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Families of the Children of Mercy5 Washburn and Pelatiah Phinney

 

         Most of the children of Mercy Washburn and Pelatiah Phinney lived in either Middleborough or North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, but many of their grandchildren moved to Bristol, Norfolk or Worcester County, Massachusetts, or to Kennebec County, Maine. I am still unable to trace several of the children of Mercy and Pelatiah Phinney, and the families of grandson Jacob Thomson (4th) and granddaughters Lucy Packard and Zeruiah Phinney are likely incomplete, and will be added to as more information is found. The surname Tomson eventually evolved into Thompson.

 

 

 

 

John3 Washburn (6th)

 

 

Josiah4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Rebecca2 Lapham

 

Mercy5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Ephraim2 Tilson

 

 

Mercy3 Tilson

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Hoskins

Freelove Phinney

 

 

 

Lurania Phinney

 

 

 

Zeruah Phinney

 

 

 

Onesiphorus Phinney

 

 

 

Mary Phinney

 

 

 

Zerviah Phinney

 

 

 

Esther Phinney

 

 

 

Kezia Phinney

 

 

 

Bliss Phinney

 

 

 

Hannah Phinney

 

 

 

John Phinney

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Phinney

 

 

Joseph Phinney

 

 

 

 

Mary3 Rogers

 

Pelatiah Finney

 

 

 

 

 

Peter West

 

 

Esther West

 

 

 

 

Patience

 

(951.) Freelove Phinney, eldest daughter of (359) Mercy5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 27 Jan. 1740,[1] married Capt. Jacob4 Tomson (3rd), son of Lt. Jacob3 and Elisabeth4 (Tilson) (Holmes) Tomson (Jr.), of Middleborough, MA,[2] on 27 Oct. 1761 in Bridgewater.[3] He was born on 28 Mar. 1738 in Middleborough,[4] a grandson of Jacob,2 Esq., and Abigail (Wadsworth) Tomson, of Middlebor­ough,[5] and of Edmund3 and Eliza­beth (Waterman) Tilson,[6] and a great-grandson of Lt. John1 and Mary2 (Cooke) Tomson.[7] He was probably the Jacob Tomson who served as a Private in Lt. Jonah Washburn’s Company from Middleborough in Dec. 1776, and in Capt. Jonah Washburn’s Company from Middleborough in Aug. 1780,[8] during the Revolutionary War. Jacob Tomson, of Middleborough, Gentleman, was granted administration of the estate of his father, Jacob Tomson, late of Middleborough, on 4 May 1789,[9] and he was living in Middleborough in the 1790 federal census, next door to his sons Solomon and Benjamin Thomson,[10] and in the 1800 federal census.[11] On 8 Mar. 1794 Jacob Tomson, of Middleborough, deeded part of his homestead in Middleborough to his son Jacob Tomson Jr., reserving liberty for his daughters Mercy Thomson and Freelove Thomson to live in the house as long as they remain unmarried.[12]

         Capt. Jacob Tomson (3rd) died testate on 30 Nov. 1805 in Middlebor­ough, aged 67 years,[13] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, his will dated 13 July 1801, and probated on 6 Jan. 1806, mentioned his wife Freelove Tomson, his sons Solomon Tomson, Benjamin Tomson, and Jacob Tomson, his daughters Mercy Gage, Elizabeth Wild, Ruth Bennet, and Freelove Crocker, and he named his son Solomon Tomson as executor of his estate.[14] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) Freelove (Phinney) Tomson died a widow on 7 Nov. 1826 in Middlebor­ough, aged 86 years,[15] and was also buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, but no probate records were filed for her estate.

         Freelove Phinney and Capt. Jacob Tomson had chil­dren:

        2554     i   Deacon Solomon5 Tomson/Thomson/Thompson, born on 7 June 1762 in Middlebor­ough,[16] mar­ried Lydia Murdock, daughter of Lt. John and Sarah4 (Sampson) Murdock,[17] on 21 Dec. 1786 in Middleborough.[18] She was born on 8 Dec. 1766 in Middleborough,[19] a granddaugh­ter of James and Hannah (Tilson) Murdoch,[20] and of Ephraim3 and Abigail (Horrell) Sampson, of Plympton.[21] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790,[22] 1800,[23] 1810,[24] 1820,[25] 1830,[26] and 1840 federal censuses,[27] where he was a farmer. He was executor of his father’s estate in 1806. He died tes­tate on 4 Jan. 1844 in Middleborough, aged 81 years,[28] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, his will dated 4 Feb. 1831, and probated in Apr. 1844, did not mention his wife, but mentioned his daughters Lucy, wife of Charles Shaw, and Lydia, wife of Timothy Drew, his son Solomon, son Calvin, Mercy, the wife of George Atwood, and son Jacob, and he named his son Jacob Thompson as executor of his estate, and Samuel Thompson Esq. as trustee for the heirs of his son Calvin Thompson.[29] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of his will.) Lydia (Murdock) Tomson was still living in Middleborough, MA, with the family of their son Jacob Thompson in the 1850 federal census.[30] She died a widow on 5 Aug. 1854 in Middlebor­ough, aged 87 years, of “cholera morbus,”[31] and was also buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, but no probate records were filed for her estate. They had children:

a. Lucy6 Thomson, born on 1 Oct. 1787 in Middleborough,[32] married Charles Shaw, of Bridgewater, on 26 June 1811 in Bridgewater.[33] She was mentioned in the 1831 will of her father, but he was not a head of household in Bridgewater in the 1820, 1830, 1840 or 1850 federal censuses, and no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA.

b. Lydia6 Thomson, born on 2 Oct. 1789 in Middleborough,[34] married Capt. Timothy Drew, of Duxbury, on 17 Dec 1809 in Middleborough.[35] She was also mentioned in the 1831 will of her father. They were probably living in Kingston, MA, in the 1820 federal census,[36] but they had a son whose birth was recorded in Middleborough in 1823.[37] He supposedly died on 20 Nov. 1828 in Middleborough,[38] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and she died on 7 Feb. 1870, aged 80 years, 4 months, 5 days,[39] but no probate records were filed for her estate in Plymouth County either, and she was not found in Middleborough in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses.

c. Solomon6 Thomson (Jr.), born on 25 Sept. 1791 in Middleborough,[40] married 1.) Harriot Thomson, daughter of Isaac and Lucy (Sturtevant) Thomson, of Middleborough,[41] in ca. 1817.[42] She was born on 19 Dec. 1795 in Middleborough.[43] They were living near his parents in Middleborough, MA, in the 1820 federal census,[44] and then moved to Kingston, MA, where they were living in the 1830 federal census.[45] She died on 20 Sept. 1833 in Kingston, of “child bed,”[46] and he remarried to 2.) Mary “Polly” (McLauthlen) Simmons, daughter of Elisha and Olive (Wright) McLauthlen, of Kingston,[47] and widow of Peleg Simmons, of Kingston,[48] on 20 July 1834 in Plympton.[49] She was born on 4 Dec. 1793 in Kingston.[50] They were living in Kingston, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[51] He died intestate on 3 Mar. 1860 in Kingston, aged 76 years, 4 months, of “pulmonary consumption,”[52] and Albert Thompson, of West Roxbury, Norfolk County, was granted administration of his estate on 21 May 1860, as requested by the widow and heirs at law.[53]

d. Mercy6 Thomson, born on 15 June 1794 in Middleborough,[54] married George Atwood, son of Ichabod and Hannah (Shaw) Atwood,[55] of Middleborough, on 2 Nov. 1814 in Middleborough.[56] He was born on 16 Aug. 1790 in Middleborough.[57] They were living near her parents in Middleborough, MA, in the 1820,[58] 1830,[59] and 1840 federal censuses,[60] and in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census,[61] the 1855 state census,[62] the 1860 federal census,[63] and the 1865 state census,[64] where he was a farmer. She died on 3 Nov. 1873 in Middleborough, aged 79 years, 4 months, 18 days, of heart disease,[65] and he died a widower on 9 Jan. 1883 in Middleborough, aged 92 years, 4 months, 24 days.[66]

e. Calvin6 Thomson, born on 29 Oct. 1796 in Middleborough,[67] married Margaretta “Margaret” Richardson, daughter of Thomas Richardson, of Boston, in 1821.[68] She was born ca. 1798 in MA.[69] They were probably living in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[70] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[71] He died on 8 June 1853 in North Bridgewater, aged 57 years, 7 months, 9 days, of a tumor,[72] but no probate records were filed for his estate. She was still living in North Bridgewater, MA, with their son Edward Thompson in the 1860 federal census,[73] and she died a widow on 25 Jan. 1867 in Middleborough, aged 70 years,[74] but no probate records were filed for her estate.

f. Capt. Jacob6 Thomson “2d”, born on 3 Oct. 1801 in Middleborough,[75] married Nancy Russell Tinkham, daughter of Levi and Mary “Polly” (Foster) Tinkham, of Middleborough,[76] on 15 Sept. 1830 in Middleborough.[77] She was born on 22 Oct. 1807 in Middleborough.[78] They were living next door to his father in Middleborough, MA, in the 1840 federal census,[79] his widowed mother was living with them in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census,[80] and they were living in Middleborough in the 1855 state census,[81] and the 1860 federal census,[82] where he was a farmer. She died by 1865, and he was still living in Middleborough in the 1865 state census.[83] He was executor of his father’s estate in 1844. He died testate on 29 Jan. 1879 in Bridgewater, MA, aged 77 years, 3 months, 26 days, of heart disease,[84] his will dated 1 Mar. 1877, and probated on 24 Feb. 1879, mentioned his wife Joanna Thompson, his son Virgil Thompson, his daughter Emma Darling, wife of Leander A. Darling, and his grandchildren Ida Darling and Gracy Darling, children of his deceased daughter Helen Darling, and he named Robert E. Smith, of Bridgewater, as executor of his estate.[85] (See Appendix [C] for a full transcription of his will.)

        2555    ii   Benjamin5 Tomson/Thomson, born on 30 Mar. 1764 in Middleborough,[86] married Mary “Polly” Bourne, daughter of Capt. Abner and Mary (Torrey) Bourne,[87] on 31 Aug. 1788 in Middleborough.[88] She was born on 6 Dec. 1766 in Middleborough.[89] At the age of 16 he was on a list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army from Middleborough in July 1780 under Capt. Abner Howard, and also served as a Private in Capt. Thomas Turner’s Company in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[90] They were living in Middleborough in the 1790 federal census, next door to his father, Jacob Thomson,[91] in the 1800 federal census,[92] next door to his brother Solomon Thompson in the 1810 federal census,[93] and in the 1820,[94] 1830,[95] and 1840 federal censuses, where he was a Revolutionary War Veteran.[96] They were still living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[97] He died on 13 Sept. 1851 in Middleborough,[98] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County. She was living in Middleborough in the 1855 state census with her daughter, Freelove T. Rounseville,[99] and she died a widow on 3 Oct. 1858 in Middleborough, aged 91 years, 10 months, of “lung fever,”[100] and was also buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, but no probate records were filed for her estate. They had children:

a. Betsy/Betsey6 Wild Thomson, born on 20 Nov. 1789 in Middleborough,[101] married Wilkes Wood, Esq., son of Ebenezer and Sally (Bennett) Wood, of Middleborough,[102] as his second wife, on 4 Dec. 1808 in Middleborough.[103] He was born in 1770,[104] was a Justice of the Peace in Middleborough, and had married first to Betsy Tinkham,[105] who died on 21 Sept. 1803 in Middleborough, aged 24 years.[106] Son Wilkes Wood was named as executor in the will of his mother, Sally Wood, of Middleborough, in 1811.[107] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1820 federal census.[108] Betsey W. (Thomson) Wood died on 12 Dec. 1822 in Middleborough, aged 33 years, 22 days,[109] and he remarried again to Lucy (Nichols) Cushing, widow of Christopher Cushing, of Scituate, MA,[110] on 26 Sept. 1827 in Scituate.[111] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1830,[112] and 1840 federal censuses.[113] He died testate on 1 Oct. 1843 in Middleborough, aged 73 years, 2 months, 11 days,[114] his will dated 3 Jan. 1843, and probated on 5 Dec. 1843, mentioned his wife Lucy C. Wood, daughters Betsey T. Leonard and Sally Leonard, deceased daughter Clarinda Leonard, sons Cornelius B. Wood, William H. Wood, Charles W. Wood, and Joseph P. Wood, unmarried daughters Emely L. Wood and Mary T. Wood, and Elizabeth Studley, and he named his two oldest sons, Cornelius B. Wood and William H. Wood, as executors of his estate.[115] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of his will.) Lucy (Nichols) (Cushing) Wood died a widow on 26 Sept. 1848 in Middleborough, aged 60 years, 11 months, 20 days.[116]

b. Mary6 “Polly” Bourne Thomson, born on 4 Oct. 1792 in Middleborough,[117] married Capt. Ebenezer Pickens, son of Samuel and Matilda (Briggs) Pickens, of Middleborough,[118] on 3 Oct. 1813 in Middleborough.[119] He was born on 6 Oct. 1787 in Middleborough.[120] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1820,[121] 1830,[122] 1840,[123] and 1850 federal censuses,[124] the 1855 state census,[125] and the 1860 federal census,[126] where he was a farmer. He was appointed as administrator of the estate of her uncle, Maj. Thomas Bennett, in 1846. She died on 27 Nov. 1865 in Middleborough, aged 73 years, 1 month, 23 days,[127] and he died on 16 May 1868 in Middleborough, aged 80 years, 8 months, 10 days.[128]

c. Benjamin Thomson (Jr.), a twin, born on 22 May 1795 in Middleborough,[129] died on 13 June 1795 in Middleborough,[130] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough.

d. Sally6 Thomson, a twin, born on 22 May 1795 in Middleborough,[131] married Capt. James6 Manning Leonard, of Middleborough, son of David5 and Molly (Hall) Leonard, of Bridgewater,[132] on 1 Jan. 1815 in Middleborough.[133] He was a grandson of Joseph4 and Mary (Packard) Leonard (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[134] The will of David Leonard, of Bridgewater, dated 31 Aug. 1809, and proved on 3 Jan. 1814, mentioned his son James Manning, among others.[135] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1820 federal census.[136] She died on 17 Nov. 1822 in Middleborough, aged 27 years,[137] and he remarried to Clarinda Wood, daughter of Wilkes and Betsy (Tinkham) Wood, of Middleborough,[138] in 1826.[139] She was born on 27 July 1799 in Middleborough.[140] They were living in Middleborough in the 1830 federal census.[141] She died on 28 Apr. 1832 in Middleborough, aged 32 years,[142] and deceased daughter Clarinda Leonard was mentioned in the 1843 will of her father, Wilkes Wood. James M. Leonard supposedly died in Nov. 1847 in IL.[143]

e. Abner6 Bourne Thomson, born on 22 Sept. 1797 in Middleborough,[144] moved to Brunswick ME, and married Eliza Williams, of Taunton, on 14 Oct. 1821 in Middleborough.[145] She was born on 24 Jan. 1801 in Taunton, MA.[146] They were living in Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1840,[147] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a lumberman.[148] She died on 2 Sept. 1852 in Brunswick, ME,[149] and he was still living in Brunswick, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a merchant.[150] He died on 4 Aug. 1871 in Brunswick, ME,[151] and they were both buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, ME.

f. Freelove6 Thomson, born on 2 Dec. 1800 in Middleborough,[152] married Gamaliel Rounseville, of Middleborough, son of Philip Rounseville,[153] on 8 Feb. 1825 in Middleborough.[154] He was born on ca. 10 Oct. 1776 in Freetown, MA.[155] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1830,[156] 1840,[157] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a merchant.[158] He died on 17 July 1853 in Middleborough, aged 76 years, 9 months, 7 days, of “apoplexy, out overnight fishing,”[159] and she was still living in Middleborough in the 1860 federal census.[160] She died a widow on 4 Dec. 1862, aged 62 years, of chronic bronchitis.[161]

g. Benjamin6 Thomson (Jr.), born on 25 Nov. 1803 in Middleborough,[162] died on 26 Feb. 1846 in Middleborough,[163] and was also buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough.

h. James Davis Thomson, born on 31 Oct. 1807 in Middleborough,[164] marriage not found.

        2556   iii   Mercy5 Tomson/Thomson, a twin, born on 17 June 1766 in Middle­borough,[165] mar­ried Capt. Thomas Emberly/Emberley Gage, of South Carolina, on 27 May 1798 in Middleborough.[166] He was born ca. 1764.[167] Daughter Mercy Gage was mentioned in her father’s 1801 will. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1800 federal census,[168] and in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1810,[169] 1820,[170] and 1840 federal censuses,[171] where he was a farmer. He died on 28 Nov. 1846 in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, aged 82 years,[172] and she died on 11 Dec. 1846 in Augusta, ME, aged 80 years,[173] they were both buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Augusta, ME. They had children:

a. Dr. Thomas Emberley Gage (Jr.), born on 10 Mar. 1799 in Middleborough,[174] married Anna Fearing Haskell, daughter Jesse and Zeruiah (Burgess) Haskell,[175] on 6 Aug. 1828 in Rochester, MA.[176] She was born on 29 Mar. 1806 in Rochester.[177] They were living in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[178] in New York City, NY, in the 1840 federal census,[179] and with the family of George W. and Martha D. Haskell in Rochester, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a physician.[180] She died on 21 Aug. 1857 in Rochester, MA,[181] and he died on 18 Apr. 1865 in Rochester, aged 65 years, 1 month, 9 days,[182] and they were both buried in Center Cemetery in Rochester, MA, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

b. Mercy Emberley Gage, born on 8 Oct. 1802 in Bridgewater, MA,[183] married Mark Fisher on 27 Dec. 1829 in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME.[184] He was born on 1 Nov. 1805 in Hillsborough Co., NH.[185] She died in 1832 in Winthrop, ME,[186] and was buried in Maple Cemetery in Winthrop, ME, and he remarried to her sister, Virtue Woodbury Emberley Gage, on 12 Feb. 1834 in Kennebec Co., ME,[187] and they moved to Mercer Co., NJ.

c. Joshua Emberley Gage, born on 8 Apr. 1804 in Bridgewater,[188] married Julia Ann Rice on 6 Apr. 1827 in Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME.[189] They were living in Waterville, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census.[190]

d. Susanna Emberley Gage, born on 9 Feb. 1806 in Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME,[191] married Alden Rice, son of John and Mehitable (Packard) Rice,[192] on 6 Nov. 1834 in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME.[193] He was born on 18 July 1804 in Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME.[194] They were living in Hallowell, ME, in the 1840,[195] and 1850 federal censuses,[196] and in Farmingdale, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census,[197] where he was a farmer. She died on 22 May 1876 in Farmingdale, Kennebec Co., ME, aged 70 years,[198] and he died on 31 Dec. 1881 in Hallowell, ME, aged 77 years,[199] and they were both buried in Carter Cemetery in Farmingdale, ME.

e. Jacob Thompson Emberley Gage, born on 29 May 1807 in Augusta, ME.[200]

f. Virtue Woodbury Emberley Gage, born on 1 Aug. 1809 in Augusta, ME,[201] married Mark Fisher, widower of her sister Mercy, on 12 Feb. 1834 in Kennebec Co., ME.[202] He was born on 1 Nov. 1805 in Hillsborough Co., NH.[203] They were living in the East Ward, City of Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an anvil manufacturer.[204] He died on 3 Feb. 1871 in Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ,[205] and was buried in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, NJ.

g. Elizabeth Barker/Parker Emberley Gage, born on 3 Aug. 1813 in Augusta, ME.[206]

        2557   iv   Elisabeth5 Tomson/Thomson, a twin, born on 17 June 1766 in Middle­borough,[207] mar­ried 1.) Josiah Barker, of Pembroke, MA, on 26 May 1785 in Middleborough.[208] He died intestate in 1789 in Pembroke, and her father, Jacob Tomson, Gentleman, of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate on 4 May 1789, which was found insolvent.[209] She remarried to 2.) Deacon Daniel Wild, of Boston, as his second wife,[210] on 20 Aug. 1789 in Middleborough.[211] She was called Elizabeth Wild in her father’s 1801 will. They were probably living in Boston, MA, in the 1810 federal census.[212] She died on 9 June 1812 in Bridgewater, aged 45 years,[213] and was buried in Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater, MA. He was probably the Daniel Wild who died on 18 Mar. 1835 in Boston, aged 72 years,[214] and was buried in Granary Burying Ground in Boston.

        2558    v   Ruth5 “Ruthy” Tomson/Thomson, born on 7 July 1768 in Middleborough,[215] mar­ried Maj. Thom­as Bennett, son of Jacob and Hope (Nelson) Bennett, of Middleborough,[216] on 19 Aug. 1793 in Middleborough.[217] He was a twin, born on 28 June 1765 in Middleborough,[218] a grandson of Nehemiah and Mercy3 (Tomson) Bennet, of Middleborough,[219] and they were second cousins.[220] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1800,[221] 1810,[222] 1820,[223] 1830,[224] and 1840 federal censuses.[225] She was called Ruth Bennet in her father’s 1801 will. He died intestate on 30 May 1846 in Middlebor­ough, aged 80 years, 11 months, 2 days,[226] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough. Ebenezer Pickens, of Middleborough, was appointed as administrator of his estate, as requested by the widow and heirs of the estate, on 4 Aug. 1846.[227] She was still living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[228] and the 1855 state census with her sister, Freelove Crocker.[229] She died a widow on 17 Oct. 1863 in Middle­borough, aged 95 years, 2 months, 10 days, “failing for a few months,”[230] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, but no probate records were filed for her estate. They had children:

a. Ruth Thomson Bennett, born on 19 Nov. 1794 in Middleborough,[231] married William Gisby, son of Edward Gisby, of Middleborough on 28 Apr. 1825 in Middleborough.[232] He was born ca. 1793 in MA.[233] He was probably the Wm. Gisher living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1830 federal census,[234] and they were living near her parents in Middleborough in the 1840 federal census,[235] and in the 1850 federal census,[236] the 1855 state census,[237] and the 1865 state census,[238] where he was a farmer. He died on 20 Apr. 1870 in Middleborough, aged 77 years, 8 months,[239] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and she died a widow on 22 Aug. 1880 in Middleborough, aged 85 years, 9 months, 3 days, of cancer.[240]

b. Betsy Bennett, born on 25 Apr. 1797 in Middleborough,[241] probably never married. She was still unmarried and living with her widowed mother, Ruth Bennett, in the house of her brother Jacob Bennett in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census, with her mother and aunt Freelove Crocker in Middleborough in the 1855 state census, and with her brother John Bennett in Middleborough in the 1865 state census.

c. Jacob Bennett “2d”, born on 30 Apr. 1801 in Middleborough,[242] married Hannah B. Tinkham, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Morrison) Tinkham,[243] on 23 Mar. 1831 in Middleborough.[244] They were living next door to his father in Middleborough in the 1840 federal census,[245] and in the 1850 federal census,[246] 1855 state census,[247] where he was a farmer. They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer.[248] She died on 4 Dec. 1865 in Middleborough, aged 57 years, 3 months, of “dropsy,”[249] and he died testate on 28 Dec. 1865 in Middleborough, aged 64 years, 7 months,[250] and they were both buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, his will dated 31 Jan. 1863, and probated on 22 Jan. 1866, mentioned his wife Hannah B. Bennett, sons Grover Bennett and Earl Bennett, and grandson George Alton Cox, and he named Ichabod F. Atwood, Esquire, as executor of his estate.[251] (See Appendix [E] for a full transcription of his will.)

d. John Bennett, born on 1 Sept. 1809 in Middleborough,[252] never married. He was still unmarried and living with his widowed mother, Ruth Bennett, in the house of his brother Jacob Bennett in Middleborough in the 1850 federal census, and with his mother and aunt Freelove Crocker in Middleborough in the 1855 state census. He was still living in Middleborough in the 1865 state census, with his sister Betsey Bennett, where he was a farmer.[253] He died on 5 Oct. 1892 in Middleborough, aged 83 years, 1 month, of heart failure.[254]

        2559   vi   Jacob5 Tomson/Thomson (4th), born on 4 Nov. 1771 in Middleborough,[255] married Mercy Waterman, probably daughter of Freeman and Joanna (Tomson) Waterman, of Hali­fax, MA,[256] on 19 Nov. 1795 in Halifax.[257] She was born on 3 Feb. 1774 in Halifax.[258] They were living in Middleborough, MA, near his brother Solomon Thompson in the 1810,[259] 1820,[260] 1830,[261] and 1840 federal censuses.[262] He was called “Boston Jacob,” and he died intes­tate on 23 Dec. 1848 in Middleborough, aged 77 years,[263] and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough. His widow requested that Daniel Crocker, of North Bridgewater, be granted administration of his estate on 3 Apr. 1849.[264] His inventory was valued at only $58.50, and his widow Mercy Thompson was granted the entire amount for her necessaries on 3 July 1849.[265] She died in Aug. 1860 in Beliot, Rock Co., WI, aged 86 years,[266] and was buried on 23 Aug. 1860 in Oakwood Cemetery in Beliot, WI. They had children:

a. Nabby Waterman Thomson, born on 11 Aug. 1797 in Middleborough,[267] marriage not found.

