Ralph Standish

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: 1454/55, Chadderton, Lancashire, England
• Living: 1468

Notes:

Land/House:
Ralph and Margaret participated in the division of the manor of Chadderton.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Radcliffe. Margaret (daughter of Richard Radcliffe of Chadderton) died in 1476. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Knighted: 1482

Notes:

Birth:
He was 24 in 1476.

Knighted:
He was knighted for his service at the Battle of Hutton Field, Scotland.

Family/Spouse: Sibyl de Bold. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
He was 28 in 1507.

Family/Spouse: Alice Harington. Alice (daughter of Sir James Harington and Isabella Radcliffe) was born about 1480. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Alice married James Prescott in 1528 in Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England. James (son of William Prescott and Alice) was born in 1508 in Lancashire, England; died in 1568. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1549; Alice Molineau.
• History: say 1650, Driby Manor, Lancashire, England; He was made the Lord of the Manor of Dryby in Lancashire

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death, Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England

Notes:

History:
On 26 September 1594, he made his will.

On 1 October 1594, his will was probated at Chester.

Roger married ElizabethShevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth was born in Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England; died before 1569 in Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roger married Ellen Shaw on 23 Aug 1568 in Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England. Ellen was born in Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England; died in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 3 Feb 1565, England; Elizabeth Nightengale.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1558; Margaret Holt. Issue: 1. Sir John Prescott
• Residence: say 1560, Copley, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England
• History: say 1580; William was married three times.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: Anne ______.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1589; Alexander Wymards.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 7 Nov 1608, Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England; He mentions his son, John.
• Probate/Proved: 24 Jan 1608/09

Notes:

Birth: Weiss (1982) gives his birth as about 1571/72.

Ralph married HelenEngland. Helen was born about 1571 in England; died on 18 Nov 1643 in Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to 1629, Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England
• History: 1629 to Abt 1638, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
• Immigration: Abt 1638, Barbadoes
• Immigration: 1640; They arrived in Boston fro the Barbadoes, and settled in Watertown.
• History: 1641 to 1643, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• History: 1643 to 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• History: 1676 to 1679, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• History: 1679 to death, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• History: 1893; At the 250th anniversary of the founding of Lancaster, a memorial stone was erected at his grave site. It reads as follows: HERE WITH HIS CHILDREN ABOUT HIM LIES JOHN PRESCOTT FOUNDER OF LANCASTER AND FIRST SETTLER OF WORCESTER COUNTY BORN AT STANDISH LANCASHIRE ENGLAND DIED AT LANCASTER MASSACHUSETTS DEC 1681 INSPIRED BY THE LOVE OF LIBERTY AND THE FEAR OF GOD THIS STOUT HEARTED PIONEER FORSAKING THE PLEASANT VALES OF ENGLAND AND ENCOUNTERED WILD BEAST AND SAVAGE TO SECURE FREEDOM FOR HIMSELF AND HIS POSTERITY HIS FAITH AND VIRTUES HAVE BEEN INHERITED BY MANY DESCENDANTS WHO IN EVERY GENERATION HAVE WELL SERVED THE STATE IN WAR, IN LITERATURE, AT THE BAR, IN THE PULPIT, IN PUBLIC LIFE, AND IN CHRISTIAN HOMES

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History:
He was mentioned in his father's will of 7 November 1608.

History:
In 1629 he moved to Sowerby.

History:
He was probably a Cromwellian soldier and brought to the new world with him a helmet and coat of chain mail. Caleb Butler, in his History of Groton gives this story: "John was a sturdy, strong man of stern countenance, and whenever he had any difficulty with the Indians, he would clothe himself with his coat of mail, helmet, cuirass, and gorget, which gave him a fierce and frightful appearance. They having once stolen from him a horse, he put on his armour and pursued them; and in a short time overtook the party. They were surprised to see him alone, and a chief approached him with uplifted tomahawk. John told him to strike, which he did, and finding the blow made no impression on his cap, he was much astonished, and asked John to let him put it on, and then strike on his head, as he had done on John's. The helmet being too small for the chief's head, the stroke settled it down to his ears, scraping off the skin of both sides of his head. They gave him up his horse, thinking him to be a supernatural being."

History:
About 1643, he moved to Lancaster upon its founding.

In 1652, John took the Oath of Fidelity.

In 1657, he built a saw mill above his grist mill.

In 1667, he contracted with the town of Groton to build them a grist mill in exchange for 520 acres of land. He did so on a site, now in the bounds of Harvard. He placed his son, Jonas in charge, and later deeded the lands and mill to Jonas.

In 1667, he was elected a Selectman.

On 19 May 1669, he became a freeman.

In 1673, he made his will.

History:
He moved to Concord after Lancaster's destruction.

History:
In 1679, he returned to Lancaster.

On 4 April 1682, hi swill was probated.

Died:
Potter (1887) gives his death as 1683.

John married Mary Platts on 21 Jan 1628/29 in Wygan, Lancashire, England. Mary (daughter of Abraham Gawkroger Platts) was born in Wygan, Lancashire, England; died after 1678 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:

Mary married Thomas Sawyer on 2 Jul 1648 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of John Sawyer) was born in 1616 in Lincolnshire, England; was christened on 24 Mar 1630 in Lincolnshire, England; died on 12 Sep 1706 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 4 Nov 1654, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; John Rugg. After Martha's death, on 4 May 1660 John, married second, Hannah Prescott, at age 21, daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts, in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. John was first in Lancaster in 1654 as evidenced by his signature on the town orders and he became a freeman in 1669. He died about 1696 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His will was proved 1 February 1697. Issue: 1. infant Rugg (1656-1656) 2. infant Rugg (1656-1656)

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Died:
Her death was recorded as 24 (11) 1655.

