1, Jan. 30, 1670-1 , Ruth Leeds. Was she of Dorchester ? 2,
Rebecca  , who d. April 23, 1702. 3, Jan. 27, 1704-5, Ltdia Hol
brook, widow of Samuel Holbrook of Weymouth. [Holbrook, 13.] His
farm lay on the north side of Monatiquot River, not far from where the East -
Braintree Railroad Depot now is. Some of his land was flowed by the Iron
Works Pond, and he sold to John Hubbard, owner of the Iron Works, the
privilege of flowing it, Dec. 26, 1682. [Suff". Deeds, 12 : 342.
He was the first Deacon of the Church in the Middle Precinct, Braintree,
organized, Sept. 10, 1707. He was Cornet of a Troop of Horse ; Assessor of
Braintree, 1706; Town Treasurer, 1707; Selectman, 1707, 1714, 1715;
Representative, 1715. He d. March 20, 1726-7, tetatis 77.
His wife Lydia, who was a church member, 171 1, at Mr. Niles' settlement,
and doubtless previously, survived him 18 years, (lying 1745. There is no
will of his on record, nor any settlement of his estate.
Mrs. Lydia Allen's will is dated April 2, 1745; proved June 11, 1745; re
corded Suff". Prob., 37 : 207, She mentions her sons John Holbrook and Abiah
Holbrook, dau. Elizabeth Wales, son William Hunt, dau. Hannah Dyer,
grandsons Samuel and Joseph, sons of her son Samuel Holbrook ; grandson
Nathaniel Wales, her dau. Sarah Hunt, deceased. Who was Hannah
Dyer .'
The children of Dea. Joseph Allen were, by first wife —
19. tJoseph,' b. Jan. 3, 1671-2 ; m. Abigail Savil, 1701. [Adams, 22.]
20. Abigail,' b. Feb. 28, 1673-4.
21. tSarauel,' b. Feb. 5, 1674-5; m. Abigail  .
22. tBenjamin,' b. Oct. 31, 1679 ; m, Sarah Thompson, 1702.
By second wife —
23. Rebecca,' b. Dec. 9, 1681 ; m. Dec. 14, 1727, Lieut. John Hunt of Braintree,
son of Col. Ephraim Hunt of Weymouth. Prob. his second wife.
24. tJohn,' b. July 8, 1686 ; m. Sarah  .
25. tMary,' b. March, 1687-8; m. Aug. 18, 1714, Thos. French. [French, 12.]
Joseph, the eldest of these children, is recorded as the son of Joseph and
Rebecca, which is doubtless a mistake for Joseph and Ruth.*
*1 think it probable Ihat Micah Allen was the youngest son of this family; though his birth
is not recoriled. Mary Allin, [25,] the wile of Thomas French, gave ihe name of Micah lo
two of her children, and Micah called one of his by the name of Al>igail.
Micah Allkn of Braintree, m. June 19, 1735, Marv White, b. Feb. 12, 1714, dau. of
Dea. Thomas While of Weymniilli. [White, 102 ] He was atlmilled to Second Church
in Braintree, 1733, and his wife 1735. 'I'hcy proh. movi'd away. Their children were —
Micah, t twins, h. April ) barnabas. b. Dec. 14, 1744.
Mary, ^ 22,17.36, $ Silas, b. April 3, 1747.
Simeon, b. Oct. 6, 1740. Abigail, b. April 3, 1749.

THE ALLEN FAMILY. 37

THIRD GENERATION. 19.
JOSEPH ALLEN,' eldest son of Dea. Joseph, b. Jan. 3, 1671-2; a
"joiner;" m. Aug. 14, 1701, Abigail Savil, b. Feb. 14, 1678, dau. of Samuel
and Hannah (Adams) Savil of Braintree. [Adams, 22.] Samuel was son of
William Savil, original emigrant, who d. 1669. See note under Adams, II.
Joseph Allen d. April 16, 1727, four weeks after the death of his father.
Dying intestate, his widow Abigail was appointed Adm'x., June 19, 1727.
[Suff; Prob., 25 : 186.] Inventory, £695 2s. Id , then equivalent to about 850
dollars in silver. Children —
26. tJoseph,* b. May 18, 1702; m. Eunice Webb, June 80, 1725.
27. tAbijah,* b. Aug. 22, 1704; m. Joanna Bolter, June 3, 1725.
28. Abigail,* b. Nov. 8, 1706 ; m. Israel Hersey, March 16, 1726-7.
29. Jaraes,* b. July 12, 1708.
30. Bathsheba,* b. Aug. 1, 1710; m. Ebenezer Kilby of Boston, April 7, 1733.
She was received to church in Middle Precinct, Braintree 17.38
31. Josiah,* b. March 31, 1713.
32. Elizabeth,* b. Nov. 13, 1714.
33. tMehitabel,* b. May 30, 1717 ; m. Thos. Vinton, Jan. 15, 1735-6. [Vin., 30.]
21.
SAMUEL ALLEN,' son of Dea. Joseph and Ruth, b. Feb. 5, 1674-5,
" wheelwright ;" m. Abigail —  . He and his wife were church members
at Mr. Niles' ordination, 1711. He was a Lieut, in the Train-bands ; Select
man of Braintree, 1718-1721, and 1723-1725, seven years. He d. intestate.
Aug. 25, 1725. His widow Abigail was appointed administratrix, Oct. 4, 1725.
[Suff. Piob., 24: 105.] His Estate divided March 17, 1726-7. Children—
34. Samuel,* b. July 2, 1699 ; d. March 18, 1724-5.
35. Abigail,* b. Nov. 20, 1700; m. Isaac Doggett before 1727. She joined chh.
in Middle Precinct, Braintree, 1729.
36. Rebecca,* b. Nov. 27, 1702; must have d. before the division of her father's
estate in 1727. ,
37. Hannah,* b. Sept. 25, 1704; m. 1723, Joseph Wales,* son of Nathaniel.
[Faxon, 32.]
38. Ruth,* b. May 28, 1706; m. June 2, 1729, Ephraim Hunt,* youngest son of
Col. Ephraim of Weymouth. [Holbrook, note.]
39. Mary,* b. Sept. 24, 1708. Living unm. 1727, at div. of her father's estate.
40. Jonathan,* b. Feb. 8, 1711-12; m. 1, 1739, his second cousin Alice* (Allen)
Latham, dau. of Nehemiah Allen,' of Bridgewater, [18.] 2, 1742,
Mary Latham, dau. of Capt. Chilton Latham of Bridgewater. He was
a chh, member 1739, chosen deacon of chh. iu Mid. Precinct, Braintree,
July 14, 1757, His son, 'Ray. Jonathan, ^,b. 1749; H. C, 1774; ord.
pastor, Bradford, June 5, 1781 ; d. March 6, 1827, a. 78.
41. Esther, b. Sept. 27, 1713 ; ra. Sam'l Hayden, Jan. 12, 1737-8. [Hatd., 73.]
22
BENJAMIN ALLEN,' son of Deacon Joseph and Ruth, b. Oct. 31,
1679; "wheelwright;" m. Oct. 2, 1702, Sarah Thompson, b. Jan. 1, 1679-
80, youngest child of Samuel Thompson,* who was son of the excellent and
Rev. William Tompson, (so his name was written,) one of the two first
(colleague) ministers of Braintree. Rev. Mr. Tompson was ord. Nov. 16,
1639; d. Dec. 10, 1666, 8b. 68. Samuel Thompson and Sarah Shepard, the
parents of Mrs. Allen, were m. April 25, 1656, by Mr. Brown of Watertown.
Benjamin Allen united with the chh. in Mid. Precinct, 1715 ; his widow did
the same, 1735. He was Selectman of Braintree, 1727, 1728, 1730. He was
" killed, Oct. 2, 1733, by the wheel of a loaded cart going over his breast."
* Dea. Samuel Tompson, d. June 13, 1695, a. 64. Elizabeth, his wife, d. Nov. 5, 1706, a
69. [Gravestones.] 4

38 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
[Brainttee Records.] His wife Sarah survived him. His property was divided
to his wife and children. May 24, 1737. [Sufi^ Prob., 33 : 84.] Children—
42. Benjamin,* b. abt. 1704 ; m. Deborah Savil, Oct. 8, 1724. They were both
received to chh. 1756. Had at least one child, Deborah, b. Mar. 2, 1724-5.
43. William,* b. April 3, 1706. Living 1737, at the division of his father's
estate ; admitted to chh. Mid. Precinct, 1736.
44. Samuel,* b. July 2, 1707 ; must have d. bef. 1737, when sd. estate was divid.
45. Sarah,* b. April 15, 1709; m. Nov. 21, 1734, Benjamin Copeland,' b. Oct. 5,
1708, son of Wm. and Mary, and grandson of Lawrence Copeland of
Braintree. They had in Braintree, one son Benjamin, b. June 7, 1736;
then removed to Norton.
46. tThomas,* b. July 6, 1711 ; ra. June 17, 1736, Mary Hunt. [Holbrook, 47.]
47. Susanna,* b. May 20, 1713; m. Nov. 21, 1734, Samuel White. [White,
57.] No children.
48. Nathaniel,* b. Feb. 18, 1714-15; d. April 3, 1715.
49. Lydia,* b. Feb. 9, 1715-16.
50. Timothy,* b. May 1, 1718 ; d. Oct. 30, 1727.
51. Deborah,* b. Aug. 20, 1720; d. Aug. 28, 1720.
52. Rachel,* b. Sept. 16, 1721 ; d. Nov. 5, 1727.
53. Ebenezer,* b. Dec. 4, 1723 ; d. March 7, 1724.
24.
JOHN ALLEN,' son of Dea. Joseph and Rebecca, b. July 8, 1686 ; m.
Sarah  . He lived in the S. Precinct (now Randolph) 1730. Children —
54. John,* b. May 19, 1711 ; m. Mary Busbuell, Dec. 20, 1739.
55. Isaac,* b. Oct 26, 1713 ; m. Deborah Hayward, Feb. 16, 1737-8.
56. Bethiah,* b. March 23, 1716; m. Jonathan Nash of Weymouth, Dec. 12,
57. Sarah,* b. March 4, 1718-19. [1734.

FOURTH GENERATION. 26.
JOSEPH ALLEN,* eldest son of Joseph and Abigail, b. May 18,1702;
m. Eunice Webb, June 30, 1725.
Dying in 1734, intestate, his widow Eunice was appointed adm'x., Nov. 12,
1734. [Suff. Prob., 30 : 205J She m. Nov. 18, 1735, Seth Bass, b. 1697, son
of Samuel and Rebecca (Faxon) Bass, m. July 30, 1678. [Alden, note.
Faxon, 5.] The children of Joseph and Eunice Allen were —
58. Joseph,' b. April 30, 1727 ; d. Aug. 6, 1727.
59. Eunice,^ b. Nov. 29, 1728 ; d. March 28, 1729.
60. Joseph,^ b. Jan. 2, 1730-1. His mother was appointed his guardian, Feb.
18, 1734-5 ; and no more children of this family are mentioned as put
under guardians. Joseph Allen, in Sept. 1745, being 15 years old,
chose Jonathan Webb of Braintree as his guardian.
27.
ABIJAH ALLEN,* son of Joseph and Abigail, b. Aug. 22, 1704; m.
Joanna Bolter, June 3, 1725. Prob. he d. before 1754. Children were —
61. tAbijah,^ b.  , 1726 ; m. Ruth Penniman. [Penniman, 66.1
62. Abigail,^ b. Dec. 10, 1727.
64: Thotas,' ! '^"=' •'¦ J'^"- 15. 1729-20.
65. Joanna,' b. Jan. 24, 1731-2.
66. Elizabeth,' b. May 22, 1734.
67. Josiah,' b. Nov. 26, 1736.
68. Joseph,' b. Aug. 7, 1739. 46.
Deacon THOMAS ALLEN,* son of Benjamin and Sarah, b. July 6, 1711 ;
m. June 17, 1736, Mart Hunt, b. Aug. 16, 1717, dau. of Dea. William and
Sarah (Holbrook) Hunt.* [Holbrook, 47.]
* Her father and mother are both mentioned in the will of Lydia Allen, widow of Dea.
Joseph, [7.]

THE ALLEN FAMILY. 39
He was received to the church in Mid. Precinct, 1734 ; and his wife in
1735. He was chosen deacon, July 16, 17.57. Had a good property and a high
reputation. Lived near E. Braintree R. R. Depot. " April 14, 1761 , buried
Thomas Allen, a deacon in the church, captain in the military, and selectman
in the town, generally revered, and greatly lamented." [Church Records.]
His widow Mary m. Thomas Vinton, Sept. 18, 1762 ; his second wife.
[Vinton, 30.] After his death, she m. (third husband) Hobart Clark, Jan. 1,
1784. The warrant for the division of his real estate was issued April 20, 1790,
after the decease of his widow, who had a life-estate in it. [Suff. Prob.,
89 : 138.] The children of Thomas and Mary Allen were—
70. tMoU' [Mary,] b. Sept. 12, 1737; m. Sept. 28, 1754, Boylstort Adams.
[Adams, 68.]
71. Thomas,' b. Mar. 28, 1740. Settled in Maine. Liv. at division of estate, 1790.
72. tElizabeth,' b. July 23, 1742 ; m. 1, Samuel French, [French, 63.] 2, Robt.
Hayden. [Hatden, 87.]
73. William,' b. June 2, 1744; d. June 7, 1744.
74. tWilliam,' b. May 28, 1746; ra. Deborah Clark.
75. tSarah,' b. Aug. 20, 1750 ; m. Zebah Hayden. [Hatden, 98.]
76. tJoseph,' b. Aug. 17, 1752; in. Mehitable Holbrook. [Holbrook, 101.]
77. Susanna,' b. Oct. 1, 1754; m.  Goss. They had a dau. Mary.
78. Lydia,' b. Aug. 22, 1761 ; m. Jonathan Arnold, July 15, 1781. He was b.
Jan. 4, 1756, son of Samuel,* son of Samuel,' son of Ephraim,^ son
of Joseph.i T^i^y I'^'i ^ son Thomas.^

FIFTH GENERATION. 61.
ABIJAH ALLEN,' son of Abijah and Joanna, b.  , 1726 ; m. Rdth
Penniman, b. Nov. 17, 1730, dau. of William and Ruth (Thayer) Penniman.
[Penniman, 66,] She was living at the division of her father's real estate,
May 4, 1780. Children-
Si. t Jacob,' b. Dec. 23, 1754 ; m. Hephzibah Vinton. [Vinton, 11 8. J
82. Abigail,' b. March 18, 1757.
84. Lemuel,' b. July 11, 1767; m. 1, Polly Glover, Jan, 1,1788; 2, Nancy
Allen,' dau, of Col. William, [88.]
And probably others. 74.
Col. WILLIAM ALLEN,' son of Thomas and Mary, b.May 28, 1746 ; m.
Deborah Clark. Colonel in the militia. Lived where the East Braintree
Depot now is, on the South Shore Railroad. Children —
85. Mary,' b.  ; m. Asa Clark of Quincy, Feb. 7, 1790.
86. William,' m. Abigail Hayden of Braintree.
87. Joseph,' b.  ; unm.
88. Nancy,' m. 1, Lemuel Allen, [84.] 2, Capt. John Millet of Salem.
89. Betsey,' m. Freeman Luce. 'Jhey lived iu Maine.
90. Deborah,' b.  ; unm.; living, 1857.
91. tSarah,' b. Jan. 2, 1781 ; m. Abijah Allen, son of Jacob [81.]
92. Thomas,' b.  ; m. Lucy Baker of Boston. Both are deceased.
93. Peter,' b.  ; m. Sarah Gray. Both are living, 1857.
94. Susan,' b.  ; m. David Welsh, brother of Rev. John C. Welsh. [Vin
ton, 241 .] Both are deceased.
95. tEjinice,' b.  ; m. Asaph Faxon. [Faxon, 91.]
76.
Capt. JOSEPH ALLEN,' son of Thomas and Mary ; " hatter ;" b. Aug. 17,
1752 ; m. Feb. 6, 1777, Mehitable Holbrook, b. Aug. 12, 1755, dau. of
David and Mary Holbrook of Braintree. [Holbrook, 101.]
Capt. Allen lived in the " Iron Works" neighborhood, in the house next
east of that owned and occupied the last 40 years by Rev. Jonas Perkins.

40 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Mrs. Allen was discomposed in mind more than forty years. Her husband
d. 1832, a. 80. She was buried Feb. 9, 1844, as. 89. Children—
96. Mehitable,' b.  ; m. Thomas Allen Hayden. [Hatden, 126.]
97. Susan,' b.  ; unm. ; d. in early life.
98. Lydia,' b. March 29, 1781 ; unm. ; living, 1857.
99. Joseph,' b.  ; ra. Eliza Denton, Their dau. Eliza m. Horatio N.
Faxon, [Faxon, 93. [
100. Sybil,' b.  ; m. Elisha Penniman.
101. Mary,' b. Oct. 22, 1786 ; m^ Ralph Arnold, son of Moses. [Vinton, 116.]
102. Ira,' b.  ; unm. ; d. young.
103, Sophia,' b,  ; unm,
104. Eliza,' b,  ; d. in infancy.
105. Eliza,' b.  ; ra. a Unitarian clergyraan — name not recollected.
106, Thomas Jefferson,' b,  ; unm,; d. young.
107. Freeman,' b. itbt. 1800; m. Harriet Reed. Shoe merchant in Boston.
Wealthy.

%\i ^oglston Jfamilg.

We had prepared a full account of this family ; but finding almost the same
thing in Dr. Bond's admirable History of Watertown, we content ourselves with a
less extended sketch, referring our readers to Dr. Bond's work for further informa
tion. The basis of the following sketch is au article in the Geneal. Register, vol.
vii., pp. 145-150, prepared by Mr. T. B. Wyman, Jr., and, with some painstaking,
reduced to its present forra, with some additions, by the corapiler of this volume.

P^IRST GENERATION. 1.
THOMAS BOYLSTON, probably the ancestor of all of the name in this
country, was b. in England, 1615. His father was Thomas Boylston, cloth-
worker, who d. in England, 1648. Henry Boylston, his grandfather, was of
Litchfield in Staffordshire, abt. 1575.
He embarked for America in the Defence, at the age of 20. Settled at
Watertown. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Sarah,
Oct. 4, 1653. His wid. Sarah m. March 12, 1655, John Chenery. She d.
Sept. 14, 1704. The children of Thomas Boylston, were —
2. Ehzabeth,2 b. Sept, 21, 1640; m, John Fisher; issue, .Joshua, Daniel.
3. Sarah,2 b. Sept. 30, 1642 ; ra. Thomas Smith of Charlestown, a butcher.
She d. there, Aug. 8, 1711, They were the parents of Capt. William
Smith of Charlestown, b, 1677 ; d, 1730; m. Abigail Fowle, b. Aug. 7,
1679 ; d. 1760, a. 81. Those last were parents of Rev. William Smith, b.
1706 ; H. C, 1725 ; ord. pastor First Church in Weymouth, Dec, 1734 ;
d. Sept. 17, 1783, a, 77; m, Elizabeth Quincy, b, 1722; d. 1775, and
had by her Abigail, b. 1744 ; d. 1818, wife of JOHN ADAMS, second
President of the United States. [Adams, 55.]
4. tThomas,^ b. Jan. 26, 1644-5 ; m. Mary Gardner, Dec. 13, 1665.

SECOND GENERATION. 4.
THOMAS BOYLSTON,^ son of Thomas^ of Watertown, b. Jan. 26, 1644-
5, (being 28 by oath in court, 1673); m. in Charlestown, Mart Gardner, b.
April 9, 1648, dau. of Thomas Gardner of Muddy River. [Brookline.] She
d July 8, 1722, a. 74.
He was the earliest physician or chirurgeon in Brookline, called "Muddy
River," and a part of Boston till 1705. He d. 1695, a. 50. His estate was ap
praised at £560. 14s , Aug. 10, 1695. [Suff. Prob., 11 : 237.]

THE BOYLSTON FAMILY. 41
His children were —
5. Edward,' b.  ; of Boston, tailor; m. Mary Dasset, dau. of Jolm and
Mary (Fowle) Dasset of Boston. Children— //annaA,* b. 1696; d,
1697; Edward,* bap. Nov. 27, 1698; Thomas,* bap. Jan. 26, 1701.
6. Richard,' b. 1670; of Charlestown, cordwainer; m. Mary Smith, b.Feb.
18, 1677-8; d. April 16, 1764, a. 8^. He d. April 25, 1752, a. 82.
Children— J/ary,* b. Feb. 23, 1698-9; m. 1719, John Earic of Boston ;
Ann,* b. Jan. 12, 1701 ; m. 1719, Stephen Hall, and d. July 3, 1734;
Elizabeth,* bapt. Oct. 3, 1702; m, 1724, Capt. Nath'l Wyer; Sarah,* b.
June 11, 1706; ra, 1724, Jonathan Call; she d. 1796, a. 90; fifteen
children- Z)«d%,* b. July 22, 1708; d.in infancy; Anna,* bapt. 1710;
m. 1735, Benjamin Brown ; Lydia,* bapt. May 24, 1713 ; d. Oct., 1713 ;
Abigail,* bapt. June 25, 1715, m. Dr. Francis Moore; Lydia,* bapt. Jan.
31, 1719; d. March 31, 1719; Richard,* July 7, 1722; m. 1, Mary
Abrahams, April 16, 1747 ; 2, Oct. 13, 1763, Parnell Foster, 8 children.
7. Abigail,' b. 1676 ; m. Ebenezer Brooks' of Medford, sou of Joshua^ and
Hannah (Mason) Brooks, and gr. father of Gov. John Brooks. She d.
May 23, 1756, a. 80.
8. Peter,' b. about 1678; of Brookline; shopkeeper in Boston, [see will] ; m.
Ann White, dau. of Benjamin and Susanna White of Brookline.* A
deed from all the brethren, &c., of Peter Boylston to him, of their shares
in the homestead, 96 acres, dated May 2, 1713, is on record, Suff.
Deeds, vol. 28. He d. Sept. 10, 1743. His will is dated Aug. 30, 1 743 ;
proved Sept. 27, 1743. [Sufi'. Prob., 36 : 214.] His widow Ann's will
is dated Mar. 13, 1754; proved Nov. 10, 1772. [lb., 72 : 97,] Children—
9. Benjamin* b. April 29, 1705; m. Nov. 30, 1727, Elizabeth Sumner, b.
April 7, 1708, dau. of Edward and Elizabeth (Clap) Sumner. They
both belonged to chh. in Brookline, Oct., 1729. Of Mendon, 1733.
10. ^ra,* b. Nov. 1,1706; m. Mar., 1728-9, Ebenezer Adams. [Adams,35.]
11. Susanna,* b.  , 1708-9; ra. Nov. 23, 1734, his bro. John Adams.
[Adams, 29.1
12. Mary,* b. Sept. 15, 1714; m, Sept. 5, 1740, Nathan Simpson, blksraith.
13. Elizabeth,* b. June 29, 1717 ; m. June 4, 1742, James Cunningliara.
14. Jerusha,* bapt. Feb. 8, 1719 ; m. Sept. 23, 1743, Joseph Veazie.
15. Sarah,* bapt. March 17, 1723 ; m. John Potter, brazier.
16. Sarah,' b. 1680 ; ra. Capt. Sarauel Brooks of Medford, son of Caleb,!^ and
grandson of THOMAS BROOKS,' of Watertown, 1636 ; soon after of
Concord ; the ancestor of the Brooks faraily. She d. Oct. 16, 1736, ae. 56.
17. Lucy,' b.  ; m. March 10, 1703, Benj. Phillips of Charlestown. She d.
Feb. 15, 1718.
18. Zabdiel,' b. 1679 ; m. in Boston, Jan. 18, 170.5-6, Jerusha Minot, b. Jan. 28,
1679, dau. of John,2 who was son of GEORGE MINOT,i of Dor
chester, freeman, 1634. Her mother, Elizabeth Breck, was dau. of
EDWARD BRECK,' of Dorchester. Zabdiel was an eminent physician
in Boston, though much employed in his native town of Brookline, and
through all the region. He was the earliest inoculcUor for small-pox in the
British dominions. He lived to the age of 86, having survived aU his
calumniators. For a more full account of this eminent man, see
Allen's Biog. Diet., and Thacher's Am. Med. Biog. He d. March 1,
1766. His wife .lerusha d. April 15, 1764, a. 85. Their children were —
* 1. JOHN WHITE," setded in Brookline, as early as 1666. His will is dated April
30, 1691 ; proved March 8, 1692; recorded Suff. Prob., 8 : 75. From the property left by
his will, he appears to have been a man of wealth and distinction. His widow Frances d.
Feb. 26, 169S-6. His children were — John,'' m. Elizabeth Bowles; Joseph;^ Benjamin,"
Mary,^ d. in Roxbury, May 26, 1669, a. abt. 17; Hannah,' adm. to chh. May 4, 1684; d.
before her father.
II. Benjamin White,^ d. in Brookline, Jan. 9, 1722-3. By wife Susanna he had
Susanna, b. March 25, 1683 ; d. May 24, 1689; Ann, b. July 4, 1685, m. Peter Botlston ;
A/an/, b. Aug. 27, 1688; Susanna, b. Dec. 12, 1690; Edward, b. July 10, 1693; Eliza
beth, b. Jan. 8, 1695 6; Joanna, b. Nov. 4, 1701.
Rev. John White,' b. 1677, was son of Joseph ;" he grad H. C, 1698 ; ord. pastor, Glou
cester, April 21, 1703; d. Jan. 16, 1760, a. 8.1. He was an eminent minister in his day.
His eldest dau. Lucy,* b. March 27, 1706, m. Rev. Joseph Moody of York, son of Rev.
Samuel Moody, also of York ; both distinguished ministers. [Lemuel Shatluck, Esq.

42 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
19, Zabdiel,* b. Feb. 10, 1706-7; H. C, 1724; unm. ; d. in England.
20. John,* b. March 23, 1708-9; unm.; lived in Bath, Eng.; wealthy;
d. Jan. 17, 1795, aj. 86. Will dated Feb. 22, 1793 ; recorded SufF. Prob.
Made large bequests to the orphans and indigent of Boston, devised in
perpetuity to a corporate trust, evincing great foresight as well as benev
olence in the testator. *
21. Elizabeth,* b. Dec. 29, 1710 ; d. young.
22. Jerusha,* b. Nov. 5, 1711 ; m. Oct. 28, 1731, Benjamin Fitch.
23. Mary,* b. 1713; unra. Will, June 3, 1796; SufF. Prob., 100: d,
Mav, 1802,
24. i^/iomas,* b. July 30, 1715; m. Nov. 15, 1744, Mary Coles. Physician,
of Boston. Will, July 26, 1749 ; proved May 29, 1750. No issue.
25. Elizabeth,* b. Jan. 4, 1716-17 ; m. Oct. 22, '47, Dr. Gillum Taylor of
26. Josi'aA,* b. July 11, 1720; d. young. [Boston.
27. Mary,' b.  ; m. 1,  Lane. Wid. Mary Lane sold her share of
father's estate to brother Peter, 1713, It is supposed she m. 2, 
Hubbard ; 3,  Dwight.
28. Rebecca,' b. in Roxbury, Sept. 15, 1685 ; m. May 25, 1708, William Abbot.
He d. 1713. She d. Sept. 7, 1762, a. 76.
29. Dudley,' b. 1688; of Brookline ; m. Elizabeth Gardner. He d. April 18,
1748, se. 60. Children — Ann, m. Robert Williams of Boston; Mary,
b. 1719 ; d. young ; Elizabeth, ra. 1756, Benj. Williams ; Dudley, d. Aug.
29, 1746, a. 26 ; Joshua, d. Nov., 1804, a. 79 ; Mary, d. Oct., 1815, a. 88 ;
Richard, of Brookline, cordwainer, d. 1750; Caieb, b. 1730; living at
South, 1796; Sarah, b. 1732; m. 1761, Samuel Davis; Susanna, b.
1734; m. 1757, Dea. Samuel Sumner; Edward, b. 1738, of Springfield,
d. 1814, a. 77 ; Hannah, m. Beza Cashing.
30. Joanna,' b.  ; m. July 5, 1714, James Lanman of Plymouth.
31. Thomas,' b.  ; m. May 4, 1715, Sarah Morecock, who d. Feb., 1774.
He was of Bo.stou; a saddler, and shopkeeper; d. 1739. Will dated
March 28, and proved April 6, 1739. Children —
32. Nicholas,* b. March 13, 1716; lived in School St., Boston; owned a
pew iu Brattle St. Chh. By his will, dated Aug. 1, (proved 30,) 1771,
he endowed a Professorship in Harvard College. [Suff. Prob., 71.
33. Sarah,* b. Jan. 7, 1717 ; m. Edward Robinson, Sept. 23, 1743.
34. Anna,* b. Jan, 8, 1719.
35. Thomas,* b. Oct. 7, 1721 ; unm. ; merchant in Boston, until March
1776 ; after that of London; where he d. Dec. 30, 1798. Devised nearly
all of his estate to the Town of Boston ; but the will, being restrained by
various conditions and limitations, and being iu controversy more than
twenty years between that tojsvn and the heirs at law, it is believed that
nothing of importance ever came of it.
36. JWoTT/,* b. Feb. 19, 1722; ra. June 13, 1746, Benj. Hallowell. They
had fourteen children, of whom only three seem to have been living at
the date of their uncle Thomas Boylston's will, Nov. 12, 1798. One of
these was Sir Benjamin Hallowell, admiral in the British Navy, having
a sister Mary, widow of Judge Blmsley of Montreal. The other sur
viving son, on the failure of male heirs of the family, took the name of
Ward Nicholas Botlston.' He was b. in Boston, 1749 ; m. 1, Mary
. 2, Alicia Darrow of Yarmouth, Eng. He went to England,
1775, at the end of a tour to sorae parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa ;
continued in England till 1 800, when he returned to his native town and
established his residence there. He resided successively, also, at Lon
don, Roxbury, and Princeton ; formerly a merchant ; was a trustee,
and also donor in his own right of much wealth. A liberal patron of
medical science. Will, dated Feb. 5, 1828 ; recorded Norf. Prob., 50 :
490—516. He d. 1828, 86.78. Children— Nicholas,' d. in London, East
India Co. service ; Thomas' ; John Lane,' b.  , of Princeton, Ms. ; m.
Sarah Brooks, b. 1791 ; parents of Ward Nicholas,' b. 1816, of Princeton,
Mass. ; H. C. 1835 ; M. D. 1839. Thomas,' of Jamaica Plain ; Alicia,'
b. 1822 ; Mary Hallowell,' b. 1825 ; Louisa Catharine Adams,' b. 1828.
37. Nathaniel,* b. March 21, 1724; of St. Christopher's, 1771.
38. Lucy,* b. Sept. 28, 1725 ; m. Timothy Rogers of Gloucester.
39. Rebecca,* b. Dec. 7, 1727; m. Aug. 13, 1773, Moses Gill, afterwards
Lieut. Gov. of Massachusetts.

THE FAXON FAMILY. 43
Note. It being thought desirable to have a market in the southern section of the
town of Boston, an association for this purpose was formed in the winter of 1808-9.
It was at first called the " South Market Association ;" but when the association re
ceived corporate powers, the name had been changed to " Botlston Market Asso
ciation." The act of incorporation was approved by the Governor, Feb. 27,
1809. The corner-stone of the edifice was laid May 23, 1809 ; the address on the
occasion being pronounced by Hon. John Quincy Adams, the first President of the
Association, who then resided in the near vicinity, viz., at the south corner of the
streets now known as Boylston and Tremout Streets. It is presumed that the name
for the market was selected by Mr. Adams, from the respect he entertained for the
Boylston family, from which, in two distinct lines, he traced his descent. Ward
Nicholas Boylston, after the name had been thus selected, gave the clock which stands
in the tower of the market-house.
Frora the imposition of the name on the market has arisen the naraes, Boylston
Street, (previously Frog Lane,) Boylston Bank, &c. ¦

ij\t imm Jfaimlg of ^ramtree.*
FIRST GENERATION. 1.
THOMAS FAXON,! ancestor of the Faxon family in America. The name
in early times was sometimes written Fackson and Faxson. I find very
little respecting him. He took the freeman's oath. May 6, 1657. He was
Representative of Braintree in 1669. In 1675 he is mentioned in his son
Richard's will. But I find no will of this Thomas Faxon, nor administration
on his estate, nor record of chddren born to him, nor does his first wife's name
appear. His second wife, to whom he was married Sept. 5, 1670, was Sarah
Savill, widow (second wife) of William Savill, to whom she was married
Aug. 9, 1655. Her maiden name was Sarah Jarmill. Her will is dated
Aug. 13, 1694; proved Nov. 25, 1697; recorded Suff. Prob., 11 : 373. She
mentions her cousin Ruth Webb, wife of Peter Webb, and her " daughter-in-
law, Lydia Savil, wife of Benjamin Savil of Brantrey." t^ee p. 30, note.
Thomas Faxon died Nov. 23, 1680. His children were —
2. tThomas,^ b. prob. in England; m. Deborah Thayer,^ April 11, 1653.
3. tRichard,'' b. prob. in England ; m. Elizabeth  .

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
THOMAS FAX0N,2 son of the preceding; b. prob. in Eng. ; ra. April 11,
1653, Deborah Thater. [Thater, 3.] He d. May 25, 1662. His wife
Deborah d. May 31, 1662. Inventory of personal estate dated May 25, 1662,
the very day of his death. Amount, £225. 17. 6. [Suff Prob., 4 : lOL
Their children were —
4. Deborah,' b. May 28, 1654; m. William Savil,^ Jan. 1, 1679-80. [See
p. 30, note.] He was in Capt. Johnson's company, employed against
the Indians, Oct. 1675. [Mass. Archives.]
5. Rebecca,' b. June 25, 1657; m. Samuel Bass,' July 30, 1678. [See p. 23,
note.]
6. Sarah,' b. Aug. 21, 1659 ; m. Joseph Weld' of Roxbury, Nov. 27, 1679, son
of John, son of Rev. Thos. Rev. Thos. Weld was one of the ministers
of Roxbury, a co-laborer with the Apostle Eliot in the pastoral office, and
in a metrical version of the Book of Psalms.
7. tJoanna,' b. Sept. 20, 1661 ; m. Nathaniel Wales.'
* From original investigation. Where the contrary is not implied, the place of birth or
lesidence is Braintree.

44 GI^EALOGICAL SKETCHES.
3.
RICHARD FAX0N,2 son of Thomas Faxon' ; prob. b. in England ; m.
Elizabeth  . He d. Dec. 20, 1674. Will (not dated) proved Jan. 29,
1674-5 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 6 : 78, mentions his father Thomas, wife Eliza
beth, sons Josiah, Richard, Thomas, his daughters Mary, Sarah, Hannah,
Abigail. After his death his widow Elizabeth m. Jan. 15, 1675-6, (his second
wife) Caleb Hobart,' b. in England, son of Thomas'^ of Hingham, who was son
of EDMUND HOBART,' the original emigrant. The issue of this marriage
was Benjamin Hobart,* b. April 13, 1677. Caleb Hobart d. Sept. 4, 1711, a. 89.
The children of Richard and Elizabeth Faxon were —
8. Elizabeth,' b. March 26, 1655; d. April 3, 1673.
9. Mary,' b. Sept. 2, 1656 ; d. Sept. 14, 1657.
10. Mary,' b. Dec. 19, 1657. Living unra. 1690, at date of her brother's Will.
11. Sarah,' b. Marcll 13, 1658-9.
12 tJosiah,' b. Sept. 8, 1660 ; m. Mehitable  .
13. tThomas,' b. Aug. 2, 1662 ; m. Mary Blanchard.
14. Lydia,' ( twins, b. ) d. Aug. 2, 1663. [1664'?]
15. Hannah,' | Sept. 1, 1663, ) Living unm. 1690.
16. Ebenezer,' b. Dec. 15, 1664 ; d. March 27, 1665.
17. Richard,' b. June 21, 1666.
18. John,' b. April, 1667 ; d. April 12, 1668.
19. Joseph,' b. Aug. 26, 1669.
20. Abigail,' b. Sept. 18, 1670. Living unm. 1690.

THIRD GENERATION. 7.
JOANNA FAXON,' dau. of Thomas Faxon,^ in. Nathaniel Wales.' *
He settled in Braintree about 1675. He bought twenty acres of the "Iron
Works Land" of Thomas Savage, Sept. 6, 1681, which seems to imply a resi
dence in " Monotoquod," or the present town of Braintree. He was Deacon in
the original church of Braintree, and was ordained Ruling Elder in the same
church, Feb. 27, 1700-1. He was the ancestor of prob. the greater part of the
Wales Family in New England. Elder Wales d. March 23, 1718. His wife
Joanna d. May II, 1704.
The children of Nathaniel and Joanna (Faxon) Wales were —
21. Elizabeth,* b. Feb. 10, 1675-6.
22. Joanna,* b. April 18, 1679 ; d. April 25, 1679.
23. Sarah,* b. March 11, 1680; m. Nathaniel Thayer.* [Thater, 31,]
24. Nathaniel,* b. Dec. 29, 1681 ; m. Esther Ashley. Their dau. Esther,^ b. Dec.
17, 1717, m, James Thayer.' [Thater, 54.]
25. Joanna,* b. Dec. 19, 1683 ; d. Sept. 27, 1707, unm.
26. Elkanah,* b. Dec 1, 1685; m. Elizabeth Holbrook.* [Holbrook, 41.]
She d. Feb. 27, 1763. He d. Dec. 12, 1763. Captain and deacon.
27. Deborah,* b. Oct. 16, 1687.
28. Thomas,* b. Oct. 6, 1689; d. Feb. 22, 1690.
29. Mary,* b. April 1, 1691 ; m. John Thayer,* April 8, 1714. [Thater, 148.]
She died about 1720.
30. Samuel,* b. June 23, 1693.
" NATHANIEL WALRS,' was of Dorchester, shipwright, one of the passengers with
Rev, Richard Mather in the James from Bristol, 1635 ; [see Young's Chronicles for an account
of the voyagej] freeman, Nov. 2, 1637. Had wife Isabel, who outlived him but two weeks;
and children Timothy." John," and Nathaniel." Died Dec. 4, 1661, at Boston, whither he
had removed in 1654, having made his will Jan. 20, 1660-1. [MS. work of Hon. James
Savage. ,
Nathaniel Wales," son of the preceding, of Boston, shipcarpenter, b. in England. Will
dated May 18, 1662, proved 27lh ; d. May 20, 1662, leaving Nathaniel? eldest son, (of age,
1670,) Samuel,^ Mary? and Jonathan? (the other three were minors, 1670.) perhaps killedtn
"Philip's War." Suff. Deeds, 13 : 370. [Nathaniel W^a/es' m. Joanna Faxon in the text.]

THE FAXON FAMILY. 45
31. Thomas,* b. April 19, 1695 ; m. Mary Belcher, Jan. 13, 1719. She d. Jan.
30, 1741. Lived in South Precinct, now Randolph ; Deacon, 1736, and
before ; had, among other children —
Atherton,^b. Feb. 11, 1720-1; of Randolph; ra. Dec. 4, 1744, Sarah Bel
cher, b. Dec 12, 1729, who were parents of Jonathan.'
They had also —
Mary,^ b. Feb. 27, 1736; m. Daniel Bass.' [White, 118.] Deacon
Thomas Wales had also by second wife—
Ephraim,^ b. May 9, 1746; H. C, 1768; an eminent physician of Ran
dolph, who ra.  Beale, and by her was father of Thoraas Beaie
Wales,' H. C. 1795, a successful and wealthy merchant of Boston, who
d. June 15, 1853.
32. Joseph,* b. April 29, 1697 ; m. Hannah Allen.* [Allen, 37.] They had—
Hannah,^ b. Feb. 10, 1724 ; ra. Nathaniel Paine,
Joseph,^ b. March 22, 1726; m. Abigail Bass.' [White, 115.]
Esther,^ b. Nov. 7, 1738; m. Joshua French,' son of John. [Vinton,
14.] Besides others,
33. John,* b. May 2.5, 1699; H. C, 1728; ord. first pastor at Raynham, Oci:.,
1731 ; m. Nov. 8, 1733, Hazadiah Leonard,* b. about 1712, dau. of Dea.
Samuel' of Raynham, (b. Feb. 1, 1673-4) who was son of Thomas,'^ and
grandson of James Leonard,' one of the founders of the iron manufacture
in America. Rev. John Wales* d. Feb. 23, 1765, se. 66, in the 34th
year of his ministry. He was a man of talents and piety. " In public
prayer his performances were eminent, and on some occasions almost
unequalled." His son, Rev. Samuel Wales,^ D. D. grad. Yale College,
1767; was Professor of Divinity in that Institution; and d. 1794. His
[Rev. John's] dau. Prudence,^ b. Sept. 12, 1736, d. April 11, 1815, S3. 79,
m. Rev. Perez Fobes, LL.D., b. Sept. 21, 1742, d. Feb. 23, 1812, ord.
pastor, Raynhara, Nov. 19, 1766, successor of his father-in-law.
34. Rachel,* b. Oct. 15, 1701; m. Nov. 12, 1719, Capt. Ebenezer Thayer.*
[Thater, 151.]
35. Atherton,* b. March 8, 1704; H. C, 1726; ra. 1730, Mary Niles,* dau. of
Rev, Sarauel, [Niles, 31,] Settled in the ministry over the Second
Church iu Marshfield, He d. Nov, 29, 1795, astatis 92.
12.
JOSIAH FAXON,' son of Richard and Elizabeth; b. Sept. 8, 1660; m. Me
hitable  . They seem to have lived within the present town of Braintree,
as they were members of the Church in the Second Precinct, 1711, at the set
tlement of Rev. Samuel Niles. He was selectman, 1722. Appears to have
been a man of property for those days, and a man of moral worth. He d.
1731, intestate. His widow Mehitable was appointed adm'x. Inventory, Real
Estate, £1049. 10. Personal Estate, £100. 6. [But at this time an ounce of
silver was worth nineteen shillings of the Province Bdls.] Mrs. Mehitable
Faxon d. March 1, 1753. Their children were —
36. tJosiah,* b. May 23, 1690; m. Deborah Thayer,* Jan. 13, 1717-18. [That
er, 27.]
37. tThoraas,* b. Feb. 8, 1691-2 ; m. Ruth Webb, May 22, 1716.
38. Lydia,* b. Nov. 30, 1695; m. Benjamin Richards, Nov. 20, 1722.
39. Mehitable,* b. June 14, 1698; m. Ebenezer Whitmarsh of Abington, April
3, 1733.
40. tEdward,* b. May 6, 1700; m. Hannah  .
41. Elizabeth,* b. April 7, 1702; ra. Benjamin Hayden,' May 12, 1722. [Hat
den, 31.]
42. tEIiashib,* b. March 10, 1704; m. Elizabeth  .
43. Sarah,* b. June 3, 1706 ; m. Joseph Thayer,* Dec. 16, 1725. [Thater, 164.]
13.
THOMAS FAXON,' son of Richard and Elizabeth ; b. Aug. 2, 1662 ; m.
Mart Blanchard, b. Dec. 1, 1662, dau. of Nathaniel and Susanna (Bates)
Blanchard of Weymouth.* He " d. of small pox, 1690, when bound on the Ex-
* Nathaniel Blanchard was formerly of Charlestown.

46 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
pedition to Canada, and was buried at Weymouth." [Braintree Records.] The
small pox broke out in the fleet, before it 'left our shores, and was fatal to many.
[Thater, 133.] " Upon the 9th day of Aug., 1690, there went out afloat,
soldiers to Canada, and the small pox was aboard," &c. Poor Faxon was only
28. His will is dated Aug. 4, 1690;* proved Nov. 13, 1691^ recorded Suff.
Prob., 8 : 60. Inventory, £385. 13. Besides his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hub
bard, [Hobart,] he mentions his mother [in-law] Mrs. Susanna Bass, [second
wife of Deacon Thomas Bass, m. 1680 ; Thomas Bass was son of Deacon
Samuel Bass, who came from England, see p. 23 note,] his aunt Fisher, his
sisters, Mary Faxon, Hannah Faxon, Abigail Faxon, and his brother Josiah, &c.
He also mentions his two only children, viz. —
44. fRichard,* b. Sept. 4, 1686 ; m. Anna Bracket, Dec 29, 1709.
45. Mary,'! b.  , 1688; m. Joseph Deane, May 7, 1707.

FOURTH GENERATION. 36.
JOSIAH FAXON,* son of Josiah' and Mehitable ; b. May 23, 1690 ; m. Jan.
13, 1717-18, Deborah Thater,* bap. April, 1697, dau. of Richard' and Re
becca. [Thater, 27.] She was admitted to the church in the Middle Pre
cinct of Braintree, 1719. Their children were —
46. Josiah,' b. Oct. 1, 1718.
47. Deborah,' b. Jan. 11, 1719-20.
48. Obadiah,' j b. March 10, I Lived in Boston. A mason. Died about 1748.
49. Ebenezer,'! 1724-5, )
50. Isaiah,' b. March 24, 1727. Died Jan. 8, 1 732-3. " Choked with a bean."
51. Rebecca,' b. Nov, 24, 1728,
52. Lydia,' b. March 25, 1731 ; published to William Harmon, May 29, 1756.
53. Abigail,' b. May 5, 1733. Died July 23, 1733.
54. Isaiah,' b. Aug. 2, 1734.
55. Abigail,' b. March 19, 1736-7. 37.
THOMAS FAXON,* son of Josiah' and Mehitable ; b. Feb. 8, 1691-2; m.
Ruth Webb, May 22, 1716. He d. March 21, 1729-30. His wife survived
hint). Their children were —
56. Ruth,' b. April 3, 1717 ; m. Aaron Hayward, Oct. 28, 1735.
57. Amy,' b. Feb. 11, 1718-19; d. March 19, 1729-30.
58. Hannah,' b. July 24, 1721 ; m. Samuel Sever of Dorchester, April 29, 1739.
59. Priscilla,' b. April 13, 1723 ; admitted to church in Middle Precinct, 1744.
60. tThomas,' b. Feb. 19, 1724-5; m. 1, Elizabeth Hobart, Sept. 22, 1746; 2,
Anna Clark of Danvers, Sept. 14, 1752. By second wife he had Anna,
b. Oct. 14, 1762, and probably others.
61. Christopher,' b. Nov. 29, 1727.
The fourth child in the above series is recorded on the Braintree Record of
Births as Ruth ; but it appears from the Suffolk Probate Records (31 : 258)
that her true name was Priscilla. It also appears from the Prob. Records (29:
122) that Ruth, the eldest dau. was living, Oct. 1, 1731, when, being, as the
Record says, fifteen years old, she chose John Adams (father of President
Adams) for her guardian. To increase the number of clerical blunders, Ruth,
the mother of the above children, is several times called Ruth, and once called
Priscilla. 40.
EDWARD FAXON,* son of Josiah and Mehitable; b. May 6,' 1700; was
received to full communion in the church of the Middle Precinct of Braintree in

* He says, " being prest out in the service of the country in the Expedition against the
French and Indians towards Canada,"

THE FAXON FAMILY. 47
1738. I find no further notice of him save the following: — "Hannah Faxon,
wife of Edward, died March, 174- [prob. 1749] aged 27." I presume he had
a son Edward,^ who m. Zeruiah Thayer,' June 16, 1770.
42.
ELIASHIB FAXON,* son of Josiah and Mehitable ; b. March 10, 1704 ; m.
Elizabeth  . Was received to communion in the church of the Middle
Precinct, 1738; his wife having been received in 1728. Their chddren were —
62. Elisha,' b. Nov. 10, 1727 ; settled in East Bridgewater, where he prob. m.
 Allen. His children were — Capt. Elisha^ of Halifax, Samuel,^
Allen,^ Benjamin,^ and William.^ Samuel' m. Priscilla Thomas, 1783.
Benjamin' ra- Ruth Bryant of Halifax, and lived and died in Boston.
63. tElijah,' b. Nov. 24, 1731 ; m. Beulah Wild of Braintree.
44.
Capt. RICHARD FAXON,* only son of Thomas' and Mary; b.Sept. 4, 1686.
Losing his father at four years of age, John Rogers of Weymouth and Deacon
Thomas Bass of Braintree were appointed his guardians, March 13, 1700-1.
He m. Anna or Hannah Brackett, Dec. 29, 1709, who was b. July 18, 1687.
The names Anna and Hannah were at that time regarded equivalent to each
other ; and Richard Faxon, in recording as town-clerk the name of his wife,
uses them both, saying, " Anna or Hannah." He was chosen town-clerk,
March 7, 1736, and continued in that office seventeen years. He was also
captain in the militia, justice of the peace, &c. Was received in full commu
nion in the church, Middle Precinct, 1725. His wife was received, 1714.
He d. about May, 1768.* Their children were —
71. Thomas,' b. Oct 29, 1710; was living, 1776; m. Joanna  . Had
Bathsheba, b. March 3, 1762.
72. Mary,' b. March 8, 1712-13 ; m. Nathaniel Thayer,' April 3, 1735. [That
er, 75.]
73. Abigail,' b. Julv 26, 1715; m. Caleb Thayer,' brother of ditto. [Thater,
78.]
74. Richard,' b. Nov. 2, 1718; m.  . Admitted to church, 1761. He d.
about 1772, and James Faxon was appointed administrator.
75. James,' b. Nov. 7, 1720 ; captain. Resided in present town of Braintree.
Was a man of note. He lived till about 1797 ; m. 1, Relief Thayer,' b.
March 11, 1723, dau. of Nathaniel* and Relief Thayer. [Thater, 81.]
She d. about 1774, very suddenly, on her way to meeting. He m. 2,
Mary Denton, Aug. 19, 1775. His children by first wife were —
James,^ m. Mary Field ; lived in Quincy ; Dea. Richard,^ of Boston, famous
for making good axes ; Eleb,^ of Roxbury ; Caleb,^ of Quincy ; Nathan
iel^; Rlioda^; Marif ; Eunice,^ m. James Gridley of Boston, blacksmith;
Relief,<^ m. Caleb French,' July 9, 1784. [French, 78.] James' and
Mary (Field) Faxon were parents of Nathaniel,' b. Feb. 17, 1777, m.
Eunice Bass,' dau. of Seth Bass' of Quincy, who (Seth) was bap.
March 8, 1761, son of Sarauel Bass,' b, Nov, 3, 1737, who was son of
Seth Bass* by his wife Eunice (Webb) Allen,]: [Allen, 26.]
76. Sarah,' b. April 12, 1724. Died unm., Nov. 2, 1748.
77. Anna,' b. June 3, 1726. Never married. Died in 1776. Her brother
Thomas was administrator.
78. Azariah,' b. March 23, 1731-2; m Dorcas Penniman,' dau. of James.
[Vinton, 29.]
• 1768, May 27. Richard Faxon of Braintree, gent., having died intestate, Elisha Niles
of Braintree was appointed Executor. Jonathan Bass and James Faxon were sureties.
[SuB'. Prob., 67 : 10. , . ,
t Nathaniel Faxon,' last mentioned, came to Boston, Aug., 1800, and began business (or
him.self in that city, March 12, 1801, in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes, at the
corner ot Merchants' Row and Market Square. Many thousands have noticed the sign of
the Great Boot, erected over his store-door, about 1812, replaced by a still larger boot,
erected at his subsequent place of business, 63 North Market Street, immediately after the
erection of the Quincy Market, and the building of the stores on North and South Market
Streets, thirty years ago. Mr. Faxon is still living, but has retired from business, which is
still pursued at the long-accustomed and well-known stand by his sons, under the firm of
Francis E. Faxon & Co.

48 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.

FIP''TH GENERATION. 63.
ELIJAH FAXON,' son of Eliashib and Elizabeth ; b. Nov. 24, 1731; m.
Beclah Wilo. Settled in Hanson, which was then the west part of Pembroke.
Farmer. After his death his widow Beulah returned to Braintree, her native
town, and d., prob. in the summer of 1 777. She encouraged all three of her
sons to take up arms in defence of their country, and carried on the farm in
their absence. Children—
82. tAsaph,' b. Aug, 7, 1753 ; m, Rachel Wild, dau. of Micah Wild.
83. Elijah,' b. about 1755 ; unra. Was wounded in the battle of Bemis Heights,
Sept., 1777, and died next day. •>
84, Barnabas,' b, about 1757; unm.; a seafaring raan; went privateering in
the Revolution; d. soon after the close of the war.
85. Betsey,' [or Elizabeth,] b.  ; m. May 9, 1780, Jonathan Thayer,' b.
April 10, 1761, son of Capt. Jonathan' and Dorcas (Hayden) 'Thayer.
['Thater, 165.] They removed to Windsor, Vt. ; afterwards to Am
herst, N. H. Their dau. Beulah,'' b. Nov. 22, 1789 ; ra. David Hol
brook,' son of James. [Vinton, 117.]
85.J, Ruth,' b. at Pembroke, Oct. 29, 1752;* ra. John Locke of Whately, March
12, 1774. She d. Oct. 15, 1819, a. 67. [Locke Genealogy.

SIXTH GENERATION. 82
ASAPH FAXON,' son of Elijah, b. in Hanson, Aug. 7, 1753; m. Rachel
Wild, b. 1761, dau. of Micah Wild of Braintree. Was a Blacksmith. Some
time subsequent to 1790, he purchased the house and blacksmith shop, with
land thereto belonging, which had been previously owned and occupied by
Thomas Vinton, [Vinton, 149,] in the "Iron Works Neighborhood, in Brain
tree ;" and resided there till his death, Feb. 27, 1821, aetatis 68.. Mrs. Rachel
Faxon d. 1850, a. 89. Children, b. in Braintree —
86. Elijah,' b. about 1781 ; m. Betsey Webb, dau. of Thomas Webb of Wey
mouth. They have Elizabeth,^ m. Charles Hobart, son of Abraham ;
Rachel Ann,^ a teacher at the West.
87. Beulah Wild,' b. May 21, 1783 ; m. Moses Arnold,' son of Moses. [Vin-
88. Asaph,' d. in infancy. [ton, 116.]
89. Barnabas,' d. in infancy.
90. Betsey,' b.  ; m. Alexander White,' b. Jan. 12, 1781, son of Alexander
and Dorcas (Thayer) White. [White, 82.]
91. tAsaph,' b. June 4, 1788 ; m. Eunice Allen,' dau. of Col. WiUiam Allen.'
[Allen, 95.]
92. Rachel,' b. about 1792 ; m. John G. Wood, innholder, of Dorchester.

SEVENTH GENERATION. 91.
Capt. ASAPH FAXON,' son of Asaph and Rachel, b. June 4, 1788; m.
Eunice Allen.' [Alle.n, 95.] Their children were —
93. Horatio Nelson,' b. Nov. 3, 1808 ; m. 1, Eliza Denton Allen,' dau. of
Joseph' and Eliza (Denton) Allen, and gr. dau. of Capt. Joseph Allen.'
[Allen, 99.] 2, Phebe Glover.
94. tBetscy Wild,' b. April 22, 1811 ; ra. Judah Loring. [Thater, 91.]
95. Susan Deborah,' b. Dec. 1, 1813 ; unm. ; lives with her sister, Mrs. Lorine,
at Medford. , ^
96. Asaph Allen,' b. June 29, 1816 ; m. Mercy Manson of Scituate. Resides
in Lawrence, in the Territory of Kanzas. [tion.
97. Rachel Wild,' b. Sept. 17, 1818 ; Rev. Henry Voso, of the Univ. denomina-
* Whether this Ruth Faxon' were a dau. of Elijah Faxon,' or of some other, is uncertain.
The probability is iu favor of this supposition ; but if so, there is perhaps an error in dates.

THE FRENCH FAMILY. 49
98. Barnabas P.,' b. July 14, 1821 ; m. Eliza Field of Quincy. He is deceased
99. tEunice Allen,' b. Nov. 16, 1823; ra. Jonathan Oldhara.
100. William T.,8 b. Nov. 12, 1826 ; m. Harriet Cook. They live in Scituate.

EIGHTH GENERATION. 94.
BETSEY WILD FAXON,' dau. of Capt. Asaph and Eunice (Allen) Faxon
of Braintree, b. April 22, 1811 ; m. Dec. 3, 1835, Judah Loring, b. at Dux
bury, April 15, 1809, son of James Loring, originally of Braintree, who m.
Mary Freeman of Duxbury. [Thater, 91.] Judah Loring resides in Medford ;
is a master shipjoiner ; has acquired by diligence and enterprise a fair estate ;
deacon of the (orthodox) second church in Medford ; has been and is now,
1857, Selectman, Justice of the Peace, &c. He is a descendant from the Pil
grim John Alden, of the seventh generation. See note under Thateb, 91.
Their children, all b. at Medford, are—
101. Freeman Allen,' b. May 19, 1837. \
102. Mary James,' b. Nov. 23, 1838.
103. Arthur Green,' b. Sept. 29, 1844. 99.
EUNICE ALLEN FAXON,' dau. of Capt. Asaph and Eunice (Allen)
Faxon, b. Nov. 16, 1823 ; m., May 10, 1?44. Jonathan Oldham, b. in Scituate,
May 13, 1823, son of Joseph and Grace (Tilden) Oldham of Scituate. They
reside in Medford, which town he has represented in the Legislature.
Their children are — ¦
104. Eunice Allen,' b. April 7, 1845 ; d. Aug., 1855.
105. Clara,' b. July 1, 1847.
106. Loring,' b. June 1, 1851.
107. Eunice A.,' b. Feb, 8, 1855,
For the Oldham Pedigree, see Brooks' History of Medford.

%\t ^xtm\ Jfamilg of ^raiiitot.
Besides John French, the progenitor of the following family, there was a
Stephen French of Weymouth, freeman, 1634, whose will, dated March 17,
1678-9, was proved July 29, 1679. [Suff. Prob., 6 : 302.] There was also
a Jacob French of Weymouth, freeman, 1652, perhaps son of Stephen. There
was a Thomas French of Boston, freeman, 1632 ; a John French of Cambridge,
freeman, 1644; a WiUiam French, his brother, freeman, 1636, of Cambridge,
and afterwards of Billerica ; a John D-ench of Ipswich, 1648 ; and an Edward
French of Ipswich, 1636, who probably removed to Salisbury, and was a pro
prietor there, 1640. Perhaps there were others.
The basis of the following sketch is Thayer's " Family Memorial ;" but the
whole arrangement is different, errors have been corrected, and many facts
have been added from other and original sources. Where no town is mentioned
as the birth-place or residence of an individual, Braintree may be understood.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JOHN FRENCH,' horn in England about 1612; admitted freeman May
29, 1644 ; resided a short time in Dorchester. We find him in Braintree, 1640,

50 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
whence we infer that all of the following chifdren were born in Braintree.
Forty acres of land at Mount Wollaston were granted Feb. 24, 1639-40, by
the town of Boston to John French of Monoticott, for five persons in his
family.* It would hence appear that he dwelt in what is now North Braintree,
and the land granted him must have been in that locality, though said to be at
Mount Wollaston, a term then covering the whole of Braintree. He d. Aug.
6, 1692, a. abt. 80. I find no will of his, or administration on his estate. His
wife Grace d. Feb. 28, I680-], a. 59. [Grave stone.] ' Their chil. were—
2. tJohn,- b. Feb. 28, 1641 ; ra. Experience Thayer.'
3. Thoraas,2 b. July 10, 1643 ; d. Oct. 28, 1656.
4. tDependence,2 b. March 7, 1648-9; m. 1, Mary Marsh. 2, Rebecca  .
5. Temperance," b. March 30, 1651 ; ra. about 1682, John Bowditch. She d.
Aug. 12, 1720. Their dau. Jfarw' ; m. Thoraas White. [White, 28.]
6. William,2 b. March 31, 1653; m. Rachel Twells,t 1689. He d. Feb. 22,
1691. One son, William.^
7. Elizabeth," b. Sept. 29, 1655.
8. tThomas," b. March 10, 1657-8; m. Elizabeth  .
9. tSarauel," b. Feb. 22, 1659-60; ra. Anna Marsh, sister of Mary, [4.]

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
JOHN FRENCH," soh of John' and Grace French, b. Feb. 28, 1641 ; m.
Experience Thater.' [Thater, 132.] She d. Sept. -29, 1719, a. 61.
Their children were —
10. John,' b. Sept. 20, 1686 ; d. young.
11. Anna,' b. Jan. 15, 1687-8.
12. tThomas,' b. June 23, 1690 ; m. Mary Allen.' [Allen, 25.J
13. Grace,' b. Feb. 22, 1691-2.
14. Deborah,' b. Aug. 2, 1694.
15. William,' b. Jan. 16, 1695-6.
16. John,' b. April 16, 1699. Of Mendon. 4.
DEPENDENCE FRENCH," son of John' and Grace French, b. March
7, 1648-9; m. I, Mart Marsh, dau. of Alex. Marsh.§ 2, Rebecca  .
Children — By first wife —
17. Mary,' b. March 30, 1684; m. April 25, 1707, Sarauel Savil, son of
Samuel and Hannah (Adams) Savil. [Adams, 25.] Deacon of First
Chh., iu Braintree.
By second wife —
18. t.John,' b. Mar. 10, 1688-9 ; m, Feb. 19, 1711-12, Mary Vinton.' [Vin., 14.
19. tDependeuce,' b. Apr. 15, 1691 ; m. July 10, 1718, Anna Thayer.* [That. 28.
20. tRebecca,' b. May 13, 1694; m. May 26, 1715, John Thayer.* [Thater, 24.
21. David,' ( twins, b. March )
22. tElizabeth,'! 4,1698-9; ) m. Capt. Sarauel Vinton.' [Vinton, 15. J
* Drake's History of Boston, p. 250, note.
X Probably dau. of " Lieut. Robert Tweld, who erected the South Church at Boston, and
d. March 9, 1696-7, a. 77, or thereabouts " [Braintree Records,] Robert "Twelves, car
penter, was of Braintree, 1674; had wife Martha, 1690. The name is now written Tuells,
or simply 2\elt.
§ Lieut. Alexander Marsh of Braintree, "yeoman," d, March 7, 1697-3, a. abt. 70. In
his will, dated March 19, 1696-7, he mentions wife Bathshua, daus. Rachel and Phebe
Marsh, son-in-law Samuel French and Anna his wife, "my daughter," son in-law Depen
dence French, son-in-law Samuel Bass, gr. dau. Mary French, son John Marsh, a minor,
dau. Mary French, [Suff. Piob., 8 : 133,] Alexander Marsh's first wife Mary was dau, of
Gregory and Catharine Belcher. Gregory Belcher and Alexander Marsh bought the '¦ Iron
Works" ot Thomas Savage in 1670, with two hundred acres of land, but did not keep it
long. [Suff. Deeds, 9 : 141.]

THE FRENCH FAMILY. 51
8.
THOMAS FRENCH," son of John' and Grace French, b. March 10,
1657-8 ; m. Elizabeth  . She was a member of the Second Church
in Braintree, at Mr. Niles's ordination, I7II. She d. Dec. 23, 1718. Mr.
French d. Sept. 22, 1717. Children—
23. Elizabeth,' b.Dec 16, 1696 ; ra. Edward Dorr, Nov. 9, 1720.
24. Thomas,' b. Aug. 5, 1698; m. 1, Rebecca  . 2, Mary Owen, Nov.
5, 1723.
25. tMoses,' b. Feb. 16, 1699-1700; m. Esther Thayer.* [Thatek, 168.]
26. Jonathan,' b. June 20, 1702; m. Rebecca  .
27. Rachel,' b. March 26, 1704 ; m. Eleazar Thayer,* April 28, 1730, [That'r,
28, Sarauel,' b. Sept., 1706. [157.
29. Abijah,' b. May 25, 1709 ; ra. Joanna  ; settled in Mendon.
30. Ebenezer,' b. Sept. 9, 1711; m. Mary Fuller of Stoughton. Settled in
31. Sarah,' b. Feb. 16, 1713-14. [Milton.
32. Seth,' b. Oct. 25, 1716 ; ra. Patience Stevens, Feb. 7, 1745. She d. April 1,
1754; "having not lain down in bed, nor stood up without help, for
above three years, by reason of sores." [Braintree Records.
9.
SAMUEL FRENCH," son of John' and Grace French, b. Feb. 22, 1659-
60 ; m. Anna Marsh, dau. of Lieut. Alexander Marsh. See note under page
50. She d. Feb. 4, 1711-12. Mr. French was an original member of the
Second Church in Braintree, gathered 1707 ; and d. Oct. 13, 1718. Children —
33. Samuel,' b. Nov. 17, 1680; d. young,
34. Samuel,' b. Sept. 13, 1688; d. Jan. 11, 1770; supposed unmarried.
35. Hannah,' b. Jan. 15, 1689-90.
36. Mary,' b. Sept. 20, 1691.
37. tAlexander,' b. Dec. 13, 1695 ; ra. 1, Mary Wliite,* [White, 45.] 2, Re
becca Staples.
38. tJosiah,' b. March 20, 1699-1700; ra. Mary French,* dau. of John and Mary.
[Vinton, 14.] He d. Nov., 1760.
39. Nathaniel,' b. April 1, 1702; m. Susanna Blanchard, Aug. 17, 1725. He d.
Sept. 24, 1791. 'Their grandson Adonijah,' son ot Nehemiah,* m. Eliza
beth Linfield, dau. of David. [Vinton, 41.]
40. tBenjamin,' b.  ; m. Sept. 17, 1730, Hephzibah White.* [White, 55.]

THIRD GENERATION. 12.
THOMAS FRENCH,' son of John" and Experience French, b. June 23,
1690 ; m. Aug. 18, 1714, Mart Allen,' b. March, 16S7-8, dau. of Deacon
Joseph Allen." [Allen, 25.] Mr. and Mrs. French were admitted to Second
Church, in Braintree, 1724. Children—
41. Joseph,* b. July 21, 1716.
42. David,* b. May I, 1718; m. Mehitable  .
43. Micah,* b. Nov. 3, 1720 ; d. March 27, 1722.
44. tThoraas,* bapt., 1723; m. Silence Wild.
45. Sarauel,* b. Oct. 23, 1724.
46. Micah,* b. Sept. 9, 1726; m. Ruth  . Of Stoughton.
19.
DEPENDENCE FRENCH,' son of Dependence" and Rebecca French, b.
April 15, 1691; m. July 10, 1718, Anna Thater,* bapt. Nov. 14, 1697, dau.
of Richard' and Rebecca Thayer. [Thateb, 28.] Mr! French was admitted
to Second Chh. in Braintree, 1719, and his wife, 1721. Children —
47. Rebecca,* b. May 1, 1721 ; m. Clement Crane, 1742.
48. Gideon,* b. Sept. 11, 1726 ; ra. Elizabeth  ; he d. March 22, 1794.
49. Anna,* b. Oct. 18, 1728.
50. Elizabeth,* b. Oct. 27, 1730.

52 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
25.
MOSES FREMCH,' son of Thomas" and Elizabeth French, b. Feb. 16,
1699-1700; m. Dec. 24, 1730, Esther Thater,* b. July 24, 1705, dau. of
Ephraim' and Sarah Thayer. [Thater, 168.] She united with the Second
Church in 1727, before marriage; Mr. French united with it 1738. He d.
Sept. 19, 1768, a. 68. His widow Esther survived him 32 years, and d. Dec.
13, 1800' te. 96. A most worthy family. Children-
Si. tMoses,* b. Sept. 16, 1731 ; m. Elizabeth Hobart, Aug. 11, 1756.
52, tElisha,* b. Jan. 12, 1733-4; ra.Mary Luddcn,
53, tEsther,* b, Dec. 21, 1735 ; m. Richard Thayer.' [Thateb, 59.]
54. Sarah,* b. Jan. 15, 1737-8.
55. tJonathan,* b. Jan. 19, 1739-40; m. Abigail Richards, Aug. 26, 1773.
.56. Deliverance,* b. Nov. 7, 1742; m. April 6, 1775, Rev. Nathanael Emmons,
D.D., h. at East Haddam, Ct., May 1, 1745; grad. Yale Coll., 1767;
ord, pastor, Franklin, April 21, 1773; pastor there 54 years, till 1827,
without a colleague ; an eminent divine and metaphysician ; d. at
Franklin, Sept. 23, 1840, a. 95 yrs. 4 mo. 22 ds. Mrs. Deliverance Em
mons d. June 22, 1778. He afterwards m. a dau. of Rev. Chester
Williams of Hadley, who was step-dan. of Rev. Sarauel Hopkins.
37.
ALEXANDER FRENCH,' son of Samuel" and Anna French, b. Dec. 13,
1695; m. 1, June 6, 1723, Mart White,* b. Aug. 21, 1703, dau. of Thomas'
and Mehitable White. [White, 45.] She was admitted to Second Chh. in
Braintree, 1730, and d. in chddbirth. May 30, 1732. 2, Rebecca Staples,
May 14, 1734. His chddren by first wife were —
57. Alexander,* b. Feb. 28, 1723-4 ; m. Susanna Crane. Their son Danid^ m.
Rebecca Thayer.'
58. Samuel,* b. Sept. 5, 1725 ; m. Mary  .
59. Isaac,* b, Nov, 13, 1729, [35 : 16-18.
60, Benoni,* b. May 30, 1732; d. June 2, 1732. For reason of name, see Gen.
40.
BENJAMIN FRENCH,' son of Samuel" and Anna French; m. Sept.
17, 1730, Hephzibah White, b. March 28, 1709, dau. of Dea. Samuel' and
Deborah White. [White, 55.] She was admitted to Second Chh. in Brain
tree, 1734. After Mr. French's death, she m. June 12, I7flD, Rev. Jonathan
Mills,* formerly of Bellingham. [Mills, 25.]
Chddren of Benjamin and Hephzibah French —
61. Benjamin,* bapt., 1735; m. Judith Baxter, May 26, [1759.?] He was iu
Capt. Vinton's corapany, 1775, See p, 60, note. His dau. Judith,^ b.
April 5, 1762; m. Ahaz' French.
62. tHephzibah,* bapt. 1735; m. 1755, Capt. John Vinton.* [Vinton, 42.]
63. Samuel,* b. March 3, 1737; m. Elizabeth Allen.' [Allen, 72. [ They had
Cfa\y Elizabeth,^ b. Nov. 8, 1761 ; d. unra., Oct., 1825, a. 64,*
64. Adam',* b. Feb. 6, 1741-2 ; d, Jan, 29, 1761.
65, Paul,4 bapt, 1744,
66, Sarah,* bapt, 1746,

FOURTH GENERATION. 44.
THOMAS FRENCH,* son of Thomas' and Mary (Allen) French; bapt.
1723; m. Silence VVilo of Braintree. Children —
* To this Samuel French,'' his grandfather Dea. Samuel While^ conveyed, Feb, 21, 1756,
his dwelling-house and six acres of land adjacent, in consideration of " ihe service done him
[thegiantor] the last nine ye.irs ;" said land was hounded IN, on the counlry Road, there
measuring 19 rods, Ii. on Thomas Vinton's land, W. on the grantor's own land, lunn'iiig S.
far cnougTi to make up six acres, wiih all ihe buildings Ihcreon. [This doubtless includes ihe
house previously occupied by the grantor; and is probahly the esiate, a few rods E. of
Kev. Mr. Perkins' house, occupied many years by Capt. Joseph Allen,' [Allln 76 j who
was a younger brother of the grantee's wile.] Suff, Deeds, 89 : 143, '

THE FRENCH FAMILY. 53
67. Silence,' b. Aug. 22, 1750. 70. Sarah,' b. Feb. 20, 1755.
68. Thomas,' b. Marcll 28, 1751. 71. Timothy,' b. Feb. 9, 1757.
69. Joseph,' b. Oct. 2, 1753. 72. Susanna,' b. Aug. 30, 1758.
73. Jothara,' b. Sept 23, 1760.
74. Luther,' b. Mar. 21, 1762; m. Hannah French,' abt. 1782.
75. Polly,' b. 1764 ; m. Silas Alden.' [Alden, 136.]
76. Calvin,' b.  ; d. young. 77. William,' b. Jan. 28, 1770.
61.
Dea. MOSES FRENCH,* eldest son of Moses' and Esther (Thayer) French,
b. Sept. 16, 1731; m. Aug. 11, 1756, Elizabeth Hobart, b. May 1, 1739,
dau. of Caleb and Elizabeth (HoUis) Hobart. He and his wife were admitted
to the Second Chh. in Braintree, 1757; of this church he was afl;erwards
chosen deacon, and served in this capacity many years. He was a man of
intelligence, capacity, and worth ; an eminent surveyor ; and much employed
in public business, and the settlement of estates. He d. Jan. 19, 1807, a. 75.
Mrs. Elizabeth French d. Dec. 25, 1822, te. 84. Their children were—
78. Caleb,' b. Dec. 15, 1757; deputy sheriff; ra. Relief Faxon,' July 9, 1784 ;
[Faxon, 75,] d. July 15, 1823, without issue.
79. Zenas,' b. April 15, 1760; ra. 1, Relief Thayer. 2, Ruth White,' b. AprU
12, 1769, dau. of Joseph. [White, 60.] Lived in Randolph, black-
sraith. He d, Dec, 22, 1838, se. 79.
80. Sylvanus,' b. June 6, 1763; m. 1, Hannah Thayer,' Oct. 19, 1786, dau. of
Abraham.' [Thater, 79.] 2, Azubah Penniman,' April 28, 1791.
81. Abijah,' b. Sept, 11, 1766 ; m. 1, Sarah Clark, Nov. 11, 1790. 2, Sarah Bil
lings. They resided in Boston ; he d. Jan. 18, 1811, a. 44, His daus,
Elizabeth,^ b. March 15, 1793, and Catharine,'^ b. July 29, 1798; m.
George W. Thayer.' His dau. Caroline,^ b. July 29, 1798, [twin sister ;]
m. Benjamin V. French.' [Vinton, 123.]
82. Twins, b.  ; d. in infancy.
83. Moses,' b. Oct. 29, 1769 ; m. Eunice Vinton,' Dec 9, 1790, [Vinton, 123.]
84. Jonathan,' b. April 29, 1772; m. Ann Weld of Boston. Lived iu Boston.
85. Asa,' b. April 16, 1775; ra. Mehitable Hollis, dau. of Capt. Thomas HoUis.
[Holbrook, 134.] She d. Aug. 22, 1819. He d. abt. 1853, Their
dau. Mehitable,^ b. June 22, 1806 ; ra. Capt. Samuel Denton Hayden';
some years town clerk of Braintree, who transcribed the Braintree
Records by vote of said town, about 1843. [Hatden, 125. J
86, Charles,' b. April 24, 1778; m. Sally Lush. Their dau. Catharine Lamb,^
b. Jan. 23, 1816; m. Sept. 19, 1832, her cousin Charles French,' son of
Moses, [83.] [Vinton, 123.]
87. Elizabeth,' b. May 13, 1780. 52.
ELISHA FRENCH,* son of Moses' and Esther (Thayer) French ; b. Jan.
12, 1733-4 ; m. Mart Ludden, b. May 4, 1737, dau. of John and Mary
(Thayer) Ludden. [Thateb, 53.] She d. June 20, 1805. He d. Oct. 19,
1818. Chddren—
88. Esther,' b. Feb. 10, 1757 ; d. Aug. 3, 1760.
89. Esther,' b. Nov. 3, 1761 ; m. Samuel White Thayer,' b. June 4, 1757, son
of Uriah,' and grandson of Shadrach* and Rachel (White) 'Thayer, all
of Braintree. [Thater, 165.1 Samuel W.' and Esther (French)
Thayer were parents of Dr. Elisha Thayer,'' b. Sept. 15, 1785, compiler
of Thayer's "Family Memorial."
90. Anna,' b. Aug. 7, 1763; m. 1, David Thayer. 2, Dea. Eliphalet Packard.
91. Elisha,' b. Nov. 5, 1768; major in the militia; m. 1, Susanna Hayden,'
May 16, 1794. [Hatden, 121.] She d. Aug. 12, 1818. 2, Mary
Noyes of Boston. He d. Aug. 4, 1826.
55.
Rev. JONATHAN FRENCH,* son of Moses' and Esther (Thayer) French,
b. in Braintree, Jan. 19, 1739, O. S., [equivalent to Jan. 30, 1740, N. S.;] m.
Aug. 26, 1773, Abigail Richards, b. Nov. 17, 1742, eldest dau. of Dr. Ben
jamin and Abigail (Thayer) Richards of Weymouth. [Thaier, 173.] Mrs.
5

54 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Richards was the fourteenth and youngest child of that remarkable couple,
Ephraim and Sarah Thayer.
Mr. French grad. H. C, 1771 ; was ord. pastor of South Church in Andover,
Sept. 22, 1772. He was a clergyman of great excellence of character ; an
earnest, instructive, impressive preacher. He was strongly attached to the
faith and practice of the Puritan fathers of New England. He was much
esteemed by the churches as a wise and judicious counsellor, and his name is
fragrant to this day. He d. July 28, 1809. Mrs. French d. Aug. 28, 1821.
Their chddren were —
92. Sarah,' b. Nov. 18, 1774; d. Nov. 25, 1774.
93. Abigail,' b. May 29, 1776 ; ra. May 9, 1797, Rev. Samuel Steams,' b. April
8, 1770, son of Rev. Josiah Steams' of Epping, N. H. [For lineage,
see Bond's Hist, of Watertown.] H. C, 1794; studied Divinity with
Rev. Mr. French of Andover, afterwards his father-in-law ; ord. pastor,
Bedford, Mass., April 27, 1796; d. pastor there Dec. 26, 1834, greatly
respected. Their children were —
1. Infant, b. Aug. 18, 1798 ; d. Nov. 2, 1798.
2. Abigail French,b. Jan. 7, 1800, ra. JonasMunroeof Bedf. ; d. Jan., 1833.
3. Rev. Samuel Horatio, b. Sept. 12, 1801 ; H. C, 1823; ord. pastor Old
South Church, Boston, Ofct. 16, 1834 ; d. at Paris, France, July 15, 1837.
Preached only three sermons after ordination. His brief ministry gave
promise of much eminence and usefulness, had it not been cut short by
untimely failure of health. See memoir of him published.
4. Sarah Caroline, b. April 15, 1803; m. Rev. Forrest Jeflerds, b. in
Wells, Me., 1794 ; successively pastor at Epping, N. H., Middleton,
Mass., and Barriugton, R. I. Now city missionary in Boston.
5. Rev. William Augustus, D.D., b. March 17, 1805 ; H. C, 1827 ; studied
Divinity at Andover; m. Jan. 10, 1832, Rebecca Alden Frazier, a
descendant of the Pilgrim John Alden ; ord. pastor Cambridgeport,
1832 ; now President of Amherst College.
6. Mary Holyoke, b. Nov. 14, 1806 ; unra.
7. Rey. Jonatlian French, b. Sept. 4, 1808; H. C, 1830; D.D. Nassau
Hall, 1850 ; m, 1, Joanna Chaplin of Cambridgeport. 2, Anna Prentiss
of Portland, Me. Pastor formerly at Newburyport ; now at Newark, N.J.
8. Elizabeth W., b. July 29, 1810 ; ra. Dea. Charles James of Medford.
9. Josiah Atherton, b. Sept. 1, 1812; H. C, ; unra; the very
efficient and highly approved Principal of the Lawrence (Grammar)
School, South Boston.
10. Charlotte Esther, b. Sept. 17, 1814; m. Rev. Jonathan Leavitt, b. in
Cornish, N. H., Oct. 21, 1800 ; grad. Amh. Coll. 1825; ord. evangelist
at Pomfret, Vt., Sept., 1828 ; installed pastor at Bedford, successor to
his father-in-law, Mr. Stearns, Jan. 11, 1837 ; now and for many years
pastor at Providence, R. I. Mrs. Leavitt d. Feb. 27, 1850.
11, Ann Catharine, b. Oct, 10, 1816; unm,
.12. Ebenezer Sperry, b. Dec. 23, 1819; H. C, 1841 ; m. Aug. 23, 1854,
Ellen A. Kuhn, dau. of John Kuhn of Boston. Principal of the State
Normal School, formerly at Newton, now at Framingham.
94. Jonathan,' b. Aug, 16, 1778; H, C, 1798; ord, pastor. North Hampton,
N. H., Nov. 18, 1801 ; m. Dec. 4, 1804, Rebecca Farrar, dau. of Dea.
Samuel Farrar of Lincoln, and sister of Sam'l Farrar, Esq., of Andover.
[For Farrar Family, see Geneal. Reg., vol. vi. p. 327.1 He received the
degree of D.D. frora Dart. Coll,, 1851 ; preached his half-century serm,,
Nov, 18, 1851, from Gen, 48 : 21, Received a colleague in the person
of Rev, John Dinsmore, Nov. 18, 1852, when Dr. French retired from
the active duties of his office, having in an uncommon degree the respect
and confidence of the whole community.
95. Mary Holyoke,' b. Aug. 6, 1781 ; ra. Rev. Ebenezer Peck Sperry, b. at
New Haven, Ct., June 3, 1785; grad. Midd. Coll., 1808; studied Divinity
at Andover; ord. pastor, Dunstable, N. H,, Nov, 3, 1813; dismissed
April, 1819; inst, Wenham, Mass,, March 19, 1820; dismissed about
1836 ; afterwards chaplain of the City Institutions at South Boston ; d.
suddenly in Ohio, about 1853.
96. Sarah,' b. Dec 13, 1784; d, April 2, 1788.

THE HAYDEN FAMILY. 55

%\t gagkn Jfamilg of Jramtm.*
There was also a James Hayden of Charlestown, freeman, 1637, and a
William Hayden of Windsor, Ct., 1640.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JOHN HAYDEN,' — sometimes, perhaps then commonly, spelled Heiden,
as in his will. Freeman, May 14, 1634. Of Dorchester, 1634. Of Brain
tree, 1640. The second entry in the Town Record of Births, is of his son
Jonathan. Will dated Oct. 31, 1678 ; proved July 26, 1684 ; recorded Suff.
Prob., 6 : 483. Mentions wife Susanna, sons Ebenezer, Joseph, John, Nehe
miah, and Jonathan, the children of his deceased son Samuel, and dau. Hannah.
Appoints his wife Susanna, with Samuel Thompson and j'oseph Penniman,
Executors. His widow Susanna, was living 1695. His children were —
2. tJohn," b.  , 1635 ; m. Hannah Ames, April 6, 1660.
3. Joseph," b.  . Living as above, 1678.
4. tSamuel," b.  ; m. Hannah Thayer," 1664. [Thatek, 6.]
5. tJonathau," b. May 19, 1640; m. Elizabeth Ladd, April 20, 1669.
6. Hannah," b. April 7, 1642. Living as above, 1678.
7. tEbenezer," b. Sept. 12, 1645 ; m. Hannah  .
8. tNehemiah," b. Feb. 14, 1647-8 ; m. Hannah Neale.
8^. Williara," (perhaps ;) b.  ; m. Hannah  ; had Susanna,^ b. Sept.
23, 1666. He d. before 1678.

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
JOHN HAYDEN," son of John,' above ; b. 1635, prob. in Dorchester ; m.
by Gov. Endicot, April 6, 1660, to Hannah Ames," b. May 12, 1641, dau. of
WILLIAM AMES,' and Hannah his wife of Braintree. Mr. Ames d. Jan. 1,
1653-4.| John Hayden was a member of the church in Braintree, Middle
Precinct, at the settlement of Rev. Samuel Niles, 1711. His wife Hannah d. of
small-pox, July 3, 1689. He d. May 29, 1718, a. 83. His will is dated May 25,
1718 ; proved, June 23, 1718 ; recorded, Suff. Prob., 21 : 22. Mentions son
Joseph, to whom he gives the homestead ; and sons John and Josiah, with
daus. Hannah Thayer, Elizabeth Pray, Lydia Vinton, and Abigail Thayer ; to
these six he gives only five shillings each. All the endeavors of the compiler,
during several years, to discover who was the husband of Lydia Vinton, have
proved ineffectual. See p. 21.
The children of John and Hannah Hayden, all b. in Braintree, were —
9. fHannah,' b. Jan. 3, 1660-1 ; ra. Nath'l Thayer,' May 27, 1679. [Tha'r., 12.]
10, Sarah,' b. July 7, 1662.
11. tElizabeth,' b. about 1663 ; m. Ephraira Pray, 1680.
12. John,' b.  ; m. Elizabeth  ; she d. Nov. 7, 1694.
13. Josiah,' b. June 19, 1669.
14. Lydia,' b.  ; m.  Vinton.
15,. tJoseph,' b.  ; m. Elizabeth  .
16. tAbigail,' b.  ; m. Cornelius Thayer,' abt. 1694. [Thater, 13.]
Richard Hayden d. in Braintree, Oct. 25, 1701. [Marshall's Diary.] Who
was he .'
* From original investigation. Braintree may be understood as the place of residence,
where the contrary is not implied.
t William Ames' of Braintree was son of Richard Ames of Bruton or Burton, Somerset
shire, Eng. [Farmer,

56 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
4.
SAMUEL HAYDEN," son of John' and Susanna, b. previous to 1640 ; m.
Hannah Thater," 1664. [Thater, 6.] The Braintree Record of the mar
riage is Oct. 28, 1664. The Boston Record is May 28, 1661. Both are copies
of an original Record. He was of the " Suffolk Troop" of horse, and im
pressed with four other Braintree men* to serve against the Indians, as per
Return, dated Dec. 3, 1675. [Mass. Archives.] Was he in the " Great
Swamp Fight," Dec. 19, 1675.' He died intestate, 1676; may it not have
been from wound, or fatigue, or exposure, in that terrible war ?
Inventory taken Oct. 26, 1676 ; amount, £156. 13s. 4d. Hannah, his widow,
was appointed adm'x., Oct. 31, 1676. [Suff. Prob., 12 : 111.
Their chddren were —
17. Samuel,' b. Aug. 6, 1665; d. Aug. 27, 1665.
18. Sarah,' b. March 27, 1667.
19. A daughter,' b. March 10, 1670-1. Probably died same day.
5.
JONATHAN HAYDEN," son of John' and Susanna, b. in Braintree,
May 19, 1640; m. Elizabeth Ladd, April 20, 1669. He spent his life in
Braintree ; was there, certainly, in 1694.
Jonathan Hayden of Brantrey and Elizabeth his wife, convey about 100
acres, part of it woodland, in the south part of Brantrey, to their son Samuel,
March 20, 1716-17. [Suffolk Deeds, 31 : 139.] His will dated May 13,
1718; proved June 5, 1718; recorded Suff. Prob., 21:4; mentions wife
Elizabeth, son Samuel, daughters Margaret Belcher, Emy Webb, Sarah
James, grandchdd Anne, then living with the testator. His children were —
20. Margaret,' b. May 11, 1670 ; m.  Belcher.
21, Amy,' b. Sept, 16, 1672 ; m.  Webb.
22. Jonathan,' b. Feb. 17, 1674-5.
23. tSamuel,' b. June 17, 1677 ; m. his cousin Mary Hayden,' [29.]
24. Sarah,' b.  ; m.  Jaraes.
24i. Elizabeth,' b.  ; d. Oct. 7, 1700.
7.
EBENEZER HAYDEN," son of John' and Susanna, b. Sept. 12, 1645;
m. Hannah  .
We incline to the opinion that Ebenezer Hayden spent most of his life in
Braintree. Sept. 15, 1715, Ebenezer Hayden, yeoman, and Anna his wife, of
Brantrey, mortgage to the trustees of the £50,000 emitted by the General
Court in Oct., 1714, for £50 in bills of credit, 20 acres of land in Brantrey.
Redeemed, Jan. 1, 1717-18. [Suff. Deeds, 30 : 32.
Ebenezer Hayden of Milton, having lately died, administration on his estate
was granted, April 7, 1718, to Anna Hayden of Braintree, [no doubt his
widow] and William Hayden of Boston, [who might be his son.] He had a
house and land in Boston. [Suff. Prob., 20 : 181, 183.]
This last quotation seems to correspond with the Braintree Town Record,
which aflirms that Ebenezer Hayden died Feb. 13, 1717-18.
Ebenezer Hayden of Boston, was admitted freeman. May 15, 1690. This
was doubtless our Ebenezer, b. 1645, who had a house in Boston, as above.
He was one of the five Braintree men " pressed out of the Suffolk Troop" of
horse, Dec, 1675. See foregoing article.
His chddren, as far as recorded in Braintree, were —
25. Ebenezer,' b. April 13, 1679. 26. Ruth,' b. Nov. 19, 1681.
25i. William,' b.  ; m. Sarah Hobart, Dec. 26, 1726.
8.
NEHEMIAH HAYDEN," son of John' and Susanna, b. Feb. 14, 1647-8 ;
m. Hannah Neale, dau. of Henry Neale* of Braintree. He was of Braintree ;
a wealthy and influential man in that town. Selectman from 1706 to 1716,
* Whose names were Joseph Penniman, Martin Sanders, Joseph Crosby, Eben. Haydeo.
X See note to Penniman.

THE HAYDEN FAMILY. 57
10 years. Was often placed on important committees at town meetings. He and
his wife Hannah were members of the church in Braintree, Middle Precinct,
at Mr. Niles's ordination, 1711. His will is dated Jan. 6, 1717-18; proved
Feb. 28, 1717-18; recorded Suffi Prob., 20 : 143. He d. Jan. 12, 1717-18, ffi.
70. His wife Hannah survived him. Their children were —
27. tNehemiah,' b. May 16, 1680; m. 1, Mary  . 2, Lydia  .
28. Hannah,' b. July 16, 1681 ; m.  Stevens.
29. tMary,' b.  ; m. her cousin Samuel Hayden,' [23.]
30. tSamuel,' b.  ; m. Priscilla  .
31. tBenjamin,' b. Feb. 22, 1685-6 ; m. Elizabeth Faxon.* [Faxon, 41.]
32. Rachel,' b.  ; m. Sara'l Paine.* [Penniman, 36.] She d. Oct. 3, 1739.
33. John,' b.  ; ra. wid. Margaret (Curtis) Thayer. [Thater, 22.]
34. tEbenezer,' b.  ; m. Mary Hollis, Nov. 30, 1719.
35. tJonathan,' b.  ; m. Sarah Copeland, Dec. 22, 1719.
All the above children are mentioned in the will as then living, except
Mary, whose husband Samuel Hayden, " my son-in-law," is mentioned.

THIRD GENERATION. 11.
ELIZABETH HAYDEN,' dau. of John" and Hannah, b. about 1663 ; m.
Ephraim Prat, 1680. He was son of John and Joanna Pray of Braintree.*
Ephraim Pray in several deeds is called " Collier." He lived " in Brantrey
in that part called Monaticutt, adjacent to the Mill Pond." [Not far from the
"Ironworks," and on the north side of the Mill Pond.) Sold his dwelling
house thus located and half an acre of land to John WebbJ of Braintree, mil
ler, Feb. 7, 1705-6. Mrs. Elizabeth Pray was living at the date of her
father's will, 1718. Their children were —
36. Ephraim,* b. June 14, 1681. §
37. John,* b. Aug. 28, 1683.
38. Elizabeth,* b. Sept. 27, 1685.
39. Hannah,* b. June 2, 1687.
40. Ruth,* b. March 28, 1689.
41. Samuel,* b. May 14, 1692.
42. Joseph,* b. Jan. 14, 1695; m. Lydia White,' Dec. 5, 1715. [White, 13.]
43. Marv,* b. Sept. 17, 1697.
44. Sarah,* b. Jan. 16, 1700. 15.
JOSEPH HAYDEN,' son of John" and Hannah, b. about 1672; m. Eliza
beth  . Resided in Braintree. Inherited most of his father's property.
The children of Joseph and Elizabeth were —
45. Mary,* b. April 9, 1697 ; ra. Nathaniel Hewes, Dec. 17, 1717.
46. Joseph,* b. May 4, 1699.
47. Moses,* b. Nov. 7, 1700.
48. Ruth,* b. Feb. 16, 1705.
49. Elkanah,* b. June 4, 1707.
50. Elizabeth,* b. May 10, 1709; m. William Tant, Nov. 8, 1732.
51. John,* b.Dec 21, 1711.
52. Hannah,* b. Jan. 19, 1714-15 ; m. Williara Gilkey, July 7, 1731.
53. Daniel,* ( twins, b. April /m. Rachel Hayden? [90?]
54. tBenjamin,* \ 19, 1717 ;|| ) m. Mary  .
23.
SAMUEL HAYDEN,' son of Jonathan' and Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1677;
m. his cousin Mart Hatden,' [29.] She seems to have d. Nov. 10, 1717.
" Her little one d. soon after, and was buried with her." [Braintree Records.

* John Pray m. Joanna Dowman, May, 1657. The Real and Personal Estate of John
Pray was divided July 20, 1699, to his children Ephraim Pray, Samuel Pray, Joseph Pray,
Hannah Bell, Dorothy Furbush.
t John Webb m Bethiah Adams.' [Adams, 15.]
S There was an Ephraim Pray in Berkley, 1715, and onwards.
Ij According to another Record 1720.

58 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
1721-2, Feb. 21. Samuel Hayden, Sen., of Braintree, conveys land to his
brother-in-law Jonathan Hayden. No wife is mentioned. [Suff. Deeds, 38 :
15.] Clement Hayden, adm'r. of estate of his father, Samuel Hayden, pre
sents his acc't. Nov. 23, 1753. The children of Samuel and Mary were —
55. tSamuel,* b. Jan. 17, 1703 ; m, Elizabeth Russ, Dec. 25, 1725,
56, Jerusha,* b. Feb, 6, 1704; m, 1724, Isaac Merritt' of Scituate, b. 1702, son
of Henry," son of Henry,' who settled at Scituate as early as 1626, and
d, 1653. Isaac' reraoved from Scituate to Charlton about 1736. [Deane.
57. Mary,* b. April 1, 1705; d. Feb. 7, 1719-20.
58. tJonathan,* b. March 18, 1706 ; m. Sarah Hobart, June 29, 1727.
59. tClement,* b. Oct. 14, 1707 ; m. Hannah Hogin, Oct. 31, 1734.
60. Richard,* b. Aug. 1, 1710.
61. Elizabeth,* b. March 10, 1715 ; d. Nov. 17, 1715.
62. Job,* b. June 28, 1716; d. Nov., 1717.
27.
NEHEMIAH HAYDEN,' eldest son of Nehemiah" and Hannah, b. May
16, 1680 ; m. 1, Mart  . 2, Ltdia  . His will is dated Oct. 24,
1747 ; proved March 7, 174S-9 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 42 : 1 16. Called in his
will " gentleman ;" " Lieut." in the Inventory of his Personal Estate, which
amounts to £573. lis. Appoints as his executors, James Penniman and
Samuel Niles, Jun. His children were — by first wife —
63. Mary,* b. Sept. 1, 1707 ; ra. Jonathan Dyer, April 27, 1727.
64. tNehemiah,* b. April 16, 1 709 ; ra. Rachel Vinton,* Aug. 3, 1 732. [Vin., 31 .]
65. tElijah,* b.  ; ra. Priscilla Thayer,* July 11, 1732. [Thateb, 171.]
66. Daniel,* b.  ; m. Hannah Tower, Nov. 11, 1736.
67. Zechariah,* b.  . Non compos mentis. ) Called by their father in his
68. Lydia,* b.  . " " " ) will (1747) "helpless children."
69. Dorcas,* b.  ; m. Capt. Jonathan Thayer,' after Oct., 1747, [Thatek,
165,] Mrs, Dorcas 'Thayer joined Second Church in Braintree, 1758.
70. Jaraes,* b.  .
By his second wife —
71. Ruth,* b.  , 1740.
Zechariah and Lydia " being helpless in a great degree and not able to
manage for themselves," the legacies intended for them, and "the whole
government of those two helpless children," are committed to the care of his
Executors ; and if the Executors should remove, the same care was to devolve
on the Selectmen of the Town of Braintree. 30.
SAMUEL HAYDEN,' son of Nehemiah" and Hannah, b. about 1683: m.
Priscilla  . They lived in what ig now Randolph. She united with
the Church in Braintree, Middle Precinct, 1733. Their children were —
72. " Sam'l Hayden's child, b. Oct. 1, 1711, d. Oct. 6, 171 1." [Marshall's Diary.
73. Sarauel,* b, Jan. 20,1715-16; ra. Esther Allen,* Jan. 12, 1737-8. [Al
len, 41.]*
74. Amy,* b. Aug. 26, 1717. Died "latter end of Sept., 1717." [Brain. Rec.
75. Christopher,* b. Feb, 18, 1719,
76, tRichard,* b, Jan. 22, 1720-1 ; m, Mary  ,
77. Jeremiah,* b. Dec. 29, 1722.
78. Nehemiah,* b. Jan. 3, 1724-5.
79. Nathaniel,* b.Feb. 21, 1725-6.
80. William,* b. Oct. 5, 1727.
* 1755, Samuel Hayden of Brainlree, yeoman, for £40 current money, sells to James
Penniman, gent, of Braintree, SO acies of Woodland in Brainlree, S, Precinct, bounded 3,
on Dorchester line. No wife signs the deed, [.•^uff. Deeds, 88 : 190,
Peter Dyer, b, Feb 4, 1711, son of John and Hannah, m. Dorothy Hayden, Oct. 16, 1740.
Who was Dorothy's father ?

THE HAYDEN FAMILY. 59
31.
BENJAMIN HAYDEN,' son of Nehemiah" and Hannah, b. Feb. 22,
1685-6 ; m. Elizabeth Faxon,* dau. of Josiah, May 12, 1722. [Faxon, 41.]
He d. 1738, intestate. His widow Ehzabeth was appointed adm'x., Sept. 26,
1738. Children—
81. Benjamin,* b. Aug. 21, 1724; d. May 14, 1738.
82. Neheraiah,* b, Jan, 5, 1725-6; d, Jan. 10, 1746-7.
83. Elizabeth,* b.  , 1727.
84. Charies,* b. Dec. 6, 1730.
85. Ruth,* b. Sept. 4, 1732 ; d. Aug. 12, 1739.
86. Josiah,* b. May 15, 1734, Went in youth to N, Bridgewater to reside ; in
1763, m. Silence Howard of that place; major in Revol. War, after
wards colonel, &c Col. Josiah Hayden removed to Winslow, Me., and
d. 1814, a. 80. They had Charles,^ b. 1764; Josiah,^ Daniel.,^ Silemfe,^
Mehitable,^ Damaris,^ Elizabeth,^ and Mary.^ [Mitchell's Bridgewater.
87. tRobert,* b. Jan. 7, 1735-6; m. Elizabeth (Allen) French. [Allen, 72.
88. Thomas,* b. July 12, 1738; d. in childhood. [French, 63.]
Of the above children, Nehemiah is recorded as the son of Benjamin and
Rachel, by mistake. The record of his death correctly calls him son of Benj.
and Elizabeth. Of Charles, Josiah, and Robert, Capt. Richard Faxon was
appointed guardian in 1748. Perhaps their mother had been guardian, and was
lately deceased. 34.
EBENEZER HAYDEN,' son of Nehemiah" and Hannah, b. about 1692;
m. Mart Hollis, Nov. 30, 1719. They united with the chh.. Mid. Precinct,
1733. Their children were —
89. tMary,* b. June 9, 1722; m. David Holbrook,' Nov. 19, 1741. [Holb., 83.]
90. Rachel,* b. Dec. 22, 1724; m. John Tower, June 25, 1741. [¦?]
91. fHannah,* b. Oct. 8, 1727; m. Ichabod Holbrook,' brother of David.
[Holbrook, 84.]
92. Ebenezer,* b. Dec. 3, 1730 ; d. in infancy.
93. Ebenezer,* b.Dec 26, 1732. 35.
JONATHAN HAYDEN,' youngest son of Nehemiah" and Hannah, b.
about 1695 ; m. Dec. 22, 1719, Sarah Copeland,' b. Dec. 23, 1700, dau. of
Thomas," gr. dau. of LAWRENCE' COPELAND. She united with the chh.,
1721. Jan. 29, 1724-5, Jonathan Hayden of Brantrey, and Sarah his wife,
convey land to his brother Ebenezer Hayden of Brantrey ; also to his brother
Benjamin Hayden. Their children were —
94. Sarah,* b. Oct. 25, 1721 ; m. Ashley Curtis of Stoughton, Mar. 16, 1738-9.
95. Hannah,* b. Dec. 4, 1724; m. Jonathan Porter, Sept. 14, 1742.
96. Jonathan,* b. Dec 4, 1726.

FOURTH GENERATION, 54.
BENJAMIN HAYDEN,* son of Joseph' and Elizabeth, b. Aprd 19, 1717,
or April 19, 1720, for both dates are given on the Town Record, his birth be
ing recorded twice ; m. Mart  . He and his wife connected themselves
wiih the church in the Middle Precinct, 1748, probably being recently married.
He was a major in the inUitia, &c. Their children were —
97. Mary,' b.  ; m. Nathaniel Wales, Dec 4, 1778.
98. tZebah,' b.  ; m. Sarah Allen.' [Allen, 75.]
99. Eli,' b. Aug. 26, 1752; m. Feb. 6, 1789. Chariotte Soper, dau. of Major
Edmund Soper of Braintree. Removed to Windsor, Vt., about 1808.
100. Benjamin,' b. about 1759. Col. of militia; m. Miriam White,' b. Aug.
8, 1762, dau. of James White of Weymouth. [White, 100.] He was
a trader in Braintree, but afterwards removed to Boston, where he d.

60 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
May 9, 1828, a. 69, in consequence of injuries received from the falling _
in of the floor of the Methodist Meeting House in North Bennet Street, at
the ceremony of laying the corner-stone. Many other people fell at the
same time, and he had both legs broken. His widow d. in Cincinnati, O,
May 12, 1833, a. 71, having gone thither to live with her children. They
had seven children, all of whom are deceased, and only one of their de
scendants remains, a grand-dau. in Cincinnati.
101. Thoraas,' b.  .
102. Ruth,' b. March 19, 1762. 55.
SAMUEL HAYDEN,* eldest son of Samuel' and Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1703;
m. Elizabeth Russ, Dec. 25, 1725.* Their child—
103. Jacob,' b. June 16, 1727. Prob. he had a son Jaco6,' who m. Elizabeth
Vinton.' [Vinton, 119.] 58.
JONATHAN HAYDEN,* son of Samuel' and Mary, b. March 18, 1706;
m. Sarah Hobart, June 29, 1727. She united with Second Church in
Braintree, 1733.* Children—
104. Sarah,' b. Nov. 9, 1727 ; m. William Trask, Nov. 3, 1743. He d. before
1746. She was adra. to Second Chh., 1746, as widow Sarah Trask.
105. Jonathan,' b. March 27, 1730. 59.
CLEMENT HAYDEN,* son of Samuel' and Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1707; m.
Oct. 31, 1734, Hannah Hogin, b. July 7, 1715, dau. of Daniel and Mary
Hogin of Braintree. Chddren —
106. Elisha,' b. April 25, 1735.
107. Clement,' b. Aug. 5, 1738; m. Hannah Blanchard, Nov. 26, 1762.
107^. Hannah,' [perhaps], b.  ; m. Elijah Thayer,' May 18, 1765. [That
er, 72.]
108. Richard,' b. Nov. 7, 1741.
109. Mary,' b. Feb. 15, 1743.
^ 65.
ELIJAH HAYDEN,* son of Nehemiah' and Mary, b. about 1710; m.
July 11, 1732, Priscilla Thater,* b. March 7, 1710, dau. of Ephraim' and
Sarah Thayer. [Thater, 171.] "rhey lived in the North Precinct of Brain
tree, now Quincy. He d. intestate, 1735. His widow Priscilla was appointed
adm'x., Feb. 4, 1734-5. [Suff. Prob. 32 : 39.] She m. as second husband
Joseph Ford, about 1739. Her third husband was William Spear, 1781. She
d. abt. 1795. The children of Elijah and Priscilla Hayden were —
110. Elijah,' b. March 22, 1733 ; ra. Mary Faxon. They settled iu Boston, and
had Elijah,^ Mary,^ Lot,^ Elihu,' James,' Esther.'
111. tEnoch,' b. March 24, 1734 ; m. Amy Thayer.
76.
RICHARD HAYDEN,* son of Samuel' and Priscilla, b. Jan. 22, 1720-1 ;
m. Mart  . Their children were —
112. Amiuadab,' b. Aug. 26, 1746; m. Susanna Thayer.' (Thater, 193.1
She d. previous to Jan., 1780. They had Samuel,' and Thomas.' Sam'l
Hayden,' b. about 1778, m. Silence Hollis, dau. of Thomas Hollis of
Braintree. [Holbrook, 136.] They were the parents of Louisa,' who
m. James Bliss of Boston. Samuel Hayden' was a mason ; lived in
Boston many years.
113. Cozbi,' b. Nov. 26, 1749.
114. Asenath,' b. Nov. 1, 1751.
115, Ziba,' [Zebah], b Jan. 22, 1754.
116. Cyrus,' b. June 13, 1756.
Ill: Mdly,' } twins, b. Aug. 28, 1759.
119. Lewis,' b. Feb. 6, 176.3.

