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ONE LINE OF HIS DESCENDANTS,

JOHN BEAL, the progenitor of the larf^e family boaring his name anT^
dwelling in Ilingham, Cohasset, ^Vcymoiith and Ahington, farat; from the
parish of Ilingham in Forchoc hundred in the county of Xorfolk, England,
which is situati'<l about fourteen miles west-southwest of Xorwioh, the shire
town, and al)Out ninety-eight north-east of London. He came in the vessel
ealled the Diligent, of which Jolm Martin was master, arriving at Boston
on the tenth of August, 1(338. Daniel Gushing, one of the early town
clerks of Hingham, who also came to New England in the aboveuamed
vessel, in a manuscript list of the early settlers of Hinirham, which has
fortunately been preserved, says of him, "Jolm Beale, shoemaker, with
his wife and 5 sons and 3 daughters and 2 ser\ants, came from Old Iling-
ham and settled in New Ilingham."

Perhaps the inducement that led Mr. Beal to select Ilingham as a place
of abode was, that his wife, Nazareth, was daughter of Edmund Ilobart,
and consequently sister of Rev. Peter Ilobart, tiie first minister of that
town, who had chosen that place for his labors a few years previous. Tiie
five sons and three daughters of Mr. Beal who were brought over from
England were, Martha, Mary, Sarali, John, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Joshua
and Caleb. Two other children, Rebecca and Jai^tb, were born in America.

Not long after his settlement at Hingham he became a landholder, aa
may be inferred from the following entry taken from the town's book of
grants of land : — " Given unto John Beal for a house lot 6 acres of land
butting upon the town street northward, and upon the common southward,
bounded with the land of Jnnas Austin eastward, and with the land of
Thomas Ilobart westward." The site of this homclot can be easily pointed
out. on the south side of the present South Street (which was the ancient
Town Street), and west of Hersey Street, which was laid out through Mr.

Austin's original lot.

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On the 13tli of March succeeding his arrival, Mr. Beal was admitted to»
the freedom of the Massachusetts Colony, by taking the customaiy free-
man's oath, which he did at the same time with several of his fellow towns-
men ; and in 1649, in company with jSTicholas Jacob, he represented the town <
of Hingham in the General Court of the Colony.

His wife Nazareth died on the 23d of September, 1658 ; and, on the 10th
of the following March, he married Mary, the widow of his old friend
Nicholas Jacob, who had died on the 5th of June, 1657. By this wife he
had no children ; and she died on the 15th of May, 1681, as Da^id Hobart, '
who continued his father's diary, has recorded the event, although the town
record states that "Mary Bea-1, the wife of John Beal, Senior, died 15 of
June, 1681."

Mr. Beal lived to a good old age ; for under date of 1 April, 1688, Judge
Sewall noted in his diarj^ "Father Beal of Hingham dies, se 100," and
David Hobart wrote under the same date, "My Uncle John Beal died sud-
denly."

All the sons of JVIr. Beal married and had children, a,s did also all the
daughters, except the youngest, Rebecca, who died unmarried.
( JNIaetha Beal, daughter of the progenitor, was born in England, and.
married 1st, WiUiam FaUoway, of Plymouth, 16 May, 1640, and 2d, Sam-
uel Dunham, also of Plymouth, 29 June, 1649, who was burnt to death in
his house at Plymouth, 24 January, 1687-8. She died 26 April, 1690, in
the 78th year of her age.

■y^ ^ JMaryBjeal, another daughter, married James Whitqn, 30 Dec, 1647,
■ and died 12 Feb., 1696-7. Her husband survived her, and died 26 April,
1710. From these descended all of the large family of Whiton, sometiEfies
spelled Whiting, in Hingham and its neighborhood.

Saiiah Beal, another daughter, married Ist, Thomas Marsh, of Hing-
ham, 22 March, 1648-9. Mr. Marsh died 2 September, 1658, and slie
married 2d, Edmund Sheffield, of Braintree, 5 Sept., 1662. She died at
Braiptree, 9 November, 1710, aged about 86 years.

