Brookfield Town (part 14 of 18)

15. Gilbert, son of Amos 12, b. North Brookfield, Sept. 24, 1800. He once remarked, that his grandfather owned from Dean's pond to the Bell place, near the Catholic Cemetery. Lieut. William Ayres told Amos Bond that when he was a youth, all this part of the country was destitute of trees, and at one time to obtain four thirty-feet sticks of timber they were obliged to go four miles for them. Mr. Bond introduced the Baldwin apple in this town, from Boylston. He m. Mar. 4, 1841, Rebecca Thompson, b. Feb. 7, 1817, d. Sept. 9, 1873. Children, Sarah Cheever, b. Dec. 9, 1842, m. Jan. 4, 1872, William Walley; Mary Rihecca, b. June 19, 1844, d. Sept. 8, 1869.

BOYNTON, Adding 1, b. Newbury; machinist; m. Roxanna Stevens of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Ellen ; Lucy, d. infancy. Mrs. Boynton m. (2) Deacon Amasa Hinds of East Brookfield ; no issue.

BRADISH, John, b. Boston or vicinity, m. Elizabeth Milledge of Charlestown, or Boston. Her father's family were burnt out in the great fire at Charlestown during the Revolutionary war. She d. West Brookfield. He d. North Brookfield, Jan. 30, 1822. Children, Elizabeth, m. Jan. 15, 1S09, Abner Bird 2, b. Waltham, Mar. 2, 1786, d. Dec. 22, 1837; she d. North Brookfield, Mar. 7, i860; Abigail, m. Nov. 4, 1S08, Samuel B. Rice of West Brookfield; Frances, m. Joshua Eaton of Boston; of Baltimore ; John, m. Lucretia O. Benjamin of New York ; Samuel S., d. West Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1S80; Johnson, went "West;" Emerson, went "West" and d. there ; Henry, a master mariner, d. at sea. The foregoing items were obtained from Samuel S. Bradish of West Brookfield, age about 90, and from Mrs. Lucinda R. Tomblen of West Brookfield, daughter of Samuel B. and Abigail (Bradish) Rice, above.

one of the earliest recorded taxpayers ; d. Mar. 19, 1745, aged nearly 90 ; m. Mary Johnson, who d. Apr. 175S, aged 90 [the names, b. and m. of their twelve children, also five families of forty-two grandchildren, are given in Vol. i, by Hon. C. Adams, jr., but are omitted here until the twelfth child, Simon, father of Eleazer, is reached].

4. Eleazer, son of Simon 2, b. Feb. 11, 1746; a hatter; d. Brookfield, July 19, 1810, num. Came to this town probably in 1791-2; lived in a one-story gambrel roofed house, about a mile and a quarter east of the present village. After his decease the place was owned and occupied by Lieut. Joseph Bush, and subsequently by various parties until 1833, when Jonas Harwood bought it, demolished the old house and built the one now standing and lived there until 186S, when he sold it to John Hoone. The old shop occupied by Mr. Bradshaw for making hats and for the grocery trade, on a limited scale, still stands in the rear of Mr. Hoone's house. Among the owners after Lieut. Bush, were Elias Harrington, and Kittridge Hill who never resided upon it, and who sold it to Jonas Harwood in 1S33. Lieut. Bush named his youngest son for Mr. Bradshaw - Eleazer Bradshaw Bush. Dr. Snell, in his account of Mr. Bradshaw, says, that " He accumulated #40,000 or $50,000; lived in an old house where Mr. J. Harwood now lives; was a bachelor - never attended meeting though he cheerfully supported the Gospel." Mrs. Frances A. Brooks, a descendant of a niece of said Eleazer, among other things says of him, "that he gave a bell for a meeting house, erected in Petersham about 178S; is also remembered as appearing there on a fine white horse in pursuit of Shay's men under Gen. Lincoln, where the rebellion was eventually checked. He is said to have always kept his broad brimmed hat on, which gave rise to the impression that he was a Quaker, though hardly consistent with the report of his military career.

2. Warren S., brother to Henry, above, came to town in 1861, and entered as clerk in the store of Hiram Knight - m. here, enlisted in Company F, Forty-second Regiment; removed to Chicopee where he was chosen to some town office, since when he has been an officer in the Boston Custom House, - his family reside in Cambridge.

BRICK, William S., b. Fitchburg, Mar. 18, 1847, m- July 9> 1867, Emma F., daughter of Luther Brigham, and adopted child of William Duncan, jr. Children, Anna Louise, b. Fitchburg, Apr. 18, 1870; Luther J. Brown, b. West Brookfield, June 15, 1874; Curtis Duncan, b. East Brookfield, Apr. 22, 1881.

BRIGGS, Lorin 1, a mason, m. Sarah E. Holley of Amherst. Children, Oliver; Colbiirn ; James; Francis; Willard ; Ashley; D wight; Sarah E. zwd. Sanford 2.

3. Barnabas, son of Jonas 1, b. Westboro, Mar. 29, 1756, m. Feb. 28, 1790, Eunice Mandell of Barre, and d. North Brookfield, Jan. 30, 1817, aged sixty; lived beyond Carruth place. Children, Harry, was a good scholar and contemporary with Rev. Thomas Adams ; under the tuition of Rufus Dodge and David Draper ; entered college, but did not graduate ; Otis, not known what became of him ; Nancy.

d. Brookfield, Jan. 31, 1785. Children (Brookfield), Charles, b. 1754 9 ; John, m. Dec. 177 1, Temperance Packard of Brookfield. [A Charles Bruce published July 8, 1774, to Abigail Carter of Dudley; who was he ? Also a John Bruce, jr., who m. Apr. 30, 1772, Temperance Packard. He is not recorded on Brookfield Record with Charles as son of John above, but is so entered on this schedule.]

Jonathan, son of Richard; was first occupant of the Esq. (Daniel) Gilbert place. Richard 1 and Jonathan 2 were doubtless brothers, and were owners of considerable estate.

5. Michael, b. Ireland, m. a widow Murphy of Ireland. Children, Johti ; James, b. Sept. 1S33 6 ; member of Fifty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.

6. James, son of Michael 5, b. Sept. 1833; was a member of Fifty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in the civil war; m. Nov. 1854, Margaret Howard of North Brookfield. Child, John, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 26, 1855, ^- J""^ 22, 1866.

Deacon Bush was a shoe manufacturer and farmer ; lived where Sidney A. Whiting now lives, and for many years member and deacon of First Church ; removed to Exira, lo., where he was active and liberal in religious matters, causing the erection of the first church in Audubon County, contributing $500, and raising over I700 from friends in North Brookfield, and leaving at his decease $1,000 more for the benefit of this new church.

12. Charles Adams, son of Josiah 7, b. Nov. 8, 1836, m. May 21, i86i, Frances M. Haskell of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Frajik E., b. Apr.

BUXTON, Anthony 1, b. England about 1601 ; was 76 years old in 1677, when he gave his deposition in Connecticut; of Salem, Mass., 1637, when he received five acres from the town; made his will Mar. 8, 1683-4, proved July 29, 1684; m.

4. Enos, son of Anthony 3, b. Salem Village, Mar. 10, 17 16 ; removed to Sutton, thence to North Brookfield, where he d. June 12, 1805, aged 89 3'ear3 3 months. He was of Salem late as Dec. 6, 1750, when he and wife Hannah sold to Timothy Fuller a parce of land, with his house, orchard, etc. Mar. 29, 1739, he bought of

John Trask, land in New Salem, being second division, lot 15, which he sold Mar. 6, 1744, to John Buxton. He m. Jan. 24, 173S-9 Hannah, daughter of James and Rebecca Grinslett, baptized First Church, Salem, Mar. 31, 1723. Child (none on Salem Record), Enos, b. Sutton, July 24, 1752 5.

BYRON, Louis, b. Canada; m. Apr. 15, 1847, Mary Bishop of Spencer. Children (North Brookfield), Joseph, m. Eliza Shea; Mary, m. Victor Charboneau of New Braintree, July 4, 1S69; Louis; Clemantine, m. Apr. 15, 1869, Nelson Matthieu, jr., of North Brookfield ; Napoleon, m. May 12, 1875, Catherine McGlenchy of North Brookfield; Emily, m. Apr. 15, 1869, Amie Dussault of North Brookfield; Louisa, m. Joseph Derosier ; Eliza ; Frank, m. Mary Viatte ; Charles ; Frederick. Besides the above 12 children, they have had 9 others, all deceased, making a total of 21.

1840 to New England, and settled in Brookfield ; he d. Spencer, July, 1876. Children (England), Mary Attn, m. William Smith of Spencer, who was killed in the civil war; Catherine; Thomas, xa.. Ann Gibson of Charlton; H'emy,m. Johannah Walsh of Saxonville ; Margaret.

CALVERT, John, b. Dudley, Dec. 28, 1829; harness maker; m. Nov. 1857, Harriet N. Jackson of Southbridge. Child, ffittie Eva, b. SouthbridgCj June 2, 1862.

CARLTON, Alonzo, b. Mount Holley, Vt, m. in North Brookfield, Jan. 3, 1843, Martha P. Giffin, daughter of Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Vt., Jan. 20, 1814, and d. West Brookfield, Sept. 4, 1848 ; she m. (2) 1852, Dr. Aaron Green of Brookfield; (3) 1869, Martin McKinney. Children by Carlton (West Brookfield), John ; George Henry, b. Dec. 27, 1845, ^- Sept. 17, 1846. Children by Green (Brookfield), William ; James P. ; Merrick, all d. Brookfield.

CARRUTH, John, ancestor of the family at North Brookfield, first appears at Marlboro, where he m. Jemima Russell of Sudbury, and by the North Parish Records, he d. Sept. 19, 1798, aged 84 years. It is said he came with his halfbrother William, the ancestor of the Carruths of Phillipston and Petersham, from the north of Ireland, whither his ancestors had removed from Scotland several generations before. Also, that his wife was b. England of parents of more than ordinary means, and stolen from the streets of London, when a child, and sent to America by the thieves who were tempted by the ornaments she wore, some of which, however, she still retained and brought to this country. Children, William ; John; Jonas; James; Nathan, b. Mar. 29, 1744 2; Josiah ; Lttcy ; Jemima; Sarah ; Lydia.

2. Nathan, son of John 1, b. Northboro, Mar. 29, 1744, a carpenter and farmer ; assisted by his wife he managed by economy to accumulate sufficient to meet all exigencies; she was famous the country around for the weaving of beautiful figured coverlets. In the last years of his life he became nearly blind, but enjoyed excellent health; was first of the name in town, came 1775 from Northboro, and built the house occupied by three generations, Nathan, Francis, and Hiram, and which was burnt July 3, 1856. He m. July 13, 1774, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Whipple of Westboro, b. there June 29, 1748, d. North Brookfield, May 8, 1822. He d. May 22, 1827, and was buried at her side in the old graveyard, near the eastern wall. Children (North Brookfield), Faffy, h. July 5, 1776, d. Sept. 2, 1778; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1778, m. Nov. 29, 1798, Levi Ross of West Brookfield, and d. Aug. I, 1842; Francis, b. Feb. 23, 1780 3 ; Lucy, b. Sept. 18, 1782, m. Jan. 7, 1S02, Ezra Barnes of Lancaster, N.H., and d. Mar. 185S; Nathan, b. Oct. 12, 1784, d. Feb. 14, 1808.

4. Isaac, son of Francis 3, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 5, 1803, m. (i) Lydia Waite of North Brookfield; (2) Feb. 18, 1830, Anna D. Smith of Rutland. In 1836, Mr. Carruth removed to Andover where he was a much respected citizen. All four of his sons served in the civil war and made a very honorable record. Children, Charles Henry, b. North Brookfield, Feb. 27, 1832, m. Elizabeth Nourse of Boston, and d. Apr. 23, 1873; Snmner, b. Dec. 22, 1834, m. Aug. 18, 1862, Clara Smith of Newark, N.J. ; Francis Whipple, b. Andover, Aug. 2, 1837, m. June 15, 1866, Lizzie F. Rice of Boston, and d. Mar. 6, 1872; Isaac Smith, b. Mar. 11, 1840.

7. Nathan, son of Francis 3, b. Dec. 25, 1808, left town Aug. 1825, and entered a grocery store, when, after one year's service, he left to learn the drug trade in the employ of Fletcher & Carruth. In 1831, became partner with his brother under the firm of F. S. & N. Carruth ; eight years after dissolved, and formed copartnership with his brother Charles (N. & C. Carruth). Nathan was active in the introduction of railroads; was first general manager and president of Old Colony Railroad; treasurer of Northern Railroad of New Hampshire; he resided for thirty years on his beautiful estate in Dorchester. He m. (i) Dec. 2, 1830, Louisa Jane Pratt; (2) June 15, 1845, Sarah Ann Porter. Children (Boston), Henrietta Louisa, b. Dec. 15, 1831, d. Nov. 28, 1835; Ellen, b. Apr. 18, 1846; Emma, b. Apr. 28, 1849; Herbert Shaw, b. Feb. 15, 1855, m. Sept. 13, 1877, Annie French Pope.