* Samuel and Jonathan Hayden probably died or moved away before 1763, leaving
Clement, a younger son, to be admr. that year on their fathei Samuel Hayden's estate.

THE HAYDEN FAMILY. 61
87.
ROBERT HAYDEN,* Esq., son of Benjamin and Eliz., b. Jan. 7, 1735-6;
m. Elizabeth (Allen) French,' widow of Samuel French,* [French, 63,]
and dau. of Dea. Thomas Allen.* [Allen, 72.] . He and his wife were mem
bers of the church (now Dr. Storrs' in Braintree.) He was a Justice of the
Peace, and a most worthy man. He d. 1822, a. 87. His wife d. 1820, a. 78.
Their children were —
120. Mary,' b. March 21, 1765 ; m. Elijah Hayward of Bridgewater.
121. Susanna,' b. May 3, 1767; m. Maj. Elisha French,' May 16, 1794. She
d. Aug. 12, 1818. [French, 91.]
122. Robert,' b. Jan. 29, 1769; m. Huldah Cleveriy, who d. June 26, 1851, a.
76. Robert Hayden d. Sept. 28, 1853, a. 85. His son Charles Denton,'
b. March 7, 1805, m. Rebecca T. Arnold.' His dau. Sarah Capron,' b.
 , 1811, ra. Barnabas F. Arnold.''
123. Charies,' b. Sept. 19, 1770; m. Nancy Williams, dau. of Rev. Siraeon
Williams of South Weymouth. Lived in Easton.
124. Priscilla,' b. July 10, 1772; m. Thomas HoUis, son of Capt. Thomas
Hollis. [Holbrook, 132.] She d. May, 1855.
125. Samuel,' b. Dec. 2, 1774 ; m. 1, Nov. 13, 1800, Sarah Denton, b. April 7,
1783, dau. of Ebenezer Denton, sister of William Denton of Boston.
She d. Nov. 2, 1811. 2, Rachel Hollis, dau. of Capt. Thomas Hollis.
[Holbrook, 135.] By his first wife, he had Samuel Denton,' who m.
Mehitable French,' b. June 22, 1806, dau. of Asa and Mehitable (Hollis)
French. [French, 85.]
126. Thomas Allen,' b. Feb. 10, 1777 ; m. Mehitable Allen,' dau. of Capt.
Joseph.' [Allen, 96.] Their dau. Elizabeth F.,' m. Barnabas F. Ar
nold.'
127. Mehitable,' b. July 1, 1779 ; m. John Hobart,' June 26, 1806.
128. Josiah,' b. May 31, 1781 ; ra. 1, Eliza Stonehouse Evens. She was
drowned iu a vessel that was wrecked in 1807, on her passage to Port
land, where they then resided, a. 21. She had an infant with her who
shared the same' fate. 2, Dorcas Tobey of Portland. She d. Nov. 26,
1854, a. 65. For a time lived in Boston ; also iu Portland. He d. Sept.
1, 1856, a,. 75.
By second wife had —
129. Josiah Evans.'
130. Mary Eliza,' m. Charles Stuart Evans. They live in Boston.

FIFTH GENERATION. 98.
ZEBAH HAYDEN,' son of Major Benjamin* and Mary, b. about 1750 ;
m. Sarah Allen,' b. Aug. 20, 1750, dau. of Dea. Thomas* and Mary Allen.
[Allen, 75.] He d. in the summer of 1784, as would appear from the appoint
ment of Capt. John Vinton, Aug. 17, 1784, to be adm'r on his estate. It is
said in the Probate Record that the deceased left a widow and four children;
but we afterwards find five ; whence it appears that a chUd was born after the
father's death. Children —
131. Sarah,' b. about 1772.
132. Abigail,' b. abt. 1774.
133. Zebah,' b. abt. 1777 ; m. Sarah Oliver, eldest dau. of Rev. Daniel Oliver.
Her sister Elizabeth m. Thomas Vinton.' [Vinton, 234.]
134. Asa,' b. abt. 1780.
135. Persia,' [Persis] b.  , 1784.
Caleb French,' [French, 78,] was appointed guardian to all this family of
children, Aug. II, 1789. [Suff. Prob., 88 : 175.
111.
ENOCH HAYDEN,' son of Elijah and Priscilla, b. March 24, 1734 ; m.
about 1755, Amt Thater. They both united with the church in Middle

62 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Precinct, 1756. He was a sergeant in Capt. Vinton's company of Volunteers,
1775. "Their children were —
136. Enoch,' b. Feb, 23, 1756. Lost his sight by small pox, and wag blind
many years ; unm. Died 1831.
137. Priscilla,' b. April 27, 1757.
, 138. Caleb,' b. May 15, 1759 ; m. Bathsheba Howard. Lived in Quincy, after
wards iu Chelmsford. Their eldest son, Elijah,'' was the father of
Elbridge G.' who m. Elizabeth Holbrook.'
139. Amy,' b. Feb. 19, 1761.
140. Nathaniel,' b. July 11, 1763 ; m. Alice Peakes. Settled at South Boston.
141. Elijah,' b.  .
142. Abel,' b.  ; m. Lydia Niles. Settled at Quincy.
143. Elisha,' b.  ; m. Rebecca Finney.

e ^dbrook Jfamilg.
We had prepared a sketch of this Family, from original sources, some time
previous to the appearance of Rev. Abner Morse's account of the Holbrooks, in
his " Genealogical Register of the Descendants of the Early Planters of
Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway." We have availed ourselves of his labors
to render the following sketch more complete ; have corrected a few errors into
which he had fallen, and made further additions.
Mr. Morse, who is a descendant of this .family, derives all the Holbrooks of
this country from one stock. He finds Thomas Holbrooke' in Weymouth in
1640, and thinks he had a brother John,' who came over with him. The evi
dence is wholly circumstantial and presumptive, resting mainly on similarity of
nanies. The descendants of this supposed John' early removed from Wey
mouth to Dorchester, Roxbury, and Sherborn. They are now found in re
moter parts of New England. All the Holbrooks, with which this volume has
any concern, are derived from Thomas Holbrook.'

FIRST GENERATION.
THOMAS HOLBROOKE'— for such was the primitive spelling— came from
England with his fainily, and settled in the northern part of Weymouth, on the
tide-water, a locality which has long borne the name of " Old Spain." His
name is first found in 1640, immediately afler the earliest preserved records
begin. But he could not then be a new coiner. There is reason to think that
he was one of the company who arrived in 1624, with Mr. Barnard as their
minister, from Weymouth in Dorsetshire ; and gave this name to the place pre
viously known as Wessagusset. These colonists " were," says Prince, " an
other sort of people than the former;" by the former, he means Weston's
people who were there before them. They probably had a church embodied
before they came, as the records speik of a new organization, Jan. 30, 1638.
Mr. Barnard continued to preach in Weymouth about eleven years. That
town was incorporated Sept. 2, 1635.
Rev. Samuel Newman, educated at Oxford, came to New England in 1639,
and settled that year in Weymouth. He, and a majority of his church, removed
from Weymouth to Rehoboth in 1643. Among the names of the first proprie
tors of Rehoboth, we find those of Thomas and John Holbrook ; also of Ephraim
Hunt. For some reason, now unknown, they did not remove ; but forfeited
their lots by not taking possession of them, as appears by the following extract
from Rehoboth Records : '' The lO"" of the 11"> mo. 1644, [answering to Jan. 10,
1644-5] at a meeting of the townsmen [selectmen] it was agreed that all those

THE HOLBROOK FAMILY. 63
that are underwritten have forfeited their lots for not fencing, or not removing
their families, according to a former order made 24"> 8'" mo. '[Oct.] 1643 ;
therefore we do enter upon them, for and in behalf of the town, to be disposed
of as the town shall think meet." Among the eighteen names which follow,
are those of Thomas Holbrook, John Holbrook, and Ephraim Hunt. [Bliss's
History of Rehoboth, pp. 29, 30.
Thomas Holbrook was a man of some note ; as appears from his being
chosen "townsman" [nearly equivalent to selectman] in 1641, '45, '46, '51, '52,
'54. His will is dated Dec. 31, 1668; proved, April 24, 1677; recorded, Suff.
Prob., 6:201. He calls himself " of Weymouth ;" mentions his wife Jane,
eldest son John, other sons Thomas and William, daughters Anne Rennolds,
Elizabeth Hatch, and Jane Drake. Of his grandchildren, John, the eldest, has
his sword, Peter his gun, William his musket. Son John is appointed Execu
tor. Rebecca Burrell, Thomas White, and William Chard are witnesses.
William Chard was town-clerk of Weymouth many years, and schoolmaster.
His name is attached, as witness, to many legal writings. The children of
Thomas Holbrook were —
2. tJohn," b. 1617; m. 1, Sarah  ; 2, Elizabeth  ; 3, Wid. Mary
Loring.
3. tThoraas," b.  ; m. Joanna  .
4. tWilliam," b.  ; ra. Elizabeth Pitts.
5. Anne," ra.  Reynolds.
6. Elizabeth," ra. 1650, Walter Hatch, son of William Hatch of Scituate. They
have posterity in Marshfield.
7. Jane," m.  Drake ; perhaps Joseph Drake.

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
Capt. JOHN HOLBROOK," son of Thomas'; born in England, 1617;
"died Nov. 23, 1699, aged about 82 years." [Grave-stone.] He had three
wives: 1, Sarah  , [French.'] who d. Jan. 14, 1643-4. 2, Elizabeth
 , dau. of widow Elizabeth Stream, who was second wife of John Otis of
Weymouth. She d. June 25, 1688, a. 64. 3, Widow Mart Loring,
He resided at " Old Spain," in the north part of Weymouth. His purpose
of removing to Rehoboth, in 1643, was not carried into effect, for some reason
now unknown. [See preceding paragraph.] He was freeman 1640, at the
age of 23; selectman, 1648, at the age of 31 ; representative, 1651, '64, '69,
'71, '72, '73. He was an active officer in " Philip's War." He arrived at
Concord, June 22, 1676, with a company of thirty men from Old Norfolk, a
county then embracing the territory north of the Merrimack, most of which
was afterwards wrested from Massachusetts and. given to New Hampshire.
His wUl is dated July 12, 1699 j proved Dec. 14, 1699; recorded Suff. Prob.,
14: HI. It is very long, and disposes of much property, chiefly real estate.
From this document, it is very evident that he was a man of much wealth for
those days. He speaks of having houses and lands, not only in Weymouth,
but also in Scituate, " in Brantrey, adjoining Weymouth line ;"* also a house
in Boston. He makes many bequests in money. He gives legacies to a large
number of his descendants. His wife Mary has £50. His son John, who has
a wife Abigail, and six daus. and a son John, grandson of the testator. Speaks
of his son Samuel as deceased ; but bestows handsome legacies on his
" daughter-in-law, Lydia Holbrook, widow of my son Samuel, for bringing up
the children of my said son Samuel." These children, were three daughters,
Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and four sons, Samuel, John, Joseph, and Abia, all
* Capt. John Holbrook owned the eastern part (perhaps 600 acres) of the tract of 3000
acres of land in Braintree, granted b^' the town of Boston, Jan. 1644, to the " Company of
Undertakers for the Iron W(>rks;" and taken for debt by Capt. Thomas Savage of Boston
on execution, in 1653. The remainder was sold in 1682 to John Hubbard.

64 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
minors, and grandchildren of the testator. Mentions his gr. dau. Elizabeth,
wife of James Smith, and a gr. dau. Abigail Porter; who, being introduced in
connection with his son John, were evidently that son's daughters. He speaks
of land that was formerly his father Thomas Holbrook's. Sonin-law, Simon
Whitmarsh; gr. son Simon Whitmarsh; and, (in immediate connection) gr.
daus. Ruth Darby and Mary Jackson. Daughter Hannah Pierce ; gr. son
Azrikam Pierce ; Ephraim Pierce, Jr., [also grandson of the testator, the name
immediately following Azrikam, and having the same legacy, fifteen pounds ;]
gr. dau. Rachel Peck, [in this connection we take her to be sister to Eph. and
Azrikam Pierce.] Grandson Joseph Nash ; gr. dau. Elizabeth Nash ; [their
parents being dead are not mentioned.] Grandsons Benjamin Ludden, John
Ludden, Joseph Ludden, all minors; gr. son James Ludden, who was also gr.
son of James Ludden; gr. dau. Eunice Ludden, under eighteen years of age.
Grandsons Joseph Edson Josiah Edson, gr. dau. Experience Edson, all minors.
Gives the homestead to his son Ichabod Holbrook, who has a wife Sarah, and
children Abiezer, David, and Elisha. [The children and grand-chddren are
thus all provided for, and in their order.] He calls Stephen French his brother.
Gives his friend Ephraim Hunt,* Esq., who is one of the Executors. £5; the
other two Executors being the testator's sons John and Ichabod. The wit
nesses were John Pratt, Ephraim Burrell, Joseph Drake. The last-named
might be the husband of his sister Jane. [7.]
¦The children of Capt. John Holbrook were —
8. tJohn,3 ra. Abigail Pierce.
* ENOCH HUNT' was of Titenden, in the parish of Lee, about two miles from Wen
dover, in Buckinghamshire, 35 miles W. N. W. from London. He and his eldest son
Ephraim Hunt,^ blacksmith, came to New England, and settled in Weymouth. Knoch
Hunt' soon returned to England ; but his son Ephraim" remained in Weymouth ; married,
and had several sons ; d. Feb. 1687, or about that lime. His eldest son, Thomas Hunt,^
blacksmith, was of Boston, 1682 and 1688,
The facts just stated are testified to in a deposition by Jonas Humphrey, a. 68, and Robert
Randall, a. 80, of Weymouth, sworn to before E. Andres, June 2, 1688. They say that they
themselves lived some time in Wendover, County of Bucks, England, and were acquainted
there wiih Enoch Hunt,' and his son Fpbraim," and had known Thomas.^ son of the latter,
from his childhood. [Jonas Humphrey* caine to Dorchester about 1633, with his elder brother
James,2 b. in England, 1608, and their father JONAS.' Jonas' was a tanner ; had been
constable in Wendover, England ; freeman, 1640 James* continued in Dorchester; Jonas*
came to Weymouth. [Geneal. Reg , Oct. 1854; also, Oct. 1851,
Ebbet Hunt, widow of Ephraim Hunt,* black>milh, of Weymouth, deceased, made her
will April 23, 1708; proved Jan. 2, 1711-12; recorded Suff. Prob , 17 : 363, Mentions son
William Hunt of Martha's Vineyard, son Joseph of Milton, (with whom she had lived many
years past.) his sons Joseph and Alexander Hunt, his daus. Margaret, Martha, and Jane;
also her grandson William, son of William.
Ephraim Hunt,^ son of Ephraim,' m. Joanna Alcock.^ dau. nf Dr. John Alcock* of Rox
bury, (H. C, 1646 ; d. 1667, a. 42,) who was son of GEORGE ALCOCK,' freeman, May
16, 1631. Ephraim Hunt,3 Jr., carpenter, and Joanna, his wife, were of Weymouth, and
sold land in that town, Jan, 25, 1683-4. [Suff. Deeds, 13 : 303.1 He was also of ihat place
till his death in 1713, as appears by sundry deeds on record. An adjustment of differences
respecting " common, waste, and undivided lands in Brainlree," was made Feb. 1, 1708-9,
between a committee of the town of Boston, and Ephraim Hunt, Esq., John Wilson, Esq.
and John Baxter, a committee in behalf of Ihe town of Braintree. Tu explain this, we state
that Ephraim Hunt, though a resident in Weymouth, had purchased some of the '¦ Boston
Common Lands," in the eastern and southern part of the present town of Braintree, and the
controversy may have been respecting boundaries. His land, which we afterwards find in
the possession of his sons William,^ and F.benezer,^ and grandson Enoch,^ bounded on that
afierwards owned by Thomas Vinton.' It was south and east of Ihe estate owned by
Thomas White.* and which he left lo his sons Thomas,^ Samuel,' and Joseph '
Ephraim Hum' was a caplain in the ill-starred expedition to Canada in 1690 For 'his
services in that expedition, the territory now comprised in Ashfield, Franklin County, was
f ranted to him, and conveyed to his heirs in 1736 , settled by a few families, 1742 ; incorp,
764; previously called Hvntstoum. He was a colonel in 1706, and was employed at
Groton and vicinity in the war against the Indians, 1706-7,
Col. Ephraim Hunt d. intestate, 1713, leaving widow Joanna, and eldest son Samuel,* and
sons John,< William,* Ebenezer,* Thomas,* Peter,* and Ephraim*; also, daus. Elizabeth,*
Sarah,* and Mercy.* His dau. Joanna had been married and died ; her husband's name not

THE HOLBROOK FAMILY. 65
9. A daughter,' m. Simon Whitmarsh. She d. before 1699. Her children
were Simon; Ruth, m.  Darby; Mary, m. Edmund Jackson of
Abington.
10. Abiezer,3 d. 1672 ; prob. uum. ; inventory of his estate, Dec. 17, 1672 ; his
father administrator.
11. Hannah,3 m. Ephraim Pierce, son of Capt. Michael Pierce, who fell at Re
hoboth. Children, Azrikam, Ephraim ; Rachel, m.  Peck.
12. Grace,3 m. Joseph Nash, mariner, of Boston. He was of Boston, June, 1687,
when he gave a deed of land. He and his wife d. before 1699. They
had Joseph, who was of Scituate, Jan. 7, 1698-9, when he sold to John
Souther of Boston, part of a dwelling-house iu Boston, near North
Battery. At that time he had a sister Elizaheth Nash of Weymouth ; and
seems to have had a brother John of Boston. [Suff. Deeds, 24 : 47-49.
13. tSamuel,' b. perhaps about 1654; m. 1, Mary  ; 2, Lydia  .
14. Lois,' j twins, b. ) prob. d. young.
15. Eunice,' ( May 12, 1658, ) m. Benjamin Ludden, son of James Ludden.
Children, Eunice, Benjamin, John, James, Joseph.*
16. Experience,' b. May 23, 1661 ; m. Joseph Edson, son of Dea. Samuel Edson
of Bridgewater. Children, Joseph, Josiah, b. 1682, Experience. Mrs. Ed
son, d. 1685. [See Mitchell's History of Bridgewater.
17. tichabod,' b. May 20, 1662 ; m. Sarah Turner,' dau. of Johu^ of Scituate.
3.
THOMAS HOLBRGOK,2,son of Thomas Holbrook,' b. in England, prob.
about 1620, m. Joanna  . According to Mr. Morse, he resided suc
cessively at Scituate, Weymouth, and Braintree ; bought land in Braintree,
1653, 1662, 1663 ; and last resided near the house occupied for fitly years or
more by the late Minot Thayer, Esq. in East Braintree, north of Monatiquot
River, and near Weymouth landing. He was a man of property ; but not in
the same degree as his brother John. He d. July 22, 1697. In his will, dated
July 25, 1695 ; proved, A'lag. 19, 1697 ; recorded, Suif. Prob., II : 326, he calls
himself " of Brantrey ;" mentions wife Jone [Joanna,] eldest son Thomas, son
Peter, daughters Mary Coleborne, and Susanna Willet, and son-in-law Uriah
Clark; gives his son Peter "all that estate of lands and meadows in Mendon,
formerly purchased of my brother William Holbrook." Appoints his friend,
Nathaniel Wales of Braintry [Faxon, 7] and his cousin [nephew] Samuel
appearing. His real esiate was appraised at £2298, March 1, 1719, the currency being then
almost fifty per cent, discount. [Suff. Prob., 21 ; 328.
His son, Lieut. John Hunt* of Braintree, m. Rebecca Allen, Dec. 14, 1727. [Allen, 23.]
Will dated Nov. 6, 1761 ; proved Jan 1, 1762. Mentions wife Rebecca, children, Samuel,
George, John, Andrew, and Rebecca. [Suff. Prob , 60 : 1.
His son. Col. William Hunt* of Braintree. m. Sarah Holbrook.* [47.]
His son Capt. Ebenezer* of Weymouth, m. (2d wife,) Bethiah Adams, April 28, 1737.
[Adams, 34.] His will, dated Sept. 26, 1761 ; proved Oct. 30, 1761; recorded, Suff. Prob.,
59: 185; mentions wife Bethiah, sons Micah, Enoch, Samuel, Ebenezer, Eber, dau. Mary
Holbrook, gr. dau. Lucramah Silvester, dau. Ruth Bates, dau. Bethiah Hunt.
His son, Peter Hunt* o( Weymouth, d. 1759. Will dated March 10, 1756 ; proved, July
5, 1759, meniions wife Abigail, and only dau. Abigail Beals ; gives nearly all his property to
his wife. [Suff Prob., 54 : 266
His youngest son, Ephraim,* a, 19, chose his brother John of Braintree, yeoman, guar
dian, Oct. 24, 1726. [Suff Prob., 25 : 54.] He m, Ruth Allen,* June 2, 1729. [Allen, 38.]
* Benjamin Ludden d. in the summer or autumn of 1690 ; a soldier in that ill-faled expe
dition lo Canada, under command of Sir William Phipps. His will is dated July 15, 1690 ;
proved Jan. 28, 1690-1 ; recorded Suff, Prob., 8 : 27, The following extract from it may
show the spirit of those times. " Being called fourth," he says, •' as a souldier in this time
of great distress for to fio;hl the Lord's Battells against the bloody enemies of the church and
people of God in New England, namely, those Antichristian and bloudy ffrench, together
with their bloody martherous and salvage Indians ; and considering whether I may Return
again with my life to see my parents, wife, and relations, commiting my soul lo God that
gave it, through the precious blood of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and my Body to the dust
from whence it came, Hopeing that both soul and Body shall be raysed up by the power of
my dear Redeemer, and m^et together at the day of Resurrection, where I shall Enjoy the
blessed presence of Jesus Christ, saints and angels, and that to all JBtemity," &.c.

66 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Holbrook [13] of Weymouth, Executors. March 26, 1696, Samuel Holbrook
having deceased, he requests Joseph Allen of Braintry to act in his stead.
[Allen, 7.] John Holbrook, Samuel Allen, Joseph Allen, witnesses.
His children were —
18. tThomas,' b.  ; m. 1, Deborah Damon.2 2, Mary White.'
19. Mary,' b.  ; m.  Colburn, perhaps Joseph Colbnrn of Dedham, whose
will, dated April 17, 1718, mentions wife Mary. [Suff. Prob., 21 : 20.
20. John,' b. at Braintree, Oct. 15, 1653 ; unm. ; d. Dec. 25, 1678.
21. tPeter,' b. at Braintree, Aug. 5, 1655; m. 1, Alice  ; 2, Elizabeth Pool.
22. Joanna,' b. at Braintree, Oct. 30, 1656; prob. m. Uriah Clark, and d. bef. 1695,
23. Joseph,' b. at Braintree, April 10, 1660 ; d. young.
24. Susanna,' b.  ; m. Andrew Willett of Boston, Mar. 6, 1693-4.
4.
Capt. WILLIAM HOLBROOK,* son of Thomas,' b.  ; m. previous to
1655, Elizabeth Pitts, who d. his widow in Scituate, 1701.*
He was freeman 1647 ; of Weymouth 1655-1662, and probably most, or all,
of his previous life. In 1660, he bought land in Conihasset [Cohasset] then
part of Scituate, but did not settle upon it. He had an allotment of land in
Mendon, 1662, and must have settled there that year or the next.| Was
doubtless there till " Philip's War," 1675, when Mendon was destroyed by
the savages. He then returned to Weymouth ; sold his land in Mendon to his
brother Thomas and nephew Peter ; and afterwards resided at Scituate. He
was Captain and Deacon. He died 1699.
His children were —
25. William,' b. at Weymouth, Jan. 20, 1657-8 ; m. Margaret Fairbank at Sher
born. He d. at Mendon, 1714, a. 56. His Will, dated Nov. 15, 1714 ;
proved Dec. 16 following; reed. Suff. Prob., 18 : 204; gives his Negro
man. Prince, to the testator's wife, for four years, but at the end of four
years he is to be free. Negro maid, Moll, and some other chattels,
" kine," &c., are to be sold and converted into money. In the Inventory,
Moll is valued at £35, about 86 silver dollars. Eour years' service of
Prince are valued at £20, about 50 dollars. He was wealthy, and hav
ing no children, he left most of his property to his nephew William,*
only son of his brother Cornelius.
26. Cornelius,' b. at Weymouth, Nov. 19, 1662; m. 1, Margery  . 2, Expe
rience  . Settled at South Weymouth ; d. 1742, a. 80. Had seven
daughters, and one son, 27. William,* who has a numerous posterity in
Weymouth, Abington, &c.
28. Samuel,' b. at Mendon ; d. 1719.
29. John,'b. at Mendon; d. 1721.
30. Millicent,' b.  ; m. 1,  Sprague. 2,  Peck.
31. Persis,' b.  ; m. John Earrow of Hingham, 1696.
32. Experience,' b.  ; m. 1,  Albee. 2,  Hyde.

THIRD GENERATION. 8.
JOHN HOLBROOK,' eldest son of Capt. John Holbrook,^ of Weymouth,
m. Abigail Pierce, dau. of the brave Capt. Michael Pierce, who fell at Reho-
both,§ very near Pawtucket Falls, in a desperate battle with the Indians, on
Sunday, March 26, 1676.
He settled in Scituate, on a farm bequeathed to him by his father. His
chddren were —
* William Holbrook of Weymouth was, in 1655, administrator of the estate of Elizabeth
Pitts, whom he calls " mother," and for the expense of whose sickness he charges in his ac
count. Dr. John Alcock of Roxbury attended her.
X Several other families from Brainlree and Weymouth, settled in Mendon at thai lime.
% See Bliss's History of Rehoboth,

THE HOLBROOK FAMILY. 67
33. Thomas,* b. iu Weymouth, Jan. 15, 1671-2 ; d. before 1699.
34. Elizabeth,* b. in Scituate, Eeb 2, 1672-3 ; m. James Smith.
35. Abigail,* b. in Scituate, May 11, 1675 ; m.  Porter.
36. Experience,* b. Eeb. 22, 1677.
37. Hannah,* b. Jan. 11, 1678-9 ; m. 1700, Josiah Turner' of Scituate, son of
Thomas,* and gr. son of HUMPHREY.i
38. Sarah,* b. July 11, 1680.
39. Deborah,* b. Aug. 22, 1683 ; m. 1703-4, Joseph Briggs of Scituate. [Dean's
Scituate.
40. John,* b. Nov. 19, 1686 ; m. Sarah Chittenden, May 3, 1709. They had ten
children, of whom Johnf the eldest, removed to Maine, and most of the
others settled at Eastham and Wellfleet.
All, save Thomas, were living in 1699. 13.
SAMUEL HOLBROOK,' son of Capt. John Holbrook,* of Weymouth; b.
there probably about 1654 ; m. I, Mary  . 2, LvniA  .
He lived in Weymouth ; admitted freeman Oct. 12, 1681 ; was a " house-
wright," also a " husbandman." He d. intestate, in 1695, between July 25,
the date of his uncle Thomas' Will, of which he was appointed Executor, and
Oct. 3, when an Inventory of his own estate was taken. [Sutf. Prob., II : 168,
326.] His widow Lydia was administratrix. His real estate was divided July
11, 1711. WUliam Pratt, Ephraim Burrell, and Thomas White, being ap
praisers. His widow Lydia m. Jan. 27, 1704-5, Dea. Joseph Allen of Braintree, [Al
len, 7,] and d. 1745. Her Will is dated April 2, 1745, and proved 11th June
following. [Suif. Prob. 37 : 267.
We suppose that Samuel Holbrook was twice married ; and that by his first
wife Mary, he had Persis, b. Oct. 11, 1675. Such a birth appears on Wey
mouth records, and there is no account of another Samuel, who could be the
father. His admission as freeman 1681, indicates full maturity at that time.
We have no reason to suppose him much younger than Dea. Joseph Allen,
who m. his widow, though she may have been considerably younger than either.
The children of Samuel and Lydia Holbrook were —
41. Elizabeth,* b. Sept. 30, 1684; m. about 1708, Elkanah Wales* of Braintree.
[Faxon, 26.] He and his wife were church members, 1715. He was
Captain, and Deacon of Second Church in Braintree.
42. Mary,* b. Nov. 18, 1686 ; d. after 1699, date of gr. father's Will, and before
1711, date of settlement of father's estate.
43. Samuel,* b. Eeb. 19, 1688-9 ; m. Aug. 1710, Hannah Adams,* [Adams, 37.]
Settled in Boston; cordwainer; d. intestate 1721. Had 44, Samuel,^
and 45, Joseph,^ who were probably unmarried.
46. tJohn,* b. April 29, 1690; m. Sarah  .
47. Sarah,* b. probably 1692 ; m. 1713, Col. William Hunt,* son of Col. Ephraim
Hunt,' of Weymouth. He and his wife were admitted to church in
Middle Precinct, Braintree, 1715 ; of which church he was chosen Dea
con, Oct. 13, 1742. He lived in Bast Braintree, a Uttle east perhaps of
where Caleb Stetson now lives. He owned land on both sides of the
" Country Road." Thomas Vinton's land bounded his ou the West.
He was a man of great respectability ; Colonel of the Regiment, &c.
Was living 1756. , His dau. Mjr!/,^ m. 1, Thomas Allen. [Allen, 46.]
2, Thomas Vinton. [Vinton, 30.] 3, Hobart Clark; and d. 1789.
48. Joseph,* b. June 26, 1694 ; d. after 1699, and before 1711. See [42.]
49, Abiah,* b, 1695 ; m. Mary  Settled in Boston, where he had half a
house given him by his gr. father. Had 50, John,' b. Jan. 30, 1724-5 ;
also 51, Abiah i^ 52, Elisha;' 53, Samnel;^ 54, Mary;' 55, Elizabeth;'
m. Eeb. 1759, John Adams, Jr.. of Boston.
55i. Hannah,* b.  ; m. ^  Dyer. She is mentioned by her mother, Mrs.
Lydia Allen, (formerly wife of Samuel Holbrook^) iu her will; see
[Allen, 7 :] which is all we know of her. She may possibly have been
the oldest of this family.

68 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
17.
ICHABOD HOLBROOK,' son of Capt. John Holbrook^ of Weymouth, b.
May 20, 1662; m. Harah Turner, b July 25, 166.5, dau. of Johtf and Ann
James) Turner of Scituite, and gr. dau. of HUMPHREY TURNER,^ also
of Scituate, the original emigrant.
He inherited the homestead of his father, at Old Spain, in Weymouth. She
d. a widow, Dec. 20, 1739. Their children were —
- 56. Abiezer,* b. May 7, 1689; m. April 23, 1715, Euth Vinson of Weymouth,
who d. Oct. 8, 1751. They had nine children. He d. Feb. 17, 1761.
57. tDavid,* b. Sept, 1690; m, 1716, Mary Pittee of Braintree.
58. Sarah,* b. Jan. 13, 1694; d. Oct. 10, 1725. [Boston.
59. Elisha,* b. about 1697. Was to have half his gr. father's house and land in
60. John,* b. Nov. 28, 1699; m. Jan. 6, 1725-6, Sarah Hunt of Braintree, (sup
posed) dau, of Col. Ephraim' of Weymouth. He was a deacon in Wey
mouth. They had 61, John,' b. 1730;* 62, Jirah,' b. 1737 ; 63, Nathaniel,'
b. 1741 ; who had families; besides daughters.
18.
THOMAS HOLBROOK,' eldest son of Thomas^ and Joanna of Braintree,
b. about 1646 ; m. 1, 1666, Deborah Damon,^ b. 1645, dau. of JOHN DAMON>
of Scituate, who settled there before 1633; was a soldier in "Philip's War,"
and d. 1677. [Deane's Scituate] 2, Mart White,' dau. of Thomas^ and
Mary (Pratt) White of Braintree. She was probably twenty-five years younger
than himself, which may account for his having chddren so late in life.
He seems to have inherited the homestead in Braintree ; which was on the
north side of Monatiquot River, near the tide- water; which he left to his eldest
son Thomas,* and which after the death of Thomas,* came into the possession
of the Thayer famdy.
He " d. the aged, and was buried Dec. 20, 1728." His widow Mary " was
buried, Feb. 14, 1737-8."
His Will is dated Oct. 16, 1728; proved Jan. 9, 1728-9; recorded Suff.
Prob., 27 : 8. He speaks of himself as " now aged and weak ; " mentions
wife Mary, son Thomas, daughters Hannah Holbrook, and Mary Copeland,
and grandson Seth Copeland ; and appoints wife Mary executrix. There can
be no doubt that the chddren, just mentioned, were the chddren of the Thomas
Holbrook,' whose name stands at the head of this paragraph. Mr. Morse,
however, presuming that they could not be the chddren of a man so far ad
vanced in life, makes them his grandchildren, and interpolates a Thomas Hol
brook* as their father. The chddren, below named, appear, notwithstanding,
on Braintree records, as the children of Thomas and Mary Holbrook ; and the
Will decides that they were the children of Thomas,' though he was old
enough to be their grandfather. Children —
64. Thomas,* b. March 13, 1692-3; m. 1718, Ruth Ford of Weymouth. They
had. Sirah,' bap. Oct. 1738. Thomas* was a "yeoman;" admitted to
Second Church in Braintree, March 26, 1721 ; was possessor of land on
the north side of Monatiquot River, 1737 ; [Suff. Deeds, 54 : 121,] d.
intestate 1763. "Ebenezer Thayer, Jr., of Braintree, Gent.," [Thater,
178,] being appointed administrator, March 18, 1763, with Silas Hunt
and Elisha Niles as sureties. [Suff. Prob,, 61 : 230,] Soon after, this
property, which was probably incumbered, by some means came into the
possession of the Thayer faraily, Minot Thayer, Esq., was yolingest
son of the administrator last mentioned ; he owned the estate ; erected
* John Holbrook,5 b. June 7, 1730 ; m. Sybil Lane of Hingham, 1760. They had John,«
b. July 10, 1761, of Brattleboro', Vt., long and extensively engaged there in the publication
and sale of books ; by wife Sally Knowlton of Newfane, (m,'Nov. 30, 1786.) he had Rev.
John Calvin Holbrook,' b. Jan. 7, 1808, formerly of the Krm of Richardson, Lord & Hol
brook, booksellers and publisher.?, Boston ; ord pastor, 1843, in Dubuque, Iowa, where he
has labored with distinguished reputation and success to the present lime, except two vears,
1854-5 in Chicago. • f j ,

THE HOLBROOK FAMILY. 69
a three-story house upon it ; resided there nearly or quite half a century ;
and died there Deo. 14, 1856.
65. Mary,* b. Oct. 20, 1700 ; m. Dec. 12, 1722, Seth Copeland,' b. Jan. 22, 1698,
son of John,2 and Euth Copeland, and grandson of LAWEENCEi and
Lydia, all of Braintree.* Seth Copeland,* son of Seth and Mary, was
b. June 19, 1723. The second wife of Seth Copeland,' was Abigail
White,* b. Feb, 23, 1706-7. [White, 46,]
66. Hannah,* b. Nov. 20, 1702; m. Nov. 18,1731, Nathaniel Belcher of Braintree.
67. Susanna,* b.  ; d. Feb. 23, 1712-13.
68. Samuel,* b. April 29, 1711 ; probably buried Sept. 2, 1728.
69. Abigail,* b. Sept. 8, 1715; d. young.
So far as appears from records, the male line of this branch of the family
soon became extinct. 21.
Dea. PETER HOLBROOK,' son of Thomas^ and Joanna Holbrook of
Braintree; b. there Aug. 7, 1655; m. I, Alice  , who d. April 29, 1705.
2, Elizabeth Pool, who, after his decease, ra. Robert Ware of Wrentham,
and d. 1724.
He lived in Mendon, and d. there in 1712, a. 57. In his will, dated Jan.
16, 1711-12 ; proved May 29, 1712 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 17 : 464, he speaks
of his wife, without giving hor name ; also of eldest son, John, sons Peter, Jo
seph, Silvanus, Richard, Eliphalet, William, Samuel, of whom the last four
were under age ; also of daus. Joanna and Mary. The testator says that his
father left him land in Braintry ; and his uncle William, deceased, sold him
land in Mendon.
All the sons, above enumerated, resided in Mendon, and in Bellingham,
which was taken from Mendon. All had families, and from them have sprung
a numerous posterity in that vicinity and elsewhere. [See Mr. Morse's book,
already referred to.
70. John Holbrook,* eldest son of Dea. Peter,' had Luke,^ b. March 20, 1724,
who was father of Dr. Amos Holbrook,^ an eminent physician of Mil
ton, (d. June 17, 1842, a. 88,) whose dau. Clarissa,' m. Dr. Henry Gard
ner, who by her had Henkt Joseph Gardner, b. at Dorchester, June
14, 1818, a merchant of Boston, and since Jan. 1855, Governor of
Massachusetts,

FOURTH GENERATION. 46.
Dea. JOHN HOLBROOK,* son of Samuel' and Lydia, b. in Weymouth,
April 29, 1690 ; m. Sarah  . He settled in Braintree; was admitted with
his wife to full communion with the Second Church in that town, 1715 ; of
which he was chosen deacon, Oct. 13, 1742, at the same time with his brother-
in-law. Col. William Hunt, [47.] He served in that office with " good accept
ance " nearly twenty years. He was selectman 1731, 1736, and probably
afterwards. " Died Jan. 28, 1762, in his 72d year." His will is dated Feb.
24, 1761 ; proved Aprd 12, 1762 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 60 : 133. His widow
Sarah, and sons John and Samuel, were appointed executors. Estate ap
praised at £131. His chddren were —
71. tJohn,5 b. Dec. 20, 1715 ; m. Mary Hunt,5 June 7, 1741.
72. Sarah,5 b, Oct, 5, 1718; d. May 5, 1720.
73. Samuel,5 b. July 15, 1720 ; d, Aug, 19, 1730,
74. Joseph,5 b. April 14, 1722; d. Aug. 29, 1730.
75. Sarah,5 b. March 4, 1724 ; m. 1744, Josiah White* of Boston. [White, 37.]
They both d. 1776, only six weeks apart. Their dau. Abigail,' b. Sept.
14, 1749, m. Maj. Jeremiah Niles.^ [Niles, 49,]
76. Mary,5 b. March 5, 1725-6 ; d. Aug. 11, 1730.
* Lawrence Copeland' d. Dec. 30, 1699, a. 100. [Grave stone in Quincj-.
6

70 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
77. Timothy ,5 b. May 12, 1728 ; published to Hannah White, Feb. 1, 1753. Re
sided in Lebanon, Ct.; was there at the date of his father's will, 1761.
78. Elizabeth,^ b. July 2, 1730; m. Samuel Ward, 1752. Had Samuel, Sarah,
Elizabeth.
79. Samuel.s b, July 4, 1732 ; m, 1,  . 2, Elizabeth Niles,5 dau. of Hon.
Samuel Niles,* [Niles, 46.] He was captain in the militia, 1776. Some
years after, he removed to Lebanon, Ct., where he was a deacon.
80. Mary,5 b. May 28, 1734 ; m. Josiah Lincoln of Hingham.
81. Hannah,5 b. April 11, 1736 ; d. May 15, 1736.
82. Lucy,5 b. Nov. 28, 1739 ; unm. 1761. 57.
DAVID HOLBROOK,* son of Ichabod' and Sarah (Turner) Holbrook of
Weymouth; b. there, Sept. 1690; m. 1716, Mart Pittee of Braintree, and
settled in that town. " The wife of David Holbrook, whde apparently in per
fect health, fell suddenly out of her chair, and died without speaking a word,
Sept. 24, 1756." [Braintree Church Records.
From the fact that his son David was called "jun.," so lately as 1766, it
would seem that the father lived till that time. Children —
83. tDavid,5 b. June 26, 1717; m. Mary Hayden.* [Hatden, 89.]
84. tIchabod,5 b, March 12, 1719 ; m. Hannah Hayden.* [Hatden, 91.]
85. tNehemiah,^ b. May 16, 1722 ; m. Christian Thayer.' [Thater, 40.]
86. Mary,' b. Nov. 21, 1726 ; m. Zebah Howard. Resided in Randolph.
87. Ruth,' bap. Dec. 13, 1730 ; m. probably,  Tower of Randolph.

FIP^TH GENERATION. 71.
Dea. JOHN HOLBROOK,' son of Dea. John* and Sarah Holbrook, b. in
Braintree, Dec. 20, 1715 ; m. June 7. 1741, Mary Hcnt,5 dau. of Capt. Eben
ezer,* and gr. dau. of Col. Ephraim Hunt,' all of Weymouth.
He resided in Braintree ; member of Second Church there, 1736 ; his wife,
ditto, 1745; chosen deacon of the same, Feb. 8, 1761. Chddren —
88. Joseph,' b. Oct. 30, 1741 ; d. Feb. 22, 1741-2.
89. Hannah,^ b. March 20, 1742 ; m. Urban Bates of Weymouth.
90. tJohn,' b. June 20, 1745 ; m. Anna Wild, Aug. 30, 1766.
91. Betsey,« b. Feb. 15, 1747-8; d. in childhood.
92. Sarah,6 b.  , 1749 ; d. unm.
93. Mary,^ b.  , 1753 ; m. Capt. James Pratt of Weymouth ; his 2d wife.
83
DAVID HOLBROOK,' son of David** and Mary (Pittee) Holbrook, b. in
Braintree, June 26, 1717 ; m. Nov. 19, 1741, Mart Hatden,* b. June 9, 1722,
dau. of Ebenezer and Mary, [Hatden, 89.1 They resided in Braintree. He
was admitted to the Second Church there, Jan. 2, 1757.
He d. March 11, 1782, k. 65. His widow Mary survived him 27 years, and
d. March 5, 1809, w. 88. Mr. Morse says this was a second wife, who before
her marriage to him was widow Mart Jones. Children —
94. Mary,' b. Dec. 25, 1742; m. Abiezer Packard.
95. Hannah,' b. May 31, 1744 ; m.  Shepard.
96. Sarah,' b. Jan. 11, 1746; m. 1765, Maj. Stephen Penniman,' son of James.
[Vinton, 29.]
97. tDavid,' b. Feb. 1, 1747-8 ; m. 1791, Mehitable Soper.
98. tLydia,' b. Dec. 21, 1749 ; m. Capt. Thomas Hollis.
99. Jonathan,' b. Nov. 1, 1751 ; m. Esther Hollis. Resided in Braintree ; had
only Esther.''
100. James,' b. Sept. 25, 1753 ; m. 1774, Rhoda Vinton.' [Vinton, 117.]
101. Mehitable,' b. Aug. 12, 1755 ; m. 1777, Capt. Joseph Allen.' [Allen, 76.]

THE HOLBROOK FAMILY. 71
102. Ruth,' bap. Oct. 16, 1757 ; d. in infancv.
103. Ruth,', b. Nov. 5, 1759 ; d. unm.
104. Moses,' b. Oct. 29, 1761 ; d. unm.
105. Caleb,' b. Oct. 2, 1764; d. unm. 1790.
84.
ICHABOD HOLBROOK,' son of David* and Mary (Pittee) Holbrook, b. in
Braintree, March 12, 1719; m. Hannah Hatden,* b. Oct. 8, 1727, sister of
his brother David's wife. [Hatden, 91.] He and his wife became members
of Second Church in Braintree in 1758.
He d. intestate in the winter of 1787-8 ; his son Ichabod being appointed
administrator on his estate, March 4, 1788. Chddren —
106. Hannah,' b. Oct. 19, 1746 ; d. in infancy.
107. Ichabod,'b. May 26, 1748; m. Elizabeth Niles,' dau. of Peter.* [Niles, 43.]
108. Ebenezer,' b. March 25, 1750; d. joung.
109. Hannah,' b. Dec. 5, 1751 ; m. 1770, Gideon Stetson.' They resided in
Randolph.
110. tThomas,' b. Oct. 7, 1754 ; m. Sarah Tower.
HI. Mary,' b. Sept. 24, 1756.
112. Nathaniel,' b. Oct. 7, 1758; m. Ruth Mann,' b. 1756, half sister to Eliza
beth Niles, [107] and dau. of Joseph Mann.
113. Abel,' b. Oct. 9, 1761 ; m. Betsey  . They had—
Calvin,'' m. Susan French.'
WiUiam,'' m. Ehoda Stetson.'
Mehitable,'' b. May 24, 1802 ; m. John Arnold,'
Abel,'' and perhaps others.
1 14. Ebenezer,' b. Oct. 5, 1763 ; m. Elizabeth Hayden, Aug. 20, 1783. Children—
Zadok,'' Ebenezer,'' Elizaheth,'' Charlotte,'' Olive.''
85.
NFJIEMIAH HOLBROOK,' son of David and Mary (Pittee) Holbrook, b.
in Braintree, May 16, 1722; m. May 10, 1744, Christian Thater,' b. April
12, 1726, dau. of Moses* and Christian (Aspinwall) Thayer. [Thater, 40.]
He lived in Braintree ; was a " husbandman ;" and d. intestate, April 4, 1752.
His widow m. 1753, John French,* b. Dec. 25, 1714, son of John' and
Mary (Vinton) French. [Vinton, 14.1 His second wife.
The children of Nehemiah and Christian Holbrook, were —
115. Nehemiah,' b. May 6, 1745; m. May 25, 1765, Elizabeth Hobart,' dau. of
Caleb Hobart and gr. dau. of John and Mary French. [Vinton, 14.]
116. William,' b. April 2, 1747 ; m. Melatiah Swan. Eesided in Stoughton.
117. Elizabeth,' b. Dec. 25, 1749 ; d. unm.
To these three children, upon their mother's second marriage, Dea. James
Penniman [Vinton, 29] was appointed guardian, March 6, 1753.

SIXTH GENERATION. 90.
Col. JOHN HOLBROOK,' son of Dea. John' and Mary Holbrook, b. in
Braintree, June 20, 1745 ; m. Aug. 30, 1766, Anna Wild, b. Aug. 1749, only
child of Jonathan and Anna (Thayer) Wild, and step-dau. of Elisha Niles,
Esq., all of Braintree. [Thater, 57. Niles, 33.] She was a member of
the Rev. Dr. Storrs' Church in Braintree, at his ordination, 1811.
He resided in South Braintree, in a house still standing, and not lees than
one hundred and forty years old, the residence of his grandfather, Dea. John
Holbrook.* He d. Oct. 13, 1802, a. 57. His children were—
118. Anna,''b.  ; m. 1790, Caleb Thayer,' son of Isaac' and Abigail. [That-
119. John,' b.  ; d. unmarried. er, 120.]
120 Susanna,' b.  ; m. 1, Caleb Holbrook,' son of Nehemiah, [115.] 2, Seth
Turner, son of Col. Seth. [Vinton, 40.]

72 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
121. Elisha,' b. Aug. 21, 1775; m. 1793, Sarah Thayer, b. Sept. 24, 1776. He
inherited the homestead ; was deacon of the church in Randolph ; was
living in 1855; and tatber ot Elisha Niles Holbrook,' an extensive and
prosperous manufacturer of shoes.
122 Mary' [^ • i ] m. 1797, (2d wife,) Caleb Thayer,' her sister Anna's
." twins, 0. husband.
123. Joseph,' ) ¦'^fy-o .^' I m. Euth Linfield, dau. of Dea. William Linfield, and
[ ' ' J sis.of Nancy, who m, Dr, Jona, Wild.
124. Sarah,' b.  ; m. Samuel Dyer of Eandolph,
125. Abiah,' b. Jan, 17, 1785 ; m. Mary Thayer. Resides in Braintree. 19 child,
126, Charlotte,' b,  ; m, James Adams of Milton.
127. Clarissa,' b.  ; m. Barnabas Lothrop of Eandolph.
97.
DAVID HOLBROOK,' son of David' and Mary Holbrook, b. in Braintree,
Feb. ], 1747-8 ; m. Nov. 30, 1791, Mehitable Soper, dau. of Maj. Edmund
Soper of Braintree. He d. Nov. 16, 1818, te. 71. She d. not far from 1846.
Children —
128. Edmund Soper,' b. Oct. 25, 1793 ; never married. [ton.
129. Henry J.,' (formerly Jesse,) b. April 11, 1795; m. Frances Seabury of Taun-
130. Martha,' b. Dec. 11, 1796; m.  Adams of Quincy. She d. Jan. 1, 1824.
131. Mehitable,' b. Jan. 25, 1799; idiotic; d. unm.
98
LYDIA HOLBROOK,' dau. of David' and Mary Holbrook, b. in Braintree,
Dec. 21, 1749 ; m. Capt. Thomas Hollis of Braintree. Children —
132. Thomas,' m. Priscilla Hayden.' [Hatden, 124.]
133. Lydia,' m. James French.'
134. Mehitable,' b. Aug. 11, 1779; m. Asa French,' Esq. [French, 85.] She
d. Aug. 22, 1819. He d. about 1853.
135. Eachel,' m. Samuel Hayden,' son of Robert. [Hayden, 125.]
136, Silence,' m, Samuel Hayden,' son of Amiuadab, [Hatden, 112.] He d.
about 1853.
137. David,' m. 1, Sept. 7, 1803, Polly Denton, b. March 30, 1785, dau. of Eb
enezer Denton of Braintree. She d. Sept. 18, 1847. 2,  . He
was chosen deacon of the First Church (Eev. Dr. Storrs',) in Braintree,
Sept. 1, 1814.
138. Mary,' b.  ; m.  White.
139. Euth,' b.  ; m.  Heard.
140. Caleb,' b.  ; m. Susan French. 110.
THOMAS HOLBROOK,' son of Ichabod' and Hannah Holbrook, b. in
Braintree, Oct. 7, 1754 ; m. Sarah Tower. He served in Capt. John Vinton's
company, in the operations before Boston, 1775.
They resided in the south part of Braintree. Their children were —
141. Thomas,' m.  Clark, and removed to Maine.
142. John,' m, Sarah Billings of Canterbury, N. H. They were the parents of
Rev. ,Tohn Holbrook,' b. in Canton, Mass,, Dec, 9, 1799 ; m, Nancy Hill,
(pub, Nov. 28, 1833) dau. of James Hill of Stoneham. Formerly a Baptist
minister. Resided some years in Stoneham ; now resides in Boston.
143, Abiezer,' b,  ; m, Anna Taunt.
144. Isaac,' b.  ; d. unm.
145, Azubah,' b.  ; m, John Littlefield.
146. Hannah,' b.  ; m, Nehemiah Hayden,' grandson of Nehemiah.* [Vin
ton, 31,]
147. Sarah,' b.  ; d. unm,
148, Rebecca,' b.  ; m. WiUiam Hollis.
149. Polly,' b.  ; living; num.

THE MILLS FAMILY. 73

%\t 5tHIs Jfamilg of ^raintwt*
FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JOHN MILLS,! b. in England ; came probably in the fleet with Winthrop,
June, 1630; admitted freeman, March 6, 1632; resided about ten years in
Boston; then removed to Braintree, of which town he was clerk, 1653.
Forty-four acres of land at Mount Wollaston were granted, Feb. 24, 1639-40,
by the town of Boston to John Mills, for six persons in his family. His wife's
name was Susanna  — , b. 1595 ; she d. Dec. 10, 1675, a. 80. John Mills
and his wife Susanna were recommended, Dec. 5, 1641, by the Church in
Boston to the Church in Braintree. They lived in what is now the town of
Quincy. He died in the spring or summer of 1678.
His will is dated Jan. 12, 1677-8; proved, Sept. 10, 1678; recorded, Suff.
Prob. 6 : 255. He speaks of being " now fallen into years ;" and if we may
judge from the language of ardent piety used in the introduction, he was an
eminently good man. He mentions his son John, and his daughters Mary
Hawkins and Susanna Dawes. He recommends to his son John to bring up
one of Ats sons to the work of the ministry; "which was," he says, "the em
ployment of my predecessors to the third, if not fourth generation." Inventory
dated July 13, 1678 ; amount, £211. 7. Richard Brackett and Edmund Quin
cy, appraisers. His children were —
2. Susanna,^ prob. b. in England, ni. William Dawes. William Dawes, in a
deposition, dated 1683, calls himself 64 years old, and says that he and
his wife Susanna had lived in Boston from 1652 to that time.
3. Joy,' (dau.) ) They were baptized Oct. 1630, being the first baptisms
4. Recompense,' (dau.) J on record in the First Church in Boston.
5. tJohn,2 bap. June 3, 1632 ; m. Elizabeth Shove, April 26, 1653.
6. Jonathan,' bap. Aug. 30, 1635.
7. James,' bap. June 3, 1638.
8. Mary,' b. about 1640 ; m. James Hawkins. John Marshall, in his Diary,
calls him "uncle," and says he d. [in Boston] Jan. 6, 1709-10, a.
almost 56.
There was a James Mdls who lived on Nahant in 1695, its first permanent
inhabitant [Lewis' History of Lynn.

SECOND GENERATION. 5.
JOHN MILLS,' son of the preceding ; bap. June 3, 1632 ; m. by Mr. Bel
lingham,! April 26, 1653, to Elizabeth Shove, b. about 1631. She was
doubtless the sister of Rev. George Shove of Taunton.§ She d. Aug. 18, 1711.
* From original investigation.
t In those limes, and until nearly the close of that century, marriages were solemnized
only by civil magistrales. 'I'he first marriages that were solemnized by clergymen, so far
as appears from Braintree Records, were in 1701.
§ Kev. George Shove was the third minister of Taunton; his predecessors being Rev.
William Hooke, from 1637 oi 1638. to 1640; and Rev. Nicholas Street from 1641 lo 1668.
Mr. Shove was ordained pastor, Nov. 15, 1665, in Taunton, where he lived and labored till
the day of his death, April 21, 1687. Not much is said of his piety, orminislerial talents, or
want of either ; but it appears that he was largely engagea in secular transactions, and
acquired considerable wealth. [Emery's Ministry of Taunton.
Of Mr. Shove's birth-place or parentage, nothing is certainly known. He has been
represented as a native of Dorchester; bul this is not probable, as the name Shme does not
appear on the records of that town. There was a widow Margery Shove of Rowley, A
Margery Shove died at Ihe house of Rev, George Shove at Taunton, ivho was probably his
mother ; it could not have been his wife.

74 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
"My aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Mills, d. Aug. 18, 1711, a. about 80; a precious
saint." [ikarshall's Diary.] Braintree Town Records correspond as to the
date, and say she was about 81.
He was a " husbandman ;" lived in Braintree ; d. Feb. 27, 1694-5, a. 62.
Administration on his estate was granted April 3, 1695, to his son John Mills,
blacksmith. Inventory, Nov. 7, 1695. Amount, £114. 1. 10. Appraisers,
Martin Sanders, Samuel Penniman. [Suff. Prob., 13:287, 343] Children—
9. Elizabeth,' b. July 1, 1654.
10. Sarah,' b. June 7, 1656.
11. tJohn,' b. April 13, 1660 ; m. Hannah  .
12. tJonathan,' b. Sept. 9, 1662; m. Mary Sheffield, June, 1686.
13. Edward,' b. June 29, 1665 ; H. C. 1685 ; living m 1732.
14. Susanna,' b. Feb. 12, 1667-8 ; d. Aug. 7, 1669. [Birth in one place record
ed "Joanna."
15. Mary,' b. April 1, 1670 ; m. Daniel Willard, Jan, 4, 1692-3.
16. tNathaniel,' b. April 22, 1672 ; m. 1, Mary Spear ; 2, Anne  .
17. Susanna,' b. Sept. 23, 1675 ; m. Dec, 10, 1707, Dea. Jonathan Hayward, b.
Jan. 17, 1667-8, son of Jona. and Sarah (Thayer) Hayward. His second
wife. His first wife, m. Feb. 12, 1692, was Hannah Hobart, b. Dec. 11,
1668, dau. of Caleb. Mr. Hayward was admitted to Second Church
(the present First Church,) in Braintree, 1714; chosen deacon; and d.
July 13, 1757, se. 90. His father was Jonathan Hayward, d. Nov. 21,
1690, a. 49. [Grave-stone.

THIRD GENERATION. 11.
Captain JOHN MILLS,' son of the preceding; b. April 13, 1660; m.
Hannah  . He lived in that section of Old Braintree, which still bears
the name ; then called " Monatiquod."* He was a blacksmith by trade ; is
called " gentleman" in 1721. He was a man of integrity and worth ; of intel
ligence, capacity, and influence. He was Selectman, 1708, 1709, 1714;
Representative, 1709, '10, '12, '18, '21. He was often placed on important
committees. He d. Feb. 9, 1722. (Some error in the record.) His wdl is dated March
18, 1721-2 ; proved, April 28, 1722 ; recorded, Suff. Prob., 22 : 256. The pre
amble is expressed in the language of elevated piety. He mentions wife
Hannah, daughters Hannah Wilson, Elizabeth Mills, Sarah Neale, son Jona
than (then in college,) son John, gr. daus. Susanna Wilson, Mary Wdson,
Hannah Wilson. Wife Hannah and son John, Executors. His widow was
living, 1735, at the date of her son John's will. Chddren —
18. Hannah,* b. Feb. 2, 1688-9; m. Roger Wilson ; had, Susanna, Mary, Hannah.
19. Elizabeth,* b. July 13, 1690 ; unm. 1735, at date of her bro. John's will.
20. John,* b. Oct. 12, 1692 ; d. in infancy.
21. John,* b. Jan. 1693-4; prob. unm. as no wife or children are alluded to in
his will. Will dated March 15, 1734-5; proved, March 18, 1768; re
corded, Suff. Prob., 66: 183. " Saddler." Gives property to his mother,
three sisters, and brother. Rev. Jonathan.
22. Mary,* b. March 18, 1696-7 ; d. before 1722, as not ment. in father's will.
23. Sarah,* b. Sept. 8, 1698; m. 1, March 9, 1720, Joseph Neale,' gr. son of Henrv
Neale; 2, Oct. 18, 1763, Capt. Ebenezer Thayer.* [Thater, 151 "1
She d. Nov. 20, 1800, a. 102.

* The petition for ihe division of the town into two precincts, dated October 28,
1707, prayed ihat the line of division might be that which already separated the two
mililaiy companies in Braintree ; Col. I'Mmund Quincy's company in the north, containing
seventy-two families, and Capt. John Mills' company in the soulh, consisting of seventy-
one families. The town voled, Nov. 3, 1708, that ihere should be two distinct precincts or
societies lor the worship of God, The Soulh Precinct included the piescnl towns of Brain
tree and Randolph, from this lime till March 13, 1726-7, when Ihe third or "new South Pre
cinct" was set ofir ; incorporated as the town of Randolph, March 9, 1793, There were
scarcely any inhabitants in Randolph till about 1712,

THE MILLS FAMILY. 75
24. Jonathan,* b. Oct. 29, 1699 ; d. July 13, 1700.
25. tJonathan,* b. March 2, 1702-3; in. 1, Jemima Hayward. 2, Hephzibah
(White) French. 12.
JONATHAN MILLS,' brother of the preceding; b. Sept. 9, 1662, per
Braintree Record; but Nov. 21, 1662, per Boston Record; ra. about June,
1686, Mart Sheffield,' b. June 26, 1663, dau. of Edmund and Sarah Shef
field of Braintree.
He d. about July, 1688. His widow Mary m. May 12, 1690, John Mar
shall' of Braintree, a mason, and the writer of a Diary, stdl preserved in the
Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.*
The only child of Jonathan and Mary Mills was —
26. Jonathan,* b. March 27, 1687 ; d. July, 1688.
16.
NATHANIEL MILLS,' brother of the preceding; b. Aprd 22, 1672; m.
1, Jan. 3, 1703-4, Mart Spear, who d. March 18, 1717-18. 2, Anne  ,
who d. Aug. 20, 1726. They resided in Braintree.
His chddren, by first wife, were —
27. Nathaniel,* b. 1704; d. Sept. 10, 1706,
28. Mary,* b. Aug. 29, 1706.
29. Susanna,* b. July 23, 1708 ; m. Beniamin Pray, Jan. 31, 1733-4.
30. Nathaniel,* b. March 30, 1711.
31, Elizabeth,* b. Aug. 7, 1713 ; m. Daniel White,* June 12, 1737. [White,
67.] Had one child, Elizabeth,' b. Dec. 2, 1738.
32. Shove,* b. Feb. 28, 1716-17.
By second wife —
33. Edward,* b. Dec. 1719 ; d. in infancy.
34. Edward,* b. April 20, 1721.
35. Benjamin,* b.  ; d. July 28, 1724.

FOURTH GENERATION. 25.
Rev. JONATHAN MILLS,* youngest son of Captain John Mdls,' b. in
Braintree, March 2, 1702-3; ni. 1, Nov. 30, 1727, Jemima Hatward, perhaps
his cousin, dau. of his aunt Susanna.' [17] 2, June 12, 1760, Hephzibah
(White) French, b. March 28, 1709, dau. of Dea. Samuel White' of Brain
tree, and widow of Benjamin French.' [White, 55. French, 40.] She
was the mother of Capt. John Vinton's wife. [Vinton, 42.] She became a
member of Second Church in Braintree, 1734.
Mr. Mdls grad. H. C. 1723 ; ordained pastor Bellingham, 1727 ; dismissed,
1737 ; lived in Boston many years ; installed pastor of Second Church in
Harwich; d. at Provincetown, May 21, 1773, a. 70. The Congregational
Church in Bellingham, of which he was pastor, has long been extinct. For
the past eighty years, no Congregational meetings have been statedly held in
that place.
Fifty acres of land, laid out May 22, 1725, near the meeting-house, were
given by the town of Bellingham to Mr. Mills, as the first minister settled in
* John Marshall,' b. in Boston, Ocl, 2, 1664, was son of John* and Rmh Marshall of lhal
place, and probably grandson of Johnt a„d Sarah Marshall, also of Boslon, By his wife
Mary, (dau. of Edmund Sheffield^ m. as above,May 12, 1690,he had 4 sons and 4 daughters,
of whom half died in infancy. The surviving son, Josiah,* b. Nov. 28, 1700, was the father
of Zerubbabel,' who, by wife Elizabeth Soper, had Mary Soper Marshall,' b. in Boston,
Aug, 9, 1756, m, Thomas Giles, June 22, 1780. These last were parents of Betsey Snow
Giles, mother of the compiler of this volume. [ViNTON, 232.]

76 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
that place. This, with other land in Bellingham, he sold, Dec. 5, 1739, to
Josiah Sumner of Milton. [Suff. Deeds, 59 : 99.
Among the children of Rev. Jonathan and Jemima Mills (whether there were
others, we know not) were —
49. Jemima,' b. June 16, 1743; m. Thomas Vinton,' May 28, 1761. [Vinton,
84.]
50. Hannah,' b.  , m. Capt. William Sturgis of Barnstable ; parents of
William Sturgis, Esq,, of Boston, formerly of the house of Bryant &
Sturgis, now a capitalist of this city.

%\t 9i^js Jfamilg of §raym.
The following sketch is made out from personal researches in the Braintree
Records, with some aid derived from other sources, particularly from the MS.
Records of Rev. Samuel Niles of Braintree, as copied, in part, by Rev. Abner
Morse of Sherborn. The original MS. is now in Abington, in the keeping of
Rev. Mr. Niles'' gr. grand daughters. [47.]
FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JOHN NILES' is believed to be the ancestor of all persons bearing the
name in this country. It is said that he was from Wales. He was b. about
1603 ; came to New England ; was of Dorchester, 1634; of Braintree, 1639 ;
freeman, May 26, 1647.
His wife, the mother of six sons and a daughter, whoso names appear on
Braintree Records, was Jane  ; she d. May 15, 1654. Whether he
was ever married again is not quite certain ; but I find the following in Mar
shall's Diary: "Old goodwife Ndes died Jan. 31, 1702-3." The wife of
neither of the sons would thus be spoken of, when not over the age of sixty.
It seems quite probable, then, that John Niles, the emigrant, had a second
wife ; that her name was Hannah ; that she was the mother of Isaac, below ;
[9] and that she d. as above, Jan. 31, 1702-3. " Old John Niles, aged about
91 years, died Feb. 8, 1693-4." [Braintree Records.
"The children of John and Jane Niles were —
2. Hannah,' b. Feb. 16, 1636-7. Perhaps m.  Cowing.*
3. John,' b. March 4, 1638-9.
4. tJoseph,' b. Aug. 15, 1640; m. Mary Micall, Nov. 2, 1662.
5. tNathaniel,' b. Aug. 16, 1642 ; m. Sarah Sands of Block Island.
6. tSamuel,' b. May 12, 1644 ; m. widow Mary Belcher, April 20, 1680.
7. {increase,' b. Dec. 16, 1646 ; m. Mary Purchas, Dec. 4, 1677.
8. Benjamin,' b. March 12, 1650-1.
9. "Isaac Niles, sou of John and Hannah, born 2. 2. [April 2,] 1658." [Brain
tree Records.] It has been regarded as uncertain whether this Isaac
were the son of John,' or of John' by a second wife. But the above
quotation from Marshall's Diary, together with the fact that no other
child of John and Hannah appears ou Braintree Records, strongly in
cline the compiler to give this child, Isaac, to " Old John Niles," by
Hannah, a second wife ; making seven sons in all. Isaac d. Jan. 30,
1659-60.
Of John Niles,' and of Benjamin,' sons of " Old John," we have no further
knowledge. • Rev. Samuel Niles' " aunt Cowin" was the fifth person interred in the cemetery at
Braintree.

THE NILES FAMILY. 77
SECOND GENERATION. 4.
JOSEPH NILES,' son of " Old John Niles," b. in Braintree, Aug. 15, 1640 ;
m. Mary Micall, Nov. 2, 1662. Their children were—
10. Hannah,' b. Feb. 15, 1663-4.
11. Joseph,' b. Sept. 21, 1666.
12. Mary,' b. Jan. 8, 1668-9.
13. tJohn,' b.  ; m. Catharine ¦

14. tBenjamin,' b. Jan. 2, 1674-5 ; m. 1, Ruth Scant. 2, Lydia Secomb,
5.
Capt. NATHANIEL NILES,' son of " Old John Niles," b. at Braintree,
Aug. 16, 1642; m. Sarah Sands, dau. of James Sands of Block Island.*
He seems to have resided for a time at Dorchester, and to have removed
thence to Block Island some time previous to 1673 ; removed to South Kings
ton, R. I. ;]: and finally came back and d. in Braintree, Dec. 22. 1727, in the
86th year of his age. Rev. Samuel Ndes, his son, says he was 87 ; but the
Braintree Town Record is consistent with itself, in giving his age as I have
now quoted it. How many children Capt. Nathiniel Niles had, and what
were their names, we are not informed, and are sure only of the following —
15. Jeremiah.'
16. tSamuel,' b. on Block Island, May 1, 1674 ; of whom see the sequel.
17. Nathaniel,' dwelt at S. Kingston, R. L, father of Sarah,* m. 1739, Hon,
Samuel Niles. [30] 6.
SAMUEL NILES,' son of John Niles,! b. in Braintree, May 12, 1644 ; m.
to widow Mart Belcher, April 20, 1680, by Gov. Bradstreet.
He resided in Braintree ; was a Lieut. 1697. His children were —
IS. Sarah,' h. Jan. 1680-1.
19. Hannah,' b. 1682.
20. Samuel,' b. June 15,1686; m. Mercy Sacan, [Secomb?] Nov. 18,1708.
Tythingman iu Braintree, 1732.
One of the daughters m.  Pierce, d. and was buried in the " upper
part of this Precinct," [now Randolph,] Sept. 5, 1724.
7.
INCREASE NILES,' son of John Ndes,' b. in Braintree, Dec. 16, 1646 ;
m. Mart Purchas, Dec. 4, 1677. Resided in Braintree ; was in Capt. John
son's company employed against the Indians, Oct. 1675. He d. Sept. 1, 1693.
His children were —
21. tJohn,' b. Oct. 10, 1678; m. Margaret  .
214, Increase,' b, March 9, 1680,
* Sands Niles, third son of Hon. Samuel Niles* [48] " was so named as his father and
mother were both the natural descendants from my grandfather. James Sands, the only per
son of that name that I know of, that came from Old to New England. He m. the eldest
daughter of John Walker and Sarah Walker, his only wife. This Walker was one of the
eighteen men that made the first English settlement on Rhode Island. My grandfather and
giandmother Sands left four sons, viz.; 1. John, 2. James, 3, Samuel, and 4. Edward or
Edmund: and Iwo daughters, viz. : 5. Sarah, and 6, Mary. Sarah was my mother that
my father Nathaniel Niles married ; and my son Samuel m. my brother Nathaniel's daugh
ter. Ill memory of the family, therefore, the child was named Sands, being of the fifth
generation, including my grandfather." [MS. of Rev. Samuel Niles of Brainlree.
In Mr. Niles' " Indian Wars" he tells us of his grandfather Bands living on Block Island,
and it appears that he lived there from about 1638, when Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, who had
been obliged to leave Massachusetts a short time before, engaged him lo build a house for
her at East Chester, N. Y., till afler 1689. He d.  , a. 72.
% Where the " Great Swamp Fighl" took place, Dec. 19, 1675.

78 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
22. Ebenezer,' b.  ; m. Sarah Littlefield, July 28, 1715. Ho d. May 12,
1752,* She was a widow in 1757 ; m. Noah Playward, about 1760.
22i Mary,' b.  ; m. Benjamin Clark, Aug. 17,1719. Shed. May 17, 1752.

THIRD GENERATION. 13.
JOHN NILES,' son of Joseph' and Mary Niles ; b. in Braintree, about
1671 ; m. Catharine  .
He resided in Braintree, South Precinct, [now Randolph] ; is called " Car
penter John Niles" on the Records ; called " John Niles, the elder," and " John
Niles, sen.," in the MS. of Rev. Samuel Niles, to distinguish him from his
cousin John, son of Increase Ndes. [21.] He was a member of the Second
Church in Braintree at the ordination of his cousin. Rev. Samuel Ndes, 1711.
The children of John and Catharine Ndes, all b. in Braintree, were —
23. Hannah,* b. Feb. 14, 1696-7.
24. Susanna,* b. Jan. 18, 1698-9 ; m. William Badcock of Milton.
24J. Joseph,* b. May 1, 1700; m. Anne Cornish of Braintree, July 15, 1731.
25. Sarah,* I twins, j m. Benjamin Spear, July 20, 1722.
25J. Deborah,* ) b. Sept. 20, 1702, ) m. Deering Spear, July 20, 1722, She d.
March 10, 1725.
26. tJohn,* b. June 29, 1706; m. May 30, 1729, his second cousin, Hannah
Niles.* [36.]
264. Jane,* b. Oct. 4, 1710.
27. Catharine,* b. Oct. 10, 1712; m. Edward Jones, Sept. 5, 1734.
27i. Abigail,* b. July 7, 1714. 14.
BENJAMIN NILES,' son of Joseph' and Mary Ndes, b. in Braintree, Jan.
2, 1674-5; m. I, Ruth Scant, May 19, 1698. 2, Ltdia Seacum, [Secomb]
Jan. 17, 1715-16. She was buried in the burying-ground which about that
time was laid out in the north part of the present town of Randolph ; being
the second person interred there. Benjamin Niles was a member of the
Second Church in Braintree, at the settlement of his cousin Rev. Samuel
Niles, in I7I1. He d. Feb., 1724-5, and was buried in the aforesaid burying-
ground, Feb. 27, 1724-5. We have account of only the following children
of Benjamin Niles —
28. David,* (by first wife,) b. Oct. 20, 1700; m. Dec. 20, 1720, Hannah Sekin.
28i. Rebecca,* (by second wife,) bapt. Oct. 24, 1714. [Secomb?]
16.
Rev. SAMUEL NILES,' son of Capt. Nathaniel' and Sarah (Sands) Niles,
b.on Block Island, May 1, 1673 ;t m. 1, May 29, 1701, Elizabeth Thacher,
b. March 7, 1682-3, dau. of Rev. Peter Thacher of Milton, [b. 1651 ; H. C,
1671 ; d. Dec. 17, 1727,] who was son of Rev. Thomas Thacher, b. in Old
Sarum, Eng., 1620 ; settled at Weymouth ; first pastor of the Old South Chh.,
Boston, where he was installed Feb. 16, 1670 ; d. Oct. 15, I678.§ Mrs. Niles
" The will of Ebenezer Niles,' dated Aug. 29, 1729, [Suff' Prob., 46 : 120] gives his wife
Sarah a room iu his house, and the income of one third of his hind, while she bears his name.
All the rest of his estate he gives lo Ebenezer Hayward, son of Benjamin Hayward, a
minor, then living with him
X According lo his grave-stone, he was b. May 1, 1674. In hi.i •* Indian Wars," he says
he was born on Block Island, and feelingly describes the depredations commiued by ihe
French privateers, in 1689, in his youth, while he resided ihere. The slalemcnt, therefore,
made in the Am. Quar. Regislcr for Aug 1835, that he was b. in Braintree, is unfounded.
& Mrs. Elizabeth Niles's mother was Theodora Oxenbridge, dau. of It,ev. John Oxen-
bridge, b. in Daventry, Eng., 1609; educated at Oxford; inst. pastor of First Church in
Boston, April 10, 1670; d. Dec. 28, 1674, a. 65, Mr..i. Niles on her death-bed '-earnestly
commended to her mournful consort, Mrs. Ann Coddington, as the [future] mother of her
children, and wife of her husband." " Her memory is dear, and her example for piety
above most." [MS. of Rev. Samuel Niles.

THE NILES FAMILY. 79
d. in chdd-bed, Feb. 10, 1715-16, m. 33 ; buried I3th ; was the first person in
terred in the Old Cemetery in the present town of Braintree, opposite Dr.
Storrs' meeting-house. [Grave-stone.
2. Nov. 22, 1716, Ann Coddinston, dau. of Hon. Nathaniel Coddington of
Newport, R. I., by his wife Susanna Hutchinson of Boston. They were m.
by Gov. Samuel Cranston of R. I.* She d. Oct. 25, 1732, se. 55.
3. Dec. 22, 1737, Elizabeth (Adams) Whiting, b. Feb. 23, 1680-1, wid.
of Rev. Samuel Whiting, pastor at Windham, Ct., to whom she was m. Sept.
4, 1696, and who d. 1725. She was dau. of Rev. William and Alice (Brad
ford) Adams of Dedham. Her father grad. H. C, 167] ; ord. pastor First
Church, Dedham, Dec. 3, 1673; d. Aug. 17, 1685. Her mother was dau. of
Major William, who was son of Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth.! Mrs.
Niles d. 1760, a. 80.
Mr. Niles in his youth, and particularly in 1689, lived with his aged grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sands, on Block Island, and took care of them. He
was taken by the crew of a French privateer, in a descent made by them on
that Island in July of that year, but escaped. In consequence of the ravages
committed by them on the property of his relatives, he was, as he says, kept
from school six years ; so that he was 22 when he entered college ; and was
the first student who entered college from Rhode Island. He grad. H. C,
1699 ; studied divinity, probably, with his father-in-law. Rev. Mr. Thacher of
Milton ; began to preach at Kingston, R. I., then the residence of his father,
in 1702 ; removed thence with his family to Braintree in 1710 ; was ordained
pastor of the Second Church [now First] in Braintree, May 2.3, 1711 ; the
pastor elect preaching on the occasion, as was then the custom, from Romans,
15 : 30. " Strive together with me in your prayers to God for me."§
His ministry was a long, an active, and a useful one. According to a
Record which he kept, he administered the ordinance of Ihe Lord's Supper
301 times ; baptized about 1200 persons ; and received 312 to full communion
in his church. He continued to preach, wdthout a colleague, till the last Sab
bath of his life; and died on his birth-day, May 1, 1762, a. 88. The sermon
at his funeral was delivered by Rev. William Smith of Weymouth, [grand
father of J. Q,. Adams,] from 1 Sam., 25 : I. " And Samuel died." He d. " in
the firm belief of the great doctrines of grace, which he had faithfully preach
ed, and publicly defended." [Grave-stone.
He took the degree of Master of Arts in 1759, at Harvard College, sixty
years after he first graduated. He was a man of much talent, and strength,
and worth of character. President John Adams, though differing from him in
many points of his religious belief, characterized him as " an honest, virtuous,
and pious man." His publications were — " Tristitise Ecclesiarum ; A Brief
and Sorrowful Account of the present state of the Churches in New Eng
land," 1745 ; " Vindication of Divers Important Doctrines, against the mis-
* Mr Niles " was accompanied to the wedding by Rev. Nathaniel Eelk, [his class-mate,
H C, 1699; of Scituate ;j)aslor there 46 years, I704r-I750 ; d Aug. 25, 1760, a. 72,] and
Mr. Samuel Fiske [son of Rev. Moses Fiske of First Chh. Brainlree; H. C, 1708; pastor
in Salem from 1718 to 1745; d. April 10, 1770, a. 81 ;] who, wiih sundry gentlemen, all nc-
compaiiied us home, where we found my much honored father, Rev. Mr. Thacher of Millon,
wiih many olhers, (on our arrival] Nov. 30, 1716 " (MS. of Rev. Samuel Niles.
X " We came home [from the wedding] attended with gentlemen and friends ; and a
great number met us at my house ; and with her came her son Nathan Whiting, who was
received from Iho church in Windliani to the church in Brainlree, Jan. 8, 1737-8." [Ihid.
§ " Rev. Joseph Belcher of Dedham, proceeded with the church in my admission, being
then dismissed from the Church of Christ in Milton, where I had stood related for divers
years, viz. twelve years and aboul four months. Rev, Peter Thacher of Millon, [his father-
in-law,] gave the Charge ; Rev John Danforth of Dorchester, the Right Hand of Fellow
ship; Rev, Peter Thac-her of Milioii, Rev, Mr. Belcher, and Rev, Peter Thacher* of Wey
mouth, laid on hands." [MS. of Kev. Samuel Niles.] It was customary at thai period
for ministers lo be admitted members of the churches, previously' to assuming the pastoral
office over Ihem.
* 5^on of Thomas Thacher of Boston, He was pastor at Weymouth, 1707-1718; of New
North Church, Boston, 1723-1739.

80 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
representations contained in a late printed discourse of Rev. Lemuel Bryant"
[of Quincy,] 8vo., 1752 ; " Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin, in answer to
Taylor," 8vo., 1757 ; 320 pages. Besides these works, Mr. Niles composed,
near the close of his life, or in 1760, a History of the Wars in New England
with the French and Indians. This was prepared for the press, but no printer
would undertake the publication. The MS. sliimbered in an old trunk, and
was long supposed, by some who had known of its existence, to be irrecover
ably lost. It was found at length, about seventy years atterwards, in a box of
papers, bequeathed by Rev. Dr. Freeman, of Boston, to the Massachusetts
Historical Kociety, and was printed in the sixth volume, third series, of their
collections. It is now ninety-five years since he died ; and the pastorates of two ministers,
his successors. Rev. Ezra Weld, [ord. Nov. 17, 1762,] and Rev. Richard
Salter Storrs, [ord. July 3, 1811,] have filled up nearly the whole of this long
period.* Mr. Ndes' children were, by first wife —
29. Elizabeth,* b. in Kingston, B. L, May 16, 1706 ; m. Nov. 10, 1723, Joshua
Hayward of the South Precinct in Braintree, [now Randolph.] Child.:
Elizabeth, bapt. Jan. 31, 1724-5 ; Sarah, bapt. Oct. 15, 1727 ; Eunice, b.
Sept. 16, 1731 ; Joshua, b. and d. Dec, 1733; Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1735.
Mrs. Hayward was living at date of her father's will, 1762.
29i. Sarah,* b. iu Kingston, R. L, May 20, 1708; m. Dec. 9, 1725, Benjamin
Hunt. Shed. Oct. 22, 1738. Children— 4nna, b. Nov. 14,1726; m.
Lemuel Thayer; James, b. Aug. 26, 1728 ; d. April 6, 1729 ; Elizabeth,
b. July 20, 1730 ; two still-born infants, 1732 and 1734-5 ; Benjamin, b.
Oct. 17, 1738.
30. tSamuel,* b. in Braintree, May 14, 1711 ; m. his cousin Sarah Niles,* Dec.
20, 1739.
31. Mary,* b. May 27, 1713; m.Nov. 5, 1730, Rev. Atherton Wales,* [Faxon,
35,] pastor of Second Chh., Marshfield. She was living at the date of
her father's will, 1762.
32. Nathaniel,* b. Feb. 2, 1715-16; d. March 8, 1731.
By second wife —
324. Elisha,* b. Jan. 8, 1717-18; bapt. at Newport, March 9, 1717-18; d. Jan.
11, 1718-19. [57.]
33. Elisha,* ( twins, b. July ) m. Anna (Thayer) Wild, Dec. 7, '52.1 [Tha'r,
34. Susanna,*; 30,1719; )m. H[on. Eben'r Thayer,' Apr. 1746. [lb. 178.]
21.
JOHN NILES,' son of Increase' and Mary Niles, b. in Braintree, Oct. 10,
1678 ; m. Margaret  . He lived in the upper or South Precinct of
Braintree, now Randolph; was a worthy citizen and one of the principal
characters there ; Selectman of Braintree, 1732 ; was commonly called
" Cooper John Niles," and on the Records and in the Rev. Mr. Niles's MS.,
appears as " John Niles, Junior," to distinguish him from his cousin John
Niles, son of Joseph, [13.] He is the " John Niles, 2d," in the list of mem
bers of the Second Church in 1711. Printed by vote of the Church, 1830.
John Niles, his wife, two sons, his brother and sister, six persons in all, and
all heads of families, fell victims, in the compass of ten days, to a " mortal
fever which at that time prevailed in several of our towns." [MS. of Rev.
Samuel Niles.
These persons were all buried near together, and small granite head-stones,
rudely carved, still mark the place of their sepulture. Some of the inscriptions
* Rev. Mr. Niles in his will, dated April 29, 1762, recorded Suff'. Prob., 60 : 186, disposes
of considerable properly, and along with it of three negro slaves. The will divides the
slaves among the sons, and makes no provision for their liberty.
X Elisha Niles,* j-oungest son of Rev. Samuel.' grad. H.C., 1739; was a magistrate, and
resided many years in Brainlree, certainly till 1768, when he was adm'r of Richard Faxon's
esiate ; afterwards moved away, probably about 1774. He has no children on record.

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are still legible. They stand in a row, in the old burying-ground in Randolph,
south of the north gate, and near the wall.
The Town Record, as copied about 1843, under authority of the town,
places this remarkable series of deaths in May, 1751. Rev. Samuel Niles
places it in May, 1752. The latter must be the correct date, inasmuch as the
Inventory of John Niles's Estate is dated July 10, 1752. [Suff. Prob., 48 : 88.
John Niles d. May 7, 1752, ae. 74. Margaret Niles, his wife, d. May 10,
1752. His brother Ebenezer d. May 12. His son Peter d. May 14. His son
Nathan d. May 15. His sister Mary, wife of Benjamin Clark, d. May 17,
1752. All within ten days ! Where can a parallel be found .' The children of
John and Margaret Niles were —
35. Increase,* b. Feb. 5, 1703-4; m. Hannah Thayer, Dec. 14, 1730.
36. tHannah,* b. Sept. 19, 1705 ; m. her second cousin, John Niles,* [26.]
37. tJohn,* b. March 17, 1708; m. 1, Dorothy Reynolds of Middleboro'. 2, Ex
perience  .
38. Nathan,* b. March 17, 1710; m.  ; d. as above. May 15, 1752.
39. Daniel,* b. Oct. 12, 1712.
40. Bethiah,* b. April 2, 1715.
41. Sarah,* b. May 31, 1717 ; m. ,Tohn Hawes, Nov. 6, 1744.
42. Lydia,* b. Dec. 18, 1719; m. Jona. Richards of Braintree, April 22, 1741.
43. Peter,* b. March 27, 1722 ; m. Elizabeth Vinton.* [Vinton, 37,] see above.

FOURTH GENERATION. 26.
JOHN NILES,* son of John and Catharine Niles, b. in Braintree, June 29,
1706; m. May 30, 1729, his second cousin, Hannah Niles,* [36,] b. Sept.
19, 1705, dau. of John and Margaret. They lived in Braintree, South Pre
cinct. His will, dated March 12, 1757, gives wife Hannah the use of dwelling-
house, household goods, and ten acres of land during her life. No children
are mentioned except his son Nathaniel, who, " soldier," was appointed adm'r
May 3, 1757. [Suff. Prob., 52 : 429, 145.
The only child of John and Hannah Niles was —
44. Nathaniel,' bapt. 1735; m. Mary Clark, July 24, 1755. He lived in Ran
dolph; was a "soldier" in 1757; a Lieut, in Revol. War; d. Nov. 1,
1817, a. 82. 30.
Hon. SAMUEL NILES,* son of Rev. Samuel Niles, b. in Braintree, May
14, 1711 ; bapt. May 27, 1711, the first person (of twelve hundred) baptized by
his father ; m. Dec. 20, 1739, his cousin Sarah Niles,* b. May, 1711, very
near his own age, dau. of his uncle Nathaniel, [17.]
He grad. H. C., 1731 ; and at his death was probably the oldest living
alumnus of that Institution. " On leaving college, he did not study a profes
sion, but engaged for a time in agricultural pursuits. His talents, intelligence,
good sense, and integrity, soon brought him into public notice. Several years,
he represented his native town in the General Court. He was a Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk, then including Norfolk ;
and after the Province had thrown off the power of the mother country, he
was one of the twenty-eight councillors, who, before the State Constitution
was formed, exercised the Executive power of Government." [Hobart's Hist.
of Abington.
Towards the close of his life, he with his wife went to Lebanon, Ct., into
the famdy of his son Jeremiah, where he d. April 30, 1804, a. 93. His wife
Sarah also d. at Lebanon, Feb. 22, 1802, a. 90 years and almost 9 mos. He
recorded her death with a steady hand ; adding — " She was my loving and
tender wife."

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Their children were —
45. Nathaniel,' b. 1740; bapt. July 14, 1744;* grad. Nassau Hall, 1766; m. 1,
 . 2. Elizabeth Watson, dau. of Judge William Watson of Ply
mouth. They had either a son or grandson, William Watson Niles,
grad. Dart. Coll., 1820; studied Divinity at Andover; ord. deacon
Episc. Chh. Philad., April 13, 1834. Hon. Nathaniel Niles was at first
designed for the ministry, but was never ordained. He was a powerful
preacher, and a man of superior talents. At length, he turned his at
tention to secular pursuits ; though still delighting in theological discus
sions, and associating much with ministers. He was one of the first
settlers of West Fairlee, Vermont, where sever.^l families from Braintree
also settled. He honorably sustained many public offices; was Judge of
the Supreme Court of Vermont, Lieut. Gov. of that State, and Repre
sentative in Congress. He d. at West Fairlee, Vt., 1828, a. 88.
He was a Trustee of Dartmouth College from 1793 till 1820. Prof.
Samuel Gilman Brown, (son of President Brown,) in an address before
the Alumni of that Institution at their First Triennial meeting, July 25,
1855, drew the following spirited sketch of this eminent man — " A fol
lower of Jeff'erson in politics, yet practically rather conservative; a
follower of Calvin in theology, yet apparently sometimes verging towards
his opponents, — an acute metaphysician, a little inclined to the opposite
side, — half author iu conjunction with Dr. Burton, [of Thetford, Vt.] of
the " Taste-scheme," so called, j-et walking independently, and not pre
cisely agreeing with his sharp-minded friend, — a great reader, keeping up
remarkably with the progress of science, and renewing in his old age his
knowledge of Latin, — a shrewd judge, and an indefatigable opponent."
46. Elizabeth,' b. about 1742; m. Dea. Samuel Holbrook,' his second wife.
[Holbrook, 79.] He was deacon at Lebanon, Ct., where he resided.
No children.
47. Samuel,' b. Dec. 14, 1744; bapt. March 10, 1744-5; m. Mary Dodge, dau.
of Rev. Ezekiel Dodge, pastor of Abington, 1750-1770. He grad.
Nassau Hall, 1769; commenced the study of theology with Mr. Dodge,
(who had fitted him for college;) but in consequence of the declining
health of the latter, he was induced to complete his theological course
under the training of that eminent divine, Rev. Joseph Bellamy of
Bethlem, Ct. He was licensed to preach by an association of ministers
at Middleboro', Nov. 7, 1770; ord. pastor, Abington, Sept. 25, 1771, as
successor to his teacher and father-in-law. Rev. Mr. Dodge. He con
tinued in the faithful and acceptable discharge of the duties of the pas
toral office in that place, having a high reputation both at home and
abroad, during forty years. Ho was prostrated with a severe paralytic
affection, Nov., 1811, which was a, source of much suffering till his
death, Jan. 16, 1814, £e. 70. He is said to have been in youth uncom
monly gay and thoughtless, and fond of practical jokes, sometimes to
the inconvenience of others. In his last year in coUege, after a season
of pungent conviction, he was " translated into the kingdom of God's dear
Son." He possessed a vigorous intellect, a clear mind, and a sound judg
ment ; an able metaphysician, an impressive preacher, a wise counsellor,
and a peace-maker. His children were — Mary Dodgt'; Sarah.,' m.
Jacob Dyer of Abington ; Clarissa' ; Elizabeth' ; Mdtitable' ; Samuel' ;
Laura' ; all b. bet. 1775 and 1794. Most of his children were never m.
48. Sands,' bapt. Aug. 4, 1751 ; see note under [5] ; m. about 1780, Anna Lud
den, b. Feb. 23, 1748, dau. of Benjamin and Esther (Capcn) Ludden,
and gr, dau. of John and Ruth (Thayer) Capon all of Brain. [Thay'r.,
167.] They resided in West Fairlee, Vt. He d. Oct., 1823. Children—
Samuel,' Benjamin,' Saruis.'
49. Jeremiah,' b.  ; was a farmer ; major in the militia ; removed to Lebanon,
Ct. ; m. Nov, 3, 1770, Abigail White,' b. Sept. 14, 1749, dau. of Josiah*
and Sarah (Holbrook) White of Boston. [White, 37.] Had one son
Henry,' who resided at Buffalo. 37.
JOHN NILES,* son of John and Margaret Niles, b. in Braintree, March
• Hon. Samuel Niles was admitted lo his father's church the laUer part of 1742.

THE PENNIMAN FAMILY. 83
17, 1708 ; m. 1, Dorothy Retnolds of Middleboro'. 2, Experience  .
He d. before March 30, 1759, when his chddren received guardians by appoint
ment of court. His children by first wife—
A dau., name unknown; m. Abiathar French,* son of John and Mary.
[Vinton, 14.]
Also, Keziah,' John,' Ebenezer,' these were above 14 years of age in 1759 ;
Jud^,' [Judith] James,' under 14 years of age, at that time.
Children by second wife,— Peter,' Experience,' Dorcas,' under 14 years of
age in 1759.
James,' (son by first wife,) b. April 2, 1747, m. Elizabeth Vinton.' [Vin
ton, 106.]
Experience,' (dau. by second wife,) m. David White. [White, 61.]

mmmm Jfamife of Iraintm.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
JAMES PENNIMAN,! b. in England, came probably in the Lion, 1631,
with John Winthrop, Jr. Admitted freeman, March 6, 1631-2; of Boston at
first ; of Braintree, 1639. Wife, Ltdia  . He d. Dec. 26, 1664.
His will is dated Dec. 18, 1664 ; proved Jan. 31, 1664-5 ; recorded Suff.
Prob., I : 443. Mentions his oldest son James, son Joseph, youngest son
Samuel. He says, "God hath blessed me with many children." His son
James " had been educated into such a way of living, as he is having already
had a portion." Most of the children, he says, were young. Inventory, Jan.
31, 16(54-5, including dwelling house, £45 ; barn and stable, old house and
orchard, £70 ; thirty acres of land near the Mill-Pond, £70 ; fifteen acres
near Knight's Neck, [Quincy,] £30; eighteen acres "nigh Weymouth
fferry," £55, etc. Total, £505. 3s. Sworn to in court by Lydia Penniman,
widow of James. [Suff. Prob., 4 : 207.
The children of James and Lydia Penniman were —
2. tJames,' bapt. March 26, 1633; m. Mary Cross, May 10, 1659.
3. Lydia,' bapt. Feb. 22, 1634-5.
4. tJohn,' bapt. Jan. 15, 1636-7 ; m. Hannah Billings, Feb. 24, 1664-5.
5. tJoseph,' b. Aug. 1, 1639 ; m. 1, Waiting Robinson. 2, Wid. Sarah (Bass)
6. Sarai,' [Sarah] b. May 6, 1641. [Stone.
7. tSamuel,' b. Nov. 14, 1645 ; m. Elizabeth Parmenter, Jan. 6, 1673-4.
8. Hannah,' b. May 26, 1648.
9. Abigail,' b. Dec. 27, 1651 ; m. Samuel Neale, son of Henry, April 18, 1678.*
10. iMary,' b. Sept. 29, 1653; m. Samuel Paine, April 4, 1678.

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
JAMES PENNIMAN,' eldest son of the preceding, bapt. March 26, 1633 ;
m. Marv Cross, May 10, 1659. Resided in Boston ; was a " felt-maker."
Was a member of the Artillery Company, 1673. From the language used in
his father's will, we are led to infer that he was an educated man ; but his
name does not appear among the alumni of Harvard College.
' HENRY NEALE,' of Braintree, (now Quincy,) b. in Eng., 1607; d. Oct. 16, 1678, [1688,
see Will,] a. 71, had two wives and twenty-one children. [Grave-stone. J He may have been
brother of John Neale of Salem, freeman. May 18, 1612, 12 acres of land at Ml. Wollaston
were granted Feb. 24, 1639-40, by the town of Boston, lo Henry Neale, for three persons in
his family. His will, dated Aug, 11, 1688 ; proved Feb. 27, 1690-1 ; recorded Soft'. Prob.,
8 : 35, mentions wife Hannah, sons Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin ; daus. Abigail Stoll, Hannah
Haiden, wife of Nehemiah, son Henry; daus. Sarah Mansfield, Mary Thayer, Ruth Thayer,
Deborah, Lydia, Rebecca, Rachel, Elizabeth, Joanna.

84 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Children —
11. tJaraes,' b. Sept. 27, 1661 ; m. Thomasin Marion.
12. Mary,' b. Sept. 17, 1668. 13. Joseph,' b. Oct. 8, 1674.
4.
JOHN PENNIMAN,' second son of James' and Lydia, bapt. Jan. 15,
1636-7 ; m. Feb. 24, 1664-5, Hannah Billing'?,' dau. of Roger Billings' of
Dorchester, who was freeman, 1643. She d. Feb. 9, 1678. John Penniman was
admitted freeman, I67I. The children of John and Hannah Penniman were —
14. James,' b. Feb. 7, 1665-6; d. March, 1678.
15. John,' b. Feb. 23, 1667-8 ; d. in childhood.
16. Joseph,' b. March 15, 1670-1 ; d. Jan. 28, 1706.
17. Samuel,' b. June 18, 1672.
18. Jonathan,' b. April 5, 1674,
19. Hannah,' b. Jan. 23, 1675-6; d. March, 1678.
20. John,' b. Jan. 5, 1677-8 ; d. in Braintree, Dec. 21, 1717.
The town of Braintree "voted, Nov. 28, 1 710, that twelve pounds be raised
for John Penniman of Swanzey, provided that the town be forever cleared of
him." A Bond, given Oct., 1711, to the town by Samuel Penniman, for his,
(John's) maintenance, calls John Penniman of Swanzey his brother. Were
Samuel and John Penniman, now mentioned, brothers of this family ? But
there was a Samuel Penniman, who d. Oct. 1, 1700 ; and this would seem to
be the Samuel above recorded, [17.] Was the Samuel who signed the bond,
the Samuel who m. Ellen Paine, [29,] and had he a brother John of Swanzey ?
5.
Deacon JOSEPH PENNIMAN,' son of James' and Lydia, b. Aug. 1,
1639; m. Waiting Robinson, dau. of William Robinson* of Dorchester.
She d. Aug. 21, 1690. 2, May 10, 1693, Sarah (Bass) Stone, widow of Dea.
John Stone' of Watertown.t and dau. of Dea. SAMUEL BASS' of Braintree.§
He lived in Braintree ; was a member of the " Suffolk Troop" of horse, and
with four other Braintree men was impressed from that troop to serve against
the Indians, as per Return dated Dec. 3, 1675. See Hatden [4.] He was
executor of John Hayden's will, 1684.
He d. Nov. 5, 1705, a. 66. His wife survived him many years, and was
living in Sept., 1739, not far from 100 years of age. His will is dated July
11, 1705 ; proved Nov. 22, 1705 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 16 : 73. He mentions
wife Sarah, sons Moses and James, dau. Deborah White, dau.-in-law Rebecca
Stone, son-in-law John Sanders, and his brother Samuel, deceased. Children
of Dea. Joseph and Waiting Penniman —
21. Joseph,' b. Feb. 20, 1670 ;|| d. Jan. 22, 1690-1, of a fever soon after he came
from Canada, he being one of the soldiers." [Braintree Records.
22. Moses,' b. March 15, 1670-1 ; d. in childhood.
23. Mary,' b. about 1674; m. John Sanders' of Dorchester.^"
* It has been supposed that this William Robinson was a son or grandson of Rev John
Robinson of Leyden. Bnl no evidence has been found to substantiate the conjecture, and
the probabilities are against it. We understand that Rev. Edward Uoblnson, D.D., aullioi
of the Biblical Researches in Palestine, who is a descendant of William Robinson of Dor
chester, has examined the subject, and decides against the supposition.
t Dea. John Stone, b, in Watertown, Aug: 15, 1635, was son of Dea. Simon Stone, by
wife Joan, He d. early in 1691. [See Bond's Hist, of Walertown.
6 Dea. Samuel Bass' was deacon of First Chh. in Braintree more than fifty years.
[j Joseph' is called on Braintree Records the " son of Joseph and Mary ;" but his grave
stone more correctly makes him son of Joseph and Wailing The Braintree Records, or
their transcriber, have fallen into several grievous errors with regard to Ihis family. [See
James [26.] Tliey place the births of Joseph and Moses both in the same year, 1670, and
only three weeks asunder ! and the youngest child James 1 13 vears later !
IT By Suff, Deeds, 30 : 155, (May 11, 1716,) it appears that "this John Sanders was heir-
at-law of Robert Sanders, one of the early proprietors of Dorchester. MARTIN SAND
ERS," one of the early settlers of Braintree, lefl at his death in 1658. two sons John and
Martin, and two sons-in-law, Francis Eliot and Robert Parmenter. The husband of Mary
Penniman may have been his grandson.

THE PENNIMAN FAMILY. 85
24. tMoses,' b. Feb. 14, 1677-8 ; m. Mary 
25. Deborah,' b. Feb. 27, 1679-80 ; m. Dea. Samuel White.' [White, 30.]
26. tJames,' b. Feb. 11, 1783, [no doubt 1683] ; m. Abigail Thayer.* [Tha., 147.J
7.
Lieut. SAMUEL PENNIMAN,' son of James' and Lydia, b. Nov. 14,
1645 ; m. Jan. 6, 1673-4, Elizabeth Parmenter, dau. of Robert and Leah
Parmenter, and gr. dau. of Martin Sanders,' who (Martin) d. July, 1658.
Robert Parmenter was a deacon of the First chh. in Braintree.
He was admitted freeman, 1678 ; by occupation " cord winder ;" lieutenant ;
appraiser of Thomas Faxon's estate, Aprd 26, 1694 ; of estate of John Mdls,
Nov. 7, 1695. He d. intestate, Jan. 16, 1704-5. Joseph Penniman and
Joseph Parmenter, adm'rs, Feb. 2, 1704-5. [Suff. Prob., 15 : 478.] Children—
27. Elizabeth,' b. Jan., 1674-5 ; ra. Joshua Morse of Medfield, Nov. 8, 1699.
28. Samuel,' b. March 15, 1675-6; d. in infancy.
29. tSamuel,' b. Nov. 5, 1677 ; m. Ellen Paine, May 14, 1707.
30. Josiah,' b. Nov. 21, 1678; d. Nov. 29, 1678.
31. Hannah,' b. Feb. 12, 1682-3.
32. Jonathan,' b. Feb. 17, 1685-6. 33. James,' b. March 29, 1695.
10.
MARY PENNIMAN,' dau. of James' and Lydia, b. Sept. 29, 1653 ; m.
April 4, 1678, Samuel Paine,' b. June 10, 1654, second son of Stephen' and
Hannah (Bass) Paine of Braintree, and grandson of MOSES PAINE,' who d.
June, 1643. He was a member of the Second Church in Braintree, at Mr.
Niles's settlement in 1711 ; lived in South Precinct [now Randolph] ; and d.
Dec. 10, 1739, k. 86. Chddren—
34. Mary,* b. Oct. 27, 1680. [Fourth Generation of Painbs.]
35. Lydia,* b. Jan. 6, 1681-2; m. Joseph Sawin of Braintree, S. P., Dec. 17,
1714. She was adm. to Second Church, 1713. They were prob. parents
of Capt. Eliphalet Sawin.
36. Samuel,* b. Nov. 26, 1684; m. Rachel Hayden.' [Hatden, 32.] They had,
37. Hannah,' b. Feb. 8, 1729-30, mother of John Vinton, ("reputed son
of John Vinton,") to whom Samuel Paine* gave two acres of land by
deed,March 1,1754. [Suff". Deeds, 85 : 172.] Sam'l* had other children.
38. Hannah,* b. Feb. 1, 1686-7.
39. Joseph,* b. Aug. 3, 1689 ; m. Sarah Powell, March 28, 1717 ; she was adm.
to Second Chh., 1725.
40. Mehitable,* b. Dec. 8, 1693 ; adm. to Second Church, 1713.
41. Benjamin,* b. Dec. 28, 1696.
THIRD GENERATION. 11.
JAMES PENNIMAN,' son of James' and Mary Penniman of Boston, b.
Sept. 27, 1661; ra. Thomasin Marion, dau. of John Marion. [Merriam?]
See Suff. Deeds, 28 : 135, 136. In the place just quoted, James Penniman is
called " surgeon," and he and his wife are said to have owned land on Sum
mer Street, Boston, which is represented as far up towards the South End.
"This land was divided, Aug. 17, 1714, between Jaraes Penniman* and his
sister, Mary Peck. James' and his wife Thomasin being at that time both
deceased. Chddren —
42. Mary,* b. Aug. 18, 1684; m. Samuel Peck. Resided in Boston.
43. James,* b. Dec. 11, 1686 ; m. Mary :  . They had Jonathan, b. Dec. 3,
1720 ; d. Oct. 10, 1721. Resided in Boston.
24.
MOSES PENNIMAN,' son of Dea. Joseph' and Waiting Penniman of
Braintree, b. Feb. 14, 1677-8 ; m. Mart  . His will is dated July 19,
1718 ; proved Aug. 28, 1718 ; recorded Suff. Prob., 21 : 44. Mentions wife
Mary, youngest chUd Moses, son Joseph to be brought up at college ; several
daughters, names not given. He d. July 29, 1718, a. about 42. [Grave-stone.]
His interment in the N. Precinct indicates that he resided there. [Quincy.]
7

86 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Chddren —
44. Mary,* b. June 20, 1699 ; m. Eleazar Fisher, Nov. 19, 1724.
45. Joseph,* b. about 1702; grad. H. C, 1723; not marked as clergyman on
catalogue.
46. Elizabeth,* b. July 3, 1705.
47. Sarah,* b. Jan. 24, 1708-9 ; d. unm., March 21, 1729-30.
48. Eleanor,* b. May 15, 1712.* 49. Moses,* b. June 1, 1715.
26.
JAMES PENNIMAN,' son of Dea. Joseph' and Waiting Penniman of
Braintree, b. Feb. II, 1683; m. July 12, 1705, Abigail Thater,* b. July 13,
1685. [Thater, 147.] She was adm. to Second Church in Braintree, 1720.
He d. Nov. 30, 1724. I find no Will or settlement of estate. Children—
56. tWilliam,* b. July 7, 1706 ; m. Oct. 16, 1729, Ruth Thayer.* [Thater, 158.]
57. James,* b. Dec. 1, 1708 ; m. 1728, Dorcas Vinton. [Vinton, 29.]
58. Abigail,* b.  ; m. June 17, 1725, Thomas White.* [White, 43.]
Probably there were other children, as —
59. Mary,* b.  ; m. June 20, 1726, Joseph Green, prob. son of Joseph of
Weymouth.
60. Hannah,* b.  ; m. Feb. 18, 1729-30, William Spear.
29.
SAMUEL PENNIMAN,' son of Lieut. Samuel' and Elizabeth of Brain
tree, b. Nov. 5, 1677; m. May 14, 1707, Ellen Paine,* b. Oct. 12, 1684,
dau. of Stephen,' (b. March 8, 1652,) and Ellen (Veazie) Paine, and gr. dau.
of Stephen,' who was son of Moses Paine,' the original emigrant. Ellen
Paine's father was brother of Samuel,' who m. Mary Penniman,' [10.]
Samuel Paine of Braintree, husbandman, having d. intestate, Jan. 29, 1717-
18, his widow Ellen was appointed adm'x, June 9, 1718. [Sufi. Prob., 21 : 6.]
Children —
61. Hannah,* b. Aug. 11, 1708; m. Stephen Cleverly, Jan. 25, 1727-8.
62. Samuel,* b. Feb. 24, 1710; m. Mehitable Ruggles, Feb. 9, 1732-3. His
will, dated Nov. 24, 1760 ; proved Dec. 9, 1768 ; mentions wife Mehita
ble, sons John, Samuel, and Ebenezer, daus. Susanna, Abigail, and
63. Bethiah,* b. March 17, 1712. [Mary.
64. Eleanor,* b. Jan. 1, 1714-15.
65. Abiel,* b. April 5, 1718 ; d. April 2, 1726.

