Billerica Town (part 9 of 17)

2. Zadock, brother of Hiram, 1, b. 1804, Oct, 4; m, 1828, March 5, Almira Fiske of Lexington. She d. 1834. Jan. 22; he m. Almira Morton, and before 1843, Martha Chapman. Ch. George Frederic, d. John Fiske, d. John Morton, d. Caroline Harriet: b. 1843, March 6; in. Hiram P. Barker. Ellen Jane. b. 1845, March 7; is in Boston. Henry lives in Lowell. Emily, b. 1850, Dec. 17; m. Samuel Richardson, of Lynn.

HASSELL, Richard, of Cambridge, freeman. 1647; b. 1622; came to Billerica in 1676, and made proposals to the tOAXTi, Nov. 20, to take up the 300 acres of land granted to John Stedman by Cambritlge. The town offered him £15 or 200 acres of land next to Andover line and Mrs. Winthrop's farm for his claim, but it does not appear which he accepted. In 1678, April 12, he was -^appointed to inspect the young lads on y^ Sabbath days, those of them that sit below in y^ meeting house." This was. perhaps, about the definition, as then understood, of the tithingman, and in 1677. he was one of the five tithingmen. having the families in the center, under his charge, but in 1679 his name disappears, as he had removed to the new to^\^l of Dunstable, where he was a leading citizen. His son Joseph m. Anna Perry, and his dau. Esther m. Obadiah Perry, son of William, of Watertown. and in 1691, Joseph and his Avife. their son Benjamin and her brother Obadiah all perished at the hands of the Indians.

HAYNES. 1. Lyman, from Sudbury, purchased the hotel at the corner of Andover street, in 1830. Not long after, he exchanged this place with T. W. Carter, for a hotel at the "'corner,'' where he remained until 1845. when he went to North Woljurn.

2. Tilly, son of Lyman, 1, b. 1828. Feb. 13 ; m. 1852, July 16, Martha C. Eaton. Has been in "business in Lawrence, Boston and Springfield; and in 1879, became proprietor of the United Stotes Hotel in Boston. He was a member of the House of Representatives, 1868-70; of the Senate, 1876-7; and of the Executive Council, 1878-9.

HAZELTINE, Samuel, was the son of Samuel, and b. 1680, May 15, in Bradford, where his 9 ch. were b. He removed to B. about 1723, living in the Tewksbury part of the town. Among his ch. were Stephen, on tax-list, 1733. Samuel. Judith m. Edward Pollard, 2. Sarah, m. Thomas Man, and Amy m. 1732-3. Feb. 20. Henry Richardson, of Chelmsford, and prob. Mam who m. Samuel Trull, 5.

HAZEN, Henry Allen, Rev., son of Allen, and b. in Hartford. Vt.. 1832, Dec. 27. [For line of descent, from Edward Hazen, of Rowley, 1648, see iV. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.. 1879, April]. Grad. D. C. 1854; Andover Theo. Sem., 1857. Ordained at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1858, Feb. 17. and preached in Bridgewater ; Barnard ; Hardwick, 1859 ; Barton, 1860 ; West Randolph, 1861. Installed, Plymouth, N. H., 1863, Jan. 21; dis. 1868, July 15. Installed, Lvme. 1868. Sept. 2 ; dis. 1870, Sept. 30. Installed, Pittsfield, 1870, Dec. 22; dis. 1872. Nov. 30. Installed, Billerica, 1874, May 21; dis. 1879, May 4. Trustee of Kimball Union Academy since 1869, and of the Howe school since 1875; of the N. H. Missionary society. 1872-4. Statistical Secretary of the N. H. General Association, 1872-4. Member of the New Hampshire and of the Vermont Historical Societies and of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Associate Editor Congregational Quarterly, 1876-8. He has published (1) Manual of the Congregational Church. Plymouth, N. H. (2) Historical Discourse, Commemorative of the Centennial" Anniversary of the same church, 1875. (3) Ministry and Churches of New Hampshire, a re-print from the Cong. Quarterly. 1876. (4) Pastors of New Hampshire. 1878. Married, 1863. July 9, Charlotte Eloisa Green, dau. of Dr. George B. Green, of Windsor. Vt. Ch. Mary, b. 1864, Nov. 23; d. 1865, Sept. 30. Emily, b. 1866, Aug. 5. Charlotte, b. 1868, Nov. 6.

HEALD, Benjamin H., from Cailislp; m. 1842, Aug:. ^- Frances Ann Bowers, dau. of .lonafhan. 8. They live on AVoburn street, in the south part of the villaije.

HILL. 1. Ralph, was early at Plymouth. The tradition, in his family, that he came from Billericay is prob. and strengthened by the fact that there was a clergyman bearing the same name in Essex, 1645-69, (See David's Annals of Nonconformity in Essex, p. 440), whose wife was

1650. he was at Ilidgwell, "'a godly preaching minister;." afterwards, at Pattiswick. where he was 'ejected,' and in 16()9, he is reported at Sheldon, " having a conventicle there." Our Ealpli Hill "of Wellingsly," prob. a locality in Plymouth, sold 1643, Sept. 16, for £12. to Stephen Wood, house and garden, ''upland at Wobery," 12 acres or thereabout; and we soon after find him in Woburn, where he was freeman, 1647 ; Selectman in 1649. He joined in the settlement of Shawshin as early as any; and lived on ' the farm.' a mile south-west of the village, his house standing a little west of the place Avhere Mrs. Judkins, his descendant, now lives. In April. 1663, he gave the town one-half acre of land for a " buring place." and on the 29th, he died. - his own liody. doubtless, the first to be laid in the old 'south' burying ground. His wife d. and he m. 1638. {Savage.) Margaret Toothaker, mother of Koger. 1, who d. 1683, Nov. 22, aged 76. Ch. Jane, b. in England. In the will of Ralph Hill, a gr.-dau., Mary IJttlefield, is mentioned. Francis Littlefield. of Woburn, and his wife Jane had a dau. Mary b. 1646, Dec. 14, the mother dying Dec. 20; and Mary Littlefield m. John Kittredge. 1, 1664. Nov. That JNlr. Hill had this daii. Jane is quite certain. Ralph, 2. 3Iartha. Nathaniel, 3. Jonathan, 4, b. 1646. April 20. liebecca m. Caleb Farley, 2.

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5. Abraham, son of Abraham, of Charlestown; m. 1666. Oct., Hannah Stowers, and t4ie birth of his first child is recorded in Billerica. He lived, after, in Maiden and Cambridge. [See other children and descendants in '' Paige's Cambridge"']. Ch. Hannah, b. 1667, Dec. 12, who ni. Henrv Jefts. 3.

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39. Constantine, son of Josiah, 32, b. 1812, May 18; m. Martha Pratt, of Dunstable, and Mrs. Sarah (Whitford) Weber. Ch. Martha Maria b. 1835, Oct. 28; m. Samuel Sage. Mary Ellen, b. 1837, Nov. 13; m. John DeCamp, of Cincinnati. John Henry lives in Chester, Penn. William Warren, b. 1845, July 3. George Worth, b. 1846, Feb. 10; m. Anne Brown, and has ch. George C. and William H. Sarah Adelaide, b. 1851, Sept. 6. Josiah Constantine. b. 1853, May 25.

HOLDEN. Richard and Justinian, brothers, came to Watertown in 1634. aged 25 and 23 years. A Sis. family record, written about 1800. says they had brothers Adam and William, and an uncle. James, '^ one of the lords of England." who secured their release by the Sherift' who had arrested them for attending '-a dissenting meeting," on condition tliat they would do so no more '-in that country." Justinian was a carpenter; d. in Watertown. 1691, leaving seven children. Richard lived in several towns, but d. in Groton. 1690, March 1. Faige names nine di. of Richard: Stephen, b. 1042. July 19 ; Justinian. 1, b. 1644; Martha, b. 164o-6, Jan. 15 ; Samuel, b. (Family Record.) 1650. June 8; Mary; Sarah; Elizabeth; Thomas and John, b. 1057. The family record, instead of Tliomas, gives William and "' Bathlamew," and says thei-e were six dauglitei-s. Sauuiel m. Anna, and had in Grotoa: Anna. b. 1682, March 1; and'the family record names other children : Joseph, Samuel, Abigail and Mary. Saiiuiel had son Samuel, b. 1729. Oct. 2; m. Martha Call, 1751, June 6; lived in Stoneham. and d. 1800. March 12, having nine children, of whom were Thomas, 2, and Asa, 3.

dau. Susannah was b. here; but in 1695, he had a difficulty with the tax-collector, (Rec. II, p. 57,) Avhich, perhaps, inclined him to leave. Ch. Mary, b. in Groton, 1680, May 20. Ehenezer. b. 1690, May 11, in Woburn. Susannah, b. 1694. Oct. 16. and pi'ob. others.

HOPKINS. 1. William, perhaps son of William, of Roxbury. and, if so. bap. IGGO, May G. In 1669, Edward Farmer, then in England, at Ansely, took a deposition before Eichard Hopkins. Perliaps William Hopkins, hke Thonuis Pollard, followed Farmer from the same town to Billerica. Settled east of the Shawshin, in the part annexed to Wihnington in 1737. He may have had older ch. These are recorded here. He d. 1736, May 16. C'h. Hannah, b. 1697, Aug. 20; m. Seth Levistone, 3. Benjamin, 2, 1). 1701, May 23. Sarah, b. 1703, May 26; m. Shnon Beard, (see 1). Bichard. 3, b. 1707. Sept. 25.

HOSLEY. 1. James. Savage says ''Horsley, James, of Newton, m. Martha, dau. of John Parker; had Jame,s." This Martha was b. 1649. May 1. in Cambridge, and her son is prob. the James who appears in B.,

HOSMER. 1. Leander, (descended from James, of Concord, the line being Stephens John^ John*, John^) b. 1796, April 5; m. Sophronia Wilson, dau. of Isaac, 9. His ch. were b. in Bedford; he now lives with his son.

HOWE, Zadok, h. d., son of Zadok, was b. in Bolton. Conn.. 1777, Feb. 15. He grad. from the Medical Department of Dartmouth College in 1809, and began the practise of his profession in Concord, N. H., where he soon became distinguished. In 1814, he removed to Franklin. Mass., becoming partner with Dr. Nathaniel Miller, in an Infirmary, which was not successful. After a few months in Boston, he came to Billerica in the autumn of 1816, and spent his life in the town, useful, eminent and beloved. A good account of this benefactor of Billerica may be found in the Address by Mr. Whitman, delivered at the dedication of the Academy in 1852, and published with the third catalogue of the Howe school in 1872. He was President of the Berkshire Medical Institute at Pittsfield, and of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Before the latter, he gave an address on "-Fear," in 1831, and on "Quackery," in 1847. He d. 1851. March 8, and by his will, endowed the Howe school, of which account is given elsewhere.

HUBBARD. 1. Thomas, was a son of the widow Sarah, who m. William Hamlet, 1. Cambridge Ch. Rec. (Paige) speaks of him as '"now joined to the ch. of Weatherstield." But he received a grant of a six-acre lot in Billerica, 1660, Sept. His home lot of 32 acres "lying on y« north side of y'' township and on y*^ west side of long street ; bounded by James Paterson, on ye south ; by Concord river, west ; by long street, east; and by John Rogers, sen., north." After his early deat^h, this place became the home of Samuel Manning. He in. 1662, Oct. 15, Elizabeth Huit, and d. Nov. 9, 25 days after.

2. William H., m. d.. son of Rev. Ochus G. Hubbard, late of Leominster; settled in medical practice in Billerica, 1877, and opened a Dispensary. 1879.

