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Families of the Children of Jane5 Washburn and Josiah Dean

 

 

            The children of Jane Washburn and Josiah Dean lived in Raynham, Massachusetts, and their grandchildren lived in Raynham or nearby in Norton, Pembroke, Mansfield or Taunton, in Dalton in Berkshire County, and in Maine, but some of their great-grandchildren settled in Madison, Wisconsin, Miami County, Ohio, and Syracuse, New York.

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel3 Washburn

 

 

Capt. Nehemiah4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Deborah2 Packard

 

Jane5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Ephraim2 Howard

 

 

Jane3 Howard

 

 

 

 

Mary2 Keith

Nehemiah Dean

 

 

 

Abigail Dean

 

 

 

Mary Dean

 

 

 

Josiah Dean (Jr.)

 

 

 

Job Dean

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Dean

 

 

Josiah Dean

 

 

 

 

Mary Kingsley

 

 

(1253.) Josiah Dean (Jr.), Esq., second son of (423) Jane5 Washburn, (125) Nehemiah4, (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Raynham, MA, on 6 Mar. 1748,[1] married Sarah Byram, daughter of Rev. Eliab and Phebe (Leonard) Byram,[2] in ca. 1770.[3] She was born on 10 Oct. 1750 in NJ,[4] possibly in Mendham, NJ,[5] a granddaughter of Major Ebenezer and Hannah (Hayward) Byram, of Bridgewater, MA, and Windham, Morris Co., NJ, and her father was a clergyman in Hopewell, NJ.[6] Josiah and Sarah Dean were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1790,[7] 1800,[8] and 1810 federal censuses.[9] He served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1804 to 1807, in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1807 to 1809, and in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1810 to 1811, and he was in the milling and shipbuilding business in Raynham.[10]

        Josiah Dean (Jr.) died testate on 14 Oct. 1818 in Raynham, aged 70 years,[11] his will dated 21 Sept. 1815, with a codicil dated 10 Oct. 1818, mentioned his wife Sarah Dean, sons Josiah Dean Junr. and Eliab B. Dean, daughter Polly Raymond, Hannah Allen, Temperance Gilbert, Jane Green, wife of Thomas Green, Sarah Weston, and Cornelia Dean, and he named his sons Josiah and Eliab B. Dean as executors of his estate. His codicil mentioned that his daughter Sarah Weston, wife of Isaiah Weston, Esq., had since deceased. The inventory of his estate was appraised by Seth Washburn, Esq., Horatio Leonard, Esq., and Mr. Nehemiah Jones on 29 May 1819, and totaled $47,384.61, including his extensive real estate holdings valued at $39,723.[12] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) Sarah (Byram) Dean was probably living with their son Josiah Dean in the 1830 federal census,[13] and she was living next door to their son Eliab B. Dean in Raynham in the 1840 federal census.[14] She died a widow on 10 Jan. 1849 in Raynham, aged 98 years, 3 months, of “old age,”[15] and they were both buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        Josiah Dean (Jr.) and Sarah Byram had children:

        3133     i   Polly Dean, born on 24 Dec. 1771 in Raynham,[16] married Ephraim Raymond, Esq., of Raynham, on 30 Oct. 1788 in Raynham.[17] He was born on 12 Apr. 1764 in Boston, MA.[18] Daughter Polly Raymond and Ephraim Raymond were mentioned in the 1815 will of her father, as well as the 1818 codicil to his will, and he apparently had been in the cotton weaving business in Raynham with his father-in-law, Josiah Dean. They were living in Norton, MA, in the 1790,[19] 1800,[20] 1810,[21] 1820,[22] and 1830 federal censuses.[23] He died “suddenly” on 21 May 1840 in Mansfield, MA, aged 76 years,[24] and his widow and children requested that Lemuel Perry Esq., of Norton, be granted administration of his estate on 5 June 1840, signed by Polly Raymond, widow of the deceased, Margaret Lane, Maria Parsons, Julia Raymond and Charlotte Raymond, children of the deceased. Lemuel Perry, of Norton, was granted administration of the estate of Ephraim Raymond, late of Mansfield, on 19 June 1840, with Dauphin King as surety, and the inventory of his estate, appraised by Elijah Hodges, Hiram Cobb and Jefferson B. Porter, all of Mansfield, on 27 June 1840, totaled $221.15. The heirs of Ephraim Raymond, namely Maria Parsons, Sarah D. Robinson, Margaret Lane, Julia Raymond, Charlotte Raymond, and Dauphin King, petitioned that the widow Polly Raymond be granted all the personal estate of her late husband after paying the funeral charges and expense of administration on 8 June 1840, and she was allowed $180.44 out of the personal estate of Ephraim Raymond for her necessaries.[25] She was living in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[26] and she died a widow, testate, on 26 Mar. 1844 in Mansfield, aged 72 years,[27] and they were both buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. Her will, dated 21 Apr. 1842, and probated on 2 July 1844, mentioned her daughters Julia Raymond and Charlotte Raymond, whom she named as executrixes of her estate, daughter Maria Parsons, grandson Henry H. Raymond, daughter Sarah D. Robinson, daughter Margaret Lane, the children of her daughter Harriet A. King, deceased, and grandson Edward A. H. Raymond.[28] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of her will.) They had children:

a. Maria Raymond, born on 2 July 1789 in Norton, MA,[29] married Leonard Chester Parsons, of New York, on 8 Sept. 1813 in Norton.[30] Daughter Maria Parsons joined the 1840 petitions to have Lemuel Perry, of Norton, appointed as administrator of her father’s estate, and to allow her mother to have all the personal estate of her father, and she was mentioned in her mother’s 1842 will. She was probably a widow living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census,[31] and the 1855 state census,[32] but she was not found in Brooklyn in the 1860 federal census, and no death record was found for her.

b. William Henry Raymond, born on 15 Feb. 1791 in Norton,[33] moved to Charleston, SC, and married Mary Kennedy Watson in 1821.[34] She was born in Sept. 1798 in SC.[35] He died on 17 Nov. 1822 in Charleston, Charleston Co., SC, aged 31 years,[36] and she was living with their son Henry H. Raymond in Charleston, SC, in the 1850,[37] and 1860 federal censuses.[38] She died a widow on 26 Feb. 1869 in Charleston, SC, aged 70 years,[39] and they were both buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, SC.

c. Sarah Dean Raymond, born on 3 Nov. 1792 in Norton,[40] married Otis Robinson, of Attleborough, MA, son of Obed and Abigail (Richards) Robinson,[41] on 12 July 1810 in Norton.[42] He was born on 26 Oct. 1789 in Attleborough, MA.[43] Daughter Sarah D. Robinson joined the 1840 petition to allow her mother to have all the personal estate of her father, and she was mentioned in her mother’s 1842 will. He died on 21 June 1843 in Taunton, MA, aged 53 years,[44] and she was living with their presumed son Thomas R. Robinson in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census.[45] She was not found in the 1855 state census, the 1860 federal census, or the 1865 state census, but she was living in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, with the family of Thomas and Elisa Gillet.[46] She died a widow on 31 May 1871 in Taunton, MA, aged 77 years, 6 months, 28 days, of “bronchitis & heart disease,”[47] and they were both buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

d. Margaret Raymond, born on 22 Jan. 1795 in Norton,[48] married Joseph Lane Jr., of Mansfield, MA, on 21 Sept. 1815 in Norton.[49] Daughter Margaret Lane joined the 1840 petitions to have Lemuel Perry, of Norton, appointed as administrator of her father’s estate, and to allow her mother to have all the personal estate of her father. He apparently died by 1850, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol Co., MA, and she was still living in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[50] the 1855 state census,[51] and the 1860 federal census,[52] and she was a widow living in Mansfield in the 1865 state census,[53] but she was not found in the 1870 federal census. She died a widow on 28 Mar. 1879 in Mansfield, MA, aged 84 years, 32 months, 6 days, of “old age.”[54]

e. Julia Raymond, born on 7 June 1797 in Norton,[55] never married. Daughter Julia Raymond joined the 1840 petitions to have Lemuel Perry, of Norton, appointed as administrator of her father’s estate, joined the petition to allow her mother to have all the personal estate of her father, and she was co-executrix of her mother’s estate in 1844. She was living with her sister Charlotte Raymond in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[56] alone in Mansfield in the 1860 federal census,[57] and her sister Charlotte Pierce was again living with her in Mansfield in the 1865 state census,[58] and the 1870 federal census.[59] She was living alone in Mansfield in the 1880 federal census,[60] and she died on 9 Jan. 1892, aged 94 years, 7 months, 2 days, of “old age,”[61] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

f. Ephraim Ward Raymond, born on 29 Oct. 1800 in Norton,[62] died on 15 Apr. 1802 in Norton, aged 17 months, 17 days,[63] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

g. Harriet Augusta Raymond, born on 6 June 1802 in Norton,[64] married Capt. Dauphin King, son of Josiah and Meriam (Cobb) King (Jr.),[65] on 2 Oct. 1825 in Norton.[66] He was born on 15 Oct. 1790 in Norton,[67] a grandson of Capt. Josiah and (1194) Ruth5 (Bassett) King, of Norton.[68] She died on 11 Jan. 1840 in Norton, aged 37 years,[69] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA. He remarried to his wife’s cousin, Hannah Cornelia Dean Allen, daughter of Rev. Morrill and Hannah (Dean) Allen, of Pembroke,[70] on 12 July 1840 in Pembroke.[71] She was born on 25 Oct. 1810 in Pembroke.[72] They were living next door to his widowed mother in Norton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mariner.[73] Dauphin King was a surety on the bond of Lemuel Perry as administrator of the estate of Ephraim Raymond, late of Mansfield, and the children of daughter Harriet A. King were mentioned in the 1842 will of her mother. He died intestate on 20 May 1852 in Norton,[74] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA. His widow Hannah C. D. King was granted administration of the estate of Dauphin King, late of Norton, on 6 Aug. 1852, with Theodore Dean, of Raynham, and George M. Allen, of Scituate, as sureties, she was allowed $300 out of the personal estate for her necessaries on 6 Aug. 1852, and Theodore Dean, of Raynham, was appointed as guardian of Ellen King and Frank King, minors above the age of 14 years, and Florence King, a minor under the age of 14 years, children of Dauphin King, late of Norton, on 7 Sept. 1852.[75] She was living with her parents in Pembroke, MA, in the 1855 state census,[76] in Yellow Springs, Greene Co., OH, in the 1860 federal census, with the family of G. L. and Isabella Cary,[77] and back with her parents in Pembroke, MA, in the 1865 state census.[78] She died on 28 Feb. 1884, aged 73 years,[79] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

h. Charlotte Raymond, born on 22 Dec. 1803 in Norton.[80] Daughter Charlotte Raymond joined the 1840 petitions to have Lemuel Perry, of Norton, appointed as administrator of her father’s estate, and to allow her mother to have all the personal estate of her father, and she was co-executrix of her mother’s estate in 1844. She was still unmarried and living in Mansfield, MA, with her sister Julia Raymond in the 1850 federal census,[81] married John Pierce, of Stoughton, MA, son of Jesse and Catharine (Smith) Pierce,[82] as his second wife, on 29 Mar. 1855 in Mansfield, MA.[83] He was born ca. Apr. 1792 in Canton, MA,[84] and they were living in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1855 state census, where he was a farmer.[85] She was apparently living in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, with a Lydia Pierce, but he was not listed in the family.[86] He died on 20 Aug. 1861 in Stoughton, MA aged 69 years, 4 months, of “cerebral & spinal disease,”[87] and she was back living with her sister Julia Raymond in Mansfield in the 1865 state census,[88] and the 1870 federal census.[89] She died a widow on 22 Aug. 1874, aged 70 years, 8 months,[90] and they were both buried in Dry Pond Cemetery in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA.

i. Ephraim Albert Raymond, born on 7 Dec. 1805 in Norton,[91] married Rebecca Ardella Smith, daughter of Deacon John and Mary Smith, of Rehoboth,[92] on 19 July 1829 in Rehoboth, MA.[93] She died, however, on 25 Nov. 1831 in Norton, aged 26 years, 10 months, 2 days,[94] and he died intestate on 9 Jan. 1833 in Norton, aged 27 years,[95] and they were both buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA. His father, Ephraim Raymond, was granted administration of his estate on 8 Feb. 1833, with Josiah King and Dauphin King, both of Norton, as sureties.[96]

        3134    ii   Jane Dean, born on 8 May 1774 in Raynham,[97] married Thomas Green, of Coventry, RI, on 27 Sept. 1792 in Raynham.[98] He was born on 27 May 1767 in Warwick, Kent Co., RI.[99] Children not found. Daughter Jane Green, wife of Thomas Green, was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. They moved to Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA. They were living in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was in manufacturing,[100] and the 1830 federal census.[101] He died intestate on 7 Aug. 1832 in Dalton, MA, aged 65 years,[102] and David Carson, of Dalton, was granted administration of his estate on 25 Sept. 1832, with Simon Huntington and William A. Hawley, both of Hinsdale, as sureties, and the inventory of his personal estate was appraised on 23 Oct. 1832 by John Curtis, G. D. Weston, and Eph. Clark, and totaled $223.78.[103] She was still living in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, with Nehemiah and Caroline Dickinson.[104] She died a widow on 18 May 1854 in Dalton, MA, aged 80 years, 10 days, of “old age,”[105] and they were both buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

        3135   iii   Sarah “Sally” Dean, born on 5 Nov. 1776 in Raynham,[106] married Rev. Isaiah Weston, Esq., of New Bedford, son of Zachariah and Sarah (Pomeroy) Weston (Jr.),[107] of Middleborough, on 14 May 1795 in Raynham.[108] He was born supposedly on 1 Feb. 1773 in Middleborough, MA,[109] and a grandson of Zachariah and Mehitabel (Shaw) Weston,[110] they moved to Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA. Daughter Sarah Weston, wife of Isaiah Weston, was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. She died on 9 June 1818 in Dalton, MA, aged 41 years,[111] and was buried in East Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA. He remarried to Mary (___) before 1820. She was born ca. 1785 in MA.[112] They were still living in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1820 federal census,[113] and he died intestate on 17 Feb. 1821 in Dalton, MA, aged 48 years,[114] and was buried with his first wife in East Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA. His son Grenville D. Weston, of Dalton, Gentleman, was granted administration of his estate on 6 Mar. 1821, with Henry Marsh Junr., of Dalton, and Selden Spencer, of Hinsdale, Gentlemen, as sureties. The estate was represented as insolvent and Joshua Danforth and Jonathan Allen, of Pittsfield, Esquires, and Thomas Allen, of Hinsdale, Esquire, were appointed to examine the claims against the estate on 12 June 1821. Henry Marsh and Thomas Greene, Esquires, and David Carson, Gentleman, all of Dalton, were appointed to appraise his estate on 27 Apr. 1821, the inventory of his estate was presented on 3 July 1821, his real estate totaled $9420.50, including his residence in Dalton valued at $5130, the place now occupied by T. Green Esqr. valued at $890, and a Woolen Factory Dye House in Dalton valued at $3000, and his personal estate totaled about $4764.49. His widow Mary Weston, now of Lanesborough, petitioned for her dower from the estate in 1823, and Sarah Weston, by her guardian Grenville D. Weston, Josiah D. Weston, by his guardian Franklin Weston, and Isaiah Weston, by his guardian Henry Marsh Jun., together with Grenville D. and Franklin Weston petitioned that Mary Weston, the widow of Isaiah Weston Esqr., late of Dalton, be granted her dower in both the real and personal estate on 13 Apr. 1823.[115] His widow Mary Weston was probably living in Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, with Levi and Polly Seymour in the 1850 federal census,[116] with Sarah Seymore in Lanesborough, MA, in the 1855 state census,[117] and with Edwin and Lydia M. Seymour in Lanesborough in the 1860 federal census.[118] She was probably the widow Mary Weston who died on 10 Nov. 1877 in Dalton, MA, aged 92 years, 1 month, 18 days, of “old age.”[119] Sarah (Dean) Weston had children:

a. Col. Grenville Dean Weston, born on 16 Nov. 1797 in New Bedford,[120] was appointed as guardian of his sister Sarah Weston on 12 June 1821, and married 1.) Sarah Williams Marsh supposedly on 2 Nov. 1820 in Dalton, MA.[121] She died on 12 Mar. 1841 in Dalton, MA,[122] and was buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA. He remarried to 2.) Elizabeth J. (___). She was born ca. 1819 in MA,[123] and they were living in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[124] and the 1855 state census,[125] where he was a merchant. She died on 7 May 1857 in Dalton, MA, aged 39 years,[126] and he was still living in Dalton, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a merchant,[127] and the 1865 state census.[128] He died a widower, intestate, on 1 Dec. 1866 in Dalton, MA, aged 69 years, 15 days, of “gangrene of leg,”[129] and they were both buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA. Byron Weston, of Dalton, was granted administration of his estate on 1 Jan. 1867, with Franklin Weston and Elisha Mitchell, of Dalton, as sureties, and the inventory of his estate was appraised by Grove W. Branch, William K. Cleveland, and W. J. Hawkins, his real estate valued at $2400, and his personal estate totaled $484.15. Byron Weston, the administrator, gave his oath to the inventory on 28 Mar. 1867.[130]

b. Franklin Weston, born on 19 June 1800 in New Bedford,[131] was appointed as guardian of his brother Josiah D. Weston on 3 July 1821, never married. He was still unmarried and living in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a manufacturer and merchant,[132] in the 1855 state census, with the family of John R. and Huldah Dickinson,[133] in the 1860 federal census,[134] and the 1865 state census,[135] where he was a merchant. He died testate on 10 Feb. 1868 in Dalton, MA, aged 67 years, 7 months, 21 days, of “cancer of rectum,”[136] and was buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA. His will was dated 20 Nov. 1862, with a codicil dated 4 Dec. 1867, mentioned his sister Sarah Kimball, wife of Alonzo Kimball, “now or recently of Green Bay in the State of Wisconsin,” and Byron Weston of Lee, son of his deceased brother Isaiah Weston, whom he named as executor of his estate, and in his codicil he also mentioned Mary and Sarah, daughters of his sister Sarah, nephews Charles Theodore, Alonzo Weston and Marther Dean Kimball, sons of Alonzo and Sarah Kimball, and the three children of his late brother Grenville D. Weston, Grenville M., Sarah D., and Harriet.[137] (See Appendix [C] for a full transcription of his will and codicil.)

c. Isaiah Weston (Jr.), born on 27 Sept. 1804 in New Bedford,[138] as a minor over 14 years of age he chose Henry Marsh Junr., of Dalton, to be his guardian on 7 Aug. 1821,[139] and he married Caroline Waldo Curtis.[140] She was born on 9 Dec. 1809 in Dalton, MA.[141] He died on 30 July 1835 in Pleasant Grove, Coles Co., IL, aged 30 years.[142] She was not found in Massachusetts in the 1850 federal census. She died on 14 Feb. 1865 in Texas, aged 55 years,[143] and they were both buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA.

d. Sarah D. Weston, born ca. 1808 in New Bedford,[144] as a minor under 14 years of age her brother Grenville D. Weston, of Dalton, was appointed as her guardian on 12 June 1821,[145] was still unmarried and living in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, with her brother Grenville D. Weston in the 1850 federal census,[146] and the 1855 state census,[147] but she was not found in the 1860 federal census. She married Alonzo Kimball before the 1857 will of her brother Josiah D. Weston. Sister S. W. Kimball was mentioned in the 1857 will of her brother Josiah D. Weston, and sister Sarah Kimball, wife of Alonzo Kimball, “now or recently of Green Bay in the State of Wisconsin,” was mentioned in the 1862 will of her brother Franklin Weston.

e. Dr. Josiah Dean Weston, born on 27 Apr. 1810 in New Bedford,[148] as a minor under 14 years of age his brother Franklin Weston, of Dalton, was appointed as his guardian on 3 July 1821,[149] a physician, married Lucinda Crane,[150] daughter of Zenas and Lucinda (Brewer) Crane,[151] of Dalton. She was born on 19 Mar. 1813 in Dalton, MA.[152] The will of Zenas Crane, of Dalton, dated 20 Sept. 1837, and probated on 2 Sept. 1845, mentioned his wife Lucinda, and daughter Lucinda Weston, among others.[153] They were living in an apartment or boarding house in Milwaukee, WI, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a merchant,[154] and back in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1855 state census, next door to her widowed mother, where he was a doctor.[155] He died testate on 1 Feb. 1857 in Washington, DC, aged 46 years, 9 months, 7 days, of “consumption,”[156] and was buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA. His will was dated at Washington City on 5 Jan. 1857, and probated on 6 May 1857 in Berkshire Co., MA, and mentioned his wife and daughter Minnesota, and his sister Mis S. W. Kimball, and he named his wife’s brothers James B. Crane and Seymour Crane, both of Dalton, as executors and trustees of his estate.[157] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of his will.) She was still living in Dalton, MA, next to her widowed mother in the 1860 federal census,[158] and the 1865 state census,[159] with her widowed mother in Dalton in the 1870 federal census,[160] and with her daughter and son-in-law, John D. and Minnesota W. Curson in Dalton in the 1880 federal census.[161] She died a widow on 19 Aug. 1898 in Dalton, MA, aged 85 years, 5 months, of “paralysis of heart,”[162] and was also buried in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

        3136   iv   Hannah Dean, born on 9 June 1779 in Raynham,[163] married Rev. Morrill Allen, of Raynham, son of Capt. Hezekiah and Mary (Peters) Allen,[164] on 14 May 1800 in Raynham,[165] and they settled in Pembroke, MA. He was born in 1776 in Dover, MA.[166] Daughter Hannah Allen was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. They were living in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1810,[167] 1820,[168] 1830,[169] 1840,[170] and 1850 federal censuses,[171] the 1855 state census,[172] and the 1860 federal census,[173] where he was a clergyman, the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer,[174] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a retired clergyman.[175] He died intestate on 17 Aug. 1870 in Pembroke, aged 94 years, 4 months, 14 days, of “old age,”[176] and his daughter Hannah C. D. King, of Pembroke, was granted administration of his estate on 9 Oct. 1876, with George M. Allen and Wm P. Allen, of Scituate, as sureties.[177] Hannah (Dean) Allen died a widow on 15 Feb. 1877 in Pembroke, aged 97 years, 8 months, 6 days, of “old age general debility,”[178] and they were both buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA. They had children:

a. George Minot Allen, born on 19 Feb. 1802 in Pembroke,[179] married Hannah Ensign Otis, daughter of Ensign and Lucy (Little) Otis,[180] of Scituate, MA, on 18 May 1828 in Scituate.[181] She was born on 7 Mar.  1807 in Scituate.[182] They were living in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1840,[183] and 1850 federal censuses,[184] the 1855 state census,[185] and the 1860 federal census,[186] where he was a merchant, and the 1865 state census,[187] and 1870 federal census,[188] where he was a farmer. He died testate on 1 July 1878 in Scituate, MA, aged 76 years, 4 months, 11 days, of “unknown–sick 1 year,”[189] his will dated 9 Jan. 1871, and probated on 26 Aug. 1878, mentioned his wife Hannah E. Allen, daughters Hannah Dean Miller and Cornelia Maria Allen, and only son George Otis Allen, who he named as executor of his estate.[190] (See Appendix [E] for a full transcription of his will.) She was still living in Scituate, MA, in the 1880 federal census,[191] and she died a widow on 28 Aug. 1889 in Scituate, aged 82 years, 5 months, 21 days, of “Brights Disease,”[192] and they were both buried in Union Cemetery in Scituate, MA.