FOURTH GENERATION. 56.
WILLIAM PENNIMAN,* son of James' and Abigad Penniman of Brain
tree, b. July 7, 1706 ; m. Oct. 16, 1729, his mother's cousin Ruth Thater,* b.
June 26, 1707. [Thater, 158.] She was admitted to Second Church in
Braintree, 1731. Eleven of his chddren shared in the division of his real
estate, May 4, 1780. [Suff. Prob., 79 : 256.] Chddren—
66. Ruth,' b. Nov. 17, 1730 ; m. Abijah Allen.' [Allen, 61.]
67. William,' b. Jan. 19, 1731-2; m. Sarah Wild, published Oct. 18, 1755.
They had Amasa, m. Eunice Soper ; Barzillai, m. Mary French ; Elijah,
m.  ; Josiah, m.  .
68. Ebenezer,' b. Feb. 28, 1732-3 ; living 1780; see above.
69. Ezra,' b.  ; living 1780; seeabove.
70. Pelatiah,' b. Aug. 2, 1736; living 1780.
71. Joseph,' b. Oct. 5, 1737; H. C, 1765 ; ord. pastor, Bedford, May 22, 1771;
dism. Nov. 1, 1793; removed to Harvard, and there d. Eccentric in
72. Meshech,' b.  ; living 1780; see above. [character.
73. Abigail,' b. Feb. 24, 1742; m.  Hollis ; living 1780.
74. Elihu,' b.  ; living 1780.
75. Bethuel,' b.  ; living 1780.
76. Susanna,' b.  ; m. Samuel French, June 14, 1789.
* She, or else her cousin Eleanor, [64,] m. Richard Collier of Boston, March 10, 1736.
Note. The preceding sketch is made out from original investigation.

THE THAYER FAMILY. 87

C|e imager Jfamilg of ^raintm.
The following is chiefly, but not wholly, derived from Thayer's " Famdy
Memorial," printed 1835, a valuable and much consulted work, but faulty in
arrangement. I have corrected some mistakes, and supplied some omissions.
Where notice is not given to the contrary, the person wdl be understood to
belong to Braintree. I have not undertaken to give an account of the entire
Thayer famdy, but only of those more nearly connected with the design of
this volume.

FIRST GENERATION.
There were two original settlers in Braintree, of the name of Thayer,
Richard and Thomas. Whether they were related to each other is not
known. Not improbably they were brothers. We begin with the Family of
Richard Thayer.
RICHARD THAYER' came from England, where some of his chddren
were undoubtedly bom. Freeman, 1640. Settled in Braintree not far from
that date. In 1641, he purchased a tract of land of Josias Wampatuck,
sachem of the Indians, who lived on Neponset River, near Stjuantum, who
claimed the land as far as Marshfield. This Josias was a minor in 1641,
according to the English usage, his father Chicatabut having died in 1633 ;
hence the remonstrance of the town of Braintree against this transaction. In
1682 Richard Thayer sent a petition to the king in favor of his claim under
this deed. [Mass. Archives, 3, 34.] Richard d. in Braintree, Aug. 27, 1695.
His children were —
1. Cornelius,' was of Weymouth; he d. in 1663.*
2. tRichard,' m. Dorothy Pray, sister of John Pray of Braintree, Dec. 24, 1651.
3. tDeborah,' m. Thomas Faxon' of Braintree, April 11, 1653. [Faxon, 2.]
4. Jael.'
5. Sarah,' m. Jonathan Hayward, May 3, 1663 ; or else, m. Samuel Davis, in
Boston, July 20, 1651. [Boston Records.
6. tHannah,' m. Samuel Hayden,' 1664. [Hatden, 4.]
7. Zachariah,' d. at Braintree, July 29, 1693, probably unmarried. His brother
Richard was administrator on his estate, Aug. 7, 1693. [Suff. Prob.,
13 : 106.
8. tNathaniel,' m. Deborah  , about 1670.
9. Abigail,' b. about 1661 ; d. Aug. 6, 1727, a. 66, unmarried.

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
RICHARD THAYER,' son of the preceding ; b. prob. in England ; m.
DoROTHT Prat, Dec. 24, 1651. He was of Braintree. He was in Capt.
Johnson's company, Oct. 1675, employed against the Indians.| (Possibly it
was his son Richard.') He d. Dec. 4, 1705. So Thayer's Fam. Mem. But
this date belongs to his son Richard [11.] His wife d. Dec. II, 1705.
* " Administration on estate of Cornelius Thair, late of Weymouth, was granted, June,
1663, to Richard and Zacharias Thaier, his brethren, in behalf of themselves and the rest of
his brethren and sisters, giving security," &c. [Sufl. Prob., 4 : 143.
X In the Metssachusetts Archives is the following list of twelve Braintree men, in Capt.
Johnson's company, Ocl. 1675 :—
Ebenezer Owen, Richard Thayer, Henry Batllett,
Samuel Bass, Martin Saunders, Thomas Copeland,
William Sables, [Savil] Francis Nash, James Atkins,
"Thomas Holbrook, Increase Niles, Jonathan Pitcher.

88 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Their chddren were —
10. Dorothy,' b. Aug. 30, 1653.
11. tRichard,' b. Aug. 31, 1655 ; m. Rebecca Micall.
12. tNathaniel,' b. Jan. 1, 1657-8; m. Hannah Hayden.'
13. tCornelius,' b. Sept. 18, 1670; m. Abigail Hayden.'
8.
NATHANIEL THAYER,' brother of the preceding; m. Deborah  ,
about 1670. Of Boston. Admitted freeman. May 15, 1690.
Their children were —
14. Natbaniel.'b. Aug. 28, 1671.*
15. Zachariah,' b. May 29, 1683.
16. Cornelius,' b. Nov. 14, 1684.
17. John,' b. April 2, 1687 ; d. young.
18. John,' b. July 2, 1688.
19. Ebenezer,' b. Feb. I, 1689 ; m. Lydia Copeland, 1719.
20. Deborah,' b. Oct. 14, 1691.
Of the above. Rev. Ebenezer Thayer,' [19] H. C, 1708, was ord. pastor
Second Church, Roxbury, Nov. 26, 1712. Cornelius' [16] had a son JVathan-
lel,* b. 1710, who by wife Ruth Eliot, sister of Rev. Andrew Eliot, D. D. of
Boston, was father of Rev. Ebenezer Thayer,' b. July, 1734 ; H. C, 1753; m.
Martha Cotton, dau. of Rev. John Cotton of Newton ; ord. pastor, Hampton,
N. H., and d. Sept. 6, 1792. His second son was Rev. Mdhanid Thayer,' D. D.,
b. July 11, 1769; H. C, 1789; ord. pastor, Lancaster, Oct. 9, 1793.

THIRD GENERATION. 11.
RICHARD THAYER,' son of Richard' and Dorothy, b. Aug. 31, 1655 ;
m. Rebecca Micall, July 16, 1679. She was b. Jan. 22, 1658-9. Of Brain.
He d. Sept. 11, 1729. [Such is the stateraent in Thayer's Fam. Mem. But
I find in Suff. Prob., 16 : 94, the Inventory of the estate of Richard Thayer
of Brantrey, £440. 15s., exhibited by Rebecca Thayer and Benjamin Thayer,
adm'rs, Dec. 24, 1705. Children—
21. Rebecca,* b. Aug. 16, 1680; m. Thomas Bolter of Weymouth, Feb. 12,
22. tBenjamin,* b. Oct. 6, 1683 ; m. Margaret Curtis. [1701-2.
23. tRichard,* b. Jan. 26, 1684-5; m. 1, Mary White.* 2, Sarah Ford. 3,
Lydia Pray.
24. tJohn,* b. Jan. 12, 1687-8; m. Rebecca French.' [French, 20.]
25. Mary,* b. Feb., 1688-9; m. June 15, 1718, WilKaKi Copeland,' sou of
William,' gr. son of Lawrence,' grandson also oF John' and Ruth
Bass. [Alden, 18.]
26. James,* b. Nov. 16, 1691.
27. tDeborah,* bapt. April 11, 1697 ; m. Josiah Faxon.* [Fakon, 36.]
28. tAnna,* bapt. Nov. 14, 1697 ; m. Dependence French.' [French, 19.]
29. Gideon,* b. July 26, 1700; m. Hannah Hollis, June 3, 1723. Had a son
Gideon,' b. 1732, whose son Gideon,' m. Jemima Vinton,' 1800. [Vin-
30. Obadiah,* b. May 1, 1703 ; d. April 5, 1721. [ton, 217.]
12.
NATHANIEL THAYER,' son of Richard' and Dorothy, b. Jan. 1, 1657-
8; m. Hannah Hatden,' May 27, 1679. [Hatden, 9.] He lived in what
is now called South Braintree, about a raile South of the S. Braintree meeting
house on the road to East Randolph ; was a man of property, and respecta-
* Nathaniel Thayer,' [14] in his will, daled May 15, 1703, calls Col, Penn Townsend his
uncle, and makes him aaminlstralor. Penn Townsend, son of William Townsend, was b. in
Boston, Dec. 20, 1651 ; d. there, Aug. 21, 1727, ae. 76. A worthy citizen, member of the
Council for the Province, and Judge of the Superior Court for Suffolk. His dau. m. Rev,
Ebenezer Thayer of Roxbury. William Townsend left wid. Hannah, who d. before 1700,

THE THAYER FAMILY. 89
bility ; a " house-wright." Died intestate, March 28, 1726. Four, if not
five, generations of Thayers have been born on that spot ; which continued in
the occupancy of his descendants tUl a few years ago, when it was sold by
Col. Sylvanus Thayer,' son of Natlianiel,^ [122.] Chddren—
31. tNathaniel,* b. abt. 1680; m. 1, Sarah Wales.* [Fax., 23.] 2, Relief Hyde.
32. Richard,* b. abt. 1683; m. May 18, 1708, Susanna White.* [White, U.]
Removed to West Bridgewater.
33. tHannah,* b. Feb. 17, 1685-6; m. Thomas Vinton.' [Vinton, 12.]
34. Zachariah,* b. March 16, 1687 ; m. Feb. 4, 1717-18, Elizabeth Curtis.
35. Ruth,* b. July 17, 1689.
36. Dorothy,* m. Joseph Ludden, Jan. 9, 1717. [Holbrook, 15.]
37. Lydia.*
38. Daniel,* m. Elizabeth Thompson, June 2, 1719. He d. — , a. abt. 104 yrs.
13.
CORNELIUS THAYER,' son of Richard and Dorothy; b. Sept. 18,
1670 ; m. Abigail Hatden,' about 1694. [Hatden, 16.] Selectman of
Braintree, 1722. Mrs. AbigaU Thayer d. Jan. 1, 1731. Chddren—
39. Cornelius,* b. abt. 1695; m. Rachel Spear, July 19, 1717.
40. Moses,* b. abt. 1698; m. Christian Aspinwall, Aug. 6, 1723. He was buried
in Randolph, Sept. 4, 1727. Their dau. Christian,' b. April 12, 1726,
m. Nehemiah Holbrook,' 1744. [Holbrook, 85.]
41. Gideon,* b. March 1, 1700.
42. David,* b. abt. 1702; m. Dorothy Blanchard, Dec. 17, 1724.
43. Ezekiel,* b. abt. 1704 ; m. Nov. 1, 1725, Mehitable White.* [White, 44.]
44. Eliakim,* b. abt. 1706 ; m. Aug. 12, 1729, Deborah Hersey of Milton. One
of their sons, Solomon,' b. Sept. 23, 1744, m. Alethea Hayden,'
dau. of Nehemiah.* [Hatden, 64.]
45. Hezekiah,* b. abt. 1708; m. Nov. 3, 1729, Christian (Aspinwall) Thayer,
wid. of his brother Moses, [40.]
46. Jeremiah,* b.  ; d. Nov. 9, 1711.
47. Abigail,* b.  ; d. Jan. 11, 1712. [others.
48. Jeremiah,* b. Aug. 20, 1716; m. Joanna  . Had Patt/,' /eremaft,' and

FOURTH GENERATION. 22
BENJAMIN THAYER,* son of Richard' and Rebecca, b. Oct. 6, 1683 ;
m. Margaret Cortis, Aug. 17, 1704. She was adm. to 2d Chh. in Braintree,
1713. He d. May 4, 1712. After his death she m. John Hayden,' Feb. 26,
1712-13. [Hatden, 33.] The children of Benjamin Thayer were—
49. Margaret,' b. June 26, 1705 ; m. Amos Stetson,* May 9, 1728.
50. Benjamin,' b. Feb. 23, 1707-8; m. Hannah Vinton.* [Vinton, 28.]
51. Zebulon,' b. Aug. 29, 1711 ; m. 1, 1728, Mary  . 2, 1746, Sarah  .
23.
Lieut. RICHARD THAYER,* son of Richard' and Rebecca, b. Jan. 26,
1684-5 ; m. Feb. 6, 1710-11, Mart White,* b. Sept. 12, 1690, dau. of
Samuel' and Anna White of Weymouth. [White, 12.] She was adm. to
Second Church, Braintree, 1719. He had been adra. to same, 1714. 2, Sarah
Ford, who d. Feb. 14, 1742. 3, Ltdia Prat. He was blind many years.
His chddren were, by first wife —
52. tisaiah,' b. Nov. 5, 1711 ; m. Sarah White, dau. of Benjamin, Sept. 17, 1741.
53. Mary,' b. Sept. 26, 1713 ; m. John Ludden, Oct. 25, 1733. Their dau.
Mary,' b. May 4, 1737 ; m. Elisha French.* [French, 52.]
54. tJames.' b. Oct. 4, 1716 ; m. Esther Wales.' [Faxon, 24.]
55. Gideon,' b. Jan. 16, 1718; m. Rachel  . Resided in Boston. Their
dau. Rachel,' m. Ebenezer Thayer,' [196.]
56. Obadiah,' b. Dec. 26, 1720 ; d. in childhood.

90 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
57. Anna,' b. Jan. 31, 1722; m. 1, Jonathan Wild. They had only Anna, b.
Aug., 1749, the wife of Col. John Holbrook.' [Holbrook, 90.] 2,
Elisha Niles,* son of Rev. Samuel. [Niles, 33.]
58. Obadiah,' b. March 29, 1724; m. Joanna  . Had six children in
Braintree ; then moved to Boston.
By his second wife—
59. tRichard,' b. March 18, 1731 ; m. Esther French,* dau. of Moses' andEsther^
[French, 53.]
60. Sarah,' bapt. 1733. Never married. An invalid from childhood.
61. Ruth,' b. Aug. 1, 1734 ; m. Capt. Silas Wild, b. March 8, 1736 ; he d. Sept.
30, 1807. She d. Dec. 29, 1793. They had Sarah, b. Feb. 23, 1758 ;
Jonathan, Dec. 4, 1759 ; Paul and Silas, twins, b. Jan. 13, 1762.
62. tJerusha,' b. Jan. 18, 1736-7; m. 1755, Randall Wild.
24.
JOHN THAYER,* son of Richard' and Rebecca, b. Jan. 12, 1687-8 ; m.
May 26, 1715, Rebecca French,' dau. of Dependence French.' [French,
20.] He d. Feb. 9, 1768. She d. Oct. 30, 1762. Chddren—
63. John,' b. Feb. 18, 1715-6 ; d. April 15, 1716.
64. John,' b. July 27, 1717; m. Abigail  . He d. Sept. 10, 1745.
65. Benjamin,' b. Jan. 11, 1719-20; m. 1, Ruth Capen, Jan. 17, 1741, dau. of
John and Ruth (Thayer) Capen. [Thatee, 167.1 2, Bethiah Thayer,'
dau. of Naphtali and Bathsheba. [ " 169.]
66. Obadiah,' b. Dec. 31, 1721. Lived in South Weymouth.
67. tMicah,' b. Oct. 31, 1723; m. Mehitable French,* Jan. 14, 1748.
68. Richard,' b. Dec. 15, 1725 ; d. Jan. 30, 1725-6.
69. Richard,' b. Jan. 26, 1726-7 ; m. Susanna (RandalH) Their son Richard,'
b. Sept. 13, 1757 ; m. Sally Turner,' dau. of Seth. [Vinton, 40.]
70. Abiah,' b. June 25, 1729; m. Elizabeth  .
71. Simeon,' b. May 22, 1732 ; m. Martha Blanchard of Weymouth.
72. Elijah,' b. July 16, 1736 ; m. 1, Hannah Hayden, May 18, 1765. [Hatden,
107i.] 2, Eleanor Thayer,' [83.]
31.
NATHANIEL THAYER,* son of Nathaniel' and Hannah ; b. abt. 1680 ;
m. 1, Jan. 25, 1704-5, Sarah Wales,* dau. of Elder Nathaniel Wales.'
[Faxon, 23.] 2, Jan. 13, 1708-9, Relief Htde. 3, Sarah  . He was
a man of note and consideration in town ; was often called " the Governor ;"
lived in what is now South Braintree. Mr. Thayer d. Jan. 3, 1752. His will,
dated Dec. 3, 1751, mentions wife Sarah. His children were, by first wife —
73. Sarah,' bapt. April 1, 1705; m. William Linfield.
74. Joanna,' bapt. Aug. 18, 1706; m. William Cheney.
By second wife —
75. tNathaniel,' b. Oct. 7, 1709 ; m. Mary Faxon,' dau. of Richard. [Fax. 72.]
76. Elizabeth,' b. Sept. 11, 1711 ; m. Feb. 28, 1734, Capt. Theophilus Curtis of
Stoughton. They had three sons, Theophilus, Jesse, Moses; and three
daus. Eunice, Elizabeth, Relief. Eunice m. Maj. Edmund Soper.
77. Josiah,' b. Nov. 30, 1713; m. 1, April 20, 1743, Mary Veazie. 2, Rebecca
Hunt, July 3,1762.
78. tCaleb,' b. Feb. 10, 1716 ; m. Abigail Faxon,' dau. of Richard. [Fax., 73.1
79. Abraham,' b.  , 1717 ; m. Sarah Hunt. He d. June 4, 1794. They had
Elizabeth,' b. July 28, 1753, who was second wife of "Cornet" Solomon
Thayer,' [172.] These had Jechonias,' b. July 24, 1786, now of Brain
tree. Abraham' and Sarah Thayer also had Isaac,' b. May 9, 1742, who
m. Abigail Thayer,' [120.] Ahraltam,' b. April 30, 1757 ; m. Lydia
Thayer,' [165.] Hannah,' m. Sylvanus French.' [French, 80.]
80. Hannah,' b- Dec. 2, 1720; d. young.
81. Relief,' b. March 11, 1723; m. Capt. James Faxon.' [Faxon, 75.]
82. Lydia,' bapt. 1726 ; d. young.

THE THAYER FAMILY. 91
FIFTH GENERATION. 52.
ISAIAH THAYER,' eldest son of Lieut. Richard* and Mary, b. Nov. 5,
1711 ; m. Sept. 17, 1741, Sarah White, b. March 18, 1709, dau. of Benjarain
and Mary White. Their chddren were —
83. Eleanor,' b. Nov. 15, 1742; m. May 11, 1790, Elijah Thayer,' [72,]
84, Sarah,' b. Sept. 14, 1744 ; m. Oct. 19, 1765, John Vinton.' [Vinton, 86.]
85. Lois,' bapt. 1748.
86. Eliphaz,' b. March 14, 1762 ; m. Deliverance Thayer,' dau. of James* and
Deborah, [172.] 64.
JAMES THAYER,' son of Lieut. Richard* and Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1716 ;
m. Esther Wales,' b. Dec. 17, 1717, dau. of Nathaniel* and Esther (Ash
ley) Wales. [Faxon, 24.] Their children were —
87. Nathaniel Wales,' b. Aug. 21, 1748.
88. Esther,' b. May 21, 1750.
89. James,' b. July 15, 1753.
90. Barnabas,' b. March 13, 1755.
91. Mary,' b. March 29, 1757; m. abt. 1779, Lieut. Daniel Loring of Braintree.*
He d. July 27, 1831. She d. 1834. Children— James, b. June 18, 1780 ;
Judah, m. Elizabeth Nash ; Nathaniel Wales, m. Joanna Bowditch, dau.
of William of Braintree ; settled iu Braintree ; Barnabas Thayer, b.
1790; m. Elizabeth Jane Head ; shopkeeper in Boston; d. about 1830; no
children; Mary, num., £s<Acr, unm. Jomes,sonofDaniel and Mary Loring,
m. Feb. 23, 1806, Mary Freeman, dau. of Enoch Freeman of Duxbury;
lived in that town, and was deputy sheriff there many years. James and
Mary Loring had Daniel, Feb. 8, 1807, m. Hannah Norris, and settled
at Gardiner, Me. ; Judah, April 15, 1809, m. Betsey Wild Faxon.
[Faxon, 94.] Master ship-wright in Medford, Selectman, Justice of
Peace, &c. His brother, Barnabas Thayer, b. Nov. 8, 1811, m. Frances
E. Porter of Boston. 59.
RICHARD THAYER,' son of Lieut. Richard by Sarah his second wife,
b. March 18, 1731 ; m. Esther French,* b. Dec. 21, 1735, dau. of Moses'
and Esther (Thayer) French. [French, 53. Thater, 168.] Mr. Thayer d.
March 23, 1823, a. 92. Their children were—
92. Henry,' b. Oct. 28, 1756 ; m. abt. 1780, Phila Packard, dau. of Jacob of
North Bridgewater ; settled in Winchester, N. H.
93. Moses,' b. July 26, 1758 ; m. Anna Ayres Allen, and settled in Boston.
94. Isaiah,' b. Nov. 10, 1760; m. 1, Tamar Bayley of Weymouth. She d.
Sept. 29, 1812. 2, Rhoda Stetson of Braintree, June 17, 1817. Of
Sterling, Mass.
95. Elisha,' b. Aug. 31, 1764; m. Irene Holbrook, prob. a, native of Faurlee.
Of West Fairlee, Vt.
96. Theodora,' b. Nov. 5, 1766 ; m. June 27, 1797, Benjamin Wales,' b. June
5, 1759, son of Capt. Nathaniel,' who was son of Capt. Elkanah Wales.*
[Holbrook, 41. Faxon, 26.] Of Braintree.
97. Richard,' b. March 21, 1769; m. Martha Appleton. Of Boston.
98. Obadiah,' b. Feb. 23, 1772 ; m. Elizabeth Vinton.' [Vinton, 218.]
99. Zebadiah,' b. June 5, 1774; m. Lucy, widow of Benjamin Parker of An
dover. Of Wiscasset.
100. Lydia,' b. Sept. 22, 1776.
101. Nathaniel Emmons,' b. May 29, 1778; m. Deliverance Thayer,' b. May
14, 1785, eldest dau. of Deacon Eliphaz' and Deliverance Thayer.
[Thatek, 86.]
102. Abigail,' b. Aug. 20, 1781 ; m. Hezekiah Goodenough. Of Boston.
* Lieut. Daniel Loring was a Revolutionary pensioner. He was in Capt Gardiner's
company, under Col. Brooks, at Horse Neck, or Greenwich, Ct., where Pulnam had his
perilous adventure. He was also at the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorklown. 1781. He
was b. Jan. 8, 1751, son of Benjamin and Anna (Alden) Loring, who were m. Feb. 8, 1739.
Anna Alden,* his mother, b. Jan. 29, 1722, was dau. of Col John Alden' of Boslon, b. Sept.
20, 1690, who was son of Capt. John'-* of Boston, and grandson of the pilgrim JOHN
ALDEN,' of the Mayflower. [MS. of J. S. Loring, Esq., of Boston.

92 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
62.
JERUSHA THAYER,' dau. of Lieut. Richard Thayer by Sarah his second
wife, b. Jan. 18, 1737; m. 1755, Randall Wild, b. May 9, 1732, son of
Jonathan Wdd of Braintree, and Sarah (Randall) Wild of Weymouth, who
were m. July 29, 1719. Widow Jerusha Wild d. May 31, 1809, a. 72.
Their children were —
103. Asa, b. Feb. 25, 1757 ; m. Anna Wales. Settled in Fairlee, Vt.
104. Levi, b. Aug. 23, 1758; m. Rhoda Capen, dau. of Nathaniel, and gr. dau.
of John and Ruth (Thayer) Capen. [Thatee, 167.] Of Braintree.
No children.
105. Randall, b. June 14, 1760; m. Sarah Hunt. Settled in West Fairlee, Vt.
Parents of Rev. Daniel Wild, pastor of Cong. Chh. in Brookfield, Vt.
106. Esther, b. Sept. 5, 1762 ; m. Isaac Horton. Settled in N. Bridgewater.
107. Elisha, b. April 4, 1764; m. Abigail Faxon,' dau. of Azariah.' [Faxon,
78.] Settled in West Fairiee, Vt.
108. Richard, b. Sept. 4, 1765. Settled in Easton, Mass.
109. Sarah, b. April 26, 1772 ; m. Nehemiah Holbrook.'
75.
NATHANIEL THAYER,' son of Nathaniel* and Relief Thayer, b. Oct.
7, 1709; m. April 3, 1735, Mart Faxon,' dau. of Capt. Richard Faxon.*
[Faxon, 72.] Chddren—
110. Mary,' b. Aug. 19, 1735 ; d. Jan. 29, 1753.
111. Elihu,' b. Aug. 9, 1737 ; d. Aug. 1738.
112. Nathaniel,' b. Sept. 2, 1739 ; d. March, 1740.
113. Relief,' b. Oct. 25, 1741 ; m. Samuel Spear, Nov. 15, 1766. Had one son,
114. Anna, b. Sept. 17, 1743 ; d. Nov., 1748. {Calvin.
115. Nathaniel,' b. Aug. 15, 1745 ; d. Nov. 24, 1748.
116. Elihu,' b. March 18, 1746 ; grad. Nassau Hall, 1769 ; ord. pastor, Kingston,
N. H., Dec. 18, 1776. D.D. An eminent minister. Died April 3, 1812,
117. Sarah,' b. Sept. 14, 1749 ; d. unm. July 10, 1795, a. 46. [a. 66.
118. Nathaniel,' b. April 18, 1754; m. Hannah Penniman,' dau. of James* and
Dorcas. [Vinton, 29.]
119. Calvin,' b. July 15, 1756; m. Sarah Penniman,' niece of Hannah.
78.
CALEB THAYER,' son of Nathaniel* and Relief Thayer, b. Feb. 10,
1716 ; m. 1744, Abigail Faxon,' dau. of Capt. Richard Faxon.* [Faxon,
73.] Mr. Thayer d. 1760. Chddren-
120. Abigail,' b. June, 1746 ; m. May 3, 1764, her cousin Capt. Isaac Thayer,**
b. May 9, 1742; d. 1827; son of Abraham' and Sarah Thayer," [79.]
Isaac and Abigail were parents of Capt. Luther Thayer,'' who m. Olive
Turner,' dau. of Seth, [Vinton, 40,] and of Reli^ Thayer,'' who m.
Stephen Penniman,' also of Caleb Thayer^' who m. Anna' and Mary'
Holbrook. [Holbrook, 118, 122.]
121. Caleb,' b. June 2, 1748 ; d. young.
122. Nathaniel,' b. April 25, 1752; m. Dorcas Faxon,' dau. of Azariah.'
123. Alice,' b. Aug. 18, 1755; d. young. [Faxon, 78.]
* Capl. Isaac Thayer's second wife was Lydia (Thayer) Wales, b. Ocl. 5, 1754, widow
of Elisha Wales,' son of Joseph' and Abigail (Bass) Wales, and dau. ot Josiah Thayer,'
[Thayer, 77,] a cousin of his first wife, and his own cousin.

THE THAYER FAMILY. 93

Jfamilg of %\mm f |agtr.
We come now to the Family of Thomas Thater,' a distinct family from
the foregoing.
FIRST GENERATION. 124.
THOMAS THAYER,' was an original emigrant from Old to New Eng
land. It is not improbable that he was an elder brother of Richard Thayer;
though no proof remains of the fact. He was admitted freeman in 1647.
Forty acres of land at Mount Wollaston, were granted Feb. 24, 1639-40, by
the town of Boston to Thomas Thayer for nine persons in his family. The
farm on which he lived has been owned and occupied by his descendants tdl
the present day. It is on the Monatiquot River, a short distance East of Rev.
Dr. Storrs' meeting-house ; where his descendant, Jechonias Thayer,' Esq.,
[172,] liow resides.
Thomas Thayer came from England with his wife Margebt, and three
sons ; 125. fTnoMAs' ; 126. Ferdinando,' and 127. fSHADRACH.'
" Old Thomas Thayer dyed 2d. 4 mo. 1665." [June 2, 1665.] Brain. Rec.
From his being called "old" in 1665, we may infer that he was older than
Richard Thayer, who d. in 1695, without being caUed " old " on the Records.
His will is dated June 21, 1664 ; proved Sept. 13, 1665; recorded Suff. Prob.,
1 : 458. Amount of Inventory £209. 16s. lOd. His wife Margery d. Feb.
11, 1672-3.
Ferdinando,' his son, lived in Braintree tdl after his father's death, when he
removed to Mendon with a colony from Braintree and Weyraouth. He had
an allotraent of land in Mendon, 1662, to be occupied before Sept., 1663.
He m. Huldah Hayward of Braintree, Jan. 14, 1651-2. He had six children
in Braintree, four in Mendon. I pass over his descendants as not connected
with the design of this volume. The other two brothers remained in Braintree.

SECOND GENERATION. 125.
THOMAS THAYER,' son of Thoraas,' came from England with his father,
and seems to have brought with hira his wife Anna, and his eldest son
Thoraas. He died Aug. 9, 1693, a. more than 70. His wife Anna d. Feb. 7,
1697-8, a. abt. 73. Children—
128. tThomas,' b.  ; m. Abigail Veazie, March 25, 1680.
129. Elizabeth,' b. March 23, 1646-7.
130. Isaac,' b. Sept. 7, 1654; d. July 30, 1658.
131. tJohn,' b. Dec. 25, 1656 ; m. Mary Neale.'
132. Experience,' b. March 15, 1658; m. John French.' [French, 2.]
133. tisaac,' May 30, 1661. Prob. unm. Died of small-pox, Aug., 1690.
134. tEbenezer,' b. July 7, 1665 ; m. Ruth Neale.'
135. Deborah,' b.  ; d. in 1677. 127.
SHADRACH THAYER,' youngest son of Thomas' and Margery Thayer;
m. 1, Mart Barrett, Jan. 1, 1654-5. She d. Aprd 2, 1658. He then m. 2,
Deliverance Peiest. Shadrach Thayer d. Oct. 19, 1678. His widow d.
Jan. 17, 1723, a. 79. Chddren by first wife—
136. Rachel,' b. Oct. 9, 1655; d. Nov. 23, 1656.
137. Tryall,' b. Feb. 7, 1657-8.

94 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Children by second wife —
138. Freelove,' b. June 30, 1662 ; d. Aug. 5. 1662.
139. Mary,' b. April 1, 16H3 ; m. Samuel Bagley.
140. Timothy,' b. Sept. 3, 1666.
141. Samuel,' b. Sept. 7, 1667 ; m. Susanna Scant, Jan. 18, 1694.
142. tEphraim,' b. Jan. 17, 1669-70 ; m. Sarah Bass,' Jan. 7, 1691-2. [Alden,
143. Hannah,' b. April 8, 1672 ; d. Feb. 5, 1677-8. 19.]
144. William,' b. Aug. 1, 1675 ; m. Hannah Hayward, a, widow, Sept. 22, 1699.

THIRD GENERATION. 128.
THOMAS THAYER,' son of Thomas' and Anna, b. prob. in England ;
m. March 25, 1680, Abigail Veazie, dau. of William Veazie* of Braintree.
He d. an untimely death, Dec. 7, 1705. She d. Jan. 11, 1711-12. Children—
145. Thomas,* b. Jan. 14, 1681 ; d. Sept. 13, 1704.
146. William,* b. Aug. 15, 1682; d. Sept. 17, 1704. [niman, 26.]
147. tAbigail,* b. July 13, 1685 ; m. James Penniman,' July 12, 1705. [Pen-
131.
JOHN THAYER,' son of Thomas' and Anna, b. Dec. 25, 1656; ra. Mart
Neale,' dau. of Henry Neale.J Severe afflictions were their lot.§
Their children —
148. tJohn,* b. June 30, 1686 ; m. Mary Wales,* dau of Nathaniel.' [Faxon,
149. Henry,* b. Aug. 1, 1688; d. March 2, 1688-9. [29.]
From about the time of this chdd's death tdl her own, thirty-five years,
Mrs. Thayer was distracted.6 133.
ISAAC THAYER,' son of Thomas' 'and Anna, b. May 30, 1661, was one
of the soldiers in that ill advised, ill-starred, rash, and almost ruinous expedi
tion to Canada, which sailed from Boston, Aug. 9, 1690, with the small-pox
on board. Six Braintree men died of this disease, and were thrown overboard
at Nantasket ! before the fleet sailed. Their names were John Palmer, Isaac
Thater, Ephraim Copeland, Ebenezer Copeland, Samuel Bass, and John
Cheney. See Faxon, 13. 134.
EBENEZER THAYER,' youngest son of Thomas' and Anna, b. July 7,
1665 ; ra. Ruth Neale,' dau. of Henry Neale of Braintree. See notej under
[131.] He d. June II, 1720. Their chddren were—
150. Ruth,* b. July 25, 1690 ; d. Aug. 19, 1704.
151. tEbenezer,* b. May 3, 1692 ; m. 1, Rachel Wales. 2, Sarah (Mills) Neale.
152. Hannah,* b. Oct. 16, 1693.
153. Thomas,* b. Feb. 19, 1698; d. April 16, 1698.
154. Rachel,* b. April 3, 1699.
155. Eleazar,* b. Jan. 17, 1701 ; d. April 13, 1704.
156. Deborah,* b. March 16, 1702.
157. Eleazar,* b. Jan. 28, 1704 ; m. Rachel French.' [French, 27.]
158. Ruth,* b. June 26, 1707; m. William Penniman.* [Penniman, 56.]
159. Elizabeth,* b. Oct. 12, 1709; m. John Hobart,' son of Josiah,* gr. son of
Caleb.' [Faxon, 3.]
* William Veazie d. June 16, 1581, a. 65. [Gjave-stone.
X Henry Neale of Braintree mentions in his will his two daughters Mary and Ruth
Thayer, who were, without doubt, the wives of the brothers John' and Ebenezer' "Thayer.
5 " 1724, July 6. Was buried the wife of John Thayer, who had been under dislraction
more than 35 years, and was in the woods without any common or ordinary food for man
kind, fifty-three days, without coming into any house She was found in a wilderness
swamp, almost naked, and in a very weak and sad condition, and died soon afler." [Brain
tree Chh. Records.
" 1746, Dec. 19. Was buried John Thayer, wanting about five days to complete his 90th
year. He was visited with a palsy 56 years before ;" viz. in 1690. [Ibid.

THE THAYER FAMILY. 95
142.
EPHRAIM THAYER,' son of Shadrach,' b. Jan. 17, 1669-70 ; ra. Jan. 7,
I69I-2, Sarah Bass,' b. March 29, 1672, youngest dau. of John' and Ruth'
( Alden) Bass, of Braintree. [Alden, 19.] " They were indulged the peculiar
satisfaction of living to see fourteen children arrive at years of raaturity,
enter a famdy state, and unanimously raake the noble resolution of Joshua,
' As for me and my house, we ivill serve the Lord.' On one communion occa
sion, they enjoyed the singular felicity of presenting themselves, with the
fourteen children which God had graciously given them, at the table of the
Lord, to receive the emblems of Redeeming Love ! A similar instance has
seldom been found in the annals of the Christian church." [Alden's Collection.
It is stated in a copy of verses, composed on occasion of Mrs. Thayer's
death, 1751, by Edward Chessman of Braintree, that there were then 132 of
her descendants, an equal number being of each sex ; and that many of them
had been in the wars, but had all returned unhurt.
Sarah, wife of Ephraim Thayer, d. Aug. 19, 1751, a. 79 years, 5 months.
In 1754, when Mr. Thayer was 84 years of age, he married a second wife,
widow Mart KingMan. He d. June 15, 1757, in his 88th year.
The chddren of Ephraira and Sarah Thayer, all b. in Braintree, were —
160. Sarah,^ t. Feb. 5, 1692-3; m. Seth Dorman, Aug. 4, 1715. Settled in
Norton.', She d. at Braintree, a widow, Jime 12, 1753. Their dau.
Ruth,' m.^TO,vid Vinton.* [Vinton, 38.[
161. Ephraim,* b. fiMy 8, 1694; m. April 1, 1718, Mary Copeland-,' b. Nov.
24, 1692, dtui. *f- Thomas,' and gr. dau. of Lawrence Copeland.' Settled
in Braintree.
162. Philip,* b. April 14, 1696 ; m. April 1, 1718, Mary Wilson. Of Braintree ;
afterwards of Norton.
163. Hannah,* b. Jan. 13, 1697-8 ; m. 1, 1724, Nathaniel Blanchard. 2, May 8,
1765, William Noyes. Of Braintree.
164. Joseph,* b. July 28, 1699; m. 1, Dec. 16, 1725, Sarah Faxon,* [Faxon,
43.] 2, Nov. 16, 1738, Eunice Ludden. His dau. Eunice,' (by second
wife) had for second husband Jonathan Curtis of Stoughton. Their
son was Rev. Jonathan Curtis, b. Oct. 22, 1786; grad. D. C, 1811 ;
minister successively at Epsom, N. H., 1815, Sharon, Mass., 1825, Pitts-
field, N. H., 1834.
165. Shadiach,* b. April 18, 1701 ; m. Rachel White,* May 2, 1723. [White,
16.] Their son Jonathan,' b. Jan. 31, 1726, m. Dorcas Hayden.*
[Hatden, 69.] He d. Jan. 18, 1805, a. 79. She d. Jan., 1814. They
had Nehemiah,' b. Aug. 11, 1748; m. 1785, Sarah Hobart of Pembroke.
Dorcas,' b. Dec. 11, 1752 ; m. Alexander White,' 1778. [White, 82.1
Lydia,' b. Nov. 20, 1755; m. Abraham Thayer.' ['Thater, 79.]
.Jonathan,' b. June 15, 1758; d. young. Jonathan,' b. April 10, 1761 ;
m. Betsey Faxon,' May 9, 1780. [Faxon, 85.] Their grandson
Shadrach,' m. Ruth Vinton.' [Vinton, 110.]
166. Christopher,* b. March 4, 1702-3 ; m. Mary Morse. Of Braintree. He d.
Dec. 10, 1787.
167. Ruth,* b. April 1, 1704 ; m. Sept. 20, 1722, John Capen. Resided in
Braintree. Their dau. Ruth m. Benjamin Thayer,' [65.]
168. tEsther,* July 24, 1705 ; m. Dec. 24, 1730, Moses French.' [French, 25.]
169. Naphtali,* b. Jan. 30, 1706-7; m. Feb. 3, 1731-2, Bathsheba Bass,* bapt.
March 29, 1711, dau. of Dea. Samuel Bass,' "cooper," of Braintree.
[Adams, 17.]
170. Peter,* b. July 12, 1708; deacon; m. June 1, 1732, Anna Porter. Of
Braintree ; then of Peterboro, N. H.
171. tPriscilla,* b. March 7, 1710; m. 1, Elijah Hayden.* [Hatden, 65.] 2,
Joseph Ford. 3, William Spear. Settled in Quincy. She d. abt. 1795.
172. James,* b. March 16, 1712; m. Deborah Arnold, b. Nov. 14, 1729. Set
tled at Braintree on the farm of his ancestoire, which he left to his son
Solomon,' b. Sept. 10, 1755; d. Feb. 1, 1835;- who left the same to his son
Jechonias,' b. July 24, 1786. James Thayer,' (son of James,*) b. Aug.
28, 1752, m. second wife, Mary Wales Thayer,' dau. of Thos. Thayer,'
[194] ; their dau. Lydia,' m. Boylston Vinton.' [Vinton, 233.]

96 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
173. Abigail,* b. Nov. 15, 1713 ; m. Nov. 21, 1734, Dr. Benjamin Richards of
Weymouth, and lived there. He d. June 25, 1755. She d. March 10,
1765. Their dau. AftijaS m. Rev. Jonathan French.* [French, 55.]

FOURTH GENERATION. 148.
JOHN THAYER,* son of John' and Mary, b. June 30, 1686 ; m. 1, April
8, 1714, Mart Wales,* dau. of Elder Nathaniel Wales. [Faxon, 29.] 2,
Ltdia  . Chddren by first wife —
174. Thomas,' b. April 2, 1715 ; d. April 14, 1715.
175. Joanna,' b. Dec. 1, 1716; d. Dec. 14, 1716.
176. tThomas,' b. April 7, 1718 ; m. Lydia  .
And by second wife were nine other chddren.
151.
Capt. EBENEZER THAYER,* eldest son of Ebenezer' and Ruth, b. May
3, 1692; ra. 1, Nov. 12, 1719, Rachel Wales,* youngest dau. of Elder
Nathaniel Wales.' [Faxon, 34.] She was adra. to chh. in Middle Precinct,
Braintree, 1721. 2, Oct. 18, 1763, Sarah (Mills) Neale, widow of Joseph
Neale, and dau. of Capt. John Mids.' [Mills, 23.] He d. Nov. 2, 1777, a.
85. Sarah, his widow, d. at Randolph, Nov. 20, 1800, a. 102, having lived
through nearly the whole of the 18th century ! The chddren of Ebenezer and
Rachel Thayer were —
177. Ebenezer,' b. June 18, 1720; d. June 25, 1720.
178. tEbenezer,' b. July 31, 1721 ; m. 1, Susanna Niles.* 2, Rebecca Miller.
179. Rachel,' b. Oct. 10, 1723.
180. Ruth,' b. Jan. 18, 1725-6.
182! a:4,'b--'^-^-yi»'i^2«-
183. Jacob,' b. July 7, 1730.
184. Nathaniel,' b. March 2, 1733.
185. Atherton,' b. June 20, 1735 ; m. 1756, bis cousin Ruth Hobart,' b. Oct. 1,
1734, dau. of John' and Elizabeth, [159.]
186. Zephaniah,' b. June 13, 1737.
187. Jedidiah,' b. April 14, 1740; d. Nov. 10, 1740.
188. Jedidiah,' bapt. 1743. Capt. An officer of the Revolution. His son
^phion,' m. Susanna Bond, b. Sept. 8, 1775, youngest child of Col.
William Bond of Watertown, who was Lieut. Col. of Gardner's Regi
ment at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Their eldest son was Gideon French
Thayer,'' b. Sept. 21, 1793, for twenty-five years Principal of the Chauncy
Hall School in Boston. [Bond's History of Watertown.

FIFTH GENERATION. 176.
THOMAS THAYER,' son of John and Mary, b. April 7, 1718; m. Ltdia
 . Chddren —

189. Thomas,' b. Jan. 26, 1741 ; d. in infancy.
190. Gains,' b. Nov. 20, 1744 ; m.  Veazie, dau. of Benj. Veazie.
191. Elkanah,' b.  , 1746 ; m. Mary Adams.' [Adami, 84.]
192. Thomas,' b. Jan. 10, 1749 ; d. Feb. 7, 1755.
193. Susanna,' b.  , 1752; m. Aminadab Hayden.' [Hatden, 112.1
194. Mary Wales,' b. May 30, 1756 ; m. Oct. 26, 1779, James Thayer,' son of
James* and Deborah, [172.]
195. Lydia,' b. May 10, 1759 ; m. Oct. 26, 1779, "Cornet" Solomon Thayer,'
son of James* and Deborah, |172.] His second wife was Elizabeth
Thayer,' dau. of Abraham,' [79.]

THE WHITE FAMILY. 97
178
Hon. EBENEZER THAYER,' son* of Capt. Ebenezer* and Rachel, b.
July 31, 1721 ; m. 1, Aprd 3, 1746, Susanna Niles,* b. July 30, 1719, dau.
of Rev. Samuel Ndes' of Braintree. [Niles, 34.] She died in childbed.
May 9, 1754. 2, 1755, Rebecca Miller of Milton. She d. Dec. 3, 1784.
He d. Feb. 7, 1794, aetatis 73, after a confinement of 16 years, attended with
much suffering. He had been Selectman of Braintree 18 years; Repre
sentative in General Court 17 years successively; Colonel in Mditia ; one of
the Council of Mass., in 1776. Chddren by first wife —
196. Ebenezer,' b. Aug. 21, 1746 ; m. Rachel Thayer,' b. Dec. 20, 1744, dau.
of Gideon' of Boston, [55 ;] many years Selectman, Town Clerk,
Treasurer and Representative ; Senator from Norfolk County ; first
Sheriff of Norfolk Co.; Brigadier Gen. &c. Gen. Thayer d. May 30,
1809. Rachel, his widow, d. Sept., 1819.
197. Elisha,' b. Dec. 4, 1748 ; unm. ; H. C, 1767 ; d. at Barbadoes, Feb. 1, 1774.
198. John Coddington,' b.  ; d. Dec. 4, 1753.
199. An infant,' b.  ; d. May 9, 1754.
Children by second wife —
200. Samuel Miller,' b. Nov. 27, 1756 ; d. Feb. 7, 1757.
201. Rebecca Miller,' b. Aug. 6, 1758 ; m. abt. 1778, Edmund Soper, son of
Maj. Edmund Soper, [76.]
202. Samuel Miller,' b. April 9, 1761 ; m. Hannah Calef of Boston. She d. a,
widow, at Brooklyn, N. Y., 1855, a. 92. Children — Ebenezer, Rebecca
Miller, both unm., and both reside at Brooklyn, N. Y.
203. Susanna,' b. Jan. 8, 1764; d. young.
204. Atherton,' b. Feb. 9, 1766 ; m. Sarah Jackson.*
205. Rachel,' b. Feb. 13, 1768 ; never m. Resided with her brother Minot T.
206. Stephen,' b. Jan. 2, 1770; m. his brother Atherton's widow.
207. Minot.'t b. Dec. 25, 1771. Never mamed. Died Dec. 14, 1856.

%\t iSjjik Jfamilg of iEegm0ttt| anb ^ramtm.
The following sketch is made out in part from personal examination of orig
inal records, and in part from the researches of Lemuel Shattuck, Esq. of this
city. Mr. Shattuck, whose wife is a descendant of this family in two distinct
lines, [3, also 99] has made extensive investigations into the history of this
and other families by the name of White, the results of which, it is hoped, he
wdl one day lay before the public.
There were raany original emigrants of this name. William White, one of
the company of the Mayflower, 1620, d. Feb. 21, 1620-1, whose son Peregrine,
b. in Nov. 1620, was, according to Prince, " the first of European extract b. in
* Atherton Thayer,' was Deputy Sheriff, Capl. of the Light Horse, &c. At the funeral
of Governor Hancock, who d. Oct. 8, 1793, his appearance at the head of his troop was so
noble and martial ihat Sarah Jackson, dau. of Rev. Joseph Jackson of Brookline, fell in
love with him, sought him out and married him, against the wishes of her parents. They
had two daughters, Rebecca Jackson,'' m. John Isaac Brown, and Hannah Jackson,'' never
married. Atherton Thayer d. at about the age of 30. After his death, his brother Stephen
married his widow. They had Sarah Jackson,'' m, her cousin Ebenezer Coddington Thayer
of Braintree ; and Joseph Henry Jackson,'' now of Bangor. Stephen Thayer was a Druggist
in Boslon, in the store now occupied by John I. Brown aforesaid, on Washington Street,
opposite 10 Essex Street. Mr. Brown became apprentice to him in 1807; and succeeded
him in the store, which is the oldest Drug store in Boston, having been occupied for this
purpose seventy years.
X Minot Thayer, once a shop keeper in Boston, about 1792, bul resided in Brainlree most
of his life; was Representative of Braintree about 30 years. Was very popular; Colonel
in the Militia, &c.

98 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
New England," and d. at Marshfield, July 22, 1704. There was another WU
liam White, b. 1610, who came to New England and settled at Ipswich, 1635;
whose descendants are exceedingly numerous. There was a John White of
Cambridge, 1632; another at Salem, 1638; another at Lynn, 1630; one at
Kittery, 1652, and one at Lancaster, 1653. Anthony White was of Sudbury,
1640. Edward White was at Dorchester, 1636 ; another Edward at Roxbury,
1647. Nor is the list more than half complete. The name is now found in
almost every town in New England.

FIRST QENERATION. 1.
THOMAS WHITE' was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts Colony,
March 3, 1635-6 ; being then, and previously, an inhabitant of Weymouth,
and a member of the church there. Neither the place of his nativity in
England, nor the year of his coming to this country, is certainly known. His
age is stated in a deposition, taken in 1659, at " about 60." He was therefore
born in 1599. His name appears upon the earliest records of Weymouth, and,
if not one of the first settlers, he must have been nearly so. His place of
residence is said to have been near the present turnpike leading from Quincy
to Hingham, in East Weymouth, or what has long been known as " Old
Spain." He was many years one of the selectmen of Weymouth ; and was
often chosen on important committees. He commanded a mditary company,
then a post of distinguished honor and responsibdity ; and was Representative
in the General Court, 1637, 1640, 1657, and 1671. His will is dated July 5,
1679 ; proved, Aug. 28, 1679. His death, at the age of 80, must have oc
curred in the interval. He was the ancestor of a numerous posterity, many of
whom have been persons of education, distinction, and worth. His wife, not
being mentioned in his will, probably died before him ; and neither her name
or surname has been ascertained. His children, living at the date of his will,
and probably all born in Weymouth, were the following —
2. tJoseph,' b.  ; m. Sept. 19, 1660, Lydia Rogers.
3. Hannah,' b.  ; m. June 24, 1659, Capt. John Baxter,' b. in Roxbury,
Dec. 1, 1639, only son of Gregoiy Baxter,' who d. in Quincy, Jan. 21,
1659-60. [Adams, 8.] He settled as a farmer in that part of Old
Braintree, since known as Bent's Point, where he d. April 20, 1719, £e. 80.
He left a large estate. His son John,' b. Feb. 14, 1667, was a farmer in
Quincy, where he d. March 21, 1747, a. 80. By wife Huldah Hayward,
dau. of Jonathan, he had John,* b. Jan. 10, 1698, who m. March 12,
1728, Mehitable Willard, and was father of Daniel,' and eraudfatber of
Hon. Daniel Baxter' of Boston; whose daughter is wife of Lemuel
Shattuck, Esq.
4. tSamuel,' b. 1642; m. Mary Dyer.
5. tThomas,' b.  ; m. Mary Pratt.
6. tEbenezer,' b. 1648; m. Hannah Phillips.

SECOND GENERATION. 2.
Capt. JOSEPH WHITE,' son of Capt. Thomas,' prob. b. in Weymouth;
m. Sept. 19, 1660, Ltdia Rocjers, b. in Weymouth, March 27, 1642, dau. of
Elder (or Deacon) John Rogers. He removed, 1662, from Weymouth to
Mendon, where he had an allotment to be occupied before Sept. 1663. Sev
eral other famdies frora Weymouth and Braintree removed to Mendon about
the same time. [Holbrook, 4. Thater, 126.] On the destruction of
Mendon by the Indians in 1676, he returned to Weymouth, and remained
there until afler the war. He was a respected and useful citizen ; land-sur
veyor ; captain of a military company ; and sustained various town ofiices.
He d. in Mendon, March 23, 1706. His children were—

THE WHITE FAMILY. 99
7. Joseph,' b. July 5, 1661 ; m. Lydia  ; 8 children.
8. Lydia,' b. Dec. 17, 1662 ; m.  Cook.
9. Thomas,' b. April 1, 1665 ; m. 1, Mehitable  ; 2, Mary  ; 8 childr.
10. Samuel,' b. Feb. 14, 1666; m. Anna Bingley. He wafi adopted by his un
cle Samuel White' of Weymouth, by whom he was brought up, and who
is said to have also brought up Anna Bingley. He lived and d. in
Weymouth. From his uncle Samuel White^ he received a large estate.
After his uncle's death, he is called in sundry deeds " Samuel White,
senior," being older than his two cousins of the same name. His
children were —
11. Susanna,* b. March 12, 1688-9; m. May 18, 1708, Richard
Thayer.* [Thater, 32.J
12. Mary,* b. Sept. 12, 1690; m. Feb. 6, 1710-11, Lieut. Richard
Thayer.* [Thater, 23.]
13. Lydia,* b. Sept. 4, 1693; m. Dec. 5, 1715, Joseph Pray. [Hat
den, 42.]
14. Anna,* b. Oct. 14, 1696 ; m. Dec. 7, 1717, William Wild. Their
only child, Daniel, by wife Anna Sumner, was father of Hon.
Samuel Sumner Wilde, many years a Judge of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts.
15. Thankful,* b. April 17, 1700 ; m. Apiil 9, 1722, Isaac Newcomb.
16. Rachd,* b. March 20, 1703 ; m. May 2, 1723, Shadrach Thayer.*
[Thater, 165.]
17. Experience,* b. Jan, 1, 1706-7; m. Dec. 4, 1733, Abijah Neale.
18. Samuel,* b. April 2, 1710 ; m. Nov. 1735, Prudence Williams, b.
Jan. 21, 1710, dau. of Samuel Williams, Esq. of Taunton.
She d. June 8, 1808, a. 98 y. 4 m. 17 d. He was a lawyer of
much eminence in Taunton. He was much engaged in public
life; colonel of a regiment of militia; representative from
Taunton, or councillor, nearly every year from 1744 till his
death. In 1759, 1764, and 1765, he was Speaker of the House
of Representatives ; and as such may be said to have officially
set in motion the great wheel of the American Revolution,
having, as Speaker, signed the Circular Letter of Massachu
setts to the several Colonies under which the first Congress
was convened at New York in Oct. 1765, for the purpose of
defeating the obnoxious Stamp Act. He was a man of fine
personal appearance, of great sagacity, an eloquent speaker,
and of irreproachable morals. He d. March 20, 1769, se. 59.
He had—
19. Experience,' b. 1738 ; m. Hon. George Leonard,' b.
July 4, 1729; H. C, 1748; d. July 26, 1819. [See
Leonard Family in Gen. Reg., vol. v., p. 408.
20. Anna,' b. Feb. 25, 1741; m. Hon. Daniel Leonard, b.
1740; H. C, 1760; d. in London, England, June,
1829, a. 89. The author of the letters signed "Mas-
sachusettensis," between Dec. 12, 1774 and April 3,
1775 ; an able defence of the arbitrary proceedings of
the British ministry, answered by JOHN ADAMS,
over the signature of " Novanglus." [lb. pp. 409, 410.
21. Bathsheba,' b. 1746; m. William Baylies, M. D., of
Dighton, parents of Hon. Francis and Hon. William
Baylies. [Ibid.
22. John,' b. Dec. 3, 1668; m. Sarah  ; lived in Mendon; d. April 3, 1725.
23. Ebenezer,' b. Dec. 4, 1670.
24. Ann,' b.  ; m.  Trask.
25. Mary,' b.  ; m.  Hill.
26. Experience,' b.  ; m. Feb. 10, 1701, Ephraim Miller of Mendon.
27. Hannah,' b.  . 4.
Capt. SAMUEL WHITE,' son of Capt. Thomas White,' b. in Weymouth,
1 642 ; m. Mart Dter, b. July 8, 1641, dau. of Dea. Thomas and Mary (Reed)
Dyer of Weymouth. He was admitted freeman, 1674. He was a merchant in

100 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Weymouth on Fore River, on the spot where Hon. Cotton Tufts lived in 1801 ;
it is but a furlong or so from Braintree line. Much employed in public busi
ness ; he represented the town in the General Court, 1679 and 1680 ; supplied
many warlike stores for the Colony ; and coramanded a Troop of Horse. He
was erainent for his enterprise, energy, wealth, and for the excellence of his
character.* Capt. Ephraim Savage having sold for £500 to Mr. John Hubbard, mer
chant, of Boston, " 2400 acres of Land in Brantery, commonly called Iron
Works Land;"| Mr. Hubbard immediately conveyed to Samuel White of
Weyraouth, "house-wright," the moiety thereof; and these two mortgaged,
Dec. 8, 1683, the same property to Capt. Savage, for £350. [Suff. Deeds,
13 : 39.
The property was redeemed and the mortgage cancelled, Nov. 20, 1686.
Lieut. Samuel White of Weymouth also bought, March 7, 1687-8, of Wil
liam Penn, late of Braintree, now of Boston, for £385, 105 acres of land in
Braintree, in two parcels, viz., 101 acres lying near Monotoquid River, at the
head of the salt water, bounded W. by a line from the S. W. corner of the
cart-bridge by marked trees, untd they come to the head line between Wil
liam Penn, and the land of late belonging to Mr. Henry Flint, deceased, S. by
land of said Flint ; E. by land of Thomas White ; N. partly by land of said
Penn, and partly by the County Road. Also, four acres lying on the N. side
of the County Road, bounded S. by said Road, B. by land of Thoraas White,
W. by land reserved by said William Penn for a landing-place, extending to
the channel.§ [Of course, this parcel of four acres was on the tide-water,
and E. of the Iron Works ; the other was S. of thera.] [SuflT. Deeds, 16 : 94.
These deeds, and others following thera, show that Capt. Sarauel White was
a large land-owner in Braintree, south and east of the Iron Works ; and that
he owned the Braintree Wharf and land adjacent. He owned the twenty-one
acres of land which constituted Thomas Vinton's first purchase in Braintree.
[Vinton, 12.] He also owned the estate afterwards belonging to Dea. Sarauel
White, his nephew, and more recently to Capt. Joseph Allen and Rev. Jonas
Perkins, which lay west of Thomas Vinton's land ; he owned land, moreover,
" bounded south on the River, and Mill Pond ;" and as sorae of his property
was " bounded south on Cochato Land," his estate raust have extended to the
neighborhood of Randolph. [Suff. Deeds, 16 : 594. 26 : 9. 27 : 287, 306.
He d. without issue, in his native town, Aug. 19, 1699, a. 57. His will is
dated Dec. 2, 1698 ; proved, Sept. 14, 1699 ; recorded, Suff. Prob., 14 : 82.
Besides giving to ray wife Maiy, " all ray house and housing, barnes and
orchards, and all his lands lying in Weymouth, also five cows, one yoke of
oxen, farraing utensds, household furniture, one sdver tankard, two silver
spoons, and one dram-cup, silver, and £100 in raoney, and four negro servants,
Frank, Zipporah, Charles and Margaret ;" he divides his estate araong twen
ty-eight of his near relatives, who are particularly named, seven of whom,
including his three brothers and his sister, his nephew Joseph White, and
nieces Hannah Dyer and Mary White, (dau. of Thomas) were to have two
shares each ; the other twenty-one to have each one share ; making 35 shares
in the aggregate.
* His petition lo the Governor and Council is on file in the Massachusetts Archives, daled
June 8, 1694. in which he stales lhal he " built IMary fort in Boslon ;" and that on a warrant
from Gov. Bradstreet and the Council, he with his troop, consisting of fifty-two men, went
to Newport, R. 1. after Sir Edmund Andros, who had escaped from the castle, and brought
him back lo Boslon. [Massachusetts Archives, 70 : 225, 22:6.
Fort Mary iu Boston must have been built afler the Revolution of 1688, and nrobablv on
Fort Hill. If}
X This purchase did nol include the Iron Works, forge, &c,, but was very near thereto
on the soulh and west. See Appendix, G, '
§ The very same land, apparently, had been sold to Lieut, Samuel While of Weymouth,
about five years before, by John Hubbard, [Ibid. 16 : 96,

THE WHITE FAMILY. 101
The Inventory of his Estate amounted to £1523. 9. 8. He had, besides the
homestead, (valued at £400,) 93 acres adjoining Francis Nash, 10 acres on
Manoticut River, 2 acres at the landing place in Braintree, by Joseph Allen's,
about 740 acres, commonly called the " Execution Land," (valued at £200,) &c.
His widow Mary d. Oct. 23, I7I6, m. 76. In her wdl, dated Oct. 30, 1706,
proved, Nuv. 22, 1716, she provides that her two negroes, Moses and Miriam,
"if they continue faithful servants tdl each attains to 33 years of age, shall be
discharged and made free at that age ; but in case one or both should prove
tvicked and stubborn, such one or each shall have no benefit by this my wdl,
for his or her being made free." By her husband's will, Frank and Zipporah
were "to be free at my wife's decease, provided they be faithful servants till
then, and not otherwise." Charles and Margaret were to " be free at thirty-
two years of age, and not before." So that it appears, that Mr. and Mrs.
White were the owners of six negro slaves. 5.
THOMAS WHITE,' son of Capt. Thomas,' bom in Weymouth; m. Mart
Pratt, and settled in Braintree, not far from Weymouth line. Was admitted
freeman, 1681, and had a high social position. He d. Aprd II, 1706.
His wdl, dated March 28, 1706; proved. May 16, 1706; recorded, Suff.
Prob., 16 : 146, mentions wife Mary, and flve children, as subjoined.* Estate
appraised at £444. 7. 6. Children —
28. tThoraas,' b.  ; m. 1, Mehitable Adams.' 2, Mary Bowditch.
29. Mary,' b,  ; m, Thomas Holbrook,' [Holbrook, 18.]
30. tSamuel,' b. Sept. 19, 1676; ni. 1, Deborah Penniman.' 2, Sarah Torrey.
31. tJoseph,' b.  ; m. Sarah Bayley, Dec, 6, 1704,
32, tEbenezer,' b. 1683; m. Lydia  .
6.
Capt. EBENEZER WHITE,' youngest son of Thomas'; b. in Weymouth,
1648; m. Hannah Phillips, b. in Weymouth, Nov. 25, 1654, dau. of Nicho
las Phillips and Hannah Salter, who were m. in Boston, Dec. 4, 1651. t
He lived and died in his native town, on the place afterwards occupied by
his gr. gr. grandson, Dea. Abiel White, not far from the dwelling of the late
Hon. Christopher C. Webb. He was made freeman, 1674 ; was a man of
integrity and worth, and a respected and useful citizen. He d. Aug. 24, 1703,
a. 55. Will dated July 19, 1703 ; recorded, Suff. Prob., 14 : 284. Estate ap
praised at £955. 10. 6. Children —
34. Ebenezer,' b. Feb. 17, 1672; H. C, 1692 ; ord. Oct. 9, 1696, at Southamp
ton, L. I. Pastor there 53 years, till 1748; d. there, March, 1756, 33. 84.
A worthy and useful man ; m. Hannah Pierson, supposed a descendant
of Rev. Abraham Pierson, minister at Branford, Ct., 1644 — 1665. Parents
of Rev. Sylvanus, b. Dec. 16, 1702 ; H. C, 1722 ; his father's colleague
and successor in ministry at Southampton, where he d. Oct. 22, 1782.
35. tThomas,' b. Aug. 19, 1673; m. Mary White, dau. of James of Dorchester.
36. tSamuel,' b. 1676; deacon in South Weymouth; m. Anna Pratt, Sept. 14,
1682; d. intestate, Aug. 18, 1760, a. 84.
37. Joseph,' b.  ; m. 1, Sarah  . 2, Catharine Andrews, 1743.
Resided for a time in Weymouth, on Fore River, where he built the
mansion-house, afterwards owned and occupied by his nephew, Capt.
James White,* and more recently by Major John White,' son of James.
* Thayer supposes that he might also have a son Benjamin, m. 1, Mary  ; 2, Lydia
Sacan [Secomb], Jan. 17, 1715-16. Bul this is highly improbable. No such sonis men
tioned in the will ; and the testator, by saying " my four sons, Thomas, Samuel, Joseph, and
Ebenezer," and indeed the whole tenor of the will, excludes the idea of another son living
at the dale of it
i Nicholas Phillips, in his will, daled June 2, 1671 , when he was 60 years of age ; proved,
Oct. 3, 1672; recorded, Suff. Prob., 7 : 243, mentions his children, Richard, eldest son,
Joshua, (d. unm. 1679,) Benjamin, Alice Shaw, Experience King, Hanhah White, and
Abigail, together with his brother Henry Phillips
8

102 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Afterwards lived in Boston, on Hanover Street, near the Dniversalist
Meeting-House, and d. about 1750. His son Josiah,* b. April 27, 1721,
m. Sarah Holbrook.' [Holbrook, 75.] They were the parents of
Abigail,' b. Sept. 14, 1749, who m. Major Jeremiah Niles.' [Niles, 49.1
38. Hannah,' b. May 5, 1681 ; m, John Alden^ of Middleborough. [Alden, 12.]
39. Abigail,' b. March 3, 1683; m. Samuel Reed of Mendon.
40. Benjamin,' b. Feb. 21, 1684; m. 1, Ruth Reed. 2, Ann Bicknell. Resided
for a time in Weymouth ; about 1727 removed to Middleborough, where
he d. Dec. 10, 1750. He was a deacon in Middleborough ; a magistrate ;
and of eminent worth of character.
41 . Experience,' b. July 1, 1686 ; m. Joseph Pool of Dighton.
42. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 9, 1688; m. David Pierson of Long Island, supposed
brother of Hannah Pierson. [34.]

THIRD QENERATION. 28.
THOMAS WHITE,' son of Thomas' and Mary White of Braintree, b.
about 1673; ra. I, July 21, 1697, Mehitable Adams,' youngest dau. of
Joseph' and Abigad Adams. [Adams, 20.] She d. Oct. 2, 1713, a. 40. 2,
April 29, 1714, Mart Bowditch, b. Feb. 17, 1686-7, dau. of John and
Temperance (French) Bowditch. [French, 5.]
He lived in East Braintree, a few rods S. E. of the Iron Works, on the S.
side of the " Plymouth Road," now Commercial Street. He was Selectman of
Braintree, 1722, 1725. He and his wife were members of the Second Church
in Braintree at Mr. Niles's settlement, 1711. He sold his property in Brain
tree to Thomas Vinton in 1734, at which time he was " of Abington, yeoman."
[Suff Deeds, 53 : 134.
His chddren, all b. in Braintree, were —
By first wife —
43. Thomas,* b. Oct. 2, 1698, m. June 17, 1725, Abigail Penniman.* [Penni
man, 58.] He was "of Weymouth, yeoman," 1734.
44. Mehitable,* b. Feb. 15, 1700-1 ; m. Nov. 1, 1725, Ezekiel Thayer.* [That
er, 43. J
45. Mary,* b. Aug. 21, 1703 ; m. June 6, 1723, Alexander French.' [French, 37.]
46. Abigail,* b. Feb. 23, 1706-7; m. March 7, 1734, Seth Copeland,' son of
John,' son of Lawrence 'Copeland' of Braintree. His first wife was
Mary Holbrook.* [Holbrook, 65.] Sold land to Thomas Vinton, 1727.
By second wife —
47. Ruth,* b. Feb. 17, 1714-15.
48. Rachel,* b. April 14, 1716.
49. Josiah,'! b. April 1, 1718 ; m. March 7, 1746, Abigail Staples.
50. Sarah,^ b. May 20, 1720.
51. Micah,* b. Dec. 10, 1721 ; m. Sept. 10, 1746, Susanna Eager. Settled in
Braintree as a farmer ; removed to the South Precinct, now Randolph,
where he spent most of his days ; finally to Titicut, Middleborough, where
he d. about 1802. Children, Susanna,' d. young; Lot,' b. 1749, m.
Polly Tower ; Susanna,' b. 1750, m. Elijah French, removed to Braintree,
Vt. ; Hannah,' ra. Capt. Nichols of Braintree, Vt. ; MicaJi,' b. 1758, m.
Sarah Mann ; Ebene-er,' m.  Partridge, and removed to Vermont.
30.
Dea. SAMUEL WHITE,^ son of Thomas' and Mary White of Braintree;
b. there, Sept. 19, 1676; m. 1, Dec. 5, 1701, Deborah Penniman,' dau. of
Dea. Joseph' and Waiting Penniman. [Penniman, 25.] 2, Nov. 22, 1725,
widow Sarah Torrey of Weymouth,
He was received to full communion with the Second Church in Braintree,
1716; chosen deacon, Aprd 28, 1719. Selectman of Braintree, 1722, I>'25,
1727, 1728, 1731, 1735, 1736. A most worthy, substantial man. He lived

THE WHITE FAMILY. 103
either on the spot where Rev. Jonas Perkins now lives, or rather a few rods
east of it, and east of the small rivulet which there crosses the road. He had
21 acres of land under improvement, and 160 acres of pasture and woodland.
His brother Thomas lived next to him on the east, probably very near where
Henry J. Holbrook's house now is.
He d. intestate, Nov. 4, 1756, a. 80. His son Samuel was appointed admin
istrator, Nov. 12, 1756. Inventory, Nov. 26, 1756 ; Real and Personal, £734.
1 6. 4. Supplementary Inventory, £1 ] 0. 16 : in all, £845. 1 2. 4. The currency
then being at par. [Suff. Prob., 52 : 3, 425.] Real estate divided among the
heirs, Dec. 21, 1757. [Ibid., 55 : 118.
Children by first marriage, all b. in Braintree —
52. Deborah,* b. April 5, 1703; m. Feb. 17, 1725-6, Ebenezer Copeland,' b
Feb. 16, 1697-8, son of William,' (b. 1656) son of LAWRENCE
COPELAND,' all of Braintree. The mother of Ebenezer Copeland was
Mary,' dau. of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass. [Alden, 18.]
53. fHannah,* b. Dec. 11, 1704; m. Dea. Samuel Bass.*
54. Samuel,* b. Dec. 4, 1706 ; d. in childhood.
55. Hephzibah,* b. March 28, 1709; m. 1, Sept. 17, 1730, Benjamin French.'
[French, 40.] 2, June 12, 1760, Rev. Jonathan Mills.* [Mills, 25.]
56. Samuel,* b. July 22, 1710; d. in infancy.
57. Samuel,* b. Aug. 26, 1712; m. Nov.- 21, 1734, Susanna Allen.* [Allen,
47.] He d. about 1766, leaving no children. WUl dated Sept. 1, 1762 ¦
proved, April 4, 1766. [Suff. Prob., 65 : 75.
31.
JOSEPH WHITE,' son of Thomas' and Mary White of Braintree; m.
Dec. 6, 1704, Sarah Bavlet, prob. of Weymouth. He lived in Braintree,
and d. there, 1740 ; administration on his estate being granted Nov. II of that
year. Children —
58. Joseph,* b. Oct. 1, 1706; m. March 21, 1734, Ruth Nash, who d. Aug, 21,
1 767, a. 53. He lived in the easterly part of Randolph, where he d.
Jan. 28, 1795, se. 89. Children—
59. jRmJA,' b. July 15, 1738; m. 1760, Adam Kingman. Removed to
Worthington.
60. Joseph,' b. Nov. 22, 1742 ; m. June 16, 1766, Ruth Porter, dau. of
Joseph Porter of Randolph. Shed. March, 1830. Hed. JulylS,
1816. He was justice of peace; selectman many years; rep
resentative, &c. His dau. Ruth,' b. April 12, 1769, m. Zenas
French.' [French, 79.]
61. David,' b. May 19, 1745 ; m. 1, Relief Thayer. 2, Experience
Niles.' [Niles, 37.]
62. Thankful,' b. May 25, 1747 ; m. Elihu Adams.' [Adams, 57.]
63. Mary',' b. Aug. 1, 1751 ; m. Dea. William Linfield. Their dau.
Nancy was first wife of Dr. Jonathan Wild, now of Braintree.
64. Benjamin,* b. March 18, 1709; d. Oct. 3, 1715.
65. John,* b. Feb. 28, 1710; of Randolph; captain; m. Ruth Thayer, dau. of
David. [Thatek, 42.] His son Solomon, b. March 18, 1760, m. (2d
wife,) Rhoda Braman. They were parents of Rev. Charles White, D. D.,
now President of Wabash College. After Solomon's death, his widow
Rhoda m. Rev. Asa Burton, D, D,, Thetford, Vt.
66. Sarah,* b. Feb. 17, 1712 ; d. Oct. 7, 1715.
67. Daniel,* b. April 18, 1714 ; m. 1, June 12, 1737, Elizabeth Mills. [Mills,
31.] One child, Elizabeth, b. 1738. 2, Dec. 25, 1740, Mary Shaw. 3,
Jan. 17, 1744, Betsey Orcutt. One child, Daniel, b. 1750.
68. Benjamin,* b. July 7, 1716 ; m. Mercy Thayer, b. Nov. 1, 1725, dau. of
Gideon and Hannah (Hollis) Thayer. [Thater, 29.] He d. 1757.
69. David,* b. Aug. 12, 1719.
70. Sarah,* b. Jan. 12, 1720-1.
71. Hannah,* b. Jan. 28, 1723-4.
72. Mary,* b. June 11, 1727.

104 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.

32.
EBENEZER WHITE,^ youngest son of Thomas' and Mary White of
Braintree ; b. there, 1683 ; m. Ltdia  , who d. Jan. 27, 1755, a. 68.
He lived in East Braintree, S. E. of the " Iron Works :" his land bounded
on Thomas Vinton's land in 1756. He d. July 10, 1770, a. 87. His will is
dated Aug. 9, 1759 ; proved, Aug. 10, 1770 ; recorded, Suff. Prob., 69 : 114.
Children —
73. Lydia,* b. Sept. 2, 1710 ; m.  Pratt.
74. Elizabeth,* b. April 20, 1713; m. July 2, 1730, Jonathan Green. She was
not living at the date of her father's will, but had left a son, Jonathan.
75. Ebenezer,* b. July 16, 1714; m. Mercy Kingman; lived in East Braintree,
near Weymouth.
76. William,* b. Sept. 1, 1716 ; d. iu infancy.
77. William,* b. Feb. 8, 1717-18; m. 1740, Sarah Turner of Weymouth. He d.
March 15, 1772.
78. Anne,* b. May 28, 1720 ; m.  Nash.
79. Thomas,* b. Sept. 15, 1731 ; m. Deborah Nash, Aug. 23, 1753 ; captain of a
military company ordered to Dorchester Neck [South Boston] in March,
1776. Father of
80. Thomas,' who went to Baltimore.
81. Deborah,' b, March 4, 1756; m, Sept. 17, 1777, .lohn Hobart.'
82. Alexander,' b.  ; m. Dorcas Thayer,' about 1778. [Thater,
165.] Their son Alexander,' b. Jan. 12, 1781, m. 1, Betsey
Faxon.' [Faxon, 90.] 2, Tirzah TutbU.
83. Silence,' b.  ; unmarried.
84. Solomon,' b.  ; m.  Loud.
85. Elihu,' b.  ; m.  Loud; captain; lived in East Brain
tree, the house S. E. of Caleb Stetson's, and where his children
now live ; father of Elliot Loud,' Elihu,' Hervey,' Solomon,'
(non compos, deceased,) Naaman Loud,' Harriet,' Sarah,' Deb
orah,' Catharine' ; eight of thera still living, and all unmarried.
35.
Dea. THOMAS WHITE,' son of Capt. Ebenezer' and Hannah White of
Weymouth; b. there, Aug. 19, 1673; m. I, 1700, Mart White, baptized
Nov. 11, 1677, dau. of James and Sarah (Baker) White of Dorchester.* She
d. in chdd-birth, Nov. 3, 1716, a. 41. 2, Sept. 15, 1740, Silence (Torret)
French, widow of Samuel French of Abington.
He resided in Weymouth, on the place previously owned and occupied by
his uncle, Capt. Samuel White,' and there d. Aprd 28, 1752, se. 79. He was
distinguished in civil and military life ; and many years deacon of the church.
Children —
86. Nathaniel,* b. Sept. 4, 1701 ; H. C, 1725 ; physician in South Weymouth;
eminent in his profession; m. 1, April 27, 1726, Sarah Lovell, who d.
May 15, 1733. 2, April 15, 1742, (Widow?) Ruth Holbrook, who d.
May, 1752, a. 37. 3, July 1, 1755, Widow Lydia [or Abigail'?] Keith,
He d, Nov. 23, 1758, a. 57.
S7. Jonathan,* b. Oct. 21, 1702; m. Jan. 1, 1731-2, Hannah Lovell, sister to
Sarah, already mentioned. Settled in Weymouth, near Fore River,
but about 1745, removed to Lebanon, Ct.
88. John,* b. Sept, 25, 1704; m. 1, Jan. 23, 1734-5, Hannah Dyer, who d. in
childbirth. May 4, 1736. 2, May 24, 1739, Rachel Loring, dau. of Dea.
John Loring of Hull; she d. July 16, 1752. In 1743, he removed to
North Yarmouth, Me., where he was a deacon, and where he d. Nov. 1,
1747.
• James White was son of Edward White, who came from England ; he m. Sarah Baker,
Feb. 12, 1664-5. James While d. Nov. 11, 1713 ; his wife Sarah d. Oct. 13, 1688. See
iheir family in Geneal Re^., vol, v,, p, 467.

THE WHITE FAMILY. ' 105
89. Thomas,* b. May 5, 1707; m. Nov. 30, 1738, Sarah Loring, b. Dec. 25,
1714, also dau. of Dea. John Loring of Hull. She d. July 28, 1761, a. 47.
90. Ebenezer,* b. Dec. 21, 1709 ; H. C, 1733; ord. pastor, Danbury, Ct., Mar.
10, 1736; dismissed March, 1764; d. Sept. 11, 1769, on. 60; ra. 1, Mary
Moss, dau. of Rev. Joseph Moss of Derby, Ct. She d. Aug. 5, 1746. 2,
Jan. 14, 1747, Mary French, dau. of Samuel French and his step-mother
Silence (Torrey) French. She d. Aug, 24, 1807.
91. James,* b. Nov. 5, 1712; m. April 16, 1748, Miriam Kingman, b. Oct. 2,
1729, dau. of John and Hannah (Tirrell) Kingman of Weymouth. She
d. of apoplexy, Dec. 29, 1791, a. 62. He lived in Weymouth, on Fore
Rtver, in the house built by his uncle Joseph, [37,] and now occupied
by the widow of his son Major John White. He was a Captain ; held
several town offices ; was a Representative in the Legislature, &c. He
left a large estate, at his death, March 1, 1793, a. 80. His will, dated
Feb. 16, 1793, makes liberal bequests to his six daughters ; but leaves
to his only son John, the largest portion of his estate. Children —
92. Hannah,' b. Oct. 10, 1749 ; d. Nov. 20, 1751.
93. Mary,' b. Feb. 20, 1751 ; m. Nathan Voso.
94. Hannah,' b. June 12, 1753; d. June 26, 1753.
95. Hannah,' b. Oct. 25, 1754; m. Lemuel Adams of Milton.
96. Silence,' b. Dec. 4, 1756; ra. Jonathan Swift of Milton.
97. John,' b. March 6, 1759; m. Nancy Babcock of Milton, April
29, 1791, and lived in the mansion house of his father. He
died suddenly of apoplexy, Nov. 7, 1816, se. 58. Children-
James, b. Aug. 12, 1793; m.  .
Ann, b, June 14, 1795 ; m. Josiah Vose of Boston.
Susanna, [ . , ] m. Hon. Christopher Columbus
J Xv fi I Webb of Weymouth, Nov. 23, 1817.
George, ] ,-„¦„' (ra.  Dunn of Bellows Falls,
[ ^^^^' J Vt. Hed. Julv 4, 1831.
Mai-ia, b. June 27, 1800; m. Col. Eo'yal Turner of Ean
dolph, son of Seth,' son of Seth,' [Vinton, 40,]
HaiTiet, b, March 19, 1805; m. Benjamin C, Harris, July
18, 1829.
98, Susanna,' b. March 16, 1761 ; d. April 1, 1761.
99 Sarah ' { twins, b. ') m. Hon. D.aniel Baxter,' of Boston, a
' ^ Aug. 8, > native of Quincy. [3.1
100. Miriam,' ( 1762; ) ra. Col. Benj. Hayden.' [Hayden, 100.]
101. Deborah,' b. July 17, 1765; m. 1, her cousin, Dea, Caleb Hay
ward, son of Capt, John and Silence (White) Hayward.
He d. May 21, 1800, a. 48. 2, Dea. John White of Concord,
Jan. 19, 1807. He d. Jan. 9, 1830, a;. 80.
102. Mary,* b. Feb. 12, 1714; m. June 19, 1735, Micah Allen of Braintree.
See p. 36, note.
103. Silence,* b. Nov. 3, 1716 ; m. Jan. 22, 1738, Capt. John Hayward, b. Dec.
19, 1713, son of Samuel Hayward. He lived in Braintree, and d. Sept.
14, 1773, a. 60. Grandfather of Dr. Lemuel Hayward of Boston, and of
Chief Justice Shaw. She d. Oct. 5, 1789, a. 73.
36.
Dea. SAMUEL WHITE,' son of Capt. Ebenezer' and Hannah White of
Weymouth, b. there, 1676; ra. Anna Pratt, b. Sept. 14, 1682, dau. of
Matthew and Sarah Pratt. She d. Sept. 14, 1757, a. 75. He lived in South
Weymouth; shoemaker; was chosen deacon of the church there, Feb. 17,
1726; d. intestate and insolvent, Aug. 18, 1760, a. 84. Chddren—
104. Ebenezer,* b. Feb. 22, 1700 ; m. March 21, 1733, Anna Short, who d. Feb.
20, 1803, a, 90,
105. Elisha,* b. June 16, 1701 ; d. July 1, 1702.
106. Matthew,* b. April 17, 1704; m. Aug. 9, 1727, Martha Vinson. Chosen
deacon of chh. in S. Weyraouth, Nov., 1743.
107. Samuel,* b. May 4, 1706 ; settled in Ashford, Ct.
108. Elisha,* b.  ; m. Nov, 23, 1738, Silence Whitman. Removed aw.ay.
109, Jeremiah,* b, March 7, 1712; m. 1, 1740, Hannah Canterbury, 2, 1767,
Sarah Thayer, 3, 1771, widow Esther Kingman. His dau. Sarah,' b.
Feb. 25, 1768; m. Feb. 21, 1789, David Loud, a Revol. pensioner, d. 1855.

106 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
110. Anna,* b. Jan. 16, 1715; m, David Garnett, Aug. 6, 1752.
111. Nehemiah,* b.  ; m. Aug. 21, 1736, Ruth King.
112. Ezeldel,* b. Jan. 1, 1722-3 ; m. March 18, 1743, Abigail Blanchard. They
settled in Weymouth, but at length removed to Chesterfield, Hampshire
Co. Children— A5i^at7,' b. Jan. 21, 1744 ; Ezekiel,' b. June 8, 1748 ; m.
June 30, 1766, Sarah Vinton,' dau. of Nathaniel Vinton.* [Vin., 95.]
Mary,' b. Mar. 28, 1750. Silence,' b. Aug. 1, 1751 ; m. 1771, John Shaw ;
David,' b. Feb. 25, 1753; Nehemiah,'-b. Oct. 19, 1754; Noah,' b. Oct.
22, 1756; Sarah,' b. Feb. 25, 1759; m. Feb. 14, 1784, Asa French of
Williamsburg, Ms. She d. May 9, 1849, a. 90. Ebenezer,' b. April 1,
1761. All prob. b. in Weymouth.

FOURTH GENERATION. 53.
HANNAH WHITE,* dau. of Dea. Samuel and Deborah White of Brain
tree, b. there Dec, II, 1704; m. Dec. 4, 1723, Samuel Bass,* b. July 26,
1700, son of Dea. Samuel Bass,' "cooper," [Adams, 17,] and grandson of
John' and Ruth' (Alden) Bass ; gr. grandson, therefore, of Dea. Samuel Bass'
of Braintree, and of the Pilgrim JOHN ALDEN.'
Samuel Bass* settled in the new South Precinct of Braintree, now Ran
dolph ; was a farmer ; chosen deacon of the church there in 1733. His wife
Hannah d. June 6, 1743 ; and he m. Jerusha Webb, Jan. 10,1744. Deacon
Sarauel Bass,* d. Aprd 3, 1768. Children of Samuel and Hannah (White)
Bass —
114. Hannah,' b. Aug. 18, 1725; m. Sept. 25, 1744, Dea. Jonathan Wild of
Randolph.
115. Abigail,' b. Feb. 1, 1728 ; m. Joseph Wales.' [Faxon, 32.]
116. Samuel,' b. Aug. 5, 1731 ; d. March 12, 1738.
117. Jonathan,' b. Nov. 14, 1733 ; m, Dec, 24, 1756, Susanna Belcher, b, April
30, 1736, dau. of Samuel Belcher. She d. Nov. 7, 1777, a;. 41. He
resided in East Randolph ; had a farm there ; much engaged in mercan
tile pursuits ; much respected ; colonel in the militia ; d. of cancer of
the face. May 12, 1790. Children —
Samuel,' b. May 15, 1757 ; H. C, 1782 ; m. Sarah Lawrence, dau. of
Rev. John Lawrence of Lincoln. See Hist, of Lawrence Familt.
Had several children, the eldest of whom, Jonathan,' grad. H. C,
1804 ; resides in Braintree, Vt.
Sarah,' b. Jan. 24, 1759 ; m. Dr. Ebenezer Alden,' an eminent physi
cian of Randolph, b. July 4, 1755; d. of typhus fever, Oct, 16,
1806. [Alden, 110.] Mrs. Alden d. Dec. 2, 1833, se. 74. Their
children —
a. Ebenezer,' b. March 17, 1788; H. C, 1808; physician in
Randolph; [Alden, 111] ; m. April 14, 1818, Ann Kimball,
dau. of Capt. Edmund Kimball of Newburyport. Children —
Ebenezer,' b. Aug. 10, 1819; m. April 4, 1848, M. Louiza
Dyer, dau. of Christopher Dyer of Abington ; settled in the
ministry at Marshfield, Ms. Mary Kimball,' b. April 27,
1822; Edmund Kimball,' b. April 11, 1825; grad. Amh.
Coll., 1844; a clergyman; Henry Augustus,' b. Aug. 8,
1826; Sarah Boss,' b. May 21, 1828; Anne KimbaU,' b.
Aug. 15, 1833.
b. Henry Bass,' b. June 7, 1791 ; unm. ; farmer; resides ou the
homestead ; has been town clerk, selectman, representative,
c. Susanna,' b. Sept. 7, 1793, unm. [&c.
118. Daniel,' b. Mav 9, 1736; m. Mary Wales,' dau. of Dea. Thomas Wale?.
[Faxon, 31.]
119. Infant,' b. Sept. 11, 1740; d. Sept. 22, 1740.

FAMILY OF EZEKIEL RICHARDSON. 107

esankitts of ^itM '§u\mhm of Mokrn.
There were other Richardsons in the First Generation of New England
people, besides those who settled in Woburn. We find John Richardson, a
proprietor in Watertown, 1636-7. George Richardson, aged 30, embarked at
London, April, 1635, in the Susan Ellen ; and was a proprietor in Watertown,
1642. Amos Richardson, and his wife Mary, were of Boston, 1657. Edward
Richardson, b. in England, I6I9, was of Newbury, 1649. Wdliam Richard
son was of Newbury, 1655 ; d. 1658.
It has been suggested that the Richardson faraily is of Danish origin, and
that they came from the North of England ; because there are people of that
name in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. But there are Richardsons in other parts of
the kingdom ; and the compiler, in looking over the Suffolk Probate Records,
has found persons of the name who came from the South of England. Edward
Johnson, one of the founders of Wobmrn, was from the County of Kent ; why
not his associates ?
The name Richardson seems to bespeak not a Saxon, but a Norman origin.
There were four brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, Thoraas, and James Richardson,
of whom Ezekiel, the eldest, is said to have come over in the fleet with Win
throp, which arrived June, 1630. The other brothers may have come then, or
four or five years later. "They were men of the middling class in life ; men of
strong minds and hearts ; men of discretion and piety. James settled in
Chelmsford ; the other three brothers removed from Charlestown to Woburn
in Feb. 1640-1, and were among the earliest settlers of that place. They
settled, as tradition reports, in the present town of Winchester, a little north
and east of the village, on a road which from them received the name of
" Richardson Row ;" a name it still bears.
Ezekiel Richardson was admitted freeman. May 18, 1631 ; was a man of
note; one of the first board of selectmen in Charlestown; constable, appointed
by the court, 1633, then an office of much responsibility. He was deputy to the
General Court, 1635. He and his wife Susanna were members of the First
Church in Boston, which was originally gathered at Charlestown, July 30,
1630 ; and were dismissed, with thirty-three others, from that church, Oct. 14,
1632, in order to the founding of a new church at Charlestown. 'This new
church was gathered at Charlestown, Nov. 2, 1632, and is the present First
Church in that place.
Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson were three of the seven original
members of the church at Woburn, the twenty-third church gathered in the
Massachusetts colony. When a new church was to be formed, it was the
practice to designate seven men of erainent piety and sound judgment to be
the " seven pillars" of the new structure ; so they were called, in allusion to
Prov. 9 : I. They were to constitute the nucleus of the church ; and theirs
was the responsible duty of deciding what other members should be added. It
was also their duty to lay out the new town, which was to be formed in con
nection with the new church, and make all needful arrangements for the same.
The seven commissioners appointed by Charlestown for the establishment of a
new church and town at "Charlestown Village," afterwards called Woburn,
were Edward Johnson, Edward Convers, John Mousall, Win. Learned, Ezekiel
Richardson, Samuel Richardson, Thomas Richardson. The fact that the three
brothers Richardson were appointed on so important a service, is conclusive
proof of the confidence reposed by their fellow-christians in their wisdom and
integrity. The church in Woburn was formed " on the I4th day of the 6th
moneth, 1642," i. e. Aug. 24, 1642, N. S. In ten years, the nuraber of its
raembers had increased to seventy-four ; of which, says Johnson, " the greater
part, according to their own confession, were converted by the preaching of the
Word in NewEngland." — Wonder- Working Providence, a volume written by
Capt. Edward Johnson, an original member of the church in Woburn, and town
clerk there for thirty years, tdl his death, Aprd 23, 1672.

108 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
FIRST OENERATION. 1.
EZEKIEL RICHARDSON,' lived on the " Shattuck place," in Winchester,
half a mde north of the village, on the plain; a locality included, tdl about the
year 1850, in the town of Woburn. He was selectman of Woburn, 1644-5-6.
He d. at Woburn, Oct. 21, 1647. His will, dated July 20, 1647 ; proved
June I, 1648, appoints wife Susanna and eldest son Theophdus, executors.
Gives to son Josias 30 pounds when arriving at the age of 21. Gives 30
pounds to son James, and the like sum to dau. Phebe. Discharges all demands
between his brother Samuel Richardson and himself Gives Thomas Richard
son, son of his brother Thomas, ten shdlings. Overseers of the will, Edward
Convers and John Mousall, [the two deacons of the chh. in Woburn.] Inven
tory taken Nov. 18, 1647 ; amt. £183. 16s. 6d. Chddren—
2. tPhebe,' bapt. Boston, June 3, 1632 ; m. Dea. Henry Baldwin, Nov. 1, 1649.
3. tTheophilus,' bapt. Chariestown, Dec. 22, 1633 ; m. Mary Champney.
4. Josiah,' bapt. Charlestown, Nov. 7, 1635; m. June 6,! 1659, Remembrance
Underwood, dau. of William. He was of Chelmsford; freeman, 1674.
Has numerous descendants.
5. John,' bapt. Charlestown, July 21, 1638; d. Jan. 7, 1642-3.
6. Jonathan,' bapt. Charlestown, Feb. 5, 1640; d. young.
7. James,' bapt. Charlestown, July 11, 1641.
8. Ruth,' b. in Woburn, Aug. 23, 1643 ; d. Sept. 7, 1643.
SECOND GENERATION. 2.
PHEBE RICHARDSON,' dau. of Ezekiel' and Susanna; bapt. as above;
m. Nov. I, 1649, Dea. Henrt Baldwin.' He came frora Devonshire ; settled
in Woburn; freeman, 1652; selectman, 1681; chosen deacon, 1686; d. Feb.
14, 1697-8. Will dated Feb. 9, 1697-8. Ancestor of the Baldwins of New
England, a highly respectable family. Children —
9. Susanna,'' b. Aug. 30, 1650; d. Sept. 28, 1651.
10. Susanna,'^ b. July 25, 1652.
11. Phebe,' b. Sept. 7, 1654; m. Samuel Richardson.' [S. Richardson, 6.]
12. John,' b. Oct. 28, 1656.
13. Daniel,' b. March 15, 1659-60; m. Jan. 6, 1684-5, Hannah Richardson.'
[S. Richardson, 17.] Lived in Woburn. He d. Jan. 24, 1718-19,
£6. 59. They had thirteen children, of whom at least four d. young.
Their son Daniel, b. Dec. 16, 1695, was slain by the Indians near Dun
stable, N. H., Sept. 5, 1724.
14. tTimothy,' b. May 27, 1661 ; m. Elizabeth  .
15. Mary,' b. July 19, 1663; d. Jan. 8, 1663-4.
16. tHenry,' b. Nov. 15, 1664 ; ra. Abigail Fisk, May 4, 1692.
17. Abigail,'' b. Aug. 20, 1667.
18. Ruth," b. July 31,1670.
19. Benjamin," b. Jan. 20, 1672-3; m. Hannah  . He d. April 28, 1736.
She d. Sept. 28, 1736. 3.
THEOPHILUS RICHARDSON,' eldest son of Ezekiel' and Susanna,
bapt. Dec. 22, 1633 ; m. May 2, 1654, Mart Champney, dau. of John Champ
ney of Cambridge. He resided in Woburn ; and d. Dec. 28, 1674, a. 41.
His widow Mary seems to have m. Joseph Pierce, June 24, 1681. Chddren
of Theophilus Richardson —
20. tEzekiel,' b. Oct. 28, 1655 ; ra. Elizabeth Swan, July 27, 1687.
21. Mary,' b. Jan. 15, 1657-8; m. John Brooks, Feb. 25, 1683-4. They lived
22. Sarah,' b. April 23, 1660, [in Woburn.
23. Abigail,' b. Oct. 21, 1662 ; m. John Bateman, June 30, 1681 ; lived in Wob.
24. Hannah,' b. April 6, 1665.
25. tJohn,' b. Jan. 16, 1667-8 ; m. Deborah  .
25^ Hester,' b. June 2.5, 1670.
26. Ruth,' b. Aug. 31, 1673 ; m. Williara Russell of Salera Village, [Danvers,]
Jan. 20, 1703-4.
27. Bridget,' (probably); b. 1674 ; m. Stephen Richardson. [S. Richardson, 21.J

FAMILY OF EZEKIEL RICHARDSON. 109

SECOND GENERATION OF BALDWINS.
14.
TIMOTHY BALDWIN,' son of Dea. Henry' and Phebe' (Richardson)
Baldwin, b. May 27, 1661 ; m. Elizabeth  . Taxed in Stoneham,
1726-7; d. there, March 11,1734. How long he had resided there, is not
known to the compiler. He was moderator of the first town meeting ever.
held in Stoneham, Dec. 24, 1725. He was one of the first board of select
men in Stoneham, and much employed in town business. The births of his
children are recorded in Woburn, as follows —
28. Elizabeth,' b. May 29, 1688 ; d. April 4, 1691.
29. tTimothy,' b. Nov. 20, 1689; m. Hannah Richardson.' [T. Richardson,
30. Ralph,' b. June 28, 1691. [24.
31. Hannah,' b. Sept. 6, 1692; d. same day.
16.
HENRY BALDWIN,' son of Dea. Henry' and Phebe' (Richardson)
Baldwin, b. Nov. 15, 1664 ; m. May 4, 1692, Abigail Fisk, dau. of David
and Seaborn (Wilson) Fisk of Woburn, afterwards of Lexington. They lived
in Woburn. Children —
32. tHenry,' b. Jan. 12, 1692-3 ; m. Mary Richardson.* [S. Richardson, 71.]
33. tDavid,' b. April 9, 1696 ; m. Abigail Jennison of Sudbury.
34. Isaac,' b. Feb. 20, 1699-1700 ; m. Abigail Flagg of Woburn. One of their
sons, Isaac,* was mortally wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, and d.
opposite the house of Col. Royal, in Medford.
35, Abigail,' b. Feb. 13, 1701-2; d. Sept. 4, 1704.
36. James,' b. July 11, 1705; d. June 12, 1709.
37. Abigail,' b. Nov. 19, 1707 ; m.  Converse.
38. tJaraes,' b. Oct. 19, 1710; m. Ruth Richardson.* [S. Richardson, 80.]
39. Samuel,' b. Aug. 31, 1717; m. 1,  Jones of Weston. Childrnn—
Samuel, Lydia. Elizabeth. 2,  Deming of Boston. Child — Mary.
3, Rebecca Cotton of Newton.

THIRD GENERATION OF RICHARDSONS.
20.
EZEKIEL RICHARDSON,' eldest son of Theophdus' and Mary, b. Oct.
28, 1655 ; m. Elizabeth Swan of Cambridge, July 27, 1687. They lived
in Woburn. Children —
40. Theophilus,* b. July 4, 1688; d. Aug. 3, 1688.
41. Elizabeth,* b. Oct. 20, 1689.
42. tTheophilus,* b. Jan. 7, 1691-2 ; m. Ruth Swan.
43. tEzekiel,* b, April 22, 1694; m, Lydia  , He d. March 13, 1734. Had
44. Abigail,* b. Jan. 15, 1696-7. [Theophilus,' b. Jan. 26, 1718-19.
45. Aaron,* b. Dec. 16, 1701 ; m. Bethiah 
25
JOHN RICHARDSON,' son of Theophdus' and Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1667-
8 ; known on the records as John third; m. I, Deborah  , who d. Feb.
12, 1703-4. 2, Lydia  . 3, Eunice  , who d. July 21, 1738. He
d. Oct. 29, 1749, a. 81. Chddren by first wife—
46. Mary,* b. Aug. 10, 1689.
47. John,* b. Dec. 29, 1692 ; m. Abigail  . Had Caleb,' Gershom,' Abi
gail,' Ezra,' .Lasher,' Deborah,' Abijah,' between 1712 and 1731. He
d. Nov. 15, 1745.
m. Deborah,* b. March 8, 1694-5; ra. John Kendall, March 28, 1718.
48. Sarah,* b. March 12, 1697-8 ; d. Feb. 20, 1703-4.
49. Josiah,* b. Feb. 14, 1699-1700.
50. tNathan,* b. June 24, 1701 ; m. 1, Esther  . 2, Tabitha Kendall.
50i. Eunice,* b. Jan. 3, 1703-4.

110 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
51. Lydia,* by second wife, b. Dec. 26, 1705.
514. Joanna,* by third wife, b. Nov. 22, 1707.
52. Hezekiah,* by do., b. Oct 19, 1709.
52i. Eunice,* by do., b. Dec. 28, 1711.

THIRD GENERATION OF BALDWINS.
29.
TIMOTHY BALDWIN,' son of Timothy' and Elizabeth, b. in Woburn,
Nov. 20, 1689; m. Hannah Richardson,' b. May 6, 1689, dau. of Nathaniel,'
and gr. dau. of Thomas Richardson,' one of the original settlers of Woburn.
[T. Richardson, 24.]
Timothy Baldwin' and his father both resided in Stoneham, at least after
the incorporation of that town, 1725, and spent the remainder of their days
there ; selectman, 1733. He was received to full communion by the church
there, Oct. 28, 1750 ; and d. Dec. 3, of the same year, se. 62. Hannah, his
wife, was admitted to the same church. Nov. 1, 1730. After Mr. Baldwin's
death, she m. about AprU, 1752, John Vinton, Esq., [Vinton, 9,] of Dudley,
formerly of Stoneham; and after his death in 1760, returned to Stoneham,
where she was living in 1766. In Nov., 1763, she was living in the family of
her grandson Timothy Matthews, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Baldwin)
Matthews. The children of Timothy and Hannah Baldwin were —
53. Ralph,* b. March 6, 1714; d. in Stoneham, May 1, 1731.
54. Hannah,* b. Sept. 4, 1715; m. Joseph Vinton, Feb. 19, 1734. [ViN., 22.]
55. Elizabeth,* b. Nov. 9, 1717 ; d. Nov. 25, 1717.
56. Elizabeth,* b. April 9, 1723 ; m. Nov. 10, 1741, Joseph Matthews of Wob.,
who was of Stoneham, 1752, and afterwards. Their sou Timothy' m.
Sarah Brown of Stoneham, Nov. 14, 1763.
57. Timothy,* b. .June 23, 1727; d. Feb. 19, 1727-8.
58. Timothy,* b. May 19, 1729 ; d. April 1, 1742.
32.
HENRY BALDWIN,' eldest son of Henry' and Abigad, b. in Woburn,
Jan. 12, 1692-3; m. May 7, 1717, Mart Richardson,* b. Jan. 10, 1694-5,
dau. of Joseph' and Mary Richardson of Woburn. [S. Richardson, 71.]
After Mr. Baldwin's death, his widow Mary m.  Jones of Shrewsbury,
and d. Oct., 1798, a. 105. Chddren of Henry and Mary Baldwin —
59. Henry,* b. Feb. 27, 1717-18; m. Abigail Butler of Pelham, N. H. They
settled in Shrewsbury, and had Mary,' b. Dee. 22, 1743, m. April 7,
1763, Capt. Elisha Ward of Petersham; also, Henry,' Nathan,' Thad
deus,' Eliphalet,' Kezia,' Abigail,' Relief,' Lucretia.'
60. Nathan,* b. May 18, 1720; lived in Worcester; m. 1, Sarah Oakes, and had
Sarah,' m.  Johnson ; Abigail.' 2, Lydia Oakes ; and bad
Lydia;' Mary.'
61. Mary,* b. Jan. 4, 1722-3; m. Rev. Abner Bayley of Salem, [N. H. ?]
Children — Mary,' m. 1, William White of Plaistow. 2, Dea. Moses
Webster of Haverhill. She d. Nov. 7, 1823. Elizaheth,' m. Henry
Little of Salem, [N. H. ?] Lamnia,' m. Rev. William Kelly of Warner,
N. H., parents of John Kelly, Esq., of Exeter, N. H.
33
Capt. DAVID BALDWIN,' son of Henry' and Abigad, b. in Woburn,
Aprd 9, 1696; m. Abigail Jennison,* b. in Sudbury, Dec, 1702, eldest dau.
of Hon. Wdliam Jennison.'* He lived in Sudbury. Children —
* Hon. William Jennison,' b. April 17, 1676, lived some years in yudbury, on a farm
given him by his father. Afierwards he removed lo Worcester, and was Judge of the
Common Pleas ; and d. Sept. 19, 1744. He was son of Samuel' and Judith (Macomber)
Jennison of Walertown, and grandson of Robert Jenison,' of Watertown, 1637; ad-.
milled freeman, 164'5.

