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Families of the Children of Hephzibah4 Washburn and Benjamin3 Leach Esq.

 

 

         The families of the children of Hephzibah Washburn and Benjamin Leach remained in or near Bridgewater for the most part. Sarah Leach and her husband moved into Hampshire Co., MA, and Phebe Leach and her husband moved to Worcester Co., MA. The grandchildren of Hephzibah and Benjamin moved further out from Plymouth County, to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, and some of the families I have been unable to trace. Quite a number of descendants of Hephzibah and Benjamin Leach married other Washburn descendants, and in some cases their families will be listed under the Washburn spouse, but other than that the descendants of Hephzibah (Washburn) Leach will not be carried further than this file.

 

 

 

 

John2 Washburn (5th)

 

 

Joseph3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Mitchell

 

Hephzibah4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Robert1 Latham

 

 

Hannah2 Latham

 

 

 

 

Susanna2 Winslow

Anne4 Leach

 

 

 

Deacon Joseph4 Leach

 

 

 

Mary Leach

 

 

 

Nathan4 Leach

 

 

 

Sarah4 Leach

 

 

 

Benjamin4 Leach Jr.

 

 

 

Benanuel4 Leach

 

 

 

Jerahmeel Leach

 

 

 

Nokes Leach

 

 

 

Susanna4 Leach

 

 

 

Hannah4 Leach

 

 

 

Phebe4 Leach

 

 

 

Eunice Leach

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lawrence1 Leach

 

 

Giles2 Leach

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth

 

Benjamin3 Leach Esq.

 

 

 

 

Anne Nokes

 

 

 

(452.) Anne4 Leach, eldest daughter of (129) Hephzibah4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 19 July 1703,[1] married Samuel3 Packard, son of Nathaniel2 and Lydia (Smith[?]) Packard, of Bridgewater,[2] on 3 July 1722 in Middleborough.[3] He was a grandson of Samuel1 and Elizabeth1 Packard,[4] and they lived in Bridgewater.

         He was possibly the Lt. Samuel Packard who died intestate on 21 Sept. 1774 in Bridgewater,[5] and Adams Bailey, of Bridgewater, yeoman, was granted administration of his estate on 6 Feb. 1775, with Nathaniel Reynolds and Zachariah Gurney, both of Bridgewater, as sureties.[6] The Inventory of the Estate of Samuel Packard, late of Bridgewater, was appraised on 10 Mar. 1775 by Edward Howard, Esq., James Ames, yeoman, both of Bridgewater, and Benjamin Fobes, of Easton, and totaled only £20.16.6½. Adams Bailey, the Administrator, gave his oath to the inventory on 4 Dec. 1775, who notified the court that the estate was insolvent to pay its debts.[7]

         Samuel Packard and Anne Leach had children,[8] order uncertain:

        1393     i   Anne4 Packard, born on 1 Aug. 1723 in Bridgewater,[9] married 1.) Dr. Elijah4 Edson, son of Capt. Josiah3 and Sarah3 (Packard) Edson, of South Bridgewater,[10] on 21 Apr. 1741 in Bridgewater.[11] He was born on 28 Oct. 1720 in Bridgewater,[12] a grandson of Joseph2 Edson, and of Zacheus2 and Sarah2 (Howard) Packard,[13] and he was a physician in Bridgewater. He died testate on 29 Nov. 1762 in Bridgewater.[14] His will was dated 17 Nov. 1762, and probated on 6 Dec. 1762, and he mentioned his wife Ann, his 4 daughters Ann, Olive, Susanna, and Ruth, his sons Elijah, Calvin, Daniel, Hosea, Caleb, Silvester and Marshal, and he named Nathan Mitchel as executor of his estate.[15] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) In 1764 Calvin, Daniel, and Olive Edson chose guardians;[16] Hezekiah Hooper was appointed as guardian of Sylvester, Caleb, and Ruth Edson, children of Elijah Edson,[17] and Joseph Washburn, Jr., was appointed as guardian of Hosea and Susanna Edson, children of Elijah Edson.[18] Anne (Packard) Edson remarried to 2.) Capt. Jonathan Woods (Jr.), son of Jona­than and Betty Woods, as his second wife,[19] on 11 Feb. 1771 in Bridgewater.[20] He was born on 15 Aug. 1740 in Bridgewater,[21] and had married first to Keziah4 Keith, daughter of James3 and Lydia (Perkins) Keith.[22] No death or probate records were found for Capt. Jonathan Woods in Plymouth Co., MA, and he was not a head of household in Plymouth County in the 1790 federal census. Anne Packard had children by Dr. Elijah Edson, order uncertain:[23]

a. Anne5 Edson, born ca. 1741, the first daughter named in her father’s will and the first named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, married (931) Eliab6 Washburn, son of (354) Capt. Joseph5 and Deliverance (Orcutt) Washburn,[24] in 1762.[25] He was born on 4 Apr. 1740 in Bridgewater,[26] a grandson of (110) Josiah4 and Mercy3 (Tilson) Washburn.[27] Ann, the wife of Eliab Washburne, was named in the 1769 division of the land of her brother Marshal Edson. They moved to Hebron, ME,[28] then settled in Minot, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) Co., ME. Eliab Washburn served as a private in the Revolutionary War, and he was living in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census,[29] and in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census.[30] He died on 27 May 1818, presumably in Maine. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation under the children of Eliab Washburn.)

b. Elijah5 Edson (Jr.), born on 10 Feb. 1742 in Bridgewater,[31] the first son named in his father’s will, married (933) Martha6 Washburn, daughter of (354) Capt. Joseph5 and Deliverance (Orcutt) Washburn,[32] on 13 Mar. 1766 in Bridgewater.[33] She was born on 11 June 1744 in Bridgewater,[34] a granddaughter of (110) Josiah4 and Mercy3 (Tilson) Washburn.[35] He was executor of the estate of his brother Marshal Edson in 1768. They moved first to Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA, then settled in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA. They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[36] She died on 16 Mar. 1817 in New Braintree, aged 72 years,[37] and he died on 21 Jan. 1818 in New Braintree, aged 76 years.[38] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation under the children of Martha Washburn.)

c. Calvin5 Edson, born say ca. 1744,[39] the second son named in his father’s will and the second named sibling in the division of Marshall Edson’s land, Seth Pratt, of Bridgewater, yeoman, was appointed to be his guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[40] and he married Lydia6 Conant, daughter of Lot5 and Betty (Holmes) Conant (Jr.),[41] on 6 Feb. 1766 in Bridgewater,[42] and they moved to Oakham, MA. She was born on 2 Sept. 1746 in Bridgewater.[43] Calvin Edson was named in the 1769 divison of the land of his brother Marshal Edson. She died on 25 July 1778.[44] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, and no death record was found for Calvin Edson in Oakham. They probably had at least 2 children, order uncertain:[45]

1. Lydia6 Edson, born say ca. 1768, married Thomas6 Conant, son of John5 and Abihail (Pratt) Conant, of Bridgewater,[46] on 22 Apr. 1789 in Bridgewater,[47] and settled in Oakham, MA.[48] He was born on 10 Mar. 1766 in Bridgewater.[49] No death records were found for either of them in Oakham, MA.

2. Lt. Calvin6 Edson (Jr.), born say ca. 1770, married Martha “Patty” Dunbar in 1797,[50] and they also lived in Oakham, MA.[51]

3. (Possibly others)

d. Olive5 Edson, born say ca. 1746, the second daughter named in her father’s will and the third named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, Seth Pratt, of Bridgewater, yeoman, was appointed as her guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[52] and she married Azahel/Azel4 Keith, son of (435) John3 and Abigail (Willis) Keith (Jr.), of Bridgewater,[53] on 12 Feb. 1767 in Bridgewater.[54] He was a grandson of Ensign John2 and (127) Hannah4 (Washburn) Keith, of Bridgewater, and was mentioned in his grandfather’s 1761 will.[55] Olive, the wife of Azahel Keith, was mentioned in the 1769 division of the land of her brother Marshal Edson. No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, but he may have been the Azel Keith living in Hartland, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1790 federal census,[56] and in the 1800 federal census,[57] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT.[58]

e. Daniel5 Edson, born say ca. 1748,[59] the third son named in his father’s will and the fourth named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, Joseph Washburn Jr., of Bridgewater, yeoman, was appointed to be his guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[60] and Daniel Edson was named in the 1769 division of the land of his brother Marshal Edson. He probably moved to Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, and married Betty Fuller on 10 Aug. 1773 in Brookfield,[61] and they probably moved to Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, but he was probably the Daniel Edson living in Reading, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1791 federal census,[62] and in Springfield, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1800 federal census,[63] but he was not a head of household in Windsor Co., VT, in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses, but he may have been living in Northfield, VT, with his son Freedom Edson in the 1820 and 1830 federal censuses. They supposedly had children:

1. Freedom6 Edson, a son, born on 16 Nov. 1779 in Woodstock, VT,[64] supposedly married Phebe Shipman, daughter of Elias and Sally (Doubleday) Shipman,[65] on 28 Apr. 1808 in VT.[66] He not a head of household in Vermont in the 1810 federal census, but he was apparently married and living in Northfield, VT, in the 1820 federal census,[67] and in Stowe, Washington Co., VT, in the 1830 federal census,[68] but he was not found in Vermont in the 1840 or 1850 federal censuses. His widow was probably the Phebe Edson still living in Stowe, Lamoille Co., VT, in the 1850 federal census, with Caleb and Betsy Goodenough.[69]

2. Hannah Edson, born on 23 Dec. 1782 in Woodstock, VT.[70]

3. (Probably others)[71]

f. Susanna Edson, born say ca. 1750, the third daughter named in her father’s will and the fifth named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land. Joseph Washburn Jr., was appointed as her guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[72] and Susannah Edson was named in the 1769 division of the land of her brother Marshal Edson.

g. Hosea5 Edson, born say ca. 1752, the fourth son named in his father’s will and the sixth named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, Joseph Washburn, Jr., was appointed as his guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[73] and Hosea Edson was named in the 1769 division of the land of his brother Marshal Edson. He probably moved to Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA, and married Sarah Watson, of Brookfield, MA, on 24 Nov. 1778 in Brookfield.[74] She may have been the daughter of William and Susanna (Barnes) Watson,[75] born on 15 Jan. 1758 in Brookfield.[76] He served in the Revolutionary War as a private and a musician in Capt. Peter Harwood’s Company from Brookfield in 1775, and as a bombardier in Capt. William Todd’s Company in 1776.[77] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 or 1800 federal censuses or in Vermont in the 1791 federal census.

h. Caleb Edson, born say ca. 1754, the fifth son named in his father’s will and the seventh named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[78] and Caleb Edson was named in the 1769 division of the land of his brother Marshall Edson. He was not a head of household in Plymouth or Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.

i. Ruth5 Edson, born say ca. 1856,[79] the last daughter named in her father’s 1762 will and the eighth named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, was appointed as her guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[80] Ruth Edson was named in the 1769 division of the land of her brother Marshal Edson. She married David Watson, probably son of William and Susanna (Barnes) Watson,[81] on 20 Apr. 1778 in Brookfield, MA.[82] He was born on 25 Mar. 1754 in Brookfield.[83] He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. John Barns’ Company from Brookfield in 1775, promoted to Sergeant in 1776.[84] They were living in Brookfield, MA, in the 1790,[85] and 1800 federal censuses,[86] and Ruth Watson, the wife of David Watson, was baptized into the church in Brookfield on 1 Dec. 1806,[87] but he was not a head of household in Brookfield in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses. They had children, order uncertain:

1. (Unnamed child), died on 8 Feb. 1781 in Brookfield, MA.[88]

2. (Unnamed child), died in Mar. 1782 in Brookfield.[89]

3. (Unnamed twins), died in infancy on 3 Sept. 1783 in Brookfield.[90]

4. Fanny Watson, baptized on 23 Oct. 1808 in Brookfield.[91]

5. Ruth E. Watson, baptized on 23 Oct. 1808 in Brookfield,[92] supposedly married Capt. Peter Putnam, of Sutton, MA, in 1823,[93] and died on 16 June 1835 in Sutton, MA, aged 35 years.[94] He was probably the son of Peter and Sarah (Marble) Putnam[95] who was born on 22 Mar. 1788 in Sutton,[96] and he remarried to Mrs. Nancy Putnam on 15 June 1836 in Sutton.[97]

6. (Probably others)[98]

j. Silvester/Sylvester5 Edson, born ca. 1759,[99] the sixth son named in his father’s 1762 will and the ninth named sibling in the division of Marshal Edson’s land, Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 8 Oct. 1764,[100] and Silvester Edson was named in the 1769 division of the land of his brother Marshal Edson. He married Susanna “Susan” Allen, of Brookfield, MA, probably daughter of Ephraim and Bettie (Woods) Allen, of Bridgewater,[101] in 1780.[102] She was born on 2 Mar. 1761 in Bridgewater,[103] a granddaughter of Jonathan and Betty Woods.[104] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, but they were living in Hartland, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1790 federal census,[105] and in Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1800 federal census.[106] He died on 12 Feb. 1813 in Woodstock, VT, aged 53 years,[107] and she died a widow in Aug. 1830 in Woodstock, VT, aged 67 years.[108] They had children:

1. Silvester Edson (Jr.), born on 29 July 1783 in Hartland, Windsor Co., VT.[109]

2. Luther Edson, born on 4 May 1785 in Hartland, VT.[110]

3. Susannah Edson, born on 5 Feb. 1788 in Hartland, VT.[111]

4. Lucy Edson, born on 7 Oct. 1789 in Hartland, VT.[112]

5. Huldah Edson, born on 13 Oct. 1792 in Hartland, VT.[113]

6. Cyntha Edson, born on 20 Nov. 1794 in Hartland, VT.[114]

j. Marshal Edson, born say ca. 1761, the last son named in his father’s 1762 will, but not listed in Mitchell’s History of Bridgewater. No guardian was appointed for him in 1764, and he died intestate in 1768 in Bridgewater. His brother Elijah Edson, laborer, was granted administration of his estate on 10 Oct. 1768.[115] His inventory was appraised by John Washburne, Samuel Kinsley, and Nathan Mitchel, and totaled £47.2.6, including 23-3/4 acres of land on the southerly side of his father Elijah’s homestead. Since the land was too small to be divided without spoiling it, Elijah Edson, the oldest brother and administrator, agreed to take the land at its appraised value and pay to Ann, the wife of Eliab Washburne, Calvin Edson, Olive, the wife of Azahel Keith, Daniel Edson, Susannah Edson, Hosea Edson, Caleb Edson, Ruth Edson, and Silvester Edson, each £4.6.2 for their respective shares on 6 Mar. 1769.[116]

        1394    ii   Mary4 Packard, born on 16 Apr. 1725 in Bridgewater,[117] married Capt. Abiezer4 Edson, son of Capt. Josiah3 and Sarah3 (Packard) Edson, of South Bridgewater,[118] as his third wife, on 15 Nov. 1744 in Bridgewater.[119] He was born on 10 June 1715 in Bridgewater,[120] a grandson of Joseph2 Edson, and of Zacheus2 and Sarah (Haward) Packard.[121] She died on 27 Nov. 1778 in Bridgewater, aged 53 years,[122] and he remarried again to Catharine (William) (Lunt) Earl, of Taunton.[123] Capt. Abiezer Edson died on 24 July 1791 in Bridgewater, aged 76 years,[124] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and he was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census. Mary (Packard) Edson had children,[125] order uncertain:

a. Abiel5 Edson, born ca. 1749 in Bridgewater,[126] married Hannah6 Morton, daughter of John5 and Elisabeth (Bennett) Morton, of Middleborough,[127] on 5 Mar. 1775 in Middleborough,[128] and settled in Middleborough.[129] She was born on 24 Sept. 1753 in Middleborough,[130] a granddaughter of Capt. Ebenezer4 and Mercy (Foster) Morton, of Middleborough.[131] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[132] He died on 7 Apr. 1823 in Middleborough, aged 74 years,[133] but no probate records were filed for his estate. They had children:

1. Abial Edson (Jr.), born on 1 May 1776 in Middleborough.[134]

2. Cyrus Edson, born on 5 Feb. 1778 in Middleborough.[135]

3. Oliver Edson, born on 22 Nov. 1779 in Middleborough.[136]

4. Mary6 Edson, born on 10 Sept. 1781 in Middleborough,[137] possibly married Daniel Thrasher Jr. on 29 Sept. 1806 in Middleborough.[138] He died intestate on 13 Apr. 1826 in Middleborough, aged 44 years,[139] and Benjamin Richmond, of Middleborough, yeoman, was granted administration of his estate on 2 May 1826, with Job Alden and Andrew Alden as sureties.[140]

5. John Morton Edson, born on 3 Jan. 1784 in Middleborough.[141]

6. James6 Edson, born on 13 Mar. 1787 in Middleborough,[142] married Keziah Leon­ard, possibly daughter of Thomas and Sally Leonard, of Raynham, MA, on 13 July 1818 in Raynham.[143] She was born on 26 Nov. 1788 in Raynham.[144] He died intestate, however, on 12 Aug. 1818 in Middleborough, aged 31 years,[145] and his widow Kezia Edson was granted administration of his estate on 5 Oct. 1818, with Calvin Pratt and Amasa Leonard as sureties.[146] She probably remarried to Seth Richmond, of Taunton, on 6 Feb. 1823 in Middleborough.[147]

7. Josiah6 Edson, born on 29 July 1789 in Middleborough,[148] marriage not found. He was living alone in Middleborough in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[149] but he was not found in the 1850 federal census in Middleborough, or in the 1855 Massachusetts state census in Middleborough. In the 1865 Massachusetts state census he was a pauper living in Middleborough on the farm of Thomas and Abigail Lovell.[150] He probably died on 18 July 1866 in Middleborough, aged 75 [sic] years,[151] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

8. Daniel Edson, born on 17 Apr. 1795 in Middleborough.[152]

b. Adam5 Edson, born say ca. 1756,[153] went to Albany, NY, and married Mercy Hazard,[154] daughter of John and Mary (Wakeman) Hazard,[155] on 3 Dec. 1786 in Fairfield, CT.[156] She was born on 21 Nov. 1754, and died on 3 Nov. 1831 in Albany, Albany Co., NY.[157] They were living in Halfmoon, Albany Co., NY, in the 1790 federal census,[158] in Halfmoon, Saratoga Co., NY, in the 1800,[159] and 1810 federal censuses,[160] and in Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census.[161] They had children:[162]

1. Henry Edson, born say ca. 1788.[163]

2. George Edson, born say ca. 1792.[164]

3. Eliza Edson, born say ca. 1796.[165]

c. Rodolphus5 Edson, born ca. 1753 in Bridgewater,[166] married Lydia Crane, of Berkley, MA, on 15 Aug. 1780 in Middleborough,[167] and went to Oxford,[168] Worcester Co., MA. She was born ca. 1760.[169] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his brother Polycarpus Edson,[170] and in Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[171] He died on 5 Oct. 1833 in Oxford, MA, aged 80 years,[172] and she died on 15 Jan. 1841 in Oxford, MA, aged 80 years.[173] They had children:[174]

1. Ephraim Edson, born on 27 May 1781 in Oxford, Worcester Co., MA.[175]

2. Betsy Edson, born on 26 Jan. 1784 in Oxford, MA.[176]

3. Bradford G. Edson, born on 21 Sept. 1801 in Oxford, MA.[177]

d. Capt. Polycarpus5 Edson, born ca. 1756 in Bridgewater,[178] married Lucy6 Eaton, of Middleborough,[179] possibly daughter of Jabez5 and Elizabeth (Williams) Eaton,[180] on 3 Dec. 1777 in Middleborough.[181] She was born supposedly on 24 Mar. 1759 in Middleborough.[182] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his brother Rodolphus Edson.[183] He died intestate on 21 Aug. 1796 in Bridgewater, aged 40 years,[184] and his widow, Lucy Edson, was granted administration of his estate on 24 Oct. 1796, but she was removed without completing the administration, and replaced by Daniel Crane, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, as administrator on 22 May 1799.[185] She died a widow on 12 Nov. 1816 in Bridgewater, aged 55 years.[186] They had children:[187]

1. Charles Edson, died young.

2. Sarah6 “Sally” Edson, born on 12 Nov. 1781,[188] married Zecheriah5 Eddy, Esq., son of Capt. Joshua4 and (1987) Lydia6 (Paddock) Eddy,[189] on 1 Sept. 1803 in Bridgewater.[190] He was born on 6 Dec. 1780 in Middleborough,[191] a grandson of Lt. Zachariah3 and Mercy5 (Morton) Eddy, of Middleborough,[192] and of Zechariah5 and (774) Martha5 (Washburn) Paddock, of Middleborough.[193] They were living in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census, where he was a counselor at law.[194] She died on 7 Sept. 1850 in Middleborough, aged 68 years,[195] and he died testate on 14 Feb. 1860 in Middleborough, aged 79 years,[196] his will dated 25 Feb. 1858, and probated in Apr. 1860, mentioned his grandson Lt. Samuel Breck Jr., currently in the United States Army, his granddaughter Sarah Amelia Breck, who lives with him, children of his daughter Sarah Amelia Breck, deceased, James G. Nichols, and his daughters Anne Juliet Barrett, wife of Samuel Barrett, and Charlotte Elizabeth Pratt, wife of Francis Greenleaf Pratt, and he named his two sons-in-law, Samuel Barrett and Francis Greenleaf Pratt as executors of his estate.[197] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of his will.)

3. Royal Edson, born on ca. 16 Jan. 1784, died on 13 Jan. 1785 in Bridgewater, aged 11 months, 28 days.[198]

4. Charlotte6 Edson, born on 12 Jan. 1786,[199] never married. She was still unmarried and living with the family of Zachariah and Sarah Eddy in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census. She died on 3 Oct. 1863 in Middleborough, aged 77 years, of dysentery.[200]

5. Lucy6 Edson, born say ca. 1788, married a Pratt, possibly Capt. Greenleaf Pratt, son of William and Mary (King) Pratt, of Middleborough,[201] in ca. 1809.[202] He was born on 13 May 1782 in Middleborough,[203] and died intestate on 8 May 1824 in Middleborough, aged 42 years.[204] Zechariah Eddy, of Middleborough, Counsellor at Law, was granted administration of the estate of Greenleaf Pratt, late of Middleborough, Gentleman, on 1 June 1824, with Joshua Eddy Jr. and Nathl. Eddy as sureties.[205] Jonathan C. Keith, Zebulon K. Pratt, & Simon Backus, Gentleman, were appointed to appraise the estate of Greenleaf Pratt, late of Middleborough, Gentleman, on 28 May 1824. The Inventory, dated 15 June 1824, totaled $9006.45, his real estate valued at $6950.30, including his homestead farm of 73 acres valued at $5000. Zechariah Eddy, Esq., the administrator, gave is oath to the inventory on 19 July 1824, and he was ordered to deliver to Lydia Pratt, widow of the deceased, $600 out of the personal estate for her necessaries.[206]

e. Dr. Jael5 Edson, a physician in Albany, NY, never married.[207]

        1395   iii   Bettie4 Packard, born on 15 Oct. 1727 in Bridgewater,[208] married Seth Dean on 28 Apr. 1748 in Bridgewater.[209] Children not found. No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.

        1396   iv   Samuel4 Packard (Jr.), born say ca. 1729 in Bridgewater, married 1.) Elisabeth Carver, daughter of Joseph and Elisabeth (Snow) Carver,[210] on 13 Dec. 1757 in Bridgewater.[211] She was born on 10 Sept. 1731 in Bridgewater,[212] a granddaughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth3 (Alden) Snow,[213] and she died in ca. 1761. He probably remarried to 2.) Mary? Washburn, daughter or widow of (___) Washburn, on 2 Sept. 1761 in Bridgewater.[214] He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, and no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County. He had 2 children by Elisabeth Carver:[215]

a. Betty Packard, born on 4 Sept. 1758 in Bridgewater,[216] marriage not found.

b. Silvia Packard, born on 16 Nov. 1760 in Bridgewater,[217] marriage not found.

        1397    v   Hepzibah4 Packard, born ca. 1731 in Bridgewater,[218] married Seth5 Morton, son of Capt. Ebenezer4 and Mercy (Foster) Morton,[219] of Middleborough, as his second wife, on 12 Sept. 1757 in Bridgewater.[220] He was born on 11 Mar. 1731/2 in Middleborough,[221] a grandson of John3 and Mary (Ring) Morton (Jr.),[222] and he had married first to Lydia Hall, of Sandwich, MA, in ca. 1751.[223] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his widowed daughter-in-law, Sarah (Cushman) Morton, and his uncle, Deacon Ichabod Morton.[224] Seth Morton died on 30 Jan. 1810 in Middleborough, aged 77 years,[225] and Hepzibah (Packard) Morton died a widow on 25 Nov. 1820 in Middleborough, aged 89 years,[226] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plym­outh County. Seth Morton had 3 children by Lydia Hall, and 9 more children by Hepzibah Packard:

a. Phebe Morton, born on 18 Oct. 1752, died on 2 Nov. 1752 in Middleborough.[227]

b. Joshua6 Morton, born on 6 Nov. 1753 in Middleborough,[228] married Sarah6 Cushman, daughter of Isaac5 and Sarah (Miller) Cushman, of Middleborough,[229] on 12 Nov. 1778 in Middleborough.[230] She was born on 13 May 1757 in Middleborough,[231] a granddaughter of Ichabod4 and Patience4 (Holmes) Cushman,[232] and a great‑granddaughter of Rev. Isaac3 and Rebecca2 (Harlow) Cushman, of Plympton.[233] Joshua Morton died intestate on 11 Oct. 1789 in Middleborough, of “dropsy and mortification,” aged 35 years,[234] and his widow Sarah Morton was granted administration of his estate on 4 Jan. 1790.[235] Sarah (Cushman) Morton died a widow on 19 Nov. 1844 in Middleborough, “at Joshua Eddy’s,” aged 87 years.[236] They had children:

1. Lydia7 Morton, born on 11 Sept. 1779 in Middleborough,[237] married Joshua6 Eddy (Jr.), Esq., son of Capt. Joshua5 and (2024) Lydia6 (Paddock) Eddy, of Middleborough,[238] on 10 Jan. 1805 in Middleborough.[239] He was born on 3 Feb. 1779 in Middleborough,[240] a grand­son of Lt. Zachariah4 and Mercy5 (Morton) Eddy, of Middleborough,[241] and of Zachariah5 and (774) Martha5 (Washburn) Paddock, of Middleborough.[242] Lydia (Morton) Eddy died on 31 July 1855 in Middleborough, aged 75 years, 10 months, 20 days,[243] and Joshua Eddy (Jr.), Esq., died intestate on 11 Nov. 1863 in Middleborough, aged 84 years, 9 months, 8 days.[244] Joshua M. Eddy and Thomas Weston, of Middleborough, were granted administration of his estate on 12 Mar. 1864.[245]

2. Susanna7 Morton, born on 6 Dec. 1781 in Middleborough,[246] as a minor over the age of 14 she chose her mother, Sarah Morton, as her guardian on 19 June 1802,[247] and she married 1.) Freeman Barrows, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Jones) Barrows, of Middleborough,[248] on 31 Mar. 1805 in Middleborough,[249] and they moved to New Bedford, MA, in ca. 1807. He was born on 22 Mar. 1783 in Middleborough,[250] and died intestate on 18 Mar. 1813 in Middleborough, aged 29 years, 11 months, 26 days, of “consumption.”[251] His widow Susannah Barrows, of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate on 6 Apr. 1813, with Zechariah Eddy, Esqr., and Joshua Eddy Jr. as sureties.[252] She remarried to 2.) Capt. Southworth Ellis, son of Thomas and Ruth (Thomas) Ellis, of Middleborough,[253] as his second wife,[254] on 10 Apr. 1828 in Middleborough.[255] He was born on 18 Feb. 1769 in Middleborough,[256] and died testate on 15 Dec. 1840 in Middleborough, aged 71 years, 9 months, 27 days,[257] his will dated 11 Mar. 1840, and probated in May 1841, mentioned his wife Susan, his daughter Ruth Dean, wife of Dr. Ebenezer Dean, and son Southworth Ellis junior, whom he named as executor of his estate.[258] (See Appendix [C] for a full transcription of his will.) Susanna (Morton) (Barrows) Southworth died after 1844, probably in New Bedford, MA.

3. Elias Morton, born on 26 July 1784 in Middleborough,[259] died in Nov. 1801 in Boston, aged 18 years, of a fever,[260] presumably unmarried.