b. Mercy6 Freeman Thomson, born on 7 July 1815 in Middleborough,[268] died on 25 Mar. 1842 in Middleborough,[269] presumably unmarried, and was buried in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough.

c. (Probably others)

        2560  vii   Freelove5 Tomson/Thomson, born on 8 Dec. 1780 in Middleborough,[270] married Perez Crocker, son of Heman and Lydia (Churchill) Crocker,[271] of Carver, MA, on 12 Oct. 1800 in Middleborough.[272] He was born on 1 Dec. 1779 in Carver,[273] a grandson of Daniel and Susanna5 (Dunham) Crocker, of Plympton,[274] and of Capt. Perez and Deborah (Thayer) Churchill,[275] of Middleborough. They moved to North Bridge­water in 1802, and they were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810, [276] and 1820 federal censuses,[277] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830,[278] 1840,[279] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a “hatter.”[280] He died testate on 13 June 1854 in North Bridgewater or Middleborough, aged 74 years, of “erysipelas,”[281] his will dated 16 July 1845, with a codicil dated 21 June 1852, and probated in July 1854, mentioned his wife Freelove, his daughter Louisa, wife of Charles Gurney, his sons Daniel, Edward, Charles, and Frederick, and his grandson William Henry, and he named his son Daniel Crocker as executor of his estate.[282] (See Appendix [F] for a full transcription of his will.) She was living in Middleborough in the 1855 state census with her sister, Ruth Bennet,[283] and Freelove (Tomson) Crocker died a widow on 27 Nov. 1860 in Mid­dleborough, aged 80 years,[284] and was buried in Union Cemetery in North Bridgewater, MA, but no probate records were filed for her estate. They had children:

a. Louisa Crocker, born on 22 Jan. 1802 in Middleborough,[285] married Capt. Charles Gurney, of Abington, son of Capt. Zechariah and Matilda (Packard) Gurney (3rd), of North Bridgewater,[286] on 1 Jan. 1823 in North Bridgewater.[287] He was born on 17 Oct. 1798 in Bridgewater.[288] They were living in Abington, MA, in the 1830 federal census,[289] but he was not a head of household in Abington, MA, in the 1840 federal census. They were living in Plymouth, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with the family of Eleazer C. Sherman, where he was a farmer.[290] She died on 21 July 1860 in North Bridgewater, aged 58 years, 6 months, of “cancer on the womb.”[291] He remarried to Stella Snell, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Conant) Snell, of Bridgewater,[292] on 1 Jan. 1862 in North Bridgewater.[293] She was born on 19 Dec. 1803 in Bridgewater.[294] He died on 23 Feb. 1885 in Bridgewater, aged 87 years, of kidney disease.[295]

b. Daniel Crocker, born on 5 June 1804 in North Bridgewater,[296] married Susannah Cole, daughter of Ephraim and (2571) Susanna “Sukey” (Packard) Cole (3rd),[297] on 5 Aug. 1827 in North Bridgewater.[298] She was born on 21 Oct. 1808 in Bridgewater.[299] They were living next door to his parents in North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[300] and in North Bridgewater in the 1840,[301] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a shoe cutter.[302] He was administrator of his uncle Jacob Thompson’s estate in 1849, and executor of his father’s estate in 1854. She died on 10 Apr. 1853 in North Bridgewater, aged 43 years, 6 months, of “consumption,”[303] and he committed suicide, intestate, on 7 Mar. 1871 in North Bridgewater, aged 66 years, 9 months, of “insanity,”[304] and Charles C. Bixby, of North Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 27 Mar. 1871.[305]

c. William Henry Crocker, born on 2 Jan. 1807 in North Bridgewater,[306] married Lucy H. Allen, of Halifax, MA, on 16 Aug. 1829 in Halifax,[307] and they moved to New Bedford, MA. She was born ca. 1811,[308] and died on 30 Sept. 1836 in New Bedford, aged 25 years.[309] He died on 27 July 1844 in New Bedford, aged 37 years.[310]

d. Bianca “Biancy” Jane Crocker, born on 22 Feb. 1810 in North Bridgewater,[311] married Cyrus Hooper, of New Bedford, son of William and Mary “Polly” (Tilson) Hooper (3rd), of Bridgewater,[312] on 24 Oct. 1831 in North Bridgewater.[313] He was born on 13 Nov. 1807 in Bridgewater.[314] She died on 14 Jan. 1837 and was buried in Bridgewater;[315] she was not mentioned in her father’s 1845 will. He died a widower on 25 July 1854 in Bridgewater, aged 46 years, 8 months, of “disease of heart.”[316]

e. Edward Crocker, born on 16 Mar. 1814 in North Bridgewater,[317] married Caroline H. Blackmer, daughter of William and Nancy (Smith) Blackmer, of New Bedford, MA,[318] on 3 Feb. 1840 in New Bedford.[319] She was born on ca. 18 Mar. 1819 in New Bedford.[320] They were living in New Bedford, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[321] He was mentioned in the 1845 will of his father, and was a surety to Charles C. Bixby on the administration of the estate of his brother Daniel Crocker in 1871. She died on 20 Mar. 1880 in Brockton, MA, aged 61 years, 2 days, of “chronic hepatitis,”[322] and he died on 6 July 1892 in Brockton, aged 78 years, 3 months, 20 days, as a “result of cerebral hemorrhage.”[323]

f. Charles Byron Crocker, born on 29 Apr. 1818 in North Bridgewater,[324] married Maria W. Cowell, daughter of William and Ruth (Lovell) Cowell, of Wrentham, MA,[325] on 14 May 1839 in Wrentham.[326] She may have been the Waity Maria Cowell, daughter of William and Ruth Cowell, born on 3 Apr. 1820 in Wrentham.[327] He was also a surety to Charles C. Bixby on the administration of the estate of his brother Daniel Crocker in 1871. He died on 2 Sept. 1882 in Brockton, MA, aged 63 years, 11 months, 4 days, of “typhoid pneumonia,”[328] and she died a widow on 13 Mar. 1709 in Brockton, aged 86 years, 11 months, 10 days, of “chronic heart aff.”[329]

g. Frederick Crocker, born on 7 Apr. 1821 in North Bridgewater,[330] mentioned in the 1845 will of his father.

 

 

(958.) Esther Phinney, sixth daughter of (359) Mercy5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 23 May 1751,[331] married Barnabas Curtis, son of Ashley Curtis, of Stoughton, MA, on 6 June 1774 in North Bridgewater.[332] He was born ca. 1752,[333] baptized on 12 July 1752 in North Bridgewater,[334] and they lived in North Bridgewater. Barnabas Curtis was living in Bridgewater in the 1790,[335] and 1800 federal censuses,[336] and in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810,[337] and 1820 federal censuses.[338] He died testate on 28 Sept. 1821 in North Bridgewater, aged 69 years,[339] his will dated 22 Aug. 1821, and probated on 2 Oct. 1821, mentioned his unnamed wife, daughter Olive, sons Isaac Curtis and Bela Curtis, and grandsons Josiah Curtis and Samuel Tribou, and he named Jesse Perkins Jr. as executor of his estate.[340] (See Appendix [G] for a full transcription of his will.)

         Esther Phinney and Barnabas Curtis had chil­dren:

        2561     i   Barza Curtis, baptized on 30 Apr. 1775 in North Bridgewater,[341] proba­bly died young, not mentioned in his father’s will.

        2562    ii   Olive Curtis, born on 20 Oct. 1776 in Bridgewater, baptized on 10 Nov. 1776 in North Bridgewater,[342] married Seth Kingman, son of Henry and Abigail (White) (Copeland) Kingman (Jr.), as his third wife,[343] on 14 Oct. 1833 in North Bridgewater.[344] He was born on 7 July 1757 in Bridgewater,[345] and had married first to (2111) Judith6 Washburn, daughter of (787) Jabez5 and Mary (Sherman) Washburn (Jr.), of Kingston, MA,[346] in 1787,[347] and secondly to Jen­net5 “Jenny” Edson, daughter of William4 and Martha (Howard) Edson,[348] on 18 Apr. 1811 in North Bridgewater.[349] He died intestate on 18 Feb. 1843 in North Bridgewater, aged 86 years,[350] and Benjamin Kingman, of North Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 4 Apr. 1843.[351] Olive (Curtis) Kingman was living alone in North Bridgewater in the 1850,[352] and 1860 federal censuses.[353] She died a widow on 12 Aug. 1869 in North Bridgewater, aged 92 years, 9 months, 22 days.[354]

        2563   iii   Cyrus Curtis, baptized on 12 Apr. 1778 in North Bridgewater,[355] proba­bly died young, not mentioned in his father’s will.

        2564   iv   Hannah Curtis, born on 15 Apr. 1780 in Bridgewater, baptized on 14 May 1780 in North Bridgewater, married Alpha/Alpheus Tribou, son of Amasa and Molly (Pratt) Tribou,[356] on 10 Oct. 1803 in North Bridge­water.[357] He was born on 8 Mar. 1782 in Bridgewater.[358] She died by 1809, and he remarried to Ruth Clark, of Hanover, MA, in 1809,[359] and moved to Maine,[360] but he died on 20 Sept. 1838, aged 57 years, and was buried in Union Cemetery in North Bridgewater, MA.[361]

        2565    v   Bela Curtis, a twin, born on 19 June 1782 in Bridgewater, baptized on 14 July 1782 in North Bridgewater,[362] married 1.) Kezia Lincoln, daugh­ter of Gideon and Martha (Perkins) Lincoln, of North Bridgewater,[363] on 19 Jan. 1803 in North Bridgewater.[364] She was born on 4 July 1785 in Bridgewater,[365] and they were living in the East Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810,[366] and 1820 federal censuses,[367] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830 federal census.[368] She died on 2 July 1837 in North Bridgewater, aged almost 52 years,[369] and he remarried to 2.) Nancy (White) Knapp, probably daughter of Daniel and Anna White, and widow of Philip Knapp Jr., of Raynham,[370] on 12 Nov. 1843 in North Bridgewater.[371] She was born on 21 July 1785 in Raynham.[372] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[373] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[374] He died intestate on 20 Jan. 1856 in North Bridgewater, aged 73 years, 7 months, 1 day, of “erysipelas,”[375] and his widow Nancy Curtis, of North Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 22 Feb. 1856.[376] She died on 6 Jan. 1858 in North Bridgewater, aged 72 years, 5 months, 16 days, of cancer.[377] He had children by Kezia Lincoln:

a. Josiah W. Curtis, born on 13 Aug. 1803, probably in East Bridgewater,[378] marriage not found, possibly died young.

b. Mira/Myra Curtis, born on 15 Mar. 1805 in East Bridgewater,[379] never married. She was probably the female aged 30-39 years in his household in North Bridgewater in the 1840 federal census, and was still unmarried and living with her father in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, and next door to her sister and brother-in-law, Levi W. and Esther Holbrook, with the family of Lucian and Elvira Leach in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census.[380] She died on 7 Sept. 1883 in Brockton, MA, aged 78 years, 5 months, 23 days, of “mitral insufficiency.”[381]

c. Bezar Curtis, born on 16 June 1806, probably in East Bridgewater,[382] marriage not found, possibly died young.

d. Thomas Madison Curtis, born on 30 Oct. 1808, probably in East Bridgewater,[383] married Abigail Kingman Packard, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Kingman) Packard, of North Bridgewater,[384] on 15 Oct. 1829 in North Bridgewater.[385] She was born on 11 May 1808 in North Bridgewater.[386]

e. Barnabas Curtis, born on 14 Feb. 1810, probably in East Bridgewater,[387] marriage not found, possibly died young.

f. Alanson Curtis, born on 14 Feb. 1812, probably in East Bridgewater,[388] married 1.) Mary D. Hayden, of Quincy, MA, on 9 May 1839 in North Bridgewater.[389] She died on 11 July 1842 in North Bridgewater, aged 23 years,[390] and he remarried to 2.) Laura Ann (Bonney) Thayer, daughter of Roland and Thirza H. (Beals) Bonney,[391] and widow of Marcus Thayer,[392] on 3 Jan. 1847 in North Bridgewater.[393] She was born on 23 Dec. 1824 in Hanson, MA.[394] They were living in Newark, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census,[395] and in Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1860,[396] and 1870 federal censuses,[397] where he was a shoemaker.

g. Esther Curtis, born on 6 Aug. 1813 in East Bridgewater,[398] married Levi W. Holbrook, of North Bridgewater, son of Nehemiah and Sarah Holbrook, of Braintree, MA,[399] on 6 Oct. 1832 in Bridgewater.[400] He was born in 1807 in Braintree.[401] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[402] 1850,[403] 1860,[404] and 1870 federal censuses,[405] where he was a cabinet maker. She died on 26 Aug. 1881 in Brockton, MA, aged 68 years, 20 days, of “cardiac disease,”[406] and he died a widower on 1 Oct. 1888 in Brockton, aged 81 years, 3 months, 17 days.[407]

h. Patty Perkins Curtis, born on 13 Sept. 1816 in Bridgewater,[408] died on 18 Dec. 1818 in North Bridgewater, aged 2 years, 3 months.[409]

i. Bela Curtis (Jr.), born on 23 Feb. 1822 in North Bridgewater,[410] married Abigail “Abby” G. Clark, daughter of John and Mary Clark, on 4 Mar. 1849 in North Bridgewater.[411] She was born ca. 1823 in MA or ME.[412] They were living with his brother Alanson Curtis in Newark, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was also a shoemaker, and they were living in Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoemaker, and his cousin Theodore L. Curtis was living with them.[413] He probably died by 1870, but no probate records were found for him in Wayne Co., NY, and she was still living in Lyons, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census.[414]

        2566   vi   Beza Curtis, a twin, born on 19 June 1782 in Bridgewater, baptized on 14 July 1782 in North Bridgewater,[415] probably died young.

        2567  vii   Isaac Curtis, born on 15 June 1786 in Bridgewater, baptized on 9 July 1786 in North Bridgewater,[416] married 1.) Mehitabel Wales, daughter of John and Mehitabel (Howard) Wales,[417] on 26 Jan. 1806 in North Bridgewater.[418] She was born ca. 1789 in MA.[419] They were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census,[420] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830,[421] 1840,[422] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[423] She died by 1855, and he remarried to 2.) Betsey Sherman (Prince) Doten, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sherman) Prince, of Kingston,[424] and widow of David Doten, of Bridgewater,[425] on 9 Aug. 1855 in North Bridgewater.[426] She was born on 11 Aug. 1809 in Kingston.[427] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a retired farmer.[428] He died testate on 11 Apr. 1867 in North Bridgewater, aged 80 years, 9 months, 27 days, of heart disease,[429] his will dated 28 Mar. 1867, and probated on 13 May 1867, mentioned his wife Betsy S. Curtis, his grandson John W. Curtis, granddaughter Hannah Gurney, wife of Lucius Gurney, the children of deceased son Isaac F. Curtis, and son Theodore L. Curtis, and he named Jonas R. Perkins, Esq., as executor of his estate. His widow Betsey S. Curtis waived the provisions made for her in his will and claimed her right of dower in his estate on 27 May 1867.[430] (See Appendix [H] for a full transcription of his will.) He had children by Mehitabel Wales:

a. John Wales Curtis, born on 2 Aug. 1806 in Bridgewater,[431] baptized on 18 July 1813 in North Bridgewater,[432] marriage not found, not mentioned in his father’s will.

b. Francis Curtis, born on 9 June 1808 in Bridgewater,[433] died on 24 Apr. 1811 in Bridgewater.[434]

c. Henry Kingman Curtis, born on 14 Jan. 1810 in Bridgewater,[435] baptized on 18 July 1813 in North Bridgewater,[436] married Samantha Dunbar, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Willis) Dunbar, of North Bridgewater,[437] on 13 Feb. 1831 in North Bridgewater.[438] She was born on 27 Feb. 1807 in North Bridgewater.[439] He died on 12 June 1859 in North Bridgewater, aged 49 years, 4 months, 29 days, of “angina pectoris,”[440] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and she was still living in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census.[441] She died a widow on 23 Nov. 1873 in North Bridgewater, aged 65 years, 8 months, 26 days, of “congestion of lungs.”[442]

d. Hannah Curtis, born on 5 Jan. 1812 in Bridgewater,[443] baptized on 13 July 1813 in North Bridgewater,[444] died on 14 Aug. 1814 in Bridgewater.[445]

e. Isaac F. Curtis, born on 12 Jan. 1815 in Bridgewater,[446] mentioned in the 1867 will of his father, married Mary Gurney, of Bridgewater, on 26 May 1836 in North Bridgewater.[447] She was born on 6 Mar. 1816.[448] They were living next door to his parents in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[449] and 1850 federal censuses,[450] where he was a boot manufacturer, and in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[451] He died testate on 27 Dec. 1866 in North Bridgewater, aged 51 years, 11 months, 16 days, of “chronic laryngitis,”[452] his will dated 10 Dec. 1866, and probated on 14 Jan. 1867, mentioned his wife Mary G. Curtis, daughter Mary L. Curtis, and sons Charles H. Curtis and Otis F. Curtis, and he named his wife Mary G. Curtis as executrix of his estate.[453] (See Appendix [I] for a full transcription of his will.) She was still living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[454]

f. Theodore L. Curtis, born ca. 1819 in Bridgewater,[455] mentioned in the 1867 will of his father, was still unmarried and living in Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, with the family of his cousin Bela Curtis (Jr.), where he was a shoemaker.[456]

        2568 viii   Josiah Washburn Curtis, born on 6 June 1794 in Bridge­water, baptized on 6 July 1794 in North Bridgewater,[457] possibly died young, not mentioned in his father’s 1821 will.

 

 

(959.) Kezia Phinney, seventh daughter of (359) Mercy5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, in Feb. 1753,[458] married Adin5 Packard, son of Ebenezer4 and Sarah (Perkins) Packard,[459] on 16 Nov. 1780 in North Bridgewater.[460] He was born on 18 Feb. 1754 in Bridgewater,[461] a grandson of David3 and Hannah (Ames) Packard, and of Mark Perkins.[462] He served as a Private in Capt. Josiah Hayden’s Company from Bridgewater in the fall of 1775, and in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[463] Adin Packard was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his brother-in-law, Benjamin Packard,[464] and in the 1800 federal census,[465] in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810,[466] and 1820 federal censuses,[467] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830 federal census.[468]

         Adin Packard died on 10 Sept. 1837 in North Bridgewater, aged 85 [sic] years,[469] but no probate records were filed for his estate. Kezia (Phinney) Packard died on 6 Jan. 1839 in North Bridgewater, aged 86 [sic] years.[470]

         Kezia Phinney and Adin Packard had children, order uncer­tain:

        2569     i   Lucy6 Packard, born on 1 Oct. 1781 in Bridgewater,[471] married Atherton Wild, son of Paul and Rachel (Thayer) Wild, of Braintree, MA,[472] on 22 Sept. 1808 in North Bridge­water.[473] He was born on 6 Apr. 1786 in Braintree,[474] and they were living in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1810,[475] 1820,[476] 1830,[477] 1840,[478] and 1850 federal census, where he was a stone cutter,[479] and in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[480] She died on 24 July 1866 in Braintree, aged 84 years, 9 months, 27 days,[481] and he was still living in Braintree, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a retired stone cutter.[482] He died a widower on 9 July 1871 in Braintree, aged 85 years.[483] They probably had at least three children:

1. Atherton Thayer Wild, born on 26 Oct. 1812 in Braintree,[484] married Avis Ann Hobart, daughter of Elisha and Ruth T. (Wild) Hobart.[485] She was born in ca. June 1814 in Braintree, MA,[486] and they were living in Braintree next door to his father in the 1850 federal census, where he was a teacher,[487] and in the 1860 federal census, where he was a boot maker,[488] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[489] She died on 18 Mar. 1882 in Braintree, aged 67 years, 9 months, of pneumonia,[490] and he died a widower on 13 May 1898 in Braintree, aged 85 years, 6 months, 17 days.[491]

2. Paul Wild, born on 24 Mar. 1816 in Braintree,[492] married Elisabeth (___), who was born ca. 1825 in MA,[493] and they were living in Braintree next door to Atherton T. Wild in the 1850 federal census, where he was a bootmaker.[494] She apparently died by 1860, and he was living with his brother Atherton T. Wild in Braintree in the 1860 federal census, where he was a boot maker, and the 1870 federal census, where he was a stone cutter. He died a widower on 23 Feb. 1904 in Braintree, aged 87 years, 10 months, 29 days, of “cardiac insufficiency i.e. heart disease.”[495]

3. Sarah Packard Wild, born on 19 Feb. 1827 in Braintree,[496] was still unmarried and living with her parents in the 1850 federal census in Braintree, married Cottington Nash, son of John and Hannah (Pratt) Nash, of Weymouth,[497] as his second wife, on 26 Oct. 1858 in Weymouth, MA.[498] He was born on 25 Jan. 1808 in Weymouth.[499] They were living in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1860,[500] and 1870 federal censuses,[501] where he was a boot manufacturer. He died on 12 May 1871 in Weymouth, MA, aged 63 years, 3 months, 17 days, of “dropsy,”[502] and she died a widow on 2 Sept. 1908 in Braintree, MA, aged 80 years, 6 months, 14 days, of heart disease.[503]

4. (Probably others)

        2570    ii   Capt. Adin6 Packard (Jr.), born ca. 1783 in Bridgewater,[504] married Sally Horton on 23 Apr. 1806 in North Bridgewater,[505] and moved to Merrimack, Hillsborough Co., NH.[506] Supposedly he inherited the house of his uncle, Benjamin Packard, who died in Bridgewater in 1808.[507] They were living next door to his parents in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810 federal census,[508] in Merrimack, Hillsborough Co., NH, in the 1820,[509] and 1830 federal censuses,[510] and in Thornton, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1840,[511] and 1850 federal censuses,[512] where he was a farmer.