HUNT. 1. Samuel, was from Concord; son of Samuel, and b. 1657, Nov. 17. He appears in Billerica in 1689, living near the Merrimack. He bought for £50, 1691-2, Feb. 18. one-fifth part of the Winthrop farm of .WOO ncrcs. His liouso noar WaiiH^sit. was a garrison, and 'Hunt's Falls/ in Lowt'll. ixMpctuafc his name. A ferry, near, was called Hunt's ferry. He was active in securiiii;- the incorporation of Tewksbury. He ni. 1678,

HUSSEY, Christoplier Coffin, Eev., son of Allw-rt. was b. in Nantucket. 1820. June TJ ; clescendent of Stephen Bachiler Hussey, whose father. Christoplier, eanie from Dorking, in Surrey. 1032. and * lived in Lynn. Newbury and Hani])ton. He had ni. in England, Theodate. dau. of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of Lynn and Hampton, and was sliipwrecked. if the story is credible, on the coast of Florida, 1686, March 6. nearly 90 years old. Mr. Hussey's ancestry on both sides were Quakers, antl he began his ministry ani(mg them. But. with a change of views, he became the first pastor "of the Unitarian Church, in North Easton, 1860. He became pastor of the First church, in Billerica, in 1866, and still holds that position. He has been a Member of the Mass. Board of Education, since 1874. He m. 1843. Lydia C. Coffin, a descendent of Tristram Coffin, of Newbury, who was associated with Christopher Hussey and seven others, in the original purchase of Nantucket, where he d. 1681, Oct. 3. She was b. there, 182o, Jan. 1. Ch. Elizabeth Starbuck, b. 1844. Jan. 1; d. 1860, Oct. 10. Dora Coffin, b. 1848. Dec. 28; m. 1869, Sept. 8, George Adams, of Lowell. Martha Swain, b. 1850. March 5. Ass. Principal of th"eHowe school. 1875-7.

HUTSON, Nnthauiel, (usually Hudson.) was a town officer, 1719, and had pro)), lived in the south part of the town, for some years previous. No ch. on record here.

JAQUITH. 1. Abraham was b. 1701, Dec. 30. His father, Abraham, was son of Abraham, of Charlestown, 1643, and lived in the part of Woburn which became Wilmington. Two daughters of the second Abraham had m. the brothers Durrant, John, 2, and Thomas, 3, before their nephew m. 1726-7, Jan. 13. Hannah Farley, dau. of Ebenezer, 5.

9. Franklin, son of Joseph, 8, b. 1800, Jan. 20; m. 1831, June 26, Lucy Walker, dau. of Samuel, of Burlington. He lived in the house east of the Bedford road, where the Middlesex turnpike crosses it. The ancient house, opposite, in which his brother Merrick lives, has been long the family home. He d. 1876, Dec. 1. Ch. Ellen, b. 1832. Sept. 10. Albinia, b. 1834, June 4; m. 1857, Sept. 10, Jerome Peirce, of Charlestown, who was killed at Spottsylvania, Va., 1864, May 12, aged 33. A dau. Lucy Sherwin, b. 1859, Dec. 26, is a graduate of the Howe school, and of the Salem Normal school. Abigail, b. 1836, Feb. 3. Lucy Walker, b. 1838, Feb. 18; d. 1841, July 26. Franklin, b. 1839, Dec. 27; a faithful soldier in the War of the Southern Eebellion, and compiler of the careful list of soldiers and sailers from Billerica, found elsewhere. Mary Frances, b. 1841, Nov. 20; m. 1870, June 9, Nathaniel D. P. Foster. Joseph, b. 1842, Dec. 3; m. 1872, Jan. 10, Annah Baldwin, dau. of Joel. 26. Harriet Walker, b. 1845. Feb. 20; m. 1864, Feb. 3, William C. Clark, of Chelsea, and 1875, Aug. 3, Charles A. Drew, of Chelsea.

JEFTS. 1. Henry, was from Woburn; one of the Dudley farm purchasers and first settlers of Billerica. His home was first near Indian hill, north of Nutting's pond, but after his marriage with Mrs. Bird, he lived west of Long street, near the corner. He m. 1647. Sept. 13, Ann Stowers. and 2d, Hannah Births. She d. 1662, Sept. 15, .and he m. 1666, Oct. 3. Mary Bird, widow of Simon. She d. 1679, April 1, and he m. 1681, May 5, Mary Baker, widow, of Concord. He d. 1700, May 24, aged about 94. Ch. John, 2, b. in Woburn, 1651, May 11. Hannah, who d. ''first M-eek" of May, 1653; the first death in town. Hannah, b. 1654-5, Feb. 4, the first female b. into\\Ti; m. Andrew Spalding, of Chelmsford. Joanna, b. 1656, Mav 24; m. John Dunkin, 1; killed by Indians. 1692. Henry, %, b. 1658-9, March 21,

2. Henry Benjamin, son of preceeding, b. 1827, Nov. 6; student, D. C. in Class of 1845; lives on the Carlisle road, beyond Winning's pond; ni. 1853. Nov. 19, Harriet Fowler, of Southwick. Ch. Edward Foster, b. 1854, July 30; m. 1879, Dec. 8. Fanny Mary Talbot, of Texas, niece of Hon. Thomas Talbot. She was Assistant Principal of the Howe school, 1877-9. He is in business in Missouri. Putnam Rensselaer, b. 1856, Feb. 28.

KEMP. 1. Samuel, was a kinsman of Edward, of Chelmsford. He received in 1658, a grant of a "live acre lot, or halfe a single share.'' '"seventy acres of land, be it more or lesse, lying on loes plaine, loese meadow being contained within it, and is part of the number, but it is reckoned to him as three acres of meadow land ; this land is bounded by y« comons, west; by y* churches farm, on y^ south; and y^ highway which parts Jacob JBrowne, and him, noi'th." The road to the Dea. Edmand's place, known, anciently, as Marshall's lane, was near, if not the same, with this north bound of Kemp's lot. He remained here only until 1668, and then sold to Thomas Ross, removing to Groton. He m. 1662, May 23, Sarah Foster. Ch. Samuel, b. 1662-3, Feb. 23, who lived in Groton, and his children after him. Abigail, b. 1664-5, March 27, and b. in Groton. Jonathan, 2, b. 1668, April 6. Mehittabel, b. 1673, Jan. 4. Bethiah, b. 1683, July 9.

KENDALL. 1. Jacob, was son of Francis, of Woburn, M^here the births of nineteen children are recorded, and may be found in the historjof Woburn. But he seems to have lived in Billerica long enough to secure the record here of a twentieth child. '^ Jacob, the son of Jacob and Alice Kendall, was b. July 21. 1717."

2. Reuben was from Woburn; b. 1724. May 20; son of Ephraim and Judith. His father Avas prob. a son of Thomas, though his birth is not recorded. He may have been b. about 1690, and d. 1728, May 15. Reuben m. 1749, April 20, Judith Brown, dau. of Joseph. 4, and made his home just west of Shawshin river, on the Wilmington road, now the Costello place. His sister Judith m. Josiah Eichardson, 9; and Elizabeth, not a sister, m. 1759, June 19, Amaziah Swallow. Ch. Judith, b. 1750, Aug. 29; m. Thomas Eichardson, 21. Reubens b. 17.54, April 12. Joseph, 3, b. 1757, Dec. 16. Mary, b. 1761, Sept. 15. Sarah, b. 1766, Sept. 22.

KEYES. The name has been occasionally on the tax-lists, but no family is recorded. Solomon appears 1749-50. Ephraim, 1760-4, and he m. 1751, July 11, Rebecca Townsend. Jonas m. 1756, Ajiril 21. Elizabeth Townsend. These lattei" were prob. the sons of Ezekiel, of Chelmsford, and lived in Plymouth and Eunniey. N. H. Abel is on tax-list, 1766. Lydia m. Thomas Hall. 3, and Eunice m. Daniel Fletcher, of Nottingham,

KIDDER. 1. James, son of James, was b. 1626, in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. His ancestry has been traced in England, through six generations : James, liis father ; John ; John ; Richard ; Kichard ; Richard. He m. Anna Moore, dau. of Elder Francis, of Cambridge, and his children befoi-e 1660, were b. there. He received in 1656, a grant of a ten acre lot in Billerica, but it was not located until 1658, and he did not occupy it till 1659. His house-lot is described: thirty acres of land, more or less, lying upon the township, aboute y" centre "of it, his house-lot being part of it. It is bounded by John Rogers, sen., on ye south; by land yet lying in comon, on the east ; and by the West street or highway which leads from long street to y« great river on y« north; and by the great river on the M^est." Besides various meadow lots, he also had 26 acres on the plain beyond loes' meadow, and sixty acres south-east of Fox hill ; 31 acres at the head of heath brook, (now in TewksburJ^) and other smaller lots. His house stood on the well-known lot where Gardner Parker lives. The place has remained in the family, John Parker having married, 1751, Abigail Kidder, dau. of Enoch.

James Kidder was Ensign in Capt. Danforth's military company, and his house was a garrison in 1675. He, himself, was placed in charge of the Indians at Wamesit, a position which indicates, in that critical period, the confidence reposed in his skill and courage. The conjecture is probable, that the hardships and exposure incident to this war, occasioned his death which took place. 1676, April 16. His widow m. 1684-5, March 17, William Underwood, of Chelmsford. Ch. Hannah, b. 1650-1. March 1 ; m. 1672,

Oct. 30, Nathaniel Kettle, of Charlestown. Dorothy, b. 1652; in. Jonathan Hyde. James, 2, b. 1658 - 1. .Tan. .S. John lived in Chelmsford; m. Lydia Paiiier, 1G84. Dec. 3. and had 12 eh. llis son Thomas was the father of Aaron. Joseph and Reuben, who w(n-e among the tirst and most active settlers of New Ipswich, N. H. Mr. Frederick Kidder, historian, of New Ipswich, is a descendent, and Benjamin Kidder, of Lovewell's Expedition,

Abigail knd Hephsibah. Josiah, b. 1717, Jan. 18 ; m. Hannah Patten, dau. of Kendall, 6, and 2d, Sarah Kittredge, widow of Daniel, (.see 12;) had ch. Josiah; Hannah; Abigail; Dorcas; Jonathan; Daniel and Sarah. Sarah, b. 1718-9, Jan. 16. Jeremiah, b. 1721, July 5; m. Sarah , and

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KINSLEY, Samuel, prob. son of Stephen, of Braintree. received a grant in August, 1659, of a ten-acre lot. His house-lot contained 100 acres, south of Fox hill. 186 "pole in length and 82 pole wide at y'^ west end and 116 pole wide at y« east end ; bound by William French, partly on the south; the coinons elsewhere surrounding y*^ same." He m. Hannah Bracket, dau. of Eichard. of Braintree. and d. 1662, May 21. If he was the son of Stephen, he left a son and two daughters, who are provided for in their grand-father's will. 1673.

KITTREDGE. 1. John, received a five-acre grant, 1660, Sept. 25. John Parker is called '"his master." His house-lot was "ten acres of land * on y south-east of bare hill, on y<' west side of the country road, and joyniug to the south side of Robert Parker's lot, w'» his son Benjamin lives upon ; also four acres of meadow * all which is * bounded with Shawshin road, east; y<^ comons, south and west," etc. In 1663, Julj% "granted more to him. that instead of tenne poles of land, which he should have had upon y« towneship, (by willm pattin's house-lot.) to set a shop upon, that now he shall have it added to his house-lot, "upon the south of it." His first grant within the bounds, later, of Tewksbury, where his descendants were located, was in 1661, Dec. "sixty and four acres, lying on y« east side of ail wife brooke, and on y^ south of y« highway as you go to globe hill." being bounded by y« highway, on y^ north; by John Durrent. Avest ; by globe hill and his bounds neer Shawshin river, (which are marked above y" meadow,) on y* east and south. This liome-lot of Kittredge was a mile south-east of the village, near the school house, and the other grant, beyond Pattenville. near the Shawshin. He m. 1664, Nov. 2, Mary Littlefield, prob. the dau. of Francis, of Woburn, b. 1646, Dec. 14. Kalph Hill names her "gr.-dau." in his will. He d. 1676, Oct. 18. and his widow m. John French, 2. Ch. John, 2, b. 1665-6, Jan. 24. James, 3, b. 1667-8. March 21. Daniel, 4, b. 1670, July 22. Jonathan, b. 1674. July 16 ; d. 1696. March 23. Benoni, b. 1677, May 2.

had John, b. 1737, April 7. Simeon, b. 1739, March 14. Benjamin b. 1740-1, March 7. He was a physician in Tewksbury and Andover, where he d. 1776, July 10; the father of eight sons, all physicians.

