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6000191 18Q

Ml S. J. I

THE

SABIN FAMILY

OF AMERICA.

THE FOUR EARLIEST GENERATIONS.

Rev, Anson Titus, Jr.,

CORSMHWIHHS SECRETARY WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY;

MEMBER NEW ENGLAND HIBTORIC-GENEAI.O'.ICAL SOCIETY, BOSTON ;

OOBBS8POJOWG MEMBER PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETT, PHTLA ;

CORRESPONDING MEMBER VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, RICHMOND ;

MEMBER BOTV2R8AUSI HISTORICAL SOCIETY, TUFT'S COLLEGE.

WEYMOUTH, MASS.
1882.

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THE SABIN FAMILY OF AMERICA.

FODR GENERATIONS.

By the Eev. Anson Titcs, Jr., Weymouth, Whsh.

Sarin, the first progenitor, appeared in the town of

., at. tin- organization of the town in 1643. When he came

» not known, but tradition says he came from Wales or the

.■'■Mil. whine he had found refuge in flight from France. He

as a man of considerable culture ; and possessing

account of his estate and gifts for the relieving of

a who suffered from the ravages of the Indians. He was

iptrits of Rehoboth in schools, church and in affairs at

h ife was we know not, but she died shortly after

d second, Martha (born Dec. 11, 1641, a twin sister of

if James and Anna Allen, of Medfield, Dec 22, 1663.

ir of Nathaniel and Joseph Allen, who married daughters

. He died about 1687. His will was made Jane 4, 1C85,

July 17, 1687, during the administration of Gov.

jinn! will is on file in Boston. la it are mentioned

•my children. His children by first wife — all born in

it, whose place is unknown:

i. Samuel Bulha Aug. 20, 1672; d.
B ; m. Nathaniel Allen. Shed. Feb.
■fe Bnllin March 15, 1675 ; d. with-
^HflMn.of Medfield, Mass., Nor.

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10001

THE SABIN FAMILY OF AMERICA.

FOUR GENERATIONS.

By tbe Rev. Anson Titos, Jr., Weymouth, Mass.
1. William' Sabin, the first progenitor, appeared in the town of
Rehoboth, Mass., at the organization of the town in 1643. When he came
to America is not known, but tradition says he came from Wales or the
south of England, where he had found refuge in flight from France. He
was a Huguenot, and was a man of considerable culture ; and possessing
wealth, as is shown in the account of his estate and gifts for the relieving of
the wants of those who suffered from the ravages of the Indians. He was
one of the leading Bpirits of Rehoboth in schools, church and in affairs at
Plymouth. Who his first wife was we know not, but she died shortly after
1660. He married second, Martha (born Dec 11, 1641, a twin sister of
Mary), daughte* of James and Anna Allen, of Medfield, Dec. 22, 1663.
Martha was a sister of Nathaniel and Joseph Allen, who married daughters
by the former wife. He died about 1687. His will was made June 4, 1685,
and probated in Boston, July 17, 1687, during the administration of Gov.
AndrOB. The original will is on file in Boston. In it are mentioned
sixteen of his twenty children. His children by first wife — all born in
Rehoboth except two eldest, whose place is unknown :
9. i. Sanucl.

ii. Elisabeth, b. . 1643 ; m. first, Robert Millard, Nov. 34, 1863 ; m.

second, Samuel Howard. Sbe d. Feb. 7, 1717.

3. iii. Joseph, b. Hay 34, 1645.

4. iv, Bhwuun, b. Hay 3, 1646.
6. v. Nkbkhiah, b. May 38, 1647.

vi. EiPEnriraCR, b. June 8, 1648 ; m. Samuel Bullin Aug. 30, 1673 ; d.
without issue June 14, 1738.

rii. Mart (or Mercy), b. May 23, 1653; m. Nathaniel Allen. Shed. Feb.
37, 1674, leaving son Samuel.

viii. Abigail, b. Sept. 8, 1653 ; m. Joseph Bullin March IS, 1675 ; d. with-
out issue May 1, 1731.

ix. Hannah, b. Oct. 22, 1654 ; m. Joseph Allen, of Medfield, Mass., Nov.
10, 1673 ; removed to Pomfret , Conn. ; had 12 children.

z. Pathncs, b. Deo. — , 1655.

xi. JmnriAB, b. Jan. 34, 1657. Perhaps Jonathan, as a Jonathan is men-
tioned as being in the Narraganset, Expedition, 1676. Bliss's Hist,
of Rehoboth, p. 117.

xil. Sarah, b. July 37, 1660.

Children by second wife ;

6. xiil. Jans, b. Jar.. 1, 1664-5.

7. xrr. John, b. Aug. 37, 1666.

XT. Hezbkiah, b. April 3, 1669; d. , 1693.

xvi. Noah, b. March 1, 1671 ; d. , 1694.

xrii. Mkhitablb, b. May 15, 1673 ; m. Joseph Bucklin July 30, 1691 ; d.