        2571   iii   Susanna6 “Sukey” Packard, born on ca. 4 Mar. 1790 in Bridgewater,[513] married Ephraim Cole (3rd), son of Ephraim and Si­lence (Webb) Cole (Jr.),[514] on 15 Dec. 1808 in North Bridge­water.[515] He was born in 1784,[516] baptized on 26 July 1784 in North Bridgewater.[517] They were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810,[518] 1820,[519] and 1830 federal censuses.[520] He died testate on 6 Apr. 1837 in North Bridgewater, aged 53 years,[521] his will dated 28 Oct. 1836, and probated in May 1837, mentioned his wife Susanna, daughter Susannah, wife of Daniel Crocker, and daughter Sophia, and he named Jesse Perkins, of North Bridgewater, as executor of his estate.[522] (See Appendix [J] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow, testate, on 23 Jan. 1865 in North Bridgewater, aged 74 years, 10 months, 19 days, of “dropsy,”[523] her will dated 13 Sept. 1853, and probated on 27 Feb. 1865, mentioned her granddaughters Alice and Susan, the daughters of Daniel Crocker, and her daughter Sophia, wife of Cephas Soule, and she named Cephas Soule as executor of her estate.[524] (See Appendix [K] for a full transcription of her will.) They had 2 daughters:

a. Susannah Cole, born on 21 Oct. 1808 in Bridgewater,[525] married Daniel Crocker, son of Perez and (2560) Freelove (Tomson) Crocker,[526] on 5 Aug. 1827 in North Bridgewater.[527] He was born on 5 June 1804 in North Bridgewater.[528] Daughter Susannah, wife of Daniel Crocker, was mentioned in the 1836 will of her father. They were living next door to his parents in North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[529] and in North Bridgewater in the 1840,[530] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a shoe cutter.[531] She died on 10 Apr. 1853 in North Bridgewater, aged 43 years, 6 months, of “consumption,”[532] and he committed suicide, intestate, on 7 Mar. 1871 in North Bridgewater, aged 66 years, 9 months, of “insanity,”[533] and Charles C. Bixby, of North Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 27 Mar. 1871.[534]

b. Sophia Cole, born on ca. 26 Feb. 1820 in North Bridgewater,[535] married Cephas Soule, son of Aaron and Ruth (Sampson) Soule,[536] on 6 May 1846 in North Bridgewater.[537] He was born on 27 June 1819 in Plympton.[538] Daughter Sophia, wife of Cephas Soule, was mentioned in the 1853 will of her mother, and Cephas Soule was named as executor of her estate. She died on 13 Mar. 1888 in Brockton, MA, aged 68 years, 15 days, of “apoplexy,”[539] and he remarried to Sarah (Reed) Curtis, daughter of Josiah and Jeanette (Keith) Reed,[540] and widow of Hiram Curtis,[541] on 27 June 1894 in North Bridgewater.[542] She was born on 17 Sept. 1828 in East Bridgewater.[543] Cephas Soule died on 24 Sept. 1894 in Brockton, aged 75 years, 2 months, 27 days, of “chronic dysentery.”[544]

        2572   iv   Sally6 Packard, born on 18 Oct. 1795 in Bridgewater,[545] married Lt. Isaac Packard, son of Capt. Lemuel and Sarah (Hunt) Packard, of Bridgewater,[546] on 11 Mar. 1821 in North Bridgewater.[547] He was born on 13 Mar. 1796 in Bridgewater,[548] a grandson of William and Sarah (Richards) Packard.[549] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830 federal census.[550] He died intestate on 8 Apr. 1837 in North Bridgewater, aged 41 years.[551] Heman Packard, of North Bridgewater, yeoman, was granted administration of his estate on 15 May 1837,[552] but he was discharged as the administrator, and Jesse Perkins was granted administration de bonis non of the estate of Isaac Packard, late of North Bridgewater, on 2 Oct. 1838.[553] She was still living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[554] and with her son George A. Packard in North Bridgewater in the 1860,[555] and 1870 federal censuses.[556] Sally (Packard) Packard died testate on 24 Nov. 1873 in Brockton, MA,[557] and they were both buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, her will dated 10 Feb. 1862, and probated on 12 Jan. 1874, mentioned Esther, wife of Willard Packard, the children of her son Isaac Austin Packard, the children of her daughter Julia, and her son George A. Packard, who she named as executor of her estate.[558] (See Appendix [L] for a full transcription of her will.) They had children:

1. Isaac Austin Packard, born on 21 Dec. 1822 in North Bridgewater,[559] married Olive Lorain Snow, daughter of Martin and Anna (Wilbar) Snow,[560] on 2 June 1842 in North Bridgewater.[561] She was born on 27 Dec. 1823 in North Bridgewater.[562] He died, however, on 14 Oct. 1848 in North Bridgewater, aged 26 years.[563] She was living with her parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[564] and she remarried to Austin H. Snow, son of Austin and Louisa S. (Chipman) Snow, of North Bridgewater,[565] on 1 Jan. 1851 in North Bridgewater.[566] He was born on 8 Mar. 1828 in North Bridgewater.[567] She died on 7 Nov. 1883 in Lynn, MA, aged 60 years, 11 months, of “consumption,”[568] and he died a widower on 14 Jan. 1900 in Lynn, MA, aged 71 years, 10 months, 6 days, of heart disease, and was buried in Brockton, MA.[569]

2. George Adams Packard, born on 1 Sept. 1827 in North Bridgewater,[570] married Elizabeth Ann Carr, daughter of Simeon and Anna (Reynolds) Carr,[571] on 30 May 1847 in North Bridgewater.[572] She was born on 19 June 1828 in North Bridgewater.[573] They were living in North Bridgewater next door to his widowed mother in the 1850 federal census, where he was a boot manufacturer,[574] in the 1860 federal census, where he was a trader and farmer,[575] and in the 1870 federal census, where he was a grocer.[576] He was executor of his mother’s estate in 1874. He died on 31 July 1907 in Brockton, MA, aged 79 years, 10 months, 30 days, of “valvular disease of heart.”[577]

3. Julia Elisabeth Packard, born on 10 June 1831 in North Bridgewater,[578] married Henry Baylies, of North Bridgewater, son of Frederick and Velina (Worth) Baylies, of Edgartown, MA,[579] as his third wife, on 9 June 1853 in North Bridgewater.[580] He was born on 9 Sept. 1823 in Edgartown, MA,[581] and he was a lawyer. He died on 13 Dec. 1893 in Malden, MA, aged 71 years, of “appoplexy.”[582]

 

 

(960.) Bliss Phinney, eighth daughter of (359) Mercy5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 30 Nov. 1754,[583] mar­ried Capt. Jesse Perkins, son of Mark and Dorothy? (Whipple) Perkins, as his second wife,[584] on 12 Nov. 1789 in North Bridgewater.[585] He was born in 1742,[586] baptized on 12 Dec. 1742 in North Bridgewater,[587] and had married first to Susanna Field, daughter of Dr. Daniel and Susanna (Thayer) Field (Jr.),[588] on 5 June 1769 in North Bridge­water.[589] He served as a Sergeant in Capt. Josiah Packard’s Company from Bridgewater in 1776, and as Lieutenant in Capt. Nathan Packard’s Company in 1778, and in 1780, during the Revolutionary War.[590]

         They were was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[591] and 1800 federal censuses.[592] Bliss (Phinney) Perkins died on  4 Mar. 1808 in North Bridge­water, aged 53 years,[593] and Capt. Jesse Perkins remarried again  to Sally Sylvester on 17 Aug. 1808 in North Bridgewater.[594] They were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810 federal census.[595] He died testate on 27 Jan. 1826 in North Bridgewater, aged 83 years,[596] his will dated 13 June 1821, and probated on 4 Apr. 1826, mentioned his wife Sally Perkins, his two grandsons Anselm and Sidney Perkins, his daughter Rachel Perkins, and his son Jesse Perkins, whom he named as executor of his estate.[597] (See Appendix [M] for a full transcription of his will.)

         Bliss Phinney and Capt. Jesse Perkins had one son:[598]

        2573     i   Hon. Jesse Perkins (Jr.), Esq., born on 3 Jan. 1791 in Bridgewater,[599] baptized on 6 Feb. 1791 in North Bridgewater,[600] married Eliza­beth “Betsey” Crafts, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary “Polly” (Porter) Crafts,[601] of Lakeville, Middleborough, on 9 Nov. 1815 in Middleborough.[602] She was born on 13 June 1791 in Weymouth, MA,[603] and baptized on 3 July 1791 in Weymouth.[604] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[605] He died intestate on 7 May 1857 in North Bridgewater, aged 66 years, 4 months, 4 days, of “erysipelas,”[606] and Frederick Crafts, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate, as petitioned by Caroline B. Perkins, of North Bridgewater, who is the eldest child of the deceased, and her sisters, who informed the court that her mother has declined, in favor of her uncle Frederick Crafts, on 6 Oct. 1857, with Elizabeth Perkins, of North Bridgewater, and Eliphalet Porter Crafts, of Lexington, County of Middlesex, as sureties.[607] She was still living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1860 federal census, a housekeeper.[608] She died a widow on 25 Aug. 1870 in North Bridgewater, aged 79 years, 2 months, 12 days, of dysentery.[609] They had children:

1. Caroline Bliss Perkins born on 6 Oct. 1816 in North Bridgewater,[610] never married. She was still unmarried and living with her parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, with her widowed mother in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, and with her brother Thomas C. Perkins in North Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census. She died on 1 Dec. 1906 in Brockton, MA, aged 90 years, 1 month, 25 days, of “senility.”[611]

2. Thomas Crafts Perkins, born on 28 July 1819 in North Bridgewater,[612] was still unmarried and living with his parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a teacher, and with his widowed mother in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, a farmer, married Ruth T. Wales, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wilde) Wales, of Braintree, MA,[613] before 1862. They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[614] He died on 22 Nov. 1898 in Brockton, aged 79 years, 3 months, 23 days,[615] and she died a widow on 1 Dec. 1903 in Brockton, aged 77 years, 1 month, 18 days, of “apoplexy.”[616]

3. Mary Porter Perkins, born on 2 Oct. 1821 in North Bridgewater,[617] married Edwin Willis Hewins, of Boston, son of Nathan and Anna C. Hewins, of Bridgewater, on 30 May 1844 in North Bridgewater.[618] He died, however, intestate, on 29 June 1849 in North Bridgewater, aged 28 years, 11 months, 23 days, of “disease of the heart,”[619] and his widow Mary P. Hewins, of North Bridgewater, declined the administration of his estate, and petitioned that her father Jesse Perkins be appointed as administrator, which was granted on 3 July 1849.[620] She was living with her widowed mother in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census. She died a widow on 17 Jan. 1903 in Brockton, MA, aged 81 years, of “paralysis–cerebral hemorrhage.”[621]

4. Frederick Perkins, born on 5 Nov. 1823 in North Bridgewater,[622] never married. He was still unmarried and living with his parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, and with his widowed mother in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, a farmer. He died testate on 3 Nov. 1862 in North Bridgewater, aged 38 years, 11 months, 28 days, of “consumption,”[623] his will dated 30 Sept. 1862, with a codicil dated 1 Nov. 1862, and probated on 12 Jan. 1863, mentioned his brother Thomas C. Perkins, sisters Caroline B. Perkins, Mary P. Hewins, and Elizabeth Sargent, wife of Samuel A. Sargent, Ruth Perkins, the wife of Thomas C. Perkins, Frederic Perkins Staniels, son of James Staniels of Roxbury, Harriet Sargent, wife of George T. Sargent, Thaddeus E. Gifford of North Bridgewater, Thaddeus Gifford and his wife, of North Bridgewater, and Azel Perkins and Isaac Perkins, son of Azel Perkins, and he named his friend Frederic Howard, of North Bridgewater, as executor of his estate.[624] (See Appendix [N] for a full transcription of his will and codicil.)

5. Elizabeth Perkins, born on 31 Aug. 1825 in North Bridgewater,[625] married Samuel A. Sargent, son of John and Sarah “Sally” Sargent, on 4 Nov. 1845 in North Bridgewater.[626] He was born ca. 1819 in Chester, NH,[627] and they were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a painter,[628] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a carriage painter.[629] He died on 29 June 1869 in North Bridgewater, aged 49 years, of heart disease,[630] but no probate records were filed for his estate, and she died a widow on 17 Nov. 1910 in Brockton, MA, aged 85 years, 2 months, 17 days.[631]

 

 

(962.) John Phinney, second son of (359) Mercy5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 5 Oct. 1760,[632] married Sarah5 Tomson, daugh­ter of Nathan4 and Mary4 (Harlow) Tomson, of Halifax, MA,[633] in ca. 1780,[634] and they lived in Middleborough. She was born on 16 Aug. 1762 in Hali­fax,[635] a grand­daugh­ter of Thomas3 and Martha4 (Soule) Tomson,[636] and of Deacon Robert3 and Susanna (Cole) Harlow, of Plymouth.[637]

         John Phinney died intes­tate on 2 Apr. 1785 in Middleborough, “just in his prime—nervous fever,” aged 24 years,[638] and was buried in Warrentown Cemetery in Middleborough, MA. Isaac Tomson junr., of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate on 4 July 1784.[639] Sarah (Tomson) Phinney was living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[640] and she remar­ried to Ezra5 Holmes, son of James4 and Content4 (Sylvester) Holmes, of Plymouth,[641] as his third wife, on 13 Aug. 1799 in Middleborough,[642] and they moved to Norton, MA, in 1808. Ezra Holmes was born on 15 Mar. 1747/8 in Plymouth,[643] and had married first to Lydia Curtis, daughter of Zacheus and Lydia (Thomas) Curtis,[644] on 11 Oct. 1772 in Plymouth,[645] and secondly to Thankful (Clark) Long, daughter of Israel and Deborah (Pope) Clark,[646] and widow of Miles Long,[647] on 29 Nov. 1780 in Plymouth.[648] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1800 federal census,[649] and probably in Norton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census,[650] and they moved to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME. He died on 4 July 1817 in Winthrop, ME,[651] and she died on 17 Apr. 1838 in Winthrop, ME, aged 75 years,[652] they were both buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

         John Phinney and Sarah Tomson had 4 children:

        2574     i   Sarah “Sally” Phinney, born on 1 Jan. 1781 in Middleborough,[653] married Isaac Babbit, son of Levi and Elizabeth “Betty” (Babbit) Babbit, of Norton, MA,[654] on 13 Mar. 1806 in Norton.[655] He was born on 1 Sept. 1781 in Norton.[656] They moved to Barre, Worcester Co., MA, and then to Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY. They were living in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1810,[657] 1820,[658] 1830,[659] and 1840 federal censuses,[660] where he was a farmer. She died on 17 Mar. 1844 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY,[661] and was buried in Hatch Cemetery in Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY. He was not found in Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, but he was living with his son Charles B. Albert in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1855 state census.[662] He died testate on 8 Feb. 1858 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY,[663] his undated will probated on 24 Dec. 1858 mentioned only his son Charles B. Albert, who he named as executor of his estate.[664] (See Appendix [O] for a full transcription of his will.) They had children:

a. Isaac Thompson Babbit, born on 21 Dec. 1806 in Norton,[665] married his first cousin, Ann Packard, of East Winthrop, ME, daughter of Ebenezer and (2577) Zeruiah (Phinney) Packard, in 1838 in Oakham, MA,[666] and they settled in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA. She was born on 28 Sept. 1809 in Winthrop, ME. They were living in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an overseer,[667] the 1860 federal census, where he was a “speculater,”[668] the 1870 federal census, where he was a retired manufacturer,[669] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a tenement agent.[670] She died on 22 May 1891 in Fitchburg, MA, aged 81 years, 8 months, 7 days, of “paralysis,”[671] and he died a widower on 10 Apr. 1893 in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, aged 86 years, 3 months, 20 days, of pneumonia.[672]

b. Irena Adaline Babbit, born on 30 Apr. 1809 in Norton or Mansfield, MA,[673] married Cyrus Lovell, of Jamestown, NY, on 22 June 1839 in Barre, MA.[674] He was born ca. 1808 in MA.[675] They were probably living in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census,[676] and in Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census.[677] She died supposedly on 9 Sept. 1855 in Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY,[678] and he remarried to Sarah (___), who was born ca. 1814 in England.[679] They were still living in Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[680] and in Cass, Clayton Co., IA, in the 1870 federal census.[681]

c. Harrison Willard Babbit, born on 31 Mar. 1812 in Barre, Worcester Co., MA,[682] married Marilla T. Converse on 12 May 1848 in Auburn, Rockingham Co., NH.[683] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a peddler,[684] and in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1870,[685] and 1880 federal censuses,[686] where he was a farmer. He died on 4 Aug. 1885 in Barre, MA, aged 73 years, 4 months, 5 days, of “concussion of spine.”[687]

d. Pliny Henry Babbit, born on 15 June 1818 in Barre, MA,[688] married 1.) Lydia Perry, of Temple, NH, daughter of Caleb and Deborah Perry,[689] in 1839.[690] She was born on ca. 31 Oct. 1818 in Dover, NH.[691] They were living next door to his parents in Barre, MA, in the 1840 federal census,[692] and in Barre, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[693] where he was a farmer, and the 1860 federal census, where he was an auctioneer.[694] She died on 24 Jan. 1864 in Barre, MA, 46 years, 2 months, 25 days, of burn,[695] and he remarried to 2.) Harriet Maria (Pierce) Newton, of Barre, daughter of Abraham and Ann Pierce,[696] and widow of Emory Newton, of Barre,[697] on 8 Mar. 1865 in Barre.[698] She was born ca. 1825 in Shaftsbury, VT.[699] They were living in Barre, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was still an auctioneer.[700] She died by 1908, and he died a widower on 17 Oct. 1908 in Barre, MA, aged 90 years, 4 months, 2 days.[701]

e. Charles Albert Babbit, born on 8 Dec. 1821 in Barre, MA,[702] apparently changed his name to Charles B. Albert, and married Charlotte L. Eaton, daughter of Joseph and Polly Eaton,[703] on 15 May 1845 in Petersham, MA.[704] She was born ca. 1826 in MA.[705] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a painter,[706] and they moved to Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY, in ca. 1854, where his widowed father was living with them in Ellicott, NY, in the 1855 New York state census.[707] He was sole heir and executor of his father’s estate in 1858. They were living in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a painter.[708]

        2575    ii   Nathan Phinney, born on 8 Aug. 1782, died on 10 Oct. 1782 in Middleborough, aged 2 months, 2 days,[709] and was buried in Warrentown Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.

        2576   iii   John Phinney (Jr.), born on 8 Sept. 1783 in Middleborough,[710] moved to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, and married 1.) Hipsabah Colby, supposedly daughter of Sylvanus Colby, of Westport, ME.[711] She was born ca. 1785,[712] and they were living in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[713] He was probably the John Phinney who served as a Private in Capt. Asa Fairbanks’ Company from Winthrop in 1814 during the War of 1812.[714] She died on 9 Dec. 1829 in Winthrop, ME, aged 44 years,[715] and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop. ME. He remarried to 2.) Melinda/Matilda Chandler, daughter of Abiel and Betsey (Young) Chandler, of Livermore, ME, on 23 May 1830 in Winthrop, ME.[716] She was born on 27 Oct. 1799.[717] He was not a head of household in Winthrop, ME, in the 1830 or 1840 federal censuses. He died on 21 Aug. 1850 in Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME, aged 67 years,[718] and she died on 24 Nov. 1856, aged 57 years,[719] they were both buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. He supposedly had 9 children by Hipsabah Colby, and one more daughter by Melinda Chandler:

a. John Greenleaf Phinney, born on 10 Feb. 1808 in Norton, MA,[720] married 1.) Mary Burnham, of Boston, in 1833,[721] who probably died and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.[722] He remarried to 2.) Ann Winslow Collins, daughter of Paul and Mary (Winslow) Collins,[723] on 27 Sept. 1835 in Augusta, ME.[724] She was born on 26 Feb. 1811,[725] and they were living in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census.[726] She died on 3 Feb. 1847, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME,[727] and he remarried again to 3.) Aurelia Jane Gilbert, daughter of William T. and Anna (Sampson)  Gilbert,[728] on 8 Oct. 1848 in Augusta, ME.[729] She was born on 12 May 1816 in Leeds, ME.[730] They were living in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census.[731] She died on 3 Feb. 1856 in Augusta, ME,[732] and he was widowed and living in Augusta, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was the superintendent of highways.[733] He died on 21 May 1866 in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME,[734] and was buried with his third wife in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Augusta, ME.

b. Sarah Thompson Phinney, born on 16 Oct. 1810 in Norton, MA,[735] died on 8 Dec. 1829 in Winthrop, ME,[736] and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

c. Harriet Lurana Phinney, born on 13 Nov. 1812 in Winthrop, ME,[737] possibly the Harriet L. Phinney who married Aaron N. Tyler in 1836 in Barre, Worcester Co., MA.[738] They were living in Fairfield, Butler Co., OH, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a manufacturer.[739]

d. Sylvanus Colby Phinney, born on 30 Nov. 1814 in Winthrop, ME,[740] married Mary Elizabeth Lord Russell, daughter of George S. and Rebecca (Wentworth) Russell.[741] She was born on 21 Aug. 1818 in Stoughton, MA.[742] They were living in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1840,[743] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a boot manufacturer,[744] the 1855 state census,[745] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a mechanic.[746] She died on 3 July 1864 in Stoughton, aged 45 years, 10 months, 12 days, of “disease of heart,”[747] and he was still living in Stoughton, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a boot counter manufacturer.[748] He died a widower on 8 Nov. 1871 in Stoughton, MA, aged 56 years, 11 months, “accidental,”[749] and they were both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Stoughton, MA.

e. Dr. Cephas Marvellus or Marcellus Cephas Phinney, born on 20 Sept. 1816 in Winthrop, ME,[750] married Elizabeth Perley, daughter of Allen and Anna (Greenwood) Perley.[751] She was born on 30 Jan. 1814 in Gardner, Worcester Co., MA.[752] They were living in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a druggist.[753] He died on 18 June 1882 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL, aged 65 years, 8 months, 28 days,[754] and she died on 7 Mar. 1886 in IL, aged 72 years, 1 month, 7 days,[755] and they were both buried in Cherry Grove Cemetery in Mason City, Mason Co., IL.

f. Susan Tucker Phinney, born on 11 Oct. 1818 in Winthrop, ME.[756]

g. Mary Dorcas Phinney, bon on 3 Apr. 1821 in Winthrop, ME.[757]

h. (Supposedly two children who died in infancy.)[758]

i. Adeline Melinda Phinney, born on 13 Jan. 1831 in Winthrop, ME,[759] married Aaron Sanderson Thurston, son of Elijah Doughty and Mary (Dexter) Thurston.[760] He was born on 15 Aug. 1828 in Winthrop, ME.[761] They were living in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farm laborer,[762] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a cotton mill.[763] She died on 10 Jan. 1894 in Rome, Kennebec Co., ME,[764] and he died on 2 June 1898 in Rome, ME,[765] and they were both buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Belgrade, Kennebec Co., ME.

        2577   iv   Zeruiah Phinney, born on 15 Dec. 1784 in Middleborough,[766] married Ebenezer Packard (3rd), son of Deacon Ebenezer and Content (___) (Harlow) Packard (Jr.),[767] on 27 Mar. 1806 in North Bridge­water.[768]  He was born on 18 Nov. 1783 in Bridgewater,[769] a grandson of Ebenezer and Sarah (Perkins) Packard, of Bridgewater,[770] and they also moved to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME. They were living in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1810,[771] 1820,[772] 1830,[773] 1840,[774] 1850,[775] and 1860 federal censuses,[776] where he was a farmer, and they were living with their son Henry Packard in Winthrop, ME, in the 1870 federal census. She died on 20 May 1871 in Winthrop, ME,[777] and he died in 1879 in Winthrop, ME,[778] and they were both buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. They children:

a. Charles Packard, born on ca. 2 Sept. 1808 in Winthrop, ME,[779] married 1.) (____), who apparently died before 1850. He was living in New Bedford, MA, in the 1850 federal census, in the house of Jonathan Wheeler, a dealer in shoes, where he was a shoemaker.[780] He remarried to 2.) Lydia7 H. Alden, daughter of Deacon Job6 and Lydia (Shaw) Alden (Jr.), of Middleborough, MA,[781] on 6 Sept. 1853 in Boston, MA.[782] She was born on ca. 4 Feb. 1818 in Middleborough.[783] They were living in New Bedford, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a merchant.[784] She died on 22 Apr. 1880 in New Bedford, MA, aged 71 years, 2 months, 18 days,[785] and he died on 15 Sept. 1900 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, aged 92 years, 13 days, of “apoplexy,”[786] and they were both buried in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

b. Ann Packard, born on 28 Sept. 1809 in Winthrop, ME, married her first cousin, Isaac Thompson Babbit, son of Isaac and (2574) Sarah “Sally” (Phinney) Babbit, of Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in 1838 in Oakham, MA,[787] and they settled in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA. They were living in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an overseer,[788] the 1860 federal census, where he was a “speculater,”[789] the 1870 federal census, where he was a retired manufacturer,[790] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a tenement agent.[791] She died on 22 May 1891 in Fitchburg, MA, aged 81 years, 8 months, 7 days, of “paralysis,”[792] and he died a widower on 10 Apr. 1893 in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, aged 86 years, 3 months, 20 days, of pneumonia.[793]

c. Henry Packard, born ca. 1813 in ME,[794] married 1.) Caroline A. Waugh on 1 June 1846 in Winthrop, ME.[795] She was born ca. 1815 in ME,[796] and they were living with his parents in Winthrop, ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer. She died in 1857 in Winthrop, ME,[797] and he married 2.) Betsey K. Howard on 5 Apr. 1858 in Winthrop, ME,[798] who was born ca. 1820 in MA,[799] and they were living with his parents in Winthrop, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and his parents were living with them in Winthrop, ME, in the 1870 federal census.[800] He died in 1876 in Winthrop, ME,[801] and she died in 1889 in Winthrop, ME,[802] and they were all buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

d. (Probably others)

         Sarah (Tomson) (Phinney) Holmes had 4 more children by Ezra Holmes:

        2577a   v   (Unnamed child), born and died on 30 Apr. 1800 in Middleborough, “a few minutes after birth.”[803]

        2578   vi   Maria Holmes, born on 15 Oct. 1801 in Middleborough,[804] married Elijah Norcross on 8 Feb. 1820 in Winthrop, ME.[805] They were living in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[806] He died on 15 Mar. 1859 in Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME,[807] and she was living with the family or Ezra H. and Lucinda W. Norcross in Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census.[808] She died on 13 Feb. 1869 in Monmouth, ME,[809] and they were both buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

        2579  vii   Fanny Clark Holmes, born on 16 Jan. 1804,[810] baptized on 3 Sept. 1811 in Norton,[811] never married, died on 24 Apr. 1845 in Winthrop, ME,[812] and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

        2580 viii   Joseph Holmes, baptized on 3 Sept. 1811 in Norton,[813] married Elizabeth H. Jones on 12 Jan. 1839 in Winthrop, ME.[814] They were living in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census,[815] and in China, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[816] He died on 17 Feb. 1871 in Winthrop, ME, aged 64 years,[817] and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

 

 

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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. 262.

    [2] 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. 47, the marriage of Mr. Jacob Tomson and Mrs. Elisabeth Holmes, both of Middleborough, on 7 Jan. 1730/31 in Middleborough; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 30, the death of John Holmes on 14 Feb. 1729/30 in his 36th year; Plympton VRs, p. 411, the marriage of Elizebeth Tilson and John Holmes on 6 Jan. 1718 in Plympton; Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, Picton Press, Rockport, ME, 1996, p. 227.

    [3] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 298.

    [4] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 101.

    [5] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 7, the marriage of Jacob Tomson and Abigail Wadsworth on 28 Dec. 1693 in Middleborough.

    [6] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 86, the marriage of Edmond Tilson and Elizabeth Waterman on 28 Jan. 1691 in Plymouth.

    [7] Plymouth VRs, p. 655, the marriage of John Tompson and Mary Cooke on 26 Dec. 1645 in Plymouth; Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, pp. 61-71, 97-98.

    [8] Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, Vol. XV, p. 840.

    [9] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 27, p. 294, from FHL microfilm #0550714, with Zadock Leonard and David Kingman as sureties.

    [10] 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 Jacob Thomson household had 3 free white males aged 16 or over and 5 free white females.

    [11] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 73, the Capt. Jacob Thomson household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [12] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 75, p. 211-212.