(. - JoHJT Beal, Jr., oldest son of the progenitor, man-ied Elizabeth, his

iirst wife, 6 Jan., 1658-9, and had Elizabeth, born 19 Nov., 1659. Mrs.
Beal died 1 Feb., 1659-60, and he married Mary Gill, daughter of Thomas,
14 Nov., 1660, and had: — Mary, born 7 Sept., 1661, died 19 same month;
another Mary, bapt. 26 Oct., 1662, married 1st, John Stowell, 19 Sept.,
1683, who died 10 November, 1689, aged 31 years, and she. married 2d,
Nathaniel Hobart, 81 May, 1695, who. died 3 July, 1734, aged 70 years,
and she died 7 June, 1748, aged 86 years ; John, born 26 March, 1665, died
6 Dec, 1666; another John, born 17 Sept., 1667, died 2 Oct., 1668;
another John, born 19 Dec, 1669, married Elizabeth Hersey, daughter of
AVilliam, 18 May, 1695, who died 4 Jan., 1717-18, in her 46th year, and he

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(lied 2fi A\iir., 1731 ; TlioiiiaH, bom 16 March, 1C71-2, marricMlJAcI Kctnlng>
ton, (laii^flittT of Tlioiiias, \'.\ .luiic, 1710,- and Hannah, honi l.'J Marr-h,
l('i7.')-lj, iniinitd Jolm ^Va^l, L'J May, 10!>M, ami died H) Fel). fnUowinj^.
^Ir. .loliii Heal, .Jr., died 12 Sopt., l()'.)l, a>.'((l alioiit (17 vfn-i : in.l Mriry
liis widow died 27 June, 1701.
.-^ Natuaniki. Bk.m,, llie 2d son of tlie pn)|,'C'nitor, !))• wile Martjia, who
dii'd 10 May, 1(J1»2, had Uic following eliihh-en : — Miitliiau '>apt. 2 Ani?.,
16 Ui, niarrifd Ist, John ('hidihuck, 2 Dee., HiOH, who died 20 Novendx-r,
1(3!)(), and slie married 2d, Samuel Stodder, 10 Jan., HJ'JH-!4, wlio iliiil 10
September, 17;51, aged 92 years; Nj^jj^initJ- hajit. 0<'t., 1G4H, married
Elizabeth Joy, daughter of Thomas, 3 March, 1G70-7 ; Mary, married Ist,
Samuel Engs, 21 Feb., 1672-;J, 2d, Joshua Lee, of Bo.nton, liUee., 1088;
Jolin, bapt. 25 Aug., 1G50, died 21) Nov., IGiio ; Chri«tian, bom 19 Nov.,
1654, married Thomas PiaktT, of Boston, 6 Nov., 1671, and died 20 .S»-pt.,
1677; Hannah, married John Fearing, 15 Dec, 107G, and died 14 Sept.,
nil ; John, born 7 Dec, 1659, died before liis father, without po.sterity;
Sarah, born 18 Dec, 16G2, died young; another Saiah, bapt. 7 Oct., 1007,
married Joseph Greenleaf, of Boston, and died in Boston 4 June, 1690;
Susanna, born 3 March, 16G4-5, married Benjamin Jones, 14 Dec, 1G86,
and died 22 June, 1689. Mr. Nathaniel Beal was a cordwainer, and died
20 Dec, 1708.