Sept. 37, 1751. He died July 38, 1739.
XTfli. Mart, b. Sept. 8, 1675 ; m. Deo. 8, 1696, Nathaniel Cooper.
xix. Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1677.
XX. Uaroaret, b. April 30, 1680 ; d. July 10, 1697.

S. Sahtox* Sabin (William 1 ). Lived in Rehoboth ; m. Mary Bil-
Hngton Not. SO, 1663. He was a sergeant in Capt. Samuel Gallope's
r "la crusade against Quebec," 1690. He died 1699. Children ;

0<J

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8. i. Samuel, b. Nov. 27, 1664.
ii. Marc?, b. March 8, 1666.

iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1667 ; m. John Kingsly July 1, 1686.

9. iv. Israel, b. June 16, 1673.

v. Experience, b. Oct. 5, 1676 ; d. Nov. 28, 1676.

vi. Mary, b. March 4, 1678-9.

3. Joseph 2 Sabin (William 1 ). Lived in Rehoboth; m. WaitstiL
He d. Aug. 10, 1690. His widow afterwards m. Jarett Ingraham

Children :
i.

Jonathan, b. July 12, 1674 ; m. Catharine , and had Jonathan

b. Aug. 6, 1703 ; probably removed to Newport, R. I., before 1707.
Waitstill, b. Oct. 23, 1676.
iii. Abigail, b. Aug. 16, 1678 ; m. Dec. 24, 1697, Stephen Randall, of

Stonington, Conn,
iv. Experience, b. March 14, 1681 ; d. May 13, 1681.
v. Joseph, b. Nov. 18, 1682 ; d. May 8, 1683.
vi. William, b. Sept. 27, 1684 ; d. Dec. 7, 1707.
vii. Hannah, b. Aug. 9, 1687.

4. Benjamin* Sabin (WiUiam 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth until 1675
when he removed to Roxbury, Mass.; and in 1686 was one of the thir
teen pioneers who settled Woodstock, Conn., and joined the same year ir
purchasing a large tract of land lying just south of Woodstock, Mashamo-
quoit, the present town of Pomfret. He lived in Woodstock until 1705
when he removed to his new purchase. The town of Pomfret was not in
corporated until 1713, nor the church organized until 1715, which accounts
for his continuing his church relations in Woodstock after his removal. H<
died in Pomfret July 21, 1725, aged 80. He m. first, Sarah, daughter oi
John and Rebecca Polly, of Roxbury, who was born June 2, 1650 (a twir
of Mary). He m. second, Sarah Parker, July 5, 1678, who died Jan. 22,
1717-8. The will of John Polly mentions " the four motherless childrei
of their daughter Sabin to have their mother's part." Children :

i. Josiah, b. in Rehoboth, Oct. 11, 1669; m. Rebecca Cheney, Rox
bury, Mass., June 18, 1706. They resided in Roxbury in 1730, anc
had two daughters. He died in Pomfret, Feb. 22, 1745.

10. ii. Ebenezer, b. in Rehoboth Dec. 10, 1671.

11. iii. Benjamin, b. in Rehoboth Dec. 2, 1673.
iv. Mehitable, b. in Roxbury Sept. 7, 1677.

By second wife:

v. Sarah, b. in Roxbury Aug. 1, 1679 ; m. Samuel Adams Jan. 6, 1705
(N. S.)

12. vi. Nehemiah, b. in Roxbury Jan. 10, 1681.
vii. Patience, b. in Roxbury May 3, 1682.

13. viii. Jeremiah, b. in Roxbury March 11, 1684.

ix. Experience, b. in Roxbury Feb. , 1686 f m. David Morse of Med-

field, Aug. 22, 1705.

14. x. Stephen, b. in Woodstock May 30, 1689.

15. xi. Timothy, b. in Woodstock,

1694.

5. Nehemiah 2 Sabin (WiUiam 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth; m. Eliza
beth Fuller, August 4, 1672. »He was slain by the Indians June, 1676
Children :

i. Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1673.

ii. David, b. Nov. 10, 1674 ; d. Feb. 4, 1674-5.

iii. Daniel, mentioned in Rehoboth records Feb. 7, 1689, as an orphan soi
of Nehemiah. — Bliss, Hist, of Rehoboth, p. 128. Daniel settled ii
Windham, Conn., where he married Abigail Abbe, daughter oi
Obadiah, March 18, 1701. He died Nov. 9, 1755.

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6. James* Sabin (William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth; m. Oct. 18,
1689, Abigail Brazier, of Charlestown, Mass., a daughter of Edward, born
Dec. 18, 1664. Children:

i. Stephen, d. 18 June, 1690. |?]

ii. Hezekiah, b. June 1, 1690.

16. iii. Noah, b. Feb. 24, 1691-2.

17. iv. Joseph, b. July 6, 1694.

18. y. James, b. May 22, 1696.

vi. Abigail, b. Feb. 2, 1697-8 ; d. Feb. 12, 1698.

