Ch. Sarah, b. 1793, May 14. Merriam, b. 1797, March 2.

13. Joseph, son of Joseph, of Ipswich, who was brother of Isaac, 7,
b. 1739. Dec. 25; m. 1765, April 26, Elizal)eth Hilton, of Manchester. His
ch. were b. in Beverly, but he d. in Billerica. 1802. Dec. 15, and his widow,
1834. July 19, aged 86.- Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1766. Feb. 5; m. James Sumner.
Joseph. 13i. b. 1770, April. Hannah, b. 1772, March; m. Benjamin
Daland. Samuel. 14, b. 1777. April 26. Dorcas, b. 1779, Aug. 5; d. 1850,
July 7. Benjamin, b. 1783, Sept.; m. Martha Shed, (.se*^ 22), and lived in
Lancester. j(>7ui, b. 1785. Dec. ; d. 1841, Aug. 9. Levi. 15, b. 1788, July.

13d. Joseph, son of Joseph, 13, b. 1770, April; m. Lucy liarkum;
he d. 1815. Nov. 21, and his widow m. 1816, Sept. 23, Jesse Webster.
Ch. Joseph, d. ISlo, Dec. 18. aged 21. Litctj. bap. 1799. Oct. 13. Lncy,
bap. 1803. June 19. Elviiia Catherine.

11. Samuel, son of Joseph. 13, b. 1777. April 26; m. 1802, Jan. 14,
Anne \Miituey. dau. of Daniel and Sarah Duren, of Stowe, {see, Durrent. 5).
She d. 1857. April 13, and he d. Aug. 1. Ch. Thomas, b. 1803, Dec. 4;
d. 1804, Dec. 29. Salhi, b. 1805, Nov. 9; m. 1827, Jan. 23, James Damon,
Keading. Elmira. b. 1807, Sept. 7; d. 1809. Feb. 18. Dudley. 16, b. 1809,
Nov. 15. Edwin, b. 1812. Feb. 1; m. Ann L. Callender. Daniel Whitney,
b. 1814. March 23; d. 1815. June 6. Elizabeth Ann. b. 1816, March 22; d.
June 27. Elisabeth A)Ui. I). 1817, July 2: unmarried. Mary, b. 1819,
July 13; m. 1843. PVb. 23, Edward Mansfield; d. 1846. Oct. 14. Joseph,
b. 1821, July 20; m. Lydia A. Dutton. Jonathan, b. 1823, Jan. 1. Sum)ier.
b. 1829. Jan'. 28; m. El'izalieth Putnam.

15. Levi, son of Joseph. 13, b. 1788, July; m. 1815. Aug. 27. Cile
Davis, dau. of Timothy, 5. He lived in the pait of Chelmsford now
Lowell, for st^'cral years ; later, near Fox hill, at the Holden place. He
d. 1863, June 15. Ch. Laura m. Henry Blanchard, of Wilmhigton. Celia
m. Amasa Holden. 4. Levi^ Thomas. 17. John d. 1851, Dec. 14. aged 23.

10. Dudley, son of Samuel. 14, b. 1809, Nov. 15; in. 1835, May 21.
liOuisa Pollard, dau. of AVilliam. 11. He lives .near the Howe school, of
which he has been trustee from the first, and is treasurer; has been town
clerk and ti-easurer for 25 years; is a member of the Historical Connnittee,
and renders important aid "in the preparation of this History. Ch. Francis
Dudley, h. IS'M). Aug. 30; lives at North Andover. John Howard, b. 1844,
March 9; m. and is a merchant in Springfield.

17. Levi Thomas, sou of Levi. 15, m. 1849, May 24, Mariah
Elizabeth Pdchardson, dau. of John. 29. He d. 18.53. Sept. 30. aged 29,
and his wido\\- m. 1855. Sept. 19, Elbridge Teel, of Medford. Ch Laura
Maria, b. hi Lawrence. 1850, Aug. 27. John H.. b. 1853, April 8; d. 1877,
July 5.

18. Moses, of Tewksbury. m. 1782. Feb. 13. Sarah Baldwin, prob.
widow of Benjamin. 12.

19. Joseph, M. D.. from Canterbury, N. H., in. 1810. Feb. 6, Lucy
Hill, dau. of Joseph, 21 ; d. 1810, July 21, aged 23 ; she d. 1869, Oct, 30.

FOX. 1. Isaac m. 1678, July 18. Abigail Osban.