(a) Benjamin, of Exoter. (b) Henry, of Tewksbury. (^0 Joyin. of Franiing'hani. (d) Jacob, !(}, of liilleriea and Ohio. (e) Rufus. of Portsmouth. {/) (Jeorg-e. of Ki)])ini>'. N. II. (f/) Theodore, of Kittery.

New England Weekhj Journah Oct. 13, 1729. gives this account: "We have received the following melancholy relation from Billerica. That on the Lord's day. the 5th instant, a house was burnt there, wherein were two small children, who were both consumed in the flames. It seems the heads of the family were gone to the publick worship, and left at liome, three children, the eldest, a girl of about twelve years old, who had the care of the others ; but she, going a little ways from the house, to drive some swine that had got into the corn ; in the mean time, the house took tire and burnt so vehemently, that when she came to it, she could not get into it, or do anything to save the other poor children."' Abu/ail, b. 1730,

16. Jacob, M. D., son of Dr. Benjamin, of Tewksbury, (see 5,) was b. 1781, Dec. 19; practised medicine in Billerica, after 1800. and in 1815, removed to Gallipolis. O., and d. there, 1824. Oct. 22. He m. 1813. Nov. 17, Harriet Pierce, of Salem. A dau. m. Mr. Jacob Coggin, of Tewksbury, and another is Mrs. H. M. Lawton. of Santa Barbara, Cal. Tlie Catalogue of the Mass. Medical Society names a Dr. Jacob K., of Billerica, andhis death in 1831, which seems doubtful.

LAMPSON. 1. Samuel, came from Amlierst, N. H., in 1762. His will entered for probate, 1779, April 20; names wife Phebe and ch. Samuel, 2; Jonathan, who d. in Amherst, 1815, Dec, aged 90; Rebecca (Taylor;) Sarah (Gage) and Abigail (EUenwood,) who d., leaving son Benjamin Tuck.

2. Samuel m. 1770, Nov. 6, Eebecca Crosby. He is named in his father's will, 1777, March 5, but not at the bap. of his ch. In 1810, or later, Eebecca Lampson was living on the Woburn road, south-east of Bare hill. Ch. Rebecca, bap. 1778. July 25.

LANE, Job, was prob. from Eickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, where lands which he inherited were located, {N. E. H. and G. Reg., Vol. XVII, p. 266,) and in 1654, was 30 years old. That he was the Job Lane at Rehoboth, 1644, is not prob. He was a carpenter, and made payment for the - Winthrop farm,' of 1500 acres, which he purchased in 1664, Aug. 2, for £230. bj' building a house in New London, Conn., for Fitz John Winthrop. He also ^uilt the great bridge in 1668. He owned a considerable estate in England, the rents of which he received during life, bequeathing the property to his son, John. He lived, first, in Maiden, removing to Billerica probably in 1664, and after about 20 years residence, he returned to Maiden, where he d. 1697. Aug. 23. His house was the only one bej^ond Ealph Hill's, towards Concord, until after 1675, when on account of his remote situation, he was permitted to garrison his own house. The place is probably that now occupied by Hiram Dutton, on the east side of the road, a few rods north from Huckin's street, and it is not impossible that the ancient house of Mr. Dutton is the same which he built. He bought, in Maiden, the Coytmore Mill of Mrs. John Coggan. and bequeathed it to his son-in-law. Edward Sprague. Mrs. Coggan's first husband was Thomas Coytmore. and her second husband. Gov. John Winthrop, on whose account this lady had received the grant of 3000 acres b. 1661, Oct. Anna, b. 1662. Sept.; d. Xov. 28. Anna m. James Foster, of Dorchester; d. five daj^s before h^r husband, 1732, Sept. 29. aged 67. Jemima, b. 1606, Aug. 19; ui. Matthew Whipple, of Ipswich, and had one child. Matthew, who inherited one-fourth part of the Winthrop farm, "his upland to ly at a place commonly called the two brothers." Dorothy, b. 1669, July 24; m. 1693, Nov. 24, Edward Sprague, of Maiden, and had three children.

6. Job. Whether this man had any connection with the previous families, is unknown. He may have been an English relative, who came to America, near 1700; or a descendant of Job Lane, of Rehoboth, or of other Lanes who had been in America. He m. Mary Fasset. dau of Patrick. 1. Ch. Mary, b. 1706-7, Jan. 18. Joseph, b. 1708, Dec. 11. Susanna, b. 1710-1, March 2. Job and Elizabeth, b. 1713-4, Jan. 29. Samuel, b. 1716, April 7. Silence, b. 1719, April 2. Elizabeth, b. 1722-3, March 17.

8 Albert Clarence, m. d., son of Anthony K., b. in Chichester, N. H., 1851, Nov. 29; took his degree in medicine. Long Island College Hospital, 1879, and settled at once in Billerica; m. 1880, Jan. 1, Estella J. Davis, of Pittsfield, N. H.

LEWIS. 1. Samuel, of Woburn, -*19,4, *83," was '-cautioned" by the Selectmen "to dei)art our town." and the Court was notified that he. In his obduracy, --refused." He was here in 1686, to have trouble about his tax ; but a Billerica gii-1 thought better than the town did of him, for he m. 1683, April 3, Sarah Dutton, dau. of Thomas. 1. He lived, after, in Maiden, where a dau. Hannah was b. 1689, Dec. 12. He d. 1699, Feb. 1 ; his widow m. Sainuel Dix, of Reading.

LOCKE,. Joseph, was a distinguished member of the legal profession, who resided for 32 years in towni. He was b. in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 1772, April 8; grad. D. C, 1797; studied law with Timothy Bigelow, and commenced practice here in 1801, (See Sketch in Lowell Contributions, etc., Vol. I, p. 65. Dartmouth Alumni says he was in Acton. 1800-3). He often represented the town in the Legislature; was a Justice of the Court of Couunon Pleas. 1816; Presidential Elector the same year; Chief Justice of Middlesex CouiUy Court of Sessions, 1819-27; member of the Constitutional Convention, 1820, and of the Executive Council, 1821-2. Removing to I^owell, 1833, he was there, Judge of the Police Court for 13 years; a good lawj^er; an ui)right Judge, and an honest and true man. He m. 1803, Nov. 16. Lydia, dau. of Gen. Nathaniel Goodwin, of Plymouth; d. in Lowell. 1853, Nov. 10. Ch. Charles Henry, b. 1804, Nov. 23; m. 1829, June 18, Ann, dau. of William Go wen. of Medford, and widow of AVilliam Hale, of Boston. Merchant and Editor of Boston Galaxy; The Tiyceum ; Lowell Courier, and Boston Times. He d. 1841, Jan. 9. George, b. 1806, Feb. 3; d. 1812, Jan. 17. Harriet, b. 1807, Nov. 12; m. 1838, May 2, John D. Locke, a planter of Louisville, Ky. ; now a widow in Plymouth. JMai-y Ann, b. 1809, March 11 ; m. 1837, March 1, her cousin, Albert Locke. He grad. H. C, 1829; Preceptor, Billerica Academy, 1830; Clerk of Police Court, and of the Common Council, Lowell, until death, 1840, Sept. 26. Frances Caldwell, b. 1811, Jan. 28; d. in Plymouth. William, b. 1814, Feb. 27 ; d. in Canton, China, 1833, Dec. 22 ; fell from the maintop of the ship. Hannah Goodwin, b. 1815, Dec. 24; m. 1846, May 26, William Foster, a merchant in Boston and Windsor, Vt. George, b. 1819, Aug. 29; d. 1826, Aug. 31, (grave-stone).

MANMNG. 1. Samuel, son of William, of C^ambridge, b. 1644. July 21. He bought Thomas Hubbard's grant, after his death, 1662, Nov. 9. The house-lot Avas west of Long street, and north of Patterson's, or near the Pillsbury place. He was town-clerk; Selectman; Representative, 1695-6, and a useful citizen. He m. 1664, April 13, Elizabeth Stearns, sister of John, 1. She d. 1671, June 24, and he m. 1673, May 6, Abiall Wight, of Medfleld. Ensign Manning d. 1710-1, Feb 22. Ch. Samuel. 2. John, 3- b. 1666, Aug. 30. Timothy, b. 1673-4, Feb. 4; d. March 12. Hannah, b. 1675, March 28; m. 1699, Dec. 7, Ebenezer King, of Watertown. William, 4, b. 1677, June 27. Mary, b. 1679. Sept. 12 ; m. Josiah Crosby, 5, Sarah, b. 1681, Aug. 26; in. Samuel Robinson, of Cambridge. Her son, Samuel, b. 1707, April 4, lived in H^rdwick, Mass. ; was Captain in the French war. and became one of the pioneers in settlement of Bennington, the first town chartered on the New Hampshire gi-ants, which became Vermont. He d. of small-pox in 1767, in London, whei-e he was agent of the settlers in defense of their rights against New York claims. Of his sons, Moses Robinson became Chief Justice, Senator and Governor of Vermont. Jonathan, also Chief Justice and Senator. Samuel was Captain in the battle of Bennington, and afterwards. Colonel of militia. Dorothy, b. 1683, June 27. Isaac, b. 1685, April 15. Ephraim, 5, b. 1686, Sept. 11. Elizabeth b. 1689-90, March 14; m. Peter Fassett, 2. Timothy, b. 1691-2, March 4. Eliphalet. 6, b. 1693, July 28. Abial, b. 1698, Dec. 16.

ch.. Jacob lived in Greenwood. IST. Y., and was father of Rev. Jacob M. Manning. D. D., pastor of the Old South Church in Boston, and Solomon, h. 1799 ;"d. in Bedford, N. H., 1862; was father of Jacob M., of Reading. Asa, 16, b. 1780. Sept. 23.

MA.RSHALL. 1. John, was granted a six acre lot, 1656-7. Feb. 4. We know not Avhence he came, or whose son he was. His age, at death, given by grave-stone, fixes his birth in 1632 ; much more probal)le than the statement of a deposition in the Mass. Ai'chives. which makes him 15 years older. His first allotment was 20 acres, " lying partly on the township and partly on the comons ; bounded by John Sheldon, noi-th ; by the comons, east ; by Peter Bracket, south; by Mr. Whiting and William Pattin, west; and a parcel of land reserved for ye ministry, on y<^ -vA'cst. and partly on y« south, and partly bj^ East street on the south-west."" The last bound is a reminiscence of tlie ancient Andover road, befoi*e it was changed in 1660, to its present place, and the location is east of the narrow gauge railroad line, as it runs soutli from the street. When the ryad was altered, he was allowed a private way across Sheldon's land, to reach it. He had later grants farther east, by Iocs" plain, and sold his first grant, above-described, to Dr. Samuel Frost, 1. The road running east, across loes' plain, was

MORE. [Moore]. 1. Golden, from Cambridge, purchased the original right of James Parker, and was in Billerica in 1658. His house-lot contained fourteen acres, " lying upon the Township, bounded by east street, south; Ralph Hill, jr., east, and long street, west; Jonathan Danforth's paster, and his owne, north. Upon this land was his dwelling-house set." He soon had nine acres more '"joyneing to the former grant, and bounded by it on the south, and partly \>y Ralph Hill, jr. ; bounded by Jonathan Danforth and John Baldwm, on y« west; by Ralph Hill, jr., east; bj^ the towne comons on the north." In 1661, this record is made: ''Whereas the east street was changed bj^ laying out y<= country road to anflever, and laid crosse y* middle of the house-lot of golden more, for i-ecompense of damage done to him thereby, the committee impowered in that worke did grant to him all that part of y^ former highway from long street, until you come to y« siller forge of John Shildon; and y<= said golden declared himselfe fully satistied.'" His place occupied both sides of Andover street, on Long street, and his house, doubtless, stood near Mr. Samuel Baldwin's. He m. Joanna Champney, widow of John, who d. 1675-6, Feb. 18. He d. 1698, Sept. 3, aged about 89. Ch. Hannah, b. 1643, Sept. 15; m. John Hastings. Lydia m. Caleb Farley, 2. Buth m. Daniel Shed, 2.