(j jEREMr.ui Beai., son of the progenitor, was born in England; dwelt on
the present South Street in Ilingham, and married at Boston, Sarah Uipley,
daughter of William, of Ilingham, 18 Nov., 1652, and had the following eliil-
dreu : — Jeremiah, born 13 May, 1655, married Hannah Lane, 22 May, 1677,
had many children, and died at Ilingham, 21 April, 1703, aged nearly 48
years; ^Jm, designated as a carpenter, bapt. 8 March, 1656-7, married
Hannah, his wife, about 1686, and died 30 Dec, 1735 ; Sarah, bapt. 3 Jidy,
1659, married John Lane, 21 Jan., 1679-80, and died 13 Dec, 1693, her
husband surviving and dying 12 March, 1729 -30, aged 83 ; Lazarus, bom
7 Sept., 1661, married Susanna Lewis, 18 Feb.,1689-90, at Barnstable, and
died 18 Aug., 1723, his -wife surviving and dying 28 Sept., 1748, aged 73;
Phebe, born 2 March, 1663 - 4. died 12 July, 1605 ; Mary, born 6 May, 1066,
married John Orcutt, of Bridgewater, 23 Dec, 1702, land died 22 May, 1719 ;
Elizabeth, born 16 May, 1669, married Ephniim Lane, son of Andrew, 29
Dec, 1708, and died 30 July, 1716, her husband having died 1 Dec, 1715,
aged 65. Mr. Beal was styled Lieutenant, having been commissioned to
that office in the Hiugbam traiu-band 20 INIay, 1083. He died 10 August,
1716, aged 85, and was consequently born in England in 1631. His wife
Sarah died 20 June, 1715.

O Joshua Beal, son of John, the progenitor, married Elizabeth, his 1st
wife, abo.ut 1660, and had a daughter born 4 Dec, 1661, who died young;
ElizabetnTTjorn 23 !May, 1603, died 4 June, 1663 ; a son, born 25 Jan.,

1664-5, died 10 April, 1665; another son, born 13 July, 1668, died 18
July, 1668 ; Abigail, born 26 April, 1671, married Stephen French, 26
September, 1691. Sirs. Elizabeth, wife of Joshua Beal, died 12 January,
1688-9; and he married 2d, Mrs, Mary Stowell (widow of Samuel,
and daughter of John Farrow), 10 April, 1689, and she died 24 Oct., 1708.
Iilr. Joshua Beal died early in the year 1718.
I Caleb Beal, the youngest of the children of the progenitor born in Eng-
land, was born in 1636. He mari-ied Elizabeth Hewett (or Huet), the
daughter of Thomas, 30 Dec, 1644, she having been baptized 3 March,
1644-5. Their children were : — a daughter, born 30 March, 1666, died 22
April, 1666; Caleb, born 17 March, 1669-70, married Ruth Hersey, 4
Feb., 1695-6, and died 21 Feb., 1755, aged 85, and she died 29 April, 1756,
^ ^ aged 83 ; Joseph, born 7 Jj^^i, ]fi71-9, mgrripfl 1st, Patience Andrews
(widow of John, and daughter of Thomas ISTichols), 12 Feb., 1695-6, and
she died 16 Oct., 1709, aged 49, havingbeenborn25Dec.,1660, andhemamed
2d, Deborah Thaxter (daughter of Samuel), 27 Aug., 1717, she having
been born 24 July, 1679, and she died 15 July, 1753, he having died 12
Sept., 1737: Solomon, born 28 June, 1673, died 3 Oct., 1673; Elizabeth,
born 18 Nov., 1674; ' Josiah, bom 31 May, 1676, died 17 June, 1676;
another Josiah, bom 24 Oct., 1677, married Rachel Hersey ( daughter of
James), 1 Jan., 1701-2, removed to Weymouth, where he was styled Ser-
geant,- and died in Weymouth, 10 June, 1743, his wife djing on the 3d of
the same month; Joshua, born 6 ISTov., 1678, died soon after; another
Joshua, bom 5 Aug., 1679, died 14th of the same month; another Joshua,
bom 6 Sept., 1680, married Susanna Nichols, 16 Dec, 1701, and died 10
March, 1723-4; Ruth, bom 25 Feb., 1682-3, married Benjamin Johnson
(son of Benjamin, born 15 July, 1685), '4 Feb., 1719-20; Benjamin, born
2 June, 1687, died 25 March, 1688. jMr. Caleb Beal died 18 June, 1716,
in his 79th year, and Mrs. Elizabeth Beal, his wife, died 31 Dec, 1721, aged
76 years.
^ Rebecca Beal, daughter of the progenitor, was born in Hingham,where
she was baptized in Feb., 1641-2. She died, unmarried, 13 Dec, 1686, in
her 45th year.
/ Q Jacob Beal, youngest son of the progenitor, was also born in Hingham,
where he was baptized 3 Oct., 1642. He married Mary Bisbee (daughter
of Elisha of Scituate), 15 January, 167S-9, she having been born in Scitu-
ate in 1648. Their children were: — Jacob, born 8 Sept., 1680, married
Deborah Stodder, 21 Feb., 1705-6, and died 9 June, 1748, and his wife
«• died 28 Dec, 1757, aged 85 ; David, bom 31 Jan., 1684-5^ married 1st,
Rebecca Stodder (daughter of Daniel) sometime before 1712,^ who died 6
Oct., 1721, married 2d, Abigail Macvarto (daughter of Purthe), 21 June,
1722, who died 16 April, 1742, aged 49, having been bom 10 Feb., 1683-4,
and married 3d, Zerviah Howe, 21 April, 1743, who died 21 April, 1774,