4. Joshua Morton (Jr.), born on 6 June 1789 in Middleborough,[261] his mother, Sarah Morton, was appointed as his guardian on 19 June 1802,[262] marriage not found.

c. Seth6 Morton (Jr.), born on 27 Feb. 1756 in Middleborough,[263] married 1.) Rosamond Finney, daughter of Lt. Nelson and Rosamond (Thomas) Finney, of Middleborough,[264] on 20 Nov. 1783 in Middleborough.[265] She was born on 18 Aug. 1758 in Middleborough.[266] She died, and he remarried to 2.) Priscilla6 Morton, his first cousin, daughter of Ebenezer5 and Sarah (Cobb) Morton (Jr.),[267] on 21 May 1789 in Middleborough.[268] She was born on 4 Oct. 1762 in Middleborough.[269] Seth Morton (Jr.) died testate on 4 Dec. 1805 in Middleborough,[270] his will dated 2 June 1803, and probated on 12 Feb. 1806, mentioned his now wife Priscilla, unnamed children, and daughter Virtue, by his first wife, and appointed his brother Caleb Morton as executor of his estate, but Caleb refused, and administration of his estate with will annexed was granted to John Bennet, of Middleborough, Gentleman, on 12 Feb. 1806, with George Morton and Wilkes Wood as sureties.[271] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of his will.) Priscilla (Morton) Morton died a widow on 17 Feb. 1847 in Middleborough, aged 84 years.[272] He had 1 daughter by Rosamond Finney, and 8 more children by Priscilla Morton:

1. Virtue7 Morton, born on 5 Nov. 1784 in Middleborough,[273] married Josiah Freeman, son of Elisha and Mercy5 (Eddy) Freeman, of Middleborough,[274] in 1806.[275] He was born in 1780,[276] a grandson of Lt. Zachariah4 and Mercy5 (Morton) Eddy, of Middleborough.[277] Josiah Freeman died on 30 May 1861 in Middleborough, aged 80 years, 11 months, 19 days, of “paralytic attacks & decline,”[278] but no probate records were filed for his estate. Virtue (Morton) Freeman died on 6 July 1861 in Middleborough, aged 76 years, 8 months, 2 days, “lost her mind.”[279]

2. Samuel7 Morton, born on 29 Jan. 1790 in Middleborough,[280] married Esther Weston, of Middleborough, on 4 Jan. 1816 in Middleborough.[281] He died intestate on 2 Sept. 1843 in Middleborough, aged 53 years,[282] and his son Nathan W. Morton, of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate, as requested by the widow, on 7 Nov. 1843.[283]

3. Phebe Morton, born on 15 May 1791 in Middleborough,[284] marriage not found.

4. Seth7 Morton (3rd), born on 29 Nov. 1792 in Middleborough,[285] possibly married Lucetta Barrows, daughter of Josiah and Ruth (Tinkham) Barrows, of Middleborough,[286] on 31 July 1823 in Middleborough,[287] and settled in Carver, MA. She was born on 21 Dec. 1802 in Middleborough.[288] He lost a leg in an accident with a cart, presumably as a young man, and he died testate on 23 Sept. 1847 in Middleborough.[289]

5. Hepzibah7 Morton, born on 27 Aug. 1794 in Middleborough,[290] never married, moved to New Bedford, MA, in 1840, and died on 16 May 1848 in New Bedford, aged 50 years.[291]

6. Ebenezer Morton, born on 27 Apr. 1796 in Middleborough,[292] marriage not found.

7. Levy Morton, born on 31 July 1798 in Middleborough,[293] marriage not found.

8. Lydia7 Morton, born on 9 Oct. 1800 in Middleborough,[294] married Daniel Savery (Jr.), son of Daniel and Huldah (Soule) Savery, of Middleborough,[295] as his second wife,[296] on 9 Jan. 1832 in Middleborough.[297] He was born on 22 Jan. 1797 in Middleborough,[298] and had married first to Elizabeth Vaughan, daughter of John and Sarah (Cushman) Vaughan,[299] on 19 Sept. 1824 in Middleborough.[300] He died on 22 Feb. 1859 in Plymouth, MA, aged 64 years,[301] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and Lydia (Morton) Savery died on 19 July 1845 in Middleborough.[302]

9. Elias7 Morton, born on 14 Feb. 1803 in Middleborough,[303] married Charity7 Eaton, daughter of Sgt. Enos6 and Polly (Thomson) Eaton, of Middleborough,[304] on 20 Nov. 1830 in Middleborough,[305] and settled in New Bedford, MA. She was born on 21 Dec. 1806 in Middleborough,[306] a granddaughter of Samuel5 and Patience (Tinkham) Eaton, of Middleborough.[307]

d. Caleb6 Morton, born on 5 June 1758 in Middleborough,[308] married Rebecca Wood, of Middleborough, on 8 Jan. 1792 in Middleborough.[309] He died on 11 Apr. 1822 in Middleborough, aged 64 years,[310] but no probate records were filed for his estate. They had at least 3 children:

1. Cyrus Morton, born on 26 Feb. 1793 in Middleborough,[311] marriage not found.

2. Phebe7 Oliver Morton, born on 10 Apr. 1795 in Middleborough,[312] married Peter Vaughan (3rd), son of Peter and Betsey6 (Cushman) Vaughan (Jr.), of Middleborough,[313] on 20 Feb. 1814 in Middleborough.[314] He was born on 1 Dec. 1791 in Middleborough,[315] a grandson of Isaac5 and Sarah (Miller) Cushman.[316] Phebe O. (Morton) Vaughan died on 4 July 1869 in Middleborough, aged 74 years, 2 months, 24 days,[317] and Peter Vaughan (3rd) died on 15 Mar. 1874 in Middleborough, aged 82 years, 3 months, 13 days,[318] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

3. Rebecca Morton, born on 6 May 1799 in Middleborough,[319] marriage not found.

e. Samuel Morton, born on 4 Feb. 1760 in Middleborough,[320] marriage not found.

f. Lydia6 Morton, born on 29 July 1761 in Middleborough,[321] married Thomas Pratt, of Taunton, MA, son of David and Ann (Bryant[?]) (Leonard) Pratt, of East Bridgewater,[322] in 1783,[323] and they may have settled in Titicut, MA. He was born on 15 Oct. 1750 in Bridgewater.[324] Children not found.

g. George6 Morton, born on 17 Mar. 1763 in Middleborough,[325] married Mary6 Eddy, daugh­ter of Zephaniah5 and Anne (Wood) Eddy, of Dartmouth,[326] in ca. 1797.[327] She was born on 28 Nov. 1770 in Dartmouth,[328] a granddaughter of Ichabod4 and Sarah (Winslow) Eddy.[329] He died on 28 Feb. 1844 in Dartmouth, aged 80 years, 11 months, 21 days.[330] They had at least 2 daughters:

1. Anne7 E. Morton, born on 13 Oct. 1798 in Middleborough,[331] married George Almy, of New Bedford, MA, son of George B. and Elizabeth Almy, of Warwick, RI, on 5 Sept. 1822 in Dartmouth.[332]

2. Sarah7 Barker Morton, born on 3 May 1801 in Middleborough,[333] possibly married Stephen Sisson (Jr.), son of Stephen and Patience (Tucker) Sisson, of Dartmouth,[334] in 1820.[335] He was born on 30 June 1799 in Dartmouth, MA.[336]

h. Hepzibah6 Morton, born on 7 Mar. 1765 in Middleborough,[337] married John Murdock (Jr.), son of Lt. John and Sarah4 (Sampson) Murdock, of Middleborough,[338] on 15 Jan. 1789 in Middleborough.[339] He was born on 6 Mar. 1765 in Middleborough,[340] a grandson of Ephraim3 and Abigail (Horrel) Sampson, of Plympton.[341] No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County. They had children:

1. John Murdock (3rd), born on 27 Oct. 1789 in Middleborough.[342]

2. Hepzibah Murdock, born on 16 Feb. 1792 in Middleborough.[343]

3. Sally Murdock, born on 6 Apr. 1794,[344] died on 12 Apr. 1795 in Middleborough.[345]

4. Martin Murdock, born on 29 Jan. 1796 in Middleborough.[346]

5. Otis Murdock, born on 15 May 1798 in Middleborough.[347]

6. Friend Murdock, born on 2 Nov. 1800 in Middleborough.[348]

7. James Murdock, born on 10 July 1803 in Middleborough.[349]

i. Isaac6 Morton, born on 25 Jan. 1767 in Middleborough,[350] probably married Abigail “Nabby” Murdock, daughter of Lt. John and Sarah4 (Sampson) Murdock, of Middleborough,[351] on 29 Nov. 1792 in Middleborough.[352] She was born on 15 Apr. 1771 in Middleborough,[353] a granddaughter of Ephraim3 and Abigail (Horrel) Sampson, of Plympton.[354] No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth Coun­ty. They had at least 3 children:

1. Isaac Morton (Jr.), born on 19 Jan. 1795 in Middleborough,[355] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Massachusetts.

2. Abigail “Nabby” Morton, born on 9 Nov. 1796 in Middleborough,[356] died on 13 Jan. 1797 in Middleborough, “Accidental in bed,” aged 2 months, 7 days.[357]

3. Marcus Morton, born on 3 Apr. 1800 in Middleborough,[358] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Massachusetts.

j. Marcy6 Morton, born on 8 Jan. 1769 in Middleborough,[359] married Lt. John Bennet, son of Jacob and Hope (Nelson) Bennet, of Middleborough,[360] on 3 Mar. 1791 in Middleborough.[361] He was born on 4 Sept. 1761 in Middleborough,[362] and died intestate on 8 or 18 Mar. 1811 in Middleborough, aged 49 years, of “dropsy.”[363] His father, Jacob Bennet, was granted administration of his estate on 21 Mar. 1811.[364] She died a widow on 2 Mar. 1826 in Middleborough, “at Mrs. Oliver’s,” aged 57 years.[365] Children not found.

k. David Morton, a twin, born on 30 Dec. 1770 in Middleborough,[366] marriage not found.

l. Bathsheba6 Morton, a twin, born on 30 Dec. 1770 in Middleborough,[367] married Ichabod6 Morton (Jr.), her first cousin, son of Deacon Ichabod5 and Deborah5 (Morton) Morton, of Middleborough,[368] in 1791.[369] He was born on 15 Jan. 1761 in Middleborough,[370] a grandson of Nathaniel4 and Rebecca (Clark) (Ellis) Morton, of Plymouth,[371] and of Capt. Ebenezer4 and Mercy (Foster) Morton, of Middleborough.[372] They had children:

1. Daniel Oliver Morton, born on 3 June 1792 in Middleborough.[373]

2. Lois Morton, born on 10 Mar. 1794 in Middleborough.[374]

3. Nancy Morton, born on 1 Mar. 1796 in Middleborough.[375]

4. Sally Morton, born on 7 July 1798 in Middleborough.[376]

5. Bathsheba Morton, born on 10 Nov. 1800 in Middleborough.[377]

m. Sarah Morton, born on 7 Mar. 1773 in Middleborough,[378] marriage not found.

        1398   vi   Caleb4 Packard, a twin, born on 10 Aug. 1735 in Bridgewater,[379] moved to Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA,[380] but no marriage was found for Caleb Packard in Pelham, and he was not the Caleb Packard living in Ashfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[381]

        1399  vii   Joshua4 Packard, a twin, born on 10 Aug. 1735 in Bridgewater,[382] married Martha Hartwell on 28 Oct. 1756 in Bridgewater,[383] and they also moved to Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA,[384] but no children were recorded to them in Pelham, and he was not a head of household in Pelham, MA, in the 1790 federal census. He may have been the Joshua Packard living in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[385]

        1400 viii   Chloe4 Packard, born say ca. 1738 in Bridgewater, married (443) Capt. Joseph3 Keith, son of John2 and (127) Hannah4 (Washburn) Keith,[386] on 31 May 1759 in Bridgewater,[387] and they moved to Middleborough, MA. He was born ca. 1736 in Bridgewater,[388] and they were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[389] He died on 28 Sept. 1814 in Middleborough, aged 78 years,[390] and she died on 27 Jan. 1820 in Middleborough, aged 81 years.[391] (See his family for their children.)

        1401   ix   Desire4 Packard, born ca. 1741 in Bridgewater,[392] married (688) Luke5 Washburn, son of (175) Gideon4 and Mary (Perkins) Washburn, on 30 Aug. 1763 in Bridgewater,[393] and they settled in Tolland Co., CT. He died in Tolland, CT, on 3 Mar. 1776,[394] and she moved to New York after his death. She died on 4 Apr. 1826 in Sidney township, Delaware Co., NY, aged 85 years.[395] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation under the family of Luke Washburn.)

 

 

(453.) Deacon Joseph4 Leach, eldest son of (129) Hephzibah4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 9 Oct. 1705,[396] married Anna Harris on 14 Jan. 1735/6 in Bridgewater.[397] She was born ca. 1712.[398]

         Deacon Joseph Leach died testate on 12 Nov. 1760 in Bridgewater.[399] His will was dated 18 Mar. 1755, “in a health full state of body,” and probated on 1 Dec. 1760. He mentioned his wife, Anna, sons Jephthah, who was under age, to whom he left his homestead farm, half of the Cedar swamps, and half his right in the saw mill, and Benjamin Leach, to whom he left a tract of land in Bridgewater, the other half of the Cedar swamps, and the other half of his right in the saw mill, and six daughters, Rhoda, Dinah, Orpha, Lois, Eunice and Cloe, to whom he left land that his father had given him to be divided between them. He named Israel Washburn, of Raynham, as executor of his estate, and his will was witnessed by Thomas Hooper, Zephaniah Willis, and Bethiah Willis.[400] (See Appendix [E] for a full transcription of his will.) Anna (Harris) Leach died on 31 Dec. 1803 in Bridgewater, aged 91 years.[401]

         Deacon Joseph Leach and Anna Harris had children,[402] order uncertain:

        1402     i   Rhoda5 Leach, born ca. 1736 in Bridgewater, married Deacon David5 Alden (Jr.), son of David4 and Judith (Paddleford) Alden, of Middleborough,[403] on 18 Dec. 1755 in Bridgewater.[404] He was born on 14 Jan. 1729/30 in Middleborough,[405] a grandson of John3 and Hannah (White) Alden.[406] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his son, David Alden “Jun,”[407] in Middleborough in the 1800 federal census,[408] and next door to his son Andrew Alden in Middleborough in the 1810 federal census.[409] Deacon David Alden (Jr.) died testate on 16 Jan. 1814 in Middleborough, aged 83 years, 11 months, 21 days,[410] his will dated 30 Nov. 1813, and probated on 23 Feb. 1814, mentioned his wife Rhoda, son Rufus Alden, the heirs of Caleb Alden, deceased, son David Alden, daughter Huldah Weston, daughter Rhoda Vaughan, granddaughter Huldah Butler, and son Andrew Alden, whom he named as executor of his estate.[411] (See Appendix [F] for a full transcription of his will.) Rhoda (Leach) Alden died a widow on 5 July 1814 in Middleborough, aged 77 years.[412] They had children:

a. Mary6 “Molly” Alden, born 29 Sept. 1755,[413] married Elijah5 Alden, son of John4 and Rebeckah (Weston) Alden Jr., of Middleborough, on 25 Mar. 1779 in Middleborough.[414] He was born on 13 June 1754 in Middleborough,[415] and she was his first cousin once removed. He died on 26 June 1826 in Middleborough, aged 72 years,[416] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and she died on 22 Sept. 1839 in Middleborough, aged 84 years lacking 7 days.[417]

b. Rufus6 Alden, born on 18 May 1757 in Middleborough,[418] married 1.) Sarah Shaw, of Raynham, in 1776.[419] She was born ca. 1759,[420] and died on 10 Apr. 1813 in Middleborough, aged 54 years.[421] He remarried to 2.) Jedidah (Wood) Billington, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Parlow) Wood,[422] and widow of Francis Billington, of Middleborough,[423] on 5 Apr. 1814 in Middleborough.[424] She was born on 2 July 1759 in Middleborough.[425] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790,[426] 1800,[427] and 1810 federal censuses.[428] Rufus Alden died testate on 19 Aug. 1825 in Middleborough, aged 68 years.[429] His will was dated 3 July 1821, and probated on 19 Sept. 1825, and he mentioned his wife Jadidah, daughter Sally Alden, son Silas Alden, and his principal heir and sole executor was son Rufus Alden (Jr.).[430] (See Appendix [G] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow intestate on 6 Feb. 1826 in Middleborough, aged 66 years,[431] and their son Rufus Alden was granted administration of her estate on 20 Mar. 1826.[432]

c. Caleb6 Alden, born on 26 Oct. 1759 in Middleborough,[433] married Susanna Dunbar, daughter of Jesse and Azubah (Conant) Dunbar, of Bridgewater,[434] on 5 Apr. 1787 in Middleborough.[435] She was born on 14 Jan. 1763 in Bridgewater.[436] He died before the 1813 will of his father, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

d. Huldah6 Alden, born on 18 Dec. 1762 in Middleborough,[437] married Israel Butler, of Bridgewater, on 20 Feb. 1785 in Middleborough.[438] No probate records were found for him in Plymouth County. Their daughter, Huldah Butler, was named in the 1813 will of her father.

e. David6 Alden (3rd), born on 30 June 1766 in Middleborough,[439] married Betsy Hathaway, of Middleborough, on 13 Nov. 1788 in Middleborough.[440] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his father,[441] and in Middleborough in the 1800,[442] and 1810 federal censuses.[443] He died testate in 1850 in Middleborough, his will dated 6 Aug. 1839, and probated in May 1850, mentioned his wife Betsey Alden, eldest son David Alden, youngest son Olive H. Alden, and he named his two sons David Alden and Oliver H. Alden as executors of his estate.[444] (See Appendix [H] for a full transcription of his will.)

f. Andrew6 Alden, born on 16 Oct. 1769 in Middleborough,[445] married (3044) Selina6 Fobes, daughter of Jason5 and (1236) Leah6 (Washburn) Fobes, of Bridgewater, on 29 Jan. 1797 in Bridgewater.[446] She was born on 7 Dec. 1771 in Bridgewater,[447] a granddaughter of (421) Capt. Israel5 and Leah4 (Fobes) Washburn (Jr.), Esq. He was executor of his father’s will in 1814. They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1800,[448] and 1810 federal censuses.[449] Andrew Alden died testate on 26 Mar. 1836 in Middleborough, aged 66 years,[450] his will dated 14 May 1833, and probated on 31 May 1836, mentioned his wife Selina Alden, his sons Jason F. Alden, Philander Alden, Horatio H. Alden, Josiah V. Alden, and Andrew L. Alden, and he named his son Andrew L. Alden as executor of his estate.[451] Selina (Fobes) Alden died on 4 May 1847 in Middleborough, aged 75 years.[452] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation under the children of Leah Washburn.)

g. Rhoda6 Alden, born ca. 1776 in Middleborough,[453] married Josiah Vaughan, of Middleborough, on 29 Dec. 1796 in Middleborough.[454] He was born ca. 1770,[455] and died testate on 18 Aug. 1814 in Middleborough, of “consumption,” aged 44 years,[456] his will dated 26 Jan. 1814, and probated on 15 Sept. 1814, mentioned his “beloved wife,” son David Alden Vaughan, and his daughters Rebecca C. Vaughan, and Anna H. Vaughan, both under the age of 18, and he named Silvanus Tillson as executor of his estate.[457] (See Appendix [I] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 17 June 1841 in Middleborough, aged 65 years.[458]

        1403    ii   Dinah5 Leach, born say 1738 in Bridgewater, married John Shaw, of Raynham, MA, probably son of Jonathan and Mercy (Mason) Shaw,[459] on 8 Jan. 1761 in Bridgewater.[460] He was born on 19 July 1734 in Raynham.[461] He was not a head of household in Raynham, MA, in the 1790 federal census, and no children were recorded to John and Dinah Shaw in the vital records of Raynham.

        1404   iii   Orpha5 Leach, born say 1740 in Bridgewater, married Edward4 Fobes, probably son of John3 and Martha (Pierce) Fobes (3rd),[462] on 2 Apr. 1761 in Bridgewater.[463] He was born on 12 Aug. 1739 in Bridgewater,[464] a grandson probably of John2 and Abigail (Robinson) Fobes (Jr.).[465] They probably moved to the Lake Champlain area after 1764;[466] no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census. They had children:[467]

a. John5 Fobes, born on 4 Nov. 1761 in Bridgewater.[468] He may have been the John Fobes living in Shoreham, Addison Co., VT, which is at the lower end of Lake Champlain, in the 1791 federal census.[469]

b. Sylvester Fobes, born on 23 Apr. 1764 in Bridgewater.[470]

c. (Possibly others)

        1405   iv   Benjamin5 Leach, born ca. 1742 in Bridgewater,[471] married 1.) Mary4 Keith, daughter of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Pierce) Keith,[472] on 2 Oct. 1764 in Bridgewater.[473] She was born on 15 Oct. 1745 in Bridgewater,[474] a granddaughter of Samuel2 and Bethiah3 (Fobes) Keith, of Bridgewater.[475] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his son Luke Leach and close by his son Joseph Leach.[476] She died on 30 Nov. 1791 in Bridgewater, aged 46 years,[477] and he probably remarried to 2.) Anna Short, of Taunton, in ca. 1792.[478] They were still living in Bridgewater in the 1800,[479] and 1810 federal censuses.[480] He died on 24 Jan. 1830 in Bridgewater, aged 87 years, of “dropsy,”[481] but no probate records were filed for his estate. Anna (Short) Leach possibly died on 20 Sept. 1835 in Bridgewater,[482] but an Anna Leach, aged 91, was living in the household of Otis W. Harvey in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census.[483] He had 10 children by Mary Keith,[484] order uncertain, and 3 more children by Anna Short:

a. Joseph6 Leach, born ca. 1765 in Bridgewater,[485] married Wealthy6 Leach, daughter of (1421) Jedediah5 and Phebe4 (Keith) Leach,[486] on 30 Sept. 1788 in Bridgewater.[487] She was born on 18 Oct. 1767 in Bridgewater,[488] a granddaughter of (457) Benjamin4 and (438) Hannah3 (Keith) Leach (Jr.),[489] and they were second cousins. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, close by his father,[490] and in the 1800,[491] and 1810 federal censuses.[492] Wealthy (Leach) Leach died a pauper on 9 June 1833 in Titicut, aged 66 [sic] years, of “infirmity,”[493] and Joseph Leach died a pauper on 7 Oct. 1842 in Titicut,[494] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates. They had a daughter:[495]

1. Clarissa7 Leach, married Ezekiel Dyer, son of John Dyer,[496] on 11 Feb. 1811 in Bridgewater.[497] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1820 or 1830 federal censuses, and no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co. She died on 5 May 1833 in Titicut, MA, of “throat distemper,” a pauper.[498]

2. (Possibly also a son)[499]

b. Luke6 Leach, born say ca. 1767 in Bridgewater, married Polly Starr on 1 May 1788 in Bridgewater.[500] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his father,[501] and in the 1800 federal census,[502] and they moved to Maine[503] after 1800. They were living in Jay, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census.[504] They had children:[505]

1. Amory7 Leach, married Lydia Bearce, daughter of Job and Sarah5 (Keith) Bearce, of East Bridgewater,[506] on 17 Sept. 1817 in Bridgewater.[507] She was baptized on 6 Nov. 1791 in East Bridgewater.[508] They were not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine.

2. Harris Leach

3. (Probably others)[509]

c. Mary6 Leach, born on ca. 8 June 1769 in Bridgewater,[510] married Libeus6 Fobes (Jr.), son of Libeus5 and Mehitabel (Howard) Fobes,[511] on 15 Nov. 1807 in Bridgewater.[512] He was a grandson of John4 and Martha (Pierce) Fobes.[513] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1810 federal census.[514] He died on 23 Jan. 1831 in Bridgewater, aged “between 50 and 60,”[515] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and she died a widow on 17 July 1860 in Bridgewater, aged 91 years, 1 month, 9 days,[516] but no probate records were filed for her estate. They had at least 2 daughters:

1. Mehitabel Fobes, born ca. 1808 in Bridgewater,[517] died on 18 Dec. 1814 in Bridgewater, aged 6 years.[518]

2. Mary Fobes, born ca. 1810 in Bridgewater,[519] died on 4 Dec. 1830 in Bridgewater, of typhus fever, aged 20 years.[520]

3. (Probably others)

d. Silas6 Leach, born say ca. 1771 in Bridgewater, married Lois Leach, possibly daughter of Jonathan and Experience (Hartwell) Leach,[521] in 1796,[522] and moved to Charleston, SC.[523] She was a twin, born on 15 Mar. 1772 in Bridgewater.[524] He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1800 or 1810 federal censuses.

e. Orpah6 Leach, born ca. 1773 in Bridgewater,[525] married Jacob Chipman, of Bridgewater, on 29 Nov. 1792 in Middleborough.[526] He was not a head of household in Bridgewater or Middleborough in the 1800 federal census, but he was evidently the Jacob Chipman living in Easton, MA, in 1800.[527] She was a widow living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with the family of her son-in-law, Austin Snow, but no death record was found for her. They had at least 3 daughters:

1. Lucy Chipman, born ca. 1793,[528] married Salmon Dunbar, of Boston, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Copeland) Dunbar, of Bridgewater,[529] in May 1819 in Easton.[530] He was born on 16 July 1791 in Bridgewater.[531] They were living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[532] and he died testate on 21 Oct. 1863 in East Bridgewater, aged 72 years, 3 months, 5 days, of “liver complaint,”[533] his will dated 22 Apr. 1848, and probated on 28 Dec. 1863, mentioned his wife Lucy Dunbar, grandchild William Henry Alden, son of daughter Charlotte Alden, deceased, daughter Rebecca Field, wife of Francis Field, and daughter Mary Jane Dunbar, and he named Benjamin W. Keith, of East Bridgewater, as executor of his estate.[534] (See Appendix [J] for a full transcription of his will.)

2. Mary “Polly” Chipman, born ca. 1798 in Easton,[535] married Charles Emanuel Dunbar, of North Bridgewater, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Copeland) Dunbar, of Bridgewater,[536] on 2 Nov. 1824 in Easton.[537] He was born on 30 Aug. 1797 in Bridgewater,[538] and he died intestate on 16 Jan. 1848 in North Bridgewater, aged 50 years, 4 months, 17 days,[539] and Jesse Perkins petitioned for administration of his estate on 17 Feb. 1848.[540] She was living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[541] and she died a widow on 24 Dec. 1872 in North Bridgewater, aged 74 years, 4 months, 26 days, of influenza.[542]

3. Louisa S. Chipman, born ca. 1804,[543] married Austin Snow, son of Silas and Hannah (Cole) Snow, of North Bridgewater,[544] in 1828.[545] He was born on ca. 31 May 1802 in North Bridgewater.[546] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer, and her mother was living with them.[547] She died on 21 Mar. 1872 in North Bridgewater, aged 68 years, 2 months, of heart disease,[548] and he died a widower on 27 Apr. 1879 in Brockton, MA, aged 76 years, 10 months, 27 days, of “softening of brain.”[549]

f. Lois/Louise6 Leach, born say ca. 1776,[550] married James Starr Jr., Esq., of Bridgewater, on 26 Nov. 1797 in Middleborough,[551] and he went to Maine where he was a Magistrate.[552] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1800 federal census,[553] and in Jay, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census.[554] She died on 8 June 1836 in Jay, Franklin Co., ME, aged 60 years.[555] They had children:

1. Harriet B. Starr, born on 5 Sept. 1799 in Bridgewater,[556] married Thomas Winslow on 1 Mar. 1819 in Jay, ME.[557]

2. Louisa Leach Starr, born on 10 June 1802 in Bridgewater,[558] married Aruna Holmes on 3 July 1821 in Jay, ME.[559]

3. Caroline Sawyer Starr, born on 3 Aug. 1806 in Jay, ME,[560] married Lot P. Nelson on 9 June 1825 in Jay, ME.[561] She died on 14 Oct. 1850 in Jay, ME, aged 46 years,[562] and he died on 4 Mar. 1868 in Jay, ME, aged 66 years, 10 months.[563]

g. Hepzibah6 Leach, born say ca. 1778, married Marshall4 Keith, son of Benjamin3 and Abigail5 (Leach) Keith, of Bridgewater,[564] on 8 July 1798 in Middleborough.[565] He was a grandson of Samuel2 and Bethiah3 (Fobes) Keith, and of Nehemiah4 and Mercy (Staples) Leach.[566] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1800,[567] and 1810 federal censuses.[568] No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County. They had at least 2 sons:

1. Charles5 Keith, born ca. 1800 in Bridgewater,[569] married (___). He died a widower on 26 Aug. 1878 in Mattapoisett, MA, aged 78 years.[570]

2. Marshall5 Dexter Keith, born on 20 Jan. 1818 in Middleborough,[571] married Eliza Davis in ca. 1839,[572] and they were living in Rochester, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a painter.[573] He died a widower on 13 Oct. 1888 in Acushnet, MA, aged 70 years, 8 months, 23 days, of “Bright’s Disease.”[574]

3. (Probably others)[575]

h. Jephthah6 Leach, born on 18 Aug. 1780,[576] possibly never married. He was a laborer living in the house of the widow Ruth Bennett in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census.[577] He was “found in his bed dead” on 25 Aug. 1868 in Middleborough, aged 88 years, 7 days,[578] but no probate records were filed for his estate.

i. Isaiah Leach, born say ca. 1783, marriage not found.

j. Dinah6 Leach, born on ca. 25 July 1785 in Bridgewater,[579] married Dr. Fisk Ames, son of Joseph and Abihail (Alger) (Bosworth) Ames,[580] as his second wife,[581] on 2 Feb. 1819 in Bridgewater.[582] He was born on 15 Mar. 1773 in Bridgewater,[583] and had married first to Betsy Covington on 15 Oct. 1803 in Bridgewater.[584] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[585] He died testate on 12 Mar. 1852 in North Bridgewater, aged 78 years, 11 months, 28 days,[586] his will dated 19 May 1851, and probated on the first Tuesday of May 1852, mentioned his wife Dinah, his children George R. Ames, William Ames, Joseph T. Ames, Elbridge G. Ames, Mary K. Ames, and John Ames, and he named Franklin Ames and his son Elbridge G. Ames as executors of his estate, but Franklin Ames refused.[587] (See Appendix [K] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 19 Oct. 1861 in North Bridgewater, aged 76 years, 2 months, 24 days.[588] Dinah (Leach) Ames had 3 children:[589]

1. Elbridge G. Ames, born ca. 1820 in MA,[590] married Susan White, of Randolph, MA, in 1849.[591] They were living with his parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer, and he was executor of his father’s estate in 1852.