MOREY, Frederic Albert, son of Thomas, was b. in Tewksbury, 1846, Feb. 2; m. 1870, June 23, Mary C. Parker, dau. of Charles H., 25. He is a merchant; his store, south of the 1st church. His twin brother, Francis G., has recently gone into' business with him. Ch. Bertha, b. 1877, Jan. 6.

MUNROE. 1. Joseph appears on the tax-list, 1734. He was son of William, of Lexington, and b. 1687, Aug. 16. The record of his 11 ch., all b. in Lexington, may be found in the Histoiy of that town, p. 150. He lived in the west part of the town, where his sons Joseph, Nathan. 2, and Joshua were set ott^to Carlisle in 1779. He disappears from tax-list in 1760, having prob. returned to Lexington ; d. in West Cambridge, aged 100. [Lexington'] .

No families are recorded of Joseph and Joshua ; but the following were prob. daughters: Margaret m. 1765, July 23, Isaac VVilkins. Hepsibah m. 1773, March 3, Oliver Wheeler, of Acton. Abigail m. John Henry. Lydia m. 1777, Feb. 13, Samuel Wheeler, of Acton. Bette m. 1779, Dec. 9, Joseph P. Wheeler. Hudson, p. 154, says that Joseph had six ch., of whom Joseph was a physician in Hillsboro, N. H. His statement that Nathan lived in Conn, seems open to question.

NASON, Elias, Rev., son of Levi and Sarah (Newton,) b. in Wrentham, 1811, April 21. He is descended from Willoughby Nason, of Boston, 1691, through Thomas, of Walpole, whose son. Thomas, was father of Levi. Some of Mr. Nason's early years were spent at the celebrated Frankland place, of which he has -written a history. After five years in a paper mill at Framingham. he fitted for college, and grad. B. U., 1835. Edited Augusta Courier, and taught Academy at Waynesboro, Georgia, until 1840. Principal of a Ladies' Institute, Newburyport. Mass., four years ; then Master of the English High School and of the Brown High school thei'e. Principal. Milford High School, 1849-52. Ordained. Natick, 1852, May 5, pastor of the Congregational church; dismissed. 18.58, Nov. 1. Installed over Mystic church, Medford, Nov. 10, and dismissed, 1860. Nov. 19. Installed. First church, Exeter, N. H., Nov. 22, and dismissed, 1865, Maj^ 29. He then came to North Billerica, and has resided there since, engaged in literary work and lyceum lecturing, and also has supplied chui'ches in Dracut, Lowell and Danielsonville, Conn. The publications of Mr. Nason are : (1) Songs for the School-Room. 1842. (2) Lessons in French Literature, 1849. (3) Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Howe, 1851. (4) Congregational Hymn Book, 1857. (5) Vestry Hymn Book, 1857. (6) Congregational Tune Book, 1858. (7) New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, 1860. (8) Carmina Coeli. (9) Songs for Social and Public Worship. 1862. (10) Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, 1865. (11) Eulogy on Edward Everett, 1865. (12) Eulogy on John A. Andrew. 1868. (13) Life of Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 1865. (14) Our National Song, 1869. (15) Life of Mrs. Susannah Rowson, 1870. (16) Life of Henry Wilson, 1872. (17) Howe family Gathering, 1872. (18) Gazetteer of Massachusetts, 1873. (19) Life of Charles Sumner, 1874. (20) Lives of Moody and Sankey, 1877. (21) History of Dunstable. Mass., 1877. (22) Memoir of W. B. Fowle. 1878. (23) Histories of various towns in the Ilistories of Essex and Middlesex Counties. 1879. (24) Sketches of the towns and cities of Worcester County, 1879.

Mr. Nason has also published several Sermons and '-' Current events" in Exeter, N. H., 1861-2-3. and is now preparing a Dictionary of the noted men and women of Massachusetts. He has edited the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, and is a member of many literary and historical societies.

NORTON, Jacob, Rev., son of Samuel, b. in Abington, 17G4. Feb. 12; grad. H. C. 1786; ord., Weymouth. 1787. Oct. 10; dis. 1824, July 4. Soon removed to Billerica, and d. 1858, Jan. 7. the oldest living graduate of Harvard. He m. 1789. Feb. 11, Elizabetli Cranoli, of Braintree, and 1813. May 2. Hannah Bowers, dau. of Josiah, 3, who d. 1842, March 26. The record of his eight diildren, all by liis first wife, may ])e found in Bond's Watertoicn, p., 718. His dau. Elizabeth d. here, 1869, Oct. 11, and his youngest daughter Liicy Ann m. Tliomas Fames, and is still living here. Palmer's Harvard Necrology, p. 161, gives a list of his publications, "seventeen in number, mostly connected witli tlie Unitarian controversy.

2. Francis Vergnies, m. p.. son of Dr. Nathan, b. in ISTewburyport, 1809, Sept. 22; grad. Harvard Medical College, 1831, and practised his profession in Iiis native town, 1831-1844. Eesided in New York and Illinois. Came to Billerica, 1871, Dec, and lives west of Bare liill, on the Lexington road. Married 1836, July, Elizabeth J. Porter. She d. 1852, July, and he m. 1857, Dec. 1, Sarah Elizabetli Plumer, dau. of George, of Epping, N. H. Ch. Ellen Maria, b. 1837, July; m. Francis V. Balch, of Boston. Catherine Porter, b. 1839. Feb.

OSBAN, Thomas. Living with Timothy Brooks, is 'warned,' 1676, Nov. 17. and in 1683, his taxes were not paid. Abigail m. 1678, July 18, Isaac Fox.

OSGOOD. 1. Christopher, was b. in Andover, 1675. June 28. His father, Christoplier, was 1). in Ipswich, 1643 ; the son of Christopher, who came to America in 1633 ; his brothers, Jolm and William, soon after, settling in Andover and Salisbury. Tliey were from . Andover. in Hampshire, England. Mi'. Osgood received from Billerica. as elsewhere stated, a grant of the mill privilege at North Billerica, 1708, Oct. 4, and built the grist mill tliere. All subsequent proprietors derive title from this grant. He m. 1711. June 1, (The Charlestown Record says August.) Mary Keves, of Chelmsford. She d. 1715, Dec. 13, and he m. Elizabeth Danforth, dau. of Jonathan, 2. He d. 1739. Sept. 11. She d. 1766. Jan. 11. Ch. Christopher, 2, b. 1712, July 21. Fhinehas, 3, b. 1714, June 20. Joseph, b. 1715, Dec. 4; d. Dec. 9. Elizabeth, b. 1718, June 13; d. July 5. Joseph, 4, b. 1719, Juljr 10. Benjamin, b. 1721, Maj^ 25; taken prisoner by the Indians, near Fort Dummer, as elsewhere related, 1747, June 16; redeemed via. Louisburg, Oct. 6. but died soon after from the effect of the hardship and cruelties he had suffered. His bro. David was exeCutor of his will, 1748, March 13. David, 5, b. 1724, June 3. Elizabeth, b. 1725-6, Jan. 22; d. 1748. Jonathan, b. 1727, Aug. 24; d. 1729, May 15.

8. Samuel, son of Joseph and Polly (Jewett.) was b. in Nelson, N. H., 1825, March 4. He lives bj^ the old cemetery, at the corner ; m. 1851, Jan. 1, Mrs. Lydia (Giles) Cutler, of Lincoln. Ch. Charles F., b. 1858, April 6; d. 1864. Aug. 24. Edwin Augustus, b. 1841, Aug. 29; a soldier in the War. George Alfred, b. 1843, Aug. 5. The two latter, sons of Mrs. Osgood by her prior marriage, are adopted members of Mr. Osgood's family.

PAGE. 1. Nathaniel. [Paige was a frequent early spelling, still connuonly used by some branches of the family]. He was in Roxbury, 1686. Tlie only clue to his English origin is the supposition that he was brother of Nicholas, of Boston, 1665. who came from Plymouth, England. Gov. Joseph Dudley ai^pointed him Marshall of Suffolk county. He bought land of George Grimes, and settled in Billerica about 1688. His place was near the Shawshin, in Bedford. His wife was Joanna. He '"dyed at

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PARKER. A group of five Paikovs appear in the early settlement of tliis vifinity. Abraliani ; Jacob; .lames. 2; John. 1, and Joseph. 3. That they were all brothers is not certain, but i)rol)able. Abraham, Jacob anil John were V)rothers. and James, then of Groton. was administrator of Abraham's estate, as a brother might naturally be. and these two first appear in Woburn together. Abraham and Jacob lived and died in Chelmsford.

1. John. John deserves to be recognized among the foremost in the settlement of this town. He leased and lived upon the large farm belonging to the church in Cambridge, north of the Woburn road, on both sides Shawshin river. He was the first town clerk and the first collector of taxes; was the agent of the town in locating and disposing of the two large grants, one of 8000 acres sold to Brenton. and the proceeds used to extinguish Cambridge titles, and the other of 4000 acres, ixsed variously for the town's benefit. He built the first meeting-house, and whatever the town had to do. Mr. Parker was very likely to do it. It is not known whence he came, or when he arrived in America. His wife was the widow of John Poulter, who was of Ealeigh, in Essex, not far from Billericay. The wife of Jonathan Danforth was her daughter, but Mr. Parker had no children. He and Danforth call each other father-in-law and son-in-law, {Gi-ants, p. 11, No. 3). He d. 1667, June 14, and if born in 1600. he was four years older than his wife. She ni. 1674, April 16. Thonuis Chaniberlain, sen., of Clielmsford, and d. there. 1692-3, Feb. 8, aged 88. Mr. Parker's extensive enterprises left his estate insolvent, his creditors receiving 15 shillings and 6 pence per pound.

2. James was one of the three original purchasers of the '" Dudley farm," and the only one who settled in town; he soon removed to Chelmsford, in 1658, selling his right here to Golden More ; but in 1660. lie joined the Groton settlement and was there, first selectman and leading citizen, dying 1701, aged 83. While in Billerica, he was agent for the heirs of the "Winthrop' farm, and a letter written by him in 1654, in relation to it, is found in the '' Wintlirop papers" and quoted elsewhere.

3. Joseph had a township grant where the Baptist church stands. It was sold to George Willice and soon again to Daniel Shed. Mr. Parker settled in Chelmsford ; afterwards in Groton, and was apparently one of the Dunstable petitioners in 1673.

4. Robert, of Cambridge, was one of the sub-purchasers of the Dudley farm, and had also a grant, afterwards exchanged, on the township. He never lived in town, but his oldest son, Benjamin^ 5, lived here.