apotl 79, and lie died 20 Manh, 1707. aj,'f.l 82; Jamon, lx»ni 9 Dec,, ICfUl,
iimiTicfl Surali Lincoln (flan^jliti^r of I)aiii«-1), 'J'J Jan., 1712-l.'l; Klixlia,
hiiin IM Oct., lOyil, (lied, unmarried, /» Ajjril, 17GI. Mr. .iacub lWi__
dit'd 7 Jan., 1717-18, and on the town record is luentioncd a.i nun of Ji.lni
and Nazareth; and Mary, hifl •wife, diiMl 13 January, 1717-H.

Tlius far the account has been confined to John Ikal, Sen., the fon-fathcr,
and his children and their inmnedi.-ite famiiicH. It in now ] '

the {genealogy of a single line, the one that Curnished th' ... ;

the name to the town of Weymouth, and thence to Abington. Thin lino
commences with Lt. Jeremiah, the third son of the patriarch John. Lt.
Jeremiah had for wife Sarah l^ipley, who.so father William came to tl,i.
country at the same time Avith old Mr. John Heal, in the I)ili;,'ent in lo;)"<,
bringing with him his wife, two sons, John and Abraham, an<l two il-m, 'li-
ters, Sarah and her sister, whose name does not appear in the r<
llingham. Mr. Ripley married, for second wife, Elizabeth, the widow of
Thomas '.Phaxter. 29 Sept., I6.')4, and died 20 July, Ifi.Otj ; and his wi
married John JJ wight of Dedham, 20 Jan., H)07-8, and died, being drowin-i
in a well, 18 July, 1660.

