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[638] elected one of the first Board of Selectmen. He was also the first Representative 1714, and again in 1716 and 1717, and d. 12 May 1718, a. 55; his w. Abigail d. 12 Oct. 1734. 5. William, s. of William (4), m. Sarah Poulter, and had William, b. 1 Jan. 1719-20; Samuel, b. 4 May 1722; Sarah, b. 3 Jan. 1724-5; Mary, b. 10 Mar. 1727-8; Oliver, b. 25 Mar. 1730; John, b. 28 May 1731; Hammond, b. 28 Ap. 1734; Eliot, b. 28 Ap. 1738; Hannah, b. 21 Oct. 1740; Nathan, b. 9 Nov. 1743. William the f. res. in Lex. and was one of the most prominent citizens of the town. He was Captain of the Militia, Representative seventeen years between 1741 and 1770, and Justice of the Peace. He d. 11 Feb. 1778; his w. Sarah d. 25 Nov. 1769, a. 70. 6. Benjamin, s. of William (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of Deac. Samuel Stone, about 1717; she d. 31 Mar. 1748, a. 52, and he m. Hannah, wid. of Deac. Joseph Estabrook, 19 July 1753. His chil. were Benjamin, b. 13 May 1718; Abigail, b. 30 Mar. 1720; Jonas, b. 7 June 1722; Rebecca, b. 5 Nov. 1724; Isaac, b. 30 July 1727; Jonathan, b. 8 Mar. 1730; Thaddeus, b. 17 June 1732. d. 21 Ap. 1741; Dorcas, b. 18 July 1734; Samuel, b. 3 Ap. 1737; Ruth, b. 9 Nov. 1741. Benjamin the f. res. in Lex., was Major of Militia, Justice of the Peace, and was Representative 8 years, from 1750 to 1763. He d. 21 Dec. 1765. His sons Benjamin and Jonas settled in Rutland. 7. Joshua, s. of William (4), m. Elizabeth Russell 21 Jan. 1724-5, and had Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb. 1725-6, m. Jonathan Winship; Hepzibah, b. 8 Mar. 1727-8, d. young; Joshua, b. 15 May 1730, m. Susanna Houghton of Lancaster, and d. 11 Aug. 1798; Joseph, b. 21 June 1739, m. Anna Blood of Sterling. Joshua the f. res. in Lex., and d. 5 Oct. 1755; his w. Elizabeth d. 29 Feb. 1743, a. 41.. 8. Jonathan, s. of Timothy of Woburn, b. 10 May 1718, m. Kezia Converse 26 Feb. 1739, and had Jonathan, b. (in Woburn) 15 June 1740; Robert, b. (in Lex.) 3 Aug. 1742; Jude, b. ; Mehetabel, b.——; these four were bap. here 25 Sept. 1748; Joel, bap. 12 Nov. 1749; Phebe, bap. 2. Feb. 1752; Amos, bap. 30 Dec. 1753; Samuel, b.——;Ann, ‘born in the boat when they were fleeing to escape the tomahawk and scalping knife of the Indians’ (Hist. Reed Fam.); Mary. Jonathan the f. removed to Woolwich, Me., soon after 1753, where he d. in 1805; his w. Kezia d. in 1808. A numerous posterity remains near the Kennebec River. 9. Seth, s. of Daniel of Woburn, by w. Lydia, had Samuel, b. 1733, d. 13 June 1749, a. 16; Seth, b. 1735, d. 26 June 1749, a. 14; Thomas, b. about 1737; Susanna, b. 1739, d. 25 June 1749, a. 10; Daniel, b. 10 Ap. 1742; Lydia, b. 13 June 1745; Susanna, b. 17 Mar. 1749-50, d. 24 Nov. 1753; Hannah, b. 6 Jan. 1751-2, d. 24 Nov. 1753. Seth the f. res. in Menot., and d. 18 Mar. 1783, a. 80; his w. Lydia d. 31 Aug. 1789, a. 79. 10. Thomas, s. of Seth (9), m. Rhoda Crosby 2 July 1761, and had Rhoda, b. 13 July 1762, m. Frederic Johnson 16 Oct. 1783; Seth, b. 21 June 1765; Daniel Crosby, b. 11 Sept. 1766 (prob. the same called Daniel Reed, who d. in Arlington 6 Feb. 1820, a. 54, and whose chil. were Daniel, Jr., d. 20 June 1817, a. 14; Mary, d. 20 Sept. 1821, a. 25; and Benjamin, d. 12 Aug. 1836, a. 40); a dau. b. 11 Dec. 1769; Amos, b. 12 Oct. 1773. Thomas the f. res. in Menot., and d. 7 June 1776, a. about 40; his w. Rhoda d. 22 Nov. 1773, a 32. 11. Daniel, s. of Seth (9), res. in Menot., and according to the Rev. Mr. Cooke's Journal, he had by w. Dorothy, twelve children between 8 Feb. 1764 and 1 Sept. 1783, among whom were two pairs of twins and one set of triplets, but none of the names are recorded. Daniel the f. d. 22 Aug. 1801; his w. Dorothy d. 26 Ap. 1789, a. 47. 12. Thomas, s. of Thomas of Woburn, b. 18 Nov. 1704, by w. Lydia, had Lydia, b. 17 Oct. 1737; Thomas, b. 22 Dec. 1740; Sarah, b. 26 June 1742; Abigail, b. 21 Aug. 1743; Joseph, b. 23 Dec. 1745; Kezia, b. 24 Aug. 1747. Thomas the f. rem. to Camb. before 27 Nov. 1770, when his w. Lydia d. a. 54, and he m. Alice Pierce 1 Ap. 1773. He d. 17 Ap. 1776. 13. Joseph, s. of Thomas (12), m. Relief Richardson, and had William, b.
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