William Frost

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• Residence: 1524, Glemsford, Suffolk, England
• Will: 5 Jul 1549, Glemsford, Suffolk, England
• Probate/Proved: 15 Sep 1549, Glemsford, Suffolk, England

Family/Spouse: Philippa. Philippa was buried on 20 Jan 1557/58 in Lidgate, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1556; (1) Agnes ______. Agnes, married Roger Frost] She was buried on 10 February 1558/59 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England. Issue: 1. Anne Frost (1557-____) 2. William Frost (1558-____)
• Married: say 1562; (2) Katherine ______. Issue: 1. John Frost (1563-____) 2. Katherine Frost (1564-____) 3. Alice Frost (1566-____) 4. Ralph Frost (1571-____) 5. Henry Frost (1574-____) 6. Edward Frost (1577-____) 7. Henry Frost (1579-____)
• History: 1568, Glemsford, Suffolk, England; He was taxed 5/4 on £4 of land.
• Will: 19 Mar 1579/80, Glemsford, Suffolk, England
• Probate/Proved: 12 Apr 1580; Roger's will was proved in Archdeaconry of Sudbury, England.

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• Last Full Review: 19 Jan 2021

John married Elizabeth on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 6 Feb 1609/10, Hartest, Suffolk, England; He mentions his wife, Ellen and his children, John, Alice, Edward, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth again.
• Probate/Proved: 9 Mar 1609/10; His will was probated in the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury .

John married Ann Scott on 29 Jan 1558/59 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England. Ann (daughter of Richard Scott and Joanna) was buried on 30 Jul 1588 in Hartest, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ellen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: say 1590; He was a clothier.
• Will: 6 Feb 1609/10, Hartest, Suffolk, England; He was mentioned in his father's will.
• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; He mentions his wife, Thomasine, and his children: Elizabeth, Ann, Alice, Mary, Thomasine, and Edward.
• Probate/Proved: 4 Oct 1616; His will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

Edward married Thomasine Belgrave on 26 Jul 1585 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England. Thomasine (daughter of John Belgrave and Joanna Strutt) was christened on 1 Feb 1561/62 in Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 6 Feb 1609/10, Hartest, Suffolk, England; He was mentioned in his father's will.

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• Will: 6 Feb 1609/10, Hartest, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

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• Married: 30 Jul 1596, Glemsford, Suffolk, England; John Hayward.
• Will: 6 Feb 1609/10, Hartest, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

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• Married: 10 Nov 1607, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; William Pratt.
• Will: 6 Feb 1609/10, Hartest, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

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• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will of 26 Jul 1616.
• Last Full Review: 18 Jan 2021

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Death: Her death date was recorded as 20 (4) 1647.

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Elizabeth married Henry Rice in Nov 1605 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England. Henry was christened on 13 Feb 1620/21 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Philemon Whale on 24 Jan 1621/22 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Philemon was born on 27 May 1599 in Chickney, Essex, England; died on 22 Feb 1675 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1610, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; Abi Bowser

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• Married: 1613, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England; Laurence Collen.; : Saint Mary's Parish
• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

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• Married: 1612, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; Thomas Blower.
• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

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• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.

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• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.
• Immigration: Abt 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; They settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Thomasine married Deacon Edmund Rice on 15 Oct 1618 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Edmund was born about 1594 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 3 May 1663 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; He was mentioned in his father's will.

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• Married: 1622 or 1628; She either married John Scott in 1622 or Edmund Dod in 1628.

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Elizabeth married John Moore on 27 Nov 1633 in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England. John was born about 1602 in Henham, Essex, England; died on 6 Jan 1673/74 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate/Proved: 29 Feb 1710/11, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Freeman: 1658, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Proprietor: say 1660; He was an early proprietor of Marlborough, and later removed to Framingham where he had a farm.
• History: 25 Jan 1667; He called himself 50 years old in a deposition to the court.
• Will: 3 Oct 1705, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: say 28 Feb 1710/11; His inventory was valued at £527 11/.

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Henry married Elizabeth Moore on 1 Jan 1643/44 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Moore and Elizabeth Whale) was born about 1626 in Henham, Essex, England; died on 23 Aug 1705 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1646; Agnes Bent, the daughter of John and Martha Bent. She was born about 1630 in England. She was _____ on 24 April 1638 in Southampton, England on board the Confidence of London, 200 tones, John Jabson Master. She died on Sunday 4 June 1713 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Rice (c1647-____) 2. Lydia Rice (1648-1648) 3. Lydia Rice (1649-____) 4. Edmund Rice (1653-____) 5. Daniel Rice (1655-1737) 6. Caleb Rice (1658-1658) 7. Jacob Rice (1660-____) 8. Ann Rice (1661-____) 9. Dorcus Rice (1664-____) 10. Benjamin Rice (1666-____) 11. Abigail Rice (1671-____)
• Moved to: About 1673, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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• Freeman: 1660, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: say 1661, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He moved from Sudbury, Mass. to Marlborough, Massachusetts. He received 35 Acres in the original partition of Marlborough.
• Moved to: say 1677; King Philip's raid, he removed back to Sudbury and remained there the rest of his life.
• Probate/Proved: 1681

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Died:
His death date was recorded as 16 (9) 1681.

Family/Spouse: Mary King. Mary (daughter of Thomas King and Anne Collins) was born about 1630 in England; died in bta 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1645; Lt. Hugh Drury. He was born in England. Hugh, married first, Mary ______. He died in July 1689 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Drury (1646-____) 2. Thomas Drury (1649-1723)
• Religion: 12 Mar 1648, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Lydia joined the church in Sudbury.

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• Married: 7 Jul 1654, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Martha Lamson, the daughter of Barnabus Lamson. She was christened on 13 January 1634 in Ridgewell, Essex, England. Issue: 1. Sarah Rice (1655-____) 2. Martha Rice (1656-____) 3. Deborah Rice (1660-____) 4. Ruth Rice (1662-____) 5. Elizabeth Rice (1663-1719) 6. Dorothy Rice (1664-____) 7. Mary Rice 8. Isaac Rice (1668-____) 9. Patience Rice (1671-____)
• Freeman: 1660, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: say 28 Dec 1717; The inventory of his estate was valued at £112 8/2d.
• Probate/Proved: 30 Dec 1717

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Married:
Berry (1847) says their marriage was 2 November 1654.

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• Married: 8 Nov 1655, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth King, the daughter of Thomas and Anne (Collins) King. She was born about 1635 in England. She was buried on 30 October 1667 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Elizabeth Rice (1656-____) 2. Hannah Rice (1658-____) 3. Joshua Rice (1661-____) 4. Edmund Rice (1663-____) 5. Esther Rice (1665-____) 6. Samuel Rice (1667-____)
• History: 2 May 1666, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Samuel was 32 years old, 2 May 1666, according to his testimony on the court files in Cambridge, Mass.
• Married: Sep 1668, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Dix, the daughter of Edward and Jane (Wilkerson) Dix. She was born on 2 May 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary, married first, Abraham Brown. She died on Tuesday 18 June 1675 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Rice (1669-____) 2. Edward Rice (1672-____) 3. Abigail Rice (1674-____)
• History: 1676, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; During King Philip's War he and his family probably lived in Concord.
• Moved to: 1676; After the death of his first wife, he removed from Sudbury to Marlborough.
• Married: 13 Dec 1676, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Sarah White, the daughter of John and Joane (West) White. She was born in England. She was christened on 9 April 1643 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. On 13 October 1658 Sarah, married first, James Hosmer, son of James Hosmer and Mary ______, in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Rice (1678-____)
• Will: 10 Feb 1684
• Inventory: 6 Mar 1685; The inventory of his estate was taken and valued at £349 2/6d.
• Probate/Proved: 7 Apr 1685

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• History: There are virtually no records about Edmund. An inventory taken 27 April 1714 and valued at 108 pounds may be his. His inclusion is by Ward (1858).