b. Josiah Dean Allen, born on 16 May 1805 in Pembroke,[193] died on 8 June 1811 in Pembroke, aged 6 years, 1 month,[194] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

c. Morrill Byram Allen, born on 3 Oct. 1807 in Pembroke,[195] died on 27 Jan. 1830 in Pembroke, aged 22 years,[196] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

d. Hannah Cornelia Dean Allen, born on 25 Oct. 1810 in Pembroke,[197] married Capt. Dauphin King, son of Josiah and Meriam (Cobb) King Jr.,[198] of Norton, MA, as his second wife, on 12 July 1840 in Pembroke.[199] He was born on 15 Oct. 1790 in Norton,[200] a grandson of Capt. Josiah and (1194) Ruth5 (Bassett) King, of Norton,[201] and had married first to her cousin, Harriet Augusta Raymond, on 2 Oct. 1825 in Norton.[202] They were living next door to his widowed mother in Norton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mariner.[203] He died intestate on 20 May 1852,[204] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA. His widow Hannah C. D. King was granted administration of his estate on 6 Aug. 1852, with Theodore Dean, of Raynham, and George M. Allen, of Scituate, as sureties, and Theodore Dean, of Raynham, was appointed as guardian of Ellen King and Frank King, minors above the age of 14 years, and Florence King, a minor under the age of 14 years, children of Dauphin King, late of Norton, on 7 Sept. 1852.[205] She was living with her parents in Pembroke, MA, in the 1855 state census,[206] in Yellow Springs, Greene Co., OH, in the 1860 federal census, with the family of G. L. and Isabella Cary,[207] back with her parents in Pembroke, MA, in the 1865 state census,[208] and the 1870 federal census,[209] and she was still living in Pembroke in the 1880 federal census.[210] She died a widow on 28 Feb. 1884 in Pembroke, MA, aged 73 years, 4 months, 3 days, of dysentery,[211] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

e. Josiah Dean Allen, born on 20 Jan. 1813 in Pembroke,[212] drowned on 20 Apr. 1818 in the “herring Brook” aged 5 years, 3 months,[213] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

f. William Paley Allen, born on 27 Sept. 1815 in Pembroke,[214] married Abigail “Abby” Brooks Otis, daughter of Ensign and Lucy (Little) Otis,[215] of Scituate, MA, on 14 Oct. 1838 in Scituate.[216] She was born on 2 Jan. 1816 in Scituate, MA.[217] They were living in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[218] next door to his brother George M. Allen in Scituate in the 1850 federal census, where he was a merchant,[219] in the 1855 state census, where he was a trader,[220] in the 1860 federal census, where he was a merchant,[221] the 1865 state census, where he was a trader,[222] and the 1870 federal census, where he was selling dry goods and groceries.[223] He was living in Scituate, MA, in 1876 when his father’s estate was probated, and they were still living in Scituate, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he had a general store.[224] He died on 3 Aug. 1891 at City Hospital in Boston, MA, aged 75 years, 10 months, 7 days, of “urinary disease and exhaustion.”[225] She died a widow on 30 May 1896 in Scituate, aged 80 years, 5 months, of “old age,”[226] and they were both buried in Union Cemetery in Scituate, MA.

g. Sarah Dean Allen, born on 8 Jan. 1819 in Pembroke,[227] died on 5 Apr. 1819 in Pembroke, aged 3 months,[228] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

h. Henry Ware Allen, born on 6 Apr. 1822 in Pembroke,[229] moved to Miami Co., OH, and was living in Concord, Miami Co., OH, in the 1850 federal census, with the family of Mathias S. and Maria Winans, where he was a miller.[230] He married 1.) Mary D. (Hastings?) Smith on 1 Jan. 1851 in Miami Co., OH.[231] She was born on 12 Apr. 1824,[232] and died on 6 Nov. 1851 in Miami Co., OH, aged 27 years,[233] and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Troy, Miami Co., OH. He remarried to 2.) Pamelia Hale Coleman, daughter of Asa and Mary (Keifer) Coleman,[234] on 7 July 1853 in Miami Co., OH.[235] She was born on 4 July 1827 in Troy, Miami Co., OH.[236] They were living in Troy, Concord Township, Miami Co., OH, in the 1860 federal census, where he had a flouring mill,[237] the 1870 federal census, where he was a grain dealer and miller,[238] and the 1880,[239] and 1900 federal censuses,[240] where he was a grain merchant. He died on 21 Mar. 1910 in Troy, Miami Co., OH, aged 87 years,[241] and she died on 15 Sept. 1915 in Troy, OH, aged 88 years,[242] and they were both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Troy, Miami Co., OH.

i. Martha Jane Allen, born in Sept. 1826 in Pembroke,[243] baptized on 1 Oct. 1826 in Pembroke,[244] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Pembroke in the 1855 state census,[245] and the 1860 federal census,[246] married William Francis Wheeler, son of Charles, Esq., and Julia (Stearns) Wheeler, of Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA,[247] as his second wife, on 16 Oct. 1864 in Pembroke.[248] He was born on 11 Mar. 1812 in Lincoln, MA,[249] and had married first to Hannah Hall Paddock, of Dennis, MA, on 3 Oct. 1838,[250] who died on 21 Apr. 1858 in Lincoln, MA, aged 42 years,[251] and was buried in Town Hill Cemetery in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA. They were living in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1870,[252] and 1880 federal censuses,[253] where he was a farmer. He died on 10 Oct. 1890 in Lincoln, MA, aged 78 years, 7 months, of pneumonia,[254] and she was still living in Lincoln, MA, in the 1900 federal census.[255] She died a widow on 7 Aug. 1905 in Lincoln, MA, aged 78 years, 11 months, 27 days, of “myocarditis,”[256] and they were both buried in Town Hill Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

        3137    v   Temperance Dean, born on 23 June 1782 in Raynham,[257] married Maj. Daniel Gilbert, Esq., of Mansfield, MA, son of Seth and Rebecca (Wethrell/Witherell) Gilbert,[258] of Norton, MA, on 22 Oct. 1802 in Raynham,[259] and they settled in Mansfield, MA. He was born ca. 1769 in Norton, MA,[260] and was baptized on 14 May 1769 in Norton.[261] Daughter Temperance Gilbert was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. They were living in Mansfield in the 1810 federal census.[262] He died testate on 14 Mar. 1820 in Mansfield, aged 50 years,[263] and was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, MA. His will, dated 1 June 1815, and probated on 4 Apr. 1820, mentioned his wife, and daughters Sarah Jane, Emmily Dean and Rebecca, and he named Moses Richardson, of Providence, as executor of his estate. Moses Richardson, the executor of his estate, was later of Attleborough.[264] (See Appendix [F] for a full transcription of his will.) Temperance, Gilbert, of Mansfield, widow, was appointed as guardian of Sarah Jane Gilbert, a minor over 14 years of age, who is out of this Commonwealth, and Emily Dean Gilbert and Rebecca Gilbert, minors under 14 years of age, children of Daniel Gilbert, late of Mansfield, on 9 Mar. 1821.[265] She was living in Raynham in the 1850 federal census, and a Levi Washburn was living with her.[266] She died on 8 Dec. 1852 in Taunton, MA, aged 70 years, of “lung fever,”[267] and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA. They had children:

a. (Unnamed daughter), born on 8 Nov. 1803 in Mansfield, MA,[268] died on 15 Feb. 1804 in Mansfield.[269]

b. Sarah Jane Gilbert, born on 11 Apr. 1806 in Mansfield,[270] daughter Sarah Jane was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father, and her mother Temperance Gilbert was appointed as her guardian on 9 Mar. 1821,[271] married Russell J. Leonard, of Canton, Norfolk Co., MA, son of Jonathan Leonard,[272] on 15 Jan. 1826 in Mansfield, MA.[273] He was born ca. 1800 in Taunton, MA.[274] They were living in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1840,[275] and 1850 federal censuses,[276] where he had no occupation, and in the 1855 state census,[277] and the 1860 federal census,[278] where he was a machinist. He died on 27 Nov. 1863 in Taunton, MA, aged 63 years, of “liver complaint,”[279] and she was still living in Taunton, MA, in the 1865 state census,[280] and the 1870 federal census.[281] She died a widow on 25 Dec. 1875 in Taunton, aged 69 years, 8 months, of “abscesses.”[282]

c. Emily Dean Gilbert, born in 1808 in Mansfield,[283] daughter Emmily Dean was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father, and her mother Temperance Gilbert was appointed as her guardian on 9 Mar. 1821,[284] married Nathaniel Whitmore (Jr.), of Millbury, MA, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Whitmore,[285] on 27 Sept. 1827 in Mansfield, MA.[286] He was born on 2 Jan. 1804 in Millbury, MA.[287] They were living in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[288] and the 1855 state census,[289] where he was a gunsmith, in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a rifle maker,[290] and in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1865 state census,[291] and the 1870,[292] and 1880 federal censuses,[293] where he was a gunsmith. She died on 3 Mar. 1884 in Mansfield, MA, aged 75 years, 9 months, 18 days, of pneumonia,[294] and he died on 3 Apr. 1885 in Mansfield, aged 81 years. 3 months, 1 day, of pneumonia,[295] and they were both buried in Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.

d. (Unnamed child), died on 22 June 1810 in Mansfield, aged 2 months.[296]

e. Rebecca Gilbert, born ca. 1813 in Mansfield,[297] daughter Rebecca was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father, and her mother Temperance Gilbert was appointed as her guardian on 9 Mar. 1821,[298] and she died on 30 Sept. 1828 in Mansfield, aged 15 years.[299]

        3138   vi   Josiah Dean (3rd), Esq., born on 2 or 27 Mar. 1785 in Raynham,[300] married Caroline Electa Waldo in ca. 1807.[301] She was born supposedly on 30 July 1789 in Pittsfield, MA.[302] Son Josiah Dean Jr. was mentioned in the 1815 will of his father, and he was co-executor of his father’s estate in 1818. They were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1810,[303] 1820,[304] and 1830 federal censuses.[305] He died intestate on 5 Jan. 1832 in Raynham, aged 46 years,[306] and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA. His widow Caroline E. Dean declined the administration of his estate on 30 Jan. 1832, and Amos Hall, Esq., of Raynham, was granted administration of his estate on 10 Feb. 1832, with William Snow and Zenas King, yeomen, of Raynham, as sureties. His widow Caroline E. Dean petitioned for her dower from his real estate, and for an allowance from the personal estate for her necessaries on 5 Mar. 1832, the inventory of his estate was appraised on 6 Feb. 1832 by William Snow, Zenas King, and Otis L. Washburn, his real estate valued at $3040, and his personal estate totaled $850.79, and Amos Hall, the administrator, gave his oath to the inventory on 6 Mar. 1832, but debts against the estate totaled $5944.73. Godfrey Robinson, Zenas King and William Snow, all of Raynham, were appointed to set off to the widow Caroline E. Dean her dower in the real estate, which was approved on 4 Dec. 1832, and Amos Hall was granted license to sell the balance of his estate on 4 Dec. 1832.[307] Caroline E. Dean, of Raynham, petitioned for guardianship of her children Marietta Dean, Abigail Dean, Frances W. Dean, and Maria W. Dean, minors under the age of 14 years and heirs at law of Josiah Dean, Esqr., late of Raynham, on 28 Mar. 1832.[308] She was still living in Raynham, MA, in the 1840 federal census,[309] and she was apparently living in Syracuse, NY, by 1850,[310] but she was not found in the 1850 federal census. On 25 Mar. 1745 Caroline E. Dean, of Raynham, sold 23½ acres of land in Raynham on the easterly side of the road that leads from Raynham Meeting House to the Old Forge to George Leonard, of Marshfield, for $250,[311] and on 24 Mar. 1848 Caroline E. Dean of Syracuse in the County of Onondaga and State of New York sold a parcel of 79 acres of land with buildings on it in Raynham, and another parcel of 80 rods to her nephew, Theodore Dean, of Raynham, for $600.[312] She was living in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, in the 1855 state census,[313] the 1860 federal census,[314] and the 1865 state census,[315] and she was living with her son Josiah Dean in Syracuse, NY, in the 1870 federal census,[316] and the 1875 state census,[317] and she was still living in Syracuse, NY, in the 1880 federal census.[318] She supposedly died on 28 Dec. 1880 in Syracuse, NY, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY.[319] They had children:

a. Caroline Judith Waldo Dean, born on 10 Sept. 1808 in Raynham,[320] marriage not found.

b. Josiah Calvin Dean, born on 25 Aug. 1811 in Raynham,[321] as a minor over the age of 14 years he chose his mother, Caroline E. Dean, to be his guardian on 6 Apr. 1832,[322] probably never married. He was not found in the 1850 federal census, but he was apparently still unmarried and living with his mother in Syracuse, NY, in the 1855 state census, where he was listed as partially blind,[323] the 1860 federal census, where he was a farm hand,[324] and the 1865 state census.[325] He was a farmer in Syracuse, NY, in the 1870 federal census,[326] and in the 1875 state census.[327] He died on 29 Apr. 1877 in Syracuse, NY,[328] and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.

c. Sarah Frances Dean, born on 16 Sept. 1813 in Raynham,[329] as a female aged 18 years no guardian was appointed for her in 1832, marriage not found.

d. George Waldo Dean, born on 12 Aug. 1815 in Raynham,[330] as a minor over 14 years of age he chose his mother, Caroline E. Dean, to be his guardian on 6 Apr. 1832,[331] witnessed her mother’s sale of land in Raynham to his cousin Theodore Dean in 1848, and married Amelia P. (___), who was born ca. 1818 in NY or CT.[332] They were living in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census,[333] and the 1855 state census,[334] where he was a baker, but he was not found in the 1860 federal census, the 1865 state census, or the 1870 federal census in Syracuse, NY.

e. John Franklin Dean, born on 24 June 1817 in Raynham,[335] as a minor over 14 years of age he chose his mother, Caroline E. Dean, to be his guardian on 5 Apr. 1832.[336] He was not found in the 1850 federal census, but he was still unmarried and living with his mother in Syracuse, NY, in the 1855 state census, a merchant.[337] He married Charlotte T. (___), who was born ca. 1834 in MA,[338] and they moved to Linn Co., IA. They were living in Kingston City, Linn Co., IA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[339] and in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, in the 1870,[340] and 1880 federal censuses,[341] where he was a bank cashier. He died in 1902, aged 85 years,[342] and was buried on 3 Feb. 1902 in Murdock-Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA.

f. Marietta Waldo Dean, born on 6 Dec. 1819 in Raynham,[343] as a minor under 14 years of age her mother, Caroline E. Dean, was appointed as her guardian on 6 Apr. 1832,[344] supposedly marred Franklin J. Ottarson on 14 Sept. 1843 in Syracuse, NY.[345] He was born supposedly on 14 Jan. 1819 in Watertown, NY.[346] They were living with her sister and brother-in-law, John W. and Maria Pope, in New York City, NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a reporter.[347] She died on 17 May 1854 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY,[348] and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. He apparently remarried to Josephine (___).  He was not found in the 1860 federal census, but they were living in New York City, NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was an assistant editor,[349] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a journalist.[350] He supposedly died on 10 Aug. 1884 in New York City, NY,[351] and was also buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

g. Abigail “Abby” W. Dean, born on 8 Mar. 1822 in Raynham,[352] as a minor under 14 years of age her mother, Caroline E. Dean, was appointed as her guardian on 6 Apr. 1832,[353] never married. She was not found in the 1850 federal census, but she was still unmarried and living with her mother in Syracuse, NY, in the 1855 state census,[354] the 1860 federal census, a public school teacher,[355] and the 1865 state census,[356] with her brother Josiah Dean in Syracuse in the 1870 federal census,[357] and with her widowed mother in the 1875 state census,[358] and the 1880 federal census.[359] She died on 10 July 1896 in NY, aged 74 years,[360] and was buried in an unmarked grave in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY.

h. Frances W. Dean, born ca. 1825 in Raynham,[361] as a minor under 14 years of age her mother, Caroline E. Dean, was appointed as her guardian on 6 Apr. 1832.[362] She was not found in the 1850 federal census, but she was still unmarried and living with her mother in Syracuse, NY, in the 1855 state census,[363] marriage not found.

i. Maria Waldo Dean, born on 27 Sept. 1827 in Raynham,[364] as a minor under 14 years of age her mother, Caroline E. Dean, was appointed as her guardian on 6 Apr. 1832,[365] supposedly married John William Pope on 10 Mar. 1847 in New York City, NY.[366] He was born supposedly in 1816 in Hanover, Germany.[367] They were living in New York City, NY, in the 1850 federal census, where her sister and brother-in-law, Franklin and Maria [sic] Ottersen were living with them,[368] and the 1855 state census, where he was a grocer,[369] and in the 1860 federal census.[370] She died on 8 July 1862 in New York City, NY, aged 34 years,[371] and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. He remarried to Dorothea “Doretta” Sophie (___), who was born on 29 Jan. 1838 in Germany.[372] They were still living in New York City, NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a grocer,[373] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a retired grocer.[374] He supposedly died on 7 Mar. 1881 in New York City, NY,[375] and Dorothea, his second wife, died on 27 Apr. 1914, aged 76 years,[376] and they were both also buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

        3139  vii   Deacon Eliab Byram Dean, Esq., born on 26 July 1788 in Raynham,[377] married Charlotte Williams, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucinda “Lucy” (Hodges) Williams, of Taunton, in 1807.[378] She was born on 26 Apr. 1789 in Taunton, MA.[379] Son Eliab B. Dean was mentioned in the 1815 will of his father, and he was co-executor of his father’s estate in 1818. He was a Justice of the Peace in Raynham in 1833. They were not found in Raynham in the 1820 federal census, and may have been living with his brother Josiah Dean, but they were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1830,[380] 1840,[381] and 1850 federal censuses, with no occupation listed,[382] the 1855 state census,[383] the 1860 federal census,[384] and the 1865 state census,[385] where he was a farmer, and the 1870 federal census, where he had no occupation.[386] He died testate on 2 Nov. 1871 in Raynham, MA, aged 83 years, 3 months, 7 days, of “dysentery,”[387] his will dated 26 Dec. 1867, and probated on 7 Nov. 1871, mentioned his wife Charlotte, daughter Charlotte W. Bradford and her children, and his other children Theodore, Nathaniel W., Eliab B., Harriet, Simeon and Thadeus, and he named his wife Charlotte Dean as executrix of his estate. The petition for probate of his estate listed his heirs as his widow Charlotte, Theodore Dean of Taunton, Charlotte W. Bradford, wife of Alexander Bradford, of Raynham, Nathaniel W. Dean, of Madison, WI, Eliab B. Dean, of Madison WI, Harriet D. Sterling, wife of John W. Sterling, of Madison, WI, Simeon Dean, of Sauk City, WI, and Thadeus Dean, of Chicago, IL. She was confirmed as executrix on 7 Nov. 1871, with Theodore Dean and Philander Williams, of Raynham, as sureties.[388] (See Appendix [G] for a full transcription of his will.) She died in 1873,[389] and they were both buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA. They had children:

a. Eliab William Dean, born on 23 Apr. 1808 in Raynham,[390] died on 21 Feb. 1809 in Raynham,[391] and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

b. Theodore Dean, born on 31 Dec. 1809 in Raynham,[392] married 1.) (____). She apparently died before 1850, and he was an anchor manufacturer living in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census.[393] He remarried to 2.) Lydia Adelaide Lord, of Taunton, daughter of Jesse and Lydia (Lefavour) Lord,[394] on 6 Nov. 1854 in Taunton.[395] She was born on 10 Nov. 1828 in Pawtucket, Providence Co., RI.[396] They were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1855 state census, where he was an anchor manufacturer,[397] and next door to his parents in Raynham in the 1860 federal census,[398] but there were not found in the 1865 state census. They were living in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a bank president,[399] he was living in Taunton, MA, in 1871 when his father died, and they were still living in Taunton in the 1880 federal census, where he was a banker.[400] He died on 19 Jan. 1885 in Taunton, MA, aged 75 years, 19 days, of pneumonia,[401] and she died a widow on 24 Dec. 1886 in Taunton, aged 58 years, 1 month, 14 days, of “erysipelas,”[402] and they were both buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

c. Charlotte Williams Dean, born on 21 Oct. 1811 in Raynham,[403] married Alexander Bradford, of Raynham, son of Consider and Betsey (Wilder) Bradford, of Kingston,[404] in ca. 1834.[405] He was born on 16 Oct. 1808 in Kingston, MA,[406] and they were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[407] the 1855 state census,[408] and the 1860 federal census,[409] where he was an anchor smith, the 1865 state census, where he was a forgeman,[410] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a laborer.[411] They were living in Raynham, MA, in 1871 when her father died, and they were still living in Raynham, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[412] She died on 6 Nov. 1895 in Raynham, aged 84 years, 16 days, of pneumonia,[413] and he died a widower on 4 Sept. 1898 in Raynham, aged 89 years, 10 months, 18 days, of “senile debility.”[414]

d. Susan Jane Dean, born on 19 Jan. 1814 in Raynham,[415] died on 23 Dec. 1841 in Raynham, aged 27 years,[416] presumably unmarried, and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

e. Horace Dean, born on 28 Nov. 1815, died on 7 Oct. 1816 in Raynham,[417] and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

f. Nathaniel Williams Dean, born on 8 Sept. 1817 in Raynham,[418] married Harriet H. Morrison, daughter of James and Maria A. Morrison, on 9 Sept. 1847 in Madison, Dane Co., WI.[419] She was born ca. 1830 in WI.[420] They were living with her parents in Madison, WI, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a merchant, and her father was the Post Master,[421] and her parents were living with them in Madison, WI, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and his brother Thaddeus Dean was also living with them.[422] They were living in Blooming Grove, Dane Co., WI, in the 1870 federal census,[423] and his residence was given as Madison, WI, in 1871 when his father died. He died on 28 Feb. 1880, aged 62 years,[424] and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI. She was not found in the 1880 federal census in Madison, WI.

g. Eliab Byram Dean (Jr.), born on 7 Nov. 1819 in Raynham,[425] graduated from Princeton University in 1841, and was Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI.[426] He married Sarah Fairchild, daughter of Jairus Cassius and Sarah “Sally” (Blair) Fairchild,[427] in 1849.[428] She was born on 25 Apr. 1827 in OH.[429] They were living with her parents in Madison, Dane Co., WI, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a merchant,[430] in Madison, WI, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a speculator.[431] He was not found in the 1870 federal census, but he was listed as living in Madison, WI, in 1871 when his father died. They were apparently divorced by 1882, and she remarried to Obediah Milton Conover, as his second wife, in 1882.[432] He died on 29 Apr. 1884 in London, England, aged 58 years,[433] and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI. Eliab Byram Dean died on 22 July 1900 in Dane Co., WI, aged 80 years,[434] and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI. Sarah (Fairchild) (Dean) Conover died on 23 May 1912, aged 85 years,[435] and was also buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

h. Harriet Dean, born on 11 Dec. 1821 in Raynham, died on 9 Sept. 1823 in Raynham,[436] aged 15 [sic] months,[437] and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

i. Harriet Dean, born on 21 June 1824 in Raynham,[438] was still unmarried and living with the family of James Morrison, father of her sister-in-law, Harriet H. Dean, in the 1850 federal census,[439] married John Whelan Sterling, of Madison, WI, son of Daniel and Rachel Sterling, on 2 Sept. 1851 in Raynham, MA.[440] He was born on 17 July 1816 in Braintrim, Wyoming Co., PA.[441] They were living in Madison, Dane Co., WI, in the 1860,[442] and 1870 federal censuses,[443] where he was a teacher or professor, they were living in Madison, WI, in 1871 when her father died, and they were still living in Madison, WI, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a professor and Vice President of the university.[444] Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin was named after him.[445] He died on 9 Mar. 1885 in Dane Co., PA, aged 68 years,[446] and she died on 11 July 1900, aged 76 years,[447] and they were both buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI.

j. Simeon Dean, born on 17 Aug. 1826 in Raynham,[448] was still unmarried and living in Westfield, Sauk Co., WI, in the 1850 federal census, a merchant,[449] married Ellen Maria Watson, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Corbin) Watson,[450] in 1853.[451] She was born in 1834 in NH.[452] They were living in Madison, Dane Co., WI, in the 1860 federal census,[453] and in Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co., WI, in the 1870 federal census,[454] where he was a fire insurance agent. He was listed as living in Sauk City, WI, in 1871 when his father died. He died on 12 June 1912 in Chicago, IL, aged 85 years,[455] and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI. She died a widow on 23 Feb. 1924 in CA,[456] and was buried in Forestvale Cemetery in Helena, Lewis and Clark Co., MT.