9. Charles, son of Francis 3, b. Nov. 24, 1817 ; removed to Boston, at the age of II, where he has since resided; merchant; m. May 26, 1845, Mary Ann Bachi. Children (Boston), Anne Fraiices, b. Oct. 6, 1846, m. May 27, 1869, Hamilton A. Hill; Charles Theodoj-e, b. May 23, 1851 ; of the firm of Randall & Carruth; Ignatius Sumner, b. Oct. 16, 1858; student Harvard College 18S0.

10. William Ward, son of Francis S. 5, b. Boston, Apr. 8, 1840, a lawyer and judge in Newton ; was in the late war as Quarter-Master, First Lieutenant, and Captain of Sixth Massachusetts Battery, and especially distinguished himself and command at the battle of Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862. Admitted to bar, Oct. 1868; and later appointed police judge. He m. June 14, 1863, Matilda C. Shelton of New Orleans, b. Mar. 2, 1844. Children, Francis Shelton, b. New Orleans^ May 7, 1864, d. Newton, Mar. 23, 1867 ; Frances Weston, b. Newton, July 12, 1867 ; Sarah Ward, b. Feb. 18, 1869, d. Aug. 28, 1869; Edith, b. Cohasset, July 31, 187 1.

West Brookfield, Feb. 8, 1825. Children, Luther Comstock, b. Brookfield, Sept. 3, 1823, d. Jan. 31, 1824; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 14, 1822, m. Apr. 13, 1843, Timothy M. Duncan of North Brookfield, and d. Sept. 12, 1869; she was the adopted daughter of James and Patty Brackenridge. After decease of Mr. Brackenridge, his widow m. (2) Benjamin Cummings, where Mary Ann lived until her marriage.

12. William Ayres, son of Jonathan 6, b. North Brookfield, June 3, 1826, m. Nov. 1851, Harriet Parker of Worcester; resides in St. Louis, Mo. Child, Gertrude, b. Oct. 28, 1859.

CHAQUETTE, Ambrose, b. and m. in Canada ; section hand on North Brookfield Railroad. Children (Canada), William, b. 1861 ; Eva, b. 1863 ; Matilda, b. 1S65; Louis, b. Webster, 1872; Mary Louisa, b. 1875; Adalena, b. North Brookfield, 1878.

CHASE, Abiel 1, lived on Chase place ; m. Hannah , and d. North Brookfield, Jan. 30, 182 1 ; she d. Sept. 16, 1S20. Children, Janics 2 ; Betsey, m. Feb. 4, 1800, Samuel Waite, and d. North Brookfield ; Litcy 3 ; Judith 4 ; Hannah, d. New Braintree ; Abigail, m. William Sanderson of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and d. there [children, Lucy Sanderson ; Sophronia] ; Leonard 5 ; Ly??ian {iv/'m to Leonard), d. New Braintree, Sept. 30, 1820 ; Anna 6 ; George W., m. Lucretia Tabor of North Brookfield, and d. Ware ; no issue.

3. Lucy, daughter of Abiel 1, m. Apollos Redding, and d. Ware, Dec. 5, 1869. Children, Samiiel Redding of Amherst ; Lticy, m. David M. Havens, and d. 187 1 ; Johtt L., of Illinois ; Charles, of Worcester ; Hannah, of Saratoga, m. Reuben Snow ; Alaria, of Saratoga.

4. Judith, daughter of Abiel 1, m. Andrew Johnson of Prescott, and d, there May 6, 1S61. Children, Lucy Johnson, d. Prescott; Adam ; Henry ; Ansel ; Rosaline, m. Sidney Bailey ; Rhoda, d. in Prescott ; Jane, of Ware ; Joel, of War^.

5. Leonard, son of Abiel 1, m. Abby Lewis of Ware, and d. there Oct. 10, 1868. Children, John, of Lockport, N.Y. ; Abbie, of Ware, m. H. Hart ; Lyman, of Denver, Col. ; Lewis, d. Norwich, Ct.

6. Anna, daughter of Abiel 1, m. Benjamin Mullet of Oakham, and d. Ware, 1847. Children, Mary An7t, m. William Torrey of North Brookfield; Lucy, m. Nov. 26, 1838, Joseph Kendrick of North Brookfield ; Adaline, m. Harris Shearer of Boston ; Hannah, m. John De Land of North Brookfield ; Emeline, m. Merrick Barnes of Ware ; Charles; George W. ; Emerson; Elbridge ; Mary Abby ; Ellen.

4. Benjamin, son of Samuel 1, b. North Brookfield, Sept. 18, 1791 ; studied for college, and a profession ; health failing, he went into trade at Rupert, Vt. ; thence, soon after, removed to Starkey, N.Y., where he d. Sept. 6, 1856; was much respected. He m. (i) Apr. 29, 1824, J. Elizabeth Wicks of Rockstrian, N.Y., who d. May 30, 1843; (2) Mar. 19, 1846, Olive Maria Ely, who after her husband's decease, m. (2) Rev. C. C. Carr of Horsehead, Chemung County, N.Y. Child, Mary Eliza, b. Starkey, 1847, d. Oct. 27, 1853.

5. William, Deacon, son of Samuel 1, b. North Brookfield, June 18, 1794; lived on the old homestead - afterwards in the village of North Brookfield, until 1837, when he sold the homestead to Jasper and Horace Tucker, and his village home to John Sparks and removed to a farm in Westboro. He m. Nov. 19, 1822, Lomira Fay of Westboro, who d. June 28, 1878, without issue.

CHURCH, Isaac, Capt, lived near the pond in South-east School District in 1791 ; owned the mills, before Stevens bought them, at head of East Brookfield pond, which now overflows the old mill site. Children, Roxaiina, m. Lieut. Jeduthan Stevens, Nov. 12, 1789; Esther, m. Dec. 15, 1791, Samuel Jones, jr., of Shutesbury ; perhaps other children.

CLAPP, Horatio N., b. Montague, Jan. 18, 1807, m. Charlotte L. Bailey of Haddam, Ct., and d. North Brookfield, Dec. 27, 1878. Children (Montague), Clarissa Rowe, m. James Woodruff of Terryville, Ct. ; Julitis Brainerd, b. Montague, 1832 2, m. Emma L. Cooley of Sunderland ; Antoinette Bates ; Lucretia Bailey, m. Lucien P. Moore of Montague ; Lydia Hunt, b. June 9, 1839, m. Jan. 24, 1861, Addison C. Foster of North Brookfield ; Henry Bailey, m. Ellen F. Stoddard of North Brookfield.

4. Isaac, son of John 3, b. Oct. 19, 1707 ; resided in Framingham and Hopkinton. Children, yohit, b. July 21, 1730 5; Abigail ; Ann; Ephraim ; Isaac ; Samuel; Stephen ; Ler?itcel ; William ; Avis.

5. John, son of Isaac 4, b. July 21, 1730, removed to Hubbardston ; was captain of militia, - held nearly all the town offices at different times, and was highly respected as a man and a Christian. Children, yohn; William; Moses; Elizabeth; Isaac; Samuel; Experience; yoseph ; Ezra, b. Hubbardston, May i, 176S 6; Susanna. [For full details of the above Clark families, see Supplementary Volume in Town Clerk's ofiice.]

9. Reuel Baxter, b. Sunderland, Apr. 29, 1831 ; teacher; the first of the family in town from Sunderland - came from Waltham in 1878; m. July 24, 1867, Idelle Rosina Noyes of Milford. Children, Idelle Louisa, b. Fitchburg, June 24, 187 1 ; Susan Almina, b. North Brookfield, Apr. 24, 1881, d. Aug. 29, 1881. [For ancestry of R. B. Clark, see Supplement in Town Clerk's office.]

CLIFFORD, Joseph 1, b. Manchester, Eng., Aug. 1819, m. Jane Thompson of Manchester, b. Dec. 1821. Children, John H, b. Spencer, Aug. 184S ; clergyman; m. Abbie R. Rice of Farmington, Me. ; Henry A., b. Woodville, July, 1S50; lawyer; m. May i, iS8^, Carrie Jacobs of West Medway ; Louisa J., b. Charlton, Oct. 1859, ra. Feb. I, 1S84, Henry E. Fisher of Worcester.

COLLIER, Thomas, b. in Ireland, and m. Mary Cavola. Children, Edward, b. 1854; John; Susan, d. North Brookfield, 1872; Thomas, d. Apr. iSSo; A7tn, m. Frank Ware ; Margaret, d. 1865.

2. Timothy, son of Cornelius of Lowell, b. Maine, 1837, m. Jan. 4, 1867, Ellen Morey of Lowell. Children (North Brookfield), Cornelius, b. Dec. 2, 1869; John, b. Aug. 23, 1873; Talrick H., b. Oct. 8, 1879; ^^^ary Ellen, b. Mar. 1873; Timothy the father served in late war in Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Company F.

28, 1857, Salem Towne Adams of Brookfield ; Fannie Louisa, b. North Brookfield, May 18, 1846, m. Sept. 7, 1869, Albert A Lombard of Sturbridge; David Dwight, b. Sturbridge, July 26, 1853, m. Sept. 10, 187 1, Laura E. Converse of Brookfield. [Salem T. Adams above served in Fifty-first Regiment during the late war.]

CONROY, Dennis 1, b. Ireland, m. there Mary Fitzpatrick. Children (North Brookfield), Dennis, b. Sept. 1862; Michael, b. 1864; John, b. 1866.

4. Charles, b. Ireland, m. there, Mary Costigan, who never came to America. Children (Ireland), Julia, b. 1823, m. James Donahue of Ireland ; John, b. June 24, 1827 5 ; Bridget, b. 1S29, m. William Dunn of Warren, and d. in Warren, 1873 ; Matthew W., b. 1837, m. Bridget Scully of Norwich, Ct.

CONVERSE, Josiah 1, Capt., Esq., was in Brookfield, 1735, a leading man for the next twenty years ; representative si.x years. His first wife, Hannah, d. June 18, 1747 ; second wife, Dorothy, d. May 27, 1750; m. (3) Nov. 18, 1755, Mercy, widow of Capt. Thomas Gilbert, also widow of Samuel Barns, and daughter of Deacon Henry Gilbert. Children, by wife Hannah, Dorothy, d. Apr. 22, 1736 ; Jude, d. May 3, 1749; no others recorded. The names of Josiah and James Converse occur early on the Woburn records, the former, b. Sept. 12, 1684, m. (i) Hannah, of Joshua Sawyer, Dec. 30, 1706; (2) Dorothy, by both of whom he had eight children. It is probable Capt. Josiah came from this Woburn stock.

7. Josiah C, son of Capt. Lorenzo 6, b. New Braintree, Aug. 12, 1843; served and was wounded in late war ; has been assessor in New Braintree and North Brookfield; m. Nov. 30, 1870, Ruth Ann Whitney of Watertown. Children (New Braintree), Eliza, b. May 14, 1S72; DTartka Alice, b. Oct. 6, 1873; Lorenzo, b. Dec.

CROOKS, John S. 1, b. Milford, May 19, 1819, m. Emily M. Parker of Hopkinton. Children, Samuel S., b. Hopkinton, ; j^o/in /*., b. Hopkinton, Aug.

2. Hugh, of Scotland, d. North Brookfield, May 26, 1802. His two sisters, Peggy, d. May 20, 1807, and Betty, d. Aug. 29, 1813 - all three were unmarried and lived and died in advanced life on what was known as the Cunningham place, since, as the Nathaniel Bemis place. (See cellar hole, south-west of John De Land's old place). They had a nephew living with them named Hugh, who m. a daughter of Asa Blair, and removed to New-York State ; also a niece lived with them, whose present residence is unknown.

[The Genealogy of the Cushing family from Thomas of Hardingham, Eng., in 1646, down to Rev. Christopher, may be found in Vol. 2, by Hon. Charles Adams, jr., in Town Clerk's office.]

CUTLER, Abijah, and his three wives Elizabeth, Sarah and Rachel, had eighteen children; Elijah and wife Dinah had eight children, b. 1774 to 1789; Isaac and wife Elizabeth (Frost) had nine children, b. 1744 to 1763; John and wife Dorothy had twelve children, b. 1770 to 1793; Joseph and wife Martha (Brown) had ten children, b. 1762 to 1783; Robert and wife Jemima had seven children, b. 1751 to 1761 ; Robert and wife Hulda had nine children, b. 1788 to 1S07 ; Thaddeus and wife Hannah had four children, b. 1761 to 1766; - all recorded in Charles Adams, jr.'s Records in Town Clerk's office.