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• Occupation: say 1665; He was a blacksmith.
• Married: 11 Nov 1668, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Sarah Haywood, the daughter of George and Mary Haywood. She was born on 19 March 1645 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth was recorded as 19 (1) 1645. She died on Sunday 14 July 1709 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Prescott (1669-____) 2. John Prescott (1672-____) 3. Joanna Prescott (1676-____) 4. Elizabeth Prescott (1678-____) 5. Martha Prescott (c1680-____) 6. Ebenezer Prescott (1682-____)
• Moved to: 1676, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; After the distruction of Lancaster in 1676, he removed to Concord with many of the other survivors.
• Freeman: 1679, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Land/House: say 1682; John inherited his father's mills in Lancaster.
• Moved to: Abt 1682, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Married: 15 Nov 1710, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Haynes, the daughter of John and Dorothy (Noyes) Haynes. She was born about 1647. On 5 March 1671 Mary, married first, Josiah Howe, in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 23 February 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Military: 1711; He commanded a garrison with three families, four individuals and two soldiers, for a total of fifteen people.

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• Moved to: Mar 1676, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; After her husband's death, she and her surviving children were escorted by soldiers along with the other survivors of Lancaster to Concord. The family then removed to Dedham.

Notes:

Name:

Sarah married Richard Wheeler on 2 Aug 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Richard was born about 1611 in England; died on 9 Feb 1675/76 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Joseph Rice on 23 Dec 1677 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost) was christened on 13 Mar 1637/38 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; died after 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 4 May 1660, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; John Rugg. On 4 November 1654 John, married first Martha Prescott, Hannah's sister, at age 22, daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts, in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. John was first in Lancaster in 1654 as evidenced by his signature on the town orders and he became a freeman in 1669. He died about 1696 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His will was proved 1 February 1697. Issue: 1. John Rugg (1662-____) 2. Mercy or Mary Rugg (1664-____) 3. Thomas Rugg (1666-____) 4. Joseph Rugg (1668-____) 5. Hannah Rugg (1671-____) 6. Rebecca Rugg (1673-____) 7. Samuel Rugg (____-1678____) 8. Daniel Rugg (1678-____) 9. Jonathan Rugg (1681-____)

Notes:

Name:


Died:
She was killed by Indians in the second Lancaster Massacre along with her son, Joseph, his wife and three children.

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• Married: 28 May 1658, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonas Fairbanks, the son of Jonathan and Grace (Smith) Fairbanks. He was christened on 6 March 1624/25 in Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England. He emigrated with his parents in 1633. In 1652, he was fined for violating the Statutes of 1651, by wearing great boots, while not being worth £200. He moved in 1657 to Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was a farmer and possibly a carpenter as well in October 1657. On 7 March 1659, he was one of the signers of the Covenant establishing the town of Lancaster. On 1 June 1668 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Jonas Fairbanks was mentioned in the will of Jonathan Fairebanke. He was killed by Indians on Monday 10 February 1676 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Marie Fairbanks (1659-____) 2. Joshua Fairbanks (1661-1676) 3. Grace Fairbanks (1663-____) 4. Jonathan Fairbanks (1666-1676) 5. Hazadiah Fairbanks (1668-____) 6. Jabez Fairbanks (1671-1758) 7. Jonas Fairbanks (1673-1697)

Notes:

Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 15 (6) 1641.

Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 28 (3) 1658.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1665, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary ______. Issue: 1. Elizabeth Prescott (1676-____)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: say 1670, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonathan served as a constable.
• Married: 3 Aug 1670, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Dorothy ______. She died on Monday 8 October 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Prescott (1671-1671) 2. Jonathan Prescott (1671-1671) 3. Jonathan Prescott (1672-____) 4. Samuel Prescott (1674-____)
• Married: 23 Dec 1675, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Hoar, the daughter of John and Alice Hoar. She was born about 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 25 September 1687 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Prescott (1677-1729) 2. Elizabeth Prescott (1678-____) 3. Dorothy Prescott (1681-1748) 4. John Prescott (1683-1706) 5. Mary Prescott (1685-____) 6. Benjamin Prescott (1687-1777)
• History: 1676; After the massacre, he along with two others were sent as messengers to the Indians to try and obtain the captive's release.
• Married: 18 Dec 1689, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rebecca Wheeler, the daughter of Lt. Joseph and Sarah (Goldstone) Wheeler. She was born on 6 September 1645 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth was recorded as 6 (7) 1645. On 16 April 1667 Rebecca, at age 21, married first, the Hon. Peter Buckley, at age 23 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 20 February 1717/18 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• Freeman: 1690
• Offices Held: 1692; He was a Representative to the General Court and for nine years after.
• Living: Feb 1707
• Married: 18 Aug 1718, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Ruth Wheeler, the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Ruth (Wood) Wheeler. She was born about 1653 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.Ruth, married first, ______ Brown. She died on Tuesday 9 February 1740 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Birth:
Potter (1887) states he was born in 1643.

Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 3 (6) 1670.

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• Married: 14 Nov 1672, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Loker, the daughter of John and Mary (Draper) Loker. She was born on 28 September 1653 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth date was recorded as 28 (7) 1653. She died on Thursday 20 October 1735 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Prescott (1674-____) 2. Elizabeth Prescott (1676-____) 3. Jonas Prescott (1678-____) 4. Dorothy Prescott (1681-____) 5. James Prescott (1684-____) 6. Sarah Prescott (1686-____) 7. Abigail Prescott (1688-____) 8. Martha Prescott (1690-____) 9. Deborah Prescott (1694-____) 10. Benjamin Prescott (1696-1738)
• Freeman: 1678, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was first in Sudbury, where he took the freeman's oath.
• Moved To: 1678, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Jonas was a blacksmith and one of the largest landowners in town.
• History: 1682; Jonas owned a mill in Lancaster, which he received from his father.
• Military: say 1690; He was a captain in the militia.
• Married: 5 Oct 1699, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Thankful Wheeler.
• Offices Held: say 1700; He a Justice of the Peace.