k. Thaddeus Dean, born on 7 Apr. 1829 in Raynham,[457] was still unmarried and living in Fort Winnebago, Columbia Co., WI, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a merchant,[458] married Isabella S. Morehouse on 21 July 1851 in Fort Winnebago, Columbia Co., WI.[459] She was born ca. 1833 in Rouse Pointe, NY.[460] They were living with his brother Nathaniel K. Dean in Madison, Dane Co., WI, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a merchant.[461] They were not found in the 1870 federal census, but he was living in Chicago, IL, in 1871 when his father died, and they were still living in Chicago, IL, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a lumber dealer.[462] She died on 17 Mar. 1885 in Chicago, IL,[463] and he died on 17 Apr. 1902 in Chicago, IL, aged 73 years,[464] and they were both buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI.

l. (Unnamed daughter), died on 4 Oct. 1833 in Raynham, “aged 0,”[465] and was buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3140 viii   Cornelia Dean, born on 2 Dec. 1794 in Raynham,[466] married Nahum5 Mitchell, of Minot, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) Co., ME, son of Bradford4 and Persis (Warner) Mitch­ell,[467] on 2 Dec. 1816 in Raynham.[468] He was a grandson of Col. Edward3 and Elizabeth (Cushing) Mitchell (Jr.), of Bridgewater, MA.[469] Daughter Cornelia Dean was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. They were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[470] She died on 9 July 1825 in Raynham,[471] and he remarried to (2732) Chloe (Pratt) Crossman, of Bridgewater, daughter of Lt. Nathaniel and (1036) Elizabeth6 “Betsey” (Washburn) Pratt, and widow of Alvin Crossman,[472] on 24 May 1828 in Bridgewater.[473] Nahum and Chloe Mitchell were living in Raynham in the 1830,[474] 1840,[475] and 1850 federal censuses,[476] and the 1855 state census,[477] where he was a farmer, and the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[478] Chloe (Pratt) (Crossman) Mitch­ell died on 16 June 1864 in Raynham, MA, aged 71 years, 11 months, 16 days, of “jaundice,”[479] and Nahum Mitchell died a widower on 9 Oct. 1864 in Raynham, MA, aged 79 years, 4 months, 21 days, of “inflamatory fever,”[480] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol Co., MA. Cornelia (Dean) Mitchell had 2 children:

a. Harrison Mitchell, born on 20 May 1820 in Raynham,[481] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Massachusetts or Maine, or in Massachusetts in the 1855 state census.

b. Sarah6 Cornelia Mitchell, born on 19 June 1824 in Raynham,[482] married John K. Holmes, son of Robert and Hannah (King) Holmes, of Taunton, MA,[483] on 21 Aug. 1842 in Norton, MA.[484] He was born on 21 Feb. 1807 in Taunton or in Temple, ME.[485] They were living in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a trader,[486] and the 1855 state census, where he was a farmer,[487] but they were not found in the 1860 or 1870 federal censuses in Taunton. He died on 21 Oct. 1876 in Taunton, MA, aged 69 years, 8 months, of “congestion of lungs,”[488] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol County. She was not found in the 1880 federal census, but she died a widow on 5 Aug. 1916 in Raynham, MA, aged 92 years, 1 month, 17 days,[489] and they were both buried with his parents in Oakland Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

 

 

(1254.) Job Dean, youngest son of (423) Jane5 Washburn, (125) Nehemiah4, (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Raynham, MA, on 15 Nov. 1751,[490] married Judith Williams, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Atherton) Williams (3rd), of Raynham, in ca. 1773.[491] She was born in 1753 in Raynham, a granddaughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (King) Williams (Jr.), of Taunton, and of Joshua and Elizabeth (Leonard) Atherton,[492] and a great-granddaughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth3 (Rogers) Williams, of Taunton,[493] and they lived in Raynham, MA.

        On 5 Dec. 1746 Nathaniel Williams and his wife Mary, “one of the daughters of Joshua Atherton, late of Norton, deceased,” sold land in Norton to her brother Phillip Atherton.[494] The will of Nathaniel Williams, of Raynham, dated 24 May 1775, mentioned his wife Mary, and daughter Judith Dean, among others.[495] On 11 Mar. 1788 Seth Williams, of Raynham, sold to Job Dean, of Raynham, 2½ acres in the Taunton Great Cedar Swamp.[496] He was probably the Job Dean living in Raynham in the 1790,[497] 1800,[498] 1810,[499] 1820,[500] and 1830 federal censuses.[501] Both Job Deane and Judith Deane were mentioned in the 1828 will of their son Martin Deane, of Raynham.

        Job Dean died testate on 1 June 1835 in Raynham, aged 84 years,[502] his will dated 18 Apr. 1835, and probated on 4 Aug. 1835, mentioned only his wife Judith, unnamed grandchildren, his son Marcus Dean, granddaughter Clarissa Knap, and grandson John Thompson, and he named his “friend” Leonidas Dean as executor of his estate. Leonidas Dean, of Raynham, was confirmed as executor on 4 Aug. 1835, with Royal Wilbur and Emery S. Wilbur, both of Raynham, as sureties. The inventory of his estate was appraised by Warren Lincoln, Ziba Wilbur and Royal Wilbur, and totaled only $270.73, his real estate consisting only of Ύ acre of land valued at $65.[503] (See Appendix [H] for a full transcription of his will.) Judith Dean died a widow on 15 Jan. 1839 in Raynham, aged 84 years,[504] and they were both buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.

        Job Dean and Judith Williams had children:

        3141     i   Molly Dean, born on 17 May 1774 in Raynham, died on 18 Feb. 1783 in Raynham, aged 8 years,[505] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3142    ii   Phebe Dean, born on 7 Mar. 1776 in Raynham,[506] married David7 Bassett, son of (705) Lt. Joseph6 and Phebe6 (Cushman) Bassett (Jr.), of Bridgewater,[507] on 15 Dec. 1796 in Raynham,[508] and they moved to Maine.[509] He was born on 10 Nov. 1785 in MA,[510] a grandson of Joseph5 and (179) Elisabeth (Ames) Bassett, of Bridgewater,[511] and of Jabez5 and Sarah (Paddleford) Cushman, of Middleborough.[512] She died on 16 Jan. 1800 in New Gloucester, ME, aged 24 years.[513] He was probably the David Bassett living in Livermore, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census.[514] He eventually remarried to Sarah Smith,[515] who was born on 5 Aug. 1786 in ME,[516] and they were living in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[517] the 1850 federal census, where he was a mariner,[518] and 1860 federal census, where he was again a farmer.[519] He died on 20 Sept. 1865 in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, aged 80 years,[520] and she supposedly died on 2 Mar. 1895, aged 108 years,[521] and they were both buried in Litchfield Plains Cemetery in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME.

        3143   iii   Judith Dean, born on 29 Jan. 1778 in Raynham,[522] married Zenas Knapp, son of Atherton and Mary Knapp, of Raynham, in 1807.[523] He was born on 15 Dec. 1782 in Raynham.[524] She died by 1817, and he remarried to Anna7 Leach, daughter of Alpheus6 and (3013) Cassandana5 (Keith) Leach,[525] on 7 Dec. 1817 in Bridgewater.[526] She was born on 7 Aug. 1787 in Bridgewater,[527] a granddaughter of (1221) William6 and (1408) Eunice5 (Leach) Keith, of Bridgewater.[528] Anna (Leach) Knapp died, however, on 14 July 1820 in Titicut, MA, aged 32 years,[529] and Zenas Knapp remarried again to Sarah Richmond, of Taunton, daughter of Jonathan Richmond,[530] on 12 June 1831 in Middleborough.[531] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1830 federal census, but they were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[532] and 1850 federal censuses,[533] and the 1855 state census,[534] where he was a farmer, in Bridgewater with the family of J. Sanford and Caroline Wilbar in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farm laborer,[535] and in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census.[536] She died on 1 Mar. 1869 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years, 4 months,[537] and he was living with his son Zenas Knapp Jr. in Taunton, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[538] He died “single,” testate, on 7 Apr. 1872 in Taunton, MA, aged 89 years, 3 months, 22 days of “apoplexy.”[539] His will, dated 8 Nov. 1860, and probated on 21 June 1872, mentioned only his wife Sarah Knapp and son Zenas Knapp, and he named Zenas Knapp as executor of his estate.[540] Judith (Dean) Knapp had at least two daughters, and Zenas Knapp had a son by Anna Leach:

a. Cordania Knapp, born ca. 1810 in Bridgewater,[541] not specifically mentioned in her grandfather’s will, but she died unmarried and intestate on 20 Dec. 1851 in Taunton, MA, aged 41 years,[542] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA. Her heirs, Zenas Knapp and Clarissa Knapp requested that Zenas Knapp Jr. be appointed as administrator of her estate, which was granted on 6 Apr. 1852, with Gardner L. Bosworth and Andrew J. Bosworth, both of Taunton, as sureties. Andrew J. Bosworth, Leml. T. Talbot, and Joseph D. Nichols, of Taunton, were appointed to appraise her estate on 10 Apr. 1852, which totaled $466.50.[543]

b. Clarissa Knapp, born ca. 1813 in Raynham,[544] never married. She was mentioned in the 1828 will of her uncle Martin Deane, of Raynham, given the privilege of living in his house as long as she remained single, and in the 1835 will of her grandfather, Job Dean, of Raynham. She was living with her cousin John D. and Phebe Thompson in Raynham, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[545] and she died unmarried on 23 Mar. 1855 in Raynham, aged 42 years, of “consumption,”[546] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA. Zenas Knapp Jr., of Taunton, was granted administration of her estate on 7 June 1855, with Andrew J. Bosworth and Nathan B. Dunbar, of Taunton, as sureties. Her inventory was appraised by Andrew J. Bosworth, Nathan B. Dunbar and Obed Harlow Jr., all of Taunton, and totaled $392.33, including a $100 note that was deemed not collectable, and she owed $203 to John D. Thompson, and $95.36 to Zenas Knapp Jr. at the time of her death.[547]

c. Zenas Knapp (Jr.), born ca. 1818 in MA,[548] married Rebecca J. Case, daughter of Aaron Case, on 29 Nov. 1849 in Taunton.[549] She was born ca. 1831 in MA,[550] and they were living with Andrew J. and Eliza A. Bosworth in Taunton, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[551] and in Taunton in the 1860 federal census,[552] where he was a clerk, his widowed father was living with them in Taunton in the 1870 federal census,[553] and they were still living in Taunton in the 1880 federal census,[554] where he was a retail grocer. He was executor of his father’s estate in 1872, and administrator of the estates of his half-sisters Cordania Knapp in 1851, and Clarissa Knapp in 1855. They were not found in the 1900 federal census, and no death record was found for him in Bristol Co., MA.

        3144   iv   Belinda Dean, born on 9 Mar. 1780 in Raynham,[555] married John Thompson, of Rumford, ME, on 23 Feb. 1817 in Raynham.[556] She died, however, in Oct. 1818, aged 39 years,[557] and was buried in Rumford Center Cemetery in Rumford Center, Oxford Co., ME, but he was not buried with her. He may have been the John Thompson living in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[558] She had a son:

a. John D. Thompson, born ca. 1818 in ME,[559] mentioned in the 1828 will of his uncle Martin Deane, of Raynham, and the 1835 will of his grandfather, Job Dean, of Raynham, and his cousin Clarissa Knapp owed him money when she died in 1855, married Phebe Ann Burt, of Berkley, MA, daughter of John Padelford and Phebe (Briggs) Burt,[560] on 5 Feb. 1848 in Raynham.[561] She was born on 15 Feb. 1829 in Berkley, Bristol Co., MA.[562] They were living in Raynham, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker, and his cousin Clarissa Knapp was living with them,[563] and in the 1855 state census,[564] and 1860 federal census,[565] where he was a farmer, the 1865 state census, where he was a shoe cutter,[566] the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe shop,[567] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a shoe manufacturer.[568] He died on 19 Apr. 1896 in Raynham, aged 78 years, of “prostatitis,”[569] and she died a widow on 15 Feb. 1913 in Raynham, aged 84 years, of “sclerosis of arteries, heart & kidneys,”[570] and they were both buried in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3145    v   Williams Dean, born on 13 May 1782 in Raynham, died on 24 Dec. 1783 in Raynham,[571] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3146   vi   Mary “Polly” Dean, born on 5 Sept. 1784 in Raynham,[572] never married, died on 8 June 1821 in Raynham, aged 36 years,[573] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3147  vii   Zephaniah Dean, born on 22 Aug. 1786 in Raynham,[574] married Fanny Leonard,[575] daughter of David and Mary (Hall) Leonard,[576] on 3 Dec. 1816 in Bridgewater.[577] She was born on 2 Apr. 1788 in Bridgewater,[578] a granddaughter of Joseph and Mary (Packard) Leonard (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[579] He died intestate on 26 Oct. 1817 in Raynham, MA, aged 31 years,[580] and his brother Parmenus Dean, of Raynham, was granted administration of his estate on 4 Nov. 1817, with John Gilmore, Esq., and Job Dean, Gentleman, both of Raynham, as sureties. John Gilmore, Esqr., Abiezer Dean 2d, and Thomas Holmes were appointed to appraise his estate on 4 Nov. 1817, which totaled $1247.47.[581] Fanny Deane died a widow, testate, on 14 Feb. 1819 in Bridgewater, aged 30 years,[582] and they were both buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA. Her will was dated 12 Jan. 1819, and probated on 15 Nov. 1819, and she mentioned her mother and her sisters Polly and Olive, her brother Zenas Leonard, Clarinda Leonard, Mary Leonard, and she named Zenas L. Leonard and Caleb F. Leonard as executors of her estate. Zenas L. Lenard declined on 4 Nov. 1819, and Caleb F. Leonard, Gentleman, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of her estate on 15 Nov. 1819, with Alpheus Leach, Gentleman, and George Chipman, yeoman, both of Bridgewater, as sureties, and Jonathan Keith, Alpheus Leach, and George Chipman, all of Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise her estate on 18 Oct. 1819, which totaled $799.07, no real estate, but included notes of hand of $373.74.[583] (See Appendix [I] for a full transcription of her will.)

        3148 viii   Martin Deane, a twin, born on 15 Feb. 1789 in Raynham,[584] married Caroline M. Richmond, of Raynham, on 29 Feb. 1824 in Raynham.[585] She died on 27 Feb. 1827 in Raynham, aged 23 years,[586] and Martin Deane died testate on 9 Aug. 1828 in Raynham, aged 39 years,[587] and they were both buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA. His will was dated 24 July 1828, and probated on 5 Sept. 1828, and he mentioned his father Job Deane, mother Judith Deane, daughter Belinda Deane, nephew John D. Thomson, and Clarissa Knap, and he named John Gilmore, Esq., as executor of his estate, John Gilmore Esquire, of Raynham, was granted administration of his estate, with Othniel Gilmore, of Raynham, and John Gilmore, Esq., of Easton, as sureties. His inventory was appraised on 30 Aug. 1828 by Othniel Gilmore, Thomas Holmes, and Sylvester Robinson, his real estate valued at $2650, his personal estate totaled $324.04, and debts against the estate totaled $615.48.[588] (See Appendix [J] for a full transcription of his will.) They had one daughter:

a. Caroline Belinda Dean, born on 2 Mar. 1825 in Raynham,[589] called Belinda Deane in the 1828 will of her father, John Gilmore, of Raynham, was appointed as her guardian before 4 Nov. 1828,[590] and she married James Alger, son of Abiezer and Anna Cushing (Thomas) Alger (Jr.),[591] on 29 Dec. 1844 in Raynham.[592] He was born on 29 Aug. 1816 in West Bridgewater, MA,[593] and they were living in West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[594] the 1855 state census,[595] and the 1860 federal census,[596] where he was an iron founder, in the 1865 state census, where he was a manufacturer.[597] She died on 2 Apr. 1869 in West Bridgewater, aged 44 years, 1 month, of “consumption,”[598] and he was still living in West Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was a foundryman.[599] He died testate on 26 Jan. 1878 in West Bridgewater, aged 61 years, 4 months, 28 days, of “dropsey,”[600] his will dated 9 Dec. 1877, mentioned his sons James O. Alger and Henry W. Alger, and his daughters Anne C. Alger and Helen D. Alger.[601] No executor of his estate was named in his will, and Williams Latham, of Bridgewater, was granted administration with the will annexed of his estate on 11 Feb. 1878.[602] The inventory of his estate was appraised by Francis E. Howard, Samuel N. Howard, and Henry H. Whitman, all of West Bridgewater, his real estate valued at $7250, and his personal estate totaled $28,360.81.[603] (See Appendix [K] for a full transcription of his will.)

        3149   ix   Marcus Dean, a twin, born on 15 Feb. 1789 in Raynham,[604] marriage not found. He was mentioned in the 1835 will of his father, who named him as a residual heir, but he was not found in the 1850 federal census, the 1855 state census, or the 1860 federal census, and no death or probate records were found for him in Massachusetts.

        3150    x   Abigail “Nabby” Dean, born on 6 June 1791 in Raynham,[605] never married, died on 4 Nov. 1821 in Raynham, aged 30 years,[606] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3151   xi   Corp. Job Williams Dean, born on 9 June 1793 in Raynham,[607] served as a Corporal in Capt. Giles G. Chace’s Company from Berkley, MA, in 1814 during the War of 1812,[608] and died on 12 Sept. 1814, aged 21 years,[609] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

        3152  xii   Parmenus Dean, a son, born on 23 Aug. 1795 in Raynham,[610] was administrator of the estate of his brother Zephaniah Dean, of Raynham, in 1817, died on 4 Nov. 1824, aged 29 years,[611] presumably unmarried, and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol Co., MA.

        3153 xiii   Josiah Dean, born on 28 Apr. 1799 in Raynham,[612] died on 12 Oct. 1805, aged 6 years,[613] and was buried in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

 

 

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    [1] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 440; Vol. 55, p. 45, born on “Sun Day;” Raynham VRs, pp. 4, 26, recorded twice in the vital records of Raynham.

    [2] Her father’s name from her death record; 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. 127, “Eliab grad. Harvard University, 1740, m. Phebe, daughter of Ephraim Leonard in 1741, and settled as a Clergyman in Hopewell, N. Jersey.”

    [3] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child, in 1771.

    [4] Per Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Raynham VRs], p. 33, her birth date listed with the birth records of their children.

    [5] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Family History Library [hereinafter FHL] microfiche #6142809, which has her birth in Mendham, Morris Co., NJ, and her death record gives her birth place as “State of New Jersey.”

    [6] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 127.

    [7] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 50, Raynham Town, Bristol Co., MA, the Josiah Dean household had 7 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, 5 free white females, and 1 other free person.

    [8] 1800 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 372, the Josiah Dean household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 4 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [9] 1810 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 640, the Josih. Dean household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [10] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #7870577; per his biography on www.wikipedia.org.

    [11] www.findagrave.com, memorial #7870577, from his gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [12] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah Dean, Raynham, 1818,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [13] 1830 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 147, the Josiah Dean household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [14] 1840 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 209, the Sarah Dean household had 1 female aged 80-89 years.

    [15] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 39, p. 119, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place “State of New Jersey,” and her father Eliab Byram; www.findagrave.com, memorial #47634473, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [16] Raynham VRs, p. 33; Norton VRs, p. 121, under “Raymond.”

    [17] Raynham VRs, p. 37.

    [18] Per Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, [hereinafter Norton VRs], p. 121.

    [19] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 50, Norton town, Bristol Co., MA, the Ephraim Raymond household had 4 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [20] 1800 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 383, the Ephraim Raymond household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [21] 1810 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 315, the Ephrm. Raymon household had 1 male under 10, 8 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 16-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 3 females aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [22] 1820 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 333, the Ephraim Raymond household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [23] 1830 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 126, the Ephraim Raymond household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 4 females aged 20-29 years, ands 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [24] Norton VRs, p. 391; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86113395, from his gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.

    [25] Bristol County Probate File “Ephraim Raymond, Mansfield, 1840,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [26] 1840 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, the page number unreadable, the Polly Raymond household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 2 females aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [27] Norton VRs, p. 391; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86113407, from her gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [28] Bristol County Probate File “Polly Raymond, Mansfield, 1844,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [29] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [30] Norton VRs, p. 300.

    [31] 1850 Federal Census, 11 Ward City of Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, p. 275, dwelling #267, family #1035:

            Maria Parsons, 60, female, born MA

            Maria C. Parsons, 26, female, born NY

            Harriet C. Parsons, 24, female, born NY

    [32] 1855 New York State Census, Brooklyn City, Ward 4, Election Dist. 3, Kings Co., dwelling #74, family #109:

            Maria Parsons, 50 [sic], female, born MA, resident 5 years

            Maria Parsons, 22 [sic], female, child, born NY, resident 5 years

            Harriet Parsons, 20 [sic], female, child, born NY, resident 5 years

    [33] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [34] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #20716485.

    [35] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #20716535.

    [36] South Caroline, Charleston City Death Records, 1821-1926, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from microfilm #7576004, his birth place CT [sic]; www.findagrave.com, memorial #20716485, from his gravestone in Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, SC.

    [37] 1850 Federal Census, Parishes of St. Philips & St. Michaels, Charleston Co., SC, p. 90, dwelling #102, family #114:

            Henry H. Raymond, 28, male, atty at law, $50,000, born SC

            Mary Raymond, 50, female, born SC

            Rosaline Raymond, 30, female, born SC

            Jane Whitson, k40, female, house keeper, born Ireland

    [38] 1860 Federal Census, Ward No. 1, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC, Page No. 55, dwelling #339, family #347:

            Henry H. Raymond, 38, male, lawyer, $60,000, $22,000, born SC

            Mary Raymond, 62, female, $72,000, $18,000, born SC

            C. R. Raymond, 36, female, born SC

            C. R. Raymond, 3, female, born SC

            Sophia Schroder, 24, female, house keeper, born Hanover

    [39] South Caroline, Charleston City Death Records, 1821-1926, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from microfilm #10537634, her birth place Charleston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #20716535, from her gravestone in Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, SC.

    [40] Norton VRs, p. 121, her www.findagrave.com memorial #74248128 gives the date as 3 Nov. 1793 in Norton.

    [41] His parents’ names from his birth record; Attleborough VRs, p. 542, the marriage intentions of Obed Robinson of Attleborough and Mrs. Abigail Richards of Dedham recorded on 2 Sept. 1786 in Attleborough.

    [42] Norton VRs, p. 300.

    [43] Vital Records of Attleborough, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1934, [hereinafter Attleborough VRs], p. 226; Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #74248099.

    [44] Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, 3 Volumes, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 3, p. 177, from his gravestone; www.findagrave.com, memorial #74248099, from his gravestone in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

    [45] 1850 Federal Census, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 203, dwelling #2189, family #3201:

            Thomas R. Robinson, 22, male, machinist, born MA

            Sarah D. Robinson, 57, female, born MA

            Ann J. Robinson, 14, female, born MA

    [46] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 7 Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 15, dwelling #102, family #127:

            Thomas Gillet, 67, male, white, cotton carder, $2500, born MA, a male citizen

            Elisa Gillet, 64, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Jane Gillet, 34, female, white, at home, born MA

            Elisa J. Gillet, 11, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Sarah Robinson, 77, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [47] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 238, p. 139, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Norton, and her parents Ephraim & Polly Raymond, born respectively in Boston and Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #74248128, from her gravestone in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

    [48] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [49] Norton VRs, p. 299.

    [50] 1850 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, p. 69, dwelling #288, family #306:

            Margeret Lane, 55, female, $800, born MA

            Sarah Evens, 23, female, birth place not known

            Edward Evens, 2, male, birth place not known

    [51] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., dwelling #79, family #96:

            Margarett Lane, 60, female, born Norton

            George H. Kimball, 28, male, machinist, born NH

            James F. Keene, 25, male, carpenter, born Fairhaven

    [52] 1860 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 310, dwelling #2279, family #2704:

            Margaret Lane, 76, female, $500, born MA

    [53] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., dwelling #296, family #322:

            Margaret Lane, 70, female, born MA, widow

    [54] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 310, p. 110, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Norton, and her parents Ephraim and Polly Raymond, born respectively in Boston and Raynham.