FAMILY OF EZEKIEL RICHARDSON. Ill
62. William,'! H. C, 1748; of Sudbm-y; a deacon and magistrate; m. Jane
Cook, dau. of Rev. William Cook of Sudbury.
63. Samuel,* H. C, 1752; m.  Cushing; ord. pastor, Hanover, Mass.,
Dec. 1, 1756 ; dismissed March 8, 1780.
64. Abigail,* m.  Curtis of Sudbury ; their dau. m. Rev. Jonathan Barnes
of Hillsboro', N. H.
65, Lydia,* m, Hon. Oliver Prescott of Groton, a physician in very large prac
tice ; Judge of Probate ; Brigadier-General before the Revolution, and
1768-1781 ; afterwards Major-General. He was also a member of the
Board of War, and of the Supreme Executive Council of Mass. Ho
was brother of Col. William Prescott, who commanded iu the redoubt
on Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 ; being third son (sixth child) of Hon.
Benjamin and Abigail (Oliver) Prescott, while Col. William was their
second son, fourth child.
Lucy, sixth child of Hon. Oliver and Lydia (Baldwin) Prescott, m.
Hon. Timothy Bigelow of Medford ; and their eldest dau. Katharine,
m. Hon. Abbott Lawrence.
66. Elizabeth,* m.  Evans, and removed to Nova Scotia.
67. Mary,* m. Capt. Samuel Jackson of Newton ; b. Mar. 6, 1739. No children.
38
JAMES BALDWIN,' son of Henry' and Abigad, b. in Woburn, Oct. 19,
1710; m. May 29, 1739, Ruth Richardson,* b. June 17, 1713, dau. of Joseph
and Mary Richardson of Woburn. [S. Richardson, SO.] They resided in
Woburn. Children —
68. Cyrus,* b. Nov. 5, 1740 ; ra. Ruth Wilson of Bedford, and d. without issue.
69. Beuel,* b. May 9, 1742 ; d. Feb. 21, 1745-6, a. 3.
70, Loamrai,* b. Jan. 10, 1744-5; m. 1, Mary Fowle of Woburn, July 9, 1772.
Children — Cyrus,' Benjamin Franklin,' Loammi,' b. May 16, 1780, James
F.,' Mary.' 2, Margery Fowle of Wobm-n, May 26, 1791. Children —
Clarissa,' George R.' He was Lieut. Col. of Gerrish's Regiraent at the
battle of Bunker Hill, in which, however, only a sraall part of that
regiraent participated ; distinguished as a scholar and philosopher ; re
ceived the honorary degree of A. M., frora H. C, in 1785 ; was A. A.
S. ; the projector of the Middlesex Canal ; the friend and correspondent
of Count llumford. The celebrated and delicious " Baldwin Apple"
received its designation in reference to him ; au interesting account of
the circumstance is given in Brooks' History of Medford, pp. 19, 20.
His sou Loammi,' H. C, 1800, was the distinguished Civil Engineer,
who built the Dry Docks at Charlestown and Norfolk for the United
States Government ; and m. a sister of Samuel Williams, an eminent
American banker in London forty years ago.
70i. Reuel,* b.  ; m. Oct. 4, 1769, Keziah Wyman ; d. about the time of
Lexington Battle. Children — Reuel,' James,' Ruth,' Josiah.'

FOURTH GENERATION OF RICHARDSONS.
THEOPHILUS RICHARDSON,* son of Ezekiel' and Elizabeth, b. in
Woburn, Jan. 7, 1691-2; m. Rdth Swan in Watertown, April 24,1711.
Lived in Woburn. After his death, it would seem that his widow Ruth ra.
Aprd 6, 1726, Ebenezer Parker of Stoneham. Children of Theophdus and
Ruth Richardson — 42.
71. Martha,' b. Feb. 4, 1711-12.
72. Ruth,' b. Sept. 1, 1714.
73. Edward,' b. March 17, 1715-16.
74. Richard, b. Nov. 9, 1719.
75. Moses, b. April 8, 1722. 50.
Dea. NATHAN RICHARDSON,* son of John' and Deborah, b. in Wob.
June 24, 1701 ; m. 1, Esther  , who d. Nov. 10, 1727, a. 27. 2, July 3,
1729, Tabitha Kendall,' b. Jan. 22, 1706-7, youngest chdd of Samuel' and

112 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Mary (Locke) Kendad of Wob., and gr. dau. of Francis Kendall' and of Dea.
Wdliam Locke,' who both came from England. She d. Nov. 25, 1739, ee. 33.
3, Lydia  , who d. May 17, 1776, a. 84. ? [Grave-stone.] He lived in
Wob. ; chosen deacon Aprd 22, 1761, and d. Oct. 31, 1775, a. 74. Children—
76. Nathan,' (by first wife,) b. April 21, 1725.
77. Esther,' do. do. b. Aug. 6, 1727.
78. Tabitha,' (by second wife,) b.  .
79. John,' do. do. b. Feb. 5, 1731-2.
80. Amos, do. do. b. Nov, 6, 1733.
81, Jotham, do. do. b. Oct. 23, 1735.
82. Marj', do. do. b. Sept. 7, 1737.

JesaitkntB of Samuel |lttIjarbson d Wmhmn,
The descendants of Samuel Richardson are exceedingly numerous. The
corapder has the names of a much larger number than can be admitted into
this sketch ; which he would be glad to print in a volume by themselves, were
suitable encouragement afforded. The birth and residence of every person
here registered, may be taken to have been in Woburn, unless the contrary be
said or implied.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON,' was b. in England, prob. not far from 1610.
He may have come over with his brother Ezekiel in 1630 ; or some years
afterwards. He and his brother Thomas were admitted members of the chh.
in Charlestown, Feb. 18, 1637-8; and, as a consequence, were both admitted
freemen of the colony, May 2, 1638. He, and his brothers Ezekiel and
Thomas, removed from Charlestown to Woburn early in the spring of 1641 ,
and with Capt. Edward Johnson and others commenced the settlement of that
town, as related in the preceding sketch. Samuel Richardson lived, as tradi
tion reports, on the estate now owned and occupied by his descendant, Dea.
Luther Richardson,' and previously by his father Thomas Richardson,' [146.]
The other brothers, Ezekiel and Thomas, lived in the neighborhood. The
locality was, and stiU is, known as Richardson's Row ; it is now within the
limits of Winchester.
He was selectman of Woburn, 1644-5-6-9-51. His wife was Joanna  .
He d. intestate. Mar. 23, 1658. Inventory taken March 29, 1658. His widow
Joanna and eldest son John were appointed administrators. [Midd. Prob.,
I : 142.] Lieut. John Wyman of Wob., was appointed guardian of his sons
John and Joseph, June 25. 1658. Joanna Richardson, widow of Samuel, died
1666. Her will is dated June 20 of that year, and is on record, Midd. Prob.,
4 : 122. It does not appear when her will was proved ; nor is the inventory
dated. She gives her real estate to her eldest son John, and sons Joseph,
Samuel, and Stephen ; and gives her clothing to her daughter Elizabeth.
Mentions Mary Mousall as her daughter. The children of Samuel and
Joanna Richardson were — ¦
2, Mary,' bapt. Feb. 25, 1637-8 ; m. prob. Thomas Mousall,' son of John.'
3, tJohn,' bapt, Nov. 12, 1639; m. 1, Elizabeth Bacon. 2, Mary Pierson. 3,
Margaret Willing.
The preceding b. in Charlestown; the remainder in Woburn.
4. Hannah,' b. March 8, 1641-2 ; d. April 8, 1642.

FAMILY OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON. 113
5. tJoseph,' b. July 27, 1643 ;* m. Hannah Green, Nov. 5, 1666.
6. tSamuel,' b. May 22, 1646 ; m, 1, Martha  . 2, Hannah Kingsley, etc,
7. tStophen,' b. Aug. 15, 1649 ; m. Abigail Wyman, Jan. 2, 1674-5.
8. Thomas,-' b. Dec. 31, 1651 ; d. Sept. 27, 1657.
9. Elizabeth,^ b.  ; living 1666, at the date of mother's will.

SECOND GENERATION. 3.
Lieut. JOHN RICHARDSON,' eldest son of Samuel' and Joanna, b. in
Charlestown, J639; m. 1, Oct. 22, 1658, Elizabeth Bacon, b. Jan. 4, 1641-
2, dau. of Michael Bacon of Woburn.J 2, at Cambridge, Oct. 28, 1672,
Mary Pierson, perhaps dau. of Bartholomew. 3, June 25, 1689, Margaret
Willing, who d. Oct. 28, 1726. He lived in Wob. ; was admitted freeman,
May 8, 1678; was a "yeoman;'' d. intestate, Jan. 1, 1696-7. Chddren by
first wife —
10. tJohn,' b. Jan. 24, 1660-1 ; m. Susanna Fisk, Oct, 22, 1680.
11. Joseph,' b. Jan. 3, 1666-7 ; d. Feb. 13, 1697-8.
Children by second wife —
12. tPierson,' b. Sept. 22, 1673; m. Mary Perrin, April 17, 1695.
13. tJacob,' b, Feb, 15, 1675-6; m. Hannah Converse, Nov. 9, 1697.
14. William,' b. June 29, 1678 ; d. Aug. 1, 1678.
Children by third wife —
15. Willing,' b. Oct. 5, 1692; d. March 14, 1704.
16. Job,' b. April 30, 1696 ; m. March 31, 1718, Sar.th Clcvel.ind, b. March 5,
1692, dau. of Aaron and Dorcas (Wilson) Cleveland of Woburn.
Children— Margaret,* b. Jan. 22, 1718-19; Willing,* b. Jan, 31, 1720-1 ;
Ann,* h. Jan. 31, 1723-4; Dorcas,* b. March 14, 1728-9.
5.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON,' second son of Samuel' and Joanna, b. in
Woburn, July 27, 1643; m. Nov. 5, 16C6, Hannah Green, b. Feb. 7, 1646-7,
dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Green of Maiden. [Green, .] Joseph
Richardson was adm. freeman. May 15, 1672, and was one of Major Apple-
ton's soldiers. Dec, 1675, in the war with Philip. He d. March 5, 1717-18.
His will is dated June 24, 1717; proved April 22, 1718: recorded Midd.
Prob., 15: 14.3. He provides very carefully and liberally for his " well-
beloved wife Hannah ;" and among other things, that his son "Joseph shall
find her a horse, and keep the same for her use, and a raan or himself to ride
before her on Sabbath-days, or where she shall have occasion to go, all during
her natural life, if she remains my widow." He also mentions his five children,
as follows. His widow Hannah d. May 20, I72I. Chddren —
17. Hannah,' b. Oct. 21, 1667 ; m. Jan. 6, 1684-5, Daniel Baldwin.' [E. Rich
ardson, 13.]
18. Mary,' b. March 22, 1668-9 ; m. 1, Oct. 2, 1688, Capt. James Fowle, b. Mar.
4, 1667, son of James. He d. March 19, 1714, a. 47. 2, Samuel
Walker. She d. Oct. 23, 1748, a. 81.
19. Elizabeth,' b. June 28, 1670; m. 1, April 12, 1692, Capt. John Coggin, b.
Sept. 19, 1677, son of John and Sarah (Dawes) Craggen, as the name
was written prior to 1692. He d. Feb. 16, 1724-5, "a.' 50." 2, Feb. 4,
1739-40, Jacob Wyman, b. about 1665, youngest son of Lieut. John Wy
man,' one of the first settlers of Woburn. His first wife was Elizabeth
Richardson, [24.] Jacob Wyman d. March 31, 1742, a. 77.
20. tJoseph,' b. May 19, 1672 ; m. Mary  .
21. tStephen,' b. Feb. 7, 1673-4; m. Bridget Richardson, 1695.
* The Middlesex Co. Records erroneously give this dale to John."
X Michael Bacon was selectman of Woburn, 1659-1665-6-8-70.

114 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
6.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON,' third son of Samuel' and Joanna, b. May 22,
1646 ; ra. 1, Marth^  . She d. in chddbirth, Dec. 20, 1673. 2, Sept.
30, 1674, Hannah Kingsley, perhaps dau. of Samuel of Bdlerica. She was
slain, with her only chdd, only a week old, by the Indians, Aprd 10, 1676. A
party of savages, in a hostile incursion into Woburn, came to the house of
Samuel Richardson, where they found his wife and part of his family.* 3,
Nov. 7, 1676, Phebe Baldwin,' b. Sept. 7, 16.54. [E. Richardson, II.]
She d. Oct. 20, 1679, a 25. 4, Sept. 8, 1680, Sarah Howard, of Maiden,
born 1655, sister of Nathaniel Howard, who (Nathaniel) died in 1693; she'
survived her husband, and d. Oct. 14, 1717, a. 62. He d. Aprd 29, 1712,
te. 66. His wdl is dated Feb. 23, 1709-10; proved May 19, 1712; recorded
Midd. Prob., 13 : 68. He mentions wife Sarah, eldest son Samuel, dau. Eli
zabeth Wyraan, wife of Jacob Wyman, son Zachariah, dau. Sarah Richardson,
dau. Hannah Pratt, sons Ebenezer, Eleazar, David, Thomas, and Jonathan ;
the last being a minor. He speaks of his brother Stephen, and of John Vin
ton, their land as bordering on his own ; of Joseph Richardson, Jr., also, and
Stephen Richardson, Jr., as his cousins, i. e. nephews. His children were, by
first wife —
22. tSamuel,' ( twins, b. Nov. ) m. Susanna Richardson,* [51.]
23. Thomas,'! 5,1670; ) slain by the Indians, April 10, 1676.
24. Elizabeth,' b. about 1672 ; m. Nov. 23, 1687, Jacob Wyman,' b. abt. 1665,
youngest son of Lieut. John Wyman.' She d. Nov. 21, 1739. His
second wife, m. Feb. 4, 1739-40, was her cousin Elizabeth, wid. of Capt.
John Coggin, and dau. of Joseph and Hannah Richardson, [19.] He
d. March 31, 1742.
25. Martha,' b. Dec. 20, 1673; d. in infancy.
By second wife —
26. Hannah,' b. April, 1676; slain by the Indians, April 10, 1676.
By third wife —
27. Zachariah,' b. Nov. 21, 1677; m. Feb. 14, 1699-1700, Mehitable Perrin.
He d. Nov. 23, 1748.
By fourth wife —
28. Thomas,' b. Aug. 18, 1681 ; d. Sept. 9, 1681.
29. Sarah,' b. Aug. 20, 1682 ; living unm. at the date of father's will, 1710.
30. Thomas,' b. Sept. 25, 1684; m. in Watertown, Sept. 29, 1713, Rebecca
Wyman,' b. Nov. 11, 1693, eldest dau of Samuel' and Rebecca (John
son) Wyman, and gr. dau. of Francis Wyman,' otic of the early settlers
of Woburn. He was in "Lovewell's Fight," May 8, 1725, and was one
of the few who escaped unhurt. He d. Jan. 12, 1774. ic. 90. His wife
Rebecca d, April 11, 1771, £e. 78.
31. Ebenezer,' b. March 15, 1686-7.
32. Infant son, b. Aug. 17, 1689; i. same day.
33. Hannah,' b. Aug. 11, 1690; m.  Pratt.
34. Eleazar,' b, Feb, 10, 1692-3 ; d, April 17, 1753.
35. Jonathan,' b. July 16, 1696; m. abt. 1720, Abigail Wyman,' b, Feb. 5,
1695, sister of Rebecca, who m, Thomas Richardson,' [.30,] Her sisters
Esther and Lydia m. the brothers Reuben and Oliver Richardson,'
[75, 76.] He d. July 16, 1759, a. 63.
36. David,' b. April 14, 1700; blacksmith; settled in Newton; m. 1, May 21,
1724, Esther Ward,* dau. of Edward,' of Newton. She d. in child
bed, Feb. 26, 1725-6. 2, Oct. 19, 1726, her cousin. Remember Ward,*
dau. of Jonathan,' who was brother of Edward Ward ;' they were sons
of John Ward,' of Newton, and grandsons of William Ward,' of Sud
bury. She d. Aug., 1760, tu. 55. 3, Abigail Holden, who d. Aug. 5,
1777, u. 54. He d. 1770, a;. 71. [Jackson's Hist, of Newton, pp. 397-8.
^ Rev. John Cotton of Plymoulh, in a letter dated ''Plimouth, April 19, 1676," says.
" April 12, one woman and two children were killed at Wooburne." The original letter i.s" iu
the Library of the Mass, Hist. Soc. See Bliss's Hist, of Rehoboth, p, 101, for a copy.
The Woburn records give the names and dpte as in the text.

FAMILY OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON. 115
7.
STEPHEN RICHARDSON,' fourth son of Samuel' and Joanna, b. Aug.
15, 1649; m. in Billerica, Jan. 2, 1674-5, Abigail Wyman, b. about 1659,
dau. of Francis' and Abigail (Read) Wyman of Woburn.* He resided in
Woburn; freeman, 1690; d. March 23, 1717-18, <e. 69. His will is dated
Aug. 15, 1713; proved April 22, 1718; recorded Midd. Prob., 15 : 157-163.
It is very long, occupying six folio pages. Mentions wife Abigail, daus.
Abigail Vinton and Prudence Kendall, sons Stephen, William, Francis,
Timothy, Seth, Daniel, Solomon. His widow Abigail d. Sept. 17, 1720, a. 60.
Children —
37. Stephen,^ b. Feb. 20, 1675-6 ; m.  ; d. 1718, leaving Henry,* b. 1704.
38. Francis,^ b. Jan. 19, 1677-8; d. Jan. 27, 1677-8.
39. William,^ b. Dec. 14, 1678; m. Rebecca Vinton [Vinton, U.]
40. Francis,^ b. Jan. 15, 1680-1 ; m. Sarah  ; had Sarah,* Francis,* Mary.*
41. Timothy ,3 b. Dec. 6, 1682 ; d. Jan. 18, 1682-3.
42. Abigail;^ b. Nov. 14, 1683 ; m. John Vinton, Esq. [Vinton, 9.]
43. Prudence,^ b. Jan. 17, 1685-6; m. Lieut. Samuel Kendall.f She d. about
1720. They had Samuel, b. 1711 ; Rebecca, b. 1714 ; Stephen, b. 1718.
44. tTimothy,3 b. Jan. 24, 1087-8; m. Abigail Johnson.
45. Seth,3 b. Jan. 16, 1689-90; m. Mary  . Had Seth,* b. Mar. 13, 1711.
46. tDaniel.3 b. Oct. Hi, 1691 ; m. Joanna  .
47. Mary,3 b. May 3, 1696.
48. Rebecca,3 b. June 10, 1698 ; d. Dec. 6, 1711.
49. Solomon,^ b. March 27, 1702.

THIRD aENERATION. 10.
JOHN RICHARDSON,^ son of John^ and Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24, 1660-1 ;
m. Oct. 23, 1680, Sdsanna Fisk of Woburn. He was a "carpenter," and
d. March 18, I7I5. Children—
50. John,^ b, Aug. 13, 1681.
51. tSusanna,^ b. Aug. 5, 1684 ; m, Samuel Richardson,^ [22,]
52. Timothy,* b. July 24, 1687 ; d. June 1, 1717.
53. Elizabeth,* b. May 27, 1693 ; d. June 18, 1693.
12.
PIERSON RICHARDSON,3 son of Johtfand Mary (Pierson) Richardson,
b. Sept. 22, 1673 ; m. Mart Perrin, April 17, 1695. Children—
54. Pierson,* b. Aug. 6, 1696; m. June 4, 1723, Elizabeth Nichols of Reading.
55. Mary,* b. Nov. 17, 1698; m. Sept. 5, 1721, Jaraes Bm-been.
56. Bartholomew.* b. Feb. 4, 1700-1 ; d. July 19, 1723.
57. Noah,* b. March 5, 1702-3 ; m. Dec. 4, 1727, Phebe Walker.
58. Sarah,* b. Nov. 26, 1705 ; m. July 21, 1735, James Kendall of Lancaster.
59. Jabez,* b. April 26, 1708 ; m. Mehitable  .
60. Lydia,* b. April 19, 1711 ; m. March 1, 1740-1, James Kendall of Lancaster.
61. David,* b. Oct. 3, 1714 ; m. Mary Ann Dupee, Sept. 1, 1740.
* Francis Wyman,' and his brother Lieut. John, were among the first settlers of Woburn.
They were tanners by occupation, church members, and men of much respectability and
worth. Their names are often found associated in legal writings. They owned together
500 acres of land at " Shawsheen" [Billerica,] in 1655. John Wyman was selectman of
Woburn, 1666, 1667, 1673. Francis was selectman of Wob., 1674, 1675. A numerous
posterity has sprung from them, of whom a valuable Genealogical Record has been made
out by Mr. Thomas Bellows Wyraan, Jr., of Charlestown, which ought to be printed.
Francis Wyman d. Nov. 30, 1699, a. abt. 82. His wife Abigail was eldest dau. of William
(and Mabel) Read, who was b. abt. 1587, and came from England to this country in 1635.
X Lieut. Samuel Kendall,' b. July 13, 1684, was eldest son of Samuel^ and Rebecca
(Mixer) Kendall of Wobnrn Samuel^ was b. March 8, 1659, son of Francis Kendall,'
who came from England, by wife Mary Tidd. After ihe death of Rebecca, Samuel Ken-
dall,2 m. March 30, 1692, Mary Locke,^ b Oct. 16, 1666, dau. of Dea. William Locke,"
The youngest child of this second marriage was Tabitha, b. Jan. 22, 1706-7, m. Uea.
Nathan Richard.son. [E. Richardson, 50.] [Locke Genealogy,

116 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
13.
JACOB RICHARDSON,^ son of Johrf and Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1675-6;
m. Nov. 9, 1697, Hannah Converse, b. June 12, 1680, dau. of Maj. James
Converse, an officer of distinguished reputation in the Indian war of 1690.
She d. Sept. 7, 1748. tie d. Aug. 9, 1763. Children—
62, Jacob,* b. Sept, 3, 1699; m. June 11, 1724, Elizabeth Wyman,' eldest
dau. of Benjamin^ and Elizabeth (Hancock) Wyman, and gr, dau, of
Francis.' She d, Oct. 20,1749. He d. Oct. 13, 1771.
63. Hannah,* b. April 7, 1701 ; m. Benjamin Belknap, May 19, 1726.
64. Elizabeth,* b. Feb. 18, 1702-3 ; m. 1, Dec. 27, 1731, Aaron Wyman,' son of
Thoma.s^ son of Francis.' 2, Sept. 19, 1738, Samuel Bucknam of
Maiden.
65. tEdward,* b, March 12, 1705 ; m. Jerusha Wyman,' sister of Elizabeth, [62.]
66. Esther,* b. June 25, 1707 ; m. June 27, 1733, Capt. Benjamin Wyman,' b.
Nov. 13, 1706, brother of same. She d. Sept. 16, 1751.
67. tEnoch,* b. Mav 26, 1709; m. Mary Johnson.
68. Patience,* b. July 15, 1711 ; m. April 10, 1744, Thomas Wrighf?
69. Sarah,* b. March 9, 1714 ; m. Joseph Knight of Stoneham, Jan. 31, 1733-4.
70. James,* b. April 23, 1716 ; d. July 12, 1716.
20.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON,' son of Joseph^ and Hannah, b. May 19,
1672; m. Mary  , who d. March 11, 17.52. He d. Dec. 5, 1754, a. 82.
His will is dated June 17, 1754 ; proved Dec. 30, 1754; recorded Midd. Prob.,
27 : 363. Calls himself '• gentleman ;" mentions son Josiah of Sudbury, son
Charles of Sutton, daus. Mary Baldwin, Hannah Carter, and Ruth Baldwin ;
and appoints sons Reuben and Oliver, executors. Children —
71. Mary,* b. Jan. 10, 1694-5; m. May 7, 1717, Henry Baldwin.^ [E. RiCH-
72. Hannah,* b. Aug. 17, 1697; m. Thomas Carter. [ardson, 32.]
73. Joseph,* b. Nov. 8, 1699 ; d. Dec. 7, 1725.
74. Josiah,* b. Jan. 12, 1701-2; of Sudbury; major of the militia; had a son,
Gideon,' b. 1730; H. C, 1749 ; ord. pastor First Chh. in Wells, Me.,
Feb. 27, 1754 ; d. much lamented, March 17, 1758. [Geneal. Reg., April,
1853.] Had also Luther,' whose son Charles,' b. at Sudbury, Oct. 10,
1791, m. Mary Locke, b. Aug. 3, 1791, dau. of Jo,siah and Elizabeth
(Richardson) Locke of Woburn. Elizabeth Richardson,' her mother,
was dau. of Jacob,' and gr. dau. of Jacob* and Elizabeth, [62.]
75. tReubcn,* b. June 12, 1704 ; m. Esther Wyman.
76. tOliver,* b. Aug. 15, 1706 ; m. Lydia Wyman, her sister.
77. David,* ( twin^. b- Oct. ^,^ ^^^^ ^
78. Samuel,*) 12,1708; )
79. Charles,* b, July 27, 1710; of Sutton.
80. Ruth,* b. June 17, 1713; m. James Baldwin,' [E. Richardson, 38.]
21.
Dea. STEPHEN RICHARDSON,' son of .Joseph' and Hannah, b. Feb.
7, 1673-4; m. Nov. 31, 1695, Bridget Richardson,' b. 1674, prob. dau. of
Theophilus. [E. Richardson, 27.] She d. July 1, 1750, a. 76.
He was chosen deacon of the church in Woburn, 1745. He was a captain
in the militia ; and d. Feb. 4, 1751-3, a. 79. His will is dated Sept. 8, 1750 ;
Midd. Prob., 26 : 109. He mentions six sons, Joseph, Thomas, Ichabod,
Stephen, Adam, Asa; also, dau. Phebe Snow. Children —
81. Stephen,* b, June 12, 1696 ; d. Sept, 21, 1703.
82, tJosoph,* b. July 20, 1698; m. Martha Wyman.
83. Thomas,* b. Feb. 5, 1699-1700. Living at date of his fatlier's will, 1750.
84. Bridget,* b. Oct. 15, 1701 ; d. young.
85. Phebe,* b. May 16, 1704; m. April 18, 1738, Isaac Snow, b. Feb. 20, 1708,
son of Timothy and Lydia Snow of Woburn. She was his second wife.
He d. March 31, 1776, a. 67.*
* Their eldest daughter, Phebe, b. Jan. 5, 1738-9 ; m. Ocl. 29, 1760, Daniel Thompson,^ b.
Mar. 4, 1734, son of Samuel* and Rulh (Wright) Thompson, On the morning of April 19,
1775, the alarm being given that the British troops had come out lo destroy the stores at

FAMILY OF SAMUEL RICHAKDSON. 117
86. Ichabod,* b. Jan. 11, 1705-6; d. May 12, 1768, ae, 63,
87, Stephen,* b, abt, 1707 ; d, March 6, 1787, se, 81. [Gravestone.
88. Adam,* b. April 10, 1709; m. Rebecca  ; lived in Groton; had
Winslow, b. 1737; Rebecca, b. 1740; Stephen, b. 1743. [Butler's Hist.
of Groton.
89. tAsa,* b. Dec. 12, 1713 ; m. Hannah Locke.
90. Bridget,* b.  , 1722; d. Sept. 27, 1736, a. 14. [Gravestone.
22
SAMUEL RICHARDSON,' son of SamueP and Martha, b. Nov. 5, 1670 ;
m. Jan. 6, 1703-4, Susanna Richardson,* b. Aug. 5, 1684, dau. of his cousin
John Richardson.' [51.] She d. Aug. 6, 1726, a. 42. He d. Sept. 3, 1754,
a. 84. Children—
91. Samuel,* b. Sept. 15, 1704.
92. tThomas,* b. Nov. 19, 1706; m. 1, Mary Russell. 2, Sarah Brooks.
93. Ebenezer,* b. Jan. 18, 1708-9 ; d. Feb. 24, 1708-9.
94. Uriah,* b. June 30, 1710.
95. Susanna,* b. Nov. 3, 1713 ; m, Nov, 16, 1738, Ebenezer Fosket of Stoneham.
She was dismissed from chh. in Stoneham to chh. in Dudley, May 24, '47.
96. Elizabeth,* b. Dec. 4, 1715 ; m. Joseph Upham of Reading, Feb. 28, 1739-
97. tZachariah,* b. May 21, 1720 ; m. Phebe Wyman. [40.
98. Martha,* b. March 22, 1723; d. Jan. 16, 1723-4.
44.
TIMOTHY RICHARDSON,' son of Stephen^ and Abigail, b. Jan. 24,
1687-8 ; m. Dec. II, 1717, Abigail Johnson,* dau. of Dea. Edward' (b. Mar.
19, 1658,) and Sarah Johnson ; gr. dau. of William,^ who was (b. abt. 1631,) a
son of Capt. Edward Johnson,' one of the first settlers of Woburn. He was
wounded in "Lovewell's Fight" at Pequawket, [Fryeburgh, Me.,] May 8,
1725. [See .30.] He d. June 39, 1735. Inventory Feb. 13, 1735-6 ; Abigail,
his widow, adm'x. His farm bounded east on Stoneham. Children —
99. Ebenezer,* b. March 31, 1718; m. Rebecca  .
994. Abigail,* b. April 17, 1720; d. Aug. 14, 1720.
100. Abiathar,* b. Aug. 15, 1722.
1004. Abigail,* b.  ; m. Joshua Wright of Wob,, March 6, 1739.
101. Zeli,* (son) b.  ; shared in div. of father's estate, Jan. 24, 1742-3.
lOlJ. Keziah,* b.  ; m. Daniel Bryant of Stoneham, 1751.
102. John,* b. Jan. 1, 1735-6.
Concord, he mounted his horse and rode to the north village in Woburn, to alarm the people
and urge them to resistance. He declared his delerminatlon to oppose them, even if he
alone were lo do it. On the retreat of the British from Concord, he fell dead in a field near
the road where they were passing, shot by a grenadier who had marked the execution done
by his balls. His eldest son, Isaac Snow Thompson, was a physician in Baldwin, Me. His
only dau. Phebe, m. Josiah Pierce, Esq., of the same place. His second and only remain
ing son, Diiniel, settled in Berlin, Vl,, and was father of Hon, Daniel Fierce Thompson of
Monlpelier, Vt. [Wob. Journal, Jan. 10, 1852.
One other Woburn man, Asahel Porter, fell on that eventful day.
Samuel Thompson,* (father of the above Daniel") b. Sept. 8, 1705, was son of Jonathan,*
b. Sepl. 28, 1663, who was son of Jonalhan,^ and grandson of Simon Thompson,' one of
the first settlers of Wob. in 1642. His mother, (wife of Samuel,*) Hulh Wright, b. April
4, 1706, was dau. of Dea. Josiah Wright, and sister of Dea. John Wright, [146.] Daniel
was cousin to Benjamin Thompson,* the father of Count Rumfoid.
Count Rumford's pedigree is as follows :
1. Simon Thompson, came from England, and settled in Woburn about 1642.
i. Jonathan, his son, m. Susanna Blodget. Nov. 2B. 1655. They had —
3. Jonathan, b. Sept. 28, 1663. By wife Frances, he had —
4, Ebenezer, (Capt.) b. March 30, 1701 ; d. Oct., 1755. By wife Hannah, he had—
5. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1729 ; d. 1754. He m. Ruth Simonds, b. in Wob., May 14, 1727,
dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Wood) Simonds. The offspring of this union was —
6. Benjamin, (Count Rumford,) b. in Woburn, March 26, 1753 ; bound apprentice at 13
lo a merchant in Salem ; in 1770, clerk in a store in Boslon. In 1772. m. the widow of
f'olonel Rolfe in Concord, N. H., then called Rumford, where he was then teaching a high
school. When he was afterwards ennobled by his patron, the Elector of Bavaria, he chose his
title from the scenes of his earlier life. He d. at Auteuil, near Paris, Aug, 21, 1814, se, 62,
His Countess d. at Concord, N. H., three or four years since.
9

118 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
46.
DANIEL RICHARDSON,' son of Stephen^ and Abigail Richardson, b.
Oct. 16, 1691 ; m. Joanna  . He d. April 20, 1749, a. 57. Children—
103. Joanna,* b. Sept. 21, 1724; m. March, 1746, Samuel Swan of Charles
town, b. there, 1720; d. there, Aug. 6, 1808. Mrs. Swan d. July 4,
1796, Sd. 72. See an account of their family in Geneal. Reg., Jan., 1856.
104. Rebecca,* b. Sept. 29, 1729 ; m. 1, 1754, Jesse Wyman,* b. April 7, 1731 ;
d. Nov. 2, 1754 ; son of David' and Phebe (Richardson) Wyman. [T.
Richardson, 27.] 2, Aug. 16, 1759, Benjamin Richardson, Jr.
105. Daniel,* b. July 13, 1733 ; d. Jan. 30, 1733-4.

FOURTH GENERATION. 65.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,* son of Jacob' and Hannah, b. March 12,
1705; m. April 14, 1730, Jerusha Wyman,' b. July 23, 1712, fourth dau.
(sixth child) of Benjamitf and Elizabeth (Hancock) Wyman, and gr. dau. of
Francis Wyman,' already repeatedly noticed.* Seepage 115, note. She died
April 10, 1784. [1783, gravestone.] He d. June 22, 1797, a. 88. [Grave
stone.] Children —
106. Jeremiah,' b. Aug. 18, 1731.
107. Bamabas,5 b. March 16, 1733 ; m. June 14, 1758, Rebecca Tidd of Wob.
They had—
108. Abijah,' b. March 20, 1761 ; m. 1789, Elizabeth Richardson,^
[167.] They removed to Dublin, N. H., 1794; where he d.
July 12, 1840 ; .she d. Jan. 9, 1853. An account of their family
is given in Leonard's Hist, of Dublin, published 1855.
109. John,' h.  ; m. Sarah  of Hollis, N. H. He also re
moved to Dublin, N. H., about the same time. For family, see
same work.
110. Nancy,' b.  ; m. her cousin, Job Richardson,^ [162.]
111. Jethro,^ b.  , m.  .
112. Zadok,5 b.  ; m. April 27, 1762, Sarah Brooks, b. Dec. 9, 1740, dau. of
Ebenezer and Jemima (Locke) Brooks. Their son Asa,' m. his cousin
Jerusha Richardson, b. 1767, dau. of Edward, [158.] Asa,^ d. Feb. 9,
1817. Jerusha, his wife, d. June 2, 1815, a. 48.
113. tEdward,' b. 1743 ; m. Sarah Tidd, Oct. 6, 1763.
67.
ENOCH RICHARDSON,* brother of the preceding ; b. May 26, 1709 ;
ra. Mary Johnson of Woburn, June 3, 1735. Children —
114. Mary,s b. Dec. 30, 1735. 115. Enoch,' b. April 4, 1738.
114i. Sarah,' b. Match 29, 1737. 115^, Lydia,' b. April 20, 1744.
75.
REUBEN RICHARDSON,* son of Joseph' and Mary, b. in Woburn,
June 13, 1704; m. 1726, Esther Wyman,' b. Feb. 25, 1709, youngest child
of Samuel^ and Rebecca (Johnson) Wyman of Woburn.]:
He lived in Woburn till 1734, when he removed to Stoneham, an adjoining
town, and took up his residence on its western border, near Woburn line, on
the spot where the large two-story house stands, lately owned and occupied
by his descendant, Capt. William Richardson, deceased. His name first
appears on Stoneham Records in March, 1734-5, when he was chosen tything
man. March 1, 1742, he was chosen constable ; Aug. 5, 1744, he "owned tne
covenant, and was baptized." [Chh. Records.] His children, previously born,
were baptized on the faith of his wife, who was a church member. He was
chosen selectman, March 5, 1757, and again March 2, 1772. He d. suddenly
of bilious cholic, Dec. 22, 1776, a. 72.
* Benjamin Wyman,' had seven sons and eight daughters ; all of whom except two sons
became heads of families.
tSamuel Wyman,* her father, b. Nov. 29, 1667; d. May 17, 1726; was sixth son of
Francis.' See p. 115, note. Rebecca Johnson,' her mother, b. March 1, 1665, was dau. of
Matthew Johnson,^' (son of Edward') by his second wife Rebecca Wiswell,m. Oct. 23, 1662.

FAMILY OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON. 119
His widow Esther survived him more than thirty-two years; and d. at the
house of her son Thaddeus Riclrardson, (the same house mentioned above,)
Feb. 8, 1809, having lived one hundred years, lacking seventeen days. This
is the estimate made at the time ; but she was b. Feb. 25, 1709, O. S., which
corresponds to March 8, N. S. ; and if the Woburn Records are to be under
stood as meaning 1709-10, then she wanted just thirteen months of a century.
But her gravestone says, "d. Feb. 8, 1809, a. 99 years, II mo., 14 days."
Children — most of whom lived to a very advanced age —
116. tJoseph,' b. Feb. 9, 1727 ; m, Abigail Felton, Feb,, 1761.
117. Esther,' b. April 16, 1729; m. Francis Leathe of Woburn, 1751. They
lived in Watertown and Salem, and had Esther, Benjamin, William, etc.
118. tReuben,' b. Dec. 22, 1731 ; m. Jerusha Kendall, March, 1757.
119. tRuth,' b. May 23, 1733; m. 1767, John Gerry of Stoneh.am, b. Sept. 22,
1727. She d. March 9, 1808, a. 75. He d. Feb 22, 1825, a;. 98.
The foregoing b. in Woburn ; the remainder in Stoneham.
120. tAbel,' b. Oct. 23, 1736; m. Mary Thomp.son, Nov., 1761.
121. tCaleb,' b. Oct. 24, 1738; m, Sarah Richardson,' gr, dau. of William.'
[Vinton, 11.] He d. a;. 76.
122. tElijah,' b. May 4, 1741 ; m. Ruth Gould of Stoneham, June, 1773.
123. Mary,' b. Aug. 2, 1743 ; m. John Swan of Menotomy, now a part of Win
chester. They had John, Reuben, William, Mary, Stephen.
124. Jerusha,' b. June 2, 1745; m, Reuben Locke of Lexington, 1773. For
this family, see Locke Genealogy. She d. Nov. 15, 1833, aj. 89.
125. tJosiah.' b. Nov. 8, 1747 ; m. Jerusha Brooks, 1775.
126. Loammi,' b. Jan. 12, 1750 ; d. at fifteen months old.
127. Thaddeus,' b. Aug. 7, 1752; m. Lydia Vinton.' [Vinton, 134.] Hed.
128. tCharles,' b. Feb. 17, 1756; m. Anna Bruce, 1777. [ai. 76.
76.
OLIVER RICHARDSON,* son of Joseph' and Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1706;
m. I, at Reading, July 24, 1729, Lydia Wyman,' b. Jan. I, I70I-2, sister of
Esther, his brother Reuben's wife. She d. Oct. 26, 1754. 2 Eunice Pierce,
March 30, 1756. She d. April 5, 1774. He was representative of Woburn in
1773. Children—
129. Jesse,' b. Feb. 1, 1729-30; m. Jemima Brooks, Dec. 29, 1756.
130. Paul,' b. Dec. 23, 1734 ; ra, Eusebia Harrington, dau. of Rev. Timothy
Harrington of Lancaster. Settled first at Lancaster, afterwards in Wiri-
chester, N. H. [Bond's Hist, of Watertown, p. 278.
131. Oliver,' b. April 28, 1737; m. Betsey Tidd of Woburn, June 22, 1769.
He settled in Stonebara about 1772; d. May 2, 1827, a. 90. Had onlv
Oliver,' b. Nov. 7, 1773 ; ra. Feb. 16, 1796, Mary Richardson.'
132. Lydia,' b. Dec. 21, 1740; d. unm. about 1780.
133. Susanna,' b. March 23, 1744; m. Dec. 3, 1762, Joshua Tay, b. April 3,
1741, son of William and Abigail, of Woburn.
134. Samuel,' b.Dec. 5, 1748; m. Anna Eustis of Boston. Kad Samuel,' Sarah,'
Ann,' m. Luke Tidd. 82.
Maj. JOSEPH RICHARDSON,* son of Dea. Stephen' and Bridget, b.
July 20, 1698; m. March 23, 1731, his second cousin, Martha (Wyman')
Tidd, b. Oct. 13, 1695, widow of  Tidd, and dau. of Jacob' and Elizabeth'
(Richardson) Wyman. Her molher Elizabeth,' was dau. of Samuel Richard-
son,2 [24.] He d. Nov. 19, 1756. Children—
135. Jonas,' b. Jan. 1, 1731-2. 137. Martha,' b. Feb. 7, 1735-6.
136. Levi,' b. Feb. 8, 1733-4. 138. Hannah,' b. Sept. 23, 1739.
89.
ASA RICHARDSON,* youngest son of Dea. Stephen' and Bridget, b.
Dec. 12, 1713; m. Hannah Locke,' b. April II, I7I6, dau. of Lieut.
Ebenezer Locke,' who was son of Dea. William Locke,' the original emigrant.
See Locke Genealogy. He d. in Wob. March 17, 1752, se. 40. His widow
Hannah d. March, 1799, a. 83. Children—
139. Hannah,' b. Aug. 22, 1741 ; m. Aug. 22, 1765, Thomas Reed, b. Dec. 22,
1740, son of Thoraas and Lydia Reed of Woburn.

120 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
140, Leonard,' b, Dec. 2, 1742; m, June 22, 1769, Ruth Wright, dau. of Dea.
John Wright. Her sister Mary m. Dea. Jeduthun Richardson, [146.]
They resided in Woburn, and had Leonard,' b. Dec. 24, 1769 ; Asa,' b.
July 31, 1772 ; Ruth, living unm. in Woburn, 1851. After Mr. Richard
son's death, his wid. m. Joseph Bruce, and moved to Farmington, Ct.
141. Susanna,' b. May 16, 1744 ; m. Feb. 14, 1765, Simeon Carter, b. March 28,
1741, son of Jabez and Abigail of Woburn. They resided in Westford.
142. Belief,' b. Aug. 3, 1745 ; m. Joseph Reed, brother of Thomas, [139.]
143. Ichabod,' b. March 3, 1747 ; m. June 6, 1770, Sarah Wyman,' b. Oct. 10,
1752, dau. of James Wyraan,* innholder, of Woburn. He was son of
David,' and grandson of Jacob,' who ra. Elizabeth Richardson, [24.]
In the life-time, but during the absence of her husband,* she m. 1782,
Josiah Richardson,' b. Feb. 22, 1747, son of David,* [61.] The wife
returned to her first husband, who d. Feb. 5, 1792.
144. Lucy,' b. Nov. 15, 1748 ; d. at 9 years of age.
145. Edraund,' b. Aug. .5, 1751 ; m. Mary Leathe, March 19, 1771.
92.
THOMAS RICHARDSON,* son of Samuel' and Susanna, b. No/. 19,
1706; m. I, May 6, 1735, Mary Russell, b. Oct. 4, 1712, dau. of John and
Joanna Russell. She d. Jan. II, 1741-2, le. 30. 2, Oct. 18, 1742, Sarah
Brooks, b. Dec. 25, 1714, dau. of Jabez and Hephzibah Brooks. She d. June
12, 1784, te. 71. He d. June 13, 1773, a. 67. His only child, by first wife, was—
146. Jeduthun,' b. April 16, 1738; m. March 24, 1761, Mary Wright, b. Jan.
29, 1 741 , dau. of Dea. John Wright,* by his wife Mary Locke,' young
est dau. of James,' who was son of Dea. WiUiara Locke,' the original
emigrant. John Wright,* chosen deacon Aug. 9, 1758, was b. July 14,
1708, son of Dea. Josiah' (and Ruth,) who was b. 1674, son of Joseph,'
and grandson of Dea. John Wright,' who d. April 30, 1714,a. 86. Jedu-
than Richardson was chosen deacon, July 23, 1796, and d. Oct. 11, 1815,
a;. 78. His wid. Mary d. Nov. 4, 1820, se. 80. They had eleven
children, from nine of whom have sprung a numerous posterity. One
of his sons, Thomas,' b. March 29, 1770, lived on the spot once owned
and occupied by the original emigrant, Samhel Richardson.'
97.
ZACHARIAH RICHARDSON,* son of Samuel' and Susanna, b. May
21, 1730 ; m. May 10, 1744, Phebe Wyman, b. July 29, 1724, dau. of David,'
(b. 1693,) and Phebe (Richardson) Wyman. Her mother Phebe was dau. of
Nathaniel Richardson,' [T. Richardson, 27.] Zachariah Richardson died
Nov. 22, 1804, a. 84. His wid. Phebe d. Aug. 3, 1809, a. 85. Children—
147. Zachariah,' b. April 1, 1745; m. Elizabeth Brooks, Dec. 30, 1767.
148. Phebe,' b. Feb. 24, 1747-8; d. young.
149. Susanna,' b. Aug. 18, 1749; ra. Samuel Symmes, June 4, 1771. Their
son Samuel m. Mary Richardson,' [171.]
150. John,' b. May 15, 1753; ra. Mary Thornton.
151. Ruth,' b. July 15, 1755 ; ra. Joseph Brown.
152. Jesse,' b. Sept. 26, 1757 ; d. young.
153. Anne,' b. Sept. 16, 1759; d. young.
154. Jesse,' b. Aug. 20, 1761 ; m. Submit Brown.
155. Phebe,,' b. April 12, 1764.
156. Anne,' b. May 19, 1766 ; ra. Joshua Reed. She d. May 30, 1854, a. 88.

FIFTH QENERATION. 113.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,' son of Edward* and Jerusha, b. 1743 ; m.
Oct. 6, 1763, Sarah Tidd,' b. Nov. 8, 1743, dau. of Samuel and Phebe
(Sawyer) Tidd of Woburn. Samuel Tidd,* her father, was b. Aug. 20, I7I6,
son of Ebenezer' and Martha. Ebenezer Tidd,' b. Aug. 31, 1693, was son of
" Ichabod was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, was taken prisoner and carried to
England, pressed into the British service, and deiaiued seven or eight years. His wife
supposed him dead. They had Ichabod,' K San. 17,1771; m. Ruth Baldwin, Sepl. '21,1791.

FAMILY OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON. 121
John' and Elizabeth. John' may have been son of John Tidd,' the original
emigrant, who d. April 24, 1657. Edward Richardson,' d. Nov. 17, 1837,
a. 94. His wife Sarah d. Dec. 2.5, I82I, s. 79. Children—
157. Bridget,' b. Feb. 11, 1764 ; m. Stephen Richardson.'
158. Jerusha,' b. 1767; ra. Asa Richardson,' [112.]
159. Sarah,' b. April 11, 1770 ; ra. May 29, 1794, Bartholomew Richardson,' b.
Aug. 24, 1764, son of Bartholomew,' b. June 19, 1735, who was son of
Noah,* b. March 5, 1702-3, [57.] He d. Jan. 3, 1852, a. 87 years, 4 mos.
12 days, the oldest man in Woburn.
160. Hephzibah,' b. May 4, 1775; ra. 1794, Timothy Wright of Stoneham, b.
Nov. 26, 1766, son of Timothy and Martha (Hay) Wright.
leoj. Heman,' b.  , m,  ; " lived up country."
161. Edward,' b.  ; m.  Perkins. Living in Woburn, 1855. [1855.
162. Job,' b.  ; m. his cousin Nancy Richardson, [110.] Lives in Chlst'wn,
163. Sarauel Tidd,' ra. a dau. of Jethro,' his uncle [111.1 Resided in Woburn.
164. Jason,' b. Aug. 7, 1788; ra. July 7, 1814, Mary Wyman,' b. April 12,
1793, dau. of Jesse and Susanna (Richardson) Wyman, [176.]
165. Phebe,' b.  ; m  Parker of Reading.
116.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON,' eldest son of Reuben* and Esther, b. in
Woburn, Feb. 9, 1727; m. 1761, Abigail Felton of Danvers ; published
Jan. 16, 1761. He was by occupation a miller; lived in Danvers and Wob.,
and d. in the latter place, July 3, 1833, a. 96 years, 5 mos. Children —
166. Joseph,' b. about 1761 ; ra. 1795, Anna Knight; published Apr. 24, 1795.
167. Elizabeth,' b. Feb. 23, 1763 ; m. March 5, 1789, Abijah Richardson,' [108.]
168, Malachi,' b. April 14, 1766 ; m. March 22, 1792, Sarah Brown, b, April
12, 1770, dau. of Ephraim and Sarah Brown of Stoneham. She d. May
28, 1814. He d. Sept. 24, 1846, a. 80.
169. Reuel,' b.  ; ra.  . Lived and d. in Mason, N. H.
170. Abigail,' b.  ; ra. 1795, Nathan Bucknam, b. June 22, 1771, son of
John and Anna Bucknam of Stoneh. She d. without issue, June 8, 1816,
171. Mary,' b.  ; m. Samuel Symmes, b. Oct. 28, 1776, son of Samuel and
Susanna (Richardson) Symmes of Woburn, [149.] Had one dau. m.
 Todd.
172. Caleb,' f twins, b. i m. June 11, 1807, Mary Parker, dau. of Josiah and
} > Hannah (Gardner) Parker of Wob. Living in 1855.
173. Joshua,' ( 1777; ) killed instantly, July 14,1807, by the falling of Maj.
Jeremiah Clap's house-frarae in Woburn, which he,
with several others, were in the process of raising.
Samuel Wright, a. 27, son of Dea. Josiah Wright,' and
grandson of Dea. John Wright,* [146,] was also in
stantly killed. John Lyman d. next day, and Nathan
Parker d. July 19, of injuries received at the same
time. From 30 to 40 persons were more or less injured.
118.
REUBEN RICHARDSON,' son of Reuben* and Esther, b. in Woburn,
Dec. 22, 1731 ; m. March 3, 17,57, Jerusha Kendall, b. Feb. 13, 1734-5,
dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth of Woburn. He was a blacksmith and farmer.
Lived in Stoneham from early childhood till 1766 ; afterwards resided in Wob.
till his death, Nov. 16, 1818, a. 87. Children, all b. in Stoneham—
174. Jerusha,' b. March 31, 1759 ; m. 1779, Paul Upton of Wilmington.
175. Elizabeth,' b. May 157T761 ; m. June 12, 1781, Zadok Wyraan,' of Wob.,
b. Aug. 10, 1760, son of Nathan and Rebecca (Russell) Wyman. He
d. about 1840. She d. Feb. 7, 1847, a. 86.
176. Susanna,' b. Nov. 1, 1763 ; m. Feb. 17, 1785, Jesse Wyman,' b. June 23,
1764, son of Jesse* and Esther, son of Zebadiah,' son of Benjamin,' son
of Francis.' He d. Jan. 21, 1807. She d. Jan. 17, 1829. Their dau.
Mary, b. April 12, 1793 ; m. Jason Richardson, [164.1
177. Mary,' b.  ; m. Dec. 1, 1803, Calvin Brooks of Woburn, afterwards
of Sterling. He finally came back to Woburn and died there, June 3,
1855, a. 84.
178. Esther,' b. Jan. 4, 1766 ; m. Oct. 3, 1786, Joseph Wheeler Beers of Wob.

122 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
119.
RUTH RICHARDSON,' dau. of Reuben and Esther, had by Johk
Gerry — his 2d wife ; he was son of John and Elizabeth (Wyman) Gerry —
181. Benjamin, b. Sept. 1, 1767; m. 1, Persis Danforth of South Reading. 2,
Betsey Parker of Danvers. He d. about 1847, a. 80.
182. John, b. Sept. 25, 1771 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Morgan. 2, Hannah Rowe. They
lived in New York city. 120.
ABEL RICHARDSON,' son of Reuben* and Esther, b. in Stoneham,
Oct. 23, 1736 ; m. Nov. 26, 1761, Mary Thompson,' b. May 24, 1741, dau. of
Samuel* and Ruth (Wright) Thompson, sister of Daniel Thompson, one of the
two Woburn men who were killed by the British, on the I9th April, 1775.
See p. 1 17, note.
He was a soldier in the " Old French War," I756-I760, in the neighbor
hood of Lake George ; also a soldier of the Revolution. He resided in Wo
burn, within the present limits of Winchester. He d. May 27, 1831, te. 96.
His widow, Mary, d. Jan. 16, 1832, a. 91. When very aged, his hair, which
had been of a silvery white, began to assume a degree of color. Children —
183. Abel,' b. Aug. 25, 1762 ; d, young,
184. Mary,' b. Aug. 18, 1764; never married; had large experience as a nm^e.
Living in 1855.
185. Abel,' b. Jan. 26, 1767 ; m. Lucy Childs. She d. at Wob. July 8, 1829, a. 56.
186. Ruby,' b. June 11, 1769; ra. .lonathan Wyman, Feb. 21, 1788. She was
living 1852.
187. Lydia,' b April 3, 1771 ; m.  Wilkins of Lyndeboro', N. H.
188. Reuben,' b. Mar. 10, 1 773 ; m.  , dau. of Jaraes Tufts, innkeeper, Medf.
189. Isaac,' b. Feb. 25, 1776; ra. Betsey Hard of Charlestown.
190. Enochj' b. Nov. 17, 1779; m.  of Lyndeboro', N. H. Living there 1855.
122.
ELIJAH RICHARDSON,' son of Reuben* and Esther, b. in Stoneham,
May 4, I74I; m. 1773, Ruth Gould, b. Oct. 17, 1753, dau. of Daniel and
Ruth of Stoneham.
He was by trade a cooper, but was chiefly occupied with agriculture. Lived
in Stoneham, in the house now owned and occupied by Micah Williams. His
wife Ruth d. Sept. I81I, a. ^8. He d. May 20, 1833, a. 91. Children—
191. Susanna,' b. June 14, 1775; m. Jesse Richardson.
192. Elijah,' b. May 20, 1779 ; m. Mary Vinton. [Vinton, 196.]
193. Ruth,' b. April 16, 1787 ; m. April 7, 1814, Benj. Woods of Woburn.
125.
Dea. JOSIAH RICHARDSON.' son of Reuben* and Esther, b. in Stone
ham, Nov. 8, 1747; m. April 11, 1776, Jerusha Brooks, b. July 13, 1757,
dau. of Benjamin and Susanna (Kendall) Brooks of Woburn. Her father,
Benjamin, b. April 14, 1717, was son of Jabez and Hephzibah Brooks, and was
killed by the falling of a tree, Jan. 6, 1769, m. 52.
Josiah Richardson resided in Woburn. Was chosen deacon of the church
there, Jan. 28, 1789. He d. Dec. 38, 1795, a. 48. His widow, Jerusha, m.
Dec. 9, 1806, Ebenezer Wade of Woburn, and died Sept. 17, 1842, a. 8.5.
Children —
194. Jerusha,' b. May 4, 1777 ; d. Aug. 27, 1778.
195. Josiah,' b.May 8, 1780; ra.June 26, 1804, Hannah Brooks, b. June 30, 1781,
youngest child of Nathaniel and Esther (Wyraan) Brooks of Woburn.
196. Benjamin Brooks,' b. Aug. 11, 1783 ; m. 1, May 21, 1807, Sally Bond Da
vis, b. March 9, 1786, dau. of Nathaniel Davis of Woburn. 2, Jan. 3,
1822, Abigail Cushing of Haverhill, b. Oct. 3, 1779.
197. Lemuel,' b. Sept, 2, 1785; m, April 11, 1811, Nancy Richardson,' b. March
17, 1790, dau. of Abel' and Anna (Tufts) Richardson, and gr. dau. of
Nathan,' b. 1725. [E. Richardson, 76.]
198. Amastt,' b. May 30, 1790 ; d. at 4 years old.
199. Clarissa,' b. Oct. 12, 1794 ; m, John Levering of Deering, N, H,, a native
of Woburn,

FAMILY OF THOMAS RICHARDSON. 123
128.
Lieut. CHARLES RICHARDSON,' youngest son of Reuben* and Esther,
b. in Stoneham, Feb. 17, 1756; m. June 26, 1777, Anna Bruce,' b. Jhu. 27,
1759, dau. of George and Mary (Holt) Bruce of Woburn. George,* her father,
was b. May 18, 1733, son of John' and Rose Bruce. John Bruce,' was son of
John,' and grandson of George Bruce,' (a Scotsman,) and Elizabeth Clark
(dau. of William Clark) of Woburn, who were m. in Wob., Dec. 30, 1659.
They lived in Stoneham, Woburn, and Salem. He d. at over 80 years of
age. Children, b. in Stoneham, were—
200. Charles,' b. Aug. 30, 1778; m. March 11, 1801, Sarah Mansfield of Stone
ham. She is deceased. He was living in Salem, March, 1853. Chil
dren — Jonas,'' b. May 1, 1802; d. of consumption at Mobile, Sept. 10,
1830. Charles Mansfield,'' b. Jan. 17, 1807 ; m. April 16, 1835, Caroline
Mansfield Tracy. He is a hardware merchant in Salem. No children.
201. Anna,' b. March 24, 1781 ; m. Williara Poole of Danvers.
202. Sally,' b. May 28, 1790 ; ra.  Upton of Danvers.
203. Jones,' b. March 29, 1792 ; d. of scarlatina, Feb. 16, 1796.
Addendum. — After 73. Joseph,* b. Nov. 8, 1699, add — m. Susanna  , who
d. in childbed. Mar. 7, 1725-6, "a. abt. 29." They had James,' b. Mar. 1, 1723-4 ;
Seth,' and Susanna,' twins, b. Mar. 6, 1725-6. He d. Dec. 7, 1725.

Jesaitbants of %\mm ^it^arbsoit of Moburii.
The birth and residence of every person here registered, may be taken to
have been at Woburn, unless the contrary appears from the context.

FIRST GENERATION.
THOMAS RICHARDSON' appears to have been younger than Samuel,
and with him may have emigrated to America some four or five years later
than Ezekiel, the eldest brother. Thomas, with his brother Samuel, was ad
mitted to the church in Charlestown, Feb. 18, 1637-8; also admitted freeman,
May 2, 1638. Thomas, with Samuel and Ezekiel, assisted in the foundation
of the church and town of Woburn, 1642. See Ezekiel Richardson.
Thomas d. at Woburn, Aug. 28, I65I.
The name of his wife was Mary. After his death she m. Michael Bacon,
sen., (his second wife,) Oct. 26, 165,5. She d. May 19, 1670 ; and he m. for
third wife, Mary Noyes, Nov. 28, 1670. Michael Bacon d. July 4, 1688.
The children of Thomas Richardson were —
1. Mary,2 bap. at Charlestown, Nov. 17, 1638.
2. Sarah,' bap. at Charlestown, Nov. 22, 1640; ra. Michael Bacon, jr., March
22, 1660. They had Mary, b. March 1, 1661. Sarah, b. Aug. 24, 1663.
Abigail, h. March 1, 1666.
3. tisaac,' b. at Woburn, May 14, 1643 ; m. Deborah Fuller, June 19, 1667.
4. Thomas,' b. Oct. 4, 1645 ; settled in Billerica, 1667 ; d. Fob. 25, 1721, having
many descendants.
44. Ruth,' b. April 14, 1647.
5. Phebe,' b. Jan. 24, 1648-9.
6. tNathaniel,' b. Jan. 2, 1650-1 ; m. Mary  .

SECOND OENERATION. 3.
ISAAC RICHARDSON,' son of Thomas,' b. May 14, 1643; m. Deborah
Puller, June 19, 1667. He lived in Woburn, his native place, and d. there
April 2, 1689. In his Will, dated Feb. 28, 1688-9, (Midd. Prob. 7 : II,) he
mentions wife Deborah, son Jonathan, then under 21 years of age, sons Ed-

124 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
ward, Joseph, Benjamin and David, all minors ; daughters Mary and Elizabeth.
David and Edward are called " my two youngest sons." Samuel and Stephen
Richardson sign as witnesses. Children —
7. Jonathan,' b.Dec. 12, 1669. He was of Providence 1 709, " late rf Woburn."
In 1719, he was "of Mendon," then in Suffolk Co., and had a sonlsaac.*
8. Deborah,' b. Jan. 22, 1671-2.

9. Joseph,'
10. Benjamin,'

twins, born June 25,
1674.

Lived in Woburn, 1709; taxed in Stone

ham, non-resident, for real estate, 1726-7.
ra. Lydia  . Lived in Woburn, 1709; taxed
in Stoneham, non-resident, for real estate, 1726-7.
Had Benjamin,* who was "Jr.," 1726. Lydia,* b.
Nov. 28, 1710. He d. 1728, intestate. His widow
Lydia and eldest son Benj. were appointed adra'rs,
Jan. 6, 1728-9. [Midd. Prob. 18, 414.
11. Marcy,' b. Oct. 27, 1676 ; d. May 13, 1678.
12. David,' b. Feb. 4, 1678-9.
13. Phebe,' b. Feb. 14, 1680-1, Though not mentioned in her father's Will,
seems to have ra. Joseph Rice of Reading, May 20, 1703.
14. Mary,' b. July 14, 1683.
15. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 8, 1685.
16. Edward,' b. Feb. 2, 1687-8. 6.
NATHANIEL RICHARDSON,' youngest son of Thomas,' b. Jan. 2,
1650-1 ; m. Mary  . He was freeman 1690; was "of Capt. Prentiss'
troop" of horse, and wounded in the " Great Swamp Fight," Dec. 19, 1675 ;
d. Dec. 4, 1714; his wid. Mary, d. Dec. 32, 1719. Their children were—
17. tNathaniel,' b. Aug. 27, 1673 ; m. Abigail Read, Sept. 18, 1694.
18. tJaraes,' b. Feb. 26, 1675-6 ; ra. 1, Rebecca Eaton. 2, Elizabeth Arnold.
19. Mary,' b. March 10, 1679-80; m. 1, May 5, 1696, Thomas Wyman,' b. April
1, 1671, son of Francis.' 2, Aug. 17, 1733, Josiah Winn. She d. June
7, 1743, a. 63.
20. tJoshua, b. June 3, 1681 ; m. Hannah  .
21. Martha,' b.  , 1683.
22. John,' b. Jan. 25, 1684-5.
23. Thomas,' b. April 15, 1687.
24. Hannah,'b. May6, 1689; m. 1, Timothy Baldwin.' [E. Richardson, 29. J
2, John Vinton, Esq., of Dudley, 1752. [Vinton. 9.]
25. Samuel,' b. Sept. 24, 1691 ; m. Sarah  . Had Margaret,* h. May 25,
1714 ; Samuel.,* b. July 16, 1716 ; Sarah,* b. June 1, 1719.
26. tPhineas,' b. Feb. 1693-4; m. 1, Mary Arnold. 2, Rebecca Fowle.
27. Phebe,' b. March 4, 1695-6 ; m. Oct. 31, 1716, David Wyman,' b. April 14;
1693, son of Jacob' and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman, [S. Richard
son, 24] and grandson of Lieut. John Wyman.' She d. Nov. 24,
1750, a. 54.
28. Amos,' b. Aug. 10, 1698 ; m. Abigail  ; had Amos,* b. Dec. 3, 1721.
29. Benjamin,' b. Aug. 27, 1700 ; d. Sept. 5, 1700.

THIRD GENERATION. 17.
NATHANIEL RICHARDSON,' son of Nathaniel' and Mary, b. Aug. 27,
1673 ; m. Sept. 18, 1694, Abigail Read, dau. of Israel Read of Woburn.
Children —
30. Abigail,* b. Dec. 25, 1695.
31. Elizabeth,* b. 1697; d. Oct. 10, 1698.
32. Rebecca,* b. Aug, 14, 1699.
33. Nathaniel,* ( twins, b. March I seems to have settled in Leicester abt. 1722.
34. Rachel,* ( 20,1702; J d. Sept. 19, 1702.
3.5. Benjamin,* b. Feb, 29, 1703-4 ; m. Judith  . Had Isaac,' b. April 18,
1733. .Judith,' b. Aug. i,n31. Joe/,' b, July 3, 1740 ; m. Oct. 20, 1768,
36. Israel,* b. Aug. 16, 1710. [Susanna Richardson.

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18.
Capt. JAMES RICHARDSON,' son of Nathaniel' and Mary, b. Feb. 26
1675-6 ; m. I, Rebecca Eaton, 1698 ; who d. 1699, without issue. 2, Eliz
abeth Arnold, Dec. 22, 1699. Capt. James Richardson was employed
against the Indians in Maine, and d. Mar. 23, 1722, a. 44. His wid. Elizabeth
d. Nov. 3, 1744. ? Children—
37. James,* b. Nov. 28, 1700 ; d. in infancy.
38. James,* b. March 14, 1703-4 ; m. Sept. 24, 1728, Sarah Fowle. Had James,'
b. Dec. 25, 1729 ; m. Hannah Reed, Feb. 12, 1749-50. William,' b. May
6, 1731. Sarah,' b. Dec, 12, 1732 ; m. 1754, Ephraim Wyman.*
39. Josiah,* b. May 16, 1706.
394. Catherine,* b.  ; d. April 5, 1714.
40. Rebecca,* b. July 14, 1710; m. March 2, 1730, Sarauel Locke,'* b. Aug. 24,
1702, son of Lieut. Ebenezer,' and grandson of Dea. William Locke.'
He inherited, through his father, the homestead of his grandfather,
William Locke, on the road to Lexington, li ras. W. of Woburn village.
There he kept tavern several years. In Dec., 1741, he sold this farm to
Samuel Wyman, 3d, and raoved to Lancaster, where he became a large
landholder.t He died April 13, 1775, a. 72, and his widow m. Dec. 27,
1775, Col. Joseph Wilder, and d. Sept. 10, 1789, a. 79. [Locke Geneal.
41. Catharine,* b. Feb. 6, 1714-15 ; ra. Joshua Sawyer, Feb. 3, 1736-7.
42. Nathaniel,* b. Feb. 6, 1716.
43. Mary,< b. Jan. 26, 1719.
Isaac Richardson* m. July 2, 1728, Eliz. Richardson : had 8 children. Whether
he were of the preceding or following family, does not appear.
20.
JOSHUA RICHARDSON,' son of Nathaniel' and Mary. b. June 3, I68I ;
m. Hannah  . He d. Nov. 5, 1749, " a. 78." Children—
44. Hannah,* b. Jan. 8, 1706-7. Did she m. Benj. Belknap, May 19, 1726 ?
45. Mary,* b. March 13, 1709-10; m. Thomas Carter, May 21, 1728.
46. Martha,* b. May 18, 1714 ; had illegitimate son Thomas by Eleazar Wyman.'
47. Joshua,* b. Oct, 18, 1716; m. 1, July 11, 1739, Eunice Jennison, b.Feb,
1721-2, youngest dau. of Samuel' and Mary (Stearns) Jennison, of
Watertown. She d. in childbed, April 13, 1748, a, 26. 2, Abigail Car
ter, who outlived him, and d. at Salem, about 1795. Children by first
wife— Lucy,' b. July 21, 1740 ;.d. Dec. 27, 1741. Nathaniel,' b. March
20, 1742; ra. in Middleton, Sept. 1771, Eunice Putnara, b. March 29,
1751, dau. of David Putnam of Danvers. Nathaniel, d. Jan. 25, 1796.
Eunice d. his widow at Salem, Nov. 28, 1846, a. 95 y. 7 mo. 27 days.
Nathaniel Richardson' was a merchant and tanner in Salem. Other
children of Joshua,* were — Lucy,' b. Nov. 13, 1743 ; Joshua' ; Israel,' b.
March 29,1748; d. April 20, 1748. His children by second marriage
were — Josiah,' Abigail,' Israel,' Asa,' Polly,' Eunice,' Alford.'
26.
PHINEAS RICHARDSON,' son of Nathaniel' and Mary, b. Feb. 1693-4 ;
m. I, Mary Arnold, Oct. 30, 1716. 2, May 9, 1728, Rebecca Fowle.
Children —
By first wife — By second wife —
48. Mary,* b. March 7, 1717-8. 51. J.ames,* b. April 30, 1729.
49. Thomas,* b. Oct. 30, 1721. 52. William,* b. Feb. 27, 1731.
50. James,* b. April 19, 1724 ; d. July 53. Dorothy,* b. March 31, 1733.
7, 1724. 54. Phincas,* b. Jan- 9, 1735; m. Feb.
27, 1759, Hannah Richardson. [S. Richardson, 138.]
™ According to the printed Woburn Records, Elizabeth Richardson m. Samuel Locke,
March 2, 1730.
X William Locke,* b. Aug. 23, 1748, youngest son of I^amuel' and Rebecca (Richardson)
Locke, m Mary Fowle, at Lancnster, June 18, 1772, and by her had Josiah,' h. at Lancas
ter, Oct. I, 1780; m. Susanna Patlerson, Oct 12, 1806; removed lo Blonmfield, Me,, and
there had Mary, b, Aug. 8, 1807, and Ann, b. Jan, 10, 1811, who were successively wives of
Rev. George Whilefield Hathaway of that place.

126 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.

Jwcrabants of iljomas §xm\[t'] of Pakn.
The following sketch has been prepared by Samuel S. Greene, Professor of
Mathematics and Civil Engineering in Brown University, Providence. Con
siderable aid has been rendered him by the compiler of the other portions of
this volume ; especially in those parts of the sketch which relate to the
Greens of Stoneham, Reading, and the vicinity.
There were many other families of the name of Green, or Greene, among
the first settlers of New England. Bartholomew Green, whose wife was
Elizabeth, came to America about 1630; and settled in Cambridge with his
children, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Phebe. His son Samuel had a family of
nineteen children. Two of the sons of this Samuel were printers, as were many
of their descendants. Samuel Green, a printer, and a descendant of this
family, was residing in Hartford, Ct., in 1855. Rev. Henry Green, first min
ister of Reading, resided some time in Watertown ; freeman, 1640 ; ord. at
Reading, Nov. 5, 1645 ; d. Oct. II, 1648. He is spoken of as "the father of
Reading:" incorporated 1644.
John Greene, of Salem, went to Providence 16.36, afterwards to Warwick,
and is the ancestor of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, a distinguished commander of
the Revolution.
John G.ieene, a ruling elder of the church in Charlestown was born in
London; came to this country 1632, and died May 22, 1658. His Will, dated
the previous April, mentions wife Joane, sons John and Jacob, and dau. Mary
Greene ; also Elizabeth Greene, Jacob's wife, and Jacob's two sons, Jacob and
John. Joseph Green, and Elizabeth his wife, were of Weymouth, 1653.
Nathaniel Green, Cambridge, was freeman 1645.
Percival Green and Ellen his wife came to this country in 1635, each at
the age of 33, and settled in Cambridge. They had a son John, b. June, 1636,
who, Oct. 20, 1656, m. Ruth, dau. of Edward Mitchelson.
Felt finds in Ipswich a Henry Green, 1642, and a Thomas Greene, 1648.
Thomas Greene came from London in the Paull, Leonard Belts, master,
bound to Virginia, July 6, 1635.
Thomas Green came May 28, 1636, in the ship Speedwell, Joseph Chap-
pell, master, from London.
Thomas Greene lived in Roxbury in 1648.
Probably one of these was the ancestor of the family included in the follow
ing sketch.
William Green, b. in Devonshire, Eng., Oct. 16, 1591 ; m. Hannah Ken
dall ; settled in Woburn, where he died Jan. 7, 16.53-4. He had Hannah, b.
Feb. 7, 1646-7; John, b. Oct. 11. 1649; IVitliam, b. Oct. 22, 1651.
Three families of the name of Green were resident in Maiden, at its incor
poration in 1649. James Green, freeman 1647, had wife Elizabeth and a
son John, who is known in the records as "John Green of the Hill," and who
d. in 1709, leaving wife Mary, and only son Samuel. From these is descended
James D. Green, Esq., who was mayor of Cambridge in 1853.
Besides the Thomas Green, whose descendants are, many of them, included
in the following sketch, there was another Thomas Green, whose Will, dated
Feb. 35, 1673-4, and proved 16th June following, we find on record, Midd.
Prob., 4 : 110. His first wife, Margaret, d. June 22, 1667. He m. his second
wife, Elizabeth Webb, Aug. 19, 1667, and mentions her in his Will, together
with his children, Thomas, Mary, John, Ephraim, and Elizabeth, the last two
of whom were under 31 years of age. This testator is stated in the Probate
Records to have d. May 25, 1674. His eldest son, Thomas, b. April I, 16.53;
in. March 23, 1675, Mary Weeks ; is called " Col. ;" d. April 28, 1694, eb. 42.
His widow m. a Gage. His son Thomas removed to Bradford ; was there
1699. Ephraim Green, son of the aforesaid testator, d. Nov. 28, 1694, proba-

THE GREEN FAMILY. 127
bly unmarried. Of John Green, b. Jan. 26, 1658-9, brother of Ephraim, we
have no further account.

FIRST GENERATION. 1.
THOMAS GREEN[E]* was born in England, probably abt. 1606. There
are reasons for supposing that he came from Leicestershire, but no proof of
the fact. The time of his arrival in this country is also uncertain. The first
record in which his name appears, so as to identify him, is 1653, when his
youngest daughter, Dorcas, was born. Yet he doubtless came many years be
fore, probably 1635 or 1636. We are inclined to the opinion that he lived
either in Ipswich or Roxbury till 1649 or 1650, andthen removed to Maiden.
He certainly lived in Maiden as early as Oct. 38, 1651, when his wife Elizabeth,
and dau., bearing the same name, signed a petition to the General Court.]:
He had a farm of 63 acres in the north part of Maiden, in that part which
is now the town of Melrose. A part of his farm remains to this day in the pos
session of his descendants.
He was selectman of Maiden in 1658, and was several times on the grand
jury of the County of Middlesex. As there were two other Thomas Greens in
the town, he is known on the records as Thomas Green, senior ; his son being
junior, and the other Thomas left without any suffix.
He m. 1, Elizabeth  , who was doubtless the mother of all his child
ren, and who d. Aug. 22, 1658. 2, Frances Cook, Sept. 5, 1659. She was
then the widow of Richard Cook, who d. October 14, 1658 ; and had previously
been the widow of Isaac Wheeler. She was b. in 1608, and had children by
both her lormer husbands.
He d. Dec. 19, 1667. His Will, dated Nov. 12, 1667; proved Jan. 15,
1667-8; recorded Midd. Prob., 5 : 297, mentions no wife, but makes bequests
to his " eldest son " Thomas, sons John, William, Henry, Samuel, and daugh
ters Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Martha, and Dorcas. Sons William and Henry
were appointed executors. John Waite, John Lynde, witnesses. Inventory,
Jan. 10, 1667-8 ; amount, £364.
The children of Thomas Green, were —
2. Elizabeth,' prob. b. in England abt. 1628, one of the signers of the petition
to Gen. Court iu 1651. Nothing further is known of her.
3. tThomas,' prob. b. in England abt. 1630 ; ra. Rebecca Hills abt. 1653.
4. t.John,'^ b. (prob. in Eng.) 1632 ; ra. Sarah Wheeler, Dec. 18, 1660.
5. Mary,' prob. b. in Eng. abt. 1633 ; m. before 1656, Capt. John Waite, a
prominent citizen ; selectman 1658, 1678, 1679 and four following years ;
representative 1666-1684.
6. tWilliam,' b.  , 1635 ; ra. 1, Elizabeth Wheeler. 2, Isabel Blood.
7. tlleury,' b.  , 1638; m. Esther Hasse, Jan. 11, 1671-2.
8. tSamuel,' b. March, 1645 ; m. 1, Mary Cook, 1666. 2, Susanna  .
9. Hannah,' b. about 1647 ; m. Joseph Richardson, of Woburn, Nov. 5, 1666.
[S. Richardson, 5.] (There is no authority for the date of her birth
as given on p. 113,) She d. May 20, 1721,
10. Martha,' b. about 1650.
11. Dorcas,' b. in Maiden, May 1, 1653 ; m. Jan. 11, 1671-2, Jaraes Barrett,' of
Maiden, b. April 6, 1644. She d. 1682. James d. 1694. Their child
ren, intermarrying with the Sargents, &c., have nuraerous descendants.
Some of the above were doubtless born in England ; how many is unknown.
* In many, perhaps most of the earliest recoids, the name was spelled wiih ihe final e.
Bul ihe great majorily of Iho descendants of Thomas Greene' have nol used the final vowel ;
which will therefore be omilied, except in recording the families descended from Ebenezer
Greene of Belcherlovvn, and one or two others, by whom it was assumed about 1825, in the
belief that it coiiformed lo the ancient orthography.
X This petition was signed by 36 females of Maiden, praying the General Court lo excuse
some errors and (ailings of Rev, Marmaduke Matthews, first minister of Maiden, who had
fallen under the censure of that honorable body. Three Elizabelh Greens were among the
signer^; the Ihird being wife of James Green.' See Inlroductory paragraphs of this sketch.
[Bi-Cenlcnnial Book ol Maiden, p 140.

128 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.

SECOND GENERATIOt^. 3.
THOMAS GREEN,' son of the preceding; prob. b. in Eng. about 1630:
in. abt. 1653, Rebecca Hills,' dau. of JOSEPH HILLS,' then of Maiden,
afterwards of Newbury, by his first wife, Rose Dunster, sister of President
Dunster.* He resided in Maiden, was a farmer, and was admitted freeman May 31,
1670. He d. Feb. 13, I67I-2, having made his Will on the day of his death;
which Will, proved April 2, 1672, and recrrded Midd. Prob., 4:116, gives to
wife Rebecca the third part of his estate ; the remainder to be equally divided
among his children Rebecca, Hannah, Thomas, and Samuel, who were then
all under age. Wife Rebecca, Ex*. Plis brother John Green and brother
Wayte, overseers. Inventory, £164. 10; dated March 8, 1671-2.
His widow, Rebecca, d. June 6, 1674.
The children of Thomas and Rebecca (Hills) Green, were —
12. Rebecca,' b. 1654; m. 1674, Thomas Newell of Lynn. He was appointed
administrator, "in behalf of his wife and the other children," of the estate
of the widow Rebecca Green, his wife's mother, March 4, 1674-5. Jo
seph Hills of Newbury, conveyed, Nov. 9, 1674, to the aforesaid Thomas
Newell and Rebecca his wife, two parcels of land, containing ten acres,
and " sometimes in the occupation of Thomas Green ; " in consideration
of payments to be made to Hannah (sister of the grantee's wife) and to
Samuel (her brother) when they should become of age. Furthermore,
Samuel Green, last mentioned, was to be " brought up " by the said
Newell. In this deed, Joseph Hills calls himself " father of Rebecca,
the wife of Thomas Green, late of Maulden." [Midd. Deeds, 8 : 543-4-5.]
The same land was conveyed, April 24, 1690, by the said 'Thomas New
ell "of Maiden," to the said Samuel Green. [Midd. Deeds, 12 : 449. [
Mrs. Rebecca Newell d. May 25, 1726, aj, 73, [Gravestone in Maiden,]
13. Thomas,' b. Feb. 1655-6; d. April 15, 1674. As he is mentioned in his
father's Will, but not in the settleraent of his father's estate, 1675, nor in
the Will of his grandfather, Joseph Hills, 1687, while Rebecca, Hannah,
and Sarauel are mentioned, he must have died before those latter trans
actions.
14. Hannah,' b. Oct. 16, 1658 ; d. March 25, 1659,
15, Hannah,' b. Feb, 24, 1659-60; m. Aug. 26, 1677, John Vinton' of Maiden,
afterwards of Woburn. [Vinton, 3. J The ancestor of a very numer
ous posterity, viz., of nearly all registered in the Vinton Memorial.
She is mentioned in the Will of Joseph Hills, 1687, as his grand dau.
Hannah Vinton.
16. tSamuel,' b. Oct. 5, 1670 ; in. Elizabeth Upham about 1692.
4.
Dea. JOHN GREEN,' son of Thomas Green,' b. (prob. in England) 1632;
m. in Maiden, Dec. 18, 1660, Sarah Wheeler, b. June, 1643, dau. of Isaac
Wheeler, whose wife Frances afterwards m. Richard Cook, and after that m.
John Green's father, Tho ras Green, sen.
He was a respectable and influential citizen of Maiden ; freeman, Oct. 24,
1668 ; captain of a military company, and for many years deacon of the church.
He was selectman nineteen years between 1678 and I70I, and represented the
town in the General Court 1692-3-4-6.
He d. Oct. 16, 1707, a. 75. [Gravestone.] This proves that he was b. in
1632. His Will is dated the previous day, Oct. 15, 1707; proved Nov. 10,
1707 ; recorded Midd. Prob., II : 177. After making bequests to wife Sarah,
dau. Sarah Sprague, and gr. dau. Mehitable Sprague, (then under 18) he gives
the rest of his estate to his son John, who is made executor.
* Rebecca Hills signed, 1651, the pelilion referred lo on page 39.5, note. Her first child
was b. 1554. She must have been married lu ihe interval.

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His widow, Sarah, d. Dec. 1, 1717, a. 74 y. 6 mo. [Gravestone.] Whence
it appears that she was b. May or June 1643. Their children were —
17. Sarah,' b. Sept. 1662 ; d. young.
18. Mary,' b. Dec. 1668 ; prob. d. young ; not mentioned in father's Will.
19. John,' b. April 1670 ; d. young.
20. tJohn,' b. March 21, 1673-4 ; ra. his cousin Mary Green. [39.1
21. Sarah,' b. Jan. 14, 1676-7 ; m. Samuel Sprague ; had dau. Mehitable, b. 1694.
6.
Capt. WILLIAM GREEN,' third son of Thomas Green, sen., b. in 1635,
as appears from his age at several times when he gave testimony, and from
his age as marked on his gravestone. He m. 1, Elizabeth Wheeler, dau.
of Isaac Wheeler, and sister of his brother John's wife.* They were m. by
Capt. Marshall, Sept. 13, 1659, according to Midd. Records; but March 13,
1659-60, according to Maiden Records ; both being copies of a perished orig
inal. After the death of Elizabeth, he m. 2, Feb. 6, 1694-5, Isabel Blood, b.
1652, widow of James Blood of Concord, and formerly widow of David Wy
man' of Woburn, to whom she was m. April 27, 1675, and by whom she had
two children, David,' and Isabel,' the last being b. July 5, 1677. Her maiden
name was Isabel Farmer, from Ansley in England. She survived her third
husband, Capt. Green, more than thirty years, dying March 3, 1736-7, a. 85.
He was made freeman Oct. 24, 1668; was a farmer; member of the church
in Maiden ; captain of a military company ; selectman 1678, 1683, 1703. He
owned one half of the farm in Maiden, which had been owned by his father
Thomas Green, and sold it to his brother Samuel, Oct. 1670 ; the other half being
owned by his brother Henry. [Midd. Deeds, 4 : 50.] His brother John owned
land on the north of it.
He d. Dec. 30, 1705, a. 70. [Gravestone.] His Will, dated Dec. 14, 1705;
proved Jan. 21, 1705-6: recorded Midd. Prob., II : 84; leaves his personal
property in part to wife Isabel, grandsons William Green, Benjamin Green,
Nathaniel Green, all three under 21 years of age; and dau. Sarah Webb ; the
real estate and part of the personal being left to sons Isaac and John Green,
who are made joint executors.
The children of Williara and Elizabeth Green, were —
22. tWilliam,' b. 1661 ; ra. about 1682, Elizabeth Hills.
23. tisaac,' b.  ; m. Sarah  .
24. John,' b. Oct. 1667 ; seems to have d. young.
25. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 1668 ; prob. d. early; not mentioned in father's Will.
26. Sarah,' b. May 11, 1671 ; ra.  Webb.
27. tJohn,' b. about 1672; ra. 1699, Isabel Wyman.
7.
Lieut. HENRY GREEN,' fourth son of Thomas Green, sen., b. 1638,
probably in this country. His age is deduced frora his gravestone, and from
his testimony in court.
He m. Jan. 11, 1671-2, Esther Hasse, b. 1649 or 1650, a name notloiown
at present, unless it be changed to Hussey or Hersey.
He resided in Maiden, where he was selectman thirteen years between
1682 and I7I4 ; r-epresentative 1689, 1694, 1703, 1704. He has a numerous
posterity. He d. Sept. 19, I7I7, " a. 78 years and 8 mos." [Gravestone.
His Will is dated Jan. 23, 1704-5; proved Sept. 30, I7I7; recorded Midd.
Prob., 14 : 559. He leaves property to wife Esther ; to son Henry, who has
land of the testator in possession in Charlestown ; to son Joseph, son Daniel
(gives him land in Charlestown [prob. what is now Stoneham] and elsewhere) ;
son Jacob, (who has the homestead) ; dau. Esther Flagg, and two other daus.,
* Richard Cook lefl property by Will, Sepl 25, 1658, lo Elizabelh and Sarah Wheeler
his wife's daughters by her first husband, Isaac Wheeler; ihese must be the same.

1.30 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
Dorcas and Lydia. His four sons, Henry, Joseph, Daniel and Jacob, are exec,
notwithstanding that Jacob is under age. Witnesses, William Green [6], Jona
than Green [40], Samuel Sprague.
His widow Esther survived him thirty years. The latter part of her life
was spent in Stoneham, probably with her son Daniel. She d. there, Feb. 26,
1747-8, a. 98. [Gravestone.] Her Will, dated May 22, 1740 ; proved July
13, 1748; recorded Midd. Prob., 35 : 344; gives wearing apparel to her three
daus., Esther Flagg, Dorcas Wiley, and Lydia Lynde ; divides her estate to
son Henry Green and his children ; dau. Esther Flagg and her children ; son
Joseph Green's children ; son Daniel Green and his children ; dau. Dorcas
Wyle [Wiley] and her children; dau. Lydia Lynde and her children; and son
Jacob Green's children. Also mentions four grand daus., Dorothy Brown, Cath
arine Haskal [Haskell], Jemima Bigbe [Bixby], and Miriam Green. Son Daniel
Green, and son-in-law Thomas Lynde, exrs. Witnesses, John Green, Jonas
Green, John Clark.
The children of Henry and Esther Green were —
28. tHenry,' b. Jan. 24, 1672-3 ; m. Hannah Flagg of Woburn, Jan. 9, 1695-6.
29. Esthe'r,' b. Sept, 1674 ; ra, Eleazer Flagg of Woburn, Jan. 17, 1694-5, He
was b, Aug, 1, 1670, son of Gershora Flagg and brother of the above.
30. tJoseph,' b. Oct. 1678; ra. Hannah Green,' dau. of John,' son of Jaraes.'
31. tDaniel,' b. 1681 ; ra. Mary Bucknam, Dec. 29, 1708.
32. Dorcas,' b. about 1683; m.  Wiley.
33. Lydia,' b. Aug. 11, 1685; m. Thomas Lynde,* son of Capt. John Lynde,'
son of Ensign Thomas Lynde,' (b. in Eng. about 1616 ; d. Oct. 15, 1693,)
who was son of Dea. THOMAS LYNDE,' b. in Eng. Jan. 1593-4;
freeman 1635 ; d. at Charlestown, his residence, Dec. 30, 1671, a,. 77.
Mrs. Lydia Lynde d. Oct. 19, 1755. Thomas and Lydia had Thomas,'
b. 1711 ; Jonathan,' b. 1714 ; .7aco6,' b. 1716; Lydia,' b. 1723.
34. t Jacob,' b. May 6, 1689 ; m, July 8, 17 13, Dorothy Lynde,* dau. of Capt. John.'
8.
SAMUEL GREEN,' youngest son of Thomas Green,' b. March, 1045.
The date of his birth is inferred from his age as marked on his gravestone.
He m. I, 1666, Mary Cook, dau. of Richard Cook, second husband of Fran
ces, whose third husband was Thomas Green, sen., father of our Samuel.' She
d. Nov. 24, 1715. 2, Susanna  , who survived him. He has a numerous
posterity. He re-ided in Maiden; and appears as "Samuel Green, sen.," on the records,
to distinguish him from three other Samuel Greens, then in Maiden, viz. : his
son Samuel, his nephew Samuel [16], and his son-in-law Samuel,' son of John,'
son of James,' of another fimily. In Oct. 1670, he purchased of his brother
William, one half of his father's farm, and from that time occupied " the old
mansion house." Bought the ol her half of his brother Henry, June 13 1684.
[Midd. Deeds, 4 : 50, and 9 : 141.
He d. Oct. 31, 1724, a. 79 years, 7 months. [Gravestone.] His Will is dated
Jan. 3, 1721-3; proved Nov. 13, 1724 ; recorded Midd. Prob., 17 : 168. He
mentions wife Susanna ; gives to his six sons, Samuel, Thomas, William, Jon
athan, David, and Isaac, after paying some small legacies, all his estate, real
and personal, in equal proportions. His three daus., Mary, Martha, Elizabeth,
having " had their proportions already," are each to receive only five shillings.
The six sons are appointed exrs. Witnesses, John Green, Jacob Green, John
Green, jr.
By an instrument dated April 11, 1716, "John Green and Mary Green his
wife, Samuel Green and Martha Green his wife, David Gould and Elizabeth
Gould his wife, all sons in-law and daughters of Samuel Green, sen., relinquish
to their brothers Samuel, Thomas, William, Jonathan, David and Isaac Green,
all sons of Samuel Green, sen.," &c.
The children of Samuel and Mary Green were —
35. tSamuel,' b. Jan. 1667-8 ; m. Mary Wheeler, May 4, 1694.
36. tThomas,' b.  , 1669 ; ra. May 10, 1698, Hannah Vinton. [Vinton, 10.]

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37. John,' b. April 1, 1672 ; prob. d. early; not mentioned in father's Will or
elsewhere after date of bir:h.
38. tWilliam,' b. Aug. 1674 ; m. May 29, 1707, Elizabeth Farmer.
39. Mary,' b. about 1677 ; m. her cousin John Green.' [20.]
40. tJonathan,' b. Feb. 2, 1679-80; ni. Lydia Bucknam, Nov. 15, 1715.
41 . tMartha,' b.  , 1683 ; m. Samuel Green,' of another family. See above.
42. tDavid,' b.  , 1685; ra. Martha Pratt, Doc. 10, 1713.
43. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 16, 1687 ; m. David Gould, about 1715. They resided
in Stoneham ; were there at and before the incorporation of the town,
1725. She d. April 18, 1753, x. 64. [Gravestone,] Mr. Gould died
Aprils, 1760, ffi. 69. [Ibid.] Their son Jacob, b. 1726, was father of
Jacob Gould, b. March 30, 1754, murdered for raoney, by persons un
known, in his own house, at Stoneham, Nov. 26, 1819, te. 66.
44. tisaac,' b. May 20, 1690 ; m. Mary Pratt, May 2, 1717.

THIRD GENERATION. 16.
Capt. SAMUEL GREEN,' (Thomas," Thomas,^]* son of Thomas' and Re
becca (Hills) Green of Maiden ; b. Oct. 5, 1670; m. Elizabeth Upham, sup
posed to be a daughter of Dea. Phineas Upham,' (b. 1658 ; d. 1730, a. 62,)
eldest son of Lieut. Phineas Upham,' who was severely wounded in the storm
ing of the Narragansett fort, Dec. 19, 1675 ; of which wound he d. Oct. fol
lowing. The last was son of Dea. JOHN UPHAM,' b. in Eng. 1597 ; came
to Weymouth about 1635; removed to Maiden a few years afterwards; select
man of Maiden I65I, and subsequently ; d. Feb. 25, 1681, a. 84.
He is mentioned in the Will (dated Sept. 14, 1687: Suff. Prob., 10 : 241,)
of his grandfather Joseph Hills of Newbury, (formerly of Maiden,) together
with his sister Hannah Vinton. That he married Elizabeth Upham is ceitain
from an original deed to him from Joseph Lynde of Maiden, dated Jan. 14,
I70I-2, now in the possession of his descendant, William N. Green of Wor
cester, which thus distinguishes him from other Samuel Greens, " that Samuel
Green which married Elizabeth Upham."
He resided in Maiden till about 1717, when he removed with his family to
Leicester, of which town he was one of the original founders. That tow^nship
»as granted by the General Court, Feb. 10, 1713-14, and Capt. Green was
one of the committee (with Col. William Dudley of Roxbury and olhers) ap
pointed by the proprietors to settle it. He owned three lots of forty acres
each, and two of thirty acres each, in said town. [Midd. Deeds, 29 : 329.] He
was a very influential man in all the atfairs of the new settlement. That part
of the town, occupied by him and his relatives, who soon afterwards moved
from Maiden, is now called Greenville, in honor of him. It is a village in the
south part of Leicester, about a mile north of South Leicester R. R. Depot.
He d. Jan. 2, 1735-6. His Will, dated Maiden, April 18, 1717,— just before
removing to Leicester ; proved Feb. 5, 1735-6 ; recorded Wore. Piob., men
tions wife Elizabeth, son Thomas, (who has the real estate, except that one-half
of the real and personal is for his mother's use during her life,) and six daus.,
as below.
Mrs. Elizabeth Green d. in Leicester, probably in 1761. Children —
45. Elizabeth,* b. April 4, 1693 ; m. Thomas Richardson in Maiden.
46. Rebecca,* b. April 4, 1695; m, Samuel Baldwin.
47. Ruth,* b.  ; ni. Joshua Nichols.
48. tThomas,* b.  , 1699 ; in. Martha Lynde, in Maiden, Jan, 13, 1725-6.
* A formula similar to this will be hereafter used in Ibis sketch, to indicate the pedigree
of the individual afler whose name it occurs. In the present instance, it reminds the reader
Ihat Capt. Samuel Green was a son of Thomas,' who was son of Thomas,' the original
emigrant.

132 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
49. Lydia,* b.  ; ra. 1, her cousin, Abiathar Vinton, in Maiden, April 30,
1723. [Vinton, 16.] They lived in Braintree a year or two after mar
riage ; soon after settled in Leicester, where Abiathar Vinton d. in 1740.
His widow, Lydia, m. 2, Jan. 15, 1746, Sara'l Stowerof Leicester, a native
of Maiden. Abiathar and Lydia Vinton were gr. grandparents of Hon.
Samuel Finley Vinton, b. in South Hadley, Sept. 25, 1792 ; graduated
Wms. Coll. 1814; many years an erainent lawyer in Gallipolis, Ohio;
22 years raember of Congress from that State. See a full genealogy of
Lydia Vinton's descendants in the Vinton Memorial.
50. " Barsheby,"* [Bathsheba] b.  ; m. Elisha Nevins.
51. 'Abigail,* b.  ; m. Henry King.
52. "Any,"* [Anna,] b.  ; m. Ebenezer Lamb.
The Maiden Records make Nos. 45, 46, to be twins, b. April 4, 1695, which was
probably the fact. The County Records at E. Cambridge give them as above.
20.
JOHN GREEN,' (John,^ Thomas,^) only surviving son of Dea. John and
Sarah (Wheeler) Green; b. in Maiden, March 21, 1673-4; m. (it is believed)
his cousin, Mary Green,' [39] dau. of Samuel.' They were m. by Rev. Mr.
Wigglesworih, Feb. 23, 1697-8.*
He resided in Maiden, of which town he was selectman, 1722, 1733.
He d. intestate, Nov. 28, 1747, a. 74. [Gravestone.] His son John was
appointed admr., April II, 1748. Inventory, May 9, 1748; amount, £2570,
old tenor; a currency now depreciated to one-sixth its par value. [Midd. Prob.,
25 : 194.] His children were—
53. tJohn,* b. Nov. 25, 1698 ; m. Jan. 1721, Phebe Bucknam. He d. March 10,
54. Jacob,* b. Oct. 20, 1700; m.  ; d. before 1749. [1757.
55. Mary,* b. June 9, 1703 ; m.  Sweetser.
56. Caleb,* b. Dec. 8, 1706 ; d. March 7, 1737-8.
57. Elizabeth,* b. Dec. 22, 1709 ; d. May 9, 1738.
22
WILLIAM GRBEN,' {William," Thomas,^) eldest son of Capt. William' and
Elizabeth (Wheeler) Green, was b. in Maiden, 1661. This we learn from his
deposition, Feb. 15, 1685-6, where he affirms himself to be "aged about 24
years." He m. about 1682, Elizabeth Hills,' b. 1661, dau. of Joseph Hills,'
jun., and gr. dau. of JOSEPH HILLS,' sen., who d. at Newbury, Feb. 5,
1687-8, £6. 86. This is ascertained from a deed given Nov. 12, 1685, by Jo
seph Hills, to his gr. dau. Elizabeth Green, wife of William Green, jr., of Mai
den, and dau. of the grantor's son Joseph Hills, of a parcel of land in Maiden.
He lived in Maiden ; and d. March 21, 1690-1. [Midd. Prob. Records.]
There is a tradition in the family that he was killed at Dunstable, [now Nashua I
by the Indians. This is not improbable; but no record has been found to
confirm it.
His widow Elizabeth m. Aug. 25, 1691, Capt. John Lynde,' son of Thomas
Lynde.' See [33.] This marriage is proved not only by the record of it in
Maiden, but by the Midd. Prob. Records.]; By Elizabeth, his second wife,
« John Green m. Mary Green, Feb. 23, 1097-8, So much is certain, for it is expressly
staled on .Maiden Records. That the parlies were cousins, is equally certain. Bul there
was another cousin John Green,' [27] who may possibly have been the husband of Mary
Green in the text. The probabilities are greatly in favor of the statement in ihe texl ; and
the compiler, afler much consideration, has determined on the statement made above. 11
John [<!7] m. Mary Green, then John [20] must have m. Isabel Wyman, which there are
reasons for regarding as improbable,
t Jan. 21, 1705-6, William Green* |58] gave bond lo the Judge of probate to pay £9,2. 10.
each, lo Benjamin Green, Nalhaniel Giecn, Dorothy Lynde, Joanna l.ynde, and Mehelable
Lynde, all bein* children of said William Green's moilicr, Elizabeth Lynde, sometimes called
Elizabeth Green, late of Maiden, dccea.sed, intestate. The judge, in consideration of this
bond, assigned lo said William Green, eldest son of ihe said deceased, a certain lenemcnl,
lately belonging lo said deceased. In another bond, given 1708, the judge assigns lo Wil-

THE GREEN FAMILY. 133
Capt. Lynde had Dorothy, b. Dec. 20, 1692 ; m. Jacob Green,' [34] ; Joanna,
b. Feb. 22, 1696-7 ; Mehitabel, b. March 22, 1697-8. Mrs. Elizabeth Lynde,
(widow of our William Green,') d. Jan. 29, 1698-9; and Capt. Lynde then m.
Judith Bucknam, widow of loses Bucknam of Maiden, whose maiden name
was Worth ; by whom he had Martha, b. July 6, 1700 ; m. Jan. 13, 172.5-6,
Rev. Thomas Green of Leicester. [48.] Mrs. Judith Lynde d. Feb. 4, 1735-6,
a. about 83, and was buried in the Old Cemetery in Stoneham. [Gravestone.]
The children of William and Elizabeth (Hills) Green were —
58, tWilliam,* b. 1683; m. ^arah Sprague, March 30, 1709.
59. tBenjamin,* b. April 28, 1687 ; ra. Christian  .
60. tNathaniel,* b. Sept. 28, 1689; ra. Elizabeth Sprague, sister of Sarah, April
21, 1713. 23.
ISAAC GREEN,' (William,^ Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, born in
Maiden about 1663 ; m. Sarah  .
He resided in Maiden certainly till 1708. We have found no record of any
public office borne by him, and no record of his death ; nor has any record
touching him met our eye later than Nov. 23, 1708, when he and his brother
John, as executors of their father's Will, gave to their nephew Benjamin Green,*
[59] who had just come of age, a deed of 5 acres and 100 poles of land, on
account of a legacy granted him by his (Benjamin's) grandfather, Capt. William
Green. [Midd. Deeds, 16 : 595.] His children, as recorded, were —
61. Isaac,* b. in Maiden, Dec. 27, 1694,
62. William,' b. in Maiden, Nov. 20, 1696.
27.
JOHN GREEN,' (William," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b. 1672, as
we infer from his gravestone ; m. 1699, Isabel Wyman, b. July 5, 1677, dau.
of his father's second wife Isabel, by her first husband David Wyman' of Wo
burn, who d. of smallpox 1678. David was b. in Woburn, April 7, 1654, son
of Lieut. JOHN WYMAN,' one of the original settlers of Woburn in 1642.*
The husband of Isabel Wyman lived in the extreme east part of Stoneham,
on the county road from Stoneham to Lynn, and near the intersection of the
road leading from Maiden to Reading, a little west of the last-named road.
The locality is now included in the present town of Melrose ; and is about a
quarter of a mile east of the Stoneham R. R. Depot. We are thus particular,
because from the Will of John Green, it appears that the farm once belonged
to his grandfather. He was selectman of Stoneham 1735, and was a member
of the church in that town. He d. Aug. 29, 1736, a. 64. [Gravestone in Mai
den.] In his Will, dated June 24, 1736; proved Oct. II, 1736; Midd. Prob.,
20 : 303 ; he calls himself " of Stoneham "; mentions wife Isabel, son John,
who has " my dwelling-house and barn, and the land adjoining, that lyeth on
the west side of the country road that leadeth from Maiden to Reading, that
was my grandfather's ;" besides several other lots. Son Jonah has " all my
land on the east side of the country road " aforesaid ; and other lots. Gives
his dau., Isabel Green, £250 ; the currency being then depreciated to one-fourth
of its original value. Sons John and Jonah, executors.
His widow Isabel d. Aug. 9, 1765, a. 88, surviving her husband twenty-nine
years. In her Will, dated Feb. 19, 1762 ; proved Sept. 3, 1765 ; recorded
Midd. Prob., 29 : 71 ; she calls herself " of Maiden," and gives son John, dau.
Isabel Hay, son Jonas, and gr. dau. Elizabeth Green, her estate. Witnesses,
Jonathan Green, [117] Thomas Green, [315] William Green, jr. [223].
liam Green certain parcels of land, once belonging to his mother, Elizabeth Green, last the
wife of John Lynde, deceased, intestate, and calls Mehelable Lynde his (William's) sister.
Another bond calls Joanna Lynde his sister : and still another calls Dorothy Lynde his sister.
These quotations are made lo substantiate the text, and to invalidate an unfounded tradi
tion that Elizabeth (Hills) Green, widow of William Green' in the texl, after his death m.
Capt Samuel Green' [16] of Leicester.
» See note *, on p. 132. 10

184 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
The children of John and Isabel Green were —
63. tJohn,* b. March 22, 1699-1700 ; m. 1, Sarah  . 2, Jerusha Norwood.
64. David,* b. April 9, 1702 ; d. Oct. 9, 1732, a. 30.
65. Isabel,* b. Jan, 8, 1704-5 ; ra. May 2, 1738, Capt. Peter Hay of Stonebara.
She d. March 15, 1786, a. 80. [Gravestone.]
66. tJonas,* b. Apr. 14, 1713,; m. June 2, 1743, Mary Hay, supposed sister of Peter.
67. Enoch,* b. Feb. 6, 1715-16 ; d. Jan. 10, 1716-17.
68. Sarah,* b. Dec. 22, 1719 ; d. Jan. 7, 1725-6.
The last birth is derived from Jacob Green's [34] "Writing Book ;" the pre
ceding from Maiden Records. 2S
HENRY GREEN,' [Henry," Thomas,^) eldest son of Henry' and Esther
(Hasse) Green, b. in Maiden, Jan. 24, 1672-3; m. Jan. 9, 1695-6, Hannah
Flagg, b. March 12, 1675, dau. of Gershom and Hannah (LelEngwell) Flagg
of Woburn.
He resided in that part of Charlestown which in 1725 was incorporated as
Stoneham. Jan. 30, I7I8-I9, for £760 " of passible money," he sold to his
brother Daniel Green of Maiden, 64 acres land in Charlestown, " with the
houseings and buildings," &c., also 9 acres woodland in Charlestown; also
II J acres upland and meadow in Maiden, and 6 acres salt marsh in Charles
town. [Midd. Deeds, 20 : 371.] Soon after, he seems to have removed thence
to Connecticut. Rev. Jacob Green, [99] in 1746, on a tour from Hanover, N. J.,
to New England, visited Henry Green in Killingly, who was doubtless his
cousin, below. [69.] Our Henry is mentioned in his mother's Will, May, 1740,
as then living. He probably d. not long after.
Children of Henry and Hannah Green, b. in Charlestown, [the part now
Stoneham] —
69. Henry,* ( twins, b. Sept. ) seems to have resided in Killingly, Ct.
70, Ebenezer,*! 21,1696, j
71. Hannah,* b. May 6, 1698.
72. Seth,* b. March 6, 1699-1700.
73. Eleazer,* b. March 18, 1701-2.
74. Nathan,* b. March 1, 1702-3.
75. Timothy,* b. May 7, 1706.
76. Esther,* b. May 17, 1708.
77. Phinehas,* b. Sept. 10, 1710.
78, Araos,* b, Dec. 30, 1712.
79. Abigail,* b. July 23, 1715. 30.
Dea. JOSEPH GREEN,' (Henry," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b.
in Maiden, Oct. 1678, as we infer from his gravestone ; m. 1700, Hannah
Green, dau. of " John Green of the Hill," who was son of JAMES GREEN'
of Maiden.*
He was deacon of the church in Maiden, and selectman six years between
1722 and 1731. He d. Nov. 28, 1732, a. 54 y. 1 mo. [Gravestone, also Rec]
His Will is dated Nov. 4, 1732; proved Dec. 25, 1732 ; recorded Midd. Prob.,
19 : 436. In it he mentions wife Hannah ; " my five sons, Joseph, Josiah,
Stephen, Jabez, Daniel," of whom the last two were under age ; also, daus.
Joanna Dexter, and Tabitha Green. The " eldest son Joseph to have £50
more than either of the other sons." Witnesses, Jonathan Green, [40] Daniel
Green, [31] David Green, [42.]
His widow Hannah survived him nearly 33 years, and d. Aug. 25, 1765, a.