Notes:

Name:


Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 14 (9) 1672.

Wheeler (1924) gives the marriage date as 0 December 1672.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1676; After the attack of 1676, he was one of the petitioners to the General Court for relief.
• Moved to: Abt 1677, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas was one of the first settlers to return to Lancaster after the destruction of 1676.
• Military: 1704, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; His house became a garrison and he its commander.
• History: 1705; He was captured by Indians in 1705 and was taken to Canada along with his son, Elias, and John Bigelow. Thomas was supposedly tied to a stake for torture when a friar brandished a key and threatened the Indians with opening the door to Purgatory and casting them into the eternal fires. This was probably on request by the French Governor who wished Thomas' skill in building a mill on the Chambly River. There he and his son helped build the first mill in exchange for their freedom.

Notes:

Birth:
His birth was recorded as 2 (5) 1649.

Name:

Thomas married Sarah Fairbanks on 11 Oct 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 9 Dec 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 4 Jul 1647 in Dedham, Essex, England; died on 02 Mar 1671/72 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah Lewis on 21 Nov 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Lewis and Amy Wells) was born on 18 Mar 1648/49 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died before 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Rice on 15 Jul 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King) was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Anna on 31 Dec 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Anna died in Nov 1753 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
His birth was recorded as 16 (11) 1650.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1705; Mary testified that while her brother was held captive by the Indians in 1705, she took care of her father and mother.
• Living: 5 Nov 1740; This was the date when her father's estate was settled.
• Estate Admin: 22 Jan 1740/41, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; The estate of Mary (Sawyer) Wilder was administered by Capt. Ephraim Wilder.

Notes:

Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 4 (11) 1652.

Mary married Lt. Nathaniel Wilder on 24 Jan 1673/74 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Thomas Wilder and Anna) was born on 3 Nov 1655 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jul 1704 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 02 Jan 1677/78, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Sarah Wright, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Byfield) Wright. She was born on 16 February 1652/53 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On 8 January 1673 Sarah, at age 19, married first, Samuel Potter, at age 24, son of Luke Potter and Mary Edmunds. Issue: 1. Abigail Sawyer (1679-____) 2. Joshua Sawyer (1684-____) 3. Sarah Sawyer (1687-____) 4. Hannah Sawyer (1689-____) 5. Martha Sawyer (1692-____) 6. Elizabeth Sawyer (1698-____)

Notes:

Birth:
His birth was recorded as 3 (1) 1655.

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• Married: 4 Feb 1687, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Marble, the daughter of Samuel Marble. She died on Tuesday 20 March 1708/09 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Ephraim Sawyer (1678-____) 2. James Sawyer (1686-____) 3. Mary Sawyer (1696-1696) 4. Benjamin Sawyer (1698-____)
• Married: say 1710; Mary Prescott. She died on Wednesday 28 December 1763 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Cornelius Sawyer 2. Mary Sawyer 3. Jonas Sawyer 4. Martha Sawyer 5. Joseph Sawyer 6. Sarah Sawyer 7. Thomas Sawyer

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 22 (1) 1657.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Caleb was assigned to the Priest Garrison during Queen Anne's War.
• Married: 28 Dec 1687, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Sarah Houghton, the daughter of Ralph and Jane (Stowe) Houghton. She was born on 17 February 1661/62 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Her birth was recorded as 17 (12) 1661. She died on Wednesday 16 November 1757 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Sawyer (c1688-1731) 2, Jonathan Sawyer (c1690-1746) 3. Hepsibah Sawyer (c1692-____) 4. Abigail Sawyer (c1694-1760) 5. Seth Sawyer (1705-____)

Notes:

Birth:
His birth was recorded as 20 (2) 1659.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 16 Jun 1686, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Ball, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pierce) Ball. She was born in 1651 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. When Mary was only 5 years old, on 3 January 1656, her father apprenticed her out of the home. After John's death, about 1705 Mary, married second, William Sterling. She was living on 8 February 1720/21 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, when she signed a receipt. She died on Thursday 27 February 1749/50 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Edward Sawyer (1688-____) 2. Jacob Sawyer (1689-____) 3. Moses Sawyer (1690-____) 4. Joseph Sawyer (c1692-____) 5. James Sawyer (c1696-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1691, Connecticut

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 6 (2) 1661.

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• Married: 6 Feb 1687/88, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; James Hosmer, the son of James and Sarah (White) Hosmer. He was born either on 23 October 1660 or on 26 October 1660 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died about 1728 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.

Notes:

Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 5 (11) 1663.

Notes:

Died:
Her death date was recorded as 17 (5) 1666.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: Abt 1692; Mary Carter, the daughter of the Rev. Samuel and Eunice (Brooks) Carter. She was born on 24 July 1673 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died between 1709 and 1715. Issue: 1. Amos Sawyer (1693-____) 2. Samuel Sawyer (1697-1784) 3. Ephraim Sawyer (c1698-____) 4. Ezra Sawyer (1702-____) 5. John Sawyer (1705-____) 6. Manassah Sawyer (1707-____) 7. Thomas Sawyer (1711-____) 8. Phineas Sawyer (1714-____) 9. Eunice Sawyer (c1715-____) 10. Nathaniel Sawyer (1716-____) 11. Mary Sawyer (1716-____) 12. Jonathan Sawyer (c1721-____)
• History: 1703, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nathaniel signed a petition for a minister.
• Military: say 1705; During Queen Anne's War, he was assigned to the Gardner Garrison.
• Married: Before 1715; Elizabeth ______. She was baptized as an adult on 26 June 1715 in First Church, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She joined the church on 25 March 1716 in First Church, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 28 December 1768 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 24 (9) 1670.