t^KRKMi.vH BEAL^2d, son of Jeremiah, the first of the name, was bom in
Ilingham, 13 May, 16o5, and was a blacksmith by trade. On the 22d of
May, 1677, he married Hannah Lane (daughter of Andnjw and Tryphena) ,
■who was born 30 Sept., IQiJS. Mr. Lane wa.s in Ilingham as early a.s 163.'>,
and died there 1 May, 1675, and his widow died 2 Jime, 1707, being about
95 years of age. The children of Jeremiah and Hannah Beal were : —
Jeremiah ^horn 2 May, 1678, married Esther Farrow (daughter of John, Jr.,
anTMary Hilliard, daughter of William), 2 Jan., 17<K)-1, and removed to
Weymouth after the birth of liis children ; Sarah, born 5 March, 1679-80,
mai-ried Christopher Wheaton, 3 Dec, 1707-8; Hannah, born 31 Dec,
1681, died 9 May, 1750 ; Jael. born 21 Nov., 1683, married John Pratt, of
Weymouth, 23 Feb., 1723-4; i\iukew,Jjorn 27 Jan.. TCH.'-^. married fea-
cliel Bates (daughter of Joshua), 11 Dec, 1715; Jetlediah. bom 1 Nov.,
1688, married Mary Wliiton (daughter of Enoch), 2 Dec, 1714, and -!;■■
died 7 Nov., 1733, and he died 1 May, 1766 ; Abraham, bom 26 Oct.. !■ ."i,
removed to Weymouth, where he married Deborali .Shaw in April, 1714,
and died in 1749 ; Bathsheba, born 19 Feb., 1692-3, married Samuel French
(son of Stephen), 8 April, 1724, who died 20 Jan., 1772, aged 75, she hav-
ing died 28 May, 1759 ; liebecca, born 8 April, 1695 ; Boniam^n. born 8
April, 4697, and died 14 Oct., 1723; Abigail, bom 13 Dec, 1099, married
Robert ToAvnsend, 24 Xov., 1720. Mr. Jeremiah Beal died at Hini;ham 21
April, 1703, aged 48 years, and his wife died 19 Sept., 1719, aged 61
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Jeremiah Beax, the third of the name, was the oldest son of Jeremiah
and Hannah, and was born in Hingham, 2 May, 1678. His wife Esthej-
(daughter of John Fan-ow, Jr., by his wife Mary Hillard, daughter' of
William) was born 28 June, 1675; her parents were married 14 Aug.,
1664, and her father, who was bapt. 6 June, 1639, died 27 Jan., 1716-16,
leaving a second wife Frances, but her mother Mary died 13 Sept.,
1689. The father of John Farrow, Jr., was John Farrow, and he came to.
New England in iCSo, with his wife Frances,-and daughter Mary (who
married Samuel Stowell and Joshua Beal) ; he died 17 July, 1687, and his
wife died 29 January, 1688-9. The children of Jeremiah and Esther Beal-
were:— Bethia, born* 28^ Jan., 1701-2, mamed Isaac Pool of Weymouth,
2 Jan., 1733-^; Mary, born 23 April, 1703, married Enoch Lovell of Wey-
mouth, 20 Feb., 1723-4 ; Jael, born 21 March, 1704-5, married John Pratt,
of Wej-mouth, 25 March, 1723 ; Jeremiah 4th, born 25 Dec, 1706, married
Mary Colson (daughter of John and -Susanna), 18 Koy., 1729, and died
about the year 1752, and his widow died about the year 1780 ; Isaac,
born 9 Oct., 1711, ihamed 1st, Hannah Eager, 11 Apr., 1734, and she died
14 June, 1750, and he married 2d, Sarah Bates, 11 Jan., 1753, and she died
1 May, 1760. Mr, Jeremiah Beal died before the year 1752, in Weymouth,
to which town he removed about 1715, and his -wife Esther died there 21
Jan., 1760.

Jeremiah Beae, the foiu'th of the name in succession, was son of Jere-
miah and Esther, and was born in Hingham,- 25 Dec, 1706. On the 18th
of November, 1729, he married at Weymouth, whither he had removed
with his father, Mary Colson ( daughter of John Colson and his wife Su-
jsanna, the daughter of Thomas Lincoln), who was born atlliugham, 7 0ct.,
1708. Her parents, Jolm and Susanna, were, married at Hingham, 29 May,
1706 ; and on her mothers side her grandfather was Thomas Lincoln, son
of Thomas Lincoln ( distinguished as the "husbandman " ) by his wife Mar-
garet the daughter of Richard Langer, — and she was descended also by her
grandfather Lincoln's wife ( Sarah Lewis ) from James Lewis of Barnstable
and his father George, and from Sarah Lane ( daughter of George Lane ) , —
the four families of Lincoln, Langer, Leras and Lane being amongst the
earliest of those who settled in Hingham. The children of Jeremiah and
Mary Beal were : — Abijah, born in Weymouth 17 Aug., 1730, married Ann
Canterbury-, of Weymouth, 7 March, 1748-9, dwelt in Abington, where his
children were born, and finally removed to Plainfield, where he died ;
Benjamin, born in Weymouth 9 Dec, 1731, married Mary Porter, of
WejTuouth, 18 Feb., 1753, and died in Abington, (to which town the
family had removed soon afler his birth), 30 Aug., 1805, and she died
in Abington, 3 Jan. 1806, in the 72d year of her age ; Chloe, born in
Abington, 2 Feb., 1739-40, died unmarried; Levi, born in Abington in