    [55] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [56] 1850 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, p. 54, dwelling #26, family #28:

            Julia Raymond, 51, female, $400, born MA

            Charlotte Raymond, 46, female, $400, born MA

            Frederic A. Day, 15, male, born MA, attending school

    [57] 1860 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 302, dwelling #2203, family #2610:

            Julia Raymond, 65, female, $400, $53, born MA

    [58] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., dwelling #42, family #39:

            Julia Raymond, 67, female, born MA, single

            Charlotte Pierce, 61, female, born MA, widow

    [59] 1870 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 28, dwelling #222, family #242:

            Julia Rawnood [sic], 72, female, white, keeps house, $800, $100, born MA

            Charlotte Pierce, 66, female, white, keeps house, $1000, born MA

    [60] 1880 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 45, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 68, dwelling #399, family #470:

            Julia Raymond, white, female, 82, single, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [61] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 427, p. 203, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Norton, and her parents Ephraim and Polly (Dean) Raymond, her father born in Boston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #161977176, from her gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [62] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [63] Norton VRs, p. 391; www.findagrave.com, memorial #161981522, from his gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [64] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [65] Norton VRs, p. 263, marriage of Josiah King Jr. and Meriam Cobb on 29 May 1787 in Norton.

    [66] Norton VRs, p. 299.

    [67] Norton VRs, p. 86.

    [68] Norton VRs, p. 87, the birth Josiah Jr., son of Capt. Josiah and Ruth King, on 22 Apr. 1762 in Norton; Norton VRs, p. 263, the marriage of Josiah King and Ruth Basset on 7 Jan. 1762 in Norton.

    [69] Norton VRs, p. 379; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86052369, from her gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [70] Raynham VRs, pp. 40, 99, the marriage of Morrel Allin and Hannah Dean on 14 May 1800 in Raynham.

    [71] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 306; Norton VRs, p. 263, marriage intentions recorded 14 June 1840 in Norton.

    [72] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [73] 1850 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 31, dwelling #32, family #38:

            Dauphin King, 58, male, mariner, $3500, born MA

            Hannah C. D. King, 39, female, born MA

            Ellen King, 17, female, born MA, attending school

            Frank King, 15, male, scholar, born MA, attending school

            Florence King, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Allen King, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Edmund Connor, 22, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Dwelling #33, family #39:

            Miriam King, 85, female, born MA

            Clarissa King, 49, female, born NY

    [74] www.findagrave.com, memorial #161981820, from his gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [75] Bristol County Probate File “Dauphin King, Norton, 1852,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [76] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #103, family #123:

            Morrill Allen, 79, male, U. Clergyman, born Dover, MA

            Hannah Allen, 76, female, born Raynham

            Martha J. Allen, 28, female, born Pembroke

            Hannah C. D. King, 44, female, born Pembroke

            Allen King, 13, male, born Norton

    [77] 1860 Federal Census, Yellow Springs, Greene Co., OH, Page No. 16, dwelling #126, family #125:

            G. L. Cary, 30, male, Prof. Latin & Greek, $1200, $400, born MA

            Isabella Cary, 25, female, born MA

            H. C. D. King, 49, female, $75, born MA

            Allen King, 18, male, born MA, attending school

    [78] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #104, family #114:

            Morrill Allen, 89, male, born MA, married, farmer

            Hannah Allen, 85, female, born MA, married, housewife

            Hannah C. D. King, 54, female, born MA, widow, housework

    [79] www.findagrave.com, memorial #143836022, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [80] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [81] 1850 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, p. 54, dwelling #26, family #28.

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

    [83] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 87, p. 92, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birth place not recorded, his father Jesse[?] Pierce, her birth place Norton, and her father Ephm. Raymond.

    [84] Calculated from his age and birth place in his death record.

    [85] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., dwelling #381, family #474:

            John Pierce, 63, male, farmer, born MA

            Charlotte Pierce, 51, female, born MA

    [86] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 1 Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 58, dwelling #408, family #453:

            Lydia Pierce, 80, female, born MA

            Charlotte Pierce, 56, female, born MA

            Bridget McDermott, 25, female, servant, born Ireland

    [87] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 285, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Canton, and his parents Jesse & Catharine (Smith) Pierce, born respectively in Canton and Stoughton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #58276296, from his gravestone in Dry Pond Cemetery in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA.

    [88] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., dwelling #42, family #39.

    [89] 1870 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 28, dwelling #222, family #242.

    [90] www.findagrave.com, memorial #58276334, from her gravestone in Dry Pond Cemetery in Stoughton, MA.

    [91] Norton VRs, p. 121.

    [92] Her parents identified in her death record.

    [93] Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, Providence, RI, 1897, [hereinafter Rehoboth VRs], p. 348; Norton VRs, p. 299, marriage intentions recorded 5 July 1829 in Norton.

    [94] Norton VRs, p. 391; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86113429, from her gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [95] Norton VRs, p. 391; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86113378, from his gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA.

    [96] Bristol County Probate File “Ephraim A. Raymond, Norton, 1833,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [97] Raynham VRs, p. 33.

    [98] Raynham VRs, p. 38.

    [99] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #178164645.

    [100] 1820 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 159, the Thomas Green household had 4 males aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 6 persons engaged in manufacturing.

    [101] 1830 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 318, the Thos. Green household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [102] Vital Records of Dalton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Dalton VRs], p. 75; www.findagrave.com, memorial #178164645, from his gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA, which gives an incorrect age for him.

    [103] Berkshire County Probate File #5277, “Green, Thomas, Dalton, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [104] 1850 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 180, dwelling #58, family #62:

            Nehemiah Dickinson, 35, male, white, paper maker, born NY

            Caroline Dickinson, 40, female, white, born MA

            Sarah N. Dickinson, 7, female, white, born MA

            Julia A. Dickinson, 5, female, white, born MA

            Mary P. Dickinson, 3, female, white, born MA

            William E. Dickinson, 4/12, male, white, born MA

            Jane Green, 75, female, white, $800, born MA

            Elisabeth Persip[?], 16, female, mulatto, born MA

    [105] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 84, p. 22, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Thomas Green, her birth place Rainham [sic], and her father Josiah Dean; www.findagrave.com, memorial #104666426, and #178164819, from her gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [106] Raynham VRs, p. 33.

    [107] Per the Ancestry.com Andrews-Clarke Family Tree file submitted by Diane Clarke; his www.findagrave.com memorial #104953192 gives his mother as Rebekah Standish; Halifax VRs, p. 34, the marriage of Zachariah Weston and Rebeckah Standish, both of Halifax, on 12 May 1752 in Halifax, but Rebeckah, wife of Zachariah Weston, died on 28 July 1769 in Middleborough, so she could not have been his mother if he was born in 1773. The marriage of Zachariah Weston and Sarah Pomeroy was not found in the Middleborough vital records, but Sarah, widow of Zachariah Weston, and daughter of Frances Pomeroy, died on 30 Nov. 1795 in Middleborough, aged 62 years, from Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Middleboro Deaths], p. 225.

    [108] Raynham VRs, p. 39, 94, marriage intentions recorded 4 Apr. 1795 in Raynham.

    [109] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #104953192, but his birth was not recorded in the Middleborough vital records.

    [110] Per the www.findagrave.com memorial #142707816 of his father Zachariah Weston Jr., of Middleborough, MA.

    [111] Dalton VRs, p. 82; www.findagrave.com, memorial #104953265, from her gravestone in East Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA.

    [112] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, assuming she was the widow of Isaiah Weston.

    [113] 1820 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 159, the Isaiah Weston household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 4 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [114] Dalton VRs, p. 82; www.findagrave.com, memorial #104953192, from his gravestone in East Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [115] Berkshire County Probate File #3903, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [116] 1850 Federal Census, Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 116, dwelling #15, family #15:

            Levi Seymour, 80, male, farmer, born CT

            Polly Seymour, 74, female, born MA

            Mary W. Seymour, 44, female, born MA

            Mary Weston, 65, female, born MA

            Dwelling #15, family #16:

            Henry E. Seymour, 41, male, farmer, $5000, born MA

            Lydia M. Seymour, 32, female, born MA

            Benj. Robinson, 22, male, laborer, born MO.

    [117] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, dwelling #26, family #29:

            Sarah Seymore, 78, female, born MA

            Mary W. Seymore, 48, female, born MA
            Mary Weston, 71, female, born MA

    [118] 1860 Federal Census, Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, Page No. 1, dwelling #6, family #6:

            Edwin Seymour, 53, male, farmer, $6000, $930, born MA

            Lydia M. Seymour, 42, female, born MA

            Sarah Seymour, 83, female, born MA

            Mary W. Seymour, 55, female, born MA
            Charles Russell, 8, male, born MA, attending school
            Benjamin Gunn, 65, male, black, farm laborer, born NY, cannot read or write

            Mary Weston, 75, female, born MA

    [119] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 292, p. 36, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Lanesboro, but her parents’ names not recorded.

    [120] Per Dalton VRs, p. 45; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #133627068.

    [121] Per the Ancestry.com Carl’s Tree file submitted by Carl Brown, but the marriage was not listed in the Dalton vital records.

    [122] Dalton VRs, p. 82; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133627011, from her gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

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

    [124] 1850 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 181, dwelling #78, family #86:

            Grenville T. [sic] Weston, 52, male, white, merchant, born MA

            Elisabeth Weston, 31, female, white, born MA

            William W. Weston, 6/12, male, white, born MA

            Sarah D. Weston, 22, female, white, born MA

            Harriet Weston, 18, female, born MA

    [125] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #47, family #58:

            Granvil D. Weston, 57, male, merchant, born MA

            Elizabeth Weston, 37, female, born MA

            Sarah D. Weston, 32 [sic], female, born MA

            Harriet Weston, 24, female, born MA

            William E. Weston, 5, male, born MA

    [126] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 111, p. 39, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her name recorded as Elizabeth F. Weston, her birth place Worthington, but her parents’ names not recorded; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133626945, from her gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [127] 1860 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, Page No. 80, dwelling #610, family #645:

            G. D. Weston, 62, male, merchant, $1600, $600, born MA

            William W. Weston, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary Blasedell, 26, female, domestic, born MA

            Emma Blasedell, 6, female, born MA

    [128] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #85, family #86:

            Grenville D. Wiston [sic], 67, male, born MA, widower

            Russell C. Watkins, 27, male, born MA, single, artist

    [129] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 192, p. 28, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a Justice of the Peace, his birth place New Bedford, and his parents Isaiah and Sarah Weston, their birth places not known; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133627068, from his gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [130] Berkshire County Probate File #10320, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [131] Per Dalton VRs, p. 45; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #133626886.

    [132] 1850 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 180, dwelling #64, family #68:

            Franklin Weston, 50, male, white, manufacturer & merchant, $10,000, born MA

            Elisabeth J. Smith, 21, female, white, $3500, born NY

            Elisha H. Smith, 27, male, white, clerk, born MA

    [133] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #23, family #29:

            John R. Dickinson, 31, male, painter, born Pittsfield

            Huldah Dickinson, 27, female, born Northfield

            Martha C. Dickinson, 8, female, born Cheshire

            Franklin Weston, 54, male, merchant, born New Bedford

            John T. Clark, 17, male, clerk, born Hinsdale

    [134] 1860 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, Page No. 91, dwelling #715, family #752:

            Franklin Weston, 60, male, merchant, $5000, $2000, born MA

            Ann Mosier, 49, female, born NY

            Martha Mosier, 24, female, born NY

    [135] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #5, family #5:

            Franklin Weston, 65, male, born MA, single, merchant

            Dwelling #6 [sic], family #5:

            Sophronia E. Pratt, 37, female, born MA, widow, domestic work

    [136] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 211, p. 32, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his birth place New Bedford, and his parents Isaiah & Sarah Weston, born respectively in Middleborough and Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133626886, from his gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [137] Berkshire County Probate File #10559, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [138] Per Dalton VRs, p. 45.

    [139] Berkshire County Probate File #3932, image 18, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, with Henry Marsh Esq., of Dalton, as surety.

    [140] Her maiden name from the 1882 New England Historic Genealogical Society membership application of Byron Weston, born in Dalton in 1832, who listed his parents as Isaiah Weston, born 27 Sept. 1804 in New Bedford, and Caroline Waldo Curtis, born on 9 Dec. 1809 in Dalton; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #133626768.

    [141] Per Dalton VRs, p. 45, from her gravestone; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #133626768.

    [142] Per Dalton VRs, p. 82; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133626692, from his gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA, his place of death from the Ancestry.com Carl’s Tree file submitted by Carl Brown.

    [143] www.findagrave.com, memorial #133626768, from her gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA, her memorial says she died in Dalton, MA, but her gravestone clearly says she died in Texas.

    [144] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, she was still under 14 years of age in June 1821.

    [145] Berkshire County Probate File #3932, image 16, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, with Henry Marsh Junr., of Dalton, as surety.

    [146] 1850 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 181, dwelling #78, family #86.

    [147] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #47, family #58.

    [148] Per Dalton VRs, p. 45; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #46600887.

    [149] Berkshire County Probate File #3932, image 14, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, with Grenville D. Weston, of Dalton, as surety.

    [150] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #46600887.

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

    [152] Dalton VRs, p. 19, wife of Josiah Dean Weston, M.D.; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #46600945, her birth place from her death record.

    [153] Berkshire County Probate File #6848, “Crane, Zenas, Dalton 1845,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [154] 1850 Federal Census, First Ward Milwaukee Dist. No. 19, Milwaukee Co., WI, dwelling #2391, family #2546, apparently an apartment or boarding house, p. 480, lines #2-4:

            Josiah D. Weston, 40, male, merchant, $23,000, born MA

            Lucinda Weston, 35, female, born MA

            Minnesota C. Weston, 2, female, born WI

    [155] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #36, family #39:

            J. D. Weston, 45, male, doctor, born MA

            Lucinda Weston, 42, female, born MA

            Minnesota Weston, 7, female, born MN [sic]

            Bridget Cassady, 19, female, domestic, born Ireland

    [156] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 111, p. 39, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his place of death Washington D.C., his occupation a physician, his birth place New Bedford, and his father Isiah Weston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #46600887, from his gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [157] Berkshire County Probate File #8493, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston. From Dalton VRs, p. 19: James Brewer Crane was born 3 Apr. 1817, and Seymour Crane was born 16 Sept. 1826 in Dalton.

    [158] 1860 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, Page No. 96, dwelling #751, family #790:

            Lucinda Weston, 47, female, $3000, $12,000, born MA

            Minnesota Weston, 11, female, born WI, attending school

            Catharine Ward, 30, female, domestic, born Ireland

    [159] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., dwelling #71, family #75:

            Lucinda Wiston [sic], 52, female, born MA, widow

            Minnesota C. Wiston [sic], 16, female, born WI, single, student

    [160] 1870 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, Hinsdale Post Office, Page No. 6, dwelling #44, family #44:

            Lucinda Crane, 82, female, white, keeps house, $2500, $2500, born MA

            Lucinda C. Weston, 57, female, white, keeps house, $1000, $20,000, born MA

            Mary McLie, 23, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born, cannot read or write

            Emma Bloomer, 16, female, white, domestic servant, born MA

    [161] 1880 Federal Census, Dalton, Berkshire Co., MA, Page No. 8-9, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 24, dwelling #75, family #81:

            John D. Curson, white, male, 35, married, paper manufacturer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Minnesota W. Curson, white, female, 31, wife, married, keeping house, born WI, father born MA, mother born MA

            Harry W. Curson, white, male, 11, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN [sic]

            Helen C. Curson, white, female, 10, daughter, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN [sic]

            Ethel D. Curson, white, female, 8, daughter, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN [sic]

            Lucinda Weston, white, female, 67, mother in law, widow, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Bridget Flemming, white, female, 32, servant, single, servant, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Margrett Brett, white, female, 25, servant, single, servant, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [162] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 481, p. 52, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Josiah Dean Weston, her birth place Dalton, her father Zenas Crane, born in Canton, MA, and her mother Lucinda Brewer, born in Wilbraham, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #46600945, from her gravestone in Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, MA.

    [163] Raynham VRs, p. 33; Pembroke VRs, p. 21, under “Allen.”

    [164] Per his death record; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130450882.

    [165] Raynham VRs, pp. 40, 99, married by “Mr. Fale,” called “Merril Allen” in the marriage record, and “Morrel Allin” in the marriage intentions, which were supposedly recorded in 1801.

    [166] Pembroke VRs, p. 21, taken from his gravestone in Pembroke Centre Cemetery.

    [167] 1810 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 49, the Morrel Allen household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 [possibly erased?] females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [168] 1820 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 216-217, the Morrel Allen household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [169] 1830 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 140, the Morrel Allen household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [170] 1840 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 111, the Morrill Allen household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in a learned profession.

    [171] 1850 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 143, dwelling #139, family #158:

            Morrel Allen, 74, male, U. Clergyman, $800, born MA

            Hannah Allen, 71, female, born MA

            Martha Allen, 24, female, born MA

    [172] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #103, family #123:

            Morrill Allen, 79, male, U. Clergyman, born Dover, MA

            Hannah Allen, 76, female, born Raynham

            Martha J. Allen, 28, female, born Pembroke

            Hannah C. D. King, 44, female, born Pembroke

            Allen King, 13, male, born Norton

    [173] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 33, dwelling #288, family #322:

            Morrill Allen, 84, male, clergyman, $8000, $5000, born MA

            Hannah Allen, 80, female, born MA

            Martha J. Allen, 33, female, born MA

    [174] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #104, family #114:

            Morrill Allen, 89, male, born MA, married, farmer

            Hannah Allen, 85, female, born MA, married, housewife

            Hannah C. D. King, 54, female, born MA, widow, housework

    [175] 1870 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, North Pembroke Post Office, Page No. 35, dwelling #328, family #365:

            Morrill Allen, 94, male, white, clergyman retired, $1500, born MA, a male citizen

            Hannah Allen, 90, female, white, no occupation, $500, born MA

            Hannah C. D. King, 59, female, white, keeping house, $6500, born MA

            Allen King, 28, male, white, music teacher, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

    [176] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 230, p. 330, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a clergyman, his birth place Dover, MA, and his parents Hezekiah Allen and Mary Peters; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130450882, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [177] Plymouth County Probate Docket #312, Vol. 129, p. 678.

    [178] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 328, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and her parents Josiah Dean and Sarah Byram; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130450801, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [179] Pembroke VRs, p. 21; Scituate VRs, Vol. 1, p. 12.

    [180] Her parents’ names from her death record; Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Scituate VRs], Vol. 2, p. 225, the marriage of Ensign Otis Jr. and Lucy Little on 17 Sept. 1801 in Scituate.

    [181] Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 12.

    [182] Scituate VRs, Vol. 1, p. 280.

    [183] 1840 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 260, the G. M. Allen household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 2 females aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in commerce.

    [184] 1850 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 76, dwelling #348, family #431:

            George M. Allen, 48, male, merchant, $14,000, born MA

            Hannah E. Allen, 43, female, born MA

            Hannah D. Allen, 21, female, born MA

            Cornelia Allen, 17, female, born MA, attending school

            George W. Allen, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Lucy L. Otis, 45, female, born MA

            Patrick Whearty, 30, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Nicholas Whearty, 25, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [185] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., dwelling #14, family #17:

            George M. Allen, 53, male merchant, born MA

            Hannah E. Allen, 48, born MA

            Hannah D. Allen, 26, born MA

            Cornelia M. Allen, 23, born MA

            George O. Allen, 17, male, born MA

            Lucy L. Otis, 51, born MA

            Patric Greene, 24, male, born Ireland

    [186] 1860 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 50, dwelling #2316, family #2679:

            George M. Allen, 58, male, merchant, $15,000, $21,500, born MA

            Hannah E. Allen, 53, female, born MA

            Hannah D. Allen, 31, female, born MA

            Cornelia M. Allen, 27, female, born MA

            George O. Allen, 22, male, farmer, born MA

            Lucy L. Otis, 55, female, born MA

            Eliza Young, 31, female, dressmaker, born MA

    [187] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., dwelling #106, family #120:

            George M. Allen, 63, male, white, born Pembroke, Ma, married, farmer

            Hannah E. Allen, 58, female, white, born Scituate, married, housewife

            Cornelia M. Allen, 32, female, white, born Scituate, single, seamstress

            George O. Allen, 26, male, white, born Scituate, single, farmer

            Lucy L. Otis, 60, female, white, born Scituate, single, domestic

    [188] 1870 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 20, dwelling #174, family #202:

            Geo M. Allen, 68, male, white, farmer, $15,000, $110,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Hannah E. Allen, 63, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Cornelia Allen, 38, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Geo. O. Allen, 32, male, white, farmer, $700, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Lucy Otis, 65, female, white, house keeper, born MA

    [189] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 304, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pembroke, and his parents Morrill and Hannah (Dean) Allen, born respectively in Dover and Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147516727, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery in Scituate, MA, but was also listed on the Allen Monument in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA, www.findagrave.com memorial #130450819.

    [190] Plymouth County Probate Docket #269, Vol. 142, p. 530, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 134, p. 134.

    [191] 1880 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 551, dwelling #93, family #106:

            Hannah E. Allen, white, female, 73, widow, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Cornelia M. Allen, white, female, 47, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            George O. Allen, white, male, 42, son, single, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lucy L. Otis, white, female, 75, sister, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [192] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 401, p. 394, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Scituate, and her parents Ensign Otis and Lucy Little, born respectively in Scituate and Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147516741, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery in Scituate, MA.

    [193] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [194] Pembroke VRs, p. 383; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130450837, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [195] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [196] Pembroke VRs, p. 383, listed as “Morrel Allen Jr.”; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130450902, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [197] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [198] Norton VRs, p. 263, marriage of Josiah King Jr. and Meriam Cobb on 29 May 1787 in Norton.

    [199] Pembroke VRs, p. 227; Norton VRs, p. 263, marriage intentions recorded 14 June 1840 in Norton.

    [200] Norton VRs, p. 86.

    [201] Norton VRs, p. 87, the birth Josiah Jr., son of Capt. Josiah and Ruth King, on 22 Apr. 1762 in Norton; Norton VRs, p. 263, the marriage of Josiah King and Ruth Basset on 7 Jan. 1762 in Norton.

    [202] Norton VRs, p. 299.

    [203] 1850 Federal Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 31, dwelling #32, family #38:

            Dauphin King, 58, male, mariner, $3500, born MA

            Hannah C. D. King, 39, female, born MA

            Ellen King, 17, female, born MA, attending school

            Frank King, 15, male, scholar, born MA, attending school

            Florence King, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Allen King, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Edmund Connor, 22, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Dwelling #33, family #39:

            Miriam King, 85, female, born MA

            Clarissa King, 49, female, born NY

    [204] www.findagrave.com, memorial #161981820, from his gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA, his death not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, and he possibly died outside of Massachusetts.

    [205] Bristol County Probate File “Dauphin King, Norton, 1852,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [206] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #103, family #123.

    [207] 1860 Federal Census, Yellow Springs, Greene Co., OH, Page No. 16, dwelling #126, family #125:

            G. L. Cary, 30, male, Prof. Latin & Greek, $1200, $400, born MA

            Isabella Cary, 25, female, born MA

            H. C. D. King, 49, female, $75, born MA

            Allen King, 18, male, born MA, attending school

    [208] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #104, family #114.

    [209] 1870 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, North Pembroke Post Office, Page No. 35, dwelling #328, family #365.

    [210] 1880 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 16, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 548, dwelling #182, family #199:

            H. Cornelia D. King, white, female, 69, widow, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Allen King, white, male, 37, son, single, music teacher, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [211] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 356, p. 320, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Pembroke, and her parents Morrill and Hannah Allen; www.findagrave.com, memorial #143836022, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [212] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [213] Pembroke VRs, p. 383; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130450859, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [214] Pembroke VRs, p. 21; Scituate VRs, Vol. 1, p. 12.