2. Mary K. Ames, born ca. 1823 in MA,[592] was apparently still unmarried in 1851 when her father wrote his will.

3. John Ames, born ca. 1827 in MA.[593]

k. Anna6 Leach, born on 13 Apr. 1793 in Bridgewater,[594] married Galen Harvey, son of Nathan and Mehitabel (Harvey) Harvey,[595] in 1817.[596] He was born on 3 Dec. 1791 in Bridgewater.[597] He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Massachusetts, and no probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA, through 1881.

l. Eunice6 Leach, born on 18 May 1796 in Bridgewater,[598] married Otis W. Harvey, son of Nathan and Mehitabel (Harvey) Harvey,[599] in 1819.[600] He was born on 6 Sept. 1789 in Bridgewater.[601] He was not found in the 1830 or 1840 federal census in Massachusetts, but they were living in West Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer, and her widowed mother and a sister were living with them.[602] Eunice (Leach) Harvey died on 21 Nov. 1854 in West Bridgewater, of cancer, aged 58 years, 6 months, 3 days.[603] Otis W. Harvey was still living in West Bridgewater in the 1855 state census, where he was a laborer,[604] and with his son Caleb C. Hervey in West Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was listed as a blacksmith.[605] He apparently died in West Bridgewater, MA, after 1855, but no probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA, through 1881. They had children:

1. Harrison A. Harvey, born on 25 Jan. 1822 in West Bridgewater,[606] died on 18 Apr. 1841 in West Bridgewater.[607]

2. Chloe Walker Harvey, born on 5 Mar. 1824 in West Bridgewater,[608] married Samuel Isaac Calkins.[609] They both died in Kansas, and were buried in Pratt, KA.[610]

3. Benjamin L. Harvey, born on 15 Aug. 1826 in West Bridgewater,[611] married Margaret E. Berrisford, daughter of Richard and Betsey Berrisford, of Sandwich, MA,[612] on 20 May 1850 in West Bridgewater.[613] They were living in his father’s household in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, but they were not living in West Bridgewater in the 1855 state census or the 1860 federal census.

4. Nathan N. Harvey, born on 27 May 1830 in West Bridgewater,[614] married Christiana A. Willis, daughter of John & Lavinia (Howard) Willis, of North Bridgewater,[615] on 14 June 1850 in West Bridgewater.[616] She was born ca. 1835 in MA.[617] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a bootmaker.[618]

5. Caleb C. Harvey, born on 26 June 1833 in West Bridgewater,[619] married Hannah J. Bryant, daughter of Erin and Eleanor Bryant, of Taunton, on 4 July 1854 in Taunton.[620] She was born ca. 1834 in MA.[621] They were living in West Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a bootmaker, and his widowed father was living with them.[622]

6. John H. Harvey, born on 19 Mar. 1836 in West Bridgewater,[623] married Sarah E. (___). She was born ca. 1840 in MA,[624] and they were living in West Bridgewater in the 1865 state census, where he was a shoemaker.[625]

7. Josephine H. Harvey, born on 24 July 1841 in West Bridgewater.[626]

m. Chloe6 W. Leach, born on 16 Mar. 1799 in Bridgewater,[627] never married. She was unmarried and living in the household of her brother-in-law Otis W. Harvey in West Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, and in the 1855 state census. She died on 7 Sept. 1856 in West Bridgewater, of “consumption,” aged 57 years, 5 months, 22 days.[628]

        1406    v   Lois5 Leach, born say 1745 in Bridgewater, married Seth5 Packard (Jr.), son of Seth4 and Mercy (Bryant) Packard,[629] on 7 Mar. 1765 in Bridgewater,[630] and they moved to Roxbury, MA.[631] He was born on 12 Mar. 1742/3 in Bridgewater,[632] a grandson of Israel3 and Hannah (Crossman) Packard.[633] He served in the Revolutionary War from Milton, MA, in Capt. Elijah Vose’s Company in 1775.[634] They were probably living in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[635] and in Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[636] but he was not a head of household in Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census. They supposedly had at least 2 children:

a. Mary6 Davenport Packard, born on 21 Sept. 1766 in Milton, MA,[637] supposedly married Thomas White on 9 Nov. 1788.[638]

b. Seth Packard (3rd), born on 23 Oct. 1768 in Milton,[639] marriage not found.

c. (Probably others)

        1407   vi   Jephthah5 Leach, born say 1747 in Bridgewater, married Anna (___), but had no children. He was supposedly lost at sea, intestate, in ca. 1779, and his broth­er, Benjamin Leach, was left in charge of his Bridgewater property. His heirs, namely his widow, Anna Leach, Edward Fobes, David Alden, Seth Packard, John Shaw, of Raynham, and William Keith petitioned that James Leach, of Bridgewater, be appointed to administer his estate, and James Leach was granted administration of his estate on 2 Feb. 1784, with Hezekiah Hooper and Eleazer Cary as sureties. Hezekiah Hooper and James Leach, of Bridgewater, and Joshua White, of Middleborough, were appointed to appraise his inventory, and set off his widow’s dower. The remainder of his estate was divided between the above heirs, and also James Walker, by 4 Oct. 1784.[640]

+      1408  vii   Eunice5 Leach, born ca. 1749 in Bridgewater,[641] married (1221) William4 Keith, son of Ephraim3 Esq., and (417) Sarah5 (Washburn) Keith,[642] on 11 Feb. 1767 in Bridgewater.[643] He was born on 5 June 1746 in Bridgewater,[644] a grandson of Joseph2 and Elizabeth3 (Fobes) Keith, and of (124) Israel4 and Waitstill (Sumner) Washburn,[645] of Plymouth. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[646] and 1800 federal censuses,[647] probably in the East Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810 federal census,[648] and in Titicut Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[649] He died on 16 Feb. 1824 in Titicut Parish, Bridgewater, MA, aged 77 years,[650] and she died a widow on 8 July 1827 in Titicut, MA, aged 77 years,[651] but no pro­bate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County. (Continued under his family in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1409 viii   Chloe5 Leach, married James Walker in ca. 1775.[652] Children not found. James Walker shared in the division of Jephthah Leach’s estate in 1784. There were a number of James Walkers listed as head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, but none in Plymouth County.

 

 

(456.) Sarah4 Leach, third daughter of (129) Hephzibah4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 29 Apr. 1711,[653] married Timothy4 Leach, her first cousin, son of John3 and Alice Leach,[654] on 5 Dec. 1732 in Bridgewater.[655] He was born on 15 Oct. 1707 in Bridgewater,[656] a grandson also of Giles2 and Anne (Nokes) Leach.[657] Timothy and Sarah Leach moved from Bridgewater to Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, before 1776.[658]

         Timothy Leach died on 25 Oct. 1779 in Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA,[659] and Sarah (Leach) Leach died after 1784,[660] presumably also in Amherst.

         Sarah Leach and Timothy Leach had children:[661]

        1410     i   (Unnamed child), “burnt to death” on 29 Oct. 1733 in Bridgewater.[662]

        1411    ii   Rebecca5 Leach, born on 24 July 1733 in Bridgewater,[663] married (651) Joshua Warren (Jr.), son of Joshua and (166) Jane (Orcutt) Warren, of North Bridgewater, on 8 July 1760 in Bridgewater.[664] He was born on 26 Sept. 1738 in Bridgewater,[665] a grandson of William and Hannah (Smith) Orcutt.[666] He died before the 1772 will of his father, but no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County. (See his family for their children.)

        1412   iii   Ichabod5 Leach, born on 25 July 1735 in Bridgewater,[667] married Penelope5 (Standish) Cobb, daughter of Miles4 and Mehitabel (Robbins) Standish (Jr.),[668] and widow of Nathaniel Cobb,[669] on 11 Oct. 1770 in Bridgewater.[670] She was baptized on 27 June 1741 in Duxbury, MA,[671] a granddaughter of Miles3 and Experience (Sherman) Standish.[672] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his cousins Joseph Leach and Daniel Leach.[673] He died on 3 Nov. 1807 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years,[674] but no pro­bate records were filed for his estate. They had children,[675] order uncertain:

a. Jerathmael/Jerahmeel6 Leach, born supposedly on 24 June 1771 in Bridgewater,[676] married Clarissa Leach, supposedly daughter of Nathan and Deborah Leach,[677] on 5 Nov. 1798 in Bridgewater,[678] and moved to Warren,[679] ME. They were living in Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, in the 1800,[680] 1810,[681] 1820,[682] and 1830 federal censuses,[683] where he was a farmer. They were still living in Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census.[684] He died on 23 Sept. 1851 in Warren, ME, aged 80 years, 2 months, 30 days,[685] and she died on 6 June 1872 in Warren, ME, aged 92 years, 10 months, 8 days,[686] and they were buried in Pleasantville Cemetery in Warren, ME.

b. Abigail6 “Nabby” Leach, born supposedly on 19 June 1773 in Bridgewater,[687] married Freeman Jones on 22 Sept. 1793 in Bridgewater.[688] He was born supposedly on 20 Jan. 1770,[689] and they moved to Warren, ME. He was living in Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, in the 1800,[690] 1810,[691] 1820,[692] 1830,[693] and 1840 federal censuses,[694] where he was a farmer, but they were not found in Lincoln Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census. She died on 18 May 1843 in Warren, ME, aged 69 years, 11 months,[695] and he died on 20 Feb. 1845 in Warren, ME, aged 74 years, 1 month.[696]

c. (Probably) Enoch6 Leach, born say ca. 1775 in Bridgewater,[697] married Rosanna Russell, who was born ca. 1780.[698] They were living in Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, next door to Jerahmeel Leach in the 1810,[699] 1820,[700] and 1830 federal censuses,[701] where he was also a farmer, and he may have been the extra male aged 16-25 years of age in the Jerahmeel Leach household in Warren, ME, in the 1800 federal census. He died on 2 Oct. 1846 in Warren, ME, aged 71 years, 6 months,[702] and she died on 24 Mar. 1860 in Warren, ME, aged 79 years,[703] and they were buried in Pleasantville Cemetery in Warren, ME.

d. (Unnamed child), born say ca. 1778, died on 13 Apr. 1779 in Bridgewater.[704]

e. Ephraim6 Leach, born on 4 Apr. 1779 in Bridgewater,[705] married Sarah “Sally” Conant, daughter of Zenas and Betty (Conant) Conant,[706] in 1805.[707] She was born in 1784.[708] They were probably living next door to Backus Leach in Augusta, Oneida Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[709] and in Eaton, Madison Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census.[710] She died in 1836 in Eaton, Madison Co., NY,[711] and he was still living in Eaton, Madison Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census.[712] He died on 3 July 1873 in Eaton, Madison Co., NY,[713] and they were both buried in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY.

f. Backus6 Leach, born supposedly on 16 Jan. 1782 in Bridgewater,[714] married 1.) Bethiah Hayward on 28 Oct. 1804 in Middleborough.[715] She was born ca. Aug. 1780.[716] He may have been the Backus Leach living in Augusta, Oneida Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, next door to Ephraim Leach, where he was a farmer,[717] and he was living in Eaton, Madison Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census.[718] She died on 22 Apr. 1841 in Eaton, Madison Co., NY,[719] and he remarried to 2.) Rachel L. Chubbuck, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Lynd) Chubbuck, in ca. 1842 in Madison Co., NY.[720] She was born on 19 Feb. 1802 in Windsor Co., VT.[721] They were still living in Eaton, Madison Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census.[722] He died on 19 Oct. 1864 in Elkhart, Logan Co., IL, aged 82 years, 9 months, 3 days, but was buried in Eaton, NY,[723] and she died on 20 June 1872 in Eaton, Madison Co., NY,[724] and they were all buried in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY.

        1413   iv   Timothy Leach (Jr.), born on 28 Aug. 1737 in Bridgewater,[725] probably the unnamed son who died on 24 Aug. 1745 in Bridgewater.[726]

        1414    v   Sarah5 Leach, born on 18 Feb. 1739/40 in Bridgewater,[727] married Jonathan Hayward, son of William and Lydia (Manley) Hayward,[728] of Easton, on 11 Nov. 1762 in Bridgewater.[729] He was born on 6 Apr. 1737 in Easton.[730] He was not a head of household in Easton, MA, in the 1790 federal census, and he was not the Jonathan Hayward living in Easton in the 1800 federal census.[731] They had at least one daughter:

a. Bethana Hayward, born on 26 Apr. 1763 in Easton,[732] marriage not found.

        1415   vi   Jonathan5 Leach, born on 20 Nov. 1741 in Bridgewater,[733] possibly married an Abigail Leach on 30 Nov. 1763 in Bridgewater.[734] No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.

        1416  vii   Levi5 Leach, born on 7 Apr. 1744 in Bridgewater,[735] married (1434) Hannah5 Fobes, his first cousin, daughter of Abner4 and (464) Phebe (Leach) Fobes,[736] on 18 Nov. 1771 in Bridgewater.[737] She was born on 25 May 1753 in Bridgewater,[738] a granddaughter of William3 and Thankful (Dwelley) Fobes,[739] and of Benjamin, Esq., and (129) Hephzibah4 (Washburn) Leach.[740] They also moved to Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, by 1776, and then probably to Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, in 1788.[741] He was probably the Levi Leach living in New Salem, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[742] Children not found. He died in 1798 in New Salem, MA.[743]

        1417 viii   Nathan5 Leach, born on 22 Dec. 1746 in Bridgewater,[744] married Deborah Leach, daughter of William and Frances (Cohoon[?]) Leach,[745] on 14 Nov. 1771 in Bridgewater,[746] and they lived in North Bridgewater. She was born on 18 Mar. 1749/50 in Bridgewater.[747] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[748] He died on 1 Feb. 1826 in North Bridgewater, aged 79 years,[749] and she died on 14 Jan. 1834 in North Bridgewater, aged 83 years,[750] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County. They had children,[751] order uncertain:

a. Ziba6 Leach, born ca. 1770 in Bridgewater,[752] died on 31 Aug. 1848 in Abington, MA, aged 78 years,[753] but no probate records were found for him.

b. Reliance6 Leach, born on 29 May 1772 in Bridgewater,[754] married Noah Tirrell, son of Maj. John Tirrell, of East Bridgewater, MA,[755] on 11 Mar. 1794 in Bridgewater.[756] He was baptized on 5 Oct. 1772 in Abington,[757] and he drowned in 1803, aged 31 years,[758] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County. She was not found in the 1850 federal census in Plymouth Co., MA.

c. Thaddeus Leach, born on 13 Mar. 1775 in Bridgewater,[759] marriage not found. No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

d. Eliphalet6 Leach, born say ca. 1777 in Bridgewater, married 1.) Phebe Castle in 1798,[760] and 2.) Hannah Shaw, daughter of Asa and Hannah (Stetson) Shaw, of Abington,[761] on 11 Dec. 1806 in Bridgewater.[762] She was born on 4 Aug. 1789 in Abington.[763] He was not found in Massachusetts in the 1850 federal census, and no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

e. Oliver6 Leach, born on 1 May 1782 in Bridgewater,[764] married 1.) Sally Brown, of Abington, daughter of Knight Brown,[765] on 30 Nov. 1803 in Abington,[766] and they settled in North Bridgewater. She was born ca. 1782,[767] and died on 15 May 1816 in North Bridgewater, aged 34 years.[768] He remarried to 2.) Mercy/Mary Stetson, daughter of Peleg Stetson, on 8 Jan. 1817 in Bridgewater.[769] She died on 3 Feb. 1846 in North Bridgewater, aged 50 years, 3 months, 13 days,[770] and he died a widower, testate, on 28 Aug. 1848 in North Bridgewater, of “asthmar,” aged 68 years, 3 months, 28 days,[771] his will dated 5 June 1844, and probated in Nov. 1848, mentioned his wife Mercy Leach, his children Elbridge, Oliver, John, Allen, Marcus, Aaron Davis, Lucius, Peleg S., Levi, Sarah Emily, Charlotte and Maria Augustus Leach, his brother Lebbeus Leach, whom he asked his wife to support, and he named Jesse Perkins, of North Bridgewater, as executor of his estate.[772] (See Appendix [L] for a full transcription of his will.)

f. Nathan6 Leach (Jr.), born ca. 1786 in Bridgewater,[773] married Mehitabel Gloyd, daughter of Thomas and Cloe (Pratt) Gloyd, of Abington,[774] in 1804,[775] and they probably lived in Abington, MA. She was born on 2 Mar. 1784 in Abington.[776] He died on 18 Apr. 1834 in Abington, aged 48 years,[777] but no probate records were filed for his estate. She was living with the household of Isaac Eames in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census.[778]

g. Lebbeus6 Leach, born ca. 1789 in Bridgewater,[779] was apparently unable to care for himself, and lived with his brother Oliver Leach, died on 31 Aug. 1848 in North Bridgewater, aged 59 years,[780] but no probate records were filed for his estate.

h. Sarah6 “Sally” Leach, born ca. 1795 in MA,[781] married Allen Smith on 13 June 1815 in Bridgewater.[782] He was born ca. 1794 in MA.[783] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[784]

        1418   ix   Ann5 Leach, born on 21 Nov. 1749 in Bridgewater,[785] married James Sturtevant, of Middleborough, possibly son of Francis and Mary4 (Holmes) Sturtevant,[786] of Halifax, MA, on 19 Jan. 1769 in Bridgewater.[787] He was born on 17 Mar. 1745 in Halifax,[788] a grandson of John3 and Mercy (Ford) Holmes, of Plymouth and Kingston,[789] and of Capt. James and Susanna4 (Cooke) Sturtevant, of Plympton, MA.[790] No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County. He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, but may have been the James “Sturdefant” living in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[791] and may have been the “Mr. Sturtevant” who died on 8 Oct. 1796 in New Braintree.[792]

        1419    x   Timothy Leach (Jr.), born on 23 Oct. 1751 in Bridgewater,[793] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.

 

 

(457.) Benjamin4 Leach (Jr.), probably third son of (129) Hephzibah4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 14 Sept. 1713,[794] married (438) Hannah3 Keith, daughter of John2 and (127) Hannah4 (Washburn) Keith,[795] on 10 Jan. 1739/40 in Bridgewater.[796] She was born on 7 Apr. 1721 in Bridgewater,[797] a granddaughter of Rev. James1 and Susanna2 (Edson) Keith, and of (58) Samuel3 and Deborah2 (Packard) Washburn.[798]

         In Dec. 1746 Josiah Stertevant of Hallifax, Deputy Sheriff, sued Benjamin Leach Jr of Bridgwater, husbandman, for £50 for damages for an assult and destruction of property. He claimed that Leach “an Assault did make on the body of the plantiff whilst he was Endeavouring in the Execution of his Aforesaid office to keep the Kings peace and him with his fist did Smite and Strike a little above his left Eye Near his temple and deeply Wounded him and drew much blood and put the plantiff to great pain and miserey loss of time and large Expense to obtain a Cure and allso at the same time with force as Aforesaid did Cut in peices and distroy a Good Saddle of the plantfs. of Value three pounds.” Leach was fined £10 and court costs.[799]

         On 21 Apr. 1752 Benjamin Washburn “3rd,” of Bridgewater, housewright, deeded land in South Bridgewater to Benjamin Leach Junr, of Bridgewater, and on the same day Benjamin Leach Junr, of Bridgewater, deeded land in South Bridgewater to Benjamin Washburn, 3rd, of Bridgewater, housewright, on the south side of said Washburn's land.[800] This Benjamin Washburn “3rd” was the son of Capt. Benjamin Washburn, and was the nephew of Ensign John Keith.

         Benjamin Leach (Jr.) was a cooper, and died intestate on 29 Feb. 1756 in Bridgewater.[801] His widow, Hannah Leach, was granted administration of his estate on 3 May 1756, with James Keith, blacksmith, and William Hooper, bricklayer, both of Bridgewater, as sureties. His inventory was taken on 26 Apr. 1756 by Joseph Washburn, Amos Keith, and Israel Washburn. His estate was declared insolvent, and Josiah Edson and Ephraim Keith were appointed as commissioners to examine the claims of creditors on 21 July 1756.[802]

         Hannah (Keith) Leach remarried to Deacon Philip Hall, of Raynham, MA, as his second wife, on 27 Feb. 1760 in Raynham.[803] He had married first to Huldah Leonard on 3 Apr. 1740 in Raynham.[804] He also died, on 2 Jan. 1764 in Raynham,[805] and Hannah (Keith) (Leach) Hall remarried again to Deacon Jonathan Hall (Jr.), son of Jonathan and Sarah (Ockington) Hall, of Raynham, as his second wife, on 26 Apr. 1764 in Raynham.[806] He was born on 3 May 1716 in Raynham,[807] and had married first to Lydia Leonard, daughter of Seth and Dorcas (White) Leonard, on 28 Dec. 1738 in Raynham.[808] He died testate on 24 Feb. 1789 in Raynham,[809] and she remarried again to (421) Capt. Israel5 Washburn (Jr.), of Raynham, her first cousin, son of (124) Israel4 and Waitstill (Sumner) Washburn,[810] as his second wife, on 14 June 1790 in Raynham.[811] He was born on 11 Aug. 1718 in Bridgewater,[812] a grandson also of (58) Samuel3 and Deborah2 (Packard) Washburn.[813] He was living in Raynham, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[814] Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.) died testate on 21 Jan. 1796 in Raynham, aged 78 years.[815] (See also the family of Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.), of Raynham.)

         Benjamin Leach (Jr.) had children, order uncertain:[816]

        1420     i   (Unnamed child), died on 5 Sept. 1742 in Bridgewater.[817]

        1421    ii   Jedediah5 Leach, born say ca. 1744. On 4 Feb. 1760, after his father died, he chose Edward Howard, Jr. to be his guardian, being a minor over the age of 14.[818] He married Phebe4 Keith, daughter of Robert3 and Tabitha (Leach) Keith,[819] on 3 Oct. 1765 in Bridgewater.[820] She was a granddaughter of Samuel and Bethiah3 (Fobes) Keith.[821] He served as a Private from Bridgewater in Capt. Nathan Mitchell’s Company in 1775, in Capt. Joseph Keith’s Company in 1777, and in Lt. Samuel Dunbar’s Company in 1780.[822] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his son-in-law, Joseph Leach, and cousin Benjamin Leach.[823] She died on 25 Oct. 1811 in Bridgewater,[824] and he died on 8 Mar. 1813 in Bridgewater,[825] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County. They had children:[826]a. Wealthy6 Leach, born on 18 Oct. 1767 in Bridgewater,[827] married Joseph6 Leach, son of (1405) Benjamin5 and Mary4 (Keith) Leach, on 30 Sept. 1788 in Bridgewater.[828] He was a grandson of (453) Deacon Joseph4 and Anna (Harris) Leach,[829] and they were second cousins. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to her father, Jedediah Leach.[830] She died a pauper on 9 June 1833 in Titicut, aged 66 [sic] years, of “infirmity,”[831] and he died a pauper on 7 Oct. 1842 in Titicut,[832] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates. They had children:[833]

a. Stutson Leach, born on 10 Feb. 1766 in Bridgewater.[834]

b. Wealthy6 Leach, born on 18 Oct. 1767 in Bridgewater,[835] married Joseph6 Leach, son of (1405) Benjamin5 and Mary4 (Keith) Leach, on 30 Sept. 1788 in Bridgewater.[836] He was a grandson of (453) Deacon Joseph4 and Anna (Harris) Leach,[837] and they were second cousins. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to her father, Jedediah Leach.[838] She died a pauper on 9 June 1833 in Titicut, aged 66 [sic] years, of “infirmity,”[839] and he died a pauper on 7 Oct. 1842 in Titicut,[840] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates.

c. Barnice6 Leach, a son, born on 8 Apr. 1771 in Bridgewater,[841] married 1.) Roxanna Hooper, daughter Nathaniel and (1085) Elisabeth4 (Bryant) Hooper (Jr.),[842] in 1797.[843] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1800 federal census.[844] She died in Apr. 1807 in Bridgewater,[845] and he remarried to 2.) (3015) Olive5 Keith, daughter of (1221) William4 and (1408) Eunice5 (Leach) Keith,[846] on 29 Nov. 1810 in Bridgewater.[847] She was born ca. 1771 in MA.[848] They were living in Titicut Parish, Bridgewater, MA, in the 1820 federal census,[849] and in Bridgewater in the 1830 federal census.[850] He died on 10 Nov. 1832 in Bridgewater,[851] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County. She was still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with the family of Caleb Hayward, close to Zenas Knapp,[852] but she was not found in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census or the 1860 federal census, and she may have been the widow Olive Leach who died on 18 Sept. 1856 in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, aged 85 years, 3 months,[853] but her birth place was given as Easton in her death record, and no probate records were filed for her estate in Norfolk Co., MA.

d. (Supposedly) Eliab6 Leach,[854] born in June 1778 in Bridgewater,[855] married Eunice5 Keith, daughter of Ephraim4 Keith, of Bridgewater, on 14 Nov. 1802 in Middleborough.[856] She was born on ca. 13 Dec. 1779 in Bridgewater.[857] He died on 5 Aug. 1847 in Charlemont, MA, aged 69 years.[858] She was living with her youngest son, James Leach, in Charlemont in the 1850 federal census,[859] and she died a widow on 15 Dec. 1859 in Charlemont, aged 80 years, 2 days, of “lung fever.”[860]

        1421a  iv   Peleg Leach,[861] possibly died young. He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.

        1422    v   Eliphalet5 Leach, born say ca. 1747, married Jedidah Stuart, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Stuart, of Edgartown, MA, on 14 Apr. 1768 in Edgartown.[862] She was born on 16 Oct. 1752 in Edgartown,[863] and was buried on 6 May 1773 in Edgartown, aged 22 years.[864] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.

        1422a  vi   Benjamin5 Leach, born say ca. 1749, baptized on 18 Oct. 1761 in Raynham, MA, as a child of Philip Halls’ wife by her first husband, Benjamin Leach, served as a Private from Raynham in Capt. John King’s Company in 1775,[865] marriage not found.

