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[578] Joseph Warren, b.—Ap. 1806. Thomas the f. was a grocer in Newton and afterwards a brewer in Camb. His will, dated 31 Dec. 1806, was proved 19 Feb. 1808; his w. Mehetabel d. 7 Jan. 1850, a. 84. 20. Edmund Trowbridge, s. of John (17), m. Elizabeth Spring of Boston 1 June 1815, and had Edmund Trowbridge, b. 3 Mar. 1816; Harriot Elizabeth, b. 3 Aug. 1818, m. John B. Hatch 5 Oct. 1841; John Walter, b. 27 Nov. 1819, m. Sarah E., dau. of Rev. Thomas B. Gannett, 4 Sept. 1850; Lydia Dana, b. 29 Sept. 1821, d. Dec. 1821; Horace, b. 16 Sept. 1822, d. 3 Nov. 1826; a son, b. and d. 7 Feb. 1824; Mary Augusta, b. 6 Dec. 1824, d. 14 Dec. 1824; a son, b. and d. 15 Jan. 1827. Edmund Trowbridge the f. was a merchant and res. on the westerly side of Prospect Street, between Main and Austin Streets; about 1840 he rem. to Medford, where he d. 13 May 1861. 21. John, by w. Mary, had Moses, b.——Mary, b. 24 Jan. 1716-17; Anna, b. 22 Dec. 1718, m. Jacob Caldwell; Zebulun, b. 2 Oct. 1720; Seth, b. 22 Aug. 1722; Enoch, b. 31 Aug. 1724, d. young; Elisha, b. 10 Jan. 1726-7; Asher, b. 9 Nov. 1728, d. 1731; Sarah, b. 4 Feb. 1730-31, d. 1731; Elizabeth, b. 27 Oct. 1732; Sarah, bap. 21 Sept. 1735., John the f. was a cordwainer, and res. near the old cemetery in Wat. from 1718 until 1738, when he exchanged his homestead for an estate opposite to the northeasterly corner of Mount Auburn Cemetery, extending from Mount Auburn Street, where the old house remains standing, to Fresh Pond. His son Seth and son-in-law Jacob Caldwell were appointed administrators of his estate 6 Oct. 1746. His parentage is not satisfactorily ascertained. Dr. Bond conjectured that he was son of John (4) of Cambridge. (Hist. Wat., p. 293.) On further investigation, he assigned him a place along the grandchildren of Deac. Thomas Hastings of Watertown. (Ibid., P. 791.) The latter supposition is certainly the more probable; but I have been unable to find absolute proof of its correctness. 22. Seth, s. of John (21), m. Hannah dau. of Thomas Soden 30 Dec. 1747, and had Mary, b. 9 Oct. 1750, m. Josiah Moore 19 Sept. 1768, and d. 9 May 1781; Thomas, b. 15 Nov. 1753, d. 4 Feb. 1823; John, b. 13 Sept. 1759; Seth, b. 5 Ap. 1762, grad. H. C. 1782, lawyer in Mendon, Senator 1810, 1811, Member of Congress 1801-1807, Judge C. C. P. 1819, and d. 1831 (his son William Soden, H. C. 1817, was also Member of Congress, and d. 1842); William Soden, b. 6 Nov. 1764, d. unm. 24 Jan. 1792; Robert, b. 18 Mar. 1767, d. 5 Oct. 1775. Seth the f. res. on the homestead, and d. 15 Oct. 1775. His w. Hannah m. William How in 1779, and d. 28 Aug. 1817, a. 90. 23. John, s. of Seth (22), m. Elizabeth Prentice 30 Ap. 1780, and had Lucretia, bap. 18 Mar. 1781, m. William Richardson 10 Ap. 1803; Robert, bap. 6 Ap. 1783; Mary, b.——, m. Franklin Sawyer 20 Feb. 1806. John the f. d. 17 July 1797; his w. Elizabeth in. Josiah Learned 28 Ap. 1799. 24. Samuel, a descendant from Deac. Thomas Hastings of Wat., in. Lydia Tidd 16 Jan. 1755, and had nine chil. among whom were Samuel, b. 11 July 1757, and Hepzibah, b. 3 July 1762, m. John Swan of Waltham, 1781; he d. and she m. Jonas Wyeth of Camb. and d. in 1789. Samuel the f. res. in Lex. and d. 8 Feb. 1820, a. nearly 99; his w. Lydia d. 10 Nov. 1802, a. 71. 25. Samuel, s. of Samuel (24), m. Lydia Nelson of Lincoln 1 Oct. 1778, and had Lydia, b. 20 Feb. 1780, m. Nehemiah I. Ingraham of Boston; Samuel, b. 15 Dec. 1781, d.—Sept. 1798; Jonathan, b. 17 Aug. 1783; Dorcas, b. 27 June 1786, m. Rev. Daniel Marrett of Standish, Me., in 1810, and was mother of Lorenzo Marrett, Esq., of Camb.; Thomas, b. 22 May 1787, a merchant at East Cambridge, d. 14 Aug. 1865; Polly, b. 10 Ap. 1789, m. Benjamin O. Wellington 20 May 1811; Oliver, b. 16 May 1791, a retired merchant, now residing in Camb.; Hepzibah, b. 24 May 1793, m. Peter Wellington 24 May 1813; Harriet, b. 12 July 1795, m. Elias Smith 8 Aug. 1819; James, b. 5 Oct. 1797. Samuel the f. res. in Lincoln, near Lex., and d. 8 Jan. 1834; his w. Lydia d. 5 Ap. 1829, a. 71. 26. Edward, parentage not ascertained, had Lydia, b. about 1767, d. 24 Ap. 1804, a. 37; John, bap. 6 Jan. 1771, prob. d. 16 May 1804; Esther, bap. 1 Nov. 1772, d. 12 Mar. 1800.
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