    [13] Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Middleboro Deaths], p. 195, buried at The Green in Middleborough; www.findagrave.com, memorial #54001525, from his gravestone in Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA, his memorial gives the date as 18 Nov. 1805, but the gravestone is unreadable.

    [14] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #20573, Vol. 40, p. 395-397, from FHL microfilm #0550901.

    [15] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 195, buried at The Green in Middleborough; www.findagrave.com, memorial #54001623, from her gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough.

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

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

    [18] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 107, 149.

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

    [20] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 352, the marriage of James Murdoch and Hannah Tilson on 2 Apr. 1741 in Plympton.

    [21] Plympton VRs, p. 380, the marriage of Ephraim Sampson and Abigal Horrel on 15 Nov. 1728 in Plympton.

    [22] 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 Solomon Thomson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [23] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 73, the Solomon Thomson household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [24] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 316 (106), the Solomon Thompson household had 7 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [25] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 406, the Solomon Thompson household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [26] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 246, the Solomon Thompson household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [27] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 80, the Solomon Thompson household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [28] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 196, buried at The Green in Middleborough; www.findagrave.com, memorial #54075566, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA

    [29] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #20647, Vol. 86, p. 149-151, from FHL microfilm #0555637, witnessed by Bradford Harlow, Isaac Harlow, and Louisa Harlow.

    [30] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 231, dwelling #545, family #648:

            Jacob Thompson, 48, male, farmer, $5000, born MA

            Nancy K. Thompson, 42, female, born MA

            Hellen Thompson, 18, female, born MA

            Virgil Thompson, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Emma Thompson, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Marion Thompson, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Lydia Thompson, 83, female, born MA

    [31] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 212, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Solomon Thompson, her birth place Middleborough; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 196, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Alfred Wood; www.findagrave.com, memorial #54075604, from her gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA

    [32] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [33] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 366, under “Thomas;” Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 186, marriage intentions recorded on 27 Nov. 1810 in Middleborough.

    [34] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [35] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 179, 184.

    [36] 1820 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 435, the Timothy Drew household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in commerce.

    [37] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 360.

    [38] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 58, from records of Major Thomas Bennett.

    [39] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 58.

    [40] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.            

    [41] Her parents’ names from her birth record; Catalogue of the Members of the First Church, Middleborough, Mass., p. 99, #584, for the maiden name of Lucy, wife of Isaac Thompson.

    [42] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 205, marriage intentions recorded on 2 Nov. 1817 in Middleborough.

    [43] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 255.

    [44] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 406, the Solomon Thompson Jr. household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [45] 1830 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 112, the Solomon Thompson household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 15-19 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, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [46] Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 385.

    [47] Her parents’ names from her birth record in Kingston VRs, p. 108.

    [48] Kingston VRs, p. 279, the marriage of Peleg Simmons and Polly McLaughlen on 28 Feb. 1813 in Kingston; Kingston VRs, p. 381, the death of Peleg Simmons, lost at sea, in Dec.1816, aged 28 years, “former husband of Polly Thompson.”

    [49] Kingston VRs, p. 290; Plympton VRs, p. 410.

    [50] Kingston VRs, p. 108.

    [51] 1840 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 312, the Solomon Thompson household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [52] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a wheel wright, his birth place Middleboro, but his father’s name given as Zenas Thompson.

    [53] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #20648, Vol. 14E, p. 182, from FHL microfilm #0551542.

    [54] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [55] Plympton VRs, p. 247, the marriage of Ichebod Atwood and Hannah Shaw on 19 Feb. 1770 in Plympton.

    [56] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 204, her name recorded as Marcia Thomson.

    [57] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 239.

    [58] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 406, the George Atwood household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [59] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 246, the Geo. Atwood household had 1 male under 5, 2 malesa ged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [60] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 80, the George Atwood household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 3 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 3 people employed in agriculture.

    [61] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 233, dwelling #579, family #684:

            George Atwood, 59, male, farmer, $700, born MA

            Marcia Atwood, 55, female, born MA

            Julius G. Atwood, 24, male, shoe maker, born MA

            Julia Atwood, 18, female, born MA

            F. Ellen Atwood, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Williams Daniels, 14, male, born NC, attending school

    [62] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 58, dwelling #119, family #126:

            George Atwood, 65, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Mercy Atwood, 63, female, white, born MA

    [63] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #486, family #588:

            George Atwood, 69, male, farm labour, $650, $100, born MA

            Marsha Atwood, 65, female, born MA

    [64] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 191, dwelling #106, family #117:

            George Atwood, 75, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Marcia Atwood, 71, female, white, born MA, married

            Shubal P. Edwards, 36, male, white, born MA, married, seaman

            Julia Edwards, 33, female, white, born MA, married

            Julia P. Edwards, 5, female, white, born MA, single

            Frederic W. Edwards, 1, male, white, born MA, single

    [65] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 257, p. 378, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her name recorded as Mercia Thompson Atwood, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Solomon & Lydia.

    [66] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 347, p. 329, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Ichabod & Hannah.

    [67] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [68] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 212, marriage intentions recorded on 6 Apr. 1821 in Middleborough.

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

    [70] 1830 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, p. 300, the Calvin Thompson household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [71] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 292, dwelling #737, family #922:

            Calvin Thompson, 52, male, carpenter, born MA

            Margaret Thompson, 52, female, born MA

            Edward Thompson, 24 male, carpenter, born MA

            Henry Thompson, 22, male, carpenter, born MA

            Margaret Thompson, 20, female, born MA

            George Thompson, 17, male, scholar, born MA, attending school

            John A. Richardson, 11, male, born MA, attending school

    [72] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 213, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Middleborough, and his father Solomon Thompson; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 196, gives the date as 7 June 1853.

    [73] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 39-40, dwelling #249, family #318:

            Edward Thompson, 34, male, carpenter, $1700, $500, born MA

            Margaret Thompson, 62, female, born MA

            Margaret S. Thompson, 25, female, born MA

            William M. Thompson, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Clifton S. Thompson, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            John Richardson, 21, male, student, $15,000, born MA

    [74] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 198.

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

    [76] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 120, 160, the marriage of Levi Tinkham and Mary Foster on 20 May 1793 in Middleborough.

    [77] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 246, 261.

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

    [79] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 80, the Jacob Thompson 2d household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [80] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 231, dwelling #545, family #648:

            Jacob Thompson, 48, male, farmer, $5000, born MA

            Nancy R. Thompson, 42, female, born MA

            Hellen Thompson, 18, female, born MA

            Virgil Thompson, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Emma Thompson, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Marion Thompson, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Lydia Thompson, 83, female, born MA

    [81] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 58, dwelling #117, family #124:

            Jacob Thompson, 54, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Nancy R. Thompson, 48, female, white, born MA

            Helen Thompson, 23, female, white, born MA

            Virgil Thompson, 19, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Mary A. Thompson, 13, female, white, born MA

            Emma Thompson, 13, female, white, born MA

    [82] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #483, family #585:

            Jacob Thompson, 58, male, master farmer, $3500, $1000, born MA

            Nancy Thompson, 52, female, born MA

            Emma Thompson, 18, female, born MA, attending school

            Maria Thompson, 18, female, born MA, attending school

    [83] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 192, dwelling #109, family #120:

            Jacob Thompson, 63, male, white, born MA, widowed, farmer

            Emma Thompson, 23, female, white, born MA, single

            Joanna Benson, 43, female, white, born MA, single

    [84] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Solomon and Lydia.

    [85] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #20580, Vol. 143, p. 68-69, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 149, p. 49.

    [86] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 144.

    [87] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online database at www.Ancestry.com, the marriage of Abner Bourn and Mary Torrey on 14 Dec. 1765 in Hanover, MA.

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

    [89] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 207.

    [90] Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, Vol. XV, p. 629.

    [91] 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 Benja. Thomson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over and 2 free white females.

    [92] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 74, the Benjan. Thomson household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [93] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 314 (106), the Benjm. Thompson household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [94] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 403?, the Benjamin Thompson household had 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [95] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 242, the Benjn. Thompson household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [96] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 83, the Benja. Thompson household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including Benja. Thompson, aged 77, a Revolutionary War Veteran.

    [97] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 215, dwelling #320, family #375:

            Benjamin Thompson, 86, male, farmer, $500, born MA

            Mary Thompson, 83, female, born MA

            Lois Christie, 58, female, born MA

            James C. Wilson, 54, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [98] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 197, but no date is listed; www.findagrave.com, memorial #54193481, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, but the date is unreadable in the picture of his gravestone. His wife was a widow in the 1855 Massachusetts state census.

    [99] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 27, dwelling #200, family #227:

            Freelove T. Rounseville, 54, female, white, born MA

            Harriot B. Rounseville, 27, female, white, born MA

            Abbey R. K. Rounseville, 14, female, white, born MA

            Mary P. Washburn, 6, female, white, born MA

            Mary B. Thompson, 88, female, white, born MA

    [100] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 253, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called widow of Benjamin Thompson; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 197; www.findagrave.com, memorial #54193554, from her gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, her memorial erroneously says she died in Brunswick, ME.

    [101] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [102] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 64, the marriage intentions of Ebenezer Wood Jur. And Sally Bennet, both of Middleborough, recorded on 1 Aug. 1767 in Middleborough.

    [103] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 182, 214.

    [104] Calculated from his age at death.

    [105] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 130, the marriage intentions of Wilkes Wood, of Middleborough, and Betsy Tinkham, of Pownalborough, recorded on 4 Aug. 1798 in Middleborough.

    [106] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 238; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 11.

    [107] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 44, p. 16-17, from FHL microfilm #0550903.

    [108] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 405, the Wilkes Wood household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 3 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [109] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 238; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 22.

    [110] Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Scituate VRs], Vol. 2, p. 217, the marriage of Christopher Cushing Esq. and Lucy Nichols on 30 Nov. 1817 in Scituate; Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 377, the death of Christopher Cushing on 15 Dec. 1819 in Scituate, aged 46 years.

    [111] Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 334; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 241, marriage intentions recorded on 8 Sept. 1827 in Middleborough.

    [112] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 238, the Wilkes Wood household had 1 male 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, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 2 females aged 40-49 years.

    [113] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 53, the Wilkes Wood household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 2 females aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 2 people employed in a learned profession.

    [114] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 238.

    [115] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23458, Vol. 85, p. 584-588, from FHL microfilm #0555268.

    [116] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 238.

    [117] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [118] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 138, the marriage of Mr. Samel Peckem and Miss Metilda Briggs, both of Middleborough, on 25 May 1780 in Middleborough.

    [119] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 192.

    [120] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 289.

    [121] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 413, the Ebenezer Pickens household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [122] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 241, the Ebenr. Pickens household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [123] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 83, the Ebenr. Pickens household had 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [124] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 211, dwelling #259, family #298:

            Ebenezer Pickens, 62, male, farmer, $2500, born MA

            Mary B. Pickens, 57, female, born MA

            James M. Pickens, 31, male, manufacturer, born MA

    [125] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 7, dwelling #23, family #24:

            Ebenezer Pickens, 67, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Mary B. Pickens, 62, female, white, born MA

    [126] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 3, dwelling #15, family #20:

            Ebenezer Pickens, 72, male, farm laborer, $3000, $175, born MA

            Mary B. Pickens, 67, female, born MA

            Samuel Pickens, 17, male, shoemaker $30, born MA

    [127] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 133.

    [128] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 133.

    [129] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [130] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 248; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142705779, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA, the memorial lists the date as 1 June 1795, but the gravestone is damaged and unreadable.

    [131] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [132] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 241, the marriage intentions of David Lennard and Molley Hall, of Taunton, recorded on 18 Nov. 1769 in Bridgewater.

    [133] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 192, 194, married by Wilkes Wood, Justice of the Peace.

    [134] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 236.

    [135] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 45, p. 207-208, from FHL microfilm #0550903.

    [136] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 405, the James M. Leonard household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [137] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 21; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 101.

    [138] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 130, the marriage intentions of Wilkes Wood, of Middleborough and Betsy Tinkham, of Pownalborough, recorded on 4 Aug. 1798 in Middleborough.

    [139] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239, marriage intentions recorded on 21 Oct. 1826 in Middleborough.

    [140] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 286.

    [141] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 236, the James M. Leonard household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [142] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 25; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 101.

    [143] Per Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 101, from records of Rev. Alfred Wood.

    [144] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 282.

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

    [146] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #39408344, but her birth was not recorded in the Taunton vital records.

    [147] 1840 Federal Census, Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 579, the Abner B. Thompson household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in commerce.

    [148] 1850 Federal Census, Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 255, dwelling #805, family #912:

            Abner B. Thompson, 52, male, lumberman, $4800, born MA

            Eliza Thompson, 49, female, born MA

            Edward W. Thompson, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Eliza T. Thompson, 12, female, born ME, attending school

            Ellen M. Thompson, 9, female, born ME, attending school

            Bathsheba Randall, 56, female, born ME

            Mahitabell Hill, 20, female, born ME

    [149] www.findagrave.com, memorial #39408344, from her gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, ME.

    [150] 1860 Federal Census, Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME, Page No. 10-11, dwelling #88, family #92:

            Abner B. Thompson, 62, male, merchant, $6000, $20,000, born MA

            Edward W. Thompson, 24, male, lawyer, born ME

            Eliza L. Thompson, 22, female, born ME

            Ellen M. Thompson, 19, female, born ME

    [151] www.findagrave.com, memorial #39408369, from his gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, ME.

    [152] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 361.

    [153] Per his death record. Philip Rounseville married Mercy Cole in 1775 in Freetown, so she was probably his mother.

    [154] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 233, 235.

    [155] Calculated from his age at death, but his birth was not recorded in the Freetown vital records.

    [156] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 235, the Gamaliel Rounseville household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females under 5, and 2 females aged 20-29 years.

    [157] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 55, the Gamaliel Rounseville household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [158] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 227, dwelling #500, family 3590:

            Gamaliel Rounsville, 73, male, merchant, $1000, born MA

            Freelove T. Rounsville, 50, female, born MA

            Harriet B. Rounsville, 23, female, born MA

            Abby K. Rounsville, 9, female, born MA, attending school

    [159] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 148; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 211, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Freetown, and his father Philip Rounseville.

    [160] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 6, dwelling #37, family #44:

            Frelove T. Rounseville, 59, female, $2500, $50, born MA

            Abby K. T. Rounseville, 19, female, born MA

            Mary P. Washburn, 10, female, born MA

    [161] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 360, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Benjamin and Mary B. Thompson; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 148.

    [162] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 361.

    [163] www.findagrave.com, memorial #54193386, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

    [164] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 361.

    [165] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 157.

    [166] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 130, 171.

    [167] Calculated from his age at death.

    [168] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 395, the Thomas Gage household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [169] 1810 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 661, the Thos. E. Gage household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 2 females aged 26-44 years.

    [170] 1820 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 571, the Thomas Gage household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 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, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [171] 1840 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 56, the Thomas E. Gage household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [172] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41984740, from his gravestone in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Augusta, ME.

    [173] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41984788, from her gravestone in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Augusta, ME.

    [174] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 228, his www.findagrave.com memorial #106685702 gives the date as 6 Mar. 1800.

    [175] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #106684923.

    [176] Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1914, [hereinafter Rochester VRs], Vol. 2, p. 134.

    [177] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 164; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #106684923.

    [178] 1830 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, p. 316, the Thomas E. Gage household had 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [179] 1840 Federal Census, New York Ward 4, New York Co., NY, p. 193, the Thos. E. Gage household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in a learned profession.

    [180] 1850 Federal Census, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 259, dwelling #19, family #19:

            George W. Haskell, 36, male, farmer, $2500, born MA

            Martha D. Haskell, 25, female, born MA

            Zeruiah Haskell, 69, female, born MA

            Hannah Haskell, 40, female, born MA

            Thomas E. Gage, 51, male, physician, born MA

            Ann F. Gage, 44, female, born MA

            William Bourne, 28, male, mariner, born MA

            Marther B. Bourne, 29, female, born MA

            William H. Robinson, 15, male, black, born MA, attending school

            Abby L. Thompson, 14, female, born MA, attending school

    [181] www.findagrave.com, memorial #106684923, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Rochester, MA.

    [182] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 73; www.findagrave.com, memorial #106685702, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Rochester, MA.

    [183] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 122, also recorded in Augusta, ME, in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1033823.

    [184] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [185] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #137970640.

    [186] www.findagrave.com, memorial #106447431, from her gravestone in Maple Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [187] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11314.

    [188] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 122, also recorded in Augusta, ME, in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1033823.

    [189] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002340; Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10402.

    [190] 1840 Federal Census, Waterville, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 323, the Joshua Gage household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [191] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1033824; also recorded in Augusta, MA, in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10403; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #142505214.

    [192] His parents’ names from his birth record.

    [193] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11314; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #142505214.

    [194] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1205240; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #99253527, from his gravestone in Carter Cemetery in Farmingdale, ME.

    [195] 1840 Federal Census, Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 184, the Alden Rice household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [196] 1850 Federal Census, Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 209, dwelling #630, family #718:

            Alden Rice, 45, male, farmer, $2000, born ME

            Susan E. Rice, 41, female, born ME

            Charles T. Rice, 6, male, born ME, attending school

            Sarah L. Rice, 4, female, born ME

    [197] 1860 Federal Census, Farmingdale, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 22, dwelling #175, family #181:

            Alden Rice, 55, male, farmer, $3000, $1325, born ME

            Susan E. Rice, 53, female, born ME

            Charles T. Rice, 16, male, born ME, attending school

            Sarah E. Rice, 14, female, born ME, attending school

    [198] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142505214, from her gravestone in Carter Cemetery in Farmingdale, ME.

    [199] www.findagrave.com, memorial #99253527, from his gravestone in Carter Cemetery in Farmingdale, ME.

    [200] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1033823.

    [201] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1033823.

    [202] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11314.

    [203] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #137970640.

    [204] 1850 Federal Census, East Ward, City of Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ, p. 178, dwelling #358, family #370:

            Mark Fisher, 45, male, anvil manufactory, born NH

            Virtue Fisher, 41, female, born ME

            Clark Fisher, 15, male, born ME

            Marchia Fisher, 12, female, born ME

            Ottis Fisher, 9, male, born ME

            Mark Fisher, 3, male, born ME

            Catharine Francy, 19, female, born Ireland

    [205] www.findagrave.com, memorial #137970640, from his gravestone in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, NJ.

    [206] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #s 10403 and 1033823.

    [207] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 157.

    [208] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 105, 149.

    [209] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #922, Vol. 27, p. 295, from FHL microfilm #0550714, with David Kingman and Zadock Leonard as sureties, and Vol. 31, p. 14-15.

    [210] Boston Deaths, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, Mrs. Elizabeth Wild, the wife of Dea. Daniel Wild, died on 11 Feb. 1789, aged 37 years, from the Massachusetts Centinel.

    [211] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 114, 150.

    [212] 1810 Federal Census, Boston Ward 6, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 53, the Daniel Wild household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [213] Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Brockton VRs], p. 370, called wife of Maj. Daniel Wild of Boston, and daughter of Jacob Thomson, deceased, of Middleborough; www.findagrave.com, memorial #94085763, from her gravestone in Ashland Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [214] www.findagrave.com, memorial #21770921, from his gravestone in Granary Burying Ground in Boston, MA.

    [215] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 179.

    [216] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 110, the marriage of Jacob Bennet and Hope Nelson, both of Middleborough, on 22 Mar. 1750/51 in Middleborough.

    [217] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 121, 157. The marriage intentions, recorded 4 Aug. 1793, call her “Ruthy Sharmon.”

    [218] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 143. His twin sister was Hannah Bennett.

    [219] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 35, the birth of Jacob, son of Nehemiah and Mercy Bennet, on 29 Apr. 1725 in Middleborough; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 26, the marriage of Nehemiah Bennet and Mercy Tomson, both of Middleborough, on 4 May 1721 in Middleborough.

    [220] Their great-grandparents were Jacob and Abigail (Wadsworth) Tomson.

    [221] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 75, the Thomas Bennet household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [222] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 204 (109), the Majr. Thos. Bennett household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [223] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 404, the Thomas Bennett household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [224] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 249, the Thos. Bennett household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 2 females aged 60-69 years.

    [225] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 79, the Thos. Bennett household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [226] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 17; www.findagrave.com, memorial #39835418, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

    [227] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1857, Vol. 11B, p. 438, from FHL microfilm #0551537.

    [228] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 239, dwelling #665, the house of her son Jacob Bennett 2nd, 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

    [229] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 49, dwelling #35, family #35:

            Ruth Bennet, 87, female, white, born MA

            Betsey Bennet, 58, female, white, born MA

            John Bennet, 47, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Frelove Crocker, 74, female, white, born MA

            Jephthah Leach, 75, male, white, farmer, born MA

    [230] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 18; www.findagrave.com, memorial #143401470, from her gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

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

    [232] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 233, 255.

    [233] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [234] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 248, the Wm. Gisher [sic] household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years. The name Gisher may have been a misreading of Gisbee.

    [235] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 79, the Wm. Gishee household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [236] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 234, dwelling #593, family #699:

            William Gisby, 57, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Ruth T. Gisby, 55, female, born MA

            Deborah Gisby, 24, female, born MA

            Ellen E. Gisby, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Michael Fitz Henry, 30, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [237] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 49, dwelling #41, family #41:

            William Gisby, 63, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Ruth T. Gisby, 60, female, white, born MA

            Deborah Gisby, 29, female, white, born MA

            Elen E. Gisby, 21, female, white, born MA

            Richard Sears, 28, male, white, farmer, born MA

    [238] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 189, dwelling #86, family #97:

            William Gisby, 72, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Ruth Gisby, 70, female, white, born MA, married

            Deborah Gisby, 37, female, white, born MA, single, teacher

            Ellen Gisby, 28, female, white, born MA, single

    [239] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 75.

    [240] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 300, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Thomas & Ruth.

    [241] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 273.

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

    [243] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #143401377 and her www.findagrave.com memorial #143401310; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 164, the marriage of Ebenezer Tinkham 3d and Hannah Morrison, both of Middleborough, on 14 Dec. 1799 in Middleborough.

    [244] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 246, 261.

    [245] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 79, the Jacob Bennett 2d 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, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [246] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 239, 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

    [247] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 49, dwelling #34, family #34:

            Jacob Bennet, 54, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Hannah B. Bennet, 47, female, white, born MA

            Jane Bennet, 22, female, white, born MA

            Earl Bennet, 20, male, white, carpenter, born MA

            Mortimer Bennet, 11, male, white, born MA

            Grover Bennet, 11, male, white, born MA

    [248] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 189-190, dwelling #89, family #100:

            Jacob Bennett, 64, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Hannah B. Bennett, 56, female, white, born MA, married

            Grover Bennett, 20, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Hannah M. Bennett, 21, female, white, born MA, married

            Carrie M. Bennett, 4 months, female, white, born MA, single

            William Tinkham, 46, male, white, born MA, single, laborer

    [249] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 18; www.findagrave.com, memorial #143401310, from her gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

    [250] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 18; www.findagrave.com, memorial #143401377, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

    [251] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1809, Vol. 105, p. 290, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 114, p. 356.

    [252] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 354.

    [253] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 188, dwelling #72, family #82:

            John Bennett, 55, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Betsey Bennett, 68, female, white, born MA, single

    [254] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 583, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Thomas Bennett and Ruth Thompson, of Middleborough.

    [255] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 179.

    [256] 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. 30, marriage of Freeman Waterman of Plymton and Joanna Tomson Junr of Halifax on 18 Dec. 1766 in Halifax.

    [257] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 125, marriage intentions recorded 17 Oct. 1795 in Middleborough; Halifax VRs, p. 24.

    [258] Halifax VRs, p. 39.

    [259] 1810 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 315, the Jacob Thompson household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [260] 1820 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 406, the Jacob Thompson household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 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, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [261] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 246, the Jacob Thompson household had 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [262] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 80, the Jacob Thompson household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [263] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 194, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Alfred Wood; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142706039, from his gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

    [264] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #20575, Vol. 12C, p. 74, from FHL microfilm #0551539, with Jesse Perkins and Azel Gurney, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [265] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 91, p. 335-336, from FHL microfilm #0555640.

    [266] Per Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 109; www.findagrave.com, memorial #150843695, from her gravestone in Oakwood Cemetery in Beliot, WI.

    [267] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 272.

    [268] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 371.

    [269] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142705887, from her gravestone in the Cemetery at The Green in Middleborough, MA.

    [270] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 207.

    [271] Plympton VRs, p. 297, the marriage of Hemon Crocker and Lydia Churchil on 13 Oct. 1774 in Plympton.

    [272] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 165, 172.

    [273] Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Carver VRs], p. 28.

    [274] Plympton VRs, p. 78, the birth of Heman, son of Daniel and Susanna (Dunham) Crocker; p. 297, the marriage of Daniel Crocker and Suseanah Dunham on 31 Dec. 1741 in Plympton.

    [275] Plympton VRs, p. 282, the marriage of Capt. Perez Churchil and Deborah Thear on 21 Dec. 1741 in Plympton.

    [276] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 88, the Perez Crocker household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [277] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 446?, the Perez Crocker household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1? female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [278] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 368, the Perez Crocker household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [279] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 135, the Perez Crooker [sic] household had 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 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 4 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [280] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 309, dwelling #982, family #1230:

            Perez Crocker, 70, male, hatter, $2500, born MA

            Freelove Crocker, 69, female, born MA

    [281] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 47, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Alfred Wood.