        1423  vii   Diadama/Diadamia5 Leach, born say ca. 1751, baptized on 18 Oct. 1761 in Raynham, as a child of Philip Halls’ wife by her first husband, Benjamin Leach, married Sgt. Seth Hall, son of Deacon Jonathan and Lydia (Leonard) Hall (Jr.), on 23 Mar. 1769 in Raynham.[866] He was born on 4 Oct. 1740 in Raynham,[867] a grandson of Jonathan and Sarah (Ockington) Hall, of Raynham, and of Seth and Dorcas (White) Leonard.[868] They were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[869] and they moved to Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, where they were living in the 1800,[870] and 1810 federal censuses,[871] and they were probably living with their son Gaius Hall in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1820 federal census. He died on 12 Feb. 1824 in Westmoreland, NH, aged 83 years,[872] and she was probably still living with her son Gaius Hall in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1830 and 1840 federal censuses. She died on 30 Apr. or 1 May 1842 in Westmoreland, NH, aged 90 years,[873] and they were both buried in North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH. They had children:

a. Elijah Augustus Hall, born on 19 Oct. 1769 in Raynham,[874] married Chloe Keith, of Middleborough, on 1 Jan. 1795 in Middleborough.[875] She was born ca. 1776 in MA,[876] and they were living in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1810,[877] 1820,[878] 1830,[879] and 1840 federal censuses,[880] where he was a farmer. He died by 1850, and she was living in Westmoreland, MA, with the family of their son Romeo E. Hall.[881]

b. Abigail Hall, born on 20 Sept. 1771 in Raynham.[882]

c. (Unnamed child), born on 1 Mar. 1774 in Raynham, died in a convulsion at 3 weeks old.[883]

d. Lusendy Hall, born on 21 May 1775 in Raynham,[884] died on 15 Jan. 1783 or 1785 in Raynham.[885]

e. Joshua Hall, born on 11 Oct. 1777 in Raynham.,[886] married Anna Brockway. She was born on ca. 8 May 1781.[887] They were living near his brother Gaius Hall in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1820,[888] 1830,[889] 1840,[890] and 1850 federal censuses,[891] where he was a farmer. He died on 5 Oct. 1859 in Westmoreland, NH, aged 82 years,[892] and she died a widow on 18 Jan. 1877 in Westmoreland, aged 95 years, 8 months, 10 days,[893] and they were both buried in East Westmoreland Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

f. Gaius Hall, born on 12 June 1780 in Raynham,[894] married Esther Mason, of Westmoreland, on 19 Dec. 1805 in Westmoreland, NH,[895] and 2.) Lucinda Black, of Westmoreland, on 23 Dec. 1810 in Westmoreland, NH.[896] They were living with his parents in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1810 federal census, and near his brothers Joshua Hall in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1820,[897] and Elisha A. Hall in the 1830,[898] and 1840 federal censuses,[899] where he was a farmer. She probably died by 1850, and he was still living in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1850 federal census, where he was listed with no occupation.[900]

g. Seth Hall (Jr.), born on 31 Jan. 1783 in Raynham,[901] married Hannah Britton, of Westmoreland, daughter of Seth and Hannah (Merrifield) Britton,[902] on 13 June 1805 in Westmoreland.[903] She was born on 1 Apr. 1786 in Westmoreland, NH,[904] and they were living in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1820 federal census,[905] but he was not a head of household in Westmoreland, NH, or Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census. He died on 11 Apr. 1839, supposedly in Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA,[906] and she died a widow on 11 Oct. 1856 in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, aged 59 years, of typhoid fever,[907] and they were both buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Fitchburg, MA.

h. Capt. Camillus Hall, born on 18 July 1785 in Raynham,[908] married Betsey Britton, of Westmoreland, on 13 May 1810 in Westmoreland,[909] and living near his brother Seth Hall Jr. in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1820 federal census,[910] and near his brother Gaius Hall in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1830 federal census,[911] and in the 1840,[912] and 1850 federal censuses,[913] where he was a farmer. He died on 6 Sept. 1854 in Westmoreland, NH,[914] and she died on 11 Oct. 1854 in Westmoreland, NH,[915] they were both buried in Chaffee Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

i. Lucinda Hall, born supposedly on 16 Oct. 1792 in Raynham, married Henry Mason, of Westmoreland, son of Moses and Olive (Thayer) Mason,[916] on 3 Nov. 1811 in Westmoreland, NH.[917] He was born on 14 Feb. 1787 in Sherborn, Middlesex Co., MA.[918] They were living in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[919] She supposedly died on 23 Mar. 1830 in Westmoreland, NH, and he was still living in Westmoreland, NH, in the 1830 federal census.[920] He remarried to Brunette Harris, daughter of Paul and Patty Harris,[921] of Westmoreland, on 25 Jan. 1831 in Westmoreland, NH.[922] They were living in Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1840,[923] and 1850 federal censuses,[924] where he was a farmer. He died on 25 Jan. 1870 in Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, aged 83 years,[925] and she died on 1 Aug. 1886 in Keene, NH, aged 82 years,[926] and they were both buried in West Cemetery in Keene, NH.

 

 

(463.) Hannah4 Leach, fifth daughter of (129) Hephzibah4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 4 Mar. 1725,[927] married Solomon4 Leach, her first cousin, son of John3 and Alice Leach, of Bridgewater, as his third wife,[928] in 1743 in Bridgewater.[929] He was born on 19 Feb. 1712/13 in Bridgewater,[930] and had married first to (410a) Tabitha5 Washburn, daughter of (122) Samuel4 and Abigail3 (Leonard) Washburn (Jr.),[931] on 14 Apr. 1736 in Bridgewater,[932] and secondly to Jerusha3 Bryant, daughter of Benjamin2 and Hannah4 (Eaton) Bryant, of Plympton,[933] on 19 Apr. 1739 in Bridgewater.[934]

         No death or probate records were found for Solomon Leach in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.

         Hannah Leach and Solomon Leach had children:[935]

        1425     i   Hannah Leach, born on 8 May 1744 in Bridgewater,[936] died young.

        1426    ii   Jerusha5 Leach, born on 23 Feb. 1746/7 in Bridgewater,[937] married Isaac5 Leach, of Westmore­land,[938] NH, son of Josiah4 and Joanna (Wilbur) Leach, of Westmoreland, NH,[939] on 10 Oct. 1763 in Bridgewater.[940] He was born ca. 1737 in Bridgewater,[941] a grandson of Samuel3 and Mary (Byram) Leach, of Bridgewater,[942] and he died in 1800 in Westmoreland.[943] They supposedly had children,[944] order uncertain:

a. Jerusha Leach, born on 8 Oct. 1764.

b. Lavina6 Leach, born on 23 Sept. 1766 in Westmoreland, NH, married Edward Howe on 13 Sept. 1786 in Westmoreland, NH, and they moved to New York.[945]

c. Anna6 Leach, married Wilbur Sweet.[946]

d. John Leach, born ca. 1770 in Westmoreland, NH.

e. Willard6 Leach, born ca. 1772 in Westmoreland, NH, married Irana Brown on 5 Dec. 1802.[947]

f. Cotton6 Mather Leach, born on 4 Sept. 1780 in Westmoreland, NH, married Fannie Hayes in 1802 in Erie Co., NY. He moved first to Erie Co., NY, then to Twinsburg, OH, and finally to Fort Madison, IA, where he died on 15 Jan. 1852.[948]

g. Solomon Leach

h. Levi6 Leach, born in 1785 in Westmoreland, NH, married Rachel Meade in ca. 1810. She was born on 1 Sept. 1791 in Hartford, CT, and they moved to Portage, OH, then to Lee Co., IA. He died on 13 Feb. 1855 in Fort Madison, IA, and she died on 12 Jan. 1876 in Wayne Co., IA.[949]

i. Polly6 Leach, married Samuel Alger.[950] He was born in 1777 in NY, she died before 1850, and he died after 1850 in Northfield, Summit Co., OH.[951]

j. Isaac6 Hayes Leach, born on 29 July 1788 in Westmoreland, NH, married Chloe Rideout in 1813. He supposedly died on 5 Sept. 1876 in Beloit, KS.[952]

k. Joanna6 Leach, born ca. 1792, married Gideon Elliott.[953]

        1427   iii   Solomon Leach (Jr.), born on 5 Mar. 1750/1 in Bridgewater,[954] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.

        1428   iv   Israel Leach, born on 19 Oct. 1752 in Bridgewater,[955] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.

        1429    v   Hannah Leach, born on 6 June 1755 in Bridgewater,[956] marriage not found.

        1430   vi   Susanna5 Leach, born on 18 Aug. 1758 in Bridgewater,[957] possibly married Deacon Isaac Wilbar/Wilbur, son of George and Lydia (Shelly) Wilbar/Wilbur, of Raynham, MA,[958] in 1781.[959] He was born on 14 May 1759 in Raynham.[960] She died on 17 Mar. 1790 in Bridgewater, aged 35 [sic] years,[961] and he was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[962] He remarried to (2407) Joanna6 Leach, daughter of (924) Dea­con Daniel5 and Bethiah4 (Keith) Leach,[963] on 16 June 1791 in Middleborough.[964] He died testate on 19 Feb. 1834 in Titicut, Bridgewater, MA, aged 74 years,[965] his will dated 5 Sept. 1827, and probated on 1 Apr. 1834, mentioned his wife Joanna, son Aberdeen, daughters Lurana Fobes, Ruth Keith, and Lydia Wilbar, and son Isaac Wilbar Jr., who he named as executor of his estate.[966] (See Appendix [M] for a full transcription of his will.) Joanna (Leach) Wilbur died on 17 Oct. 1841 in Titicut, Bridgewater, aged 80 years.[967] Susanna (Leach) Wilbur had 4 children,[968] and Deacon Isaac Wilbar had 4 more children by Joanna Leach:

a. Lurana/Lurany Wilbar, born on 26 Dec. 1781 in Bridgewater,[969] married Capt. Zephaniah6 Fobes, son of Robert5 and Abiah (Knapp) Fobes,[970] on 15 Mar. 1810, possibly in Middleborough.[971] He was born on 4 Dec. 1780 in Bridgewater,[972] a grandson of Joshua4 and Esther (Porter) Fobes (Jr.).[973] He died intestate on 7 Apr. 1846 in Titicut, MA, aged 65 years,[974] and Philo Leach, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate, as requested by Lurana Fobes, the widow of the deceased, on 5 May 1846.[975] She died on 25 Apr. 1857 in Bridgewater, aged 76 years, of paralysis.[976]

b. Ruth Wilbar, born on 12 May 1783 in Bridgewater,[977] married David5 Keith “3rd”, son of Samuel4 and Zilpha (Conant) Keith (3rd),[978] on 18 Nov. 1806, possibly in Middleborough.[979] He was a twin, born on 16 Mar. 1782 in Bridgewater,[980] a grandson of Samuel3 and Hannah (Ames) Keith (Jr.)[981]

c. Aberdeen Wilbar, born on 23 June 1785 in Bridgewater,[982] married (3329) Abigail Hooper, daughter of Luther and (1299) Phebe6 (Washburn) Hooper,[983] on 30 Nov. 1809, possibly in Middleborough.[984] She was born on 6 Feb. 1791 in Bridgewater,[985] a granddaughter possibly of (431) Jonathan5 and Judith (Wood) Washburn.[986] Aberdeen Wilbur died intestate on 21 Jan. 1839 in Titicut, Bridgewater, MA, aged 53 years,[987] and Seth Washburn, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 2 Apr. 1839, the widow having declined.[988]

d. Lydia Wilbar, born on 3 Jan. 1787 in Bridgewater,[989] married George Wilbar (Jr.), son of George and Betsey (Packard) Wilbar,[990] on 4 June 1820 in Bridgewater.[991] He was born on 22 Oct. 1785 in Easton, MA.[992] He died testate on 14 Oct. 1868 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years, 11 months, 23 days, of “dropsy,”[993] his will dated 27 July 1867, and probated on 9 Nov. 1868, mentioned his wife Lydia Wilbar, and sons Oliver C. Wilbar and George S. Wilbar, and he named his two sons as executors of his estate, but they refused, and asked that Joseph Wilbar, of Taunton, be granted administration with will annexed of the estate.[994] (See Appendix [N] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 3 Jan. 1874 in Bridgewater, aged 87 years, 0 months, 1 day.[995]

(See the family of (924) Deacon Daniel Leach for his children by Joanna Leach.)

        1431  vii   Joseph Leach, born on 8 Nov. 1760 in Bridgewater,[996] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.

 

 

(464.) Phebe4 Leach, supposedly sixth daughter of (129) Hephzibah4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1726, married Abner4 Fobes, son of William3 and Thankful (Dwelley) Fobes,[997] in ca. 1748.[998] He was born on 11 Nov. 1727 in Bridgewater,[999] a grandson of Deacon Edward2 and Elizabeth2 (Howard) Fobes.[1000] On 21 Nov. 1757 William Fobes of Bridgewater, yeoman, deeded two parcels of land to his son Abner Fobes in the Titticut part of Bridgewater.[1001] On 3 Apr. 1761 Abner Fobes, of Bridgewater, yeoman, sold his 67 acres of land in the Titticut Purchase of Bridgewater to his brother William Fobes Jr., of Bridgewater, cordwinder, for £247,[1002] and moved to Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA, by 1760.[1003] On 21 Aug. 1762 Noah and Rachel Aldrich of Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA, sold to Abner Fobes of Bridgewater, husbandman, a parcel of land in Uxbridge containing 100 acres.[1004]

         Abner Fobes died intestate on 20 Jan. 1767 in West Bridgewater, aged 39 years,[1005] and was buried in the Old Graveyard in West Bridgewater. Phebe Fobes, widow, was granted administration of his estate on 1 Apr. 1767, with Ebenezer White and Nathan Keith, Yeoman, both of Uxbridge, as sureties. The inventory of his estate was appraised by John Spring, Joshua Wood and Nathan Keith, which totaled £345.2.10, including his real estate valued at £240, and Ezekiel Wood and Joseph Read, both of Uxbridge, were appointed to set off to Phebe Fobes, widow of Abner Fobes, one third of the restate as her dower in his estate on 25 Mar. 1868. Absalom Fobes, of Uxbridge, Blacksmith, was granted administration of his estate on 28 Mar. 1774, with Nathan Keith, Yeoman, of Uxbridge, was surety. Peter White, Joseph Read, and Josiah Wood, of Uxbridge, were appointed to divide the real estate that was set off to Phebe Fobes, the widow of Abner Fobes, late of Uxbridge, on 28 May 1771, which, since it could not be fairly divided, was assigned to her son Absalom Fobes, with the agreement that he pay £11.4.3 to each of his brothers and sisters, namely Edward Fobes, Jotham Fobes, Hannah Leach, wife of Levi Leach, Molly Fobes, and Charlotte Fobes.[1006] Phebe (Leach) Fobes was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, and no death record was found for her in Uxbridge, West Bridgewater or Bridgewater.

         Phebe Leach and Abner Fobes had children:[1007]

        1432     i   Molly Fobes, born on 20 June 1749 in Bridgewater,[1008] died on 14 Mar. 1756 in Bridgewater.[1009]

        1433    ii   Absalom5 Fobes/Forbes, born on 22 May 1751 in Bridgewater,[1010] as a minor aged 16 years he chose Nathan Keith, of Uxbridge, to be his guardian on 7 Mar. 1767,[1011] then after reaching his majority he was appointed as administrator of his father’s estate on 28 Mar. 1774, with Nathan Keith, Yeoman, of Uxbridge, as his surety,[1012] and he married Martha Hall, daughter of Willis and Martha (Gibbs) Hall, of Sutton, MA,[1013] on 25 July 1771 in Sutton,[1014] and settled in Upton, Worcester Co., MA. She was born on 12 Sept. 1751 in Sutton.[1015] He enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War from Upton, MA, as a Private in Capt. Robert Taft’s Company in 1775, and then in Capt. David Batchelor’s Company, and served in various companies from Upton until 1778.[1016] He supposedly died in the Revolutionary War, his widow Martha Fobes and Willis Hall were granted administration of his estate on 1 Oct. 1778 in Worcester Co., MA.[1017] She may have been the Martha Fobes who married Joel White on 21 Nov. 1780 in Northbridge, Worcester Co., MA.[1018] Absalom and Martha Fobes had children:

a. Gen. Abner6 Forbes, born on 29 Feb. 1772 in Uxbridge, MA,[1019] supposedly married Sarah Spooner, daughter of Alden and Sarah (Burton) Spooner, and settled in Windsor, VT, where he died in 1828.[1020] He was living in Windsor Co., VT, in the 1800 federal census,[1021] and in Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1810 federal census,[1022] but he was not a head of household in Windsor Co., VT, in the 1820 federal censuses. Sarah Forbes was listed as a head of household in Windsor, VT, in the 1830 federal census.[1023]

b. Libbeas6 Forbes, born on 28 Jan. 1774 in Upton, MA,[1024] married Hannah Warren in 1795.[1025] They were living in Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1810 federal census,[1026] but he was not a head of household in Vermont in the 1820 federal census.

c. Dr. Jotham6 Forbes, born on 12 June 1776 in Upton, MA,[1027] married Nancy Olmstead on 8 Jan. 1805 in Rocky Hill, CT,[1028] and they moved to Windsor Co., VT.[1029] He died in 1828 in Sandusky, OH.[1030] They were living in Chester, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1810 federal census,[1031] and Nancy Forbes was listed as a head of household in Windsor, VT, in the 1820 federal census,[1032] but Jotham Forbes was not a head of household in Vermont or Ohio in the 1820 census, and Nancy Forbes was not a head of household in Ohio in the 1830 federal census.

d. Absalom6 Forbes (Jr.), born on 1 Nov. 1778 in Upton,[1033] married Prudence Barden, of Sutton, MA, on 6 Aug. 1801 in Northbridge, MA.[1034] He may have been the Absalom Forbes living in New Grantham, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1810 federal census.[1035]

        1434   iii   Hannah5 Fobes, born on 25 May 1753 in Bridgewater,[1036] as a minor aged 14 years she chose John Taft, of Uxbridge, Gent., to be her guardian on 12 Aug. 1767,[1037] and she married (1416) Levi5 Leach, her first cousin, son of Timothy4 and (456) Sarah (Leach) Leach, on 18 Nov. 1771 in Bridgewater.[1038] He was born on 7 Apr. 1744 in Bridgewater,[1039] a grand­son also of Benjamin3 and (129) Hephzibah4 (Washburn) Leach.[1040] Children not found. They moved to Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, by 1776, and then probably to Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, in 1788.[1041] He was probably the Levi Leach living in New Salem, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[1042] He died in 1798 in New Salem, MA.[1043]

        1435   iv   Edward5 Fobes/Forbes, born on 25 Oct. 1755 in Bridgewater,[1044] Nathan Keith, of Uxbridge, was appointed as guardian of Edward Fobes, a minor aged 11 years, son of Abner Fobes, late of Uxbridge, on 1 Apr. 1767, then as a minor aged 15 years he chose Abner Rawson, of Uxbridge, Yeoman, to be his guardian on 7 Nov. 1769.[1045] He also served in the Revolutionary War from Upton, MA, as a Private in Capt. Robert Taft’s Company in 1775, then in Capt. Ezra Wood’s Company, and served in various companies until 1779, when he was described as a musician in Capt. Thomas Marshall Baker’s Company.[1046] He moved to Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in 1787, and married Eunice Amsden,[1047] of Conway, MA, supposedly daughter of Isaac B. and Hannah (Catlin) Amsden,[1048] in 1789.[1049] She was born ca. 1754.[1050] They were living in Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in the 1790,[1051] 1800,[1052] and 1810 federal censuses,[1053] and in Buckland, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1054] He died on 2 May 1835 in Buckland, Franklin Co., MA, aged 79 years,[1055] and she was probably living with her son William Forbes in Buckland, MA, in the 1840 federal census. She died on 1 Jan. 1843 in Buckland, aged 88 years.[1056] They had children:

a. Abner6 Forbes, born on 21 Apr. 1792,[1057] married Sarah Hunt, daughter of William and Mary (Plympton) Hunt,[1058] supposedly on 27 Mar. 1823 in Buckland, MA.[1059] She was born on 22 Apr. 1794 in Sudbury, MA.[1060] He was not a head of household in Franklin Co., MA, in the 1830 or 1840 federal censuses, but they were apparently living in Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a printer.[1061] She died on 10 Oct. 1854 in Buckland, MA, aged 60 years, 5 months, 18 days,[1062] and he died a widower on 26 Oct. 1877 in Conway, Franklin Co., MA, aged 85 years, 6 months, 5 days.[1063]

b. William6 Forbes, born on 25 Aug. 1802, [1064] married Eunice Sherman, daughter of Caleb and Eunice (Bacon) Sherman,[1065] of Conway, MA, in 1825.[1066] She was born supposedly on 17 Apr. 1808 in Conway.[1067] He was not a head of household in Franklin Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census, but they were living in Buckland, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census.[1068] He died on 13 Oct. 1840 in Buckland, MA,[1069] and she supposedly died on 6 Feb. 1899.[1070]

c. Sarah6 Forbes, born after 1802,[1071] possibly married Rev. Robert Travis, of New York, in 1825 in Troy, NY.[1072]

d. (Probably others)

        1436    v   Jotham5 Fobes/Forbes, born on 6 July 1758 in Bridgewater,[1073] Nathan Keith was appointed as guardian of Jotham Fobes, a minor aged about 9 years, son of Abner Fobes, late of Uxbridge, on 1 Apr. 1767, then as a minor aged 14 years he chose Abner Rawson, of Uxbridge, yeoman, as his guardian on 14 July 1772.[1074] He served in the Revolutionary War from Upton, MA, as a fifer in Capt. John Blanchard’s Company, until 1781.[1075] He was probably the Jotham Fobes of Buckland, MA, who married Lydia Bachelder, of Ashfield, MA, on 5 Jan. 1792 in Ashfield,[1076] but she was probably his second wife.[1077] He was living in Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in the 1790,[1078] 1800,[1079] and 1810 federal censuses,[1080] but he was not a head of household in Buckland in the 1820 federal census. He evidently had children, but their names have not been found. No death record was found for him in Massachusetts.

        1437   vi   Thankfull Fobes, born on 30 Apr. 1760 in Uxbridge, MA,[1081] probably died young.[1082]

        1438  vii   Molly5 Fobes, born on 17 Apr. 1761 in Bridgewater,[1083] Nathan Keith, of Uxbridge, was appointed as guardian of Molly Fobes, a minor aged about 6 years, daughter of Abner Fobes, late of Uxbridge, on 1 Apr. 1767,[1084] and she married Thomas Hayden on 7 Sept. 1778 in Upton, Worcester Co., MA,[1085] and lived in Upton until 1794, then moved to Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA. He was probably the Thomas Hayden Jr. living in Upton, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[1086] and they were living in Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800,[1087] 1810,[1088] and 1820 federal censuses.[1089] He died on 21 Sept. 1827 in Pelham, MA,[1090] and she was probably living with the family of their son Thomas Hayden (Jr.) in Pelham in the 1830 federal census. They had children:

a. Molly Hayden, born on 16 Sept. 1780 in Upton, MA,[1091] probably the Polly Hayden who married Seth Draper, of Belchertown, MA, in 1800 in Pelham, MA.[1092] He was not a head of household in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses.

b. Thomas Hayden (Jr.), born on 19 Aug. 1782 in Upton,[1093] apparently died young.

c. Fanny Hayden, born on 27 Oct. 1784 in Upton,[1094] married Jonathan Wood, of Pelham, probably as his second wife, on 3 Mar. 1842 in Pelham, MA.[1095] 

d. Josiah Hayden, born on 24 Oct. 1786 in Upton,[1096] died on 6 Aug. 1799 in Pelham.[1097]

e. Absolom Hayden, born on 15 Oct. 1788 in Upton,[1098] supposedly married Lavina Driggs.[1099] He was not found as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses.

f. Capt. Thomas Hayden (Jr.), born on 20 Mar. 1794 in Upton,[1100] married Chloe Wallis on 27 Nov. 1823 in Pelham.[1101] They were living in Pelham, MA, in the 1830 federal census, near his brother-in-law Cyrus Kingman.[1102] She died on 4 Nov. 1833 in Pelham,[1103] and he died on 30 Aug. 1836 in Pelham.[1104]

g. Phebe Hayden, born on 31 Mar. 1795 in Pelham, MA,[1105] married Cyrus Kingman on 27 Mar. 1817 in Pelham.[1106] He was not a head of household in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1820 federal census, but they were living in Pelham, MA, in the 1830 federal census, near her brother Thomas Hayden.[1107]

h. Sarah Hayden, born on 6 Oct. 1797 in Pelham,[1108] married Charles Billings, of Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY, on 5 Feb. 1817 in Pelham.[1109] They were living in Cazenovia, NY, in the 1820 federal census,[1110] but he was not a head of household in Madison Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census.

i. Sybil Hayden, born on 8 Oct. 1806 in Pelham.[1111]

        1439 viii   Charlotte5 Fobes, born on 1 May 1763 in Uxbridge,[1112] Nathan Keith, of Uxbridge, was appointed as guardian of Charlotte Fobes, a minor age about 4 years, daughter of Abner Fobes, late of Uxbridge, on 1 Apr. 1767,[1113] and she married James Lackey, son of Matthew and Rebeckah (Work) Lackey, of Upton, MA,[1114] on 6 Apr. 1780 in Upton.[1115] He was born on 21 July 1757 in Upton,[1116] and they lived in Upton, then moved to Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, before 1800. He was probably the James “Lasky” living in Upton, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[1117] and they were living in Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in the 1800,[1118] and 1810 federal censuses,[1119] and possibly in Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census.[1120] They had children:

a. Chloe Lackey, born on 30 June 1781 in Upton, MA,[1121] married Enoch Lilley, of Hawley, MA, on 25 Oct. 1808 in Buckland.[1122] They were living in Hawley, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census,[1123] and in Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census.[1124] He was not found as a head of household in New York in the 1830 federal census, but he may have been the Enoch Lilly living in Walworth, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census.[1125]

b. Charoline Lackey, a daughter, born on 16 Oct. 1783 in Upton.[1126] She was probably still unmarried and living near Enoch Lilley in Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census.[1127]

c. Abner Fobes Lackey, born on 19 Mar. 1787 in Upton,[1128] married 1.) Lucy Pomeroy, daughter of Enos and Lucy Pomeroy, of Buckland, on 17 June 1812 in Buckland, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) Co., NY.[1129] She was baptized on 19 Jan. 1794 in Buckland.[1130] She died by 1850, and he probably remarried to 2.) Ann (___), who was born ca. 1806 in NY.[1131] They were living in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census, next door to the family of Thomas Lackey,[1132] and they were still living in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1840,[1133] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[1134]

d. James Lackey (Jr.), born on 10 Nov. 1789 in Upton.[1135]

e. (Probably) Thomas Lackey, born say ca. 1793 in MA, was married and living next door to Abner F. Lackey in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census,[1136] and in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1137] but he was not found in Wayne Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census.

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    [1] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 206.

    [2] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 549, for Nathaniel Packard’s wife. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 253, says Nathaniel probably married a daughter of John Kingman; Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 244, gives her name as Lydia Smith?/Kingman?, apparently unsure which is correct.

    [3] Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 26, married by Jacob Tomson, Justice of the Peace, in Middleborough, both “of Bridgwater.”

    [4] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 253.

    [5] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 534.

    [6] Plymouth County Probate Docket #15171, Vol. 23, p. 64.

    [7] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 24, p. 37-38.

    [8] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 255, says they had Anne 1723, Mary 1725, Betty 1727, Samuel, Hepzibah, Caleb and Joshua 1735, Chloe, and Desire.

    [9] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 238.

    [10] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 152.

    [11] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 273.

    [12] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 101.

    [13] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 151, 253.

    [14] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 463, taken from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden.

    [15] Plymouth County Probate Dock­et #7111; Vol. 16, p. 370.

    [16] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159.

    [17] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, pp. 194, 195, 196.

    [18] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, pp. 197, 198.

    [19] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 353, 354.

    [20] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 121.

    [21] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358.

    [22] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 209.

    [23] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154, says they had Elijah, Calvin, Daniel, Hosea, Caleb, Silvester, Ann, Olive, Susanna, and Ruth.

    [24] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 326.

    [25] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 121, marriage intentions recorded 9 Oct. 1762 in Bridgewater.

    [26] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [27] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324; MF5G: Cooke, p. 243.

    [28] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 329.

    [29] 1800 Federal Census, Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 213, the Eliab Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [30] 1810 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 366, from the index.

    [31] Per Vital Records of New Braintree, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904, [hereinafter New Braintree VRs], p. 21; his birth not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records, however this may have been calculated using the Gregorian rather than the Julian calendar.

    [32] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 326.

    [33] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 122.