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• Married: 4 May 1658, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mercy King, the daughter of Thomas King. She died on Wednesday 4 January 1668/69 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Rebecca Rice (1660-____) 2. Martha Rice (1662-1695) 3. Josiah Rice (1663-____) 4. Caleb Rice (1666-____)
• Married: Abt 1670; Mary Beers, the daughter of Capt. Richard and Elizabeth Beers. She was born on 10 March 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth is recorded as 10 (1) 1642. She died on Thursday 13 May 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Rice (1671-1745) 2. Eleazer Rice (1672-____) 3. Mary Rice (1674-____)
• Moved to: 1676, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was probably driven out of Marlborough during King Philip's War as his third wife died in Watertown and his first two children by his fourth wife were born in Watertown.
• History: 10 Feb 1684; His brother, Samuel, appointed him one of the overseers of his will. This is the last record of him.
• Living: 1685, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Christened:
Father: Deacon Edmund Rice (c1594-1663)
Mother: Thomasine Frost (1600-1654)

Joseph married Sarah Prescott on 23 Dec 1677 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts) was christened on 16 Apr 1637 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England; died on 25 Aug 1714 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1662, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Brown, the daughter of Deacon William and Mary (Besby) Brown. She was born on 18 May 1643 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth date was recorded as 18 (3) 1643. She died on Tuesday 3 January 1690/91 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Ebenezer Rice (1671-____)
• History: 23 May 1685; He sued Dr. William Avery of Boston for malpractice. Dr. Avery won the suit as his son had performed the surgery. Daniel Pond testified, "ten years ago, Benjamin Rice, of Sudbury, came to my house, in Dedham, with his feet frozen, and lodged there. Dr. William Avery's son, Benjamin, cut off one foot at the lowest joint, and stanched the blood with a musquash skin."

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 31 (3) 1640.

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• Land/House: 1664; He bought land in Sudbury from Thomas Beesbeech of Marshfield, Massachusetts.
• Land/House: 1679; He sold 48 acres in four pieced to his brother, Benjamin.

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Died:
He never married.

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• Married: 8 Sep 1661, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Richard Ward, the son of Deacon William and Elizabeth Ward. He was born about 1635 in England. He immigrated with his parents, about 1638 to Boston, Massachusetts. He was granted land in 1657 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was granted land on 26 November 1660 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, of 18 acres. He lived at Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1661 with his parents. He became a freeman in 1664 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 31 March 1666 by drowning in the Sudbury River. After his death, William Ward and his wife were appointed guardians of the children during their minority. He was buried in April 1666 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Obadiah Ward (1663-1717) 2. Lydia Ward (1665-1740)
• Married: 2 Nov 1667, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Deacon Daniel Stone, the son of Elder John and Anne (Rogers) Stone. He was born on 31 August 1644 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. His birth date was recorded as 31 (6) 1644. On 16 April 1683 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Deacon Daniel Stone was mentioned in the will of Elder John Stone. Daniel lived in Sudbury and Framingham. He was a deacon in the church in Sudbury and a selectman for two years in Framingham. After Mary's death, on 8 February 1704 Daniel, at age 59, married (2) Abigail Wheeler, daughter of Abraham Wheeler, in Framingham, Massachusetts. After Abigail's death, on 18 November 1712 Daniel, at age 68, married (3) Ruth Haynes, in Framingham, Massachusetts. He died in 1719 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Daniel Stone (1668-____) 2. Anne Stone (1670-____) 3. Tabitha Stone (1672-____) 4. Sarah Stone (1675-____) 5. Mary Stone (1677-____) 6. Elizabeth Stone (1678-____) 7. Abigail Stone (1680-____) 8. John Stone (1684-____)
• Complier's Note: 1995; Mary has been listed as the daughter of Deacon William Ward of Sudbury and Marlborough. This is clearly an error.

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• Married: 31 May 1664, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Samuel Wright. He died on Thursday 21 August 1664 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
• Married: 15 Jun 1665, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) James Cutler, the son of James and An Cutler. He was born on 6 November 1635 in Watertown, Massachusetts. His birth date was recorded as 6 (9) 1635. He served in 1681 as a Constable. He left a will on 28 July 1685. He died on Tuesday 31 July 1685 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. James' will was proved on 6 October 1685. Issue: 1. James Cutler (1666-1691) 2. Ann Cutler (1669-____) 3. Samuel Cutler (1672-____) 4. Joseph Cutler (1672-1738) 5. John Cutler (1675-____) 6. Thomas Cutler (1677-1759) 7. Elizabeth Cutler (1681-____)

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 24 (4) 1643.

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Ward (1863) gives the marriage date as 3 May.

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• Deed: 1697; Jacob deeded 130 acres to his eldest son, Jacob. A few months later, he added one half of his homestead.
• Land/House: 1716; He disposed of the rest of his property, dividing it between his other sons.

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 28 (2) 1645.

Jacob married Elizabeth Loker on 29 May 1667 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Loker and Hannah Brewer) died on 14 Dec 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1668; (1) Lydia Maynard, the son of John and Mary (Axdell) Maynard. Issue: 1. Benoni Moore (1669-____) 2. Joseph Moore (1670-____) 3. Hannah Moore (1673-____) 4. Thomas Moore (1676-____) 5. Benjamin Moore (1679-____) 6. Mary Moore (1681-____) 7. John Moore (1683-____) 8. Elizabeth Moore (1685-____) 9. Obadiah Moore 10. Lydia Moore (1687-____)
• Married: After 1719; (2) Ruth ______.

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• Married: 11 Nov 1686, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Dorothy Wright, the daughter of Edward Wright. She died on Wednesday 20 October 1717. Issue: 1. Dorothy Moore (1687-____) 2. Abigail Moore (1688-____) 3. Prudence Moore (1690-____) 4. William Moore 5. Peter Moore 6. Edward Moore 7. Hezekiah Moore (1696-____) 8. Uriah Moore 9. Comfort Moore (1703-____) 10. Prudence Moore (1704-____) 11. Benjamin Moore
• Land/House: 1726; He divided his land between his sons.

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• Married: 27 Dec 1665, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Thomas Brigham, the son of Thomas and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham. He was born about 1641 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He became a freeman in 1690. After Mary's death, on 30 May 1695 Thomas, married (2) Susanna ______. Thomas made his will 21 April 1716. He died on Thursday 25 November 1717 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. His estate was probated 2 June 1717. Issue: 1. Thomas Brigham (1667-____) 2. Nathan Brigham (1671-____) 3. David Brigham (1673-____) 4. Jonathan Brigham (1675-____) 5. David Brigham (1678-____) 6. Gershom Brigham (1681-____) 7. Elnathan Brigham (1683-____) 8. Mary Brigham (1687-____)

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• Inventory: 12 Mar 1693/94; On 12 March 1693/94 Elizabeth's estate was inventoried and valued at £292 8/.
• Last Full Review: 23 Dec 2021

Elizabeth married John Brewer on Yes, date unknown. John (son of Corporal John Brewer and Anne) was born on 10 Oct 1642 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jan 1690/91 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 5 Aug 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Eleazer Ward, the son of Deacon William and Elizabeh Ward. He was born in 1649 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He lived at Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1661 with is parents. He was killed by Indians while riding on Mount Ward between Sudbury and Marlborough, Mass. during King Philip's War. He was buried in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Ward (1676-____)
• Married: 17 Oct 1677, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Richard Taylor. He was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Richard Taylor (1678-____) 2. John Taylor (1680-____) 3. Anna Taylor (1684-____) 4. Lydia Taylor (1686-____)

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Martyn (1925) gives their marriage date as 10 July 1675.

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• Married: 25 Mar 1675, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Martha Eames. She died on Saturday 2 February 1675/76 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, probably of complications from childbirth. Issue: 1. Martha rice (1676-____)
• Married: 1 Nov 1677, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Rebecca Watson. She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 22 December 1689 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Rice (1678-____) 2. David Rice (1680-____) 3. Anna Rice (1683-____) 4. Henry Rice (1685-____)
• Occupation: say 1690, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He owned a tavern owner in East Sudbury, and later in Framingham.
• Married: 12 Feb 1691, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (3) Elizabeth Wheeler, the daughter of Richard and Sarah (Prescott) Wheeler. She was born on 24 May 1669 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She died about 1744 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's will was proved in 1744 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Martha Rice 2. Hezekiah Rice (1694-1761) 3. Abraham Rice (1697-1777) 4. Ezekiel Rice (1700-____) 5. Elizabeth Rice (1703-____) 6. Phineas Rice (1705-____) 7. Sarah Rice (1707-1727) 8. Richard Rice (1710-1737) 9. Abigail Rice (1714-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1707, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1708 to 1717, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Offices Held: 1711, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Framingham. He served again in 1720.
• Will: 15 Mar 1724/25, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 12 Apr 1725, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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The marriage has been erroneously recorded as 23 March 1675/76.