2. Abel m. Abigail . He d. before 1759; she m. Thomas

Danforth* 10. Ch. Abigail, b. 1755, July 5. Edith b. 1757, May 22.

3. Joseph is on tax-list. 1769-76.



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FRANKLIN, John, and wife, Euth. Ch. Butli, b. 1708, April 2.
Joanna, b. 1710, June 21.

' FRENCH. 1. William, <>f Cambntlge. one of the first settlers of B.
He came from Englaiul in iu;55. with Harhikenden and ►Shepard. In
Hhawshin he bought a part of the Dudley farm ; his house stood near the
turnpike, east of the Bedford road, near Kalph HiU's, who calls him
• brother,' in his will. He was the first Kepreseutative from B. in 1063-4 ;
was Lieutenant and a leading citizen of the town. He m. in England,

Elizabeth , who d. 1008. March 31, aged 02 or 04 years; he m. 1669,

May 6. Mary Lathrop, the widow of Lieut. John Stearns, 1. He d. 1681,
Nov. 20, aged 77 ; his widow m. 1687, June 29, Isaac Mixer, Watertown.

Ch. Elizabeth, b. about 1631; m. Ellis, of Dedham. Mary. b. about

1033. John. 2, b. about 1035. Sarah, b. 1038, March. Jacob. 3, b. 1639-40,
Jan. 16. Hannah, b. 1641-2, Feb. 2; d. June 20. Hannah, b. about 1643;
ni. John Bracket, 3. Samuel, b. 1645, Dec. 3 ; d. 1040. July 15. Samuel, birth
not recorded; a pioneer in Dunstable. Mary, b. 1670, April 3; ni.

Nathaniel Dunklee. Sarah, b. 1671. Oct. 29; ni. Sharp, who d. in the

military service and she m. Joseph Crosby. 3. Abigail, b. 1073, April 14;
d. 1074, April 13. Hannah, b. 1676, Jan. 25; m. 1093, Oct. 5, John Child,
of Watertown.

2. Johu, son of William, 1, b, 1635; m. 1659, June 21, Abigail
Coggan, dau. of Henry, of Barnstable. She d. 1662, April 5, aged about 24.
He m. 1662, July 3, Hannah Burridge, dau. of John, of Charlestown. She
d. 1607, July 7'. aged 23. He m. 1067-8, Jan. 14, Mary Kogers, dau. of
John, 1. She d. 1677, June 16; he m. 1077-8, Jan. 10, Mary Kittredge, the
widow of John. 1, who d. 1719, Oct. 7. He d. 1712. Oct. He lived south
of Fox hill, on the east road. He was a corperal in the militia; wounded
by the Indians, in the assault at Quaboag, in 1675; petitioning for relief,
'*apoor, wounded man,"' harrassed by the constable, soon after. He was
often in the town's service. Ch. Hannah, b. 1663-4, Jan. 20; m. John
Kittredge, 2. Abigail, b. 1665. Dec. 6; m. Benjamin Parker, 6. Mary,
b. 1669-70, March 4; m. Nathan Shed, 6. John, 5, b. 1679, May 15.
Elizabeth, b. 1681, July 24; ni. 1700, Dec. 25, Thomas Abbot, of Andover.
William, b. 1083. Nov. 20; d. 1085, April 21. Sarah, b. 1685, Sept. 15;

m. Flint, of Charlestown, and Joseph Frost, 8. William, 6, b.

1687. Aug. 8. Hannah, b. 1692-3, Feb. 18; m. Jonathan Richardson, 6, and
Benjamin Frost. 9.

3. Jacob, son of William, 1, b. 1639^0, Jan. 16. He lived near his
brother John, on the east road. His house was one of the 'garrisons' of
1675, and nuiy be the same venerable building, with brick-lined Avails, in
which Mr. James Fletcher now lives. He m. 1665, Sept. 7, Mary Champney.
dau. of Elder Richard, of Cambridge. She d. 1081. April 1; he m. 1685,

June 30, Mary Convers, of Woburn. She d. 1686. April 18 ; he m. Mary ,

who was drowned 1709, June 9, and he m. Ruth , who d. 1730, Nov. 6.