19. vii. David, b. Feb. 8, 1698-9.

viii. Martha, b. April 9, 1702 ; m. Thomas Perry, Sept. 19, 1728.
ix. Abigail, b. May 16, 1704 ; m. Benjamin French Jan. 7, 1724-5.

7. John 8 Sabin (William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth until 1691, when
he removed to Pomfret, Conn. He was a " leading military spirit," " a
bold and active pioneer." His military services were acknowledged by the
colonial governments. Until 1715 his church connections were at Wood-
stock. Vide Miss Larned's excellent History of Windham County, Conn.
He m. Dec. 3, 1689, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Peck, born Feb. 2, 1669,
and died Oct. 1, 1738. Maj. John Sabin d. Oct. 25, 1742. Children:

i. Judith, b. in Rehoboth Aug. 26, 1690 ; m. Joseph Leavens.

20. ii. Hezekiah, b. in Pomfret Nov. 5, 1692.

21. iii. John, b. in Pomfret Jan.— —, 1695-6.

22. iv. Noah, b. in Pomfret Jan. 27, 1697.

8. Samuel 3 Sabin (Samuel? William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth; m.
first, Grace ; m. second, Ruth Read. Children :

i. Isaac, b. Feb. 2, 1695.

ii. Samuel, b. Aug. 29, 1697.

iii. Grace, b. April 5, 1699 ; m. Jeremiah Robinson March 27, 1718.

iv. Experience, b. May 22, 1700.

v. Patience, b. Oct. 3, 1704.

vi. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 1, 1705 ; d. Sept. , 1705.

vii. Mercy, b. Aug. 19, 1706.

By second wife :

viii. Elijah, b. Feb. 9, 1722.

9. Israel 9 Sabin (Samuel? William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth, after-
wards in Attleboro* ; m. May 20, 1696, Mary Ormsbee. Children :

i. Sarah, b. March 26, 1697.

ii. Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1698.

iii. Samuel, b. Jan, 21, 1700.

iv. Israel, b. Oct. 8, 1701.

v. Jeremiah, b. Aug. ,26, 1703.

vi. Josiah, b. June 3, 1705, in Attleboro\

vii. Margaret, b. Feb. 5, 1706-7, in Attleboro'.

viii. William, b. Oct. 14, 1708, in Attleboro'.

iz. Eleazer, b. Feb. 21, 1710-11, in Attleboro'.

x. Mary, b. June 15, 1712, in Attleboro'.

10. Ebenezer 3 Sabin (Benjamin, 9 William 1 ). Resided in Wood-
stock ; m. Susanna . A Susanna Sabin was admitted to " full com-
munion" in Roxbury in June, 1696. (Rec. Com. Rep. Roxbury Records,
page 102.) He was Ensign in 1700 in expedition against Canada. He
d. Sept. 18, 1739. Children:

i. Ebenezer, b. July 8, 1696.

ii. Joseph, b. Jan. 23, 1701.

iii. Susanna, b. April 5, 1704.

23. iv. Joshua, b. May 26, 1706.

v. Mkhitable, b. July 21, 1711 ; d. May 19, 1739.
vi. SBTH,b.Oct. 21, 1714.

11. Benjamin* Sabin (Benjamin, 2 William 1 ), Resided in Woodstock,

afterwards Pomfret; m. Elizabeth Davis, Nov. 4, 1700. Roxbury Records.

She d. May 16, 1753. He d. Dec. 28, 1 750. Children :

i. Benjamin, b. in Woodstock Jane 12, 1702.

ii. Sarah, b. in Woodstock Dec. 24, 1703.

iii. Elisha, b. in Woodstock May 16, 1705 ; settled in Dudley, Mass.

iv. Petes, b. in Pomfret Sept. 15, 1707.

v. William, b. Feb. 27, 1709.

vi. Isaac, b. Aug. 2, 1711.

Si.Mf.rr H '} twinS ' bDeCl °' m4 -

ix. Esther, b. Aug. 24, 1719 ; m. John Wilson, Dedham, Mass.

12. Nehemiah" Sabin (Benjamin, 9 William 1 ). Married first, Eliza-
beth Boyden, of Medfield, Mass., where he resided until about 1716, when
he returned to Pomfret ; m. second, Ruth Cooper, Dec. 3, 1735. He died
July 5, 1746. Children, by first wife:

i. Abigail, b. May 15, 1703 ; m. John Parkhurst.

ii. Thomas, b. Dec. 2, 1705 ; d. Aug. 6, 1706.

iii. Sarah, b. Jan. 10, 1709 ; m. — Bacon, and d. before 1746.

iv. Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1711; m. Jonathan Lyon.

v. Nehemiah, b. Sept. 9, 1713 ; probably d. before 1741.

vi. Mary, b. June 5, 1718.

vii. Experience, b. Aug. 12, 1720 ; m. Jonathan Kingsley.

By second wife :

▼iii. Sybil, b. July 18, 1736.

ix. Lois,b. Dec. 21, 1738.

x. Nehemiah, b. April 8, 1741 ; m. Mary Rice May 12, 1763 ; settled in
Tolland, Conn., where eight children were born, among them Elijah
R., a Methodist clergyman, the father of Hon. Lorenzo Sabine. [See
Register, 1879, p. 433.]

xi. Thomas, b. April 9, 1744.

xii. Ebenezbr, b. July 1, 1746.