CUTTER, Ephraim, Sen. and Jr. were in North Brookfield, 1740, and active later in the organization of the Second Precinct. Ephraim, jr., m. May 18, 1744. Ruth Barns.

3. Patrick, b. Ireland ; parents d. there ; m. 1861, Mary O'Leary, b. 1840. He was in Fifty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Child, Elleii Maria, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 29, 1862.

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5. Charles Edgar, son of Levi P. 4, b. North Brookfield, Sept. 18, 1848, m. June, 1873, Abbie L. Allen of North Brookfield. Child, Sarah, b. North Brookfield, 1875.

DANE, William 1, son of John, b. Ipswich, Aug. 1725, published in Brookfield, May 13, 1748, to Sarah Stone of Ipswich; lived on the Chase place; d. North Brookfield, Mar. 2, 1825, aged ninety-nine years, seven months. Children, Williatn, b. Ipswich, 1748 2; John, b. May 22, 1750; removed to Hamilton and d. there; Benjamin,\).^xobdi\A-^ 1751 ; removed to Shutesbury, was in Revolutionary army; Joseph, b. 1752 3; Judith, b. 1754, m. Mar. 23, 1775, Jason Bigelow of North Brookfield, and d. Nov. i, 1821 ; Sarah, b. 1761, m. Dec. 25, 1777, Joseph Waite of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 12, 1844; Martha, b. North Brookfield, m. Feb. 10, 1775. [The Genealogy of the Dane family from John 1 of England, b. about 1587, down to William, is in Vol. 2 by Hon. C. Adams, jr., in Town Clerk's ofiice.]

10. Stillman Ayres, son of Joseph 8, b. West Brookfield, Feb. 10, 1821, m. Oct. 22, 1844, Sophronia Glazier of Barre. Children, William Wallace, b. O.xford, Oct. 24, 1845 ; was in Twenty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and wounded at Camden, Va., Apr. 19, 1862, taken prisoner, exchanged, and d. of

[The Genealogy of the Dane family from John of England - b. about 1587 - through four generations down to William the sixth child of the fourth John, is in Vol. 2, by Hon. Charles Adams, jr., Town Clerk's office.]

DE BEVOISE, James 1, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., about 1760, m. Ann Vandervoort of Brooklyn, and d. Brooklyn, 1852. Children (Brooklyn), Anna Vandervoort, d. New York, unmarried ; Abram Vajtdervoort, a merchant, m. Maria Baker of East Hampton, L.I. ; Jane Maria, d. Brooklyn, unmarried ; Michael Vandervoort, d. infancy; Gabt-iel Havens, h. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1831 2; Cynthia Stanto7i, m. Charles M. Baker of East Hampton, L.I. ; Margaret Celia, ra. Rev. Elias C. Hooker of Newburyport, Mass.

2. Gabriel Havens, Rev., son of James 1, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1831, m. (i) Feb. 1856, Martha D. Lamson of Andover, who d. North Brookfield, July 21, 1874, aged forty-one years, three months, sixteen days ; (2) Mar. 20, 1878, Margaret Ellen Cutter of Brooklyn. Children (Andover), James Locke, railroad clerk, Chicago, 111., m. Dec. 22, 18S0, Edna A. Ball, Chicago; Margaret Cecilia, d. North Brookfield, July 12, 1874, aged ten years, eleven months, six days.

DELAND, DE LAND, originally DELANE, Philip 1, probabl}: a Frenchman (as per History of Newbury), came to Newbury from Portsmouth, N.H., in 1694, with wife Margery and two children (names not given). No conveyance of real estate, or probate matter, recorded in his name in Essex County, and nothing of his personal history can be gleaned from local records. If, as it is said, he removed with his family to Brookfield, more can probably be learned of him from Worcester County Record of Probate and Deeds. From a letter of a correspondent the following epitaph of Mr. De Land is copied, viz. : -

" Humble and meek, a lowly path he trod; And while he lived on earth he walked with God ; Good without show - obliging without art, His speech the faithful language of his heart; His hope was grace, and his delight was prayer, His wish was Heaven, Oh! may we meet him there."

The Beverly Town Record gives the marriage of a Philip Deland to Abigail Bradford, published July 10, 1703; she was daughter of William Bradford and Rachel (Raymond), b. Beverly, Sept. 15, 1682, by whom he had one child, William, b. May 3, 1709. This Philip may have been the above Philip 1, or one of his two unnamed children who came with them to Newbury.

2. Paul, son of Philip 1, b. Newbury, Oct. 16, 1699, removed as said with his father to Brookfield about 1740 where he d. Feb. 6, 1796. He must have come earlier, or some at least of his children must have been born in Newbury ; but all of them, however, are recorded in Brookfield. He or his father built the house in the south part of the town, where Paul, three successive Philips, and Martha M. Brown,

7. Charles, Lieut., son of Philip 3, b. Brookfield, Oct. 2, 1770, published Mar. 30, 1794, to Lucy Barnes of Spencer, and d. North Brookfield, Feb. i, 1845, aged seventy -four ; she d. Oct. 31, 1829, aged sixty-four. Children (Brookfield), Sally, m. Jan. 15, 1835, Justin G. Plenshaw of Leicester; Edward Barnes, d. Dec. 22, 1841, unmarried; Lucy, m. Ira Burnett, and d. North Brookfield), Aug. 19, 1854, aged fifty-four.

12. Charles Morris, son of Jedediah 5, b. Brookfield, May 9, 1793, m. May 24, 1818, Esther B. Harwood of North Brookfield, and d. New Worcester, . Children (Brookfield), Sa7nuel Branscomb, d. Wisconsin, ; Charles William, d. Cincinnati, O., ; Armit Brazier, a physician in Warren, m. Clara Tolman of

Worcester, and d. Warren, ; Esther Elizabeth, b. Worcester, , d. childhood; George Ward, b. and d. young, Worcester; Ebenezer Harwood, physician in New Worcester, m. Ellen Tolman ; George Washington, removed to New York City.

13. William Rufus, son of Jedediah 5, b. Brookfield, July 20, 1795, *"- Mary Green Keith of Ithaca, N.Y. ; was a teacher and judge of probate, and d. Jackson

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14. William Nelson, son of Obadiah 9, b. Mar. 4, 1808, m. Roxana Rood of Sheffield, and d. June 23, 1875. Children, Frank O. ; Mary S. ; Frederick N., cashier of bank, Great Barrington; and Emma R.

DEPATIE, Jasper, b. Canada, Aug. 15, 1842, m, Sept. 11, 1865, Lucretia E. Paro of Milton, Vt. Children, Delina, b. Westford, Vt., Sept. 7, 1868 ; Cornelius, b. North Brookfield, Aug. 28, 1870. Mr, Depatie served in the Eighth Vermont Regiment in the civil war.

DEYO, Charles H., b. Canaan, N.Y., Oct. 5, 1839; tinsmith and stove dealer; ift. Aug. 13, 1868, Evelyn Snow of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Frances, b. Oct. 17, 1869; M. Grace, b. Sept. 2, 1872 ; Josephifie Snow, b. May 30, i88r. Me served in Forty-seventh New York Regiment in the late war.

15. Welcome, son of Nathan 13, b. Brookfield, June 15, 1798, m. Aug. 24, 1823, Harriet Doane of North Brookfield, and d. Worcester, Dec. 25, 1881. Children, Mary Ann, m. Albert Allen of Paxton and d. there ; Laurinda, m. Elisha Arnold of Paxton ; Delia, m. (i) Horace Thayer of Worcester, (2) William Bowe of England; Maria, m. George Thayer of Worcester, d. there ; Eliza, m. Henry Ellis of Jamaica, Vt., and d. there; Ruth, m. Samuel Barras of Syracuse, N.Y. ; Freeman, d. young . Freeman, m. in Syracuse, N.Y. ; Harriet, m. John Macomber of Oakham, and d. in Paxton ; Josiah M., b. July 5, 1S44 17.

2. Jonathan, a native of Beverly, settled in Brookfield. His identity is not sufficiently established. Children (supposed to have been b. in Beverly, but not on record), Fra?icis ; Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1743, m. Nathaniel Dodge 7, of Ipswich, who d. North Brookfield, Feb. 18, 1838 ; she d. May 25, 1830; Mehitable.

9. Rufus, son of Nathaniel 7, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 2, 1793; ^ teacher for forty years and farmer; m. Nov. 9, 1800, Lucy Hale of North Brookfield, b. May 7,

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12. Joshua, son of Josiah, who came from England and settled in West Brookfield, m. Thankful Morse, who d. Nov. i, 1797; he d. Feb. 24, 1795. Children (West Brookfield?) Lydia, b. July 9, 1749, m. June 5, 1775, David Smith of Brookfield; Moses, b. Oct. 23, 1750, published July 6, 1773, Betsey Parker of Shrewsbury; yojias, b. Aug. 27, 1752; Nathaniel, lived on the Dexter Forbes place; Rufus; Thaddeus, b. June 18, 1758 13; Artemas,1^; Eunice, m. Joshua Dodge of New London, Ct.

14. Artemas, son of Joshua 12, published Mar. 7, 1794, to Jenny Richmond of Brookfield, who d. Nov. i, 1827, aged sixty. Children, Zipporah, m. William Love an Englishman ; lived in Pelham or Prescott ; she d. there ; Zephaniah, b. Brookfield changed from Dodge to Dexter), b. North Brookfield, published Nov. 24, 1823, to Sarah Stone of Brookfield, who d. at Thorndike ; removed to Prescott or Pelham Artemas, went to Canada; faiie, m. Russell Fiske of Hopkinton, and d. there Lucy, b. Mar. 8, 1806, m. 1829, Gorham H. Wood of Sturbridge or Southbridge fonas, removed West.

19. Charles L,., b. Grafton, Vt., Apr. 184-, m. June 26, 1876, Lillian J. Olmstead of North Brookfield. Fireman on North Brookfield Railroad.

1867. Children (Ireland), Cornelius, a farmer, settled in Mississippi; Ellen, b. 1803, m. Martin Delhanty of Apalachicola, Fla. ; Kate, b. 1806, m. Michael Brown, and lived at Pea Ridge, Pa. ; Mary, b. 1794, m. James Ferrill, and lived in Ware; John 3, b. Jan. i, iSoo; Bartholomew, b. 1809, m. Catherine Hurley, and d. Ware, 1849.

DRAPER, Simeon 1, b. Spencer, Mar. 27, 1765. At the age of sixteen was in Revolutionary war, stationed on Hudson River under Washington ; kept store in Spencer, a hotel in Brookfield, and owned the stages between Worcester and Brookfield; for many years member of Legislature; of the Constitutional Convention in 1820, and commissioned captain in the militia by John Hancock. He m. (i) Aug. 24, 1786, Mary Bemis of Spencer; (2) Sept. 10, 1832, Catherine Lewis of Boston, and d. Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1848. Children (six b. Spencer - ten b. Brookfield), Abigail, b. Mar. 12, 1787, d. July 24, 1788; Betsey, b. Sept. 6, 17S8, d. Brookfield, Aug. 2, 1828; Henry, b. June 10, 1790; was lieutenant in war of 1812, stationed at Pittsfield ; m. June, 1813, Harriet Stone of Pittsfield, and d. Rochester, N.Y., July 3, 1841. His son William E. was with Commodore Perry at the opening of Japan, and was the operator of the telegraph before the Emperor, which astonished him so much; Z^r^wzf, b. Mar. 27, 1792; merchant in Boston, New York, and Paris ; consul general at Paris and Havre, under Presidents Harrison and Taylor ; m. (i) Apr. 1816, Rosamond Cook of Boston ; (2) Mar. 27, 1826, Sarah E. DoUiver of Gloucester; (3; Oct. i, 1851, Mrs. Anna Alice Hawkins of Baltimore, and d. New York, Jan. 25, 1868; Horace, b. Jan. 30, 1794; merchant in Boston, Brookfield, and Springfield; m. Aug. 2, 1821, Eliza A. Tufts of Boston, and d. Springfield, June 21, 1846; Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1796, d. June 16, 1800 ; Sophia, b. Feb. 14, 1799, m. Oct. 13, 1817, Henry Lewis of Boston, and d. Brookfield, Sept. 17, 1870; William Frederic, b. Apr. 2, 1801, d. June 20, following; Francis, b. Dec. 26, 1802, d. Dec. 30, following ; William Bernis, b. Feb. 15, 1804; was a merchant in Boston, Paris, and New York; resides at Flushing, L.I.; m. Mar. 18, 1841, Elizabeth A. Haggerty of New York; Simeon, b. Jan. 19, 1806; a merchant in Boston and New York ; prominent in politics ; collector of port of New York, under President Lincoln ; m. Oct. 30, 1834, Frances S. Haggerty of New York, and d. Whitestown, L.I., Nov. 6, 1866; Mary Adeline, b. Aug. 21, 1807, m. June 13, 1831, Silas C. Herring of Albany, N.Y., and d. Brookfield, Aug. 19, 1837 ; Benjamin Harrison, b. Aug. 9, 1810, d. Brookfield, June 29, 1836; Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 27, 1812, m. Sept. 26, 1832, Emmons Twichell of Brookfield, and d. Sept. 23, 1833; Joshua, b. Sept. 3, 1814, d. Worcester, Mar. 29, 1874; Theodore Sedgwick, b. June 15, 1816 ; was a merchant in New York; m. in fall of 1849, Elizabeth Morgan of Philadelphia, and d. New York, Apr. 3, 1878. [Horace, jun., son of Horace above, was with Admiral Farragut in the " Hartford," on the passage of the Forts, and the taking of New Orleans, during the Rebellion.]