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9. John, son of Benjamin. 6, b. 1700, Dec. 17; m. Mary Crosby, dau. of Nathan, 4. She d. 1764, Dec. 1. His will is dated 1747, May 29, and entered 1748, March 20 ; mentions wife Mary and sisters Abigail Marshall. Hannah Frost and Bethiah Snow. The children must have died. Ch. John and Mary, twins, b. 1745, March 30.

i9. Samuel, son of John. 14, b. 1772. May 25; m. Sarah Warren, of Littleton. She d. 1816. June 6, aged 42, and he"d. 1841, Oct. 14. He lived near the corner bridge ; was a skillful machinist, and patented a machine for splitting leather, which has still wide use and is exclusively manufactured at the Hill machine shop in South Billerica. Ch. Sarah Botcers, bap. 1806. June 8; m. 1830. Aug. 30, Ariel Work, who was b. in .Vshford, Conn., 1792. June 5. and grad. at Hamilton College. 1825. He d. 1874, Nov. 23, and shed. 1876, Oct. 19. Samuel, b. 1807, Nov. 19; d. Dec. 10. Charlotte Avgnsta, bap. 1809, June 11 ; m. at New Brunswick, N. J., 1838, Oct. 8, Rev. Benjamin Peach Keasberry, who was for 38 years a devoted and successful missionary to the Malays. He was the son of an English colonel in the Indian army; b. at Hyderabad, 1811. Oet. 30, and d. at Singapore, 1875, Sept. 15. He was at first in the employ of the London Missionary Society, but when the other missionaries went to China, on the opening of the "treaty ports." he chose to remain among the Malays. The Maharajah, of Johore. was among his pupils, and when he d. craved the privilege of erecting a monument to his memory. He was twice married. His second wife was the mother of seven sons and five daughters. By his first wife he had ch. Eliza, the wife of James Meldrum, esq., of Edinburg. and Sarah, who m. Rev, James Ince. now settled in Midnapore, India. Samuel, bap. 1810, Sept. 16. He was a business man in Providence and Newport, R. I., where he d. about 1874, leaving no children. He was for several vears the state treasurer. Sampson Warren, b. 1813, May 25 ; d. about 1840. Ann; b. 1815. Jan. 30; d. Feb. 2.

24. Gardner, son of Stephen, 18, b. 1808, Sept. 19; m. 1841, May 16, Adeline M. Wilson, dau. of Daniel, 9. He lives on the ancestral Kidder- Parker place, on West street; has been active and useful in town' affairs. Revenue Assessor during the War; is President of the Trustees of the Howe school, and Chairman of the Historical Committee, under whose auspices this volume has been prepared, in which he has taken active interest. Ch. George Gardner, b. 1842, March 7; d. 1860. Dec. 18. Stephen Henry, b. 1844. Jan. 17 ; in the Union Army and killed at Petersburg, 1864, July 30. Fredenck Hunt, b. 1847, Feb. 18; m. 1873, July 1, Kate G. Baldwin, dau. of Francis, 25, and is a merchant in Lowell. Frank Wilson, b. 1849, April 5; m. Margaretta Bange. of New York. John Nelson, b. 1851, July 10; m. 1875, Jan. 13, Charlotte Scainmon, of Saco, Me., and has Fanny, b. 1875, Dec. 30, and George Nelson, b. 1880, Jime 21. He is clerk for Wason, Peirce & Co.. Boston. Charles Harris, b. 1853, July 19; d. 1854, Aug. 26.

PATERSON, James, was b. in Scotland. He was captured by Cromwell, at Worcester, 1651. Sept. 3, and two months later, embarked for America, and arrived at (;harlestown. May, 1652. Came to Billerica, and was granted a 6-acre lot in 1658. His house-lot was '' thirty and two acres of land, be it more or less, lying on y« North side of y° Township, on y« West side of y^ highway called long street; bound by Jolin Baldwin, south ; Thomas hubberd. north ; long street, east, being twenty-six pole wide at y» end ; liy Concord river, west, tliirty and two pole wide at yt end, upon a beavell line, an allowance of a highway next y« river, according to y« agreement about, as is expressed in y^ i-eeords of y same, in page 1G8. of this booke." This place included parts of Mr. Sanborn's and of Dr. Pillsbury's. He m. K!G2. May 2!), Rebecca Stevenson, of Cambridge. He d. 1701. .Inly 14. about 08.'" The family disappears before 17;^0. Ch. Mm/, 1). I'OGG. Aug. 22. Janips, b. 1G68-9, Feb. 28; d. 1G77, Oct. 3. Andrew, b. 1G72, April 4; m. 1G97, Elizal)eth Kibber, of Charlestown. and had James, b. 1707. He went to sea and never returned. John. '2, b. 1G7.T. April 8. Joseph, b. 1G77-8. Jan. 1; m. 1701. Sept. 22, Mary Goodnow, of Sudbury; was a tailor in Watertown; d. 173G. Eebecca. b. 1G80, July 18. Jamea, b. iG83. April 13 ; m. 1697, Nov. 8. his cousin, Elizal)eth Bibbe, of Medford; d. in Groton. 1737, (Savage). Jonathan, b. 1685-G, Jan. 31.

PATTEN. 1. William, was in Camliridge as early as lG3o. He was one of ""the present inhatiitaiits of Shawshin," who signed the Cambridge agreement, 1654-5, Feb. 17, and also signs the "Whiting agreement' in 1,658. But his name is not on the 'Rate.' 1G63, showing that he had returned to Cambridge, where he d. 1668, Dec. 10 ; his wife Mary d. 1673, Sept. 20. His grants are described : -

--1. One acre of land * on which his house now standeth; bounded by ye countrj^ road, on y« east ; by land on-disposed of on y'= south, and six pole frome the towne brook, on y« west and on y« north.

2. * Seaven acres of land * lying on y" east side of y<= former country road, and anent or right over against the former parcel of land ; bounded by land granted to John Marshall, on y« east; by East street, on y" north, which street was after granted to goldin moore ; by land afterwards granted to Thomas Willice, on y« south, lying twenty rods wide at y« west end, and about tifty-six pole in length."

Ch. Mary, b. in England. William, who d. 164.5-6, March 22. TJiomas. 2, 1). 1636, Oct. Nathanitl. b. 1639. Jan. Sarah d. young. Nathaniel, b. 1643. July 29, whose three sons had families in Cambridge, of which .Paige gives the record.

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PEABODY, Nathaniel, m. d.. an eminent physician in Salem and Boston; was b. in Topsfield, Mass., 1774, March 30. and d. in Perth Amboy, N. J., 18.55, Jan. 1. His early life was in New Boston, N. H., and he grad. D. C, 1800. He m. 1802. Nov. 2, Elizabeth Palmer, preceptress of Andover Academy, and the first preceptress of any academy ever elected in Massachusetts. In 1803, he came to Billerica to study his profession, and here his daughter Elizabeth Palmer, was b. 1804, May 16. Other ch. were: 3Iary Tyler, b. in Cambridge, 1806, Nov. 16; ni. Horace Mann. Sophia Amelia, b. in Salem, 1809. Sept. 21 ; m. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Cranch. b. 1811, Dec. 11; lives in Concord. George Francis, b. 1813. Oct. 10; d. 1839. Nov. Wellington, b. 1816. Dec. 16; d." 1836, Oct. Catherine Pntnam, b. 1819, April 26 ; d. Mrs. Peabody d. 1855, Jan.

IMiss Elizabeth P. Peabody taught a private school in Lancaster. 1820-2; Boston. 1823; Hallowell. Me.. 1823-4; Brookline. Mass., with her sister Mary, 1825 ; and in Boston, 1826-32. In later years, she has often taught classes in history and literarature in various schools, but has been especially active in literary labors. She published in 1828, Self Education, a transhition from the French of DeGerando. The same year she edited The Casket, which contained a free rendering for children of Fouquet's Undine, and also published a small English Grammar, anonymously. First Steps to History ; Key to Hebrew History; Key to Grecian and Roman History; Legend of St. George, and The Record of a School soon followed. Of the last, a revised edition was issued in 1872. She also wrote for the Christian Examiner, Democratic Review, the Dial, and other magazines. From 1840 to 1850, she kept a circulating library on West street, Boston, in connection with a school, for a part of the time, and in 1848. edited Esthetic Papers, writing two articles and one poem for them. In 1851-3, she published Bems' Chronological Charts, and during Kossuth's visit to this country, slie wrote The Crimes of the House of Austria. After her fatlier's death, she remained at Pertli Amboy two years in the celebrated school of Theodore Weld, then returned to Boston ; has resided in Concord, 1859-66, and since 1878, with her brother Nathaniel; from 1866-78, her home was in Cambridge. In 1856, she published a School History of the United States, and in 1866, she wrote and delivei-ed in several places a course of 20 lectures on Pre-Christian History ; and the years 1867-8. were spent in Europe. In 1859, she became interested in Froebel's system of primary education, and in 1860, she undertook in Boston a Kindergarten school. The farther study of this system was the special object of her visit to Europe. On her return in 1869. she published a Kindergarten Guide, revision of a work written in 1861. This was followed by Lectures on the same important subject and l)y a primer of Eeading and Drawing, called After Kindergarten. What f which the author thinks one of her most important books. And she is publishing in 1880, Kindergarten papers in Dr. Barnard's Journal of Education. Some years of Miss Peabody's early life were spent in the family of Dr. Channing and she has published this year, lieminiscences of Dr. Channing, one of the most interesting and valuable contributions to the centennial memorial of that great man. The name of this daughter of Billerica is sure of a very honorable place in the educational history of our country.

PEACOCK, i. Mary m. Nathaniel Kichardson, 5, Hannah, dau. of Elizabeth, deceased, was indentured to Thomas Boss, by the Selectmen, 1713-4. March 1. -

2. Ebenezer was the nephew of Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton. d. d.. whose father, Ebenezer. grad. H. C. 1691, and was the eminent pastor of the Old South Church, Boston, from 1700, Aug. 28, until his death, 1717, Feb. 13. The son grad. H. C. 1721 ; became pastor of the Wall street church, in New York, 1727, Aug. 9; of the new brick church in Boston, 1754, March 6. and remained in office until his death, 1777. Sept. 15. He was a leading divine in *^he Presbyterian church, while in New York, and one of the few warm friends of Whitefleld there ; a trustee of the College of NeAv Jersey. Several of his sermons were published. Our Ebenezer was educated by his uncle, and grad. at N. J. C, 1765. He had the valedectory at graduation, and was tutor at Princeton. 1769. His uncle desired that he should enter the ministry and in his will bequeathed his libi'ary to him on condition of his doing so. If he failed to comply, it was given to New Jersey College, because Harvard ''hath a splendid library" and did not need it. Mr. Pemberton was a fine speaker, and "in taking the path he did, he robbed the pulpit of what seemed to be destined for one of its brightest ornaments ; " but he adhered to his chosen vocation, and his life was devoted to classical instruction. Robeit Troup and Col. Burr were among his pupils. He spent some years in Plainfield, Conn., and in 1786, succeeded Dr. Pearson as Principal of Phillips Academy at

Andover. and during the eight years following did much to impart to that celel)rated scliool the high character it has long borne. From Andover, he came to Billerica, and for about 20 years sustained a private Academy in which many young men were prepared for college. His last years wei'e spent in Boston, where he d. 1835, June 25, aged 89. Yale, Dartmouth and Plarvard C^olleges gave' him tlie honorary degree of A. 3i., and Alleghany College, that of ll d.. in 1817. He was for some years primate of the Boston Association of Teachers, by whom he was highly esteemed. A good notice of Dr. P. may be found in Spragiie's Annals. Vol. II, p. 415, written by Kev. Ephraim Abbot, who says he "was a little above the medium size, of dignified appearance; in manners, a gentleman of the old school ; in conversation, he was pleasant, and had a fund of anecdote and useful remark; his ])assions were quick and strong, but were well controlled; his moral and religious feelings warm, and his emotions sometimes almost overpowering." He is mentioned in the Life of Charles Sumiior as the instructor of his father, and in the Life of Josiah Quincy, Mr. Edmond Quincy says of Dr. P.. "I well remember the handsome old man. and the beautiful picture of serene and honorable age wliich he presented, seeming in old world courtesy and costume to have stepped out of the last centurjr into this ; and the pride ^^ith which he spoke of the eminent men who had been his pupils, and especially of his having ottered two Presidents. Kirkland and Quincy, to Harvard." While in AndovL'r, he lived w'th a sister, his only surviving relative. After her death, he m. Miss WL'twell, who d. before him, and had three ch. who survived him. Cli. bap. hei'e: 3Iary Elizabeth BebeccaEoi/nh 17^J7, Oct. 8. William Whittoell. 1798, Dec. 16. Eudosia Caroline. 1799. Xov. 3.