«

13. Jeremiah* Sabin (Benjamin, 2 William 1 ). Resided in Pomfret ;

m. Abigail .

Children :

He d. Jan. 20, 1775, aged 90 years and 10 months.

i. Samuel, b. Sept. 18, 1712.

ii. Samuel, b. April 7, 1714.

iii. Uriah, b. April 11, 1715.

iv. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 17, 1717.

v. Moses, b. Jan. 27, 1719.

vi. Abigail, b. June 26, 1721.

vii. Aaron, d. Dec. 14, 1723.

viii. Hannah, b. March 23, 1725.

ix. Hezekiah, b. Sept. 27, 1727.

14. Stephen 8 Sabin (Benjamin 9 William 1 ). Resided in Medfield
Mass., where he was selectman, town treasurer and schoolmaster. Married
first, Elizabeth Mason, of Dedham, June 3, 1718, in Boston,' by Samuel
Sewall. She died Jan. 30, 1730. Married second, Susanna, widow of John
Plympton. He d. io 1*737. Children :

i. Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1718-19: m. Richard Mann ; d. Jan. 18, 1748.

ii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1720 ; d. Jan. 13, 1744.

iii. Patience, b. Nov. 7, 1722; m. Simon Harding ; d. June 11, 1751.

iv. Phebk, b. April 15, 1725 ; d. May 23, 1745.

v. Stephen, b. May 14, 1727 ; d. Aug. 19, 1744.

vi. Abigail, b. Aug. 12, 1729 ; perhaps d. young.

15. Timothy 8 Sabin {Benjamin* William 1 ). Resided in Pomfret;
m. first, Martha Johnson, Feb. 5, 1717, who died Oct. 2, 1745 ; m. second,
Experience Houghton, Oct. 14, 1746, the widow of William Houghton, of
Lancaster, Mass. He died May 9, 1780. Children :

i. Huldah, b. June 21, 1719.

ii. Nathaniel, b. May 18, 1721 ; d. Nov. 7, 1746.

iii. Timothy, b. Oct. 11, 1723 ; d. Oct. 7, 1743.

iv. Ichabod, b. May 25, 1726.

y. Martha, b. Aug. 30, 1728.

vi. Josiah, b. Feb. 8, 1730.

vii. Daniel, b. Jan. 31, 1734 : d. Oct. 17, 1743.

viii. Sarah, b. May 4, 1737 ; d. Dec. 26, 1749.

16. Noah 8 Sabin (James, 2 William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth; m. Jan.
-, 1713-4, Ruth (Bliss) Walker, second wife and widow of Samuel

Walker — a daughter of Samuel and Mary Bliss, born No v. 11, 1687. She
had three children by Mr. Walker. He died , 1774. His will men-
tions a wife Abigail. Children :

i. Noah, b. Oct. 28, 1714. [See Sabine's Loyalists, and Hist. Eastern

Vermont, pp. 6 and 696.]
ii. Thomas, b. Dec. 16, 1716.

iii. Rachel, b. March 2, 1718-19 ; m. Edward Iledden, Rehoboth.
iv. Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1722.

17. Joseph 3 Sabin (James, 9 William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth ; m.
Mary . He died about 1750. Children :

i. Uriah, b. July 25, 1725.

ii. William, b. July 3, 1728.

iii. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1733.

iv. John, b. April 30, 1736.

v. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 11, 1738.

vi. Daniel, b. July 31, 1741.

18. James 8 Sabin (James, 2 William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth ; m. first,
Hannah ; m. second, Dorothy . Children :

i. Hepsibeth, b. Nov. 28, 1721.

By second wife :

ii. James, b. June 5, 1729.

iii. William, b. Dec. 15, 1731 ; probably d. young.

iv. James, b. Feb. 17, 1732-3.

v. Thomas, b. Aug. 4, 1734 ; probably d. young.

vi. Dolly, b. March 26, 1737 ; d. in Providence, R. I., Jan. 3, 1830 ; unm.

vii. Thomas, b. July 21, 1739 ; d. Sept. 26, 1800.

viii. William, b. July 1, 1741; d. Aug. 4, 1800.

ix. Vasskl, b. Nov. 19, 1744 ; m. Martha Freeman Nov. 22, 1768.

x. Molly, b. , 1748 ; unm.

19. David 3 Sabin (James* William 1 ). Resided in Rehoboth, and in
winter 1736 and 7 settled in Hard wick, Mass. ; m. first, Jael Peck, of At-
tleboro', May 19, 1725 ; m. second, Mary Remington, October 21, 1731.
Children :

i. Noah, b. Aug. 3, 1732.

iii. THOH , AS,J tWin8 ' bJan - 6 > lm

iv. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1736.

v. Lydia, bapt. Sept. 24, 1738, in Hardwick, Mass.

vi. David, bapt. Oct. 19, 1740, in Hardwick.

vii. Chloe, bapt. July , 1743, in Hardwick.

viii. Lucy, bapt. Sept. 14, 1746, in Hardwick.