He d. 1713, May 20. Ch. Jacob, b. 1666-7, Feb. 20; d. about 1700.
William, 7, b. 1668, July 18. Mary, b. 1069, Oct. 6; d. Nov. 12. Jolm,
b. 1670, Oct. 6; d. Dec. 3. Joseph, b. 1673, May 5; d. at Cambridge, 1676,
Sept. 25. Jabez, b. and d. 1674, Sept. 16. Mary, b. 1676-7, March 5; m.
Jonathan Baldwin, 3. Hannah, b. and d. 1677, Oct. 23. Elizabeth, b. 1679,
June 8; m. William Mannuig, 4. Sarah, b. 1681-2, March 7; m. Thomas
Baldwin, 4. Abigail, b. 1686. April 20 ; d. 1687, March 29.

4. Joseph, son of John, of Cambridge, who was a brother of
William. 1, b. 1040, April 4; m. 1663, Nov. 4, Experience, dau. of Sergt.
Thomas Foster, 1. Ch. Joseph, b. 1007, March 25; d. April 25. Elizabeth,
b. 1008, July 16. Jos^ih, b. 1669-70; March 7. John. b. 1671-2, Jan. 30.
Nathaniel, b. 1074, May 0. Thomas, b. 167.5-6, Feb. 29. Sarah, b. 1677,
April 6 ; d. April 14. Jacob, b. 1678, April 26.

5. John, son of John, 2, b. 1079, May 15; m. 1707-8, Feb. 13,
Ruth Richardson, dau. of Thomas, 1. Ch. Buth, b. 1708, Oct. 22. John. 9,
b. 1710, Oct. 24. Thomas, b. 1712-3, March 14; hved in Tewksbury;



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m. Euth; had Thomas, Ruth. Molly, Hannah and Nehemiah; d. 1792,
Dec. 2. Mary^ b. 1715, Sept. 23. Hannah, b. 1719, Aug. 1. Joseph, b
1721, March 28. Benjamin, b. 172J:-.5, Feb. 10. Jonathan, b. 1728, Aug. 17.

0. William, son of John, 2, b. 1687, Aug. 8; ni. Mehitable, dau. of
Thomas Patten. 2. She d. 1742-3, Jan. 1,5. Sergt. AVillinni French
d. 1745-6, P>b. 25. Ch. H7//i«?ji, 10, b. 1712-3, Jan. 25. Elizabeth, b. 1716,
April 3; m. Ephraim Kidder. 9. Mehitable, b. 1718, Aug. 29; m. 1741,
Sept. 23, John White. Nathaniel, b. 1720-1, Feb. 2; m. 1744, Sept. 28,
"Elizabeth Frost, dau. of William, 10. Jonathan and David, b. 1724,
May 28. Jonathan d. June 20. Sarah, b. 1728, April 28 ; m. 1746, March 17,
Daniel Kittredge, (see 12). John, 11, b. 1730, May 27.

1. William, Dea., son of Jacob, 3, b. 1668. July 18 ; ni. 1695, May 22,
Sarah Danfortli, dau. of Capt. Jonathan, 1. He d. 1723, Sept. 30, and his
widow ni. 1729, June 10, Ebenezer Davis, of Concord. She d. 1751, Oct. 15.
Ch. Jacob, 12, b. 1696, May 16. Joseph, b. 1697-8. Jan. 26; d. Feb. 13.
Sarah, b. 1698, Dec. 29; m. Nathaniel Whittemore, of Lexington; d. 1734,
Aug. 15. William, 13, h. 1700-1, Jan. 25. Jonathan, b. 1702-3, Jan. 25;
d. 1727-8, March 9. Elizabeth, b. 1-705, April 3; m. Josiah Crosby. 14.
Ebenezer, 14, b. 1707. Aug. 5. Mary, b. 1709. Oct. 7; m. Benjamin
Manning, 7. JVichrjlas, b. 1711, Sept. 5. Lydia, b. 1714, April 26; d. 1731,
Aug. 2. Esther, b. 1716, May 16; d. 1736. July 7. Samuel, Ibyh. 1718,
May 21.

8. JonatliaD, perhaps son of Samuel, of Dunstable, son of William. 1,
m. 1726. June 23. Mary Davis, dau. of Joseph. 1. He d. 1727-8, March 9.
aged 26; his widow m. Samuel Brown. 7. Ch. Jonathan, 1). 1727, April 25;
d. 1748, June 16. Killed bv Indians, near Fort Dummer.