He was a twin.

Married:
There has been much speculation as to Mary's maiden name. Torry (1985) gave it as "Houghton", while Hill (1946) gave it as "Wilder." I have followed the lead of Lesure (2000) in this matter.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 15 Apr 1706, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Joseph Blood, the son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Parker) Blood. He was born on 3 February 1681 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was living in 1748. Issue: 1. Mary Blood (1708-____) 2. Joseph Blood (1709-____) 3. Hephzibah Blood (1711-____)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1693; John Woods. He died on Monday 1 April 1697 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. David Woods (1696-____) 2. John Woods (1697-1699)

Notes:

Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 10 (6) 1673.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1676; After the destruction of Lancaster in 1676, he went with his mother to Concord, and later to Dedham. Finally he returned to the reconstructed Lancaster.
• Military: say 1680; Abraham was a member of the Western Regiment of Middlesex County, his name appearing on the rolls as late as 18 March 1691/92.
• Married: 1682 to 1683; Tabitha ______. She was captured by Indians during the attack on Lancaster in November 1695. A Tabitha Wheeler married 5 April 1715 at Concord, Samuel Bennett. Issue: 1. Abigail Wheeler (1684-1711) 2. Jonathan Wheeler 3. Samuel Wheeler (____-1781) 4. daughter Wheeler
• Inventory: 6 Nov 1695, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Abraham's estate was inventoried.

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 7 (10) 1659.

Name:


Died:
He was shot by an Indian on a Sunday morning while going between the fort and his house. Although mortally wounded, he succeeded in wresting the gun from the Indian and ran with it toward the fort until he was met by a party who went out to his rescue.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1680; In 1680, he chose his step father as his guardian.
• Proprietor: 1682, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: say 1700; He was a carpenter or housewright.
• Offices Held: 1713, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.
• Moved To: 1714, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: Abt 1721, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Will: 1 Dec 1725, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Experience, and his children: Isaac, Experience, Mary, Richard, and Abraham.

Isaac married Experience Metcalfe in 1682/83. Experience (daughter of John Metcalfe and Mary Chickering) was born on 16 Oct 1661 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Feb 1730/31 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 25 (9) 1663.

Died:
His death date was recorded as 21 (12) 1663.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1676; With the first destruction of Lancaster, he removed to Concord with the survivors. He joined his brothers in returning to Lancaster and survived the second destruction and again went to Concord, where his first two children were born. He later removed to Stow.
• Married: say 1685; Mary ______. She died on Sunday 26 September 1728 in Stow, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Wheeler (1696-____) 2. Mary Wheeler (1699-____) 3. Sarah Wheeler 4. William Wheeler (____-1729) 5. Zebediah Wheeler (1700-1760)

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 2 (11) 1664.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1686; _____ Taylor.

Notes:

Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 1 (12) 1666.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 12 Feb 1691, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Rice, the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. He was born on 3 July 1654 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. On 23 March 1674/75 Jonathan, at age 20, married (1) Martha Eames, in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The marriage has been erroneously recorded as 23 March 1675/76. On 1 November 1677 Jonathan, at age 23, married (2) Rebecca Watson, in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He was a tavern owner in East Sudbury, and later in Framingham. He moved about 1707 to Framingham, Massachusetts. He served between 1708 and 1717 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He served in 1711 as the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Framingham. He served again in 1720. He left a will on 15 March 1724/25 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 12 April 1725 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Jonathan's will was proved on 21 May 1725 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 (1705-1760) 7. Sarah Rice (1707-1727) 8. Richard Rice (1710-1737) 9. Abigail Rice (1714-____)
• Probate/Proved: 1744, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
Pope (1900) gives her birth date as 22 May 1669, an error.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1690; He was a soldier in the expedition to Canada of 1690 of Sir William Phips, under Major Wade.
• Inventory: 7 Apr 1691, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 29 (2) 1671.

Name:


Died:
He died after his return from the Canada Expedition.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1692; the Rev. Nathaniel Whitman.

Notes:

Birth:
She was a twin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: say 1692; Joshua Rice.

Notes:

Birth:
She was a twin.

Her birth was recorded as 30 (11) 1671.

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Moore. Jonathan (son of Ensign John Moore and Ann Smith) was born on 19 May 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Feb 1742 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1700; Mary Houghton, the daughter of John and Mary (Farrar) Houghton. She was born on 7 February 1680 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 1 April 1752 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Aholiab Sawyer (c1702-____) 2. Mary Sawyer (c1704-____) 3. Annah or Hannah Sawyer (1706-____) 4. Hepzibah Sawyer (c1708-____) 5. William Sawyer (1711-____) 6. Josiah Sawyer (1714-____) 7. Thankful Sawyer (1717-____) 8. Martha Sawyer (1719-____) 9. David Sawyer (1721-____) 10. Abigail Sawyer (1724-____) 11. Benjamin Sawyer 12. Israel Sawyer 13. Joseph Sawyer 14. Uriah Sawyer

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Buried:
He gave the land for the graveyard and was the first to be buried there.