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• Married: say 1677; Thomas Smith. Issue: 1. Thomas Smith (1679-____) 2. Henry Smith (1682-____) 3. Abigail Smith (1684-____)

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• Married: 7 Apr 1687, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Hannah Walker, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Walker. She was born on 10 January 1669 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 18 December 1704 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Rice (1689-____) 2. Elizabeth Rice (1689-____) 3. Hannah Rice (1692-____) 4. Bezaleed Rice (1693-____) 5. Josiah Rice (1701-____)
• Offices Held: 1700 to 1703, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Offices Held: 1708 to 1709, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the town treasurer.

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• Married: 22 Sep 1680, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Parmater, the son of John and Amy Parmater. Benjamin was at Hadley, 26 September 1676, having been impressed into service against the Indians. He lived his whole adult life in Sudbury, Mass. He died in 1737 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Lydia Parmater (1681-____) 2. Benjamin Parmater (1683-____) 3. David Parmater (1685-____) 4. David Parmater (1686-____) 5. Mercy Parmater (1687-____) 6. Thankful Parmater 7. Jonathan Parmater (1703-____)

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• Married: 15 Dec 1687, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Thomas Drury, the son of Lt. Hugh and Lydia (Rice) Drury. He was christened on 19 March 1649 in Boston, Massachusetts. His christening was recorded as 19 (1) 1649. He was the first representative from Framingham in 1701, and a selectman and town clerk for many years. He died in 1723 in Framingham, Massachusetts. His will was probated 11 November 1723. Issue: 1. Caleb Drury (1688-____) 2. Thomas Drury (1690-____) 3. John Drury 4. Mary Drury 5. Rachel Drury 6. Lydia Drury 7. Elizabeth Drury (1701-____) 8. Micah Drury (1704-____) 9. Uriah Drury (1707-____)

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• Married: Abt 1692; Deacon Samuel Wheelock. In Shrewsbury, he was one of the founders and one of the first deacons of the church there, 24 December 1723. He died on Thursday 8 April 1756 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Gershom Wheelock (1693-____) 2. Samuel Wheelock (1696-____) 3. Martha Wheelock (1698-____) 4. Elizabeth Wheelock (1700-____) 5. Hannah Wheelock (1701-____) 6. Tamer Wheelock (1704-____) 7. Mary Wheelock (1706-____) 8. Daniel Wheelock (1708-____) 9. Lois Wheelock (1710-____) 10. Rachel Wheelock (1714-____)
• Religion: 1724, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Lydia was admitted to the Shrewsbury Church.

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• Married: say 1690; Elnathan Allen, the son of Lewis and Mary (Sherman) Allen. He was born on 7 January 1666/67 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. His birth was recorded as 7 (11) 1666. They lived in Watertown, Sudbury, Hopkinton, and he lastly Shrewsbury. Elnathan was admitted to the church in Shrewsbury from Hopkinton 11 October 1730. He died on Saturday 1 October 1735 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. "On Oct. 1, 1735, while standing on the hinder end of a cart load of stalks, his oxen started whereby he fell off and was killed in his 69th year." Issue: 1. Obadiah Allen (1695-____) 2. Israel Allen (1695-____) 3. Elizabeth Allen 4. Anna Allen (1702-____) 5. Israel Allen (1705-____) 6. Mary Allen (1708-____) 7. Mary or Mercy Allen (1711-____) 8. Thankful Allen (1713-____)

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Died:
Her death was recorded as 3 (10) 1653.

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• Married: 1677; Mary ______. Mary had gone to Watertown during King Philip's War for safety. She died on Thursday 13 May 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• Married: 10 Jan 1681/82, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Anna Rice, his cousin. She died on Wednesday 2 May 1731 in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Thomas Rice (1683-____) 2. Charles Rice (1684-____) 3. Eunice Rice (1686-____) 4. Jason Rice (1688-____) 5. Jedediah Rice (1690-____) 6. Abiel Rice (1692-____) 7. Anna Rice (1692-____) 8. Arthur Rice (1694-____) 9. Adonijah Rice (1696-____) 10. Periz Rice (1698-____) 11. Vashti Rice (1700-____) 12. Noah Rice 13. Beriah Rice (1702-____)
• Offices Held: say 1715, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Thomas was a representative from Marlborough for several years in the General Court.
• Land/House: 1717, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; When Marlborough was divided in 1717, his home fell in Weston.
• Religion: 1717, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Thomas was one of the original members of the church in Weston.

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• Religion: 30 Aug 1713, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary was joined the First Church in Lancaster.

Mary married Sgt. Josiah White on 28 Nov 1678 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Josiah (son of John White and Joane West) was born in 1643 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened on 4 Jun 1643 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 1714 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas Sawyer on 15 Jul 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott) was born on 2 Jul 1649 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Sep 1736 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1688; Rebecca How, the daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Ward) How. She was born on 4 February 1668 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 10 May 1749 in or she died on 13 May 1749 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Elisha Rice (1690-____) 2. Zipporah Rice (1691-____) 3. Zephaniah Rice (1691-____) 4. Cyprian Rice (1693-____) 5. Pelatiah Rice (1694-____) 6. Elnathan Rice (1698-1716) 7. Peter Rice (1700-____) 8. Abigail Rice (1702-____) 9. Deborah Rice (1704-____) 10. Rebecca Rice (1706-____) 11. Abraham Rice (1709-____)
• Military: 1711; He was a Captain of the training band and a member of the committee who designated the garrison houses in 1711.
• Will: 6 Jan 1746/47, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Rebecca, and his children: Elisha, Cyprian, Pelatiah, Peter, Abraham, Abigail, and Rebecca.
• Probate/Proved: 7 Jan 1754, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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• Married: say 1680; Sarah ______. Issue: 1. Nathaniel Rice 2. Mary Rice 3. Patience Rice
• Married: Dec 1704; Patience Brown, the daughter of Major Thomas and Patience (Foster) Brown. She was born on 26 February 1671 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Patience, married first, Daniel Stone Jr. She died on Friday 13 November 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Patience Rice (1705-____) 2. Mary Rice (1707-____) 3. Nathaniel Rice (1710-____)
• Complier's Note: 2000; He seems to have two sets of children, both named the same.

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• Married: say 1682; John Adams.

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• Married: 21 Feb 1688/89, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Hannah Livermore, the daughter of John and Hannah Livermore. She was born on 27 September 1670 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 21 May 1724 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Rice (1690-1704) 2. Ephraim Rice (1693-____) 3. Mary Rice (1695-____) 4. Josiah Rice (1696-____) 5. Thomas Rice (1702-____) 6. Gershom Rice (1703-____) 7. John Rice (1704-____) 8. Isaac Rice (1711-____) 9. Hannah Rice (1713-____)
• Married: 24 Mar 1725, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Noyes, the daughter of Deacon Joseph and Mary (Darvell) Noyes. She was born on 22 June 1666 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 11 January 1743/44 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• Proprietor: say 1730, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a proprietor of Worcester and had 30 acres of land granted him by that town, but probably never lived there.
• Will: 20 Oct 1732
• Probate/Proved: 27 Nov 1732

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• Married: say 1692; Elizabeth Balcom, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Hayes) Balcom. She was born on 16 August 1672 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Gershom Rice (c1696-____) 2. Elizabeth Rice (1696-____) 3. Abishai Rice (1701-____) 4. Sarah Rice (1703-____) 5. Matthias Rice (1707-____) 6. Ruth Rice (1710-____) There may have been a seventh child.
• Moved To: Before 1698, Groton, New London County, Connecticut
• Moved to: Before 1713, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• History: 1713; In 1713, he was one of the petitioners for a new settlement at Worcester to replace that destroyed by Indians. In his house in Worcester, the first meetings of the church were held and he planted the first orchard in the town.
• Obituary: 26 Dec 1768; From The Boston Gazette, 26 December 1768 as reported by Ward (1858): "This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retaining his reason and understanding in a very good degree to the last. He enjoyed a long and almost uninterrupted state of bodily health; was able, till very lately, to travel on foot a mile or two a day among his neighbors; eat his food with a good appetite, and slept quietly at night without any attendance. He was naturally of very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late the decays of nature came on him fast; and he went away calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world."