5. Thomas, of parish of Hempstontell, Yorkshire, vicarage of Halifax, Eng., a clothier, had son James, b. 1618, who came 1649-50, to Roxbury, Mass. ; proprietor in Lancaster ; m. Miriam Standisfield of England, and had James, b. Roxbury, m. Abigail Whitney, and d. 1698 ; son James, b. 1694, was of Dedham, thence removed to Spencer, and d. 1768; his son James, who d. England, had James, b. Spencer, m. Mary Prouty, and had son .

6. David, b. Spencer, July 3, 1770, who settled in Brookfield, and lived on the place where Gilbert Bond now resides. He kept the old Centre District School many years. Among his pupils was Rev. Dr. Thomas Adams, who recently died in Winslow, Me. ; was town clerk, leader of the church choir - teacher of music, and a skilful performer on several musical instruments, and was a man of more than ordinary ability and usefulness. He removed to Spencer where he was for several years deputy sheriff; thence to Leicester in 1S22, where in various callings he spent the rest of his days. He was a great reader and a deep thinker. [Correspondence of Miss Hannah W. Chilson of Leicester.] He m. July 7, 1799, Matilda Moore of Spencer, who d. Leicester, Aug. 24, 1854, aged seventy-six; he d. Leicester, Apr. 30, 1845. [John Bisco of Spencer m. for his second wife widow Esther Moore, and her daughter m. David Draper as above.] Children (Spencer), Harriet, b. June 5, 1802; was of Worcester, 18S0; Chai-lotte, b. Dec. 28, 1805, d. Leicester, Oct. 27, 1828; Angeline, b. Sept. 14, 1814, m. July 31, 1837, Sidney Downs of New Haven, Ct., and d. Worcester ; a son, b. and d. .

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DRISCOLL, Cornelius 1, b. Ireland, i8oS ; came to New England 1S51 and m. Margaret Looney in North Brookfield, b. Ireland, 1S23, and he d. at Hoosac Tunnel, Dec. 25, 187 1. Mrs. Driscoll owns and»lives on the Joseph Kendrick place. Children (Hoosac Tunnel) Jeremiah, b. July 8, 1855 Corne/iits, b. Feb. 16, 1857 ; James, b. July 18, 1864.

Children (Canada), Eiiphetnia ; Edward; Deleme, m. Eugene Matthieu of North Brookfield; Eliza, m. Ely Charbie of Vermont; Joseph, m. Mary Longway ; Napoleon; Josephine ; Ovila, m. Oliver Junior of North Brookfield.

3. William, son of William 1, b. Paxton, Dec. 14, 1812, m. (i) May 10, 183S, Nancy Prouty of Spencer, who d. Apr. 24, 1839 ; (2) Nov. 24, 1839, Lydia Gilbert of North Brookfield, and d. Apr. 24, 1873. Children, Nancy Prouty, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 17, 1839, d. Oct. 5, 1839; Emtna N., b. Jan. i, 1844, d. Sept. 24, following; George W., b. Mar. 4, 1847, d. July 3, following. [William above entered Amherst College, but after one year left on account of failing health. He was a man of integrity, a Deacon in the Church, and an earnest and active Christian ; taught school, and was on the School Committee.]

DWIGHT, Hon. Joseph, son of Henry of Dedham and Hatfield, was b. at Dedham, Oct. 16, 1703 ; graduated Harvard University, 1722. His father bought large tracts of land in Brookfield - not less than 1,400 acres - and Joseph settled here, on Foster's hill, in 1728; was representative 1731, and in all eleven years, and speaker of the House 1748-9. He was admitted to the Bar 1733 ; judge of Court of Common Pleas in Worcester County 1739; was commissioned colonel of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment in the expedition against Cape Breton June 18, 1744; commissioned brigadier-general by Gov. Shirley Feb. 20, 1745, appointed judge of a court of Admiralty, June 20, 1745 ; commanded the Massachusetts Regiment of Artillery at the reduction of Louisburg, and was distinguished and commended by Gen. Pepperell. He commanded a brigade in the Crown Point expedition, 1756. At the close of the last French and Indian war, he removed to Great Barrington, and in 1761 was appointed judge of the Berkshire County court and of Probate. He d. June 9, 1765.

EDMANDS, Walter, of Concord, 1639, under the name of Gualter, m. Dorothy , who d. Charlestown, Sept. 14, 1671 ; he d. Charlestown, July 13, 1667;

(2) Nov. 28, 16S9, Richard Martin. The heirs of Joshua were proprietors of Rutland in 1686; Daniel, b. about 162S 2; John, b. Concord, July 2, 1640, m. Hannah

8. Chauncy, son of John 6, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 21, 1798; farmer and carpenter ; m. Mar. 31, 1829, Mary F. Metcalf of Ware, and d. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Mar. 6, 1851. He was highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, - was selectman, representative, school committee, an ardent promoter of the cause of common school education, and a powerful advocate of temperance, and in commemoration of his demise, at a town meeting held in North Brookfield, Apr. 7, 1851, a set of resolutions were offered by Hon. Freeman Walker, which were unanimously adopted, and forwarded to his family at Poughkeepsie. Children (North Brookfield), Byron Powers, b. Feb. 3, 1831, d. Poughkeepsie, Aug. 27, 1849; Charles Oscar, b. July 8, 1S32 ; a trader in Poughkeepsie ; m. June 30, 1863, Leora C. H. Brooks of Poughkeepsie, and had Blanche, b. Jan. 23, 1867 ; Chancy, b. July 21, 1876; Helen Metcalf, b. Jan. 29, 1S39, m. Aug. i, 1S59, John W. Osborne of Poughkeepsie; resides in

19, 1868, Emma Louisa White of Springfield; (2) July 17, 1875, Maria Clara Goodwin of Reading; a merchant in Kalamazoo, Mich. Children (Michigan), Sumner Arthur, b. Nov. 21, 1869; Lticy Matthews, b. Dec. 9, 1871 ; Samuel Stunner, b. Apr.

EDSON, Samuel, Deacon 1, removed from Salem to Bridgewater, and was one of the first settlers in that town ; built the first mill there ; m. Susanna Orcott, who d. 1699, aged eighty-one; he d. Bridgewater, 1692, aged eighty. They had eight or nine children, of whom -

3. Josiah, Capt. b. Bridgewater, 1682, m. 1704, Sarah Packard of Bridgewater, who d. 1754; he d. 1763, aged eighty; had seven children, of whom -

7. Hiram, son of Calvin 6, b. Oakham, Nov. 27, 1804, m. Aug. 11, 1831, Chloe Moulton of Spencer, b. Nov. 26, 1809; he has been representative and selectman ; d. North Brookfield, July 28, 1882. Children (North Brookfield), Emily Dimbar,

EMMONS, Robert, was a grantee of lands in Brookfield, 1701 to 1720, including what was afterwards the farm of Theophilus Potter, owned subsequently by his son Luke Potter, Kittridge Hill and sons John and Jason B. Hill, now (1S86) occupied by Luther W. Woodis. He was also an early owner and lived on a part of the

FAIRBANK, Isaac, b. Brimfield, Apr. 1833; carpenter; m. 1856, Harriet Fullam of West Brookfield, b. Vermont, 1836. Children, Dwight Edward, b. 1858, d. 1868 ; Fannie B., b. North Brookfield, 1876.

2. Lewis, son of James 1, b. Walpole, Jan. 24, 1778, m. June 23, 1807, Hannah Brewer of Spencer, and d. North Brookfield, Aug. 21, 1821 ; she was b. Spencer, Mar. 5, 1785, d. Worcester, May 31, 1871. Children (Spencer), Mary Brewer, b. 1807, m. July, 1840, Rev. Alfred Constantine of Vermont, a native of Millingford, Vt. ; graduated at Hamilton Listitute, New York, and was a Missionary to Africa ; Eliza Randall, b. 181 1, d. May 18, 1825; Tryphena Warren, b. 1S13, d. West Boylston; Harriet Whittemore, b. Sept. 15, 1816, m. (i) Apr. 5, 1840, Andrew Hutchinson of Worcester; (2) Sept. 5, 1877, Charles Prentiss of Worcester; Charlotte Wheelock, b. North Brookfield, Feb. 1820, m. Feb. 1839, George W. Cole of Boston ; was a captain in the Civil War. Lewis Fales the father owned and for several years occupied the mills in the east part of the town.

FORBUSH (FARRABUS, FORBES, FURBUSH), Daniel 1, b. Scotland ; had a tract of land given him by the Selectmen of Cambridge, which he sold when he removed to Marlboro. His name on the deed as grantor, is written for him Farrabtis, with his mark. He m. (i) Rebecca Perriman of Cambridge, Mar. 26, 1660, who d. May 3, 1677; (2) May 23, 1679, Deborah Rediat of Concord; he d. Oct. 1687, and his widow (as Mrs. Deborah Farrowbush) m. May 22, 16S8, Alexander Stuart of Marlboro. Children, Daniel, b. Cambridge, Mar. 20, 1664; Thomas,\). Cambridge, Mar. 7, 1667 2; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 16, 1669 ; Rebecca, b. Concord, Feb.

4. Jonathan, son of Daniel 1, b. Marlboro, Mar. 12, 1684; lived near Stirrup Brook, Marlboro, and was either set off or else removed to Westboro, where he was a deacon, and took the name of Forbes,

6. Eli, Rev., son of Jonathan 4, b. Newton, Oct. 26, 1726; first minister of Second Church in Brookfield, afterwards of First Church, Gloucester, where he d. Dec. 15, 1804; made his will September previous, in which he bequeaths to his sonin-law, Peter Coffin, Esq., his eight-day clock ; to son Eli, desk, book-case, wearing apparel, Bible in two volumes ; to eldest granddaughter, Mrs. Phelps, leather-bottomed chairs and silver porringer ; to granddaughter Lucy Coffin, great Bible and six volumes Dr. Doddridge's Family Exposition; best bed and furniture and my picture (now in possession of his great granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Haskell of West Gloucester, a partial copy of which is in the chapel of First Congregational Society in North Brookfield ; a full copy in photograph, small size, is owned by Charles Adams, jr., presented to him by E. F. Waters, Esq., of The Boston Advertiser, a descendant of the Forbes') ; to grandson Eli P. Coffin, silver watch and silver pepper-box ; the residue of estate to be sold, and divided among said children and grandchildren, except son Eli ; his part, in consideration of moneys paid to him, to be paid Lucy Coffin ; to dear daughter-in-law, Mrs. Betsey Gilbert, bureau and whatever her late mother brought with her. Inventory of estate : | house and land $1,800; land at head of harbor $415; furniture, horse, chaise, etc., JJ860.33, of which personal estate his library is appraised at I91.32. The printed productions of Dr.