1741, inrin-Iffl Jane Axkcii in 17(il, luul many i:liiliirt;ii horn in Ahin^^jn.
anddit'dal H()strni,wliitli(Thchadri'tii<»v«'(|,in Novi-mlKsr, 171)4 ; I'rincilla, l>om

in Aliinj^toii, in 17Wi, iiiarnc<l Captain AWraliani Shaw, «)f A! ' i

f) TVlaj , I.HlIi, li(!r linsljainl .surviving In r alioul two wi'rk.i an
1SI8. Mr..I(rcnnal» H<al died alioiit the year 17'>:^, and Win .
both in Al)inp;t()n.

Bkxja.min J{i:ai., son of .Jeremiah and Mary, wax lioin m \
Dec, 17;]] , hilt removed in a few years with hi.-< l;ithi;r to Ahin^^l. ,. .
passed the remainder of his day«. lie. was a farmer, and very thr.
one of his day ; and was styled '* Lientenant " in eonsideration of a p'].<iition ho
ImjUI in the military company of the town. On the IHth of Fel)ruary, IIM,
he married at Weymoutli, Mary Porter, (danfjhter of Kiehard Port«'r n, !
his wife Knth Wiiitnian), Avho was born at Weynioulii 2;'* Sept., 17.'U. iii i
father, Richard Porter, was son of ilohn and Alarj-, fjrandson of John and
Deliverance, and great-grandson of Richard, one of the very early settlors
of Weymouth; and her mother, Rnth Whitnjan, was daughter of Samuel
"Whitman and Mary Richards, grainl-dauglitcr of John and Abigail Whit-
man and Josepli and Sarah Richards, and grcat-grand-daughter of John
and Mary Whitman, and William and Grace Richards, all also residents of
Weymouth. The children of Benjamin and Mar\-, all of whom were bom
in Abington, were:- ChlOe, bom 3 Dec, 1753, died young; Mary, bom 11
Oct., 17;")5, married libenezer Kingman Hunt, of Abington, 5 Nov., 1778,
and died 14 Feb., 1835, and he died 2f3 July, 1831 ; Benjamin, bom 30 Oct.,
1757, married Mary Noyes, 21 June, 1787, and removed to Tumer, Maine ;
Chloe, born 8 Oct., 1759, died, unmarried, 1 Jan., 1848; Samuel, bom 8
Oct., 17G1, married 1st, Susanna Cobb, fi March, 1782, andshe died 4 May,
1785, aged 24, married 2d, Sarah Remington, 7 Oct., 1785, and she died
in Templeton, 4 May, 1804, aged 40 years, having been bom 9 June, ITt'A,
married 3d, at Winchenden, Eunice Boynton, 17 Dec, 1806, and she died
in Boston, 23 Ajml, 1842, aged G3; Riith, bom 14 Sept., 1763. married
Noah Ilersey, and moved to IMinot, Me., and finally to Bangor; Priscilla,
born 14 Feb., 17(56, died uinnarried ; Ztdotes, born 23 Feb., 1768, niarrie<l
Sarah Burrill, 2 March, 1797, and died in December, 1841, and she died 12
March, 1854, aged 81 ; Lytli^ born 13 Feb., 1770, married David Tnifant,
of Wt'pnouth, 6 Dec, 179i, and died 4 July, 1834, and he died in April,
1835 ; Sarah, born 11 November, 1772, married N.athanicl Tirrell, 4 Jan.,
1795, and died in 1842; Nathaniel, bom 11 Feb., 1775, marrii-d Tamar '
Hobart in January, 1807, and died 3 Feb., 1820, and his widow died 31
Dec, 1887, aged 51; MehHable, bnrn 1 May, 1777, married Abner IIol-
brook, of Weymouth, 1 March, 1796, and died 12 January, 1851, and he
died 23 Feb.^ 1847. IMr. Benjamin Beal died in Abinucton. 30 Aug.. 1805,
and his wiilowM ur died in the same town, 3 Jan., I8i.>6. The descendants