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• Married: say 1695; Sarah Stone, the daughter of Deacon Daniel and Mary (Moore) Stone. She was born on 14 February 1675 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jotham Rice (1696____) 2. Zebediah Rice (1698-____) 3. Cyrus Rice (1700-____) 4. Frances Rice (1703-____) 5. Daniel Rice (1705-____) 6. James Rice (1707-____) 7. Jaazaniah or Jasoniah Rice (1709-____) 8. Grace Rice (1712-____) 9. Berzela Rice (1714-____) 10. Buelah Rice (1716-____)
• Proprietor: say 1705, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He had 100 acres of land in Worcester granted him as a proprietor.
• Inventory: say 1731; The inventory of his estate was valued at £964.

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• Other Will: 11 Nov 1681; Her father Thomas made his will on 11 November 1681, and he mentioned her in that will.
• Last Full Review: 21 Jul 2020

Frances married Benjamin Allen in 1690. Benjamin was born on 30 Jan 1661/62 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Aug 1721 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Farmers Burial Ground, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1702; Jonas was in Worcester in the second settlement, when it was broken up during Queen Anne's War, 1702.
• Married: 10 Feb 1701/02; Mary Stone, the daughter of Deacon Daniel and Mary (Moore) Stone. She was born on 10 August 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Silence Rice (1703-____) 2. Adonijah Rice (1705-____) 3. Jonas Rice (1707-____) 4. Absalom Rice (1709-____) 5. Adonijah Rice (1714-____)
• Moved To: 21 Oct 1713, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He returned to Worcester, and helped start the permanent settlement there.
• Offices Held: 1753, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed one of the justices fo the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester. He was 80 years old at this appointment which is evidence of his excellent faculties in later life.

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• Married: 10 Feb 1701/2, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Deacon Nathaniel Moore, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Loker) Moore. He was born on 21 June 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 25 November 1761 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Moore (1702-____) 2. Sarah Moore (1704-____) 3. Henry Moore (1706-____) 4. Judith Moore (1708-____) 5. Grace Moore (1709-____) 6. Elizabeth Moore (1711-____) 6. Eleanor Moore (1713-____) 7. Nathaniel Moore (1715-____)
• Religion: 14 Jun 1747, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Grace was dismissed to the church in Worcester.
• Living: 7 Dec 1768

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• Married: 10 Feb 1708; Elizabeth Wheeler. She was born in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eliakim Rice (1709-____) 2. Elisha Rice (1710-____)
• Moved To: 1718, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1722, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Died:
He died intestate.

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• Residence: Abt 1695, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 6 Jun 1714, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He lived in Needham, Mass. at first, on 6 June 1714, and moved to Oxford.
• History: say 1715, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; According to Daniels (1892), He "was among the leading men of Oxford in its early history. He had ample means and was long the largest landholder in the south part of the town; the first justice of the peace in the vicinity and transacted a large pat of the conveyancing, probate and other official business during the early years;....He had force of character and great tenacity of purpose, and early had a controversy with the Oxford Church, the exact nature of which is not apparent, but yielded at last."
• Occupation: 1715, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was licensed by Oxford as an innholder, which he ran for many years afterwards.
• Offices Held: 1715 to 1741, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Offices Held: 1715 to 1734, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was the Town Clerk.
• Offices Held: 1721; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Oxford.
• Offices Held: 1721 to 1729, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was the Town Treasurer.

Family/Spouse: Mary Collins. Mary (daughter of Samuel Collins and Mary) was born on 16 Jun 1672 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 12 Jul 1760 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1693; Abigail Wright.
• Moved To: say 1700, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 10 Feb 1702, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Grace Rice, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (King) Rice. She was born on 15 January 1675 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Grace was dismissed to the church in Worcester, 14 June 1747. She was living 19 December 1768. Issue: 1. Mary Moore (1702-____) 2. Sarah Moore (1704-____) 3. Henry Moore (1706-____) 4. Judith Moore (1708-____) 5. Grace Moore (1709-____) 6. Elizabeth Moore (1711-____) 7. Eleanor Moore (1713-____) 8. Nathaniel Moore (1715-____)
• Moved To: 1715, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nathaniel was the third settler and a deacon of the church from its inception.
• Land/House: 1718, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He received 40 acres of land.

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 28 (11) 1682.

Died:
Her death date was recorded as 9 (12) 1682.

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• Married: 1 Feb 1709, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Whitney, the daughter of John and Mary (Hapgood) Whitney. She was born on 27 March 1689 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 18 April 1753. Issue: 1. baby Moore (1709-1709) 2. Abigail Moore (1713-____) 3. Mary Moore (1714-____) 4. Daniel Moore (1716-____) 5. Hannah Moore (1716-____) 6. Eunice Moore (1719-____) 7. Isaac Moore (1724-____) 8. Isreal Moore (1724-____) 9. Elizabeth Moore (1728-____)
• Will: 1769
• Probate/Proved: 1773

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• Married: 8 Dec 1714, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Sarah Haynes. She was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Dorothy Moore (1715-____) 2. Elizabeth Moore (1717-____) 3. Hannah Moore (1719-____) 4. Susanna Moore (1721-____) 5. Mary Moore (1723-____) 6. Thankful Moore (1725-____) 7. Samuel Moore (1727-____) 8. Josiah Moore (1729-____) 9. Martha Moore (1731-____) 10. Sarah Moore (1732-____) 11. Peter Moore (1734-____) 12. Samuel Moore (1740-____)
• Occupation: say 1719; He was a weaver.
• Land/House: 30 May 1720; He bought fifty acres and a house with barn from John Singletary for £230.
• Military: say 1725; Samuel was a captain in the militia.
• Offices Held: say 1730, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Religion: 1750, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was admitted to the Framingham Church.

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• Married: 4 Mar 1719; Comfort Rice. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She died about 1765 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Comfort's estate was administered in 1765. Issue: 1. Asa Moore (1719-____) 2. Ruban Moore (1721-____) 3. Increase Moore (1723-____) 4. Azubah Moore (1726-____) 5. Silas Moore (1728-1729) 6. Paul Moore 7. Silas Moore (1732-____) 8. Elizabeth Moore (1734-____) 9. Sarah Moore (c1736-1765) 10. Daniel Moore 11. James Moore (1741-____)
• Occupation: 1725, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a blacksmith.

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• Married: 30 Mar 1721; Mary Fulham, the daughter of Major Francis and Sarah (Livermore) Fulham. She was born on 4 April 1702 in Weston, Massachusetts. After Jonathan's death, about 1733 Mary, married (2) Joseph Dana, son of Benjamin and Mary (Buckmaster) Dana. Issue: 1. Eliphalet Moore 1722-____) 2. Asael Moore 1723-____) 3. Francis Moore 1726-____) 4. Mary Moore 1728-____) 5. Judah Moore 1730-____)
• Estate Admin: 1732; His estate was valued at £1780 9/6 and was administered in 1732 by his widow, Mary.

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• Military: say 1699; He served in the Colonial Militia.
• Land/House: 5 Feb 1699, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He bought a farm on 5 February 1699 in what would become Weston.
• Occupation: say 1700; He was listed as a carpenter and husbandman.
• Occupation: say 1701; He was employed in the building of the first church in Newton.
• Inventory: say 1710; His inventory was valued at £598 5/8d which included his farm and 216 acres of other land, a saw mill and a grist mill.
• Last Full Review: 9 Jan 2022

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Death: Ward (1858) gives his death place as Weston, Massachusetts, however Weston was not incorporated until 1737.

Name:

John married Mary Jones on 5 Jul 1693 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Captain Josiah Jones and Lydia Treadway) was born on 10 Dec 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Apr 1729 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Temple (1887), Robinson (1903), and MacKenzie (1966) give her birth date as 21 May 1671.

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Birth:
Robinson (1903) and Mayo (1965) give her birth date as 23 March 1672.

Hannah married John Bowen before 1696. John (son of Lt. Henry Bowen and Elizabeth Johnson) was born on 1 Sep 1662 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 7 Sep 1662 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1718 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: (1) Elizabeth Grout. Issue: 1. James Brewer
• Married: 12 Mar 1719; (2) Abigail Smith. She was born in Needham, Massachusetts.
• Married: 22 Jun 1731, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (3) Joanne Newton. Joanne, married (1) Ebenezer Singleterry.