Forbes, besides those published during his ministry at Brookfield, were a Family Book of sermons; a sermon on repairing his meeting-house in 1792; on the dedication of the town grammar school, 1795; o" the death of Col. Low, 1797; and the convention sermon, 1799. He m. (i) Aug. 5, 1752, Mary (another account, p. 372 MS., says Lucy), daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman of Westboro, who removed with him to Gloucester, and d. Jan. 16, 1776; (2) Sept. 15, 1776, Lucy, widow of Hon. Thomas Saunders, and daughter of Rev. Thomas Smith of Portland, Me., who d. June 5, 1780, aged forty-eight; (3) Sept. 13, 1781, Sarah, widow of Capt. Thomas Parsons of Newbury, who d. at Boston of small-pox, Sept. 19, 1792, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Gorham Parsons, whose daughter Mary, wife of Ignatius Sargent, d. of the same disease, at same place, after her mother. They both took the disease by inoculation, having visited Boston for that purpose; (4) Nov. 13, 1793, Lucy, widow of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin of Brookfield, and sister of his first wife, Mary (Parkman) of Westboro, b. Sept. 23, 1734, d. Gloucester, Mar. 13, 1804. Children, Mary, b. Brookfield, 1753, baptized Apr. 14, 1754, m. Oct. 21, 1773, Peter Coffin, Esq., and d. Gloucester, May 18, 1795 [children, Mary, m. Henry Phelps, Esq., of Gloucester ; Peter, supercargo of vessel, d. at sea ; Sarah d. unm. ; Lucy Forbes, d. unm. ; Charles, lost at sea, leaving a widow and two sons in Baltimore ; Eli, lost at sea, unm. ; Emily, m. Capt. Southard, and d. Baltimore, leaving several children] ; Eli^ b. 1 760-1, baptized Dec. 2, 1761 ; was a captain in Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, U.S.A., stationed at Oxford, Mass., when war was threatened with France, and, on leaving the army, he went to Baltimore, and was for some time teacher of a school, after which, during the embargo, he probably removed to Maine, where he d. 1807-9.

8. Eli, Capt, son of Daniel 7, b. Brookfield, July 8, 1776; farmer; m. (i) May 5, 1803, Hannah Reed of Brookfield, who d. Aug. 9, 1814 ; (2) July 18, 1816, widow Abigail Maynard, who d. June 12, 1847 ; he d. Dec. 30, 1846. He was better known to the public in this town and vicinity for fifty years preceding his death, than any one who could be named. Familiar with every kind of business, specially that of a public nature, he was constantly before the people. Prompt and honorable in his private concerns, - efficient and faithful in the discharge of public duties ; formal and precise, but always correct in drawing papers, he was constantly employed in the practice of probate business, collection of pensions and fiduciary trusts of every kind ; was selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, &c. ; representative to General

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Court 1827, 1835 and 1S37, and justice of peace 1S25 to 1846; several times employed on the census, and collector of United States direct tax 1815-1816, for several towns in western part of the county; also assistant assessor of same in 1814; was ensign, lieutenant and captain of militia. Children (North Brookfield), Sarah, b. May 28, 1805, m. Apr. 20, 1836, James Simpson of Easton, and d. Brookfield, May 19, 1848 ; Mary Reed, b. Sept. 22, 1809, m. May 15, 1834, Rufus Harrington, jr., of Brookfield, and d. Feb. 27, 1843; George, b. June 16, 1817 10; Emeliiie F.,\t. Aug. 31, 1824, m. Nathaniel Lyford of Claverack, N.Y., and d. Brookfield, Aug. 12, 1856.

10. George, son of Eli 8, b. North Brookfield, June 16, 1817 ; a farmer, merchant and manufacturer; m. Apr. i, 1840, Roxana Doane of Brookfield, and d. Danville, N.Y. (where he went for medical treatment), June 22, 1874. What has already been said of his father, is equally applicable to him, for he, as it were, trod in his very footsteps. He was no ordinary man physically, intellectually or morally, and his character won the confidence of his fellow-men and hence he was much engaged in taking care of the property and interests of others - to make wills, settle estates, to be guardian for minors, and to advise the widow and orphan ; was postmaster, moderator, treasurer, collector, assessor, and many years auctioneer. His religion, in which there was no cant, stood boldly prominent throughout all his business transactions, it being the crowning glory of his life ; of which his pastor spake in the most decided manner in his memorial discourse. Children (Brookfield), George E., b. Dec. 5, 1842 ; merchant and manufacturer, m. Oct. 20, 1868, Eleanor M. Twitchell of Brookfield ; Charles P., b. Jan. 25, 1845, a broker in Denver, Col. ; Eli, b. Oct. 23, 1848, m. Aug. 20, 1871, S. I. Damon of North Brookfield; Isabella, b. July 29, 1S50, m. June 4, 187 1, Emmons W. Twitchell of Brookfield.

11. Samuel Dexter, son of Dexter 9, b. North Brookfield Mar. 22, 1824 ; a wheelwright in Wilmington, Del.; m. Lizzie E. Lloyd of New Castle, Del. Children, Dexter and Calvin, b. Avondale, Pa.

10. Albert H., son of James R. 7, b. New Braintree, Apr. 12, 1S39, m. Jan. ir, 1865, Addie M. Ashby of North Brookfield. Children, George B., b. North Brookfield, Sept. 16, 1S68, d. Sept. 8, 1S69; Harold Abbott, b. May 15, 1871 ; Frank Webster, b. June 13, 1874. Mr. Foster served three years in Company F, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, in the late war.

3. George, b. Clarendon, Vt, June 4, 1853, m. Nov. 2, iSSo, Inez G. De Land of North Brookfield. He came here in 1878, from Orange, Mass., and bought the " North Brookfield Journal" of George T. Lincoln, which he published about two years, sold out to H. J. Lawrence, and removed to Woburn as editor of a paper there. Child, Victor Bush, b. May 17, 1S84, d. Aug. 27, 1884.

FRUE, Charles, b. North Carolina; a laborer; enlisted in Company D, First North Carolina Infantry Union Troops, served nine months, and came North ; m. Nancy Jennings of North Carolina. Children, Charles, b. North Carolina, 185S ; Miles, h. 1S62; David, b. North Brookfield, 1S6S; Joseph, b. 1870; Edward, b. 1872 ; Sarah, b. 1875 ; Martha E., b. 1877.

FULLAM, Francis, Major 1, b. London, Eng., 1669; justice of the peace; m. (i) Sarah, daughter of John Livermore of Watertown or Weston, who d. Mar. 10, 1724; (2) Oct. I, 1724, Mary, widow of Samuel Jones, and daughter of Thomas Woolson.

8. William Frank, son of William 6, b. North Brookfield, Oct. i, 1855 ; a carpenter; m. Dec. 3, 1878, Anna Maria Kingsbury of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Willia?n Harrison, b. Aug. 15, 1880; Frederick Arthur, h. May 23, 1883; Charles Francis, b. Feb.'25, 1885.

GARDNER, Elbridge, b. Hingham, Sept. lo, 1817, and removed from that town to North Brookfield ; was a carpenter, built and worked on many public and private buildings here; removed to Grantville, thence to Melrose; m. May 31, 1843, Caroline Robinson of Barre, and d. Melrose, Aug. 26, 1S77 ; a most excellent Christian gentleman. Children, Mary Bates, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 28, 1846, d. Aug. 28, 1847 ; Sarah\Fra7ices!fi\>. Grantville, Jan. 5, 1S49, d. May 10 following.

GAUL, James 1, b. Ireland, 1789; his wife d. there, and he d. North Brookfield, Aug. 20, 1S78. Children (Ireland), John, a shoemaker of Natick; James, enlisted in the army from New York State, and was killed in battle ; William, b. Ireland, 1828 2.

GIBBS, Thomas, son of John and wife Anna, b. Sudbury, Apr. 19, 1689; received grant of eighty acres in Brookfield, Aug. 13, 17 14, and came to Brookfield with the Rice families, that year. Received grants in all of two hundred and twentyfive acres. He built on the Dane or Chase place ; afterward on the Hinckley place;

3. James Perkins, son of Anson 1, b. Hardwick, Vt., 1823, m. about 1841, Ann Camp of Philadelphia, and d. Milford, N.H., Mar. 13, 1854. Children (Philadelphia), Phebe Ann, d. young ; James P., d. young; a child, d. young.

GILBERT, Henry 2, deacon, brother of Thomas 1, b, 1661 ; m. and settled Springfield ; was sent in command of soldiers to build a fort at Brookfield, Sept. 1688 [see ante, p. 141], had grant of land and removed to Brookfield with his brother; built a house on south side of new country road, adjoining the fort ; had grants of land in all six hundred and eighty-one acres; d. Aug. 17, 1740. He m. (i) Elizabeth , d. Apr. 27, 1735; (-) Dec. 24, 1735, widow Mary Wheat. Children (the first three b. Springfield), Henry, b. 1684, lived Brookfield, had grants of a hundred and eleven acres of land ; probably lived in northwest part of town, and was annexed to Ware River Parish in 1755; no family recorded; John, b. 1686 8; Samuel, b. 16S8 9; Mercy, b. Brookfield, 1691, m. (i) 1710, Samuel Barns; (2) May 27,

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8. John, son of Henry 2, deacon, lived north of Wickabaug pond ; had grants of a hundred and seventy-three acres of land; d. June 12, 1779, leaving two slaves, Sam and Betty, to whom he gave in trust three hundred dollars. He m. (i) Feb.

10. Ebenezer, son of Henry 2, had grants of a hundred and ninety-four acres of land ; he or his son lived at north-west corner of town, and was annexed to Ware River Parish 1755; wife Deborah. Children, Ebenezer, b. May 14, 1713; Deborah, b. July 7, 1714; Zeruiah (son), b. Oct. 11, 17 15, d. aged ten; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29,

John Tomblen of Wilbraham ; after his decease she m. (2) Mr. Charles of Wilbraham and d. there. She had one child by Tomblen, viz., Abigail, b. Feb. 25, 1788, m. July 3, 1808, Samuel Bond of Spruigfield, b. Dec. i, 1779, d. 1855 ; she d. July, 1845. They had fourteen children, of whom John Lincoln Bond, b. Wilbraham, Apr. 12, 1812, m. Lydia W. Gilbert, daughter of Reuben 15. [See No. 21.]

July i6, 1840; enlisted in Thirty-fourth Regiment, Company I, and wounded just before Lee's surrender, and d. Fortress Monroe, May 4, 1865; Charlotte Warren, b. Aug. 15, 1843, d. July iS, 1846.

22. Arad, b. West Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1801, a lawyer, and trader in the Brick Store in North Brookfield, for a short time ; m. June i, 1834, Mary Fowler of

23. Walter, b. West Brookfield, 1781, m. Rebecca Mossman of Ashburnham, who was b. Sudbury, 1782, d. in Ashburnham, Mar. 5, 1864. Children, Sarah H., b. Sharon, N.H., Mar. 16, 1816; Mary M., h. West Brookfield, 1819, m. Ebenezer Stewart of Sudbury.

28. GILBERT, Humphrey, the first known ancestor of Benjamin Gilbert who settled at North Brookfield, was of Ipswich, 1648, and d. there Feb. 13, 1657.

Humphrey Rayner of Ipswich and Wenham. His will was made the day before his death. Children, John, b. 1656-7 29; Abigail ; Esther ; a dajighter ; a daughter.

30. Benjamin, son of John 29, b. Ipswich, Feb. i, 1691 ; farmer; m. Aug. 9, 1716, Esther Perkins of Wenham, b. Oct. 25, 1695, d. Jan. 20, 1780; he d. Brookfield, June 24, 1760. He removed to Brookfield in 1747 on the place afterwards occupied successively by his son Joseph, grandson Daniel, Esq., and later, 1879, ^y his great-granddaughters Hannah and Mary, children of said Daniel. Children, Joseph, b. Ipswich, 1733 31; Da?iiel, b. Feb. 15, 1729 32.

31. Joseph, Col., son of Benjamin 30, b. Ipswich, 1733; a merchant; removed to Brookfield, where he d. Mar. 2, 1776, aged 43 ; which event was noticed at length by an obituary notice, in the New England Chronicle, or Essex Gazette, published at Cambridge, Mar. 21, 1776. Upon the general alarm given Apr. 19, 1775, he headed a company of "minute men," and marched to Roxbury ; was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, and on that day risked his life, in passing and repassing Charlestown Neck under a heavy fire from the enemy's ships and batteries. In the

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33. Benjamin Joseph, son of Joseph 31, b. Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1764, d. Boston, Dec. 30, 1849; lawyer; graduated Yale College, 1786; received from Dartmouth College the degree of A.M. 1794; studied law with Hon. Dwight Foster of West Brookfield; began practice at Hanover, N.H., about 1790, and resided there till 1824; elected to New Hampshire Legislature, and was a member of Gov. Jeremiah Smith's Council. He subsequently became quite deaf, caused by accident, and his wife having fallen heir to a large estate, through the decease of an unmarried brother in Richmond, Va., he removed 1824, to Boston, where he devoted his time to the care of his wife's property. In regard to his professional standing, he was popularly known as honest lawyer." He m. Aug. 2, 1796, Sally Shepard of Boston. Children (Hanover, N.H.), Mary JVheat,b. Jan. 8, 1799, d. 181 1 ; Benjamin Joseph, \i. Nov. II, 1S02, m. (i) Aug. 1842, Clarissa Babbitt of Boston; (2) Aug. 1845, Mrs. Judith Hutchins of Concord, N.H. ; Saimiel Shepard, b. Dec. 25, 1803, m. June, 1S38, Sarah Coleman of Salem, and d. Cambridge, Nov. 10, 1862 ; Susan Bre-coster, b. May 26, 1805, m. Oct. 25, 1831, Dr. George Chadwick of Ipswich ; Daniel Ingalls, b. Sept. 11, 1807, d. Texas, about 1836. Four other children died young.