9. John, son of John, 5, b. 1710. Oct. 24; m. 1732, Oct. 30, Mary
Kittredge. dau. of John. 5, who d. 1759. March 27. He lived in Tewksbury.
His will dated 1778. Jan. 2. Ch. John, b. 1733, March 30; m. 1767. April 22,
Beulah Hosley. widow^ of Thomas. 4. David, b. 1735, March 2 ; d. before
1778; left a son, David. Sidomon, b. 1737, Marcli 11. Mary, b. 1738,
Jan. 26; m. Samuel Brown. Eenben, b. 1741, May 15. Aaron, b. 1747,
March 9. Jacob, b. 1751, April 21; d. 1756, March 24. Joe?, b. 1754,

July 22; d. Oct. 17. Joel, b. 1753, (?) Sept. 22. Sarah , m. Samuel

Marshall. Bnth , m. Joseph Phelps.

10. William, son of AVilliam, 6, b. 1712-3, Jan. 25; m. Tabitha .

Ch. Jonathan. IG, b. 1737, Oct. 10. William, b. 1738-9, Feb. 16. Joseph,
b. 1740. Dec. 10. Tabitha, b. 1742, Dec. 31. Benjamin, b. 1744-5, Feb. 18.
Nehemiah, b. 1746, March 29. Mehittabel, b. 1747-8, Feb. 5. Stephen, bap.
1749, Dec. 31. Ephraim. b. 1751, Nov. 10. David, b. 1754, Sept. 15.
Mehittabel. b. 1756, Aug. 18.

11. John, son of William, 6, b. 1730. May 27; m. 1754, May 9, Mary
French, dau. of Jacob. 12, and 1763. Jan. 6. Priscilla Mace. Ch. 3Iolly,
b. 17.55. Feb. 9; m. 1771, Dec. 3, William Kidder. 13. Sarah, h. I7r)7,
April 14. »S'«ra/i, b. 1763. April 30; in. Jeremiah Pollard, {see 5). John,
b. 1765, April 5. Priscilla, b. 1767. March. Elizabeth, b. 1769, June 20.
Daniel, b. 1771, Sept. 11. Benjamin, b. 1774, May V2f. Joseph, b. 1776,
Dec. 7 ; d. 1780. Nov. 20. Jesse, b. 1779, June 10; d. 1780, Nov. 16. Patty,
b. 1781, May 20.

12. Jacob, son of William, 7, b. 1696. May 16; m. 1722, May 29,
Elizabeth Davis, dau. of Joseph, 1. She d. 173*7-8. Feb. 3; he m. 1741,
May 19, Sarah Brown, dau. of George, 1. She d. 1765. Aug. 16. and he m.
1766, Nov. 19, Mrs. Mary Curtis, of Dracixt, who d. 1769, Sept. 19. He d.
1775. March 7. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1722-3, Feb. 19; m. 1744. June 19, Jacob
Reed, of Wobuni. Bebecca, b. 1723-4. March 2; m. Timothy Rogers,
{see 7). Sarah, b. 1725. Dec. 14; d. Feb. 16. Jacob, b. 1726-7. Feb. 7;
d. 1734. Aug. 28. Anna, b. 1728. Aug. 16; m. 1749. Jan. 1. Edmond Frost,
of Tewksbury. Sarah, b. 1730, May 9; d. 1750, March 15. Mary. b. 1731,
Dec. 13; m. John French. 11. Silence, b. and d. 1734, May 28. Jacob, 18,
b. 1741-2, Jan. 20. Judah, b. 1743, Aug. 24; d. 1749, June 21. Joel, 19,



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b. 174r). May 21. Ezra. b. 1746, Dec. 9; tl. Dec. 28. Submit, b. and d.
1747. Nov. 27.

13. William, son of William, 7, b. 1700-1, Jan. 25 ; m. 172G-7. Jan. 22,
Joanna Hill. dau. of Sauuiel. 10. Sbe d. 1769, Jan. 17. and he ni. 1770,
Nov. 27, Mrs. Mi'hitablc Mooar. of Andover. Lieut. French d. 1776,
April 9. Ch. Williaiii, 134, b. 1727-8, March 19. Joanna, b. 1729, Nov. 17;
ni. Oliver Abbot. 3. Joseph, b. 1730. Nov. 11; d. Nov. 21. Jonas. 20,
b. 1731-2. March 18. Lncij. b. 1734, Oct. 20; d. 1735, May 18. Lucy,
b. 1736. April 3; d. Sept. 17. Asa. 21, b. 1738. May 6. Jod, b. 1740,
Aus^-. 19; d. Nov. 23. Rachel, b. 1741. Oct. 10; d. 1774. .Tan. 18. Lydla.