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• Married: 26 Nov 1700, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Caleb Bridges, the son of Edmund and Sarah (Towne) Bridges. He was born on 3 June 1677 in Salem, Massachusetts. Caleb lived near Salem end in Framingham and was a mason. He died in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Bathshba Bridges (1703-1739) 2. Hachaliah Bridges (1705-____) 3. Caleb Bridges (1708-____) 4. Martha Bridges (1710-____) 5. Bethiah Bridges (1713-____) 6. Benjamin Bridges (1714-1739) 7. Sarah Bridges (1716-____) 8. David Bridges (1720-____) 9. Jonathan Bridges (1720-____)

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• Married: 29 Mar 1704, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Ball. He settled in the Salem end of Framingham. Issue: 1. Benjamin Ball (1704-____) 2. John Ball (1706-____) 3. Abraham Ball (1707-____) 4. Jacob Ball (1712-____) 5. Thomas Ball (1714-____) 6. Mary Ball (1717-____) 7. Abigail Ball (1720-____) 8. Daniel Ball (1722-____)

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• Married: 1713; David Parmater, the son of Benajmn and Tamasin (Rice) Parmater. He was born on 12 April 1686 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 6 March 1742/43 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Parmater (1714-____) 2. Edmond Parmater (1716-____) 3. James Parmater (1719-____) 4. Samuel Parmater (1722-____)

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 5 (2) 1682.

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• Married: 17 Apr 1717, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Arabella Goulding. The estate of Arabella (Goulding) Brewer was administered in 1774 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Brewer (1716-____) 2. Abner Brewer (1718-____) 3. Peter Brewer (1720-____) 4. Elizabeth Brewer (1722-____) 5. Abigail Brewer (1724-____) 6. Jonathan Brewer (1726-1784) 7. Moses Brewer (1728-____) 8. David Brewer (1731-____) 9. Martha Brewer (1734-____) 10. Eliab Brewer (1737-____)
• Estate Admin: 1753, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Died:
Temple (1887) gives his death year as 1752.

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• Complier's Note: 1994; Nourse (1890) calls her Sarah Sawyer in one place, and Willard in another.

Sarah married John Wilder in 1699 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. John (son of Lt. John Wilder and Hannah Atherton) was born on 11 Jul 1673 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 30 Apr 1676 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Offices Held: 1725 to 1743; He was town moderator six times, treasurer once, selectman five times, and representative to the General Court three times.
• Ordained: 30 Jan 1729; Josiah was made a deacon of the first church, and served until his death.

Josiah married Abigail Whitcomb on 26 Jun 1706 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebekah Waters) was born on 13 Mar 1688 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Sep 1771 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Eunice Wilder, the daughter of Lt. Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilder. She was born in 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 15 May 1778 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice White 2. John White 3. Elizabeth White 4. Dorothy White (1717-____) 5. Thomas White 6. Lois White 7. Mary White 8. Nathaniel White
• Occupation: 1717; He was licenced to keep a tavern.
• Offices Held: 1719, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He served on a grand jury.
• Occupation: say 1720; By trade, John was a blacksmith and was well to do for his time.
• Offices Held: 1720, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was chosen a selectman.
• Military: 1722 to 1725; During Lovewell's War, he led several expeditions against the Indians. Capt. White was known as a great Indian fighter.
• History: 1726; Eunice a petition for relief after her husband's death. It relates much of what happened during the war and is excerpted below: "Some few Instances whereof your Petr. would humbly ripresent to this Honble Court. Yor. Petrs. sd. husband altho he had divers times had the honour to bear command yet voluntarily Enlisted himself under the late Capt. Lovewell, and choose rather to go as and Under Officer at that time because he would do what in him lay to Encourage others to Enlist and marched with him at the time when they killed the Ten Indians, in which march they were out near Forty days, Then he performed a march to a place called Cohosse on Connecticut River thinking to meet with the Enemy there and come in at Fort Dummer, being out thirty four days, tho they missed of their desired Success; Then in about Eight days time he had a Company raised and went to Pigwacket to bury Capt. Lovewell which he performed in a very difficult season of the year. Then he went to Connecticut at his own cost and charge to get a Company of Mohege Indians in order to go down to St Francois to take an Indian fort there, but failing of his aim, he returned home and then enlisted a Company of Voluntiers and marched designing for a Fort beyond Pigwacket, but was taken sick before he got there, returned home and dyed leaving your Petr. his bereaved widow with seven Children the Eldest about Fifteen years old and Four of them very young, & one she then went with who is now living."
• Inventory: Jan 1725/26; His inventory was valued at £1220.

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• Married: 6 Nov 1712, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Lt. Jonathan Houghton, the son of John and Mary (Farrar) Houghton. He was born on 20 February 1685 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Monday 8 April 1737 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Thankful Houghton (1714-____) 2. Mary Houghton (1715-____) 3. Keziah Houghton (1717-____) 4. Jonathan Houghton (1719-____) 5. Azibah Houghton (1720-____) 6. Pyrha Houghton (1721-____) 7. Rufus Houghton (1722-____) 8. Achsa Houghton (1725-____) 9. Ephah Houghton (1727-1729) 10. Zerish Houghton (1729-____) 11. Ephah Houghton (1731-____)

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Married:
They were married by the Rev. Mr. John Prentice.

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• Married: say 1712; Bezaleel Sawye, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Lewis) Sawyer. He was born on 13 May 1685 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. After Judith's death, Bezaleel, married second, Eunice ______. He died on Monday 25 August 1760 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Sawyer (1716-____) 2. Josiah Sawyer (1718-____) 3. Darius Sawyer (1720-____) 4. Bezaliel Sawyer (1723-____) 5. Hannah Sawyer (1725-1727) 6. Hannah Sawyer (1728-____) 7. Moses Sawyer (1730-____) 8. Paul Sawyer (1733-____) 9. Thomas Sawyer (c1735-____) 10. Mary Sawyer (c1737-____)

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Died:
Sawyer (1983) lists her death as 24 March 1774.

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• Married: 17 Aug 1719, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Willard, the son of Henry and Dorcus (Cutler) Willard. He was born about 1696. Issue: 1. Keziah Willard (1719-____) 2. Jonathan Willard (1721-____) 3. Adonijah Willard (1724-1729) 4. Pethula Willard (1726-1727) 5. Barzilai Willard (1728-____) 6. Caleb Willard (1731-____)

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Married:
They were married by John Houghton Esq.

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• Residence: Abt 1695, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1713, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; They lived on Tatnuck Hill.
• Residence: 1721, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Residence: Abt 1731, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• History: 17 May 1732; Mary Roper petitioned the court that the mother, Sybilla, be made guardian of Mary then 17 years of age. Granted 14 July 1732.
• History: 25 May 1750; She wrote a letter to Joseph Star of Middletown, Conn., her sister's husband. Sybilla's daughter, Hannah, was probably staying with the Stars at that time. At this time her last name was Chamberlain.

Sybilla married Ephraim Roper about 1713 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ephraim (son of Ephraim Roper and Hannah) was born about 1687 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Feb 1730 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Worcester Common Burial Ground, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sybilla married Ebenezer Chamberlain before 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: Jun 1722; After Collins and Bathsheba were married, they lived on a 100 acre farm on Tatnuck Hill in Worcester.
• Occupation: say 1725; He was a weaver.
• Moved To: 1730, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Collins married Bathsheba Woods on 2 May 1722. Bathsheba (daughter of Nathaniel Woods and Alice) was born on 5 Apr 1702 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1773 in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1721, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Married: 1723; Hannah Newhall. Issue: 1. Hannah Moore (1725-____) 2. Thomas Moore (1727-____) 3. David Moore (1729-____) 4. Jonathan Moore (1732-____) 5. Samuel Moore (1736-____) 6. Phebe Moore (1736-____) 7. John Moore (1738-____) 8. Phebe Moore (1738-____) 9. Isaac Moore (1741-____) 10. Mary Moore (1743-____) 11. Sarah Moore (1745-____) 12. Susanna Moore (1749-____)

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• Offices Held: 1730, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Constable.
• Married: 19 Jul 1733, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Dorothy Learned, the daughter of Col. Ebenezer and Deborah (Hayes) Learned. She was born on 28 July 1715 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 4 December 1787 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Dorothy's estate was settled in 1789. Issue: 1. Martha Moore (1735-1812) 2. Lucy Moore (1737-____) 3. Jonathan Moore (1739-____) 4. Abigail Moore (1741-____) 5. Collins Moore (1743-____) 6. Elijah Moore (1745-____) 7. Dorothy Moore (1747-____) 8. Sarah Moore (1749-____) 9. Ebenezer Moore (1751-____) 10. Deborah Moore (1753-____)
• Military: 1734, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was the Captain of the militia.
• Occupation: 1734, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was an innkeeper,
• Offices Held: 1742 to 1756; He was a Selectman for seven years.
• Legal: Aug 1747, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Elijah Moore became the guardian of Daniel Roper.