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• Married: say 1705; Sarah Beaman, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Thornton) Beaman. She died on Sunday 7 March 1717/18 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Sawyer (c1706-____) 2. Sarah Sawyer (c1708-____) 3. Thomas Sawyer (1710-____) 4. Abner Sawyer (1711-____) 5. Asenath Sawyer (c1713-____) 6. Mary Sawyer (c1715-____)
• Married: 10 Nov 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Abigail Wilder.

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• Married: say 1712; Eunice ______. She was born about 1686. She died, probably from childbirth, on Friday 4 March 1712/13 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Her gravestone reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF EUNICE SAYWER, THE WIFE OF BEZALEEL SAWYER WHO DECEASED THE 4TH DAY OF MARCH 1712/13 AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS ALSO THE BODY OF HER DEAD BORN INFANT Issue: 1. stillborn Sawyer (1713-1713)
• Married: say 1715; Judith White, the daughter of Josiah and Mary (Rice) White. She was born in 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She 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. Bezalied 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-____)
• Offices Held: 2 Mar 1718/19, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed the fence viewer.
• Offices Held: 5 Mar 1721/22, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Constable.

Notes:

Married:
Sawyer (1983) lists Judith's death as 24 March 1774.

Buried:
In Memory of Mr
Bezaleel Sawyer,
who died August
y^e 25^th.AD. 1760,
Aged 75 Years
3 Months, and
12 Days

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• Miscellaneous: 20 Oct 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 20 October 1708, he was taken to Canada along with his father as a captive. There he and his father helped build the first mill in exchange for their freedom. When finally allowed to go home, Elias Sawyer brought, with other things, a curiously glazed plate of red earthen ware, which was handed down from generation to generation. It finally was given to the Lancaster library, by the will of Ellsworth Sawyer, the last male descendant of that line.
• Religion: 24 Mar 1716/17, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 24 March 1716/17 Elias and Beatrix owned covenant in the Lancaster Church at which time their two oldest children were baptized.
• Last Full Review: 30 Jul 2020

Elias married Beatrix Pope on yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 4 Mar 2021

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• History: His home was listed as having two fireplaces. Ephraim later served as a selectman in Lancaster and town moderator. He also served several times as the Representative to the General Court.
• Married: 1698, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Stevens, the daughter of Cyprian and Mary (Willard) Stevens. He was born in 1681 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 28 May 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's gravestone inscription in Old Settlers Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads: In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, y^e Wife of Capt. Ephraim Wilder, who died May y^e 28 1769, in y^e 89^th. year of her Age. The Stroke of Death hath laid my Head, Down in this dark and Silent Bed. The Trump shall Sound I hope to rise, And meet my SAVIOUR in the Skies Issue: 1. Ephraim Wilder Jr. (1708-1770) 2. Elizabeth Wilder (1708-____) 3. Martha Wilder (1711-____) 4. Dorothy Wilder (1714-____) 5. Eunice Wilder (1719-____) 6. Susanna Wilder (1723-____) 7. Asaph Wilder (1724-1747)
• Military: 1705; During Queen Anne's War, Ephraim was attached to Lt. Nathaniel Wilder's garrison, his brother. During the attack, he lost his home, one ox, two calves, three cows, one horse, fifteen sheep, and one swine.

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Name:


Buried:
In Memory of Capt.
Ephraim Wilder, Junr.
who died March y^e 7^th
A D. 1770, in the 63^d.
Year of his Age.
Every Man at his best state, is altogether Vanity.
Cease ye from Man whose Breath is in his Nostrils: and trust
in the Ever Living GOD

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• Moved to: Abt 1724, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut

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Birth:
Mary was born during the exile from Lancaster after the massacre during King Philip's War. The Lancaster records list her as born in Boston, however the vital records of Sudbury list her birth as in that town.

Mary married Simon Stevens in 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Simon (son of Cyprian Stevens and Mary Willard) was born on 13 Aug 1677 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened in 1704 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jan 1758 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary _____.

Dorothy married Samuel Carter in Mar 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Rev. Samuel Carter and Eunice Brooks) was born on 7 Jan 1677/78 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 26 Dec 1707, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Demaris Whitcomb. She was dismissed to the Church in Nichewaug, now Petersham on 5 August 1739 from the Church in Lancaster. Issue: 1. Joshua Wilder (1712-____) 2. Bezaleed Wilder (1715-____) 3. Aholiab Wilder (1717-____) 4. Damaris Wilder (1720-____) 5. Jerahmeel Wilder (1721-____) 6. Aaron Wilder (1723-____) 7. Samuel Wilder (1725-____) 8. Elias Wilder (1727-____)

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• Married: say 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Capt. John White, the son of Josiah and Mary (Rice) White. He was born on 29 September 1684 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Capt. White was known as a great Indian fighter. He served on a grand jury in 1719, and was chosen a selectman a year later. During Lovewell's War, he led several expeditions against the Indians. By trade, John was a blacksmith and was well to do for his time. In 1717, he was licenced to keep a tavern. He died on Wednesday 12 September 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His inventory, dated January 1725/26, was valued at £1220. Eunice petitioned 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; Issue: 1. Eunice White 2. John White 3. Elizabeth White 4. Mary White 5. Thomas White 6. Lois White 7. Nathaniel White 8. Dorothy White (1717-____)

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• Married: 1713; Mary Fairbanks
• Married: say 1745; Rebecca Prescott.

Notes:

Birth:
He was a twin.

Notes:

Birth:
She was a twin.