* For James Green,' see introduction to this sketch. His son, " John Green of ihe Hill,"
so called on the records to distinguish him from other John Greens in Maiden, was b. about
1650, and d. 1709, leaving properly by Will (dmed Ocl. 13, 17f!8; proved April II, 1709)
to only son Samuel, and dans. Mary Sergeant, Elizabelh Sprague, and Hannah Green
(above), Midd, Prob. 11 ;311. His widow Marv d. Feb. 19, 1721-2 [Jacob Green's
" Writing Book."

THE GREEN FAMILY. 135
83. Her Will, dated Feb. 20, 1755; proved Oct. 15, 1765 ; recorded Midd.
Prob., 29 : 68, calls herself " widow, of Stoneham ;" and makes bequests to
sons Joseph, Josiah, Jabez, son-in-law John Dexter, dau. Tabitha Green, and
grandson Daniel Green, then under 21 years. Witnesses, Thomas Green, [215]
Jonas Green [66], David Green. [134.]
Children of Dea. Joseph and Hannah Green, b. in Maiden —
80. tJoseph,* b. Oct. 26, 1701 ; ra. Ruth  .
81, Joanna,* b, Oct. 1, 1703 ; ra. John Dexter, and lived in Stoneham.
82. Jabez,* b. July 5, 1707 ; d. July 13, 1716.
83. tJosiah,* b. Sept. 25, 1709; m. Esther Thompson of Wob., May 16, 1734.
84, Stephen,* b, Feb. 6, 1711-12 ; d, Feb, 3, 1732-3, a. 21,
85. "Tabitha,* b. March 26, 1714. Never married. She lived with her brother Jo
siah* in Stoneham, till his death, April 9, 1774; after that with his son
Josiah,' till her cleath iu the winter of 1797-8. Her inventory is dated
March 7, 1798; amount $132.40. Josiah Green' charges for boarding
hor 21i years, at $16,66,7 per year. [Midd. Prob. 84 : 202, 435.
86. tJabez,* b. Sept. 8, 1718 ; m. Mary  .
87. Daniel,* b. Jan, 22, 1721-2. Probably d, before 1755, leaving (we suppose)
sou Daniel,' mentioned in Will of Hannah Green quoted above.
31.
Dea. DANIEL GREEN,' (Henry," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b.
in Maiden, 1681, as we learn from his gravestone; m. in Reading by Justice
Brown, Dec. 29, 1708, to Mary Bdcknam of Maiden.
He lived in Maiden till about 13 19, and his children's births till that time
are recorded in that town. January 30, 1718-19, he bought the farm of his
eldest brother Henry, in Stoneham, and went to reside upon it. He was
in Stoneham at the incorporation of that town in 1725, and was an active and
influential citizen ; a man of probity and worth. He was often chosen to town
offices and on important committees ; selectman 1738, 1729, 1730, I73I, 17.33,
1734, 1735, 1746, 1749. The church in Stoneham was gathered July 2, 1729,
and the members chose as their deacons, Daniel Green and Daniel Gould,
Nov. 27, 1730. Daniel Green and Samuel Sprague accepted the office of
ruling elder in the same church, March 9, 1746-7 ; to which office they were
solemnly ordained, Nov. 29, 1747, by Rev. John White of Cape Anne, [Glou
cester,] with the assistance of the ruling elders of that church. From this
time till his death, the subject of this paragraph was known on the records and
among his fellow citizens as " Elder Daniel Green ;" and so he is designated
on his gravestone.
He d. Aug. 15, 1759, " in y« 79 Year of his age." [Gravestone.] His Will
is dated Jan. 1, 1754; proved Sept. 3, 1759; recorded Midd. Prob., 23 : 203.
He mentions wife Mary (to whom he gives negro woman and children,) dau.
Mary Green ; grandson Daniel, son of Thomas Green, and the testator's dau.
Mary, who is appointed executor, and has the homestead, and here land is
mentioned which the testator bought of his brother Henry Green. To his dau.
Judith Sprague, wife of John Sprague, (they have a son Daniel Sprague,) he
gives two lots of land in MaMen. He mentions dau. Sarah Brown, wife of
Abiel Brown, who has a son Daniel Green Brown ; to this grandson the testator
gives a dwelling-house, barn, and land, after he becomes of age. To grand
son Daniel Gould he gives lands after he becomes of age. He mentions also
dau. Phebe Parker, and dau. Eunice Menzies, and gr. dau. Esther Gould.
Witnesses, Jonathan Green, [117] Thomas Green, [215] Joseph Green, jr. [183]
Josiah Green, jr. [185].
The children of Daniel and Mary Green were—
88 Esther * b.  , 1709 ¦? m. David Gould, jr. of Stoneham, Feb. 11, 1740-1,
who was b. Nov. 2, 1716. She d. Feb. 1801, a. 92 [1]
89. Mary,* b. Jan. 17, 1709-10; ra. 1, Thomas Green,* son of Thomas.' [108.]
2, Timothy Wright, 1756.
90. Judith,* b. Sept. 22, 1715 ; m. John Sprague of Maiden. They had a son
Daniel.

136 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
91. Sarah,* b. Sept. 6, 1717; m. Abiel Brown of Stonebara, March 25, 1736.
She d, a widow. May 6, 1769, a, 51, [Gravestone.]
92. tDaniel,* b. Jan 22, 1721-2; m, Rebecca Bucknam, April 5, 1743.
93. Phebe,* b.  ; m. Benjamin Parker of Maiden, Jan. 22, 1741-2.
94. Ermice,* b.  ; m. John Menzies of Boston, shipwright, Jan. 4, 1744-5.
34.
JACOB GREEN,' (Henry," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b. in Mai
den, May 10, 1689; m. July 8, 1713, Dorothy Lynde,* b. Dec. 20, 1692,
dau. of Capt. John Lynde,' of Maiden, by his second wife Elizabeth (Hills)
Green, widow of William Green.' See p. 133, at top.
He lived in Maiden, and seems to have been of a sedate, contemplative turn
of mind. He had a fondness for preserving a record of passing events ; would
that such a practice had been more common in this and other families ! His
book of memorabilia, called by himself " Jacob Green, his Writing Book," is
still preserved. It is a small leather-bound volume, 3i by 6 inches, containing
about 140 pages. It is mostly in the hand-writing of Jacob,' but partly in that
of his son, Rev. Jacob.* The compiler of these sketches has derived much aid
from these memoranda, a copy of which was kindly furnished by Ashbel
Green, Esq., of New York city, one of the many descendants of this branch.
In this volume are found records of the town meetings, of births, marriages,
and deaths, of admissions to the church, etc., all of which have been found to
have a remarkable correspondence with olEcial records, so far as any verifica
tion has been attempted.
He d. July 19, 1723, a. " 34 years and 10 weeks." [Gravestone.] After his
death, his widow Dorothy m. John Barrett, b. 1675, son of James and Dorcas'
(Green) Barrett [II], and with him removed to Killingly, Ct., where she d. Dec.
17, 1740, " a. 48 years wanting three days." John Barrett d. Feb. 3, 1740-1.
The children of Jacob and Dorothy Green, b. in Maiden, were —
95. Dorothy,* b. May 24, 1714 ; m. 1, Ephraim Brown of Stonebara, May 18,
1736. 2, John Sprague, April 12, 1758, perhaps a native of Stoneham.
Mr. and Mrs. Sprague lived in Killingly, Ct.
96. Catharine,* b. June 19, 1716; ra.  Haskell. They resided in Kil
lingly, Ct., where they were visited by Rev. Jacob Green* [99] in April,
1746.
97. Jemima,* b. April 24, 1718 ; m.  Bixby; soraetiraes called Bigbe on
the records. They resided iu Thompson, Ct., and were there visited by
Rev, Jacob Green,* in April, 1746.
98. Miriam,* b. March 7, 1720; m.  Richardson, between 1740 and 1746.
At the last date they resided in Dudley, and were there visited by her
brother Jacob.
99. tJacob,* b. Jan. 22, 1721-2 ; m. 1, Anna Strong. 2, Elizabeth Pierson.
100. Joseph,* ( twins, posthumous, ) d. in the spring of 1744. [over, N. J.
101. Benjamin,* 1 b.Feb. 21,1723-4; jm.  . In 1758, he was residing at Hau-
AU the four daughters were alive and well in May, 1758, as appears from
an original letter from Dorothy and her second husband of that date, addressed
to Rev. Jacob Green.* [99]. Rev. Jacob,* says in his Diary, under date of
May 22, 1744, being then a member of Harvard College, " Heard of my
brother's death." This must have been his brother Joseph, [100] and as he
attended no funeral, Joseph, then 20 years old, must have d. at a distance.
35.
SAMUEL GREEN,' (Samuel," Thomas,^) eldest son of Samuel Green, sen.,
b. in Maiden, Jan. 1667-8; m. May 4, 1694, Mary Wheeler, who d. Jan.
24, 1729-30, te. 54.
He lived in Maiden ; and in a bond signed by him and his five brothers,
Nov. 13, 1724, as executors of their father's Will, is called " weaver." It is
probable, however, that his chief attention was devoted to husbandry.
He d. in 1758, at the age of 90. His Will is dated June 6, 1753 ; proved
April 24, 1758 ; recorded Midd. Prob. 45 : 393. He mentions son Samuel,
who is executor; daus. Mary Wilson and Lydia Howard; grandsons Jacob

THE GREEN FAMILY. 137
Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Joseph Wilson, and gr. dau. Susanna Wilson. To
these grandchildren he gives 2s. 6d. apiece ! to his gr. dau. Phebe Pratt he
gives 5s. Witnesses, John Green, [63] Jonas Green, [66] Jonathan Green,
[117]. The testator was very old, and probably poor, or we may charitably
suppose his legacies would have been more ample.
So far as we can gather, his children were—
102. Mary,*b.  ; m. Dec. 31, 1719, John Wilson. [Jacob Green's "Writing
103. tSamuel,* b.  ; m. Lois Sprague of Chelsea. [Book."
104. Lydia,* b. June 25, 1705; m. (Nathaniel?) Howard.
105. Phebe,* b. Sept. 17, 1707 ; m.  Pratt. Had dau. Phebe, living 1753.
We suppose that to this family is to be added —
106. Sarah,* b.  ; m. Jacob Wilson, Dec. '15, 1720. [Jacob Green's "Writ
ing Book."] Jacob and John Wilson were brothers, sons of Jacob and
Susannah of Maiden. 35.
THOMAS GREEN,' (Samuel," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b. in
Maiden, about 1669; m. May 10, 1698, Hannah Vinton,' [Vinton 10,] b.
Jan. 26, 1681-2, eldest dau. of John Vinton' of Woburn, by his wife Hannah
Green,' dau. of Thomas Green.' [15.] Thomas Green,' therefore, m. his
cousin's daughter.
He resided in Maiden ; was a " yeoman," and possessed a fair estate.
He d. intestate, Aug. 24, 1725. Inventory taken, Sept. 28, 1725; appraisers,
John Green, Daniel Green, [cousins of the deceased.] His dwelling-house,
barn, cider-mill, and 108 acres of land, were appraised at £734. 17. 6, equiva
lent at that time to 960 Spanish dollars ; an estate corresponding, for practical
purposes, to an estate worth 5000 dollars at the present time. His widow
Hannah was appointed administratrix, Dec. 6, 1725. His real estate was di
vided and settled Feb. 20, 1737-8. The widow Hannah had one-third part.
The remainder was divided between the eldest son Thomas, his brothers
Joshua and Jonathan, and sister Hannah, wife of Ebenezer Parker. [Midd.
Prob., 17 : 368, also 18 : 66, 68.
In the interval between the last date and April 21, 1739, (the date of her
mother's Will,) the widow Hannah m. John Pool of Reading. They were both
living in 1753, at the date of her son Thomas' Will ; but Mr. Pool seems to
have died about June, 1758, and as his wife is not mentioned in his Will,
[proved July 3, 1758, Midd. Prob., 33 : 53], she probably d. eariier.
The children of Thomas and Hannah (Vinton) Green were —
107. Hannah,* b. March 6, 1698-9 ; m. Ebenezer Parker, probably of Reading.
108. tThoraas,* b. Dec. 9, 1702 ; m. Mary Green,* dau. of Daniel.' [89,]
109, Joshua,* b, Sept. 14, 1708.
110. Jonathan,* b. April 2, 1714. 38.
WILLIAM GREEN,' (Samuel," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding; b. in
Maiden, Aug. 1674 ; m. May 29, 1707, Elizabeth Farmer, b. May 17, 1680,
dau. of Edward Farmer of Billerica, who came from Ansley, Warwickshire,
Eng., and was brother of Isabella, 3d wife of Capt. William Green.' [6.]
See Farmer Family, Geneal. Reg., vol. i., p. 27. She d. Dec. 26, 1761.
They resided in Maiden till about 1720; then removed to Reading, where
they both died. He d. May 19, 176I. No settlement has been found of his
estate. His children, b. in Maiden were —
111. Elizabeth,* b. Feb. 28, 1707-8.
112. Eunice,* b. June 22, 1709.
113. William,* b. Dec. 20, 1711 ; d. July 5, 1713.
114. tWilliam,* b. May 17, 1715 ; m. Susanna Gould of Stoneham.
115. Nathan,* b. Nov. 6, 1719.

138 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
40.
JONATHAN GREEN,' (Samuel," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b.
in Maiden, Feb. 2, 1679-80; m. Nov. 15, 1715, Lybia Bdcknam, b. March 24,
1695, dau. of Joses and Judith Bucknam of Maiden.
They removed from Maiden to Stoneham a few years before the incorpora
tion of the latter town in 1725. He was an influential and useful citizen.
On the town records of Stoneham his name occurs very often as moderator of
town meetings, as a member of important committees, and as invested with
town offices. He was selectman fourteen years, from 1728 to 1744, and evi
dently enjoyed in a high degree the confidence of his fellow citizens. He
d. July 21, 1744, " a. 64 years, 5 months, and 19 days." [Gravestone.
His Will, dated March 28, 1735 ; proved Aug. 13, 1744 ; recorded Midd.
Prob., 21 : 329, makes provision for wife Lydia, but leaves the whole estate to
son Jonathan, whom he makes executor ; except that to the four daus., Lydia,
Abigail, Rachel and Phebe, he gives £300 each in " bills of credit," or current
money; which at the date of the Will were depreciated to less than one-fourth
of their original value, and at the time of his death, to about one-sixth. Daniel
Green, [31] David Green, [43] Isaac Green, [44] overseers of the Will. Rev.
James Osgood, William Green, [38] Josiah Green, [83] witnesses.
His widow Lydia d. Aug. 28, 1775, " a. 80 years and 5 months." [Gravestone.
Their children were —
116. Lydia,* b. Nov. 14, 1718 ; d. Dec. 30, 1718. [1749.
117. tJonathan,* b. Nov. 23, 1719 ; m. 1, Sarah Gonld, 1745. 2, Rebecca Green,
118. An infant, b.  ; d. April 5, 1722. [Jacob Green's " Writing Book."
The foregoing were b. in Maiden; the following in Stoneham —
119, Lydia,* b. March 26, 1723 ; m, Jacob Nichols of Reading, Mar, 21, 1742-3.
120. Abigail,* b. April 8, 1725 ; m. Anthony Hadley of Stoneham, Nov. 15, 1744.
121. Rachel,* b. Oct. 19, 1727 ; m. Jonathan Cowdrey of Reading abt. Dec, 1745.
122. Phebe,* b. Nov. 11, 1730 ; m. Nathan Proctor of Westford, Dec. 17, 1761.
They were both living in 1776, when they gave receipt for a legacy.
[Midd., Prob. 63 : 396. 41,
MARTHA GREEN,' (Samuel," Thomas,^) sister of the preceding, b. in
Maiden, 1683 (as we infer from gravestone) ; m. Samuel Green,' b. 1679,
only son of " John Green of the Hill," as he is styled in the records, who was
son of J AMES GREEN.' [See introduction to this sketch.
He resided in Maiden, of which town he was representative in 1742, and
selectman 1743. In 1732, he purchased a dwelling-house and five acres of
land from Rev. David Parsons, who had recently removed from Maiden to
Leicester. He d. Feb. 21, 1761, a;. 82. In his Will, dated Jan. 30, 1752;
proved March 23, 1761; recorded Midd. Prob., 23:255; he calls himself
'¦ gentleman, of Maiden ; " leaves estate to sons James, John, Timothy, dau.
Mary Deeney [Dana], son Ezra, who is appointed executor, and gr. daus. Mar
tha Robbins and Elizabeth Baldwin. His wife Martha d. May 29, 1754, se. 72.
Their children were —
123. James,* b. Nov. 22, 1702; selectman of Maiden, 1751; m. 1, Ruhamah,
dau. of Dea. Joseph Hartwell, of Charlestown.* She d. Jan. 10, 1733-4,
se. 26. 2,  . The chil. of James Green were —
124. Darius,' m. Huldah  ; was living in Maiden, 1763; removed
to Marblehead.
1244, Ruhamah', b. June 9, 1730 ; prob. d, young.
125. Jerusha,' b. July 9, 1733 ; received her share of her grandfather
Dea. Hartwell's estate, March 29, 1755. [Midd. Prob., 36 : 408.
* James Green,* sold his estate in Maiden lo Deacon Perkins ; removed lo Mansfield, and
ended his days with his son Roland.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 139
126. Roland,' b. in Maiden, 1737; H. C, 1758 ; ord. pastor Mansfield,
Aug. 26, 1761 ; pastor there nearly 47 years ; d. suddenly at
Norton, July 4, 1808, se. 71, having gone thither to attend the
celebration of our Independence. " He was a worthy man, and
a good minister. He lived in much peace and harmony with
his people, and was deservedly held by them in high esteem."
[Ara. Quar. Reg., xii., 143.
127. BarridiU,' ra. Moses Bucknam of Maiden.
128. Chloe,' m.l,  Trask. 2,  Harrington, both of Lexington.
129. Martha,* b. Jan. 18, 1703-4; m. John Sweetser, Oct. 2, 1722. They had
Martha, m.  Robbins. Elizabeth, b. 1732; m.  Baldwin. Mrs.
Baldwin d. Oct. 24, 1822, ffi. 90. Mrs. Sweetser d. before her father.
130. John,* b. Aug. 11, 1707; resided in Carlisle; m. there; has descendants;
d. raore than 80.
131. Timothy,* b. Oct. 10, 1709; removed to Leicester, where he d. at an ad
vanced age, leaving descendants there.
132. Ezra,* b. Feb, 3, 1714-15 ; m. 1, Sarah Hutchinson, Feb. 12, 1740. She d.
July 7, 1741, a. 26, without issue. 2, Eunice Burrill, dau. of Hon. Eben.
Burrill, of Lynn. She d. Oct. 2, 1760, a. 47, leaving two sons, Ezra,'
b. June 17, 1746; and Bernard,' b. Jan. 14, 1752. 3, April 29, 1762,
Mary (Green) Vinton, [141] dau. of Isaac Green, and widow of Benoni
Vinton. [Vinton 25.] By her he had Mary,' b. March 22, 1763; and
Aaron,' b. Jan. 2, 1765. Ezra Green,* was a deacon of the church in
Maiden; selectman 1753, 1757, 1763, 1768; representative 1760-1-2;
town clerk, justice of the peace, &c. He d. April 28, 1768, a. 54.
132j. Mary,* b. Dec. 28, 1717 ; m.  Dana of Brighton ; had a large family.
133. Sarah,* b. April 24, 1721.
1334. Sarauel,* b. April 14, 1724.
For an account of the three sons of Ezra Green,* Esq., to wit : Dr. Ezra
Green,' (H. C. 1765), Bernard Green,' Esq., and Rev. Aaron Green,' (H. C. 1789),
see "Bi-Centennial Book of Maiden," pp. 174-177, also 236, 237: also, "Vin-
ton Memorial," p. 44, note. 42.
DAVID GREEN,' (Samuel," Thomas,^) brother of the preceding, b. in Mai
den, 1685 ; [Gravestone] m. I, Dec. 10, 1713, Martha Pratt, b. Sept. 26,
1690, dau. of John and Martha Pratt. 2, Hannah Marble, sister of John
Marble, probably of Stow, b. we suppose in Maiden, June 23, I7I6, dau. of
John and Sarah Marble of Maiden.
They removed, about 1725, from Maiden to Reading, where he d. Nov. 6,
1754, <E. 70. His Will is dated May 20, 1747 ; proved Dec. 9, 1754 ; recorded
Midd. Prob., 27 : 92. He mentions wife Hannah, only son David, who is ex
ecutor, dau. Eunice Evans, gr. dau. Martha Upham. Two other daus. are
spoken of as having received their portions ; their names are not given. Wit
nesses, Thomas Green, [108] William Green, jr., [114] James Hovey.
His widow Hannah made her Will March 4, 1757 ; proved Feb. 4, 1760 ;
recorded Midd. Prob., 50 : 68. In this Will she speaks of son-in-law [step
son] David Green of Reading, who is executor ; dau.-in-law [step-dau.] Eliz
abeth Walton ; dau.-in-law Loas Upham ; dau.-in-law Eunice Evans ; gr. dau.-
in-law Hannah Walton ; gr. son-in-law Thomas Evans, son of Jonathan Evans ;
gr. dau.-in-law Ruth Green ; and calls John Marble her brother. Witnesses,
Jonathan Green, [117] Thomas Fowle, David Green, jr. [235.]
The children of David Green, as far as ascertained, were —
134. tDavid,* b. Aug. 20, 1714 ; m. Ruth  .
135. Martha,* b. June 2, 1716 ; prob. m.  Upham, and had dau. Martha.
136. Elizabeth,* b. Aug. 21, 1718 ; m.  Walton. Had dau. Hannah.
137. Lois,* b.  ; m.  Uphara.
138. Eunice,* b.  , 1726 ; m. Jonathan Evans. They had a son Thomas.
The foregoing were probably b. in Maiden, except the last. The births of
the first three are given on Maiden records.

140 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
44.
ISAAC GREEN,' (Samuel," TAomM,') brother of the preceding, b. in Mai
den, May 30, 1690; m. May 3, I7I7, Mary Pratt, b. March 6, 1695, dau.
of John and Mary Pratt ; perhaps sister of his brother David's wife. She was
admitted to the church in Maiden, June 13, 1720. [Jacob Green's "Writing
Book." They resided in Maiden till about 1734, when they removed to Stoneham, an
adjoining town, where they spent the residue of their days. Isaac Green and
wife were admitted to the church in Stoneham, by recommendation from the
church in Maiden, April 6, 1735. They seem to have resided in the east part
of Stoneham, on the road from Stoneham meeting-house to Lynn, about half a
mile west of where the Stoneham Depot now is. Isaac Green was elected
tythingman in Stoneham, March I, 1735-6; selectman, 1745, 1753, 1758.
July 13, 1758, Isaac Green of Stoneham and Mary his wife, for £270 " lawful
money," convey to their dau. Hannah Vinton, wife of Thomas Vinton, lands in
Stoneham and Maiden. [Midd. Deeds, 58 : 348.
Isaac Green d. Aug. 25, 1765, a. 75. Mary, his wife, d. Aug. 6, 1760, se. 65.
Their children, b. in Maiden, were —
139. Isaac,* b. Dec. 5, 1718; [Maiden Rec] d. Sept. 19, 1720, a. 1 yr. 9mo. 14
days. [Jacob Green's " Writing Book."] The two harmonize exactly.
140. A dau,, b.  ; d. March 19, 17 — . [Jacob's " Writing Book ;" year, &c.
torn off.
141. Mary,* b. Sept. 12, 1721 ; m. 1, April 29, 1742, Benoni Vinton,* b. June
12, 1720, son of John Vinton,' Esq. of Stoneham. [Vinton 25j The
mother of John Vinton,' Esq. was Hannah Green,' dau. of 'Thomas
Green.' [15.] Benoni Vinton d. Oct. 10, 1760, a. 40, and his wid. m.
2, April 29, 1762, Ezra Green,* Esq. [132] 3, Dec. 12, 1777, Samuel
Wyman,* Esq. of Woburn, b. April 4, 1717 ; d. June 14, 1787. He was
son of Samuel,' grandson of Jacob,' and gr. gr. son of Lieut. JOHN
WYMAN' of Woburn. Her ^MrtA husband was Joseph Lynde* of Mai
den, the part now set off' as Melrose ; he was b. July 4, 1716, eldest son
of Joseph' and Mary (Sprague) Lynde. Joseph Lynde,' was brother of
Capt. John Lynde,' who m. Elizabeth, wid. of Wm. Green.' [22] They
¦were published Nov. 2, 1792. He d. July 4, 1798, a. 82. [Gravestone.]
" Mary, relict of Joseph Lynde, and mother of Rev. Aaron Green, died
Dec. 21, 1806, aged 85." [Gravestone in Maiden.
142. Hannah,* b. March 22, 1725 ; m, March 31, 1742, Thoraas Vinton,* b. 1717,
brother of Benoni Vinton, just mentioned. [Vinton 24.] They lived in
the east part of Stoneham, near where the Stoneham Depot now is.
Benoni Vinton lived in Maiden, near by. For their numerous descend
ants, see " Vinton Memorial." Thoraas Vinton d. March 22, 1763, a.
46. His widow, Hannah, a woraan of ranch energy, survived him raore
than forty years, and d. April 1, 1804, a. 79.
143. Isaac,* b.  ; removed to Bluehill, Me.
144. John,* b.  ; reraoved to Surry, Me.
Of these two sons, Mr. J. A. Vinton was informed by Daniel Green,' now
living in Stoneham. Mr. Green said that he visited them in those places, res
pectively, many years ago. Mr. Green further stated that Isaac* and John
Green,* sold their farms in S. Reading, near Stoneham line, to his grandfather,
Dea. Daniel Green,' [216] probably about 1785. Isaac Green,* was living in
Stoneham, 1774, being a witness to the Will of Josiah Green. [83.]

FOURTH OENERATION. 48.
Rev. THOMAS GREEN,4 (Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,^) only son of Capt.
Samuel Green,' of Leicester; b. in Maiden 1699 ; m. Jan. 13, 1725-6, Martha
Lynde,* b. also in Maiden, July 6, 1700, dau. of Capt. John Lynde,' by his
third wife Judith, whose maiden name was Worth, and who had been widow of
Joses Bucknam of Maiden.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 141
His father having become one of the proprietors of the new township of Lei
cester, and the chief promoter of its settlement, Thomas Green* went thither
with his father about the year 1717. His father left him there to look after
some cattle at pasture, in the summer season, expecting soon to return. From
some cause not now known, the father was detained several weeks. In the
mean time, as tradition reports, the son was attacked with a fever, and brought
very low. He lived in a kind of cave made by a rock, near a stream of water,
which flows through that part of the town now called Greenville. Here he
sustained himself from the milk of a cow, whose calf he had fastened to a tree
near by, that he might be sure of frequent visits from her during the day. Suf
fering from a sore upon one of his limbs as a sequel to the fever, he was reduced
to a state of great weakness ; yet was compelled to crawl from his cave to the
brook to get water : and it is said, made use of different roots which fell in his
way as medicine. While in this forlorn condition, he was discovered by two
men, who had come up from Maiden with horses to look after their cattle. It
is stated that the courage of young Thomas sunk for the first time, when these
two neighbors of his father's refused to take him home with them. He wept at
their unkindness. They, however, informed his father of the sad state of his
son, and Capt. Samuel Green lost no time in bringing Thomas home to Mai
den on horseback, weak and emaciated ; the journey occupying four days.
Thomas acquired a knowledge of medicine and surgery from two surgeons
of the English Buccaneers who boarded with his father for many years ; they
having come in, and surrendered themselves under an offer of pardon from the
English government to such as should surrender themselves within a specified
time. These surgeons instructed Thomas in what they knew of those sciences,
and gave him a few medical books. With this preparation, added to a vigor
ous intellect, and uncommon practical wisdom, he was enabled to enter upon
and pursue the practice of medicine with great success. His practice extended
to various parts of the Province, and even to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
He was not more eminent as a physician than as a divine. Having embraced
the sentiments of the Baptists, he organized a church and society of that de
nomination in South Leicester, and was ordained their pastor in 1736. He
supplied their pulpit many years ; he disseminated his principles through a
wide circle, and his church became large and flourishing. He gave a house
and a farm for a parsonage, a lot of land for the meeting-house, and for a
burial ground. He and his wife were buried in the lot thus given ; but their
remains and those of his father Capt. Samuel Green have recently been removed
by their descendant. Dr. John Green,' [474] to the Rural Cemetery in Wor
cester. The inscription on his gravestone was —
" Erected in Memory of Doct. Thomas Green. He was pastor of the Baptist
Church in Leicester, and a noted physician. He departed this life Aug. 19,
1773, Eetatis 74. " The just behold with sweet delight
The blessed Thkee-in-One ;
And strong affections fix their sight
On God's incarnate Son."*
Mrs. Martha Green, widow of Rev. Thomas, d. in Leicester, June 20, 1780.
Their children were —
145. tSamuel,' b. in Leicester, 1726; m. 1, Zeviah Dana ; 2, wid.  Fisk.
146. Martha,' b. in Leicester, April 23, 1727 ; m. abt. 1753, Robert Craig, b. Dec.
10, 1726; d. Oct. 13, 1805, se. 81. Martha d. Sept. 17, 1801, se. 75. Mr.
Craig studied med. with Dr. Thoraas Green, afterwards his father-in-law ;
but as Isaac, his brother-in-law, was already practising in town, he con
cluded not to interfere with his practice, but resumed the business which
he learned while young, viz. : the manufacture of spinning-wheels. He
was a very worthy and respectable man. By wife Martha he had nine
children, viz. : Nathan, David, Abijah, Amos, Esther, Olive, Jemima,
Patty, Hannah. * Walls' Hymns, B. ii., 162.

142 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
147, tisaac,' b,  ; m, Sarah Howe.
148. tThomas,' b. in Leicester, 1733 ; m. 1, Hannah Fox. 2, Anna Hovey.
149. tJohn,' b. in Leicester, Aug, 14, 1736 ; m. 1, Mary Osgood. 2, Mary Ruggles.
150. tSolomon,' b.  ; m. Elizabeth Page.
151. tElizabeth,' b.  ; m. 1, Daniel Hovey. 2, Jan. 16, 1776, Rev. Benja
min Foster, who grad. Yale Coll. 1774 ; received D. D. from Brovm
Univ. 1792 ; succeeded his father-in-law as pastor of the Baptist Chh. in
Leicester, where he labored several years ; reraoved thence to Newport,
R. I. ; thence to the church in Gold Street, New York, where he died of
yellow fever in 1798. 53.
JOHN GREEN,* (John,' John," Thomas,^) eldest son of John and Mary
Green of Maiden ; b. in that town, Nov. 25, 1698 ; m. Jan. 1721, Phebe
Bucknam, b. Oct. 22, 1700, dau. of Samuel and Deborah Bucknam of Maiden.
He lived in Maiden, and d. there March 10, 1757. His Will, dated July 22,
1755, proved 1757, mentions wife, sons Jacob and John, who are made exec
utors; also daus. Phebe Mudge, Jemima Burditt, Mehitabel Sargent, and
Catharine Green. His children, all b. in Maiden, were —
152. Phebe,' b. Aug. 22, 1721 ; m. Joseph Mudge, Jan. 19, 1742-3.
152^. John,' b. April, 1723 ; d. Sept. 1724.
153. Jacob,' b. about 1724. Living in Maiden, 1763.
154. Jemima,' b. Jan. 18, 1725-6 ; m. John Burditt, Feb. 6, 1745-6.
155. John,' b. June 22, 1728 ; a raason ; ra. Elizabeth  , and had Elizabeth,'
b. Feb. 23, 1754. Phebe,' b. March 26, 1756. Catharine,' b.  .
156. Mehitabel,' b. Aug. 3, 1732; m. David Sargent, June 27, 1751.
1564. Aaron,' b. June 10, 1735 ; d. in infancy.
157. Aaron,' b. April 24, 1736 ; d. April 1, 1738.
158. Catharine,' b. Feb. 22, 1737-8. 58.
WILLIAM GREEN,* (William,' William," Thomas,^) eldest sonof WUliam^
and Elizabeth (Hills) Green of Maiden, b. there 1683;* m. in Reading by Jus
tice Brown,]: March 30, 1709, to Sarah Spragoe, dau. of Samuel and Sarah
Sprague of Maiden.
He was a " carpenter " by trade, being thus designated in several contracts,
particularly in "Artecles of agrement made and Concluded between ye Select
men of Maiden and William Green of ye sd town carpender Referring two ye
holding of a school-house for ye sd Town of Maldon ;" " ye dementions " of
which were to be " Twenty foots in Lenght and sixteen foots in bredth, six
foots between joynts," with " a chimne in sd hous nere seven foots between
ye gams," and " two windores one on ye South and ye other on ye Est," and
a " dower of plain Boords." "Ye above sd William Green to be paid 19 pounds
for ye above said woork and where with all to do ye same." The contract is
dated Oct. 27, I7I3, and is printed in full in the " Bi-Centennial Book of Mai
den," p. 186. The building appears to have been the first separate edifice
erected in Maiden for educational purposes, and must have presented a strange
contrast to the spacious and well ventilated school-houses of the present day.
He continued to reside in Maiden till about the year I7I9 or 1720, when he
with his family removed to Leicester ; his father's cousin, Capt. Samuel Green,
[16] being the leader in that movement, and many Maiden families following.
* The proof of his being born in 1683 is found in the Probate Records, thus : " Oct. 28,
1700. John Greenland, Ebenezer Hills, and John Lynde are bound in the sum of £50 as
guardians of William Green, son of William Green, lale of Maiden, a minor of seventeen
years of a^e " John Lynde was his step-father. Ebenezer Hills was his uncle.
X "Juslis Brown" (so the original Town Record) — "Capt. John Brown, Esquire" — seems
lo have lied the nuptial knot for many of the young people of olher towns in those days.
He married William Green's brother Nalhaniel* [60] ; he married Daniel Green' [31] to
Mary Bucknam ; he also m. John French' of Braintree lo Mary Vinton' of Woburu. [Vin
ton, 14,]

THE GREEN FAMILY. 143
We find his name among the fifty families to whom was granted the eastern
half of the original township, which half now constitutes the town of Leicester.
[Midd. Deeds, 29 : 329.] The western half was incorporated as the town of
Spencer in 1753.
He resided after this in Leicester, of which town he was treasurer from 1736
to 1745. The time of his death is not known. He lived certainly till 1755 ;
since under date of May 19, in that year, we find a deed fom him and his wife
Sarah to their son Nahum Green, of land bounded by Dr. Green's land, and
also by land " conveyed this day to my son William." [Wore. Deeds, 39': 10.
The children of William and Sarah Green were — born in Maiden —
159. Mary,5 b. Feb. 22, 1709-10.
160. Sarah,' b. Sept. 13, 1711 ; m. Hezekiah Ward, Oct. 13, 1737.
161. Hephzibah,^ b. June 13, 1714.
162. tWilliam,' b. July 6, 1716; m. 1737, Rebecca Tucker of Milton.
Born in Leicester —
163. tlsrael,5 b. April 10, 172- [1720?] ; m. Mary Holden of Worcester.
164. Charles,5 b. Aug. 18, 1724.
165. tNahum,' b. April 10, 1729 ; m. Dorcas Sanger of Woodstock, Ct.
166. Mercy,5 b. Aug. 18, 1731. 59.
BENJAMIN GREEN,4 ( William,' William," Thomas,^) brother of the pre
ceding, b. in Maiden, April 28, 1687; m. Christian  . We have no
account of his family.
He lived in Maiden till after he came of age. His uncle, Ebenezer Hills,
was his guardian. He received, Nov. 23, 1708, from his uncles Isaac' and
John' Green, executors of the Will of Capt. William Green,^ his grandfather, a
legacy in part, at the rate of six pounds, on account of said legacy, by a con
veyance of land. Received and entered May 28, 17I4. [Midd. Deeds, 16 : 595.J
He purchased land of his brother William," June I, I7I0. In this and other
deeds, he is called "carpenter." April 16, 1712, Benjamin and INathaniel
Green [his brother] for £146, bought 27 acres in Charlestown, the part now
Stoneham, of Joseph Underwood of Charlestown. The original deed, coming
through the hands of Rev. Nathaniel Green [170], and Ebenezer his son [313],
is now in the possession of the compiler.
Within two years of the last date, we find him married, and settled in Ber
wick, Me. May 31, 17 14, Benjamin Green, carpenter, and Christian his wife,
of Berwick, in the county of York in the province of Main in New England
for £6. 5., of current raoney, convey to Edward Bucknam of Maiden a ceitain
woodlot in Maiden, containing 5 acres and 65 poles. This piece of land has
the same boundaries and must be the same land with that which he received in
I708from his uncles Isaac and John, in part payment of a legacy, as stated
above. Witnesses, William Green, Sarah Green, [his brother and his brother's
wife.] Received and entered, Jan. 21, 1722-3. [Midd. Deeds, 23 : 63.
1718, May 19, William Green, jr. of Maiden, for £60 currant money, sells
to Benjamin Green, carpenter, of Barwick in the County of York and Province
of Massachusetts Bay, two tracts of land in the bounds of Charlestown in the
first division of wood-lots, one tract containing I2i acres, bounded S. on land
of Nathaniel Green, [60] the other containing Hi acres, &c. Both of these
tracts must have been within the bounds of Stoneham. Witnesses, Nathaniel
Green, Edward Bucknam. Received May 23, 1720. [Midd. Deeds, 21 : 131.]
Edward Bucknam, b. March 22, 1692, was son of Joses and Judith Bucknam.
His mother was 3d wife of Capt. John Lynde, Benjamin Green's step-father.*
* A tradition in Leicester states that Benjamin Green was captured and carried off by the
Indians ; that he acquired and retained Indian habits, and, after returning home, went back
lo them. How much truth there may be in this story we cannot determine.

144 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
60.
Capt. NATHANIEL GREEN," (William,' William," Thomas,-^) brother of
the preceding, b. in Maiden, Sept. 28, 1689; m. I, in Reading, by " Justis"
Brown,* April 21, I7I3, to Elizabeth Spragde, dau. of Samuel and Sarah
Sprague of Maiden, and sister of his brother William's wife. 2, in 1755, Mart
Stockwell, presumed to be of Sutton. They were published Dec. 14, 1755.
He was about eighteen months old when his father died ; and nearly two
years old when his mother was married to Capt. John Lynde.
He lived at " Charlestown-End," [incorp. 1725 as Stoneham] about eight
years, from I7I5 to 1723, doubtless on the land purchased in 1712, by himself
and his brother Benjarain, of Joseph Underwood. See preceding paragraph.
There being no church or house of worship at that time in Charlestown-End,
he attended public worship at Maiden, only three or four miles distant ; and
was admitted to the church there Jan. 21, 1722-3. His wife Elizabeth had
been admitted to the same church, April 8, 1733. Of that church Rev. Joseph
Emerson had been ordained pastor, Oct. 31, 1721, after the removal of Rev.
David Parsons to Leicester.
He removed to Leicester about the year 1723, where his brother William
and his relatives Capt. Samuel and Thomas Green were already settled. He
was there a man of sorae consideration ; and received a commission as " Cap
tain of the first foot company in Leicester," Dec. 12, 1743. Within a year
war broke out between France and Great Britain, and Capt. Green was fre
quently called on to have his command in readiness to meet the enemy, as the
following order will show : —
" Sir, This moment I Received the Governours Express, and pursuant there
to You are Required In his majesty's name on Your utmost Perill to Draw out
of Your Milatary Ward twenty five men compleatly armed and furnished with
Amunition and fourteen Days Provision and march them without the Least
Delay to Worcester and from thence to Proceed to Boston a french Invasion
being every moment expected. I say fail not at Your Perill.
John Chandler, Col.
" Worcester, Sept. 22, 1746.
" Either you or Capt. Whittemore, with two more Comission officers must
go, & don't fail."
Directed — " In his majesty's service, to Capt. Nathl. Green, in Leicester."
We copy the above from the original order, now before us.
Some time in the latter part of his life he resided in Sutton, as we infer from
some deeds given by Nathaniel Green of Sutton to Nathaniel Green of Lei
cester ; and one or two deeds from other parties to Nathaniel Green of Sutton.
He returned to Leicester before his death, and d. there.
" Capt. Nathaniel Green died at Leicester, Sept. 27, 1774, a little after 7
o'clock at Night." [Record made by Ebenezer Green. [313.]
The children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Green were —
167. Elizabeth,' b. in Maiden, Nov. 3, 1714 ; m. Benjamin Sanderson, Feb. 8,
1737-8. She died at Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 27, 1801, " a. 87 y. 9 mos.
13 days." •'
168. Winefred,6 b, " at Charlestown-End," July 16, 1716; m, Benjamin Bald
win, April 6, 1749, She d, March 27, 1777, aj. 61.
169. An infant son, b. at Charlestown-End, April 13, 1719 ; d, same day,
170, tNathaniel,^ b, at Charlestown-End, April 16, 1721 ; m. Tabitha Prentice,
171, Mehitable,' b. in Leicester, June 21, 1724; "m, Samuel Call, July 15, 1746,
and set out for cap britan (Cape Breton) July the 23, 1746." She died
July 24, 1795, a. 71 years, 1 mo. & 3 days.
172. tPhinehas,' b. iu Leicester, July 10, 1728 ; m. Judith  .
173. tBenjamin,5 b. in Leicester, May 21, 1731 ; m. Lucy Marsters, Dec. 10, 1754.
* See note } on page 142.

THE GREEN FAMILT. 145
The foregoing record is copied from the original record in the handwriting
of Capt. Nathaniel Green, except that the marriages of Winefred and Benja
min are from a record in the handwriting of his son Phinehas ; and the mar
riages of Nathaniel and Phinehas are from other sources.
63.
JOHN GREEN,4 (John,' William," Thomas,') eldest son of John and Isabel
Green of Stoneham ; b. March 33, 1699-1700 ; m. I, Sarah  . 2, 1755,
widow Jerusha NoRwoon of Lynn ; published Dec. 5, 1755. She was an
excellent woman ; remembered for her piety by some now living. She d. Oct.
1805, a. 84. >¦ j j s
He resided in Stoneham ; was constable there 1741. He inherited from his
father that part of the homestead which was situated on the west side of the
road leading from Maiden to Reading; which included land once belonging
to THOMAS GREEN.i the ancestor of the whole family.
He d. in Stoneham, Jan. 30, 1774, a. 74. [Gravestone.] His Will, dated
Oct. 18, 1770 ; proved Feb. 23, 1774 ; recorded Midd. Prob., 55 : 143 ; makes
provision for wife Jerusha, but leaves estate to son John, then under 21 years
of age. To dau. Elizabeth Green he gives 5s., " she had so much already ;" to
dau. Jerusha Green, under 18, he gives £33. 6. 8. Mentions also gr. daus.
Sarah Polly, Susanna Polly. Witnesses, Jonathan Green, [117] Thomas
Vinton, Timothy Vinton.
Inventory, Feb. 22, 1774 ; amount real and personal, £540. 5. 5. ; included
land in east part of Stoneham, on the road from Maiden to Reading, and ad
joining land of widow Hannah Vinton, [142] Thomas Vinton her son, and
Dea. Joseph Green [80.]
His children were, by first marriage —
174. Sarah,' b. Dec. 4, 1727 ; m.  Pollard. They had Sarah, Susanna.
175. Phebe,5 b. May 16, 1731 ; d. April 22, 1741.
176. Elizabeth,' b, April 17, 1734; m. 1756, Josiah Green,^ [185.J
177. Martha,s b. May 26, 1739; d. April 15, 1741.
By second marriage —
178. John,' b. about 1758; never married; inherited the homestead, where he
lived with his mother and half-sister, Mary Norwood, till the death of the
former, Oct, 1805; the latter dying soon after. Subsequently William
Green [393] and wife lived in his house and took care of him ; to whom
at his death he left the house and farm. Ho d. abt. 1842, a. abt. 84.
179. Jerusha,' b.  , 1760; d. Sept. 5, 1775, se. 15. [Gravestone.
66.
JONAS GREEN,-! (John,' William," Thomas,') brother of the preceding,
b. in Stoneham, April 14, 1713 ; m. June 2, 1743, Mart Hat of Stoneham,
probably sister of Capt. Peter Hay, who m. his sister Isabel Green.
He resided in Maiden, probably in the part now Melrose, and near his
brother John of Stoneham ; was a man of note in the town, being selectman
every year from 1761 to 1771, inclusive — eleven years. His mother Isabel
mentions him in her Will, Feb. 19, 1762. His children were —
180. Jonas,' b. July 20, 1747. He was a witness of the Will of Josiah Green'' [83]
in 1774.
181. Mary,' b. Oct. 3, 1756. Her mother having died, her father was appointed
her guardian, Aug. 4, 1772, doubtless in reference to property left by her
grandfather Hay.
80.
Dea. JOSEPH GREEN,* (Joseph,^ Henry," Thomas,'') eldest son of Dea.
Joseph' and Hannah Green of Maiden ; b. there Oct. 26, 1701 ; m. abt. 1726,
Ruth  .

146 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
He resided in Maiden till about 1735, when he reraoved to Stoneham, an
adjoining town, where his sister Joanna Dexter, his brother Josiah, and raany
others of his kindred were already settled. He lived in the east part of that
town. His farm included a considerable extent east and west of where the
Stoneham Depot now is. He was selectman of Stoneham 1747, 1749, and
1754-5-8. He was chosen deacon 1747, and accepted the office July 12,
1747. He sold about half of his farm, April 16, 1 770, to Thomas Vinton of
Stoneham. [Vinton 65.] Seven years afterwards, viz., April 15, 1777, the
other half of the farm, then owned by his son Joseph, and a pew in the meet
ing-house, was sold to Ezra Vinton, brother of Thomas. [Vinton, 69 .] In
the interval between these sales, Dea. Joseph Green removed to Chelsea ; vre
know not the exact time, but as he was in Stoneham, and chosen on a com
mittee at town meeting, Oct. II, 1773, it raust have been after this date.
Mrs. Ruth Green, his wife, d. in Stoneham, Nov. 3, 1770, a. 63. [Gravestone.]
Dea. Joseph Green probably died previous to April 15, 1777; the "Jr.," be
fore used, being then omitted from his son's name. Their children were —
182. Hannah,' b.  ; m. Samuel Grecn^ of Maiden. [208.]
183. tJoseph,^ b.  ; m. Martha Sprague of Chelsea, 1757.
184. Lydia,' b. April 21, 1737 ; m. Nathan Lynde of Maiden, Dec. 1759. They
had Nathan, William, who settled at Gardner, and Joseph, who m. Han
nah Waitt, and succeeded to his father's ample farm.
We find no others on record. 83.
JOSIAH GREEN,* (Joseph,^ Henry," Thomas,') brother of the preceding,
b. in Maiden, Sept. 25, 1709; m. May 16, 1734, Esther Thompson, b. March
16, I7I6; dau. of Joshua and Martha Thompson of Woburn.
Soon after marriage he settled in Stoneham, of which town he was constable
1742, and selectman I750-I-2-3-6-9, 1763-4, 1772. He d. April, 1774. His
Will, dated April 4, 1774 ; proved May 3, 1774 ; recorded Midd. Prob., 55 :
260 ; mentions no wife, and no daus. Speaks of " my two sons," Josiah and
Stephen, clearly implying that the testator had no others. To son Josiah he
bequeaths most of his estate. Witnesses, Jonas Green, jr. [180] Isaac Green,
[143] David Green, [134.]
The children of Josiah and Esther Green were —
185. tJosiah,' b. March 5, 1735; m. 1, 1756, Elizabeth Green, [176.] 2, 1799,
Sarah Skinner.
186. Stephen,' b. Aug. 19, 1738 ; m. 1, Deborah Oakes of Maiden; published
Sept. 15, 1759. 2, Sarah  . He lived in Maiden; d. 1784. His
inventory (amount .£91. 18. 8) was taken Nov. 23, 1784. Widow Sarah,
admx. March 31, 1786, his real estate was divided to widow Sarah and
son Stephen, a minor. [Midd. Prob., 67 : 190 and 69 : 8.
86.
JABEZ GREEN,* (Joseph,' Henry," Thomas,') brother of the preceding, b.
in Maiden, Sept. 8, 1718; ra. Mart  .
He lived in Stoneham from about the time of his marriage till about 1750,
when he removed to Leicester. Further information respecting him is want
ing, except that he and Mary had the following children —
Born in Stoneham —
187. Jabez,5 b. June 13, 1743 ; m. Lucy Kent in Leicester, Aug. 9, 1764.
188. Nathan,' b. March 25, 1746 ; d. young.
189, Mary,' b, Jan, 7, 1748-9.
Born in Leicester —
190. Nathan,' b. Dec. 27, 1752.
191. Joseph,' b. Dec. 30, 1754.
192. Stephen,' b. Aug. 7, 1757.
193. Elizabeth,^ b. March 8, 1762.
194. Hannah,' b. Dec. 28, 1764.
195. Abel,' b. Sept. 1767.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 147
92.
DANIEL GREEN," (Daniel,' Henry," Thomas,') only son of Dea. Daniel'
and Mary Green of Stoneham ; b. Jan. 22, 1721-2 ; [per gravestone] ra April
5, 1743, Rebecca Bucknam, b. 1734, dau. of Edward and Rebecca Bucknam
of stoneham, and gr. dau. of Joses and Judith Bucknam of Maiden. For the
connection of Judith Bucknam with the Green family, see pp. 133, 138, 141.
He lived in Stoneham, and d. there Oct. 36, 1745, "a. 23 years, 9 m". & 4 d^"
[Gravestone.] His widow Rebecca was appointed admx., Jan. 6, 1745-6 ; and
her account charges the estate with the expense for " lying-in of a posthumous
child," the only son of the deceased.
The widow Rebecca m. Nov. 13, 1749, Capt. Jonathan Green, [1 17.]
The only child of Daniel and Rebecca Green was
196. tDaniel,' b. March 7, 1745-6 ; m. I, Huldah Brown, 1765. 2, Sarah Had
ley, 1769. 3, Sarah Reed, 1786. 99.
Rev. JACOB GREEN,* (Jacob,' Henry," Thomas,') cliest son of Jacob' and
Dorothy Green of Maiden, b. in that town, "Jan. 22, 1721-2, about two of the
clock in the morning, being Monday ;" [Jacob Green's " Writing Book ; "] m.
I, " Wednesday," June 14, 1747, Anna Strong of Brookhaven, Long Island,
who d. Nov. 25, 1756. 2, Oct. 19, 1757, Elizabeth Pierson, dau. of Rev.
John Pierson, of Woodbridge, N. J.
Losing his father in his second year, he removed, when a child, with his
step-father to Killingly, Ct. He " went to learning, Dec. 16, 1738 ;" entered
Harvard College in July, 1740, and devoted himself assiduously to study. On
graduating in July, 1744, he taught school in Sutton, till Aug. 1745, and then,
at the solicitation of Whitefield, consented to go to the Orphan House in Geor
gia. Having accompanied that celebrated preacher as far as Elizabethtown,
he was there released from his engagement, and, by the advice of Rev. Jona
than Dickinson of that place, he put himself under the care of the Presbytery
of New York. He was licensed to preach in Sept. 1845, and on the 29th of
that month, preached at Hanover, N. J., his first sermon. Receiving, not long
after, a call to settle in Hanover, he was ordained there in Nov. 1746. He
remained there as pastor more than forty-three years.
While actively discharging the duties of pastor, he found it necessary, in
order to support a large family, to engage in the practice of medicine ; which
he pursued for thirty years.
His talents and virtues soon brought him into public notice. He was elected
a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Colleg-e of New Jersey, under
the second charter, obtained from Gov. Belcher in 1748. Rev. Samuel Davies
having declined the Presidency of the College, (though he accepted it the fol
lowing year,) Mr. Green was, in the autumn of 1758, elected Vice-President,
and for a few months was at the head of the Institution. Of the College he
was ever a warra and efficient friend.
On the breaking out of the war of Independence, he was active in the cause
of his country. He was elected to the Provincial Congress ; and was chair
man of the Committee which drafted the State Constitution. He published a
series of articles, signed Eumenes, against a paper currency, for which he
was much abused.
He published several sermons ; and, as an active, devout man, did much to
enstamp on the community a high moral and religious character. He died of
influenza, after a short illness. May 24, 1790. In the church-yard at Hanover,
N. J., a monument was erected, upon which is the following inscription : —
" Under this stone are deposited the remains of the Rev. Jacob Green,
A. M., first pastor of the Hanover church, who died 34 May, A. D. 1790, aged
68 years, of which 44 were spent in the gospel ministry. He was a man of
temper even, firm, and resolute ; of affections temperate, steady, and benevo
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unwearied ; of learning various, and accurate ; of manners simple, and re
served ; of piety humble, enlightened, fervent, and eminent. As a preacher,
he was instructive, plain, searching, practical ; as a pastor, watchful, laborious,
ever intent on some plan for the glory of God, and the salvation of his flock ;
and, by the divine blessing, happily and eminently successful."
Some account of his life, with extracts from his diary, may be found in the
tenth volume of the Christian Advocate, a religious magazine published in Phil
adelphia from 1832 to 1834. His children, all b. in Hanover, N. J., were—
By first marriage —
197. Ann,' b. Sept, 12, 1748.
198. Abigail,^ b. March 27, 1750.
199. Dorothv,' b. March 18, 1752.
200. Joseph,' b. Nov. 21, 1754.
By second marriage —
201. Elizabeth,' b. Sept. 17, 1758 ; m. Rev, Ebenezer Bradford, b. in Canterbury,
Ct. 1746; ord, evangelist, July, 1775, by the Presbytery of New York;
installed pastor, Rowley, Mass., Aug. 4, 1782; d, Jan. 3, 1801, a. 55.
The present surrogate of New York city is their grandson.
202. Benoni,' b. March 11, 1760; d. May 13, 1760.
203. Pierson,' b. Jan. 29, 1761.
204. tAshbel,' b. July 6, 1762 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Stockton of N. J. 2, Christiana
Anderson of Pa.
205. Calvin,' b. July 25, 1765.
206. Kesurah,' b. March 7, 1767.
207, John Wickliffe,' b. Dec. 18, 1769 ; d. near Princeton, N. J., about March,
1814. 103.
SAMUEL GREEN,* (Samuel,' Samuel," Thomas,') son of Samuel' and
Mary Green of Maiden ; b. there about 1702 ; m. about 1728, Lois Sprague
of Chelsea. He resided in Maiden, where he d. in 1782, a. about 80.
His Will, dated March 20, 1779 ; proved Nov. 6, 1782 ; recorded Midd.
Prob., 63 : 279 ; mentions wife Lois, eldest son Sarauel, sons Phinehas and
James, grandchildren Mary Upham, liois Upham, Hannah Upham, Amos Up
ham, Elizabeth Upham, " children of my dau. Mary Upham, deceased."
The children of Samuel and Lois Green, b. in Maiden, were —
208. tSamuel,' b, Aprilis, 1729; m, 1, Hannah Green,' [182.] 2, Mary Lanman.
209. tPhinchas,' b. May 14, 1731 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Lynde. 2, Elizabeth Sargent.
210. Lois,' b. July 2, 1734 ; d. Jan. 1, 1736-7.
211. Lois,' b. Oct. 27, 1737 ; d. July 2, 1751.
212. James,' b. Feb. 12, 1743-3 ; never m. ; d. abt. 1813, a. 70, in Maiden.
213. Mary,' b. June 27, 1746 ; m. Amos Upham of IMalden. They had Mary,
Lois, Hannah, Amos, Elizabeth. (See Will above.)
108.
THOMAS GREEN,* (Thomas,' Samuel," Thomas,') eldest son of Thomas'
and Hannah (Vinton) Green of Maiden ; b. there, Dec. 9, 1702 ; m. Mart
Green,* b. Jan. 17, 1709-10, dau. of Dea. Daniel Green' of Stoneham. [89.]
He settled in Reading as early as 1727, and probably immediately after
marriage. He d. in 1753, se. 51. His Will, dated Feb. 7, 1753; proved March
12, 1753 ; recorded Midd. Prob., 26 : 299 ; gives to wife Mary his household
stuff, &c., and the improvement of the west end of his dwelling-house, " ex
cepting after the decease of Mr. John Pool of Reading, my honored mother
Hannah Pool should and do improve the west end of said dwelling-house ; then
my will is that my wife shall have the improvement of the east chamber and
west garret in said dwelling-house," &c. Son Thomas Green, who is exec
utor, is to have " all my buildings and lands in Reading, Maiden, and Stone
ham, except as before excepted ; and all my money, bonds, and notes ; and the
use of land in Holden, County of Worcester." Son Daniel Green has ten
shillings: [his grandfather Daniel Green' [31] intending to make him his heir.]

THE GREEN FAMILY. 149
Son Amos Green is to have 80 acres of land in Holden, when he comes of
age. Son Nathan Green is to have 139 acres in Holden, when he comes of
age. Mentions daus. Mary Smith, Hannah Green, Sarah Green. Witnesses,
Jonathan Evans, David Green, jr., [134] Jonathan Green, [117.]
His widow Mary m. (his second wife) Timothy Wright of Stoneham, pub
lished Oct. 22, 1756. "There were no children by this marriage. She d. June
20, 1787, a. 78. [Gravestone.
The children of Thomas and Mary Green, b. in Reading, were —
214. Mary,' b. Dee. 2, 1728 ; m. about 1752, Ebenezer Smith of Reading.
215. tThomas,' b. May 9, 1731 ; m. Lydia  .
216. tDaniel,' b. July 8, 1733; m. 1, Ruth Oakes, 1760. 2, Joanna Gerry, 1801.
217. Hannah,' b. Nov. 20, 1735 ; m,  Swain of South Reading.
218. Sarah,' b. Nov. 14, 1738; d. young.
219. Amos,' b. May 16, 1740; a "joiner," went to Amherst, N. H. ; had Amos,'
and Nathan.'
220. Nathan,' b. July 6, 1743 ; d. in infancy.
221. Sarah,' b. Oct. 3, 1745; m. 1768, Isaac Smith, 3d, of Reading; published
Oct. 4, 1768.
222. Nathan,' b. Nov. 27, 1748 ; unm. ; lived in Mont Vernon, N. H.; a miser ;
left a large property to his relatives.
[The six families immediately foUowing, having been received out of time, are
here inserted out oi place.] 69.
HENRY GREEN,* (Henry,' Henry," Thomas,') son of Henry' and Hannah
(Flagg) Green ; b. in Stoneham,* Sept. 21, 1696 ; m. JuniTH  . They
resided in Killingly, Ct., where the children, whose names follow, were born
to them —
223. Sarah,' b. Nov. 30, 1725.
224. Mary,' b. March 20, 1728-9.
225. Esther,' b. July 12, 1731.
226. tHezekiah,' b. Oct. 13, 1733 ; m. Alice  .
227. tJohn,' b. May 12, 1736 ; m. Abilene  .
228. Abigail,' b. April 20, 1738. 72.
SETH GREEN,* (Henry,' Henry," Thomas,') brother of the preceding; b. in
Stoneham, March 6, I699-I700 ; m. Dorotht  . They resided in Kil
lingly, Ct, and there had the following children —
229. Dorothy,' b. Aug. 15, 1731.
2.30. Nathan,' b. Sept. 1, 1733.
231. Hannah,' b. June 2, 1738.
232. Leah,' b. May 6, 1741.
233. Jonathan,' b. Sept. 9, 1743.
234. James,' b. Sept. 1, 1745.
235. Seth,' b. May 9, 1746.
236. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 28, 1748. 75.
TIMOTHY GREEN,* (Hemy,' Hemy? Thomas,') brother of the preceding ;
b. in Stoneham, May 7, 1706 ; ra. I, Oct. 37, 1743, Phebe Atwell of Thomp
son, Ct. They were then both of Thompson. Mrs. Phebe Green d. June 14,
1751. 2, Dec. 25, I75I, Anne Grover of Thompson, Ct.
The children of Timothy and Phebe Green were—
237. David,' b.  ; d. May 17, 1751.
238. Flagg,' b. June 30, 1747.
239. Joseph,' b. May 10, 1749 ; d. May 28, 1751.
The reader will note the three deaths in this family within a month. The
names and dates are found on the Killingly records ; but the family seem to
have resided in Thompson, formerly a part of Killingly.

* Stoneham was a part of Charlestown till 1725.
11

150 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
77.
PHINEHAS GREEN,* (Henry,' Henry," Thomas,') brother of the preced
ing ; b. in Stoneham, Sept. 10, 1710 ; m. Elizabeth  .
They had in Killingly, Ct, the following children—
240. Thankful,' b. June 5, 1740.
241. Elizabeth,' b. Aug. 29, 1742.
242. Sabra,' (dau.) b. July 24, 1746. 78.
AMOS GREEN,* (Henry,' Henry," TAomas,') brother of the preceding; b.
in Stoneham, Dec. 30, 1712; m. Ltdia  They resided in Killingly,
Ct, where they had the following children —
243. Lucy,' b. Jan. 17, 1743-4.
244. Hannah,' b. May 22, 1745.
245. Amos,' b. Julv 19, 1746.
246. Henry,' b. Feb, 6, 1747-8.
247. Lydia,' b. Jan. 25, 1749-50.
248. Jacob,' b. June 4, 1751. 101.
BENJAMIN GREEN,* (Jacob,' Henry," Thomas,') b. in Maiden, Feb. 21,
1723-4 ; m.  Douglas of Hanover, N. J.
He was a posthumous son of Jacob Green,' and twin brother of Joseph,* who
probably d. in Killingly, Ct, in May, 1744. He was brought up by his step
father, John Barrett of Killingly, Ct, and accompanied his brother, Rev. Jacob
Green,* to Hanover, N. J., in 1746.
His children, b. in Hanover, N. J., were —
249. Wickliffe,' b.  ; d. in the revolutionary service.
250. tJoseph,' b.  ; m. 1, Elizabeth Brittain. 2, Ann Frazier.
251. tJacob,' b.  ; m. Mary Cook,
252. tBenjamin,' b.  ; m, Sally Ely.
253. Hannah,' b.  ; m. Horton Magie of New York city ; and d. there a few
years since, leaving several children.
254. Lucretia,' b.  ; m. (second wife,) Dr. Abram Halsey of Fishkill, N, Y.
She d. at her brother Jacob's house, and was buried in Hanover, N. J.
114.
WILLIAM GREEN," (William,' Samuel," Thomas,') son of William' and
Elizabeth Green of Reading; b. in Maiden, May 17, 1715 ; m. June 17, 1736,
Sdsanna Gould, b. Aug. 14, I7I4, dau. of Lieut Daniel and Susanna Gould
of Stoneham.*
He lived in the south part of Reading, near Stoneham line. He and his son
William' petitioned, 1768, to be annexed to Stoneham, and that town voted
" willingly to receive them." Yet it failed of being done. He died in the
autumn of 1772, se. 58. His Will, dated Sept 23, 1772 ; proved, Dec. 1, 1772 ;
recorded, Midd. Prob., 54 : 25; makes provision for wife Susanna, son William,
and dau. Susanna Townsend ; and gives homestead to son Aaron, who is not
yet 31 years of age. Witnesses, Jonathan Green, [117] Thoraas Green, [215]
Jeremiah Bryant.
His widow Susanna's Will, dated May 14, 1776 ; proved, Sept. 7, 1790 ;
recorded, Midd. Prob, 73 : 513; mentions sons William and Aaron, and dau.
Susanna Townsend. The children of William and Susanna Green, were —
255. tWilliam,' b. Oct 21, 1737 ; m. 1,  ; 2, Joanna Hadley, 1800.
256. Susanna,' b. Oct 4, 1739; d. in infancy.
257. Susanna,' b. June 12, 1743 ; m.  Townsend. Living, 1776.
258. tAaron,' b. Nov. 30, 1754; m. 1,  Hay; 2, Sarah Green. [490.]
* There were two Daniel Goulds in Stoneham at this lime ; Daniel, b. 1682, called on the
records "Deacon" Daniel and Daniel "Sen,;" (d. 1761, a, 79,) The other Daniel, born
1688, called " Lieut." and " Jun." (d. 1788, a. 100), The latter was father of Susanna,
wife of William Green* in the text.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 151
117.
Capt JONATHAN GREEN,* (Jonathan,' Samuel," Thomas,') only son of
Jonathan Green' of Stoneham ; b. prob. in Maiden, Nov. 33, 1719 ; m. I, Jan.
22, 1744-5, Sarah Godld, b. July 8, I7I9, dau. of Lieut Daniel and Susanna
Gould of Stoneham, and sister of William Green's wife, in the preceding par
agraph. She d. in childbed, Feb. 25, 1745-6, "a. 26 years, 7 mo,, 18 ds."
[Gravestone.] 2, Nov. 13, 1749, Rebecca (Bdcknam) Green, b. 1724, dau.
of Edward and Rebecca Bucknam, and widow of Daniel Green, [92] all of
Stoneham. [For proof, see Midd. Prob., 44 : 15.] She d. July 20, 1786, se.
63. [Gravestone.] The Prob. Records erroneously affirm that she d. July 21,
1788. [Midd. Prob., 71 : 391.
He was captain of a military company, and a leading man in Stoneham for
many years ; and the affairs of that town appear to have been managed very
much under his direction. He was town clerk and town treasurer from March,
1748, to March, 1769, except one year, [1759]; also, from March, 1789, till
his death, except two years, [1792, 1793] ; being twenty-five years in all. He
was selectman twenty years, between 1752 and 1795. He was a member of
the Convention assembled in Boston, Jan. 1788, to ratify the Constitution of
the United States. '
About 1772, he removed to Chelsea; resided there some years, perhaps ten
or more ; then removed back to Stoneham, where he d. Aug. 25, 1795. His
gravestone bears the following inscription : " Erected In Memory of Capt.
Jonathan Green, who died August 25, 1795, aged 75 years, 9 months, and I
day. It is with regret we here part with a loving friend, and valuable
member of society, one who in his domestic station was lov'd and Reverenced,
and in his more public life gained the general applause. One who serv'd the
Town in the most important offices for many years, even to the close of life,
to the universal satisfaction of those who appointed him. The adjacent Towns
have reason likewise to join with Us in Lamenting the loss of so useful a Man."
His Will, dated July 18, 1795; Midd. Prob., 80 : 440; is very long, occu
pying sixteen folio pages. This great length is due, not so much to the
amount of property the testator had to bestow, although this was considerable
— 215 acres — as to the minuteness of the directions he wished to give, touching
his bequests. The boundaries of the several parcels of land devised to his
grandchildren, are given with uncoramon particularity. Various articles of
personal property are also minutely described. He even gives particular
directions about the size of his gravestone. His children, all b. in Stoneham,
were — by first wife —
259. tJonathan,' b. Feb. 20, 1745-6 ; m. his cousin Dorcas Hay, 1769.
By second wife —
260. Rebecca,' b. Oct 4, 1750 ; d. Oct. 5, 1750.
261. Infant, b. Nov. 9, 1751 ; d. same day.
262. Infant son, b. Oct, 16, 1753 ; d, satne day.
263, Rebecca,' b, April 10, 1755; m. Capt. Peter Hay of Stoneham; published,
Oct, 9, 1773; d, July 17, 1843, a. 88 y. 3 m". 7 ds. [Gravestone.
264. Sarah,' b. Jan. 11, 1758; m. Oct 3, 1776, Dr. Asaph Fletcher, b. June 28,
1746, son of William Fletcher of Westford. At the age of 22, he com
menced the practice of medicine in his native town of Westford ; and
pursued this profession with signal usefulness and success, till compelled
by old age to relinquish it. He was baptized and united with the Baptist
church in Leicester, May 15, 1768. He was a member of the Conven
tion for framing the Constitution of Massachusetts, 1780. He removed
from Westford to Cavendish, Vt., in 1787. He was a member of the
Convention to revise the Constitution of Vermont. He was frequently
a member of the Legislature ; some years a judge of the County Court ;
and some years a member of the Council, [or Senate.] Elector of Pres
ident and Vice President, in 1816. Some time president of the Medical
Society of his county, and delivered lectures before that body. He also

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held many other offices. He d. Jan. 5, 1840, a. 93, having "lived long
and lived well." Mrs. Sarah Fletcher d. Aug. 1836, se. 78. They had
Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1778 ; m. Salmon Dutton, Esq., of Cavendish, Vt
Asaph, b. Jan. 26, 1780 ; m, Sarah Wlieeler. They resided in Woodstock,
Vt She d. 1847.
Salome, b. 1783 ; m. Feb. 7, 1805, Dr. Luther Fletcher, a physician, who d.
at Granville, N. Y., April 6, 1841. She resides at Cavendish, Vt.
Rebecca, b. March 10, 1785 ; m, Asa Fletcher, son of Josiah, and brother of
Luther, just mentioned, by same ceremony as her sister. Of Ludlow, Vt.
Richard, b. Jan. 8, 1788; grad. D. C. 1806; read law with Daniel Web
ster; commenced practice of law, 1809, at Salisbury, N. H. Removed
to Boston. Representative in Congress from Boston District. Some
years judge of Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Now resides in Boston.
Addison, b. Aug. 25, 1790; m. 1, Maria Ingalls, Jan. 21, 1819; 2, Mary
Ingalls. Merchant in Cavendish; d. Jan. 8, 1832.
Alpheus, b. July 17, 1793; m. Adeline E. Hatch, Nov. 8, 1822; practised
medicine at Cavendish; d. May, 1839.
Horace, b. Oct. 28, 1796 ; m. Haniet May, March 12, 1823. Practised law
at Cavendish several years ; now pastor of Baptist chh., Townsend, Vt.
Ryland, b. Feb. 18, 1799; m. Mary Ann May, June 11, 1829. Occupies
the old homestead, on which he was born, in Cavendish. Now, 1857,
Governor of the State of Vermont. [Chiefly from the Fletcher Geneal
ogy, a short corapend of the descendants of Robert Fletcher of Concord ,
1637 ; containing, pp. 24.
265. fJesse,' b. May 20, 1767 ; m. Sarah Bucknam, Dec. 14, 1786.
134.
Capt. DAVID GREEN,* (David,' Samuel," Thomas,') only son of David
Green' of Reading ; b. in Maiden, Aug. 20, 1714 ; m. Ruth  , who d.
Aug. II, 1755.
He lived in Reading, near Stoneham line. In 1766, he petitioned to be an
nexed to Stoneham ; which town voted, March 3, 1766, that they " would glad
ly receive him." It was not however accomplished.
He d. 1781. His Will, dated May 31, 1778 ; proved Sept. 5, 1781 ; and re
corded Mid(^ Prob., 61 : 146 ; mentions son David Green of Amherst, N. H.,
(and gives hira land in Amherst ;) dau. Ruth Upham of Amherst, N. H.; grand
son David Green of Amherst, N. H., and Miss Lois Coleman, (probably his
housekeeper,) for whom he makes a liberal annual provision of corn, rye, but
ter, pork, wood, wool, money, &c., " to continue till she shall marry, and no
longer." All the rest of his real and personal estate he gives to sons John
Green and Isaac Green. His children were —
266. David,' b. July 2, 1737 ; d. Sept 20, 1738.
207. David,' b. Feb. 20, 1740-1 ; lived in Amherst N. H.; had 268. David.'
269, Ruth,' b. Nov, 1, 1744 ; m.  Upham ; lived in Amherst, N. H.
270. John,' b. May 5, 1747; m. (published, Feb. 16, 1771,) Abigail GeiTy. b.
April 2, 1749, dau. of David and Kezia Gerry of Stoneham. They had
271. Abigail,' b. June 8, 1772.
272. Isaac,' b.  ; m. 1, Lois  ; 2, Mary  , He had —
By first wife Lois— 273. Isaac,' b. Aug. 22, 1772.
274. Asa,' b. March 2, 1777 ; d. in infancy.
275. Asa,' b. Aug. 9, 1779.
By second wife Mary — 276. David,' b. Oct. 1, 1781.

FIP^TH GENERATION. 145.
Dea. SAMUEL GREEN,' (Tliomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') eldest
son of Rev. Thoraas Green of Leicester ; b. in Leicester, 1726 ; m. I , Jan.
28, 1753, Zeviah Dana of Ashford, Ct, who was b. 1733, and d. May 2.5, 1797,
a. 64. 2, Widow  Kisk of Sturbridge, who d. July 2, 1810. Dea.
Samuel Green d. in the autumn (Oct. ?) of 1810, a. 84.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 153
He lived in Leicester ; was a most worthy man ; a deacon more than 50 years
of the Baptist church, of which his father was pastor. After the dismission
of the Rev. Dr. Foster, [151] his father's successor, the church was destitute
of a pastor several years. During this period, he devoted himself with much
ability, energy and piety to the interests of the church, which under his labors
continued to prosper. His death was greatly lamented.
His children, b. in Leicester, were —
277 — 279. Three infants, d. soon, names unknown.
280. tSamuel,' b. Nov. 22, 1757 ; m. Hannah liinney, 1779.
281. Elijah,' b. May 3, 1760 ; d. in the service of his country, in camp at Rox
bury, Dec. 25, 1776, (1775?) a. 16.
147.
ISAAC GREEN,' (Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') brother of pre
ceding ; b. in Leicester,  ; m. Sarah Howe. They had two daughters —
282. Sarah.' 283. Mary.'
148.
THOMAS GREEN,' (Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') brother of the
preceding; b. in Leicester, 1733; m. I, Hannah Fosof Woodstock, Ct* 2,
Anna Hovet of Sutton, b. 1744, d. Aug. 1807, a. 63.
He lived in Leicester ; was a farmer ; received his share of his father's
estate, for which he gave receipt, Dec. 14, 1773. His children were —
284. tElias,' b. Jan. 25, 1756 ;'m. 1, Mary Scott 1782. 2, Mary (Willpughby)
285. tThomas,' b.  , 1757 ; m. Mary Jacobs. [Young.
286. tisaac,' b. March 11, 1759; m. Ann Barrett Jan. 1792.
287. tAbiathar,' b. March 4, 1760 ; m. 1, Zilpha Jones, 1792. 2, Betsey Elliot
288. Asa,' b.  ; m. Patty Scott. [1818.
289. Hannah,' b.  ; m. Howard Putnam.
280. tJohn,' ( twins, ) m.  .
291. Rebecca,' | b.  ; (
292. tDaniel,' b. Nov. 9, 1778; m. Elizabeth Emerson, .Jan. 13, 1814.
293. Patty,' b.  ; d. at the age of 7.
149.
Dr. JOHN GREEN,' (Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," TViomas,') brother of the
preceding; b. at Leicester, Aug. 14, 1736; m. I, Mart Osgood of Worces
ter, who was b. Aug. 31, 1740, and d. Sept 5, 1761. 2, Mart Ruggles, b. at
Sandwich, Cape Cod, 1740, dau. of Brig. Gen. Timothy Ruggles of Sandwich,
afterwards of Hardwick. She d. at Worcester, June 16, 1814.
He studied medicine with his father. Rev. Thoraas Green of Leicester, who
was also a physician ; and entered on the practice of the "healing art," in
Worcester early in life. He was a successful physician ; having adopted the
practice of watching over his patient like a nurse, and remaining day and
night, if the case required it, till the disease was removed. He was the grand
father of the justly celebrated Dr. John Green, noiv living in Worcester. He
d. at Worcester, Oct. 29, 1799, a. 63. His children, all, it is believed, b. in
Worcester, were — by first marriage —
294. John,' b. April 1, 1758; d. Sept. 20, 1761.
295. Mary,' b. Nov. 27, 175- ; d. Feb. 15, 1759.
296. tThomas,' b. .Tan. 3, 1761 ; m. Salome Barstow of Sutton, Oct. 8, 1782.
By second marriage —
297. tJohn,' b. March 18, 1763 ; m. Nancy Barber of Worcester.
298. tTimothy,' b. .Ian. 9, 1765 ; m. Mary Martin of Providence, R. I.
¦'Thomas Green, Jr., was published to Hannah Bugbee, Nov, 16, 1755. [Leicester Rec
ords.] Whether this were the same person ^^ ith Hannah Fo.'j in the text, the compiler has
no means of determining. He has it from correspondence lhal Thomas Green's first wife
was Hannah Fox. If she were widow Bugbee, and her maiden name Fox, the discrepancy
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154 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
299. tSamuel,' b. May 10, 1767 ; m. 1, widow Tillinghast; 2,  Waring.
300. Elijah Dix,' b. July 4, 1769 ; never married ; grad. Bro. Univ. 1792 ; studied
medicine, and practised at Charleston, S. C; where he d. Sept. 21, 1795.
301. Mary,' b. April 30, 1772 ; unm. ; d. at the house of her brother Samuel in
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 24, 1824.
302. Elizabeth,' b. July 31, 1774; unm.; resided chiefly in New York city, in the
family of her brother Timothy ; a woman of great energy of character ;
a sincere and devoted Christian of the Baptist denomination. She d. at
Green Hill, Worcester, Feb. 3, 1854, se. 80. Her memory is cherished
by a large circle of friends, who loved her for her manv christian virtues.
303. tAVilliam Elijah,' b. Jan. 31, 1777; m. 1, Abigail Nelson; 2, Lucy Merri
am ; 3, Julia Plimpton ; 4, Elizabeth D. Collins.
304. Meltiah,' b. July 28, 1779 ; unm.; d. Dec. 1809, of yellow fever, at the
island of St. Bartholomew, West Indies. He was engaged in mercantile
pursuits ; lived on the island of Jamaica, leaving there an estate still un
settled.
305. Bourne,' b. Dec. 15, 1781 ; unm.; d. Aug. 1806, lost at sea. Was engaged
in the pursuits of commerce.
306. Isaac,' b. Sept 4, 1784; unm.; d. Sept. 9, 1807. At the time of his death
he was a member of the Sophomore class in Columbia College, New
York city.
150.
SOLOMON GREEN,' (Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') brother of
the preceding ; b. in Leicester,  ; ni. 1764, Elizabeth Page ; published
Dec. II, 1763. Their children were—
307. Timothy,',
308. Solomon,'.
309. John,'.
310. Ai-chelaus,'.
311. Lynde,'.
312. tisaae,' b. May 25, 1778; m, Rebecca Gay Harridon, Jan, 1808.
313. Mary,' b.  .
314. Serena,' b. 1782 ; d. at 15.
162.
WILLIAM GREEN,' (William,* William,' William," Thomas,') son of Wi\-
liam Green of Leicester; b. in Maiden, July 6, 1716; m. 1737, Rebecca
Tucker of Milton ; published Sept. 25, 1737.
He resided in South Leicester, in or near the present village of Greenville ;
was a farmer ; received by deed from his father, dated Sept. 6, 1754, a portion
of the paternal homestead. [Wore. Deeds, 36 : 461.] Was collector of taxes
in Leicester, 1744. His children, all b. in Leicester, were —
315. Joel,' b. Sept. 9, 1738 ; m. Chloe  , abt. 1761. They had—
316. Joel,'' b. July 17, 1762.
317. Chloe,'' b. July 5, 1764.
318. Seth,'' b.May 3, 1167.
319. William,' b. Feb. 25, 1742.
320. Jonathan,' b. Oct, 27, 1744; m, Dorcas Ellis, Sept. 3, 1767,
321. Ira,6b, Nov. 29, 1746.
322. Rebecca,' b. April 14, 1749.
323, Asenath,' b. Dec. 31, 1750.
324. Jesse,' b. Oct. 25, 1752.
325. Olive,' b. July 19, 1754.
326. Jeruah,' b. May 2, 1756.
327. Jehiel,' b. Dec. 9, 1758.
163.
ISRAEL GREEN,' (William,* William,' William," Thomas,') hroihei of the
preceding; b. in Leicester, April 10, 172- [1720?] m. March 9, 1742, Mart
Holden, dau. of Capt. Holden of Worcester.
After residing at Leicester sorae years, he removed to Petersham, where he
was at Its incorporation in 1754. Thence he removed to Hubbardston, where
he lived at its incorporation in 1767. He was a prominent citizen, serving the

THE GREEN FAMILY. 155
town as moderator, selectman, assessor, constable, and in various other capaci
ties. He d. in Hubbardston,* in 1790 or 1792, a. abt 70, or 72.
His children were —
328, Lucy,' b, Nov. 29, 1743,
329. Mary,' b. May 19, 1745 ; m. March 21, 1771, Thomas Vinton of Stoneham.
[ViNTON", 65,] Shed, in Stoneham, June 16, 1832, a, 84. [Gravestone.
330. Dolly,' b. March 5, 1747. She is presumed to be the Polly or Molly Green
who d. unm. at an advanced age in Hubbardston, June 6, 1826. [Hub
bardston Records.
The foregoing b. in Leicester ; the following in Petersham —
331. James,' b. abt. 1750. He was Major of the "minute men,'' at the breaking
out of the Revolution ; and received a wound at the battle of Bunker Hill,
June 17, 1775, of which he d. not long afterward.
332. Nathan,' b. about 1752 ; served his country in the revolutionary struggle ;
was, it is said, at the battle of Bunker Hill ; and fell, as is believed, at
the battle of Monmouth, June 26, 1778. He was promoted to a Lieu
tenancy before his death.
333. tZeeb,' b. Nov. 11, 1754 ; m. abt 1779, Sarah Cowee of Westminster.
334. Lucas,' b. 1757 ; was at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. As the
Americans, after expending all their ammunition, were escaping from
their defences, he was shot by the enemy through the body, and d. in his
brother Zeeb's arms, at the early age of eighteen.
165.
NAHUM GREEN,' (William,* William,' William," Thomas,') brother of
the preceding; b. in Leicester, April 10, 1729; m. 1750, Dorcas Sanger of
Woodstock, Ct. ; published Oct. 21, 1750.
He, like his elder brother Williara, was a farmer, and lived in South Lei
cester, in or near the present village of Greenville. By a deed from his father,
dated Sept 6, 1754 ; recorded Wore. Deeds, 39 : 10, he obtained a part of the
homestead, bounded partly on another portion of the homestead conveyed to
" my son William Green, jun." His children were —
335. Mary,' b. Aug. 10; 1751.
336. Uzziah,' b. May 1, 1753.
337. Irijah,' b. March 1, 1756.
338. Mercy,' b. Jan. 24, 1758.
339. Jeraiah,' b. May 9, 1760.
340. Amasa,' b. Jan. 27, 1762.
341. Pamela,' b, March 3, 1764.
342. Jared,' b. Oct. 6, 1765.
343. Zerviah,' b. July 10, 1769.
344. Nahum,' b. April 13, 1770.
170.
Rev. NATHANIEL GREEN,' (JVathaniel,* William,' William," Thomas,')
eldest son of Capt. Nathaniel Green* of Leicester ; b. in " Charlestown-End,"
(incorp. Dec. 17, 1725, as Stoneham,) April 16, I72I, " it being Sabbath day ;"
m. about 1748, Tabitha Prentice.
He resided during many years in Leicester, where all his children were
born. He removed at length to Charlton, where he d. March 21, I79I, " aged
70 years wanting one month."
He was a Baptist clergyman, and an acceptable preacher for his time. He
labored in Leicester, Spencer, Charlton, c nd other towns in that vicinity. For
a time he supplied a vacant church in Boston. He was noted for firmness and
decision of character ; was an earnest christian, a plain, evangelical preacher,
and was greatly beloved by a large circle, whose spiritual wants had been
supplied by his ministrations. He was a strenuous assertor of religious liberty,
and did much towards bringing about that change of public sentiment which,
within the memory of many living, resulted in the entire separation of church
and state. His diary, now in the possession of his descendants, shows that the
* Another account says, " he moved away," about 1787.

156 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
churches where he preached were greatly benefited, under God, by his faith
ful labors.
He was ordained to the work of the ministry by a council convened in
Spencer, Oct 12, 1763 ; he being then in the 43d year of his age. He owned
a farm in the north part of Charlton, which he left by Will to his family. His
Will is dated Feb. II, 1791; proved April 5, 1791; recorded Wore. Prob.,
21 : 258. He gives wife Tabitha one-half of his dwelling-house, a garden,
one cow, two sheep, one-third of his real estate, " and the whole of my movea
bles ;" directs his funeral charges and just debts to be paid out of the remain
der of his real estate ; which with this deduction, and a further deduction to
" my son Ebenezer Green for his trouble and care in taking care of me in my
advanced age," he leaves to his children, Lemuel, Nathaniel, John, Rufus,
Ebenezer, Lydia Wheelock, Mary Green, and Chloe Green ; each dau. to have
half so ranch as a son, and each son an equal share. Appoints his sons Na
thaniel and Ebenezer, exrs. His children were —
345. tLemuel,'b. Sept. 18,1749; m. Sarah May, 1770.
346. Susanna,' b. Aug. 23, 1751 ; nnm. ; d. in Charlton, Sept. 19, 1782, a. 31.
347. Tabitha,' b. Sept 18, 1753; unm. ; d. in Charlton, May 10, 1790, a;. 37.
348. tNathaniel,' b. July 7, 1755 ; m. Esther Bunn.
349. Lydia,' b. Jan. 7, 1758 ; m. Jan. 22, 1784, Peter Wheelock of Charlton.
They removed to Marshfield, Vt., where she d. April 12, 1812, a. 54.
Their children were — Jera, Eli, Ruth, Lucinda. Both the sons m. and
had families. Eli had three sons, Merrill, Wellington, Lucius A. and a
dau. Melora. Lucius A. grad. at Brown Univ. 1852 ; is now an excel
lent teacher in Providence, R. I.
350. tJohn,' b. April 20, 1760; m. Sarah Morey, May 2, 1781.
351. tBufus,' b. April 10, 1762; m. Keziah Eddy, Dec. 19, 1786.
352. Mary,' b. June 11, 1764 ; unm. ; d. in Belchertown, Sept. 12, 1796, a. 32.
353. Chloe,' b. May 16, 1766 ; m. Adams Wheelock of Chariton. They had
Lucy, now living in Charlton. Chloe d. in Charlton, Dec. 8, 1828, a. 62.
354. tEbenezer,' b. April 29, 1769; m. Sybil Hitchcock, May 1, 1796.
172.
PHINEHAS GREEN,' (JVathaniel,* WUlia.m,' William," Thomas,') brother of
the preceding ; born in Leicester, July 10, 1728, " it being Wensday ; " mar.
Judith  .
He was a teacher of penmanship, and for the times wrote a good hand, as
appears from specimens now in possession of the compiler. He served in the
revolutionary struggle. He d. in Leicester, Feb. 22, 1776, a. 47 years, 7 mos.
His wife Judith d. Feb. 26, 1772. Their children, b. in Leicester, were —
355. John,' b. April 12, 1759 ; d. iu Ohio, without issue.
356. Pliny,' b. May 17, 1761.
357. Silas,' b. Oct. 27, 1762.
358. Judith,' b. Jan. 14, 1765 ; d. in Leicester without issue.
359. Phebe,' b. Oct. 5, 1766.
360. Daniel,' b. March 12, 1768.
361. Mary,' b. Jan. 21, 1770.
173.
BENJAMIN GREEN,' (JVathaniel,* William,' William," Thomas,') brother
of the preceding; b. in Leicester, May 21, 1731; m. Dec. 10, 1754, Luct
Marsters; who was b. in Manchester, July 34, 1737; and d. in Spencer,
Oct 13, 1778, a. 41.
He lived in Spencer, which was taken off from Leicester, in 1753; was a
farmer, and a most worthy man. He d. in Woodstock, Vt., May 5, 1818, a. 87.
His children, all b. in Leicester, were —
362. tBenjamin,' b. Dec. 26, 1755 ; m. Martha Watson, June 16, 1785.
363. Lucy,' b. Nov. 28, 1757.
364. tAsa,' b. July 27, 1761 ; m. 
365. Elizabeth,' b. Oct. 12, 1763.
366. Ohve,' b. March 12, 1766.
367. Hannah,' b. Aug. 7, 1768.
368. Lydia,' b. Sept. 1, 1770.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 157
183.
JOSEPH GREEN,' (Joseph,* Joseph,' Henry," TAomas,i)sonof Dea. Joseph*
and Ruth Green of Stoneham; b. not far frora 1730; m. 1757, Martha
Sprague of Chelsea ; published Aug. 26, 1757.
He resided in the east part of Stoneham, one or two furlongs west of where
the Stoneham R. R. Station now is. About 1770, he reraoved to North Chelsea ;
and by a deed dated April 15, 1777, Joseph Green and Martha his wife, then
of Chelsea but previously of Stoneham, sold their farm, a pew in the meeting
house, &c., for £253 lawful raonev, to Ezra Vinton of Stoneham. [Midd.
Deeds, 79 : 336.
The children of Joseph and Martha Green, b. in Stoneham, were —
369. tJoseph,' b. Nov. 21, 1758; m. Susanna Pratt of Medford.
370. Martha,' b. Nov. 3, 1761 ; m. Samuel Low. No children.
371. Benjamin,' b. March 21, 1763; m. Abigail Pratt. Had 372. Benjamin'' ;
373. AbigaiP ; 374. WiUiam'' ; 375. .John.'' Noneof whom were married.
376. tJames,' b. Sept. 20, 1766 ; m. Joanna Pratt.
377. Lydia,' b. Oct. 22, 1769 ; m. WiUiam Pratt of Chelsea.
Born in Chelsea —
378. Samuel,' b. Feb. 18, 1771 ; never married.
379. Stephen,' b. Oct. 29, 1776; never married.
380. Hannah,' b. July 16, 1779 ; m. Amos Lyon. No children.
185.
Capt. JOSIAH GREEN,' (Josiah,* Joseph,' Henry," Thomas,') son of Josiah*
and Esther (Thompson) Green of Stoneham ; b. there, March 5, 1735 ; ra. 1756,
Elizabeth Green,' b. April 17, 1734, dau. of John* and Sarah Green of
Stoneham. [176.] They were published Oct. 23, 1756. Having borne him
eight children, she d. Oct. 27, 1798, ae. 65. He then, at the age of 64, m. 2,
Aug. 23, 1799, Sarah Skinner, a woraan 23 years of age, and 42 years
younger than himself When he married her, he told her that his first wife
had borne him eight children, and he should expect her to do the same. She
fully met his expectation.
He lived in the east part of Stoneham, on the county road from Stoneham to
Lynn, about three quarters of a mile west of where the railroad station now is.
He was constable 1770; selectman, I78I-6-7-I79I-2.
He d. July 30, 1814, se. 80. His widow Sarah m. Moses Johnson, June 26,
I8I9, and by him had three more children, viz. : Moses, h. Oct. 5, 18I9 ; JVancy,
b. June 22, I82I ; and Maiy, b. Oct 10, 1823 ; m. Dec. 1846, Jonathan Green,'
of Stoneham. His widow, Sarah, is still living in Stoneham.
The children of Capt. Josiah Green, all b. in Stoneham, were —
By first marriage —
381. Esther,' b. Nov. 15, 1757 ; m. Samuel Call of Chelsea ; published Sept. 28'
1776. They lived in Stoneham from near the time of man-iage till 1794)
and perhaps longer. Afterwards they lived in Maiden. He was a revo
lutionary soldier. They had only one child, a dau., and she never mar
ried. Mrs. Esther Call d. May 12, 1853, se. 96. For some years before
her death, she was the most aged person in Maiden.
382. Sarah,' b. July 6, 1760 ; m. 1777, Ezra Vinton ; published Dec. 28, 1776.
[Vinton, 69.] She was an excellent woman. Her husband d. Nov.
11, 1817, a. 63. She d. his widow, Aug. 31, 1829, a. 69.
383. Elizabeth,' b. Sept. 8, 1762; m. abt. 1784, Josiah Convers of Stoneham,
afterwards of Danvers; published Oct 25, 1783. She d. abt. 1848, a. 86.
384. Martha,' b. April 6, 1765 ; m. 1782, Jeremiah Green' of S. Reading. [426.]
They were published Aug. 22, 1782. He d. 1840. She d. Sept. 1854,
385. tJosiah,' b. Feb. 24, 1768 ; m. Susanna Bucknam, Nov. 19, 1789. [se. 90.
386. Mary,' b. Nov. 25, 1771 ; d. Feb. 1775.
387. Joshua,' b. Jan. 6, 1774 ; d. young.
388. Mary,' b. Nov. 21, 1776; m. May 27, 1798, John Bucknam, b. Dec. 29,
1764, sou of John and Anna, and brother of Susanna, just mentioned.
He d. Oct. 10, 1831, se. 67. She is still living, 1857, in Stoneham, and
is the only one of this first family of Josiah Green' now aliye.

158 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
By second marriage —
389. Sarah,'b. Julv 5, 1800; d. Aug. 1810. , ,j
390. Joshua,' b. Jan. 1802; m. 1, Oct. 29, 1826, Rebecca Hosmer, b. 1807, dau.
of Elijah and Rebecca (Green) Hosmer, [495] and step-dau. of Peter
Green.' [494,] She d, April 5, 1834, a, 27. 2, Martha Goldsmith.
391 Abigail,' b. April 21, 1803 ; m. April 8, 1830, Daniel Bryant of Stoneham.
392'. Susanna,' b. April 27, 1806 ; d. unm. Oct. 28, 1831. A chh. member.
393. Caleb,' b.  , 1807 ; d. when six weeks old.
394. Prudence,' b. June 9, 1808 ; m. Alvah Cushing, a native of Vermont. They
lived sixteen years in Boston ; are now living in Groton.
395. Sarah,' b. April 19, 1811 ; m. April 28, 1830, Benjamin Franklin Richard
son of Stoneham, b. April 1, 1807, son of Jesse and Susanna.
396. Rebecca,' b. July 23, 1813 ; unm. Now living in Groton.
All of this last family, except Nos. 389, 392, 393, are now living, 1857.*
196.
DANIEL GREEN,' (Daniel,* Daniel,' Henry," Thomas,') only and posthu-
raous son of Daniel Green* of Stoneham, by his wife Rebecca, dau. of Edward
and Rebecca Bucknam. He was b. in Stoneham, March 7, 1745-6, and was
brought up under the eye of Capt. Jonathan Green, [117] who ra. his raother.
He m. I, Jan. 1765, his cousin, Huldah Brown, b. May 10, 1745, dau. of
Abiel and Sarah (Green) Brown, and gr. dau. of Elder Daniel Green,' all of
Stoneham. [91.] Mrs. Huldah Green d. Feb. 28, 1769. He m. 2, Nov. 9,
1769, Sarah Hadlet, b. Nov. 1746, dau. of John and Sarah (Williams) Had
ley of Stoneham. 3, July 13, 1786, Sarah Reed of Stoneham.
He was a blacksmith ; and though his father d. before he was born, he was
known all his life as " Daniel Green, jun." to distinguish hira from another
Daniel Green in Stoneham, [216.] He d. intestate in the spring of 1788 ; his
estate being inventoried April 21, 1788 ; and Capt. Jonathan Green, his step
father, being admr. [Midd. Prob. 71 : 46.] Children by first wife —
397. Daniel,' b. Sept 7, 1766 ; unm. ; of small capacity; d. in the poor house.
398. John,' b. Oct. 23, 1768; unm,; non-compos; a town pauper from 1792, if
not previously; d, in the poor house, Dec. 25, 1833.
By third wife —
399. Sarah,'b. Feb. 6, 1787.
204.
Rev. ASHBEL GREEN,' D. D., LL.D., (Jaeol,* Jacob,' Henry," Thomas,')
son of Rev. Jacob Green,* of Hanover, N. J. ; b. at that place July 6, 1762 ;
m. 1, Elizabeth Stockton of New Jersey. 2. Christiana Anderson of
Pennsylvania. He served at the a^e of sixteen in the revolutionary army ; and grad. at the
College of New Jersey in 1783. Of this institution he was iramediately made
a tutor, and was in 1785 placed in the chair of Natural Philosophy. In 1787,
he was ordained pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia,
where he remained till I8I2. In 1792, he was with Bishop White elected
chaplain of Congress ; and the two were reelected every year till 1800, when
the seat of government was removed to Washington. In 1813, he was elected
President of New Jersey College, which important post he resigned in 1822.
He edited the Christian Advocate, a monthly religious periodical, for over two
years. * A most remarkable family! Where can a parallel be found? Eight children born
afler the father had passed his sixty fifth year ! Rebecca, the youngest, b. in her father's
79lh year I Some twelve or more of his great-grandchildren older than some of his child
ren ! Three daus. named Sarah, two living at the same time ! On the 27lh April, 18U6,
Josiah Green' had a dau, Susanna, a gr. dau. Paulina Bucknam, and a gr, grandchild, all
born on the same day I The same accoucheur. Dr. Hart of Soulh Reading, and the same
women attended in all three of the cases ! I ! This is reported on good authority.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 159
A Latin inscription (from the pen of Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D.) upon a mon
ument to his memory erected at Princeton, N. J., adds the following :
" He resigned the Presidency, and devoted the rest of his life to fhe study of
the sacred Scriptures, to preaching the gospel, and to the management of the
coniraon concerns of the church of God. After a long and most useful life, he
iQ®io^ P '" ¦^®^"^' "-^ Philadelphia, on the nineteenth day of May, A. D.,
1848, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. What was mortal, was, on the 23d
day of the same month, by many friends, grieving, but not without most blessed
hopes, deposited in this tomb. Gifted with very raany mental endowments,
and with fluent and graceful eloquence, he always possessed great and salutary
influence in the General Assembly and other councils of the Church. He was
a man of sincere and distinguished piety; a citizen zealous for the public wel
fare ; and a patron of literature and science. On account of the distinguished
virtues of this venerable man, and his most faithful and useful services to the
College of New Jersey, the trustees have caused this monument to be erected."
His Atitobiography was published by the Carters, of New York, 1848.
His children were — by first marriage —
400. Robert Stockton,' b. July 30, 1787 ; grad. N. J. Coll. Sept. 1805 ; studied
law, and practised in Philadelphia ; d. at Boston, Sept. 28, 1813. Never
maiTied.
401. Jacob,' b.  , 1790; grad. at Univ. of Pa.: studied law; professor of
Chemistry and Natursil Philosophy at New Jersey Coll. ; became profes
sor of Chemistry, iu 1822, in Jetfcrson Medical College, at Philadelphia;
d. Feb. 1842. See Encyclopedia Britannica, Am. Ed., by Prof, Veth-
ake. He m, Anna E. McCulloch. They had 402. Isabella,'' 403. EtHabeth.''
404. tJames Sproat' b.  , 1792 ; m. Isabella McCulloch.
By second marriage —
405. Ashbel,' b. 1811 (?) grad. at N. J. Coll. ; m. 1835 (¦?) Mary Joline of Prince
ton, N. J. They have one child, 406. Mary.'' He studied law, and was
prosecuting attorney iu Philadelphia for many years. Eemoved 1846 to
Texas ; practised law there ; was President of the Texan University ;
now resides at Pas Chretien ; generally called Pass Christian, Miss., on
the Gulf of Mexico.
208.
SAMUEL GREEN,' (Samuel,* Samuel,' Samuel," Thomas,') eldest son of
Samuel Green* of Maiden ; b. there April 15, 1739 ; m. 1, about 1753, Hannah
Green,' [183] dau. of Dea. Joseph' and Ruth Green of Stoneham. They were
published Dec. I, 1753. It is said that she d. of convulsions, occasioned by
hearing the cannon at the time of some military operation ; perhaps the battle
of Bunker Hill. Not long after, he m. 2, Mart Lanman of Cambridge. He
saw her, when she was visiting, or it may be sojourning, at the house of Joseph
Lynde of Maiden; and though much older, made proposals to her, and married
her.* It is stated that she was of a highly respectable family.
He lived in Maiden, of which town he appears to have been selectman, 1758,
I76I, 1762. The part of Maiden where he lived, is now the town of Melrose.
It is said he never used glasses. He d. about 1820, a. 91. He had no children
by his first wife. By second wife, he had —
407. Samuel,' b.  ; m. 1, Sarah Sprague. She d. March 17, 1809, a. 27.
[Gravestone.] 2, Anna Sprague. They were sisters, and daus. of
Phinehas Sprague of Maiden.
408. tJames Lanman,' b.  ; m. Susan Fowle of M''oburn.
409. Peter,' b,  ; unm. ; d. about 30 years of age.
* These statements were made to the compiler by a grand-dau. of Mary (Lanman) Green,
and as they wear an aspect of probability, he ventures to insert them. It is well known lhal
during the occupation of Cambridge by the American army, many of the inhabitants were
obliged to retire to other towns

160 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
410. Mary,' b.  ; m. 1, Putnam Dawes of Boston. 2, John Lynde of
Melrose, then part of Maiden.
411. Hannah,' b.  ; m. Thomas Carter of Maiden.
412. Elizabeth,' b.  ; m. John Hughes Halping, a native of New Haven.
He lived many years in Boston. She d. April 27, 1850. They have a
dau, Emily, m. David Hay Burnham; who with her husband is now living
in Stoneham. 209.
PHINEHAS GREEN,' (Samuel,* Samuel,' Samuel," Thomas,') brother of
the preceding; b. in Maiden, May 14, 1731 ; ra. 1, Jan. 31, 1755, Elizabeth
Lynde, dau. of Nathan Lynde of Maiden. She d. Feb. 9, 1757, a. 27 y. 2 rao.
[Gravestone.] 2, 1760, Elizabeth Sargent of Maiden. He lived in Mai
den. His children were — by first marriage —
413. Lois,' b. Nov. 6, 1755 ; never married.
By second marriage —
414. Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 23, 1760; m. Nathaniel Stowers of Chelsea.
415. Abigail, b.  ; m. John Connery of Maiden.
416. Mary,' b.  , 1765 ; m. June 30, 1785, John Vinton of South Reading.
[ViNTON, 137.] Hed. Aug. 22, 1821, a. 58. She d. Aug. 1, 1834, a. 69.
417. Samuel,' j twins, ) ; d. about ten years old.
418. tPhinehas, \ b.  ) ; m. Mehitable Hart of Lynnfield.
419. James,' b.  , 1769 ; m. Charlotte Jenks of Dover, N. H. He d. July
4, 1796, se. 28. [Gravestone.
42Q, Ezra,' b.  ; m. Susan Wade of Maiden.
421. Joseph,' b.  ; m. Mary Harnden of Maiden.
422. Lydia,' b.  ; m. July 8, 1834, William Emerson of Maiden (now
Melrose.) [Vinton, 70.] His third wife.
215.
THOMAS GREEN,' (Thomas,* Thomas,' Samuel," Thomas,') eldest son of
Thomas' and Mary Green of Reading ; b. there. May 9, I73I ; m. 1754, Ly
dia  .
He resided in Reading ; was executor of his father's Will, and inherited all
his father's " buildings and lands in Reading, Maiden and Stoneham," with
some reservations ; likewise all his father's money, bonds and notes ; also land
in Holden, Co. of Worcester. His children were —
423. Lydia,' b. July 28, 1755.
424. Mary,' b. March 27, 1757 ; m. William Deadmau of Stoneham ; published
425. Thomas,' b. Dec. 16, 1759. [Feb, 6, 1783,
426. Jeremiah,' b. Junel, 1762; m, 1782, Martha Green' of Stoneham, [384.]
His Will is dated Dec, 5, 1836 ; proved Aug. 18, 1840 ; recorded Midd,
Prob. 182 : 593. He left a very handsome estate, part of which was left
him by his uncle Nathan,' [222] to wife Martha, "my three sons, Jere
miah, Thomas, iind Aaron," and daus. Patty Hawks, Phebe Bayard
[Baird], Keturah Wiley, Eliza Stone, Ursula Hampden, [Harnden 1]
Polly Cushing, and to the children of his dau. Nelly Woodward, de
ceased, and of his dau. Pluma Robertson, deceased.
427. Hannah,' b. Nov. 17, 1764.
428. Judith,' b. April 15, 1769. 216.
Dea. DANIEL GREEN,' (Thomas,* Thomas,' Samuel," Thomas,') brother
of the preceding; b. in Reading, July 8, 1733; m. I, 1760, Ruth Oakes of
Medford ; published June 6, 1760. 2, April 16, I80I, widow Joanna (Oakes)
Gerry, b. I76I. Her maiden name was Oakes, and she was niece of the first
wife ; she ra. I78I, Reuben Gerry, b. Nov. 17, 1760, and 1788, his brother Dan
iel, b. Nov. 3, 1769, sons of David and Keziah Gerry of Stonebara.* She d.
Sept 27, 1839, a. 78. [Gravestone.
* See Vinton Memorial, p. 131, note.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 161
He inherited from his grandfather. Elder Daniel Green,' [31] in 1759, the
homestead of the latter, in Stoneham, amounting to a handsome property, in
cluding land formerly owned by Henry Green.' [28.] Hence Thomas,' his
father, gave him by Will only ten shillings. His grandson, Daniel Green,^
[754] states that he bought the farms of Isaac' [143] and John Green,' [144]
in South Reading, bordering on Stoneham, where the village of Greenwood
now is, when those brothers removed to the " District of Maine ; " probably
about 1785.
He lived in Stoneham from about the time of his first marriage, till the time
just indicated, 1785. During that time he was an active business man, and
an influential citizen in that town. He was chosen deacon of the church,
1774 ; was selectman of Stoneham, 1769, 1773-.5-7-9-1 781-1782 ; town treas
urer, 1775-6-7-9-1780-1. About 1785, he seems to have made the purchase
from Isaac and John Green, and to have gone to occupy it. We know, from
Stoneham records, that about that tirae he removed from Stoneham to South
Reading— jiist over the line. In Dec. 1788, he petitioned to be annexed to
Stoneham. At first that town consented, but at the next town meeting, in
Jan. 1789, recalled the vote and had it erased from their records ! The record
of his second marriage says, " Dea. Daniel Green of Reading ;" whence it
appears that he was living in Reading in 1801. He continued there the re
mainder of his life. The locality has within a few years received the narae of
Greenwood, we suppose from respect to him and his family. The' Boston and
Maine Railroad now passes through tlie place, and the cars stop many times a
day at the "Greenwood Railroad Station." It is close upon the borders of Stone
ham ; and some of the Stoneham people are accommodated by it. The home
stead was inherited by Charles Green,' [436] the deacon's youngest son by
first marriage; and he now occupies it.
He was, however, buried in Stoneham, where he had lived so long. He d.
April 38, 1818, a. 86. [Gravestone.] His grandson, Daniel Green,'' says, that
the plate on his coffin stated his age as 84, which is nearer the truth.
His children were — by first wife —
429. tDaniel,' b. Sept. 20, 1761; m. 1, Sarah Evans, 1783. 2, Mary Evans, 1807.
3, Elizabeth (Evans) Ash, 1838 ; all sisters.
430. tNathan,' b. March 31, 1765 ; m. Betsey Orr of Charlestown.
431. tReuben,' b. March 14, 1767 ; m.  Newell of Lynnfield.
432. Ruth,' b. April 15, 1769; m. Dec. 1814, (second wife,) Thomas Green of
Stoneham. He d. Oct. 4, 1842, te. 85. [Gravestone.] He was not of
this family. For his parentage, see Vinton Memorial, p. 221, note.
By his first wife, Anna Knight, m. 1780, he was the father of Rev. Sam
uel Green, b. iu Stoneham, March 3, 1792; H, C, 1816; ord. pastor,
Reading, Sept. 20, 1820; installed pastor Essex St Chh., Boston, Mar. 26,
1823; d. Nov. 6, 1834. Thomas and Anna Green were also parents of
Rev. David Greene, b. Nov. 15, 1797; T. C. 1821; chosen secretary
A. B. C. F. Missions, Oct. 3, 1828; resigned Sept. 12, 1848; now retired
from the ministry on a farm in Windsor, Vt. Mrs. Ruth Green d.
Aug. 8, 1845, a. 76.
433. Abigail,' b. June 18, 1771 ; m. 1792, Nathan Simonds of Stoneham; pub
lished Feb. 10, 1792. He d. July 30, 1795, a. 28. [Gravestone.] Their
dau. Mary m. Capt. Isaac Vinton, April 5, 1812. [Vinton, 198.] Mrs.
Simonds is still living, 1857, in Melrose.
434. Rhoda,' b.  ; m. Thaddeus Perry, who d. Aug. 14, 1833, a. 66. [Grave
stone.] They had Nathan, Benjamin M., Ruth, Rhoda, Daniel, etc., of
Stoneham. She d. a widow of 24 years, in Stoneham, Aug. 6, 1857.
435. Mary,' b.  ; m. about 1800, Samuel Larrabee.
436. Charles,' b.  , 1785 ; m. Mary Green,' dau. of Aaron Green' of South
Reading. [487.] He inherited and now owns the homestead in Green
wood, South Reading.
By second wife —
437. Isaac,' b.  .