    [34] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332; New Braintree VRs, p. 21, which has her birth as 22 June 1744 in Bridgewater, which was evidently calculated using the Gregorian calendar rather than the Julian calendar that was actually in use when she was born.

    [35] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324; MF5G: Cooke, p. 243.

    [36] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 229, New Braintree Town, Worcester County, the Elijah Edson household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [37] New Braintree VRs, p. 138.

    [38] New Braintree VRs, p. 138.

    [39] He was still under the age of 21 years in 1764.

    [40] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, not recorded in the probate books.

    [41] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 139.

    [42] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 122.

    [43] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 78.

    [44] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 466, taken from a private record of burials in the South Precinct Burying Place kept by Lt. John Washburn.

    [45] No children were recorded to Calvin and Lydia Edson in Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs].

    [46] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 139.

    [47] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 155; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 124.

    [48] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 139.

    [49] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 79.

    [50] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 122, marriage intentions recorded 15 Aug. 1797 in Bridgewater.

    [51] Oakham VRs, p. 24, they had children born in Oakham from 1798-1810.

    [52] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, not recorded in the probate books.

    [53] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 213, the marriage of John Keith and Abigail Willis on 8 Jan. 1734 in Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 504, the death of John Keith Jr. on 6 Sept. 1747 in Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #11919, Vol. 11, p. 92, John Keith, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, was appointed as guardian of Azel Keith, a minor son of John Keith Junr., late of Bridgewater, on 4 Apr. 1748.

    [54] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 125.

    [55] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #11908, Vol. 16, p. 206.

    [56] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 61, Hartland Town, Windsor County, the Azel Keith household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 4 free white females.

    [57] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 165, Hartland, Windsor County, the Asel Keith household had 1 male aged 45 or older, 1 female aged 16-25, 1 female aged 26-44, and 1 female aged 45 or older.

    [58] Azel Keith was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [59] He was possibly the male aged 80-89 years in the household of his son Freedom Edson in the 1830 federal census in Stowe, VT.

    [60] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, not recorded in the probate books.

    [61] Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1909, [hereinafter Brookfield VRs], p. 309.

    [62] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, [actually taken in 1791], Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 63, Reading Town, Windsor Co., the Daniel Edson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [63] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1972, p. 175, Springfield, Windsor Co., the Daniel Edson household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [64] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870, from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #0027539.

    [65] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from an FHL member family group sheet, which shows Phebe’s birth in about 1786 in Northfield, VT.

    [66] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL member family group sheet, which shows children Betsey Edson, born ca. 1811, Sally Edson, born ca. 1813, Marietta Edson, born ca. 1815, Caroline E. Edson, born ca. 1817, Martin Edson, born ca. 1819, Eli Edson, born ca. 1821, Sophia Edson, born ca. 1823, and Cynthia Edson, born ca. 1825, all in Vermont.

    [67] 1820 Federal Census, Northfield, Washington Co., VT, p. 43, the Freedom Edson household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [68] 1830 Federal Census, Stowe, Washington Co., VT, p. 385, the Freedom Edson household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 male aged 80-89 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [69] 1850 Federal Census, Stowe, Lamoille Co., VT, p. 147, dwelling #202, family #209:

            Caleb Goodenough, 45, male, farmer, $1800, born VT

            Betsy Goodenough, 38, female, born VT

            Martin W. Goodenough, 15, male, farmer, born VT, attending school

            Opher R. Goodenough, 9, male, born VT, attending school

            Phebe Edson, 65, female, born VT

            Caroline M. Edson, 25, female, born VT

    [70] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870, from FHL microfilm #0027539.

    [71] Probably at least one more son born before 1791, and another daughter born before 1800, as per the 1791 and 1800 federal censuses.

    [72] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, p. 198.

    [73] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, p. 197.

    [74] Brookfield VRs, p. 309; Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1909, [hereinafter Ashburnham VRs], p. 114, marriage intentions recorded 15 Aug. 1778 in Ashburnham, MA.

    [75] Brookfield VRs, p. 433, the marriage of William Watson and Susanna Barnes, of Leicester, on 5 July 1750 in Leicester.

    [76] Brookfield VRs, p. 229.

    [77] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 17 Volumes, Vol. V, p. 227.

    [78] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, p. 195.

    [79] She was apparently aged at least 45 years in the 1800 federal census, so she may have been born a year or two earlier.

    [80] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, p. 196.

    [81] Brookfield VRs, p. 433, the marriage of William Watson and Susanna Barnes, of Leicester, on 5 July 1750 in Leicester.

    [82] Brookfield VRs, p. 309.

    [83] Brookfield VRs, p. 230, under “Wattson.”

    [84] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 17 Volumes, Vol. XVI, p. 708.

    [85] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 216, Brookfield town, Worcester Co., the David Watson household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 3 free white males under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [86] 1800 Federal Census, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, p. 263, the David Watson household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [87] Brookfield VRs, p. 229.

    [88] Brookfield VRs, p. 544.

    [89] Brookfield VRs, p. 544.

    [90] Brookfield VRs, p. 544.

    [91] Brookfield VRs, p. 228.

    [92] Brookfield VRs, p. 229.

    [93] Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1907, [hereinafter Sutton VRs], p. 381, marriage intentions recorded 31 May 1823 in Sutton, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Brookfield. However they named a their first daughter Ruth Edson Putnam, in 1823, so the identification of Ruth Watson wife of Capt. Peter Putnam as the daughter of David and Ruth (Edson) Watson is probably correct.

    [94] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 29 June 2004 by Craig E. Bryant; Sutton VRs, p. 453.

    [95] Sutton VRs, p. 335, the marriage of Peter Putnam and Sarah Marble on 1 Oct. 1782 in Sutton.

    [96] Sutton VRs, p. 138.

    [97] Sutton VRs, p. 335.

    [98] It appears they likely had 5 sons and 2 daughters by the 1800 federal census.

    [99] Calculated from his age at death.

    [100] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7159, Vol. 18, p. 194½.

    [101] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 26, the marriage of Ephraim Allen and Bettie Woods on 16 Mar. 1758 in Bridgewater.

    [102] Brookfield VRs, p. 309, marriage intentions recorded 10 July 1780 in Brookfield.

    [103] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 30.

    [104] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 353; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358, the birth of Betty, daughter of Jonathan and Betty Woods, on 11 Apr. 1738 in Bridgewater.

    [105] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, (actually taken in 1791), Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 61, Hartland Town, Windsor Co., the Sylvester Edson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [106] Heads of Families At the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1972, p. 182, Woodstock, Windsor Co., the Sylvester Edson household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [107] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027540, his widow Susan Edson.

    [108] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027540, widow of Sylvester Edson.

    [109] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027539, his father Silvester Edson.

    [110] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027539, his father Silvester Edson.

    [111] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027540, her father Silvester Edson.

    [112] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027539, her father Silvester Edson.

    [113] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027539, her father Silvester Edson.

    [114] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027539, her father Silvester Edson.

    [115] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7138, Vol. 20, p. 122, with Josiah Edson Esqr. and Adam Bailey, innholder, as sureties.

    [117] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 245.

    [118] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 152.

    [119] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 279.

    [120] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 99.

    [121] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 151, 253.

    [122] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 465.

    [123] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [124] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 462.

    [125] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154, she had Abiel, Adam, Rodolphus, Pollycarpus 1756, and Jael.

    [126] Calculated from his age at death.

    [127] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 104, the marriage of John Morton and Eliizabeth Bennet both of Middleborough on 21 Jan. 1747 in Middleborough.

    [128] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 87, 144; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 121, marriage intentions recorded 29 Oct. 1774 in Bridgewater.

    [129] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 156.

    [130] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [131] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 36, the birth of John Morton, son of Ebenezer and Mercy Morton, on 18 Oct. 1724 in Middleborough; Plymouth VRs, p. 92, the marriage of Ebenazar Morton and Marcy Foster on 2 Feb. 1720 in Plymouth.

    [132] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 173, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Abial Edson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 4 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [133] Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Middleboro Deaths], p. 63, which gives the date as 17 Apr. 1823; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 22, which gives the date as 7 Apr. 1823.

    [134] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 191.

    [135] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 191.

    [136] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 225.

    [137] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 225.

    [138] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 176, 184, marriage of Daniel Thrasher Junr and Polly Edson, both of Middleborough. Daniel Thrasher Jr. and Polly his wife had children Daniel Thrasher, Edwin Thrasher, Lewis Bradford Thrasher, William Henry Thrasher, and Harrison Thrasher. (Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 397.)

    [139] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 199.

    [140] Plymouth County Probate Docket #20668, Vol. 61, p. 29.

    [141] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 225.

    [142] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 225.

    [143] Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Raynham VRs], p. 65; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 206, marriage intentions recorded 12 July 1818 in Middleborough.

    [144] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [145] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 19.

    [146] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7122, Vol. 46, p. 296.

    [147] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 291.

    [148] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 225.

    [149] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 59, the Josiah Edson household had only 1male aged 40-49 years, 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [150] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 160:

            Josiah Edson, 74, male, white, born MA, single, pauper

    [151] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 63.

    [152] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 225.

    [153] Adam Edson was still under the age of 45 in the 1800 federal census.

    [154] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [155] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 26 Apr. 2002 by Jann Anderson.

    [156] Their marriage date and place from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 26 Apr. 2002 by Jann Anderson.

    [157] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 26 Apr. 2002 by Jann Anderson.

    [158] 1790 Federal Census, Halfmoon, Albany Co., NY, p. 27, the Adam Edson household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [159] 1800 Federal Census, Halfmoon, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 1033, the Adam Edson household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [160] 1810 Federal Census, Halfmoon, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 709, the Adam Edson household had 2 males aged 15-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [161] 1820 Federal Census, Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 262, the Adam Edson household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [162] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [163] He was aged 10-15 years in the 1800 census, and aged between 16-25 years in the 1810 census.

    [164] He was under 10 in the 1800 census, but aged between 16-25 years in the 1810 census.

    [165] She was under 10 in the 1800 census, but aged between 10-15 years in the 1810 census.

    [166] Calculated from his age at death.

    [167] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 140; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 126.

    [168] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [169] Calculated from her age at death.

    [170] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Rodolphus Edson household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [171] 1820 Federal Census, Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, p. 12, the Rodolphus Edson household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [172] Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oxford VRs], p. 281; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [173] Oxford VRs, p. 281.

    [174] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [175] Oxford VRs, p. 43.

    [176] Oxford VRs, p. 43.

    [177] Oxford VRs, p. 43.

    [178] Calculated from his age at death.

    [179] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 156.

    [180] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 124, Vol. 2, p. 54, the marriage of Jabez Eaton of Middleborough and Elizabeth Williams of Taunton on 4 Jan. 1759 in Middleborough; Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], p. 116. Jabez Eaton died ca. 1815-1818 in Pike, Wyoming Co., NY, but no probate records were found for him in New York to substantiate Lucy Eaton’s parentage.

    [181] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 92, 139; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 126.

    [182] Per MF5G: Eaton, p. 116, taken from the records of Rev. E. L. Eaton of Evanston, IL, and published in Molyneux, Nellie Z. R., History of the Eaton Families, Syracuse, NY, 1911, p. 48-49, however her age at death indicates a birth year of about 1761 instead.

    [183] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Polycarpus Edson household had 5 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 6 free white females.

    [184] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 465, from his gravestone in the Keith or South Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [185] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7149, Vol. 34, pp. 87, 349-350, from FHL microfilm #0550718.

    [186] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 464, from her gravestone in the Keith or South Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [187] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 156, who says that one daughter married Zechariah Eddy Esq., and one married a Pratt.

    [188] Per Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 351.

    [189] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, Boston, 1930, p. 164-165, the mother’s name not give in Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 351.

    [190] Per Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 351; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 126.

    [191] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 351, Vol. 2, p. 2, neither of which give the mother’s name.

    [192] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, p. 99.

    [193] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 355, the marriage of Zechariah Paddock of Middleborough and Martha Washburn, daughter of Elisha Washburn of Kingston, noted but no marriage date recorded; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 98, the birth of Lydia Paddock, daughter of Zechariah and Martha Paddock, on 22 July 1756.

    [194] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 240, dwelling #684, family #805:

            Zachariah Eddy, 69, male, counsellor at law, $15000, born MA

            Sarah Eddy, 68, female, born MA

            Charlott Edson, 64, female, born MA

            Mary Maling, 30, female, born Ireland

    [195] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 62.

    [196] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 63.

    [197] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7094, Vol. 102, p. 124-126, from FHL microfilm #0555645, witnessed by William C. Eddy, Mary Harding, and Southworth Ellis.

    [198] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 465, from his gravestone in the Keith or South Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [199] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 100, taken from her gravestone in the Keith or South Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [200] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 166, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her father Polycarpus Edson, of Bridgewater.

    [201] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 72, 77, the marriage of William Pratt and Mary King, both of Middleborough, on 7 July 1772 in Middleborough by Rev. Isaac Backus.

    [202] Calculated from the birth of their first child on 29 July 1810 in Middleborough; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 396. Greenleaf and Lucy Pratt had children Marcia Edson Pratt, Louisa Maria Pratt, Charles King Pratt, an unnamed son who died at 2 days old, Lucy E. Pratt, and Francis Greenleaf Pratt.

    [203] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 254.

    [204] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 23; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 138; Plymouth County Probate Docket #16108.

    [205] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16108, Vol. 52, p. 275.

    [206] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 58, p. 248-250.

    [207] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [208] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 239.

    [209] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 274.

    [210] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 130.

    [211] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 282.

    [212] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 65.

    [213] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 300-301; MF5G: Alden, Pt. 1, p. 103-104.

    [214] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 282.

    [215] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 259, says he had Betty 1758, and Silvia 1760.

    [216] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 239.

    [217] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 249.

    [218] Calculated from her age at death.

    [219] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 92, the marriage of Ebenazar Morton and Marcy Foster on 2 Feb. 1720 in Plymouth; Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1994, originally published as Part II of Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Boston, 1899, [hereinafter Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families], p. 188, with correction on p. 333.

    [220] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 276.

    [221] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 49.

    [222] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, pp. 190, 333.

    [223] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 46, marriage intentions recorded between Seth Morton of Middleborough and Lydia Hall of Sandwich on 2 May 1751 in Middleborough.

    [224] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 173, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Seth Morton household had 5 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male over 16, and 5 free white females.

    [225] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 14; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 117.

    [226] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 19; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 117.

    [227] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [228] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [229] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 50, marriage intentions recorded between Isaac Cushman & Mrs. Sarah Miller both of Middleborough on 13 Oct. 1755 in Middleborough; Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, 1964, p. 50-51, 127.

    [230] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 85, 92.

    [231] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 126.

    [232] Plympton VRs, p. 301, the marriage if Ichabod Cushman and Patience Holmes on 27 Nov. 1712 in Plympton; Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, p. 23.

    [233] Williams, Alicia Crane, Harlow Family, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1997. p. 11, which corrects Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, p. 14, Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 77, and others concerning the identity of Rebecca, wife of Rev. Isaac Cushman.

    [234] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 117.

    [235] Plymouth County Probate Docket #14309, Vol. 27, p. 308, with Zeb. Cushman and Roger Clark as sureties.

    [236] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118.

    [237] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [238] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 92, marriage intentions recorded between Capt. Joshua Eddy and Mrs. Lydia Paddock, both of Middleborough, on 24 Jan. 1778 in Middleborough; Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, p. 164.

    [239] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 168, 173.

    [240] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, p. 165; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p., 2, which has the birth date but not the name of the child.

    [241] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, p. 99.

    [242] Plympton VRs, p. 355, the marriage of Zechariah Paddock of Middleborough and Martha Washburn, daughter of Elisha Washburn of Kingston, noted but no marriage date recorded; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 98, the birth of Lydia Paddock, daughter of Zechariah and Martha Paddock, on 22 July 1756.

    [243] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 62, taken from First Church Records, which calls her daughter of Joshua Morton.

    [244] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 63.

    [245] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7082, Vol. 115, p. 373, with Geo. M. Leach and William C. Eddy, of Middleborough, as sureties.

    [246] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [247] Plymouth County Probate Docket #14310, Vol. 32, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0550717.

    [248] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 160, Vol. 2, p. 62, the marriage of Nathaniel Barrows and Hannah Jones both of Middleborough on 17 July 1766 in Middleborough.

    [249] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 168, 216.

    [250] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 300.

    [251] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 16; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 11.

    [252] Plymouth County Probate Docket #1092, Vol. 39, p. 400.

    [253] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 52, marriage intentions recorded between Thomas Ellis and Ruth Thomas, both of Middleborough, on 9 May 1757 in Middleborough.

    [254] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 64, Deborah, wife of Capt. Southworth Ellis, died 6 Sept. 1826, aged 58 years, 9 months.

    [255] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 242, 256.

    [256] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 188.

    [257] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 64; Plymouth County Probate Docket #7284.

    [258] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7284, Vol. 83, p. 223-224, from FHL microfilm #0555267, witnessed by Zechariah Eddy, Joshua Eddy, and Charles E. Eddy.

    [259] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [260] Per Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118, per “Rev. Barker’s Records.”

    [261] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [262] Plymouth County Probate Docket #14310, Vol. 32, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0550717.

    [263] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [264] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 49, marriage intentions recorded 21 Dec. 1754 in Middleborough.

    [265] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 101, 143.

    [266] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 93.

    [267] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 118, the marriage of Mr Ebenezer Morton and Mrs Sarah Cob both of Middleborough on 23 July 1753 in Middleborough.

    [268] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 112, 150.

    [269] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 97.

    [270] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118; Plymouth County Probate Docket #14349.

    [271] Plymouth County Probate Docket #14349, Vol. 39, p. 433, Vol. 40, p. 386.

    [272] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118.

    [273] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 4.

    [274] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 92, 134, the marriage of Elisha Freeman and Mercy Eddy both of Middleborough on 26 Feb. 1788 in Middleborough; his parents also identified in his death record.

    [275] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 176, marriage intentions recorded 28 Sept. 1806 in Middleborough.

    [276] Calculated from his age at death.

    [277] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, p. 99.

    [278] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 70.

    [279] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 70.

    [280] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [281] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 203.

    [282] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118.

    [283] Plymouth County Probate docket #14346, Vol. 11B, p. 202.

    [284] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [285] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [286] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 85, 167, the marriage of Josiah Barrows and Ruthy Tinkham both of Middleborough on 5 Apr. 1801 in Middleborough.

    [287] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 224, 234, he was “of Carver” in the recording of the marriage intentions; Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Carver VRs], p. 114, marriage intentions recorded 23 Nov. 1822 in Carver.

    [288] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 316.

    [289] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118, which says “Lost a leg many yrs. ago by a cart wheel,” taken from Rev. Alfred Wood’s records; Plymouth County Probate Docket #14350.

    [290] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [291] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118, taken from First Church Records.

    [292] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [293] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 281.

    [294] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 301.

    [295] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 122, 157, the marriage of Daniel Savery and Huldah Soule on 22 Apr. 1794 in Middleborough.

    [296] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 23, Mrs. Elizabeth Savery, wife of Daniel Savery Jun. died 13 Nov. 1825 in Middleborough, aged 23 years.

    [297] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 247, 262.

    [298] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 256.

    [299] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 165, 172, the marriage of John Vaughan and Sarah Cushman both of Middleborough on 27 Nov. 1800 in Middleborough.

    [300] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 231, 235.

    [301] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 152, from a newspaper notice.

    [302] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 152, called second wife of Daniel Savery and sister of Seth & Samuel Morton.

    [303] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 317.

    [304] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 130, 171, the marriage of Enos Eaton and Polly Thomson both of Middleborough on 22 Nov. 1798 in Middleborough.

    [305] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 246, 263. He was “of New Bedford” in the marriage record.

    [306] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

    [307] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 191, the birth of Enos Eaton, son of Samuel and Peatience Eaton, on 15 Sept. 1773; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 119, Vol. 2, p. 48, the marriage of Samuel Eaton and Patience Tinkham both of Middleborough on 8 Nov. 1753 in Middleborough.

    [308] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [309] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 118, 152.

    [310] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 20; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118, which gives the date as 10 Apr. 1822.

    [311] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [312] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [313] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 112, 153, the marriage of Peter Vaughan and Betsy Cushman on 30 June 1789 in Middleborough.

    [314] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 218.

    [315] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 316.

    [316] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 184, the birth of Betty Cushman daughter of Isaac and Sarah Cushman on 1 Apr. 1768; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 50, marriage intentions recorded between Isaac Cushman and Sarah Miller on 13 Oct. 1755 in Middleborough; Cushman, Joseph Augustine, First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, pp. 51-50, 129.

    [317] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 217, her parents identified in her death record.

    [318] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 217.

    [319] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 294.

    [320] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [321] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [322] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 276, which says that son Thomas married a Morton, and settled in Titicut.

    [323] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 102, marriage intentions recorded 15 June 1783 in Middleborough.

    [324] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 272.

    [325] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [326] Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, 3 volumes, [hereinafter Dartmouth VRs], Vol. 2, p. 175, the marriage of Zepheniah Eddy and Ann Wood both of Dartmouth on 16 Sept. 1770 in Dartmouth.

    [327] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 129, marriage intentions recorded 4 Nov. 1797 in Middleborough; Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 3, p. 322, marriage intentions recorded 30 Oct. 1797 in Dartmouth.

    [328] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 85, taken from Records of the Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting.

    [329] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, p. 91-92.

    [330] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 3, p. 49, taken from his gravestone in the Newtown Burying Ground in North Dartmouth.

    [331] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 281.

    [332] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 322, which gives the names of both the couple’s parents.

    [333] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 302.

    [334] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 444, the marriage of Stephen Sisson and Patience Tucker both of Dartmouth on 22 Sept. 1791 in Dartmouth.

    [335] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 322, marriage intentions recorded 18 Sept. 1820, but the record does not give the names of her parents.

    [336] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 235.

    [337] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [338] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 154, the marriage of John Murdoch of Plimton and Sarah Samson of Middleborough on 29 Mar. 1764 in Middleborough.

    [339] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 111, 150.

    [340] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 210.

    [341] Plympton VRs, p. 182, the birth of Sarah Samson, daughter of Ephraim and Abigall Samson, on 31 Jan. 1742/3 in Plympton; Plympton VRs, p. 380, the marriage of Ephraim Sampson and Abigal Horrel on 15 Nov. 1728 in Plympton; Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], p. 278, which shows that it was Ephraim and Abigail Samson’s daughter Sarah who married John Murdock.

    [342] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [343] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [344] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [345] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 248.

    [346] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [347] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271.

    [348] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 301.

    [349] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 318.

    [350] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 167.

    [351] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 154, the marriage of John Murdoch of Plimton and Sarah Samson of Middleborough on 29 Mar. 1764 in Middleborough.

    [352] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 119, 157.

    [353] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 210.

    [354] Plympton VRs, p. 182, the birth of Sarah Samson, daughter of Ephraim and Abigall Samson, on 31 Jan. 1742/3 in Plympton; Plympton VRs, p. 380, the marriage of Ephraim Sampson and Abigal Horrel on 15 Nov. 1728 in Plympton; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 278, which shows that it was Ephraim and Abigail Samson’s daughter Sarah who married John Murdock.

    [355] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 6.

    [356] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 7.

    [357] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 248; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 118.

    [358] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 301.

    [359] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 167.

    [360] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 110, the marriage of Jacob Bennet and Hope Nelson both of Middleborough on 22 Mar. 1750/1 in Middleborough.

    [361] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 116, 152.

    [362] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 139.

    [363] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 17; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 16; Plymouth County Probate Docket #1817.

    [364] Plymouth County Probate Docket #1817, Vol. 39, p. 291, with Thomas Bennet and Elisha Clark as sureties, from FHL microfilm #0550720.

    [365] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 16, identified as a daughter of Seth Morton in her death record.

    [366] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 171.

    [367] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 171.

    [368] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 108, the marriage of Ichabod Morton of Sandwich and Deborah Morton of Middleborough on 26 Oct. 1749 in Middleborough.

    [369] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 117, marriage intentions recorded 10 July 1791 in Middleborough.

    [370] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166.

    [371] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 191.

    [372] Plymouth VRs, p. 92, the marriage of Ebenazar Morton and Marcy Foster on 2 Feb. 1720 in Plymouth; Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, pp. 188, 333; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 43, the birth of Deborah Morton, daughter of Ebenr & Mercy Morton, on 15 July 1730 in Middleborough.

    [373] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [374] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [375] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 5.

    [376] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 281.

    [377] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 302.

    [378] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 171.

    [379] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 239.

    [380] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 255.

    [381] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 101, Ashfield Town, Hampshire County, the Caleb Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 5 free white females. This Caleb Packard was born in 1760, and died in Ashfield on 13 May 1846, aged 86 years.

    [382] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 244.

    [383] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 278.

    [384] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 255.

    [385] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 110, Goshen Town, Hampshire County, the Joshua Packard household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [386] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 207-208.

    [387] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 275.

    [388] Calculated from his age at death.

    [389] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 172, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Joseph Keith household had 4 free white males aged 16 or older and 5 free white females.

    [390] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 94.

    [391] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 94.

    [392] Calculated from her age at death.

    [393] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 275.

    [394] Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Tolland, 1715-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002, [hereinafter Tilton, Barbour Index of Tolland VRs], p. 338, taken from Vol. 2, p. 105, of the Tolland Town Records.

    [395] Per email letter of Cliff Cochran of 3 Dec. 2003, who reports that she was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Sidney Center, NY.

    [396] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 209.

    [397] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [398] Calculated from her age at death.

    [399] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515.

    [400] Plymouth County Probate Docket #12450; Vol. 16, p. 36, from FHL microfilm #0551543.

    [401] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 513.

    [402] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231, says they had Benjamin, Jepthah and Isaiah, but son Isaiah was not mentioned in the will of Deacon Joseph Leach, and I found no record of him, whereas six daughters were mentioned in the will.

    [403] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1, the death record of Judith Alden, wife of David, gives her maiden name of Paddelford.

    [404] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 50, marriage intentions recorded 16 June 1755 in Middleborough.

    [405] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 42.

    [406] Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999, [hereinafter MF5G: Alden, pt. 1], p. 105; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1, Hannah Alden, wife of John, is identified as the daughter of Ebenezer White, of Weymouth, in her church death record on 5 Oct. 1732. Her husband, John Alden, is described as the son of Joseph and Mary Pimmons [sic, Simmons], and grandson of John Alden of the Mayflower in his church death record on 29 Sept. 1730.

    [407] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 174, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the David Alden household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 4 free white females.

    [408] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 69, the David Alden household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [409] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 299, the David Alden household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [410] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1.

    [411] Plymouth County Probate Docket #78, Vol. 45, p. 260-261, from FHL microfilm #0550903.

    [412] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1.

    [413] Calculated from her age at death.

    [414] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 93, 134; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 18, marriage intentions recorded 21 Sept. 1778 in Bridgewater.

    [415] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 89.

    [416] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 24; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 2, from his gravestone and church records.

    [417] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 2, from her gravestone and church records, which mistakenly call her daughter of David Alden.

    [418] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 89.

    [419] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 90, marriage intentions recorded 28 Sept. 1776 in Middleborough, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Raynham or Middleborough.

    [420] Calculated from her age at death.

    [421] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1.

    [422] Per Hodge, Harriet Woodbury, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 5, John Billington of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1991, [hereinafter MF5G: Billington], p. 131-132.

    [423] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 99, 136, the marriage of Francis Billington and Jedidah Wood, of Middleborough, on 11 Apr. 1782 in Middleborough; MF5G: Billington, p. 135, which says that Nathaniel Billington’s son Francis died by 1799, leaving children Hannah, Nathaniel, and Francis Billington, who shared in their grandfather’s estate in 1806.

    [424] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 191, 192.

    [425] MF5G: Billington, p. 132, but Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 139, gives this birth as “Jedidiah Wood, son of Ephram Wood Jr by Hannah his wife.”

    [426] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 174, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Rufus Alden household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 4 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [427] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 69, the Rufus Alden household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [428] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 300, the Rufus Alden household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [429] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 24; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1; Plymouth County Probate Docket #162.

    [430] Plymouth County Probate Docket #162, Vol. 59, p. 398-399, from FHL microfilm #0550910, his will witnessed by Edward Cole, Seth Eaton Jr., and Daniel Alden.

    [431] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 24; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 4.

    [432] Plymouth County Probate Docket #123, Vol. 61, p. 9.

    [433] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 141.

    [434] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 149.

    [435] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 109, 153, 167.

    [436] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 96.

    [437] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 141.

    [438] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 101, 136.

    [439] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 187.