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• Married: 14 Dec 1713, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Joseph Boyden, the son of Captain Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Boyden. He was born on 1 February 1687 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Sunday 16 April 1758 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Boyden (1715-1715) 2. Isaac Boyden (1717-1758) 3. Mary Boyden (1726-1779)

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• Married: 3 Apr 1718, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Joseph Clark, the son of Joseph and Mary (Wright) Clark. He was born on 9 January 1697 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 27 March 1731 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Clark (1719-1719) 2. Joseph Clark (1720-1780) 3. Rowland Clark (1722-1790) 4. Hephsibah Clark (1725-1811) 5. Jepthah Clark (1727-1736) 6. Experience Clark (1730-____)
• History: say 1770; In her old age she was called "Old Pedy."

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• Military: 11 Oct to 31 Oct 1723; His name appears on the muster roll of Capt Eleazer Wheelock's Company from 11 October to 31 October 1723 as a "Pilot".
• Married: Abt 1717; Sarah _____. Issue: 1. Jonathan Wheeler (1718-1796) 2. Experience Wheeler (1720-____) 3. Richard Wheeler (1721-____) 4. Moses Wheeler (1723-____) 5. Isaac Wheeler (1725-____)
• History: say 1720; He settled in Worcester, though he was a proprator of Pequoig, now Athol, and owned land on the Millers River.

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• History: 1731; In 1731, when his sister, Experience's husband died, Isaac was appointed guardian of all her children.
• Land/House: 25 Apr 1755; He sold his farm and all of its buildings to Seth Clark.
• Moved To: Jun 1755, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He settled in that part of Rutland, which in 1759, became Princeton. In April 1756, he bought a farm in Rutland. On 21 September 1761, he sold his farm in Princeton, and moved to his farm in Rutland.

Isaac married Sarah Lawrence on 8 May 1734 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Ebenezer Lawrence and Mary Partridge) was born on 30 May 1709 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1727; Hannah _____. Issue: 1. Thomas Wheeler (1728-____) 2. Jabez Wheeler (1731-____) 3. Mary Wheeler (1733-____) 4. Abraham Wheeler (1735-____)
• Offices Held: say 1730, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was the Surveyor of Highways.
• History: 1737; Abraham built a bridge across the Blackstone River on the road to Sutton.
• Land/House: say 1740; He owned much land in Holden that he had inherited from his father.

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• Residence: Abt Aug 1720; Benjamin and Zerviah lived in the West Precinct of Lancaster, then called Chocksett. In 1781 it became Sterling, Massachusetts.

Zerviah married Benjamin "Landlord Ben" Houghton on 28 Jul 1720 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Jonas Houghton and Mary Berbeane) was born in 1691 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1764 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 17 Nov 1726, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Rebecca Houghton. Issue: 1. Lucy Moore (1727-1740) 2. Jacob Moore (1728-1740) 3. Tilley Moore (1730-____) 4. Ephraim Moore (1732-1740) 5. Rebecca Moore (1735-1740) 6. Hannah Moore (17378-1740) 7. Catherine Moore (1739-1740) 8. Lucy Moore (1740-____) 9. Joseph Moore (1745-1746) 10. Rebecca Moore (1745-1746) 11. Relief Moore (1747-____) 12. Elizabeth Moore (1753 13. Calvin Moore (1755-____)
• Religion: 8 Jul 1733, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Joseph and Rebecca were admitted to full communion at the First Church of Lancaster. They later joined the Chocksett Church in what later became Sterling.
• Will: 1776
• Probate/Proved: 8 Jul 1777

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• Married: 19 Apr 1727, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Wheeler.

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• Religion: 14 Jan 1732/33, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Both Oliver and Abigail were admitted to full communion in the First Church of Lancaster on 14 January 1732/33. About ten years later they were dismissed to the church in Chocksett in west Lancaster.
• Last Full Review: 22 Mar 2021

Oliver married Abigail Houghton on 18 Dec 1729 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 7 Sep 1708 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Mar 1800 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 2 Dec 1725, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Houghton. He was born on 29 March 1696 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. [This marriage] He died 9 March 1764 in Harvard, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Houghton (1728-____) 2. Thomas Houghton (1731-____)

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• Married: 17 Dec 1730, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Powers. He was baptized as an adult on 25 October 1730 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jacob Powers (1731-____) 2. Amos Powers (1734-____) 3. Elizabeth Powers (1736-____) 4. Hannah Powers (1739-____) 5. Oliver Powers (1741-____) 6. Jonathan Powers (1744-____) 7. Lucy Powers (1748-____) 8. Silas Powers (1748-____) 9. Ephraim Powers (1750-____) 10. Manassah Powers (1754-____)
• Religion: 23 Dec 1733; Hannah was received into full communion. She was dismissed to the second church (Chocksett) of Lancaster, 5 May 1745 where she was received 7 July 1745.

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• Married: 4 Oct 1732, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jabez or Jonathan Beaman, the son of John Beaman. He was born about 1693. He was christened before 1708 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. [This marriage] He died 10 April 1771 in West Boylston, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Olive Beaman (1733-____) 2. Ezra Beaman (1736-____) 3. Silas Beaman (1739-____)
• Religion: 19 Jun 1737, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Dianah was admitted to full communion in the Lancaster Church.

Notes:

Marriage: According to the gravestones, she was wed to Jonathan Beaman but according to the Lancaster records she was wed to Jabez Beaman. Did she marry two Beamans?