    [282] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5227, Vol. 96, p. 270-273, from FHL microfilm #0555642.

    [283] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 49, dwelling #35, family #35.

    [284] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 311, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Jacob & Freelove Thompson; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 48; www.findagrave.com, memorial #125871134, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA, her memorial gives the date as 27 Aug. 1860, but the date on her gravestone in 27 Nov. 1860.

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

    [286] Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], p. 168-169.

    [287] Brockton VRs, p. 187.

    [288] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 127.

    [289] 1830 Federal Census, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 391, the Charles Gurney household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [290] 1850 Federal Census, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 115, dwelling #88, family #133:

            Eleazer C. Sherman, 32, male, merchant, $2500, born MA

            Louisa J. Sherman, 20, female, born MA

            Edward L. Sherman, 3/12, male, born MA

            Charles Gurney, 51, male, farmer, $3570, born MA

            Louisa Gurney, 48, female, born MA

            Esther Cosgrove, 17, female, born Ireland

    [291] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 314, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Perez Crocker, born in Carver, and Freelove Thompson, born in Middleboro.

    [292] Her parents’ names from her death record; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 343, the marriage of Benjamin Snell and Rebecca Conant on 23 May 1782 in Bridgewater.

    [293] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 154, p. 304, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birth place N. Bridgewater, his parents Zachariah & Matilda, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Benjamin & Rebecca.

    [294] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 299, taken from the Snell-Carver Family Bible.

    [295] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 365, p. 312, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Zechariah and Matilda, of Brockton.

    [296] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [297] Her parents named in her death record; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 137; Brockton VRs, p. 183, the marriage of Ephraim Cole Jr. and Sukey Packard on 15 Dec. 1808 in North Bridgewater.

    [298] Brockton VRs, p. 187.

    [299] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 75, which gives the year as 1803; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 137, gives the year as 1808, which matches her age at death.

    [300] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 368, the Daniel Crocker household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 2 females under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [301] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 124, the Daniel Crocker household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [302] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 316, dwelling #1668, family #1357:

            Daniel Crocker, 45, male, shoe cutter, $2000, born MA

            Susanna Crocker, 41, female, born MA

            Alice Crocker, 21, female, born MA

            Susan Crocker, 20, female, born MA

    [303] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 213, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place North Bridgewater, and her parents Ephm. & Susannah Cole.

    [304] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 350, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place No. Bridgewater, and his parents Perez, born in Carver, and Freelove, born in Middleboro.

    [305] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5215, Vol. 122, p. 449, from FHL microfilm #0554702, with Edward Crocker and Chas. B. Crocker, of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [306] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [307] Halifax VR, pp. 95, 110; Brockton VRs, p. 187, marriage intentions recorded on 26 July 1829 in North Bridgewater.

    [308] Calculated from her age at death.

    [309] Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1932, 3 volumes, [hereinafter New Bedford VRs], Vol. 3, p. 50, from her gravestone in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

    [310] New Bedford VRs, Vol. 3, p. 51, from his gravestone in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

    [311] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [312] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190-191.

    [313] Brockton VRs, p. 187; New Bedford VRs, Vol. 2, p. 145, marriage intentions recorded on 1 Oct. 1831 in New Bedford.

    [314] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 163.

    [315] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 493, from her gravestone in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [316] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents William & Mary Hooper.

    [317] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [318] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [319] New Bedford VRs, Vol. 2, p. 145.

    [320] Calculated from her age at death.

    [321] 1840 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, p. 368, the Edward Crocker household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person engaged in commerce.

    [322] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 272, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place New Bedford, and her parents William Blackmer, born in Rochester, and Nancy Smith, born in Vineyard Haven.

    [323] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 542, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his burial in New Bedford, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Perez & Freelove (Thompson) Crocker.

    [324] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [325] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [326] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Wrentham VRs], Vol. 2, p. 276; Brockton VRs, p. 187, marriage intentions recorded on 7 Apr. 1838 in North Bridgewater.

    [327] Wrentham VRs, Vol. 1, p. 54.

    [328] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 338, p. 297, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoe cutter, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Perez & Freelove T. Crocker.

    [329] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol 1907/24, p. 88, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Brockton #88, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Charles B. Crocker, her birth place Wrentham, her father William Cowell, born in Wrentham, and her mother Ruth Lovell, born in Smithfield, RI.

    [330] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [331] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 262.

    [332] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 131; Brockton VRs, p. 201.

    [333] Calculated from his age at death, the death record of his daughter Olive (Curtis) Kingman says he was born in Stoughton.

    [334] Brockton VRs, p. 37, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [335] 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 Barnabas Curtis household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [336] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 393, the Barnabas Curtis household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

    [337] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 88.

    [338] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, 446?, the Barnabas Curtis household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [339] Brockton VRs, p. 321, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [340] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5359, Vol. 54, p. 3-4, from FHL microfilm #0550908.

    [341] Brockton VRs, p. 37, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [342] Brockton VRs, p. 38, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [343] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 218, 219.

    [344] Brockton VRs, p. 188, married in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [345] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 198.

    [346] Kingston VRs, p. 297, the marriage of Jabez Washburn Jr. and Mary Sherman of Marshfield on 14 May 1756 in Marshfield.

    [347] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 224, the marriage intentions of Seth Kingman and Judith Washburn recorded on 14 July 1787 in Bridgewater.

    [348] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 155.

    [349] Brockton VRs, p. 238.

    [350] Brockton VRs, p. 341, buried in the Main Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [351] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #12184, Vol. 11B, p. 149, from FHL microfilm #0551537, with Jesse Perkins and Daniel Crocker as sureties.

    [352] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 293, dwelling #762, family #954:

            Olive Kingman, 73, female, $500, born MA

    [353] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #105, family #133:

            Olive Kingman, 83, female, $850, $400, born MA

    [354] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 329, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place No. Bridgewater, and her parents Barnabas & Esther Curtis.

    [355] Brockton VRs, p. 37, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [356] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 317.

    [357] Brockton VRs, p. 188, married in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [358] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 318.

    [359] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 374, marriage intentions recorded 10 June 1809 in Bridgewater.

    [360] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 317.

    [361] Brockton VRs, p. 367.

    [362] Brockton VRs, p. 37, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [363] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 238.

    [364] Brockton VRs, p. 188, married in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [365] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 219.

    [366] 1810 Federal Census, East Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 82, the Bela Curtis household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [367] 1820 Federal Census, East Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 466, the Bela Curtis household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [368] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 367, the Bela Curtis household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [369] Brockton VRs, p. 321, buried in the Union Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [370] Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Raynham VRs], p. 57, marriage of Philip Knapp Jr. and Nancy White on 2 Oct. 1823 in Raynham.

    [371] Brockton VRs, p. 188, married in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater; Raynham VRs, p. 117, marriage intentions recorded 1 Oct. 1844 between Mr. Bela Curtis of N. Bridgewater and Mrs. Nancy Knapp of Raynham.

    [372] Raynham VRs, p. 28.

    [373] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 126, the Bela Curtis household had only 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [374] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 294, dwelling #767, family #960:

            Bela Curtis, 68, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Nancy Curtis, 65?, female, born MA

            Mira Curtis, 44, female, born MA

    [375] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 103, p. 212, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Barnabus & Esther.

    [376] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5360, Vol. 13D, p. 284, from FHL microfilm #0551541, with Beza Curtis and Barnabas Curtis, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [377] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 254, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, married [sic], her birth place Raynham, and her parents Daniel & Anna White.

    [378] Brockton VRs, p. 38; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [379] Brockton VRs, p. 38; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88, her birth place from her death record.

    [380] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 31, dwelling #195, family #249:

            Lucian B. Leach, 26, male, shoemaker, $150, born MA

            Elvira D. Leach, 18, female, born MA

            Dwelling #195, family #250:

            Myra Curtis, 55, female, $150, born MA

    [381] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 347, p. 310, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place E. Bridgewater, and her parents Bela & Keziah Curtis, of Brockton.

    [382] Brockton VRs, p. 37; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [383] Brockton VRs, p. 38; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [384] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 277, the marriage of Jacob Packard, of Warwick, Hampshire Co., and Hannah Kingman on 3 Dec. 1806 in Bridgewater.

    [385] Brockton VRs, p. 188.

    [386] Brockton VRs, p. 105.

    [387] Brockton VRs, p. 37; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [388] Brockton VRs, p. 37; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [389] Brockton VRs, p. 188; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 101.

    [390] Brockton VRs, p. 322.

    [391] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 243, the marriage of Roland Bonney and Thirza H. Beals on 10 Sept. 1817 in Pembroke.

    [392] Vital Records of Hanson, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Hanson VRs], p. 61, the marriage of Laura Bonney, of Halifax, and Marcus Thayer, of Halifax, on 3 Sept. 1843 in Hanson; Halifax VRs, pp. 102, 115, 154, the marriage intentions of Marcus Theyer and Laura Ann Bonney, both of Halifax, recorded on 31 July 1843 in Halifax.

    [393] Brockton VRs, p. 187.

    [394] Hanson VRs, p. 17; Pembroke VRs, p. 43.

    [395] 1850 Federal Census, Village of Newark, Wayne Co., NY, p. 276, dwelling #2284, family #2406:

            Alanson Curtiss, 38, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Laura Curtiss, 26, female, born MA

            Alanson H. Curtiss, 3, male, born NY

            Alonzo F. Curtiss, 1, male, born NY

            Bela Curtiss, 28, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Abby Curtiss, 27, female, born MA

    [396] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 90, dwelling #730, family #765:

            Alanson Curtiss, 48, male, shoe maker, $600, $150, born MA

            Laura Curtiss, 38, female, born MA

            Alanson H. Curtiss, 12, male, born NY, attending school

            Frederick A. Curtiss, 10, male, born NY, attending school

            Mary E. Curtiss, 7, female, born NY, attending school

            Ashley B. Curtiss, 4, male, born NY

            Laura Curtiss, 2, female, born NY

    [397] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 61, p. 481, dwelling #517, family #532:

            Alanson Curtis, 58, male, white, shoe maker, $150, $150, born MA, a male citizen

            Laura Curtis, 45, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Fredk. A. Curtis, 20, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Mary E. Curtis, 17, female, white, born NY, attending school

            Ashley Curtis, 14, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Laura A. Curtis, 12, female, white, born NY, attending school

    [398] Brockton VRs, p. 37; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87, her birth place from her death record.

    [399] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [400] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 102; Brockton VRs, p. 188, marriage intentions recorded 1 July 1832 in North Bridgewater.

    [401] Brockton VRs, p. 69, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery in North Bridgewater, his birth place from his death record.

    [402] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 124, the Levi W. Holbrook household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [403] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 323, dwelling #1159, family #1494:

            Levi W. Holbrook, 42, male, cabinetmaker, $1000, born MA

            Esther Holbrook, 37, female, born MA

            Levi B. Holbrook, 12, male, born MA, attending school

    [404] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 31, dwelling #196, family #251:

            Levi W. Holbrook, 53, male, cabinetmaker, $250, born MA

            Esther Holbrook, 46, female, born MA

            L. Bradford Holbrook, 23, male, tool maker, $50, born MA

            Geo W. Holbrook, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Esther A. Holbrook, 5, female, born NY

    [405] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 87-88, p. 540, dwelling #510, family #734:

            Levi W. Holbrook, 62, male, white, cabinet maker, $600, $100, born MA, a male citizen

            Esther Holbrook, 56, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            George W. Holbrook, 18, male, white, needle maker, born MA

            Esther A. Holbrook, 14, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

    [406] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 329, p. 299, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place E. Bridgewater, and her parents Bela & Keziah Curtis, of Brockton.

    [407] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 392, p. 346, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a cabinet maker, his birth place Braintree, and his parents Nehemiah & Sarah Holbrook, of Braintree.

    [408] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [409] Brockton VRs, p. 322, buried in Union Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [410] Brockton VRs, p. 37.

    [411] Brockton VRs, p. 188.

    [412] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [413] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 88, dwelling #714, family #748:

            Bela Curtiss, 38, male, shoe maker, $100, born MA

            Abigail Curtiss, 37, female, born ME

            Nancy M. Curtiss, 8, female, born NY, attending school

            Theodore L. Curtiss, 38, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            John W. Piloon, 22, male, shoe maker, $500, born MA

    [414] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Lyons, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 83, p. 235, dwelling #612, family #641:

            Abby Curtis, 47, female, white, keeping house, $1200, $200, born ME

            Nancy Curtis, 18, female, white, no occupation, born NY

    [415] Brockton VRs, p. 37, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [416] Brockton VRs, p. 38, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [417] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 321.

    [418] Brockton VRs, p. 188, married in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

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

    [420] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 446?, the Isaac Curtis household had 2 males under 10, 3 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [421] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 372, the Isaac Curtis household had 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 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [422] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 126, the Isaac Curtis household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [423] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 294, dwelling #765, family #957:

            Isaac Curtis, 64, male, farmer, $5000, born MA

            Mehitable Curtis, 61, female, born MA

            Theodore Curtis, 31, male, farmer, born MA

    [424] Her parents named in her marriage record; Kingston VRs, p. 264, the marriage intentions of John Prince and Elesebath Sharman of Plimpton recorded on 5 Mar. 1790 in Kingston;

    [425] Kingston VRs, p. 264, the marriage intentions of Betsey Sherman Prince and David Doten, of Bridgewater, recorded on 2 June 1832 in Kingston; Plympton VRs, p. 367, the marriage of Betsy Sherman Prince of Kingston and David Doten of Bridgewater on 24 June 1832 in Plympton; Kingston VRs, p. 340, the death of David Doten on 13 May 1848, aged 47 years, 2 months, from his gravestone in the Old Burying Yard in Kingston.

    [426] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 88, p. 244, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place North Bridgewater, his parents Barnabus & Esther, her birth place Kingston, and her parents John & Elizabeth Prince.

    [427] Kingston VRs, p. 116.

    [428] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #199, family #217:

            Isaac Curtis, 73, male, retired farmer, $5000, $5000, born MA

            Betsey Curtis, 50, female, born MA

    [429] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 203, p. 308, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place No. Bridgewater, and his parents Barnabas & Esther.

    [430] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5401, Vol. 105, p. 498-499, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 81.

    [431] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [432] Brockton VRs, p. 38.

    [433] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [434] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456.

    [435] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [436] Brockton VRs, p. 38.

    [437] Her parents’ names from her death record; Brockton VRs, p. 194, the marriage of Jacob Dunbar Jr. and Polly Willis on 28 Oct. 1802 in North Bridgewater.

    [438] Brockton VRs, p. 188.

    [439] Brockton VRs, p. 44.

    [440] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 130, p. 223, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his father Isaac Curtis.

    [441] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 7, dwelling #44, family #59:

            John W. Curtis, 24, male, farmer, $4000, $500, born MA

            Samantha Curtis, 52, female, $800, born MA

            Lucius Gurney 2nd, 37, male, shoe cutter, $900, $1200, born ME

            Hannah Gurney, 28, female, born MA

            Anna M. Gurney, 3, female, born MA

            Henry C. Gurney, 1, male, born MA

    [442] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 257, p. 383, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place N. Bridgewater, and her parents Jacob & Polley Dunbar.

    [443] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [444] Brockton VRs, p. 38.

    [445] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456.

    [446] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 87.

    [447] Brockton VRs, p. 188.

    [448] Brockton VRs, p. 61, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [449] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 126, the Isaac F. Curtis household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [450] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 294, dwelling #765, family #958:

            Isaac F. Curtis, 35, male, boot manuf, $800, born MA

            Mary G. Curtis, 24 [sic], female, born MA

            Mary J. Curtis, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Charles H. Curtis, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Edward L. Curtis, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Otis F. Curtis, 2, male, born MA

    [451] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #198, family #256:

            Isaac F. Curtis, 45, male, farmer, $14,000, $20,000, born MA

            Mary Curtis, 44, female, born MA

            M. Isadore Curtis, 19, female, born MA

            Chas. H. Curtis, 17, male, farm boy, born MA

            Edward L. Curtis, 15, male, farm boy, born MA

            Otis F. Curtis, 12, male, farm boy, born MA

    [452] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 323, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his parents Isaac & Mihitable W.

    [453] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5402, Vol. 105, p. 413-415, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 29.

    [454] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 88, dwelling #511, family #735:

            Mary G. Curtis, 54, female, white, keeping house, $2000, $10,000, born MA

            Chas. H. Curtis, 27, male, white, works in shoe factory, $2000, $8000, born MA, a male citizen

            Otis F. Curtis, 22, male, white, shoe manuftr, $2000, $8000, born MA, a male citizen

    [455] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [456] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Sodus, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 88, dwelling #714, family #748.

    [457] Brockton VRs, p. 38, baptized in the First Congregational Church in North Bridgewater.

    [458] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 262.

    [459] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256.

    [460] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 131; Brockton VRs, p. 267.

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

    [462] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 254, 268.

    [463] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, Vol. XI, p. 730.

    [464] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, the Adin Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male uder 16, and 3 free white females.

    [465] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 399, the Adin Packard 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 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over. He was again listed next to Benjamin Packard, but the census was alphabetized.

    [466] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 90, the Aden Packard household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and 1 other free person.

    [467] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 468?, from the index, the first names illegible in the microfilm.

    [468] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 373, the Adin Packard household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [469] Brockton VRs, p. 346, buried in the Melrose Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [470] Brockton VRs, p. 350, buried in the Melrose Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

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

    [472] Bates, Samuel A., Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793, Randolph, MA, 1886, [hereinafter Bates, Braintree Records], pp. 868, 886: marriage of Paul Wild and Rachel Thayer, both of Braintree, on 10 April 1785 in Braintree.

    [473] Brockton VRs, p. 259.

    [474] Bates, Braintree Records, p. 856.

    [475] 1810 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 369, the Atherton Wild household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [476] 1820 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 283, the Atherton Wild household had 4 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [477] 1830 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 165, the Atherton Wild household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [478] 1840 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 59, the Atherton Wild household had 4 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 5 persons employed in agriculture.

    [479] 1850 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 99, dwelling #95, family #124:

            Atherton Wild, 64, male, stone cutter, $1650, born MA

            Lucy Wild, 67 [sic], female, born MA

            Sarah Wild, 22, female, born MA

            Theodore Mann, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            John Henderson, 33, male, laborer, born Scotland

    [480] 1860 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 228, dwelling #386, family #460:

            Atherton Wild, 74, male, farmer, $1500, $100, born MA

            Lucy Wild, 78, female, born MA

            Benj. T. Arnold, 23, male, farm laborer, born MA

    [481] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 230, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place N. Bridgewater, and her parents Adin & Keziah Packard.

    [482] 1870 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 56, dwelling #403, family #497:

            Atherton Wild, 84, male, white, retired stone cutter, $1400, $100, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth Saunders, 76, female, white, house keeper, born Nova Scotia, parents both foreign born, cannot write

            Herbert H. Saunders, 5, male, white, attending school, born MA, father foreign born

    [483] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 264, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Braintree, and his parents Paul & Rachel, of Braintree.

    [484] Braintree, MA, Vital and Church Records, 1638-1850, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [485] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [486] Calculated from her age at death.

    [487] 1850 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 99, dwelling #96, family #125:

            Atherton T. Wild, 37, male, teacher, born MA

            Avis Ann Wild, 36, female, born MA

            George Wild, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Ruth Ann Wild, 1/12, female, born MA

    [488] 1860 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 228, dwelling #387, family #461:

            Atherton F. Wild, 48, male, boot maker, $1200, $60, born MA

            Avis A. Wild, 46, female, born MA

            Geo. T. Wild, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Alonzo E. Tower, 17, male, boot maker, born MA

            Paul Wild, 45, male, boot maker, $1000, born MA

    [489] 1870 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 56, dwelling #404, family #498:

            Atherton T. Wild, 58, male, white, farmer, $2000, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Avis A. Wild, 55, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            George T. Wild, 24, male, white, clerk in store, born MA, a male citizen

            Paul Wild, 52, male, white, stone cutter, born MA, a male citizen

    [490] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 338, p. 232, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Braintree, and her parents Elisha Hobart and Ruth T. Wild, both born in Braintree.

    [491] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 502, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Braintree, and his parents Atherton Wilde, born in Braintree, and Lucy Packard, born in North Bridgewater.

    [492] Braintree, MA, Vital and Church Records, 1638-1850, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

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

    [494] 1850 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 99, dwelling #96, family #126:

            Paul Wild, 29, male, bootmaker, $700, born MA

            Elisabeth Wild, 25, female, born MA

            Elisabeth Wild, 3, female, born MA

    [495] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/25, p. 105, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Braintree #105, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Braintree, MA, his father Atherton Wilde, born in Braintree, and his mother Lucy Packard, born on Brockton.

    [496] Braintree, MA, Vital and Church Records, 1638-1850, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [497] His parents’ names from his death record; Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Weymouth VRs], Vol. 2, p. 128, the marriage of John Nash Jr. and Hannah Pratt on 29 June 1801 in Weymouth.

    [498] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 127, p. 218, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second wife, her first, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Weymouth, and his parents John & Hannah Nash, her birth place Braintree, and her parents Atherton & Lucy Wild.

    [499] Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 191.

    [500] 1860 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 301, dwelling #325, family #368:

            Coddington Nash, 52, male, boot manufacturer, $2500, $500, born MA

            Sarah Nash, 35, female, born MA

            Mary Nash, 17, female, born MA

            Joseph Nash, 12, male, born MA, attending school

    [501] 1870 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 80, dwelling #573, family #677:

            Cottington Nash, 62, male, white, boot manufacturer, $3500, $2800, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah P. Nash, 43, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            G. Washington Nash, 55, male, white, works for boot factory, $300, born MA, a male citizen

            Hattie F. Jackson, 36, female, white, domestic servant, born MA

    [502] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 314, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a boot manufcr., his birth place Weymouth, and his parents John & Hannah (Pratt) Nash, of Weymouth.

    [503] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/21, p. 153, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Braintree #153, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Cottington Nash, her birth place Braintree, MA, her father Atherton Wilde, born in Braintree, and her mother Lucy Packard, born in Brockton.

    [504] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [505] Brockton VRs, p. 253.

    [506] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 261.

    [507] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 259.

    [508] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 90, the Aden Packard Jr. household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and 1 other free person.

    [509] 1820 Federal Census, Merrimack, Hillsborough Co., NH, p. 867, the Adin Packard household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture, and 1 slave.

    [510] 1830 Federal Census, Merrimack, Hillsborough Co., NH, p. 333, the Adin Peckard household had 1 male 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 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [511] 1840 Federal Census, Thornton, Grafton Co., NH, p. 24, the Adin Packard household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 6 persons employed in agriculture.

    [512] 1850 Federal census, Thornton, Grafton Co., NH, p. 276, dwelling #191, family #192:

            Adin Packard, 67, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Sally Packard, 60, female, born MA

            Adin M. Houstin, 11, male, born NH, attending school

    [513] Calculated from her age at death.

    [514] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 137.

    [515] Brockton VRs, p. 262.

    [516] Calculated from his age at death.

    [517] Brockton VRs, p. 32.

    [518] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 88, the Ephm. Cole Jr. household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [519] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 477, from the index, the names unreadable in the microfilm.

    [520] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 363, the Ephraim Cole household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [521] Brockton VRs, p. 319, buried in the Melrose Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [522] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #4676, Vol. 79, p. 139-140, from FHL microfilm #0555265.

    [523] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 296, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place No. Bridgewater, and her parents Adin & Keziah Packard, of No. Bridgewater.

    [524] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #4731, Vol. 105, p. 146-147, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 114, p. 279.

    [525] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 75, which gives the year as 1803; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 137, gives the year as 1808, which matches her age at death.

    [526] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 165, 172, the marriage of Perez Crocker and Freelove Thomson, both of Middleborough, on 12 Oct. 1800 in Middleborough.

    [527] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 183.

    [528] Brockton VRs, p. 36.

    [529] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 368, the Daniel Crocker household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 2 females under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [530] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 124, the Daniel Crocker household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [531] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 316, dwelling #1668, family #1357:

            Daniel Crocker, 45, male, shoe cutter, $2000, born MA

            Susanna Crocker, 41, female, born MA

            Alice Crocker, 21, female, born MA

            Susan Crocker, 20, female, born MA

    [532] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 213, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place North Bridgewater, and her parents Ephm. & Susannah Cole.

    [533] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 350, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place No. Bridgewater, and his parents Perez, born in Carver, and Freelove, born in Middleboro.

    [534] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #5215, Vol. 122, p. 449, from FHL microfilm #0554702, with Edward Crocker and Chas. B. Crocker, of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [535] Calculated from her age at death.

    [536] Plympton VRs, p. 395, the marriage of Aaron Soule, of Halifax, and Ruth Sampson on 22 Mar. 1798 in Plympton.

    [537] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 183.

    [538] Plympton VRs, p. 193.

    [539] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 392, p. 341, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called wife of Cephas Soule, her birth place Brockton, and her parents Ephraim & Susanna Cole, of Brockton.

    [540] Her parents’ names from her marriage record to Cephas Soule.