b. 1744. March 30; ni. Page. Hannah, b. 1746-7, Jan. 11; ni. 1774,

Jan. 6. Sanuiel Lane, of Bedford.

rU. William, son of William, 13, b. 1727-8, March 19; m. 1764,
Feb. 23, Sarah IJicliardson. dau. of Saumel. 10. The Kecord says he d.
1764, Jan. 20, prob. an error for 1767. as "William P>ench 3d," does not
disappear from the tax-list till' 1768, and his father makes a bequest to
William, his grand-son. His widow prob. m. 1777, Oct. 21, Amos Foster,
of Tewksbury. Ch. William, bap. 1765, July 28. Sarah, bap. 1766, Aug. 31 ;
perhaps ni. Eijhraim Crosby. 27.

14. Ebenezer, son of William, 7, b. 1707, Aug. 5; m. 1729, Aug. 27,
Elizabeth Hill, dau. of Samuel. 10. She d. 1786. March 26; he d. 1791,
Dec. 31. Ch. Elizaberh. b. 1730, July 7; d. 1748, Sept. 4. Sarah, b. 1732,
June 1. Lucii, b. and d. 1734, May 20. Ebenezer. 22, b. 1735, May 2.
Esther, b. 1736-7, Fel). 11 ; m. Ebenezer Jaquith, 3. Jesse. 23, b. 1739,
April 6. Jacob. 21-, 1). 1740, Nov. 4. Abigail, b. 1742-3, March 9; m. 1767,
Jan. 21. Abel Baldwin, 19, Samuel, b. 1750, Oct. 27; d. 1755. June 21.

15. Samuel, son of William, 7, b. 1718. May 21; m. 1743. July 7,
Elizabeth Ban-on, of Chelmsford. Ch. 3Iary. b. 1743-4, March 23. Isaac
Barron. 25, b. 1745, Dec. 30. Elizabeth, b. 1747-8, March 5; m. William
Tarbell. 3. Esther, h. 1749-50. March 19; m. 1771, May 30, John Bowman,
of Bedford. Sarah, b. 1752, March 23; m. Joseph Jones. 1. Samuel, b,
1754, April 22; d. 1756. Oct. 5. Lucy. b. 1756, April 6; m. Thomas
Goodwin, 2. Oliver, b. 1758, Feb. 13. [The baptismal record says Olive].
Samuel, b. 1760. Sept. 7. Silas, b. 1762. Oct. 12.

16. Joiiathaii, son of William, 10, b. 1737, Oct. 10; m. 1763, Jan. 20,
Abigail Hosley, dau. of Thomas, 2. Ch. Jonathan, b. 1763. Dec. 8.
Abigail, h. 1765. Dec. 8. Sarah, b. 1768. Oct. 15.

17. David. His birth is not recorded, and prob. was not in town.
He m. 1758, Nov. 15. Margaret Koss. a widow. Died of small-pox, in
Dunstable, 1779, Dec. 29. Ch. David, b. 1759, Nov. 5. Martha, b. 1762,
Nov. 5. Thomas, b. 1765, Dec. 8.

18. Jacob, son of Jacob, 12, b. 1741-2. Jan. 20; m. 1767, Feb. 24,
Elizabeth Kittredge, prob. dau. of William. 8, of Tewksbury. Ch. Silent.
b. and d. 1767, Dec. 7. Elizabeth, b. 1769, Aug. 6. Jacob, h. 1771, April 9.
Hannah, b. 1774, Jan. 16. Judah. b. 1776, Jan. 28. Anna. b. 1777. Nov. 27.
Joel, b. 1780. Jan. 30. Sarah, b. 1782. Dec. 22; m, Benjanun Dowse,

( S€B 5^ . '

19. Joel, son of Jacob. 12, b. 1745. May 21; m. 1771, Nov. 21,
Eleanor Johnson. She d. 1774, Feb. 6; he d. 17^5, March 7. Ch. Sarah,
b. 1772, Oct. 9; d. 1773, April 18.