    [440] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 111, 146.

    [441] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 174, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the David Alden Jun household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [442] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 69, the David Alden Jur household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [443] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 301, the David Alden household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [444] Plymouth County Probate Docket #79, Vol. 92, p. 150-152, from FHL microfilm #0555640, witnessed by Andrew Weston, Samuel White, and Rebecca L. White.

    [445] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 187.

    [446] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 18; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 126, marriage intentions recorded 5 Mar. 1796 in Middleborough.

    [447] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 118.

    [449] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 299, the Andrew Alden household had 3 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [450] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 29; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1.

    [451] Plymouth County Probate Docket #61, Vol. 78, p. 195-197, from FHL microfilm #0555264, witnessed by Seth Eaton, Joshua Shaw Jr. and James S. Leach.

    [452] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 1.

    [453] Calculated from her age at death.

    [454] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 126, 167.

    [455] Calculated from his age at death.

    [456] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 216.

    [457] Plymouth County Probate Docket #21541, Vol. 45, p. 486-488, from FHL microfilm #0550903, witnessed by Job Townsend, Caleb Morton, and Seth Southworth.

    [458] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 216.

    [459] Bristol County Probate Vol. 8, p. 482, the will of John Mason, of Taunton, dated 24 Feb. 1735, and probated on 21 June 1737, mentions daughter Mercy Shaw wife of Jonathan Shaw of Raynham, among others.

    [460] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235; Raynham VRs, p. 87, which doesn’t list the first name of John Shaw in the marriage intentions.

    [461] Raynham VRs, p. 14.

    [462] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160, indicates that Edward was the son of William and Thankful (Dwelly) Fobes, but Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 469, clearly records the death of Edward, child of William and Thankful Fobes, on 1 Mar. 1746/7 in Bridgewater, in his 9th year. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160, says that Edward, son of John and Martha (Pierce) Fobes, “went to Lake Champlain,” which probably accounts for his lack of records in Plymouth County after the birth of their second child, Sylvester Fobes, in 1764.

    [463] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [464] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 113.

    [465] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159.

    [466] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160.

    [467] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160, says they had John 1761 and Silvester 1764.

    [468] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 115.

    [469] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, [actually taken in 1791], Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 14, Shoreham Town, Addison Co., the John Fobes household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [470] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 119.

    [471] Calculated from his age at death.

    [472] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208.

    [473] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 234.

    [474] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 189.

    [475] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 207.

    [476] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Benj’n Leach household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 6 free white females.

    [477] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515, buried in the Alden or Vernon Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [478] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 234, marriage intentions recorded 20 Oct. 1792 in Bridgewater.

    [479] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 61, the Benjamin Leach household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [480] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 77, the Benja Leach household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [481] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 517.

    [482] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 517, the record only says “widow of Benjamin Leach.”

    [483] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 278, dwelling #546, family #688.

    [484] All from Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233. The births were not recorded in the Bridgewater Vital Records.

    [485] He was already at least 45 years of age in the 1810 federal census.

    [486] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233.

    [487] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [488] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [489] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231.

    [490] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Joseph Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [491] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 50, the Joseph Leach household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [492] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 79, the Joseph Leach household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [493] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [494] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515.

    [495] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 234.

    [496] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159, which is unclear as to whether the mother of Ezekiel was Bathsheba Monk, the first wife of John Dyer, or Susanna Smith, widow of John Smith, the second wife of Dyer.

    [497] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 234.

    [498] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 461, the church record giving her age as about 38, and a private of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus of Titicut as aged 42 years.

    [499] According to the 1810 federal census, there was a male aged 16-25 years, however this could also have been an unrelated farm hand.

    [500] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237.

    [501] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Luke Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [502] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 50, the Luke Leach household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [503] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 234.

    [504] 1810 Federal Census, Jay, Oxford Co., ME, p. 447, the Luke Leach household had 3 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [505] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 234.

    [506] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 115, 234.

    [507] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 233, when he was of Jay, Cumberland Co., Maine.

    [508] Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East Bridgewater VRs], p. 24.

    [509] It appears they had several daughters before the 1800 census, and 3 more sons and another daughter before the 1810 census.

    [510] Calculated from her age at death. She was aged between 26 and 44 years in the 1810 federal census, so she was born before 1785.

    [511] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 161.

    [512] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237.

    [513] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160.

    [514] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 76, the Libeus Fobes Jr. household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [515] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 470.

    [516] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 283, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Benj. and Mary Leach.

    [517] Calculated from her age at death.

    [518] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 471.

    [519] Calculated from her age at death.

    [520] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 471.

    [521] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232, who does not identify the husband of Lois Leach; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236, marriage of Jonathan Leach Jr. and Experience Hartwell on 23 Feb. 1768 in Bridgewater.

    [522] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239, marriage intentions recorded 15 Oct. 1796 in Bridgewater.

    [523] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 234.

    [524] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 210.

    [525] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, which was hard to read.

    [526] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 154; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [527] 1800 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 679, the Jacob Chipman household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [528] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [529] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159; his parents named in his death record.

    [530] “Easton, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Births, Deaths and Marriages by Families, 1697-1847,” from FHL microfilm #1059951, a transcription of the entire town vital records from the incorporation of the town of Easton to about 1843 made in 1880 by Geo. G. Withington, Easton town clerk, [hereinafter Easton VRs], p. 288.

    [531] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 96.

    [532] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 265, dwelling #381, family #484:

            Salmon Dunbar, 59, male, farmer, $1400, born MA

            Lucy Dunbar, 57, female, born MA

    [533] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 166, p. 284, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place No. Bridgewater, and his parents Ebenezer and Rebecca (Copeland) Dunbar.

    [534] Plymouth County Probate Docket #6805, Vol. 104, p. 472-473, from FHL microfilm #0555646.

    [535] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [536] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159.

    [537] Easton VRs, p. 294; Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Brockton VRs], p. 180, marriage intentions recorded 11 Sept. 1824 in North Bridgewater.

    [538] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 92.

    [539] Brockton VRs, p. 324, buried in Coweeset Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [540] Plymouth County Probate Docket #6763, Vol. 11B, p. 572.

    [541] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 309, dwelling #993, family #1244:

            Mary Dunbar, 52, female, $2800, born MA

            Charles H. Dunbar, 16, male, farmer, born MA

            Dwelling #993, family #1245:

            George Johnson, 29, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Mary Ann Johnson, 20, female, born MA

    [542] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 408, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Easton, and her parents Jacob and Olive [sic] Chipman, of Bridgewater.

    [543] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [544] His parents named in his death record; Brockton VRs, p. 284, the marriage of Silas Snow and Hannah Cole on 10 Apr. 1800 in North Bridgewater.

    [545] Brockton VRs, p. 180, marriage intentions recorded 3 Apr. 1828 in North Bridgewater.

    [546] Calculated from his age at death.

    [547] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 308, dwelling #966, family #1209 (hard to read):

            Austin Snow, 48?, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Louisa Snow, 46, female, born MA

            Francis E. Snow, 17, male, farmer, born MA

            Austin H. Snow, 21, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Orpha Chipman, 77?, female, born MA

    [548] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 405, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Easton, and her parents Jacob and Olive [sic] Chipman, of Easton and Bridgewater.

    [549] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 267, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Silas and Hannah Snow, of Brockton.

    [550] She was aged between 16 and 25 years in the 1800 federal census.

    [551] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 160; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237. His name spelled “Stair” in the Middleborough marriage record.

    [552] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 310.

    [553] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 66, the James Starr junr household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [554] 1810 Federal Census, Jay, Oxford Co., ME, p. 450, the James Starr jr household had 2 males aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [555] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1787388; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122009333, from her gravestone in Jay Hill Cemetery in Jay, ME.

    [556] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 308.

    [557] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11037.

    [558] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 308; Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11037, her birth also recorded in Jay, ME.

    [559] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11037.

    [560] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11037.

    [561] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11037.

    [562] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1787259.

    [563] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1787259.

    [564] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 209.

    [565] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 160; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [566] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 207, 231.

    [567] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 61, the Marshall Keith household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [568] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 76, the Marshall Keith household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 4 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [569] Calculated from his age at death.

    [570] Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #960215, his occupation a teamster, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Marshall Keith and Hepsibeth Leach.

    [571] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 319.

    [572] Calculated from the age of their oldest child in the 1850 federal census, her maiden name from the birth record of Otis Keith in Rochester, MA.

    [573] 1850 Federal Census, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 291, dwelling #548, family #588:

            Marshal D. Keith, 32, male, painter, born Midd.

            Eliza Keith, 32, female, born Taunton

            Walter D. Keith, 10, male, born Taunton, attending school

            Frederick Keith, 9, male, born Taunton, attending school

            Sarah D. Keith, 5, female, born Taunton

            Otis M. Keith, 1, male, born Rochester

    [574] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 391, p. 80, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation none, his birth place Bridgewater [sic], and his parents unknown.

    [575] It appears they had 2 sons born before the 1800 census, and 4 daughters born between 1800 and 1810.

    [576] Calculated from his age at death.

    [577] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 240, dwelling #665, family #782:

            Jacob Bennett 2nd, 49, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Hannah B. Bennett, 41, female, born MA

            Jane Bennett, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Earl Bennett, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Mortimer Bennett, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Grover Bennett, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Dwelling #665, family #783:

            Ruth Bennett, 81, female, born MA

            Betsey Bennett, 53, female, born MA

            John Bennett, 41, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Jepthah Leach, 69, male, laborer, born MA

    [578] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 99, called son of Benjamin Leach of Bridgewater.

    [579] Calculated from her age at death.

    [580] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 102.

    [581] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 104.

    [582] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235.

    [583] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 32.

    [584] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 31.

    [585] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 308, dwelling #972, family #1218 (hard to read):

            Fisk Ames, 77, male, farmer, $3000, born MA

            Dinah Ames, 65, female, born MA

            John Ames, 23, male, born MA

            Mary Ames, 27, female, born MA

            Abby M. Ames, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Dwelling #972, family #1219:

            Elbridge G. Ames, 30, male, farmer, born MA

            Susan Ames, ?, female, born MA

    [586] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 67, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place West Bridgewater, and his parents Joseph and Abigail [sic] Ames.

    [587] Plymouth County Probate Docket #384, Vol. 94, p. 159-162, from FHL microfilm #0555641.

    [588] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 335, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth pace Bridgewater, and her parents Benj. and Mary Leach.

    [589] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 104.

    [590] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [591] Brockton VRs, p. 164, marriage intentions recorded 9 Sept. 1849 in North Bridgewater.

    [592] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [593] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [594] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 206.

    [595] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 175.

    [596] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 233, marriage intentions recorded 15 Nov. 1817 in Bridgewater.

    [597] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 134.

    [598] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 207, called “child of Benjamin Leach”; Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 47, taken from her gravestone in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cochesett, MA.

    [599] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 175.

    [600] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235, marriage intentions recorded 25 Sept. 1819 in Bridgewater.

    [601] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 135; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 48, gives his birth date as 6 Sept. 1788, taken from his gravestone in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cochesett, MA.

    [602] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 277-278, dwelling #546, family #687:

            Otis W. Hervey, 61, male, farmer, $200, born MA

            Eunice Hervey, 54, female, born MA

            Caleb C. Hervey, 16, male, bootmaker, born MA

            John H. Hervey, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Josephine Hervey, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Benjamin L. Hervey, 23, male, bootmaker, born MA, married within the year

            Margaret E. Hervey, 19, female, born MA, married within the year

            Nathan Hervey, 20, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Dwelling #546, family #688:

            Anna Leach, 91, female, born MA

            Chloe Leach, 51, female, born MA

    [603] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, West Bridgewater, Vol. 85, p. 227, NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. She was listed as a daughter of Benj. & Mary Leach in her death record.

    [604] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, MA, 1988, p. 28, dwelling #185, family #214:

            Otis W. Hervey, 67, male, white, laborer, born MA

            John H. Hervey, 19, male, white, shoemaker, born MA

            Josephine H. Hervey, 14, female, white, born MA

            Chloe Leach, 56, female, white, born MA

    [605] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Cochesett Post Office, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 556, dwelling #2287, family #2875. It was probably in Otis W. Harvey’s house, because Otis had real estate worth $400, but Caleb was listed as the head of household, although he had no real estate.

    [606] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47.

    [607] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 197.

    [608] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47, her middle name per Katy Rowley.

    [609] Per email letter of Katy Rowley of 23 June 2011.

    [610] Per email letter of Katy Rowley of 25 June 2011.

    [611] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47.

    [612] From their marriage record.

    [613] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, West Bridgewater, Vol. 46, p. 230, NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

    [614] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47.

    [615] Per their marriage record; Brockton VRs, p. 305, the marriage of John Willis 4th, of Bridgwater, and Levina Howard, of Bridgewater, on 16 Dec. 1813 in North Bridgewater.

    [616] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, West Bridgewater, Vol. 46, p. 230, NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

    [617] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [618] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 122, dwelling #764, family #1010:

            Nathan Hervey, 30, male, bootmaker, $400, born MA

            Christina Hervey, 25, female, born MA

            Almira Hervey, 8, female, born MA, attending school

    [619] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47.

    [620] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 78, p. 114, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Otis and Eunice Hervey, her birth place Taunton, and her parents Erin and Eleanor Bryant.

    [621] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [622] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Cochesett Post Office, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 556, dwelling #2287, family #2875:

            Caleb C. Hervey, 27, male, bootmaker, $50, born MA

            Hannah J. Hervey, 25, female, born MA

            Addison O. Hervey, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Estelle M. Hervey, 2, female, born MA

            James Hervey, 7/12, male, born MA

            Michael Logue, 19, male, bootmaker, born MA

            Otis W. Hervey, 71, male, blacksmith, $400, $100, born MA

    [623] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47.

    [624] Calculated from her age in the 1865 state census.

    [625] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 61, dwelling #164, family #182:

            John H. Hervey, 29, male, white, born MA, married, shoemaker

            Sarah E. Hervey, 25, female, white, born MA, married

            Philander Lumbert, 18, male, white, born MA, single, shoemaker

    [626] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 47.

    [627] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 207, her middle initial from her death record.

    [628] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, West Bridgewater, Vol. 103, p. 227, NewEnglandAncstors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. She was called “daughter of Benj. & Anna Leach in her death record.

    [629] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 255-256.

    [630] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237.

    [631] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256.

    [632] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 248.

    [633] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 254; Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 349, marriage of Israel Packard and Hannah Crosman on 16 July 1701 in Taunton.

    [634] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 17 Volumes, Vol. XI, p. 44.

    [635] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 195, Braintree Town, Suffolk County, the Seth Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [636] 1800 Federal Census, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 108, the Seth Packard household had 5 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [637] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #s 446233 and 457813.

    [638] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 14 Aug. 2004 by Gerald J. Rice.

    [639] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #s 446234 and 457813.

    [640] Plymouth County Probate Docket #12446; Vol. 27, p. 144; Vol. 29, p. 104, 210.

    [641] Calculated from her age at death.

    [642] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208.

    [643] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235.

    [644] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 193.

    [645] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 207, 325.

    [646] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth Co., MA, there were two Wm Keiths in Bridgewater, he was probably the one with 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [647] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 404, the William Keith household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [648] 1810 Federal Census, East Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 83, the Willm Keith household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years [sic].

    [649] 1820 Federal Census, Titicut Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 460, the Willm Keith household had 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [650] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 507, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.

    [651] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 508, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.

    [652] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 234, marriage intentions recorded 23 Sept. 1775 in Bridgewater.

    [653] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 211.

    [654] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230.

    [655] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [656] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [657] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 229.

    [658] Smith, James A., “Families of Amherst,” manuscript, Amherst, 1984, p. 470, from Early Vital Records of Western Massachusetts CD-ROM, [hereinafter Smith, James A., “Families of Amherst”].

    [659] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [660] Smith, James A., “Families of Amherst,” p. 470, in 1784 she was a poor widow with an insolvent estate living in Amherst.

    [661] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230-231, says they had Rebecca 1733, Ichabod 1735, Sarah 1739, Jonathan 1741, Levi 1744, Nathan 1746, Anne 1749, and Timothy 1751.

    [662] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [663] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 211.

    [664] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [665] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 324.

    [666] MF5G: Cooke, p. 110; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 376, the marriage of William “Urrohart” and Hannah Smith on 21 Sept. 1698 in Bridgewater.

    [667] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 208.

    [668] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 309; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 279.

    [669] Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 279.

    [670] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [671] Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Duxbury VRs], p. 170, “Penellephe, ch. of Miles Standish.”

    [672] Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 279.

    [673] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Ichabod Leach household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [674] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515, buried in the Alden or Vernon Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [675] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232, says they had Jerathmael, Ephraim, Backus, and Abigail.

    [676] His birth date from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 9 Oct. 2004 by Robby Robinson taken from the Alden Kindred of America website at https://www.alden.org/aldengen/pafg117.htm, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater. He was aged 45 or over in the 1820 federal census in Warren, ME.

    [677] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [678] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [679] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232; Brockton VRs, p. 240. Mitchell says they “went to Warren,” but does not specify whether it was Warren, Mass., or Warren, Me.

    [680] 1800 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 517, the Jerahml Leach household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [681] 1810 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 72, the Jerahmeel Leach household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [682] 1820 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 250, the Jerahmal Leach household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 males aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [683] 1830 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 223, the Jereathmeel Leach household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [684] 1850 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 189, dwelling #321, family #345:

            Jerahmeel Leach, 78, male, farmer, born MA

            Clarissa Leach, 71, female, born MA

            Salina Leach, 50, female, born ME

            (Living next door was the family of Nathan Leach, who may have been his son)

    [685] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769782.

    [686] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769782.

    [687] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 29 June 2004 by Craig Bryant, which may have come from her gravestone in Warren, ME, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater. She was still under 45 years of age in the 1810 federal census.

    [688] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237.

    [689] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 29 June 2004 by Craig Bryant, and several others.

    [690] 1800 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 515, the Freeman Jones household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [691] 1810 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 71, the Freeman Jones household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [692] 1820 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 250, the Freeman Jones household had 2 males aged 16-18 years, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [693] 1830 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 222, the Freeman Jones household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [694] 1840 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 256, the Freeman Jones household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 60-69 years, and had 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [695] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769777.

    [696] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769777.

    [697] He was at least 50 years of age in the 1830 federal census.

    [698] Calculated from her age at death.

    [699] 1810 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 72, the Enoch Leach household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [700] 1820 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 250, the Enoch Leach household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [701] 1830 Federal Census, Warren, Lincoln Co., ME, p. 223, the Enoch Leach household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [702] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769782.

    [703] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769782.

    [704] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 517, taken from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus.

    [705] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #27045560, which approximately matches his age in the 1850 federal census. He was already over 50 years of age in the 1830 federal census.

    [706] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 140.

    [707] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235, marriage intentions recorded 6 July 1805 in Bridgewater.

    [708] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #57408320.

    [709] 1820 Federal Census, Augusta, Oneida Co., NY, p. 53, the Ephraim Leach household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [710] 1830 Federal Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. 254, the Ephraim Leach household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [711] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57408320, from her gravestone in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY, wife of Ephraim Leach.

    [712] 1850 Federal Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. 353, dwelling #397, family #407:

            Ephraim Leach, 71, male, farmer, $7000, born MA

            Zenas C. Leach, 32, male, farmer, born NY

            Caroline Leach, 30, female, born NY

            Sarah A. Leach, 1, female, born NY

            Edward D. Leach, 10, male, born NY, attending school

            James Burlingame, 11, male, born NY, attending school

            Milton Young, 53, male, discharged soldier, born NY

    [713] www.findagrave.com, memorial #27045560, from his gravestone in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY.

    [714] His birth date published by several researchers in the Ancestry.com World Tree files, and published in Donald R. G. MacDonald, “Chubbuck Family in North America” manuscript at the NEHGS Library in Boston, 1997, but it was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater. He was still under the age of 50 in the 1830 federal census.

    [715] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 233; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 184. The marriage record in Middleborough calls her “Bethiah Leach,” but the Bridgewater record calls her “Bethiah Hayward.”

    [716] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #40954349.

    [717] 1820 Federal Census, Augusta, Oneida Co., NY, p. 53, the Backus Leach household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [718] 1830 Federal Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. 254, the Backus Leach household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [719] www.findagrave.com, memorial #40954349, from her gravestone in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY.

    [720] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 14 Oct. 2004 by Victor G. Hillard Jr., taken from Donald R. G. MacDonald, “Chubbuck Family in North America” manuscript at the NEHGS Library in Boston.

    [721] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 14 Oct. 2004 by Victor G. Hillard Jr., taken from Donald R. G. MacDonald, “Chubbuck Family in North America” manuscript at the NEHGS Library in Boston.

    [722] 1850 Federal Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. 353, dwelling #399, family #409:

            Backus Leach, 68, male, farmer, $6000, born MA

            Rachael Leach, 48, female, born VT

            Terressa Leach, 6, female, born NY, attending school

    [723] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 14 Oct. 2004 by Victor G. Hillard Jr., taken from Donald R. G. MacDonald, “Chubbuck Family in North America” manuscript at the NEHGS Library in Boston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #40954307, from his gravestone in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY.

    [724] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 14 Oct. 2004 by Victor G. Hillard Jr., taken from Donald R. G. MacDonald, “Chubbuck Family in North America” manuscript at the NEHGS Library in Boston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #40954501, from her gravestone in Eaton Village Cemetery in Eaton, NY.

    [725] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [726] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [727] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 211.

    [728] His parents listed in several different Ancestry.com World Tree postings, taken probably from Kingsbury, Mabel Hope, and Inez I. Illingworth, William Hayward of Weymouth and Braintree, MA from Records of Mabel Hope Kingsbury of Surry, NH, and Bible-Town and Cemetery Records manuscript, pp. 16, 30. The marriage of William Hayward and Lydia Manley has not yet been located, but the will of Thomas Manley, of Easton, dated 6 Apr. 1743, named his eldest daughter Lidia Hayward. (Rounds, H.L. Peter, Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Vol. 1, 1687-1745, p. 329, from Bristol Co. Probate Vol. 10, p. 317.)

    [729] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [730] Easton VRs, p. 8.

    [731] 1800 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 682, this Jonathan Hayward head of household was only aged 16-25 years.

    [732] Easton VRs, p. 95.

    [733] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 209.

    [734] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [735] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 209.

    [736] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 161.

    [737] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237.

    [738] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 115.

    [739] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160.

    [740] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230.

    [741] Smith, James A., “Families of Amherst,” p. 471.

    [742] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 118, New Salem Town, Hampshire County, the Levi Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [743] Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1927, [hereinafter New Salem VRs], p. 141, from his Hampshire County probate record.

    [744] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 210.

    [745] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233, says the wife of William Leach was Mary Cohoon, but her name was recorded as Frances in the birth records of their children.

    [746] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [747] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 207.

    [748] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Nathan Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 5 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [749] Brockton VRs, p. 342, buried in the Leach Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [750] Brockton VRs, p. 642, buried in the Leach Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [751] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232, says they had Reliance 1772, and Thaddeus 1775, and goes on to state that “on the record of these births his wife is called Hannah,”… and Oliver, Sarah, Libeus, Eliphalet, and Nathan.

    [752] Calculated from his age at death, which would put his birth about 1 year before his parents’ marriage.

    [753] Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1912, [hereinafter Abington VRs], Vol. 2, p. 312, called “of N. Bridgewater, brother of Oliver” in the death record.

    [754] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 211, called child of Nathan and Hannah Leach.

    [755] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 315.

    [756] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238; Brockton VRs, p. 241; Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 129, marriage intentions recorded 19 Aug. 1792 in Abington.

    [757] Abington VRs, Vol. 1, p. 229.

    [758] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 315.

    [759] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212, called child of Nathan and Hannah Leach.

    [760] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235, marriage intentions recorded 28 July 1798 in Bridgewater.

    [761] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 188, the marriage of Asa Shaw and Hannah Stetson on 1 Jan. 1789 in Abington.

    [762] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235; Brockton VRs, p. 240; Abington VRs, p. 129, marriage intentions recorded 4 May 1806 in Abington.

    [763] Abington VRs, Vol. 1, p. 204.

    [764] Brockton VRs, p. 90, his birth date taken from the Leach Family Bible.

    [765] Per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232. Knight Brown died on 4 Apr. 1832 in Abington, aged 82 years. (Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 258.)

    [766] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 129; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238, marriage intentions recorded 5 Nov. 1803 in Bridgewater, but on Nov. 18th “the above Named Oliver Leach forbate his Publishment;” Brockton VRs, p. 240, which says they were married in East Bridgewater, but the marriage is not recorded in the vital records of East Bridgewater, and Abington is more likely where the marriage occurred.

    [767] Calculated from her age at death, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Abington.

    [768] Brockton VRs, p. 343, buried in the Leach Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [769] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238; Brockton VRs, p. 240; Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 129.

    [770] Brockton VRs, p. 342, buried in the Leach Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [771] Brockton VRs, p. 342; Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 312, which gives him an age of 74 years.

    [772] Plymouth County Probate Docket #12462, Vol. 90, p. 405-406, from FHL microfilm #0555639, witnessed by Barnabus Edson, William G. Cooke, and Elisha Washburn.

    [773] Calculated from his age at death.

    [774] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 85, the marriage of Thomas Gloyde and Cloe Pratt on 21 Oct. 1779 in Abington.

    [775] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238, marriage intentions recorded 11 Aug. 1804 in Bridgewater.

    [776] Abington VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [777] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 312.

    [778] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 288, dwelling #674, family #845:

            Isaac Eames, 61, male, farmer, $3000, born MA

            Sally Ames, 38, female, $1000, born MA

            Lucy Ames, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Mehitable Leach, 65, female, born MA

    [779] Calculated from his age at death.

    [780] Brockton VRs, p. 342, buried in the Leach Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [781] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [782] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 238.

    [783] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [784] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 295, dwelling #785, family #981:

            Allen Smith, 56, male, shoemaker, $300, born MA

            Sarah Smith, 55, female, born MA

            Diantha J.[?] Smith, 23, female, born MA

            Henry Smith, 21, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Nahum Smith, 17, male, shoemaker, born MA, attending school

            Otis S. Whiting, 11, male, born MA, attending school

    [785] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 206.

    [786] Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 285, the marriage of Francis Stirtevant of Plimton and Mary Holmes on 1 Dec. 1734 in Kingston.

    [787] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 233.

    [788] Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 49.

    [789] Plymouth VRs, p. 46, the birth of Mary Holmes, daughter of John and Marsey Holmes, on 2 Sept. 1713 in Plymouth; p. 90, the marriage of John Holmes and Marsey Ford on 21 Feb. 1711/12 in Plymouth; Stratton, Eugene A., “Descendants of Mr. John Holmes, Messenger of the Plymouth Court,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 2, [June 1986], p. 101; Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 140.

    [790] Plympton VRs, p. 203, the birth of Francis Sturtevant, son of James and Susanah Sturtevant, on 15 Jan. 1711/12 in Plympton; p. 404, the marriage of James Sturtevant and Susanah Cook on 15 Feb. 1710/11 in Plympton; MF5G: Cooke, p. 168-169.

    [791] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 229, New Braintree Town, Worcester County, the James “Sturdefant” household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 2 free white females. Also living in New Braintree was the family of James “Sturdefant” Jr.

    [792] New Braintree VRs, p. 154.

    [793] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [794] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 206.

    [795] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208.

    [796] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 233.

    [797] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 184.

    [798] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 207, 323.

    [799] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 7, Court of Common Pleas, Session 9, p. 274.

    [800] Plym­outh County Land Records, Vol. 41, p. 223, Vol. 42, p. 81‑83.

    [801] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 513.

    [802] Plymouth County Probate Docket #12415; Vol. 14, pp. 67, 267‑268, 398, 436.

    [803] Raynham VRs, p. 28, “Philip Hall and Hannah Leach;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 211, recorded as “Hannah Keith” in the Bridgewater marriage record, and the date recorded as 28 Feb. 1760.

    [804] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 54, p. 18, married by Rev. John Wales; Raynham VRs, p. 19.

    [805] Raynham VRs, p. 28, recorded with the death of his first wife, Huldah Hall.

    [806] Raynham VRs, pp. 20, 89.

    [807] Raynham VRs, p. 7.

    [808] Raynham VRs, p. 7.

    [809] Raynham VRs, p. 157.

    [810] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325.

    [811] Blake, Francis E., “Marriages and Baptisms in Raynham, Mass.,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 291, married by Rev. Perez Fobes, of Raynham.

    [812] MF5G: Cooke, p. 253, not in the Bridgewater Vital Records.