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• Married: (1) Anna Ward, the daughter of William Ward. She died on Saturday 29 November 1755 in Middletown, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Mercy Moore (1731-____) 2. Reynold Marvin Moore (1732-____) 3. William Moore (1733-____) 4. Abijah Moore (1735-____) 5. Abigail Moore (1736-____) 6. Martha Moore (1738-1740) 7. Anna Moore (1740-____) 8. Martha Moore (1740-____) 9. Ruth Moore (1742-____) 10. Samuel Moore (1743-____) 11. Sibyl Moore (1747-____) 12. Sarah Moore (1749-____)
• Married: (2) Abigail ______. Abigail, married (1)_____ Goodwin. She died on Monday 18 July 1774 in Middletown, Connecticut.
• Graduation: 1726, Yale University, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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• Married: 18 Jun 1741, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Learned, the daughter of Col. Ebenezer and Deborah (Hayes) Learned. She was born on 10 February 1726 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 7 September 1792 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel C. Moore (1742-1742) 2. Samuel Moore (1744-____) 3. Marvin Moore (1746-____) 4. Ruth Moore (1750-____) 5. William Moore (1752-____) 6. Nehemiah Moore (1754-____) 7. Mary Moore (1756-____) 8. John Moore (1758-____) 9. Edward Moore (1760-____) 10. Richard Moore (1762-____) 11. Rufus Moore (1764-____) 12. Ebenezer Moore (1767-____)
• Offices Held: 1753, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a Deputy Sheriff.

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• Married: 9 Oct 1718, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Hannah Meriam, the daughter of Robert and Abigail (Cutter) Meriam. She was born on 16 April 1701 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John and his sister, Mary, married a sister and brother on the same day. She died on Thursday 26 January 1769 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Brewer (1719-____) 2. Mary Brewer (1722-____) 3. John Brewer (1724-____)
• Moved To: After 1724, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 9 Oct 1718, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Joseph Meriam, the son of Robert and Abigail (Cutter) Meriam. He was born on 3 March 1696/97 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary and her brother John, married a brother and sister on the same day. He died on Sunday 14 November 1745.
• Married: 7 Apr 1757; Josiah Parks.

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• Married: 31 Dec 1724, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Hannah Woolson, the daughter of John and Hannah Woolson. She was born on 8 August 1704 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Isaac Brewer (1725-____) 2. Hannah Brewer (1728-____) 3. Josiah Brewer (1730-1805) 4. Mary Brewer (1732-1736) 5. Lydia Brewer (1734-____) 6. Mary Brewer (1736-____) 7. Beulah Brewer (1738-1809) 8. Miriam Brewer (1740-____) 9. John Brewer (1743-1825)
• Offices Held: 1741, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 1754 thorough 1756.
• Offices Held: 1756, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served again in 1762 and 1763.

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• Married: 9 Sep 1732, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Phebe Locke, the daughter of James and Sarah (Cutter) Locke. Issue: 1. Samuel Brewer (1733-____) 2. Phebe Brewer (1734-____)

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• Moved To: Abt 1743, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts

William married Elizabeth Ball on 17 Feb 1731 in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born on 15 Mar 1710 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Abigail Garfield on 10 Apr 1735 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Edward Garfield and Mehitabel Child) was born on 27 Aug 1711 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 08 Mar 1731/32, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Nathaniel Walker, the son of John and Lydia Walker. Issue: 1. James Walker (1732-____) 2. Nathaniel Walker (1735-____) 3. Phinehas Walker (1738-____) 4. Lydia Walker (1740-____) 5. Josiah Walker (1741-____) 6. Submit Walker (1742-____) 7. Asa Walker (1743-____) 8. Joel Walker (1745-____) 9. Mary Walker (1746-____) 10. Benjamin Walker (1747-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1748, Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 29 Dec 1751; Submit and Nathaniel were dismissed to the Church in Sturbridge from the Church in Weston.

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• Moved To: 1771, Groton, New London County, Connecticut; After her husband's death, she removed to her daugher's home in Groton, Conn, "on account of ye civil war."

Abigail married Capt. Calib Kenrick on 14 Sep 1721 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Calib (son of Ensign John Kenrick and Esther Hall) was born on 8 Mar 1694/95 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Mar 1771 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 29 May 1724, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Eunice Beaman. She died on Friday 15 June 1731 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Wilder (1725-____) 2. Priscilla Wilder (1729-____) 3. Jonas Wilder (1731-____)

Notes:

Buried:
Here Lyes ye Body
of Hannah Willder,
Daughtr of Mr. John
& Mrs. Sarah Willder;
Who Decd. Septr.
30th, 1723, in ye 16
Year of her Age

Jonathan married Zerviah Houghton on 23 Feb 1738/39 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Zerviah (daughter of Benjamin "Landlord Ben" Houghton and Zerviah Moore) was born on 26 May 1721 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 26 May 1721 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Nov 1804 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1731; Abigail _____. Issue: 1. Moses Wilder (1732-____) 2. Prudence Wilder (1734-____) 3. Sarah Wilder (1738-____) 4. Rezineah Wilder (____-1744) 5. Dinah Wilder (1745-____)
• Married: say 1741; Sarah _____. Issue: 1. Batrix Wilder (1742-____)
• Complier's Note: 2018; Links to children need to be reviewed.

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• Married: 22 Feb 1738/39, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; James Cleland. He was born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. James and an Thankfull filed marriage intentions on 4 February 1738/39 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Helen Cleland (1739-____) 2. Thomas Cleland (1741-____) 3. Hannah Cleland (1743-____) 4. Samuel Cleland (1744-____) 5. James Cleland (1745-____) 6. Jonas Cleland (1748-____) 7. John Cleland (1750-____) 8. Mary Cleland (1751-____) 9. Thankfull Cleland (1754-____) 10. John Cleland (1758-____)

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• Petition: 6 Jan 1757, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She wrote the following petition: To His Honour the Lieut. Governour and Comander in Chief for the time being. To the Honourable His Majesties Council and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled Jany. 6 th 1757. The Petition of Hannah Woods Humbly Prays that shee had two sons Listed under Capt. Ballard in Coll: Rugglesses Regement in the first Expedition Against Crown Point, Vizt: Joseph and Elijah. Elijah Attended His Duty in the Province Service till the 26 th Day of October 1755 at which time he had a furlow being unfit for Service and Remained 111 twenty weeks unable to Do aney Business all of which time I Nussed & Billited sd Elijah: that Joseph Continued in the Service till he was Dismissed from the Expedition and Returned Home so 111 that He was not Capable of Doing aney thing for ten weeks after his Return at which time I Billited and Loked after Him. therefore the said Hannah Humbley Prays that she may be allowed for Nussing Billiting and for what shee paid for Doctring Hir two Sons an Account of which accompaneys this Petition and as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray Hannah Woods
• Last Full Review: 4 Aug 2020

Hannah married Joseph Woods on 15 May 1729 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Joseph was born on 21 Jun 1707 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Deborah House on 14 Mar 1738/39 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Deborah died on 22 Sep 1768 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 7 Oct 2020

Ruth married Elisha Sawyer on 7 Jan 1741 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elisha (son of Elias Sawyer and Beatrix Pope) was christened on 17 Aug 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 12 Feb 1748/49, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 12 February 1748/49 she was received into full communion at the First Church Lancaster.
• Last Full Review: 6 Aug 2020

Silence married Deacon John Heywood on 31 Dec 1760 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 7 Dec 2020

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• Military: 21 Oct 1716; Enlisted for the expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies. In this record he is listed as being born in Sudbury, 23 years of age and a husbandman.
• History: Abt 1748; He built a fortress-like home of logs lined with brick on Rowley Hill to serve as a home and a garrison house.
• Married: 8 Apr 1748, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Michal Houghton, the daughter of Benjamin and Zerviah (Moore) Houghton. She was born on 22 June 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was christened on 25 July 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Michal and Ephraim filed marriage intentions on 6 March 1748. They were married by Justice Houghton in a double wedding, joined by her sister, Keziah and Ebenezer Buss. She died on Tuesday 31 December 1816 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was probably buried next to her husband, but there is no stone to mark her resting place. Issue: 1. Benjamin Roper (1750-1826) 2. Manassah Roper (1752-1831) 3. Silas Roper (1754-1827) 4. Asa Roper (1756-1834) 5. Nathaniel Roper (1758-____) 6. Enoch Roper (1758-1820) 7. Ephraim Roper (c1760-c1780) 8. John Roper (c1761-1833) 9. Sylvester Roper (1762-1849) 10. Joseph Roper (1764-1837) 11. Lucy Roper (1767-1837)
• History: Abt 1780, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He built a new house which stands today.