    [541] Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East Bridgewater VRs], p. 285, the marriage of Sarah Reed, daughter of Josiah and Jennet, and Hiram Curtis, widower, son of James and Hannah, on 11 Oct. 1849 in East Bridgewater.

    [542] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 443, p. 514, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Plympton, his parents Aaron Soule and Ruth Sampson, her birth place East Bridgewater, and her parents Josiah Reed and Jeanette Keith.

    [543] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 113.

    [544] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 446, p. 579, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Plympton, and his parents Aaron Soule & Ruth Sampson, of Plympton.

    [545] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #68901553.

    [546] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 260; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #68901304.

    [547] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 261; Brockton VRs, p. 261.

    [548] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 242.

    [549] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256.

    [550] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 364, the Isaac Packard household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [551] Brockton VRs, p. 349; www.findagrave.com, memorial #68901304, from his gravestone in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [552] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15101, Vol. 10A, p. 81, from FHL microfilm #0551535, with Jeremiah Beals and Azel Gurney, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [553] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 10A, p. 208, from FHL microfilm #0551535, with Eliab Whitman and Edward Southworth, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [554] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 301, dwelling #872, family #1091:

            Sally Packard, 52, female, born MA

            Julia E. Packard, 19, female, born MA

            Polly B. Thoms, 18, female, born MA

    [555] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #454, family #581.

    [556] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 185, dwelling #1161, family #1556.

    [557] www.findagrave.com, memorial #68901553, from her gravestone in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [558] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15168, Vol. 141, p. 80-81, from FHL microfilm #0556648, witnessed by Frederick Perkins, Caroline B. Perkins, and Mary B. Hewins, and Vol. 124, p. 532.

    [559] Brockton VRs, p. 110.

    [560] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 349, the marriage intentions of Martin Snow and Anna Wilbar, of Easton, recorded on 17 Mar. 1821 in Bridgewater.

    [561] Brockton VRs, p. 257.

    [562] Brockton VRs, p. 138.

    [563] Brockton VRs, p. 349.

    [564] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 308, dwelling #971, family #1217:

            Marten Snow, 51, male, shoemaker, $1500, born MA

            Anna W. Snow, 48, female, born MA

            Theodore N. Snow, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Shepard W. Snow, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Edmund F. Snow, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Olive L. Packard, 26, female, born MA

            Harriet E. Packard, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Isaac A. Packard, 2, male, born MA

    [565] His parents’ names from his marriage record; Brockton VRs, p. 283, the marriage intentions of Austin Snow and Louisa S. Chipman, of Easton, record on 3 Apr. 1828 in North Bridgewater.

    [566] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 55, p. 241, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his first marriage, her second, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his parents Austin & Louisa Snow, her birth place North Bridgewater, and her parents Martin & Anna Snow.

    [567] Brockton VRs, p. 137.

    [568] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 346, p. 250, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Brockton, and her parents Martin & Annie Snow.

    [569] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 504, p. 581, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a clerk, his birth place No. Bridgewater, and his parents Austin Snow and Lois S. Chipman.

    [570] Brockton VRs, p. 109.

    [571] Brockton VRs, p. 177, the marriage of Simeon Carr, of Stoughton, and Anna Reynolds on 23 Dec. 1824 in North Bridgewater.

    [572] Brockton VRs, p. 256.

    [573] Brockton VRs, p. 27.

    [574] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 304, dwelling #871, family #1090:

            George A. Packard, 22, male, boot manufr, $2500, born MA

            Elizabeth Packard, 21, female, born MA

            George P. Packard, 1, male, born MA

            David L. Pratt, 20, male, boot manufr., $1500, born MA

    [575] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #454, family #580:

            Geo. A. Packard, 33, male, trader & farmer, $1500, $800, born MA

            Elisabeth A. Packard, 32, female, born MA

            Geo. P. Packard, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Florence Packard, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Henry F. Packard, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Julia T. Packard, 4, female, born MA

            Chas. W. Packard, 1, male, born MA

            Julia Craden, 17, female, born Ireland

            Dwelling #454, family #581:

            Sally Packard, 63, female, $2500, $2000, born MA

    [576] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 185, dwelling #1161, family #1555:

            Geo A. Packard, 42, male, white, grocer, $3000, $2500, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth A. Packard, 42, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Florence C. Packard, 18, female, white, [can’t read occupation], born MA

            Henry F. Packard, 16, male, white, at home, born MA

            Julia F. Packard, 14, female, white, attending school, born MA

            Chas W. Packard, 11, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Clifford A. Packard, 5, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Annie F. Packard, 3, female, white, born MA

            Herbert Packard, 4/12, male, white, born MA, born in June

            Dwelling #1161, family #1556:

            Sally Packard, 74, female, white, keeping house, $2700, $1000, born MA

    [577] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/24, p. 395, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Brockton #395, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brockton, his father Isaac Packard, born in Brockton, and his mother Sally Packard, born in Brockton.

    [578] Brockton VRs, p. 112.

    [579] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records; Vital Records of Edgartown, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Edgartown VRs], p. 95, the marriage of Frederick Baylies and Velina Worth on 18 May 1820 in Edgartown.

    [580] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 70, p. 337, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her first, his occupation a trader, his birth place Edgartown, his parents Frederick & Evlina W. Baylies, her birth place North Bridgewater, and her parents Isaac & Sally Packard.

    [581] Edgartown VRs, p. 11.

    [582] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 436, p. 358, Edgartown, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth and burial both in Edgartown, his parents given as Frederick Baylies, born in Woodstock, VT, and Veleaia or Velina (Worth) Baylies, born in Edgartown.

    [583] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 262.

    [584] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 268.

    [585] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 297; Brockton VRs, p. 267.

    [586] Calculated from his age at death.

    [587] Brockton VRs, p. 119.

    [588] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 158.

    [589] Brockton VRs, p. 265.

    [590] Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, Vol. XII, p. 157.

    [591] 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 Jesse Perkins household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [592] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 397, the Jesse Perkins household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [593] Brockton VRs, p. 353, buried in the Main Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [594] Brockton VRs, p. 265.

    [595] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 90, the Jesse Perkins household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 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.

    [596] Brockton VRs, p. 353, buried in the Main Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater.

    [597] Plymouth Co. Probate docket #15588, Vol. 60, p. 194-196, from FHL microfilm #0550911.

    [598] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 268, says they had Jesse 1791.

    [599] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 254.

    [600] Brockton VRs, p. 119.

    [601] Brockton VRs, p. 186, the marriage of Rev. Thomas Crafts and Polly Porter on 28 Dec. 1786 in North Bridgewater.

    [602] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 198, 215, married by her father, Rev. Thomas Crafts.

    [603] Per Brockton VRs, p. 36, taken from her gravestone, her birth place from her death record.

    [604] Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 82.

    [605] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 313, dwelling #1044, family #1314, very hard to read:

            Jesse Perkins, 59, male, farmer, $3000, born MA

            Elizabeth Perkins, 58?, female, born MA

            Caroline[?] Perkins, 33?, female, born MA

            Thomas Perkins, 30, male, teacher, born MA

            Frederic Perkins, 26, male, farmer, $1200, born MA

            Mary (unreadable), 28, female, born MA

            Mary C.[?] (ditto), 4, female, born MA

    [606] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 112, p. 308, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his parents Jesse & Bliss P. Perkins.

    [607] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15589, Vol. 13D, p. 456, from FHL microfilm #0551541.

    [608] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 106, dwelling #676, family #876:

            Elisabeth Perkins, 69, female, housekeeper, $5100, $2000, born MA

            Caroline B. Perkins, 43, female, $150, $1000, born MA

            Thos. C. Perkins, 40, male, farmer, $475, $1400, born MA

            Mary P. Hewins, 37, female, $200, $700, born MA

            Fredh. Perkins, 35, male, farmer, $2500, $1000, born MA

            Mary E. Hewins, 14, female, born MA, attending school

    [609] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 230, p. 328, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Weymouth, and her parents Thomas & Mary Crafts.

    [610] Brockton VRs, p. 119.

    [611] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1906/23, p. 436, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Brockton #436, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Brockton, her parents Jesse Perkins and Elizabeth Crafts.

    [612] Brockton VRs, p. 120.

    [613] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [614] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 100, dwelling #587, family #834:

            T. C. Perkins, 50, male, white, farmer, $2000, $9500, born MA, a male citizen

            Ruth Perkins, 43, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Caroline Perkins, 53, female, white, $1200, $500, born MA

    [615] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 638, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Jesse Perkins, born in Brockton, and Elizabeth Crafts, born in Weymouth.

    [616] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1903/12, p. 304, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, City of Brockton #304, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Thomas C. Perkins, her birth place Braintree, her father Nathaniel Wales, born in Braintree, and her mother Sarah Wilde, born in Braintree.

    [617] Brockton VRs, p. 120.

    [618] Brockton VRs, p. 266.

    [619] Brockton VRs, p. 334.

    [620] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #10050, Vol. 12C, p. 102, from FHL microfilm #0551539.

    [621] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1941-1910, Vol. 541, p. 78, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Edwin Hewins, her birth place Brockton, and her parents Jesse Perkins and Elizabeth Crafts.

    [622] Brockton VRs, p. 119.

    [623] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 363, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his parents Jesse & Elizabeth Perkins.

    [624] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15569, Vol. 104, p. 223-226, from FHL microfilm #0555646, and Vol. 114, p. 93.

    [625] Brockton VRs, p. 119.

    [626] Brockton VRs, p. 265.

    [627] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his birth place from his death record.

    [628] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 304, dwelling #915, family #1143:

            Samuel A. Sargent, 31, male, painter, born NH

            Elizabeth Sargent, 24, female, born MA

            Frank A. Sargent, 3, male, born MA

    [629] 1860 federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 105, dwelling #668, family #866:

            Sam’l A. Sargent, 38, male, carriage painter, $100, $1000, born MA [sic]

            Elizabeth Sargent, 32, female, born MA

            Frank Sargent, 12, male, born MA, attending school

    [630] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 329, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his birth place Chester, N.H., and his parents John & Sally Sargent.

    [631] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/24, p. 172, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Brockton #172, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Samuel A. Sargent, her father Jesse Perkins, and her mother Elizabeth Crafts.

    [632] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 262.

    [633] Halifax VRs, p. 31, the marriage of Nathan Tomson and Mary Harlow, both of Hallifax, on 27 Oct. 1761 in Halifax.

    [634] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 298, marriage intentions recorded 20 Nov. 1779 in Bridgewater.

    [635] Halifax VRs, p. 39.

    [636] Halifax VRs, p. 46, the birth of Nathan Tomson, son of Thomas and Martha Tomson jur. on 10 Dec. 1736 in Halifax; Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, 1996, p. 205.

    [637] Williams, Alicia Crane, Harlow Family Descendants of Sgt. William Harlow, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1997, pp. 48-49, 182-183.

    [638] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 68, under “Finney;” www.findagrave.com, memorial #35644996, from his gravestone in Warrentown Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.

    [639] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #7702, Vol. 27, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0550714, with Jacob Tomson junr. and Jesse Sturtevant as sureties.

    [640] 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, family of Sarah Phinney: 1 free white male under 16, 3 free white females.

    [641] Plymouth VRs, p. 95: marriage of James Holmes and Content Silvester on 30 Jan. 1728/9 in Plymouth.

    [642] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 132, 171.

    [643] Plymouth VRs, p. 109.

    [644] Plymouth VRs, p. 168, the marriage intentions of Zacheus Curtiss of Plymouth and Lydia Thomas of Dartmouth recorded on 28 Aug. 1741 in Plymouth.

    [645] Plymouth VRs, pp. 261, 360.

    [646] Plymouth VRs, p. 167, the marriage intentions of Israel Clarke of Plymouth and Deborah Pope of Sandwich recorded on 31 Oct. 1741 in Plymouth.

    [647] 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. 139, under Ezra Holmes; p. 60, under Israel Clark; Plymouth VRs, pp. 258, 383, the marriage of Miles Long and Thankfull Clarke, both of Plymouth, on 1 Nov. 1770 in Plymouth.

    [648] Plymouth VRs, pp. 268, 384. Mrs. Thankful Holmes, wife of Mr. Ezra Holmes, died on 2 Apr. 1799 in Middleborough. (Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 293; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 87.)

    [649] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 85, the Ezra Holmes household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [650] 1810 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 321, the Ezra Holms household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 26-44 years [sic], 2 females under 10, 3 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years [sic].

    [651] www.findagrave.com, memorial #59149015, from his gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [652] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44119213, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [653] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 194, as “Sarah Finey, daughter of John and Sarah Finey.”

    [654] Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Norton VRs], p. 184: marriage of Levi Babbit, of Norton, and Betty Babbit, of Hardwick, on 21 Dec. 1779 in Hardwick.

    [655] Norton VRs, p. 233. Their eldest son was named “Isaac Thompson Babbit.”

    [656] Norton VRs, p. 13.

    [657] 1810 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 777, the Isaac Babbet household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [658] 1820 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 92, the Isaac Babbit household had 2 males 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, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [659] 1830 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 581, the Isaac Babbit household had 1 male 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, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [660] 1840 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 141, the Isaac Babbett household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [661] Per the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36165872, from her gravestone in Hatch Cemetery in Busti, NY.

    [662] 1855 New York State Census, First Election District in the Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY, dwelling #400, family #423.

    [663] Per the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg.

    [664] Chautauqua County Probate, Wills Vol. 3, p. 114-115, and Letters Testamentary Vol. 2, p. 302.

    [665] Norton VRs, p. 13; Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Barre VRs], p. 14.

    [666] Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs], p. 57, marriage intentions recorded on 27 May 1838 in Oakham, MA.

    [667] 1850 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, p. 157, dwelling #391, family #453:

            Isaac Babbitt, 42, male, overseer, $600, born MA

            Ann Babbitt, 42, female, born ME

            Nathan W. Babbitt, 11, male, born MA

            Charles A. Babbitt, 1, male, born MA

    [668] 1860 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #143, family #139:

            I. T. Babbitt, 52, male, speculater, $5000, $200, born MA

            A. Babbitt, 51, female, wife, born ME

            W. Babbitt, 21, male, painter, born MA

            C. Babbitt, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            C. Davis, 18, female, teacher, born MA

    [669] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 204, dwelling #1324, family #1739:

            Isaac T. Babbitt, 63, male, white, ret’d manufacturer, $10,000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Ann P. Babbitt, 41 [sic], female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Charles A. Babbitt, 21, male, white, hair dresser, born MA, a male citizen

            Pat Madigan, 15, male, white, common labour, born MA, parents both foreign born

    [670] 1880 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 29, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 874, p. 513A, dwelling #174. Family #245:

            Isaac Babbitt, white, male, 73, married, tenement agent, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            P. Ann Babbitt, white, female, 70, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born MA, mother born MA

    [671] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 420, p. 527, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Isaac T. Babbitt, her birth place Winthrop, ME, and her parents Ebenezer Packard, born in No. Bridgewater, and Zeruah Phiney, born in Middleboro.

    [672] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 438, p. 606, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a real estate agent, his birth place Norton, and his parents Isaac and Sarah (Phinney) Babbitt; Per the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg.

    [673] Norton VRs, p. 13, her middle name spelled “Adayline” in the vital records; Barre VRs, p. 13, which says she was born in Mansfield.

    [674] Barre VRs, p. 106.

    [675] Calculated from his age and birth place in the 1850 federal census.

    [676] 1840 Federal Census, Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 110, the Cyrus Lovell household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [677] 1850 Federal Census, Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 36, dwelling #332, family #341:

            Cyrus Lovell, 42, male, farmer, $1800, born MA

            Adaline Lovell, 41, female, born MA

            William Lovell, 11, male, born NY, attending school

            Sarah Lovell, 7, female, born MA

            John Lovell, 81, male, farmer, born MA

            Jacob Ploss, 15, male, farmer, born NY, attending school

    [678] Per the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg.

    [679] Calculated from her age and birth place in the 1860 federal census.

    [680] 1860 Federal Census, Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY, Page No. 30, dwelling #239, family #239:

            Cyrus Lovell, 53, male, farmer, $2600, born NH

            Sarah Lovell, 46, female, born England

            Addie S. Lovell, 19, female, born MA

            Willie Lovell, 21, male, born NY

    [681] 1870 Federal Census, Cass Township, Clayton Co., IA, Page No. 14, dwelling #108, family #108:

            Cyrus Lovell, 63, male, white, farmer, $2200 $1100, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah Lovell, 57, female, white, keeping house, born England, parents both foreign born

            Emma Cook, 19, female, white, at home, born NY, mother foreign born

            Mary Blackman, 49, female, white, at home, born NY

    [682] Barre VRs, p. 13.

    [683] New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #986101.

    [684] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 7 Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 140, dwelling #752, family #996:

            Harrison Babbitt, 45, male, peddler, $600, $1300, born MA

            Marella Babbitt, 42, female, born MA

            Clara Babbitt, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Edwin Babbitt, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Frank Babbitt, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary Babbitt, 4, female, born MA

    [685] 1870 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 18-19, dwelling #149, family #165:

            Harrison W. Babbitt, 58, male, white, farmer, $9000, $1500, born MA, a male citizen

            Marilla T. Babbitt, 43, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Frank A. Babbitt, 16, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Mary A. Babbitt, 14, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Kate M. Babbitt, 9, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Alfred L. Babbitt, 7, male, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Milton P. Babbitt, 3, male, white, born MA

    [686] 1880 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 800, p. 45A, dwelling #80, family #86:

            Harrison W. Babbitt, white, male, 68, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Marilla T. Babbitt, white, female, 54, wife, married, keeping house, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

            Katy M. Babbitt, white, female, 19, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Alfred L. Babbitt, white, male, 18, son, single, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Milton P. Babbitt, white, male, 13, son, single, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Maurice Actkinson, white, male, 14, laborer, single, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [687] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 366, p. 380, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Barre, and his parents Isaac Babbitt, born in Norton, and Sarah Thompson [sic], born in Middleborough; the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg.

    [688] Barre VRs, p. 14.

    [689] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [690] Barre VRs, p. 106, marriage intentions recorded on 23 May 1839 in Barre.

    [691] Calculated from her age and birth place in her death record.

    [692] 1840 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 141, the P. H. Babbett household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [693] 1850 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 115, dwelling #85, family #87:

            Pliny H. Babbett, 31, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Lydia P. Babbett, 31, female, born NH

            Deborah P. Babbett, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Caleb H. Babbett, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary A. Babbett, 3, female, born MA, attending school

            George F. Babbett, 1, male, born MA

            Mary Matthews, 16, female, born MA

    [694] 1860 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 4-5, dwelling #34, family #35:

            Pliny H. Babbitt, 41, male, auctioneer, $3000, $475, born MA

            Lydia P. Babbitt, 42, female, $100, born NH

            Deborah P. Babbitt, 19, female, born MA

            Caleb H. Babbitt, 17, male, mechanic, born MA

            Mary Ann Babbitt, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            George F. Babbitt, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Charles A. Babbitt, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Lezzie N. Babbitt, 4, female, born MA

    [695] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 176, p. 216, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Dover, NH, and her parents Caleb & Deborah Perry.

    [696] Her parents’ names from her 1865 marriage record.

    [697] Barre VRs, p. 186, the marriage intentions of Harriet Maria Pierce and Emory Newton recorded on 6 Sept. 1845 in Barre; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 167, p. 201, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the death of Emory Newton on 5 Apr. 1863 in Barre, aged 41 years, 8 months, 11 days, of “consumption.”

    [698] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 182, p. 171, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation auctioneer, his birth place Barre, his parents Isaac & Sarah Babbitt, her birth place Shaftsbury, VT, and her parents Abraham & Ann Pierce.

    [699] Calculated from her age and birth place in her 1865 marriage record.

    [700] 1870 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 63, dwelling #540, family #606:

            Pliny H. Babbitt, 52, male, white, auctioneer, born MA, a male citizen

            Harriet W. Babbitt, 45, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Mariana Babbitt, 23, female, white, at home, born MA

            Lizzie N. Babbitt, 14, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Ellen M. Newton, 21, female, white, at home, born MA

            Sheridan D. Tolman, 23, male, white, farm laborer, $200, born MA

    [701] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/3, p. 456, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Barre #456, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation an auctioneer, his birth place Barre, MA, his father Isaac Babbitt, born in Norton, MA, and his mother Sarah Phinny, born in Norton; the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg gives his place of death as Barre, Washington Co., VT.

    [702] Barre VRs, p. 13.

    [703] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [704] Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1904, [hereinafter Petersham VRs], p. 63; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 19, p. 183, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a painter, his residence Worcester, his parents Isaac & Sarah Albert [sic], her residence Petersham, and her parents Joseph & Polly Eaton.

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

    [706] 1850 Federal Census, Sixth Ward City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 231, dwelling #76, family #101:

            Charles B. Albert, 29, male, painter, born MA

            Charlotte Albert, 24, female, born MA

            Mary Albert, 3, female, born MA

    [707] 1855 New York State Census, First Election District in the Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY, dwelling #400, family #423:

            C. B. Albert, 33, male, born MA, married, resided in this town 1 year, painter, a native voter, owner of land

            Charlott Albert, 28, female, wife, born MA, married, resided in this town 1 year

            Mary Albert, 8, female, daughter, born MA, resided in this town 1 year

            Isaac Babbitt, 73, male, father, born MA, resided in this town 1 year, mattrasses, a native voter

    [708] 1860 Federal Census, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY, Page No. 110, dwelling #819, family #819:

            Charles B. Albert, 37, male, painter, $1200, $500, born MA

            Charlott Albert, 31, female, housekeeper, born MA

            Mary Albert, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Edward Smiley, 29, male, universalist clergy, born PA

            Oumer Baker, 30, male, shoe maker, born NY

            Rachel Lavoy, 83, male, domestic, born PA

    [709] www.findagrave.com, memorial #35645000, from his gravestone in Warrentown Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.

    [710] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 194.

    [711] Per the www.findagrave.com memorial of John Phinney, #44118919.

    [712] Calculated from her age at death.

    [713] 1820 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 635, the John Finny household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [714] Pearson, Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called Out By The Governor Of Massachusetts To Suppres A Threatened Invasion During The War Of 1812-‘14, Boston, 1913, reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, [hereinafter Pearson, Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia], p. 273.

    [715] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44119756, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [716] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299, her name recorded as Matilda Chandler.

    [717] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #59147253.

    [718] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44118919, from his gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [719] www.findagrave.com, memorial #59147253, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [720] Norton VRs, p. 119, also recorded in Winthrop, ME, Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [721] Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1905, 2 volumes [hereinafter Lynn VRs], Vol. 2, p. 302, marriage intentions recorded on 13 Oct. 1833 in Lynn.

    [722] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44120778, which only identifies her as Mary Phinney, no dates.

    [723] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #44120442.

    [724] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10402.

    [725] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #44120442.

    [726] 1840 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 33, the John G. Phinney household had 2 males aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 2 females aged 20-29 years.

    [727] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44120442, from her badly damaged gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [728] Her parents’ names from her birth record.

    [729] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10402.

    [730] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9791, her parents William T. Gilbert and Anna Sampson; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #44123390.

    [731] 1850 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 43, dwelling #508, family #606:

            John G. Finney, 41, male, dyer?, $1300, born MA

            Jane G. Finney, 34, female, born ME

            Mary F. B. Finney, 13, female, born ME, attending school

            Sarah A. Finney, 11, female, born ME, attending school

            Irene A. Finney, 9, female, born ME, attending school

            John W. Finney, 7, male, born ME, attending school

            Susan J. Finney, 4, female, born ME

    [732] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44123390, from her gravestone in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Augusta, ME.

    [733] 1860 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 52, dwelling #349, family #378:

            John G. Phinney, 51, male, supert. highways, $2000, $700, born ME

            Mary F. B. Phinney, 23, female, born ME

            Sarah A. Phinney, 21, female, born ME

            Irene A. Phinney, 19, female, born ME

            John W. Phinney, 17, male, born ME

            Susan J. Phinney, 14, female, born ME
            Eugene G. Phinney, 4, male, born ME

    [734] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44121295, from his gravestone in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Augusta, ME.

    [735] Norton VRs, p. 119; also recorded in Winthrop, ME, Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [736] www.findagrave.com, memorial #59148832, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [737] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [738] Barre VRs, p. 186, marriage intentions recorded on 23 July 1836 in Barre.

    [739] 1850 Federal Census, Fairfield Township, Butler Co., OH, p. 235, dwelling #358, family #368:

            Aaron Tyler, 35, male, manufacturer, born MA

            Harriet Tyler, 36, female, born ME

            Harrison Tyler, 9, male, born MA

            Harriet N. Tyler, 2, female, born OH

    [740] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #62058094.

    [741] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [742] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #62058669.