20. Hezekiah 8 Sabin (John, 3 William 1 ). Resided in Pomfret; m.
Zerviah, daughter of James and Elizabeth Hosmer. Children :

i. Sarah, bapt. Sept. 27, 1719.

ii. Hezekiah, bapt. Sept. 5, 1720 ; d. in New Haven, Ct. .March 7, 1791.

iii. Hannah, b. March 13, bapt. March 18, 1722 ; m. Gov. Nicholas Cooke,

of Providence, R. I. [See Russell Family, p. 150 et seq.]
iv. Charles, bapt. April 18, 1725.
v. Jesse, bapt. Jan. 22, 1727.
vi. Jonathan, bapt. Aug. 17, 1729 ; d. young,
vii. Zerviah, bapt. July 11, 1731.
viii. Zebediah, bapt. Jan. 23, 1736.

21. John 8 Sabin (John 3 William 1 ). Resided in Pomfret until 1730,
then removed to the present town of Franklin, Conn.; m. first, Esther
Deming, Nov. 19, 1719, who died May 25, 1728. He m. second, Hannah,
daughter of Dr. Comfort Starr, of Dedham, Mass., who died Sept. 13, 1757,
aged 57. He was a physician, and interested in church and military affairs.
He died March 28, 1742. Children :

i. Ben a j ah, b. Sept. 4, 1720.

ii. John, b. Julv 26, 1722.

iii. Jerusha. b. Sept. 5, 1724.

iv. Elijah, b. Aug. 26, 1726.

v. Esther, b. April 7, 1728.

22. Noah* Sabin (John 3 ' William*). Resided on homestead of his
father; m. Mary Williams, June 30, 1737. She died April 13, 1768. He
died Aug. 7, 1759. Children :

i. Noah, b. April 1, 1738.

ii. John, b. Oct. 25, 1739; d. April 29, 1766. A physician.

iii. Jonathan, b. July 28, 1742.

iv. Sarah, b. July 10, 1745 ; d. Oct. 26, 1745.

v. Sarah, b. April 27, 1747.

vi. Mary, b. March 31, 1749; d. June 7, 1750.

vii. Mary, b. April 2, 1751.

viii. Judith, b. June 4, 1753.

ix. Lucy, b. Nov. 23, 1756 ; m. lthamar May.

23. Joshua 4 Sabin (Ebenezer, 9 Benjamin 3 William 1 ). Resided in
Pomfret ; m. Mary , Jan. 22, 1734. Children :

i. Abishai, b. Sept. 10, 1735 ; d. Feb. 4, 1782. A clergyman.

ii. Susanna, b. Aug. 25, 1737.

iii. Joshua, d. June 6, 1740 ; m. Ruth Wiswall.

iv. Mary, b. May 6, 1742 ; d. Oct. 24, 1754.

24. v. Sylvanus, b. Jan. 14, 1744.

vi. Phethena, b. Jan. 6, 1747 ; d. May 12, 1754.
vii. Lucy, b. Aug. 9, 1749 ; d. March 17, 1752.
viii. Walter, b. Feb. 12, 1752; d. Sept. 28, 1774.
ix. Alice, b. April 20, 1754 ; d. Oct. 13, 1754.
z. Elizabeth, d. Sept. 6, 1756.

24. Sylvanus 6 Sabin (Joshua* Ebenezer* Benjamin 3 William 1 ). Re-
sided in Pomfret, and in 1774 removed to Monson,Mass. ; m. Lucy, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wiswall, who was born December 29, 1749.
Children :

i. Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1769 ; d. Jan. 21, 1776.

ii. Lucy, b. April 3, 1771 ; m. Erastus Bush, Monson, Mass.

25. iii. Oliver, b. March 9, 1773.

iv. Polly, b. April 28, 1775 ; m. Webber.

v. Ruth, b. May 30, 1777 : m. Levi Burgess, Erieville, N. Y.

vi. Walter, b. April 4, 1780 ; d. May 6, 1795. ,

vii. Sylvanus, b. July 20, 1783 ; removed to Joliet, HI.

viii. Joshua, b. Deo. 4, 1786 ; d. March 2, 1802.

ix. Alfred, b. Sept. 17, 1789; d. at Sherburne, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1872.

x. Betsey, b. Aug. 7, 1792 ; m. Simpson, Cazenovia, N. Y.