    [813] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 323.

    [814] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 50, Raynham Town, Bristol County, the Israel Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [815] Raynham VRs, p. 158, recorded as “Israel Washburn esq.” in Rev. Isaac Backus’ book of deaths.

    [816] Children from Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231, who says they had Jedediah, Peleg, Benjamin, and Eliphalet, no dates of birth given. Their births were not recorded in the Bridgewater Vital Records. The baptisms of son Benjamin and daughter Diadama were supposedly from records of the First Congregational Church in Raynham.

    [817] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [818] Plymouth County Probate Docket #12445, Vol. 15, p. 459.

    [819] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 209.

    [820] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [821] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 207.

    [822] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. IX, p. 585.

    [823] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Jedediah Leach household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [824] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [825] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515.

    [826] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233, says they had Wealthy 1767, and Bernice 1771.

    [827] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [828] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239.

    [829] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231.

    [830] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Joseph Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [831] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [832] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515.

    [833] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233, says they had Wealthy 1767, and Bernice 1771.

    [834] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [835] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [836] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239.

    [837] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231.

    [838] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Joseph Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [839] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516.

    [840] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 515.

    [841] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 206.

    [842] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233.

    [843] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 234, marriage intentions filed 21 Oct. 1797 in Bridgewater.

    [844] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 404, the Bernice Leach household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [845] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 517, “wife of Barnice Leach,” buried in Scotland Graveyard.

    [846] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233.

    [847] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 233.

    [848] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [849] 1820 Federal Census, Titicut Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 461, the Bernice Leach household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [850] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 336, the Barnice Leach household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [851] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 513, from the Alpheus Leach family bible.

    [852] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 22, dwelling #276, family #326:

            Caleb Hayward, 75, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Lucy Hayward, 85, female, born MA

            Olive Leach, 79, female, born MA

            Hannah Hayward, 79, female, born MA

            Harriet W. Hayward, 38, female, born MA, an idiot

    [853] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 103, p. 181, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Easton, but neither her husband’s name nor her parents’ names recorded.

    [854] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file of Don Ryan, submitted on 17 Aug. 2002, but he is not listed as a child of Jedediah and Phebe Leach in Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 233.

    [855] Per his gravestone in Vital Records of Charlemont, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter Charlemont VRs], p. 50.

    [856] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 211; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 168, married by Rev. David Gurney of North Middleborough.

    [857] Calculated from her age at death.

    [858] Charlemont VRs, p. 149.

    [859] 1850 Federal Census, Charlemont, Franklin Co., MA, p. 247, dwelling #117, family #141:

            James Leach, 23, male, farmer, $500, born MA

            Eunice Leach, 69, female, born MA

    [860] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 129, p. 194, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents given as Ephraim & ___ Keith.

    [861] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231.

    [862] Vital Records of Edgartown, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Edgartown VRs], p. 139.

    [863] Edgartown VRs, p. 77.

    [864] Edgartown VRs, p. 234.

    [865] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. IX, p. 581.

    [866] Per https://4hallcousins.com/blog/,  June 25, 2013, from records of the First Congregational Church in Raynham. “Jonathan Hall married Sarah Ockington, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Mason) Ockington, about 1714, probably in either Dedham or Taunton.” Their son Jonathan Hall (Jr.) was born on 3 May 1716 in Taunton, and married first to Lydia Leonard, daughter of Seth and Dorcas (White) Leonard, and secondly to Hannah (Keith) (Leach) Hall, daughter of John and Hannah (Washburn) Keith.

    [867] Raynham VRs, p. 7.

    [868] Per https://4hallcousins.com/blog/, June 25, 2013.

    [869] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 50, Raynham Town, Bristol County, the Seth Hall household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 3 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [870] 1800 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 357, the Seth Hall household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [871] 1810 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 153, the Seth & Gaius Hall household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [872] www.findagrave.com, memorial #81972867, from his gravestone in North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

    [873] www.findagrave.com, memorial #81972853, from her gravestone in North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

    [874] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [875] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 123, 156.

    [876] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [877] 1810 federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 153, the Elijh. A. Hall household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [878] 1820 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 454, the Elijah A. Hall household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [879] 1830 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 8, the Elijah A. Hall household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [880] 1840 Federal Census, Town of Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 191, the Elijah A. Hall household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [881] 1850 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 16, dwelling #228, family #262:

            Romeo E. Hall, 33, male, farmer, $1500, born NH

            Mrs. R. E. Hall, 30, female, born NH

            Elton Hall, 7, male, born NH, attending school

            Chloe Hall, 74, female, born MA

            Eliza Hall, 48, female, born NH

    [882] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [883] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [884] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [885] Raynham VRs, pp. 35, 165, which gives the year as 1783 in her 8th year.

    [886] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [887] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130148655, calculated from her age at death.

    [888] 1820 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 454, the Joshua Hall household had 4 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [889] 1830 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 8, the Joshua Hall household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [890] 1840 Federal Census, Town of Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NY, p. 191, the Joshua Hall household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [891] 1850 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 16, dwelling #237, family #271:

            Joshua Hall, 73, male, farmer, born MA

            Mrs. J. Hall, 68, female, born NH

    [892] www.findagrave.com, memorial #130148573, from his gravestone in East Westmoreland Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

    [893] www.findagrave.com, memorial #130148655, from her gravestone in East Westmoreland Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

    [894] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [895] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001264, married by Rev. Allen Pratt, Clergyman.

    [896] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001264, married by Rev. Nathan Leonard, Clergyman.

    [897] 1820 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 454, the Gaius Hall household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [898] 1830 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 8, the Gaius Hall household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [899] 1840 Federal Census, Town of Westmoreland, Cheshire Co. NH, p. 191, the Gaius Hall household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 80-89 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [900] 1850 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 16, dwelling #231, family #265:

            Gaius Hall, 70, male, none, born MA

            Perez White, 83, male, none, born MA

    [901] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [902] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #96460645.

    [903] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001264, married by Rev. Ebenezer Baily.

    [904] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #96460645.

    [905] 1820 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 454, the Seth Hall Jr. household had 4 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in manufacturing.

    [906] www.findagrave.com, memorial #96460163, from his gravestone in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Fitchburg, MA.

    [907] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 104, p. 139, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called widow of Seth Hall, her birth place Westmoreland, NH; www.findagrave.com, memorial #96460645, from her gravestone in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Fitchburg, MA, which gives the date as 12 Oct. 1856, but that was probably the date of her burial.

    [908] Raynham VRs, p. 35.

    [909] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001264, married by William Britton, Esq., Justice of the Peace.

    [910] 1820 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 454, the Camillus Hall household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [911] 1830 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 8, the Cammillus Hall household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [912] 1840 Federal Census, Town of Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 191, the Camilus Hall household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [913] 1850 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 15, dwelling #221, family #255:

            Camillus Hall, 65, male, farmer, born MA

            Mrs. C. Hall, 62, female, born NH

            Emma Hall, 16, female, born NH

    [914] www.findagrave.com, memorial #6859404, from his gravestone in Chaffee Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

    [915] www.findagrave.com, memorial #6859406, from her gravestone in Chaffee Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

    [916] Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Medway VRs], p. 228, the marriage of Moses Mason and Olive Thayer on 18 Feb. 1773 in Medway.

    [917] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001285, married by William Britton, Esq., Justice of the Peace.

    [918] Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Sherborn VRs], p. 64; also per his www.findagrave.com memorial #136686720.

    [919] 1820 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 456, the Henry Mason household had 4 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [920] 1830 Federal Census, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 10, the Henry Mason household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [921] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #136178244.

    [922] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001285, married by Rev. Otis C. Whiton.

    [923] 1840 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 103, the Henry Mason household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 3 people employed in agriculture.

    [924] 1850 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 121, dwelling #431, family #496:

            Henry Mason, 63, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Mrs. H. Mason, 46, female, born NH

            Henry Mason, 12, male, born NH, attending school

    [925] www.findagrave.com, memorial #136686720, from his gravestone in West Cemetery in Keene, NH.

    [926] www.findagrave.com, memorial #136178244, from her gravestone in West Cemetery in Keene, NH.

    [927] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 208.

    [928] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230, 231.

    [929] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235, marriage intentions recorded 6 Aug. 1743 in Bridgewater.

    [930] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 211.

    [931] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325; MF5G: Cooke, p. 251.

    [932] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239.

    [933] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231; MF5G: Eaton, pp. 32, 103.

    [934] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239.

    [935] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231, says they had Jerusha 1746, Solomon 1750, Israel 1752, Hannah 1755, Susanna 1758, and Joseph 1760.

    [936] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 208.

    [937] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 209.

    [938] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231.

    [939] His parents per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan; Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 284, the marriage of Josiah Leach of Bridgewater and Joanna Wilbore of Taunton on 7 Oct. 1730 in Taunton.

    [940] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 236.

    [941] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater.

    [942] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230.

    [943] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [944] All per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [945] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [946] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [947] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree files submitted on 9 June 2004 by Darryl Rowles and on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [948] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [949] All per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 25 Aug. 2001 by Craig Dailey, and modified on 3 Jan. 2003.

    [950] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [951] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 3 Jan. 2003 by Craig Dailey.

    [952] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [953] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 July 2004 by Don Ryan.

    [954] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [955] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 208.

    [956] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 208.

    [957] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

    [958] Raynham VRs, p. 87, marriage intentions of George Wilbore and Lydia Shelly, both of Raynham, recorded 13 and 29 Aug. 1757 in Raynham.

    [959] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239, marriage intentions recorded 23 Feb. 1781 in Bridgewater.

    [960] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 349.

    [961] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 581, buried in the Alden or Vernon Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [962] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Isaac Wilber household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.  Since Isaac Wilbar had 3 daughters by 1790, his wife Susanna must have died before the census.

    [963] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232.

    [964] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 151.

    [965] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 581, buried in the Alden or Vernon Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [966] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22925, Vol. 76, p. 104-106, from FHL microfilm #0555263.

    [967] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 581, buried in the Alden or Vernon Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [968] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 344, says they had Lurania 1781, Ruth 1783, Aberdeen 1785, and Lydia 1787.

    [969] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 349.

    [970] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 162; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 136, marriage intentions recorded between Robert Fobes and Abiah Knap of Raynham on 4 Sept. 1779 in Bridgewater; Raynham VRs, p. 90, their marriage on 20 Sept. 1779 in Raynham.

    [971] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 405.

    [972] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 119.

    [973] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160-161.

    [974] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 472, buried in the Alden or Vernon Street Graveyard in Titicut.

    [975] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7851, Vol. 11B, p. 413, from FHL microfilm #0551537.

    [976] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 112, p. 269, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Isaac and Susanna Wilbur.

    [977] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 349.

    [978] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 212.

    [979] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 406.

    [980] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 183.

    [981] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208.

    [982] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 346.

    [983] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 187, the marriage of Luther Hooper and Phebe Washburn on 25 Nov. 1779.

    [984] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 404.

    [985] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 162.

    [986] See the family of (431) Jonathan Washburn for the discussion about purported daughter Phebe Washburn.

    [987] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 580, under “Wilbur.”

    [988] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22916, Vol. 10A, p. 252, from FHL microfilm #0551535.

    [989] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 349.

    [990] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 406, the marriage of George Wilbore and Betty Packard on 8 Dec. 1778 in Middleborough. She was called Betsey in the birth records of all their children.

    [991] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 405.

    [992] Easton VRs, p. 228; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 347, his place of birth from his death record.

    [993] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 212, p. 295, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Easton, and his parents George and Betsey, born in Bridgewater and Raynham.

    [994] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22922, Vol. 106, pp. 219-220, 234, from FHL microfilm #0555647. Witnessed by Joseph Wilbar, Elizabeth Wilbar, and Olive Wilbar, and Vol. 120, p. 17.

    [995] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 287, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called widow of Geo. Wilbar, her birth place Bridgewater.

    [996] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 209.

    [997] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160.

    [998] Calculated from the birth of their first child on 20 June 1749.

    [999] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 112.

    [1000] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159.

    [1001] Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 45, p. 196, witnessed by Timothy Fobes and Ruth Dwelle, acknowledged by William Fobes on 17 Apr. 1859, and recorded on 29 June 1759.

    [1002] Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 47, p. 62, witnessed by Saml. Dunbar and Edward Howard Jr., acknowledged by Abner Fobes on 6 Apr., 1761, and recorded on 1 Sept. 1761.

    [1003] They had children whose births were recorded in Uxbridge in 1760, 1761, and in 1763.

    [1004] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 48, p. 117, witnessed by Samuel Green and Edward Rawson, acknowledged by Noah and Rachel Aldrich on 23 Aug. 1762, and recorded on 12 May 1763.

    [1005] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 194; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 468; www.findagrave.com, memorial #21540373, from his gravestone in the Old Graveyard in West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.

    [1006] Worcester County Probate Case #21654, “Abner Fobes, Uxbridge, Adm, 1767,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1007] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 161, says they had Absalom 1751, Hannah 1753, Edward 1755, Jotham 1758, and Molly 1761.

    [1008] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 117.

    [1009] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 471.

    [1010] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 112.

    [1011] Worcester County Probate Case #21656, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1012] Worcester County Probate Case #21654, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1013] Sutton VRs, p. 273, marriage of Willis Hall and Martha Gibbs on 21 May 1746 in Hopkinton, MA.

    [1014] Sutton VRs, p. 258.

    [1015] Sutton VRs, p. 78.

    [1016] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 17 Volumes, Vol. V, p. 817.

    [1017] Worcester County Probate, Docket #21657, Vol. 216, p. 155.

    [1018] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Northbridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Northbridge VRs], p. 125.

    [1019] Per Northbridge VRs, p. 43, not in the vital records of Uxbridge.

    [1020] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 29 Jan. 2004 by Edward Buchanan.

    [1021] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprint, Clearfield Co., 2000, p. 180, Windsor Co., the Abner Forbes household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 3 females aged 16-25 years.

    [1022] 1810 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 796, the Abner Forbs household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1023] 1830 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 88, the Sarah Forbes household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 3 females aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [1024] Per Northbridge VRs, p. 43, not in the vital records of Upton.

    [1025] Vital Records of Upton, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1904, [hereainfter Upton VRs], p. 97, marriage intentions recorded 5 Sept. 1795 in Upton.

    [1026] 1810 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 796, the Libeus Forbs household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [1027] Upton VRs, p. 25; Northbridge VRs, p. 43.

    [1028] His marriage per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 10 Nov. 2003 by Brian Klier.

    [1029] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 10 Nov. 2003 by Brian Klier, which shows their children born in Windsor, VT.

    [1030] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree files submitted on 6 Sept. 2004 by Bill Reque, on 28 Sept. 2004 by Scott Williams, and on 10 Nov. 2003 by Brian Klier.

    [1031] 1810 Federal Census, Chester, Windsor Co., VT, p. 622, the Jothan Forbs household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1032] 1820 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 377, the Nancy Forbes household had 3 males under 10, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, with no occupation noted.

    [1033] Upton VRs, p. 25; Northbridge VRs, p. 43.

    [1034] Northbridge VRs, p. 126.

    [1035] 1810 Federal Census, New Grantham, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 196, the Absalom Forbes household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1036] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 115.

    [1037] Worcester County Probate Case #21662, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1038] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 134.

    [1039] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 209.

    [1040] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230.

    [1041] Smith, James A., “Families of Amherst,” p. 471.

    [1042] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 118, New Salem Town, Hampshire County, the Levi Leach household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [1043] New Salem VRs, p. 141, from his Hampshire County probate record.

    [1044] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 113; Vital Records of Buckland, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1934, [hereinafter Buckland VRs], p. 22, from a private family record collection.

    [1045] Worcester County Probate Case #21661, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1046] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 17 Volumes, Vol. V, pp. 817-818.

    [1047] Her maiden name from the birth of their children in Buckland VRs, p. 22, under “Forbes.”

    [1048] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 30 Sept. 2004 by Gregory Burnham.

    [1049] Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1943, [hereinafter Conway VRs], p. 148, marriage intentions recorded 22 Apr. 1789 in Conway.

    [1050] Calculated from her age at death. The Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 30 Sept. 2004 by Gregory Burnham gives her a birth of 22 Apr. 1755 in Conway, MA, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Conway.

    [1051] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 105, Buckland Town, Hampshire County, the Edward Forbes household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 1 free white females.

    [1052] 1800 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 794, the Edward Forbes household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1053] 1810 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 240, the Edward Forbes household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1054] 1820 Federal Census, Buckland, Franklin Co., MA, p. 15, the Edward Forbes household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1055] Buckland VRs, p. 138, “a native of Bridgewater” on his gravestone.

    [1056] Buckland VRs, p. 138.

    [1057] Buckland VRs, p. 22, under “Forbes,” from a private family record collection.

    [1058] Her parents from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 30 Sept. 2004 by Gregory Burnham.

    [1059] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 30 Sept. 2004 by Gregory Burnham, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Buckland.

    [1060] Buckland VRs, p. 22, under “Forbes,” from a private family record collection, her birth place from her death record.

    [1061] 1850 Federal Census, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 295, dwelling #159, family #226:

            Abner Forbes, 58, male, printer, born MA

            Sarah Forbes, 58, female, born MA

            Sarah C. Forbes, 16, female, born MA, attending school

    [1062] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 84, p. 189, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Sudbury, and her father William Hunt.

    [1063] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 292, p. 291, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a teacher, his birth place Buckland, and his parents Edward Forbes and Eunice A. Forbes.

    [1064] Buckland VRs, p. 22, under “Forbes,” from a private family record collection.

    [1065] Her parents per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 Aug. 2004 by J. C. Snodgrass.

    [1066] Buckland VRs, p. 83, from the newspaper; Conway VRs, p. 148, marriage intentions recorded 24 Oct. 1825 in Conway.

    [1067] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 Aug. 2004 by J. C. Snodgrass, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Conway.

    [1068] 1840 Federal Census, Buckland, Franklin Co., MA, p. 72, the Wm Forbes household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [1069] Buckland VRs, p. 138, from his gravestone.

    [1070] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 31 Aug. 2004 by J. C. Snodgrass, but her death was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [1071] Buckland VRs, p. 22, under “Forbes,” from a private family record collection.

    [1072] Buckland VRs, p. 83, from a newspaper notice dated 14 June 1825.

    [1073] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 116.

    [1074] Worcester County Probate Case #21667, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1075] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 17 Volumes, Vol V, p. 820.

    [1076] Vital Records of Ashfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1942, [hereinafter Ashfield VRs], p. 158.

    [1077] Jotham Fobes appears to already be married by the 1790 census.

    [1078] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 105, Buckland Town, Hampshire County, the “Joatham” Forbes household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [1079] 1800 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 794, the Jotham Forbes household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 fenake aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1080] 1810 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 240, the Jotham Forbes household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1081] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Uxbridge VRs], p. 73.

    [1082] No guardianship was found for her in Worcester County after her father died, and she was not mentioned in the division of her mother’s dower.

    [1083] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 117.

    [1084] Worcester County Probate Case #21670, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1085] Upton VRs, p. 97.

    [1086] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 240, Upton Town, Worcester County, the Thomas Hayden Jr. household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [1087] 1800 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 935, the Thomas Hayden household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1088] 1810 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 184, the Thomas Hayden household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1089] 1820 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 183, the Thomas Hayden household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over, no occupation listed.

    [1090] Vital Records of Pelham, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1902, [hereinafter Pelham VRs], p. 168.

    [1091] Upton VRs, p. 29.

    [1092] Pelham VRs, p. 113, marriage intentions recorded 11 May 1800 in Pelham.

    [1093] Upton VRs, p. 30.

    [1094] Upton VRs, p. 29.

    [1095] Pelham VRs, p. 116.

    [1096] Upton VRs, p. 29.

    [1097] Pelham VRs, p. 167.

    [1098] Upton VRs, p. 29.

    [1099] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 1 Feb. 2004 by G. Hayden.

    [1100] Upton VRs, p. 30.

    [1101] Pelham VRs, p. 118.

    [1102] 1830 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 552, the Thomas Hayden household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [1103] Pelham VRs, p. 168.

    [1104] Pelham VRs, p. 168.

    [1105] Pelham VRs, p. 42, under “Haden.”

    [1106] Pelham VRs, p. 118.

    [1107] 1830 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 552, the Cyrus Kingman household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [1108] Pelham VRs, p. 42.

    [1109] Pelham VRs, pp. 90, 118.

    [1110] 1820 Federal Census, Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY, p. 29, the Charles Billings household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and one person engaged in manufacturing.

    [1111] Pelham VRs, p. 46.

    [1112] Uxbridge VRs, p. 73.

    [1113] Worcester County Probate Case #21660, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [1114] Upton VRs, p. 111, marriage intentions of Matthew Lackey and Rebacca Work recorded on 2 June 1737 in Upton.

    [1115] Upton VRs, p. 97.

    [1116] Upton VRs, p. 35.

    [1117] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 240, Upton Town, Worcester County, the James “Lasky” household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [1118] 1800 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 796, the James Lackey household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1119] 1810 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 238, the James Lackey household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1120] 1820 Federal Census, Palmyra, Ontario Co., NY, p. 336, the James Lackey household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, 1 person engaged in agriculture, and 2 persons engaged in manufacturing.

    [1121] Upton VRs, p. 35.

    [1122] Buckland VRs, p. 93.

    [1123] 1810 Federal Census, Hawley, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 245, the Enoch Lilly household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1124] 1820 Federal Census, Palmyra, Ontario Co., NY, p. 311, the Enoch Lilley household had 3 males aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [1125] 1840 Federal Census, Walworth, Wayne Co., NY, p. 228, the Enoch Lilly household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [1126] Upton VRs, p. 35.

    [1127] 1820 Federal Census, Palmyra, Ontario Co., NY, p. 311 the Caroline Lackey household had 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, no occupation listed.

    [1128] Upton VRs, p. 35.

    [1129] Buckland VRs, p. 93, where he is already “of Palmyra, N.Y.”

    [1130] Buckland VRs, p. 37.

    [1131] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, which doesn’t specify that she was his wife, but since she was too old to have been a daughter and carried the same last name as Abner, she was presumed to be his wife in 1850.

    [1132] 1830 Federal Census, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, p. 54, the Abner F. Lakey household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 5 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [1133] 1840 Federal Census, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, p. 227, the Abner F. Lakey household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 3 females aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and one person employed in agriculture.

    [1134] 1850 Federal Census, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, p. 48, dwelling #719, family #719 (hard to read):

            Abner Lakey, 63, male, farmer $8000, born MA

            Ann Lakey, 44, female, born NY

            JM Lakey, 37, male, farmer, born NY

            Norma? Lakey, 30, female, born NY

            Caroline Lakey, 23, female, born NY

            Lucy Lakey, 9, female, born NY, attending school

            James Lakey, 3/12, male, born NY

            Juline Bragg, 20, female, born NY

            Ruth Ann Bragg, 11, female, born NY, attending school

            John Joslin, 24, male, laborer, born NY

            Wm Onlie?, 25, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Cornelius Tighr?, 22, male, laborer, born Ireland

            (Can’t read) Salery?, 25, female, born MA

            James Salery?, 59, male, physician, born MA

    [1135] Upton VRs, p. 35.

    [1136] 1830 Federal Census, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, p. 54, the Thomas Lakey household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [1137] 1840 Federal Census, Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY, p. 223, the Thomas Lakey household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and had 2 persons employed in agriculture.


[A] Will of Dr. Elijah Edson of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay (1762): *

In the Name of God Amen, on the 17th day of November 1762, I Elijah Edson of Bridgwater in the County of Plimouth Physician being under decay of body but of a sound and disposing mind and memory _____ do make this my last will and testament in the first place I give and recommend my soul into the Hands of God who gave it trusting in the mercy of God thro Christ of pardon, grace and glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discression of my Executor hereafter named. in the next place I give and dispose of my worldly interest in the following manner viz. My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid in convenient time after my death.

Item - I give and bequeath unto my wellbeloved wife Ann the improvement of one third part of all my lands the west end of my dwelling house an interest in the barn corn house and well allso the improvement of a horse and side saddle and a cow, all this during the time she shall remain my widdow and in case she shall marry again then to carry of the value of thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence in household goods (and no more) to be entirely at her own dispose. Item – I give and bequeath unto my four daughters namely Ann, Olive, Susanna, and Ruth twenty pounds a piece to be paid at the following Periods, viz to Ann as soon after my decease as the money can be conveniently rais’d and to the other three as soon as they shall respectively arrive at the age of eighteen Years or at their Marriage if they marry before that time also I give unto them the remainder of my moveable goods after my wife has done with them to be equally divided between them.

Item I give and bequeath unto my sons Elijah, Calvin, Daniel, Hosea, Caleb, Silvester, and Marshal, to them their heirs and Assigns forever all my real estate to be equally divided them also I give unto them all my personal estate not before disposed of, (after my debts are paid), including the aforesaid Horse, Saddle a Cow, to be equally divided between them. Item I do hereby nominate & appoint M. Nathan Mitchel Sole executor of this my Last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal the day & year afores.

                                                                                                                                                Elijah Edson

Sign’d sealed published, pronounced and declared by thesd

Elijah Edson to be his last will & Testament before us

Josiah Edson

Nathan Mitchel

Isaac Swift

 

Probated on 6 Dec. 1762, presented by Nathan Mitchel, and proved by Nathan Mitchel and Isaac Swift.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 16, p. 370, from FHL microfilm #0551543.

 

 

[B] Will of Zechariah Eddy of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1858) *

                                I, Zechariah Eddy, of Middleborough, County of Plymouth, Counsellor at Law, do make, ordain, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament.

                                Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my Grandson Samuel Breck Junior, Son of my daughter Sarah Amelia Breck, deceased, Lieutenant in the Army of the United States, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid to him within one year after my deceased, with interest from the time of the Probate of this my Will. Also I give and bequeath to said Samuel five shares of the Capital Stock of the Wareham Bank the first dividend after my decease to be received by my Executors, and then by them to be transferred to said Samuel. I also give & bequeath to said Samuel, the following books from my library, that is to say, The English Annual Register, in 36 volumes, the Encyclopedia Americana, 14 volumes, all the volumes of the Niles’ Register which I own, 40 volumes or more, Marshall’s Life of Washington, 5 volumes, The Gazetteer of the United States, one volume, Speeches of Daniel Webster, 3 volumes, Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, twelve volumes, Smythe’s Roman History, one volume, Gilles’ History of Greece, one volume, the Life of Governor Morris, three volumes, & six volumes of Pamphlets labelled “Miscellanies” such as he may choose. Also “Family Testament & Psalms, with notes by Justin Edwards.” My Will is, that if said Samuel should die without issue by his present wife Jane Caroline, all the above bequests to him shall go to his said wife, and I bequeath accordingly.

                                Item. I give & bequeath to my Grand-daughter Sarah Amelia Breck, daughter of my deceased daughter Sarah Amelia Breck, now living with me, one thousand dollars, to be paid to her by my Executors, in money, within one year after my deceased, with interest from the time of my decease.

                                I also give and bequeath to her, my said Grand-daughter five shares in the Capital Stock of the Wareham Bank & five shares in the Capital Stock of the Fall River & Old Colony Rail Road, the first dividends to be received by my Executors & then to be transfered to said Sarah Amelia, my sd Grand-daughter. I also give & bequeath to said Sarah Amelia, my said Grand-daughter, the following Book, out of my library, that is to say, “The Spectator,” ten volumes, “Shakspeare’s Works” two volumes, “Johnson’s Lives of the Poets” one volume, “Popular Antiquities” three volumes, “Encyclopedia of American Literature,” two volumes, “Milton’s Paradise Lost” one volume, “Life of Sir Walter Scott,” two volumes, “Encyclopedia of Anecdotes of Literature & the Fine Arts” one volume, “History of Massachusetts Bay,” by Barry, three volumes, “Young’s Night Thoughts” in 2 volumes, “Addison’s Life” by Miss Akin, one volume, “Europa” by Rev. D. C. Eddy, Jeffries’ Essays, one volume, “Irvin’s Astoria” two volumes, “Pope’s Homer” two volumes, “Story’s Miscellanies” one volume, “Maxey’s Remains” one volume, “Trumbull’s Reminiscencies” & Rush’s England one volume each, also the “Small Bible” & the “Testament & Psalms” one volume each, in all which I have written her name, with the two pieces of painting in each parlor which her mother wrought. I also give and bequeath to said Sarah Amelia my Grand-daughter, the bed, bedding and bedstead, the bureau, carpet and washstand and candlestand & chairs, & also the what-not or book-case (in which are the above books) in my East Parlor Chamber; also the privilege of the same chamber for keeping said furniture, & her other things, & the accommodation of her friends & when her home shall be in my dwelling-house, & while she shall remain unmarried, to use also for sleeping & dressing, but not for cooking. But her things are not to be disturbed, if she should live elsewhere. If said Sarah Amelia should depart this life without lineal descendants & unmarried, my Will is, that what I have given her, shall, if any remain at her death, go, & be distributed to all my surviving Grand-children alike, who may survive her (in equal

                                Item. I give & bequeath to James G. Nichols, for his use & occupation for the term of one year from the time of my decease, the house, out-houses and gardens, where he now lives, & also the privilege of pasturing his cow, & occasionally as he wishes, his horse, & the privilege of cutting what fresh grass he may wish, all for the term of said one year, rent free, including the orchard.