    [215] Her parents’ names from her death record; Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 225, the marriage of Ensign Otis Jr. and Lucy Little on 17 Sept. 1801 in Scituate.

    [216] Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 12.

    [217] Scituate VRs, Vol. 1, p. 278, her www.findagrave.com memorial #147426573 gives the date as 2 June 1816.

    [218] 1840 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 259, the W. P. Allen household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in commerce.

    [219] 1850 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 76, dwelling #347, family #430:

            William P. Allen, 34, male, merchant, $1000, born MA

            Abigail Allen, 34, female, born MA

            Sarah B. Allen, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            William H. Allen, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            James O. Allen, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Florance F. Allen, 1, female, born MA

    [220] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., dwelling #50, family #70:

            William P. Allen, 40, male, trader, born MA

            Abby B. Allen, 39, born MA

            Sarah B. Allen, 16, born MA

            William H. Allen, 12, male, born MA

            James O. Allen, 9, male, born MA

            Florence T. Allen, 6, born MA

            Aimie F. Allen, 4, born MA

            Frank B. Allen, 1, male, born MA

    [221] 1860 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 50, dwelling #2317, family #2380:

            Wm P. Allen, 44, male, merchant, $850, $4000, born MA

            Abby B. Allen, 44, female, born MA

            Wm H. Allen, 16, male, born MA, attending school

            James O. Allen, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Florence T. Allen, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Amie T. Allen, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Frank B. Allen, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Nellie W. Allen, 3, female, born MA

            Eugene McCarthy, 21, male, farm laborer, born Ireland

    [222] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., dwelling #116, family #132:

            William P. Allen, 49, male, white, born Pembroke, married, trader

            Abby B. Allen, 49, female, white, born Scituate, married, housewife

            Amy F. Allen, female, white, born Scituate, single

            Frank B. Allen, 11, male, white, born Scituate

            Nellie W. Allen, 8, female, white, born Scituate

    [223] 1870 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 8, dwelling #76, family #87:

            Wm P. Allen, 54, male, white, dry goods & groceries, $1350, $25,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Abigal B. Allen, 54, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Amie F. Allen, 18, female, white, school teacher, born MA

            Nellie Allen, 13, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

    [224] 1880 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 13, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 551, dwelling #132, family #152:

            William P. Allen, white, male, 64, married, general store, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Abigail B. Allen, white, female, 64, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [225] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 420, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his burial in Scituate, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Pembroke, and his parents Morrill Allen and Hannah Dean; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147426565, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery in Scituate, MA.

    [226] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 464, p. 684, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of William Allen, her parents Ensign Otis and Lucy Little, born respectively in Scituate and Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147426573, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery in Scituate, MA.

    [227] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [228] Pembroke VRs, p. 383; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130450917, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [229] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [230] 1850 Federal Census, District No. 104, Concord Township, Miami Co., OH, p. 115, dwelling #1609, family #1610:

            Mathias S. Winans, 41, male, miller, born OH

            Maria Winans, 35, female, born OH

            Sarah Winans, 16, female, born OH, attending school

            Francis Winans, 11, male, born OH, attending school

            Henry W. Allen, 28, male, miller, $4400, born MA

    [231] Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0550177, her name recorded as Mary D. Smith; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #41053623, which gives her name as Mary D. Hastings.

    [232] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #67124558.

    [233] www.findagrave.com, memorial #67124558, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Troy, Miami Co., OH, “wife of Henry W. Allen,” her name Mary D. Hastings on her memorial.

    [234] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #41053705.

    [235] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0550177.

    [236] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #41053705.

    [237] 1860 Federal Census, Concord Township, Miami Co., OH, Troy Post Office, Page No. 31, dwelling #729, family #729:

            Henry W. Allen, 38, male, flouring mill, $15,000, $10,000, born MA

            Permelia Allen, 33, female, born OH

            Henry Allen, 3, male, born OH

            Charles Allen, 1, male, born OH

            D. G. McGlaflin, 21, male, miller, born MA

    [238] 1870 Federal Census, Troy, Concord Township, Miami Co.., OH, Page No. 38, dwelling #301, family #323:

            Henry W. Allen, 48, male, white, grain dealer & miller, $25,000, $40,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Pamela H. Allen, 43, female, white, keeps house, $5000, born OH

            Henry W. Allen Jr., 13, male, white, at school, born OH, attending school

            Charles C. Allen, 11, male, white, at school, born OH, attending school

            Horace Allen, 9, male, white, at school, born OH, attending school

            Flora P. Allen, 7, female, white, at school, born OH, attending school

            Emma Allen, 5, female, white, born OH

            Augusta Allen, 1, female, white, born OH

    [239] 1880 Federal Census, Troy, Miami Co., OH, Page No. 22, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 132, dwelling #226, family #286:

            Henry W. Allen, white, male, 58, husband, married, grain mcht, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Pamelia Allen, white, female, 53, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Henry Allen, white, male, 24, son, single, book-keeper, born OH, father born CT [sic], mother born RI

            Charles Allen, white, male, 22, son, single, college student, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH

            Horace Allen, white, male, 20, son, single, college student, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH

            Flora Allen, white, female, 18, daughter, single, attends school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH

            Emma Allen, white, female, 16, daughter, single, attends school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH

            Augusta Allen, white, female, 12, daughter, single, attends school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH

            Bertha Allen, white, female, 10, daughter, single, attends school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH

            Thos. B. Fountain, black, male, 21, servant, single, domestic servant, born KY, father born KY, mother born KY

    [240] 1880 Federal Census, Concord Township, Troy City, Miami Co., OH, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 75, Sheet No. 15 B, dwelling #364, family #392:

            Henry W. Allen, head, white, male, born Apr. 1822, age 78, married 47 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, grain merchant, cam read, write and speak English, owns home

            Amelia [sic] H. Allen, wife, white, female, born July 1827, age 72, married 47 years, 10 children born, 7 children living, born OH, father born CT, mother born MD, can read, write and speak English

            Charles C. Allen, son, white, male, born Dec. 1858, age 41, single, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH, book keeper, can read, write and speak English

            Flora P. Allen, daughter, white, female, born Sept. 1862, age 37, single, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH, can read, write and speak English

            Bertha Allen, daughter, white, female, born Jan. 1871, age 29, single, born OH, father born MA, mother born OH, can read, write and speak English

            Henriette Olena, servant, black, female, born Feb. 1859, age 41, married 25 years, 4 children born, 3 children living, born OH, father born VA, mother born VA, servant, can read, write and speak English

    [241] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41053623, from his gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Troy, Miami Co., OH.

    [242] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41053705, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Troy, OH.

    [243] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #38107312.

    [244] Pembroke VRs, p. 21.

    [245] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #103, family #123.

    [246] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 33, dwelling #288, family #322.

    [247] His parents’ names from his 1864 marriage record; Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1908, [hereinafter Lincoln VRs], p. 143, the marriage of Charles Wheeler and Julia Stearns, daughter of Dr. Charles Stearns, on 22 Dec. 1808 in Lincoln.

    [248] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 172, p. 277, Pembroke, and Vol. 172, p. 97, Lincoln (crossed out), online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Lincoln, his parents Charles & Julia (Stearns) Wheeler, her birth place Pembroke, and her parents Morrill & Hannah (Dean) Allen, married by her father, Morrill Allen, Minister.

    [249] Lincoln VRs, p. 78.

    [250] Per Lincoln VRs, p. 144.

    [251] www.findagrave.com, memorial #38107301, from her gravestone in Town Hill Cemetery in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA.

    [252] 1870 Federal Census, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #8, family #9:

            Wm F. Wheeler, 57, male, white, farmer, $6000, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

            Martha J. Wheeler, 44, female, white, keeps house, $2000, $5000, born MA

            Chs. S. Wheeler, 19, male, white, farm laborer, born MA

    [253] 1880 Federal Census, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 368, dwelling #4, family #4:

            William F. Wheeler, white, male, 68, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Martha J. Wheeler, white, female, 53, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [254] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 410, p. 140, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Lincoln, and his parents Charles Wheeler and Julia Stearns, both born in Lincoln; www.findagrave.com, memorial #38107277, from his gravestone in Town Hill Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

    [255] 1900 Federal Census, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 770, Sheet No. 3 B, dwelling #37, family #37:

            Martha Wheeler, head, white, female, born Aug. 1826, age 73, widow, no children, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English, owns home

            Annie E. Taylor, servant, white, female, born Feb. 1872, age 28, single, born Canada Eng., father born Canada Eng., mother born Canada, Eng., house keeper, can read, write and speak English

    [256] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1905/55, p. 520, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Lincoln #520, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of William F. Wheeler, her birth place Pembroke, her father Morrill Allen, born in Dover, MA, and her mother Hannah Dean, born in Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #38107312, from her gravestone in Town Hill Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

    [257] Raynham VRs, p. 34.

    [258] His father’s name from his baptismal record; Norton VREs, p. 140, the marriage of Seth Gilbert and Rebecah Wetherell on 28 Dec. 1749 in Norton; Norton VRs, p. 371, Rebecca, the wife of Seth Gilbert, died 25 Aug. 1813 in Norton, aged 84 years.

    [259] Raynham VRs, p. 97, marriage intentions recorded 17 Sept. 1802 in Raynham, the marriage date from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, from LDS temple records, microfilm #471088.

    [260] Calculated from his age at death, his birth place from the death records of his daughters Sarah J. Leonard and Emily D. Whitmore.

    [261] Norton VRs, p. 62.

    [262] 1810 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, there were two Daniel Gilberts living in Mansfield, on p. 264 and p. 316.

    [263] Vital Records of Mansfield, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1933, [hereinafter Mansfield VRs], p. 193; www.findagrave.com, memorial #85993153, from his gravestone in Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.

    [264] Bristol County Probate File “Daniel Gilbert, Mansfield, 1820,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [265] Bristol County Probate File “Sarah J., Emily D., Rebecca Gilbert, Mansfield, 1821,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [266] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 133, dwelling #150, family #177:

            Temperance Gilbert, 68, female, born MA

            Levi Washburn, 33, male, born MA

            Louisa E[?] Washburn, 13, female, born MA, attending school

    [267] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 66, p. 90, Taunton, and Vol. 66, p. 84, Raynham, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents’ names not recorded; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88283508, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [268] Mansfield VRs, p. 31.

    [269] Mansfield VRs, p. 194.

    [270] Mansfield VRs, p. 31.

    [271] Bristol County Probate File “Sarah J., Emily D., Rebecca Gilbert, Mansfield, 1821,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [272] His father’s name from his death record.

    [273] Mansfield VRs, p. 108.

    [274] Calculated from his age at death, his birth place from his death record.

    [275] 1840 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 70, the Russell J. Leonard had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, no employment listed.

    [276] 1850 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 157, dwelling #222, family #224:

            Russell J. Leonard, 49, male, no occupation, born MA, cannot read or write

            Sarah J. Leonard, 44, female, born MA

            Charles R. Leonard, 19, male, born MA

            Henry M. Leonard, 17, male, born MA

            Fredk. A. Leonard, 14, male, born MA

            Harriet J. Leonard, 8, female, born MA

            Danl. G. Leonard, 9/12, female, born MA

            Mary J. Mason, 39, female, born Ireland

    [277] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., dwelling #666, family #978:

            Russell J. Leonard, 55, male, machinist, born MA

            Sarah J. Leonard, 49, female, born MA

            Harriet J. Leonard, 13, female, born MA

    [278] 1860 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 22, dwelling #167, family #185:

            R. J. Leonard, 58, male, machinist, born MA

            Sarah J. Leonard, 54, female, $500, born MA

            Henry G. Leonard, 27, male, machinist, born MA

            Harriet J. Leonard, 18, female, born MA

    [279] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 165, p. 141, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a machinist, his birth place Taunton, and his father Jonathan Leonard.

    [280] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, City of Taunton, Bristol Co., dwelling #6, family #9:

            Sarah J. Leonard, 59, female, born MA, widow

            H. Josephine Hale, 23, female, born MA, married?

    [281] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 4 Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 31, dwelling #185, family #252:

            Sarah J. Leonard, 64, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Levi D. Hall, 29, male, white, brick mason, born MA

            H. Josephine Hall, 29, female, white, clerk in dry goods store, born MA

    [282] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 274, p. 149, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and her parents Daniel and Temperance Gilbert, born respectively in Norton and Raynham.

    [283] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #s 442827 and 471088, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Mansfield.

    [284] Bristol County Probate File “Sarah J., Emily D., Rebecca Gilbert, Mansfield, 1821,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

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

    [286] Mansfield VRs, p. 107.

    [287] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #50173370, his birth place from his death record.

    [288] 1850 Federal Census, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 362, dwelling #113, family #127:

            Nathl. Whitmore, 46, male, gun smith, born MA

            E. D. Whitmore, 42, female, born MA

            N. G. Whitmore, 21, male, gun smith, born MA

            M. W. Whitmore, 19, female, born MA

            S. J. Whitmore, 18, female, born MA

            A. E. Whitmore, 16, male, gun smith, born MA, attending school

            E. J. Whitmore, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            D. Whitmore, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            J. F. Whitmore, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            C. D. Whitmore, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Frank W. Whitmore, 3, male, born MA

            Mary E. Whitmore, 10/12, female, born MA

    [289] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Somerville, Middlesex Co., dwelling #538, family #731:

            Nathl. Whitmore, 51, male, gunsmith, born MA

            Emily D. Whitmore, 47, female, born MA

            Nathl. G. Whitmore, 27, male, gunsmith, born MA

            Sarah J. Whitmore, 23, female, born MA

            Andrew E. Whitmore, 21, male, gunsmith, born MA

            Emily J. Whitmore, 18, female, born MA

            Daniel Whitmore, 15, male, born MA

            Julia T. Whitmore, 13, female, born MA

            Cornelia D. Whitmore, 11, female, born MA

            Frank Whitmore, 8, male, born MA

            Mary J. Whitmore, 5, female, born MA

            Eldora Whitmore, 2, female, born MA

            Lyman Rhoades, 28, male, printer, born MA

            Marion W. Rhoades, 25, female, born MA

    [290] 1860 Federal Census, 3d Ward Cambridge City, Middlesex Co., MA, East Cambridge Post Office, Page No. 38, dwelling #163, family #187:

            Nathl. Whitmore, 55, male, rifle maker, $500, $1500, born MA

            E. D. Whitmore, 50, female, born MA

            Gilbert N. Whitmore, 31, male, rifle maker, born MA

            Marian Whitmore, 29, female, born MA
            Sarah J. Whitmore, 27, female, born MA

            Emily Whitmore, 22, female, born MA

            Daniel Whitmore, 20, male, painter, born MA

            Julia Whitmore, 18, female, born MA

            Cornelia Whitmore, 16, female, born MA

            Frank Whitmore, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary Whitmore, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Eldora Whitmore, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Elizabeth Whitmore, 4, female, born MA

    [291] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., dwelling #149, family #158:

            Nathaneal Whitmore, 61, male, born MA, married, gun smith

            Emily D. Whitmore, 57, female, born MA, married

            Nathl. G. Whitmore, 36, male, born MA, single, gunsmith

            Daniel Whitmore, 24, male, born MA, single, soldier

            Emily Whitmore, 28, female, born MA, single

            Julia Whitmore, 23, female, born MA, single

            Mary Whitmore, 15, female, born MA, single

            Eldora Whitmore, 12, female, born MA, single

            Elizabeth Whitmore, 9, female, born MA, single

    [292] 1870 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 55, dwelling #414, family #471:

            Nathl. Whitman [sic], 65, male, white, w. on guns, $8000, $200, born MA, a male citizen

            Emily Whitman [sic], 61, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Gilbert Whitman [sic], 40, male, white, w. on guns, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah Whitman [sic], 35, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Emma Whitman [sic], 30, female, white, doll house work, born MA

            Dora Whitman [sic], 17, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Lizzie Whitman [sic], 15, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

    [293] 1880 Federal Census, Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 68, dwelling #114, family #136:

            Nathl. Whitmore, white, male, 76, married, gun smith, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Emily D. Whitmore, white, female, 72, wife, married keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Sarah J. Whitmore, white, female, 47, daughter, single, does house work, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [294] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 355, p. 128, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place Mansfield, and her parents Danl. & Temperance Gilbert, born respectively in Norton and Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #50173376, from her gravestone in Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, MA.

    [295] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 364, p. 127, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a gunsmith, his birth place Millbury, and his parents Nathaniel and Sarah Whitmore, both born in Sutton, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #50173370, from his gravestone in Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, MA.

    [296] Mansfield VRs, p. 194.

    [297] Calculated from her age at death, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Mansfield.

    [298] Bristol County Probate File “Sarah J., Emily D., Rebecca Gilbert, Mansfield, 1821,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [299] Mansfield VRs, p. 194.

    [300] Raynham VRs, p. 34, which lists the date as “March 2d 1785;” “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 316, which lists the date as “March 27 1785.”

    [301] Calculated from the birth of their oldest child, in Sept. 1808.

    [302] Per the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754 approved in 1935.

    [303] 1810 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 635, the Josiah Dean jr household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [304] 1820 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 290, the Josiah Dean household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [305] 1830 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 147, the Josiah Dean household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [306] Raynham VRs, p. 73; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88283623, from his gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [307] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [308] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [309] 1840 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 215, the Caroline E. Dean household had 1 female aged 10-14 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [310] Per the 1855 New York State Census she had been a resident of Syracuse for 8 years.

    [311] Bristol County Land Records, Vol. 176, p. 34-35, from FHL microfilm #0467742, witnessed by Ellis Hall and John F. Dean, and recorded on 11 Apr. 1845.

    [312] Bristol County Land Records, Vol. 187, p. 369-371, from FHL microfilm #0467748, witnessed by Richard Woolworth Esq. and Geo. W. Dean, acknowledged in Onondaga Co., NY, on 24 Mar. 1848, and recorded on 5 Apr. 1848.

    [313] 1855 New York State Census, 4th Ward, City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., family #746:

            Caroline E. Deane, 65, female, born MA, widowed, resident 8 years

            Josiah C. Deane, 43, male, child, born MA, resident 8 years, blind (in part), a native voter

            John F. Deane, 36, male, child, born MA, resident 8 years, merchant, a native voter

            Abigal Deane, 33, female, child, born MA, resident 8 years

            Frances E. Deane, 30, female, child, born MA, resident 8 years

    [314] 1860 Federal Census, 4th Ward Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 80, dwelling #670, family #667:

            Caroline A. [sic] Dean, 71, female, born MA

            Josiah C. Dean, 46, male, farm hand, $3000, $100, born MA

            Abby W. Dean, 37, female, teacher public school, born MA

    [315] 1865 New York State Census, Fourth Ward of the City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Page 25, dwelling #113, a frame house valued at $1500, family #172:

            Caroline A. [sic] Dean, 75, female, born MA, 9 children born, married once, now widowed, owns land

            Jsa Dean, 57, male, son, born MA, single, a native voter, owns land

            A. W. Dean, 42, female, daughter, born MA, single

            Jos Dean[?], 3, male, child [sic], single

    [316] 1870 Federal Census, City of Syracuse, Ward 4, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 72, dwelling #471, family #571.

    [317] 1875 New York State Census, First District of the Fourth Ward, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Page 68, dwelling #522, a frame house valued at $4000, family #583:

            Caroline E. Dean, 84, female, born MA, widow

            Josiah C. Dean, 60, male, son, born MA, single

            Abbey W. Dean, 50, female, daughter, born MA, single

    [318] 1880 Federal Census, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 5, Supervisors Dist. 8, Enumeration Dist. 208, dwelling #34, family #42:

            Caroline Deane, white, female, 90, widow, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Abbie W. Deane, white, female, 50, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [319] Per the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754, approved in 1935; www.findagrave.com, memorial #67410544, presumably from her burial record in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY, but her name was recorded as Cordelia E. (Waldo) Dean.

    [320] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, daughter of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54.

    [321] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, daughter of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54.

    [322] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [323] 1855 New York State Census, 4th Ward, City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., family #746.

    [324] 1860 Federal Census, 4th Ward Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 80, dwelling #670, family #667.

    [325] 1865 New York State Census, Fourth Ward of the City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Page 25, dwelling #113, a frame house valued at $1500, family #172.

    [326] 1870 Federal Census, City of Syracuse, Ward 4, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 72, dwelling #471, family #571:

            Josiah Dean, 58, male, white, farmer, born MA, a male citizen

            Caroline Dean, 80, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Abia Dean, 45, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            George Pope, 8, male, white, at school, born NY, attending school

    [327] 1875 New York State Census, First District of the Fourth Ward, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Page 68, dwelling #522, a frame house valued at $4000, family #583.

    [328] www.findagrave.com, memorial #94027964, from his gravestone in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY, but his memorial has an incorrect birth year.

    [329] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, daughter of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54.

    [330] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, son of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54, gives the date as 24 June 1817 [sic].

    [331] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [332] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census and the 1855 state census.

    [333] 1850 Federal Census, 4 Ward City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, p. 216, dwelling #2825, family #3039 (very hard to read):

            Geo W. Dean, 35, male, white, baker, $2000, born MA

            Amelia P. Dean, 32, female, born NY

            Ausotez[?] Pullen, 70, male, born NY

            Bethua Durant, 18, female, born Ireland

            John Mix, 24, male, baker, born Germany

            John Gayker, 30, male, baker, born England

            Abram Celute[?], 20, male, baker, born England

            Wm Allen, 25, male, baker, born NY

            Lemuel Morgan, 20, male, born England

            Thomas Kenney, 22, male, miller, born Ireland

    [334] 1855 New York State Census, Sixth Ward, City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., dwelling #59, a wood house valued at $600, family #84:

            Christiana Carston, 56, female, born Canada, widowed, resident 17 years, seamstress, owns land

            Dwelling #59, family #85:

            George W. Dean, 40, male, born MA, married, resident 18 years, baker, a native voter

            Pamilie Dean, 37, female, wife, born CT, married, resident 14 years

    [335] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, son of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54, gives the date as 6 Dec. 1819 [sic].

    [336] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [337] 1855 New York State Census, 4th Ward, City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., family #746.

    [338] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [339] 1860 Federal Census, Kingston City, Linn Co., IA, Page No. 159, dwelling #1122, family #1084:

            John F. Dean, 42, male, farmer, $8000, $500, born MA

            Charlotte Dean, 26, female, born MA

    [340] 1870 Federal Census, 4 Ward Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, Page No. 142, dwelling #974, family #1016:

            John F. Dean, 52, male, white, bank teller, $10,000, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Charlotte T. Dean, 36, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Franklin Dean, 8, male, white, born IA

            Mary Sedlecka, 19, female, domestic servant, born Bohemia, parents both foreign born

    [341] 1880 Federal Census, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 258, dwelling #146, family #160:

            John F. Dean, white, male, 62, married, cashier in bank, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Charlotte T. Dean, white, female, 44, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Franklin P. Dean, white, male, 18, son, single, clerk in furniture store, born IA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [342] www.findagrave.com, memorial #21693802, from his gravestone in Murdock-Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, and from his obituary in The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette of 9 Jan. 1904, which gives his burial date.

    [343] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, daughter of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54, gives the date as 12 Aug. 1815 [sic], but recorded between the births of George Waldo Dean and John Franklin Dean; her middle name from the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754, approved in 1935, which gives her birth date as 16 Dec. 1819 in Raynham, suggesting that possibly the birth order of Marietta Dean and John Franklin Dean was reversed in the vital records transcription.

    [344] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [345] Per the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754, approved in 1935.

    [346] Per the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754, approved in 1935.

    [347] 1850 Federal Census, Western Half 15 Ward, New York City, New York Co., NY, p. 118, dwelling #1004, family #1595.

    [348] Per the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754, approved in 1935; www.findagrave.com, memorial #58818927, from her gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.