25. Oliver 6 Sabin (Sylvanus,* Joshua, 4 Ebenezer,* Benjamin, 2 Wil-
liam 1 ). Removed from Monson to Burlington, Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1801,
and the following year to Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y. About 1825,
removed to the town of Marshall, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he died June
5, 1846. He m. Jan. 2, 1800, Olive, born in Mansfield, Conn., March 3,
1776, a daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Porter) Upham. She died March
24,1846. Children:

i. Lucy, b. Oct. 17, 1800 ; m. Seth Bass ; d. Aug. 19, 1857.

ii. Alberto, b. May 13, 1802; d. March 11, 1854.

iii. Horace, b. Nov. 30, 1803 ; d. March 9, 1805.

iv. Sylvanus, b. July 22, 1805 ; d. Aug. 9, 1872.

v. Statira, b. Oct. 29, 1806 ; m. Minor Button.

vi. Jerusha, b. July 21, 1808; m. Loren Hewitt.

26. vii. Almira, b. Jan. 26, 1810.

viii. Orrilla, b. Nov. 28, 1811 ; d. Aug. 21, 1813.
ix. Betsey, b. Oct. 15, 1813 ; m. Justin Hungerford.
x. Stephen Decatur, b. June 15, 1816 ; d. Sept. 7, 1874.
xi. Oliver Perry, b. April 29, 1821 ; d. April 7, 1850.

26. Almira 7 Sabin (Oliver,* Sylvanus, 5 Joshua, 4 JEJbenezer, 9 Benja-
min, 2 William 1 ). Married June 3, 1834, Anson Titus, born in Marshall,
N. Y., March 13, 1809, son of Billy and Judith (Huested) Titus. Reside
in Phelps, N. Y., where they settled in 1835. Children :

i. Thomas Benton, b. in Byron, N. Y., March 2, 1835 ; resides in Sodus,

N. Y.
ii. Mary Juliet, b. in Wolcott, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1837; d. May 2, 1841.
iii. Oliver Sabin, b. May 13, 1843 ; residence Shorts vi lie, N. I .
iv. Billy, b. April 4, 1845 ; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.

27. v. Anson, b. June 21, 1847.

vi. Susan Olive, b. May 5, 1849; m. 0. D. Carr, Phelps,
vii. Albert Alberto, b. Feb. 16, 1852 ; d. Oct. 29, 1852.

27. Anson 8 Titus, Jr. (Almira? Oliver,* Sylvanus, 5 Joshua, 4 Ebene-
zer, 9 Benjamin, 2 William 1 ). A Universalist clergyman [and the author of
this article]. At this writing, pastor in Weymouth, Mass. Married Dec.
11, 1872, Lucy Tobie (b. July 16, 1851), daughter of James and Lucy
(Tobie) Merrill, of New Gloucester, Maine. Children :

i. Anson Merrill, b. in New Gloucester April 8, J875.
ii. Marion Lucy, b. in Weymouth Nov. 20, 1880.

Reprinted from the New Eng. Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1882.

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INTRODUCTORY.

The foregoing pages were published in the January 1882 Number of
the New England Historical-Genealogical Register, and with additional
items regarding the family, we issue it in pamphlet form. That it will
prove of interest to all the family we have no doubt. Tt has been a
pleasure, on our part, to gather these data, and to place them in the
pages of a leading historical and genealogical magazine. Here they
will be consulted and ever refered to by the students of family history
in America, in the principal libraries of the world. And by publishing
them in pamphlet form, places them within the reach of every family
of the name or descendants bearing other names. The author hopes to
be supported in this endeavor to give the family its early American
history, and if supported, as we have reason to think we will be, the
years will not be distant when the full history of the family will be
prepared and published.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The author, in the collection of these notes, and many others
unpublished, is under many obligations to the following named for
their research into records, documents, and official archives, and the
family can only thank them for this labor on their behalf. Beside
these, many of the family have freely given us the records and traditions
of their line of ancestry. To one and all our thanks are due.

Edward P. Hay ward, Esq., Town Clerk of Pomfret, Conn. David
Jillson, South Attleboro', Mass., genealogist and local historian.
Win. Swift, Esq., Windham, Conn. Hon. Lucius M. Boltwood, New
Haven, Conn. O. P. Waldo, Tolland, Conn. Rev. L. R. Paige, D.D.
Cambridgeport, Mass. Anthony Ames, Esq., Danielsonville, Conn.
Manning Leonard, Southbridge, Mass. W. S. Tilden, Medfield, Mass.
Miss Ellen D. Larned, Thompson, Conn., author of the two excellent
volumes, the History of Windham County, Conn. Zephaniah Baker,
Dudley, Mass. Chas. Sabin, Esq., Providence, R. I. Hon. Holmes
Ammidown, New York City. Beside these, oftentimes are we under
obligations to John Ward Dean, Librarian New England Historic-Gen-
ealogical Society, Boston. Samuel Green, M. D., Librarian Mass.
Historical Society, and now Mayor of Boston ; and also to the archives
of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

THE WILL OF WILLIAM SABIN.