34. Daniel, son of Joseph 31, b. Brookfield, Sept. 7, 1773, was born in the original Gilbert mansion, in the present village of North Brookfield. He fitted for college at Leicester Academy; graduated Dartmouth College, 1796; studied law with Hon. Dwight Foster; practised a while with his brother Benjamin in Hanover, N.H., and at Lebanon, N.H. ; returned to the old Gilbert homestead, then comprising most of the territory of the centre village of North Brookfield, where with agricultural pursuits he followed his profession till within a few years of his decease; was very prominent and efficient in town and parish matters : justice of the

GLAZIER, Freeman 1; resided in North Brookfield on the Gary place; removed to Barre; m. Sally Ann Bates. Children, Leroy, b. Barre, m. Mrs. Christina Eldridge of Rhode Island; Eugene, b. Oxford, m. Electa Barnes of West Brookfield; Adelaide Bates, m..(Z\\zx\&%^ .Ti^vi\x\% of North Brookfield; Freeman F., b. Jan. 8, 1849 2; Stillman Dane, h. Barre, Sept. 5, 1851, m. Dec. 23, 1872, Josephine Sanderson of Barre; Ezra Stone; "jfohn Brown; Afyrofi, b. North Brookfield.

2. Freeman F., son of Freeman 1, b. Millbury, Jan. 8, 1849, m. Ella Frances Reed, adopted daughter of Sumner Reed of North Brookfield, Oct. 6, 1870. Children (North Brookfield), Fannie Reed, b. Apr. 15, 1873; Arthur Reed, b. Nov. 11, 1874; Jennie Evelyn, b. Mar. Ii, 1877.

GOODRICH, Joel 1, of Rocky Hill, Ct., m. Anna Bunce, and d. at Rocky Hill. Children (Rocky Hill), James H, b. July 23, 1823 2; Joseph E., m. Jerusha Smith, and d. Jan. 23, 1866; Elizabeth, m. Elisha P. Avery of Oberlin, O., and d. there; Emetine, m. Henry Smith of Rocky Hill ; Edward J., m. Mary Lamberton of Oberlin.

3. James, b. Lyndeboro, N.H., Aug. 6, 1830 ; a manufacturer of machinery. East Brookfield; m. Apr. 28, 1868, Mrs. Mary A. Ross, daughter of Deacon J. A. Moore. Child, Charles Ed'ivard, b. Fitchburg, May 25, 1872.

in Brookfield, and in the fall of 1704 built a fortified house on the old Hadley Path, west of Wekabaug pond [the Ebenezer Fairbanks place]. Had grants in all of six hundred and seven acres. He d. Sept. 13, 1747. He m. Aug. 30, 1699, Judith Hayward of Concord. Children, Jttdith, m. Dec. 2, 1718, Thomas Gilbert; Philip 3; Hannah, va.. 1723, Experience Rich; Mary,xa.. 1728, Daniel Walker; John,\i. Jan. 10, 171 1 4; Thank/ui, b. Dec. 13, 1713, m. June 20, 1732, John White; Thomas, b. July 6, 17 16.

GOULD, Zaccheus 1, b. about 1589, d. 1670; resided at Hemel Hempstead and Great Messenden, Eng. Came to New England about 1638, settled at Topsfield. His wife Phebe probably b. England, and d. Topsfield, Sept. 20, 1663. For account of his imprisonment for alleged treason vs. the Government of Dudley, see 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VHI., 150-154. Children, /'/;<?(^d', baptized England 1620, m. Deacon Thomas Perkins of Topsfield; Mary, baptized 1621, m. John Reddington of Topsfield; Martha, baptized 1623, m. John Nevvmarch of Ipswich; Priscilla, m. John Wilder; John, b. June 10, 1635 2.

4. Samuel, deacon, son of Samuel 3, b. Boxford, Jan. 18, 1701, m. June 9, 1725, Mehitable Stiles ; removed from Boxford to Brookfield between 1740 and 1750, and built the old Parker Johnson house; afterwards lived on a place a little east of the Charles Jenks place. He and son Samuel were petitioners for the incorporation of the North Parish in Brookfield ; was deacon of Second Church in Brookfield, now the First Congregational Church of North Brookfield, from 1754 for many years. His name disappears from the school district lists in 1791, when he probably left town. Children, Samuel, b. Mar. 20, 1727, m. 1751, Sarah Gilbert of Brookfield; he d. 1791 ; Mehitable, b. Feb. 11, 1729, m. Mar. 10, 1754, Peter Lamson of Brookfield; Jeremiah, b. Aug. 5, 1731, m. (i) June 5, 1755, Hannah Bartlett of Brookfield; (2) Aug. 21, 1760, Hannah Stevens of Heath, who d. Dec. 12, 1812; Nathan, b. Jan. 8 or 18, 1734, m. Oct. 31, 1757, Martha Gilbert of Brookfield, and d. Virginia, 1816; yo)iathaii,h. Nov. 28, 1735; probably d. young; Eli, b. May 4, 1738, m. Dec. 21, 1769, Lydia Jennings of Brookfield; Deliveratice, b. Feb. 23, 1742, m. Reuben Nimms of Shelburne. [For Deacon Samuel's grandchildren see Vol. 3, by Hon. Charles Adams, jr., in Town Clerk's office.]

GRANGER, Timothy D. 1, came here from Hardwick; a painter; m. Ruth Carter of Hardwick, and d. East Brookfield. Children, George, m. Caroline Wood; Lillie, lived in West Brookfield; Juliette, m. Henry Damon of Framingham ; Charles E. 2.

5. John. He had a grant of sixty acres, Nov. 2, 1702 (probably then about twenty years old), and later of ninety-five acres. He was wounded by the Indians in 170S [see ante, pp. 173, 174] ; wife Anna. Children, Phebe, b. Mar. 16, 1706, m. Paul Deland; John, b. Jan. 14, 170S 6 ; Jabez, b. Dec. 10, 1710, executed at Worcester, Oct. 21, 1742, for the murder of Thomas McCluer at a husking, being the first execution in Worcester County; Tamar, b. July 3, 1713; Stephen, b. Dec. 14, 1715 ; Edmund, b. June 4, 1717 ; Anna, b. June 4, 1719; Caleb, b. Jan. 15, 1721 ; daitghter, b. 1722. Anna and Caleb were burned, with the dwelling house. Mar. 18, 1735-6. [The John Green house stood on the south side of the new country road, near Slate hill. The site is now in North Brookfield.]

9. Henry H., b. Oakham; provision dealer; m. Dec. 1864, Maria L. Morgan of Chicopee. Child, Fredei-ick M., b. Chicopee, Oct. 1867, d. North Brookfield, Sept.

10. George E., b. Oakham, Mar. 5, 1830, m. Oct. 25, 1856, Helen S. F. Barrett of Hinsdale, N.H. He served in the Sixth Vermont Regiment in the Rebellion.

GRIFFIN, Thomas 1, b. Ireland, m. Bridget Dowling of North Brookfield; was killed in the late civil war. Child, Frances, b. West Brookfield, Sept. 27, 1866. The widow m. (2) Peter Lawler.

3. George P., son of Reuben 1, b. Bennington, Vt., Oct. 11, 1812, m. (i) Mary Bush of North Brookfield ; (2) Apr. 15, 18S0, Mary Ann Witt of New Braintree. Child, Frances Pamelia, b. Spencer, , m. Henry W. Meriam of New York.

GUY, William 1, son of George, b. Lands End, Eng., m. Dec. 25, 1842, Caroline Giffin, daughter of Anson 1, b. June, 1827. He left home many years ago, and has not since been heard from ; she m. (2) Albert Drake of Holliston, and d. Hopkinton, 1865. Child, Antia yosephine, b. North Brookfield, 1843, d. Sept. 19, 1851. Children by second marriage, Mary, b. Hopkinton, 1859; Wilfred, b. 1S63.

HALE, Thomas 1, and wife Thomasine or Tamosin, came to Newbury in 1635, and settled at " Parker River ; " was of Salem, 1657, and removed again 1661, to Newbury; was a glover. Children, Thomas, b. England, 1633 2; John, b. 1636, ni. (i) Rebecca Lowell ; (2) Sarah Somerby; (3) Sarah (Symonds) Cottle; Samuel, h. Feb. 2, 1639-40, m. Sarah Ilsly; Apphia, b. 1642, m. Benjamin Rolfe.

4. Thomas, captain, son of Joseph 3, b. Boxford or Newbury, Jan. 8, 1714-15 ; a carpenter ; m. Feb. 17, 1740, Mary Kimball of Bradford, removed to North Brookfield, and d. Sept. 18, 1796. He was one of the earliest settlers in North Brookfield, and built a temporary log hut about two miles south in the midst of the woods, where he cut the timber for his house on the " Hale place," where he and several generations of his descendants lived and died. The captain and his wife were church members, and they with two boys rode on one horse six miles to Foster's Hill to hear Whitefield preach from the rock. He assisted in building the first meeting-house in New Braintree, and helped organize the First Church in Second Precinct, incorporated 1750. The "Hale house" was destroyed by fire a few years since, with the grand old elm in front of it. Children, William, b. Newbury, Nov.

Revolutionary army ; settled in Westchester County, N.Y. ; m. Catherine, daughter of Gen. William Paulding, and sister of James K. Paulding the author; his daughter Maria m. Lewis G. Irving, Esq., of Peekskill, N.Y., nephew of Washington Irving; Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1764, m. May 12, 1785, Abraham Snow of Brookfield, and d. Sept. 8, 1822; Lydia, b. Aug. 26, 1766, m. May 23, 1796, Josiah Cary of Brookfield, and d. North Brookfield, July 29, 1852.

6. Thomas, Hon., son of Capt. Thomas 5, b. Newbury, Jan. 22, 1744; farmer, selectman and assessor many years ; representative nine years, and senator from Worcester County twelve years ; was a member of the legislative committee before the office of auditor was created, when he held a seat in either house ; several times chosen governor's councillor, while in the Senate, but declined the office. In his earlier years a civil engineer, but afterwards relinquished that part of his business to his son Perley, who practised it for many years. Mr. Hale was a man of high integrity and sound judgment, and had the deserved respect and confidence of the whole community. He was much employed in the settlement of estates and in other fiduciary matters as well as more public business ; as magistrate he tried more civil cases than any one in this vicinity. He and his wife and all of his children were professors of religion. He m. Oct. i, 1768, Ruth Hardy of Westboro, b. May 25, 1744, d. Oct. 3, 1828. He d. Jan. 2, 1834. Children (Brookfield), Perley, b. July 21, 1770 7; farmer and surveyor; Ruth, b. May 17, 1772, m. May 23, 1809, Nathaniel Goddard of Petersham, and d. Littleton, N.H., Nov. 17, 1872, aged a hundred years, six months; Thomas, b. Dec. 6, 1773; lieutenant in the Oxford army ; m. widow Spaulding of Waterford, Vt., and d. there 1850 ; Lucy, b. May 7, 1776, m. Nov. 9, 1800, Rufus Dodge of Brookfield, and d. Jan. 10, 1868; Daniel, b. Feb. 27, 17S0, m. Sept. 2, 1804, Polly Bartlett of Brookfield, and d. Florence, N.Y., 1844 ; Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1782, m. April 9, 1802, Francis Carruth of Brookfield, and d. Sept. ir, 1859; Anna, b. Dec. 13, 1786, m. Apr. 20, 1807, Asaph Olds

9. William Perley, son of William P. 8, b. North Brookfield, Nov. 27, 1838, m. Augusta Bridges of West Brookfield. Child, Leon Starr, b. New Braintree, Nov. 19, 1867.

5. George R., son of Isaac 4, b. Brookfield, Mar. 11, 1843; ^ pharmacist; m. Nov. 15, 1865, Julia A. Fiske of Brookfield. He came from Woonsocket, R.I., July, 187 1, and built the house in which he lives.

HAMILTON, HAMLINGTON, John. John Hamilton, yeoman of Concord, in 1701 had a house, barn and several parcels of land; sold, Jan. 26, 1702, five and one-half acres ; sold, Mar. 18, 1708, his homestead to Obadiah Wheeler, Middlesex Deeds, 13: 580; 14: 544. "Nov. 1701, the Brookfield Committee granted to John Hamlington 50 a. upland, formerly laid out to James Hosmore, N. on Country road, E. on Joseph Banister." Later he had a grant " as an encouragement to set up the trade of a Malster." He had grants in all of five hundred and

7. Reuben, son of John 3, b. Nov. 6, 1726, was for many years deacon of church in Second Precinct ; m. Apr. 1756, Lucretia Hubbard of Brookfield, and d. before 1798.