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of Samuel, Zelotes and Nathaniel are quite numerous in the town of Abing-
ton at the present time.

The children of Lieut. Samuel Beal were : — ^by 1st wife, Susanna Cobb,
Abigail Shaw, born in Abington, 9 Dec., 1783, married Joseph Faxon
and both died in N. Bridgewater ; by 2d wife, Sarah Eemington (daughter
of Thomas and Rachel), 'Jeremiah, born in Abington, 10 June, 1786,
married 1st, Eunice Stone, and 2d, Susan Stone, and died in Brattleboro',Vt. ;

"^Samuel, born in Abington, 5 April, 1788, marr;ed, at Boston, ISTancy Steal,
24 Sept., 1809, died at Boston, 10 May, 1812 ; Susan, born in Abington, 9
Jan., 1790, married Daniel Lazel, 2 May, 1816, and died in Abington ;
Sarah, bom in Abington, 4 May, 1792, married, at Boston, Hiram Smith, 10
June, 1812, and died, at Boston, 28 April, 1863 ; Elizabeth, born in Abing-
ton, 12 March, 1794, married, at Boston, Charles Bowers, 6 Nov., 1816;

'^ Thomas, bom in Abington, 8 May, 1796, married, at Abington, Ruth Faxon,
22 Oct., 1823, and died 5 June, 1862; Benjamin, born at Tempi etmi
May, 1798, married, at Abington, Charlotte Melvin, 6 June, 1820;^
bora at Templeton, 29 Dec, 1800, married at Brattleboro, Vt.
Nichols, 22 Aug., 1825, and died at Boston, 22 Apr., 1841. By 3d wife,
Eunice Bovnton, he had the followinsr children born at Winchenden : —
Jonathan, bom 19 Sept., 1807, married Mary Boynton, and died 2 Jan.
1837 ; Madison, born 22 Feb., 1809, married Tryphena B. Martin, 14 Jime,
1829 ; Wnder, born 4 March, 1811, married 1st, Emeline Taylor of Newton,
2 March, 1837, married 2d, Adeline Henderson, 18 Nov., 1840; Eunice
Adams, born 25 July, 1813, married Adam Shaler ; Samuel, born 25 June,

1815, married — Alger; Mary Por-ter, bom 22 Aug., 1§17, married

at Lexington, Frederick Johnson ; Nathaniel, born 26 March, 1820, married

Abigail Newell, at Kennebeck, Maine, 17 Sept., 1844; Ruth, born ,

married, at Lexington, Elbridge Johnson.

The children of Zelotes, all bom in Abington, were :— Nelson, bom 14
Aug., 1797; Benjamin, bom 14 Sept., 1799: Ruth, born 4 April, 1801;
Zelotes, born 19 March, 1803 ; John A., born 4 March, 1805 ; Sally, bom
23 Sept., 1806 ; Micah, born 18 Nov., 1808 : Gridley, born 10 Dec, 1811 ; -
Samuel C, born 22 May, 1813 ; Mary P., bom 22 Aug., 1818,

The children of Nathaniel, all born in Abington, were: — Nathaniel,
bom 2 Dec, 1807, married Nancy T. Winsor, of Duxbury, 2 Dec, 1831 ;
Tamar, born 18 March, 1810; Asabel, born 14 Oct., 1812; Lucy, bom
12 Jan., 1815; Henry, bom 8 Feb., 1817, and died in Abington ; Ezekiel,
born 14 May, 1819.

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