The original of this document is on file at the Probate Office, at
Boston, Mass. The residence of William Sabin in the will is stated as
at Rehoboth, where he had been living about forty years, and we have
thought the reason of its being probated in Boston was because he died
in 1687, during the administration of Gov. Andros, a time when the
Governments of the more northern Colonies were somewhat interfered
with. But it is intimated in Ammidown's Historical Sketches, Vol.1,
page 157, that he died in Boston, and was buried in the Granary Burial
Yard, having removed there to associate with the French Refugees, or

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Huguenots, who had recently settled and established a church. T
S are many of the early French Protestant families of Boston burie

[ this yard. More light is needed on this point. The will was evide

•, written by William Sabin himself, as there is a correspondence bet?

the signature and the document. Every evidence we have disch

shows him to be an able and worthy man, influential in all the affaii

Rehobotb and Plymouth Colony.

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liber x. pp 60, 61, 62. I

MADE JUNE 4, 1685,
PROBATED 5th, JULY, 1687.

THE WILL OF WILLIAM SABIN.

Bee itt known vnto all men That I, William Sabin, of the Towi
Rehoboth, in the Government of New Plymouth in New Engl*
Being through the Goodness and Sparing mercy of God in good he
and Competency of understanding, yett not knowing how soon or
suddaine God may in his all wise providence put a Period to
Natural Life Having for the glory of God and the good of my wife
children and the peaeable Settling of the Estate God by his good]
hath betrusted me with all. hath made this last will and Testan
This Fourth day of June in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand
Hundred & eighty (five. Desiring and Charging my Deare Chile
after my Discease to keep with God and Observe his holly Comnu
ments performing all those Christian Duties that God in his wh
word requires of them, setting up and upholding both in family an<
Publique. Imprimis. I do resigne my soule into the hands of the I
Jesus my Dear Redeemer and my body to be decently buried.

Item itt is my will that my lawful debts shall be Discharged.

Item I give and bequeth vnto my Deare and beloved wife
Dwelling house and halfe of the Barne and the halfe of my home L
and Orchard and a piece of Salt Meadow adjoining to Capt. Hun
and my ffresh meadow called Wright's Meadow, and my pasture
mantoms neck, and six acres of Land in the Second Division adjoir
to Mr. Smith's and foure acres in the greate playne where itt is sod
and free vse and Improvements of Herbage and Commonage ; all i
Lands, houses and Orchards, during her Widowhood if she marry
during her naturall Life. Likewise I bequeath to my Deare wife fix
cows, Two Oxen, a mare and twenty Ewes and all my Swine, and
my household goods and all the Cloath, woll, frlax and Corne wi
Doors and Barrie or vpon the ground.

Item I give and bequeath unto my sonn Samuel, the one halfe o:
Eleaven acres of Land in the Second Division, Laying between San
and Nathaniel Pero's Land, and John Titus', to him, his heirs
assignes forever.

Item. I give and bequeth vnto my sonn Joseph an acre of Mea<
att Palmer's River, Lying vnder the Hill over the Brooke against
Long Spang, att the Southern end, and ten acres of that Division
is now a Surveying, to him, his heirs and assignes forever.

Item. I give and bequeath vnto my sonn Benjamine, the other
of the Eleaven acres of Land in the Second Division which I Gav

to my sonne Samuel, to my sonn Benjamin, his heirs and assigns
forever.

Item I give to my sonn James the other half of my home lotte and
orchoard and Barne and the rest of my Lands in the Second Division,
and Grate Playne that is not before Disposed. And two acres of Salt
Marsh and part of fresh meadow in the forke of Palmer's River, to him,
his heirs or assignes forever. Likewise I give him a yoake of Oxen and
a Mare.

Item. I give to my sonne John the Mill Lotte wch is twelve acres,
and my neck Lotte and two acres to him, his heirs forever.

Item. I give to my sonn Hezekiah, twenty acres att Palmer's River,
and two acres of Salt Marsh and a piece of Meadow called the Hole att
Palmer's River, and Twenty acres of the Division that is now Laying
out to him, his heirs & assignes forever.

Item I give to my sonn Noah my Lotte of Land upon Ragged
playne, and all my Meadow and pond att Mr. Brown's pond and Two
acres of Salt Meadow to him, his heirs and assignes forever. '

Item. It is my will that my foure sonnes James, John, Hezekiah
and Noah shall have my Commonage to be equally Divided betwixt
them ( excepting the vse and improvement I have given in my will.

Item. I give vnto my Three Daughters Experience, Abigail and
Hannah three pounds a piece to be paid by Nathaniel Allen that is due
me by bill.

Item. I give vnto my Grand-Child Samuel Allen six pounds of a
Debt Due me from Nathaniel Allen as appears by bill.

Item. I give vnto my Daughters Elizabeth and Patience, each of
them a Cow to be paid within a year after my Decease,

Item. I give to my foure youngest daughters, Mehitable, Mary,
Sarah and Margarett, five pounds a piece at their marriage out of the \.m

rest of my estate.

I give my wife two books and to have her choice, and the rest I give I3j

to my children, the Eldest to Chuse one first and soe all of them |

Successively and then to begin againe until they have chosen them all.

Item. Itt is my will that if my wife marry that shee shall then
resigne vp the house, barne and Lands to my sonn James whom I doe
by this my will enjoyne him and his heirs to pay his mother five pounds
a yeare during her natural Life, if she require itt, and itt is my will that
my sonn James shall have the said Lands and houses, if my wife marry
not, at her Decease.