12. Edward, son of Sewell 10 (name changed), b. Worcester, Jan. 6, 1S12; music teacher and assistant treasurer Worcester County Institute for Savings ; m. (i) June 5, 1841, Mary D. Coe of Worcester, who d. Aug. 4, 1S63; (2) Apr. 15, 1865, Sarah Cornelia Morse Perkins of Holliston. He d. Worcester, Jan. 2, 1870. Child, George Howard, b. Dec. 14, 1868 ; lives in Holliston with his widowed mother.

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2. Rufus, son of Thomas 1, b. Sept. 15, 1759; blacksmith; m. Lucy . Children, Ainia, b. Apr. 6, 1782 ; Samuel, b. Apr. 9, 1785 ; Levi, b. June 25, 1787. Deacon Walter Walker bought the homestead, and succeeded to the business as blacksmith.

HARMON, Marvin 1, b. Green River, N.Y., 1806; farmer; m. May 8, 1835, Lavinia H., only daughter of Rev. Hervey Jenks of Hudson, N.Y., and d. North Brookfield, Oct. 22, 1854. She m. (2) Apr. 8, 1858, Charles H. Foy of Worcester. Soon after the decease of her first husband, she removed to Worcester, and maintained herself by her sewing machine ; became the inventor of a kind of corset which she patented ; sold the right for five years for twenty thousand dollars, and a royalty of thirty cents per dozen ; removed to New Haven, Ct., where she formed a copartnership with her husband and son in the manufacture of corsets, she being silent partner, which firm still continues (1885). From the proceeds of her invention and business she now lives in affluence and comfort, - having previously declined a large offer for the use of her patent. Child, by first marriage, George M., b. Dec. 2, 1837 2.

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HARRIS, Philip Spooner 1, son of Lemuel, b. Heath, Feb. 24, 1824 ; an eminent portrait painter, - a pupil of Alvin Clark, Boston, at nineteen ; removed, 1850, to Bath, Me., and remained till 1S64, when he was invited to New York City for the painting of the portraits of several New York gentlemen, fixing his residence at Brooklyn. In 1S72, visited Europe, where he studied the works of the old masters, and painted the portraits of several distinguished men, - among them Hon. William A. Evarts, then United-States Commissioner, Horace Greeley, Henry, C. Murphy, A. A. Low, and his father. Judges Strong and Greenwood, J. M. Van Cott, Esq., and others were among his patrons. So assiduous was he in the prosecution of his art, - allowing himself very little leisure or recreation, - that his life undoubtedly was much shortened. He m. Nov. 25, 1852, Diantha B. Brown of Wilton, N.H., and d. Flatbush, L.I., Mar. 11, 1884. Children (Bath, Me.), Herbert Allston, b. Oct. 8,

HARWOOD, Nathaniel 1, a cordwainer, first of Boston, then of Concord, between 1665 and 1667. In 1665, he signed a declaration of non-freemen of Boston,

1715. He d. Feb. 7, 1716. Children, William, b. Boston, Mar. 28, 1665; m. Esther, daughter of Obadiah Parry of Dunstable, where he d. Sept. 17, 1740, aged seventyfive ; Nathaniel, b. Concord, ; removed to Chelmsford, where he d. ; will

3. Ebenezer, son of Peter 2, b. Concord, Feb. 22, 17 14, m. Dorothy Hubbard, who d. Brookfield, Aug. 15, 1809. He removed from Concord to Littleton, 1737, with his father and brother Joseph, and thence to North Brookfield in 1743-4. In Apr. 1745, he joined the secret expedition against Louisburg, enlisting in Capt. Olmstead's Company, under Sir William Pepperell of the American land forces, where he was killed June 17, 1745. His widow drew his prize money at Boston, Feb. 15, 174S, he being in the service over two months. Children (Littleton), Daniel,h. Oct. 27, 1738, d. infancy; Peter, b. May 10, 1740 4; Abel, b. Feb. 19, 1742, m. Nov. 27, 1765, Sally Ruggles of Hardwick, b. 1744, d. 1823 ; he d. Hardwick, Mar. 2, 1770; farmer; Eunice, b. North Brookfield, 1744, m. June 2, 1773, Deacon Simeon Stone of Greenwich, and d. there July 12, 1791. After Ebenezer's decease his widow m. (2) at Worcester, July 5, 1750, Nathaniel Bartlett of North Brookfield.

tionary army, - brave, daring and impetuous; was court-martialled for disobedience of orders to abandon and destroy a bridge at White Plains, then being held by the American army ; and in attempting to hold and defend it was captured. But on trial his action was so far justified that he was retained and promoted in the army. He was officer of the day at the execution of Andre.

Bemis of Spencer ; Thomas Aj-mit, b. Mar. 27, 1827 ; was educated at Chatham, Eng., as civil and military engineer ; went to India in the British service, and was supposed to have been killed at Allahabad, during the Sepoy Rebellion, when (in 1879) a letter was received from him, stating his good health, that he was married, and had a family at Vizagapatam, near Madras, having assumed the name of Francis Hudson. Previous to going to India he had more than sailed round the globe ; was engaged with the Hudson Bay Company in the fur trade with the Indians; visited California and the Sandwich Islands; Marion Pellet, b. Aug. 1828, d. Feb. 16, 1830; Marion Pellet, b. Apr. 15, 1830, m. Apr. 30, 1849, Thomas A. Bingham of Spencer ; William Zaccheus, b. Nov. 26, 1832, d. Jan. 31, 1833.

10. George, son of George W. 7, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 8, 1S13 ; a farmer ; has been assessor, overseer of the poor, and nearly twenty years justice of the peace. He m. Oct. 18, 1837, Angeline Allen of North Brookfield, b. Spencer, Apr. 3, 1818, and d. North Brookfield, Dec. 3, 1868. Children (North Brookfield), Ann Maria, b. June 18, 1S39, m. Nov. 24, 1859, Freeman R. Doane, and d. Nov. 23, 1868; George W., b. Sept. 18, 1841 ; a broker in Champagne, 111. ; enlisted in Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers as private - was promoted to lieutenant, and was in the battle of Jackson and Campbell Station, and twice wounded ; was supervisor of Newcomb Township, 111., three years; now (1884) clerk of city of Champagne, 111. ; m. Nov. 29, 1866, Mary N. Harwood of Champagne ; Ethan Allen, b. Sept. 21, 1847, m. Apr. 29, 1869, Ellen Rebecca Doane of North Brookfield [child, Anna Maria, b. Sept. 18, 18S5] ; Frances Angeline, b. Nov. 3, 1855, "i- Nov. 15, 1876, Herbert E. Cummings of North Brookfield.

11. Harrison, son of George W. 7, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 18, 1814; settled Natick; manufacturer, county commissioner, etc.; m. May 21, 1S40, Adeline Greenwood of Winchendon, b. June 7, 1819; he d. Natick, Aug. 27, 1SS2. Children,

10. Simeon, b. Middleboro, Jan. 10, 1767; farmer and blacksmith; resided where Sanford Ludden now lives from about 1793 to 1804. He bought the place of Thomas Brattle of Cambridge, who had taken it of Andrew Kimball under a mortgage ; about 1804 Mr. Haskell sold it to a Mr. Washburn, and removed to Oakham, where he was a prominent citizen ; selectman many years. Children, Loring, b. June 8, 1794, m. Feb. 2, 1819, Sally Lincoln of Oakham, and d. Oakham, Aug. 29, 1872; several years selectman in Oakham; Thomas, b. Feb. 2, 1796, m. (i) Apr. 2, 1821, Maria Pepper of Oakham; (2) Mar. 17, 1861, Mrs. Alvira Crawford; was drafted for the war in 1814, but furnished a substitute three months to the end of the service ; was afterwards a lieutenant in the Oakham and New Braintree " Grenadiers," the famous company that marched that year to South Boston to meet an expected invasion by the British; Nelson, b. Mar. 19, 1798, m. Apr. 29, 1830, Philena Pepper of Oakham; Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 1800, m. (i) Oct. 27, 1835, Marcia Jennison of Peacham, Vt. ; (2) Apr. 1839, Polly Jennison of Peacham, and d. there Mar. 12, 1877; Betsey, b. Oct. 15, 1803, d. Oakham, Mar. 8, 1828; Judith, b. Apr. 26, 1808, m. (i) Nov. 25, 1834, Henry Church of Hadley; (2) Feb. 20, 1866, Ozro Church of Northampton, and d. Northampton, June 7, 1881 ; Elijah P., b. Feb. 22, 1810, m. Nov. 28, 1835, Mary Brown of Oakham, and d. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 25, 1857 ; Mark, b. June 13, 1813 ; m. Apr. 18, 1848, Nancy Jones of Oakham, and d. there July 22, 1884; has held office in Oakham for many years as town clerk, selectman, assessor. Overseer of Poor, and School Committee ; was also a justice of the peace.

2. Thomas, son of Cornelius 1, b. Ireland ; m. Catherine McCarthy of Ireland, May 27, 1874; settled in North Brookfield. Children, Cornelius,\>. Brookline, Mar. 14, 1S75; John, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 25, 1S77 ; Ellen, b. May 9, 1879.

HEFFRON, James, b. Ireland, 1783 ; m. Mary Brown, and d. about i860, aged seventy-seven. Children, William, d. Ware, 1878; Bi-idget, m. Patrick Daniels of North Brookfield ; Alary, m. James Califer.

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HILL, John 1, son of John (a worsted comber, who d. London, aged ninetynine), came here from Rehoboth ; a farmer and wool comber. Tradition says he was engaged to Hannah Turtlebee, daughter of a distinguished family in London, who were opposed to the marriage of their daughter with a son of a wool comber, and managed to get him appointed in the British navy, and sent out of the country for the term of fifteen years, ten of which he served, and was either discharged or deserted. However, a clandestine meeting was planned on board the ship, where they were married and conveyed across the ocean to America. It is said he came to America about 1725-7, and to Brookfield about 1740, and d. North Brookfield, 1775, aged a hundred and two years, two months. Children, Peter, b. 1725 or 1727 2; Hannah, b. Rehoboth ; m. July 20, 1749, Thomas Tucker of North Brookfield ; John 3 ; and two or three other daughters. Brookfield Town Records give Sarah Hill and Nathan Fiske published Aug. 1758, and Mary Hill and Jacob Shaw, m. May 6, 1767, which may account for two of them.

2. Peter, son of John 1, b. Rehoboth i", 1725-7, m. Sarah Woodbury of North Brookfield, and d. Mar. 21, 1S14, aged eighty-nine; she d. Oct. 29, 1787. Children (North Brookfield), Mahala, m. Jan. 14, 1786, Thomas Barnes of North Brookfield ; removed to Bakersfield, Vt., and d. there; Sarah, m. May 27, 1777, David Wood of Southbridge; Elizabeth, m. Nov. 25, 177S, John Dodge of North Brookfield ; Mary, m. Nov. 25, 1773, Eli Bartlett of North Brookfield, and .d. Sept. 16, 1844; Esther, m. Sept. I, 1776, Gideon Tyler of North Brookfield; John, m. Sally Lincoln of Warren ; Peter, m. Apr. 23, 1778, Susanna Bryant of North Brookfield, and d. Mar. 17, 1829; had a large family, among whom Hannah, m. as his first wife, Thomas Kendrick, jr. ; Afary and Benjamin; Thomas, h.T)QC. 1751 or 2 4 ; Susanna, m. Feb. 12, 17S4, Robert Hathaway of North Brookfield.

29, 1813 8; Sarah, b. Jan. 21, 1817, m. Apr. 16, 1838, William H. Ayres of North Brookfield; Nancy E., b. June 13, 1819; Jason B., b. Dec. 11, 1820 9; Louis E., b. ' May ID, 1825 10. Kittridge Hill, Sen., was a most successful and wealthy farmer ; selectman ; representative, and for many years a leading man. He lived on the Potter place ; the original house was burned a few years since.

7. John, son of Kittridge 5, b. Feb. 12, 1812; a farmer, merchant, and civil engineer ; selectman, assessor, four years ; on school committee, and held other town offices ; representative 1853 ; postmaster twelve years ; was in employ of United States in running the meridian line from the mouth of the Ohio River to Canada line; resided in Rockford, 111., 1837-40; m. (i) 1843, Mary Borden of New Braintree, who d. July 4, 1851 ; (2) Oct. 19, 1858, Mrs. Abigail Jane Jewell (nee Clapp) of Oakham, and d. Nov. 29, 1882. She was widow of William H. Jewell, b. Nov. 1822 ; he d. Oakham, Aug. 3, 1854. Children (North Brookfield), John B., b. May, 1850-I ; Jennie M., b. Apr. 6, iS6t ; Wilfred W., b. July 9, 1S63 ; Lotiise A., b. Apr. 5, 1865.