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POULTER, Jdin,. was from Raleigh. Essex; brother of Elizabeth, who m. Jonathan Danforth. He bought in 1658, of Ralph Hill, jr., an 8-acre right, with house-lot, '"twenty and nine acres, be it more or less, lying partly on the township, and partly on the comans ; it is bounded by golden more on the west ; by John Trull on y^ nortli ; by ye comans and East street, east; and by East street on y« south." East street was changed in 1660, to run across the center of this lot, and the I. G. Kimball place now inchides, on both sides of the roa»d, the larger part of this Poulter purchase. On the alarm of King Philip's War, 1675, this family retreated to Medford, and he d. there 1676, Sept. 18. There is no evidence that the family returned, and in 1693. hi» sons John and Jonathan, sold the place to Joseph Davies. He m. 1662, Dec. 29, Rachel Eliot, dau. of Francis, of Braintree. who was b. 1643. Oct. 26, and m. 2d, Dea. John Wliitniore, of Medford. Ch. 3Ianj. b. 1665, May 9. John, b. 1666, Dec. 23. Jonathan, b. 1668-9, Jan. 25, Bachel, h. 1670-1. March 14. Banah. b. 1672-3, March 4. Joseph, b. 1674-5, Feb. 15; d. March 27. Benoni and Abialy b. 1676, Sei)t. 18.

PRESTON, Marshall, Esq., son of Dr. Amariah Pre-ston, of Bedford, wash. 1792, June 5. [Hist, of Lexington']. He read law Avith his uncle, Warren Preston, and was admitted to the bar in Augusta, Me.; soon came to Billerica. and practised his profession until 1849, when he removed to Lexington, and d. there, 1874, Nov. 2. He was long town-clerk and post-master; an influential and useful citizen; assistant clerk of the Courts in ^Middlesex county until 1863. He m. 1824, Feb. 12. Maria Parker, dau. of John, 17. Ch. Georr/e Henry, b. 1825, June 6; m. 1850, Jan. 1, Catherine R. Faulkner, dau. of .James R., 2. He grad. H. C, 1846, and was a lawver in Boston; d. 1868, May 29. S^isan Crosby, b. 1831, Sept. 21; d. 18*51, Nov. 25.

PUTNAM. 1. Seth was the son of Thomas, of Danvers. John Putnam was the immigTant ancestor, who, with wife Pliscilla, came fi'om Aston Ahl)ofs. Biieks county, Engiand. hi KUO. to Salem. Three sons came with him, lliomas. b. about 1618. the gTanlfather of our Seth, and of Gen. Israel; Nathaniel, b. about 1621, grandfather of Israel, 2, and John, b. about 1630. Setli was b. 1605, May. and was "of Topsfiekl," 1710, Maivli 21, when he biiught of Samuel Walker, for £200, house-lot and 60 acres land here. Ills place beg-;in at Shawshin biidge, and was bounded bj'- the nver, west, and Hugh I>it^on, south, whose line could not have been far from the hig-hway to Wobm-n. He lived here 2.5 years, and then became a gi-antee of No. 4, or Clmrlestown, N. H., and with his family, was among the pioneere of that new settlement, wiiere he d. 1775, Nov. 30. His wife. Ruth, d. 1785, Feb. 1, aged 92. Ch. Ebenezer, b. 1719, Aug'. 8 ; was in the militaiy ser\ice at Fort D'ummer. 1740. and a leading citizen of Charlestowaj, N. H. His wife was Mai-y, and he had 14 ch.^ d. 1782, Feb. 2. Ratlu b. 1720. Aug. 11; m. 1746, Oct. 3, Peter Labaree, of Sitlem. wiio also went to Cllarlesto\\^l; was taken captive by the Indians in 1754; made a brave escape, and became an active man in towTb. Among their descendants are Rev. Benjamin Labaree, d. d., long President of Midttlebury College, and Ws sons Rev. Benjamin Labaree, niissionary in Persia, and Rev. John C. Labaree, of Randolph, IVLiss. Sarah, b. 1721-2, March 16. Seth, b. 1723-4, Mjirch 14 ; the first victim of Indian massacre at Charlestowai, 1746, May 2. Mizabcth, b. 1725, Sept. 6. llwmas, b. 1728, Oct. 22; m. Rachel Wetherbee, of Charlestowai ; was a soldier in the French and Revolutionary AVare; deacon of the church, and its standino' moderator after the death o»f Rev. Mr. Olcott in 1793. He had 12 ch.'; d. 1814. Aug. 20. Susanna, b. 1730-1. Jan. 8. Timothy, b. 1732, Dec. 25; m. Susanna Badger. He had two cMlch-en, whose descendants have been numei"ous.

2. Israel w^as 1>. in Salemr, 1699. Aug. 2^, son of Benjamin, son of Nathaniel, above mentioned. He bought, 1721, June 1, of John Lainon, 50 acres of land in the soirth part of the tow^n, wiiich Lamon bought of John Fassett in 1713. He gave a i)art of it to Bedfo-rd for the old buryinoground. He l)ougbt other adjoining lots, ami was one of the first coi'ist^ hies of the new town ; the first deaicon of the diurch, and a leading citizen. A descendant having Ms nsime, now^ lives in Chelmsford. He m. 1722, July 12, Sarah Bacon, dau. of Jonathan. 2; d. 1760, Nov. 12. Ch. Israel, b. 1722-;^. March 20. Benjamin, b. 1725. Aug. 2. Jonathan,, b. 1727, July 16. Sarah, h. 1729. Jmie 29. Elizabeth, h. 1731, Julv 18.. Tarant, b. 1733 Sept. 2. 3Iarv, b. 1735, Nov. 8. BrerTf/it. b. 1737. Feb. 11.

RANLEFT, Cluirles Augustus, was b. in Augusta. Me., 1804, Aug. 9. and d. in Billerica, 1878, A]>ril 17. lutving- resided in the south ])art of the town, on the Bedford road, since 1862. His father was Charles, from Epping, N. H. ; his mother, Abigail Low, of Gloucester. For more than 40 years he followed the sea ; a skillful sailor, soon rising to the rank of captain; widely and favoi-ably Ivnown in conimeivial cii-cles, in connection with the China trade. His favorite ship, the "Surpiise," made the shortest ])assage on recoixl fi-ora Shanghai to New York in 82 da,ys. At the battle of Navarino, Ms ship w^as siezed by tlie Turks, but recaptured by the English. In the Mexican War, he was employed transporting troops and supplies from Xew Orleans to Vera Cruz. In ISaO. his name was brought into the debates of the U. S. Senate, in conncetion with his s])irlte(l and manly protests against the injustice of seizing free colored seamen in Charleston and other Southern ports. The Hon. IJobert C. Winthrop. in th ' Senate, read, 1850, Sept. 11, a letter and statement of facts from ('apt. l>anlett, and the discussion ensuing', was one of the most characteristic of that exciting period. [See Cong. iUohe], Naturall}', when the Wiw of the Kebellion came, he was zealous and active in raising volunteers and supporting the government. The last year of his life was ])articularly devoted to the enterprise of ))uilding the Xarrow (iauge IJailroad. of which he was president. lie m. 1830, Dec. 2. Minerva Estlier Dodge, dau. of David, of ('harlestown, where she was b. 1809. Oct. 10. Her father was town clerk of Charlestown, 28 years, and the first city clerk, \_\Viiman'\. Ch. (b. in Charlestown:) Helen Aw/usta. b. 1831, Sept. 22; d. Dec. 19. Charles Avgnstus, b. 183G. Sept. 21; hke his father, a seaman, and early I'ose to successful connnand of clipper ships in the China trade. He m. 1870, Aug. 4, Isabella Faulkner, dau. of Luther W.. 3. Eesigning his connnand in 1873. he was seized with a sudden illness in Brooklyn. N. Y. ; d. 187-1:, Feb. 6. His widow m. 1878, June 11. Ca])t. Josejih Steele, also a commandei- in the China coasting ti-ade, and she d. suddenly in China, Nov. 1. following. David Dodcje, b. 1838, Feb. 2(5; grad. H. C., 1857, and Harvard law school, 18G0. During the Rebellion, he was in New Hampshire service ; was state auditor, 1865-6, and he has been for some years Treasurer of the Central Vermont Eailroad at St. Albans. He m. Ellen Augusta Brown, of Charlestown. Seth Alonzo, b. 1840, March 18; a faithful soldier in the Army of the Potomac, at Vicksburg and in East Tennessee, until discharged for disability resulting from excessive exposure in February, 1864. He m. Ellen B. Pierce, of Charlestown ; he is in the insurance business in Boston. Horace Dodge, b. 1842, April 4; was a merchant in Japan; now in San Francisco. He m. Lizzie G. Warner, of Concord, N. H. Wildes Thompson, b. 1846, April 13; d. 1849, Jan. 12. Esther Minerva, b. 1850. June 26.

REED. 1. William, of Cambridge and Lexington, bought in 1710, March 27, a large tract of common land of the town, thus described. "A certain parcel of land ^hich did remain, after the lotts were laid out, on the west side of Concord Biver, being the most Westerly part of Billerica comons. and it is bounded on the South-West bjj^ Concord, about one mile, and on the Nor'-West by the Major's farme, upon a streight line, about three hundred, eighty and four poles, and partly by Verginia medows ; on the North-East by tlie land of Kendall Patten, in all" about 323 poles ; on the South-East by the blood's land, in a crooked line, about two hundred and ninety-two poles, * * being by estimation, about five hundred and sixty acres." Some meadows previously granted within these bounds, are excepted. The "Major's farme" was the early grant to Major Simon Willard. which becan'ie the pi'operty of Kobert Blood, who m. his daughter Elizabeth, and was included in Acton when that town was incorporated, and is now in the west part of Carlisle.

2. Stephen, son of Stephen, of Woburn, who was cousin of Thomas, 1, b. 1675-6, Feb. 20. His mother was Abigail Wyman, dau. of Francis, who. with liis brother John, bought the farm of 500 acres granted to Pi-esident Henry Dunster, of Harvard College. This farm was next south-west of Champney's farm, which was bounded by the Woburn road ; and Gookin's farm was above it. Mr. Richardson no doubt inhei-ited a part of this farm, and lived upon it, the house being very near the Bedford line and the McKee place. He m. near 1700. Susanna Wilson, dau. of Lieut. John, 1, who li^ved near. He d. 1711-2, Jan. 14, and she m. Daniel Simonds, of Woburn. Ch. Susanna, b. 1700. June 28; d. 1712, June. Stephen, 7, b. 1702, Aug. 17. Henry, b. 1705, .June 13; m. 173^2-3, Feb. 2, Amy Hazeltine, and lived in the part of Dracut which became

Nottingham West, now Hudson, and in Pelham; d. there, 1768, Oct. 22. Amos, b. 1709-10. March 25; a physician in Pelham; will proved 1765. Jonas, b. 1712. June 27 ; m. Mary Cutting, of Sudburj% and lived in Attleborough.