162 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHtS.
226. ^ ^ .
HEZEKIAH GREEN,' (Hemij,* Henry,' Henry," Thomas,') son of Henry
and Judith Green of Killingly, Ct ; b. there Oct 13, 1733 ; ra. Alice  -.
They resided in Killingly, Ct., where the following children were born to
them —
438. Esther,' b. Sept. 20, 1756.
439. Joseph,' b. Feb. 10, 1759.
440. Noah,' b. Aug. 20, 1761.
441. Henry,' b, Aug, 8, 1762,
442, Hezekiah,' b. Aug. 23, 1764.
443. Sarah,' b. Nov, 28, 1766; d, young.
444. Sarah,' b. Oct. 24, 1772.
445. Alice,' b, Dec. 1777.
227.
JOHN GREEN,' (Henrij,* Henry,' Henry," Thomas,') brother of the preced
ing; b. in Killingly, Ct, May 13, 1736; ra. Abilene  .
They resided in Killingly, Ct., and had there the following children—
446. Abigail,' b. Oct. 18, 1759.
447. Ephraim,' b. July 27, 1764 ; d. young.
448. Benjamin,' b. March 11, 1766.
449. Mary,' b. Jan. 23, 1768.
450. Bradley,' b. Nov. 28, 1769.
451. Ephraim,' b. June 14, 1775.
250.
JOSEPH GREEN,' (Benjamin,* Jacob,' Henry," Thomas,') son of Benjarain
Green of Hanover, N. J. ; m. I, Elizabeth Brittain of Elizabethtown, N. J.
She d. without issue. 2, Ann Frazier.
He lived and died in Hanover, N. J. ; was an elder in the Presbyterian
church, and was greatly respected. His children have all removed to various
parts of the country. His children by second wife were —
452. Abby,' b.  ; m. John Dean.
453. Julia,' b.  ; d. unm.
454. Cornelia,' b.  ; m. Daniel Dean.
455. Phebe,' b.  ; ra.  Crcsgrove of Ohio.
456. Mary,' b.  ; m.  Crosgrove of Ohio ; brother of the preceding,
457. Milton,' b.  ; unm.
458. Mahlon,' b.  ; m. and resided in New York city.
459. Mark,' b.  ; m. and resided in New York city, or in Jersey city.
460. Cilletta,' b.  ; m. Whitefield Price.
461. Adriana,' b.  ; m. Rev. Mr. Bryant, who went as missionary to St. Jo-
462. George," b.  ; d. young. [sephs.
251,
JACOB GREEN,' (Benjamin,' Henry,' Jacob," 77(oma«,') brother of the pre
ceding ; m. Mary Cook. They lived and died in Troy, N. J., near the village
of Parsippany, on a river of that name. Their four sons are living there now.
Their children were—
463. Robert Allen,' b.  ; m.  ; "has no son."
464. Benjamin Bradford,' b.  ; m.  ; has Joseph,'' George,'' Chester.''
465. John Cook,' b.  ; unm.
466. Archibald Douglas,' b.  .
467. Maria Lucretia,' b.  ; d. young.
468. Ann Maria,' b.  ; m. Isaac Johnson. She d. leaving one son, Jctcob C.
252.
BENJAMIN GREEN,' (Benjamin,* Jacob,' Henry", Thomas,') brother of
the preceding ; m. Sally Ely. He lived on the old homestead near Whip-
pany, Morris Co., N. J., or midway between Whippany and Hanover, N. J. ;

THE GREEN FAMILY. 163
and d. there of yellow fever at the time of its prevalence in New York city
(1798 ?) His children, who have settled in various places, were —
469. Lucy,' b.  ; m. Caleb Perry.
470. John,' b.  ; m.  , and has a dau, living,
471. Eliza,' b.  ; m. Stephen Parett
472. William,' b,  ; m, ; lives in Savannah, Ga. ; has a family.
473. Albert'' b.  ; unm.
474. Susan,' b.  ; m.  Ritter. 255
Capt WILLIAM GREEN,' (William,* William,' Samuel," Thomas,') eldest
son of Wilhanr' and Susanna Green of Reading ; b. there Oct. 21, 1737 ; m.
1, —  • 2, July 3, 1800, Joanna Hadley of Medford, b. 1750.
His father left him property, but not the homestead. He resided in Read
ing, near Stoneham line. Petitioned in 1768 to be annexed to Stoneham, but
it wag not done. He was, it is said, a revolutionary soldier. At the time of
his second marriage, the records speak of him as " of Reading ;" but he d. in
Stoneham, April 5, 1803, a. 66. His widow Joanna d. there, June 27, I8I1,
a. 61. His children, all by first wife, were —
475. Susanna,' b. 1763 ; m. about 1787, Phinehas Wiley, (son of Eli) of Stone
ham. He d. Nov. 21, 1831, a. 70. She d. Aug. 3, 1841, a. 78. [Grave
stones.] They were parents of il/aiT/, b. about 1788; m. Feb. 2, 1804,
Reuben Locke of Stoneham; William, b. 1790, d. 1831; Elizabeth, h.
1792 ; Rebecca, b. 1796 ; Caleb, b. March 20, 1798, now living iu Stone
ham; Sophia, h. 1799, d. 1824; Harriet, b. 1804, d. 1825.
476. tWilliam,' b. 1765; m. 1,  Pool of Reading. 2, Abigail Green' of
Stoneham, Nov. 21, 1811. [489.]
477. James,' b.  ; m. Rebecca Cox, dau. of Unite and Hannah (Sprague) Cox
of Maiden. No children.
478. Caleb,' b.  ; ra.  Rowe of Lynnfield. She d. about 1854. He
lives in South Reading, near Lynnfield.
479. Elizabeth,' b.  ; m. John Sweetser of South Reading. Their dau.
Elizabeth, m. Daniel Green/ b. 1784, now of Stoneham. [754.]
480. Sarah,' b.  ; m. 1, June 12, 1788, Ebenezer Bryant, b. Sept. 7, 1758,
son of Joseph (not Col. Joseph) Bryant of Stoneham. 2, May 5, 1812,
Jaraes Putney, of Wentwortli, N. H.
481. Rebecca,' b.  ; m.  Collins, and went to Maine.
482. Mehitabel,' b.  ; m.  ¦ Shillaber of S."ilem.
483. Mary,' b.  ; m. Dea. John Perkins of Lynnfield. He d. July 18, 1857.
258.
AARON GREEN,' (William,* William,' Samuel,^ Thomas,') brother of the
preceding ; b. in Reading, Nov. 30, 1754 ; m. I,  Hayes, or more prob
ably Hat. 2, Feb 19, 1818, Sarah Green,' b. May 17, 1772, dau. of Jona
than' and Dorcas (Hay) Green of Stoneham. [490.]
He lived in South Reading; d. sorae years since. His widow Sarah apw
owns the "old John Green place," in the present town of Melrose, two fur
longs, perhaps, east of the Stonebara R. R. Station. This place once be
longed to THOMAS GREEN,' the original emigrant as we learn from an
expression* contained in the Will of John Green' of Stoneham, b. 1672; d.
1736. [27.] It may have been situated, formerly, in Maiden; but formuch raore
than a century was in the extreme east part of Stoneham, from which in 1853,
it was detached, and annexed to the present town of Melrose.
This property descended from Juhn Green' to his son John Green,' [63] and
from him to his only son John Green,' [178] who was a bachelor. Before the
death of the latter, he devised it to 'William Green,' or, more truly, to his wife,
Abigail Green,'' [476, 489] who lived with him many years, and took care of
him in his old age, till the very end. Mrs. Abigail Green, at her deatli, Nov.
* John Green' says, 1736, " il was my grandfalher's ;" we assume lhal he meant his
grandfather Green.

164 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
6, 1848, left the same property to her sister, Sarah,' widow of Aaron Green,'
whose name stands at the head of this article ; to descend at her death to her
only dau. Abigail,'' wife of Edmund B. Southwick. It will be hers soon, but
for two hundred years past, we suppose it has remained in the hands of the
Green Family. Mr. and Mrs. Southwick now occupy the place.
The children of Aaron Green, all by first wife, were —
484. Sarah,' b.  ; m. Capt. Lowell Fowler of Stoneham. She d. before Jan.
12, 1804; since then he m. Anna Green, b. Oct 28, 1782, dau. of Thomas
and Anna (Knight) Green of Stoneham. This 'Phomas Green was not
of this family. See [432,] and Vinton Memorial, p. 221, note.
485. Susanna,' b.  ; m. Benjamin Emerson of South Reading.
486. Elizabeth,' b. March 26, 1785 ; ra. Jan. 1804, Capt. John Waitt of South
Beading; b. Aug. 21, 1777, son of Micah and Hannah (Vinton) Waitt
of Maiden. She d. July 9, 18.55, a. 70. He d. May 6, 1851, se. 74. See
Vinton Memorial, [419.]
487. Mary,' b.  ; m. Charles Green,' b. 1785. [436.]
488. Rebecca," b.  ; ra. Charles Waitt, b. June 22, 1795, son of Micah and
Phebe (Howard) Waitt, and nephew of Capt. John above. See Vinton
Memorial, [1142.]
259.
JONATHAN GREEN,' (Jonathan,* Jonaihan,' Samud," Thomas,') only
son of Capt. Jonathan' and Sarah (Gould) Green of Stoneham ; b. there, Feb.
20, 1745-6 ; m. May 9, 1769, his cousin Dorcas Hay, b. Oct. 19, 1744, dau.
of Peter and Dorcas (Gould) Hay of Stoneham.*
He lived in Stoneham, in the eastern part. His father at his death, in 1795,
devised 95 acres of land, not to Jonathan,' but to the children of the latter,
Abigail,' Sarah,' Jonathan,' Peter.'
He d. March 1, 1820, a. 74. His widow, Dorcas, d. Sept. 3, 1833, m. 89.
Their children were —
489. Abigail,' b. Oct 13, 1770; m. Nov. 21, 1811, (second wife,) William
Green.' [476.] Their only child, Abigail,'' m. Oct. 10, 1843, Edmund B.
Southwick ; this couple now occupy " the old John Green place."
490. Sarah,' b. May 17, 1772; m. Feb. 19, 1818, Aaron Green' [258] of South
Reading. She is still living.
491. Jonathan,' b. Nov. 5, 1775; d. Nov. 9, 1775.
492. tJonathan,' b. Aug. 3, 1777 ; m. June 15, 1817, Susan Upham of Melrose.
493. Dorcas,' b. June 26, 1780 ; d. March 21, 1781.
494. tPeter,' b. April 12, 1783 ; m. 1, Rebecca (Green) Hosmer, 1812. 2, Lydia
Sargent, 1827. 3, Elizabeth (Waitt) Shute, 1842.
265.
JESSE GREEN,' (Jonathan,* Jonathan,' Samuel,'^ Thomas,') brother of the
preceding; b. in Stoneham, May 20, 1767; m. Dec. 14, 1786, his cousin,
Sarah Bocknam, b. July 24, 1763, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Hay) Buck
nam of Stoneham. Ebenezer Bucknam was brother to Jesse's mother; they
we* children of Dea. Edward Bucknam.
He lived in Stonebara, northeast of Spot Pond, on the old road to Medford.
His father, Capt. Jonathan Green,' left by Will, 1795, to the two children of
our Jesse,' 120 acres of land ; not, however, of the best quality. Jesse d. Jan.
30, 1799, ae. 32. His widow, Sarah, survived him nearly 38 years, and d. of
cancer in utero, Oct. 6, 1836, a. 73. Their children were —
495. Rebecca,' b. Sept. 22, 1787 ; m. 1, May 22, 1806, Elijah Hosmer of Stone
ham, who d. March 24, 1810. Their dau. Rebecca, b. 1807, ra. Capt.
Joshua Green,' b. Jan. 1802, son of Capt. Josiah Green.' ' [390.] 2,
July 30, 1812, her cousin, Peter Green.' [494.]
496. Jesse,' b. June 18. 1789; ra. Dec. 7, 1837, Philenia Richardson, b. Aug. 1,
1812, dau. of Oliver and Mary Richardson. No children.
* His wife's mother, Dorcas Gould, b.Nov. 16,1716, was sister of Sarah Gould, mother
of Jonaihan Green,' in the text, Mrs. Dorcas (Gould) Hay, widow of Peter Hay, d. May
26, 1813, " a. 96 y. 6 mo. 10 ds." [Gravestone.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 165
SIXTH OENERATION.
Hitherto we have kept up, as far as the records permitted, some knowledge
of nearly every family. Hereafter, from the emigration of families, and the
consequent lack of records, many families will disappear.
280.
SAMUEL GREEN,' (Samuel,' Thomas,* Samud,' Thomas," Thomas,') only
surviving son of Dea. Samuel and Zeviah (Dana) Green of Leicester; b. there,
Nov. 22, 1757 ; m. April 15, 1779, Hannah Kinney of Sutton, b. Oct 8, 1753 ;
who d. at Leicester, Dec. 22, 1845, " a. 92 y. 2 mo. 14 days." He resided at
Leicester, on the old homestead of his grandfather. Rev. Thomas' [48] ; but
becoming reduced in property, he reraoved to Pembroke, N. Y. ; at what time
we are not informed. He and his wife were eminently pious. He d. at Pem
broke, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1832, "a. 74 y. 2 mo. II da." His widow Hannah re
turned to Leicester ; lived with her son-in-law, John King, Esq., and d. as
above. Children —
497. Elijah,? b. May 28, 1780; d. Jan. 1, [2— K.] 1796.*
498. Anderson Dana,'' b. Jan. 1, [9— K] 1782; d. Oct. 16, 1784.
499. Lucretia,'' b. July 22, [19— K.J 1783; ra. Daniel [David— K.] Fairbanks ;
d.in 1820, [Jan. 1821— K.]; was buried at Woodstock, Ct., ["leaving
one child,"— K.] Mr. Fairbanks d, in Grafton, the summer of 1857.
They had three children, who are now living ; two of them in Grafton,
Mass.
600. Sophia,'' b. May 26, 1785 ; m. John King of Leicester, b, Sept. 29, 1776,
who is now living there at an advanced age, an intelligent and upright
man. She was an excellent woman; d, Feb. 4, 1854, having had six
children, one of whom, Maria, the wife of Artemas Knowlton, now lives
in East Douglas, Mass., and has furnished much of the information here
given of her grandfather Green's family.
501. Samuel,'' b. Feb. 9, 1787, [1788— K.] ; d. Feb. 1787, [1788— K.l
502. tSamuel Dana," b. Feb. 7, 1788, [1790— K.] ; m. Susan Gibbs of Prov., R. I.
503. tWilliam Kinney,' b. Jan. 9, 1790, [1792— K.]; m. Betsey Kimball of
Woodstock, Ct.
504. Hadassah Esther,' b. March 1, 1792, [Hadassah Eliza, b. March 9, 1794-K.];
m. 1810, Asa Mann of Leicester; removed to the vicinity of St. Catha
rine's, Canada West, where she d. Feb. 4, 1826, leaving three children.
Her husband also d. at the same place.
505. Patty,' b. May 13, 1794 [1796— K.] ; d. Oct 9, 1800.
506. Hannah,' b. June 2, 1796 [1798— K.] ; d. Oct 18, 1800.
Of the above ten children, only Nos. 503 and 503, are now living ; and of the
deceased, all except 499 and 504 d. in Leicester, and were interred in the
cemetery near the Baptist Church in South Leicester. All of the children,
who lived to adult years, were, it is believed, truly religious.
284.
ELI AS GREEN,' (Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,'') eldest
son of Thomas' and Hannah Green of Leicester; b. there, Jan. 25, 1756 ; m. 1,
Nov. 1782, Mart Scott of Leicester, b. Sept. 13, 1764 ; she d. Oct. 27, 1805.
2, March 23, 1806, widow Mary (Willoughbt) Yoong, b. Feb. 25, 1764,
dau. of John Willoughby of Goshen, Ct.
He was enrolled as a " minute man " in 1775 ; at the age of 19, assisted in
the contest at Lexington ; was, it is said, at the battle of Bunker Hill ; was
present at the surrender of Burgoyne ; was orderly sergeant at West Point at
the time of Arnold's treason ; was at the surrender of Cornwallis ; and indeed,
* The dales which follow, in this family, have been obtained from two sources, and there
are discrepancies between them. Not knowing which dales are correct, we give Ihem both ;
the discrepant date, followed by the letter K, being placed in brackets, thus [2 — K.] Some
of the names, also, are variously given ; and are here exhibited in the like manner.
12

166 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
it would appear, served his country, at intervals, through the war of the Revo
lution. After the virtual conclusion of the contest at Yorktown, he rettirned to
Leicester, bought a farm, and married as above. In 1796, he sold his prop
erty in Leicester, and removed to Cambridge, Vt, where he d. March 21, 1841,
a. 85. His wife d. Aug. 21, 1840, a. 76. His children were—
By first wife, b. in Leicester —
507. Tamison,' (dau.) b. Oct. 27, 1784 ; d. April 16, 1808.
508. Sylvanus,' b. April 6, 1787 ; d. Jan. 23, 1809.
By second wife, b. in Cambridge, Vt. —
509. Maria,' b. March 20, 1807; m. April 2, 1829, Giles Addison Barber, b.
Oct. 4, 1803. Their children have been —
Elias Green, b. Jan. 14, 1830 ; d. Dec. 13, 1832.
Augustus Hamilton, b. Aug. 24, 1831 ; drowned April 22, 1856.
Joel Allen, b. March 2, 1834; now living; U. S. deputy surveyor.
George Washington, b. Aug. 1, 1838 ; d. March 28, 1839.
Amherst Willoughby, b. July 4, 1841 ; living in Cambridge, Vt.
285
Dr. THOMAS GREEN,^ (Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding; b. in Leicester, May, 1757; m. Mart Jacobs, b. 1762.
He served his country in the struggle for independence, but the details have
not reached us. He became a physician ; settled in Ward (now Auburn)
Mass., near Worcester ; and d. March 25, 1812, a. 55. His widow survived
him more than thirty years ; and d. March 9, 1843, a. 81.
Their children were —
510. tJohn,'b. May 30, 1778; m. Polly Richardson. He d. May 29, 1803, a. 25.
511. Polly,' b. Jan. 4, 1780; d. Aug. 4, 1790.
512. Sally,' b. Jan. 30, 1784; m. Calvin Stone.
513. Mary,' b. Oct. 6, 1791 ; d. Dec. 2, 1813, a. 22.
514. Nancy,' b. Jan. 9, 1794 ; d. Feb. 19, 1814, a. 20.
515. Thomas Porter,' b. Feb. 26, 1801 ; d. March 3, 1814, a. 13.
286.
Dr. ISAAC GREEN,' (Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Leicester, March II, 1759 ; m. in Boston, Jan.
1792, Ann Barrett, b. in Boston, Jan. 4, 1774, dau. of Hon. Samuel and
Elizabeth (Salisbury) Barrett.
He also served his country during the revolutionary contest ; and removed
to Windsor, Vt, in 1788. He and his wife are both deceased.
Their children, all b. in Windsor, Vt, were —
516. Samuel Barrett' b. Dec. 1792; d. Feb. 9, 1793.
517. Elizabeth Salisbury,' b. May 17, 1794; d. Feb. 18, 1812.
518. Charlotte Eloisa,' b. May 17, 1796 ; m. Aug. 4, 1818, Robert Temple. She
lives, a widow, in Rutland, Vt.
519. tGeorge Barrett,' b. April 14, 1798 ; m. 1, Mary Hatch Jones. 2,  , dau.
of Hon. Charles Baxter of Sharon, Vt. Physician at Windsor, Vt.
520. Harriet Sophia,' b. Feb. 1801 ; d. July 31, 1802.
521. tCharles Gustavus,' b. Sept 1, 1803 ; m. Susan Bigelow, 1831.
522. Caroline Frances,' b. Sept. 21, 1811 ; m. July 31, 1832, Moses M. Strong,
attorney-at-law. They reside in Milwaukie, "Wis.
287.
ABIATHAR GREEN,' (Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Leicester, March 4, 1760 ; in. 1, in 1792, Zil
pah Jones of Fairfield, Me. She d. Jan. 27, 1815. 2, in I8I8, Betsey Elliot,
a widow, who d. in 1823.
He, also, like his three elder brothers, took part in the momentous struggle
for independence ; though, from his youth at the tirae, he is likely to have
served for a shorter period, and near the close.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 167
Some time after the war, he settled in Farmington, Me., a fine agricultural
township on the Sandy River, and then in a new region. He was a farmer :
d. May 4, 1831, a. 71.
Children, all by first wife, and all b. in Farmington—
523. Sarah,' b. April 13, 1794 ; ra. Jan. 1, 1812, Asa Learned of Farmington, Me.
She had ten children ; and d. Jan. 12, 1848.
524. Thomas,' b. May 9, 1796 ; m,  , June 1, 1844, in Strong, Me, Chil.—
525, John,'b. 1845.
526. Isaac,' b. 1846. Thomas now lives at Flagstaff, Maine.
527. John J.,' b. April 26, 1798; m. 1, Dec. 15, 1833, Mary Russell, of Far
mington, Me. She d. June 12, 1839, leaving one child.
528. Mary P.,' b. July 23, 1836; ra. Sylvester Brown. Mr. Green
ra, 2, Martha Pike,.TuIv 1, 1857, He now lives in Strong, Me.
529, Ephraim J,,' b, Aug. 13, 1801 ; m. May 1, 1828, Abby C. Ellsworth of
Strong, Me. Children —
530. Abiathar,' b. April 27, 1829 ; m. in Evansville, Wisconsin, July
3, 1856, Hannah A. Winans of Ohio. They have one son,
Francis Byron.'
531. Augusta,' b. April 11, 1835.
5.32. William E.,' b. Nov. 14, 1836.
533. Isaac,' b. Sept. 12, 1805 ; unm. 292
Dr. DANIEL GREEN,* (Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding; b. in Leicester, Nov. 9, 1778; m. Jan. 13, 1814,
Elizabeth Emerson.
He is a practising physician in Ward, (now Auburn) near Worcester. His
children are —
539. Ralph E.,' j twins, b. Sept, | m. July 30, 1845, Sarah C. Dutton of Lebanon
540. John,' I 22,1815, ) d. Oct 18, 1815. [Ct He is a practising phys.
541. Nancy,' b. Feb. 7, 1817.
542. tThomas Porter,' b. April 11, 1818 ; m. April 5, 1843, Rebecca Earned of
Thompson, Ct.
543. Mary,' b. Jan. 5, 1820; m. June 19, 1850, Joseph F. Hitchcock of Warren.
544. tisaac,' b. Dec. 19, 1821 ; m. Susan Orcutt of Scituate. [Mass.
545. Alice M.,' b. March 2, 1824; m. Sept. 7, 1846, Nathan Daniels of Leices
ter. He d. Sept. 21, 1849, a. 32.
546. Hannah,' b. Dec. 8, 1825. 296.
Rev. THOMAS GREEN,' (John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
son of Dr. John' and Mary Green of Worcester ; b. there, June 3, 1761 ; m. I,
Oct 8, 1782, Salome Babstow of Sutton, whod. Nov. 29, 1799, a. 40. 2,
Oct. 5, 1800, Hannah Delano, a widow, of Woolwich, Me.
He was a Baptist minister of very considerable note, and was settled in
North Yarmouth, Me., where he d. May 29, I8I4, a. 53. He studied with Rev.
Joseph Avery of Holden, who was pastor of the Congregational Chh. there from
1774 till 1824, fifty years. He also studied medicine with his father, and thus
like his grandfather [48] was physician for both soul and body.
He received the honorary degree of A. M., from Brown Univ. in 1798.
For further information we would refer our readers to an obituary notice of
him in the Columbian Centinel, a semi-weekly newspaper printed in Boston,
under date of June 11, 1814.
His children were — by first wife —
547. John,' b. July 5, 1783 ; m. Abigail Field of Yarmouth, Me. He was a phy
sician; and was drowned April 28, 1812, 33.29. His children were —
548. Matilda T.' 549. Mary Elizabeth.' 550. Lucy Ann.'
551. Mary Osgood,' b. Nov. 13, 1786 ; m. Elijah Stearns. She d. Aug. 29, 1849„
a. 63.
552. Rebecca Hammond,' b. Feb. 23, 1788 ; m. Jesse Jewett. Three children..
553. Salome,' b. Jan. 22, 1790 ; d. Jan. 24, 1790.

168 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
554. Salome,' b. July 30, 1792 ; d. Oct. 3, 1792.
555. Thomas,' b. Sept 6, 1793; ra. Mary Louisa Hutchinson of N. Y. They
had two sons. He d. Dec. 24, 1826, a. 33.
556. Salome Barstow,' b. Oct. 28, 1796; m. George Hobbs of Eastport, Me.
They had Maria A. and George T.
557. tElijah Dix,' b. March 22, 1799 ; m. Hannah C. Hayden of Eastport, Me.
By second wife —
558. Samuel Stimson,' b. Jan. 22, 1802; d. unm. July 20, 1849.
559. Jane Robinson,' b. Dec, 5, 1804; m. James Tolman of Bath, Me. No
children. He d. 1853. 297
Dr. JOHN GREEN,' (John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas,^ Thomas,') half-
brother of the preceding ; b. in Worcester, March 18, 1763 ; m. Nanct Bar
ber of Worcester.
He was an eminent physician, having inherited the skill of his father and
grandfather. A man of industrious habits, patient, persevering ; in his man
ners, urbane and obliging ; in his judgments, discriminating, and always relia
ble ; a man of great powers of observation ; he had an extensive practice in
Worcester and the surrounding region. He combined with accurate practice
as a physician, rare skill as a surgeon.
He d. Aug. 11, 1808, a. 45, worn out by hard service in his profession, and
greatly lamented at his decease. His widow Nancy survived him many years.
Their children were —
:560. tJohn,' b. April 19, 1784; m. Dolly Curtis of Worcester.
.561. Eunice,' b. April 29, 1786 ; m. Leonard Burbank, who grad. Brown Univ.,
1807; now living; four children.
.'562. Mary,' b. March 14, 1788 ; unm. ; d. Sept. 16, 1817.
.563. Nancy,' b. Aug. 28, 1790; m. Dr. Benjamin F. Heywood of Worcester,
who grad. Dart. Coll., 1812. They had Benjamin, H. C. 1840 ; M. D. at
Philad., 1843; Caroline; Frederic, Dart. Coll. 1845; M. D. at Philad.,
3848 ; d. 1855, at San Miguel, Central America; John Green, b. May 24,
3828 ; d. Feb. 10, 1833. Mrs. Heywood d. Aug. 4, 1836, a. 46. He m.
her sister Elizabeth, for second wife.
564. Samuel,'' b. March 21, 1792 ; d. Aug. 24, 1796.
565. Sarah,'' b, Aug. 22, 1794; d. Aug. 23, 1796.
566. Samuel B./ b. April 11, 1797 ; d. July 20, 1822.
567. tFrederic Walliam,' b. Jan. 19, 1800 ; m. Sarah Briggs of Columbia, S. C.
568. tJames,' b. Dec. 23, 1802; m. Elizabeth Swett of Dedham.
569. tMeltiah Bourne,' b. July 16, 1806 ; m. Mary Stone Ward.
570. Elizabeth R.,'' b. Sept. 26, 1808; m. Dr. Benjamin F. Heywood of Wor
cester, husband of her sister Nancy. They now reside in Worcester, and
have had — Nathaniel Moore, d. 1839; Nancy Green; John Green; Mary
Elizabeth; George, b. March 8, 1848; d. Aug. 26, 1848.
298.
TIMOTHY GRESEN,' Esq. {John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas,^ Thomas,')
brother of the preceding; b. in Worcester, Jan. 9, 1765; m. Mary Martin
of Providence, R. I.
He grad. Brown Univ. 1786; studied law ; practised at Worcester, and
afterwards in New York city. He was lost at sea, Dec. 1813, on his return
from Charleston, S. C, te. 49. His widow survived him many years. She re-
sided in New York city and d. there. Their children were —
571. Joseph Martin,' b.  ; d. a. 10.
572. Mary E.' b  ; d. unm.
573. Martha Lynde,' b.  ; m. Rev. Mr. Mitchell of South Carolina. She
survived her husband several years. She d. in Worcester, leaving two
sons and two daughters.
574. Martin,' b.  ; d. a. 5.J years.
575. Caroline,' b.  '; m. John W. Mitchell, a lawyer, of South Carolina;
lives in New York city ; has several children.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 169
576. Elizabeth E,' b.  ; unra. ; now living.
577, tTimothy Ruggles,' b. in New York city, March 16, 1806 ; m. Cornelia
Elizabeth Arnold, Oct. 20, 1835.
578. Martin,' b.  ; d. young.
299.
SAMUEL GREEN,' (John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') brother
of the preceding ; b. in Worcester, May 10, 1767 ; m. 1, widow Tillinghast.
2,  Waring of Columbia, S. C.
He was a druggist and apothecary ; was postmaster of Columbia many
years ; left, at his death, March 18, 1837, ae. 70, a large landed estate.
His children, by first wife, were —
579. Robert,' b. in Columbia, S. C. ; m. Elizabeth Fleming of that place. He
studied medicine ; and d. without issue.
580. Samuel,' b.  ; m.  Earle ; had one son, 581. George Washington,'
now living. Samuel is deceased ; his widow m.  .
303.
WILLIAM ELIJAH GREEN,' (John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thos.,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Worcester, Jan. 31, 1777; m. I, Abigail Nel
son, dau. of Josiah Nelson of Milford. 2, Luct Merriam, dau. of Dea. Joseph
Merriam of Grafton. 3, Jolia Plimpton, dau. of Oliver Plimpton, Esq., of
a section of Sturbridge, now included in Southbridge. 4, Elizabeth D. Col
lins, a widow. He is still living, with fourth wife, in Worcester.
He was at first called William ; after the death of his brother Elijah, he
assumed the middle name. He grad. Brown Univer. 1798; studied law with
Judge Bangs of Worcester ; commenced practice in Grafton ; afterwards prac
tised law many years in Worcester.
His children have been — by first marriage —
582. tWilliam Nelson,' b. in Milford, Feb. 23, 1804; m. Sarah Munroe Staples.
By second marriage —
583. Lucy Merriam,' b. in Grafton, Nov. 12, 1810 ; unm. ; now resides in New
York City ; in connection with her sister Mary, is teacher and proprietor
of a Young Ladies' Seminary, No. 1, Fifth Avenue, New York ; a suc
cessful and distinguished teacher.
By third marriage —
584. Mary Ruggles,' b. in Worcester, June 29, 1814; unm. ; resides in New York
City ; joint proprietor and teacher of Young Ladies' Seminary, in con
nection with her sister Lucy M. Green.
585. Julia Elizabeth,' b. in Worcester, Feb. 2, 1 816 ; unm. ; teacher in Worcester.
586. Lydia Plimpton,' b. in Worcester, Aug. 4, 1817 ; d. Aug. 27, 1818.
587. John Plimpton,' b. in Worcester, Jan. 19, 1819; studied medicine; practised
in New York City a short time ; went to Whampoa, China, and remained
five years ; now resides at Copiapo, Chili, S. A.
588. Andrew Haswell,' b. in Worcester, Oct. 6, 1820; studied law; attorney-at-
law in New York City ; President of N. York City Board of Education,
1856-7.
589. Samuel Fiske,' b. in Worcester, Oct. 10, 1822; studied medicine; practised
in Worcester a short time ; now a missionary physician in the service of
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Batti-
cotta. Island of Ceylon.
590, Lydia Plimpton,' b. iu Worcester, March 18, 1824 ; unm. ; now living at
" Green Hill," Worcester.
591. Oliver Bourne,' b. in Worcester, Jan. 1, 1826; m. Aug. 28, 1855, Louisa
Pomeroy, of Stanstead, Canada East. A civil engineer. Has one daugh,
592. Martin,' b. in Worcester, April 24, 1828 ; civil engineer; res. at Chicago, 111.

170 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
312
ISAAC GREEN,' (Solomon,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') young
est son of Solomon Green'; b. May 25, 1778; m. Jan. 1808, Rebecca Gat
HARRinoN of Taunton; who d. Dec. 27, 1852.
He lived in Providence, R. I., the greater part of his life ; now resides with
his eon Soloraon in Rehoboth, Mass. His children are —
593. John Harridon,' b. iu Boston, March 19, 1811 ; m. Feb. 3, 1833, Haniet C.
Potter of Providence, dau. of Jabez J. Potter. He lives in Providence ;
by occupation a wheelwright. No children.
594. Sarah Ann,' b, in Providence,  ; ra, Edwin Potter, son of Jabez.
She is now living ; has three children ; husband deranged.
595. Rebecca,' b. in Providence  ; m. William Burke of Providence. She
is now living in Cranston, R. I. ; has three children.
596. tSolpraon,' b. in Providence, Dec. 22, 1819; m. Nancy B. Manchester of
Newport, R. I. 333.
ZEEB GREEN,' (Israel,' William,* William,' William," Thomas,') son of
Israel Green' of Hubbardston; b. in Petersham, Nov. II, 1754 ; m. abt. 1779,
Sarah Cowee, b. in Westminster, Oct 12, 1759, dau. of James (or John ;
uncertain which) Cowee of the latter place.
He removed to Winchendon, where he was at the breaking out of hostilities
in 1775. He and his brothers belonged to the '¦ minute men " of Worcester
Co. The four brothers joined the army at Cambridge, and, it is stated, were
all in the battle of Bunker Hill, which proved fatal to two of them, James the
eldest, and Lucas the youngest. Zeeb was also at the battles of White
Plains, Bennington, and Saratoga ; was with Washington in the campaign in
New Jersey; and was the only one of these brothers who survived the revolu
tion. About 1781, he removed to the western part of Vermont, and settled in
Chittenden, in the county of Rutland, where he resided till 1811 ; he then re
moved to Brandon, where he d. July 1, 1821, ae. 67. His widow Sarah d. at
Pittsford, Vt, March 24, 1840, se. 81. Their children were—
597. tJoel,' b. in Westminster, Mass., July 30, 1780; m. 1, Lucy Horton. 2,
Eleutheria D. Fay.
598. Sarah,' b. in Chittenden, Vt., Aug. 1, 1782 ; m. William Manly. They
had four children. She d. Nov. 28, 1834.
599. Mary,' b. June 17, 1785 ; m, Jacob Walton, Thev had six children.
600. Reuel,' b. Nov. 8, 1790; d. Feb. 29, 1804.
601. Rhoda,' b. May 1, 1795 : ra. Dr. I. W. Hale, of Brandon, Vt. They had
four children. She d. July 21, 1829.

602. Almond,'

603. Orange,'

twins, b.
July 26,
1797.

studied medicine with Dr. Pierson of Westminster,
Mass.; commenced practice in 1822, at Brandon,
Vt. ; removed to Whitehall, N. Y., where he ac
quired a high reputation as a physician, and an
extensive practice. He m. Jerusha Lawrence of
Mass., gr. dau. of Col. Prescott of revolutionary
memory. He d. Oct. 16, 1830, without issue.
m. July 24, 1823, Nancy Thurston, dau. of Harmon
Thurston of Westminster, Mass. He becarae a merchant ; removed to
Milledgeville, Ga., where he d. Dec. 31, 183.5, leaving one son —
604. Orange II.,' b. in Westminster, Mass., Jan. 20, 1835, who grad.
at the New York Med. Coll. in 1857, and is now a physician in
New York city.
605. Laura,' b. May 5, 1800; m. Thoraas Damon of Westminster, Mass. She
d. Nov. 5. 1831, leaving two sons ; one still living.
606. tllorace,' b. Dec, 24, 1802; ra, 1, Oct, 20, 1829, Mary Sigourney Butler.
2, Oct. 27, 1841, Harriette S. Douglas of Waterford, N. Y.
345.
LEMUEL GREEN,' (JVatlianid,' JVathaniel,* William,' William," Thomas,')
eldest eon of Rev. Nathaniel Green' of Leicester and Charlton; b. in Leicester,

THE GREEN FAMILY. 171
Sept. 18, 1749; m. by his father in October, 1770, (possibly 1769) to Sarah
May ; who was b. Sept. 1752, and d. June, 1834, ie. 72.
He was an honest, christian man ; a soldier of the revolution; was wounded
at the battle of Bunker Hill. He lived in Spencer, on a farm of fifty acres,
about a mile and a half north of where the Charlton R. R. station now is, on the
Western Railroad. He d. Jan. 21, 1818, le. 69.
His children, all b. in Spencer, were as follows —
607, 608. Twins, d. in infancy.
609. Polly,' b. Jail. 23, 1772; m. in Spencer, John Brown; removed to Ohio;
had five children, one of whom d. young ; the others are now living in
Ohio, where their mother died.
610. Esther,' b. Oct. 26, 1774; m. in Spencer, April 17, 1800, Joseph Bennett.
Lived in Belchertown, where they had four sons and five daughters. She
is still, 1857, living in Belchertown ; a widow in her 83d year.
611. tEzra,' b. Oct. 8, 1776; m. Oct. 21, 1805, Sally Proctor of Ohio.
612. Anna,' b. Jan. 9, 1778; m. in Ohio, Joab Hoisington, a native of Windsor,
Vt. They had seven sons and two daus. She d. April 8, 1849.
613. William,' b. Oct. 13, 1780 ; went to Ohio about 1812, and there m. Deborah
Rice, from Brookfield, Mass. They had one daughter. Not long after
her birth, he went down the Ohio on some business, and has never been
heard from to this day. The dau., whose narae has not been reported to
us, m., Mortimer G. Hibbard. They have ten children.
614. Sally,' b. Sept. 19, 1782; m. 1, in Spencer, Arthur Bennett Oct. 1801 ; re
moved to Ohio, and had five sons and two daus. Her husband d. and
she m. iu Ohio, 2,  Conner; 3,  Smith. She is still living
in Ohio, a widow. One of her sous was a deaf mute, educated at the
Asylum, in Columbus, 0. A daughter m. Governor Griner of New
Mexico.
615. Betsey,' b. Feb. 23, 1784 ; d. when 18 mos. old.
616. Elijah,' b. Dec. 10, 1786; m. Chloe Wood of Brookfield. He d. leaving
one son,  , and a dau. Asenath.'
617. Betsey,' b. June 22, 1788 ; unm. Was an excellent school teacher, and an
excellent lady. She d. June, 1823, a. 35.
618. tJames,' b. April, 1791 ; m. 1, Naorai Mcintosh. 2, Anna Livermore.
619. tWillard More,' b. May, 1796 ; m. 1817, Patty Wood, sister of Elijah's wife.
348.
NATHANIEL GREEN,' (JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' WUliam,
Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Leicester, July 7, 1755 ; m. Esther
Bdnn.
He removed to Madison, N. Y., where he was killed by a horse, Jan. 17,
1798, as. 43. His children were —
620. Arnold,'
621. E,sther.'
622. Charlotte.'
623. Polly.'
350.
Rev. JOHN GREEN,' (JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* WUliam,' William," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Leicester, April 20, 1760 ; m. May 17, 1781,
Sarah Moret of Charlton. Married by his father. Elder Nathaniel Green.
After living in Charlton a few years, he removed, about 1784, to Cole-
rain, then a new town, in the county of Franklin, Mass. He was an excellent
man; a preacher of the Baptist denomination. He d. July 19, 1800, a. 40.
His widow Sarah m. 2, Rev. Mr. Haskell, also a Baptist preacher; and 3, a
Mr. Adams, whom she survived many years. She d. in Charlemont, adjoining
Colerain, at the house of her son, Nathaniel Green,' July 3, 1851, over ninety
years of age ; a bright example of the sustaining power of Christianity under
the weight of years.

624.

Miriam.'

625.

Francis.'

626.

Sandford.'

627.

Deliverance.'

172 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
The children of Rev. John and Sarah Green were— (the flrst b. in Charlton,
the remaining ones in Colerain) —
628. Relief,' b. Sept. 23, 1783; m. Micajah Carroll. Both living in Charlemont
in 1850.
629. Betsey,' b. May 10, 1785 ; d. Dec. 16, 1810.
630. Sarah,' b. May 22, 1786 ; d. date unknown.
631. James,' b. April 14, 1788 ; d. date unknown.
632. Polly,' b. March 2, 1789 ; m. Silas Beckwith; d. date unknown.
633. Lydia,' b. March 1, 1791 ; m. James Briggs ; d. in Troy, N. Y.
634. John,' b. May 11, 1793 ; d. Tuesday, June 17, 1806 ; the " next day after
the Great Eclipse in 1806."
635. Pamela,' b. April 14, 1795 ; m. Joseph Beckwith.
636. Nathaniel,' b. July 13, 1797 ; m. Nov. 10, 1822, Vashti Upton, dau. of Jo
siah and Sally Upton of Charlemont. He is a farmer. They reside in
Charlemont, and have a dau. who m. 1842, Robinson Warner of Charle-
637. Calista,' b. Oct 1799; d. date unknown. [mont.
638. David,' b. Nov. 1800 ; d. date unknown. 351.
RUFUS GREEN,' (JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' William," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Leicester, April 10, 1762 ; m. in Charlton,
Dec. 19, 1786, Kezia Edbt of Brookfield. Married by his father.
About 1796, they removed from Charlton, to Calais, Vt, where they lived
many years. He was a man of unyielding integrity, and great moral worth ;
a christian not in name and profession merely, but in life and in heart. He
bore the misfortunes of a long life with meekness and patience, and died with
a firm reliance on the grace of God, and in hope of a blessed imraortality. He
d. Aug. 28, 1844, a. 82, in Madison, N. J., where he had been living some
years with his" son. Dr. Henry Prentiss Green.' His children were —
639. Jonathan Eddy,' b. Sept. 14, 1786; m.  Pettengill. Removed to
Terre Haute, Indiana; d. there in 1842. Children —
640. Niles Burke.' 641 . Lucetta.' Both living in Terre Haute, la.
642. Ormsby,' b. May 17, 1788; m.  ; removed to Indiana, and died in
Attica, iu that State. Children —
643. Prescott.' 644. Conant' 645. Alonzo.'
646. Rufus,' b. Nov. 20, 1789 ; m.  ; d. in Madison, N. J., iu 1838. Chil
dren— 647. Caroline.' 648. Tullius.' 649. Hannibal.' 650. Adelia.'
651. Kezia,' b. July 2, 1791 ; m.  ; removed to N. Y. State, where she died.
652. Clara,' b. Feb. 2. 1795 ; unm. ; d. in Calais, Vt.
The foregoing were b. in Charlton, Mass., the following in Calais, Vt. —
653. David,' b. Jan. 15, 1797 ; m. in New York city, Margaret Winans. He re
moved to New York city in 1823 ; was a practising physician there ; had
an extensive and successful practice ; enjoyed the confidence of a large
circle ; was a man of great kindness of heart ; took great interest in the
welfare of the young. His death, which took place, Oct. 18, 1856, was
greatly and widely lamented. He had two children —
654. John Winans,' b. Nov. 25, 1829; studied medicine, of which he
commenced the practice in New York in 1851 ; m. Nov. 1856,
Carrie Ellison, dau. of Charles F. and Henrietta Morton. Now
living cor. of 7th Avenue and 13th Street, New York.
655. Julia Adelaide,' h. Dec. 16, 1834 ; d. July, 1836.
656. tHenry Prentiss,' b. Dec. 1, 1798; m. Joanna Crowell, 1829.
657. Daniel,' b.  .
658. Jared Livingston,' b. Nov. 23, 1803; ra. Pamela Woodward. He is a
preacher of the Christ-ian denomination ; a worthy and excellent man ;
now living iu Bradford, Vt. Children —
659. Hden.' 660. Livingston.' 661. Clara.'
662. Lucetta,' b. May 15, 1805 ; d. in Calais, Vt., 1836.
663. Calista,' b. March 2, 1807 ; unm. ; d. in Calais, Vt., in 1824.
664. Roxellana,' b.  .

THE GREEN FAMILY. 173
354.
EBENEZER GREENE,' (JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' William,"
Thomas,') brother of the preceding, b. in Leicester, April 29, 1769; m. May
1, 1796, Sybil Hitchcock, b. in Brimfield, Feb. 2, 1774 ; but then resident
in Monson.
Immediately after raarriage, he removed to Belchertown, and settled upon a
large farm in the southwest part of the town. He was educated chiefly at
Leicester Academy ; and for his time was well educated. For many years he
was accustomed to teach school, and was known in all that vicinity as " Master
Green." He was noted for the exactness and clearness of his methods of
teaching. He was fond of antiquarian research, and preserved with scrupulous
care all the old family papers which had descended to him. Having had the
care of his parents in their declining years, and being the executor of his
father's Will, many of the old family papers fell into his hands. These have
been of great service to the compiler in furnishing materials for this sketch.
He took an active part in building up the Baptist Church and Society in
Belchertown. He was raany years clerk of the church. He expended much
time, labor, and money, in the erection of the first Baptist meeting-house in
that town. He was an intelligent, earnest, christian raan ; and died honored
and respected by all who knew him. He d. Jan. 13, 1848, a. 78 y. 8 mo. 14
days. Mrs. Sybil Green, not less honored and respected than her husband, d.
in Springfield, Nov. 4, 1854, a. 80 y. 9 mo. 2 days. She was buried beside her
husband in the Old Cemetery in Belchertown, near Granby line. They lived
together over fifty years.
Their children, all b. in Belchertown, were —
665. Hannah,' b. July 20, 1797; unra.; d. June 22, 1825. A most excellent
666. Marilla,' b. June 29, 1799 ; d. July 12, 1802. [christian.
667. tJohn,' b. June 17, 1801 . m. Mary Thompson, Aug. 2, 1830.
668, 669. Twin daus., b. Dec. 8, 1802 ; d. Dec. 11 and 12, 1802.
670. tWilliam,' b. June 27, 1805; m. Harriet Gavit, May, 1835.
671 . Gerould,' b. Feb. 14, 1808 ; d. May 1, 1826, in the triumphs of christian faith.
672. tSamuel Stillraan,' b. May 3, 1810 ; m. 1, Edna Amelia Bartlett 1839. 2,
Mary Adeline Bailey, 1854.
673. fRufus,' b. May 22, 1812; ra. 1, Clarissa M. Sprague, 1839. 2, Cynthia
Sprague, her sister, 1842.
674. tEdwin,' b. May 4, 1815 ; m. Susan Maria Bronson, 1839.
675. Mary Hitchcock,' b. June 5, 1818 ; unm. ; now living with her brother Sam
uel in Providence, B. I.
362.
BENJAMIN GREEN,' ( Benjamin,' J^Tathanid,* William,' William," Thomas,')
eldest son of Benjamin Green' of Spencer; b. in Leicester, Dec. 26, 1755; m.
June 16, 1785, Martha Watson, b. June 18, 1763, dau. of Oliver and Eliza
beth Watson of Spencer ; which, till 1753, was the west part of Leicester.
He resided in Leicester and Spencer, and d. in the latter place, Nov. 27,
1835, ffi. 80. Mrs. Martha Green d. May 25, 1847, se. 84. Their children, all
b. in Spencer, were —
676. Betsey,' b. April 28, 1786; m. Feb. 20, 1820, Daniel Owen of Adams,
Washington Co., Ohio. She d. there Sept. 29, 1827, leaving one child.
677. tClark E.,' b. Feb. 20, 1788 ; m. Susanna Gray, Nov. 20, 1817.
678. Lucy,' b. Nov. 10, 1789; m. Sept. 20, 1810, Josiah Hobbs of Sturbridge.
In that town she d. Nov. 8, 1823. She had one child.
679. Hannah,' b. April 17, 1792 ; m. April 20, 1819, Asaph Webber of Holland.
She has two children.
680. Oliver,' b. Feb. 20, 1794 ; m. Jan. 21, 1821, Charlotte Davis of Adams,
Ohio. She d.  , leaving one child,
681, tOtis,' b, Feb. 7, 1796 ; m. Martha Wilson, Feb. 24, 1835.
682. tDavid,' b. Dec. 27, 1797 ; m. 1, Augusta Brown, Aug. 28, 1823. 2, 
683. Martha,' b. March 11, 1801 ; m. Thomas B. Clai'k of Spencer.

174 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
684. Mary,' b. Dec. 8, 1802; ra. Benjamin 'White of Phillipston; where she d.
July 30, 1840, leaving one child.
685. Eveline,' b. June 9, 1805; m. Joshua Vinton of Southbridge, b. Oct 11,
1807. [Vinton 353.] She d. Nov. 15, 1833, leaving one child, Har
rison Andros, b. July, 1833.
364.
Rev. ASA GREEN,' (Benjamin,' JVathaniel,* William,' William? Thomas,')
brother of the preceding; b. in Leicester, July 27, I76I ; m.  .
He was a Baptist preacher ; a good man. He removed to Woodstock, Vt.,
and thence to Bridgewater, Vt, an adjoining town ; where he d. Sept. 6, 1842.
His children were —
686. Ephraim.' 689. Benjamin.'
687. Asa.' 690. Elias.'
688. Oliver.' 691. A daughter.'
369.
JOSEPH GREEN,' (Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,' Henry," Thomas,') eldest son
of Joseph' and Martha (Sprague) Green of Stoneham and Chelsea; b. in Stone
ham, Nov. 21, 1758 ; ra. Susanna Pratt, b. 1759, dau. of John and Elizabeth
(Brooks) Pratt of Medford.
He was a farmer in North Chelsea, where he d. Oct. 4, 1825, eb. 67. His
widow, Susanna, d. July 23, 1843, a. 84.
Their children, b. in Chelsea, were —
692. Elizabeth,' b. June 26, 1780; d. Nov. 5, 1844.
693. Susanna,' b. Dec. 10, 1782 ; ra. Peter Holt. Their children were—
John, Eliza, Justin E., Susan.
694. Joseph,' b. June 6, 1784; m. Phebe Holt, sister of Peter Holt, just men
tioned. He d. Jan. 1847, £e. 63. No children.
695. Sarah,' b. Dec. 14, 1785 ; never m. ; d. Aug. 17, 1852, SB. 67.
696. Martha,' b. March 10, 1788; d. Aug. 7, 1790.
697. John,' b. Jan. 17, 1790 ; m. Phebe 'Tucker of Andover. He is a farmer, and
lives in North Chelsea. Has had nine oliildren, viz. :
698. Lydia.' 701. Joseph.' 704. Charles.'
699. Asa.' 702. Leonard.' 705. Stephen Albert.'
700. Sarah.' 703. Martha.' 706. Alpheus.'
707. Martha,' b. Dec. 15, 1791 ; m. Araos Pierce of Westford. Children —
Amos, Sarah, Martha, Thomas, Nathan, Andrew Jackson.
708. Anna,' b. Aug. 24, 1794; d. Feb. 20, 1798.
709. Thomas,' b. Aug. 16, 1796 ; d. Feb. 27, 1798.
710. Anna,' b. Jan. 1, 1799; ra. May 26, 1822, Richard Brackett of Boston, a
native of Quincy. Their children were —
Ann Elizabeth, m. Aug. 31, 1846, William Smith of Boston, of the
firm of Wright, Priest & Co., merchants. He d. of smallpox in
Boston, Feb. 28, 1850. Children —
Sarah Ann, b. Feb, 16, 1848,
George WiUiam, b. Feb. 23, d. March 12, 1850.
Susan Green. ¦
Eugenia. Georgiana, m. Oct. 23, 1853, Henry Richmond' Danforth, printer, of
Boston, son of Jarvis and Susan Keith (Williams) Danforth of
Taunton, Children —
Eugene Henrv, b, Dec, 10, 1854.
Willie Brackett, b. March 31, 1857.
Charlotte.
711. Thomas,' b. Oct. 16, 1800; m. Sarah Todd of Maiden. Three children.
712. Levi,' b. Jan. 9, 1804; ra. Sarah Davis. He d. Dec. 30, 1851, a. 48.
376.
JAMES GREEN,' (Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,' Henry," Thomas,') brother of
the preceding ; b. in Stoneham, Sept 20, 1766 ; m. Joanna Pratt. He was
a farmer ; lived in Chelsea. His children, b. in Chelsea, were —

THE GREEN FAMILY. 175
713. James,' b.  ; m. Rachel Stowers. They had—
714. Anna Augusta.' 716. Georqe Edward.'
715. James.' 717. William Henry.'
718. Joanna,' b.  ; m. Simon Blanchard. They had two children, who
died young. She is deceased.
719. Thomas,' b.  ; m. Sarah MitcheU. Children—
720. Georgiana.' 722. Henrietta.'
721. Charlotte.' 723. Tliomas.'
724. Susan,' b.  ; m. Edward Smith.
725. Sarauel,' b.  ; d. early.
726. Benjamin,' b.  ; m. Sarah Stowers. No chit Ho is iu California.
385.
Capt. JOSIAH GREEN," (Josiah,' Josiah,* Joseph,' Henry," Thomas,') eldest
son of Capt. Josiah' and Elizabeth Green of Stoneham ; b. there, Feb. 24, 1768 :
in. Nov. 19, 1789, Susanna Bucknam, b. April 5, 1769, dau. of John and
Anna (Wright) Bucknara of Stoneham.'*
He was an active, enterprising man ; a farmer ; and removed from Stoneham
to Salisbury, N. H., probably between 1800 and 1810. He d. there in 1846.
His wife d. about 1850. Their children were—
727. Josiah,' b. May 28, 1790 ; m.  Sweetser, dau. of Paul Sweetser of S.
728. Joshua,' b. Nov. 1, 1791 ; d. of a burn, Jan. 8, 1797. (Reading
729. Susanna,' b. Aug. 15, 1793: ra.  Garland.
730. Hersehel,'b. Dec. 7, 1795.
731. Roxolana,'b. May 8, 1798; m.  Pettengill.
732. Joshua,' b. Aug. 7, 1800.
The preceding were b. in Stoneham ; the following may have been b. in
Salisbury —
733. Nancy,' b.  ; m.  Bailey.
734. Emily,' b.  ; m.  Martin.
404.
Hon.l AMES SVROATGREE^,'(Ashbd,' Jacob,* Jacob,' Henry," Thomas,')
son of Rev. Ashbel Green, D.D., of Philadelphia; b. there 1792; m. Isabella
McCulloch. He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. ; studied law ; was admit
ted to the bar of New Jersey in 1818; was a raember of the Legislature of
New Jersey for ten or twelve years successively. He was United States
District Attorney for New Jersey under the administrations of Jackson, Van
Buren, Harrison and Tyler. Was nominated by President Tyler as Secretary
of the Treasury in 1843. Is now Professor of Jurisprudence in the College
of New Jersey ; and resides at Princeton. Children —
735. tAshbel,' b.  ; m. Louisa Walker.
736. tJames S.' b.  ; m. Frances Winchester.
767. Anna,' b.  ; m. William Mactier.
738. Isabella,' b.  ; m. John H. Janeway.
739. Robert Stockton,' b.  .
The above are all now living, 1857.
408.
JAMES LANMAN GREEN,' (Samuel,' Samuel,* Samuel,' Samuel,'
Thomas,') son of Samuel' and Mary (Lanman) Green of Maiden : b. there about
1778 ? m. Susan Fowle of Woburn. He lived in Maiden, and d. there about
1836. His children were —
* John Bucknam was b. in Stoneham, Aug. 19, 1730 (d. Aug. 2, 1,808, a. 78) son of Edward
and Rebecca. Edward, his father, was b. in Maiden, March 22, 1692, son of Joses and Judith
Bucknam. Anna Wright, wife of John Bucknam, was b. Dec. 5, 1733, dau. of Timothy and
Mary Wright.

176 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
740. Susan,' b.  ; m. 1829, Vincent Rowe, b. July 22, 1802, son of William
A. and Susanna Howe of Stoneham. Published Nov. 1, 1829. He d. 1856.
741. Hannah,' b.  ; m. Levi D. Smith of Stoneham. She d. about 1850.
742! James Artemas,' b. July 12, 1817; m. Hannah Brown Stevens, dau. of
Darius and Hannah (Lynde) Stevens of Stoneham, and gr. dau. of Rev.
John H. Stevens of that place. He is a trader in Stoneham.
743. Horace,' b.  , 1819 ; d. at Stoneham, July 23, 1836, a. 17.
418.
PHINEHAS GREEN,' (Phinehas,' Samuel,* Samuel,' Samuel," Thomas,')
son of Phinehas Green' of Maiden ; b. there about 1767 ; in. Mehitable
Hart, dau. of John Hart of Lynnfield.
He and his wife are still living, July 1857, in Reading, on the old Andover
Turnpike, the last house as you proceed towards Boston. Children —
744. Nancy,' b. Sept. 27, 1789 ; m. Edward Emerson of Maiden.
745. Eben,' b. April 8, 1791 ; unm. ; d. April 7, 183- a. about 40.
746. Samuel,' b. Nov. 6, 1792 ; d. young; a. 21 mos.
747. Sarah,' b. May 2, 1795 ; m. Ezekiel Oliver of Reading.
748. Charlotte,' b. Dec. 10, 1796 ; d. young.
749. Charlotte,' b. Feb. 6, 1799 ; m. Samuel Sprague of Melrose.
750. John,' b. May 20, 1801 ; d. a, about 14,
751. tPhinehas,' b. Aug. 20, 1803 ; m. Clarissa Williams of Saugus.
752. James,' b. May 20, 1805 ; d. a. 11.
753. Lowell,' b. April 9, 1808 ; m. 1, Pamela Scarlet. 2,  .
429.
Capt DANIEL GREEN,' (Daniel,' Thomas,* Thomas,' Samuel," Thomas,')
eldest son of Dea. Daniel' and Ruth Green of Stoneham ; b. in that town
Sept 20, 1761 ; m. 1, Sarah Evans of Wobnrn; published May 10, 1783.
She d. of a cancer. May 8, 1806, a. 42. [Gravestone.] 2, April 30, 1807,
Mart Evans, sister of the first wife. She d. Sept. 9, 1837, a. 65. [Gravestone.]
3, Aug. 2, 1838, Elizabeth (Evans) Ash, widow of Samuel H. Ash of Bos
ton (m. to hira Dec. 1, 1803) and sister of the two forraer wives.
He lived in the east part of Stoneham, of which town he was selectman
1796, 1800, and perhaps afterwards ; captain in the militia. He d. Jan. 5, 1842,
se. 80. [Gravestoiie.)
His children, all b. in Stoneham, were — ^by first wife —
754. tDaniel,' b. Aug. 3, 1784 ; m. Nov. 3, 1811, Elizabeth Sweetser.
755. Ezra,' b. March 27, 1786 ; m. 1, Chloe Kingman, May 17, 1821. 2, Mary  .
756. tHenry,' b. March 22, 1792; m. 1, Betsey Sturtevant. 2, Abigail Gerry.
757. Samuel,' b. Jan. 25, 1796.
758. Sarah,' b. Aug. 3, 1800 ; ra. April 30, 1818, Heman Sturtevant of S. Read
ing, brother of Betsey, just mentioned.
By second wife —
759. Mary Elizabeth,' b. Oct 2, 1808; ra. Nov. 30, 1826, her cousin Nafhan
Perry of Medford, son of Thaddeus and Rhoda (Green) Perry. [434.]
760. Benjarain Franklin,' b.Nov. 14, 1811; m. Martha Ann Young, Dec. 26,
1833. They had—
761. Maiy Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 23, 1837.
762. Oren Augustus,' b.May li,18il.
430.
NATHAN GREEN,' (Daniel,' Thomas,* Thomas,' Samud," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding; b. in Stoneham, March 31, 1765; ra. Betset Orr
of Charlestown. Both are now deceased.
He lived some years in Stoneham ; where he was tythingman 1790, and col
lector of taxes same year. Afterwards he lived in South Reading, near Stone
ham line, where is now the village of Greenwood.
His children, who seem to have been b. in S. Reading, were —

THE GREEN FAMILY. 177
763. Betsey,' b.  ; unm. ; living in 1857.
764. Nathan,' b.  ; m. May 18, 1815, Susan Rowe, b. April 13, 1793, dau.
of William A. and Susanna Rowe of Stoneham. [740.] They had —
765. Susan,' b.  ; unm,; d. in insane Iiospital ¦? [ham.
766. Pamela,' b.  ; m. May 6, 1838, George Bucknam of Stone-
767. George,' b.  ; m. Nov, 2, 1846, Mary Jane Buck, b, Nov, 19,
1825, dau, of Capt, Joseph and Sally Buck of Stoneham.
768. Oliver,' b.  ; ra. Susanna Richardson, dau. of Joseph of
Woburn.
769. .Jane,' b.  ; m.  Adams ; both living in Worcester 1857.
770. Rebecca,' b.  ; m. Sept. 1, 1818, William Rowe of Stoneham, brother
of Susan above. He d. March 13, 1826, from drinking poison, through
mistake.
771. Belinda,' b.  ; m.  Drake. 431.
REUBEN GREEN,' (Daniel,' Thomas,* Thomas,' Samuel," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Stoneham, March 14, 1767 ; m.  Newell,
of Lynnfield.
They lived in South Reading, near Stoneham line ; at the locality now called
Greenwood. Their children were —
772. Abner,' b.  ; m. Sept 13, 1829, Hannah Clark, frora Bradford, Vt.,
then resident in Stoneham.
773. Reuben,' b.  ; ra.  Winn, dau. of Col. Winn of South Reading.
774. Huldah,' b.  ; m.  Boardman ; lived in S. Reading.
775. Sarah,' b.  ; m. Reuben Gerry, b. Nov. 11, 1791, son of Capt. David
and Sarah (Richardson) Gerry of Stoneham. They were published. Sept
28, 1816. She d. Dec. 1832. He d. in Alton, III., 1840.
776. Harriet,' b.  ; m.  Brown of S. Reading.
777. Elbridge,' b.  ; m.  Howard, dau. of Amos Howard of Maiden.
778. Lot,' b.  ; unm. ; was a dwarf and deformed.
476.
WILLIAM GREEN,« (William,' William,* William,' Samuel," Thomas,')
eldest son of Capt. William Green' of Reading : b. there 1765 ; m. 1, 
Pool of Reading. 2, Nov. 21, 1811, Abigail Green,' b. Oct 13, 1770, eldest
dau. of Jonathan' and Dorcas (Hay) Green of Stoneham. [489.]
He and his second wife lived with and took care of John Green,' [178] on
the farm once owned by THOMAS GREEN.' John Green,' at his death,
left the property to Mrs. Abigail Green,' just named. Both are now deceased.
His children were — by first wife —
779. William,' b.  ; ra.  of Peru (Mass. or Vt ^) Has lived in Peru,
also iu Ohio ; has a large faraily.
780. Mary,' b.  ; m. May 10, 1818, Joseph Hill of Woburn, son of James
Hill of Stoneham, and twin brother of John Hill, a prosperous shoe man
ufacturer of the latter place.
781. Aaron,' b.  ; m.Nov. 1, 1827, Nancy Lynde of Maiden. He lives in
Melrose, a short distance east of the Stoneham Railroad Station.
By second wife —
782. Abigail,' b.  ; m. Edmund B. Southwick, Oct. 10, 1843. They occupy
and will soon own the " Old John Green Place," which belonged, two
hundred years ago, to the ancestor of the whole family, THOMAS
GREEN.i 492.
JONATHAN GREEN,' (Jonathan,' Jonathan,* Jonathan,' Samud," Thomas,')
son of Jonathan' and Dorcas (Hay) Green of Stoneham ; b. there Aug. 3, 1777 ;
m. June 15, I8I7, Susanna Upham of Maiden, the part incorporated, in 1851,
as Melrose.
He lived in the east part of Stoneham ; and "d. of exhaustion from insanity,
Oct 8, 1841, a. 64." [Stoneham Records.] His insanity is represented as

178 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
having been of the most furious kind ; rendering the strictest confinement
necessary. His children were —
783 .Jonathan,' ( twins, b. Jan. 1 m. Mary Johnson ;* published Dec. 5, 1846.
784. Susanna,' ) 13, 1820 ; (
785. Sarah Attn,' b. Nov. 2, 1821.
786. Dorcas Hay,' b. Jan. 15, 1824.
787. James Swan Howard,' b. July 28, 1826.
494.
PETER GREEN,' (Jonathan,' Jonathan,* Jonathan,' Samuel," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Stoneham, April 12, 1783; in. 1, July 30, 1812,
his cousin Rebecca (Green) Hosmer, b. Sept 23, 1787, dau. of Jesse Green
and widow of Elijah Hosmer. [495.] She d. April 23, 1823, a. 35 y. 7 mos.
[Gravestone.] 2, May 10, 1827, Ltoia Sargent of Maiden, who d. without
issue, Dec. 23, 1840, ffi. 59. [Gravestone.] 3, June 28, 1842, Elizabeth
(Waitt) Shute, b. Dec. 22, 1800 ; dau. of James and Elizabeth Waitt of
Maiden ; she had been the widow, successively, of Granville Jeffts and Timo
thy Shute.
Mr. and Mrs. Green are worthy people; they live in the east part of Stone
ham, on " Green Lane." They are merabers of the 'Congregational Church in
that place. He has been for years deprived of sight.
His children, all b. in Stoneham, have been — by first wife —
788. Peter,' b. June 1, 1813 ; m. Sept. 24, 1835, Sally (Lynde) Gerry, b. May
24, 1803, dau. of Stephen and Sally Lynde, and widow of Arad Gerry,
all of Stoneham. Arad Gerry d. March 23, 1833. a. 29.
789. Elijah Hosraer,' b. Feb. 21, 1816 ; m. 1845, Eliza (Grover) Tuttle of Lynn.
Published May 3, 1845. She was b. 1823, at Troy, N, H., dau. of Ste
phen Grover, jr., and widow of  Tuttle. He d. 185-.
790. Jesse,' b. Feb. 6, 1818; m. Feb. 6, 1856, his brother Elijah's widow— her
third raarriage.
791. Cordelia,' b. April 19, 1820 ; unra. ; lives with her father.
No children by second wife. Children by third wife —
792. Sarah Elizabeth,' b. March 24, 1843.
793. Levi Wakefield,' b. April 2, 1846.

SEVENTH GENERATION. 502.
SAMUEL DANA GREENE,' Esq., (Samuel,' Samuel,' Thomas,* Samud,'
Thomas," Thomas,') son of Samuel' and Hannah Green; b. at Leicester, in the
house where his father, his grandfather, Dea. Samuel,' and his gr. grandfather,
Rev. Thomas Green,4 had lived, Feb. 7, 1788; m. March 29, 1810, Susan
GiBBs, of Providence, R. I., b. Sept 26, 1786.
He entered Brown University in 1806, but left during his senior year, with
out taking his degree. From I8I9 to 1822, was captain of an independent
company of riflemen. Has been justice of the peace in Hampden and Middle
sex Counties. Now resides at Cambridgeport ; but transacts business in Bos
ton. A merchant by occupation. Has been a raeraber of an evangelical
church since 1822. Children —
794. William Cahoone,' b. Jan, 4, 1811 ; d, in infancy,
795. Ann Maria,' b. Aug. 4, 1812; m. July 2.3, 1835, William Dana, and has
two children. Now living in Boston.
* Mary Johnson, b. Ocl. 10, 1823 ; was the third and youngest child of Moses and Sarah
Johnson of Stoneham. Her mother, Sarah Skinner, had been the young and fruilful wife
of Capt, Josiah Green,' [185,]

THE GREEN FAMILY. 179
796. Susan Gibbs,' b. July 2, 1815 ; m. 1, Sept. 23, 1848, John Umsted of New
York. 2, Charles Rust of Araherst, Mass.
797. Francis,' b. April 4, 1818 ; d. in infancy.
798. Samuel Gardner,' b. Oct. 21, 1819 ; ra. 1, 1840, Charlotte Clampit of Up
per Canada, who d. Feb. 1855. 2, Oct. 4, 1856, Mrs. Martha Jordan of
Portland, Me. Children by first raarriage —
799. Gardner,' b. Nov. 14, 1841 ; d. 1842.
800. Susan,' b. April 13, 1843 ; d. 1843.
801. George Augustus,' b. July 23, 1844.
802. Mary Jane,' b. Juno 10, 1846.
803. Adeline Gibbs,' b. June 27, 1848.
804. Charles Dana,' b. April 1, 1850.
805. Caroline Etfrida,' b. Nov. 24, 1852.
806. William Orson,' b. Feb. 24, 1855.
By second marriage —
807. Isabella,' b. 1857.
808. Elizabeth Gardner,' b. Oct. 12, 1821 ; d. in 1823.
809. Charies Augustus,' b. April 19, 1824; ra. April 18, 1855, Helen Hubbard
of Philadelphia, He is now a practising physician in Philad.
810. George Kinney,' b. May 23, 1826 ; d. Dec. 1829.
811. William Cahoone,' b, Oct, 8, 1828; ra. Oct. 8, 1856, Virginia Croll of Phil
adelphia. He is a lawyer in Fall River. One child —
812. Virginia,' b. 1857. 503.
WILLIAM KINNEY GREENE,' (Samuel,' Samuel,' Thomas,* Samuel,'
Thomas," Thomas,') brother of the preceding; b. in Leicester, Jan. 9, 1790;
m. Dec. 10, I8I2, Betsey Kimball, dau. of Dea. Jedidiah Kimball of Wood
stock, Ct.
He is a manufacturer ; and resides in Amsterdara, N. Y. His children are —
813. Almeria,' b. Sept. 12, 1813; m. by Rev. Daniel Stewart May 1, 1839, to
Lyman Bennet, formerly of Hampton, Ct. Their children are —
Hairiet Elizabeth, b. in Fishkill, N. Y., June 1, 1840 ; d. Oct. 15, 1856.
Hannah Kinney, b. in Amsterdam, N. Y., July 24, 1842.
Jane Greene, b. Deo. 24, 1843.
Fidelia, b. April 6, 1847.
Anna FuUer, b. May 1, 1854.
814. William Kimball,' b. July 18, 1816 ; m. by Rev. Mr. Stevenson, Dec. 22,
1838, to Jane M. Priest. Their children are —
815. Elijah Priest,' b. May 22, 1843.
816. Henni Eckford,' b. April 10, 1849.
817. Harriet Newell,' b. July 18, 1818; ra. Sept. 20, 1849, Nicholas Anthony
Wiraple. They have no offspring.
818. Samuel Dana,' b. July 6, 1822 ; m. Sept. 12, 1846, Marietta Willoughby,
who was b. March 10, 1829. They have—
819. William Willoughby,' b. Oct. 13, 1848.
820. Henry Eckford,' b. April 12, 1827 ; unm.; now in California.
821. Andrew Harding,' b.May 23, 1829; m. Sept 12, 1849, Mary Elizabeth
Davis, b. Nov. 6, 1829. He d. Dec. 21, 1856. His children, b. in Am
sterdam, N. Y., are —
822. Elizabeth Anna,' b. April 23, 1850.
823. Charles Davis,' b. March 7, 1852.
824. Carrie Emily,' b. April 13, 1854.
510.
JOHN GREEN,' {Thomas,' Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
eldest son of Dr. Thomas Green' of Auburn, Mass. ; b. there, May 30, 1778 ;
m. PoLLT Richardson. He d. May 29, 1803, a. 25, lacking one day, leaving
one son.
825. Charles,' b.  ; m. Ammeti Tinkham. Their children have been-
826. Susan Caroline,' b. Nov. 1824 ; m. Richard B. Taylor. They
had Charles Orlando, d. young. Mrs. Taylor d. a few years
since.

180 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
827. Sarah Ann,' b. June, 1826 ; ra. William Wardwell. No chil.
828. Mary Elizabeth,' b. Nov. 1828 ; m. Joseph Hilson.
829. John P.,' b.  ; d. not many years ago.
519
Dr. GEORGE BARRETT GREEN,' (feaac,' Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,'
Thomas," Thomas,') son of Dr. Isaac Green' of Windsor, Vt. ; b. there April 14,
1798 ; m. 1. Nov. 9, 1829, Mary Hatch Jones, dau. of Darius and Elizabeth
Borradell (Hatch) Jones. She d. Aug. 3, 1840. 2, Jan. 3, 1854,  , dau.
of Charles Baxter, Esq., of Sharon, 'Vt
He is a prosperous physician in Windsor, Vt. His children, all b. in Wind
sor, Vt, and by first wife, are —
830. Ann Elizabeth,' b. Aug, 28, 1830.
831. Isaac,' b.May 13, 1832 ; m. Sept. 22, 1853, Frances Elizabeth Hatch, dau.
of Maj. Joseph D. and Frances Spooner (Forbes) Hatch. He is now a
successful merchant in Redwing, Minnesota.
832. Charlotte Eloisa,' b. Jan. 30, 1834.
833. Ellen Shepherd,' b. March 13, 1836.
834. Mary Harriet^ b. Feb. 20, 1838.
521,
Dr. CHARLES GUSTAVUS GREENE,'' (Isaac,^ Thomas,' Thomas,* Sam
uel,' Thomas," Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Windsor, Vt, Sept.
1, 1803 ; m. Nov. 7, 1831, Susan Bigelow, dau. of Hon. Abijah Bigelow
of Worcester.
He studied medicine ; came to Boston in 1826 ; practised medicine there ;
returned to Windsor, Vt., in 1830; removed to Boston in 1844, where he is
now settled as an apothecary. No. 823 Washington Street, house No. 821.
Children, both b. in Windsor —
835. Charies,' b. Sept. 7, 1833 ; d. same day.
836. Elizabeth,' b. Aug. 18, 1837 ; resides with her parents.
542.
THOMAS PORTER GREEN,' (Daniel,' Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,'
Thomas," Thomas,') son of Dr. Daniel Green' of Auburn, Mass. ; b. there
April II, 1818; m. April 5, 1843, Rebecca Larned of Thompson, Ct
Their children are —
837. Mary Lamed.'
838. Daniel.'
839. George.'
840. Williara Ralph.'
841. Elizabeth.'
544.
ISAAC GREEN,' (Daniel,' Thomas,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas',)
brother of the preceding; b. m Auburn, Mass., Dec. 19, 1821; m. Susan
Orcutt of Scituate, Mass. They are still living, 1857. Children—

842. Susan Elizabeth,' b.  .
843. Alice Maria,' b.  ; d. 1853 or 1854.
557.
ELIJAH DIX GREEN,' (Thomas,' John,' Thomas,* Samuel' Thomas,"
Thomas,') son of Rev. Thomas Green' of North Yarmouth, Me. ; b. March 22,
1799; m. Hannah C. Hayden of Eastport, Me. Their children are—
844. Mary Hayden,' b.  ; m. Frederic A. Pike, a lawyer. They reside in
Calais, Me. She is the talented and accomplished author of " Ida Mat."
845. Eraeline Cariton,' b.  ,
846. Emma Sophia,' b.  .
847. Kate Jewett,' b  .
848. Sarah Brooks,' b.  .
849. Thomas,' b.  .

THE GREEN FAMILY. 181
560.
Dr. JOHN GREEN,' (John,' John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,')
eldest son of Dr. John' and Nancy (Barber) Green of Worcester; b. there
April 19, 1784 ; m. Dollt Curtis, dau. of David Curtis, of Worcester. She
deceased without issue.
He grad. at Brown Univ. 1804; and like his father, grandfather, and great
grandfather, chose the profession of medicine ; pursuing it for more than forty
years with the highest reputation and with eminent success. He received a
thorough literary and professional training ; but his skill in the " healing art "
was to a remarkable degree the result of observation and experience. He dis
cerned disease with almost intuitive perception, and in rare and extraordinary
cases was successful in his treatment. As a physician and surgeon he has
had few superiors, and not many equals. He is still living in Worcester ;
acknowledged to be at the head of his profession in central Massachusetts.
From that profession he has retired with an ample fortune. He will leave a
name held in grateful remembrance throughout the large circle of his practice.
In 1854, he was elected Vice President of the Medical Convention of the
United States, then holding its sessions at St. Louis, Missouri. He has no
children. 567.
FREDERIC WILLIAM GREEN,' (John,' John,' Thomas,* Samuel,'
Thomas," Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Worcester, Jan. 19, 1800 ;
m. July 31, 1828, Sakah Briggs of Columbia, S. C.
He is still living in Columbia, S. C. ; is a druggist and apothecary. His,
children, all b. in Columbia, have been —
850. John,' b. May 17, 1829.
851. Samuel,' b. May 21, 1831.
852. Frederic William,' b. April 13, 1833; d. Aug. 14, 1852.
853. James,' b. April 15, 1835.
854. Mary Catharine,' b. Feb. 8, 1837 ; d. Aug. 2, 1838.
855. Meltiah Bourne,' b. Dec. 17, 1838.
856, Mary Ann,' b. July 1, 1840.
857. William Briggs,' b. Oct. 14, 1842.
858. Sarah,' b. Feb. 1, 1844.
859. George Burbank,' b. Sept. 6, 1847.
860. Heywood,' b. July 30, 1849.
861. Frank,' b. July 9, 1851.
862. Elizabeth,' b. June 20, 1853.
56S.
JAMES GREEN,' (John,' John,' Thomas,* Samwd,' Thomas," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b. in Worcester, Dec. 23, 1802 ; m. May 1, 1833,
Elizabeth Swett, dau. of Samuel Swett of Dedham.
He is an apothecary in Worcester. His children have been —
863. James,' b. Feb. 15, 1834 ; d. Feb. 17, 1834.
864. John,' b. April 2, 1835 ; grad. H. C. 1855 ; member of the Lawrence Scien
tific School, at Cambridge, chemical department, 1856.
865. Samuel Swett* b. Feb. 20, 1837 ; mow, 1857, member of Harvard College.
866. Elizabeth Sprague,' b. April 19, 1839.
867. James,' b. March 2, 1841. 569.
MELTIAH BOURNE GREEN,' (John,' John,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas,^
Thomas,') brother of the preceding; b. in Worcester, July 16, 1806; in.
Mart Stone Ward, dau. of Artemas Ward of Worcester.
He is an apothecary ; now living ; and has had children, as follows : —
868. Meltiah Bourne,' b. Aug. 27, 1838; d. Aug. 29, 1838.
869. Mary Caroline,' b. Dec. 13, 1839; d. Aug. 13, 1840.
870. Meltiah Bourne,' b. Jan. 3, 1843.
13

182 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
577.
TIMOTHY RUGGLES GREEN,' (Timothy,' John,' Thomas,* Samuel,'
Thomas," Thomas,') son of Timothy' and Mary Green ; b. in New York city,
March 16, 1806; m. Oct 20, 1835, Cornelia Elizabeth Arnold, dau. of
Samuel G. Arnold of Providence, R. I.
He was a grad. of Columbia College ; studied law ; and practised law in the
city of New York. As a man of business, he was punctual, careful and exact.
He was a member of the Amity Street Baptist Church, and Superintendent of
its Sabbath School. In the benevolent institutions of the country, he took a
lively interest. He was President of the Young Men's Bible Society ; an ac
tive member of the Am. Tract Society, Am. Sunday School Union, etc. He
was a Trustee of Brown University. A beautiful tribute is paid to his memory,
in a discourse by Rev. William R. Williams, pastor of the Amity St Baptist
Church.* He d. on his birthday, March 16, 1840, a. 34. His widow is still living in
Providence ; a lady greatly esteemed for her high intellectual endowments and
moral worth. Their children are —
871. Arnold,' b. Feb. 27, 1838; now, 1857, a member of the senior class in
Brown University, Providence.
872. Frances Mary,' b. May 20, 1840.
682.
Hon. WILLIAM NELSON GREEN,' (William E.,' John,' Thomas,*
Samuel,' Thomas," Thomas,') b. in Milford, Feb. 23, 1804 ; m. Feb. 23, 1839,
Sarah Munroe Staples, a widow, whose maiden name was Ball, of North-
borough. He studied law; was admitted to the bar at Worcester in 1827; was ap
pointed Judge of the Police Court of the city of Worcester in 1848 ; now living
in Worcester. Children, b. in Worcester —
873. William Nelson,' b. Jan. 10, 1843.
.874. Timothy Ruggles,' b. June 22, 1844.
875. John,' " ( twins, b. ) d. Sept. 14, 1845.
876. Thomas,' j July 28, 1845; J d. Aug. 18, 1845.
877. Lucy Nelson,' b. Oct 29, 1846; d. Aug. 16, 1847.
596.
SOLOMON GREEN,' (Isaac,' Solomon,' Thomas,* Samuel,' Thomas,"
'Thomas,'') son of Isaac' and Rebecca Green ; b. in Providence, R. I., Dec. 22,
1819; m. Jan. 15, 1843, Nanct B. Manchester of Newport, R. I.
He is by occupation a moulder for iron castings ; lives in Rehoboth, Mass. :
and is a member of a Baptist church. His children have been —
878. Anna Jane,' b. Nov. 28, 1843 ; d. July 17, 1849.
879. Sarah Augusta,' b. Aug. 1, 1846.
880. Laura Staples,' b. April, 1851.
881. Lewis Herbert,' b. June, 1853 ; d. July, 1854.
697.
Dr. JOEL GREEN,' (Zeeb,' Israel,' WiUiam,* William,' William," Thomas,')
eldest son of Zeeb Green' of Chittenden, Vt. ; b. in Westminster, Mass., July
30, 1780 ; m. 1, Luct Horton, dau. of Judge Hirara Horton of Brandon, Vt
She d. 1819. 2, Eleutheria D. Fav, adopted dau. of Col. Josiah Dunham,
of Windsor, Vt
He studied medicine, and was a practising physician some years in Brandon,
Vt. In 1818 or 1819, he removed to Rutland, in the same state and county,
where he practised medicine nearly thirty years. He was distinguished
throughout the state as an eminent physician ; received the degree of M. D.

* Williams' Miscellanies, p. 148.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 183
from Midd. Coll. in 1832; was several years a member of the Vermont Legis
lature; and was universally esteemed for his integrity and ability. He d.
Nov. 20, 1849. = J' ;-
His children were, by first wife, and b. in Brandon, Vt —
882. Rolla Alonzo,' b. about 1810. He went to the South, and d. in Alabama
883. Lucy Columbia,' b.  ; d. in infancy. [about 1850.
884. Lucy Columbia,' b.  ; m. Cephas C. Alvord of Rutland, Vt.
885. Nancy Elizabeth,' m. Rev. Mr. Tenney,and lives in Texas.
By second wife, and b. in Rutland, Vt. —
886. Charlotte,' m.  Young, a planter of Alabama.
887. Josiah Dunham' ; now a physician in Northampton, Mass.
888. Mary'; m. B. W. Burt, and" lives at Castleton, Vt.
889. George E.' ; removed to Texas ; d. 1856.
The Bible, containing the record of this family, was carried away to Texas ;
hence the dates are not furnished.
606.
Dr. HORACE GREEN,' (Zeeb,' Israel,' William,* William,' WUliam,"
Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Chittenden, Rutland Co., Vt, Dec.
24, 1802; m. 1, Oct 20, 1839, Mart Sigoornet Butler, dau. of James
Davie Butler of Rutland, Vt She d. Aug. 17, 1833. 3, Oct 37, 1841, Har
riet Sheldon Douglas, dau. of I. H. Douglas of Waterford, N. Y.
He studied medicine in Rutland, Vt, and in that place commenced practice
as a physician in 1834. After five years' practice in Vermont, he went to
Philadelphia,Jittended two full courses of lectures, and grad. at the Univ. of
Penn. Returning to Rutland, he practised five years more as a physician
there ; and in 1834, received the degree of M. D. from Midd. Coll. After this
he removed to New York city ; spent two years there in general practice ; and
then, going to Paris, availed himself of the opportunities afforded by the lec
tures and hospitals of that celebrated metropolis. After his return to this
country, he was the first to bring before the medical profession, in a paper read
to the New York Surgical Society, the method and value of topical medication
for diseases of the air passages ; a practice of which, we believe, there is now
no dispute he was the originator. Since that tirae, he has acquired a high
and extensive reputation, both as a physician and as a medical writer. His
practice as a physician is supposed to be scarcely less extensive or lucrative
than that of any other in the city. For many years he has been engaged as a
lecturer. From 1840 to 1843, he occupied a professor's chair in the Medical
College in Castleton, Vt. In 1846, he published a work on his favorite theme,
the " Topical Medication of Diseases of the Air Passages." In 1849, he pub
lished a volume on the " Treatment of Croup by Topical Application;" and, in
1852, one "On the Polypi of the Larynx and CEdemaof the Glottis." In
1850, he united with several distinguished medical gentlemen in founding the
New York Medical College ; in which he took the chair of the Theory and
Practice ; and was elected to the Presidency, both of the Faculty and of the
Trustees. In 1854, he, with his colleagues in the college, started the Ameri
can Medical Monthly ; with the editorial conduct of which journal, he is stOl
connected. His children have been —
By flrst raarriage, and b. in Rutland, Vt. —
890. Anna Sophia,' b. April 27, 1832.
By second marriage, and b. in New York —
891. Sarah Douglas,' b. Nov. 19, 1842.
892. Harriet Sheldon,' b. Aug. 27, 1844.
893. Catharine Douglas,' b. July 5, 1846 ; d. July 7, 1847.
894. Horace Douglas,' b. Jan. 1, 1848.
895. Henry Loomis,' b. March 16, 1849.

184: GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
896. Mary Walton,' b. Nov. 7, 1850; d. Feb. 6, 1854.
897. John Douglas,' b. June 4, 1852; d. Aug. 11, 1853.
898. George Walton,' b. May 9, 1854.
899. Edmund,' b. Feb. 26, 1856 ; d. Sept 17, 1856.
900. Lucia Butler,' b. March 25, 1857. 611.
EZRA GREEN,' (Lemuel,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' William,''
Thomas,') eldest son of Lemuel' and Sarah (May) Green; b. in Spencer, Oct
8, 1776; m. Oct 21, 1805, Sallt Proctor, dau. of Jacob Proctor of Barlow,
Washington Co., Ohio. He removed to Ohio previous to his marriage. He
d. Sept. 21, 1822, ae. 46. His wife d. Nov. 25, I8I9. Their children were—
901. An infant son, b. Jan. 1, 1807 ; d. very soon after.
902. Sarah May,' b. Dec. 20, 1809 ; d. Feb. 26, 1833.
903. Elizabeth G.' b. Nov. 13, 1811; m. Oct. 1849, Isaac Ingraham Warren.
They have David Proctor, Josiah H.
904. Stephen Washington,' b. about 1813 ; m, Sept. 1, 1836, Lucy Green of
Watertown, 'Washington Co., Ohio. Children —
905. Mary Elizabeth,' b. Dec. 23, 1837 ; d. Jan. 30, 1840.
906. Ezra,' b. Dec. 28, 1839.
907. John Henry,' b. March 18, 1842.
908. Lucien Proctor,' b. July 10, 1844.
909. Sarah Louisa,' b. Feb. 19, 1847.
910. Emma Augusta,' b. June 29, 1849.
911. Maria Lucy,' b. Feb. 14, 1852.
912. William L.,' b. Oct 18, 1854,
913. Fekn-a May,' b. Dec. 28, 1856. [Flora ">]
618.
JAMES GREEN,' (Lemuel,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* WUliam,' WUliam,^
TTwmas,') brother of the preceding; b. in Spencer, April, 1791 ; m. I, Naomi
McIntosh, who d. in 1823, very suddenly. 2, June, 1825, Anna Livermore
of Spencer.
He lived in Spencer, and d. July 9, 1828, a. 37. A few months after his
death, his wife gave birth to a daughter, and d. about three weeks afterwards.
His children by second wife, were —
914. John,' b. June 5, 1826 ; m. Harriet G. Ide, dau. of Marcellus and Martha
Ide of Providence, R. I. He is a mechanic. His children, b. in Wor
cester, are —
III: S^s'} twins, b. March 16, 1855.
917. Charles Silmner,' b. May 15, 1857.
918. Ann Eliza,' b. Sept. 8, 1828; m. Francis Wallace of Brookfield; and d.
July 8, 1852, without issue. 619.
WILLARD MORE GREEN,' (Lemuel,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* miliam,'
William," Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Spencer, May, 1796 ; m.
1817, Pattt Wood, of Brookfleld, sister of Chloe, his brother Elijah's wife.
He removed to Ohio, where he d. Oct. 27, 1830, a. 34. After his death, his
widow ra. Harvey Goble. She d. March 7, 1853.
The children of Willard M. and Patty Green were —
919 — 921. One son, two daus., d. in infancy.
922. Louisa,' b. Sept. 26, 1818 ; m. Elijah Wood ; has had three sons, now liv
ing, and three daus., one of whom is dead.
923. Mary Ann,' b. April 1, 1821 ; m. James Wood ; has had seven children, of
whom one son and two daus. are now living.
924. Clarinda,' b. Juno 14, 1823; m. Isaiah Peterson. They have three sons
and one daughter.

THE GREEN FAMILY. 185

666.
Dr. HENRY PRENTISS GREEN,' (fiu/U«,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* Wil
liam,' William," Thomas,') son of Rufus' and Keziah Green of Calais, Vt. ; b*
there, Dec. 1, 1798 ; m. Aug. 15, 1829, Joanna Crowell, b. in Newark, N.
J., April 12, 1803, dau. of David Crowell of Chatham, N. J. She d. in Madi
son, N. J., April 20, 1851.
He studied medicine in Madison, N. J., Chatham, N. J., and New York city.
Commenced practice, April, 1826, in New Vernon, Morris Co., N. J. ; removed
in 1828 to Madison, N. J., where he now resides. He is a skilful and suc
cessful physician ; a gentleman of unblemished moral and religious character.
As a citizen and a man, he is an honor to the nuraerous family to which he
belongs. His children have been —
925. Mary Augusta,' b. Oct. 10, 1831 ; m. July, 1855, David B. Greene, son of
Rev. David Greene of 'Windsor, Vt. [432.] They res. in Madison, N. J.
926. Everett Wilmer,' b. Oct. 5, 1834 ; unm. Studied law, and is now practising
it in New York city.
927. Clara Lucetta,' b. Dec. 25, 1836 ; d. May 13, 1842.
928. Lansing Page,' b. Nov. 18, 1838 ; d. Feb. 25, 1840.
929. Lansing Beach,' b. June 28, 1841 ; d. Dec. 9, 1844.
930. Alice Linden,' b. Feb. 13, 1846. 667.
Rev. JOHN GREENE,'' (Ebenezer,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' William,"
Thomas,') eldest son of Ebenezer' and Sybil (Hitchcock) Greene of Belcher
town ; b. there, June 17, I80I ; ra. Aug. 2, 1830, Mary "Thompson of Belch
ertown, b. Dec. 1, 1800.
He grad. 1830, at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Seminary, N. Y. ;
now Madison University. He was soon after ordained as pastor of the Baptist
Church in Leicester, gathered in 1736, by Rev. Thomas Green [48] ; where
he remained for a series of years an efficient and successful minister. He now
resides in Westfield, Mass. His children have been —
931. An infant, b. Aug. 21, 1831 ; d. same day.
932. John Wayland,' b. in Leicester, Nov. 12, 1832 ; d. of croup, April 12, 1833.
933. William JBoardman,' b. in Leicester, Feb. 16, 1835 ; grad. at the Westfield
Normal School in 1856 ; now living in Westfield.
934. Mary Marilla,' b. in Leicester, Sept. 22, 1837 ; grad. at the Westfield Nor
mal School in 1857 ; now living in Westfield.
935. Timothy Gilbert' b. in Shutesbury, Sept 23, 1841 ; d. Sept. 19, 1842.
936. Harriet Annette,' b. in Shutesbury, Jan. 23, 1845.
670.
WILLIAM GREENE,' (Ebenezer,' JVathaniel,' JValhanid,* William,' William,"
Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Belchertown, June 27, 1805 ; m.
May 5, 1835, Harriet Gavit, of Norwich, Ct, who was b. Aug. 19, 1808.
He is a farmer. After living some time in Chicopee, (then a part of Spring
field,) he occupied the homestead in Belchertown many years. In 1854, he
removed thence to North Andover ; where he now resides. His children have
been — b. in Springfield —
937. William Spencer,' b. April 1, 1836; d. Nov. 13, 1837.
938. George Herbert,' b. July 1, 1837; preparing for college in the Punchard
Free School, Andover.
939. Arthur Maurice,' b. Feb. 19, 1839.
Born in Belchertown —

940. Charles Warren,' b. Aug. 17, 1840.
941. Anne Maria,' b. Jan. 27, 1842.
942. Edward Worthington,' b. Sept. 4, 1843.
943. Harriet Louisa,' b. Aug. 16, 1845.

186 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
672.
S/SMUEL STILLMAN GREENE,' (Ebenezer,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,
WUl'am,' William," Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Belchertown
May 3, 1810; named after Rev. Dr. Samuel Stillraan of Boston; ra. 1, Aug.
29, 1839, Edna Amelia Bartlett, dau. of Stephen and Hannah Bartlett of
Woicester, who was b. in Webster, Oct 21, 1816, and d. April 24, 1851, se.
35. 2, Aug. 10, 1854, Mary Adeline Bailey of Salem, b. Sept 12, 1825,
dau. of Ebenezer and Adeline Bailey of Boston. Her father was some time
Principal of a High School for Young Ladies, and author of a work on Algebra.
He was fitted for college at Leicester, 1832-3 ; grad. Brown Univer. 1837 ;
Assistant Teacher in Worcester Academy, 1837; Principal 1839; Superintend
ent of Public Schools in Springfield, 1840 ; Assistant in English High School,
Boston, 1842 ; Agent of Mass. Board of Education, 1849 ; Superintendent of
Public Schools in Providence, R. I., 1851 ; Professor of Mathematics and Civil
Engineering in Brown University, 1855. Published " Greene's Analysis of
Sentences," 1848; "Greene's First Lessojis in English Grammar," 1849. Now
President of Rhode Island State Institute ; also President of the Baptist Sab
bath School Convention of Rhode Island. Children by first wife —
944. Frank Bartlett' b. in Worcester, March 18, 1851.
By second wife —
945. Percival Bailey,' b. in Providence, May 24, 1855.
946. Alice,' b. in Providence, Nov. 2, 1857.
673.
RUFUS GREENE,' (Ebenezer,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' William,*
Thomas,') brother of the preceding; b. in Belchertown, May 22, I8I2; m. 1,
July 4, 1839, Clarissa M. Sprague of Leicester, b. Dec. 8, 1816 ; d. in Lei
cester, Aug. 29, 1841, SB. 25. 2, Aug. 1842, Ctkthia Sprague, b. in Lei
cester, July 31, 1818, sister of the former wife. She d. in Chicopee, July 7,
1851, ae. 33. Rufus Greene d. in Chicopee, Mass., April 5, 1853, as. 41 ;" an
upright, faithful, christian man. His children were — by first wife —
947. Eliza C.,' b. May 22, 1841 ; d. Aug. 1841.
By second wife —
948. Francis Wayland,' b. June 1, 1846; resides with his uncle William in N.
949. Edwin Merrill,' b. Nov. 28, 1850 ; d. Sept. 8, 1851. [Andover.
674.
EDWIN GREENE,"! (Ebenezer,' JVathaniel,' JVathaniel,* William,' William,^
Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Belchertown, May 4, 1815 ; m. Nov.
1839, Susan Maria Bronson of SuflSeld, Ct
He was appointed Assistant in the English Department of Worcester Acad
emy, 1839; Organist and Conductor of the Choir in the Second Baptist Chh.
in Hartford, 1846; Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music in the Judson
Institute, Marion, Alabama, 1850; d. at the place last named, Sept 2, 1850.
His widow, having returned to New England, m. Ira M. BuUens of Chicopee.
Edwin Greene left one child —
950. Edna Annette,' b. in Suffield, Ct., Oct. 1840 ; now living with her mother in
Chicopee.
677.
CLARK E. GREEN,' (Benjamin,' Benjamin,' JVathaniel,* WUliam,' Wil
liam,^ Thomas,') eldest son of Benjamin' and Martha (Watson) Green of Spen
cer ; b. there, Feb. 20, 1788 ; m. Nov. 20, 1817, Susanna Gray of Stole,
Washington Co., Pa. He removed to Brookfield, Morgan Co., Ohio, where he
d. Nov. 12, 1850, 88. 63. His widow is still living. Their children were —

THE GREEN FAMILY. 187
951. Benjamin,' b. Feb. 18, 1819 ; m.  ; d. Nov. 12, 1845.
952. Lucy,s b. Dec. 13, 1820.
953. Oliver W.,' b. Aug. 14, 1822.
954. Eliza,' b. Sept. 22, 1824.
955. Edwin,' b. May 16, 1827.
956. Sarah,' b. Sept 25, 1834.
681.
OTIS GREEN,' (Benjamin,' Benjamin,' JVathaniel,* William,' William,"
Thomas,') brother of the preceding ; b. in Spencer, Feb. 7, 1796 ; m. Feb. 24,
1835, Martha Wilson, dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail Wilson of Spencer.
He is a thriving farmer ; resides in the south part of Spencer, about one and
a half miles north of Charlton Railroad Station ; and has contributed nearly
all in these sketches that pertains to the descendants of Benjamin Green,' [173]
besides other valuable information. His children are —
957. Alonzo W.,' b. March 2, 1836.
958. Maria E.,' b. July 27, 1839.
682.
DAVID GREEN,' (Benjamin,' Benjamin,' JVathaniel,* William,' WUliam,"
Thomas,') brother of the preceding; b. in Spencer, Dec. 27, 1797 ; m. I, Aug.
28, 1823, Augusta Brown, dau. of Abijah Brown of Charlton. 2,  .
He now resides in Ohio. His children are — by first wife —
959. Edward,' b. Oct. 5, 1824.
By second wife —
960. David,' ), . , t\ io.<c
961. MaryA.,'r'''°^;''-^'='=-18*«-
962. Lewis H.,' b. Sept. 1848. 735
ASHBEL GREEN,' Esq., (James s'.,' Ashbel,' Jacob,* Jacob,' Henry,"
Thomas,') son of Hon. James Sproat Green' of Princeton, N.J. ; b.  ;
m. Louisa Walker.
He is an able and successful lawyer in New York city ; oflSce, No. 20 Ex
change Place. He has one child —
963. William W.,8 b.  . 736.
JAMES S. GREEN,' (James S.,' Ashbel,' Jacob,* Jacob,' Henry," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding ; b.  ; m. Frances Winchester.
He has one dau.
964. Frances W,,' b.  . 751.
PHINEHAS GREEN,' (Phinehas,' Phinehas,' Samuel,* Samud,' Samud,"
Thomas,') son of Phinehas' and Mehitable Green of Reading; b. Aug. 20,
1803; m. Sept 1827, Clarissa Williams of Saugus.
He is a shoemaker, and resides in the south part of Reading, on the old
Andover Turnpike, just before you enter Stoneham. Children —
965. George Warren,' b. in Maiden, Feb. 13, 1828; m. Feb. 24, 1853, Caroline
C. Adams, b. in Buriingtou, 1819, a widow, of Stoneham, dau. of Bil
lings Carter of Buriingtou.
966. Julia Ann,' b. March, 1829.
967. Charies C.,' b. March 7, 1831.
968. Martha E.,' b.  , 1832; d. 18-36, a. 4.
969. Jackson,' b. Sept 27, 1834.
970. Orne,' b. Feb. 17, 1839.
971. Albert,' b. July 28, 1840.
972. Emily Frances,' \ twins, b. Feb. 1 d. 1846, a. 2 years.
973. Joseph Emerson,' ) 15,1844. j d. 1846, a. 2 years, 6 months.