    [743] 1840 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 82, the Sylvanus C. Phinney household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [744] 1850 Federal Census, Town of Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 105, dwelling #135, family #156:

            Sylvanus Phinney, 34, male, boot maker, $2500, born MA

            Mary E. Phinney, 31, female, born MA

            Mary R. Phinney, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Sylvanus E. Phinney, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Sarah E. Phinney, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            John G. Phinney, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            James Smith, 17, male, boot maker, born MA, attending school

    [745] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., dwelling #154, family #174:

            Sylvanus C. Phinney, 40, male, bootmaker, born ME

            Mary E. L. Phinney, 36, female, born MA

            Mary R. C. Phinney, 18, female, born ME

            Sylvanus C. Phinney Jr., 16, male, bootmaker, born MA

            Sarah A. Phinney, 14, female, born MA

            John G. Phinney, 11, male, born MA

            Cassandana Phinney, 3, female, born MA

    [746] 1860 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 35, dwelling #618, family #631:

            Sylvanus Phiney, 46, male, mechanic, $2500, $300, born MA

            Mary Phiney, 42, female, born MA

            Sylvanus Phiney, 21, male, billiard hall keeper, born MA

            John Phiney, 16, male, born MA

            Elendana Phiney, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Sarah Holmes, 19, female, born MA

            Sullivan Burnham, 33, male, junr. mason, born MA

            Julia Burnham, 26, female, born MA

    [747] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 277, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Stoughton, and her parents George S. Russell, born in Middleton, CT, and Rebecca Wentworth, born in Canton, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #62058669, from her gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Stoughton, MA.

    [748] 1870 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 29, dwelling #199, family #241:

            Sylvanus C. Phinney, 55, male, white, boot counter manufacturer, $19,000, $15,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Cassendana Phinney, 18, female, white, keeping house, $400, born MA

    [749] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 306, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Winthrop, ME, and his parents John G. and Hepsibath; www.findagrave.com, memorial #62058094, from his gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Stoughton, MA.

    [750] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299, his name recorded as Cephas Marcellus Phinney in his birth record; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #73577067.

    [751] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #63833153.

    [752] Gardner VRs, p. 49; Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #63833153.

    [753] 1880 Federal Census, Minier, Tazewell Co., IL, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 239, dwelling #91, family #91:

            Marcellus Phinney, white, male, 63, married, druggist, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

            Elizabeth Phinney, white, female, 65, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [754] www.findagrave.com, memorial #73577067, from his gravestone in Cherry Grove Cemetery in Mason City, IL.

    [755] www.findagrave.com, memorial #63833153, from her gravestone in Cherry Grove Cemetery in Mason City, IL.

    [756] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [757] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [758] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #44118919.

    [759] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #44145830.

    [760] His parents per his www.findagrave.com memorial #44145672.

    [761] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #44145672.

    [762] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 21, dwelling #158, family #172:

            Aaron S. Thurston, 32, male, farm laborer, born ME

            Adaline M. Thurston, 29, female, born ME

            Willie C. Thurston, 5, male, born ME, attending school

            Frank A. Thurston, 1, male, born ME

            Ada M. Thurston, 23, female, born ME

    [763] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 23, dwelling #184, family #191:

            Arron S. Thurston, 41, male, white, work in cotton mill, $300, $100, born ME, a male citizen

            Adaline Thurston, 39, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Wm C. Thurston, 15, male, white, work in cotton mill, born ME

            Frank A. Thurston, 11, male, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Joseph W. Thurston, 8, male, white, born ME, attending school

            Mary L. Thurston, 4, female, white, born ME

            John Thurston, 1, male, white, born ME
            Louisa Goodwin, 20, female, white, in cotton mill, born ME

            Chas. A. Goodwin, 2, male, white, born ME

    [764] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44145830, from her gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Belgrade, Kennebec Co., ME.

    [765] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44145672, from his gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Belgrade, ME.

    [766] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 236.

    [767] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 260; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 275, the marriage of Ebenezer Packard Jr. and Content Harlow, widow, on 26 Apr. 1781 in Bridgewater.

    [768] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 298; Brockton VRs, p. 268.

    [769] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 240.

    [770] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256.

    [771] 1810 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 904, the Ebenezer Packard household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over [sic], 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [772] 1820 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 639, the Ebenezer Packard 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, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [773] 1830 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 56, the Ebenez Packard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [774] 1840 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 354, the Ebenezar Packard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [775] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 40, dwelling #318, family #360:

            Ebenezer Packard, 66, male, farmer, born MA

            Zeruah Packard, 65, female, $300, born MA

            Henry Packard, 37, male, farmer, $1500, born ME

            Caroline A. Packard, 35, female, born ME

            Ellen H. Packard, 12, female, born MA, attending school

    [776] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 48, dwelling #366, family #400:

            Ebenezer Packard, 77, male, farmer, $1000, $700, born MA

            Zeruah Packard, 75, female, born MA

            Dwelling #366, family #401:

            Henry Packard, 37, male, farmer, $1000, $1500, born ME

            Betsey K. Packard, 30, female, born MA

            Caroline E. Packard, 8, female, born ME, attending school

    [777] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122074705, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [778] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122074692, from his gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [779] Calculated from his age at death.

    [780] 1850 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, p. 276, dwelling #711, family #1137, the household of Jonathan and Elizabeth C. Wheeler, included:

            Charles Packard, 42, male, shoemaker, born ME

    [781] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 165, the marriage intentions of Job Alden Jr. and Lydia Shaw, both of Middleborough, recorded on 2 Dec. 1800 in Middleborough.

    [782] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 71, p. 110, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, both were of New Bedford, his occupation a shoe dealer, his birth place Winthrop, ME, his father Ebenezer, her birth place Middleborough, her father Job; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #173739830.

    [783] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from her marriage record.

    [784] 1860 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 122, dwelling #884, family #961:

            Charles Packard, 50, male, merchant, $4000, $800, born ME

            Lydia H. Packard, 50, female, $1000, born MA

            Mary A. Sears, 50, female, domestic, born MA

    [785] www.findagrave.com, memorial #173739899, from her gravestone in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

    [786] www.findagrave.com, memorial #173739830, from his gravestone in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

    [787] Oakham VRs, p. 90, marriage intentions recorded on 27 May 1838 in Oakham, MA.

    [788] 1850 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, p. 157, dwelling #391, family #453:

            Isaac Babbitt, 42, male, overseer, $600, born MA

            Ann Babbitt, 42, female, born ME

            Nathan W. Babbitt, 11, male, born MA

            Charles A. Babbitt, 1, male, born MA

    [789] 1860 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #143, family #139:

            I. T. Babbitt, 52, male, speculater, $5000, $200, born MA

            A. Babbitt, 51, female, wife, born ME

            W. Babbitt, 21, male, painter, born MA

            C. Babbitt, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            C. Davis, 18, female, teacher, born MA

    [790] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 204, dwelling #1324, family #1739:

            Isaac T. Babbitt, 63, male, white, ret’d manufacturer, $10,000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Ann P. Babbitt, 41 [sic], female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Charles A. Babbitt, 21, male, white, hair dresser, born MA, a male citizen

            Pat Madigan, 15, male, white, common labour, born MA, parents both foreign born

    [791] 1880 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 29, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 874, p. 513A, dwelling #174. Family #245:

            Isaac Babbitt, white, male, 73, married, tenement agent, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            P. Ann Babbitt, white, female, 70, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born MA, mother born MA

    [792] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 420, p. 527, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Isaac T. Babbitt, her birth place Winthrop, ME, and her parents Ebenezer Packard, born in No. Bridgewater, and Zeruah Phiney, born in Middleboro.

    [793] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 438, p. 606, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a real estate agent, his birth place Norton, and his parents Isaac and Sarah (Phinney) Babbitt; Per the Ancestry.com Solberg Family Tree file submitted by Barbara Solberg.

    [794] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [795] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

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

    [797] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122074767, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [798] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [799] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [800] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 1, dwelling #3, family #3:

            Henry Packard, 47, male, white, farmer, $4000, $6000, born ME, a male citizen

            Betsey K. Packard, 40, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Eben Packard, 86, male, white, farm laborer, born MA, a male citizen

            Zeruah Packard, 85, female, white, past labor, born MA

            Lizzie C. Packard, 19, female, white, at home, born ME

            Sumner E. Packard, 9, male, white, at school, born ME, attending school

    [801] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122074753, from his gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [802] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122074795, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [803] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 87.

    [804] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 313.

    [805] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [806] 1850 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 263, dwelling #178, family #191:

            Elijah Norcross, 54, male, farmer, $1050, born ME

            Mariah Norcross, 46, female, born MA

            John C. Norcross, 20, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

            Jane A. Norcross, 17, female, born ME, attending school

            Mary A. Norcross, 15, female, born ME, attending school

            Samuel M. H. Norcross, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Webster D. Norcross, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            Ellen M. Norcross, 9, female, born ME, attending school

    [807] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74831029, from his gravestone in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

    [808] 1860 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 20, dwelling #159, family #185:

            Ezra H. Norcross, 39, male, stone mason, $450, $173, born ME

            Lucinda W. Norcross, 39, female, born ME

            Ezra F. Norcross, 17, male, farm hand, born ME, attending school

            Winfield S. Norcross, 15, male, farm hand, born ME, attending school

            Charles W. Norcross, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Millard F. Norcross, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            Reverdy J. Norcross, 10, male, born ME, attending school

            Mary J. Norcross, 8, female, born ME, attending school

            Arvine M. Norcross, 6, male, born ME, attending school

            Louisa E. Norcross, 2, female, born ME

            Dwelling #159, family #186:

            Maria Norcross, 55, female, born ME

            George W. Norcross, 35, male, farm labourer, $500, born ME

    [809] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74831062, from her gravestone in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

    [810] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #83716685, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [811] Norton VRs, p. 80, from First Congregational Church records, as “child of Ezra Holmes.”

    [812] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83716685, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [813] Norton VRs, p. 80, from First Congregational Church records, as “child of Ezra Holmes.”

    [814] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [815] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 41, dwelling #333, family #375:

            Joseph Holmes, 38, male, $800, born ME, cannot read

            Elizabeth H. Holmes, 51, female, born ME

            William H. H. Holmes, 9, male, born ME, attending school

    [816] 1860 Federal Census, China, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 41, dwelling #288, family  #294:

            Joseph Holmes, 53, male, white, farmer, $800, $120, born MA

            Elizabeth Holmes, 58, female, white, born ME

    [817] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83406172, from his gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.


[A] The Will of Jacob Tomson of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1801) *

        Know all men by these presents that I Jacob Thomson of the Town of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do make & ordain this to be my last Will & Testament to remain firm and inviolable forever. —

        Imprimis I give & bequeath unto my Wife Freelove Thomson, the use & Improvement of one third of my improved Land, & Liberty of Firewood on my Land for to keep one fire as long as she remains my Widow; & more I give her one third of all my personal Estate of all kings whatsoever —

        Item I give unto my Son Solomon Tomson all the Land that I own on the Easterly side of the Highway bounded southerly by Daniel Wilds Land & easterly by Abisha Samson & Northerly by Nathaniel Thomson & Solomon Tomson, & Ebenr Wood’s land; likewise I give unto my Son Solomon all the remainder of the twenty sixth Lot in Number in the last Division of hundred acre Lots that I now own, it being the southerly part of said Lot joining at the north End by Land that I lately gave to sd Solomon by Deed; more I give unto him my sixteen acre lot of Cedar Swamp being in Number the third Lot, more I give my Son Solomon one third of my hundred acre Lot on the Great Plain (so called) my will is that my Son Solomon Tomson should pay unto my three Daughters hereafter mentioned (viz) Mercy Gage, Elizabeth Wild & Ruth Bennet one hundred & fifty Dollars apiece each of them in manner hereafter mentioned (viz) to pay each of them fifty Dollars in one year from the time of my decease, & one hundred Dollars more each of them at the end of two years from the time of my decease – Item – I give unto my Son Benjamin Tomson all the land that I now own lying on the westerly side of the Highway, bounded on the southerly side by the Land that I give to my Son Jacob Tomson & northerly by Solomon Tomsons & Jacob Miller’s land & westerly by Nathl. Tomson’s land; more I give unto my Son Benjamin my half Lot of Cedar Swamp it being in number the twentieth Lot, & more I give unto my Son Benjamin my lot on the long Island called the Billington Lot, being in number the twenty third Lot, it being with the bounds of the Great Cedar Swamp; more I give unto my Son Benjn one third of my hundred acre Lot on the Great Plain; more I give unto my Son Benjamin my Lot of Meadow in the upper Meadow so called; more I give my Son Benjn six twentieth parts of the hundred & eighteenth Lot in the South purchase: my will is that my Son Benjamin Tomson should pay my Daughter Freelove Crocker one hundred & fifty Dollars in manner hereafter mentioned (viz) fifty Dollars in one year from the time of my decease; and one hundred more in two years from the time of my decease; more I give unto my Son Benjamin all my Wearing Apparel, and my Gun, Bayonet, Cartridge Box & Sword —

        Item I give unto my Son Solomon my Right in the Iron Mine in Assawampset Pond; more I give my Son Solomon all my personal Estate that is not before given away by this will —

        Whereas I have heretofore given my Son Jacob Tomson a large share of my Estate by a Deed of Gift therefore I give nothing by this Will to him —

        Furthermore if there should be any Estate hereafter found that is not given away by this Will, I give it to my son Solomon: further my will is that my Son Solomon should pay all my just debts & funeral Charges —

        Furthermore my will is that my Son Solomon Tomson should be Executor of this my last Will & Testament — thus hoping that this my last will & Testament will be kept & performed according to the true Intent and meaning thereof I commit my Body to the Dust & my Soul to God that gave it:   In Witness whereof I the aforesd. Jacob Tomson have hereunto set my hand & Seal this thirteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred & one —

Signed sealed & delivered by the above named Jacob Tomson

senior to be his last will & Testament in the presence of us.

        Waterman Bosworth                                                                                                   Jacob Tomson                                   (seal)

        Oliver Porter

        Daniel Norcut

 

Presented for probate on 6 Jan. 1806 by Solomon Tomson, the Executor therein named, and proved by Waterman Bosworth and Oliver Porter, two of the witnesses.

 

To the Hon. Joshua Thomas Esqr. Judge of Probate of Wills &c for the County of Plymouth.

I Freelove Thomson of Middleborough Widow do make known that I wave the provision which is made for me in the last Will & Testament of Jacob Thompson my late Husband late of said Middleborough deceased and pray for my legal right of Dower & provision in the Estate of said deceased as provided by Law for widows witness my hand

        June 24th. 1806                                                                                                            Freelove Thompson  —

 

Isaac Thomson Esqr., and William Tomson, Gentleman, both of Middleborough, and Timothy Wood, of Halifax, Gentleman, were appointed to appraise the estate of Jacob Tomson, late of Middleborough, Gentleman, on 6 Jan. 1806. The inventory was dated 12 Feb. 1806, and totaled $4444.12, including the real estate given to son Solomon valued at $1985, and the real estate given to son Benjamin valued at $1632. Solomon Tomson, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 8 Mar. 1806.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 40, pp. 395-397, 408, from FHL microfilm #0550901.

 

 

[B] The Will of Solomon Thompson of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1831) *

        Be it known that I Solomon Thompson of Middleborough County of Plymouth Gentleman do on this fourth day of February in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner following viz.

        In the first place I give to my daughter Lucy the wife of Charles Shaw two hundred dollars one half to be paid in one year and the other in two years after my decease

        And to my Daughter Lydia the wife of Timothy Drew providing she should be left a widow before her youngest child becomes of age, I give one undivided half of the Reed Place so called being all I own in said place, also the personal estate which Samuel Thompson now holds an Inventory of, after the youngest child of said Lydia becomes of age. And her Mother not a widow I give the real estate above named to Henry S. Drew my grandson and to his heirs forever, and the personal estate to be divided equally between the daughter of the said Lydia Drew.

        Likewise to my son Solomon I give three hundred dollars one half in one year the other half in two years from my decease

        Also to the heirs of my son Calvin I give five hundred dollars one half in four years from my decease the other half in six years and to my son Calvin I give my wearing apparel & long gun. Also to Mercy the wife of George Atwood I give two hundred and fifty dollars provided she should be left a widow before her youngest child becomes of age but if she should be left a widow before that time my will is that the said two hundred & fifty dollars be equally divided among all her children, to be paid in two years after my deceas.

        Lastly I give to my son Jacob and his heirs whom I appoint sole executor of this my last will, all of the residue and remainder of my estate both real and personal by paying the above Legacies together with all my Just debts and necessary expenses.

        Furthermore I do appoint Samuel Thompson Esq. Trustee to receive in trust the property I have given to the heirs of my son Calvin to be paid to them equally as they become of age and also to receive the property given as above to the heirs of my daughters Lydia & Mercy to be disposed of according to the condition of the above instrument.

        Signed, sealed and published by the said Solomon Thompson as his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request were called as witnesses to the same and in his presence did hereunto subscribe our names.

        Bradford Harlow                                                                                                         Solomon Thompson                        (seal)

        Isaac Harlow

        Louisa Harlow

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of April 1844 by Jacob Thompson, the Executor therein named, and proved by Bradford Harlow and Louisa Harlow, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 86, p. 149-151, from FHL microfilm #0555637.

 

 

[C] The Will of Jacob Thompson of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1877) *

I Jacob Thompson of Bridgewater do make & declare this my last Will & Testament.

1. I give to my wife Joanna Thompson eight hundred dollars to be her absolute property.

2. I give devise & bequeath to my said wife the use of all my Household Furniture, the use & improvement of my Homestead farm of about eight acres with all buildings thereon, whereon I now live, & a right to cut & take firewood for one fire from my woodlot of about eight acres situated in said Bridgewater near the Railroad Bridge, for & during her natural life.

3. I give to my son Virgil Thompson one thousand dollars to be his absolute property.

4. I give devise & bequeath to my daughter Emma Darling wife of Leander A. Darling my said homestead, subject to my wife’ life estate therein as above provided. To have & to hold the same to said Emma, her heirs & assigns forever.

5th. I give devise & bequeath to Ida Darling & Gracy Darling children of my deceased daughter Helen Darling my woodlot of about fifty acres, situated partly in Halifax & partly in Middleborough, near Thompson’ Saw Mill, reserving & excepting the growing & standing wood & timber on three acres thereof on & at the westerly end next to the Brook. To have & to hold the same subject to said reservation & exception, to them the said Ida & Gracy, their heirs & assigns forever.

6th  I give devise & bequeath all the rest residue & remainder of my estate, real personal & mixed, to my children to wit, one third thereof to said Virgil, one third thereof to said Emma & one third thereof to said Ida & Gracy, To have & to hold the same to them the said Virgil, Emma, Ida & Gracy in the proportions aforesaid, & to their heirs & assigns forever.

7th  I appoint Robert E. Smith of said Bridgewater Executor of this will.

   In witness whereof I the said Jacob Thompson have hereto set my hand this first day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & seventy seven.

                                                                                                                                                Jacob Thompson

Signed published & declared by the said Jacob Thompson as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence & in the presence of each other have hereto set our hands as witnesses.

                                                                                                                                                William Latham

                                                                                                                                                Henry D. Sanford

                                                                                                                                                Lydia T. Latham

 

Robert E. Smith, of Bridgewater, was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Jacob Thompson, late of Bridgewater, on 24 Feb. 1879, with Nahum B. Wood and Martin Wood, of Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

Williams Latham, Van R. Swift, and Nahum B. Wood, all of Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise the estate of Jacob Thompson, late of Bridgewater, on 24 Feb. 1879. The inventory was dated 2 May 1879, his real estate valued at $3150, and his personal estate valued at $2595.72. Robert E. Smith gave his oath to the inventory on 12 May 1879.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 143, p. 68-69, from FHL microfilm #0556649, Vol. 149, p. 49, and Vol. 145, p. 193.

 

 

[D] The Will of Wilkes Wood Esq. of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1843) *

                Be it remembered that on this third day of January 1843 I, Wilkes Wood of Middleborough Esq. – in being of sound mind and in perfect health but considering that I am daily liable to be deprived of these blessings deem it proper to make and declare my last will as follows, viz

        In the first place I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Lucy C. Wood as well all the goods and furniture which she brought with her when she Came to live with me as all such articles as She has purchased or procured since our marriage, a good horse and chaise to be Constantly kept on my farm and to be ready for her use when she requires them also one Cow to be also kept Constantly for her use, And it is to be understood that all the notes and securities for money which now stand in her name are for money and property of her own and which was never mine.

        I give and bequeath to my two Daughters who are viz. Betsey T. Leonard and Sally Leonard and for their separate use two hundred dollars each, and for which their separate receipts without their husbands to my Executors shall be a sufficient.

        I give to the children of my deceased Daughter Clarinda Leonard two hundred dollars which sums together with what my said Daughters have heretofore received respectively are to be considered their full share of my estate.

        I devise and bequeath to my son Cornelius B. Wood that part of the Waterman farm, so Called which I now Own my half of a piece of Swamp land which I own in common with William Bourne near William Gisby’s, and a piece of wood land of about seventeen acres which I took of Gorham Wood in exchange for the Waterman House and land which the said Gorham’s family now occupy, to hold to my said son his heirs and assigns forever.

        I give and bequeath also to my said son Cornelius B. five shares in the East Bridgewater Bank.

        I give and bequeath to my son William H. Wood four hundred dollars, and also one half of my Law Library including the History of England.

        I give and bequeath to my son Charles W. Wood three hundred dollars and one half of my Law Library including the History of England.

        I give and bequeath to each of my Daughters Emely L. Wood and Mary T. Wood four hundred dollars with interest from the time of my decease I also give to my two last named Daughters my House hold furniture & Goods excepting all such as my present wife brought with her when she Came to live with me & such as she has since procured excepting also one bed & beding. I also give to the said Emely L. my Scott Bible and to the sd Mary T. my Kempton history of the Bible which together with other Books will be equal in value to Scotts Bible.

        I give and bequeath to my son Joseph P. Wood all the residue & remainder of my personal Estate Credits dues & demands he paying all my just debts, funeral charges and the above mentioned legacies and such as may be hereafter mentioned within one year after my deceas with interest from the time of my decease

        I give and devise to my son Cornelius B. my pew in the Easterly Meeting House and my shed at sd. Meeting house reserving however seats in said pew for my two youngest Daughters, While they Continue unmarried, for my wife and other sons while they choose to occupy seats therein.

        I devise to my beloved wife my homestead lands & buildings or so much and such parts thereof as she shall choose to occupy and possess to hold and enjoy during her life And it is my desire & I hope that she will in Case she survives me, find it for her convenience and Comfort to live upon and occupy my said land and building and maintain a home for my unmarried Children.

        It is not my intentions to restrain or controle her in this respect for I have unshaken Confidence in her discretion and benevolence and her ceaseless exertions to promote the Comfort and prosperity of myself and family.

        Subject to the above provisions of my Wife, I devise and bequeath to my son Joseph T. all my homestead lands and buildings, said lands lying on both sides of the Road, and including my wood lands adjoining the Ransom farm and a peice of Cedar swamp in the Great Cedar Swamp which I purchased by deed from Nathl. Thompson, Reserving to my unmarried Daughters a right to live in and occupy one Room or one of the large Chambers so long as they may or either of them Continue Single – I hereby revoke all former wills by me made.

I bequeath to Elizabeth Studley fifty dollars. –

And hereby Constitute my two oldest sons Executors of this my will.

                                                                                                                                                Wilkes Wood                      (seal)

Signed sealed and declared by the

Testator in presence of us the

Subscribers who at his request &

in his presence hereto set our

names as Witnesses to the above

instrument as his Will.

        Abigail Pickens

        S. B. Pickens

        A. G. Pickens

 

Presented for probate on the first Monday of December, 1843, by Cornelius B. Wood and William H. Wood, the Executors therein named, and proved by S. B. Pickens and A. G. Pickens, two of the witnesses whose names are subscribed thereto. Letters Testamentary were granted to Cornelius B. Wood and William H. Wood, the Executors therein named.

 

The Inventory of the Estate of Wilkes Wood, late of Middleborough, not dated, was appraised by Branch Harlow, Ebenezer Pickens, and Elisha Tucker, his real estate totaled $5155, including his homestead land and buildings valued at $3500, and his personal estate totaled $3250, including $2300 in bank stock and securities. Cornelius B. Wood and Wm H. Wood, the Executors, gave their oath to the inventory on 5 Dec. 1843, and it was accepted on the first Monday of Dec. 1843.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 85, p. 584-588, from FHL microfilm #0555268.

 

 

[E] The Will of Jacob Bennett of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1863) *

        I Jacob Bennett of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, farmer being of sound mind & memory do make, publish and declare my last will and testament in manner following, namely

First. It is my will that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid out of my estate.

Second. I give and devise to my beloved wife Hannah B. Bennett the use, improvement and right to occupy all my real estate for and during her natural life, and if my son Grover Bennett should not be living or any child of his the said Grover’s at the time of my decease then Thirdly, I give and devise to my said wife all my homestead farm to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

Fourthly. I give and devise to my son Grover Bennett all my homestead farm to have & to hold the same to him his heirs and assigns forever.

Fifthly. I give and devise to my son Earl Bennett one hundred dollars in lawful money to be paid out of my estate within one year after my decease.

Sixth I give and devise to my grandson George Alton Cox ten dollars in lawful money to be paid out of my estate on his arriving to the age of twenty one years, or if he the said Cox shall attain that age before my decease then the said ten dollars shall be paid within one year after my decease.

Seventh or lastly– I nominate & appoint Ichabod F. Atwood Esquire, of said Middleborough executor of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I the said Jacob Bennett have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirty first day of January in the year our Lord one thousand eight hundred & sixty three.