    [349] 1870 Federal Census, 1st Election Dist., 18th Ward, New York City, New York Co., NY, Page No. 12, dwelling #55, family #59, apparently a hotel or boarding house, lines #11-12:

            Frank Otterson, 55, male, white, ass’t editor, born MA, a male citizen

            Josephine Otterson, 37, female, white, at home, born MA

    [350] 1880 Federal Census, City of New York, New York Co., NY, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 279, Hotel 4th Ave. Comm.  26th St., no dwelling or family numbers, line #s 42-43:

            Franklin J. Otterson, white, male, 61, boarder, married, journalist, born NY, father born VT, mother born NY

            Josie Otterson, white, female, 39 [sic], boarder, married, at home, born NY, father born NY, mother born MA

    [351] Per the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants Application of Aubrey Philip Ottarson, of Nashville, TN, #12754, approved in 1935; www.findagrave.com, memorial #58818926, from his gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

    [352] Raynham Vital Records, p. 61, online image database from the town records at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, daughter of Josiah Dean Jr. & Caroline Electa his wife; Raynham VRs, p. 54.

    [353] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [354] 1855 New York State Census, 4th Ward, City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., family #746.

    [355] 1860 Federal Census, 4th Ward Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 80, dwelling #670, family #667.

    [356] 1865 New York State Census, Fourth Ward of the City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Page 25, dwelling #113, a frame house valued at $1500, family #172.

    [357] 1870 Federal Census, City of Syracuse, Ward 4, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 72, dwelling #471, family #571.

    [358] 1875 New York State Census, First District of the Fourth Ward, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Page 68, dwelling #522, a frame house valued at $4000, family #583.

    [359] 1880 Federal Census, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, Page No. 5, Supervisors Dist. 8, Enumeration Dist. 208, dwelling #34, family #42.

    [360] www.findagrave.com, memorial #67410511, presumably from her burial record in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY.

    [361] Calculated from her age in the 1855 state census.

    [362] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [363] 1855 New York State Census, 4th Ward, City of Syracuse, Onondaga Co., family #746.

    [364] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #58707004, from her gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

    [365] Bristol County Probate File “Josiah C., George W., John F., Marietta, Abigail, Francis W. and Maria W. Dean, Raynham, 1832,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [366] Per the California Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Application of Zemula Marmaduke (Pope) Pierce of Pasadena, CA, #19828, approved in 1953, which does not list her birth date.

    [367] Per the California Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Application of Zemula Marmaduke (Pope) Pierce of Pasadena, CA, #19828, approved in 1953.

    [368] 1850 Federal Census, Western Half 15 Ward, New York City, New York Co., NY, p. 118, dwelling #1004, family #1595:

            John W. Pope, 34, male, grocer, born Germany

            Maria Pope, 23, female, born MA

            William Pope, 3, male, born NY

            Caroline Pope, 1, female, born NY

            Otto Hillman, 18, male, clerk, born Germany

            F. S. Ottersen, 30, male, reporter, born NY

            Maria [sic] Ottersen, 30, female, born MA
            Aubery Ottersen, 4, male, born NY

            Herman Reitz, 26, male, machinist, born Germany

            Meda Cohrs, 23, female, born Germany

    [369] 1855 New York State Census, Fifth Election Dist., 15th Ward, City of New York, New York Co., NY, dwelling #32, a brick house valued at $8000, family #42:

            John W. Pope, 32, male, born Germany, married once, resident 12 years, grocer, a naturalized voter

            Maria Pope, 27, female, wife, born MA, married once, resident 13 years

            William Pope, 9, male, child, born MA [sic]

            Caroline Pope, 5, female, child, born MA [sic]

            John Pope, 3, male, child, born NY

            Gersha Vander, 25, male, boarder, born Germany, resident 4 years, cabinet maker, alien

            Frederick C. Ross, 19, male, boarder, born Germany, resident 4 years, cabinet maker, alien

            William Oslindorf, 16, male, boarder, born Germany, resident 4 years, cabinet maker, alien

    [370] 1860 Federal Census, 3d Dist., 15th Ward, New York City, New York Co., NY, Page No. 162-163, dwelling #689, family #814:

            Jno Pope, 38, male, born Germany

            Maria Pope, 33, female, born MA

            Wm Pope, 12, male, born NY

            Jno Pope, 8, male, born NY

            Wm Haws, 23, male, clerk, born Germany

            Ann Stemore, 23, female, born Germany

    [371] Per the California Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Application of Zemula Marmaduke (Pope) Pierce of Pasadena, CA, #19828, approved in 1953; www.findagrave.com, memorial #58707004, from her gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

    [372] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #58706965, from her gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

    [373] 1870 Federal Census, 27th Election District, 19th Ward, New York City, New York Co., NY, Page No. 15, dwelling #63, family #103:

            John W. Pope, 54, male, white, grocer, $35,000, $10,000, born Hesse, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

            Dora Pope, 43, female, white, born Hesse, parents both foreign born

            William Pope, 23, male, white, born NY, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

            John Pope, 18, male, white, clerk, born NY, parents both foreign born

            Sophia Pope, 15, female, white, born NY, parents both foreign born, attending school

            Gesina Pope, 3, female, white, born NY, parents both foreign born

            Amelia Pope, 1, female, white, born NY, parents both foreign born

            Helena Coleman, 22, female, white, house servant, born Wirtemberg, parents both foreign born

            Carson Pope, 17, male, white, grocers clerk, born Hesse, parents both foreign born

            John Evan, 18, male, white, grocers clerk, born Georgia

    [374] 1880 Federal Census, New York, New York Co., NY, Page No. 8, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 591, dwelling #34, family #55:

            John W. Pope, white, male, 64, married, retired grocer, born Hanover, father born Hanover, mother born Hanover

            Doretta Pope, white, female, 42 [sic], wife, married, keeping house, born Hanover, father born Hanover, mother born Hanover

            George C. Pope, white, male, 18, son, single, at college, attending school, born NY, father born Hanover, mother born MA

            Gesine M. Pope, white, female, 12, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born NY, father born Hanover, mother born Hanover

            Amelia C. Pope, white, female, 11, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born NY, father born Hanover, mother born Hanover

    [375] Per the California Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Application of Zemula Marmaduke (Pope) Pierce of Pasadena, CA, #19828, approved in 1953; www.findagrave.com, memorial #58706991, from his gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

    [376] www.findagrave.com, memorial #58706965, from her gravestone in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.

    [377] Raynham VRs, p 34, his www.findagrave.com memorial #88288468 gives his birth date as 25 June 1788.

    [378] Raynham VRs, p. 99, marriage intentions recorded 1 Mar. 1807 in Raynham.

    [379] Taunton VRs, Vol. 1, p. 458.

    [380] 1830 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 147, the Eliab B. Dean household had 2 males under 5, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [381] 1840 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 209, the Eliab B. Dean household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in commerce.

    [382] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 125, dwelling #6, family #9:

            Eliab B. Dean, 62, male, born MA

            Charlotte Dean, 61, female, born MA

    [383] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., dwelling #283, family #327:

            Eliab B. Dean, 67, male, farmer, born MA

            Charlotte Dean, 66, female, born MA

    [384] 1860 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 19, dwelling #152, family #170:

            Eliab B. Dean, 71, male, farmer, $3000, #2000, born MA

            Charlotte Dean, 71, female, born MA

            Susan J. Bradford, 16, female, born MA, attending school

    [385] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., dwelling #201, family #233:

            Eliab B. Dean, 77, male, born MA, married, farmer

            Charlotte Dean, 76, female, born MA, married

            Susan J. Bradford, 22, female, born MA, single

    [386] 1870 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Taunton Post Office, Page No. 27, dwelling #213, family #242:

            Eliab B. Dean, 82, male, white, no occupation, $3000, $8000, born MA, a male citizen

            Charlotte Dean, 81, female, white, keeping house, $400, born MA

    [387] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 238, p. 131, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Raynham, and his parents Josiah & Sarah Dean, of Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88288468, from his gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA, his date of death also given in the petition for probate of his estate.

    [388] Bristol County Probate File “Eliab B. Dean, Raynham, 1871,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [389] www.findagrave.com, memorial #88288496, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA, but her death record was not found in Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [390] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [391] Raynham VRs, pp. 53, 70; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88289500, from his gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [392] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [393] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 143, dwelling #303, family #351:

            Theodore Deane, 40, male, anchor manr., $1250, born MA

            Belinda Andrews, 37, female, born MA
            Melicia A. Ellis, 23?, female, born MA

    [394] Her father’s name from her marriage record, and her parents’ names from her death record.

    [395] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 78, p. 116, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Raynham, his father Eliab B. Dean, she was of Taunton, her birth place Pawtucket, and her father Jesse Lord; Raynham VRs, p. 131, marriage intentions recorded 6 Nov. 1854, her birth place Pawtucket, aged 25 years, he was aged 44 years, his second marriage, and his occupation was a manufacturer.

    [396] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #168850179, but her death record says she was born in Taunton.

    [397] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., family #37:

            Theodore Dean, 45, male, anchor manufacturer, born MA

            Lydia A. Dean, 26, female, born MA

            Margarett Henry, 20, female, born Ireland

    [398] 1860 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Taunton Post Office, Page No. 19, dwelling #151, family #169:

            Theodore Dean, 50, male, manufacturer, $40,000, $75,000, born MA

            L. Adelaide Dean, 31, female, born MA [sic]

            Florence Dean, 3, female, born MA

            Charles T. Dean, 3/12, male, born MA

            Maria Lord, 28, female, born MA

            Mary McDonald, 13, female, born MA, attending school

    [399] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 4 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 37, dwelling #233, family #312:

            Theodore Dean, 60, male, white, bank president, $25,000, $250,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Lydia A. Dean, 41, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Florence Dean, 13, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Bertha Dean, 3, female, white, born MA

            Mary Justin, 15, female, white, domestic servant, born MA, parents both foreign born

            Dwelling #233, family #313:

            Thomas Francis, 30, male, white, works on rail road, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary Francis, 26, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [400] 1880 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 18, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 122, dwelling #143, family #202:

            Theodore Dean, white, male, 70, married, banker, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lydia A. Dean, white, female, 51, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born England, mother born MA

            Bertha Dean, white, female, 13, daughter, single, at home, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ann Hickey, white, female, 40, servant, married, servant, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [401] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 364, p. 157, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a banker, his birth place Raynham, and his parents Eliab and Charlotte Dean, both born in Taunton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #168850126, from his gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [402] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 373, p. 162, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Taunton, and her parents Jesse and Lydia (Lefavour) Lord, born respectively in England and Marblehead; www.findagrave.com, memorial #168850179, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [403] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [404] His parents’ names from his birth and death records; Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 179, the marriage intentions of Consider Bradford and Betsey Wilder, of Middleborough, recorded on 10 May 1807 in Kingston; 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. 2, p. 197, the marriage of Consider Bradford of Kingston and Betsey Wilder of Middleboro on 7 June 1807 in Middleborough.

    [405] Raynham VRs, p. 112, marriage intentions recorded 25 Oct. 1834 in Raynham.

    [406] Kingston VRs, p. 25.

    [407] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 138, dwelling #219, family #260:

            Alexander Bradford, 42, male, anchor maker, $1000, born MA

            Charlotte W. Bradford, 39, female, born MA

            Elizabeth W. Bradford, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            James B. Bradford, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Horace Bradford, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Susan I. D. Bradford, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Thaddeus Bradford, 4, male, born MA, attending school

            Alexander Bradford, 1, male, born MA

            Hannah Bradford [sic], 24, female, born Ireland

    [408] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, dwelling #23, family #25:

            Alexander Bradford, 47, male, anchor smith, born MA

            Charlotte W. Bradford, 44, female, born MA

            Elisabeth W. Bradford, 20, female, born MA

            James B. Bradford, 17, male, farmer, born MA

            Horace Bradford, 15, male, farmer, born MA

            Susan J. Bradford, 12, female, born MA

            Thaddeus Bradford, 9, male, born MA

            Harriet S. Bradford, 4, female, born MA

    [409] 1860 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., Taunton Post Office, Page No. 44, dwelling #362, family #396:

            Alexander Bradford, 51, male, anchor maker, $4000, $500, born MA

            Charlotte W. Bradford, 48, female, born MA

            Elizabeth W. Bradford, 24, female, born MA

            James B. Bradford, 22, male, anchor forge, born MA

            Horace Bradford, 19, male, anchor forge, born MA

            Susan J. Bradford, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Thaddeus Bradford, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Harriett S. Bradford, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Charlotte D. Bradford, 4, female, born MA, attending school

    [410] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., dwelling #226, family #260:

            Alexander Bradford, 56, male, born MA, married, forgeman

            Charlotte W. Bradford, 53, female, born MA, married

            Elizabeth W. Bradford, 30, female, born MA, single

            Harriet Bradford, 13, female, born MA, single

            Charlotte D. Bradford, 9, female, born MA, single

    [411] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Taunton Post Office, Page No. 16, dwelling #121, family #139:

            Alexander Bradford, 61, male, white, laborer, $1750, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Charlotte Bradford, 58, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Elizabeth Bradford, 35, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Harriet S. Atwood, 18, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Lottie D. Bradford, 14, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Ada D. Atwood, 8/12, female, white, at home, born MA, born in Oct.

    [412] 1880 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 33, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 70, dwelling #340, family #369:

            Alexander Bradford, white, male, 71, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Charlotte W. Bradford, white, female, 68, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lottie D. Bradford, white, female, 24, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [413] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 454, p. 327, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and her parents Eliab B. & Charlotte (Williams) Dean, both born in Raynham.

    [414] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 481, p. 335, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation retired, his birth place Kingston, and his parents Consider Bradford and Betsy Wilder, born respectively in Kingston and Middleboro’.

    [415] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [416] www.findagrave.com, memorial #88289543, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [417] Raynham VRs, p. 70; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88289509, from his gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [418] Raynham VRs, p. 70, his www.findagrave.com memorial #86425114 gives the date as 17 Sept. 1817.

    [419] Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1275890.

    [420] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [421] 1850 Federal Census, Village of Madison, Dane Co., WI, p. 324, dwelling #859, family #861:

            James Morrison, 50, male, Post Master, $20,000, born IL

            M. A. Morrison, 49, female, born MA
            Clara P. Morrison, 12, female, born WI, attending school

            N. W. Dean, 32, male, merchant, $8000, born MA

            H. H. Dean, 21, female, born WI

\           Wm M. Dean, 1, male, born WI

            Granville Weston, 21, male, clerk, born MA

            Charles Oleson, 23, male, clerk, born Norway

            Geo Clark, 15, male, clerk, born NY

            Wm Peterson, 24, male, clerk, born Norway

            Dorcus Oleson, 18, female, born Norway

            Harriet Dean, 25, female, born MA

            Jorneca Seaversen, 40, female, born Norway

            Simon Olesen, 25, male, laborer, $400, born Norway

            C. Nielsen, 23, male, laborer, born Norway

            Lily Bane, 20, male, PO Clerk, born OH

            Harriet Weston, 17, female, born MA

            Cornelia Nielsen, 18, female, born Norway

    [422] 1860 Federal Census, Fourth Ward, City of Madison, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 109, dwelling #535, family #841:

    `       Nathl. W. Dean, 42, male, farmer, $200,000, $20,000, born MA

            Harriette H. Dean, 30, female, born WI

            James Morisson, 61, male, Gentleman, born IL

            Maria A. Morisson, 60, female, born MA

            Clara J. Morisson, 20, female, born WI

            Thaddeus Dean, 30, male, merchant, $12,000, born MA

            Isabella Dean, 27, female, born NY

            Henry Dean, 5, male, born CA

            Charlotte Lewis, 6/12, female, born WI

            John Palm, 20, male, servant, born Prussia

            Louiosa Behrent, 20, female, servant, born Hanover

            Isabella Olsen, 24, female, servant, born Norway

            Aug. Lorenz, 33, male, servant, born Saxony (k)

    [423] 1870 Federal Census, town of Blooming Grove, Dane Co., WI, Madison Post Office, Page No. 9, dwelling #56, family #56:

            Nathaniel Dean, 52, male, white, farmer, $200,000, $12,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Harriet H. Dean, 41, female, white, keeping house, born WI

            Stephen Fassit, 23, male, white, farm laborer, born ME, a male citizen

            Martha Fassit, 19, female, white, domestic, born ME

            Alice Calkins, 19, female, white, domestic, born IL

    [424] www.findagrave.com, memorial #86425114, from his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [425] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [426] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #40639801.

    [427] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #18489278.

    [428] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #83187322.

    [429] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #18489278.

    [430] 1850 Federal Census, Village of Madison, Dane Co., WI, p. 322, dwelling #847, family #849:

            J. C. Fairchild, 49, male, merchant, $15,000, born NY

            Sarah Fairchild, 48, female, born MA

            C. Fairchild, 20, male, merchant, born OH

            Charles Fairchild, 10, male, born OH, attending school

            E. B. Dean Jr., 30, male, merchant, $6000, born MA

            Sarah Dean, 23, female, born OH

            Charlotte Dean, 1, female, born WI

            Ann Johnson, 24, female, born Norway

            Britten McBristle, 35, female, born Ireland

            John Nelson, 23, male, laborer, born Norway

            E. S. Gordon, 25, female, born NJ

    [431] 1860 Federal Census, First Ward in the City of Madison, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 178, family #1300, family #1300:

            Eliab B. Dean Jr, 40, male, white, speculator, $3000, $500, born MA

            Sarah Dean, 30, female, white, born OH

            Isabella Hesser, 19, female, white, born Germany

    [432] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #18489278.

    [433] www.findagrave.com, memorial #40639801, from his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI.

    [434] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83187322, from his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [435] www.findagrave.com, memorial #18489278, from her gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [436] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [437] Raynham VRs, p. 64; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88289521, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [438] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [439] 1850 Federal Census, Village of Madison, Dane Co., WI, p. 324, dwelling #859, family #861.

    [440] Raynham VRs, p. 124, his occupation listed as a teacher, his middle name from his www.findagrave.com memorial #34072600.

    [441] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #34072600, his birth place from his marriage record.

    [442] 1860 Federal Census, First Ward in the City of Madison, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 178, dwelling #1295, family #1295:

            John W. Sterling, 44, male, white, professor, $5000, $1000, born PA

            Harriet Sterling, 36, female, white, born MA

            Grace Sterling, 3, female, white

            Susan Sterling, 2, female, white, born WI

            Charles Sterling 6/12, male, white

            Georgeane Ford, 22, female, white, servant, born NY

            Mary Renalds, 18, female, white, servant, born Ireland

            Celia McDonald, 19, female, white, servant, born MD

            Racheal Sterling, 69, female, white, born NY

            Julia B. Sterling, 29, female, white, born PA

    [443] 1870 Federal Census, City of Madison, 1st Ward, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 27, dwelling #205, family #205:

            John W. Sterling, 53, male, white, teacher, $4000, $500, born PA, a male citizen

            Harriet B. Sterling, 46, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Grace F. Sterling, 13, female, white, born MA

            Susan A. Sterling, 12, female, white, born WI

            Charles G. Sterling, 10, male, white, born WI

    [444] 1880 Federal Census, Fifth Ward of Madison, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 13, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 77, dwelling #120, family #130:

            John W. Stirling, white, male, 63, married, Vice President & Professor in University, born PA, father born CT, mother born unknown

            Harriet D. Stirling, white, female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Grace F. Stirling, white, female, 23, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born PA, mother born MA

            Susan A. Stirling, white, female, 21, daughter, single, at home, born WI, father born PA, mother born MA

            Charles G. Stirling, white, male, 20, son, single, at school, attending school, born WI, father born PA, mother born MA

            Fannie Carnahan, white, female, 21, servant, single, domestic, born WI, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [445] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #34072600.

    [446] www.findagrave.com, memorial #34072600, from his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI.

    [447] www.findagrave.com, memorial #49773456, from her gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [448] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [449] 1850 Federal Census, Village of Westfield, Sauk Co., WI, p. 32, dwelling #364, family #364:

            Simeon Dean, 24, male, merchant, born MA

    [450] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #88268424.

    [451] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #82993268.

    [452] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #88268424.

    [453] 1860 Federal Census, First Ward in the City of Madison, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 180, dwelling #1316, family #1316:

            Simeon Dean, 32, male, white, insurance agent, $8000, $500

            Ellen Dean, 26, female, white, born NH

            Ana Dean, 4, female, born WI

            Maria Dean, 2, female

            Ervin Dean, 10/12, male

            Hannah Stademan, 23, female, white, servant, born Germany

            Hrijnes[?] Allen, 33, male, white, clerk, born NY

            William Nelson, 29, male, white, clerk, born NH

            Samuel McCord, 23, male, white, teller in bank, born PA

    [454] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co., WI, Sauk City Post Office, Page No. 2, dwelling #10, family #12:

            Simeon Dean, 42, male, white, fire insurance agent, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Ellen Dean, 33, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Anna Dean, 14, female, white, born WI, attending school

            Maria Dean, 12, female, white, born WI, attending school

            Ervin Dean, 10, male, white, born WI, attending school

            Adeline Dean, 8, female, white, born WI, attending school

    [455] www.findagrave.com, memorial #82993268, from his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [456] www.findagrave.com, memorial #88268424, from her gravestone in Forestvale Cemetery in Helena, Lewis and Clark Co., MT.

    [457] Raynham VRs, p. 70.

    [458] 1850 Federal Census, Village of Fort Winnebago, Columbia Co., WI, p. 178, dwelling #993, family E993, apparently a boarding house, line #11:

            Thadeus Dean, 21, male, merchant, born MA

    [459] Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1275881; per his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [460] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census, her birth place from her death record.

    [461] 1860 Federal Census, Fourth Ward, City of Madison, Dane Co., WI, Page No. 109, dwelling #535, family #841.

    [462] 1880 Federal Census, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, Page No. 30, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 109, dwelling #186, family #204:

            Thaddeus Dean, white, male, 49, husband, married, lumber dealer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Isabelle S. Dean, white, female, 44, wife, married, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Adele Dean, white, female, 18, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born WI, father born MA, mother born NY

            Nellie Dean, white, female, 16, daughter, single, attending school, attending school, born WI, father born MA, mother born NY

            Bessie Dean, white, female, 10, daughter, attending school, attending school, born IL, father born MA, mother born NY

            Carrie Swanson, white, female, 27, servant, single, born Sweden, father born Sweden, mother born Sweden

            Bessie Olsen, white, female, 22, servant, single, born Sweden, father born Sweden, mother born Sweden

            Charles Beck, white, male, 27, servant, single, born Sweden, father born Sweden, mother born Sweden

            Fannie F. Bull, white, female, 27, boarder, single, born KY, father born KY, mother born KY

    [463] Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1030907, her birth place Rouse Pointe, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86425103, from her gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Dane Co., WI.

    [464] Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1239673; www.findagrave.com, memorial #86425119, from his gravestone in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI.

    [465] Raynham VRs, p. 74; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88289532, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [466] Raynham VRs, p. 34.

    [467] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 245, 247.

    [468] Raynham VRs, p. 65, married by Rev. Stephen Hall, his name spelled “Mickel” in the marriage record; Minot VRs, p. 23, marriage intentions recorded 26 Aug. 1816 in Minot, ME.

    [469] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 243.

    [470] 1820 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 294, the Nahum Mitchell household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [471] Raynham VRs, p. 71.

    [472] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 247, 277.

    [473] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 100; Raynham VRs, p. 108, marriage intentions recorded 4 May 1828 in Raynham.

    [474] 1830 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 145, the Nahum Michel household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [475] 1840 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 210, the Nahum Mitchel household had 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [476] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, pp. 128-129, dwelling #74, family #83:

            Nahum Mitchell, 65?, male, born MA

            Dwelling #75, family #84 [sic]:

            Chloe Mitchell, 57, female, born MA

    [477] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., dwelling #279, family #322:

            Nahum Mitchiel, 70, male, farmer, born MA

            Chloa Mitchiel, 63, female, born MA

            Julia A. Crooker, 40, female, born MA

            George B. Crooker, l6, male, born NY

    [478] 1860 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 18, dwelling #142, family #159:

            Nahum Mitchell, 74, male, shoemaker, $1500, $300, born MA

            Chloe Mitchell, 66, female, born MA

    [479] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 174, p. 135, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place S. Bridgewater, and her parents Nathaniel Pratt, born in S. Bridgewater, and Betsey Washburn, born in N. Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #134332813, from her memorial in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA, but there is no photograph of her gravestone, and her actual burial location is unknown.