9. Jason B., son of Kittridge 5, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 11, 1820, m. June iS, 1850, Frances A. Corbett of Boston, who is a descendant in the seventh generation from Gov. William Bradford. Child, Edzvard K., b. Boston, May 5, 1852 12.

neer and draughtsman ; m. June 19, 1878, Lizzie Leland Edmands of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Sustifi Leland, b. May 10, 1879; Dwight Bradford, b. July 2, 1883.

6. David, son of Samuel 3, b. Brookfield, Oct. 19, 1764; merchant. An interesting and extended account of his business career at home and abroad ; his capture by a Barbary corsair; carried to Algiers, vessel confiscated, and himself condemned to the galleys ; his becoming a father and widower, while absent ; his ransom ; the tragic suicide of a disappointed lover of his daughter in her own home in Boston; his building enterprises, including what is now the Congregational House, Boston, &c., - can be seen in Vol. 3, by C. Adams, jr., Town Clerk's office. North Brookfield. He m. (i) Apr. 18, 1793, Anne Outram of Graves End, Eng., b. Dec. 3, I77ii d. Mar. 12, 1794; (2) about 1812, Sally Outram of Appleton, Eng., b. Dec. 4, 1769,

7. Sophia, daughter of Hon. Samuel 4, b. Northampton, Sept. 22, 1787, m. 1808, Jonathan Huntington Lyman, who d. 1825; she d. 1839. Children, Joseph, b. Northampton, July 14, 1809; resided Englewood, N.J. ; graduated Yale College, 1828 ; d. in elevated railroad cars, July il, 1882 ; Samuel Hinckley, b. Aug. 11, 1810; resided Northampton ; name changed by legislature to Samuel Lyman Hinckley, at request of his grandfather; graduated Williams College, and d. 1870, in Europe; Sally Outram, b. May 19, 1812, m. Richard H. Allen of Buffalo, who d. in Europe ; she resides at Islip, L.I. (1882); John Chester, b. Aug. 8, 1813 ; graduated Harvard University; resides Philadelphia; Sophia Ann, b. Mar. 14, 1815, m. George W. Phipps of Philadelphia ; both d. Northampton ; Jonathan Huntingdon, b. Aug. 18, 1816; resides Northampton; graduated Harvard University; m. (i) Julia Strong Dwight; (2) Mary Woolsey Dwight, daughters of Timothy Dwight ; George Hinckley, b. July 18, 1819, m. (i) Maria C. R. Austin of Boston; (2) Henrietta B. Davis of Boston. He is a physician in Boston; David, b. Nov. 21, 1820; resides Ohio; m. Sophia Doty ; Hannah Huntingdon, b. Dec. 15, 1821, m. Rev. Mr. Mason of Boston ; Martha Prince, b. Mar. 13, 1823, m. Hon. La Fayette S. Foster of Norwich, Ct. ; Frances Sophia, b. Mar. 12, 1824, m. Dr. William Morland of Boston ; Ellen Dorothy Strong, b. Nov. 28, 1825; a deaf mute; resides Philadelphia; m. Thomas Jefferson Trist of Philadelphia, great-grandson of President Thomas Jefferson.

HINDS, John 1, from Woburn; settled Lancaster, the part which became Bolton; May 25, 1710, he had a grant of sixty-two acres in Brookfield, and in all of one hundred ninety-nine acres; sold the home lot, Apr. 13, 1719, to son John,

1681-2, Mary Butler, widow of James of Lancaster. Children, James, and perhaps others by first wife ; John, b. 1683 2 ; Jacob, m. Grace Morse of Marlboro, and lived Marlboro and Shrewsbury; Hannah; Hopestill 3.; Deborah; Experience, m.'Hov. 18, 1718, Joseph Marks, jr.; Enoch 4.

4. Enoch, son of John 1. Oct. 30, 17 17, he had a grant of eighty acres and also a hundred and sixty acres. He m. Feb. 20, 1722, Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of Deacon Henry. Children, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1722; Ezekiel, b. Feb. 26,

16. Hiram D., son of Cornelius 14, b. Feb. 13, 1807; shoe manufacturer; m. Elmanda Woodward of South Reading, and d. Athol, Oct. 3, 1879. Children, Sabrina ; Edwin ; Frederick, b. May il, 1S35 17.

HIRD, John W., Rev., b. Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng., Dec. 27, 1841 ; clergyman; came to Massachusetts July 2, 1856; thence to Maine the next spring; enlisted in

Twenty-eighth Maine Regiment, Sept. 10, 1S62 ; mustered out Aug. 31, 1863; entered Phillips Academy, Andover, in fall of 1864 ; graduated 1867 ; graduated Yale College 187 1 ; graduated Theological Seminary, Andover, 1874. Ordained over Union Congregational Church, North Brookfield, Mar. 19, 1879, where he now (18S5) remains. He m. Apr. 8, 1879, Adeline W. Luce of North Tisbury, b. Aug. 12, 1858, daughter of Capt. A. E. Luce. Children, Mary Adeline, b. North Brookfield, May 15, 1S80; Emerson Freeman, b. Sept. 26, 1883.

HOGUE, Peter, b. Canada, 1813, m. Emily O'Leary of Albany, b. New York State. Children (New York), Emily and David; Mary, b. Vermont; Joseph; Fred, b. 1857 ; Albert, b. Canada, 1859, m. Mary J. Matthieu of North Brookfield; Lewis, b. 1862 ; Rosa, b. 1864.

HOLMAN, Freeman, son of Aaron, b. Millbury, Mar. 27, 1816; m. (i) Aug. I, 1S44, Hannah P., daughter of Thomas A. Harwood of North Brookfield, who d. Wales, May 9, 1857; (2) Jan. i, 1858, Ann W. Rich of Hardwick. Children, Albert Thomas, b. Spencer, Mar. 29, 1846 ; was of Twenty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and d. hospital at Newbern, N.C., Sept. 23, 1862 ; William Harwood, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 3, 1849, t"- Olive Davis of New Braintree ; Franklin Augustus, b. Feb. 16, 1851, d. Wales, Feb. 1858; Charles Freeman, b. Feb.

Mr. Holmes was elected to many important positions of trust in the colony of Woodstock, and frequent grants of land were made to him for services rendered to the settlement.

2. David, son of John 1, b. Woodstock, 1692, m. Jan. 28, 17 18-19, Bathsheba, , and d. Woodstock, May 22, 1745. He was deacon in First Church of Woodstock, and identified himself prominently with its interests. His widow m. (2) Aug.

3. David, son of David 2, b. Woodstock, Ct., Aug. ii, 1721 ; physician ; served in French and Indian war ; was captain in Col. Fitch's Regiment, and joined his company in Hartford, June 5, 1758; was at Fort Edward 25th of same month; served three campaigns, the last at the conquest of Canada, Sept. 4, 1760. Was surgeon in Revolutionary war four years, when he resigned through ill-health, returned home, and d. Mar. 19, 1779. He m. (i) Mehitable, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Mayhew; (2) Nov. 12, 1751, widow Temperance Bishop. Children (Woodstock), ^jrt, b. Aug. 12, 1745; Abiel, b. Jan. 29, 1748, d. young; William (twin), b. Jan. 29, 1748, d. Feb. 4, 1749; David, b. Jan. 20, 1749, d. Feb. 4, 1749;

4. Abiel, son of David 3, b. Woodstock, Dec. 24, 1763, m. (1) Mary, daughter of Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College ; she d. Aug. 29, 1795 5 (2) Sarah, daughter of Oliver Wendell of Boston. Graduated Yale College 1793; became tutor, and afterwards ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Medway, Ga., 1785. In 1791, declining health compelled him to resign, and he removed to Connecticut; Jan. 25, 1792, he was installed over First Church in Cambridge, Mass., where he labored till Sept. 1S32, and d. June 4, 1837. In 1805, he published the "Annals of America," a work of leading authority. Children (Cambridge), Mary Jackson, b. Jan. 17, 1802, m. Sept. 23, 1822, Dr. Usher Parsons of Providence, R.I., and d. June 14, 1825 ; Ann Susan, b. May 15, 1804, m. Mar. 29, 1825, Charles Wentworth Upham of Salem ; Sarah Lathrop, b. Nov. 27, 1805, d. Nov. 6, 1812 ; Oliver Wendell, b. Aug. 29, 1809 (the distinguished author), m. June 15, 1840, Amelia Lee Jackson ; John, b. Mar. 29, 1812.

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8. Sumner, son of Hartwell 6, b. North Brookfield, Dec. 27, 1833, m. Nov. 29, 1855, Mercy P. Eaton of Johnson, Vt. ; merchant; was long superintendent of bottoming department in the "Big shop;" several years selectman, now (1S85) chairman of that board. Children (North Brookfield), Olive Amanda, b. June 24, 1859, m. Apr. 20, 1880, James E. Miller; Julia Leonora, b. Dec. 7, 1861, m. Apr. 28, 1881, William B. Gleason of North Brookfield; Charles Sumner, b. July 17, 1876, d. Nov. 14 following.

11. William, b. England ; school-teacher ; m. Judith G. Walker in New Braintree, and d. there. Children (New Braintree), Lucy, b. Dec. 22, 1789, m.

HOWARD, John C. 1, of Ireland, m. 1859, Catherine Coughlin of North Brookfield, and d. July, 1868. Children (North Brookfield), Hannah, b. Feb. i860; Mary, b. June, 1862 ; Catherine, b. Apr. 1864.

3. Justin, son of Moses 2, b. Mar. 14, 1814, m. (i) May i, 1834, Mary E. De Land of North Brookfield, who d. May 6, 1862 ; (2) Cynthia Place of Woonsocket, R.I., and d. Worcester, Apr. 11, 1875. Children, Caroline E., b. North Brookfield; William Henry ; Frank Pellet, b. Worcester; Mary Frances.

4. Michael, son of Timothy of Ireland, m. Oct. 24, 1875, Mary Haggerty of North Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield) Nellie, b. Aug. 25, 1876; John, b. July 3, 1879.

5. Bartholomew, b. Ireland, Jan. 24, 181 5, m. (i) 1842, Catherine Sullivan, who d. Ap^. 1866; (2) 1869, Jane Scott of Springfield. Children, ^//.fw, b. Ireland, m. John Dolan of North Brookfield; Julia, b. Worcester, Dec. 1849, m. William Cotter of North Brookfield; AIiirty,h. North Brookfield, Apr. 1852; Michael, h. July 7, 1859.

HOW (HOWE), Jeremiah, probably from Essex County; in 1713, he received a grant of eighty acres of upland in North Brookfield, lying north of the road, near John Hinds. His wife was Mary ; the only child on Brookfield Records is Bathsheba, b. Apr. i, 1720.

HOW^, Ebenezer, blacksmith, son of Samuel 2 of Sudbury, and grandson of John 1 of Marlboro, b. about 1697, bought of Capt. Henry Dwight, June 18, 1719, for a hundred and ninety-five pounds, land in Brookfield ; viz., a home lot, formerly Edward Kellogg's, forty acres upland and twenty acres meadow, bounded south on the highway, east on John Clary, north on commons, west on Robert Emmons ; also forty acres formerly Joshua Barrus' ; also forty acres formerly John Clary's ; also forty acres laid out to Josiah Bemon ; also eight acres on Five-mile river. His will was proved July 4, 1753. His first wife was Lydia, d. about 1750; second wife

7. Abner, son of Abraham 4, b. North Brookfield, June 28, 1736, m. Sept. 29, 1757, Sarah Lane, and d. Brookfield, Dec. 20, 1776; she was dismissed from the church here to Jaffrey, N.H., Sept. 24, 1780. Children (North Brookfield), Adoni-

8. Eli, son of Abraham 4, b. North Brookfield, Mar. 18, 1752, m. Apr. 8, 1773, Elizabeth Smith of Brookfield or Lexington, and d. Oct. 9, 1804; she d. Dec. 25, 1824, aged seventy-four. Children (Brookfield), Amos, b. Jan. 9, 1774; was an army surgeon, and d. 1812, at Sackett's Harbor; m. (i) Candace Buffum of Richmond, N.H. ; {2) Hinsdale; had three sons and two daughters; Abraham, b.

10. Abraham, son of Eli 8, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 13, 1776, published Sept. 20, 1801, to Betsey Tyler of West Brookfield. Children (North Brookfield), Louisa,

12, ^842, d. July 28, 1857; William W., a member of Forty -third Congress from Mississippi ; he and his brothers Albert and Frederick served in the Union army ; their sister Abby Jane was a nurse in Annapolis Hospital two years.