20. Jonas, son of William, 13, b. 1731-2. March 18; m. 17.58. Jan. 5,
Hannah Page. d;iu. of Nathaniel, 4. She d. 1793. April 2; he d. 1801,
Feb. 9. Ch. Jonas, b. 1758, Sept. 18 ; d. 1775, Oct. 4. Nathaniel. 2G,
b. 1760, April 11. lieuben. 27, b. 1761, Oct. 18. William, b. 1765. April 29;
m. 1791, Jan. 20. Kel)ecca Marshall, dau. of Isaac. 7. Hannah, b. 1768,
Jan. 23 ; m. 1789, April 2, Jonathan Heald, of Carlisle. Thomas, b. 1770,
Sept. 24. Ziba, b. 1773, June 9. Susanna, b. 1775, Oct. 25; m. Joseph
Jaiputh, 8.

21. Asa, son of William, 13, b. 1738, May 6; m. 1760, March 13,
Ilamiah Eicliardson, dau. of Sanmel. 10. Ch. Asa. b. 1760. July 7.



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Joshua, b. 1762. Mareh 27. Joseph and Benjamin. (The two latter, named
in their grand-father's will).

22. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, 14, b. 1735, May 2; m. 1760. June 3,
Rebecca Kidder, dau. of William, 8. C'h. Ebenezer, b. 1760. Dec. 16; d. at
Halifax, 1778, Sept. 28. Rebecca, b. 1762, June 26; m. Samuel Marshall,
(see 6). *'fflra/i. b. 1764, Jan. 11. ^?;e?, b. 1766, Aug. 15. Lydia,'b.\lQl,
Dec. 1 ; m. 1800. Dec. 5, Rev. Joshua Heywood, who was b. in Burlington,
1761, Aug. 2; grad. D. C, 1795; studied theology with Dr. Cunimings;
was ordained pastor in Dunstable. 1799, June 5; d. 1814. Nov. 11. Zadock,
b. 1769, May 22. Elisabeth, b. 1771, Feb. 7. ' Hezekvah, b. 1773. Jan. 18.
Francis, b. 1774, Aug. 15. Josiah, b. 1777. Dec. 25.

23. Jesse, son of Ebenezer, 14, b. 1739, April 6; m. 1761, April 14.
Abigail Jaquith, dau. of Abraham. 1. He lived after 1763, for some years,
in Fitchburg. C'h. Jesse, h. 1761, Oct. 11; lived in Ohio. A'am?/e?, b.' 1763,
March 14 ; lived in Fitchburg. Thumns lived in Fitchburg. Luther, 28,
b. 1767, Sept. 25. Abrarn, a merchant in Boston. Abel m. 1817, Elizabeth
Foster, and had two son«, one of whom was Franklin, of Acton.

24. Jacob, son of Ebenezer, 14, b. 1740, Nov. 4; m. 1763, Jan. 28.
Sarah Ditsou. dau. of Thomas. 2. He d. 1776. Aug. 4. Ch. Jacob, b. 1763,
Oct. 17. James, b. 1765. Oct. 1. Sarah, b. 1768. Oct. 15; m, 1795, Dec. 15,
Sylvanus Blanchard, of Maiden. Peter. 24i, b. 1770. Nov. 6. Benjamin^
b'. 1773, Mav 22. Bhoda, b. 1775, April 9.

24i. Peter, son of Jacob, 24, b. 1770, Nov. 6; m. 1792, Oct. 9,
Elizabeth Jaquith, dau. of Joseph, 6. She d. 1838, Dec. 9. Ch. Peter,
bap. 1793. April 14.

25. Isaac, son of Samuel. 15, unless Isaac Barron was another
person, as is suggested by the difference of 5 years in the age given by
grave-stone. If so. the birth of this Isaac is not recorded. He m. Hannah

, and d. 1821, April 8. aged 70, [grave-stone]. Ch. Isaac, 29, b. 1777,

April 1. Cyrns,29h, b. 1779. Feb. 22. Hannah, b. 1781, June 1 ; d. 1805,
Nov. 26. Jonathan, 30, b. 1783, Feb. 20. Sampson, b. 1785, Feb. 6; d. 1808,
Feb. 26. Mary. b. 1787, March 9 ; d. 1806, Sept. 5. Eri, b. 1789, Feb. 25,
d. 1808, Jan. 7. Moodij, b. 1791, March 5; d. 1796, Jan. 6. William,
b. 1793, June 18 ; d. 1795, Dec. 28. Joseph, bap. 1795, July 26. Anna,
b. 1797, Mav 24; m. Joseph Parker. 27.

26. Nathaniel, son of Jonas, 20, b. 1760. April 11 ; m. 1783. Sept. 11,
Susanna Brown, of Concord. Ch. Jonas, b. 1787, June 7. Cinda, b. 1789.
Nov. 8.