    [480] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 174, p. 136, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mill wright, his birth place E. Bridgewater, and his parents Bradford Mitchell, born in East Bridgewater, and Persis Warner, her birth place unknown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #134332494, from his memorial in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA, but there is no photograph of his gravestone, and his actual burial location is unknown.

    [481] Raynham VRs, p. 71.

    [482] Raynham VRs, p. 71.

    [483] His parents’ names from his birth record; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #92657450.

    [484] Norton VRs, p. 282; Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 338, marriage intentions recorded on 6 Aug. 1842 in Taunton.

    [485] Taunton VRs, Vol. 1, p. 220, but his birth place given as Temple, ME, in his death record.

    [486] 1850 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 197, dwelling #835, family #848:

            John K. Holmes, 43, male, trader, $600, born MA

            Sarah C. Holmes, 26, female, born MA

            Sarah D. Holmes, 3, female, born MA

            Jane Holmes, 1, female, born MA

    [487] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., dwelling #223, family #250:

            John K. Holmes, 48, male, farmer, born MA

            Sarah Holmes, 30, female, born MA

            Sarah Holmes, 8, female, born MA

            Jane Holmes, 6, female, born MA

            Edwin Holmes, 3, male, born MA

            Frederick Holmes, 3 months, male, born MA

    [488] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 143, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a trader, his birth place Temple, ME, but his parents’ names “unknown;” www.findagrave.com, memorial #92657450, from his gravestone in Oakland Cemetery in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.

    [489] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1916-1920, Deaths 1916, Vol. 72, p. 400, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Raynham #400, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of John K. Holmes, her birth date 19 June 1824 in Raynham, her father Nahum [sic] Mitchell, born in Bridgewater, and her mother (___) Dean, born in Raynham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #92657516, from her gravestone in Oakland Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

    [490] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 440; Vol. 55, p. 45, born on “Fryday in ye 11th hour at night.”

    [491] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child in 1774.

    [492] Westgate, Alice W. A., revised by Ann T. Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen, Family of Thomas Rogers, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000, [hereinafter MF5G19: Rogers], pp. 206, 312.

    [493] MF5G19: Rogers, p. 167.

    [494] Bristol County Land Records, Vol. 40, p. 124.

    [495] MF5G19: Rogers, p. 312.

    [496] Bristol County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 276.

    [497] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 51, Raynham Town, Bristol Co., MA, there were two Job Dean families living in Raynham in 1790, this one probably the Job Dean who had 3 free white males aged 16 or over, 3 free white male under 16, and 5 free white females. The other Job Dean was styled “Job Dean 2d.”

    [498] 1800 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 376, the Job Dean household had 3 males under 10, 3 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 3 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, however the Job Dean 2d household on p. 373, had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and 1 other person.

    [499] 1810 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 633, the Job Dean household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 4 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [500] 1820 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 290, the Job Dean household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 27-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [501] 1830 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 147, the Job Dean household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [502] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875716, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA; Raynham VRs, p. 74, gives the date as 9 Feb. 1834, but it must be incorrect because his will was dated in Apr. 1835.

    [503] Bristol County Probate File “Job Dean, Raynham, 1835,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [504] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875725, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [505] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, pp. 27, 166, buried in the North Raynham Burying Ground; www.findagrave.com, memorial #70771884, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [506] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [507] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, his birth not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater.

    [508] Raynham VRs, pp. 39, 95, married by Rev. Peres Fobes; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 107, marriage intentions recorded 16 July 1796 in Bridgewater.

    [509] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112.

    [510] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #54900428.

    [511] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112.

    [512] Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, p. 104; Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 132, the marriage of Jabez Cushman, of Plympton, and Sarah Paddleford, of Taunton, on 2 Dec. 1736 in Taunton.

    [513] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002380, wife of David Bassett.

    [514]1800 Federal Census, Livermore, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 190, the David Bassett household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 10-15 years.

    [515] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #54900428.

    [516] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #54900507.

    [517] 1840 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co. ME, p. 223, the David Basset household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [518] 1850 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 358, dwelling #297, family #328:

            David Bassett, 64, male, mariner, born MA

            Sarah Bassett, 63, female, born ME

            Sarah S. Bassett, 38, female, $200, born ME

            Rebecca A. Bassett, 20, female, $200, born ME

            Benjamin F. Bassett, 19, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

    [519] 1860 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 39, dwelling #323, family #322:

            David Bassett, 74, male, farmer, born MA

            Sarah Bassett, 73, female, born ME

            Sarah Bassett, 48, female, $200, born ME

            Benjamin Bassett, 29, male, $400, $200, born ME

            Phoebe Tibbitts, 75, female, born ME

    [520] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002380; www.findagrave.com memorial #54900428, from his gravestone in Litchfield Plains Cemetery in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME.

    [521] www.findagrave.com, memorial #54900507, presumably from her gravestone in Litchfield Plains Cemetery in Litchfield, ME, but there is no photograph of her gravestone posted.

    [522] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [523] Raynham VRs, p. 99, marriage intentions recorded 21 Mar. 1807 in Raynham.

    [524] Raynham VRs, p. 35; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 199.

    [525] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 209, the marriage of Alpheus Leach and Cassandana Keith on 1 Feb. 1787 in Bridgewater.

    [526] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 233.

    [527] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 206.

    [528] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 218, the marriage of William Keith and Eunice Leach on 11 Feb. 1767 in Bridgewater.

    [529] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 510, buried in Scotland Graveyard, Bridgewater; Raynham VRs, p. 63, “Mr. Zenas Knaps wife,” which has the date as July 15th.

    [530] Her father’s name from her death record.

    [531] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 293.

    [532] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 18, the Zenas Knapp household had 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [533] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 22, dwelling #274, family #324:

            Zenas Knapp, 68, male, farmer, $1200, born MA

            Sarah Knapp, 64, female, born MA

    [534] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 26, dwelling #181, family #218:

            Zenas Knapp, 72, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Sarah Knapp, 69, female, white, born MA

    [535] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 322, dwelling #2127, family #2701:

            J. Sanford Wilbar, 38, male, butcher, $1600, $150, born MA

            Caroline Wilbar, 45, female, born MA
            Caroline L. Wilbar, 9, female, born MA

            Zenas Knapp, 77, male, farm laborer, $800, $500, born MA

            Sarah Knapp, 74, female, $1500, born MA

    [536] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 83, dwelling #61, family #63:

            Zenas Knapp, 82, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Sarah Knapp, 78, female, white, born MA, married, mistress

    [537] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 300, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Taunton, and her father Jonathan Richmond.

    [538] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 6 Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 4-5, dwelling #32, family #40.

    [539] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 247, p. 179, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, no occupation listed, his birth place Raynham.

    [540] Bristol County Probate File “Zenas Knapp, Taunton, 1872,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [541] Calculated from her age and birth place in her death record.

    [542] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 57, p. 89, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her father Zenas Knapp; www.findagrave.com, memorial #196368473, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [543] Bristol County Probate File “Cordania Knapp, Taunton, 1852,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [544] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #196368447, probably calculated from her age at death.

    [545] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 136, dwelling #192, family #229.

    [546] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 93, p. 85, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and her father Zenas Knapp; www.findagrave.com, memorial #196368447, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [547] Bristol County Probate File “Clarissa Knapp, Raynham, 1855,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

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

    [549] Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 281.

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

    [551] 1850 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 184, dwelling #635, family #645:

            Andrew J. Bosworth, 35, male, merchant, $3100, born MA

            Eliza A. Bosworth, 30, female, born MA

            Ann E. Bosworth, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Georgianna Bosworth, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Julia M. Bosworth, 3, female, born MA

            Margaret Clary, 21, female, born Ireland

            Zenas Knapp, 32, male, clerk, born MA, married within the year

            Rebecca J. Knapp, 19, female, born MA, married within the year

    [552] 1860 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 262, dwelling #1673, family #2096:

            Zenas Knapp, 39 [sic], male, clerk, $2000, $200, born MA

            Rebecca Knapp, 29, female, born MA

            Ada Knapp, 2, female, born MA

    [553] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 6 Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 4-5, dwelling #32, family #40:

            Zenas Knapp, 87, male, white, no occupation, born MA, a male citizen

            Zenas Knapp Jr., 51, male, white, grocer, $5100, $2500, born MA, a male citizen

            Rebecca J. Knapp, 39, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Lavinia Knapp, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

    [554] 1880 Federal Census, Taunton Ward 6, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 5, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 124, dwelling #33, family $55:

            Zenas Knapp, white, male, 61, married, retail grocer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Rebecca J. Knapp, white, female, 49, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lavinia Knapp, white, female, 21, daughter, single, dress maker, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [555] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [556] Raynham VRs, p. 65, married by Rev. Stephen Hall.

    [557] www.findagrave.com, memorial #117655193, from her gravestone in Rumford Center Cemetery in Rumford Center, Oxford Co., ME.

    [558] 1820 Federal Census, Rumford, Oxford Co., ME, p. 117, the John Thompson household had 1 male under 10, 3 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, including 6 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [559] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his www.findagrave.com memorial #168636715 gives his birth date as 30 Dec. 1819 in Raynham, from his gravestone, but that does not agree with his age in the 1850 federal census or his age at death, and his mother died in Oct. 1818.

    [560] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #168636754, her parents’ names from her death record.

    [561] Raynham VRs, p. 121.

    [562] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #168636754.

    [563] 1850 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, p. 136, dwelling #192, family #229:

            John D. Thompson, 32, male, shoemaker, $175, born ME

            Pheoba Thompson, 21, female, born MA

            Clarisa Knapp, 38, female, born MA

    [564] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., dwelling #155, family #180:

            John Thompson, 37, male, farmer, born MA [sic]

            Phebe Thompson, 26, female, born MA

            Ella B. Thompson, 4, female, born MA

    [565] 1860 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Taunton Post Office, Page No. 29, dwelling #234, family #257:

            John P. Thompson, 42, male, farmer, $2000, $380, born MA [sic]

            Phoebe Thompson, 32, female, born MA

            Ella B. Thompson, 9, female, born MA

    [566] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., dwelling #107, family #121:

            John D. Thompson, 46, male, born MA [sic], married, shoe cutter

            Phebe A. Thompson, 37, female, born MA, married

            Ella B. Thompson, 14, female, born MA, single

    [567] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Taunton Post Office, Page No. 35, dwelling #260, family #295:

            John Thompson, 51, male, white, works in shoe shop, born MA [sic], a male citizen

            Phoebe Thompson, 41, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Ella Thompson, 19, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [568] 1880 Federal Census, Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 36, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 70, dwelling #364, family #401 [sic-301]:

            John D. Thompson, white, male, 62, married, shoe manufacturer, born MA [sic], father born MA [sic], mother born MA

            Phebe Thompson, white, female, 52, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ella B. Thompson, white, female, 29, daughter, single, curvature of spine, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Dorcus Babbett, white, female, 55, single, house help, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [569] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 463, p. 353, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Maine, and his parents John Thompson, born in Maine, and Belinda Dean, born in Raynham.

    [570] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1913/84, p. 479, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Raynham #479, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of John D. Thompson, her birth place Berkley, MA, her father John P. Burt, born in Berkley, and her mother Phebe Briggs, born in Berkley; www.findagrave.com, memorial #168636754, from her gravestone in Pleasant Street Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [571] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27; www.findagrave.com, memorial #70771860, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [572] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [573] Raynham VRs, pp. 56, 64; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875754, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [574] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [575] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #142875736.

    [576] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #142875739.

    [577] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 107, he was “of Middleborough.”

    [578] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 215; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #142875739.

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

    [580] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875736, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [581] Bristol County Probate File “Zephaniah Dean, Raynham, 1817,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his widow Fanny Dean and his father Job Dean were listed as his heirs in the accounting.

    [582] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875739, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [583] Plymouth County Probate Docket #6183, Vol. 50, p. 398-399, from FHL microfilm #0550906.

    [584] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [585] Raynham VRs, pp. 66, 106, married by Rev. Enoch Sanford.

    [586] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875765, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [587] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875763, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [588] Bristol County Probate File “Martin Dean, Raynham, 1828,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [589] Raynham VRs, p. 69.

    [590] John Gilmore gave his oath to the inventory of her father, Martin Dean, as executor and as guardian of the only heir of Martin Dean, on 4 Nov. 1828.

    [591] Pembroke VRs, p. 227, the marriage of Abiezer Alger Jr. of Bridgewater and Anna C. Thomas on 18 June 1812 in Pembroke; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 22, the marriage intentions of Abiezer Alger Jr. and Anna Cushing Thomas, of Pembroke, recorded on 18 Apr. 1812 in Bridgewater.

    [592] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 12, p. 64, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place West Bridgewater, but no parents were recorded for him, her birth place Raynham, and her parents Martin & Caroline Dean.

    [593] Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 13.

    [594] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 276, dwelling #526, family #665:

            James Alger, 32, male, founder, born MA

            Caroline B. Alger, 25, female, born MA

            Caroline R. Alger, 4, female, born MA

            Martha K. Alger, 2, female, born MA

    [595] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., dwelling #230, family #266:

            James Alger, 39, male, iron founder, born MA

            Caroline B. Alger, 30, female, born MA

            Martha K. Alger, 7, female, born MA

            James D. Alger, 4, male, born MA

            Henry W. Alger, 1, male, born MA

            Catharine Ryan, 36?, female, born Ireland

    [596] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 344, dwelling #2204, family #2787:

            James Alger, 43, male, iron founder, born MA

            Caroline B. Alger, 35, female, born MA

            Caroline R. Alger, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Martha K. Alger, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            James O. Alger, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Henry W. Alger, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary Toohig, 23, female, born Ireland, cannot read or write

    [597] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., dwelling #73, family #75:

            James Alger, 48, male, white, born MA, married, manufacturer

            Caroline B. Alger, 40, female, white, born MA, married

            Caroline R. Alger, 19, female, white, born MA, single

            Martha K. Alger, 16, female, white, born MA, single

            James O. Alger, 13, male, white, born MA, single

            Henry W. Alger, 11, male, white, born MA, single

            Anna C. Alger, 2, female, white, born MA, single

            Michael Waughl, about 49, male, white, born Ireland, single, laborer

            Mary Twohig, 29, female, white, born Ireland, single, servant

    [598] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 345, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and here parents Martin & Caroline Dean, of Raynham.

    [599] 1870 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 29-30, dwelling #214, family #243:

            James Alger, 53, male, white, foundryman, $5500, $10,000, born MA, a male citizen

            James O. Alger, 18, male, white, clerk in store retail, born MA

            Henry W. Alger, 16, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Anne C. Alger, 7, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Helen D. Alger, 4, female, white, at home, born MA

            Mary E. Howard, 30, female, white, house keeping, born MA

            Alfred E. Howard, 7, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Mary Brickley, 36, female, white, house keeping, born Nova Scotia, parents both foreign born

            Michael Waughl, 45, male, white, farm laborer, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [600] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 310, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation an iron moulder, his birth place W. Bridgewater, and his parents Abiezer & Anna C. Alger.

    [601] Plymouth County Probate Docket #220, Vol. 142, p. 416-418, from FHL microfilm #0556649.

    [602] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 120, p. 138.

    [603] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 146, p. 246.

    [604] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [605] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27.

    [606] Raynham VRs, p. 64; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875758, from her gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [607] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, pp. 27, 34.

    [608] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called Out By The Governor Of Massachusetts To Suppress A Threatened Invasion During The War Of 1812-’14, Boston, 1913, reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, p. 59.

    [609] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875728, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [610] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, pp. 27, 34, the second recording which has the year as 1794, and identifies him as a son.

    [611] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875761, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.

    [612] “First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 46; Raynham VRs, p. 27, his name recorded as “Jeziah” Dean.

    [613] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142875733, from his gravestone in Hall and Dean Cemetery in Raynham, MA.


[A] The Will and Codicil of Josiah Dean, Esq., of Raynham, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1815) *

In the name of God Amen. I Josiah Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol, being of a Sound and disposing mind contemplating the uncertainty of human life, that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & Ordain this; my last will and testament. And first I give my Soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth, to be buried in a decent Christian manner in hope of a blessed resurrection thro’ Jesus Christ. My worldly Estates with which it has pleasd God to bless me, I give, demise & dispose of in manner as follows

1. I give to my beloved Wife, Sarah Dean, the Improvement of one third part of my whole estate during her natural Life ~

2  I give And bequeath to my son Josiah Dean Junr. my homestead land with the dwelling house & all the other buildings standing thereon excepting one half of the air furnace & the priviledges thereunto belonging Also I give to my said son Josiah about One hundred & Twenty acres of land lying together on the Easterly side of the Country road leading from the meeting house to the Old Ironworks part of which was formerly the estate of Philip Leonard deceased and the Other part I purchased of Nathanael Snow & Nathan Dean & wife also I Give him one half my forge & Copper works and one half the land building, priviledges and Appurtinances thereunto belonging also one quarter of my Sliting mill sawmill and Other buildings in the Town of Taunton which I own in partnership with the heirs of Samuel Leonard Esqr. deceased Also a tract of woodland partly in Raynham and partly in Taunton near the dwelling house of Solomon Witherel containing about Sixteen Acres also all my Cedar & pine swamp land that I Own in Raynham & Eastown also one half of my stock in trade live stock Waring apparel farming utensels & library Also my front Pew in the meetinghouse my high desk and clock and to make even all accounts and demands relating to him and me

3  I Give and Biqueth unto my son Eliab B Dean, all the land I bot of Seth Hall with the dwelling house and all the buildings thereon together with all the land, lying opposite to said dwellinghouse on the southerly side of the road and which I Purchased of Isaac Hall deacon Jonathan Hall and Capt. John King Also all my land lying at Tearhall which I purchased of Seth Hall John King Asa Hall Reuben Hall & Others heirs of Ameriah Hall deceasd & Isaac Hall, the whole of all the above named land amounting to about one hundred and Sixty acres also I give to my sd son Eliab one half my forge & Copper works land and Buildings with half the priviledges and appurtinances thereunto belonging lying in Raynham also one half of my air furnace with the use of my blacksmith shop and as much land as may be usefull for the business of the furnace not exceeding one acre and when not useful for air furnace to revert to and Belong to Josiah Dean Junr. his heirs or assigns Also I give to my sd son Eliab one Quarter of my Sliting mill sawmill and Other buildings that I now own with the heirs of Samuel Leonard Esqr deceasd in the Town of Taunton Also I give him all my Cedar & pine swamp which I now own in the Town of Bridgewater also one half of my farming utensils half my live stock half my wearing aparrel half my library & stock in trade, My pew in ye meeting house No 3 East side centerish and low desk and to make even all accounts and demands

4  I Give and bequeath to my Three Daughters viz. Polly Raymond Hannah Allen & Temperance Gilbert all my lands Buildings and other property I Own in Norton in Partnership with Ephraim Raymond Esqr & Others Consisting of one Cotton mill with all the spining Carding & dying and weaveing utensils one picking mill for picking of cotton & Gristmill and Blacksmith shop a goods shop and other buildings half the Mantion house & Barn & other Buildings standing on about one hundred & Thirty acres of land Said property to be equally divided betwixt the above named daughters they to have all my share of the stock in trade belonging to sd Company – and to pay all demands against me whither as of the former Company of Dean and Raymond or the present Company of the Cotton Manufacturing Company, and to have the Benefit of all my accounts & demands against Either of said Companies

5  I Give & bequeath to my daughter Jane Green half of my land Situate in Dalton which I now own with her husband Thomas Green which lyeth on the southerly side of the turnpike road leading through sd Town together with my half of the dwelling house and other buildings on said land with one quarter of the furnace thereon standing allowing one acre and an half of land for the use of the furnace as long as it is used as a furnace & allowing a priviledge of going to and from said furnace also my half of the Barn & one acre of land where the Barn now stands on the northerly side of said Turnpike road

6  I Give and bequeath to My daughter Sarah Weston one Quarter of the Furnace which I Now own with Thomas Green in the Town of Dalton with the prevelede of one quarter of the land being one acre & an half for the use of the furnace and the preveledge of going to and from said furnace. Also my half of a low dwelling house and out buildings and my half of all the land on the easterly side of the road opposite to said furnace Except the barn and my half of one acre of land where the barn stands

7  I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Cornelia Dean Two Shares in Dighton Cotton factory together with all my house hold furniture except what has been heretofore mentioned

8  Finally all that may remain of my whole property I give to my two Sons namely Josiah and Eliab B Dean whome I do Nominate & ordain the Sole Executors of this my last will and testament ordering them to pay all my Just debts and funeral chares, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty first day of September one Thousand Eight hundred and fifteen

Signd Seald and deliverd by the said  } Nehemiah Jones

Josiah Dean as his last will and          } E. M. Padelford                                             Josiah Dean                                      (seal)

Testament in the presence of us         } Nehemiah Jones Junr  out Govt.

                                                Decr 1, 1818 Approved

 

In the name of God, Amen! I Josiah Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire – do on this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen for the purposes of explaining my intentions with respect to the disposition of my property in a will of which this Codicil is to be considered as a part and parcel and for the purpose of disposing of estate acquired since the making of said will – do make this Codicil to said will.

First Whereas I have devised to Polly Raymond Hannah Allen and Temperance Gilbert certain estates situated in Norton they paying my part of the company debts of Dean & Raymond and my part of the debts of the Norton Manufacturing Company – and where as there is a certain note signed by my agent & attorney for me jointly and severally with Ephraim Raymond Esq made payable at the United States Branch Bank in Providence for the sum of Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars or thereabouts, which note was on account of a certain debt due to James De Wolf Esq of Bristol, this note it is my intention should be considered as a Company debt of Dean & Raymond. – And I further order the said Polly, Hannah, & Temperance to pay to my sons Josiah & Eliab the sum of Eight Hundred & fifty Nine dollars – being the sum or nearly which I have paid towards the debts of Dean & Raymond since the execution of the will of which this is part and parcel

Second whereas Sarah Weston wife of Isaiah Weston Esq. has deceased since the execution of the will of which this Instrument is part and parcel, – I now, there fore give devise and bequeath all that I gave to her the said Sarah, in said will to her Children, equally to be divided between them.

Third. As to any property whether real or personal which I may have acquired since the execution of the will of which this Instrument is part and parcel, and all estate whether real or personal which I have not already devised I give devise and bequeath the same to my two sons and Executors Josiah Dean Jr. & Eliab B. Dean & their heirs and I hereby confirm the nomination of the said Josiah & Eliab to be my Executors.

And I now declare this Instrument to be a part and parcel of my last will and Testament – In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & affix my seal the day & year above written

Signed sealed & declared by

the said Josiah Dean Esqr                                                                                                   Josiah Dean                                      (seal)

to be part & parcel of his

last will & Testament in

presence of us, & in presence of

the Testator

                                Rufus Walker

                                Jones Godfrey

                                Hannah Andrews

Decr. 1, 1818 Approved.

 

The last Will and Testament of the Honourable Josiah Dean, late of Raynham, was proved on 1 Dec. 1818 by Nehemiah Jones and Elijah M. Padelford, two of the witnesses, Nehemiah Jones Jr being out of the Government, and the Codicil was proved by Rufus Walker, Jones Godfrey and Hannah Andrews, all the witnesses. Josiah Dean and Eliab B. Dean, Esquires, both of Raynham, were appointed as Executors of the last Will and Testament of Josiah Dean, late of Raynham, on 1 Dec. 1818, with Nehemiah Jones, Merchant, of Raynham, and Ephraim Raymond Esq., of Norton, as sureties.