188 GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES.
754.
DANIEL GREEN,' (Daniel,' Daniel,' Thomas,* Thomas,' Samuel,"
Thomas,') eldest son of Capt Daniel' and Sarah (Evans) Green of Stoneham ;
b. there, Aug. 3, 1784 ; m. Nov. 3, 1811, Elizabeth Sweetser, dau. of John
and Elizabeth' (Green) Sweetser of South Reading. [479.]
He was a trader in South Reading about forty years ago; now and for many
years past, a farmer in the northeast part of Stoneham. His wife is also still
living in that town. Their children are —
974. Elizabeth,' b. Oct 11, 1812; m. May 9, 1833, Solon Dike, b. March 21,
1811, son of Jesse and Elizabeth Dike of Stoneham. He carried on the
manufacture of shoes in Stoneham many years, but for some years past
has been a trader in one of the Southern cities, where his wife d. about
1854.
975. Amelia Fay,' b.  ; m. May 2, 1837, William T. Bloomer, tanner, of
Stoneham.
976. Daniel Oakes,' b.  ; m. Sarah Barnes, dau. of Daniel Barnes of Stone
ham.
977. Sarah,' b. Nov. 9, 1827 ; unm. ; lives with her father.
756.
HENRY GREEN,' (Daniel,' Daniel,' Thomas,* Thomas,' Samud," Thomas,')
brother of the preceding; b. in Stoneham, March 22, 1792; m. 1, May 10,
1817, Betsey Sturtevant of South Reading, who d. July 10, 1823. 2, Dec.
15, 1823, Abigail Gkrrt, dau. of Joshua Gerry of  , Vt. ; probably
originally of Stoneham. Henry Green lived in Stoneham ; and d. many years
since. His children, b. in Stoneham, were — by first wife —
978. Elizabeth Thompson,' b. March 15, 1819 ; m. May 14, 1835, Joshua Harri
son Howard, b. Oct. 5, 1813, son of Amos and Mary Cheever (Bryant)
Howard of Stoneham. She d. Aug. 31, 1839, se. 21.
979. Elvira/ b. Oct. 13, 1822 ; m. Feb. 9, 1843, Henry P. Wiley of Stoneham.
By second wdfe-^
980. Fidelia Abigail,' b.. Nov. 27, 1825 ; m. Feb. 8, 1844, Nathaniel J. Campbell.
981. Frances,' b  ~- ; m.  Whitney.
i982.. Elmira,' b.  ; unm. 1857.
983. Henry Wilbur,' b. -=-; unm. 1857.
984. Joshua,' b.  -; unm. 1857.

ADDENDA.
We are inclined to think that our ancestor, Thomas Greene,' resided in Ipswich till
1649 or 1650 ; and that Henry Green,' residing in the same town 1642, was his brother. The
Mhir Thomas Green, we suppose, lived in Roxbury in 1643, and came within three years
after to Maiden ; where his wife Margaret was one of the thirty-six females who in 1651,
.signed the petition lo the General Court. One of these came from England in 1635; the
other in 1636.
Pp. 128, 132. By Vinton Memorial, is meant that portion of the volume which pre
cedes p. 289.
P. 133, 143. Benjamin Green [59] m. Christian Maine of Berwick, Sept. 9, 1713.
P. 134. For information respecting the families of Henry Green< [69], Seth Green* [721,
Timothy Green* [75], Phinehas Green* [77], and Amos Green* [78], see p. 149. This
information was not received till after p 134, was printed.
ERRATA.
After the early part of the preceding sketch had been printed, some information was re
ceived iip reference to six additional families, (p. 149) which necessitated a readjustment of
ihe consecutive numbering, on the left hand of several pages. Hence the following refer
.eoces became false, and should be corrected by the reader.
P. 133. William Green, jr. [223] should bo' [255.]
P. 139. David Green, jr. [236] should be [267.]
P. 141. Dr. John Green.' [474] should be [560J
P. 143, 144. Ebenezer Green, [313] should be [354.]
P, 14i5, William Green, [393] should be [476,]

APPENDIX.

Appendix A.
MANNER OF FOUNDING A TOWN IN NEW ENGLAND.
Tho following extract from Johnson's " Wonder-working Providence," written
1652, contains information not generally possessed of early usages ; and as the book
is extremely scarce, being only to be met with in a few libraries, it will interest the
curious, as well as throw some light on the text.
The writer. Captain Edward Johnson, is speaking, under date of 1 642, of the set
tlement of Woburn, where he resided from that time till his death, April 23, 1672.
He may well be supposed to know whereof he speaks, inasmuch as he was one of
the original founders of the town and church in Woburn, which town he represented
in the General Court 28 years, viz., from 1643 to 1671. The practice to which he
refei-s was not confined to Woburn, but was general through the Colony.
" The grant [of the General Court] is to seven men of good and honest report,
upon condition that within two years they erect houses for habitation thereon, and
so go on to make a town thereof, upon the Act of Court. These seven men have
power to give and grant out lands to any persons who are willing to take up their
dwellings within the said precinct, and to be admitted to all common privileges of
the said town ; giving them such an ample portion, both of meadow and upland, as
their present and future stock of cattle and hands were like to improve ; with eye
had to others that might after come to populate the said town. This they did with
out any respect of persons ; yet such as were exorbitant and of a turbulent spirit,
unfit for a civil society, they would reject, till they come to mend their manners ;
such came not to enjoy any freehold. These seven men ordered and disposed of the
streets of the Town, as might be best for improvement of the land, and yet civil and
religious society maintained  They refused not men for their poverty,
but according to their ability were helpful to the poorest sort 'n building their
houses, and distributed to them land accordingly. The poorest had six or seven
acres of meadow, and twenty-five, or thereabouts, of upland. Thus was this town
populated, to the number of sixty families, or thereabout ; and after this manner
are the Towns of New England peopled." Woburn was the twenty-third church iu
the Massachusetts Colony.
Johnson elsewhere remarks that "when the people in anyplace deemed them
selves competent to maintain a minister, then, and not before, they considered them
selves surely seated ; it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live
without an able ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without a fire."

Appendix B.
THE OLD CURRENCY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In 1690, the Province of Massachusetts Bay fitted out at great expense, an
Expedition for the conquest of Canada. This was undertaken merely in self-defence,
to dislodge the French, who were continually instigating the Indians to attack the
English settlements. Not only did this Expedition end in utter failure, but the cost
of it which was about 50,000 pounds, crippled the Province for many years after.
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not to exceed £40,000, which rested on the faith of the Province, and were to be ac
cepted in all public payments. This was the first emission of Paper Money in Mas
sachusetts, and probably in New England. ^
In 1702, another emission of " Bills of Credit " was made by the Province, to the
amount of £10,000. A like emission, of the large amount of £30,000, was made in
1709 In 1711, £10,000 more were issued. In 1714, a fresh emission was made of
£50,000; and £100,000 in 1716. In 1721, £50,000 more; in 1724, £30,000 were
emitted. From time to time, large quantities of this currency were collected for
public dues by the Province Treasurer, and committed to the flames, by order of the
Legislature ; notwithstanding which, there were in 1725, Bills of Credit in circula
tion to the nominal value of £200,000 ; and they were at the enormous discount of
sixtv per cent.
Various other emissions of Province Bills were made till 1740, when £35,000
were issued, which on account of some special conditions were called the " New
Tenor ;" the previous issues then receiving the name of " Old Tenor."
The currency, of course, became greatly deranged ; gold and silver were with •
drawn from circulation ; and much hardship was experienced, especially by those
who depended on fixed incomes. The currency was sinking rapidly every year ; no
one could foresee the final issue ; general bankruptcy and ruin seemed likely to
ensue. To Thomas Hutchinson, afterwards Governor of Massachusetts, belongs the
honor of devising an effectual remedy for so disastrous a state of things. He pro
posed that the specie, expected from the Royal Treasury to refund the charges in
curred by the capture of Louisburg, should be applied to the redemption of the
Province Bills of Credit, The money sent for this purpose arrived in Boston in
September, 1749, The amount was £183,649. 2s 7^^. sterling. It consisted of 215
chests of silver dollars, each chest containing 3000 dollars on an average ; and 100
casks of copper ; or, as per another account, 653,000 ounces of silver, and ten tons of
copper coin. There were 17 cart and truck loads of silver, and ten truck loads of
copper. This money was used in the redemption of the Province Bills at the following
rates. One Spanish milled dollar was given for forty-five shillings in Bills of the
Old Tenor ; and the same for eleven shillings and three pence of the New Tenor.
All Bills kept back a year after 31st March, 1750, to be irredeemable. All debts
and dues, contracted after that date, were made payable in silver coin, at six shil
lings and eight pence the ounce. The currency thus established was henceforth
known as " Lawful Money."
With a brief account of the Continental Currency, we shall conclude this
Appendix. The Congress assembled from the United Colonies at Philadelphia, ordered an
emission of notes to the amount of two millions of dollars, June 23, 1775. On the
29th July following, they ordered another emission of $3,000,000. In Aug. 1776,
they had issued nineteen millions ; and in Sept. 1779, the amount had reached 160
millions. The amountwas at length swollen to the enormous sum of $357,476,541.*
About the end of 1776, this currency began to depreciate. In a year more the
depreciation was three dollars for one. In Dec. 1778, it was six for one. In Dec.
1779, twenty-seven for one. In Dec. 1780, seventy for one. In the spring of 1781,
one hundred and fifty for one; and finally, in the summer or autumn of 1781, five
hundred for one. In the latter part of 1780, this paper ceased to circulate; nobody
would take it. Part of it was redeemed in 1790 at oue hundred for one ; part had
been previously redeemed at forty and seventy-five for one ; and some of this money,
being kept beyond the limited time, was never redeemed.
* Gouge on American Banking, as quoted by Fell, from whom most of the facts in this
Appendix are derived. — [Felt's Mass. Currency.

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Appendix C.
FAMILY OF JOSEPH HILLS OF MALDEN.
Joseph Hills Avas born in England in 1602; he was from Maiden in Essex ;
came to New England as early as 1638; admitted an inhabitant of Charlestown
1638; admitted to the Church, Feb. 2, 1639—40; selectman, 1644; freeman, 1645;
representative, 1647 ; speaker same year ; we find him in Maiden, after the incorpo
ration of that town, in 1649,* where he was the principal character and the flrst
leader of the Maiden Band ; representative of Maiden from 1650 to 1656 ; removed
to Newbury, it is not known exactly when, but probably in 1664 ; representative of
Newbury, 1667 ; several years Assistant, equivalent to the modem Councillor and
Senator; died at Newbury, Feb. 5, 1687-8, aetatis 86. He added ans to his name
to distinguish it from the numerous HiU families in the Colony. He was one of the
few lawyers in the Colony ; and to him the jurisprudence of the colony is said to
have been specially indebted. Johnson represents him as " active to bring the laws
of the country in order." His name often occurs in legal proceedings.
He married — 1, Rose Dunster, sister of Rev. Henry Dunster, first President of
Harvard College. She d. at Maiden, March 1, 1650-1.
2, Hannah, widow of Edward Mellows, married June 24, 1651 .
3, Helen Atkinson, dau. of Hugh Atkinson, of Kendall, in the County of West
moreland, Eng, Marriage ceremony, Jan, 1655-6, performed by Jos. Hill, i, e,, by
himself, for which he was admonished by the County Court, April 1, and fined £5,t
4. Ann, widow of Henry Lunt ra. at Newbury, March 8, 1664-5. §
The children of Joseph Hills were —
Joseph, prob. b. in England ; m. Hannah Smith, Nov. 1653.
Rebecca, prob. b. in England ; m. Thomas Green, Jr., abt. 1653. [Green, 3.]
Gershom, b. July 27, 1639; m. Elizabeth Chadwick, Maiden, Nov. 11, 1667.
Had Elizabeth, Feb. 1668-9. Mari/, March, 1671-2.
Mehitable, b. Jan. 1, 1640-1 ; d. July, 1653.
Wait, b.  ; living at the date of his father's Will, 1687.
John, b.  ; d. at Maiden, June 28, 1652.
Samuel, b. at Maiden, July, 1652. Settled at Newbury.
Nathaniel, b. at Maiden, Dec. 19, 1653; d. at Maiden, Feb. 26, 1653-4.
A daughter, [perhaps ;] m.  Blanchard.
Hannah, b.  ; unm. and living at the date of her father's Will, 1687.
Deborah, b. at Maiden, March, 1656-7 ; d. at Maiden, Oct 1, 1662.
Abigail, b. at Maiden, Oct. 6, 1658 ; d. at Maiden, Oct. 9, 1662.
Joseph Hills,^ Jun., son of the preceding; m. Hannah Smith, Nov. 1653. He
d. at Maiden, April 19, 1674. Hannah, his wife, d. July 11, 1674. Their children,
all b. at Maiden, were —
Joseph,' b. Oct. 1655.
Hannah,' b, March 1656-7; m, Andrew Grover of Maiden, Feb. 7, 1673-4.
Andrew Grover d. April 24, 1674. Hannah, his wife, d. May 30, 1674.
Elizabeth,' b. 1661; m. 1, abt. 1682, William Green,' b. 1661, son of Capt.
William Green^ of Maiden. [Green, 22.] William Green,' d. March 21,
1690-1, a. 29. 2, Aug. 25, 1691, Capt. John Lynde,' son of Ensign Thomas
Lynde,!^ (b. in Eng. abt. 1616,) who was son of Dea. Thomas Lynde' of
Chariestown. [Geeen, 33.] She d, Jan. 29, 1698-9. After her death, Capt.
Lynde had a second wife, Judith, widow of Joses Bucknam of Maiden.
John,' b. March, 1666.
Dorothy,' b. April 13, 1667.
* He probably lived in Maiden previous lo its incorporation, and while it was a part of
Charlestown, and known as " Mystic Side." It is very likely that Maiden received its name
out of respect lo him.
t Governor Bellingham also married himself. So did Rev. Stephen Bachilor of Hamp
ton. 5 Hon. George Lunt now of Boston, is a descendant of this Henry and Ann Lunt.

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Samuel,' b. Dec. 1667. [¦?]
Joseph,' b. July 3, 1 674.
The Will of Joseph Hills is dated Sept. 14, 1687. Proved at Ipswich, March 14,
1687-8. Sealed and recorded at Boston, March 23, 1687-8. It is recorded Lib. 10,
fol. 241, in Suffolk Probate Records. Its existence there is supposed to be ac
counted for by the fact, that Sir Edmond Andros, among many other acts of arbi
trary power, obliged the people of the whole Colony of Massachusetts Bay to have
their Wills recorded at Boston.
Joseph Hills describes himself as " late of Maiden, now of Newbury ;'' but in
the Probate he is called "Joseph Hills of Maiden." [He died in Newbury ; for he
makes a bequest to "this town of Newbury."] He speaks of his wife Ann, bis sons
Gershom, WaU, and Samuel, as then living ; his daughter, Hannah, also living and
unmarried ; and his grandchildren Hannah and Elizabeth Blanchard, Hannah
Winten,* and Samuel Green. To each of the two last he gives forty-flve acres of
upland, and flve of meadow out of his farm in Dunstable. He gives forty shillings
to "this town of Newbury" for the purchase of a bell for the meeting-house, on
condition that the inhabitants make it up to thirty pounds or more, within three
years after his deeease. His son Samuel Hills and son-in-law Abiel Long are made
executors ; the overseers of the Will were Lieut. Tristram Cofliu and Capt. Daniel
Pierce. 'These four lived and died in Newbury.
The compiler made a mistake in the Vinton Memorial, (pp. 13, 14, 20,) in
saying, that a daughter of Joseph Hills married a son of the Vinton family. 'The
statement was borrowed from the "Bi-Centennial Book of Maiden," printed 1850,
and its only foundation is the Will just quoted. Subsequent researches have shown
that the Hannah Vinton, mentioned in the Will, was the wife of John Vinton,'^
[Vinton, 3] then of Maiden, afterwards of Woburn ; and that she was the daughter
of Thomas Green,^ of Maiden, [Green, 3] by his wife Rebecca, eldest dau. of Jo
seph Hills. Thoraas Green^ and his wife Rebecca were both deceased at the date of
the Will of her father, 1687 ; therefore they are not mentioned in it. But Hannah
(Green) Vinton and her brother Samuel Green, children of the said Thomas and
Rebecca (Hills) Green, are mentioned and provided for in the Will. In proof of
what has now been stated, I allege the following expression in a Deed of Gift from
Joseph Hills, Sen., to Thomas Newell [Green, 12] of Lynn, (husband of Hannah
(Green) Vinton's sister Rebecca) : " I, Joseph Hills of Newbury, father of Rebecca,
the wife of Thomas Green, late of Maiden," &c. [Midd. Deeds, 8 : 543.
John Vinton,^ was "of Lynn," when he m. Hannah Green, Aug. 16, 1677.
* Joshua Coffin, Esq., the historian of Newbury, who is perfectly at home in such matters,
says, in a letter to me respecting this Will, — " I am satisfied that Vinton is the right name;
if the original is in existence, you will probably find Vinton and not Winten in it." I have
made a thorough search for the original among the old files of the Suffolk Probate Registry,
but it is nowhere to be found.

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Appendix D.
THE BRAINTREE IRON WORKS.
As the Vinton family, during the second, third, and fourth generations, were in a
special manner connected with the manufacture of iron, and as the Braintree Iron
Works, or at least their site, have been, for a period approaching a century and a
half, in the possession and occupancy of the family, it seems proper here to give the
history of the same.
Let us first be indulged with a few remarks in reference to the town of Braintree
itself. A good history of this ancient town, such as Felt's Annals of Salem, Shat-
tuck's History of Concord, Barry's History of Framingham, or Jackson's History of
Newton, is, and we fear must long continue to be, a desideratum. And yet there is
scarcely a town in this good old Commonwealth, whose history would be more valu
able and instructive. It has produced its full share of eminent men — we speak of the
original town of Braintree ; it has always maintained a high reputation ; it has sent
forth numerous colonies. It can scarce be an exaggeration to say, that go where you
will, in New England or the Middle and Western States, you will be almost sure to
find a Braintree man, or the descendant of a Braintree man. This volume will show
that the Vinton family of Braintree has representatives not only in New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, but in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, and five or six other States. To all such we trust the no
tices embodied in this Appendix will be of sufficient interest to justify the space
they occupy.
The town of Braintree originally included within its limits the present towns of
Quincy, Braintree, and Randolph. Quincy, on the North, about eight miles from
Boston, was the original plantation. As early as 1625, perhaps 1624, a company of
people, of which one Capt. Wollaston was the head, came here, with the intention
of making a permanent settlement. From him, the place received the name of
Mount Wollaston, which it bore for fifteen years, until May 13, 1640, when it became
a town by the name of Braintree. Mr. Savage, in his Notes to " Winthrop's Jour
nal," Vol. I., p. 43, is of opinion, that the settlement made by Wollaston, never
wholly disappeared. If this be so, Braintree is the oldest settlement in the Massa
chusetts Colony. Rev. Mr. Lunt, of Quincy, in the Notes to his Centennial Dis
courses, 1839, concurs in this opinion ; and offers, we think, satisfactory grounds for
the same ; which, together with much interesting information respecting the early
history of Braintree, we should be glad to give, if we had room.
This territorv, during some years previous to its incorporation, was an appendage
to Boston. It "was, as we may say, a part of Boston.* In 1632, a company from
Braintree, in the County of Essex, Old England, "sat down" at Mount Wollaston.
In a few months, they removed to Newtown, (now Cambridge,) and thence, the
most of them, in 1635, removed to Connecticut River, under the care of Rev. Thomas
Hooker, where they laid the foundation of Hartford. A part of them seem to have
returned from Newtown to Mount Wollaston, and there uniting with the remains of
Morton'sJ company, and some new comers from Boston and elsewhere, they gave to
this place the name of Braintree in 1640.
The present town of Braintree was, in 1707, incorporated as the Second or bouth
Precinct. It had previously been called Monotoquod, or Monaticut, from the river
which passes through it ; a name now more usually written Monatiquot. In that
Precinct a church was gathered Sept. 10, 1707. This became the Middle Precinct
on the separation from it of the New South Precinct about 1730. The North Pre
cinct was incorporated in 1792 as a separate town, and called Quincy, out ot
respect to Hon. John Quincy, a native and resident of the Precinct, who was forty
years representative of Braintree in the General Court, and many years Speaker of
the House. The New South Precinct was incorporated as a town by the name ot
Randolph, March 9, 1793. __ , . . . ^ j .
It has been a question, whether the first Iron Works m America were erected at
Lynn or at Braintree. It is certain that both of these places had Iron Works before
* Mount Wollaston was annexed to Boston, by order of Ihe General Court Sept. 8,1634.
" Rumuey Marsh," (afterwards Chelsea,) was annexed at the same time. Muddy Kiver,
(Brookline 1 was also a part of Boslon, till 1705. tt ¦ i. i,-
^tThoma Morton succeeded Wollaston as head of thai old settlement. Havmg by his
ill behavrof occasioned much trouble to the olher settlements, he was in 1628 arrested by an
armed force and sent out of the counlry, and most of his associates were dispersed. Some
few of the belter sort seem to have remained.

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they were established elsewhere on this continent. It is also certain that Iron Works
were established at both of these places about the same time. But which ot those
places had Iron Works first, is not so clear.
The historical evidence on the subject is the following :— , „ , „
John Winthrop, Jun.,* came from England in 1643, with workmen and stock
[i. c. capital] to the amount of one thousand pounds sterling, subscribed by a com
pany! in London, for the purpose of commencing the manufacture of iron in the
Massachusetts Colony. Tho people of Boston immediately manifested a readiness
to aid in so necessarv and useful a work. At a Town Meeting, held in Boston, 19th
of llth mo., 1643, [i. B. J.in. 19, 1644,] the following vote was passed: "There is
granted unto Mr, John Winthrop, Jun,, and his partners, and to their heirs and
assigns forever, three thousand acres of the Common Land at Braintree, for the en
couragement of an Iron Work, to bo set up about Monotocot River ; the said three
thousand acres, to be laid out in the land next adjoining, and most convenient for
their said Iron Work, by the direction of the select townsmen, [or selectmen of Bos
ton. ]§
It clearly appears from this vote, — which is the earliest vote anywhere to be found
on the subject of Iron Works,— 1. That the^ Iron Works, for the establishment of
which Mr. Winthrop had brought over workmen and capital from England, were
not yet erected, in Jan. 1643-4 : 2. That those works were then about to be erected in
Bbaintree, "about Monotocot River :" 3. That the establishment of Iron Works
in Braintree was considered essential to the prosperity of the Colony ; and hence
this liberal grant of land. All of which seems plainly inconsistent with the supposi
tion that there were Iron Works already in existence at Lynn, or elsewhere, which
were likely to furnish iron tools and iron ware for the Colony.
It seems that Mr. Winthrop and his associates applied to the General Court for
some encouragement. 'The Colony was uot able to aid them directly from its treas
ury, though the enterprise was highly approved, being considered of vital moment
to the country. Two or three private individuals took stock in it ; and an Order
passed the General Court, March 7, 1643-4, granting the Proprietors a monopoly of
the Iron manufacture for twenty-one years; also granting them three miles square
of land in any place they might select, not already granted ; together with exemp
tion of themselves, their workmen, and their stock, from public taxes, trainings, etc.
for ten years. [Mass. Colony Records, II. 61.
On the 13th November, 1644, the General Court passed an Order consenting to
"the last propositions sent unto us this Year by the Undertakers and Adventurers
of the Iron Worke :" allowing them three years "from the date hereof for y« per
fecting of their worke and furnishing of y« country w'l" all sorts of barr iron," with
sundry rights and immunities. In this Order is this expression — " y» furnace, w"'' is
already set up." [Colony Records, II. 81.
From the Order just quoted it is evident that at the date thereof, and, it would
appear, iu the interval that occurred since the tlate of the former Order, March 7,
1 643-4, a beginning had been made of an Iron Furnace someu-lwre ; but the place
is not mentioned.
The General Court also passed the following Order, May 14, 1645 : —
"Whereas it is now found by sufficient proof that the Iron Work is very suc
cessful, both in the richness of the Ore and the goodness of the Iron, and like to be
of great benefit to the whole country, especially if tho inhabitants here should be
interested therein in some good proportion, one half at the least, and whereas the
time limited for adventurers to come in will be expired in the ninth month [Novem
ber] next; — This Court taking the same into serious consideration, and being care
ful that such an opportunity for so great advantage to the Commonwealth might not
be let slip, have taken order, that speedy notice thereof should be given to every
town within this jurisdiction, expecting that all such persons, as are of sufiicient
ability, and intend their own benefit, with the common good, will forthwith appear
to come in to share in tho work, according to their abilities ; and for their better in
struction and direction herein, they are hereby to understand that there is already
disbursed between £1200 and £1500, with which the Furnace is built, with that
which belongeth to it, and good quantity of Mine,|| Coal, and Wood provided, and
* Son of Gov. Winthrop of Mass. ; himself afierwards Gov. of Conn. He d. at Boston,
April 5, 1676.
X This Company was called the " Company ot Undertakers for the Iron Works," and
consisted of a number of wealthy and enterprising gentlemen in London and elsewhere.
5 Boston Records — Old Record, I., 68 ; Records as copied, I., 194. |{ Iron Ore.

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some tons of Sow Iron cast, and sorae other things in readiness for the forge &c.
Ihey are also to know that no adventurer is to put in less than £100; but divers
may join together to make up that sum, so it come all under oue name ; there will
be need o some £1500 to finish the Forge, &c., which will be accepted in money,
beaver, wheat, coals, or any such commodities as will satisfy the workmen ;* and
these are to be paid in to Mr. Henry Webb of Boston, by such direction as they may
receive froin the undertakers, Mr. John Winthrop, Jan., Major Sedgwick, Mr.
Henry Webb aforesaid, and Mr. .Joshua Hcwcs. The new adventurers are also to
know that they must bear their part in such loss as is befallen the first stock, by for
bearance, or otherwise, to the time of the new adventurers paying in their adven
tures; and all such as will adventure are desired to hasten their resolutions, that the
work may go on speedily." [Mass. Archives, 59 : 16. Colony Records, II. 103.
bhortly after this tho " Company of Undertakers " addressed a memorial to " the
Governor, Deputy Governor, and the Generall Court of the Jurisdiction of Massa-
chusets Bay, dated 2d June, 1645, in which they say—" We cannot doubt that yo'
wisdome sees further into and know more of the weight and consequence of what in
0' behalfe hath bin off'ered to yo", and hath bin in part condescended to by yo'selves
for the planting of Iron works with yo" (the charge and hazards being certainly o",
the Advantage the publiqs and yo' own) than wee either can or need to relate.
What yo" formerly graunted wee have throughly considered, and find o'selves much
straitned in diverse of the pticulars, being satisfied we shalbe utteriy disabled to
carry on the worko to the publiq Advantage as we intend, unless yo" shall think fitt
to condescend to and confirmo what we have now drawn up, and by o' Ao-ent M'.
Richard Leader herew"' p'sent to yo"." " '
" We doe uot therein trouble yo" with any desires, but what arc of absolute neces-
sitie, and without which wee shalbe discouraged to proceed further," etc. IMass.
Archives, 59 : 13,
To this memorial are signed the following names :
Lionel Copley William Greenhill Geo. Sharpulls
Nicholas Bond Joshua Foote, Robert Houghton
John Pocock Thomas Foley, William Hicocke
Thomas Weld
To the propositions referred to iu the above memorial, the General Court appear
to have consented in an Order of Court dated Nov. 4, 1646. [Colony Records, II. 185.
The General Court granted to the Iron Company an ample charter, dated Oct. 1,
1645; giving them a monopoly of the Iron manufacture; the privilege of taking from
any unappropriated land, wood and timber to be converted into coal, also building
materials and iron ore ; also to make dams and sluices ; also the privilege of setting
up six forges or furnaces in six places, and in each place three miles square of land,
not being already granted and appropriated; also the privilege of exporting iron to
other parts of the world ; also freedom from taxes, trainings, &c. ; and all this for
the term of twenty-one years from the date of the former grant. [Colony Records,
This Charter, taken in connection with the Order passed May 14, 1645, makes it
apparent that the Company, having established a Furnace somewhere in the Colony,
had it in contemplation to erect other Furnaces in the coJony ; even to erect six Fur
naces in six different places, if they should have the means of so doing.
We find accordingly, within two years afterwards, that this " Corapany of Under
takers " had an establishment for the manufacture of iron at Lynn, and" another at
Braintree. But thus far the question of priority is undetermined, though the pre
sumption is in favor of Braintree.
The Iron Works at Lynn are mentioned by Hubbard, in his " History of New
England," (p. 374 of the edition published by Mass. Hist. Soc, in 1848.) He says,
"As the country had hitherto began to flourish iu most English manufactures, so
liberty was this year (1645) granted to make iron ; for which purpose a work was
set up at Lynn, upon a very commodious stream, J which was very much promoted,
and strenuously carried on, for some considerable time ; but at length, instead of
drawing out bars of iron for the country's use, there was hamracred out nothing but
contention and law-suits, which was but a bad return for the undertakers. However,
it gave occasion to others to acquaint themselves with that skill, § to the great advan
tage of the colonies, who have since that time found out many convenient places
* Great embarrassment existed from the want of a sufficient circulating medium. It is
always so in new countries.
X On the west side of Saugus River, which passes through Saugus, formerly a part of
Lynn. § Viz. : skillto manfactuie iron.

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where very good iron, not much inferior to that of Bilboa, may be produced ; as at
this day is seen in a village near Topsfield."* It will be noticed, here, that Hubbard
does not give us the date of the erection of the Iron Works at Lynn. He says only,
that liberty was granted, in 1645, to make iron ; and that in consequence of this Order
of Court " a work was set up at Lynn." What length of time elapsed between
the passing of the order and the erection of the works at Lynn, we are left to con
jecture. The Iron Works at Braintree are mentioned by Johnson, in his " Wonder- Work
ing Providence," written in 1652, under date of 1647, where he says (HI., 6) —
" The land affording very good iron, stone,J divers persons of good rank and quality
in England were stirred up by the provident hand of the Lord to venture their
estates upon an Iron Work, which they began at Braintree," etc. He further says
that the first operations of the forge were not attended with profit, but loss ; which
he attributes in part to the high price of labor, and m part to the want of skill and
experience in the manufacture of iron ; but expresses hope " that the owners may
pick up their crumbs again;" hopes they will persevere ; expresses great satisfaction
in the thought, that in addition to the commodities which the people of New Eng
land were already able to export, as wheat, rye, oats, peas, barley, beef, pork, fish,
butter, cheese, timber, masts, tar, soap, lumber, staves, &c., they were likely to be
able soon to export iron and lead. He speaks of the shipment of the articles already
mentioned, to Virginia, Barbadoes, Bermuda, and even to England, Portugal, and
Spain."^ It is quite remarkable that of two writers, each of them professedly giving the his
tory of New England, one takes notice of the Iron Works at Lynn, and says nothing
of Braintree ; while the other speaks largely of the Iron Works at Braintree, with
barely a word of Lynn. And this, too, while attributing a high degree of import
ance to the iron manufacture- Johnson, speaking of Lynn in 1651, merely says —
" There is also an Iron Mill in constant use." After having, in a manner so ample,
related the establishment of the iron manufacture at Braintree, and expressed the
hope that in consequence of it exports in iron would soon be added to a long list of
other articles then exported ; and while enlarging in his own fluent style on the fact
that there were coopers, tanners, and shoemakers in Lynn, he despatches the manu
facture of iron in that place with only half a line. Does not this seem to imply,
that in his judgment the Iron Works at Braintree were the earliest and the principal
works of this kind in the colony? And as he wrote in 1652, while the transaction
was still recent "nay we not place a fuller reliance on his statement than on Hub
bard's account, which was thirty years later '!
Mr. Lewis, in his history of Lynn, claims the priority for that town. He says, —
" It is certain that an Iron Foundry was iu successful operation at Lynn as early as
1643." What authority he had for this assertion does not appear. We know that
the money and the workmen for the contemplated Iron Works did not arrive from
England till 1643; that it was fully intended, in January following, to erect the
Works at Braintree, and a liberal grant made for that" purpose by the town of
Boston ; and so far as appears, this was the original intention. No notice appears
in the subsequent proceedings of either the town or general court of any different
plan, except as we learn from the Charter of Oct 1, 1645, that the plan was so
enlarged as to include the Erection of other furnaces, to the number of six in the
aggregate. Mr. Lewis thinks it to be conclusive in favor of the priority of the works at Lynn,
that the first purchase of land for the Iron Works at Braintree, which has been dis
covered, || was not till several months after the Order of Court, May 14, 1645, which
speaks of a furnace as already built ; " and as mention is made by the court of only
one forge, it follows of course that it must have been this," viz., the forge in Lynn.
There is no certainty, however, that the land purchased in Sept. 1645, was the
land on which the Braintree Iron Works were built. Neither is it certain that it

* At this day, means about 1680, when a close was put to the history. X '• e., Iron Ore.
& 'What an impression is made by this statement, of the enterprise and energy, even in its
infancy, of ihe Massachusetts Colony 1
II The first purchase of land for the Iron Works at Braintree, which we find on record is
dated Sept. 29, 1645. At that time, George Ruggles of Braintree sold to Richard Leader
in behalf of the " Companie Vndertakers of the Yron Works," twenty acres of Land in
Brainlree, bounded north on Monotocot Kiver, east on Isaac Scollay, west on Francis New-
^°w'''"„J'^,™''^®''?',' • ^^'^ Francis Newcomb, the progenitor of the Newcomb family.
d. May 27, 1692, aged 100 years. [Gravestone in Brainlree. ^

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was the first land in Braintree purchased for the Iron Company. The probability,
as we shall proceed to show, lies in the opposite direction. That company owned
several other tracts of land in Braintree, as will appear frora the following extract
from the " Inventory of Goods belonging to the Vndertakers of the Iron Works at
Lynne and at Brantrey, appraised Nov. 4, 1653," after the failure of the corapany.
Total amount of the Inventory, .£3961. 5. 6^.
"Land at Brantery — Taiero's [Thayer's] Lett, an accor, 17 Rodds,
Penne's Lott 78 accors.
Old Ruggles Lott 20 accors
Young Ruggles Lott 30 accors
Martin Saunders 29 accors
Good [raan] Newcorab's 18 accors
JoJin ffrench 60 Rodds
Chapman 1 accor
Levitt's House Lott 41 Rodds
Widow Hunn's Lott 20 accors 49. 15. 0
" Forge Dame, water-course, pond, flood-gates, and all other things be
longing to the forge, not already mentioned, £291. 0. 0
[Mass. Archives, 59 : 47.
So far as appears from the above Inventory, the " Ruggles Lott" was neither the
most valuable, nor the one first purchased. From deeds on record in the Suffolk
Registry, it appears that William Penn of Braintree, after whom " Poiin's Hill " in
that town was named, owned a considerable tract of land iu Braintree, "at the head
of the salt-water," near the "landing-place," "extending to the channel," and near
" the cart-bridge ;" all of these phrases pointing to the immediate vicinity of the
Iron Works. One of the above " lotts " was bought of hira. It is much more likely
that the Iron Works were erected on "Penne's Lott" or on "Taier's Lott" than on
"Ruggles' Lott." In all probability the lots of land in the above inventory were
arranged therein in the order of purchase. From a careful inspection of this inven
tory, it will be seen that " Taier's Lott" and the " ChapraanLott" were much the
most valuable, aud " Taier's Lott" being first named, was probably the site of the
Iron Works. It will also be seen, that the two " Ruggles' Lotts " were the least valu
able of the whole, being appraised at only three shillings the acre ; and were therefore
probably wood lots, pmrchased for the purpose of making charcoal for the Iron Works.
The fact therefore that George Ruggles of Braintree sold twenty acres of land to
Richard Leader for the Ii-on Company, Sept. 29, 1645, and that this is the first re
corded purchase of land in Braintree for the use of said corapany ; utterly fails to
prove the priority of the works at Lynn to those in Braintree. And yet this is the
chief arguraent if not the only one, relied on for this purpose. There were raany
other and doubtless some earlier purchases of land in Braintree, but the deeds of
conveyance did not happen to be placed on record. There was no book for record
ing transfers of real estate in the County of Suffolk till 1653. Hence many pur
chases were not recorded. Only one in ten of the purchases of land in Braintree
for the Iron Company found a place in the Suffolk RSgistry, and this not till eight
or ten years after its date, and after the Corapany had failed.
We may even go further and say, that the purchase of a wood-lot, in Sept. 1645,
for the Iron Company, affords a strong presumption that the corapany already had
their furnace in Braintree in successful operation. Neither manufacturing corapanies
nor individuals are wont to buy wood-lots in the first instance. They are careful,
usually, to purchase sites for their buildings in the first place, and wood-lots afler-
Another consideration which we cannot forbear fo notice, is the foUowing. The
Ii-on Company, in their raemorial of June 2, 1645, say. That they shall not proceed
any further i. e., that they shall not erect any more forges in the colony, unless
their propositions are coraplied with by the General Court. The General Court
granted a favorable answer Nov. 4, 1646. But long before this time, viz., in Sept.
1645 they purchased 20 acres of land in Braintree. This could not have been tor
the erection of a new forge; for the court had not yet acceded to their proposals.
Plainly therefore, the purchase of land in Braintree m Sept. 1645, could only have
been subsidiary to, and in furtherance of, the operations of a forge already m exis
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There appears, therefore, no good reason to doubt that the first Iron Works in
America were erected in Braintree. That this was the intention of Mr. Winthrop
and his partners, after the arrival of the former in 1643, with the means of com
mencing the undertaking, we are assured by the vote of Boston m Jan. following,
and no satisfactory evidence has been produced that this plan was not carried into
effect. There is ample evidence that the same corapany owned the Iron Works in
both places. No other furnaces wore erected by them.
"At a meeting, Jan. 31, 1647-8, of William Colbourne" and others, selectmen of
Boston, "the three thousand acres of land given by the town towards the encourage
ment of the Iron Works, at Braintree, is laid out according to order." [Boston
Records, original, I. 82. Copy, I. 234.] This land was granted four years before.
It was situated, mostly, on the south side of Monatiquot River, in the south and east
part of the present town of Braintree. It was long known as the " Iron Works
Land." The Iron Works at Braintree were within the present liraits of that town, on the
south side of the Monatiquot River, and about quarter of a mile from the Weymouth
line. The scenery is fine, and the location extremely convenient; being at the head
of tide-water, which affords easy coramunication with Boston and other sea-ports.
This circurastance gave it a great advantage over the Lynn Iron Works, which were
considerably over a raile, I believe, from navigable water. The Braintree establish
ment also was of direct and easy access frora the towns of Plymouth colony ; a cn-
cumstance which could not have been overlooked by the " Company of Underta
kers " and their agents, and which constituted another ground of preference over
Lynn. It was undoubtedly the intention of the company, while they had a monopoly
of the business in the Massachusetts Colony, to supply with their wares the people
also of Plymouth.
Richard Leader was the general agent and superintendent of the Iron Works both
at Lynn and at Braintree ; and is mentioned as a man of superior ability. James
and Henry Leonard were also connected with the Iron Works in both places. They
were from the county of Monmouth, in Wales ; they went from Braintree to Taunton
in 1652, where they soon after erected, within the present limits of Raynham, the
first forge in Plymouth Colony. We find a son of James Leonard at Braintree in
1668, and onward. The Leonards were interested in iron works not only at Lynn,
Braintree and Taunton, but at Rowley Village, New Jersey, and other places ; so
that it became alraost a proverb, " wherever there are iron works, you will find a
Leonard." An interesting memoir of the Leonard family, including notices of many
eminent persons, appeared in the Genealogical Register for October, 1851.
The " Company of Undertakers for the Iron Works at Lynn aud Braintree," con
sisted of the following gentlemen :
Lionel Copley, Esquire, of York County, England.
Nicholas Bond, Esquire, of Westrainster.
Thoraas Pury, Esquire, of Westminster.
John Bccx, merchant, London.
William Beauchamp, merchant, London.
Thomas Foley, gentleman, London.
William Greenhill, Stepney, County of Middlesex.
Thomas Weld, minister, Gateshead,'Durham.
John Pococke, merchant tailor, Loudon.
Williara Beeke, merchant tailor, London.
William Hicocke, citizen, Loudon.
These are the names as given by Lewis, in his History of Lynn. In an original
Indenture, of which I have been permitted to take a copy, made Aug. 23, 1650 be
tween William Awbrey of London of the one part and the " undertakers " of' the
other part, the following names appear :
Walter Frost, Esquire, of Westminster,
Nicholas Bond, Esquire, of Westminster,
Lionel Copley, Esquire,
Thomas Foley, gcntlemun, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire,
Robert Child of Northflect, Kent, doctor iu phvsic
John Becx of London, raerchnnt, .
John Pocock, merchant tailor, London,
William Beeke, merchant tailor, London,
Joshua Foote, ironmonger, London,

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;' in behalf of themselves and others, co-adveuturers, undertakers, and co-partners
in the stock and works of finding and making of Iron in New England."
Ihis William Awbrey* was to proceed to New England as the factor of the un
dertakers for seven years ; ho was to hire in Boston a convenient house and ware
house ; receive such goods, wares and merchandise, as the company raight forward
to hira, also such u-on and iron ware and other commodities as the servants and
workmen of the company in New England might deliver to hira. These wares he was
to sell and dispose of to the best advantage, according to the directions of the com
pany. He was to furnish the agent of the Iron Works with such moneys and goods
as might be needed; forward iron and other proceeds to the company at London;
and recetve a salary of 70 pounds English money, besides the rent of his house and
warehouse, &c., and all necessary costs and charges incident to the managinff of
their affairs. ^ °
I have before me an autograph letter, dated London, Sept. 28, 1652, signed by
Thoraas Foley, .John Becx, and Walter Frost, in behalf of the "undertakers," ad
dressed to their " comissioners " in Bo^iton ; in which bitter complaints are made of
John Gittbrd, who had succeeded Richard Leader, about 1651, as agent and superin
tendent of the Iron Works at L)nn and Braintree. This Gifford, it appears, was
to receive from the corapany a salary of £80 ; but by making various charges against
the cornpany, for itrnis which they were not dispose'd to allow, he had made the first
year of his agency worth to him, the letter says, about £300 or £400. " It were very
necessary that those abuses should be looked after by the comissioners, and raade
good by Gifford to the company." The letter also complains of raismanageraent
and wfiste at the furnace. It represents, moreover, that while the undertakers had
furnished, besides tho cost of the furnace, and " a good store of bar iron, sow iron,
potts, coal, wood, & myne" [ore] " and besyds all that £800 in coraodities that Leader
brought along for the corapany, which were worth no less than £1500 if thev had
been sold, and turned for the benefit of the worckes;" and "besides Bills of Ex
change drawn by Awbrey upon the company to the value of £1600;" "and not
above .£400 worth of Yron returned;" putting all this together, the writers think
"there must be reraayning at the worckes in Stock and Debts above £5000 ; which
is too much stock in all conscience by £2000, £3000 will stock a furnaso and fordge
in Old England, whore wood and coal are much raore expensive." " We would
intreat you seriously to mynd this business, that we raay not be fooled out of such
an Estate, and so probable of future profit, if well managed."
The letter proceeds to give directions, not to draw any more Bills of Exchange ;
if money should be wanted, borrow some for 8 or 12 months in Boston; send the
company bar iron, at least 50 tons iu every ship for London, besides what is sent to
Barbadoes ; and adds — " The business, if it be well followed, we no ways doubt but
it will pay us at last for all our trouble and cost" " Wee long cxtrearnly to vnder-
stand what course the Comissioners have taken with Mr. Awbrey and J. G'yfiTord ; be
cause if you let them go on in this course, it will certainly be the ruin of the worckes,
to our great loss and infinite disgrace."
From this letter it appears that " Mr. Ting, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Winslow,"
[Capt. William Tyng,} Heni-y Webb,t and Josiah Winslow, all of Boston,] were
now partners in the works. In this letter, " Brantry furnas & fordges " arc repeat
edly mentioned ; Lynn is uot mentioned at all. So far as appears from the letter,
the writer had " Brantry fumas & fordges " in his raind, and no other.
The letter frora which I have so liberally quoted, seeras to indicate how unfortu
nately the business of the Iron Works was conducted, and why an undertaking so
prosperously begun, terminated so soon in disaster and ruin. Tho enterprise, it
seems, was not exempted frora the common fate of all enterprises canied on by hired
agents for capitalists at a distance, without a vigilant, energetic supervision on the
spot by persons directly interested. Large expenses were incurred, much waste
was allowed, heavy debts were contracted, the corapany in London were required to
make frequent advances of money, while the proceeds sent to them were very inad
equate. The Ii'ou Works, during several years, were carried on with vigor, and
furnished most of the iron used in tlie colony. But of necessity, much of it was
sold on a credit ; and ready money, " Spanish raoney," was not to be had, or not
without ranch difficulty. At that tirae, when trade was carried on chiefly by barter,
and taxes were paid in the productions of the soil, the colonists could not pay coin
* " William Awbrey, merchant, was marryed lo Rachel! Rawson the dau. of Mr. Edward
Rawson 18 : 11 : 52, [Jan. IS, 1652-3.] pr. Mr. Wm. Hibbins," [Boston Records.
X Capt. William Tyng d. at Boslon, Jan. 18, 1662-3. Henry Webb d, summer of 1660.

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for the iron and iron wares furnished by the company, though coin, " Spanish mon
ey," was demanded. The corapany, therefore, or their factors at Boston, were under
necessity of borrowing money to carry on their operations. Several gentlemen of
Boston, particulariy Mr. Thomas Savage* and Mr. Henry Webb, advanced large
sums for their use. Mr. Webb was a stockholder from the beginning. At length,
in 1653, in less than a year after the date of this letter, Thomas Savage, Esq., at
tached the entire property of the company at Lynn and Braintree, to obtain the
amount due from them to himself and to Mr. Webb, Anthony Stoddard, &c. " At
a special court held at Boston, Sept. 15, 1653, he ['Thomas Savage] obtained judg
ment against the Estate of Joshua Foote, John Bex, Henry Webb, and company,
undertakers for the Iron Works at Lynn and Braintery, for £3670. 13. 7, disbursed
by himself and others who assigned over their debts to him ; and Execution there
upon issued forth and was levied upon their Estate of Houses, Lands, Iron Worke,
and Stock at Lynn and Braintery, and the same was delivered to hira by the Mar
shall ; which Judgment and Execution were further conflrmed by an Act of the
General Court of the Colony in 1658, upon a hearing granted to the said Underta
kers by way of review of the said Action." This quotation is made from a deed of
20 acres, on the south side of Monaticot River, being part of the "Iron Works Land,"
from Thoraas Savage to " Nathaniel Wales of Braintrv, weaver," dated Sept. 6,
1681. See Faxon, 7. [Suff. Deeds, 12 : 112.
Henceforth the Iron Works reraained in the hands of Thomas Savage, "his heirs,
and assigns." The company, however, endeavored to regain possession of them.
A Letter of Attorney" to John Becx is on record, Suff. Deeds., 3:115, frora Thomas
Foley and others, dated London, July 16, 1657. They call themselves "Adventu
rers and co-partners in and concerning certain Iron Works at Lynne and Braintry, in
New England ;" and set forth that the said Iron Works were erected by and at their
charges ; that "for the carrying on of the said works divers servants, both of the
English aud Scottish nation have been employed about tho same, together with a
considerable stock and store of raine, sow-iron, coals, woods, lands, cattle, boats,
vessels, and other necessary provisions hereunto belonging;" and " forasmuch as
the said Iron Works, and other the premises, have of late been withheld and detained
frora the said Adventurers and co-partners — therefore they constitute John Becx of
London, being one of the Adventurers aforesaid, their true and lawful attorney," &c.
In pursuance of the foregoing instruraent, John Becx, Aug. 25, 1657, revokes a
" Letter of Attorney" formerly given to Capt. Robert Bridges of Lynne, Capt. Wil
liara Ting of Boston, Henry Webb, and Joshua Foote } of the same, Capt. Robert
Keayne, and Josias Winslow of Boston in New England,^ and now " constitutes as
his lawful agent, factor, attorney and deputie John Gifford of London who was for
merly employed about the Iron Works by the said Adventurers, but displaced on
representations made to thera by the said Bridges," &c. [Suff. Deeds, 3 : 159, 160.
Armed with this authority, Gifford proceeded to New England, and on his appli
cation, the General Court granted a review of case, but without advantage to the
"Adventurers ;" the action already taken by the court being confirmed iu 1658.
The matter, however, was kept in agitation. The agent of the corapany brought
law-suits against Mr. Savage ; and on the other hand the owners of the lands which
had been overflowed and injured by the Iron Works, brought law-suits against tho
company ; and these contentions were protracted for more than twenty years, giving
occasion to the quaint observation of the historian Hubbard already quoted.
The works at Braintree were continued, though on a smaller scale, till about
ninety years after their establishment. There was a furnace, in which iron was
raade from the ore, and forges where iron wares were raade. 1670, March 26,
Thomas Savage of Boston, senior, for .£150, sold to " Gregorye Belcher and Alex-
* Ancestor of Hon. James Savage now of Boston, whose " Genealogical Dictionary,"
now in preparation, is destined to form an invaluable Thesaurus of information respecting
the early settlers of New England. Thomas Savage was also an ancestor of the compiler
of this volume, on the mother's side.
X Joshua Foote was in 1650 an ironmonger in London. Afler that he came to New Eng
land, and d. in Providence, R. 1., Oct. 1655. See his Will on Record, Suff Prob. In the
Inventory of Joshua Foote 's Eftate, Nov. 1665, " 96 acres at Brantrey" are mentioned, and
debts are duo from Ferdinando Thayer, Thomas Thayer, Shadrach Thayer. These were
Braintree men : [spelled '' Tare." "Sidracke Tare, ^c."]
^ These their co-partners in New England must have been the " Comissioners " to whom
the letter of Sepl. 28, 1652, was addressed.

APPENDIX. ,201
ander Marsh, both of Brantryo, farraers, the old fumese at Brantrye, with all the
houses thereto belonging, with all the lands thereto appertaining, being in estimation
200 acres ;* bounded N. on Elder Kingsley's land ; W. on the Comraon Lands of
Brantry ; E. & S. by the Furnice Brooke ;{ which lands was obtained by Thoraas
Wiggins by Judgraent against the Estate of the Undertakers of the Iron Works, and
levied by Execution, and sold by said Wiggins to said Savage." [Suffolk Deeds,
9 : 141.
Maj. Thomas Savage died February 14, 1682-3, a. 75. In the inventory of his
estate, lands in Braintree are appraised at £250, but it does not appear what they
were. The Iron Works are not mentioned in the inventory. They had previously
been sold to John Hubbard.
Dec. 7, 1682. His son, Capt. Ephraim Savage, " shop-keeper," of Boston, and
Sarah his wife, for £500 " currant money of New England," sell to John Hubbard
of Boston, merchant, " 2400 acres of land in Brantery, commonly called Iron Works
land, and is part of that 3000 acres formerly granted by the town of Boston to the
corapany of the Iron Works, according to a plot thereof drawn and signed by the
selectmen of said Boston, bounded E. on land of Capt. John Holbrooke, (which was
parcel of said land ) ; W. on Boston Comraon Lands ; N. part on Manaticut River,
part on land of John Hull, Esq., [he d. Oct. 1, 1683] ; S. on Boston Commons."
[The Iron Works are not included in this purchase.] [Suff. Deeds, 12 : 306.] John
Hubbard immediately conveyed one half of this purchase to Samuel White of Wey
mouth. [White 4. J
It appears that Belcher and Marsh were not able to keep the Iron Works, purchased
by them in 1670. John Hubbard owned and canied on the Iron Works from about
1680 to his death, Jan. 8, 1709-10. I have not been able to find any conveyance
of the Iron Works to Mr. Hubbard. But he owned those Iron Works as early as
Dec. 26, 1682, when he obtained the privilege of flowing, to a certain specified ex
tent the land of Dea. Joseph Allen. [Allen 7.] In 1691, he resided in Braintree.
The town of Lynn voted, July 13, 1691, "that Mr. Hubbard of Braintree should
give three shillings for every ton of Rock Mine [Ii'on-ore] that he has from Nahant,
to the Town, for the Town's use."
By this time, and as early as 1675, several furnaces and forges had been erected
in this and the neighboring colonies. § Frora this and other causes, the Iron Works
at Braintree greatly declined from their former importance.
In 1720, as we have already seen, (p. 3) the Braintree Iron Works were sold by Na
thaniel Hubbard, son of John Hubbard, to Thomas Vinton [12]. The land on which
the Iron Works stood reraains in possession of the Vinton family to this day ;
it is now owned by the father of the compiler of this volume. The Iron Works
were successfully carried on by Thomas Vinton till 1 736, when the dam was demol
ished, aud the works rendered useless, iu the manner now to be described.
There had been complaints by the people of the town that the Iron Works dam
obstructed the passage of the alewives up the river ; aud this was considered as in
terfering with a natural right. The people, however, waited till after the sale of the
Iron Works to Thomas Vinton, before taking any formal and public action in regard
to this matter ; wisely considering, doubtless, that inasmuch as Mr. John Hubbard
was a rich raan, the son-in-law of Governor Leverett, the brother-in-law of President
Leverett, and thus connected with the aristocracy, it would hardly do to dispute his
rights. But in less than a year after the transfer of the Iron Works to Thomas Vin
ton, the people began to raove in this affair. My information is mostly derived from
the town records of Braintree.
Aug. 24, 1721. A meeting of the town was held to consider whether they would
allow of stopping the fish at Menattiquod River by the Iron Works. A committee
was chosen to proceed in that matter, in behalf of the town, as the law directs. The
committee were Lieut. Peter Adams, John Marshall, Nehemiah Hayden. This is
the first time the subject is mentioned, or alluded to in anyway, on the town records.
March 2, 1723-4. The town voted to forbid the rebuilding of the dam, now
broken, at the Iron Works, that so the fish may not be stopped.
In the warrant for March meeting, 1724-5, one article was — "to consider whether
it be needful or expedient to do anything about the Iron Works Dam, which is re-
* This agrees with the Inventory on page 197.
X This I take to be Monatiquot River.
§ One at Pawtucket, built by Joseph Jenks, son of Joseph Jenks who had been employed
under Leader, at Lynn, was destroyed by the Indians in Philip's War. One of the descend
ants of the Lynn Joseph is Rev. William .Tenks, D. D., of Boston.

202 APPENDIX.
paired, contrary to a vote of the town." When this article came up, it was refen-ed
to the next May meeting.
May 17, 1725. "A Committee was chosen to prefer a petition to the Governor
and Council, aud to use any other proper means to obtain the demolishment of the
Iron Works Dam in Braintry."
The subject continued to be agitated ; but little or nothing was done till
Aug, 29, 1733, when " The Committee chosen to treat with Mr, Thomas Vinton,
presented their report in writing, wherein they expressed Mr. Vinton's willingness,
on reasonable terras, to comply with the desire of the town about a passage for the
Fish. Mr. Vinton being present and consenting, voted that a Committee be chosen
to act for the Town in the affair aforesaid."
The matter passed on, and nothing was done in two years more.
May 19, 1735. " Whereas of late there hath been endeavors for the settling a
controversie betwixt Mr. Thoraas Vinton and the Town respecting the Obstruction
of the Fish at the Iron- Works Dam on Monaticut River, and nothing as yet effected ;
and there being frequent complaints by the Inhabitants of the Town respecting that
affair — Voted, that there be a Committee chosen to take the premises into their
consideration, and to take the most effectual methods to issue that controversie in
the Law, if need be, taking advice therein as they may have occasion."
The Committee chosen were Mr. Benj. Ludden, Lieut. John Hunt John Holbrook.
May 10, 1736. The Fish affair was brought up again, and " after sorae consider
ation and debate, a Comraittee was appointed to treat with Mr. Thomas Vinton, to
know upon what terras he will quit his claim to the River at the Iron Works."
June 7, 1736 " The Committee above mentioned reported verbally. That they
had been with Mr. Thoraas Vinton, and had asked him on what Tearms he would
quit his claim to the River abovesaid. To which, they said, he made no answer.
And Mr. Vinton being present at the meeting, the Moderator [Mr. Benjamin Neal]
put the Question to him whether he would part with his right in the River. To
which he raade answer, that he would not sell his Right therein on any Tearms
whatsoever. " The Moderator then put the Question to the Meeting, whether they would defend
their Rights in said River against the claims of all Persons whatsoever. It passed
in the affirmative. Against which, John Hunt entered dissent. Then the Question
was put, whether they would raise raoney to defray the charge that may arise in
defending their Rights. It passed in the affirmative ; against which John Hunt and
Benjamin Ludden dissented.
" Then voted that One Hundred Pounds shall be assessed on the Town (if need be)
to defray the charge of defending their Rights abovesaid.
" Then the Question was put whether they would choose a Committee to take care
that the River be kept clear of all obstructions to the passage of the Fish, and to
prosecute in the law all such as shall hmder or obstruct their passage in said River.
It passed in the affirmative."
In other words, a Committee was now chosen to demolish the Iron Works Dam.
This bold measure the Comraittee had not the courage or resolution to carry into
effect. Eleven weeks raore elapsed, and the thing was not done.
Aug. 23, 1736. After the choice of a Moderator — Lieut. Joseph Crosby — "the
Question was put to the Meeting, whether they would have all such things as ob
struct the Passage of the Fish in Monaticut River, in any part thereof, removed ?
It passed in the aflirmative."
A new Comraittee was now chosen, to carry said vote into execution. This Com
mittee consisted of Hon. Leonard Vassal, Esq., Mr. Benjamin Neal, Mr. Richard
Faxon, Mr. John Holbrook, and Mr. Williara Penniraan.
In the interval between this meeting and the next, the thing was done ; the Iron
works Dam was destroyed, under the direction of said Comraittee.
Sept. 14, 1736. After the choice of Mr. Benjamin Neal for Moderator, it was
voted, " that the Committee chosen on the 23d day of August last, to keep the River
at the Iron Works clear of Obstructions to the passage of the Fish, be fully Impow-
ered to defend in the Law any action or actions that may be brought by Mr. Thomas
Vinton against any person or persons for the pulling down the Dam across the Iron
Works River, excepting any charge Mr. Vinton shall or may recover of any person
or persons by making out a Riot."
October 4, 1736. " Voted that Three Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit* shall
• The '• Bills of Credit" were in 1736 so depreciated that an ounce of coined silver was
worth 27 shillings of lhal currency. The amount received by Thomas Vinton therefore for

APPENDIX.

203

be paid to Mr. Thomas Vinton, in case the said Vinton will give to the Town a
good_ Deed of Release or Quit-claim of all his Right in the Iron Works River :
Provided also, that He makes no further demands on the Town, nor prosecutes any
person or persons on account of any thing already done relating to the pulling down
the Dam that lately stood across the said River."
Mr, Vinton accepted of the offer, and complied with the conditions proposed.
And thus the Braintree Iron Works, ninety years after their erection, ceased
TO exist.

Appendix E.
The following is a copy of "An Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Thomas Vinton,
late of Braintree, deci, taken by us y» subscribers y Is'Feb. 1757."
Wearing Apparell -£7. 6,5
Shop Tools 10. 7.8 Porringers - - - - 1. 4.0
Piece of cloth not made up 1,12,0
Bed, bolster, two pillows, & cop
ing & y» furniture belonging to
s^ bed with y= Bedsted - 6,13,4
Another Bed & Bolster, w"" y»
Fumit' belong to the same w""
the Bedsted - - 3. 6,8
Another bed & bolster and two
pillows w"" a suit of Curtains,
& y furniture belong to y"
sarae withy Bedsted & rods - 9. 1.4
A Chest w"" Draws, - - 1.12.0
Two Chests & a Round Table, - 1 . 1 .4
20 Chairs, 2 of them great ones, 2. 2.8
13 p'. of Sheets exclusive of
other Bedg - 7. 1.4
8 Pillow bears & a bolster case
exclusive of other bedg 1. 0.0
4 Table Cloths - 17.4
4 Towells - - - 6.8
Looking glass • 12.0
A Case w"" Bottles, - 13.4
6 Bottles besides y« Case - - 3.1
3 Iron Potts, 1 Iron Kettle & 2
Iron Skillets - 1.10.0
1 large Iron Kettle 1. 4.0
1 p"^ of hand Irons, 10.0
2 Traraels - - 8.0
2 flre Shovels & a p"^ of Tongs - 6.8
Gridiron & Tobacco Tongs 7,4
1 Chaffen Dish - 4,0
1 Frying Pan - - 1,0
1 Ironing box w"i Heaters &
bellows - - - - 6,8
3 Brass Kettles & 3 brass Skillets 3,10,8
A Warmg Pan & Copp' Quart
Pot - - - - 1. 0.0 Thos. Allen
6 Pewter Platters & one doz. of Jona. Nash \ Appraisers.
Pewter Plates - - 2. 2.8 Wm. White )
An Inventory like the above serves to show the value of money at the time, together
with the manner of living and style of housekeeping in the country towns of New
England a century ago. Thoraas Vinton was certainly one of the " fore-handed
men " of Braintree ; he was considered a man of handsome property ; and there
were few in the Middle Precinct, if any, in better circurastances. Yet iu the above
Inventory there is no carpet, not au article of silver plate, not an article of china,
crockery, or glass ware ; not a book, except the Bible. But there was a Negro slave !
Poor Tony 1 [That was the slave's name.]
his quit-claim deed of the Water Privilege was equivalent to 247 Spanish milled dollars.
This sum at that time might be worth four or five times its present value.

6 Pewter Basons & 6 Pewter
Porringers - - . .
1 Tankard, 1 Q' Pot 1 Paint
Pot & Cup & 5 Spoons all
Pewter -
Tin Ware & Knifes and forks, -
Indian Corn & Barley
Beef & Pork & 2 meat Tubs,
2 bb'" & half of Cyder & Cyder
Cask,
Tallow tryed up
about 15gall'ofWestIndiaRum
One Negro man
Oue yoke of Oxen -
3 Cows, 1 Bull & Heifer
1 Mare - -
Ab' 6 load of Hay in y" Barn
1 Swine -
1 Desk & Gun
1 Bible -
1 Cane & Raisor
Earthern Ware
Iron bar, one ax & sythe -
A Right in Cart & Wheels
3 Chains & horse Traises, a Right
in a Plow
A shod Shovel, Steel, Syth &
Hatchet - . -
A Scoop & Cheese Press -
A Cart Rope -
Old bbi» Tubs & Trays, & other
old Luraber
MoneyA note from Benj» Ludden
A note from Thos White

14.0 7.4
2. 0.0
4 16 0
1.12.0 16,0
2. 5.0
30. 0.0
6.13.4
8.13.4 5. 6.8
12.16.0 12.0
2. 6.88.06.8
6.8
14.8
2.17.4
- 1.19.4
0. 4.8
0. 5.4
3.0
16.0
5. 8.2
4. 0.0
12.3
163.15.7

204 APPENDIX.
Appendix F.
SEVERAL OMITTED FAMILIES.
Family of SIMEON VINTON,' [132] of Granby, by his wife Roxana Church
of Brattleboro', Vt. He d. June 25, 1824, a. 48. Rachd,' b. Aug. 12, 1802 ; d.
March I, 1815. Lydia,' b. Aug. 27, 1804; m. Ephraim R. Barker, May, 1826.
David,' b. Feb. 12, 1807 ; m, Cynthia Moody, 1827. Children— David,' b. Sept.
1828; m. Ruth Carpenter, Sept. 10, 1855. 'They reside in Cold Water, Michigan.
Lucinda Augusta,' b. Feb. 3, 1831 ; m. Moses Bliss Bolton of South Hadley. Abi
athar,' b. July, 1833. Simeon Henry,' b. Sept. 1835 ; d. Sept. 1843. Eliza,' b. Feb.
23, 1838. Medad,' b. Aug. 30, 1840. Mary Henrietta,' b. Sept. 1843. Simeon
Moody,' b. Jan. 21, 1846. Cynthia,' b. Jan. 2, 1849. Ursula,' b. March 10, 1809.
Simeon,' b. Nov. 22, 1811. Lives in Indiana. Rachd,' b. Dec. 6, 1814; ra. William
Cooley of Chicopee, May 25, 1833.
Faraily of COTTON VINTON,' [244] by his wife Content Witheeell of
Chesterfield. They spent most of their lives in Chesterfield; but about 1830, re
moved to Conewango, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he d. April 27, 1839, a. 53.
Julia,'' b. March 15, 1811 ; d. in Conewango, Aug. 22, 1841. Lydia,'' b. Jan. 5, 1814;
d. in Chesterfield, Sept. 24, 1815. Austin,'' b. June 19, 1817 ; m. Lydia Henshaw.
Hannah TF.,' b. Oct. 28, 1820 ; d. Oct 10, 1842. Eliza Ann,'' b. Aug. 28, 1823 ; d.
Oct. 17, 1825. Charles E.,'' b. Jan. 23, 1827 ; m. Bretan Hurlbut. Hden Janet,'' b.
Oct. 23, 1 829 ; m. her cousin Edwin F. Vinton, son of Lathrop Vinton. Martinet J.,''
b. April 13, 1836 ; d. Aug. 3, 1842. All the foregoing, who were hving, resided,
1853, in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.
Faraily of WILLIAM VINTON,' [246] by his wife Anna Hawkins, b. July
14, 1798, dau. of Samuel Hawkins of Chesterfield. They reside in Hinsdale, Cat
taraugus Co., N. Y. The first four b. in Le Roy; all the others in Hinsdale. Le
Roy,'' b. Sept 11, 1814; d. sarae day. John ff.,' b. Feb. 8, 1816; d. Aug. 17, 1817.
Hannah E.,'' b.Dec. 13, 1817; d. sarae day. William £.,' b. Oct. 15, 1818; d.
Dec. 17, 1818. Caroline M.,'' b. June 29, 1820; m. Henry C. Berry, 1841. Louisa
S.,' b. Aug. 22, 1822 ; m. Chauucey B. Gillett 1844. Julia £.,' b. Aug. 22, 1824 ;
d. same day. Amanda A.,'' b. July 18, 1827; m. William 0. Leland, 1846. Fer
nando,'' b. July 17, 1829; d. same day. Fidelia P.,' b. Aug. 15, 1833 ; m. Leroy
Parker, 1850. Henry IF.,' b. Oct. 3, 1835 ; d. same day. Helen Mar,'' b. Feb. 6,
1838 Family of Rev. JOHN ADAMS VINTON,' [360.] By first w'lk— Edward
Payson,' b. iu New Sharon, Me., Feb. 10, 1834. Mary Orinda,' b. in New Sharon,
Me., Feb. 18, 1835. John Francis,' b. in Exeter, Me., Oct. 3, 1836 ; at S. Boston,
Aug. 8, 1847. By second wife— ArtAwr,' b. at W. Randolph, Vt., March 22, 1841 ;
d. Aug. 25, 1842. Laurinda Ellen,' b. at Williamstown, Vt., Mar. 31, 1843 ; d. Oct.
4, 1843. Alfred Clarence,' b. at Stoneham, July 16, 1844. Lucy,' b. at Bristol, Me.,
May 2, 1849 ; d. same day.
Family of GEORGE VINTON,' [361] all by first wife. Charlotte Ann,' b. Jan.
12, 1828; num.; resides with her father. George,' h. Feb. 21, 1830; d. Sept 10,
1831. George,' b. July 26, 1831 ; d. April 22, 1832. 3Iary Callender,' b. Jan. 27,
1835; d. July 29, 1835. Mary Callender,' b. April 19, 1837; d. Aug. 8, 1852.
Sarah Ann,' b. June 15, 1839.
Family of AMOS MAINE VINTON,' [394]. Elisha Dijer,' b. July 22, 1825 ;
grad. B. U., 1844; ra. 1853, Alice G. Edwards. John Rogers,' b. March 18, 1827;
d. Feb. 27, 1828. Caroline Dyer,' b. Nov. 9, 1828 ; d, unm. April 13, 1849. Frances
Jones,' b. Nov. 4, 1830; m. 1852, John F. Chapin of Providence. Elizabeth,' b.
Oct. 23, 1832; unm. 1856.
Family of Maj. JOHN ROGERS VINTON,' [395]. Helena Lucretia,' b. at
Pomfret Ct., Aug. 2, 1830. Louise Clare,' h. at Fort Preble, Portland, Oct. 15,
1832; m. Oct. 14, 1852, Dr. Washington Hoppiu of Providence. Parker,' h. Feb.
24, 1834; d, in infancy. Francis Laurens,' b. June 1,1835; 2d Lieut U. S. Dragoons.
Family of Maj. DAVID HAMMOND VINTON,' [396]. By first wife—
Pamela Williams,' b. June 30, 1830; m. Jan, 15, 1849, Hoel Keating Lawrence.
Jacob Brown,' b. March 26, 1832. James Williams,' b. Oct. 28, 1833. Elizaheth,'
b. Aug. 11, 1835. Hammond,' b. Dec, 10, 1840. John Rogers,' b. Sept 24, 1842.
Mary Atwdl,' b. Jan. 23, 1845. By second mfe— Harriet Arnold,' b. Oct. 3, 1849.

INDEX.

I. Christian Names of the Vintons.

The figures before each name denote the year of birth. The figures after the name ex
press the consecutive number under which the individual is recorded. When the name is
followed by App., the reader will find the individual's name and family in Appendix F,
page 204. Those who are known to have died young are omitted. The mirk of inter
rogation [?] implies uncertainty.

A.

B.

1822
Charlotte S.
215
1798
Aaron
202
1798
Baldwin
179
1826
Chelsea C.
273
1826
Aaron
202
1'771
Bathsheba
150
1816
Cheiler
184
1784
Abel
171
17951
Bathsheba
223
1769
Chloe
149
1784
Abel
235
1817
Bathsheba A.
308
1828
Chloe
176
1700
Abiathar
16
1774
BenjaminBeryamin BenjaminBenjamin F.
Benoni
125
1827
ChristopherClarintha
184
1732
Abiathar
SO
166
1809
219
17.58
Abiathar
101
1802
298
1803
Clarissa
304
1764
Abiathar
126
1801
222
1832
Clarissa
273
1792
Abiathar
247
1720
25
1807
Clarissa O.
S28
1833
Abiathar
App.
1749
Benoni
74
Clementine
157
1826
Abiel
173
1780
BetseyBetseyBetsey
284
1786
Cotton
244
1704
Abigail
17
1781
195
1797
Cynthia
157
1744
Abigail
58
1781
208
1849
Cynthia
App.
1746
Abigail
87
1791
Betsey
239
D.
1765
Abigail
77
1791
BetseyBetseyBetseyBlaise
336
1783
Abigail
231
1797
214
1829
Damon
173
1786
Abigail
78
1805
147
1795
Danford
339
1826
Abigail
230
1654
5
1791
Daniel
271
1794
Abigail S.
300
1779
Boylston
233
1785
Daniel H.
333
Addison
163
1826
Darius S.
203
1811
Adeline
219
C.
1726
David
38
1828
Adeline
201
1764
Caleb
145
1746
David
314
1810
Albert
215
1802
Caleb
145
1759
David
109
1839
Albert F.
389
1817
Calista
173
1774
David
314
1820
Albert S.
219
1771
Calvin
147
1787
David
287
1307
Alexander H.
398
1782
Calvin
153
1793
David
276
1815
Alfred
365
1817
Calvin
327
1807
David
App.
1844
Alfred C.
App.
1300
Caroline
157
1811
David
173
1784
Alice
332
Caroline
163
1813
David
191
1821
Alice
228
1816
Caroline
176
1828
David
App.
1815
Almira
307
1820
Caroline A.
240
1803
David H.
396
1791 7 Almus M.
145
1832
Caroline A.
230
1820
Davis
184
1824
Althera M.
393
1828
Caroline D.
App.
1794
Dolly
347
1807
Alvin
305
1817
Caroline F.
214
1712
Dorcas
29
1827
Amanda A.
App.
1820
Caroline M.
App.
1802
Dorcas
280
1817
Amanda S.
215
1822
Catharine
176
1787
Dorothy C.
334
1798
Amos M.
394
1802
Charles
189
1804
Dorus
263
1656
Ann
6
1807
Charles A.
235
1824
Dwight
173
1753
' Ann
98
1320
Charles A.
198
E.
Ann Eliza
166
1823
Charles A.
205
1832
Ann Jane
249
1827
Charles E.
App.
1789 ? Earl Dane
145
1832
Ann Maria
214
1827
Charles H.
197
1766
Ebenezer
80
1718
Anna
33
1817
Charles L.
380
1779
Edward
230
1824
Anna F.
219
1834
Charles S.
214
1817 1 Edward
205
1827
Anna P.
215
1804
Charles W.
3B2
1842
Edward C.
179
1829
Augustus F.
386
1828
Charlotte A
X
1783
Edward M.
219
1817
Austin
App.
1842
Charlotte A.
1804
Edward M.
219
1769
Azubah
114
1825
Charlotte J.
384
1830
Edward M.
219
15
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)

INDEX

1834
Edward P.
App.
1709
Hannah
28
1720
John
34
1822
Edwin
235
1726
Hannah
47
1732
John
53
1843
Edwin F.
379
1732
Hannah
41
1735
John
4S
1824
Elbridge
203
1734
Hannah
54
1735
John
51
1648
Eleanor
2
1744
Hannah
94
1742
John
57
1791
Electa
266
1747
Hannah
67
1744
John
86
1767
Elisha
221
1762
? Hannah
144
1762
John
73
1794
Elisha
240
1771
Hannah
129
1760
John
155
1825
Elisha D.
App.
1777
Hannah
142
1763
John
137
1796
Eliza
318
1779
Hannah
266
1765
John
120
1838
Bliza
App-
1785
Hannah
292
1769
John
222
1806
Eliza Ann
362
1789
Hannah
335
1774
John
205
1825
Eliza Ann
375
1793
Hannah
200
1775
John
131
1812
Eliza M.
215
1805
Hannah
190
1783
John
267
1658
Elizabeth
7
1807
Hannah
262
1789
John
316
1723
Elizabelh
37
1812
Hannah
184
John
163
1730
Elizabeth
49
1820
Hannah E.
382
1793
John
294
1762
Elizabeth
106
1820
Hannah W.
App.
1793
John
338
1756
Elizabelh
62
Harriet
165
1795
John
201
1761
Elizabeth
119
1802
Harriet
351
1799
John
205
1774
Elizabelh
141
1826
Harriet
176
1799
John
222
1781
Elizabeth
218
1849
Harriet A.
App.
John
290
1795
Elizabelh
295
1831
Harriet M.
274
1818
John
201
1806
Elizabelh
397
1819
Harriet N.
367
1831
John
197
1812
Elizabeth
228
1826
Harriet R.
197
1801
John A.
360
1832
Elizabelh
App.
1798
Harvey
260
1827
John A.
385
1835
Elizabeth
App.
1800
Harvey
342
1827
John C.
235
1823
Elizabelh H.
240
1823
Harvey L.
392
1800
John E.
350
1822
Elizabeth K.
234
1829
Helen J.
App.
1836
John F.
^^^6
1821
Elkanah G.
309
1838
Helen M.
rr
App.
1812
John H.
1830
Emeline
330
1830
Helena L.
""Ei
1824
John Q. A.
372
Emeline
163
1809
Henry
1801
John R.
395
1822
Emeline E.
219
1820
Henry
173
1836
John R.
273
1815
Emmeline O.
215
1832
Henry
189
1842
JohnR.
App.
1819
Emily D.
358
1835
Henry C.
388
1796
Jonathan
249
1849
Ernest E. M.
201
1758
Hephzibah
118
1835
Jonathan C.
378
1830
Esther E.
273
1791
Hephzibah
293
1831
Jonathan D.
249
1771
Eunice
123
1801
Hiram
147
1714
Joseph
22
1802
Eunice
260
1814
Hiram
176
1761
Joseph
89
1764
Ezra
69
1800? Horace
145
1768
Joseph
63
1786
Ezra
197
1800'
Horace
180
1787
Joseph
173
1791
Ezra
185
1809
Horace
283
1795
Joseph
277
F.
1782
Hosea
272
1801
Joseph
203
1788
Fanny
174
1785
Hosea
Howard
163
286
1823
1829
JosephJoseph
228 274
1833183018131809
Fidelia P.
Frances J.
Frances L.
Francis
App,^f^7 399
1776?
Huldah L
Ira
169
168
18291799
1822 1723
Joseph R.
Jos. Warren
Jos. Warren
Joshua
289
319
203 26
1811
Francis
235
1806
Iram
219
1763
.. \jau.^Uk
76
1835
Francis L.
App.
1829
Irene
186
1774
Joshua
158
1831
Francis M.
189
1788
Isaac
198
1807
Joshua
363
1817
Frederic
366
1813
Isaac
198
1810
W VSIIUO
324 91
1825
Frederic B.
179
1793
Ithamar
186
1755
Josiah
G.
J.
1771
Josiah
22S
1777
Josiah
232
1801?
George
205
1763
Jabez
78
1820
Josiah
228
1803
George
361
1832
Jacob B.
App.
1825
Josiah C.
240
1816
George A.
357
1820
James
201
1808
Julia
S46
1831
George E.
176
1804
James G.
321
1811
Julia
Ann
1829
George G.
202
1833
James W.
X
1814
Julia
272
1801
George W.
214
1834
Jane
1806
Justus H.
1830
George W.
276
1763
Jemima
61
1832
George W.
387
1774
Jemima
ISl
L.
1836
George W.
230
1T78
Jemima
217
1794
Lathrop
248
1823
George W. L.
197
1832
Jerome
331
1797
Laura
268
H.
1804
Jerusha
261
1774
Lemuel
216
1805
Joel
282
1808
Lemuel
215
1840
Hammond
App.
1650
John
S
1795
Leonard
187
1682
Hannah
10
1680 ? John
9
1822
Leonora L.
383
1708
Hannah
19
1706
John
18
1760
Levi
lOX
INDEX.

207

1810

Levi A.

263

1711

Melatiah

21

1829

Rhoda E.

312

1778

Lois

227

1812

Melita

355

1796?

Roswell

146

1791

Lothrop

176

Mercy

185

1761

Ruth

no

Louisa

157

1819

Miranda

272

1779

Ruth

264

1821

Louisa

370

Rulh
291
1824
Louisa
176
N.
1799
Ruth
279
18221832180718221793 1812
Louisa S.
Louise C.
LuciaLuciaLucindaLucinda
App.^lT7 230 257
App.
17901792 17981785 1807
NancyNancy Nancy Nancy
Nancy A.
Nancy A.
175
337296 163
236363
18091826 1818
S.
SabraSalemSallySally A.
147
329 181
328:
Lucretia
82
1765
Naomi
112
1798
Sally M.
349'
1787
Lucretia
169
1816
Nathan A.
198
1695
Samuel
16
Lucretia
78
1716
Nalhaniel
32
1722
Samuel
36
Lucy
164
1765
Nathaniel
99
17371
Samuel
52
1724
Lydia
46
1788
Nathaniel
245
1754
Samuel
107
1769
Lydia
134
1802
Nathaniel
320
1757
Samuel
100
1803
Lydia
281
1769
Samuel
122
1804
Lydia
App.
0
1773
Samuel
130
1818
Lydia
186
1781
Samuel
266
1821
Lydia L.
230
1827
Olive M.
276
1788
Samuel
254
1817
Lydia T.
368
1829
Olive V.
374
1799
Samuel
297
1773
Lyman M.
157
177218111799
Oliver M.
Oliver M.
Orpha
214214 259
182817921832
SamuelSamuel F.
Samuel F.
273299313
1818
Marcus
176
1801
Orrin
166
1662
Sarah
8
1799
Maria
147
1822
Olis F.
359
1733
Sarah
21
1803
Maria J.
219
1746
Sarah
59
1804
Maria T.
344
P.
1747
Sarah
96
1827
Mariette
376
1825
Palmer S.
274
1755
Sarah
116
1793 ? Marquis M.
146
1830
Pamela W.
App.
1761
Sarah
136
1761
Martha
71
1767
Patience
81
1763
Sarah
111
1789
Martha
255
1771
Patty
156
1766
Sarah
146
1813
Martha
147
1738
Pelatiah
65
1772
Sarah
224
1826
Martin L.
373
1782
Persis
286
1780
Sarah
194
1693
Mary
14
1724
Phebe
27
1786
Sarah
220
1709
Mary
20
1751
Phebe
68
1788
Sarah
269
1743
Mary
72
1766
Phebe
148
1792
Sarah
317
1748
Mary
104
1772
Phebe
116
1800
Sarah
251
1751
Mary
75
1791
Phebe
199
Sarah
185
1757
Mary
70
1815
Phebe
326
1839
Sarah A.
%
1759
Mary
135
1824
Phebe A.
201
1807
Sarah B.
1763 ? MarV
103
1820
Philenia
186
1801
Sarah E.
303
1773
Mary
193
1799
Plin
302
1826
Sarah E.
219
1777
Mary
206
1760
Polly
143
1826
Sarah E.
311
1783
Mary
196
1778
Polly
162
1820
Sarah G.
235
1787
Mary
315
1785
Polly
172
1810
Sarah O.
234
1791
Mary
275
1796
Polly
348
1756
Seth
108
Mary
288
Porter
289
1789
Seth
274
1800
Mary
243
1824
Seth
273
1816
Mary
186
R.
1829
Seth L.
176
1823
Mary
202
1714
Rachel
31
Silas
185
1826
Mary
198
1814
Rachel
tfc
1776
Simeon
132
1799
Mary A.
228
1823
Rachel R.
1811
Simeon
App.
1814
Mary A.
147
1740
Ralph
56
1846
Simeon M.
%'i
1823
Mary A.
371
1683
Rebecca
11
1824
Simeon O.
1845
Mary A.
%
1716
Rebecca
23
1834
Susan E.
230
18041
Mary A. F.
1729
Rebecca
40
1818
Susan G.
235
1831
Mary C.
273
1767
Rebecca
121
1813
Susan J.
219
1837
Mary C.
App.
1769
Rebecca
139
1799
Susan M.
341
1819
Mary H.
276
1785
Rebecca
154
1764
Susanna
79
1843
Mary H.
App.
Rebecca
205
1T74
Susanna
225
18151
Mary J.
214
1798
Rebecca M.
145
1787
Susanna
161
1835
Mary O.
^flf
1785
Relief
268
1810
Susanna
228
1807
Mary R.
1802
Relief
262
1795 ? Sybil
157
1802
Mary S.
343
1742
Rhoda
85
1832
Sylvester A.
377
1795
Medad
301
1767
Rhoda
117
1840
Medad
^"Is
1778
Rhoda
133
T.
1736
Mehitable
1799
Rhoda
188
1728
Tamar
i&
1796
Mehitable
241
1811
Rhoda
325
1766
Tamar
127i
208

INDEX.

1786

Thankful

183

1793

Timothy

177

1785

William

273

1687

Thomas

12

1803

Timothy

323

1788

William

184

1714

Tbomai

30

1782

Tryphena

182

1789

William

246

1717

Thomas

24

1816

William

235

1739

Thomas

84

U.
1818
William
228
1742
Thomas
65
1795
Uriah
178
1821
¦ William
197
1761
Thomas
209
1809
Ursula
App.
1823
William
273
1772
Thomas
192
1803
Wm. Henry
147
1781
Thomas
234
W.
1813
Wm. Henry
214
1824
Thomas A.
234
Waldo
162
1818
William L.
381
1818
Thomas B.
369
1830
Willard
186
1820
William S
2U
1799
Thomas J.
214
1652
William
4
1818
Thomas J.
219
1723
William
35
Z.
1744
Timothy
66
1748
William
88
1749
Timothy
60
1760
William
64
1797
Zerah
278
1766
Timothy
138
1774
William
228
1822
Zophar
391
II. Names of Persons who have married Descend
ants of John Vinton.
The year of intermarriage, when known lo the Compiler, precedes the name. "The figures
after the name express the consecutive number under which the descendant is recorded
with whom the marriage was contracted.
When the name is followed by App., reference is made to Appendix F, p. 204. The
interrogation point [?] implies uncertainty.
1776 Adams, Anne 91
1836 Adams, James M. 214
1798 Alden, Ezra 231
1797 Alden, Mary 228
1833 Alden, William V. 363
1783? Allard, Mary 63
1827 Allen, Bailey 228
1777 Allen, Hannah 107
1777 Allen, Jacob 118
1762 Allen, Mary 30
1736 Allen, Mehitable 30
1817? Amidown, Orin 293
Ammidown, Adol
phus 349
Ammidown,Matilda 163
1822 Ammidown, Oliver 351
1848 Arnold, Eliza A. 396
1841 Arnold, Kezia 215
1773 Arnold, Moses 116
1793 Ashton, John 224
1797 Atwell, Mary 314
B.
1753 Babbit, Seth 49
1806 Bacon, Abner 172
Bacon, Jephtha 164
1834 Bacon, Mary 191
1842 Badger, Eliza 198
1734 Baldwin, Hannah 22
1752 Baldwin, Hannah 9
1766 Baldwin, James 43
1849 Barber, Eliz. A. 273
1826 Barker, Eph. R. App.
1855 Barnard, Emory 361
Barnard, Mary 320
Barrett, Joseph 149
1820 Barton, Joshua A. 252
Bates, Sybil 160
1865 Beach, Ellen 378
1850 Belding, Elizabeth 273
Belknap, Jonas 127
1802 Bent, Nedabiah 227
1841 Berry, Henry C. App.
1790- Beswick, Charles 103
1811 Bicknell, Zachariah 293
1788 Blodget, Paul 144
Bolton, Moses B. App.
1833 Bosworth, Dan. P. 234
1793 Bowditch, Jonaihan 121
1807 Bowers, Zelotes 174
Brewer, Sybil 52
1820 Briggs, Mary 197
1780 Brooks, Joseph 136
1846 Brown, Jonas G. 198
1840 Brovra, Mary G. 198
1829 Brown, Pamela 396
1808 Bryant, Betsey 286
1831 Bryant, Rebecca 339
1840 Budd, Natlianiel 214
Bundy, Prosper 169
1824 Bureau, Romaine M. 299
1855 Burnham, Mary A. 357
1740 Burrell, John 33
1844 Butterworth, Nancy 184
1840? Butterworth, Ra
chel R. 327
C.
Cady, William A. 355
1826 Callender, Char
lotte W. 361
1844 Callender, Mary 361
1855 Carpenter, Ruth App.
1825 Carter, Eliza 205
1797 ? Cartwright, Rebec. 205
1763 ? Caswell, Rachel 50
1774 Chamberlain, Jacob 75
1852 Chamberlain, W. H. 230
1815 Chapin, Giles 300
1852 Chapin, John F. App.
1833 Chapman, Sophia 197
1843 Church, Eli 295
1801 ? Church, Roxana 132
179- Clark, Amasa 225
1774 Clark, John 83
1843 Clisby, Phebe W. 366
1838 Cobum, Marcia 357
1861 Coggeshall, L. M. 276
182- Cole, Samuel 259
1825 Collier, Priscilla 253
1819 Collins, Elizabeth 273
1832 Conant, Horatio 260
1845 Conkhn, Wm. P. 310
1809 Connig, Mary 205
1720 Converse, Abigail 9
1773 Cook, Israel 68
1833 Cooley, William App.
1781 Coombs, Thankful 64
Corbin, Joshua 149
1809 Corbin, Sarah 153
1786 Corbin, Stephen 81
1774 Corbin, Timothy 77
18— Cornwell, Eliza 254
1770 Corthrell, Daniel 98
1841 Cowing, Henry B. 219
1818 Cox, Caroline 240
1817 Cox, Harriet 201
INDEX.

209

1806 Cox, Susan 235
1822 Crandall, Esther 273
1779 Cross, Stephen 111
1814 Cummings, David 200
1815 Cummings, Eunice 276
1786 Cummings, Simeon 112
1857 Curry, Mary B. 366
1824 Curtis, Lucretia 179
1820 Curtis, Mary 277
D.
Daggett, James S. 228
1797 Damon, Ichabod 129
1834 Dana, Dexter 222
1844 Danforth, Jane K. 319
1815 Darrow, Aaron L. 264
Davis, Dyer 150
1848 Davis, Edwin 376
1820 Davis, Polly 278
1830 Day, Benjamin B. 197
1791 Day, Sarah 126
Day, Zebina 183
1851 Dennet, Lucy 232
1803 Dickinson, Joseph 133
1845 Dimick, Francis B. 384
1779 Dix, Rebecca 74
1805 Dodd, Betsey 266
1747 Dorman, Ruth 38
1837 Downing, Fanny A. 198
1850 Dunn, Joseph 234
1824 Dyer, Frances J. 394
1794? Dyer, Sally 158
Dyer, Winthrop 152
E.
1822 Eastman, Augustus 304
1815 Eaton, Frederic B. 318
1730 Eaton, Noah 19
1853 Edwards, Alice G. App.
1762 Edmunds, Mehitable 26
1824 Emerson, Charlotte 319
1810 Emerson, Peter B. 317
1785 Emerson, William 70
F.
1831 ? Fales, Mary 214
1787 ? Fenton, Jerusha 102
1798 ? Fessenden, Eliz. 222
1842 Flint, Albert H. 382
1813 FHnt, Augustus 296
1816 Flint, Eliphalet 296
1853 Flint, Julia E. 386
1820 Flint, Martha 297
1843 Flint, Sarah 380
1825 Fowle, Eusebia H. 205
1829 Franklin, Eliza 301
1721 French, Elizabeth 15
1755 French, Hephzibah 42
1712 French, John 14-
1790 French, Moses 123
1854 Fuller, Isaac P. 219
1794 Fuller, John 114
1813 Fuller, Oriando 269
G.
1835 Gardner, Mary 240
1831 Gates, Cranston 341
1800 Giles, Betsey S. 232
1844 Gilletl, Chaun. B. App.
1843 Goodell, Ruth E. 324
1740 Gore, Blijab 23

773 Gowen, Mary 313J
739 Green, Anne 32
832? Green, Eveline 353
829 Greene, George S. 397
677 Green, Hannah 3
742 Green, Hannah 24
723 Green, Lydia 16
742 Green, Mary 26
771 Green, Mary 65
785 Green, Mary 137
777 Green, Sarah 69
698 Green, Thomas 10
828 Grinnell, Eliza 298
806 Gustin, Thomas 332
H.
820? Hall, Cynthia A. 214
847 Harding, Melissa I. 391
846 Hardwick, Chas. H. 230
Harrington,  262
856 Harris, Norman 272
830 Haskell, Henry 175
784 Haskell, James 62
830 Haskell, Jane 350
Haskell, John 149
854 Haskell, Lucretia 189
832 Haskell, Orinda 360
Haskell, Prudence 166
781 Hatch, Ruth 108
796 Haven, Abram 160
813 Hawkins, Anna 246
780 Hayden, Jacob 119
732 Hayden, Nehemiah 31
767 Hayward, John 104
828 Healey, Harriet 352
781 Hecox, Huldah 99
Henshaw, Lydia App.
836 Heydon, Fanny S. 305
774 Hill, Ann 89
811 Hinckley, Florinda 130
835 Holbrook, David A. 219
774 Holbrook, James 117
809 Holbrook, Samuel 292
834 Holman, Calista 272
770 Holmes, Dorothy 57
765 ? Holmes, Phebe 56
812 Hob, William 276
862 Hoppin , Washing. App.
796 Horton, Elizabelh 223
846 House, Philand.C. 393
851 How, Lucy 232
765 Howard, James 49
835 Hunt, Elbridge G. 219
829 Hunt, Jonathan 219
762 Hunt, Mary 30
Huribul, Bretan App.
Hyde, Oliver 268
J.
1760 Jackson, Zipporah 55
1826 Jenks, Bela W. 336
1851 Jewett, Lyman E. 383
1831 Johns, Lucretia 283
Johnson,  284
1836 Johnson, Mary 301
1835 Jones, Charies F. 222
1758 Jones, Consider 54
Joslin, Lydia 153
1802 Joy, Thankful 219
K.
1860 Keith, Jane A. 223

1848 Kelly, Jason S. 311
1828 Kendall, Elizab. D. 219
1835 Kimball, Charies 346
1814 ? Knapp, Asenath 245
L.
1816 Lamb, Charlotte 294
1825 Lamberton, Joseph 335
1845 Lamear, Nancy 197
1801 Larrabee, John 208
1825? Larrabee, John 197
1849 Lawrence, Hoel K..<4pp.
1794 Leach, Lois 167
1809 ? Legge, Nancy 214
1846 Leland, Wm. O. App.
1808 Lillie, Nathan 112
1749 Linfield, David 41
1855 LitUe, Horatio W. 273
1850 Loomis, Fidelia 273
1833 Loomis, Laura A. 282
1834 Loop, Eliza Ann 306
1814 Lynde, Joseph 199
1821 Lynde, Sukey 203
1809 Lyon, Corbin 154
1847 Lyon, George 358
M.
1754 ? Mann, Joseph 37
1784 Manning, Susanna 155
Marcy, Calvin 78
1849 Marston, Ann M. 201
1839 Martin, Sarah 365
1807 Mason, Marcy O. 215
1831 Mason, Oliver 344
1851 Mayo, John S. 374
1800 ? McLeod, Brucy 138
1831 Melius, Joseph H. 219
Merrick, Betsey 171
178- Merrick, Marcia 146
1848 Miller, Alexis C. 228
Miller, Sybil 52
1812 Miller, William 256
1761 Mills, Jemima 84
1827 Moody. Cynthia App.
1862 More, Caroline 377
1843 Morgan, Mary 282
1830 ? Morse, Aurelia 189
1839 Morse, Austin 308
179- Moulton, Rebecca 147
N.
1814 Nash, Arvin 257
1843 Nash, Sophia 369
Nelson, Eli 185
1829 Newell, Stephen 343
Newton, Asa 127
1778 Newton, Persis 109
1798 Nichols, Elizabelh 222
1768 Nichols, Lydia 53
1771 Niles, James 106
1760? Niles, Peter 37
1826 Noble, Solomon 280

1809 Oliver, Elizab. K. 234
1803 Otis, Abigail 228
1817 Olis, Clarissa 2J8
182- Overton, Bryant 223
P.
1855 Page, Henry A. 273

210

INDEX.

1784 Paine, Sarah 101
1850 Parker, Leroy App.
1829 Parker, Lucretia D. 395
1731 Parker, Mary 18
Pease,  291
1846 Peirce, Lyman 370
1728 Penniman, James 29
1846 Penniman, The. H. 219
1841 Perry, Elizabeth M. 399
Phillips, John 165
1840 Pierce, Chariotte 201
1821 Pierce, Dexter L. 219
1751 PolleT, Mary 26
1728 ? Pool, John 10
1820 Porter, Lydia 230
1782 Pratt, John 71
1827 Pray, Edward 239
1792 Prince, Jonathan 156
1797 Putnam, William 206
1814 Putney, Bathsheba 176
Putney, Eleazar 151
1822 Putney, Jefferson 181
1810 Putney, Polly 173
1784 Putney, Ruth 78
1811 Putney, Tammy 184
R.
1666 Ramsdell, Isaac 2
1851 Raymond, S'ah W. 369
1852 Rea, William A. 215
Reynolds, James 347
1848 Reynolds, Jere. A. 216
1703 Richardson, Abigail 9
1804 Richardson, Elijah 195
1752 Richardson, Hannah 9
1801 Richardson, Josiah 195
1 840 Richardson, Laurin. 360
1801 Richardson, Reuben 194
1780 Richardson, Thad. 134
1703 Richardson, Wm. 11
1784 Rider, Dorcas 108
1801 Rider, Polly 108
1807 Ridgway, Hannah 197
1784 Ripley, Hannah 120
Robbins, Ezekiel 151
1853 Robinson, Allen M. 330
1774 Robinson, Susanna 88
Root, Josiah 115

1855 Russell, Sarah E.
1765 Russell, Thomas

385 87

1798 ? Sabin, Dolly 64
1794 Sabin, Elijah 148
1831 Safford, Robert 303
1848 Sales, Elizabeth 197
1820 Sayles, Daniel 188
1841 Sayles, Mary B. 184
1816 Sayles, Sally 185
1766 Shaw, Asa 94
1812 Shaw, James 256
178- Shaw, Seth 143
18— Shaw, Seth 261
1836 Sheldon, Henry D. 215
Shumway, Dolly 60
1812 Simonds, Mary 198
Sisson, Adeline 187
Smith, Abigail 52
1808 Smith, Huldah 333
1788 Smith, Sarah 50
1817 Spear, Charies 214
1840 Sprague, Chariotte 202
1819 Sprague, Ruth 202
1800 Stacey, Samuel 142
1830 Stebbins, Caroline 249
1790 Stebbins, Titus 146
1850 Stevens, Clara F. 392
1818 Stone, Chester 337
1842 Stone, Samuel 276
1838 Stowell, Richard S. 307
1761 Streeter, Jonaihan 58
1824 Sumner, Maria 274
1765 Swain, Sarah 63
T.
1855 Taylor, Jones 312
1728 Thayer, Benjamin 28
1800 Thayer, Gideon 217
1708 Thayer, Hannah 12
1845 Thayer, Jonathan 219
1816 Thayer, Lydia 233
1799 Thayer, Obadiah 218
1792 Thayer, Paul 225
1765 Thayer, Sarah 86
1779 Thayer, Shadrach 110

1803 Thomas, Isaac 220
1835 Thompson, Ele. S. 398
1852 Thompson, Jas. G. 215
1820 Tolman, Eben. W. 228
1853 Tompkins, Luc. D. 371
1846 Toothaker, Harriet 234
1825 Towne, Abner 303
1772 Traill, Mary 73
1840 Trask, Theodore 230
1760 Turner, Seth 40
Twiss, Ann 186
1820 Tyrrell, Joseph 279
U.
1732 Upton, Sarah 21
18— Upton, Timothy F. 260

W.

67

1771 Waitt, Micah
182- Wallace, Phebe 338
Warden, Asa 150
Wares, Emma 131
183- Warren, Jacob 326
1828 Warren, Luther 325
1849 Washburn, Solo. 276
1802 Webb, Sarah 125
1816 Webster, Lucretia 186
1824 Welsh, John C. 241
West Mary 168
1804 Weston, Elizabeth 272
Wheeler, Spalding 159
1757 Wheelock, Rhoda 50
1838 Whipple, Maria B. 399
1816 White, Achsah 248
1766 White, Ezekiel 95
1820? White, Joel 261
1836 White, Mary 301
1829 Whitmore, Emily 205
1796 Wild, Betsey 214
1794 Wiley, Samuel 141
1828 Wilmarth, Lydia P. 302
1748 Wilson, James 46
1854 Wilson, Levi F. 273
1778 Wilson, William 135
1798 Wilton, Elizabeth 215
1810 Witherell, Content 244
1828 Woodcock, Caro. 323

CORRIGENDA.
Page 2. The second husband of Hannah Vinton [10] was John Pool of Reading. See
pp. 137, 148.
The posterity of Rebecca Vinton [11] who m. William Richardson, may be found in the
unabridged " Vinton Memorial." So also of her sister Mary [14] who m. John French ; and
so of many other daughters of the Vinton family.
P. 6. Benoni Vinton [74] was b. in Maiden, March 31. 1749.
P. 7. For Ezekiel Wliite [Vinton 95] see White 112, p. 106.
P. 11. For Cora Allen [201] read Cora Ellen.
P. 13. Sarah Vinton 1224] m. John Ashton, Aug. 24, 1793.
P. 13. Among the children of Edward Vinton [230] insert the name of Edward Porter,
b. Jan. 30, 1831 ; m. Oct. 1855, Betsey Boldry of East Bridgewater.
P. 18. Dea. Josiah Vinton [232] the Compiler's father, d. of apoplexy, at South Boston,
Oct. 17, 1857, a. 80 y. 2 mo. 20 days. His faculties of body and mind were but little im
paired, and he was apparently in his usual health up to the very moment of his departure.

INI)£X.

211

III. Allied Families.
ALDEN FAMILY, page 21; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
Those who are known to have died young are omitted. The figures before each name
denote the year of birth ; the figures after the name denote Ihe consecutive number under
which the individual is recorded.

A.

1791 Henry

1729

Abiah

90

Hosea

1699

Abigail

27

j_

17—

Abigail

46

166- Isaac

1721

Abigail

55

1692 Isaac

1722

Abigail

''3

1731 Isaac

1760

Abigail

108

1'763 Isaac

1761

Abigail

103

1770 Isaac

Abigail

115

1777 Isaac

1764

Adam

71

1786 Isaac

1765

Alice Alpheui

4
135

177- Isaiah

1718

Anna

83

J.

B.
1751 James
1732
Barnabas
79
1702 Jemima
1762 Jesse
Benjamin
4
162- John
1757
Benjamin
73
166- John
Betsey
137
1694 John
1719 John
C.
1747 John
1744
Caleb
38
18— John
D.
16 — Jonathan
1721 Jonathan
1690
Daniel
29
1733 Jonathan
1720
Daniel
76
1775 Jonathan
1752? Daniel
109
1624 ? Joseph
Daniel
117
1668 Joseph
16—
David
4
1717 ? Joseph
17—
David
40
1718 Joseph
1727
David
86
1747 Joseph
1771
David
139
1755 Joseph
18—
David
137
Joseph
E.
Joseph
1729 Joshua
1693
Ebenezer
24
1738 Josiah
172-
Ebenezer
49
Josiah
1734
Ebenezer
80
1755
Ebenezer
110
K.
1788
Ebenezer
HI
1743 Keziah
1694
Eleazar
31
1723
Eleazar
83
L.
1763
Elijah
93
1781 Lot
Elizabeth
6
1796 Lucius
1732
Ezra
57
Lydia
1734
Ezra
88
1779 Lydia
1774
Ezra
74
M.
H.
1782 Marcus
1696
Hannah
32
Martha S
17—
Hannah
43
Martin
1727
Hannah
78
16— Mary
1736
Hannah
62
1691 Mary
1750
Hannah
107
1699 Mary
Hannah
121
171- Mary
Hannah
137
1737 Mary
Hazael
93
1769 Mary
112
1776
Mary
99
123
1687
Mehetabel
20
1707
Mehitable
37
1729
Mehitable
781
10
1732
Mehitable
91
23 60
104
1696
Mercy N.
26
116
1727
Nathan
56
141
1751
Nathan
96
98
1725
Noah
52
89
O.
1740
Oliver
38
70
Oliver
89
28
P.
114 2
Priscilla
41
12
R.
25
1745
Rebecca
67
48
163-
Ruth
8
68
137
S.
5
16—
Samuel
4
82
1705
Samuel
36
61
1736
Samuel
92
140
176-
Samuel
115
3
177-
Samuel
120
11
16—
Sarah
7
47
1688
Sarah
21
75
1734
Sarah
'^
38
1748 ? Sarah
72
1792
Sarah
99
119
Sarah W.
89
137
1710
Seth
38
86
1741
Seth
38
93
Seth
122
93
174-
Silas
96
1766
Silas
136
Silas
118
66
1740
Simeon
94
1764
Simeon
134
Solomon
40
142
1767
Solomon
137
99
Solomon
137
44
1719
Susanna
54
99
1766
Susanna
105
179-
Susanna T.
113
97
Thankful
42
8989 9
1736
Timothy
89
1771
Timothy
89
22
W.
33
Williams
121
45
81
Z.
138
1724
Zephaniah
77
212

INDEX.

ADAMS FAMILY, p. 27 ; CHBISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanations, see Index I.

A.

1698

Hannah

32

N.