27. Reuben, son of Jonas. 20, b. 1761, Oct. 18; m. 1789, March 12,
Abigail Farmer, dau. of John. 11. Ch. Nabby, b. 1790, Aug. 21 ; m. Josiah
Hill, 26. Benben, 31, b. 1792. Feb. 26. Charles, b. 1793, Oct. 13. Ziba,
b. 1796. Jan. 3. Oeorr/e, b. 1797, Sept. 8. Zoa, b. 1801, April 15. Paye,
b. 1805, April 30; d. 1819. Oct. 14.

28. Luther, son of Jesse, 23, b. in Fitchburg, 1767, Sept. 25; m.
1796, Aug. 28, Sally Bowers, dau. of Josiah, 3. He lived on Andover
street, at the fork of the Long pond road. Ch. Maria, b. 1796, Sept. 12;
d. 1799, Mareh 27. Caroline, b. 1798. May 6; m. Zaccheus Shed, 25.
Josiah Bonders, b. 1799. Dec. 13; m. 1823, April 6, Mary Ann Stevens,
dau. of Josiah. She d. 1863, June 6, and he d. 1876. Aug. 21. By his will,
the Howe schbol is to receive, eventually, $5000 fOr its libraiy. His
ch. Mary Ann, b. 1823. Sept. 19; m. Hon. Benjamin Dean, of Boston,
recently a member of Congress. Josiah Stevens, b. 1825, Sept. 30; d.
Harriet Stevens, b. 1827, Aug. 27. Josiah Bowers, b. 1830. Jan. 8. Sanuiel
Lawrence, b. 1832. Sept. 25. Luther Bartlett. b. 1834. Oct. 25; d. Sarah
Josephine, b. 1838, jVIarch 3. Catherine Isaliella. b. 1840, Dec. 20; m.
Arthur E. Bowers. Frances Maria, b. 1843, April 20; d.

Note. — Of this loyal son of Billerica, and ex-Mayor of Lowell, we are
liappy to give, herewith, an excellent portrait, and to condense from the
••Contributions" of the Old Residents Historical Association of Lowell,
pps. 151-4, farther notice of his active life.



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At the age of eleven, he went to live with his uncle, attending school
and working for his board, and the district school was his only educational
advantage, "lie spent two ye:irs, 1S15-7, with another uncle in Salisbury,
N. II.. and was two or three years in a country store, and a short time in
Charlestown. In 1824. he i)ccame Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex county,
and settled in Lowell, holding this office till 1830. From this time he
became active in the great l)usiness of staging, owning laigely in the lines
from Lowell to Concord, and others ; and was a niail contractor between
Boston and Montreal. In building the Ogdensburg railroad, he was a large
contractor, and he became President of the Northern (N. H.) Railroad in
1851. but resigned on the death, in 1853. of his brother, with whom he was
associated in extensive railroad c(nitracts in Ohio, the management of
which he then had to assume. About 1860. he became Agent of the
AVinnipesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company, at Lake
Village, N. IL, and so remained for 12 years.

In Lowell he was active in 1826. in building the Central Bridge, and
remained in the Company until it was made free by the city. He was one
of the corpT)i'ators in 1828. and a Director of the Old Lowell Bank, and
later, of the A])pleton Bank, of which he became President ; also of the
City Institution for Savings. In 1835, he was Representative in the
Legislature; member of the Counnon Oiuncil, 1836-42; Chief Engineer
of the Fire Department, 1841 ; County Connnissioner. 1844-7 ; and Mayor,
1849-50. ''From the early history of Ivowell. his experience has been as
successful, as honorable to himself and to his fellow-citizens, and his name
in the years to come will occupy a prominent positiiju in the history of our,
city."

Andrew, b. 1801, Dec. 21 ; d. 1873, Jan. 12. Abram, b. 1803. Dec. 13 ;
lived in Lowell; had 5 ch. ; d. 1879. April 11. Luther, b. 1806, Jan. 9;
d. 1834, Sept. 4. Maria Trowhrklge, b. 1808. April 4; lives in Lowell.
WnUcr. h. 1810, Aug. 29; d. 1853. May 6; killed at Xorwalk, Conn.,
an open '-draw'' precipitating a railroad train into the river. Amus Binneii,
b. 1812, July 3; of the firm of French & Puffer, of Lowell; m. Leocade
Dearborn, aiid had Frances Maria, who m. Dr. Leighton, of Lowell, and
Leocade, who d. Thomas Trowbridqe. b. 1814, Dec. 21; lives in East
Chelmsford. Lucy Ann. b. 1819. July 30; d. 1826, Feb.