17. Joseph, son of Samuel, 10, b. 1752. Oct. 21 ; m. Martha Chapman. lie lived on a road long disused, which ran south from the Andover road, near the Salem road crossing. He d. 1779, Oct. 0. Ch. Patty, bap. 177o! Nov. 17. Joseph, h. 1778. Feb. 1 ; grad. D. C, 1802; studied theology with Dr. Cumings; was approbated to preach by Andover Association, 1803. Teacher. Charlestown. 1804-6. Ordained. First Church. Hingham, 1800. July 2. and remained in charge till his death, 1871, Sept. 25. The Eev. Calvin Lincoln was installed his colleague in 1855. He m. 1807. May 23. Ann Bowers, dau. of Dr. Benjamin. 7, who survived him. The church in which he preached was built in 1081. the oldest still in its original place and use in the thirteen states. Mr. Eichardson was Eepresentative from Hingham. 1821 and 1822. and Senator from Plymouth county in 1823. '24. and '20. and Chairman of Conuuittee on Parishes in both cases; member of the Constitutional Convention in 1820. and of the House of Eepreseutatives, 1827-31. He then declined reelection, and was succeeded by ex-president John Quincy Adams. He publi.«hed (1) 'The American Eeader.' (2) -The Young Ladies" Selection of Elegant Extracts.' ^3) -A Narrative of the Proceedings in the North Parish." 139 pp.. with Ajipendix, Salem, 1807. (4) 'Vindication of the Proceedings of the First ("hurcli and Parish of Hingham.' in settling Eev. Joseph Eichardson. 80 pp.. 1807. In 1855. he was the orator at Bi-Centennial Celebration in Billerica, and (0) his oration was i)ubli.shed. as were (7) 'A Sermon at the Close of Fifty Years' of his

ROtlERS. 1. John, A\as freeman in Watertown, 1039. and Bond sup[)oses that hi' was son of John, who d. there, 1074, Dec. 22. aged 80. The conjecture that he was a baker is strengthened by the fact that Billerica gave him a grant of several poles of haul, "against his own dwellinghouse, to set a kitc^hen-house on.'" This flrst grant in town was in 1050, and i)rob. he came here that year. It was eight-tenths of a single share. His lirst grant was 23 acres, '-lying upon the township, his house-lot being included. It is bounded ])artly by connnon land, and partly by James Kidder, on the north, and by our great river on the west, l)y -lacol) Brown, on the south, by Concord road, on the east." This was near VNlicre the town-house stands. He had another lot on tlie west side of long street, near the Deacon Spalding i)lace; a lot in the Seconil Division, near Shawshin river, and one "in tin; connnon tield, beyond cont<'nt."' or Tewksbury. with meadow-lots in the various divisions. He m. 1040, Priscilla Dawes, of Boston. She d. 1003, April 21, and he m. 1009, July (i, widow Fli/abeth Brown, of Boston. She was mother ot our tJeorge Brown, 3. "Sir. Kogers d. 108.5-0, Jan. 25, aged 74. His grave-ston<' is the oldest still standing in town, in the S(-utli hurying-gronnd. Ch. ,/olrn, 2, b. 1041, Sept. 11. Mary, b. 1043, Oct. 20; m. JolnrFrench, 2. Thomas, 3. Abigail, m. Arthur Warren, of Chelmsford, and d. a widow, 1071. June 15. Daniel, 4, Nathaniel, 5. Priscill((, m. 1082, Jan. 19, Simcm Coolidge, of Watertown. Hannah, b. 1070. May 0. and d. May 24. Bethia, d. 1072, Dec. 29. Sarah, d. 107G-7, Jan. 9.

2, John, son of John. 1, b. 1641, vSept. 11; ni. 1C67, Oct. 10, Mary Shed, dau. of Daniel. 1. He lived just beyond North Billerica. and his house was for .some yeiirs the extreme outpost hi that direction. It stood 25 rods east of the railroad, and 80 rods nortli of Gov. Talbot's house. His Avife d. 1088, Aug. 17. and he m. 1(588-9. Feb. 7. Al.)igail llogers, widow of William, of Charlestown. He Avas killed by Indians, IGDO. Aug. 5. Ch. Manj. b. 1GG8, Sept. 21; prob. m. William Patten, 5. John, b. 1C70-1, March, and d, April 15. Sumuel, 6, b. 1672, April 5. Prob. Sarah, b. 1674, Aug., who m. Eoger Toothaker, a. Euiike, b. 1676, Aug. 27; m. John Marshall, 2. John, 7, b. 1680, Dec. 13. Daniel, b. 1G83, May 12; taken captive. Mercy, also taken captive; birtli not recorded; perhaps belongs here. Hannah,, b. 1687, Xov. 21 ; m. Joseph Atherton, of Harvard. Her son Josepli lived, 1757-60, in Billerica. whei-e his son Jonathan was born, 1759, Nov. 11, who Avas one of the pioneers in the settlement of Cavendish, Yt. ; farmer, surveyor and kiAvyer. His grandson, Henry Bridge Atherton. grad. D. C, 1859; AAas severelv Avounded in the Peninsula C"ami«iign, audi is a biAvyer and editor in Nashua. Humphrey Atlierton, an eminent laAvyer of Philadeli)hia, Avho grad. D. C, 1806, and d. 1849, AA'as also a descendant of our Hannah Eogers.

3. Thomas, son of John, 1, m. 1072, Sept. 30, Hannah Shed, dau. of Daniel, 9. She d, Dec. 19, after, and he ni. 1680-1, March 16. Mary BroAvn. his step-sister. The grant of land Avhich probably included his house-lot AA'as made. 1678, May 14. acres of land, more or less, lying W^est of y« higliAvay, betAveen Roger Tootliaker's house and 3^ liouse of Jno. Eogers, sen., beginning about four pole SoutliAvard of y« bridge over that Ijrook. and then runs WestAvard to y* river, to a Avliite oake ; bounded b,y tOAvn land SoutliAAard; by y« higliAvay on y^ East, and North- AA'est b}^ Concord river; West by y" comon land Nortli," etc. This road Avould pass near the depot, and his house Avas perhaps in the heart of the village, near the school-house at North Billerica. The site lias special interest, as he. with his son Thomas. Avas involved in tlie s^ime cruel fate Avitli his brother John, 1695, Aug. 6. His Avidow d. 1696, April 4, (but grave-stone says 1697, April 14, aged 35). Ch. Sarah,, b. 1682-3, Feb. 18; d. 1692-.3. March 23. Thomas, b. 1084-5, Feb. 1; killed by Indians. John, b. 1687, Dec. 19, and d. WlUiam, h. 1689-90, Jan. 11. and d. 1709, Dec. 29. John, b. and d. 1691. Nov. 27. Abu/ail, b. 1693. June 21.

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19. Henuoii, son of John, 13, b. 1792, June 26; m. Hannah Danforth of Merrimac, N. H. He lived in the east part of North Billerica, at the comer of the Lowell road. Removed to Amesbmy about 1868, and d. there, 1878, Oct. 17. Ch. Hannah Prince, b. 1822, Dec. 18; m. 1847, June 1, Samuel S. Blodgett. of Amesbuiy. Francis Danforth, b. 1826. Jan. 7 ; lives in Nashua. John Frederic, b. 1829, Nov. 29 ; is a Boston mei-chaut, firm of Rogers & Sheldon, 81 Water street. He m. Amanda L. Sheldon, and 2d, Frances L. Emery. Adam Ella Sheldon, b. 1854, June.

21. Calviu, sou of AVilliain, 16, b. 1794, Aug. 30;, m. 1820, April 30,. Ann Faulkner, dau. of Francis. 1. He lived in the brick ' Toothaker '' house at the intersection of the canal and Concord I'iver, and later, in the house east of Hon. Thomas Talbofs. He d. 1879. March 9. Ch. Eliza Ann b. 1821, Oct. 18 ; d. 1876. June 25. Manj Hotv, b. 1827, June 11 ; m. Thomas. Talbot, 2. Elvira, b. 1830, April 21 ; m. Joseph Gould, 4. Harriet Burbank,. b. 1834, April 12. She has been from its organization in 1867. the accomplished, enthusiastic and successful Principal of the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes at Northampton. Ella Faulkner, b. 1843. Nov. 25; d. 1849,. Jan. 28.

boug'ht in 1700 the west half of the Champney farm, south of the Woburn road and west of Shawshin river. His name disappears from tax-list, 1738. Ch. Thomas. 4ry b. 1692-3, Feb. 4. Sarah, b. 1694, Oct. 7; m. lVl4-5, Jan. 26, Ensign Seth Wyman. of Woburn. He was b. 1686, Sept. 13, in Woburn. near Billerica line, the son of Seth. In the ill-fated Lovewell expedition of 1725. he killed the Indian who shot Ca])tain Lovewell, ami the lieutenant lieing disabled, the command devolved on him. B}' his bravery and skill he was mainly instrumental in saving as many as escaped. On return, he i-eceived a Captain's commission, and a silver-liilted sword as a testimonial for his g )od service. He did not long sur\ive. Enlisting in an expedition ag'ainst the Indimis, the extreme heat and dysentery proved fatal to inanv. and he d. 1725, Sept. 5. His widow d. 1727. Nov. 5. They left ch."Seth. Ilezekiah. Esther and Ross who m. 174:3. May 12, Elizabeth Jefts. dau. of Henrv. 4; she d. 1746. Seth, 5, b. 1699, July 14. Hannah, h. 1702. .Mav 13; iii. William Crosby, 9,

2. Samuel, Rev., was fiom Koxbiiry; son of Samuel, whose father. Thomas, caine in 16;io from Nasing, in Essex. The mother of our Samuel was 3Iartlia. dan. of Eev. .John Woodbridge. pastor of Andover. and gr.-dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley. Slie d. in Billeriea. 173S. Samuel was b. 1681, Dec. 3; grad. H. C, 170-J; was teacher in Haidlej^ a short time; chosen to assist Mr. Whiting for one year, 1707, July 7, and ordained his colleague, 1708, ]May 19. He i-eceived. 1707, Sept., a* grant of eight acres of land, at £4 per acre, "- on the common. Westwaid of the meeting-house, bounded by Enoch Kidder West, by Rogers Soittli. by a highway North, and East by a streight line from the South-East corner of C'apt. Ihuiforth, liis paster, to tlie Nortli-East corner of Rogers, his orchard, by y^ pound." This lot had been early granted to the famous Capt. Gookin, and after, exchanged for a larger g'ant, South-Eaist of Nutting's pond. Here Mr. Ruggles' house stood, perhaps where Mrs. Osborn now lives, or farther South. At his death, his homestead, '"about 16 acres,"' -'with a large mansion-house,'* was ajipraised at £2300; library at £16, 15»; bonds and bills, £2:^8; Silver 'Tanker' and other plate. £110; wearing apparel, £86; beds and furniture. £88; clock, £3.5; cows and swine. £1)1 ; Negro woman, £200. Total, £4103. He m. 1710, Dee. 19, Elizxibeth Whiting, dau. of Sanuiel, 2. She d. 1727. July 29. and he m. 1728. April 18. Elizabeth Williams, dau. of Samuel, of Roxliury, and niece of Rev. Jolm Williams, of Deerfield. the "'Redeemed Captive." She d. 1748. June 2;"). and he died the following March 1st. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1711. Sept. 21, and d. 1713, Aug. 21. Smmiel. b. 1713. May 29; prob. d. before his father, as he is not mentioned in tlie will. Xathanu'l, b. 1715. July 16, and d. 1717, Dec. 29. Elizabeth, b. 1717, June 21; m. 17^37, May 31, ' Samuel Dununer, Esq., of Wilmington. After the birth of a dau' Elizabeth, 1738, Maix'h 25, Mr. Dummer died, and she m. 1739, May 29. Rev. Daniel Rogers, pastor of Littleton. He was b. in Ipswich, 1706, Oct. 17; grad. H. C, 1725; ordained 1732, March 15, and d. in office, 1782, Nov. 22. having held a high rank among the ministers of his day. Martha, b. 1719, Sept. 9; m. 1741, July 7, John Whiting, of Littleton. Dorothy, b. 1721-2. Jan. 7; m. 1743, Aug. 4, Rev. Isaac Morrill, of AVilmington. He was b. in Salisburv. 1718, May 20; gi-ad. H. C, 1737; ord. 1741. May 20. and d. in otHce. 1793, Aug. 17. Lucy, b. 1723-4, Feb. 9. Josejih, 3, b. 1725-6, Jan. 9. Nathaniel, b. 1729. June 14, and d. 1730, April 14. John. b. 1730, July 4; not named in his fathers will. Sarah, h. 1731, Nov. 6: m. Rev. Josiah Steai-ns, of Epping, N. IL, {see &). William. 4, b. 1733. April 30.

of his dau. Elizabeth, is authority for these names and dates beyond those given by Bond. Ch. Samuel, b. 1765. April 26. William, b. 1767. Feb. 8.

bap. 1771, April 14. James, bap. 1772. Aug; 30. Elizabeth m. Francis Cook, 3. One of these sons settled in L5'ndon. Vt.. and has a numerous posterity there ; another went to Canada, but probably had no family.