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• Married: say 1737; Silence ______. She was born about 1719. She died 8 May 1794 in Bolton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonadab Moore (1741-1760) 2. David Moore (1742-1815) 3. Jonathan Moore (1744-____) 4. Abraham Moore (1748-1803) 5. Sarah Moore (1750-1768) 6. Rebecca Moore (1751-____) 7. Hannah Moore (1754-____) 8. William Moore (1755-____) 9. Silence Moore (1758-____) 10. Thomas Moore 11. Aaron Moore (1760-____)
• Occupation: say 1746, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a blacksmith.
• Probate/Proved: 23 Nov 1773

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• Married: say 1739; Mary ______. [This marriage] Mary was received into communion in the First Church at Lancaster 30 August 1741. At that time they were living in Bolton. On 31 August 1743, she was recommenced to the church in Bolton from Lancaster. Issue: 1. Isaac Moore (____-1740) 2. Mary Moore (____-1740) 3. Jacob Moore (____-1742) 4. Abigail Moore (1740-____) 5. Jacob Moore (1745-1820) 6. Isaac Moore (1748-1825) 7. Mary Moore (1752-____) 8. Uriah Moore (1752-1820) 9. Oliver Moore (1755-____) 10. Olive Moore (1757-____)

Notes:

Christened:
He was a twin.

Notes:

Christened:
He was a twin.

Notes:

Buried:
In Memory of
Mrs. Thankful Carter
wife of Mr. Nathaniel Carter
who died Decembr ye 5th, 1755
in ye 41st year of her age

Thankful married Nathaniel Carter on 09 Feb 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Samuel Carter and Dorothy Wilder) was born in 1706 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jul 1787 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 7 Oct 2020

Elisha married Ruth White on 7 Jan 1741 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Deacon Josiah White and Abigail Whitcomb) was born on 9 Feb 1715/16 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisha married Susanna Huck on 8 Mar 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 26 Nov 1727, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut; Abigail Warren, the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Warren. She was born on 9 September 1708 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Priscilla Stevens (1728-____) 2. Simon Stevens (1730-____) 3. David Stevens (1731-____) 4. Isaac Stevens (1735-____) 5. Jacob Stevens (1746-____) 6. Able Stevens (1752-____) 7. Joseph Stevens (1754-____) 8. Hannah Stevens (1757-____)
• Living: 1764

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• Married: 3 Jun 1732, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut; Mary Tracy, the daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Clark) Tracy. She was born on 10 January 1711/12 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Willard Stevens (1732-____) 2. Asa Stevens (1734-____) 3. Simon Stevens (1736-____) 4. Mary Stevens (1740-____) 5. Mary Stevens (1743-____) 6. Jonathan Stevens (1745-____) 7. Abigail Stevens (1748-____) 8. Sarah Stevens (1750-____) 9. Solomon Stevens (1754-____)
• History: say 1749; According to Holman (1948), "Although he was called 'of Plainfield' in 1749, Jonathan lived much of his life in Canterbury and was a member of the church there."

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• Moved To: Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Nathaniel went with his son, Martin, to Windham, Vermont, thence to Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Married: 5 May 1737, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Martin, the daugher of Thomas and Mary (Grove) Martin. She was born on 16 December 1718 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel and Mary were step-brother and step-sister. On 25 June 1772 Mary Martin was mentioned in the will of Mary Gove. She died in October 1803 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Phebe Stevens (1739-____) 2. Mary Stevens (1742-____) 3. Lucy Stevens (1744-____) 4. Wilder Stevens (1747-1826) 5. Martin Stevens (1749-____) 6. Nathaniel Grove Stevens (1752-1832) 7. Lois Stevens (1754-____) 8. Abraham Stevens (1757-____) 9. Sarah Stevens (1761-____)
• Census: 1790, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 18 Jan 1734, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Capt. Phineas Stevens, the son of Deacon Joseph and Prudence (Rice) Stevens. He was born on 20 February 1706 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and was christened on 27 April 1707 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Phineas and Elizabeth were cousins. He died on Friday 6 February 1756 in Cape Breton, Acadia, Canada while in military service. Issue: 1. Samuel Stevens (1735-____) 2. Willard Stevens (1735-____) 3. Simon Stevens (1737-____) 4. Enos Stevens (1739-____) 5. Mary Stevens (1742-____) 6. Phineas Stevens (1744-____) 7. Katherine Stevens (1747-____) 8. Prudence Stevens (1750-____) 9. Solomon Stevens (1753-____) 10. Dorothy Stevens (1755-1758)

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• Religion: 13 Dec 1749, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nathan and Dorothy were admitted to the church in Petersham.

Dorothy married Nathan Goddard on 28 Nov 1748 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathan (son of Edward Goddard and Hepzibah Hapgood) was born on 18 Jan 1725 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Feb 1806 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 10 Jun 1745, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Dorothy Sawyer, the daughter of John and Sarah (Joslin) Sawyer. She was born on 3 March 1725/26 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was christened on 1 May 1726 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. On their marriage They lived in Petersham after their marriage. She died between 1787 and 1810 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Stevens (1746-1838) 2. Lemuel Stevens (1748-1818) 3. Damaris Stevens (1751-1829) 4. Joseph Stevens (1754-____) 5. Simon Stevens (1756-____) 6. Gardner Stevens (1758-1838) 7. Simon Stevens (1760-1824) 8. Oliver Willard Stevens (1761-1845) 9. John Stevens (1765-____) 10 Mary Stevens (1767-1841) 11. Cyprian Stevens (1769-1807) 12. Dorothy Stevens (1770-1852)
• Will: 2 Apr 1787, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Dorothy, and his children: Eunice, Lemuel, Simon, Damaris, Mary, Dorothy, Oliver, Cyprian, and Gardner.
• Probate/Proved: 16 May 1810, Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 14 Feb 1724/25, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jemima Houghton, thge daughter of Jonas and Mary (Berbeane) Houghton. Issue: 1. Millisant Carter (1726-____) 2. Lucy Carter (1727-____) 3. Dorothy Carter (1729-____) 4. Mary Carter (1731-____) 5. Eunice Carter (1733-____) 6. Dinah Carter (1735-____) 7. Samuel Carter (1737-____) 8. Stanton Carter (1739-1823) 9. Silas Carter (1740-1820) 10. Prudence Carter (1743-1828) 11. Jonas Carter (1745-____) 12. Jemima Carter (1747-____)