29. Isaac, son of Isaac. 25, b. 1777, April 1. Ch. Moodii, Mary and
Hannah, all bap. 1806, Sept. 21. Hannah m. 1835. June 28. Ethel Stevens.

' 2dh. Cyrus, son of Isaac, 25, b. 1779, Feb. 22; d. 1817, Sept. 2.
Ch. Em(dia,'\r.\]y. 1813, Jan. 3. Isaac, bap. 1815, March 12.

30. Jonathan, son of Isaac, 25, b. 1783, Feb. 20; m. 1809, June 14,
Abigail Bacon; d. 1809, Nov. 24. His widow ra. Josiah Hill, 36.

"31. Reuben, son of Reuben, 27, b. 1792, Feb. 26; m. 1819, Feb. 7,
Abigail Holden, dau. of Thomas, 2. Ch. Henry Page, b. 1824, May 23;
d. Aug. 22. He.nrii Holden, b. 1827, Jan. 15. George Page, b. 1829. Sept. 15.

3^. Charles W., sou of Ami. of Tewksbury, who d. here, 1836,
May 15, aged 52; in. Koxanna Warren; lived at North Billerica; d. 1876,
July 5. aged 66; his widow d. 1880, Jan. 10. Ch. Augusta Maria, b. 1839,
April 11; m. Thomas Spaulding, 11. Charles Barrett, b. 1840, Oct. 10.
Marietta, b. 1844, April 24. Frederic, b. 1847, July 20.

33. Joseph, from Maine m. 1843, Nov. 7, Elizabeth Ann Puffer.
He d. 1853, Nov. 2. aged 35. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1844, Oct. 6. Joseph, b.
1846. April 15. Sarah L.. b. 1851, Sept. 7.

34. Sullivan Frederick, from Newport, Me., m. 1875, July 29, Edith
Winter, dau. of Sanuiel E., 2. Ch. Katie May, b. 1876, June 17. Phillip
Edward, b. 1878. Dec. 28.

35. William, of Boston, ni. 1819, Aug. 10, Sarah Baldwin, perhaps
dau. of Keuben. 18.

FROST. Sauuiel. 1, and James, 2, were sons of Dea. Edmund,
of Cambridge, and were accepted as inhabitants, 1663-4, Jan. About ten
years passed, before Samuel settled in the town.




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1. Samuel, b. 1637-8, Feb.; m. 1663, Oct. 12, Mary Cole, and 2d,
Elizabeth Miller, dau. of Rev. Jolm Miller. He prob. m. a 3d wife. Ruth

. who 111. John Dutton, 3. Three ch. by first wife were b. in Cainbndge,

He bou2;ht land of John Marshall, and lived south-east of the Andover
road, having a right to pass on John Sheldon's land, to the road.
'•Dr. Samuel Frost departed this life," 1717-8, Jan. 7. Ch. iSamnel,

b. 1664, Aug. 21 ; in. Experience ; lived in Springfield. Isaac, b. 1666,

Oct. 21. Edmonds b. 1668, Aug. 21; d. 1690-1. Feb. 5. Thomas, 3.
Elizahfth, b. 1674, April 30; m. John Francis, of Medford. John. b. 1678,
April 2; went to Newtown, Bucks Co., Penn. ; d. about 1717, leaving his
estate to his sister Elizabeth and brothers Thomas and Joseph. Joseph.
b. 1680, Dec. 23; m. 1707, Jan. 12, Sarah Whittemore, widow of John, and
in 1717. Hannah Estabrook. He lived in Charlestown and Sherburne.
Benjamin, b. 1683, Aug. 10. Jonathan, b. 1685, Nov. 3 ; d. 1706, June 23.
David, b. 1689, April 11 ; d. April 14. Edmond. 4, b. 1691-2, March 5.

2. James, b. 1640, April 9; m. 1664. Dec. 7, Rebecca Hamlet, dau. of
William, 1. She d. 1666. July 20; he m. 1666-7, Jan. 22. Ehzabeth Foster,
dau. of Thomas, 1. He lived north-east of Bare hill, between Hamlet and
Ross; was deacon. He d. 1711, Aug. 12; his widow d. 1726. Ch. James. 5,