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Name:

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Birth:
Roper (1982) in another place gives her birth date as 16 January 1724.

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• Residence: 1747, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1775 to 1776; He served under Capt. Benjamin Richardson, Colonel Nicholus Dike's regiment stationed at Dorchester Heights.
• Residence: Abt 1778, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Daniel married Sarah Greenwood on 18 Mar 1756 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Greenwood and Sarah Adams) was born on 3 Aug 1734 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jan 1808 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 9 Apr 1740, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Abial Lamb, the son of Abial and Hannah (Taylor) Lamb. He was born on 21 January 1709 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 12 February 1803 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Dorothy Lamb (1741-____) 2. Sarah Lamb (1743-____) 3. Collins Lamb (1745-1756) 4. Abigail Lamb (1747-1748) 5. Levi Lamb (1749-____) 6. Abigail Lamb (1751-____) 7. Jonathan Lamb (1753-____) 8. Zerviah Lamb (1755-1756) 9. Collins Lamb (1757-1776) 10. Abial Lamb (1759-1769) 11. Edmund Lamb (1761-1769) 12. Lydia Lamb (1764-1769) 13. Zerviah Lamb (1769-1770)

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• Will: 1745; He left a will leaving two thirds of his estate to his brother, Nathan and the rest to his brother, Richard.

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• Married: 18 Feb 1747, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Sarah Town, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lamb) Town. She was born on 12 March 1727 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Moore (1747-____) 2. Collins Moore (1749-____) 3. Reuben Moore (1751-____) 4. Levi Moore (1753-____) 5. Nathan Moore (1755-____) 6. Sarah Moore (1756-____) 7. James Moore (1758-____) 8. Bathsheba Moore (1761-____) 9. Zerviah Moore (1763-____) 10. William Moore (1765-____) 11. Rebecca Moore (1767-____) 12. Richard Moore (1769-____) 13. Ruth Moore (1771-____)
• Moved To: 1764, Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine

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• Married: say 1749; Silas Robenson. He was born in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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• Married: say 1750; Daniel Fairfield.

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• Married: say 1752; Benjamin Wilson.
• Residence: 1754, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 15 Jul 1755, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Bullard.

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• Married: 15 May 1755, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 19 Aug 1761, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Eddy, the daughter of John and Marcy (Bellows) Eddy. She was born on 7 August 1735 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. On 1 January 1762 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Mary Eddy was mentioned in the will of John Eddy. Issue: 1. John Moore (1761-____)
• Residence: Abt 1762, Erving's Grant (now Erving), Franklin County, Massachusetts

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• Married: say 1758; Ebenezer Lock.

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• Married: 27 Nov 1764, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Goodale, the daughter of Enos or Edward and Mary or unknown (Angier) Goodale. She was born in 1741 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Lebbeus Brewer (1775-____)
• Moved To: After 1776, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
She was named for her older sister who drowned six weeks before her birth.

Abigail married Christopher Wheaton on 26 Jul 1770 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Christopher (son of Benjamin Wheaton and Abigail Lynde) was born on 5 Mar 1748 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 30 May 1798 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Captain James Davis on 3 Dec 1801 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. James was born in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1778; Joseph Garfield. He was born in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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• Married: 2 Mar 1748/49, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Anna Dana, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Francis) Dana. She was born on 5 March 1727/28 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Their marriage intentions were filed in Newton, 18 December 1748. She died on Tuesday 16 May 1815 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Kenrick (1750-1791) 2. Elizabeth Kenrick (1753-1831) 3. John Kenrick (1755-____)
• Offices Held: 1750, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a hogreeve.
• Offices Held: 1751, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the surveyor of highways. He served in that post again in 1759.
• History: 1766; He took to Fillibrown children into his household.
• Religion: 1774; He was was certified as an Antipedobasptist.

Notes:

Married:
Jackson (1854) gives their marriage date as December 1748.

Buried:
He is buried with his wife in grave number 745 in Newton. On their gravestone are the following words:

56 YEARS THEY WERE ASSOCIATED IN THE
JOURNEY OF LIFE AND MUTUAL HELPS TO EACH
OTHER IN THEIR CHRISTIAN COURSE.
IN THEIR LIVES THEY WERE AFFECTIONATE
IN DEATH THEY ARE NOT DIVIDED.

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• Moved To: 1749, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Esther married Major Joseph Mayo on 14 Nov 1745 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Thomas Mayo and Elizabeth Davis) was born on 28 Feb 1720/21 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Feb 1776 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 6 Aug 1747, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Adams, the son of Benjamin Adams. He was born about 1728. After Abigail's deat, in 1755 Benjamin, married Sarah Burrige. In 1748, Benjamin removed to Plainfield to live with his father and was there at the time of his second marriage. In 1766, he received support for himself and his family. This town responsibility was investigated in 1768.

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• Married: 26 Apr 1753, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; John Philebrown. He was born on 21 May 1721 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 5 September 1769 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts from smallpox. John's gravestone inscription in Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, reads: Here lies buried the body of Mr. John Fillebrown who died of the small-pox September 5th 1769 aged 49 year After John died of smallpox, Sarah, John and Anna were taken in by Lt. CalebKenrick and Thomas and Abigail were taken in by John Kenrick. Issue: 1. Sarah Philebrown (1754-____) 2. John Philebrown (1756-____) 3. Anna Philebrown (1761-____) 4. Thomas Philebrown (1763-____) 5. Abigail Philebrown (1767-____)

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• Offices Held: 1770; He was the surveyor of highways.
• Military: 1777; Caleb was called Lt. from 1777.
• Offices Held: 1777; He was made a tithingman.
• Offices Held: 1779; He was a constable and a hired replacement.
• Married: Before 1786, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Parker. She was born in 1756. She died on Monday 18 March 1822 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Betsey Kenrick (1786-____) 2. Caleb Kenrick (1786-____) 3. Nabby Kenrick (1786-____) 4. Elizabeth Kenrick (1800-____) 5. Sally Kenrick (1803-____) 6. Betsey Kenrick (1804-____) 7. Abigail Kenrick (1806-____) 8. Caleb Kenrick (1808-____) 9. Catherine Kenrick (1809-____) 10. Mary Kenrick (1811-____) 11. Elizabeth Kenrick (1812-1812) 12. Mary Kenrick (1813-1813) 13. Ann Kenrick (1814-____) 14. Benjamin Kenrick (1814-____) 15. John Kenrick (1816-____) These dates are questionable.

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• Married: 6 May 1762, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rev. Samuel Dana, the son of William and Mary (Green) Dana. He was born on 14 January 1739 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1755 from in Harvard College. In May 1755, he was dismissed from the church in Groton because of hostility to the minister. He moved in 1755 to Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He moved in 1760 to Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was a lawyer, a judge of Probate, and a state senator. He served in 1782 as as a member of the Constitutional Convention from New Hampshire. He died on Monday 2 April 1798.

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• Married: 28 Dec 1769, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Sawyer, the daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Rugg) Sawyer. She was born on 2 September 1750 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth and Silas filed marriage intentions on 18 October 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 5 September 1837 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Silas Wilder (1770-____)
• Religion: 14 Oct 1771, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Silas and Elizabeth joined the Chochsett Church.

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Birth:
The town books at Lancaster list his birth twice, the second time being 17 February 1747.

Hannah married Joseph Johnson in 1769. Joseph (son of Nathaniel Johnson and Rachel Tucker) was born on 9 Jun 1743 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: 1774, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Deborah married Elias Carter on 15 Nov 1760 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elias (son of Nathaniel Carter and Thankful Sawyer) was born on 24 Nov 1737 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1821 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Joseph Gates on 15 Feb 1789 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Samuel Torry Gates and Abigail Blodgett) was born on 7 Sep 1759 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Sep 1830 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 15 Oct 1781, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Daniel Walker Esq, the son of Captain Phineas and Beulah (Clap) Walker. He was born on 30 November 1759 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He served as a Justice of the Peace. He died on Saturday 20 April 1850 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sally Walker (1782-1842) 2. Lydia Walker (1784-1863) 3. Susanna Walker (1787-____) 4. Polly Walker (1789-____) 5. Asa Walker (1791-____) 6. Reuben Walker (1794-1871) 7. Eliza Walker (1800-____)

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Died:
Sibbel died at the Daniel Walker homestead in Rutland.