Item, itt is this my will that my beloved wife shall be executrix and
my sonn James, Executor to this my will, and I appoint my sonns
Samuel & Benjamin to be Overseers to my will.

With his Seal and Signed, Sealed

in the presence of

Thomas Cooper,

William Carpenter. Signed,

William Sabin.

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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.

We are indebted to Mrs. Senator Foster for the recent published
Memorial of her late most worthy husband, Senator Lafayette Sabin
Foster, of Connecticut. Mr. Foster was Vice-President, pro tern., of
the United States, after the assassination of President Lincoln, which
office he held until the close of his Senatorial career. The Memorial is
a slight tribute to the radiant Christian character and bearing he exem-
plified in duty, home and official life.

Hon. Holmes Ammidown, New York City, whose great grand-father
was Joseph, [10, ii,] published some years since two volumes of
Historical Collections, embracing histories of Woodstock, Conn, and
Dudley, Oxford, Webster, Sturbridge, Charlton and Southbridge,Mass.
These volumes are full of history and local interest. It was a labor
con amore. In his last edition he has made use of material published
in Charlton Historical Sketches by the editor of these pages. Mr.
Ammidown has also published a pamphlet upon the Ammidown family
and colateral branches, in which is mentioned his Sabin connection.

Lewis Sabin, D.D., a grand son of Thomas, [12, xi.] was a
Congregational clergyman of learning, piety and exemplar character.
He was pastor in Templeton, Mass. some thirty-five years, his death, in
1873, ending his Master's service with his people. The sermon
delivered at the time of his funeral, by the Rev. W. S. Tyler, D. D. of
Amherst College, was published at the time. The father of Dr. Sabin
is still living in Belchertown, Mass. He was 98 years old, his last
birthday, Dec. 22nd., 1881.

Several family genealogies have already been published in which
mention is made of the Sabin family, among them the Dwight, Strong,
May, Chandler, and Allen. Others are in preparation.

Wanted. The compiler wants a copy of every family record of the
Sabin name and of the daughters who have married those of other
names. What makes a family record are the names in full, dates of
births, marriages and deaths, to which is added the place of residence,
occupation or profession ; whether prominent in matters of church or
state, business or education, military, or graduates of school or college.
If such an account has not been already sent, let it be forwarded at an
early day. There are some families who may not have the dates of
births, marriages and deaths, but remember the relationship ; now if
such will only communicate this it would be of assistance. We want to
correspond with all, those who know much and those who know only
little of their progenitors. Every member of the family can aid us in
some way, even if they no more than communicate concerning
themselves. Members of the family or others having corrections or
additional matter to what is herein published are urged to communicate
the same. Address, Rev. Anson Titus, Jr., South Weymouth, Mass.
ERRATA. Ebenezer, (No. 10,) resided in Woodstock in the
early part of his life, but he removed into Pomfret, where he spent the
greater part of his manhood, at the place now occupied by E.P.Hayward.

Hezekiah, (No. 20,) lived a great part of his life in the present town
of Thompson, where he was a moving spirit in things pertaining to the
town's welfare.

CONCERNING OURSELVES.

The following is from the Christian Leader, Boston, (Universalis t, )
of Nov. 24, 1881, concerning ourselves. In addition we can say that
t owned lecture was given hefore the said Society on the after-
noon of March 1st. ,1882, a report of which appeared in the columns of

e Boston Daily Transcript.

"The Weymouth Gazette speaks as follows of one in our ministerial
ranks, who is proving not only one of the denominational historians,
but also one in other lines of American history. It says ; 'Rev. Anson
Titus, Jr., Corresponding Secretary of the Weymouth Historical Society,
has been invited by the officers of the New England Historic Geuealog-

il Society, 18 Somerset street, Boston, to deliver a lecture before the
society at its monthly meeting next March. He has accepted and will
deliver one upon 'Certain Elements in the Development of American
Character,' the same which be is to deliver in the South Weymouth

etnra course, or one upon 'The Early Huguenots in America,' a sub-
ject in which Mr. Titus has been much interested. His mother is a
lireet descendant of one of the earliest of these French Protestants,
Viiliam Rabin, of Rehoboth, Mass., of whom aud his descendants Mr.
Titus contributes an article to the coming January number of the New
England Historical, Genealogical Register,' "

THE TITUS FAMILY.

We have notes relating to the history of the Titus family of America

'ill design, when full data is at. hand, to publish in hook form. We

would consider it a favor to be informed of the whereabouts and P. 0.

iddress of any of the name, that we may communicate with them.

SABIN GENEALOGY.
Parties who have not the in formal ion and desire to connect their line
f ancestry with the earlier Sahin generations herein published, we
rust will feel free to communicate, We have notes our limited space
i not permit us to insert, and from time to time receiving from the
:attered family. If the family promptly responded the time would
lot be distant when a full history could be published. But such publi-
alion depends upon the interest of the family and the financial
encouragement received.