5. Joseph, son of Joseph. 3, b. 1759. April 4; m. Patty Hastings. His chililifn were born in Boston, but ho returnod to Billerioa. 1808. and d. liiTc 1833. Feb. 2S ; his \vit>. d. is:n March 30. aged 01. Thfj- lived on tlie cast road t) Lowell. ju>t n )rth of the railroad. Ch. Marlha m. Calvin Pago. Boston. Sarah Bohcij. d. Sarah Pa(/e,m. Wyatt Iliohards. Bo.ston. Joseph m. Wealth}- Fleming: lived in Marietta. Ohio. Lucy. h. 1799. Xov. 27; m. 1827. Xov. 27. John K. H)lton. Boston. He d. 1874, June 12. Thomas Urford. d.

6. Samuel, son of Jos'ph. 3, b. 1770. 3: lived in B:)ston. His second wife was Elizabeth Haskell. Ch. Elizo ni. Dr. Nathaniel Prentice, and 2d.

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SUED. 1. Daniel was from Braintree. He was in Billerica in 1659, and bought of Geoige Willice the original '"right'' of Joseph Parker, or an "eight acre lot." His house-lot was twenty and three acres of land, be it more or lesse, lying upon the townshii), and is bounded bj^ Jacob Browne on the Nortli ; by the [Rev.] Mr. Whiting on the South ; by Concord river W^est, and by tlie highway by y** brooke on y"^ East ; also, he is bounded on the South partly by Jo"- Sterues, his land upon y« townshij^ ; also, it is divided neere y"^ East end by Concord road lying crosse it four poles wide." This grant nmst liave included Mr. Whitman's place, or Mr. AVbiting's. and perhaps both; and a comparison with the grant to Patten shows that a highway along the brook was reserved by the early settlers.

4. Zcchary, son of Daniel, 1, b. 1656, June 17 ; lived near his brother Daniel on the great plain where his wife and two children were killed by Indians. 1692, Aug. 1. He m. Ann Bray, widow. 1077-8, Jan. 16, and 2d, Lydia Farley, dau. of Caleb, 2, A\ho d.*1702. April 9, aged 32, and he m. 1702, July 13, Hannah Harris. He d. in Chelmsford. His will was dated

Shed

SHELDON. 1. John was here in 1658, signing the Parker and Whiting agreements. Godfrey Sheldon of Scarborough, who d. in 1671, had sons John and William, who may be the Billerica brothers. William Sheldon, ''1659.9, on condition that he build a mill to grind corn, within two years, is granted an 8 acre lott, to be free from former charges of the minister's house, until the year begins for y"^ minister's maintenance, and lie to begin in chai-ges with us." Forty-four acres were laid out to him "on the side of fox hill joining to the highway by fox meadow corner, leading to the common beyond, his brother John Sheldon's land North, fox hill So'uth, comans East and West." This grant was declared invalid, 1663, Nov., "the condition not being performed," and William did not settle here. The brothers complained of injustice, and John left the town for a thne. living in Woburn. In 1674, March 30, the town "considering the unquietness of his spirit, and being willing he should again returne to the towne and settle upon his owne," granted to John Sheldon, 40 acres joining "to his owne lot at foxes farm." with some desired exchange of road, "provided, always, that the said John Sheldon gives under his hand, that this shall be a final end of all difference between William Sheldon and this town about mill or mills, and. a final end of all complaints made by AVilliam and John Sheldon aforesaid, against this town, of wrong done to them by the town, in reference to lands and divisions." Mr. Sheldon's house stood South-East of the Andover road, probably on Mr. Kimball's land, his 27 acres being bounded "with East street West; John Marshall, now [i. e. in 1696, when the grant was transcribed,] Samuel Frost, South, and with the comans East and North." Marshall, who lived farther South-

Easit. had a 'way" across his land to the road. In 1691, Nov. 30, "there is lai<l out unto .Tolni Sheldon, six acres of uphvnd * lying the next to the east side of his own home lott. It lycth seventy-four pole in length at that side next his lot, and tivety and eight pole in length on the east side next the eonnnons, and eighteen i)ole. perpendicular in Avidth; boinided by the town couunons on the south-east anfl north-east; by the highway unto Sergt. Jacob French's house Northward, and in it there is also allowance of one rod wide next unto John Sheldon's home-lot afores^, for to pass to the brick kills with carts, etc.. though no open highway." He m. 1658-9, Feb. 1. ]Mary Tompson widow of Simon, of Woburn; d. 1690. May 24, aged 63. Cli. John. 2. b. 1660. April 24.

1, John appears on our tax-lists. 1770. He was the son. of Thomas, of Woburn, whose descent is traced (in a MS. letter of Eev. Samuel Sewall, 1848,) from Rev. Samuel, the early pastor at Salem, in the line: Samuels Joseph\ Thomas*, and Thomas^ Our John was b. 1744, Dec. 31, and m. 1768, Feb. 2, Joanna Johnson; lived in the South-East part of the town, and d. 1821, June 10. No record is found of the birth or baptism of his children, but his will names these: Ch. John. b. 1771, Feb. 4; m. 1809, May 14, Sally Jaques. of, Wilmington, and d. in Charlestown, 1824, Oct. 1. leaving ch. John and George, now of Somerville; Edward; James, now of Wilmington, and Sarah. Matthew, who had the homestead, b. 1773, Oct. 26, and d. 1842, Oct. 7, in Charlestown. Benjamin. Thomas, b. 1779, Dec. 16; grad. H. C., 1806; ordained. Foxboro'. Mass., 1808. Nov. 2; dis. 1815, Feb. 25; installed. Enosburg, Vt., 1822, July 3; dis. 1825, March 25, and d. in Ashbumham. 1838, May 8. He m. Emma Willard, dau. of Jacob, of Ashbumham, who was b. 1777, Dec. 18. and is still living in Boston, a vigorous and happy centenarian, having been an inmate of the Home for Aged Women since 1857. Alfred, who d. before 1821, leaving heirs. Ann ra. Amos Haggitt, and Joanna m. David Fosdick.

SNOW. 1. Richard was in town. 1733. Richard, of Wobum, was among its earliest inhabitants, buying George Farley's place, after he came to Billerica. His son Samuel was father of Richard, b. 1683, Dec. 10, who was prob. our Richard, 1. It is not clear whether he had a son Richard who m., or himself m. 1738. May 10, Bethiah Parker, dau. of Benjamin. 6. Mary Snow m. Obadiah Sanders, 4, and Abigail Snow m. David Sanders, 5, perhaps sisters of Richard. He d. 1762. Ch. Bichard, 2, b. 1746, June 11. Perhaps Sarah who m. James Sanders. 3.

4. Josiah, son of Richard, 2, b. 1781. April 25; m. 1797, May 14, Azubah Hill. dau. of Jonathan, 15, and 1804. Nov. 11. Betsey Parker. He died in Grafton. Vt. In 1811. Sept. 30, these four children of Azubah Snow were bap. : Charles; Lucy Hill ; Harvey, and Alexander Hill.

SOLEY. John, came to Billerica from Charlestown about 1785, and d. 1801, Nov. 18, aged 79. His ancestry and family are given by Wyman. His dau. Hannah m. William G.MacCarty.

SOLLENDINE, John, was in Billerica, 1679, with his minister's rates not paid. In 1683 he was in Dunstable and employed to finish the first meeting house there; became selectman in Dunstable. He m. Elizabeth Usher. Fox names ch. Sarah, John and Alice.

SPAULDING. [The spelling of our Records. The Spalding Memorial omits the U]. Edward Spalding was one of the original settlers of Chelmsford in 16.54. and until his death. 1670, Feb. 26, a leading citizen. Of his descendants a very full and admirable record is given in the Spalding 3Iemorial, published in 1872, by Rev. Samuel J. Spalding, d. d., of Newburyport. His son Andrew, b. 1652, Nov. 19. and d. 1713,"May 5, m. Hannah Jefts, dau. of Henry, 1, who was the third child and first girl born in Billerica. She d. 1730, Jan. 21. Of their nine children the eighth was -

7. Amos, son of John, of Chelmsford, and nephew of Sampson, 6, b. 1789, Dec. 28 ; many years a teacher in Boston, Chelmsford, and Billerica; a deacon of the Baptist church ; one of the first Trustees of the Howe school, and President of the Board at his death. He m. 1819, Sept. 9, Mary Warren, of Chelmsford. She d. 1852, March 2, and he m. 1857, Jan. 1. Mrs. Nancy (Warren) Blanchard, of Littleton. He d. 1866, Sept. 23. She d. 1880, Jan. 5, aged 87. Ch. b. in Boston, Amos Fletcher, b. 1821. Jan. 12; grad. Brown University, 1847, and Newton Theological Seminary, 1850; ordained in Montreal, 1851, March 21 ; pastor 2d Baptist church, in Cambridge, 1852-6; Calais, Me., 1856-60; Warren, K. I., 1860-70; Norwich, Conn.. 1870. He d. suddenly 1877, Nov. 29. Mary Ann, b. 1822, Sept. 1 ; m. Dr. George Faulkner (see 1). Sarah Lucena, b. 1824, May 12; d. 1826. May 23. James Btissell, b. 1826. Sept. 25; an apothecary in Boston, where he d. 1861, Sept. 11, By his will, he made the Trustees of the Howe school legatees of the place on which his parents lived; after their death, the income to be devoted to the support of the school. The house is on the west side of the Lowell road, a half-mile north of the school. Joseph Warren, b. 1828, Aug. 27; d. 1847. March 14. Lucena Sarah, b. in Billerica, 1830. July 16; m. Thonuis P. Procter, of Boston; d. 1868. jVLny 1. John Boardman, b. 1832. July 1; d. 1851, Dee. 19. Benjamin Judson, b. 1834, May 11; m. 1856, Dec' 25. Sarah J. Mason, of New York citj^ where he is in business, residing in Elizabeth. N. J. Francis Mason, b. 1836, Sept. 10; d. 1860. April 12.

SPRAKE. 1. Nicholas. [So our Records spell uniformly until 1780: generally Sprague]. The marriage of Nicholas, 2, is the first mention of the name in Billerica. The relationship of 1 and 2 is not known ; thej^ may have been uncle and nephew. 3 must have been son of 1, if of either, and as his name is on the tax-list 1743, he was the issue of a prior marriage of his father, who m. 1724, June 1. Rebecca Shed, widow of Daniel, 7. He lived near the falls at North Billerica, and his name disappears from the east tax-list 1740.