                                Item. I give & bequeath to my daughters, Anne Juliet Barrett, Wife of Samuel Barrett, and Charlotte Elizabeth Pratt, Wife of Francis Greenleaf Pratt, all my Real Estate, lands & tenements, including pews in the meeting houses in said Middleborough, (which are nevertheless to be open and free to the said Samuel Breck, Junior, & Sarah Amelia Breck & their families, until they shall be alienated out of my family, or more properly descendants,) and the family tomb is to be open to the families of my descendants forever, in which to deposit the remains of their dead. Said real estate, lands & tenements are to be held to said Anne Juliet & Charlotte Elizabeth, their heirs & assigns forever.

                                Lastly, I give and bequeath to said Samuel Barrett & Francis Greenleaf Pratt, my sons-in-law, all my personal estate not herein & hereby otherwise bequeathed & disposed of, that is to say “the residue,” including stocks, money, goods & chattels of every kind, out-door & in-door, on condition nevertheless, that they pay all the legacies mentioned in this my Will, especially to said Samuel & Sarah Amelia & transfer to them the Bank & Rail Road shares according to the bequests to them respectively, & also to pay my just debts & funeral charges,

                                And I hereby appoint said Samuel Barrett & Francis Greenleaf Pratt, the Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

                                I revoke all former Wills by me made.

                                In witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand this twenty fifth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred & fifty eight.

                Signed & declared by the above named

Zechariah Eddy, to be his last Will & Testa-

ment, in presence of us, who, in his presence,                                                               Zechariah Eddy

subscribe our names as witnesses.

                Wm. C. Eddy

                Mary Harding

                Southworth Ellis

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of April, 1860, by Samuel Barrett and Francis G. Pratt, the Executors therein named, and proved by Southworth Ellis, one of the Witnesses.

No inventory of his estate was recorded.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 102, p. 124-126, from FHL microfilm #0555645.

 

 

[C] Will of Southworth Ellis of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1840) *

Know all men by these presents that I Southworth Ellis of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Gentleman being of sound and disposing mind and Memory do make and publish this my last Will & Testament

First. I give and bequeath to my wife Susan Ellis one just third part of my Real Estate the same as she by law is entitled to as dower, to hold during her natural life, & also I give to her all the household stuff and other personal Estate which she brought with her on her marriage with me and such other furniture as has been brought into the house for our use since our marriage.

Second I give and bequeath to my daughter Ruth Dean wife of Dr Ebenezer Dean all the residue of my household stuff especially a set of silver spoons which I long since designed to give her

Third – I give and bequeath to my son Southworth Ellis junior all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal after first paying all my just debts and legacies and funeral charges to have and to hold to him and to his heirs and assigns forever and I constitute and appoint him the said Southworth Ellis junior the sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament hereby giving him power and authority to make sale of any portion of the Estate devised to him for the purpose of paying my debts without applying to the Probate Court for that purpose.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty

                                                                                                                                                Southworth Ellis                              (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said

Southworth Ellis as and for his last Will & Testament in the presence of us

who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as Witnesses

hereto

                                                                                                                                                Zechariah Eddy

                                                                                                                                                Joshua Eddy

                                                                                                                                                Chas. E. Eddy

 

Presented for probate on the last Tuesday of May 1841 by Southworth Ellis, the Executor therein named, and proved by Zechariah Eddy and Charles E. Eddy, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 83, p. 223-224, from FHL microfilm #0555267.

 

 

[D] Will of Seth Morton Jr. of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1803): *

In the name of God amen I Seth Morton junior of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman now being of a sound & disposing Mind & Memory, but weak & low in Health & apprehending myself to be near my end do make, ordain & publish the following to be my last Will and Testament— In the first place I recommend my Soul to God who gave it, and my Body after my decease to be decently interred after the manner of a Christian Burial, under the discretion of my Executor hereafter named; and as touching my worldly Estate, I order & direct that all my just debts that I shall owe at my decease, & funeral charges be paid out of what money may be due to me & the personal Estate that I shall leave, & my will is that after the debts & charges aforesaid – together with the Expences of settling my Estate are satisfied all the remainder & residue of my personal Estate shall be taken & enjoyed by my present wife Priscilla Morton.

I also devise & bequeath to my said Wife, the use & profits, privileges & advantages of all the Real Estate whereof I shall die seized, to have & to hold use & enjoy in a prudent & good Husbandlike manner, for & during the Time that she continues my Widow & after the decease or Marriage of my said Widow, It is my Will, that all my Real Estate shall be equally divided among my Children, who shall then be living & in Case any one or more of my children shall before that time die leaving lawful Issue, such Issue to take the share, which the Parent if living would take. – And I hereby nominate & appoint Caleb Morton to be Executor of this my Will & Testament. In witness whereof I hereto set my hand & Seal this second day of June in the year eighteen hundred & three –

Signed Sealed published & declared in presence

of us the Subscribers the year & day abovesaid

at which time we in presence of the Testator                                                                 Seth Morton                                       (seal)

& each other subscribed our names

        Wilkes Wood

        George Morton

        Rodolphus Barden

 

I, Seth Morton within named in addition to the forgoing Will give & bequeath to my daughter Virtue Morton a Case of Drawers which was her mother’s the within dispositions notwithstanding in witness whereof I do on the day & year within mentioned set my hand & seal

Signed published & declared in presence of us

who at the same Time subscribed our names

Wilkes Wood                                                                                                                       Seth Morton                                       (seal)

George Morton

Rodolphus Barden

 

The Subscriber being constituted & appointed Executor to the last Will & Testament of Seth Morton junr. late of Middleborough decd. do utterly refuse the appointment & shall not take upon himself that Trust—

                                                                                                                                                Caleb Morton

 

Probated on 12 Feb. 1806, and proved by Wilkes Wood Esqr. and George Morton, two of the witnesses.

 

John Bennet, of Middleborough, Gentleman, was granted administration with will annexed of the estate of Seth Morton, late of Middleborough, yeoman, on 12 Feb. 1806, who appointed Caleb Morton as Executor of his will, but he refused the trust, with Geo. Morton & Wilkes Wood as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 40, p. 386, and Vol. 39, p. 433.

 

 

[E] Will of Joseph Leach of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay (1755): *

In the Name of God amen, the Eighteenth day of March Anno Domini 1755. I Joseph Leach of Bridgwater in the County of Plimo. in New England yeoman being in an health full State of body & of perfect mind & memory. Thanks be given to god Therefor To where presenceing Goodness and saveing Mercy through Christ I would desire to commit my selfe and calling to mind the uncertainty of the present life do make and ordain this my last will and Testament Touching such—worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me I will & dispose of the same in following manner & form that is to say first, I will that all those Debts I owe in right to any person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly paid by my Executor hereafternamed.

Item I Give and to Anna my Well beloved wife the whole of the Improvement of my Homestead untill my son Jepthah comes of age in Case she remains my widdow, and also a Third part of my moveable Estate forever, and One Third part of the Improvement of the aforesaid Homestead after my said son Jephthah comes of age with One of the five rooms in my dwelling house as long as She remains my widdow~~

Item I Give & bequeath to my son Benjamin the whole Tract of land I bought of the Selectmen of Bridgwater Containing by Estimation One hundred acres more or less adjoyning to the four mile line so Called on the North Side of sd. Land & likewise Seven Acres of land adjoyning thereto on the North side of sd fourmile line and also four acres of Swamp land joyning to the other land before mentioned it being Land my father gave me, and also half of all the right I have in the Cedar Swamp that I purchased And half of that my Father gave me, As also half my right in the Saw mill and likewise a yoake of oxen~~

Item, I Give and bequeath to my son Jepthah the whole of my Homestead and half of the Cedar Swamp I purchased and the half the Cedar Swamp my father gave me and likewise the one half my right in the Saw mill.

Item, I Give and bequeath to my Six daughters viz, Rhoda, Dinah, Orpha, Lois, Eunice & Cloe, the whole of all that Estate my father gave me in his last will and Testament (Excepting the Cedar Swamp and the four acres of Swamp land before disposed of) To be Equaly divided among them, and also the whole of my Moveable Estate that is not already disposed of to be divided in like manner among them.

And I appoint and Ordain Israel Washburn of Raynham in the County of Bristol Sole Executor of this my last will & Testement and I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & disanull all other former wills or Testaments whatsoever & do ratifie and Confirm this & no other to be my last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day and year first mentioned. Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declared by the said Joseph Leach as his Last will and Testament in the presence of us.~~

Thomas Hooper                                                                                                                   Joseph Leach                                    (seal)

Zephaniah Willis

Bethiah Willis

 

Probated on 1 Dec. 1760, proved by Thomas Hooper and Zephaniah Willis, two of the witnesses. Israel Washburn of Raynham, yeoman, confirmed as executor.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 16, p. 36-37, from FHL microfilm #0551543.

 

 

[F] Will of David Alden of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1813): *

In the name of God amen I David Alden of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Yeoman being of a sound disposing Mind & Memory & calling to Mind the Uncertainty of Life do proceed to make & publish this my last Will & Testament in the following manner:

        Imprimis I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Rhoda Alden all my indoor moveables & my Household Furniture (excepting one Feather Bed) to be disposed of by her as she may think proper, also all my farming Tools & all my Neat Stock in like Manner; I also give her the use & Improvement of all my Real Estate excepting what is herein after disposed of, with the use of the Wood & Timber at her Disposal, during her Life. —

        Item I give to my Son Rufus Alden the Sum of five Dollars. —

        Item I give to the Heirs of Caleb Alden deceased the Sum of two Dollars each. —

        Item I give to my Son David Alden his Heirs & assigns forever (after the decease of my Wife) all my Land lying northerly & westerly of the Road (or by which I mean the same) all the Land lying between the aforementioned Road & the River, excepting four acres lying on the Eastwardly part of said Land which shall include the Dwelling house & Barn taking in a Spring thereon. —

        Item I give to my Daughter Huldah Weston the Sum of twenty Dollars. —

        Item I give to my Daughter Rhoda Vaughan one hundred Dollars, which said several Legacies I will & order to be paid to the said respective Legatees in one year after the Decease of my sd. Wife by my Executor hereafter named —

        Item I give to my Granddaughter Huldah Butler the Sum of one hundred Dollars, also one Cow & one Feather Bed to be paid in one year —

        Lastly As to all the Rest, Residue & Remainder of my Estate not before disposed of, after the decease of my Wife, I give & bequeath the same to my son Andrew Alden, his Heirs & Assigns forever, whom I constitute & appoint Executor of this my last will & Testament — In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirteen

Signed sealed published & declared by the

sd. David Alden to be his last Will and

Testament in presence of —                                                                                              David Alden                                      (seal)

        Jonathan Crane

        Walter Hayward

        Daniel Crane

 

Presented for probate on 23 Feb. 1814, and proved by Walter Hayward and Daniel Crane Esqr., two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 45, p. 260-261, from FHL microfilm #0550903.

 

 

[G] Will of Rufus Alden of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1821): *

Be it known that I Rufus Alden of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth, Yeoman, being of sound mind and memory, do this day make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following — that is to say, first I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Jadidah Alden the use and improvement of one third part of all my real estate. I also give unto her one cow to be at her disposal. I also give to her all the household furniture that she brought when she came to live with me, together with a certain Note on interest which I hold against Deacon Asahel Shaw. I also give to my daughter Sally Alden my warming-pan. I give to my Son Silas Alden five dollars to be paid him in one year after my decease by my executor hereafter named. I also give and devise to my Son Rufus Alden the residue, that is to say, two thirds of all my real estate, and after the death of my said wife, the other third thereof, to have and to hold to him, his heirs and assigns forever, he first paying all my just debts. I also give to my said son Rufus Alden all my personal estate not herein before bequeathed and devised, wherever the same may be found. And lastly I constitute and ordain my said son Rufus Alden sole executor of this my last Will and Testament.

        In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the third of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and twenty one

        Signed, sealed, published & declared

by the above named Rufus Alden to                                                                                Rufus Alden                                       (seal)

be his last will and testament in

the presence of use who have hereunto

subscribed our names as witnesses in

the presence of the testator

        Edward Cole

        Seth Eaton Jr.

        Daniel Alden

 

Probated on 19 Sept. 1825, and proved by Edward Cole and Daniel Alden, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 59, p. 398-399, from FHL microfilm #0550910.

 

 

[H] Will of David Alden of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1839) *

        In the name of God, amen, I David Alden of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being somewhat advanced in years, and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, but being of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say)

        First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Betsey Alden (if she outlives me) the use and occupancy of all my Real Estate, the use of my neat stock, horse and wagon during her natural life. I also give her all my household furniture to use and dispose of as she may think proper. I do hereby give and bequeath unto my eldest son David Alden one half of all my estate both Real and Personal to use and dispose of forever as he may think proper.  I do also give and bequeath unto my youngest son Oliver H Alden the use and occupancy of the other half of all my estate, both Real and personal during the term of his natural life to use and dispose of as he may think proper. And I do give and bequeath all the Estate (the use and occupancy of which I have given to my son Oliver during the term of his natural life) to his children to be divided equally among them to use and dispose of forever as they may think proper (if he should leave any children alive at his decease) and if he should leave no children at his decease, then I will and order that the said estate go to his nearest heirs

        And lastly in addition to what I have given my wife, I give her all the provision also that I may have on hand at the time of my decease. –

        I hope that the above bequests and legacies may be taken and understood according to my meaning, first to my wife, and then to my sons. And I hereby appoint my two sons David Alden and Oliver H Alden Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. –

        In witness whereof (to the within written instrument) I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine.

Signed sealed, published, and delivered                                                                          David Alden                                      (seal)

by the above named David Alden to be his

last will and testament in the presence of us

who at his request and in his presence have

hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

to the same. –                       Andrew Weston

                                                Samuel White

                                                Rebecca L White

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of May 1850 by David Alden and Oliver H Alden, the Executors therein named, and proved by Andrew Weston and Samuel White, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 92, p. 150-152, from FHL microfilm #0555640.

 

 

[I] Will of Josiah Vaughan of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1814) *

                In the name of God amen. I Josiah Vaughan of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman being weak of Body yet of a sound & disposing Mind, blessed be God for the same; considering that it is appointed for all Men once to die, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament to remain firm and inviolable forever. And first of all, I give my Soul to God, who gave it, & my Body to the Dust to be buried in a Christian decent Burial & as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with, I do dispose of the same as Followeth – viz —

                Imprimis I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife, one good Cow to her and her Disposal and half my Horse, & the use & Improvement of all my Household Furniture, excepting such articles as shall be hereafter devised, & my Will is, that provided my Son David Alden Vaughan proves to be a steady, prudent & industrious Young Man, that instead of my sd. Wife, taking her Right of Dower in my Real Estate, that there be delivered to her, by my sd. Son yearly, the following articles necessary for her comfortable support & maintenance, (viz) Twenty Bushels of good Indian Corn, six Bushels of Rye, Ten Bushels of Potatoes, two Bushels of Turnips & the privilege of Apples, Twenty Pounds of Flax, five Pounds of Wool, one hundred & forty weight of Pork, one hundred weight of Beef, and to have a Cow provided for her & kept for my sd. Wife, through Summer & Winter, without any Expence to her, & to have what Fire Wood, she shall need cut & drawn to her Door. All of sd. Articles to be punctually delivered by my sd Son to my sd. Wife, But if my sd. Son David A. Vaughan neglects to deliver to his Mother all or any part of the above mentioned articles, for her to take her right of Dower in my Real Estate, All the above articles to be for her use & Benefit, so long as she remains my Widow – if in Case she should marry that she relinquish all these privileges, excepting the property which she brought with her —

                Item I give & bequeath to my son David A. Vaughan & to his Heirs & assigns forever all my Real Estate now in my possession, together with my right or Share of Real Estate in the right of Dower of my Hond. Mother, one half my Horse & all my neat Stock excepting one Cow, one good Feather Bed, under Bed & Furniture suitable for the same, & all my farming Tools, & all my wearing Apparel, & my clock after the decease of my Wife.—

                Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Rebecca C Vaughan two hundred Dollars to be paid her by my Son David Alden Vaughan or his Heirs in two different payments, one hundred Dollars to be paid her when she does arrive at the Age of eighteen Years & the other hundred Dollars paid her when she does arrive to the age of twenty one years, & the one half of my Household Furniture after the Decease of my sd. Wife —

                Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Anna H. Vaughan two hundred Dollars to be paid her by my sd. Son David A Vaughan or his Heirs, in two different payments one hundred Dollars to be paid her, when she does arrive to the age of eighteen years, & the other hundred Dollars to be paid her when she does arrive to the age of twenty one Years, & the one half of my Household Furniture after the decease of my said Wife —

                Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Wife & my two Daughters Rebecca C. Vaughan & Anna H. Vaughan, the use & Improvement of the one half of my Dwelling house, so long as either of them shall remain single—And provided my sd. Daughters should outlive my sd. Wife & remain unmarried, that they have the privilege of the East room & Bed room in my sd. Dwelling-house, so long as either of them remain in that Situation —

                Item. I give & bequeath to all my before named Children my Share of a Pew in the Revd. Samuel Nelson’s Meeting-house.—

                Furthermore my Will is & I do hereby order that my sd. Daughters viz Rebecca C. Vaughan & Anna H. Vaughan have their support & Maintenance out of the Income & Improvement of my sd. Estate untill each of them does arrive to the age of eighteen Years, & if there should be any surplusage from the Income & Improvement of my sd. Estate, for my Son David A. Vaughan to have the Benefit of that for his own use —

                Lastly my Will is & I do hereby appoint Silvanus Tillson sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.—

                Thus hoping that this my last will & Testament will be kept & performed according to the true Intent & meaning of it, I the said Josiah Vaughan have hereunto set my hand & Seal this Twenty sixth day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & fourteen.—

Signed, sealed & delivered in

presence of us –

Job Townsend

Caleb Morton                                                                                                                       Josiah Vaughan                                (seal)

Seth Southworth

 

Presented for probate on 15 Sept. 1814 by Silvanus Tillson, the Executor therein named, and proved by Caleb Morton and Seth Southworth, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 45, p. 486-488, from FHL microfilm #0550903.

 

 

[J] Will of Salmon Dunbar of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1848) *

                I Salmon Dunbar of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth do hereby make and declare this my last Will and Testament.

                After payment of my just debts and charges, I dispose of my estate as follows.

                I give and devise unto my grandchild, William Henry Alden, a son of my daughter Charlotte Alden deceased, the sum of five dollars.

                I give unto my daughter Rebecca Field wife of Francis Field the sum of one dollar.

                I give unto my daughter Mary Jane Dunbar the sum of one dollar.

                I give and devise unto my wife Lucy Dunbar the rest and residue of all my real and personal estate, wheresoever the same may be, during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided between my children then living.

                I hereby constitute and appoint Benjamin W. Keith Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

                I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made.

                In witness whereof I the said Salmon Dunbar have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.

                Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Salmon Dunbar as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his request have hereunto set our names as witnesses

                                                                                                                                                Salmon Dunbar                                (seal)

Welcome Young.

Isaac Nutter.

Jacob A. Rogers.

 

Presented for probate on the fourth Monday of Dec. 1863 by Benjamin W. Keith, of East Bridgewater, with Ezra T. Fuller and E. F. Field, of East Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to Benjamin W. Keith on 28 Dec. 1863.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 104, p. 472-473, from FHL microfilm #0555646, and Vol. 114, p. 490.

 

 

[K] Will of Fisk Ames of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1851): *

Know all men by these presents that I Fisk Ames of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, being of sound disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.

First.  I give and bequeath to each of my children George R. Ames, William Ames, Joseph T. Ames, Elbridge G. Ames, Mary K. Ames and John Ames the sum of one dollar, to be paid to each of them within one year after my decease.

Second, – I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Dinah Ames all my household furniture, wearing apparel, and all the rest and residue of my personal property after paying from the same the several legacies already named, and also paying all my just debts and funeral expenses, but if there should not be at my decease sufficient personal property to pay the above named legacies and debts, then so much of my Real Estate shall be sold as will raise sufficient money to pay the same.

Third, – I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Dinah Ames all my Real Estate, except such portion or parcel as may be sold to pay debts and legacies as before provided, to her sole benefit and final disposal.

Fourth  I ordain and appoint Franklin Ames, and my son Elbridge G. Ames as Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of the witnesses named below, this nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.

                                                                                                                                                Fisk Ames                                           (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Fisk Ames as and for his last Will and Testament in presence of us, who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

                                                                                                                William Keith

                                                                                                                Clara A. Keith

                                                                                                                Franklin Ames

 

I decline the trust to which I have been appointed by the within Will

                                                                                                                Franklin Ames

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of May, 1852, and proved by William Keith and Franklin Ames, two of the witnesses.

 

The Inventory of the property and effects of Fisk Ames late of North Bridgewater was appraised by Galen Manley, Austin Snow, and Nathan Packard on 3 May 1852, his real estate totaled $3563.00, and his personal estate totaled $352.66. E. G. Ames, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory of Fisk Ames, late of North Bridgewater, on the first Tuesday of May 1852.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 94, p. 159-162, from FHL microfilm #0555641.

 

 

[L] Will of Oliver Leach of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1844) *

        Be it remembered that I Oliver Leach of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, yeoman, on this fifth day of June Eighteen hundred forty four, do make and establish my last will and testament as follows namely:

        To each of my children, Elbridge, Oliver, John, Allen, Marcus, Aaron Davis, Lucius, Peleg S. Levi, Sarah, Emily, Charlotte and Maria Augustus Leach, I give the sum of Two Dollars.

        It is my will that my brother Lebbeus Leach shall be decently supported out of my estate during his life.

        To my wife, Mercy Leach I give and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal to have and to hold, to her and her heirs and assigns forever, upon the condition that she pay all my just debts and charges, the legacies of two dollars to each of my children as above written and support my brother Lebbeus as above expressed

        I appoint Jesse Perkins of North Bridgewater Executor of this will and I hereby revoke all former wills by me made.

        In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written

                                                                                                                                                Oliver Leach                                     (seal)

Signed, sealed published and declared by the above named Oliver Leach as his last will and testament, in presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in presence of each other, subscribe as witnesses

        Barnabus Edson

        William G. Cooke

        Elisha Washburn

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of Nov. 1848 by Jesse Perkins, the Executor therein named, and proved by William G. Cooke and Elisha Washburn, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 90, p. 405-406, from FHL microfilm #0555639.

 

 

[M] Will of Isaac Wilbar of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1827): *

        Be it remembered that I Isaac Wilbar of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Gentleman, being infirm in body but of sound mind & memory, do this fifth day of September ADom. One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner following, that is to say in the first place, I give to my well beloved wife Joanna the use & improvement during her life of the Easterly half part of my dwelling house & cellar, subject to be improved by my three youngest daughters, as is hereafter described. Also a right in the Outbuildings, so far as is necessary for her comfort & a seat in my pew in the Meeting House & the improvement of all my landed property which I now own except what I have hereafter given to my son Aberdeen as described below, with a right to cut sufficient wood at all times to support one fire, I also give her twenty dollars in money, one good cow & half of my household furniture of every description to be at her own disposal, not to include any of my wearing apparel which I give to my son Isaac.

        Item, I give to my three daughters which are married Viz. Lurana Fobes, Ruth Keith & Lydia Wilbar one dollar each which with what I have heretofore given them I consider to be their full share of my Estate.

        Item, I give & bequeath to my three youngest daughters One hundred dollars each payable in two years after my decease viz: Susannah, Olive & Anna. Also one half of all my household furniture to be equally divided between them and a right to live in the Easterly half part of my dwelling house & a seat in my Pew during the time they may remain single & unmarried & no longer.

        Item, I give, devise and bequeath to my son Aberdeen Wilbar his heirs and assigns about six acres and one quarter of land lying partly on the Southerly & Northerly side of the road and include the land on which his house & other building now standeth, bounded as followeth beginning at a stake & stones on the Southerly side of the road by the Brook, thence South two degrees East by a ditch twenty rods & six links to a stake, to a stake, thence West one degree South twenty one rods and twenty one links to a stake, thence North eight degrees West across the road fifty six rods to a stake & stones, thence East one degree North eighteen rods to a stake in the line of Solomon Keiths land, thence South two degrees East in said Keiths line thirty eight rods and eight links to a stake in the South side of the road, thence North Seventy one degrees East eleven rods & four links by the road to the bound first mentioned, reserving the road two rods wide included in the aforesaid description. Also a five acre lot of tillage land which I bought of Joseph Leach reference being had to his deed of the same for a more particular description. I also relinquish all claim to any reservation for materials or labor of any description which I found towards building the house where he now lives and also my notes of hand against him which I now hold for the payment of money or interest dated previous to the present time shall be considered as entirely cancelled & void at my decease.

        Item, I give, devise & bequeath unto my son Isaac Wilbar Jr. his heirs & assigns all my Real & Personal estate of every description, not before disposed of, subject to the payment of all the Debts and legacies aforesaid.

        I also appoint him sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.

                In testimony whereof I the said Isaac Wilbar do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

                                                                                                                                                Isaac Wilbar                                      (seal)

Signed, sealed, published pronounced & declared by the said Isaac Wilbar as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who at his request & in his presence hereunto set our names as Witnesses to the same

        Nathan Mitchell

        Zephaniah Fobes

        Bela Fobes

 

Probated on 1 Apr. 1834, and proved by Nathan Mitchell and Zephaniah Fobes, two of the witnesses. Letters of Administration granted to Isaac Wilbar of Bridgewater, yeoman, on 1 Apr. 1834.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate, Vol. 76, p. 104-106, from FHL microfilm #0555263.

 

 

[N] Will of George Wilbar of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1867) *

Know all men: That I George Wilbur of  Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, do this twenty-seventh day of July in the Year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and sixty seven make and publish this my last Will and Testament; as follows = viz.=

First: I give and bequeath unto my son Oliver C. Wilbar, Two Thousand {$2000..00} Dollars, which sum is given to him to make him equal with what I have heretofore furnished – or done for my son George S. Wilbur

Second: All the residue of my estate, both real and personal of which I shall die seized, I give the use, income, and improvement of the same to my wife Lydia Wilbur, during her natural life, reserving however for my son Oliver C. the privilege of a home for himself and family in the dwelling house, and other privileges in connection therewith for his convenience

Third: And all the residue of my Estate, both real and personal, which shall remain at the decease of my wife, I give and bequeath unto my two sons George S. and Oliver C. to be equally divided between them and to hold to them and their heirs and assigns forever:

And lastly I nominate and appoint my two sons, the aforesaid George S. and Oliver C. Wilbur, Executors of this my last Will and Testament:

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day & year afore written:

                                                                                                                                                George Wilbar                                  (seal)

Signed, sealed, and declared by the aforesaid George Wilbar to be his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who in his presence, and in the presence of each other, and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.

                                                                                                                                                Joseph Wilbar

                                                                                                                                                Elizabeth Wilbar

                                                                                                                                                Olive Wilbar

 

To the Honorable, the Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Plymouth:

The undersigned, who are named in the last Will and Testament of George Wilbar late of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, deceased to be the executors thereof, respectfully represent that they decline to accept said trust, and pray that administration with the will annexed of the estate of the said George Wilbar may be granted to Joseph Wilbar of Taunton in the County of Bristol

                Dated this 9th day of November A.D. 1868.

                                                                                                                                                George S. Wilbar

                                                                                                                                                Oliver C. Wilbar

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of Nov. 1868 by Joseph Wilbar of Taunton, County of Bristol, with George S. Wilbar and Oliver C. Wilbar of Bridgewater as sureties. Letters of Administration with will annexed were granted to Joseph Wilbar of Taunton on 9 Nov. 1868.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 106, pp. 219-220, 234, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 120, p. 17.