1659
Abigail
13
1702
Hannah
47
1745
Nathaniel
65
1684
1698
AbigailAbigail
2746
1604
Hannah Henry
22
P.
1765
Abigail
72
1657
Henry
O
Pelatiah
3
1702
Abijah
43
J.
1622
Peter
6
1770
Alice
92
1711
Jedidiah
60
1663
Peter
6
1731
Anne
67
1624
John
7
1670
Peter
18
1757
Anne
85
1655
John
7
1700
Peter
46
1773
Anne
79
1661
John
14
1738
Peter B.
56
1774
Anne B.
94
1687
John
38
R.
B.
1691
John
29
28 15
1735
JOHN
55
Rebecca
7
1661
xjciijaminBethiah
176-
John
81
1700
Rulh
3S
1702
Bethiah
34
180-
John
98
S.
17341771
Boylston
Boylston
68
78
1767
1619
JOHN a.
John a.
Jonathan
73
100 6
1617 1671
Samuel
Samuel
4
6
C.
Jonathan
3
1689
Samuel
39
1770
Charies
75
1671
Jonathan
19
1694
Samuel
30
180-
Charies F.
99
1626
Joseph
8
1722
SAMUEL
39
165-
Joseph
7
1723
Samuel
58
D.
1654
Joseph
12
1726
Sarah
59
1690
Daniel
7
1688
Joseph
Joseph
28
1768
Susanna
74
1720
Daniel
7
1695
40
1777
Susanna
80
E.
Joseph
28
Susanna
82
1704
Ebenezer
35
17.30
Joseph
61
T.
1737 1762
EbenezerEbenezer Ebenezer
286989
17591696
1763
Joseph
JosiahJosiah
87
31 90
1612
16641688
Thomas
ThomasThomsis
342
1630
Edward
9
U.
1701
Thomas
42
1741
Elihu
57
1652
Mary
7
1725
Thomas
2
1777
Elihu
95
1668
Mary
17
1772
Thomas
93
1738
Elijah
64
1683
Mary
26
1772
Thomas B.
76
1759
Elisha Elizabeth
83
86
16951696
Mary Mary
Mary
41
44
Timothy
3
1707
Esther
48
1766
84
U.
G.
1769
Mary
77
Ursula
10
George W.
97
16781708
MehitableMehitable
2049
Z.
H.
1760
Mehitable
88
1739
Zabdiel
70
1652
Hannah
11
1741
Micajah
71
1767
Zabdiel
91
1685
Hannah
37
1733
Moses
62
1793
Zabdiel B.
96
ALLEN FAMILY, p. 35; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanations, see Index I.
A.
1716
Bethiah
56
H.
164-
Abigail
6
Betsey
89
1704
Hannah
37
1674
Abigail
20
D.
I.
Isaac
1700
1706
Abigail
Abigail
35
28
Deborah
90
1713
5S
1727
Abigail
62
£.
J.
1757
Abigail
82
1674
Ebenezer
14
1730
Jacob
63
1704
Abijah
37
1679
Elisha
16
1754
Jacob
81
1726
Abiah
61
179-
Eliza
105
164-
James
5
170-
Alice
18
1714
Elizabeth
32
1708
James
29
1663
Asahel
9
1734
Elizabelh
66
1732
Joanna
65
B.
1742
Elizabeth
72
1686
John
24
1713
Esther
41
1711
John
54
1710
Bathsheba
30
179-
Eunice
96
1712
Jonathan
40
1679
Beniamin
22
F.
1749
Jonaihan
40
1704?
Benjamin
42
1650
JosephJoseph
7
1669
Bethiah
12
1800'
Freeman
107
1672
19
INDEX.

213

1702

Joseph

66

1786

Mary

101

1639

Sarah

4

1731

Joseph

60

1665

Mehitabel

10

1667

Sarah

11

1739

Joseph

68

1717

Mehitabel

33

1709

Sarah

45

1752

Joseph

76

1778

Mehitable

96

1719

Sarah

57

177-

Joseph

87

171-

Micah

25, nou.

1750

Sarah

75

178-

Joseph

99

1781

Sarah

91^

1677

Josiah

15

N.
179-
Sophia
103
1713
Josiah
31
177-
Nancy Nathaniel
88
179-
Susan
94
1736
Josiah
67
1672
13
1713
Susanna
47
L.
Lemuel
«
1681
Nehemiah
17
1764
Susanna
77
1767
84
P.
178-
Sybil
100
1716
Lydia
49
178-
Peter
93
T.
1761
Lydia
78
R.
RebeccaRuth
1711
Thomas
46
1781
Lydia M.
98
16811706
23
38
17301740178-
Thomas
ThomasThomas
64 7192
163-
Mary
3
S.
1688
Mary
25
1632
Samuel
2
W.
1708
Mary
39
1660
Samuel
8
1706
William
43
1737
Mary
70
1675
Samuel
21
1746
William
74
1770
?Mary
85
1699
Samuel
34
177-
William
86
BOYLSTON
FAMILY, p. 40; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanations, see Index I.
16761715
18221701 1706 171-1710
1719
1705 1730
16881720
166-1698
17381640170217171717
171-
A.
AbigailAbigailAlicia
Ann Ann Ann
Anna Anna B.
Benjamin C.
Caleb D.
DudleyDudley E.
Edward Edward
EdwardElizabeth
Elizabeth ElizabethElizabeth
Elizabeth
H.
1740? Hannah
J.
1670
Richard
7
1711
Jerusha
22
1722
Richard
g
1719
Jerusha
14
1729? Richard
36
l69-
Joanna
30
6
10
1709
John
20
S.
178-
John L.
36
1642
Sarah
29 6
1725
Joshua
29
1680
Sarah
1706
Sarah
L.
1717
Sarah
34
1828
Louisa C. A,
36
1723
Sarah
168-
Lucy
17
1732
Sarah
9
1726
Lucy
38
1709
Susanna
M.
1734
Susanna
29
168-
Mary
27
T.
2929 5
16991713 1714172217271825
MaryMary Mary Mary
MaryMary H.
6
23 12
362936
1615 1645169-170117151721
ThomasThomas ThomasThomasThomas
Thomas
5
N.
Thomas
29
1724
Nathaniel
37
181-
Thomas
2
1716
Nicholas
32
W
6
177-
Nicholas
36
13
P.
Peter
1749
Ward N.
25
1678
8
1816
Ward N.
29
R.
Z.
1685
Rebecca
28
1679
Zabdiel
29
1727
Rebecca
39
1707
Zabdiel
66
29
3
16 6
33 15
29 11
29
I
4
31 6
243536 36
36
36
1819
FAXON FAMILY, page 43 ; CHBISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanations, see Index I.
A.
1670 Abigail
1715 Abigail
1737 Abigail
Allen
1726 Anna
1762 Anna
1753 Asaph
16
1788 Asaph
91
Benjamin
62-
20
1816 Asaph A.
96
1759 ? Betsey
85
73
1732 Azariah
78
178- Betsey
90
55
1811 Betsey W.
94
62
B.
1783 Beulah W.
87
77
1757 ? Barnabas
84
C.
60
1821 Barnabas P.
98
Caleb
73,
82
1762 Bathsheba
71
1727 Christopher
61
214

INDEX.

D.
1661
Joanna
7
1667
Rebecca
5
1664
1720
Deborah
Deborah
4
47
16691660
1690
JosephJosiahJosiah
1912
36
1728176-
RebeccaRelief
Rhoda
51 75
75
E.
1718
Josiah
46
163-
Richard
3
17261700174- 1704
1731
Ebenezer EdwardEdward
ElebEliashib Elijah
49 40
40754263
1695
1731
L.
LydiaLydia M.
3862
16661686
1718 1717
1752
Richard
Richard Richard RichardRuth
•Ruth
17
4474 75
56
854
1756
Elijah
83
1657
Mary
10
S.
1781 ? Elijah
86
1688
Mary
45
1727
Elisha
62
1713
Mary
72
Samuel
62
Elisha
62
Mary
76
1659
Sarah
6
1702
Elizabeth
41
1698
Mehitable
39
1659
Sarah
11
18—
Elizabeth
86
1706
Sarah
43
Eunice
76
N.
1724
Sarah
76
1823
Eunice A.
H.
99
1777
Nathaniel Nathaniel
7575
1813
Susan D.
95
16631721 1808
HannahHannah Horatio N.
15
68 93
1725
O.
Obadiah P.
48
163- 1662
1692
T.
Thomas
ThomasThomas
2
13
37
1734
I.
Isaiah
54
1723
Priscilla R.
59
17101725
ThomasThomas
7160
J.
1792? Rachel
92
W.
1720
James
75
18—
Rachel A.
86
William
62
James
75
1818
Rachel W.
97
1826
William T.
100
FBENCH FAMILY, page 49 ; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanations, see Index I.
A.
1768
Elisha
91
L.
1776
1709
1766
Abigail
Abijah
Abijah
93
29 81
16561696 1699
ElizabethElizabethElizabeth
7
2322
1762
Luther M.
74
1742
Adam
64
1730
Elizabeth
50
1684
Mary
17
Adonijah
39
1761
Elizabeth
63
1691
Mary
36
1695
Alexander
37
1780
Elizabeth
87
1781
Mary H.
95
1724
Alexander
57
1793
Elizabeth
81
1806
Mehitable
85
1688
Anna
11
1735
Esther
53
1726
Micah
46
1728
Anna
49
1761
Esther
89
1700
Moses
25
1763
Anna
90
G.
1731
Moses
51
1775
Asa
85
1769
Moses
83
1726
Gideon
48
B.
1692
Grace
13
N.
170-
Benjamin
40
H.
1702
Nathaniel
S9
1736
Benjamin
61
Nehemiah
39
1690
Hannah
35
C.
1735
Hephzibah
62
P.
1757
Caleb
78
1744
Paul
65
1798
Caroline
81
I.
1764
Polly
75
1798
Catharine
81
1729
Isaac
59
1816
Catharine L.
86
R.
1778
Charies
86
J.
1704
Rachel
27
1641
John
2
1694
Rebecca
20
D.
1689
John
18
1721
Rebecca
47
1699
David
21
1699
John
16
1718
David
42
1702
Jonathan
26
S.
1694
Deborah
14
1740
Jonathan
56
1660
Samuel
9
1742
Deliverance
66
1772
Jonathan
84
1688
Samuel
34
1649
Dependence
4
1778
Jonathan
94
1706
Samuel
28
1691
Dependence
19
1716
Joseph
41
1724
Samuel
45
1763
Joseph
69
1725
Samuel
58
E.
1700
Josiah
38
1737
Samuel
63
1711
Ebenezer
30
1760
Jotham
73
1714
Sarah
31
1734
Elisha
62
1762
Judith
61
1738
Sarah
54
INDEX.

215

1746

Sarah

66

1756

Sarah

70

1716

Seth

32

1760

Silence

67

1758

Susanna

72

1763

Sylvanus

80

T.

W.

1661
Temperance
5
1663
William
6
1658
Thomas
8
1690
William
6
1690
Thomas
12
1696
William
16
1698
Thomas
24
1770
William
77
1723
Thomas
44
1751
Thomas
68
Z.
1757
Timothy
71
1760
Zenas
79
HAYDEN FAMILY, page 55 ;
For Explanations, see
CHEISTIAN NAMES.
Index 1.
Abel
167-
Abigail
17741
Abigail
1746
Aminadab'
1672
Amy
1761
Amy
1780 3 Asa
1751
Asenath
B.
1686
Benjamin
Benjamin
17171
1759
Benjamin
C.
1759
Caleb
1730
Charies
1764
Charies
1770
Charies
1806
Charles D.
1719
Christopher
1707
Clement
1738
Clement
1749
Cozbi
1756
Cyrus
D.
Damaris
1717
Daniel
171-
Daniel
Daniel
172-
Dorcas
E.
1645
Ebenezer
1679
Ebenezer
1692
Ebenezer
1732
Ebenezer
Elbridge G
1752
Eli
Elihu
1710
Elijah
1733
Elijah
Elijah
Elijah
176-
Elnah
1736
Ehsha
176-
Elisha
1663 ? Elizabelh
1709
Elizabeth
1727
Elizabelh
Elizabeth
180-
Elizabeth F.
1707
Elkanah
1734
Enoch
1756
Enoch
Esther
142 16
132 112 21
139 134
114
31
64
100
138 8486
123122 75 59
107113
116
7
2534 93
138 99
110 65
no
110138141106
143 11
60 8386
126 49
111136no
H.
642 Hannah
661 Hannah
681 Hannah
716 Hannah
724 Hannah
727 Hannah
740 ? Hannah J.
727
72- 722704 63566-68-
711640675695?
706726 73063-
672? 699669 73476-781
763
80-66-
670
68-697707722743749?
766
779759700
1725
Jacob James
James
Jeremiah JerushaJohnJohn John
JohnJonathanJonathan
JonaihanJonaihanJonaihanJonathan Joseph
Joseph Joseph Josiah
Josiah JosiahJosiahJosiah E.
L.
LewisLotLouisaLydia M.
MargaretMaryMaryMary
Mary Mary
Mary Mary
Mary MaryMary E.
Mehitable
MehitableMollyMoses N.
Nathaniel
6 9
28
52 9591
107J
103 70
110 7766 2
12
3351 5
22 355896
105 3
15
46 13
8686
128 129
119
110 112 14
20 29
456389
109 9786
120no130 86
127118 47
79
1763 Nalhaniel
1643 Nehemiah
1680 Nehemiah
1709 Nehemiah
1725 Nehemiah
1726 Nehemiah
1784 Persis
1757 Priscilla
1772 Priscilla
168- 1724
17101721
174117361769 1681
170617401762
R.
RachelRachel
RichardRichard Richard
Robert Robert
Kuth
Rulh Ruth
Ruth S.
1759
Sage
1639'
Samuel
1677
Samuel
1683 ? Samuel
1703
Samuel
1716
Samuel
1774
Samuel
1778
Samuel
180-
Samuel D
1662
Sarah
1667
Sarah
167-
Sarah
1721
Sarah
1727
Sarah
1772
Sarah
1811
Sarah C.
Silence
1767
Susanna
T.
175- Thomas
1780 ? Thomas
1777 Thomas A .
W.
164- William
16— William
1727 William
1750? Zebah
1754 Zebah
1777 ? Zebah
140 8
27 64 7882
135 137 124
32
90 6076
108 87
122 2648 71
102 117 4
23
30 5573
125 112125 10
18
24 94
104 131
122 86
121
101
112126
251
98
116 133
216

INDEX.

HOLBEOOK FAMILY, p. 62 ; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanation, see Index I.

A.

1741

Hannah

95

N.

1761
Abel
113
1751
Hannah
109
1741
TVathaniel
65
180-1695 172-
1786
AbelAbiahAbiah
Abiah
113 4951
125
178-1795
HannahHenry J.I.
146129
1758 1722
1746
NathanielNehemiah Nehemiah
112 85
115
164-1689
178-
Abiezer Abiezer
Abiezer
10
66
143
1662
17191748
Ichabod Ichabod
Ichabod
17
84
107
179-
O.
Olive
114
1675
Abigail
36
Isaac J.
144
P.
1754
Amos
70
167-
Persis
31
Ann
6
1753
James
100
1675
Persis
40A
1767? Anna
118
Jane
7
1665
Peter
21
178-
Azubah
146
1737 1656
Jirah
Joanna
6222
179-
Polly
149
C.
1617
John
2
R.
1764
Caleb
106
164-
John
8
179-
K,ebecca
148
179-
Calvin
113
1653
John
20
1730
1759
Ruth
87
178-
Charlotte
126
166-
John
29
Kuth
103
179-
Chariotte
114
1686
John
40
178-
Clarissa
127
168-
John
70
S.
1662
Cornelius D.
DavidDavid
DavidDeborah E.
Ebenezer
26
16901699
John John
4660
1654 ? Samuel
166- Samuel
13
28
1690 1717
17481683
1763
57 839739
114
1710171517261730 1745
1761 1769
JohnJohnJohn JohnJohn
John John
4071 50
61 90
61, note. 119
1689 Samuel
171- Samuel
1730 ? Samuel
1732 Samuel
1680 Sarah
1692 Sarah
1694 Sarah
434453
79 38
47 58
178-
Ebenezer
114
177-
John
142
1724
Sarah
75
1793
Edmund S.
128
1799
John
142
1746
Sarah
96
1697
Elisha
59
1808
John C.
61, note.
1749
Sarah
92
172-
Elisha
52
1761
Jonathan
99
178-
Sarah
124
1775
Elisha
121
171-
Joseph
43
179-
Sarah
147
179-
Elisha N.
121
1778
Joseph
123
1738
Sirah
64
162-
Elizabeth
6
L.
1670
Susanna
24
1673
Elizabeth
34
1739
Lucy
82
177-
Susanna
120
1684
Elizabeth
41
1724
Luke
70
1730
Elizabeth
78
1749
Lydia
98
T.
173-
Elizabeth
56
M.
1620 ? Thomas
3
1749
Elizabeth
117
1796
Martha
130
1646 ? Thomas
18
178-
Elizabeth
114
165-
Mary MaryMary Mary Mary
19
1672
Thomas
33
177-
Esther
99
1686
42
1693
Thomas
64
1658
Eunice
16
1700
66
1754
Thomas
110
1661
Experience
16
1726
86
177-
Thomas
141
Experience
32
173-
54
1728
Timothy
77
1667
Experience
36
1734
Mary
80
W.
G.
1742
Mary
94
165-
Grace
12
1753
Mary
93
1625
» William
4
1756
Mary
111
1658
William
25
H.
1778
Mary
122
1690? WiUiam
£7
164-
Hannah
11
1755
Mehitable
101
1747
William
116
1679
Hannah
37
1799
Mehitable
131
179-
William
113
168-
Hannah
Ii
1802
Mehitable
113
1702
Hannah
Millicent
30
Z.
1742
Hannah
89
1761
Moses
104
178-
Zadok
114
MILLS FAMILY, p. 73; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanation, see Index I.
E.
1664
Elizabelh
9 H.
•1665 Edward
13
1690
Elizabeth
19 1689 Hannah
18
il721 Edward
34
1713
Elizabeth
31 174- Hannah
50
INDEX.

217

J.

M.
R.
1638
James
7
16401
Mary
3
1630
Recompense
4
1743 1632
1660
Jemima JohnJohn
49 6
11
16701706
Mary Mary
15
28
1656
S.
Sarah
10
1694
John
21
1698
Sarah
23
1635
Jonaihan
6
N.
1717
Shove
32
1662
Jonaihan
12
162-
Susanna
2
1703
Jonaihan
25
1672
Nathaniel
16
1675
Susanna
17
1630
Joy
3
1711
Nathaniel
30
1708
Susanna
29
NILES FAMILY, p. 76 ; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanation, see Index I.
A.
I.
N.
1714
Abigail
27i
1646
Increase
7
1710
Nathan
38
1680
Increase
21i
1642
Nathaniel
5
B.
1704
Increase
36
Nathaniel
17
1651
Benjamin
Benjamin
8
1735
Nalhaniel
44
1675
14
J.
1740
Nathaniel
45
178- 1715
BenjaminBethiah
48 40
1747
1710
JamesJane
37
26J 15
P.
C.
167-
Jeremiah
1722
Peter
43
175-
Jeremiah
49
176-
Peter
37
1712
Catharine
27
1639
John
3
R.
178-
Clarissa
47
1671 ? John
13
D.
1678
John
21
1714
Rebecca
28J
1712
Daniel
39
17061708
John
John
2637
S.
1700
David
28
174-
John
37
1644
Samuel
6
1702
Deborah
II
1640
Joseph Joseph
JosephJudith
4
1674
Samuel
16
175-
Dorcas
1666
11
1686
Samuel
20
E.
1700174-
37
17111744
SamuelSamuel
3047
168-
Ebenezer
22
178-
Samuel
47
174-
Ebenezer
37
K.
178-
Samuel
48
1719
Elisha
33
174-
Keziah
37
1751
Sands
48
1706
Elizabeth
29
179-
Sands
48
1742
' Elizabelh
46
L.
1681
Sarah
18
178-
Elizabelh
47
1702
Sarah
26
175-
Experience H.
37
179-1719
Laura
Lydia
4742
17081711
1717
Sarah
SarahSarah
29* 17
41
1637
Hannah
2
M.
177-
Sarah
47
1664
Hannah
10
1669
Mary
12
1699
Susanna
24
1682
Hannah
19
169-
Mary
22*
1719
Susanna
34
1697
Hannah
23
1713
Mary
31
1705
Hannah
36
1776
Mary D.
47
W.
Henry
49
178-
Mehitable
47
179-
Wm. Watson
45
PENNIMAN FAMILY, p. S3 ; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanation, see Index I.
A.
E.
1651
170-
Abigail
Abigail
9
68
62 73
67
173-17331712
Ebenezer
Ebenezer Eleanor
626848
1742176-
Abigail
AbigailAmasa
1715
EleanorElihu
Elijah
647467
B.
1676
Elizabeth
27
1705
Elizabelh
46
1770
Barzillai
67
173-
Ezra
69
1712
Bethiah
63
H.
Hannah
Bethuel
75
1648
8
1683
Hannah
31
D.
1708
Hannah
61
1680
Deborah
25
171-
Hannah
60
1633
James
2
1661
James
11
1683
James
26
1686
James
43
1696
James
33
1708
James
67
1637
John
4
1678
John
20
173-
John
62
1674
Jonathan
18
1686
Jonathan
32
1639
Joseph
5
1670
Joseph
21
1671
Joseph
16
218

INDEX.

1674 Joseph
1702 ? Joseph
1737 Joseph
Josiah

L.

1636 Lydia
1653 Mary
1668 Mary
1674? Mary
1684 Mary

M.

13

1699

Mary

45

1708

Mary

71

Marv

67

1740 7 MesLech

1678

Moses

1715

Moses

3

P.
10
1736
Pelatiah
12
23
R.
42
1730
Ruth
44
S.
59
1645
Samuel
62
1672
Samuel
72
1677
Samuel
24
1710
Samuel
49
1641
Sarah
1709
Sarah
Susanna
70
177-
Susanna W
1706
William
66
1732
William
7
17
29
62 6
4762
76
5667
THAYEE FAMILY, p. 87 ; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanation, see Index I.
17291661?1685
171317461781 1717
1757 1697
1722
1735 1766
A.
Abiah
AbigailAbigailAbigailAbigailAbigailAbraham
Abraham
Anna Anna
Atherton Atherton B.
1755 Barnabas
1683 Benjamin
1708 Benjamin
1720 Benjamin C.
CalebCaleb
CalvinChristian
Christopher CorneliusCornelius
Cornelius
Cornelius
1716176-17561726
1703163-1670 1684
1695?
169-1702?163-16911697
17021762
1653169-
D.
DanielDavid
DeborahDeborahDeborah
DeborahDorcas
DorothyDorothy
70 9
147 173120
102 797928
57
185
204
78
120119 40
166 1
1316
39
38
42 3
20 27
156165 10
36
E.
1665 Ebenezer 134
1689 Ebenezer 19
1692 Ebenezer 161
1721 Ebenezer 178
1734 Ebenezer 16, note.
1746 Ebenezer 196
Ebenezer 202
Ebenezer C. 204, note.
1742 Eleanor 83
704 Eleazar
706 ? Eliakim
746 Elihu
1736 Elijah
1762 Eliphaz
'.748 Elisha
.764 Elisha
647 Elizabeth
709 Elizabeth
1711 Elizabeth
i Elizabelh
1753 Elizabelh
.746 Elkanah
670 Ephraim
1694 Ephraim
1705 Esther
1750 Esther
.740 ? Eunice
658 Experience
704 ? Ezekiel F.
Ferdinando
G.
GaiusGideonGideon GideonGideon
Gideon Gideon F.
1744 17001700
1718 1732177-
1793 H.
164- Hannah
1686 Hannah
1693 Hannah
1698 Hannah
176- Hannah Hannah J.
1756 Henry
1708 ? Hezekiah
I.
1661 Isaac
1742 Isaac
1711 Isaiah
1760 Isaiah
1730 Jacob
163. Jael
157
1691
James
26
44
1712
James
172
116
1716
James
54
72
1752
James
172
86
1753
James
89
197
1786
Jechonias
172
95
1743
Jedidiah
188
129
1716
Jeremiah
48
159
Jeremiah
48
76
1737
Jerusha
62
182
1706
Joanna
74
79
1728
Joanna
181
191
1656
John
131
142
1686
John
148
161
1688
John
18
168
1688
John
24
88
1717
John
64
164
1726
Jonathan
166
132
1761
Jonathan
165
43
1699
Joseph
164
Joseph H. J
204, no(c.
1713
Josiah
77
126
L.
1748
Lois
85
190
1770
Luther
120
29
169-
Lydia
37
41
1755
Lydia
166
55
1759
-Lydia
196
29
1776
Lydia
100
29
*
188
M.
1705
Margaret.
49
1663
Mary '
139
6
1689
MaTy
25
33
1713
Mary
63
152
1757
Mary
91
163
1756
Mary W.
194
79
1723
Micah
67
204, note.
1771
Minot
207
92
I69il '
Moses
40
45
1758
Moses
93
133
1707
N.
Naphtali
169
79
164-
Nalhaniel
8
62
1658
Nalhaniel
12
94
1671
Nathaniel
14
1680? Nalhaniel
31
1709
Nathaniel
76
183
1710
Nathaniel
16, note.
4
1733
Nadianiel
184
1762 176417691778 17481748 1721
17241772

1708 1696 1710

16991723 174417681680 1758 1723
1741

INDEX.

219
Nathaniel
122
177-
Relief
120
1732
Simeon
71
Nathaniel
118
162-
Richard
2
1744
Solomon
44
Nathaniel 16,
note.
1665
Richard
11
1766
Solomon
172
Nathaniel E.
101
1683 ? Richard
32
1770
Stephen
206
Nathaniel W.
87
1686
Richard
23
1752
Susanna
193
Nehemiah
166
1727
Richard
69
T. •
O.
Obadiah
Obadiah
1731
Richard
69
1757
Richard
69
1766
Theodora
96
66
1769
Richard
97
16—
Thomas
124
58
1689
Ruth
35
162-
Thomas
125
Obadiah
98
1704
Rulh
167
164-
Thomas
128
P,
1707
Ruth
158
1681
Thomas
145
Paul
48
1726
Ruth
180
1718
Thomas
176
Peter
170
1734
Ruth
61
1666
Timothy
140
Philip
162
S.
Samuel
1658
Tryall
137
Priscilla
171
1667
141
W.
R.
1761
Samuel M.
202
1675
William
144
Rachel
164
163-
Sarah
5
1682
William
146
Rachel
179
1693
Sarah
160
Z.
Rachel
55
1705
Sarah
73
Rachel
205
1733
Sarah
60
163-
Zachariah
7
Rebecca
21
1744
Sarah
84
1683
Zachariah
15
Rebecca J. 204
note.
1749
Sarah
117
1687
Zachariah
34
Rebecca M.
201
Sarah J. 204, note.
1774
Zebadiah
99
Rebecca M.
202
162-
Shadrach
127
1711
Zebulon
51
Relief
81
1701
Shadrach
165
1737
Zephaniah
186
Relief
113
1759
Shadrach
165
1770?Ziphion
188
WHITE FAMILY, p. 97; CHEISTIAN NAMES.
For Explanation, see Index I.
1683 1707
17441749 1757?1781167-1795 1696
1715 17411720
1746 1684
1716
180-179-
1714175017191745 17531703
17561765 180-
164S 1670
Abigail
39
Abigail
46
Abigail
112
Abigail
37
Alexander
82
Alexander
82
Ann
24
Ann
97
Anna
14
Anna
no
Anna
20
Anne
78
B.
Bathsheba
21
Benjamin
40
Benjamin
68
C.
Catharine Charles D.
DanielDanielDavidDavid DavidDeborah
DeborahDeborahDeborah E.
EbenezerEbenezer
6767 6961
112 5281
101 85
167216831700 17091714 1760?1761176-1798?1708?1688 1713 1738179-1680?1686170717381723 1748
Ebenezer Ebenezer Ebenezer Ebenezer
Ebenezer
Ebenezer Ebenezer Elihu Elihu
Elisha ElizabelhElizabeth ElizabethElliot L.
Experience
Experience ExperienceExperience
Ezekiel Ezekiel
G.
1798 George
163-168-16811704 172417641754? 1802?
1805 17091800?
H.
Hannah HannahHannahHannah HannahHannahHannah Harriet
Harriet Hephzibah Hervey
3432
104 90 7551
112 8585
108 427467 86
2641 17
19
112 112
97
3
273853 71 95
51 859755 85
171217931712 1668170417101759 1702 163-1661
167- 1680?170617421718
1721
17491662 16931710
J.
James JamesJeremiah
John JohnJohnJohn JonathanJosephJoseph JosephJosephJosephJosephJosiah Josiah
L.
1800167- 167-169017031714 17271750 1751
1751 1704
LotLydia LydiaLydia M.
MariaMaryMary MaryMaryMary MaryMaryMary MaryMatthew
9197
109 22 88
65 97 87 27
373158
60 49 37
51 8
13
73
97
25 29 12
45
102 72
112 63 93
106
220

INDEX.

1701

Mehitable

41

1721

Micah

51

1758

Micah

51

1762

Miriam • N.

100

180-

Naaman L.

85

1701

Nathaniel

86

171-

Nehemiah

111

1764

Nehemiah

112

1756

Noah R.

112

1703

Rachel

16

1716

Rachel

48

1715

Ruth

47

1738

Rnlh

59

1769

Ruth

60

164216661676
167617061710
17121720
1721175917621768
180-1716
1751
175-1756

SamuelSamuelSamuelSamuel
SamuelSamuel
Samuel
SarahSarah Sarah
SarahSarahSarah
SilenceSilenceSilenceSilence
Solomon

4
10
30

176016891760
17981702

107 18
67
SO 70
112 99
109 85
103112 8396
65 1 1718

1700
17471645
1665
16731673
1698
1707
1731175-

? Solomon
SusannaSusanna
SusannaSylvanus T.
ThankfulThankful
? Thomas
Thomas
? Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
ThomasThomas Thomas W.
William

84 11
51
9734 15
62 6
9
2835
4389
79 80
77

Descendants of E. EICHAEDSON, p. 107 ; Christian Names.

A.
1701 Aaron
1662 Abigail
1697 Abigail
1718 Abigail
1731 Abijah
1733 Amos B.
1674 Bridget D.
1695 Deborah
1723 Deborah E.
1716 Edward
1689 Elizabeth
1727 Esther
1711 Eunice
1666 Ezekiel
1694 Ezekiel
1721 Ezra

27

47J 47

734177
524 204347

For Explanations, see Index I
G.
1715 Gershom 47
H.
1665 Hannah

1670 Hester
1709 Hezekiah J.
JamesJasherJoanna
JohnJohnJohn
JosiahJosiahJotham L.
Lydia M.
MarlhaMary

1641
17241707
16681692173216351700
1735170517121668

26* 52 7
47
51* 2547
79 4
4981
5171 21

1689 Mary
1737 Mary
1722 Moses

1701
1725

17191673
1714

17301633 1692
1719

N.
Nathan Nathan P.

1632 Phebe

R,
RichardRuthRulh

1660 Sarah

S.

T.
TabithaTheophilusTheophilusTheophilus

46 82
75

6076

74
26

22

78 3
42

Descendants of E. EICHAEDSON, and of his daughter Phebe,
wife of Henry Baldvrtn, pp. 108-111. Clffistian Wames of the Baldwins.
For Explanations, see Index I.

A.

1667

AbigailAbigail

17

1660

Daniel

1707

37

1695

Daniel

Abigail

59

1696

David

Abigail

60

E.

Abigail
64
Eliphalet
B.
1723
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
1673
Benjamin
19
173-
Elizabeth
177-
Benjamin F.
70
G.
C.
179.
George B.
179-
Clarissa
70
H.
1740
Cyrus
68
17151664
Hannah
177.
Cyrus
70
Henry
1693
Henry
13
1718
Henry
13
174-
Henry
33
I.
1700
Isaac
69
Isaac
66
39
J.
66
1710
James
James
178-
James F.
70
1656
John
Josiah
64
K,
16
Kezia
32 69
59
34
34 38 12
704 59
INDEX.

221

L,

1745

Loammi

70

1780

Loammi

70

Lucretia

59

Lydia
39
Lydia
60
Lydia
65
M,
1723
Mary
61
1743
Mary
59
Mary
39
174-
Mary
67
Mary
60
178-
Mary
70
1720 Nathan
174- Nathan
1664 Phebe
1691 Ralph
Relief
174- Reuel
Reuel
1670 Ruth
Rulh
60
1717
Samuel
59
Samuel
173-
Samuel
Sarah
11
1662
Susanna T.
30
Thaddeus
69
1661
Timothy
1689
Timothy
70*
18
W
704
172-
William
39 6360 10
59 14
29
62
Descendants of S. EICHAEDSON, p. 112 ; Christian Names.
For Explanations, see Index I.
17361767
1722168317231773 17611709 1724
176617811713176- 1772
1733 1701
1735 17641783
1764 1738
17771710 1756
1778 17911807 1794
1691 1700
1714 1729
16871718
1751
17051743
177-1693 17411779
A.
Abel Abel
Abiathar
Abigail AbigailAbigailAbijahAdam AnnAnnAunAnnaAsa AsaAsa B.
Barnabas Bartholomew
Bartholomew Bartholomew
Benjamin B.
Bridget C.
CalebCaleb
Charles Charles
Charles ChariesCharles M.
Clarissa
DanielDavidDavidDorcas E.
Ebenezer Ebenezer
Edmund
EdwardEdward EdwardEleazar
Elijah
Elijah
120186100 42
1004 170 108 88 16
1.34156
201 89
112140
107 56
159 159
196157 121
172 79
128
200 74
200 199
31 99
145 66
113161 34
122192
165-167016721703
1715 176117631709 1738
177917071729 1766
16671690 169717011739
1741177- 17041775
17061747 1771
1776
1708 1676
1699
1724 1788
17381731
17451759
17671730
Elizabeth ElizabethElizabethElizabethElizabelh Elizabelh
ElizabethEnoch Enoch Enoch
Esther Esther
Esther
F.
1681 Francis
1710 Francis G.
1730 Gideon
H.
Hannah
Hannah Hannah
Hannah HannahHannah
Heman Henry Hephzibah I.
Ichabod
Ichabod IchabodIsaac J.
JabezJacobJacob James,
Jason Jeduthan
Jeremiah
JerushaJerusha
JerushaJesse
9
19
24 6496
175167 67
115190 66
117
178
74
17
3372 63
138139
1604 37
160
86
143
143, note. 189
59 13
62
addendum. 164
146106124174
158129
JesseJethroJoannaJob
JobJohnJohn
JohnJohn JohnJohn Jonas
Jonas Jonathan
Joseph JosephJoseph
JosephJosephJoseph JosephJoshuaJosiahJosiah Josiah K.
1730 ? Keziah
1761 173-17241696
177- 1639
16611681 1736
1753176- 17321802 1696
1643 1667
167216981699 1727
176117771702 1747
1780
154111
103 16
162 3
10
60
102
150 109135
200 35 5
11
20 82
73
116
166 173 74
125195
1014
17
1785
Lemuel
197
1742
Leonard
140
1769
Leonard
140
1734
Levi
136
173-
Luther
74
1711
Lydia
60
1740
Lydia
132
1744
Lydia
1154
1771
Lydia M.
187
1766
Malachi
16a
1719
Margaret
16,
1736
Martha
137'
1638
Mary
2
1669
Mary
18
1695
Mary
71
1696
Mary
47
1698
Mary
55
1712
Mary
40
222

INDEX.

1735

Mary

1743

Mary

1764

Mary

176-

Mary

1775

?Mary

N.

1T7-

Nancy

1703

Noah

O.

1706

Oliver

1737

Oliver

1773

Oliver

P.

1711

Patience

1734

Paul

1704

Phebe

1764

Phebe

1790

Phebe

1673

Pierson

1696

Pierson

1686

Prudence

R.
1729
Rebecca
1740
Rebecca
1745
Relief
1704
Reuben
1731
Reuben
1773
Reuben
1770 ? Reuel
114
f 1769
Ruby
186
1713
Susanna
9S
123
1713
Ruth
SO
1726
Susanna
184
1733
Ruth
119
1744
Susanna
133
177
1755
Ruth
151
1744
Susanna
141
171
177-
Rulh
140
1749
Susanna
149
1787
Ruth
193
1763
Susanna
176
110
S.
1775
Susanna
191
57
1790
Sally
202
T.
1646
Samuel
6
1752
Thaddeus
127
76
1670
Samuel
22
1684
Thomas
30
131
1704
Samuel
91
1700
Thomas
83
131
1748
Samuel
134
1706
Thomas
92
Samuel
131
1770
Thomas
146
178-
Samuel T
163
1687
Timothy
52
68
1682
Sarah
29
1688
Timothy
44
130
1705
Sarah
68
85
1709
Sarah
40
U.
155 166
17141737
SarahSarah
69
1710
Uriah
94
12
Sarah
W.
54
1770
Sarah
159
43
1690
Seth
45
1678
William
39
1711
Seth
45
1721
Willing
16
1726
Seth,
addendum.
1737
Winslow
88
104
1702
Solomon
49
88
1649
Stephen
7
Z.
142
1674
Stephen
21
1677
Zachariah
27
75
1676
Stephen
37
1720
Zachariah
97
118
1707
Stephen
87
1745
Zachariah
147
183
1743
Stephen
88
1740?
Zadok
112
169
1684
Susanna
51
172-
Zeli
101
Descendants of T. EICHAEDSON, p. 123 ; Christian Names.
For Explanations, see Index I.
A.
1695 Abigail
176- AbigailAlford
1698 Amos
1721 Amos
175- Asa
B.
1674 Benjamin
1700 ? Benjamin
1704 Benjamin C.
171i Catharine D.
1679 David
1672 Deborah
1733 Dorothy E.
1688 Edward
1685 Elizabeth
1710 Elizabelh Eunice H.
1689 Hannah
1707 Hannah I.
1643 Isaac
169- Isaac
41
12
53
16
15
40, note. 47
1733 Isaac
1710 Israel
175- Israel
1676170417291729
1740 1685166916741681
1716
174- 1706
1750?
1737
JamesJamesJamesJamesJoelJohn
Jonaihan JosephJoshuaJoshua
JoshuaJosiahJosiah Judith
1743 Lucy
1710 Lydia M.
1714 Margaret
1683 Martha
1714 Martha
1638 Mary
1680 Mary
1683 Mary
1710 Mary
1718 Mary
1719 Mary
35
N.
36
1651
Nathaniel
47
1673
Nathaniel
1702
Nalhaniel
18
38
1716
Nathaniel
1742
Nathaniel
38
P.
51
1649
Phebe
35
1681
Phebe
22
1696
Phebe
7
1694
Phineas
9
1735
Phineas
20
Polly
47
47
R.
39
1699
Rebecca
47
1710
Rebecca
35
1647
Rulh S.
47
1691
Samuel
10
1716
Samuel
1640
Sarah
1719
Sarah
25
1732
Sarah
21
T.
46
1645
Thomas
1
1687
Thomas
19
14
1721
Thomas
46
W.
48
1731
William
43
1731
William
6
17
33 42
47 5
13
27
26 54 47
32 40*i
ts 25 2
2638 4
2349
38 52
INDEX.

223

Descendants of

THOMAS QBEEN,
For Explanations, see

A.

1750

Asenath

323

1754

Aaron

258

1762

Ashbel

204

1765

Aaron

132

1811 ? Ashbel

405

Aaron

426

Ashbel
736
180-
AaronAbbyAbelAbiathar Abiathar
Abigail AbigailAbigail AbigailAbigail
Abigail Abigail
Abigail Abigail
Abigail Abigail Abigail Abigail
AbnerAdelia Adeline G.
AdrianaAlbert
AlbertAlice Alice L.
781
452
1835
Augusta
531
1765
1760 18291706? 171517251738 17501759
1762'17701771 1772 1803181-179-1848184017771846
195
287 530 6179
120
228 198
446415 489433271373 391782
772 660803
461 473 971
445930
1739?Barridiir 1703 ? Bathsheba
179- Belinda
1687 Benjamin
1724 Benjamin
1731 Benjamin
176- Benjamin
1765 Benjamin
1763 Benjamin
1766 Benjamin Benjamin
Benjamin Benjamin
1819 BenjaminBenjamin B.
1811 Benjamin F.
1752 Bernard
1785 Betsey
1786 Betsey
1788 Betsey
178- Betsey
1781 Bourne
1769 Bradley
127 50
771 59
101
173
252 362371
448372 689726951464760 132
629676617763305450
1824
Alice M.
545
c.
Alice M.
843
1706
Caleb
56
1813
Almeria
813
176-
Caleb
478
1797
Almond
602
1799
Calista
637
Alonzo
645
1807
Calista
663
1836
Alonzo W.
957
1765
Calvin
205
Alpheus
706
Caroline
675
1762
Amasa
340
Caroline
647
181-
Amelia F.
975
1811
Caroline F.
522
1712
Amos
78
1716
Catharine
96
1740
Amos
219
1738
Catharine
158
1746
Amos
245
1768
Catharine
155
Amos
219
1724
Charies
164
1820
Andrew H.
588
1786
Charles
436
1829
Andrew H.
821
Charies
704
1743
Ann
197
1802
' Charies
825
1828
Ann Eliza
918
1824
Charies A.
809
1830
Ann Elizabeth
830
1831
Charies C.
967
Ann Maria
468
1803
Charies G.
521
1812
Ann Maria
796
1840
Charies W.
940
1842
Ann Maria
941
Chariotte
622
1708
Anna
52
Chariotte
721
1778
Anna
612
1799
Chariotte
749
1799
Anna
710
182-
Chariotte
886
Anna
737
1796
Chariotte E.
518
Anna A.
714
1834
Chariotte E.
832
1832
Anna S.
890
1795
Clara
652
Archelaus
310
Clara
661
Archibald D.
466
1823
Clarinda
924
Arnold
620
1788
Clark E.
677
1838
Arnold
871
1740
Chloe
128
1839
Arthur M.
939
1764
Chloe
317
1761
Asa
364
1766
Chloe
353
1762
'Asa
288
Cilletta
4fiO
1779
Asa
275
Conant
644
Asa
687
1820
Cordelia
791
Asa
699
Cornelia
454
p. 128; Christian Names.
Index I. D.
681
Daniel
31
722
Daniel
87
722
Daniel
92
733
Daniel
216
746
Daniel
196
749
Daniel
87
761
Daniel
429
766
Daniel
397
768
Daniel
360
778
Daniel
292
784
Daniel
754
8001
Daniel
657
8—
Daniel
838
82-
Daniel O.
976
728'
Darius
121
686
David
42
702
David
64
714
David
134
741
David
267
David
268
781
David
276
797
David
663
797
David
682
800
David
638
846
David
960
Deliverance
627
747
Dolly
330
653
Dorcas
11
6831
Dorcas
32
824
Dorcas H.
786
714
Dorothy
95
731
Dorothy
229
1752
Dorothy E.
199
791
Eben
746
1696
Ebenezer
70
1769
Ebenezer
364
1840
Edna A.
950
1824
Edward
959
1843
Edward W.
942
1815
Edwin
674
1827
Edwin
955
Elbridge
777
1702
Eleazar
73
1756
Elias
284
Elias
690
1760
Elijah
281
1786
Elnah
616
1769
Elijah D.
300
1799
Elijah D.
567
1816
Elijah H.
789
1843
Elnah P.
.816
Eliza
471
824
Eliza
964
16281
Elizabeth
2
1687
Elizabeth
43
1693
Elizabeth
46
1708
Elizabeth
111
1709
Elizabeth-
67
1714
Elizabeth
167
1718
Elizabelh
136
1734
Elizabelh
176
1740
Elizabeth
151
1742
Elizabeth
241
1748
Elizabeth
236
224

INDEX.

1764 Elizabeth

155

1828

George W.

965

Isabella

402

1758 Elizabeth

201

Georgiana

720

Isabella

738

1760 Elizabeth

414

1808

Gerould

671

1720? Israel

163

1762 Elizabeth

193

1762 Elizabelh
383
H.
J.
1763 Elizabelh
365
1792
Hadassah E.
504
1718 Jabez
86
1774 Elizabelh
302
1647?
Hannah
9
1743 Jabez
187
177- Elizabelh
479
1660
Hannah
15
1834 Jackson
969
i780 Elizabeth
692
1698
Hannah
71
1689 Jacob
34
1783 Elizabeth
412
1699
Hannah
107
1700 Jacob
54
1785 Elizabeth
486
1725
Hannah
., 142
1722 Jacob
99
18— Elizabeth
403
1728?
Hannah
182
1724 Jacob
153
1812 Elizabeth
974
1735
Hannah
217
1751 Jacob
248
1837 Elizabeth
836
1738
Hannah
231
175- Jacob
251
184- Elizabeth
841
1746
Hannah
244
1790 Jacob
401
1804 ? Elizabeth E.
576
1760 ? Hannah
253
1702 James
123
1811 Elizabeth G.
903
1764
Hannah
194
1743 James
212
1808 Elizabeth R.
570
176-
Hannah
289
1745 James
234
1795 Elizabeths.
517
1764
Hannah
427
1750 ? James
331
1839 Elizabeth S.
866
1768
Hannah
367
1766 James
376
1819 Elizabelh T.
978
1771
Hannah
380
176- James
477
1836 Ellens.
833
1782
Hannah
411
1769 James
419
182- Elmira
982
1792
Hannah
679
1788 James
631
18?2 Elvira
979
1797
Hannah
665
1791 James
618
182- Emeline C.
845
181-
Hannah
741
179 James
713
180- Emily
734
1826
Hannah
546
1802 James
568
1 830? Emma S.
846
Hannibal
649
James
715
1775 Ephraim
451
179-
Harriet
776
1835 James
853
Ephraim
686
1845
Harriet A.
936
1 841 James
867
1801 Ephraim J.
629
1845
Harriet L.
943
1 817 James A.
742
1674 Esther
29
1818
Harriet N.
817
1778 ? James L.
408
1708 Esther
76
1844
Harriet S.
892
1792 James S.
404
1709 ? Esther
88
Helen
669
James S.
736
1731 Esther
225
Henrietta
722
1826 James S.H.
787
1756 Esther
438
1638
Henry
7
179- Jane
769
1767 Esther
381
1673
Henry
28-
1804 Jane R.
559
1774 Esther
610
1696
Henry
69
1765 Jared
342
178 - Esther
621
1748
Henry
246
1803 Jared L.
668
1709 Eunice
112
1762
Henry
441
1758 Jehiel
327
1726 ? Eunice
94
1792
Henry
756
1718 Jemima
97
1726 Eunice
138
1827
Henry E.
820
1726 Jemima
164
1786 Eunice
551
1798
Henry R.
656
1760 Jeraiah
339
1805 Eveline
685
183-
Henry W.
983
1762 Jeremiah
426
1834 Everett W.
926
1714
Hephzibah
161
Jeremiah
426
1715 Ezra
132
1795
Herschel
730
1756 Jeruah
326
1746 Ezra
132
1733
Hezekiah
226
1733 Jerusha
125
1771 ? Ezra
420
1764
Hezekiah
442
1762 Jesse
324
1776 Ezra
611
1802
Horace
606
1767 Jesse
266
1786 Ezra
755
1819
Horace
743
1789 Jesse
496
1839 Ezra
906
1848
Horace D.
894
1818 Jesse
790
179-
Huldah
774
1703 Joanna
81
F.
Joanna
718
1825 Fidelia A.
980
I.
1738 Joel
315
1747 Flagg
238
1746
Ira
321
1762 Joel
316
182 Frances
981
1756
Iriiah
337
1780 Joel
597
1840 Frances M.
872
1664 ? Isaac
23
1632 ? John
4
Francis
625
1690
Isaac
44
1672 John
27
.^846 Francis W.
948
1694
Isaac
61
1674 John
20
J800 Fred. Wm.
667
1727
? Isaac
143
1698 John
53
1730 ? Isaac
147
1700 John
63
G.
1750
Isaac
272
1707 John
130
George
462
1759
Isaac
286
1728 John
155
1820 ? George
767
1772
Isaac
273
1730 ? John
144
George
839
1778
Isaac
312
1736 John
149
1844 George A.
801
1784
Isaac
306
1736 John
227
1798 George B.
519
1727
? Isaac
437
1747 John
270
1847 George B.
.869
1805
Isaac
533
1768 ? John
178
George E.
i82- George E.
J 837 George H.
716
1821
Isaac
544
1759 John
356
889
1832
Isaac
831
1760 John
350
938
1846
Isaac
526
176- John
290
George W.
681
1705
Isabel
66
1763 John
297
INDEX.

225

1768

John

398

177-

John

309

1778

John

510

1783

John

647

1784

John

560

1790

John

697

John

470

1801

John

667

John

375

1826

John

914

1829

John

860

1835

John

864

1845

John

625

John C.

465

1811

John H.

593

1842

John H.

907

1798

John J.

527

1819

John P.

587

18301

John P,

829

1769

John W,

207

1829

John W.

664

1713

Jonas

66

1747

Jonas

180

1680

Jonathan

40

1714

Jonathan

110

1719

Jonathan

117

1743

Jonathan

233

1744

Jonaihan

320

1746

Jonaihan

259

1777

Jonathan

492

1820

Jonathan

783

1786

Jonathan E.

639

1678

Joseph

30

1701

Joseph

80

1724

Joseph

100

1730 ? Joseph

183

175-

Joseph

260

1754

Joseph

191

1754

Joseph

200

1758

Joseph

369

1759

Joseph

439

1773

? Joseph

421

1784

Joseph

694

Joseph
701
1708
Joshua
109
1800
Joshua
732
1802
Joshua
390
183-
Joshua
984
1709
Josiah
83
1735
Josiah
185
1768
Josiah
386
1790
Josiah
727
182-
Josiah D.
887
1715
Judith
90
1765
Judith
358
1769
Judith
428
Julia
453
1829
Julia A.
966
1816
Julia E. K.
586
Kate J.
847
1767
Kesurah
206
1791
Kezia L.
651
1800
Laura
605
1741
Leah
232
1749
Lemuel
345
Leonard
702
1804
Levi
712
1846 Levi W.
Livingston
1721 ? Lois
1765 Lois
180- Lot
1318 Louisa
1808 Lowell
1757 Lucas
1805 Lucetta
Lucetta
1844 Lucien P.
Lucretia
1783 Lucretia
1743 Lucy
1744 Lucy
1757 Lucy Lucy
1789 Lucy
1820 Lucy
1812 ? Lucy A.
181- Lucy C."
1810 LucyM.
1685 Lydia
1701 ? Lydia
1705 Lydia
1723 Lydia
1737 Lydia
1760 Lydia
1755 Lydia
1768 Lydia
1769 Lydia
1770 Lydia
1780 ? Lydia
1791 LydiaLydia
1824 Lydia P.
Lynde M.
Mahlon
807 Maria
839 Maria E.
Maria L.
Mark
660 ? Martha
683 Marlha
704 Marlha
716 Martha
727 Martha
761 Martha
766 Martha
791 Martha
801 Martha
82- Marlha
79- Marlha L.
828 Martin
633 ? Mary
677 ? Mary
697 ? Mary
703 Mary
710 Mary
710 Mary
717 Mary
721 Mary
728 Mary
729 Mary
746 Mary
746 Mary
749 Mary
751 Mary
756 Mary
793 660 137
413778 922763334662641 908
254499328243
363 469678 952
550 884583 33 49
104119 184
247423349377 368422633
698 590311
458 509 958
467 469 10
41
129135 146
370384707 683703
673 692 5
39
102 5689
159
1324 141
214224329 213 189
335 181
176717631764 1766176817701772 1776
1780?1780?1780? 17851787?1788
1791 179-
179- 18021820182-1836?18211831 1840180-1808 1810?1828
18371818 182-
1838 1846 1837
17861836 18141808?17321724 1731175817791806183818431720
1729 177017891790 17941817 181-
1703171917331748
17621762? 176-
1766
MaryMaryMary MaryMaryMary MaryMaryMaryMaryMary Mary
Mary
MaryMary MaryMary
MaryMary MaryMary MaryMary
Mary A.
Mary A.
Mary A.
Mary E.
Mary E.
Mary E.
Mary E.
Mary E.
Mary H.
Mary H.
Mary H.
Mary J.
Mary L.
Mary M.
Mary O.
Mary P.
Mary R.
Matilda T.
Mehitabel Mehitable
Mehitable MercyMercy
Meltiah Meltiah B.
MehiahB.Meltiah B.
Milton Miriam
Miriam N.
NahumNahum NancyNancyNancyNancyNancy Nancy E.
NathanNathan
NathanNathanNathan
Nathan NathanNathan
424 283 132
352416449 361301388483 313
410 435
599 487
562 513466780684643888 406923926 856
672759649 828
761 676 844834
802
837 934
551628 684
548 166
171
482 166
338 304569855 870
457 98
624
165
344744563
514541 733
885 74
115
230
222 190
332219430
226

INDEX.

O.

Olive

325

Olive

366

Oliver

680

Oliver

688

Oliver

768

Oliver B.

591

Oliver W.

953

Orange

603

Orange H.

604

Oren A.

762

Ormsby

642

Orne

970

Otis

681

17S- Nathan
1689 Nathaniel
1721 Nathaniel
1755 Nathaniel
1797 NalhanielNiles B.
1761 Noah

175417661794
182-1826 1822 17971835
1841 17881839179617641795 181-
1780?1783181317071721 1724?1730
17561766 179-1710172817311767
1803 17611761 17721789
1808

1727
1815 165416951749175617701787 1795?
179-18131817?
1788 1783
1767 179 1774?
1795

764 60
170
348636640440

P.
PamelaPamelaPamela
PeterPeterPeterPhebePhebe PhebePhebePhebePhebe Phebe
PhinehasPhinehasPhinehasPhinehasPhinehas PiersonPlinyPolly PollyPollyPrescottPrudence R.
Rachel Ralph E.
Rebecca
RebeccaRebecca
Rebecca RebeccaRebeccaRebecca
Rebecca Rebecca
Rebecca
Rebecca Rebecca H.
Relief
Reuben ReubenRhodaRhoda Robert
Robert A.

341
635766 409494 788 105
152 93
122165
369 456 77
172
209 418
751
203 356609623632 643394

121
539 12
46
322263291481 495
488 770396696652628431 773 434601 679463

1787 1737 1810
1798 1762
178918121697? 17441769

Robert S.
Robert S.
RolandRolla A.
Roxellana Roxolana
RufusRufusRufus Rulh
RuthRuth S.

1746 Sabra
1782 Sally
1784 Sally
1796 Salome B.
1645 Samuel
1668 Samuel
1670 Samuel
1702 ? Samuel
1726 Samuel
1729 Samuel
1757 Samuel
1767 Samuel
1771 Samuel
1776 ? Samuel
Samuel
1796 Samuel
1831 Samuel
1797 Samuel B.
1788 Samuel D.
1822 Samuel D.
1822 Samuel F.
1819 Samuel G.
1802 Samuel S.
1810 Samuel S.
1837 Samuel S.
Sandford
1671 Sarah
1677 Sarah
1700 ? Sarah
1711 Sarah
1717 Sarah
1721 Sarah
1725 Sarah
1727 Sarah
1746 Sarah
1758 SarahSarah
1760 Sarah
1768? Sarah
1772 Sarah
1772 Sarah
1780 ? Sarah
1782 Sarah
1785 Sarah
1786 Sarah
1787 Sarah
1794 Sarah
1795 Sarah
179- Sarah
18— Sarah
1800 Sarah
1811 Sarah
1827 Sarah
1834 Sarah
1844 Sarah
1813 7 Sarah A.
1821 Sarah A.

400 739 126
882 664
731351646673 47
269 432

614512556 8
35 16
103 145
208280299
378 407580767 851666602 818
589
798668 672865

21
106160 91
133
223 174
221 264

480 444490
484598 696630 399
523747 775700758 395977956 858
694785

1826 1846183-1842
1843 184718091700
1746176717621738? 1819
1785171217381757
1770?17761813

180- 181- 1824
18151743 1751
17631782?1782
1793 18061820
178717141763 17841740 1606?1630?1669 1699
17021731 1733
1757 1759
1761 17931796 1800

183- 18181706 170917651806 1844

Sarah A.
Sarah A.
Sarah B.
Sarah D.
Sarah E.
Sarah L.
Sarah M.
SethSethSelhSilas
Solomon SolomonSolomonSophia
StephenStephen Stephen
Stephen Stephen
Stephen Stephen W.
Susan SusanSusan Susan
Susan C.
Susan E.
Susan G.
SusannaSusanna SusannaSusanna
Susanna SusannaSusanna
SusannaSylvanus T.
TabithaTabithaTamison Thankful
THOMASThomasThomas ThomasThomas ThomasThomasThomasThomasThomasThomas ThomasThomas Thomas
ThomasThomas ThomasThomas P.
TimothyTimothy Timothy TimothyTimothy R.
Timothy R.
Tullius U.

1753 Uzziah

827 879 848891
792909902 72
235318
357 160
308
596600 84
186192186
379
705
904474 724
740766 826 842796257 346
475 485
693729392 784 608

85
347507
240 1
3
3648
108
215 148
1285 425
296 426655624711719 723849542 75
131
298 307
5T7 874 648

ZS6

INDEX.

227

W.

1765

William

476

1790

William K.

50J

Wickliffe

249

1780

William

613

1816

William K.

814

1796

Willard M.

619

William
374
1804
William N.
582
1635
William
6
William
472
1843
William N.
873
1661
Williara
22
179-
William
779
William R.
840
1674
William
38
1805
William
670
1716
Winefred
168
1683
William
58
1835
William B.
933
1696
William
62
1842
William B.
857
1715
William
114
1828
William C.
811
Z.
1716
William
162
1777
Wm. Eli ah
WiUiam E.
303
1737
William
255
1836
532
1754
Zeeb
333
1742
William
319
Wm. Henry
717
1769
Zerviah
313
Names of Persons who have married Descendants of
The interrogation point [?] implies
THOMAS GEEEN.
The year of intermarriage, when known to the Compiler, precedes the name. The
figures after the name denote the consecutive number under which the descendant
recorded with whom the marriage was contracted
uncertainty. 1846 Buck, Mary J.
1838 Bucknam, George
1798 Bucknam, John
1716 Bucknam, Lydia
1708 Bucknam, Mary
Bucknam, Moses
1721 Bucknam, Phebe
1743 Bucknam, Rebecca
Adams,  769
1853 Adams, Caroline C. 965
Anderson,Christiana 204
1835 Arnold, Cornelia E. 677
1838 Ash, Elizabeth
1743 Atwell, Phebe
429 76
B.
1864 Bailey, Mary A.
Bailey, 
Baird, 
Baldwin,
672733
426 129
1749 Baldwin, Benjamin 168
Baldwin, Samuel 46
1829 Barber, Giles A. 509
1783 Barber, Nancy 297
Barnes, Sarah 976
1792 Barrett, Ann 286
1672 Bariett, James 11
1782 Barstow, Salome 296
1839 Bartlet, Edna A. 672
1854 Baxter,  519
Beckwith, Joseph 635
Beckwith, Silas 632
1801 Bennett, Arthur 614
1800 Bennett, Joseph 610
1809 Bennett, Lyman 813
1831 Bigelow, Susan 521
174- Bixby,  97
Blanchard, Simon 718
1695 Blood, Isabel 6
1837 Bloomer, Wm. T. 976
Boardman,  774
1822 Brackett, Richard 710
177- Bradford, Ebenezer 210
Briggs, James 633
1828 Briggs, Sarah 657
Brittain, Elizabeth 250
1839 Bronson, Susan M. 674
1736 Brown, Abiel 91
1823 Brown, Augusta 682
1736 Brown, Ephraim 95
1765 Brown, Huldah 196
179- Brown, John 609
Brown, Sylvester 528
Brown,  776
1830 Bryant, Daniel 391
1788 Bryant, Ebenezer 480
Bryant,  461
767766
40 31
127 53 92
1786 Bucknam, Sarah 265
1789 Bucknam, Susanna 385
Bunn, Esther 348
Burbank, Leonard 661
1746 Burditt, John 154
Burke, William 695
184- Burnham, David H. 412
174- Burrill, Eunice 132
1829 Butler, Mary S. 606
C.
1746 Call, Samuel 171
1776 Call, Samuel 381
1844 Campbell, Nath'l J. 980
•¦ — • ¦ 628 965
411 798772
683 303481614415
Carroll, Micajah
1853 Carter, Caroline C.
Carter, Thomas
1840 Clampit, Chariotte
1829 Clark, Hannah
Clark, Thomas B.
1830? Collins, Eliz. D.
Collins, ^—
Conner, 
Connery, John
1784 Convers, Josiah 383
1659 Cook, Frances 1
1666 Cook, Mary 8
Cook, Mary 251
1745 Cowdrey, Jonathan 121
1779? Cowee, Sarah
Cox, Rebecca
1763 ? Craig, Robert
1856 Croll, Virginia
Crosgrove, 
Crosgrove, 
1829 Crowell, Joanna
Curtis, Dolly
Cushing, Alvah
Cushing, 
D.
Damon, Thomas
1736 Dana, William
333477 146811
455 466666660
394 426 605
1835 Dana, William 795
1753 Dana, Zeviah 145
1863 Danforth, Henry R. 710
1846 Daniels, Nathan
1821 Davis, Chariotte
1849 Davis, Mary E.
Davis, Sarah
Dawes, Putnam
1783 Deadman, William 424
646680821
712
410
Dean, Daniel
Dean, John
1800 Delano, Hannah
17 — Dexter, John
1726 Dexter, Ruth
1833 Dike, Solon
174- Douglas, -
464 452
296 81
80
974 101
1841 Douglas, Harriet S. 606
Drake, 
Dutton, Salmon
1845 Dutton, Sarah C.
771264639
E.
Earle,  580
1786 Eddy, Keziah 351
1818 Elliot, Betsey 287
1767 Ellis, Dorcas 320
1828 Ellsworth, Abby C. 529
Ely, Sally 252
Emerson, Benjamin 485
Emerson, Edward 744
1814 Emerson, Elizabelh 292
1834 Emerson, William 422
1838 Evans, Elizabeth 429
Evans, Jonathan 138
1807 Evans, Mary 429
1783 Evans, Sarah 429
F.
180- Fairbanks, Daniel 499
1695 Farmer, Isabel 6
1707 Farmer, Elizabeth 38
Fay, Eleulheria D. 597
Field, Abigail 547
Fisk,  145
1695 Flagg, Eleazar 29
1696 Flagg, Hannah 28
Fleming, Elizabelh 579
1805 Fletcher, Asa 264
1776 Fletcher, Asaph 264
1805 Fletcher, Luther 264
228

INDEX.

1776 Foster, Benjamin 151
Fowle, Susan 408
Fowler, Lowell 484
1755 Fox, Hannah 148
Frazier, Ann 250
G.
Gariand,  729
1835 Gavit, Harriet 670
1771 Gerry, Abigail 270
1823 Gerry, Abigail 756
1801 Gerry, Joanna 216
1816 Gerry, Reuben 775
1836 Gerry, Sally 788
1810 Gibbs, Susan 602
Goldsmith, Martha 390
1715 Gould, David 43
1741 Gould, David 88
1745 Gould, Sarah 117
1736 Gould, Susanna 114
1817 Gray, Susanna 677
1700 Green, Hannah 30
1836 Green, Lucy 904
1702 Green, Samuel 41
1814 Green, Thomas 432
1865 Greene, David B. 925
Griner,  614
1751 Grover, Anne 75
1845 Grover, Eliza 789
H.
1744 Hadley, Anthony 120
1800 Hadley, Joanna 255
1769 Hadley, Sarah 196
Hale, I. W. 601
Halping, John H. 412
Halsey, Abram 254
Harnden, Mary 421
Harnden,  426
1808 Harridon, Reb. G. 312
Harrington,  128
1789 Hart, Mehitable 418
172- Hartwell, Ruhamah 123
1740 ? Haskell,  96
1672 Hasse, Esther 7
1822 Hatch, Adeline E. 264
1853 Hatch, Frances E. 831
Hawkes,  426
Hay,  268
1769 Hay, Dorcas 259
1743 Hay, Mary 66
1738 Hay, Peter 65
1773 Hay, Peter 263
Hayden, Hannah C 667
Heywood. Benj. F. 563
. Hibbatd, Mort. G. 613
1818 Hill, Joseph 780
1682? Hills, Elizabeth 22
1653? Hills, Rebecca 3
Hilson, Joseph 828
1850 Hitchcock, Jos. F. 643
1796 Hitchcock, Sybil 354
Hobbs, George 556
1810 Hobbs, Josiah 678
Hoisington, Joab 612
1742 Holden, Mary 163
Holt, Peter 693
Holt, Phebe 694
180- Horton, Lucy 597
1806 Hosmer, ElJ^ah 495
1826 Hosmer, Rebecca 390

177- Hovey, Anna 148
Hovey, Daniel 151
Howard,  777
1835 Howard, Joshua H. 978
Howard, (Nath'l ?) 104
Howe, Sarah 147
Hubbard, Helen 809
Hutchinson,Mary L. 666
1740 Hutchinson, Sarah 132
I.
185- Ide, Harriet G. 914
1819 Ingalls, Maria 264
Ingalls, Mary 264

1777 Jacobs, Mary 286
JanewEiy, John H. 738
Jenks, Charlotte 41 9
Jewett, Jesse 552
Johnson, Isaac 468
1846 Johnson, Mary 783
1836? Joline, Mary 406
1829 Jones, Mary H. 519
1792 Jones, Zilpah 287
1866 Jordan, Marlha 798
K.
1764 Kent, Lucy 187
1812 Kimball, Betsey 503
King, Henry 51
180- King, John 600
1821 Kingman, Chloe 755
1779 Kinney, Hannah 280
Knowlton, Artemas 500
L.
Lamb, Ebenezer 52
1775 ? Lanman, Mary 208
1843 Larned, Rebecca 542
1800 ? Larrabee, Samuel 436
Lawrence. Jerusha 602
1812 Learned, Asa 523
1825 Livermore, Anna 618
1804 Locke, Reuben 475
Low, Samuel 370
1713 Lynde, Dorothy 34
1755 Lynde, Elizabeth 209
Lynde, John 410
1792 Lynde, Joseph 141
1726 Lynde, Marlha 48
1827 Lynde, Nancy 781
1759 Lynde, Nathan 184
1835 Lynde, Sally 788
170- Lynde, Thomas 33
Lyon, Amos 380
M.
Mactier, William 737
Magie, Horton 253
1713 Maine, Christian 59
1843 Manchester, Nan. B. 596
Manly, William 598
1810 Mann, Asa 504
1733 Marble, Hannah 42
1754 Marsters, Lucy 173
179- Martin, Mary 298
Martin,  734
1823 May, Harriet 264
1829 May, Mary A. 264
1770 May, Sarah 346

McCulloch, Anna A . 401
McCulloch, Isabella 404
McIntosh, Naomi 618
1745 Menzies, John 94
1810 ? Merriam, Lucy 303
Mitchell,  573
Mitchell, John W. 575
Mitchell, Sarah 719
1781 Morey, Sarah 350
1856 Morton, Carrie E. 654
1743 Mudge, Joseph 152
N.
180- Nelson, Abigail 303
Nevins, Elisha 50
1674 Newell, Thomas 12
Newell,  431
1743 Nichols, Jacob 119
Nichols, Joshua 47
1755 Norwood, Jerusha 63
O.
1759 Oakes, Deborah 186
1801 Oakes, Joanna 216
1760 Oakes, Ruth 216
Oliver, Ezekiel 747
Olmstead, see Umsted.
Orcutt, Susan 644
Orr, Betsey 430
1767 Osgood, Mary 149
1820 Owen, Daniel 676
P.
1764 Page, Elizabeth 150
Paretl, Stephen 471
1742 Parker, Benjamin 93
172- Parker, Ebenezer 107
Perkins, John 483
Perry, Caleb 469
1826 Perry, Nathan 759
Perry, Thaddeus 434
Peterson, Isaiah 924
Pettengill,  639
Pettengill,  731
Pierce, Amos 707
1757 Pierson, Elizabeth 99
Pike, Frederic A. 844
1857 Pike, Martha 527
181- Plimpton Julia 303
Pollard,  174
1855 Pomeroy, Louisa 591
Pool,  476
Poller, Edwin 594
1833 Potter, Harriet C. 593
Pratt, Abigail 371
Pratt, Joanna 376
1713 Pratt, Martha 42
1717 Pratt, Mary 44
Pratt,  105
1779 Pratt, Susanna 369
Pratt, William 377
1748 ? Prentice, Tabitha 170
Price, Whitefield 460
1838 Priest, Jane M. 814
1761 Proctor, Nathan 122
1805 Proctor, Sally 611
Putnam, Howard 289
1812 Putney, James 480

1786 Reed, Sarah
Rice, Deborah

196
613

INDEX.

229

1830 Richardson. Benj. F.395
1666 Richardson, Joseph 9
174- Richardson,  98
1837 Richardson,Philenia496
1800 ? Richardson, Pollv 510
Richardson,Susan'a 768
171- Richardson, Thos. 45
Ritter,  474
Robbins,  129
Robertson, 
Rowe, 
1815 Rowe, Susan
1829 Rowe, Vincent
1818 Rowe, William
1762 Ruggles, Mary
1833 Russell, Mary
Rust, Charles

478 764
740770 149
527796

S.

1738 Sanderson, Benj. 167
1750 Sanger, Dorcas 166
1781 Sargent, David 166
1760 Sargent, Elizabeth 209
1827 Sargent, Lydia 494
Scariet, Pamela 753
1782 Scott, Mary 284
Scott, Patty 288
Shillaber,  482
1842 Shute, Elizabeth 494
1792 Simonds, Nathan 433
1799 Skinner, Sarah 186
1752 ? Smith, Ebenezer 214
Smith, Edward 724
1768 Smith, Isaac 221
Smith,  614
183- Smith, Levi D. 741
1846 Smith, William 710
1843 Southwick, Edm. B. 782
181- Sprague, Anna 407
1839 Sprague,ClarissaM.673
1842 Sprague, Cynthia 673
1713 Sprague, Elizabeth 60
1734 Sprague, John 90
1758 Sprague, John 95
1728 Sprague, Lois 103
1757 Sprague, Martha 183
1693 ? Sprague, Samuel 21
18 — Sprague, Samuel 749
1709 Sprague, Sarah 58
180- Sprague, Sarah 407
1839 Staples, Sarah M. 582
Stearns, Elijah 561
Stevens, Hannah B. 742
1786? Stockton, Eliz. 204
1755 Stockwell, Mary 60
Stone, Calvin 512

Stone,  426
1746 Stower, Samuel 49
Stowers, Nathaniel 414
Stowers, Rachel 713
Stowers, Sarah 726
1747 Strong, Anna 99
1832 Strong, Moses M. 522
1817 Sturtevant, Betsey 766
1818 Sturtevant, Heman 758
Swain,  217
Sweetser,  55
1811 Sweetser, Elizabeth 754
1722 Sweetser, John 129
Sweetser, John 479
Sweetser,  727
1833 Swett, Elizabeth 668

Taylor, Richard B. 826
1818 Temple, Robert 518
1734 Thompson, Esther 83
1830 Thompson, Mary 667
1823 Thurston, Nancy 603
Tillinghast,  299
Tinkham, Ammeti 825
Todd, Sarah 711
Tolman, James, 659
Townsend,  257
Trask,  128
Tucker, Phebe 697
1737 Tucker, Rebecca 162
1845 Tuttle, Eliza 789
U.
1848 Umsted, John 796
[Olmstead ?]
Upham, Amos 213
1692 Upham, Elizabeth 16
1817 Upham, Susanna 492
Upham,  135
Upham,  137
Upham,  269
1822 Upton, Vashti 636
V.
1723 Vinton, Abiathar 49
1742 Vinton, Benoni 141
1777 Vinton, Ezra 382
1693 Vinton, Hannah 36
1812 Vinton, Isaac 433
1677 Vinton, John 15
1785 Vinton, John 416
1832 1. Vinlon, Joshua 685
1762 Vinlon, Mary 132
1742 Vinton, Thomas 142
1771 Vinton, Thomas 329

W.
Wade, Susan 420
1656 Waite, John 5
1820? Waitt, Charies 488
1842 Waitt, Elizabeth 494
1804 Waitt, John 4S6
Walker, Louisa 735
Wallace, Francis 918
Walton,  136
Walton, Jacob 599
1737 Ward, Hezekiah 160
183- Ward, Mary S. 569
Wardwell, William 827
Waring,  299
1842 Warner, Robinson 636
1849 Warren, Isaac I. 903
1785 Watson, Marlha 362
169- Webb,  26
1819 Webber, Asaph 679
1659 Wheeler, Elizabeth 6
1694 Wheeler, Mary 35
1660 Wheeler, Sarah 4
Wheeler, Sarah 264
Wheelock, Adams 353
1784 Wheelock, Peter 349
While, Benjamin 684
Whitney,  981
170- Wiley,  32
Wiley,  426
1843 Wiley, Henry P. 979
1787 ? Wiley, Phinehas 475
1827 Williams, Clarissa 751
1846 Willoughby, Mariet. 818
1806 Willoughby, Mary 284
1720 Wilson, Jacob 106
1719 Wilson, John 102
1836 Wilson, Martha 681
1849 Wimple,NicholasA.817
1856 Winans, Hannah A. 530
Winans, Marearet 653
Winchester,Frances 736

Winn,

773

Wood,

Chloe

616

Wood,

Elijah

922

Wood,

James

923

1817 Wood

Patty

619

426

Woodward, Pamela 658

1695 Wyman, Isabel

6

1699 Wyman, Isabel

27

1777 Wyman, Samuel

141

Y.
1806 Young, Mary 284
1833 Young, Martha A. 760

18

230

MISCELLANEOUS.

IV. Miscellaneous Matters.
The figures at the right hand denote the Page.

A church member 78 years, . . 24
Addenda et Corrigenda, . 188, 210
A distracted woman, . . .94, note.
Andros, Sir Edmund, arrested, . 100, note.
A paralytic of fifty-six years, . 94, note.
Bass family, .... 22, 106
Baxter family,  98
Boylston market, .... 43
Braintree Iron Works, . . 193
Braintree, its settlement, . . 193
men in " Philip's War," . 56, 87
Centenarians, 24, 69, 84, 89, 96, 110, 119,
160, 196
Checkley, Samnel, of Boston, . 31, note.
Church at Woburn, how formed, 1642, 107
Continental money .... 190
David Vinton of Medford, 1769-1778,
his origin investigated, ... 17
Death, instantaneous, . 70,121,122,210
Death, by Indians, . 28,66,108,114,132

Emmons, Rev. Nathanael, D

.D.

52

Family, Alden .

21

Adams .

27
Allen .
35
Baldwin
108
Boylston .
40
Faxon .
43
French
49
Green
126
Hills .
191
Hayden
65
Holbrook .
62
Mills .
73
Niles .
76
Penniman .
83
Richardson, E.
107
Richardson, S.
112
Richardson, T.
123
Thayer
87
White
97
Fletcher, Asaph, family.
161
Fourteen children, their pe
irenls and
partners, all members of th
e church,
95
Hollis, Thomas, of Braintree
family
72
House-keeping, 100 years ag
Hubbard, John, owner of th<
0, .
i Braintree
203
Iron Works,
,
201
Hunt family,
64,
note.
50, note,
76, note.
. 99
. 20
83, note.
189
97, note.
. 49
78, note.
. 85
Jennison, Hon.Wm., of Worcester, 110, note.
Kendall family, . . . l\5, note.
Loring, Daniel, Revol. serv. and family, 91
Loring, Judah, family, . . . . 49
Ludden, Benj., a soldier in the Expedi
tion to Canada, 1690, his will, 65, note.
Marsh, Alexander, family, .
Marshall, John, family,
" Massachusetlensis," .
Military Academy at West Point,
Neale, Henry, family, .
Negro Slaves, . . 66, 80, 101, 135, 203
Newcomb, Francis, of Braintree, 196, note.
Nonagenarians, 5, 9, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 31, 33, 45, 52, 74, 76, 81, 91, 97,
106,114, 119, 121, 122,130, 136,152, 167,169
Old Currency of Massachusetts,
Oldest drug store in Boston,
Oldham, Jonaihan, family, .
Oxenbridge, Rev. John,
Paine family,
Phillips, Nicholas, of Weymo., family, 101
Pray family, . . .57, arid note.
Prescott, Oliver, of Groton, . . Ill
Quincy family  33, note.
Remarkable family  158
Revolutionary wheel set in motion, . 99
Robinson, William, of Dorchester, ^4^, note.
Ruling elders ordained, . . . 135
Rumford, Count, pedigree, . 117, note.
Sanders, Martin, of Braintree, 84, note.
Sands, James, of Block Island, 77, note.
Savil family, . . . 30, and note.
Shove, Rev. George, of Taunton, 73, note.
Stearns, Samuel, Rev., family . . 54
Surnames, their origin, 27, note.
Thayer, Elkanah, family, ... 33
Thompson, Daniel, slain at Lexington, 116
Towns, how founded in N. England, . 189
Townsend, Penn, of Boston, 88, note.
Twelves, Robert, . . .50, rwte
Wales family, ...
Weymouth, its settlement.
White family of Brookline,
White family of Dorchester,
Wild, Randall, family,
Wyman family, .
4462
41, note.
104, note.
. 92
. 115
POSTSCRIPT. 231
Postscript.
See Corrigenda, page 210.
P. 6. Martha, dau. of Benoni and Mary Vinton, b. Oct, 5, 1746.
P, 6. Susanna Vinton* [Vinton, 79] m.  Waile.
P. 6. Ebenezer Vinton* [Vinton, 80] went lo Wardsborough, Vl. when quite younr;
m. 1, — Bliss, by whom he had one son, Joshua Bliss,' b. March 16, 1798;
m. 2,  Blodget, by whom he had Hannah,' Betsey^ Lucinda,' m. 
Boynton, Mehitable,' Ebenezer,' Samuel B.^ After his marriage with second
wiftj, Ebenezer Vinton* removed to Orford, in Canada, where it is supposed
the descendants of his children Hannah, Betsey, Mehitable and Ebenezer slill
may be found. Samuel B.6 (son of Ebenezer*) lives, or did live, in Milwau
kee, Wisconsin ; and his sister Lucinda® lives, or did live, near Madison, in the
same Slate.
Joshua Bliss Vinlon," son of Ebenezer, b. in Wardsboro', Vt. March 16,
1793; came to Norlhamplon, Mass. about 1827 [see Vinton Memorial, p. 462],
kept a public house there till 1840, was very successful; now resides in Spring
field, engaged in agriculture and olher business; is possessed of a handsome
properly, wholly the fruit of his own exertions. He m. Mary Ewell of Ches
terfield, and has Edward Bliss,'' b. Aug. 21 , 1832 ; Charles Ewell,'' b. Dec.
9, 1838. ...
Addison Vinlon [163], was Hving in Thetford, Michigan, in 1856.
Rev. J. C. Welsh [241], d. at Providence, Feb. 13, 1858, afler a protracted illness.
Mrs. Mary A., wife of George A. Vinton [357], d. Feb. 22, 1858, a. 28.
Mrs. Martha Shaw Taylor, molher of three ministers mentioned on p. 25, and
also of Kev. Rufus Taylor of Manehesler, Mass., d. in Plainfield, Mass., Oct.
23, 1857, se. 80. Her sons, Rev. Oliver A. Taylor, d. at Manchester, Dec.
1861, a. 50; Rev. Timothy A. Taylor, d. at Slatersville, R. 1., March 2, 1858.
Mrs. Hannah Savil [Adams, 11], wid, of Samuel Savil, d. Nov. 15, 1726, a, 74,
Samuel Thompson m, April 25, 1666, Sarah Shepard, dau, of Edward of Camb,
Sarah Alleii^ [Allen, 46], had by her hu.sband, Benj, Copeland, a dau. Susanna,
who m.  Danforth, and was living March, 1774. [Suff. Prob. 75 : 60.1
P. 38. Susanna Allen* [Allen, 47], after the deaih of her first husband, Samnel While,
m.  Doble, prob. from Boston, as I find this name there about this time.
She d. a widow, in 1776. Her will, daled March 21, 1774, proved June 10,
1776, recorded Suif. Prob. 75 ; 60, meniions, among her kindred, four Susan
nas, named for herself, and among them Susanna Faxon (a child), dau. of
Sarah Faxon, deceased. Widow Doble, I know, owned and occupied the
house which has, for the last forty years, been in the possession and occupancy
of Rev. Jonas Perkins, in East Brainlree, and which was previously owned
and occupied by Josiah Vinlon [Vinton, 91]. This house was bequeathed to
her by her first husband, Samuel White* [White, 57]. This seems to render
it certain that his father, Dea. Samuel White' [White, 30], lived in the next
house east of it ; and of course it limits the extent of the homestead of Thomas
Vinlon [Vinton, 12] along the " county road," because said homestead was
bounded west on Dea. Samuel While's land. In the division of Dea. Samuel
White's esiate, Dec. 21, 1757, the portion assigned lo his son Samuel (husband
of Susanna Allen) consisted of 43 acres, with a barn thereon, bounded E. on
land of Nalhaniel Vinton, W. on a town way leading lo the Iron Works land
ing, N. partly on land of Samuel French, 3d, and partly on land of Samuel
While [son of Dea. Samuel], ikc. [Sufi'. Prob. 55 : 118.] The land of Sam
uel French, 3d, here referred lo, had been deeded to him, Feb. 21, 1756, by
his grandfather, Dea Samuel White. See p. 62, note.
P. 38. Lydia Allen [Allen, 49] m. Thomas Thayer [Thayer, 176.] Her two sons,
Gaius and Elkanah, were executors of the will of wid. Susanna Doble, above
mentioned.
P. 41. The children of Thomas Boylston,^ as we find them on record, were, Th.imas,'
bap. Jan. 26, 1667-8; Mary .3 bap. March 21,1669; Richard.3 bap. Jan. 29,
1670-1 ; Abigail,^ bap. Nov. or Dec. 15, 1674; Zabdiel,' bap. March 9, 1679;
Sarah,3 bap. Dec. 26, 1680; Lucy,' bap. April 23, 1682; Rebecca,' bap. Sepl.
20, 1685.
P. 44. Mrs. Elizabeth Hobart, wife of Caleb Hobart, and formerly wife of Richard'
Faxon, d. Aug. 9, 1704, a. 71. [Gravestone.] Caleb Hobart, her husband, d.
Sept. 24, 1711, " a. aboul 89 years." [Gravestone.]
P. 46, line 9. "His aunt Fisher" means the wife of Anthony Fisher, whose Christian
name is unknown lo the compiler. Anthony Fisher m. a dau. of THOMAS
FAXON.'

P.

9.

p.

14.

p.

18.

p.

25.

p.

30.

p.

37.

p.

38.

232

POSTSCRIPT.

P. 47, top line. Edward Faxon, iu 1746, m. Hannah Blanchard. His son Edward, b.
1748, m June 16, 1770, Zerviah Thayer,6 b. March 5, 1753, dau. of Micah
and Mehilable (B'rench) Thayer, and gr. dau. of John and Mary (Vinton)
French [Vinton, 14] Edward Faxon, husband of Zerviah, d. Sept. 10,
1809, a. 61. Zerviah d. March 17, 1837, a, 84.
P. 49. Judah Loring, husband of Betsey VV. Faxon, d. in Kansas, Oct. 1857.
P. 60. JOHN FRENCH,' after the death of his wife Grace, m 1683, Eleanor, widow
of William Veazie. She d. April 23, 1711, a. 86. Wm. Veazie d. June 16,
1681, a. 65. [Gravestone.]
P. 50. Dependence French^ [French, 4] d. Oct. 12, 1732, se. 84.
P. 50. Elizabeth French^ [French, 7] m.  Wheelock of Mendon.
P. 50. John French' [French, 18] lived in what is now Randolph from an early
period ; he lived where his grandson Wales French, son of Joshua, now lives ;
was living there April 23, 1770, when he executed a deed of gift to his youngest
son Joshua: prob. d. not long afler. There is no will or settlement of his
estate on the Probate records. His grandson. Gen. John French, b. 1762, son
of Joshua, removed lo Vermont many years ago.
P. 51, near bottom. Dependence French' [French, 19] d. before Sept. 14, 1731, when
a warrant was issued for dividing his real estate. His widow Anna d. about
1776. [Suff. Prob. 75 : 172, also 78 : 582.1
P. 52. Alexander French' [French, 37] lived in Randolph, and had by second wife,
Rebecca Staples (who came from Scituate), Elizabeth,* b. 1735, m. Ebenezer
Hayden [Hayden, 93]; Jacob,* b. 1736, d. same year; Asa,* h. 1737; Jacob,*
b. 1739; d. of small-pox, 1760; Experience,* b. 1742; Job,* b. 1744, d. same
year; Experience,* b. 1745, m, Amos Stetson. [Dr. E. Alden.]
P. 54, near bottom. Mrs. Mary H. Sperry, widow of Rev. Ebenezer P. Sperry, d. at
North Hampton, N. H., Jan. 3, 1858, s:. 77.
P. 69. Ebenezer Hayden [Hayden, 93] m. Elizabeth French, dau. of Alexander
French' [French, .37] by his second wife, Rebecca Staples.
P. 83, line 4. Margaret Niles,* eldest dau. of John'' and Dorothy (Reynolds) Niles, was
b. Sept. 24, 1735, and m. Abiathar French* about 1754. Their children were,
Abiathar,' bap. 1754 ; Margaret,' bap. 1755 ; Rebecca,' bap. 1762 ; Rhoda,'
bap. 1762; Jonathan,' bap. 1764— the last child baptized in the old meeting
house in Randolph. [Dr. E. Alden.]
P. 96. Thomas Thayer* [Thayer, 176], m. 1, Lydia Allen* [Allen, 49] ; 2. Ann,
wid. of Dr. Elisha Savill. She d. July 11, 1794, a. 63.
P. 104. Sarah White," dau. of Elihu [White, 85], m. about 1840, Andrew Glover ol
Dorchester.
P. 122. Lemuel Richardson" [S. Richardson, 197] d. in Woburn Feb. 12, 1868, se. 73.
P. 132. Philip Sweetser m. Mary Green* [Green. 55], Dec, 30, 1726.
P. 135, bottom. John Sprague m. Judith Green* [Green, 90], April 11, 1734.
P. 138. Samuel Green' m. Marlha Green' [Green, 41], Feb. 12, 1701-2.
P. 138, Darius Green* [Green, 124], son of James and Deborah, b, Dec, 19, 1735.
P. 139. Roland Green* [Green, 126], son of James and Deborah, b Sepl. 10, 1737.
P. 139. Borrodell Green* [Green, 127], dau, of James and Deborah, b. Oct. 13, 1739.
P. 139. Chloe Green* [Green, 128], dau. of James and Deborah, b. April 21, 1742.
P. 139. William Deane of Cambridge m. Mary Green* of Maiden [Green, 132^], May
20, 1736. Brighton was then a part of Cambridge.
P. 159. David Green' [Green, 42] m. Hannah Marble of Maiden, March 15, 1732-3.
P. 145. Jonas Green* [Green, 180] m. Kezia Geary, dau. of David and Kezia (Hol
den) Geary of Stoneham.
P. 145. Dea. Joseph Green* [Green, 80] m. Ruth Dexter of Maiden, Jan. 25, 1725-6.
P. 148. Samuel Green* [Green, 103] m. Lois Sprague, Feb. 15, 1727-8.
P. 163. John Green" [Green, 290] d. unm. a. 21.
P. 188. Henry Green' [Green, 756] d. Ocl. 31. 1845, ae. 54.

REVIEW. 233
Review.
[From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 1858.]
The Vinton Memorial, comprising a Genealogy of the descendants of
John Vinton of Lynn, 1648 ; also Genealogical Sketches of several
allied Families, etc. By John Adams Vinton. Boston : 1858. Svo.
This work bears evidence of thorough research, and in many particulars may be
recommended as a model genealogy. Some of the Sketches, as the author terms them,
are fuller than many genealogies that have been published in separate form. In his
Appendix he has given a very good history of the introduction of the Iron Manufacture
into New England ; and scattered through his pages are curious and interesting illus
trations of the manners and customs of other days.
In the Preface, Mr. Vinton offers some conjectures upon the native country of his
blood, and the origin of his name. The materials he has collected are scanty ; and of
these he seems not to have made that earnest use, which marks his labors in genealogy.
Having caught the echoes of a tradition among his aged relatives, that their ancestors
emigrated from France, and found the name of Petrus de Vintonne, at Reims, in 1326,
he forgets the great mass of testimony adduced in his subsequent pages, leading to a
diverse conclusion. We admit the probability that John Vinton of Lynn, came from
France, and that his ancestors may have fled from intolerance there. But we shall
proceed to show that long before the exodus of the Huguenots, before St. Bartholo
mew's, before Protestantism itself, men hearing the name Vinton were found not only
in France, but in many parts of England and Scotland. The French Vintons were,
therefore, but one branch of a family widely diffused ; or else, the name was adopted in
various countries, by men bearing no blood relationship to each other.
To arrive at some satisfactory conclusion, let us examine the meaning and origin of
the name. Mr. Vinton rightly connects it with Winchester, without seeming to per.
ceive the precise mode and degree of the connection. That it is far closer than a mere
" Latinizing " of that name, may easily be shown. In the " Codex Diplomaticus JEyi
Saxonici,"* the narae of that city is found more than seventy times, occurring in
ancient charters, of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries. But the forms of the name
are as various, as of all others dtscovered through the mist of the middle ages. They
may be arranged in the order of their resemblance to Winchester, as Winteceaatre,
Wintanceastre, Wentana, Wintonia, Vintonia, Wynton, and Winton.
It is easy to see that Winteceastre is Winte-castrum, that is, the camp at Winte, or
Went.1, or Venta. For, Venta was the Eoman name of Winchester, as may be seen
on maps of Britain; and it is so ("Ovivra) mentioned by Ptolemy, the Greek geogra
pher, 150 years after Christ. Mr. Vinton quotes from a Celtic dictionary (by J. B.
Bullet,) the assertion " Vinchester est I'ancienne Vintonia, grande ville situee dans une
lie formee par un partage de I'ltching; Ftn, riviere, tonn, partage." Prodigious as
the erudition is which Bullet summons to his aid, the judgment he exhibits is not eqiial
to his scholarship ; nor do we know less satisfactory authority than the Dictionnaire
Celtique. We are not inclined to accept this etymology ; for it seems more probable
that the second syllable was formed, as we have indicated, through the corruptions the
name endured from popular use, in a barbarous age. Certainly the original Celtic word
was Went, (meaning river,) which is still preserved in Caerwent, and Derwent. From
this the Romans, having no W, formed Venta, a noun of the first declension. The
monks afterwards changed this to Wintan, for more distinctness of sound, as we see in
two of the forms given above. Bullet's hypothesis is built on the occurrence ot the
syllable ton, in many names ; as Wilton, Boston, Taunton, and the like, where the
meaning is said to be " habitation." But if, as he says, " tonn " means partage,_
/division,) and Winchester was named from the branching of the Itching, then a simi
larity of circumstance occurring elsewhere, might occasion the same name to be given
in other places. Wherever a stream was divided by an island, in Celtic countries a
Winchester raight arise, (or rather, if no castrum stood near, a Venta might be buUt,)
the town taking its name from the local situation. There are, in fact, two other towns
of this name, on Eoman maps of Britain, suggesting the probabihty that there nught
have been raore, not mentioned by Latin writers. Winchester, the " grande ville in
Hampshire, was called Venta Belgaram, to distinguish it from Venta Icenorum, the
present Norwich, and from Venta Silurum, now Caerwent in Wales.t In this last
Same we see the ancient Venta still preserved, with the prefix " Caer, meaning habi
tation. In all three we have the presence of a river, the Itching at Wmchester, the
Yare at Norwich, and the Wye (?) at Caerwent. 
• By Thomas Wright, of the English Hist. Soc. t At all these places, Roman ruins have been feunii.
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REVIEW.

The syllable Vin, or Ven, followed by a dental, was in fact of very frequent occur
rence in British geography. On maps of Roman Britain, we find in the south of the
island, Vindonura, (now Silchester,) Vindomis, (now White-Church), and Vindogla-
dia, (now Gussage.) In the north were Vindolana, Vindobala, Vindomora and Vino-
via. Other cases are those in which the order of syllables is inverted ; as Benaventa,
Glanoventa, Dervcntio and Magioventum. On the continent, were Ventium, and Ven-
tisponte, Vindo, Vindobona, Vindomagus and Vindonissa.
Remembering how easy it is to make ludicrous blunders in ancient and foreign ety
mologies, we poach no further in this Celtic field. But we submit that there must
have been a common idea at the root, blossoming into these analogies at the top, and
we feel an impregnable confidence, that at least in Britain, the syllable Vint, or Vent,
possessed an extreme antiquity and a wide diffusion. The name Vintred occurs on
many old British coins, and Vint still survives among the gentry of Essex.
The city of Winchester, a thousand years ago, possessed much more than its present
relative importance. Edward the Confessor held very extensive lands in its vicinity.
In early Norman times, moreover, it was often the regal residence. Henry III., in the
battle of Evesham, (1285,) saved his life by exclaiming, "I am Henry of Winchester,
your king." Tho survey of the royal lands, made in the time of Henry I., (1101-1135)
is still known as the " Winton book." It was also quite a matter of course, that the
Earls of Winchester, should write themselves Winton, when they could write at all,
for such was the common abbreviation^of Wintoniensis ; and the priors, bishops and
cardinals named from that city, who certainly could write, would use no other signa
ture. We do not mean to contend that the family name, Vinton, originated thus ; for
these were mere official designations. But in very early times we meet with names
which certainly are not official, but names of persons called after their estates, or place
of abode. Such was Robert de Winton, precentor of York, in 1250, and Robert de
Winton, prior of St. Andrews, in 1255. Such also was Taleferris dc Wynton, who
died in 1332, and Roger de Winton, prior in Southwark, in 1304. Mr. Vinton enumer
ates no less than thirteen de Wintons, mentioned in local histories, as living prior to
Henry VIII. He might have added to his list the names of Peter de Wintonia, men
tioned by Eymer, as "clericus garderobaj," from 1257 to 1272, and of Johannes de
Wintonia clericus, appended to an instrument dated 1306. 'The preposition de at
length disappeared from most names in which it occun-ed, and in the fifteenth century
we meet with the name Vinton standing alone.
There is no need of supposing that all who bore this name were connected with
Winchester. The numerous names of places, identical or similar to the ancient form
of this, show that the fainily name might have been adopted from estates elsewhere situ
ated. Beside the village of Venton, in Cornwall, there still remain Winton in Suffolk,
Winton in Cumberland, Winton in Yorkshire, and Allwinton in Northumberland. The
name, also, of the Scottish Chronicler, Andrew of Wynton, as well as Eichard of Win
ton, found in the Eotuli Scotias, render it probable that such a place existed in Scot
land. Tho name of " Petrus de Vintonne, chanoine de Eeims," in 1326, makes it
probable that the name was also attached to the soil of France. But the great mass of
evidence adduced above, unites with national feeling, to make us prefer the British
origin of the name.
One thing, we own, seems unaccountable to us — the almost utter absence of the name
from all English lists of persons. Except a few in London and vicinity, and in Glasgow,
Mr. Vinton is not able to find his family in England or Scotland. In the south of Ireland
we have heard the name is common. In this country it is somewhat extended, and the
ancestor, to whom a great number have been traced, seems to have sprung from a fam
ily who had resided in France. We incline to think they were emigrants fi-om England
in a distant age. No claim to distinction can be advanced in favor of the race ¦ but we
think there is something venerable in a name rooted in the geography of Britain and
traceable in its elements back to the tirae of Christ. # ' #
[The compiler of the Vinton Memorial, and tho reviewer, notwithstanding some
minor discrepancies, unite in these conclusions : 1, That Vikton originated in an old
British or Keltic name; 2, that this name and the family passed, at a very early
period, from England to France ; 3, that less than three centuries ago it passed from
France to England again, and thence to the New World.]
Addenda, page 13, .««»»y»(!*,-Eev. Daniel Oliver was son of Nathaniel Oliver' bv
his first wife, Mercy, dau. of Hon. Jacob Wendell, a merchant of Boston She died
1760, and he then manied, 2, Sarah Hill of Boston. The pedigree of the Oliver
family may be seen in Drake's History of Boston, page 293. Eev. Daniel Oliver was
born in Boston April 4, 1752; married Elizabeth Kemble (born 1768) dau. of Thomas
Kemble of Boston ; and died at Eoxbury Oct. 1840, a. 88.
P. 106. Sarah, wife of Sam'l Bass," was dau. of Kev. William (not John) Lawrence

SUPPLEMENTA. 235
UNPUBLISHED NOTE ON THE BEAINTREE lEON WOEKS-
ey the adtiiob op the preceding review.
A prolonged consideration of the arguments adduced in Appendix " Q^" deepens
the conviction that the manufacture of iron in America was first attempted at Brain
tree. The region in which the forge was erected (a favorite spot with the early in
habitants of Boston) received, from the enterprise, the name of the "Ironworks Dis
trict." The perpetuation of that nnme in popular use to this very day, a century and
a quarter since the forge was destroyed, is a striking proof how deep and wide an
interest it awakened. In its relation, indeed, to tho prosperity of a new colony, the'
manufacture of iron is of the first importance ; and to the impressible fancy of child
hood, no operation of industry is so striking, no occupation so manly. The roar of
water in the flume, the glistening and splashing of the great wheel by day, the glowing
fires by night, the ponderous blows, the glittering shower of sparkles expelled by the
hammer, attracts children to such a spot, and forms a lively recollection as long as
memory endures. Perhaps, also, the sombre imagination of our granddames peopled
the solitude which violence had made, with vengeful terrors.
The Vinton who had owned the mill was a "bloomer" before he owned it, and a
bloomer he remained when it was no more. Four sons followed his steps. Previous
to 1760, at least eight of the name noticed in this book disdained not the sooty labor
of the anvil. Those were days (long may they continue!) when no honest toil could
be despised. Longfellow has proclaimed tho preeminence of this trade, in a poem
more likely, perhaps, than any other of American origin to gain a classic rank :
" But, among all who came, young Gabriel only was welcome ;
Gabriel Lajeunespe, tlie son of Basil the blacksmith.
Who was a mighty man in the village, and honored of all mep.
For, since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations.
Has the craft cf the smith been held in repute by the people."
It is a pleasant recollection, that during ray own childhood, passed within three
hundred feet of that very forge, the same trade was pursued by a worthy man, across
the " Ironworks street." The blaze of his fires attracted my eyes in wintry nights,
and his " ten-pound-ten" awoke my ears in summer mornings. It was not, indeed,
^' Under a sprtnadiog chestnut tree
That Tillage smithy stood ;"
for the whole of that peaceful road is still overarched by New England's chief orna
ment, the feathery elm :
" Them from my childhood have I known.
And then they were so old, they seem not older now."
An interesting memorial of the Braintree Iron Works has lately come to light. It is
but a very few months since a vessel which had anchored at Weymouth Landing, half a
mile below the location of the forge, experienced an unusual difficulty in recovering her
anchor. When the obstruction was removed from the rand, it appeared to be a stick
of hard wood timber, long submerged. On inspection, it showed that it had been care
fully shaped, and mounted at each end with an iron gudgeon, on which to revolve..
Conjecture was long at a loss to decide whence and how this mill-shaft — for such it
plainly was — could have come to that spot. Those who knew something of the local
traditions, appealing to the authority of this book, then recently published, at length-
concluded that it could only be the shaft of the great water-wheel by which the ma
chinery of the Braintree Iron Works was moved. When the malcontents of 1736.
destroyed the dam, this shaft was perhaps thrown out into the stream. By successive
floods it may have been trundled along the bottom, till it turned a point of land, and
moored in its recent bed. There it settled slowly into the mud, till covered frora the
eyes of that generation. With characteristic thrift, some " cute Yankee," hearing of
this, bought the whole log, cut it up into lengths, on which, when smoothed into-
memorial walking-sticks. Young America long shall lean and rehearse the tale which
now I end.

Supplementa.
David VintonS [109], (see p. 15,) it is now said, lived in Stafford, Ct. with his son
Porter Vinton," and d. there. Porter Vinton [289] ra. 1, Zilpah Rathbone, in E. Hart
ford, Ct. ; 2,  . By the two marriages he had a large fiimily. About 1835 he was
residing in Sturbridge, Ms. He now lives in Globe village, Southbridge, Ms. In 1835,
Persis Vinton, wid. of David [109], was still living in Stafford. David Vinton" [287],
a blacksmith, lived near New London, Ct., and had a son Howard,'' b. about 1809, and
others, names unknown. John Vinton" [290] was ra., had 3 or 4 sons, and lived and
d., about 1826, near Skeneateles, Onondaga Co., N. Y. At that tirae, Mr. Johnson,
huaband of Betsey Vinton" [284], lived there also ; afterwards in Chautauque Co., N. Y.

236 SUPPLEMENTA.
Since the completion of this work, some facts concerning the Hon. Samuel
F. Vinton [299] — page 16 — have come to the knowledge of the compiler, which,
as they are in the highest degree honorable to that distinguished gentleman, he
feels bound to communicate in the present form. The compiler is sure that every
reader will regret that the information was not received in season to appear m its
proper place.
Hon. S. F. Vinton did not, as stated in the Vinton Memorial "retire from the
national councils in 1849," but continued to represent his district till 1851, making, in
all, twenty-two years faithful service in the House of Eepresentatives of the U. Sta,tes.
When General Taylor became President, in March, 1849, it had been for some time
understood that Mr. Vinton would be a member of his Cabinet, and that the Depart
ment of the Treasury would be put under his charge. Mr. Vinton's services, however,
were so valuable to the incoming administration as the acknowledged leader of the
Whig party in the House, that it was finally arranged that he should remain in Con
gress, and that Mr. Ewing of Ohio should be Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Ewmg
was the first head of that important department, which was established by a law passed
but a few days before he took charge of it. Its establishment had been recommended
by almost every President for nearly fifty years ; but every attempt to carry the meas
ure through Congress had been unsuccessful. Hon. S. F. Vinton, regarding a home
department in the government of this great nation as an overruling necessity, brought
forward the bill to establish it, and carried it through the House of Representatives in
February, 1849. It was adopted by the Senate without amendment. What was pe
culiarly gratifying was, the opinion prevailed araong all parties, that the success of the
measure was owing, in a great degree, to the kind feelings of the House towards Mr.
Vinton personally. The high importance, indeed tho absolute necessity, of the measure
is now universally admitted.
At the next session of Congress, Mr. Vinton carried another measure, which was
and is still regarded as of equal moment, if not essential to the perpetuity of our Gen
eral Government.
Prior to the taking of the seventh census of the United States— the census of 1850—
it had been the practice, after each census, to pass a law to fix, for ten years then
next ensuing, the number of the members of the House of Eepresentatives, and to
apportion thera among the several States. Weeks and even months were always con
sumed in Congress upon these apjjortionment bills, attended with much crimination
and recrimination between the delegations of the different States, and always followed
by a deep-seated conviction, on the part of some of the States, that injustice had been
done them in the arrangement. What was still worse, as each apportionment was for
the period of ten years only, it was evident that if there should ever happen, from the
violence of party or any other cause, a failure to pass an apportionment law in the next
Congress after the taking of a census, the House of Eepresentatives would be disorgan
ized, and at an end. The Constitution had made no provision for such an exigency,
and of course the legislative department would immediately and irrecoverably become
extinct, and the whole fabric of the government must fall to pieces. In this
manner, it was plain the Union might be dissolved without violence. The same result
would follow, if Congress, before the close of a decade of years, should, from any
cause, fail to pass a bill to take a census of the United States, because the Constitu
tion requires an apportionment of the members of the House among the several States
according to their respective populations under the census then last taken. This was a
danger to which no government should be subject.
When, in the spring of 1850, the bill for taking the seventh census of the United
States was before the House, Hon. S. F. Vinton moved that there be incorporated into
it certain sections, which provided, in the first place, against any future failure to take
a census of the United States ; in the next place, to establish permanently the
nuthber of members in the House ; and, thirdly, to remove the apportionment altogether
from Congress, and devolve it upon the Secretary op the Intekiok, who was re
quired to apportion the members among the several States, according to certain pre
scribed rules and principles. Thus would Congress be relieved of a subject which had
always been an occasion of discord and of much waste of time. All these provisions
were adopted, and under them the House is now organized. They are found iu the
23d, 24th, 25th and 26th sections of the act to take the seventh census, passed May 23,
1850. See Laws of the U. States (Little & Brown's ed. Boston), vol. ix, pp. 432, 433.
The rule and mode of apportionment, fixed by the act just quoted, will probably
never be changed as long as tho Government shall stand. The law will effectually
guard against the danger of a dissolution of the Union from the cai.;ses specified above.
And Mr. Vinton, for having had the wisdom to devise, the patriotism to propose, and
the ability to procure the enactment of such a statute, is entitled to the lasting gratitude
of every lover of his country and of the human race.

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