                                                                                                                                                Jacob Bennett                                   (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Jacob Bennett as his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have hereunto set our names as witnesses.

                                Ichabod F. Atwood

                                Abigail F. Atwood

                                Emery F. Atwood

 

Ichabod F. Atwood, of Middleborough, was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Jacob Bennett, late of Middleborough, on 22 Jan. 1866, with Grover Bennett and Bradford Chase, both of Middleborough, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p. 290, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 114, p. 356.

 

 

[F] The Will and Codicil of Perez Crocker of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1845) *

                I Perez Crocker of North Bridgewater, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me made.

   And first, my Will is that all my just debts be paid out of my estate, by my Executor hereinafter named.

                I give to my beloved wife Freelove, all my household furniture, to her and her heirs forever. I also give to her the sum of Fifty dollars, to be paid to her by my Executor, in provisions or such other articles as she may most need.

                I also give to her the use, improvement and income of the Westerly half of the dwelling house in which I now reside, and which I bought of Jonathan Perkins, with all the privileges and conveniences for a comfortable housekeeping, to have and to hold the same during her natural life.

                I also order my Executor of pay to her annually out of my Estate the sum of Eighty dollars during her natural life.

                I give to my daughter Louisa, wife of Charles Gurney and her heirs all the land I own on the Southerly side of the road leading by my said dwelling house, except the wood lot I bought of Widow Holmes’ Estate, and I also give her the Barn standing on said land, on condition that she pay to her mother, annually, the sum of Twenty dollars, during her mother’s natural life.

                I give go my son Daniel my half of a dwelling house situate in the Village of North Bridgewater, in a part of which he now resides, together with a lot of land on which it stands, bounded on the East by the main Village road, on the South by land of John Battles, on the West by lands of Isaac Packard, and the said Daniel, and on the North by lands of the said Daniel and the First Society of the New Jerusalem Church, together with all the buildings standing on said land, to him and his heirs forever.

                I give to my son Edward One Thousand dollars.

                I give to my son Charles the Easterly half of my said Perkins dwelling house, and also all the land I own of the Perkins farm, on the Northerly side of the aforesaid road leading by my house, to him and his heirs forever, excepting a piece of land I reserve to be occupied with the Westerly half of my said dwelling house, by my wife during her life, bounded beginning at the centre of the front gate, thence Northerly through the middle of the house, five rods, thence Westerly, parallel with the road, four rods, thence Southerly to the road five rods thence in the line of the road to the station first named

                I give to my son Frederick one Thousand dollars.

                In the bequests to my sons Edward and Frederick I mean to include all sums I may at any time advance them, and for which I hold their notes.

                My Will is that after the decease of my beloved wife, the residue of my estate be equally divided to and among my sons, Daniel, Edward, Charles and Frederick, and my grandson William Henry.

Lastly. I appoint my son Daniel to be Executor of this my last Will.

                In testimony whereof I, the said Perez Crocker, have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this sixteenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty five.

                                                                                                                                                Perez Crocker                                   (seal)

   Signed, sealed and declared by the said Perez Crocker, to be his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who at his request and in his presence, and in presence of each other, have subscribed our names as Witnesses.

                Francis L. Moroni

                Charlotte Moroni

                Charlotte L. Moroni

                                                                               

                                                                                                                Codicil.

   Whereas by my last Will and Testament dated the sixteenth day of July eighteen hundred & forty five, I gave to my daughter Louisa, wife of Charles Gurney, a certain lot of land, with a barn thereon, situated on the Southerly side of the road leading by my dwelling house, and whereas I have lately at her request, sold the said lot of land, I do hereby revoke the legacy to her, and give her instead thereof, the note of hand which I hold against her husband, the said Charles Gurney, for one Thousand dollars, subject to the same condition as specified in my said last Will.

                And whereas I have lately sold to my son Daniel the half of a dwelling house and lot of land bequeathed to him, in my last Will and Testament, I hereby revoke his legacy and give to him instead thereof a note of hand for one Thousand dollars which I hold against him.

                In addition to the legacy to my son Charles, I hereby give to him, after the decease of my wife, the Westerly half of my Perkins dwelling house, together with the lot of land reserved to be occupied by my said Wife with the said Westerly half.

                And I hereby ratify and confirm my aforesaid Will in all respects, except so far as changed or altered by this Codicil.

                In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this to be my Codicil to my last Will and Testament, in the presence of the Witnesses named below, this twenty first day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty two.

                                                                                                                                                Perez Crocker                                   (seal)

                Signed, sealed, published & declared by the said Perez Crocker as a Codicil to his last Will & 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.

                Ichabod Pope

                George W. Pope

                Charlotte A. Pope

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of July, 1854, by Daniel Crocker, the Executor therein named, proved by Charlotte A. Moroni, one of the witnesses to the will, and by Charlotte A. Pope, one of the witnesses to the codicil.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 96, p. 270-273, from FHL microfilm #0555642.

 

 

[G] The Will of Barnabas Curtis of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1821) *

                                In the name of God Amen. I Barnabas Curtis of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament.

                                1st. I give and bequeath to my wife & my daughter my Dwelling house with all the land adjoining the same on the south side of the road leading from Capt Nehemiah Lincolns to the meeting house, also seven acres of land I bought of Capt Nehemiah Lincoln also four acres & half of land I bought of John Wales during their natural lives, also my household furniture & one Cow also I give to Olive a right to sit in my pew in the meeting House.

                                2dly. I give and bequeath to my son Isaac Curtis one Dollar to be paid in one year after my decease

                                3dly I give and bequeath to my Grandsons Josiah Curtis & Samuel Tribou my Dwelling house & the house lot after my wifes and daughters decease.

                                4thly I give and bequeath to my son Bela the improvement of all my other lands during his natural life with all the buildings thereon, with the cow he now improves & all my wearing apparl & farming utensils.

                                5thly I give and bequeath, the heirs of said Bela Curtis the reversion of all my real Estate not bequeathed to Josiah Curtis and Samuel Tribou their and assigns forever.

                                The residue and remainder of my Estate I give and bequeath to my son Bela after my debts are paid. I also appoint Jesse Perkins Junior to be the Executor to this my last Will & Testament.

                                In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty second day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.

Signed, Sealed, published & declared                                                                             Mm the words after my debts are paid

by the said Barnabas Curtis to be                                                                                     were interlined before signing.         

his last will & Testament in pres-

ence of us who subscribed our names                                                                             Barnabas Curtis                               (seal)

as witnesses in presence of the

Testator

                Nathan Alden

                Nehemiah Lincoln

                Susanna Perkins

 

The Will of Barnabas Curtis, late of North Bridgwater, Yeoman, was presented for probate on 2 Oct. 1821 by Jesse Perkins Junr, the Executor therein named, and proved by Nehemiah Lincoln and Susanna Perkins, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 54, p. 3-4, from FHL microfilm #0550908.

 

 

[H] The Will of Isaac Curtis of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1867) *

                                                                In the name of God Amen.

I Isaac Curtis of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman, being of sound and disposing memory but mindful of the uncertainty of life do this twenty eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven make publish and declare this my last will.

First. I wish all my just debts and charges to be paid.

Second. I give and devise to my grandson John W. Curtis the amount due on the note and mortgage I hold against him

Third. I give and devise to my grand daughter Hannah Gurney wife of Lucius Gurney – fifty dollars.

Fourth. I give and devise to each of the children of my son Isaac F. Curtis deceased ten dollars.

Fifth. I hereby confirm my arrangements with Daniel Crocker Esquire for the benefit of my wife Betsy S. Curtis dated June 15. A.D. 1859 – And I also give and devise to my said wife all my household furniture and housekeeping articles of every description except those which I herein specially devise to my son Theodore L. Curtis. – She will have her dower in my real estate.

Sixth. I give and devise to my son Theodore L. Curtis my best bed, bed spread and bedding for the same; all my silver spoons, my bureau desk and best clock and watch, and my wearing apparel.

All the rest residue and remainder of my estate real, personal and mixed of every name and nature I give devise and bequeath to my said son Theodore L. Curtis to have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever.

I hereby appoint Jonas R. Perkins Esquire of said North Bridgewater to be the Executor of this my last will.

In witness whereof I the said Isaac Curtis have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year first above written.

                                                                                                                                                Isaac Curtis                                       (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared to be his last will and testament, in our presence by the said Isaac Curtis, who in his presence and at his request and in presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as witnesses                                  C. C. Bixby,   Ransom Packard,   Rufus E. Brett.

 

To the Honorable the Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Plymouth.

                                                                                Respectfully represents Betsey S. Curtis of North Bridgewater in said County, that she is the widow of Isaac Curtis late of said North Bridgewater deceased; that said deceased made certain provisions for her in his last will which will has been duly proved and allowed in said Court within six months last past and that she hereby waives the provisions so made for her in said will and gives notice that she will claim her dower in the lands of said deceased and her distributive share of his personal estate.

Dated this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1867

                                                                                                                                                Betsey S. Curtis

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of May, 1867, by J. R. Perkins, of North Bridgewater, with Theodore L. Curtis and Henry W. Robinson, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to J. R. Perkins on 13 May 1867.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p. 498-499, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 81.

 

 

[I] The Will of Isaac F. Curtis of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1866) *

                                                In the name of God – Amen.

I, Isaac F. Curtis of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory, but knowing the uncertainty of this life, do this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:– hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

First, I wish all my just debts and charges to be paid.—

Second. I give and devise to my beloved wife Mary G. Curtis the Norris Place, so called, being a lot of land with a brick dwelling house thereon containing about one half an acre as it is now enclosed.– all of my household furniture of every description, except the piano-forte; and the sum of seventeen thousand dollars in money, to have and to hold to her her heirs and assigns to her and their use and behoof forever, the same to be in place of dower, and she is not to make any claim for dower or any other claim against my estate except as above provided–.

Third. I give and devise to my daughter Mary L. Curtis the Ballard Place so called being a lot of land of land containing about one fourth of an acre with a dwelling house thereon situated on Crescent St nearly opposite the Norris Place: as it is now enclosed – and the sum of seven thousand dollars in money to have and to hold to her her heirs and assigns to her and their use and behoof forever.

Fourth. I give and devise to my son Charles H. Curtis one thousand dollars, and he is not to make any claim upon my estate for past services.

Fifth. I give and devise to the American Board of Commissioners for foreign missions – one thousand dollars.

Sixth. I give and devise to the American Tract Society one thousand dollars.

Seventh. I give and devise to the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society – one thousand dollars.

Eighth. I give and devise to the Massachusetts Bible Society – one thousand dollars.

All said four named societies being located in Boston Massachusetts

Ninth. I give and devise to the Porter Evangelical Society of North Bridgewater Mass. one thousand dollars.

And I hereby direct that all said five last named legacies be paid to the treasurers of said Societies within six month after my decease

Tenth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate real personal and mixed, of every name and nature, I give, devise and bequeath to my two sons – Charles H. Curtis and Otis F. Curtis, to be equally divided between them.

Eleventh. I hereby appoint my wife Mary G. Curtis to be the Executrix of this my last will.

In witness whereof I the said Isaac F. Curtis have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written

                                                                                                                                                Isaac F. Curtis –                              (seal)

Signed and sealed published and declared by the above named Isaac F. Curtis as and for his last will and testament in our presence who in his presence, and at his request, and in presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses.

                                Silas V. Tuck

                                Samuel Galeucia

                                J. R. Perkins

 

Mary G. Curtis, of North Bridgewater, was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Isaac F. Curtis, late of North Bridgewater, on 14 Jan. 1867, with Charles H. Curtis and Mary J. Curtis, of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p. 413-415, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 29.

 

 

[J] The Will of Ephraim Cole of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1836) *

                Be it remembered, that I, Ephraim Cole of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, do on this twenty eighth day of October eighteen hundred thirty six, make and ordain my last Will and Testament in manner following: First I constitute and appoint Jesse Perkins of North Bridgewater aforesaid sole Executor of this Will – and I hereby authorise and empower my said Executor to sell and pass deeds, to convey any part, or all of my real estate, at such time or times, and for such sum or sums of money as to him may seem expedient: And I also authorise and empower my said Executor to sell and dispose of any or all of my personal estate at such time or times as he may think best, and for such sum or sums of money or any other equivalent as to him may seem expedient: he being under bond for the faithful performance and execution of the trust hereby reposed in him.

                                                                                I give to my daughter Susannah, wife of Daniel Crocker, Twenty dollars. ~~ I give to my daughter Sophia two hundred and fifty dollars. ~~ All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatsoever name or nature, after the payment of my just debts and the above legacies, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife Susanna, to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

                                                                                                                                                Ephraim Cole                                   (seal)

                Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Ephraim Cole as his Will, in presence of us, who, at his request and in presence of each other subscribe as witnesses.

                Jesse Perkins

                Willard Packard

                Ephraim Cole Jr.

 

Presented for probate on the third Monday of May 1837 by Jesse Perkins, the Executor therein named, and proved by Jesse Perkins and Ephraim Cole Jr, two of the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Jesse Perkins, the Executor therein named.

 

The Inventory of the Estate of Ephraim Cole, late of No. Bridgewater, was appraised on 21 June 1837 by Daniel Crocker, Galen Packard, and Willard Packard, and totaled $3144.47, including his real estate valued at $2600. Jesse Perkins, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 24 July 1837.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 79, pp. 139-140, 288-289, from FHL microfilm #0555265.

 

 

[K] The Will of Susanna Cole of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1853) *

                                Be it remembered, that I, Susanna Cole of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, on this thirteenth day of September eighteen hundred fifty three, do make and establish my last Will and Testament, in manner and form as follows. ~ To my grand daughter Alice, the daughter of Daniel Crocker, her heirs and assigns, I give fifty dollars. To my grand daughter Susan, the daughter of Daniel Crocker, her heirs and assigns, I give fifty dollars.

                                All the rest, residue & remainder of my estate, real & personal, I give to my daughter Sophia, the wife of Cephas Soule, to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

                                I hereby appoint the said Cephas Soule Executor of this Will.

                                In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year first above written.

                                                                                                                                                Susanna Cole                                    (seal)

                                Signed, published & declared by the said Susanna Cole as her last Will & Testament in presence of us, who in her presence & in presence of each other sign as witnesses.

                                                                                                                                                Jesse Perkins

                                                                                                                                                Willard Packard

                                                                                                                                                Esther W. Packard

 

Cephas Soule, of North Bridgewater, was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Susanna Cole, late of North Bridgewater, on 27 Feb. 1865, with Daniel Crocker and Samuel McLauthlin, of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

Willard Packard, Joseph Hewitt, and Samuel McLauthlin were appointed to appraise the estate of Susanna Cole, late of North Bridgewater, on 15 Feb. 1865. The Inventory was dated 20 Feb. 1865, her real estate valued at $1200, and her personal estate valued at $960. Cephas Soule, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 27 Feb. 1865.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p. 146-147, from FHL microfilm #0555647, Vol. 114, p. 279, and Vol. 109, p. 109.

 

 

[L] The Will of Sally Packard of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1862) *

Be it remembered, That I Sally Packard of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Widow, on this tenth day of February eighteen hundred sixty two, do make and establish my last will and testament in manner and form as follows.

I give to Esther wife of Willard Packard one hundred dollars.

To such of the children of my son Isaac Austin Packard as shall be living at my decease, I give one hundred dollars each, or in case of their decease to their children if any.

To such of the children of my daughter Julia as shall be living at my decease I give one hundred dollars each.

All the rest residue and remainder of my estate both real and personal, I give to my son George A. Packard, to him and his heirs and assigns forever; and I appoint him Executor of this Will.

  In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

                                                                                                                                                Sally Packard                                   (seal)

Signed, sealed, published & declared by the above named Sally Packard to be her last will & testament, in presence of us, who at her request & in her presence & in presence of each other, subscribe as witnesses.

                                                                Frederick Perkins

                                                                Caroline B. Perkins

                                                                Mary B. Hewins

 

George A. Packard, of North Bridgewater, was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Sally Packard, late of North Bridgewater, on 12 Jan. 1874, with Simeon D. Carr and Simeon Carr, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 141, p. 80-81, from FHL microfilm #0556648, and Vol. 124, p. 532.

 

 

[M] The Will of Jesse Perkins of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1821) *

In the name of God. Amen—this thirteenth day of June One thousand eight hundred & twenty one, I, Jesse Perkins of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in form & manner following – as touching such worldly interest as God has been pleased to favor me with I dispose in the following manner—

        Imprimis I give unto my beloved wife Sally Perkins the improvement the improvement [sic] of the Easterly room in my house with bedroom adjoining one half of the buttery and that part of the house consigned for a wood house – also one half of the cellar & half the Kitchen with use of the porch, well & oven – my will is that have one cow which she shall choose to be Kept well through the year and and [sic] one fourth part of the produce of the farm and fire wood ready at the door sufficient for the year–a seat in my pew in the meeting house two feather beds and one half of the indoor household furniture I consider them at her disposal –

        Item I give unto my two grandsons Anselm and Sidney Perkins a piece of land the easterly part of my farm beginning the Northwest corner of a small yard by the road – running Southerly in the orchard wall to the wall the south part of the wall of the East pasture, then a South point to John Crafts wall the south side of his pasture, then easterly in his wall to the corner of his pasture, then Northerly by his wall, by his wall [sic] to the road leading from my house – to them and their heirs forever –

        I give to my daughter Rachel Perkins one dollar –

        I give unto my son Jesse Perkins all the remainder of my Estate real or personal of whatsoever name or nature not otherwise disposed of – and I do hereby appoint him sole executor to this my last Will and Testament who is to pay all my just debts and funeral expences – and I do hereby revoke and disannul any other wills ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament

In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the the [sic] day and year above written in the presence of us who in the presence of each other have subscribed our names

        Edwd. Southworth

        Perez Southworth                                                                                                        Jesse Perkins                                    (seal)

        Rhoda Southworth

 

Presented for probate on 4 Apr. 1826 by Jesse Perkins, the Executor therein named, and proved by Edward Southworth, one of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 60, p. 194-196, from FHL microfilm #0550911.

 

 

[N] The Will of Frederic Perkins of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1862) *

                                Be it remembered that I, Frederic Perkins of North Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say.

                                I give and devise to the inhabitants of the said Town of North Bridgewater a certain tract of land, situate in said town, containing about one and a half acres, and formerly belonging to the Craft’s Estate, the same being bounded Easterly by Main street; Southerly by land of Herbert Cobb, David Cobb and George Clark; Westerly by land of David Cobb, and Northerly by land of Mary S. Crafts; to have and to hold the same to them, the said inhabitants and their successors, to their use and behoof forever, the foregoing devise is made, however, upon the condition that the said inhabitants and their successors shall never erect, or suffer to be erected any permanent building upon said tract of land, or any part thereof, except as hereinafter provided, but shall keep the same forever as and for a public common and pleasure ground, for the use of said inhabitants, but if, at any time hereafter, the said tract may, in the judgment of said inhabitants, be improved for the purposes aforesaid by additions made thereto, of other lands next adjoining I hereby authorize the said inhabitants to exchange such small portions of said tract as they shall think best for larger pieces of adjoining land, and empower them to make conveyance of the portions so exchanged free from the conditions and restrictions aforesaid.

                                I give and devise to my brother Thomas C. Perkins the lot of land adjoining land of the said Thomas C. being the same which was assigned to my sister Caroline B. in the division of my father’s estate, excepting, however, in this devise of said lot, the corn house and wood house standing thereon, and reserving for the owners of other portions of the homestead farm, the right to water horses and cattle at the well on the same;

                                Also the “Brook Field,” so called, adjoining the lot last described, Also the “South Pasture” so called Also the “Hill Field”, so called; Also the “West Pasture” so called; Also a meadow lot, containing about three acres and bounded Southerly by land of Thomas J. Howard and extending Southerly therefrom to the cross ditch in the Packard meadow, and bounded Easterly by land of Elizabeth Sargent; and also the other one acre lot, over the river, (called Sallisbury Brook); to have and to hold the said several lots of land, to him the said Thomas C. his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever; he, the said Thomas C., paying to my executor, hereinafter named, the sum of three hundred dollars, within one year after my decease.

                                I give and devise to my Sisters Caroline B. Perkins and Mary P. Hewins a tract of land containing about thirty square rods, being bounded Northerly by Spring Lt., Westerly by land of Elizabeth Sargent; Southerly and Easterly by land of Sidney Perkins, with the dwelling house thereon, to have and to hold to them the said Caroline B. and Mary P. their heirs and assigns, to their use and behoof forever; they the said Caroline B. and Mary P. & their heirs collecting the rent of said dwelling house, and paying over one half of the same to my mother Elizabeth C., in annual payments during her life; also paying to my Executor the sum of one hundred dollars each within one year after my decease.

                                I give and bequeath to my sister Elizabeth Sargent and her husband Samuel A. Sargent, each the sum of five dollars.

                                I give and bequeath to Ruth Perkins the wife of said Thomas C. the sum of five dollars.

                                I give to Frederic Perkins Staniels the son of James Staniels of Roxbury, the sum of fifty dollars.

                                I give to Harriet Sargent, the wife of George T. Sargent the sum of fifty dollars.

                                I give, devise and bequeath to Thaddeus E. Gifford of said North Bridgewater, the lot called the “Maple Park”, provided that no permanent building shall ever be erected thereon, also provided the fences around the same be kept in good repair; and if any of the shade trees now on said lot shall fail, the same be promptly replaced; to have and to hold the said lot to him the said Gifford and his heirs and assigns forever; Also I give to said Gifford my horse.

                                I give to Thaddeus Gifford and to his wife, of said North Bridgewater, the sum of fifty dollars each.

                                I give and bequeath to the New Jerusalem Society in said North Bridgewater the sum of three hundred dollars, to assist in supporting preaching of the denomination of said Society; or to be appropriated by the said Society in any manner they shall think best.

                                All the remainder of my estate, real and personal, not hereinbefore specifically disposed of I hereby authorize my Executor to sell and convey, at such time and in such manner as he shall think for the best interest of all concerned, and out of the proceeds to pay my just debts, the legacies hereinbefore mentioned and also the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of procuring gravestones for me, and improving my lot in the Cemetery.

                                All the residue of my estate I give and bequeath to the said Thaddeus E. Gifford, to have and to hold the same to his own use forever.

                                I hereby constitute and appoint my friend Frederic Howard of said North Bridgewater to be the Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

                                In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of September A. D. 1862.

                                                                                                                                Frederick Perkins                            (seal)

                                Signed, sealed and declared by the above named Frederic Perkins to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto

                                                                                                                                David L. Cowell

                                                                                                                                Rufus C. Kimball

                                                                                                                                Jona. White

 

                                Whereas I, Frederic Perkins of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have made and duly executed my last Will and Testament, in writing, bearing date the thirtieth day of September A. D. 1862, now I do hereby declare this present writing to be a Codicil to my said Will, and direct the same to be annexed to and taken as part thereof.

                                I do hereby give and bequeath to Azel Perkins and to Isaac Perkins, the Son of said Azel, both of East Winthrop, in the State of Maine, each the sum of five hundred dollars.

                                In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of November A. D. 1862.

                                                                                                                                                Frederic Perkins                              (seal)

                                Signed, sealed and declared by the above named Frederic Perkins to be a Codicil to be annexed to his last Will and Testament; in presence of us, who at his request, in his presence, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

                                                                                                                                                Rufus C. Kimball

                                                                                                                                                Nathan Edson

                                                                                                                                                Jona. White

 

Frederick Howard, of North Bridgewater, was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Frederick Perkins, late of North Bridgewater, on 12 Jan. 1863, with Cary Howard and Darius Howard, of North Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

Benjamin Kingman, Daniel Crocker, and Lorenzo D. Hersey, all of North Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise the estate of Frederick Perkins, late of North Bridgewater, on 1 Dec. 1862. The Inventory was dated 3 Jan. 1863, his real estate valued at $5423, and his personal estate valued at $1044. Frederic Howard, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 12 Jan. 1863.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 104, p. 223-226, from FHL microfilm #0555646, Vol. 114, p. 93, and Vol. 109, p. 33.

 

 

[O] The Will of Isaac Babbitt  of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York (1858) *

The Last Will and Testament of Isaac Babbitt of Jamestown in the county of Chautauqua, State of New York

                I Isaac Babbitt considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory (Praised be Almighty God for the same) do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

                I give and bequeath to my son Charles B. Albert all the estate which I have both real and personal and all my goods and chattels rights and credits of every kind and description whatever to have and to hold to him and to his heirs and assigns forever, And I do hereby constitute and appoint my said son Charles B. Albert sole executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year fore above written

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said

testator as and for his last will & testament, who at his                                               Isaac Babbitt                                     (seal)

request in his presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto

A. Hazeltine of Jamestown Chautauqua Co. N.Y.

Cyrus D. Palehu? Jamestown Chautauqua Co. N.Y.

Recorded the foregoing Last Will & Testament of Isaac Babbitt and compared the same with the original this 30th day of December 1858.

 

Charles B. Albert was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Isaac Babbitt, late of Jamestown, on 24 Dec. 1858.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Chautauqua County Probate, Wills Vol. 3, p. 114-115, and Letters Testamentary Vol. 2, p. 302.