 

The Inventory of the Estate of Josiah Dean, late of Raynham, Esquire, was appraised by Seth Washburn Esqr., Horatio Leonard Esqr., and Mr. Nehemiah Jones, on 29 May 1819, and totaled $47,384.61, his real estate valued at $39,723, including his homestead valued at $2000, and several other pieces of real estate in Raynham, Easton, Norton, Dalton and Bridgewater, an air furnace, 8 acres in the property of the Dighton Manufacturing Company, one quarter of the Norton Manufacturing Company, one half of a 61-ton sloop, and one half of a patent right for a cotton picking machine. Josiah Dean and Eliab B. Dean gave their oath to the inventory on 1 June 1819.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate File “Josiah Dean, Raynham, 1818,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[B] The Will of Polly Raymond of Mansfield, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1842) *

In the name of God Amen. I Polly Raymond of Mansfield in the County of Bristol, widow of the late Ephraim Raymond, deceasd, being of a sound & disposing mind, contemplating the uncertainty of human life and Certainty of death, do make and ordain this my last will & testament.

First I give my soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent, Christian Manner. My worldly estate I give, demise, & dispose of as follows viz.

1st I give & bequeath to my two daughters Julia Raymond & Charlotte Raymond all my household Furniture, farming utensils, notes, money, or what ever else property I may possess, except what is in hereafter specified, Constituting them my sole Executrixes & ordering them to pay all my just debts & funeral Charges & the following legacies viz. To my daughter Maria Parsons one Dollar. To My grandson Henry H. Raymond One Dollar and his Fathers portrait. To my daughter Sarah D. Robinson one Dollar. To my daughter Margaret Lane one Dollar. To the Children of my daughter Harriet A. King, deceasd, one Dollar. To my Grandson Edward A. H. Raymond one Dollar.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & forty two.

Signed Sealed & declared by the said             }

Polly Raymond to be her last will                     }                                                              Polly Raymond

& Testament in presence of us                          }

Abigail B. Hodges

William F. Perry                                                  July 2d 1844

Eliab B. Dean                                                       approved

 

Proved on 2 July 1844 by Abigail B. Hodges and Eliab B. Dean, two of the witnesses. Julia Raymond and Charlotte Raymond, both of Mansfield, were appointed as Executors of the last Will and Testament of Polly Raymond, late of Mansfield, on 2 July 1844, with Eliab B. Dean, of Raynham, as surety.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate File “Polly Raymond, Mansfield, 1844,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[C] The Will and Codicil of Franklin Weston of Dalton, Berkshire County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1862) *

Know all men by these presents, that I Franklin Weston of Dalton in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, Merchant, being of sound disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and testament.

First                I give and bequeath to my sister Sarah Kimball, wife of Alonzo Kimball now or recently of Green Bay in the State of Wisconsin Five Hundred dollars, to be paid to her within one year after my decease.

Second.          I give and devise to Byron Weston of Lee in said County of Berkshire, son of my deceased brother Isaiah Weston, all the rest and residue of my Estate of whatever name or nature, real, personal or mixed of which I may die seized or possessed or to which I may be at the time of my death entitled. To have and to hold the same to him the said Byron his heirs and assigns forever; He the said Byron paying all my debts, funeral Expenses, and legacies –

                        I nominate Constitute and appoint the said Byron Weston to be the Executor of this my last will and testament –

                                                                In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the presence of the Witnesses subscribing hereinafter this Twentieth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and Sixty two

                                                                                                                                                F Weston                                             (seal)

  Signed sealed, published and declared by the said Franklin Weston as and for his last Will and testament, in presence of us, who in his presence and in the presence of Each other and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.

                                                                                                                                                Lorenzo A. Gamwell

                                                                                                                                                Edward H. Sexton

                                                                                                                                                Robt W. Adam

 

Whereas, In my last Will and Testament, Dated Nov 20th 1862, To which this is annexed, I gave to my Sister Sarah Kimball Five Hundred Dollars, I do hereby by this present writing, which I declare to be a Codicil to said Will, Give and bequeath Five Hundred Dollars more to be paid in the same manner, to my said Sister Sarah, in Trust, In principal of which viz. One Thousand Dollars to be equally divided between her Two Daughters, Mary and Sarah, at her decease.

I also give and bequeathe to my Nephews Charles Theodore, Alonzo Weston, and Marther Dean Kimball, sons of Alonzo & Sarah Kimball, One Thousand Dollars Each to be paid them by my Executor within One year after my decease

I do also hereby give and bequeath to the three Children of my Late Brother Grenville D. Weston Viz. Grenville M, Sarah D. and Harriet, whatever sum of Money I may recover on my claim against the Estate of him said G. D. Weston to be equally divided between them

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 hereunto set my hand and seal, in presence of the Witnesses subscribing hereunto, this Fourth day of December in the Year Eighteen Hundred Sixty Seven

                                                                                                                                                F Weston                                             (seal)

Signed sealed, published and declared by the said Franklin Weston as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, and each other and at his request, we subscribe our names as Witness thereto                                                                                                               James Wilson

                                                                                                                                                R C Watkins

                                                                                                                                                Frank P. Clark

 

Byron Weston, of Dalton, was appointed as executor of the last will and testament of Franklin Weston, late of Dalton, on 7 Apr. 1868, with Elisha Mitchell and Zenas M. Crane, of Dalton, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Berkshire County Probate File #10559, “Franklin Weston, Dalton, 1868,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[D] The Will of Josiah D. Weston of Dalton, Berkshire County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1857) *

                                I, Josiah D. Weston of Delton, Masss make this my last Will & testament, revoking any & all former Wills –

                                The stock held by me in the Merchants Bank of Boston, I wish increased to fifty thousand dollars par value by purchases to be made by the proceeds of the Sales of other property I may leave or the collection of debts – I desire this stock to be held by the Trustees herein after named & that during the joint continuance of the lives of my Wife & daughter Minnesota the dividends to be paid to my Wife until my daughter shall reach the age of twenty one years – then that one half the dividends be paid to my daughter – In case my wife shall die before that time, my Trustees may apply Such part of the dividends for the Support and Education of my daughter as they may think necessary & appropriate- In case my Wife should survive my daughter, she leaving no issue, then the half of the said stock shall be equally divided between my Wife & the children of my sister Mis S. W. Kimball – In case of the death of both my Wife & daughter without children, then I desire the whole stock to be Equally divided between Mis Kimball, She taking over half & my Executors herein after named Equally the other half to be their own property –. Should my daughter Marry, I authorise the Trustees to sell so much of the bank stock as may be necessary & invest the proceeds in a dwelling house & lot for her if they see fit, taking the title in themselves as Trustees for her –

                At any time after my daughter shall reach the age of thirty three (33) Years, the Trustees are authorised to transfer absolutely to my daughter the one half of the Stock and if they shall have bought a dwelling house referred to, then that & the residue of the Stock & if my Wife should then be alive & desires it, they may transfer the residue being the one half of the stock, & thus close the trust, to her –

                All other property, rights & interests of Every Kind & nature I give to my wife absolutely –

                                I hereby appoint James B. Crane & Seymour Crane, both of Dalton, Trustees for the purposes herein stated –

                And also My Executors of this Will – And relying firmly on their integrity & ability & prudence & their Affection for their Sister & Niece, being my Wife & daughter, I Expressly request that no bonds be required of them – but this waiver is personal to them & is not to apply to the Successors of Either of them

                                Should the said Trustees deem the investment in the Merchants Bank unsafe, they are authorised to sell it & reinvest the proceeds, but both to be done under the Official order of the then Judge of Probate of Berkshire County –

                Dated at Washington City this fifth day of January 1857 –

                                                                                                                                                Josiah D. Weston

Signed by the Testator

in our presence & we

affix our names at

his request, in his

presence & in the pres-

ence of Each other –

at the day & place last

above written as Witnesses –

                Wm Birnie –

        John W. Allen

 

Presented for probate on 6 May 1857 by James B. Crane and Seymour Crane, both of Dalton, listing his heirs as his widow Mrs Lucinda Weston, and his daughter and only child Minnesota Weston, both of Dalton. Administration of the estate of Josiah D. Weston was granted to James B. Crane and Seymour Crane, of Dalton, on 6 May 1857, with Lucinda Weston as surety.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Berkshire County Probate File #8493, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[E] The Will of George M. Allen of Scituate, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1871) *

Know all men by these presents that I George M. Allen of Scituate in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, being of sound disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament. I give to my beloved wife Hannah E. Allen ten thousand dollars, also the use and improvement of my dwelling house and furniture, store, stable, garden and orchard during her life.

I give to my daughter Hannah Dean Miller fifty thousand dollars, advances to be deducted.

I give to my daughter Cornelia Maria Allen fifty thousand dollars.

I give and devise to my only son George Otis Allen, all the rest and residue of my estate real and personal.

I appoint my son George O. Allen Executor of this my last Will & Testament and request that no bond be required of him.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in presence of the witnesses this ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventy one.

                                                                                                                                                George M. Allen                              (seal)

Signed, sealed, and declared by the said George M. Allen as his last Will and Testament in presence of us.

                                                                                                                                John Manson

                                                                                                                                Joseph Colman

                                                                                                                                Wm P. Allen

 

Presented for probate by George O. Allen of Scituate, and approved on 26 Aug. 1878.

No inventory of his estate was recorded.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 142, p. 530, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 134, p. 134.

 

 

[F] The Will of Daniel Gilbert, Esq., of Mansfield, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1815) *

  In the name of God, Amen. I Daniel Gilbert of Mansfield in the County of Bristol Esqr. being weak in body, but of a sound mind and memory, do this first day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifteen, make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say –

                I resign my body to the [crossed out] from whence it came, and my soul to God who gave it, hoping for mercy through the merits of Jesus Christ –

1st I give to my beloved wife the use & improvement of one half of my homestead, or farm on which I now live, it being all the land which I bought of the heirs of Stephen Pond, and all the land, which I own adjoining the same, so long as she remains my widow; and the use & improvement of one third of all my other real estate, excepting such as shall be sold by my executor, for the payment of my just debts, funeral charges & charges of administration, during her natural life –

And I further give her my best horse & chaise, my best cow and five hundred dollars worth of furniture – and one half of the wool, which should be Sheared from my sheep this year the above is given my said Wife instead of Dower –

2d. I give and bequeath unto my three daughters, Sarah Jane, Emmily Dean, & Rebecca, all my estate real and personal, not herein before bequeathed and devised – wherever the same may be found, to have & hold the same to them, their heirs & assigns forever – And I further give to each of my said Daughters two silver Tumblers – And lastly. I do constitute and ordain Moses Richardson of Providence in the County of Providence Esqr. sole Executor of this my last will and testament. Hereby ordering him in the first place to pay my just debts, and funeral charges –

                In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year above written.

                Signed, Sealed, published, pronounced & declared by the sd Daniel Gilbert as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence hereunto set our names as witnesses to the same –

Geo. Gilbert  out of State                                                                                                   Daniel Gilbert                                  (seal)

Otis Pratt  dead

David Gilbert                                        Apr. 4. 1820 Approved

 

Moses Richardson of Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island, Merchant, was appointed as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Daniel Gilbert, late of Mansfield, on 4 Apr. 1820, with Nathaniel Wheeler Esquire, of Wellington and David Gilbert Esquire of Mansfield as sureties.

 

                                                                                                                                                Mansfield April 28, 1820

Honbl. Hodijah Baylies

Judge of Probate

                                                                Sir,          I would beg leave to Inform your Honour, that I shall wave the provision made for me in the Will of my late husband Daniel Gilbert Esqr. deceased, and have my thirds (which I am intitled to as his Widow) set off agreeable to Law

Respectfully                                                                                                                         Your Obed. Servt

                                                                                                                                                Temperance Gilbert

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate File “Daniel Gilbert, Mansfield, 1820,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[G] The Will of Eliab B. Dean of Raynham, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1867) *

                                                In the name of God Amen.

                I Eliab B. Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol & State of Mass. being of a sound & disposing mind do make & ordain this my last will & Testament. And first I give & bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife Charlotte, All my Real & personal Estate wherever situated & of whatever description for her use & disposition, except my large Tareall wood-lot of pasture (so called) which I give & bequeath to my daughter Charlotte W. Bradford & her children for her use & disposition after the decease of her mother, who I mean shall occupy it as she may choose to do during her natural life. I also order my sd wife to pay to each & all of our following named Children, Ten Dollars, viz. Theodore, Charlotte W. Nathaniel W. Eliab B. Harriet, Simeon, & Thadeus.   I also nominate & appoint my sd wife Charlotte my sole Executrix of this my last will & Testament, ordering her to pay all my just debts & funeral charges, annuling all former wills.

  In witness whereof I the sd Eliab B. Dean    }

  have hereunto set my hand & seal this          }                                                              Eliab B. Dean                   (seal)

  Twenty-Sixth day of December 1867           }

  in presence of these witnesses.                        }

     Amos R. Hall

    Arbelice K. Hall

    Mary K. Williams

 

Presented for probate by Charlotte Dean of Raynham, by 7 Nov. 1871, listing his heirs as his widow Charlotte, the petitioner, and children Theodore Dean of Taunton, Charlotte W. Bradford wife of Alexander Bradford of Raynham, Nathaniel W. Dean of Madison, Wis., Eliab B. Dean of Madison, Wis., Harriet D. Sterling wife of John W. Sterling of Madison, Wis., Simeon Dean of Sauk City, Wis., and Thadeus Dean of Chicago, Illinois. Charlotte Dean, of Raynham, was confirmed as executrix of the last will and testament of Eliab B. Dean, late of Raynham, on 7 Nov. 1871, with Theodore Dean and Philander Williams, of Bristol County, as sureties.

No inventory of his estate was recorded.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate File “Eliab B. Dean, Raynham, 1871,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[H] The Will of Job Dean of Raynham, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1835) *

        In the Name of God, Amen. I Job Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol, being of sound Mind and Memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner following Viz:

1st I give to my beloved Wife Judith, all the estate both real and personal of which I may die seized, to use and improve, during her life.

2dly I give to each of my Grand Children, the Sum of one Dollar to be paid them by my executor, in one year after my decease, He having previously paid all my just Debts.

3dly I give and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my estate both real and personal, of whatever name or Nature and wheresoever situated, to be equally divided between My Son Marcus Dean, My Grand Daughter Clarissa Knap and my Grand Son John Thompson, to them and their heirs and Assigns forever.

4thly And I do hereby appoint my Friend Leonidas Dean to be sold Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth Day of April, in the Year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-five. Signed, seald, published and declared, by the above named Job Dean, to be his last Will & Testament in presence of us, who have hereunto set out Names as Witnesses, in presence of the Testator

                · Seth Washburn

                · Royal Wilbur                                                                                                      Job Dean                                            (seal)

                · Emery S Wilbur                                 Taunton  Aug 4 1835

                                                                                                     Approved –

 

Presented for probate on 4 Aug. 1835 by Leonidas Dean, the executor, and proved by Seth Washburn, Royal Wilbur and Emery S. Wilbur, the witnesses. Leonidas Dean, of Raynham, was granted administration on 4 Aug. 1835, with Royal Wilbur and Emery S. Wilbur, both of Raynham, as sureties.

The inventory of the estate of Job Dean, late of Raynham, was appraised by Warren Lincoln, Ziba Wilbur and Royal Wilbur, and totaled $270.73, his real estate consisting only of Ύ acre of land valued at $65.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate File “Job Dean, Raynham, 1835,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[I] The Will of Fanny Deane of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1819) *

  Be it remembered that I Fanny Deane of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth being weak in Body but of soun & perfect Mind and Memory considering the Uncertainty of this mortal Life do make & publish this my last Testament in manner & form as follows, viz –

                First I request my Friends to pay all my honest debts.—

                Second I bequeath all my Beds & Bedding of every description, & all my wearing Apparel, & also all my indoor moveables of every sort & kind, to my Mother, my Sister Polly and my Sister Olive to be equally divided between them.—

                Third I bequeath to my Mother a Note of hand I hold against Samuel Wilber for about seventy Dollars.—

                Fourth I bequeath the Sum of thirty Dollars to the Care of my Brother Zenas for the support of the Baptist Missionaries in this Country.—

                Fifth I bequeath to Clarinda Leonard twenty Dollars. —

                Sixth I bequeath to Mary Leonard ten Dollars —

                seventh all my property that is not above bequeathed I give to my Sister Polly & Sister Olive to be divided between them in the following Manner, viz three quarters to Sister Polly & one quarter to Sister Olive —

                eight  I request & appoint Zenas L Leonard & Caleb F Leonard with full power to execute the above request & Bequests & request them punctually to execute the same – Dated at Bridgwater this twelfth day of January in the Year of our Lord 1819. ~

Signed sealed & delivered by the

above named Fanny Deane in the

presence of us who at her request have                                                                           Fanny Deane                     (seal)

hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

                Betty Dyer

                Caleb F Leonard

                Nancy Leonard

 

To the Hon Joshua Thomas Judge of the probate of Wills in and for the County of Plymouth ~ Sir I hereby make known to your Honour, that I cannot with convenience or propriety take a part in executing the last Will & Testament of Fanny Deane late of Bridgwater deceased – I therefore respectfully request your Honour to excuse me from said Service

  Sturbridge Novr. 4th. 1819                                                                                               Zenas L Leonard

 

Presented for probate on 15 Nov. 1819 by Caleb F Leonard, one of the Executors therein named, Zenas L Leonard the other Executor therein named having refused said Trust, and proved by Caleb F Leonard and Nancy Leonard, two of the witnesses thereto subscribed. Letters of Administration were granted to Caleb F Leonard, the before named Executor, on 15 Nov. 1819, with Alpheus Leach, Gentleman, and George Chipman, yeoman, both of Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

Jonathan Keith, Alpheus Leach and George Chipman, all of Bridgwater, yeomen, were appointed to appraise the Estate of Fanny Deane, late of Bridgwater, widow, on 18 Oct. 1819. The Inventory of the Estate of Fanny Deane, late of Bridgwater, dated 11 Nov. 1819, totaled $799.07, no real estate, but included notes of hand of $373.74. Caleb F Leonard, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 15 Nov. 1819.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 50, p. 398-399, from FHL microfilm #0550906, and Plymouth County Probate Docket #6183.

 

 

[J]  The Will of Martin Deane of Raynham, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1828) *

I Martin Deane of Raynham in the County of Bristol yeoman Considering the uncertainty of this mortal life & being of a sound, disposing mind do publish this my last will & testament in the manner & form following.

Imprimis I give & bequeath to my Honored Father Job Deane the use of two thirds of my Farm & buildings during his natural life

Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Belinda Deane all of my real & personal estate after the decease of my Father Job Deane & the use of one third of the farm during her life & all of my household furniture.

Item I Give unto my nephew John D. Thomson One Hundred Dollars when he arives at the age of twenty one with the proviso that after supporting my Father & Mother & daughter there should be enough left from the use of the farm to pay it.

Item I give to Clarissa Knap the privilege of living in the House as long as she shall remain single

Item I Give to my Mother Judith Deane the use of two thirds of the Farm after the death of my Father during her natural life

Item I appoint John Gilmore Esq my sole Executor of this my last will & testament

        In witness wheof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty fourth day of July AD One thousand Eight Hundred & twenty Eight

Signed sealed & delivered by the above named Martin Deane to be his last will & testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator

Leonidas Dean                                                                                                                     Martin Dean                      (seal)

· Phebe Dean

· Varanes Presho

 

Sept. 5. 1828 Approved

 

Proved on 5 Sept. 1828 by Phebe Dean and Varanes Presho, two of the witnesses. John Gilmore, Esquire, of Raynham, was granted administration of the estate of Martin Dean, late of Raynham, on 5 Sept. 1828, with Othniel Gilmore, yeoman, of Raynham and John Gilmore, Esquire, of Easton, as sureties. He was also appointed as guardian of Belinda Deane, only daughter of Martin Deane, as evidenced from the accounting, but the guardianship papers were not found in the file.

 

The Inventory of the estate of Martin Deane, late of Raynham, was appraised by Othniel Gilmore, Thomas Holmes, and Sylvester Robinson on 30 Aug. 1828, his real estate valued at $2650, and his personal estate totaled $342.04. John Gilmore, the Executor and guardian of the only heir of the deceased, gave his oath to the inventory on 4 Nov. 1828. The accounting showed debts of the estate totaled $861.38, including a note for $500 to Edward Leonard, and he notified the court that the personal estate was insufficient to pay the debts by $615.48.

On 13 Nov. 1828 John Gilmore, the Executor, was granted license to sell enough of the real estate of Martin Dean, late of Raynham, to raise $650 to pay the debts of the estate.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate File “Martin Dean, Raynham, 1828,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[K] The Will of James Alger of West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1877) *

I James Alger of West Bridgewater do make & declare this my last will & testament, as follows.

1. Item I give, devise & bequeath to my son James O. Alger my cupole Furnace or Iron Foundry situated Westerly of my house & one acre of land where said Furnace stands, to be staked out, running an equal distance on each Road, & also all stock, goods, tools & implements now on said premises, To have & to hold the same to him his heirs & assigns forever.

2. Item I give to said James all my stock of cattle, horses, carriages, farming tools & farm produce & all my household furniture.

3. Item I give, devise & bequeath to said James the use income & improvement of my homestead farm whereon I live with all buildings thereon containing about one hundred & twenty acres, excepting the above acre & all Furnace building’s thereon already disposed of, for & during his life, & on his death, I give the use income & improvement thereof to his wife if any living at the time of his death for & during the term of her survivorship – & on the death of the longest liver of them the said James & his wife, I give, devise & bequeath my said Homestead to his children then living, the children of any deceased child then living to take by right of representation. To have and to hold the same to them their heirs & assigns forever. But if there be no children or issue of said James then living then I give, devise & bequeath my said Homestead to my other three children to wit. Henry W. Alger, Anne C. Alger, & Helen D. Alger, & if either of them be then dead, then the children of such deceased child is to take the share which its or their parent would have taken if then alive. To have & to hold the same to them their heirs or assigns forever.

4th Item. I give to my two daughters the above named Anne C. Alger & Helen D. Alger my Piano Forte.

5th Item. I give, devise & bequeath to my three children, the said Henry W. Alger, Anne C. Alger & Helen D. Alger all the rest, residue & remainder of my estate, real personal & mixed, to have & to hold the same to them the said Henry, Anne & Helen, their heirs & assign’s forever, in the following proportions, to wit, to the said Henry W. ten eighteenths thereof, to the said Ann C. four eighteenths thereof, & to the said Helen D. four eighteenths thereof.

6th Item. I give, devise & bequeath to my two daughters the said Anne C. & Helen D. the use & occupation of my West Front room, & the Front Chamber over said West Front Room, and of all The furniture therein together with all necessary rights of passage through my dwelling house & premises to said rooms, Also a place for storage of fuel, & right to well & cellar, so long as they or either of them remain unmarried & the said James & all parties named in the third item of this will are to take & hold the premises therein given them subject to this right of said Anne C. & Helen D. in said rooms & rights of passage, fuel, well & cellar, & the said James is to take & have my household furniture as given them in the 2d item of this will, Subject to their use & occupation as aforesaid.

  In witness whereof I the said James Alger have to this my last will & testament set my hand this ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventy seven.

                                                                                                                                                James Alger

Signed published & declared by the said James Alger as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence, have hereto set our hands as witnesses.

                                                                                                                                                William Latham

                                                                                                                                                Otis Drury

                                                                                                                                                Julia Ann Drury

                                                                                                                                                Lydia T. Latham

 

Williams Latham, of Bridgewater, was granted administration with the will annexed of the estate of James Alger, late of West Bridgewater, on 11 Feb. 1878, there being no executor therein named, with Charles A. Latham and Galen Latham, of East Bridgewater, as sureties.

 

Francis E. Howard, Samuel N. Howard and Henry H. Whitman, all of West Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise the estate of James Alger, late of West Bridgewater, on 11 Feb. 1878. His real estate was valued at $7250, and his personal estate totaled $28,360.81. Williams Latham, the Administrator with the will annexed, gave his oath to the inventory on 5 Mar. 1878.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 142, p. 416-418, from FHL microfilm #0556649, Vol. 120, p. 138, and Vol. 146, p. 246.