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• Census: 1790, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1790 US Census he was recorded living in Rutland, Massachusetts: 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 3 - Free White Persons - Females 5 - Number of Household Members
• Occupation: say 1795; He was a farmer.
• Census: 1800, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1800 US Census he was recorded living in Rutland, Massachusetts: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 2 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 2 - Number of Household Members Under 16 2 - Number of Household Members Over 25 4 - Number of Household Members
• Census: 1810, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1810 US Census he was recorded living in Rutland, Massachusetts: 2 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 2 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 6 - Number of Household Members Under 16 2 - Number of Household Members Over 25 8 - Number of Household Members
• Census: 1820, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1820 US Census he was recorded living in Rutland, Massachusetts: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 3 - Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1 - Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1 - Free White Persons - Under 16 3 - Free White Persons - Over 25 7 - Total Free White Persons 7 - Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other
• Census: 1830, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1830 US Census he was recorded living in Rutland, Massachusetts: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69 1 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 3 - Total Free White Persons 3 - Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)
• Census: 1840, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1840 US Census he was recorded living in Rutland, Massachusetts: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79 1 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 3 - Total Free White Persons 3 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
• Last Full Review: 14 Dec 2020

Daniel married Pamela Davis on 24 Feb 1794 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Pamela was born on 28 Mar 1768 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Mar 1845 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Abt 1798, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; John was a farmer.
• Married: 11 Jan 1798, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Sarah Howe, the daughter of Matthias and Azubah (Davis) Howe. She was christened on 21 October 1770 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was Sarah was received into the church about nine months after John's death. At that time the two youngest children were baptized on 7 January 1827. She died on Friday 11 April 1828 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Horatio Roper (1799-1887) 2. Lucy Roper (1800-1843) 3. Joseph William Roper (1801-1851) 4. Ephraim Lyman Roper (1806-1849) 5. William Roper (18085-1887) 6. Alvin Roper (1811-1904) 7. John Jefferson Roper (1813-1896)

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• Married: 27 Sep 1796, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; James Piper. He was born on 12 September 1763 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a farmer. About 1790 James was a Master Mason. Issue: 1. Daniel Greenwood Piper (1797-1874) 2. Betsey James Piper (1799-____) 3. Augustus Rich Piper (1801-____) 4. Lucena Hall Piper (1803-1826) 5. Charles Learned Piper (1805-____) 6. Mary Walker Piper (1807-1881) 7. Sarah L. Piper (1810-____) 8. James Madison Piper (1812-1887) 9. Julian Moore Piper (1815-1846)

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Died:
Roper (1982) mistakes the record for James Piper, not the wife of James Piper. However this gives Mary two death dates the latter being 1 March 1839.

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• Married: 27 Jan 1800, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Elijah Green. He was born on 25 March 1777. Elijah was a farmer. He died on Thursday 12 May 1859. Issue: 1. Charles B. Green (1803-1879) 2. Elijah Green (1807-1867) 3. Eliza A. Green (1809-1887) 4. Justis Green (1811-____) 5. Ruth Lucretia Green (1814-1881) 6. Joseph Green (1818-____) 7. Joel Green (1820-1870)

Notes:

Buried:
Reuben Wheaton
died Mar. 29, 1831
Æt. 51
I put my trust in the Lord

Reuban married Abigail "Nabby" Partridge in 1801. Abigail (daughter of Samuel Partridge and Elizabeth McIntire) was born on 14 Nov 1782 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1850 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 68, living in Wallingford, Vermont.
• Last Full Review: 1 May 2020

Betsey married Deacon Elias Kent on 20 Jan 1803. Elias was born on 1 May 1780 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1856 in Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1806; Daniel Hubbard. Daniel and Tamison filed marriage intentions on 8 March 1806 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts1

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• General Information: He was a blacksmith and the first of that trade to settle in Little Valley town. He was an active member of the Masonic Order and past master of his lodge.
• Moved To: About 1823, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; About 1823 he moved to Little Valley, New York.
• Census: 1830, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; In the 1830 US Census he was recorded living in Little Valley, New York: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 2 - Free White Persons - Under 20 2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 4 - Total Free White Persons 4 - Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)
• Census: 1840, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; In the 1840 US Census he was recorded living in Little Valley, New York: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 1 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 - Persons Employed in Agriculture 2 - Free White Persons - Under 20 1 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 4 - Total Free White Persons 4 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
• Census: 1850, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 62, living in Little Valley, New York. He was a farmer.
• Census: 1855, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; In the 1855 New York State Census he was recorded, age 66, living in Little Valley, New York.
• Census: 1860, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 71, living in Little Valley, New York with his son, Norman, and his family. He was a farmer.

Gaius married Relief "Lefa" Chase in 1819 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York. Relief was born on 6 Aug 1799 in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Sep 1826 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gaius married Sally after 1826. Sally was born on 2 May 1796; died on 3 Jan 1830 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York; was buried in Annis Cemetery, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gaius married Lucy after 1840. Lucy was born in 1792 in Vermont; died before 1860 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 2 Nov 1817, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Betsey Silvester, the daughter of Joshua and Margaret (Chase) Silvester. She was born on 5 May 1793 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Christopher Wheaton (1819-____) 2. Jonathan Hubbard Wheaton (1821-____) 3. baby Wheaton (1823-1823)

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• Married: 6 Sep 1768, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Ebenezer Weld, the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Craft) Weld. He was born on 8 April 1747 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 28 March 1822 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Rebecca Weld (1769-____) 2. Rebecca Weld (1770-____) 3. Ebenezer Weld (1773-____) 4. Ebenezer Weld (1775-____) 5. Joseph Mayo Weld (1777-____) 6. Nathaniel Weld (1781-____) 7. John Weld (1788-____)

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• Moved To: 1772, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1772 he moved to Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Offices Held: 1774; On the 17th of September 1774, "Joseph Mayo, constable of said town, was directed forthwith to notify the inhabitants thereof to assemble on the 19th instant at three o'clock in the afternoon, to see if the town will vote to choose delegates to represent them in a county congress, to be convened at Northampton on the 22d instant, at nine o'clock in the morning ; also to see if the town will act any thing respecting our public affairs, and choose such committee or committees, and give them instructions as they shall think proper at said meeting."
• Military: 20 Apr 1775; On 20 April 1775, then Sergeant Joseph Mayo marched to Lexington with Captain Eldad Wright's company of minutemen. He later marched with Ethen Allen to Fort Ticonderoga, and was placed in charge of that fort by Ethen Allen.
• Military: 23 Apr 1776; On 23 April 1776 he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Captain Peter Proctor's 11th Company in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
• Military: 1787; He was involved in Shay's Rebellion, and this story was told by his son, Joseph: "My father was Colonel of the First Regiment in General Shepard's Brigade when General Shay raised an army of 2,000 or 3,000 men in rebellion against the State laws and turned the Court out of doors. My father was sent with a regiment to Springfield to guard the stores on the hill, the guns and ammunition. Soon (2 Jan 1787) they attempted to march up the hill and General Shepard being there in person, gave orders to my father to fire from the artillery over their heads, then to the right, then to the left, all of which did not check them. He then cried "Give it to them in front, my boys" and then they fired a grist of grape straight among them which scattered them like sheep, made them run and scale the walls, killing three or four, and wounded as many more, and they took to the State of Vermont as fast as possible, past my father's house, and filled it full from top to bottom."
• Occupation: 1805, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1805 he was an Inn Holder in Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Moved To: 1806, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; In 1806 he moved to Roxbury, Massachusetts.
• Moved to: Between 1809 and 1810, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont; Between 1809 and 1810 he moved to Orwell, Vermont.
• Obituary: say 22 Apr 1817
• Last Full Review: 31 Aug 2020

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He died from typhus fever.

Joseph married Lucy Richards on 12 Mar 1772 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Lucy was born on 30 May 1752 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Apr 1817 in Orwell, Addison County, Vermont; was buried on 20 Apr 1817 in North Cemetery, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]