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• Married: 3 Nov 1724, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; David Osgood. He was dismissed to the Church in Chockset, now Sterling, Massachusetts on 25 November 1744 from the Church in Lancaster. He died on Wednesday 20 February 1771 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. David's gravestone inscription in Sterling Burying Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads: David Osgood Esq. died Feb. 20, 1771 in the 73^rd year of his age Issue: 1. Dorothy Osgood (1728-____) 2. Azuba Osgood (1730-____) 3. David Osgood Jr. (1734-____) 4. Mary Osgood (1736-1739) 5. Elizabeth Osgood (1738-1739) 6. Mary Osgood (1744-____) 7. Elizabeth Osgood (1746-____)

Notes:

Buried:
Mrs. Eunice Osgood
died Nov. 16, 1789
aged 85 years

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• Offices Held: 9 Jul 1740, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected as a Selectman on the town's first board.
• Religion: 1743; He was one of the sixteen who subscribe to the covenant of the First Church of Leominster, Massachusetts thus establishing it on 25 September 1743.

Notes:

Buried:
In Memory of
Mr. Nathaniel Carter
who departed this life
July 20, 1787
in the 79th year of his age

Nathaniel married Thankful Sawyer on 09 Feb 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thankful (daughter of Elias Sawyer and Beatrix Pope) was born in 1715; was christened on 24 Mar 1716/17 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1755 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Dorcus Spofford on 21 Jul 1758. Dorcus was born in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 1784 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1730; Thomas Fairbank.

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• Married: say 1730; Daniel Knight.

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• Married: say 1731; Damaris Joslin.

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• Married: say 1733; Mary Osgood.
• Married: say 1743; Abigail Wilder, the daughter of James and Abigail (Gardner) Wilder.

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• Married: say 1735; Beulah Wilder.
• Married: say 1745; Hannah Flagg.

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• Married: say 1738; John Whitcomb.

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Birth:
Carter (2000) gives her birth date as 1719.

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• Married: say 1742; Joseph Osgood Jr., the son of Joseph Osgood.

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• Married: say 1743; Stephen Buss.

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• Married: say 1746; Tabitha Houghton.

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• Married: 14 Mar 1765, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Stone, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Farwell) Stone. She was born on 29 March 1743 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 22 December 1813 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Dorcas Wheeler (1766-____) 2. Katee Wheeler (1767-____) 3. Elizabeth Wheeler (1769-____) 4. Isaac Wheeler (1771-____) 5. Jacob Wheeler (1774-____) 6. Sibyl Wheeler (1775-____) 7. Sarah Wheeler (1779-____) 8. Reuben Wheeler (1782-____) 9. Eli Wheeler (1784-1861)
• Military: 19 Apr 1775; He was a Sargeant in the Rutland Minute Men before the Revolution. On 19 April 1775, he marched with the company to Cambridge to join in the siege of Boston. He was there throughout the siege from 1775 to 1776.

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Name:


Died:
Murphy (1928) gives his death date as 2 April 1817.

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• Married: Jul 1772, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Col. John Watson. He was born about 1750 based on age at death. He and Sarah Wheeler filed marriage intentions on 26 June 1772 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Wheeler filed marriage intentions on 27 June 1772 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 14 March 1829 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Watson (1773-____) 2. John Watson (1774-1785) 3. Jacob Wheeler Watson (1777-____)

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• Married: 17 Nov 1763, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Capt. Adam Wheeler, the son of Ephraim and Miriam (Martin) Wheeler. He was born on 29 April 1732 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He served in the French and Indian War, and was a Captain during the Revolution, having served at Lexington, Charlestown, Bunker Hill, Newark, Stillwater, Albany, and White Plains. He was ordained a deacon in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. After the war, he felt the injustice of the Massachusetts government and raised a company of 100 men, and with 80 of them, marched to Worcester where he took control of the courthouse. By this action, he became the number two man of Shay's Rebellion, and fled to Canada upon its collapse. In 1791, he petitioned the town of Hubbardston to help him pay his debts incurred in the revolt. The town happily complied. He died on Tuesday 24 August 1802 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Silas Wheeler (1764-1826) 2. Ede Wheeler (1766-____) 3. Asa Wheeler (1768-1831) 4. Joel Wheeler (1771-____) 5. Rhoda Wheeler (1774-____) 6. Jacob Wheeler 7. Daniel Wheeler (1780-1810)
• Moved To: Abt 1766, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1755 to 1817, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

History:
In 1755, when he was 9, he moved to Rutland from Medfield with his father. He lived for some time in Hubbardston, Massachusetts on a farm acquired from his father. He returned to Rutland and bought a farm near New Boston. He lived there the rest of his life.

He was a member of the Rutland Minute Company and marched to Cambridge after the Alarm in 1775.

Abraham married Jemima Walker on 22 Aug 1770 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Jemima (daughter of Captain Phineas Walker and Beulah Clap) was born on 3 Oct 1747 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Dec 1802 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Katy Muzzy on 30 May 1803 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Katy was christened on 3 Jul 1763 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Sep 1822 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: say 1770; Read (1836), in his History of Rutland, says that he was "Believed to be pious."

Notes:

Died:
He never married.

Wheeler (1924) gives his death date as 30 May 1775.